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r LOSS OF A STEAMER FROM CARDIFF. TUNIS, FEB. 25.-The British steamer Knight 'Jemplar (Captain Henderson) has stranded on Ualita Island, The Knight Templar is a stoamer of i)1.19 tons register, aud bound from Cardiff to Bombay. She left the former port on the 13th inst., having on board 1,760 tons of coal.

I ALARMING ACCIDENT AT A WAKE IN CARDIFF. An unusual event took place in Cardiff at about twelve o'clock on Sunday night. A front room in Ellen-street, Newtown, was the scene of a wake, tho corpse being that of a little boy, whose parents resided on the premises. At the time just mentioned the room was full of a number of sympathetic friends, who, agreeably with the custom on such occasions, wero occupying them. selves with story-telling. Suddenly, just as the father of the deceased had given expression to the words" I'll tell the next tale," an inexpUcable noise, such aa might be produced by the cracking of joists, was heard, and without further warning the entire company found themselves precipitated into a cellar beneath, the candles, coftin, and corpse being tumbled together among tho poople. The confusion was something extraordinary, and it took some time for tho melancholy party to gropo their way to the upper part of the building. Fortunately none were hurt, and the corpso having been removed to another room, it was decided to adjourn the wake.

The remains of the late John O'Mahony were Oil Sunday conveyed to the railway station, Cork, tor transmission to Dublin. There was a procos. sion of about two thousand persons, including numerous deputations from other places, who paraded the principal streets.

I THE HEALTH OF MR. CRAWSHA.Y. General commiseration is felt for Mr. Robert Crawshay, of Cyf.,thf. Castle, in 0 o'8 equenco of the calamity which has recently befallen him. Information from London, whore Mr. Crawshay has gone to consult Dr. Crutched and other eminent occulists, is to the effect that the medioal men hope to save what little sight remains in the right eye. They hold out no expectation, however, of increasing this, or restoring sight to the left eye.

I ALLEGED REMISSNESS OF A': MEDICAL MAN AT BRYNMAWH. Mr. W. Lewis, ooroner, held an inquest at the Alma Inn, Brynmawr, on Saturday morning, touching the death of Benjamin Annolley.a oheok. weigher at the Millfrain Colliery, Waenavon. De. feated went to his work last Wednesday morning asusual, but when he got near the pit he was seen to lall down. Ho was picked up by a man numed George Richards, and assisted into a oot. tage close by, where he expired in eomowhat less than half an hour. The medical certificate speci. fied that deceased (who was about 40 years t: i diL4 from heart disease. In the course of the in- quiry attention was directed to the fact that the medical man (Mr. A. P. Turner, assistant-surgeon at the works), although sent for at about half. past seven a.m did not attend until the poor fellow was removed to his residence, at half-past 11. The foreman (Mr. Hicks) thought this cir- cumstance censurable—most cruel and inhuman. The jury concurred, and the inquiry wasadjourned until next Tuesday for Mr. Turner's attendance.

I MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT KILLAY. About five o'clock on Saturday evening some persons returning from Swansea discovered a young woman lying down on the roadside near the Blaok Boy, Killay. She was in a semi-con- scious state, und epeoohless. She was oonveyed to the public-house olose by, and has not spoken since. She is now under the oare of Dr. Thomas, of Swansea. She is about 24 years of age, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, and of respectable appearance. A letter was found on her ad d ressed to Sarah Brotyn, or Brogden, fr: BOb:C:fnea: :1des: Mrs. Kingston, head nnrse, Swansea Union." She is bup, osed to be the same person who was Jn on 1su:bl:d S:dls:U o:: stanceB by Miss Vivian a short time ago.

I THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 1 The cattle markets and fairs are to be closed I I in Oxfordshire in oonsequence of the oattle I disease.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. I LAUNOWro*The addreM ot Sir Hardinge (:iffard was issued on Saturda l'mornm He hopes that his views aro in aecorianoo with those of the great majority of the constituency. He has always been in favour of a Conservative policy, which, while preserving the spirit of our ConsUtntion, does not reject improvements which time and increased knowlodge render appropriate. J he Conservative polioy involves the progressive expansion and development of our institutions, and he points to the last Reform Bill as an example of what Conservative statesmen are desirous of doing in that direction; also to the im. pro jement of relations betwooJllandlord and tenant, capital and labour, Pnblio Health Aota. and artisanB' dwellings. He asserts that the 'maintenance of civil and religious liberty is a oardinal prinoiple of their Politics. He says that with regard to toreign policy, an English statesman's first dnty is to consider what is best for his own country, and th:8:íud::h ::i\e:e of peao3 ;3:d government among all nations. Sir Hardinge Gmard addressed a crowded meeting of the electors in the course of the da and a vote of e: i::e !af:IO:ry S:dote of OLDHAM.-The nominations for this election, which takes place on Thursday, were issued on Saturday. The Liberal candidate is Mr. John Tomlinson Hibbert, of Urmston Grange, near rroa:tra3 the Conservative Qdi1aie, Mr. Thomas Evans Lees, of WoodSelds, Oldham. The election will prove to be one of the most exciting that has ever taken place in the borough.

P:CANADIAN MBAT.-The AUan steamship Moravian has arrived in the Mersey with 531 quarters of beef and 117 caro&ses of mutton for the E.,Uh market. All the steamers of the Allan line are fitted with conveniences for the conveyance of fresh meat. HOANIBAK'S T?.-Choim teas at very reasonable prices are always to be bad of Horniman's Agents, rh i= w ?n ?very Town. Being direct Importers, Messrs. Horuiman guarantee th. purity, strength, :o t:e p Agents are oomtantly .Ying fresh iipplies from the W'f:oJø. sale London Houm, secured in tin foil packet* wh?. by the delicate Uvow and aro= is pr?e?a They nave 8,M IIpnta for their celebrated packet tea. Af?nttt—CM?t HowA ZM,Bnte?t*ett; Antho. 89, St, MMy-Btreet: Joy, Date«.Met; CoJ. Ni?tMet! ?emick. N. DnftMtrMttPnMt. Scot- land*. 3a Cherry,iLCommercialWtreet. Cow* brid¡el emiet'1 wiuiNmm6 Post- office. POn .Jam.. oUmIR; DOWWS. Rift% ch.mi.t, 179, street. BOLLOWU'S o X=ENT mm PILLS.—Counsel for the delicate.—Those to whom th changeable tomperatam deBlicOaLtWe.-W Thospe etro i z f = k the ::088odh trial should, seek the earliest opportunity of removing all obstacles to good health. This cooling ointment, perseveringly rubbed upon the Takhiins ios o &li?n Loo? =bi remedy for overooming all di.. of he throat = oheat Dtph relaxed tonsils, qore thro4. swollen IJ. or&-u c-urrt6 and bronchitis, uøuaU" 1. =a, t thia season, .y be rr"ted m soon ? di"overed. v A every sympt- banished by Hollo way's simple and etecS?tSSent. This ointmmt and pills are highly oamwmded for the hcwty w)t? whioh th81lSU contend with in. flumm; they allay in an incredibly shod time the 41g. Umlftg bm "d Wwing oougb6

