South Wales Daily News

LORD HARTINGTON ON THE UNIVERSITIES, Lord HartinRton, speaking at the opening of the New College Hall at Cavendish College, Cam- bridge, on Saturday, said there were probably very few amongst those present who were less qualified than himself to speak on the university question. He felt safe, however, in saying that he did not think the time could ever come when the universities would cease to exercise over the intellectual life of the country a very powerful influence. It was desirable that the universities should be brought into the closest and most direct relations with the great masses of the people of this country, and he believed the intention of the founders of Cavendish College was to give access to the benefits and advantages of a college life to a large class of students who had hitherto, by the circumstances of their position, and by their Mature plan of life, been excluded from those

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEES. OPINION OF COUNSEL. At Friday's meeting of the Swansea County I-Ilouncil, the Town Cierk (Mr J. Thomas) ex- pressed the opinion that the council had no power to appoint any person upon the joint committee who was not a member of the council. That opinion is now confirmed by Mr R. S. Wright. The following is a copy of Mr Wright's opinion :— WELSH INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION ACT, 1889 (52 AND 53 VICT., CAP. 40.) It is difficult to determine the meaning of the act on this point, which was evidently not at all considered in selecting the language used. But, vrima facie, where a body of persons are iuthorized to appoint a committee, the intention is that they should appoint from among the members of their own body, i e., from among the persons whom the electors at large have chosen is representatives. Further, under Sec. 22 of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1882, which applies to Bounty councils, committees are to be appointed by the council "out of their own body," and I see no,-aufecient evidence in the Welsh Intermediate Education Act of an intention to alter tty»rnle. Further, it seems to me that it would be a somewhat unnatural use of language to describe as the 'joint education committee of the county council,' a committee which might include no members of that council. I am there- fore of opinion that the nominees of the council ianust be members of the council." "Temple, 15th November, 1889." In the face of this opinion all the Welsh County Councils who have already appointed their committees will now have to reconsider this matter, as several persons appointed elsewbeie are not members of the county council.

1 THE LATE MR W. It. H. POWELL, M.P. x* >- Probate of the will, dated Febrnary 5th last, of the late Mr Walter Rice Howell Powell, of Maesygwynne, Llanboidy, Carmarthen, J.P. and D.L. (High-sheriff, 1849), who died on June 25 last, aged 70 years, was magistrate for Car- marthen (West) from 1880, and had been a master of foxhounds for 50 years, hunting them at his own expense for 20 years, has been granted to the sole executrix, his daughter. Miss Caroline Mary Powell, to whom be gives, devises, and bequoaths all his real and personal property, his wife, Mrs Carcline Anne Powell, being already provided for. Tiig gross value of the testator's personal estate is £6,343 43 2 J, and its net value 02,788 17a lOd,

f MR GOSCHEN'S SPEECH, According to the Pall Mall Gazette, the only linterestidg thing in Mr Goschen's speeches was his development cf the Dual Control in politics. The Liberal leaders, he said, would not be so bad in themselves; but they are so controlled by their followers that what they would not, that they do. There is some truth in what Mr Goschen says, but in order to fill out his idea we subjoin, in a column parallel to his own list, the corresponding controllers or the Government. It does not strike us that Mr Goschen scores much. by the comparison u Mr Gladstone Controlled by Mr Parnen. I.ord Rosebery Mr Labouchere. « Lcrcl Herschell JJr Healy. i. Mr John Morley Mr John Burns, i.' Mr Arnold Morley Mr Jacoby. £ Sir W. Harcourt Nobody. i Lord Salisbury(Premier) „ Lord Hartington. js Lord Salisbury iv fc. iSec.) Prince Bismarck. S lr It. Webster Plgott and Co. t Mr Balfour Lord Clanricarde. [ Mr Aker.4 Douglas Mr Chamberlain. [ Mr Matthews to Anybody.

r t CONSERVATISM AT LLANDILO. j' ¡ LORD EMLYN AND HOME RULE. I Lord Emlyn presided on Saturday evening at a Conservative meeting held at the Town-hall, which was well filled, but tho greater portion of the audience was composed of Liberals. His lordship described Home Rillo as one of the maddest schemes that ever emanated from a sane brain.—Mr W. R. Anthony, barrister, Norwich, spoke for fuliy an hour, and was followed by Mr M. M. Williams, of Garth. The general tenor of' this gentleman's speech was, however, un- compromisingly Radical, and was cheered to the echo by the Radicals present.—Mr J. C. Richard- son, in proposing a vote of thanks to the chair- man, trusted be would contest that division at the next election, when they would do their best to return him.—This was seconded by Mr J. Hughes, Red House.—His Lordship, in replying, thanked the Liberals for the patient hearing they had given those who had spoken.

PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR. [RECTOR S TELEGRAM.] HrnaBlAD, Sunday.-At a banquet given by the Kezam in Prince Albert Victor's honour yester- day, at Afibul Mahal Palace, his Highness, in proooeing the health of the Royal guest, expressed hi-i loyalty and devotion to the British Crown. 7 Lis Royal Hignhess dined this evening with the 7th Hussars, and subsequently left for Madras.

A SCHOONER CAPSIZED. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. J SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday. The schooner Fidelity, from Santa Barbara, has capsized while 'being towed in San Diego Bay. Her crew of eight men were drowned,

GENERAL BOULANGER, A Jersey newspaper which is understood to represent the views of the chief authorities on the island published an article on Saturday intimat- ing that on a repetition of the demonstrations which have occurred. General Boulanger may find himself suddenly expelled, as in the case of Victor Hugo.

