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RISE IN COLLIERS' WAGES AND THE THICK OF COAL. (Sl'1:('.A,l, TELEGRAM.) (FKOX Of It :"1\(,Hf.TY.K CORRESPONDENT.) MAKCHI&S CKR, WEDNESDAY, The colliery f¡O:I()r;.f'U;f:b: wet to-4,?, to consider L 7 e d--maud of the nitnkn for an wlmn,. \n their wages. It wa^ unanimously agreed to give an 1><1. vanoe «f ;eu per (lent. At the "2i.. that the advance in AV,, comes into opcutior. ooal Una engine fuel will be raLA sixpence per ton.

KrNG'S LYNN ELECTION. CT05E OF THE POLL, YESTERDAY. (FLY TKLEGRAPH,) KING'S LYNN, "Wednesday. At thij "lose of the poll this evening both sides claimed ti:e v I"t,ry, The contot has been !)xc"lillgly close bro jghout tbe duy. Ths official deelarntioll will he made to- sorrow. The following are the respective returns:— CONSERVATIVE STATEMENT. Hamilton. 1,050 Yo?.g 1,0?5 Young"'Ï.mj,;ÚLirÙËME'T:' l,()'¿.'j Young 1,051 Hamilton 1.

THE DUXRAVEX COLLIERY COMPANY. COURT OF CHANCERY, LINCOLN'S INN, DEC. 8. IN .TAMEfc'rt CHAMBKR3. T^fort the Chief Clerk, Mr. EDWAKD BLOXAM.) Thin wus i>u application for dirctions as to creditors t:0nrling in their claims; secondly for fixing a time for bringing in a lint of contributories and thirdly that the rules and orders 36 and 37 .should be abrogated, BO far as the payment of the official liquidator of .;£1(4) into the Bank of Fnglar.d, II be is carrying on the busing of the com- j any, and required the money for the payment of the work- Win. tr, Wtner", of the firm of Messrs. Nash, Fiel( and Laytou, appeared for Mr. W. Adams, the official liquidator, and a«ked the chict* cl. rk to fix the papers in which adver- tisement* i-J¡oul. appear, mid the following were selected, the advertisements to appear three times in each: Cardiff (i'vifUar, Western M"-Us* Otunhcia Doilu Leoxi-er, r"s, Standard, and a Gio?ce?tershire newspaper Wso, The Chief Clerk ii?e(i the '?l.t of J.ry for Wm? to he sent in, the udjadication on the 28th of J ebruary at 12, :<nd the li.t of cOlltritHlt-Qrja to be sent in by the 8th ( f January.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT THE VOCH- FHIW PITS. INQUKST. The ice .t on (he bodies of Williu,I11 Long and William VLn.-torc u", bN unfortunate m» n killed in this accident, the particular* if which wore fully reported iu the Wet.'r>\ 31, o* 'P11("Y, WM formally opened on tbat day by the .•orcner, 0. Overton, Esq. No evidence was taken, the proceeding bring merely formal, such as viewing the bodies, &c\. after which the inquiry was adjourned to Tue*- day next, at 10 c'dock, at the Holly Bush, Dowlais.

SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A shocking ""II"rence took place near Spa-road Station, Bermondsev, London, on Monday, which resulted in the instantaneous d"th of three men. The deceased, John Hatton, John Cole, and John buckling, were in the service of the South-Jvtdvrn Railway Company ns platelayer*, and were WOl'l':1c- on the dowa main line when a train on the down North Kent passed them, the steam from the engine of which was bo.t. II down in consecfwnee of the heavy atmosphere, which it is nepposed preventer! the men from I seeing a light engine coming on tho Mime line the* were I working cr., ajid by whirk they were frightfully EFTFTT'.lated. I The bodies wei* taken te 3Jermond»ey dead-house.

THE WELSH FASTING GIRL. I Amoef?t numerous sieged instate?* of fee ?i,), long I periods, the foUow1ng, -which .rl,d g.. b?,lf- eentury 4ro, may prove interest* at the prnt ti.e. The &C(f,nt is tai^enfrDtutheArvhuai fo'jivtcr, 1)3.- *'THK FAKING WOMAN.—The preten^kms OF Ann Moore, rf Tutbi'iy, to live without Wlily ss^tenaiiCe have at leegtK been Kt at re*?t. Soate twie ftgo R'verui roepect- ahle gfT.il0m»*n h thrtt neighbourhood, with her cwn con- sent, agreed to watch 111'1'. to preveit the Rooret conveyance of foorito her, Uti to uscertu\n whether her poNvets corres- ponded tv her pr-etenfions. Tbe resuH Will! that she gave in on Priday moratug last, the ninth day «f the -vutch. hy whirh Wn e she was ..dnced to a etate of extreme debility arid .æiatim: The foHowmg paper afterwards "P¡>ClIred rp!.t¡.-c to tioK woim:n :—' The oonmittec who Lave con- ducted tl e of the of i\:r:.D )Ioo"-v. after au 1:r.re';t:tI'¡..f nud nidnuua conrw of examination, have di>no^ er-d vlu- <rjpost^re which she has S<)IOU,Ir practiced on the public, :,n.j think it their duty 1-0 publish thii, her own declaration ui-a c^onfe^sion thereof:- *"< 1, A:m Xoore, "f Tutburv. lyumblj' asking pardon of all persoiH whfeii* I hr.ve attempted to deoeive and impose npfm, and alxwe all w:th the most unfeimed sorrow and ltrition imp.d!1!.Üw Vn ine 1"rJ tmd f(irgiene" of tb&t God wl?.. I ha?«* so neatly offended, do mok nolemnly declM"C that 1 'UUH o< ea^i'>ually taken ,n,h'Iln for the last six Yllln, Witn,w m han. this tth illl) of May, 4 AKW Moon: X, her mark, ii ( The B-bovt Ann Moor?; w,, mate before we, one of hit Mujestj 't- ju^ices of tue pciice for tte county of "fivAlVord, U#TB(MAS LlSf' KE,'

THE CAivMATlTHEN AND -CARDIGAN RAILWAY CO.)nPAJ<<Y.. (nX>M orR LONDON Ti: half-yw*ny meeting of this oompaty was aovertifted to be hei 1 yotrierduy, at "ftae Great Western HoW. Mr. John Mflf^er KuigKt. th*? ,cha;rman. and some ashe, di- rectors were jnesout, but after waiting an hour, b,s pro- Tidro. by the Act, a sufficient number of ehareholdern WQI! not prese-it tc^uabie the meeting to be ^ield, and it was jicoordingly aèj-:¡urncd ?i/u: die.

Tt i, reported that tbree steamers are I¡ag.cl at Liwr. pool to convey «. large number of troops t? Ireland, aDd Ii.t tro<?pi are reinforcements and tt relief,. The dmth i announced of Lady Catherine Ricwdo, widow vf the laV Air. J. Lewis Rieardo, who was for ttJtny years M 1'. for the borough of Stoke-upou-Trent. Her ladyship wa. the daughter of the fifth Earl of Fit, And was married to Mr. Uicnrdo in 1^11. DUOKNT::D BY HIS DCMJ.—Osi Tuesday aw>rning (jwo young acea na^c-d Bellis and Joees were rowjD iu a small boat in the Mersey, near Tranmem. Belli. imd hi? ?og mtio him. The boat ?p?i?r(!d. JoneKwhowa.?agoW me,I tried to i?Lve Etliif?, hut the dog counting on :&'His' back, bit Jones savagely every time he approached Bfllis. Th* m,It w?f that the r fellow wa* drowned. SlNOtJI.AH Acnos AGAINST A IiAILWAY COIt.PANT.- At the Derby County Court, on Monday, the case of Browne v. the Midland Rlulway Company was heard. The plaintiffs, Hugh Browne (who is the £ eputy-corouer of Not. tingham, and a solicitor), and Mary Ncina, his wife, brought | ."n action ag'r1U,'+' the Midland Railway Company to recover he sum of idO for injury to health aad busiuess. and for inconvenienc.. and los uf time through misinformation $respecting the Jcpartnrt* of 8 train, Defendants paid if/to "(.un 40a, H' Honour awked plaintiff how be made .£,;30 damage. Plaintiff: The damages nre iucapubl of exact measurement. T spent JttQ on my wife's health at Scar- borough, and she was better for her visit there, but in consequence of the alarm at the child beill: lost lit York, and the length of the journey, I consider it undid all the benefit she had derived at Scarborough. I had also special business to ..tte 1111 to in Nottingham in reference to a pur- chase that coet .£1.500, which had to be attended to by my father. There was a mistake made; and if mv client had not been an bonest mil" I honl,1 hare lost £50. 1 can bardlv say I losd on this special business. His iionour ruled that the damages vvere too remote and irrecoverable for plaintilf to recover. If the Midland were liable for anything it would be the 7s. t>d. actual expenses incurred in telegraphing but they Lid paid K»s. into court, although only liable for the former ,lIUI. Verdict for the .!efendanh, TJU: LATh Pp.oFltS,OR fum:N POWELL.—In the course of the recent ••controversy raised on occasion of the appoint- ment of Dr. 1" nple to the diocese of Exeter, Dr, Pusey haii written a ¡..tter to a contemporary, in which he refers to the Rev. BJ den Powell as having died without any 0': r"I¡ion." Mr. W. H. Flower, feeling the cruel injustice of thi, remark, writes from the Athenmum i 'lnb a. ??, who -,? i?? constant attendance upon P.f,?,.? Baden Powell dnring the last three days and nights of his life, and WLO ?,? with him t it,? Up to ?ithin a few.Jay" of "-i. fatnJ j)b!ss- jol! in fact, as be w. able to h»ave the bOI\>o-, Daden Powcll had heen in the habit of attending tho services both Run,lllY tlnd week day, and c srtftking in tfc< Holy Communion at St. Andrew'.q eburch, t' U -str'-et; .?, f ??t home b?, -,] the service fr.. our \turgy evtry nigbt to his family and servants ulotil the yi g' re>" ,f hi-i reridi.red it imj>osnible. I Nln f" [•x ',u:ost unhesitatingiy. that neither during the -.dition of eo>i c^iwciou«nt > -brought on by the disease under which )2e tii-nor during tt** oc^ional inten'aV in which his mind w- perfectly clew during tbcM* last tVreedH^-a, did one sin 'k ex&.re&-icn 'Mpt! him that did ot t ell of ,,f V»tion to wiq and of bltb in the mtglotl In which h* i»a<l bceri brought up. In which he 4 alway. hoM, Rnd Jt which h" w.'? then dying. Hi. ph?'"<? w w great, ao«) bnmdy endured, but lu^ mind rctuiued :0 v lap* that happy ercuit)? which em?%eutiy H;UTP. teri I HIe."