ORDINATION SERVICES. On Sunday morning an ordination BerTice wae I held in Llandaff Cathedral by the Lord Bishop of Llandaff. The follow qq._ gentlemen were dained The Rev. John Williams, Jesus College, Oxford; the Rev. Herbert Griffith, B.A., Pembroke College, Oxford; the Rev. Wil. liam Evans, Abercanaid, Queen's College, Birmingham the Rev. Evan Evans, B.A., Gelligaer, St. David's College, Lampeter; the Rev. T. P. Lewis, B.A., Ferndale, St. David's College, Lampeter and the Rev. Mr. Edwards, Queen's College, Birmingham (ordained deaoon of Cowbridge). The following were the officiating ministers in the ordination service: The Lord Bishop of Llandaff, Archdeaoon Crawley, Canon Beaver, Boss, the Revs, F. Parsons and Fishbourne, minor canons, and the Rèv. F. Edmunds, rector oflooity, near Bridgend. The first lesson was read by the Rev. Herbert Griffith, and the second ty the Rev. T. P. Lewis. The sermon was hod by the Rev. d'ièot:r:teM:: iL?? ? man be over, it is .ed m -towards that a man be eFv. er, it' r e l ?F Aft r the ric. dii. f:diillthf:rr s:;n a ad:in: tration of the holy sacrament took place. The examination for candidates in St. David's diocese took place at the Palace, Abergwili, as usual, but the ordination was held at All Saints' Church, Llanelly, on Saturday. The candidates passed wereDeacons Thomas 6t:r¡::= Rcensed to Aberystwith flli:: James, licensod to Hendy, PontarduWa J. W. Jenkins, licensed to Llanelly; David Sinnett, licensed to Fcrryside; Edward James Hughes licensed to Claero, Hag; John Alexander Wil. liams, licensed to Llansawyl and Cayo. PriowU Rev. Thomas Bowen, curate of Carmarthen ReT. Henry Charles Davies, curate of Llangenuen • Rev. Thomas Edmunds, curate of LUmpter Velfre; Rev. John Scandret Edwards, curate of Llanbedr-pont-Stephen; Rev. J. Edmund Jen- kins, curate in sole charge of Cwmdu; ReT. D. Williams, curate of Carmarthen.

