South Wales Daily News

| ABOUT MILLIONAIRES. .!¡ 4mer'can paper gives much information to c-n th- subject of the great f >rtunes fesr111 that country, their amount, and how they 3lj"eilt. r Jjohn D. Rockefeller and Mr ^V'aldoif Astor share the pleasant ciis- Wi) ",ri °f being the richest men in the world. The Hf °f each of thein amounts to £ 25,003,000. jCkefdlc.r made his money by inventing ^tj0l roechcd of transporting petroleum to the tk S Markets. He laid a small pipe from one j ^vclls to a railroad, through which the oil !¡t 0 a tank car. From this successful experi- the most powerful monopolies a,] > the Standard Oil Trust. Mr Rockefeller ff9 Ip^0011 tlie Baptist Church, and is one of Ms» contributors to that denomination. 1.Y' httle seen in society. Almost his <>8 _3-mt;inent is driving. Nov/ and then Per'Js art even ins? at the opera; but tt!01'i11 eat bulk cf his time is devoted to his V^krd°llS k^hiess. His life would almost be 8 s'avery by the majority of men but -art is in his business. Hs en.iojs it. He Jort. New York. His brother, Sir William >VJ!0ll, r (fortune £ 6,000,000) possesses the costliest country place in America. !If ¡'" Tarrytown-on-thc-lludsou. The system Vlr)CL«c lighting is the most complete in tho Wires are carried all over the extensive Wu aild the turn of a switch lights the Pisco up. Trotting horses form his pet Nllk fil^ent. In contrast to tho Rockefeller tW^' were accumulated in ons genera- the fortune of the Astor family is inherited diligent ancestry, that goes as far back as ^.Trlkft'ays whcii New Ycrk was called jSsw lin vferdam. Mr Astor's weal this almost wholly «stato. The most fashionable part of. it *orlc, including Broadway, belongs to him. a tradition in the family to go on •itfcj,11? land snd never to sell. Mr Astor is Hir)^l'y- He has written several novels, and ia at work up n another. He is now re- in London. Mr Jay Gould's fortune is -d at £20,000.000 (written in dollars it looks tw^ible, anJ suggests an astronomical calcula- $t>}'> and'is almcst wholly composed of stocks fr bonds in various railroads and the Western 1()11 Telp.grapli Company. At the present owing to the recent depreciation of ?)ch sf0cks \-ind shares in the market, fi? fortune, if realised, AvT.uld be only l'r 5,000 000 Lut he is confidently expecting- a w&e advance in the valu» of railway shares, and that view has been purchasing freely while K-V were ch'vv- He is probably the busiest Q 111 America, ixissessing marvellous vitality ih',1 activity Like all such men, he has suffered <>V>aIth from overwork, and live years ago was C'Sed to retire from active business life. C* is well acain and, if po^ible, more tj^r&etic than ever. Mr Gould has no V.f for amusements. His evenings are occupied Vn the stucLv of reports, as are his days v1 the fluctuations of the market. His eldest prospective heir to the bulk of ms fortune thirty. His favourite sport is shooting Xk ^y pigeons, at which he is remarkably expert. tib head of the Vanderbilt family was the W6ST man in the world. His fortune WAS com- at £ 32,0C0,0G0. He had been left sixteen i,is by his father, Commodore Vanderbilt, t^p doubled it, leaving it to his eight children, bhiv two eldest sons taking the great W it It consists of Govern- ,0- bonds and the securities of the "V a: tw!jt railways, cne cf the most prosperous (fin the ccuntrv. Mr Cornelius'V anderbilt £ 16,000,000)18 more intei- sted in churcn than in finance. The whole family is of Wr?10118 brat, and their charitics are cn a very VJ6. scale. ii is brother, Mr William K. kilt (fortune £ 15,000,000) is one cf the W whist players in New York. He little attention to business, little being j • ^ext to these, the biggest fortune is fer! by Mr Colis P. Huntington. He made it all *%ilr £ 8,000,000. Ho is cne of the greacosi ^alli-0 owners in America. Pie live3 plainly, Jlicp the three miles from his house to his office hL^often than not, and frequently has been Of v.. to say that he does not kn JW the sensation V.r2'? tired. Mr Philip L. Armour made his lje ey in hogs. lie now possesses £ 5,000,000. W ^bvays wears a red flower in his button-hole, s no other extravagance. The early lesson of t abides with him still, as with all the self- e, millionaires, cr multi-millionaires, as they called, and not only thrift, but tem- O106 distinguishes them. Not one among the riciu'-t men iit America is a l^v.ng man." Mr John D. Rockefeller is a CH aosiamer. Mr Astor and Mr Gould seldom wine. The Vanderbilts are equally W 6Jaious. Mr Huntington's strongest era5e n tea. None of tho leading million- smoke. To seine this abstention may to be a loss of c.pportunity. On the whole tL ^ulti-milliouaires of Aiherica. Lear a splendid teeter. Some are munificent in charities. i6 are mon of pleasure. None are purse-proud, to ladies. There aro several on tnp list, V(w Hetty Green is reputed to be the richest 1t¡:t11 111 world. Her father, a whaler in a. '11. Way of business, left her nearly £2,000,000" W aunt afterwards left her almost as much e* By h'ir business ability she has ir creased to £6,000,000. She spends very little on never follows the fashion, and lives simply.- x £ are other ladies c.n the list, chicf.y widows, e SPInsters.

