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ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE NEAR BRISTOL. BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. An atrocious outrage was committed in the neighbourhood of Bristol, on Friday night. About nine o'clock (four men masked, and armed with bludgeons, broke into the residence of Miss Smith, a lady living at Easton-in-Gordano, in Somerset. The lady resiated and tried to rnie an alarm, whereupon the ruffians beat her with their bludgeons and kicked her with their boots into a state of insensibility. They then ram- sacked the house, carrying off about 2300 worth of money and property. Miss Smith was in such a dreadful condition on Saturday that she was not expected to recover. The men are supposed to be the same gang which broke into a house in Bed- minster Down last week, where one of them held a revolver at the occupier's head while the others rifled the house. On Sunday morning, the Bristol police appre- hended at :Bedminster two men on suspicion of their being concerned in the daring burglary and attempted murder at Mvrtle Farm, Easton in Gordano, near Bristol, the residence of Miss Smith, where B150 was stolen. It transpired that a gang gained admission to the house on Friday night by one of them representing that he was a policeman. As soon as the door was opened he knocked down ths housekeeper, tied her hands, and proceeded to the apartment in which Miss Smith was sitting. He struck her three or four tunes with a bludgeon, and tied her hands. Three of the party then forced the housekeeper upstairs, and made her disclose where the money was P^ce. It was mostly in gold. They afterwards further ill-treated Miss Smith, and she is at pre- sent in a very dangerous condition. Before leaving the house the men demanded refreshments of the housekeeper, but as she s. ffcre 1 them nothing better than cider, they swore at her and left, taking away a bottle of brandy which they found on the table.

