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South Wales Notes.
South Wales Notes. THE investigation of the Cardiff Board of Guardians on Saturday into the allegation that Dr. Louylier had refused to visit a dying woman was a very unpleasant but necessary business. The allegations were that Dr. Lougher was called oil the 6th inst. by a young man to go and see the woman. The ion says his worus were Will you please come up and see my mother? She is dangerously ill, and we don't expect her to live and he declares that the doctor said he could not come until the following morning. The woman died than night. The son was called before the board on Saturday and made his statement. Dr. Lougher replies the woman was suffering from a chronic complaint, he had seen her on the 4th-two days previously—and that the soil did not say, when he called him on the 6th, that his mother was dangerously ill, and not expected to live. The matter turns there- fore pretty much upon the respective Statements. I am not going to pass any opinion on the merits, but it is a case which certainly calls for enquiry, and I am glad that the guardians have decided to ask the Local Government Board to send down an inspector. It would never do for the public to think the board were in- different to such a charge. In every re- spect it is a most painful case. THE reply of the Duke of Beaufort to the deputation from the Mumbles Local Board Was more satisfactory than previous acts done in his naiiu had led people to expect. The recent unpleasantness as to the pulling up of the drain pipes was once more gone into carefully, with the result that the duke was pretty evidently at a loss for reasons to ex- plain Vr, justice of the recent action. The board extracted from his Grace an assent to a proposal to lay the pipes again, but on the tondition of carrying them out twice the distance. The deputation were propor. ona.tely grateful and withdrew. Whether the consent now is of much practical value ■frill perhaps be questioned by some, inas- much as a deal of the mischief has already been done to the place by the scandal created. While laying blame on the actions done in the duke's name, it is only fair to hand over a share of it to the Local Board. The impolicy of past boards has had much to do with the present unsatisfactory state of things, and their stated" intention to go in for a more complete system of drainage in the winter is but an indication of the ever- active state of procrastination which has acted liko a blight on the proceedings of the board. They are sadly in want of a power of action to supplement their good intent. I HAVE been considerably amused by what that singularly conducted exponent of Mr -0.. 1 Ashmead-Bartlett's Toryism, England, had to say last week of Mr Cordes's candidature for the Monmouth boroughs. Your in- genuous contemporary thinks that Mr Cordes is going to regain the seat because he is married. Of all the reasons which ex- hausted Toryism can fall back upon that is one of the most singular. It is, how- ever, good enough in the sense of being the only one in existence for supposing that the seat will be regained by them. The organ of ultra-Toryism, as is usual, shews its txcclient ignorance of the whole affair by saying that, owing to the Monmouth boroughs having been represented by Mr E. H. Oarbutt since 1880, the commercial progress of Newport has been retarded, and adds that "with Mr Cordes in Parlia- ment once more Newport may be expected to again take those rapid strides which marked her progress a few years ago. This is an exemplification of ignorant misrepresentation of local matters which even for a Tory is unique. Newport merchants and leading men who arc wont to jltstitiably pride themselves upon the advance of the town, should be flattered with having the lie given to them in this way. There is one sentence, however, which is true enough it is said that "there are few people who know anything about the matter who have a doubt as to the result of the election." This is true indeed —but in the inverse sense in which it is sagely declared. THE annual report of the Postmaster- General always contains a few curious ac- counts of the eccentricity of some section of the community or other. There is always the little sub-heading of "curious in- cidents," which is read with great interest. The last report, issued on Saturday, is no exception. Thus the report says that "in the summer of 1884 a bird, described as a blue breast, hatched a tine brood in a private letter-box in a road near Lockerbie. It appears that the postman was in the habit of giving crumbs of bread to the bird, and that she always remained on the nest when he opened the box, but invariably flew away when anyone else opened it." The account is curious, but I have heard of a somewhat similar case in Car- diganshire some years ago. A different kind of incident is one relating to the curious list of things sent through the post. The number is not so great as usual, and the most singular occurred at Greenock. A box arrived there, which, in con- sequence of some strange noises within, was opened by the postmaster, and found to contain a specimen of the common screech owl in an exhausted conditioh. The bird was fed, and, when recovered, was for- warded by rail to its destination." AMONG the more singular instances of eccentricity related, the following is, perhaps, the most curious. At Liverpool in January last," says the report, "-a. circum- stance occurred which, if often repeated, would occasion a great deal of trouble to the department. Some person, whether influenced by motives of economy or by other reasons, wrote a letter containing 26 words on the back of a penny stamp, which was committed to the post and duly delivered. The success achieved led to a repetition of the experiment but on a third attempt being made with a halfpenny istanip, the diminutive document became liable to a charge of one penny as an insufficiently prepaid letter a penalty which was duly enforced." Considering that over thirteen hundred million letters and more than a hundred and sixty million post cards, to say nothing of some five hundred million books and papers, passed through the post- office during the year, some little credit may perhaps be claimed for the correct delivery of the "diminutive document": but it is a credit which the officials do not covet a repetition. I AM always sorry to see disputes arising be- tween friendly societies and their members. The case heard at Merthyr police-court on Saturday is not at all pleasant reading, and illustrates the satisfaction with which socie- ties receive the contributions as distinguished fr.mi the dissatisfaction they <:) some- times evince in paying out what is due. In the present case a man had been a long time a member, and a^ one period became "out of compliance." He paid, however, all arrears in June last, his wife having died in April. He claims now under certain rules that the sum of J35 should be paid I to him. The society's defence that the wife had died while the man was "out of compliance '—was characterised by Mr Bishop as "tricky," and he advised a settle- ment, seeing that the man had been so long a member. This will probably be arranged, and a satisfactory conclusion put to an unfortunate dispute. The point of law is an important one to members of such societies, and Mr Bishop's decision will be 1 awaited with interest.
