South Wales Daily News

A HINT TO THE UNITERSITY COLLEGE. ly it be possible to speak fra.nkly about the University College of South Wales and j Monmouthahire without giving offence to anyone, we think the time has come for making the attempt. The institution has been in existence now for several years, and it would be only fair to expect it to be gaining Z, in hold upon the people. It would be im- possible to convey a just impression of the labour that has been bestowed upon it, the seal with which its best friends have striven to set it upon a firm foun- dation, and the sacrifice of time amd money, of time especially, which has been made for its good Those who are not aware of what has been done by a consider- able namber of members of the College Coancil have no right to speak upon the subject. Theirs has not always been a labour of hopefulness and encouragement. They have sometimes been pulled up to at least a temporary halt, when they would have greatly preferred having a free course before them. Of the work of the professors we feel bound, in ail honesty, to speak in similar terms. They are an accomplished, able, and devoted class of men who have many disadvantages to contend with, and not too bright a prospect on which to feed their hopes, Yet somehow the College is not the success which its promoters expected it to become before it had reached its pre- sent youthful age. They had good reason to believe that the wealth of the country and the goodwill of the country would very quickly have appeared upon the scene, and given to the movement a fillip which would have made it run on all if mounted on well greased wheels. But here we see what a gap there is in Wales between the rich and the poor. The rich merchants and manufacturers are as a body intent upon making their fortunes the landowners, as a body, have never con- sidered the propriety of making any effort for the poorer classes of the country. With a few noble exceptions, they have left the College severely alone, just as they have left I the people generally to themselves, and thus forfeited their confidence, as the County Council elections abundantly testify. Every now and again meetings are being held to consider how the College can be made more useful. One such meeting took place last Saturday, within the walls of the College, when addresses were delivered by Mr WHITMELL and Mr LEwIS WILLIAMS, urging the teachers in our day schools to take advantage of the evening classes. We shall be very glad if this advice is accepted—accepted at once and generally. At the same time we hold the opinion that it would have been originally, and that it would now be, for the benefit of the College 1 to have more teaching and less lecturing, Lectures are intended for tl\e benefit of those who have to a considerable extent got i rid of teachers. What is needed at present throughout Wales is more teaching and less lecturing. At the risk of being reminded of our Scotch ancestry, we repeat that the Scotch system of college instruction is much j better adapted for Wales than the systems adopted at Oxford and Cambridge. Our professors are, undoubtedly, well-educated men, but they would have been none the worse of a Scotch experi- ence. They may themselves not hold our opinion, and they may think it an impertinence on our part to offer our advice on a subject which so much more nearly concerns them than us. But our own experience and observation have so strengthened our conviction on this point that we feel confident our opinion is right, and that our suggestion to try the experi- ment will prove abundantly successful, if adopted.

MORE POWDER THAN SHOT. HE would be a bold man who would venture to predict within a week or a fortnight at least what will be the outcome of the sensational, if. not startling, election which has just taken place in Paris. With one or two bold leaps BOULASGER has bounded from the mud of disgrace to the very summit of popularity and, in some respects, of power. A similar fortune has, so far as we can remember, nevery overtaken any man in this country in so short a space of time. But the suddenness of the event is only an omen of the brevity of the more remote consequences. The world that can turn upside down in one minute can right itself as quickly. When the Wheel of Fortune rolls swiftly along, its ups and downs follow in rapid succession. What would mean an explosion in Ger- many would mean only the lifting of a safety valve in France. We do not feel disposed to shout out with the alarmists. We will not play the part ot sage, and pretend to see through the whole business. That may be left to others. But we frankly say that we are not alarmed. BOCLANGEE will not be made Emperor of FRASCE to-day, nor will anybody of his choosing. The elections which have been taking place in comparative silence during the last fortnight throughout Wales have a far deeper significance and constitute a much greater revolution than what has just happened on the other side of the silver streak. The former is the consummation of a permanent transfer of power from one class to another, from the few to the many. We say "pèrm;!nent," notwithstanding an article in a recent issue of the Pall Mall Gazette which intimates somewhat broadly that the County electors are only on proba- tion, and that if they abuse the power with which they have been entrusted, it will be withdrawn, Wp sincerely hope that they will not abuse it, and we are the more anxious that they should not do so, because it cannot be withdrawn. The London com- panies form no comparison. They are not, in any sense, popular institutions. They are of the nature of secret societies. But the County Councils are the everlasting ¡ evidence of the surrender of the few to the many, of the small governing class to the overwhelming crowd which has too long been held under. The people will never give back their power. Personal government wiil never be re-established in England, notwithstanding recent attempts in that direation. We can afford to take a much longer leap in England than the "French can afford to take in their country, because our institutions are too firmly rooted to be thrown down by an apparently sudden convulsion here and there. We sometimes introduce gigantic reforms, bnt though they come into operation very quickly, they are the result of years of discussion, agitation, and house to house canva/ising which pre- pare the popular mind fo'r the innovation. In France events succeed one another in a different fashion. Jinks and high Jinks are quite popular there, and while we unite with others in regarding with unusual gravity and with some measure of uneasiness the present state of affairs at high-quarters among that mercurial people, we cannot get rid or the suspicion that there is a consider- able amount of putl in the sensational move- mentof to.day. There is much more powder than 3hot.