far (filmiMmt. ALBERT HALL, STOW HILL, NEW- PORT, MON. FIRST MONDAY EVENING I PROMENADE CONCERT JANUARY 6th, 1879. VOCALISTS SorRANO: MISS ROSA BAILEY, Of the Bath and Clifton Concerts. Auro: MR ALFRED BRYANT. | Tbvqr MR TMEODORE HOOK. BAss MR"- OBED HOLE. ORGANIST MR OWEN WILLIAMS, Of the Victoria Rooms, Clifton. For full particulars see detailed Programme of Enter- tainment. Prkes of Admission—To the body of the Hali, 6d to tte Baicony, Is, Doors open at 7.30, to commence at S o'clock. Tickets may be obtained of Messrs H. Mullock an 1 Son, stationers, Commercial-street Mr E. B. Newman, music- seller, Commercial-street. Mr H, J. Groves, Handel House, Newport and all booksellers and stationers, as well as at the Box Office, Albert-hall, on the day of the Entertainment, WILLIAM WEST, L H. J. GHOVES, ) Lessees, PARK LLANISHEN, GLAMORGAN- -i- SHIRE, is to be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, on SATUltDAY, February 1st, 1879, in case it will not be 'sold by Private Contract by Dr. William Price, of Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, the landlord, to whom all applications are to be ad- dressed in the meantime. 40168 REGIMENTAL ORDERS by Lieut-Col HILL, commanding 3rd Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers. Cardiff, 4th January, 187;1. 1.—F Battery.—The Annual Supper of the above bit- tery will-take place in the Club-room, on Monday, 6th instant. Parade at the Drill Hall at 7.30 p.m., in unifoim, with forage cape and eross belts. 2.—For duty during the ensuing week Captain Pratt, Lieutenant Traves, Surgeon Granger, Sergeant Reid, Cor, era.) Clapperton, Bombardier Pride, Trum- peter Gunter. By Order, (Signed) W. PITMAN, Captain and Adjutant. FOR SIXPENCE!! 41 THE RHYMNEY GRAND PRIZE DRAWING. The Committee of the Henrietta Lodge of True ivorites have unavoidably POSTPONED the above Drawing to the 12th February, 1S79. Duplicates and P.O. orders to be returned on or before Feb. 5th. The 1st Prize, iC5 in Money, and various other valuable Prizes, Tickets, Gd each, or a book of 12 for 5s(2 gratis), may be had of the hon, sees., W. L. WILLIAMS, Rock Hotel, Pontlottyu. 40167 G. J. JACOBS, Printer, Rhymney. ONTYPRIDD WATERWORKS COM- PANY. DIRECTORS. DAVID DAVIS, Esq., Maesyffynon, Chairman. E. PURCHASE, Esq., Ynysvgored, Merthyr Tydfil. CHAS. BASSKTT, Esq., Pontypridd. THOS. WILLIAMS. Esq.. Gwaelodygarth House, Merthyr BENJAMIN JONES, Esq., Aberaman, Aberdare. BANKERS. THE LONDON and PROVINCIAL BANK (LimiteJ), PONTYPR!DD. h Issue of 948 shares of £10 each, carrying a preferential Dividend of t5 per cent. £1 per Share payable on application £2 do on allotment £2 do „ on 1st February. 1879. And the remainder by calls of such amounts and at such intervals, not being less than 2 mouths between each call, as the Directors shall from time to time determine, but any Shareholder desiring to pay in advance may do so. The Directors are prepared to receive Applications for the unissued portion of these Shares. nnn The Capital of the Company is Z-36,000, of which £6,000 is £ 5 per cent preference stock. These Shares are issued subject to the £ 6,000 ence stock, and to the sum of £ 6,120, being the amount of the existing mortgages upon the worts, bearm0 in- terest at £5 per cent.. £ °5 990 of the Capital has been subscribed. The Works have been in operation for many y<ars, under the Company's Act of 1864. The large extensions under the Act^f 1875, are also iu full operation ulous Rhondda Valleys, the mains extending to Ferndale fn the RhTndda Kuch Val-ev, and to Ffrwdamos m the Rliondda Fawr Valley, a distance altogether of about 16 mThe number of Houses within the limits of tha Com- pany^ supply is about 9,000, and will increase consider- ably for many years to come.. Forms of application for Shares may be had on appli- cation to me, E, C. SPICKETT, Secretary, 40166 The Court House, Pontypridd. riri > n-HAPERS' ASSISTANTS.-Wanted immediately, T an^xperienced Young Ma. for the General Dra- r £ v Apply, stating age, salary, and reference, to Waiter Jones^B|izaar^N^th^6050^^ THE EYES; THE EYES I s>ht Restored and Spectacles no longer needed. t A CURE FOR THE BLIND. All Diseases of the Eyes Cured by the use of PR BALL'S PATENT IVORY EYE CUPS. Weak Eyes, Dimness of Vision, Near Sight, Inflammation. Cataracts, Loss of Sight. H For particulars, enclose addressed Stamped Envelope to J. Fletcher, Richmond-villa, Portfield, Chichester, iustex. SHi l 6754 10,11 & 12, WORKING-STREET, CARDIFF. J G. A.1Ttone'i I U N DERTAKEB, HE4RSE AND MOURNING COACH PROPRIETOR. OSTRICH TLUME AND^GENERAL FURNISHING The Trade supplied with Hearses, Coaches and every requitite for Funeral Furnishing. 7 NE BOX of CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to cure all cIiselm.iKes from the urinary organs in either sex, acquired or ci-n-jtitutioual, s veJ, and pains in the baek". Sold in boxes, 4s <M each, by aJI chemists and patent medicine vendors; or sent to for CO stamps by t'e maker, F. j, Clarke, Consu ting Chemist, lligh-titreet Lincoln. Wholesale agents, r-arclsy and Sons, London, and all the wholesale h ,ues.. Sold in Cardiff by Joy and Coleman, chemists. Newport, E. M. Thomas, Commercial-street. Poutypoul, E. dephen., Clarence-street L. P. Jones, Ebbw Vale. A. J. Price, Bridgend. Cardiff, D. Anthony, Royal Arcade, 39, St. Mary-street, and Kernick and Son, whole sale agents, 28, Duke-street. Penarth, W. D. Jones, chemist. Swansea, James Hughes, 20, Castle-street. t G. Price, 127, Commercial-street, Newport, Mon. Cardiff, A. B. Hollway, 65. St. Mary-street, 9-100 ilerthvr. E. W. Harris. 123, Hlirb-fiti eefe.. POSTAL DELIVERY OF TUB SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS The Proprietors of the SOCTH WALES DAII.T NEWS b« AnthoHtir^H by a 8P*cial concession of the Posts a,K °?,"b,ed t0 despatch their First E3 s!m t, e leaving Cardiff at 2J the limits of Country Subscribers residing witi3 GLAMORGANSIIIKE. £ ^[AIiTHENSHIRE, CA >•!) IG A a [ II [{. W A? well as those portions of BKKCOSbHIRE \fr>% MOUTHSimiK composed wit ii„ the 23 liiiyinney Valley Petal District. BOUTU WALES DAILY NEV/S delivered at the'r rMiden^ dadybythe some post IUJ that which conveya their LM The SKCONO EDITION of the So-, T.I WitEs DAIIT Nrui M forwarded, prepaid, to Residents of,the following a-3 »U other places within the Cardiff Postal District in tksd lor the first morning delivery :— £ tFagans Sully MiehacIstone-ls-Vedt Per. coed Courtvralla Cistletowa S Brides-snp.Ely Dir.as Pov. ig Marshfiold ^t Nicholas Ciidoxton Penarth Bonvilstono Parry Lcuulough n, C-^rphil!y Lisvane LUndaft Bed was Llanishea V ri*, YstradMynarh Whitchurch Ve&^T11 I'wlh pant Tail's Well p' 'Vr'i? St. Mellon* Toiigwvulais St Aiulrevfa Ccfn Mabl.v W.d nut Tree Bridfv nanerfo^i thl*^6St of EnS',an(i subscribers recetvo ths3 papers on the afternoon of publication. TERA-IS OF SOTJSORimOW. RAT 1 » ROST-FAES 0 9 0 1 Psn HALB-TEAR r .Z 2 PKR YEAR I ^dSts Suburbs* rec*i via-/theSI *• »'h^- /er>' and <=xPel"icn-ing anv diffic-ultf In ob-ainiug then papers promptly ;'nd re-TilarJv asi requested to communicate with thp i SOUTH WALKS DAILY K^vrs OVR^1"* °MCE> 76 and 76, St Mary-street, Cardiff/^ OR '1'Jbt A GUINEA A C BEECIIAM'S PILT.S Arc admitted by thousands to be wortlj above a BOX for Bilious and nervous disorders sue'i wfmi1* -i Pain at the Stomach, Siek Headache, Giddi-ie^ and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and Drov^Y, Chills, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shrrtnel- a Breath, Custiveness, Scurvy, Blotches on th» SVin Lis turbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous' rn« Trembling bensations, &c. The fir=t will dose give relkf ii twenty minute?. This is no fiction, for they- have doi3 it m thousands of cases. Every sufferer is carrestH invited to try one box of these Pills, and tl:ev will acknowledged to be WORTH A GUINEA A BOX For a weak Stomach, impaired Digestion, and I disorders of the Liver, they act like MAGIC and a far I doses will be found to work wonders on the cost in f pci tiiit tirgpiis in the human irac-hine. Ti,,ey strcziirtl.e- the whole muscular system, restore the long-lost ec u plexion, brinr back the keen edee of a.ppetite, and arcut into action with the ROSEBUD of health, the whole phj sical energy of the human frame.—These are FAC'fl admitted by thousands, embracing all classes of Sociotj and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and D. bilitated is BracuAii's PIIAS have the largest sale of are Patent Medicine in the world. Full directions are given with each box. Sold by at Druggit-ts and Patent Medicine Dealers in the Unitat Kingdom. 20053 '1 Important Notlce.-Free to all.— Just published, u orra tuitous Edition of a New and Valuable Medical Wot k, entitled. OW TO ENSURE HEALTH. Or, the CONFIDENTIAL FRIEND By Dr J. A. BARNES, M.D. (U.S.) Sent post free to any address ou receipt of one penny prepay postage, or by letter post three stamp* This Book should be read by everyone, young or old either sex. It teachcs How to avoid Disease. How to regain Health. I Health a Bocinl Science. I Being a treatise of the Laws Governing LiCe-TIle to fringement of which is the cause of all Disease I Nervousness, Debility, and all their concomitant symo. toms explained, and lull instructions given, for ever* fc sufferer, now to obtain restoration to health. This Valuable Work (144 pufceiOgives PliE&CRIPTrmcfl ™ IS PLAIN ENGLISH wi?h full IIvST^CllONSL? their preparation and u e. Contains special Remarks ot Rheumatism, Sciatica, Gout, Neuralgia, EpileD^v I'sKlfa, tion of the Heart, Hysteria, Indigestion Loss' of Energy Mental d I'hysical Depression, and all diseases of thi Nervous and Alimentary Svstem. Also a descriptive pampVilet on the functions and dis- orders peculiar to the female sex, by the same Autlioit I entitled, THE FEMALE'S FRIEND and ADVISER, which wilt be 88n GRATIS to any address on RECEIPT ol fcFTAAlPED E.NVELOPE. -Address, Dr. BARNES, 4i Lonsdals-square, Barnbury, London, N. IMPORTANT TO INVALIDS."—Consult a qualified and registered l'hyician personally, between 11 and 1 o'clock daily. Consultation by Letter Free. All who need advice on matters of health, if unable t- have a personal interview, should at once send full particulars of the Cas", by Letter, enclosing a stamped addsessed envelope for reply; this will receive Immediate answer, with advice and full instructions how to obtain a perfect cure. Hundreds of lives have been saved, and health fu'.lr restored, by correspondence. -Add rei.3 Dr. BARNi:/ 4g, Lonsdale-squr.rg, Barnshury, London, N. DR. ROOKE'S:'¡ ANTI-LANOET! What is it? A Handy Guide to Domcstfl Medicine. Every Household should possess a copy. D' R ROOKE'S ANTI-LANCET? D All invalids should read the Chapter on thi functions of Digestion, showing by what prol cess food is converted into blood-How blooq sustains the whole system How Nervoul Power influences all the bodily organs to peri form their allotted functions—Principles of life and death unfolded. Dying seldom aoj eompanied with pain Mental vision airplifief prior to th-: death of the body—Immortality of the intelligent principle. R ROOKE'S ANTI-LAKCFITJ The Nervous, the Dyspeptic, or the nY]J chondriac, should read the Chapter on thai Origin of all Diseases from Depression of Neri vous or Vital power—How explained—Produc- ing or exciting causes of Nervous Dcpression- Eifects of the mind on the Body—^Effects ofl Excessive Joy-Anger-Grief and Suspense—1 Sudden S lrprise and Fright—Hard Study Iloi Relaxing Fluids—Intemperance in Eating and Drinking— Spirituous Liquors—Loss of Blooq -Impure Air. DR ROOKE'S ANTI-LANCErr; DP- Read the Chapter on the Destructive Practical of Bleeding, illustrated by the cases of Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, Madam MaHbranj _I Count Cavour, General Stonewall" JacUozk and other public characters. K ROOKlfs ANTI-LANCET] All who wish to preserve health, and thus prol long life, should read DR. ROOIvE'S ANTE LANCET, or HANDY GUIDE TO DOMESTIC MEDICINE, which can be had QRATIS any Chemist POST FREE from DR P.OOKEJ Scarborough. Concerning this book, the lat4 eminent author Sherklan Knowles, observed:—< "IT WILL BE AN INCALCULABLE BOON TO EVERY PERSON WHO CAJH READ AND THINK." DR ROOKES ANTI-LANCET! A Clergyman, writing to Dr. Rooke, under dats July 15th, 1874, speaking of the ANTI.LA CRT," says :—" Of its style and matter I ca* judge, for I have bsen an author on othej themes for thirty yon iP. None but a tna:,terl mind among men couid have conceived ol writteniyour introduction.'It is the most'perficj delineation I ever read of the human framsi and the links between the material fabric anf the spiritual unison of body and soul." DR. ROOKE'S ANTI-LAN(;"ETJ, OR HANDY GUIDE TO DOMESTIC MEDICINB, Can be had GRATIS of all Chemists, or poj. Free from Dr. Rooke, Searbro. R[ LLOOKEVS ANTI-LANCET^ Ask your Chemist ,or a copy (GRATIS) of th* last edition, containing 172 pages. UOSBY'S BALSAMIC COUGLJ ELIXIR. ROSBY'S BALSAMIC COUCiB ELIXIR. Opiates, Narcotics, and Squills, are too oftej invoked to give relief in Coughs, Colds, and ai Pulmu.ary Diseases. Ir.iteid of such fall# cious reuieiies-which yield momentary relid at the expense of enfeebling the digestive organs, thus increasing that debility hlct lies at the root of the malady-modeM) science points to CROSBY'S BALSAMIC CuUGB ELIXIR as the true remedy. CROSBY'S BALSAMIC COUGH c ELIXIR. DR. ROOKS'S TESTIMONIAL.! DR. ROOKE, Scarborough, Author of th| "Anti-Lancet," says I have repeated!} observed how very rapidly and invr.ri fcly subdue t Cough, Pain, and irritation of tit Chest in cases of Pulmonary Consumtion ati I can with the greatest confidence recommend it as a mo valuable adjunct to an otl.erwUl strengthening treatment of this disease. /CROSBY'S BALSAMIC COUGL cCLER0YME?*> SINGERS, aol PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find it the tioj tzTeccuaj safeguard against Hoarseness, Chrcul Bronchitis, aod all affections of the vocal Jorgans. -i61- /"RAOSBY^ BALSAMIC" COUGL c ELIXIR. TRAVELLERS, SPORTSHFH EMIGRANTS, and others, exposed to sudde( changes of temperature, easterly winds, foj| wet clothing, &c., may, by a few timely CiOFft of this medicine, ward off all unpleasant con sequences. ROSBYTS BALSAMIC C0UG§ c ELIXIR. PULMONAAV CONSUMPTION. To those who are suffering under this maladf the medicine will be found of inestimable sew vice, as it almost instantly relieves t! e mo distressing Cousrh, Pain in the Chest, Difficult* of Breathing, &c. For the Night Sweats, fearfully weakening in this disease, it acts as4 specific, invariably chocking tbem in the courtf of a few days. t ROSBY'S BALSAMIC COUG V ELIXIR. This medicine, which is free fro oplumand squills, not only allays the 1cca Irritation, but improvef digestion a strengthens the constitution. Hence it ( used with the most signal success ia ASTHMA CONSUMPTIVE NIGHj BRONCHITIS SWEATS. CON SUMPTION DIFFICULTY orBREATBf COUGHS and COLDS ING INFLUENZA, PAIN IN THE CHEST WINTER COUGH. And all affections of the Throat and Cheit. CROSBY'S BXLSAMIC COUGI ELIXIR. Is gold in bottles at Is 9d, 4s G4 and lis. each, by all respectable Chemists, aa« wholesale by JAs. M. CROSBY, Chemist, Sea* borough. TNROSBTS BALSAMIC COUGH} ELIXIR. Ask your Chemist for the Ne« Edition (GRATIS) of Crosby's Prize Treatise ot "DISEASES OF THE LUNGS A!\ AIR-VESSELS," containing full and plait instructions for the relief and euro of t'.ios4. diseases, or POST FRKB from JAMES Mj CROSBY, Chemist, Scarborough. ROSBTS BALSAMIC COUGLL ELIXIR, Can be obtained of all Chemists. rXTHE TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION for the SOUU I WALES DAILY NEWS snd CARDIFF TIM a AND SOUTH WALES V\ EEKL\ NEWS are as foiIov>X Quarter-} e i. Half-year. One Yes* S. d, a. d. s. d. South Wales Daily News 6 6. 13 0. 26 O Cardiff Times 2 2 4 4 8 a If forwarded by Post the charge will be :— Quarter-year. Half-year. One Ye s. d. s. d. s. d. South Wales Daily News ..9 9 19 6 39 0 Cardiff Times 2 9. 5 6. 11 9 Foreign Postage extra. All subscriptions payable in advance. Remittances to be sent by Post-office orders (pavaMe W D. Duncan and Sons), to the Chief Office, 75 ana 7CS, S4 Mary-street, Cardiff. 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SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. I CARDIFF" | SWANSEA.* NEWPORT. Jan. —-—J .MornjEvei;HglitjMorn|EviU)jHght MornjEveninght 6 M 5 n: 5 41 2D 4' 4 14I 4 41|21 1 5 21; 5 4829 7 7 T 6 7 C 31 30 4; 5 9: 5 34'22 31 6 12 6 35 30 10 8 W 6 54 7 15 j1 11( 5 5S C 19:23 3 G 57 7 19 32 9 9 )' 7 36 7 57 "3 5 6 41, 7 124 6 7 41 8 2:34 2 10 F 8 17 S U7"4 6 7 22 7 4125 5 8 21 S 41,35 3 11 S [3 56 9 15 "5 l! 8 l; 8 20 25 10 0 0 9 1835 6 12 5 9 3t 9 52 33 1 S 40 9 Q 25 8 9 37 9 54 3r. 3 13 ii 10 1110 3034 5 9 22 9 40 25 310 1310 3 31 0 N\)t'lh Dock half-tide liasin sill.

