South Wales Echo

THE AUSTRO-HUNGAlttAN ATTITUDE. STATEMENT BY THE HUNGARIAN premier. j_r.EUTF.U'.S TKLEGUAM. ] PESTH, Saturday.—In to-day's sitting of the Lower Houue of the Hungarian Diet, M. Tisza replied to M. Szilagy's interpellation, or which previous notice ha.d been given, asking for in- formation in regard to the attitude of the Austro- Hungarian Government with respect to the recent events in Eastern Roumelia, and also inquiring whether any agreement had been entered into at the recent meeting of the Emperors relative to the policy to be pursued regarding the Balkans. Tiie Premier declared rp, that the Kremsier intervew was a consequence of the Skiernievice meeting- It was merely an act of courtesy, ani had fur its object the renewal of the personal friendship between the monarchs of Austria and Russia. There was no question at toe Kremsier interview of au annexation of Bosnia, nor of the nuioii ol l-,>u.ar:a with Eastern Roumelia. The movement in favour of noioii, continued the Minister, was known tu exist, but L at the same time the outbreak of the conspiracy took all the European Cabinets by surprise. The Government is not aware whether any of the Powers intend to intervene by force of arm?, but bauv.s that all of them desire to uphold tiie j Treaty of Berlin, and maintain the st((lt qw,. No j one prevents Turkey from asserting her rights, "j The proposal for a conference of ambassadors is in harmony with the. Sultan's wish for the friendly. i itervciition of the Powers. There is410 idea o_c j Minexing Bosnia or Herzegovina, and still less Uois Austria-lluagary intend to coin pi eale mat fcers by occupying Turkish territory. As can be easily understood, however, the ueclare that, should all efforts fail, and the vital interests of the monarchy be endnngero 1, Au*tvia- Ht;ii;<ry won "reserve to herself the right to t-oko any dec'.jion she may deem lit. The; tf(]1,be tl'(; ltJl'l;:aJ. c,)';tn.<tllCe u.. tlit l1}llU"Ol' r('pi}

PLOT AGAINST THE CZAR. Arrest of 40 Persons. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] BERLIN, Saturday.—Intelligence from Warsaw states that the police have unearthed in that city a most formidable Nihilist conspiracy directed against the person of the Czar. No fewer than forty persons have already been arrested. Most of the prisoners are of good social standing, and two of them are university professors of note. The affair has caused a profound sensation.

REPUBLICAN VICTORIES IN FRANCE. [REUTKU'3 TELEGRAMS.] PARIS, Sunday, 11 p.m.-Telegranis, from the provinces give partial results in tiome towns all showing Republican victories. PARIS, Midnight.—M. Jules Ferry has been returned by a large majority for Epinal. Tele- giams from the Departments announce Republi- can majorities at Chartres, Annecy, and Epinal, ¡ and a Conservative majority at Avignon. The number of voters in Paris exceeded three-fourths of the total on the register.

THE CHOLERA. MADRID, :Sutidty.-The official cholera bul- letin, issued this morning, reports 373 cases and 175 deaths in Spain yesterday. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] ROME, Saturday Afternoon.—A hot southern j wind is again blowing over icily, and has caus' d during the past 24 hours a marked increase in tha cholera returns, no fewer than 150 fresh cases and 44 deaths having been registered in Palermo alone.

THE CAROLINE ISLANDS I QUESTION. I [REUTEIl'S TELEGRAM. 1 ROME, Sunday.—Important documents relating to the Caroline Islands have been found in the archives of the Vatican. The opportune dis- covery of these paperswiilfacilicatetheelucidation of the question submitted to the mediation of the Pope.

THE AFGHAN FRONTIER COM- MISSION. l_REUT5.lt S TELEGitAM. J ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday.—Colonel Kuhlberg and his staff are expected to meet the British Boundary Commissioners on the Afghan Prontier on the 28th inst.

ALLEGED INDECENT BATHING AT THE MUMBLES. At tho Swansea police-court on Saturday— beiore Messrs J. T. Jenkin, T. A. Marten, and Dr. liall—Bertram Richardson, a young gentle- man, was summoned for athing at the ladies' part of Laugland Cove, in contravention of the byelaws of the Oystermouth Local Board.- A police constablesaid: On the )t the 18th ult., he was at the L<iie:.cQ\'e_aJ{71,e Lang- land Bay, and there saw the :Je7en,laut'aud two others bathing. Defendant was dressed in the university bathing costume. There was a post defining the bounds of the ladies'and gentlemen's Lathing place, but it was covered with water at the time. It said 011 one side, Ladies this ide," and on the other, "Gentlemen this side." —Mr Lawrence, in Ùd(,llC, contended that tilere had been no indecency, the dress iu whidl de fendant appeared being that used in all swim- Iliqg- competitions at which ladies were :¡"llliLle, 'he bye-iaws said the notice should be placed in h l'vlspicuvns position, but tlie writing ou ii, was i.l-tjible, and at certain states of the tide the ce could not be seen.-The bench retired, and on returning into court said they found there was a bye law which prohibited males from bathing within 00 yards of females. It did not seem that there was anything in the bye-kivvs reuder- illfi necessary the publication of such a uotice, though it was desirable that one should ue placed in a conspicuous position. Therefore, with con- siderable' Tehictaucw, the bench were under the necessity of convicting the defendant of the oHoiret, but they would inflict only a nominal penalty of Is and cost?.—Mr Lawrence said after that, 011 behalf If the others v -nuioned, Colin Coiy and R-tlph Daves he sbwiici plead guik.y.—Siuidar tines were infiictod, and the bench said they acquit cl tile defendants of any inteution ot committing any act ot indecency.