CONFIRMATION OF DR. TEMPLE. I (r&OM OXJU LONDON KB PORTS B.) The ebnroo of St. Mary-le-Bow is the architect oral em-1 bodimeot of the union of Church and State. It is a cfcorqh and oourt of iwtim. Y?t?erday the gloomy thh lofty bii4ig ff,d bth aspects. 0. the opm '.pm before nno:\bi:'C3t ? =:: abôrd, for that nic? a high place, and thi fe very low, ruined but a few inches above the groulldh and between the pulpit and reading desk was a table iiet out, covered with crimson cloth. Ou either ^\de were three chairs for the proctors and the counsel. At its east-end, with the back to the communion rails, and facing tbe congregation, was an arm chair for the, teprrsontative of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whoo court it he Court of Arches) this church really At the opposite end, with its back to the people was another arm-chair for Dr. Temple, the u lord et," as he was called throughout the proceedings Ifit 4 pew near the front sat portly Bishop Trowtr, CP:-d,"¡, curiously euough, by a policeman, and next to the bishop Fat hi, fellow-protestants, the Rev. Samuel Hfenry Walker, Harpford, neai* Ottery St. Mary, an eWerly, smooth-faced clergyman, and the Rev. Augustus Archer Hunt, of Tipton St. John, near the some town, who, with his ample beard, offered quite a coutrast to his neighbours, Mr. Walker and the Rev. Dr. Cornish, vicar of Ottery St. May. It will be seen that the opponents belong to the name district, and are neighbours in Devonshire, as they were in Bow Church. In the corresponding pew on the other side of the aislo were Dr. Deane, Mr. Benjamin Shaw (the well-known writer in the Cwitcm2>orary Re, tueu'), Mr. Curry, and Mr. Moore, the counsel and proctor* for the opponents. There were also present the Rev. J. L. Fisk, Mr. John Boodle (both active pro. motets of the Cockspur-atreet Association), the Revs: F. Brown, Nailsea; Thomas Hugo, West Hackney; J. W. Buckley, Paddingtou; T. Gardner, Deptford; J. Evans, Shoreditch W. H. Vernon Leytonstone; Dean Stanley; Mr. Brett, of Stoke Newington, the well-known High ChuHfcman; next to him Sir 1). Salomons, M.P., the Jew; Professor Bentiey, & The attendance of clergy was remarkwlyamaH, the laymen very far preponderating; in fact, I should think that there were more ladies than there were clerics. The church was, however, crowded, and tuit onh- waa everv seat occupied, but the aisles were unpayable. It was by no means an impressive spectacle. The church, though lofty, is dingy, and the dull December pall of smoke which 'hid the sun and sky rendered the interior of the building dim and somewhat dreary. The bells rang out a merry peal until eleven o'clock. After a delay of ten minutes, the procession entered, churchwardens with staves, beadles with silver pokers, the incumbent, Mr. Vine, the Vicar-General ill his wig and scarlet robes, the proctor for the Dean and Chapter of Jo)xeter, JlIr, Sheppard, a man of rjgantic height, in the strangest of costumes; doctors, also in scarlet robee, and a quiet unnoticeable man, with dark hair and whisker#, and regular features, and somewhat near of sight, wearing a black gown IInd doctor s hood-a man who, as he took his plaoe close to a pillar, almost hidden from sight, no one would have supposed was the person in who. behalf thiB gN'at concourse of p?,,?.? had gathered. The various dignitaries took their places in the two fore. mo't pews, and Mr..11 persons to be :na:th; thk1t:¿, ,I':er:tihu:h tht eri,?e with much feeling and fenour. No one som??d to join it more heartily than Dr, Temple, as he knelt, Aowly Bw"ying his bedy backwards and forwards, -d rpti. .h ?,sp I The Litany e,rft:o\:¡'.Gmel'Hl formed his court in the open space immediately in front of the altar, and be. tween the pulpit and the reading-desk. At the head of the table flit Sir Travers TwifS, in his scarlet gown as D.C.L., having on his right hand Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Benjamin Shi-w, the counsel for the objectors, and on his left the Registrar-General of the Province of Canter- bury, Dr. Spinks, tC" and Dr. Tristram, who appeared for the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. At this time Dr. Temple occupied a seat in the body of the church, supported by the Rev. E. (J. Sandford, of Christ Church, Oxford. The proceedings in connection with the confirmation of a bishop as a rule are short and dull. Yesterday they were lo, and, to a certain (."tent, exciting. They were opened by the rector for the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, who exhibited his proxy for that revered body, and presented to the Yic,ar.Gener,ù the letters patent, on the authority of which they had elected Dr. Temple. Theoe at the direction o £ the Vieat-Generai having beea read, that learned functionary was desired t. take upon himself the confirmation of Dr. Temple, who iA this stsge of tHe proceedings was coodacW to a >cat at the table, immediately facing Sir Travers Twiss. Tht. WLS the Moment anxiously anticipated by the large cofttfrepa- tioft thronging the church, for it was the moment imme- diately preceding tie direction of the Vicar-General to call any persons to cocae forward who might object to the -con- firmation of Dr. Temple. The challenge of the apparitor wtLf quickly answere d Iy Afr? Curry, t ?, p,.t- for th? opponents, ?b? 4?ti.g for ?h.. he upjvured, !pi!?yel to bo beerd by comwel, the announcement beiug madc -id,,t considerable hiding. The proctor f- tk, Dean and •Chap- Mr of Exeter DralJy objected to snch a coorse of pro- cedure, and pra(1 that tibe confirmation might bo con- tinued, which was done *ratiJ the t>erio<i arrived ^when for tbe second time ob j ectors were called. Then the proctor for Dr. Treiver, -addressing the Vicar •'General, fiaid. 1 beg, <u beliFLIfof nkv party, te hsaid in to your Worship an allega- tion of objection to the confirmation of Dr. Temple, whirl, j P,.y .4, be"e.,l I j Š¡:k::d tothe ad=i?,,?im of tk allegation. The Vi'car-Gencral I call pon you, Dr. Deane, &s  'ooUMoI fm the procbor to the o))*t?orti, to «tate t!w mb- •stance and prayer of the allegation before you, addro. Yo." legal argtmentu to tbe-owirt. Dr. Ikne then proceewd to A,%tv &hat tbe allegation 1"a- versed in di--t te- iibe statwjient ..(I? in the summary | ;:W¡¿!Jp'J;¡:ïtE:,1ett he'l" the liOrd Bishop Elect. That summary petition contained the [ allegHtior. of certain ewionical (jualiiications in the Bishop j Elect, -d it ?., he contended, within the power f-th. t¿; he t\;eWI:de)\I\,P';hfu ¡ files of the ,iourt m? which the Vicar-General p-'l f a traverse of that Dr. Dpane having drawn [ attention, 1. -tl,. proceedings that took plaoe some hundreds of 'Nea?- .?,o e?.tion with conlkmatious. argued that I: the fact ,t a bishop', qualification was wont to be e,ta?, 1 ILhd by witresees called for the purpose. L The \'icar-Genend re.?,rk,d Oint the facts of the 'uIifi.. cation f Dr. Temple vere established by affidavits. Dr. Deane bje?tM to t4.ir beig thus established. A t[, summary petition should be proved in the -,I way by J calling ,tnes" Eva, if the Vicar-<Teneral weredisposed | to admit tbe affidavits, time ottght to be giv-en to the oppo- a nent^ of the-election tc ?u.?wer them. F n.eTe o-i:}f:WJj:'xjght to cros??yamine the witnwsei. Dr. lManowud he did, :mJ ai*guerl that in the !.s? -of Dr. Hampden ihe first thing tiie Vioar-Geucral affeed for ,-u the Ljftt.,o. to the election, and 1, the Montague c" a stop was put to the objections because they were not to | hand i.] 30y sigi>ed. Dr. Spi.k?,, i. reply, :1n ojii:!t h!!r:jlt w,? fJ:=ti. n'g.; ^nvitution to o^ipose WB o,?ly i.te.d,d to pply to the I form f -Zfi-ti." U the person clocte<l. The De.. J and Cliaptor hod proceeded witfii the election in accord- tnee with her MajestyV, decroe, anl ihey afppeawrd en I the present occasion to tender the .rof of ti ei, having j .ic"e I Dr. Tristram followed ac, the same ide. 'Ilie icar-Goreral inticuitedtoDr. Detze that it would Ix Necessary for him to be convinced that he had the povrr, after the oQll"1l hM nomiuated Dr. Temple, and the Cluipter lrttd elected Lm. to refuse to confirm the election. He ft+uid no such «;,>ower In tire stat^tee. IJr. Deane «aid tlie letterv patent to the Airehbiahop did :101. expressly command bim toct^ufirm and consecrate, but --ly to do so if, he coald in accordance with the statutes of the land. The Vi<*r-Geu^rai was bound to the jvrit, r..J. 1,(1. the Crown exereising its rights to the ap- pointacat of bishops, always recognised something of con- trol iN thp Primate, to whom tbe conunnation and conse- cratiot was committed. Confirmation was the very thresh- hold of consecration, and the Archbishon bad to decide whether the person elected was a tit 1>e;O;t be conse- crawd, Suppose a 1W""n elected had meanwhile gone over to tte Cphirt,li of HOUle, or had b?me mentally in- capacitated. was the Bishop's hand to be stayed? (The learned counsel cited many cases from the Exeter canonists in ill titrations of the forms of confirmation which had tfoaie down to the present time,) Iu the I'itatic,n, the Vicar- Oenerttl directed to adjom-n mill prorogue the matter from time to time, whereas it was known that if it were a mere form, it could be got through in half an hour. If this wasa mere form, it, wa a sacrilege and aseaudal, and everv Churchman would h«il with delight the passing of un Act of Parliament which would put a stop to the The Vicar-General, after Dr. Spinks had been heard in reply, said he had taken upon himself the duty of con- firming tho election in ohediece to the mandate of tbe Crcwn addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Queen had approved of Dr. Temple as Bishop of Exeter and had commanded the Archbishop of Canterbury to con- firm aml consecrate him. The Archbishop had issued bis Cat to him 118 Vicar-General. Certain forms had come down from the Reformation, but there was no statutory authority for them, and the archbishop was not bound by any particular plan. With regard to objectors, he held that itwwonly against the manner in which the election had been conducted that objections could be heard, and they had nothing to do with any other Dll\tters, It had been said that if opponeuts came forward and were not heard the pro- ceedings we,, scandal and a sacrilege. Those were hard words and he protested agaiiretthem. Thequestion now arose .1, \1"0 flA. +ht1l Dl1(J'ld;{'\n nF thg nnnnngl1t.J 1I\.Url ur na. \.v llo\\UIII "u "f'> "1' of the election to proof. Referring to Bishop Hampden's case, be said that the proctor on that occasion wad not allowed to appear, as it would be fntile, the COUll. having no power to disobey the Queen's mandate. On this occa. sion, however, proctor and clergy had been allowed to appear, and the substance of the allegation was to deny that Dr. Temple WII II fit and proper person to be Bishop of Expter lIe was of opinion that he had no power to rmew the appointment of the Crown. He had thought it right to hear counsel, but it had not been shown that be bad power to interfere, and he had to decide that the elec- tion should be proceeded with. After the transaction of some other formalities. Dr. Temple, kneeling, took the nsnal"ath of canonical obedienoe to the ArehbisKop of Canterbury, and then standing up made the ordinary declaration against simony. He then subscribed to the documents, and his confirmation was de- clared complete. A large crowd waiw nutside the church till Dr. Temple left, wben they loudly cheered him.