RUSSIAN INFRACTICITOF CHINESE FRONTIER. Since 1862 the border line of the Russian frontier at several places, particularly where valuable gold mines exist, has been a subject of dispute between the Russian and Chinese Governments. Negotia- tions in the matter, proving of no success, and auriferous deposits having been discovered in the contested territory during last summer, Russia has effectively closed the dispute by advancing her Cossack cordon, and establishing her frontier stations beyond the district containing the gold mines. The Chinese had no troops in the region annexed, and the occupation was therefore effected without opposition.

COMMERCIAL ALtS. J, Q. MAiiSH, L 250. CARDIFF. IMPORTER OF AMERICAN PROVISIONS, 1 J ijlL. \J .L' n OFFK ilS FOR rMMEDIATE DELIVERY, BACON* New 111b Bellies. „ 231b C Cut 171b Preston Cut HAMS CtliiESE. 1000 Boxes, various qualities 5801—34580

MOY MARKET. LONDON, SAruRDAT EVBNISO. The discount uiurket shows signs of ease, aud to secure business a slight concession has gener. ally been made, Bank Buis are willingly at 4g per cent, and trade paper of the best portfolios is pretty readily placed at o to 5i per cent. Day ta day loans are quoted 4 per cent, but we under- stand" that 31 per cent has, in some exceptional -A cases been accepted. As usual on a Saturday the attendance lias been limited on the Stock Ex- caiiijce, and the dealing but moderate. The British Funds have been firm, and show a frriher slight improvement, Consols at the lini/ii called 9"'i to | f<>r delivery, and 95§ to i for aconunt. The JtLmie Railway Market has been flat and irregular. Brighton A Stock shows a further de- cline, but the rauso im portant tall has oc- curre'd in South Easier a L'eferred, which has relapsed fully 2 per cent. on the (Jay. citing weak, and without symptoms of recovery. Caledonian, Midland, Great Eastern, and 1J rear. Western have also teen uepres -ed ia fact, the whole market has, hown decided signs ot giving way, ith the: exception of North WVtaru auu North British, which, ou the whole, icaiutaia previous values, viewing the general dulness previ ,us t.i-dny iu this depai-tiueiit. The deadii? in iiiternatioiii.i obligations has ag ;u been only tv.fling, and tne valuations are u nil »i port:m f*. I*,1.'vt'11ivii sciips show a fiactional Turk ,-ii bolitia- are nominally unchanged, whin- K i"i n loans are tirm, and the turu higher. French, rrpiu.i^i, aud Italian issues repeat about yesterday's prices. 111 American Railways Enes are dier, at 22 t 1 :!2\ hut Can a ian lines are weak, aud prac- Hc* Hy she shade easier. •;Miscellaneous Maries u without feature. Tv itish Funds.—3 per Cent. Consols, 95. to i:r<^ do, do for Account, 'Jog 3 per cent Re- duced. i>i; Ne-.v 3 per cent, 95g, |, 5, }. In ¡Ü\"1 Government Securities.—Indian Stock, 4 pJf cenC. October, lOOj. Miscellaneous.—Bank ot England Stock, 4 per cent last half-year, -JOi^to 255. Colonial Government Securities.—Canada 5 per ten! 103; do 4 r cej t, 90i, 1, Natal, 41 Ier eeut, 1*0^ to !«> £ New Zealand Consolidated, lOSf to 1035: do 4A per cent, 5-30, 94 £ do 5 per cent, 10-40, J. &V§ 4 per cent, :9, 9, 8.5, 9; F-ireiyn Government Securities. 6 per cent Bolivia, :&n to 27 5 per cent Brazilian, 1S65, 73 3 per cer t do, 1871, 91; 5 per cent do, 1875, 5 er cent Chilian, 1-S73, 60 £ 7 per cent Egyp- tian Unified, 52J, 2i. 1.5, 2; 7 per cent do. Fref., 7l to 91V; 7 per cent no, New Loan, 72j 5 per cent Portuguese, le33-6i, 49, ± 5 per cent Russian, 1S62, 79i 5 per cent do, tS72, Sit; 3 er cent do, 1876, S) 5 per cent Spanish Qaicksilvev .Mortgage, Mg; 5 per cent Swedish Government. IS 58, 100.1 6 jier cent Turkish, 1862, 15s 5 per cent do, 1865, fig 6 ider cent do. 1S05, 14; 6 per cent do, 1371, Egyptian Tribute, 52J to 52i; 6 per cent do, Treasury, 1873, 12 h to 1:2 Italian, ex 25 francs, 31 to 3A; United States, 1867, 871, 346, 350 dola, issued up to 27 Fob, ,63, iede?in, 1367, 1045 5 per per cent do Funded, redeem. IS-31, 1092 to 109; 5 cent do 10 40, redeem, 1904, 111 to Ilui 41 per cent Funded, Railways—Ordinary Sua- s and Stocks.—Bed- for i ano Northampton, Preferred, 109; Cale- d.»*nir.n, 9of, i, i, i, i Furneas, 126; Great Eastern, 51 j Great Northern, 109^ do A, 109 to 109i Great Western "Consolidated Ordin- an' 94i5, I, 5 Lancashi:e and Yorkshire, 120^, 19|' 205,'|; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 12*^|; do Deferred, 12S, "3, 8g, 7§, J, j, London, Chat'iam, and Dover Arbitration, 25_i; London and North W'e-iter.1, 141, 40j, 1, 40g London and South Western, 131|; Man- chester, SaefMeld, and Lincolnshire, 75 £ 43 Metropolitan, 115 to 1151 Metro- politan District, 60i £ to 61J; Midland, 121|, <#, 3 North British, 90|, i, § North East- ern "Consols," 132|, 2- k. 3, 2, South East- 4 ern preferred, 134; do Deferred, 122. J, li, 2. Railways—Preference Shares and Stocks.— Western, consolidated preference 5 per cent, US' 18.1; London Chath itn and Dover, Arbi- tration F per cent, S9J, i, j. RaiFvaVs — British Possessions. — Bombay, Baroda. and Central India, guaranteed 5 per ceut, 113?; East Indian guaranteed 5 j-er cent, 122^, 1 2 Grand Trunk of Canada 1st Preference Stocl £ 34 Great Irnlian Peninsular, guaranteed 5 1 er cent 1201, L). 20, 191; Madras guar- anteed 5 per cent. 1111 to 1112; Oude and Rohilkund, Limited, guaranteed o per cent shares, ^Telegraphs. — Anglo-American Preferred, 83^ Jo Deferred, 33^ to 33h Direct United States Cable, 111 Eastern, n, 1. „ ForeigTi Railway Obligations.—South Austrian, i 3-"lo. Banks. — Anglo-Egyptian, 20 Roumania, 95 ■ Bank of South Australia^ 36 to 35|; Chartered India, Australia, aud China, 11 .j to li Citv 1U i i J Consolidate' 63 to 6 9-16 Land MorL'a^e of "India, 11 to 1 3-16; London and County, ~A 1, 9 London and e-stmuiacer, 55f, g 5^1London Joint Stock, 43 to 44; Midland, 2^1 to 21J National Provincial, 80 Oriental Bank Corporation, 32, If, | Standard of British Africa, 371 Uoion of Australia, 54. (•Starling.—Erie F.econst. notion Trustees' Certifi- cate-i, 91:t' to ?»-l do, 2nd Consolidated Trustees' Certificates, 71 j to 721. Colonial M:;ies.—Colorado United Mining, I 9-16 Port Fniliip, 9-1(3. Ga.E% -Cont"ieiital Uiiionr. 7 per cent Pref 22i to 22 European, 14 do, New, I-oi do do, je5 paid, 61 Gas Idght and Coke A, 1001, 1. 9 2 b, 1, 601 do, 5 per ceut Pref. A, 4th issue, 14g d'o 'B. 4 per "cent maximum, 116 £ to 118; Imperial Continental, 15to 152 Phoenix, capitalised, 251. Miscellaneous.—Egyptian Khedive, 61, 6C%. | Railway Debenture, 5 per cent Debenture, 9:.J t. 995. Cotnmerci J.—Credit Lim., A Shares, 5-16, g, 7-16, 2 Tramway and General Works, 7 9-16 to 7. flail d.-Hudson's Bay, 111, 1, i. shipi,in-Cereral Steam LNavigation, 26^ London Steamboat. 5^, 13-16, Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 39 Union Steamship, 22i. Tram-.vays.—Anglo-American, 5 to 5).. Birken- head Ordinary, 61; do. 6 per cent Preference, 11 Edinburgh Street Tramways, 15f Glasgow 1 Tramway, 101 Liverpool United Tramway, 13g; Lon<lon, 12.^ North Metropolitan, 151; (:0: New, 1st issue, 1O Provincial, 12 SunderLvnd, lOg to U; Tramways Union, n Wolverhampton, 121.