SOUTH WALES NOTES. (BY COSIOS. J OH WOMATF 1N OUR HOURS OF BASS. FOR two mortal hours or more Mitcheil dodged round Juhn L. Sullivan in their great fight for the ch.AinDionship. When t!i-:>y cama back fro:n this terrific eacouuter they could not muster ooe black eye amongst the two of them. But what Mitchell could Dot do in two hoursawomanaccomplished in afew minutes. A lady by the name of Livingstone soon added a dark continent to John L. Sullivan's orbit. Possibly it was not the same ocular feature which a longshore man clothed in mourning noc so many months since, Yat a year ago these two meu were the heroes of the populace. They cama to Cardiff and received a triumphal greeting the streets were crowded, and they were escorted to their hotels as if thoy were statesmen or patriots. There are still a number of people who believe iu them. As a matter of fact, the professional prize- tighter of to-day never means to fight, and if he enters the rinll: with an adversary, it is perfectly understood that neither are to be hurt. To account for the absence of blows, the mystic word science is trotted out. But where is science when the champion has his eyes blacked first by a labourer, and then by a W()IDé\D! However, it is all for the best. Nothing will kill this brutal revival so soon as ridicule. Coming events cast their shadows before, and the shadows ara deepen- in with J. L. Sullivan. WHIN PAIS AND ANGCISH WRING THB BROW." THRRB: are many passages in the escape of Mr O'Brien which for all the world read as if they were culIed from the excitiDg episodes which attended the flights of Charles II. and his more unfortunate relative, commonly known all the Pretender. In one and all a woman is the chief instrument, and it is to her ready wit expressed at the right moment that the hunted eluded their foes. Another point in common is that Miss Jane Lane, Flora Maclonald, and Miss O'Neill were aJIof them single. However, to show the similarity in words as well as deeds, let me quote a passage from Lord Clarendon which relates to Frances Yates, the sister to the wife of Richard Pendereil. Charles speaks :— "Good woman," he said, "Can yon be faithfnl to a distressed Cavalier "88, sir," she replied, I will rather die than discover you. Now listen to what occurred to another fugitive from the powers which be not quite two centuries and a half afterwards :— "Are you gams enough, Miss O'Neill, to take Mr O'Brien's arm as he goes through the streets ?" "I would sacrifice my hie to save you, Mr O'Brien," was the reply. I could pick out many passages which are exact parallels, but would snggest to my readers the practice of Mr Squeers." When his pupils learnt how to spell" horse It they were despatched to rub the animal down, thus combining the theoretical with the practical. It will do no one any harm, after perusing the details of contem- porary history, to turn up for themselves aD interesting page in this country's chronicles, LET US PUT THK AXE TO THE ROOT. THERE were two cases at the CardiS police-court yesterday, to which I desire to draw at,eation. I I naed not refer to any of the details except to I point out that in both cases the injuries received I' undoubtedly arose from that curse of the land- drink. But I wish to lay great stress upon some I of the evidence which was given. In an alleged charge of stabbing it was stated that the three I persons who were mixed up in the affair were drinking in the Napier Hotel, Cardiff, daring the whole of the day. It does not much concern the public whether there was a drunken row or not, but it vitally concerns the public whether it is true that men are permitted to remain in a licensed house imbibing until they must be soaked through. We cannot prevent men quarrelling, but we decidedly ought to put a stop to the cause which so frequently leads to quarrel- Hag. It is obvicus that men who have been drinking all day are not responsible for their actions, and are in consequence perilous to the community. There is a law which inflicts a penalty on a publican should he serve a drunken man, and surely the case would not be hard to prove if, as swom, these men were drinking the whole day. If publicans were promptly pro- ceeded against when caught serving intoxicated individuals, the sheets at our police-courts would be very much cleaner than they are now. There was another case of assault, and that evidently was occasioned by alcohol. The prisoner was arrested in the Cardigan Arms, and the constables ought to know whether he was drunk or not. The assault took place in this public house, and both accused and accuser asserted of each other that they were drunk. It is only a few weeks since a woman who was sent to prison for smashitig a publican's window pleaded that she had been tiriuking rum all day, and when she had no more money 8he was turned out. I consider it thrf duty of the authorities to enquire into the truth of these implications. If they are veracious the publican should be summoned, anJ made to snffer heavily tor it. Yet when is a publican sum- moned? A man who will allow his customers to sit all day long drinking is not fit to keep a public house, and, moreover, is dangerous te society. FIRST Of THE SPOr WINS, THE championship billiard tournament was spoilt in the mauner in which everyone prognosticated it would be. Peall and Mitchell were undoubtedly far above the rest of the competitors, and each had won five games. Therefore, when they met on Saturday the contest was looked npon as the deciding struggle, However, the result was a bree. It was recognised that 1,CC0 up was not sufficient to test the powers of men who can make, and frequently do, more than this number in a single break. The match simply resolved itself into a race for the spot. The first to succeed would probably not put his cue down until the game was over. It turned ont as anticipated. After a little finessing, in which Peall had com- piled 20 and Mitchell 13, the latter took to the balls, and gradually working his way to the coveted position,put the red down 319 times, and, with an unfinished break of 937, raa out a winner with Paall looking on. — CRTTTCI-SMS CF SCIENCE. THE Popular Science Monthly has the following. Many people who do not possess narrow minds may read it with advantage:— Men of science may, as individuals, fall into many errors. They may fail to realise the true dignity or their calliug they may be uaduiy swayed by party spirit or by persouai aims; they may be uuwoithy ministers of the trmhs which they deliver. But science, what- is it but truth Ana what is the scientific spirit but the spirit that bows to truth ? To all who are dissatisfied with the present currents of thought we would therefore <ay Criticise men as much as you please. Pumt out their errors, their failings— intellectual and moral—with all needful seventy. Hold up the staudard by which you think their lives and thoughts ought to be governed. Criticise theories, too. Let nothing pas a unchallenged ur uuscrutinised that yuu are not satisfied is true. Let no glamour of great names, no popuLuity of certain mode* of thought, deter you from expressing your dissenc from what you do not believe. But do not put yourselves hopelessly in the wrong by attacking science, or by abusing the scientific spirit. You will gain nothing by it, but will merely darken your understandings anu shut yourselves out trcm the I ght that is ready to lighten every man that ejmes into the world. Science will abide. It has its roots in the everlasting rocks, and draws its aliment from univer:!>11 nature. The scientific ¡ spirit wiU abide, admonishing aier? of their errors, and leading them into all truth. It is wise to be reconciled to such powers as ihese; even now, while you are ill tue way with them, term" of peace and find rest to your souls, WHERE SHOULD THE GLASIORGAN3HIRE COUKTT COONCIL MHIKT ? THERE are many suggestions where tho county council for Glamorganshire shall be held, but still there is something in the plea that as the Rhoadda Vsdloy contributes ten members, that district ought to be considered. Pontypridd has just put in a claim, and now I have letters advocating Treherbert. But I'm afraid that the latter place has no chance. It may be central, and it may .be,readily accessible when the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway is finished it may also possess a public hall tLat could easily ha made suitable to bold the meetings, but me- thinks Treherbert will not be chosen. GAG BEARING REISS. THE Rev Mr Haweis preacued on Sunday upon cruelty to animals. It was a very pov/etful sermon, and be was happy in his illustrations, but he has evidently cover driven or ridden a pulling horse. He deprecated the gag bearing rem. If Mr Haweis will drive a horse which I will point out to him for an hour with and without a gag I bearing rein, he will then know of what value this article of harness is. The gag bearing rein has its use and abuse, and I gave a full explanation of both when an enthusiast at Swansea happened, like Mr Hawoi?, to talk about that of which be knew nothing. For instance, I was driving a pony the other day, nnd for two days afterwards my arms were so stiff and sore I could scarcely write. Now I maintain that it would be far better for that pony to have pulled at a Kg bearing-rein than at my arms. Po.«sibiy Mr Haweis might not think so, but if he had held the ribbons and undergone the near shave3 of collision owing to the want of power to control the animal, he would arrive at a different conclusion. Gag bearing-reins for simple show are nothing else but cruelty, but they are not when tbey are absolutely required. If Mr Haweis, and other copyists of Mr Flower would turn their attention to the reiuing-up of horses which have to draw heavy weights, then they would be doing some good. An animal to drag great loads up a hiLl wants the free play of his neck, and few carters will give them this, either through ignorance, or idleoess, or a dogfred conservatism.

AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES AT SWANSEA. An interesting meeting took place in the waiting-room at the Great Western Station, Swansea, on Sunday, when the certificates and badges were presented to the 49 successful mambers of the three classes formed a short time ago by the railway employes of the above-named company. Among those present were Mr H. Besant (the divisional superintendent), Drs Hall, Fraser, Latimer, and Nelson Jones, Mr I Chriatiaon (the locomotive superintendent and president of the G.W.R. classes), and the energetic secretary (Mr Inspector Bamford).— The President invited Mr H. Baaant to present the certificates and badges, and before doing so Mr Besant expressed his pleasure at seeing 80 many present, and that such a large number had qualified themselves to render nrst aid to the injured," which was clearly demonstrated by the prAsence of snch a good number of certificates and badges before him. He added that he was delighted to see Dr Hall and other medical gentlemen present, and he was highly gratified to find tbat such a lively interest was taken by the employees in this district in making themselves such useful members of the St John Ambulance Association.—The certificates and badges were then presented.—Mr Besant thanked the medical gentlemen for their untiring seal in giving instruction, and also the members for thoir endeavours in making themselves profi- oient.—Mr Christison (ou behalf of the Thursday evening class) handed Dr Latimer a beautifully-chased silver-mounted walking-stick. Dr Latimer, in returning thanks, said he thought the old saying, "A little knowledge is dangerous," ought to be The want of a little knowledge is dangerous," aa, in connection with first aid to the injured, caaes had come under bis notice which proved this beyond all doubt, One of the illus- trations be gave was the of a boy being taken out of the canal in a drowning state, and restored by artificial respiration performed by one of the members now present. Inspector Jones (on behalf of the Tuesday evening class) presented Dr Fraser with a similar stick. Mr R. Bell then handed (on behalf of the Sunday class) another stick to Dr Nelson Jones. I

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—A well-known Sanitary I Reformer stated at recent Sanitary Congress at Bolton Reformer stated at recent Sanitary Congress at Bolton that the best preventive against infectious disease was Soap and Water. The only reliable, and at the same time refreshing, toilet soap possessed "f powerful medicinal properties which can be used as a preventive I against, fevers, measles, and other infectious diseases, is Wright's Coal Tar Soap (quarter of a century's repu- tation-no novelty). Refuse all other Titr Soaps. Wright s ia the only genuine 1271

