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THE ACTION AGAINST TRII "WELSHMAN" COMPANY. TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY REPRE- I SENTED. I COUNSEL'S OPINION TO BE I SOUGHT. The action for dvuiages brought by W illiam Gilt*, printer's appreutioe, against his m. ployers, the "Welshman" Newoixaper Com- pany, which had been adjourned owing to a technical difficulty was resumed at Uie Car- marthen Paitoe-oourt on Mouday. It will be remembered that plaintiff's contention was *hat the defendnt oompany had not attempted to t&vh him tho "art of printing" according to t4wir covenaitt, and in c?otisequeuc* he ",ked the ?e" to canoel indentures and to award him £10 damages* The adjournment had hecc-me necessary in oader to decide the legal abpect of the question relative to the validity of the iddentuxeo, which do not bear the com. liion seal of the defendants, who form a limited Ii_büit,. oompanv. Mr. 'i Walter@, sWioit4Dr, i Nlr. Lab4ity d for the plaintiff, aM Mr. J. F. -Ami for the efoudent compauy.—Mr. Walters rem inded :ht ofool: raffed at the last Mttin?. and otnted tg.?, of course, if the document was bad owing to the obomes of the seal the whole foundation of his application must go. He admitted that, in his opinion, the articles were not valid; but within the previous half-hour sc.uething had oc<.in red to necessitate an appliontiou for a further adjournment—this time for a month. Tho Typographical Society, having seea a lej r;rt of the opening of the case in the news- paper*, had Fvnt down a representative, and he (the speaker) had every reason to believe that that society would consider this to be a cae vliich, in the mterost of printera iin general, they should take up. The iety would pr(,iobly get ooupwl opinion as to the validity of the indentures.—Mr. Morris "td he must object to tho adjournment most strongly, as h'- raw no reason why the defendant company stir.u'.d ]"y h..rn8(>lve,! open to an attack by ny corporation like the association that had been named or any other similarly-constituted body. He vvs» preptired to go oi with the oane upon it4 merits that dav. An ample an.«wer ha,1 been prepared.—Mr. Morgan Griffiths (one of ilto magistrates) said that, as far as he w-s con- etmed, he 8SW no oaUO(!. whatever to alter the opirion which he expressed at the previous ntting. Ho did J'ot thinlc it was, a case in which the merits should be entered into until the leiral point as to the validitv of the inden. "'f.' had befm ,I ooid.1 ,d t"t could not he d«rid»d by t'.at murt.-The Ben?h ultimately t., adjouni the caw for a fnrtaigl,t.- Mr, W T Rickvd, one of the director* of the Company, raw at t'hio stago and, acdresaing Mr. Walteis in excited t<ln"fl, mid Ith" t every facility had been afforded the »lam- t'ff hitherto, but in frture he WO\11d hive po focilitif* irfhfT than what the bw wmld trive him.- Mr, TTniter*, in rrtnlv, lucked the T?«»>ch t" f rdcr that fire articles of spnrpri* !p should be "M over to him for ;MpK-tion,

A man, named Jiur-es Baker, was killed at Palatcn. London, on Sunday night bv an ele- phant btJongiiig to a circus. Baker formerly trained the animal, which he had not _n for nearly twelve months. Upon tho man enter- ing the ciechant s stable on Sunday night the Ij uto gored him, one of its tusks parsing through his braiu. Ha died shortly afttr Roo mtnai, to to hwpitLL