DAILY STOCK AXD SHARE LIST. Supplied by Messrs. TrlACliBBAY & SA YCE. gto-lt bhccre Brokers, 1, l'ear¡;uD,p.ace, Cardiff. IU.1L.WAVS. Prices Stock G re;,t it Lloo „ ^4 95 London and I*urtii Western. llXI 140 141 MoiiiiiouUitiliirc 100 147 148 .Mid.and J00 ..l^l 1-2 Itiipnney 100 ..1^3 13) 50 Severn a"1-1 Wi9 50 16 17 Stock A'ali Vale 100 ..iOaJ .064 1'Ut.KKKENTlAL. Stock Cambrian L'-auuiloes Nol 5 p.c 100 ..10'1 108 Maclijrnlletli No. V I'rvl 100 ,,1(;6 107 cre" Western Consoi. 5 p.e iw U-J Monmoutlisiiire 5 per iienc 100 ..117 11a j'o Do New couverti'jie (J lij 10 Pembroke Tenby .r> p.c.. l&6i 10 5t (j iiiick 5 per cent (tftut) .1.10 ..110 118 1>0 6 per cent, 1601 100 ..141 143 IN 5 per cent, JS'jl 300 -113 316 1>0 5 per cent. 18(54 .100 ..111 113 Do 6 |>er cent, 1S04 100 ..131 1?3 1>0 5 l«r ecul, ISO' .100 ..110 112 Do 5 per cent, 10 10} 11 51 -e 20 Severn and Wye 20 1G IS tn Uu 5 D.C. lc 6 7 I'ail Vale N*o 1 100 2>5J 206J 4. pyr cent, lOU ..105 107 xd Do "per cent 100 ..118 119 xd G U A LKASBU 50 ,,I)eriliLre. ig pv-r eenc 50 ..119 LO on Ooleford, Mon.. ami U*lc, 5 p.c. 20 23 23. ■loci* U-.u-e VaJiey, » P- « 100 ..118 HSxd Biv V'.iltev, 6 I-. c 100 ..m 124 Ureal Western o per ct. (^ua) 300 ..12.! 184 Ileief»rd. ll vy it Hiecon 100 a2 xd I Yo. do Pref.. 100 93 i). X d Llantria<u::t & Talj Vale, 5 P.< 100 ,.11j 113 xd Ll*iie"y KV- and l>k. Ordy 100 ..183 140 j)0 jo A i'referenco 10C' ..13S 140 1>0. U«. 15 C p. c. do lOu 5 :-8 140 l.lvnvi and O r'.nore Ordv 100 131 132 i>0; i aer cent 100 113 1l i*V Peuartli, tlarb <ur, I'oek. Ji Kail 100 ..113 114 •»)L.k & Uor-^t (IHth KxtetisloiH 100 77 73 Stock bo.n UEBtNTL'U £ STOCKS ■1, Caiubrivi5p.c., lievl "Kxiitin/* •tocl< 1S04 PM ..104 105 xd 4<ilenewett" 100 ..102 104 xd Hereford, liar, and Brecon 5 • per cent 100 ..12: 12t xd Great Western 5 ditto 100 ..13, 13i xd Midland 4 per cent 100 ..103i 10U x l Moniuoutli^nii'e 44 ditt*> 100 ..l-O 111 xd lUtynniey 4 tlitt*> 100 ..100 101 xd Z Soineraet and Dorset 5 oo. w aw vie v p: c i oo 103 m xd 15AVKS. 100 G'.amorgana'.iire Bin:kin^ Co. 100 ..155 1.0 10 Gtainonpuwmr* New 10.. 15; la 10 L()lu!<>n aud i'rovill.ii L¡;n, .1 O- 11 60 National Provincial 21 78 81 20 Natioual Provincial 12 46 47 18 Nortii and South Wales 10 30 32 10 Swansea (Liaiitsd) 7 g i 20 i). ID 15 Wntd and Dorset 18 33 41 GA3. 10 Aherdare, Gas 10 9 10 itnek Bristol G.as 100 ..154 155 ■B 10 Bridgend G:« aua Water 10 12 13 Sock r>o. 4i p. (!. Deb.stock. 1 X) ..100 102 xd Cardiff QM A 10 per cent.100 ..155 160 i>o Uo. B3 per cent 100 ..125 i £ o 2$Do do. rfbares 7 ner ceut. 23 24 28 10 LIy:tYlV.e,GM iu ilk I ?-I 5\oc\( Newport t»ai A "100 ..150 1GO Vi) « 100 ..115 120 f 2<) do. 0 15 16 18 25 bwan-ea G. 10 cent. i £ s — — 25 Swansea n^r cent. 25 — — HI Yntrad Gas and > ;iterwrorK9i 10 loi 17J AJ WATT. W OUKS. 2S Rri«tol 25 65! 65] ■twit l'» ..SID 280 Do 1330 100 ..170 180 70 New .6.. 12 14 8tocl' N'eath 10 per Cs. Guaranteed 101) ..195 2CO 10 Do. 5 per CX Preference ..10.. 10 10j 10 .Newport 10 lo IS, 10 L'o Hew 7 12 14 v pontvpridd 5 ixr Ct. Piof 100 109 114 MISCELLANEOUS AJexvn lra Dwk. <>" « ¡..f 100 110 Ditto 8Pref. 1C0 ..130 143 ii 'jiristoi and South Wales Wiitfcn Co.. lamitcl 4 G Cl 7 IS 25 Cardiff lYorkmen Cottiure Co. 25 29 30 13 Cardiif inid Swansea Colliery 9 1 It 23 Ebbw Vule 20.. 4 6 ,i' u ■: er Waj.im Conipir.y 10 t-J 71 20 Cieut Western Collierv 20 1 2 2J li. Preference 20 3 4 100 Do. Debentures 100.. 5 60 10 Milford Dock 10.. 2 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, Limited 3* 1 1.1 193 Nautyxio a»«i liluiiia lrou Works. Pref 100 15 11 5 Neath Tranwayj 5 li lj 10 Newnort Abercai n Colliery 10 31 3J 5 Do. Trainwavs 6 1 4i, "0 PatenlNn* & i.imi 14 20 21 10 Newnort Abercai n Colliery 10 31 3i 5 Do. Trainwavs 5 i 4i, "0 PatenlNn* & i.imi 14 20 21 50 Uliymney Iron, Limited 50 12 11 15 Do. N'ew 15 3. 4'! 5J Swansea at Slnuotrncrs 40 19 21 10 Do. Shipping 6.. 14 2 10 Do Tramway 10 7 i 10 l>o. W:ur<>ii iVor'k* 10 1 2 2b Soutli Walta Cottierv 23 2 a 50 Tretle,tr It on I Corii A LIm. 22 10o 11 25 Do. Do. B Lim 25 13 20 Hank rate 5 per cent, (since 21.it November;. Sellers:— Rhvmney and Taff V:,Ie Rai'is ay Stocks, a"' classes Carnitf Restaurant A and B Shares Llynvi Valley Shares, &c., &c. Bit s wanted. Llynvi Valley Shares, &c., &c. Bit s wanted. Buyers: — London and Provincial B ink Shares at 10J Caniiit Royal Hotel litres Newport Abercarn CdLry ?hares at 31 South THACKEllAY & SAYCE. CARDIFF. Jan. 4. 1S7Q. 15ST

The Offices of the CITY EDITOR of the SOUTH WALKS DAILY I^KWA are at 3, ABOHI-RCIJ-LASK, LOMBASTD^TK £ KT, E.C. Ail eoinmiinieations intended for our Monetary and Commercial columns shoui I be sent tLere before 4p.m., so as to appear next 'iay. HERBERT RAKE, STOCK BROKER. OFFICES:—BANK BUILDINGS, SWANSEA. 40131 -J ROBERTS AND LYDDON. STOCK AND SHARE LUOKIilt. 17, CHURCH STREET AND VIENNA CHAMBERS, LUTB DOCKS, CARDIFF. 662'1 PURCHASE AND SALS OF STEAMSHIP SHARES NEGOTIATED

