South Wales Daily News

OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE; ♦ t LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. A story, originating in the Turkish Embassy, and apparently believed in thoroughly there, ttpresents the Naval Demonstration and its Policy as at an end-or rather, to be precise, as Virtually at an end. It is nothing of the kind. The present negotiations simply wait upon the liext project proposed by the Turks. When the final de:ermination of the Porte is made known, the final resolve of the Powers will follow upon it; and it is necesary to say about it only that there is no present reason for believing either that the concert of the Powers is not maintained, or that, being maintained, it will not be diverted to a<!tivo operations f— the enforcement of the Berlin Treaty- The announcement of Mr Goschen's return to this country is premature. Government do not Propose to "swap horses when they are crossing a stream," alld Ir Goschen will remain at Con- •tantinople so long as the crisis continues in the East of Europe. A Lew proposal for settling the land question. It coims from a very well known Liberal member, "ho has thought ic out painfully and anxiously, and who will probably embody it in a measure which will be laid before Parliament when it meets ai. Recognising with Mr Parnell that it would be well for Ireland if her farmers owned the soil they tilled, but not recognising the morality of Compulsoiily expropriating landlords without adequately compensating them, nor yet the ex- pediency of making a new arrangement certain to be followed by another attempt at land accumula- tion, ho proposes to apply the principle without lujuatice or risk of recurring grievance. He Propo ei, to begin with, that landlords shall be ^'veu 33 years' purchase of their faring, and that the money shall be paid by the tenants. Any tenant desiring to purchasa his farm may give Notice to his landlord and to the Treasury. On receipt of the notice, and after all forms are ^°mp|;ed with, the Treasury shall advance the fHount of 25 years' purchase, which shall be llnlnediately paid to the landlord, leaving 10 Dears' purchase still to be paid. Now, If this sum be borrowed the tenant fall into the hands of usurers, 0 will impoverish him more than the hardest nalord. Nor can he pay both his rent and his interest. Our Liberal legislator, therefore, pro- "ses that the interest on the loan shall only be 2 Per cent., and that for 10 years the tenant may be ermitted to let his loan acc unul ite at compound Qterest meanwhile he shall go on for that 10 years paying his rent to his landlord. At the en 1 of 10 years the landlord will be paid off, and there Vvill remain the money borrowed from the State, on which, taking the original sum as the basis of e Calculation, thetenants will have henceforth to ah°ut £ 2 4s percent. The fact that he holds land that he can deal witli it as he likes with, be h-Gar of disturbance, and that it will presently his, will spur the farmer to exertion and at g e end of ton years he will be able to pay the fclstf0 f;irm to anybody 1 his tenant may pay him off. It is an objec- to tlie scheme that it forces a landlord to part in > hit by bit; but there is a suggestion "hich is worthy of being carefully considered. A. Movement oriainatinu with the provinces is among the publicans to hold meetings to protest oainst the increased license du'y put upon them y the last Budget. They are using very stroug ^6ttns against Mr Gladstone, and they apj arently X.pect him to redress what they call an intolerable grievance, Their poiut is that the rich brewers are relieved to some extent, and the bill den falls upon the poor publicans. In London, where public-houses funded yesterday can be bought only for thousands j" Pounds to-morrow, we rather doubt the exis- tence of the "poor publican," whose poverty akes the license duty a hardship. But In ary case the "poor publican" should not go to Mr Gladstone the poor Publican's" landlord is generally the rich ^f8wer, and the proper place for the poor publican £ 0 to is to the brewery, which, he asserts, ?*lns by his loss. "Pity the p jor publican" is not to be a popular song this side of the Greek •K-alands. -A- new political cli:b is in the wind. The Tories ave j,a j many new clubs in London the 1,Jeral3 have had only the Devonshire, They now propose to start a Junior Reform Club, as a of balance to the St, Stephen's Clmb. Un- °rtunately, they cannot get a site so near the ■louse the St. Stephen's, but they l.ave ob- tailled someground in North u! i i berlaud-strectouly few minutes'walk fromWestininster Palace, with a frontage looking upon the Thames. Actuated by the idea of establishing an overflow club, they ha.ve applied to several members of the committee of the Reform to help them in their new venture, 'I'hose of them, however, who have an interest in the Devonshire fight rather shy of it, and for the moment the project hangs fire. But from what one C;n gather, it is destined at length to succeed.

BRIBERY EMISSIONS, OXFORD, OXFORD, Monday. —The Bribery Commissioners resumed their inquiry this morning, when Mr •t>ucknell, one of the Liberal agents, was further ■examined, after which Air Walsh, Conservative agent, stated that it was decided that Mr Hall should contest the seat, in consequence of Sir W. Harcourt's intense unpopularity, and because he had brought down Mr Chitty to put Mr Hall out. He had destroyed his election papers, because they would have disclosed quasi corrupt practices, or would have demonstrated to the Commissioners that his accounts could not be right. They were afraid of criminal prosecutions in every case where a man was paid to vote, and they therefore destroyed the papers. Conservative voters were detached by employment by the Liberals in April, aud he was determined to get them back in May. The £3,000 spoken of in Mr Burrows' letter did not come fi-olik the Carlton Club, but was got by a Whip amongst the heads of the party. He had received an ad- ditional 1;1,0o0 from London, and l¡ad borrowed £ 500 more. Mr-Matthews brought the money from London. He made no corrupt payments himself, but he gave 2181 to Mr jy[atthews, which lie knew was to be used for brib ry. Wit- ness recommeneded to whom the money should be given, and Matthews told him he had disposed of it. They were determined to beat Sir W. Har- court at any cost. Matthew s stopped iive days to see they did their duty with the money lie had brought down, and then left. Mr Matthews lived in Brighton, and wn an electioneerer. Witness asked to be excused from giving the name of the gentleman who had given him £ 1,000 and lent him £500, and the Commissioners said they would Consider the matter. CANTERBURY. CANTERBURY, Monday.—At the inquiry to-day, Francis Laming said he was engaged in bribeiy by the Liberals at the 1879 election, and received -240 from the Liberal agent. Sir Henry Tufton also gave him 925 for agency expenses. After the 1879 election he saw Colonel Laurie, who made overtures to him to come over to the Conserva- tives. Colonel Laurie met him by appointment, when the witness showed him a list of voters, who eaid they wanted £ 50 or £ 60 to keep the men in town. Colonel Laurie sent him 212 by Harvey, his steward. The witness never spent the kl2 in bribery, but kept it. He never intended to do so, but only to lay a trap for the Colonel, because the Colonel at the 1879 election threatened to prose- cute him for bribery. MACCLESFIELD. MACCLESFIELD, Monday.-This inquiry was resumed this morning. Mr Harry Froggatt, solicitor, the Conservative agent at the last elec- tion, ',Nm examined as to his knowledge of elections previous to the last one. He said lie had taken part in politics since he was 12 years of age. In the 1S65 election there were dissensions betv/een the two Liberal candidates, Mr Brocklehurct and Mr Cbadwick. At the time ilii Chadwicl; started a cotton mill, and sent JE250 to te distributed in charities. In 1868 there v a3 no open coalition # between the Liberal candidates. In 1874 he did not think the torrupt practices wo;re very extensive. Two days after the dissolution it was announced that Mr Chadwick would give a free library, and this had cost him about £ 8,000, Bribery prevailed, but he could not charge any one in particular. KNARESBOROUGH. ""KNARESBOROUGH, Monday.—The Royal Com mission appointed to inquire into the corrupt practices prevailing at Knaresborough was ,i)e..eci to-day in the Town-hallj before Mr Griffiths, Q.C., Mr Bompas, Q.C., and Mr Crompton, barrister. Mr Griffiths hoped the inhabitants would give all the information in their power, and fchns enable the Commission to shorten its labours. Witnesses were then called.

A WELSH LOCAL BOARD AND THE REPORTERS. The clerk of the Newtown ("Montgomeryshire) Local Board recently wrote a letter to the chief constable of the county, stating that neither he nor the members of the Local Board had said what as reported in the Press as to the negligence of the police. The reporters adhered to the accuracy of their notes, and on Friday evening the members of the board were engaged for an hour and a quarter inquiring into the matter. One of the repoiters offtred to submit his notes to any number of com- petent shorthand writers, and to swear to their cor- rectness. This was not deemed satisfactory, and the board resolved toexamine the notes themselves. The notes were not at hand, and some of the members thought it would be sufficient if they had specimens of the shorthand characters. These were supplied, and the members scrutinised the lines, circles, and half-circles, and inquired the value of every mark, curve, and dot. After a quarter of an hour's deliberation the reporters were informed that '• it was absurd to suppose that such things (the shorthand characters) could be relied upon, or that speeches cor.Id be taken down at all with accuracy. It was all humbug to imagine such a thing." A reporter i resent said be could take the address cf any intelligent speaker, aud lie was told that he was talking nonsense.

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THE EASTERN CRISIS A MESSAGE FROM THE SULTAN. THE DELAY GRANTED NOW I EXPIRED. NIHILISM IN R0UMANIA. MEMBERS OF THE ROUMANIAN GOVERNMENT THREATENED WITH DEATH. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM. I The Bucharest correspondent of the Western Morning News states that an outbreak ef Nihilism in Roumania is exciting considerable alarm in high quarters. Lithographed circulars have been received by many members of the chiff families, signed "Death and Blood," in which death is threatened by a secret society of 50 to everyone who does not occupy hitmelt in protecting the welfare of the nation, and various members of the Government are named as being doomed. All Greek subjects residing in Roumania have been recalled to Greece for training. [CENTRAL NEWS T2LEGBAM.1 .V The Central Neva Pera correspondent tele- graphs :—The Porte has to-day delivered to the ambassadors a note containing its proposals in relation to the .Montenegrin difficulty. It is stated here that the Sultan offers to sunender Dulcigno immediately to the Powers, as a pledge of good faith during the negotiations on all the matters at i-sue. RAGUSA, Monday. Vice-Admiral Seymour reached Callaro this afternoon, and continued his journey immediately to Cettiuje. The Montene- grin Government now deprecate delay, and declare their willingness to attack Dulcigno at once provided they obtain the effective concur- rence of the international fleet. In the second edition of the Times there ap- pears the following telegram, dated Constanti-, nople, Oct. 4 :—The delay requested by the Porte expired last night. A note explaining the position and attitude of thelmperial Government iiai pre- pared yesterday, and will be communicated to the several ambassadors to-d:iy, Assym Pacha, the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent to the ambassadors to-day, in the Sultan's name, a scheme for the arrangement of impending questions. It would appear that the Power3 had formally granted the request of the Porte for a further delay of the movement of the fleet until yesterday but, from the communications necessary between the various Governments, no movement could possibly have taken place before that time and so the matter is of minor importance. It is now posi- tively denied that the Powers have consented to a further delay of 10 days, though sr.ch a report was circulated in Constantinople, and did considerable injury, as serving to revive the hopes of dissensions arising among the Powers, and so inducing the Porte to become defiant where it had begun to show sigm of yielding. The last Collective Note has, it seems, produced a deep impression on the Turkish Government. They have asked it more than once to be withdrawn.

