South Wales Daily News

ITALY. '-tttiE, Wednesday.—M. De Courcelles has ac- Cfted the French Embassy at Papal court.

CHINA. ONG KOXG, Tuesday.—Mr. Wade has repri- nuded the British Consul at Niiigpo, for his shie in repressing the disturbances at Hangcliow.

GENERAL TELEGRAMS. [PRIS ASSOCIATION AND CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAMS.] SERIOUS ASSAULT ON WlF& Y'terday Mr. Jokri Asliford, plumber, Hen ,jm( ry shire, was apprehended for a violeut -on hIwife, who lies in a hopeless condition- RESIGNATION OF JUDGES. tecl. The3Sitr11;itiou of Baron ChaIlneIilas been accepted. That » another judge is expected shortly. » names Mrs. Eorsytli, Q.C., AID Mr. FIEL^I WelItiOld as probable successors. JHIGLWAY ROBBERY AT HIGIlGATE. OU T^DAY evening Mrs. LANIARD, the <VL'H„00(I Rev. J. 1 Barnard, of the Baptnt Chapel, SO" H Jane, HIGJ,ATE, was go ng M,E chapel to ■H at NORTH^ WHEN two mea AUTF A WOman < MRG /from und. GOME trees and snatcfced AT HERCHA>• 1 • Barnard the presence OF to put HER IN her WATCH^] S!IVE that, but "it chain was HI ^pieces. 'LE th"ee robberr at once ran T ..police coui NOT be found for SON>E time. B0" :NTIA Highgate .BE reporter says) ARE getting VERY > l'ud the inAbitauts are much alarmed

FRIGETFUL TRAGEDY AT D OB^NG. A youngTAari named Frederitk Champi0"'A man, is NO; URJUG at his residince in P''R ,T>,TIR,.LPR • dying state LAYING been stabbec IN A FEAR*U by his BROT)ERJ WHO has since GI^EN himself UP P°liCE- +IIAT From MONIES made yesterday IT would ^R^KINIR four brotlify YARNED CHAMPION WENT TO QNR;NCR- to visit th(R Moiber, a widow residing AT.. P £ gardens, NET. TBE Dorking station. They WERE joine » several fiiei^S ALL(J TJJGY Amused themselves °Y ing up to LATE hour, THM they C°F TO A drioking FI-EY TWO of the bothers *ENT public-bouse AUd while there 0 £ THEM, UA ..Alfred Willi,M Champi°»> 5L;UL a quarrel strange man, 0E became SO excted that B13 DI forced him OOT 0{ the HOUSE, aucl MBILE in THE s RT; pulled .a knie from HIS pocket and THS „„=NED dosed with B> A desperate struggle then between tliem AND both ground. V J- brother FredejCK WAS 0N the GROMD he COUW OU^ am stabbed or God's SAKE litt TIE up." WAG once picked uj WHEN it WAS DISCOIERFED that JJ00ts. running DOWMIS trouse1"8 AN(^ nea-]J filling "I ,,0W Br. ChaideootWas seu^ f°r' ai1^ f°3nd ^°pr. of in an exhausld state, ALL HOJEG WERE gLV' bis recovery. He WAS SO seriously STABBED knife had pejorated the kidneys. His Alfred also cut abot with THE kuife. The brotbe William Chtnpion, LEFT TILE HOUSE shortly « occurrence, ,ID ON SATURDAY BE GA?E HIMSELF P AJ._ police, and detained in custody ON a CH»R^ Q tempting tomurder his brother. The IF]111 .Yesterday Nis in a dyiug state.

The EAJOF^AIRLE^HAS INTIMATETTHAT the teants of arable ims, the shoo'.icg of wbith is -not let ,Will L,,e at libertyo shuot hares and kill HABITS EACH own farn VINVE The laracks at Eichmond AN^ K^NG/ £ IN075 ^EEN offed to the Government, the FORMER FOR I AND theitter for £ 15,874. No official REPLY has Detn receivedy the magistrates. i I'HE anchester Courier states tlat A PE^ 10 OEEN PR4ENTED to the Manchester County (^>URT Charles JAMES Samuels and WILLIAM 1?A™U,ELSA' *HERCHARJ AUJ -jommissiun agents. Their habintie »RE estinted at, £ 100,000. ^>NE OF tbe amount received from the defendan the R^NT LETTING-house prosecutions in London has ■been haiE(J OYER T0 FOUR PARISHTJS in WLLIC^ E offences 3RE EONIMitted, to be applied in aid of Poor rat< THE 1CT1UNE OI- THE REAL PRUSENCE. CC?° overaj AG JATEIY taken place at lixeter AS o SOC ™EI the ileal Presence; and LT IS NOW STATED hat THE T LIO F ESETER HAS COUSENTEA to proceeding SN 8 against tbe liev. G. Port*R> Rector- oi St. N, ?RA^ 'IN that city, on account of a 8err»OU TKS C°N THE doctrine. lhe A^SSMEJNT 0f each parish and UM°N 1 S^°POLW been made under the Valuation Act of «™PLETE F"MT- TOTAL f +NT 0 *■! metropolis is now £ 2-i,78I>,000 5S-> FTB ^'F.LE value £ ^0,360,535 9s. 4D.T AS TT 'M7,1' IS- 4D. gross value, and £ 22,U5,832 4s. 4d. rateable VUE O{ 1871. CO?*+B DTJNTS OF ANJOXT.—HENRY the nvl ° h0 House of Anjou were learned f»r RAiof their age. of them WAS 1 DESCVIKO?A FIGMENT on Anjouin histoiy; WBIEH> *61)11+ I ,S OF considerable morit, and ANOTHER ].S e alior of the proverb that an unlettered kin £ 1 tlw °roied ass. Courageous when need fill, b«t ne.ve' bettp)- SS3y courageous, they were good soldiers, Poiiev 'SIueri' Hot-blooded by nature, but patient by Hacio, .snerally very prudent, but always very Per -1" ,,]i" 't too proud too crouch for a time in or<jer to ga' Witniit1" end^ but too proud ever to forget the Capabla^'nd with only too good a memory of tbe past- ^rutilif 'unscrupulous cruelty, but averse to wanton liiit iiot^ oftcn tind-hearted, aud habitually courteous, >ider s ti"ustworthy. Often true and reliable in a «eru„uif'1- aud in the essence of the matter, but no fa° Rs to immediate promises or acts. With little v^ttirxY1-' ^ut; a 6reat deal of superstition; readily sub- °ldin^ c'° Penauce f°r the evil means employed, but Moll 3 it to the ill-gotten gain. Perfect actors, but n°t >ivo- U-'ue men. Henry II. of England, the represen- ^Ui-acte^1'8 ^ne Counts, partook of these family v?t -n-a^tics, though his Anglo-Norman descent was ill/({tf.¡ g In its counterbalancing influence.—Sandford's j, f Enylish Kinys. OF SOMERSET ON SCIENCE.—In Wee Pr'zes at the Newton Abbot Art and ,*efc<l wi"°° ,-tlle 1-,uke of Somerset said that lie had. ^tior; h sui 'al,hu *llat the Premier in his speech on edu- 1{1te]lecJ- s^;a 'le would balance for the proof of ^cTine 'e 'nven lf-u ° violin against the locomotive >y stra °v> TC0?U1^Uvi lda G'ace, I thought that was ^Ofte f0,e- 81.i0U'- 1 ef know what the violin has iCl'apin^ ,'iC C1V1^15'1 0 ^ankind. JTen have been fcUt what these squeaking string for thfJ last ycar3) ^olin is .°d as the woik. gained by it ? i;ut hc says tl10 of 111US1?' therefore is equal to the ye&™ ng,°' ■j-, **cu in viii« tiiw I;^ yuo- sr-tr]Jy, contained ail ich commencetl in Nra<:Iei'< Genoa h« f odu™i ^'°+ ?reat ^)ie d Columbus. I COIlfeSSJ!rt.lt Boemod to, ^tbe ireadof Mr. Gladstone compnnng the vjoli,/ ^luJJavih^°m°tive engine, that it like with Columbus. Befemng, in of his speech to the Social Sc;eriC0 ^,ul:-M0ld lately at Plymouth, the Duke ^t a0T"\ -in 1 How can Cy '« £ to !° b'\ "lt 'lie:r ttot .sriuta l"ea,) ,!ct.feed on some carefully ascei t,.unt. » J^tl.uconclusions. What data have they § J 1 tho -1' -S l)'it crotchets and cruditieis, wh'.ch P011^^ J Hot? tKa.Jhe fancy of the speaker. No doubt n >■ 7 be 0fyH co^ay eventually be of use to scienco. bu +'h»/ s«^-° science—it is not matured subicieii tali s^ice. i'lie sciej^ce of government au Q J)°t science are yet in their infancy, and tiiey tome to years of discretion.

