South Wales Daily News

-A IMPORTANT TO TIN-PLAT 12 MAKERS. THE SOUTH WALES TRADE WITH RUSSIA. In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, yesterday, before Mr Justice Manisty aud Mr Justice Hawkins, sitting as a divisional court, Mr Hoi lams, in the case of Messrs j Bessler, Waletud, and Co. v. Meassrs Giibertson and Co., moved ta remit au award back to the arbitrators, on the ground that the arbitrators had not disposed of the whole of the matters, submitted to them. The learned counsel who appeared for Bessler and Co,, said that his clients were merchantll in London, and carried on a large export trade in tin plates to Russia. In March, 1887, they entered iuto an agreement with Messrs Giibertson and Co., who were manufacturers of tin plates at Pontar- dawe, near Swansea. Under this agreement Messrs Gilberton and Co. guve to Messrs Bessler and Co. the sole right to lIell their tin plates in Russia, the latter undertaking to do all they could to push the trade in Russia. There were, in the agreement, clauses regulating the dealings between the parties, and disagreements arose as to the fulfilment of these terms. Objections were taken as to certain labels sent out with the boxes of tin plates,and complaint was made that Messrs Gilbertson and Co. had executed orders sent to them direct. The dispute was submitted to arbitration, and the arbitrators found that labeis had been sent out on the boxes, and ordered the discontinuance of the practice, but gave no damages with respect to this matter. They also found that Messrs Gdberison and Co. had received orders direct for 200 boxes of tin plates, and that Messrs Bessler and Co. were entitled tu such sum in respect thereto as was provided fur by the agreement, but they had not seated the amount to which Messrs Bessler and Co. were entitled.—Mr Gwynne James, on behalf of Messrs I Giibertson and Co., opposed the motion, and [ submitted that there was nothing further for tho r arbitrators to decide. The agreement provided p--» for j» nenaltv of 5* per top, and th» h»«a 1 paid by Messrs Giibertson and accepted by Messrs Bessler.—-Mr Hbllams said that was not all. There were over a thousand other boxes which it was admitted had been sent direct, but it was alleged that they were sent with Messrs Bessler's permission, which was wholly untrue.-Mr Justice Maoisty said it appeared to him to b3 clear what the arbitrators meant, but the award might go I back, with directions to the arbitrators to give a further and better answer to the fourth question of Hie reference.—Mr Justice Hawkins concurred* —Award referred back accordingly. I

LOCAL COMMISSIONS. The London Gazet ot Friday nigbt. contained the following WAB OFFICE, August 10. MILITIA RoYAL ARTILLERY 5TH BRIGADE WELSH DIVISION. — Lieutenant Colonel John Lewes, late 10th Dragoons, to be appointed bon. colonel of the brigade. I YEOHANRY CAVALRY (DENBIGHSHIRE) HUSSARS. —Major G. Mousley is granted the hon. rank of. lieutenant-colonel. -]"

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT. TO THE EDITOR. SrR,-Tlho Tory Local Government Act is a great measure in one aspect. It has been in. geniously and artistically framed to serve the great landowners of the country. That is, as it seems to me, its main scope and sole object. As Sir William Harcourt has pointed out, the councils will have but little to do. They will be consti- tuted by devices which will in a great measure swamp the electoral voice. These are intentional designs in the structure of the measure. Under the tax provisions m the act there will, however, be a great revolution. In operation, the towns and urban populations of the country, unless they be constituted into counties of themselves, will be taxed for the relief and benefit of the agricultural districts; that is for the advantage of the great landowning class. A moment's rcfl sction will satisfy anyone that the Imperial taxes, which by the act are to be transferred to local authorities, will in a very large proportion flow from the population of urban districts. A mere fraction of these taxes will be payable from farmers and other occupiers of lands. By way of example, if the pariah of Merthyr does not form a separate county, the Imperial taxes paid by the great employers of labour and the residents of the district will be applicable to lessen the taxation upon all the cul- tivated lands in the are!& of the remaining portion of Glamorganshire, of which it will form a part. In practical oueratiori. the owners of eraat_nmrks anti the other ratepayers of Merthyr will in future have to bear directly and indirectly a burden of more than five per cent. upon their gross local taxation in relief and reduction of the local taxation of the agricultural districts then comprised in the couuty of Glamorgan. This principle will especially operate In favour of the great land owners in nil the principal agricultural counties in the kingdom. All the tcwns, not being counties in themselves, in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Sussex, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire, and other agricultural counties, will contribute their imperial taxation in relief of the occupiers of land, in effect for the sole advantage of the landowners. There can be no difficulty in working out the operation of the scheme. Had the ratepayers of Merthyr Tydfil years ago insisted upon the incorporation of the borough, they would have been relieved of the burden that will shortly be imposed upon them of having to contribute this excessive proportion towards the relief of the owners of farms and other cultivated lands throughout the country. I repeat that the now Local Government Act is from this point of view a masterly production. The value of the measure to the landowners of the kingdom, M originally framed and introduced into Parliament, was still greater than it is now, fur the Imperial taxation in every town in the kingdom with a population of 100,000 was to be applied to the relief from taxation of all the agricultural districts of the kingdom.—-I am, &c., Feraleigh, Cardiff. WM. SIMONS.

FUNERAL OF MR OCTAVIUS MORGAN. Yesterday afternoon the funeral of Mr O. Morgan took place at Bassalleg. The cortege, which consisted of a hearse and four mourning coaches, left The Friars, Newport, at noon, and proceeded by way of Tredegar Park (through which it was arranged that tbe proces- sion should pass) to Bassalleg. Lord Tredegar, Hon. F. C. Morgan, M.P. (nephews of the deceased), Mr H. S. Milman, and the Hon. A. Morgan occupied the first mourning coach Mr Morgan Lindsay, Sir George Walker, and Mr Ivor Walker, the second coach; whilst the third contained Mr H. J. Davis, Colonel Justice, Dr R. Brewer, and Mr W. T. Carlisle. The fourth coach was occupied by retainers and servants. In accordance with the express wishes of the deceased, the funeral was as simple as possible, and of an entirely private character. The coffin was covered with wreaths of -choice flowers, and the breast plate bore the following inscription Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan, born 15th Sept.. 1803; died 5th August, 1888 aged 84 years. The Rev J. Jones, viear of Bassalleg, assisted [;by the curate (Rev T. Johns) read tbe pfuneral service, and the place of sepulture was the f Tredegar family vault in the churchyard, tbo one dn the chancel Deing already full. Many of tbe leading families of the locality were represented St. the church, and several sent their private:} carriages. Messrs Evans and Allen, London,, House, Newport, conducted the funeral NrltOge- j menta.

I "THE OPINION PREVAILS that preserves are prepared from Foreign Fruit, but William P. Hartley use* English Fruit only. Hartley's Dwusoa Great Delicacy. lltf