A VESSEL AFLOAT Willi A DEAD CREW. GHASTLY DISCOVERY. A ghastly discovery of a British vessel afloat with a dead crew is reported by the New York Mail to-day (Mouday). A pilot boat on the 22nd reported that, two days' sail from the port, she encountered the British schooner Gladiator, bottom up. She was in the track of vessels, in,! a boat's crew were sent to scuttle her. The ter- rible stench of decomposing bodies from the cabin compelled them to desist, and on moving round the ship they found a sailor hanging by a rope from the bo sprit. The effluvium was so over- powering that the pilots had no doubt the dead bodies of the crew were in the ship.

YESSEITOFFTREIN THE BBlSTOL CHANNEL. On Saturday evening the pilot in charge of the screw steamer Rheola, from Cardiff for New York, observed a light well in shore under Hang- man, about three miles to lie eastward of llfra- combp. On Sun lay morning, while returning to Cardiff in charge of another vessel, lie found that the light had proceeded from a vessel in distiess, and on fire. She appeared to be a Polacca schooner, the fire beiuu' confined to the fore part of the vessel. There were none of the crew visible, but as she was lying close in under the rocks it is supposed the crew had got ashore and fired the grass on the hill side to attiact at tentiou.

MURDEROUS-ASSAULT AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY. A murderous outrage was committed at Willen- hall on Saturday night. At 11 o'clock .iohn Gaunt,labourer, Isr.iel Cliff,and Richard ltadclitfe, miners, left the British Oak beerhouse logo home. Gaunt had to cross two fields, an it is alleged that here his companions beat him murderously, stripped him, and robbed him of lis. His cries brought assistance, and he was found bleeding profusely and almost naked. The prisoners were on Monday brought befote the magistrates and remanded. Gaunt has three ribs broken and other serious wounds. His depositions will be taken to-d.iy.

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUI- CIDE IN DERBYSHIRE. A shocking murder was perpetrated at Ilad- field, nnar Glossop, Derbyshire, on Saturday night. Tae victim is Eliza Jane Robinson, aged 30, and the murderer is Albert Robinson, aged 25, her husband. The couple had only been married 12 months, and have an infant aged three months. There are two other children, aged eight and four years, which Mrs Robinsou had by a farmer hus- band, named Sidebottom. The couple ha 1 not lived happily together, and had both given way to bad habits. On Saturday they were diinking, it is said, at a neighbouring public-hou?e. They went home, and soon after eight o'clock a quarrel ensued about their tea. Mrs Robinson made a remark to the effect thit"she would stand it no longer," and was about to leave the house when her husband rushed after her, pulled her violently back, and in a fit of frenzy snatched a knife from his pocket and made a murderous attack upon her. Seizi, g the untortunate woman in his left arm he apparently p died her head on to his breast, and then, ith his right hand, made a terrible gash on the left side of her neck, extending from the baek of the head, under the car, and terminating at her mouth, The wound was of such a desperate nature that the jugular vein was completely severed, and though several doctors were at once called in, death en- sued ill about an hour. After committing the deed the murderer went to his father's at Mot- (ram Moor, about a mi:e distant, and while at the back door tie cut his throat with the same knife, severing the wmdpipi and inflicting such injuries that his life is despaired of. It is believed that jealousy was the real cause of the deed.

THE SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT A MANCHESTIR CHURCH. THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. The number of persons njure.1 bv the fall of the floor f A- jy8ius Roman Catholic Church, Ardwick, Alanchester, on S. nday, was underesti- mated, 'I"e "rst accounts put the number at "^wenty» 6ev^r^1 People whose wounds were attended to by neighbouring medical men were not included in this estimate. There were, it is now ascertained, nearly thirty rersong who had sus- tained wounds or bruises, whilst others are suffer- ing flam shock to the system. Only one of the injure1 died, and all the others, with one excep- tion, ure progressing favourably. The exception is James Kilty, a dresser, living in Fairfield-street, He received a fracture of both thighs, and consil dering his advanced age, only slight hopes are entertained of his recovory. The other four peip.ons who were taken to the Infirlllary are so badly injured that they still remain in the institution, though there are no serioQS apprehensions entertained concern- ing them. 'phe church was surrounded all day on Monday by i% elli,iokis crowd, but no one was Pe, mitted to ent,r t}ie building except t ose having business in it. 'I'lie l,olice giiar,.Ied the eiitr.,ti)ce. as it is desiiab]e £ }i:it the city surveyor shouid make his insj eclion whiist the place remains in the condition in Which the accident left iL The building, it aop^rej( was ori-iually designed for school purposes and was only used for church services pending t),"e erection of a church proper. The cause of the a^dmt i" plainly manifest, and it now turns out tlw the iron Pill-ir which for- merly supported t'll, beain v, hich gave way v. as not in position at th time of the accident, and had in fact fallen some tlllle before. '1 he immediate cause of .c Strophe is therefore the falling of this c0iu!nn, but the reason the pillai" SHVf. was the rotting of the wood on which -.t stro' The pillar stood on a layer of %ooti in it. turn rested on a brick wall, but ,.00d was not protected from the; damp 111 a'l-K way» ,?• dotting away, the support of t':e o ciisaPl-earef), damp seems also to bave I'ached the beam itself, for that is fouud to be q^jj.e rotten at the point S r where it gave wa>. ot the authorities of the church now;admit that tbey knew the pi]iur had fallen before Sunday. lt wns noticed to be slightly out of perpen lculavjjiree wee.es ago, ljUt an architect, who exaimne< t|1(J pui,iiing, assured the rector that the ho°r wmj '} Ke quite sa.e even if the column fell. It did fall 0n Wednesday 0r Thursday, but in conseqnsnca Q £ tins asauraece from the aicliitect no notice taken of the occurrence. At the inq est on bodv ot the woman Lynch, which was ope^y.j on J-londay evening, the proceedings were PArly formal, the inquiry being adjourned. Fttiier ^allagan, the rector, tendered iiiiiiself to give eVIdence as to the state of the building but the cOf0ner said lie must have an examination made by the city sur- veyor.

HOLLOWAT'S PILLS AND OINTMENT,^IIIFL"EPZ^> Coughs, and Colds.—In diseases of the tlu"°*t nIid sliest, so prevalent in our changeable eUmate, tailing s° Epeedily relieves, o: so certainly cures, m ineS. j able remedies. These disorders are too rftel4 neg'eir at their commencement, or are injudiciously ^-eate resulting jn either case in disastrous cons^nenccs. hatever the condition of the D&t-ent, Hollo^a> s dies will restore, if recovery be possible they \vjll re- tard the alarming symptoms till the blood IS tilarified and nature consummates the cure, gradually ^Horiaff strength and vital nervous power. in the use of llollowfty'a »,reparations, Jone is 00 ,^>1 on the stomach and framo generally. rl,bousanas have testified that by the use of thw remedies they havo boon restored to M&l#1 #TW* me&na failfld.

