South Wales Daily News

BIRTHS,MARRIAGES. DEATH Notices ef Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Is each, if not exceeding 90 worda, and to'd for each extra 10 words. DEATH. MORGAN.—On Wednesday morning, John Morg n, late of the Clive's Hotel, Caerphilly, age 47. Funeral Saturday, at 3 p.m. for St. Martin's Church. Friends please accept this intimation. 285 —————■

CHURCH PROPERTY IN WALES. MR ASQUITH, in introducing his Bill for the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Walea, expressed his regret that the information relating to Church property in Wales was "contained in a somewhat fragmentary and imperfect form in two returns made to the House,"—one a return of the revenues of the Church of England lid on the table on the 23rd of June, 1891, and the other a short paper made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of their income and grants in Wales, and dated May, 1889. As might have been expected, the information which Mr ASQCITH was able to glean from these imperfect re- turns was incorrect in several particulars. It is gratifying, however, to find that the HOME SECRETARY rather understated than overstated the revenues of the Church. Thanks to a motion by Mr D. A. THOMAS, we are now able to check Mr ASQUITH5* figures with more reliable data, which are con- tained in a return that has been issued this week by the Government. Mr ASQI-ITH has, as we have said, under stated his case in every particular, though the difference is not very serious. For example, he made the gross income derived from endowments and parochial benefices amount to 2233,000, whereas it is now shown to be over £ 248,000. The gross total of ecclesiastical income derived from Wales and Monmouthshire was stated to be £ 279,000ayear; the present return shows that it exceeds that amount by nearly £ 20,000. The income which the Ecclesiastical Commis- sioners derive from Wales was also under- stated. But it is not only in correctin-, Mr ASQUITH'S figures that the return will be useful. It brings to light certain facts in connection with our Cathedrals, which, in the face of recent controversies and ques- tions in Parliament, may be worth noting. The first thing that strikes us in the return is the difference between the relations of the chapters of Llandaff and St. David's and the relations of the chapters of Bangor and St. Asaph to the Ecclesiastical Com- missioners. In the case of St. Asaph, for instance, we find that the incomes of the dean and canons are provided by the Ecclesias- tical Commissioners, but we also find that the tithes of five parishes in the diocese, amounting in all to £1,369 15s 6d a year, are appropriated to the repair of the fabric of the Cathedral and the maintenance of services." Similarly, in the case ef Bangor, the deans and canons are paid by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, while the tithes of five parishes in the diocese, amounting to £ 1,615 5s 6(1 a year, are appropriated in the following way, according to a note that is ap- pended to the return One-third of the net proceeds ot the tithe rent charge in each parish is paid to the vicar, the re- mainder (that is 21,076 17s) is appropriated to the repair and maintenance of the fabric and services of the Cathedral." But the case of the Chapters of St. David's and Llandaff is different. The capitular estates of St. David's, for instance, out of the revenues of which at one time not only the incomes of the chapter but the costs of keeping the fabric of the Cathedral in repair were provided, have been transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who pay to the Chapter an annuity of £ 2,800." Similarly with regard to Llandaff-with the exception of a small sum of j3180 a year, which has been retained-the whole of the estates have been transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who pay to the Chapter an annuity of £ 3,500. In the cases of St. David's and Llandaff, therefore, no portion of the capitular revenues is now expressly appropriated to the repair of the fabncs of the Cathedrals. The result in each case has been striking. We have heard a great deal of the generosity which Church- men have displayed in repairing the Cathedrals of Llandaff and St. David's by voluntary subscriptions. But in the cases of Bangor and St. Asaph there has been no call for the exercise of such pious liberality. A fixed sum is appropriated every year out of the capitular revenues of the two northern sees for the repair of the fabrics. All the estates of St. David's and Llandaff, on the other hand, have been transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commis- sioners in return for annuities of £2,800 to St. David's and of £ 3,500 to Llandaff. No condition seems to be attached to these annuities, and no portion of them is appropriated to the repair of the fabrics. Out of the annuity of -C3,500 which is enjoyed by the Chapter of Llandaff, it would have been easy, we should have thought, without unduly stinting the incomes of the dean and canons, to set apart one-third for the repair of the fabric, for which such reverence is professed. That, however, does not seem to have been done in the past. The pious zeal ot, the aity had to be invoked in order to do the work which it was the moral duty, and which ought to have been tho proud privilege, of the Chapter to carry out. The Cathedral of Llandaff, as we have been often reminded of late, was repaired through the voluntary subscriptions of laymen and the Venerable Dean ALLEN, of St. David's, has been devoting his official income for years to repair the ancient Cathedral of DEWI SANT. To put the case bluntly, the fabrics of the southern cathe- drals have had to suffer that the Chapter's personal income may be increased; and Dean ALLEN and the pious restorers of Llandaff have been atoning for the grasping selfishness of former Chapters. We have no desire to detract from the merit of these good works; but surely the selfishness of past Chapters is a bad foundation on which to base an argument against the nationalisa- tion of the fabrics to-day I

