South Wales Daily News

SAMOAN DIFFICULTY. t IREUTHP,'S TELEGRAM. I Wednesday.—In political circles, and L Persons connected with the Samoan ce, the difficulties which have existed in are regarded as being removed by the King Malietoa in expressing regret at his C04diel towards the Germans, and begging Cf9r"r to re £ ard tlla Past as H The release the ex King by the tr is believed to foreshadow his reinstate- the conference.

14t WASHINGTON CEN- TENARY. lOENTBAL NEWS TKLHGRAM.J ii,| Wednesday,—Brilliant weather (j.i,0Ured the continuation of the Washing- penary celebrations to-day. There was hurfi procession, but this time the arts of 1^ bot those of war, were represented. The Ie and industries of all nations were honoured, Only gating in a country with such a alita7a population as that of the United it The feature of the procession was ted by a Ion, string of wagon?, upon TO'*?16 REPresented historical events and ICai tableaux cf the industrial progress of »ry. The spectators were treated with Qite variety'of quaint concerts and clever IOns" Th line was madp. up of some 75,000 k who marched along Fifty-seventh street, and Broadway to the canal. It Q hours for tlia procession to pass a (Point. President Harrison reviewed this fota a stand in Madison-square.

^LLOW FEVER AT RIO. GERMAN CREW ATTACKED. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.J ''ttk from Bremen I14 arrival iu the Wesler of the steamer I* from Rio de Janeiro, with yellow fever • The disease broke out early in the HpaQd, although every effort was made to Ijj"' 0,,t, it spread rapidly. Three men died, 8eamen and several officers are still very of them being in a critical condition.

lOUSOOLLIERY EXPLO- SION. IK [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] Wednesday Afternoon.—A terrible bof firedamp took place yesterday in klingbau-sed Colliery, near Dortmund. hi were killed outright, and at least seriously injured.

PARIS EXHIBITION. FV [RKCTKR'S TKLEGRAH. ] W ednegday. -H is stated that all the lea Ctedit establishments, banki, banking- the Bourse will be closed on the 6th the exhibition opens,

THEIL FORECASTS. f Tu°W'Dg forecasts were prepared last night ^eorological Office at half.past eight Ð 5Isi»ICts • v } South-easterly winds fresh E or stro.n« 5 changeable; N E I SODne ralu» posaibly thun- der* MI(J E. Light breezes, chiefly south- \i <a°Un^ea v easterly changeable ;4,|4iii • (Lon. r some showers; thunder iiStl Qnf,')-y locally. ■|n?|atl^'W. South-easterly winds mod- ■^o'1 y erate 5 changeable some lb u,t« WnlesJ r in, possible thunder. C?if'» s W Ar ) Lif?ht breez08» varying in Waie > direction; changeable some | 8 "J sbowers. i it9U»m South-easterly and south- ••• t. wester'y wind, force doubt- v S r ful; changeable; some CS»in„ rain" n 'The North Cone is still flying in »li and part of 2.

^BJAT COAL WINNING SCHEME. °'verhampton correspondent telegraphs y^0td^9- new scheme was presented to the 8 M'&e8 Drainage Commissioners on by their engineers for the winning of ?({,, '°Us of eo»l. It involves the unwater- ande Weduesbury mines now flooded. Three acres are embraced, and half a million i!0l*ed k0 rai3od P«r annum. The expenditure Vy°u^ be £ H,000, and the works would kNin Ut,dergrouud levels to connect with ell l1el)g engines already erected. A sixpenny \i of coal raised would produce to the 810ners 435,000.

BAPTIST UNION. A assembly of the Baptist Union was r'leiiHa*" Bloomsbury Chapel, London, on y afternoon. Rev John Thomas (tXto-i^sided. Papers were read on Young kl'i0„,a Guilds," by Mrs Edward Medley, V^D^tr' aut^ on "Guilds for Young Men," tJ" Gotch, of Kettering, the authors Heed of such institutions to protect the the temptations of modern life. A "Wt"1 ^°"owe<i reading ot the papers, and ln £ adjourned till to-day.

k £ ARNELL AND THE FREE- «OM OF EDINBUliGH. v"1itteSU*li t'19 P'8^isc^0 taken by the (JJhtjt °e who «re opposed to the action of the Town Council of Edinburgh in AJ* the freedom of the city on Mr Parnell on Wednesday night as follows: 17.808 ayes, 3,197.

"r t\ DR TANNER. tS appeal against the sentence of imprisonment came before C >unty ^«1:?der80n at Tipperary on Wednesday, will be delivered to-day.

MR IRVING. k^i» IV tlj0nQmon talk t'le theatrical profession sequel to the performances of the Itbth Company at Sandringham will be a Oci for Mr Irving.

lPUÙE-LITERATURE. s ^street polics-court on Wednesday, herson and Lomson,of Holy well-street, I, A *iz^telly, of Henrietta-street, and other booksellers, named respec- •t Sunith, George, and Roberts, ta.Chared with selling and uttering lewd, wicked, scandalous, and obscene ftVsua,^ngst t.hera being "Nana" and several <WR^ Emile Zola. Mr Vaughan committed Q(lants for trial.

l S°tJrrlI STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE. Ot ——— *«HAMPXON, Wed nesday. -Buyers have 8ettled down to business after Easter. are still only partly occupied. it ,all Y is this so in sheets. The galvanizers J busier. Prices are upheld by excend- W.^gth of pigs. Sheets) double, £ 7 15? iJSoh s" £ 8 153 best bars» £ 7 to £ 8 2s b i h. 15j to £ 6 plates, common, £ 7 5s ^y$l 1 remarkably firm tblre. 46i and upwirds (iel i vered; Lincolue, ordsliire common, 37s 6d to 40s.

GAINED TO A MURDERER. k W*e .Cattell Greenway, late town clerk u.w,ck, and a member of Greenways' !aa been removed from Warwick gaol to q Convict prisou, to complete his term of 4N&; rs penal servitude for stealing L5,000 to tl»o Kmgsley Trust, to which he was He has aged considerably in appear- ilia sad condition, chained as he was to ™ excited the pity of all who had known

4TJCTIVE FIRE AT GLASGOW. J){JCTIVE FffiE AT GLASGOW. $r1,6 t pensive marine engineering works of erj. Rowan at Glasgow, were burned on i ,norn'nP> wn<i mora than 1C0 valuable =OOo de8tr°yed. The damage amounts to Tp.

tOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. Ae Ea tk?the nf,0,?cestershire Railway Company iii,^ petitions iati?n of Cardiff have withdrawn 'I aRain8t the Great Western Railway

SUNDAY TRAINS TO BARRY. SSp! Sunday1 paysBenRerVettti.*em0nt,anotbe* f May 5th, be run between ''r fv aR(i Barry.

^>SlTr Cwytr ^am Visited the Dakeof i°b J^r^Sd!I lK0U,K on so favourably that h ill >1 • a°b convalescence. rui?l^d^aboutl'i a pound Nearer,l.ui, Hartlev'n in fluH_Uanison Preserve, made direct from fresh rs4t the soason: can stiil be boLigLiu froni all 4t the originallon price. 3139

MR JOHN MORLEY AT BEDFORD. A BRILLIANT SPEECH. SCATHING CRITICISM OF THE UNIONISTS. On Wednesday night Mr John Morley ad- dressed a public meeting, convened by the Bedford Lib,1ral Association, in the Corn Exchange, Bedford. There was a crowded attendance, about 2,000 persons being present, including many ladies. h J. Hawkins, mayor of Bedford, and president of the Liberal Associa- tion, occupied the chair, and amon those present were Mr Cyril Flower, M.P., Mr Whitbread, M.P., Lady Isabella Whitbread, aud Mr Magniac, Mr MORLEY, on rising to speak, was greeted with loud and prolonged cheering. He said be was grateful to them for the cordial reception they bad given to him. He found that he received that sort of reception in various towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and he supposed he owed it to the belief in their minds that he was the advocate of a very great cause. (Cheers.) He should like first to direct their attention to the question whether they liked sugar to be dear or cheap. (Laughter and cheers.) The Government had made themselves parties to a most extraordinary arrangement. In order to confer what was supposed to be a benefit on about 5,000 more or less workmen, they were going to raise the price of a necessity of life for 27 millions of people. (Shame.) More than that, they were going to hamper and discourage a great number of industries which depended for their success upon the cheapness of sugar. He did not scruple to say that those industries which would be injured, if not extinguished, by that proposal numbered ten to one of those that would receive any possible benefit from it. Then there would undoubtedly ba retaliation from those countries which they proposed to exclude, and that retaliation would derange all sorts of othnr industries. Nothing would come of these proposals but mischief. There was not asingie arumenttobeproduced in their favour. Cuming to the Irish question, the right hon. gentleman said he did not wish to use any disrespectful language towards the Liberal Unionists. They bad a great meeting at Birmingham the other day. (Laughter.) He read all that happened at that meeting with close and respectful attention. He found no sign in anything that was said there fir anything that was done there that the Liberal Unionists had got life and poll tical organisation. (Hear, hear.) They had no programme of their own and no policy of their own, no measure of their own and no seats of their own. (Laughter and cheers.) They would support no measure which the Tories would not support, and carry no seat where they were not supported by the Tories. (Laughter.) One thing struck him in reference to the Birmingham meeting, and that was the extraordinary absence of any sense of humour. (Laughter.) One distinguished statesman said he had been reading a historian of Greece, who said, "I am amazed to discover the extraordinary greediness and facility with which men assert, believa, and re-assert and are believed the weakness appears to be next to universal." (Laughter.) How very impressive (Laughter.) He did not think that Lord Skiborne need have gone to Grecian history or to Mr Grote to find with what greediness and facility man would assert and believe. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) He would find it in the history of his own time. He would find it in his own party-a greedinoss and facility for believing charges against Mr Parnell—(hear, hear)—which were made without inquiry, supported by perjurers and forgers—(hear, hear)—shielded by the de8tructlOn of documents, and which were exploded with a completeness that had left the Times—(hisses)—to be the laughing-stock of the civilised world. (Cheers.) There was the same want of sense of humour when Lord Salborne said that attacks had been made upon the Attorney- General which were indecent and most unworthy. Well, was it more indecent or more unworthy for them to criticise the conduct of the chief law adviser of her Majesty's Government than to insist that a political leader was an accomplice in murder and assassination? (Hear, hear, and "Shame.") Was it more indecent than to jeer in the House of Commons at the man whe was the object of the accusation when he solemnly declared that the accusation was false, and that it was the product of conspiracy and plot? (Hear, hear.) If their opponents were going to criticise them upon points of conduct and of manner, let them begin at home. (Cheers.) Bu there was another speaker whose want of humour struck him, and that was Mr Chamber- lain. He compared a distinguished entlEtman to a revolving light at sea, but they knew also a story of a revolving light. (Hear, hear.) They knew a statesman who said m June, 1881, I hate coercion I hate the name of it I hate the thing;" and who said in Sept., 1888, Coercion I only means that men must obey the law." (Hear, hear.) Thpy knew a revolving statesman who in June, 1885, said that coercion might be necessary at times, but coercion was for an emergency, and who two years after supported a Coercion Bill which suspended the constitution in perpetuity, (Cheers.) They knew a statesman who, in June, 1885, said that the system of government of Ireland by England was a system founded on 30,COO soldiers, and as completely centralised and bureaucratic as Russian govern- ment in Poland or Austrian in Venice; and then in 1889 the same statesman ovafflowad with eulogies for the Irish ministers whose system was more bureaucratic and centralised than any they had had for many a year—(hear, hear)—whose system rested upon the encampment upon Irish soil of what was practically a British army of occupation. (Hear, hear.) There was a re- volving light for them (Laughter and cheers.) That same gentleman who was so full of admira- tion for the present Chief Secretary was the very man who. in January, 1886, wanted to make Mr Parnell Chief Secretary for Ireland,and in default of Mr Parnell, Mr Healy Mr Morley then criticised the policy of the Government in Ireland, and formulated a series of charges of misgovern- ment against the present administration, which he described as a lawless administration. He justified the attitude of Liberal, and declared that he could not obtain a single glimpse of daylight from the proceedings at Birmingham as to the policy which was to follow coercion. Lord Hartington, while stating that they would transform occupiers into owners, did not state how they would do it. Mr Chamberlain's plan by all parties in Ireland was repudiated. In con- clusion, the right hon. gentleman contended that once the principle was conceded there would be no difficulty in formulating a schema of self- government for Ireland.

