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A SEASICK PASSENGER. At the Liverpool Assizes on Tue8day-before Air Justice Cave and » special jury-Mr J. S. S. Wen, sohe^r Liverpool, brought an action If™^)ayanni> owners, to recover damages «»rinJUrl6a sustained in •quence of the defendants' negligence in having •ttpplied a defective ship to convey him to Con* ^tantinople and back. In November of last year the plaintiff took a trip up the Mediterranean in the defendants steamer Agia Soa. While ft Constantinople it rained very heavily; the ram ■Came through the skylight, and the passengei a -sitting in the saloon had to put up their umbreflaf. About a week after leaving Constantinople it began to blow very hard, and during the storm the water poured in through the defective sky- light and a ventilator into the cabin occupied by the plaintiff. The plaintiff was very sick, and < while the storm lasted he was unable to leave his berth, which was flooded with water for some ? hours. He frequently complained to the captain nd the steward about the water coming into his cabin, but no effort was made to move turn into a dry berth, although the stewardess •brought him a change of dry blankets. The p aintin was attacked with erysipelas, and in con- sequence of the impaired state of his health jtnrougn the wetting, he was compelled to leave nevessel at Valencia and return to England over- land. in doing so he had been put to an extra expense of about £30, and his medical expenses -amounted.to about £50. Previous to the voyaere the plaintiff was ÍD an excellent state of health outsince his return he had not been able to attend to business as he had dene, and he now claimed Compensation from the defendants. It was alleged that the steamer was a very old one, and that the skylight had never been renewed. The Jletence was that the injuries were occasioned by ■the perils at the sea, for which the defendants E? responsible. —After the plaintiff's case *"7 said that they v er;

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FOREIGN NEWS. ENGLAND AND EGYPT. VICTORY OF THE MUDIR OF DONGOLA. {KEUTEB'S TSLBa*AM.] CAIBO, Tuesday.—Maj«w Kitchener is still at Debbeh. He confirms the statement that the Mudir of Dongola has gained a victory over the rebels there, killing many.

THE GREELEY EXPEDITION. A HORHIBLE CHARGE. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM. ] NBW YORK, Tuesday.—The New York Timet accuses the survivors of the Greeley expedition of having eaten the bodies of their dead comrades, only the bones of whom were buried. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] NEW YOEK, Tuesday.—The New York Timet to-day publishes an account asserting that the survivors of the Greeley expedition only saved themselves by feeding on the bodies of their dead. comrades. Some officers of the expedition stated yesterday, however, that the bodies were not mutilated.

THE CHOLERA. [REUTEE'S TELEGRAM. ] MUKBSBILLBS, Tuesday Mowing.—There have beea foar deaths from cholera since eight o'clock yesterday evening. ROME, Tuesday.—Three deaths from cholera are officially reported from the provinces to-day. [CENTRAL HEWS TELEGRAM.] MARSEILLES, Tuesday Evening.—There ie a; slight improvement in the number of deaths to- day here, only eight bavialt died from the epi- demic. At Aries there have been three, at Salon; one, while at Aix none at all have been registered.

A CHOLERA-STRICKEN STEAMER, THIRTY-ONE CASES ON BOARD. [RBWTEB'S TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Monday,—Advices from St. Lucia; state that the steamer Braeadaile arri ved there on the 3rd inst. with enugrants from Onlcwtta. Thirty-one cases of cholera oooutred on board during the voyage, of which 20 ended fatally. There had been no fresh oases for 29 days. The steamer had been placed ia quarantine. The steamship Alphonso, from Marseilles for Lynn, left a man behind with cholera, and the vessel will be visited by a medical officer on its arrival,

BOMBARDMENT OF KELUNG. [RENTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Tuesday.—To-day's Voltaire publishes aa account of the taking of Kelung by the French, i which says the operations were effected with a French less of one killed and two wounded. Admiral Lespes' squadron remains before Kelung, and Admiral Courbet before Foochow, except four vessels stationed before Woosung. Further despatches concerning the capture of Kelung, reeeived from Admiral Lespes, state the French losses were two killed and four wounded.

FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. [RENTER'S TELEGRAM.] VERSAILLES, Tuesday. — The Congress this afternoon rejected two amendments to the Re- vision Bill, one for the abolition of the presidency of the Republic, and the other providing that the president should be directly elected by universal suffrage.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] VIENNA, Tuesday Evening.—The ex-Empress Eugenie arrived yesterday at Carlsbad, where the notabilities of various degrees are beginning to assemble. Count Kalnoky is expected to ariive there next week, and the Austrian Minis- ter will take an early opportunity of visiting Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe.

PERUVIAN POLITICS. [RKUTEH'S TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Tuesday.—A despatch from Lima states that (Jeneral Caceres, who reoeotly pro- claimed hiqiself Provisional President of Peru, has informed the diplomatic body in that city that he has assumed supreme power.

PROPOSED EXPULSION OF PRINCES FROM FRANCE. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] PABJS, Tuesday Afternoon.—M. Floquet will propose, at the first aijfctiwr of the chamber, the expulsion of the Orleans and other princes.

PROPOSED EXTENSION OF RUSSIAN CONSULATES. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] BEBLIN, Monday.—The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now considering a scheme for largely increasing the Russian Consulates in England, France, and Germany. The financial outlay necessary to effect this extension will be met by the reduction of the Russian Legation at the petty German courts.

THE EARTHQUAKE IN AMERICA. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEQRAM. J YORK, Tuesday Morning.—In various localities previously affected by the earthquake, slight shocks were experienced yesterdayi to the intense apprehension of the population.

LATEST"HO M G TELEG It A MS. The Premier, accompanied by M,1f Gladstone, left Downing-street shortly after two o'cl ock on Tuesday afternoon for Hawarden. The steam yacht Fire Queen arrived at Cowes on Tuesday afternoon, and took on board gad Granville, for conveyance to Bournemouth. The Queen, with Princess Beatrice and the Duchess of Albany and childien, all probably leave for Scotland the second week in September. The inquest on Peyton, the Dungarvau bank cashier, concluded on Tuesday, and a verdict of temporary insanity was returned. Captain Francis Durrant, of her Majesty s Ship Canada, governor to Prince George of Wale:i. is gazetted a Companion of St. Michael and St. George.. The Queen has granted the dignity of Knigtrt of the United Kingdom unto Mr Elliott Charles Bovill, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Cyprus. The Transvaal Volksraad having ratified the convention entered into five months ago between the British Government and President Kriisfer, a coinmiiwion, it is expected, will be appointed to define a frontier line between the Transvaal and Bechuanaland, according to the convention. Mr Mackenzie, Turkish Minister in Bechuanaland, has gout down to Town to confer with Sir Hercules Robinson. Si* Sandford Freeliog will not immediately assume the duties of the Governor of Trinidad, consequent upon the death of Sir Frederick Barlee, who was temporarily administering the duties of governor. Mr Bushe, Colonial Secretary at Trinidad, will now carry on the duties at Trinidad until Sir Sandford Freeling's leave of absence expires.

THE RECTORY OF DOLGELLY. The Lord Chancellor has offered the rectory of Dolgelly, vacant by the preferment of Canon Lewis to the deanery of Bangor, to the Rev. Wm. Williams, rector of Llanfairtalliacarn, Denbigh- shire. Mr Williams was Bates prizeman of Lam- peter College, is a good preacher in English and Welsh, and a skilled musician.

LORD LAUDERDALE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. While shooting over his moors at Broadshawrig, in county Midlothian, on Tuesday, Lord Lander- dale was struck by lightning and rendered insensible. At night he was reported in a critical condition. The pony on which his lordship was riding was killed.

THE FATAL BOILER EXPLO- SION. The inquest on the bodies of the four men who were killed by the explosion at Messrs Vooke's works near Sheffield, was opened on Tuesday afternoon. The jury viewed the bodies and afterwards inspected the scene of the disaster, and the inquiry was adjourned. On Thursday the coroner will accompany a practical man over the works. With the exception of James Huglies, all the injured are doing well. The chief inspector of the National Boiler Association has been down making inquiries and taking photographs.

A CURIOUS NEWSPAPER TRANSACTION. Insnrance1 ol Government Seenrity Fire dartot^e S^JTr1 ftPPlied on Tuea- summarv iudmnAn* Rolls in Dublin to mark *„?ThTr^d(a^ai M*r6?' £ ,y' calls on shares. The defence was tlL* H10 < tary of the company in JL.ondon askin H 8^cref to accept payment for advertising the nm?™ t charged this system of payment by shares to be an organised swindle on newspaper proprietors, by not only depriving them of the price of adver- tisements, but involving them in Hash specula- tion The Master of the Rolls said the case ap- peared to present strange evidence of gross fraud, and could not be disposed of on a summary motion. j

IN THE LION'S DEN. At the Portsmouth Amphitheatre lately the great attraction has been the daring entry made into the lions' den by Colonel Boone and Mws Nellie Carlotta, and the same feat was performed by a young naval officer. For a few days he had made a boast on board ship that he would face the animals in the den, and heavy bets were made that he would not make the eutry. He accepted the bets, and, in the presence of a large company, including a number of officers from the ships in the harbour, in company with Colonel Boone he entered the cage, and walked among the beasts. i 16 eat was watched by the spectators, who were almost breathless with excitement during i foments the scene lasted, and on making a^earin^hltirIy "bro««ht down the house," times curtain no leu than five