fJii 8 a JIXDKLTOV COFFKE, refreshing, healthy, and ^eti;n rf t!ie valuable beverage for preserving a heaitnj ^een es- fr stomach, "and as an aid to more pote Pors )nav tenisters at 6d.. 10d., and Is. 6d. each. »»1' GHmatrents .,Sn;-ipliefl by t-he proprietor, or the following J1"1 Brist^!oiwd and Robinson, Bristol; ClutterbucK an« 7^r' B.vxc, llnyh Devan, wholesale grocer, Brid:rend. IS" ^"JN^NIONPIIR.^R CUT STIJAJO-SKLMXO BY TIIOUSANDS.— tire,^ancai- he'id laughable contrivance is very unique, the nig- the jT- of "'etrf worked bv a novel steam engine constructed en- ow da^nd with polished brass works, When in motion for £ r,on. P* in various graceful attitudes for one hour at each °nr shiued in boxes, with directions and carriage paid, and Oo.Vs and sixpence in stamps. From B." and F. >,e genuine^.1f>. and 12. Rosemary -street, Belfast. N.B HjVi'j j;pft.tdoes not bear our name in full. 331* 1E4T8ET,CLSR, ";U.' TROCHES, for the cur of Coughs, Colds Is. 11'!1 the thjchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, or any irritation orsore- con^1-. l>er b°ft, are now imported and sold'in this country at all'I elliont, TJlmt up m the lorm of a." lozenge." ]t is the most fcev ^'onvrtbflpant. safe and sure reinedv for clearing t' .-v { Vjlce knowu hi the world. The havo ln fr'ondi' peccher savs :—"I have often recommended I^n ',v'd were T1(.lbjc speakers, and in many eases thev Vvn» Bi-onjiiiely «I'vieeable Tne genuine have the words ,on the Government stamp around j etree-. jy all Medicine Vendorg,—London Depot, 493, 20SS T!1E TFEIH AKD BR«ATH.—Afew divpeof the d»,e*itLkherl,SP,nl!tlei °'La Wet tooth-brush produces a dS^5', ri*1" 1!nth!ch thoiou0'blv cleanses the Teeth from all ? h^nlen^ the ffums, prevents Tartar, stop £ ?> }ee^p whiteness, and a di^ant i:h^e i 1' t^V, removes all unpleasant deCar °r tob^™ smoke. The ■G ^'f'l'mer .1" ln\rrely ,V "w and the neatest Toilet 6" U •'t a, rf any respectable Chemist on ev?6vT°r at.V('' ,Pet bottle" Prepared bv H. °n t/VerVxtord-street, London, cx.-rtific.-te of'Dr. i-.ttle. 2089

I THE MURDER OF A POLICEMAN IN CARDIFF. CORONER'S INQUEST YESTERDAY. Yesterday Mr. Reece, deputy coroner, held an inquest on the body of William Perry, the unfortunate police- constable who was so cruelly assassinated on Monday morning, under circumstances that call forth the greatest commiseration, and add to the horror of the crime.. The investigation waS held in the Town-hall, in the police-court, and a large number of persons assembled in the endeavour to hear the proceedings. The jury was composed of the following >—MessM. James Trotter Barry (foreman), James H. ^Ta"8' H. Bidgood, William Hutt, William Evans, N. Lewis, Joseph Gover, John Talbott Henry Thomas, Thomas Joseph Gover, John Talbott, Henry Thomas, Thomas Rees, F. W. Joy, and W. Spiridion. William Evans, toll-keeper at the Westgate toll-gate, deposed that he saw the deceased William Perry and John Jones at a quarter to half-past 11 o clock on Monday, who were coming towards him from Canton towards the gate. When he first saw them they were near the lamp-post on the opposite side to the West- gate Hotel, about 80 or 40 yards from his#. Saw them come up so far as the Cathedral-road, John Jones branched off towards the West-gate Hotel, the otfieer paused for a moment and then followed John Did not hear anything said, l-hey appeared o e a illg in friendly conversation. The last he saw was that John Jones had crossed the road, and he then turned his head in another direction. Witness waa in ? small adjoining building and observed the foregoing thro%gh a wiudow. A cab came up to the gate and he ran out to get the toll. Witness said he he saw them coming along the road before he went into the outbuilding. After the cab or carriage had passed he heard a noise like a hard blow and a fall, and a girl came out screaming from the Westgate Hotel. The carriage was going towards Canton. At the time he heard the noise of a blow he heard screaming. By a juror: The noise was inside the Westgate Hotel. The servant girl came out of the house and asked him to go over. Did not see either John Jones or the de- ceased after they got inside the house till he was called over. The girl ran out from the side door and asked him to come over at once. He ran across directly, and went to the front door, and gave the door a push, bu could not open it. He put his head inside and saw de- ceased lying on his back. He was in the passage, and was lying partly across it. Witness ran round to the side door, and when he got into the passage he saw a man, whose name he did not know, had got there before him, and had takeu the collar off the deceased s neck. The witness here described the position be found the deceased, who was lying with his head towards the door. He assisted the other man to reverse the e- ceased's position, turning his head the other way. Did not see any sign ef blood, and at that time did not even know that he bad been stabbed. Deceased was dead when he arrived. Saw John Jones, after he had risen from tbe floor attending deceased, standing by the ar with a knife in his hand. At that time several men came in, and one of them named Smith he asked t°run and get some constables. The daughters of the land- lady were screaming out that Jones was going to kill himself, but he did not see him do anything. He sent to the police station, and told him to go there as fast as he could. The knife he saw m the hands of John Jones was a long one. He. came out of the place and did not go back, as plenty of people were ii there by the time Smith went off for assistance. ^"a j «nown ^oues ever since he (witness) had lived m Cardiff—about two years. Had heard that he was given to drinking, but could not speak cn this point per- sonally. By a Juror: The deceased's head was resting against vvr,?Ut door and Partly against the wall. William Cooper, a boy between 11 and 12, a relati of the deceased, said he was by the .Westgate turnpike about 11 o'clock, goiug towards Canton. He saw the deceased and John Jonea, whom he did not know by sight. They were coming towards nim when he saw them the first time. Saw them cross over the road, in the direction of the Westgate Hotel, and then go iu at tiie door. Before deceased went in he spoke to witness, and asked him how his father was, Jones was a little in front of the deceased as they entered tbe door. Witness, after speaking to deceased, went on along the Canton road,, and the first h«fceard was when he returned past the Westgate Hotel, and found a great crowd round the doors. Sergeant Walltridge here stated that the witness had told Jjmj ke geea deceased stabbed. This the witness did not deny, and the Coroner interrogated the boy as to whether he had been told what to say, and he said that what he now stated was the truth. I Alired Matthews another little boy, said that about eleven o'clock he was near the Westgate turnpike, and saw the deceased and Jones walking together. They were coming towards him when lie saw tliern turn off to g0 to tli0 Westgate Hotel. He did not hear them sa-^ ^Qything. He saw Jones go in at the side door, and deceased was just on the door step when he saw ^t his hand and strike the deceased somewhere t Vu slloulder. Did not notibe which hand he struct him witlK Decea3ed's back was towards him at T9 &nd he could not tell where he was exactly fn ° deceased fell down directly he was struck. He lack- Witness ran up to the door, which 1 shut. Saw a woman pull deceased m- 81 T'I Uot see Jones when he ran up to tbe door. Je |oreman here stated that the jury would like to se a pian house, and after some mutual infor- mation had been given of its construction, the exain- ma ion was proceeded with. Witness said that they went m Ht tJie |0jdjag (j^g (which is tbe entrance nearest the corner ef the road), as the deceased was fr? Was struck, and he saw him fall down with bis eet outride the front door. Witness ran up, aud at tne sanae time a woman pulled deceased in aud shut tlie doors. After Junes had struck the blow be went into tne har. This he saw through the open door. In answer to a juror: He saw Jones go in first, but did not see him. turn but when he saw him next he ha_ ••ui'ned towards tbe deceased whom lie struck. f it Auq liate> the daughter of tbe landlady ot tne Westgate Hotel, deposed that she was in the bar wneQ deceased and Jones came in, about ten minutes past eieveQ 0-clcck on Monday. They came m a.most together. She was alone in the bar. She 5?^ strike the blow and saw deceased fall down. Vd Di0t laa^e the slightest noise after he was struck, ai™ s. e "ead no words spoken between them. T + f ltness was much overcome. She was accom- modated a gea(. duriug tlje examination, and after reac nng t}le body of the court had to be taken out in a fainting 8tate. Edith Hobbs, wife of a stableman residing at Roath, deposed that she was at tbe Westgate Hotel on Monday morning. g^e wag engage(| ju WiiShing clothes, and at the time was in the back vari and the first she knew of it was that Miss Caroline Bate ran out to her, and asked ner to come in, and,she came instantly, and went to the bar. Slie saw Jo.jes b himself in the bar. Did not see a W in Joues,s liaud. Th(j fi t thiag she saw was the deceased, lying close behind the door at the end of the passage. He was lying on his back, with his head restjng on the skirting. She, with the assis- tance of Wi £ Evans, the toll-keeper, drew him in, and another mat, came to their assistance, aud they endea- voured to gjVe deceased some brandy. After they had moved the deceased he only breathed once. As soon as she open^ coa^ she found that, he had been stabbed, ai^ g^g saw ^lood coming from his chest. Looked between the two curtains that are hung be- tween the passage and the bar, and saw Jones siaobing himself. Saw him strike himself once or twice at bis breast. She said, « oh, man, don't hurt yourself," and he replied, II I know what I am doing." Asked the mun who was in tljie passage to stop Jones, and Jones said if he ca^g towards him he would get the cou tents of the knife. The man then came bacn, and she said close the door, and he closed the door between the passage and the bar. The police then arrived, and cne J-rlo then saw Jot}eg -was lying on the floor. Diu noo nt where the Icnife was when the door was openet as | one of the Rates had gone in and taken the knife from where Jones had placed it. When she saw Jones stabbing himself he had his coat and waistcoat off. Did not recollect seeing the boy Alfred Matthews. Isabella R$,i:e, ano hf-r daughter of the landlady, sa'd she took tbe knife, but did not notice whether Jones's waistcoat anq coat weie off. Ellen Symons, of No. 3, Lower Cathedral road, de- posed that sbe was at the Westgate Hotel about 11 o clock on Moilf]ay morning, and was in the bar with e ast witnesy^ ghe went to the Westgate Hotel in consequence of ^he cries for help, which proceeded from side (-■) an^ her daughters, who called out from their uf-nr- w the jioliceman lying in the passage and arm ,oor. Saw John joues with bis head Win" onV'11 + ia-hle by the bar, and, saw the knife i*nto°the b^ 6 near him. Miss Isabella Hate went identified/11, WltJl her, and handed her the knife (knife Dr. Paine de o-Je Hotel\^C?