South Wales Echo

THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN. A telegram received in London to-day states there is no improvement in the condition of the Bishop of Lincoln, who is staying at Harewood, nsar Wetherby. and his state continues to cause Banch anxiety.

CAPTURE OF A NOTORIOUS BURGLAR. The Manchester police, after a desperate struggle, have captured a burglar nalued Evans ana found on him pawn tickets co»°eet^n" LJlm "•nth a large number of borghlaries committed in suburbs recently.

THE HEALTH OF MR GLAD- STONE. r-. Mr Gladstone again rose late this mornine, an in re^poi. „ to enquiries made, the following brief bulletm was written bv a of the x> r •, lu-ueu by a memoer of the Premiers family AT J -LHr Gladstone s general conaztion is satisfi-.f-nv.» r™ ,r xx j ^J^tory. lhe weather at ■Hawarden to-ctav k- „ -IJ J frequent Mr-P mm showers are better hWth f'^tone !S also said to bc in Hawurden C-i'-M visitors are staying at BJfta among them being four clergy- R-

THE BOERS AND THE CAPE GOVERNMENT. [LTEOTEK'S TELEGRAM. 1 Sat,,irdaY. A large of n be8n held a" l'yburg. Mr Rhodes, '"y-^mmissi./Kerof Stellaland, who was pre- em, promised thai tllel- lands and titles would be recognised, that they should have their own aeminent, and be furnished with funds, pend- "q the annexation of the country to Cape Colony. The partizay« of Mr Van Miekery did not attend meeting.

NEW ZEALAND ANNEXATION. With reference to Reuters telegram from Wel- lington as to the Sanwa Islands, the Press Association ]é,uns tram an official source that the °vernment of New Zealand did not of itself purpose annexing these islands, but desired that the Imperial Government should do so. Com- munications were accordingly opened with the Colonial Office, and meanwhile a steamer was held zi readiness but from the nature of the reply forwarded by Lord Derby, it is not probable the annexation will be carried out. Correspondence is still proceeding on the subject.

FUNERAL OF-THE BISHOP OF! LONDON. The funeral of the Bishop of London took place RtFuiiiam Churchyard this morning under some- wiiat depressing atmospheric conditions. Rain fdl heavily until the cortege was about to leave | he palace, when fortunately it became a little 0r:ghter. About a quarter to twelve the coffin lifted from the bier, on which it rested in the I'l'ivato chapel, and was carried by the servants of household through the palace grounds into the €nur<hpard adjoining-, by way oj the drawbridge "ver the moat. Amongst those who followed were Miss ;\la.rian Jaokson, Miss B. Tackson, seven 'Harried daughters of the deceased, and other relatives the Bishops of Winchester and Litch- field, Bishop Titcombe, the Archdeacon of London, Canons Fleming, Cad man, Duckworth (reg-vr,r, and Wade Archdeacon Hersey, the Dean of Westminster, the Hon. and Rev. E. Carr- G-lynn Earl Stanhope and Sir Jno. Mowbray representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners representatives of several religious bodies, and a large number of clergymen in the diocease. On arriving at the church, the cortege was met by the Archbishou of Canterbury, who read the opening sentences of the burial service. The Bishop Suffragan of Bedford read the lessons, and the concluding por- tion of the service at the graveside was conducted by the Primate. The service was choral, the choir of the church being assisted by boys from the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The hymns were "The saints of God their conflict past," and N ow the labourer's task is o'er." Amongst the wreaths which covered the coffin was one from the Baroness Burdefct-Coutte.

A HYPOCRITICAL AND IM- PUDENï THIEF. At Surrey Sessions yester-day, Charles Johnson, 23, labourer, was indicted for breaking into the "hop of Abraham Kauffman Jeweller, 107, Water- loo-road, and and .stealing therefrom a case of dia. ttionds value £ 150, the property of the prosecutor. Prisoner, who pleaded guilty, smashed prosecutor's shop window and snatched a case of jewellery, with which he run away. He was followed and stopped with the jewel case in his possession. A detective serjeant proved three previous convictions and gave the prisoner a very bad character. Prisoner handed up a long written statement to the chairman, in which he pleaded in most sanctimonious language for mercy, and expressed a pious hope that the Bench, for the love of the Almighty, would grant him another chance, when he would endeavour with the help of God to lead a ood life in future- Mr Somes said that having regard to the nature of his offence, and the character he had borne, the court could pay no heed to the prisoner's supplication- He then sentenced him to five years' penal servitude. On the sentence being pronounced prisoner burst forth into\ a volley of oaths and imprecations of the vilest 'eSCtiption and was hurriedly removed from the ock.

THROWING A BOOT AT A JUDGE. At Middlesex ses8, ,T ATirv T> S yesterday, berore Mr Fietcner, Maiy lAawso Q.. tl,nc, 'ndicted for stealing the L24' saaK maker' *aB -nciictea ro- » of gs 4|j> flom the person of ^edein.k ^ev, pr3Secutor> an ;vory turner, awn, ia L.vei-st was iu a pubac-nouse toe prisoner put her hana mid bis stole 8s id.—Sergeant Kolfe, of the H and Miss Hawkins, a female warder bank, proved several previous convictio against her. — Mr Fletcher sentenced the prisoner to five years' penal servitude, and three years' police supervision.—As soon as tie sentence was pronounced, the prisoner suddenly drew her boot off and endeavoured to throw it at the Judge, and but for the prompt action of the dock oflicer, Cook, it would un- 1 tedlyiiave atruck him. Failing in her effort, ^r'soner threw the boot with some violence ac 1 l!e who 1,ad *iveu evidence against her, ana '"ten he avoided by ducking but a gentleman •Vn°,^hfnKXt tohim was uot so fortunate, as p°af p?1? on fcbe 5ide of t!ie head. A scene ppn hetc ensued, the prisoner, who had been Sei2(id by tfae officers dockj'com inenced vi0]ontly> and caught hold of he bar o» the d0ck aad lt Wfts not tv,Q ^oree other orhc^v-s u i i lencercd assistance that sne was remove.* to t- „.n, w 1 n* (-v, <-cds, Her language was We gfo.ss?ijw

