South Wales Daily News

LATEST HOME TELEGRAMS. At the London Bankruptcy Court on Thursday, a receiver was appointed in the case of Eugene Ascherberg, London, Wall and Baker streets, pianoforte importer, who has filed a liquidation petition, with liabilities of £40,000. Cardinal ^fanning has obtained a rescript from the Pope, granting plenary indulgence to all who abstain from entering public-houses or tasting in toxieating drinks to-day (Friday) and to-morrow (Saturday.) Two bodies and a quantity of coal have been washed ashore at Cbaple, Lincolnshire; snppc.'cc! from a collicr sunk in the late gale. At Londonderry on Friday, a number of news- boys were charged with selling papers on Sunday, contrary to the Lord's Day Observance Act of William III. The magistrates found against the defendants, and ordered the papers to be forfeited. William Rutherford Benn, accused of murder- ing his father, the Rer. Julias Bonn, at Matlock, attempted su'eide on Thursday nt Derby in- firmary. A butcher named Conlsbee was sent to prison for one month, by the Brighton magistrates on Thursday, for exposing for sale diseased meat. The three Skye crofters charged with bread; < £ interdict were sentenced on Thursday, at Edin- burgh, to two months' imprisonment each. Lord Justice Baggelhy in suffering from gout, and will not sit again in tlie Appeal Court during the present Hilary sittings. Mr Leonard Courtney, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, was married on Thursday morning to Miss Catherine Potter, ai St. Jude's, White- chapel. Mr John Mcrley, M.P., is to be entertained at dinner by the Newcastle Liberal Club, on .April 2nd, in celebration of his ce.eiiS return for the city. Oil Thursday the Russian Ambassador arrived at "Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Sir Henry and Lady Eliot also arrived at the Oast;?, and Prince Lsinmsenp;dd hsr M-.jc-r'y a visit ill the afternoon. Two cases, arising out of the Canenbury Tunnel Accident in December, 1831, were heard by Mr Justice Field aud a special jury on Thurs- day. Damages of £1,350) raid L700 respectively were awarded against the Great Northern Rail- way. AJ: alarming explosion occurred on Thursday at the bleach works of Messrs Wright and Muikor Loand, Nottingham. A large cauldron used in bleaching burst, and destroyed the bleach house, twu men named Upton and Young being seriously injured. The lid of the cauloron fell upon the roof of a neighbouring dwelling-house, and crashed through into a bedroom, the occu- pant of which had a narrow escape. George Scaviour, a labourer, of Blandford, Dorset, has been remanded on a charge of murdering Emma. Tanswell, a married woman, with whom he lived. It was alleged that prisoner hung the woman up to a bedpost, and, after throwing a pail of water over her, left her to recover from the effects of drink. The body was covered with bruises from bead to foot. On Thursday afternoon the fishing boat Friends was entering Berwick Harbour, when she was struck by a heavy sea and capsized. The crew were rescued in an exhausted condition. Baron Mohrenheim, the Russian ambassador, had a long interview with Earl Granville at the Foreign Office on Thursday, and subsequently went to Windsor on a visit to the Quoea,

MB CHAMBERLAIN, M.P., ON ELECTRIC LIGHTING. Mr Chamberlain on Thursday afternoon re- ceived a deputation from the Westminster Local Boai-d on the subject of the Electric Lighting Bill. Mr W, H. Smith introduced the deputation. The principal object cf the interview was stated to be to ask that the operation of the Electric Lighting Bill for the district be postponed for three years from the passing of the act; and also to suggest that Government should introduce a general act to regulate the conditions under which electricity should be applied. Mr Chamberlain, in reply, said lie did not think he would be justified in acting as suggested: If the local authorities were not prepared to embark in a speculative under- taking, why should the public be deprived of the advantage which private enterprise was ready to offer? It would be competent for the local authority to watch the experiment,. and then to come in and reap all the advantages if the concern were successful. no:.o:

THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS. The "Central News" Dublin eom-pondent telegraphs he i-siu a position to state that one of the prisoners now awaiting their trial for the Pliesnix Park murders has made a full confession as to how the deeds were committed, substantially agreeing with the account given by James Curey. Owing, however, to the prominent part taken by this man in the assassination, lie will not be ac- cepted as an approver. The statement he has made cannot, however, be used against him on his trial. I am authorised to state that the reportthstthepolice believe Captain Aylward, late lender of the Boers, to be No. 1," is entireJy without foundation. Captain Aylward, however, was in 1876 a prominent member of the Fenian Brother- hood, and was shot and severely wounded by some persons who thought- he was an ill-former. He was ill Dublin 'on the 6th of May last, an 1 wrotn a long account j of how the murders wer.1 planned and executed, addressed it to a leading Dublin daily journal, and poste-1 it on the eve of his departure for America. The article appeared in due course, and caused considerable sensation at the tune. The mother of Timothy Kelly, one ot the Kil- 1 mainaam prisoners, in the course of an interview on Thursday,said she hoped her son would die in gaol, lie used always to have plenty of money—in fact, more than he could spend and she, suspecting lie used to receive it from secret societies, fre- quently implored him to tell her whether lie was connected with any such association or not. To this he used always to reply evasively, and say she could not understand such things. The woman is almost heaitbvulien, as the young man was her favourite child. PARIS,Thursday Afternoon.—Mr Frank Byrne, accompanied by Mrs Byrne, has just left here for Havre, where he intends embarking on Saturday in the tcrtIner Amerique, for New York.