$uMt £ Qrmpanit5 Applications will -'8 received on ami after MONDA V next, no to but not later than 4 p.w. WEDNESDAY, 15th inst. A considerable amount of the undermentioned Capital bavins been already subscribed, it has been uecided, in ca^e more Shares art) applied for than can be allotted, to !1ve priority to the <J.,pliC:1t;nng in cr-ier of the date ut wiiich they are received by the J-:IT1!{tJr, the NiliU^AL PliO VLNClAL BAXi\ OF E-N U LA-N 1). J NGNNELEY & COMPANY, Limited, Brewers. Barton ull.Trent. CAP IF A L. 10 000 Ordinary Shares of £ 3 each £ 50,000 8,0Gw 5 per cent. Caoialitive Preference Shared oi io each £ *0.003 i: 90, 000 44 per cent. Mortgage Debentures of £100 eactl E40,uoo Total Capital and Mortgage Debenture; £130000 The Debentures are redeemable at the Company's option on and alter iat July, ISOc, at £ 105 íúr nvery £ ;0U .tocrt. The Dividends on the Preference Shares anal Interest on the Mi rtj ije Debentures ar>» payable hah'-yesvrly.on tbe 13th February and loth August, in eactfi y-ar. A full Half Y ear s interest wiil be payable 01.1 the 15th February, 18S9 The K.n«hsh and Scottish Mercantile Investment Ti USE. Limited, No. 11, St. Helen s-place, Bi~h>jp~g:ito Within, London, S.C., ^re authorised to invito appli- cations for a tir,r, 1""l1e of £ 8i),u0- viz. £2:1,01)0 in tI,OCO Ordinary shares ot £S each. fc'iJQ.Ot'O In 4.000 0 per cent. Cumulative Preference Shdr," d £ 0 each. £ 40.OOd in 47 per cent. Mort^ajre Debentures of i;100 each, p..)aoI ax jlJilows ordinary Preference Oeb^n- Shar-s. Shares. tun: On Application Ifls per Share. 10s peri-hare. E 10 per cent «in Allotment.. £ 2 £ „ 0 One month after Allotment £210s „ £21(1" £50 No farther amount of capital will be issued unnl a dividend of at least 10 per crt. par annum lias been declared on the Old n «rv Shares, and until tAie Directors see a fair opportunity, in their judgment, of earning the -ame rate of dividend 0.11 the íllrtiler amount oi Urumary shares tnac may be proposed W,be issued. 1 DIRFLTORS. LEWIS H. ISA \cs, K-i'h ALP. (director of the District Kadway), j, Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn. W.C. CBAHLK^ DKAKIX, ES«J. (of Messrs Deakin & Co.), > inch-lane, London, E.C. E. A. GERMAINE, Esq., I A. (Director of the Union Debenture Comnany, Limited), l'ulJple Garden*,E.C. F. F. J1:-f!, (Lne oi Messrs Toma&a and Anstissl I aibot H use, Hollowi.y-road, Lon.o11. N. lY MOltLEY PEGGE. Esq. (d Messrs J. Jiuuiieley A Co.), Kurron-on-Trent. 'Will join She L'oard after Allotment as JIanacing Dirpttlr -AL Backers.- NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF KNGl.AND, Threaiineedle-ssreet, Londou, E.C.; or Burton-on-IVent, and otlwr Branch's. BROKER.)Ie"Hs JU",HC\ HUTCHINSON and SON, 15, Angel-court, Tll¡,únlq .-ton-street, London, KC AUDITORS.—Messrs COOPKK BROTHERS & CO., •Ueorg«-^tree«, Mansion House, London, K.C. SOLICITORS.—Messrs NASH, FliiLD, & WITHERS, 12, Queen-street, London, E C SECRETARY (pro t-in.) and OKFICFS—Mr J. V. PRGGE, The B, wery, HIli ton-on-T xeut; and 11, St. ilelen's- piace, London, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. we The Company is forme* i to r:i.;e over the well-known Brewery Business of Me 1'S J. Nunneley and Company, fthich has lieen carri ed OIl fur upwards of 50 years under its present style and title, and is one of the oldest in Burt'in-on-Ti-'err;. The Company will aco nire the valuable freehold and lous leasehold Brewery premises and land situate at .Bnd«e-sireet and wheie at Burton on-'IVent, to. gether with cooperage, malt ins-houses, dwelling-houses and public-house pro? erty attached thereto, and stock- in-trade at ihj lirewt "V, and other premises, and at the Agency ill Loiuion, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, &c., as soi ¡, out ill tlio Schedule appended to the Vendoi's Agreement. he Brewery is admirably situated on the Midland Railway COUlp"n y's main sidinjf, having the Breweries iJf Alessrs Bass, Messrs Ailsopp, and t11" Burton Brewvrv Co.; pa ny for neighbours, and stan is on the apot wii«re, fo, some hundred years, the celebrated Burton Ales b ave been brewed. There is an ample supply of watf v of uurivailed quality. The businef..« of the Brewery is steadily increasing And reinuner atire. The ,1 a,(e for the past ninemonths shows a sati; factory increase over a similar periotl for 1887. The Br<v .very will be taken over from the 14th August, lSf»8, and the Shareholders will enter at once ;nto a sori.jd iividenii-earnina property. 'fhr. books "1I.,t aocouaits have been yearly investigated by MrT. H. Harrison, the Brewwy Accountant, of Derby, anfl examiner I on behalf of the proposed Company by Messrs Cooper "Brothers and Co.. Chartered Accountants, of Georj.ye-,stJeet, Mansion House, London, E.C., who certify the net profits of the business and prupert;es to be acquire* by the Company, foi the year ending 30th September last, to have been £ f>,oOO, and tile 4)USÜ1t'SS to be an increasing one. The certitieii annual net pronts as above amount to £&rJO To pay 4:, per cent, on the mortgage 1 ebon iures will require per annuil.. £1,800 10 pay 0 )-er .-cut. on the preference siiiU's will require per anuzila .— 1,200 3 000 Leavings, balance of £3,500 Whi'.rh is equal to 14 per cent. on the present issue of oro'juary share capi:al. V wil therefore, be seen that the Ordinary hares ari this Company will constitute a highly remunerative '.nvestment, while the Mortgas- Debentures antl Pre- fer r-nee shares must commend themselves to investors as an excvprioDalho sound and permanent security. The Mortgage Debentures and the Interest thereon wiil. be a first charge on the undertaking, revenue, real and personal property of the company, and all its property whatsoever and wheresoever, borh present and future, including its unbailed capital for the time be,II. The Preference Shares will be entitled to a Cumula, live Preference Dividend of b per cent, per umum- oayable halt'-year.y, an'l will rank on the property and *jsets in priority to all Oiu nary Shares. The prwe to be paid for the brewery Pr"I:1;S, tied Souses and phnt. roL i tok. hordes, and 01;dwiil aas been rixed by the Vendor at £ 77,SCO. The purchase trolley incliuids stock of Ale, Malt, UOpg, and other -raw materials, to the v.flue of £0.000, arcording to agreen ent. Any "tock in exce-s of th s amount to be 4tk*n at the Compan" option, at a fair valuation. Wllen a less numher oÎ Shares or amount ,t Mortgage Debentures is allotted than that for, tile balance will be credited, n ^-eduction of 11.' vr.yiiieiit fiue on :tliotmtn\ :-boul,1 110 ailvtment be man." rhtj amount paid 011 ".pplication will be returned in full. Aopiicittion for shares or Mortgage Debentures may *>e Ulitde ou the form accompanying the Prospectr.s, or ay letter to the Secretary, stating the number of hares 01 amount of Debentures required, but in either case be application must be ucompanied by a deposit of ilK pet xhar or £10 per cent, on the Mortgage Deben. .UI "s apnlied ior. Prospec uses and form* of aoplication for Shades and Oebentures may be obtained of the bankers and brokers, Ir of the Secretary of the coiilpaliy, ITOXU whom all Information may be obtained. ELECTRIC L I G RTT.,NG J. C. HOWELL, ELECTRIC LIGHT ENGINEER, LLANELLY. Contractor for the Supply and Fiiting-up of ELECTlilC LIGHT APPARAlUS OF EVERY DESCKIPTiON. Sole Azent for South Wales for R. E. CROMPTON CO., LONDON AND CUELMSFOKD. Incandescent and Arc Light Installations for Collieries, Factories, Shins, Houses, itc. ESTIMATES ON APPLICATION. A few examples of Wo;-k earned out and Goods supplied loctil,- Dowiais Iron Co., Dowlais 4 Arcs, 60 Incanuescents Oiamoriaii Coal Co., iiwynypia 300 Incund scents Mo: tgagees Ply mouth Work^.Merthyr 500 Incaniiescents National Steam Coal Co., Wattstown 80 Incandescent* Ocean Coal Co., Treorky Cardiff Castle, Cardiff 2 ZW-liglit Dynamos iRcath Docks 25 Arcs K Morewood & Co.,LIanelly, 10 Arcs, 250 Iucaadescents J. Macicay, Esq., Xreforest 4 Arcs Swansea "Tin-plate Co. (temporary) 3o Incan,iesCent. lighting) ) B. Koweil dt Son, Saw Mills, Llanellv, 1 Arc. 100 Incan. Western Tiri-nlate Co..Llaaelly,4 Arcs,150Incandescents Grovesencl Tin-piate Co., Gorseiaon 4 Arcs, 120 Incan. Vivian It Sons, Swansea. 60 Incandescents FOR COPPKK DEPOSITION- WILLIAMS, FOSTER it CO., SWANSEA. VIVIAN & SONS, SWANSEA. Contracts taken for Transmission of Power toTk Di",t<UJce. Telegrams—" ELECTRIC," LLANF.LLY. 1169 I Q A gToa* Co„ COMPLETE FUNI-TWAL FURNISHERS EVERY REQUISITE FOR FUNERALS OF ALL CLASSES. Proprietors of Cars, Hearses, Sheilibiers, superb Flemish Horses, Coaches, Broug hams, and every necessary equipment for Funerals. PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. — 1108 10, 11, t 12. WORKING STREET, CARDIFF. 3 0CKYERS SULPHUR HAIR J RETTORER. TT UCJiLYERiS SULPHUR HAIE JLJ RESTORER THE SUREST. THE SAFEST. THE BEST. THE CHEAPEST. LUCKY ERS SULPHUR HAIR JLjt RESTORER produces a perfectly natural colour The gradual change 'ia certain, and for removing scurf, beautifying aucfccleansing the hair, causing^ it to grow wherever tain, Lockyer's is unrivalled.—Large botties. Is 6d. Solei everywhere. _n- ELL-IP,IS CORN PLASTERS.—Boxes IL) Is l ,d and is 3d each. The Corn Plasters are a certa:n cure fc.; hard or soft corns, they completely dry up ami eradicate painiul coins: the BU'1Íon Plasters a proved remedy for bunions and enlarged toe ioints. Sold by all chemists. careful Dellar's Plasters are supplied. t> KSPLKNDhJNT IVORY ™ _■> TliETH. To make sure of these, CKACROi) I S AKKCA Vl' TOOTH PASTE is necessary. It disiouges tartar, thor"ug;illy polishes the enamel, perfectly Cleanses the teeth, hardens the gums, is astringent, aromatic, and delicious in flavour. Cracroft s Paste ensures a tine set of teeth. Sold everywhere. Po '• s each, DEAFNESS, Noises in the Ears, etc.— Dellar s ESSENCE FOR DEAFNESS has prove*1 an extraordinary remedy. It always relieves, generally cures, ami is strongly recommended by thousands whc have derived benetit. It is quite haritiless.-Scld ii. H. ttles. Is l.jd and as 9d each, by all Cbem'sts. UULPHOLINK SOAP is a delicately refined, chemically pure soap, inteudel for general use, but specially by those endowed with sensitive skins. For wailiin, o at all times, and bringin the skin to a soft, piiable, healthy condition, Sul- pholiue Soap holds the first place. Its odour is very ;>leasant, and the soap IS nou expensive. Tablets, óri tacli. 1063 INVALID MEN WHO ARE NE&VOUS AND DEPRESSED, without joy for the present AND DEPRESSED, without joy for the present „r hope for the future, anil wbose past is a regret, should send 3 stamps for the AIAGIC MIRROR, and m,idr. The SKcaETARY, titLA^Ail-iquare, sh«-ffieU .'TSstahli shed 113" 1.33n-llC¡¡: 1uhlh: Qtompanies, &c. The SUBSCRIPTION LIST WILL OPEN* on MOS. DA Y, August 13th instant, ami CLOSE on WED-NFS. DAY, 15th instant, at Twelve o'clock noon. rIlHE TALTAL (CHILE) NITRATE X COMPANY, LIMITED. Incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1352 to 1886. CAPITAL, £ C5,OJO, in 17.000 Shares of £5 eacu, of which 353 Shares will be allotted to the Vendor in part payment of Purchase-money, and the balance, 11,007 shares, are now ùtÏerdl for Subscription. Payment to be mace as follows 10s per Share on Application, £1 I (i- on Allotment, £1 in one month, £ in tLrej months, and £ i in four months after date oi Allociiaeuc. DIRECrORS. Sir WILLIAM W. AKBf L'iJNOT, Bart. (hte of ."Vlevis Arbuibnot A Co., Madras), 16, Kildare- terrace, W. jo li-N WIU^IAMS ANDERSON, Esq. (of the firm of -Me-srsJ. IV. Anderson & Co., llu, Cannon-street, KC.). HENRY WILLIAM CARTER, Esq. (of the firm of Messrs T.muerleys, Carter, and Darke), 21, Billiter- street, E.C. ARCHIBALD FAIRLIE, Eiq.. C.E., lb, Grafton, square, S.W. JO>EPH H. TUOJIAS, Esq. (British Vice.Consul),San. tiago, Chile. BANKERS. Messrs SMITH, PAYNE, and SMITHS, 1. Lombard. street, E.C. The COMAIERCIAL BANK of SCOTLAND, Limited, Edinburgh, and Branches. SOLICITORS.