The Fenians in America. I LATEST PARTICULARS. I rCEXTTIAL NEWS TELEGRAM-J NEW YORK, Friday NI^HT-—ah air occurred here this afternoon, creating the utmost excitement and anger amongst tiie Iri&h colony. The occurrence took place in the offices of (Jniicd Ireland, O'Donovan Rossa's paper, which are situated in Chambers-street. About four o'clock a man named Richard Short made a violent attack upon Captain P11elan, stabbing him fatally. Phelan, although taken unawares and mortally injured, managed to grasp his re- volver and hred at his assailant, wounding him seriously. Medical aid was soon to hand, but Phelan's wounds were too severe to hope for recovery, and he died soon afterwards in great agony. The murdered man was one of the pro- jectors of what is known as tiie "Skumisning fund," started by O'Donovan Rossa, and the extreme section of Irishmen in inew York, for the purpose of collecting subscriptions to enable the dynamite policy to be effectually carried out in England. He was at one time suspected of being the notorious" NCI. One," about whom so much was written and said at the time of the Local Government Board explosion in London. Shor. declared that Phelan was one of the many Insn- men who had been compelled to qmt their native country and seek refuge in America on account of the revelations made by the informer McDer- mott to the Dublin Castle officials but wnether 1', this was the case or not, it is impose Die to say. The alleged cause of to-days attack is thrt Phelan had divulged certain 1 enian se- crets which he, as a member of the society, would necessarily know, and the publication of which would obviously result in some considerable inconvenience to the rest of the members. It should be added that when they came to search the murdered man a letter was found from Rossa, asking that he (Phelan) would call at the office, as there was something impor- tant to communicate to him. As already stated, the tragic affair created an enormous sensation not confined to Irishmen alone, and the offices of United Ireland had a narrow escape of beinr* wrecked, while Rossa himself was openly lis- tened with lynch law. His friends, howevc:, barricaded the doors and windows of the building, and declared their intention of standing between him and harm. DCBWS, Saturday Morning. Mr Patrick Egan, formerly treasurer of the Land League, and v now president of the Irish National League of America, has sent some of his friends specimen green cards of mem- bership adorned with the old house in College Green, and a circular to the Irish Americans stating that Mr Parnell and his able and intrepid band of tollowers are every day gaining ground in the struggle against their enemies in the alien Parliament, while at home the people are seizing upon every representative position, burling from power the slaves and sycophants of the English garrison," filling their places with staunch Nationalists, Already such a change has come over the temper and the spirits of our people, as no one not intimately acquainted with the country could realise or believe. They are now a nation of persevering resolute men, intelligently determined on the attainment of their full and just rights to wring from Eng- land, despite all difficulties and the national legislative independence of their country, and with material support which for the past four years has been the life blood ofltiie movement at home, they must win.

MR. PARNELL. I Mr Parnell arrived in Dublin from Clonmel last night, and went to-day to Avondale, County Wicklow, to sojourn there till the 21st hist., when he will proceed to Cork to address his constituents.

A WELSH CENTENARIAN. [SPECIAL TKLEGEAM ] I A well-known Welsh spinster, Margaret Morris, residing in the parish of Llancynfelin, near Aber- ystwith, has just attained the remarkable age of 107 years. The fact is authenticated by the list of paupers, in which her name, with age appended, has been enrolled for many years. She is com- paratively hale, and is able to move about, but her memory and sight have almost wholly failed I her.

FISH DINNERS AT CARDIFF I WORKHOUSE. The first fish dinner, under the revised regula- tion for the dietary or the pauper inmates at the Cardiff workhouse, was given to them an Friday. The fish supplied by the contractor at two-pence per pound, was ling, cleaned for cooking. It was fresh and of excellent quality. The fish was baked under the direction of the master, and the inmates thoroughly enjoyed the dinner, which consisted of 12 oz. of fish and 9 oz. of bread. The fish to be supplied next week will be hadock. The weekly quantity consumed for this dinner is 5 cwt.

CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. I The Medical Officer's Saiarv. The weekly meeting of this board was held on Saturday, Dr. Paine m the chair. There were also present Messrs O. H. Jones and G. W H. Plain (vice-chairman); Messrs G. Phillips, A. Thomas, J. Richards, T. W. Jacobs, E. T. Fei-rie,, J. T. Larry, T. Bassett, J. Phillips, D. Morgan, E. Thomas, W. Lassett, W. B. Gibbs, H. Lewis W. Rees, J. M. Akers, J. Harbottle, Iltyd Willliams, F. Wride, Thomas Thomas, C. H. Evans, H. Jones, Jonas "W^atson, iLlewellyn, Revs. V. Saulez and J. R. Buckley, Aid. R. Cory, Mr F. J. Leavan, Mr D. Richards. Mr. J. Ramsdale, Mr T. Williams, Mr F. W. Yorath, Mr E. Heine, Mr D. Morgan, &c. The master of the workhouse reported that during the week 42 paupers had be admitted, and 29 discharged, leaving 624 in the house, an increase of 90 on the corresponding week of last year. Number of vagrants relieved, 54- corres- ponding week of last year, 29. The master of the Eiy Schools reported the number of children at that institution to bs 226 increase of 10 on the corresponding week of last year. A communication was read from the local gevemment board enclosing an abstract from the Lunacy Commissioners, recommending that t-uven inmates of the count y lunatic asylum should be transferred to the workhouse. The recommenda- tion was referred to the visiting committee. The ioidn committee of the workhouse and schools recommended that the salary of the medical officer of the workhouse. Dr Sheen, be increased to £ 185; that the office of medical officei for the Ely .Schools be offered to Dr Evans, Canton, at^a salary of £ 35 a year also that the tender ot Messrs Wakeford and Sons for printing the haL-yearly abstracts for £38 10s 6d be accepted. Mr PLAIN (the chairman of the committee moved the adoption of the report, and stated the reason which guiued the committee in their recommendation to separate the office of medical officer for the workhouse from that of medical officer for the SC'1V>0'> and also that the salary of t. Sheen bnoutd be increased to £ 185 on his ^jgmnghis duties at tne school. report^' -^1:AVAN" f5econa°d the adoption of the and ref>r?BS movec^ thautho report be rejected, of the increa«ed thu question discussed bv? fcvie^n& salary ha(j been ai.cusseu o> veral committees. The first rtcom (. e £ 175 e reS(; £ 200, and now the ■°IUrai d ti ^c^^vaended that his sakry be mere a be d to £ g j. li(, conf?idereLi the £ 185 as ample payment.^ Mr WATKIN IPAS^ETr seconded the amendment. a long discussion t. ok, but the amendment was lost by 17 to i9. The report was then adopted.

