South Wales Daily News

BIETH& MARRIAGrSgt & DEATHS. Notices of Births, Sfarriapes, and Deaths are charged at the rate of Is for the'lirst Tu-ent^JF<frdit.mid Gd for every ad<RtSoncU Ten Word:, cnid' fhusCbe PI £ HPAIT>. In all cases the notice must he atUhentScatedliy (he tiame and address of the writer. MARRIAGE. EtrA\y—HorKrfrs-Not'Cmber 20, by licence, at Sardis, Pontypridd, by the Revs J, P. Jones, Bridgend (cousin of the bride) and W. J. Morris, Pontypridd, the Rev W. Gilbert Evans, Junction, Llantruant, to Miss M. Hopkins, Gloucester-pi3.ce, Porlmun-squaxe, London. DEATH. DAVIES.—Nov 25, Ann Davies, f2, Crichton-atraot, ftg-cd 71 years. Much respected. 5593

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1878. —4^- On Monday evening Mr Henry Richard, M.P. for fue Mertliyr boroughs, addressed an enVVvasifts oic meeting nJ, Dowiais. Mr Richard- who is now giving his nnnnal ac- count of his stewardship, compared the policy of the present Government with that of Mr Gladstone. A resolution condoraninjf the war in Afghanistan as nnjast and cruel was passed unanimously. A coffee tavern was opened -it Mountain Ash yesterday, by Lord Aberdare. His Lordship expressed a belief that; the L-aisla tnre would not make any alteration in the- Licensing Law for a great many years to come, and said it was therefore desirable to adopt .indirect means for the diminution of drunkenness. The Daai-i of liandaft' is confincd to his houso, suffering from the results of a slight accident. The Swansea libel case war, settled yester- day, the complainant Iging. willing to receive an apology, and the case boing dismissed. The Llangefni magistrates have com- mitted for trial Owen Jones, who was charged, on remand, with attempting to murder Miss Ellen Pritchard, of Trescawen. Thomas Furnell, gamekeeper, was remanded on a charge of unlawfully wounding the prisoner in the above case.

In the breach of promise case begun on Saturday, in the Court of Common Pleas, in which the plaintiff claimed heavy damages from the defendant, the jury, yesterday, awarded the sum of £75 only, the allegations respecting the defendant's wealth having been disproved. Shortly after midnight on Monday a col- lision occurred off the Foreltnd,Dover, between a German mail steamer and a CarnfLr vonshire barque, bound for Cardiff. The steamer sank, and from GO to 60 persons were drowned. Messrs Borger, Spencs, and Co., have been empowered to light the space before the Mansion House and Royal Exchange with Wedderburn's electric light. Mrs Whitehead, charged with poisoning her husband and forging her sister's burial certificate, has been committed for trial at Preston. In consequence of the heavy depression is the iron trade in the Cleveland district it is stated that unless some improvement takes place next year the prices will have to be yet lower than at present, and that addi- tional furnaces will have to be stopped. It appealing that a large number of tramps avail themselves of the better diet of the Westbury Union to that. given by others in the district, the guardians of the place named have decided to endeavour to bring abmit a uniformity in the quality of the rations. The ferry steamer Gem, during a fog on the Mersey yesterday, ran into a ship at IP anchor, and was compelled to return to shore. The steamer wag crowded with people, and the greatest excitement pre- viailed. Several jumped overboard, and two or three are believed to be drowned.

Provisional regulations, to be applied, pending the establishment of a definite legis- lative enactment, have been drawn up for the free port of Batoum, the custom-honse has been opened, and it is stated that the stamp and biH taxes will shortly be raised. It was officially announced yesterday that Privy Councillor Sshulg, director of the St Petersburg police section of the Imperial Russian Chancellery, has sent in his resigna- tion on account of his health having entirely broken down. It is stated that the Vatican has made ar- rangements to send several Roman Catholic missionaries to the East. It has also been decided to establish a Papal Internuncio in Peru, should the Peruvian Government offer no objection. Notice has been given at the Bureau of the Italian Chamber of Deputies of 20 interpel- lations, all hostile to the Ministry, to- be brought forward at the re-opening of the Italian Parliament.