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FEARFUL OUTRAGE IN LON DON. SUPPOSED DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD OFFICES BLOWN UP. ATTEMPT ON THE "TIMES" OFFICE. A terrific gas explosion occurred at the Local Government Board offices, Westminster, oa Thursday night, and caused considerable destruc- tion of property. The damaged cellars are now being carefully examined. A large and anxious crowd quickly gathered, and the police had gr eat difficulty in keeping them back. The report of the explosion was heard about half-a-minute after nine o'clock in the Home of Commons, while Mr Gourley was sperking. The Speaker p.t once rang his bell, and inquired the cause of the alarm. Ton minutes afterwards tue report was explained as the result of a gas explosion in Parliament street. The explosion occurred in the basement of the Locrd Government Board Oflices, smashing the stonework into splinters, and breaking into fragments the win- dows, portions of which by strewn in all the surrounding streets. It is believed that no one has been injured, but it is not yet certain. The expki-ioa is believed to ir.ve been caused by an accumulation of zi,i in the base- ment, but oveu this is not jet clear, j oe noise was 1U<<? tl: ,j( tl, gun, nurl the crash of the front portion of the building was accompanied by the C..1,h of a large body of flame, The explosion occurred in a room on the basement on the upper side of the entrance and has resulted in the massive- stonework and stone balustrade in f, izit being thrown forward into the st ,'eet, causing a great gap in the struc- ture as if there had been a doorway. Ap2>3arnnce. <'0 far :13 examination has yet goae, are such as to make it extremely doubtful whether either gas or gunp>wder could hive been the cause. At present the suspicion is thet dynamite must have been used, and that the affair was no accident, but a deliberate and malicious attempt to blow up the Government offices. Abna was caused among members of Parliament and others by the suspicion of a design upon tho Prime Minister's life, and it was considerably increased by the fact of the explosion having occurred in the street immediately adjoining Downing-street, aud also by the circumstance that the fact might have become known that Mr Gladstone bad been detained in his room on Thursday evening by a slight indisposition. The effects of the explosion are evident by the quantity of broken glass iu tha whole block of the Government oSees--the Homo Office, &-c. Irom the latest ir^uit-ie?, it appears thr.t the origin of the explosion is shi-raded in mystery, though scientific opinion, so far as it can be formed from a superficial view of the destruction caused, inclines to tho belief that dyurrmte or nitroglycerine wr.s employed, A search is being j made in the open space fronting the budding for the remains of a fuse or of a canister which might have been charged with dynamite, but up to the time of this report beirg despatched, without re- sult. Tlia of tlip. bts r, ceived the most injury is to the right of the main entrance in Charles-street-. The windows of the greund floor of this portion cf the buildiug are I from the builcirg by low, ornamental open balustrades of Portland stone, about three I-,et -ii between each balustrade and Window thpve is a clear spacc o £ from twelrc to fifteen inche.-r. The window to the right of the L1&;U entrance has been totally destroyed, the se copings f.nd balustrades have been com- Pick-ly shattered, cud portions of the stone work have {,eu jyown to a distance of 50 or CO f^ct j with fiUC:, violence as partially to destroy a Id-ink brics v/;(21, dividing the rear of ti.3 lijug-itieet POIICA.-ta&M FROM Charl:•••?-?'RO-ri;. It J.,S SUPPOSED that tije d«aatnittt was placed iii,->ld3 the stone balusa^v^ outside the window, for whilst the stonework jg blown outwrrds examination shows that t;.e furujture aad iavlde doors were blown inwar->, vliil.'t the v. as sufficient to cause an up''e;i>ft]i0c the beams ana flooring. The de- sfcrucLve \raV0Sj f>s jg ncunl in all cer.> t >ol: eccentric courses, thoroughly wreehi.og and destroyingOistanfc object?, v.l t those nearest escaped. 4c, least two t-hirus of the windows in the houses ID Xuig-street, running at right angles to the place origin, were blown out, whilst the windows in building itself, facing Parliameut- street, were ajrywout'.y uninjurod, thus strongly ■ supporting tin theory that the destructive agent was placed and not inside tho building, J The fetoueworfcpf the office, with the exception Stated, ia Ul1_-1;r:, but the f.);1.:3 V. lod jw; facing Charley ^^t are irx s lw> j sriicd, aui th3 c-trcjt is Titer^lly paved \v.ih glass ^oat a quarter of n.n inch thick. | The explosion wai severely felt at tlie King-street pobee-stniion, 9-3h, c engaged in cleani-rs l oots before 011 duty being thrown lently to the I thought," lie said, tLc t'lle N%")tl-d ix,ns Thi instru- ments in the teiegra^j, opposite building were uninjured, 0 c, "1 phenomiu&l electric?! disturbance. A few public lamps were put out, but the fra-il gias».:)f ti10 Jamns was unbroken. So far as coiud be no j^r.son was seriously injured, the caret.pKet-s úf th building escaping almost by a miracle. No arrests have bean julafi8) and sufficient time has scarcely elapsed for Vell-fouudcd suspicions to have been formed. ^'Vies-street, though abut- ting on two busy thoroug^.< rei,_ptir]jauieij{;.street and King-street—is in ku-t somewhat gloosuy, and unfrequented after ^riicial hours. If the theory that dynamite placed between the balus-trade and the v.iudow is correct, nothing could have baejj tli,%n for it to have been placed there and for the criminals to have escaped (\y^ctioa. When the explosion occurred the tii>t impression was that gas liad been the destruc^ve agent, and lurid Sanies were expected to have burst forth. Fire- engines were hastily suinmoj^.j and fire escapes 1 placed against the budding. There was one exp.osnm. jie office-keeper with his wife aud some friends vv-ore sitting in the next room, lie says there was nothing preceding the exljlo-,ion t,) create a!artit, His escape he regards as little short of miracu\0lsa< The window of his room was blown in aiy the gas globes blown to atoms. He descnood tllC room most in- jured as the copying clerks' The clerks left the office at half,pasu fi v. then cleaned, the blinds drawn, and t)je ^as pUt out. Mr Groves, one of the permauei^ ^n,}er seere- tari^s, was in a room above WIlebt the explosion occurred at the time, but received injury. He was a little shaken, aud his wnii^ taule was thrown down. The room immediacy above the explosion is a mass of ruins, a jnassiyg oak table aud the chairs being entirely -pi)e floor was raised several inches. "lalng nitro- glycerine to have been the agent euajn()yet^ it is estimated that a charge of a dozen PW)1Kjs would have been required to have done the d^niage> Intelligence of the outrage, as it ia ^iyersally believed to have been, was quickly Co*. veyej to the House of Commons; and, amongst those who visited the scene when the excitement lJ,1 con- jecture were highest, were Lord^ISortnoty^j, who was walking from the Admiraity ^tward; the Solicitor-General, Mr it. Henrv Lennox, Mr Puleston, Mr Lowen, iUr j>ro v(| hurat, Sir H. Fletcher, the Deputy "It Sergeuvit-at-Arms, Mr Onslow, and many member's of Parliament, For some time the traffic in Parliament and King.stroet was blocked, and a strong b.vi. of police was employed to keep the public away vonl the Intcllse excitement prevalk: A cordon of police at midnight was drawn tJ,I'o"l Charles street, and no one is aliowek.1 now t,, go near the building. Mr Chamberlain arrived a\,u& ten o'clock, but had some JifScuity IlllnsUJg the nolice. It is now stated that the radius in whica tl, effects of the explosion was felt was very. extending to Trafalgar-square on the one side iilq, the lloyai Aquarium oil the other. At the I$t Stephen's Club the explosion was distinctly heal' and felt, and several members rushed across t the House, under the impression that the of Commons hud been the object of attack. Tho Local Government Oltice is Sir Coarles Diike's department. The right hon. gentleman was not in his place in the House of Commons at tlie time of the explosion, and was not recog- nised as being 0:12 of the early visitors to the scene of destruction. Mr Farmer, superintendent of the fire brigade, is of opinion that the explosion took place in the ottice, and not between the windows and the stone balustrade. His belief is that dynamite had been place 1 in the room during the day, or else was thrown into the room by someone from the out- side. There is a deep trench in the room eight or ten feet long by three feet wide. The floor is literally ploughed up, and the inside walls nave the apjM?jniuce of having been bombarded. r Police-Sergt. Rose states that he was in King- street at the time of the explosion, which occurred whilst Big Ben was striking nine. He was within 50 yiii-ds of the spot, aud his first impression was Mat an earthquake 1 lau occurreu. JLIJC GI'RAI™ trembled beneath hini. lie involuntary put his hands to his helmet to keop it from falling, and a shower of glass raining on him, his hands were cut. SergeantRose and P.C. A 95, hearing screams proceed from a house at the corner of King-street-, ran upstairs and rescued a, woman and hor two children. The apartment i,a: completely wrecked* Tho children had been in bad, but their crib was overturned, and their faces were cut and bleed- ing. The children were wrapped up and taken by the police to the adjoining police-station. The Ceutral News" says;—Scarcely had the sound of the explosion at the Local Government Board offices died away when the alarm pad ex- citement caused thereby was intensified by a rumour of further similar attempts in various parts of the metropolis. The rumour soon as- sumed a tangible form in the shape of a report that an attempt had been made to blow up the j Times buildings, Printing House s^tu'ie. En- quires on-the spot soon showed thu-t the report was well founded, but happily the criminals, in this case were other not so ex pctienced as those iii or they were not such expert manufacturers of infernal machines. jJe thi" as it may, their intentions t were sufficiently desperate and the time fixed upon for the work, bet-warn nine and half-past nine, seems to point to some collusion in the two outrages. The facts in connection with the Times outrage are tu follows -.—Shortly after nine o'clock, a watchman in the employment of tke Times noticed a man prowling about somewhat sus- piciously in the small retired square, of which the various offices of the paper form three sides. However, before the watchman could make his way to the man he disappeared, and almost immediately afterwards, or about a quarter past nine, the watchman was alarmed by I and a sudden glare under the windows of the publishing offices, a block of build- ings forming the north side of the square. Itush- ing forward, he found on the ledge of one of the grixind floor windows a tin box, 011 which the re- mains of a fuse were still smouldering. He at once extinguished any signs of fire, and took the box to the publishing ollice. A policeman was immediately sent for, and the apology for a machine handed over to him, who at once conveyed it to the Bridge-street police-station, where it remains in charge of the inspector. The box is by no means a formidable- looking machine in fact, appearances belie it if it is not a common lady's bat-box. It had suffered little by the explosion, which proves, without doubt, that it contained no more powerful an explosive than gunpowder, and very little of that. Whta examined by the police it was found to contain a small quantity of sawdust aud some other substance not explosive, and the contents were all The fuse or ratuer pipe connecting the interior explosion with the firing charge was a piece of ordinary brass piping, and the whole concern had evidently been put together in a very unworkmanlike manner, and this, coupled with the fact that a compara- tively harmless charge was used, lead the police to believe that the whole alfair was hurriedly carried out, as ay afterthought when the more serious outrage had already been planned in order to add to the alarm which the conspiritors anticipated wonlrl follow the explosion in Wcsiniinster. No damage whatever was caused to the Tbacj i buildings beyond a slight scorclwng of the frame j work 01 one window. Indeed, the Times people themselves affect to O'J5CrYÐ ,'1, dignified .->ilencr respecting it. LONDON, Thursday, Midnight.—Since the ex- plosion at the Local Government Board offices this evening, the police on duty at the Houses of Parliament have been doubled. Other govern- ment cilices are also strongly guarded to-night, and special sentries have been placed on duty at the r8.;jdcnces of Ministers. Tho opinion is now goneilal that the explosion at the Local Govern- ment Board was caused by dynamite. Those who first entered the wrecked building declare there was 110 smell of gunpowder or gas, and it is now stated that the police have found- traces which j leave no doubt but that a diabolical outrage has been perpetrated.. It was reported this morning at;) a.m., that a- j man has been arrested 011 suspicion of being con- 1 cevned in the explosion at the Local Government Be.v.xi Ohie-33. .oa-

THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. OhUSDEFEAT OF THE FAY O Ui U TiilS, Oa Thursday evening, jo a thick and driving storm of snow and bail, the Oxford crew, against whom cdds of 6 to 1 were laid freely, bea.t ) Cambridge in the most decisive maimer, leading from stars to finish, and winning with consider- able ease by about three and a. half lengths in 21 minutes IS seconds.' The day was cold and com- fortless, a few brief intervals of sunshine oniy making the prevailing ^'loom and dulness the more apparent. Snow I)a i been falling in the a-fterno;i«, but it ceased before the start, so that there appeared a chance of the race being run in moderately fine weather. Before, however, two mile;, had been covered, snow and bail fell heavily, and continued ¡';1¡ the contest was over, when the weather cleared agairt tvitu ,.t-r-;rieojb ~i bmne-5S._ Tue crowds Of spectators were equal to thoed or former years, and it is evident that public interest in the contest is unabated. Kb doubt there were fewer people to witness the practice of the crews, but, so far as the actual 1 ace is concerned, tlie event is still the great aqaatic.festival of the year. The tide on Thursday afternoon ran lp very sluggishly, but ?s water ^approached it seemed to improve iu iVare, and .the racing boats, as a matter ox fact, 1.^ 1 a very fair Hood under them. Tfto four privileged etesmers, chartered respectively tiae Oxford University, Cambridge University, aud tho t were very early at their respective stations', all well b.Hel. It was, however, over half-past live before Cambridge, the first fA trie crews to feet afloat, paddled down to their station. It was then ejen t int the light blues had won the choice of stations, and taken that mare ,-t the Middlesex shore. Oxford were soma minutes latar in getting afloat, but they quick.'v* nnd quieti y r.-mad down to the starting /•<" /11 aoothe/morate both crews stripped oil £ >:i: h-avv* iswoarer. leaving 6n,,of course, their l-bt under Jersey*. &lr Edward Soa-ilo, the smarter, b-vd the nvw roi-.dy at 20 minutes to eix, and a minute the contest had begun, OJ{ [(¡,.r: y uuó:; ,ú:¡ got the best of the start, .Mr Wts'. btn-g &l-o :c hab a length quicker away than Tar.: y.ick. The advam-age was as 'nearly as posiiole half a smoke, and f-.oin the very first stroke tho Dark Blues were in iroot. They rowed 4-1 strokes iu the first minute to Cambridge's 39, and even in the early part of the contest looked oner Thsir stroke wa« clean, power- ful, and uniform, and cerfcaiuly wituoufc the splash and Lurry of Cambridge. Tue leaders' time to j tbe Blshi'p'n 0,?k was 1 miu. 17 sec.?., and to C-raran breps 2 amn. Z9 sec*, xnmi Wiw F pooit to ttie i, Staff or marks one I")f}ii\, Oxford easily increased th0:r ld, rowing neat'.y, web, and steering an admirable course, Tbe Jj>ut lilacs were, on the contrary, site-red very badly. Mr Hunt took them right into the Oxford wash, and then out again, loosing more Valuable "ground." Oxford's time for the mile was 4- uiins. 10 sees. There was no change as we approached the Soap Works, except that the dark clouds aud mist of the start had given way Lo snow aud liail, and it was every minute more difficult to see from the Press boat the actual condition of aii'a-ns. Indeed, so far were the Pfoss boat and the other turee steamers behind that tho description of the race from this ) point cannot be exact, nor can tne^ times be more than approximately correct. Wo could, h ow- ever, tell with reasonable precision that a differ- ence Of 9 ¡,;eco.1ùs, or 3 lengths, separated tLu boats at i-launitersmith. Tho leader's time was 8 mins. 9 sees., and that of Cambridge 8 mins. 18 sees. Above the bridge Cambridge un- doubtedly spurted, and were for a little while timed to rowing 4 strokes to the minute. Whatever advantage Wi" gained by this effort was, however, soon lost JY bad st8cring ofr Obis- Nvic, wick blyot. The Cam bridge coxswain seemed quite unequal to keeping out of Oxford's wash, and it must be said that between them, Mr West and Air Lyon, the Oxford stroke and coxswain grave their antagonists the full benefit of the brok en water. We believe Oxford's time to Obis- wick Church was 12 mins. 47 sees., but we were so far behind that the contending boats were only distant-moving specks on the dark river seen through the dense mist and blinding snow. All through Carney Reach the fight went en but it had been long apparent to any but the most blind worshipper of Cambridge that, bar accident, the race was-over. Oxford went on content with their safe lead, and rowing not perhaps the 37 they were doing at the cud of the first mile, but still a. thoroughly steady well timed easy stroke, quite without flurry or sign of exhaustion. Cambridge rowed a plucky stern race, but gave no evidence of the gteat power with which they were everywhere credited. One or two men in the boat were not pulling their own weight, and that weight something by no means inconsiderable, while the splashing and the irre- gularity of the feather were almost uumlstakeable signals of distress. It may be that Cambridge were really holding Oxford, and preventing them going further away,but the strong probability is that Oxford, with an easy lead of 40 yards or so clear, were content with this, and not trying to increase it. The difference- at Barnes-bridge reached by the leaders in 17 min. 28 sees., was 10 sees. The race homo from the railway bridge was rowed in thick darkness, and all that can be said about it is that it was un- eventful, Oxford winning by 3 lengths, or about 50 yards clear, in 21 min. 18 sees, from the start. The race was remarkable for the completeness with which it falsified the opinions of the best judges of rowing. Many, no doubt, believed with justice that Oxford were really a good crew, and very many move were convinced that the odds Oil Cambridge were by no means justified. Still, in the face of the time test, and bowing to the Fetich that says the favourite always wins," they doubted their own judgment, and would neither take the odds nor advise that they should be taken. The race has for so many years now been a moral for the favourite. that people had got to look upon the trials as the real race, and the real race but a public promenade. Now, however, a new and exciting ele- ment is introduced, an element of uncertainty, and we shall have for several years the refreshing evidence of 1883 to show us that the favourites do not always win, and that the weight of money and the weight of men do not necessarily com- mand success. It is a great good thing for the i I.-acè that Ox:fOld won yesterday, for after this 1 the non favourite" need never lack confidence. It ^nly remains to add that of the forty races rowed, Oxford have won 22, Cambridge have won 17 aud 0>w. rir.-wl hpnt t, (. "-A""L"

LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT J^liKAT WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. *6Si-.rs Dyson flnd Company, parliamentary iiave lodged a petition in the Private Bill p of the House of Commons, 011 behalf of Baroij p),tnevor -iid others, praying to be heard ''he House of Commons, on Thursday, the Ogmolft jjocj, Railway Company's Bill was read a s„co„fi time, and referred to a select commt^

TH i N C W A liCH S )E A CON OF ST. DAVID'S. The It. Ch>rles G. Edmondes, of Warren. Tembr,)^ ire, has been appointed Archdcacou of St DaV;(}>S) jjj succession to Rev. 11. Lewis, pro mote l to the'Bishopric of Llandaff.

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THE .SOUTH WALES COLLEGE. (0 THE ARBITRATORS' AWARD. THE FEELING AMONGST LONDON WELSHMEN. The following i3 a copy of the letter received on Thursday morning by tho Mayor of Cardiff, from the Privy Council Office, Whitehall, L Privy Council Office, March 14th, 1333. SIR,—I am desired to forward to you the en- closed copy with original signatures of the award which has been made by Lord Carlingford, Lord Bramwell, and the Right Hon. A. J. Mundella, M.P., with reference to the position of the pro- posed University College for South Wales.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN R. DASE^T, The Mayor of Cardiff. THE A WAR D. Privy Council OtEce. ,3: We hereby determine rmJ award that Cardiff become the site of the college intended to be es- tablished and endowed in South Wales. This de- cision is unanimous., CAKLINGFOKD. BRAMWELL. A. J. MCXDELLA. March, 14th, 1323. Our Welsh correspondent in Loudon, tele- graphing on Thursday night, saysThe an- nouncement in this morning's London Daily News, on the authority of the Wales Daily News, that the arbitrators selected to decide between the rival claims of Cardiff and Swansea as the site for the South Wales College had determined in favour of Cardiff was received with general satisfaction in London Welsh circles. From the first, and especially after the publication of the admirable memorial drawn up by the Cardiff committee, it was felt by the majority that tiie decision was a foregone conclusion, j While deeply sympathising with the honourable effeorts of Swansea, most Loudon Welshmen were strongly of opinion that the claims of Cardiff were paramount. The very ab;e support given by Sir Hussey Vivian to the claims of the former was much rppreciated, and many of his points were cordially admired but the feeling throughout was that Swansea, thoogu showing a zood front, had no chance ag&inst its formidable rival. Ex- pression is given here .to a strong and hopeful desire that now the decision has been given, Swansea will give Cardigan the assistance in her power, and strive to rocm3 the immediate and permanent success ci the proposed South Wales College. The Dail,y News of Thursday says: The new college for bouth Wales and Monmouthshire is to be placed at Car en if. Tho arbitration has thus gene against uwansoa and in favour of its prosper- otis rival, buc/i a decision must have been ex- pected from fest. The iudusion of the county of Monmouth in th2 scheme made Cardiff roallv the centre or toe population which the col- lege is mtenc.ed to serve, though the; claims of Swansea were sutnoicntiy important" t-o make the task ox the arbitrators anything but easy. The rivalry between the two clnel towns of bouth V/alcs has been keen, but at the same time it has been generous. Each has striven to surpass the other in efforts to innke the college successful; and it may be hoped that tha zeal of neither _v,ill jje coQigrj now that tho competitive element in it y0 ions,er exists. Svvan- (tnd Caraiff agreed to refer their claims to Lord Caruigiert', Lord Branr.vel!, and Mr Mun- della, and their nocision Will n^eented. The people of Cardiff have shown great liberality in their offers for tho reception of the college, and now that it is to be established in their flourishing and improving town, they llnlt ensure its suc- cess. They will, we trust, have the assistance of the whole district. A good round ram is needed to meet the Government offer of £ 4,000 a year, and enough ought to be forthcoming to make the University College of South Wales and Mon- mouth worthy of the great iudustrial district of which it is to be the chief educational institution. Oar Cardiff corre-pondDtittelegraphs that the news of the result of the arbitration was received at Cardiff yesterday with great satisfaction. The decision is dü3 in great degree to the position of the town in the district but it is also due to the efforts and pledges which Cardiff hr.3 already made to give the college a wortljy and generous reception. A Tiie Pall Gazelle —L^rd Carlingford, Lord Bi.-mweil, and Mr hby^e)ia have just de- cided a question which „*n^oontba past has kept South Wales in a f- fnt. No question of general pontics h.3 excited *0 much interest in the Principality ad the question whether Cardiff or Swansea should he the site. of the proposed Ssuth Wales College. The real claims of the two towns were urged with characteristic fervour, and j the decision of the arbitrators in favour of Cardiff will fall 111 a, %phing blovr upon n-ibreky Swansea. Ecu1 ur.jSHqinrtro was really at stake than the site of theiCie^e. 'The niiortion really at Issue was wheUi^CCardiff or Swansea had the best right to be rej^ded as the capital of i the Principality, In vie u of the certain decen- of oiir ,a.i system, the ques- tion is Oll of more than ,i¡!1121.t",1 inn o1tac and Cardi/f has good rt" Vjn tn rejoice that she has vindicated her ct the first place among the towns of Wales. M AN." TH E Is OUT I COLLEGE. The North Wales CoiM,;e Committee met on Timrsday afternoon at tW House of Commons, Earl Powis presiding. Ti'« following members were present, viz. :—Lord TP;v>rhyu, the Right Hon Osborne Morgan, M.P., Sir Robert Cunliffe, M P., Mr Pvathbone, M.P., Mr Holland, M.P., Mr Ttichard Davies, M.P., Mr Morgan Lloyd, M.P., Mr John Roberts, M.P., Mr Stuart Kendel, M.P., Gaptavi Ver.ney, Messrs Mostyn Williams, Charles Hughes, and Marchant Williams. It was decided to appoint two organizing secretaries, Mr Henry Jones, M. A. Llangeview, professor of moral philosophy at Aberystwith College, being one, tlie selection of the other being left to the. Bishops 01 Langc-r and St. Asaph's. The appointment is to be for three months, tha remuneration being £ 50 and expenses. The meeting was then adjourned to the second Friday in April. SWANSEA. The Mayor of Swans'-a on Thursday morning received the folio? jng letter:-— Privy Council OxEice, March 14th, 13S3. Sir,—I am des red to forward to you the en- closed copy with- original signature of the award which has been made by Lord Caningford, Lord Brain well, and the Right HOll. A. J. Mundella, M.P., with reference to tlj,) Position of the pro- posed University College fo; South Wales.—1 am, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN R. 1)ASXNT, The Mayor of Swansea. THE AWARD. Privy Couuc'l Odiee. We hereby determine and award that Cardiff become tbe site of the college intended ti be es- tablished and endowed in South Wales, This de- cision is unanimous. CABLING FOKD. BBAMWI-LL. A. J. MUNDELLA. March 14th, 18S3. At :1 meeting of th* West Ward Liberals, held at Swansea on Wednesday night, Alder- man E. A. Yeo, speaking after the des- patch of a telegraphic message which reported the chairman's announcement of the- arbitrators' deci- sion, said that the intimation had had a most depressing effect upon him, and he thought that the feeling was shared by the whole of the assembly. He had hoped, from the excellent statement made before the referees by Sir Hussey Vivian, that the arguments in favour of Swansea would have been appreeiatid, and he said he could only account for the result by supposing that there had been prejudiced feeling. The facts were sufficient to prove that Swansea was th?, most suitable spot for the college as occupying the most central position. After hear- ing the news he did not fed inclined to speak on any other subject. He felt very strongly on the subject—upon the treatment which Swansea had received—for he thought that the decision was a great mistake. Mr HARTLAf1, the clerk to the Swansea School Board, remarked that after the depressing news he did not feel inclined to say anything, but afterwards made a speech in keeping with the character of the meeting. Tlie Rev. Dr. RE83 said b? bad received a letter from Mr Lewis Williams, of Cardiff, stating that Mr Mundella had informed him that preaching would not be allowed on the part of students at- tending the South Wales College. I" Uh," and shame.") The CHAIRMAN (Mr Abel Thomas) could hardly believe that the iiead of the Education Depart- ment would arrive at such a conclusion but after the statement of Dr. Rees, there was little doubt on the point. Such being the case, it would be necessary for the Nonconformists of South IVales to immediately enter their protest against what he could not but describe as an out- rage preceded by a blunder. (Loud cheers.) It need scarcely be said that the arbitrators' decision formed an absorbing topic of conversation at Swansea on Thursday. One of tlie leading speakers at the Swansea College meeting writes :—May I offer a few remarks -upon the decision of the arbitrators ? One word of retrospect. I was one who, after some inquiry aud reflection, thought Swansea ought from its central position to ba the place selected for the new college, and in this faith I attended the public meeting at Swansea to con- sider this question. Having gone so far, I watched with interest the progress of the discus- sion, the lines of advocacy adopted by each side, and the arguments urged, and observation forced in upon me and confirmed as a clear fact what the tone of the Swansea meeting just gave me as an impression. The arguments—now familiar to all—for Swansea were to my mind very strong, but none other than a partizau could conceal the fact at the first meeting, aud indeed all through the subsequent discussion, until tiie very time of the arbitral on, there was a. lack of genuine enthusiasm in those who championed the cause of Swansea, only too well attested by the sluggish flow of subscriptions. I could never convince myself that cither in tho town Itself or in its immediate neighbourhood was there even a strong desire, much less a determination, to secure the college for -,v On th,' other hand, n') one could from the very first question the extent or the reality of the enthusiasm and resolution with which Cardiff competed for the prize. I candidly admit that victory has rightly declared for pluck, enterprise, and generosity, I take it, then, that it is the bounden—and, I feel sure welcome—duty of all who were in favour of Swansea to accept cheerfully the decision, and rally round the new college, vicing with Cardiff only in their zeal for its success. It is for the interest of Wales that we should know at the out-set, and very clearly understand, that the existence of the new college must depend upon its being a sv.ccccs, and this success must be proved by the fact that it can be shown that there really is an cducationd gap in Wales for the new college to till up, and that it is doing so. Let us be certain that the Government will never give the public money to net and prop up a languish- ing experiment, the advantages of which are not proximate and perceptible. Recent discussions— notably that in the London Tunes—have brought plainly to view the difficulties that will beset the new college, and have even in some minds raised the presumption that this whole movement for a new college is a patriotic blunder, which leaves the real needs of Welsh education I' unprovided for. I express no opinion upon this point, but one point brought out in thesa discus- sion I most fully accept, and would now insist upon. One college ;s quite as much as the jiopu- can maintain in anything tikI.) efficiency. Tit Is efficiency can be only at- tained by concentrating-, and not by dissipating, the educational resources which Wales already possesses, and by gathering around the new college the interest and enthusiasm of every class and section of society in Wales. The admirable scheme drawn up by the Cardiff committee has fenced off everything that couid hurt the feoiings of even the most susceptible sect or party. The more of this national enthusiasm and pride I in its work the college can find and fan, the greater and quicker will be its success. It will be n iTumr.n-^ boon, both for the college itself and for the uatma at large, if it can afford a common meeting gtound for Church and Dissent. Bold and original a* the proposal was, I could but hail it as a symptom of the right spirit in which to deal with this question, that the principal of St. David's College, Lampeter, should be willing to consider the advisability of removing St. David's Collie to LI and a If. How far this is possible I cannot say, but there can be no doubt thr.t it is of the first importance that the support of such extremely able and libsrpd-minded men as the Principal of Lampeter and Dean Vaughan should be interested in tlje cause of the Welsh educational I movement. It will be wise and well in those who will now have the guidance and direction of the college in Cardiff to Eet before themselves, as their first and chief aim, the uniting and enlist- ing, as, far as possible, in the new college, all the I many [lnd diverse educational influences in Wales. So far, Cardiff has shown in this matter zeal tempered with discretion, and has thus conciliated I opponents and stimulated in her behalf the indif- ferent. May she continue in this path, and prove that the wisdom and munificence which brought i¡ the college to Cardiff will be able to keep it there, and make it not only a local but a national bless- insr. THE CALVINISTIC METHODISTS AND THE COLLEGE. At the-quarterly meetings of the South Wales I Calvinistic Methodists Association, held at Aber- ystw?th this week, it was made known that memorials bill been sent from Wales to the Edu- cation Department, urging upon the Department to insert a clause in the education scheme for Wales prohibiting young men to preach during their stay at college. This matter was discussed, and a committee was appointed to report upon it, and on Thursday the ltev. J. Cynddylan Jones, Cardiff, read tho following memorial, which was adopted by the association :— From the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists cf South Wales, in conference assembled.—To the President of tho Jiilucation Department.—That in the scheme for the proposed colleges for Wales the students shall be Absolutely free from all religious restrictions, and that students preparing for the Nonconformist ministry shall ho left to their own discretion in respect to preaching appointments on the Sabbath Day, subjsct only to the jurisdiction of tho denomination to which I they belong.— Signed by GEOUGE WILLIAMS, moderator; GRIFFITH DA VIES, secretary. Ite. v. T. CHARLES EDWAUBS, M.A., prin- cipal of the college at A'oZ/ty^with, said that to forbid any man to preach on the Day because he is a student at a secular college is t-tie I bigotry of irreligion, and ho (the speaker) had lived long enough to know that it was not religious people alone who could exhibit narrowness and bigotry. Let 110 test be imposed in favour of religion let 110 test be imposed against it. I ABERYSTWITH. The feeling at Aberystwith is one of universal satisfaction, not so much because Cardiff has I scored a victory over SwallGea as because of its bearing towards the question of Aberystwith Col- lege. It is thought that the selection of Cardiff {strengthens already the strong claims of Aberyst- I with College to be regarded as art institution necessary for the Mid-Wales population, and as indicating the recognition by the arbitrators of the position of Aberystwith, and of the increasing feebng that it should become a permanent institu- ¡ tion in regard to the peuerai echo me of Welsh higher education. At the annual association cf the Calvinistic Methodists at Aberystwith, on Thursday, a reso- lution was passed, urging upon the Government not to discontinue the grant the Aberystwith College receives at present, whether North Wales is to have a third college or not. As the arbitra- tors have decided in favour of Cardiff. a large portion of Wales will be deprived of the advan- tages held out by the Government scheme. PERNDALE. Hugh Latimer was the subject of a lecture delivered at the Welsh Weslayan Cb:,Pel on Wednesday evening, by the Rov. Mark Guy ¡ Pearse, of Bristol. Mr Lewis Williams, of Car- diff, presided, and, in his introductory remarks, announced that he had just received a telegram informing him that {he arbitrators had decided in favour of the college at Cardiff. This intelligence was received with evident manifestations of ap- proval by the large audience present, who signi- fied their appreciation of Mr Williams's efforts in the matter of the college by long continued applause. applause.

