South Wales Daily News

CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF ENGLAND AND WALES. At the Memorial Hall yesterday morning, finder the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Allon, this Union continued its annual session. There was a large attendance of pastors, delegates, and visitors. Several deputations having been pre- sented t'o' the a8selllbJy, a papH, UI OII the religions spirit which led to the forrnation of tie tirMt Con. gregational Church in England, ar.d on the original contention of those churches on beiialf of the Christian character of Church fellowship, was read by the Rev, Radford Thompson. He traced the history of Congregationalism, expainini; that It was 200 years old, and its origin was religions and not political—an honest endeavour to lestore and establish in the dominion of consciences and lurches the sole sovereignity of .J eRUS Christ. They had not aimed at tLe establishment of inde- pendence or the seeming uniformity by fo cc. but )t real uuity with Ulnist, (Applause.) in the Course of a logical and well-received argument he Urge 1 the necessity for a strong evangelical chaiacier amongst the churches, without winch, he contended, they would prove but degenerate childieu of a pious ancestry. He Bng- gelled in regard to Church discipline the •lesirability of referring difficult case-! affecting membership either to a small sub-com- niittee or to a few judicious an devoted deacon- upon the same subject. The lev. Geo. Martin, of Lewisbam, IIext proposed th foJlo,\iu¡r resolu- tion :—"That having respect to the ideal of the Christian church,preBcdbed in the New Testament as a congregation of true believers and sinceie fol- lowers of Jesus Christ, and with the e unest en- deavours of the early congregationali.its to realise this ideal in England as one of the most prominent features of their existence in view, also, of the temptations of the times to worldliuess and laxity both of faith and practice, it be 8trouly recommended to the churches of our faith and order in their pastors an t deacons to continue to maintain with vigilance,and yet with due charity, a godlyscriptural discipline, both in the ad- mission of members and in the rebuke and exclusion of the unworthy, and to seek by every wise means, special and ordinary, to elevate tho spiri- tual tone find life of ail the members of our churches, in the interests of national molality and stability, as II ell as of tho pace and pros- perity of the churches the nselves. Congrega- tionalism, he went on to urge, must have a future, seeing that it went back to tho foundations of the Church itself. If they fade, I, it would only be Weakness of voice and contemptibility of speech, and because they had ro Pauline" inspiration to kft. t em above the effects thereof. Some other business still remaining OIl the I sgenda paper had to be adjoiuaiid to the usxt sioti at the Union*

FRANCE AND TUNIS. SETTLEMENT OF THE DIFFICULT f, THE TREATY SIGNED. PARIS, Friday.—In the Senate this afternoon, M. Ferry announced that the Franco-Tunisian Treaty was signed yesterday by the Bey. At present he could not communicate the text, but it would shortly be submitted for ratification to both Chambers. From a military point of view, the treaty assumed to Frane the right to occupy positions necessary for the maintenance of order, and security of the frontier and co .st. The French Government guaranteed to the Bey secu- rity for his person, his states, and his dignity, France alsoguaranteed the maintenance of actually existing treaties between t e Regency and other European Powers.

REPORTED NATIVE OUTBREAK IN THE TRANSVAAL. NEWCASTLE, Friday,—Mr Joubert left this morning for Marico, in consequence of a reported native outbreak in that district.

THE PRESTON ELECTION. Mr Ecroyd. the newly-appjinted Conservative candidate, arrived at Preston on Friday morning, and was enthusiastically received. The horses were taken from his carriage at the railway station, and he and his leading supporters were drawn through the town to the Assembly Room, where an iru. promptu meeting was held. Mr Ecroyd briefly addressed the company, and was cordially thanked for undertaking the contest at a moment's notice. A meeting was held on Friday evening.

LOCAL LIQUIDATIONS. FROM FRIDAY NIGHT'S "GAZETTE," J F Brooks, of Abercram, near Ystradgyniais, Brecon, police constable, formerly trading as greengrocer and fruiterer at Ystrad llhondda, and Diuas, Glamorganshire, and afterwards as coal merchant at Sheptou Mallet, Somerset- shire. J. Ashbie, Cross Keys, near Newport, Mon., contractor and market gardener. D. Jones, Victoria Arms, ne r Llandovery, Car- marthenshire, innkeeper. Morgan Williams and Co., Temple-street and Northampton-place, Swansea, drapers and ship- owners. R. Jones, High-street, lately called Church-street, Pontardawe, Glamorganshire, clock and watch maker, furniture dealer, furnishing ironmonger, and general dealer. S. l'rlestley, Tonyrefail, in Llantrissant, Gla- morganshire, colliery proprietor anl coke manufacturer. John Jones, Cardiff-street, Aberdare, fruiterer, 1! Mordecai, of Brofiskin Lime Quarry, Cross Vane, Llautrissant, Glamorganshire, labourer, late lime and stone merchant. BANKRUPT. David Thomas, of Llancarvon Factory, near Cow- bridge, Glamorganshire, flannel manufacturer and shopkeeper.

POlffVPOOL COUNTY COUnT. A WATCH CLUB AND ITS VICTIMS. At the County Court held in the Town-hall on Wednesday, before Judge Herbert, B. Williams, engine-driver, claimed £4 15s from P. John Puilin, Williams showed that he had paid the amount to defendant, who was at the head of a I watch club, in order to obtain a watch ot the value of £5 5s, which was described as Wheeler's lever \.atch," and said he (Williams) failing to get it from defendant, sent to Wheeler, whom he thought supplied defendant, and had a reply from Wheeler ID a letter, which was handed to his Honour. In the letier Wheeler said that he was sorry for the dispute between plaintiff and defendant, but as he (V\ heeler) ha<j ,10(; received any of the "need- tnl, lie could not supply the watch but if he would sen 1 the money, he would readilv supply and advised Williams to get what he could from det^ndant, it he had paid any money to him. Mr 1. Watkms appeared for defendant, who, being sworn and examined by Mr Watkins said he was appointed agent by Wheeler to form a club and receive money for his watcher, and when was in hand they ballotted at the club who v tre to have the watch. Owing to the stoppage of the Panteg Steel Works, the men were scattered, and left the neighbourhood, which caused the club to be broken up before Williams got a watch. In answer to his Honour, he further said he sent all moneys received to Wheeler. His Honour said he had great suspicions with regard to these watch clubs, aa he had had several cases of them before him lately. In this case plaintiff sued the wrong party. As defendant Ivas only an agent he was mt liable, therefore ho (plaintiff) ought to sue Wheeler. The case against defendant was dismissed. His Honour said lie would grant power to sue Wheeler to a; pear at the next court if plaintiff wished, as he (the judge) regarded it as very much like fraud, but would not then s.- y whom he thought was guilty.

Notices were posted on Wednesday that all con- tracts are to cease in one month at the Briton Ferry Ironworks. "KPATING'S POWDER" ii now sold at CI, b, and 2 < 6d, in vastly improved tins (holding a considerably incieased quantity) by all chemists. This ilowder is perfectly unrivalleJ in destroying HUGs, FhKAa, BKHTLBS, MOTHS, Ilnd all injects, whilst quite harmless to domestic i animais. All furs atH.! woo.fens should he woll powoereil (leware oi iiait^tions.

HOUSE OF LOHDS.—FRIDAY/ THE IHSACONSFIELD MONUMENT. Earl SYDNEX" brought up Her Majesty's answer to their lordships' address praying that she would give direction^ for the erection of a monu- ment to the Earl of BcJaconsfield in Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty said she would ba pleased to give directions in conforifiity with the address. INTIMIDATION BY TENANT FAltMEllS IN IRELAND. Lord MIDDLETON cilled atteiitfdi* to the absence of any effectual check upon the continued intimidation of tenant farmers in Ireland, and asked whether the Goveanment were preparr-d to take any and what steps for the better pr Section of peaceably disposed subjects of Her Majesty ? He said it was notorious that for a lengthy period an unwritten la A- had taken the pLice of the written law in a large portion of Ireland. Outrages of the most grievous character had been common. All the Government had done was to put into gaol a number of men, the majority of whom were better off in their present state of confinement than they would have been if they had remained at their ordinary occupation. He would suggest, as means towards a remedy, that the resident magistrates should radde in the centre of their several districts, that the number should be in. creased by the appointment of special magistrates, and that more stimulus and encouragement would be given to the police in the discharge of their duties. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH pointed to the great increase of crime that had lately taken place in Ireland, aud asked how it was, in s, ite of the aunouueemeut of the Irish Secretary that the Government intended to strike terror into the breasts of th village ruffians, that only some 35 of the Land League members had been placed in a state-associated confinement, in which, while enjoying all the comforts of a Fenian club, they were in a position favourable to the hatching of future conspiracies, WThat the Government ought to have done, if they had had sufficient information, was to have taken such steps as would have swept a large number of the offenders into continement. Earl SPENCER said the Government regretted to see that the hopes they had enfertaiued of the result of the recent legislation tor the maintenance of peace and order had not been realised, but at the same time they were doing all that could be done by the due enforcement of the law to remedy the existing state of things. It should be remem- bered that the Coercion Act did not give them un. limited powers they had to act upon the best information they could obtain, and were bound to act with judgment, and so far the number of persons in custody under the Act was 72. The Government were determined to carry out the law with energy and vigour, and would leave nothing undone to ensure the peace and order of the country. Lord INCHIQUIN urged the necessity of bringing iu a measure that would enable the Government to deal effectually with the Land League. Earl FOllTESCUE thought the Government ought to have acted with more lJrOmptitude in exercising the powers given them by the Coercion Act The Earl of CARNARVON thought the Government singularly wanting in earnestness of purpose in their recent administration of Ireland. The subject then dropped. The House adjourned at 7.45.

CI HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Fjmur. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. NOTICES. Mr GUEST gave notice that he would, on Monday, ask the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the concert stated to have been established amongst the principal Euro. pean powers, especially for the purpose of legula- ting the affairs of the East, and for the mainten- ance of the peace of Europe, the French Government consulted the other powers before invading Tunisian territory, and is now acting within that concert. (Hear, hear.) Sir A. GORDON gave notice that he would move for a Select Committee on the fees charged for the erection of monuments in churches, etc. Notices complaining of the increased taxation of Ireland, as compared with Great Britain, were given by Mr O'Sullivan, Mr Macfarlane, and Sir J. McKenna. NEW WRIT. A new writ was ordered for Preston, on the motion of Mr Wynn, in the room of Mr Hermon, deceased. CASUALTIES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. Mr CHILDERS, in reply to Sir S. Leigh ton. said that the number of deaths reported during the recent campaign in South 'Africa from sick- ness was 25. There could be no return of the cases of sickness not fatal until the monthly returns came in, an I noue had yet been received for 1881. There was no evidence of the use of explosive bullets, except in one case it was thought a bullet exploded after passing through the body of an officer who was wounded. As to the slaughter of the mounded, it was, on the contrary, reported that their treatment was considerate and humane. The high proportion of killed to wounded was due to the exact shooting of expert riflemen at short distances. TUNIS. Sir C. DILKE, in reply to Mr Guest, said the firman of 1871 was virtually recognised by her Majesty's Government as acknowledging the suzerainty of the Porte over Tunis, but theFrench Government had always held a contrary view. There was no despatch congratulating the Bey of Tunis on the convention between Keredine Pasha and the Porte..