VERY NATURAL PFTILOSOPTiy, Why does lightning so rarely strike twice iu the same place?" asked a board-school teacher of a new boy in the class of natural philosophy. "Oh," E$I¡iq the boy, "because it neveruesds to' ]

I MONEY MARKET. I Latest Prices To-day. I LONDON, 1.20 p.m. Money is in moderate request at 3 to 3$per cent. J Discount remains about 3 per cent for three months' bills. Consols are firm, at 99| for the account New and Reduced, 99| to 100 New Two-and-a-half, 91i to 91|. 91i to 913 I In the Foreign market Egyptian Unified Bonds a are still firmer, at 64-f to 64; Tributes are gcod- 1871 Loan, 681 to 69 Defence, 814 to 3J. Russian 1873 Loan firm, at 96 to 96;. 4 Home Railways mark a rise of i in Easterns, 685 to 68, and a fractional decline in Brighton 2 4 -1 Deferred, at lC'3i to 103-|; North-British, at 96^ to 65;} and North-Easterns Ait 15&| to 157. •' American Railways are dull. York Centrals,; 90 to SO4- Lake Shores, 63 to 63^ Milwaukee' ,4 1 77 to 772f Louis villies, 25 to 26k Union Pacific^ 4 a '¡'9 to 49 Central Parities, 94 to 94J; Brie Seconds, 60 £ to 61; Reading General, 75 to/76 • Oregon Preference, 174 to 17i; Denver Mort- gage, 49 to 50 ditto Ordinary;, 8i to 9 Wa- bash Preference, 13 to 13.. Trunks are fiat. Guaranteed, 71 to 75/; First Preference, 75 to 76g; Seconds, to 46 Thirds, 212 to 22. ,n?^exican r^ai'ways continue weak. ♦Ordinary, o2% to o3 £ First Preference, 88^ Seconds, 47 to 47. Railway Share Trust A rather weaken at 6; ditto B. Shares, 18 to 19. Rio Tinto Mines firm at ] 3 to 13. I Brighton Railway yesterday's passenger traffic £ 338 decrease total since last Satvirday, £ 1,053 decrease. To-day's Times money article safys: The large Amount of money repaid to the Batuk to-day has not caused any rise in the value of money. Loans for tho day were 3 and even less. Dis- count rates show a slight tendency to harden, the actual rate for three months' bills being about 33. The Stock Market was firm: all round, in- 4 eluding the funds. Home Government Securities continue strong prices advancing about 1-16. Consols "closed at 99g to 99 for fmoney, and 93 13-16 to99 for the account. Home Railways were firmer, prices in some in- stances advancing considerably. Great Eastern ,nd Great Northern A rose 5.

TO-DAY'S MARKETS. I BUTTER. CORK, Saturday. Seconds, 136s thirds, 83s; fourths, óls., Kegs—Thirds, 79s. Mild cured firkins -iiiild, 120s. In market, It'O firkins, 13kegs, 2 mild. SUGAR. GLASGOW, Saturday.—Good business done at yester- day's prices. The official report is as follows Good business done at firm prices. For the week su«avs under 15s have quite recovered from the fall early in the week. Fine sorts od easier. DEAD MEAT. LO.NDOX, Saturday.—A fair quantity of meat on offer, and trade continues extremely bad, at rather lower prices. Beef, as to 4s 8d; prime Scotch do., 4s 8d to 4s lOd. Mutton, 3" to 5s 2d. Veal, 3s 8d to 5s. Large pork, 2s ÖÙ toosSd small do., 3s 8d to 4s per 8 lbs.

TO-DAY'S SHIPPING. Lloyds' Casualty Telegrams. I The British steamer Lancaster, grounded at Sarau- ¡ nah on the 6th inst., aud remain-i.. Tne German ship Dorthea, from lhunlnllg, is on tire atCamerons. The steamer Sea Fisher, for Belfast, is de ained at Peiiibroy, havin lost two blades of her propeller. The British ship Hermon, from New York, with a cai go of petroleum, is aground near Hamburg, and must lighten. |»he Norwegian ship Knudsen, from Savannah, with a cargo of resin, has arrived at Hamburg danwed by ice. The British ship Loch Long, from Melbourne, has sustained slight damage through collision in the river Thames, THE VEATHER AND NAVIGATION. A telegram from Lloyd's agent at Hamburg states that the river is full of ice.

THE TORQUAY TRAGEDY. I The Treasury have instructed Mr Collins, Q.C., and Mr Vigor to prosecute at the ensuing Devonshire assizes the buoler, John Lee, who is charged with the murder of his mistress at Babbacombe. The accused maintains the ap- parent indifference which has characterised his demeanour from the first.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A I SOLDIER. I ^Tlie inquest was resumed at Whitmure, on Friday, as to the death of Michael Giulfoyle, a- private in the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment, whose mutilated remains were found on the London and North-Western Rail- way, on December 23rd. Inquiries had been made, but no additional evidence of importance could be obtained, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased man was killed by accidentally falling through the window of a railway carriage.

LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT, j Friday was the last day on which memorials complaining of non compliance with the standing orders of Parliament, in regard to the first hundred bills that are to come before Parliament next session could be lodged at the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons. The number of memorials deposited was 19, complaining of non-compliance in the case of 15 bills. Last year the number was much larger, 13 memorials being lodged against one scheme alone-the Rhondda scheme. Lord Tredegar has, through Mr J. C. Rees, Parliamentary agent, lodged a memorial com- plaining of non-compliance with the standing orders in the case of the Cardiff and Monmouth- shire Valleys Railway Bill.

GRIM SEQUEL TO ELOPEMENTS Information was received by the Falkirk police fron-i Alloa on Tuesday that two girls, of about 16 years of age, had absconded from the latter place, and that it was supposed they had gone south by way of Falkirk. On Monday the girls mysteriously left the home of their parents at Alloa, buo before doing so had secured what dress and jewellery they could conveniently 1R.y hands upon. After receipt of the information, Detective Davidson, of the Falkirk police, discovered the runaways in a lodging-house in Falkirk, in the company of two young men. who are said to belong to the theatrical profession. They had given the landlady to under- stand that they were newly married couples on their marriage tour. The girls, much to their astonishment, were escorted to the police- office, notwithstanding the vehement protestations of the bereaved husbands," and in the course of the evening Superintendent Nicol, of the Alloa police, had the runaways conveyed home. -I

WELSH CONGREGATIONAL AS- SOCIATION OF MONMOUTHSHIRE The quarterly meetings of the above association were held on Tuesday and Wednesday, at Ebenezer Chapel, Sirhowy. The conference of ministers and delegates was held on Tuesday afternoon. under the presidency of the Rev D. M. Da vies (Varteg), when the following resolution was unanimously passed :— That theRevD. Davies (Hanover) be requested to preach on Our duty as Protestants in this age of Rituaii^m, and the Rev E. D. Evans to preach on a subject gi ven by the church at Berea, Blaina." Public services were held in the evening, when the following ministers officiated The Revs. J. Jones, Mynyo.dislwyn; T. J. Hughes, Maesy- cwmmer W. Charles, B.A., Rhymney (011 "The Resurrection 01 the Dead," the subject given him at the previous meeting) D. M. Davies, Varteg W. Griffiths, Central Africa (who attended behalf of the London Missionary Society): Morris, Pontygof; E. E. Peregrine, 1 'J- Rhymney and R. Evans, Penuiain. AO.,

