South Wales Daily News

GERMANY. ^CISI0N IN THE SAN JUAN QUESTION. JWIN, Thursday.-The award of the Emperor in the San Juan Boundary Question de- ■?>» that the claims of the United States fully „tC$rd with the true interpretation of- the Treaty JUne, 1846, and that the boundary line has, before, to run through the Haro Channel.

It ITALY. Thursday.—The Po has overfloveci its j near Revere. There has been inundations province of Rovigo, and at Pavid, Cremona, 5 aceiiza. and Ravenna. Damage has been done railway at Catania.

PORTUGAL. LISBON, Tuesday.—The Chamber of Peers has ejected the motion for a dissolution of the As- ^bly

hi SPAIN7. f ÆDRID, Thursday. The motion for the abolition ^Capital puishment has been rejected, A »1GO, Thursday Evening.—The British Channel T^adrori from Portland, arrived here yesterday. » Pfirti(,n of Admiral Hasting's Squadron has ed for CariiiagLjiia* ö

AMERICA.. e^ASHixciToy, Thursday.—A telegram, received ft Mr. Bancroft, United States Minister in announces that the Emperor of Gerim > cjCision in the San Juan question declare of the United States of America to be »h accordance with the true interpretatio ft 1.5th, l»f The C/i18 -ratlfyin" to observe.t1h d searching in- declaim il after a most rigid ana s on thepart of th(i m°irTbe result as a 'V, fm!]UP.ire-. nrt r61n Verican rights, 0 comfoit m vindication of gettlemen. q £ ki a tribute to the peaceli National troubles.

I ^tooraxF., 'or' » ■>« M £ £ irbmceil have oc_ S& Chatham MmJs.

LICENS' ASYLUM. ia^terdaTthe Lord Bishop of Ely preached a sermon A »i<i 0{ \be f«»ds of tbe Llcensed Victuallers erlllQi, London. There were present, tbe Lord Mavor- 4k1 °t' London, the Sheriffs, and two Indian princes. In the sermon a collection was made in aid of the ^8.

fellKE AMONG IRON SHIPBUILDERS. men and hovs at Kiughorn Iron Shipbuilding V-Ineshive, numbering between 300 and 400, struck \5l'fcsterday, on account of a proposed re-arrange- *i2,.of working hours, by which half-an-hour's C'al lighting would be saved.

V THE CATTLE PLAGUE. tl cattle plncue returns, for the week ending Oct. oto' bow 41 cases of scab in sheep, being an increase Foot and mouth disease in beasts has increased %?^cted. and one fatal case; in sheep 1563 affected, *6Po being a decrease of 200. In pigs no case ^6(3.

V THE WRECK OF THE ARGO. Vk ^y-five of the crew of the ship Argo, from 6c to Clyde, have arrived at Greenock, and repor JfU. feck of their vessel on Saturday morui%,rit^n' terrible storm in the Western ° £ ea"- „art)enter ^h^ell, a native of Fifesliire, Robert T0inl. %>Glasgow, and a seamav, name^ 1 <?• '*ere droved. Tbe Argo belonged to Messis. *o]Ioc3c. and Gilmoor Wood, merchants, Glasgow.

v SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA. ■^ai^i'dav the. Norwegian barque, Frey, Captain from New York, with a cargo of maize, %T in Queeiistown for orders. She reports having oft' the ship Sharon, Captain SFane, from £ (Jt>Ool, with general cargo, for ^e\v York, 1G of her ship hein^' on fire in lat. 48 N., long. 47 W. ^tv^Qouer from Mexico for Liverpool, picked temaindf-r of the crew. The vessel caught fire ji^ober 11th. from seme unknown cause, i it teen crew, including the captain, were landed at

t V MfLK ADULTERATION. t?°^May, at the Southern Divisional Police-court, « dealers, who were proved to nave adulterated 6 fa ¥'Ik with 50 and 25 per cent, of water, were fined 11 £ 2 costs, and £ 3 and £ 1 costs respectively.

h THE BUILDING TRADE. tlll e. Elding trade of Sheffield is nearly at a stand to the great advances that have taken place prise of material. Many of the men are now tl) u8 at two or three shillings per week less than received six months ago.

v IRISH LUNATICS. C,8tei'^y at a special meeting of the Dublin Cor- ityAs Reported that the sum which would CV° p^v-fed by taxation, for supporting 550 *1^8 i'l p;„v 1 4 avium for the present year, was 1 J-ichmonu Asyium IL Se00°. and there w«s every prospect of a stdl further 8e in the charge. m-rnv

L,,( THE RICHMOND ELECTI'-1- night Mr. Cooke addressed the e \r vaccination, e sai'J approved oi coinpulso tenants that ground game should beloj G Nedtel.V. He heartily favoured Mr. ioxde. pro ^ViHg^endmcnt in the Elementary Educa ° compuiSory powers to local authorities.

THE FARRIERS' STRIKE. « ^M1?leeting of journeymen Farriers held last ing*i > JNl ^lug-hill, London, it was resolved to form an Js^'Hentecl society, to provide a fund to suppo1 u'Cfi a iu the strike, which is anticipated to take tSte about Christmas next, in consequence of the I'ar riers Association having refused to accede ^oieluest of the forg^gaen to 6s. 8d. per day wages l^e shoers from 5s. to 6s. per day.

CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR V68t AT THE DUBLIN COMMISSION. ^r* .c^ar,i Johnston, solicitor, was ^tiQaH^th shooting James Kearns on the 9th April ^oenix Park. From evidence which was 'appeared that the traverser shot the prosecu- me<ca' testimony was given which jtW? that he was perfectly insane at the time of the r^on 'he act, and the jury, under the direction ^°rdsliip, acquitted the prisouer.

tvJlH. CHILDERS AT PONTEFRACT. Stj^'ight Hon. H. C. E. Childers presid-d at a ) held at Pontefract last night, on behalf of the St ore?Wl Fishermen and Mariners' J loyal Jienevo- 'ktis(?cifity. In the course of his address ho gave a lCal account of the mercan'ilc murine, mid the w'%f>«society, and stated that the ntciefy -required 3ti0l' to carry out the objects tiu'.v -1 i;d in contern- $te i* °f which £ 30,000 had already been obtained. ] °f the society was £ 25.000, l^st year rG^ieved 9,300 persons, and made 430 grants^ p6Hy ¥fs- The mercantile marine, he said, was for- tk ^hit^i0re popular than the navy, owing to the manner ^le U|>V'V waS DQanne<l> ^ut now he believeu a °r Was the more popular in the navy now there eSldar courne of instruction, increased wages, J^l^sions. He did not think the Government jjN es rx|eddle with the mercantile servicr. The society Vj fi^le,l to do oil a small scale for the mercan- T'ce what, Government did for the Queen's ser- Qc°ucluded with an appeal on behalf of the the society, and showed that many towns had ^l0l'e the society than tlier bad ever con- k j. — —

>jebej aw Times understands that the necessaiy steps taken to defend the Tichborne claimant with Leading counsel have been applied to, al- at the time we write actually retained, whose Mentioned, would be sufficient guarantee that J Possible case will be made for the defendant. JJ p'^sn WATERLOO VETERAN.—In a letter under V' an rjS> which appeared in the Time* of Wednes- was made on behalf of Mark Pike, for- e 11:t; Oiug to the 2nd (query 23rd) Regiment of UiS^^rs- -^t was stated that at the storming of £ y he and the adjutant whom he served were the O^Ht8,Ca^ wa^3 an<^ enter the town. A corres- ^•c!i?rites that the adjutant so referred to was ^och. The ensign who carried the colours ^hile scaling tbe walls, and afterwards .the ^geant, from whose hands Colonel Enoch v 4o tlleni to plant them on the walls of Cambray. *V'ke ln^r this Colonel Enoch leaped down, followed opened the gates to the British army, who in n hi. The colonel was a native ot Troed- ^ardiganehdre. |