THE LINER PORTS WILL CARDIFF BE ONE ? [BY CHEVIOT. I What is a Liner ?" Oil vie says it ill" a vessel belonging to a regular line of packets and is a term of recent usage." The principal liner ports are London, Liverpool, Hull, and Glasgow in the United Kingdom. There are a number of smaller ports where lines of minor importance are established but the four ports enumerated are those where most of the great lines have their starting points. A reference to the advertising columns of the shipping papers will convey an idea of their number and extent. Cardiff, unfortunately, has only one in the regular foreign trade. A plucky little line, indeed, but it is like an oasis in the desert. Liverpool is, perhaps, our greatest liner port. To add to its greatness in that respect two great liners are now being finished at Belfast, and are built for the White Star Line." They are named the Teutonic and Majestic, and are the largest merchant vessels in the world, being each of 10,000 tons, and 582 feet in length. This is within 100 feet of the length of ,the Great Eastern, now being broken up on the banks of the Mersey. They will add still more prestige to Liverpool for its mighty and swift steamers. The most powerful boats are employed io the Atlantic trade with the United States. It is the greatest and most growing external business which we have as a maritime and trading nation. Its value (imports and exports) is over 100 millions sterling, which is between a sixth and a seventh of our whole foreign and colonial trade. The tran- shipment division of it has increased thirty pur cent. in five years. Going further back, it will be found that, at the close of the Slave War," the cargo tonnage, in and out of our ports from and to America (United States), was 1,869,460 resistor —year 1865. In 1388, it amounted to 7,487,299 tons, or 311 per ceoc. increase. Liverpool has absarbed the greater part of it. Taking the Atlantis trade alone, thus leaving out the trade with the Pacific seaboard, it will be found that Liverpool, in 1872, had 2,248 vessels sailed aii arrived, of 2,890.326 tons register in 1877, 2,548 veRl, 3,348,138 tons in 1882, 2 410 vessel, 3,979,482 tons and in 1887, 1 975 vessels, 4,107,768 tens. This is an increase of 42 per cent. It is worth noticiug the average iccrease in size of the ships In 1872, 1,300 tons net register 1877, 1,340 ton? 18S2, 1,650 tons 1387, 2,050 tons. This indicates the energy possessed by the shipowners of Lancashire. They seem to keep pace with the times in fullest measure. The increase ot total foreign trade at Liverpool was 22 per cent. in those 16 ytar-, but the Atlantic division was nearly double that ratio. The Atlantic "iiner business with the United States has also increased at the following ports from 1372 to 18S7, as under :-At Glasgow, from 237.784 to 714,409 toao at Hull, from 2,663 > 273,589 tons at Bristol, from, 93,116 to 253,474 tons. lu each case the average size of vessel has been much increasej. Curiously enough, at Cardiff during the same p-riod this valuable traffic has decreased from 133,940 tons to 48,430 tons. Thia, too, in face of the met that the port is the only one in the United Kingdom which has increassd ovar 100 per cent. in that time. The neighbouring port of Bristol has gone on steadily in the Atlantic trade. Even the far off port of Hull has done the same. Yet in this particular business Cardiff, like the cow's tail, is —behind. What can be the reason? The ques- tion is not a new one. It h is been often asked, and yet the problem is unsolved. It cannot be the port expenses. A few years ago an expert published tbe following table to prove that point. He assumed the case ot a steamer ef 3,529 tons doing the sea distance in 14 days. The table is as follows ;— LIVERPOOL. £ s. d, Tonnage dues in 3,529 tons ac Is 6d per ton 264 13 6 Coal per day, 260 ions for 14 day,, 3,640 tons at lbs 2.730 0 0 Lightering co 11 to ship, o,40 tons at Is. 182 0 U Labour on 3,640 tons ac Is 3d 242 15 4 Tota' 3,419 6 10 CARDIFF. £ S. d. Tonnage dues on 3,529 Hons, ac 9d per ton 162 9 Coal per day, 26u tons: for 14 days, 3,6)0 tons, at 10s per ton 1,820 0 0 f-abour f)n 6,F,40 tons, at Is 01,.1 pr toii 193 11 4 Total 2,145 18 1 In favour of Cardiff 1.273 8 H or, for 12 round voyages, £ 15,281 5 s per annum. all the 2ost of the steamer of (say) £ 260,010, this would be over 5 per cent. added to dividend. The price of coal has gone up since that lattar was published (four years ago), but the basis of calculation seems a sound one; and there is no reason to düub the results as shown. Why, theu, djn'i Y01' shipowners of Giamorgau "make your game," and "keep the pot a-boiline," as the lamented Sam Weller used to observe? Another writer, antecedent to the above quoted gentleman by two years, and who was the part owner of a line," blamed the pressure of coal at the Cardiff and Penarth Docks. Line-?," he s i cl, require to run at rogu»ar intervals. Cargoes should be delivered quickly, I ii ,i in good order. Proper sheds should bo erected, and the regular traders should havo preference at those sheds. It is also necessary tbat the steamr-rs should be sure of being able to load again as soon as they are discharged, ao that they may sail as advertised." He added that manu- facturers could then be confident in consigning their goods, feeiing sure they would bs despatched at the advertised time. It wrs sound advice. The plan is fully cair'.ed out with the coasting lines, such as the Cork or Glasgow boats, and can be doue equally well if shipowners (company or otherwise) would only arrange to send their boats. Admirable sheds, and evory convenience, can now be had at the Roatli Dock, and there is no doubt that every exertion will be mr.de by the dock officials to meet the wants of such ship- owners as the one last quotad from. Whilst on the subject, it is worth while noticing that the Shipping Gazei'.c recently had a leader on the proposed Miliord route. The writer con- demned it. He said, "Tho difficulty is that Milfcrd Haveu, Holyhead, and every other point on the Welsh coast is exceedingly inaccessible." Is it, indeed ? Dear me, you have to climb with your steamer up a height of 2,700 feet-say, like the Brecon Beacons—before you can get into port. Funny, is it not ? Now, the experienced gentle- mac—an importer—who wrote in 1S85 about the comparative cost of a steamer's expenses at Liverpool and Cardiff also aid this :—" Cardiff staads ahead of either Mdford or Holyhead." But Cardiff is ignored by the GuzcUe. It is only a coal port, you know. If, .however, we take a course from New York to London, it will be found that the Cardiff route is the shortest, the safest, and the most comfortable. The mileage is as follows :-1 Via Cardiii" 3,175 Via Idilfoni 3.2l5 1 Via Liverpool 0.269 As regards time, there would be very little difference between Cardiff and Milford, for the seai distance between the two is 40 miles (or thereabouts) less than by rail. Tho modern liner would do the sea distance in nearly tbesame time as the Great Western train does the land service. Of course, in such a journey, Liverpool would be out of it, as there is a greater distance by both sea and land to be covered. As regards comfort, surely the short journey of 155 miles from Cardiff to London, against the 200 from Liverpool and the 270 from Miliord, in a stuffy train, after the freedom of a liner's breezy deck, is self-evident -As the most preferable to a jaded and, pertiapf, Lurried traveller. The question of safaty is a disputed one. There is"danger ou land, more so than on sea, as Barney Buntline said to Billy Bowling, according to Dibden, and therefore Cardiff scores first on that point owing to the shortness of the railway journey. So far as the sea passage goes, the ratio of risk would lie between the Haven and Cardiff in two *enses. It has, however, been asserted by pilots and other "ancient manners that in certain states of the weather they would rather run for Penarth Roads than venture to take the Haven of Milford. Thia nice nautical point, however, will be best left to the marine people—if not to the marines. The sum and substance of this long digression I from silence is-that Cardiff has now a grand opportunity to bid for a splendid business. It is the largest cargo trade we have it is the biggest emigrant and passenger business it is bound to grow with the rapidly increasing population of America Cardiff is better placed geographically compared to other ports the dock expenses are at a minimum compared to other ports; there is now every convenience available at the Roath Dock and we are entering upou a four or five years' period of prosperity and increased prices. Why, therefore, ye hesitating owners of "liners," do you not step forward and take advantage of all, these good things so freely offered to you ?

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LONDON LETTER. (FROM OXTR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) [SPECIALLY WIRED.) LONDON, Monday^ight. What seemed at first sight an easy -matter enoogh, proves, on further consideration, to be a very difficult and complicated matter. I refer to the selection hy the Liberals of the aldetliiln for the London County Council. There ^many councilors who would make excellent men, and who, by circumstances of position, popularity, and ample leisure, seem naturally fitted fbr tbe higher honour. But this is a question .|rf which the several constituencies have something to say and with a fierce school board contest only recently followed by hard work at tbe county council election, the Liberal organisation are opposed to the creation of fresh vacancies, involving more expenditure of time, trouble, and money. A metropolitan constituency in which there is so little cohesion among the inhabitants and only partially developed local spirit, and where there are constant removals, is extremely difficult to work properly. Hence it is not surprising that the prospect of another election is not viewed with favour. It is true that there are some councillors who are willing to become aldermen,but tbey are not in the first rank, estimable men although tbey may be. Your readers must not be surprised therefore if nearly all the aldermen are selected from outside tbe council. The difficulty in doing this is that the Liberals may scatter their votes over too many nominations, while if the Tories vote solid, as they generally do, tbey may be able to cany most of the seats. A there are nineteen alder- men to be appointed, it will be seen that this is a serious matter. Both sides are holding meetings for consultation, but up to tbe present the Liberals have not been able to agree to any plan which will solve the difficulty. An interesting event has bken place within the last few days. Mr Edwin Chadwick, C.B., who may be described as the father of modern sanitary reform, has entered upon his 90th year, and is thus, happily, a living example of the advantages which accrue from a strict observance of the laws relating to health. He is still hale and vigorous in every respect, and as keenly mterested as ever in his favourite subject. It is nearly sixty years ago that he was called to the bar, but the practice of the law bad little charms for him. It was in 1828 that be first attracted attention to himself and tlie question of sanitation, in an article which appeared in the Westminster Review, combating the statements of a Government actuary before a Parliamentary committee, that, though the circumstances of the middle classes had improved, their U expec- tation of life bad not lengthened. Since then he has wholly devoted himself to questions connected with health and sanitation, and his labours have brought their reward, if not in honours, in the success which has attended his efforts. The conference on the law of libel to-day was, I am informed, of a very practical and cordial character. As I anticipated, it was resolved to make the association permanent, and to take full advantage of the powers given by the new act to prevent tha bringing of speculative actions. The union of the London and provincial press thus begun, might, with decided advantage to the pubiio, be extended in other directions. As time goes on, fresh fields for combined action will doubtless present themselves. The Irish police authorities, it is stated, have got wind of the fact that Mr O'Brien is announced to speak at Manchester to-morrow, and have taken steps to effect his arrest in the event of his keeping the engagement. As a matter of fact, Mr O'Brien, it is believed, has not left Ireland. Indeed, it would not be easy for him to do so, and it is announced to-night that Mr Dillon will take his place in the Midlands. The Loudon edition of the New York Heratd was to have burst upon the world to-day, and there was considerable curiosity to see upon what lines the journal was to be conducted. Unfortu- nately, however, it is announced tbat in conse- quence ot mechanical difficulties the publication has been delayed for a few This is not a very promising beginning but accidents will happen, and a few days' delay may whet tbe public appetite. Up to the present it must ba admitted the new papor has not been very extensively advertised. Our Customs system is, I hear, about to be iinprovsd. It has always baen a source of endless complaint, and in many instances not without justification. Should the proposed alteration become practicably, it will be welcomed byl travellers. The present plan of searching luggage I at the ports of departure and arrival invariably necessitates a long delay, especially to those who are hampered with a considerable quantity of luggage. By tbe suggested alterations this evil is to be obviated, and it is to be hoped that the intended establishment of a few customs dep6U at our great London stations will be exended and become general. I am given to understand that the London and North-Western and Midland Rail- ways are about to take tbe initiative in tho matter; premises will be erected to which an efficient staff staff of officers will be attached, and to this depot intending travellers shall ba allowed to send their luggsge several days in advance of their departure. In the meantime it will be searched for any duty-payable articles, and stamped with a seal which will carry it through to it destination without further search or trouble to its owner. With an improved system like this, it will, perhaps, be possible to prevent the "loss" of articles which under the existing regulations go astray under the most suspicious circumstances, never to be recovered. The earliest motion, and probably the first division after the debate on the Address, will be on Mr Bradlaugh's motion relating to perpetual pensions. Mr Bradlaugh informs me that Mr W. II. Sftiith has specifically agreed to find n opportunity a3 early as possible for tbe discussion of the motion. Mr Hanbury, M.P. for Preston, has consented to second, and a fairly large number of Conservative members have expressed themselves in favour of the resolution. It is requisite that vory strong pressure should be put on all members of the House, without distinction of party, to be in their places when the question is debated. This may be done by individual letters and ty resolution from clubs and oiganised bodies, or from public meetings. On tho re-assembling of Parliament, Mr Bradlaugh will at once ask the leader of the House to iix an eariy date after the conclusion of the debate on the Address, so as to give members ampla notice, and he will most certainly press tbe resolution to a vote. Mr Siunuel Plimsoll has consented to become one of the aldermen on the London County Council. This announcement will giva general satisfaction, not only at the return of Mr Plimsoll to publ:c life, but as an indication that his health is now aatisfactory.