EDITORIAL NOTES.I --
EDITORIAL NOTES. I THAT the great founder of Methodism was unhappy in hi3 matrimonial relations is incontrovertible, and has long been ad- mitted and deplored in religious circles. But we fancy that the closest students of Joll-N VVESLEY S life were unaware that the feud between himself and wife was of such a bitter and hopeless character as is clearly revealed by the hitherto unpublished letter from the former, which we reproduce in another column. The marriage was one of "convenience," as our French neighbours say, the fact of the widow having 50,000 dols. apparently prompting the worthy eccle- siastic to enter into the holy estate. As the natural result, affection was conspicuous by its absence, and the" union" was proved to have been an act of folly for which, pro- perly enough, both of them were made, tothe end of life, to suffer a serious penalty. The severe strictures passed upon his part- ner by the typical English saint of the 18th century will remind some of the familiar sarcasm-that Protestantism can well afford to dispense with hair shirts and penance for its clergy, when it permits them the dolorous privilege of such connubial felicity as that which prevailed in the household of WESLEY. Of course, it is impossible at this length of time to discover which of the parties was most in the wrong—for it always takes two to make a quarrel, especially in marital squabbles but at any rate, one cannot help feeling that, however much JOHN WESLEY was harassed by his spcuse, he should, as a teacher of religion, have refrained from such choice" Billingsgate" as will be found in the correspondence we publish to-day.
WRECK OF A CARDIFF-BOUNDI…
WRECK OF A CARDIFF-BOUND I I STEAMER. A Central News telegram states that during a dense fog, on Sunday, the Italian steamer Luigi Maddalena, from Havre for Cardiff, went ashore three miles east of Land's End. The crow were sived.
The Cholera in Spain. I
The Cholera in Spain. I [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] MADRID, Sunday.—The cliolera is spreading with fearful rapidity, and the immediate vicinity of Madrid is now officially declared to be infacted. 1,902 fresh cases and 823 deaths were registered yesterday. The provinces of Malaga, Soria, Cadiz, and Salamanca. havo been invadecl, and the daily death-rate will in all probability be doubled within the week. It is felt on all hands I that Madrid cannot now escape the visitation of the pestilence. The prospect is appalling. fr.ECTELL'S TELEGRAM. | MADRID, Sunday, 9.45 p.m.—During the last twelve hours 33 cases of cholera and 14 deaths have occurred in the town of Valencia, one death in Toledo (capital), and 45 cases and 19 deaths in Toledo (province). In Madrid there were eight cases and five deaths. It is stated that some further cases have occurred in the provinces of Salamanca, Bourgos, and Soria.
THE BRUNSWICK SUCCESSION.…
THE BRUNSWICK SUCCESSION. lREt'TER'S TELEGRAI.J BERLIN, July 18. — The semi-official North German Gazette, in an article to-day referring to the version recently published by the Hanover Courier of the circumstances that gave rise to the letter of the Duke of Cumberland to Queen Victoria, says :-If Prince Bismarck really ex- pressed himself to Lord Beaconsfield in the terms attributed to^ hitn by the Hanover Courier, lie could oniv have done so by taking two things for granted. First, that the Duke of Cumberland's renunciation was sincereiy meant, which, however, appears from the manoeuvre with the two letters not to have been the case and next that the Guelph party would as honestly renounce their pretensions, as the Duke of Cumberland was expected to do in 1873. To have any real importance the Duke of Cumber- land's renunciation should have been accom- panied by that of his party, without it his action was valueless. Thare was, therefore, perfectly logical ground fer the reason adduced in support of the Prussian proposal of May 13, viz., that the Duke of Cumberland's accession to the throne of Brunswick, even if he openly and honestly renounced his claims to Hanover, was impossible, so long as the agitation of the Guelph party continued.
THE EGYPTIAN LOAN. I
THE EGYPTIAN LOAN. I I REL'TEU'3 TELEGRAM.] PARTS, Sunday.—It is stated that all the powers have given their assent to the immediate issue of the loan of £9,000,000 agreed upon in the Egyptian Financial Convention.
FATAL TERMINATION TO A .FiGHT.I
FATAL TERMINATION TO A FiGHT. I Last evening, at Shrewsbury, two men, named Samuel Heath and William Davie- alias Ruffy, were fighting, when Heath fell to the ground, and died on the way to the infirmary. Davies is in custody.
———— FIRE AT SHEFFIELD.I
———— FIRE AT SHEFFIELD. I A Man Killed- During a tire at Attercliffe, Sheffield, on Satur- day night, au engine tenter, named Catharall, fell from a high ladder and was killed. Mr Pound, superintendent of the brigade, and two firemen wcte injured.
---THE ANGLO-CHINESE OPIUM…
THE ANGLO-CHINESE OPIUM TREATY. The convention regulating the opium trade between British India and China was formally signed by Lord Salisbury and the Marquis Isentr at the Foreign Ollice on Saturday afternoon. The treaty is of considerable interest to India and Ciiina, and the salient poiu ts of it are the abolition of inland barriers for opium and the adoption of a uniform rate of lekin or tax." The uniform rate of lekin is to be 80 taels per cnest, while the export custom of 30 taels per chest, established by the Treaty of Tientsin, remains unchanged.
THE EVOLUTIONARY SQUADRON
THE EVOLUTIONARY SQUADRON The evolutionary squadron will arrive at Port- land to-day, and orders have been sent to that station directing Admiral Hornby to proceed with his fleet to Cowes. Two days will be allowed to get the vessels into review order, and the fleet will accordingly be at Cowes on Wednesday night, or Thursday morning. A-though no intimation has been given that the Queen will inspect the fleet, it is taken lor granted that the ordering of the squadron to Cowes is an intimation that her Majesty will informally review the fleet at Cowes, after which the ships will disperse for their respective stations.
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.I
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. I CALLLI^IIWELL (DULWICM DIVISION). — The Liberal executive of the Dulwich division of Cam- berwell have resolved to place the names of Mr Baliol Brett, M.P., Mr Homer, Q,C., Mr George Coilins, and Mr James Henderson before the local Three Hundred. The final decision of the latter body will be made in the course of a few days. Mr Morgan Howard, Q.C., is the Con- servative candidate. NORTH-WEST DURHAM.—The North-West Dur- ham Liberal Association at Consett, on Saturday, adopted Mr Atheriey Jones, barrister, as can- didate for that division.