CARDIFF LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The monthly meeting of the Board was held yester- day, the Mayor presiding, and there being present Messrs. Aldermen W. Alexander, J. Pride, and W. B. Watkins Councillors D. Jones, H. Bowen, D. Lewis, H. North, J. Sloper, W. Vachell, 'G. Fisher, and W. Taylor, M.D. The reports of the collectors were read as fvllows St. John's St. Mary's £ s. d. £ s. d. Collected up to the last return. 121:1 14 9 3614 17 9 Collected during the month 252 17 6. 623 9 go Balance out-standing 369 12 0 815 7 6 Attention was called to the arrears upon the rates, and the collectors were requested to take steps to re- cover the whole of the sums due before the collection of the new rate was commenced. A new rate of Is. in the pound was made on the motion of Mr. ALEXANDER, seconded by Mr. PBIDK. THE RHYMXEY RAILWAY CROSSING. The MAYOR reported the result of his interview with Mr. John Boyle, chairman of the Khytoney aJ' with respect to the bridge over the Khymney i y on the road leading from the Drill-hall to Pju^: Mr. Boyle made an offer of £ 300 for the co^tiucUonoi the bridge but as Mr. Waring's estimate was £ 500 that offer was not accep e «• *» er»s°.S! «»<! way company of removing the q{ reminded him that to &^ard au reqnired, whose wages the crossing two policemen «ei aliqnul2J) and that sum would not be less than ^reater^han the exper.se capitalised would be veiy Boyie promised to of the erection of i:st consideration, and asked thS Af!6 Waring migbt supply him with a copy oi the mi vvtann° peeH supplied to lnm, ana upon feojS? S iiBi. to Carta .Key migto c,„eut ,o "11'. Boyle's nx,t VISl receive bis decision. THE TRAMWAY TO ROATH. ,Ilr. H NORTH enquired whether that part of the upme passing through Working-street had been p,,tsse(I by the BL),'lrd of Trade ilispector. The Surveyor said the line had been approved as far Duke-street. Mr NORTH asked;why, then, the line to Eoath was not openea? Tiie MAYOR said the inspector had not yet come down to pass it- They knew that such officials generally took their holiday in the month of August, and that mjglit account for the delay. Mr. GEORGE FISHER said a Board of Trade inspector had recently been iu Cardiff on some railway business, and he (Mr. Fisher) asked why the tramway to Boath was not inspected. The Inspector replied that no uotise had been given, and that they did not know any- thing about it at the Board of Trade. The MAYOR said if that were true it materially altered the position, and he proposed that immediate com- munication should be made to the Cardiff Tramway Company to request them to apply to the Board of Irade to pass the lioath line. Trade to pass the lioath line. Mr. D. JONES said he was speaking to the manager of the line yesterday, and he told him that six new car- riages were coming down, but they would not arrive until the shed at the back of St. Mary-street was finished. Those carriages were fo Roatb, and perhaps that was the reason the company did not appear to be in a hurry. The motion of the Mayor was carried. Mr. ALEXANDER remarked upon the wretched state of the streets along ilie line of the Tramway Company. The MAYOR said his attention had been called to the bad condition of the road in Crockherbtown. In that portion where the Macadam joined the setts there was aiatgerut, which caught the wheels of carriages, and from which it was very diiffcult to get them out. He found that the com- plaints which had been made to him were very just, and that the road was out of repair in several places in Crockberbtown. Mr. J. SLOPER said the line was iaia very differently in Cardiff to what it was in Liverpool,.where the rails were flush with the street level, instead of being an inch or two above. Here carriages were jolted, but in Liverpool vehicles passed over as easily as possible. Mr. FISHER concurred, and said the Tramway Com- pany required to be looked after. THE DRAINAGE OF CARDIFF GREEN. The Surveyor reported that since the last meeting of the Board the closet drains of the Union Workhouse have been connected with the new sewer in Cowbridge- road, whereby the fecal mutter is discharged into the Whitebouse brook at a point higher up the stream than heretofore. The cesspools in Cardiff green, land recently built on, are now overflowing, and drains are being constructed for surface drainage, discharging into the sewers, which will increase the evil now exist-' livia. into the sewers, which will increase the evil now exist-' iug from the Whitebouse ditch effluvia. I would sug- gest that the construction of a sewer in connection with vour present system within a very limited period has become an imperative necessity, and that the question of a proposed weir across the river should be settled as regaVds the sewers. I may remind you that a line of sewers was determined on some time ago, flowing under .the GlamorganshireiCanal at Wharf-street, and pipes partially laid. Since that was done the canal proprie- tors have determined to deepen the canal up to aud be- yond tbe point of crossing, so much as to prevent the sewer passing under. This will also necessitate a change of route on the west side and an additional length of sewer on the east." The MAYOR asked the Surveyor if he was prepared with a scheme to lay before the Board for carrying a sewer across the Taff ? The Surveyor said he was not at present..The scheme he had previously laid before the Board would require modification to some extent, particularly in regard to the spot at which the sewers should pass under the canal. The MAYOR asked the Surveyor to prepare a plan, to be submitted to the Board at the next meeting; aud tbe Surveyor having remarked that there were some matters not strictly engineering which would he iu- volved, the Public Works Committee wero requested to act with the Surveyor. It was agreed that the outfall of the present sewer should be removed 100 yards further down the river, and that tenders should be invited for the execution of the work. THE SURVEYOR S REPORT. The Surveyor reported that the granite ordered from the Deuddraeth Sett Company was of such a bad quality that only the fact of having the streets ready for its reception warranted its being used. He had received a letter from Messrs. Nixon, Taylor, and Cory, through their manager, Mr. A. Dalziel. complaining of the kitchen below their offices in West Bute-street being flooded. A very diligent search had been made for'the origin of the flooding, but without success, and he did not see how the §vil complained of was to be remedied. The manner in which the scavenger executed his Contract was reported upon unfavourably, and the scavenging contractor, Mr. Davies, who was in endance, was called in. He informed the cont 116 that he could not carry the week^h^ an<* tkat Present he was losing £ 10 a the cont ll;' Iie ashed the Board to release him from The him a larger sum. himself if he lt. was the fault of the contractor price upon ti7aS *os*n&» because he Lad put his own other persons Ie work; anti it would be unfair to release him. establishing a bad precedent, to Mr. said H scrv ho undertook ConI served the contractor right. Those nuisance to the public, *to°u *°W & Af:er some discussion,^ the'> thT*i T' „n nnon the contractor to com;™ ar<* resolved to call month at the expiration of !■ ^bo work for another "taMd from contract; fenders tor scavenge we™ to b, n motion of Mr. FISHER tVio A directed to preP^e an estimate of the vSuTof the scavengings; Tbe MAYOR drew Intention £ of more h drants makingfecial ttjUok of power the late fire a nece Js shop dis- closed. He also en firp-nino-/ greater attention pw^ stones The'rrT^icl1 *°° frequently were choked matter was referred to the Fire Brigade Committee. THE GAS SUPPLY. The Gas Inspector (Mr. Drane reP°^J^f -of his inspection during the Hion 14-94 amm^ 4th inst., 15 06 candles power; i^h, 14 24 1unmoma excessive 16tli, 13-72, ammonia excessive 23rd, 14 08, ammonia excessive—the aver 0 abnvf power for the month being 14*27 candles, g_ the necessary power, and the quantity of tiuuing excessive. r -rr A letter had previously been read from • • Bowen attributing to an alteration in tbe wor cause of complaint made at the last meeting. r- NORTH said he thought the gas still was pure, and the Mayor requested the Town Clerk to com- municate that to the directors. MISCELLANEOUS. A motion made by Mr. ALEXANDER that a slip of pavement should be laid down in St. Mary-street, from Temperance-town to the South Wales Railway turning, v?as cairied, a counter proposition, made by Mr. Watkins, that the whole of the pathway should be paved, being l°st when put to the meeting. Two tenders were received for the supply of deodo- rising charcoal chambers for^use in the sewer shafts— one from Mr. llobins, at. £ 135 16s.; and the other from Messrs. Lisle and C. J- Jackson, at £ 139. The former w3.8 accepted. 1\1 Memorials were read from Buzzard-street, Hew- town, and North Luton-pLice, asking for more light. They were referred to the Surveyor. Mr. J. P. Taylor, collector for St. John's, applied f0f ail increase of salary. The application was referred to the Finance Committee.