LATEST MAilKETS. CORN". CAR-)-IPe CORT AR< £ .T, Saturday.—(From Mr Geo. Coleman iunior' Circular, Llanda.5 Gceen.-By 9.30 train to Bristol, Thursdays, viewing samule." Newport and Poitckewett Stations.)—Since my last issue the wheat market has remained in rhe previous inactive condition. The deliveries continue upon a fair scale. At to. day's market, with a bit, attendance, there was only a limited business done in wheat at about the prices of this (itv Malting barley, sdow sale at late quotations. Grinding barley, nnuze, peas, and oats were without quotable change. Taking a review of the corn trade for the past year, the spring and summer were unfavour- able. The yield of wheat, consequently, lias proved unusually short. Eastern Europe generally reported a fair crop. It was so far fortunate for the United States growing such lal'.Ç'a crors. Prices for the first six of last year were continually declining with sometimes fe'verish re- actions, chiefly due to unsettled politics. Prices at the end of Jime were much reduced. which was caused by the conclusion of the Berlin Trenty. A good continental demand brought a stea lying in- fluence in July, and the deficiency in the French crop encouraged large shipments from America. There seems no lack of supply, altnongh the American aprirrg wheat is not first rate in q, zai: Nr. Imports during the past ye.ir have been extensive, and prices remained low ou account of the finan- cial crisis, and we terminate the year with the same values as six months ago. Prospects for the next v, heat harvest are tolerably fair. The grain trade has suffered less than other industries from the depression generally, but the diminishing power of shopkeepers to purchase their immediate requirements has had the effect of keeping down prices, and, as far as my experience goes (extending nearly half a century), I recom. mend purchasing fro:u hand to moutu for the next six months, as long .-a this trade depression lasts. The flour market is characterised by great apathy. Millers seem to be rather more wishful 'to realise. Business can only be done Oil a slight conces-ion being yielded. The business doing for both home and export is of a very restricted character. Stocks of flour are lar--e, for millers have been animated with a desire to keep their men in fall work, us v. ell as to be able to supply the demand when "the good times comes." It is impo sible not to realise ou every hand that trade continues in a mcst languid condition. I have spoken to many manufacturer?, and they all tell the same tale. Reverting to the alteration of the time of the opening of the Newport Corn Ex- change on Wednesday, from a.m. to p.m.. h an improvement far business, and, a further aqui. tion, we shall be able to know the result of the Mark-lane business of the same day. Present prices of British and foreigr. grain :— Dantzic white (per 49Sibs), 4.j,¡ to 47s American, white, 4-ls to 46s do, ifne red, 42s to 44s; do, secondary, 40s to 4!s; French white, 31 to 40s; do red, 40s to 41s, Ghirka, Odessa, and Nicopol, 39s to 10s Saxonca, and Petersburg, 40a to 41s English, old red and white, 40s to 44s do, new do,, 40s to Barley: Fine malt- ing, 40s to 46-: French do, :3Gd to 42s; Irishh do," >0* to :33, Odessa grinding, 20s Gd to 21s American do, 6 w 21. Oats Swedish and Dutch (per 320 lbs), 24s to 24s Gd Limerick, white, 20s to 20s "6 Dubli.i light, 19s to 20s Cork, Waterford, and P.E., l;Ss to 19s. French small maize, 25s to 2.3s 6 i fiat, 24s to 24o GJ barrel flour. 22s to 2-'s. rr.om'CE. LONDON PBODCC* MARKXT, Saturday.—Sugar— quiet market at p.evioaa values. -U doing, but prices continue firm. Rice inaetiv'- Cotton market continues firm. ,7ute ue- Feted 4,100 bales advertised for sale next WedVsdav' Tallow, new. £ Gs 6d, old, 35s 3d o« the £ £ £ oil, 29s 9.1. Linseed, 233 9J. Turnentm^ °1< 3*1 Petroleum, O^d. = Pr.;»vis:o."3. MONMOUTH VUE.\LV BITTER, POCLTRT, AJTD PROVISION .MARKET, Saturday.—Geese sold at lOd per lb giblets on, 9d. Turkeys, Is per Ii). Ducks, per douple, from 53 Gd to 7s. Fuww varied from 4s up to 9s couple. Fresh butter, from Is 4d to Is 7d per lb. Lard, 7d to Sd per lb. Live fowles, 4s to 5s 61 couple. Wild rabbits (dead). 12s to 143 a dozen. Fruit and vegetables—Boiling apples, per quarter, 8d to lOd. Table pears, is t dozen. Ora., ges. from 6d to Is per dozen. Vege- tables turnips, 4d per gallon. Posdtoes, 7d o Sl per quarter. Celery, 2d to 3d per head. Savoy cabbages, Id to 2d each. BUTTER. CARMARTHEN BLTTER IMARKET, Saturday. (rroui T. W. Mo. g in s Circular.)—The supply of butter continues with no advance; prices similar to last week's quotations. SUGÀB. CLYDE CRUSHED SeGAR MARKET. Saturday.— Market closes steady, uit i a fair demand, HEAD MEAT. LONDON DEAD lEAT MARKET, Saturday.- Moderate supplies on of»er. Mutton is decidedly dearer. Other descriptions remain about previous rates. Beef, 38 to 4s 10 prime Scotch do, 4s 10d to 5s mutton. 3s 4 to us veal, 53 to 5s dd large pork, 3s 4d to -Is small do, 4s 2d to Is Gd per stone. HIDE, SKIN, AND FAT. BRISTOL AND WESTERS COUNTIES HIDE, SEIX, FAT, AND WOOL MARKET, Situr(lar. -Prices l Hides 931bs and upwards, 3jd to 4d; 831bs to 921 bs, 3td to 3i, 1 73lbs to 821bs. 3M to 3ld; 631bs to 72!bs, 2 £ 1; 5411H to 621b«,' 2|d 531bs and under, 2^d cows,631bs and above, 2 £ d to 2id- litrhfc. 2§d bulls. 2|<i heavy cats, 3d light and ir- I regular, 2 £ d per lb. Calf skins—17lbs and up. wards, 5d; 12'ibs to 161bs, 5.VI 91bs to lllbs, 5^d • under Olbs, 3jd cut and irregular, 2|d per ^lb.' Horse hides, 6s to 10s 61 each; l3t kips, 35cl '• 2nd do, 2^<1 per lb. Fat—mutton, 3|d beef! 3±d • rough, 1^1. Wools—B, 4s 8d A, 5s lOd X,' 6s lid XX, 8s. I'orward price to Thursday —Wools, B, 4s 6d; A, 5s 10d; X, 6a lOd; XX, Ss. Fat, l|d, 3Jd to 3|d.

THE WEATHER IN DEAY FOREST. During the past few days locomotion has only been possible in some parts of the Forest with exceptional difficulty, and on Saturday the roa is were dangerous to both man and beast. The colliers experience much Iiffictiity in numerous instances in reaching the pit3, several cf which are reached by traversing the crown woods, where the snow still lies thickly. To the C 'P.iery proprietors the weather is little short of a god-send, as it will silence those who thought tha recent advance was ill-advised,

The last of the four-horse-e iach men ot;t of ) Cambridge h»3 just died atan a ivanc-e i ago. His name was John (or more familiar!v '7 >ck Doughty. Doughty. For being found drunk on duiv, a nan employed .upon the Cork and Y< l Wu *'1 '< Great Southern and Western iJa'd-iv-iV a- be< n Great Southern and We-ste,,n a- be< n tined, at the Cork police office, i:7 u: in de. tau.t, six weeks imprisonment. ) At the y.arylebone police-curt, Lor,-Ion. a man named John Dixon, of 54, Cun berUud-street, Pimlico, has been charged with gr. 3.y insulting aud assaulting a lady, who had been ieft bv h-r husband for two minute-, outside the Camden- town railway station. Mr Cooke seutenced him to a riiontu'a hard labour. It is statcvl that the convict Benson who is now serving in the convict prison at Portsmouth0 has petitioned for a remission of his sentence ou the ground of the service he rendered in bringing the detectives to justice. The employment of"the the tailor's shop, moreover, has affected his health. The" Claimant" is now at work in the brickfields at Portsmouth dockyard extension york- FLO;trl.I-Ifg FOR THE TZSTH AND B- A fe\v drops of the liquid Ficriliiie sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant lather, which thoroughly cle-iaies the teetli from all parasite* or impuritiei haraeiW the jTims-, prevents tartaj-, stop* decav, aives to the teeth a peculiar pearly Nybitereas, and a deKghtiM Iragnvace to the bre.ith It leoiovus all unpleasant odour arising from doeayed teeth or tobacco smoke. The Fragi-»nt Elorhine," being composed in part oj honey and sweet herbs, is deiicious to the taste, and the greatest toiiet discovery of the age. Price 2s lid" of an Chemists and Perfiimers.Preyajed bv HB>:RY C. ALLU? 4J3. Oxford-street, London 5003—40047 CURATIVE Nr.-The following cases are more powerful than any argument. A gentleman in Cheltenh:un wrute thus-" I have derived 'TC"t benefit from a Magnetic Belt, I have now worn It a year a id uine months, and I would not be without it a day on any aceount, having suffered 'rom paralysis fur nearly two years. The benefit I have derived is wonderful. I can greatly recommend your Appliances to any suffering from parah sisi t'iey have a wonderful effect on tiie spine. The Rev t!ei:jamjn Mmrsden, vicar of Glascomfce, Radnor shire, in 1&77, said—" I have to thank God that I had the pleasure of meeting you in Hereford, and by your advice I tried your appii mccg—the Knee Cap—as I was suffer- ing for seme years and able to walk but little, and that with the assistance of a stick, but now I can do so with- out one, and walk a mile without pain, and h- the greatest pleasure in testifying to the great benp^t I de- rive from using V/etton's Magnetic Appliances the pain in my V. nee left me in three days after using the Appli- ances. I am 73 years of age.See to-morrow's issue of this pio-ar, containing column advertisement 01 We tton and ",j on page U

VriCSSKLS SIGNALLED AT THE LIZARD. THE LIZARD, Saturday. Wind N, fresh. Waiither fine. Passed -vast-French Transatlantic Company's steamer France, from New York, for Havre: H.M.S. Assistance, for Portsmouth; brigantine Raymond, of Aberystwith; barque Lizzie Cameron, of Prince Edward's Island; three-masted schooner Ocean Bride, of Guernsey brigantine Ilr.rvestman, of Liverpool; steaimr Uganda, of three-masted schooner Ban If, of Banff, from New York, for Plymouth;; ship Carnarvon Ctst-e, of and for London, from New York; barque Albatros, of Hamburg. Passed Weyt-brig-,t.,itine Racer, of Montrose, from Newcastle, for Guadaloune; steamer Miranda, of London American ship Jarius B Lincoln, from Havre, for Cardiff H.r.S Fox steamers Bertha, of Glasgow England, of CarciifT United Service, of London brig Antagonist, of Guernsey, from London, for Rio J-syieiro; brhrantine Anne Jane, of Aberystwith; barque Underwriter, of Yar- niotit i brig Hetty Mary, of Aberyst ith; Aus- trian barque Ivas. THE LIZARD, Sunday. Wind, E, fresh. Weather cloudy. Barometer 23-84. Passed East —steamer Wrii Banks, of Loudon Hamburg American Company's steamer Cyclop, from St Thomas, for Ilavro; Italian barque Stefano Padre, from New York, for Falmouth; steamer S A Sadler, of Middlesborough. Parsed We3t- steamers G M B, of Middlesborough Castle- inaine. of London; Calliope, of Hull; ship Trevelyan, of Southampton H.M.S Tamar.