DENOMINATIONAL STUDENTS AND THE NEW COLLEGE. TO THE EDIT03. Sir.,—From information I have just received of a meeting at Swansea last evening, together with a letter from the Rev. Dr. Rees, I fear he has either misunderstood a communication I addressed to him on Monday, or I may not have been suffi- ciently explicit. The facts alluded to are briefly I tlie-io the discussion before the arbitra- tors, reference was made to tha Denominational Colleges being transferred to the town fixed upon by the arbitrators, whereon, Mr I Mundella remarked that representations had been made to him., that steps should be taken to prevent the students taking pecuniary appointments, because it, interfered with their studies, and affected their punctuality in tho I early part of the week, bnt he carefully avoided making any comment. I need hardly say thai to us, asNoneonformis's, any such restriction upon the students could not be tolerated, and I cannot for one moment think that Mr Mund«lla will ever be brought to adopt the suggestion that has been made to him. Such a proposal, I am sure, would not receive any countenance whatever from the Cardiff Committee. countenance whatever froiii the Cardiff Comniittee. In the very improbable event of the Department suggesting such a restriction, it will be only for us Nonconformists calmly, but firmly, to state our viÐw to at once prevent its adoption. I sincsrcly trust that the strong feelings of I rivalry that have been excited in both towns may soon give place to a [hearty and unanimous deter- mination to make, what the Cardiff committee so much desire, the new college a thoroughly national institution, from which not simply Cardiff, but Swansea and the whole of South Wales and Mon- moutbshiie innv alike secure the full benefit.— I am, LEWIS WILLIAMS. Cardiff, 15, 1883.

THE ASSOCIATION OF MUNI- CJPAL CORPORATIONS. The annual meeting of the Association of Municipal Corporations was held on Thursday at Westminster, among those present being the Mayor of Cardiff. Mr Joseph Dodds, M.P., was re-elected president. The report stated that with few exceptions the association now included all the large' towns of Kiigbnid, most of which were represented that day. A resolution was adopted approving generally of the Police Bill of the present session, but referring it to the council to consider modifications in detail. On the proposi- tion of the Mayor of Leicester a motion was carried in favour of payment of borough coroners by salary instead of fees, but a suggestion that the Home Secretary should be memorialised to make legislative provision for official inquiries into the causes of fires was rejected. Mr W. FOWLKB, M.P. (Cambridge) moved, and I the Mayor of Cardiff seconded, a resolution ex- pressing general approval of the former gentle- man's till to give town councils greater powers for increasing wards in boroughs or altering boundaries. This was agreed to, crrcept so far as the bill sought to give power to the burgesses in the matter. On the motion of Sir JAMES PICTON (Liverpool) attention was called to the anomalous state of the law in regard to Parliamentary election expenses, reference being made to tho case of the recent election in Liverpool, where the mayor, as return- ing officer, expended £ 1,300 for voting acCommo- dation, and had £ 350 struck oft his bill by the taxing master. This concluded the meeting.