SIR W. LAWSOH'S MOTION. THE BRADLAUGH DIFFICULTY. Mr LABOUCHERE appealed to Sir Wilfrid Lawson not to press his motion with reference to the resolution excluding Mr Bradlaugh from the House. To get precedence the hon. gentle- man could not, as the Speaker had pointed out, move that the resolution was illegal, but would have to propose to rescind it, and in his opinion such a motion would not help Mr Brad- laugit to take his seat. The Government had brought in a Bill to enable Mr Bradlaugh, instead of taking the oatb, to affirm, and lie wished to know from the Prime Minister what he intended to do with reference to the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, because it concerned not only Mr Bradlaugli but the constituency he represented. Mr Brad- laugh was anxious that he should not sit forever by the side of the entrance door like a peri at the gates of Paradise, To put himself in order he moved the adjournment of the House. Sir W. LAWSON rose to second the motion in order to explain what he intended to do with regard to the motion of which he had given notice. The letter of Mr Bradlaugh was important, because it alleged that the House had done something in absolute defiance of the statute. That was a grave and serious charge against the House of Commons, and he hoped members would discuss it free from any bias against Mr Brad- laugh, but as a great constitutional question. He believed that the resolution was illegal, and he had intended to submit a motion to that effect, but the Speaker had said that the more regular course would be to move that the resolution- should be rescinded. He should be glad to do that that nifdit, but he did not think it wouhl be courteous to friends or foes to bring it on without notice. He proposed on some day, of which he would give due notice, to move a resolution rescinding the resolution of the leader of the Opposition, but he should not bring that motion on if the gentlemen opposite would abandon their obstructive tactics, and allow the Oaths Bill of the Attorney-General to be proceeded with. Lord R. CHURCHILL thought the House must be very much gratified by the carefully conceived and got-up burlesque it had just wit- nessed. Mr Bradlaugh in all these affairs acted under the inspiration of the Prime Minister and his colleagues. Mr A. M. SULLIVAN, interrupting, appealed to the Speaker to mle whether it was in order to impute to a member that he was the inspired of disorderly conduct. Mr Gladstone had stated in his place within no great number of days that he had no communication with Mr Bradlaugb. The SPEAKER said the words imputed to the noble lord had not reached him, but if they were correctly stated by the member for Louth he con- sidered that they were not iu order. Lord R. CHURCHILL begged to withdraw unreservedly the statement he had made, and was bound to say that when he made it he was in per- fect ignorance of the fact that it had been contra. dicted by the right lion, gentleman. He did not; however, intend to impute to the Prime Minister, that he was acting in collusion with Mr Bradlaugh in the disordoslv scene feliO Houae had witqedr. but all hfl taeW't imply'.was that the whole action taken bf .^r Bra lia igh had been of a [ nature aiways to fpmmaul the asieut of the ? Government. He d'M hi>t suppose that anything like formal communication passe I between Mr Bradiaugh and the Government on the subject, but i.o doubt the hon. ilieml)ev took the coaise of writing the letter after consulting with his friends, and with the view of raising a discussion, aud the inference was that the notice vfis given by the member for Carlisle with tho approval of th? Government. He pro- tested against the course to be taken by the member for Carlisle of liplimg his resolution over the House in terrorem. B-C would expunge the discreditable standing oiTler tender which i.ir Bradlaugh was allowed to affirm.. Mr GLADSTONE was not awW w creditable standing order having beet! P*^sei1' °r of his power to rescind any order which had passed. According to his recollection, ths *> solution referred to simply disclaimed a jurisdi, tion which, in his opinion, did not exist over the ..t question whether members should be allowed to atlirm or not. The noble lord had made assertions about the Government tor not one of which was there the slightest fo undation whatever. The Government had assented to no proceedings of Mr Bradlaugli. It assented to a proceeding tor a man to hold that cognizUlce of that proceeding II ae beyond the competence and jurisdiction of the House of Commons. The Government had not ac'ed iu concert with the member for Carlisle in regard to the resolution of which he had given notice. The Attorney-General brought in the :lced iu concert with the member for Carlisle in regard to the resolution of which he had given notice. The Attorney-General brought in the Oaths Bill under the impression that facilities would be offered for its progress, but the Govern- ment found by degrees that that impression does not correspond with the fact. With regard to the intentions of the Government in regard to tha: Bill, the conclusion at which he had arrived was that it was their duty to adjourn the further con. sideration of their course in the matter until the House had disposed in substance of the Irish Land **The SPEAKER, iu reply to Sir H. Wolff, read from Sii-E. May's book that a question of privi- lege must refer to some matter which had recently arisen, and which c died for the present interposi- tion of the House. He was, however, of opinion that the hon. baronet wo ild not forfeit his claim to precedence by postponing the motion for the convenience of the House. Sir S. NORTHCOTE considered it important that the House should know what they had to expect. lie entirely repudiated the idea that the Oaths Bill was introduced for the relief of Mr Bradlaugh, and if that were the view of the Government, the objections taken to it would be infinitely more serious thau those which would be taken to a Bill for altering the form of oath with. out reference to the position of any individual. They had had to take measures against the inter. ruption of business by Mr Bradlaugh, and now it would appear that they had to guard against the interruption of business by Mr Bradlaugh s colleagues and friends. It was necessary that there should be some clear understanding on the subject, Sir W. LAWSON wanted to know whether he would be in order in at once moving that the resolution of April 26th, 1881, forbidding Mr Bradlaugh to take the oath be rescinded, as sub- versive of the right of the who!e body of electors." The SPEAKER said it appeared" to him that the resolution in that form would import ne.v matter, but he did not think any objection could be made to it being brought forward, if it stopped at the word rescinded." Mr C. E. LE WIS stated that a number of members had left the House on the distinct state- ment of the member for Carlisle that it was not his inteution to proceed with his motion, and he was sure the member for Carlisle would see the impropriety of bringing it on under those circum- Sir W. LAWSON agreed that it would not be fair to bring the motion forward with anything like surprise.