IMPORTAST NOTICE TO COLLIERY PROPRIETORS, COAL SHIPPERS, ETC. MESSRS DESGENETAIS FRERES, DE EOLBEC, SEINE INFERIEURE, FRANCE, Have reason t) believe that Orders for COALS are now be'n2 l'.Xc.CUTSU xor their Aceou^it, and whereas Messrs DESGEMi'i AI^ r I.ERES have never authorised anyone to BUY COALS on their behalf, tiity HEREBY GIVE NOTICE th-it they are NOT RESFOXSIBLE for such Orders. For further partieulars apply to MESSRS GUERET, DOCK CHAMBERS, CARDIFF. 40158 For the fifth time law agent,'named Timothy" has been examined at the Southwark police-court, on a charge of having obtained money from a widow, byjpretending to recover £ 150, said to be due to ber, and by giving her worthless cheques cn the Union Bank of London. He was committed for trial. COAGGLL.'lE.-Ka.y's best Cement for broken Articles, 6d, Is, 2a. Sold Everywhere. Kay Brothers, Stockp rt. 11 CAUTION.—Messrs RICKITT & SONS beg to Caution the public against imitation srjuare Blue or very inferior quality. The Paris Blue, in squares (used in the Prince of Wales' Laundry. Sold in wrappers bearing their name and Trade Mairic, f/m 246W

MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT. DECEMBER. The most markd feature in the weather of this month ha btv:i i:e continuity of col l, and its intensity in several parts during the middle and latter portions of the month and until the 25th. I In the first week we had minimum readings re- orted as low as 3 deg. at Durham, 9 deg. at f article, and 11 deg. over Central Ireland. The succeeding week (though still colder than the I average) gave no reading below 20 deg. at any of tIle 52 s'ations from which reports are received; out in the third week, temperatures as low as 12 deg. to I:) deg. v. ere reported in most districts, and on the 24 h or 25th, minima of 5 deg. to 7 deg. were recorded over all the midland counties, 11 deg. in the nortt.-e.:st of England, and 6 deg. I in the north of Ireland-. A remarkably sudden I change then occurred, and by the 30th the ther- mometer in London bad risen to 5G deg. and in so :.e parts of England to 50 deg. In Scotland the weather remained cold rather longer, and even when the thaw set in there it was much less 11» ■■— -■■■■».■■■■ — ■ 11 decided than in the other parts of the kingdom. Saow has been very plentiful in the north, and has drifted seriously. In London we had a few falls, but nothing very heavy. The winds have been chiefly north-westerly, and on the whole moderate. In London the Barometer waq- Highest (30.38 ins.) on the 24th ) Range Lowest (29.19 ins.) on the 19th ) 1.19 ins. Tcmpera.'ure in the shade was— Highest (56 deg.) on the 30th ) Range Lowest (11 deg.) on the 25th j 45 deg. Lowest on grass was 8 deg. on the 26th. Rainfall— Total fall 1*14 ins. on 15 daye. Greatest fall in one day 0'14 in., on the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 30th. ROBEIVT H. SCOTT, Secretary, Meoterological Office, 116, Victoria-street. London, S.W.

WIND AND WEATHER CHART. The chart represents the western countries of I Europe from No way to the coast of Portugal, and embraces Great Britain and the British Isles. It also includes the North Sea or German Ocean, the « Bay of Biscay.tlie Mediterranean,the Atlantic, with j the English Channel, Bristol Channel, and Irish Sea. EXPLANATION Of CHAKr. I The direetion ana force of the wind are shown by ar- rows dra.wu flying; in the direction towards which the air I is moving The i<>ree is indicated by the number of barbs and feathers on the arrows thus — means a lig-ht wind, -——-< a fresli to strong hreeze,>—> a pile, I >5 T> a violent g-.ile, while 0 represents a calm. The shade temperatures at a large number of stations are Ifiven in tissu es (thus, tip, which are placed cloie to the position to which they reier. The weather prevailing at the time of the observation is noted in worda printed ia small type for the same ]r.c:Ü¡tio; as those for which the temperatures are entered. The cvndition of the sea is given in capital letters. Occasionally a few words are Idllcl to the tup of the chart, exp anatory of important phenomena which have occurred since the preirons mornintr. REMARKS ON THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, Jan. 4th, 8 a.m. Weather this morning is tiae over nearly the whole of the United Kingdom. On our noi-Lh* ¡ eastern coasts, however, it is cloudy, and rain is failing at Alierdeen. On the Continent the weather is still unsettled, the sky is snore cloudy, snow is falling at Skudesnaea and Cuxhaven, rain at Paris and Biarritz. Scow fell at all our northern statious yesterday, l ain aud sleet iu the W. and S. A lunar halo was seen at Kingstown, and corona at Mullaghmo e. Temperature has risen ciuiokly in Scotland (as much as 21 deg. at Aberdeen), but has fallen fast over Ireland, England, and the Chaunel. Frost prevails over the inltnd parts of Englrnd, and probably of Ireland also. is moderate to strong from N. on our Northern and Western coast, but light from W over the S.E. counties and the N.E. of France. A fresh N.W. breeze is felt at Lorient, and a fresh gale from W. Rochefort. On the E. side of the Nortii Sea the wind is light and variable. £ *«• is high at Rochefort, rough in the S.W. generally, rather so in the N, moderate in the Channel, slight in the E. BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS.—The depression which lay over England yesterday has reached the Danish coast, and that noticed over Ireland has moved south-eastward to the N.W. of France. The barometer has risen throughout our islands, and an anti-cyclone has been formed over Ireland. The highest pressure of all is, however, still re- corded in the son: hern parts of France. 2 barometer has risen on all our coasts since the morning—rapidly in the S.W., but the rise seems t.. have been checked suddenly at Valencia siat-e noon, and a. very gentle wes- terly breeze has set in, with clear weather.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. FOXHOUNDS, G¡,.BIOP.O.\XS¡¡¡R M(;n.¡y. Broc.stle—11; Wednesday Lland-Ugh Castle Friday, Newton Hi use -12 MoxiiocTHSUUiE— Monday, Coed y Iiuuvdd—11; Thurs- dav, Wonastuw Court—11-30 Friday, The Henure -11 PEIIBROKEStIIRB-Xonday, Ltmdelcy Tliursdav, Pe.'cowb Bridire—11 PowtLit's, Alp.-Tuesday, Landawke, noar Landewrcr- 10-30 Friday, Dolwilym (breakfast)—9-30 RADNORSHIRE AZD WEST HKU8:or.risniRE—Monday, Noke Bridge Friday, Pdleth—10-30 Tivrsros Monday, Windy Hill; Thursday, Cwrnvs Bridge—10-30 TREDEGAR'S, LORD—Monday, Llaurumney; Thursday, Gros Hanfro-10-45 HARRIERS, CARMARTHEN —Thursday, Login- 10-30

FOOTBALL. SENNY BRIDGE V. LLANDOVERY TOWN CLVB.- This match came off at Senay Bridge oa New Year's Day, when Llandovery were victorious. SWANSEA TELEGRAPHISTS V. SWANSEA ASSO- -This return match nas played at St. Helen's, on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in favour of the latter club by three goals to nil. The former had to play short, in consequence of one of its number being hurt. The ground was very sloppy, but the game was mo.t exciting, and wit- nessed by a large number of spectators. CARDIFF JUNIORS v. NEWPORT Ju.NioRs.-Tllis match was played at Cardiff, on the Monkton H ouse School ground (kindly lent by Mr Shew. I brook). Although the visitors worked hard, to avoid defeat, tLe home team managed to secure a goal and a try by half-time. An objection was then made against one of the Cardiff boys, on ac- count of his size, and he left the field of play. After half-time, playing one short, another goal and two more tries were secured by the Car- I diffians. Sides—Cardiff: Williams, back; S. Ja nes and Hardess, three-quarter backs; Abo Evans (captain), half-back Caneva, aud W. Spickett, quarter-backs Laybouine, Rice, Page, C. Jances, H. James, R. Dalziel, Roberts, T. Evans, and Stevens forwards. Newport: Phillip- son. back Gething and McDaniel, three-quarter backs A. Gould, haif-back M. Phillips and O. Phillips, quarter-bucks Beynon, Jones, Powell, Hoskins, Stone, R. Gould, C. Gould, Williams, and C. Phillips, forwards. Score:—Cardiff, two go ds, three tries, and four touchdowns to nil. The tries were obtained by Roberts (1), W. Spickett (1), and Abo Evans (3); the goals were kicked bv Williams. FIXTURES FOR JANUARY. 8..Bridgend ..Cardiff v Bri igcn 1 (return) 11. Swansea Cardiff v Swansea (return; 11..Newport South Wales v Clifton IB..ca.rdi:f Ctr,liff v Aberdare (return) lfi..Cardiif Aberda-e v 10th Rifle Volunteers IS..Newport Newport v Whitccross 23..Newport South Wales v Gloucestershire 25..Cardiff.Bridgend v 10:h GUV 25..Cup (if needed) 25 .Ci-.erieon Caerleon v Cardiff 2nd XV .Neath Cardiff v Neath (return) Date uot fixed (Jowlyidire S, hool v Swansea FEBRUARY. 1..Cardiff .Cardiff v Newport (return) 2.. Aberdare "Abenlae v 10th Pife Volunteers 8..ewport. Newf.(¡rt v Swindon Rangers S..Cardilf .Carditf v Bristol Medical (return) 15..Newport.Newport v Birmingham Athletic Club -on I OL',i G R V v Caerleon 15. Pontypridd .CardiT v Pontypridd (return) 20..Cardiff .Cardiff v Merthyr (return) 22..Cowbridge..Cardiff v Cowbridge College (return)