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HOUSE OF LORDS. -TiiUP.BDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at a quarter- p • t four o'clock. SUNDAY CLOSING IN IRELAND. Lord CAELINGFOBD moved the second reading of the Sale of Liquor, on Sunday (Ireland) BilL lie stated that the existing Irish'Sunday Closing Act, which became law in 1373, would expire at the end of the present year, and the object of this bill was to perpetuate it and to remove the exemp- tion of the live towns named. In 1873 the bill was a private member's bill, though it was greatly favoured by tho late Government, and it had a troublesome and difficult passage through the House of Commons. The present Government were convince! that tha public feeling in Ireland was strongly in favour of the continuance cf the measure, and they therefore thought it their duty to take the matter into their own hands. Statistics were decidedly in favour of the measure, though the diminution in the consumption was no doubt due in some degree to the growth of feeling in favour of temperance and to the distress that had existed in Ireland. The Government were satisfied that the act had not had the effect of increasing illicit distillation, or adding to tbe number of eheebeen hoii.-e.s. In the three and a half years previous to the passing of the act, the number of arrests in the whole of Ireland, with the exception of the rive exempted towns, was 16,000, against 6,000 in the period during which Sunday-closing had been in operation and the prevailing opinion in the five towns was undoubtedly in favour of being brought under the operation of the act. The Earl of MILTOWN intimated his intention of moving1, in committee, an amendment4n the traveller clause. The Earl of Br:LA!ORE expressed his approval of the measure. Lord O'HAGAN had heard the statement of the Lord Privy Seal with the greatest satisfaction. The predictions of discontent, disturbance, riot, and illicit distillation had been entirely falsified, and men of all classes aud of all religious denominations had exhibited a marvellous unaa- nimity in a desire that the act should be con- tinued. The Earl of LrmmlCà, as connected with one of the towns now proposed to be included, did not offer any opposition, but thought it a matter of regret that before legislating on the subject they had not more decisive statistics to guide them. A great deal of the drunkenness which prevailed arose, not so much from the quantity of spirits consumed as from the bad quality of the article sold, and lie hoped that at some future time the Government would take into con- sideration, with a view to legislation, the ques- tion of the adulteration of spirits. The bill was read a second time. The House adjourned at five minutes past seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. THE ROYAL MAMXES. On the motion of going into supply on the navy estimatesj Mr HOPWOOD called attention to certain in- equalities and defects of administration affecting the corps of Royal Marines, and argued that the military and naval value of the corps deserved to be adequately represented on the board of Admiralty, so that its claims might be recognised, and the dcfects in its administration remedied. He moved that it be referred to a select committee to enquire into and report on the best mode of effecting these oDjects. Viscount LEWISHAM who had a notice on the Ira paper, that he would call attention to the desira- bility of placing a general ofheer of Marines on the Board of Admiralty, seconded the motion. Sir G. DALFOUP. thought that the Marines ought to be treated with greater consideration. Sir JOHN HAY took a similar view. The debate was continued by Mr E. Collins, Sir W. Barttelot, Lord H. Lennox, and Sir H. Fletcher. Mr CAWrBEi.L-BA.VN"ekman said his feelings were entirely in harmony with those of hou. mem- bers who spoko in terms ot high eulogv of the Royal Marines; but he thought that what bad of late been done for that corps had been somewhat overlooked The questions of promotion end increase of pay bii been dealt with, and the status of the officers had been put li a better position with regard both to their present and f'ture prospects than it occupied before as compared with ouVJV branches ( of the s-rvice. As to be proposal that the Marines should be represented by an officer spscially appointed for that purpose, he thought it would be a bad precedent to ad- mit the priaciple x that any particular class should hcive a particular representative. If this course were taken in the case of the Marines, there would be claims to timilar repre- sentation on behalf of tiie medical department, the department of public works, and other branches of tlie service, Tue tact was that the Board of Admiralty was to be regarded rather as consultative than as representative, and lie hoped the House would refrain from appointing tne com- mittee asked for, but be content to leaY0 the mat- ter where it stood at present. Mr W. H. SMITH concurred with the Govern- ment in declining to assent to the appointment of a committee to ponsider this question. Sir E. J. REED said he could perfectly well understand that there might be grievances in a. branch of tho public service, the existence of which would justify the interference of the House so far as to make an inquiry into and ex- press an opinion upon them, but be did not think they could very well adopt a resolution which involved all that the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr Hopwood) hud made allusion to und «a.;gcilod. The hon. and learned member had, in the course of the speech which he delivered, intimated by what means he would propose to remove the dcfects stated to exist in the adminhlratiou of ths Royal Marines, and be then wenton to define and set forth by what methods the arrangement he suggested was to be made. It, however, seemed to him (Sir E. J. Reed) that the remedies to be applied assumed an authority that was undesirable. The resolution hinted that in order that the just claims of the corps, and its military and naval value, might be recognised, and the defects of administration remedied, that corps should be adequately represented on the Board of Admiralty, if, however, grievances did exist, then, in his opiiiion, it was absolutely necessary that the matter should be left to the Board of Admiralty, and one of the last things he sup- posed Ui-3 House would do would be to interfere, as suggested by Mr Hopwood in his resolution, with the Admiralty in the discharge of the functions belonging to that body. It would be painful to himself, and he did not doubt many lion, members in the House, to have to go into the lobby,apparently against the Marines if this motion were pressed to a division, especially when their earnest desire was to treat the Royal Marines with the fairness and consideration that that distinguished corps were entitled to, and to carry out any im- provements in administration that might be deemed desirable. (Hear, hear.) There were, he knew, branches of the service which could not be properly governed unless they had a representative such as that which Mr Hopwood by his resolution how sought to obtain for the Royal Marines, and ne for one should be glad if the Board of Ad- miralty saw their way to appointing an officer of the Marines on the board. While saying this much, he at tile same time did trust the hon. and learned member would not carry the resolu- tion he had moved to a division, and thus force hon. members to go into the lobby. (Hear, hear.) After some further discussion in which Admiral Egerton and Colonel Makins took part, the House divided, when the motion was negatived by 90 against 39. THE NAVAL RESERVES. Mr GOURLEY called attention to the report of Rear-Admiral II.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh on the Naval Reserves aud Coastguard, and said that it was important that the points dealt with in that report shonld be duly weighed, in view of the possibility of a war with a large maritime power. After some remarks from Sir J. Hay, Mr Williamson, and Mr Craig Se!!ar, Sir T. BRASSEY expressed his full recognition of the importance of the report referred to, and stated with regard to the second-class reserve that there would be no difficulty in increasing its num- ber from 6,000 to 10,000, or even of doubling the number, if that were deemed necessary. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. The House then went into committee on the Navy estimates, when, in moving the vote of 57,520 men, Mr CAMRBKI.L-BANX KRMAN made the customary statement on behalf of the Admiralty. He stated that the sum required to be voted was £ 10,757,000, which showed a net apparent in- crease of £ 273,099 over the sum of £ 10,433,901 voted for the present financial year but of this sum B118,032 was due to interchanges of charge between tire army and navy estimates and Egyptian expenditure to the amount of L25,000, so that the actual increase was only £ 129,567. The hon. gentleman detailed the figures of the various brauchcs of the esti- mate,pointing out that the sum asked for wages for new construction was L-504,659, and for repairs £H3,484, while from £ 750,000 to L300,000 would be required for stores. They expected to build of unarmoured ships 3,948 tons in the dock- yards, and 2,270 tons by contract, and of armoured ships, 11,224 tons of guns. They proposed to add during the financial year 241 guns of different calibre. He had little change in the personnel of the navy to announce, but he felt bound to pay his tribute of praise to the services rendered by the seamen and officers of the fleet during the military operations in Egypt. He added that it was proposed to confer a benefit upon our sailors by bringing in a bill to convert the Greenwich allow- ances into pensions. It was also intended to alter the periods of service from two of ten years each ) to one of 12 years, and a second period of 10 years. Mr W. H. SMITH complimented the hon. gentleman, the Secretary to the Admiralty, on the clearness and ability of his statement, and endorsed the culogium be had passed on the conduct of our seamen during the Egyptian campaign. Sir K. J. REED, who followed, offered some criticisms on points of detail, and Mr GORST protested against the way in which the votes were pressed forward by the Government. After some further discussion, in the course of which Mr CHILDERS promised on behalf of the Government tha the further discussion ot vote one should be taken on the second estimate, the vote for 1x1 on was agreed to. On a division, the amendment was negatived by 59 against 38, and the original motion was greed to. J Progress was then reported, and the IIouss resumed.