HOLLOWAY'S PILIS.-When inclement weather checks to a con siderable extent the natural exhalations of the skin, an alterative is required to expel them entirely from the body through some other channel. Holloway's Pills can be confidently recommended as the easiest, surest, and safest means of attaining this desirable end without weakening the most delicate or incommoding the most feeble. When, from frequent chills or impure air, the blood becomes foul and the secretions vitiated, these Pills present a ready and efficient means of cleansing the former and correcting the latter. By this salutary proceeding disease is srrested at its outset, its pains and inconveniences averted, and the nervous structures saved from the depressing effects entailed upon them by an illness.

BRUTAL ATTEMPT AT WIFE MURDER AT SWANSEA. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED. Yesterday morning a brutal case of attempted wife mur- der was revealed in the Strand Swansea. It appears that a man named Andrew Joseph Duncan resided in the above locality with his wife, and for some reason, which at present is unknown, he attacked her yesterday morn- ing in a most savage manner. The poor woman was at the time in bed, and lying upon her arm was a young baby asleep. Her husband struck her, it is presumed, with a flat iron, one being subsequently found in the house covered with blood, inflicting injuries of such a character that the unfortunate woman's life is despaired of. After brutally attacking his wife in the manner described, prisoner gave himself up to a police con- stable, acknowledging that he had injured his wife in the way. she was afterwards discovered. The event caused considerable excitement, in the vicinity of the Strand throughout yesterday. The prisoner, a ruffianly-looking fellow, was brought before Mr. Fowler at the borough police court. He was stated to be 32 years old, and was described on the charge sheet as a block and spar maker, the-indictment againtt him being for assaulting his wife Emma Dun- can, with intent to murder her, that (Friday) morning. Upon the prisoner being placed in the dock, Superin- tendent Allison said lie wished to give some evidence then and to ask for a remand. Prisoner had been living with his wife in the Strand, and that morning he was met on the corner of Welcome-lane, which leads to the Strand, by a police constable, and from the statement then made the constable accompanied the accused to his house, and upstairs he found a woman— prisoner's wife-lying down in a bed utterly uncon- scious. There was an infant about three months old in her arms at the time. Prisoner was then taken into custody and removed to the station, Dr. Thomas being immediately culled, and that gentleman examined the injured woman. He would call Dr. Thomas, ald his Worsbip would hear what he had to state. He did not propose going more fully into the case that morning, for it was fea°ed the case might wear a more serious aspect. So far as he was informed, it appeared that there was not the slightest chance of the injured woman's recovery. B.C. 30 was tnen called and sworn. He :said at five minutes after six this morning I was in the Strand, and I saw the prisoner there. He sniJ-" I give my- self up in vour hands." Prisoner was only partially dressed, his ihirt, drawers, and stockings being all the things that he wore. Prisoner also said to me—" I was going up to the dock to drown myself." I asked him what he had done, and he said he had murdered his wife. I then went down to his house with him, and upstairs I saw a woiiiiztn-hi, wife—in bed. She was lying down in bed. She had an awful cut upon the top of the head. She was unconscious. I then took prisoner into custody and removed him to the police station. I did not see any instrument about the place. Mr. Fowler: Did the prisoner say anything in the room ? Witness No, sir. Mr. Fowler Nor afterwards ? Witness No, sir. The Magistrates' Clerk Then he said nothing further ? Witness: No, sir. I took him to the station. Mr. Fowler: Did he say anything on the way ? Witness No, sir. The Magistrates' Clerk: Was he sober at the time ? Witness Yes, sir. Mr. Fowler (to prisoner): Do you wish to put any question to the police-constable ? prisoner Oh, no, sir, I have nothing to say. The Magistrates' Clerk Have you any questions to ask after what he has said ? Prisoner: No, only that I did not intend to murder kepri Thomas was called and sworn, and said: I am a surgeon, practising at Swansea. About half-past six this morning a police-constable called me, and I went with him to a house in the Strand. I found a woman in bed iu the front room upstairs. She was in bed, and lying on her back with her head turned sideways. There was a quantity of blood about her head, and a pool of blood on the floor. There was a quantity of urain mixed up in the woman's hair. I removed the hair and found about six wounds on the side of the head. The brain was protruding through three of them. To the best of my belief the right parietal bone is smashed. The wounds must have been done by some blunt instrument. Mr. Fowler Is there no chance of recovery ? Witness I do not believe there is the slightest hope Mr. Fowler 'Then she is quite insensible ? Witness Yes. she is quite unconscious. Mr. Fowler Then it is no use of my going down to see her ? Witness No, sir, I do not think it would. Mr. Fowler I mean with a view of taking her depo- sitions. Witness Not the slightest good, sir; she is quite unconscious. ,Mr. Fowler (to prisoner) Do yon wish to pat any questions to the doctor; if not you will be re- manded ? Prisoner No, sir. Superintendent Allison applied that a remand of a week might be granted. Mr. Fowler (to prisoner): You will be remanded to Swansea gaol until this day week. Prisoner was subsequently removed in a cab from the Town-hall. Up to a lale hour last evening the unfortunate woman was alive, but it was feared that she could not linger long.

MEETING OF COALTfOWNERS LAST » NIGHT.§ Last, .••veiling a meeting of coal masters was held at Dudley, to consider the demand of the engine tenders for 5s. a day, of eight hours. A deputation of engine tenders was admitted, but were informed that the meeting could not. adopt any resolutions, being merely a committee meeting. The engine tenders informed the masters that they intended to adhere to their re- solution to stiike, and were informed that the masters could multe no concessions. The men subsequently held a meeting, and condemned the action of the masters, and blamed them for bringing matters to such a crisis, by not showing a more. conciliat ory spirit. The result will be that about 500 engineers will leave work to-morrow, which will throw about 50,000 colliers out of work. The movement necessitates the stoppage of all the collieries in the district, and this morning all the horses in Lord Dudley's pit were drawn up. A considerable number of engine tenders waited upon the masters during the week, and offered to resume work upon the old tirms, but the masters refused the offer unless all resumed X °rp^'e workmen in Woolwich arsenal have to-day received an intimation that from the 4th of November their working hours will he reduced from 56 to 54 hours per week, without any reduction of payment or privileges.

SUPPOSED WIFE MURDER IN SCOTLAND. On Wednesday a man named Farrie, residing at Uphall, near Linlithgow, was committed to Linlithgow prison on & charge of having murdered his wife. Farrie and his wife did not live on good terms. The husband had been drinking, and went to Broxburn, in the neighbourhood of Linlithgow, where he obtained more liquor. His wife went there to bring him home, and they returned together. Farrie's statement is that his wife was drunk, and became so helpless on the way that she could not proceed further. He took her on his back and carried her home, and next morning she was found dead. Two medical men afterwards made a post mortem examination, and are of opinion that death was caused by violence.