STATE OF IRELAND. DESCRIPTION OF THE CORK LAND MEETING, THE ASSAULT ON CRONIN AND O'BRIEN. [FROM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE CEN- TRAL NEWS.1 CORK, Monday Night.—The great demonstra- tion of yesterday is still the talk of the town, and those who understand the temper of the Cork people are loud in their expressions of surprise at the order and peacefulnéss that characterised the affair, looking at the obstacles and disturbing elements known to exist here. The Nationalists, some say, indeed, that Fenians are strong in num- bers, and well organised, A few days ago, when the Land Leaguers commenced in earnest their preparations for the reception of Mr Parnell, members of these extreme parties agitated in opposition to the demonstration. It was attempted to bring together thousands of obstructionists, which should meet in a body on the 3rd, and stop the trades' procession and the triumphal march from Blarney to Cork. The name ot Parnell, however, was too much A tower of strength even amongst the revolutionists, and it bore the demonstration safely thiough all the dangers that threatened it. 1 am told that vcy few Nationalists responded to the call which was undoubtedly made U) Oil them by some of their leaders to use force against the party « hose boast is the I'cacefulness and constitutionalism of their tactic*. Ultimately the chief tNatioiialists gave up their point-, but though they reluctantly determined not to strike at British rule, through even their uiost popular hero, they still could njt resist the temptation to make their voice heard on this, which has been one of the lIIot lemarkable days in the history of Cork. Their followers, carried away by their feelings in favour of Parnell, agreed to submerge every other sentiment in the desire to do honour to the popular agitator. They were, however, easily prevailed upon at least to show their colours at the expense of the 1, unfortunate Land Leasruers O'Brien and Cronin. These men, although one of them is the secretary to the local branch of the Laud League, had rendered themselves unpopular by moving and seconding at a recent meeting of the League a resolution con- demnatory of the seizure of the arms on board the Juno at Passage. The attack made upon these men at Blarney and the free exhibition of re- volvers cn the part of the crowd is very much regretted by the leading members of the Land League, as they conceive the incident calculated to convey false impressions to the English mind. No one, however, who knows the elements of which the lower strata of Cork society are com- posed i, astonished at what occurred. The Cork boys, famous for their daring and spirit of adven- ture, have more than once rendered themselves famous at the expense of the law during the Fenian agitation. They had many encounters with the police, and made several successful raids on stores of firearms, notably upon several martello towers along the coast. I am in- formed by a local M.P. that a most magnificent feature in yesterday's demonstra- tion, as showing the farmer the power land agita- tion is exercising on the extreme malcontents, was that a portion of the gigantic Drocession which brought Mr Parnell from Blaruey to Co, k consisted solely of Nationalists, in fact another hon, member assured me the moral of the demonstration, so far a.? Mr Parnell's relations with the Nationalists are concerned, is that he has succeeded in sweep- ing into his movement a large amount of the force and energy of those who were formerly his oppo- nents. From another local authority, hailing from St. Stephens, I learn that the leaders of the Nationalist party themselves have declared that the revolver incident yesterday was in no degree dictated, by ill-feeling to Mr Parnell. Apart from the Nationalists, I have it from a local member who has been three times mayor of this city, and therefore may be credited with knowing something about the place and people, that the hulk of the psocessionists were members of religious eonfratemities. This latter is a fact worth noticing, seeing that some days anterior to the demonstration there emanated from the bishop of the diocese a declaration, which in many quar- ters was interpreted as being in some degree antagonistic to Mr Parnell's programme. There were a few priests at yesterday's meeting, although not so many by a long way as were seen on the platform at Kilkenny on Saturday. Kilkenny, however, is in the diocese cf Ossory, and Dr. Moran, the bishop, had only recently declared, that as the leading statesmen of the empire have not hesitated to say that the laws which regulate the tenure of land in this killgdom are unjust, such injustice must be remedied, he has said, speaking of rack rents, that t]¡oe exacted from the tenants duiing the past 20 y-'ars should be restored to them, or otherwise should be computed as payment by instalments towardi the purchase by the tenants of the fee-simple of their holdings. Many of the incidents which occurred at yesterday's demonstra- tion bring out dramatic dly the intense sympathy of the peop'e with the Li n I League movement, ami the affection entertained by them for the chief agitator. One I myself witnessed is worthy 0" L of record. At one point iu the jo irney the car- riage conveying ^ir Parnell passed a knot of women Oil the wayside, one of them, moved by a sudden impulse, rushed in the road, in spite of the crowd of wagonette?, lifted up a handful of dust over which the agitators passed and reverently kissed it. To-day Mr Parnell has been employed in reviewing deputations and consulting with the local leaders of the L n 1 League. The branch here is undergoing reorganisation, with the view of rendering it of a more substantial and perma- nent character. Mr Parnell himself informs me that, the next great demonstration he will attend will take place at lloscommon, on the 10th. He will be at Longford on the 17th, at Galway on the 17th, and at Limerick on the 1st of November. In the last mentioned city lie is to be presented with the fieedom. Questioned by me with regard to the murder of Lord Mountmorres, and there hiving been no con lellluation of the perpetrators of the crime uttered by the leaders of the Land League, the hon.member declared that he should be accepting the position assigned to him and his friends, if lie made a point of disclaiming these outrageE-ohe English press accusing them of fostering and encouraging the crimes by their speeches. We must expert," he said, one or t, u occurrences of this kind. In every agitation someone will depart from the proper course an,l abuse the movement. Some banks, for instance, are not allowed to sell farms, hypothecated to them." Mr Parnell also informs me that he intends to make creat efforts to estab- lish the Leag;:e on a solid basis from the North of Ireland, where lie expects to get great assistanca from the Orangemen. Later. -I am credibly informed that LeaLuer O'Brien, who was threatened with revolvers yesterday in the pres. nee of Mr Parnell, does not inlend to prosecute his assailants, although he kno s many of the n. He is anxious,however, that pressure should be put upon him by a police to give information against the rioters. He says, "Every I ublic manlike me, if he goes in for agitation, must be prepared for rough treatment of this kind." Cronin, the other person who was attacked, it is said, has promised the chiefs ot the Land Leacrue not to prosecute. Whether the police will move in the matter remains to be seen. I am leaving for Gal way to-night. A house belonging to a man named Ilither::ton, at Clongowney, near Mullingar, Westmeath, was burned to the ground early on Sunday morning. A short time back Hitherston evicted the tenant, a young woman, who had previously received a notice not to leave, as she would be seen all right." The house was not occupied. By the aid of the police some out-houses were saved. On Sunday the Rev. Mr O'Leary, of Ballyma- cilligott, near Tralee, made his congregation at two masses promise on their knees not to imbue their hands in the blood of one of his parishioners. The person referred to is supposed to be the largest land agent in Munster. At a land meeting at KiJearr, County Armagh, on Sunday, there were cries of Slioot the landlords," "Down with the Queen and her Government.* Some of tlie speakers warmly denounced the landlords an i, Oil the return toNewry.the Land League orators delivered fiery speeches to the crowd from the hotel. [PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM. I CORK, Monday Night.—Mr Parnell left Cork this afternoon for Dublin, accompanied bt Messrs T. P. O'Connor, YN. H. O'iSullivun, aud Lena ay, M.P.'s. The Land League was dissolved, and Mr T. D. Sullivan M.P., who has beeu joined by Mr Dillon, M.P., will remain to organise the Land League on a new basis. The League is expected to be reconstituted by Saturday. A farmer named Ainistrong was murdered to- day near Belturfcet, Couiify Cavan. His head was almost severed from his body with a bill-hook. A father and sou named jlewett have been ar- rested. The Right B-on. the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Mr Forster, arrived at Dublin to-day, as did also Mr Parnell. In a letter on the La; d question, Mr A. M. Sullivan, JSI.P.points out that the landlords of Ireland are at this momeut extmguishing the grievances by the identical processes which Mr Parnell proposes for the benefit of the country.

COjLJIISSIOS IN THE LINE. SUCCESSFUL LOCAL COMPETITORS. At the recent ■examination of Militia candidates for commissions in the Line, the following local competitors were successful :—Lieutejiant A. D. llomfray, Monmouth Engineers,. 5^0 marks; Lieuteuant Hon, E. K. Bateman Haubury, Hereford, 508 Lieutenant W. J. Todd, Here- ford, 5G5 Lieutenant F, M. J. D. llhodes, South Wales Bord-erers, 561 Lietiteilailt E. S. Combe, Glamorgan, 544 Lieutenant J. E. Bush, Gla- morgan, 524. The number of marks obtained by the i igliest candidate was 670.

SHOCKING HAlLWAY ACCIDENT NBA It WOLVERHAMPTON. William Mullard (52), Darlaston, who during the harvest had been working at Codsall, near Wolverhampton, was killed whilst crossing the line at Codsall Station, on Saturday night, to go by the 6.30 train. This train is preceded by the Shrewsbury express, aud Mullard, thinking this was the train for which he had booked, persisted in crossing in front of it. lie was knocked down and carried along with the train about 50 yards. Bis head was severed, a leg and an arm were cut off, and he was otherwise dreadfully mutilated.

THE IVEATIlEtt IN THIL CHANNEL. [SPECIAL TELEGRAMS AT 9 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.1 Tho West of England maximum temperature of the last 24 hf>urshas been 54 r.nd the minimum 38, Hain haa fallen almost continuously, and the day has been rough and stormy. AT PLTMOUTH the barometer fell from 29-66 to 3, and in the afternoon the pressure decreased very rapidly. A strong wind from N.E. has prevailed, increasing towards night. Stormy weather, with low temperature and rain may bo exp0obe<j, and especially }ft the BoutU- ( weeteni the next 2i

THE BAPTIST UNION MEETING. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) Under the presidency of Mr Joseph Tritton, of London, the first large public meeting, directly under the auspices < i the union and connected with the Baptist Mi-ssion Society, was held on Monday evening in the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London. The immediate object of the gathering was to designate and take farewell of number of missionaries returning to their foreign spheres of labour, and of others going out for tilo first time. The CHAIRMAN offered a hearty welcome to the provincial representatives, and referred to the in- spiration of memories connected with the 0: k already accomplished by the society. Mr A. H. BAYNES, secretary, briefly described the p 1St career an I objects of the new missionaries. Mr Evans was trained in Haverfordwest and Baptist Colleges. He would be set apart for work in Monghyr, being associated with his name- s:óke, the Kev. T. Evans, He will add another of the many representatives which the Principality of Wiilei liai MrBarnett is a native of Fiome, and has hitherto been engaged in literacy work, having been for some time at Rhode Islam). He is to be designated to Bengal, and will probably be -Btatiined at Barisaul, to which district a number of missionaries have already been devoted. The Rev. H. Pestonji was born ia Bombay, and was brought up as a Parsee. After his conversion he I joined the Presbyterian Free Church, in connec- tion with which lie laboured in In iia for nine l years, and rendered remarkable service to the Britinh and Foreign Bible Society in translating I tlie Scriptures. Upon a visit to India under t e ministry of the lattJ HOII. Baptist Noel tie joined the Baptists, and has since been a missionary of that society in Poonah for nine years. The Rev. W. Etherington had for many years been a missionary and well known trauslator, and has lately been studying in Cambridge University, with a view to increased usefulness in that ditecti 'n. The Kev. J, D. Bate has for someti i e past been engaged in Allahabad, having prepared, amongst other literary work, an Indian dictionary, which has been largely used by the Government of that country. The Rev. W. EVANS explained that he v as first led to offer himself to missionary work by reading the lives of men like the immortal Livingstone. He had especially realised the great claims of India as under our own Government, and urged the truth that the Gospel alone would satisfy the great needs of that 1 Ind. After a brief speech by the Rev. H. BARNETT, The Rev. H. PESTONJllpointed out that he was the fruit of missionary labour in India, and said he was going back to his native land to re-echo with joy the sound of the gospel, for the accept- ance of which lie had lost a father, brother, and three sisters-not having been ) ermitted to see them for the last 41 years. The Rev. W. ETHERINGTON suggested the need of modifying some of the modes of labour which the society had hitherto adopted in India. He spoke with encouragement of the influence of the climate upon missionaries. The Rev. J. D. BATE declared from his 14 years experience in India, that the only thing hich bound that coun'ry to England was the power of Christian benevolence. He entered a vigorous protest against the self-aggrandising notions of British rule in that empire, instancing the opium traffic in support of his argument. Who was to pay for the immense cost of the Afghan war ? India was poor, and her population was starving, England alone could and ought to do it. In the course of his address he was once or twice called to order, but the audience clamoured for his continuance. He spoke of the value of labours such a those rendered by Lawrence and Havelock—men who professed Christianity, r.nd urged that only such men could still benefit India. The Rev. J. P. CHOWN, who spoke in the place of Mr Spurgeon, briefly followed, and the Rev. \V. EDWARDS, of Torquay, in the absence of the Rev. Dr. Culross, offered the dedicatory prayers.

THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY. The main line of the Taff Vale system extends from Merthyr to Cardiff, a distance of 22 miles only. There are two branches bringing traffic ou to the main line—viz., that from Aberdare, about eight miles in length, and another from Llan. caiach of about four miles. There is a third branch leading in a south-westerly direction to Llantri- sant, about seven miles in length. The main line and branches proper are therefore only 41 miles in length. Altogether, including dock and sundry spar lines, there is a total mileage owne I by the company of 48 miles, representing a capital out- lay, including 978,000 of interest pai l during con- struction, of E2,284,000, or about £ 4S,000 per mile. The siding accommodation is necessarily very extensive, and as a considerable part of the line is laid with three or even tour tracks the averngo first cost of the line has therefore been comparatively small. Thel company lease the Peuarth Harbour Dock and Railway of about ten miles, at a rent sufficient to cover debenture interest of 4 per cent. on its share capital and one-half. of the surplus profits also the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction, at a reut to cover debenture interest an 1 5 per cent. on share capital. The Taff Vale like- wise work the Cowbridge Railway, about six miles, at a rental of £1,500 a year, rising to a maximum of £2,000 a year in 1882. There are a! ogether 38 miles leased or rented. The com- pany's running powers are veiy considerable, and give them access to Dowlais, the Bute Docks, the Great Western Station at Cardiff, &c. I It would be difficult to conceive a system more centralised and compact than the Taff Vale, situated wholly within a district abounding in traffic of a lucrative character. To this, and the fact that it was originally constructed at small cost, is due the unequalled position the line has held for many years as a paying concern. A rough calcu- lation of the market value of the stocks and shares of the company gives an average premium of about 60 per cent. In the earlier history of the line we find in 1840 part of an issue of Five per 'Cent Preference Stock put on the market at a dis- count of 20 per cent., showing that the line could not then have been in high favo ir. As far back as 1850, however, the line was paying over 6 per cent,, and thereafter gradually increasing until in 1864 10 per cent. » as paid. Dividends slightiv fell off agaI II, until in 1870 10 per cent, wns again reached." This was continued in 1871 and 1872. In 1873 a bonus, in addition to the 10 per cent., was given forAthe first tiiiie, and the actual return for the year was 12 per cent, Tiie same rate has been paid in 1876 and 1878, and that for the first half of the current year w s at the rate of 10 per cent., and 4 per cent. bonus, which is, we believe, the be,t yield ever made by this or any otl er rail- way, The bonus paid over and above the maxi- mum dividend of 10 per cent. is provided for by aiding the working expenses from the reserved funds. Wi en the first bonus was paid in 1873, the ouicial explanation was that certain silinsof n:oney having becu reserved during several years for contingent liabilities, and those liabilities not having arisen, the directors recommend the appro- priation out of that account of a bouus of 1 per cent to the proprietors. At the present time the capital consists of 000 of loans and debenture stock, carrying 4 per cent interest, JE710,000 of preferences, and of ordinary stock, the total called up being £ 2,356,000. The preferential capital is very peculiar. A very small proportion be <rs perpetual dividends of A\ or 5 per cent, while 2300,000 is en- titled to 5 per cent from the net revenue of each separate year only. The Preference Stock No. 1, for £ 165,000, is guaranteed 5 per cent, sharing pai-i passzt with the ordinary stock in surplus profit above 5 per cent, and participates in creations of new capital. Upon this stock the dividend is, therefore, when over 5 per cent, the same as the ordinary, and last half it took 14 per cent, and commands the highest price of any railway prefer- ence stock, and yet the greater part of it was issued at 20 per cent discount. The earnings of the line consist of 11 per cent. passenger train earnings, y per cent. merchandise. and 80 per cent. of minerals, almost wholly coal and coke, of which six million tons upon an aver- I age are moved every year. The revenue is sub- ject to great fluctuations, according as these in- dustries are elevated or depressed. The working expenses are, as might be expected in a line with short traffic, high all. regards locomotive power, but in other items it is comparatively cheaply worked, and on the total compares very favour- ably with other lines. I he past half -year's opera- tions showed a gain of £ 40,000 in the net revenue, £ 10,000 of hich was due to the fact that the corresponding half-year included this amount extra for compensation. After paying the full 10 per cent. on ordinary nd first preference, and the dividend on the ne.v six per cent preferences, a sum of no less than £ 55,000 remained. Had it been thoug .t necessary an additional 7 or 8 per cent could easily have b«?en paid, but precautions ore* necessary where slight reverfes might have grave effects, and only half the amount WM distributed as a bonus, and J620,000 was placed to the credit of the various reserve funds. These at the present moment in- I clude a sum of E55,000 available for all con- tingencies. Even under the most unfavourable circumstances this will enable them to maintain and equalise their dividends for some time to come. The current half-year's published traffic would indicate a probable gross increase for the half-year of £ 45,000, and the distribution will cer. tainly not be less than in the first half, making 14 per cent for the year, and possibly by carrying less to the reserve the year's return may be not loss than 15 per cer)t.-The Engineer.

PROPOSED iiAlLWAY FUOjI BltlDGEND TO SOUlHERHDOWy. It is very probable that an effort will be made shortly to improve the communication between Bridgend and Fouthemlown by means of alight railway. The route proposed in through Ewenny to the village of Ogmore, and in a direct line over the common of Sutton, at the month of the River Osmoie, then skirting the sea shore for about a mile-and-a-half, until Southerndown is reached. It i, the opinion of engineers well versed in rail- way construction that a line taking the above route can be made at a very moderate cost, and that a very fair remuneration can be expected from the traffic in stone from the celebrated Sutton Quarries, which contain stone, in abund- ance, that has no equ d for durability, as has been proved by portions of it found in some of our ancient castles and churches in excellent preservation after being exposed to the inclemency of the weather for many centuries. The passenger traffic as well, during the season, will be very considerable, when increased facilities are afforded to daily visitors to the sea shore and another thing not to be lost eight of is the fine frontage to the Bristol Channel it will open up, extending from Sutton to Southerndown, sloping gradually to the beach, and admirally adapted for building purposes, with an abundance of fine stone and sand on the spot. It is therefore to be hoped that every encouragement will be given to the promoters of this lino of railway from t'ie public at large, who will be benefitted to a great extent by having such a pretty little line passing through such beautiful scenery to a water- ing-place so well known for its bracing air and good beach for bathing.

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CARDIFF REGISTRATION COURT. MONDAY. (Before Mr G. B, HUGHES, Revising Barrister.) The court opened on Monday morning at ten o'clock. Mr Sanders appeared for the Cardiff Liberal Association, Mr R. E. Spencer and Mr E. J. Thomas for the Cardiff Conservative Asso- ciation, and Mr E. Grogan for the lioman Catho- lie Association.—Before commencing the pro- ceedings the Revising Barrister,"referring to the reports of Saturday's proceedings, said in refer- ence to tlie remarks he ma,le respecting the old and the new claims, nothing could be plainer or more eorrect than the report that appeared in the South 11 ales Daily News on Monday morning. It was very concise, but it conveyed his views entirely. This was also the case with the re- port in the other paper on Monday morning. In the Western Mail on Monday, however, it is stated, with reference to the case of Dennis Kirby, that under the povers that I possessed I altered the address Sau- don-court to Landore-court. I certainly did nothing of the kin 1. What I did was simply this :—The cl-dm was rightly sent in Landore- court, but ti:e overseer, by a mistake, turned it into Sandon-court. It seemed to me a very hard thing, under the circumstances, that the claimant should suffer in conssquence, and under these eiratim,itaiiees -without deciding whether I had the power or not, but all parties consent- ing to making the tlteiation-I did so, as it seemed to me a very hard case that tho claimant should suffer for a mistake of the over- seer. It was not a mistake of the party. I ex- pressed no opinion as to what my power was under the Act. What I did was under consent, and that consent was rightly given. I certainly did not say that I had the power to make the alteration.—Mr Grogan said lie was glad the Revising Barrister had called attentiou to the case, as it seemed in the report to cast aieHection upon them in the filling up the form. He ex- pressed some surprise that so many of the Irish i e-ii, ients of the to I' n occupied lodgings, and also that so many persons should not have made their claims priwr to the present .,ear, as many of them seemed to have bona fide chims. Mr Grogan said that it arose from the formation of on organization which enabled them to look up these claims. The claims f,,r St. Mary's polish wore gone through first of all, but a number of names were struck off the list owing to the claimants being unable to F attand to prove their claims. Mr Lewis, on the part ot Mr Matthew Lewis Cope, of the Troedyrhiew Coal Company's offices, v hose vote was allowed to stand over from Satur- day, now produced the receipt for the payment of the inhabited house duty, which was required by the Revising Barrister, ami the vote was al'owed. Mr W. II, Salisbury claimed for three shops in the Royal Arcade. His brother attended, and stated that they had occupied the premises for over 16 months. He could prove occupancy as far back as that Mr Salisbury was not the only occupier. There were two.—Mr Sanders Are the assessed taxes paid ?—Mr Spencer The claim is for a shop, not a dwelling-house.—The Revising Barrister: You must prove that the assessed taxes are paid.—Mr Thomas The premises are not occupied.—The Revising Barrister No mat- ter vihether a shop or not, you must prove that the assessed taxes are paid.—Mr Ilodkinson No assessed taxes are charged if no one lives there.— Mr Sanders did not regard Mr Hodkinson as an authority on the point. Mr Hodkinson The in- habited house duty is the only assessed tax.—Mr Sanders That is a question which is disputed by higher authorities than you, Mr Hodkinson.—The Revising Barrister The property tax has nothing to do with it.—Mr Sanders: I iiiii not so sure.— The claimant's brother, however, stated that no one had slept on the premises for over 16 months, and the vote was allowed. The objections for the lloath lists of voters were proceeded witn aner me claims for the St. Mary's parish had been disposed of. Mr Sanders objected to the vote of Mr J. H. Evans, solicitor, 4, Otkfield-street. He handed the official copy to the Revising Barrister, showing that Mr Evans was with others convicted at Cardiff in 1877, of having been guilty of bribery and corrupt practices at the preceding Cardiff Municipal election, and that conviction by Sec. 3 of the Municipal Act disqualified him as a voter for seven years after such conviction. Mr Sanders explained that the B!\IDe rule applied to Parlia- mentary voters, and he was therefore disqualified from both.—Mr Spencer considered that the document \vus prima fac^e proof on'y.—The He- vising Barrister held that it was prima facie evidence. He thought there must be some proof as to time, but he would not go into the case then. He ? read that section of the Act, which stated that any. person guilty (If bribery and corrupt practices was disqualified a. a voter fer seven years. He said, "I take this document as prima, facie evidence; but don't let us stop here. It is a pity to begin the argument now. My impression is, Mr Sanders, that you are right as to the law. Now as to the fact of the party having been proved to have been guilty of bribery and corrupt practices, my impression is that you are right, and that the parties wishing me to go into the question must come here to prove the claim.On calling over the names a second tcme Mr Spencer said that Mr Evans was not in attendance, and he could not support the claim.— The Revising Barrister It is prima facie proved, and the legal objection is an arguable point, Lut as he is not here the name must be struck out,- Mr Sanders said lie should not have attended to the case had it not been brought forward by the o.her side. In tiie morning, during the revision of the list of claims for St Mary's, Mr Thomas Crawley claimed a vote for No. i!, Rosemary-street. Mr Grogan supported the claim, and called Mr Lawrie, the landlord of Mr Crawley, to prove his right to vote. Mr Lawrie's iaemory only went so far as to state that Mr Crawley paid his first week's rent on the 21st July, 1879, and as this was the last day 7-% hielt would enable him to com- mence at 3, Rosemary-street, the qualifying year, Mr Sanders required the production of the rent- book. Mr Lawrie, who was stated by Mr Grogan to be a perfectly disinterested witness, drove to Cadoxton and returned in the afternoon with the rent-book, and succeeded in securing his tenant's vote. The revision of the cl-iims for Roath was not com- pleted when tiie cou; t adjourned till the evening, when ;,he lodger claims for St Mary's were com- pleted. Timothy Sullivan, a lodger in Herbert-street, claimed as the occupier of the middle room on the ground floor and a bedroom over. Mr Grogan supported the claim, and Mrs Sullivan attended to give evidence. When cross-examined she ad- mitted that they only occupied the two rooms, but that she had the use of the kitcheu, and water was supplied, for the -"diole of which they paid 4s per week. Mr Sull:van said he paid 9s per week for the house, with five rooms and the scullery, or back-kitchen.-The Revising Barrister asked Mr Edward Howell if two rooms in a house situated as this house was, without the use of the back- kitchen, and without water being sup lied, would be worth 4s per week, uufu nished.—Mr Howell said that he did not think r.hey would. —Mr Grogan: You put on the reg-isle", sir, 'ast week several persons who only paid 4s per werd; for two rooms.—The Revising Barrister No. no; in those cases water only.—Air Spencer This is the first case where the scullery haa been used by the lodger.—The Revising Barrister thought the case was being cut too fine, and as the value was under £ 10 the name was struck out. In the Roath old lodgeis' list there were no objections, and the new list was taken at once. Maiiy of the claimants were severely cross- examined by Mr Sanders respecting the amount of rent paid by them, a number of them only pay. ing just sufficient to give them the qualification. In the Llandaff district there were no objections and only eight new claims and one old one. Only three out of them were allowed. The lodger list being concluded the Revising Barrister returned to a revision of the Roath claims, and these he con- cluded before the rising of the court. blNOrSlS OF CASES DEAX.T WL-ul- LIBERAL OBJECTIONS. 1 § rg V 3 1 *5 w £ < £ I £ Cardiff Freemen" 10 2 0 1 2 15 St. John's House- holders 23 2 1 0 0 26 St. John's Lod,-(ri 4 0 0 0 0 4 St. Mary's Lodgers 4 0 0 0 0 4 St. Mary's House- holders 32 0 0 2 0 31 Roath Householders 10 1 1 0 0 12 5 2 3,2 g5 LIBERAL CLAIMS. Out List ? I)is- oon-at- AHowed. arunded allowd teudce. Total. St. John's House- holders. 55 10 8 53 126 St John's Lodg-ers 5 0 0 3 8 St. Mary's House- holders 29 4 3 35 71 St 8 0 0 2 10 Roath Householders 1 9 4 61 S6 Roath Lodgers 3 0 0 3 C 112 23' 15 157 30 COXSElvVATIVE OBJECTIONS. Witll- Sustained. Failed, JrwlI. Total. St. John's Householders ..13 7 2 22 St. Mary'sHous-holders 12 8 7 27 I-Loatli iiouseli, lieri 14 1 1 iu 9 16 10 05 CONSERVATIVE AN" J:O:dAN CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Out List Dis- non-at- Allowed. anmded ailowd tendce. Total. St. John's House- holders.21 12 15 44 92 L-dget-s 7 C 8 5 20 St. Mary's House- holders 20 8 S Si 75 St. Marv's Lodgers 17 0 13 66 Roath Householders 7 5 2 2 4G Roath Lodgers ..1 0 0 9 10 LlandalY Lodgers 3 0 14 8 76 25 47 161 316 Literal Gain. Conservative Gain. Objediolls S3 Objections 39 Claims •• 112 Clailllil. 75 185 115 Net Literal gain go