PRIZE FIGHT AT M ARSHFIELD Baffled in their endeavours to meet each other in the ring at Brecon on Tuesday, Shoni Engineer and O'Brien, of Cardiff, in the course of the afternoon, came down to Cardiff. During the evening their backers and supporters met, and it was decided, in view of the amount of the stakes, and the immense iuterest taken in the fight, that the men should meet as early as possible. Consequently about three a.m. on Wednesday, two or three cabs, containing the principals and their chief backers, left a suourb of Cardiff, and, without any police interference, contrived to reach Marshtield. The Cardiff party, which was strictly limited in number, was there joined by about 50 persons from Newport. A twenty-four foot ling was pitched in a field about two hundred yards from the railway station; and eventually the men stepped inside the ropes. In the first round Shoni Engineer tapped O'Brien on the nose and drew first blood, but in the second round O'Brien, with an upper cut. knocked him clean off his feet. From this time till the finish O'Brien commanded a very decided lead. Both men went in for bitting at the head. Only one body blow was .struck throughout the contest, and that was got home by O'Brien, very near the mark. The load which O'Brien commanded from the lirst round to the eighteenth was decided, and the Engineer appeared to "funk him. In the nine- teenth round O'Brien hit out with his right, and catching Shoni under the left ear knocked him completely out. The Engineer failed to come up at the call of time, and the victory was awarded to O'Brien. The amount of the stakes was £50 aside. Stioni Engineer was seconded by Jack Balaock (who seconded John L. Sullivan in his fight with Mitchell) and by Jockey Saunders. The winner was seconded by Britton and Guyderill. The latter, as will be remembered, beat Shoni in a fight with knuckles at Berkeley Castle last year. The referee was a representative of the Sporting Life. Just as the fight had closed, Superintendent HosanC]uet, of the Newport police, appeareri on horseback on the scene; but by that time both men bad left the ground. The police-officer was only chaffed, as were also some other constables who later on came upon the party with gentle inquiries as to who had won Another correspondent writes :—The Newport county constabulary got wind of the fight late on Tuesday; and before 4 a.m. Superintendent Bcsanquet was in the saddle 011 the way to the reudeavous, followed more closely by a con- veyance full of county officers under P.S. Patsk. Toe superintendent arrived on the scene of operations just as the parties were disappearing. H, saw one of the combatants, understood to be O'Brien, and ascertained that he was not punished much, a few scratches 011 the face, and some traces of blood being all the evidence. The fight took place in a meadow near the railway station. The men and their backers and friends got out very early from Cardiff by cabs and other vehicles. They reached the rendez- vous shortly after four, and speut some time in getting up the ropes and stakes. The fight lasted 21 minutes, and consisted of about a dozen rounds.

LIBERAL ORGANISATION AT NEWPORT. At the annual meeting of the Newport Liberal Five Hundred, held on Tuesday evening at Newport, Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P., presided, and there was a large and influential attendance. The Chairman delivered a stirriDg speech, which, in its references to the Liberal candidature of Mr Albert Spicer, was loudly cheered. The finances (if the !lsHociatiol1 showed a balance to tbe good. Mr John Cory was re-elected president. Mr H. J, Parnell was elected chairman of committees. A resolution was passed condemning the Sugar Convention Bill.

MR CHAPMAN'S PHOTO STUDIO, High-street, Swansea. The best work in Wales, the most mode- rate in price. Mr Chupman will be in personal attend- ance at his studio during the coming holidays. 1052 A CABD.—Mr Bert Harris, Portrait Painter, 2. Dumfriea.pl.t.ce, Cardiff 1043

4- MR CARR "SUPPORTED" BY THE TRADES' COUNCIL. WHAT IS THE TRUTH ? CONTRADICTION FROM THE PRESIDENT. ACTION BY INDIVIDUAL LODGES. MEETING AT WORKING MEN'S CLUB. If ever the supporters of Mr Noah Rees had entertained any fear of the result of the election, that feeling has been effectually dispelled by the events of the last twenty-four hours. On all hands there is plentiful evidence that the Trades' Union Council simply committed suicide when a section of its members decided to support Mr Carr. They have supported him in the sense that one man helps another downstairs with the toe of his boot. The illstarred resolution adopting him as a candidate has simply meant the dis- location of the council, with the result—for out of evil comes good — that a thorough re-organization wiil now be insisted on. Lodge after lodge has determined to repudiate the decision arrived at by the council, and have condemned in unmistakable terms the adoption of the Tory puppet as a candidate for their representation on the corporation. But comment is Leedless. Here are a few bald faces. As Oliver Wendell Holmes Bays, When you want to convince a man, stick a fact into him." Under this method Mr Carr would soon become a veritable pincushion.

CARDIFF SHIPWRIGHTS' SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOK. SIR,—We are instructed to inform you that the following resolution was unanimously passed at a summoned meeting of the Cardiff Shipwrights' Society held this evening :—" Resolved, that in the opmion of this society the action taken by the majority at the trades' council meeting in nominating a candidate for the town council without asking the opinion of the societies con- nected therewith, it being a deliberate violation of the rules of the council where deletes have taken upon themselves power which it was never intended they should possess."—We are, &y., J. JENKINS, Chairman. W. H. ATKINS, Secretary. May 1st, 1889.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRADES' COUNCIL. TO THE EDITOR. SlB,—With reference to a report which appears in the South Wales Daily News of last Monday, I desire to make a persoual explanation. You say therein The one thing not understandable is the action of Mr J. Jenkins, President of the Council. He has gone against the opinions and beliefs of a lifetime in even countenancing the candidature of Mr Carr." Possibly you are not aware of the action I had previously taken when the Trades' Council decided to bring forward Mr Carr. As the delegate of my lodge (the Cardiff Shipwrights' Society) I refused to vote on the ground that the views of my society had not been ascertained. Since then I have taken no action with regard to the election, and am guided solely by the resolution passed at a meeting of my society to-night.—I am, &e., J. JENKINS, President of the Cardiff Trades' Council and of the Cardiff Shipwrights' Society.

A REPUDIATION FROM A STONEMASON. TO THE KDITOR. SIR,—I see in to-day's issue of the Western Mail that the operative stonemasons of Cardiff have been added to the list of societies that have pledged themselves to do all in their power to secure the return of Mr Carr to the council. I beg to state that the masons have done no such thing, and on whose authority that appears is a mystery to more than one. A meeting was held on Tuesday evening, and after it bad been addressed by a deputation from the Trades Couucil a discussion arose on the action of our representatives in furthering the candidature of SUCll a man as Mr Carr without the authority of the general body of masons. The only resolu- tion that was put to the meeting was—" That we withdraw our representatives from the oouncil," in consequence of that action with Mr Carr, which was lost by a majority of two. The majority are in favour of the Liberal candidate, and look with disdain upon a man who likens the hon. member for Cardiff uuto a broken Reed, and who succeeds in bringiug the peaceful inhabitants of the town in conflict with the police by the exhibition of his obnoxious cartoons. Such actions as these will most assuredly be relented by the majority of masons residing in the West Ward,— I am, &c., AN OPERATIVE MASON.

INTERVIEW WITH MR NOAH REES. ALWAYS A TRADES' UNIONIST. Mr Noah Rees was interviewed yesterday, on behalf of many working-men voters in the ward, to ascertain his views on questions interesting to trades' unionists, and his replies may be summed up as follow :— TOWN COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND THE PUBLIO PRESS. Mr Noah Reellstated that from the first he had always been in favour of ripening the meetings of committees of the town council for the admission of the press. SWEATING" IN CORPORATION CONTRACTS. Mr Rees pronounced himself opposed to giving town council contracts to sweaters, as he believed that all who actually did the work should reap all the profit of their labour. CORPORATION CONTRACTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Mr Noah Rees very readily stated that, if elected, he should be careful to see that no contract should be made except with Cardiff tradesmen or business men, save in very exceptional cases in which the interests of the ratepayers would be materially benefited. He would not favour the appoiutmenh to any corporation office or service of strangers to the town, but would in every case see that Cardiff applicants had their qualifications well and duly considered.

THE OPINION OF AN IRISH ELECTOR. TO THE KDITOK. SIR,—A good many letters have appeared in the local press 011 the above subject during the last few days, but I am sorry to say that, with one solitary exception, that of Mr Tapp, they have all appeared over a nora de plume. Now, if parsons who write over Shipwright," Moulder," really thought they have the confidence of tliose among whom they work, why did they not add weight to their arguments by affixing their proper names to their epistles? What is more easy than for some scribe to write a lone letter to the papers signing himself Trades' Unionist," or anything else, and giving a ficti- titious name and address, especially when the editor of the paper he writes to is per- sonally interested in the effusiou, but I who would know, if he had allowed his name and address to bo published, that the fraud would soun be found out and exposed. Now with regard to the action of the Trades' Couucil, I think that that body have acted with a want of forethought that will be quite suicidal. If they had the courage and wisdom to denouuoe or publish a protest against any member or members of the council who may have broken any promises, or with whom they otherwise may teel aggrieved, outsiders as well as the members of the branches could respect and sympathise with them. Instead of that, they go, without even consulting the members of the branches, and bring out a man who of all others :s the most obnoxious to the Liberal and Irish voters; but I am elad to learn that their influence is very limited in the West Ward, I will say uothiug of the merits or demerits of Mr Noah liees, for the simple reason that I know nothing of him, though I am a resident of Cardiff for a number of years, but this I will say, as an Irish nationalist, I would rather vote for a Cockney costermonger than for Mr Carr, a man who for years has reviled our race, abused and insulted our priests and leaders, and scoffed and jeered at the noblest aspirations of a struggling nation. 1 need not tender iny advice to my countrymen in the West Ward. They know their duty, and they will do it. They can understand the value of Mr talk about Roman Catholics and education now that he wants to catch their votes, but be will find that, though they are ever ready to forgive when the hand of fellowship is held out to them, they are not so easily caught by hypocricy,—I am. &c., lt WILLIAM O'NEILL, 15, North William-street.

THE OPINION OF A WELSH ELECTOR. TO THE EDITOR. Sm -1 am anxious that the Welsh electors resieent in this ward should be alive to the responsibilities that rest upon them at this elec- tion. From the way in which they rallied to the cause at the election in November last, I think it hardly needs much persuasiou to convince Welshmen that their interests are always with anyone who opposes Mr Carr. I would not have troubled you with this letter if it were not for the specious language of Mr Carr's address, and the false position in which he has, by his trickery, put a number of the leaders of the working men. It is astonishing to mo bow a single working man of Cardiff can be gulled by a man who has throughout his life made a consistent stand against their best interests. The whole extent of Mr Carr's trades'unionism has been pointed by bis opposition to the South Wales Daily News. Were it nat for this and the West Ward election, I don't think we should have heard much about the trades' union demonstration. If there are any Welshmen members of the union, I would urge them to have regard to their country, their religion, and their politics before they decide to cast in their lot with a man who is sailing under false colours. The only other matter referred to in the election address is that of free education. Need I ask anyone who knows the life and professions of Mr Carr to doubt his sincerity 011 this question. It is passing strange that we have never had these views expressed before. I remember the years 1871 and 1872. If space permitted, I should like to give a low extracts from Mr Carr'a writings in those days in opposi- tion to the scheme for free education, which was then proposed by tb leaders of Welsh thought to be put into the Education Act. I remember the bitter and scurrilous effusions poured forth against the Welsh and their ministers of religion. I don't believe much in death-bed repentences. Much less do I believe in these changes of front of Mr Carr's on the eve of the election. Welshmen, beware! Record your settled convictions by voting against Mr Carr on Wednesday next. May I remind you that Mr Carr's opponent, Mr Noah Rees, is a thorough Welshman, one of the few successful sons of Cambria in Cardiff, and a good Welsh Nonconformist to boot. I, for one, would regard it as calamitous if he were beaten. Welshmen, rally together and give a solid vote for Wales against her enemies.—I am, CYMMRODOR.