A Foreign Office report just issued gives I some very valuable information as to the effect which the outbreak of cholera had upon the trade of Hamburg, and shows con- clusively how very important it is that, in I the interests of commerce as well as of the I public health, every precaution should be taken against an outbreak of disease. Fortunately, the Bristol Channel ports escaped the epidemic and if any justifi- cation were needed for the expenditure made by the local port sanitary authorities, abundant proof of the wisdom of their action would be furnished by the report now to hand. It is extremely injurious to trade for a port to be tabooed by foreign Governments, the detentions at quaran- tine to which vessels from suspected places are immediately made subject being the occasion of heavy loss as well as of serious derangement of business. This is a fact not always apparent to ratepayers un- acquanted with commerce but all who have experience of shipping affairs recognise the need for the adoption of pre- cautions even in excess of what otherwise would be required-fur the great object is to prevent entry of a single case of disease, seeing that one such case, even if no other occurred, would be sufficient to bring Car- I diff, Swansea, or Newport within the list of the affected ports, and would subject all the vessels going hence to the vexatious and costly delays of quarantine.

THE prospect of a keen fight over the Evicted Tenants Bill is one of the most satisfactory features of the political situ- ation. Never could the House of Lords choose an occasion when their direct and determined hostility would better serve the ends of progress and, inasmuch as no Bill so rejected by them is returned without being strengthened in the provisions which the members of the House of Landlords consider most objectionable, we may fully anticipate that, by throwing out the Evicted Tenants Bill they will prepare the way for a new measure which shall deal more liberally with the tenants—at the landlords' expense. Their lordships will, at the same time, furnish additional reason foran extinguisherbeing put upon their legislative powers they will give Mr LABOUOHBKE most effective assistance in his crusade against the continuance of an infortuitous concourse of hereditary irrespon- sibles and will help to crystallise into hard resolution the great mass of sentiment that (a) a second chamber which can do nothing except reject or mangle measures distasteful to the landlord class is not the sort of legislative body to hold power in this democracy. It will be an injustice to the evicted tenants, but it will help to olear the way for many measures of justice —and the evicted ones will not ultimately suffer.

How far the Committee or members of the Employers' Tin-plate A ssociation are wise in the advancing, time after time, of arguments tending to prove that they have won in the struggle at certain works on the 36-box rule, time will show. But it cer- tainly does seem to lookers-on who know something of the trade and the relations which have in the past existed, between employers and employed, that the former are playing- with a two-edged tool. At the present moment times are so bad in the trade tlia. a strike of the men as a whole would only serve the ends of the employers, and perhaps it is with this knowledge that some employers are adopting their present attitude of fighting the men piecemeal, as it were, in the hope that if they can continue this course for a sufficiently long time before the good times come they may be able to so exhaust the men's funds that when the favourable turn of trade is reached there may be no funds left in their coffers to sustain a fight. But the men are quite as wide awake to the facts of the situation as the employers are, and' it iiiay be regarded as a certainty that if the employers persist in their present action while times are bad, the men will retaliate when business improves. The workmen have not forgotten how they were treated during the MCKINLEY boom. At that period they had grievances and an excellent opportunity for demanding re- dress, and, indeed, virtually any terms they chose to name. But they honourably held back and now they complain that the employers, under circumstances favourable to their own side, adopt a directly opposite course.