— Messrs FRANCIS and JOHNSON, 5, Austin Friars, E.C. BROKKKS.—Messrs COOK and LOMEK, 2A, Copthall- court, K.C. At, 01 roRs-Iessrs C. F, KEMP, FORD & CO., Walbrook, E.C. SKCRKTARY (PItO TKJI.1—J. T. HALLIVVELL, Esq. UFFict-S-Id, GUACECHURCU-STREET, E.C. This Company has been formed for the purpose of acquiring ami working the extensive and valuable Nitrate Grounds known as "1Jortf>IJSIô1," Fraterni- liad." Peregfua," tr-i," situate in the district of Talial, in the Province of Atacama, in the Republic of Chile. The properties, which are in the very heart of the Nitrate zone of T.iltai, are in one block, and comprise an area o; nearly 1,000 English acres, and ate situated within two miles of the Taital Railway (an English Railway Company, having its healf office in London), which has been constructed for the purpose of bringing the Nitrates from the district to the important ship- ping port of Taital, and whose rates for carriage, as authorised by the Chilian Government, are moderate. The Nitrate Grounds acquired by the Company irive every indication that for richness, capacity, and special facilities for working, including water, they wili rank amongst the most important and valuable in South America. A report on the properties and the working of them has been m"de by Senor F. Eo Arias, a well-known Chilian eX"ert. The directors, before accepting this I, p" rt, canled to the British Cousul at Valparaiso asking hi, opinion of :o"r Arias, and received in reply from him the following answer;—"Arias is reliable man of long experieuce in nitrate business." The properties adjoin the voi-y successful anti ltiera- tive grounds of Senor Oliva, 1 ba.n which, Senor Arias reports, they are even richer in Nitra es. The properties have been tested over the whole area by 42 trial holes, which have proved that the seam of Caliche (the raw nitrate) averages about 23 inches in thickness, is soft and easily worked, and yields an average of at least 40 Per cent. of good nitrate. A special feature of the property which will tend sreatly to reduce the working expenses of this Com- pany n that the Caliche is found in a horizontal se; ni at a tleuth of from a foot to a foot and a.balf fiom the surface, while in the b-st-known Nitrate Grounds the Caliche is at a oepth of from three to twelve feet. Since the inspection by :epor Anas further tests on the properties have proved Capas (seams) of Galichd eight fet.t thick, yielding 60 to SO per cent, of good N/.trate, but the directors, in considering the profit to be earned by the company, have only taken Senor Arias' figures, founded up n what he himself sanv of the property, its extent, anil the quality, depth, and of the Caliche. Senor Alias states that the nitrate can be produced and placed on board ship at the port of Taital at$^ 03 per quintal, an,1 allowing for freight and all othr expeuses, and taking the seiling pric in the United Kingdom at the very low figure of £815" there will be a net profit of £ 1 lus per ton, and at the present price of £9 10s a net profit of £2 is per ton. senor Arias recommends establishing at the com- mencement an Oticina'(a complete Nitrate estnb. fjl1U1ent), which will produce 1,000 quintals of nitrate per uay, and at the above minimum prOtitOf El 10s per ton this would ive a nett piottt to tile company of over £20,COQ a yenr. At this rate of production the grounds would last for over 60 years. and therefore the Directors propose, after the first Oticina" has 'oeen successfully worked, to enlarge the works, and thus greatly increase the output and consequent profit. Senor Arias ha* furnished an estimate of the cost of the tirsr, Olicina, and the £20,000 of the capital reserved for working expenses will lie ample for this purpose, and for the intended extension. The title to the prooerty is direct from the Govern- ment of Chde, and is n the n itu-e of freehold. l'he above statements are based upon the report of Senor Arias, and particulars furnished by one of the Vendors, Senor T-le«.fero Andrada. of Santiago, Chile, who is an experienced mining expert of the highest probity, most favourably known to owners in London of properties in Chile, th ■ accuracy of which state- ments and particulars the Vendors have guaranteed. By way of furrjier -tisiactioti, communication was made on behalf of the Company with Mr Joseph H. Thomas, the nritih Vice-Consul at aJltial1;o, tlieI Capital of Chil, in reply to which the following tele- gram, dated ¿Dth July, has been received from Mr Thomas:—"Have examined Andrada and Arias' leers and estimates; can coniirm them." The value *jt the co-operation of Air Thomas, who has agreed to act as a director ot the Compauy in Chili. is much increa-ed by the fact that be was for some time the local representative of the Taital Railway, and is therefore thoroughly familiar with th • d strict. The pric j to he paid for the property is £ 63,COO—as to £ 26,6^5 in fully-paid up shares and tile balance in cash. It will be seen that the properties purchased by th Coujn ny are ridl Xitrate Grounds, acquired 011 most i Ivantageous terms, thus comparing most hivounijbly, in both particulars, with the properties owned by the Nitrate companies formed in England, wuich are paying large dividends to their shareholders. Thij following are the present prices 011 the London stoc'i Exchange of the -hares of existing Nitrate Oow- pa:i working Chilian properties :— Present Price. P'.iniitiva Nit-ate £ 5 Shares (fully paid) £15 to £16l londou Nitrate .£10. £¡à to£la Nitr:, t, E7, to £ 8^ Liverpool Nitrate .5" £15 to £16 According to the reuorts of Messrs Henry Bath and Sen to 30t.h Ju:>e last, the consumption of Nitrate is being gveatK augmented. In France the quantity used in the twelve months showed an increase of about 50 per enr in Belgium, 40 per cent.; Cermany, 30 per I cent. and in the United Kingdom, i5 fvr cent. The contract of purchase is d ited 25th July, 15S3, and made between Telesfero Andrada, Peregrina I' Barrios, Hortencia )1"rello, and Clara Moreno of the one part, and George Thompson, a Trustee for the COP1¡nnv. of the other part. The Vendors will provide all the preliminary expenses I (1' the formation and bringing out of the company, and I the issue of its capital, and they h ■ ve reserved to them- selves the right to enter ii-o and have entered 1.,tO arrangements with third parties for his purpose, which do not, however, affect the company, and to which it is not party. As these arrangements may, technically, becontracts within the meaning of section 'I' 38 of the Companies' Act, 1;67, applicants for shares shall be deemed to have notice thereof, and to have waived any fuiler compliance with such section with reference thereto. 'the memorandum and articles of association, the' contract of purchase, the report made to the Chilian Government and issue,l by its authority, upon the extonr, and value of the nitrate deposits of Atacama, 1 and ali the reports and documents* referred to in this J prosi ectus, may be seen at the office of the company, j Should no Allotment be made, the deposit money j will be returned without deduction, and wh r*- the I number of Shares allotted is less than the number applied for, the surplus will be credited in reduction of the amount payable 011 allotment. Prospectuses and Forms of Apolication can be obtained from the Bankers and thj Brokers, and at the Offices of the Company, I Loudon; 10,11 August, I808. A'<0 JG A TITHE Y WARE (Wholesale, Retail, and Export). S. J. KEPPLE AND SON, 5, CLARE- STREET, BRISTOL. Havin¡>< a large wholesale ade, we are able to offer great advantages to out etail Customers. Write for catalogue.) 118;¡ l. H. & Fl. 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MR SIMONS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT. j THERE is no doubt much truth in what is stated in a letter on the Local Government Bill addressed to us by Mr WILLIAM SIMONS. liie writer is not only a thorough politicia.n, accustomed to watch closely and to criticise the various measures introduced to Parliament, but is also well versed in the subjects which naturally come within the scope of local government. Mr SIMOJTB maintains that the Local Government Act has been ingeniously and artistically framed to serve the great landowners of the country, and we must confess that we agree with him in the conclusion at which he has arrived. No doubt there are many instances to which this remark would not apply. The county boroughs will not be much affected in this way, because they will be able to keep their funds in their own hands and to apply them to their own purposes. This will be an unspeakable advantage to those municipal borough. of fifty thousand inhabitants and upwards. It has not been to them that landowners have hitherto looked for that material aud social support which they always expect to win from the more straggling populations in rural dis- tricts who are more at their mercy. It would have been a modern miracle if a Government like that which now holds the reins of office had acted with anything like unselfishness. They would have had to reverse, or, at all events, to ex- tinguish nearly all their traditions if they gave with one hand without taking back with the other. The measure itself 0 is not of a character to be easily understood, and it may safely be taken for granted that it is only when the local or county authorities begin to set it in operation that its parentage will be obvious to all. In the meantime Mr SIMONS renders consider- able service by hitting upon a blot whbh will no doubt open the eyes of many, and lead to further discoveries of a similar kind. It is only natural for us to be suspicious about Tory legislation, the more es- pecially when it plausibly assumes to be democratic. There is nothing in the whole history of Tory legislation to warrant the expectation that it will ever confer any boon upon the multitude at the expense of the owners of the soil. If all the articles of the Tory creed were to be abolished with one exception, that exception would take the form of a provision that nothing whatever should be enacted which would diminish the landlords' income by one farthing. It is just as well that the bill is only as yet a sort of skeleton. There may be still some Liberals, outside of Liverpool, who are prepared to go to the poll and do their best to turn out the present Government. Once the skeleton Act has been handed over to Liberal hands, there will no doubt be important alterations made even in the skeleton before it has been clothed with flesh and sinew. In the House of Lords this bill met with scarcely any opposition, and for a good reason. There is probably no peer who could be entrusted with the responsible task of framing a Local Government Act that would deal impartially with all classes. At its very best estate the House of Lords is a class institution. It is an assembly ignorant in the main of the terrible wrestling with adversity which many have to undergo in order to live. It has often been maintained that some of our noblemen work as hard for the public good as any working man, and probably this is perfectly true, but there is a great diflerence between working hard as a politician or a statesman and working hard to keep the wolf from the door. The men who know something of the latter are the only persons thoroughly fit to sympathise with the ordinary payer of rates and taxes. Time, however, will tell its own tale with regard to the Local Government Act, and we shall be somewhat surprised if, after it has been put in motion, the cloven hoof of Toryism does not present itself to the eyes of all, and create some degree of wonder that such a measure should have been launched in its present form without a great outcry against several of its provisions.