THE EXTRAORDINARY POISONING CASE IN ESSEX. The trial of the prisoner Ellen Day Kettle, for the wil- ful murdei of Elizabeth Kettle, the former wife of her husband, was resumed yesterday morning before Baron Martin at Chelmsford. Mr. Pollock summed up the evidence. He contended it had been clearly established that the crime must have been committed by the prisoner, and that the motive for committing it was her infatuation for the man Kettle. utJVeant PanX f°r the defence, said the evidence was soner ^nsufficient to justify them in convicting the pri- that Vi ^)e statements of animosity and threats the Driftri been represented to be uttered by it was abs ^"gainst the deceased, it appeared to him that tained the*! rv, suPP°|,e that, if the prisoner really enter- she would Lav late *ntent*on murder the deceased, wicked intention°nrr a*.°ut and °Peuly proclaimed that medical ovi,lenc« commented strongly upon the Cook gave an entirely .Dr' Stevenson ftlul Urf death, and Dr. Cook B«II ° opinion as to the cause of lial opinion, that tho d* ^PTld \° entertain his origi- fainting from loss of blood 1 £ ,s?ncoPe' i°X' admitted that the arsenic that J2TnT f the deceased was e-iffet,eiit to that containel in the mix- ture of nrsenic and verdigrij th»t w T ln IT" Mr Vincent. He also put it to tl « Uel\ \uW,hcd by •ui +1ib+such a filthv ]ui-y whether it wat possible that sue at thy as that which had been spoken of, n< T'1, °s, ard> and coarse fat, could have beeD adnnnisteied to any human being without its filthy nature being discovered^ and its beinggat 0nce re- jected. He said that if the medical men could not agree upon the cause of death, lie thought the jury would hardly take upon themselves to do so, and if they had any doubt upon that subject, the prisoner was entitled to the benefit of that doubt, and ought to be acquitted. Baron Martin then summed up, and the jury, after deliberating a short time in tlie box,, returned a verdic; of Not guilty." The prisoner got from her seat and bowed to the jury, and said, I thank you all, gentlemen,

Dr. Corfield, medical officer of Islington, in a recent report sa;s It has been shewn that infection hangs about wall papers, even for many years, and I am of opinion that in all cases where a room has been occupied by a person suffering from an infections disease tne paper should be washed with carbolic acid and water, and stripped off the walls and burnt. This is done in all I cases of which we have cognisance. "-lhitish Medical Journal.

FOREIGN NOTES. THE GERMAN BUDGET.—The German Correspondent girea some further details on the papers submitted by the Minister of Finance to the Lower house of the Landtag First he presented a statement of income and expenditure for 1871. together with the extraordinary disbursements. The available surplus amounts to 9,273,000 thalers. The revenues of the State-railways have hardly been touched. He next gave a report on the execution of the law on the consolidation of the public debt, and then preiented the Budget for 1873. The income was estimated at 206,608,642 thalers, or 19 millions more than the preceding year, and the expenditure at 183,180,970 thalers, of which the sum of 23,521,726 thalers represents extraordinary disbursements in all the branches of the administration. This increase may be accounted for by an extra- ordinarily large net increase in the revenues for 1872. In the direct taxes the augmentation amounts to 938,000 thalers, including 455,000 thalers income-tax; in the clas sification-tax, 96,000 thalers; in the indirect taxes, the net surplus is 1,163,500 thalers in stamp-duty, 1,400.000 thalers; and from the banking institution Seehandlunq, 1,700,000 thalers. The surplus in every administrative department is also very considerable. THK RELIGIOUS QUARREL AT GENEVA.—The religious conflict that broke out some time since at Geneva between the Town Council and the Bishop of Hebron, does not seem likely to end. Before the concise declaration of the parish priests and the Bishop of Friburg, to accept only the decision of the Holy Father, the Town Council took a firm resolution which is to be submitted to the now legis- lative assembly. They propose to cause the priests hence- forth to be elected by the parishes, with the stipulation that the office can never be held by an ecclesiastical dignitary, and on their election the priests would be bound to take all oath acknowledging this rule. which would be so worded as to render equivocation impossible. Stich is the meaning of the proclamation that has been posted up on the walls of 'Geneva, signed by Moiso l'iquet, the Chancellor of the Council of State. Particular appeal is made to the Catho- lics, who, without in the least abandoning their faith, feel that civil societ ylias rights which should be maintained and respected. The Council have during the whole affair kept as conciliatory an attitude as possible, which is more than has been done by the friends of M. Merioillod. THE FKEXCH POLITICAL PARTIES.—The Nord Deutsche Zci- tv.ng has a violent article on the political state of France. The words of tho Union, saying that the Empire was impossible because it was "the only Government incapable of wisely preparing for the revanche," naturally give the German paper the opportunity of shewing that in that case the sooner they got the Emperor back the better." As to Republicans, since M. Gambetta's oratorical displays, a deep abyss evi- dently divides the Republican parties." The Conservative Republic it stigmatises as weak, and putting all the parties together the article closes by a declaration that:—" Since the outbreak of the war the French have been unanimous only on one occasion—when the country, in February, 1871, was at the last gasp, and implored peace with out- stretched hands. The pact of Bordeaux was only a truoo between contending parties, and none of them has Adhered to it. It was not faith and truth, it was not patriotism, but only fear and weakness that for an interval smothered the flames of discord and civil dissension in the fair land whose richly gifted people have unhappily learned nothing and forgotten nothing." THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE AND ITALY.—The inunda- tions on the Continent are assuming most serious propor- tions. The official telegrams from the prefect of the Loire at the beginning of the week, spoke hopefully of a fall in the height of the Loire and Altier, but later news has arrived which speaks of a fresh rise of the river. The Rhone was reported to be rising at two centimetres per hour. The breaking down of the embankment at the Camargue Island on the little Rhone has happily made way for the flow of the river. Avignon is supposed to be in some danger. The island of the Barthelasse near tne town is inundated. The Durance, which was sinking last week, has risen again and inundated the village of Roque d'Anteron. The prefects of the depart- ments near the swollen rivers are very active preparing for emergencies. The canton of Fayence in the depart- ment of V ar is under water. Several bridges have been carried away. The Seine is also liing rapidly at Paris. In Italy, tho Corriere di Milano says :—" The Po bursting [ all its embankments, has inundated the district of Caselle Landi, in the environs of Lodi. Fears are entertained that lives have been lost. Boats have been sent there from Piacenza. The rains continue, and further disasters are apprehended." The Genoa Gazette publishes a long list of disasters caused in the neighbourhood by the water from the river and the sky. A FRENCHMAN ON ENGLISH LAW EDUCATION.—M. Viollet-le-Duc, who has already published interesting articles in the Journal des Debats on the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and London, has now published one on the Legal Education of England. He shews his readers that they have in this respect an advantage over England, but at the same time adds that the reform in the English system has begun, and will doubtless continue. ==========================

THE CAT" IN NEWGATE t letter addressed to the Daily Neles by Mr. A. P. Taylor has reopened the subject of the advisability, or rather the humanity, of inflicting corporal punishment upon men who have been found guilty of crimes accom- panied by violence. The active part that was taken by this journal in effecting the suppression of military flogging subsequent to the punishment and death of Frederick John White in 1846 is sufficient evidence of the feelings we have always entertained in regard to the severe floggings that were formerly frequently administered for comparatively trivial offences. The results of the inquiries made by Mr. Erasmus Wilson in that particular case, as well as other evidence that was subsequently adduced, demonstrated that the infliction of a hundred and fifty lashes not only severely lacerated the integuments, but also so seriously impaired the nutrition of the deeper-lying muscles of the back that a month after the punishment had been received they were reduced to the condition of ft pulp; and, further, that pleurisy, pneu- monia, and a kind of degeneration of the heart, rendering it flabby and friable, with endocarditis and pericarditis, were conditions that might easily be established. With the verdict of the jury in that case we then were and still remain in perfect accoid we still hold such punishment to be "revolting and disgraceful. Nevertheless, we are by no means prepared to recommend that flogging in the far milder form in which it is now inflicted should be utterly abolished. The number of lashes is limited; and, though sufficient to punish severely, there does not appear to be any reason for believing that a few stinging blows are capable of seriously injuring the general health. It is obvious that no punishment should be too severe or dis- proportionate to the offence committed, and it is clearly a mistake to continue it till P^'U ceases to be felt, whilst such deeper injury may be inflicted as may jeopardise life. Yet punishment in one form or aiaothei-is the certain result of every infraction of the great social laws, and physical punishment appears to be the only kind that will act upon natures such as Cohen and his associates. We are not surprised at the language held by Mr, Taylor. No doubt it is shocking to a sensitive and cultivated mind to see a fellow-creature lashed as no animal is now knowingly per- mitted to be beaten, but then it must be remembered that the dispassionate, though stern, action of the law here replaces the irregular and violent promptings of revenge, whilst it 18 difficult to see by what other means a recurrence of such crimes can be pre- vented than by a direct appeal to. sense. Could such a result be hoped for from imprisonment alone, even though aided by the ministrations of the chaplain? Imprisonment has little terror in the eyes of such as these. They are confined and kept to work, it is true; but, after all, it doesn't hurt," and an hour might be spent worse than in argufying" with the chaplain; but the cat" is a less pleasant companion, and has anticipatory and post- humous reflections connected with it that ave no^ aito- gether agreeable. In view of the decided decrease admitted on all hands to have resulted from this plan, and in the absence of any charges of serious mischief effected by it, we are at present for no change.-Lancet.