THE KID WELL V TRAGEDY. TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED THE MOTHER & HER CHILDREN IN THE DOCK. JOTTINGS IN COURT. CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION. THE DEFENCE. "I'jff. JUDGE'S "SUMMING UP. VJiR»OF_THE JURY. JOTTINGS N" COURT. SWANSEA, Friday,—What Mr Justice Cavd truly characterised as the *transCst trial he had ever heard of, took place to-daj". Tho excitement which reigned in Kidwelly and the immediate neighbourhood at the time of the supped murder seemed to have again been ra>ed. It even ran so high in Swansea tha^ for some days previous to the trial photographs of the accused mother and two eons" together with fac-similes of letters written by them, were exhibited for sale in the Swansea priut shops. The neighbourhood of the Town Hall was besieged by crowds of persons unable to gain admittance, and the court was quite full. When the prisoners were brought into the dock there was certainly nothing in their appearance that would indicate any signs of a cruel disposition, but their confine- ment in gaol for three months had evidently told upon them, their countenances being pale and thin. The female prisoner alone appeared to be impressed with her position. All the prisoners pleaded not guilty, and on the appeal of Mr Bo .ven Rowlands, the judge allo-ved the female prisoner to sit down. Some discussion took place between the learned counsel engaged as to the terms of the indictment, the public apparently taking great interest in all that concerned the case. The Judge gave it as his opinion that the indictment was regular, and Mr Bowen Rowlands concurred. The jury appeared to be composed of tradesmen and farmers, aul presented no difference to the ordinary juries in arize cases. After they had been sworn. Mr Bowen Rowlands again referred to the indictment, but after" a dis- cussion, his Lordship ruled again that it was perfectly regular. Mr Bowen, Q.C., tho prose. cuting counsel, in his opening address to the jury, characterised the case as a most painful one. The law, he remarked, declared that persons under eight years of age were incapable of committing murder over 14 they were considered responsible for the crime of murder; but between the ages of eight and 14 it was for the jury to decide. One of the principal points in his address was the fact that the deceased boy had that day had bo dinners, one at home, and the other at the farmhouse, where he received the half-sovereign, the dinners being of different kinds of food. this would form a very important point for their consideration, because the medical evidence would show how long the boy lived after he had the second dinner. During the counsel's recital of the facts of the tragedy the boy prisoners pre- served a perfectly stolid appearance, but the mother seemed to suffer much, and was supplied with water, from W LlCh. she repeatedly arank. The chain of circumstantial evidence, as given in detail by the counsel, seemed overwhelming against all the prisoners. The first witness called was Mr Williams of Briton Ferry, the surveyor, who drew the plans, in the bauds of the jury and the court- ^he cross-examination of this witness by Mr Lowen Rowlands elicited that not far from Mazey's house was a ruined building, the timbers and slates of which were broken, and in this place was the swing from which the defence would infer the boy had fallen and sustained the injuries from which he died. The appearance of the father of the deceased boy created a profound sensation ill court. The wit- ness could not understand English, and an interpreter was sworn, but at this stage no impor. taut questions were put to him. When Ann Hughes was giving evidence to the effect that the female prisoner declared on the day following the tragedy that the boy John Thomas had not been at Ler house, whilst Mrs Hughes swore she had seen him enter, Airs Mazey evinced strong signs of eulotion. The curt answer of this witness in the cross examination of Mr Bowen Rowlands much amused the court. The mother of the accused, who also gave her evidence in Welsh, appeared to feel her position most acutely, and before the conclusion of her cross-examination completely broke down. One of the following witnesses, who was giving her evidence in Welsh, Margaret White, the Ishopkeeper, who changed the half-sovereign for the boy D"vid Mazey, created some amusement by suddenly answering in English a question from Mr Bowen Rowlands, subsequently declaring she knew no more Eng- lish. At 1.30 the court a-ljourned for luncheon. When the court resumed, the younger of the prisoners was allowed to sit down. The first witness called was Police-sergeant Jone-, who deposed that on asking; the youngest of the prisoners, Benjamin Mazey, as to the half- sovereign, the latter implicated his brother. Benjamin toldthe constable where the remainder of the money was hidden, both his own share and his brother's. When the constable said that on his charging the boy prisoners with the murder, and that they said They should never see their mother again," the female prisoner evinced great agitation, and appeared scarce able to control her emotion, The evidence of P.C. Thomas pointed to the first intimation of the line of defence that the d. cased boy fell from a swing. This was told by the boy David Mazey on their way to Car- marthen Gaol. Butthekeel)erof Kidwelly lock- up lionse said that David had given another version of the affitir-that John Thomas fell from an old roof, not from the swing. Mrs Sims, the next witness said that Mrs Mazey, the female prisoner, had been to her the day after the deceased boy's disappearance, and asked her if her boys had had any money from her. This would seem as if the female prisoner did not know of the boy's death. The analyst II testimony was conclusive as to the presence of blood both on the clothing of the female prisoner and the boys and the medical officer, Mr D. Jones, stated that from his ex. amination of the contents of the stomach he believed the boy had lived about three hours after having eaten the food in the stomach. He also gave it as his opinion that a fall could not have caused the injuries found on the body. In cross-examination he said it was improbable a boy of 10 or 12 could have used the violence necesesary to cause such injuries as the body gave evidence of. Mr Bowen Rowlands tried to elicit in cross- examination that some part of the injuries might orn a fall, and the remainder have taken place from a w, and the remainder after death; but in re-exammahon the witness denied this, saying t!;at tne bloodless state of the body showed that the whole of the injuries must have been done immediately before or just after death. The other surgeon, Mr D. A. Thomas, of Llanelly, who assisted in the post-mortem examina. tion, assented to the opinions of his brother practitioner, both with regard to, the contents of the stomach aud the injuries to the^ body, Bowen Rowlands here exerted all his powers to obtain from the witness an admission that the in. juries might be caused by a fall. This concluded the evidence, and after a short discussion as to adjourning the trial till to-day, Mr Bowen, Q.C., began his address to the jury at five p.m. Remarking that in cases of murder it was seldom that direct testimony could be brought against the accused, he said that in this case there was strongerevideuce against the accused than in most cases of alleged murder. He recapitu- lated the evidence given by the witnesses, taking the charge against the boys first, and oae by one upset the theories of the defence ith regard to the supposed fall, He showed the inconsistency of the stories told by the boys respecting the tragedy-tha.t they were totally at variance with facts deposed in evidence. Passing on to the case of the mother the learned counsel remarked that all the stories told by the female prisoner respect- ing the boy and the money he had in his posses- sion were contradictory, and he wound up by im- ploring the jury not to shiink from their duty in the case in considering their verdict. Mr Bowen Rowlands began an impressive address to the jury, by observing that the case was one of the most painful nature, not only because of the tender age of the deceased boy, b it of those ascused of killing him. He re- marked where the law was asked to decide in etises similar to the present one were very rare the only one he remembered was one in which the youthful criminal afterwards confessed to the murder he had committed. He went on to advert to the youth and pre- sumptive weakness of the boy prisoners, and endeavoured to impress upon the jury the fallacy of presumption or circumstantial evidence. He then went over the evidence, and N-. ith regard to the female prisoner reminded the jury that the day after the boy's deat" she did all she could to trace the money known to be in the possession of the boy, in a way u hich was only compatible with her innocence. Reverting to the boys, the learned counsel sought to show that not one word con- necting them with the death of the deceased had escaped them when apprehended. Turning to the evidence of the doctors, he urged that the injuries found on the deceased boy's head were caused by a fall, and sat down after an impassioned address, which occupied more than an hour in delivery. The husband and father of the three prisoners was in court nearly the whole day in a position where tney couia not see JUID, and evinced great interest iu the proceedings. During the address the female prisoner was strongly affected, but the boys evinced no emotion whatever, but stared round the court as if they were the least interested persons present. His Lordship,in his summing up to the jury,said fiist that in charges of murder ag-dust childien of the age of the accused, the law only re- quires that sufficient proof of the actual deed shall be forthcoming, but that the accused have suffi- cient knowledge of the enormity of the offence. He then carefully reviewed the evidence, aud when he had concluded it was naturally thought S that some time would be taken up by the jury in consideriug theic verdict. But the emphatic warnings of Mr Bowen Rowlands and the judge- not to return a verdict of guilty unless they wer e perfectly convinced of the psisoners' gi),ilt. kv d, apparently, had the effect-, of enabling tbe^ .jury easily to make up their minds, and iu five ■ISM' uutea a verdict of Not guilty" was returaod, of THE TRIAL. At the South Wales Assizes, on Fvida'y, at tLe Guildhall, Swansea, before Mr Justice c.\ ve, David Mazey (13), and Benjamin M&Vjy (10) were indicted for iiiunwfuily, feloniously, t.nd of malice aforethought killing and murdering John Thomas, aged 11 years, on the 2ad of February, Jane Mazev ieoifitgd AS au §QQa?'jorv FTFTPS the FACT. Mr Bowen, Q.C., and Mr Abel Thomas prose- cuted and Mr Bowen Rowlands defended. On being charged all the defendants pleaded "not guilty," and the female prisoner, who is enciente, was accommodated with a seat iu the dock. At the outset Mr Rowlands took an objection to the form of the indictment, but his Lordship ruled the indictment to be perfectly good. Mr Bowen, in opening the case, said lie need hardly tell the jury that they were about to engage in a most important and painful inquiry. Inquiries of this kind were always important, but this was a pecu- liarly painful case on account of the youths of the twy boys. They were indicted, as the jury had heard, for the murder of another boy, named John Thomas, on Wednesday, the 2nd of February of this year, whilst the mother was charged, not with having taken any part in the absolute murder of the boy, but with having concealed the fact of the boy having been improperly dealt with. David Mazey was 12 years of age list Christmas, whilst Benjamin was 10 years old at that time. Subject to his lordship's correction, he would shol tly tell the jury what he believed the law to be with respect to juveniles charged with such offences like this. The law was that up to eight years of age children were supposed to be absolutely incapable of committing a crime. It was supposed that at the age of 14, owing to their age, and presumed reasoning power, they were liable for any act which they might commit. But the intermediate period between eight and 14 formed a question for the jury to decide. The jury musft consider whether the acts of the prisoners in this case showed such precocity as to convince them (the jury) that they must have known what they were about. There were several decisions on the point, but he would only trouble them with one, which was given in a case on all fours with the present. In that case a boy 10 years of age ;v £ s charged with having committed murder, and wiu'1 .concealing the body, and the jury found and judge supported the decision, that the concealur«nt of the body was sufficient evidence, that the bo"* knew the wickedness of the act, and that he was" therefore, liable for the consequences of the crime It appeared that the murdered boy, John Thoma*. \viJ;h hi* £ ather. ,a shoemaker, at Kidwelly. After dinner on the 2nd February last, he ,i sent to deliver a pair of boots at a house half a 'Uile froin Muddlecoinb. His dinner before leaving "onsisted of fried beef and greens, but no potatoes. At Muddlecoinb he sa v Miss Anthony, the per.v-)n for whom the shoes were made, and she gave him 10s, having no change, the price of the boots .being 9s. She also gave him some dinner, which (Consisted of bacon, bread, and potatoes. The importance of this fact was that the medical men were abi^ to say, from the state of the food found iu the boy's stomach, how long after that dinner he met v?ith his death. He left Muddlecoinb about two o'clock, anl w.,s next seen opposite the prisoner's house, which was marked on the plan produced. A woman named Hughes, the w ife of a black- smith, heard David Mazey tell the deceased boy that his mother was not at home, after which she saw them both go in Mazey's house, and close the door. That v. as the last time that John Thomas was seen alhe. As the boy did not return home, his father and mother become alarmed towards the end of Wednesday, and some conversation took p::v:e with Jane Mazey on the subject. Jaue Mazey made a statement to the effect that she had not seen the boy that day. On Thursday the alarm became greater but it was never supposed for a moment at that time that the boy had come to any serious harm. The police, who were communicated with, made enquiries, and certain statements were made, but still there was no suspicion that anything very much out of the common had happened to the boy. Mrs Mazey stated that she saw him on the road on Wednesday, when he said that he was going to Trimsaron. The police searched the house, thinking to find the living boy concealed somewhere, but they went away without discover. ing him. Certain statements were made by the boys and by the female prisoner tending to show that the deceased had left the house. It was not suggested that Mrs Mazey had any hand in inur- dering the boy. It was contended, however, on the part of the prosecution, that having discovered the murder of the boy, she tried to defeat justice and screen her children by false reports. On Frid y a further search was made for the boy, and the police again went to Mazey's house and made inquiries. He (the learned counsel) should say that a ditch in Mazey's garden was taken up on the previous Thursday by a man who would state that he then found nothiug there. On Friday a person agaiu searched the garden, and then called the police, and said that the missing boy had been found. The body was found in a ditch by a person whose attention had been attracted to it from the hedge. The head was most frightfully injured. The skull was smashed, and contained only a small portion of the brain. Tne skull was cut from ear to ear, apparently by some blunt instrument, and the upper part of the lJetd was attached to the lower portion merely by the scalp. The bones seemed to be cut right away from the ears. There was no blood about the body, and this was important to consider. The upper jaw was smashed, and attached to the head simply by the flesh whilst the lower part was broken in four places. Tne injury inflicted upon the head was something terrible indeed. An important point for the cemsideraiion of the jury was the statement by the boy David to the effect that the deceased boy fell out of a swing on to his head. This swing, as he should prove, was within four feet of the groun 1 and the medical men would state that a fall from it would not lead to the appearances discovered. Subsequently they said that the deceased and theyounger prisoner climbed up to the roof of a ruined outhouse, and that the deceased fell down, resulting in the injury. Again medical evidence would be called to show that it would be impossible to cause these injuries in this way. Therefore it was that at different times before the body was found the prisoners gave different accounts of what had been done to the boy, and of what became of him. When the body was found the clothes were perfectly dry; and not such as they would have appeared had they been in the ditch on Thursday. Therefore he should ask the jury to conclude that the plac- ing of the body in the ditch must have taken place just before the body was found. The supposition was that the body was taken to the ditch with the object of throwing it into a lime pit, but there was no evidence as to that, He thought that from hearing the evidence the jury must come to the opinion that the life was taken not later than six o'clock on Wednesday, Wiiat became of him from Wednesday till Friday morn. ing, when the body was found iu the ditch, the prosecution were unable to show. In an out- house at the back of Mrs Mazey's house a lot of straw was placed and it was suggested that the body might have lain there. The witnesses whose evidence was published at the time of the magis- terial hearing were then called, and repeated their statements. Mr Richard Williams, architect, spoke to the accuracy of the plan of the scene of the tragedy, Evan Thomas, shoemaker, Kidwelly, father of the deceased boy, deposed to his son leaving home as described by the learne I counsel. Ann Hughes, wife of a blacksmith, living opposite the Mazey's, spoke to seeing the murdered boy enter Mazey's house with David. Lily Walters, servant to this witness, stated that the female prisoner denied to her that the boy Thomas had been to her house. David Hughes, blacksmith, Letitia Thomas, Rhoda Evans, and a Mrs Morgan and William Jones also repeated their statements, after which Margaret White, who had not been examined before, stated that she was a shopkeeper at Kid- welly, and cn Friday mornit.g changed half a sovereign for Benjamin Mazey. David Thomas, labourer, Kidwelly, spoke to finding the body. t P.S. Jones, iu the course of his evidence, de. posed to finding money hidden at places which had been reported to him by Benjamin Mazey. In one spot lie found 3s !)1d, which Benjamin said he had hidden, and at another spot discovered 2s 7d which Benjamin told him had been put there* by his brother. Benjamin said that this money was part of a half sovereign which the dead boy had left on the table, and which he (lienjamin) and his brother had divided between them. The money was hid ion not far from Mazey's house. The officer found, at the back of the house, a mattock, upon which there was some human liair. He also found blood upon the shoe of Benjamin Mazay. On the Tuesday following the Friday when the discovery was made witness found a piece of brain on the opposite side of a narrow lane dividing Mazey's from the next garden, where he also discovered what appeared to be blood amongst some ashes. Police-constable Thomas said that when he con- veyed the three prisoners to Carmarthen gaol the woman said, "I am quite innocent of this affair; I know nothing at all about it. I hope the boys will tell the truth about it." Turning to the boys she said, You tell Mr Jones the truth." David said, "I saw John Thomas. He went with me into the house. We went down into the garden and played II ith the swing. Thomas and Benjamin got up on the wall. Thomas fell off on his head. I go*, hold of his han,l, but he died directly." Benjamin said, "A piece of timber broke under John Thomas, and I nearly went down myself." David said, "I took hold of his hands and Benjamin his feet, and we carried him to the top of the garden. We placed a few clots on liiin.^ Benjamin said, "I onlyr put one clot on hiirw David added, "Something white came o it of his head, and I threw it over to Mrs Powers garden. Witness added that on making a search at the place indicated Le found a piece of brain. r-O. Wra, James said that David stated in his presence, After we carried him up the garden I took half. .sovereign out of his pocket." His mother said Why did you not say such a thing before ?" to which David replied, "I was afraid you would beat me." Thomas James, lock-house keeper at is.idwelly, who had the prisoners in his charge, heard a statement made by Davidj to the effect that the boy Thomas fell off an old rooS, and was killed. Benjan.in also said thai when David saw he was dead he took a halt-savereiga out ot his pocket. Benjamin also said Wfcet they carried hii« and put him in a (fit cl), but iilat David, and not lie, buried the deceased. Mr Wm. ,.lvIorgaay analyst, saad that a chemical test revealed sigr--sof blood on the sleeves of the jacket of P.enjaiom Mazey. A piece of cloth cut from the, righi hand wrist of David Mazey's jacket Ki ve evidence of blood upon being chemi- cally tested. He discovered, both microscopically and cb emically, blood upon both knees of a pair of boy's trousers, which had been submitted to him illl »' damp state. lie found blood upon Benjamin Mt zey's left boot. He also discovered upon the boot what appeared to be human hair, but which if jrned out to be woollen fibres. Cross-examined by Mr Rowlands: Witness inclined to the opinion t' at the blood on the dry garments was old. He was not surprised to find blood upon the sleeves of the coat of a boy in the condition in life of the prisoners. He found nothiiiR on the woman's clothes. Mr David Jones, surgeon, Kidwelly, gave evi- dence as to the mutilated condition of the boy's head. He said he did not think that the injuries were inflicted by a very sharp instrument. He found about a pint of indigested food in the stomach, consisting of bacon, bread, and potatoes. It would take about four hours to digest bacou as a rule, and loss to digest the other things. He thought that the boy lived about three hours after taking this food, lie examined the body as soon as it was found, and decomposition had then set i in. He considered tbl) bojhad bpen dsau about three days. Great violence most haTf been used to reduce the skuu to the conditio in which he saw it. That cO?<ditiou could ot have been produced by a fall. The injuries tnu&vV have been inflicted during life or immediately after death. Witness, in cross-exatriination by Mr Dowen Rowlands, said it was improbable, but not im. possible, that these boys couut have used sufficient violence to inflict the injuries found. Air David Arthur Jones, surgeon, Llaneh'y, I agreed with the last-named witness. Replying to his Lordship, this witness said that in his opinion the blows which injured the jaws were inflicted after death, and subsequent to the removal of the scalp. It being no.v five o'clock, his Lordship consulted counsel and jury as to whether an adjournment should take place, or whether the case should be concluded. The jury appeared undeairous of undergoing a night's confinement, and it was decided to con- tinue the case. Mr Bo.ven then addressed the jury on the evidence. He remarked that it was seldom that the charge of murder could be proved by absolute and direct evidence, it being generally brought home by circumstantial evidence. Small matters,unfavourable in themselves, were brought before juries, which when considered together proved a chain of testimony quite irresistable. This was one of those cases. He thought that the jury would be oblige 1 to come to the conclusion that in this case the evidence was probably stronger than the evidence adduced in moat cases of this description. Mr Bowen Rowlands, for the defence, quite agreed with and endorsed the observations with which his learned friend opened the case, when he spoke of the painful interest, and the excited interest which the public felt in an enquiry into a subject so solemn as the death of a fellow- creature. And the solemnity of that investiga- tion was heightened inconceivably when the subject of that enquiry, as in this case, was an infant, as it were, upon the very threshhold ot life. More and more did the case assume a pain- ful and solemn aspect when the persons t, ic iiisel ves accused of a crime the blackest in the catalogue of evil doing, were as in this instance only of the some age as the one who .had unhappily met with his death. They had here a case of circumstan- tial and presumptive evideose, It A as a case in which the prosecution put tagsther a series of Greater and lesser fao-ts, and asked the jury, as the arbiters of yes or no," to draw from those facts certain inferences. The inference which in this case the prosecution wished the jury to draw was one in its very nature so horrible that the jury should have every possible proof, strict and strin- gent, before they arrived at tiie decision which the prosecution asked for. Admitting ths facts to be proved, a further and higher duty reinaius for the jury to peiform, as they must decids not only whether these facts were consistent with the prisoners' guilt, but whether they were consistent with any other rational conclusion. He asked the jury to dismiss from their minds any malignant rumours which they might Lave heard, and which at times similar to this arose like fogs in a damp atmosphete. As an in. stauce of this he need only say that a few days before the hearing of this case before his lordship, photographs had been sold professing to show "thesceueofthe murder at Kidwelly," manu- factured, no doubt, by persons not in a position to arrive at a proper conclusion, and who had jumped at improper ones. lie urged that the expressions which had fallen from the woman, aud that her conduct throughout, went to show her ignorance of whatever might have occurred, and contended that the story of the boys had been uniform and consistent from t e first. His Lordship, in summing up, said that if the jury were morally certain that the boys killed Thomas, then they must find them guilty; but if unexplained things left their minds in any doubt or uncertainty, then they must acquit the pri- seners. The law enacted that a boy under the age of seven years could not be found guilty of murder, no matter what the evidence might be, and between that age and 14 the law made it incumbent upon the prosecutor to prove that the prisoners knew that they were doing wrong. Knowledge of guilt might be shown in various ways. Amongst them, by concealing the bo y aud the jury must consider the particular circum- stances applying to this case. With respect to that point, supposing the jury found the boys guilty, it did not follow that they must also find the mother guilty. They might be guilty, whilst the mother was innocent. Should the boys be found innocent, it would, of course, not be possi- ble to convict the mother. Taking all the circum- stances into consideration, he should recommend the jury to hesita'e a long time before they brought the mother in as an accessory after the fact. The jury retired at 25 minutes to eight, and returned into the box in five minutes. They found all the prisoners "NOT GUILTY," and they were discharged. The court adjourned at a quarter to eight.