THE ATHEISTS' RELIEF BILL. THE Oaths Bill, or rather, the Atheists' Relief Bill, having passed the third reading, Mr BRADLAUGH is to be congratulated on having pleased his opponents at the expense of many of his truest friends. He has, of course, gained his own point. He went in for a whole loaf, and the Tories offered him a half for his own use, provided he would give up all claim to the other half, and he accepted the offer. This is not what we should have expscted of Mr BRAD- LAUGH. We always gave him credit for more generosity that this. It ta often said that half a loaf is better than none, and so it is to the man who gets it; but to the man who gets nothing there cloes not seem to be much gain from the transaction. It is astonishing that a politician of the astute- ness of the junior member for Northampton should not have seen that he had played into the hands of the Tories. They do not care a straw whether a member of Parliament is an atheist or not so long as they can enjoy the satisfaction of fixing what they regard as a stigma or black mark upon him. They glory in those religious tests which parcel men out into groups, or castes of various degrees of respectability. The Churchman comes first, the Catholic next, the Protestant Nonconformist next, then the scientific agnostic, and finally the out and out Atheist. The Tory objects to none of these if they are only duly labelled, because he can draw in his skirts in passing by in proportion to the degree of horror or loathing with which he regards them. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL knew pertectly well what he was about when he said that there was no Tory tradition in antagonism to the Oaths Bill. This is precisely what we have been insisting upon all along. It is the most thoroughly Tory measure that has been passed for many a year. We have, however, learned a lesson. We see now that the cause of religious equality cannot be safely entrusted to Mr BRADLAUGH. He has got what he wanted by consenting to the imposition of a new test. We do not grudge him his victory. He has endured much in struggling to force a passage into Parliament for himself. Those who are still left outside must now continue the struggle, relieving efen Mr BRADLAUGH from his unpleasant situation.