ik LATEST lOTJiLLlGENCK. I K (BELUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) I II EASTERN AFFAIRS. I 1:, MIDHAT PASHA. I ?) Ar?''??'' FEB. 24.—The Augxhurgcr itung, iii au autbontic statu- lit dated from Nupleg, declares tho ItJUer M!?M''U?tPa!<h!ttotheSu)tiHt.oftho-tth 1,1?t,lislied by several English jonrn?Ls, N ,?? entity apocryphal. Midhat Pasha, t § )< ?'?/?'"?' Gazette coutinufs, has never '(tt.utothe SuttaubutiuaroapoctM t ?aMr?'' and ?? never tendered his fesigua- I 1 THE SERVIAN KLKCTIONS. I a pKt?.itAi'H. FKB.?—Acontradtchonts ??y? in olLcÏ:\1 quarter.-i to the news pub- 1 Hhed 1>Y » London morning paper, that dis- ji I I j,?t);u? )'sd occurred at Jagodiua aud KrntjujevaW and other places during the (I election to the Skuptschiua. It is declared (,I, tile that tho elections weM held t ..??tat'vdMturbauceofpuMieorder. I Kl'SSlA AND THE POWERS. I BEKLIN, FEB. -I.-Iu welHuformod it i,,i that the Czar Will cortttiuly await ilik, Of the Powers to his own question before taking any decisivo steps with regard to Turkey. A Prussian officer, just returned from the Russian camp, gives a I i Litrhly favourable account of the Llussian *ruiy and of its preparedness for war. But it is stated, with some positivoness, that the Russialls will in no case commence hostilities liefore the end of March. BKUSSKLS, FEB. -I.—Tho Nord of this evening publishes a letter from St. Peters- burg, which declares that the English Govern- ment will obtain nothing from Russia unless they provide for the event of a fresh refusal of the Porto by deciding upon tho adoption of some means of ceercion. The present attitudo of England might even, continues the letter, rrecipiHltè tho decision of Russia to issuo lrOW a sitnation which is neither peace nor wllr; but which, at the same tiino, imposes upon Russia the sacrifices of war, without a.Aotcliiig her any compensation. I SERVIA AND THE PORTE. CONSTANTINOPLE, i t:n. :a.-lt is beiievod that a complete understanding will be arrivod at to-day between the Porto aud the Servian Envoys, the latter having accepted the Turkish conditions, with the exception of thoso claiming equality for the Jews in j-rrvia, and the right for tho Porte to be dil,lomRticaJly represented at Belgrade, neither ot which appears in the Convention. Servia will be evacuated by the Turkish troops ten days after the ratification of tho tonditioiis of peace by the Skuptschina, Tho Montenegrin delegates are expocted to arrive here next Friday. There will probably be no iortnal prolongation of the armistice, but orders will be sent next Tuesday to tho com- manders of the Turkish forces to keep strictly on the defensive. FEB. -4, EVENING.—An agreement has been established between tho Servian dele- gates aud the Minister for Foreign Affairs lor the conclusion of peace. It is understood t! at Prince Milan wili address a letter to the Sultan announcing his acceptance of the Turkish conditions as telegraphed this morning, that the Grand Vixier will reply acknowledging this announcement, and that a new firman, determining the future position of Servia, in regard to Turkey, will be granted to Prince Milan by the Sultan. The Constantinople newspapers announce that the Persian Minister here has commu- nicated to the Sultan a despatch from tho Bhali, e xplaining that tho objectof assembling troops on the Turkish frontier was solely to prevent depredations by a nomadic tribe, and that orders had now been given to put an end tv this concentration of military forces. RUSSIA AND THE ARMISTICE. ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 25.-Tiioro is no foundation whatever for the rumours which hyo been publiehul by some Vicuna news- T*pers stating that tho Emperor Alexander had ordered the Russian Army to cross the 1'mth on the 28th inst. The armistice con- cluded between Servia and Turkey which ensued upon Russia's ultimatum, terminates, it is true, on that day. Thore is, however, no i reason to believe that Servia and Turkey will > resume the conflict on the 1st March. Tho news received here respecting the nego- tiations for peace which aro proceeding between tho two countries is favour- able. Should peace not be concluded by the 1st proximo, there is no doubt that the armistice would be prolonged. The general situation is unchanged. The replies of the Powers to Prince Gortscliakoffi's circular have not yet been received, and upon them, as j also upon the development of affairs at Con- I -tantinople, will depend the fui tlier measures j vi the Russian Government. S THE RUSSIAN LOAN. I ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 5 -Nothillg is I known here, either in official or financial i irelcs, of the rumourod negotiations between the Russian Government and the house of Rothschild or other foreign bankers for a new Russian loan. I FRENCH OPINION OF THE DEBATE t IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. PARIS, FEB. 24.—The Rrpublique Fran- "<:»e of to-day. comm(?nting upon tho rocent debate in the Hause of Lords on tho Eastmu Question, declares thRt it considers the couric Allowed by the British Cabinet to hRTO been correct, patriotic, and marked by good #enso 1JuougLout. I GERMANY AND ENGLAND.' BERLIN, IEB. 24.—The OJjicial Gazette of ij, Emjnre mentions this evening the des- patch of an English man-of-war ÍJr tho pro- toctioe of German subjects who had suffered ill-treatment in Nicaragua, and adds :—" The readiness with which England intervened with her naval power in behalf of Germans at a place whore German ships of war were not immediately available, is worthy of all our thanks. The principle of solidarity between friendly Powers with regard to the mutual protection of their subjects in distant lauds ilus thereby been again confirmed." THE PAPACY. ROME, FEB. 24.—All the preliminary sr. rfingemcuts regulating the proceedings of future conclaves have been settled, and were tubmittt.d yesterday to the Pope. Thoy in no way affect the principle underlying the action of the conclaves, but merely modify the ceremonies performed previous to tho aieetiaig of the Cardinals. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WASHINGNON, FEB. 24, EVENING.—A Bit] has been reported in the House of Representatives reducing tho effective fctrength of the army, and providing that no portion of the military forces shall be used to support any State Government or officjr until they have been duly recognised by Congress. The joint session of Congress was resumed to-day, and the decision of the Electoral Com. mission. giving tho Oregon vote to Mr. Hayes, was announced. The Democrats objected to this decision, but Oregon was counted for the Republican candidate for tho Presidency, and the count was continued alphabetically. On Pennsylvania being reached, the Democrats lainied that one elector for that State was ^eligible. The two Houses thereupon separ- Itl"], The Senate on assembling atone main. aiued the validity of the Pennsylvania vote, IIH the House of Representatives adjourned fUtil Monday. I BRITISH COLUMBIA. NEW WESTMINSTER, FEB. 22. — The R -cgislature of British Columbia was opened "y the Lieutenant. Governor to-day. A ^spatch from the Esrl of Carnarvon was r'HU recommending the Province to accept 11.1, money indemnity offered by the Dominion fillverhnient as an equivalent for the exten- "Mt of the railway to Esquimalt, and express- St; his belief that the work on the main line be opened in the spring. His lord. despatch has tended to calm the ,trong feeling which existed here on this uestion. (EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MAGAZINE. I GENEVA, FEB. 24.—A powder magazine, with tbe? St. Gotlia?-d Tun. ,,0, has been blown up. Two persons I,,ere ule?. 'las been blown up. Two persons

The Alidland Scotch express, on its way to .??  into soOrne cattle on Saturday mom. irown ,.<? .id and the Pullman carriages were ?l",Imofftheli?e. Fortunately none pf the pas- «???*?? seriously injured, though a delay of ?P-ard. ?,f fnr hours occurred before the train -f'Uld », 6 journey. 'Jo.r '??? if"1 Cement for Broken ArHciM ?- Xt.?errwheM. Kn? Broa., StockpMt. ttj. r? '?'? Bh?-?-A <?t?. 4HhoU bf! w'or thi* cUatnwln* Spla^t :"s   1?? ?,a oth. k,.v. b- tid. FuH prti "I'll- will b? o-t b P-t  I;¡.' Mr. W' \0. QUON.teøaoo. B.J-.

(REUTER'8 TELEGRAMS.) I FRANCE. I PARIS, FEB. 25.—At yostorday's sitting of the Municipal Council of Paris, a resolution in favour of razing the ruins of tho Tuilories to the ground, and replacing the palace by a garden, was referred to a conimitteo. The Gaulois says the lectures which M. Loyson (Father Hyacinthe) intended delivering at the Italian Theatre have been provisionally prohibited. The same journal makes mention of the tumultuous scones which have recently occurred at the Poly technique, in the course of which there were serious broaches of dis- cipline. Order has now been restored. Godefroy, tho murderer of M. Courtofois, has been found guilty with extenuating cir- cumstances, and sentenced to 10 yoars' hard labour. Business was done on the Boulevard this afternoon in 5 per bont. routes. THE SERVIAN ELECTIONS BELGRADE, FEB, 24, ETBNINU. The Court of Cassation has quashed the election of two deputies for Kragujewatz, on accouut of their being under sentence of a judicial tribunal for offences committed previous to their election. The result of the election for Jagodiua is not disputed. Direct telegraphic communication botwoea Belgrade and Oon. stuntiuople will bo restored within the next few days,

A DISPUTED DISPATCH We have received from tie Foreign office the telegraphio dispatch respecting which Mr. Glad. stone made an inquiry in the Houso of Commons It is from Lord Drnby to Sir Henry Elliot, dated August 29th, I think it right to mention for your guidance that the impression produced by events in Bulgaria has completely destroyed sympathv with Turkey that the feeling is universal, and so strong that even if Russia were to declare war against the Porte her Majesty's Government would find it practically impossible to interfere. Any such event would place England in a most unsatisfactory situation. Peace is therefore urgently necessary. Use your discretion as to the language which you shall hold, but you will see how essential it is that the Turkish Ministers should be alive to the situation, and that you cannot be too strong in urging the Porte to a conciliatory disposition."