LICAL NEWS ITEMS. John 4onas was brought up on Monday on ran p nd at the Town-hall, Lani- pttu Oft Measrs. John Fowdeu, Obit EVIWl, David DaTi", and Roderictt Evans) charged with having entered the --Ace on <?e 30th of December 1ut and ing thtt?om wmie money, poew | ardenJ and portage 8U.mp8 to the value of a.baut B40. II..ed wm rommi for trial. Mr! T. 8. Cboper, chM-c!? at Newport Poet-pfflce, who is leaving the town to take up the p rieriship at Falmouth, has been pre- _n- by the postal and telegraph ''1*? with a band 11\8 goiu watch an d chain, suitably in. scribed, as a mark of the eeteem in which he has been held during the 32 yean of hie resi- dence in the town. A Swansea ostler named John Dew*bury lias given himself up to the Swan«w« police on a charge of sWalmg a horee at Pontardulaia. The county police have been looking for him for some days. Thomas Radford and Sydney Edward Sal- mon, Wellington-street, were on Monday at Swansea Police-court charged on remand with stealing three oast-iron wheel* from a yard at the North Doc k Radfo- itntoaoed to one month and Salmon to fourteen days. 8H0KEIM nnfttMt < BhM Tobw" te* Mr**< "II:ft"hr' Uoill. ':=:. (r#gioAred). ""diu.. OAIMI, luU, _aurecl fear yesm IR h?W ksfsn hsiog out. LHW AtColwyn Bay Police-court Jakes Henry W. Newton was fined £4 and costs for assaulting the Rev. Meredith Hughes, otirrtte of Colwyti, whilst returning homo from Sunday night duty. Air. Newtoa. a solicitor, who was with the eomplainallt, accidentsjly (Ollided with Newton, who thereupon, it it alleged, struck Mr. Hughes twico in the face. WilLsim Piigh and his wife Elisabeth, living at the ripe House, Strand, were on Monday dealt with by the Swansea magistrates for wilful neglert of their four children. The woman was seat to prison for two months, and the man was fined 20s. ur ten days. ONE or THE WONTDET18 Of T'RB AGE Is Spencer's Ntw I'iffh Aim Harxl Sewing Machine, with -1?ut -r .d l,. 11 -et f apj>llfcoce», lor t2 18i. 6d. ruh. Money returned II bOt apprcTwl. TJest value io Sfving Machiuea.—Spein**r'a DomestJo Maohiae Depot, (It, Joba'a-aquare, Oanfiff. 49bU Or Monday at Aferthyr Police-court David James. landlord of the Vukan Inn, High-street, Merthyr, was fined £2 and easu for mot admitting Police-eergeant Charles Thomas into the house whilst in the execution of his duty late on the night of the 2nd inst. George Burnford, Treharris, charged with feeing a daserter from the Royal Horse Artil. ltry, stationed at Woolwich, was remanded by the Merthyr magistrates on Monday to await an eecort from his reffimeut, into which he said he had enlisted in the name of Tom Evans. Mary Bodger was on Monday at Merthyr charged on remand with owalirg a turkev, the property of John Martin, at M,,Is?s Top. The prisoner had alleged that she had bought the turkey stive from a man who had called at her door, and Superintendent Thomey now inti- mated that a* a result erf inquiries since made by the police the charge would be withdrawn. Awarded 3 r,i M and AUrer Medala tor Floial Desigos. Our Speciality, 10.. 6d. Wreath. Satiafao- U.u t-utftD < 'e rM. Qeoa-.tm.t, C.%4, M. Mi& A meeting of the creditois of John Lewis Daviee, tailor and dmpex, Abercynon, Will held on Moudny at the offices of the Official Receiver at Merthyr. The statement of affairs showed: -Liabiliiies. jB59 IBs. 2d., awets £25 15s, M., deficiency £34 2s. 8d. William Rcw, a you labourer from Pontymoile, who ft?i ,d ho h ;j only been out of pri-ii five we«ks, and had been a teetotaler ovriug that time, went to Newport on Satur- day to sea the football match, and nftern'ard* met some friends." He Willi vary drunk in Ccir.mer nal-street about 9.30, and when taken into ciutody by Polios-constable Peecock and Polioe-oonstabla Robinson ho began kicking right and left, and evidently meant business. He was mad drunk. The Bench sent him back to prison for six weeks. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.—" The DO ROOTY," FIIGH-RMF,iCY, re»p»tlully Invite the inhabitant* of CfcuUff and neighbourhood to a view, for one wetik only, -U,i I J-.ry qth, t a ey tttnu-?Te OU) ?GUSH SCKKN, Mhtbtte? ? tMr windows. 49720 Goome Jonas, collier, Treorky; Thomas I%om&s. Ivor .1tI, BAud Crumm and C"mve Crump, coliicn, Ynyehir, were at Ystrad PettYOI\e on Moa&y aharged with wounduiif John Mainwaring, ooilier, Dumfriet- @tree t Treorky, on the 4th imt., and also with _u1iin¡r John Price, BuW,,tivet. Treorkv, Tlie prosecutors went to the Boar's Head Hotel, Treorky, with John Pr;ce, and stayed there a little while. On leaving the hotel both of them were struck by the defen- dants, and Mainwaring fell to the ("round i-no siUe. Dr. Tribe, Troorky. stated that Main- -riDtJ had a wound Ijin. Xmg ova the eye- brow. ?e defendants were MCh fined ?3, or in default six weeks' imprisonment. Kdwvd Jenkins aM John Ftp, haulisrs, PMttyprMd. were otuH?ed at Yttt? RIUusi- court cm Monday with wmittimr Wiwiwi- stable Itfwin, Norton Blidfa, Pontytaidd, on the 5th of October I.A. The datoilMtto wca smitenoed to a mouth's imprisonment. Smoke Archer's "M F.H." Mixture. Mr. FRMm. Duke.okwt, (Xfdia, bep to ttm U,&k he AM Ph.)Iogaplw eseb Visit?r io bb =: 40061 At YMorad Polioe-oourt ou Mooday Alfred Gwynne, (juarrymau, Mardv, wiw committed for trial to the quarter sessions for wounding his landlord, Edward Villiers, restaurant keeper, Mardy, by stabbing him between the byte with a pen-knife on the 19th ult. The Margam District Council on Monday dis- cussed the ruport of the lighting committee, and, with the view of imTtMvint the iinhiin? of the djttnct. it wM sgr*M to try further ?pernnentt. for the purpme of which ? new lamp is to be purchased. The saoitary inspector reported u to his house-to-house inspection. Two out of th.. three cams of diphtheria were tmceabl« to insaiitary anangements. It was decided that Mr. B^4v<.p should complete his mepection. Tho Olerk rvported ihat 9581 I'08te would be received by the counoil in the matter of the board v. Batchelor and LowdMl, contrsotow, under a local sawmge scheme. The cotuwil 1<* about xmo in the litíption. Smoke "Archer's Infant Plant" Tobaceo. IWI--WINT" ClAANINQ.—Household ruruiih. togs, Ueuts' --A ladies' CoUiiBg yrench-oleaned or D,I. OAKi'iC'Ol Eflactually 11.1611. LACE CUK- TAINS P-ti.Ily OJULed, LINEN LtumtMwd fa superior ?iier. Shin., aoij?, &t., a pecisittv. A,r Or(«r< rMti? -f4 tttM'?n. KEO ORQ& ,,rI'I&1J":I.: ,r.:J%rc O the OtrdiO 8tlIn !?t?)ry. Dyttt?. Carpet &M Windov cieajvu, Ccott?t; (Um?). iuay4kw, Chthays, OardL& 41?r At N Borougil Police-oourt on Monday Catherine Vernn. landlady of the GWobe Public- houee, was fined 20s. and costs for keeping her house open after hours ou the 6th innt.—Jenkm Kfftore-kevp«er, for being unlawfully pre- sent, was muloted in a similar fine. A fire bmko out in the aWWhment of Mr. J. Jame-, boo?fUer. Pent"" on Sun<'?' evpn i»S. ?PP?M thM at about a quarter to ::t.t o=e Ihpï: =«& at the tim< '?tced d?aM amoke com?g out of the Un« 1,L4?'zisr fr,)m the d.y..rd. T''? found tW !tt he bt? bedn-on.. which wM kept M a lumber rt?m.waeun hre. C)M?m Dyke and tha n??mbm ?f U'e Yttn?yfo?n Fire BfiMde Xrw^ ^X*' md the fire w.hortay f?terwMdt (?t under. Afeher't "Our Am<fio<m Cousin" Tobacco p S^ '——— ? No?l-ork  ph.t"gt.plw 6744 Two hawkers, vit, John Price, of Maesteg Glamorganshire, and George Bennett, of Hands. Wtrbrou*ht up in custody at the Aber- yebwitit 'Po,lice-station on Monday mcrning iharged with liaving stolen various articles, the property of John lhomag and Powell Davits, farmers, r?td.]? ?t t'diMritBn t?d Bryn. t?yMM*, on the ?. 1'?ely lr, iffin and Br)?n- priøonMl were re"'&nÙed in etwto4 to the T*iv. boot Petty Sewiom, which Wte plane on Thurs- day. At the Mure court Catherine Jetikiw, in the service of Marprt-t Jor.kins, at Bkenavor, F,r,n, was charged with having stolen pair of hoots and stockings, the properly of her mistress, on the 2.9.11 ult. The aocuted, who was apprehended by the Maoliynllcth Police, Wild reminded unt* Thursday. On Monday )n-'rD;n{f the remain* of Mr. p, P. Kins, the ivideiy-knoivn jfrocw and proviiion merchant of Haverfordwest, were buried in St. rhomne's Chiuviiyird by the Rev. C. F. Har. rison, ncor of M. 31,r in th* pretcn« of a number of rttatn? :F;h. The 4'd:ed Was 70 years of we. Mr. Howel CtitNber4on mn-otier, held all i. nquest at Aberdulrtia on Mondav wiai^emiiig the death of Cntherine Hughes, ó3, of Tonna, who was found' insensible near the Aberdulais Railway Station, on Saturday night, and who died shortly after. —The jury returned a verdict of from a fractured skull. caused br dweaned faljog when under the influence of drink." Mr. Chapman fir Permanent Photographs. Bssi In ViiKlity awl Moderate in Price. fTJJT Smoke Archer's "M.F.H." Mixture. At the conclusion of the business ait the Neath Borough Police-oourt on Mondav. th-e Mavor (Councillor A. R. Thomas), on behalf of the cleilu at Mr. Curtio's office, the corporation officials, and the borough police, presented Mr. Fred Williams, chief-clerk to the town-clerk, who is aboit to U" married with a silver spirit ■iand and a silver inkstand. Speeches were also mado by Mr. D. M. Davies (borough our- veyor), the nead-conatable, Mr. II. El is, and Mr. W. B. Davies (assistant sanitary inspector). Colonel Goidtmid, Mr. J. Bevley, C.C., Mr. L. Ll. Nichollo (Siwanaea), Mr. E. T. David (cl-ri- to the Porthc^w! Urban Coun- cil), Mr. John Grace, J.P. (chairiian), Mr. Q. G. Sibuerln& Jones (vice-chairman). and Mr. Watkin Bevan, met on the Newton Downs on Monday, on the site of the proposed irrigation g t.uttd. They trllovenÑ the whole ground, and the engineer (Mr. Meat lev) expressed him- "H hi?hiy ..btiod with the MOMtty pur- cba.l by th* coamxt. A more table ground for the purpose fnr whioh it was intended oculd not he procorad. By mutual oonocc- OW., it it ongdfjJxxi Uutt MhMt ii likely ta take place in either teltuio--tbat of .1 rifle range and the disposal of the eewngtt. College of Vio)u)Mt<. London. Pmidw-d 8ipor Guido w Patrm? 8enor 8*rv Otte. Profe**or WiUMtmj. H. H»ns 8att. Mon- fieur Ch. Dauola. Sc?reta?y: G. Fouchsr, B«|. At the eiaminiitioti held at Newport, Moo., on DecombeT 31st, 1896, examiner K. Polonaski. Eq., the following violin pupfif of Mr. W. H. Ltles, ten.. mueos-,fully pM<td:— Bertie J. Stepheno, Ibentiat* (diploma L. C.V.) Agnes 'Riomeon, associat* (diploma A.C.V.), honours; Annie Bradburn. gnbduat*; Anlie L. Maddwcn, gn'duate; Mary Oil/aid. duate; Mabel E. Davies, graduate; Wtllio Celee, graduate; Mabel K. Phillips, lerKmd grade: Peivival g. Lerwill, sfcood grade. Studeni- "t Arlingioo Houee School, alao^upils of Mr. W. H. £ il#s: —Katharine D. Culluoi, associate (dirVloma, A C.V.) Gladys M. Lyns, graduate; Gladys E. Emanu*l, seo-md gr»d<>, Ihdouiw; Eik-en H. Fulton, second gr*di>, honours; Gwendoline A. 0. Llewellin, aeoond grade. Pupil of HIae Hutchinson, Arlington Houee SchoolJt'bfi Wyndham Pain, second grade, honoiiri. A meeting of the Cardiff bo«rdin« house muten WM held lit the Albion Hotel, Bute- atreet, on Monday evening, to protect etpiMt the corporation bye-lawn with regard to board- ing-hou«e mMtMl. Mr. P. O'Brien presided, end, upoo the preposition of Mr. W. Graf- fundsr, seooodedby Mr. W. Hawkins, a resolu- tion was unanimously passed pretexting againat the bye-laws, whid, it was oontendad, made the present system of advance note* absolutely worthies*. In connection with kho Cardiff Provident Dispensary, Gnildfo:?d-etre«t, the statement h" the week ending J'mutry 9 is ? fol3ows: Nt?n?r of t?ndMr«; at th? dupe'?t?y with medicine <npp)ied. 419; number of ?ifit' paid b" rhe medical staf nt patient*' own bom8, 117; nun*w admittel during the week, 5. ,lust" William Jchn BrOW14 ilcoaltippa,? living at 36, LewM-.ttreet, B*nT, was leaving work .t No. 11 Tip, Bury Docb, on Satur day evetiinu-, he met with a thocMn: scoidmt, from e=ie¿: ;bi he succumbed in a few minutes. He was in the act of coupling »om# empty coal wafjene vrhen he wa* caught between the buflei-s, which crushed him terribly, and he died is stated. His body was oPLTsyad home, wbere it liag awaiting an iuqt. Deceased leaves a widow and family At Llandaff Polics-court on Monday (iietore Mr. John Gunn. chairman; Colonel Woods, and Colonel l'i.btr) Alfred Davies, landlord of tb. Railway Inn, Llandaff Yard, was sum- moned for keeping his licensed premises open I during illegal houM (.n J?MttyZ. Mr.J.H. i Jonf.CMJifT. tppeMtd fofAw defecce.—Pohce. eootttMe Toye said that on the date in question he found ,¡x men drinking at theBMiw?y Inn at 10.20 p.m. He spoke to it* .:&, d71?n I-nan pli,?d that he did not know it was a?er the proper time for closing, a* he was enioyuig himself. The clock in th* room was at twenty-fiv* minutes p«* teii.~The Bench deuided, ir view of the defendant having before appeared, to impose a ine ot 208. and cofte. The 8lX men was ordered to pay the ct'*t< of eacl1 atininiom. At Cardiff First, Pr* ice-court on Monday morning Moses ThomM. a collier, of Caer- philly, was fined JEt and with the alterna- tive of oue manth's iripr:sonme:it with hard j labour, for seniilting D. Williams, an officer of the Rhvnmey Railway Co., bv striking him on the head with a bottle at Cardiff Station ou j Saturday night. The prisoner was feen to throw the bottle, which struck the officer on the head, hv a poetmaji named Jefferips, who rfluckny held liim until a police-constable arrived on th* scene. The Lord Bishop of Rockhampton (Aus- tralia) proaohed at AH Saints' Church, Pon- taidawe, on Sunday last to crowded coiigreja- tions. The church, with the new sanctuary and i?ty aplondid Kredoe t<«ntly erected by Mr, CithM-?on. looked bfMtifut with it* Chrwi- mM dooor?ioM and clsrk-co!oured "artuarv lamp* at M!!h? The dier?i," WM fully ,horat, ?. GHbtrtMn pt?'tn? the organ at morntn? N lr. Ri?h-*rdg, It vice and his deputy. Mr. RichMde.jt even- song, when an orchestral band, led by Mr. OctI Gilberteon, ?fnt<?i the orpn. The o?ertoriM for the bishop's work in Australia amounted to over £ 32. Mr. Satravel Proeser having r a the po*t oftectetarytotheNorthCardi?tthire Tea&e"' Ammiation, the inemlxws at the .0. ciation and ithe executive of the Nationjl Union have "raed him with a beautifully-illuminated address in a mewive gilt frame in recognition of his servic-es doming hi. twelve years' term of office. The addrees is signed on behalf of the executive of the National Union of Teachers by ?M?er<. T. J. MecnanlU6 (president) and J. H. Y.?mll (oecretM?). and on be half of the local association by Messrs. C. A. Samuel (president) and H. Hitnti. ford Herring (secretary). Thit is the fimt tddraw of the kind presented in Wale*, and SJr. Proom fully doiervea the honour thus bestowed upon him. Na. Alesioder Melville, of the Sohool for tlHo Deaf and Dumb, Llaadaff-road, Car- diff, beIj8 to acknowledge the fol- lowing almm received during the last few day*:—Bute Tbfte of Freemasons (960), pel Mr, W, C. Pmhw, el I&; Min-BadkiDrd, Hull, lOt. the Rev. x S. WOtah, ,r)ftfiesvtor. 10. IAnl HixJgsoo. lUdtiiB, 10. per the Rev. W. C. BimbooD. gt, fl It.Mvo. Lsrktne, Falk- ttene JM; Mr. Jwnes Hvmfr", 5s. per M Lawrence. Bbbw Va), :Cl 2m. I)A. ime E. E. Dtvi«. 1, 22 51. 9d.: Lady Prif.e FcA<r<rn!. jBl h:: M'. F. P. Adev, £1 h. m :71. CcTb?tt. M: and Mr. H. W. Thompson, Park-phi" £6 111. A verdiot of "Accidental death from birrm and shock" wa. returned lit an inqueat held at the ,police-station, Abergavenny, on Monday morning (before Mr. J. B. Walfoid, coroiierl touching the death of Ethel Mary King, eqtd sis yeMt. daughter of Mr. King, the well. known organist and musk'-s»ll»r, off Lion-street, Aibetgavmuy. whidk occurred on Friday even- ing.