RECENT TROUBLES AT GORSEINON. POLICE AND STRIKERS. AN INQUIRY SUGGESTED. In the House of Commons on Friday, Mr DAVID RANUKLL asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether be was aware that, arising out of a tin-plats trade dispute, the workpeople interested held a demonstration at Gorseinon, near Swansea, on the 26th June last, and, though orderly, were charged and batoned by a small body of police, that many persons who took no part in the proceedings were chased across the common and severely wounded by the police that in the early morning of the following day some 18 or 20 tin-plate workers were resting in a timbor yard by permission of the proprietor, and whilst many of them were asleep were attacked and bludgeoned over and through a barbed wire fencing which enclosed the premises, and seriously injured by the police could he state at whose instance and by what authority this attack was made, and whether a full inquiry, at which the injured persons may be represented and heard, will be made into the conduct of the police on the occasions referred to. Mr ASQUITH said the statements made in the first paragraph of the question were furnished to him by his hon. friend some time ago, and supported by a number of declarations from various persons interested. He had made inquiry by the chief constable, and the report made in reply certainly was not capable of being reconciled with some of the statements made. He brt-fly read the material parts of the report to the effect that about 1.30 on the day in ques- tion an acting-sergeant and four policemen were patrolling Gorseinon with a view to protecting the town and works, where there had recently been some riotous proceedings, when they heard a hilarious noise proceeding from a shed in a timber yard, surrounded by a wire fence, and proceeding there the poltco found about twenty men, most of them smoking, and some who, in the opinion of the sergeant, were under the influence of drink. Thinking that under the circumstances it would be dangerous to allow the men to remain, it being a timber yard and the men smoking, the police dislodged them. On seeing the police approach most of the men took to flight and the remainder were pushed out by the police. The police did not draw their staves or strike anyone, and were able to clear the place without doing so. The ,chief constable was not aware if the owner i f the shed had given the men leave to use it. He (Mr Asquith), aa hiv m. friend would be aware, had no authority—no direct authority-over the"police of Glamorganshire, but as there was such a strong conflict of statements between the accounts fur- nished by parties concerned and the report of the chief constable, he thought he might malce the suggestion to the standing joint committee that they might very well look into the matter and make some further inquiry as to what had actually happened. Major JONKS asked whether the proprietor of the works did not strike bis qtick menacingly at them and use offensive language, and whether this incident did not precede the unpleasantness tha followed ? The Romic SECRETARY I am afraid I cannot answer that without notice.