ANOTHER "SCENE" AT HATCHAM CHUBCH. Tile services at St. James's, tiatonam, on Sunday morning wero performed entirely by the Hev, Mr. Dale, a Jay .a. ?,dig the lessons. At the conclusion of the Litany thoso present who sympathised with Mr. Tooth, who had not joined in the service, rose to leave, and some members of the Protestant Working Men's League at- tempted to close the door* and a scene of consi. derable confusion ensued. It was some time before order was restored. Mr. Dale afterward I gave notice that, in consequence of the indecent scenes which had occurred, he did not think it would be advisable to hold an evening service. I] g observed that everyone was at liberty to leave the church at any time, and had there been no opposition to those who wished to leave there would have been no disorder. Ho also requested thoso gentlemen who had volunteered to conduct people to teats to abstain from doing so in the future, every seat being free. After the prayer for the Church militant about 200 persons re- mained in the church-some walking about, others grouped near the chancel talking aud laughing. Mr. Dale remonstrated with them from the chancel rails, and the service was at length quietly concluded.

I ILLNESS OF MR. JOHN HOMFRAY. I We regret to state that Mr. John Homfray, of Penlline Castle, near Cowbridge, has sustained a severe paralytic stroke. Mr. Homfray has for I some time been residing at Cheltenham.

I SUICIDE THROUGH A VALENTINE On Satarday au inquest was held at Birming- ham, respecting the death of Samh Ann Lydiard, 18 years of age. About ten days ago the girl was twitted for sending a valentine, and shortly f1:rlhenlo:ndv::nd b;n:Y&dt of pota6sium, She was of a very impulsive tempe- rament. An open verdict was returned.

In the London Court of BankruDtcy, on Satur- day, Viscount Maidstone, who was adjudicated a bankrupt in November last, passed his examina- tion, no opposition being offered. The unseoured debts were returned at M,386, in addition to debts amounting to ^620,000, for which charges were held by the creditors upon the bankrupt's interest in the Winchilsea estates. M -TH« VKBI BW»" la '?'* ?*?' S"?" MMIIIM with the new Improvements, wliioh reader It superior to -a -th (or Dreeemaking ad FL.UY use. t imple to learn, oW to work, quiet in ?m4 not "bletogetontofcrdw. Cmbeh"mauyte?of Burohaae at a model U pim Intending parohaaan, 5 ambtt to obttJn Tt?bfrt Pttent 'SX? ??.M-? from ttx»l Dealer*, are raapeottnUy reqoastaA to wad t.r a prospectus t- 97. Chsajpalds, London. S.G. j Great PHffieH, h\8 J nr tbo branch 'ntab.Iun8DŸ J ML su?-.otmt. H?14 -d U% Nickimt.. Wako"u4 ?t 86. Oookharbtown Cardiff 15M7 KIT'S TIO riLLs. a speoiflo in Neuralgia, Faoeaake &pocr.t, .are IOld by &a ChomieU. UY Brothers, Stoek- t?rt.

BUSINE8S IN PARLIAMENT. I Lord Stratheden and Campbell will to-day call attention in the House of Lords to the correspon- dence upon Turkey; and move that an hiitN6 address be presented to her Majesty praying.lbsa her Majo?ty will adopt such measures &A appew to 1:fls:11dt;:ri=; secure adherence to the treaties of M&r?h'?O and April 15, 1856, so far as the Confereuoa of 1871 has re-established them, and to promote the wel- fare of the racos subject to the Ottoman Empire. In the Houso of Commons Sir Charles DUke will ask the Home Secretary to.day whether it is the intention of Ler Majesty's Government to introduce a measure for carrying into effect the recommendation unanimously made by the Select Committee on the Ballot Act in their report of last session, in favour of removing the conflict which exists between English, Scotoh, and Irish legal decisions as to the warking of ballot papers. Mr. Hanbury-Tracy will, on going into Com- mittee of Supply on Friday, the 2nd March, call attention to the inconveniences of the present system of parli ame.tary reporting an i move that a Select Committee be appointed to consider the expediency of providing official reports of the dbbateB. Mr. Sandford proposes, on going into Com- mittee of Supply, on a day not yet fixed, to call attention to the omission from the Blue Book, No. 2, on Turkey, of all mention of the coiveres? tion between Lord Salisbury and the Due Decazes at Paris and between Lord Salisbury and Prince Bismarck at Berlin; and also to call attention to the proceedings of the conferenee at Constanti. nople. The notices of amendments proposed to be moved in committee on the Universities Bill occupy more than four pages of the Votes.