j ■ ANOTHER COLLISION ON THE ENGLISH COAST. CONSIDERING the tempestuous weather of the last ten days-trying to the utmost extent he great Transatlantic liners-it is surpris- ing that more shipwrecks have not been jf^orded, than are to be foumd ia the Bod of Trade returns. There can be littta doubt that the new Governor-General of Canada, the Marquis of LORNK, and the Princess LOUISE, had an exceed it gly rough time of it in their voyage from the Irish Coast to Halifax and for a moment, fears began to take shape that the Canadian liner, Sarmatian, which carried them to the new world, had gone to the depths of the ocean. At this time of the year-when storms and fogs are com- mon—we expect to hear of the perils of the ocean, especially disasters on our own coasts but just because of the season, and the care which it makes necessary on the part of seamon, we do not expect to hear of such a disaster as that which is reported from the neighbourhood of Dongeness. It appears that the Poraeraaia steamship, one of the Hamburg and American Packet Co. 's liners, was on her voyage from New York to Hamburg, and when off the South Foreland she came into collision with a Carnarvon barque, the Moel Eilian, and, singular to relate, the larger and not the smaller vessel went to the bottom in less than 30 minutes from the time of the vessels striking. The Ponnerania was one of the finest vessels afloat. She was fitted with every requisite for safety, comfort, and speed. She had a registered tonnage of 3,382 tons, and usually carried about 5,000 tons of cargo. She appears to have left New York for Europe, on the 14th instant, having on board, in addition to a general cargo, 220 souls, namely, 109 passengers and 111 of a crew. Her passengers were mainly Germans, returning to the Father- land in order to spend Christmas there. All went well until the midnight of Monday— music and dancing being indulged in by the more joyous of the passengers as a means of passing the time. About half-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday morning, those on board the Pomerania were startled with a shock, which shook the massive vessel, and it was then found that she was in collision with aNorth-Walian iron barque, the Moel Eilian, of Carnarvon, bound to Cardiff, in ballast, from Rotterdam. With the modern im- provements in d'eap-sea steamers, it was natur-aily to be expected that the smaller vessel would have sustained most damage. The facts, however, are otherwise. The Pomerania seems to have suffered severely in her engine-room, and to have given way mostly in that department. This will appear plain enough when it is re- membered that the 5,000 tons of cargo usually carried would be equally distributed at the ends of thQ vessel. The centre, or engine-room would, under such circumstan- ces, na'urally give way first, and in a vary short time literally wreck the vessel. In snch a. condition of things, the Pomerania was doomed after the colliding barque had withdrawn. This sad truth, passengers and crew aeem to have at once realised, for five boats wore rapidly lowered, two of which were stove in and sunk, a thirdgoiJlg down from overcrowd- ing, leading to a loss of about sixty lives. After all tliat we have recently heard about the rule of the road at sea, it is in- expressibly sad to think of so many lives lost, practically in sight of land. From the determination of the crew of the Pomerania to tell nothing that might milita.te against the owners of tho lost vessel —and from the fact that the Captain of the liner preferred death to possible dishonour —the exact facts are hardly likely to be known till a Board of Trade inquiry has been held. The suspicion however, will be created that the outlook on board the German liner was defective, and that the captain blundered in giving his final orders. The best of seamen have lost their heads in a moment of danger, and with Ger- man consciousness, Captain SCHWENZEN, of the Pomarania, may have been mentally paralysed by realising the full danger to those whose lives had for a time been com- mitted to his charge. Wrecks from storms c we expeef, but hardly collisions to the extent winch a perusal of the wreck register of each year makes plain. Last year, for instance, out of 4,104 wrecks reported, there were no less than 847 collisions. The bulk of these were due to defective look-out, and to errors of judgment as to the rule of the road." Steamships are engaged in a greater number of these collisions than it is reasonable to expect, shewing that the facility for handling a vessel which steam gives, ofion leads to carelessness and loose seamanship. The loss of the Pomerania adds to the extraordinary disasters of this most extraordinary year, and the scene of the latest coliisien is becoming notorious in shipping annals—for the Grosser Kurfurst and the Konhileet, both sank near the scene of the disaster to the Pomerania.