THE GREAT DOCK STRIKE. BALANCE SHEET. The audit of accounts, promised by Mr John Burns and the Wade Arms Strike Committee, has at length been completed. The balance sheet will be submitted to the committee on Wednesday next-, and issued to subscribers, etc., as soon as it could be printed. The finance committee having thus completed its labour, was dissolved on Thursday last, and all payments were then stopped, including charges for relief and services rendered. Certain cases of relief for the families of men imprisoned for offences arising out of the strike have been transferred to the executive of the Docker's U uion. The strike commenced on August 14th, and ended on September 16th. The audit was commenced as soan as possible by Mr Wilson, a chartered accountant, recommended to the strike committee by several secretaries of trades unions. That gentleman was assisted by a number of clerks, and the work has been done expeditiously considering the peculiar cir- cumstances of the case. Every document or scrap of paper hearing directly or indirectly upon the strike was handed over to Mr Wilson. Subscribers for large and small amounts alike were written to indiscrimi- nately in order to obtain additional checks and verifications. The audit bas, therefore, been most complete. It' shows that from the commedcement to the end of the struggle the total amount of money received from all sources was in round numbers L48,000, of which £30,800, or nearly two thirds, came from Australia. The various British trades unions subscribed only £ 4,000. There is a surplus of £5,000, in the disposal of which the committee will be guided by the general opinion of the subscribers. The sum of £1,000 voted to miners on strike in Australia is not now required, and, as a matter of fact, it has never been torwardeti.

NEW YORK PRICES. [REtffcER'a TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Saturday.—Money easy. Stocks at opening were firm and active a partial re- action ensuod, but the market, however again recovered, and closed strong at the highest figures of the day. Cotton and petroleum quiet and steady. Lard and wheat weaker, and less doing. Flour exporters buying largely. Corn dull and declining, and freely offered. Sugar and tin firm, but quiet. Coffee firm and advancing. Iron had a firmer tendency. UOVKKWMKWX BONUS AMU HAH.WAT SHARES. Quotations tNov. 16 Nov. 15 Call inloney, U.S. Uov. Bond* ..„ b p. 6 p.c uuier Securities P,C. fepc xchauge on London, 60 days'sigh'. 4.ti 4.81 itto. Cable Trauslers 4.L"52 4.b6 Exchange on Paris, 60 days'sighl 6.25, 5.23A fcxchango on I;erliu. -Dicto. 4t 5.4* Four per Cent. U.S. Funded Loaii )27 127 Western Union Telegraph Share* tH £ 4 £ Canada Southern Shares tt>< cbi Canadian Pacific 724 7ii Central ot New Jersey H9± Central Pacific Shares. Chicago & North-Western, OrdJ li3j ilj Chicago ct N. Western Preferred.. 14-, H2 Chicago, MilwauJrie, and St. Paul 71g 711 ilelanyare, Lackawana, It Western 1424 141i1 Denver ds Rio Orande Shares 17 17 Illinois Central Shares.. 1] 7 k libi Lake Shore dtiblichigaii Southern lobt lliÓt Louisville & Nashville Shares 87 BóÁ Michigan Central Shares lib 5 Missouri, Kansas, and Texas lo 10k New Y orx Cemtral & If udsoll Rivei ILbi 1064 New York, Lake Erie, dl. Western 2tJ.. 28 Ditto. Second Mortgage Bonds lC4 IGIIl New York, Ontario & Western,Ord 224 218 Northern Pacific, Common 33 .3zi Northern Pacific, Preferred 764 75, Norfolk & Western Prer. Shares.. 62 604 Ohio and Mississippi, Ord. Shares 3 ;f26 Oregon A Transcon. Common Sh. 35i 3oi PninsyWania and Philadelphia.. 2¡¡ b2g Philadelphia and Heading Shares 42 41 if St Louis 8an Francisco First Pre)" 107 101 Ditto San Francisco Preference bb lit) Ditto San Francisco Common.. Gill iio Union Paciifc Shares 69, 684 Wabash, St. I.ouis, t Pacific. 17d 17a Wabash, St. Louis, tc., Prei. Srs. 33i 32 COTTON AND PRODUC, MARKET. Cotton,'day's receipts at U.S.ports 43,000 42,000 Cotton, day'sexport to Gt. Bnt'n. li,00u 2o!cOo Cotton, day's expt. to Continent.- 37,000 20,0t)0 Cotton futures, Dec. delivery lU.Od 10.04 Cotton futures, Feb. delivery 10.14 10-14 Cotton, widcilingupland New York 10i ioj Cotton middling New Orleans. 9a 93 Petroleum, crude at New York 7.75 7.75 Petroleum, sta'dard white.N.York 7.45 7.45 Petroleum,st d white,Philadelphia 7.45 7.45 Petroleum,Pipe Line Certificates.. Hog iioj Spirits of Turpentine 46 4() Lard, Wilcox's Spot f-.47 f)-bo Lard futures,Nov. delivery. 10.46 10.46 Lard, Fairbank's 7.90 7.95 Copper, Dec. 10.70 10,70 Tallow, Prime City Q/ie 4 Sugar, fair refining Muscovados 4j IIi Corn, New mixed Western Spot.. 422 4^4 Uorn futures Dec 424 422 Corn futures Jan 42* 12$ Spring Wheat, No. 2, spot 90 90^ Wheat, red winter, on the spot. fc6A 86J Wheat, delivery Dec. 85± boi Wheat, delivery Feb. b?& 871 Coffee, fair Bio i;0 19i Coffee, jiood ltio —. 201 20 Coffee, Kio, No. V. Low Ord. Dec. 15.60 15 60 Cifiee, Ditto. Feb. delivery lo.bO 16.c0 Flour, ex. State Shipping brands 2.80-2.83 2 75-2.9*j Iron No. 1 Coltness 25.50 26.c0 Tin, Australian 21.75 21.75 Freight Grain Liverpool :steamer, 41tt 4d FrGrain steamer to London.. bd bd reight'Jc -t'H! 10 i.iverpom 730 7.30

THE AMERICAN WHEAT MARKET. Messrs Jones, Kennett, and Hopkins, of London, received the following cablegram from New York on Saturday uiglit:—Notwithstanding the firm advices from the United Kingdom, ous market opened a shade under last night's closing prices, and became still weaker, owing to 1 eceipts boiii;; large and the export demand very small. There is a belief that the short interest i not very important, and bulls :1 operate with caution. Prices declined about i of a centnd the market closes with a weak tone. The next state- ment of visible supply is expected to show a moderate inerea-e Purchases for export :—Wheat, 4,000 qrs corn, 9,000 qrs. Clearances (as posted to-day) from four Atlantic ports :-Wheat, 5,000 qrs corn, 23,000 qrs. flour, 45,000 barrels. Latest advices from Chicago report more favourably about the corn crop. There was a large export demand to-day, and receipts do not coma up to anticipations. Nevertheless the article does not tippear to h-ive any particular friend.