THE NEW ASSISTANT CHARITY COMMISSIONERS. ANOTHER PIECE OP PARTY FAVOUR,, A "TIMES" CORRESPONDENT APPOINTED AS COMMISSIONER. We are informed 01) good authority that the two Assistant Cbarifcy Commissioners who have just been appointed to inquire into the charitable endowments of Wales are Mr Vincent, of the North Wales circuit, and Mr David Lewis, of the South Wales circuit. Both are Conservatives, and both are Churchmen. It will be remembered that Mr Vincent, who is now appointed to inquire into the charitable endowments of North Wales, ia the" Special Correspondent" who contributed to the Times some months since that remarkable series of articles on she state of Walee. Mr David .Lewis, who is a Dative of .Swansea, has » limited acquaintasce with the Welsh language, but Mr; Vincent is an Engliflhman, utterly ignorant of the language of the people, and entirely oat of sym-* pathy with them. The appointment of two Conservatives and two Churchmen to inquire into matters of serious importance in a country so Radical and so Nonconformist as the Principality is regarded as an injustice, and will give rise to much hostile comment.

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SOUTH WALES NOTES. [BY COSMOS.) THE WBSLKYANS AND THE MINISTRY. THE judgment and action of the Wesleyau Con- ference as to candidates for the ministry should be noted. It is evidently alive to the exigencies of the age. Whatever conceptions may be formed of the characteristics of the age, it is obvious that its religious teachers and guides should, as a rule, be mentally and spiritually above mediocrity. Men 8re now needed to command Christianity to the most intelligent and cultured of the day. While the aversion of men of taste to evangelical religion springs mainly from moral causes, there can be no doubt that it arises also from the poor and meagre conceptions often presented of its sublime and original verities, Persons con- versant with the highest order of literature, whether profane or sacred, are not unseldom repelled by the crudities and commonplaces of the pulpit. While unlettered men of sound under- standing and force of moral and religious character have been and are of service to the cbnrch, its ministers generally should in point of natural and acquired ability commsnd the respect of their fallowmen. The daDger if not the evil, of the present day is the admission of not a few men mental and spiritual me- diocrity into the ministry. It seems to be thought that training in the colleges will qualify a man for the highest and most momentous func. tion. That upwards of 60 candidates have been declined by the Wesleyan Conference shows that tbat body is careful to guard agaixst the entrance of incompetent men into its ranks. Admitting that there is no room for their employment, it is but natural to infer that so large a number would not have been declined if most of them bad been men of more than ordinary promise. WHEN SHALL THEIR GLORY FADE? I AH informed by J. E. that there is at present, at Penarth Dock, a labourer earning a few shillings here and there. This person is an old soldier, an ex-trooper of the 17th Lancers, and one of the survivors of that gallant band of heroes immortalized by Tennyson in "The Charge of the Lierht Brigade." Frederick Sims entered the army about 1852. He and two brothers, ail in the same regiment, went through the Crimean campaign. At Balaclava his two brothers escaped without a scratch, while he himself was wounded by a shot through the heel, the bullet leaving its track under the horsó's belly, simply cutting the hair from the skin. The most remarkable part of this history is to come. Sims, although he served seven years after the event above alluded to. was eventually discharged as incurable and unfit for further service on account of his wounds. Yet, strange to say, this man receives no pension. He was discharged with a temporary pension of Is per day for seven years, which term expired 10 years ago. According to Sims's version, he had nothing against him to bar his claim, but it appears that he has made no application for a renewal of his pension. Perhaps Col. Morgan or Lord Tredegar will inquire into this case, for they we both officers in the same regiment. THE SWANSEA AGRICULTURAL SHOW. IT is rathfr late in the day to refer to the Glamor- ganshire Agricultural Show at Swansea, but still, as it is early to advocate reforms for the next exhibition—and my remarks will apply more to the future tban the past—I may not be considered out of date. Before I commence, let me ask what is the province of an agiicultural society? It's primary motive I take to be the improvement of stock. Now at Swansea. there was a splendid entry of horses, but the quality was so inferior that one is inclined to demand cut bono 1 A farmer goes to these shows to learn, and it is certainly no education for him to see a lot of second-rate horses. In fact, such a sight is pernicious. He goes home with the idea that he possesses excellent animals, because those which took the prizes were probably no better than his own. It may be argued that for a lot of strangers to come and take all the awards out of the county is not encouraging to local exhibitors, but, nevertheless, it is not a disadvantage. For iustanoe, there was a class at Swan- sea for hackneys. Now, those who are acquainted with the big knees, the gorgeous paces, and rounded quarters of the breed, will safely assert that there was no one of the type in the competition. It is true the local men carried off the money, but only two persons benefited by this generosity, whereas the numerous students who^were present to study the characteristics of the race, either went away with a false impression, or else had their journey for nothing. Looking at the prize list, it was evidently framed to exclude good animals, and catch all the rubbish of the neighbourhood. What man in his senses, pray, would pay the expense of train fare and keep for man and horse to win a JE5 prize ? ITS LESSONS, I WIU. admit that the professional shower, ns he may he termed, travels about the country in order to make money. But what of that ? Agri cultural societies need not trouble their heads about the individual, but the benefit which will accrue to the community at large. As I have pointed out above, only one man can secure the first priz', while all the rest, including spectators, can merely look on and learn. Surely, then, it is best to try and attract the finest equine specimens, so that they may be a model for the breeder to go upon. But the prizes which tho Glamorganshire Society offered were totally inadequate to entice anything bat local entries. Those who know anything about agriculture will admit that the breeJing of cart horses is the most profitable of all the branches. How does the agricultural society encourage it ? Well, this is its method. It gives a £10 prize to the cart stallion which has served in the county—in other words, throws away its money. What it ought to concern itself with is the future, not the past. Improvements cannot be effected upon what has gone by we must look in front. A man cannot alter things which have happened, but he may reasonably expect to influence things to come. If, fot instance, the society were to offer a prize for stallions which shall serva in the county, then there would be some sense in their programme. But, at the same time, it would be useless to offer such an amount as £10. Such breeders as Loid Ellesmere, Walter Gilbey, Lord Wantage, etc., would not enter their auimals under 'such paltry conditions, when they can let them from two to three hundred during the season. And this reminds me of the Cardiff Cart-horse Society. Why was it inecessary for private enterprise to do the work of the Glamorganshire Agricultural Society ? The former society hired a. horse last seasou, and mado a creditable attempt to improve the breed. If tho Glamorganshire Society is to exist, why, it must initiate some wholesome reforms. AND WHAT THEY TEACH. IN the first place the prize list mnst be decreased in item?, and added to in amount, unless its funds will stand the augmentation. We will begin with agricultural stallions. The first prizi should be nothing less than £50, and the second should be in correspondence. The conditions should be that no prize will bo paid until the end of the succeeding season, and that the two horses should travel a certain district of the county. It would decidedly strengthen the competition if guarantees could be obtained at a fixed rate, but, of course, this would be difficult from the fact no one would give a guarantee until he saw the animal. Cobs, ponies, and thoroughbreds might be treated in the same manner, but on a less generous scale. But as for giving a £10 prize for stallions which have served in the county, nothing could be more absurd. The horse has finished his work, and the stock cannot be altered. Moreover, would any man purchase a stallion for '•the prospect of winning £10, when he remembers that a fair percentage of it would be absorbed in the expenses of conveying the horse to and from the show, not to mention the risk ? But if a proprietor bad the opportunity of winning £50, he could easily induce some of the great breeders to let him a horse, even if be bad not sufficient enterprise or capital to buy it. But the great breeders are finding a difficulty in placing their young stallions, and would only jump at the chance of sending them to a show when a failure merely means the expenses, and a win a capital return for their outlay.

LOCAL CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS.^ The London Gautú of Friday night contained the following :— FOREIGN OFFICE, August 9. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr H. Kelway as consul at Milford Haven, with jurisdiction over the counties of Cardigan, Pem- broke, and Carmarthen, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr E. C. Downing as consul at Cardiff, with jurisdiction over the counties of" Glamorgan (excepting Swansea), Brecknock, and' Radnor, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has ala,) been pleased to approve of( Mr W. E. Heard as vice-consul at Newport, with jurisdiction over the county of Monmouth, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians,