OPLU At-sm oKiNG. -Readers of "Edwin Drood" will remember the description of the opium smoker as he is found at the East-end. The steady influx of the Chinese into that quarter has multiplied the victims to the vice and the houses in whicii they are accommodated. These latter are of a very low character, and are mostly kept by Chinese, to whose countrymen opium-smoking represents the indulgence which spirit-drinking does to the British seaman. The drug as it is inhaled is an aqueous extract made by first dissolving the crude opium Water> an,i steaming, then carefully boiling. Impurities, like the fragments of leaves, sticks, and so forth, are skimmed off till it has the consistency and appearance of tar. The prepared opium represents about twice its own weight of the crude. It is retailed to the smokers, who keep it in small boxes made of buffalo's horn. The smoker puts some opium, about the size of a pea, into the bowl of his pipe, which is of earthenware, and having lighted it at an adjacent lamp, reclines on his side and inhales it in two or three whiffs, retaining it in his lungs as long as possible. So employed may be seen at any time in certain houses in the neighbourhood of Ratcliffe- highway scores of Chinese and Lascars, whose sallow, corpse-like complexions, bleared eyes, and relaxed look, indicate the effects of their indulgence. The amount these smokers consume is sometimes surprising. Many of them use a quarter of an ounce daily; some, it is said, its much as one ounce. They rapidly S>e* decrepid in body aud mind, and die in starvation and rags, nobody knows ex- actly how. For all this, the vice is greatly on the increase in China and among the Chinese settlors in every quarter of the globe.-La)tcet. VALUABLE DISCOVERY FOR THE HAIR. -A very nicety pcrfumey hair dressing, called "The Mexican Hair Itenewer," no-.v being sold by most chemists and perfumers at -Is. pd. per bottle, is fast superseding- all Hair restorers"-for it will positively restore in every case Grey or White hair to its original colour, by a few ap- Pl cations, without dyeing it, or leaving the disrgreeable smell of most Restorers." It makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the growth on bald spots, where the hair gland are not decaved. Certificate from Dr. Versmann on every bottle with full particulars. Ask for "The Mexican Hair Restorer," per ared by H. e. Gallup, 493, Oxford-street, London. 2057

GENERAL NEWS. — ♦ — Large importations of foreign potatoes are "being received at Aberdeen. The statement which has obtained currency that there is disease among the deer in the Home-park, Hampton court, is unfounded. James R. Spalding, founder of the New York World, and more recently connected pith the New York Times, died, at Dover, New Hampshire, on the 10th inst. Telescope hats have been introduced in New York. They can be elongated or flattened to suit the features of wearers. In the last nine months the declared value of telegraphic wires and apparatus connected therewith was £ 197,690, against £ 1,427,909 in the preceding year. A prisoner, named Dunn, has escaped from the Manchester City Gaol by making a rope and throwing it over the wall. He was in confinement for stealing silk. It is stated (says the Musical Standard) that the libretto of Gounod's new opera, "Les Deux Reines," has been considerably pruned by the Parisian censor. A young man, named Charles Hicks, aged 29, a clerk in the City, has been missing since Friday, October 11. He was last seen in Milk-street, Cheapside. Sir William Stirling Maxwell will have the honoar of receiving her Majesty the Queen of Holland for a visit of some days next week at Keir House. No further intelligence has reached Lerwick of the missing Faroe fishing smack Turquoise, with twelve hands on board. Little hope of her safety now remains. Mr. John E. Owens is, according to the New York Tribune, one of the wealthiest actors in the world. He owns, it is said, more than a million of dollars. The export soap trade is increasing. The value of soap exported in the last nine months was £ 227,468 against X167,361 in the preceding year. The Canadian correspondent of the Rock states that Lord A. P. Cecil, son of the second Marquis of Exeter, has retui-npd to the Dominion, where lie is preaching in connection with the Plymouth Brethren. Accounts from Iceland state that the weather during the greater part of the past summer and autumn has been very fine, much better than on the northern part of the continent of Europe, being warm, bright, and dry. Owen Finnigan, one of the men injured by the fearful explosion at Calderbank Ironworks, has died from injuries received. The other two men are not expected to recover. The Eastern Telegraph Company, in consequence of their increasing business, have resolved to lay a dupli- cate cable from Falmouth to Lisbon, calling at some port in Galicia, either Corunna or Vigo. Among those who are mentioned as likely to be proposed to succeed Mr. Grant Duff, M.P., in the Lord Rectorship of Aberdeen University, are the Duke of Argyll, Dr. Neil Arnott, of London, and Mr. Herbert Spencer, Aberdeen. The quantity of herrings landed at the Great Yarmouth fish wharf thus far this season is now returned at 3,933 lasts, as compared with 6,183 lasts in the corres- ponding period of 1871, when there was quite an excep- tional season. A new chancel and a north aisle* are needed for Christ Church, Guildford, which is inadequate to accom- modate the congregation. The rector proposes to insure his life for £ 1,500, that money might be borrowed on the reversion to accomplish the object in view. The last batch of horses remaining to be sold on behalf of the Army Control Department has passed under the auctioneer's hammer at the Horse Repository, Barbi- can. The animals were in good condition, and brought prices which were at least fairly compensatory if not even in some cases remunerative. The new and extensive gun-drill shed, which has been for some time in course of erection at Chatham for the use of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines, is now completed, and a battery of guns, some of very heavy calibre, are being placed in position for the big erun drill. The Council and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society will entertain their Vice-President, Sir H. Bartle Frere, at a farewell dinner at Willis's Rooms on Friday, the 1st of November, on his departure for Zanzibar on an important special mission. The President, Sir Henry Rawlinson, will take the chair. The privilege granted by Lord Fife to his tenantry to shoot hares and rabbits on their respective farms has not benefited the Morayshire harriers, who at their last meet at Coxton, near Elgin, hunted over the Blackhills district for three hours without finding a single hare. Mr. George Macdonald, the English novelist, made his first appearance before an Amer.can audience at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 10th October. The Boston newspapers say his audience was large, and composed of the best culture of the city." The subject of his lecture was Robert Burns." We understand that the Rev. H. M. Barnett, after conferring with the Council of the "Free Church of England," has continued his preaching at Southampton, and will leave it to the Bishop of Winchester to initiate legal proceedings, if his lordship chooses to do so. It is believed that in the event of this course being adopted, the action will be defended.- Rock-. The marriage of Captain Arthur Charles Welles- ley, Grenadier Guards, second son of the late Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley, and Miss Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Robert Williams, has been solemnised at St. George's Church, Hanover-squave, in the presence of a small circle of relatives and friends. An important report on the proposed develop- ment of the dock estate has been submitted to the Mersey Board. Mr. Hubback, in moving the confirmation of the report, stated that the cost of the proposed extension was estimated at 92,690,000, but the condition of the dock estate warranted the outlay. The discussion on the sub- ject will be taken next week. At a convention of Good Templars, held at Burnley, resolutions were passed calling upon all members to support such candidates for municipal or parliamentary honours as are prepared to vote for the further restriction of the liquor traffic, and recommending each lodge to appoint "an electoral agent who shall ascertain and orga- nise all their voting power as speedily as possible." In the report of the visiting justices of the House of Correction, Westminster, attention is drawn to the great increase in the number of prisoners lately committed for short terms under the New Licensing Act. The num- ber of prisoners committed from the 1st of August to the 20th of September, 1871, was 506, whereas in the same period in 1872 the number was 751. The Allan steamship Nestorian, which has left Liverpool for Canada, took out a number of emigrants from Alsace and Lorraine, who will be forwarded to the French settlements of the Dominion, and kept there at the expense of the French Government until they can find op- portunities for making permanent settlements. It is un- derstood that they are but the pioneers of numerous other bands of exiles. The Bishop of Manchester has made arrange- ments for commencing his primary visitation in the first week in December. He will hold the visitation for the archdeaconry of Manchester in the Cathedral Church, at Manchester, on Tuesday, the 3rd of that month; and the visitation for the archdeaconry of Lancaster, in the parish church of Lancaster, on Wednesday, the 4th of December. At the Windsor County Court Admiral Sir H. Keppel sued his groom for £ 30. According to the com- plainant's case, lie (the Admiral) had a horse which the groom advised him to have shot on account of its lameness. The Admiral assented to this, but the groom, instead of killing the horse, sold it for JE25. After hearing the evi- dence on both sides, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— £ 25, with costs. The works in connection with the new Chelsea Embankment are making rapid progress. The river wall opposite the Royal College. Chelsea, is already finished, and large dams are being constructed behind it for the formation of the northern low level main sewer. The laying of the foundation from the Royal College, Chelsea, to the Old Battersea-bridge, a distance of over one mile, will also be effected in the course of a week or two. In consequence of the complaints of soldiers serving in India, of the non-arrival of letters containing cheques and bank notes, an arrangement has been made by the Postmaster-General by which officers and men of the army and navy serving in the East Indies and other colonies may transmit post-office orders for any sum not exceeding £10 to their friends in England, a privilege which will doubtless be duly appreciated. An event if considerable importance has occurred in connection with the great failure of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), by the death of Mrs. Taylor, the divorced wife cf Mr. John Henry Gurney. That lady's fortune of £ "00,000 becomes vested in the trustee appointed un 'or the liquidation of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), and will be applied for the benefit of the sufferers in connection with that undertaking. A new publication, to be called the Workman's Magazine, will be published at the commencement of next year, and will be devoted expressly to the interests of the working classes.^ It will not consist wholly of original articles, the object being to bring before the working men the best thoughts of all men in every age, and in various countries, which will sometimes be found more worth reading than the most recent compositions or con- tributions." At the Salford Borough Police Court Mr. Joseph Mills, Springfield Mills, Salford, has been summoned for having employed a girl named Hannah Paulden, under 16 years of age, without a medical certificate, contrary to one of the provisions of the Factory Act. A tine of £ 1 was inflicted, and the defendant was also ortlered to pay a similar sum for having employe I the girl as a h;df timer without having obtained a certificate of her attendance at school. The Marquis of Salisbury has been struck off the list of voters for the county of Middlesex in the Revision Court, on the ground that the property he quali- fied for, the house, No. 20, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, was in his own occupation. His lordship's name was also on the list for the parish of South Mimms. in respect of another qualification; but the Revising Barrister held that, being a peer, he was disqualified, and he expunged tbe name from tliat list also. The J!nrr:ster, houevoi, granted a case for the consideration of the Court of Com- mon Pleas.

