The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser

RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. A meeting of this Board followed. CWMAMMAN WATER SUPPLY. It was resolved that Mr Thos. Jones be authorized to put a stop tap at the outlet of the water works at Cwmamman. Mr Henry Herbert's report regarding the re- pair of the pipes at Cwmamman was laid before the Board and read, and it was resolved that the attention of Mr L. Bishop, solicitor (Lord Dynevor's agent), be called to the matter. Mr Henry Herbert's report with reference to the provision of a water supply for Ammanford was laid before the Board and read, and it was resolved that it be accepted, and that the Cletk lay the report before the ratepayers of the parish of Llandebie for their consideration.

ROUND THE WORLD.—IX. Hobart Town, our pleasant resting place for the next month, is the seat of government for the Colony of Tasmania. Like Cape Town, it nestles at the foot of a gigantic mountain—viz., Mount Wellington—which towers over it with its lofty height of ovar 4,000 feet. The writer has every reason to remember Mount Wellington, for he toiled up its steep side more than once. The first time we were only two of us-the Curator of the Museum, whose name is Morton, and myself. My companion is considered the most trusty guide in the town, and an excellent mountain climber. So we started off, carrying with us a billy" and" pannikin" and a few sandwiches. It might be well to explain that a billy" is a small tin can always carried by tourists in the colonies for the purpose of boiling water for tea. When the water boils-it is easy enough to boil water in the bush-the tea is put in, and then poured out when ready into the pannikin, which ta a small tin mug. We made our meal some way before we reached the top; and those who know always say there is nothing like tea out of a billy, eapecially if one has climed a few thousand feet, From the top the view was magnificent. There was Hobart, beneath our feet, a beautiful little town, revelling in bright sunshine. Below the town is the more beautiful harbour, with its wide expanse of pure blue, land locked. Behind us lay a succession of hills, wild and picturesque, clothed with Nature's lavish hand, with trees of various sorts, though the eucalyptus, with its sombre-looking leaf, predominates. The side of Mount Wellington itself is thus clothed, and we shall never forget the fact. For in descending, my companion suggested that it would be more interesting to strike a different path, at Tom's hut, a resting place not far from the top. We succeeded in striking out of the old path, but never properly got into the new. Wilder and wilder was the look of things, and thicker became the trees and tangled growth of shrubs of various kinds, and clinging creepers which bound every- thing together so firmly that we could safely stand on the top, five or six feet from the ground. There was not a trace of a path,, and it was extremely interesting. This net-work of tangled growth-varied and beautiful-is briefly called "bush." And our condition—working our way out of it, slowly and laboriously, the most toil. some couple of hours we ever spent-is sum- marily described as being bushed." However, it was an experience worth having. The depth of the bush is well worth seeing, and as long as you are not overtaken by the night there is no real danger. There is not a single native left in Tasmania, they have all either perished in war or died off. They were a very inferior type of humanity, and according to the doctrine of the survival of the fittest, did not deserve to live. They showed no signs of civilisation, were utterly without enter- prise, and did not attempt to clear and cultivate the land. As we stayed a month in Tasmania, our doings there will have to be condensed in another letter. Our lines fell in very pleasant quarters here, for we were taken in at Govern- ment House. The governor is Sir Robert Hamilton, who succeeded to the office of Mr Burke, in Ireland, after the awful murder in Phcenix Park. His Irish experiences would make an interesting volume, and that critical time has made a lasting impression upon his mind. The Governor is greatly esteemed in Tasmania, and they are very proud to have a man to govern them, v. ho is equal to far greater things. His force of character, his strong intel- lectual grasp of public questions, a wide sympathy with all classes of the population, his unvaried courtesy, all combine to fit him to be a leader of men, and ought to bring him to still greater prominence.