REVIEWS. BOOKS. "Bcwell's Lite of Johnaou." KditeJ by Aujustlna Birrell. kwestmhator AwM'uakl CK-,OAW MIl ) We have received the concluding three of the MX volumes of Uoswsll's lite of the great ioxicoarapher which havo been issued by the well-known house of CowtablR It is safe to say that both editor and publishers alike have dona their work carefully and well, and the reader has now the opportunity of paweasmg a standard edition of a very well-known work carefully annotated Titne volume* come very opportunely, just in front of a new life of the Squire of Auchinleok. Each number has u a frontispiece pictorial illustrations of mne well-Hiown places associated with Johnson, and all are beautifully printed, handsomely bound, moderate io price, and a credit to the pub- lishers. MAGAZINES. I "Blaokwood'a Mal"" for <hM month is one of much int«'?t MM! (peat exotHeoce. In view of th? agitation wbleh bu been MiNd by the report of the finM citt Relaticm* C<m- miifion, ther,- is an appropriate And valuable article entitled "18 Ireland Really Overt"ed in whioh the vriter shews very successfully that Ireland is rtally a gainer, and that, mA Air. Balfour has explained it. if we are to adopt the utterly araoaeoas method of arguing the estion sot forth by the CommisAsonm. we t?ouM be landed in hopeless logical ?bturdihM, and ?opm the field for widw offti' ons of ::r;id\'fhefi, or :b:ni.h to sttudy the lOund, economical side of the ques- tion could not do better than go to "Map for thi* month. Mr. J. Y. Simpson tells of the wonderful pro jfres* of "The Grmt Siberian Ir,,n R0ad8," which when emp'?ated will be 4,741 1-3 m;I, constructed at an estimated cost of 935,000,000. By the 15th of JtiT*, ?rmt one quarter of the line had been laid, but it is imtwobable that the whole will be finished before 1905. Professor ftaintsbury Ifint a nory inte- 70i,?x account of Twmty Y ean of ?l- ing," and ooncludea that at the preumt moment there is a little too much reviewing, and adds: "Fewer review*; greater concentra- tion of power and authority in the whir-h are given: better training in the hictory and method of criticism in general litera- ture and knowledge— this may serve at a sum- mary of tho things which ms/p be reasonably demanded in the review of the fllture:" The clever author of "Mona Maclcen," under the title cf "Halcyon T)ay»," has a very readable otxid "nt life in Glasgow, and Sir Her- bert Maxwell's Versatile pen hai turned for the nonce fe" natural hstory to qive the chronicle* of Sir Thomas Gray, of Hetcm, in NoTtbvtmberland, which deal with his fights with the Ekote. There are other papers of 11m,.) merit, whioh help to make IIn one of the very beot magatine* of the month.

"PRINCE OF MONMOUTH" AND HIS MILLIONS. At the Mansion House an elderly, grey-haired nonea John Dunn, was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with wandering !n«ane.— j The prisoner, whn i- a A'fn/)man'. mrvolnt. was fovnd ,nd,n by a poli_ntln in Ps4nOf"j' street on January 4, an'! val taken to th C,1,7k: 1.?t pal"t#Ai, ITe explained that he boA h- 'WiptIv engaged b, her Majesty in _tell the B""k ?f Rgl.nd, an A th,t that "ip his hus i ne»s in Priiwee-*treH.—The Ti'Vrd Mayor (to the prinoner): What is your nsme?—The Prifonee: John Dunn, but I have been raised to the Pew- age by her Majesty, and I am row the Earl of Dunn and Prince of Monmouth—The Lord Mayor: I am vary glad to bt oy that we are in suth good company. (Laughter ) Fnv* you J any musv!-1The Prisoner! Oh, ves, £1,000.1 war. b«aid«« thirty roilicn* invested.—The Tord Mayor: Indeed? I am very glad tn hear that you are to well off.—H<e medical cetrificate of Th. Buncombe, of (he Bow InOrmarv. ha»lng been not in, the Lord Mayor told the prisoner1 that he probably wanted rsat and chisrx(s t%f isr in the country, Ion" )-+ gave an order ItT hit ranvoval to Stone Asylum.

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I MINING CERTIFICATES. ? To the Bditor of the "Western Man. Sir,—I was glad to we your important wan- ing article published in Friday's "Western M.n" rMp<etn? ?* dMtm<t with collie iMMsert)' cefti6c<K<* m ow% of coilk"Y ..I d<nte. Th* groat number of 6Mdom!8. wh?h occur daily in our colliwies demt)? M* iMl" diMe notice of PM?mMt. Y- MNt?tM !T?: by & court pMtMM over eltbf ?by a NPMdiary or MuTwd, ..¡sW by two OIIll )?tMOM. It is a woH-kcewn <*et M?etft working cothefe that upon An inqu»«t or My other inquiry they = I-t •hw* testimony when the manager or colliery pro- j prietor is at fault. What a farce is ous Jury syjtem on inquest* wherti low of life ocoule ia oolliery accidents 1 On sevml occasion* I haft been summoned on tofh intimirios MY;WF, end many jurymen have given rerdicft when they ihave had no more experience of a collier life and his work than if we were mere schoolboy*. As a general rule, the jury consists of miniitetv, drapers, &f—men who have made thtmcelwi prrmiinent through mme, tnonty- making, and whose experience of oolliorift pro- bably consists of ocouionally observing with awe and wonder the working of the, winding- wheel.. they pas* in the train. The finding; of such a jury is reprded &8 immal-ilate, and from it there is no appeal in thi., Front mining country of ours, while thtfships officer, if; there's no life lOtt, in case of the most trivial accident, such as grounding, collisions, or tven dmnkennem, is put upon his trial, and if found gwilty of neglect forfoitg his c*^m«ats or elie k suspended. It mattera not with the" poor collier whether UI. manager is n :f,); K*twi.l or not. His certtflc*t« is safe. And W ti» colliery proprietor.-Iam,ic;, 1 I fnirriw.

ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE TEACHERS ON THE WELSH TUNtVER. 8ITY COURT. To the Editor of the "Western Mail." Sir,—We deeire, through the meduutt of four valuable paper, to respectfully call the attention of our fellow ttachere to the above election, which is to take place before the 20th iwt. Three head teachers are to be elected. and judging from the distribution of elementary eohools in Wales, it would be fair to select two from South Wales and one from North Waled. Thia is the proportion Adopted the election three years ago. The South Wales District Union ham recently passed a resolution asking those teachers 'who axe already elected on snr limi1ar repreolf.nt6tive body, such as the Council of the Cardiff 15iiireniti College and the Central Intermediate Board for Wales, not to contest this election. Thie, in our opinion, is a wire and juxt resolution. No teacher should have a monopoly of seats on thase important bodies. It is well-nigh impossible for a teacher I holding.. seat mi two o! three of thmt edirr?- timal cpunoils to properiv diøchar the onerous duties connected therewith. It is, indeed, mani- festly unfair to ask or expect anyone to do so, while we have in the country an abundance of teachers well qualified by experience and other- wise fw the work. The proper policy to adopt 1m, not to eleofc the same two or tliroe percon* for all aeata available for teach*rs' representa- tion, but to secure so many different teachers m powrible on the various bodies. "Division of labour" in this, 18 in other spheres of action, I ia conducive to efficiency. It is unfortunate that not a single representative of toothen m several large and important districts in South WtJes and Monmouthshire has been elected in the put on My of the bodíœ referred to, while two or three other districts contain nearly all th* reprmmtati-res. Thi* oa"im of monopo l Y, and l'&f:l: reform. of :.no: fore, respeotfully beg to miggoH to the head teaohers of elementary school* the advisability of electing three teachers who have at present no seat* on eithw the Council of the Cardiff University College or the Central Intermediate Board for Wale*. The greater the number of individual representatives, selected from a* many different dittrictt M powible, the better will the bause of education be served. Th* ocunoil of the South Walea District Union strongly advocates thia oouwe, end we trust all twhws will act loyally to the Union, thereby supporting the principle of juftioaand harmon" —We a* AOo.F,FIOKRS O? TOE MER- THE OMOFRR OF THE 3=- THYR, DOWLAI8, AND DINMICZ TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL To tbi-Mtm.of tha ..WosWa Mail I Sir,-W& you JuatUjr &Uow me, with your usual courtesy, to atato .w"w¡. 'tuaiIoW' of the 8.P,G, ekstM iritis tho ia. Y., &Wl say ooatrtboMent in arroar may be remitted to haadqu&rter*, npt later ibm next Friday, to be in time for the report? The vocucty extends support to fifty-five dioemn, but its income should be doubled to meet the urgent appeals for help, which have often to ue set aside. It is the oldest of allrur missionary societies by 99 years, and the only society that claim* to represent the Church.—I AM-&A, T. LLOYD WILLIAMS, I Organising Secretary for Walai. I| Wrexham, Jan. 11.