MR CHAMBERLAIN AND THE LAND QUESTION. The Right Joseph Chamberlain, replying to a Welsh correspondent, who enquired if Mr Chamberlain's proposal for an extension of the Ashbourne Act to Great Britain might not be lirst trid as an experiment in Wales, writes:— Highbury Moor Green, Birmingham, Jan. 26, 1889. Sin,—Iain directed by Mr Chamberlain to acl;now- 1ede be receipt of your letter of the 25th it1SLant, and, in reply, to say that his proposal is that the experiment should be made of an extension on a small scale cf the Ashbourne Ac to Great Britain, and he sees no reason why such an experiment should be confined to Wales. The fanners of j1;ngland aud Scotland are as mnob entitled as those of Wales to consideration. Mr Cnam- berlain's personal opinion on the subject of disestab- lishment has already been pubiicly expressed. I am, yours obediently. JOHN WILSON.

NORTHERN CONCILIATION BOARD. Oa Monday the twentieth annual meeting of the Board of Conciliation for the Northern Manufactured Iron Trade was held at Darlington. —Mr Whitwell, the president, stated that trade was much better, and that new engineering enterprises were being undertaken in different parts of the world. In South America, he was told, concessions had been granted for tbouhnds of miles of railway, which would cause a demand from this country.—The ironworkers' representa- tive present gave notice of an advance in wages in the North of England equal to the Stafford- shire advance, which the employers conceded subject to the adoption of a sliding-scale. •

MR W. O'BRIEN, M.P. HOW THE FUGITIVE OUTWITTED THE POLICE. AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE. KR WILLIAM O'BRIEN, M.P. A correspondent of the Press Association says: I was in Carrick-on-Suir yesterday, and bad an interview with one of the young men who assisted Mr Wm. O'Brien, M.P., on Thursday last to elude the police and to mysteriously disappear from the town. He says that while the gallery was being cleared Mr O'Brien rose from his sent quickly and got mixed np with the people who were being put out of court, and that when Mr Bodkin, R.M., called on the police to detain Mr O'Brien,Sergt. Brophy made a rush and caught the hon. gentleman by the throat. As he did so two young men of powerful build crushed them- selves between the sergeant and his captive with such force as to separate thpm, the sergeant taking away in his band Mr O'Brieu's necktie and collar. Mr O'Brien was thus left free at the court-bouee door just at the moment the police outside the court-house got orders to disperse the crowd, which they did, Mr O'Brien, in the darkness, got mixed up in tbe crowd, and ran with it. My informant, who had followed Mr O'Brien, whispered to the bon. member to follow him, which he confidingly did, and running quickly by the end of the convent, 80 yards distant, they dashed up a narrow dark lane by the side of the chapel, to a respectable house in a back street. They whispered to the people, Mr O'Brien,' as they still ran. 'AH right, sir,' was the reply and in a few seconds, unobserved, they turned into Mies O'Neill's bakery premises in William- etreft. 'M'MO'Neili,'was the explanation, 'this is Mr O'Brien will you give him shelter? The police are on his track. 'This way,'she exclaimed, leading the way into the kitchen. Once securely there, the young fellows who tore Mr O'Brien from the sergeant joined them, and their counsel wi-, taken as to the course to be pur- sued. Miss O'Neill suggested that he Bhould re- main for tbe nisrht, but Mr O'Brien replied tbat be would leave Carrick. 'If you must go,' said one of his companions, you must be disguised. I will get you a slouch hat (a descrip- tion of soft hat worn by farmers in that part of the country) and an old frir-ze coo¡t, and then you'.Jl look like an old farrrer.' Mr O'Brien laughingly consented to be dressed in habiliments not his own. 'There's another thing,' said one of the young men are you game enough, Miss O'Neill, to take Mr O'Brien's arm as ho goex through the street ? That would knock the peelers completely off the se»\nt.' I would sacrifice my life to save you, Mr O'Brien,' was the reply. One of the young men left at this point, and Mr O'Brien sit down and partook of a. hearty tea in the kitchen. In a short time the young man returned with the soft hat and shabby-looking, much-worn coat, the property of a cattle and pig drover. A shawl, such M.J countrywomen wear, was procured for Miss O'Neill, and as Mr O'Brien and his companion iltoed in the kitchen ready for flight, he laughed heartily, exclaiming, 'A suit of blarney could not hold a caudle to this.' What a pity we haven't a photographer present to take us The young men then left to see that the streets were clear. One of them, proceeding to the rear of the convent, saw a force of police stationed ss if suspicion rested there, and on his return it was decided to go by New-street. Finding no person in William-atreet, Mr O'Brien, with Miss O'Neili on his arm, proceeded to New-street. At this time there was riot.ing in the direction of Main- street, aud the buik oi the police force was stationed in that direction, Scarcely, however had they got thirty yards dowu the street, which was then in darkness, care having been taken that the two lamps at the corner of the street should not be lighted, when half-a-dozen police cornp hurriedly up ogamst them. When about too yards off Miss O'Neill exclaimed, loud etiongli for them to hear her, Can't you keep steady, or the police will take you?'and, acting cn the suggestion, Mr O'Brien gave a gruff reply, such as a man under the influence of drink might be expected to make. You had better get itlong quietly,' exclaimed the sergeant in chafge, or I'll give you a night'* lodgings in the barracks.' 'Don't mind him,' said Miss ONeill 'I'll take care of !:lIm.' Very well,' rrvplip-d the sergeant, as he and bis men turned up the towu. Said Mr O'Brien, By Jove, Miss O'Neill, that was a narrow shave I' to which she reptied,' you played the part splendidly. In the darkness theyreached the Fair Green,where Mr O'Brien was jo't.ed by one of the young men alluded to. The Fair Green is situated on the outskirts of the town, and almost at the extreme end of it runs tbe Waterford and Limerick Railway, Halfway across the green Mr O'Brien thanked Miss O'Neill and bade her good-bye. He and his male attendant then proceeded into the country in the darkness." At Mr William O'Brien's request, Mc John Dillon, M.P., will takn:\ir O'Brien's placE! this (Tuesday) night at the Manchester meeting. On Friday Mr Dillon starts for Australia.

O'BRIEN DID NOT APPEAR. Messrs Considino and Bodkin, resident magis- trates, sat specially at Carrick-on-Suir on Monday to hear an application on behalf of Mr William O'Brien, of which they had received notice. Mr O'Brien, however, did not appear, and the application could not bo proceeded with. The mngistrates therefore issued a warrant for Mr O'Brien's arrest, and it Wf; forwarded to tiie detccCi ve department iu Dublin for iinmediata service.

COERCION IN IRELAND. PROSECUTION OF FATHER MoFADDJBN. At Gweodore on Monday a Crimes Act court was opened for the trial of Father Jas. MeFadden, parish priest of Gweedore, aud Mr John Kelly, the reputed National League organiser, on charges ot intimidation and inciting to boycotting. Mr Kelly appeared, but Father McFaddeu did not. A force of 250 Muldiera and police was on duty in the vicinity of the courthouse. There was, however, no demonstration, only a few peasants attending. As Father McFadden did not attend after a short time, the magistrates made out a warrant for his arrest. Mr Kelly's case was adjourned, bsil being accepted.