CARDIFF. LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL. -4th Sun lay after LNster.-El g lit o'clock Service Holy Co imiuniou, Ele ,"eft o'clock Service, chants. Preacher-, Gev. E. H, w 'kins, M.A., canon in resideuce. 3.30,, Smart, iJ" An hem, The Wilderness," Gross. Preacher, j.k«v. J, T. Ross, M.A., Minor Canon. —E. A. Fiau^OCitsE, Succentor. Sir. EDWARD TVEED arrived iu town Oil Friday afternoon, from Liverpool, where he bas been attending' the sitting oS the Royal Commission on tonnage during the present week. MASOXBY.—TJLLAJCJITGAX LODDE.-—On Friday evening, at a regnlar lo fgeholden afr the Masonic- hall, Working-street, Cardiff, Bro, Henry Cousins, S.W., was unanimously elected worshipful Master for the ensuing year. There was a very large attendance of tretlkreti, and a numerous array of visitors from the .'neighbouring lodges, the Bute and Windsor. NARROW ESCAPE FROM Dri^wssisg,—Police- constable Glover, 28, reports, at tho Central Police-station, that oa Friday aftern\opri, aUJut half-past four o'clock, John StepheS#- 27, Harrowby-street, fell into the Old Canal, -and fvas saved from being drowned by Mr R. A; BlaktF,, ) Old Sea Dock Hotel, who jumped into the water and pulled Stephens, who was in imminent danger, to the bank. It appears that Stephens was "larking" with some other men when he fell into the water. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—I he returns of ladies and gentlemen who passed the examinations in music held in Cardiff and other centres during Lent have just been published by the academical authorities. The following candidates passed in the Cardiff Centre :-Pianoforte (senior division), Gertrude Atkins, Charlotte David, Clara N. Davies, Katherine Evans, Julia Evans, Geo. T. Edmunds, MaryTheresa Keet,Annie Knight, Annie Roberts, Mary E. Shelton, Alary Thomas, Erne- line Wood, Anuie Wale (junior division), aud Algernon Atkins. The following candidates passed in singing:—Anuie Roberts (with honours), David C. Davies, Richard Elliott, Jenny Lewis. lyilliain Morgan, and Anita Striua. The follow. in,- Ivere commended by the exaiiiiners :-Jessie Davies and Ethel Si>npson, piano; William Grills An.! Francis B. Cooper, vioiin Anita Strina arid Minnie Shackell, harp Emma Seidie, singing J'a.ues Jones, siugin-c (junior division). The following ladies from Cardiff were examiued at the Newport centre aud passed Pianoforte (senior division). Fiorencj Atkins, Minnie Shackell, and Alice Bariiby junior division, Lottie Shackell, Organ (senior), Reginald-Mozart Atkins. PROFESSOR HOWBLLS, pf Trevacca College, will preach the Sunday-school anniversary sermons at Clifton Chapel, Roath-road, to-morrow at eleven, and in the evening at 6.30, and ths Rev. George Kennedy. Loucfoun-square (Wesleyan), at 2.30. Special hymns will be used on the occasion. THE NEW FREE LIERARY BUILDINGS.—The erection of these buildings ninst of necessity be delayed a short time, owiug to the stoppage of the contractor, Mr Richard Roberts, who filed his petition on the lltii inst. Tire liabilities, though not fully ascertained, are estimated at £ 4,000, aud immediately after the petition was filed Mr Octavius Daniel, Church-street, was appointed receiver by the registrar of the court, pendiug the decision of the creditors. Mr Dauisi sent, men to take possession of the building ou Tuesddy, but were removed on Wednesday by others on tha part of the Cardiff Corporation, who claimed pos- session on the ground that according to the terms in the contract the material on the ground be- longed to the Corporation. On this becoming known, it is stated that various articles were re- moved by some of the creditors. Mr Cousins, the solicitor for the debtor, had an affidavit filed, the result being that the men placed in possession of the building by the Cardiff Corporation wiere. by an order from the county-court, removed, and the building handed over to the receiver, Mr Daniel, who still retains possession. The principal suf- ferers by the failure are, we believe, Mr Lewis Williams, who has become surety to the Corpora- tion for 2500 and Mr Richard Cory is surety for another 2500. What will be done is at present unknown, as though the Corporation has power to terminate the contract on the contractor be. coming bankrupt or liquidating, at present the contractor is not a bankrupt, and the liquidation proceedings are yet in the future, and there is every probability of litigation being commenced that will delay either event for some time. The workmen in Mr lloberts's employ were not paid on Saturday night. Last night Mr Couiius met them, explained the position of affairs, audpoiutd out the uselessness of them taking proceedings against a man who had no legal power to pay them. It is possible, however, that some ef them will sue the contractor in the county-court. FRAUDULENT ENLISTMENT.-At the borough police-court on Friday, before the Mayor, Mr H, O. Jones, and Alderman Jones, Dennis O'Le&ry was charged with fraudulently enlistiug in the Glamorganshire militia. Tne defendant had joined the regular army at Pembroke Dock, in 1878, under the name of James Bryan, but was dis- missed from the aimy in 1879. When lie joined, the militia at Cardiff, lie denied that be had served iu the army. Defendant admitted the offence, but pleaded that lie was uuder the impression that he could join the militia, though he could hot join the army. He was sent to prison for two months with hard labour. CHARGE WITH BREAKING A WOMAN'S LEG.— George Sampson, a labouring man, was Charged with breaking the leg of a woman, named Sarah Chancey, The complainant, who is the mother-in-law of the defendant, resides; at 14, Christina-street. Defendant, it was alleged, went to the complainant's house on Wednesday, where, according to complainant, they quarrelled. He pushed her down twice, and on the secoad occa- sion, when she was pushed down violently, her leg was broken. Two witnesses, who reside opposite to where complainant lives, were called and said that the complainant was pushed out tll ice by the defendant, and the door shut after her. 011 the second occasion, when she got up to return inside the house, she slipped from the step on bo the foot pavement, and she lay there screaming uuftil the neighbours carried her into the house. It was then found that her leg was troken in two places. Tiie bench dismissed the prisoner, believing that the injury arose from an accident, and not from any violence by the defendaut. THREATS. — William Orchard, a resident of Green Garden-court, Hayes, was charged with threatening to kill his wife, and also with threat- ening to set his house on fire. As the threats were uttered uhile the defendant was under the influence of drink, the defendant was dismissed with a caution. SUSPICIOUS.—James Shuttleworth, a tramp, was charged with having in his possession a num- ber of articles supposed to have been stolen. Early on Friday morning P.C. Oxley met the prisoner in Trinity-street. Observing a bundle under his coat he stopped and searched him, and found a bundle containing a lady's hat, a clothes brush, and a number of other articles. As prisoner could not give any explanation respecting the.way in which they came into his possession, he took the prisoner into custody. The bench re- manded him till Monday to enable the police to make inquiries respecting the property, LIME.—On aud after Monday, May 16, sale of White Lime ill large or small quantities will be resumed at the Cardiff Lima Works, Eist Moors. Cirdi'f, which were formerly occupied by the Gla-iior,an Lime Co.— Apply at the Works, or by letter to U. JSCJU, 143, Broadway, Cardiff. 61470 SYSTEMATIC CHEAPNESS IN GENTLEMEN'S CLOTH- ING.—The Only Legitimate and certain mode of securing really g-ood value for vour money is that adopted bv the Manufacturers' Alliance, 33, St. Mary-street, Cardiff, viz., to bring the consumers into M close contact as possible with the Manufacturer. All other schemes of selling cheaply are fabulous. All the Iscwest Designs for Spring and Summer Wear are now in Stock. 2,500 Patterns to select from. 51420jt