SANGER'S CIRCUS AT CARDIFF. In the way of circus performances, nothing to in any way approach that being given by Messrs John Sanger and Sens at their spacious structure on the Penarth-rcad, Cardiff, has ever before been seen in South Wales. In order to provide attractions for the Christmas holidays the pro- prietors havs not spared either pains cr expense, and tho programme they offer their patrons may unhesitatmsdy be pronounced the most novel and entertaining ever offered to a provincial audience. The equestrian ieats which, after all, are what most people expect to find occupy a prominent, if net the chief, place at a circus, are as spirited and daring as any that could be witnessed. Miss Xda Xiomarque, the Continental equestrienne, and Miss Nellie Bailey are most graceful performers. Mr George Sanger, in his great jockey act, in the course cf which h several times mounts a bare-backed horso going at full speed without using his hands, and Mr Wilkes Lloyd's evolutions cn horseback are rare Hxhibitions of skill and agility. Herr Hoffman's tandem manege with tho horses Mameluke and Kassassin affords opportunity for an ex- ceedingly pretty exhibition of more than ordinary equine intelligence, both horses being splendidly trained, and going through their part without a fault. The excelsior trcupe of educated elephants, over which their trainer, Lieut. Hartley, seems to havo the most absolute control, afford the younger members of the audience a highly amusing ten minutes' entertainment. The comic business is entrusted to as efficient a troupe of clowns aa ever played high jinks in an arena. A pleasant diversion is the gymnastic excrc iso en the horizontal bar by the Rornah Troupe, whose acrobatic feats are remarkably cood. But the great feature of each performance is the water carnival, which forms the second tableaux of the grotesque pantomime, A Rustic Marriage, in which the entirely novel process of transforming the ring into a lake is '/one through in the presence cf the audience. Messrs Sanger and Sons have gone tc enormous expense in the carrying out cf this original idea, and certainly the freedom of their outlay is appreciated by the public, for an audience more thoroughly delighted, or one in which there was more expatriation upon the merits of the prand" aquatic finalo than that which thronged the building on Monday night it would indeed be difficult to find. The completeness of the arrange- ments may be gathered from the fact that in a few minutes 40.000 gallons cf partially-warmed water transformed the aroir.i into a miniature lake, with verdant island in the middle approached by rustic bridges and round which a number cf 1xats and canoes curry their pleasure-seeking freight. Pan- tomime at Sanger rf is pantomime—that is to say, the screaming farce is worked cut in every detail and with amasing rapidity without the utterance of a word by any of the characters, whose acting is as clever as it is exaggerated and laughable. Even when tho signal has been given for the rou°*h and tumble business to begin, and when the ^dinr guests who are enjoying the aquatic wWitics find themselves sprawling in the water ar^d a confused mass of boats, oars, padales, duel-s &c. they never forget that they aro taking oart^ ir a Genuine pantomime, cf which there is no book of words. The fun at the close becomes so fast and fqrlOUS that one prolonged roar of laughter is all that the audience can offer by way of acknowledgment. Tho incomparably grotesque mass of humanity tumbling about in their midst has to be seen to be I adequately realised. Some sught unforseen occurrcnco having on Monday night prevented the warming of the water, a good deal of pluck was required of tho performers taking part m a, business so damp and chilly. While Messrs Sander continue to offer the puolic or Cardiff such unrivalled entertainments as that which Íd now delighting thousands nightly, they need not fear any falling off either in the 8iz or enthusiasm of their audiences.

TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING."—.Guide. 3d.; HOTV to commence.—Tcbr/xouists' Outfitting' Co. 183,. Euston-road, London. 887 LIVEB COMPUFLJXTS. —Dr King's Dandelioi and Qninice LivCT pms.ithou Liver AND SWROAEH Complaints, BIHO^UESFL.HEAFECLXE.SICK 134

YSTRAD. THEFT OF MONEY.—At the Ystrad police-court on Monday—before Mr Ignatius Williams—David John Williams, alias Brecon Bach, residing at Mardy, was charged with stealing a purse, con- taining £2, the property of a friend named Henry Williams, living in the same locality. On Friday evening the parties had been drinking at the Royal Hotel in the vicinity, and on walking home arm in arm it was stated that the prisoner put his hand in his companion's pocket and purloined the purse produced and the contents. Prosecutor observed that ho felt the prisoner's hand in his pocket, and a few yards further picked the purse off the ground and accused him of the theft. Prisoner denied, but he was soon after taken to the lock-up by Sergeant Llewellyn. However, the missing money was not found.—Prisoner was fined £2. or in default one month's imprisonment with hard labour. The money was paid.