Sir Edward Lawson and family have arrived at Aix'lee-Baioa,

HELD FOR THE NATION BY THE ESTABJJISHMENT, TITHE RENTS AND LANDS. A return of the property of the Church in Wales and Monmouthshire in gkbe and tithe rent-charge and from other souvoes, has been pre- sented to the House of Commons and is now published. Of the WELSH CATHEDRAL CHURCHES, Bangor Chapter is shown to be possessed of £1,61553 6d on commuted tithe rent-charges and JB15 138 6d by dividends, whilst Bangor sacrist has 435 lands and houses and j3126 dividends. The incomes of the dean and canons are provided by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. One-third of the net proceeds of the tithe rent-charge in each parish is paid to the vicar, and the remain- der appropriated to the repair and maintenance of the fabric and services of the cathedra!. Llan. daff Chapter receives from land and houses £ 14116s Id, and from other sources j638 83 8d. The remainder of the estates have been trans- ferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who pay to the chapter an annuity of £ 3,500. St. Asaph Chapter hai;024 from lands and houses, and titherent-charge of 21,369 15t;6d,vvhicti isappropri- ated to the repair of the cathedral fabric and the maintenance of services, the incomes of the dean and canons being found by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. St. Asaph vicars-choral derive L12 from land and houses and 2346 from tithe rent-charge, and two of the vicars choral are responsible for the parochial duties of the parish of St. Asaph. The estates of St. David's Chapter have been transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who pay to the chapter an annuity of 22,800. SCOLKSIASTICAL BENEFICES. The return gives the value of Church property in the several parishes of Wales and Monmouth- shire, based upon information obtained in 1888 for tho preparation of the Church Property Return, dated 23rd June. 1891, and this is summarised in counties and the parishes as follows J 1. Acreage Rents of Lands and Houses C0CNTY' °f Anrient Private Land. Enflow since!705. WALES: A. a. P. £ £ Anglesey 1,382 3 7 1,415 83 Brecknock 4,424 0 22 2,785 275 Cardigan 6,018 0 9 3,773 107 Carmarthen, 6,822 0 37 4,746 228 Carnarvon 2,377 2 31 1,759 220 Denbigh 2,213 1 14 2,011 57 L Flint 748 2 15 1,079 255 Glamorgan. 3,792 3 14 5,102 293 Alerioneth 983020 614 5j Montgomery. 1,690 1 20 1,587 91 Pembroke 6,191 1 5 6,10& 185 I Radnor 1,556 3 7 1,347 72 Total 38,201 1 1 32,324 2,438 Monmouth. 5,236 1 8 6,982 74 2. 7 K Tithe Rent-charge Income Commuted Amount. from other Sources. C0UNTT- Ancient Ancient e Endow- Be;^c" Endow- Ba"eUc' ment- sin-1703- menL WALES FI £ £ £ Anglesey. 13,699 706 388 128 Brecknock 12,742 867 1,630 321 Cardigan. 6,812 1,816 755 Carmarthen. 8,323 107 1,369 556 Carnarvon 12,595 649 957 805 Denbigh 22,278 442 737 284 Flint 14,562 383 199 708 Glamorgan.. 19,199 88 2,0.-6 1,192 Merioneth 7,819 215 520 67) Montgomery. 17,327 702 600 351 Pembroke 17,264 239 1,868 247 Radnor 8,0<:7 75 882 443 Total. 160,747 4,473 13,042 6,466 Monmouth 19,167 ( 138 1,752 538 PROPERTY VESTED IN THE COMMISSIONERS. Details of property vested in the Ecclesiastical CommIssioners for England in the several parishes of Wales and Monmouthahire are shown, and the aggregate statement of this property in the various counties according to the rental for the year ending 31st March, 1893, is as follows Rental of Tiths Rent COUNTY. Acreage of Lands and Charge Laud- Premises. Commu ted Amount. WALES. I A- P- P. Re.d. Es. d. Anglesey 134 3 2 90 10 0 369 18 1 Brecknock 132 2 1 39 3 4 2,222 S 7 Cardigan 0?1, — 1,117 1 0 Carmarthen 1,523 1 33 2,514 14 5 3.619 6 4 Carnarvon 459 0 31 f 99 19 5 777 5 6 Denbigh 740 0 25 S45 6 2 o T06 lo 1G Tiift 0 2 1,589 19 .3 2,7^11 o Gliiraorgun 1,893 22 |2.229 5 10 4,145 13 10 Alerioneth — — 426 10 9 ilontguwery 9 2 2 13 0 0 406 13 jl Pomliroko 859 0 4 915 0 6 2,5':>0 12 3 Radnor 47 2 20 59 0 0 3,394 19 9 Total ;6,858 1 38 9,061 18 11 2^,049 17 1 Monmoat-h il,446 2 20 2,266 19 6 4,414 18 5 Receipts from COUNTY. Minerals. Manors and JSents- Other Sources. WALES. 2 s. d. :E s. d. £ s. d. Anglesey 0 10 0 — Brecknock 0 5 0 Cardigan — — 25 5 0 Carmarthen 3 3 0 150 0 0 £ 074 Carnarvon 51 0 0 56 0 0 0 3 4 Denbigh — 100 0 0 — Flint. 5 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 Glamorgan 1,230 18 6 151 00 9 1 7 Merioneth Montgomery. — — 200 Pembroke. — 31 16 1 Radnor Total 1,340 16 6 j 477 0 0 96 13 4 Monmouth — 16 159 BENEFICIAL LEASES. In addition to the property included in the fore- going summary, 4,431 acres of land and tithe rent-charges, amounting to £ 6,064 in Wales, and 202 acres of !and in Monmouthshire, are out. standing upon beneficial leases at Lady-Day, 1893. These leases were granted by certain bishops and chapters for lives or terms of years, and in respect of this property reserved rents amounting to IC553 were at that date receivable by the commissioners. In Anglesey this property is 23a. Or. 26p. Breck- nock, 12a. lr. 28p., and 2647 tithe rent-charge Cardigan, £ 450 Carmarthen, 40a. lr. 3p. and £ 718 Carnarvou, 2r. 16p. Denbigh, L581 Glamorgan, 8a. lr. 34p. and £ 140 Pembroke, 3,964a. 2r. 9p. and 1;863 Radnor, 382- and £2,665 total, 4,431a. lr. 36p. and £ 6,064. Mon- mouth, 202a. 2r. 29p.