THE CHARACTER OF THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—I think the attention of the voters should be drawn to the circumstances under which Mr Noah Rees is seeking their suffrages. So far from being a political hack, notorious for his party venom, Mr Rees is a man free from political ambition, who only consented to stand with reluctance, in the hope of thereby benefitting the town. What has been the first consequence of bis action ? Why, that he has lost a contract the profitable nature of which your foolish contem- porary was at the pains of demonstrating by figures in its Saturday's issue. How favourably does Mr Rees's conduct contrast with that of a certain Tory councillor who actually resigned his seat on the council in order to secure a profes- sional job Working men will not be taken in by claptrap practices, coming from an old enemy of our class. We prefer to vote for Liberalism, honesty, consistency, and respectability iu the person of Noah Rees, DEEDS, NOT WORDS.

ACTION AGAINST THE RENEGADES. I LIBERAL MEMBERS SUSPENDED BY THEIR CLUB. At a meeting of tbe Parliamentary Committee of the Working Men's Liberal Club and Institute held on Wednesday evening, it was unanimously decided to suspend from the privileges of membership those men who wore known to be supporters of Mr Cur. The names of those against whom this drastic measure was taken are Messrs J. Gardner (secretary of trades council), Jenkin Jones, A. Jones, and Murphy.

THE CARDIFF RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—Will you be good enough to allow IDe. through the medium of your paper, to give the members of the Ratepayers' Association copies of the replies from the two West Ward candidates to my question, ou behalf of this association, respecting their support, or otherwise, of tha efforts being made to secure the admission of the representatives of the press to the corporation committee meetings?—I am, &c.. May 1st. THOMAS WEBBER, Secretary. FROM MR NOAH REES. Cardiff, May 1st, 1839. Dear Sir,—J have already stated publicly that I am in favour of opening the committees of the Cardiff Town Council to the press. and shouid 1 be elected to represent the tvard I am prepared to press forward this much needed reform.Yours faithfully, (Signed), NOAH REES. T. Webber, Esq., Cardiff Katepayers* Association. FROM MR L. CARR, April 30th, 1889. Dear Sir,—I have always been an opponent! of the system of secret committees introctucrd and upheld by the present majority in the Cardiff Town Council. It is scarcely necessary for me to say that if I am returned on \Vedn"sllay, the 8h prox., I will persistently endeavour to secure the abolition of a ID"do of transacting public business which is not only injurious to the interests of the community, but jnsultln to the general body of the ratepayer- Municipal Star Chambers, County Council. Holy Inquisitions are anachronisms at the close of the 19th century,-F:titu. fully yours, ( J^SCELLEI CARR. Tuos. Webber, Esq., Secretary CArditf x Ratepayers' Association.

A FEW STRAIGHT FORWARD WORDS TO THE KDITOR. SIR,—The nomination of the respective candidates for the representation of the West Ward having been made and decided upon, we can take it for granted that we are in the thick of the fight. This being the case, it. is pleasing to ""0 that the supporters of the Liberal cause in the West Ward are answering the call to arms in the way that they should. I have noticed during the past few days the tactics that are being made use of in order to help on the forlorn hope of those that have forced this contest npon us, and it is my opinion that such tactics are sure to meet their just reward when the deciding day comes on and I also think that the knowledge of tbe tactics that are being used by the opposition will only serve to spur each true Liberal on to more determined action than heretofore, each one being emboldened by the consciousness that the party that stoops to trickery and deception must evidently be in desperate straits. We have a fight before us that requires each true-hearted Liberal to do his duty, not so much on account of tbe small chance of defeat, as to give an emphatic decision against all attempts to obtain a position of honour and responsibility by such means as are being employed by our political opponents. Mr Noah Rees will soon be able to personally demolish the calumnies that have already been heaped up against him. That statement in the Tory can- didafca's address referring to Mr Noah Rees's opinions with regard to free education for Roman Catholics is sure to meet with the denial that it deserves. Those ot us who remember how certain sections of the electors in the West Ward—the Irish section and the Hebrew section—have been spoken of by the same candidate and his adherents at previous elections, will recoguise the object of the above-mentioned insinuation. It tallies well with the statements alleged to have been made by the same candidate to the effect that be would cross the street in order to solicit an vote. 1 am sure the members of the temperance party will know for whom to vote when the pulling day comes on. They will not forget how the authorities, in their efforts to enforco laws in accordanue with temperonce principles, have been attacked and abused by the newspaper of which the Tory candidate is the guiding spirit. They will also remember the way in which the Sunday Closing Act has been assileJ in order that it might be repealed, so that its beneficial effect in changing Cardiff Sundays from being days of drunkenness and shameful sights, and nights of debauchery and wickedness, into what a Sunday ought to be (a day to be looked forward to with gladness) should be destroyed. Well,I suppose that we will have the usual flood of falsehood and abuse flowing around us for the next few days, all having its rise at the old, old source but let every Liberal that may have been entangled in the meshes of the eacmy's net by tmch wiles as fl ittery and smooth talk-of which there has been a lot of late—frae himself from his bondage, and let all stand firm—tradesmen and workmen—and let none be deceived by the position that the Tory candidate has endeavoured to assume—that is,cbampion'of the labour cause— (a cause for which, we all know, he would not have the slightest regard if he were able to gratify his ambition by any other means),and the victory will be ours. Let every working man take care that he is not made a tool of by others, who have been wheedled and caressed into promising the Tory candidate their combined support and let every one that has the right cause at beart-wbether young or old, whether members of the Junior or Senior Liberal Associations—make use of every opportunity that they may have of championing the cause of progress and reform, and, with the knowledge that Mr Noah Rees is one whose every action will stand the test of public opinion, and that there is no danger of such a cry as No personalities being made use of on his behalf, we will once more show the party that makes a habit of compromising its opinions when a testing time comes that we will have none of its members —not even in their most beguiling and deceptive form—and that the electors of the West Ward will not condescend to be represented by the candidate who is 8eekin their suffrasres on non-political- otherwise Tory—lines.—lam, &c.. A WEST WARDITE. Wood-street, Cardiff, 30,h April, 1889.

BRUTALITY OF A RHONDDA HAULIER. EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT. At the Pontypridd police-court on Wednesday before the Stipendiaiy (Mr Ignatius Williams) aud Mr E. John—Thomas Jones, a haulier, employed at the Coedcae Colliery, was charged with having badly ill-treated a horse on the 29th ult.—Eiiis W. Edwards, a door-boy, said that on the day in question the defendant was driving the horse, attached to six full trams, at a rapid pace. He followed tha animal, and beat it with a sprag, the horse meanwhile blowing and foaming awfully, and bleeding at the nose.—Mr W. Evans, farrier, Coedcae, said that he bad found two or three great lumps on the side of tbe horse, and the animal was now so sensitive and sore that it could not bear anyone to touch it.— Defendant was sent to hard labour for six weeks.

CRUELTY TO A DONKEY AT NEWPORT. THE DEFENDANT A BLIND MAN. George Storer, a blind man who is frequently to be seen in Bute-street, opposite St Mary's Churcli, was summoned at the Cardiff police court on Wednesday for working a donkey in an unfit state. Inspector Greenwell. R.B.P.C.A., stated that he found the animal drawing a cartload of coke. Under the harness was a sack, which on being removed was found to be saturated with blood from a running sore. Defendant had been previously warned, and he was now fined 40s and costs, or one month. He was given time to pay the money,

BREWERS AND TEETOTALERS. On Wednesday Messrs Mitchell and Company, brewers, Birmingham, organised a May Day procession of drays and brewers' vehicles through tbe city a mile in length. The temperance party followed the procession closely with several thousands of children carrying banners bearing the words, What has the trade done for us Our fathers support the brewers and we starve the brewers are not our friends."

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THE LIBERATION SOCIETY. TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE IN LOMDON. PROGRESS OF THE WELSH DIS- ESTABLISHMENT CAUSE. The triennial conference of the Liberation Society opened on Wednesday morning at the Memorial-hall, Farringdon-street, London. Mr J. Stansfeld, M.P., presided, and among others present were Mr Carvell Williams, Mr Broad- hurst, M.P., Mr John Ellis, M. P., Mr Arthur J. Williams, M.P., Sir Walter Foster, M.P., Mr Halley Stewart, M.P., Mr Handel Cossham, M.P., etc. The report of the committee stated that, although many circumstances had stood in the way of the society's agitation during the last three years, there were unmistakable indications of the progress of its principles. With reference to Wales the report Baid:— If the course of political events has been unfavour- able for vhe disestablishment aitation in England, it has in no degree checked the movement for disestab- lishing the Church of Inland in Wales. On the contrary, the new politiJU activity of the Welsh people, the demand for legislation III accordance with their wants and feelings, the earnest desire for im- proved means of educaingi, and the discontent occa- sioned by the appropriation of tithes to tue support of the church of a small minority of the people, have combined to make the society's work in the princi- pality easy as well as most hopeful. The declarations of Mr Gladstone, of Lord Derby, of Sir William Har- court, of Mr John Morley, of Sir George Trevelyan, and of other Liberal politicians hae still further intensified Welsh national feeling and stimulated Welsh activity and. if the effeot should not be seen in the present Parliament, it wlli be iuljy seen at the next general election. The CHAIRMAN, in his address, alluded to the defeat of the Liberal party on the Home Rule question three years ago, and said that the consequence was that the cause of disestablish- ment had suffered temporarily, first of all by the diminution in Parliamentary numbers, and secondly from the absorption of the mind and time of Parliament and the public by other questions. But was that really a loss to their cause? He held the very distinct opinion that that occurrence had not been a loss, but a gain and a blessing in disguise to their cause. (Cheers.) They all knew that this intermediate period had been a period for the progress and growth of their cause. The Liberal party had gone out into the cold but refreshing and invigorating air of opposition, and would return with greater strength and more determined will to under- take the great tasks before them. (Cheers.) The disestablishment of the Church was only a question of time. (Hear, hear.) No sane man under the present state of things would propose to establish the Church for the first time, but many wou!d defend its* existence. How long tbat would continue was a question which he thought recent letigatiou would answer. (Hear, hear.) Ritualistic leaders would not abate their claims— claims which no practical statesman could ever concede—and it needed only that the present state of anarchy in the Church should continue a little longer to enable tbem to attain the end they had in view. (Cheers.) Mr JOHN ELLIS, M.P., moved a resolution expressing great satisfaction that there had been a marked growth of opinion in favour of a policy of disestablishment, and regarding with gratification the determination of the great mass of the Liberal party to press for the application of that policy to Wales aud to Scotland at the earliest practicable period. Mr HENRY BROADHUKST, M.P., seconded the motion. Dr HUTTON (Paisley) said disestablishment yielded to none in the force of its appeal, and he considered the question should be treated as one of urgency. After some further discussion, in which Mr ARTHUR WILLIAMS, M.P., and Mr CARVKLL WILLIAMS took part, the report was adopted. Dr CROSSKEY (Birmingham) moved a resolu- tion urging upon the society's supporters the need for resolute and continuous efforts, not only to defeat reactionary educational designs, but to secure the establishment of a system aiming at the promotion of educational instead of denomi- national interests, and providing throughout the kingdom unsectarian schools, under the control of popularly elected masters. Mr PIGTON, M.P., seconded the motion, and referred to the large disproportion between the teaching in Church training colleges of theo- logical and sectarian matters and the more immediate business of elementary teachers. The motion was carried, and the proceedings of the conference were adjourned till this morniug. A public meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the Metropulitan Tabernacle. Mr A. lllingworth, M.P., presided. Mr Thomas Eiiis, M.P., delivered a speech, in the course of which he said the streugth of the Welsh revolt against an alien Establishment could be gauged by the fate which had befallen the gentry and squires of Wales at the county council elections.