YSTRADGYNLAIS. PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS.—On Monday— before Messrs H. Lloyd, E. Benthall, and Dr Thomas—Llewellyn Jeffries, innkeeper, was fined JS5 and costs (and his license was also endorsed), fcr permitting drunkenness cn his premises on the 1st iust.

PONTYPOOL. ALLEGED THEFT.—On Monday—before Mr A. A. Williams (chairman), Mr R. Greenway, and Mr W. L. Pratt—Thomas Fleetwood was charged with stealing 13s 4-d, the property of Arthur Cleaton, at Blaenavon, on tho 29th ult. Prisoner, a lad of 17, pleaded guilty. It appeared that prisoner went to tho works' office with prose- cutor's "divider,"upon which he drew the pay, with which he absconded to Birmingham, wnero he was arrested.—Prosecutor not having returned from the Christmas holidays, prisoner was remanded till Saturday. EMBEZZLEMENT.—Sydney Cox, carman, was charged on a warrant with embezzling £4178 lOd, the moneys of Messrs R. T. Smith and Co., railway carriers, on the 12th December. Prisoner, who had been apprehended at Drybrook. pleaded guilty. According to th evidence of Mr R. J. Meadows, the company's agent, prisoner did not return from his rounds on the 12th inst. with the moneys he had received, amounting to the sum mentioned in the charge. Two charges were gone into, in which sums were received from Mrs M. Davies, grocer, and Mr H. Beach, Greyhound Hotel.—Sentenced to a month's hard labour.

NEWPORT. A BOXING-DAY INCIDENT.—At Newport police- court en Monday, Patrick Shannon, a tall Irishman, and Sarah Thompson, lodg- ing-house keaper, 63, Canal-parade, were charged with assaulting Joseph Parsons, and stealing a silver lever watch and chain from him. The prosecutor is an elderly man, living at Tredegar, and on Box- ing Day accompanied another man to Newport to see the fun. In the course of the evening they got to Thompson's house, and here Shannon, whom P.O. James deseribed as lodging at the place and acting as chucker-out, took him by the collar and eased him of the watch. The police arrested a woman named Litson, who was also in the house, and she said she was not going to be nunished for nothing, and made a clean breast of all she knew. The landlady was present when Shannon performed the dexterous and thievish action. On the following day (Saturday) a man named Win. Dwyer, who came from Tredegar a few days or a week before, and had iodged at Thompson's, reproved Shannon for taking the watch. When lie shortly afterwards fell asleep Shannon struck him over the head, and inflicted a severe wound, renewing the assault to such a cruel extent that Dwyer had to be taken to the infirmary, where he is now detained, with his head and face a mass of bruises, and his eyes closed up. The Bench remanded the accused for a week, the man in cus- tody, and the lodging-houso keeper, who is an elderly woman, and offered to assist in recovering the watch, on bail in a surety of £ 10. STEALING A WATCH.—On Saturday evening, Edwin Andrew Arthur, a tailor, of 25, North-street, Baneswell, Newport, was about town, anft met Ellen Shean, a well- known character, on Chepstow-road. He accom- panied the strange woman to her lair, 17, Glebe- street, Maindee, and lost his watch and chain. These facts, foregoing and subjoined, were elicited at Newport Town-hall on Monday. P.C. Thomas (36) described how he found the watch and chain on a ledge high up the chimney in the back room, covered with half a bucket of soot. Was it going ?" I said tho Magistrates' Clerk, asking the time- honoured question with a witticism lurking in the wcrds. "Yes, it was going," said Tnomas, severely the watch was ticking in the chimney at 3.30 in the morning." "Ticking in the chimney ejaculated the man of law, with well- feigned astonishment. "It was a dark search," tried the Clerk. "Yes, but I had a light of my own," was the ready response. The prosecutor gave evidence by signs through an interpreter, the deaf and dumb alphabet on the tingers being accelerated by signs and motions. At first prisoner said she had never seen the man at her house, but afterwards that he gave her the watch and now plausibly asserted that she understood that he gave it to her.—The Bench found the prisoner guilty, and it was her 33rd appearance before them.—Head Constable Sin- clair said prisoner had been turned out of half-a- dozen houses at Maindee, and was a pest.—The magistrates sent her away to Usk prison for three months.

PENARTH. A VIOLENT RAILWAY PASSENGER.—At the Penarth police-court on Monday — before Messrs Corbett and Trayas—William Couch, pilot's assistant, of Cardiff, was charged wit\1 being drunk and disorderly, and with assaulting P.C. Robt. Henry, P.C. Charles G. Thomas, and Inspector King, whilst engaged in the execution of their duty — P.C. Henry said that at 11 p.m. oil Saturday last defendant arrived at Penarth by train, and tendered a halfpenny to the collector instead of his ticket. He then went through the gate. The collector fetched him back, and asked witness to detain him until all the tickets had been collected. The defendant became very violent, and used very filthy language. He also wanted to fight witness. When the passengers had all gone he gave up his ticket, and again wanted to fight. He wanted to fight a third time when out in the street. Witness then took him into custody with the assistance of P.C. Thomas, when he again became very violent, and kicked witness. He was also violent in the police-station, and kicked Inspector King in the charge room. Ho also lacked P.C. Thomas on the way to the station.—Inspector King corroborated, a.nd said defendant kicked him in the groin.—Fined 5s for being drunk and i31 and costs for the assault on the police, or, in default of payment, imprisonment.