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CARDIFF. SMUGGLING.—At the police-court to-day—before Alderman Lewis-George Maddrell, a seaman, was fined £ 1 14s for illegally concealing a quantity of tobacco on the 9th inst.—George Adams, another seaman, was charged with smuggling a quantity of perfumed spirits. He was lined in the treble value £1 Is lOd and costs. WILFUL DAMAGE.—Bertha Stephens, a young woman, was charged with wilfully damaging some windows and a glass screen, of the value of £ 5, at the Five Bells beerhouse, Christina-street, on Friday night. She pleaded guilty, and was sent to prison tor a montn. THK DISORDERLY ELEMENT.—Several persons were fined or cautioned for behaving in a disor- derly manner on Friday night in various parts of the town, SSP

NEWPORT (COUNTY). CHARGE AGAINST A FARMER.—Mr --benezer Phillips, farmer, Liswerry, was summoned at this court to-day for being drunk on licensed pre- mises. On the 2nd inst. the defendant's man, Flower, went to P.C. Porter at the Liswerry police-station, and told him his master was drunk and fighting the landlord of the King of Prussia public-house, Liswerry, and that he could not get him away. Porter went to the house, and found defendant staggering about in the kitchen. The landlord, Edwin Wreford, said defendant had knocked him down three times, and told the officer to turn him out. Porter accordingly did so.—Charles Capper proved that defendan struck the landlord forward over some chairs,t and that later in the evening he was very drunk, and that his man had enough to do to lead him away.—Defendant denied the charge, saying he was only excited, and called the landlord, who admitted being knocked down twice. This assault was over the settling up for some sheep.—Dr. Wooliett: Is that the way you settle affairs in Liswerry district ?-\Vre-ford That is the way v-e settled. (Laughter,)—The bench decided that defendant was drunk, and fined him 10s and costs. THE CHARGE AGAINST AN AUCTIONEER.—At Newport county police-court, to-day, before Messrs lv. F. Wooliett and E. Lewis, magistrates, the adjourned case against George E. Everett, lately carrym on business as an auctioneer at Newport and Cardiff, for not paying £ 73 less 8d to the treasurer of the Henllis aud xxogerstone Schcol Board, was referred to. It appeared from the statement of the defendant that the meeting of the school board held last Monday evening, at which the account between the board and himself was investigated, was adjourned, and the defendant now asked the magistrates to further postpone the case, pending the settlement of the accounts. Mr Christophers, present clerk to the school board, confirmed the statement that the meeting had been adjourned, and the bench assented to the case being further postponed until next Saturday.

I -v I MAN AND DONKEY FIGHT. I Disgusting Spectacle. A shocking affair has just been witnessed in the \vest Riding of Yorkshire. Inconsequence of a pubac-house dispute as to the strength of a Nor- nianton miner, a fight was arranged between a ferocious donkey, the property of a publican, and the miner. The dumb beast was goaded to a pitcn of savageness, and then the man and don- key commenced a struggle which lasted an hour and a half. Surprise is expressed that the man was not lolled as he was bitten and kicked severely. He, however, acknowledged himself vanquished after 9J minutes fight, and was con- veved rom the scene of the disgusting exhibi- tion. -two hundred persons witnessed the affair.

I FOOTBALL. CARDH'F V. QÜEEX COLLEGE (CORK).—This F,'ld Is J'' ayed at the Cardiff Arms Park on -™vo<4 I +,.? U1? 111 a draw, eitner side having ^•{v b,„ fr a *Wo touches down. From the Car- dih team mncock, Hill, and L. C. Thomas were absent, ttiey havinR to p]ay at Glas„ow to- T A. ,fi >V?,n to Norton and Young. In the^hrat naif the visitors jnore than iieid their own, the uriDOJing 0f their forwards "being de- cidedly After ends had been changed they fell off, and Oarailf proved to be far too good tor them. The game, as stated above, resulted in a draw. If, however, the visitors had shown the slightest fairness, Cardiff would have had a couple of additions tries placed to their credit. As it was, when the Collegians found themselves being worsted, they kept up a running fire of dis- putes, which, ostllnwisely, the home team sub mitted to. Altogether, the match was the most unsatisfactory ever piayed on Cardiff ground. The tactics of tile v1;r;tor3 were undoubtedly of a nature unbecoming gentlemen in fact, they would have disgraced a village ploughboys' fifteen. About 3 p.m. ^[upson started the ball from the racquet court^eno. It was at once conveyed to home quartero, wnere, in the vicinity of the 25 flag, a lot or scrimmaging ensued. Eventually Griffin got across, and scored a try. Ward took the place-^acu, and tailed to secure the major point. A capital -usli by the Cardiff forwards, next carried the ball into the eilelly" and on it being brought back to half way, ^loi'Eran put in a good run to within the Corkagians <55 yiiraS. Th visitors, however, were equ'i emergency and soon worked down to Cardiff ground. A couple of loose lric.kf! bought play inside the 25 flag. Criffiti tne odrop a <_vrii andalthoughinissingthe bar, <-»ardn vere compelled to touch in defence. After uie top out pjrty continue i in the region of the home 25 yards. Some minutes elapsed, and then the wine team looked like getting away. Haney stopped the rush uy punting into touch near the 25 flag, but directlv after- warus the leather was propelled to mid- distance. A very evenly contested scrim- mage resulted 1? larry breaking through and dribbling iu fine style up to the Cardiff position. Stuart received a pass withoUt making muc o it, and a loose kick "mnt the b;¡Jl into touch wiitim a yard Qr two of tiie (jard:ff goal line. -'owing the line up, Evans exhibited good dribbling, takiUor the bau to inlf-way. Douglas passed "-ell out to Morgan, who gained a lot of ground. Stadden made his mart, but the kick was charged down, arid the College forwards once more rushed to Cardiff ground. Evans passed to Morgan, who was not allowed to travel far, but Ciare pro- pelled the bail to neutral territory. Evans punted on, causing the College position to become invested. Their lorward s soon changed the aspect of affairs by goou dribbling; play thereafter being at mid-distance. This brought the game to half-time. The teams crossed over, and hostili- ties recommenced after a five minutes' interval. The kick-off landed the ball in Cardiff ground, from whence Clare and Evans between them cou- alls veyedittohalf-way. PnceagaintheCollogianseanie out with a dribble right up to the Cardiff 25, and presently sending the ball across, the home team touched down. When the ball had been kicked out, Gaiaitr rushed it to half way. Douglas obtained possession from a pass, and by a dodgy run succeeded m crossing the line. 'Williams's place turned out a complete failure. At this juncture the services of Mr J. D. Evans as referee were reqUisitioned in consequence of some disputing. The home men, on play being resumed, forced the ball across the line, and the Collegians touched in defence. After the kick out the leatner was dribbled to Cardiff ground, but the home men, retaliating with a like manoeuvre, worked out to neutral territory. The home team lesorted to parsing, the effect of whic' was simply mh >~tnart contrived to get n the visitors 25 flag-. Xhe ensuinK fr was in close proximity to the College s p*ay hold, a scrimmage occumnR right on t' The close of the prolonged siege was th." in<r lege touched down. Play followhr -f. t!)e Col- out was m the visitors' ground, ar roP" mained till the close. Jllst before he/;U side," Cardiff got a try, winch t.h 'f'he 03,11 of no to on the ground that the ball 1 -i,vls:ltora objected standing about two yards b -tkd touched a boy this despite the fact that r Atiirid the post, and near. Previous to this ^f"'e men were retaining the ball when Collegian persisted in None of his side ,I was Cardiff's throw out. whereas half a <vore up a^ the Imc-out, on the spot, <3ozen Cardiff men were f>Pr!-qinlv have a try must almost the teams /-resulted. The following were Stuart Dor Cardiff: G. Williams, back; tl.ree-quarr Morgan, and W F. Evans, hapk- Si) oacks; Spencer and Stadden hali- Lewis T *r-JS011> Hint on, Ciare, A. N. Other, Oiirm Evans, andHalsey forwards. Cla. Harley, back Griffin, Long, and ha' three-qnarter-backs Gratteand Murphy, t, jf-flacks Langley, Ward, Barry, Dick', W hitelegge, Grinigs, Hargrave. and -F.evis, forv;ar, Umpires, Messrs C. James 7 and A. C. Clarke. Referee, Mr J. D. Evans. I