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THE PROJECTED SHIP RAILWAY FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC. A CONVERSATION WITH CAPTAIN EADS. "This is, perhaps, the grandest commercial project which has ever been brought to the attention of the world of capitalists and speculators, because it means, virtually, bringing the whole of the North American ports of the Pacific nearer to London by the diameter of the earth, as ships sail." Thus spoke Captain James B. Eads, the promoter of the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway scheme, which has held attention iu America for some years past, in introducing to one of the representatives of the Pall Mall &<t zette the subject to which his whole energies are now devoted. SHIP BAILWAV WHEN LEAVING THE LIFTING DOCK. (The above sketch of course does not disclose all the supports, or, as they are termed, devices."] How do you propose to get ships on to your railway, Captain Eads ?" "There are various ways of lifting a ship out of the water, not to speak of the old-fashioned method of dragging a vessel up a slipway, all of which I have taken into consideration. TIe ordinary methods by which ships are dry docked are quite applicable to this scheme. The Victoria Docks down the Thames, where ships we raised by aB hydraulic apparatus, among existing «fiIP ON TURNTABLE. j. is a pontoon turntable in a basin, for shunting, or changing the direction of the vessel to avoid curves. B is a siding. C is a continuation of the main line. workfi, best iilnstritte ray idea. but iny plan, as exhibited in my model, possesses, I think, many advantages over this or any other method. My model shows this: A floating dock or pontoon, carrying a section of the railway, is sunk in a basin, with a ship-car or ship-cradle with 360 wheels resting upon the railway, and the ship is then floated on to the car or cradle, where she is easily placed in position. This accomplished, the devices designed to support the vessel are gradually brought by hydraulic pressure against the sides and bottom of the ship, and her position is otherwise adjusted. The vessel thus placed securely upright, the dock or pontoon is pumped dry by the hydraulic machinery, and so gradually rises with all steadiness until the railway upon the dock comes into line with the laud ( end cf the railway, when the car or cradle carrying the ship is attached to locomotives and taken along the railway. When the vessel reaches the other end of the line the process I have described is simply reversed. As soon as the cradle containing the ship has got securely on to the railway wbieh it carries, the dock is gradually filled with water by the opening of sluice gates, and so lowered, and the supports having also fallen meanwhile, the ship is free. There are several novel points about m) method, which makes it perfect for the object for which it is intended." The well-knowu English engineering firm, Messrs Clark and Stanfield, who have had a valuable experience in the construction of hydraulic docks, offered Captain Eads three years ago to provide him with a dock which would raise vessels of from 4 000 to 6,000 tons weight, 40 feet to 50 feet, in 30 minutes, as did also Messrs Emerson, Murgatroyd, and Company, the constructors of the hydraulic docks at Malta and Bombay, where for years past the lifting of laige vessels with their cargoes in them has been successfully per- formed. Mr William John, who was for some years scientific adviser to Lloyd's Committee, testified about the same tinoe, "The practice of lifting a ship of large size clean out of the water has become an everyday occurrence and the further step of lifting her to a considerable height is not a great one, especially if you can start with her floating in a considerable depth of water and not to mention Sir E. J. Reed, who is second only to Captain Eads iaithe interest he has taken in this great project, Mr William Pearce, the principal in the great Clyde shipbuilding firm, John Elder and Co., has written to the same effect. Captain Eads meets aptly the popular objections to his project. Although the ship, as will have been seen, is carried dry: he does not entertain the slightest fear that the cargo will burst the vessel's sides out. He insist* that vessels undergo a far severer strain in being hauled up the slipways which are common at our leading ports than ever they are likely to sustain on his Ship Railway. The risks which ships have to meet at sea, he maintains, are ;nfinitely greater than any which await them on the Ship Railway. In this opinion he is strongly sup- ported by that emiuent authority, Sir Edward J. Raed, «'ho declared the other day, in the presence of a company of gentlemen invited to inspect the model, tuat ne nai satis- fied himself bv most careful calculations that neither the wind pressure in the mountains nor the strain a vessel would experience on the railway would approach the liabilities to which^ B »Ebe subject in the course of a storm at sea. As is remarked iu the pro^actso^escie lew things are constructed by man so .strong as the vessel designed to pass through ui. ny ternUle battles Wlt.S;dli«52Sd at thi* stage that the model of his project which Captain pared on the advice of professional friends and capitalists in this country,_s j h-^bour the in the workshop of Messr, Holtxapffel, 127, Long-acre. It represent* «uccessnely thc^ h .ibour the liftiug dock, the permanent railway, and a passing place or turntable on a p ]^Pri of an Atlantic Muer, 300 it. Ion*, 45 ft. beam, and 3,000 tons, designed by hit B. J. Kerf, pa.se thr>U2li all the stages which await a ve*ael intended for transportation over t p 1 impousibl* to describe here its engiueering features in detail ouv ll enable our readers to realize to fiotne extent the character of the method employed The ship is 7 ft. in leusrth, tha ear or cradle 6 ft, 4 in. long. Tne fL>atui# dock 7 ft. 6 m. long, and 30 in. wide, and the basin in which it floats requires about two toi^ of water to nil it. Ihe model took five months to construct, and has eost nearly £ 2,000. Judging from the working of the model, Captain Kads's project appears perfectly feasible; from that, all tuat seems to b3 re- quired in the lifting of large ahips is the nec^sary multiplication of power. Captain Eads, it may be here mentioned, states that he had received for hte schema the cordially expressed support of twenty or thirty eminent engineers and shipbuilders. Sir E. J. Red went the length of support- ing it before a committee of the American Senate, which reported in its favour, and among other supporters are Mr Barn iby, the Chief Constructor of the British Navy; Mr William John, late Lloyd's Mr John Fowler, engineer of the Underground Railway Mr u. F. Lyster, the engineer- in-chief of the Liverpool Docks Mr W. Pearce, Glasgow Capo. Hartt, U.S. Naval Constructor General Beauregard, and other American authorities. As to tha eost of transportation," continued Mr Eitds; "my investigations upon the point have satisfied me perfectly that it will not take any more co,,xl to pull a ship across the Ship Railway than to drive her through the water at the same speed for the same distance in fact, the co-st of haulage would probably be less than the coat of steaming or stowage through the canal. Again, the cost of maintaining the Ship Railway for the same distance would not cost more than a quarter of the amount that the maintenance of the Panama Canal will cost," Any detailed explanation of the value of the projected Ship Railway, provided its practicability is assured, is not needed here manifestly, it would be classed among the most important works ever accomplished for humanity, TEHUANTEPEC AND PANAMA ROUTES. SAN FRANCISCO TO LIVERPOOL. Vii Tehuantepec 7,474 miles. „ Panama. „ „ Cape Horn 15,710 „ SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK. Vifc Tehuantepec 4,741 miles. „ Panama >, „ Cape Horn 16,360 SAN FHANCISCO TO NEW OKLEA.NS. via Tehuantepec 3,384 miles. Panama 5,7)8 „ „ Cape Horn 16,500 „ NEW YORK TO YOKOHAMA. Vi4 Tehuantepec 9,435 miles. ii Suez Canal 13,493

A SHIPWRECKED CREW IN QUARANTINE. Eight of the crew of the Newcastle steamer Huel va, belonging to Scott Bros., Newcastle, were landed at Falmouth on Tuesday by the schooner Cupid, from Corunna. During a dense fog on July 21st the Huelva went ashere on a promontory on the west coast of Spain, and the crew got ashore in their boats. They were inhospitably treated by the Spaniards, who, under pretence of quaran- tine, kept them on the beach for seven days, without any provisions except such as came ashore from their vessel, which soon was under water. They had to make a tent on the beach with a sail they saved, and suffered great hard- ships until they were allowed to go on to Corunna, where they were again detained until the 4th inst. The captain and the remainder of the crew ar atill at Corunna. The men proceed to New- castle to-day.

DEPARTURE OF MINISTERS FROM TOWN. Lord Derby has left town for his country seat, Fairhill, Kent. Lord Carlingford leaves town on Thursday afternoon for the Priory, Chewton Mendip, near Bath. Mr Childers leaves town on Thursday evening for Scotland, where he remains some weeks. Lord North brook left his official residence, the Admiralty, on Tuesday evening for Scotland, where he will remain about ten days prior to leaving for Egypt.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. COUNTY WATKIIFORD.—The writ for the election of a member of Parliament for County Waterford, I in the room of Mr Blake, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, was forwarded on luesday to the sheriff.

ILLNESS OF CAUDINAL McCABB. Cardinal McCabe, whilst in Harrogate for the benefit of his health, was attacked suddenly with bronchitis, and returned to Dublin. Dr Cruise issued a bulletin on Tuesday Passed a good night, and is progressing safely so far.