--+-. AFFRAY WITH BURGLARS. About three o'clock on Monday, Sergeant Gudgiu, of the Y Divison of the Metropolitan Police, found the premises of a butcher, in Cale- donian-road, had been Oroken open. He blew his whistle and entered the shop. Two men were inside, who attacked him, one striking him a blow ou the mouth and tho other aiming a blow with a cleaver. This Gudgin warded off with his truncheon, but bis fingers were cut and bis truncheon was broken. Both men then feil upon him, kicked him violently, and de- camped. Gudgin, though injured, got up and followed but though he was joiued by several other constables, they lost sight of the fugitives, The men left a hard felt hat behind them, but bad not been able to tak., anything away. Gudgin was sent to the Caledonian police- station with his companions, and bad his wound dressed. A description of the burglars was telegraphed to all tho metropolitan police-stations,

THE PURSUIT OF DR TANNER. Au amusing story in connection with the efforts of the police in the south of Ireland to capture Dr Tanner, was reported on Monday at DouglaR. A bust of Dr Tanner was taken from a gentleman's house to the National League Rooms, and then some children gathered round, and cheered lustily for tbe doctor, The polios thereupon surrounded the building, believing they had the doctor within their grasp. Watch was kept all night, and in the morning, on the arrival of police reinforcements, the officers discovered they had been keeping guard over the doctor's bust. They at once retired amid the laughter of the people.

-> SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST ELECTION. CLOSE CONTEST. The election of a proprietary harbour trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr Charles Bath took place IOn Monday. Tbe candidates were Mr Charles Lambert Bath, of the Port Tennant Copper Works, and Mr Griffith Thomas, a coal shipper and colliery proprietor. Considerable interest was shewn in the contest, and bor.h parties have been bard at work for several weeks. Voting closed at 4 o'clock, and t be result was made known from tho Harbour Oliices soou after. It WIUI-Bath, 244 votes Thomas, 214. Mr Bath was accordingly declared duly elected. Tho polling was the highest on record.

A SUSPICIOUS AFFAIR AT SWANSEA. At Swansea police-court, on Monday—before Messrs J. C. Fowler (stipendiary), and T. Cook Davies—John Phillips (29), collier, of Morriston, was charged with being in au 6nclo,?,d yard for an unlawful purpose.—P.O. Burnett (21) said he was standing near Mr Dyer's premises in the Strand, when he saw prisoner looking into Pad ley's yard, and scaling the gate, which is about eight feet high. Witness swung tbe gate open, and asked prisoner what he wanted there. Prisoner replied, For God's sake let me go you know me well," and then pulled out Bonie money, offering witness anything if he were released. He was taken to the Guildhall police- station, and there charged.—P.C. Cuff (61) corroborated, adding that the prisoner offered him 4d, so that he might say nothing about it.— Prisoner, in defence, said that he heard some people talkmg inside the yard, and that was the reason he climbed the gate.—Mr Dyer, the owner of the premises, said there was a large number of valuable fowls inside the yard.—Tho Stipendiary said anyoue bearing tho evidence could not but strongly suspect the prisoner, but as be was charged with being inside the yard, whereas he was only on the gate when caught, the bench coulduot convict him.

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RHONDDA VALLEYS MINERS' ASSOCIATION. MEETING OF DELEGATES AT TON. THE RUPTURE WITH THE GREAT WESTERN COLLIERS. Tbe monthly delegate meeting of tbe Rbondda Valleys District Steam Coal Miners' Association was held at the Windsor Hotel, Ton, on Monday, it having been decided that these meetings be held in future on the last instead of the first Monday in each month, so as not to clash with the monthly holidays. With reference to the dispute at the National Colliery, Wattstown, as to the refusal of colliers te do hauliers' work for four shillings per day, the agent (Mr W. Abraham, M.P.) was requested to see the manager with the view of arriving at an amicable settlement. A resolution was passed to the effect that in future every colliery shall send a notice to the district meeting of any important matter they wish to have discussed thereat, but that this should not interfere with the consideration of any lccal dispute. The announcement of the agent that tbe "sponging" system at the Blaenrbondda Colliery was at an end was received with ap- plause.—The following resolutions were also agreed to :— That the question of retaining the extra turn to the night men at Llwynpia Colliery be deputed to the district agent and the workmen's committee, who are to use their bes', endeavours to get the matter amicably settled, and should they fail to retain that turn, that we give the deputation aurhority to finally deal with the matter, an,1 that the district will support the men in their struggle if necessary. That the Dare dispute be left in abeyance for another month That this meeting shall not consider anything that will crop up in regard to the Albion Arbitration dispute, as we think it is time this matter should be finished with. It was reported that the workmen of the Albion Colliary bad determined upon a list of prices, and that that list would be at once submitted to the colliery manager. The workmen were advised by the meeting to adhere to the list, and settle the prices with the master themselves, as far as possible and if they could not agree, that they be at liberty to call in the aid ofMcW. Abraham, M P., and that their cfise be again considered at the next meeting.—A letter was read from the secretary of the Great Western Colliery Commit- tee, stating that at a meeting of the workmen held on the 22nd inst. their position with regard to the district, was discussed, and the following resolution passed :—"That we withdraw from the Rbondda district entirely, and have nothin more to do with it." The c-tuse of the rupture did not transpire, and a committee was appointed to visit the colliery with a view of inquiring into the dispute which at present exists thereat,

EMPLOYERS* AND WORK- MEN'S ACT. CLAIM AGAINST THE DOWLAIS IRON COMPANY. At the Mcrtnyr Tvdfil police court on Monday —before Mr W. M. North and Mr W. Smyth— William Edwards, cinder filler, 42, Llewellyn- street, Dowlais, made a claim against tiie Dowlais Iron Company for a balance of £3 los lid, alleged to be due to him on a wages account,,—Mr W. Beddoti appeared for complainant, and Mr Gwiiym James (Messrs G.nnd C. James) appeared for the defendants. Complainant had been in the company's employ eight years, five of which were spent io connection with the Bessemer steel department. On his behalf, and by himself in evidence, it was contended that his wages were by custom 7s 51 per every 100 tons which the N". 19 furnace, to which he was attached, yielded, and the amount claimed was due on the October pay as a balance, after allowing for ad vauce, otc. There was also "clerIcal error in tha claim which would have the effect of reducing the amount due by an allocation lor three days. On the other band, it was urged that the rate of wages payable had varied in accordance with the class of work done at, tho furnace, which WilS reo started in January, 1888. The standard rale was '62, or 51 2d, per 100 tons, and it was upou that basis that the company's cashier had written a letter in the course of correspondence with Mr Beddon intimating that the complainant's wages were 3{ 3 7-101 per day, For some time previously complainant had been paid at the rate of 7s 5i1 per 100 tons, but this was now stated by Mr Hurst, the manager of the iron department, and by Mr E. H. James, pay clerk, to have been dona by the latter in error and it was argued by Mr Gwiiym James that this inadvertent error did not pledge the company, although the corr.pauy had not asked for tbe monev to be refuuded. It WIU alo intimated that thi" case affected 20 other furnacemen, and might be regarded as a test.—Mr Beddoe had given notice tor the production of the books, showing what complainant had been paid, and how paid, during a period of about two years. These books were not now in court, and Mr James explained that he found it was inconve- nient for them to be produced tbat day, as the company, who employod thousauds of men, had them in us He would, however, produce them on Wednesday. The case was subsequently adjourned till Wednesday week for the produc- tion of these books.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL: SELEC- TION OF ALDERMEN AND CHAIRMAN. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—Kindly allow me a small space in your valuable paper to complain of the way in which soma of our members on the above board have already disregarded their pledges. Many of them got in on the understanding that they were to support a Welshman as chairman, but according to a suggestion made in your issue of yesterday, it is understood that Sir Hussey Vivian is to be elected. I have nothing against Sir llussey but that he is not a Welshmau. What I mean, and many besides understand by a Welshman, is a Welsh-speaking man-one who is able to carry on the deliberations of the conncilm the vernacular. Is Sir Hussey such a one I 114 there no one on tbe council who is worthy of the honour, and also able to speak Welsh ? May I ask where is Mr Thomas Williams, Merthyr? He was elected by a very large majority—one of the largest. He is already chairman of the most important political organisation in the principality, and a fluent speaker in both languages, and a Radical of the sturdiest type. May I call on our councillors to keep thuir pledges and elect him 1--1 ana, &e., Jan. 26. AN ELECTOR.

HEAVY SHIPMENTS AT PENARTH DOCK. The shipments at Penartb Dock last week were 85,286 tone. This is the largest quantity shipped hifcberto in one week.