i General" Booth in i Cardiff. THE SALVATION ARMY AND I THE ARMSTRONG CASE. i Statement by the Genet,al." "General" Booth, of the Salvation Army, arrived at Cardiff late on Saturday night for the II purpose of conducting services at the Scuart-hall and Public-hall. The meetings were lieid on Sunday, the first being in the morning at the j Stuart hall, to which the members of the army i and others marched in procession, accompanied by several bands playing familiar tunes. There was a, very crowded congregation, but the pro- ceedings were marked by no exceptional feature apart from the announcement by the general that at meeting in tha Public-hall at three o'clock lie would allude to the Salvation Army's connection with the notorious Armstrong case. Shortly before that hour the capacious building in Queen-street was three-parts filled, and by the I time of the, arrival of the general upon the platform, accompanied by Alderman CUlT, all the seats were occupied, whilst most of the standing room was tilled up. Several prayers having oocn offered up and hymns having been sun^, General BOOTH saidNow, I promised this morning that I would this cifternoon say a few words about the proceedings in London in which the Salvation Army have been implicated, and as the result of which my son stands committed to take his trial. I had at first no intention to make any reference to this matter, but when I came into Cardiff and looked at my comrades, I thought that it would be expected perhaps that I should say two or three words. You arc all per- fectly well aware that it is not, proper or legal to say anything which is calculated to interne with the processes of justice during the progress of any particular trial. I have no wish or intention to do that. I should be very sorry to do it whether it was legal or not. All that we want is righteous- ness (hear, hear), and wo shall get it hereafter, we get it here or nut. At the same time, I think two or three words of explanation will be expected of me. As a matter of fact, I am advised that there is no trial in progress at the present time. Wa sought leizal advice on the subject only yesterday, and we were advised that at present there is no trial in progress. There is a oommittal but the trial has not commenced, and therefore the prohibition really has no force. However, I am not going to say very much. You are all aware that certain abominations were being practised. Girls who were the merest children were being bought !l, Sold like sheep for the gratification of the most cruel lusts, and then after those momentary gratifications were over they were thrown on to the streets to end their days in misery, sin, crime, and wretchedness of the most appalling descrip- tion. We found that in the streets of London the fallen women bad multiplied almost one half during the last few years. There were, besides, something like 5,000 little girls walking about the streets of London. How did they come there ? Enquiries were made, and my daughter-in-law, although but a youug wife, devoted herself to the rescue of these dear girls. The revelations made to her were o appalling that she could not sleep at night, and she told my son Bramwell, when he came home wearied with work, story after story of crime and seduction, until he also caught the flame, and he resolved—we all resolved—that something should be done. (Ile ir, lietr.) These were no secrets. The story, I believe, is now in the press and will be exposed for sale very shorti.v-l the report of the committee of the HOll-s of Lords. To that committee things were revealed appalling as any printed in the recent revelations. Two or ) three times attempts had been made to get acts ) of parliament, but each attempt had failed. We were in despair, and yet we dllCi not despair. In that extremity we thought of the editor of the Pall ilfall Gazette, whom we knew person&lly. We loved him; we knew he was a man who not only loved God, but man. We saw him and he said, If these things are so, I wilt risk everything in order to expose them, and if possible we will get a bill passed through the Rouse of Commons this very session." You know how he went about his work. When he made those revela- tion the country was aroused from end to end the House of Commons met and passed a bill ipuch better than ever we hoped to see. (Cheers.) There is .1113 great consolation—whatever is done to Mr Stea and Mr Bramwell Booth, we have got tiie bill. (Renewed cheers.) What was tile first thing the Government did after the bill ? [At this point a number of the audience rose and left the hall apparently in disapproval. General 1300til .ordered the doors to be closed for two or three minutes, and then proceeded]. Anyone would have thought that after the pass- ing of the bill the first thing the Government would have done would have been to prosecute these scoundrels," but instead of doing so, they abused their power and pulled up the people who made the revelations. (Alderman Cory and others, shame.") That I, think, seems very curious. What does tbis mean ? I will leave you to tind out I won't tell yon. I will just go on to show our share in the matter, which really, as far as the Armstrong case is concerned,is very simple indeed. Bramwell Booth and Madame Coombe, of the Salvation Army, are charged—as far as that goes we are all charged, for we all do the same thing, and we should all be giad to do it again, (hear, hear); it is our duty to do it, it is wiiat Jesus Christ did, it -is what He is always doing—bless bis holy name—lie is always saving people from destruction—my son is charged with conspiring to abduct this young girl, in other words with steal- i.ig her, and keeping her from her lawful guardians and parents. Now what did lie do ? Pirst he took the girl, Oil being assured that she was in danger of destruction, and tried to save her. He took her porfoetiy ignorant of all that had happened to ltd. Mr Stead simply came to him and said, There is a poor litt-e girl il'hose parents have let her to go to destruction, I don't want her to go back again, b-.cau-e he will be destroyed. They don't care about her or want her will you take her, and sltve And he said he would. He would not have deserved the name of a Salvationist, of a human being, if he had not done it. That is my view. The next point I want you to observe is that we neither did anything, nor allowed any- thing- :1, be done, to this girl that we supposed her friends would object to. We had no idea that her friends would (lbjct to her b"ing edu- cated aud put into an situation where she would have good clothes and food. We had n idea but thar, the father and mother, if they knew of it, would be exceedingly pleased. And the girl wrote to her father and mother, and told them all about these things. We supposed that the father and wether had let her go loran im- moral purpose, and we supposed that when they found that siio was happy and being well done for, they would be exceedingly pleased. We did want to send her back again unless site was legally d,I1::md. and we did not know that her toother wanted us to send her back. The mo-her came to see us, and my son sent her away, saying, ■'Go atid consult your husband, and if you want the girl you shall have her." No lea- came r) us on the subject, though it is said that one W:1 written. Another point—it is said we hid the girl. We never did so; we dellvered her un when she was wanted. Acer- tain newspaper made a great ado about the matter, and we wrote to the editor and said We will give her to you if you will take care of her." When they say that my son asked lor money they make a great mistake. He never asked for a larmuig. He never in any shape or form asked for £100. That is but a piece of imagination. The fact of the matter is we never spent any Salvation Army money on her at all. All the money spent upon her was guaranteed to us before we took her. After she was really wanted, and they said "We want the child," we gave her up. That is the whole of our connection with the affair, and that is an explanation which it f,;cms to me ought to satisfy everyone. Much more could be said, but perhaps it would be better for us not to say it. We must leave the matter with God, and I caunot help thinking that when it comes to be understood by the English people, they will stand by us. On Friday, fit the monthly meeting Of Welsll and English Wesleyan ministers, held at Ponty- pridd, the Rev. David Young (chairman of the South Wales district) presiding, the Rev. J. H. Slack (Pontypridd) proposed, the Rov. W. Morgan I (Treorky) seconded, and the Rev. J. Havelock Thompson (Ferndale) supported — That this I-q meeting of Welsh and English Wedeyan minis- ters would assure Messrs Stead and Booth of their warmest sympathy with them in the very painful position in which they are placed, and sincerely hopes that they may be allowed full opportunity of vindicating their cond Ilet.A second resolution in the following terms was also carried, moved by the Eev. T. Jones (L'eny- graig), seconded by the Rev. W. Britten Butters (Pentrc), aud supported by the Rev. John Thomas (Portii) T,iat, we pledge ourselves to use every effort in our several spheres to secure the carrying out of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, and to do our utuiwi it) raising the standard ul purity, f