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the wool- sack at a quarter-past four o'clock, THE PROPERTY OF T:, E PROPAGANDA. The Earl of MILLTOWN gave notice that early next session he should call attention to the con- templated appropriation by the Italian Govern- ment of the property of the Propaganda. MISCfrXLANKOOS. The Commons' amendments to the Intestates Estates Bill were considered, and agreed to. The Corrupt Practices (Suspension, of Elections) Bill was read a second time. The committee stage was negatived, and the third reading was fixed for to-morrow. The Public Health (Members and Officers) Bdl was read a second time, and the standing orders having been suspended, the bill passed through the remaining stages.. The Disuswi Burial Ground Bill and the Cholera, etc., Protection Bill were read a third time and passed. A NEW RUSSIAN BAttWAT. j 1 Lord LAMINGTON asked whether any official information had !J6en received of a concession j having been granted to a Russian company to j make & railway from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf. The Earl of KIMBBRLEV replied that her • Majesty's Government had received no infor- mation of such a concession, The House then adjourned during pleasure. THE APPROPRIATE N BILL. Their Lordships re-asscmbled at seven o'clock. The Appropriation Bill ha-vintf been brought from the Commons and read a first time, adjourned till three o'clock to-day.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. —TffESDAT. The Speaker took the chair at 10 minutes past three o'clock. THE HUSH LAND OQiitttdSXONKRS. The SonciTOB CORRAL for IRKLAND, in reply te Mr Healy's question, said the Land Commis- sioners had declined with their present staff to undertake the preparation of an alphabetical index to their reports on rent reductions. THE COMMISSION' OF LORO JJORTHBROOJt, Lord E. PITZMADRIGB, in reply to Sir H. Wolff's question, said the commission of Lord North brook would be laid before Parliament, but it had not yet been made out, or received the approval of her Majesty. Lord R. CHURCHILL iutimated he would pre- sently call attention to this subject on toe third readiug of the Appropriation Bill. THR PONIM DIWiOULTy. „ Mr AjsuLitY, in reply to Sir W. M'Arthur, said not much progress had been made towards a settlement of the Pondo difficulty, but a memo- rial was on its way to the colonial offices from the chief Umquikela. THK LATH CONFERENCE. Lord E. FITZMAURICK, in reply to Sir R. Peel's question (put by Sir H. Holland), said the British Minister at Rome and Constantinople had been instructed to express to the Italian and lurkish Governments the thanks of her Majesty's Government for the cordial support given to the British proposals in the conference. The proce- dent of 1873 did not apply, and there was no in- tention to act as suggested in tie question and present a piece of plate to the Italian delegate. r KIDNAPPING OF SAVAGES. Mr ASHLKIT, in reply to Mr fi. fowler (question put by H. Holland t. said the attention of the Colonial Office had been directed to cases very much like the kidnapping of natives engaged in the pearl fisheries of Western Australia. The Governor had sent a report on the matter, and was himself expected in England shortly, and the Secretary of State would confer with him on the subject. It was true there had been overcrowding among the native prisoners confined in Rotneat, but it was only a temporary crowding, through a number of prisoners being sent down from the north. Is had been remedied, and would not, be hoped, occur again. T „ A MISSING KNGLISHMAW. Lord E. FITZMAUBICK, in reply to Mr Arnold, said the latest despatches from Mr W. West, at „ ls;UllRton, received qu the 6th, stated that the lif 1 cA)f ,ttle Kansas authorities to discover Mr Alfred Sheldon had, so far, been in vain, but the search was being vigorously prosecuted, (j, Mr Arnold said, letters received by Mi bl''jther from correspondents in Kansas fi? —at 110 efforts were being made by the au orities to discover his brother. Lord E. FITZMAURICF. could ouly say that was quite opposite to his information. He asked to see the Otters, llIl promised every attention. n,r 1MpOHTAT!ON OF CANADIAN CATTLE. I ■Y0,)3°N) in reply to Mr Arnold, said he had not yet received the reply of the Canadian Government on tlie proposals submitted for the transit of cattle from Wyoming, through Cana- dian ports. n V, K4iI«NATION OF PAUPKBS. mir G-,K:us«kllj in reply to Sir Lardlev Wil- ( i explained that under the powers conferred upon boards of guardians by the 12 and 13 sec. of the Act as regaids persons willing to emigrate, the consent of the Local Government Board was still required. AMERICAN COMMERCIAL RBPOBTS- Lord h i' IT/.osuauj in reply to Mr Callan, said that her Majesty's Minister at Washington would ten ward to the library of the House copies or the United States commercial reports as they came. THE BQEK ATTACKS NATIVES- Alr AiiHLKy, in reply to Mr Ashmead Bartlett« question (asked by Lord R. Churchill)* said the account in the Times regarding the Boer attack on Usibep« was founded on the statement of Mr L>ait, on« of the white men who, for weal <<* woe, had thrown in their lot with Usibepu. He had nothing to add to his former auswers. Her Majesty's Government recognised their obligation to preserve order in the Zulu reserve, but they recognised no obligation to interpose between the ^ulus and the Boers invited into their country. n,, IRISH ENQUIRIES. J he SOLICITOR GKNERAL for IRELAND, in an- swer to Mr O'Brien, promised to make enquiries as to the alleged issyaof a public circular in Ire- laud, directing the movements of Mr J. R. Cox, the secretary to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, to be carefully watched. Sir WM. HAECOURT, in answer to Mr T. P. O'Connor, also promised to enquire into the alleged arrest of Mr Ennis, the president of the Land League at KiJmor"}.

THE APPROPRIATION BILL. Ou the motion for the third reading of the Appropriation Bill, Lord R. CHURCHILL desired to call attention to the enormous growth of tha expenditure of the country. There was an increase in the total amount appropriated this year as compared with last of something like five millions, and he was persuaded that there would be no salutary check on the ex|>enditure of the country until the accounts of each of the great spending depart- inents underwent a rigid investigation from a select committee of that Hllude. He could not congratulate the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the circumstances that had marked his tenure of office, and characterised as a piece of Ministerial indecency the fact that the pioposal he had made for debasing the gold coinage of the country had been allowed to drop without any explanation on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, either of the reasons for which it was brought forward or those for which it was with- drawn. He forebore from detailed comment on the manner in which the principal measures brought forward by the Government had been abandoned, because it was apparent to everyone, both as to the London Government Pill and the Merchant Shipping Bill, that the Government never haot any serious idea of carrying measures, although in the case of the latter, if the statements of the Government were true as to the loss of life the bill was intended to remedy, their conduct in its withdrawal had been flagitious. Phe r. suit of the action of the Government had been the total waste of a whole session. He (the uoble lord) went on to speak of the appoint- ment of Lord Northbrook as High Commissioner Eg-ypt, and the sending out of Sir Evelyn iiaring in company with him, remarking that both those individuals were members of the great house of Paring, and that the Government might as well have sent out two members of the house of Rothschild, and entrusted to them the entire control of England's political and financial interests in the East. The action of the Govern- "went in this matter was, however, an obvious electioneering device, somewhat analogous to a well-known turf practice. They had put an enormous stake on the question of parliamentary reform, and they had hedged" on General Gordon and the condition of Egypt. The noble lord warned the Government that they would find themselves greatly mistaken if they expected to nvet the attention of Parliament in the autumn session to the question of enfranchising two Millions of persons, and in conclusion contrasted the present Government of Ireland with that of the late administration, condemning the enor- mous expenditure in which they had indulged, and calling upon them for some announcement as to their fGture policy. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, replymg to the criticisms just indulged in, said the noble lord seemed to think that the mantles of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Beaconsfield, who were in the habit of summing up the doings of a session, had iallen uuon him, but there was this marked difference-that the weapons of Lords Lyndhurst and Beaconsfield in attacking the policy of their opponents did not consist, as did those of the noble lord himself, of abusive language aud the calling of names. These were the things which principally distinguished the oratory of the noble lord, vulgar abuse, however, did no harm. As to the accounts of the different public departments, he reminded the House that the Prime Minister had expressed the readiness of the Government to accept the appointment of a select committee of that House to consider the expenditure of the different departments, but the House had not taken any step in that direction. With regard to the noble lord's insinuations with reference to Lord Northbrook's connection with the house of Banng-, the fact was that Lord Northbrook had no commercial connection with that house at all, and the attack made upon him would have been considered unworthy of the noble lord (Churchill) were it not that he made these attacks so frequently and so frivolously that no one took any serious notice of them. BECHUANALAND. Mr E. ASHLKY, in reply to Sir H. Holland, stated that he was unable to give any information as to the recall of Mr Mackenzie, the British resi- dent in Bechuanaland, beyond the fact that a telegram had been received from Sir Hercules Robinson, statiug tha.t for various reasons which were not given in the telegram he had thought it necessary to recall Mr Mackenzie to Cape Town, and to send Mr Rhodes in his place. As to Stellaland, the people were anxious that their territory should be annexed by the British power. but no definite action had yet been taken. As to the late conflict between the Boers and the natives, the telegraphic accounts were not com- plete, but they showed that the Boers had sus- tained a loss. Everything possible would be done by the British authorities to preserve order, and it was believed that the force of mounted police which had been organised for the purpose would be Insufficient. Mr W. E. FORSTER urged upon the Govern- ment the necessity of insisting on the preservation of order. It Mr RITCHIE entered upon a general criticism and condemnation of the conduct of the Govern- ">entm abandoning useful measures because they had been checked in regard to an incomplete pro- posal m the direction of parliamentary reform, HIBERNIAN GRIEVANCES. Mr O BRIEN called attention to the refusal of the Solicitor-General for Ireland to grat him a return in the shape of Lord Justice Fry's report # v?e Chancellor of Ireland as to the frauds rpu **eors<e Bolton upon his wife. SOLIOITOB-GENEBAL for IRELAND replied that f-he documents asked for were of a confiden- tial character. Mr BIGGAi recalled attention to the Bolton ease. Mr A. OICONNOT asked for protection to a family in Queen's County, who were harassed by nig)A visits, under the Crimes Act, from a sergeant of constabulary. INDIAN FINANCES. Sir G. BALFOUR gave notice that next session he will call attention to certain interference by the Treasury with the Indiaii accounts. THE COOLIE TRADE. Mr O'DONNELL called attention to the Coolie trade that was being carried on in the Wootern Pacific, describing it as a combination of pimar and slavery, which was carried on under the guise of competition for free labour. Fearful stories were told of the natives of the Pacific Islandi being entrapped on board labour schiwners, put in irons, and carried off to Queens- land and elsewhere. There was no effective police in these waters. The bill was then read a third time, and the House adjourned at 6.55 until Thursday.