THE SUGAR BOUNTIES BILL. ANTAGONISM IN CONSERVATIVE CIRCLES INCREASING. ATTITUDE OF LORD n. CHURCHILL. The first meeting of the Special Commission to examine the laws by which the International Sugar Bounties Convention is to be enforced met at the Foreign Office on Wednesday afternoon. The representatives of Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Italy, tho Netherlands, Russia, and Spain were present. Baron Heury De Worms was elected president, and after discussion as to the order of business, the commission adjourned until Monday. The fress Association says:—During the last 48 hours several additional Conservative members have intimated their intention of voting against the second reading of tha Sugar Bill, and indications have been given from the Unionist side which make it clear that a considerable number of Lord Hartington's supporters will either go into the same lobby as Sir Lyon Playfair or abstain altogether. Mr Richard Chamberlain will adopt the same coune as 1\1r Caine and Mr Jesse Collings aud vote against the bill, but Mr T. W. Russell will support the Government. The following amongst other ConsRr/atives are expected to oppose the measure:—Messrs J. M. Maclean, Hornby, Jen- nings, Kiug,Addison, Maple, Boord, J. R. Kelly, Holloway, H. T. Knatchbuli-Hugessen, Sir E. Birkbeck, Commander Botheil, and Mr Mattinson. The attitude of Lord R. Churchill is doubtful at present, but it is regarded as not improbable that he will go witb the Dissentient Conservatives, in which case Mr Maclean and his co-thinkers count on receiving tha support of Mr Hanbury and Viscount Ctiizon as well. The conviction is growing iu Ministerial circles that the bill will be allowed to lapse. Members of the Governmeut, however, when questioned on the subject state that an obligation exists to submit the proposal to the House, and that the division wiil not be treated as a party matter.

SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH AT BRISTOL. THE PROJECTED HARBOUR OF REFUGM. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bart., President of tho Board of Trade, attended on Wednesday evening the annual dinner of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce. Responding to the toast of "Her Majesty's Ministers," Sir Michael said the Associated Chambers received him with such kindness at Cardiff and in London, and the provincial chambers had honoured him with so many invitations to attend their annual gatherings, that he simply could not absent himself from their annual meeting that evening. The right hon. gentleman referred to the action takeu in:reg-ard to trade combination by the asso- ciated:cbambers, and expressed the opinion that it would be practically impossible for these II rins" to be carried to a successful issue, as some persons anticipated, and any attempt ti prevent them by legislation would certainly be retrogressive. The Railway and Canal Act would do something to diminish the grievances of traders. In regard to harbours of refuge, he did think, speakiug for himself only, that harbours of refuge might and ought to play a very important part in the defence of the coasts of this kingdom. And if they or anyone else could show that, for the sake of other commercial interests, they were willing to bear some share of the cost of constructing a harbour of refuge in tlleir neighbourhood, and if it could also be shown that the harbour would be of distinct advantage to our naval interests, then he thought it was a case for a grant on that account from the Imperial Exchequer. (Hear, hear.) Therefore he ventured to suggest to the president of their chamber when be came to see him on that subject that the great shipping towns bordering on the Bristol Channel, which desired to have the harbour of refuge in that channel, ought first to make up their minds where th?t harbour of refuge should be, and what they were themselves prepared to do towards constructing it, and then to go to the Government with a case if they had a case.

SOUTH WALES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. HANDSOME SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. At an ordinary meeting of the council of the University College* of South Wales and Mon- mouthshire held on Wednesday at Cardiff, were present Dr W. T. Edwards (in the chair), Principal Viriamu Jones, Professor Roberts, Mr Johu Duncan, Mr C. T. Whitmell, Mt G. C. Thompson, Mr Thomas Davies, and the registrar (Mr Ivor James). It was announced that the Dean of Llandaff had generously promised to contribute a further sum of £25 per annum for three years to provide a scholarship, to be awarded next September. The council have now to acknowledge the following contributions for scholarships to be competed for in Septem. ber :—Mr F. L.Davis, Ferndale, two scholarships, one of JE40 and the other of JB30 a year, tenable for three years Lord Aberdare, oue scholarship of £25 and one of £20, held similarly Dean Vaughan, one scholarship of £25 and one of £20, tenable under the same conditions; Mr John Cory, £25 a year, tenable for three years and Mr Richard Cory, one scholarship of £20 for the same period. These two latter scholarships are provided for by an endowment fund contributed by the Messrs Cory,—Routine business followed.

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LIBELLING A CARDIFF MINISTER. THE "WESTERN MAIL" AND THE REV GARMON ROBERTS. MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL. APPLICATION DISMISSED WITH COSTS In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court" of Justice on Wednesday — before Mr Barou Pollock and Mr Justice Manisty-the libel action of Roberts v, Daniel Owen and Company, Limited, proprietors of the Western Mail, Cardiff, in which plaintiff bad been awarded £2,OCO damages, came on for hearing by way of a motion for a new trial. Mr Lockwood, Q.C., and Mr Abel Thomas represented the plaintiff, and Mr Finlay, Q C., and Mr A. T. Lawrence appeared for the defendants, Mr Finlay said this was an application on behalf of the defendants for a new trial on the ground that the damages were excessive. The libels consisted of a series of letters and some articles in the Western Mail, a newspaper pub- lished in Cardiff, and related to a charge which had been made against the plaintiff by a servant, formerly in bis employment, that he was the father of her illegitimate childt — The jury found in favour of the plamtiff, and thereby negatived the plea of justification that the chaige was true. The girl was called and repeated the relations which she said bad existed between herself and the plaintiff. Mr Roberts denied the story, and the jury accepted bis denial. The defendants did not in any way ask their lordships to reverse the finding of the jury. They accepted their finding as final, but what they did ask the court to say was this— that the damages were out of all proportion to the injury sustained by the plaintiff through the libels of which be complained. Baron Pollock: What were tha damaKes ? Mr Finlay replied £2,000. Tho girl took affiliation proceedings against the plaintiff, which were beard on the 28th of March, 1838. Sho gave her evidence before the magis- trates, and the proceedings were reported at length in the newspapers the following day. In those reports the story told by this young woman was set out in the words she had used when she told her story. At the conclusion of her evidence the bench of magistrates gave their decision in these words. The Stipendiary said: We dismiss this case on the ground that, there is no corroborative evidence." So the affiliation prooeedings came to an end, but the pro- ceedings were reported in the newspapers, and whatever injury the articles did plaintiff, it must necessarily be small as compared with these reports. Mr Baron Pollock Do you complain of the attitude of the learned judge in this case—of his summing up, for instance Mr Finlay said he did not. His Lordship left it to the jury to say which they believed—the man or the woman, and he pointed out the danger of accepting the un- corroborated statements of a woman in a case of this bind. No complaint was made of bis lordship's remarks, but the defendants did complain that the damages were far too high. The learned counsel said he would read all the letters and articles. Mr Lockwood hoped their lordship3 would see the papers, and not hear merely what was written. lIe wanted them to see the position in the paper in which the articles were placed, the type in which they appeared, and the whole publicity given to the announcements from time to time. Mr J ustice Manisty asked if tbe papers were in court Mr Lockwood said he bad some. He had applied for others, but could not obtain tbem from the newspaper office. Mr Fmlay read the series of letters and articles which were complained of as constituting the libels. The court then adjourned for luncheon. Mr Finlay, continuing his argument after the court re-assembled, said three of the letters inserted in the paper on this case were sigaed by the writers' names, viz., Mr Richard Evans, Mr Daniel Owen, and Mr Rees Enoch, oue ot the guardians. Others were signed by such words as "Honour and Action and it was suggested, as an aggravation against the defendants, that these letters were written in the office. The idea, however, was entirely dissipated by the evidence of Mr James Harris, the assistant-editor of the paper, who swore that the letters eigne in that way were genuine. He was not going to trouble their lordships to go through ail the evidence. All that would have to be looked into was that which bore on the damage sustained by the plaintiff, aud the best way of ascertaining that was to look at his evidence. Mr Justica Manisty What was the defence? Mr Finlay said the defence substantially was a justification that the words written were trud in their ordinary and natural meaning. Upon all the materials before the court he did submit to their lordships that the damages were altogether extravagant. This gentleman, Mr Roberts, was iu receipt of a salary of JB156 per auuum for his duties as the clergyman ct a congregation at Cardiff. Even if it be taken that the plaintiff's giving up bis situation was the result of these articles and letters in thedefendants' newspaper, and not of the atE: iation proceedings, which might be a matter of doubt— even if it be taken that it was purely owing to the articles that he had to give up his. situation, £2,000, he contended, was absurd compensation for the loss of that position. What the jury had done was this—they heard the story told by the girl, they heard the story told by the plaintiff, they really had given plaintiff damages in respect of the charge I made by the youug woman. Surely such a verdict ought not to be allowed to stand, aud be asked their lordships to send the case down for a new trial. Mr Lockwood (for the plaintiff), in opposition to a new trial, said that owing to the action of the defendants' paper Mr Roberts had been obliged to give up the chapel in which he bad officiated in Cardiff, and had riot been able to re- turn to the chapel. Ie was difficult to imagine a more vindictive series of terrible libels than those which this paper had thought 6t to level against the plaiutiff. Up to the time of this attack on him Mr Roberta's character was good, and his repotatiou stood high. Ou the 7th of February, five days after the child was born, and before any proceedings of any sort or kind had been taken with a view to atfiiliate the child upon the plaintiff, the attacks were made on him, and it was idle for his learned friend to try and get rid of the verdict by suggesting that the jury were awarding plaintiff damages for what tbe girl had said about him at the affiliation proceedings. It was persisted throughout the trial that every word of this libel could be justified on the ground that it was true. The trial took place last October. From the month of February, 1888. until the v. rdict of the jury cleared the plaintiff from a charge for which there was not a tittle cf foundation Mr Roberts had to suffer under this accusation, that he had debauched a young woman, who was practically a child iu his house as a servant, and therefore under his protection. This was the charge made against plaintiff, who was the minister of a Nonconformist denomination. Under such circumstances was there anything excessive in the damages the jury had awarded ? It had been said that all the letters written on this subject were genuine, although not the whole of them signed by tbe writers' names. My learned friend pro- ceeded Mr Lockwood, says somo person was called in the office to prove these were bona-fide letters to the editor. But no person was called who had written tbem, and what was more extraordinary was that they declined to call Mr Carr, who, I believe, is the manager of the paper. Mr Carr wrote a letter on March 31st, in answer to a letter from plaint:ff's solicitor, in which he says that neither specifically nor inferentially can the articles be said to refer to Mr Roberts. That letter is an absolute falsehood, and nothing else, on the part of Mr Carr, who was in court, but who was called away on important business to Cardiff." Mr Finlay The business was a municipal election in which he was a candidate, and you said you sympathised with him. Mr Lockwood: As I should sympathise with any parson who was a candidate at any election (laughter)—but what I am particularly anxious to bring before your lordships is that Mr Carr told a deliberate falsehood when he penned that letter of February 8th. Continuing, the learned counsel said tbat somo of these letters "were written under the name of Charity," but he ventured to say that the name of Charity was never so prostituted in any case as it bad been in this belralf, because, although the whole correspon- dence was published ostensibly under the plea of charily, the letters were inserted in the paper to perpetuate the injury which bad been done to the plaintiff. One of the letters was signed by Daniel Owen. J.P., one of the largest shareholders ia the company which owned the Western Mail. These libels were so bad and were so widely published tbat there was not a district in Wales to which Mr Roberts could go without the chafges being rememberod against him. That bemg 80, what money could compensate ME: Roberts for being 80 attacked ? He did not deny that the people of Cardiff bad the right to assist the young woman who had had this child. In aiding them in tho assistance, the defendants had no right to make a series of vindictive attacks upon Mr Roberts. No doubt there were hundreds of people in this district of Cardiff who having had their feelings excited against this man, bad formed a strong opinion against him, and still held to the opinion, although he had done everything he could to meet these charges. The jury, therefore, felt probably tbat the matter would not stop with their verrfict, and hence they had assessed the damages at £2;000, because they knew that Mr Roberts, as long as he lived, would continue to buffer from these charges. The learned judge who tried the case did not appsau to be dissatisfied with the verdict, and he asked their lordships to say whether, in view of libels of this nature initiated by the defendants. it could be supposed there was anything unreasonable in the conduct of tbe jury in award. ing Mr Roberts damages to the extent of £2,000 ? Mr Finlay, replying for the defendants, said Mr Lockwood had shown much warmth in his advocacy of bis client's cause, but beyond this had stated nothing to justify the jury in awarding tbe plaintiff such extravagant damages, Mr Justice Manisty said there was one thing which bad struck bim iu this matter. Along with nearly the whole of the articles was this statement, c. Sa., report of affiliation proceedings Western Mail, 29th of March, 1SSa." A newspaper migntonce report such proceedings, but might thijy go on week after week and day after day referring to that report—in fact, re- publishing the proceedings? Mr Finlay said the damage done from that causo was very slight, because files of the Western Mail containing reports of the affiliation proceed- ings could be procured. All the damage which Mr Roberts had sustained would be covered by a much less sum than £2,000. THE JUDGMENT. Baron Pollock, in giving judgment, said the only question for them to determine was whether tue, jury had awarded such excessive damages as to induce the court to interfere. The court did not interfere with the verdict of juries in cases of libel and slander unless it could be shown that the jury had acted either vindictively or what was called sometimes perversely. It had not been suggested that the jury in this caso had acted in either of these ways. The plaintiff hal been charged with seducing his servant girl, under circumstances which, if true, would have been of the most scandalous character, and bis conduct had been held up to public scorn aud contempt, and having quoted-various expressions from the libels, his lordship said they did not stop short of speaking of tbe plaintiff in the most insulting terms, and it was said tbat the rev. gentleman and not the parish should pay for the girl's offspring. It was now assumed by this paper that they had taken a fair and calm judicial position. But this was not the language which should be used after the inquiry and after the decision. He thought, therefore, the jury were perfectly entitled to consider, in the first place, the actual damage suffered, and, secondly, the fair and reasonable damage which arose from the loss of social position and the anxiety, pain, and suffering in which plaintiff would be placed with regard to bis wife, bis children, his family, and his congregation. These were causes of action, and although he might think individually, and other judges might think individually, that they would not have given this precise amount, or, perhaps, an amount which might be short of it, it appeared to bim hat there was no guiding rule by which this court could interfere to sa) that these damages were too high, and unless somo proposition of that kind could be matntained.tha courtshould not interfere. Iu this country we had nothing like any repres- sion of the press, but the press must use its influence fairly, its liberty being subject to this— that if private damage was occasioned it was open to the jury to give damages which they thought would fairly recoup a plaintiff. It appeared to him, therefore, that the court ougut not to interfere, and this application must be dismissed with costs. Mr Justice Manisty concurred, and said the defendants rushed to the conclusion that this was a grave minis- terial scandal," and assumed the plaintiff was guilty. They persistently repeated the allegations. Having Rot up a sort of subscription list, they published it under the heading The Minister and his Servant." This was in the month of April, after the name of the minister was known and after drawing attention by the heading The Minister and his Servant," they said, see report of affiliation proceedings, Western Mail, March 29th, 1888." Then be found in the subscription list this atiu juncement One who thinks the girl has fallen into very bad hands, 10." So the whole thiug went ou until they came to the last article which, to bis mind, was the most insulting and the most injurious, viz., tbat of the 2lst of April, 1888. But they did not stop there. By their defence the defendants justified the libels. They said, U Tha words we have published are true except the alleged defamatory meaning." What nonsense that was Did they mean to say that the words were not defamatory! If not, it was simply idle to say tbey were true without their defamatory meaning. They were unquestionably defamatory from beginning to end. Then at the trial the justification was persisted in. The girl was called as a witness by defen- dants. Strong speeches were made. Toey did not say, We have acted honestly in this matter and for the public good," but they said "we justify," and they endeavoured to prove that the piainciff was guilty of this scandalous conduct down to the very end of the casej when the matter was left to the jury. That wa& their conduct, aud the jury considered that large damages should be awarded. Ho could not say they were wrong under these circumstances. He agreed with his learned brother that this was not a case in which they ought to interfere with the verdict of the jury. Application for a new trial refused accordingly, with costs.