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LITERARY NOTES. TUB SYMPATHY AND ACTION OF ENGLAND IN THE LATE EASTERN CRISIS, AND THE VALUE OF THE BHQDOI'E REPORT. By A. BOYLE. Lon- don ELLIOT STOCK, Paternoster Row. Narberth A. Meyler and Son. 1878. The writer of this Pamphlet dates from Amroth in Pembrokeshire, a lovely place on the shores of the Bristol Channel, and now most remembered as the birthplace of General Biddulph, who is in commaud of one division of the British Army in Afn-hanistan. The writer ably reviews the events of fLo l<t. which of late Years have ftntrao-cwl tha attention of Europe. He shews that if Mr Gladstone's views had bten adopted bv the Government, all the complications of the Russian and Turkish War would never have arisen, and that our own difficulties with Russia in Central Asia aud elsewhere would have been avoided. When Turkej refused to carry out her engagements under the Treaty of Paris, the policy of England was to insist upon the full perfbrtr. atice of that treaty by her—in con- junction with the other Powers who were parties to it. Those who are fearful of the aggressions of Russia would have attained their dbject far better if they had supported Mr Gladstone's well-con- sidered and moderate proposal. "That proposal," says Mr Boyle, was autonomy for Bulgaria under the guarantee of the Great Powers, who were to join in enforcing it, the titular sovereignty of the Suitan being acknowledged by the payment of a trinte. But instead of doing so they sup- ported Lord Beaconsfield m refusing the proffer of the combined action of Europe for the purpose, proffered three times over-at the date of the And; assy note, in the Berlin Memorandum, and at the date of the Constantinople Conference. In the case of the combined action proposed there would have been no excuse for Russia demanding, -till les< opportunity for obtaining, those territorial acquisitions she has justly claimed and retained for'her unaided exertions; nor would there have b-en the occasion there has been for her continued occupation of Bulgaria by herself." This extract- brief as it is-gives the key-note to Mr Boyle's opinions—which are maintained by powerful reasoning aad by a reference to the Blue Books. He is a strong advocate of the views of those who during the last Session, led the opposition in the House of Commons. Mr Boyle is of opinion that the report of the llhodope Commission is not sup- ported by evidence sufficient to warrant it. The charges made by the witnesses against the Russian soldiers were charges of incredible ferocity and brutality. It is undoubted that some of them were proved—but at the same time it is evident that the statements made before the Com- missioners were often exaggerated, and were in other cases nothing but the repetition of unsup- ported public report. Mr Boyle's pam pIllet is wtil worthy of a careful perusal by thoughtful men, v. ho, instead of being led astray by the wild and disastrous enthusiasm of a war policy, desire to ascertain the facts and to bring peace and pros- perity to Europe. Messrs Sfrahau and Co., 34, Paternoster-row, London, have signalised the new year by a fr-jsh series of that most acceptable oi religious magazines, The Day of Red. The current part has nearly a dozen aud a-ha'f papers by well- known names, which ratine over a wonderfully wide field of literature. There is not a dull paper in the part all are pleasant, vigorous, and suggestive. An unpublished paper entitled God bless you," by the late Douglas Jerrold, will be perused with especial interest. The Day ol Rest is exquisitely iiiiistr;t te(l, and, being entirely free from sectarianism, is worthy of a place in every Christian British home. The Peep Show, issued by the same publishers, will be a fund of delight to young readers. Juvenile literature is au art in itself, but The Peep Show artists are up to their work, aud the illustrations are such as would have gladdened a household a quarter of a century ago for a twelve-month. We warmly commend Messrs Strahan's magazine to every reader's notice. Good Words (Daidy. Isbister, and Co.) continues to be permeated by the genial and catholic spirit of the late Dr Norman Macleod. Its list of con- tributors and illustrators is large and eminent. Without detailing even the titles of the sixteen substantial articles which constitute the January part, there is one article—preliminary to a series— which should especially interest the_ Chris|ian readers of the Three Kingdoms, viz., "The Mission Fields of India Chinfv> alK' Jaoan, by the Rev. W. Fielding Stevenson. W hile it is noteworthy that ladies contribute much to Good Words, it is equally notable that a tone sym. pathetic with ladies'interests and views runs through this veteran and able magazine. The Sunday Magazine, issued fr.mi the same publishing house, is everything that could be desired in a book for Sunday reading. A noticeable article deals with The Armenian People," whose history is deeply interesting. No better test of the sincerely- religious, and, at the same time, healthy_ toue_ of the,times need be asked,than the manner in which Good Words and the Sunday Magazine are read and prized. Little Wide-awake, pui dished by Messrs George Routledge, and Sons, London, is a delightful child's magazine. A full-paged coloured picture of Little Miss Patty is one of the finest things of the kind we have seen for a time. Mrs Sale Barker is the editress of this popular "illustrated magazine for young children," and she does her duty in an excellent manned, The same pub- lishers issue Every Boy's —a vivaciously- written and beautifully-illustrated boy's book just the book to give a boy healthy impression;. The girls are not forgotten, their special literary wants being attended to in Eccry Girl's lJI uua:nte. This new aspirant is not only pleasantly and thoughtfully written, but it is charmingly illus- trated. Messrs Routledge are making a speciality of children's magazines, and from the specimens of children's magazines, and from the specimens to hand for the month of January they are suc- ceeding admirably.