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EXCISE PROSECUTION AT PONTYPOOL. At the police-court, on Monday—before Messrs C. J. Parker aud J. Kicbariis—John Joshua, brewer and innkeeper, Trosnant, Pontypool, ^was summoned by the excise authorities for having made a false entry in a return necessary to be made by him as to the quantity of malt he in- tended to brew on the 4th of August.-The case for the prosecution, as shown by Mr J one", supervisor of excise, and Mr Parkinson, was to the effect that on the 4th of August two excise officers went to defendant's premises, and after guaging the quantity of grain in the mash tun, they found that he had brewed a little over 12 bushels of malt. In the return which he had pre- viously furnished to the excise authorities he stated that he intended to brew upon the l'ay in question a quarter or eight bushels. Defendant had therefore brewed nearly 50 per cent, over the quautity of which be had given notice, aud this comprised the alleged offence. Cross examined by Mr Greenway, who defended, Mr Jones, supei- visor, said he believed the malt used was that of 1879, which was of exceptionally bad quality, and that infeiior malt always showed a much larger percentage of grains when in bulk, and the grains were guaged, than malt of good quality. Wit- ness admitted that defendant said he had more of the same nsalt in stock, which he was willing to test, to see if" the increase would remain the same. Defendant was only required by law to keep the grains for one hour after brewing. When witness and the other officer visited the premises, which was fully an hour after the legal limit, t!.e grains II ere still there. The main feature of the defence was that the malt was that of 1S79, which was very bad, and which usually increased, when the grains are guaged, on an average, 50 per ceut. The return li d been perfectly b,)ti-ur,.de, and ii,) attempt has bteu maJe atconcealment or evasion. Ttie family had been in business at the same place for the lust century, and no charge had hitllerto been brought against them. Witnesses w re called in support of the statement that the malt of 187 increased in bulk at least 50 per cent after brew- ing.— l he bench dismissed the case, and the re- quired notices of appeal were at once given by the excise authorities.

HEVISION OF VOTERS' LISTS AT KEWrOliT. The Revising Banister, Mr R. H. Amphlett, resumed the revision of the Parliamentary Voters' Lists for the borough of Newport, at the Towu- hall, on Monday eveniug. Mr N. H. Brown (secretary of the Libeial Association) again ap- peared in behalf of the claimants on the Liberal side, and the Conservatives were, as before, repre- sented by Mr Gibbs, solicitor, with whom was Mr J. Davies (secretary to the Conservative Association). The Jearnel Barrister delivered his decision in respect of the test case of Charles Bridges, who claimed on the ground of sub-tenancy of a dwel- ling-house, 89, e pper Alma-street. It ap- peared that tlje claimant occupied two rooms, whieh were sub-let to him by .\1r8 Griffiths, to whom he paid an annual rental of £ 10 by quarterly instalments. He had the k,y of the outer (loor, and the rental did not include attendance, but the premises were not separately rated. The question at issue was whether the claimant occupied ai a lodger or as a householder. Mr W. H. Brown contended that there must be a separate rating to constitute a separate dwelling within the meaning of the act. The barrister ruled that the question of rating was not material to the issue, but that the claimant was not "an inhabitant occupier of a dwelling-house," and that be was disqualified from voting as a householder, it beiuer his opinion that it was cleaily not the intention of the legislature to create a number of small tenancies within one dwelling. An objection raised by the Conservatives at the first sitting of the court in respect of Alderman Murphy, who maintained his right to vote as owner and tenant of premises. No. 39 and 40, Dock-street, was also dealt with. The evidence showed that the alderman, who carries on business as an engineer, ;.dso reserved two rooms there as sittingrooin and bedroom, but that lie generally resided with his family at Chep- stow, the rooms in Dock-street being left in charge of a caretaker, and the claimant had declined to swear that he lLid. slept at Dock-street even once during the year. inir W. H. Bro.\n, however, coutended that he had proved a sufficient qualification, > while Mr Gibbs argued that it « as not a bona tide occupation, Lut only a colourable one, and that the name should be expunged from ti e list. The Barrister said he could come to no other conclusion than that there had been no actual residence, and decided to expunge the name from the list. Upon the application of Mr Brown, he decided to insert the name upon the separate Fst of Aldermen. The vuters' lists for the Newport division of the county were also revised in the afternoon, when MrBaiIhaehe represented the Liberals, and Mr H. J. Davies the Conservatives, but the proceed- ings presented no feature of special interest.

The writers of the letters signed "Sophron" and "Margamensis" will oblige by forwarding pro- perly authenticated names and addresses.-LED. S. JK.XUV.] Several letters are unavoidably postponed.

REV. J. PAGE HOPPS ON UNITARIANISM. 2,7 the Editor of the SOOTH WALES DAILY NEWS. SIR,-It is not often that I reply to newspaper letter writers, and I am not going to reply to J. E. except to say that he has written a false- hood, which puts him altogether beyond further notice. He says that in my lectures the New Testament (was) spoken of as an invention of crafty priests for the purpose of imposing upon the credulity of mankind." It is simply an utterly baseless, wicked, and malicious falsehood. That is all I have to say, unless I add that I hope "J. E. whoever he is, will in time be sorry for his great sin.—I am, &c., J. PAGE HOPPS. Leicester, Oct. 2, 1880. rWe have inserted the above after closing the dis- cussion simply because it is written by the lec- turer himself, in his own defence; but we positively decline any further correspondence on the subject.—ED. S. W.D.N.1