ni? widow of AbmhRm Lincoln i@ about to m/trry a ¡ ctamberhin of the Grand Duke of Baden,, ou, =.. tI pfibuteen.

ItPHE CORPORATION GRANT TO THE I VOLUNTEERS. 1 !)tstevtMnfFameetu?efmtetajr<MWMheMatttMStr?rt &U, CanWfjfor the parpom of coBMdenafr the lenity am pi?net.y ot Win wte ot .CiW tw.?d. the n-t &I tin) Volunr Drill Hall" by he Corporation. The Aeeti.g wa? convened by the mayor, at the qe?t of a IIXR. v of ratepayers, to be held at one o'clock on Tuea?y, at tbe Towia-haU. Some forty ar°'MrJt1e:l'a Town-hall at that hour, and the meetiug w.- formally ad- journe d until half-past seven o'clock jast -mighk at the Stuart Hall. There was a very DumeK?a attendance. The body of the hall was crowded, and the. gallery was well filled, but the promenade was quite deserted. The chair tXM occupied by Mr. J. Cory. Amongst the gentlemen present were: anciuorg P. Bird and D. Jones, Messrs. J. Cory (chairmM), E. VachA J. Gunn, Atkins, J. Win. stone, Que.Wh, W. Lewis, D. DtmoM, Walter Davies, Cram, Fifoot, Jame.? Ward, &c. Fi:=irdr: opened BY the chairman reading the following notice convening the meeting:- TO THE WOHKINO-MEK H;8GE8B..()F OA RDM. A m.?t tiuuH'roudly higued and respocttuuy e:&nigD;ri=Y ?k iz I W- i?-w to, Mayor of Cardiff, MiDg him to oonyene a meeting of the bur. L'os«e3. to conaidor the t -d i?ty f the late to of SS?o ili:nh/ghd,1r1!e: fhfJr::n has dc'?e it riht) iu the xerei of his duty as mayor, to LIl the m.ti., for Tuesday next, at the hour of oue p,m. The requuitioniBta, as ooon as they were aware of hw decision, endeavoured to get the bour changed to the evening, .0 as to suit the convenieuce of M?i?;). ThM having ?'" perempt?riJy eft?.d, there- qaisitioaiste reispectfully F:t their fellow burg%ses not to attend the meeting convened by the Mayor, but to et by thomm d? at the Stuart H?] on Wednesday i"" t k' i"" ?ideration the Wd vote, wd also the gauùuet of the Iyor. ;?o ?, Mayor, aldermen, rd members of the Town Council we respectfully requested to d t i. o"" hit n--l -f th,?. :S:;iri:;hRi6t;1J\s:t:: on this occasion. The CHAIRMAN exprejwd his pleasure at seeing so many ratepayers present to discuss the important question they bad been called together to consider. He certainly thought that it was a gl eat mistake on the part of their respected Mayor to call the meeting for Tuesday at the hour at which he did, namely, one o'clock. (Hear, hear.) If his Worship, he said, thought a little about the matter he must have come to the conclusion that the ratepayers, or at least the majority of them, could not attend at such an hour as one o'clock, because of their business engagements. He was more surprised that when this was made known to his Wor. ship be did not alter the hour to the time required by i the requisitiouists. If he had met the views of the requip* t tionists they would, no doubt, have had the pleasure of 8' æ- ing his Worship in the chair that evening. However. he ?L th?.,?ht otherwise, and though they were deprive £ bi? company they m-t try and get well -!? the7 ???ld lPhï, th(ii:,s. )i- elL8 a'e: w :[.. tbe Corporutim had voted to the Voluntmn was œrtah .ï1 nOt very large, yet he took it that that was, not alt .4,tb? the question. The question for their c ,usidm tion was not the amount, but the principle involved. (Hear, hear.) There was an a] j g?y?r, that if we took care of the pence, the pounds #onld take care of themselves. Following up the wisdom • stained in that maxim, he would just say that if they Mok cam of the hundreds, the thousands would take care, of themselves. (Cheers.) Therefore the ratepayers had aome together that evening to discuss the question. He we a isure it would have a fair hearing and be fairly discussed. (Hear, hear ) Mr. WALTER DAVIES said: The questio fl we have met to discuss to-night is not the intrinsic value of £ MK),btit*TO want to look at it as a matter of principle. (H, hear.) Before I go into that part of the question, hov IIWCr there is one point on which I should like to have a vmtd to MU. That is in reference to the volunteers. I ha ppened to be one of the speakers called upon at the meetir ^u&the Taraperance- hall, the other week, where so noble a reception was given to our gallant member, Colonel Stmu and I threw out a hint that there would very likely be a meeting of this sort. I have been told that there is an ii agression aiiongst some members of the volunteer cor p5 Iff the 'town that there is a prejudice I w ay say a vindictive feeling—as regards them, amon1 5"'t the ratepayers. Now if there is a member of the voli steers present let me dis- abuse his mind of that impress IOn at once. I have not one word to say against the volant rs, I, as 0.humble indiri- dlllÙ, should be very loth to 88 one word agsinst them, for I regard them as a class of r ion sacrificing a great deal of time and comfort in order to discharge what they believe to be a duty to tbeirlcountc7. The next point I wish to touch, upon ofrKcems --r woitky may-, and hi.ection with this meeting. I took -a rrf At deal of trouble in getting the 1.¡4,f'dtu ::v;t}e ¡he g::y: and explained it* purl"rt to tbm, and afked them would !hey*nit. "OWtik_ayh" said they. IVery man I asked O'rf.\M{ l? i- it. -In p1o'rl1lnt1nn ft n,nni.mI i aboil* a week altog^etfheir, in getting it sigaeil. Last Thars- j lObo, a week ..Ito"øfher. in gWting it siç!:1",1. Last Tblll's, I ¿!¡,<J;a,reql;t':i mmg t:, ¿atÎ lo;ft biSihgtoOf his derk.. I adso 'Irft my œrd, be,u;ngmy private ad4me, sotkat thereaigh t be mo mistake. The Mayor has been trying to shirk act oCthi" question a littlo bit, aud I must tell you mmdidlr "at I do not blame ?him. I think there ,if some one beh'mfl wfco likes to show-eff and swagger, and I' b?vtg a lati(- I iouage *d them at the town's expes?- :e J\i(\!b:i;lea¡: ::ti: at one, He thought it 'WL a very good hoar at which •to call Meeting of rayel'iJ. Butifitwasagoodt' ,then how tb?j dick?! 'M it &is Worship was not then ;himself r (H ear, hear,; If it WIlSao convenient an hour -for you ftrad Ie, how if it it was l1ot conveniellt f-ør him f What is converient for nn -ought surely to be-convenient lor his Worf4iij), who k.an official PIÚt. for his time, (Hear, hear. ,& vo ice ".£4 IN. a v?eek i? pretty well for him,") I mean $o ??y, ?oki?W men of Cardiff, that yea have be. n'X' v:f;:n:ÿee:Of.:rtíf'ta'1 —you have been imulted. ]f we have not been imulted indi- vidual^ we have colleciivofo*. (Hear, hear.) I will teU you how. J f nd thore^ere -twr of my ^working iron friends, whom 1 Vvve known for -the last fifteen or sixteen years, represented m the requisition with orotsce bt>forelth,.tr "ame", NJW whether they could not write, or whether it was that their hau ls were black end they -did not lilcr to wil the paper, I cac't say. (laughter.) Gentle- men* whatever tile cauoe, you them represented there with crosses to tkrir names. Our worthy vM ayor, in the exercise •of his authcrity, thought proper to-fend the-copy of the reqnisit.ion,to the printer's without Altering those crosses, thinking tht-t by so doing he should ,expose too ign(1rnDce •of the,"¡wowen, (Hisses) Do you nçteall thatanineult? Y") IVorking-mon, tbw.? of us who can write, let |kus fee! for tLose who can't. (Hear, hear.) I repeat, it is an l,inswt,lo the work cla,?as ofcwdiff??o have those arogseb ,plararf.rd :ùl over itZI) town. The tw) mn who are thus ?.,epri3?atiW.Ere as respectable/squallyrkonest, and equally inetlligent, in ?y piio., aa our ??,dhy My.?. (.Hear, .hear.) His Worskip thoagbb picper last eveninc to tell twe of his friends that he shouM beve altered the-time df the mootiw" hut he was not^oin i to-be dictated to,;and not goitg to have such a message lei i at bisphiceof basi- noea as -was loft by me. Whether I have done wrong I will leave you to sr.y. On Saturday eve uing, between five and fli* o'clock—bear in mind 1 took the ;req¡;isition.cn Thurs- day evong-íf reeeired thbs note:— TOWE Clerk,' Of Scc^ '^own-haU, Dec. A. ft'#,—Lam r?q,?.tdby he mayor to K ^knowledge the recent of tÚe ""JuisitioD for cal!hog "Jlublic mi^eltijig 00 t'he ^nbjeat of theiucre^of the mayor's salary,—(mark fl., phrase mavof i salary—(laughter),—but here comes &Le j. Ith -vi it,)—for contE.- bation towards th-? rent of the'Volunteers* Drlll Hall, and to in- fomu yon t!.at h,h be{ TuuJ', tlu nit. in" at one o'clook, /or tS1 rneotkLg. GEO. SALMON. Immediately I got this cote Ijumped 'kit* a cab, because Ilmew it was urgent, far I am thsoug b it in a moment- it does not take a rery wise man to 9,Je thresgh it either- aad drove to the Mayor's plaoe of bunim \ss at theer of Church-street. I iiquired forRl, md 'R80', told that he had just gone out. 1 inquired if they kn ew where by waa gone, as I wanted to see him weey pf,rt>rui*rly, and the answer I got was, We don't, indeed, ^ir. J waited for' his Worship until five minntes tc six, tl ten i went away. Before going I told one of the young g ?ntfcmen ia the shop that my business was in eonøociion with the requisition which I had left on Thursday, that it wm a,, very inconreni- eut hour, a very unremonable hour, upon wb ids the Myor hd fixed for the meeting. IVIU you kin, Ur deliver* a message to him, and ask him to alter tha £ tittietoatme hour in the evening?" The young gentloown kiadiy uaid i he would, and I also told iiiui to say that I would CAn again ut eight o'clock, Now then, if his Worebip had wanted to alter the time, or consult the convenit 1ll" of the requisitionists, why did ho not meet me at eight o 'clock ? I kept my appointment at that hour, and asked ti I hi Worship. I was told that he was ouga4, '*}' I waited from ten minutes past eight till ten J tinute* past nine, determined, if I could, to see him- But I was then told that he was still coiraired, and t bat I could not see him. (A voice: He had gone to hed.) J • a1 told that the time which had been fixed for the mee Ving could not be altered. I said, "I do not believe he wo uld wish to insult the working-men of Cardiff, and if he d, IeB not alter the time they may take it as such." The youi 19 g'mtlem,m .aid, "Well. you may depend upon it that Mi Whiffen will not alter it, for he has said that is his decision, and he will not alter it." His Worship had said that the message which was left at his house was that if the hour of the meeting were not altered we would make him, Now, wonld any common "enso man leavo such a message B.8 that? Even if a mlln could not write, he would not leave such a meesige. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) I have rather a more courteous way of going about my b.?in, th..tht, and his Worship wi)J Dnd that outas we travel ?oii and become better acquainted. Can you Wame me for vlbl Îni:¡ aftemard8? ("No. no.") His worship had paid that he could not alter the time, because t.Ve bills were out. I will prove to demonstration that the;, T were not own in type until after I had been to his shon. The fact of it is that the Mayor did not want to see nie I was too poor a man. Mr. Davies then went on to remark upon the absence of the Mayor frc *n» that meeting, and upon the money which was spen t last year in erecting triumphal arches for the hungry to' look ftt. while the Town Councillors treated themselves to a champagne supper and a dance, and then referred to the vote of XIOO. In doing so, he read extracts from the speech of Lieut.-Col. Hill, and freely commented upon them. If the volunteer officers re(juimd this money, he thought they ought to fiud it for themielv After allud- ing to the fact that .£50 was granted by the Corporation for horse-racing, and inviting the ratepayers to hold a few more meetings daring the winter, to discuss the municipal affairs of the borough, he moved the following resolution That a requisition having been presented to the Mayor, bearing upon the face of it murks of a working men's memorial, this meeting regrets that he should have convened the meeting at an hour soiucnver?ient to the repisitionists, and hereby ten- j dera it" thanks to thoo who moved and carried the adjoiir?' ment from the Town-tall to this place, at i. hour ..bU." all d-. f th, ?t?,pym to tted.' Mr. CKAM mmnded ibe re?Jaticn. and Mim?erteJ on the contcnte of the handbill aigned "A large mtepayer. HP said a distraction had been drawn between Lord Bute 'Aid the" rs*ayem The rate" vwue of the tj,?t, 'I .tlW?. Of that _O\;D Lord Bate was rated I £ 16,975, and wouu have to pay RIO towar'Ai"? £ 100 vote for the vohmteem The 'M Va'^ W. way Comp"y were rated at tlP,209, and woaj t??e to pay.£n IS. 'I'he members of tu corporation e ret«d on YABA and would have to pay td 17s. '/fa 143 reo quisitionist* were rated 00 £ 2,yjy, and wor Jd to pay £ 1 15?. Other ratepayers were rated on /jgi25 398. &4d would have to pay 474 Is. Whoever ha' pubtished that bill had proved the of the obic,Wl? bee?,w* the figures ghowed how the money would ?AV? tO 'b? P?W; and he contended that the small amounts ? ? poorrateMyers were equally M important to them ? the large amounts contributed by Lord Buu and tbe N Vale B"way Com- pany. (Applause.) The resolution was carried unwoinously. Mr. JOHN Wi-ib-ro moved tiK Mcon? reaolution. He thanked them for the tdud rBOeption they had pven fle on this occasion, and upon, many previous occasions. It was a dififcult task to oorm there to find fault with the town councillors, many I wftom had been his colleagues, and who were very inti AJipnt and independent persons. There were eircumstan, which warped men's opinions, and tended very much to prevent them from expressing those opinions which ftftJ uppermost in their minds. Re- lative to the Drill-ha A, perhaps they did not all know that Lord Bnte built it f the ? of the ?t"'te<ir<. and that he charged them a y?tam sum for its use. N?eneetM oould u?e it witho d the consent of the contman?n? officers of the volnnteerf, and no one could use it for other pur- poses than thos. j which belonged to the volunteers, without Lord cute s co ?,Q? go that if the hall waa wanted for any other pur pos«, the consent of both parties mMt be ob- tained. Whc b ?r. E. Payne waited upon Lord Bute to uk tor the nse ??e hall for the purpose of an exhibition, hie lorda?ip courteously wrote to the colonel of volunteers. LON ?t '"?' doubt, desired that the Drill-WI should be usød for i IW exhibition. The noble M?ims was fond of U^r f v Aitions; and he (Mr. Wiustone) ??-m very proud to ^t.hiUK 4 the hall would be used for such aparpow. (Ap- ptaus ?) He believed that the vote of ^100 ?o pay the rent f fif hall for the volunteers was strictly illegal, and they aho jld thank those gentlemen who opposed the vote. (A ip1&use.) That money was voted in a cùmdeatine way. legal, why was it not proposed in a straightforward and a a manner? It was voted to the Mayor, but the Mayor sever intended to we it; but the couril wonld take it .A .1. ,,& .6..1. uyya "LI'C puv&Qw «i me iwi .nwpt.jrci-1,, i .r me purpose 01 banding it over to the volunteers. (Jdear, hear.) The poor-rate, from the time of Elizabeth,, was solely for the maintenance of the poor. It was not t'ie intention of the legislature that the ratepayers should be saddled with amounts of this kind, and especiall) • when it was known that the gentlemen concerned ill it were well able to Pay the X100 th.mlv. (Loud, Ppl..se. ) If the lun:l'" D:e:iüt::8io p:jA)Čo tbP:i) thDh W], Lord Bute abould give it ta t aem. What ?m the voiunt?n for ? He ir=t tu t:go:fh;e: tI I they would mwer. He rather di ?pproved of them. It was said there were 160,000 roluu ceers in the country. It was his opinion that if they were called upon there would not be Been more than the odd 60,000. (Laughter and cheers.) The volunteers cost tine country about £4 per head per annum. The militia might be supported for that sum or it would be equal to the support of 6,000 or 7,000 of the regulars, who wowd be of far more use than the voltmteers. (IAughter an d Vplauae. ) If the volantsers otht dowi4 t:did'On;: ;bd volunteer to take their places. (Renewed laughter.) He then sketched the history of Cardiff. Formerly it was gorerned by a few aldermen and a oonstable, who was a nominee of the Castle. The old burgesses used to be dressed up once a year, and dined at t>lw<eipen9e of th" Castle, and then they sacrificed the land oa which the -dodœ were built. (Laughter and ap- plause.) Those were said to be the times when toadyism prevailed. Although there had been two Reform Bills, municipal reform, siuiitary acts, and the spread of educa- tion, there was the same Castle influenoe and the same principle at work in governing the town. That being the case, how could they help themselves under the present ystem of government, There were now b u" 'ob prevailing in the town. The council, board of gu= the docks, the te=-tugs, the gridiron, and the graving dock. were so many monopolies. (Applause.) Bemase of those monopolies the people bad no control over the man- e:)he:o:, i:O!tg:tI::oie: he'; found so much fault. (AppLtme.) He hoped they would get vote by ballot another year. They would then be able to select such representatives as would represent them in a proper manner. If they did not do so, then he believed the trade of the port would decline, and they would never realise what the late Lord Bute had prophesied-that Cardiff would become a second Liverpool. He reviewed the trade of the port, and referred especially to the loss of the Golden Fleece, with the object of showing that large steamers carrying coal to London were really causing a decrease in the general trade of the town, because it would require sixty brigs of 200 tons each to carry the same quantity of coal which a steamer of 2,000 tons would carry. Those 60 brigs would require 500 men to sail them, and all these ooming to the port would cause a much larger general trade than the 30 men who sailed the steamer. He concluded by moving "That this meeting of ratepayers, convened by the Mayor, to take into consideration the illegality and the desirability of rescinding the vote of the corporation of a sum of .£100 to pay the rent of the Drill-hall, desires to express its dis- approval of any proportion of the poor's-rate being applied to any &ther purpose than that for which it was levied; and presents its hearty thanks to those gentlemen who op- posed the vote which was pushed forward with snch in- decent haste." (Applause.) Mr. JAMES WARD seconded the resolution from the body of the hall. The resolution was carried uaaninwosly. MV. DANIKI, JONES, having been requested to address tho meeting, rose and was loudly applauded. He explained at length the way in which money was raised by the council. The Mayor's precept was issued, for a certain amount of money, and it was included in the collection of the poor's rate, He thought that the volunteer otfmrs ought not to have wked for this tlOO; and although he was of opinion 'that Mr. Alexmder had made a m6takm in proposing this I 'u:=eh:I1Lr at<>m=:dib:f1 LVW" o-e.ber.f tbe<ceuncil mbo devoted much time and attention to the interests of the rate-pai,er? as did Mr. Alexander. (APP14U8O.) He caused a doad deal of amnse- ment by referring to the last parliamOllltary election, and the account which Mr. Hill had given of his exploits on that day before a parliamentary eommittee and in conclusion, he idLtle wy 'u* ? which the XIOU was v.W was wrong, bw?2ie time wez not allowed the mmbom to eawider tfe' proposition. (Applause.) rr. P. Hml) made a few remarks, tUking the rate- payers for the hearty manner in which &ey had received him, and wfiuriug them that be would 41way.3?eareiuUy watch the expenditure of evury shilling. (Applaure.) Mr. W. LEWIS, a >rambling lpexh, dirly tiring the QU' :d' the :flltJt:' effect that a memorial be signed by the Chairman, and that it he pr?"t?dL by the Chi?-, Mr. John Wi..t. and Mr. Walter Davies to the next meeting <af the council. The memorial was an echo of the resoVations, and it called upon the council torcescindihe vote ri: XIOO. Mr. AXK.r>>Ts seconded the resolction, which wa.s,carried unanimously. Air. W. BAVtM-Mid he vushed tit to be distinctly under- stood that in the remarb he had made respecting Mr. Alex«ider, 'to referred meredy to this one act. He fully be- lieved Mr. Alexander to be a most eseful ani bonest mem- ber of the council. (Applause.) The ,meetir g voteé! thankf to ithe ehairnus, and Ukn disiier&od.