LITTLEDEAN. RAILWAY PROSECUTION.—At the petty-sessious, on Friday — before Major Probyn (chairman), Messrs Russell T. Kerr, \V. Wemys-Colchester, and Arnold Thomas—Francis Green, described as ot 28, Broomhead-street, Commercial.road, Lon- don, was charged by Inspector Kirk (Gloucester) with unlawfully riding from Newport to Grange Court, on the 10th of May, without a ticket. Mr Thomas Pearson, stationmaster, proved the case, and the prisoner was fined 20s and costs; in default, a month's imprisonment. SERIOUS CHARGE,—James Preddy, groom, ot Cinderford. was charged with assaulting Rosanna Tingle, a «irl of 10 years, daughter of Geo. and Ann Tingle, of the same place, on the 3rd of May.—Mr Gliding defended.—The facts, as sworn by the little girl, are unfit for publication. In cross-examination she said her mother told her to say what she had, and to stick to it. But for her mother nothing would have been said. It occurred in the stable at the inn, and she did not cry out.-Walter Jenkins, a plate-roller, stated that lie saw prisoner come to the gates, look rouud, aud w.iteh the girl when they went to the stable. In cross- examination. witness said he could not swear to the little giri, although he distinctly saw her. The mother also gave evidence, and Ed., arc1 Oiles and Serge.-intHawkins gave evidence also for the pro- secution. The Bench committed prisoner to gaol for three months, the Chairman remarking that it was a case of a most aggravated character. A YOCNG POACHES.—Joseph Hooper, of May Hill, was charged with t respassing on lands in the oecnpatiou of Mrs Nelmee, a wido v, at that place, belonging to Major Probyn. -1 lailiel Raymond, keeper, proved the charge, and defend- ant was fined 5s and costs.

NEWPORT. EOKOUGH POLIC-E-COURT. At this court on. Friday—before Messrs H. Phillips and C. Lewis -Eniina Young and Catherine Connell were re- spectively fined 10s 6d and 5s for beitig drtink and disorderly in Commercisl-road. Mary feheliou was fined 5s for a similar offence.—Alfi el Wall was] fined 5,1 for being disorderly in Dock-street.— William Dunniu "'M committed W gaol for a month for deserting his three children, and leav- ing them chargeable to the Newport Uuiou.— William Brown, charged « ith ste \lLng a sovereign belong to his father, a marine store dealer, of Pilijvvtnlly, was dismissed with a caution, the case not being proved.—Jane Finn, c'.arged with attempting to steal a pair of boots, the property of Henry Walter, bootmaker, of Commercial- street, was dismissed with a caution upon promis- ing to leave the town for Cat diff.-Geo, Liddiat was fined 10s 6,t, or in default seven days' im- prisonment, and was bound over to keep the peace, for assaulting his wife, who a ated that he threatened her and tore her clothing.— Auionio Anson, summoned for assaulting Elizabeth Har- rington, was let off upon p:»y.iient of costs.

LLANTRISSANT. SCHOOL r".OARD,-At the monthly meeting <>f t'.is body there were present Mr Gwilym lianr, stipendiary magistrate, Miskin Manor;1 Rev. ,1. P. Jones, vicar; Messrs Ishmat*! Wil- liams (Dinas), Josia.ii Lewis, Z. Cook, and W« Davies, Some conversation aro^e about school punishment, and the Chairman considered tlI.& tha board schoolmaster should be communicated with, and the views of the board transmitted oc4 the question of the regulation of punish nent &at to time and manner. It wa resolve I that the chairman should see Mr Davies, of the Cy III mer Sc'ho >1r, in reference to the itpiishment of a little girl. It was intimated that the estimate in respect of the Cymmer Schools had been ex- ceeded by afxnt £ 300. It appeared that tiie total amount of tÍJ!) contract was £ 3,2"20- of which £ 2,350 had been paid, leaving a balance pwing ol ^370. As 20 per cent, was to be k- pt in havd, the h,n.rJ was surprised to find that, the ar,titect recommended the payment of a fu.^her sum wf £ *400 to the contractor. The ai'ciii- tect explained thst a sum of JtfKK) W* due for foundations for the schools. Jn th%\ estimate IC130 had been provided tor tbe founda- tions. The board, had however, change 1 the sita^ and the eitra £ 300 had bee# incurred iu digging t ie foundations and bnildrng heavy retaining walls, lhe Architect sal 1 that he bad not gives any 1 notificaticon of the increased expense that wou.d be entailed by the change, as he thought the board were acquainted with it. The c airman made strictures, an J said he would do all he could to defeat the payment of this extraordinary amo ut for extras. Fresh p.MII' should have been pre- pared to meet changed Condition*, so that the board could be informed as to what thay wera. doing. Had the board k«b a n how matters stood** in ti,iie, the estimates ai smt tio the Depa. tmeut co dd have been modifie te A cheque an eventually ordered to be dra\?H by the contractor for £ 330—the amount certiSea. The "Williams- tow nschoot site again Callie on for consideration, t The board decided upon a,, spot to, Wi.ich except- tion had been taken by the Dqoartinent, in consequence of arep>rt from Mr Edwards, the Government School Inspector,—TW Chairmau said t at the correspondence betweeff the hoard and the Department had extended over a period of two years without any definite result. The Board held that it was ex^.H-'ui to adhere to their previous resolution, iuasw.K-ii as the proportion of infants to the other dep%J5iuuiifc would be about a third, and besides the exji^rieuce of the Board was that three departments k'J t.he school of tiie number to be provided for in this case formed a better arrangement, aud had besir: euforsed by the Department ill the instance of (1t.t Llantrissant National School, The Board i «h solved to communicate with the Department, expressing a hope tLat the Department nouiJ now accept their views on the matter, as they • were anxious to commence building at once, the weather being so favourable. The Board insisted that whilst their site was most central, sn l witlsiu safe and easy reach of he children of the district* that fixed upon by the inspector Was* expensive^ icconvenient in its access, and would result iti much delay. The Department had, the clerk (Nit William John, Bryuteg) reported, confirmed the bye-laws.