I THE ARMY ESTIMATES. I Tho estimated cost of the army, effective and non-effective services, for tho year 1877-78 is £ 14,538,700, being a decrease of t742,900 com- pared with last year The number of men (in. eluding the staff of the militia forces) on the home and colonial establishments of the armv, exclnsivo of those ssrving in India, show an increase of 836-namely, from 132,884 last year to 133,740 for the current year. The estimated expenditure on tho effective services is put down at .£12,6i3,900, a decrease oomparod with last year of i3U2,400. The charge is divided as follows among the different branches of the service -.—The regular forces, C4,835,2UO (against w £ "5,061,700 last yeftr) the auxiliary and reserve forces, XI,209,100 (compared with XI,337,100 last year); the commissariat and ordnance store estab- (against £ 5,397,000); works and buildings, £ 82S,700 (against £ 815,100); und various services, £ i3i,0u0 (compared with • £ 395,400). l'he non-effective services, which consist of rewards, pay of general officers, pen. SiODS, allowances, &c., are estimated to oost .tl, 894,900 conil)ared with £ 2,2-15,300 last year. If the estimated Exchequer receipts, amounting to £ 0('3,500 aro deducted, the actual estimated oost of the army is reduced to X13,935,2)0. A note "tatcs that the sum contributed from Indian revenues to meet the home and non-effective charges for the regular troops serving in India, which amount to XI,000,000, has been taken in aid of these estimates. Tho total strength of the establishment at home and abroad for the curront year is set down at 190,015 men, a reduction com- pared with last year of 1,966. Of these 99,991 are at home, 3,352 are on their way to or from difti rent stations, 25,079 are in tho oolonies, and CI,it/3 in the East Indies.

THE NEW PROFESSOR OF CELTIC AT OXFORD. Mr. John Rhys, who has just been appointed First Professor of Celtic in the University of Oxford, is a native of the county of Cardigan, and he spent some years of his life in the work of tuition in the county of Anglesey. He was first brought into notice through Mr. Hugh Ow-en, who asked him to prepare a paper for the social Bcience section of the Llandudno Eisteddfod in 1864. The paper when produced proved to be on ls'!phte:nrih\:lheag:g but its unquestionable merits attracted the atten- tion of the late Canon Williams, of Ha.nfMr.yn-' Ngbornwy, who encouraged the author to proceed rogtl' Wlt Ö1:(dag devoted himself to Eastern and Indian languages, principally the and 'on ilda:h1s f;:iles;: Max Muller and others. After the final examina- tions he proceeded to Berlin, where he continued with distinguished success his study of the Sanscrit. Whilst still in Germany he was offered the inspectorship of schools, which he has since held. His election to the new professorship is a source of satisfaction to those who have watched his oareer, and great things are ex- pected of him by those who are best abio to judge of his past attainments.

DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM MORRIS, OF CWM. We regret to announce the death of Mr. Morris, after a painful and protracted illness, at his residence, Cwm, or Coomb, near Carmarthen. Mr. Morris, who for several years has been in a very delicate state of health, died at 11 o'clock on Sunday morning. The deceased gentleman be- longed to a family well known and highly re- spected in South Wales, and was for four years,from !S64to 1868, M.P.forthe Carmarthen Boroughs. His health, which had been somewhat affected by the long hours kept in the Houso of Commons, failed, and he was compelled to retire. Mr. Morris was a Liberal in politics, and a Church- man in religion, but for many years has retired altogether from publio life. The deceased gen. tleman was born in the year 1810, and conse- quently in his 67th year when he died. He was the second son of Air. Thomas Morris, who was high sheriff of Carmarthenshire in the year 1331. His early days were spent in Carmarthen town, where his family then lived, and he was educated at the Old Grammar School. Subsequently he and his brother, Mr. Thos. Charles Morris, of Bryn- niyrddin, carried on the busino33 of bankers in Quay-street, but some years »go this was dis- posed of, and merged in tho National Provincial Bank. The deceased was one of the firiit alder. men elected to serve in the corporation of the county of the borough, and served that office for many years. He was four times elected mayor of the town, and discharged his duties with tact and credit to himsolf. He became in time a magis- trate for the borough, and a J.P., and a deputy-lieutenant for the connty, and in 1858 filled the office of high sheriff for the coanty. He married in 1847. Mary, daughter of Mr. Saok? ville Gwynne, of Glanbran, and leaves a family. Mr. Morris was a man of rare business habits and considerable capacity for work. His death will be very much deplored among a large oircle of relatives, friends, and acquaintances.

TOWN OOUNCILSIAND LOCAL BOARDS. A large deputation ot representative working me. 'h 'd y Mr. Mundella, M. P w.itd the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, and urged the Government to aid the pawing of the Town Council and Local Boards Bill, which has been introduced into the House of Commons, and the second reading of whioh is the first of the orders for next Wednesday. It was pointed out by the deputation that it was all anomaly that property qualification was necessary for a man to act alJ to 1m councillor, and that it should not be so for a member of Parliament. Sir Stafford Northcote promised to give the subject his boat consideration.

AN INSANE BANK CASHIER. A man namen Taylor, the cashier of bank at Franklin, Indiana, recently ?bsoonded, taking with him the ledger and other important books of the bank and all its available funde,.amounting it is believed, to \O::35ÕOOu:'feft°\:d him a short note, stating that Chicago specula- tions did the business," a6d that it would be useless to attempt to ifind him. Three days after- wards he was found in the back room of a doctor's house at Franklin in an insensible and apparently dying oondition, having, it is supposed, returned by railway during the night. Wta? he recovered consciousness he stated that he had no money with him, and that he had left his travelling bag in a car. The dootors believe that he is insane. He said he had been absent six years.

The University of St. Petersburg has elected Mr. E. A. Freeman an honorary member. Midhat Pasha, in a conversation which he has had with a correspondent of the Vienna Hew Free Press at Naples, denies the authenticity of a letter purporting to have been written by him to the Sultan before his banishment, whieh has appeared in several newspapers both in England an d abroad, KAT'S CoKroras ESSEVCX or LIHSFEK* a demulcent expectorant, tcr Coughs and Colds. Bold by all herniate. LAMPLOUGleB FTBKTIO SUI" is most agremble and efficacious in preventing and curing fevers, eruptive complaints, = inflmmation. Have it in your houses and UM no uboUtute, for it is the only M?e antidote, having pecnIiM and Mtctnairo m?rit.. It instantly :s':tIeri':cÍ Ull;tl:.tl given with limeiuioe syrup, is p?.ifl. i. g..t and ve«:m:n:¡ebh and the.n)S?. ?3 Holbo-hiU LondoD T?* *ev. J. Ve?ey, OMm Beaton, Obatteebw7 writes^—X regard the "PECTOMNE" .t valuable OoÁ Milt=*, and tU to whom 1 have pTen it.wi?ontB&t?eMepMon.htT. de?Ted<)-e<d:beMat from 1t8 use. "FECTOBINE" ia -ted to 00A8thma. Jboo Ad a chwt? throst? ?d ton? ;boeuow. i;6-r,& by Smith -d Club. bÓolD. Ogi CiD Botti. ;I lslK9s944o9d.andUA6 Beat ouTwhentacowAMat