CARDIFF. THE FORTHCOMING! ErSTEDDFOD,-An intima- tion has been received here that Mr Alma Tade- ma and Mr Frederick Wedmore will be the art adjudicators at the next National Eisteddfod, to be held in Cardiff in August. DEATH OF A SEAMAN FROM BURNS.—A sea.man named Joseph Love, of the steamship Triumph, died in the Hospital Ship, on Thursday afternoon, from burns sustained 011 Mondav through an accident to tho boiler. THE LATE BISHOP'S PORTRAIT.—Tiie portrait of himself, presented to the late Bishop of Llandaff, is now in the studio of the artist, Mr Ouless, R.A., Brya.aston-square, London, awaiting ex- hibition at the Royal Academy in May. The committee are now making arrangements to obtain good engravings of the portrait, but the engraver's work will not be commenced until the picture has been returned from the academy in August. STAER-BOWKETT BUILDING SOCIETIES.—Two appropriations took place on Wednesday evening in the Swiss-ball in connection with the third snd fifth societies, resulting as follows :—Third society. registered number 275, representing Mrs M. A. n-, Broadway, holding two shares fifth society, registered number 493, representing Mrs M. W Miskin-street, Cathays, holding three shares. THB Times of the 12th inst. says:—The dele- gates of the Oxford University Museum have this day elected Mr Edward B, Tylor, D.C.L., F.R.S., to the keepership of the museum, vacant by the death of Professor H. J. S. Smith. Mr Tylor is the author of Research into the Early History of Mankind," Primitive Culture," and other weil-known works. THE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—At a special general meeting of the Cardiff, Cowbridge, and Llantrisant Conservative Association, held under the presidency of Dr Paine, in the Assembly- room of the Cardiff Arms, on Thursday night, several alterations aud additions were made to the rules and bye-laws. The changes made were such is were deemed necessary, or desirable, in transferring the working of the association more iuto the hands of local, or ward associations. There was only a small attendance. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—Tho Rev. R. D. Wil- son, of Swansea, is advertised to lecture this even- ing at the above church. The subject, for a sea- faring community like ours, is a most interesting one. It is upon that old Sea King," Columbus. Mr Wilson is well known as a lecturer and preacher. lie formerly was the minister of the Congregational church meeting in Craven chapel, London, where he drew crowded audiences. He has both lectured and preached in Cardiff, and he is not therefore unknown here. His able lecture upon "Luther," som3 time ago, will be long re- membered by his hearers for its breadth of treat- ment, terse anecdote, witty points, and eloquence. Those who choose to attend this evening have an instructive intellectual treat in store for them. SALEM CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPEL, CAX- TON.—A lecture entitled A few facts from English History" was delivered at this plsce ^of VvbT?',ln- on Wednesday night, by Mr T. Wade Ricbards, Canton. Mr05ouucillor. Henry Jones occupied t-he cb was au able one. The lecturer events of the 16th and 17th centuries, refeired to Oliver Cromwell as one of the greatest benefactors of the English people, and in dwelling upon the Reformation made a forcible comparison between the low social position of Spain, which he at- tributed to the baneful effects of Roman Catholic- ism, and the great social elevation of Scotland, through its staunch Puritanism. At the conclu- sion, in alluding to the reign of William III., he said th. t he did not think any Act of Parliament had ever given greater satisfaction, ease cf mind, and peace to the subjects of the Crown of Eng- land, than the Toleration Act. Very hearty votss of thanks were given to the lecturer for his able address, and the chairman for presiding. HANNAH-STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHCRCH.— The fifteenth annual meeting was held 0:1 Wed- nesday last, in the schoolroom of the above place of worship. A large number of the membors and friends were present. By the efforts of Captain and Mrs Curtis and others, the room was very effectively decorated, in the arrangements for the tea, provided by Mr B. T. Evans, well car- oi ried out.—Following the tea, the annual meeting was held in the chapeL-Dr. D. E. Jones first addressed the assembly, and urged those in the neighbourhood to join the Church.—The Rev, J. Lloyd William s a-'so gave an address.—The par- tor (Rev. George Kennedy), who was also the shairman of the meeting, spoke on several matters relating to church affairs. He also made known the decision respecting the College for South Wale,, which was most favourably received.—Mr Ambrose, the town missionary, also spoke.—The choir, under the leadership of Mr T. Evans, ren- dered several selections in good style.—Mr Ander- son, Miss Warren, and Miss D. Davies sang some solos which were well received, the ladies being specially requested to repeat their parts, which they did to the great satisfaction of the audience. —A vote of thanks to the workers brought a suc- cessful meeting to a close. A CLATM FOR THE VALUE OF A COW.—At the Cardiff county court, on Thursday, before Judge Selfc, Denis O'Gorman, the landlord of the Wcst- gate Hotel, Cowbridge-road, Cardiff, sued Lewis Jonos, Gray Farm, Llanedarne, to recover the sum of £ 33 17s, the value of a cow, some hay, etc., the property of the plaintiff. Mr Thompson (barrister) appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Belcher for defendant. Plaintiff, the landlord of the Westgate Hotel, had in December last a cow, the value of which was £ 18. He had also some ricks of hay at Wensoe, of which the defendant appro- priated some portion to his own use, the value of which was £ 6 10s. In tbe cutting of this hay some damage was done to the rick, and for this also compensation was claimed. Defendant, it seemed went to the plaintiff's hotel in December last, and in company with two men, named Wil- liams and Morgan, entered into a conversation with plaintiff respecting the cow, and eventually a chop" was agreed upon, the bargain being that the defendant, who had a cow and calf, was to exchange his cow and calf for plaintiff's cow, and a certain quantity of hay. Subsequently the plaintiff saw his wife, and she objecting to the exchange, plaintiff went aud informed the defend- ant that he declined the agreement. Defendant said, very well; he would not forcc his cow upon plaintiff, but agreed to send the cow and calf in for plaintiff to see on the following morning. This was done, and according to plaintiff, in some way or other, the defendant managed to get his cow and calf into the stables, aud took the plain- tiff's cow, and also cut the proposed quantity of hay from the rick at Wenvoe, and for this, the plaintiff clititiied £ 38 17s. The defendant's cow it was alleged, was in a very sad state, and the advice of a veterinary surgeon had to be pro- cured.—For the defence Mr Belcher said the case depended upon whether bis Honour thought there had been a contract, and whether that con- tract had been rescinded. It was quite clear that there was a contract in terms similar to those named by the plaintiff, but the defendant denied that there had been any recision. Judgment for defendant. AN INTERPLEADER.—At the county-court on Thursday, J ulig-e Selfe ha.d before him an inter- plea.der issue, in which Solomon Blaiberg was the claimant, and the Cardiff and County Finance Company were the execution creditors, aud Mary Ann Roberts was the execution debtor. Mr Cousins appeared on behalf of the claimant, and Mr Gibbons represented the execution creditor. This was a case which arose out of the affairs of Mr Richard Roberts, the first contractor for building the Free Library and Science and Art Schools. In 1882, Mr Roberts had borrowed certain amounts from the Cardiff and County Finance Company, who sought and obtained judgment against him, and levied an execution upon his effects at 8, Richards-terrace, Cardiff. Mr Blaiberg claims these effects under a bill of sale given by Mary Ann Roberts to him under the following circumstances :—When Roberts filed his petition in 1831, a trustee was a: pointed under the liquidation of his affairs by arrangement, and Mr Dyer, auctioneer, sold the furniture for the trustee by auction. Mrs Roberts, so it was stated, requested Messrs Knill and Jope to buy certain furniture for her. They did so, and resold it to Mrs Roberts giving her two receipts for the purchase money. Mrs Roberts took possession of the furniture, and gave a bill cf sale to Mr ,Blaiberg, under which he now claims the furniture, which was seized in the execution against Richard Roberts. The bill of sale was registered, and the requirements of the statute proved, but the learned counsel contended that the receipts above-mentioned should have been registered upon the authority of Chapman and Knight, and this not having been done, the claim must faiL Mr Cousins urged that the case mentioned was not a similar one to the present, and that the receipts were not instruments of transfer such as required registration under the Bill of Sale Act, 1878 and also that registration was only material qaoad, whose credit was to be affected, and that in this case it was Mrs Roberts, not Richard Roberts, who gave a bill of sale. His Honour reserved his decision. CARDIFF EASTER RACES AND SPORTS.—Entries for the £ 20 open hmd!e race, £ 15 open fiat race, £ 20; and i.7 open trot-tins handicaps, vad £ 7 pony tht race, to take place 011 (Caster Monday, will r> isirive^y closs next .Moudiy, the 19ih jnst. Tho entries f,lr the 10- iniie open fo-jt handicap and the amateur bicycle and foot races, to take place un Kastor 'i'ues lay, will remain open a day or ivto later. All entries muse !u? made on forms, to be had from the iluu. Sec., U. F. Eilmuuu, Market Hotel, Cardiff. t>219J REMOVAL OF FURNITURE. Estimates tree. Trapnell and GaIle, 6. Croekhorbtown, Cardiff. 61ó41 ON account of Air Freke being utiaoie to take all those who desired the picture and frame at 7s bd, during the mouth of February, he has detonated to continue doing them for 21 days longer. Crown Studio, Cardiff. WW J ST'JDIO RorAL, DUJIE-STRKKT.CATllliiV.—A. and G. Taylor's Photographs are considered the cheaoe.M ;t:i l best, "proofs are submitted, and satisfaction guaranteed, GAS jiJTnSG: <Il0;C,1 and good seiee^-a Cheap, at J. Woodman's. 2'), Whailon-streut, Cardiff ALTERATIONS OF SHOP AND PEEMISES sk,l I I com- mence on Monday, March 5th, and the inipos ibility to procure a.dequat-e warehouses will compel us to sea most of our Ironmongery stock at great sac rifice.— Perkins Bros., 53, st, Mary-street. 62020

CAERLEOX. PETTI SESSIONS.—At these ses-si ))1", on Tnnrs- day, John Durbin, farm labourer, guii'-y before Messrs F. J. Mitchell, 11. A. Leo, and A. R. Richards, magistrates, to stealing a pair of boots, two martiug-aJes, three topknots, pair of leggings, a shirt and a collar, the piop^rty <.f Charles Crooks. The prosecutor is a wj,g,ra- in the service of Mr Watkins, farmer, of Limi- thewy Vacb, and the articles were stolen fc.mi a stable, the door 01 which hapjiened to un. locked, on Tuesday. Some of the props,; ;.y wa* found in prisoner's possession when apprehended on the following day in Bridge-street, and the remainder he had sold. This, howew-r, the police recovered. Prisoner waa sentenced u a month's imprisonment.

MONMOUTH. INQUEST.—Mr A. B. Edwards held "n inquest at Monmouth, touching the death of an infant, aged seven weeks, daughter of Mary Ann l'ewt. ner. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the mother found the child dead, lying oa her breast. It had had convulsions. The jury returned ar. open verdict.

A CARD.—To all who are suffering from the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakn«»»s early decay, loss of manhood, Ac., 1 will send a receipt that will cure you, UU.t: OF CHARON. This grejtt J emooy was discovered by a missionary in South America Send a self-addressed envelope to tiie ttev JO>I;P.I T 1NM\N, Staticn 1) New York CiLy, IT.S.A SM)5 ENTERPRISE IN CLIFTON.—John Cordeux, Hons and Were, of Ciifton, the well-known drapers ami 1m pollers of foreign merchandize, have certainly jrivena fresh stimulus to trade, having, for the convenience their numerous customers 119 the advantage of having all postal orders ou life delivered fr?e to any railway stauon m Ln|Uud Ireland, or Scotland.. iaS',9v,r..r 8 GUNS, RIFLKS, RKVOLVKRS, AJIMLNH rov —TO ^PIR-'SVFX A\D SHIPPERS. — 1 or some \e.ri> tiieie HAS no, heeii a practical gutimakei in South Wales. To ii this want' T Pa?e Wood, gunmatcer, Nicholas PLprt Bristol has opened at 1, est-gate-street ("a-di'ff with a. ja.rge tock of g-iris, which lit is ofii-ring at low prices for cash. Hanitnerless guns of all kinds. Guns for wild fowl shooting Cuus tor America and the Cape always in ftotik Cartridges 0/ every descrij)- tion. Uuiipowder, caps, shot, wads, Ac. Sole agent for 1 the Newcastle Chilled shot Company. Price list on application.—'J'. Page WOld, 1, West^ate-strtet, Car- dift Manufactory—36, Nicholas street, Bristol. 1^76 TARAXACUM AND JfoDot'HVLI.IN.—This fluid combination, extracted iron; medicinal roots, is used instead of Mue Pill and Calomel for the curu of Dyspepsia, Uiiioasness, and all systems of tion of the Liver, which are generally pain beneath the shoulders, Headache, Drowsiness, no appetite, furred tongue, disagreeable taste m the morning giddiness, disturbance of the stomach, and general depression. A dose 01 Taraxacum and Podophyllin sets the shi.igish Liver jii laucion, giving a rcii ■»• o,1 health and comfort withi-i ^4 -hours..• ua ioidiyilin is » cu»d made only by J. i'l-.i'i'in, n-n-vsi na-u.5 -son every label Holies 2s and -is ^.u. oid bj »d_OU# misM lasist on the correct preparation. 4Jéj