THE LORDS AND THE FRANCHISE BILL. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING AT EBBW VALE. Adopting the course which has been so exten- sively pursued, and has been found so stimula- tive of public opinion ia the country at large, the Liberals of Ebbw Vale, on Tuesday, held an open-air public meeting, on the drill-ground, for the purpose of protesting against the action of the House of Lords on the Franchise Bill. A thousand or more persons were pre- sent, mostly working men. There were pre- sent 011 the platform Messrs Francis Sarvis, John Lloyd, G. Grove, Mark Lewis, Revs. J. Morris, and W. Powell, and amongst the audience Messrs L. P. Jones, Ed- ward Phillips, D. Jones, E. Da vies, W. G. Wil. liams, Thomas Stores, T. D. Jones, Ac., Ac. The chair was taken by Mr Moggridge, of Woodfield Park. Mr FRANCIS SARVIS, a working man, moved the following resolution That this meeting hereby declares its unabated con- iideoce in the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and the Liberal Government, and approves of their home and foreign policy, believing that their course of conduct has been, and will be. conducive to the best interests of the people of the British Umpire. {Loud cheers.) The question of the franchise, the speaker continued, was their basiness --(hear, hear)—and affected every working man. At present, great numbers of them were nothing to the country, though it was their native land but if they put their shoulders to the wheel they would force the franchise upon themselves. (Cheers.) The Rev. W. POWELL seconded the resolution with unbounded satisfaction and pleasure. (Cheers.) Their confidence in Mr Gladstone to- day was stronger than it was in the past even, because they knew he was not only a great states- man—the greatest statesman the country had ever produced-but a good man. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Under the present circum- stances, they ought to let him know how they esteemed him and his Government. {Hear, hear.) The speaker then referred to the obstruction which Tories had consistently given to 'Liberal and reforming measures in the past, and, dwelling particularly upon the Egyptian diffi- culty, pronounced it the fruit of the tree that Lord Beaconsfield planted some yews ago. fLoud cheers.) The present Government had to thank its predecessor for the policy forced upon it now. (Hear, hear.) But working men were the I governors of the country after all. (Cheers.) Government was for the people, and they would see that it was also substantially by the people. {Hear, hear.) The voice of the people was not the voice of God-that was too strong and sweeping an assertion—but it was the voice of power and authority, and the Marquis of Salisbury and the peers would have that fact convincingly brought home to them by the spirit and action they had aroused. (Loud cheers.) Mr E. GROVE supported the resolution. One objection to the House of Lords, he said, was that it was hereditary. (Hear, bear.) It was a disgrace that men like the Duke of Marlborough and Lord St. Leonards should have a seat in the Upper House merly because of their descent. (Hear, hear.) Mr Grove then gave a summary of the measures passed by the last Parliament. He included the bill for extending the hoars during which public-houses should be left open to the Regimental Exchanges Bill, which endeavoured to do away with the effect of the abolished pur- chase clauses in the army to the action of L >rd Beaconsfield in relation to Afghanistan, order- ing Lord Northbrook to "find a circumstance or create one," in order to force an embassy on the Ameer to the slave circular issued in July, 1875, for the return of slaves coming on board British vessels to their masters—(shame)—to the act, which bad proved a nullity, authorising local authorities to provide cemeteries for Nonconfor- mists, as if the latter were not good enough to be buried with Churchmen to the attempt to main- tain flogging in the army and, finally, to the issue of exchequer bonds, which Mr Gladstone and his Government were left to meet. (Groans.) Conservatives had stopped the progress of the nation wherever they found themselves able, and the law of action of the House of Lords seemed to be As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be." (Laughter.) That House would have either to be amended or—(A voice: "Abolished.") Yes, the Lords were so high that it reminded him of a new drink (patented), of which some one said that after a draught thereof the individual felt so elevated that he had to come down a long ladder to unlace his boots. (Laughter.) They were so proud that the people could never bring them down to the level and the influence of reason. (Hear, hear.) But when the two millions got the franchise Bill, as they would get it—(hear, hear, and loud clieers)-there would be a greater power than ever in the land to exact right and justice. And why should, say, a puddler at Newport have the vote, and a puddler at Ebbw Vale b8 de- prived of one ? It was a shame that this was so in the present spread of intelligence. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Lords wanted to force on a dissolution because they wanted an election on the present lines. They knew that otherwise their chances of returning to power would be much less than it was even now. (Hear, hear.) The birth-rght of Englishmen was to hare a vote, and this they would make sure of, let the Lords pro- test as they would. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN put the resolution in the capa- city as being an emphatic wituess, on their part, to the greatest statesman and of the best men that ever governed the fortunes of a great country. The resolution was putand carried unanimously and with cheering. Mr R. WLxhTosx, a working man, moved the following resolution That this meeting strongly resents the action of the House of Lords ill rejecting the Franchise Bill, and approves the holding of an autumnal session for the purpose of re-introducing the same it furthermore u ges upon the Government not to dissolve Parliament until it has beceme law. Also, considering the uniform attitude of the upper cha-mher towards every measure of reform, and the present accumulated pressure of legislative work, we are of opinion that thi exigencies of the case demand an immediate reforma- tion of the House of lords so that, if the hereditary cllamber is to be continued, it must be made the means of impelling rather than impeding useful legislate a. (Loud cheers.) The speaker contended that the country was at present overpowered by the House of Lords, and it was necessary for its own pro- gress to morally overpower the Lords. (Cheers.) The Rav. J. MORRIS said they were all equal before the law, and why should they not be equal in that respect which practically made the laws of their country ? (Hear, hear.) Many a working man now deprived of the vote had that within him which enabled him to say that he had quite as much brain as his neighbour, quite as much loyalty, and as much interest in the ood government of their common country. (Cheers.) The House of Lords told them they would not all have this power. (" But we will.") Well, he was willing; and let him tell them that when the Lords had to fight the people they were great cowards. (Hear, hear.) They threw out the first Reform B 11 seven times an-l then passed it—(laughter)—and the Jewish Disabilities Bill six times and passed that-(renewed laugbter)- and the Lords would swallow the Franchise. (Hear, hear.) Lord Salisbury was going about like Ginx's Baby," cryiug all over the kingdom, and he hoped somebody would give him some paregoric and send him to sleep—(cheers)—and give the House of Lords a dose that would send them to sleep for ten years, so that they would be got rid of in a smooth and quiet way. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Somebody had said of the House of Lords that it was a bourne from which no useful measure ever returned. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Now they wanted to do away with the power that was so possessed and so used. The House of Lords was an anti-reform House, and legislated only to de- stroy the spirit of every good measure sent up to it. Emphatically it mast mend its ways, or go out of existence. (Hear, hear.) They need not be reminded that they were met on the drill- ground, and meant fighting. (Laughter and loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried without a dissentient. Mr L. JOYES moved the next resolution :— That this meeting rejoices at the re-oleraion of Mr C. M. Wannington. Q.C., as one of the L beral candi- dates for the county at the next election, and pledges itself to resort to every legitimate means to secure his triumphant return. (Cheers). At the present time very few of them had the privilege of giving a vote. At the last election Mr Warmington was received very cordially. How much more so would he be with the extended franchise? (Cheers.) It would not be their voices alone that would assist, but their hands also. But they were not willing that Mr Warmington should go to Parliament alone. He should be accompanied by another, and who more fitting than their cliairiiiau, Mr Moggridge ? (Loud cheers.) He was one that conferred dignity on the Liberal cause in that district—(hear, hear)— he had put alike his hand and his heart to the /ri'u TrT *i,lce he had been in the county. (Cheers.) He had worked at committee meetings, and no one had done more good than he for the Liberal party, (Loud cheers.) He asked them all to work hard, for much depended upon it, and upon the working men as upon anybody or any- thing else. (Cheers.) Mr J. LLOYD, a working man, seconded the resolution. The resolution was then put and carried with gre,At Mr E. PHILLIPS moved and Mr L. PRITOHABD secouded the following resolution That copies of the preceding resolutions be for- warded to the H.i,-ht BOll. W. E. Gladstone and the county and borough members. The resolution was put and unanimously ap- proved. At an Orange celebration held at Derry on Tuesday, a resolution was passed expressing entire approval of the action of Lord Salisbury and the leaders of the Conservative party in the pre- sent crisis. The proceedings were enlivened with music, and there was a procession with banners Subsequently some slight disturbance arose.

LOCAL FAIRS FOR AUGUST. I Llandovery 2 Narberth 13 Llanybvther 4 Presteign 13 Kidwelly 4 Trecastle 14 Bglwyswrv 4 Swansea 15 St. Clears 5 <fc 14 Lunpeter (Cardigan) 16 Penybont (Badnoi)..5, 26 Knighton 18 Maencloehog 5 neref0rd 19 St David's 5 KilRerran 19 < Llangendeirne 5 Kington 19 '^rt«aro" 5 Llandyssil 19 Carmarthen 6 & 12 NewcasUe-Emlyn .20 falvgarth 10 Cayo 21 V.*T J I1 Llandilofawr 23 Haverfordwest 12 Llandeloy 25 Ut 12 Caerphilly 25 Bu,lth 12 St. Miry-hill 26 Uay 22 Cryuuuycli Arms 26

PARRY and Roottn Welsh Yarns are the Best THB LADIES' HTSIENIC SHOR. Bedwellty House. Crockherbtown, Cardiff. FIRST PRLZi: fOR LAUNDBT WORK.—The Laundress who won the first prize in the competition for the best got up linen, at the Torquay Industrial Exhibition, used Reckitt's Paris Blue and Starch. 69362 TOBACCONISTS.—A painphict, How to Open: respectably fiom £ 20," free. H. Myers and Co., 103, Kustan-rold, London. 946 8J6 J UN It 26, 138^.—From Todd aud Co., Wholesale Clothiers. Victoria-street, Bristol. To Wheeler atid Wilson Co. Gentlemen,—Having fairly tested the capabilities of the marbines you sent us, we have de. cided to adopt your New No. 10 for our new factory. Please, therefore, send us 100 of this class of machine. All who attend buying a sewing machine should see these new machines.—Wheeler and Wilson, Duke- street, Cardiii, 59616 CHOLERA RISKS. Bragg's Pure Vegetable Chareoal absorbs aJ impurities in the stomach and bowels, and gives a healthy tone to the whole system. Especially useful in cases of acidity, flatalencc, &c. Sold in bottles, 2a. 4s, and bs. by &U chemists. Sole Maker, J. L. Brag,. 14, Wigmora-st.. London. 70272 JJUIS VILLK 8 OLD iltlgh WHISKY IS rasouimended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. They hold the largest stock of Whisky in the world. Supplied in casks and cases for home nse and exportation. Quotations »n application to I>«NVILLI: &Co. Limited. Iloyal Irish Distilleries. Belfast. 62380 DiwyDRwrnDT CTMJIY."—Support the Welsh Industries ask for the Welsh Hand-Knitted Hosiery, manufactured by Parry aud Rocke, Swansea, from their celebrated knitting; yarns all pure wool; nothing wears like them each pair has their name and trad mark label attached; none genuine without this 6914