LETTERS TO THE PRINCE OF WALES, ON THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE. IBT LUKE THE LABOURER]. FIRST LETTER. Your Royal Highness,—Like the great mass of the loyal, peaccfu!, law-abiding, Mid hard-working people of the Three Kingdoms-, I follow, with in- terest, your movements in public life. I am not of the number who think they could perform the duties of your station-within the shadow of the crown-at loss money than falls to your share. Nor do I believe in eccentricities of speech such as poor George Odger and his friends used to indulge in. I am content to believe that you are, like the the majority of your future subjects, neither particuhtrly good nor particularly bad, but a mn \\110 wishes, and tries to do his duty in an unpretentious way. The people of the British Empire do not like a snivelling Prince, who apas goody-goodyism, talks fustian by the yard, and who professes, in since rely, to be happy at a tsa-fight. They like a Prince who possesses a fair share of the good qualities of the national character, bleaded with just such a reasonable share of human weakness, as proves a common btotiiorhood in human frailty. Nothing pleases the bulk of us so much as the belief that we are neither very much better nor worse than our neighbours, and if we were individually to speak the truth wLh Byronic frankness, we are each surprisingly affectionate with onr own weaknesses. AU admit that things are tending to a crisis, in which those at the helm require to cxercisa their best talents. Trade is slipping from WI; the expenditure is rising to an alarming extent; the cry from all parts of the kingdom is tha.t there are too many mouth* for the available bread—too many labourers for the available labour- He arc too m2ny of us- Too many butchers, too many bakers, Too many everything makers, Except the undertakers. The Chairman of a recent Welsh meeting cried out in the agony of his soul for some means by which 10,000 half-idle Welshmen could be sent to a better Held of employment. It will surprise your Royal Highness to hear that the pit lads of Wales are sharing their labour with eaoh other, a3 the famine-stricken Hindoo used to share his rice, to keep the wolf from his neighbour's door. In the North of England some 70 pits have been closed within 12 months, and the coal- trade, as a whole, is in a most de- plorable state. And the prospect darkens; for the leading foreign nations which have for a generation bought our coal, are yearly enlarg- ing their own coal-prodnct, and threaten to rival us in our coal-export trade. Nothing but the excellent quality of the English coal, and the sur- prisingly low rates at which it is carried to foreign countries, has thus far saved UB. The Germans talk of special advantages to their own coal- masters the French Government have under consideration a scheme which would partially destroy what remains of the English coal-supply to France; the Spaniards have ordered that all English coal shall be sold by auction in Madrid; the Russians are understood to have imposed, or contemplate imposing, a prohibitory duty-and the rest of the world are learning to do without Engliwh coal as rapidly as possible. I submit to your Royal Highness that this is a most serious state of things, but more serious when ina state of our cotton trade is considered in connection with the gradually exhausting process to which the coal trade is being subjected. When coal and cot- ton cease to be commercial kings, depend upon it, the times are out of joint. In the cotton trade the rival industries of other countries have en- dangered our manufacturing progress in the latare, unless we can further lessen the oott. There is a iffwt to vssmMr !& IHOStk thirty teJiUt coal trade, have comedown very close to the minimum point. These is ho deuying that our working classes, aven in Lancashire, are bfeginnicg to doubt the wisdom of free trade. Tiiat prin6iple, I believe, is fundamentally sound, and what I regret to see is, the growth of a feeling antagonis- tic to free trade, because foreign nations no longer look to England as thefactoryof the world. My view iii, that continued reduction of wages will not stem the torrent of Continen- tal rivalry, although British workmen must be content to share bad times now that they have come. In past years we have had very much worse times than at present, yet men at this moment shut I their eyes to the causes which breathed vitality into the spindles of Lancashire and the looms of Bradford, and nerved the arms of the colliers of England and Wales. I read with astonishment, considering the national growth in population, the talk about over-production. I suspect tho real weak spot is lessened demand for our exports, and I gravely fear that the demand will lessen still more. Is it not wise on the part of statesmen to look into all this-and to legislate wisely, so as to minimise the pressure incidental to the existing bad times ? Your Royal Highness may very fairly ask—What is the wisest course ? I propose,respect- fully, to point out what seems to me numerous defects in the body politic. I am selfish enough, while a staunch freetrader, to prefer the interests of my country and my countrymen to those of all other peoples—and I claim as my countrymen all who speak the English language. Onr fatherland is not bounded by a river like the Rhine—fragrant as it is with traditionary memories—nor by a moun- tain chain like the Alps. It is bounded only by the pathless sea, and it is to be measured not by geographical miles, but by the magnificent spirit of the English-speaking race, the most industrious, the most enterprising, the most liberty-loving, and the most forbearing in matters of conscience of all the races on the surface of the globe. I am not afraid of Russia, were she three times bigger and more popu- lous—nor for any possible combination, so long as we are true to ourselves, and have the command of the sea. I cannot, however, conceal from myself that we are passing through a cri is which Berlin Conventions and paper treaties will not cover, and that this crisis will increase instead of decreasing in intensity. Hence the nscsssity of carefully looking-ahead. The history of Europe for the last half-century teaches nothing more potentially than that a well-fed nation is hostile to revolution, and an ill-fed nation prone to it. Many of the French people at the time of the first great revolution, in 1789, actually ate grass, like the beasts of the 'field, in order to sustain existence. In 18-18, when a revolutionary wave swept over Europe, the Central States thereof were steeped in poverty and beggary, and now when Socialistic, Nihilistic, and Atheistic theories find favour with tho Con- tinental masses, what are the causes at work? The conscription; the heavy load of taxation; the alliance of kingcraft with priestcraft; the dif- ficulty of finding markets for surplus products— in a word, the difficulty of making both ends meet. These difficulties will grow with the in- crease of population. Socialism, as interpreted in Germany and Switzerland, and Nihilism as preached in Russia, mean levelling, just as Atheism in France means moral and legal chaos. The practical end of French Atheism has been felicitously described by one of its exponents. We no longer," he writes, "know anything of morals, and, as has been said, the mind ends by approving all that it explains. Hence, the villain has his apologist; the good in an his culminator; marriage is honourable, so is adultery order is preached up, so is riot; so is assassination, pro- vided it be politic." In the face of what has hap- pened in Europe during the year now drawing to a close, your Royal Highness will not, I am sure, deem me an alarmist. At the same time lam not unreasonable. I do not look anywhere for a state of things approaching perfection ou earth, exoept where men and wo.r.en try to make it so, fox- even— Where the vine to earth is stooping, With the goldon vintage drooping; Rich and ripe the cluster Epringeth— Underneath the viper stin^eth." But I submit that the world might be made better, and must be made happier thaa it is. As for our own country, dark as the outlook may be, I have faith in its God-given mission. I shall ask you to look to its past, and take courage there- from to its present, and learn wise lessons there- from to the future, as giving promise of the -greatest, most glorious, because most beneficent empire on which the sua has ever shone—pro- vided you and those in authority will throw aside political prejudices, aceept a new condition of things with a good heart, and recognise the fact, that, however elevated may be a man's station, he is most manly and dignified when be levels himself to the wants, the rights, and tho development of Lis brethren.