CHARGE OF ASBkULt AGAINST A 1 CLERGYMAN. .1 At the Bridgend petty sessions on Saturday Morse, Mr. P. Prioe. and Mr. R, W. Llewellyn), the fter. Roes Priohard, vicar of Landyfodwg, was summoned by one Thomas Davies Iof Ystradyfodwg, for assaulting him. Another summons was issued against the rev. gentleman at the instance of the same com- plainant, under an almost obsolete Act, for swearing. Mr. Walter Morgan, of Pontypridd, appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Thomas Stookwood, jun., for Mr. Priohard. Complainant said: I am a farmer at Ystrady. fodwg. On the 10th inst. I got into a train at xondu, and went into a second-elms compart- ment, and sat on the same side as the defendant. He was in conversation with Mr. Trahorne about money matters. The defendant said he did not care a for money," when witness said, Money must be useful to yonr children, Mr. ;à}U8ebhefsid "Who odd:;{1 you t" Witness said he ought to know him. Mr. 'id,srf is :eg :ek;:Jh=: men." Defendant then got up and said to wit- ness, "Yon are a liar," and struck him on nessZ, a;. He struok him ?gain, and called him a liar more than five times. Did not strike him in return. Cross-examined Did not know that it was not his business to interfere in the conversation between Mr. Prichard and Mr. Praherne. He had nothing to do with the Ystrad hoands. Can't say why Mr, Prichard called me a liar. He said we were" alJ- liars." Did not call defendant a liar. Mr. Vaughan and Mr. Snowden were in tho same carriage. Was not ohaCns Mr. Priohard about the hounds, or about shooting a hare nor betwit him about being a clerglman Did not T?° i;¡ltah}oi&.a Mr. Priohard gnt out M B)aokmiU, when Mr. Vaughan said he had None too far. Mr. Vaughan did not say to wit- Beea, If you had said aa much to me as yon said to Mr. Prichard, I would have struck you if you   big aa a house." Did not then say, lhat s what I wanted." David Traherne, land agent, Pentre-Tstrad, said :he: oomplainant interfered in the con- versation, Mr. w ICK ard said to him, Who are you, the devil P" Witness said he was one of the V.t;ad huntsmen. DefendaLt said, "They are all liars." Mr. Priohard afterwards rose from his seat and wanted oomplainant to fight him and said, "You are a liar; I am a man 62 yoara of age, stand up and fight me." He stood up in the carriage nearly all the way to BlackmiU. He was swearing and using very bad language. Cross-examined: Knew there was some feeling between the parties about the Ystrad hounds. Did not hear complainant call Mr. Prichard a liar. No blow was struok by defendant. As he was getting up he rubbed against Thomas Davies. By the Bench: The words spoken of were used before and after the blow. He (witness) was on friendly terms with Mr. Prichard. Mr. D. Vaughan, agent to the Aber Colliery Company, gave evidence for the defence. He was riding in the train with the parties, and a conversation between Mr. Prichard and Mr. Tra- herne turned on money matters. Complainant said, You must think of your children after you are dead." Mr. Prichard said, Who are you P" Mr. Traherno said, He is one at the Ystrad huntsmen," and then they began to talk about a hare which had been in dispute. Was positive Mr. Priohard did not call Davies a liar. By the Bench: He did use the word d- He said. "D the man, who are you speak. ing to?" Examination continued: He did not strike Davies. He must have rubbed against him,but as to striking him he did not. Witness remonstrated with Davies, because Mr. Priohard was an older ii-an. Cross-examined: Was positive Mr. Prichard did not say "Who the devil are o.'?ll Don't think after the reference to the '¿trad hunts- man that defendant called Davies a liar. It was at Brynnenin Mr, Prichard got up; witness got up also, as he trod on his toes. He did not hold Air. Prichard a4-all, but said "Don't have any. thing to do with Hm," as he could see the drift .11 f 11 oomplainant that he wanted defendant to strike him. Mr. Prichard could not have used the word d- two or three times. Ho (witness) came voluntarily to give evidence. | caThevB'\ij!e :dlo'the case to get: the attendance of a material witness, and at the request of Mr. Morgan they mado tho adjourn- ment for a fortnight. Some summonses, taken out by Mr. Prichard for gamo trespass, were also adjourned until that date, as it was stated they bore on these proaeedings.

I LOCAL DIVORCE CASE. In the Divorce Court on Saturday (before the President and a common jury), the case of Stoyel v. Stoyel and Hannay was heard. It was a hus. band's petition for a divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. Neither of e accused part* 8 ppeared or answered, so that the case was undefended. Mr. Searle was counsel for the petitioner, who stated that he was married to the respondent on the 18th Ootober, 1861. The petttioner kept a puMic-houM in Bristol, and after the marriage they re- sided there. They lived htppUy up to October, 1875, wK en the petitioner found that an improper intimacy had taken place bett?een her ,rtthe co-respondent. In the last mentioned month the petitioner left his home to go on an excursion to Wales. When ho left, he anticipated being awav about a week, bat as cir- cumstances turned up he came :cek in a f:da: It waa late at night when he came home, and when, after some trouble, he got into his house, he found his wife and co-respondent in bed together. —Corroborative-evidence was given, and, after hearing it, the jury, under the direction ot the learned judge, gave a verdict for the petitioner. —The court, in terms of that verdict, pro. nounoed a decree nisi, with costs, against the co- respondent.