LIANDAPJP. STEALING FOWLS.—At the Llandaff police- oourb on Monday—before Mr R. C. G. Dornford, Mr Evan Lewis, and Col. Woods—Alfred Chugg, htbourer, Maindy, was charged with'stealing three' fowls, of the value of 10s-6d,fronutyard at thbaDk: ,of the Maindy Hotel on the 24th inst.—P.C.- Phillips deposed that on Christmas .Day,,from information he received, he went td the .coop at the. back of the hotel, and i found .that it been broken open, and a. head ofWi^lying- outside. Åmn's hat was given to kim, inside of which he found ,ticket. He then traced the footsteps of a man from the proceeded to the aod •> asked prisoner whether the hat belonged to him. Prisoner replied that it did not, but that the ticket was his. The prisoner also acknowledged the theft, and showed witness the place where he had thrown one of the birds.—Prisoner pleaded guilty, and, as j^e had been previously convicted for theft, he sent to prison for three months' with hard labour.

CARDIFF. A LICENSING CASE.—At the Cardiff police- court on Monday—before Mr T. W. Lewis (stipendiary), Dr H. J. Paine, and Mr Robert Bird—Mrs Wiltshire, landlady of the Halfway Housej Pontcanna, was summoned for permitting drunkenness on her licensed premises on the 13th December.—P.C. Isaac Tooze stated that at 8.30 on the evening of Saturday, the 13th, he visited the Halfway House, in conse- quence of hearing bad language and quarrelling inside. Ho was in company with P.C. Wake- field (79). He saw four men in the bar, one of them, named Ulyett, being very drunk, and haying a blue in his hand, from which he was drinking. He was quarrelling with a soldier, and Mrs Wiltshire was between the two trying to part them. At 9.5 p.m. witness re- visited the houso and found Ulyett still there. He was leaning over the counter with some blues in front of him. Witness called Mrs Wiltshire's attention to him, and she said she had asked him to go on several occasions and he had refused to go.—Mr Harry Cousins ap- peared for the defence.—In cross-examination the witness stated that he did not draw the land- lady's attention to the state the man was in on the first visit. Ulyett was very drunk, and staggered when he walked, but he was able to come to the door when the police left, and to stand without holding on to anything.—The case was dismissed.—A prosecution against Ulyett for being drunk on licensed premises was withdrawn. UNLICENSED BEER-SELLING.—Wiliiam Griffiths, licensed refreshment-house keeper, 280, Bute- street, was summoned for selling beer without a license on the 15th December.—Mr H. W. Parker appeared for the defence.—P C. Phillips (67) stated that at 11.45 p.m on the day named, in company with P.C. Dymond, he visited the defendant's premises. In the room behind the shop he found six persons, four of whom said they were boarders in the house. On the table in front of them were four glasses containing beer. In a cupboard in the same room was a 4-gallon cask of beer on tap. On the mantelpiece in the room were a bottle and a glass containing wine. In the front room upstairs witness found eleven persons. They were sitting down, ai^l on the tab^e m front or them were four glasses and a quart bottle partly full of whisky. The defendant Griffiths took the bottle and emptied the whisky into the grate. Witness told Griffiths that he should report him for selling beer wine, and spirits without a license, and he replied I have friends as well as you.Defendant was fined £5 and costs, or in default of distress one month's imprisonment. 1m: ALLEGED THEFT OF A WATCH.—John Sweeney, 64., and Frank Cook, 32, were charged on remand with stealing a silver Watch and chain, value £3, from the person of James Gibson, in Adam-street, on the 8th December. IN o fresh evidence was offered against the prisoners, and they were committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions to be held next week. -.c..

MILFORD HAVEN MINISTERIAL.—The Rev W. H. Rosser, of • Builth, has received a cordial and unanimous invitation to become the pastor of the church and congregation assembling in the North-road, tlie pulpit having become vacant by the reccnt re- moval of the Rev D. Husse/ to the Baptist Church at Abertillery. V

ST. DAVID'S DROWNED AT SEA.—A young man named John Henry Pnilhps son of Captain Henry Phillips, (xoat-street, fell off the masthead of the barquen- tme Ellen Lioya, off the Eddystone on the 18th inst., and was drowned. Much svmuathy is ex- pressed towards the bereaved family.