SWANSEA TliAMWAYsT EXTEN- SION. The rapid approach of the end of November Is bringing forth the usual crop of Parliamentary notices for new schemes and extension of old ones, some of which, as far as Swansea ia concerned, Lave grown to be looked upon quite in the light of annuals, notice having been given so often of intention to proceed, while, as yet, no signs of progress can be discovered. Judging by the notices already given, nothing very new would seem to be contemplated in the neighbourhood of Swansea, the most important of the new schemes being the announcement that the Tramway Company intend applying for power to extend their line along the Carmarthen-road to as great a distance as they can without coming under the claims of the Turnpike Tolls, a matter which we believe is still pending with regard to their Mor- riston section. The necessary powers being obtained, the task of extending the line from its present termination in High-street to the Cwm- bwrla. Gate will be comparatively an easy one, the road presenting but few engineering diffi- culties. Looking at the large population already resident at Cwmbwrla and Cae-bricks, and at the lirge amount of building going on all along the proposed line cf route, this new extension cannot fail to prove a public convenience, and one which will, no doubt, prove profitable t.o its undertakers, The rumour that it was the intention of the com- pany to seek powers for a deviation of their line at High-street, iu order to effect a junction, while avoiding the property now in dispute there, Would seem to be incorrect, as at all events no fresh powers are sought for with reference to that portion of their line.

ANOTHER" FATAL" ACCIDENT AT MOUNTAIN ASH. MOUNTAIN ASH. Another stoker in the employ of Messrs Nixon and Co., named Evan Bowen, was so badly in. jured by being capgbt by the buffers of his engine, <JU Tuesday rooming, that death resulted in a few hours. i | l

NEW FREg METHODIST SCHOOL- ROOM AT COGAN PILL. To-day (Wednesday) a very interesting ceremony will take place at Cogan Pill, near Penarth. At three o'clock, two memorial atonas of a Methodist Free Church schoolroom are to be laid by Messrs R. Cory, sen., and C. Bird, of Cardiff. The vil- lage of Cogan Pill being without religious acco- modation, the Free Methodists ot Cardiff de- termined several months since to supply that Want. An eligible site was obtained upon which to erect chapel and school premises, and Sabbath- school and preaching services were commenced in a cottage. The attendance has been most en- couraging. The village rapidly inereasing, the Schoolroom and vestry are being built at ouce, leaving the cliapel to be dealt with subsequently. The latter, when built, will contain sittings for $00 persons, and bo high enough for a gallery for 200 more. The schoolroom, now in course of erection, which for a time will serve all purposes, will accommodate from 150to 200 worshippers. The present outlay wiil be about £ 500, towards which a very considerable amount has already been pro- mised. The Rev. J. Swan Withington, of Harro- gate, president in 1872, will deliver an address at the laying of the stones, and also at the public meeting to be held at Penarth in the evening. At the latter the Mayor of Cardiff is announced to preside, and several ministers of Penarth will give addresses. No doubt the enterprise will prove of treat benefit to the neighbourhood. The Free lethodists are not numerous in Wales, but it may not be uninteresting to state that during the last 21 years the membership of the body has in- creased from 39.986 to 72.714 chapels, &c., from 709 to 1,531; ministers, 110 to 38it;lay preachers, 1,538 to 3,459 Sunday scholar(1,6t025 to 188,0(51; Orris-don fund, £2,595 to £11.840, The president for 1878 is the Rev. W. Boyden, of Burnley.

AMERICAN MEAT AT WESTBURY-ON. SEVERN WORKHOUSE. At the fortnightly meeting of the Weatbury Guardians, complaint was made of the excessive proportion cf bone supplied in the meat. Mr Jas. Alfred Brain suggested the use of American beef and mutton. Thousands of persons outside the Unions weru using American meats, and it would be no hardships upon paupers were the board to introduce the meats referred to, which he sub- mitted would prove, not oniy economical, but Would obviate present complaints in respect to the preponderance of bone. The question will be discussed at the next meeting. 'T

DISASTERS AT SEA, PUKING LATE GALES.— The Only machine that has proved really effective, and prevented vessels from appearing in the lists thna headed is the Durham, Velomeier. Ho successful h *a it beea, that several owners who ha 1 'vessels out in the late gales have given orders to fit en- tire fleets. They say all they have fitted have paid for themselves in one or two voyages. 39769 EXHIBITION SPICED VINSGAB (PATU-TPT)).-The PUblic may obtain this Vinegar In j.. t3 and battles of all the leading Grocers in South Wales. It far surpasses iny other vinegar. For pick ling it requires do prepera- Slon whatever. For cold meats, fiab, salads. So ia ft eiicious condiment. Wholesale oiilv at Works, Hutch ings,

j THE DEAN OF LLANDAFF. the Dean of LlaadaS is at present confined to his house, suffering from an accident which occurred to him on Friday last. While observing some repairs that were executed to a drain at his house, he stumbled against a stone, and in the fall his log was severely bruised. He is now somewhat better.