I ROMANTIC STORY OF AN IRISH CONVICT. A romantic case is a subject of inquiry before a commission held at the suit of the Attorney- General of Victoria and nine claimants, one resi. dent in Ireland and the rest in Amerioa. The case is one of intestaoy, and the queetion sub- :tlln:aidh!J::Of:ti:at: The amount of property involved is estimated at between t8O,OOO and R90,000. It was realised by one Patrick Cody, who, it is stated, was born in the old gaol of Newgate in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day, 1816, and died in Australia on the 16hJune, 1872. The mother of the deceased was a servant, who was convicted of stealing plate, which belonged to her master, Mr. R. Swectman, who lived in Mountjoy.aquare, Dublin. She was sentenced by the then recorder the city to seven years' transporta- tion, and while awaiting the arrival of a oonviot ship at Cork to take her to New South Wales she gave birth to the deceased, who was baptised Patrick in the Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Michan, which has an entrance directly opposite that leading to Old Newgate in Halston-street. At the termination of her sentence his mother got the run' of the country, and married a freed convict named Buckley. Whether this second 1 marriage was bigamous or not does not ap pear, but t e Buckleys pi-ospered. J: wn tioat an advanced age, and her memory is honoured in poetry and prose, in monumental marble in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Sydney. Her son, having been one of the earliest Betters in Gipps Land, amused a very large fortane and ?6?re a high character for benevolence and recti. tude. After hor death search was made for a will, but none could be found. Whether any existed or not there are no means of ascertaining, as the authorities had alltherecords relating tothoarrival of convicts and other circumstances in their penal life destroyed, lest they should. bring disgrace on families whiJh had grown rich and respectable. Two suits were instituted in Australia, one in chancery, and the other in probate. In the latter a forged will waa set up by a man name d Malier, but the fraud was detected, and Maher sent to gaol to &wait his trial for the offence. Inquiries were instituted by Mr. Ootaviue O'Brien, J.P., of Dublin, and the result is that the present set of claimants have oome forward. In order to esta- blish these rights evidence has been taken by commission in tho United States, Canada, New- foundland, Kilkenny, and now finally in Dublin, before the trial whioh is to determine the quos. tion at issue is held in Australia. A number of old records relating to Newgate, also to registra- tions of marriage and baptism, and of the sailing of the convict ship, were given in evidence,' and the examination of witnesses was closed.

THE EASTER MONDAY REVIEW. A memorandum was issued from the War Office on Saturday intimating that the Secretary for War has approvei of a review of metropolitan and other volunteer corps taking place near Dun. stable on Easter Monday.

At a Grand Lodge of Freemasons, to be held in London on Wednesday week, the Prince of Wales will be proposed for re-election as Grand Master. At the Durham Assizes, Lord Coleridge refused the costs of the prosecution in a night poaching case near Darlington, observing that if the law protected the amusements of rich people rich :U8:a;í:rs:heeo:e; ol;t.;h Becent experiments at Antwerp for lighting up the river and harbour with eleotrio ight have been very sutftessfuL It is believed that this mode of lighting will now be generally adopted for the lighting up of large spaoes. It is stated by the Hatcham Ritualist party that counsel's opinion IS being taken upon the that counosf etl'ho e legality of the breaking open of the church doors. The churchwardens are stated to intend summoning the Bishop of Rochester or the Rev. B. Dale, if not both, for having illegally ordered the forcing of the doors. In effecting this order it is alleged the masonry was At Bow-street polioe-oourt on Saturday, John Thomas Faulkner Colegrove and Andrew Ritchie Hunter were again bronght up and charged with procuring a false registration under the Phar- macy Act. It will be remembered that the former dendaBt engaged the latter to pass in his name a relimi n ary examination at Cambridge. The defe=r9A=::nd:d, a f=:g:r: being granted against another offender. THE MEBTHTB BOABD OF QUARDIAHS met on Saturday, but no business of publio importance was transacted. DB, Bm JoxeWo Lia?m-BzowN COD Livas OIL.- P'd<tttb:enMetMH.heiMiIitywithwhichttt*<UMotedM? distinctive ch?teritios of Dr. de Je"k'. Oed Liver Oil. Dr. GmnvWe, F ,A*8' feather of "Tbe acM ef Qernuar," writesi—Dr. aeJongh'sLight-BrownOed Lirer Oil does not ca1l8e the na- aad ladigestio* too oft- coaseqnent 08 the cmi-A ef the Pale Oil*. Being. ?ore?e< mw& mom palat&W Dr. 0,4.vwe,x pauet. hve tkmod'so mp a pre- ?e::C::0J:B: WL' Sold only ia c&wQW LuverW HaM-ptnht, Zt.ed.' Ptntt, 4*. M. i <?rt<,9t.. by ttU ctemttt!. Note 00, i?t?t A"wlrd. MtO* 77. BUmo4 C.W

I OPENING OF A NEW DOCK AT BRISTOL. ATonmonth Dock-situateil as its name implies at the mouth of the river Avon, a iew miles fr,,m the city of Bristol—was formally oponed on Satur- day. The dock has been ne?*ly nine yeard in progress, the first sod having b?n out in Angut, 1868, and the total cost of dock, lock, ware- houmej, machinery, Ac., is something like ^600,000, or £ 200,000 moro than the original capital of the company. The basin of the dook contains a clear area of sixteen acres, tb I 1,400ft. long and 5Wft. wide, .md it has a :t of water at ordinary tides of 31ft. 3in., while a height of 2Cft. can always be maintained. The dock gates are the highest in the world, having a depth of no less than 49ft. Their width, 70ft :t:; exceeded. The look is 6 t. i;'J 70ft. wide, with a depth of water of over 40ft. The engineer was Mr. Brunlees, C.E., and the contractor Mr.' Lawrenoe, of King's Lynn. The bdraulic apparatus for opening and loi:the ar:;tnlld fÚ:uppl;t:gninlhe six large cranes which SMroand the dock :rttemofr::wet:s p:rdedn by te firo f Sir W. Armstrong and Company, of Newcastle. The dock is in direct communi?tion with the main railway systems of the country by me?ns of the Port and Pier Railway, which runs from Avon- mouth along the side of the river to tho Baspen- sion-bridge, whence the Clifton Joint Extension, under Dardham-down, runs into the Great Western at the Bristol terminus srad the Midland at Fishponds, Within the past 10 years tho river Avon has had its bed deepened and its dangerous angles out off, and new basins have been provided by the oity authorities at the cost of nearly half a million sterling and a dock quite as large as the Avonmouth will be opened next year at Portishead, about twelve miles below Bristol, and to which the corporation, having a large area of property near the docks, contri- buted X100,000, By next year, therefore, quite a million and a half will have been spent in the endeavour to attract a share c f the large ocean- going steam trade to the West of England port, and in the hope of recovering the position Bristol once held of bemg the second city in the king- dom. The inaugural coremonv was of a most aaooeM- ful character. About 700 of the citizens, includ. I ing the mayor, the high sheriff, Sir Charles Wood, deputy-ohairmau of the Great Western Railway; Mr. Ellis, chairman of the Midland Railway Company Mr. W. C. Luoy, chairman of the Sharpness Docks and the Severn Bridge Railway Company; Mr. A. Brogden, M.P.; Mr. P. W. J. Brunlees, C.E., the chief engineer of the docks; the members of the Corporation of Bristol, and many of the leading citizens and the directors of the company, in one of the Irisn steamers, the Juno, left Bristol in the afternoon, and entered the dook amidst the cheers of thousands ofthe assembled citizens, the disoharge of cannon, and general rejoicings. The mayor, Mr. George W. Edwards, performed the inaugural ceremony. About 20,000 people were present. One man was killed while walking on the Port and Pier Railway, where he was trespassing. In the evening the mayor entertained the direotors and a number of tre leading merchants at the Merchants' Hall, at a banquet. At night the city was illuminated, and a? Shorehampton, near the docks, there were dinners given to the poor and others, and the opening of the dock was altogether celebrated with rejoicings throughout the district.