M>X LETTER. -iI" [SPECIALLY WIRED, j [Y OTTn r: A T.I,"Er.r.-ESP()NDRNT.] i Bfo r, "LOKBO^, Thursday Night. ^aQstoii3 lias Leon absent from the r^o 0 a circumstance which, ^'as attracted much attention, does r ansa fr KsV 1 0m serious condition of the ".I.. 10n tl >art;cu]°n gen oman's health. There is no M;hy, ie should be at the au^ during this inclement 'bcH c;rr> gGllei>?dly agreed that in fo'j sameU|1-as':ancea *s '°3t.ter at home. At irul j e>. his absence is so unwonted lis 1. N7 to work so absorbing, that "j"a 'v. 11 ssesg;frun° nt home when the House is -¡¡SIOn t tanr-ot be expected to pass tt^'rHiofr-COrnuieut- I have refrained from Q]11? own impression on the state h°;il adstone's heahh since he returned annes, not wishing to spread alarming Dn ilie T liO one watching him as he sitrf •easury B.mch, or when on his feet iifiVtf.jj m debate, can fail to notice a marked compared with his manner even j, close of the winter session, t'%ue C H,i^bring- from exceptional ^tah-'d now much more easily ^U.Sor] ant^ when he haa once been kord p w^e^her by the taunts of gi'aricl0^l'»1 Churchill, the threats vc ina ^cuael Hicks Beach, or °l'kej jr lclllate crie3 of Mr Reginald ^oes no' speedily recover his u-hed f. hits for some time with v?^coa!)fCe au,^ ruffled brow. It wa3 also aSfi Ja^' r^Vnen ^19 WA3 addressing the the V /iday 011 the Jamaica question, sound of interruption in ^it]) a 0 the ilouse brought him to a halt as to what was said, f irite 3 when no one had the intention COl1rrJ1i erl'upting. Once someone was t °n back benches below ^rd t?V'a^> and lie turned fiercely upon >ar:r, var>dolph Churchill, with tlie im- &*or iJ7 of "What?" To this Lord! ^blg, i I1) blameless for once in Ins life, was alls er "I said nothing," and Mr fcis Loll a little incredulous, went on with peech. ^-eru J 1X1 appear trifling things, bu t they rehv'er° ltl(^lca^e that the more rest the ind the abstention from es- ^ticuig11!11^' the better it will be. It was i^-eut t v, c'^ that the Premier was tteii a f0.~niX:lt' ^or his presence would have attl'^Sa *ncen^ve to the prolongation of h "P°n the young member » take' Reginald Yoke, who liio Gladstone family especially y^^stor °are' c4,scovci'ed that Mr llerhert QM. vl J' at a local meeting last i^ess r ec}.ared that the block in public j?Mlie ^U9 to malicious obstruction Hi c'Uon ^10 Tories. Iilalicious ob- :'fceditl i MBtronS ternh which Mr Glad- L^calt f„ f 11') withdraw, but it would be j!j^ch it the more delicate way in r\ eral)le 3 h^t, namely, that there is a con- fi'i'05ition ill0llnt of united action on the jtf'tjtig th enc^les with the object of de- nieasures projwsed by her [ qu'itn 0Veniment. Mr Yorke had come s. r J}~o in H PrePared to supply fresh evi- [ a, shpif'501'' this charge. Ho had • tain>^Sr3 n°tes, and two ur three J 8aF l1P tlUear were reac1y to if e* ^^scussion, which seemed ]lrniU^'i' r,-t least a couple of the TBI s> ^OWPV/S the evening. The case icf° ^°es nri S0 flao^nt that the Speaker, ^r%03ed UsUal3y take a decided line, fih'1' Uot' au^,P^ah)ly declared that he foi'V\e§6. tjie question as one of sr Ir j> ter this it was impossible even Yorke to goon, and the liki c°Untp^;>:0 J^'e Opposition will, after Jlio!6 ^dilv^1'16 .^orst- They have a of *■ Sir ]vr;Bfen'their advantage, and to- iCavf a^snd'?/a! 3^c^>eric-1 Save notice ilf )T-right. r;.51 t0„ die amendment of Mr jli 0t5v\v;]il' effect of this will be that ai0 C,4v!J!,e entirely oyfc of the hunt." ao^Wiit "n6 Party v'"hl not vote for his it. biif ;^aWy they will not vote, thp i ^le niHmK7 leave the House in a body, ioi °^y tlia i?r ^or Chatham will lead into ai'o i'1 ^art, 68 °ther members of the 6ap 3-°t likelf the Irish members who Qf (* ^°Pri^e themselves of the \yt f;uestini; o^ng in a minority whatever the House may be. amendment is negatived, Ml)'011' HU(f r S become the substantive u.n^ove 'VJi,jreur'011 Sir M. H. Beach hai^ °f en, wliich is practically ti Ul8 ty,-0" 1SUl'e up<;n the Government for d/?11, ^'ith' n ears ^S° completed the conven- W A E"er!' ». is llr> 51 in ii any diviHii Jii on this will Hiusf 10 C'JUrse of to-morrow. The ai-e ma?ecos3ar^y ri33 seven, and 8tn^:ei> will sP?-eches to be made. Mr J?riv°' MirT'"1"0 ^le ^el-to, Mr Glad- • loru0 'ttembeS S'cks Btach. several W6 c°te i. Ta speak, and Sir Stafford s as a ^lea n1ot remain out of the de- l>aH,c,,aUer<*r, Piace^ on its proper footing ° l°Qi the Conservatives as a c th$. ri^ his 'fepP'1"4" n"le) wdien Mr Gourley Us9. Tl'' a terrific explosion shook &ri<^ loo], ^ew memhors present sat !r'iglit on|Gu at eac'1 other, waiting for 1 ^-lietha £ ,,UQ liext. It seemed so near MwA'esterii le turthest estimate put it on 0n the Westminster Hall, i.tlreadful the law courts stand. %'■- Ahl °ught was that it was West- was blown up. ^'lvd \v.. oul; the House, and of 80011 tilled up by an excited ^rep^°l3, j/110,0'•)0r'-) policemen, and ^to iiWa's V,L3 see:i that Parliament- ■lle yard v. tilling, and a messenger ^Ueiit^} l0uoht the news that No. 41, Hinj^osioi^ > f^atl keen blown up by a prevail' „ ins was an impression i ^iMC,u^r }-, '"a for some time. At this ['^ °^hootl ,M dsewhere in the Sat], clean1 the windows were rouivl Ik11' :uk1 a throng ef. -V, lat t.lnV word v.as eveiywhere 6etirr. niin,1+ Wa,S ^10 scene of the disas- from tho^T1^21" a vvhite-faced mes- c ° thg If Home Office came running ^1:1 ?.Ulld, aJ)uV- Sir William Harcourt v; a Lor ] curried consultation was titrva tl ll,Caar^ Gros1. enor'a room. V*n°^nthnte Uth Ieakcd out, and it, ogj l0w an attempt had been made ca' Government Board ^6h4 the^T was asking wliy the v: ?^ectec] v|Cf ^overnment Board had t>>tt reason was obvious ^clj^ of the outrage. The E vV Pav% in Pailiament-street amireet are Pretty we]1 guarded 21" iwllllS-stre«f P,lce j moreover, except in °Vo!SenSers ->U"r?, 18 a. constant traffic f'■"Hent p the offices of the Local ^hav1 '"oaiu iun into a little side ties- ^'lle par',eS"S-lee' ^bieh [>as an entry «»itv !i of m1- Here a man intent on a Ht'< as th Us,^u^ might- pass with impu- Ui|,r. ^duing seems to have been Wiiat v, as done is plain »/.10siVA lu tlie ruins nf nln.^p. The, might- pass with impu- Ui|,r. ^duing seems to have been Wiiat v, as done is plain »/.10siVA lu tlie ruins nf nln.^p. The, t>i; was dropped over the before a window lna,teli or- If it were exploded by ^s,3the'raSf ls iJl'°^abIe, it would have %kf. rew from detection from any j^do-in llave been a tremendous VV1'" a'lini)."„i tlie report, which, as a says, "sounded like an 81- tho 'ire, ls not a whole pane of V,va,s Witli H,<?a^olu'hooa. The street ^'jv!Atillyay an^i ')r°^cn pieces, wiiicli lie on a ^'indoJV t!j0 roadway as thick as f ^ti-ar] -las keen blown clean out. the aijout the road broken Nt,3 The 01 ^a;i^ stone were made of S al it rU°1U ^oro wliich the ^f^te 51:11,1-diate;y placed is l ti,'1 .VlP 0, the iiuor being X;, fa„ ^me X wera ploughed. l0u^d iu the scene nothing had tlie Pv, shape of a tin case con- |l16 iVi 6^ it wib i °^lVo material, but it is Jt (>l11- Aii i,°S 0Uuri amid the ruins of ^v.Pt bv siUan?nse crov/d lias gathered, ir,V 1 am.r,e,ola^ pennissioii, no one is () 1¡: Glad i ¡,fva,t the scenc. t °B, ]-e? was at JioMic not many >«.va Vei'y ,4--1 ^-severe shook. Th rj 5^0,, thaf ffieling both in tlie tL"US and n'ai-i r'h <•! ,>vJjWn who cungi-egate iU'^ i* u"U3e °f Oonnuous- U ;J the at.'swor to Mr Gkv.l- Jj'Uss 'l« is taK_. ° c'Pen the land question, °st°i'av~ 1 ChanJin's su'jrgest- rne<l i £ ,tllat Mr Pameil ""liad ^ea2lle chi. ^,ulra«es> and of the J Peah.'dV~i S!h-nc-3 when Mr Glad- 'J'h-v repudiate this in- t],a^as lue'an'i !v ?vrn,our thiit tlie cx" w6 the iUn. 0 r Gl. dstono's liouse, t'JfiiM- -1 ^lade a mis Lake, talcing 1 tl'i"k •*«

PAFAL CEREMONY AT ROME. [SPECIAL TKLEGRAM.] ROME, THURSDAY EVENINO. n> Holiue:" the Pops Leld a solemn consistory this forenoon, in the Sala licgia of the Vatican, adjoining the Siitine Chapel, at which seats were bestowed upon the two last crested cardinals. There was an unusually di-stJfegaUhed concourse of the laity, and a large number of clergy. Subsequently in the Vatican Church several bishops were confirmed to their respective dioceses in Poland, who will, in accordance with the un- derstanding recently arrived at, be duly recog- nised by iiieitu -i; Government. The ceremo- nial was most imposing. Another Consistory will be held in the first week in April: The Pope is just now earnestly occupied in out- lining the further correspondence in regard to his relations with the Russian Government.

A NEW DUTCH CABINET. [.SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] AMSTERDAM, THURSDAY EVENING. Mr Van Read, president of the Second Cham- ber, has been charged by his Majesty with the formation of a new Cabinet. It is genially be- I lieved ho will be successful.

NEWS FHOM GERMANY. BERLIN, THURSDAY NIGHT. Sander, the murderer of the post office agent, was formerly driver of a dro-cu iy. After that he was a dealer In cigars. It is tnought that he mav have cscapcd to London, where his brother is living, and iaay^ have taken refuge with him. The Diet has rejected tho pvox>osal from the Polish provinces to cmp.oy the monier tongue in the work of education. The Government determ;nes to-day to adjourn the Diet until the 13th of April. The Cross Gazette makes the curious "in- nouncemcnt, which, of course, nobody belieVC3) that England has remonstrated with the Pre1:c;r, Government respecting the appointment of General Thibaudin r.s Minister of War.