1 THt DtAF AND DUMB b iiiOOL, I LLANDAFF. i I i An Appeal for Helt. The history of all our charitable institutions i" "lOre or less one of a chequered nature, and, at times, special appeals have been llH1.de to tha public for aid to enable them m cirry on their work but while there are ("IV institutions which have a greater claim on tha sympathy ot the charitable, the Deaf and Dumb faohool, Llandaff, has very rareiy come before the public, and, through its friends, appealed for assistance. It was established twenty-three years ago, and since that time it has gathered under its roof nearly one hundred deaf and dumb children, sume of them taken from the lowest stage of social life. These have each for six or seven years been fed, lodged, clothed, and educated, and whera sent into the world tSey have become in almost every in- stance useful and sometimes respected members of society. It was founded on the principle of the Mulier Orphanage, and its support is derived from the voluntary offerings of those christian people who see and approve of the woric in whicii Mr Melville is engaged. Such assistance is often spasmodic in character and even ainoii4 those who: desire to aid it, the turmoil and exigencies of commercial life drive its existence from their memory, and its claims upon them are year by year forgotten. Mr Melville has recently lost j through ill-health, the services of Mis.-i Esther Davies. She devoted nearly her whole time to the work of collecting funds V, for this school. Her collections—often small items -amounted to £ 160 or £ 180 a year, and she had altogethe collected over 21,600 towards the sup- port of this excellent institution. There are now twenty-two deaf and dumb orphan mutes inmates of this school. They have to be fed, clothed, educated, and provided as far as possible with the comforts of a home, but the funds of this place have now gone so low that unless speedy help is given it is impossible that it can remain open much longer. The cost of maintaining these chil- dren, even when themost rigorouseconomyhasbeau enforced, is over £ 200 a year, and yet the income to this school has almost entirely ceased, and its funds are nearly exhausted. The income this year has been-February, £1-; March, £ 5; April, -01 May, 15s Od June, £ 1 July, £1 2s 6d August, 5s and since then not a farthing. Mr Melville has struggled on day after day, hoping that a turn in the tide would con,2, and has at last asked us to lend our aid, in the conviction that when the public are made avare of the position of the institution they will take measures to prevent its being closed. Very large sums of money are annually sent from Cardiif for toe support of charitablo institutions at a distance, while this orphan hon. for deaf and dumb children, which for nearly quarter of a century has been carrying Oil a grea and good work in the district, is left to languid from the war i. of necessary funds. This is ha; Jly credita- ble to a Christian community, an 1 it is to be hoped that provision will be majde t< oiaebis iolr Meviileto carry on his work.