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THE SOUTH WALES UNION BANK. ANNUAL MEETING AT SWANSEA. REVIEW OF THE TRADE OF THE DISTRICT. The sixteenth annual meeting of tbe South Wales Union Bank (Limited) was held at Swansea on Monday. Mr Morgan B. Williams (the chairman) presided. Tue other directors present. were 3ir John Jones Jenkins, Messrs E, Daniel, G. Fisher, H. Forrest, T. Glasbrook, J. Poweli, J. Clarke Richardson, W. Stone, and Charles H. Williams. The attendance of shareholders was up to the average. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, an abstract of which has already been published, said that was tbe last which would be presented to the shareholders under the old state of affairs, for when they recently determined to establish branches at Cardiff, that marked a new and important departure in their affairs. They then ceased to be a purely local institution, and, having taken that step, did not intend to look back till they had obtained the position tbey meant to occupy as tbe South Wales Union Bank. They had reason to be satisfied with their short experience at Cardiff, for tbe support and encouragement they had bitberto met with very fully justified the course that had been adopted. There could be no question that the remarkable extension of trade goiner on there afforded the ample scope for its enterprise without trespassing on tbe preserves of its neighbours; and, speaking for themselves, be could venture to say that they were steadily and surely laying the foundation of a valuable busiuess connection there. lie thought it only right to state that for such success as they bad hitherto had at Cardiff they were mamly indebted to the warm co-operation and the local influence of the three gentlemen who bad recently joined the board and were present that day. As compared with the preceding one, the balance- sheet shewed a marked increase in the volume of their business, and a very large addition— exceediug G5 per cent.—to the amount of the current and deposit accounts. The nett profits for tbe year, after allowing tor interest and rebate and making provision for bad add doubtful debts, wore £H,9Oó 7 9J and deducting from that the I iuterim dividend of £6,108 19, there was an available balance of £8,797 8" 9J, of which £3,1670" 2d would provide the dividend for the past half-year at 8 per cent. per annum, and 630 8,. 7d would go to the profit and loss account. Under the circumstances, he did not think they should be dissatisfied with the result; but at the same time they looked forward to something better. Looking to the future, he thought tbe prospect was encouraging. During the past year there bad been a decided improvement in trade—an im- provement rather iu volume than in price. There was a revival in the coal trade iu the last few montha of a most marked character, and the general feeling was that any further advance at present would not be desirable or in the interest of t :acle. The sluggish state of the irou and steel trade was to be accounted for by the alow recovery of confidence after the long depres- sion, thougti the tendency WM now slowly upwards. The shipping trade continued to be in a buoyant couditiou, and another hopoful indica- tion was that the railway traffic returns and those of the Board of Trade showed a steady increase "s compared with the returns of corresponding period of last year. A further important feature was that the improvement bad been sound and gradual, aud therefore afforded reason to hope it would be continuous. On the whole itnlJplt be stated that tilings were "on the mend." Wuen they met 12 months ago an impor- tant brauch of local iudusory was hampered by the abnormal price of tin. But as lie and Sir John Jeokms ventured to predict,it collapsed,aud the result was the retid of the tin-plate manufac- turer. That pointed a moral it would be well to remember-that any attempt artificially to control the price of commodities in general demand and use, aud which could be supplied in large quantities, was uusouud and wrong in principle. It discouraged healthy competition, disturbed and paralysed traue, and muse sooner or later result in discomfiture and disaster to speculation. Those terms of corners," rings," trusts," and pools" were new in the English vocabulary of commerce, anu the greedy and grasping spirit they represented was of foreign growth, and he hoped it was not likely to find 1\ permanent home in this country. It waa a mischievous and dangerous interferenoe with the free operation of demand and supply, and it might lead to great evil and serious com- plications in the relations between capital and labour, because it was an attempt to enrich the few at the cost of tbe many. Mr GKO. FISHEU (Cardiff) seconded, aud said he believed they had acted wisely aui well in opening a brauca at Cardiff, and ho thought they would do well in opening subsidiary branches in the neighbourhood of Cardiff. There was every prospect of doing a large business at Cardiff. Mr STABBUCK WILLIAMS pointed out that 730 shares had bnen issued, evidently with the object of enabliug the new directors to qualify. He said that w Iter:. the last shares were issued they were at £3 premium, and he should like to know what premium was paid on tbe shares he now referred to. He also said that tbe reserve was the same as 12 months ago. He thought thac until the reserve fund had reached its limit, the fund should bfJ added to. The CHAIRMAN said in the exercise of tho discretionary powers vested in the directors, thty allotted to the three gentlemen who had recently joined the board their giiare qualification at par, ami in doing so they considered' they had acted iu the best interests of tho company. In proof of this, the immediate effect of the public announcement, that those gentlemen had joiuod the board was that the price of the shares rose 20 per cent., and tuat the market price of the com- pany increased by nearly £40,000. Uuder those circumstances he thought that the shareholders would take no exception to the course that had been adopted. With respect to what bad been said about the reserve fund, he explained that the directors were looking forward to the time when, by issuing fresh capital, they would add very largely to the reserve fund. The repjrt was then adopted. The CHAIRMAN then moved a formal resolution confirming tho appointment of Messrs G. Fisher, R. Forrest, and O. H. Williams to the directorate. Mr CLARKE RICHARDSON seconded, and tbe motion was cari iea. On the motion of Major LKWI.-J, seconded by Mr OAKDE, it was resolved that tl1 retiring directors, Messrs J. Powell, T. Glasbrook, and C. H. Williams, bero-slectod, Mr HOWEJ.L moved, Mr T. T. PASCOE seconded, aud it was unanimously resolved to vote £5003.!J remuneration to the directors. On trie, motion of Mr j. DANIEL, seconded by Mr CHAS. DAVIES, Mr R. G. Oawker was reo elected auditor at a salary of 50 guineas. Thanks were then accorded to the general mauager and officera of the bank, and to the directors. The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution The directors may, from time to time, open and establish branch banks at such places in England and Wales as they may think tit, and they may appoint managers, nirents, and other officers and servants for and iu respect of such branch banks." Sir JOHN JENKINS, in seconding, said the opening of direct r.-ommuuication with the lihoudda Vallny from S'van.ea would necessitate the extension of the branches of the bank. The motion was adopted, and the meeting termiuated.

I LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIA- MENT. GARW WATER BILL. Thia bill came before Mr Campion, one of the examiners in the House of ^Commons,; yester- day, for proof of compliance with tbe standing orders. The examiner baring heard the formal evidence, the bill being unopposed at thia stage, declared the standing orders of Parliament duiy complied with, and endorsed the bill to that effect.

_u STRANGE CASE AT MON- MOUTH. At the borough police-court, ftu Monday— before Messrs G. 6r>ffiu,T. James,and Dr Pr08111!\r —Sophia Andrews (45), of quiet, lady-like appearance, was charged "n 1.\ warrant with obtaining goods under false pretances from nsveral tradesmon ill Monmouth between April 8th and July 4t.h, 1888, to thu amount of over £ 40.—Mr U. Williams, Monmouth, appeared to prosecute, and Mr Hill, London, represented the prisoner.—Prisoner was arrested on the 25'h iust. on her release from gaol for a similar c if ence in the Midland Counties in October last. She came to Morianouth in April, 1888, and repre- sented that she had just arrived in England from South America, where her husband bad recently died, leaving her affairs in a somewhat unsettled state, so that she waa out of funds for the time but had a quarterly allowance from her solicitors (pending ths settlement, of ber affairs), which would become due on the 11th July. By this representation she succeeded in obtaining goods from butchors, grocers, wine merchants, and others, to tba amount stated, promising to pay all on tho 11th of July. However, a few days bafore the 11th she suddenly disappeared, leaving ber boxes full of empty bottles, carefully packed. to conceal the concents. Both solicitors applied for permission to withdraw the charge, Mr Hill intimating that ha was in a. position to pay ths whole of prisoner's debts. The application was granted, to the utter disappointment of a crowded court, but much to the satisfaction of all the prosecutors.

"CWIIW BACH" CASES IN THE RHONDDA. At the Ystrad Rbondda police court, on Monday—before Mr Ignatius VViibams, stipen- diary—Margaret Davies, a widow, living in tbe Stone Huts at Blaenycwro, was charged with having sold boer without a licence on Sunday, tho 20tli inst. — Police-constables Llewellyn and Bryan deposed to having, on the day in question, visited defendant's house, and found thereon a nine-gallon cask of beer, a considerable part of the contents of which had been disposed of. There were several pints and glasses on the tables when the police entered, and the defendant admitted having sold the ceer. Tho house had been suspaoted for some time, — Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay the costs of thecaile, and to enter into recognizances to the exteut of J35 not to repeat the offence.—A sirrnlar • c!iarg« was preferred against, Benjamin William*, Stone Huts, Blaeny- cwm, for whom Mr Rhys, Pontypridd, appeared. The police, upon entering the found four or five persons inside, while there were several jngs ou the table and the window-sill containing beer, They found a nine-gallon cask of beer iu the pantry, with about, three quarts of beer inside. While the police were inside, someone came to the door and for a pint of small beer, which was supplied,—Mr Rhys, for the defence, con- tended that the beer had been procured for tho lodgers, three in number, who had each contribu- ted 2s 31 towards its cost. The case wall dismissed,

-U A CARDIFF CABMAN AND HIS FARE, REMARKABLE CASE. A the Penarth police-court on Monday—before Messrs J. S. Corbett and James Ware—Charles Braeso, cabman, was charged with leaving bis crib on the highway without anyone in charge.— Mr G. Lnmbe appeared for tbe defendant, who pleaded guilty. Mr Latnbe related the following remarkable story "hat Braeso was engaged by two men at Cardiff, and was ordered to drive to Peuartb. A number of public-bouses were visited, and eventually the men managed to give cabby tbe slip. He. however, succeeded io finding them, and whilst remonstratiug with them for their dishonesty his watch was snatched from him, and they onoe more showed him a clean pair of heels. Agam he discovered them, in the Plymouth Arms, aud succeeded in recovering his watch and 10f for his faro. This time they snatched his chain, ami once more fled.—Case dismissed, on payment of costs. ,MIIU

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN AT ABERGAVENNY. An inquest was held on Mondav touching the death of William Bath, aged 46, who had for several yeara been in business as a painter and house decorator. The evidence of Mrs Bath was to the effect that the deceased, who was her husband, often suffered from depression of spirits, and had at times threatened to do something to himself, but did not say what. Ou Monday morning Mrs Bath went down stairs at seven o'clock, and left the deceased partly dressed. He aid he would go to work, and ahegot everything ready for him. Then be said he would not go to work, but would do something to himself. He had said that sort of thing so often that no notice was taken of it.—William Smart, tinman, said that at the request of Mrs Bath be forced the door of a small room upstairs. He found a piece of rope hanging over the top of the door. He called upon Mr Bath to open the door, but getting no answer, forced it open. He did not hear any sound of a fall, but found deceased on his face and knees on the floor, and the rope round his neck. He was quite dead.— The jury returned a verdiot of "Suicide while in an unsound state of mind."