METROPOLITAN POLICE. THE COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. There have lately been three matters which direct attention to the Metropolitan Police Force in a way that should cause some anxiety to the ratepayers. We assume that it is the desire of the*roetropolitan ratepayers to have an efficient police force ample in all respects for the discharge of its different duties, able under any circum- stances that may arise to deal with the varied questions the police are ordered to carry out- The first thing we allude to is the report of the Commissioner of Police. Tt our mind a most unsatisfactory document, for it brings out into clear relief two points-first, that the number of our police force is totally inadequate, far below that of moat of our large towns, taking population and area into account. That is, the available number of constables for ordinary, as opposed to extraordinary police duty for the number of men that are required for the protection of Govern- ment offices, for special work of all kinds, is so large that it brings the force down to a very small number of efficient constables. From this it naturally follows that the ordinary policeman is too hard worked long hours, and long spells of duty, do not contribute to efficiency. With every desire to do his duty, a constable who is put on both for day and night work, such as seems to be the case at times, can hardly be really efficient. Human nature is the same, even in policemen. The result is, when we speak of the stupidity of the police, that stupidity is, to a great extent, caused by our own folly in trying to get too much out of our men. Once get over the limit of efficiency and all your work is really badly done, even though it is done. The other thing in the report that is most striking is the large number of undetected murders-we should rather say the small percentage of murders that are detected. Out of twenty-eight murders reported last year twenty-two were undetected. This is of itself a most unsatisfactory statement. Admitting that there must always be in large cities a certain percentage of murders that are not and can never be discovered, admitting also that if the police force were doubled to-morrow the effect would not be to decrease a very large portion of these crimes, yet the fact remains that the proportion of detected to undetected murders is very small indeed, and we are afraid the pro- portion is growing, that murder becomes more difficult to detect than formerly. It is a fact to be noticed-it is true plenty of reasons can be given for it-that, if one is disposed to commit crime, the safest to commit is murder. The old proverb that murder will out belongs to a past state of things. It is just what does not happen in modern murders. But the modern murderer proceeds in a way wholly different from that of the old-fashioned one. Formerly revenge or robbery was the cause of most murders, now it has become impossible to assign a motive for the crime, and hence it is impossible to find a clue. When the murder is of a person unknown, and when it takes the police all their ingenuity to identify the remains, the chance of identifying the murderer is reduced to the smallest dimen- sions, and if he is identified, he has had every opportunity of escaping in the time that has elapsed. We do not wonder, we do not pretend to be surprised at the number of undetected murders, but we think it is a matter for the Government to consider carefully whether, if London is to maintain its position as the safest city in the world so far as human life is concerned, some steps should not be taken towards reducing the amount of undetected murders. Doubtless, the number of murders in London, for its size, is less than in any other city in the world doubtless, life is safer in London than elsewhere else; but it seems equally free from doubt that if a person is disposed to commit a murder, he can do it with less chance of detection in London than in any other city in the world. Our real safeguard is not our police, not our Government, but that our citizens are law-abid ing, and respect life. WHITECHAPEL ATROCITIES. This brings us to the second point to which we alluded. The Whitechapel atrocities seem to have broken out again. Whether we are in for another series of horrors like those of last autumn, it would be idle to speculate. What we want to do is to utter a protest against this present or any future murder being used, as they assuredly will be, for a popular cry to get the control of the Metropolitan Police given to the County Council. It will be fresh in our readers' memories how these murders were used last year as a means of attack on Sir Charles Warren, because he had done his duty in Trafalgar- square and the louder-voiced members of the County Council will most assuredly use this murder, and, should any others take place, those murders as a means for accomplishing their end. It will be altogether lost sight of that it was a policeman who discovered the murdered woman in this case, and that unless a policeman had actually been on the spot when the murder was committed, he could not possibly have done more, and no policeman could do more. If the metro- politan ratepayers would submit to the London police force being doubled, the different places on their beats might be oftener visited; but, short of this, we do not see that the police could do anything to prevent these murders, and we fail to see that there would be any difference if the London police were controlled by the County Council or by the Commissioners of Police. Our first point, therefore, is this-that in the storm of obloquy that popular spouters will raise against the police, it should be remembered that the present number of constables can only visit the different spots in their beats at stated times during the hours they are on duty and if they have just visited a spot, and hear nothing to attract their suspicion, they are entitled to assume all is- well. The next point that will be made against the police will be that they should find out the murderer. Except in the shilling shocker, that contains thrilling stories of Ameri- can detectives, who do things that could not be done in real life, the detective who finds out crimes without a clue does not exist, and the difficulty in these cases is that no clue exists. It would be as reasonable to ask any police con- stable to nnd out from a dead prostitute every man she had been conversing with for the last week, as to ask a policeman to find out, from looking at the corpse of the murdered woman, who was her murderer. For that is what is asked to be done. The fiend who kills these wretched women murders them and leaves them, and un- less by accident the police should catch him red handed, there is nothing to give the smallest hint as to identity. Admitting that the County Council for London are as wise as they think themselves-and this is a tremendous admission -we do not see how, under the circumstances of murders of this class, police under their control would discover more than police under a Commis- sioner's control. Indeed, such has been proved to be the case, for the City Police proved them- selves as equally unable to detect the White- chapel murderer as the Metropolitan Police. COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE POLICE. This brings us to the third point, and it is one that we desire to direct special attention to. Have the London County Council showed any fitness, or, rather, have they not shown their unfitness, to have anything to do with the police ? We called attention the other day to their action as to rabies since then they have proceeded further in the matter. They informed the Privy Council that; in their opinion, every order should apply to the whole country. Of course, a matter of this kind is one on which the opinion of the London County Council is not of especial value, as probably most of the members are wholly ignorant of the conditions of canine life in the country, unless they intend it as a Radical pro- test against hunting or the use of dogs in shoot- ing. The Privy Council, for reasons a of its own, declines to take the advice of the London County Council as to the limits of the order for muzzling dogs, and made it to apply only to the metropoli- tan police district. They then sent a copy of this order to the London County Council, and the Commissioner of Police also forwarded the order to them. In reply, that collection of wiseacres state that they refuse to have anything to do with it because they have not the control of the police They are doubtless playing to the gallery, and endeavouring to get up a popular cry, so that they may put forward a claim to have the police handed over to them. But surely they have made a false move. They are the local authority, and by law it is their duty to carry out the order. What they say is, we will not carry out the law, and we refuse to obey it because Parliament will not give us the powers we want. But they forget that they are in pre- cisely the same position as every other local authority in the country. No County Council has the control of the police; that control is vested in another body-rthe Joint Committee. Imagine the result if the County Councils throughout England and Wales refused to carry out the Contagious Diseases Acts and the orders of the Privy Council because they have not the control of the police Yet this is what the London Council have done. We will not, they say, obey the law unless it be a law we like. We will punish Parliament or force the hand of Parliament because we are not allowed to have what we want. Let us imagine for an instant that the Council had the control of the police. Suppose an Act was to be enforced that the Council did not approve of, and the Privy Coun- cil gave orders for it to be enforced; if they followed—and we see no reason why they should not follow-their late decision, the result would be they would decline to allow their servants to carry it out. So we have fair warning what to expect. These gentlemen intend to sit as a court of revision over the acts of the Legislature, and to enforce or not to enforce the law, as they think right. It is a rather startling statement that a public body intend deliberately to thwart the law, but most of the acts of the London County Council are startling. What we desire to point out is that, until a body learns that in this country the law is supreme, even over County Councils, and that the law is to be carried out, whether that body like it or not, they are utterly unfitted to be entrusted with power to enforce the law, and with the management and control of the officers of the law. Whatever might be said theoretically for giving the control of the police to the London County Council, they have given us the practical answer that they are wholly un- fitted for it, and no Minister, no Government, no Parliament would be prepared to hand over the care of the police of London to a collection of vainglorious talkers, who try to set off the un- popularity they get from their extravagance by seeking cheap popularity with the lawless class of electors in defying the law and refuting to carry it ouL-Land and Water.