MEDICAL CONGRESS AT BRISTOL. Business in connection with the British Medical Congress at Bristol concluded yterdllY, and the afternoon was given to social func- tions. Sir Charles Cameron delivered the address on c. lVledicine," and recommended the creation ot a Minister of Public Health with a seat in the Cabinet. He contended that the time must come when the result of researches in sani- tary science will enable men to extirpate some or all of the diseases which even now were considered and termed preventable.

GRUESOME DISCOVERY AT PILLGWENLLY. Shortly after noon yesterday the body of a newly-born female child was discovered on a waste piece of ground at the end of Jeddo-street, Pill- gwenliy, by a boy named John Williams, who lives near the spot aud was playing about there at the time. The body was wrapped in a news- the time. The body was wrapped in a news- paper bearing the date of Juue 9th last, :md was secured by a piece of pink tape. The body was removed to the Pill mortuary, and the police are making inquiries.

DEATH OF INSPECTOR ROW, BRIDGEND. As the result of a severe attack of rheumatic fever from which he had been confined to his bed for the last fortnight, Inspector Row, of Brldg. end, died at the local police-station on Thursday lIiht. He had been statioued at Bridgend for the last three or four y ears, and his promotion last October to the rank of inspector, after 21 years' service in the Glamorgan Constabulary, gave general satisfaction to the public and the force, by whom he was deservedly respected as an able and conscientious officer. News of his demise will also bo received with regret at Pontypridd, Penygraig. and Llantrisant, where he is well known, having been stationed at those places before coming to Bridgend. A widow and seven young children survive him.

jB550 FOR A COSTERMONGER. A costermonger named Field was awarded J3350 damages in tho Queen's Bench Division against the London General Omnibus Company. Plaintiff, whilst crossing Piccadilly with his bar- row, was knocked down by one of defendants omnibuses. One of his legs had to be amputated.

WHAT LORD RO«KBKRY THINKS.-The Earl of Roseberyis such a» impuriant personage just now, and lie holds such a high place in the public regard, that it is of great moment to know what he thinks upon any great question. It is understood in the highest quarters that his popularity is thoroughly deserved, and that it is a proof of a healthy public opinion. Now, if public opinion ii healthy, it proves that the public is healthy. We have not been able to persuade Lord Rosebery to express his opinion, but we are suce it is the same as ours, viz., that, this health of the British public is attained by a judicious use of those world- iamed remedies—Hollowaj's Pills and OintmenU

ROATH PARK DEMONSTRA- TION. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF RESOLUTIONS. SIR E. REED ON CARDIFF CONSTITUENCY. In acknowledgment of copies of the resolutions passed at the Roath Park demonstration on Monday, Mr G. H. Davies, the honorary secre- tary, has received a letter of thanks from Lord Rosebery, and also one from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir E. J. Reed, M.P., in reference to the resolution affecting himself, states "Dear Mr Davies,—I gladly acknowledge your favour of the 31st ult., conveying to me the very generous resolution of confidence which was unanimously passed at Roath Park. I read the proceedings of the meeting, as reported in the South Wales Daily News, which more than con. firms your kind letter. I can only regard this resolution as another example of the handsome manner in which the constituency of Cardiff recognises and rewards the services of its member—more particularly of the generosity with which all sections of the Liberal party have accorded to me their valuable support. I know, of course, from time to time, of the various steps which are taken hy other persons in Cardiff for the purpose of stealing away tho confidence of the constituency from me; and I notice that these persons are" never more busy in such efforts than when I am most completely occupied either with the imme- diate interests of Cardiff in Parliament and in the public office of the State, or when I am largely engaged in other matters of public concern. I cannot honestly say that these efforts ever cause me much anxiety, for when the time comes for me to deal with my opponeuts in the face of my constituency, I believe I shall find, as I have so frequently found, the people of Cardiff stand by their member. It is with that feeling of confi- dence that I always devote myself to the repre- sentation of Cardiff and to the care of its interests, feeling quite sure that while I serve Cardiff to the best of my ability and opportunity, the people of Cardiff will not be wanting to me. My only regret is that I am unable to deserve the full and overflowing measure of kindness which they always so generously accord to me. I am, dear Mr Davtos, Yours very truly, E. J. REED."