A CARMARTHENSHIRE SCANDAL. AN INFLUED BUilBAND TAKING THE LAW INro Hit; OWN HANDS. ¡ Un T8day ,considetuble exc*Wmeld was occasioned in earmarthm?by a rumour that a tradesman carrying business in the icin:Jf the tl== ::n!ill: iiw another tradeeman ,?ho lives in the lower part of the iewn, othÿ&m:hW:ivw in 'bro/yt mouth. Amongst n=y &her vlnions of thewe, it is said that the frucas was the rel!lt of a liaiton .ch had been dis- conered to hilre taken plaee between tlteQllc tradesman and the other's wife. Rumosr says that the assailant, who carries on the haziness of ,a plumber, received a hint that his" better half" was on too friendly terms with a certain cabinet maker, who, as we bave already aaii, lives not far from the gaol. He therefore i evolved towafth, and on Sun- day evening announced that lie did not intend going out. His ?ifl dressed, as she AAid, to go to a place of worship, and bcr iu?bmd followed her to the house of the pe?,?on already named, and who is a widower. Presently the husband knocked at the door, but got no answer, and then he went to a public-house a door or two off, and so obtained access to the back yard of the house which his wife had entered. The Btory rans that he then saw tbat which will ju?t? 'f b' t,pf;;fu; hdi:c:b:u h'ee the1w.11- ing and thrubed the cabinet-maker until he was insensible. Having thus satisfied his vengeance he left the house, and having requested Mr. Hughea, surgeon, to attend on the person whom he had castigated, he returned home. We ave not heard what became of the guilty wife, but it is g enerally believed that the affair will give employment to th c geatleme* of the long robe.