ECCENTRIC ENGLISHMEN. We cannot say whether it is true, as the French papers assert, that a party of Englishmen, numbering twelve, who have gone to Paris with the object of seeing the Exhibition, and, deter- mined not to fall victims to the imposition of hotel-keepers, have pitched their tent in the open air outside the fortifications, where they in- tend to enjoy life and liberty after their own fashion. The opinion of certain of our French contemporaries upon this freak is that it is very mean. They think that tourists ought to come prepared to put money into the pockets of hotel- keepers and others, it being apparently the whole duty of a foreigner visiting the Exhibition to pay heavy bills for accomodation very often of a distinctly second-rate order, without a murmur or an attempt to emancipate himself. Possibly, if the story about these eccentric Englishmen be true, they will not fare so badly, camping out being by no means disagreeable in the hot weather, when what is known as roughing it has its charms, and especially the charm of novelty. It is to be feared, however, if there are really twelve Englishmen under a tent anywhere near the fortifications of Paris, that they will not be allowed to have a very quiet time of it, but that their privacy will be disturbed by the curi- osity of the crowd, who cannot understand that everybody should not do as everybody else does.— Evening Standard.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Rev. D. E. Williams, of Brecon, formerly 03 St. Michael's Pembroke, has been presented by the Bishop of St. David's to the living of Llawhaden-cum-Bletherstone, near Narberth, vacant by the death of the Rev. Richard Bowcott. A few days ago the Rev. P. W. Green, B.D., vicar of Llansadwrn and Llanwrda, was collated to the living of Llywel and Rhydybriw, which became vacant through the promotion of the Rev. Thomas Jones to Penboyr. The new vicar is a native of Llangeitho, and he is a descendant of the Rev. John Williams, of Lledrod, one of the clerical fathers of the Methodists in Wales. He was educated at St. David's College, was ordained deacon and priest by Bishop Thirlwall in 1871, appointed curate of Llandilo in 1872, and was appointed to the living cf Llansadwrn and Llanwrda. In about three years after that the secretaryship of the Church Pastoral Aid Society was offered to him, and he performed the duties for nine months, but he relinquished them in order to resume parochial work, with the view chiefly of accomplishing the restoration of Llan- sadwrn Church. The present Bishop of St. David's offered him the living of Brynmawr, which he declined. Mr. Green is highly re- spected by his parishioners, and many of them deeply regret his departure from amongst them, and speak highly of him as an efficient preacher and a good parish priest.