CARDIFF. THE LAW: MRS D. YOUNG.—It may interest many of our readers to know that the remains of Mrs Young, wife of the Rev. D. Young, Wes- leyan minister, of Cardiff, will be interred at Cefn Cemetery, near Merthyr, this day (Wednesday), at three o'clock. Friends intending to join the funeral will leave Cardiff by the 1.25 p.m. train, arriving at Merthyr at 2.36, and thence proceed to the cemetery. INQUESTS.—Inquests were held on Tuesday at Roath police-station (before the deputy coroner), on the bodies of Mary Tucker, aged 59, of 115, Clifton-street, and Elizabeth Howard. aged 69, of 10, Maud-street, who had died rather suddenly on the Sunday previous. A verdict of Death from natural causes" was returned in each case. An inquest was also held, at the same place, on the body of James Cole, a little boy three years of age, son of Patrick Cole, of 17, Bute-terrace, who had died from injuries sustained by falling from a hayloft, as has been already reported, and a verdict of "Accidental death" was re- turned. CHEAP ExouBSIOn. -The London and North Western Railway will ran cheap trips to Edin- burgh and Glasgow (11 days), and Liverpool (one day), on Friday next. On the following morDin the same company will run an eight days' ex- cursion to the Isle of Man. Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, &c. STEAUMO WEARING APPAREL. -At the Cardiff polioe-oourt, on Tuesday, George Woods was charged witli stealing a quantity of wearing ap- parel, including three shirts, overcoat, and pair of trousers, the property of William Thomas, sea- man. on board the Caroline, iu the East Dek.- P.C. Thomas met the prisoner coming from the dock with the clothes, and from suspicious circum- stances was led to take him into custody. On making inquiries he found the owner.—Prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. MIL FREKK has all the modern applianoes suit- able for out-door photography, and work entrusted to him will be executed promptly, artistically, and cheap —A. Freke. 12 Duke-street. 60400 BANK HOLIDAY.—J. B. Thomasson and Co., 28, St. Mary-street, Cardiff, hold a large and well, selected stock of Travelling Goods, Gladstone Bags, Portmanteaus, Oveiland Trunks. American Saratoga Trunks, and a variety of articles suitable for the season. Repairs quickly executed upon the premises. 70273 CARDIKK COTTAGK, ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. -Mr Alfred W. HeUiwell begs to announce to his friends and the public that he has taken the above business (so long carried on by the late Mr W. Steeds), and hopes, by supplying wines, spirits, &c., kc., ot the very best quality, to merit a share of their patronage. ———— 70155

ST. PAGAN'S. THE PROMOTION OF TxmPERANOL-On Monday evening, at the National Schools, a public meeting was held for the purpose of forming a juvenile branch of the Church of England Temperance Society. The Rev. W. David, M.A., rector, pre- sided. The Rev. Valpy French, D.D., vicar of Llantmartin, Monmouthshire, addressed the meeting, and explained the objects of the societv. The meeting was well atteuded, among those present being Mrs R. Forrest, Greenwood; Miss: David, The Rectory Miss Davidson Rev. Mr Evans, curate of St. Fagan's Mr W. David, &c. At the close a large number joined the newly- formed society. IMFORTAHT REPORT PROM CHILI, S.A., that "Hughes's Blood Pills'* are most popular in that country for the Bl«od, Stomach, Skim, and Nerves Wonderful cures reported. Sold everywhere at Is lid' 2s 9d, and 4s 6d.

CO WB RIDGE. SCHOOL Succmsm.-We are pleased to state that at the examinations held m June last, the following candidates (pupils of Mra and Misses Culver well, Great House School) were successful —Trinity College—C. E. Jones (Marcross), 1st class honours A. M. Jones (Mountain Ash), 1st class honours M. Williams (Aberaman), 1st class special mention A. Thomas {Treherbert), 2nd class special mention M. Thomas (Llan. trisant), pass section S. Richards (Llanmaes), pass section E. Harding (Cowbridge), pass sec- tion. College of Preceptors—C. E, Jones (Mar- cross), M. Williams (Aberaman), A. Thomas (Treberbert), M. Hopkins (Ltpintrisant), and E. Phillips (Pontypridd). GREAT SENSATION IN CARDIGANSHIRE.—WHEN Hannah Joaes, Aberayron Gate, viils cured y taking Hughes's Dropsy Pills," Invalided with dropsy, asthma, great ewallings. inaction of kidneys, A-c., for 15 years. Sold everywheraat Is 1d, 2s 9d, 4s 61. 67S57

TONGWYNLAIS. THE annual pleasure fair was held here on Mvnday, whea several hundreds of people were attracted te the seat of enjoyment. Studt's circus, shooting galleries, &c., were to the fore as usual. The general conduct ot the visitors was good.

NEWPORT. DEATHS BT DROWNING.—Inquests were held on Tuesday, before the deputy-coroner, Mr Knox- Rickards, oil the bodies of two lads named Jolin Carter, 31, Cardiff-road, and Charles Jeffrey Fry, Julian-street, who were drowned on the preceding evening—the first whilst bathing in the canal near Alteryn, and the second as he was engaged in getting the oars out of a boat in the Old Dock. Both lads were 14 years of age the former was of respectable parentage, and tlie latter was a telegraph messenger. A son of Police-constable May went to Carter's help, but the lad grasped him by the neck, and lie had considerable diffi- culty in freeing himself. Tiie body was not recovered for 20 minutes. Fry, with other lads, had pulled about the dock, in a sniall boat, his companions had gone on board the shin to which the boat belonged, expecting deceased to follow. He was missod as he was handing up the oars. The jury in each case returned a verdict of "Acci- dental death." THE FAMOUS S.S. RISHANGLTS.—This steamer is now berthed in the Alexandra Dock, prepara- tory to taking in a cargo of coals. This is the vessel which brought the first cholera cases up the Briftol Channel. CORN HARVEST.—Howard's String Binder can lie seen at work constantly at Gaer Fach and Nant Ooch Faims, near Newport.—Charles D. Phiil ps, 1,"ml- a Engineering Works, Newport, Mon. 70419

POKTY POOL. FUltN ITURIZ. Lar,t Stock in Monmouth shire or South Wales.-Bevan, Pontypool & Blaenavon

MAESYCWMMER. ATHLETIC MEETING. On Monday evening a largely-attended meeting of the supporters of the forthcoming annual athletic meeting was held at the Angel Hotel. Among those present were Mr Richard Chave, Mr Toomas Rees, Mr F. Morgan, Mr R. Chappel (Maesycwinmer), Mr S. R. Baker (Caerphilly), Mr Jenkins (Pontypridd), MrThomas (N ewp,)rt),-The Secretary read letters from the tollowing gentleman, who had kindly given their support and patronage towards the pro- motion ot the sports, viz., Right Hon. Lord Tredegar, Hon. F. C. Morgan, M.P. (Muperra Castle), Mr J. A. Rolls, M.P., Mr H. M. Kenn"rd (Croft;A).-The meeting was convened tor the purpose of making final arrangements in reference to the programme of events, and the date for holding the meeting. The secretary announced that they would be able to grant about £ 50 in prizes, irrespective of the cups and extra prizes contributed. It was resolved that the sports should take place oa Monday, the 25th of September, a first-class track and grounds having been obtained (by kind permission of Mr George Thomas, The Heath) in dose proximity to the town. On the proposition of the chairman, it was decided that the sports be duly adverted in the columns of the Souti Wales Daily News. Mr S. R. Baker, Caerphilly, and Mr Tom West, Bristol, were appointed handicappers. Fall particulars can be obtained from the honorary secretary, Angel Hotel, Maesrcwmmmer,

WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The fortnightly meet- ing of this board was held at the board-room on Tuesday, Major Probyn {the chairman) presiding. A very satisfactory report from her Majesty's inspector as to the character of the education given in the workhouse schools was read.

MERTHYR. BATHING FATALITY. — On Monday ning-, Wm. Lewis Thomas, agied 16, the son of a weigher living at NQ. 8, Cardiff-road, Mertbyr Vale, was drowned whilst bathing with several other youn? fellows in the Tail, near the Black Lion crossing, Mertbyr Vale. Deceased was seen in the act of sinking in deep water whilst some little distance from his companions, and as none of them could swim they were unable to save him. The dead body was recovered hy a man named Tom Chap- man in about twenty minutes after the sad occurrence. FETE AND CONCERT.—An advertisement in another column states that on M ID lay and Tuesday evenings next, there will be, in the Penydarren Park, Merthyr, a novel entertain- ment. The celebrated Black Watch, numbering 42 performers, including six rjyai pipers, will perform a selection of music, and a display of fireworks, by the equally renowned Mr Jainss Pain, will also take place.