SHOCKING DISCOVERY AT LLANELLY. A horrible discovery was made, Oil Tuesday, by the men working at Cae Colliery, Llanelly. Adjoining the mouth of the shaft is a cistern, about twelve feet deep, used to supply water to the adjacent engine. In this cistern was found the body of a man, who, from the decomposed state of the remains, is thought to have lain there at least three weeks. Up to the time of the despatch of this parcel the unfortunate man had not been identified, but the following ia a description, may lead to further knowledge of the case:—Age about forty years; height, 5 feet 7 inches or thereabout)); dressed in a dark cloth coat, serge trouaef, striped waistcoat (with brass buttons—the latter bearing the device of a dove and au olive branch), grey flannel shirt, and laced boots. The pockets were searched, but ouly a handkerchief and Is 8 i in money were found therein. The Cae is one of the largest collieries in the neighbourhood, owned by Messrs Nevdl, Druce, and Ct). This discovery adds one more to the extraordinary series of shocking events that hare occurred in the district east of Llanelly, amongst the number being the Bryce, Matthews, and Rees tiapedies, the poisouing of a clergyman's wite at Llwyn- hendy, the fire at Cefucaean, whereby several lines were lost, and the fatal dynamite explosion at Bynea. At the inquest on Wednesday the jury returned a verdict of Found drowned."

THE ABSCONDING CARDIFF SECRETARY. ANOTHER REMAND GRANTED. At the Cardiff police-court, on Wednesday— betore the Stipendiary (Mr T, W. Lewis), Dr H. J. Paine, Alderman Jacobs, Sir Morgan Morgan, Mr Poter Price — Willi&ui Duucau Hannay, aged 24, was brought up on remand charged on a warrant with embezzling the sum of J5126 19, Id, the money of the Cardiff Railway Workmen's Cottage Com- pany, Limited, he being a servant of the said company. The warrant fixed tho 22nd of March as the date of the offence. Mr Superintendent Price aaid that a remand until Friday had been agreed to betweeu both parties for mutual convenience, if the bench would sanction the arrangement.—Mr T. H. Belcher, who appeared for the prisoner, said that Friday had been fixed by Mr Hume, who prosecuted, and he had consented to tbat date. It was arranged for the convenience of counsel. In this case he did not know exactly what form the charge would ultimately take. It was really a case of embezzlement, and criminal einbrziie- ment was a rather indefinite offence. The prisoner was respectably connected, and he was able to offer substantial bail if the bench would hear the application.—The Stipendiary aid that the case would bA adjourned tn Friday and bail would be allowed, £O from the prisoner and two sureties of £25 oacb.

FUNERAL OF MR G. SHEPHERD, c CARDIFF. On Wednesday the mortal remains of Mr George Shepherd, who died recently from the effects of a fall, were interred in the Cardiff Cemetery amidst every sign of the deep sorrow and resrret expariencred by his relatives and numerous friends. Thecor^je left his father's residence in Oakfield-street about 3 p.m., and proceeded to R iath-road Wesley an Chapel, where a speciahervice was held by the Rev J. D.8tevens Among the mourners were the following!—Mr and Mra Charles Shepherd, Mr and Mrs William Shepherd, Mr Charles R. Shepherd, Miss Shep- ] herd, Mr George H. John, Mr George Shepherd. Mr and Mrs W. B. Shepherd, Mr and Mrs D. Shepherd, Captain and Mrs Jenkins, Messrs J. and G. Shepherd, Penarth; Mr R. Shepherd, Windsor-place; Mr J. Davies, Newport; Miss E. Morgan, Miss Morris, Messrs James Wood, Frank Fifoot, J. E. Morel, A. H; Haime, P. G. Skelton, and A. L. Goldswortby. Over 100 employees of the firm of Charles Shepherd and Sons followed the hearse, and tbe district lodges of the Ancient Order of Reohabites, of whioh society deceased was a member, were represented by P.D.C.R. Win, Harris, District Secretary T. Saudey, and Deputy-Chief Ruler J. A. Jenkins. A large number of the personal friends of the deceased also attended. The 6r81 tributes of respect to bis memory were most numerous and beautiful, among others who sent wreaths being the employee Roath-road Wesleyan Sunday School, do. chapel choir, teachers Lily-street Sunday School, the office of J. Williams'& Sons, tho society class, Messrs and Misses Goldswortby, Mr Ivor J. Roberts, Mr and Mrs Lewis Williams, Mr and Mrs George David, Mr and Mrs Blake and family, Mr W. S. Hume, Mr J. P. Jones, Mr A. H. Robeits, Mr James Howell, MrR Fred Jenkins, Mr and Mrs D. Shepherd and family, Mr E. H. Bruton, Mr and Mrs P. L. Noel, Mrs Charles Fox, Mr and Mrs W. M. Lewis, Miss Morris (Taibach), a Friend, Mrs Morel, Mr and Mrs Sprent, Mr R. Richards, a Dear Friend, Mr and Mrs W. Lewis, and Mr and Mrs E. R. Moxey, Mr George Stoue was the undertaker.

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SWANSEA. DISAPPEARANCE OF CHILDREN.—On the 16th nit. two little boys and a girl, children of Mrs Ramsey, of 29, Strand, left their home and have not been SEEN since. CRUELTY TO A DONKEY.—At the Swansea police-court on Wednesday—before Dr J. G. Hall and Alderman Tulloch-Frederick Henry Perth (14) was charged with cruelty to a donkey on April Lascelles, RS.P.C A., said he saw defeudant driving a donkey and cart. The animal was in a bad condition, but neverthe- less prisoner stood up in tbe cart and beat it unmercifully with a stick, causing it to gallop at full speed.—A fine of 5S was imposed. ASSAULTING A WOMAN.—At the same court Keziah Roberts, Old Bridge-street, Morriston, summoned Evan Roberts tor assault. — The complainant said that the defendant bad struck her twice on tbe face with his fist.—Defendant said that he and complainant's brother were married to two sisters. Complainant's brother beat hiB wife, and was I\S81<!ted by complainant. This was the cause of all the ill-feeling between him and the complainant.—The bench fined defendant 16s, including costs.

MERTHYR. Two MONTHS FOR DESERTING HIS WIFE.—At the police-court on Wednesday — before Mr North and Mr W. Smyth—Peter E Imunds, of Tredegar (whodidnot appear),charged on adjourn- ment by Relieving Officer Davies with leaving his wife and family chargeable to the union, was ordered to be sent to gaol for two months. A CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.—Patrick Suliivan, a man of 110 settled abode, was charged with stealing a waterproof coat, valued at 37s 6:1, the property of Messrs Masters and Co., on Tuesday. From the evidence of P.O. Thomas it appeared that prisoner came to the police-station at two o'clock and wanted to BE locked up. He was not then accommodated. He returned there, how- ever, at 10 o'clock at night and again said lie wanted to be locked up. He was put out of the police-office, and when be was outside be said he would show the officer his authority to be locked up, and produced a pawn- ticket which ho had obtained when he had pledged the coat for 2s 6d, The coat was taken from a nail outside the shop. Prisoner was sent to gaol for one month.—Miss Fine, pawnbroker, applied for an order on the prosecutors to repay the half-crowu. She said it was putting tempta- tion in tho man's eyes to hang the coat outside the shop as had been done in this case.—Mr North said if they chose to leave the coat out to tempt people, they could not grumble if they had to pay the pawnbroker. The order was made as desired. Miss Fine was also requested to be more careful in future.

EOWLAIS. ASSAULT ON A IORKIIAN.—AT Merthyr police- court on Wednesday, Thomas Joues was summoned for assaulting William Davies, foreman at the Dowlais Works, on April LOIH. Mr Llewellyn (from the office of Messrs James) appeared for the complainant, and Mr Piews for defendant. It was alleged that defendant gave compU-.iiaut a severe blow. Defendant alleged that the assault was not as serious all represented, and that complainant had offered to settle for 50s, Defendant was fined 10, and costs.