-SttSitUSS ùi)t£SS$. f■l S W E E T I IT G, ji'-fe v.-tuvned from London, is ucw .-liovvirg a giva: variety üf:.1l1 i3 .NEWEST X 0 v E L T I E S J^UTUiiN A IS D -vy 1ST E K Ci E A S 0 X S 1 ALL GOODS WMJ, BW. M'.RKtfO AT THE LO>V-.Vi CXSll lTvICE-S. In cas-23 of Coking 5 jwv c ut will be chnvgctl. T,e aud what can we set a'. NWKK M." .s .'—•KKCISG'N IIRPLV I-.— WiETING sells Silk Hats. bWEttriXG fell* >1 >\V Caps. :j.ti .V ^'WEKiiNr- se'is Clerical Ha.3. SWREJi.va srtls Livery Ha1-. V A I )f '1:. SiWEETl>:c sells Flannel ShirU". S\VBE°riN<r "Ha Lo-.u Cloth shirts. 5»WKETIXI; g'-lls French Print >hirt.i. SWEETIXG ^elis Night shirts. iSW2ET'n sells Cricket and SShootl;:?;' ihiris. tSWKBTiso svlls Shrts. swtEiim; sejis Dress iShirb. s ■. liKTlNG sulia Lambs' VV ool Vests an<l P .tilts. SVVKCTINO sells MeWuo Vests ami Pants. WEl I.; G dh Cotton Vests iti, I Pants. i ■SWEETING sells Ladies' Hos: • y. i. SWEETING sells Boys'Hosiery. nt. EETING seli* Combination Sitits. (ilive.; tii,l St. EETING sells Collars, Caff- and Fr Sweeting sells Umbrellas, and Pr. I j owns. sweeting sells Bags and Ponuiaut-aus o'VVEETING sells Covert Coats. W1;;J:.îJ:G "db ove-c.ats. ,r ¡:,WEi:1.I.'ÍG sells Water nroois. Swra/nxti sells Ladies' sells hWjiETi.NG sells Lailie-' Ornauient-d Hair. sells Brushes and Combs. SWCETING sell • Perfumery ami spougea. >.wekxing seiis Drewia': Casje-. :-WEET!G ,eil:; Puries an,lF.l: 1.1')(1, oVvifcii.NG ifcils riuftp anti ToJtii Powders. WHAT WE CAN GET DONE Pule AT S'vVEE i li S ■ ■ j jv < 4EEl yoa can get yonr j Hair Cut 3J. you uan <;et a ,J Shampoo, 3d. i:Lt SIN-EF.T[-N(' 'S you can get "ih:d. 2,1. < iit SWEETING'S yaucangeta Hot Bl vu, 6d. At sweeting's you can get a Cold Eat! K: SWEET ;nu"-) iOU carl zet your Hat Ironed up, 6 1. SwEE'rixa'i you can get youv Crr.br.-il i. Re-covered jiV rfWZET2NC:'S you C,,) get a STPat variety to Choose t'v j. At .SWEi/nNiVs you can !<t Attention & Civility. ALL AT CO-OPEEATIVE PRICF.s. TRY A:-iJ) TE.ST THE VALUE, ICE ADDSES3 IS gWEETIXG, 13, DUKE-STRJSLT, ^JAItDIPF. i ANU 10, SIEEET' c APDIFF. tsEPTEMriiSE, 18'35. ON (THURSDAY, THE 24TH SEPTEMBER. SAMUEL JJALIi COMMENCES FI3 .4.. UTUM.N gHOW OF J^TQVELTIES. Having Just visited Pp.ris, Brussels, and "London, be is prepared with aa unusually laiyc assortment of l/JILLINEBY, jyjANTLES, JQIIESS mATE.UIALS, &c., Of the tesi and most recherche styles for liie present season. r*- gAMUEL IEIA L T, 9 10, HIGH STIŒET; CARDIFF. 505e ^PITCTTL "]%r O T 1 C E ] Having Purchased for Cash several parcols of ^IJSIEKY "AXD TT NDER-CLOTELIN G, AT EXCEPTIOXALL\ LOW PJilCErf. ALSO PART OF A MANVFACi Ui.tKit's .V!\>Cix A R ¥ S, T I E H AND j: 0 W S IX liLACK AND COLOLxir.U CÜOj)." bo S ;D AT 30 PER CF.T rXDER EECULAE PiilCES I!; 'A PARCEL OF SUPERIOR QrALTTY UMBRELLAS, SILK, ALFACCA, AND LEVANTINE, -2 15 Pexi CS.SX. UXDi.il ilLGULAU 'C I- ABOUx 60 DOZEN OF V HI UE, OXFORD, AND PIUXT SHIRTS. AT VERY LOW PRICES. The £ rsi tloliveiy of ou^ OTvn spe<. ";bl inado CARDIGAN JACKETS, lifv-ji:, AXD HALF HOSE A e now on Sai* and we have lnndl pleasure t. stat? tl. t'aey are PEU. CENT. CHEAPER THAX LAST YEAR. .1tf> wole of onr Detiartmsiits beias '1' com. p.'tMiy assorted wiiii i-JKW WMliis mii.labia for the S-ms«ii, ll-asOREAf'.Y REDL'C&D PRICES^ we respecttully solicit an earl., oMl. w. K c TUb CARDIFF HOSIK 28, 29, 50, & 31, ROYAL ARCADE, CAEDIir. -;¡7 ESTABLISHED 1865, 76034 1 SK YOUR a i-L 'JUL II -i. JOB gOUTH w AL!i';S J -I AND 4i5e ^J"ARMALADE Uusiiteas bt)rr5tS. -£;- A. H^W L S. WHO IS HOV.'i-:LLS? -p- 3JAV, j t CIT-IAPFST TAILOR IN THE PRINCIPALITY. \YflY AiŒ "IOW.ELLs" LOTTOM TlX«.AV»SitS IJIKE THE PIT,, DELr, AT W EST .MINSTER ? 'JECAUSE THEIR GOODNESS IS TOLLED (TOLD) ALL OVER, THE TOWN. JioWELLS FOR p OVF.IJCOATS. lfOWELLS FOR CHEAP SLtl> IKIWKUS rait F, k,, TifiU'SER- HO WELLS Flu: CHEAP CLOT'. I I.N U UP EVF.r.Y I) ESClvIi' XTON. i JJ O W ELLS, I TIIE "BELL BOTTOM T ILOR, 5, CUSTOM HOUSE STREET, /narplfe. Vv 497 I PERFECTLY PAINLESS I>EN;TSsTRY HPELTH.- -LlENTAL NOTICE. —< ) WEN A- CO. JL will ATTEND CARIM FF from 10 a.m. to 3 p.in every Tiun-sdav,a; MrPadj 's.Tailor. 72,0:- >c'iierbtjwn. rpEETH.—OWEN and CO., M.R.D.E., [ X SURGEON DENTISTS, Fron; London (K<<ta!>Jis!ied 30 vearsl. 4, OXT'OUU.S 1 it I: E T S \V A N S E A Artificial Teeth Guaranteed. Perfectly co«mor,.abie IU Mea>in^, uni'aljle, q11 u-ful. HETH OF SURPASSING |>EAUiy: MADE FROM ALT.TO Vl'OR INDIAN IVORY, The iI.U"3;t :1wlnlll'e.;t known. This ctdeic.ited Ivory Las obiaine 1 1.) Pri>)-Mtdais. Thov ,,1' > C:'lan\IHue..1" never It) break ltlr chanjre fx'vsir. Fitted v. i'liout pain wlJil,;¡;'w:liti1J'. rilEET Li.—O W E N, PK ACTIO VL, THE X (il.D-ESTAIsf.lNH i'.D DE.NT'lsTS. Artificial Teeth tixed Ly Uwell. })J.tent Suction, re- ruirin^ 110 f^tenin^ Ac. Xr) Inia whatever, no ex. traction. For Fa.¡;iJJ. Artie they aro equal to the Natural Teeth. Warranted to last a !i-tinie. A Tooth J roin £ 0 2 b l'j>!>er o;-Lower St?t >rom 15 0 343e Consultation from Tan till Seven Daily. 73204 I ]DO T 1_) E ri T11 T S r \.J THE IL\lRCt: r I'IXG AND TuLLET SALOONS, l;tl«>y cavii*1"! on at Market Buildings (N\>:L'KI, BiiOS.), ) are HOT OPENED replete with QVery ivi(ui>ite Tor the comfort; of Ladies ii'ul Gentl-snen rt; 71, ST. MAltY-STKEE'T, under th", personal m ina^emetit of J. If. 1'1'11: 1>ractical Hairdresser and Wig- Uiaker, late of Truefii's, Doujilas', ami other leading c,t I'nd Hairdressers. HAIR WORK MADE UP FOU THE TRADE.