I THE INDIAN FAMINE. I To the Editor of the Western Mail. I Sir.—The Church Missionary Society receives 1 oontrifautioiM for relief in the \!Ut of the ludisra famine. Other missionary irvi4fee represented in the famine district would, doubt- less, gladly do the cam a—I am te..  8Ithfteld, B. G. WILUAMH. 6, Heathfield, Sw<MM.

PENRHYN QUARRY STRIKE. To the Editor of the "Western Mi-til- Sir,—I observe m your issue of the 7IG inIt, a reprint of Mr. T. E. Ellis, M.P V letter to the "Daly Chronicle referring to the above sirike, and eoclosing a subtcript'ou to that "journal's fund for the men." As this letter &Il1011\1 to avoid the real point in dispute, and may thus be misleading, I hope you wiR allow mo a few observations thereon. It oomtiienges by describing Lord Petirhvn's resistance to the quarrvmen's claim m "passionate in its vio- lance." iIpme thie assertion ill mt.d6 for the purpose of assisting the men's cause. What- ever may be it* reason, it is certainly untrue, and those who know the corrwpond8!\ce, the facts, and the exhaustive reply of Lord peti- rhyn to the men will appreciate this. At best it Í8 but an expression of opinion, evidently ueed for the purpose of "prejudice," .d if t.b. men's cmee ui,. thia it cannot be' nry strong. Accordtn? to th* Times," .any weeks of Zfut research were spent by Lord Pewhyn in considering the men's' «. ai d this is not compatible with the use of the word "passionate I submit that the letter may be misleading, inesmuoh as to thofe not mnverr?nt with ?he o*m it apm'r. thei?fmm that the v??le dispute i* I'D* s" uiorvm." Here, again, I my thra a careful con?iderwon of the correspondence, the facts, and of Lord I'enrhyn's reply to the men will show to be erroneous. It is quite e "lent that the qumy committa* was hot suspended because it was a "oooimittee," but because it ordered disobedience in the case of tm-o men who wers summonsd by the management to the quarry office, Aid also btoauss it had resolved to de- clare a strike six months hsnoe. The fast act tit* clearly molting workmen to insubordination, and the second was threatening the manage- ment. I have yet t» learn that either of these are included in the category of bonvfide "Trado" Unionism." Surely, suspending the committee for such remons as the 8bøf\t cannot be csJlHI opposing "Trades Uniouillm"t If the committee were allowed to prevent work- men obertng a summons to attend at the office, the iotep ?o Mcptoyin? <cd d<«niMn? .udt work man would be but short. The "Tim<t"')'MK*t correspondent stated (December 29, 1896) "Lord Penrhvn'* attitude on tho matter, as deocribed by himself, is that he does not object to any combination among his men, but that he Ie determined to remain master of his dwn quarry"; and Lord Penrhvn's letter to the Board of Trade fn?mbMr 28, 1896) c.?elt'det: —"Wh?t c<mnot be iterated by my?lf << the ?owumpti*n of dioktorial tuthonty by a om. mitt. and such an rA6rference on their part with te management of mv quarry a* that which bu brought about t?e pl'fWnt Wieio." Thus, it ..m. to me th?t Mr. ]l1i'. Mb?ip. tion is given rather in nippwt of "irsubordina- Hon" than of "Trades Unionism."—I HQ, At., F. R. BARBER. Verndre, Llaarian, Pembft,kre. JfM, 8.

NEW WELSH CHAPEL AT SWANSEA. 7u mMloM-l oton" of a !? We!?) Congre- tion.l 1t&1 at 8wl\- rendered n., I,y the _1(\ of O"p, SeioPl, in H. for bvs»i»H p\n'. won laid in HN)rietta.t, Swansea, on Mmdxy. The (its is uatto the 8Iufteb!l"'MII. and upon it a building has IveA i?fl" (.ompl4w, 84 a 008t of ?,MO. rAt/V io-to WIll accompanied by the Unn. Vulpi VivSn, performed the ceremony, and Eii- .T->h.i Llewelyn, Mr. Win. Williams, roM ofciMrs &pok., --L--

YACHTFt'O AJSD FISHERY zxHTBi- I TION. The Viobummrn' Ompaay 11M pr?Nmt%?d I 21,500 to ? gMrsnte* fond 'I (te P-Joq!m.I YtM??n?ofd F!*o<y tim a tAql.l?&? F<rM iMtitutt.

I NEW YORK PRICES. I fBECTia's T|l.aJksAM.| Nnvf YORK, Noxl),Ly. Cotton declined owing to; btMt raiding the market, end olaeed bswsly steady i spot quiet at 1c. fall. Cotton oil firm-Wo, L-; yellow, 23d. Petndsum: Trying quiet. Lard: Cash &in M? 21m higher. WM. opened wMk. and Mc«M OD dMtppomtta;r eew* from Uverpool, then M?cted on iomi covering, bm auble- quen* again fell, Md Animb:f'but subse" we?. Flour t.1¡nÍ81=1 Corn tteM?ed on moderate HquidMÍI1r, and left off weak; spot euy. fetwar: Market steady and umfcanged. Coffee dropped on longs and shorts mlliag, and Iflinij. tone was barely steady; spot quiet ?t ?c. <Min? Tin ?RMf #A five jxsints )n)pro?em*n*. Iron duU M t*t? Mtt?t. Copper strong and higher. I oovhkhsuwt wm AND SlItWiT ssiass. QneUSion*. Jan. 9. Jan. 11. CA!l Money U.ik Gov. Bonds lf-2 p.a. l*-2 p.«. Ditto other floomitt" p :1*4 %hags:n 1-d- ,rm;i 4944 FA4 '0' '&r'r:¡'J:' h. Buh&M on Ptht, 60d»j«'«l*ht t,M  fgo'rinl:rl"=::I:t: 6\ 6 FonrpMOtBt.C.S'FnndtdLOM !t& ? ru n6ed Loan lil t III W..temUni-.Telo.ph Sh. e4 83* A&?'f?*tSdT'F<N??' !? 13} Do. 4 V, Mort. 80 79; Do. 1.. 5 P:O. in.0.0 B.Ilti or$ 1 16 Bt)MmeretOt)tc<a.W.)4tp.e. C"bdisa 64uthern Sham 46 45 Canadian PaeiSo M% SMt 8:r:lN-éner" 15fI lt OtntrttPMiH<)8)tM« 14% 1-1 Common. 17 174, )'h!'?*B!Sn)ttoo't. '??ety T[§ og'A: ,iJ 11 OS. Do. P??l e,,e 152 152 Ch tAgo,Milwa'k'e,k s. raul om Chioaso and KocV Island Mt M?t 8ri=rt,:niiiiuïö; and St. J.onls Ordinary M& v DMSwar* and Hudson 110% I-* Delaware Laekawauia 156 155 g:=:n8ïiårëï: 1 Do. Do. PMf<[Md — T llnois Central Shan* ? Mt L**$bM&Niobtgmgouthem 2 149 LotuiriU* Md Nashville gb&m. 48? « Hf.tM? Oon4al Wbaru. 90 90 lij4ooisi Kanw, &o4'TexiA Ht ljft mil.i)Fkeifl .§" !} 2/1; NewYoA. IA)m Brie, New Mt 14* Do. !knn"" Lien. 63 j » Nt?Tro'?' ?Mt'? &Kat'n&tTM M 9!§ =::J;=,r;:ó"3.. 14ft ]? Northsro Paetfie, Oominon 1 !M6 Do. Preferred 32ft 33 NMiomMdW<ttt)ra'Pr*!ttift?. I lfft enanlvanla a»''Phi1ad*lpbla.. I 5' Phn*<&t!)hittBe*d'n<"h*tM. ? M% Do. Do. 6 p.e. lstlne 47 47 Do. E:: 4?. It:ne »* '? Union Paeille Shares e? $<' W 8t. Lo 6IIø. < 6ft Do. Do. PMfBbtMt 1SJ .M{?t oo=MeroW BM 64i COTTON AND PIIODaoa WARKMTN. OettM).<!?'M<MtM'Rt'et** '.Mg '.SX =s:ç.=:'J J:= 25,000 Ootto??'MtpertMht.Bh?ta t.OM !MM (1')tton,da,y'I8 to CønUn.l1t K- 19,000 o \ton t I'ab, d.lInrr I, 6.93 O itton Pntnros.Aprildeliterj.j, 12) 7.7 0 Itton r"iddi!l Rawyor i  7? tt dd,ulri 1"4.orlow PetMt<mn(«)SM))aet*«. 6.90 «.« De.tttndMd?M?NtwYo? <.M ?.? De De. ?bt!td<!tMt <K 6.< Do. Lixw,Owt. 90 91 i,,ita Pr ITwpigtin n R Whtt< atTM)Mh 40. Mt S:t Lat?L Wiioox's spot <;nt 4.^ TaUow, Mme Ofty. 3i J* S: a$ so C96 ?eatritural.1 g_ |90 l i =.WIn::),m..iPôt; ? «ft Wheat, Mar.deliwy 90 90§ CeSte. No.1 ""10: lt 1 C?!« I'II', Feb 9.W 9.6# Anrtt 9.7! 9.M fC) j:-tlt¡:g'BïàDd8 Ug ( OSes Pntutes, Shlppinff jBrand* 3.M 3.60 Iron, No. 2 Northern Foundry. 12.0 12.0 He. AuTstr?a! lian. M? 13.0 OopBer U lL15-dII' Stett Btttt 26 25 lpnight Or.taLi" or$ H Freight "a gtwauor Londo?L,. 34 J?d Freight Cotton to Liverpool S » inl'dsUvw^J oi I ?% Oom. Chioa«o, JM. dIUyan. 231 ?t SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

I NICE RACES. A 0eakW New temrmm (ram !fb ee Koaday afternoon says:—The Prix "to OMte WM run <ot here on Mimlay attemoofl, ::<tI:r :11/ low*:—The Marquis de Tracy's Tklcav*. 1; M. T. Otter's Paw, a; M. Albert Menier's Wasp, 3. fight ran.