SUNDAY CONCERTS AT NEATH. A MINISTERIAL PROTEST. A sacred concert was advertised to take place at tho Gwyn-hall, Neath, on Sunday, by the Swansea United Band, under the conductorship of Mr Bertie Davie*. Oa Sunday morniner a meeting of Nonconformist ministers and others was held at Bethania Chapel to protest against the use of the hall for such purposes ou the Sabbath day, especially as the proceeds were de- votelt to objects outside the furtherance of re- ligious work. A resolution to that effect was passed, and a deputation appointed to wait on the Neath Town Council to uria that body not to permit the use of the hall for similar purposes in future,

WEATHER FORECASTS. The following forecasts were prepared last night at the Meteorological Office at eight o'clock■ JJISTlUCTS- n TV I South-westerly winds, fresh 0- Scotland, N.J dui| rain locally. Light breeezes, chiefly 1. Scotland, E. I southerly fair generally, 2. England,N.E. ? but some fog or mist milder. 3. England, E. Easterly winds; light. & Engi.?S0Xon!lCloudy' 7th mi8t f°g j #"11 1 ,v 1 many olaces. aud Channel).) 1 6. Scotland, W."l South-easterly winds, light 7. Engl. N.W., V dull, misty slight rain & North Wales J locally. 8. Eng.,S.W., Easterly and south-easterly South Wales, t wmds, moderate dull; ) foe and rain locally. q Tmlanrl N ) South-easterly and southerly 10.' Ireland,' S." i! f or fresb' f dull, misty j some ram.

POOR GEORGE STONE. Poor George Stone, whose early death has caused such general regret in theatrical circles, has left a widow and child to mourn his loss, and unfortunately they are not pro- vided for. Mr Edwardes, of the Gaiety, im- mediately after the actor's death, suggested a benefit for the bereaved ones, and Miss ot John at once smoothed the way by offering to give up for the widow's sake her own complimentary farewell benefit fixed for Tuesday next. Mr Fred Leslie and Miss Ellen Farren have promised to appear in Good for Nothing and the first act of Ruy Bias," and many artists of distinction will contribute to what cannot fail to.. be a most i I

REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL. ARREST OF THE PREMIER. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A MINISTER. THE MONARCHY DECLARED ABOLISHED. I, [RECTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RIO DE JANEIRO, Saturday. A revolution broke out here yesterday. The first sign of impending insurrection was a military revolt,some soldierB firing three shots at Baron de Ladario, Minister of Marine, who fell severely i wounded. It was not known at first whether the movement was a mere revolt or a grave revolution with political objects, but by the afternoon it became clear that nothing less than the over- throw of of the Imperial Government and the proclamation of a Republic was aimed at. The Ministry, finding that the army supported the revolution, resigned, and a Provisional Govern- ment was established. General Daodoro da Fonseca, who not long ago had to undergo some disciplinary measures for insubordination, and was sent to take the provincial command of Minas Geraes, is the principal figure in the new Government, which is composed as follows:—General Deodoro da Fonseca, President without portfolio; Senhor Aristide Lobo, Minister of the Interior; Senhor Quintin Bocayura, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Dr Barboza, Minister of Finance Senhor Campos Salles, Minister of Justice; M. Benjamin Csustant, Minister of War; Rear-Admiral Vanderholtz, Minister of Marine; and Senhor Demetrio Ribeiro, Minister of Agriculture. Of tha members of the new Ministry, Senbor Bocayura, the Foreign Minister, is a journalist; Dr Barboza is a member ot the Chamber of Deputies, which has now been dissolved; and M. Constant is a professor of the Polytechnic School at Rio de Janeiro, and also a democratic journalist. Toe Council of State has been abolished. Public opinion inclines in favour of the new Government, and the people are quiet. The condition of Baron de Ladario is not re- garded as dangerous. It is believed that the question of the future form of Government will be submitted to a plebiscite. Rio DE JANEIRO, Saturday, Noon. The Provisional Government has just issued a manifesto declaring that the Monarchy is abolished. It announces its intention to prevent all disorder, and also declares that numerous assurances of support have been received from the various provinces of Brazil. The former Premier has been arrested. The Emperor will be treatad with the greatest consideration. NEW YORK, Saturday. Despatches have been received by commercial houses here bearing out the statements concerning the revolution which has broken out at Rio da Janeiro. One of these communications says that the army and navy combined to overthrow the Imperial Government, while another declares that the situation is critical, and that the Emperor has been deposed. The Evening Post, in a despatch from Washing- ten, publishes the views of a gentleman intimate with Brazilian politics. He says that the revolt is purely a military one, aud is only formidable from the lack of troops outside llio de Janeiro to bring against the rebels. The force in the capital is about 6,000 men, and the rest of- the army, numbering 10,000, is scattered over the Empire. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Sunday Morning.—What further news there is from Brazil is very meagre in quantity, and absolutely no incidents of the in- surrection have reached us. Our latest intelligence, however, is to the affect that the revolution is everywhere supported. The new Government is stated to have received assurances of devotion from provinces, and is consequently encouraged. The planters and exporters who foim, as is well known, a large and influsntial body in the country, are unanimous in their opposition to the Empire. The ex-ministors appear to have not a vestige of power left, and are entirely without hope of re-establishing the Imperial régimp. The deposed Emperor, Dom Pedr, and the Imperial family have been well treated, and their persons and property will probably be respected as long as they abstain from interference with the new order of things. They will, it is expected, return at an early date to Portugal. BRUSSELS, Sunday.—The Lisbon correspondent of the Independance Beige telegraphs that in his city the overthrow of the Imperial rule in Brazil is regarded as definite and irrevocable. Portuguese public opinion is in sympathy with the Revolu tionists. The correspondent adds significantly that there are many more impossible things than the enaction of a similar series of events in Portugal. The Central News says the Brazilian Minister in London and the sfcaif at the Brazilian Legation are still without any official information with regard to the reported overthrow of the empire, although they have received telegrams and other despatches from individual merchants and friends in England and on the continent. A private telegram was received from Rio on Sunday after- noon, stating that all was quiet there, and it is consequently assumed that the Republican Government is meeting with no opposition in installing in office. When this is accomplished formal intimation will probably be received by all Brazilian representatives abroad and by the Governments to which they are accredited. The Emperor, whom this sudden revolution has perhaps dethroned, Pedro II.—to mention only the first of the 13 or 14 Christian names, chiefly pertaining to saints, with which every prince of the house of Braganza is distinguished—was at once a monarch and a savant. Few man who have occupied thrones in modern times have done more for the advancement of science, learning, and the arts. He was born in 1825, the son of the Emperor Pedro I., who abdicated when his son was six years old. He had reigned longer than auy other living monach-58 years. Almost from the first he took a broad and statesmanlike view of public affairs; but at heart he was a savant rather than an Emperor. His devotion to duty was exemplary. Of newspapers he was an omnivorous reader. He skimmed every journal of importance printed in his empire, as well as the leading papers of Europe. To the Republican organs ot Brazil, of whom there are a fair number, he devoted particular attention, always turning to them first.

CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION Few people in Europe have any conception of the size and the future industrial importance of Brazil. It ia the largest State of South America, and is greater in area than European Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, France.Norway and Sweden, Denmark, Italy, and Greece put together. Since the revolution, however great or small its importance may turn out to be, has undoubtedly been caused more by the emancipa- tion of the slaves than by anything else, it will b« useful to set out the exact position of that delicate matter. In 1871 a gradual emancipation law was adopted, which declared the children born thereafter of slave mothers to be free, but obliged to serve the mother's master until the age of 21 years. It also provided; for a fund with which to liberate slaves by purchase. The num- ber of slaves registered in 1873 under this law was 1,540,706. Through the operations of the fund, 30,014 slaves had been ransomed up to the be- ginning of 1887. at a total cost of Rs. 19,694.079 dols. (milreis), to which the slaves contributed Rs. 1.614,405 dols. from their own savings. The number of slaves voluntarily liberated and ran- somed through private efforts was very large, and two provinces (Ueará and Amazonas) had been declared entirely free. In 1885 a second law was adopted, providing for a new registry, declaring all sexagenarians free, but with obligatory service until the age of 65 years, and fixing an official valuation on all slaves, to prevent further abuses of the emancipation fund. The official returns of the registry under this law (closed March 31, 1887) gave 723,419; the number of sexagenarians liberated was abuut 100,000, and the number enrolled for obligatory service under the law was 18,946. Finally by the law of the 13th of May, 1888, immediate and unconditional emancipation was decreed, although Brazil had been unable wholly to replace the system of slave labour. Immigrant labour was still limited, the poorer rural population was both untrained and opposed to habits of industry, and the labour of freed slaves had hitherto been utilised only to a limited extent.—St. James's Gazette.

ACCIDENTS AT BARRY. On Saturday an accident occurred at the Barry Dock, resulting in serious injuries to James Symes, a brakesman, who lives at Cadoxton. He was engaged in "coupling" some waggons under the No. 3 tip, when he fell on the rails, and several waggons passed over him. The unfortunate man was at once conveyed to the Cardiff Infirmary, where it was found necessary to amputate both legs below the knee. He succumbed to his injuries at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. On Saturday Pbillip Dare, a labourer, work- ing at the Barry Graving Dock, accidentally slipped, and falling to the bottom of the dock, a distance of 24 feet, sustained severe internal injuries. He was taken to the Cardiff Infirmary and detained. About 11 o'clock on the same day while a navvy, whose name has not yet transpired, but who resided at Cadoxton, was drawing an unexploded charge at the cutting near the Barry Dock station, it exploded, severely burning bis face and injuring pis Ha was conveyed to his borne.