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SPORTING ITEMS. I Lowland Chief is to be sold or let by private treaty. Mr Abington has purchased Fair Lilian (5 yrs) of Mr R. Peck. Faug'n-a-Ballagh commences stud life at Kent- ford, near Newmarket. The Manchester Cup winner, Primrose II., is to be sold by action on the 19th inst. In the City and Suburban, Thebais is described in the Calendar as a "six-year-old" instead of aged." The Duke of Westminster has accepted the presidency of the Cheshire County and Stockport Cricket Club. M. Staub's Stockhoin (5 yrs), by Cadet out of Stockiiausen, has been turned out of training, and has gone to Blankney for stud purposes. Border Minstrel and the other horses, the pro perty of the late Mr J. Johnstone, will be brought under the hammer at Tattersail's on February 9th. The three-year-old colt by Pero Gomez out of Bonnie May, who looked like doing Mr Pickers- gill good service at one time last season, has been named Escamillo. The Paris football, players have not distin- guished themselves in England, and they are described as very indifferent players, and have evidently a deal to learn yet. We hear that Mr' Howett has made arrange- j ments with the Duke of Hamilton for Ossian to stand next season at Woodborough,in the place of the defunct Macgregor. The Sporting Mirror for the current month contains capital portraits of Lord Rossmore, Mr Henry Chaplin, Mr W. D. Boyce, and George Barrett, the well-known jockey. Three handsome deer, which the Duke of Edinburgh brought to Eastwell Park alter his cruise in the Mediterranean last summer, have died, owing to the English climate being unsu t to them. in the Aquarium billiard tournament Isst night, W. Mitchell receives 50, beat J. Roberts, jun. (owes 75) by 2ó8 points, and won the first prize, with six games to his credit. Mitchell has jw- proved at ttie all-round game of late. proved at ttie all-round game of late. The entries for the Ascot Gold Cap include S1:. Gatien, Florence, Arcniduc, The Lambkin, and the French crack Little Duck, while there is little doubt as to what the Duke of Portland's sealed nomination will be. With these horses at th- past it would indeed be a champion race. Count de Gramont ti'Aster, while out shooting a few days ago at Bois-Boudran, the seat of Count Gretfulhe, r. ceived a pellet near the eye. The mjury was such that a painful operation had to be performed by 31. Labbe. The Count is not yet considered out of danger. It is stated that Teemer, Ross, Gaudaur, Hamm, Elliot, Lee, Plaisted, Riley, and ien Eyek have given notice of their intention to tale park in the single-scull races at the New Orleans Regatta in May and Courtney's manager nas asxed permission for the great Union Springs orrsnian to participate. The following cnalfenge was issued yesterday morning :—" William Ward (the Flying Guards- man and champion wood chopper of Northamp- ton) is still open to chop wood against anyone (bar Gladstone) for three or tive days. for £ 5,a-side, or he will give Air. Tew live hours' startin-five days' work, for a, similar amount." Unfortunately, T ard bars the only man we should pit against him. The Notts Football Association are dead against professionalism. :Thüy have asked delegates from the Birmingham, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, and Hallamshire Associations to meet their representative at a conference at Derby on Thursday next, with a view to organiz- ing opposition to the proposed alteration of the rules at the meeting in London OIl January 19f.h. The entry tor the Great Metropolitan is exactly the same as last year but the City and Suburban shows a failing off of twelve. Trio general quality of the entries is, however, undeniably good, and very few horses are missing whose antecedents would justify a bid in their favour. The out-look on the horizon must be described as eminently satisfactory, unless people are uncommonly hard to please. •I A. Squires will, probably, be seen on the walking path again next season. Rumour has it that he is using a tricycie, to get himself tit, with a view to at least one of the L.A.C. challenge cups, as well as a general lowering of records. I Another veteran wdio, like Squires, will shortly emerge from his retirement, is little H. D. Thomas. He has already commenced training, in order tc representrthe Ibis Club in 1the Southern Championship. Mr Dent's nomination for the Wiaterloo Cup on Thursday advanced to 1000 to 45, and this price was ultimately u<)btainahle. I W. A. Jar vis has sold Galvanic, 5 yrs, by Galopin—Lightn .ng, to Mr M. Dawson, for stud purposes, the p';œ being £ 600. Child of the i List was on, Thursday backed for the Two Thousand Guineas uit 900 to 100, and the recently introduced Brotlier-to Althotas, was en- trusted with £50, at odds 0(20 to 1. Hardrada, the aged scm of Voltigeur and Mysotis, who was bred by-the late Lord Zetland in 1873, was shot at Aska'^Hall on Tuesday last, having been found unfit for further service in the hunting field. The old gelding was a frequent bearer of the Aske spo ts," having during the nine seasons lie was OIL.the turf run on 89 occa- sions, the last race in which he ran being the Richmond Handicap at the Richmond Meeting in 18S3, for which he"was unplaced. An unusually large, and fashionable company was present at the Rust Sussex Hunt meet, on Thursday, when the. proceedings opened with a breakfast, given at Crowhurst Park by Mr Pappillon, and amowgst. those who attended were Sir Thomas and J .iady Brassey, Sir Auchitel Ashburnham, Mr ç. A. Egerton, and the Rev. C. W. Cass, Itc. Owing, however, to the high wind and the thickly-wooded character of the country the sport; was not off a very exciting nature. It is stated thgit ^the differences which have existed between thfi Notts and LancashirejCounty Cricket Clubs will shortJy be bridged over by amicable arrane-a-nent, and there is every pro- liability of these two county teams meetir/g durir.g t sea-son. A jtfcij e ming-season. It will be remembered t'yjat in,: differences arose in the first instance thr.ough the Notts executive objecting to u"liat 'they deemed the unfair bowling of Crosslar pi, the pro- fessional, and it is more than proba' bie that in any matco with Notts Grossi&nd s ser rices will be dispensed with. {