OPENING Of ST JAMES' CULTRCH, CARDIFF. The new iron church called St James' Church, just erected near the National Schools, Tredegar- ville, was opened for Divine service on Tuesciay. It is a neat rectangular structure, built with the best corrugated iron, 90 feet long aud 40 feet wide, lined with wood, and ueatly fitted up with onen benches capable of seating 500 persons. It has a vestry 011 one side of the chancel, and the inter- nal arrangements are excellent. It was erected and fitted up by Messrs Cross Brother, iron- mongers, St Mary's-street. The altar was pre- sented by Mr Aitken, the organist to St Andrew's Church. The congregation in the morning was large, the building being well filled. Divine ser- vice commenced with a procession of the choir, augmented by soveral male members of St Andrew's choir, and a large number of the clergy of the town and neighbourhood, the processsion being closed by theVn. the ArchdeacoTl of Llandaff. The Bishop of Llandaff was present, but did not take part in the procession, walking from the vestry to the seat reserved for the preacher, when the service commenced. It was announced that the Dean of Llandaff would preach the sermon, but meeting with an accident on Saturday which confined him to his bed, his place was tilled by the Bishop. The service was choral, and was con- ducted by the Rev Mr Davies, one of the curares of St John's, the Archdeacon and the Rev F. W. Puller reading the lessons. The sermon was preached by the Bishop from the 16th verse of the 9th chapter of St John's Gospel," How can a man who is a sinner do such miracles," his Lordship principally directing the attention of his hearers to the spread of infidelity and to the large amount of unbelief existing among persons who outwardly appear to be Christians. To the existence of this kind of professed religion he ascribed the many instances of persons who had enjoyed a respect- able position suddenly yielding to temptations and becoming cranmal". He instanced the ca-a of a person absconding from Cardiff with a large sum of money entrusted to him, the collapse Of the Glasgow Bank, and several other similar cases recorded lately in the newspapers, and yet he said people were advo- cating secular education, or an education without the religious training which children received at National schools. He then alluded to the want of sympathy with the clergy felt by the laymen, to the falling off of the fuuds of the Llandaff Church Extension Society, and to the general want of church accommodation which was felt in many parts of the diocese, but yet this society, from want of funds, had been compelled to forego one of its objects, that of assisting in.the erection of I churches. It waj 'gratifying, therefore, to assist in the opening of a new building, even though comparatively'an insignificant one, and he thought, under r resent circumstances, their aim should be rather to provide church accommodation in moderately extensive churches than hi costly buildings, so that the number of churches might be increased. After the morning service a luncheon, was served in tho schoolroom adjoining. The interior of the building was tastefully decor- ated, and the tables were ornamented with choice plants in pots. The Rev C. J. Thompson pre- sided, supported by the bishop a.nd the archdeacon, I Mrs Ollivant, and a large number of ladies "ere present, and also many of the principal residents of St. John's and Roath. His Lordship, in re- sponse to the health of the Bishop, referred to the State of the Church in Cardiff thirty years ago, when there was only one church in it, a non- resident vicar, and one curate. He then referred to the giowth of the Church in the top.-n, the building of the churches of Sr. Mary's, All Saint*, St. Andrews. &c. to the great work that was at one time being done, but now there seemed to be a want of support from the laity. The church at Canton had been opened ten year. but there was a debt on it still of £400. The church at Maindy had been opened some time, but there v. as a debt on it also; and other' churches in the neighbourhood were iu a somewhat similar posi- tion. lie contrasted this state of things with that which existed shortly after he entered the 1 diocese, when at the first meeting to form the Llandaff Church Extension Society, £ G,0!)0 were collected ill the room, and for years afterwards the society W3 very liberally supported, but now the whole burchen seemed to be thrown on the shoulders of the clergy. Th? Archdeacon, in response to "The Ciersry of the Diocese," also referred to the state of the Church in the diocese in the time of Bishop Coplestone, when, having arrived a.t Llandaff without his sur- j plice, lIe tried in vain for a spare one at Cardiff, and was at last supplied with one bv the chaplain at the workhouse, who changed the hour of ser- vice to oblige him. He mentioned with reference to church extension, that a large landed proprie- tor had offered to build a church in that parish, at his own expense, at a cost of £ o,000. The "Building Committee" was responded to in an excellent speech by Mr Charles Bankey, who felt q uite confident that, going on as they were at pre- sent, they would in a few years replace the tem- porary church with a permanent one. In giving The Subscribers to the Church," theltev. Chair- man mentioned that the cost of the church and the wall enclosing the ground was £1,100, and the sum of f600 had been contributed towards it. He complained that the wealthy residents did not support the church, but the maa-.es did, and men- tioned that the offertories collected in the parish last year exceeded £1,400. Mr Capper, in re- sponding, offered to give another donation 0" .£20 towards removing tho debt, if four other gentle- men woidd do the same. In proposing the health of those who had contributed towards the furnish- ing of the chinch, the Rev. Mr Thompson thanked Mr Aitken for the beautiful altar which he had presented, as a memorial of one whom Mr Aitken treasured, and whom others also dearly loved. "The Churchwardens" was responded to by Mr Morgan, and. "Tho Visitors" by the Rev. F. W. Puller. His Lordship proposed "The health of tiie; Vicar of St John's," and referred to the large fum of £] ,100 collected as offertories, as proof of the hold which the vicar had on tbe poople. He also spoke very highly of the assistance which Mrs Thompson rendered the vicar, and coupled her name with that of Mr Thompson. The Chairman responded, after which the company separated. Service was held in the evening, when the sermon was preached by the Archdeacon of Llandaff.