DESPERATE TRAGEDY AT NEWPORT, SHOCKING MURDER OF A WIFE. SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. J. JEALOUSY THE""MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME. Shortly after eight o'clock on Saturday morn- ing the neighbourhood of Pill, New- port, was thrown into a state of wild citement by the circulation of a. report that a murder and suicide -had taken place. It transpired that a man named Jacob Manship resided at Prothero's-row with bis wife, Margaret Manship, and two children, aged respectively five and two years. Manship is alleged to have had a dispute with his wife in the morning, the cause of which was the alleged tso friendly relations of the woman with another man, and in a fit of mad jealousy he took a double-barrelled gun and shot her dead in the bed- room. After committing the horrible deed tho murderer proceeded to the front room down- stairs, and there, with a raz >r, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat, upon which he has inflicted; a severe gash, completely severing the windpipe. The police, on proceeding to the house, found the man seated in achair covered with blood. He was immediately conveyed to the infirmary, but the iiouse surgeon gave no hope of hia re- covery. Ou proceeding upstairs the police found the woman lying on the fiior dead, with a bullet wound at the back of her nock. She was clothed only in her nightdress. A double-barrelled gun was found in the room, and this was taken possession of by the police. On being examined it was found that both barrels bad been recently dis- charged, and an empty cartridge was found in each barrel. The neighbourhood in which the shocking tragedy took place has in times past often been the scene of violence. A 6HASTLT SPECTACLE, When the police wont into the house they tound the body of Mrs Manship still warm. It was evident that she had been shot in the most determined manner, probably from the rear, or as she was lying in bed. gaping wound, circular in shape, was on the right side of the neck and slightly in the rear. The poor woman was attired only in her nightdress, and lay on the floor between the two bedsteads which were in the room. The gun could not have been fired at a great distance, because the room is only about 10 feet square, but there were no marks on the neck of singeing from the powder. Probably only one charge was fired, but the gun in the possession of the police is a double- barreUed breach-loader, and both barrels contained empty cartridges. MOTIVE TOR THE CRIME, The rumours as to the motive of the deed are many, but all, or nearly all, point to the circum- stances that during the last few weeks some un- pleasantness had been caused owing to the sup- posed Tisits to the house during the husband's absence of a young man named Davies, a former lodger. About this the next door neighbours are certain. They say that the only quarrel they ever heard between the husband and wife during the twelve months they had lived next door was as to this person, and that the deceased woman said that he should leave the house. Beth the husband and wife had lived happily together up to this time. The woman is a native of Cwmbran, and became acquainted with Manship from selling milk in the town. They had been married six or seven years, and had two children, the elder of whom is a girl, five years old, the other being a boy of two years. BROODING OVER WRONSS. The husband was a boatmau, employed by Messrs Lang and Williamson, shipbuilders and founders, of the Eastern Dry Dock. He was in the habit of attending the tides, and would be out following his occupation at irregular hours of tbu day and night. He was fond of sporting, and had two guns in the house. A short time ago he took these to his father-in- law's house at Cwmbran, and asked him to raffle them for him. A few days since he went and got them back, saying t hat he had a purchaser for both at Newport. On Friday Manship was endeavouring to effect the sale of one of these to a dock man for 25s. The dockman did not purchase at the time, but noticed that be seemed to be in a nervous, agitated state; and it is asserted that be bad been brooding over his fancied wrongs, and had ibreatened once or twico during the last few days to shoot his wife if he discovered that she had any male visitor at the house during his absence. There is a family of brothers of the name of Manship at Newport, and be is considered one of the best of the family, quiet aud orderly, but hot-tempered, and given to brood over any trouble. WHAT P.C. BROWNING SAW. Police-constable Browning was the first officer called. He was on duty in the locality, and at 7 50 a.m. a man named Daniel McCarthy, of 20, Castle-street, ran up to him and told him that a man had cut his throat. This was what was spread about the neighbour- hood, and it was not until subsequently that the double nature of the tragedy was revealed. He saw the man in a chair below with his throat nearly severed, and the blood-stained razor on the table beside him. Alrs'Jenkins, his elder sister, was with him, and she said to the officer, "You had better go upstairs you will see another sight there." Accordingly be went up to the bedroom, and found the woman dead in a pool of blood, and a large wound on the back of the neck. Mrs Jenkins, the sister, was intar- viewed by a South Wales Daily Newt repre- sentative. She said that she reared her brother from a little boy, and bad a great respect for him. He had suspected his wife for about six weeks past, and upon one occasion told her that he had seen the lodger, who at that time was lodging at the house, come from his wife's bedroom. Upon another occasion a friend of his brought him a man's cap, and told him that it belonged to the man who had been a very near and dear friend of bis. She further asserted that the lodger bad visited the house, a" she understood, when her brother was absent. He was extremely fond of bis wife until this difference occurred. A NEIGHBOUR'S STATEMENT. Mrs Davies, the next door neighbour, and her daughter also made statements. They said that about a month ago the lodger left, and that the same day, or a day or two afterwards, the daughter heard Manship taxing his wife with- being on too friendly terms with the lodger. The deceased woman denied the charge, but suggested that, for the sake of peace, the lodger should go from the house. The daughter also said that Manship was in a very excited state all Friday, and went into her parents' house three or four times. She noticed that he was strauce in his demeanour, and restless and excited, and she became afraid of him. On Saturday no sounds of quarrel- ling wera heard preceding the report of a gun, which occurred a few minutes after seven o'clock. They took no notice of this, as they thought it might proceed from children at play. One day last week a wash- stand was upset in the house, and that made a much greater noise. Some < few minutes afterwards, however, Manship came out at the back of the house, leaned over a garden wall, and called Ada, Ad a, Ada," in faint tones. The daughter heard this, but was afraid to go out to him. The mothsr, however, went into the garden, and saw that bis throat was bleeding, and ran screaming into the house. The milkman, Giles, came up. Just at this time Giles did not enter the house alone. He appears to havebeen.too terrified at the appearance of Manship to do so. He went out and beckoned to several people. A young man named Webb accompanied him into the house, and as they as- cended the stairs,folJowing the motions of the man bleeding in the chair, the two children followed after tm, and clung to them when Giles per- ceived the scene of horror which had been enacted in thftj bedroom. The face of the mother had a towel orrag thrown over it, and this bid the feature from view, but the pool of blood crimson- ing the loor told its tale too evidently. The children were removed to the house of Mrs Badel1.a widowed sister of Manship, living in Quiet Wljoman's-row. When tbe murdered woman's sister arrived from Cwmbran, she made anxious enquiry about the children, and was desirous fof, taking, them away with her to their igrandfatber's, whose name is Lewis, at Cwmbran. ANOTHER NEIGHBOUR'S STATEMENT. Mrs^S/wab Rowles said: I live at 4, King's-i parade. Just before eight o'clock, Tom Giles, the milkman, came to my door and said, For God's sake iol.J.o Protheroe's-row at once. Manship has shot his wife and cut his own throat." I ran at once to the bouse and found Manship. sitting down in a chair. His throat was terribly' cut, and the floor was covered with blood. There' was a razor on the table at his side, arid it had blood on it. I spoke to Manship and asked him where bis wife was. He could scarcely answer, but at length be said," Uptairs, dead enough I have shot her." I then ran upstairs, and saw the poor body on the floor. Her face and neck were covered with blood, and she was apparently dead. I went down again, and Mr Cooke, surgeon, came. I bound a handkerchief round Manship's throat, and he was taken away by police. A MELANCHOLY INCIDENT. Shortly before ten o'clock ou Saturday a married sister of the deceased woman came from Cwmbran to do some shopping and to call and see her sister. She got down to Pillgwenlly to find No. surrounded by acrowd of eager neighbours discussing the horrors of which her sister formed the central incident. She was carrying a baby and a market basket, and appeared to be a decent country housewife. She was, of course, terribly distressed at the tragedy, and wanted to see the body of her sister, but the police, in mercy to her, denied her this request. DEATH OF THE HUSBAND. The husband was conveyed to the inGrraary on an ambulance carriago which is kept at Temple-street police-station. The self-iufiicted injuries were very serious, the windpipe being severed and admitting air to tbe lungs at every breath. No hope of his recovery was given from the first, and during the morning he was sinking fast. He was hardly able to articulate, but he did contrive to tell one of the nurses that be was "sorry he had done it." At a quarter-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon he expired. THE INQUEST. The coroner has been communicated with, and will bold an inquest on the two bodies on Tues- day. A murder and suicide is almost unparalleled in the history of local police annals. There seems to be no manner of doubt that the crime arose from jealousy. The mother of the deceased woman, in Newport a few days ago, waa grieved to hear of the differences which had arisen between her daughter and her husband, and sug- gested that the wife should come home for a time. Mrs Jenkins, it appears, recommended a similar course, or at all events that if they could not saddle their horses together," they should separate. The deceased man had, it appears, led a thrifty life, and was the owner of two or three email bouses. <

ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The row of small tenements which run at right angles with Church street, Pil- gwenlly, have one peculiar characteristic apart from all else. The enterprising interviewer seeks in vain for a front door, and at last the reason becomes apparent. All the entrances are at the rear, through the gardens. It must also be confessed that the row has attained to an unenviable notoriety in other respects. It was here two years since that an Irishman named Fiavin, a coal-trimmer, kicked bis wife to death, but got off with a short term. Then the immediate neighbourhood, say an area of one hundred yards, also possesses a history of crime. In High-street, an adjacent thoroughfare, four years ago, a daughter, named Driscoll, in a drunken state, threw a paraffin lamp at her mother, and a fragment of the glass vessel cut an artery in the leg, from which the poor old creature bled to death. In Castle-street, another adjicent row of houses, not quite ten years since, a man, named Mountain, slashed his wife across the face with a knife or razor, and is now, or was until recently, undergoing penal servitude. The houses are old- fashioned, and built in a peculiar style. There are two rooms on each floor, and between them is a recess. The staircase leads from the first room direct to the bedroom above, access also being obtained to the second bedroom by that means. The two front rooms have each two small windows, and after the usual fashion are painted roughly in blue. The murderer has occuped the house where he committed the crime for a considerable time. He is a bobbler, and being an expeditious and trusted man was usually fairly well occupied. The character which those who know bim ascribe to him is unusually high. He comes from a good family," all of whom are honest and respectable. He has several brothers in the same occupation,and each is held in esteem, but he himself is reputed to be the "tidiest of them all. He is rather peculiar in appearance. Tall, far beyond the average, he is also strikingly thin. Hia forehead and chin are strongly developed, and give bis face a striking appearance. His hair is 6hort, and otherwise, save for a mous- tache, he is perfectly bare. Jacob Manship had been married five years, and his domestic life appears on the whole to have been very little ruffled. Mrs Manship hae. a very good name from those who lived near her. She was very neighbourly and willing,. and was both industrious and good-natured. She seems to have made few enemies, and the testimony of her next-door neighbour is that she and her husband had almost never quarrelled. The partitions separating the two houses are, it need scarcely be said, very thin, and any high words that might pass between them would be distinctly heard. Some time ago, however, a lodger came to live with them; He was called Davies, and it appears that be and Mrs Manship imme- diately became good friend. As yet it is im- possible to say how far this acquaintanceship went, but there can be no doubt that cer- tain circumstances arose which made Manship suspicious. He was a very reserved man, upou,whom such a thought would make an immediate and deeply rooted impression. It is impossible for a family to live in so cramped a house without a hundred things happening which might add fuel to the fire, if once suspicion were aroused. There was no definite evidence of wrong done, and none has ever yet been forthcoming. Manship's only known quarrel with his wife was on this subject. One evening the next-door neighbour heard a conversation carried on between them in a more than ordinarily high key. The point of dispute was the lodger, and Manship was heard to say that he bad better go." The wife all along protested her innocence, but did as she was directed. The lodger left. From what can bo gathered, how- ever, Davies bad not the sense to keep away. He continued to visit the wife when her husband was away, and this came at length to his ears. He did not say very much, however, but a marked change came over him. He was always reserved he now became moody and silent. He was seen to walk in and out of the house to-and-fro without any definite aim, as if he were distracted. He did not seem able to stay in any one place, but was restless and excitable. He appeared to be tiooding over his wrongs, although be never made much atir about them. No further quarrel was beard few words of any sort seem to have passed between man and wife. In the meantime he managed to get bold of two guns belonging to himself which be bad sent away to be raffled. He was fond of shooting, and previously pur- chased them for his own use. On Friday night the two went to bed; Manship himself reaching home at a late hour. What actually transpired subsequently is not known, and probably never will be. Shortly after, seven a.m. on Satur- day the people next door heard a shot, proceeding evidently from No. 2. This gave rise to comment, but as no cry or groan was heard, nothing was done in the matter, and it was thought that a gun had been fired by accident or for some legitimate object. Before eight o'clock, however, a feeble voice was heard calling for Mrs Davies, who lived in the next house. She was not up at the time, but her daughter was in the back room. She did not go to the door, however, for, as she says, she heard a peculiar rumbling in his voice which frightened her. She consequently ran and called her mother, who immediately got up and went to the door. There she saw Manship bleed- ing at the troat, and in a piteous condition. She shrieked aloud in terror and nearly fainted, and was not able to render assistance. Manship must have with great difficulty got down stairs. Marks of blood along the way show how profusely he was bleeding, and on tbe door post there are stains indicating the spot where be took bold of it to gain support. He Iretired indoors when he saw his cry was unheeded. Meanwhile a milkman came along on hia rounds, and Mrs Davies told him what bad occurred. Without loss of time he entered the house and saw Manship in a piti- able plight. The knife had cut his throat fearfully, and tbe windpipe itself had been opened, so that breathing was exceedingly difficult. The police were sent for, and they made an examina- tion of the bouse. The murderer's bedroom is a very small one, and is scantily furnished. The staircase opens into it, and opposite are the two windows. To the left, along the wall, ia a bed, and another stands at right angles, to the right. Between the two windows was a wash- hand stand, and by the wall near the left comer by one of the windows was a dressing table otherwise there was no furniture. On gaining entrance into the room the police saw Mrs Manship lying on the floor in ber night-dress. Her head was towards the window and her feet towards the staircase. She was quite dead. and in the left side of her neck was a bullet- hole the size of a potato, as one of those who saw it describes it. There was a considerable quantity of blood about the room, but the place was in no kind of disorder otherwise. Tbe un- fortunate woman was placed on the bed, and Manship, who appeared to be in a critical state, was conveyed to the infirmary, where be he died in the afternoon. The only mystery that attends the tragic affair ia the question of r cause: The allegations about the lodger may bo true, they are strenuously denied by some of the murdered woman's ac- quaintances. Even then there seems no actual reason for the sudden action of the husband. Davies was not seen there the previous night. Manship came home and went to bed, and it was not till morning that ho murdered his wife. If his passions were roused over tbe suspi. cions he had formod.why did he not proceed at once to wreak his veugeauce upon her ? The other theory is that he was not in his right mind. Some weeks ago be was very ill, and was not able to go to work. Whether this affected him in any ulterior man- ner is, of course, uncertain. But there is no doubt that his mind had been for some time upset. His manner, bis words, his reserve, bis conduct on all occasions, his restlessness, point, in the opinion of some who knew him, to tbe fact that 'he was a little demented. It might be true that he was brooding over his wrongs, but that would not preclude the possibility that his brood- ing gradually affected his mind, and that biff reason gave way to a certain extent beneath his anxiety. This at any rate is the explanation given by several neighbours ot his, who give the highest mpral character to Mrs Manship.