BARRY RAILWAY COMPANY. THE REPORTED ACQUISITION OF LAND. A statement appeared yesterday morning in a local paper to the effect that the Barry Railway Company had just definitely concluded negotia- tions with Lord Wimborne for the purchase of a large tract of land on the moors near Cadoxton, in connection with the company's scheme for dock and railway extension. This purchase of land, it may be of interest to state, was the subject of negotiation between the Barry Company and the representatives of Lord Wimborne two years ago, and it arose out of the action entered in the High Court, but which action was settled in 1892, the deed of settlement being signed the 3rd of March of that year on behalf of the company, and the 5th of March on behalf of Lord Wiinborne. The minutes of the terms of settlement, after reciting the details of the different actions, provided that Lord Wimborne should convey his rights in the foreshore claimed by him (and then in the possession of the company), the company having the option of taking an extent not exceeding 68 acres of Lord Wimborne's land, at any time within three years from the date hereof." The date referred to was that of the signature of the deed mentioned above. The company also had the right of takmg a further quantity of land, not exceeding 13 acres, within alike period. Other matters referred to in the inihutes of the settlement are the terms of pur- chase, &c. So far from the matter being a new one, or an attempt on the company's part to acquire all the available land in the direction of Cadoxton, it is one dating from nearly three years back, and the actual purchase was agreed to be effected at the time the deed of settlement was signed. But, as already shown, three years were allowed for the settlement of the details, and all that the company have now done is to enter into possession of the land.

THE WIMBORNE FESTIVITIES. COMING OF AGE OF THE HON. IVOR GUEST. Prc.prtr.-tMor, = r.re b-iug niaois (says tho Western Morning News) on al) elaborate scale fJr cele- brating next we^k the nonting of age of the Hon. Ivor Churchill Guest, eldest sou of Lord Will- borne. The festivities commonc,) on Monday (Bank Holiday) with a fete of the Wimborne Conservative Assocition in Canford Park, when tbe opportunity will be taken to present Mr Guest with a service of silver plate. On the following day a large and brilliant party will assemble at Canford House. Wednesday i3 set apart for the tenants' dinuer, at which upwards of 600 will be entertained, and at which presenta- tions of gold and silver plate will be made on behalf of the tenants, the allotment holders, the employees at Canford, the tenant.. on tbe Welsh estates, and the inhabitants of Broadstone, and others. On Thursday the cottagers of the Can- ford estate will be entertained to dinner, and at mght there will be a display of fireworks. Several functions will be crowded into Friday. A cricket match between the Canford Ciub and East Dorset will be followed by a garden party, for which 1,200 invitations have been issued, and by a dinner for the allotment holders while in the evening there will be a ball at Canford House and another display of fireworks. On Wednes- day, the 15th August, the Welsh tenants are to be entertained to dinner at Bridgend. Glamorgan- shire. Mr Guest is on his way home from San Francisco, ai. 1 expects to arrive in time to take part in the festivities.

ABERYSTWYTH COLLEGE. THE GRANT OF £ 10,000. The authorities of Aberystwyth College and their friends may (says the Daily Chronicle) con- gratulate themselves on the liberal temper in which they found the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer on Thursday. Their deputation was cunningly arranged for the day after the Budget banquet, when he might be expected to be in a somewhat melting mood. He promised them £ 10,000 for buildings on condition of their raising half that sum from local liberality and interest. It was a reasonable promise. The college reoently had the misfortune to suffer severely from a fire, which has crippled it unexpectedly. The Welsh people have shown high spirit in educational matters of late, and now that they have got their University it would be a pity not to afford every rea-ionable encouragement to the enterprise. We have no doubt that Sir William Harcourt's con- dition will be promptly satisfied, and that Aber- ystwyth College will soon be equipped for friendly rivalry with its sister colleges on equal terms.

POSTAL FACILITIES FOR SOUTH WALES, A LATER LONDON POST. In the HOUS6 of Commons on Friday night, Mr D. A. THOMAS asked the Postmaster-General whether it was still the case that in the principal towns in South Wales situated on the main lines of the Great Western Railway letters have to be posted at an earlier hour than in English towns double the distance from London in order to catch the first morning delivery, and if so, whether there was any immediate prospect of an improvement being made in the postal facilities in that district. The POSTMASTKR-GENERAL I am in in corres- pondence with the Great Western Railway on the subject, and although the negotiations are not fully concluded, I hope very shortly to be in a position to announce that I have succeeded in giving the increased facilities that are desired.