THE CLERGY AND THE BURIALS ACT. To the Edito)- of the SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS. Sm,-l read with much regret your Leader of to-day. Will you in justice to the moderate and law-abiding members of ti.e Church of England print the enclosed letter to the Times of to-day, written by Dr Cundv, Hector of Miserden, Gloucestershire? I venture to express a hope that your next impression will also contain a copy of the address of the Nonconformist ministers of Leicester to the Congress, and of the Bishop of Peterborough's reply. They are both "soft answers which turn away wrath."—I am, &c. EDWARD H. CAPPER. Cardiff, 2nd Oct., 1880. [We must remind our correspondent that the Burials Act meeting to which our observations applied is described in the Standard as an i m- portant meeting, principally of clergymen," and that the same journal states that there was a crowded attendance." We need hardly add that the Standard is a long-tried and faithful advocate and friend of the Established Church, and especi- ally t e law-abiding members of it. Archdeacon Dellison is reported as having been cheered throughout his speech, and the obnoxious resolu- tion which we censured, and which, we presume, our correspondent, in common with many thou- sands of his fellow-churchmen, will also censure, is reported in the same p..per as having been carried unanimously. As for Bishop Jenner's part in the proceed'ngs, we need only observe that his sympathy with the archdeacon is clearly proved by the fact that he seconded the following resolution, moved by Canon Trevor :—"That it is not a just nor a reasonable, nor so much as a decent thing to require clergymen to register in the register of the Church burials not conducted according to the authority of the Church." We know that the meeting and its object have found little sympathy among many of the clergy, and still less among the laitv of the Church, but the fact that some thousands of clergymen are said to be determined to refuse to register the Nonconformist burials, is a very serious matter which may call for further legislation at no distant date. At the same time we will comply with our correspondent's request by inserting the Rev. Dr. Cunay's letter. ED. S. W.D.N.l' The Rev. H. G. CUDdy, D.D., writes as follows to tho Times You will probably have reports of the meet- ings held at Leicester, under the presidency of Archdeacon Denison, to consider the Burial Law Amendment Act. Perhaps you will allow the to give my experience of those meetings. "The handbill calling the meetings stated that they were fixed to commence '15 minutes before the meetings in the Congress Hall, that those who cannot obtain admission in Peel-street at any meeting may be in time for the corresponding Congress meeting.' Although many hundreds of clergymen are now in Leicester, I should say that not more than 50 or 60 were p esent at either of the two meetings. Each meeting was composed of not more than 100 to 120 persons. The manner of conducting the'n eetings was In 't unfair. Directly any one stood up to say anything which seemed adverse to the resolutions set forth upon the bill calling the meeting, he was ruied by the archdeacon to be out of order, and compelled to sit down. The Hon. Charles Wood, who wns wisely advising the meeting to refrain from passing any resolutions until time had been given for consideration, was extinguished in this • manner, A gentleman moved an amendment to the latter part of the first resolution, which was accepted by the archdeacon, but so great was tiie noise and confusion that only this amendment was passed at the afternoon meeting, the former part vvai forgotten, and at the evening meeting this omission had to be remedied. This will show the worth of the resolutions adopted at the meeting. At the evening meeting Canon Trevor spoke for more than half an hour, and although he had wandered away from the point of discussion, still the archdeacon refused, at the rising of Bishop Jenner, to call him to order. T,e remaining resolutions were put and de- clared to be carried amid such confusion, and with such haste, that the meeting could not possibly have known the nature of what they were voting for. This attempt to incite the clergy to disobedience against the law proved a thorough failure, and I fell confident that evec the arch- deacon and Canon Trevor, when they get cooler, will be heartily ashamed of yesterday's proceed- ings. The Dean of Chester need have no fear of any mischief arising out of the archdeacon's meetings.'

F BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.—On Sunday afternoon, the annual meeting in connec- tion with the Eebw Vale branch of the parent society was held in the Saron Welsh Independent Chapel, when the Rev.. J. Morris (Libanus) presided. Mr Thomas Henry, secretary, read the list of annual subscriptions, &c, which amounted to 3 12s lid, the expenditure being 244 Os 9d, which leaves in hand R19 Ils 4Jd. The Rev. Griffiths, Swansea, attended as a deputation from the Darent society, and delivered an address

CARDIFF. SUDDEN DEATH.—43n Sunday evening ao Irish- man named William Dempsey. died suddenly at N p. 13. Herbert-street. GLAMOR&AVSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIBK INFm- MABT AND DIBPENSAUT.—The following report has been issued :-Nu.-iiher tif inmates remaining by last week, 35 admitted since, m; discharged, 2 died, 1 remaining in the house, 44 number of out-patients on the books, 550. Medical- officers for week commencing October 5th— Physician, Dr. Edwards surgeon, Dr. Taylor. Gentlemen visitors for the week Rev. G. A. Jones, Rev, A. Tillv, Messrs J. H. Wil.-O", A. Fulton, W. J. Gaskell.—GEO. T. COLEMAN, secretary. The secretary be,s to acknowledge with thanks, the following present!) to the infir- mary and new annual subscription—Grapes, the Rev. C. J. Thompson, St. John's Vicarage; old linen from a friend: Walter Scott, EsQ., solicitor, 10s 6d. FORTHCOMING CONCERT.—It is to be hoped that the Cardiff Chor;Ll and Orchestral Societv will have a successful time of it at Wood-street to-morrow (Wednesday)evening. Without taking a musical BtanJ-point, the object of the concert is very laudable, and such as will commend itself to 11.11 well-wishers of the sooiety. The conductor has 111 times past worked hard to get up a good chorus, a labour which no professional gentleman in the town seems inclined to undertake, for the best of all reasons—because it doei not pay. Mr Davis has taken to the task con amore, and the public ought to render him every encouragement. The programme for Wednesday evening's concert, besides containing some favourite choruses and airs from the "Messiah," has a special at- traction in that it includes portions from Mendelssohn's "St. Paul." not the least attractive from that grand oratorio. That Mr Davis, who has by his efforts incurred considerable expense, has the sympathy ot most of the musical men of the town may be gathered from the fact that all the leadinz amateurs have rallied round him, and have put themselves down for various items in the programme. Mr Morgan Edwards has kindly consented to sustain the solo bass parts, including that beautiful aria, "Con- sume them all." Nir A. D. Jones has also some very choice tenor bits, which will doubtless be rendered by him with all the artistic neatness with which he is capable. Those who have not heard the "St. Paul" will be able to gather a tolerable idea of this magnificent oratorio from the recita- tives, airs, and choruses « hich have been selected from it for to-morrow's concert. Meanwhile the prices of admission (where a large choru3 has to be employed, ent. ilitig an amount of expense, to say nothing of responsibility) are exceedingly mode- rate. SHOCKING ALLEGATION BY A WIFE.-At the Cardiff police-court on Monday, Emma Stephen- son charged her husband, a hairdresser living in Caroline-street, with assaulting her on Saturday night last.—Prosecutrix said her husband burst open the door of her bedroom while she was asleep, and rushed into the room. She jumped out of bed, and seized an ornamental candlestick. They had a scuffle together, in which her husband cut her under the chill with the candlestick. Sergt. Lewis said that early on Sunday morning he saw prosecutrix in Caroline-street, She was bleeding badly, and shouted "police." She told witness that her husband had cut her throat iu bed, and that he had used a knife for the purpose. He went upstairs, and found the bed covered with bli,o(I.-Prosecutrix, in explanation, now said she got into bed again after Ler husband cut her, but lie had no knife.-Ir Joseph Eyre, surgeon, said the « ound was a slight, irregular one, probably produced by glass, or a jagged substance, and not a knife.—Prisoner Faid his wife had a drop of think in her," and would not keep quiet. She swashed the ornaments and cut herself.-Ti,e Stipendiary dismissed the case. LABDIFF MUSICAL ASSOCIATION.—A committee of Cardiff gentlemen desirous of uniting the various existing musical organisations of Cardiff and the neighbourhood into one general associa. tion, invite those ladies and gentlemen wlio are desirous of taking part in the chorus or orchestra to send in their names, not later than October lltb. to Mr Walter Scott, Professor of Music, Roath, or to Mr C. L. Williams, M.B., Llandaff. The aim of the association is by its public pe;- formances, to give to Cardiff the musical aivan- tages of other towns. For tne first year there will be no subscription required from intending members, who will simply have to find their on music. In a town like Cardiff, the committee will probably meet with a ready and numerous response to their invitation. Tie committee is composed of some of the most respected in- habitants of the town. A KEVANDED CASE.—At the borough police- court on Aion:i.y-Lefore the slipentliary-J oseph Taylor, was charged on remand with stealing a silver watch, the property of, and from the person of Henry Thomas, at Cardiff.—Inspector Thomas Curtis, Newport, now gave evidence and said the watch was handed to him by Mr Phillips, pawn- broker, Newport, through police-constable Thomas Jones. Witness afterwards said prisoner searched at the police office, when a metal case (produced), fitting the watch, was found upon his person. He said he had picked the vatchup at Coleford.—Mr Phillips, pawnbroker, Newport, said prisoner pawned the watch at his shop, on the 27th ult. After this evidence had been given the prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sent to gaol for fonr months with hard labour. —Inspector Curtis mentioned that prisoner passed through Newport on the 9th ult., for he had re- lieved him itti a ticket for the House of Refuge. ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Edward Taylor was charged with assaulting the police, and making a disturbance in Bute-street.—The head constable said prisoner had a bad character, and had been sent to gaol for a month on a previous occasion for a similar offience. The stipendiary now com- mitted prisoner to two months' hard labour. ALLEGED ROEBERT. Daniel Thorne and William Hoskins were charged with stealing a silver watch and £5 from the person of a seafaring man damed William Anderson. The complainant said he was asleep in his berth on board ship at the Dooks on Saturday afternoon. He was not sober. Thorne, who was a cab-driver, came to him and woke him up, and said he had a cab waiting for him at the dock-side, which some person had sent for his (witness's) convenience, and that he was to go with liim. The two prisoners then got him out, and putting him in the cab drove off up Bute-street. They stopped at a public-house, and took him out of the cab, He went with them into the house. and then found that the money (£5) had disappeared.—The Justices' Clerk Did you go to any other house that evening.—Witness: Yes; we went to a house in Diamond-street.—The Clerk Is it a house of ill-fame.—Witness: I don't know that it is.—In answ er to further questions, complain- ant said he went upstairs at the house in Diamond-street, where he saw a woman. He got back to the ship about four o'clock on Sunday morning. Sarah Ann Tucker, the woman above alluded to, said prisoner had been at her house on Friday night, (the night previous to the occurrence) and went away 011 the following morning. He also came up on the Saturday afternoon in question in a cab. She did not send for him. He complained of losing his money. He said he had lost it in the cab, but did not accuse the prisoners. He was not in the house above two minutes altogether, and went away, saying lie had money on board the shin to pay his fare with. The Head Constable intimated that the watch had not been found. Prisoners were afterwards remauded in custody until to-day (Tuesday). THE CASE OF EMBEZZLEMENT FROM A BAKER.— Charles Golding appeared on remand charged with embezzling certain sums of money, belonging to his emplover, Mr Christopher Howell, baker, of the Red House Bakery, Adam-street. He was sent to gaol for a month with hard labour. LICENSE TRANSIIERS.- The following license transfers were effected The license of the Griffin Hotel, from Daniel Lewis to Geo. Stacey Vulcan Inn, from Chas. Miller to Edmund NN il- kins; York Hotel,,from Fredk. Wm. Clarke to Richard Love Tredegar Arms, from David Morgan to Thos. Jones: Cornish Mount, from Emmanuel Beer to John Lane; Cambridge Hotel, from Mary Richards to Lawford Pullen Horse and Groom, from George Gillard to John Gillard Duke of York, from Nicholas Bobbins to Richard Williams Lifeboat Inn, from David James to Martin Quigley and the Marchioness of Bute, from Jane Jenkins to Thos. Jenkins. THK VERY BEST VALLE.—W. Boyle & Co.. Church-street, Cardiff.—Gents' Winter Overceats, at 35«, 42s, 50s. Suits at 42s, 50s, 55e and Trousers, 10s 6d, 13s. 16s 6d, made to measure, from all-wool Scotch tweeds, and otlier stylish and suitable fabrics. A graceful and perfect guaranteed. 4S710

LLANDAFF. PoLira-cotTKT.—At the weekly court, on Mon- day, Thomas Weeks, James Thackwell, Samuel Chary, and Alexander Smith, were charged with damaging a fence on the 28th of September. They were fined 6s and 2s 6J costs, or three days' im- prisonment. Evan Evans, Edmund Sheen, Samuel Rees, and James WTilcox, were severally fined for having been drunk and disorderly.