MILFORD HAVEN REGATTA. The annual regatta, which has been a local institution since the days of Lord Nelson and a red letter day in the town's calendar, came off on Monday under the most propitious circumstances. The weather was delightfully fine, with a slash- ing breeze from the S. S. W., well calculated to try to the utmost the sea-going qualities of the competing boats. The excellent band of the A Company 1st V. R. W IL played a choice selection of music, and the day's proceedings closed with a grand display of fireworks. The followiag are the results of the races FIRST-CLASS YACHT RACE, not exceeding 25 tons. —1st, £ 15, "Vanessa," E H Bath; 2ad, .85, Queen," H W Davies. SECOND-CLASS YACHT RACB, not exceeding ten tons.—1st, X4, "Mabel," W Allen; 2nd, .82, II Wherret," J Bace. OPEN SAILING Bo&TEi.-ist, .£3, "Bab," A E Baldwin; 2nd, f2, "Pepita," F T Hopkinson; 3rd, £ 1, Minnie," A Ridley. MILITARY RACK-li;t, X2, 11 The Shark," F Riddler 2nd, il, John and Fanny," Ferris. WORKING GIGS.—1st, Y.2, 11 Blue Eyed Maid," T Whitton; 2nd, JB1, John and Fanny," M Lewis. RACE FOR WEST COAST TRAWLERS.—1st, £ 10, Escort," Carpenter; 2nd, .£5, Leo," E Thomas. FISHING BOATS.-Igt, .£3, Smiling Morn," Nicholas; 2nd, £ 2, "John and William," J Lewis 3rd, .£1, "Robert," R Lewis. RoWING BOATS (two men, two oars).-lot, .e1, Milkman," D Llewellyn; 2nd, lOe, "Ruby," T Whittow. SlX-OABED WORKINO GlQB.—1st, £ 2, "Fox," H Mortimer 2nd, Volunteer." SBKVICE RAcn.-Ist, RZ, "Blue Eyed Maid," C Davies; 2ad, YI, John and Fanny," W Whittow. SCULLING RACE.-lst, 10a, Mary," W Lewis; 2nd, 6s, Shakespeare," W Jones. Great credit is due to Captain Roberts for the indefatigable manner in which he discharged the duties of secretary.

LACTINA" for calves prevents scour, needs no boiling, and costs one-half the price of milk. It is easily digested, and highly relished by the young animal. Apply Lactina & Co., Suffolk House, Canon-street, London, E.C. EFFECTS OF CLOSE SHAVING.—Do you know what a close shave means ? asks a writer. I never did until I looked at a face the other day through a microscope which had been treated to this luxurious process. Why, the entire skin resembled a piece of raw beef. To make the face perfectly smooth requires not only the re- moval of the hair, but also a portion of the cuticle; and a close shave means the removal of a layer of skin all round. The blood vessels thus exposed are not visible to the eye, but under the microscope each little quivering mouth holding a minute blood drop protests against such treatment. The nerve tips are also uncovered, and the pores are left unprotected, which makes the skin tender and unhealthy. This sudden exposure of the inner layer of the skin renders a person liable to incur colds, hoarse- ness, and sore throat.

STAGE CHILDREN. Those members of the House of Commons who, partly through ignorance and partly from a canting dislike of stage plays, are desirous of depriving thousands of children throughout the country of their daily bread are not to do mis- chief without a protest. People are beginning to be alive to the fact that the matter has been dealt with ignorantly and unfairly, and that Mr S. Smith and Mr Winterbotham are by no means careful as to what they say in the House, if only they can throw dirt at that naughty stage. And dirt it certainly was that they threw, with a vengeance. Mr Winterbotham's assertion with regatd to the poor girh who earn a livelihood on the stage was a gross libel and, in fact, the whole agitation against stage- children has been backed up by the wildest and most scandalous mis-statements. The deputation which waited on Lord Dnnraven on Wednesday last put the case very fairly before him, and it is earnestly to be hoped that the Lords will exercise a little commonsense and save ns from the cruelty about to be inflicted upon.children by these Pharisees. Mr Augustus Harris, in the course of an able speech, said what was perfectly true, that the stage got hold of a great many children who were little ragamuffins and turned them into respectable members of society. With reference to the gross ignorance displayed by the so-called philan- thropists, and the way in which charges against the theatre are trumped np, Mr Harris aaid the people who favour the clause preventing children appearing on the stage first objected from an educational point of view. He con- tinued :—" We were able to prove absolutely that that was all a fallacy, and there are present to- day two members of the London School'Board— Mr Lobb and General Sim-who, having heard of Mrs Fawcett's charges of gross immorality in theatres, thought it was only the right thing to do to investigate the matter, and found that the whole of Mrs Fawcett's statements were fabrications, and they thought it their duty, not only to oppose those ladies and gentlemen who held extreme views, but to come forward on the side of truth and justice." Mra Fawcett's vivid imagination is indeed at the bottom of a good deal of the mischief, and the way in which she hurls baseless accusations about may be judged from one of her last deliverances on the subject. She says Miss Mabel Leve suffered from over- study, when the was not on the stage more than his minutes and had only two lines to speak. Of course, Mra Fawcett did not know this she never gora to naughty theatres, but curses them impartially, notwithstanding. Such fine ladies, aa Mr James Runciman says in an admirable letter in the Daily Telegraph, know nothing about the lives these children lead, and if they did they would come away gooae-akinned. But no, they stay at home and write goody-goody letters to the newspapers, and egg on silly members of Parliament to do a cruel wrong. The theatre," says Mr Runciman, who knows what he is writing about, takes the children of Despair from out these horrors, and lets them know the delight of a new atmosphere." But, says Mra Fawcett, who does not know what she writes about, the theatre is a very shocking place; and good Mr Winterbotham has a bad opinion of ballet-girls so let the children atarve rather than appear as pantomime fairies or in such dernoralising performances as Alice in Wonderland. There we have the case in a nut- shell. This lady unhappily represents two very powerful forces in this country—ignorance and cant; and to them, unless the House of Lords steps in to prevent the wrong, these poor stage- children are to be sacrificed. It is satisfactory to learn from Lord Dunraven's answer to the deputation that he will do his best for the poor children whom it is proposed to de- prive of their livelihood. He considered that a gross injustice to them was imminent, and great detriment to theatrical managers and play- wrights, while the public wonid be deprived of seeing the most instructive plays. That is the language of manly common sense and not of pseudo-philanthropic cant, and we look forward with confidence to the action of the House of Lords in the matter.-Coit)-t Circular.