It is announced that a combination of American railway compi61 is beima formed, to furnish cheap and direct pas- t? ge, from Earopc to the railway lands of Kansas, Colorado, La ??,.neoets. A PLVWBBITOX SERMON.—The Rev. A Murall, of Man. chester, delivering & lecture at Birmingham the other day, spoke as iollows of the first sermon he wrote;—"It was read by my fellow-students, and, on its conclusion, one recommended me to burn it as soon as I got near enough to the tire. But I didn't do it. I kept it, and preached it ence, at the top of my voice, in a village chapel, before Keenteen intelligent people. Before I bad gone far with i iy sermon an old lady faintod, and then ayoung lady went iI. )Jysl¡r¡c; ana m it COOK two men and four women to t? < ?ch lady out, there were only three left, %,id of these, befo. J had finished, two were asleep, and one w HS deaf. and one vv v dett f hel°;. iLd, o SNOW.- letter nf:' '\je in the Turin 6'cM«< saysAt about' &Ten on the n. V* November 21 snow began to fall, a ? did on i?? a. theorDiDg of the !)Sth. An enormous a9&. lanche fell WoI the rocks to the south of the village, ukd blacked up t ke streets and buried the houses. Twet.'ty fulÍlie9 were w imprisoned during the whole night, an 4 w"re obliged in 'the morning to make their way out through the roofs. Afte, -it time, when the neighbours had come to their assistance at A communication had been established with the rest, two Nfothers were found to be missing, A •search was immedit 'If commenced, and they were at length discovered under a ma V of now eight feet deep, mlll extri. cated alire. No life ha. 'I«JlIoet, but the material damage is very considerable.

ANNUAI. DINNER OF THE 10TH GLA- MORGAN RIFLE VOLUNTEEB8. The annual dinner of this old-established corps waa held last evening at the Royal Hotl; W. W. Nell, the lieu, temmi commanding, presiding, aud being *npported by the late captain (D. eii) whose interest in the corps is apparently u great r? ever, though bwinces has prevented him from remaining at its head. Sergeant Martin occu- pied the vice-chair, and there were &lso present Ensign Leonards, and Messrs. Peter Price and Sainsbury (16th G.V.R. ) and about "venty of the corps. The Cu7 ot tlgtli corps was t during the evening, and played soma :lle:t øef::t t:¡:oot:dej:a11c ':fc:1e;o:: leadership of Sergeant Griffiths. After acapital.dinner had been amply enjoyed, 8ndtbe mua1loyal toasts wer?,lispoei of. The 4.. P1Opoed the toast of the Army, Kavy, and Volunteers." Mr. SAINSBLIRY, Quartermaster-Sergeant of the 16th G.E.V., responded for the Army, The next toast proposed by the CHAIRMAN was that of The field officers of the battalion," and in doing so ho observed that be might as well mention their names, as they bad been seen so little amongst them. They were- Colonel Clarke, Colonel Bassett, Major Booke", and Major David. Theg had, however, a good adjutant in Major Gordon. (Hear, hear.) Sergeant SIMPSON then proposed a toast which would, he knew, meet with a most enthusiastic reception. Theyy had passed through a great deal this year, as was pr e, saged at its opening. Of course they regretted ',he loss of their late captain, but ti1l they were m a go' a loss of their late caI p??et, Ani aU owing to the ent??emeu state u they cotil( who had stock to t?em_lient'n..t Nell ana 'Lasig. Leonards. The former had worked bard, and tyA latter was most indefatigable. They vopm, still without a cap- tain, and though they should like to hart* theii^old captain back again, that was thought impossible. lie bad beard rumours of a new captain, but he knew they were still in hands, and he would propose the health of Lieutenant VeM n ud Easign Leonam.. (Prolonged cheers and musical honours.) The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, congratulating the corps an their efficient state, h. they had, 94 efficients ::t fe: ie:rt :t ltÄfto;:t1::h: dition and prospects were most mtisfacto y di:i;d l¿>:8 w:l: n:ïfh:l. and, as trea- surer of the corps, also oonTatu!ated them on their finan- cial position. He then proposed the Health of the Non* Commissioned Officers of the Corps," without whom, he said, the corps would be badly off. Very much depended on them. They could not, nor could any (?orl)?, pretend to perfection; but the 10th could lay claim to b4lI' ?g as good a staffof noa.comn1isioned offic(,n as ul corps in the vat. talion. Quartermaster-Sergeant JKNKH brielfy returned thanks. Ensi,? LEONARDS the. p-p.,M tl. health f the honorary members, mentionin particularly the names of the late Captain Rees, and that of Mr. Peter Price. Capt. RhEs briefly replied, and. after alluding to his lato connection with the corps, said he would prefer their getting their funds in that way to any otber-r,1ther in that way than by Corporation grants. (" Hear, hear," and applause.) He was glad to hear them say that they were able to help themselves; and if other corps in Cardiff wero so constituted, there wonld ho no need of the present dis- cussion. He then referred to the intention of the Govern- ment to change their present rifles for-not Sniders-but for the old rifles which the militia have dispensed with. (Disapprobation.) He concluded by briefly returning thanks. Sergeant WEBBER, honorary secretary, then briefly pro- poi?ed the Oos??t of the Pr?i?, and, in doing so, UidM to the discussion going on m to the help propo?ed to be offered to the volunteers of (ardiff, which offer be, in eo mon withullothers present, heartily repudiated. In proposing the toast, he coupled with it the name of the representa- tive of the We.tel'll Mail. (Applause.) Several other toasts were given and responded to, amongst which was that of The ladies," given by Ensign LEONARDS, and a heartily enjoyable evening was spent. During the evening Lieutenant Nell distributed the fol- 1-i.g C"npl.y's prizes ,o. t the competition on October 13th la,?t:_ I'ointi. :(n:tl;i; l.i Pr i VRte R;-??s, "nd, J»H 23 Corporal Thom, 3"d, £1 It" 23 Private Carroll, 4th, Cl 7?. 6<1"" 23 u Andermm, 5th, £ 1 U3 ? B)'U, 6th. ]?  N r¿f4t;t.h5Îi, t „ Wilcox, 8th, 10$!J0 Phillips, 9th, 10* 19 Hepburn, loth, 7H. tid. 17 Hitlrin., 11th, 7..I,d. 16 „ Burklow, I 2 tb. 5,. 6' Sergeant Jenu, l.ith, ,> 15 Private Spark, 14th,;)., .0..0. 14 *:XNIA PR1zFS. No entries. RECRUIT PRIZES.—200 Y nrdi, Point*. Private Carroll, 1st prize, 10s V.\ Bucklow, 2nd, 7s. &1. 1« It Ambro, :ird, 5f a NON-COMMISSIONED PRIZES. Sergeant Price, 1st prise, accessories of ?ift.. I- ral Th.p.ri.@,' 2nd? cabi'net portrait of wi@nti?

BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT. WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner KILL.) In re J. WILLIAMS, Cenarth, Dissenting minuter.—Mr. E. E. Salmon (of the firm of Henderson and Salmon), ap- peared for the assignees, and stated that the bankrnpt bad died since the filing of the petition. In "e W. James. Bristol, hrewcr.-Mr. Benson, who re- presented the assignees, stated that the accounts had not been filed in time. 1\1r,.1. Inskip, on behalf of the bank- rupt, stated that the account* had not been filed in time in consequence of a proposal to take the case out of court having fallen through.The sitting was adjourned to the 28th December. In re G. WATSON, Cardiff, general dealer.—Mr. E. E. Salmon appeared for tbe assignees,andstatedtbaton thelast occasion he requested that the sum of tSO, which the bank- rupt took a way when he absconded three years ago, should be paid into court.-His Honour then suggested that the bankrupt should communicate with the creditors on the subjec? but Mr. Beckingham, tho bankrnpt'. olieitoor, bd informed him that through some inadvertence on the part of the bankrupt, the creditors had net been communicated with.-Mr. Beckingham applied for a short adjournment, in order that the bankrupt might communicate with the creditors.-The sitting was adjourned to the 22nd inst. In re J. HODGE, Burnham, licensed victualler.—Mr. Beckingham appeared for the assignees, itud having ex- amined the bankrupt, stated that he did not oppose the order of discharge.—The bankrupt then obtained his dis- charge. In re T. RICHARDS, Uanedarne, farmer.—Mr. Becking- ham appeared for the assignees, and offered no opposition. -The bankrupt obtained an order of discharge. SITTINGS FOR THE WEEK. iinnLSDAY, 1JeC.amJM"On ana Karaaru, troud, uoawi facturers, final dividend, and dividend ou &eparut& < etate of w" Barnard; T. O. Hunt, Prefcfeigu, «argeofi, dividend; T. L: Pefrett. ri.L tctt df?r, divMMtd; K. ?iAer. B?th. con? r'=;nà',Jgl\:i,; ¥t;;tt. Ac., dilidbd; W. It. Gloucester, it-l- and h- fr.;kevin' Vi, (:=Jol;¡er:t .h:e.. 4w., dividend; Derrett and Tutton, Newport, br, dividend; Matthews and Payne, Gloucester, bruph m"uufadan, divi- dend; H. R. Minns, Bristol, gasfitter, dividend; W. Thomas, LUnmihAQgel Place, farmer, adjourned special meeting under 110th soetinn. FfeiOAY, Dec. 10.—W. B. Jouw, C?afthen, l?ther wU(,r 1IrI!t :meeting; T Underwood, A\N¡'('hEW. ironmojip.,r, div eud; "L. Jon" Abeirstwith, groeer, (i?,id,.d; R. MiU?r, Lechlade, •mttle dealer, dividend; D. L. Owen, Cardiff, colliery agent, Ac., ,I,ide.d; W. Routley, B'rL?tol, (?om rdj dividend; 8.1 Roberts, Bluckwom:, yrotvr, &c., i,id,?.d; J. Ed.&, D urslev, miller, dividend; H. Kdwards, Newport, hardware* id,.d; ,im\;U1: ;.t{in:c".fui: de! \d. &KTV. WAY, Dec. 11.—T. 1). Mt-yler, Haverfordwest, first meeting. All the above hitting* at eleven o'clock. LOCAL GAZETTE NEWS. I I r BANKRUPTS. NOTICES' OF ADjrur< .moN.s and FIRST .utrrriNGs 01' CREDITORS. Buries, T., Cardiff—Dee. 17, Cardiff. Cotterill, J., Woodroancote, dairfma.n-Dœ. 1, WiBchromb • M  r- D M. Hri?to). Bi.t,,I, baker—Dec. 24, 13ritl. D, NY. E., ÐowLr¡is, Glamorganshire, contractor—Dec. O. Merthyr Tydfi I,rJ fi, Bri.tol, greengrocer— Dec. 23, Bristol. LemQn, Canli. I, refreshment-house keeper—Dec. 17, Cardiff. Lemon, A., Card). Un.rol, accountaut—Dec. 23, B?Lt.1- Steer. W., laHte of' 1 'rtsto? watchmaker—Dec. 23, BrMtc!. Tutisich, Andrea, C. \rd.. lodglD¡chel18e.keeper-ne." 17, Cardiff. H,r W. i-, n.r Abrd. b ut? Iwr-D(?e. Aberdare. Walden, J., Abfrtmnn ?"t.'her-Df?-. 20, Ab,,d-. 11-11?Ir, G. B., Bristol, t'h bUilder-De" 23, Bri.tol. WiUiMm-, J., Cadoxton )?t?-R?ry, nMr Cardiff, bather-D?, 17, Bristol. W:;rtli. T,. Lam¡" 'H, Canligaashirc, lime ?ere??-Ant-DL?.. M.BmM SITTINGS FOR I.A.T I 'XAMINATION AND DISCHARGE. WUlcocks, I., "'e8o!1.Ptll)('' Ware, wine men'ha.o.t-J31\. 6". Donovan, J., Cardiff— D«.V. 2;, Bdftten, J., BritM. w)? twri), bt_D". 20. Ford, J.,Bmtot, feB?ra) shop ?per-Dtx-. 20. B-ii-Y.H-h.,n, 'Lh rre,, gmrryman- r)t)c, 20. Morg? T" WbitehaJI, Gloue vtlmhim,?uu tat-Dm 20, Browning, ;¡sr.'r'2l.li<er-D{JC, 20. W y nne, J., Bri? 11, 21, WIlley, ,r" Brioto!, surgeon-Dec. 2 1* Whittard, Bristol, s» cond-hand clot d',aler-Dtc.. With,j., Bi,t.1, sawyer—Dec. 21. FulBe1J, J, F" Bri.t<> licensed I'ictMl r-Dec. 20. PARTNERSHIPS DII OOLVED. Peppier, J. S., and J. D. Hunter, Bristol, newspaper proprietors. DECLARATIONS OF DIV DENbs. Lewis, J., CAnnartluu, HN:noo \jrtuMller —first dir. of 1. IOd, any Monday, at Mr. Acraman's, Bristol. ETMs, J., Whitt?m.dr?Mr-?n? div. of 1, ?. My Moaiay, ?t Mr. Acramu's. BriQto1. Si A'? L., Aberavon, I.thi,,r-ti.t ai of" &. 3d., any Mo' day, t Mr. Bri.t. 1. L !?, W. ¡: ri:tn;l ::bt'-fir6t di,. IF 10-, any Mon- day, at Mr. Acraman's Bri>tol. Hi. P', Sh,l,t." M.11?tt, b.ild,r-fit di?,f I,. Rt Mr. Itri,tl. Sayer, 8. 8., Brecon, f.rt'wfr?S?tfUv. of&?.- X'f"?. at Mr. Acraman's, Bristol. 6.p,-i,-thid di,Cf M- I Oldham, J" Bristol, W,\fln"" draper—third di\>i>f j.,J,. ,.0' Mun- dult Ht Mr. Armm:.l/;i, Hii-tol.

.J' YB?-All. FREED 1'ROM OajrcriONH."—Yonr aiam other j tab.' eonverted into a genuine billiard table ia :ivo ,mutes. 1 ?e \ML!, &è:, complph'. priw Ma. 6d. Dwrntm M(i jmrt'euttnt j gat^Se.P«^nt Tabh» BJUiards Co., ?, lteth-st j BtteteL J.:J.;