A LANCASHIRE CENTENARIAN.…
A LANCASHIRE CENTENARIAN. I Miss Charlotte figot, aunt of the Rev. O. F. Pigot, chaplain of her Majesty's Prison, Kirk- dale, arrived at the hundredth anniversary of her birthday on the 9th inst. She is the daughter of the late Mr T. Pigot, ofAlmington, near Market Drayton, and at present resides with her nephew, the Rev. Edward Pigot, rector of Whittington, near Camforth. JJShe has livingjfour nephews and two nieces, fourteen great nephews and twenty- three great-nieces, six great-great-nephews, and ix greau-great-nieces. Witli the exception of her sight, which has entirely gone, all 'her faculties are in good co ndi tiOD. -Liverpool Post.
ICHOLERA INOCULATION.\
I CHOLERA INOCULATION. Extraordinary Story. An extraordinary communication, which cer- tainly requires to be verified, has beeq made to the Academy of Sciences. It is that Dr Ferran inoculated 47 nuns engaged in attending cholera patients, and that all of them have died in consequence. What is more extra- ordinary still is that, far from seeing in this com- munication an argument against Dr. Ferrari's vaccination, M. Pasteur said,on hearing of it, If 0 lie has really killed the nuns he has got hold of cholera virus. It proves fatal because he does not yet understand how to use it. Let him send some to Paris, and in eight days it will be turned into a harmless vaccine."
WIFE MURDER AT FULHAM.:
WIFE MURDER AT FULHAM. Dr. Diplock held an inquiry at the Salisbury Hotel, Fulham, respecting the decease of Ellen Norman, aged 38, whose husband, Henry Nor- man, a house painter, of Rylston-road, Fulham, Norman, aged 53, whose husband, Henry Nor- man, a house painter, of Rylston-road, Fulham is now under remand at the Hammersmith Police-court on a chargeof having murdered her by stabbing her in the breast with a dagger on Friday. From the evidence it appeared that Norman had charged I is wife with infidelity, and was greatly disturbed in his mind on this account. They had been quarrelling for some nights previously. Shortly after the murder he gave himself Up, admitting that he had killed his wife. From the medical evidence it appeared that the deceased's heart had been penetrated by the weapon.-The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Henry Norman. The inquiry was for- mally adjourned till Tuesday for the completion of the depositions.
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VOLUNTEER COAST DEFENCE.
VOLUNTEER COAST DEFENCE. A meeting of mayors and provosts of the cities and towns of Great Britain was held on Saturday afternoon to promote the objects of the Naval Volunteer Home Defence Association. The aim of the association is to stimulate local efforts of seaports to defend themselves, and to raise funds from the country generally to aid them in that object. Lord Cow- per presided, in the absence of the Lord Mayor, and was supported by Admiral Sir John Hay, Rear-Admirals W. Arthur and E. R.'Freinantle, Major-General Sir Andrew Clarke, Sir John Whitaker Ellis, M.P., Commander G. H. R. Krroll, Major-General Harris, Captains J. C. R. and P. H. Colomb, the Mayor of Bournemouth, and the Provosts of Dundee, Greenock, etc. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting was called to find out iiom the leading men of the different ports what their views were with regard to the defence of those ports. From what he could hear there was a very strong feeling on the subject in the seaside towns, which feeling would, of course, grow every day. It was for those towns to make a move in the matter. If they were convinced of the necessity of pro- viding against enemies, and if they felt that the Government intended to leave the defence of local places entirely to local effort,'then they must set to work and help themselves. All the association could do as a central organization was to supple- ment their efforts. 0 Sir JOHN WHITAKER ELLIS, M.P., moved the first resolution :—" That this meeting approves of the objects that the Naval Volunteer Home De- fence Association have in view, and pledges itself to promote and develop a national movement in its support." He said that the association was of the greatest possible importance. They had suddenly awoke to the fact that the whole of their coasts were open to attack. It was a matter of astonishment that there was no voluntary naval force in this country, and that the ports of New Zealand were in a better state of defence than many of these at home. Admiral Sir JOHN HAY, in seconding the motion, said it might be necessary that the Government should provide guns, batteries, and a capitation grant but it was desirable that the localities them- selves should have boats and train-men for the purpose of defence. There were between 5,000 and 6,000 persons attached to different districts, such as pilots, lightermen, etc., who were desircus of serving the country, but who could find no force in which to enrol themselves. Captain J. C. R. COLOMB supported the motion, which was agreed to. On the motion of Sir C. NUGENT a further resolution was agreed to, which stated that it was desirable that public meetings should be called by the Lord Mayor, mayors, and provosts of the towns of Great Britain, with the view of establishing committees for raising subscriptions and forwarding the movement. Tho meeting was also addressed by Admiral Arthur, Mr Seth Smith, Mr Auberon Herbert, and others. Lord Cowper, in -responding to a vote. of thanks, said that, although there were various movements to promote the efficiency of our naval defences, they all had one obiect-lialliely, that the ports of the country should be defended and he believed that the result of that meeting would be that something would be done. (Hear, hear.)
CONVICTION OF AN IRISH MURDERESS.…
CONVICTION OF AN IRISH MURDERESS. After a protracted trial at Clonmei Assise. Catherine Delany, aged 45 years, was convicted on Saturday night of the wilful murder or her husband, Michael Delany, on the 14th of April in last year. The deceased was a farmer and road contractor, and died from the effects of arsenic administered by the prisoner. Mr Justice John- ston sentenced her to be executed in Clonmei Gaol on the 19th of August. The condemned woman fainted on being removed from the dock. She had already been tried for the crime at the March assizes, when the jury disagreed.