ATTEMPT TO UPSET A TRAIN. At Cork police-court, on Thursday, Patrick Downey was charged with having attempted to upset a passenger train between Cork and Mac-room. Downey had been a, g-uard on the Macroom Railway, and was discharged in Febru- ary. About a week since heavy stones were found on the rails near Ballincollig, which were, however, discovered by milesmeu before the arrival of the train. On Wednesday a employe, in going to light a signal 600 yards from Cork Terminus, found a pile of heavy stones on an outer rail of very sbarp curve. Downey was seen loitering about the place previously. He was re- manded, bail being refused.

I THE EXPLOSION AT WHITEHALL. Sir R. CROSS asked whether any particulars could be furnished by the Home Secretary as to the explosion that had occurred at tin office, of the Local Government Board, aud alia whether a similar explosion bad taken place at the Times office. Sir W. HAROOCRT said the only particulars lie Jiad received were to the effect that at five minutes past nine o'clock that evening an explosion took place in a ground floor of the Local Government offices, wrecking the room and damaging much of the glass in the neighbourhood. No person was injured. There were many con- jectures as to the cause of the explosion, but it would not be right to state them until there had been an official inquiry made. In reference to the ether matter, he had seen a gentleman con- nected with the Times office, and it appeared that about half-past seven that evening a canister con- tabling explosive material seemed to han exploded at the Times office, but no serious effect was pro- auced. Mr PCLESTON* asked if there anything at the Local Government offices to-indicate in a similar manner the cause of the explosion. Sir W. HARCOCRT said at present he had no in- formation to indicate the nature of the affair, which was of such a character that he hardly liked to make any statement upon it. Lord FOLKESTONE said he had heard that several people bad been seen to be carried away from the Central News office opposite with their cut. Sir W. HAB.CO CTVT said he HAD he.»r J nothing to that effccfc. Other votes were agreed to, and the House ad- journed at 1.30 a.m.

NEWPORT. TESTIMONIAL TO A MISSIONARY.— Tlie Rev. Isaac White, who for upwards of 21 years dis- charged the duties of a missionary to seamen in this port, being about t,) leave Newport for another sphere of labour, his many friends here, who know how arduously and conscientiously ha carried on his labourious work amongst seamen, their families, and others, and the ninny benefits tney derived from his exertions, nre unwilling tnat he snould leave without them giving him some to.ven of their regard and respect-. The testimonial has taken filiform of a Y:dua1.Ja purse ot money, collected by a we)J-k¡"wn hid", who presentM it to tne rev. tyentleman on Tuesday evening last. Mr White acknowledged the trift with mueh emotion, and thanked the ¡¡¡,inV kind fnenas who contributed to this well-merited reward for I "g ATTEMPTED SCICID:: HY A TAN, Early on Thursday morning, Mr Thomas Poole, 76 years of age, of independent means, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat at the residence of his sister, 7, Hereford-place, Main- dee. Newport. The unfortunate HUM amassed sufficient to live upon in Spam, and on hi 1 v- turn to England went to reside with hi widowed sister. Latterly he has been subject to insane delusions, and has been under me ileal treatment. On Wednesday evening he obtained a razor Oil the plea that he wished to shave himself, and about four o'clock in the morning he appears to have awoke, to have written on a slate words to the effect that he had had a very bad dreatn, and linn to 1 inflicted a severe wound across bis threat. lie was found shortly aíterward" lying across th". bed with blood flowing from the wound. A11 alar.n was raised, and medical aid procured by a p< !ic officer. The wound was sown up and the sufT-ivr rallied somewhat. But faint hope.-1 -ir, entertained for his ultimate recovery. --The admission to the gr,.n I matches To-morrow, Saturday, wiil te :-J:nc;I">, 1" field, fed grand stand, &1 extra. Payment must be made at the turnstiles, where no change can be give Ladies and members, n pror/ueti!)i] of their tickeU, will be admitted to the enclosure free, iJr0agh the 1.lum- bers' entrance, The gates will be open fit 0 o'clock. Kick eff (Blackhcath v. Newport) at three. Dnring th; interval between ths matches, tea will be nrnvi led for ladies. 62''29 EASTER MONDAY.—Newport Athletic Meet.ug. -£70 in Prizes.—Programmes on 8.pplic¡¡,¡;ÏOll t" h > .• sacs. Admission as usual. Ur.ml dispiny of firework* at 8.15. Admission sixpence. Jk'OH

NEWBRIDGE. THE SCIWOL BOARD CONTEST.—Th* exe-.tions to avoid a contest for tbe forthcoming- election of the Mynyddislwyn School Board have proved un- availing, although five candidates have withdrawn their names. Seventeen gentlemen were origin- ally nominated, consequently there remain twelve who will go to the poll for the seven places 011 the new board. Of these twelve, four are retiring members, namely, the Rev. John Griffiths aud Messrs J. T. Green, D. Bowen, and P. Jame- and the remainder new candidates, as follow: Tht Rev. J. Griffiths Davies, Baptist minister, Newbridge the Rev. Jacob Jones, Independent minister, N^w jtesito' Uev. Jeremiah^Davies, Calvinistio minister, Poutilanfi aitn x.t" E. Wa^goiij Presbyterian minister, Abercarn ;• John 'Green, manager, Tin-plate \i orks, .A ber earn George Jones, diaper, Abercarn and Win. Griffi' hs, Blackwood. The p >11 takes place on Gnftil11s, BJacklrood. The p >11 takes place on Thuv, j;iy next.

I f BARGOED. JIAKOK CATTLE FAIR.Owing TO tL, recent out-break of foot-and-mouth diser.s-, no cattle, sheep, or pigs were brought here on T<'> day to the great cuttle fair, in'accordance wii-ii tho order. A number of dealers and graziers at tenued from the English district, allcr visite:1 to farms, wnerethey purchased all saleable, which they will remove to the English market-- bv railway, Q

CWMIIARGOED. FATAL ACCIOENT.—A carpenter named l>a\ie- was killed on the railway here 011 Thur& lay morning, through failing under the train whbn conveys the Dowiais workmen to tiie collieries. He was fcaJIy cut about the body.

EBBW YAL], INQUEST. — On Thursday an inquest was held at the Victoria Hotel, before Mr W. H. Brewer, coroner, touching the death of a man named Taylor, who was found in a dying condition on Friday last beside the Ebbw Vale Company's Railway. It was presumed that deceased fell over the embankment, and a verdict cf "Acci- dental death was returned. BOARD OF HEALTH MRKXING.— Oa Thursday afternoon the ordinary meeting of the above { board W..1 in tiie Institution, when the following memosrs were proseol ■—Messrs Tims. Henry (ill the chair), W. H. Po.vell, William Daysoo, Edward Phillips, William Lloyd, Wil- liam Turberville, Job Jones, Rees Lewis, Dr, Davies (medical officer), Ward (clerk}, Thomas (surveyor), and Thomas (inspectoiThe medical officer's report notified the fresh breaking out of scarlatina. In February month 12 cases occurred, and those caSes appeared to be on the increase. The remedy suggested by the medical officer was the erection of a fever hospital, in order to effect isolation of fever cases, and thereby prevent the epidemic spreading. The white- washing of the inside instead of the outside was suggested as a means of prevention. This led to a long debate, which was ultimately adjourned.— A letter from the secretary of the newly-formed fire brigade in the town was read, asking tha board to support the movement, which was agreed to.

SWANSEA. HER MAJESTY THE QUSXN has been graciously pleased to express her approval of, and ha- parcliftsed, the beautiful Photograph of the Wt-is'i Gi'.vce Darlings," taken by ii. A. Chapman, High-streai, Swan- sea. Copies can be had post free, carte s.ze, 12 stamps; cabinet size, 2s. Send for one. 4b?el UNDERHILL-STREET.—Iu compliance with the wish of the owners ami occupiers of houses in this street, the name has bei-u changed to Carlton- ten-ace." 6-271 "IAGNETAnn:" BELTS AND INVIGORATOUS-.— Mr Lonsdale, M.K., or his qualified representative* mas he consulted free, upon Curative Magn-tism daily, at tlie Agricultural Hail, Swansea, from 10 till 8oYP-ek. pmphlets and. eirculal's. containing price list, recent local testimonials, gratis on application at the above address. 62272

NEATH. "MAGNETAIF.K."—Mr Lonsdale, M.E., will on Friday next, be at 42, Queen-street, Keatii, and on Saturday at 15, Duaraven-place, Bridgend. Crill. tultations free. 62272

MERTHYR. BIG.u: VcK ITOTKI. AND RKSIAUR.AXR,—Ordin ary daily Public Baths, Carriages 011 Mire. Opposite the Post-office, High-street. 61339 HAUBIS, of Merthyr, can take your photo or paint your portrait, equal to any b3Só7 INKCRATGIA, TOOTH-ACHE, EACK-ACIU:, < £ C.— Remarkable Testimonials daily to the efficacy 01 Kevin's ispeciiie Proprietor: W. (ieoicf, :11.1' Swat^ei

ABERDARE. MAGNKTAIBE" IIIILT3 AI) INVIGOKATOHS — Mr Lonsdale, M.E., will be at the Temperanee-hail, Aberdare, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next. Consultations free. 6^72

FATAL ACCIDENTS AT DOWLAIS. On Thursday a pit carpenter, named Thomas Davies, of White-street, Dowiais, a married man, fell under the trucks while following his occupa- tion at the Cwmbargoed Pit, of the Dowiais Com- pany, and was run over by a number of trucks and literally cut in pieces. O11 the same day a collier named Thomas Griffiths, Jiving at Elim- street, Penydaren, met his death through a fall of coal while at the Long Walk," of the Dowiais Company. Griffiths was a married man" itb several children.

WEATHER REPOllTiS. [SPECIALLY WIRED AT 9 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.] PLYMOUTIl.-The barometer has risen slight^ to-day, and appearances generally favour the ex- pectation of finer, although not settled, weather. Barometer, 29*70 temperature, 3:3 to 45; Lu. midity, 75 wind, E.N.E., 2 sky clear. SCILLY. Barometer, 29'67, rising tempera- ture, 40 to 47 wind, N.E., fresh cloudy nd overcast, with small showers of rain ssa nuv.1t r.i F. BUDK.—Barometer, 29'69, rising tempevnUue, 34 to 42 wind, N.E., llIoderate; sea smooth sky clear frosty rainfall, 0'3.