Y South Wales Notes. I A;J not at all surprised at a ^reat outcry Icing raised with regard to the indecent monstrosity which has been erected near the i iliri-ilary. If Cardiff had been searched, I i-uubt whether a more undesirable site for a i riiial could have been found, and T cannot tlliuk of a single reason which can lie said to justify the action of the authorities. It is i.rue that the opposition ought to have strangled the scheme in its i.1fancy, and v.-hy it did not is a question for the Hoath representatives and their constituents to settle between themselves. I fancy there will be sure to be such a settlement. At any rate, now the opposition is strong, not unly i-niong the residents but others, and I am idormed thu< petitions, asking f"L. ieuiovv.l, are siguyv. by trustees, and occupiers the adjoining i.ropcrties. They urge that there must be treat damage to residential property. '"he congregation of St. James's Ohureh have, after consultation with the chinch wardens and the clergy, I decided on presenting a petition the cor- poration UJ" the subject, pointing out the grave disadvantage to their place of worship in having such a structure at their entrance c ates an.l I beheve that similar action is being taken by the congregation or trustees of the lluath W e,]eyan Church. There are plenty of sites equally useful and by no means so damaging-, and I really hope the authorities will have the thing removed. I I may add, with regard to the statement of one of your correspondents, that Mr Andrews has expressed his intention of making shops of the houses which he owns at the spot, and several others have exl)resiect a s iiii determination. I s PILL hear woeful complaints as to the l stilly tearful condition of the Ponaiih water supply. I was talking to a well-known I'enarth resident on Saturday, who as- f tired me that until quite recently tie wacer had been beyoud belief i npure—beyond belief if they had not had to drink it. He suggested it was a case i' £ that celebrated selection known as Hooscn's Choice either foul water or LOlle; and probably foulness was considered prefjrabie tc absolute waiii. If so, the case is a bad one, in- deed. I am told t I i, there has Leen a special kind of impurity, some- thing red and tnthy, which has made the vater nasty beyond the d earns of seaven- t erg. I hope there will be some improve- laent noticeable soon. If the cause be < rougiit, tlie vain which has fallen the last i f days should be as balm of to the fccomacns of the Penarth water-drinkers. OLITIOAL activity M view of the general t lection is having a. sort of reflex eilecfc upon t ie Parhameitcary Debating Society in C'tir- < ■ It..Liie LilievaU fcel that tho hour is '.supreme, but they do not feel sullicicuily soured that it is to them. So the leaders ave held a conference, in which, I under- F.-aiiit. it was urged as essercial to their A inning tlie frails of victory that there Must be a nuTe prompt and liberal response to the wliip at divisions. j-'urtaermore, the leaders wish to see a more im.i»-i liate interest shown in the t- >oiety by larger regular atU-ndaucos of l.iiijwral members, and a more general par- t by them in debate. The least c ioy desivo is that any debate should be vvevtiued from becoming simply a Flett of r -r.bat betvrcon the front benches. I should lie to add to these views the con- sideration Hi it the primary reason of the existence d the society is to aid in the 1 oliiicul culture of its members. Hut now Hlt such happen as lodgers to | I r o ?.x-urc(- votes, and many who have lot the franchise are brought nearer ic by ,se he Koform Act, it is hardly necessary to i tsist that the duty or every young Liberal i.i to provide himself with the reasons for his political faiUi. As a question -"H education, laoreover. the ability to give on occasion co- i-erent and effective expression tohisojiinions ia one of the most valuable of all acquiyc- leUtS. I HAVE received the following comniunica- iion, which is csrlainly of a character that j-equircs an auswea-. I thall be glad to insertion to any explanation which niay be forthcoming, and in thu meantime do not to express any opinion on the merit" of ihe r > ;— ma co vut before the pnblie the wny I i'nijt-ij of viie liviton Ferry S-jliool luittd selected this week their attendant officer. The d!?rk'd fc.V; K itt'ii i.snie;! circulars ir. vitinpr apph- :i", !¡" ;1:' :[ \<\J::¡>l. \.Il' 'I'!i: o¡c- many others, I applied. So also il,d tha clerk of the board. I addressed my application to the chairman, and I now find the cl rli opened my envelope and saw my figure (for salary), and it appears his figure aud oa'ne were the same, viz., £ 26; in fact, tai the clerk owned to me. iliue was the lirsfc applicytion proposed and seconded in the meeting. IViien it wa; about be|ti{ £ .fM»cepicd and sealed HI". clerk, who wad pro-eat (oilier i.pplicants uot beintj allowed), rose and said he would take the office tor £ 10 kc. Ao., JOHN EMANUEL, Pdot. Lritoa Perry, 0,-lol>er 2nd, 1885. THAT seems to have been a singular penaity inflicted by the county magistrates at New- port, on Saturday, in the case of an assault upon a-married woman. According to the report three men attacked a man servant of the complainant's husband, and when the husband and wife went to the unfortunate man's assistance, they were very severely mauled. The wife—the torn- pliununt ou Saturday—was attacked by the defendant, who struck her iu the side, and knocked her down," and then appar. ently went for both husband Lnd wife when the former came to pick up his long- sufleringsnouse. Tlie magistrates tined the man twenty shillings, including costs. I don't know what the average assessment of Mon- uiouth womankind may be, but I should think it can hardly be high if it costs so little io maltreat them. The penally would hardly have been smaller if the defendant had been knocking his own wife about. I wonder what tho magistrates would do to any one who "struck and knocked down rjrs Magistrate ? THAT capture of the Herefordshire man, who was "wanted" for the supposed murder at Weobley, near Leominster, seems to have been a smart affair on the part of the Newport inspector. Smartness is not too common a characteristic of the police force-although there arc some good men in our district—and thus I am I glad to note this case. Because the police sometimes shut their eyes, there is no reason to conclude that they can never open them, and those who reason by inductive logic in I this direction are apt to make mistakes. Fito-.r what I have heard at different times, I am inclined to think that Mr Chamberlain's I declaration in favour of triennial Parlia- ments will create genuine satisfaction among a very large section of the Welsh people. The opinion is very popular in tlicPiincipality that the strength of the House of Commons wanes very fast as its years gyow, and, moreover, that it gets out of touch with the political sympathies of the masses. The homely proverb puts it that the new broom sweeps clean in a parliamen- tary sense, ivo may say that the member votes straight. In addi- tion to that, he is far more mindful of his constituents' wishes, and not so likely to forget his own pledges. The spur which can only be applied once in seven years lacks much of the sharpness which one possesses that can be administered every three years. Moreover, the chief arguments which used to be urged against the scheme lose more and more force with every change in electoral law. Liberals again should never forget that while there is no case of a Liberal Government retaining power after having lost the confidence of tiie country, there are instances of the Conservatives having done so.