IN DEATH NOT -DIVIDED.I
IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED. I The corpses of a father and daughter were found lying side by side on Friday morning in a small lodging in the Ruo es Amaudiers, Paris. It seems that the girl, who was about sixteen poisoned herself early ou Friday inoiniu-^ i0 a fit of depression, caused by the recent uea, of ,i L TV nn roturnui:? nome her mother, lier hitnei <\u lound her lying dead before him, W'i.u a.i exp a- natory letter lying by her su:e sct?!lJg forth her melancholy state of mind. H° instantly shot himself, and fell dead by the side or his daughter's corpse. |
-:::."----THE AFFAIRS OF MESSRS.…
THE AFFAIRS OF MESSRS. JACK- SON & Co., SEACOMBE AND LIVERPOOL. No little surprise was caused by the issuing of a circular on Friday (says to-day Lne,pool Jour- nal of Commerce), convening » "g <u the creditors of this well-known him of engineers J U- -i I Tim statement submitted and shipouilders. in- m QQQ Qr showed a surplus of ne.J •" about 40■> pei-pound. N<> t -i i j in oaniuuiucy. Ihp was uei'iued to P^eed estate is estimated to ie;ui-^ i iuc losses are alleged to be paitly due to recent strikes of workmen.
DESTITUTION, MURDER, AND SUICIDE.
DESTITUTION, MURDER, AND SUICIDE. « c »>i- who ht.3 been for soiiip A man out o vv0.^j i ;s family in extreme time past living wit a daughters into destitution, threw Ins two Uo the Ourcq Canal, Pans, o11 rr, the.n jumped in himself- ('e-id bod;p- W6l° j i. il '1 iio ooUie* w (jrp drowned together. boufc 20 minutes after dragged out or tne c.nai dn « wards ty som boatmui, unfortunate f,tliei-. were found chngnig to t daughter, who b The man s wife and he. e> about d) years old, on ° almost frantic with grie--
THE TRAGEDY AT MANCHESTER…
THE TRAGEDY AT MANCHESTER u ,t assizes, on Saturday, At the Manchester 0rl fof Margaret Hibbert. w- wilfnlly mnn]eTJ\ei. Mo3s bide, ManU v.- 'igoner, who had recently two young boj s The g drowned the b come out of a lumuic • n hei.self. Counsel m the bath and tnea to eviden(je tha(. } for the defence subu i^ ditiontopleadtQ )ndition to I)leid to tile prisoner was not in » Mjo tfao WQmau charge The gaoi siu^ ,crt;iined the delusion periecUy insane. Sao "^ren to sleep. The that she had only lint t 11 ad jury found her unfit to plead,
ASSESSMENTS INTHE MERTHYR…
ASSESSMENTS INTHE MERTHYR t, i DISTRICT., At the meeting of the Merthyr Assessment Committee, on Saturday. -{"j r'fa Pre*H ing, a discussion took of Treharlis HoteTfrom £ 150 toVlSO. Xt bteSde^ fchat it was unfair that this house » fixed at a higher rate than the N'aviga K was stated, had much bej6 t assessment in that case wa=> p 1 a'jet! from £ 80 gross to £ 150 only- It was decided ,i i-Tiiffil should be assessed £ al». rector of GeilygaeV^ appealed against the asBe,SB1^j° °JaJ ?aJlthe8,?f his parish. When the valuation was last made he received £ 704 as tithes, but hi* receipts were now £ 627. The present "^ted to be £ 432. It was reduced ,o gross.
IPERILOUS ADVENTURE ON THE…
PERILOUS ADVENTURE ON THE NORTH WALES COAST. A Brave Rescue. Two men have just performed a de-d of darin, on a highly dangerous portion of the North Wales coast, near Tremadoc. ^ate on Thursday night cries of distress were heard by some passers-by proceeding from the direction of a precipitous rock, above Llidart Firm. On peering over the rock, two cmldren could just be seen in the gathering gloom on the rocks beneath, surrounded by the rising tide. Not a moment was to be lost. Ropes were collected at the cottages, and tied together, and then two brave fellows volunteered to go to the rescue. Quietly and steadily they were lowered over the side, resting on the jutting crags wherever possible, and at length reacbed the rock on which the children stood, and eventually rescued them. They were the daughter of Mr Hussey and the son of Mr Anger, of Tanyrallt. The brave rescuers were loudly cheered. The children were completely exhausted with crying and some hours of exposure. ,Ie
-__--I THE ROYAL WEDDING.…
I THE ROYAL WEDDING. I Although the marriage of Princess Beatrice on I Thursday will not assume the character of a State ceremonial, the preparations arc on a large scale. The marriage takes place at one o'clock in the afternoon, and previous to that hour the guests invited to thd wedding will assemble at Usborne House. There wilt be three carriage processions from Osborne House to Whipping- ham Church, but no State equipages will be used. The first or largest procession, that of the wedding guests, and consisting of about fourteen carriages, will leave at half- past twelve o'clock, and will be followed about ten minutes later by a couple of carriages occu- pied by Prince Henry of Battenberg and his sup- porters and suite. The third procession, thaUof the Queen and Royal bride, will quit the house about a quarter to one. The cortege will consist of three plain carriages, and that occupied by her Majesty and Princess Beatrice will be drawn by four horses. The Archbishop of Cantoroury, assisted by several of the higher clergy, will officiate, and the choral portions of the service will be sung by the lay clerks and choristers of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. After the wedding the bridal processions will return in their proper order to Osborne House, where the wedding breakfast will be given. Her Majesty wishes as many of the public as possible to see the procession, which will leave Osborne by the Queen's private gate, and proceed by way of the Oval and past the Prince of Wales Hotel to Whippingham Church. The last royal wedding iu the Isle of Wight was that of the late Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, who was married on the 1st July, 1862, in the drawing-room at Osborne House. The Court Circular states that on Saturday H.R.H. Princess Beatrice was presented, by a deputation of ladies, on behalf of the maidens of England, with a Bible and congratulatory ad- dress en her royal highness's approaching mar- riage. Her royal highness also received presents from the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, from the inhabitants of West Cowes, and from tho teachers and girls of the New Church (Isle of Wight) Sunday schools.