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. The Blythe will case now on tr'al at San Francisco is another romance in real life. Thomas H. Blythe, an Englishman, went to California in the pioneer days of 1849. He died four years ago, and left 21,000,000 for a host of claimants from England and all parts of the United States to wrangle over. Among the English Claimants was the alleged daughter of Blythe, Florence, now 15 years of age. It is the suit brought by her against all other aspirants for the fortune that is now being heard. Blythe was known to have made a will, but it could not be found. A Miss Dickerson was among the contestants, she having lived with the millionaire, and alleged she was his wife by contract. The will was left in her apartments and was concealed by her. A decision of the Supreme Court placed Miss Dickerson among the ranks of mistresses, not wives; and seeing that her chances were hopeless, she sent information of the missing will to Florence Blythe's lawyers. The child is the chief legatee, excepting legacies amounting to £ 40,000, distributed in small sums. Counsel for Florence Blythe states that there is no doubt about the genuineness of the will. He has found the teacher who instructed Florence Blythe when she was a child. She remembers the girl perfectly, and says that Florence attended her private school at North- end, in England. This evidence completes the girl's identification. The fact that Miss Dicker- son kept the will all these years, not daring to destroy it, makes Florence Blythe one of the richest girls in America. Her father never married her mother, though he acknowledged the paternity of Florence. Her mother was Julia Perry, ef London, who was led away by Blythe fifteen years ago while he was in London. He met her in a London suburb, and finally the two lived together as man and wife. Miss Perry's life had previously been correct.

HOW TO CULTIVATE A QUARTER OF AN ACRE. A few days ago, being in the vicinity of Shore- ham, Kent, we were asked to look at a garden which had been worked by the stationmaster at that village. We found this garden so clean and so well cropped that we think it worthy of note. A small path runs all round the garden, and a main one down the centre, with another path cutting the garden into four. On the right hand side, looking north, the first quarter commenced with Brussels sprouts, then cauliflowers, a row of celery, one of French beans, and another of celery, and then a row of peas, next came the path, then turnips, one row of peas, seven or eight rows of Magnum Bonum potatoes, six or ■even of Regents, with savoys, &c., between, and a grand row of scarlet runner beans. Going up to the next half there were, to commence with, one row of Sutton's Jubilee peas, three rows of cabbage, one row of pickling cabbage, six or eight rows of each of Beauty of Hebron potatoes and Schoolmaster, and a row of peas, path, one row of peathreø rowa of atrawberries, one row of celery, three rows of shallots, one row of Deas. one row of turnips, five rows of parsnips, one row of broad beans, five rows of onions (spring), one row of broad beans, four rows of carrots, one row of lettuce, two rows of autumn onions, two rows of spinach, two rows of French beans, two rows of salsify, two rows of beet, and six rows of potatoes. Upon the north-west side were one row of raspberries the whole length of the garden, two rows of black currants half way down, and one row of gooseberries, all loaded with fruit. Upon the opposite side and near the path were one row of red currants, and outside of these some good pinks and carnations add to these tomatoes and cucumbers in one side of the garden, and marrows at another corner, and everything in the best of health and vigour, and not a weed to be seen, and we have one of the best possible Uses to which a rood of land can be put. It would be no exaggeration to say that this quarter acre under spade cultivation will yield more pro- duce than scores of single acres under the plough in this county this season, and it must be ever so. The soil only wants working and manuring, and cleaning, and the waste places will blossom as the rose. -.fIoHicultu)-al Times. )