DISTRICT NE.WS. I CARDIFF. LLAXDAFF CATHEDRAL. 1' Sunday after Lpiphauy.—In residence, tb A Very R»v the Dean and the Rev. Chance Woods." Holy Communion, Mid day. Morning, 11 a.m. service. Smart in G nitr. "From the rising of the ,un," Ouseley■ b- 76 Preacher, the Rev. Cnancallor Wo, Afternoon, 3.30 Litany; hymns, 79 f j.| 230: anthem, "Arise, shine, Liv ey i rea tile Minor Canon Downing.ERXKST S- .1, Succentor. v DINXK1. first annual dinner of the Koata I. ans/i C took placc in the reading- •tm0UI, .^i institution, Sun-street, Roath, 011 ui: -a> eve ^(ng, when upwards of 60 members were prese At. The n j. iveS) vicar- designate^ at{ German's, occupied the chair, supports' JN tjK, yice.cjiair by the Rev. F. E. Nqee. The cate;-in'- of Mr Chalk gave every sa:j''sf: vAion.

,)( ,/f: CORPORATION OF LONDO:; having required I /premises or tiie Bankrupt Ageni-y Association, 2D, ,adga,te-hill, E.C., for city improve; -nts, the Alliance Clothing Company, 33, St. beg most re- spectfully to inform tin- inhabitants of Cardiff and neighbourhood that they have taken ov, the whole of the above company's stock, comprising Hobson and Co.'s stock of clothing, < eorga Oliver's stock of hosiery and ties, and Strauss ,tock of fancy g *ods for immediate sale at a trifle OVl), ono-half the originalin- voice cost. Sale now proceeding at the Alliance Cloth- mgCompany, 35, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. 244, EXPEHIEXCED VETERINARY SMITH (Jo-er Pcare) shoes every class of horse at the Cardiff H, Exchange, near the Custom House. A trial solic" .ce FIRST CHRISTMAS SHOW.—The Model C Company are now shi/.vina, at 13, Bute-street 'lO-mng DISPLAY of CLOTHING, HOSIERY, HATS, <fcc. Cards of all the latest designs for Christm: «• ^aristuias AT 79, ST. MARY'S-STRBET, CARI next few days, good woollen or merino .In F, for the had at Is 2d per pair, three pairs for socks may be knitting machines as usual. 3s- feewin^and 21i

A STEAM LAUNCH SUNK IN COLL'.JSION. Narrow Escape of the Passengers. rltiay 1110 filing a steam launch, containing a numoei 01 sea^ ^,en goinp from Portsmouth to Spit- the vcscls of the channel squadron, ^as-1().1 "l1 into just outside the harbour uui-'ng .dense fog, by the Victoria, steam packet, pivmg between the Isle of Wight and the .land. The bow of the launch was cut 1 and the passengers h^d to scramble 011 joard the Victoria. The launch rapidly filled, f and there was barely time for the Victoria to reach her before she sank.

Sir Charles Diike and Mr Childers remain in town. The former had an interview with the If.tter cm J?viftay afternoon at the Treasury