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THE I CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF SOUTH WALKS AND MONMOUTH. BY J. ROLAND PHILLIPS, (BarristP-r-at- Law of the SQuth Wales Circuit, and Author of MKMQIRS OF THR CIVIL WARS IN WALES AND THE MARCHES.") o [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] tFROH THE "CARDIFF TIJiES AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS.'T No. VI.—MARGAM ABBEY. Of the Abbey of Margam, or, to speak more correctly, Margan, which even in the time of Giraldtis Canibre-isis (A.D. 1188) was declared noble," and which was enriched, enlarged, and beautified in after-time, scarcely a vestige remains. A sadder case of utter neglect than that of Margin Abbey it is difficult to imagine. When the Abbey house and the estates belonging thereto were granted to Sir Rice Mansel, he built at Mar- gam a noble mansion for himself, utilising as much as he possibly could of the conventual buildings, but leaving intact the church. Such portions of the Abbey as could not be worked into the mansion were permitted to fall into decay. When the male line of the Mansels became extinct about 1750, the house at Margam was pulled down, and the seat of the Talbots, upon whom the estate devolved through marriage with the female representative of the Mansels, was trans- ferred to Penrice in Gower. With this pulling down, all that was incorporated with the building of the old Abbey of course came down also. Still, probably t,11e richest por- tion of the Abbey remained perfect in the chapter-house. This chapter-house was entire in 1774,when Mr Wyndham made his tour through Wales. He describes it as an elegant Gothic building, whose vaulted roof was perfect supported by a clustered column rising from the centre of the room. The interior of the room was an exact circle 50 feet in diameter, while on the outside it had 12 sides. Mr Wyndham further describes the building, and what is of greater interest, he has preserved a carefully en- graved picture of it, from which its beauties are at once manifest. The preservation of the building led him to conclude that much attention must have been given to the lead which originally covered it, but to his as- tonishment he heard that the lead had long since been removed, and that the only security of the roof against the weather was a thick oiled paper, which by no means pre- vented the rain from filtering through the stone work. But such was the solidity of the arch that it had then suffered no detri- ment. Some years afterwards that learned antiquary, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, found it perfect, but in the year 1793 it had suITered- much from the plants that grew on its stone roof (even the oiled paper had evidently gone then), two of the windows had fallen in, and the centre column had given way. "A little attention and a trifling expense would even then," he says, have preserved this beautiful building for many years, but the happy opportunity was lost, and in 1802 I saw with regret the roof and shaft lying prostrate on the ground." Lewis, in his Topographical Dictionary of Wales, states that the beautiful roof fell in, in 1799, in consequence of the outer walls having be- come defective, and not from the filtration of water through the joints in the stones. We care very little to enquire which version is correct. Anyhow it is clear that a small outlay opportunely made would have saved one of the most interesting remains in the kingdom the earliest known specimen of the polygonal form, according to the opinion of Mr E. A. Freeman. The ruins of the charter house and a few traces of the crypt or cloisters alone now remain of the Abbey Church of Margam and the conventual buildings. The parish church, however, which was attached to the Abbey still remains, and is a fine speci- men of later Norman architecture. A divi- sion was often made in that portion of the monasteries which was devoted to public worship; the same being often sepa- rated from the monastic buildings by a wall, the monks retaining one portion and the parish the other. At the dissolution, which only affected purely monastic institu- tions, that which had been used by the monks was suffered to fall into ruin, while the parish church was preserved. So it was at Margam and the parish church, although I cl forming a part of the original structure remains, with a few modern changes, almost perfect, while scarcely a stone of the grander Abbey remains above ground. Tlie position of Margam was eminently fitted for a monastic establishment on a large scale. Erected at the foot of a steep moun- tain, clothed to its summit with wood, with an extensive park and forest for the deer, and a marsh near the sea, to which the deer much resorted at low water, thriving thereby "to an extraordinary weight and fatness," and, with excellent snrings all r around, it was just the place for an Abbey. There appears to be some doubt as to who is entitled to the credit of being its founder. The Aitnaes de Margan, a register of events chronicled by the abbots of Margam, but which was nofcreally begun until some twenty years after its foundation, states the founder to have been Robert, Earl of Gloucester, the son of Henry by Nest, and the successor of Robert Fitzhamon, as lord of Glamorgan, and that it was founded in the year 1147, the very year of his death. Camden, on the contrary, thinks the founder to have been Robert's son, William. But the charter of King John, to which refer- ence will presently be made, refutes this latter supposition, as it evidences the fact that Robert had endowed the Abbey with his lands between Avon and Kenfig. A third contention is that which ascribes its founda- tion to a Welsh chieftain—Morgan ab Caradog ab Iestyn and there is some plausi- bility for this. Caradog ab Iestyn, not- withstanding the Norman conquest by Fitz- hamon, retained in his possession the territory of Avon, and on his death his son Morgan became lord of Avon. Margam is situate on the territory which belonged to this Morgan, who was the contemporary of both Robert and William, Earls of Glouces- ter. That Morgan endowed the Abbey with his lands in the Marshes of Avon, and in Rliosonlyn (Resolven), and with common of pasturage in the mountains between the Taff and the Neath, is clear from the recital of the fact in the charter of King John, and also from a charter by a descendant of the said Morgan, Sir Thomas de Avene, in the 14tli century. In a Harleian M.S. of the pedigree of Iestyn ap Gwrgant, this Morgan is said to have founded the Abbey, and tlie writer of the M. S. (Mr Hugh Thomas) gives as his authority the learned antiquary, Edward Lloyd, who had written to him say- ing, "I have seen that same Morgan ab Kradoc's original charter, with nine wit- nesses, all very antique British names. And what I think is of no little weight in favour of this view is the fact that the Abbey < is really called after this Morgan—Margam being a corruption of Margan or Morgan, the original name of the Abbey, the ancient name of the spot being Pendar. However, be the honour whose it may, it is clear that the Abbey was established here in or about the year 1147. Its first abbot was named William, and his death occurred in 1153, six years after. Of course the Abbey was not completed at that date. Pro- bably the present church was erected about this time. The next abbot Andreas only occupied his position for two years—dying in 1125. Six years after this, in 1101, the Welsh seem to have had some quarrel with the monks, for we are told in the Annates that the barn of the Abbey was burnt by the Welsh at this time. Giraldus doubtless alludes to this incident in a passage which will presently be given, but he thexe attributes the act of incendiarism to an indi- vidual Welshman, who seemed to have nourished a feeling of hostility towards the monks because his property had been given to the Abbey by some one more powerful than he-a curious illustration of the high- handed ways of the times. In 1187 the Annates record that William Saltmarsh, Bishop of Llandaff, consecrated the altar of the Holy Trinity in the Abbey. From this it may be inferred that the Abbey was at that time in course of censtruction, probably drawing towards completion, although the beautiful cbapter-house, already referred to, belongs to the architecture of a somewhat later period. The next year—i.e. A.D. 1188-tlie Abbev was visited bv Giraldus Cambrensis, the valiant archdeacon of Brecon, a native of Manorbyr, in Pembrokeshire, who accom- panied Archbishop Baldwyn on his tour through Wales, preaching the Crusade. Quitting Llandaff, where the business of the Cross had been successfully proclaimed by the Archbishop to a large congregation, the English standing on one side and the Welsh on the other, and many of both nations en- listed for the Crusade, and passing by Ewenny, then only a little cell, they arrived at Margam, which Giraldus calls the noble Cistercian Monastery." Here they seem to hawe been well received. This monastery," says Giraldus, under the direction of Conan, a learned and prudent abbot, was at this time more celebrated for its charitable deeds than any other of that order in Wales. On this account, it is an undoubted fact that, as a reward for that abundant charity which the monastery had always, in time of need, exer- cised towards strangers and poor persons, in a season of an approaching famine their corn and provisions were perceptibly, by Divine assistance, increased, like the widow's cruise of oil by the means of the prophet Elijah. About the time of its foundation, a young man of these parts, by birth a Welsh- man, having claimed and endeavoured to apply to his own use certain lands which had been given to the monastery, by the instigation of the devil, set on fire the best barn belonging to the monks,which was filled with corn (this f evidently alludes to the incident given above under date 1161), and immediately becoming mad, ran about the country in a distracted state, nor ceased raving until he was seized state, nor ceased raving until he was seized by his parents and bound. Having burst his bonds and tired out his keepers, he came the next morning to the gate cf the monastery, incessantly howling that he was inwardly burnt by the influence of the monks, and thus in a few days expired, uttering the most miserable complaints. It appeared also that a young man was struck by another in the hall of the guests, but on the following day, by Divine vengeance, the aggressor was, in the presence of the frater- nity, killed by the enemy, and in the same part of the hall where the sacred house had been violated. At another time of scarcity, while great multitudes of poor were daily before the gates for relief, by the unanimous consent of the brethren, a ship was 'sent to Bristol to purchase corn for charitable purposes. The vessel delayed by contrary winds and not returning (but rather affording an opportunity for the miracle), on the very day when there would have been a total deficiency of corn, both for the poor and .the 'convent, a field near the monastery was found suddenly to ripen more than a month before the usual time of harvest thus Divine providence supplied the brotherhood and the numerous poor with sufficient nourishment until autumn. By these and other signs of virtues the place accepted by God began to be gener- ally esteemed and venerated." Giraldus was a learned man, a travelled man, a man of the world, one who could maintain his own contests with Princes and Popes, and yet, with more than the simplicity of a child, he records these quaint stories of events, if they ever did happen, which had happened less than 20 years before his visit, literally believing their truthfulness. In 1205, King John, by a charter dated at Westminster the 5th of May, confirmed to the Abbey Church of St. Mary de Margam all the gifts and endowments hitherto made in its favour, and he grant is of considerable value, as it details the various gifts. Among these are the gifts of Robert and his son William. Earls of Glou- cester, of lands between Avon and Kenfig. iugh, of Hereford, had given to it 100 acres, Rotbereth another hundred acres, Gilbert Gernus half that quantity, William Gille 40 acres, and Waren ab Cadwgan 20. The locality of these lands is not, unfortunately, set forth in the charter. Morgan ab Owen, although he had actually burnt Neath Abbey, with 400 and more sheep belonging thereto, seems to have been moved to act charitably towards Margnm, to whom he gave what he had between Kenfig and Baythan (? Llanbleithan). Morgan ab Caradog, already alluded to, had given what- ever he owned in the territory of Newcastle, at Pantlimor also, and his marshes of Avon and Rhosonlyn, with the right to depasture on the mountains between the Taff and the Neath. Among other pious donors we find the names of William Scurlage, Henry de Umfraville, John de Bonville, Hugh de Lancarnam, the Burgesses of Kentlg and of Cardiff, one Urban, a priest, and the Knights Templars. In 1210, John, on his visit to Ireland, stayed at Margam, and remembering the kind welcome given him, and the entertain- ment of his ariny, when lie pillaged and levied his extortions upon all the Cistercian abbeys in the kingdom, an exemption was made in favour of Margam, and also Beaulieu Abbey, in Hampshire. A few years after this, in A.D. 1223 and 1224, the native population seem once again to have risen against the Abbey, whose ser- vants they slaughtered, and whose sheep they destroyed in great numbers. Morgan Gan, a descendant though he was^of Morgan ab Caradog, seems to have caused no little uneasiness to the monks of Margam about 1230, but dying in 1240 he was accorded a burial place within the sacred precincts. In 1231 Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, in his raid throught the south, extorted, and got from the monks, 60 marks of silver. o The next important event in the history of Margam, was the visit made to it in the gloomy days of November, 1326, by Edward 11. and Hugh Despencer, on their flight from Caerphilly. Lehnd tells us that Margam had the privilege of sanctuary, which, however, the Welsh seldom utilized. I wonder did Edward and Despencer think of this when they wended their way thither- ward. In 1349 Sir Thomas de Aven, a lineal descendant of Morgan ab Caradoc, further endowed the Abbey, and confirmed to it all the grants that had been made to it by his ancestors. At the dissolution,the total of the revenues of Margam amounted to 2188 14s, the clear income being £81 7s 4d, and in the 32nd year of Henry VIII., the Abbey and lands was granted to Sir Rice Mansel, in whose family it remained until the male line became extinct, when it passed by marriage into the Talbot family, whose present re- presentative, the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire, has done much to preserve the little that is left of this once famous Abbey. Thomas ap Ieuan ap Rhys, a Welsh bard of the 16th century, had been a monk in this Abbey. In one of his poems lie says that he had been expelled thence on account of his tendency towards Lollardism and had been imprisoned at Kenfig Castle for his heretical opinions. It was then he addressed a petition to Sir Mat- thew Craddock, of Swansea, beggino the latter to use his influence to obtain his re- lief. This old bard-monk lived to a green old age—no less an age. it is said, than 140, which people in these days are prone to dis- beheve, although the old parish churches of -the Yale of Glamorgan record plenty of in- stances of even greater longevity. "Carmarthen Castle" will be treated of in our next article.

LANDLORDS AND TENANTS. From every part of the country, says a corres- pondent, farmers are giving up their farms,and no tenante to be had for them. At this present time, l-iord opencer has no less than nine farms on his hauds. Now, Lord Spencer's farms are on an average of 200 acres each, and each worth some KSOO a year rent, so that the farms he has to let must represent something like P,2,"00-no small sum to be deducted even from a handsome rent. roll,

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MERTHYR RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. The monthly meeting of this authority was held on Saturday, at the Merthyr Workhouse. Mr R. H. Rhys presided.—The Surveyor (Mr Jones) submitted a plsn, and estimate of the coat, showing how Bargoed could be supplied with water from adjacent springs. The estimate was £ 90.—A letter was read from Mr Charles Henry James, secretary of the Bargoed Gas and Water Companv, informing the authority that the com- pany had now arranged for the supply of water from one of the sources recommended by the medical officer, and that they would at once take steps to lav pipes, and begin the necessary works. —The Chairman said that if the company would provide the supply II ithin a reasonable time—say three months—he -.vould not object.—The Clerk said that was ample time, and he had no doubt the company would do what was required in that time. It WAS resolved to communicate with the company to the effect suggested by the chairman. —The reports of the several parochial committees were read, but contained nothing of interest. A letter was read from the Local Government Board, dated the 18th December, replying to a letter of the clerk's, in which he re- quested their sanction to the payment by the authority to him of JS12 10s in respect of services as clerk for the quarter ended the 24th of June last. The letter stated that the board considered that the remuneration of clerks to ru- ral sanitary authorities should be awarded either at the end of each half-year or year.—The Clerk gave a cheque for B12 10s, the amount paid him, and as suggested by the board in London, the authority passed a resolution voting the clerk .£25 remuneration for the half-year ended at Michaelmas last.—The Clerk said he thought it was derogatory to have to ask the sanction of the board in London every half-year for the salary that was coming to him.-The Medical-officer re- ported hat:during the last quarter the rate of births in the district of the rural sanitary au- thority was 31 per 1,000, and that of deaths 20 per 1,000. During the year the births registered were 605, the rate being 35'6 per 1,000 and the deaths 308, the rate of mortality being 21*6 per 1,000._ In the several parishes forming the district the birth rates were-in Gelligaer 34, in Vaynor 35, in Penderyn 37, and in Rhigos 31 per 1,000. The death-rates ere—Gellyg^er 22, Vaynor 18, Pen- deryn 23, and in Rhigos 21 per 1,000. This was all the business.