A CO?i<EE~~ TAVER?T~F0R MOUN- TAIN ASH. LORD ABERDARE ON INTEM- PERANCE. The introduction of coffee establishments into most of cur large towns, after the fashion adopted in London, has proved so successful as to justify an extension of the system to country pi ces. With the laudable object of supplying some counter-attraction to the public-house, Lord Aberdare has provided a coffee tavern in Coronaer- cial-street, Mountain Ash, wbioh is constinoted on a moat complete and efficient principle, affording on the ground floor accommodation for npwarus of 70 persons, while 60 more may be seated In a room above. The building was 1 rormerly in use as two • dwelling-houses, and its adaptation to present requirements has been carried ont fey Messrs Ashwell and Stevenson, of London, wlioaa name is well-known in connection with tlhis land of work. Roth rooim arc fitted up with marine-top tables.and the attendant conveniences, fine lower apartuneut being also provided with a bar of light and elegant construction. At the rear of the premises is the room containing the culinary appliances; living accommodation for the manager of the establishment, Mr Reeco, being contiguous thereto. It is intended to keep the place open from six in the morning until eleven at night, so that every means may be nf- forded working peopie of obtaining refreshments of a nou-alcohic nature at a.ny hour of the day. The Charges are extremely moderate, and working tnen will be allowed to take their own meals and eat them on the premises. The establishment is to be open six days in the week, and games of clmss, drafts, dominoes, &o;, may be indulged in, but betting is strictly prohibited. The tavern was opened on Monday by Lord Aberdare, who was accompanied by Lady Aberdare, several young ladies of the family, and the Rev J. H. Protheroe and Mrs Protheroe. Being asked to say a few words, his lordship observed that the excuse of the intemperate often w that they had no place other than the public-house to go to in their hours of leisure, and while net waging war against the public- honses,or wishing to interfere with a man's liberty, he desired that those who wished for a little con- versation aJfd some refreshment apart from beer, should be able to obtain it at a cheap price. (Hear, hear.) If this establishment should be found to supply the wa.nts of the working classes he hoped that many places of a similar kind v. ould be started. He thought the institution might be made the means of improving the people, and with this object in view he inteuded that it should be supplied with newspapers representing all opinions in politics; while instead of putting up pictures he had caused the walls to be hung with maps, so that visitors might turn from their papers and see the situation of the war and acquire other information. He was not one of those, his lordship went on, who be- lieved that there would be any change in the law as regarded the sale of intoxicating drinks. A number of good people were agitating, some for the Permissive Bill, some for the Main Liquor Law, and others for this or that object connected with the licensing law, but lIe himself did not think that the Legislature would, for very many years, make a change of any importance, this being his firm opinion as the result of watching Parliament for 20 years, and as knowing some- thing of his countryman. Such being the case the question arose as to whether or not e were to ,e3t satisfied with the intemperance of the nation, and he himself not being satisfied, and not be- lieving in the probability of auy change in the law, he attempted by indirect means to coutribute towards the desired result. A man who adver- tised one medicine as a cure for all diseases was called a quack—(a laugh)—and he was not going to set up coffee-houses as a cure for drunkenness, but he regarded them as one of very many by which that evil could be diminished. '.P. clause.) Another antidote to intoxication might be found in workingmen's clubs—genuine, ana not sham establishments—and he should be very glad to piomote an institution of this character. A vote of thanks was accordod to his Lordship with acclamation, and manv of the company then I adjourned to another room, to test the quality of the refreshments. G

FLOIULINE FOR TAR. '1 EKTH AND BWLATH- 'I A feiv drops ol the liquid Kioriliue s>prinitled on a w«t tooth-bi uili produces a pieasant lather, w hich thorough^ clflAHiea the teeth from' all parasites or irupuritied, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, gtops deu&y, civ«w tjo tiie tcAfa a pcouliar pearly whiteness, and a delightful t^granco to the breath. It removes all unpleasant Odour arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoke. (The Fragraut Floriiinc," being composed ia part of honey and awst herbs, is delicious to the taJta. and the greatest toifess discovery cf the fogê Price 28 1<1 I of all Chemists by Hunrt C. (U&LUP,