THE STOPPAGE OF THE MUNSTER…
THE STOPPAGE OF THE MUNSTER BANK. Suicide of a Farmer. I Sir John Arnott has propounded a scheme for the resuscitation of the bank. The liabilities are £2,530,000, to pay which there are assets amount- ing to £ 4,000,000, including1 the uncalled capital. Sir John Arnott proposed that the Government should merely guarantee for tive years the liabili- ties, deposits, &c., whic;li amount to about £ 2,500,000, for which they would have a security of £4-,000,000, It is scarcely possible that the bad debts could exceed L500,000, so the Govern- ment would be amply secured. A farmer, named Thady Moriarty, at Kiiflyn, near Tralee, who had a £100 in the Muuster Bank, cut his throat on Sunday morning, in con- sequence, it is suppesed, of the stoppage of the bank. Large and representative public meeting were held Oil Sunday in the principal centres of county Cork in connection with the Minister Bank. A general feeling was exhibited that the liquida- tion of the concern would ruin hundreds of share- holders and traders who were dependent on its accommodation for carrying on industrial enter- prise. Resolutions were passed in favour of reopening the bank, and a guarantee was signed by large numbers of depositors pledging them- selves not to draw on deposits for six months, and then only after a month's notice. Parish priests, from the altars on Sunday, advised the people to have full confidence in the stability of the bank. The Press Association Dublin correspondent states :—The Lord-Lieutenant has arranged to receive a fr-lll the shareholders of the Munster Bank, on Monday morning, to consider whether it would be possible for the Government to afford s\)tr!c assistance towards reopening the bank. .>0-- a_
IMPORTANT SHIPPING CASE.I
IMPORTANT SHIPPING CASE. In the Admiralty Court, London, on Saturday, before the president (Sir James Hannen), before the president (Sir James Hannen), judgment was delivered in the case of the owners, master, and crew of the Nor- wegian ship Hans Gude, v. James Knott, and others, owners of the steamship Mer- Merchant Prince, of South Shields. On the 20th April tho Hans Gude was on a voyage from Mar- seilles'. to Saint Gbes in ballast-, and when off Tarifa, in the Straits of Gibraltar, she and the Merchant Prince came into collision, the Hans Gude being so much damaged that she immedi- ately sank, her master and seven of her crew be;ng drowned. The Merchant Prince, which was on a voyage from Penartii to Genoa, was much damaged.—Sir Walter Piiillimore, Q.C. and Dr. Stubbs, appeared for ti and Mr 1* inlay, Q,C., Mr Baines, and Mr Baden-Powell, for the defendants. Sir James Hannen, in giving judgment in regard to the flare lights, said the Trinity Brethren, in all their experience, had never con- sidered that the showing of flare lights was for- biddeu. The question he had eventually deter- mined was whether the steamer was justified in persisting as she did, to almost the last moment, in treating this vessel (the Hans Gude) as a vessel which they were overtaking. The Hans Gude's course was W, by N., which was the course she might be expected to take considering her voyage, and he had come to tho conclusion that it theie had been a better judgment exercised by those on board the steamer, it would have been observed that this vessel, not merely by the appearance of the flares, but by the closing in of the flares from the point at which they were first seen, would indicate that she was approaching. The captain of the steamer thus seemg the flares ought to 'rive either altered his course or slackened Ins speed, and if he had done either of these the col lisioti'would have been avoided. The Court was, therefore, of opinion that the Merchant Prince was alone to blame for the collision. -u
THE REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.…
THE REPORT OF THE POST- MASTER-GENERAL. The thircy-nr.st annual report of the Postmaster- General, just issued, states that the average number of letters to each person in the United Kingdom increased from 15 in 1854, 22 in 1864, to 33 in 1885. Including post-cards, the average per person was 42, a, far larger proportion than in any otuer country. The total number of receptacles of all sorts for letters is about 33,000, and the total number of ohieers oil thepermanent establishment of the department is 48.000. The number of female3 included in this total is 2,919. It is also estimated that aoout 47,000 persons are employed by local postmasters, &(;. The number of parcels carried by the department increases steadily. No less than 22,904,273 parcels were posted, of which 19,222,047 were posted in England and Wales, 2,376,177 in Scotland, and 1,306,149 in Ireland. The arrangements for aForeign and Colonial Parcel Post ware completed, and on July 1 the department were enabled to accept parcels not exceeding 71b. in v. eigh for transmission to Gibraltar, Egypt, Aden, India, and British Burmah. The number of letters, post-cards, newspapers, &c., received in the Returned Letter Offices was 5,626,875, show- ing a at crease of 1"8 per cent, over the previous year. Of this total 512,636 letters were unreturn- able, and of 26,472 letters which were posted without any address whatever, 1,636 contained value to the total of £ 3,893. Upwards of 45,000 parcels could not be delivered, owing chiefly to insecure paelting and incomplete addresses. In the Post-oiiice Savings Bank the total amount due to depositors on December 31st last was £ 44,733,773, an increase of L3,004,965 over the previous year. The deposits were 6,458,707 in number, and £1,510,411 in amount, as compared with 6,297,368, amounting to L13,575,167, in 18-33 and the withdrawals were 2,193,792 in number, and £ 12.530,563 in amount, as compared with 2,075,465 amountieg to £ 11,809,171 in 1883. The amount of interest credited to depositors was LI,025,117, being an increase of L69,206 over the previous year. The greatest num- ber of deposits made in one day was 46,041, on January 7th, amounting to F,102,783 but the largest amount deposited in one day was ,)os F,123,500, which was deposited on January 1. The inland money orders issued hast year were upwards of 11,900,000 in number, and £ ^o,o0U,UU0 in amount; the decrease, as compared with the previous ysar, being 1,832,605 in the number, and £1,475,418 in amount. The tekgrapa business of the country shows but little development, and an increase of only 435,000 messages in the year cannot be regarded as satisfactory.
A FISHING SMACK SUNK. I
A FISHING SMACK SUNK. I Two Men Drowned. I Early on Saturday morning an Austrian barque came into collision with'the fishing smack Sea Poam, off Waterford harbour, where the latter was engaged in herring fishing. The smack sank immediately, and two of the crew, named John Callaghan and Michael McCarthy, were drowned. The remainder of the crew vere saved and landed duiicg the day at Bannow.
-.---I MR BURT, M.P., AT LLANELLY.