ABERDARE. DEATH nOM SUNSTROKE.—On Monday after- noon, about four o'clock, a rag and bone collector named Jeremiah Scanlan, aged 4-0, residing at Aberaman, whilst proceeding along the Cardiff road at that p,ace, was attacked by sunstroke, and ell. Dr. Jones happened to be passing at the time, and he ordered the man's removal to the Uritnn lun, whither he was at once taken. There he remained until Dr. Jones's ambulance had qeen procured, and he was then conveyed to the hospital, where he died at seven o'clock, having been unconscious from the time of the fall. POLICE.—At the weekly sitting of the magis- trates on Tuesday, Mr James Lewis and Mr D. C. Williams being on the bench, William Daniel was charged with stealing one stocking and a muffler, the property of Thomas Davies, engine- man, of 4-6, North View-terrace, Aberaman, and also with stealing two mufflers and three stockings belonging to William Davies, a lodsrer at the other man's house. The articles mentioned were hung out on a line to dry on the morning of the 2nd August, and late at night they were missed. On the following Tuesday whilst the prisoner, who then lodged with a Mr., Nash, at 44, North View-terrace, was packing up his box in preparation for leaving his lodgings, his landlady observed therein a pair of strange" stockings, and suspicion having been aroused that the property had been stolen by Daniel, he was on the Wednesday arrested by P.C. Joseph PniHips. Upaa searching the box the constable found the whole of the goods which had been lost, and when charged with the theft of them, the prisoner declared that he had not known of their being there, and had no know- ledge whatever of them. For the datence, Mr T. Phillips, who appeared for the prisoner, set up the plea that the things had bsen put in his box by some other person thiin the prisoner, and he hinted at Mrs Nash being this person, she having some ground for spite, as his client had threatened to go to the Aberaman offices, and try to get the house which occupied for himself. Prisoner was committed fur trial at the next sessions. GARDEN ROBBERY.—John Thomas Barker and Herbert Barker (boys) were each fined 10s for stealing beans from an allotment garden at Aber- dare, the property of Tliomas Jenkins. A LOST VISITOR.—Evan Rees was brought up charged with drunkenness, and with having been found on enclosed premises, supposed for the purpose of committing a felony. About 10 minuses past two o'clock the same morning P.C. John Evans found the prisoner in a drunken state walk- ing along the path in front of Ysgnborwen House, and as he refused to give his name or any explana- tion as to why he had trespassed on the premises, he was taken into custody. On the wav to the station he threatened to knock the officer's head off, and to throw him into the river. Prisoner explained to the magistrates that he had come to Aberdare from Rhymney, to attend a elub feast, and had got so intoxicated that he had no idea how he found his way into Ml's Thomas's grounds. The bench convicted him simply for being drunk, aud imposed a fine of 5s and costs.

G1LWERN. PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.— On Saturday the Philanthropic ocjety helJ their annual anniver- sary at the lodge-room, Beaufort Arms Ion, when a goodly number of members and friends sat down to an excellent dinner, provided by Mr and Mrs Jenkins. Afterwards a meeting was held, under the presidency of Mr Pa -ry, secretary to the society, who was supported by Mr John Williams. Aberclydach lloase (honorary member). Messrs Morgan, L.jwis, SVatkins, Powell. Graham, Blacker, H. Jones (Baenavou), Bentley, &c., &c. From the statemeut of accounts the society is ia a sound flourishing position, there being- some 80 members at present en the book*, with a reserve fund of £560. Paid out in 1 sick funds for past year about £33, and funeral expenses about Speeches and songs inter- spersed concluded the meeting. A DEPLORABLE LOSS.—Loss of Health Suf- ferers from Dyspepsia, Biliousness, I!1dil!:st¡on. Head- ache. are soon cured by Hughes's Blood Pills." everywhere lit Is I d, 2s 9d. and 43 bíJ. 767a5

PONTYPRIDD. PoBTEArra taken by Thomas Forrest, Cambrian Studio. Pontypridd, are pronounced equal to those taken else.wh«re at much higher prices. Prompt per attention to outdoor Photography. #924&

SWANSEA. PRESENTATIONS. — On Saturday evening, the 26th July, a special meeting of Court Eagle, A.O.F., Morriston aud Swansea Valley District, was held at the court-room, Eagle Hotel, for the purpose of presenting Bro. D. J. Morgan, P.D.C.R., with a beautiful oil painting ot himself as a mark of esteem for the valuable service ren- dered by him as their secretary for the past thirteen years and also presenting Mrs Morgan with a set of china ware, for the services rendered by her as their hostess for the past twelve years. There was a numerous attendance of brethren and friends. The presentations were made by Bro. William Williams, C R., the address being read by Bro. David Jones, D.S.O.R. Bro. D.J. Morgan, in feeling language thanked them for the kindness shown to him. Bro. W. Williams, C.R., referred to the valuable services which Mr Morgan had rendered to the court from the com- mencement, and also to her neighbours in general, after which Mrs Morgan and her friends returned thanks. Messrs A. Davies, J. Rees, J. Evans, J. Jeremiah, Evan Jones, David Jamts, T. Evans, and others took part in the meeting. Mr Williams and Mr Pilpot rendered songs. ALLEGED THEFT.—At the police-court on Tuesday—before Mr Fowler and Mr Thomas Phillips-Artbur Seward, engineer, was charged with stealing the log-books from the steamship Saga on Monday last. Mr W. K. Smith de- fended. The proceedings had been instituted by the captain of t.he ship. There being no evidence adduced, the stipendiary remarked that the in- formation which led to the arrest was very meagre, and added that it was a cowardly and mean thing for a captain to do, and he (the stipendiary) sympathised with the defendant, whom he discharged. ASSAULT.—James Peters, labourer, living in Rodney-street, was fined 10s for assaulting John Jones on the Mumbles-road, on the 26th ult. Defendant was a passenger in one of the Mum- bles tramcars, and, with several others, threw apples at complainant, who was on the road as the tram passed. Several apples struck com- plainant und damaged his hat. The stipendiary suggested that the tram comuanv should post printed bills in their ears, cautioning passengers against indulging in so dangerous a practice. GRifpiTHss, late Sulley's Private and Com- mercial Ho el. 23, Euston-road, Kings Cross London. —William Griffiths, late Swansea, roprietor. 69926 THE FAME of MR CHAPMAN'S Photographs is not confined to Wales. Visitors to Swansea will not regret paying the High-street Studio a visit, 46701 THE PEOPLE'S PHOTOGRAPHER, J. Harrison Goldie, Temple-street Studio. See windows forspeci- mens. Instantaneous process for children. 6tf70o

NEATH. „ „ IMPORTANT BANKRUPTCY MOTIOK.-—H'* ±iouonr J udge Beresford, at the sitting of tbe court on Tuesday, at Neath, delivered judgment in the matter of a motion by the trustee of the estate of Mr Howard, a provision merchant, recently trad- ing at Neath, to set aside a judgment which had been obtained by Mr P. H. Williams, of Swan- sea, against Howard. His Honour reviewed the evidence, and said he was satisfied there had not been any fraudulent preference. Williams had not accounted for some cheques and goods given by the bankrupt to him, but even assuming he had done so, the amount would not satisfy his n, claim. The motion would be dismissed, but with out costs. Williams would have to pay his own costs, and so would the trustee, but be hoped the latter would get his costs out of the estate. *r -^ISPUTE.—At the eonnty-conrt, Neath, on Tuesday, hdward Williams, of Briton fen* lit an action against John Edwards, of Skewen, to recover the sum of £ 10 damages for trespass. Mr S. T. Evans appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Williaui Howell (Llaaelly) for defendant. It appeared that the title to the pro- perty was in dispute, the defendant asserting that be was entitled to it, and called several witnesses in confirmation. Mr Evans called tha plaintiff to peak as to the trespass and his title to the pro- perty. In the course of the case judgments pre- viously given respecting the same matter were re- ferred to, and the witnessed cross-examined tberoes. From the judge's notes it appeared that the evidence previously given for the defence was not satisfactory, and, after hearing both advo- cates, his Honour gave judgment for the amlunt elaiaed with castil FKIRADLR Sociwf OASE. At the Neath • cuunty-cowt on Tnesday, before his Honour Judge Beresford, the trustees of the Cwmfelin Lodge, No, 72, of the Order of Ancient Britons Friendly Society, Skewen, sued Ann Williams, ° as the widow aud executrix de sou toft of William Williams, her late husband, for sum of 9" 6d, balance of monevs received by her late husband as the treasurer of the lodge. The amount of the claim was £36 13s 2d, credit being given for £21 19 8d, moneys paid by defendant's husband, and JB11 10s general money retained by the lodge upon his death. Tbe defendant counter-claimed for £24 2s 6d, moneys due from the lodge to her husband on a promissory note, and moneys paid by him on behalf of the lodge.—Mr S. T. Evans appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr John Plews (in- structed by Mr W. H. Davids) for defendant.^ Mr Plews raised a preliminary objection that the court had no jurisdiction.—Mr Evans contended that it bad, and referred to cases on the point.— After hearing the learned advocates, the Judge held that be had jurisdiction, and referred the case to Mr Henry Charles, the registrar of tha court to decide all points in dispute.

BRIDGEND. DEATH OF DR. JENKINS.—A painful sensatioa was caused in the above town on Tuesday morn- lnfir by the announcement that Mr John Jenkins, surgeon, of Elmsfield, had expired after a brief but acute illness, arising from inflammation of the liver. The deceased gentleman was much respected, and, in addition to his private practice, held medical appointments under the guardians of the Bridgend and Cowbridge Union. The funeral, a public one, will take place at Zoar Chapel, Bonvilstone, on Friday next. Dr, Jenkins lost his wife only two months ago.

LLANELLY. ScHOOL BOARD.—At the monthly meeting on luesday, Mr Tregoning in the chair, Mr Baker's plans for Lakefield School were accepted, subject to certain conditions. TOBY MovEMr-NTS.—It is rumoured that the local Conservatives contemplate inviting Lord Salisbury, Lord R. Churchill, and Sir Stafford Northcote to deliver addresses at Llanelly, COUNTY-COURT.—On Monday — before Judge Berestord-W. J. Phillips, grocer, claimed £15 from Messrs Bragg and Wilkins, Liverpool, for breach of warranty. Mr W. Howell appeared for plaintiff, and defendants were represented by their traveller, Mr Howard. It appeared that Mr Phillips ordered from defendants a quantity of cheese and bacon, and he alleged that on ar- rival both turned out uneatable, the former being presumably oleomargarine. The stuff was ulti- mateJy sold to someone in Swansea for much lesa than what plaintiff had paid for it, and the latter, therefore, sued for the balance. 1 or the defence Mr Howard denied much of what plaintiff and his witnesses asserted, but stated that he could not say whether the cheese produced was oleomargarine or not. The bacon was spoiled by careless expo- sure to the sun by plaintiff.—The jury returned A verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount.