MERTHYR THE WEATHER.—All ever the district, minor accidents are reported in conseauence of the slippery state cf the pavements and roads. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE \VORKHOCSB. — The entertainment promoted by Mr J W Morgan, Hirwain, for the benefit of the inmates of the workhouse, was held at that institution on Monday afternoon. Mr Thonias Thomas, Aber- dare, presided, and amcng those also present were Mr J. W Morgan (conductor), Mr F. T. James (clerk to the guardians), and Mr and Mrs Morgan, master and matron. The following lacnes anil gentlemen took pa.rt in a very attractive programmeMr J. R. Davies, Mrs T. Gilbert Evans, MissAnnie Jane Jones, Mr W. Rowlands, Miss Cassie Davies, Misses Vaughan, A-r ari-)UrV.- S Seymour Berrv and party, Miss Minnie' Beynon, Mr W. R. Price, Miss M. M. Tnomas, Mr Iv. Castle Mr Gwilym Williams, Mr J. T. OWtiD, Miss iessie Jones, Mrs F. T. James Miss May Morgan Messrs Jake Thomas and Williams; Messrs Pool and party (string band). In addition to the inmates, a number of visitors attended. The pianoforte was kindly ,ent for the occasion by ke3srs Thompson and ohackeu.

P0NTYPRIDD_ ^JETHF!DLSM.—'p[ie examination of candidates for the ministry in connection with the^astG^morganmonthly Ineetingof Calvinistic Methodists was held on M0llday at St. David's candidates presented themselves, and they were examined by the Rev J. Morgan Jones (Cardiff), Rev W J. Jone3 (Ton) and Alderman Jones Griffith (Peny„n,ig)_

ABERDARI5. SUDDEN DEATH OF A TRADES^ N ATCWHAMAN. ^"?i n aincore regret we b(.lve to announce the death, after a few days' ilinpCi!! nf Mr Roes Evr, who has been for at this village. Deceased wa, 0S 0} the house on Iriday and died on Su^ay morn- ing Deceased, who. was an ardent, Liberal, had taKen mucn interest in locai affairs. i Pi March, when he resigned, he had for many years been ons of the guardians of the poor for the Merthyr Un;on He was the chairman of the Abcrdare World's Club, and theXtrid a number of frieadiysocieties in the dlstnct.

MOUNTAIN ASH LOCAL BOARD.—A special mQeti' 0f this board was held on Monday, Mr M. Mor^n presiding, —It was resolved cn thj motion > Mr J W Jones, seconded by Mr J. Lono- + £ „f ti1fi Techni- cal Instruction Act 1889, bo ^o^ted.-It was also ^solved on the motion of T. Jones, seconded by Mr T Edmunds, ^i mplication be made to tho county council fnr Contribution from the local taxation (customs excise duties) m the hands of the county cou^ GX Affcer th, some length, th-tir further consi^^n was de- rerred until the ordinary meetC^f the board, which will be held on Monday JLf Mr J W Jones gave notice that, he would at the next meeting, of the board, move + r>ro«er authorities be petitioned in favo^f a police- court being held at Mountain Ash

TREHARRIS. MINISTERIAL. The Rev \V Jones, the respected pastor of the BrvT>v r La TWHst- CtarcJ,, Who-U.pilte of ,str<1gth to th.e canse of temperance and Lmerahsm III the distl'lct, has acccd,ed to the \ishcs of his ch.ch and ill

TREHERBERT WEDDING. — The marriage nf iyi»- D. P. Richards of Aberdare, secretary L Sir W. T. Lewis, and son of Mr Richards r.rj. nt tiirJ Bute Colliery Treherbert, and' ^3 Sarah Ann Davies, daughter of Councillor pvaI1 Davies, of ^hc same locality, took place on AlonC]ay morning RiS } P.f uh C ,a'(rl1 at Ystrad Ur Richard Richards, brother of the fcridegroo^, was the best man, and the bridesmaids Miss Jennv Richards an Miss Mary Davies. The wedding presents, wInch were very nU!llerou included a foTeGS'l °f EK,e'X.r H°te1' Tentre/a hand- H i rr110™ byMT3 Bowma^Jthe Ystrad 5 ar,ma«m«cent claret jug l °Dr. Perkins, Ion, and a cruet by the Rev. Mjf Price cl^rey- ?KV0m T,>Vics «h? ev Ir I rice, Ton, officiated The newly married couple returned to Co^or Davies's residence, and shortly the district for London to spend their honeymlr,. ChurchST?p £ AIi Horeb Calvj^jg^'c Methodist Chureh lieherbert has given a en,]] to the Rev P. Gelly, Blaen Rhendda. Mr G elly was educated at Irevecca Crd ege and the Univ^ity College of Wales Aberystwyth, where he lad a most brilliant career.

„ DOWLAIS. THE VACANCY ON THE BOAI^ TTKATTH — anriS™ld lthat Eva-U Lewis- a very well-known ana popular resident, is named as a likely candi- date for the vacancy caused it the iVIertlivr Lewis h by the death of Mr D. Robert

CARDIFF. SOHoor, POR THR DEAF AND DUMB, LLANDAFF. congregate, of St. John's, O Jrd fl* in aid of Tho„S„n?\4fS' *» Cbi.cs Jftmes 'rhompson, vir. -=