f SWANSE CORPORATION MEKTING. The ovoal monthly meeting of the Town Council, Bot»r& Of Health, aad Bu nal Board was held in the Guildhall, 81, when tb e foUo,"D members were prosent —Mr. r.11erikins (MA #or), Aldermen J. T. Je"kiu. T. Philtip? C. Bath, and G. B. Strick, and Councillors C. T. Wilson (ex-Mayor), S. B Power, Washington Brown, T. Harrj, P. Rogers, T. ) \>well, J. Evans, T. Hopkins, J. Bam, Mareufi Moxha- « W. H. Forester, and G. B. Bro«K. .1 WATCH CONMRTTEN. The hyoy in moving the adoption of the m-nute^ of this committ 4e, stated that advertisements had been ordered W be inaert A in the newspapers circulating within the boroegh, ii '1tneb\JP:! the pollv cl.)thil1 M ugu? A contract bad )JM been entered into wi? Messrs* ¡¡"¡rhes and Son, ironmongers, for tbe snppiy of lamp oil to the force for the next six monthA. A lett tr hlUl been received from Mr. John Thomas, who th PengeUy. one of the po!iœ.dIiC8!l, with ? jyjfity. The committee thought that, before any- thin' 1 was done, Pengelly should be allowed a hearing; and the matter was adjourned, and referred to the town clerk an Jbim-telf for consideration. He moved the adoption of tl « minutes, which was seconded. Mr. HOPKINS inquired as to the payment of portions of certain fees to the polioe superannuation fund, and asked when the bead constable made his report thereon. He ¡ found that large sums had been received at the police-court in the shape of fines, a certain moietyof which ought to go to the polioe superannuation fund. By the minutes jast read there was an item of .£5 7s. 6d. on account of thoee moieties', which he considered a small sum, having regapd. to the large amount that had been received at the court. He also complained of the conduct of the summoning officer, which, he said, woo harsh, and quoted the case of a widow named Pennell, living i. Mansel-street, h.. ?n. he -ged was a l^/rd one, ?b?e vi:nh¿;t;¡tionlIeit-: h\?{'!n: m- pense, for payment of Rl 12s. 5d. The woman had three children; her eldest child died on the 26th of November; she was summoned for the rate on the 30th, having paid a rate on the 25th, a digtreæ being put in tho bo4t? on the 3rd of December, the money being paid on the 4th. He protested against the pressure of poor people, and again protested I tttt tb?? ..nd.,t f 6tdd?., the summoning officer, was unnecessarily harsh. Th HEAD CONSTABLE, in reply, said that none of tbe fine* at the police-court passed through his hands*, and the Enmee Committee bad bis book placed before them e?ery month, every farthing b(:ig accounted for monthly to the Watch Committee. Wih regard to Stadden. he was not a harsh man — just th9 reverse, and was the very man for the ofect: which he Iilled. The constables' fees were fixed b, law, and Stadden had no option in the matter, having hi? duty cl?jy defined, and doing it. He wus always very patient with those iu arrear, and did bis duty well, uo much so, that b. felt convinced if Stadden were to leave the force, he did not know where they would find one to fill his place. He himself would not fill his office for twice the salary which he received as head oonstable. Some further discussion ensued, and the matter WM eventually referred to the Watch Committee, the head constable being fully exonerated from any reflection which Mr, Hopkins's hastily-uttered remarks were understood too imply. The minutes of the committee patsed. GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE. Mr. Alderman JKNKIN, in moving the adoptiou ol tbe mlo- utes of the Property and (icneml Parpowii Committee, said that, with reference to the disputed sum of .£3vl! for quay dues, owing by Messrs. Vivian, counsel's opinion had been taken, and the liability of Mefrs, Vivian had been established. The town clerk would therefore have nothing to do but to appl? forl ay ment, Messrs. Vi,?i.. having g-,41 to ?bid, Wilef;l¡f\cl' 'i,i:ptn 8!tr.J: Rogers for a leas* of the Assembly-rooms at £ 7o a year, for Turkiph baths and w:h-honpes, was deferred. Alett?, had also been received by the committee from the district agent of the Central Awition for t.l)pig tbe S.le of ID- =ting UqnoN on a Sunday, -,i the committee h.i e.- solved to tnk no action in the matter, but to leave it to the Town Council to dispose of as they might thiuk tt. His own opinion was that, while he would allow the rich man to have his glass of wine on Sundays, he would not deprive the poor man of the opportunity of baviug h'sglaz?? (,f Cr. H' e 'o"d the adoption of the minut?. Mr. Alderman RICHARDSON seconded the resolution, alld tbrew out a sug*e.?tion to the promote. f Ti?,ki?b baths hÙ:eu:b: îXf=obîdrnr:O:oid t1'e:t to the assembly-rooms iu every way. Mr. WILSON said that he hoped to see the infirmary building turned into a hospital for contagious diseases, which was so much wanted in the borough. Mr. MOXHAM thought the building was not adapted ior the purposes of a fever hospital. Mr. Alderman JENKIN, in reply to questions, said that there was about £500 owing for quay dues, disputed on th-, m 'nd?? advanced by MeBsNI. Vivian, and which would, 00 I..bt, now be paid without further demur. The minutes passed. MARKET AMD QI/AT. Mr. Alderman rHiu.iPs, in moving tbe adoption ot the minutes of the Market and Quay Committee, sitid that th.) tender of Messrs. Thomas, Watkins and Jenkius, for altera- tions in the market had been accepted for 134)8 11 g., that being considerably lower than either of tke other. There were three tenders sent in. The minutes passed, as did also the minutes of the Finance Committee, and those of the Cattle DjSta:<eR COII: mittee, the head-constable being appointed as inspector, and other formal matters being arranged to give effect to the provisions of the Act. The consideration of tb'» Salaries and Duties' Committee was deferred for a month, the recommendation of the committee that the repori should be printed in the meantime being negatived. USDAY TRADING. The MAYOR read a letter, having reference to ti?e :lJc illWXi?tiDg liquors on Sundays, and moved a resolution to the drt tht, in tL,? opinion of the Council, it was ex- pedient that any measure for the general arrangement ot the laws for licensing publie-howes, beer-houses, and fr,?,.ihmmt-ho??,, ?hould include the prohibition of H." sale of liquors on Sunday. Mr. Alderman PHILLIPS seconded the resolution, and n discussion ensued, an amendment being proposed, deferring the consideration of the subject. The amendment, how- ever, was lost, on a division, by a majority of y to 5. Tbe original resolution was then carried by a majority of two there being 9 for and 7 against. The following voted f< P- the reiolution:-Th? Mayor, and Miamn. PhiJIip8. Roge Buse, Forester, Power, Wilson, Moxbain, Brock, and R 4^h» ardson. The following voted againqt the re^olutio A Messrs. Powel Hopkins, Harry, Evans, 8trick, J( jnkju Bath, and Brown. This concluded the business of the Corporation, ii, business of the Board of Health was proceeded *i WORKS COMMITTEE. The CLERK read the minutes of the Works an' 1 ftnisan-w Removal Committee, together with the repor t of the sur- veyor and that of the medical officer, in all of which reports special reference was made to the state of ( I, j01, Oxford- street, and to a breach of agreement wbic' had been com mitted by the owner in not carrying out b JS promise not to build the premises to be used as a dwellirjg.house. Mr. POWKLL, in moving the adoption of tho minutes, said thvt with reference to the house va question, when tb9 plans were passed some time ago, the owner gave an under- taking that the premises should not be occupied a dwelling. house. This undertaking had been violated, wiCi the result as shown in the reports just read. An application had been made to theoommittec by the Rev. Mr. Higginson, asking for the deduction of 10 per cent, from a claim that bad been made for private improvements, and tho committee saw no reason why they should deviate from the ubual course in such matters. The report of the medical officer was by 00 means cheering; and the comcuttee reoommendod the par chase of a hot-air apparatus for disSfifecting infected clothing, bedding, &c. He was sorry to say that scarlatina still pre- vailed in the borough. The minutes passed, as did also the minutegcf the Waier and Sewers and Fire Brigade Committees. FINANCE. Mr. Alderman JENKIN, in moving the adoption of the report of the Finance Committee, said that during the past month X2,718 had been collected on rates account. There were now arrears of rates amounting to i-6,87-s which included a large amount still due from the Harbc Trust. It was the intention of the committee to go througti the books, and investigate the ?ean clo!dy. The matter was also under consideration whether a portion of the c- poration iiurpli? might not legally W devoted to tbe payment :f, ofi: i:8 lipeiot¡: cnt tion with tbe Local Board, the law having made pro- vision for such an arrangement. Ho moved a reso. tion in accordance with the foregoing, and stated tbtt a report on the subject would be brought up at the nerfc meeting, when he trusted, as he believed, that they would thus be enabled to pay off certain sums that had been lot, outstanding, and be enabled to discharge their liabilities 1 he minutes passed, Mr. POWELL observing that it was time the Hurhn Trustees paid the rates that were due from them, and thiit they ought to be summoned for nonpayment the same poor people were. On the motion of Mr. JENKIN, seconded by Mr. Pr;: LIP8, a rate of Is. in the pound was ordered to be made, Mr. HARRY protesting against the making of a fresh rot. while such a large amount of arrears was owing and re mained uncollected. In reply to Mr. BUSE, Mr. Alderman JKIN said that in the matter of ext-ei^- ing the time for the repayment of loans, the Chancellor ct the Exchequer had been written to on the subject, but DO reply had yet been received. He had himself had an inter- view with the hon. member for the borough on the subject, who told him that the "Henoo of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer must not necessarily be construed into a refusaJ. Some other formal bufdness was transacted, which brought the meeting to an end.

I' At B?hareot, a Roumanian prefect went to an evemn.: j given by M. Valmiresco^, a wealthy person, and :le the d8uhter of the ho,?,? to marry him, "b refused point. blank, when this model prefect-j.ï, name A* LouMustoul1ow-puHe<1 out a pistol and shut her dead. I Art. 75 of the Constitution of the Year VIII. rot existing in Boumania, he was immediately arrested ii, France h;, could not have been touched without the authorisation o i the Council of State. I)R. DE JOKGH'S LWHT-BROWN (\w LIVER OIL — A reference to tie unpreced cJited number of upiuionsl rjmemiuwn- w, v? nof thol ?ty recorded tboir euiphitic appro- b- t, of thL, Oil, ff.,d? tJ explanation .1 Its pivit oclebr^ v.* 'rho i'?ll-)win? hih te?timony, in borne by Dr. Lanktster F K V CO"Jn," o" Central 'Aiddl4??x: —" I deem the Cod Un'r Oil hoM under ),. Jonsrh's 11" eo to b, prefcrahl><-to ,by th,r Mad a-' reg. <()< ?MHiMne? .md ttedicinaJ?eauy." hoS ?y LB capital Ian. Vi.1 Half-pint*, &6d.; Pints, i&. 0u Quaria ?<. >'h1..J¡'Ii%tf:&n', A;Ä;:¡: 41-, ^ttund, Loco >y. Cautiou.—fie*. MBpnMipitd ?,tte 6'. ?'t-jth'" kL><K s?