HAVERFORDWEST. ACCIDENTS.—While a man named John. James, living at Bethany-row, was driving a cart, the horse stumbled and fell. The man was thrown out of the cart and fractured his left collar-bone. He also sustained a severe scalp wound, aud as he was suffering from chronic bronchitis at the time, the shock brought on congestion of the lun, and he lies in a precarious condition, under the treat- ment of Dr. Brigstocke.—A man named John Rowlands fell off a cart at Wiston, and dislocated his right collar bone on Wednesday last. He is progressing favourably under Dr. Brigstocke's care. TOWN COUNCIL.—The quarterly meeting of the eouneti was held on Monday afternoon, when there were present the Mayor (Mr S. Thomas), Aldermen Phillips, Green, and Evans, and Councillors Rowlands, Davie-, Reynolds, T. James, and T. Baker, jun.—The report of Dr. John, the medical officer of health, was read, in which was embodied certain recommendations of the Local Government Board as to precautionary steps being adopted with the view of preventing the spread ol cholera shonld it reach England, such as the flushing of drains with carbolic acid twice or three times a week, and recommeuding that householders should freely use the acid in their water-closets. Dr. John further stated that he had held an interview with Dr. Blackwell, who had been sent down by the Local Government Board to advise the purt sanitary authority at Milford Haven as to the precautionary measures to be adopted. The report was unanimously approved of, and, on the suggestion of the mayor it was de- cided to send a house-to-house visitor to urge upon the inhabitants the necessity of preventing any waste of water. The opinion was freely ex- pressed by the council that many peopte were guilty of wasting water.—A letter was lead from Mr Szlumper, the engineer, stating that in tha course of the week the plan with the estimate and specification of the water scheme would be sent down to be approved by the council,

KNIGHTON. CoUSTTOCHJRT.-At the county-court, before Judge Williams, there were 76 new eases, one adjourned, and two judgment summonses. Only two of these cases came before the judge, the others being settled out of court or t>efore the registrar, Mr C. P. Peters. The two cases before the judge were of no public interest,

WH1TLAND. T&rPLE BIKTH.— On Monday Mrs Ambley, of the Coffee-tavern and Reading-room, Whitlaud, gave birth to three clllldren-tw" boys and one girl. Both mother and children are doing re- markably well. Mrs Ambley wag attended by Dr Puillips, Whitland, who lutends applying for the Quean's bounty of j63.

SAUNDERSFOOT. BAZAAR AND 1 ANOY FAIR.—A bazaar and fancy fair on an extensive scale was opened at Saunders- foot on Tuesday, its object being to obtain funds for providing a permanent location for the recrea- tion and coffee rooms which have existed at the village for the past 18 months. At present the rooms are burdened with a heavy rent, and the idea of the promoters is to either purchase a plot of ground and build, or purchase a conven e it house. The bazaar committee announced a long list of attractions, and the Great Western Rail- way Company wa.s induced to issue cheap tickets from Carmarthen and stations belnw, while the Pembroke and Tenby C was equally accommodative on its line. The bazaar was arranged in the national school- room, and the stalls, which one for flowers and ferns, and another for glass and cnlourel ware goods, were IInd..r the ¡;u¡>eriuten- dence of (No. 4) Miss Partridge and Miss Wukin- son (2) Miss Victoria Thomas, Miss Vickeman, and Miss Wilson (5) Mrs Barnwell, Mis.- CorisP, and Miss Stratton; china staH, Miss Milward refreshment stall, Mrs Corke, Mrs R. W. Part- ridge, and Miss M. Craves flower stall, Mrs Jeffreys and Mss Sheild; fishpond, Miss Graves; sweet stall, the Misses E. and I. Partridge. All the stallholders were in fancy dress, and all the goods were marked at reasonable prices. Amateur theatricals were arranged in a tent, erected in the school yard, and at 3.50 the play of Box and Cox" was given by Messrs fVrule Partidge and F. E. G. Brown, and Miss Victoria Thomas. In the evening the entertainment took the form of tableaux. The bazaar was opened at two o'clock on Tuesday by Lady Catherine Allen, one of the patmness there being also present several of the other patrons of the affair, and a large company from Tenby, Saundersfoot, and other places. —Mr C. E. G. Philipps, of Pi ton Castle, who was announced to deliver the opening address, in a few felicitous sentences performed the duty which had devolved upon him, and the more practical business of the day was proceeded with. The band of the Royal Muaster Fusiliers (Mr Dun- kerton, master,) was present on Tuesday. The bazaar will be continued to-day and to-morrow, on which latter day Mrs Jarley's living waxworks and a troupe of Christy miustrels (stage manager. Rev. F. 0. Thomas), will vary the attractions.

LLANDILO. LIBERAL MEETING.—At a meeting of the pan- dilo branch of the Carmarthenshire Liberal Association held on Saturday, the following reso- lutions were passed;—(1) Proposed by Mr T. Powell, Carregoennen, and seconded by Mr Ji Williams, Glaømarlais-u That this meeting de. sires to express its deep sense of jjratitude to Mr W. R. W. Powell, M.P., for his remarkable faithfulness in the discharge of hts oner duties as our representative in Parliament since his election in 1880 and also that we pledge our- selves to do all in our power to secure for him an honourable position on the poll at the next general election." (2) Proposed by the Rev. W. Davies, and seconded by the Rev. D. James—"That this meeting protests most emphatically against the action of the House of Lords in rejecting the Franchise Bill, which had beeu passed with enormous majorities by the House of Commons, and is of opinion that at least some limit should be set to their power of vetoing all measures passed with great majorities by the duly elected representatives of the people.

PEMBROKE. PcUB&OKESHiae Do& Snow will be held at Pembroke on Aujrust 28ch, under Knllel Club Rules. ISutries close August 15th.-T. W. Young, hon. sec,, Pembroke. 70455

BRECON. TOWN COUNCIL. —The quarterly meeting of the Brecon Town Council was held on Tuesday, under the presidency of the mayor (Captain J. Morgan). —It was reported that the balances in the hands of the treasurer amounted to £356 10s 8d, and that since the last board the overseers of St. Mary's have paid in £134 Si ScJ, and St. John's £59 on account of borough rate. The following balances are still due:—St. Mary's, £13; St. John's, £69 15s St. David's, £29 16, 8d.

FLOWER SHOW AT DINGE- STOW COURT (MONMOUTH). The second show since the decease of the late Mr Samuel Bosanquet has this year again been provided, chiefly by the late squire's worthy successor, Mr S. C. Bosanquet. The beautiful grounds appertaining to the hand- some family seat were on Tuesday thrown open to the public, who, in large numbers, took ad- vantage of the privilege to visit them. The following is the prize list :—Flowers.—Geraniums (not less than three)—1, Mary Prosser 2, Mary Aun Morgan. Single geranium— Mary Smith. Fuchsias (not less than M. A. Morgan 2, Annie Griffiths. Single fuchsia—Sui*aa Crumm. Roses ( not less than two sorts and six blooms)—1, Mr A. Morgan 2, Emma Jones. Arranged nosegay of mixed flowers (not less than six sorts)— 1, Mary Ann Morgan 2, Susan Crumm. Collection of cut flowers raised frum seed—1, M. A. Gandy; 2. no award. Fruit—Dish of goose- berries-I, M. A. Gundy 2, Maria Davis. Dish of red currants-No award. Dish of black currants—1, Elizabeth Watkins 2, William Edwards. Apples (cooking) 1, Mr A. Parkins 2, Margaret King. Peart—1, Mary Waite; 2, Ann Morgan. Plains—1, no award 2, Susan Crumm. Vegetables— R und potatoes (á peck)—1, Emma Jones 2, M,œy Ann Perkins. Kidney potatoes—1, Ann Markwell 2, M. A. Perkins. Scarlet nrnner beans-I, Caroline S mailman 2, Mary Morgan. Dwarf kidney beans—1, Anue Junes 2, Alfred Hill. Broad beans—1, Mary Waite 2, Ann Jones. Peas—1, Eliza Jones, Tre- gare; 2, Emma Jones. Cabbages—1, Thos. Jeffries. Autumn sown onions—1, Thomas Jeffries 2, Caroline Smallman. Spring onions —1, George Crummin 2, Ann Griffiths, Collection of vegetables, four IIOrtlõ-l, A. Clark 2, Mary Prosser. Special.—Cultivated garden—1, Susan Crumm 2, Caroline Small- man. Extra, for eowking apples—Waft. Farr. Peas—Mary George. Onions—Alfred Hill. Mrs S. C. Bosanquet gracefully distributed the prizes.