OFFICIAL 9CHATCMINGS. I The "ap?tntma" h" been e0!n)<t)ty Informed bj W_ther ?, A. L_ ? _? ?.2,, l Handicap Hunae R*os, Windsor—flrlmpo. Katon Handicap Hurdle, Windsor—DeMn.

CARDIFF BACKS, EAOTRR MONDAY and TtIES. DAY, 19tb snd toth April, 1897. under National Hunt Welsh Grand National Steenlschase of 1\00 sovs will be run on the flnt rtav —fctries close cm Tuesday next to the Hon. Secretaries, 11, Hlgh-

The "Mest way to 1nC' an *Mack of Rheuma'" Is to get wet. Sportsmen and people who attend moo m?m#J?p .,a very liable to catch act& throngh standing about on damp ground or thfmlgb bd Mp<)xa W reld (bowan of rahl M a pair of n?) H)aHp<'< 'Bar.u" are worn for a CCU* of hours after a wottfo# all danger of cold r: attack may be w*rW on. OWnikte cam at s""o Rheum3tim can be camd by a 1*,1, of tbs tppHme? BmU. Mt. 6d. per pair, my be obtained fwat Mr. PHI Phillips, Jeweller, 24, St. Mary-street, OM?itt Me ManutWum of PMt bilflps'o "Kheu- otMe am" art t CHESS. I I -u CARDIFF V. LLANBLLT. I A ir-aton oecween nie anove olUbI In connection with the chtOenee cup ..IN of the OoMth WaiN C%e. At?x'?tton wu played at Barry's Hotel, Car- diff, on Saturday ev*Wng UA, OM-d? proving Tie. tDfiOut by iW to 2? games. Hi* following Is the u:'J::rd\!O .ff. ? J. wr::I.iM W. Pethybridge, 1; Mr. J. B. Knight. 0. Mr. S. A. Tvlke. 4; Mr. J. T. Shelton, 1-1; Mr. H. Turner, 1-total. !?. UMt))y: Mr. A. 8. 1_, i; Mr. D. A. Jones. 0: Mr. H. &muel, 14: Mr. S. Daw, k Mr, J. B. new. 0-0; Mr. A H. Sevan, Hotal.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE BUNT-I ING FIELD. A Northampton correspondent telemplis tbat while hunwng with the Pytchley Hounds on Mordty Mr. Looley, at Whilton Lodge, met with a serious accident. Has horse was about to take some posts and railo, viben, owing to ibe tweciwous state of the growKl, the animal slipped and fell on top of the rider. Dr. Downdes, o< Brixworth, who was riding with the hounds, rendered prompt assistance to the unfortunate gentleman, who was then removed to Btcxwortfc Hall. Dr. Ree, of Northamp- ton, t*t been telegraphed for. The chief in- jury is to do spine.

COUNTY RANGE AT NEWTON I DOWNS. It MMtttM th?t Colonel GoMsmid Md theI wi4w t I" u ,,tt M'" nearly ,Ipl**Oa the 'amnfsmer-tB for ttk)? o?r t.b whnle gmm'd for InMia, Newton DOwn.. near Portoo-I, a dqol of m "117 fur the V Ohm. MAitik sod Rspilw.

TTM R<v. In 8tubbe, StMor M<w of Trinity W&irs. im ? &bIK died Sn 8M?*r '??w ZLOM &M. residence. Unor FiUwilksm- eu*?6, Dublin, dt* ehoh iOn.. P«?< foaMtin t!M howo ? 8oho Mtd abt?xMh "raidedb1 ? pe!)M on <h!M"- the 3rd of Jop?fy, befoo ?m% ? mic?%m ft 7 M<M! BtMMMa nA Rem Kose were U& 2ma md t?t rutnssi oosts, S??s????Ss?? "'1 .thoaed'owBT? ? eM ?a)&? ø'" tMWt 60IIMt h IJbrtØØt6. i The Test i 1 of DR. TisoLzw Vl-OOCOA i. in the DnnEng. and it oan be t?M FREE.  write to ac for Dainty Sample Tin (a poetowr^d wUI I do) which will be sent post free, if when wntmg yott 1 Dame" WeeterD Mail." Dr. Tibblee' Vi-Coo<», in | € M. PM?, and M. and I& M. Tin??SoM b$ ? Groom, ChemMte, *nd St<iM. 1 iUrai: BM 1 jl<A nwur^ m I  j gifigiiwiiiwyiiMiiiMiiiiiiHHiiiiiiHmHiiHniEPiiiaianwiiimMaiHiiiiaiiiiiMH