I Per so. Merrera and Moratin, additional con- signments of Seville Oranges have arrived for William P. Hartley, Aintree, making 8.h09 cases this season. W. P. Hartley is now making 190 tons of Marmalade per week.

OFFENCES BY CANDIDATES. In the Queen's Bench Division on Monday— before Mr Baron Huddleston and Mr Justice Wills—an application was made to relieve Mr David Parry, Mr Thomas Phillips, and Mr Wm. John Wilson frum the penalties which tbey had inadvertently incurred in prosecuting their candi- dature for the Llanellv division of the Carmarthen County Council. The offence which these gentlemen committed consisted in issuing all address on a placard which gave the name of the printer, but did not state that the printer was also the publisher. When the omission was brought to their knowledge they at ouce issued a fresh address and took steps with a view to the present application, which was unopposed. Relief was granted.

THE YSTALYFERA ELECTION.—A FEW QUESTIONS. TO THE EDITOR. SlB,—Allow me a short space in your valuable paper, as one greatly interested in the welfare of Ystalyfera. It is with a sad heart that 1 think of pooi Ystalyfera at present, inasmucu as it has given up its birthright for a basin ot broth-a. place where at one time a Tory was no t considered a mortal being. But now, at the very first chance we have had of giving vent to our opinions, what have we done ? A Tory bas been returned to look after our rifbts nud privileges in the county council Shame, Ystalyfera A U True Radical" has in your issue of yesterday explained bow and why this seat was lost, I should like to ask someone through your paper three questions, as follows :— 1. Whose vote was it that caused a staunch Tory to obtain the clerkship of the Ystrad- gynlais Board, when there was a true Radical in the person of Mr Hartland, Swausea, applying for the same ? 2. Whose vote was the cause ot throwing out the old veteran, Levi Rees, couuty councillor, from the chairmanship of Ystrad- gyuiais Board, and placing instead of him another stauuob Tory ?" 3. Whose vote was the means of throwing out the Ystradgynlais schoolmistress because she was related to the Liberals, and substituting a parson's daughter? —I am, &c MASTER OF ARTS." Jan, 26.

YSTALYFERA DLVLSION.-MR BEYNON ON HIS CANDIDATURE. TO THK EDITOR. SlB,—" A True Radical" in your issue of the 25th inst. seeks to fasten the responsibility of their defeat in tha above division on my party, but it will prove rather a herculean task tor him, however able he may be, as the facts prove nothing, if not the contrary. He charges tbe entire party with haviug recorded a solid vote for the Conservative candidate, which statement is a wilful falsehood, though I am at onca ready to concede that a considerable number, who had been greatly incensed by the dishonourable con- duct Mr Williams's party had been sruilty of, and further intensified by my withdrawal from the contest, did so. Still, A True Radical" is not in a position to blame them, nor to discuss their action, since lie and his adherents set them such a noble example of fidelity—refusing to submit to an arbitration of their own creation. 1 was the first in the neighbourhood to be waited on by a deputation to represent the division. I consented to stand. Subsequently a rair.our became current that Mr Griffiths intended coming forward as a labour candidate, and ill a conversatiou with him I willingly offered to with- draw in his favour. He retired from tile field. Then Mr Williams appeared, to whom also I offered to retiro if he could ratisfactorily prove I thatthe majority of the workmen would support hun. This lie failed to do. We had recourRE1 to arbitration as described in yours of tbe 15th instant, and in which I was successful, I may mention here that. tbe proposal for arbi- tration originated with Air Williams's supporters. After his refusal to withdraw, I did tbe oniy course open to me to conciliate the party, and save, if possible, the seat, which,through their obstinacy and stupidity, had been placed 1ll innnineut peril. From the time I withdrew, I have, invariably, in words and act ions, supported the Liberal candidate, and on tho election day brought down a host of my friends to the poll, who g;: ve him their support loyally, in spito "f having been treated with studied neglect. No one was more painfully surprised than myself at the tremendous majority with which Dr Thomas was returned, and undoubtedly they deserve the greatest credit (?) for tho tactics t.hey displayed iu bringing the contest to a successful issue. In conclusion I beg to say that in future Ishait not condesccnd to notice any anonymous corres- pondence in roferewco to the late contest, and if A True Radical feels disposed to write again, I trust bo will do so under his proper name, with a little more attention as regards justice than ho exhibited ir. his Inst,—I au;, &t: January 26tii, 1889. JOHN BEYNON.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL.—THE APPOINTMENT OF ALDERMEN. TO THK EDITOR. SIB,—Would you kiudiy permit me a small space in your valuable paper to suggest to our newly-elected couuciUors the great good that could be done by electing W. P. Morgau, our popular member, to be an alderman on the council of Glamorgan 1 No dOl1t it would be the meanil of healing a great wound in the Merthyr and Abcrdare (;on¡.¡r.ltu3IJCY. and bring back the unity that should exist bet86Jl Liberals of toe borough. Seeing, too, thiÜ he has had great experienoo iu countries where Home Rule works remarkably well, no doubt he would be one of the hardest workers inside the council. Trusting one of our local councillors will bring his name forward.— I am, &c., YOUNG RADICAL. Merthyr, January 28, 1839.

PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL- A COMPLAINT. TO THE EDITOR. SlR,—This was the first council elected, and the first to sit and act, and no sooner has it acted than its actions are exposed to criticism. Its first actiju was to elect aldermen, aud I have the painful duty of condemning it for three things— first, Mr Henry Alien was made an alderman, and thus a seat is given to the Tories; if the object was to pay him honour,is it not understood that ho is to be the chairman, and would not this suffice without giving bis seat to a Tory, which the minor honour of aldermanship involved ? This I consider downright nonsense and injustice. Another thing, some were made aldermen without a shadow of claim to the honour, without beating about the bush. I mention one instance—Mr Eva.113, Bletherston, was elected alderman Mr Evans is a good, kind and honourable man, but. whoever heard of his zsal and service as a Liberal ? I venture to answer, no one. He couid scarcely be styled a Liberal Nicodemus, but still he is a full- blown alderman, while dozens of intelligent men who have borne tbe "burden and heat of the day" in the cause of Liberalism have been iRuorad. How and why was this ? Another thing, Tories were elepted aldermen, while we, poor fello*# have sweated and even endangered our livelihood to kep them, out. If our couucilmen have blundered so 6j{regiouilJy at the. outset, what will they do before thoir lease is expired?—I am, &c., MOUNTAINEER.

LETTER FROM A~LADY. -~ELli ^TION OF ALDERMEN. TO THE KDITOLL. SlR,—I do not know whether I ought to apologise for writing 011 the above subject because I am a woman, I think not, for I believe we have done our share of tho election work, in our own way, if not in public, by holding up the arms of these who were fighting. I am afraid that we are inclined again to play into tile hands of the Tories. If the aldermen are chosen out of the council, are we certain that every seat can be kspt by the Liberals at another election, I am airaid not. Lot1 tbe Tories get another chance, sml they arc certain to make good use of it. We know from experience that there is nothing too mean for them to stoop to. and we also know that a word from the squire or a smile from his lady wiH make some weak-minded Liberals do anything. Besides, a second course of elections would be a heavy burden for the country—at least, that is my humble opinion; I do not see what aldermen are good for they seem very much like the seals tD a gentleman's watch-chain, nothing but ornament; but if wdmust have these appendages, let them be a harmless as possible, and the only Way to do it is not to let a single Tory, if possible, get the chance. They have had their day long enough, and if there is any honour to be derived from it. let true audstauuch Liberal. have it. Catch the Tories letting us have a chance if they were in the majority Follow Denbigh- shire, says „ A RADICAL WELSHWOMAN.