°s that he was s nt for to the Wes!- Ti.o hotel 7?!^ touncl deceased lving in the passage of .hP left SSp ^iued.him' seTeral wound5 The caviiv was'fnhe of which passed under the rib. of lhe body had bee^1^ °'^ tLe oimntit i ueeu bc\eied. Such a wound would i n v nstautaneous death. The blow must have been. Se^ere one_ it h&a thronRb :l poilion o The kmfe produced would produce such wounds as thoge inflicted upon deceased, which corieS.xmdeu cxleinaiiy with it. Dr. Granger deposed that he was sent for on Tues- day, about 2o minutes past 11o'clo-. k. Up. n arriving at the Westgate Hotel he found deceased lying in the passage, dead. He saw .John Jones there. He had four wounds on the left side--one of them very s-uner- licitd, the others were more serious. JOKOS said that he had done it," and added, "Let me alone." He a1 so said This is a pantomime." Thought he had been drinking. but he could fully understand what he was doing .In answer to the jury, the witness said li > appeared greatly excited, but dill not think he was sutTeri g from delirium tremem. He had evidently been drinking. t t At this stage the proceedings were adjourned until this (Thursday) morning at 10 o'clock. It has transpired that the name of the deed is Bon. jamin Swan, and not John Jones, and that he was formerly in the employ of a. butcher named Hollings- worth, at Wolverhompton.

THE WAGES QUESTION IN THE STEAM COAL & IRON TRADE. # THE IMPENDING STRIKE. THE IRON MASTERS & THEIR WORKMEN. THE CAUSES OF THE REDUCTION. The conference to which the iron master* invited their workmen, in order that the causes of the reduction might be explained, took place yesterday in the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, and was, the first time in connection with the iron masters meetings, open for the admission of representatives of the press. The works represented at the meetisg were as follows Abernant and Ply- mouth, Mr. R. JFothergill, M.P. (who presided); Dowlais, Mr. G. T. Clark and Mr. Menelaus Cyfarthfa, Mr. R. T. Crawshay, Mr. W. Crawshay, and Mr. William Jones; Ebbw Vale and Abersychan, Mr. A. Darby; Llynvi, Tondu and Ogmore, Mr. A. Brogden, M.P., and Mr. Colquhoun; Rhymney, Mr: R. Laybourne; Tredegar, Mr. C. A. Browne; Nantyglo and Blaina, Mr. John Richardson, and Mr. II. V. Trump; Cwinavon, Mr. E. Martin. Two delegates were present from each of the following works :—Dowlais, Cyfarthfa, Plymouth, Abernant, Ebbw Vale, Abersychan, Blaeravon, Blaina, Nantyglo, Pontypool, Tredegar, Rhymney, Tondu, Llynvi, Ogmore, aud Cwmavon. On the assembly of the delegates, Mr. FOTHERGILL, M.P., opened the business by ad- dressing the men. He said he was deputed by the employers in the ironworks of South Wales to explain to taem why the employers of South Wales felt it necessary to take steps which were exceedingly painful to them, but which they were compelled to take. After having advanced the wages of the men, during the past twelve months, by amounts varying from 40 to 50, 60, 70,80, and even 100 and upwards per cent., they were now im- pelled by circumstances—which, he trusted, would be only temporary-to reduce the rate of wages 10 per cent. His explanation of that necessity he would make as brief as he could, and he thought they would agree with him, when they had heard him, that the reasons were convincing and satisfactory. The price of irwii-aiid he was addressing now only ironworkers and ironworks' colliers-had advanced, in his own experience, from 26 a ton to 29 and k9 2s., that is, e9 was the price the makers could sell it at that—let them mark his words, if the makers could sell it at all. Iron, then, had advanced 50 per cent. in price, and he was not aware that any of the workmen had received less than 50 per cent. increase of wages in his own colleries, and at Plymouth particularly, he had advanced his men from 50 to 100 per cent. But a change had come over the trade. The prices of iron, which six months ago were so lively and improving, had fallen, and the demand had for a time died out. The American demand for rails, which absorbed one-half, or nearly so, of all the rails made in South Wales, had absolutely ceased, no rails whatever having been recently sold in that market at the high prices which they formerly obtained, with perhaps a few exceptions where railway companies were bound under heavy penalties to complete their lines within a certain time, and consequently had to buy their rails at any price that was asked. The cessa- tion of that demand was a very severe blow to the trade, and though the ironmasters kept their furnaces going, they saw their order-books run out, and things got so bad at last-so very serious, that they were compelled to accept very much lower prices to keep the works alive. He would illustrate his meaning by telling them that he bad made a contract himself within the last few days at a reduction of about £2 a ton. Now, he wished to point out to them that, making as he did 70 or 80 thousand tons or upwards of iron a year, a loss of £ 2 a ton amounted to an enormous item upon his total production. No employer could stand that for any length of time, and it therefore became necessary for the masters in, this condition of things, to ask their workmen to submit to a temporary reduction —and he believed it would only be temporary, although he could not promise that it would—in order to enable them to reduce their costs during the next two or three months or so. During the last three quaiters of a cen- tury that was the principle upon which the iron trade had been carried on in South Wales. His father had acted upon that principle during the time he had stated, aud at Mr. Crawshay's works it had been acted on for a still longer time. The workmen had received an advance every time the state of trade permitted it, and now the masters had to ask that the men should submit to tbe temporary reduction which the state of trade com- pelled. In the past they had gone on harmoniously and happily; they had their little struggles and strikes here and there the masters had not always behaved right and properly, nor were the men always free from blame J but they had generally come together in a fiiendly man- ner in the end. He could undertake to say that in strikes he had known in this district, dozens of workmen and their families had received relief from their employers at times of need, and until lately a good feeling had always existed between Welsh workmen and Welsh employers. Butnow a new thing had appeared in the land, and stran- gers had come among them, strangers whose mouths over- flowed with words of conciliation and arbitration, but whose hearts were filled with the bitterness and discord on which they lived. He appealed to them as Welsh workmen whether they had not gone on happily in the past, and whether grievous trouble like that which now menaced,them, had ever been in their midst before? Had they ever known in the old days such a strike as that now upon their hands, with the whole of the works of Gla- morganshire and Monmouthshire lying idle ? As he had already expressed to his own. workmen, he had always .1 "reat pleasure in meeting them, and having frankly and openly told them the state of trade, he asked them to submit t the reduction, which the masters with extreme reluc- tance made, and which they only made because they could not carry on the work without it (hear, hear). y Delegate from. Tondu stated that delegates from Maeste" and other works in Monmouthshire and Gla- morganshire were awaiting admission to the room. FofHEB&ILL stated that the works which those delegates represented did not belong to the Association. He °called upon Mr. Crawshay to explain to them the effects at his works of the present state of Mr CBAWSHAY said he had put into writing what he 1 ad'to say in order that no misunderstanding might arise, and he then proceeded to speak as follows: -The lowest •. I sold rails at before the late start in trate was t'^lSs 9d per ton, and I lost money by every ton mades The price I sold rails at a month back was £ 9 2s 5d per ton being 58 8"10ths per cent, advance on the lowest 'e I have advanced my 4 feet colliers 101 per cent, other's from 47 to 100 per cent. I am losing money by °r>kin,f rails at £ 9 2s 5d. with the present rate of wage. terials so am obliged to reduce wages. The and materi y the wder for ridl;, thg utLer duy reason J jnen employed; but now the mouth', waf- i,.ivimT expired, and the men refusing to works notice regeveci from the necessity of finding Ii A ,„vrlr so shall not sell any more rails at that price S I am ol.Bs«J- I.«?