NEWPORT SCHOOL BOARD. Mr D. Edwards, chairman, presided at ti c meeting of the Newport School Board, ou Friday, when there were also present the Revs, Fal her Cavalli, J. Douglas, and H. Olliver, and Messrs E. Thomas, M. Wheeler, J. C. Sauders, H. -Collier, D. Vaughan, and W. Vaughan, The minutes of the previous meetings were read and confirmed. MONMotrrHSHIRE AND THE SUNDAY-CLOSING OF PUBLIC IIOCSE. Toe Clerk read a letter from Air E. H. Carbutt, M.P., in which the Board was requested to join in the petitions to Parliament in favour of includ- ing Monmouthshire in the operation of the Bill forthe Sunday-closiug of public-houses in Wale% -The Chairman observed that the fact th t the boundary line between Glamorganshire and Mon- mouthshire ran through ll-imney was a strong reason why this county should bo included with Wales, and if it were not so included it was likely that the villages of llumney aud St. Mellou's, and that Newport itself, would be overrun by tipplen from places across the boundary, such as Caroiff. I r Oliver and Mr Vaughan advocated the sign- ing of the petition, which was unanimously agreed to, as also that the county members should tJ. written to with the request that they would sup- port the proposal. TEACHERS' SALARIES.—COST OF THE SCHOOLS. The CHAIRMAN, leferring to the subject of the teachers' salaries, hich had recently engaged tiie. attention of the board, stated that the committed appointed for the purpose had given the mattei their careful consideration, and had obtained in. formation for their guidance from other board They had asiertaiued, through the clerk, tht working expenses of each school, inclusive 01 8-daries, and they were informed that in some die- tricts schools were conducted almost without any charge to the r:.te?. It would, of course, beaa excellent thitliz if the bvard could do this, ot make any a; proach to it. The board had erected beautiful structures for car,yiy)iz on the school work, and had appointed attendance officers tct- ensure regular attendance of the children, and it now became a question how to miike the sclioula self-supporting, with the aid of the Government- grant and the school pence. It was very startling to him to find hat each school connected with th< board cost to the rates. He believed it was, ui>o an average, £ 70 each, and he should not teel satisfied until they had exhausted every means tc relieve the rates in some measure of t lis de- mand made upon them, as t- e committee fell, that it was too much, and he believed tint board, schools cost more than the denominational schools.. He therefore proposed that the com idttee ba- re-appointed to continue their investigation of the subject upon an enlarged basis, until they had decided as to the ues:, means of working the schools as cheaply as possible.—Mr Sanders secon- ded the motion, as he held that the schools sh"ul(t be worked with th", gieatest economy consistent with thorough e flil cit,.ti ey. -Ntr D. E. Vau;;haa supported the suggestion, as he thought it was » step in the right direction, and that by adopting1 such a course 0 the board would be likely to arrin at a better position.—The C; airman having added that it was n;¡t at all the indention of ti e board to try and cet the teachers to work under the imcsket price, the oopnmifciee was unanimously re- appointed with extended powers of inquiry. THIS ALEXAHDKA BOCK SCHOOLS. A communication was received from the Furca- tion Department generally approving of tho-plans of these school buildings, but declining to approve of tiie building of only one dej-artment to-com- mence with. to be carried on as a mixed school, as suggested ¡'y this Board, unless it could ha s-,tis- factorily shown that such accommodation- would be sufficient for the requirements of the locality.— The Chairman observed that the Department wall agaiu urging them to do more than ti o Board thought necessary, a"d he dare s,iy that ii c.trriedi out. it woidd add tt.-)O to the working, 6x.eIISPI' After some discussion, a committee « al>. appoill; edfc to obtain information as to the exact retpuirenu-nfcs. of the locality in school :1Cc<1lI1::tlo..1at40u, to lay before the Education Department. AL'POIN'TMF.NT. Two candidates for I he appoLntnleEi of mistress of the l'arnardto •• n Infant Sohool vere neHeled by the committee, and Mrs Ciiftrm, of B:-istvl«. was appointed by the board. THE HOLIDAY SYSWSA. Mrs Llewellyn, mistress of the Central, having asked the board to.craat her extra, week's holiday at Whitsuntide ts> meet iit-r own. convenience, and in )f wl,iol, -he proposed to torego the Mj.iM«nmeu holidays, father Cavilli strongly, objected u, principle, to breaking the rule which h'ae boar-2; bad Iii" ¡, as to giving uniform holidays all* the schools, especially ;•« there didnot qpnfear tn. be any c iuse for this "cqu I). Yar.gh.tit. also held that it was und&airablto to b»»nk thr. u .li tIM rule, and urged th;it> if ii were June it should be considered exceptional,, 'otl tlO'. cst.dkiislied as a precedent,—Mr Wheetat -and Air Douglas strongly persuaded the board fe* make the desired conces- sion in this c'e. a^di -cvemiiijiy Father Cav.dB withdrew his objection, and Mrs Lhwt-l yn wu allowed to rwt4(, tkfo*ari-anj?*>n<mt iu Iol ,a i-lwpatioBi- of the cr.aentioaal circiwastances Ii in her. applications,-T-'|b»fc report wi the Seluuu^ Man-tgey -'Cbk ment Couaimttoe having been adapted, the boara. rose.

WEATHER FORECASTS. *Phe following forecasts for this day were issued Seum, t'te Meteowlogicul Olhoe last evening, at 8.38^ •Vwck:— ti .Znaland S. II". (and South Scuth-m*fcrlli tolVest-crly, ttron-i, to flesh.,

LONDON LETTER. [SPECIALLY WIRED.] [BY OUR GALLERY CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, FRIDAY HIGHT. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, taking the wisest bourse, decided no to proceed with his Motion of privileg to-night with respect to Mr Bradlaugli. As far as the timo of the House is concerned, he might just as well- have commenced in due form, and carried hia Motion to a division. So inflammable is the question, tl'at when once the light is applied no one can say how far the flame may go. To-night it went as far as seven o'clock, occupying what are regarded as the two most Valuable hours of the sitting. The pity of the thing is that what is at the bottom a great constitutional question haa been seized hold of by men who have no claim to the ear of the House. Mr Labouchere, who appears for the defendant, is held only in lower esti- mation than Lord Randolph Churchill, who appears for the prosecution. Nothing could be worse than the trans- parent farce by which Mr Labouchere opened the proceedings to-night by an ap- peal to Sir Wilfrid Lawson to reconsider his determination to bring the matter on as a Question of privilege. Everyone in the House, from the Speaker down to the door- keeper. knows that in this matter Mr labouchere and Sir Wilfrid Lawson, from perfectly honest and commendable motives, working together. Mr Labouchere made thing.3 worso by insisting upon making a speech. tie was thrice called to order by the Speaker, and it was by a lapse of memory that there not a demand that he should be 'named," his offence constituting the statu- tory ground for this extreme measure. As tt was, he sat down with the latter half of kis speech crushed out. Sir Wilfrid Lawson showed, if possible, a more astounding want of, tact. He plainly intimated that he would Withdraw his measure for the present, but he would hold it over the head of the House, if the Oaths Bill was obstructed he would come forward with his motion. Lord Randolph Churchill sees the hand of the Prime Minister in all things which do appear to him to be quite proper. He qllite clearly perceive! it in this maladroit duet between Mr Labouchera and Sir Wil- frid La wson, a discovery which drew forth can angry protest from the Ministerialists. "Continuous cries of withdraw interrupted the fluent speech of the noble lord, and at length Mr Sullivan gave articulate expres- sion to the indignation, which filled not only the Ministerial benches, by asking whether Lord Randolph was in order in thus attri- buting to Mr Gladstone a course of conduct which he had repudiated. Mr Gladstone, who often succeeds in put- ting on a mask of impenetrability against the shafts of the young lordships, could not quite stand this, and rising with eloquent evidence of suppressed passion, put the question in even plainer terms to the Speaker. Thus confronted, Lord Randolph Churchill heat an ignominious retreat, and worse still, repeated the offence a few sentences later. EVe Mr Newdegate, staunch Tory as he is, could not listen to the misrepresentation by the noble lord, and interfered to correct his Narrative with respect to a conversation that had taken place between himself and Mr Glad- stone on the previous night. The Premier,when his turn came, rolled over Lord R. Churchill with infinite sorn, But the main point of his statement was that until the Insh Land Bill is concluded the Government will not proceed with the Oaths Bill, an announce- ment that gave satisfaction not less on the Liberal Benches than on the Conservative. The Opposition are highly gratified with Mr Gladstone's frank acceptance of Sir Masaey Lopea' proposal for the practical creation of a Minister of Arjoulture. The frank and genial manner in which the con- cession was made added to the pleasure. It is always a pleasing thing to see Mr Gladstone talking to the Conservatives when they are in a good humour with him. He Was quite a different man from him whom they had seen two hours earlier, with pale and passionate face, resenting the fripperies of Lord Randolph Churchill. I fancy there 18 no intention of making any immediate change in the matter. As Mr Gladstone showed, the Government had, since they came into power, been gradually bringing more work into the hands of the B JarJ of Trade. The present president is both a capable and an ambitious man, and it is not likely that he will throw obstacles in the way of extending his jurisdiction.

POTLOTTYN BOABD SCHOOL SALAHIES. We have received from the Rev. J. P. Williams, a member of the Gelligaer School Board, some correspondence which clearly shows that thø application on the part of two of the teachers, Mr John Jones and Miss Jones, in the above schools, for an increase of salary, was not due, iu any way whatever, to any suggestion made by him, but emanated entirely from themselves. The corre- apondence, we may add. is quite conclusive in its evidence.