MARKETS. I LONDON METAL MARKET. I LONDON. Monday. Copper opened flrrrair with 2s 6d advsnoe, early prompt inakiug 949 12s 6d, then further improved, one month making £ 49 171 6d. early prompts £49 15», and three months f,50 2a 6d; cash tihen made £49 138 9d; afterwards three months jnsde jBSO 3* 9d, with a fair trade pass- ing, At the afternoon call cash opened at £49 15s, three months £50 5s, and one mouth 2,50, and ruled steady it these rates, closing at S., to be 3d advance on the day. Sales, &bout 1,300 tons; settlement price, JB48 lSa, Tne shipments for the month from America to Koropaan porta are given at 2,166 tons. Tia opened firm at Is 3d sdvanoe, coA mak). ng £ 58 12s 6d, three months £69 7* 6d. Md ruled steady duirng early trading. At the aIternoon session cash further improved, making i.58 1311 9d, cWivery within three months at seller t option j858 16. 3d, sod three months £59 8s 8d, then further sidvaneed to B59 10s for three months, and cash at 458 15s, olosring firm it 3s 9d advance on the day. Was, about 200 ton*: settlement pries, ESB 15&. JSnglisb n to, M 5s; specials, 263 1St. Pig iron steady. Settlement pKces; —Sootoh 48* 6d, OlewBand 11s 5d. hematite 518 4d. Tin-plates are fiim, with a better inquiry at 101 3d f.o.b. Bwansea for IC's. Lead remains steady—Spanish, £ 11 VAl M to Sll 3s 9d; t?tiA, fll LIA to Fll 17a 6d. SptMtf u-i. et Md slightly e"kw-(4MB'e, 217 18a Mtc £ 18; <pcci<T<. 218 5. to ?16 Zino sheets are firm—Silesian, jBZO 10s, f.o.b. stet,tin j VM' £20 lis, Antwerp Antimony steady at £ 31 to £31 10*. Quicksilver firmer, with a fair trade passing at £ 6 11., to je6 lis 6d; faet hands, 96 12* 6d. umcia.1, (Juisinu wiioiakons. I To-dat. Presioua D." £ *.< £ s- d. £ s. d. £ s. <1. GOJ! r- Q.P]SBcasU." 49 15 0-M 0 0 49 8 9-49 13 9 3 morkt),a 50 5 0-60 10 0 50 0 0-60 6 0 Kne*K tougli. | beat saiectm 8troof 1I1MU j 't'??e?Fme'.? tb 68 IS 9-M 3 9 68 10 &-M 0 0 noXs.. M 8 9-69 18 9 69 6 ?M 16 3 Auat'neash. to 7 6-60 11 6 60 2 6 60 13 6 £ ng*h ingots Pig iron- 13c.tch ?.r. ran.11. 48 6 6 I month .48 Bi- 48 9- C tTtt'd oasb 41 6 41 4 I motif ii 41 8 41 9 Hem'tite o'sh 5L 3t- 51 :3¡- 1 61 7 — — 61 7 I LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. LIVUKPOOL, Monday. Baoon: The firm feeling noticed on Saturday has again noteession of the market, though in a more marked derree. apd intending buyers have greater difficulty in obtaining light meats, except at » slight premium, Cumberland out being advanced 6d per owt. The demand also shows an improvement, orders from the oouiitry coming in more freely. Shoulders New ,.Z on the .pot are Iœroe and bring {liB prices, while square outs move more readily into Consumption. Hams meet. moderate inquiry, aad, as supplies are not large, prices favour sellers. Lord is steady at recent curren- oieø, but the demand it rather quiet. Cheeae moves steadily into consumption, and finest parcels are irmly held for full prices. Butter jteady, with a fair inquiry. Egwa continue i«i quiet request at steady prices for Irish and Canadian, but Danish are quoted at les* money on first grades. Beef in moderate demand, and ,firm It unaltered rates. Pork quiet, but quota- tions remain without ohange. iWBi w raovieiosg. Ills'}! Ililim To?ty 3?— — 100 ?M 60 3 ThSWeik 346 1285 60 3 TMt year 12^9 733 SaM 139N 3? 679 52S t?ty? _M?lJ!M?M IMt 6mU97SM ccaaarr 490TATIONB. Beef, per 3041b*: Eitrn India mess Ms 9d to 66* 3d Pork, per 3001b* ro1= 200k?43a 9d to 61a 3d Da: 9d to 611 3d W<!tt)-Tt4 <3t0.d.t.o?.6, t0..d. Irish BoU* «'' Od to )M* Od Continental ..?.H' 0<t to 42t Od Danish rouod 0*Mto<6.0d American A ?t?MT. 36lb. <Utte. 6d to MxM r.4 It* ditto 24 6d to £ Od Shoftirtb.tMmb.dttto -?'M to 3N Od CMhMt?d Mt. M<!b< ditto ? Od to  Od btafford e«t, SfMOlbs ditto *s to 29* 04 C)<M'beUiet,t4-9Nbt ditto -?'Mto3ZtOd Short clear backs, 12-201bs ditto =U: =: Od bho..H.n, N.Y.Mt.U.Utbt ?'MtoMtM Ditto sq. mt, U-lSlbs 361 Od to Nt Od 9-me, per 1121m i 17% Od to 43a Od Long cut, 14-16 Mea? 37*M to S*M Short out, 12-16 39s M to 46s Od I" r1121b, Pri?": w"tern Steam 2is M to 21a 3d AmertaMt ?3 !Md"siNbt 1', 22t6dto9?0d. 1IMbe Arkink Me Od to 33* orp- cwt. Ch- ol per 1121b* ■ Finest States ad Canadian, to 63a Od. I Botter per 1121b: Danish—ChoioSst, 116m to 12011; Irish creameries, lale to 1128 ¡ Irish factories, 901 to 100s. States, 668 to 96s. Canadian crea- meries, 96s to 108s. Australian, 106s to 112s. Finest margarine, 87s to 60s j medium, 47s to 62s; tow.3?to<0t. Eggs, per ?90-Mth hou, 9* Od to go Mi Conti- uon j.b. 6. Od to Us Od: Ct??. hMh ? Od to7t6d,pioUtd<eOdto7tM,DM?'!t',M'Odtc IU Od. LIVERPOOL FOREIGN PRODUCE. LIVERPOOL, Monday. Sugar: The large offe rIi n of cane oontume to move very ol.li d T t" r.. Me dm. knve maiiitorn ? an Tate's quotations: -Cryet)? No. 1, 14s; small, 1? Pdot"ion 1311 od; granulated standard, 138 3d; coarse, 13* 9d; tine, 13s 9d. Coffee continues vety quiet at 1ateratee. Coooa steady, with a moderate amount of inquiry for African. Rice: Cleaned firm, but demand quiet; 8.q. inferior to fine, 8s 41d to Be 74d; nothing doing in rough- Sago flour firmer, and sellers now quote 7. quay end 7. 3d store. Topior4b flour quiet m all positions arrivals quoted ot 88 Od to s. 9d, according to quality. Linseed con- tinues idle. Canary seed diffioult of sale at 27c 6d to 28s per 4641b. for tipot,-Torkish 26* bid at auction. Cotton seed quie"ellers of spot Egyptian at 24 IfM per ton. Piaasava: 5,143 bundles and four bag* sold at auction- Grar.d Bassa at 29 7s 6d to 217 78 6d, and Bereby at £ 25 per ton ex quay. Tallow con- tinuee Arvi, but quiet—home melt 19& to 20? Od p6 cwt. PaJm oil firm, #ad opened with a .ir demand ? the full price* asked. Olive oil 6teady, but only a small quantity of fine qvalitie* available on spot. Linseed and cotton oils remain quiet at previous quotations. Reøin: Common has a steadf trade at 58 41d per owt. Turpentine in fair requeet at 21s pet ctrt. Petroleum: American refined, Did to 71d per gallon; quiet. oous. londca, I4oo4ay.—There wa* a lair attewiane* at Mark-Ian*. 8ØI the tone of the market for white fU1IIp wb Is M"dY; an Wo ?t. red dewripti-, ?th* the em*pta- *I No. 1 Northern*, ?1-4?h !We quoted ? M 'ower owing to .pe"?toM M-tOHM. I 6d Iø:r: 18:It;ao:1y Mt. Mt&: »te txde; mixed AnxrioM. 14* to 14* 3d ex .blp; ttMho? 17? M qu*y .Mod 1-t- P?te. 158 M. Bftr?y Arm; Od_. 16* 3d qnty. 0. quiet; M)h R, 12' M <b:p. OATTL& I ot)(;"=t:t't an flipp]Y of bee(. and mutton W" plentiful, tnwie ail inind, par- tim)Arly in mutton, looking uP? gwft were -UO In betw demand. Pigs numerous, but. owing to ,e.tci*Ao?s, t..& quiet Quotations:—Prime beef made irm 61d to 7d, other qu?iitiM from 5d to M; ::t! 5d; 1: T?d to q1;áI,f: A to M; ew*o. 6td to 7d per lb; b-m. 6* 6d M" ""e; pork. 7& M p?r "M 00W8 am oUTM. EM to &19; vearllng attNt. ?!0 ? to M 6*. AuctJon pr! ht bmww, from 212 to BM 5a. c*)TM. N< to 318 to 0-; wathm, 36- 6d to «< 6d; <w?< 27s 6d to 38s: store beep, 21* to 266; b-l-n P?P, jM Mt to 94 10*. LI,erpool. Moa&y.-CaWe were In >mich -.1Ift' numbers than,last week, but the demand was g<-d at full qu.tat6,,?.. Sheep were In lar^r iiumbm, :t ,A beti., demand at higher I)ric? &Jl mtind. ?t'c)<!McM:-?B<t? M to 64d; ScoM) mutton, 64d to 8M; Irish, 6|4 to tM. At -mt: U64 ctt?tt <MdT.Ml M-P. Lordim Mo?Aty.-Then were mtht, owe '-Its on aftt. *be <Btdt? bellll U4O. including 130 Scotch and" IrM. Tr8de mw at about 'ate pxeM. Scotch wars quoted at 41 4d to 4a 6d; Devon*, 48 al to 4s 4d; Hsrelctrdl. 4s 3d to 48 4rt; shorthorn*, 4s to .1 3d; and Irish 41 M to 4* 10i. 'rh* sheep rmply was also larger, the entries being 9,060. Th* bowe"r, ..ø VtIY slow and trade quiet; tt? to )M now))!? S*M? ? 4d 118 to 10rt, 5. to ta 3d; list to Ust, 4s 6d to 48 fid; <*•* a. II to M 101 PfcIIa quiet demand at lata raw-. UK AT. LeB?en, J<M!?.—Bt<(: QuIØ of '?t: FAO(,B long ?<t<. St ?M to U; th«? who, to 4* M: KofU* !kk !t M to a,aJed &ides, t ?tpcX! and DtpBont Mtitd. J* «<e 3a 3d; Aimr?ma Mod II. !< to 38 Mt wf.,quwtm, 28 to & 64 1Mtoa: TtIdII" Scetdt. « 2d to 4* 6d; gjggh, m*'31 W to 4,1 t PROVISIONS Urdon, Monday-ButterMM?arm??)*? 104 to JIN; No ,d 9b. to 12«; D?.ib, 1040 to 120; 1tr'N \:d;,   =. ..e; Market b?M-<'?ddtr. ?. to 780; AAmn^e?ri?-' ct? i?nd OM?iM. <? to 52.; Dutch Edm. 47s to 57@; Dutch Gouda, ? to 52s; New Z.I..d? 158 to 5N.Bwon: Market drm?Irib, 42o to 5N D-Di?ho 401 I £ *• BMdfittd lard dull, at 40s to 4211. PHODITCE. T?ni(n, Mondty.-Su?tr: Home rcHMd ?' han *o)d modfr&te ak uti?ilwig?d mt?; ?e..c<y.?t!?. ? 3d to 12A .:i iaed ftay g?.ul.ted oo,d at 11. ;k)..n<f buye.. at good fl?.t ?-k.. M .A.I, 11M H; œne quiet; beet Inactive. Conee: 8? nnctsnged; futures quiet; &%ntm, March f?M at ? ?; May 5is, av<l Septembef 54s. le* H'arktt 'o-1' ';uw3oL'Uy oo 'k"?N St ?Zi.. Kiue Am Jute itteady. Hemp (!uU. SUGAR. (llijgow, Mondav.—The ,ftAl rport *ay*:—The ?mri., was steadv, and a (C, h?n<-<t wM dxe. ?'t prhtt< re "Y'; -1M nark" was quite wa<IY, and a fair demand BUTTEK. Oorli, 106t per cwt.; thirds. Kit, fourths, 62s. In market: 30 firkins, 1 keg, and 25 DlIJd. FISH. Gli"5by, Monday.-Twenty stmwm mA tiirty *mcI-j< ri,,d ?th W, upplin, for which th<? > brisk demand. Cod ?em p'MtMu). Qwta- tion* —Soles, 1. 3d to 111 4d; turbot, Is to Is M; hi-il' 10d; lobte, U &d p. )b p?iM. :t M to 6. 61; lemon .1?., 7s to 9s; whit.?t-, Es to 8.; live hiiJibut, 6a to 10s; dead, 51 to 7. per stone; lire l ig, 211 6d to 3e bd dead. Is 6il to 2s; live cod, 31 to (is; dead. 2. to ;0.. M eacli; kit haddoim, Be to 10m 6d per box. WOOL Bndford, Monday.—'there I. a good attendamm. but tv,. market is dull. Hie imice4ot?. M?wr. is that He h?ttom I.. bem r,?,b?d in prices I'" most c¡,_s of raw "tenal. and the Iixhtt ten,k1Iey in Ilfiœt, to rise would mean business on the part 01 a good nswiy buyer*. Tiierc ill some improvement in mohair In yarn* merchants' r*t* are below what •pinncri will .<,<,ept. Mohair yarns are In 110- demacd. The piece tnde is still inactive. HOPS. Lomk'n, Hond", (from Arthur Morris and Co., 19, Soc tnlfllrk..treet. London. S.E). -riie New Tear's tnide has opened with a good jemand for Sue and mediunn class hops, and considerable quantities have (\1>1"'11 hands. Orders from brewers ban been b,?.?&I ?the? t_ly. M there is evxy pl*e of Ln Ite n*t4N, of the atiip?Ad large ? oaem, Itowever, :v.e the Itr of bright, healthy growtba, sal. in shewing a lirmer stUtud;, are refusing offers that would have been willingly scofpttd ?,te weeks C?. Choice Osli- fmiiwo% ba" wn "lmo8t cleared etr the market, and holier prices am pabi for medium and inferior parcels 7%, quality of other foreign prodiwe now 1.?.g offmwi .t being ftki?nUy tewpuzg to ttmo6 the attention a co?uuwr., value* U tbe? &how a tendency in favour of bUY!I.. lionlou, Mnnd&y.-The market tr hope at 4U classcs ctmtlnues firm. Y&I.. are vnclwnged for rl:O;tIb u: an t nardtn- i? I juices tor medium *ft, .d holders less in .d {> a?TA li?wor hi& than They were a week or two hMt. Tmdt in C*))<omtM< 18 r?Hxr better. MFTHM CRassoir, Monday—Opening: Scotch quiet; a mcdv e business ,m done at 48a 6d, 481 61d, and 480 6d casli and 48a 9;J nvmth; buyers, 48s id cash and 488 8^1 month; sellers, td more. Cleveland Ann; a Todeiate business was done at 41s 6d, 41s (lid, !tmt 418 !>4d cash and 41s 9d and 4le Sid month; t-uyfr». 41* 6d CMb and 4is 8d month; seller*, id mere. Oamberland &tcady; a idete bUII- va done .6 61» Ttd s»d 51s 8c month buyers, 51s 4d ?-h 1 51. 7^rl -.th; wllcrs. 5u 5d co^h und &ln 8d n,tb. Midttlest>on>urh Arm, a small busi- e:.d::n' at ;.uruy 50s :ab 4M 5N 7d Mmth; Wlers, Id caor*. Closing' SeA?h steady; u moderate bupinm was deA* IA 4 feid and a;=. &t i: :ø. dr ¡lUll 48a I! month; sellers, 4d IMre C,n.,¡..1d fbin ,0,Al business was done at 41. 6d au« and 41. 9d m,vlh buyer., 41* M caah ukl 41* &1 month; Awilem, ^<1 more. Cumberland A?dy; a mwk"to I at 51* 4(1011 wA t:' M *nd 51- 8td ?<mth: buren, M* 34d f?h ood th 7d. month; mllers, id we, MIMIMooron¡rh Iftdy-. a moderate b?sice wa* done t ?'? 8d, 508 &A, and sk ?. month; tuya,- aOt -.II Md 5(b M mo.tli; Io.en. Id umm liONOON COAL MARKET.. LiONXKJJM, Monday. ThtM ttM « good attendar« at the Exciwings to-day, hit business w«* dull. Then is no Un. provemeiii; in the r*tad trade, wi omemors pro :0: ,wn bM'e to be made to effwa -.l- In the leaborne dewJfrtment sotie five or six ccrgow wore disposed of at rates ranging from about 6d to 9d under the official quotations, which art returned unchanged-Hetton Wail- sted at )í'8 6d and Hotton Lyons at 168 6d. In steam coal some cheap lines art reported on offer s hcre there is a pressure to sell. The filest descriptions of Weish steam are very firm. In noma'oases To 9d wss ssked for Shef. field silktHoiies, but sales were reported at Ta 6d. Bixrt Barnsley softs en purchasable at from So fd to 9s 3d, and nuts 7. 9d to 8s. For fincat blsclc shale 118 is obtainable by some, but (itberu were willing to take slightly lam North Derby Tupton 7a 6d to To 9d. best Perby brightll 11 6d to Kilburn brights To 3d, and outs unchanged at fts 6d to 6t 9d. Best Wast Yorkshire rules round about -9s 9d, best West Yoiitshire steam 9a 6d f.o.b. Goole; Leen Val"y best hard steam 60 6d, Warwick best bards 6* 9d, Nottingham bright nut. 6e 6d, all at tlM: pit; Northumberland Hartleys lie to 1111 3d, into barge; finest Welsh 14s to Its 3d. Since last report twelve coal-laden rtesels hav-s arriwd. I BALTIC GRAIN REPORT. LONDON, Monday. At the Iliatin to-day the tone of the market for cargoes of wheat ruled steady on the put of sellers, who in some oases uk rather more meney, The damand. however, is not aotive. The Caviare Ciampa, Californian, sold at 35s; this quality for shipment held at J6" 6d. For a Plate sailor, 1,000 to 1 200 tons, January- Februsry. ,28 9d paid, and 34s for a steamer, fine Danube, on sample, per Odyssey, for ftpais. Maite quisr; and easier; 138 71ct accepted for steamer Leven, old mixed American, just shipped, on Saturday; to-day there are sellers of similar cargo iv, the price: 138 6d bid yellow Plato stownw, 2,8-10 tons, January-Febnisry: sellen at 131 M tsle quale; no bids. Barley and bmw b,?th firnly held, but demand quiet. The quantity of w1wat (flour reckoned m wheat) on psssage itio week to tfie United Kingdom stows an incrtase of 37,000qr».. but to the Con- tinent there is a dTe&fe of llO.ClOOqrs. Maiis has inoreaset 336,000qrs. and 100 Mr-. to the United Kinfdom and Continent respectively. Btrky is, 7C,(00q1"<. lees to the United Kingdom and S0,000qrs. less to the Continent on the week.