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LONDON LETTER. [BY OUB OWN OORRZBPONDUT.] [SPECIALLY WIRED,] LONDON, Friday Night. The House of Commons still keeps up a brave show of attendance, in spite of the continued hot weather and the steady outward movement of holiday-makers. Amongst the latest to go is Mr Balfour. At least his place has been empty to- night, though it seems probable that be must needs be in his place to-morrow, when the Irish members, according to their habit, iutend to improve the ultimate hours of the session by a general attack on the Irish executive. To-night the Solicitor-General for Ireland answered for the Chief Secretary, but if Mr Balfour is not in bis place to-morrow, when the Latphford case comes on, it is to be feared that some resentment will be shown. It is intended to advance at to-morrow's sitting as many bills as the patience and courtesy of members will stand. After this, Mr Smith is to move that the House at its rising on Monday shall adjourn till Tuesday, the 6th of November, thus opening up a pleasant vista of nearly three months' recess. The proceedings of Monday will, as already explained, be purely formal, and the whips will not even be troubled to make a House. On this, practically the last day of the first section of the session, members have come out in a blaze of summer costume that is quite remarkable. White hats are the rule. White waistcoats abound, and in very few cases is any- thing heavier than grey met with. Mr Courtney, oppressed by the responsibilities of his office aa Deputy Speaker, has for- sworn that remarkable pair of yellow gauze trousers with which, in summers past, he has electrified the House. By general consent the prize for sartorial summer eccentricity has been gained by Mr Penrose Fitzgerald, who has presented himself in a light yellow coat of gauzy material and exceedingly novel cut. Mr Burdett- Coutts runs him close with a scrimpy suit of light linen, modelled on the pattern of boys' costumes set forth in the pattern sheets of ready- made clothiers. In inter vals of considering the Lords amendments to the Local Government Bill, it has been the pleasing custom of hon. members to approach Mr Penrose Fitzgerald, walk slowly round him gazing respectfully at his coat, and walk off without saying a word. By an odd chance there sat in the gallery during question- time a native from India, in bis daintily-coloured and gracefully made linen dress, capped by a scarlet turban. Summer dress for men is certainly one of the things they manage better in India than in London. Mr Henniker-Heaton, the Australian member for Canterbury, who has been absent on sick leave, returned to-day just in time to fire off five question one after the other at the Postmaster- General. In -his enforced retreat Mr Heaton has prepared quite a new series of conundrums for Mr Riikes. One of these is very striking. It aska the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, under the Postal Union, 126 letters can be sent for 41 sterling from Austria to England, whilst only 96 can be sent from England to Austria for the same money. This is certainly curious, but it is a pity that Mr Heaton deterred putting the question. It is just the kind of problem contem- plation of which is calculated to spoil any mau's holiday. An insight was accidentally given into the manner in which the fuluess of the Times Parlia- mentary report is preserved, and of the careless- ness with which it is editorially reviewed. In the Times report of this morning there appears an answer to a question put by Mr Sheeby to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury as to the appointment of clerk of the works to the arlditional building of Killar,iey District Lunatic Asylum. Such question was never put nor answered, and Mr Jackson, amid much laughter, confusedly sur- mised that. having prepared the answer expect- ing the question to be put, he had' sent to the Times his whole batch of answers, this included. It is a familiar story how a speech which an Irish member bad intended to deliver, but for which he could not find an opening, appeared the next morning reported verbatim in an Irish newspaper, liberally interlarded with clieors, laughter, and other signs of eager and approving attention on the part of the audience. But this publication in a London paper of a question and answer which were never exchange*! is somethiug new, and may make ministers mbrer chary in their communica- tions with the Timss. A movoment is now on foot, promoted by some gentlemen afirt ladies, the nest known name being that of Mr Walter Besant, to present to Mrs Francis Hodgsou Burnett an address, together with some personal ornament bearing an appro- priate inscription. I is proposed to ask every British author to allow his or her name to be appended to the address, and subscriptionf are to be limited to two guineas. The occasion for the movement is an impression alleged to be felt by many men and women of letters that the great services rendered by Mrs Hodgson-Burnett, through her recent successful action at law to prevent the performance of an unauthorised dramatic version of Little Lord Faunlleroy ought to he recognised in some public manner by her brother and sister writers." This is all very well when put in a circular, but I am bound to say that I have not discovered in uncontrollable form the desire depicted. Mrs Hodgson-Burnett wrote a charming book, which had, as it deserved, an enormous sale, and the profits coming to the author, both in America and England, have been exceedingly satisfactory. When her property was attacked by an enterprising adapter for the stage, she defended it, just as she would have resisted an attempt to take her purse out of her pocket. The impression I have found in the quarters indicated by the circular is that, if the charming author of Little Lord Fauntfcroy is to have a presentation made to her because she would not let someone steal her book, we must expect another movement on foot to do honour to Sir John Benuett, who, the other day, having a number of watches appropriated on the strength of a bogus message from a personal friend, successfully prosecuted the thief in a criminal court.

THE PILLGWENLLY FREE LIBRARY. ENQUTRY AT NEWPORT. Yesterday Colonel Mardon Ducat, one of the Local Government Board's inspectors, held an enquiry at the Town-hall, Newport, as to an application of the Newport authorities to borrow LI,600 for tho purpose of erecting a brancii I ibrary and readingromn for the Pillgwenlly district. The project is one of those which was originated at the Jubilee period last year, and had for its chief sponsor the ex-Mayor (Mr George Hoskins). The subscriptions amounted to £ 200, and it is intended to devote this sum towards the furnishing of the new building. The structure itself will be in Temple-street, adjacent to the Seamen's Home, and will provide reading room 46 feet by 25 feet, class rootns for the art and science classes, and caretaker's offices. The Town Clerk (Mr A. Newman) informed the inspector that £4,500 had already been borrowed under the provisions of the Libraries Act, and that it was intended to obtain the money now asked for on a 50 years' term which would reiuce the repayments to something under 5 percent., and therefore to a cost of 280 per annum. The freehold land was given by Lord Tredegar, the two cottages eould be acquired on favourable terms, and the leasehold was expected to be obtained on very favourable terms, M Lord Tredegar fas one of the largest proprietors of the Tredegar Wharf Company, the lessors. It was intended at first to open a reading room only, and hereafter to enlarge the institution into a branch free library, so as to provide for the increasing needs of the large population of the district of the docks, Mr Alfred SW8h_, architect, produced the plans of the new building, which is to cost about 91,100, and Mr John Wood, chairman, and Mr R H Johns, secretary to the Free Library committee, with the borough surveyor (Mr Kirby) were also present, and gave the information required by the inspector, who afterwards drove down to the site.

THE FATAL DRUNKEN CAROUSE AT NEWPORT, At Newport borough police-court yesterday, the charge against James Flynn and Thomas Fitzgerald, hobblers, of stealing three jars contain- ing brandy and whisky, the property of Host Gritton, of the King's Head Hotel, was referred to. Inspector Winmill handed in a medical certificate signed by Dr Jennings, the union surgeon, to the effect that the two men were at present too weak to appear, but would be well enough to do 80 on Monday next. The prisoners, with third man named Thomas Iloyd, on Monday evening broke into a refreshment bar at the athletic grounds, and took away the spirits, which they drank. Lloyd died of alcoholic poisoning; and the other two made themselves so ill that they were taken to the workhouse infirmary, and bad not, as the medical certificate showed, yet recoveraU.-Tbe bench again remanded the case.

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MR A. THOMAS, M.P., AND HIS } TOWNSMEN. PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF CARDIFF. Cardiff on Monday next honours one of its most prominent and worthy sons in the person of Mr Alfred Thomas. M.P., who will on that day be presented, in recognition of his great public services, with the freedom of the borough. The decision to confer this flattering distinction upon the hon. gentleman was arrived at so far back as October lltb, 1886, on the occasion of his retire- ment from the corporation, owing to the pressure of his parliamentary duties. At a meeting of the council on the day indicated it was proposed by the then mayor (Dr Edgar Jones), se. conded by Councillor Jackson, and unani. mously resolved: — Thab in recognition of the important services rendored to the town of Cardiff by Mr Alfred Thomas, M.P,, during the time he has been a member of this council. and particularly during the year be held the office of chief magistrate of the borough, the honour of the freedom of the borough be conferred upon him, and that this resolution be engrossed on vellum and publicly presented to bim." From one cause and another it has not hitherto been found convenient to carry this resolution into effect, but happily all obstacles have now been surmounted, and on Monday Mr Thomas will receive tangible evidence, if any be needed, of the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow townsmen. The presentation will take place at the quarterly meeting of the council, which com- mences at 12.30 p.m., and the mayor requests us to convey his cordial invitation to the inhabitants of the town to attend in numbers and witness what cannot fail to be an interesting ceremony. The resolution conferring the freedom of the borough upon Mr Thomas will be enclosed in a handsome and costly silver casket, covered with electro gold, provided for the purpose by public subscription. The casket has been obtained through -the Well-known firm of Messrs John Williams and Sons, Queen-street, and was manufactured to their order by the eminent firm of Messrs Dickson and Sons, Sheffield. It is a beautiful and artistically designed specimen of the silversmith's handicraft, and Messrs Williams and Sons are entitled to the best thanks of tbe subscribers from whom they received the commission for having so admirably executed their trust. On the front and back of the casket are displayed the borough arms, surmounted by a crown borne in the out- stretched arms of two mermaids, while at each of the corners, which are fluted, stands an appro. priate symbolical figure. The lid bears the inscription Presented to Alfred Thomas, Esq., M.P., with the honorary freedom of the borough of Cardiff, in reçog. nition of his valuable and eminent services while mayor and chief magistrate for the year 1881-2; Also for his many acts of generosity rendered to the various institutions of the town during his eleven years connection with the corporation. The interior of the casket is lined with quilted crimson silk, and the whole chastely decorated with beautiful scroll work. It is, in fact, a perfect gem of art, reflecting credit alike on tbe makers and designers.