THE CHARGE OF LIBi'L A1 SWANSEA. AN APOLOGY ACCEPTED. THE CASE DISMISSED. At the Swansea borough police-court, on wetf nesdivy—before the Stipendiary (Jir J. C. Fowler) and other magistrates—Mr C. Mannivgt newspaper proprietor, Hanover-street, was suUJ" inoned for publishing a false libel concerning Coatles Glover, a-u auctioneer, As before, Mr II. P. CInrles of Neath, ap" peared for the complainant, and Mr VV. K. Smith for the defence. Toe Stipendiary. ja giving his decision, said! Iu tuu case Mr Alarming, the publisher of the Svmisea Bon, is charged with pubiishin-- in that pafier a libel on the pro-eewtor, Mr Glover, a0 auctioneer iu this town, consisting of ;i eartooflJ and about a dozen verses, which art* cleariv cop* neoted with each other. There is no question 8* to the publication, or the reference to Mr Glover, and the sole question for us to decide is whether if is incumbent on us to send this case for trial at thf assizes. A criminal trial for libel is a verv aericat and somewhat rare proceeding, and ought nevet to be sanctioned, except Oil very fuiiicient evi- dence of malicious defamation to warrant us it treating tins publication as an offence which ought to he soknmly prosecuted, at titf Assizes on behalf of the Grown, it appears thai Mr Glover -as a candidate for the West Ward 1\1 the last municipid election. Air Smith and Mi Davies were also ciu ndate- Mr Glover at the last moment, and when it was too to hrinj forward any other candidate, s'lddeidy withdrew his name from the electors, avows fly in favour ol ■^ £ r Richards. T/ie eiiect t this step was thai Mr Richards was necessarily elected, and I pre* slime that a body of electors L-re thus deprived of tne privilege they r.ntieip.ited of recording their vetea adversely to him or other candidate* It is obvious that- the course thus take* I by Mr < dover 1n:1Y have caused serioiil annoyance and disappointment to persons who tlesired that one o/ those burgesses should be dc* feated, ana for various reasons prefr-nvd the re- tiring candidate. His retirement im -.er those circumstances was piobablv spoken oi as a "sell," and they, perhans, considered themselves "sold," in the popular sense in whi-h the word is oftea used. Wo are all accustomed, without thinking of money, to use the -phrase. What a t-di," or t« say, "I have been regularly soid;" and in modem dictionary I iiu-d the expressed is recog- nised as goou English iu the kPIl"; of confidence or expectation, vexatiousiy disappointed. Thfr niea ola 'sod' seems to have occurred to tne author oj tne alleged lioal, and t" hav3 h2G:¡ immediately mixed up in nis^ I:Il:,d:vid1 1h Glover s (--pecial business, wijich is to.: as an auctions.. Then he embodies this id. a ';i a drawing of MV G'ovec iu the act of sdimg', and ii mig't have beei worked out without offenoe as a phy upon wordi in connection with his business.' Umortunatelj the idea was caadeu out in a manner calculated t< give Mr Glover great offence and annoyance. The cartoon and verses taken togtriher may certainlj be thought to suggest that something 11:1 taken place between himself ami Mr Richards by wavof inducement to rei-;ro, ln one can fairly the papera witiiout perceiving that Mr Glover has reasonable cause to be oifumied. It ha; been suggested ou one side that an imputation of per- sonal and pecuniary corruption is insinu- ato.i. On th3 other side it is c.m'mded that it is a mere electioneering, squib, and n4 imputation of private corruption was inteo-ed. In considering these opposite views it must be observed that in order to carry out the leading ide* of a sale by auction a bidder was required in the picture. So that it does not necessarily folio* from the delineation of Mr Richards, with his hand in his pocket, aud the language of bidding in I the verses, that there was a deliberate intention of I imputing private and personal corruption. The whole thing rather points to a public "sell," but is at tiie same time so unhappily expressed as to be susceptible of a less innocent interpretation. I do think that Mr Manning has, by this publication, overstepped the bounds ot a fair comment on a public act. But we have to conr-idar whether, lander all the special local circumstances to which I have referred, therein a strong probability of a conviction, and experience tells me that then is no siicn strong prooaiMiity, bearing in tctiud also there was in tins cose no parsona! o" private grudge or spite to be grLttifielllv the publication, and that it may be viewed as a criticism on a public "sell," and that he is at liberty to seels redress for any special injury in a civil court, in the form of damage- The sum mons is now discharged, but I take tlx opportunity, as a magistrate, an as a private gen. tleman, of suggesting again that a full apologj made for injured feelings aud generously accepted may well close this nnpleassv.it local incident. Real wit, humour, and genuine caricature ar( always welcome, but I do tnLt that in-future every cara will be taice to avoid caricatures thai may give personal pain to sensitive feelings as dis- tinguished from private malfcasinec. It seems to me undesirable and inexpedient that I shouid sanction by commitment a public trial of this matter. It is satisfactory to me to rellect that, though I think it is not desirable to commit MJ Manning for trial, Mr Glover is not thereby pre- eluded from preferring a bill to the grand jury if he is so advieed. Air Smith I am prepared once again on behalf of Mr Manning to withdraw any possible imputa- tion. against Mr Glover's public "character. Aftorson.e further obiervatious by the Stipen- diary, the case was dismissed.