WE understand that the Cardiff Watch Com- mittee will shortly—probably at their HOyt y ) • i< = mi• -M -hi 'v, cv-'i-Kli th- -dV. • h¡dÜatl0i¡ oi Un; borough poiieo ion;0 »>y to substantial addition to its numbers. It is not long since the force was increased by, if -.ve remember rightly, twelve con- stables, and R may seem strange to those who do not understand the peculiar exigen- Z3 cies of a town like Cardiff why there should so coon be any necessity another in crease. But it must be borne in mind that the population of the borough is increasing so rapidly—new streets are being built and peopled in a few weeks— that a periodical consideration of the sub- ject of police versus population becomes not only expedient hut absolutely necessary. Some time ago tho Council passed plans for the erection of a new police station at Cathays when that is ready for occupation the number of constables required in that i densely popuhited suburb will be far more than six, the number now allotted to the protection d nearly 20,000 inhabitants. As I tae six constables are divided into three sec- i tunis, who are on duty for eight hours at it time, it follows that only tvro men ar. out at mice in a district stretching from tho iihyui- lit-y Railway to Maindy. -V few moro con- stables III private clothes aL,) might conduce to the greater safety of houses in the dis- t-iets in which the burglar has lately been i-usy.

1'r is not more than three or four years ago iaat in the columns of the it'outh Waits Jialhj .1.YoC$ attcntion was rcpeatodly called to the neglect shown by artisans' annrentices, *■ rimers, Ac., m tueir lmn-approciation of the advantages ottered them by the local science and art schools. In annual reviews of work cone by these schools, South Wale student • <-f mining, steam, chemistry, and other • i. inca-cd subjects which the young men of thi; <■ oinitry ought to study, were conspicuous or.]; j t L, c c ii ce. "N o are glad to hud thai, a < eckied advance is being made in th.s direction. At the Mountain Ash Fcienee | c there were last winter ten student of electricity, ten of chemistry, six of j geology, six of mining, and one of s? am. This is a proof that the young men of Mountain Ash are at 3aot becoming j to the advantages which will accrue 1 iconi a knoM'ledge of the theoretical as well as the practical part of the subjects which | tiro largely connected with their daily em- pioynient and it to be hoped that next v, iiner tiie number of students in the Motni'fun Asu science classes will largely i.icvet.ie.

THE NEW TREDEGAR COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Death of one of the Injured. One of the sufferers by thiB explosion, Lewis D. I t>riiius, succumbed to his injuries between iotir and live on Saturday afternoon. Tite otlies are doin- fairly well with t!^ exception of Poyhia {not ]Jaj{iaii as report-d on Saturday), whom the latest reports state to be in A siaktof condition.