LLAXGEXNECII, near Llanelly, August 30, 1872.-Dear Sir-ITN, youngest daughter, Emma Ann, 13 years of age, got nd of a great number of worms by taking only three or lour of WILLIAMS'S PONT AII DA WE WORM LOZENGES. I an'BQ to ay that she is ierv much improved in liealth. being previously lingering, and (Ielijate iii liealth.-Yovirs very truly MAKTHA CRIFIITIIS- late of Ynispenllwch. Mr. J. Davies, Chemist. Swansea. Williams's Worm Lozenges are sold by most Chemists at !) d. Is. lJ d. and 2s. 9d. per box, and are protected by Gov. nment Stamp, on. which is|| engraved^ tne| wordslt Williams sJIWorm Lszenges.' 152

CARDIFF. THANKSGIVING SERVICES.—On Thursday last, thanks- giyny ser\ it^s, for the ingathering of the harvest, were held at St. John's Church, Canton. The sacred edifice was tastefully decorated, and the musical portions of the services admirably rendered by an efficient choir. Ser- mons, appropriate to the occasion, were preached, and the deepest interest apparently felt in the proceedings by an attentive, albeit somewhat scanty congregations. POLICE COURT.—At the police court, yesterday, before the Mayor and Mr. R..0. JøneR, John Bowlin" was charged on remand with wilfully damaging a sack of corn the property of the Great Western Railway Company. No further evidence was adduced, and in consideration of the lad's previous good character, he was dismissed.- James Williams, of St. Mellons, Richard Kelsole, George- street, and David Haynes, licensed cabman, were each fined 5s. and costs for being drunk.

NEWPORT. THIRD MON. RIFLE VOLUNTEER Corps.-The final competition for the monthly cup of the above named corps took place on Thursday, the 24th inst., the result being as under Private W. H. Everett, 4o points -T. Thompson, 42 points Private E. H. Dicken- Con, 34 points; Frivate S. Bryan, 20 points. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.—On Thursday evening a tea meeting WAS held at the Victoria-road Chapel, in connec- tion with the anniversary services, subsequent to which Vect^' wa's delivered by the Rev. H. Oliver, B.A., on the Pilgrim lathers." Mr. A. R. Beorpresided. The proceedings were deeply in teres tin". MI^'«TRKLSY.Ir1 connection with a panoramic exhibition at the Victoria Hall, on Thursday evening, "The Newport. Illustrated Christy Minstrels" under- took to intersperse the proceedings by giving a variety of nigger melodies connundrums, and repartees. From some cause or other, they utterly failed to secure any in- terest, and that illustrated was their incompetency and ]neon) stupidity, so the bulk of tthe audience left the hall before these minstrels had completed their antics DRUNK AND INCAPABLE.—At the Borou-h Police- court, yesterday, David Edwards was charged with bein" drunk and incapable in Charles-street, and was fined 10s., or seven days. SERIOUS CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—Henry Frank Raissin, a respectable looking man, was charged, be bciii, a servant, with embezzling £IÜ Hk, the property of the Ely Brewery Company. Mr. H. J. Davies appeared for the prosecutor. Prisoner applied for a remand until Monday week. This was granted and he was admitted to bail. himself in £ '100 and two sureties of £ 50 each. A WIFE BEATER.—Horatio Fox was charged under a warrent with assaulting his wife, Mary fox. Com- plainant said she lived on the Marshes-road, her husband is a mason he leathers her every time he comes home drunk. The last time this interesting process was in- flicted was on Wednesday last (she here exhibited her arm which was very much bruised, and she had a bruise on her cheek). She has five children. Prisoner said his wife was drunk when he went home last Wednesday. Complainant: Oh. you wicked liar, vou blackguard." Prisoner continued that she had attacked him with a poker, he was obliged to throw her down to save himself. Sent to Usk for 2S days, hard labour. DRUNK AND INDECENT.—Ellen Brown was charged with being drunk and behaving indecently in High-street. P.C. Morgan said prisoner's conduct was most disgusting. Sent to Usk for 1 days. Elizabeth Davies was charged with being disorderly in the Salutation Inn, and assault- ing the landlord. Edmund Harris, landlord of the Salu- tation, said prisoner was making a great noise in his house. He tried to put her out, and then she struck him in the face. Prisoner alleged that complainant had knocked her down, she had never touched him. Fined 20s. or 14 days.