I MR BURT, M.P., AT LLANELLY. The working men of Llanelly assembled at Zion Chapel on Saturday night, to hear addresses from Mr Burt, M.P., Mr W. Abraham (" Mabonand other gentlemen, on subjects relating chiefly to industries. Unfortunately, the meeting had not been well advertised, and at no time was the spacious chapel half full but the audience was most attentive and enthusiastic. The chair was occupied by Mr David Randell (solicitor), who was supported on the platform by Mr Burt, M.P., and Mr Frank. Ash Yco, the Liberal candidate for East Glamorganshire. Mr YEO moved the following resolution:- That thi3 meeting desires to express its unabated confidence in the Bight Hon. W. E. Gladstone and the late Government, and to thank them sincerely for the great Uléasure, of reform that were passed by them, including the Franchise and Redistribution Bills, aud for their untiring exertions to keep the country from a barbarous and unnecessary war with Kussia, and for recognising the principle of arbitration in international disputes. In the course of au able speech Mr YEO elicited great cheering from the audience by his eulogism of Mr Gladstone, who was looke t upon by his fellow-countrymen, not with respect merely, but with tender regard—because the ami of his whole career led him to do justice to the people of England. The Rev. J. R. MORGAN, D.D. (pastor of Zion Church), seconded the resolution iu Welsh, and it was carried with acclamation. Mr R. L. SAILS (manager of the Gwauncaegur- wen Colliery), in a vigorous speech, moved :— That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is not only necessary, but imperative that the newly enfranchised working-classes should use their political power for the purpose of returning represencatiyes ot their own class to Parliament, not with the intention of sub- ordinating any other interest. but with a view of placing themselves in a position to further legislation particularly connected with the woiking classes, and to so shape the House of Commons that it may be a true expression of the opinion of the nation, which cannot be attained unless all classes have some practical interest therein. Mr BURT, M.P., who had a very hearty recep- tion, seconded the resolution, and spoke of the prospects of this and other parts of the kingdom at the coming election, and referred to the num- ber of working men who, it was expected, would then be returned to the House of Commons. After strongly condemning mere class representation, the speaker proceeded to touch upon measures of special interest to the working classes. The Mines Regulation Act was an honest effort to protect the collier in following his employment, and lie did not think the miners even yet recog- nised to the full the gratitude they owed to Lord Aberdare, when (as Mr Bruce) he got the measure through the House of Commons in face of great obstacles. But this act now, after 14 or 15 years, needed amendment. One of such details, bearing directly upon wages, was ithe weighing clause. It was only with great difficulty the miners secured the power to elect their check weighman, but that power had yet to be made absolute, and the checkweighman, so long as he kept within the bounds of the law, ought to be invulnerable and irremovable by the colliery proprietor. Another measure lie could mention was the Employers' Liability Act, through the instrumentality of which (from a return to the middle of 1884-) £30,000 had been paid as compen- sation to the widows, orphans, and other friends of workmen who had lost their lives whilst at their employment. A great deal of money had also been paid over out of the court, so that directly and indirectly from LSO,000 to LbO,000 had been paid over to the working classes m compensation, not a penny of which would have been paid them but for the acL. However, as they knew, workmen had been compelled by thousands to contract out of the benefits of the act; but this was prevented by Parliament in the case of landlord and tenant, and the same precaution should, in his view, be extended to the relations between employers and employed. Towards this and other movements the speaker's audience could render practical assistance, not only by signing petitions and the like, but by returning men like Mr Abraham as representatives to the House of Commons. Work- ing men should not confine their sympathies to measures more particularly affecting themselves. There were questions of imperial politics demand- ing attention—questions like county government and land reform—and in connection with lease- holds his friend, Mr Broadhurst, was taking a courageous and prominent part. There was no time to go into the question of the I nationalisation of land, but, as Ruskin had said, we had a right to see to it that the best possible use was made of the land of the kingdom. Every day's experience showed him that the great key of the workman's future lay in educational and moral reform. The coming Parliament would be more democratic than ever before. The working cilamsm had never so many powerful allies on their side—lecturers, science teachers, the public press and they could also do their part by teaching their children sobriety and thrift, and inculcating principles of justice and of gentleness. If this were done, powerful co-operation was bemg lent to the forces at work for the improvement of humanity—for the building up of a constitution under which a great and free nation could for ages rest. (Loud cheers.) • • Mr ABRAHAM supported the motion in Welsh, and it was carried unanimously, and the meeting then closed with a vote of thanks to the chair- man.
CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS…
CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS I Charge of Neglect Against a Medical Officer. • J-ne weekly meeting was held on Saturday, Dr. Paine in the chair. Mr O. H. Jones, and Mr T. W. H. Plain, vice-chairmen, were also present. Mr. J. T. D. Llewelyn, ,the Conservative candi- date for the South Glamorgan district, attended, and spent the morning with the guardians, who are electors of the district for which he is a candi- date. After a kind reference to the late Mr ytephenson, the clerk to .the union, by the chairman, who regretted his inability to attend the meeting of the board on Satur- day last, on the motion of Dr. Lewis, a committee was appointed to revise the duties of clerk to the unioc, and report at a future meet- ing on the best mode of tilling up the several appointments held by the late Mr Stephenson, and the salary to be paid. A memorial had been sent to the clerk asking the guardians to petition against the disqualifications of voters on the ground of their having received medical relief, but the board declined to take any action In ques- tions of a political character. In obedience to a resolution passed, at the last meeting of the board, a young man named Thackwell, living on the freehold land, Llandaff- yard, attended for the purpose of afford- ing information to the guardians, respecting an allegation of neglect on the part of one of the medical officers of the board, Mr Lougher. The allegation depended to some extent on the state- ment made by the young man to Mr Lougher, and it was this which the guardians desired hear from the young man himself. It appeared that the mother of the young man, Marie Ann Thack- well, lived at Llandaff-yard, and had been attended by Dr Lougher. The husband had been out of employment for some time, and they were in very reduced circumstances, and in want of food. The case came under the notice of Rev. J. R. Buckley, vicar of Llandaff, in June last, and he not only sent food when he became aware of their destitute condition, but alse directed the attendance of the relieving officer, Mr Hopkins, and he procured the attendance of the medical officer, and from that time all the nourishment she required up to her death was supplied. On the 6th July she became much worse, and, on the advice of the husband, her daughter and some neighbours, the young man in the evening went to the residence of Dr. Lougher, and said Will you, please, come up and see ^my mother ? She is dangerously ill, and we don't expect her to live." He stated that he arrived at Dr. Loughor's house at half-past seven o'clock in tne evening, but that Dr. Lougher declined or refused, he said, to come up to see her till the following morning. The woman died about 10 o'clock that night. Dr. Lougher stated in reply that the woman was suffering from a ( chronic complaint, and that she was also suffering from fits. He saw her on the 4th, and the young man told him that his mother was worse, but tlId not say that she was dangerously ill. °1' tJiat "we don't expect her to live- Ur- Lewis and several guardians spoke very strongly on what they characterised as serious neglect on the part of their medical officer. Dr. Lougher said that the woman was suffering from clirolaiestarvatioll. The chairman said that this, in ilig opinion, aggravated his neglect (if lie had been guilty of any). Dr. Lougher, when asked by the chairman, did not declare that he was unable, from other engage- ments, to attend. It was therefore subsequently unanimously resolved to make an application to the Local Government Board to send down an inspector to hold an in<luiry aIld Tlnv £ stl?,ate, *he matter thoroughly.-The Rev. J. R. Buckley said that some considerable amount of indignation was fplt at the time by the inhabitants of Llandail Yard by the refusal of their medical officer to attend upon a dying wotnaii.-Tliii w.aa all the business, ¡'
I ROYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDF^…
ROYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDF^ OF WALES. l Mr J. R. Lewis, general secretary, favourS 9 with the following particulars respecting the c°^ petitions on the various subjects for which Prl are offered at the forthcoming National Ei'*e fod at Aberdare POETRY. d he) Aiodl, Y gwir yn erbyn v byd."—Bardd ei Urddo, Eychan, Ap Diar, Fiat Justl)1 Aletheia, Llywareh Llwyd, Latimer, ngwyueb haul a llygad goleuni. uJ, Prjddest Hywel Dda."—Merch M, Gerald Thompson, Arfonydd, Glan P" Gyffydd ap Maeleg, Gwilvm, a Gwrnerth il Ilhiangerdd—" Aeres Maesyfelin."—BugeilJ"' Herder, Mihangel, Gogerddan. Cywydd—"Yr Aelwyd."—Un o hit GoJlle Rhys Goch, Lief Einioes, Bachgen Hynaf J. Aelwyd, Lemuel, Lief y Twt Hill, iliradd, Rheolwr ar ei aelwyd, Amddifad, Ieuan, Un enw, Penteuluwr, Arthur Wyn, Gelyn Penteulu, Idris, Mabon Wledig, Lemuel. If Gosteg o Englynion-" Llais Cydwybod- Ichabod, Beuno, Aurora, Dvchrynedig, Irfj Merddin, Kant, Siomedig, Ystyriol, Difrofol, Erasmus, Aneurin, Ap Rhys, Talfa^ Merfyn. Hir a Thoddaid—" Cyfeillgarvvch." — AdSn Iledd, Damon, Adda Fras, Iolo Fardd Clio Hyugarwr, Cadwaladr, John Hume, Dryder Llew gurir drwy gyfeillgarwch, Amyneddf?,j ridclius, Pax, Pythias, Amicus, Versus, o Crlyn Hir, Jonathan, Jonathan (eto), Ltello. leuan, Idwal, Jeremiah, Hen Awenydd, En L n a gafodd gyflawn gyfaill, Brawd o Englyu-" Y Trydan." Franklyn, "VoW Amicus, Amauydd, Meredith Rhys (2 engly John Franklyn. Coch y Berllan, PolliveIY4 Fferyllydd, Serydd, Thompson, Seryddrl Irlas, Elfenydd, Eorth, Dyfal, Meddyli*1 Pwl Tele, Cooke, Philos, Amicus, caro Dan, Rhys Penardd, Macsen ab Itb, Tudur Aled, Aled, Aniauydd, Humphrey Da\" Franklyn, Tyst o'r rym, Prydain, Terer^' Athron II, Campus onite, Ap Tan, Dyna ?1' Mellten, Un a'i Gwelodd, Ofnus, Martial, PeliO Volta, Galileo, Llwydfah, loan ab Dewi, 1dw:>' Doctor Dic,Yr hen Wr, Saphan, S. 0., Frankly' Teithiwr, Gwas, Volta, Galileo, Syllydd Stf Gwyddongar, Carwr Gwelliant, Fferyllydd I* Heffwr Goleuni, Cymro, Teimlydd, Tasso, W Brydydd, Llettywr, Ieuan, Electrician, Gable0' Tubal. TRANSLATIONS. Alcestis. Apion, Illtyd, Aristophanes,Cutwly"' Appollonius,Delta Rho, Cantab, Sint Maeccnate» Noa deerunt, Bute, Metumque, Inter Dubi"'i Meurig Morris, Tydain, Casaubon, Hippolyttf81! Not under the Walnut Tree, Admed. Latin Hymns (No. 10.)