VALEDICTORY MEETING AT MERTHYR. PRESENTATION TO THE REV MR HILEY. A meeting of the congregation attending High- street Baptise Church, Merthyr, was held on Monday night for the purpose of bidding fare- well. to the Rev D. J. Hiley, the pastor, who has accepted a call to a Dalston pastorate. Mr J. E. Davies, treasurer of the church, occupied the chair, and referred in the most appreciative terms to the character of the work accomplished by the reverend gentleman during the four years he had been resident in the town.Rev J. Morgan, Morlais Baptist Church, Rev J. Gimblett, Eynon Rev W. Jones, Tre- harris Rev D. X. Jones, Merthyr Vale Mi- David Davies, Glebeland Rev Mr Shearn, (Wcsleyan); Mr Hulbert (on behalf of the deteoiii) Mr James Davie! (Sunday school) and Mr T. Powell (choir) also addressed the meeting.—Miss M. James then, on behalf of the church, presenter] Mr Hiley with an address, and Mrs J. E. I). also presented the rev. gentleman with a purse of money and a handsome clock—each the gift of the members.—The Rev D. J. Kiley then re- sponded. In the course of his address he said that the four years he had spent in Merthyr he could never hope to spend any happier time in the days that were before him. He attributed much cf their success to the unity of their congregation. He would ever have very grateful memories cf his stay there. When lie came there he said he would never prostitute his pulpit for any personal or unchristian end. He had never struck any man from there, and he an always thought tho individual who did so was in the coward's category, because the persons thus treated had not the privilege of getting up and de- fending themseives. He,thaiiked ti- e church sincerely for their presents, and expressed his best wishes for the future welfare of tho tliuicl,The pro- ceedings were brought to a close by the singing of a hymn. I

\h.e Irish horse Welcome is only a mere pony fairly v/ore down Little Widow in tho St. Handicap at Leopardstown on .Friday, k0 then waa pulled out a second time a oouple of. later to beat Gipsy Queen, by sheer game- e.ie his 121b. penalty, for the Second- Handicap.-

I MR GLADSTONE ON THE POPE In the last number of his Labaro the Count Campello, head of the Italian Old Catholics, prints an interesting record of a conversation betwixt himself and Mr Gladstone on the prospects of the Papacy. Gladstone said," he tells his readers, I havo been assured that the number of Papists in Rome is now greater that it was before the fall of the temporal power of the Pope." To this the Count replied that "the Roman Catholics in Rome are probably much more decided in thnir view's than they formerly were. But I denied in the strongest terms that tneir number ha.d in- creased. In Rome," said he, "the religion which really prevails, or rather rules like a Sovereign, is sheer mdifTerentism so far as I concerns attendance at public worship. All the principal churches have a desolate look upon the Sunday. The most significant proof of the attitude of the Romans themselves towards the Papacy is the alarming decrease of Peter's Pence. The highest yield of Peter s Pence in Rome is 17,000, and it must be re- membtred that there arc about 40,000 Papal pensioners living in Romø." Count Campello then made the strong as- sertion that "the Papacy, in its religious aspect, is actually dead in Rome, and that it is only active in its political character." Here- upon Mr Gladstone interrupted him by say- ing, "Thiers once made the singular confession of 'religion, I am a Papist, but I am not a Catholic." The English statesman then asked Count Campello whether ho did net think that a Papacy separated frcin the Temporal Power or purely ecclesiastical, would not prove accept- able to the Italians. The Count replied, The Papacy must either be accepted as it is, at its own estimate of itself, or it must be re- jected altogether. The Papacy is incapable of any reformation. It has much concern in its direct and indirect temporal power, whether with or without mcnarchial dignity, than in the welfare cf souls." "But," Mr Gladstone suggested, "suppose a Pope with patriotic Italian sympathies were elected. Would not such a man content lumself with his spiritual authority? "The Italian patriot answered, "A Pope with Italian sympathies is no longer a possibility. The I intrigue and power of the Jesuits would not tolerate him. In Italy, you must re- member, the very name Roman Catholic is now the title of an anti-National party. Be- sidrs the Papacy in its spiritual privileges is no longer acceptable to any thinking or to any believing Christian. Since the Vatican Council (which really exalted the Pops into the absolute master of every Christian conscience in faith and morals) there is no longer a fit place for the Pope in Italy-no, nor in the world. The Count added, Gladstone expressed his full agreement with what I had said. Mr Parnell is probably now of the same mind.