«' fe vi" «•*» v but until it does 1 cannot work without ti-e, I)Ut WiU it not be better then for^ the men to work at the reduced wages than remain idle waiting for the advance in price of rails? Thev may rely 011 the masters giving back the reduction JW wer thev commence working on an advanced at; c:u -of pl-ice, If the men continue on strike and the price of rails fall the reduction of wages may be 20 per cent, iftstead of the'lO per cent. Nobody can tell what the price will be onth or two hence if t'iey_ could they would make f' "ir fortune. What benefit ;s it then to the men remain- 'r 11» waiting the chance of a rise in the price of iron, 1Uh K they can now o° 011 wor^hig, and receive their ad- when i ^v;,rTes when the rise takes place. The agreement VanCS 1 co'aiowners have with their men is an unjust and the sale why should their ad vancin g or reducing their unfair one. what the ironmasters do ? Why can- nienbedept xj ^t their own battles instead of sneak- not the coalo the irqninasters fight for them. The ing away anc good, a/nl the price got for coal may coal trade ma„ ,>f wages. Iron, on the contrary, not require a ret e and a reduction of wages be neces- may have fallen r the coalowners reduce their sary. Why; ^f '.esent state of the two trades. Iron men? bnen is the I not at ali; or ,,b mos(. 2g tu has fallen bOs per > -e tw0 years ago at 9s 6d per 3s per ton. I bou0 the s £ ime party 42s per ton. 1 am now p y r than per cent, while which shows coke J< S-l0ths per cent- This agree- iron has only risen oo -,e!. them the power ment of the coalowners, <- r,asters do, naturally of reducing their men whe the i the makes their men do all they cai colliers to resist a reduction, and honourable the ironmasters to maice l <){ course> would have on the coalowners pait ■ vejuCed and the coal- their own remedy if the ironmasibe i >au c owners did not. They could woik g(. ifc wmild pbtain the best wages, andwl wouW be for hot aifect them, but only the -s my plain him to consider what he had best do. lhat J I 'St MTIIKNELAUS said at Dowlais theyhad, price of rails had taken a rise m 1^0 t i00 of the colliers from 46 to 98 per center fiom. o0 to^ per cent., and the wages of puddlers o l — result was simply this, that they con d not maBe rails mr the price they were now getting for them, and let any margin of reasonable profit. The ironmasters reasonable profit, or they could not go on. At Dovvlai woiks, which were worth a sum he could not even ap- proximately estimate, there was positively three-quarters of-a million of floating capital in use to keep it going. it was possible that the, work might be carried oil with less, but at all events it would require at least a floating capital half a million. He thought the man who gave up half a million of golden sovereigns, which he might take away in a wheel barrow, or put in a bank, or do what he liked with, in order to keep a place like Dowlais going, deserved a fair, if not a handsome ptofit, and he said, and said it advisedly, that no man in Dowlais at the present price of rails could make a large profit, or a fair profit, or even a reasonable profit. He had figures there that would show that Dowlais works had on ito books at the present mo. f *ft'?nt 23,000 tons (,f rails or four months' work, at low About a month ago the;? had only 2.000 tons of ra^^nsake, and their London »Maroager, by Mr. Clark's and fe Menelau'w) advice, was iold-to take no orders. But they not stop the works Skat would be unkind to the men, ¡1!ùl practically of no us-c to the oWlIr, so their agent ordered to sell at low prices, and to lake orders at such prices as would leave but » small inargir, of profit, and not what he called a reasonable profit. He, therefore, had asked the Dowlais workmen, and he asketi them representing the whole of the workmen of South Wales, to help the masters to get over the present diffi- culty. Let the workmen help to tide the wo.-iters over bad times, and lie wa» sure when trade revwed, as it would, the masters would give the men the svduction back (Mr. Pothergill hear, hear). The ulsters kept the works going in bad times, and the men reaped the ad- vantage of constant work, and it was due to the rsasters that the men should help them when they were- in a difficulty. These figures before him showed the average price they were now getting for rails. They had got. as he said, 23,973 tons oi-,Iered-call it 24,000. Many of these were best nils, made at a cost of from 10s to RI a ton above the cost of common rails. They were getting jb9 10s 8d per ton for those rails free on board at Cardiff, and he asserted that no man could get a fair reasonable profit who only got £ v) 10s 3d per ton for rails. These fi-'ures were at the men's service, and they could, if they choosed, investigate them in any way they wished. He had been told by Dowlais workmen that the price of rails was kl2 a ton. There were two or threee newspapers in that room where they would see the price of rails quoted at £ 10 10s in the North of England, and R12 lis in South Wa'e i. He would explain to them the inaccuracy of those quotations, and he did so because his own men cams to him and said "I saw so and so in the news- papers He held in his hand a copy of the Iron and Coal Trade Review, and in that paper, under date December 25, 1872, rails were quoted in the north of England at £ 10 15s to £ 11 5s. Now, no such price, or anvthing like such a price, had been paid for rails within his knowledge in the north of EnglanA When they turned to South Wales, under the same date, they saw that the gentleman who drew up these tables, quoted rails at £ 12 and X12 10s, practically £ 2 higher than the price in the North of England. He believed that table was drawn up in that manner to increase the difference between, the master and workmen in South Wales, and that the figures were introduced for a purpose. It w« not for him to answer for the north of England, but he knew the northern people 'got the same nrice for common rails as was obtained in Wales. The Middleborough rails he knew brought the same price in the American market as their own, and to prove this statement he would go back to an old number of the paper, published at a time when no pur- pose was to be served by misleading people. The Iron and Coal Trade Renievf of December, 20, 1871, quoted North of England rails at from £ 8 to H8 5s., and South Wales rails at from 1:7 108. to 4;7 15s., so that South Wales rails were then quoted at 10s. a ton less than in the North. Seeing how the men were misled by these figures, he did not wonder that they resisted the reduc- tion. But now they knew that rails were not .£12 a ton, but only £ 9 10s., and at that price, with the present wages, and the present high cost of materials, no man could make anything like a fair or reasonable profit. Then, to add to the difficulties of the masters, the workmen—and he was going to speak plainly to them— had taken to do less work, and had also taken to do worse Work. He did not allege this as the fault of the delegates then present, for no doubt they were picked out as the best men but he did say that a great number of men neglected their work, and in consequence of this the yield at Dowlais had decreased-that is, it took now one hun- dredweight more pig iron than it did two years ago to make one ton of rails. The market price of pig iron was k5 a ton. The masters could not afford to lose that, and the men consequently had to suffer fM- the sins of their class. The workman who wasted one hundredweight of iron must pay the masters for it. Now he would turn to the col- liers. They did not do anything like the quantity of work they used to, all the costs to the employers were the sa.me, and the result was that the coal had gone up in price of production out of all proportion to the advance in wages. He had no hesitation in saying that the Dowlais coal bad gone up in price more than double the advance in wages, and that was because the men would not work as they formerly did-they did very liittle on Monday, not much on Tuesday, and on Wednesday they began. The-ie could be only one place where that loss went to. The masters could not afford to give them high wages. If they would work like men, which they did not, the mas- ters would be able to give them an advance and not a re- duction. He was speaking candidly, because it was of use mincing matters. He had now a report from a large colliery owner, who told him that he bad raised at the same number of pits with the same number of horses and appliances, and by the same number of men, within the last six months 40,000 tons of coal less than during the corresponding six months of last year, That was ruinous to the employer, and the men had to bear among themselves the sin of the idle among them. He was not talking about the price of coal to the pur- chaser. Wliathe said, and what he would repeat, was, that the cost of production to the Dowlais Company had "one up twice the amount of the advance they had given to th« workmen. They used about five tons of coal to make one ton of iron and if coal went up 5s. a ton, then there went 25s. to every ton of iron. They used to make in Dowlais 100,000 tons of rails a year—about 2,000 tons a week-and he kdid not think they would make this year, from the cause he had spoken of, 70,000 tons, although they had the same establishment and the same number of furnaces and everything else on the same scale. That was a loss of more than a fourth of their produce, and the gross profit at the end of the year was reduced in the same pro- portion. All this was because the men worked a little easier than they did two years ago. Some- body had ■spoken about arbitration. ° He had watched the course of arbitration, and he did not know how it succeeded among weavers and spinners, but in the iron trade it had been very unsatisfactory' and entirely owing to this simple reason—that you can bind the masters, but you cannot bind the men. There was a Board of Arbitration and Conciliation at MiddlesWn' which devised a table of rules regulating the wa-es of puddlers by the actual prices received by Ironmasters for their rails, the prices being ascertained by a London accountant from the books of