MR. O'BRIEN'S SUIT AGAINST LORD SALISBURY. The verdict returned on Saturday by a Man- chester jury in Mr O'Brien's suit against Lord Salisbury suggests, according to The Standard, the question how far there has been that beneficent change in the methods of the Parnellite Party for which Mr Parnell claimed credit. The men are in the main the same, and the style, unques- tionably, has not altered. There was a humorous side to Mr O'Brien's suit. He wanted 210,000 as damages because Lord Salisbury had freely paraphrased one of his recent speeches in Tipperary as an incitement to outrage. Mr O'Brien had urged the farmers to treat land- grabbers in accordance with the teachings of the agitators during the previous ten years. All he meant, he explained in the witness-box, was to recommend boycotting, short of violence or material injury. Unfortunately for him, the jury having heard evidence of the construction which the people in the neighbouring counties had placed upon the teachings of the agitators, promptly returned a verdict for Lord Salisbury. It would be wrong to construe their finding as indicating that, in their opinion, Mr O'Brien had recommended violence but it certainly implies that Lord Salisbury rightly interpreted the effect of the instigation on the minds of the peasantry who had been brought in, to get lessons from his lips, from all the country round. Had the trial taken place in Ireland, we should have had the customary story of packed juries, and so on. But Mr O'Brien selected his own place of trial, and he cannot fairly accuse the jury on Saturday of allowing political bias to pervert their sense of justice. Hereafter, English Home Rulers will appreciate better the worth of the diatribes against the decisions of Irish special magistrates. The fault of these magistrates is that they see things in the same light as a Manchester jury. Even if Lord Salisbury had placed an unjustifiable construction on the passage in question, Mr O'Brien ought not to be the man to complain. The demagogue who charged Lord Spencer with hanging men whom he knew to be innocent. Sir George Trevelyan with connivance of the foulest crimes, who denounced Mr Balf our m a deliberate mnrderer, because, as be cxplaiaed, a man had A been killed wreajfally In a eelllsiea with the police—ought notto be dainty and querulous when an attempt is made to snmmarise the effect ef a harangue which abounded, as Mr O'Brien had to confess, in figures and tropes of the most bloodthirsty and inflammatory kind.

"GENTLEMEN" HUNT SERVANTS. A recent advertisement from a gentleman desirous of obtaining a situation as whipper-in to a pack of foxhounds, and willing to find his own horses, marks an almost entirely new departure in the history of fox-hunting but we cannot say that we should be glad to see the movement gain ground. There is some reason to believe that the gentleman whipper-in would, in many ways, re- semble the lady help," who is not, it would appear, an invariable success. But even if he were, it might not be to the advantage of hunt- ing generally that the amateur element should be too mltch in the ascendant, as it might check the sons of professionals from following the calling of their fathers, and might cause the supply of a suitable class of men to run short. There is, however, every chance of the gentleman who recently advertised for a berth finding some diffi- culty in getting suited. It is only in compara- tively rare instances that amateurs, not at the same time masters, have been found hunting a pack of hounds, the reason being no donbt the same which militates against the employment of gentlemen whippers-in. As, however, the gentle- man who is anxious to take service with an English or Scotch pack of foxhounds is prepared to find his own horses, he must be in possession of what is known as a competence," which he is willing to eke out by acting in a subordinate capacity in connection with a congenial amuse- ment. From one point of view the advertiser's determination is to be commended-he is not above doing some honest work in his own country, in contradistinction to so many who find it necessary to put the ocean between themselves and the scene of their earlier life before they can make up their minds to climb down. A few of the more hardy invest in a cabdriver's badge; but the majority, if they do not emigrate, content themselves with an agency of some kind, and hang on as far as possible to their old haunts and old acquaintances. We hope that gentlemen hunt servants will not become common; but, with that reservation, the gentleman who desires to become a whipper-in is to be commended for endeavouring to gain a living without, at the same time, doing violence to his taste. —illus- trated Sporting and Dramatic News.

EAST MARYLEBONE ELECTION. The polling in East Marylebone for a repre- sentative in Parliament, caused by the resigna- tion of Lord Charles Bereaford, took place on Friiay, with the result that Mr Boulnois, the Unionist candidate, was declared elected by a majority of 493 over the Gladstonian candidate, Mr George Leveson-Gower. the figures beino,- g Mr E. Boulnois 2579 Mr Leveson-Gower .1. 2086 Majority 493