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FIRST MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE. Occupation of Bourgas by 3ulgaria REPORTED FIGIifix-iG BETWEEN j SERVIANS AND BULGARIANS. [KEDTBIT'S TKLKGKAM.L CONSTANTINOPLK, ihmday.—The ambassadors held their first formal meeting to-day. Although there was no formal meeting yesterday some pourparlers took place between the Ambassadors which resulted in an understanding that the object of their forthcoming conferences would be to study the best means of arranging a settlement of affairs in Roumelia, and then to report to their respective governments. IMMINENT ADVANCE OF TURKISH TROOPS. [CENTRA! NUWS T BLEU RAMS.] PHILIPPOPOLIS, Saturday.—13ourga^ on the Black Sea, has been occupied by Bulgarian troops, and the port has been c'osod to navigation and prelected by torpedoes. VIENNA, Saturday Afternoon.—According to a somewhat confused despatch of aPestii newspaper to-day, fighting has occurred on the frontier between Servians and Bulgarians, in the course of which eeven men were killed and 19 wounded. Such an event is not at all improbable, but the report in question does not come from an autbori- taiivc quarter. THE CONFERENCE OF j AMBASSADORS. i [KECTEK'S TELEGP.AU.] CONSTANTINOPLE, Saturday. A meeting of ) ambassadors was to have been held to-day, but it was postponed on account of the funeral of the secretary of one of the embassies, which was attended by the members cf the diplomatic ccrps. VIENNA, Sunday.—Intelligence has been re- ceived here to the effect that Veyssel Pasha is at present at Vranja, with ten battalions of Turkish troops under his command. He is making pre- parations for an immediate advance on Prizrend, a town immediate south of Djakova. the scene of the recent Albanian effervescence. Meanwhile the Albanians are preparing1 to offer a vigorous resistance, and there is every prospect of some sharp work.

?JUL(*APJAN DEPUTATION TO THE CZAR. [itKUi'itU'S TEUK.UUATil.] COPENHAGEN, Sunday.—The Bulgarian deput:<- tion sent by Prince Alexander to the Emperor of ltu-sia was received in audience by his Majesty yesterday morning. The CZar is stated to have i iformed the deputation thao lie would endeavour, 1.1 accord with the signatory Powers of the Treaty f Berlin, to bring about a pacilic solution of the Bulgarian question. The deputation declare themselves well satisfied with the result of the interview. They will leave Copenhagen without < elIY. PHrr.irPOrOLis, Sunday.—Tlie nnws that the Bulgarian received by the Czar lias caused, great rejoining here. 1\ It La^ce .ies British Cmt-ad-Getseral to Bulgaria, has rrrived here bringing it behoved, im- portani instructions frum. his Government. According to one repot t he is charged with the mission of bringing about a reconciliation between the Sultan and Prince Alexander, I

THE SOUDAN. I The advance of the Dervishes. I '• OBSKUVKU" TEt,KGKAJI.I ALEXANDRIA, Saturday.—A body of Dervishes, ftomo thousand strong, are reported to be advanc- ing northwards along the valley of the Nile, and to have reached Kafir—a point only 80 miies distant from the British outposts. Several skir- mishos have already taken place in the neighbour hood of Wady Haifa. Orders have been issued t.t Cairo to have live steamers in readiness to convey 1,200 men up the river in case of need. The Nile is now si. tne three feet lower than it was I at the same date in and the vyatcr is still .falling. There will probably be a fNeh rise, If not, we must count upon a low Nile.

THE DEFENCE OF INDIA. Re-Organisation of the Native Armies. 1 nEUl'J:¡,I\3 TELEGRAM.] SlJILA, Saturday.—It is understood that the general scheme of army reform now under con. sideration includes proposals for the re-organisa- tion of the armies of the native princes and their utilisation for imperial purposes.

A SENSATIONAL REPORT. Alleged Seizure of Herat by England. -r-uEuTER,S-TELEGR"Il ST. PETEUBBURG, Sunday.—The Novoe Vremya, to-day publishes the following sensational tele- gram, dated from Askabad, 2nd instant Tlie English have taken entire possession of Herat, and have ordered all the inhabitants to dispose immediately of their houses and stores, and to quit the town. Tije people are greatly exas- perated. Breastworks havo been thrown up opposite tho citadel. The city wail has been repaired, and the moat is to be deepened and widened. While the English formerly disposed of not more than 4,000 Infantry and three regi- ments of Cavalry, they have now been reinforced by twelve battalions of Sepoys and four seige- guns, each drawn by forty oxen, which have arrived from Candahar."

UNlVtRSi i Y COLLEGE OFSOUTH •, WALES. i Award of Entrance Soliolaisiiiv), I and Entrance Exhibitions. 'a the results of the recent entrance examinr fop scholarships and exhibitions held at { Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Carmarthen, Brecon, and Mcrt'oyr Tydii), the council are recommended oy the s.pn;tte to loak. the awards as fol .•>ohoior3liip of £5) per annum tenable for three years, to Kiehard Henry Wild im Whapham (Cow- ¡,ri,Ig-,), Cowbr;dge Grammar sschooJ. Scholarship of BaO per annum, for three years, to f Kchool, Cardiff. Sell lai-.ihip ot £ 40 per annum for three years to Alfred WiliUui .SJieen (Cardiff), Cardiff Proprietary School. Scholarship £ 40 per annum for three years to lice Allen, School fur the Daughters of Missionaries, Sevenoaks, Kent. Sch^la'slid' ot £ -0 per annum for three years to Frau:, Pt-ai.su?! slvvffi;<gtwii Cre.sswell (I)olviais), of Christ's College, Brecon. (Miss Allen and Mr Cross- veil are bra-iiteted I1S equal). Scholarship of E60 per annum for three years to Oeortie Cilbert Clarke (Whitchurch), of Cardiif Pro- prietary School. -e Scholar-hip of 230 per annual for three years to C. J. Lewis (Tregynor, Newtown, Montgomeryshire), t f Kiijhth scholarship (I{ £30 per annum for three years Kdward Oeorge (AberOare), cf the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen. Exhibitions of the value of Bll 1?, for one year, in tile following order Rupert .lames (Clifton, Bristol), private tuition John James, Kgerton iligg.s ^Cardiff), Cardiff Proprietary School (James and Biggs are bracketed as equal) Henry Harris (Erwood. lirecon), Pentypool College and University College of Wales -lolin Treharne Phillips (Tredegar), Qelligaer Grammar School Wm. Cobden Rowlands (Brecon), Christ's Col- lege, Brecon (Phillips amlltowJallrls are bracketed as equal David Davies (Pontypool), Middle Class School, Hrec n, and Pontypoo! College Thomas Waters Phil- lips (Bl tiiia), Llandovery College Maria Annio ^oiies (Manarth, l.landyssul), Jlampeier College, junior de- partnient William David Phillips (Aberdare), of Mer- tliyr College and llereford County College Alfred Lloyd (Ammanford), liope Academy, Ammanford.