THE LONDON GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION. VISIT TO THIS GLAMORGAN COALFIELD. On Friday mrfrning the London Geologists' Association, under tbe direction of Mr W. Galloway, and accompanied by Professor Rudler and MrT. H. Thomas, K.C.A. (president of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society), left Cardiff by the Taff Vala Railway to visit several collieries and other interesting places in the Rhondda and Merthyr Valleys. They first detraiued at the Havod Station, whence they proceeded to Lewis's Merthyr and Havod Collieries, where they were, by the kindness of the officials, enabled to see the multifarious operations of both steam coal and coking coal-working. Many of the more adven- turous spirits went underground, and subsequently examined the methods of coking with Welsh ovens and coal-washing. They were very hospitably received at both collieries, and indeed every arrangement was made at both eollieries for their comfort and convenience. In the afternoon they went to Harris's Navigation Colliery, which is the deepest in South Wales, and inspected the surface appliances, which are very elaborate. They next visited Llanbradach, where there is a new sinking stoing on, and again a section of the party descended the shaft, and saw the new and powerful rock drills at work. Afternoon tea was here provided. Subsequently Pwllypant Quarry was thoroughly explored, as a deep section of the Pennant sandstone rocks is here exposed. At the mouth of the neighbouring tunnel they saw the outcrop of the lowest seams in the South Wales coalfield, and other interesting strata were noted, On returning to Cardiff in the evening the members of the association entertained a few friends to dinner at the Park Hotel, and a very pleasant evening was spent. To-day tbey visit LlandafE, Castell Cocb, and Caerphilly,

GLAMORGANSHIRE ASSIZES, civil, CAUSES. The business of the Glamorganshire Assizes was resumed at Swansea on Friday. I FIRST COURT. (Before Mr Justice FIELD.) THE ALLEGED ILLEGAL DISTRAINT. THOMAS v. HOOPER and KENNAHD.—In this case, where a verdict was returned on the pre- vious day, his lordship now considered the question of damages. Plaintiff asked for L3 2s 8d excessive distraint and the levying fee, and also damages for one day's unlawful possession, His lordship said the landlord (Hooper) had re- ceived, according to the finding of the jury (though he should not have come to the same result), 10s more than he was entitled to. He, therefore, having amended the pleadings to permit it, gave judgment for 10s against Hooper. With regard to the further sum claimed, he was of opinion that neither of the defendants was liable. He gave judgment for plaintiff as against Hooper for 10s, and judgment for the defendant Kennard with costs.-iNIr Abel Thomas read a letter from Barnett from which it appeared that plaintiff had tried to get the consent of defendants to the action being beard in the county-court, when the damages claimed appeared to be £100, whereupon his lordship said L180 was now claimed for damages. He had often had occasion to remark on what, in his judgment, was the improper practice of asking for what every- body knew there was no pretence whatever for asking, and, therefore, to ask for £100 damages when Barnett had himself had that question tried over before in the action his father had brought, if the case went to the county-court, and LISO now was, to his mind, an abuse of the process of the court. Plaintiff was never entitled to more than she had got now.—Mr Abel Thomss was for plaintiff, and Mr Arthur Lewis for the defendant. CLAIM UNDER A BOND. NBATIt GDARUIANS V. JONES AND HOPKINS.— Plaintiffs in this case brought an action against Messrs Oliver Huyward Jones and Howell Hopkins for £ 400, the amount of the penalty of a bond given by them to the plaintiffs for the due performance by the late Thomas Hopkins of the duties of his office as assistant ovarsoer of the parish of Glyncorrwg. Mr B. F. Williams, Q.C., and Mr Benson (instructed by Mr H. Uuthbertson, of Neath) appeared for plaintiffs; Mr Bowen Rowlands, Q.O., M.P., and Mr Abel Thomas (instructed by Mr S. T. Evans, of Neath) was for the defendant Jones; and Mr Mclntyre, Q.C., and Mr Glascodino (instructed by Messrs Tennant and Jones, of Aberavon) were for the defendant Hopkins. Thomas Hopkins had been assistant overseer of Glyncorrwg since 1872, and at the time of his appoint- ment he was required to give security for L200, the defendants becoming surety for that amount. In June, 1887, in consequence of the annexation of part of another parish to Glyncorrwg, and the increase in thf rates collected, the security was raised to JS400. The bond was executed by Thomas Hopkins and Jones in July 14-th, 1887; Howell Hopkins, the other surety, being an invalid, and living in an out-of-the-way place. Arrangements for him to sign were delayed till February, 1888, when it was signed. On '1" i. OfWl. j.1. ueuruary cuui LLit3 assistant overseer absconded, and went to America; he returned, however, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling f,476 17s 2 £ d, was sentenced to imprisonment, and died three days afterwards in gaol. The defendants pleaded that theto bad been fraud and undue concealment from thom when they executed the new bond that there was a balance in Hopkins's hands and, further, that since the date of the execution of the bond Hopkins had committed no defalcation. Mr Cuthbertson, Mr Powell, and another witness were called for the plaintiffs, and after their examination, his Lordship said the case had taken four hours, and at present he did not know what that was, except that there was an allegation of certain things the deceased rate collector ought to have done. Again, alluding to the time occupied over the case, the Judge said they had been four days trying two cases. Ho should think, after this, that people would learn to abstain from going to law if they were wise.— Mr Williams; Fortunately, they are not wise. (L,tugliter.)-Tiie Judge It has had its effect in London. The merchants there say they can't go to law because it is so expensive and uncertain, and they are very wise too. They had been on the case nearly fivo hours, and he had olliy got about ten lines of admissible evidence.— Mr Mclntyre submitted on behalf of Jones that there had been no defalcation after the execution of the bond on February 15th, or at any time and that there was no evidence of any breach of duty after that date, and that there was evidence of breaches of duty not communicated to the defendant by the guirdiitis,-ilir Rowlands, on behalf of Hopkins, submitted that there was no evidence of defalcations, and that there was no liability on the part of his client till the signature of his co-surety was attached.—Later on the Judge said the tcase had been badly got up, and he was tired of it.—The defendant Jones was then called, and, ia examination by Mr Rowlands, said he only signed the bond on the faith of the other defendant being a co-surety with him, and Howell Hopkins said he only signed the bond five days before the assistant overseer absconded. Thereupon, on an intimation from the judge, Mr Williams said he would take it upon himself to withdraw the case, as he did not think it one that could proceed further.—The Judge: I think you are quite right. —Mr Williams said there had been extensive defalcations, and the Neath Guardians, as the protectors of the rate pa vert, thought proceedings should be taken, b¡:; }"t't;I"o. in an oppressive mmnaer.-A verdict for defend- ant was returned with cost*. THE RIPARIAN,OW*ICRS ARATN. CHIMES AND OTHERS V. THE OOIIFU«AT/ON* OF SWANSEA. In this action Edward Crimes, Ouarles Harrop, John Beuson, and Joseph Harrop, trading as the Groesnant Tm-plaie Company, sued ,e Corporation of for the recovery of £ ?.,410, made up as follows £ 755 for penaltie s h.r the stoppage of compensa- tion water from the river Lliw, 151 days at £5 per diem; £ 755 for the like w:th respect t(, the Blaenant Dan brook; and 99W damages. According to tho statement of claim, plaintiffs were riparian owners on the Lliw and the Blaenant Ddu brook, and so interested in the wators of this river and brook. Defendants, by virtue of their Local Board of Health Act of 1860, were authorised to construct and maintain certaiu waterworks and reservoirs on the stream mentioned, and were bound to cause to flow daily from and out of the reservoirs certain minimum quantities of water, and that in case of any failure, neglect, or default, defendants were liable to forfeit and pay by way of penalties to the riparian Owners JE5 per day, together with the amount of damage or loss sustained. Defendants for 151 days-from May, 1887, to oc:tober5t.h-nedected to send down this minimum quantity of water, and, it being impossible to carry on the works, plait, tiffs suffered damages for which they claimed.—Defendants admitted that the water was not sent down on the days mentioned by plaintiffs, and that they were liable for damages, but submitted that for the causes of action outside six months they were protected by the Public Health Act, and that they were not liable for default previous to July lltb, 1887, as they occurred more than six months before the issue of the writ. With respect to the penalties, they maintained that these had been already paid in accordance with a decision of the Court of Appeal.—Mr Mclntyre, Q.C., and Mr.Villiera Meager were for plaintiffs, and Mr Bowen Row- lands, Q C., M.P., and Mr David Lewis were for dete tidaiits. -After the arguments had com- menced the court adjourned till this morning. SECOND NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr Justice MATHEW.) THE ACTION FOR ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE.—His Lordship delivered judgment in the case in which the widowed motherofa mall named Harris, residing at Swansea, brought an action against Mr Richards, lessee of a Swansea coalyard, to recover damages for alleged negligence. The plaintiff's son was killed on a Great Western Railway Company's truck in the defendant's yard, while riding on the handle of the brake, and it was alleged that bis death resulted from his foot coming in contact with a heap of coal which defendant had negligently allowed to lie in close proximity to the railway. His lord- ship, in the first place, pointed to the fact that in order to work the brakes on these wagons it was necessary for the shunter to throw his whole weight upon tbem. He said that this involved danger to the men, and be hoped and trusted that the Great Western Railway Compauy would in the future provide brakes which would be workable with the hand. With respect to the present accident, it appeared that the usual method of discharging and placing the coal was to aUow it to be by the side of the railway, and a man engaged in shunting would have every opportunity of knowing this. If the deceased man had looked out, he must have seen the heap of coal with which his foot came in contact, and thus be was in a position to avoid the danger. The accident was a lamentable one, but the defendant could not be held responsible for it. He therefore gave iudK- ment for the defendant.-Ur Bowen Rowlands, for the plaintiff, asked that the verdict should not carry costs.—Robinson Smith (who instructed counsel for the defendant) consulted his client, and intimated that he would waive costs.-Ifis lordship said that the course taken by the defendant was a very proper, and, at tbe same time, a generous one. A GERMAN'S OtAnI FOR WAGES. FABIAN V. JAcoBs.-Plaintiff was a German who bad been sent over to England by sub. scription to find employment, and be sued de- fendant, his employer, for £ 64 wages, alleged to be due to him, and the value of goods detained, Mr Abel Thomas and Mr D. Lewis were for plaintiff, and Mr William Evans defended. Plaintiff said he was engaged by defendant as ar assistant and to go to Germany, and he agreed to give him £ 30 and a salary of 22 a week-a sum which was reduced to &1 lus per week when he returned to iimgland. Plaintiff received various sums, and after a time, was summarily dismissed from no reason, and defendant threatened to punch bis head if he did not clear out. Plaintiff refused to go without a month s notice or salary, according to the agreement, and defendant then struck him and received. a blow m return.-Tlie Judge; That WR8 i a receipt m full. (Laughter.) Plaintiff continued that he sent in his bill for wages and for statuary goods and china which he had ^obtained cad handed over to defendant. Jacobs was in possession of all his papers.-Defendant ■ denied that he agreed to give plaintiff the jBM. When plaintiff was at Cardiff he acted as assistant in the shop, and when abroad he received, in addition to hi« wages (30a a week), bis travelling expenses. When plaintiff returned from Germany, be brought with him some tables, some terra cotta figures, and some china plates, which be (defendant) agreed to take over from him. For these he paid 215 10s. Plaintiff was altogether 10 weeks in witness's employ, 18 days of which be was abroad. Plain. tiff misconducted himself, giving way to drink, and associating with bad characters, and he had to PH with him. Plaintiff, on receiving uetiee. got very excited, and struck him. The total amount owed by him to plaintiff was JB21 of which he took credit for, he paying the remainder into court as a full defence.—His Lordship gave I judgment for 223 19s 9d, including £10 paid into I court, with costs on the lower scale. ACTION OF EJECTMENT. EXECUTORS OF W. POWELL V. LETSON RHYS.- This was an action of ejectment to recover pos- session of premises at Hirwain, near Aberdare, called Brynbaulog, and mortgaged by the defendant to the late Mr William Powell, of Hirwain. Mr B. F. Williams, Q.C.. and Mr W, D. Benson appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr Wm. Evans for the defendant.—From the state- j ment of the plaintiffs' counsel it appeared that on the 16th October, 1876, the defendant, who is a mining engineer at Hirwain, mortgaged the premises to Mr Eustance Richards to secure 2400 and interest; and on the 17th August, 1877, the defendant further mortgaged the same premises to the late William Powell to secure £ 2G0 and interest. On the 14th April, 1830, Mr Powtlil paid off Mr Richards, aud took a transfer of Mr Richards' mortgagee. The defendant never paid any interest to Mr Poweil on either of the sums of L400 aua:6200, and cu Mr Powell's death in 1887 his executors called upon the defendant to pay up the principal and interest or to give up possession of the premises. This the defendant did not do, and the plaintiffs brought this action to recover possession of the premises, whereupon the de. fendant commenced an action in the Chancery Division, alleging that the accounts between himself and Mr Powell as partners in the Graig Colliery and Brickworks had never been settled. This the executors denied.—After hearing the counsel for the plaintiffs and defendant, the learned judge gave judgment for the plaintiffs with costs, but, by consent, execution was stayed for two months with liberty to apjjly to Mr Justice Mathew for further leave. | The court then rose.

ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROBBEIIY AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff police-court yesterday—before the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr T. W. Lewis) and Dr Paine—a couple of rough-looking youths, named Henry Tonge (23) and Wiiliam Roberts (22), were charged with violently assaulting, and stealing a purse, two cheque-books, and about 17s in money from the person of Edward Reas, on the 9th instant. The case derived seme additional interest from the fact that Rees is the clerk of the famous Rumney School Board. Prosecutor said he was a mason living at Rumney. About one o'clock on Thursday morning lie was going through Cardiff towards his home from Ely. When near the Newport-road bridge beyond the Royal Oak Hotel, the two prisoners overtook him, and ho stepped on one side in order to avoid them, saying at the same time G »od nifht." They replied with an oath, "We want your money." They knocked him down with a violent blow on the neck, and whilst Roberts held his mouth Tonga took from his pockets a purse containing one half-sovereign, two florins, and some shillings. They also seized his silk handkerchief and a pocket-book, which, however, they returned when witness told I then the papers in it would be no good to them, but a great deal of use to bim. They searched his pockets a second time, and when he promised that he would say nothing about the atiair they let him go.—in answer to questions by the stipendiary the witness was not ac all clear on the subject of identity.—Thomas Williams, a boy employed at a brickyard in the locality, deposed to having met the two prisoners about the time indicated, near the Royal Oak Hotel. They asked him for a match, and shortly afterwards he saw them attack Rees and rob bim. Witness gave information to the police, and Sergeant Harding arrested both men about half an hour after the occurrence. He took them to the Roatti police station, and a few minutes after his arrival j Reea, the prosecutor, came there with his face bleeding and his clothes all covered with dirt. Rees at once recognised them. Tonge had in his possession the purse and the silk pocket handkerchief.—The prisoners were committed for trial.

SHOCKING FATALITY AT BLAENAVON. An inquest was held on Friday at the police- station—before Mr E. D. B ut. coroner, relatiyo to the death of John Davies (24), a tiniith in the employ of the Blaenavon Company at the Garn Oolliery. From the evidence of Thomas Gulliver, foreman smith, it appeared that on the 9ih iust. a roller, which was hollow, was being heated at the fire for the purpose of repairing a broken spindle. After being heated aboat 10 minuteman explosion took place, scattering the brickwork of the fireplace. No part of the roller Btruok the deceased, but near where he lay a brick was f#*ind, which it was surmised had struck him. causing instantaneous death. Tbe witness could not account for its bursting, it havir.g been in the workshop in a dry place for a month.—Mr P. Williams, colliery manager, considered that a liquid of some kind must have been absorbed into the cylinder, which, when heated, might cause an explosion, but the actual cause he could not explain.-The Coroner adjourned the enquiry in order to get the opinion of the .mine* inspector upon the matter.

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT CARDIFF. What appears to have been a ca-a of attempteA suicide occurred at the Docks, Cardiff, ou Friday evening. A sailor, who gave the name of John Lealey, aged 41, living at the Gordon Inn, Dublin-place, was discovered wandering aimlessly about the Pier-head. A report obtained currency that be bad taken a dose of laudanum, and in consequence of this the police were communicatod with. P,C. Gratton, on going to the spot, found the man in a serious condition, and bad him 1 removed without delay to the infirmary. Hero emetics were administered, but Lealey still )iei in in precarious condition. It has transpired that he is out of employment, and be is said to have declared that he was tired of life.

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