The Redistribution Bill. THE DIVISION OF GLAMORGAN- SHIRE. The Boundary Commissioner at Bridgend. Major Tulloch, one of the Boundary Commis- sioners, attended at the Town-liall, Bndgend, on Friday, for the purpose of hearing any objections to the constitution of the several divisions of the county of Glamorgan, as described in the Govern- ment scheme, and of receiving any proposals for their alteration. The following is a list of the bodies represented, together with the gentlemen appearil1 on their behalf :—Central Glamorgan Liberal Association, Lieut.-Col. Turberviil (presi- dent), Mr W. Blakemore, and Mr T. J. Hughes (secretary) Cardiff Town Council, ^Alder- man Jones, Councillors Waring, Carey, Morgan, Sanders, and the Town Clerk (Mr Wheat-ley) Cardiff Liberal Association, Mr Councillor Vaughan and Mr John Duncan from Lian- trisant, Mr Roderick Lewis, Mr Evan John, Mr John Evans (Crofta), Mr Tahesen Morgan, and Mr Gwilym Williams from Pontypridd, Mr F. R. Crawshay (chairman of the Pontypridd Local Board), Mr Lewis Davies, Mr Charles Bassett (of the Burial Board), Mr Grover (Urban Sanitary Board) LLnwonno School Board, Messrs James Riches and D. Leyshon Cow- bridge Farmers'Club, Messrs F. R. Craasuay (chairman), F. Stacey, D. J. Jenkins, W. Jenkins, W, V. Huntley, W. Thomas, Ress Thomas, J. B. Jenkins, R." T. Basset! J. G. Homfray, Oo!. Tyler, and Mr Tut sou (secretary) Maes Leg Liberal Assoc;atiou, the Rev E. Jones, and Dr James Dav.es, D. Davies (Li ver pool House), Mr W. Williams (Oakwood) Pontypridd Liberal A ssociation, Dr. Roberts, Messrs Jno. Roberts, Jame* Roberts, H. Davies, W. H. Morgan, Edwin Thomas, and Henry Hopkins Bridgend Local Board, Messrs HugII Beavan (chairman), G. F. Lambert, and J. Heminingj Glamorgan- shire Conservative Association, Messrs flowel Gwyn, O. H Jones, J. C. Vye-Paiminter, Col. Hill, Jonas Watsou, Mr Tennant, S. H. Stock, wood, H. N. Miers, T. W. Booker, and Lascelles Carr Cowbridge Liberal Association, Dr. Edwardes, Messrs Thomas Rees (solicitor), Edward John, and W. E. Miles; Bridgend Conservative A.ssocation, Messrs J. T. Stock- wood, junr., Geo. Vaughan, and T. Johns. Amongst the others present there were Sir Hussey Vivian, M. P., Messrs C. H. James, M.P., R. O. Jones, W. Llewellyn, A. J. Williams, (barrister), T. M. Franklen, clerk of the peace for Glamor- gan James Barrow, Maesteg; Dr. Paine, the Mayor of Swansea, (Mr Williams), Mr Frank James, Merthyr Mr Curtis, town clerk of X eath the Rev. C. R. Knight, the Rev. F. W. Eumondes (rector of Coity), £ c. The Commissioner asked whether any gent man proposed a division of the county different to that of the commissioners. If so, he should like to see the scheme before they began. The Town Clerk of Cardiff intimated that the corporation of that borough had ''requested Mr Sanders to lay their scheme before the com- missioner. Mr Sanders said that the corporation did not appear as antagonistic to the Government scheme, to the scheme of Sir Hussey Vivian, or to any scheme which had been presented except on the one point that these schemes provided for five divisions of the county, and the corporation said that there ought to be four divisions. The Commissioner I cannot go into that. If your scheme is based on a redivision of the county, you are out of court altogether. I have no more power than you have to alter the division of tiie county. All I can do is to take your representa- tion, but I cannot h;" r you on that subject it is quite beyond my jurisdiction. ( Mr Sanders then asked the commission er, if not as a matter of duty, as a matter of conrtesy, to hear the corporation of Cardiff as ti > eel*, objections to the scheme now laid before t4. county, because they felt that It vvoll id work an injustice. Wales, as the comir • sioner knew, taking the census of 1EA31, hr J1S" population of 1,359,395. It had been unders lie thought most completely by Jail partiess.tb thirty members for Wales should not be dis ,l! and if so, that would give ail average 41 lljecl> The Commissioner; I think that is be J„J altogether. *ond ment—ndCrS: wilVllloW 5 one mo- The Commissioner said if Lai did A v taking up time unnecessarily T ftev n f to the point with which he ha^ *xMieai If th were going to deal with the v^ole of Wales, and prove to Tnm that greater numoer of county divisions wou d be d Arable-why, it was altogether outside of fii.- jur' Miction. He would be wrong to entertam such a proposition at alL If Mr Sanders had got anyth, £ 0 wi±M t, scope ot his (the commiss i0ner;b) d^t he«should be very glad indeed J0 Ilst.:il t, He had been appointed to a ,ttend there to go into the Proposed divisions o £ the count |nd i{ one had any a terati or anythl4 to propose with legard 10 tnat b a should be glad to liear him, also as to any 1propo ,eil extension of the borough of Cardiff. He c mId not hear more thaQ f| words, however. What he should do with regard to that was to p- at the representation before the commissioners, w{jo would consider as to whether an inquiry w as necessary with respect to the extension or t lle parliamentary borough of Cardiff. But he realb/cou;d noc heai. remarfes upon the wide questi on of the representation of the whole of NVaies -,nd the representatiml of Glamorgan- shIre. Mr S Ai-iders asked whether or not a word or two "I -ht be said as to the re-distribution for the C0JJv -y of Glamorgan. -1 ^ie Commissioner replied that he had nothing all to do with it. It had been settled by Par- liament that Glamorgan was to have five divisions. It was quite competent for them to bring the question forward in Parliament; his (the commissioner's) court was too small a one to entertain it. After some other remarks from the com- missioner, Mr Sanders addressed himself to the question of the extension of the boundaries of Cardiff, and said that the corporation were anxious that the parliamentary borough should be made coter- minous with the municipal borough. The Commissioner: I understand that v require an extension of your boundary in ';4he eastern direction. I Mr Sanders replied in the affirmative, sr ;t was desired to include Within the parlia ^inrlrv division such portion of the municipal f Jl'if' was not<iow included. ,Then, on the wes' the parishes of Penarth, Cogau, and Ti,L(,-wh which were closely allied with Car dbT ^n everv sense. There was a most cornple „ terest—in fact, the people of F tually the people doin £ businee ^THP incorporation of these places 40>jld "add the population of Cardiff 5.000 ac 4; cf 1881, and 8.000 accordir to the cfensus mated Aumber.' « to tue ^resent estl" :« I.J'lease bear this in mind li tilt, e\uenbion of vo i » « u 4. v J ar borousrh be approved of bv the commissione -rt -,i n nectedwith any b /S' 1" will not be at ad con- There will still be !n fe ■\f c. member tor Cardiff. fi' ani i'dte understood that, and subse- quently asked 4hether he WfluM h3 allowed to a*^ ad" 16 .jesS^0U the population of Cardiff iddine iP /mmi5si°ner replied in the negative, Cardiff aat' ttl0-re was any foundation for the snecia' /ca'se bei11? Sone iato> there must be a n'ow i inquiry. If he entertained that subject mp lie would;only be receiving ex parte state- .nts, because he might take it as certain that a prol. osal to extend the parliimentary borough Co the municipal limits would be opposed by those gentlemen whose property such an extension would affect. Mr Franklen (the clerk of the peace) remarked that in 1876 Cardiff obtained an Act of Parlia- ment-a private act—which extended the muni- cipal borough so as to make ic include all the parts which the Cardiff people at that time thought were of the same interes as themselves. Mr Waring I had a great deal to do with that- The Commissioner I don't think it is necessary to go into that. I understand the Cardiff Cor- poration are anxious for an extension of their parliamentary boundary. Mr Sanders That is so. The Commissioner: So that it shall be coter- minous with the municipal limits. Mr Sanders That is the first proposal. The Commissioner There is no other we can deal with. Mr Thomas Rees, of Cowbridge, said that the inhabitants of that place were anxious to continue part of Cardiff in parliamentary repiesentation, as at present. Mr Sanders said that with regard to the ques- tion raised by Mr Rees, it had arisen out of a memorial sent in by the Cardiff Corporation, who, in speaking of Cowbridge and LIantrisant being merged in the county, thought the inhabitants of those places would desire to be so transferred. Mr Gwilym Williams wished to state that Llantrissant felt the same as Cowbridge—they did not wish to he cut off from Cardiff. Sir Hussey Vivian said it appeared to him that there was a general concensus of opinion as to the mode in which the county of Glamorgan should be divided into five divisions. He had attentively observed the scheme proposed by Mr O. H. Jones, who, he believed, represented the Conservative interest in this matter, and he (Sir Hussey) had, of course, attentively considered the proposal of the commissioners, and there .eemed to be a general agreement as to the geographical mode in which the county was to be divided. The differenca between the three schemes which had been pro- pounded and published turned largely upon de- tails. Taking the eastern division first—that division which was fcalled by the commissioners the Caerphilly division—he found that the pro- posal of the commissioners made the population of the division 44,857 whilst the'proposal made by the Liberal parry of that county would make it 50,321, and that of the Conservatives 46,000. The differences between tiie commissioners' proposal and that put forward by the Liberal party lay entirely in the four parishes, Llauedarne, Llan- ishen, Radyr, and Whitchurch, with a part of the parish of Egiwysiian, the other portion being already in the district called Caerphilly, or Eas Glamorgan division, in regard to that proposal, he thought it might be said to be_ a geographical question exclusively. It was considered that such boundaries would render the division more com- pact, and by that means comply with one o: the provisions set forward in the instructions to the commissioners. At any rate, the proposal was one which he had to submit to the commissioners as worthy of their consideration. One portion of it prevented the division of the parish of Eglwys- ilan into two parts. The larger portion of the parish was already, as proposed by the commis- sioners, in the divisionHvhichheventured to call East Glamorgan. That, so far as he could ascertain inferentialiy irom figures, amounted to a popula- tion of 1.439. It was part, of the instructions that parishes divided into petty-sessional .divisions that, Egiwysiian had been divided, and therefore it WHS a question whether it might not be desirable to allot the whole pansu to the division, whica h i ventured to call East Gla- morgan, and whicn stood in the proposal of the commissioners ;,s the Caerphilly division. That really was the only distinction that was to say, the four parishes of ijianedarne, Liamshen, Radyr, and WhitchurcLi, with a por- tion of Egiwysiian, formed the only dif- ference between the proposed scneme of the commissioners and that of those who repre- sented the Liberal party. Then, passing on to the next division, he came to that of the Rhondda —the parish of 1 stradyfodwg. That parish he proposed to make an entire division, and he observed with pleasure that the proposal of the commissioners coincided with thar. proposal. Therefore upon that point he need offer no remarks, with this one exception, that. the pansu of Rhigos formed a portion—an eccie^iasticai portion—of the parish of Ystrad Vaidr,. Air O. H. Jones: Not an ecclesiastical portion it is only a port-ion of the old parish of Y srad Vardre, but separately rated. Sir Hussev Vivian went on that it was a. mere de-Pi- The inhabitants of tiie ham) of Rhigos would prefer to form a portioned .et so-called Caerphilly or East Glamorgan dr the That would reduce the numbers of toe p .dsicn. Ystradyfodwg by about 1,000, but the 1 Arish of that parish had been so enormous .ccrease of would be no anomaly in so reducr that there the best statistics which couid V- jg it. From understood that the number of a obtained, he parish of Ystradyfodwg at inhabitants in the estimated at 61,505, and t' this moment was away of 1,000 was not wo- aerefore, the taking Coming next to that w' rthy of consideration, called the Llandaff div' .aicii the commissioners tared to call the Son .ision, and which he ven- there, ',ic the .ch Glamorgan division, now him and the coir difference of numbers between numbers at 44 r .missioners was that they put the Mr R. 1637, and he at 50,329. Llangefeia i-oiies We propose to take out Sir Hr and Newcastle Higher. felach Assey Vivian said that he desired Llange- pett' M be taken in. His proposal was that the i\j-' sessional di vi;iol1 of iSewcastie should be in T .d-GIamoi'gan that was to say, in the Vale of Neath division, excepting the parishes of Coity, I Coychurch, Newcastle, Llandvfodwg, St. Bride3s Minor, and Ynysawdre. The only difference between his scheme and the commissioners for the petty sessional division of Llandaff was that he proposed to add to it the parishes of St. Bride's Minor and the hamlet of Ynysawdre, one with a population of 917, and the other 321. It was a matter of pure indifference to him, and those who supported his scheme whether the parish of Cilybebill (1,940 inhabitants) went to the west or the mid- division. The divisions v iiich he proposed were really very nearly those which the commissioners had proposed, and therefore he did not feel that he had much to press upon Major Tulloch. Several other suggestions were made, and This concluded the business, and a vote of thanks was accorded to the commissioner, on the proposition of Sir Hussey Vivian. Major Tulioch, in responding, promised that every representation that had been made that day should receive the fullest consideration. Perhaps those present did not know the trouble involved in effecting even a slight alteration in boundaries, but the commissioners were most careful in giving every consideration to representations. No con- clusion would be arrived at until they were perfectly satisfied they were doing the best they could for the country under the circumstances of the case. (Hear, hear.) He was very glad to find the issue had been practically narrowed to very small limits. It really affected only two divisions, Llandaff and the Vale of Neath di- visions, and it did not seem to him in these particular cases so very difficult to arrange the boundaries so that the agricultural and mining populations should be properly represented. He was very glad.indeed to find the scheme generally received the approval of the county. It was a great source of/gratification to the commissioners to tind throughout the country how well their schemes ivere, received. Even when opposed by certain gentlemen, still there was always a strong feeling in t'/ie room in favour of the Government scheme. Of course their scheme was prepared without t,be local information which those present pGssessr/L but still the Government had, perhaps, come sources of information open to tllem which were not open to others. Perhaps it was due to that .that their schemes had met with such general api )rc)val throughout the country. .the enquiry then closed. J