PONTYPRIDD. BOARD OF GUARDIANS. — The fortnightly meeting of this board was held 011 Weduesdav the Rev D. W. Williams, M.A. (Fairfield)' presiding.—Mr David Lewis, Caerphilly, moved that the clerk (Mr E. C. Spickett) should take the necessary steps to secure the appointment of AU additional guardian for the No. 1 Ward of the E{lwysilan parish. had been an extra- ordinary development in theCilfynydd portion of the parish, and there was a general feeling that the parishioners should have a better representa- tion.—This was seconded oy Mr Edward Williams, Pontypr:dd, and agreed to.—A letter was read from the head uurse at the workhouse intimating that she would resign her appointment a month hence, and it was resolved to advertise for a successor.—With reference to the treasurership of the union, as to which some difficulty had arisen Mr Prichard, Clydach Vale, asked the clerk to advise the board at their next meeting what course c they had best adopt, with a view of doing away with the present system, and throwing the office open to public competition. He had been informed that hundreds of pounds would be gained to the rato- pxyers if the appointment were tendered for. Dr Howard Davies, the medical officer of the work. house, reported that there were Reveral cases of ophthalmia and other infectious diseases among the children, and called attention to the inadequate facilities in the house for the isolation and successful treatment of such cases. It was decided to call a special meeting of the board for that day week to discuss the question.—A discussion arose as to the best mode of bousing the children, and un the motion of Mr Jones, J.P., tbe following re- solution was unanimou-iy agreed to :—" That thIs board, finding it necessary to provide additionat accommodation for indoor paupers, is of opinion that this can be best made by taking the children from the workhouse and providing a separate establishment for them elsewhere, thus withdra.w- ing them from the deteriorating influence of the workhouse and placing them in an institution where they may be educated and trained in pursuits which will make them useful members of society, thereby freeing them from the taint which npplies to pauperism."—A committee, consisting of two guardians from each parish, was appointed to ascertain details.—The Rev W. Morris withdrew the motion of which he had given notice with reference to the treasurership of the union. RAILWAY TRESPASS —At the pclice-court on Wednesday—before the stipendiary, Mr Ignatius Williams Benjamin Morgan, timberman Gwilym Arthur, fireman and Isaac Lloyd: checkwe;gller, all of Ferndale, charged by Mr Jabez Richards, inspector of traffic on the Fern- dale branch of the Taff Vale Railway, with having trespassed upon the Tuff Vale RAILWAY t't Tylorstown on the 21.L ult, were fined 15s each. 'LITKALIM A BROOCH.—S. Grey, 17 years of AT-G, living at Williamstown, pleaded guilty to having in May last year stolen a brooch, valued at 3 i, from the house of JAMES Bray, coker, Pen- rhiwfer, and WélØ fined £1.

ABERDARE. MUSICAL.At a meeting held at the Cardiff Oastie C See tavern, Aberdare, on Tuesday evening, it was resolved to form a local choir to CIMPTITO for the chief priaa at tho forthcoming National Eisteddfod, and that Mr Tom Scephens, Rhondda, be asked to become its conductor. Mr D, vid Ashtord is to act as secretary pro tern. ELECTRIC LIGHT.—It IS probable that a public meeting: of the niiiabitants will shortly be ca lied to discuss tbe practicability of introducing the electric light- iuto the tJWII generally. Already several large consumers have pledged themselves to support tbe movement.

NKWPORT. ANCIRNT BENMIT FKIKNDLY SOCIETY.—The annual mooting of the Ancient BFNPFIT Friendly Society W;\8 held at the Black Horse Hotel, Newport, Oil Wednesday, the Grand Master, Mr G. O. Keed, presiding. Represintatives from Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, Merthyr, and other districts were present. The aunual report showed that tbe munborsbip had more than doubled during the past year. Nineteen new lodges had been opened, of which eight wfre in Glamorgan and four in Monmouthshire 655 new members had joined during the year. Tne of the society showed an increase of £394, and £280 was added to the reserve fund. 0" the propjsition of the Roath Court Louge, it was resolved to amal- gamate the funds of tbe society. Several new rules were agreed tn, and a proposal, which emanated from the central body, to form a juvenile branch of the society, was discussed, but on being put to the meeting was defeated, Messrs Llewellyn and Brown (Cardiff), Miles (Ponty- pool), Bishop (Newport), and Howell (Bristol), were added to the ceutral committee. Messrs G. O. Reed, G.M., E. M. Thomas, D.G.M., and D. Rowlands, general secretary, were thanked tor their services, and re-elected. The next annual meeting is to be lield at Bristol. FLOUKISHINC A RAZOR. At the birough police-court on Wednesday a powerful looking young man, named Patrick ltyan, appeared to answer a cnarge of being drunk and threatening a shop assistant, named Thomas Dodswortb, Officer Thomas (37) stated that he reoeived comp.amts about the prisoner who was flourishing an open razor m the street and threatening the passers by. He was very drunk, and it required the assistance of another constable to get him to the police-station. Prisoner said that he was using the razor to cut some tobacco, Mr Cullum told the prisoner that be had been in prison for six months out of the past nine, and the bench sent him to Usk for one month. INCORRIGIBLE BOYs. At the tame court Daniel R-ardou and Thomas Hadden were charged with stealing two pieces of coral, a water- proof. and some fancy good8 the property of John G. Williams, 1^0, Commercial-road. The lads obtained access to the house, which has not been occupied for some t)me,and carried off the articles. Deteciive-constable Badger visited the home of Reardon, and niost of the things were handed over to him. He afterwards arrested the boy, who admitted the theft. Hadden, who had taken one of the pieces of coral, was arrested this this mornmg. and he also admitted the theft. The prisoner Reardon has been convicted on three former occasions, and was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment and five years in a reformatory Hadden, who has been convicted twice previously, was ordered to be confined in the cells fat three days and to receive 12 strokes with the birch.

MAINDEE. LOCAL BOARD—The fortnightly meeting was held ou Tuesday evening, Mr J. B/adon presiding. A communication wasread from the Monmouthshire county surveyor offering the sum of £265 19i 9d as the annual contribution from the county council for tbe maintenance of tbe main roads in tba board's district, that being the average amount paid during the past three years. The Chairman said that the offer was a very fair one, and it was decided, on the motion of Mr Harris, seconded by Mr Morgan, to accept it.—Plans were passed for two villas and a lodge to be erected on the Eveswell Estate for Mr Morgan Jones.—Street improvements accounts of B150 to Mr S. Small, jB80 to Mr Parfitt, and £600 to Mr Peters were ordered to be paid.

CRICKET" CRICKKT.—Dr W. G. Grace will play on tbe 3rd and 4th May for J. H. Brain's XI. v. Cardiff. 5773

DEATH OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP. The Rev Dr Higgins, Rnman Catholic Bishop of Kerry, died suddenly at Killarney on Wednes- day. He was noted as a man of moderate opinions, and took little part in current political questions. His lordship, who was 60 years of age, was ordained priest in 1851. and was Archdeacon of Kenmare and Dean of Trales. Dean Cofney will act as vicar capitular until a successor is appointed.

THE OFFICIAL RECEIVERSHIP FOR SWANSEA. We are informed that, notwithstanding the proposed new arrangement referred to to our issue of tbe 30th ultimo, the business will be con- ducted at Swansea as hitherto.