As the bells were being rung in the church tower of Olah Ujfalu, in Hungary, on Friday, the belfry suddenly fell in. Under it were buried six persons, whilst four others were struck and badly hurt. The editor of Great Thoughts "bas. made arrangements with Dr Joseph Parker, of the City Temple, London, to contribute a serial story,. entitled, "The History of a Soul; or, Robert Elsmere's Contrast," to coaiu)egce jtnth the pew volume, January 4th,

MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE. 011 Saturday a meeting of the sliding-scale committee was held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff. There were present on the owners'side SirW. T. Lewis (chairman), Messrs Archibald Hood, E. Martin, C. B. Holland, E. Jones, and W, Gascoyne Dalziel (secretary). The workmen-! representatives were—Mr W. Abraham, M.P. (vice-chairman), Messrs Isaac Evans, David Morgan, Philip Jones, T. Griffith*, Weeks, Daniel Jones, P. D. Raes, T. D. Isaac, T. Davies, and Lewis Miles. The committee resumedtbe consideration of the clauses of the draft new sliding-scale, as submitted by the workmen't representatives, and after some important points bad been discussed at considerable length, it was decided to adjourn the meeting until this morn- ing, when further consideration will ba under* taken.

¡ MEETING OF THE WORKMEN'S REPRESENTATIVES. On Saturday a meeting oi the workmen's reprseentatives upon the sliding scale met at the Grand Hotel, Cardiff, previously to meeting the employers, to discuss questions appertaining to the workmen in general. Mr Abraham, M.P., presided, The first matter on the agenda was a dispute at a colliery in Tredegar. Here a change is proposed by the employers from the use of naked lights to safety lamps, and a communica- tion was received from the colliers' committee at Rhymney contending that the same prices are not, paid on general labour as in 1876. A similar complaint was made by the Upper Cwmbrar Colliery workmen. The committee, atter fuliy discussing the subjscts in dispute, decided that these cases shall be investigated according to the clause referred to in the new sliding-scale arrangements. t .< — <

FATHER CORMACK ON f TITHE. At St. Peter's Catholic Church, Cardiff, on Sunday night, the Rev Father Cormack lectured on the subject of tithes, taking for hit text the word" of St. Paul in bis second epistle tt St. Timothy, 2ad chapter and 4th verse, "Nc man being a soldier unto God entangletb himself with worldly business that be may approve him- self unto him to whom be is engaged." He sals' he had endeavoured to place before them last. Sunday evening the principles upon which th& Catholic Church acquired the possession of hei property, and how she exacted in times past the payment of tithes, and he also showed them the manner in which the Church received the. property which had been committed to her care and tbe piety of the faithful. And the principles and illustrations by which be placed this doctrine of the Church before them bad elicited an outcry among Anglicans in the town. That might have been expected. It would have been too much for flesh and blood to bear the exposure of the mis- appropriation of the Church property, and of the tithes in particular, without a protest and without some show of indignation, and accordinglj that protest bad been made but it would be bis duty to vindicate the prin- ciples which be brought forward last Sunday evening, and to illustrate still further how it is that the Catholic Church, from first to last, hall always looked upon the possession of worldly goods, and what are the duties of her children towards the support of divine worship and to the poor. But before proceeding to do that he would like to remove a misconception. The question may have occurred to some of tbem-How are we interested in this matter? Why should this; subject of tithes be taken up and introduced into this pulpit ? Why should a question of party politics be discussed in the Church of God ? If it were only a question of politics, or if it were sÏmplp. a question of Catholics being called upon to pay an unjust tax, it would certainly have very littla to do with them in that place. But it was not because Catholics throughout tbe land have to pay the tithe that they felt interested at thr present moment in disciissing the question. Although Catholics have to submit to that injustice, even though in this very town Catholic householders and Catholic property-owners not free from the exaction of the tithe, it is not on Sthat account that he mentioned th* subject in tie Church of God. It was from a far more vital interest, It was be- cause the Anglican Establishment lays claim to the tithes as the heirs of the ancient Churcfc of this country. It was that after taking possession of the Catholic buildings and of the property of the Catholic Church, after having in vain tried to blot out the name of Catholic from the minds of the nation, having in vain striven tr cancel their name, to claim that name for herself, and alouJ with that name to claim the tithes that, were anciently belonging to the Church, and ta justify its possession of the property of the ancient Church of this land-in the face of all that it was incumbent on Catholics to raise their voices, and protest before the whole nation that there is no other heir to the tithes or tfae name oi Catholic but the old. Church which has existed without any division or scbism tbrovigb the cen turies and throughout the whole world. It was not that they wished to lend their band to the; Liberationists, to those who wished to pull down the Establishment.but it is because it is uecessary for us to protest against the disposition of large numbers of the people of this c ountcy who are taught day by day, in season and out of season, that the Established Church is now the same Church of God as w founded by St. Augustine, and was preached before that to the British nation by the tirst missionaries from Rome. being so, the question of the tithes came biafore them in this form—is the Established ChurcLi of this country, in her doctrine concerning Church property and the payment of the tithas, and in her use and administration of the tithes, is she at one witk the ancient Catholic spirit? The rev. gentleman then proceeded to show that the tithes were dealt with in an entirely different spirit by a married clergy, and that the portiom devoted formerly to the poor was no longer applied to that purpose. Even the proportion which ought to be dedicated from the tithes to the repair of the churches was completely appropriated by the lay proprietors, and churches, two of which he specified 1U this district, were left to go to ruin.;