CORN AVERAGES. The following statement shows the quantities sold and avei-age price of British oom, imperial measure, as received from tho inspectors and ofifcers of Excise, in the week ended January 9. 1897, conformably with the Act 45 and 46 Viot., cap. 37 QU:I4. Average price, Qm. Bu& s. d. Wheat 37,923 1 31 1 Barley 69.714 0 25 5 Oats 10,651 7 16 3 Comparative statement for the corresponding week in eaoh cf the yoars from 1893 to 1396 Wheat. Average. Barley. AdroitOat«. Av'ir Qrs. Bns. s. d. Qm. Bur. e. d. Qrs. Bn«. d. 1 4 144,&J3 5 as 6 17,172 5 16 0 18H.48,655 4 26 4 73,336 2 28 10 14.223 3 18 1 1896..42.403 7 10 8 10t,201 0 21 3 17,726 4 13 9 1896.. ,2.3,534 2 25" 99.021 0 23 II 18,068 0 13 9

Fl(,oe M?y Williams, seed four yesn, dnnghter of 9r. Thmas Wi\liaml, Il, Mill-street, Pontypridd, met with a sad death on Monday ev«ning. Tho little girl was play- ing in the sitlirg-room on Saturcky evening, gi by some mean. g&. ler piiiafo" 'Knitcd fr:1lTl a candle that wss placed on the lfoor. She was quioMy enveloped in flames. Her inquiries were inunedilltftlv attended to ii; Dr. Tones, but she died on Nfondiy eveii,ng. O-Uy= E. Quinin* RiUm, the V.Cetbia Tfn)<i.SoH ?nBo)?t'" &L and Ss. 6d. e»eh Bewar* 01 Imitation*. S. the name. "Owilyss 9, on I.b? SUren, "d B"ttle. lkfo? Anj, P'f?'-tHon Offered M t Substitute for it. 41617

Get OFF THE ?ARTH." GTHE LA7KM' AMHBtCAN PUZZLE, Price 3d., by Poat 4<]. '??'  N 1I'?. 4 ??I Sam l-jvd, the '11 tU'I\n= rlioie people to tlyi m«aiM "-tu. th ti. '113 nlr,,k sm hi* old tricks Ills new Y"t"y.ii, hi. Inventions, I, entirely •Wterent Irom aoytbiag ilm th&o r?n? Wtor*. A group ol Mghtly ar- I'II\. yellj* faced i>lotliala capering around a miniature world. Now thsre ere thirteen i O.. th. o are twelv*! CI coaran anyone can do It. hnr"Y push th? burton =p Iz'IA.,rl dm- t;?A =. 8aButl.(;{ =Ie b te tell which ons diaap- tcaned anl where Joes he go. May be cHaloed at "WWTSRK MAIL" lli, Jlulestreet, OkrJiff; "Western llatl" Ortk* N'r-wjiort; "Western Mall" Office, 'Wostera Mail" CSce Mer- Uyr. Ageats Wsatd. tM» (