STATE OF IRELAND. SHOOTING A BAILIFF. FURTHER ARLTEST. Connors, the bailiff, who was shot at midnight, on Wednesday, at Hookeen, near Loughrea, died on Friday ino-ning from the IIIJunes he received, Connors had only recently been appointed bailiff, in the room of another man who w as discharged by Lord Dunsandle's agent. He lately prosecuted some persons for trespassing. Mr Dolan, secretary of the Kiltulla Land League, has been arrested in connection with the affair. An iron hut arrived in Mill-street, County Cork, on Friday morning, for conveyance to ilegarty's farm, at Kyspalh, were outrages have occurred, but no carriers would take it, and finally Lady Beaumont lent her horses. The police intend pro- secuting the carriers.

RAILWAY INTERCOMS UNI- CATION AT CARDIFF. JAMES AND OTHERS v. THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COM- PANY. The Railway Commissioners sat on Friday morning for the purpose of delivering judgment on this application. Sir Frederick Peel said: This is a complaint that the Great Western Railway Company and the Taff Vale Railway Company do not inter- change passenger traffic at Cardiff with all due aud reasonable facilities. The Great Western and Talf Vale Rail II ays cross at Cardiff, and traffic is able to pass from one railway to the other by a junction line belonging to the Great Western Railway Company, and constructed upon the powers of The South Wales Railway New Works Act, 1851." This line commences by a jllnc ion with tne Great Western Railway at a point about 18 chains from the Great Western (Cardiff) Station, is 15 chains in length, and was, by a junction with the Taff Vale Railway at a point, 22 chains from the Taff Vale (Cardiff) station "t Crockherbtown, the distance tiie two stations are apart being about 55 chains. The jniio ion line, however, is not used for passenger traffic, and a passenger, part of whose route is Taff Vale and part Great Western, has to go across by road from the station of one company at Cardiff to the station of the other. The appli. cants who reside at Merthyr, and travel frequently between Merthyr and Loudon through Cardiff, complain of it as a public inconvenience, that there is no train service for the transfer of passengers at Cardiff. They observe that the railways of the two companies form a continuous line of communication, and that the distance between their stations at Cardiff does not exceed one mile, and they ask for the enforcement of their rights under the Traffic Act of 1854, and for an order granting the public reason- able facilities. Having none elaborately through the argument", Sir F, S, Peel continued It appears to lift is this case a reasonable thing so long as the required accommodation is not given in any other way that the Taff Vale Company should exercise the statutary powers they possess to convey by their own engine and carriages passengers to and from the Great Western passenger station at Cardiff, paying toll for the use of the railway, and carrying all passengers willing to pay them any special transit charge of reasonable amount they utight make, and that the Great Western Com- pany should afford all reasonable and transfer facilities an 1 conveniences for the Taff Vale trains to pass into and out of their station, to receive and deliver passengers and their baggage in their station, and should give the aid of their staff for the arrival and departure of Taff Vale passengers, and for the working of the junc- tion ac_the Great Western end of the loop line. We think that not less than four of such trains should run each way on week days, and that their times should be so arranged as to give the Taff Vale main line trains a connection with the Great Western main line trains. The toll which would be lawful for the Great Western Company to demand appears to be regulated by the South Wales Railway Consolidation Act, 1855, which fixes the toll for passengers at a sum not exceeding 2J per mile, and authorises a charge to be made as for six miles when a passenger is conveyed a shorter distauce, These are wide toll Jimit, and the toll the Great Western Railway Company could charge the Taff Company under them would, we think, be fully sufficient to remunerate the Great Western Company for any trouble or expense they might be put to, and with this provision in favour of that company, and the qualification PR to the passengers, the Taff Vale Com anv will be under obligation to carry, they requiring that if the companies should not have recourse to other means for that purpose, the means that have been mentioned for facili- tatinc traffic should be afforded, involving nothing that is incompatible with the fair interests of either company. But in showing that it is praciicable for the two railways to be worked in a continuous lino, merely by each company exer- eifinn its separate powers for the benefit of the public, we do not wish or intend to impose any particular mode of working on the companies. The applicants are granted costs, and we think the measure to be taken to afford the necessary facilities should be afforded withm one month.

THE TELEGHAPH CLERKS. Mr FAWCETT, in reply to Mr Stewart Macliver, said the case of the telegraph clerks was receiving the fullest possible attention, and he would take the earliest opportunity of making his decision public as soon as it was arrived at. THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT. Sir W. HARCOUIIT, in reply to Mr Hop- wood, said that it was quite understood that the police employed uuder the Contagious Diseases Act were not to molest any woman, but were to proceed against those suspected only under an order from a justice of the peace. A PERTINENT ENQUIRY. Mr LALOR, having asked Mr Forster why James Lalor, of Itabeen, had been arrested, and if it was true that a few days previously he had been evicted after having sown his land under The Hon, B. E. B. FITZPATRICK interposed w ith another question. Was it a fact that Lalor o ed one and a half year's rent, that he paid for his holding of 16 acres £18 15s, and sub-let 7J. acres for £22 10s—(Oh, oh, hear, hear, and laugh- ter)—and that he before sub-letting required two years' rent from his tenant, (Ob, oh.) Mr FORSTER replying, said James Lalor was arrested under the Peace Preservation Act, upon reasonable suspicion of arson, and it was also true that he had been evicted after sowing his land. He was not considered an industrious tenant. As to the sub-letting he had seen the statements referred to, and had no reason to believe they were not true. He did owe 1 year's rent. Mr LALOR rose to enter into an explanation, and being called to order by the Speaker, said lie should conclude with a motion for adjournment. The reason for proclaiming the Qneen's County was not in his opinion to prevent outrages, but to enable the landlords to collect their rents. Mr A. O'CONNOR observed that Lalor had the misfortune to be tenant under a man v. ho was not only a landlord but also a magistrate. The Queen's County had been remarkably free from crime. Mr W. E. FORSTER said lIe should be ready on Monday or Tuesday to give an explanation of the reasons for proclaiming the Queen's County. After some further Irish harangues, the motion for adjournment was withdrawn.

A MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Sir oM. LOPES moved as an amendment, that it is desirable that the functions of the Executive Government, which especially relates to agricul- ture and commerce, should, as far as possible, be administered by a distinct department, and be presided over by a responsible minister of the Cro.vn. Mr MONK seconded the amendment. Mr GLADSTONE said if the resolution had been of the same character as that which was pro- posed in 1879, it would undoubtedly have been his duty to resist it. He could not under any circum- stance agree to a parliamentary resolution going to determine who should, or who should not, be the constituent members of the Cabinet, but he was perfectly satisfied with the manner iu which this resolution was framed. By supporting it what he intended to affirm was that a department of the State should be created to take up matters of agriculture or commerce, and to meet any de- mand that might arise in connection with Mr PAGET considered that the new minister would be able to collect and prepare for pub- lication valuable agricultural information, which was now spread over a great variety of statistics in the India Office and the Foreign Office. Mr SLAGG dwelt upon the importance of con. stituting a separate department to take charge of commercial affairs. SirJ. KENNAWAY thought in view of the severe competition to which the English agricul- turist was exposed, he had a right to look to the Government for all forcible protection. Mr A. ARNOLD observed that there were ob- vious advantages in placing the food supply under the charge of a responsible Minister. Sir B. LEIGHTON was of opinion that the question of railway rates ought to be taken up by the Board of Trade. Mr BARCLAY spoke in favour of the resolu- tion. Mr McIVER believed that if there had been a Minister of Commerce, the English farmer would not have been exposed to tho addition of com- petition which the abolition of the malt tax had brought upon him. The Minister, when ap- pointed, should be able to press with some weight upon the Cabinet his views as to when free trade, and when protection should govern our arrange- ments with other countries. Mr CHAMBERLAIN considered it rather ungenerous that the abolition of the malt-tax, which was looked upon by the Conservative party as a boon. should now be complained of as a bane because it had been effected by a Liberal Govern. ment. The Board of Trade had done its best to protect agriculture and commerce from unfair railway rates, and had also collected important statistics, which, however, were more valuable to political economists than to persons engaged in trade. A department of agriculture and commerce would not revive trade, or bring back prosperity to the country. Mr STORER believed that a competent Minister of Agriculture would protect the farmers against such weak and foolish legislation on agri- cultural matters as had taken place during the last ten years, Mr Rathbone, Mr Round, Major Nolan, Sir H. Verney also expressed approval of the resolu- tion, and it was ultimately agreed to. AFGHANISTAN. On the motion for going into Committee of Ways and Means, Lord GEO. HAMILTON asked the Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, whether he could supplement the information he gave in the debate on the 24th of March, as to what advance the Russian Army had since made in Central Asia; whether the statement of General Scobiloff's re- call was correct, and whether there was reason to believe that instructions had been sent from St. Petersburg to the Russian generals to discontinue their warlike operations. All the advantages of Canduhar had been given np, yet nonwithstand- ing the majority of 120 in favour of the precipi- tate retreat from Southern Afghanistan, the Indian Government feel that it was in the interest of the Indian Empire that Pishin should continue to be occupied, and then while the likelihood of local disturbances at Candahar was increased, the English troops remained sufficiently near to be obliged to defend the Ameer if he were attacked. The noble lord complained of the failuro of the Government to supply the House before the dis- cussion of their policy in Afghanistan with the necessary documents since published, giving the Russian official exposition of the meaning of their previous assurances, as well as the objections of the Indian Government to the orders sent there from Downing-street. The Marquis of HARTINGTON could not but regard the observations of the noble lord as a charge against the Government of having de- liberately suppressed till after the debate, "ol)i u ions of the Indian Government which were adverse to their policy. All the papers in the possession of the Government were printed, and though not completed they did contain the strongest and most able expressions of opinion on the part of the members of tiie Indian Government against the course which the Ministry had determined, The remaining papers were placed by some mistake at the Bombay Post-office and sent home, not by mail but by parcel. It was the fact that deputy- postmaster at Bombay was held responsible for the mistake, aud that he had subsequently com- mitted suicide. Concise instruction had been sent out for the abandonment of Candahar, but a wide discretion was left to the Government of India as to the time of the withdrawal from Pishin, and, acting upon the best advice and information in their possession, they availed themselves of the discretion to prolong the occupation. Mr STANHOPE maintained that a distinct pledge had been given to the people of Candahar that they should 'not come again under the rule of the Ameer of Cabul. The Russian pipers mighthave been published in time for the (debate. Sir C. DILKE explained that the Central- Asian papers were delayed by the necessity of obtaining the consent of the Russian Government to the publication. The most important of these papers, namely, Lord Dufferin's dispatch of the 8th March, was received at the Foreign Office on the 14th, but the Government telegraphed to St. Petersburgh for leave to publish it, and the requi- site authority wLs not received till considerably after the debate on Afghanistan. Mr Balfour, Mr Onslow, Colonel Making, Lord John Manners, and Sir W. Harcourt added some observations, after which the House went into Committee, and passed resolutions as to the transfers of stocks and as to licenses for railway refreshment cars. NEWSPAPER LIBELS. The House having gone into Committee on the Newspaper (Law of Libel) Bill, Mr INDERWICK proposed to amend the first clause, by defining public meeting" as any meeting to which reporters for the Press are admitted. This was opposed by Mr COURTNEY and Colonel MAKINS, and was lost by 40 to 13. Mr COURTNEY moved an amendment to the third clause, to the effect that no criminal prosecution for libel should be instituted except with the consent not of the Attorney-General as proposed, but of the public prosecutor. The amendment was agreed to after a short discussion. The clauses up to and including 5 were agreed to, and progress was then reported upon the sug- gestion of the Attorney-General that it wltuH be necessary to iucresses the t- 10 penalty provided by j the fith clause foe default of registration. 1 The House WM counted Kb fiveu miautes to t two a I otgqka #