GRIEVANCES OF CARDIFF TRAM-MEN. i" ANOTHER SUNDAY MEETING. A meeting of the Cardiff Tramwaymen's Asso- ciation was held at the Washington Hotel on Sunday to bear the report of the deputation who went to London to wa.it on tho directors there in reference to their grievances. Mr A. P. Preston, the secretary Mr Henry Brown, the chairman and Mr Henry Butler, poor law guardian of Canton, gave an account ot their stewardship, tbe outcome of which was substantially published in the report in Saturday's paper. Mr Preston said the deputation were very well pleased with the reception accorded to them by Mr Glenn, the secretary* who assured them that two or three London directors would be sent specially to Cardiff to investigate matters in person, and to thresb out thoroughly the pros and cons of -¡to He hoped the men would no the tongue-tied when tho directors came down on the 30tb inst., but would express themselves as fully and as fearlessly as they did in their interview with Messrs Solomon Andrews and Hern. He thought, after the attitude taken up by tbe local directors at tbe last interview, anct the undue baste shown by MriAndrews to get away to other engagements before the deputation was heard out to the end, it would be more satis- factory to have a manager from London as the direct and responsible representative of the direc- tors. The men generally seemed to consider that the willingness of the London directors to have a complete inquiry was a good augury for tbe future.—A lengthened and rather exciting colloquy took place with regard to some matter? personal to the men themselves rather than affecting the tramway company, but the breeze settled into a steady calm, though for a time even the moderating influence of Mr Henry Butler did not act like oil on the troubled waters.

ENGLISH ARCHITECTURAL ANTI-' QUITIES AND LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGY. On Saturday evening a lectara was delivered, at a combined meeting of the South Walas Art Society and the West Grove Social Union, at the hall of the Unitarian Church, I Tredegarville, Cardiff, by Mr Edwin Seward, on English Architectural Antiquities and Local Archffiology." Mr 11. Woolcott Thompson presided, and there was a good attendance. The lecturer spoke of architecture as one of the highest forcas of art iu all ages for the expression of tbe loftier1 and more enduring sentiments of men's minds. Touching on the mire notable remainslof Raman, civilization, and on the effoct on the architecture of Western Europe following the break up of that civilization, he referred to the early Saxon and Norman churchos of England, outliningtbe cbi.ef steps by which during about OO years architecture expanded from the low, vault-like structure with narrow windows to the vast and spaciously-lit interiors of tho 14th and 15tb centuries. The comments were admirably illustrated by about 90 lime-light views, the first portion of which dis- played the best-known of the Euglish cathedrals and abbeys. The latter portion chiefly consisted of some original and most artistic views of the quaint and more homely architecture of old country bouses and villages of the character known as half-timber, or black-and-white work, which, though hardly ever mat with near Cardiff, were in constant use all along tbe Welsh border, and well into Herefordshire, Radnor, and Shrop- shire. Many striking features of local architec- ture were also showu and described. The lecture was followed with close attention by the audience, and at tbe close the Chairman proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Seward, which was carried- Mr Seward's lecture was the first or the present winter session given under tbo auspices or tb. South Wales Art Society and Sketching CSob. ;v,'

DEATH OF THE REV R, DAVIES, J PENYVAL After a short illness the Rev. R. Davies, Penyvai, Bridgend, a well-known Baptist minister died on Saturday morning. He had been pastor of Penyvai Chapel for nearly 44 years, and was highly respected and well known throughout the district. The funeral will take place on Wednesday next, the CWtlgQ living the bouse at two 0 çlQck. 2 '1

London. The new projects for intersecting the metropolis with underground passages for the conveyance of its inhabitants from one quarter to another appear to be interminable. The proposed new aiderground railway is to be known as the "North and South London Subway Railway," and, as its name implies, will complete that system of underground railway which was initiated some 23 years or more ago by the Metropolitan Railway Company, but which, up to the present, failed to deviate its well known course from East to West and ortb- Western districts. The new line will have a terminFs-tbat is, if the powers are granted—and the plans are to be published on the igth inst. in the viciaity of Camden-road, in the northern suburb, and in the southern, near the Elephant and Castle, with intermediate stations along the line of route, which will traverse Marylebone, Soho (for the West Eud), Westmin- ster, and Kanningtoa.