CARDIFF CORPORATION BILL. LORDS' AMENDMENTS AGREED TO. In the House of Commons on Friday, the Lords' amendments to the Cardiff Corporation Bill were considered and agreed to.

THE WELSH GOLD MINES. LARGE YIELD. By information from Dolgelly, we understand that during last week one of the Morgan Gold Mines turned out no less than R,1,400 worth of gold and the company have now about 100 men at work, with good prospects of further success.

CADBURYS COCOA. A food alike suitable for building up the growing body, and for repairing the waste which is incidental to all the processes of life. -Health. 1170a IHOO ART THE MAM" is the title of Miss Bradrion's new story which Is now appearing in the Cardij} Tiwn and South. Wales Weekly News. Many special features. A marazine and newspaper in me. Id weekly. Order at onca.

NEWS IN BRIEF. England has won 82 per cent. of the Wall has engaged in. The soup kitchens of Vienna feed every 1 228,000 persons. There are more muscles in the tail of a rat in a human hand. Germany is now second only to Great Bra in steam navigation. A man has invented a bicycle which is eezz to do a mile a minute. The Duke of York tarban is the fashioB* i colour for travelling rugs. London's pauper lunatics are more numerous 800 than they were a year ago. The first record made of astronomical 800 than they were a year ago. The first record made of astronomical 0 tions was at Babylon B.C. 2234. Some words in the Chinese language hi" many as 40 different meanings, Over 20 new trades were introduced Western Europe by the Crusades. Intense enthusiasm prevails in the JA capital at the declaration of war. Rudyard Kipling is fond of fishing and horses, but is little or nothing of an athlete. Japan can at once enter on a campaign 150,000 men, all effective, and if invaded she" her reserves. The Pope is enjoying wonderful health. walks several hours a day, and even tires out attendants. The Right Rev. Dr. Hornby is understood have tendered his resignation as Bishop Nyassaland. In the United States there has been a gain Sunday-school membership during the past tM years of 1,191,289. The Queen's physicians are four in number; the Royal doctors' bill is said to slmonat about L800 yearly. The chief astronomical event of each recurri August is, of course, usually the apparition of August meteors." Clinton, the boy hero, is buried in a com grave, and it is proposed to buy a freehold for little phap's remains. Since the outbreak of hostilities between Jap* and China thd price of coal in Eastern seas 10 risen about 40 per cent. The sparks on Mars have revived the d idea that the inhabitants of that planet are deavouring to signal to us. Mr Debs, leader of the recent great r aii strike in America, declares that be will n again be connected with strikes. Mr Walter Besant is about to start an a tion against the Government for not appoint a successor to the Laureateship, Among politicians there are fewer aposta than is commonly supposed. To be an apos one must have believed in -,omethinv.-To-day. The full name of the Duke of Westinins prospective son-in-law is Adolphus Charles Al ander Albert Edward George Philip Ladislaus. Somebody has discovered that there is remarkable resemblance between some of & latest portraits of Bernhardt and thejeatures Henry Irving. How far behind Japan China is in enterptJ may be gathered from the fact that in China to day railways do not extend much more than miles, while Japan has close on 2,000 miles. The only national anthem of which the wo are by any poet of real distinction is Norwegian, by Bjornson; the only one music by a great composer is the Austrian, Haydn. Active negotiations continue in the Tariff C, ference at Washington, as well as in influouti quarters outside, with the object of securing agreement. The general belief is that the end near. Prebendary Webb Peploe, who was reoeill offered the living of Holy Trinity, Tunbrid Wells, vacant by the death of Canon Hoare, b. declined the preferment, wishing to remain in II present sphere of work. The eastern hemisphere, on which dwell ninett two per cent. of the population of the world, 0 one hundred and seventy thousand seven borf dred and ninety-two miles of railroad, or fortf six per cent. of the railroads of the world. The Rev. William Coleman Williams, M,J.I vicar of Ebbw Vale, and the Rev. Georf4 Griffiths, perpetual curate of Nantyglo, havebe^ appointed surrogates in the diccese of Lland** for the purpose of issuing marriage licences. Madamo de Sertorious, says a Paris corret poudent, has been elected Mother Supari General of the Sacre Cceur nuns. The order represented in England by large convents Hammersmith, Roehampton, and Brighton. The Rev. Freeman