THE TITHE RENT-CHARGE RECOVERY BILL. The following letter, written by the Dean of St. Atapb, appeared in the Times for last Tuesday Sir, Permit me to explain, through your columns, why Churchmen in Wales hold that the Government ought to press the Tfthe Rent- charge Recovery Bill through Parliament this session. It is not that we fancy the Bill to be a complete settlement of the tithe difficulty. No one can think that of a short Bill which only touches one detail of a large and thorny question. The Bill is a small crumb of justice to a class of men who have had to wait patiently for it, and who would be only too glad of any complete settlement of the tithe question that would be just to all concerned. To object after several years to give the clergy a crumb of justice be- cause it is not convenient just now to give them the whole loaf is a cynical line of argument that no member of Parliament, not even Sir William Harcourt, would dare apply to the working class. Because the Bill provides an alternative process of tithe recovery Churchmen in Wales accept it as a practical, though incomplete and tardy, effort to redress their grievances. The present process by distress is specially calculated to keep alive anti-tithe agitation and to hinder the spiritual work of the Church. The clergy are made by their opponents to appear in direct and personal conflict for money with a portion of their parishioners. Parts of the Principality have been disgraced by scenes most injurious to the interests of religion. Scores of Welsh clergy with scanty incomes prefer to suffer silently cruel injustice rather than run the risk of embarrass- ing their spiritual influence. Their sensitiveness, even if it be thought excessive, must be allowed to do them credit. The Bill meets their difficulty by providing a judicial process through the machinery of the county court, so as to avoid the appearance of a personal conflict between pastor and flock. It does more it has a valuable education side. It will teach Welsh farmers, puzzled out of their ordinary honesty by fantastic fictions about tithe, that tithe after all is a debt justly due to present tithe-owners pending legis- lative changes as to its appropriation. I have sufficient confidence in the clearheadedness of my countrymen to believe that county-court pro- cess, by enforcing the fact that tithe is a debt, will clear away the political cobwebs that have served to obscure the rudimentary morality of tithe payment and I have sufficient faith in the religious sense of Wales to believe that Welsh farmers, once they clearly realise that tithe is a debt will strive to pay this debt, like other other debts, as well as they can which is all the Welsh clergy desire. The delusion has been growing recently in Wales that tithe, instead of being the first charge on land, is the last charge, and that to pay it at all is a piece of extra- ordinary virtue which ought to be rewarded by a substantial percentage. Therefore, to elevate tithe practically into a place on a level with ordinary debts in popular consciousness through count,y-oourt process would be no small contribu- j tion to Welsh education. As agricultural dis- tress abates, a theory seems to be springing up amongst anti-tithe agitators in Wales that a tithe debtor ought, before he pays his debt, to ascertain whether the use which the creditor may make of the money satisfies the debtor's con- science or not, and that, if he finds the proposed application of the money unsatisfactory, it is his duty to fine the creditor a certain percentage fixed by himself and to pocket the difference for conssience sake. The change that has come over anti-tithe agitation in Wales is strikingly illustrated in the frank speech of the member for Merioneth (Mr T. E. Ellis) on the seond readiag of this measure. Speaking, if not for his country- men, at least for himself, Mr Ellis is reported to have said :— But we in Wales care nothing about corn aver- ages. This is to us a great political issue, and we do not care whether the titho be heavy or light • We ask that this property of the nation should revert to the nation, and be utilised, not, as now, in the keeping of one øect-a sect of the minority and wealthy—but in the promotion of good of the whole people. Interpreting Mr Ellis's opposition to the Bill in the light of these remarks, it seems as if he and his friends are quite content, pending the attainment of their own views as to tithe, to see clergymen in Wales receive only such moiety of their income in tithe as the tithepayers may be pleased to give them, or else to compel the clergy to have recourse to "Emergency men, bum- bailiffs, dragoons, and other cavalry," against the employment of whom he, in the very same same speech, inveighs. When a politician of Mr Ellis's position and influence in Wales assumes this attitude in Parliament, we may imagine what his plan of disendowment would be, if hp had the power, and we may claim that a case is made out, from Mr Ellis's own speech agaiust the Bill, for passing it through Parliament this session in order to make it clear that, until the paople of this kingdom, through Parliament, appropriate it to other uses, tithe is a debt which the clergy can claim to enforce by a judicial process which will not paralyse their spiritual ministrations and cause a scandal to all religion. It certainly is a brilliant, though immoral, plan ef campaign to make the elergy pmr out ef their own iaeomee the, eest ef an agitMto designed to force disestablishment ea before it is too late.

MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES AT BROADLAY, FERRVSIDE. Last Wednesday (July 17th) was a gala day in this neighbourhood, the occasion being the marriage of Mr George Lewis, of Irlaa, Cookham- dean, to Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Lincoln Williams, only daughter of the late Hugh Williams, Esq., solicitor. Early the inhabitants of Broadlay and Ferryside were astir decorating the streets and houses. A greater display of bunting was never before seen in this place. The kindly. feelin-gpof respect towards the family was such that no trouble or expense was thought too much to show the esteem in which the family of Broadlay is held by high and low. At 11 o'clock the wedding party arrived in the pretty little Church of St. Thomas's. The bridegroom, who was already at the altar, received the bride, who was brought in by her stepfather, Mr T. Lewis, accompanied by her mother (who gave her away); the bridesmaids, Miss Flack, of Penarth, and Miss Decima Williams; the best man, Mr Such, of Shangai Mr Hugh Williams, and Mr Glanmor Williams (brothers of the bride.) Mrs A. Cross Spaull, of London, and Master Harrold Williams who acted as train-bearer to the bride, who was exquisitely dressed in rich white- corded silk with court train, the front of which was entirely covered with duchess lace. She wore a tulle veil, and a wreath of orange blossoms and myrtle, a magnificent diamond and sapphire bracelet, and a diamond crescent brooch (gift of the bridegroom), and carried a handsome bouquet of stephanotis and orchids. The mar- riage ceremony was conducted by the vicar, Rev. R. J. James. After signing the register the company returned to Broadlay in the four carriages which had brought them to the church, amidst showers of rice, and the enthusiasm of the inhabitants. The breakfast was of the best, the cake, which stood about 3 feet high, being sup- plied by Buzzard, of London. Everything else was supplied and under the superintendence of Mrs Olive, Boar's Head Hotel, Carmarthen. At 2 o'clock the bride and bridegroom left for the station, en route for Aberystwyth, North Wales, and Ireland. This event has been the most popular and enthusiastic this neighbourhood has ever witnessed. The presents are very numerous (about 300), and some very costly, amongst which we noticed the following :-A fine set of silver tea and coffee service on a beautiful oval tray, besides numerous other costly articles, the gifts of the bride's mother; a handsome oak case, containing a complete set of silver forks and spoons, the bridegroom's father; a marquetry book case, Mr Hugh Williams; a marquetry cabinet, Mr Glanmor Williams a handsome pair of plated table lamps, H. 1. Such ormolu camp tea kettle and stand, A. A. E. Farrar fine copy Welsh Bible, Baptist Sunday School children a set of fine meat carvers and steel in Morocco case, Miss Flack a cream and sugar cruet (a gem). Decimus Williams two fine old paintings mounted, Miss Maggs, of Bath a group of fine bronze figures from the Paris Exhibition, James Lewis; various beautiful small articles, Mr Finch fine copy English Bible, Rev. R. J. James; volumes of books from Mrs Stephens, Mrs D. E. Stephens, Mr Colby Evans, Mr J. Stephens, Mr Hugh Williams, and others; a handsome dressing case from tenants and friends at St. Clears; a picture, Five Angel Faeee," Mrs Spaull; exquisite china tea and coffee sets, handsome dinner service, dessert service, and oostly jags. The display of presents Is eertainly a sight. The poor of the village and neighbour- hood have vied with each other in their sho* of respect and kindly feeling by presenting small and useful articles. The family at Broadlay will never forget the unanimously good will that has been exhibited towards them on this occasion. Mr and Mrs Lewis treated the several Sunday School children to an open air tea in one of their fields, when the youngsters enjoyed themselves to their heart's content. A supper was also pro- vided for the men of the village and surroundings at the Railway Inn, Mariner's Hotel, and the Pelican.

MILFORD HAVEN. PRIMROSE LEAGUE FETE.—By the kind invita- tion of the dame president, Mrs Stokes, upwards of 200 members of the Lord Nelson Habitation assembled on Wednesday last at St. Botolph's, Milford Haven, the lovely country seat of Colonel Stokes. After partaking of an excellent tea, sports of various kinds were indulged in. Amongst the visiting guests were-Captain Macfarlane, R.N. (ruling councillor of the habitation) and Mrs Macfarlane Colonel Esmonde-White '(Con- servative agent for Pembrokeshire) and Mrs Eamonde-White, the Rev W. L. and Mrs Stradling, Mra Roberts, Mr, and Mrs Wright, Mr and Mrs Kelway, Mr and Mrs J. Williams, Mr W. Huzzey, Mr D. Thomas, and Mr T. H. Lewis. At the conclusion of this enjoyable outing a vote of thanks to Colonel and Mrs Stokes and family for their courtesy and hospitality was carried amid rounds of cheering. Nothing could have exceeded the kindness of the worthy host and hostess, and the day will long be gratefully remembered by those who had the privilege of being present. CROSS INN. A MEETING of the District Highway Board was held at the Pantglas Arms, on Monday, July 22nd, when the following members were present, viz. Messrs H Davies, Typicca (in the chair) D. Lloyd, Dryslwyn D. Thomas, Nantsaer T. Cwmcrwth W. W. Prosser, surveyor; and W. Kirby, clerk. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed by the chairman. Mr Davies, Typicca, in a few well chosen words, proposed that Colonel W. Gwynne Hughes, of Glancothy, be re-appointed chairman for the year, which was unanimously carried. —Mr. Lloyd, of Dryslwyn, proposed, and Mr Thomas Evans seconded that Mr Davies be re- appointed vice-chairman. The surveyor's accounts were examined and found correct, and a cheque for E100 was furnished him towards de- fraying the current quarter's expenditure, the same to be apportioned amongst the respective hamlets of this district.