NEWPORT. JUDGE FALCONER has consented to preside at the conference to be held in Newport next week, with a view to promoting intermediate and higher education in Monmouthshire and South Wales. NEWPORT INFIRMARY AND DISPENSAI&T. Number of patients attended at the dispensary daring the week ending September 25th, 1880, 27S number of vibits paid to patients at their own homes, 29 number of patients in the in. firmary during the week, 11.—Surgeon for the week, Dr.^Davies H. R. Hudson, house surgeon (pro. ten.) Southern district.—Number of patients during the week ending October 2nd, 1880. 34; number of visits paid to patients during the week, 97.—R. Cooke, M.R.C.S., Ens., L.S.A., Loud., visiting surgeon. BOROUGH POLICE-COURT. At this court, on Monday—before Messrs J. A. Stevens and T. P. AV ansbrough—a man named Thomas Jones was remanded on a charge of burglariously entering the premises of Mr T. Beynon, in Ciytha-square, early on Monday morning.—Martha Bevan and Sarah Young were remanded on a charge of assaulting and wounding a man named Thomas Morrison, in a house of ill-fame.—James McClure, an assistant to Mr James Plain, draper, of this town, was charged with embezzling money belonging to his employer. Upon the application of Mr A. H. Olliver, who appeared for the pro- secution, the bench granted a remand till Friday. —Thomas Cole was fined 15s, including costs, for travelling on the Great Western Railway with a ticket out of date. The case was proved by a ticket collector at the Newport Station, named Dowdswell, though the defendant maintained that he was not the person who gave up the ticket in question.—John Sheldon, a moulder, was com- mitted to gaol for one month, for deserting his wife and two children, and leaving them charge- able to the union.—David Evans was fined 5s for being drunk at the Alexandra Dock Hotel.— Garrett Mahoney was fined 21s, or in default 28 days' imprisonment, for being drunk and disor- derly. and assaulting P.C. Pym in the execution of his duty.—Several other cases of no public I interest were also disposed of. SERIOIS ADULTERATION.—Several [ersonswere summoned before the magistrates at the borough police court, on Monday, for selling adulterated articles, in contravention of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. Thomas Williams, landlord of the Windsor Castle Inn, was tined 20s and costs for felling whiskey 34 degrees under proof—the standard being 25 degrees under proof. Thomas Phillips, landlord of the Ship and Castle Inn, Canal-parade, was fined 10s, including costs, for a similar offence, the whiskey in this case being 30* degrees under proof..Joseph Evans, High-str;;et~ was fined 203 for selling milk containing 10 per cent of water beyond the ordinary standard, and 20 per cent above the standard of pure milk. The defence was that the milk v as bought as pure milk, and that the best price was paid for it. It was not sold as a general article of trade over the counter, but was obtained for the manufacture of confectionery. A milkman deposed to being in the habit of taking the milk straight from the cow to the defendant without a drop of water being added.—Thomas Davies, manager of the Coffee Palace, Baneswell-road, was fined E3, in- cluding costs, for selling milk containing 15 per sent, of water beyond the lowest standard, and 25 per cent. compared with pure milk. It was stated by Mr Lloyd, who al peared for the Coffee Tavern Company, that it having been found out that the defendant w,s in the habit of skimming the milk, he had been dismissed from their service, and he could not be fouud.—The cases were supported by Air Newm <n, deputy town clerk, OIl the part of the Corporation.

MONMOUTH. TOWN COUNCIL.—A quarterly meeting of the Council tg l.el,t on Monday, when Alderman Vizard (mayor) presided. There were also present Councillors Thomas James, T. T. Hyani, C. P. Tip;>i::s, W. Cosseris, .). Rees, Geo. JAiggins, C, Morgan, T. H. Oakley, and H. F. Meredith Messrs W. C. A, IVilliains (treasurer), T. J. A. Williams (clerk), anil P. E. Wanklvn (surveyor). A letter as read from the Local Government Load, s'ating that complaints ha; b-en received by that board as to the sanitary state of the slaughter-houses. The Clerk said that Dr. Mayou. the medical officer, had received a letter on the subjecr, and would make the required report.— T,.e Clerk reported the receipt of the resignation, through ill-health, of Mr fcupt. Edmund Wheel- don, who had beeu 40 years in the police force, and 23 years superintendent of Monmouth Borough Police. Mr Geo. O. Willis, M.R.C.S., sent a certificate stating that he did not think Mr Wheeldon was fit to continue duty, as his health was failing and old age was approaching. The Ma\ or said the board could not then enter upon the question of superannuation, as that must be deferred to the WTatch Committee. But they cauld only most reluctantly accept Superin- tendent Wheeldon's resignation with much regret. During Superintendent Wheeldon's career he had done his duty most faithfully, fearlessly, and impartially, and had given every satisfaction. In him the borough lost a valuable and most zealous servant. He had a great knowledge of persons in the town, which he had often made valuable to the members of ttie Council. He (Alderman Vizard) wished the clerk to make a record on the book of the recognition of the Council of Supt. Wheeldon's long and valu ible services.—Mr T. James said that he fully endorsed all the chair- man had said on the subject, as he was sure did the whole board. Mr James then went on to advise the amalgamation of the borough force with the county, which would, he said, effect a saving of £18ù to the borough in one year. Mr James's suggestion, which was well received, was referred to the Watch Committee.—A 2s rate, on the highways outside the town, was ordered to be collected in two moieties, for the ensuing year, and a paving rate of la 31 in the pound for the town v as also ordered.-A letter was read from Mr Laban Bennett, complaining of the bad state of the roads to his property, at Wyesine. It was decided to give the Haberdasher's Company notice to remove the nuisance, which was caused by them, in seven days, as otherwise legal proceed- ings would be taken.—Superintendent Wheeldon reported that crime had considerably decreased during the past year, there having only been 168 cases brought before the bench.

PONTYPOOL. AT THE POLICE COURT, on Saturday—before Col. Byrde and Mr E. J. Phillips—Wm. Merri- field, charged with assaulting Elizabeth Merri- field, on Saturday last, was bound over in his own recognisance of £10 to keep the peace for six months.—There were four summonses issued, two of them charging Catherine McGuire with assaulting Mary and Thomas Neelan, at Tre- vethin, on Sunday last, and the latter two chart- ing Mary Neelan with assaulting Catherine and Daniel McGuire on the same day. Those against Mrs McGuire were dismissed, and Neelan was fiued in the first instance 10s, or seven day- and in the latter case 20s, or 14 days.—John Parfitt was charged with assaulting William Thomas, on Saturday last, at Griffithstown. Complainant stated that defendant, by whom he was employed, came towards him, and after using bad language struck him and kicked him when on the ground. Defendant denied the assault, and said the com- plainant refused to obey his orders. This statement was corroborated by a ma-son named Jno. George. The bench, however, considered the case proved, and fined defendant 20s, or 14 days' hard labour, and bound him over in the sum of £ 10 to keep the peace for three months.—John Reardon, sum- moned for non-payment of 10s Gd due under an affiliation order, was ordered to pay, with costs. —James Warnes, similarly summoned for non- payment of 21 Is 6d, was also ordered to pay.— Elizabeth Parry, an old offender, was charged with stealing: a coat, waistcoat, ke., the property of Thomas Teague, landlord of the Volunteers' Arms, Poatypool. Prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, was committed for 14 days' hard labour.

RHONDDA VALLEY. YSTRADFODWG LOCAL BOARD.—At the fort- nightly meeting' of this body, held under the presidency of Mr David Evans, Bodringallt, a deputation from Porth attended and produced an analysis of the water supplied to the inhabi- tants by the Waterworks Company. (There has been, it will be recollected, great complaint as to the deleterious quality of the water.) On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Dr Henry Naunton Davies. a sample of the water was ordered to be sent to Mr Thomas, tin public F analyst at Cardiff.—Mr Henry Lewis asked the board for leave to construct a bridge under the new road at Cwcb. The matter was adjourned. For the present, too, final consideration of the expediency of conscrcting a new road from Blaenllech&n to Llanwonno was deferred. Some bills and plans were passed. POLICE-COURT.-On Monday—before Mr G. Williams, stipendiary, and Mr Thomas Joseph— William Pugh, Brittania, was fined 14s and costs for wilful damage to a wall-paper in a house of which he was a tenant, and complainant, who Tesided at Ferndale, was the owner. Because complainant would not allow him something for the papering of the premises, defendant had dipped a rag in water, rubbed it in dust, and then smearedit on the paper. Mr W. Williams defended. BREACH OF COLLIERY RCLES.-The Ocean Com- pany (Maindy Pit) summoned Benjamin Rees, haulier, and John Evans, hitcher, for a breach of colliery rules. Rees left his horse standing in a roadway, the animal strayed into the sumo, and a carriage coming down from the top killed it. If Evans, however, had placed the chains at the bottom of the pit, the horse could not have got into the sump. Defendants were each fined £1 including costs. Mr W. Williams prosecuted. ASSAULT,—David Phillips, Cwmpark, was fined S3 and coats for assaulting John McLean. Defen- dant had struck complaillaint violently on emerg- ing "from a P-ablic-bouse.-W-illiam Phillips, his brother, was also fined 30s and costs for assault. ing Thomas Richards at the same time and place, and under similar circumstances.