Wilts, brother of thA 1 C. W. the dram«ti>r. has wntt4!P a I'r-J called An Old Song. Tae chief character of piece is Rougot do l'Isle. The song of the play, is almost dUp^Lfluous to say, is tba Marseille00, During the heavy storm which passed of Paris on Sunday the Eiffel Tower was struck j* lightning. The tower, however, has been str scores of tiuifs, and has suffered no ill-effect wb ever. M. Eiffel's gigantic construction is aim a huge lightning conductor. Lieut..Gen. Sir R. Harrison, K.C.B., C.hLgo commanding the Western District, will come 0 South Wales on inspection duty on Monday ne<^ On Tuesday he will inspect the South Wal* Volunteer Brigade at Porthcawi, and on Wt>dne" day No. 4 Mountain Battery, R.A., at Nwpo" Some important alterations have been made the designs of six of the nine cruisers of tlo Talbot class. Submerged torpedo-tubes, wbtf* have hitherto been supplied only to battlesbH* and certain first-class cruisers, are to be provide in these vessels, and fighting tops will be added- The deputation sent from Hawaii by the o posed Queen Liliuokalani to obtain a defini" declaration as to the future action of the Amerll can Government has arrived at Washington. members declare that they have nob come to se6 for the restoration of the Queen nor for compoo sation tor ner. We are given to understand that Mr T. JabO Thomas, of Edinburgh University, has received' unanimous call to the pastorate of the EugliS Congregational Church at Brigg, Lincolnshire and that it is Mr Thomas's intention to aooePM the same. Mr T. J. Thomas is the son of Rev. W. Thomas, Gwynfi, Llangadock, Sonth Wales. Miss Frances E. Willard has recently had tb' degree of LL.D. conferred upon her by the Ob" Wesleyan University. This hodour has beeg given to many distinguished persons, but to laisf Willard belongs the additional distinction 0 being the first woman to receive this degree froll all institution of the high rank of the Obit University. A correspondent of The Times suggests penalty for the publican who allows drunkOO ness on his licensed premises ami on wf drunkards in the locality-viz., give the msgil, I traies in petty sessions, before whom such a CO is proved, power to sentence the public-house t4 be closed for any period not exceeding seven day* without appeal. A movement is on foot amongst county MODY bers of Parliament to secure for district council in England and Wales the privilege of nominal ing to vacant situations in the post offices. Thefl nominat)ons are to be limited to posts where tbf annual salary is under £ 120. Mr Arnold Mor1øf will on Tuesday state the views of the Post Offlo on the suggestion. The Professor of one of the principal colleges jjll Paris has proposed that large blow flies should 14 bred and kept in large cages, being fed up'" blood pliiced between the artificial skin of id figures dressed up in the German uniform. WilO I war was declared, these flies would be render*, venomous by feeding them on the sap of tropi plants and taken to the front in their cageø. from which they would be released, and m,.k6 short work of the enemy. William Nicholls, aged five, and his sisteti Martha Nicholls, aged 12, were travellers by $0 2.29 down train from Grays, on the Londo"* Tilbury, and Southend Railway, on Wednesday when, between Grays and Tilbury Docks station* the boy feU out of the train, which was ruiiliol at 30 miles an hour, and the girl jumped from carriage after him. The train was stopped, the children were picked up by the guard. TbØ' had escaned with no worsn iniurias than n. _¡;- -oI- shaking. Prince Adolphus of Teck is, perhaps (tb* Morning says), the handsomest young man a bo*3 town, and he doesn't look like a royalty, for be hasn't the prominent eyes of the Guelph f,L"iLf, nor their tendency to embonpoint, nor tl'Ol i German features. He looks, in fact, thorough-bred Englishman of the blue-eyed, haired type. He certainly has not been spoil by luxury, for his father sent him, not to EtO but to Wellington, where the living is Spartan its simplicity; after which he went into the lf Lancers, and cheerfully endured the squalor Hounslow Barracks. 6 The curious incident during the Sontw murder trial, when the prisoner was distress' the witness, Miss Kempton, by looking at h and at tbe request of the presiding magis^j turned his face away, recalls a somewhat sitO] one which occurred not long ago before Sir Iughain-Sir James the Just as he has ø called. A prisoner was before him for cruelty a child. Whet the little mite was brougb* .00 the witness-box the prisoner glared at her. magistrate ordered him to turn right about f bi The man cot three months—two months f°r j I cruelty and a third for seeking to intimid-" I Queen's witness ■ J