A-- Amongst the distinguished guests now staying with Madame Patti at her Welsti residence, Craig-y-nos Castle, we may mention Mr Labouchere, M.P., proprietor ot Truth. Madame Patti and suite leave for England to-day (Mon- day) upon a visit to sorn-' of the chief towns. She returns in a few days, and leaves for the Continent about the Btftfoncl W¡;o;j-; iu November,

A NEW FiRE EXTINGUISHER. On Saturday afternoon several members of the town council, and a large number ot the general public, assembled in the Town-hall yard for the purpose of witnessing .t trial of tha Patent Perpetual Chemical Fire Extinguisher, for which superiority over all other m&chines of the kind is claimed on account of its lightness, and tiie ease with which it may be manipulated. The invention is worked by means of a small liosa pipe attached to an ordinary water tap. The water, when passing through a small cylinder (which, when fully charged with chemicals and water, weighs only ten pounds*, becomes impregnated with chemical and the moment the water reaches the flame carbonic acid gas is liberated, before which the fire vanishes as if by magic. A need of the time is the production of a cheap apparatus which may be quickly brought into play upon the discovery of all outbreak, and whit;1. does not require the direction of skilled and experienced persons. Mr Rcuss, of Manchester, the patentee of the machine under notice, appears to have kept in view theg. desirable conditions and so far as could be judged from the experiment of Satur- J day his invention seems to reveal » I distinct advantage over its predecessors. The tire experimented with at Cardiff arose from a pile of wood, weighing about a. ton, with oil-soaked shavings intermixed, and it was not until the flames had thoroughly eaten their way into this inflammable structure, that tlie chief T constable (Mr Hemingway) gave the signal _fu» the application of the extinguishing fluid. T& t-re was completely put out in 40 seconds, th< apparatus thus proving a remarkably effective one It may be added that Mr J. G. Proper is thi local agent for the sale of these fire extincteur^ many of which have already been disposed of 11 South Wales and the West of England.

DEATH FROM STARVATION Al Y8TRADGUNLAIS. Ar. mLust was held at Price's Arms, Colbrfl" on Saturday—before Mr Williaii R. Jones-ol the body ot the man unknown, whose death hfu already been reported in these columns. Mr: Phillips, of Price's Arms, said that deceaset called at her house about a week ago-and appeared in want of food. She gave him some bread anc cheese and a glass of beer. He spoke English and asked the way to Abercarne. Dr. White. Brecon, stated that he had examined the bod) that morning, and found it very thin and in a lov* state. There were 110 marlnlof violence, and ill his opinion the cause of death was starvation, accelerated by cold and exposure to the weather. A verdict to this effect was returned. 1h* ■deceased was buried in Colbren chur-hyard the same day, when the Rev. Foster Jones, vicar, officiated.

SERIOUS STREET ACCIDENTS AT NEWPORT. About eight o'clock on Saturday evening Ml Searle, of the firm of Searle and Herring, brewers, Newport, was crossing Commercial-road to catch a tramcar when a cab, coming from the opposite direction, knocked liim down, and toe 'wheels passed over his legs. The driver of the cab states that he shouted to Mr Searle to get < -it of the way, and that he did all be could t stop the horse before the accident happened. Mr Searle was removed to his residence.—About ten o'clock the same evening, as a cabdriver named William Burt, living at Maindee, was riding on tho roof of all omnibus i.cross Newport Bridge, he fell uter on to the ground, and sustained such in- juries that tiie house-surgeon cf the infirmary, whither he was conveyed, gives but little hopo of his recovery.

FIRE AT NEWPORT, Early on Sunday morning it was discovered that the premises occupied by Mr Hezekiah J pawnbroker, 67, Commercial road, were on fire. Tne reel from Pill police-station was the earliest on the "pot, and was followed by the police reel from the central otlice, and the private reel belonging to the Great Western locomotive sheds, Dock-street. Captain Whitehall au the members of the Volunteer Fire Brigade also mustered, and took ever the fire-exungui-dimg apparatus. The shop was saved, but the stair- case, the rooms above, and the roof were burnt, Mr Jacobs's son left the premises about 12.20 a.m., when everything appeared to be safe. Tlie fire was discovered ^bout au hour later. The premises and stock are insured.

ALLEGED WHOLESALE SAORI- LEGE BY A PRINTER. Stephen Yapp, a printer, from Liverpool (and recently residing at Cardiff), who has already been committed for trial for obtaining portman- teaus and other property from the cloak-room of the Midland HIlIlway Station at Brietol by falsa pretences, was on Friday charged with sacrilege :,t three of the city churches there. He obtained the keys of the churches by representing that he had permission to practise on the orgar, and then rifled the alms-boxes. lie Was conuuitted foi trial.

A CURIOUS MISTAKE AT A RHONDDA CHURCHYARD. The body of an old resident of Hafod was con- veyed to the Gyfeillion churchyard on Saturday for interment, and after the curate, Mr Jones, nad completed the burial service it was discovered the body Aid been placed in the wrong grave. Tho collin was carried into the church f >r-Saturday night, and the sexton was ordered to remedy his mistake by digging another grave. The burial service was repeated by the curate 1ft Sunday morniDg.

-> LORD TREDEGAR'S SHOW. We are requested to announce that the above, show has been fixed to take pi act oi Novembw 24th aud 2§th, 4