—Terentius. Iolo Merga n wgs Psalms.— Iolo Morgan Wr1 Un garasai wneud gwell, Anglo belt, Brytbonr, PKOSE. <■ Essay. Biographical and Critical accouut l Welsh Musicians," &c., Theoreme, Greff ab Ed Mab Gan, Edno, Olrheinydd. Essaij.—" The Comparative Merits," &e. -Itl,,$ Hae.i, ldwal, Byetian,'Ysp):ydon%vr. Serial Story.—William Tell, Unionfab, I aO a Railwayman's Wite, Wilfred Gray.. AVoollei-i Manufactures of Soutb Wales," &c.-Distaff, Ap Rhobert, loan MyrddiOI Ap Gomer. Follc Lore of Gla)no?-qait. Lleia y Werin. Crofton Croker, Ysbryd Twm o'r Nant. Welsh Novel.—Dos allan i'r byd a wna ddaioj;" Ardalydd, Alltud o Arfon, Un o deulu Rhyr SianFach o'r Bont, Llywareh Morgan. Essay (Welsh)—" Y Cynllun goreu i Gyfad? asu yr Ys,ol Sabbothol, &c." -Ap Bran, Marti* Luther, Cato, Aelod o'r Ysgol Sul, Jethr"» Awstin Fychan, Nunquam, Ysbryd yr Oes' Edmygwr, Aristarchus. Essay—"The Dignity of Labour." — Gelerh Violin, Egbert, Gwent, Arthur Llwyd, H^ Bereriu, Hugo, iniab y Wyddfa, Peris Mud)' labour, Gordon, Y Bachgen Bach, Laboii' Vincit Omnia, Elwy, Rhiwallon, Aurfi1' ian, M. de Secondat," Y Wenol Law, Irf curgus, Maelor, A Son of Labour, Dido. Essay-("Tiie Practlc,,ilTeachinfx,&c.").-Glovvg Ieuanc, Rbadamanthus. Essag—(Welsh).—"Y Pvvys a'r Budd, &c. Hen Lafurwr, Gweledydd, Hen Lowr ProfiadoJ' Llaw-weithiwr, Hywel Tydfil. Handbook-(\Velsh)-" Llenyddia.eth Farddonol, &c."—Cynddylan Hen, Meigant, Roland FychaU* Celtio, Iolo Morganwg yr Ail, Celynoe\ It may be interesting to state that one of these hand* i books weighed nearly 121bs., and contained 78* foolscap folios. The six handbooks weigtied, 32-2-lbs., and contained 3,009 foolscap folios.. 2 Handbook—(Welsh).—Gwaith a Chenadae &c.flen Bererin, Disciplinarian. I MUSICAL COMPOSITIO-NS. String Q ua?*Iette. -Young aiaoeat, ivaitat Hugo, An Admirer of Beethoven, A WelshmaJJ in Leipsic, Violoncello. Anthem.—Pwyll, Wylwr, Palestrina, Cymro Pell o'i wiad, Sebastian Bach, Cymro, Weithiwr, Eglwysbach, Arthur, Marcello, PeO- ^A^uian? Isaiah, Udgorn, Jonathan BattiS' hill, Albrechsburger, Philanthropist, Normal Gomerydd. Madrigal,—Marenzio, Dr. Blow, John Dovy, land. I Contralto Soiig-Weber, Bach. Alltud o'r \Vladt Awel Fechan, Ismael. Tenor Soitg-Un o Fechgyn Sirgaer, Schubert I Josephus, American, Havelock, Southwalianj Morley, Frederick ap Gryffydd, Rondo, Glan S Werydd, Emigrant, Albert, Ap Bach. It will thus be seen (says Mr Lewis) that therft are over 300 competitors, the relative merits oi which will shortly be engrossing the minds of ouf able adjudicators. I trust Wales will rally round- Yr hen Eistedfod," and that the working me. of our populous valleys will make it their especial care to welcome in a royal manner the pet inlltitu tion of The land of song."
OPENING OF THE PENARTH ; CONSERVATIVE…
OPENING OF THE PENARTH CONSERVATIVE CLUB. j The new rooms of the Penarth Conservative I Club were formally opened by Mr J. T. D- Llewelyn on Saturday afternoon. There was » large attendance, among those present being Captain Ingram (president), Dr. Lewis, Captain Black, and Messrs E. B. Wilkinson, Strawson, Burnell, Lidstone, C. Tonkin, G. B. Kempster, Moore, H. Davies, Baby, Warde, Captain Thompson, &c.—In opening the proceedings, Captain Ingram said that hitherto the Conser- vatives in Penarth had had no settled habita- tion, so the members thought it was now tima that they should have some place to call their own. The rooms had been taken by the com- mittee with the object of commencing the club, but they hoped before long to be able to remove to a larger building. In the meantime, lie honed that a great deal of good would be done to the Conservative cause in Penarth by the reputation ot the club. (Hear, hear.) Mr Llewelyn then addressed the assembly, and at the outset dwelt upon the good to be derived from such clubs. He tilou-ht a club of that sort was eminently calculated to do a great deal of good to the cause which they had at heart. (Applause.) During the whole of his electioneering campaign he had given substantial reasons for the view he held, and in that club there would be a number of papers and books laid upon tlie table which would teach th<* members the principles of Conservatism. (Hesir.) Ihe speaker then declared the club formally opened, and after the usual votes of thanks were I passed the proceedings terminated.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE AT NEATH.…
SUPPOSED SUICIDE AT NEATH. I An inquest on the body of Martha Davies, of Aberavon, 18 years of age, who was employed as a domestic servant by Mr. J D. Llewellyn, grocer, was held at Pni-hh Saturday, before Mr H. Outhbertson, coroner. It appeared that the^ young woman complained of a bilious attack on Tuesday, and eventually becama so ill that she had to keep her bed. Her condi- tion became rather alarming on Friday, and Dr. Whittington was sent for; but, notwithstanding the utmost attention on his pare, she succumbed late that night. The doctor was unable to give a certificate as to the cause of death, and it Vfts deemed advisable that a coroner's inqtMsc should lie held. After some formal evidence bad been given, the inquest was tadjounied to Tues- day next for the purpose of hearing the evidenc* of Dr. C. Whittington and that of Dr. RydiOff, who made a post mortem examination of the body. It is rumoured that the deceased adminis- tered poison to herself. She had, it is said, been in very depressed spirits for some days previoua to her death, and it is alleged that some accusa- tion made against her by a pofson at Aberavon, was preying upon her mind. The young woman had only been in Mr Llewellyn's service about nine days, and previous to that she was in the service of Mr Jenkins, a solicitor practising at Aberavon.
AYOUTHFULTRAPEZIST KILLED
AYOUTHFULTRAPEZIST KILLED On Saturday night a trapeze in gfhore-sfcreet, Macduff, broke while two boys were swinging on it. One lad named Russell, aged 16, was thrown it. One lad named Russell, aged 16, was thrown into violent contact with a bar, whereby lie sus- l tained such severe injuries that he died in the course of the following evening.