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1 TRADE REPORTS. 1 SOU? WALES AND KOnfOUTH-1  COAL AND IRON TRADES, -I j ANNUAL aTATIflT'IOS. I HWW,™ pot year the total exports of ootl ap iwA coastwise) from the ports of South Walts cod MowaootMiire amounted to 19,160481 tons, as aMtost 18,272^15 tons in IMS. VComparcd with the same period, the returns mow an increased shipment at Cardiff, !f 8M LUnslly of 601,486 tons, 220.1T1 tons, aad 21,438 tons respectively, while at OWN" bw been a decrease in slhijaneots of. 2,003, tees. In December the aggregate c slcjanents Mnounted to 1,638,010 ton4 •* «*awet 1,557,509 ton. exported in INQVe/bbw, The following table shows the .tit1 of ocal (foreign and ooastwise), iron uka steel, coks, and patent fuel sent away from the ports of Cardiff, Newport, Swsni". and LMielly during the csonth ending December 31, lam: Coal- ko? Patent C<? ?* Cokt. VXiA\. Foreign O'wioe. sStt. Qtfdi# -iïë6" 7,938 1,1 ø Newport. 207.561 90?97 4,M6 30 8W ?<t. U91W2M$.24 4 16..M464 LhtMUy. 13,09 7.2" — Ag. Totnls. ^3^015 ""joejwl 15,034 3,0341 48,938 Hie following lobles show the quantity of coal, iron and steel, coke, and patent fuel sent away from the portd of South Wales and Mon- mouthshire during the twelve months ending 1896:- CinDirr. Iron snd PatA ent^ Cod. Stee). Coks. Fog. ?M)Mry 1:1.7œ 89 9,998 :& JWmiary 1,063,176 2,632 4,697 18,761 Mareh 1,076,996 6,007 9.169 29,M ANrU. 159A41 3,946 4,%2 26,977 MS? 1,114,468 4,380 4.m !M.t04 JJu5lny e. 1,173,019 1,536 5.%l 31,778 1017 1,140,961 d.sw 3,8w 36,(*, A tmpt 1,109,2D4 4,170 4,800 28,457 S?mbM. 1.649 3,830 6.104 21iP» OcJoW L(,U.633 4,281 4. JO.18 ?SSxr 1,095 533 21479,w,le SSpbtf 1?669 7,933 l.Mt 9kgM ?Mttt tettt* A4"7 H813 $I,IU 3440 ?' N''tWMM. r. -t < ■- Iron Ad Patent sbe:). Cob. ruel JttjinaJy.. !M.9M 314M6,416 ??. 29-1440 2,193 415 3,^ A nrll -,351 9,107 784 3,724 Mareh 897,419 44 *23 1,469 w. 286,581 5,634 708 286,881 6,534 708 — JUM 312,616 4,624 101 1,936 In?Mt 2')6 ? Ig: = = aeptambtr   S.t.Sr?.  ?03 M9 MM ssss— » DtcmBbtr 297,799 4.<0t 4t6 BU A?M?te totek .3,&%025 49,990 6,Z" 33,962 Swaaasa. Iron and Patent Ja"iíu&1 Coal. s. Coke. F"t!. January, 142,2M 130 3,270 26,W5 FebrSy IM.?O 2,M 3,014 18,BM MMoh 123,V5 ? 20 10,920 Srtt '44'2z,658 S&, 148,601 2,603 %723 19,tt6 J<S< 10.6m 200 448 ^.123 i j3y 153,360 624 3.400 M.(? ImrMt 166,085 13 1,019 A468 StpEmber. 154,716 3.3S7 948 a,144 = '4ft.384 NoYttubet. 19(?N6 &% 1,143 11,6» DMmnbM 164,066 2.M VA M.4M Aggregate total* .1.792,478 12,732* 17,468 263,067 LLANtHT. LLANXLLY Iron and Patent ¡anuart. C041. Steel. Coke. Fuel. January 16,724 47?)- Fth?My 23,M 3M —- M&Mh 16,079 759 — AprU 23,002 667 NSj.?.?? 21,619 106 JnM   27,131- 1W£: ¡ August. 31,364 a??b<t.?.? a6'.H4 —  Oo?ber —• — — Hot amber  21,429 56 —' ~— D,omba ? !!C?6T —— —- Aggregate total. 271,499 2,163 = mt following tsibte shows the qmtntity of ooat exported from the undermentioned portIl of Great Britain during the month of Deoem- Iber in 1895 *iod 1896 reqwetivejy;— Foreign. Coaatwlse, 1896. 1898. 1896. ()arm 9M.eM 867,3 1M.MO Me?t F.?rt ?l U9.374 ,4.1 awansea 119 64} ?,=,w 44,603 46.0M tlimeiw  ,M16,177 7,245 6,000 New.utJe 334)744 a.. #m0%96 BIrth. 160,234 <96? 96,1« 1;- floote ?4%M7 07?6  ?K4 W:'¡;ÖÓï l?.W fi:= lt :tft: 3im<iWl*od.r. UB.6M .1;= 2M.0OT 2SJ,«»1 AUot .? !6.e6t 17,184 8,13» 3.9H Amble. 16,612 16,m N? M.M6 ?id<«boMHth. 1.37t ?!34 — MO North Shie!d< 46,186 M.7M — AM 660 1,070 36,124 33.M 3&MW. 61,4% w7m- — S&?. 66.090 61,706 4,694 6,. OM<mo&?. 3,433 2,06& — —  m n,m M,9Zt §SSMtMy  U8b7 59.3W 760 1,- -.u 0,6* 4"3 M,060 1,«8 KstblS 90.0a 88,019 6,740 1,- N J. 117,119 ,610 ?MOMuth. t7.1M "0 M,3.'51  ?E. M ? ?  yhS??n .? MO ^SS « )?h?.?:?:? 649 !M a60.MO ?IM Botrowstansss 83,797 38,212 4,463 6,095 Troon. 1,930 1,697 23,979 31,231 ar&nton 8,460 8,369 105 616 DaBdee 4&1 1.261 Dundee U.6M U,046 10,131 10,733 Total export* of coal and coke to foreign ptrtt from the different places included in this iiat for the yeen IN5 and lN6 1896. 1M6. Coal. Coks. Coal. Coke. Newcastle 8,263,642 281,517 4,329,647 258,917 North Shields. 484,210 4.187 831,613 6,661 ftuth smaids ".647 34,SM 470,996 0347 B!yth 9.<M.997 ',483 a.?.COf 6,914 Amble M.9M 350,012 Ssafaam 37,087 21.839 ? Ehwd&rW t.66? 36?H t,754.9)a K.9tl ?.SBBS?t SWlMT H/M .He.H6 18,299 Sto.kt. Mi .3 10 i !Joi:öåBb 29,667 31,119 æ,:u. Bull 947.* H,4n I.lMl:1,94 16,662 arinoy 786.00 3.9M 660,465 2,717 | Whitehaven 21&35-16- OLiovoelrepCo^o! l. 360,410 I%Oft 34?903 18,010 Goctt?. 504.310 90,791 5V,182 31,456 U"elty 178,60-197,6V- =. n.= 01.2h lt.606.3M P.426 C M d M Newport a,4aM<x 4,5m ?74.416 6,814 B<?.Mt 1,178,419 12 234 1,177.N6 14,011 Glisgow 7M,ao7 8,907 701,290 7,437 Qreenook. 96,4œ 360 47,978 104 Gr«5oe?)t.?. l.WM 722 1.069,6U L774 0Fo?SStM<?. ?!3< 1,624,? Ayr 38,433 16.98J — i?.r; ? ?1 t 691 Irvlns. 10,217 K,831 ?; ? 9 e, I Arar6emn 96.IH 197 lM,3TI WW. Granton 101,463 10 94,613 52 DM<Mt. 6.!66 — &MO — BMM.wtM* 4?tGU 1,736 470.006 II.. Kirkcaldy 764,468 797,103 Methll 890,734 60 769?09 96 Tto following table show* the total ouentities of coal and coke sent to London and other ports in th* United Kingdom from the undermen- tioned places for the year* 1885 end 1896:— '1 1896. 1896. Coal. Coke. Coal. Coke. yoweewe 4.490.M 6.1M 4,6fie 066 7,= Motth Shields 3,458 — !,]» — BoathBh?Mt. 76.299 9M:.4? Btyth. 1M.ON &3 171,073 60 23D,121-215046- 2,244,bU 226 2,?R.7V.6 SsahJun.. 490,061-486,8"- tSS?.l 741.M! 4N 17-%40 7m KUWs&rough 3,7. 267 9M 1.937 SeH.?.. 2A357-213,601- Goole. '29.047 468.M1 Bwansea 6?069 40 614,5" 3,477 CKrdtfl !.79?979 702 lm 3,707 MMtU 71 4M-83'%3 N^rport -an 1,0::=, 4œ T "it: m: 118 86 Ay.?. %r,. 100 4M% 65 fiKjU, ,#10,771 9H.46C A «WI 49,667 47,991- eSoM M -,Ii09 ^Xhavs»!T eSo» 10 269^09 Z 3 B ???M? 47,064 66,6?0 — apM 3,308 _1.»1 aSSSr eTs^StoS e — ss.840 10 ?5SL???? CJ.408 18.'«1 10 fj J SSl^ = I CARDIFF. EXCHANGE, Monday. ^Change was fairly well attended to-day, slnd there was a healthy tone about business in all dtvwments. Most of the lesding oollieriw are well, stemmed, sod. consequently, coal for prompt shipment commands very high prteen. In fuel the quotations range as high as lis and 11* 3d for be*t *t**m coals. Opiiuou. differ as to whether the advance is likely to boa main- tained. Current quotations:—Best »team coal 10s 6d to lim, second* 10s to 10. 6d. and drys 9* 3d to 911 6d; heR Monmouthshire (Gardifl loading) 8* 3d to 8* 6d, seconds Be 9d to gs; btII. small 6s, eeoonds 4ø 3d to 4* 6d. shd dm 4t; best house coal, lis to 118 3d; No. 3 Rhondda- large 10* M, brush 8* 3d, and small e. to So ad i No. 2 Rhondda large 3d to 8e 6d. thr<Wgh sund through 6s 3d to 6a 6d, and small 4* 6d to 41, 9d; patent fwd 10* to 10s 6d, and odke 141 6d to 22s 6d per ton f.o.b., according to quality. The freight market has been jfiode-J rately cotive, without much ohange in tone. I.. RW ANSKA, -1 SWANSEA, Sttmd?. The Mtt w«k b" b<?n a T<?r b8u. end btiM the AM week of 4bb New YMT, M M ??tyMS'htCtofr '? an exceptional iMme*1 Is Otphyitd over th? ooKMpoa<HMfw<A of 1"6 yw, in impatu ?. t=? o of T6 MM $ad Mpo!<? 18,808 taM, in ? 27,701 tio? IU coal tMtd* h? bMn mOM t<?* *=and MM <hto. mocttinalM'M?tt ?MO ton? (AtamiQt order) <M ChNi 'a? !.SM tow andawits fof 8tn TrMBisMx The Mpnnito of patent ftsel we", hn)? t?M for MM thM pMt. Cons It S?Mt hM beft otp?<M*d in Ae tte-plate tM?e, tko,&ipmen ountfhg to aO.MO bcMt m S? thM the Mm< week of ism Now markets eot?oM. te ? the Of be i tMd* ? 8e)M?t ta ttt wwA. wMet ?h<t Pes'.5a.« 'a -PR "aso week:- for Liaho# and Ctt?foe Ntw T<M t,  jj&gtiggi irtc. "I (Uurln S!tSFM?R*S'iS&? SS& 15,813 tM.. MpMt. M.MB?M. MdfM tr? 707M too, OM ? with M?ao toM th* pwi?.w.ttt and 4-? 3,034 tons tae dMg w<ek. Mupmtatt of ow 41, toM, iag k t 5t W t., d sad patent <? 5,900 toM, *nd tm.pi? Md general ood4 iM Will, the I?ttf moluding ?0 tcM ?of FtMM. 600 tons for 2.,W tons for Batoum, 140 tons for Sumatra, 570 tons for New York, and 2,700 tons for home port*. &hiMnenf of tin-pit" 72,550 bMMt. and M<? from "orb M,3Mb<? a?ti. the Ax* wweboum Md nm 1*1,507 boM*. oenipared with 161,729 boxes this day week and 163,533 boxes at this date last yw. The trade of the port last month showed alight decrease compared with Deoeoiber, 1885, due to the bad weat her. Imports wtre 50,833 tons, exports 198,005 tons, ana the tctal trade 248,838 tons, ss agoipst 68,816 tons, 202,18 tons, and 261,000 tow respectively. ln%portL-Pig iron 1,570 tons, tin slsg 245, iron ore 4.600, calamine 804, copper (Ire lBO, ir,tandio 177, phcaplitoto 235, pitch 343, nitre caJca 154. arsenio 105. grain 3,260, hay 160, pit- wood 800, potatoes 160, wire nails 12, glass 17, sundries 1,948.. Exports.-Coal 41,962 toriat patent fuel 5,900 tons, tin-platss and general goods 7,060 toni, Barmw, Mondny.-Henistitse are firmer and doom at 518 4d net cash warrant sellers, 4d Ion barer* Bfeker* quote 51s 6d to 52* 6d for. mixed Bessemer nambsrs. The market is briffc and buoyant, and evidence* of a con- tinned steady trade is at present afforded. Only 36 turnieft are in Wart, but more will be blown in to soon as fillier supplies of iron ON can be obtained. Ordinary native ore is nnoted at 11< 5d to l:lr:W.:I mines, and is dMcutt get. The steel trade remains very busy in every department, and there are plenty of orders in the market for rails, shipbuilding materials, and other stool products at (food prices, niip-1 builder* are busy, and will soon be busier. Coal quiet. Shipping busier.

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