the masters It turned out that, although by their own solemn agreement they were adjudged to be entitled to an advance of 7-1 per cent., they refused to accept anything of the sort. They demanded 122 percent., and the masters, rather than have a tight, submitted to an injustice and gare it. The arbitration boundmasters because they were fewer in num- ber and did not bind the men because they were in large masses, and great masses of men were without conscience, and could not be controlled. He was not talking of individuals, but general principles. If there were large numbers of masters and very few men, the fact would be just the same, only the position would be reversed. The masters of the North were of otiniot-, that arbitration wus a one-sided bargain altogether, and he did not think they could possibly in- troduce it into their district. i J lVlr FOTHERGhL wished to supplement the remarks of Mi ilenelaus. Arbitration was a favourite remedy of a certain class of persons; but he would remind them of the example they had had of arbitration in that county. He had no liesitttion in saying that the settlement by arbitration of the steam coal dispute was cowardly and unjust. It settled it in this way, that the prices paid by the sea coal colliery proprietors were to follow the prices paid by the ironmasters. It was cowardly because the steam coal masters and the steam coal colliers put the battle upon the ironmasters and their workmen, who had to light the battle of the steam coal men as well as their own. It was unjust because the trades were not similar. nor were tneir vicissitudes alike. The coal trade might be good when the iron trade was bad, as Mr. Crawshay had pointed 11 iit, and when the iron trade was good, the coal trade might be under depression. He (Mr, Fothergill) was dead against arbitration, and his men had agreed with him that it was not fair or reasonable. The old plan of master and men meeting together was still the best for such a genial class as the Welsh workmen. He preferred the Welsh workmen to any other class in the community. I he Welsh workmen had hearts, which was more than could be said of the Saxon workmen of the north, and having hearts, they could be appealed to successfully. Mr. A. DARBV, in a characteristic speech, said there could be no two opinions about the necessity of a reduc- tion. There must be a reduction. The masters could not afford to do without it. The profits of the iron masters now were a miserable pittance, and if the work- men did not submit to the reduction bad would come of it. He agreed with Mr. Menelaus about arbitration. No arbitration for him. They might as well ask him to have arbitration with his wife. The shortness of the colliers, work. to whieh Mr. Mene- laus had referred, was an enormous item, and in hisestab- nshment amounted to a hundred tons a week lost on the make, and yet the same wages had been paid. Besides there was the risk of their capital. They paid their men every Saturday, and had to wait three months or six months for their payment, and then often received it'in paper. F Mr. JONES, a delegate from Blaenavon. then took part in',the discussion. It was true he said, that a g-reat deal of work had been lost by the idle habits of some of the men, but it seemed hard that all should have to suffer for their fault. They agreed that they were not altogether fit to judge the price the masters received, and that was why they hoped the masters would take the matter out of their hands, and refer it to arbitration. If the reduc- tion was due, let men in whom the workmen and masters had confidence say so, and it would be accepted. They acknowledged that in some instances the men had dis- agreed with arbitration but surely there was bound to be some good in a principle that had been adopted by the nation to settle international disputes. It seemed that the men had been misled by a newspaper with res- pect to the quotations. That was another reason why they should have a Board of Arbitration. as when the men would not have to trust to newspapers for their quotations. When they had the last five per cent. reduction, the Mining Jaurnal quoted Welsh iron at fXi Gs. a ton, and at the present time, accord in" to the same authority, it was 10J 5s., and yet the men generally had had oily 25 per cent. advance in their wages since, and, therefore, they thought that they were fully entitled to make the resistance they had made. They wanted arbitration and even admitting that it had failed in other places, that was no reason why it should not suc- ceed with honest, warm, true-hearted Welshmen, as Mr. Eothergill called them. He thought it was hardly fair to say it would fail among Welshmen until they had had an opportunity of trying it. Mr. REUBEN PRICK, delegate from Nantyglo. regretted that there had been too great a gap hitherto between masters and workmen. He was glad to have that opportunity of meeting the masters, and he hoped it would be the means of still further bridging over the space between them by leading to a board of arbitration, or at least a board of conciliation, and then they would l have no mistakes about newspaper quotations, but would learn in friendly Italkwhat w.i.s the real state of the market. 1 As regarded the advance said to have been given, he coiild not say that he had received 50 per cent. or 40 per cent. He would not discredit the masters' statement, nor disown that in some of the works 40 per cent. had been given, but his own advance had not been more than 30 per cent. altogether. The masters had spoken a great deal about their risk of capital; but was it not true that the miners risked something? (hear, hear.) They risked a capital that was worth their lives, and they knew not what moment they might lose it (hear, hear), and they said, therefore, that tfp,*y 'vere entitled to as good a day's wages as any persons in Great Britain. How many colliers risked their Jives and health, amI contracted chVea^es in wet or ill-venti- lated mines, only an ehl collier like himself could tell, From the mwaent they decended the pit their lives were in jeopardy for reasons which the masters knew better than he Med ('he;f.rr hear). Chi this account they cdawaied the sympathy of the- -masterg, and although they admitted the iiiast-trs emplojsd enorsoous capital, t,hey reminded them thai. a< very raaall share of it carne to the cofi.sers (hear, hea).. YVith vegard tÆJo the small production M coal, he attributed that to ths- smaller number of colliers employegly remarking that it was ihtficult now ioget colliers, nobody -voi-ii(I go under- ground who cmiid get remunerative employment on the srirface. A PLYMOUTH DELEGATE saM; the colBers could not understand' how it), was that th!Y' as collie-ns-were 2!5r per cent Wwer in their- wages than tiae men in tie North of Englaswl MENELACS, iii, reply, said they did not" si ve higher wages m the North of England tliac. were in tSouth Wales, for the fact Was that the- workmen in, South Wales earned' a shilling a great ,"eal' easier than the colliers iru Northumberland or the adjoining counties; In the north the men worked on the double shift, and though he did-not wa,t to put it offensively hn must say that the pit that worked the double shift could easily pay its men ten'or even fifteen per cent. more than the pit which worked on the Welsh systerru The double shift was at the root of safety, and was- the greatest economy of working power. In his opinion the-working of a colliery on the- single shift was a sinful waste of power, and a sinful risk of hueraan life. The double shift enabled the coal swnei- to get double the quantity of coal,, and pay far higher wages, and if the Welsh colliers would adopt that system, there would be not a. reduction, but a substantial advance in wages, For his own part, Mr. Menelaus denied that the workmen had any diffi- culty in obtaining access to him at any time. Mr. CLARK expressed the same opinion. Mr. lliCHARDsONy director of the Nantyglo Iron,Com- pany, having addressed the men, The delegate from Nantyglo,. tbe-delegate from. Ply- mouth, and others addressed the meeting, the latter speaking strongly in favour of arbitration. Mr. MEHELAUS challenged investigation of the figures he had read, and proposed to accompany any two men selected by the delegates to London to examine the books of the Dowlais Company or to show them Mr. Clark's books at Dowlais, in order that they might ascertain the truth of the statement he had made with regard to the price of iron. Mr. CRAWSHAY, appealed: to on the AAIne point, said any man might examine his books, and if they found that he told old them wrongly, he asked them never to be- lieve him again. Mr. MENKLAUS, in the course of further remarks, cited the case of Cory, Yeo, and Company as proof of the failure of arbitration in Wales. Mr. FOTIfElIGILL, in bringing the meeting to a close, said they could not expect the delegates to give an answer to the employers that day. Having expressed the pleasure with which the employers had met their Pworkmen that day, he vacated the chair, and the Conference shortly afterwards broke up. A delegate meeting will take place at Merthyr to-day, at which the decisive answer of the men as to the course they will pursue will M delivered, andleither thereduflioll will be accepted or a strike will take place.

ALLEGED ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE COAL. [BY SPECIAL TELEGRAM.1 Yesterday being market day at Barnsley, there was a large attendance of both colliery proprietors and represen- tatives in the town from most of the principal collieries near Barnsley, who expressed surprise at the statement in the morning papers that another advance had been made in the price of coal at the South Yorkshire colleries. Representatives of the Oaks, Lundhill, Derriby, Swaithe, Edmunds Mains Collieries, and other leading pits, dis- claimed all knowledge of the advance. It is positively stated that should another advance be made the miners will apply for an increase of wages.

GLAMORGANSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. The trials of prisoners commenced yesterday morning, at the Town-hall, Cardiff, before Mr. It. O. Jones, chair- man, Mr. d. C. Fowler, deputy-chairman, and one or two other magistrates. The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury:—Messrs Hees Jones, Cardiff (foreman), D. Duncan, H. G. Coleman, It. Davies, C. Jillis, J. England, T. Evans, J. T. Fry, H. Gooch, J. Grant, S. Hall, Edward Jenkins, Edward John, W. T. Kyte, Morgan Morgan, Peter Price, D. Pritchard, J. G. Proger, and J. Sankey. The CHAIRMAN, in charging the grand jury, referred to the large number of cases that called for their attention, and said there were very few that called (for special re- mark. Among the cases were several charges of stabbing, most of which came from Cardiff, and no doubt arose princi- pally from the habit foreign sailors had of carrying knives about with them, and of using them when excited by drink. There was a charge of obtaining goods by false pretences at Cardiff, preferred against a young woman, and the grand jury would have no alternative but to lind a true bill. There was a charge of stealing castings at Neath, against four sailors, two being English and two foreign. Some doubt appeared to exjst as to the identity of the foreign men, and if they shared that doubt they must content themselves by finding a true bill against the Englishmen only. Having explained how it was that so many trivial cases came to be tried at quarter sessions, the learned Chairman dismissed the jury to their duties and they shortly afterwards returned into court a true bill. TRIAL OF PRISONERS. FIRST COURT.—(Before Mr. R.. O. JONES, and Mr. J. S. CORBETT.) STEALING A VEST AND SCARF. Ann Long was indicted upon the charge of stealing one knitted vest and one woollen scarf, the property of Mr L. Owens, at Merthyr Tydfil, on 18th of October last. Previous convictions having been proved against the pri- soner, she was sentenced to 7 year's penal servitude, and 7 year's police supervision. STEALING WEARING APPAREL. John Roberts, alias George Brown, alias EdwardDicey, alias i-dwurd Dawson, was charged with stealing Iivatel), the property of William Davis, at Cardiff, on the 14th October, 1872. Previous convictions were proved against the prisoner, and he was sentenced to seven year's penal servitude, and seven year's police supervision. OBTAINING MOXEY BY FALSE PRETENCES. John Davies was charged with obtaining by false pre- tences, the snm of 19s. Gel the property of Daniel James, at Llanwonno, on the 2nd December, 1-72. Mr. H. Allen appeared for the prosecution. Prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to three month's imprisonment. THEFT OF A WATCH. James Smith was indicted on the charge of stealing a watch from the person of Bridget Casey, at Cardiff, on the 23rd of October, 1872. Mr. Williams conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Power appeared for the defence. The jury after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of not guilty. <> STEALING A SHAWL. Emma Goodman, asingle woman, was charged with steal- ing shawl, the property of George Lewis, at Llandaff, on the 14th November, 1672. Mr. Rees Davies appeared on behfd of the defence, and prisoner who pleaded not guilty, was acquitted. STEALING BOOTS. Hannah Evans, an eating-house keeper, charged with stealing one pair of boot: the property of Daniel Jones, at erthyr Tynfil, on 30th November, 1S72, and also with stealing seven yards and a half of alpaca, belonging to David Phillips, and others, at Merthyr Tydfil, 30th November. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and she was then sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour. STEALING A GOLD RING. Rees Davies was indicted on the charge of stealing a gold ring, value £ 4, from the person of Anne Lewis, at Aberdare, on the 9th of December, 1872. Mr. A. Williams conducted the prosecution. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy, and he was then sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. ROBBERY AT CARDIFF. Thomas Mitchell, a labourer, was charged with stealing 51 10s. from Cornelius Driscoll at Cardiff, on the 23rd of December, 1872. Mr. Ollivant appeared for the prosecu- tion. Prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. SECOND COURT. Before Mr. J. C. Fowler, Mr Griffith Phillips, and Mr. C. W. David. ROBBERY AT ABERDARE. John Harris was indicted on the charge of stealing a purse and money, the property of John Jones, of Aber- dare, on the 15th November last. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. THEFT OF A SCREW-JACK. John Moseley was charged with stealing one screw- jack, the property of the Taff Vale Railway Company, at Llandaff, on the 5th November. Mr Wyndham V\"i'li:'Uis, Q.C., appeared for the prosecution. Prisontr pleaded not guilty, but the jury afterwards returned a verdict of guilty against him, and be was sentenced to four calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. STEALING WEARING APPAREL. Ann Davies, a charwoman, was placed in the deck on a charge of "stealing 23 articles of wearing apparel, the property of Sarah Stevens, at Cardiff, on the 21st of November. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and in consequence of a previous conviction for felony having been proved against her, she was sentenced to twelve calendar months' imprisonment at Swansea. STEALING IROX. William Llewellyn was indicted on the charge ofitealilig 4cwt. and lllbs, weight of iron, at:d three files, the pro" perty ef Richard Fothergill and others, at Aberdare, 20th November, 1872, also with stealing lSlbs. of iron, the property of Richard Fothergill and others, at Aberdare 22nd November, 1872 Evan Davies was also charged with feloniously receiving the iron and three files men- tioned in the first indictment, well knowing the same to have been stolen, at the same time and place. Alr. Bowen appeared for the prosecution, and Ir. Williams for the defence. William Llewellyn, for stealing the iron, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months' hard labour at Swansea. The other prisoner, Evan Davies for receiving the same, pleaded not guilty, but was sen- tenced to six llwl1ths' imprisonment at Swansea. RORBEPY FROM THE PERSON. Selina. Fear, a single woman, was charged with steal- ing a purse and money from the person of Engine Vachell at Cardiff, on the 27th of December, 1872. No po;eciitor appearing, he was discharged. COAL STEALING. Albion Grossman surrendered to his bail on the charge of stealing certain coal, thf; property of the Taff Vale Railway Company, at Llandaff, on the 14th of December, 1882. Mr. Allan prosecuted, and Mr. Bowen instructed by Mr. Bleuoch, defended. The jury gave the prisoner the benefit of a doubt. and returned a verdict of not fuilty. He was then charged, together with Evan latthews, with stealing certain coal, the property of John Evans at Llandaff, an the 14th of December, 1872. Both prisoners pleaded not quilty, and the jury giving them the benefit of a doubt, acquitted thera. 0

GENERAL NEWS. An Amerfevn paper says Professor Tyndall has been robbed in Mo. "York of S200. iu, shML Iscription for the erection of a monument to. jfofasr# ..Burns in Glasgow now amounts to nearly 41,200. The pitmen of JTflrt^iumberland and Durham are organising an »jitatio» to. carry out a movement with a view to extend household sufn"ge to counties. The Nex) York BerccM describes as "A Lost Art in that city, 'I'Tbs!represgt',m ol"crirae by suspension of the criminal." On the morning of 15th ef December, about 9 o'clock, three series of earthquake- shocks were felt in Oregon, Washington Territory, Vancouver's IslanJ, and adjacent sections. No 'damage was done: At the reque&tt of the committed' of the EnglisJt Church in Geneva the Council of State has- postponed the ecclesiastical electicns fcr the sommittee* of- the English Church until April. The Mansion-horpse • Fund for the Jelief I-uf the immdated Italian distieu now amounts to about Woc)o. It has been decided to issue another appeal jail subscrip- tions. The Queen has be?a pleased' to accept tllrongh General Sir Thomas BidduJph, K.C.B.a copy of the poeID, Ieh Dien," from and bp Mrs. O'Coan^r, of Baliwat, in the-colony of Victoria. Tkt, actual duration <,?;»-flash on lightning does not exceed the millionth part of a secoad. But tbe re- tina of the human eye retains the impression of the alec-1 tricad Hash for a much longer period. According to the Printers' Iler/isteere are tliis day published 112 daily newspapers, distributed as fel- liows.Lon(lon. 14; ProvinceSi.645 Scotland). 