CTUCRHOWELL BO.Uil) OF GUAiiDlASS. '&Lêt.LJ 1 1-IJW1 The Crickhowell Board of Guardians met on Monday; present—-Messrs, Geo. F. Hiley (in the chair). R. Freke Will tams (cx-ojHcio), J. Williams, W. Williams, and Tho*. Watkins. Tho visiting committee \isited the workhouse on the lStt iast., aud found everything clean. I/ca1 should be put up in the wall in the infirmary yiuka. The visiting comndttoc recommended that the doctor certify those who are infirm, that the remainder be put 011 the able-bodied" dietary, and that MO m <3 Chicago corned beef be procured for the i; e of the workhouse. The Rural S nitary Authority met the game day. With respect to the CASCS of typhonl fever ai Crickhowell, a report was presented by j.i r J. Richards, bniidcr. at the request of the inspector, with reference to the state of the promises. H was decided that reports be made by the me deal officer of health nnll inspector cf nuisances:—Th« attendance committee aiso sat. Reports were pre- sented by thcjittoudaiice officers for the month ending 23rd jSovamber, as follow.: :—Crickhowell In the Rational School, 136: in the IVitiali School, 40 attending schorl irregularly, -24 in private schools, 27 in schools out of the district. educated at home, 5 total, 245. Cwindu Not attending whool. 9 j attending very irregularly, 1; attending National School, 134; British School, 8 Board SeHool, 8 in private schools in and out of the district. 12: total, 167. Llangenny: Attending very irregularly from Liaugeuny, 2; from Vat-rishow and Groyncfawr.. 6 number in attendance is cihrtnct, ioS out of district, 10 number in private .schools in district, 1.5; out of dhtrkt, I; number in private schools whose parents reside in the district, 4 total, 196. :o,. b.

ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A LADY IN NORTHJYALES. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A GENTLEjIAN'S MAIsSIGN. At Llangefni, on .Monday, Owen Jones, alias Roberts, was charged on reinir.d with attempting to murder Miss Ellen Pritcinrd, daughter of Mi H. Pritchard, Trescawen. Miss Priichard said that about a quarter to ten 011 the morning of Saturday, the loth instant, she WAS in the dining- room with .her mother, and, seeing a man pall the window, she went to see who it was, whereupon the man, who was six or seven feet distant, anu moviiuj towards the hall door, turned round, and looking her in the face, took deliberate aim at her with a gun, and fired. The discharge struck the about five inches from the window, Sue ran to the hall door, and, after barring it, alarmed the servant. The man, whom she bad never a^en before, fire-l several #bots, and aftss killing a little dog which had run round from tile back premises, he took up Ids station about 20 feet from the front door, and whenever he got i glimpse of one, he pointed his gun at them. He remained there for nearly two hours, until < gamekeeper fired at and he was disarmed by the fonft bailiff and a Carta*. Thomas I- urucll, on&- of tiie keepers of Troa- eaweu, said by Mr Prltchard'a orders, given in a policeman's presence, witness fired at prisoner's feet through a closed window on the second story. The charge appeared to take no effect, M he im- mediately pointed his gun at witness. In five minutes afterwards witness shot at him again through the closed windo ,v of another room, the charge this time taking effect, a-i he turned very pale and staggered. Ten minutes later a third shot was fired for the purpose of frightening the prisoner, who continued in a threatening at- titude. A quarter of an hour later he staggered, and WM disarmed by the bailiff and some othel men who seized him from behind. The greater part of the first two charges fired were extracttc from the cartridges. There were eight male per- sons in the house, including two policemen anc two keepers. Police-constable Samuel Thomas stated thai when he took the prisoner into custody, he wai suffering from gunshot wounds in tne thighs and hands. C li. Parry Jones, a warder Carnarvon fgaoh detailed a conversation he baa with the prisoner ikdio stated that since his discharge from Denbigl Asylum, three yeara ag°» ";e I|a{1 been to America On the same day he .wea^_ to Bangor, atlfl walked to Treseawen, mteRuing to shoot Ml Pritchard. The prisoner was committed for trial at tbe assizes, Furneil. the keeper, being remanded oa bail on a charge ol ua;awfully wounding.

The mau McGuiriness, who murdered his WHO at Barrow-iii-J: urness five weeks ago, has beea arrested at Dablin. He hae been three weeks in a J d-^f-al, and it is suited that the reward Of 00 oh ere i for his apprehension will go to a medical feIndent, EPI'S'S Cocoa.—All the s,"Vs-" Lot u-j itroli to the Kustoti Road, bard i;y the Regent's HHt to Epns's C >eo* Manufactory, where Aulied tho rnnkijig of Cocoa on a stnoendouhi scale, giving a jliet idea of the vaiuo of these articles, not as htiurie-s, b81 -aS actati.1 food." Eprs's Co(:OA.-ju/,t?i An idea of the va-t extent ot th i:¡ùu¡,tr:. may be gained fiotn the fact, teat me him al^ae —that oi Messrs. Epps & Co. now sell some 4,000,000 pounds annu:tl!y. EPPS'S COCOA.—Ch*idhi<i Wort-1 s ys:—" If I lun to take c-ieo.i," 1, I iua.1 see asrl u,ig what are the ingredients s>i which it ij TUMP, sed witl this view I irvi'li: my way t the cocoa manufactory o Jame ENPS aii'j Co., in the Eustiiii [t""d," EPRS'FT COCOA. Guide Says—" We will now give aii account <• £ the pt' ifess ,.lup ted by Messrs James Eppsaud Ca, hoiuoeop* ch-aub*- and manufacturers oi dietctic articles, at tuwr woric# the Euston-road, London EPMTS COCOA. — Morning Advertiser says— Noarly two centuries after, in 1S32, the dwties, whieb had hitherto been almost prohibitive, were gro:iti> *»- duced, and one of fhc 1'rst to take advantage of establishing tho popularity ol eocoa.was Messrs lipps WM the ITOAWWPATLIIC tft T02Si-a