A THE NEWPORT GUARDIANS AND THE OVERSEERS. Financial Control with a Vengeance. At the Newport county police-court, to-day, half a dozen overseers of parishes comprised in the Newport Union, were summoned at the instance of the Newport Guardians for not paying calls due from their respective parishes, levied tor poor-iaw purposes. This action had been taken as the result of numerous complaints made at meetings of the board of overseers being in default, and also because the guardians' account with the bankers has been overdrawn. Four of the ca.ses were struck out because the money had been naid, but the overseers of Wilcrick and Machen Lower were not included in this arrange- ment. Mr Thompson. appeared for Messrs Geo. Young and David Lewis, of Machen, and Mr Davicf James for Messrs I. Lawrence and William Roberts, of Wilcrick. Both produced bankers' receipts, showing that the money for which they were summoned had been paid in the month of November.—Mr Wooliett: This is very irregular. (To Mr Thompson) It is a great pity you should be brought her-e. it is bad enough to be sum- moned here at all, but to summoned when the money has been paid long ago is another matter. —The bench dismissed both cases, with costs against the guardians, in Mr Thompson's case awarding 10s.

A MINERS' CANDIDATE IN STAFFORDSHIRE. The Staffordshire Miners' Association have chosen Mr Enoch Edwards, president of the Miners' Federation, numbering 24,000 men, to vonseet one of the new divisions of North Staf- fordshire in their interests at the next general election. He will either contest the borough of Newcastle, including Silverdale, Chesterton, and Knutton, or the new division of Wolstanton and Tuustall, including GoldcnfÜl1, Kidsgrove, and Audley parish. These parts comprise the hsart of the mining district in North Staffordshire.

CHLOBO-LIKSEED' COUGH LozKNuts, a medicated linseed extract, 6d; pottage 2d. Kay Bros., Stockport, and all Chemises 213