SWANSEA. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—On Thursday evening last, a meeting, convened by the bellman, was held at the Mount Tabor Chapel, for the purpose of advocating the claims of three of the candidates for the Lower Wtrxl viz., Messrs. Moxham, Buse, and Yeo. The unfavour- able state of the weather at the time of the meeting, half-past seven, doubtless prevented many of the sup- porters of the above gentlemen from being present, but notwithstanding the rain, there were a good many rate- payers present. Messrs. Moxham and Buse were present as well as other members of the Council and prominent gentle- men of the town. The Rev. B. Williams was voted to the chair, and in opening the meeting advocated the claims «f the above three candidates. He considered the time they bad devoted on behalf of the public, as shown by the very large number of attendances they had made at the Council meetings and committee meetings, showed that they had the interests of the ratepayers at heart, and that they ought to be supported. He stated that Mr. Yeo was unavoidably absent, and afterwards called upon Mr. Buse. This srentlemrn then addressed the meeting, alluding to the many questions that had occupied the attention of the Council during the past three years, and the part he had taken. He spoke at some length upon the financial position of the Council, expressing much pleasure at the encouraging' prospect that was before them, for he believed that next year instead of the usual four-shilling rates that was now levied, they would not be obliged to make more than two. The re- duction in the salary of the magistrates' clerk was also one of the matters dealt with, the speaker stating that he was glad the justices had reduced the same. Mr. Huse having concluded giving an account of his stewardship, those present were in viled to put questions to candidates. A number of questions were put by the Chairman, Mr. Livingstone, a-id Mr. Rodders, the replies being generally ap- proved of. Mr. Buse slated that he was quite pre- pared to vote in favour of increased dock accommodation. Mr. Moxham then followed with an account of his stewardship, the meeting being afterwards addressed by Mr. Livingstone. Th« following resolution was passed That this meeting desires to express its confidence in Messrs. Moxham, Yeo, ami Buse, for the manner in which they have discharged their duties as members of the Town Council, and pledges itself to use its best exertions to return those gentlemen again to the Council on the 1st November. The usual complimentary vote of thanks to the Chairman was passed, and the meeting dispersed. MR. Cfiowm'RIST'S SUPPORTERS. — Â. meeting of the supporters of this gentleman, who is the fourth candidate for the Lower Ward, was also held on Thursday night, at the large room of the George Hotel. Mr. B. Harvey dis. charged the duties appertaining to the chair, and having briefly advocated the claims of Mr. Crowhurst. called upon that gentleman to address the meeting, which he then did. The meeting, which was unanimous in accord- ing its support to Mr. Crowliurst, pledged itself to do all in its power to return that gentleman. j CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, lt is stated that no less than 150 gentlemen have, up to the present, subscribed their names as members of this new association, the rules of which have recently been printed. THE PONTARDULAIS RAILWAY A(:CIDE-NT. -Lieut. -Col. Hutchinson, one of the inspecting officers of the Board of Irade, has reported in reference to the circumstances 6:"11- nected with an accident which occurred on the 19th of August, at the Pontardulais Station on the Swansea and Carmarthen Railway, when two engines and one carriage of a goods train wa damaged, but no injury wa,s dons to any person. The inspector, aftei detailing the facts of the case, remarks :—"Comment upon the conduct of a company which places the responsible charge of facing points and level crossing-gates in the hands of a boy only 13rr years old (and, indeed, at an earlier age in another place) is simply unnecessary. I can only hope that the occurrence of this accident may lead to the abandonment of so dangerous a practice. The engineer of the Llanelly Company informs me that it is intended to prevent the recurrence of any similar accident by controlling these points from the junction cabin." ) SCHOOL BOARD.—The ordinary monthly meeting ef the Board was held at the Town Hall, yesterday afternoon. There were present Mr. C. T. Wilson (chairman), the E. B. Squire, and Messrs. J. Caddy, T. Phillips, Charles Bath, and William Thomas. The notice con- vening the meeting specified half-past three as, the hour for commencement, but it was not until 20 minutes to five that the Board proceeded to transact the general business, the several committees having been engaged up to that time in discharging their duties. When the general business was about being commenced, several members rose from their seats, two or three pre- paring to leave the room. The Chairman begged some of the members not to leave the room, S8 that they might have a quorum to complete the business. The Rev. W. Squire stated that he had an engagement, and was obliged to leave. Mr. Phillips also stated that he had an engagement which prevented him from remaining The Chairman observed that unless members attended he should have to jivt up his post. Mr. Phillips (who was standing near the door) observed that there were four members remaining, who could transact the business. The Chairman intimated that the whole of the general business of the Board was to be done. He must press upon members to stay. The committee work they had been transacting ought to have been done yesterday (llmrsday), but not a single member of the Board at- tended except himself. Mr. Phillips having again stated that he could not remain, left the board-room. The general business, which was of an unimportant character, was then disposed of. DRUNK—At the borough police-court, yesterday, before Mr. J. C. Fowler, David Grey, a labourer, was charged with being drunk and incapable in Gower-street, on the 24th inst. P.C. Vernon (10) proved th« charge, and defendant WAS fined 5s., and costs 3s. 6d., er seven days' imprisonment in default. A LESSON TO COWARDS. — The young man Robert McMurray, whose case was reported in our issue of Fri- day. again appeared in answer to a summons for assault- ing an elderly woman named Ann Davies. The facts of the case have already appeared, and a daughter of the prosecutrix having given further evidence sujjportmg the charge, Mr. Fowler said he was satisfied, notwithstanding defendant's protestations, that he had committed the assault upon Mrs. Davies. rle could only go by the evi dence, and the testimony adduced was. he thought, suffi- cient to satisfy any reasonable man. It was cowardly to strike a defenceless woman in the manner he had done. Under the circumstances he did not think he would be justified in fining deiendant, who would therefore be sen- tenced to 14 days imprisonment with hard labour.

LAMPETER. COUXTT COURT. The annual bi-monthly Court was held on \V ednesday, before his Honour Judge Terrell: Sixty-two p.aints had been entered, but three only came °,n Vr "ea;nnS- ^lessrs. Blizard & Co., Tewkesbury r. the Manchester and Milford Railway Company. This was an action to recover kl Is., the value of an empty barrel. Mr. Atwood appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. Lloyd for the defendants. a The plaintiffs being unpre- pared with their evidence the case was adjourned to the next court. D. B. Davies r. John Jones and Evan Thomas. This was an action to recover the sum of 12s., being the price of erowbars supplied to the defendants. It appeared that the bars had been returned to the plain- tiff previous to the hearing. Ordered that the plaintiff should accept the same and that the defendants should I pay the costs of the day. Thomas Jones v. William Jones and Stephen Evans. This was an action to recover £ 4 10s., for work and labour. Mr. Bonnell Bishop ap- peared for the plaintiff and Mr. D. Llovd for defendant, Stephen Evans. Defendant, William Jones, being dead it was ordered that his name be struck out. Defendant had filed a set-off for £ 7. The plaintiff was nonsuited with costs.

BLACKWOOD. THANKSGIVING SERVICES. — On Thursday harvest thanksgiving services were held at the Chai>el-of-Ease Ihe services were full choral.

-An DOWLAIS. INQUEST.—An inquest was held yesterday on the body of John HoueLs, years of age, employed at the Colly Collierv. the property of the Dowlais Company, who died on the 22nd inst.. from injuries received while attempting to ciinib on a truck attached to an engine in motion on the line leading from the colliery to JJowlaia. A verdiot of Accidental death" was returned. ^eroici

NEW TREDEGAP. FATAL ACCIDENT,—A fatal accident occurred to a door- bov, of the name of William Edwards, at Pswell's Duffrvn pit yesterday (Friday) afternoon. It appeared that the deceased was as usual in the act of discharging his duties, when a team of trams approached the place where he worked. Not having sufficient time to escape, he was crushed to death.