WHAT WELSHMEN THINK. [BY ADOLTGTDD.] THE eOUTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS. In tbe Welsh press for last week the one subject which overshadows every other ia importance is the county council elections. The papers had been published before the issue of the struggle in all the counties was known but even in tbe first instalment of the returns there was abundant reason for gratification. It is considered that tbe elections are an unanswerable testimony to the Liberalism and the Nonconformity of the Welsh people. At a time when we hear it loudly pro- ciaimed from the housetops that the Established Church in Wales is gaining ground every day, and that there is a corresponding decline in tbe strength of Nonconformity, these contests sub- serve an important purpose. Iu each of the counties the disparity in the propor- tions of Liberals and Conservatives is most marked. Actually, the disparity is even greater than is indicated by the elections. Sir W. T. Lfwis, Mr J. T. D. Llewelyn, and several other gentlemen described as Conservatives, undoubtedly owe their return to the pre-eminent qualifications they possess, and assuredly not to their Conservatism. Naturally enough, tbe Welsh papers are jubilant over the issue of the contests, Scren Cymru ("Star of Wales") has as exhaustivi article on the battle in Pembrokeshire. "Pern. brokeshire," it declares, "was the first county te emerge from tbe conflict. This was not au accident there was a. Tory purpose in the entire business. The Tories thought the elections in Pembroke would go in favour of their party, and that the results tuere would affect those in othei parts of Wales. But they have been bitterly disappointed. The dear old county took a leap in the direction of liberty, justice, and political independence which astonuhed the country. The Tories had fondly hoped that they were about to regain their position in .Pembrokeshire. So assured were they of victory that they had actually appointed their chairman and alder- men After the day of the elections nothing was to be seen among them but scratching of heads and lowering of jaws, and nothing to be heard hut imprecations on the preachers. With the Soutl. Wales Daily News we heartily say, Well done, Pembrokeshire!' Glamorgan and Monmoutb have followed Pembroke admirably, and the old banner flutters gracefully in the breeze. We aro prouder and prouder of Wales every day. She it true to herself, to her traditions, and to ber religion and though the least among the priucei of Judah, yet she gives an example to the entire kingdom in religious and political liberty." Tariany Gwcitkiwr{"The Workman's Shield"; says :—he Liberals worked admirably iu Mon- mouth. The workmen ot Rbymney, Tredescar, and Ebbw Vale have proved themselves men. The) shattered the 'screw' of the works to fragments. Glamorgan the Liberals have a great majority. At the same time we must confess tliab we hav been disappointed greatly in many places. are ashamed of Aberdare, and of those Liberals destitute of principle who there helped to swell the following ot the great ones. Fie upon them < Then there is Dowiais, which went servilely to the support of thE manager Ói the works. Ttiere was a time when Dowlais refused to bend to the golden image. Then there were Liberals in the place who would strive for their principles even to blood, bad there been need. But we fear that Dowlai- in more senses than one, is on thfl decline. Evidently the bread-and-cheese principif, was all-powerful in tba recent election. The same principle, or rather want of principle, extended to Vociirhiw and Geliigaer. Still, 011 the whoie, we derive great satisfaction from the elections. The body of people adheres firmly to Liberalism and Nonconformity."— Y Gweithiior CymreiS ("The Welsh Workman "j alludes witti gratitication to the evidences of the strengthen- ing ot Liberalism in Pembrokeshire. The Giucithiwr then refers to some of the saati won by Tories in Glamorganshire, and protesti against mere "sprats" who are ullknown outsid. of their own immediate neighbourhood cumin. forward to champion the Liberal cause against influential opponents. — Y Tyst ah' Dydd ("Tht Witness and the Day ") rejoices chat in tbe threa countil of Glamorgan, Moumonth, and Pem- brokd the Liberals have a sufficient majority to carry all before them, It auticipate* similat victories in tue other counties, aud believes Walei will come out of the contests with a glittering crown ou her head, and having given indubitable pronf ot her Liberalism and Nonconformity. Herald Oymratj i ("Tue Welsh Herald") deals with the elections in North Wales, and warmly congratulates the counties of Merioneth and Denbigh on their achievements. Same of the more noteworthy victorias are singled out for remark, such as that which Mr John Parry, the anti-tithe ladBr, won over Sir William" Greoviile Williams, Bart., and the still mora remarkable victory achieved by the Rev Michael D. Jones, who defeated Sir Watkiu Wynn's agent, although all the agricultural voters in the district are tenants ou the Wyun- stay estate.—Gwalir., the Tory organ, consoles itself with the thought that the elections bay* proved disappointing to those wuo prophesied that every Conervatlve would be swept away. Then it pours out tho vials of its wrath on the farmers. An ignorant farmer," it say*, ball no qualification to sit on the council. The less intelligent farmers have had no experience what- ever, and they know nothing of their duties."—' The Golcuad (" The Light ") opines that it meet have been bitter for the high-minded squires to have to tight for their seats with traders and farmare, tne luesei1 mvuoti.m-, JoSturiiy- iuStf own tenants. THE APPOINTMENT OF ALDERMKK. Already allusion is beint; made to the appoint' ment of aideimen. Eaner ac Aniserau Gymr* ("The Banner and Tunes of Wales" says there is a strong feeling in aomt of the counties against the appointment of any Tories :lit aldermen. Certainly, it adds, the Liberals have bad very little sympathy from the Tories in the past. Whoever heard a Tory in quarter-sessions protest against the H boycotting of Nonconformists by who have the oowee to make magistrates i" The Tarian suggests that there should bo the same proportion of Conserva- tive aldermen as there are of Conservative councillors. The 1'yst advocates mueh the same views. Incidentally referring to Sir W. T. Lewis and Mr Dillwyn Llewelyn, it declares that these gentlemen are eminently fitted for seats in the council. The councils should be thoroughly representative of the entire people, and they cannot be representative unless they include a fair measure of 1oriM." THE CARMARTHENSHIRE MAGISTRACY. Gwalia is clJu>!trained to make some aort of reply to the question asked in this column last week. The Tory orgau made a frantic appeal to the electors of Carmarthenshire to ignore politics in the county council elections, and epeoially ia connection with Lord Dynevor's candidature. This advice might very appropriately be addressed to Earl Cawdor, Accordingly, huving this ia mind, Gwalia was aked if it could shed any light on the exclusion of Nonconformists from tha magistracy in Carmarthenshire. To that question one of ttie Tory organ's satellites replies Aaolygydd asks why Js onconformists are not appointed magistrates? I don't know; and I don't see that it has anything to do with the question. Lord Dynevor does not appoint magis- trates. Forty years ago very few of the Noncon- formists in Carmarthenshire possessed the qualifi. cations essential to a justice of the peace. No mas could administer the law who was unable to read.* How gracefully Gwalia has got off the horns of the dilemma on which it was placed ? It declares that it fails to see what the appointment of' magistrates bad to do with the county councils. As a matter of fact this had much to do with the election, and the manner in which Carmarthen- shire Tories were smitten hip and thigh last week should be commended to the especial attention of my Lord Cawdor GLANFFRWD. There is no more popular gentleman in eistedd- vodic circles than the Rev W. Glanffrwd Thomas, vicar of St. Asaph. Glanffrwd has had the mauliness to avow himself a Liberal aud to the mind of the qonpentional cieric tbis is a monstrous and au unholy thing. The gifted bard, however, has pursued his way undeterred by the reproaches of his lesn broad- minded brethren. Tha last enormity of which be has been guilty is to come forward QtS a Liberal for the Flint County Council. For this he roundly condemned in a Church paper, which it particularly annoyed by Glanffrwd's remark that, he wanted to employ usefully some of the leisure time he had as » clergyman. "It is a most unusual thing," writes a Tory scribe, "tohearot a clergyman with too much leisure time on bis hands in these days, when clergymen, as a rule, are working hard, in season and out of season. It the rev gentleman wants more work, let him support his brethren. Tha vicar is an able man, a litterateur, and a capable bard. Why not utilise his leisure hours. to defend thosf of bis brethren who are persecuted, an to defeud tbe Church of which he is » miuister, instead of interfering with county affairs ? No clergyman or minister ought to be t. candidate for the oounty councils. It ie evident that the vicar of St. Asaph is a Radical, but Radicalism has nothing to do with the councils. I am surprised that a gentleman of the eminence of Glanffrwd should seek to ride into the council on tbe back of a political Shibboleth. Why should he have left the Methodists t In their midst be would have ample opportunity for tbe display of his Radicalism and plenty of work instead of scarcity of it: for be might there preafth polities instead of the go"p1. XIUOBLLAXtOOS. Several of the papers comment oa the terrible knock-down blow which the Coeroionist administration received at Go All that i. wanted now, says the Golcuad, is a general election. Gwalia, referring to the Carmartben School Board election, says i U It is scandalous to think that any man calling himself a Christian should be opposed to bible-readiug in day schools. I understand tlat the children of Carmarthen, like those of other places, are becoming more immof¡\1 since the board shut out the Bible," Perhaps some Carmarthen Nonconformists will have something to say about this astounding sentence. The movement for erecting a suitable memorial over tbe grave of Christmas Evans aud over that of Gomer is now on the high road to success. A writer in the Seren, hailing from Liverpool, expresses the hope that the English aud Weish people of that city will be asked to co-operate ia the movement.

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