PRESENTATION TO A CARDIFF FOOTBALLER. Cardiff football men mustered in strong force at a smoking concert at the Grand Hotel, last evening, the affair having been specially promoted in order that during the proceedings a presenta- tion might be made to Mr A. J. Levies, hon. secretary of the Cardiff Harlequins lootball Clu. When some years back Messrs Page Wood and Co., of Cardiff, put up for competition among local football clubs a handsome challenge cup Mr Davies interested himself very much in the formation of a Cardiff District Union, under whose management the matches for the cup wore arranged and played. Tho union has since been allowed to drop out cf existence, it having served its purpose, but as honorary secretary during the time it lasted Mr Davies exerted himself so earnestly to secure its success, that it was felt his services to the union, to his own club (the Cardiff Harlequins), and to football and athletics generally should not pass unre- warded. Hence the gathering cf last evening. Mr J. P. Jones (hon. treasurer of the Cardiff Football Club) presided, and among the com- pany who assembled were representatives o a the principal football,. cyclings cricket, and row- the principal football,. cyclings cricket, and row- ing clubs, and other kindred bodies m the town. The presentation, consisting of a costly gold watch and chain, with a handsome medallion attached, both bearing suitable inscriptions, was made, on behalf of the subscribers, by Councillor S. BRAIN, WHO said he had great pleasure in handing the handsome present to Mr Davies It was so handsome, indeed, that he wished he could stand in that gentleman's shoes. (Laughter and applause.) Mr Davies waS a thorough good sort. He had known him a number cf years, more especially in connection with the Harlequins, of which club he (the speaker) had the honour to be president—(loud applause)—and he could testify to his merits. (Applause.) With regard tc the prospects of the Harlequins, he had no doubt that before very long they would get a suitable home and a good ground cn which to continue the successful-athletic meetings they had always had, and to, if possible, enhance their football reputation. (Applause.) He was glad they had this year, for the first time, a Harle- quin, in the person of Bennett-(applaus0)- I selected for the International team. (Loud ap- plause.) The speaker then formally made the presentation. Mr J. P. JONES endorsed what Mr Brain had Kaid concerning the recipient. Mr Davies pos- sessed one noteworthy trait, and that was his indomitable perseverance. (Applause.) He always stuck to his guns, notwithstanding the difficulties he had to encounter—(hoar, hear)— with the result that his club was to-day in a better position than it had ever been. (Applause.) Mr A. J. DAVIES, who was received with musical honours, acknowledged the presentation in a few appropriate words. He thanked botn the president (Mr Brain) and Mr J. P. Jcnes for what ho termed their all tx> flattering compli- ments to himself, and said his one main object since becoming connected with the Harlequins, had be-n to do all he could for the good of Íoot- ball and athletics of all kinds. The Harlequins he was clad to state, were now not cnly ouu of debt but they had a balance in hand-(applaus0) -and he was proud to see that one of thcm had at last been adjudged worthy a place in the Welsh bbruational team. (Applause.) In the course of the evening a number of enjoyable songs and recitations were given by members cf the company, which did not break up till a late hour.

LATE SHIPPING NEWS. [LLOYD'S TELEGRAM. J The Portuguese steamer Lusitania is ashore near Sabres, and will probably become a total wreck. The Norwegian barque Speranga., from Cardiff,? stranded on enteriug Para, but afterwards floated and arrived.

MERTHYR. ALLEGED THEFT BY A BROTHER.—At Merthyr poiice-court on Monday—before Mr North and Mr Smyth—Thomas Jones was charged on re- mand with stealing a coat, the property of his brother, William Jones. P.S. Thomey arrested prisoner on the night of Deo. 23rd. At first he said he knew nothing at all about it, but he said after- wards he had been drinking with another man, and had it not been for him he would not have got into that bother.—Prisoner, who had appeared in court on charges previously, was committed for trial to the quarter sessions.

CARMARTHEN. ACTION AGAINST THE OVERSEERS OF LLAND- DOWEOR.—At Carmarthen borough police-court, on Monday—before Mr C. W. Jones. Mr J. Howell Thomas, and Mr Thos. Thomas, Wellfield. —Mr Rowland Browne, solicitor,clerk to the Car- marthen Board of Guardians, applied for a war- rant of distress to issue against Messrs Robert Bowen, farmer, Cildewyll, and James Howells, farmer, Tanyback, the overseers of the parish of Llanddowror, for non-payment of £20, a call on poor rate. —Superintendent T. Smith, who proved the service of the summons, said the overseers had told him that the call had been paid to the collector.—Mr C. W. Jones: Who is the col- lector ?—Mr Browne: There is no collector for that parish. The money has to be paid to the trea- surer at Carmarthen.—P.. Thomas, assistant-over- seer, living at the Blue Boar, St Clears, said he had received a copy of the call from the over- I seers. None of the money had been collected by bim.—Mr Browne: I may here say that one of the overseers wrote to me on the 11th December stating that he would call on me in the following week to pay up, but he has not been near.—Mr Albert Harries, manager at Lloyd's Bank at Carmarthen, deposed that the money had not been received by the treasurers. The call was made on the overseers on the 11th October last.—In reply to the bench, B. Thomas supposed that neither of the "verseers had put in an appearance because they must have lost the train. The roads between their residences and St. Clear's station were very slippery, and having to go seme distance, no doubt great difficulty was experienced in getting a]on?.—In the result the application was granted, and an order was also made for costs.

BRYNMAWR. ASSURANCE CASE.—On Monday—before Messrs Manley Ashwin and E. L. Gething—Mary Hale sued Thomas Morris, local agent for the British Workmen's Assurance Company (Ltd.), for £4 16s. being the amount due to her on the death of William Smith. Mr T. G. Powell, solicitor, prosecuted. It had been alleged by the company that an alteration had been made on the death certificate from 12 months' illness to six, and that a proposal form only had been signed.—Mr Powell contended that, seeing the name of Annio Jans Williams, who signed a paper, was not on that form, it must have been the nomination she witnessed.—An was made against the com- pany with costs in the case. WIFE DESERTION.—Mary Knowles summoned John Knowles, her husband, for desertion. Mr Daniel Evans, solicitor, Brecon, appeared for complainant, and Mr T. G. Powell for defendant, and an order was made for 5s per week by consent.