NEURALGIA SPECIFIC.—W. George, a

ANTICIPATIONS. What promised to be one of the dullest races for the Two Thousand Guineas ever known turned out to be one of the most sensational, Donovan, who started the botest favourite ever known for the event, end who seemed to have the issue completely at his mercy, being defeated after a desperate finish by Enthusiast,an animal to whom he administered an easy beating at Leicester a few weeks ago. Curiously enough this is the second time in succession that the race has afforded a tremendous surprise. Last year odds of 3 to 1 were laid on Friars Balsam, who did not finish in the first three, b,ut his defeat was afterwards fully explained, an abeess in his jaw having burst during the struggle. To-morrow I shall select the following Selling Stakes—RAPIER. Seling Plate—MY iiL.NA or BEAXFCAST. Third Welter—TBEASBRER or PLANTAGBNKT. Hea.th Handicap-GALLOPING QUEEN or SACCY LASS. Ciupuenham Stakes—ROYAL STAR. Ely Plate-NOBLiC Cut ir-ritn- or MAYNOOTH. Maiden Plate—INNISHKKN or 13EGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR. Wednesday Night. VIGILANT. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. 10WMALLK KT, WEDNESDAY. 1 3D-A MAIDEN PLAIK of 2iK) sovs. for three year olds col. s 9sc, tiilies 8st Ilib winners extra. It M (1 mile 17 yards). Mr N Fenwiok's Mercy, 8st lilb -G. Barrett 1 Mr Abington's Charing Cross, 9st WlitlS 2 Prince SoUvkotf's Alastor, 9st M Cannon 3 CaptLaings Zano, 9si f Cam.011 0 Lord I;r.,(iford*s ivetsey, 8st J lib Kickaby 0 Mr Ciayton s Kinkora, 8^0 lUb u Weldon 0 Mr H Jennings's Lvuise, 8st lHb Wall 0 Bettiun—13 to 8 agst Zeno, 5 to 2 a,Est Iretsey, 8 to 1 agstMetcy, and 10 to 1 agst any oihtr. Louise. at a fair pace, cut out the work from Charing Cross and Zeno, wiih Mercy 011 the righ t, and Alastor on the left, lying well up. until half-way down the Bushes Hill, where Zeno took a slight leau, but gave way m the Abingdon Dip to Mercy, who won 111 a canter by a ;ength three quarters of a lengto between the second and third. Louise was fourth. Zeuo filth, Ivetsey iiex aud Kinkora last. i O-A TWO Y EA." 01.1) PLATE of 100 guineas; colts Sst 121 o, tiilies Sit 91b winners extra, Bous Course (o furlongs). Mr Faitie's Peterhof, 8st 121b Warren 1 Lord IJunra.veu s .Sir Waiter, 8st 121b XCaniion 2 Lord Penrhyn's Mistiust, 8st -.Weldon 3 Mr Brown's shy '.iirl, 8jt 9.b (joater 0 Lord liliesrot-re s Kercuief. 8sl 9lb T Loa.tes 0 Mr fivau's fclemingt.ou. 8->t 12ib Denliam 0 Mr Hammotiu's Beanfeast, 9st liiekaby 0 Mr lt.>bercs^ Frolic, 8st 910 Loa.tes n Mr L de Koih^chiid's Tarantula, 8st91b „F Barrett 0 Mr Burton's King I>eer. 8st i21b Heslop 0 Bttlng-I,Ou to So agst Beanfeast, 5 to 1 agst Peter. hof, 11 to 2 agst Tarantula, 100 to lb agst Sir Waiter, 10 to 1 agst Mistrust, and 100 to 8 each agst Kerchief and Frolic. Shy Girl, -who held a position on the left, made the running from Peterhof and Sir Walter, with Mistrust. Beanfeast, and Tarantula lying well up to the Bushes, where Beanfeast, dropped away, and half way down the hill Sir Walter took a slight laid, but he was heided iu tla e Abingdon Dip by Peterhof, who won by a lengtti; two lengths between the second and third. Kerchief was fourth. King Deer filth, Shy Girl next. and Flemingtou last 230-A LIGiHT-WEIUHl' SELLING PLATE of 100 uciiieas weight forage the winner to be sold for 300 sovs. Kous Course (5 furlongs). Mr C Archerl's Kim, 4y 7st Griffiths 1 Mr Hibbert's Upstart, by 7s: T Loates 2 Sir C Hartopp's Mirabeile, 3y 6it .G Chaloner 3 Geneial Williams's Jack in the Green, Sy 5st 91b (all 51b) (our 5st 112b) HiOberd 0 Mr Deacon's Lucy Long, 3y 6st Peake 0 Mr H Jennings's Visiere II, 4y 7st WallO Lord Penrhyn's Devonian, 3y bst 91b (all bib) Boorn 0 Beating—IS 'O 8 agst Upstart, 3 to 1 a«st Mirabelle, 100 to lo agst Visiere II, 10a to 14 agst Lucy Long, 8 tol agst &,1\ and 10 to 1 agst any other. IID, in the: centre of the course, jumped off with a clear lead, iAn Li'althougii Upstart and Mirabelle closed with her in (tie Aimiftdou Ihp. she just baid her own, and. after ma king ail the running, won a fine race by a head the same distauce betweeu the second and third. Visieie II was four h, and Derouiau lasL The winner was not sold. 3 15-Tile TM,O THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, a subscription of 103 sovs each, h ft. for three year olds colts 9% fillies 8st 111b; the owner of the second recel ves loj sovs out of the stakes. and fcne third saves j.take. B.M (1 mile 17 yards) 79 subs. MrBaird's IÜTHUSiAST, by Sterling-Cherry Duchess, 9st T Cannon 1 Duke of Portland's DONOVAN, by Galopin- Mowerina, Barrett 2 Mr Abington's PIONEER, by Galopin—Moor- ben, 9st 5 Prince Soltykofl" S Gold, 9st. N M Cannon 0 Mr Hamar Base's c by llerwit-Ma. Belle. 9st J Osborne 0 Mr Manton's Kola ely, 9st .Martin (I Mr Greiton's Miguel, 9st • -O Barrett 0 Lord Bradford"s Swift, 9st -Rickaby 0 Mr 1' Jeuuii'gs.'s George, 9st Nuttall 0 ]3ettil)g- -8:) 1;0 2t) oii Donovan, 10 to 1 agst Pioneer. 10J to 6 agst Gold, 25 to I agst Enthusiast, and IOJ to 1 each agst -Via Belle co.t. Miguel, and Homely. Place Betting -20 to 1 oil Douovan, A to L on Pioneer. 6 to 4 on Knto usia-<t, 2 to 1 agst Gold. 4 to I agst Miguel, and 100 to 8 agst Ma BeUe colt. THE HACK. The interval 01" three-quarters of an hour placed between the Light-Weight Selling Plate and the great event of the afternoon left plenty of time to look over the Two Thousand Guineas horses in the Bird Cage, where they were nil saddled, except Donovan, whu was put right at the Ditch Stables. Miguel led the way to the post, fo liowei by Goorgo, Gold, Pioneer, and Enthusiast, with the Ma Belle colt in the rear. The 1bg fell at the first altempt to a splendid start, and George, who held a position in tbe centre of the course, made the runn in from Gold and Miguel, with Donovan and Pioneer, on the left, lying next, clear of Swift and Homely, iiiiile Enthusiast and the Mt Belle colt brought up t be rear. George brought the Belli along at a good pace until just reaching the Bushes, where he dropj »d aw¡¡y beaten, as di,1 also Gol", Swift" Homely, and the Ma Belle colc, and I)ODOTa'D came over tli,i hill siio-hti), in advance of Pioneer and Miguel, with Knthus-ast, drawing up, next. and to these fou f the r ice was now left Donovan and Pioneer rtvcod s de by side into the Abingdon Dip, Iud they were closely followed by Miguel and and Enthusiast until rising the hill. where Pioneer and Miguel were in tioubltr, and Cannon, bringing Knthusiasi with a strong run, got the better of Donovan in the last dozen strides, and won a very tine race by a head thren-piirts of a length between second and third, and about a neck betweeu third and fourth, Miguel being in iht; latter posiclo,i, Gold, who was badiy kickei at th,- pest, was fifth, and fully a dozen lengths >11 the rear came MigueL Switt was sixth, the Ma B lie cult seventh. Homely next, and George iasc. Time, 1 mi 11 52 1-5 sees 3 4i>— A PitiVATB sWBKP:STAKES of 100 SOTS each, 50 ft, for two yesir olds. TYC. Duke of Portland's Ulva, 8st 2ib.T Loates 1 Mr I. de Rothschild's Wayland, 8st l01b..F Barrett 2 Lord Hastings's Pink Pearl, fist 71b G Barrett 3 Capt Macheli's Belmont. 8st ljOib Robinson 0 Betting—13 to 8 agsc Way land, 6 to 2 a*st Pink Pearl, 4 to 1 agst Belmont, and 5 to 1 asrst Ulva Wayland, on the left, cut out the work from Bel- mont. with Ulva lyiny off on t-I te right, until a distance irom home, where Pink Pearl was beaten, and Bel- mont being in trouble shortly afterwards, the oiher pair diew away, and ran a line race home, which resulted in favour of Ulva by a meek a bad third, t lb—lbe PKKL HANDICAP "f 150 sovs, added toa sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ifor starters winners extra. Peel Course (6 furlongs). Lord Londonderry's Llazlehatcb, 4y 8st 121b G Barrett 1 Mr Cleveland's Fra Diavolo, 4y 6st 101b (carried 6st 121b) Mullen2 Mr Sadl r c, Dolores, 4y 6st 71b Blake 3 Mr Younger's yrone, by 8st bib Wame 0 Lord Kllesmere's Grandison, 5y 7sfc 51b.TLoates 0 J.ord R Churchill's St Serge. 3y bst 9lb ..Wall 0 Gen Williams's L'Avare,3y 6st 21b (:illd Ib) Hibberd 0 Mr Jennings's, jun, Cecil, 3y 6st 4li» Peake 0 Betting—2 to 1 agst Hazleliatch,, 6 to I agst (Jran- dison, 100 to 15 agst f ra Diavolo, 8 to 1 each st St Serge, Dolores, and L'Avare. 100 ta 8 agst Cecil. and 20 101 aast'Tyrone. Cecil, in the centre of the course, showed the way from St Serare and Fra Diavolo, with Hazelbatch on th right, and Dolores on the left, lying well up, for half the journey, when >st Serge drew to the front, but he quickly gave way to Fra Diavolo, who led to the half-distance, wheu H*zelhatcb assumed the lead, and won by naif a lengtil a head only separated the second and thirj. St- Serge was fourth. Cecil fifth, Grandison next. and Tyrtine las beaten off. 4 45-A SKLLlNU PLAIK of ijo guineas, for two year olds colts 8st 12.1b, fillies 8st 91b the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. Last b furlones of AbM. Mr Younger:! H,sille, 8s 91ll Weloon 1 Mr C Archer's Rapier. 8st9ib GBarrett 2 Mr Gurry's :ÏlTocco, 8t l:2lb Wattls 3 Gen Williams's Sand own, 8st 121b F Barrett 0 Mr T Cbaolner's c by Tral)pist- Eddie. 8st 121b J Osborne 0 Mr Taylor-sharpe's Dagmar, 8st 91b ..J Woodburn 0 Mr H Ransford's Wild Fiower. Set 91b .T Cannon 0 Mr Wilkinson's f by Rosicru<;iau—Lizzie Distin, 8-t 9;b K Martin 0 Mr Bail's Lucida, 8st ■ • White 0 Bettina—ll to 8 as*t Rapier, 5 to 1 agst Wild Flower, 7 to 1 agst Sandown, 100 to 12 aust Sirrocco, 100 to 8 ag,t Kosine. and 100 to 7 ajtst Uamnar. Rapier settled down in front, and made the running from Sandown and tbe Eddie colt, with Rosine and Sirrocco 011 the vigbt, and Wild Flower on the left, until a distance from home, whrre itosine came out with tbe race m band, and won in a canter by five lengths; three-partu f a length between the second and third. The Lizzie Distin filly was fourth Lucida and Wild Flower next,and the Eddie colt last. The winner was sold to Lord Dudley fo.r 4 0 guineas. 5 15-The SECOND WELTEK HANDICAP PLATE of iio guineas, for three year olde winners extra. Dewhurst Hate Course (7 furlongs). Mr Hammond's Forest Dancer, 71:1t 2ib .T Loates 1 Lord Ca togans Prince Eddie. 7st lib ,.G Chaloner 2 Count Lehndoiff s Negligent, 7st Waugh 3 Capt Machells Virgin Queen, car 8st bib..Robinson 0 MrBouchsNeriden, 7st 121b M Cannon 0 Lord Gerar is Westenra, 7st 121b Woodburn0 Mr inning s Lady ICar f, 7 t81b G B;rrett 0 Lord Za.lands "inzon, 7st 61b S Watts U Bet ing-2 to I agst Pinzon. 100 to 30 agst Forest Dancer, 6 to 1 agst Negligent, 10 to I agst Virgin Queen, lOll to 8 each agst Lady Kars filly and Meriden, and 20 to 1 ag-t Prince Eddie On her way to the post the Lady Kars filly bolted an-I hrew her jocKey. out Barrett remounted. When the flag fell Forest Dancer, on the left, jumped off iu front of Pinzon and Negligent, with Prince Edoie and Meriden lying next, until a quarter of a mile from borne, where Forest Dancer b«.d his field In trouble, and, making all the running, won in a canter by two lengths three lengths between the second and third. Pinzon was fourth, Meriden fifth, and Westenra last. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. THK DERBY. One mile 4 furlongs. Run Wednesday. June 2 to 1 agst 1;)1 Dorado (o, after aOO to 200 laid) 3 to 1 < Donovan (t to £300) 100 to 15 Enthusiast (0) JUBILEE '-TAKES One mile. Run Friday, May li ■J to 1 ags Goldseeker (0) 100 to 14 — Amphion (t) 900 to 100 True Blue II, (t) 9 to 1 Orbit (t .t 0) 500 to 40 Pioneer (t) 100 to 7 — Bullion (t) 200 to 10 — Homely (t) We bave the authority of Mr W H. Smith for stat- ing that the negotiations for the sale of Bullion have fallen through, and the horse will be prepared for the Kempton Park Jubilee Stakes, run next week. TO-DAY'S RACIENG. ORDER OF RUNNING.—Maiden Plate. 2; Selling Plate for Two Year Olds, 2 30 Heath Handioap, 3; Soiling Stakes for Two and Three Year Olds, 3 30 Chippenham Stakes. < Ely Plate,4 30 Third Welter, 5 Match (Mellifout v Tortoise), 5 30. ENTRIES. SELLING PJ-ATE (for Two and Three Year Olds).- Racier (2y), Sandown (2y), Emilien (3y). Maid Of all Work (2y), BarakinHUJg (3y), aD" Geneva (2y). SELLING PLATE (for Two Tear Olds) —Sir Walter. My Lena, Garter Blue. Shardelowes, Psalm Singer, June Jtilia. Sirrocco. Beanfeast, and Hope Olly. WK1GHTS. THIRD WELTER HANDICAP —D.M. st I b I stlb Neapolis — 9 7 Reaurgam S J Treasurer 9 3 | Old Gold 7 £ Plan tag enet 8 9 Papyrus 7 1 John Barleycorn 8 7 I Bard of » rin 7 0 Porlock 8 61 Fiower o' tbe May.. 7 J The Penman 8 01 Clang 7 I SCRATCH INGS. Maiden Plate-Coorge land Sorceress. Chippenham Stakes—Prince George. Dorense. and Gulbeyaz. Heath Han (i icap-'rhe Gloamin and Bridlemere. Ely Plate-Atbol i.ass May Plate—Barone-s tilly and Shall we Remember. One Thousand Guizicas-Sea hell, Ste Agatha, Jane Hadine, and Crmiere ADDITIONAL ARRIVAL -Shar(te owes >y Chippendale —Paragon, Debenture, John Barleycorn, and Fasting Sally. ENTRIES FOR THE FOURTH WELTER (run to-morrow). ys ys ys Jhn Barleycorn a Ww the Silent 5 Kettlebury 3 Gov Waller. 6 Arundel 6 Alastor 3 Anodyne 3 Motto 3 Devil's Dance., i Patchouli 4 Ghoufleur 3 Jezr-el 6 Lai Brough & Cheroot Norwood 3 Promoter 4 THE OFFICIAL STARTING PRICES. I" 'SPORTING LIYIC" TFLF.GRAM N I £ WM AUK KT M I- KTING. J R,A.fK' WIN.NKR. PRICE. Maiden 1 late Mercy 8 to 1 agst Two V ear Old Plate Peter bot.. b to 1 agst Light-Weight Plate.. Kim „ 3 to 1 agst 1 wo thousand Enthusiast 25 to 1 a^st Sweepstakes tilva ft to 1 agst Peei Handicap Hazelhatch 2 to 1 sgst Selling Plate 8 agst Seconii Welter Forest Dancer ..100 to 30 agst The above prices are identical with those published m the Racing Caleudar" by Messrs Weatherby.