11; Ireland 20; Wales, 2; Channel Island^ 1. The Salopian is able definitely to st» £ e that Mr. Charles Milnes Gaskell has anuounced his intention of eoming forward as a Liberal candidate at the next general election for the borough of Wenlook. The marriage of the Hon; Eliot C. YSrke, son of the Earl of Hardwicke, and Miss de Kbthsehild, daughter of Sir Anthony and Lady- de KothscLili, is fixed for the 9th of this month. The rectory of Burton Cherry, near Ber-^rfey, worth JE950 a year, and the rectory of Brandsby, near York, worth JE700 a year, have becoms vacan t by tho-death of the Rev. Robert Swann, M.A. Both benefices &re a private patronage. Writing the history of a vast ciiy like Londiis like writing a history of the ocean-the-area is so vasfc/.its inhabitants are so multifariout4 til* treasures that lie in its depth so countless.- IValter Thsrminfff, m Old and New Lmtdon." The Hebe, sailing ship, and formerly receiving" hulk at Woolwich, is ordered to be broken up at Cliatham. dockyard. The work will be commenced so soon as the-' dock now occupied in the breaking up of the JStna, iron, floating battery, is free. The Princes of Orleans have sent to the Society- for the Protection of the Alsacians and Lorranians who- have remained French, the sum of 40,000 francs. They have silr, ady aubscribed to this good work more than 20,000 francs. j During the year just ended upwards of 3,800 oxen, 1,240 sheep .100 calves, and 150 pigs have been landed from abroad at the new foreign cattle market at Deptford. At present, however, there is little business doing, as usual at this time of the year, the importation of cattle seldom commencing until the end of January. The Manchester City Magistrates, on Tuesday, sanctioned a recommendation ot the Visiting Justices that the salaries of the officers of the City Gaol should be in- creased 10 per cent., on the grounds that within the last four or five years every article in daily use has greatly advanced in price." Official Belgian returns continue to shew that scarcely any Belgian coal is, after all, being sent to Eng- land. The returns are now brought down to the close of September, and it appears that in that month the whole exports of Belgian coal to Great Britain only amounted to 1,570 tons. The figures for October have not yet been published. In the House of Kepresentatives at Washington a bill was introduced several days ago by Mr. Hooper (Republican), of Massachusetts, appropriating S20,000 to the Boston Firemen's Fund, a charity established for the relief of the firemen disabled at the great Boston fire, and for the benefit of the families of those who lost their lives. The inhabitants of Canterbury have memorialised the authorities at the War Office to increase the strength of the garrison in that city, and a reply has been received stating that in addition to the troops now quartered there, it is intended that Canterbury shall be one of the stations of the Brigade Centre, on the formation of which the barracks will be fully occupied. The committee of the Evangelical Alliance have made arrangements for the usual week of special prayer at the commencement of the new year in London. On Sun- day next the proceedings will commence with sermons in a large number of churches, the subject being, "The foun- dation, security, and universal extension of the Christian Ghurch." At a religious ceremony held in Dublin on the last day of the Old Year, Cardinal Cullen delivered an ad Iress, in which he congratulated ti.e faithful on the progress the Catholic religion had made during the year, observing that the clergy and people were never more united than at present, and that the only enemy religion had to contend with was Governments. The office of the Tichborne Defence Fund, which is situated in the Strand, is about to be closed, and subscriptions will hereafter be received by the three trustees, Lord Rivers, Mr. Onslow, M.P., and Dr. Attwood in their individual capacity. It is also stated that Captain Hunt, the secretary to the fund, has resigned his connec- tion with it. A woman has been apprehended at Belfast, on suspicion of beiug concerned in the murder of Miss Kerr and her servant, at Holy wood, on Sunday night. At an inquest on tiie bodies of the deceased, one of the witnesses deposed that the stature of the prisoner was about tbe same as that of a woman be had seen leaving Miss Kerr's house on Monday morning, and her dress was also similar. The inquiry was adjourned. Mr. Colin Frazer, merchant, Bogie-street, Hantly, has suddenly and unaccountably disappeared. He left the Gordon Arms Hotel about eleven o'clock on the night of the 20th ult., s nee when no trace of him can be got. The Deveron and Bogie were dragged on Satur- day and Sunday, and the adjacent woods and hills searched, but no clue was obtained leading to an explana- tion of the mystery. At Brighton, on Tuesday night, one of the bags used in the limelight apparatus at the theatre burst, after being charged for use in the transformation scene. The concussion extinguished the stage gaslights, and the loud report caused alarm among the audience; but Sirs. Chart, the wife of the lessee, immediately assured the people in the theatre that no danger existed, and, when the gas- lights had been relit, the performance proceeded as usual. The new Albert Bridge over the Thames at Chelsea h-is been opened to the public. There was an ab- sence of all ceremony, as the bridge is as yet in an un- finished condition. The opening simply consisted in the admission of the public over the bridge, the engineer, con- tractor, and other gentlemen going over in a carriage. By this event, however, the conditions of the Act of Parlia- ment have been complied with, which required that the bridge should be opened before the close of the year. A Prussian paper, reviewing the past year in Germany, savs—" Ftvciion has been crushed, feudalism checkmated, foreign aggression repelled. It is true that Prussia is fading, but Germany is in full bloom. The doom of particularism has been pronounced. Prussia, despite her enormous services, cannot claim exemption, or hope to avoid the common fate that must be shared by all the States that are to form the component parts of the one great Germany of the future." The prosecution of a Wigton farmer on a charge of ill-treating his lunatic mother has broken down at the Cumberland Quarter Sessions on a singular point. Mr. Hawthorne, prisoner's counsel, cited a case to shew that the section under which the indictment was framed did not apply to cases which arose out of the domestic relations of parties," and the Bench held that the objection was fatal unless the counsel for the prosecution could prove one of the statements in his opeiiing"-t,hnf, t,hA was the illegitimate son of his mother! Mr. Hawthorne objected to the case for the prosecution being ra-opened. and the accused was discharged. „ Phttodelphia Ledger of December 14, says lhe U. b. ship Portsmouth sailed from Brooklyn Navy Yard last week, to enter upon a cruise which will probably ex- tend through five years. The surveys and explorations for the Darien Canal will first oceupy her resources, in which she will be aided by the U. S. steamer Narragansett. After that portion of her mission is completed, the Ports- mouth will proceed to make surveys about the South Sea Islands and New Zealand. Her crew consists of one hundred and fifty men, and she is commanded by Captain J. S. Skerrit. The following farewell divisional order was pro- mulgated to the officers and troops at Chatham garrison, P!1 Tuesday, by Major-General J. S. Brownrigg, C.B., on his retiring from the command of the division ■■—" In re- linquishing his command, of the Chatham district, Major- General Brownrigg desires to express to all those who have served under him his best thanks for the support they have afforded him, to the non-commissioned officer* and rank and file for their general excellent conduct, and to the officers for their attention tp their duties, and their ready acquiescence in all bis wishes. His thanks are especially due to the staff, the heads of departments, ana officers in command of corps. Shortly after the decease of the Rev. Dr. Gor- man McLeod, the inhabitants of,the parish of Loudoun, to the pastoral charge of which parish be vvas oi darned m. 1638, resolved to erect a tablet in the church to Ins memory. The tablet is now completed. It is ot a. Gothic lesign in white marble on a background oi black marble. It is supported on consoles, and at each side is a pillar with iarved capitals. The tablet bears the following inscrip- tion:—" In Memory of Norman Macleod, D.D.^ one of her Majesty's chaplains for Scotland, order ox tho Thistle, or. iained to the charge of theparish of Loudoun x15th March, 1838; translated to Dallreith, l'5th December, 1843; and to Barony Parish, Glasgow, ii, th ■July, 1851} Moderator of the General Assembly in IS 0»; died 16th June, 1872. 'Blessed are the dead who die m the Lord; they rsst fiom their labours, and their works do follow t.