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rlI VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM. Reports received at Glasgow, on Tuesday, show that thunderstorms have been general in Scotland, From eight in the morning to three in the after- noon there was a thick darkness, with frequent and vivid lightning and torrential rain. The Naval School, on the south bank of the C yde, vyas stripped completely off by lightning. The rain quickly flooded the building, doing great damaKA. A church was struck and damaged by hgntnmg as was also a large chimney stack at ItST' At ieTla,tte' mde?d completely wrecked. At Johnstone also hayricks were set on hre, and factories, &c., damaged by rain and floods. At Irvine a cottage was burnt to the ground, and a number of hayricks destroyed. At Castle Douglas the gable of a house was knocked down, and a photographer's studio scattered in fragments. At Annan the lightning entered a house, injuring two girls therein, and killing a dog. Haystack^ were burnt at Ta'rbol- ton, and the tower of Biikwood House sustained considerable damage. At Perth seven men were injured—two, named Martin and Lourke, it is feared, fatally-through a portion of a roof falling upon them, and in several districts telegraphic communication is interrupted. The up and down lines at Newton vale, near Whitby, on the North-Eastern Railway, are com- pletely blocked by a tremenduous fall of earth, caused by heavy rains and floods. The pas- sengers have to change trains and walk over the obstruction. Ihe Press Association's Glasgow correspondent telegraphs — A thunderstorm, unequalled in severity, passed over Glasgow on Tuesday, and towards two o'clock was at its height, the lightning being' unusually vivid and frequent. One flash was observed to strike the steeple of St, Mark's Free Church, cutting away part of the ornamental stone work and shattering the slates, three large holes being made in the roof. Rain fell in torrents, flooding the streets, and one extra- ordinarily heavy crash of thunder caused great alarm, the members of the Glasgow pig-iron ring, who meet in a corner of the Royal Exchange, being so startled that they rushed to the centre of the building, fearing the buiJding had been struck. Three men, while erecting a stack, were struck by lightning in Swanston-street, and rendered insensible. One, named Wm Herbert, 63, was so seriously injured that he had to be con- veyed home, but the other two shortly afterwards recovered. At Leith the storm continued till about four o'clock. The roof of Bonnington's Sugar Refinery was struck by lightning, which also entered the police-station at Newhaven, ignited the gas, and destroyed the wire communicating with the head office at Leith. The lightning set fire to the Trinity House and caused considerable damage. Grecian Cottage, Trinity, was also struck and the gas ignited. The darkness at noon was intense, and heavy rain fell. Ayr and district experienced the full fury of the storm. The lightning entered a house in the village of Whitlets, smashed the errate of the room, and broke a large piece out of the hearthstone. A heavy thunderstorm broke over London between four and five on "Tuesday morning. The storm was felt in its full severity in the north- eastern district, the lightning being particularly vivid. At Oambusdon several sheep were killed under a tree. In May bole the chimney stack of a shoe factory was shattered, and the spire of the parish church was greatly damaged. A Middlesborough telegram states that a severe thunderstorm visited that place. A woman at North Ormesby was rendered insensible by the lightning. Michael McQuellin, farm labourer, I aed 19, while engaged in sprinkling lime on a field at Old Ormesby, was struck by liRhtWag, and killed instantaneously,

TREDEGAR. MONMOUTHSHIRE CONSKRVATIV* ASSOCIATION. —The Marquis of Salisbury and Sir Staff,)rd Northcote have replied, through their secretaries, to the resolution passed by the Monmouthshire Conservative Association for the Tredegar polling district, expressing their unabated confidence in the House of Lords, in its action in reference to the Franchise Bill. Sir Stafford North cote says he has every confidence that the country will join with the Conservative party in insisting upon such precautions as may secure a fair and honest measure of redistribution." ABSCONDING WITH WORKHOUSE CLoTRza.-At the police-court. on Tuesday—before Messrs A. T. D. Barrington and W. E. Williams—Mary Jones, who was dismissed with a caution last week, was charged with the above offence, as well as with leaving her three children chargeable to the union. She was ordered to take the children out of the house in a fortnight. ASSAULTING A FELLOW PRISONER. Thomas Evans was charged with wounding John Marshall in a police cell at Tredegar on the 7th of July. Marshall deposed that in consequence of the injuries received he was taken to the workhouse, and was there for a week. He had no recollec- tion of how he was assaulted or who did it. P.O. Fletcher said he heard a noise on the 7th, and found it took place in the cell occupied by the prisoner and Marshall, Marshall was lying on his back insensible in a pool of blood. Marshall was injured very badly about the head. The prisoner was rather drunk, and his hand was swollen as if he had been hitting somebody. Prisoner I have no recollection of what hap- pened. The bench sent prisoner to gaol for two months with hard labour. CHARGE op WOUNDING AT EBBW VALE.-Win. Aubrey, a respectable man, who had been arres- ted under a warrant, was charged with wounding Jane Probert at Ebbw Vale on the 9dl inst. Cer- tificates were handed in showing that the woman could not be present. Prisoner was remanded on bail for a week. LARGEST AT REryxNfclr. -David James was charged with stealing a pair of trousers and a coat, the property of Tobias Fine, Rhymney, on the 7th iBst. The coat and trousers were iden- tified by a son and daughter of the prosecutor. P.C. Richards deposed that the prisoner was brought to the station with the jacket on, and witness charged him with stealing the articles, to which he made no reply. He was further charged with stealing 12 pair of boots, the property of Thos. Richards, on the same date. The prisoner was remanded for a wefk, so that he might be examined as to the state of his mind. ALLEGED THEFT OF A WATCH AT RHYMNKT.— Thomas Davies was brought up in custody charged with stealing a watch, the property of James Jones, on the day that the Sunday-school demonstration took place at Rhymney. The prosecutor said that while he and the prisoner were drinking he went to sleep on a tip. Before doing so he had a watch, but when he awoke it was gone. Harris Freedman, a pawnbroker, at Dowlais, deposed that the prisoner pledged a watch with him between 11 and 12 on the 24-th of July. The number of the watch being the same ■ as that of the watch missed by the proseeutor, prisoner was remanded for a week. CliAlB EISTEDDFOD, Nov. 2.-Twelve guineas for original oil painting five guineas for the beat water-colour panning; three guineas or the best si* iihoto views from scenery in the counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan, and Brecon best model steam-engine, three guineas best collection of fossils, one guinea best collect on of minerals (earbouiferou-,). one guinea' Programmes by post, l^ l each, to be obtained of •■Secretaries, ( offee Tavern Chambers, Tredegar. 703.0

MONMOUTH. INQUEST.—Mr E. D. Batt (coroner) held an in- quiry on Tuesday at Cherry Tree Inn, Ciaderhill- street, touching the sudden death of James Morgan, aged about 60 years, a shoemaker. Oa Friday he was at work haymaking for Mr Barnett, and was taken ill, dying later in the day. A verdict that Deoeama died from natural causes was returned.'

CHEPSTOW. CHURCH NEWS.—Some tour mouths since the vicar of this parish, tho Rav. W. Arnold, resigned the living and removed to TauotoR, leaving his curate, the Rev. G. Henalejr, ia otwwe; and the latter, by his earnest and quiet Ohnstian conduce, has won for himself the esteem of all the parish- ioners, and much regret is felt at the fact that he too is about to leave. On Sunday last be preached his valedictory sermon to a large and sympathetic audience, and on Monday the members of the congregation, to mark their high appreciation of his work. presented him at his residence, Mount Pleasant, with an elegant carriage clock, value £ 20, which had been supplied by Mr Oburidge, jeweller. The living, which is in the gift of the Simeon Trustees, has been presented by them to 1 the Rev. Henry Law, of Brixton Risa, London, and he comes into residence next month.

CINDERFORD. Oddfellows' Fcn: AwD ATHLBKO SpoRTs.- On Monday the members of the Cinderford lodge, Hearts of Oak, 574.0." of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, had their annual gala-dav. There I was a large attendance at the sports, and a good programme was provided by the local committee. The following are the results of the various con- tests :-120 yards flat race for boys under 13.— 1st prize, 7s 6d, C. Thomas, Cinderford (three yards); 2nd prize, 2s bd, H. Hale, Cinderford (three yards}. 120 yards open handicap. — 1st orize, £1 10s 2nd, 10s. This race was run in four heats. First heat—J. Hughes, Cinderford (eight yards), 1 T. Morgan, Cinderford (2j yards), 2. Second heat-A. Bedford, Bristol (scratch), 1 E. Paine, Cinderford (eight yards), Tir1)-? Youug, Long Ashton (scratch), 1 1. Goode, Cinderford (eight yards), 2. Fourth ht-C. berts, Cinderford (five yards), 1 T. Wilcox, Cinderford (two yards), 2. Final heat- J. Hughes, Cinderford, and C. Roberts, Cinder- ford, dead heat prizes divided. 440 yards open handicap.—1st prize, JE1 2nd, 78 6d. First heat—T. Morgan, Cinderford (40 yards), 1; T Wilcox, Cinderford (28 yards), 2. Second heat-H. Barnes, Cinderford, 40 yards, 1; C. Roberts, Cinderford, 15 yards, 2. Final heat—T. Morgan, Cinderford, 1; T. Wilcox, Cinderford, 2. 120 yards (confined to club)—1st prize, 10s; 2nd, 5s. First beat—S. Hall, Ruspidge, 8 yards, 1; H. Griffiths, Drybrook, scratch, 2. Second heat-J. Edwards, Cinderford, 4 yards, 1; E. Smith, Cin- derford, 6 yards, 2. 1 inal heat-J, Edwards, 1; H. Griffiths, 2. Stone race for juveniles—H. Hale, Cinderford, 1; E. Organ, Cinderford, 2. 120 yards hurdle race (open handicap)—1st prize, JB1; 2nd, 10s. First heat—M. Bodenham, Mon- mouth, 8 yards, 1; T. Wilcox, Cinderford, 13 yards, 2. Second heat—C. Roberts, Cinderford, 5 yards, 1 H. Barnes, Cinderford, 8 yards, 2. Final heat—C. Roberts, Cinderford, 1 M. Bodenham, Monmouth, 2. One mite (open han- dicap)—1st prize, £110; 2nd, 10s 3rd, 5s. Some at the cracks who had entered did net start in this race, and there was some interest evinced as to whether T. Roberts, of Cinderford, who had done some good work duringtheday,would be be able to recover the 70 or 80 yards' start he had to give some of his opponents. 6' Snobber," as he is affectionately denominated by his Cinderford admirers, ran well in the last lap, and 100 yards from home looked as if he had the race in his own kis previous efforts then began to tell the tale, and he succeeded in just flinging himself exhausted amstthe tapa about nine inches behind R. Griffiths, of Coleford, to whom he had to give 16 yards in the handicapping T Wilcox, Cinderford, 120 yards, was third One mile juvenile race—1st prize, 10s second, 5s. In this race a little boy, named O. Organ, who had 115 yards' start, stayed pluckily at the finish, and managed to wrest the first place from the scratch lad, T. Bevan, for whom it was regarded as a certainty. Bevan was second.—One mile bicycle race—1st, T. Nicholas, Cinderford, 70 yards; 2nd, R. Griffiths, Coleford, scratch.