FUNERAJj OF MR D. R. LEWIS, DOWLAIS. On Mbnda^ternoon the remains of the late wbertjL6WsV sol¥tor, were conveyed to T<ffi i r3#ifag-place in the Pant cemetery, ■SEL nTiA /?D,eral ^vice was held at HennonChap^ at 1.30 p.m., and an hour later the mournful pmcession started from the house of the deceased ^vJHorlais-street. There was a. very largo and representative gathenn gof all classes of people, aD^> xn addition to the hearse, there were twelve carnages filled with relatives and friends of th^ deceased. Hymns were sung at- intervals alortgroute to the burial place, and- much sympathy was everywhere shown. for the bereáved family.

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CARDIFF AMUSEMENTS. SINBAD AT THE THEATRE ROYAL. The bleak, searching weather prevailing last I evening had doubtless much to do with prevent- ing the Theatre Royal being crowded still there was afgood house, and the three-and-a-half hours' performance was received with considerable satis- faction, judging from the general applause a. The earlier scenes are unquestionably slow,Q1. more properly described, not properly managed—some of the best songs in the pantomime being sung while the individual vocalist is the only occupant of the stage; but as marked improvement has been effected in other directions, this shortcoming will, we suppose, be realised, and provision made by which each distinct feature shall receive the neces- sary infusion of life. From an entertaining pcint. however, there is plenty of action in the latter sections of the show," and at times the audience demonstrated this fact by hearty laughter, and I other forms of unstinted approval. If" the ques- tion seriously arose as to the artists to whom the success of last night's performance was due we fancy that nine-tenths cf the audience would at once declare for the Two Macnaughtons. and Messrs Llewellyn Lloyd and Price Jenkins— that is, ef course, in the purely pantomime sense. Their .patter and business are origins], even to the extent of being apparently impromptu. They stop short of vulgarisms, slang, or double entendre and the amusement afforded was therefore all the more palatable. In a, general sense, no complaint can be urged against the company brought together by Air Fletcher, measured physically, and the majority of the unfunny people must be credited with versatility of talent. Miss Hetty Chapman not only looks, but acts and sings the part of Sinbad with excellent effect, and she has an equally able lover in Miss Sallie Waters as Zobeida. A more diverting contrast could not be imagined than Mr Fuller Allen (Pau! Jones) and Major Titbits (the Old Man of the Sea), and the vocalisation of the former is one of the musical features of the pantomime, while the antics of the latter" take ail round. Mr Torn W. Conway is a capital Mrs Sinbad, inasmuch as he does not make the mistake of overdoing the pare. Miss Ruby Dana (Mrs Price Jenkins) as Hassen, and Miss J'ennie Thomas as Badoura, are seen and heard to advantage in mere than one scene Miss Victoria Lytton, as Will o' the Wisp, is, apart from the special ballet troupe, the finest dancer in the company, and she can also sing; Miss Nellie Fletcher makes up gorgeously, but no less effect- ively, as Neptune, Junior; and Mr E. E. Parker loses no opportunity as Jack Steve- dore, his make-up being a notable one, but his topical song, "I can't, can you?" does not come at a time when he can score. As a Welsh vocalist Mr J-'hu Hughes is already in much favourj but, as a matter rf fact, all refer- ences to Welsh matters and local football- especiaiiy when delivered in genuine parlance by Ap Jones and Ap Thomas—were hugely enjoyed last night; and it almost seemed as though the audience could net be given too much of this satirical matter. As for the Continental Ballet Troupe, more graceful and accomplished dancing could not be desired; and no one can complain that the four ladies are kept in the background. Regarded as a whole, the scenery is highly effective, but the scenes which elicited most admiration were those depicting the Raging Ocean (after the wreck), the Valley of Diamonds, -in which a truly magnificent jewel ballet is cl presented—and Sinbad's Palace of Wealth, which is the centre of an ensemble dazzling in its rich- ness of armour and costumes. The transforma- tion scene is a marvellous piece of work, its various developments and final grandeur in combination of colours equalling any- thing hitherto seen at the Theatre Royal — thanks to the skill of Mr Phillips, of London, who was called upon at practically the last hour to demonstrate his ingenuity in design and painting. When the last piece of stage management has been completed, and several revolving pillared temples are pre- sented occupied with juvenile coryphees, the back-cloth being of dull floriated gold, with rich-coloured parterres ranging from the footlights to the top of the stage, and the whole is illumined with crimson fire, the spectacle is such as to elicit rapturous and sustained exclamations of apprjval. In this manner the curtain was drawn on the pantomime of Sinbad last night, as for the next few evenings the harlequinade will not be presented. After- noon performances are, it should be mentioned, announced for each Saturday until further notice, and for Monday next (Mabon's Day).

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