PONTEFRACT SPRING MEETING. TO DAY'S RACING. ORDRR OP RUNNING. —Hunters' Selline Plate, 2; Trial Handicap Plate, 2 36 Prince of Wales's Stakes, 3 lb Pontefiact Spring Handicap, 3 faO Mile Selling, 4 2b Badsworth U'elter, b. ENTRIES MILK SELLING.—Serenade (by), Madame Judas (3y), Old Scotch (aged), Leak (3y), and Honeydrop (4y), each to be old for bO KOVS. SCRATCH INGS. All Pontefract engaemellt--Da.isy and Rusbout. Prince of Wales's Stakes—Marion Hood. Victoria Plate -larion Hood. ARRIVAL-S.The following horses bave arrived Balaclava. Beau Prince, Bitter Sweet, Catch, Celia, Catacomb, Castagnette, Countess Lilian, Crock try tilly, CurraKhmore, C ntest. Doric, Hinninston, Frank Patros, Githa, Honeydrop, Kern play. Lucidities, lileusis, Lente, Little Dot. Murmur, Montague, Mrs Edwards, Medicatrix filly. Mad.ame Jmlis, Nightcap, Princess Patricia. Old Gold. Prerogative. Partiiioik Royal Prince. Ringmaster, :t Martins, SL Francis, Sharpsand, Spencer, Smotherfly, Serenade. WtDit Urchin, Warlaby, Tbimbl by. Hethpool. Eastertide. Calliope, Honi Suit mare, and Kamouna. Expected — Oeye and several others in the moriring.

CHESTER MEETING. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GREAT CHESHIRE HANDITA. One mile.and a quarter. Run Thursday, May 8th. Exmoor 6 8 12 Aperse 4 7 11 Theodore 6 8 12 Theosophist 4 7 In Aintree b 8 5 Derwentwater. 4 7 10 Warlaby 6 8 1 Horton 5 7 10 Cotillon 4 8 1 Fieemason 3 7 9 Tommyrittlemouse a 7 11 Devil's I)ance. 3 7 9 Torchlight 5 7 11 Mosspaui 4 7 V Weights raised 410.

SCRATCHINGS. The Press Association was this mMnin. officially informed of the following scratcbings Link Boy out of Chester engagement*. Dyspepsia colt (twoyeais old) out of all engagements. Mephisto out of the Ely P»a;o. Newmarket and Jubilee Handicap, Kempton Park. Kotherhain out of Windsor May engagements. Colt by Uuoas out of Kllangowan (three years), oat of all engagements in Lord Zetlaud'8 name.

THE RACING WORLD SAYS — 12. 4B. 73. 95 Special—39, 76. THE SPORTING WORLD SAYS Tip. 47; Fox. 25 Rat, 40 Dot, 41. THE DEMON'S CODE.—Chaplin's Pemon Code says ) Pontefract—Wales, 31-29. Lady. Address -Demoa, Spennymoor PARK'S OPINION gave Enthusiast, Enthusiast. En- thusiist. and nothing else, in all mo ning telegrams. 8 or 12. 48. Debenture. Pontcfract-4. 32. Reply-paid" answered. Address—Park, Venner-road, Sydeub >» .rUI': MIDDLEMAN (MENTOR'S) OPINIO* SAV* Newmarket Maiden, 25, Brick. Apple; Death, 17: Chippenham. 15 Ely. jattcy 14. Ponteirac 1 Trial, 12 Handicap, 21, Badsworth, lb. Apple Wales, Contest, Replies (48 words)promptly answered. Ad- dress—J. MEJTTOR. Middleham. Bedalc

LATEST MARKETS, CORN. GLASGOW, Wednestlay. -Fair attendance, but only moderate^demand for wheat and flonr at unchanged values. B<k rs and millers are equally i different about liuyina Fine oats are becoming scarce, and prices raised 5d to 6d inferior sort* miak.irsj Barley, little inquired aiter — foreign, 15s to 16> Bsan< quiet. Canadian peas to a rire a turn dearer Maiw remained at an abnormally low figure, namely, 11s 2d LONDON, Wednesday.- Very little enquiiy for either English or foreign wheat, and prices lemam without ch inge. Flour very quiet at late races. Barley dull, and oats and maize meet a slow sale at previous values. Bjans and peas unchanged. Arrivals Bi iiisb wheat. 100 qrs Foreign— ivheat, 23,870 fl's; barley, 2,730 qrs oats, 22,700 qrs; maize. 20.4i0 ors. fhur. 40.410 s.i.ck-. NEWPORf, Wednesday. Tiiere was a fair atten- dance, but only a moderate amount of business was done Beans, 3d higher round maize, owina: to a temporary scarcity. Is 6a per quarter dearer. OatA brui and scarce NEWPORT, Wednesday,-There was A fair attendance, but only a moderate amount of business was done. Beans 3d higher Round maize, owing to temporary scarcity J od per quarter dearer. Oats firm and scarce. CATTLE. NEWPORT, Wednesday -Tuere was a fair supply. and a moderately good business was done. B->st beef realised b,d to biJ secondary qualities, 5Jd to 6d veal, ód 10 8d mutton (in wool). lOd shorn ditto, S,d lamb, 10a to lid per lb Prices for porker piffs are unchanged HEREFORD, Wednesday. There was a large supply of all kinds of stock, and prices were about the same as last week. Best beef made fully 7d per lb, and inferior from 5d to 6d. Sheep were a lai-goiopply, and sold well, wethers makinl- 9 1 tt) 9,I, and shoru wethers 7d to 8d. Ewes ma.de from 6d to 7d. Lambs made irood prices, selling at from 20s to 50s each, equal to Is t., Is 4d per Ib, Calves were also deai." making 7d to lOd Pigs weie making from 4 d to 5td. The store cattle market was largely supplied, aud prices kept well up. PRODUCE. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday -Sugar cane in fair de. mand and at tirm prices. Beet—May and August. 22s 3d paid. Coffee, cocoa, rice, and linseed unchanged. Casror oil-more doing at ? 15-16 1. Lard easier, and 35 6d to 36s realised. Palm oil ste idy—soft, £ 18 5s hard, £17 lus. Tallow slow. Petroteu n unchanged. Turpentine. 34s 6'l. Niti-Ace oil spot, 8, got to 9s, and a large cargo of tine best at port of call for the Conti- nent at 8, 6:1. i ONDON. Wedne!!d.ay.-SaaT-Tefi ned market Arm, with rather more doing foreign goods 6c1 to 9,1 detrer for future delivoriea beelroot. stronger, and prices 9,1 to Is above the lowest point Yesterday, the quotations being- <:2s fill to 2 9d for M <y-, June, and July rather more inquiry for cane suears, bur prices without improvement. Coffee old with goad competition at full vrices to Is advance Rio furures dearer, at 77s for May. up to 79s 3d for October. Toa- gunpowder sold up to Is 10i m nioigs, 84,1 new. make Congous, 6^d to 8jd Inditn sold steadily at Monday's rates. Rice sieady, but inactive. Cotton market ittarer for American. Jute very quiet. Tallow, Y.C.. 38s 6d spot. Turpeutine, 34». American petroleum, 5id to 5 9-16d KussUn, Skrj spot. PROVISIONS. BRISTOL, Wednesday —(Francis Baroard s Report.}— Bacon—Tue trade on the spot is still very quiet, but American shippers are fim in their idea", mid prices remain about as last quo.ed. Clie"e-A slightly easier tone was noticeable e<rly in the week. hut buoers coining forward at the decline, holders are rather firmer again. Butter unaltered, but only s moderate trade passing Lar(I-Very little atteutior is beins paid t. this arti. le at present, values, if anything, tending in buyers' favour. Flour-Aiuericar and home markets are quiet, and nominally unchanged. Shipments from the American seaboard to Uristo durine the week. 23,000 bags of 12olbs each. LONDON, Wednesday.—Butter—market generally steady-Friesland, 84s to 90s; Kiel and D«uish, JOG: to 108s Normandy, 94s to llos Jersey. Bob to 8as Bacon—market, remains steady at late values. Ham; without change. Lard slow sale. Cheese—besf American, 54s to 56s new Edam, 48s to new. Gouda, 36s to 38s. POTATOES. LONDON," Wedrkes(lAy. -Fait- supplies at market, and trade dull except for best samples, Scotch reg«nt«. 80s to 130s; Enclish do.. 60s to 10 s magnum*, 60s to 100.: Ounbars, 100s to 130i champions, 60s to Ws other descriptions, 50>1 to 80s per ton. FISII. GRIMSBY, Wednesday.—Twenty-four vessels. Fail supply and moderate demand. Plaice, 26s; level, 20. tc 24s; lemon, 40s to 50s soles, 180s to 200i baddoctcs. bs to 10s; round, lO to 12s whiting, 12>1 to 18s; whitches, 288 to ;)2.. per bolt; turbot, 7" io 12., brill, 35 to bs line. Si to 4s dead, 2s to St; ood, 4" tt 7s skate, 4s to 5s dead, 3s each; bake. bOi to 8011 i dead cod, 50s to 753 per score; mackerel, 12" to i6s Norway herrings, 4s to 6s 6d per box; crabs, 2s M per score. SUGAR GLASGOW, Wedtie,;day.-Hu,iness resumk,,d at Is M to 2s under the late highest point, and there is much desire to buy. The official report states :—Buyers more anxious to purchase, aud a good business dune at prices showing Is decline since Saturday. RULTER. CORK. Wedine.ta, -Firsts. 9is seconds, Tos; thirds, 69s; fourths, 6ls. Keg*—Firsts, 60s; seconds, (gg; thirds, 68s..Mild-cured flrkija—Supertine, 100s jjne, 90s 'mild, 80s. ditto kegs-Fine. 90s. in luu-Ket, 642 firkins, 2 kegs, 73 milrl FAIR. TREGARON, Thesday -Tile monthly (air NN," btld to-day. There was a Rood atteniance of both buyers and sellers. Store catrle were in pood it Alli realised good prices. Best yearliags ,na.<le between £ 11 and Ell Strong stores weru a short supply Sucking pigs sold at 2,16 to 25s each, Iwenty-eifht truck-loa-is left per rail, WOOL. LONDON .Wednesday -16.149 bales brought forward, including 2126 We,. Australian. 3,905 Adelaide, 1.500 Victorian. 940 Q leensla d, 893 New Soutd Wales 854 Sydney, 2,006 .Sew Zealand, 759 Port Pfcllio 2.674 Cape and Natal, 165 various. Competition continues brisk at full prices. ,«> J COALS. LONDON, Wednesday,-A steady market for *abom.< house coals, at fully list prices. Hettons and Tees, I6y Lamb ton s, 15s 6d Lyons and Wear, 15s p-r ton. Ships arrived, 6; for sold, 12. Wind, eamth- eaat. METAIS LONDON, Wednesday. — Copper nothing whatever 'nf■ nearest price quoted being £ 37 10- ca«li and three months. Jin weak—strains, £ 90 to £ S9 l&f cash about 100 tons were done at £ 90 10, tdret months P,89 three months, option of sellers to double. Spolter £17 12s bd. Spanish lead dud. £ 12 16s Eng. hsb, £13, Closing r port Copper quiet but firm; Chili. S57 15 cash f,38 5s three months. Ti. irregular—Straits opened JB89 15s to F,89 12.. 6<1 cash taken, and E90 5- three months, but became dear r. £ 90 to £ =0 5s cash being paid. £ 90 10< for 14 days, and £ 91 three months Spelter, £ 17 l<2s 6d. Lead weaker— Spinish, S12 12s 6d; English, £1215s to £ >3. GLASGOW, Wednesdity.NLI&rkeL flat; large businesi done at 43s lljd and 43s 7d cash 44s 2 d and 43t; 91d one month buyers, 43s 64d cash 438 9id one month sellers near. Middlesbrough done at 38s lid om mouth; buyers, 38s bd oash; 38s 9d one month. sel:ers, lid more. llematiie done at 48s 8d ano 48s 6d one month buyers, 4& 3d cash 48s 6d out month sellers, lid dearer.

A LARGIe SETKQTTOK or MARBLE OI.OOKS, suit-abU for presentation, at Tainsb, 6, liigh-strect, Cardiff. 13730 5596 FITS. -Epilepsy or Falling Sickness, Giddiness, Sensations, and Faints. I will demonstrate to tIN whole world how that most dreadful of all complaints. Epilepsy, which has been hitherto considered incur- able, c&u be permanently cured (without the chance of fa lure). All afliicted may write with full bopo and confidence to Mr Williams, 1C, Oxford.terrace, Hydr Park, London, who will tend fall particulars to aaj peneo, free o" l &U charge. 1163