PONTLLANFRAITH. NEW COLLIERY.—A rumour has been afloat in this neighbourhood that a new colliery will be opened here forthwith. Nothing definite could be ascertained until the latter end of the past week, when a few experienced miners were engaged in cutting the sod" of a new coal shaft. The object in view, it seems, is to prove the coal beyond the "faults," which baffled all the schemes of the new Tyrfilkins Colliery officials. Great anxiety prevails in the neighbourbood as to the success of the speculations, for since the surround- ing collieries had closed hundreds of the inhabit- ants have left locality in search of employment 4.elsewbewt

( MERTHYR. THE DRAMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THK OrnA OF "ESTHER.Tlie representation of the sacred opera of "Esther, or the Beautiful Queen," is character and with scenic effects, has proved such an exceedingly striking and successful novelty that the Messrs Hughes Bro=. and the choir under their direction, hare beeu induced to enter into arrangements for its production at other placei besides Merthyr and Aberdare. During the past week the number of persons who witnessed the performance aa Aberdare was over 3,000, includ- ing children, and no douht an equal number saw it at Merthyr, the audiences being generally very pleasingly surprised at the scenic effects that had been arranged, and charmed with the suitable acting introduced, as well as the efficient render- ing of the dramatic music. Ti.e sacred opera haa been well rendered throughout, and doubtless many other districts besides those of Merthyr and Aberdare will be glad of having an oppor- tunity of witnessing this novelty in the way of sacred cantatas. POLICE-COUBT.—At the petty.sessions, on Mon*, day-before the Stipendiary (Mr J. Bishop)-& labourer named Michael Clinham was charged with stealing three hen fowls, the property of Hannah Williams, and a further charge was pre- ferred against him of stealing a cock and hen belonging to David Joues, both of Merthyr. He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.— Daniel Coffy, a lad of 12, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing 3s from a cash box at the Shamrock public-house, Dowlais, the pro- perty of the landlord. TLe prosecutor now said he was desirous of withdrawing the charge, and the prisoner was dismissed with a caution.

BRECON. BOROUGH PETTT-SESSIONS. On Monday- before Mr H. C. Rich and Captain Morgan- Evan Price, mason, was fined 611 tjd costs for being drunk and disorderly on the 30th of Septembet last.—An ejectment warrant was granted against Alfred Pugh, Silver-street, at the request of Me W. J. Roberts, auctioneer. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.—Mr J. Waikins, late of the Metropolitan Police,and superintendent under the Gloucester Board of Conservators, haa been appointed superintendent of police for the borough, in the place of Mr S. Webb, resigned. INQUEST.—An inquest was held at the Grown Inn, on Saturday evening last, before Mr D. W. J. Thomas, touching the death of Mary McNilty, aged 32, wife of Thomas McNilty, living in Watergate.-Dr. V. Rees said he saw deceased about half-past seven on Friday. She had dietl very recently. All the internal organs were con gested. The condition of the heart was sufficient to cause death. The stomach contained about half a pint of fluid, and smelt of alcohol. Drink, ing to excess would have accelerated deatlk owiug to the heart being affected. Witness waj of opinion that death was caused by heart disease

SOUTHERNDOWN. GENERAL SIR HENRI- D. HARNESS, K.C.B., and Miss Harness left the Marine Hotel on Saturday evening after a month's 8tay at th< above place. The General only intended when h. came first to stay a short time, but finding the ail benefitted him so much he prolonged his stay foi the above time.

TREDEGAR JUNCTION. MONMOUTHSHIRE DISTRICT OF FORESTF.RS.-O. Monday the 88th district quarterly meeting of the Monmouthshire District of the Ancient order oi Foresters was held at the Tredegar Junction Hotel, when the 38th Court was represented by 28 delegates. Tne chair was taken by Bro. T. Laurence, D.C.R., and Dro. S. Griffith, D.S.C.R^ fijied the vice-chair.The other district officers pre- sent were—Bro. J. Poole, D.S., and Bro. O. Peaty, D.T. The receipts were—Funeral fund levy, klq3 12s 3d special levy of Is per member to meet the claim arising from the late colliery explosion at Risca, £ 173; second wives, 10s; widows' fund, 7s; total. k367 9s 3d. Manage- ment, £ 14 12s 7d; goods, iLS 12 9J expended 18 members killed in the Risca explosion, and five members dead during the quarter, making a total of 22; death claims it £L) each, £ 345, and six membera' wives at £10 each, A:60, total paid iot deaths, £ 405 for district management paid, £ 12 lÜs lid; paid for goo is, £ S 85 Sd and tht value of the district funds at present is £34;) lis 44,

CLARBESTON-ROAD. PETTY-SESSIONS.—These sessions were held at Dungled 'y-ha.H, Clarbeston-road, on Thursday, before Cap". Higgon, of Scolton, aud Mr Owens, Withybusli.—An elderly woman, from the neigh- bourhood of Spictal, was charge by the inspector of nuisances for the Haverfordwest district with living in a house u hich was in all unfit condition. Dr. Row. medical officer, Haverfordwest, gave corroborative evidence, and the bench gave an order that the premises be vacated in 30 d; N-s.- Two young lads, aged respectively 13 and 14, John Le is and John Griffiths, of "1 aO:>llclocl,f)g, for breaking if]. the house of Ann Lev. is, of Ysgol Hill, last May, and taking therefrom 5s 6d, v ere committed for trial to the next quarter- sessions.

LYDNEY-ON-SEVERN. WEST GLOUCESTER REVISION.—Mr Cough held his first court in the Forest of Dean district at the Petty-sessional Hall on Monday afternoon. Mr M. F. Carter was the Liberal ageut, and Messrs Vizard, of Dursley, and Evatis of Chepstow, represented the Conservatives. An important objection was made by Mr Carter to the claim of Mr Richard Palmer Jenkins, one of justices of the Lydney petty-sessional division. It was based on a deed put in by the ciaituatit's solicitor, having reference to certain rent chargea to which it purported that Mr Jenkins was entitled, and that therefore it w. s sufficient qualification. In opposing (Mr Carter having examined the deedj it was submitted that the claim was bad, as it wat necessary to piove acbal possession of rent; that the deed only showed a certain operation of com- mon law, and not under the statute of uses. The barrister upheld the objection. Wm. Jones, 01 Lydney, claimed to be put on the C12 list, and was opposed by the Conservatives The claim was based on a rental of warehouse, at Lyndey Basin, £ 17 per annmn. It was elicted that Mr Jones uas in partnership with his father, and the claim was therefore struck out. Joseph English, a tin-plate woiker, of Lydney, claimed on a free- hold, on which tie said he had borrowed R259 at 5 per cent., was worth R16 per annum, but which he admitted to .Mr Vizard he had let to hia brother at £14 per annum. Disallowed. In the paribh of Saint Briaveis 17 names were struck out, owing to parties having left the Leighbour- hood and died since last revision.

noss. RURAL SANITARY AUTBORITL-A meeting of this authority was held on Monday, Capt. Power in the chair. An order was made for a nuisance at the Lea, caused by the poisoning of the well by the flow of sewage from a foldyaid, the property of Mr Wemyse, Colchester, to be abated within 14 days. Complaint was made of a nuisance at Duxmere, caused by a cesspool into which the Ashfield and Duxmere drainage ran, and an order w as niade for its abatement within 14 days. THE SCHOOL BOARD met on Monday. 7flieclerk was directed to advertise for a warden. A precept was ordered to be served upon the rating authority for £ 270, which would require a rate of 3d in the 4*

KIDWELLY. PETTY SESSIONS.—Before Messrs T. j,W. A Evans and H. Anthony—Salisbury Miles charged David Jeremy Tanerley, Carmarthen, with riding on the Great Western Railway without a ticket. Fined 5s and costs.—James Newell charged J. Morgan, W. Evans, S. Evans, anl W. Walters, with wilful damage ts a doer and window to the value of Is. Fined 8s 3d each, including costs.

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STREET SINGERSIN CARDIFF. At the Cardiff police-court, on Monday—befor# Mr R. O. Jones—Francis McDonald and Mary McDonald were charged with obstructing footv,av P.C. Diamond said that on Sat ;rday- night ab'o'it 10.20 he found prisoners ha,.i taken possession of a portion o*. the pa\ement in St. Mary-street. They bad two lighted candles which they placad on the pavement before them, and by tbe aid of these they exhibited themselves to the passers-by, the woman singing, or as the officer expressed it, "making some kind of a noise," and the man, who was a one-legged man, begging. He took them into custody. Stipendiary then dismissed prisoners with a cau. tion.-Thomas Llewellyn v.as afterwards charged with attempting to rescue them, and with assault, ing P.C. Diamond. The eviJence of the oEcer was to the effect that at 10.30 on Saturday night, while he was taking the prisoners last named to the police station, and while there was an excited crowded following them, the prisoner came up and said Let them go, you and raising his fist, knocked witness to tbe ground Ch irl<* Chick, a man who keeps a stall in the ma.ke? corroborated this evidence, and distinctly identic tied the prisoner as the man who had struck the constable. Fortbe defence, the prisoner attempted y Te t'Wo witnesses, John Pearce and lhomas John, an alibi. Their story v astfl tiie effect that thev came out of the The&fii tvoyal at about half-past ten, met the cro out- side, but did not interfere with them in any way. and walked on into the Napier arms, St. Alary- street. During the whole of the evening, the wit- nesses would undertake to say, prisoner had not assaulted anyone. They afterwards went up the Arcade, when a constable in plain clothes, together with Chick and the constable Diamond, who waa assaulted, and who was in uniform, came up from behind, and took prisoner in charge. From further evidence on behalf of the police, given by Chick, it appeared that priwner and his friends had as. sisted in the attack on the constable, and HI"" P.C. Dian-ond i, as furiously kicked while on tht ground. The Stipendiary, after the case had been fully heard, sent primer W gaol for 6 monft with hard labour. (

MAESYCWMMER. IVOP,ITT-T.-On Saturday evening a special meeting of the Trelyn District of True Ivorites, S.D.U., was held at the "Gwenynen Gwent Lodge-room, Angel Hotel, Maesycwmmer, for the purpose of piviug the degrees of the Order to the past officers of the various lodges of the (ii--t,iot entitled to obtain them. Mr E. Davies, Barg >ed» G.M. of the district, conducted the proceeding.. assisted by Mr S. Griffiths, D.C.S.

It FEINTYRC-EL CO-I:CERT.-A con-rt was held on Saturday evening at the Horeb Methodist Chapel, under the presidency of Mr Thomas Phillips, colliery manager, at which Llinos Rhondda, Diew Eynon, Miss Williams, Treherbert, and others took partm There was a good attendance, aud the proceed8 were towards liquidating the debt on the chapel