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MR. CARDWELL AT OXFORD. The annual dinner of the Oxford branch of the Ancient lderof hh'ud* v.'aa held last evening at the Town-hall Oxiord. Brother Simms, noble Arch, presided. ) After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed, the C HAIRMAX, m a few chosen words, proposed the Army laTiSsar forces," coupling with it the name of Brother Cardwell. ^MR. CAKDWELL, in reply to the toast, said he was aiways glad to have his name associated with a ,-allant service. The British army and navy constituted the de- fence of England, and the people in return repaid to them their tribute of admiration, respect, and esteem. The army had latterly undertaken a new and most in- teresting task, that of connecting by its formation and i military training with those privates individuals who with so much credit to themselves and advantage to the country, had entered into the ranks of the defensive forces (cheers). The British army proved of its ancient order and of its ancient service, was ready to co-operate with the auxiliary forces; and he was sure the Militia i eouaaivry, and "V Qlu-nteers were ready to learn from it those habits of disci pliue which would rj-nder the shores or our country safe, (cheers). Colonel rtHL'LDHAU also responded. The CHAtMtAX, in proposing the Walth of the two city members, said that twenty year", ago lie had the pleasure of siijpportiiig the candidature of inly, Cardwell and be thought then, at: he thought now, that a fitter man csHUd not Ize found for the place. lie hoped Mr. ireoyvt would veprestftt Oxford for an equally long Period of time. ftheers.) t J- s Mr. CAHBWELL, -Whose, rising wa-i the signal for loud ana long repeated cheering,, said b* nose to return his bearttelt tkanks for She compliments which that meeting the largest of the kind he had ever httJ the honour of ath 'faid himi, anj foi< the cordial manner in which they Iwdheen enough to receive the mention or tas name Jibe Chairman had- been pleased t<»- mention thctirst day which h* was initiated » member of the OKW, and ha^tben vestured to- predkt that he (Mr. Caldwell) would-have the-honour of servintr the t4eotor<4 j of OKiord tor a pesiodof 2» years. The Chairman had pre- dieted that his ltt2wiaed COllle (iVIi'. liarcourt) would en- I1 joy the *ame good fortune (lond oheess). He (Mr. CardwelU hoped hi* hon. friwd would live to valise it;, andvthough he and the cliairmstt might nM betlxere, he Aould. venture to predict* confidently.as a jLVuidi that at the end-of 20 years his hon. frieod would have te> Bender his grateful acknowledgments, ai-he (Mr. Cardwiell) now had to do fos many a«t# of genest>us kindmssdai-. b, yoi-idwliat it was the ordinary future of representatives t»receiv«'from.their constituents, and thwt he would look back to those 20 veaim a-s service rende?9d- to kind, and generous masters- (cheers). Twenty yeans-, although- but- a speck in the history of a nation, wa:3> a long tuue in tVe histwy of aiL individual. Hit had beea. iustiy reminded that he could not look round the table without painful recollections of many Suniliap feees and cf, smay vacant seate. He would "Illy mention three. The- first, th.t of Mr. Langstone the model of an-Jinglish country gentleman, and the type of an ancient political party, a gentleman who was asso- ciated with them by ties, at pci.mul friendship and esteem, which death alone could-sever; then there was their late friend M'1. Alderman Sadler, and Mr. Joseph Castle. Ke referred to those three among many whose names would be remembered by them all, because they were distinguished asaong many who stwod at the hustings when rival speeches were delivered iu the open air of heaven. That institution, like tb..se names, had now parsed away. He (Air. CardwellV was never ashamed or- afraid to appear before his opponents as well as his friends- cheers), and thought he must admit that he had given his. entire adhesion tu the change yet they could not be sur- prised if the recollection ef many animated conflicts, and. of some unopposed returns, caused him to notice without some regret the removal of the old-fashioned, hustings. Probably- in uq. other country than Kngland coild they ever have existed, but he was old enough to, recollect the times- when the means of public information were not nearly so ample as. at present; so that perhaps- in those times the means of obtaining knowledge at the hustings was a wise institution. He now, however, entissly concurred in the change which had been made. At tiie time to which he referred, the Prince Consort was aboni opening the first Exhibition of all Nations, and sanguine views were entertained that we were about to inaugurate an era of universal peace—that the lion-would lay down with the lamb, and war would be no more. touch was the cruel wrung of time that probably in no similar period we had never had so many wars. There- had been the liussian war, the China war, the Indian Mutiny,, the affair with the Erench Colonies, and tho Abyssinian expedition and if we turned to other coun- tries, there had been the Italian and the American wars, the Danish war, and the campaigns of 186G and It would be remembered that but a few days before the Ireneh declared war, the Prime Minister of France had stated that the political horizon was fretl from a singlo cloud. lie referred to these matters to draw a moral from. tnem. It was this that, when a country was proud of its in- stitutionsjjand jealous of its honours, and sensible of- its. blessings,.the true policy of that country was not to rely on anticipations on which it might be disappointed or on promises which were vague and uncertain, but upon the courage and patriotism and readiness of its sons to defend its own valued institutions (loud cheers), and upon pre- paraticns wisely provided and made in time of peace, which might prevent disaster if the cloud of danger suddenly arose upon the horizon (cheers), jour isular posi- tion might secure us against many of the difficulties which compelled them to maintain enormous armaments, and our army was, therefore, compared with their a small one, but if small, it should be composed in such a manner as. to be associated with the general population of the coun- try, so that it should be able to draw, as Col. Shuldham had said, "Bhould be composed of the militia, the yeomanry, and that noble force, the volunteers'' (cheers). The Government would endeavour to provide suitable training places for the volunteers and he felt certain that when the day of danger came the volunteers would not be placed either in the first second, or the third line, but that every man of them, under the guidance of able and experienced generals would fill that place in the army of his country for which his qualification fitted him best. We had no ambitious views, for the sceptre of our gracious Sovereign ruled over an empire wide enough, and he hoped that no continental nation would be jealous of our power. Last autumn there were many of the Oxford drunk, who had paid a visit to the Crystal Palace at the annual fete. But there were some in that assembly who had visited a still more important scene. He himself had the houour of being depicted in the pages of their friend Pnnch (laughter) in the character of a Druid laying asleep at the foot of the ruins of Stonehenge. His excellent friends Captain Mallam and Lieutenant Bacon were there with their company, and he was happy to say that from all sources he had heard of their satis- factory conduct in the field, and of of their soldierly dis- cipline. There was perhaps no spot in the whole of Europe more favourable for such an exhibition than Salisbury Plain. A force of nearly o0,000 men, a sight which be beloved, had never before been seen in this country. The force was composed, as Colonel Shuldham had desired our army should be composed, in part of yeomanry and in part of volunteers. He thought he might say that, taking all together, this doing elicited The approval of the distinguished foreign visitors who did us the honour of coming to see it (cheers). What he desired to point out was this, that in former times the policy of this country was rather to keep the army out of sight, So far had this been earried that in a country so favourable to military display as ours, he bad been in- formed that many civilians in the West had never seen a. Uritish soldier at all in marching order or military array. The last time a considerable force was seen there was. nearly 200 years ago, when the force of William IIL marched on its way to London to lay the foundation of civil and religious liberty (cheers). At that time, ac- cording to Lord Macaulay, the ranks of the army lay by the ruins of Stonehenge, and regiment after regiment passed to examine that marvellous ruin, for which, more than anything else, our country w"s celebrated, on the continent of Europe. Such a state of things, lie hoped, was now altered; and though he regretted to hear that the volunteers of Oxford bad no convenient place for training, arrangements were in progress which would be the means of obtaining a suitable place, and what was more it was invaluable to such a free, constant associa- tion with the regular army (cheers). This would afford a means of training not privates only, but officers also (cheers). The Chairman had stated that he was at liberty to enter upon political sub- jects, he had also been kind enough to say that he had only one fault to find with him. He (Mr. Cardwell), couid not, however, be so sanguine as to suppose that everyone else could limit these demerits to one j he wished he could lay that pleasing unction to his soul (a voice, how about the Licensing Bills. (Ciies of order). He was very much indebted to the gentieman at the other end of the room, who asked him about the Licensing Bills, be- cause he had no doubt but that was the one demerit to which the chairman bad referred (laughter). He supposed his worthy friend and brother was not present t,NO nights ,1. 1 I. 1. 1 11 ago in tnac very nail wnen ne entered 1Ino a lull conxes- sion of sins and offences in respect to that particular sub- ject, and when he underwent as much jnmishmeiit as the good nature of the generous and kindly ci tizens of Oxford then inflicted upon him. It was a rule in this country that vhm a man Ia.1 once been tned, sentenced, and punished, that there was all end of the matter. He hoped then he might be spared inflicting on them any more of his sentiments on the suoject to which his friend referred, and he wouid oiietiy allude to but one or two more topics. Lord bacon in his amusing book of anecdotes told a tale of a time when there was very little doing in the House of /ommons, a time w hich was very different to the present, and be told us of Queen Elizabeth meeting the speaker, saymg to him, pray Air. Speaker what has been passing 111 your house 111'. Speaker replied, may it ple a S(I your Majesty seven weeks (laughter) now some people tiumght that the present Par- liament had done too inueh, and he was himself almost startled m looking back to what had been done. Passing by measures ot minor importance, he should remind them that they bad passed the Irish Church and Land Bills, bad a oas led purchase in the army, and adopted the ay.tern ot localization, they had passed a licensing bill, an education bill for England and also for Scotland, a. measure relating to labour in mines, a public health bill, and lastly, but not leastiy, they had established the system ot vote by ballot (cheers). Kow what was before tnenv In a few more weeks the House would sit again, <1l(1 he hoped the course the Government will ftdopt would be to introduce a bill to stick to it, and carry it through, and then proceed with others. In the year which had passed it had pleased the Supreme Disposer of events to give us a large share of material prosperity we had had unusual activity aLd trade, a buoyant revenue, and declining pauperism our great colonial possessions were becoming moie and moie to the soejytre of the (ueèn; and we had, so far as foreign countries were con- cerned, no subject for anxiety. It might be said that we had attained as large an amount of material piosperitv as was ever vouchsafed to any country ou the surface of the globe (cheers). Let it then be our part, while deeply thankful for the blessing, to remember that it was not j material prosperity alone which could r:«se the character anil exalt tbe dignity of a_ nation. Let, us endeavour to l build up on the foundation of the material prosperity thuse means of moral improvent, which, by,remuviiig from the people everything which tended to degrade them in their own eyes, and tv discredit them in the eyes of other nations and we might then rely with confidence ou pro- motingthe happiness of our own people in making England the object of the envy ard admiration of surrounding nations (loud and continued applause). Mr. VEKNO>" HAKCOII-T also replied, referring to the agricultural question and the application of capital to lands, and advocated an alteration in the law ot tanH. agriculture and of entail.

GERMANY. ERLIX, Wednesday.—It is reported that Count "\in Roon has been specially appointed President oihe Ministry.