CLYDACH. THE ORDINANCE SURVEY.—The officials connected with this survey, who for the last month have had their tents and wooden house erected on the property of Mr. D. i°i: adjoining Gelly wasted Mountain, have just nms.ied their work in this neighbourhood, and left for Pentoreastel], part of Mynidd-v-Gwain. of which his Grace the Duke of Beaufort is Loid of the Manor. They now have their tents, JL-C., erected in a sheltered spot on Pemanor farm the property of Mr. J. D. Llewelyn, Penller-are where they intend remaining about a month Pentorcastell is the highest point in the Llaugavelach range of mountains, and commands an extensive view of the surrounomg counti y. The gradations, supposed to be those of a very old and large cas le, are still viable and an excursion theie, 111 fine and clear weather, would amply repay anyone. 1 3

THE NEATH VOLUNTEERS.^—DISTRIBU- TION OF PRIZES. On Thursday evening, at five o'clock, there was a skeleton battalion drill in a field near Ffrwd Vale. Adjutant Treharne was present, and put the company through several battalion evolutions. At eight o'clock the company assembled at the Town Hall, where the distribution of prizes tork place. C.'iptaiu Rowland and Lieut. Purchase were present. The captain pre sented the successful competitors with their prizes, commencing with the lowest and ending with the first, He afterwards addressed the men, and reminded them that their thanks were due for most of the prizes to the tradesmen and other private gentlemen of the town, who, he was pleased to say, were always ready to assist in providing prizes for the annual competition. At the request, of several of the men, the captain cailed upon Col.-Se,rgi,ant J. T. Davies to give an account of his visit with the English volunteers to Belgium last month. The sergeant then rose and gave a detailed account of the reception of tLe volunteers at Ghent the first week, and at Brussels the second also of the balls, banquets, galas, and fetes, which he attended during his stay. The sergeant also described the field of Waterloo, the furms of Hougoumout, La Hay Saint, and Mont St. Jean thereon, and the monuments erected to the numoiy of the brave officers who fell at the battle. The proceeciugs were of a most interesting and agreeable character, considerably heightened by the entertaining description given by the sergeant. The following is a list of the winners and the prizes given Winners Prize Donors Description £ s d Sergt. W. H. Braine.. 1 Capt. fcowland 4 0 Pt. H. Thomas 2 Lieut. Purchase 3 0 Pt. G. Boulton 3 E11. Dalrymple 1 1 Pt. J. Eustance 4 Dr. P.ydinj Su gar basin I i Bandsman W. Blight 5 D. Bevun, Esq. Timepiece 1 1 Pt. J. George C p.Rowland,Esq Butter cooler 1 0 Bandmaster Saunders 7 Mr. G. Irish Cruet-stalid 1 0 Sergt. J. Cameron. 8 Mr. VV. Bees ( riiet-stand 0 18 Pt. T. Scale. 9 Mr. T. Andrew Lamp 0 18 Sergt. J. T. Davies ..10 Mr.Whittington Album 015 Pt. G. Scale 11 Mr. D. Morris.. Cake 0 15 Pt. J. Swash 12 Mr. G. J. May.. Buiscuit-stand 0 14 Sergt. J. Craith 13 Mr. J. C. parry Opera-glass.. 0 10 Pt. J. Whitfield 14 Davies Brothers Cup 010 Pt. 1. H.Thomas .15 J. Morgan, Esq. Egg-stand" 0 18 0 Pt. J. W. Price 10 A. Curcis, Esq. Teapot 0 10 0 Pt. W. P. David .17 Jones & Howell Timepiece 010 Pt. E. Swash IS A. Morgan, Esq. Teaspeons 010 Corpl. J. Ewart 19 Mr. J. Hill Concertina" 0 7 Bandsman J. Trick., 20 Mr. J Lewis Cap 0 7 Pt. G. Palmer 21 Lieut. Purchase Wine-flask., 0 7 Pt S. Daniel 22 Mr.M. Swash Slippers 0 5 The number of competitors was 35.

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN SWEDEN. We gather from this year's reports that Stockholm, a capital with 120,000 inhabitants, numbered in 1871 close upon 17,000 children between the ages of seven and fourteen of these nearly 1 o.OOO frequented the ordinary day schools, 2,313 went to Sunday schools or such like institutions 1,681 received either private or no instruction (of the latter category 116 were excluded from the school through illness); and 7,655 were pupils of the primary schools, in which the number of teachers (male and female) amounted to 208. The average age of school children was ten. The absence from school appears to be comparatively insignificant, varying between seven and nine per cent. Two schools have grounds attached to them for instruction in practical gardening.

THE KELYEDON RAILWAY ACCIDENT. The Kelvedon RailwAY accident enquiry was resumed yesterday. Captain Tyler said that the spiiug of the engine was large enough to bear the strain, if the metal had been sound. Jsmes Harrison, locomotive foreman, said the engine had been examined the night before the accident, and found in ptrfect order. James Cook- son, engineer, Stratford Works, examined the engine on the 16ih, before leaving London, and discovered no fia, in tLe springs. After a long consultation the jury came to the folic wing verdict :—" We find that the de- ceases met wiih her death by the accident which befel the Yarmouth express train on Thursday, Ocrober 17. The jury are unanimously of opinion that the breaking of the fractured spring of the engine was not the cause, but the result of the accident, and that the cause of the accident was the defective state of the permanent way, owing to tbe unsound state of the sleepers."

Colonel the Hon. John Stanley and Mrs. Stanley have returned to London from America. The value, as declared, of indigo imported in the last nine months was £ 2,39S.ti27. The New York eltibs are adopting the European ensiom of putting their servants in gorgeous liveries. The California olive crop is of fine quality, but not ns pleiitif ulis last year. The Prince and Princess of Wales will shortly visit Elvedon llali. near Thetford, the seat of the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. It is said that in Roscommon the hares and rabbits are caught easily in considerable numbers, being quite lamo from aise:ise. The Yorkshire Post states that the workmen in the .Sheffield trades have combined for the purpose of erecting works anil manufactories on their own account. As shewing the mildness of the season at Hastings, an apple-tree is to be seen in blossom near the railway station. The death is announced of Mr. David Harrison, the ol lest member of the Stalybridge bench of magistrates. He was S2 years of age. The Right Hon. W. Forster has arrived at Bal- moral Castle ns Minister in attendance on her Majesty, and has had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family. 0 Sir E. R. Jodrell, Bart., who some weeks since gave kl,000 to the Christian Evidence Society, has offered to give another XI,O- K) provided that a like sum can be raised from other sources on or before January 1. 1873. Great distress already prevails in many parts of Ireland for want of coal. Near Tralee one fire is often made to serve the wants of a dozen families, and some Dersons have been two days without cooked food. A couple of "gentlemen" have been fined J3verally k5 and £ 3, under the Licensing Act, at Bow- street, for quarrelling, fighting, and being generally riotous at the Gaiety Restaurant. The Aberdeen Peace Society have unanimously resolved to oppose the scheme of the Secretary at War (Mr. C,.ir(lwell) so far as it proposed to make Aberdeen a garrison town. "Grannie Wilson," well-known in Gourock, has just died, aged over 100 years, Grannie Wilson followed her husband (a soldier) to Waterloo, and passed through the momentous campaign. The launching ways" are now being put rn Rifleman, 4, composite screw gun-vessel, at Chatham, which is ordered to be launched on the 20th -November next. It is reported that Sir J. Linton Simmons, Governor of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwic is to be appointed Commandant of the garrison at Chat- ham. A licensed victualler at Derby has been fined foig supplying liquor to three police constables who were 0& duty, and had not obtained the permission of their superior officer to get anything to drink. A young woman, named Sarah Hobbs, aged 18 years, a servant in a gentleman's family, in Queen -street, Mayfair, was burned to death on Tuesday. She placed a lighted candle on the floor, and the flame came in contact with her clothing. The work of carrying the telegraph line through the centre of Australia from south to north was performed single-handed by South Australia, to whom, therefore, is due the credit of accomplishing one of the most difficult portions of this great and important undertaking. Baron Rothschild has sold King Alfred, who was second to Blue Gown for the Derby, for £ 1,000. He goes to Sweden. The Baron also sold Brother to Martyr for £ 300 to go abroad. Baron Rothschild will run no more horses till April next year. The remains of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, G.C.B. Admiral of the Fleet, was interred yesterd a ornin at Kensal Green Cemetery. =

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