THE WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING MOVEMENT. CARDIFF LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION. Nearly 200 licensed victuallers assembled at the Victoria Rooms, St. Mary-street, Cardiff, oil Fri- day, in reference to the following whip:—" Cardiff Licensed Victuallers' Association, Cardiff, May 10, 1881. Urgent and Important. Sir,—A trade meeting will be held in the Victoria Rooms, St. Maiy-street, on Frid. y next, 13th inst., at 11 o'clock a.m., for tLe purpose of all in the trade taking immediate steps to get Cardiff exempt from closing public-houses on Sundays. Effhdly attend, ii possible, and oblige, yours respectfully, JOHN WEAVEB, becretatv. P.S.-Please brirg all petition p ijiers you heLVe filled up with you." Mr Daniel Lewis, piesident, occupied the chair, and there were among those present AIr Burghopc- from the League, Birmingham, and Mr E. J. Thomas, Cardiff. Messrs Brovn and Jenkins attended as a deputation from the Swansea Licensed Victuallers' Association, and Mr Coates, Bridgend, was also present. The Chairman explained the object of the meet- ing, which was to get the unauimous support of the trade to sanction a deputation being sent to Lon- don next week, and to request the secretary, Mr Weaver, to write to Sir Hardicge Giffard asking him to receive aud present the petition against Sunday-closing, and praying that Cardiff should be exempted by the House of Commons. The following resolution was proposed by Mr R. A. Blake, and seconded by Mr L. Pullen :—" That this meeting considers it unconstitutional and unjust that Wales should be legislated for as a sepa- rate part of the kingdom, and that such piece-meal legislation will be liable to great abuse. The resolution was supported by inli S. Burghope, and carried unanimously.—It was proposed by Air P. W. Carey, and seconded by Mr E. J. Smith, that in the event ot the Sunday Closing Bill for Wales becoming law, every exertion should be made to exempt Cardiff, as a large seaport and populous place, from its provisions," This resolu- tiun was supixiited by Mr E. J. Thomas, Cardiff, Mr Bowen, and Mr Jenkins, of Swansea, and was at once agreed to. The deputation will be ap- pointed in Committee. It was stated that nearly 5,500 signatures have been obtained to the petition praying for the exemption of Cardiff from the provisions of the Sunday Closing Bill. The signatures to the petition already received by the secretary of the Licensed Victuallers9 Association, from the pub- licans, number 200, out of 270. There can be no doubt but that the publicans are exerting themselves, for it is stated on good authority that they have employed a number of linguists to go about the docks and get signatures from foreign seamen. It is stated that Air Burghope's visit to South Wales has special reference to the Sunday Closing movement. On Thursday he visited Merthyr and Aberdare, wheie it is urged by the publicans that the Act should not apply on the ground that the population consists of a large number of work- ing men who are closely employed during the week days. On Friday evening Mr Burghope visited Swansea, the licensed victuallers there maintaining that their town should be exempted for the same reason as Cardiff—the large floating for the same reason as Cardiff-the large floating population.

ECCLESIASTICAL AltliANGE- MENTS AT PONTYPtIlDf). A project is on foot to constitute the church of St. Catherine. Pontypridd, a district church, and a meeting in furtherance of the scheme has just been held, under the presidency of the Rev. J. R. Jones, vicar. The Vicar stated that, in connection with the scheme for raising JelOO for the ] urpose of clearing off the debts of the church, by secur- ing £ 5 each from 20 gentlemen, it was thought desirable to deter action pending the result of a bazaar which is about coming off. With regard to the endowment of the church, the Vicar added that, he had been in communication with the Bishop in reference to its consec ation—a step absolutely preliminary before any application could be made to the Eeolesiastical Com- missioners for an eudoyunent, and for the delimitation of the district. The Bishop had informed the vicar that he would de- cline to consecrate the church unless a satisfactory guarantee were given that £ 120 a year as stipend could be secured for the incumbent of the holding, until the endowment was settled. To this there could be little or no objection, as at present the Commissioners contributed; £ 60 and the Pastoral Aid Societv S50 per annum, leaving P,10 yearly to be provided. The amouufc from the Pastoral Aid Society, however, could act be worked upon as a Eermanent income, sinca it was dapendent on the nctuatiug bounty of subscribers to the fund. It was further stated that £ 175. promised by the Church Building Society, towards the erection of the structure, had become forfaited by the lapse of time within which the consecration should have taken place. An effort, however, could be made to secure the paysisnt, of this larger sum. It was resolved that tAose present at the meeting, com- prising fifteen persons, besides the vicar, should constitute thwaselves guarantors for payment of the amount required by the diocesan.

FUNERAL OF MR. W. COMPTON, OF NEWPORT. The remains of the late Mr William Compton, the oldest tradesman of the town of Newport, who died on Monday at his residence in High- street at the age of 73, were followed to the grave on Friday afternoon by a number of tradesmen and other inhabitants desirous of testifying their sorrow at the loss of one of the most esteemed of their number who only ceased a short time back an active life of business as a grocer, which he continued for a period of about 40 years. Mr Compton was identified with the growth of Non- conformity in the town fur a considerable portion of his c areer, and occupied a prominent and re- sponsible po»ition as deacon of the Dock-street Congregational Chapel. In token of the general i ?«nect in which he was held, the shutters wen partially closed at nearly every shop window as me funeral cortege passed, and iu many oases these signs of mourning were visibj.8 throughout the day. The funeral arrangeuienin Wfcre well I oarritd out by Mjc rahuer. of iaavath-STRWTI?

TREDEGAR. SACnED OPERA COMPANY.—The Merthyr Sacred Opera Company gave three performances of Esther," at the Temperance Hall, on W ednes- day evening and in the afternoon and evening of Thursday T. e dresses and appointments were much admired, aud the singing all exceptionally good. Mr 1). Bowen, of Dowlais, was musical director, snd aided by Mr Sewell, of Pontypool, and his fine string band, tho accomt animents were all that could be desired. The patronage accorded. w: meagre in the extreme, but as no one heralded c ilie approach of this excellent troupe the publifc i did not take any interest. '1 here was no agente in J advance to push the sale of tickets, and uo oca}, influence was exercised towards making the allr | a success. This is to be regretted, but the pro- moters have only themselves to no lioubt they left the town sadder but wiser ..)ell. flASTJiE-STREB? U086BSUA.TK>NA& tea meeting preceded an Cntertainmeut in thfl I vestry of this church on -1-hum lay. The Rev. B. Shankland having just recovered from a long and severe illness, the Church meinbeC" took occasion to show their sympathy liy j,rvrenting their esteemed pastor with soinet in; substv" id in the fai-in of a purse of gold md a valedictory addfe-a, congratulating iIl on his recitoriii.)ri fc». > health, and also to mark their sense of his able »,iuiistry for the last seven years aud a half.

SWANSEA, Ms JUSTICE CAVE will be present at the mafBmt service at the parish church to-morrow (Sucday)^ attended by the High Sheriff, Mr J. C. Ricsard&MIPF an,} the Mayor and Corporation. OPJENIMG SERVICES.—As will be seen in orrr advertisement columns, at the new Congregational Church of St. Paul's, St. Helen'siroacl, oil Sunday next, will commence a series of opening services^ s The Rev. D. Bioomfield James w:H preach in the morning at 11 o'clock, and the Rev. Cynddylan Jones, of Cardiff, in the afternoou at three, audi in the evening at 6.30. Other eminent divines will preach on the following Sundays. POLICE INTELLIGRNCE.—At the borough police- court on Priday, Ellen Williams, Cardiff, said tel be of loose character, was charged with assaulting Margaret Barrow, matron of the Swairsea Gaol. The woman was acquitted at the assizer the day before on a charge of manslaughter. In January last she was confined in ti-e gaol, and after leaving it met the matron in William-street, and struck her upon the face, inflicting two black styes. Prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprison- ment with hard labour. On leaving the ctMirt she said, When I come out I'll do for her." Prisoner was then called back and cautioned, but she denied havii g made use of the expression. Fresh changes and newer styles are making Mr CHAPMAN s Studio a centre of attraction this bright spring- weather 40701

MERTHYR. THE MARKET-SQUARE CONGREGATIONAL Ciiu, Ron BAZAAR.—The result of this bazaar, in bebalf of the liquidation of the debt of £ 400 upou the schoolroom, has been that nearly B350 were taken. which, with the subscriptions previously received will nearly liquidate the debt. PRESENTATION PAISTIXGS, Cartes-.le-Vi.-dtt Che-ip rieture is, Son, & C,)., Merthyr. WHY GO TO BRISTOL AXD PAY MORE?.—J lar;:e assortment o £ Scales, Weighing Machines, Coffei Mills, Tea Canisters, &c., at wholesale prices.M. W Roberts, General ironmonger, 8U, & 87, High-st., Merthyr

Sir Robert, i i spite of much scorn, Ko pea led ttu high duties ()1\ corn. i Hut Alluock's Co. Ii Shield ) Mas wholly tv peel'd The Corns that in anguish wer., bore. JUlcc.uk's Liorti Plasters have no er..<lltl as and reliever of Corns, TUey alwave gi,4 øtwmctioQ, 5079a j■