WAIN'S MERTHYR COAL COMPANY. In tne Hnerin s-court, ijondon, on Saturday (before Mr. Commissioner Kerr), an action was brought by the Great Western Railway Company against Messrs. Warsbrick and Co., trading as Messrs. Redhead and Co., for the recovery of a sum of money alleged to be due for carriage of ?;oods from a station in Glamorganshire to Guild- fo rd. The defendants pi?aded never indebted, :fur :nJifa.Jiae :reid1b:d been discharged in payment already made to the Wain's Merthyr Steam Coal Company in satisfac- tion of the present claim. i Mr. White, in stating the case to his honour, said the action WIJ.8 brought to recover .£21 7s 6d for the carriage of fivo trucks of coal from Aber- dare to Guildford in the months of April and May last. It appeared that one of the members of the defendants' firm called upon Mr. David- son,the secretary of the Wain's Mecchyr Company, to ascertain if they would undertake to send them a certain number of trucks of eoal at a stipulate i price, to be delivered at tho Guildford Station, in Surrey. The secretary replied that his company were not in tho habit of dealing so muah in this way as in sending coal per shipment from New- port, Cardiff, Swansea, and the other ports in the neighbourhood; but they would consent to oblige Messrs. Redhead on this occasion. Eventually a contract was entered into, and the arrangement between Mr. Davidson and the defendants was that the price of the coal was to be 7s Od per ton, and Is per ton for truck hire. The whole quan- tity of coal was duly delivered in two consign, menta by rail at the Guildford Station. The money not having been paid, a lengthened correspondence passed between the parties. Several applioations were made by the Great Western Company for settlement of their claim, but the defendants always alleged that they had never entered into any contract or engagement for the payment of the carriage. Mr. Wetherfield, for the defendants, contended that there was no contraot b@tween the plaintiffs as the carrying company and his clients. aseC:ok iI::tcoeh:d' actions almost every day in that court brought by the Great Western Railway Company for recovery of amounts for carriage from parties with whom they had no such arrangement as ledger accounts. But even admitting the existence o' f such a cus- tom, it did not disentitle them occ%sionally to break through it, and seek to recover what they break th?o ?fully and rightly due to them. The defendants had received the coals, and the ph.in. tiffs said they were at the trouble of carrying them, and somebody must pay them for that work and labour done, and they looked to the Messrs. Pedhead for payment. Mr. Wetherfield said the Merthyr Company had since gone into liquidation, and this of course was tho chief reason why the plaintiffs sued the present defendants, who had already paid the carriage to the Merthyr Steam. Coal Company. His Honour said he would grant an adjourn- ment of the case, so as to give the Messrs. Redhead an opportunity of making the Merthyr Company co-defendants. Both parties consented to this arrangement, the oot-ta to abide the event. The case was accord. ingly adjourned for a month.

I ENTERTAINMENTS. THEATBE ROYAL, CARDIFF.-No local lover of Shakspeare will fail to visit the theatre at least oiice during the present week, when the boards will be occupied bv Herr and Mrs. Ban d mann supported by their) powerful company selectcd from the best London and provincial theatres. The reputation of the great German-English tragedian is sueh as to make ercomium a work of supererogation. Whether on the German, the English, or the American stage, Herr Bandmann's masterly conceptions of Shakespeare's heroeii have never faife ( cl to produce a profound im- Eress i on on his audience, and to earn at the Ldof oifï :!gsudju a:ho.c\ for originality and excellence such as only the first tragedians have been able to acquire. "Ham. let," which is announced for to-night, it may be remembered, is the play in which Herr Bandmann first distinguished himself many years ago in London. From beginning to end the thoughtful superiority of the actor was evinced in his power of spiritual portraiture, and Englishmen, as a consequence, had to con. sider the peculiar circumstance-so often indi. cated-of the congeniality of Shakespeare to the German intellect. Bandmann, like Fechter, was a foreigner who, notwithstanding the difficulties of our language—more especially those of Shake- spearian English-compel f4ed at onr hands un- equivocal testimony to his intensity of conception and fidelity of representation. We are sure that the Cardiff public during the week will be only too glad to have an opportunity of showing, in a practical form, their desire to second a timely effort to place the legitimate drama before the. HUTCHINSON AND TATLBURE'S CIRCUS.—The proprietors of this circns are advertising more important variations in the programme of the entertainment for the present week. The comic element is to receive a fresh impulse from the oddities of Oakes and Ashley. two popular e bers of the "nigger minstrelsy," who will appear to-night (Monday) for the first time. Lui f:gtare ::¡e: Raymond tSt also continue their favourably known parts of the proceedings, in addition to the alterations men- tioned in the advertisements. THRATBB ROYAL, SWANSEA.—On Thursday and Friday evenings this place of amusement was crowded to overflowing. On Thnrsday the Duke's Motto was Verformed, and oh Friday "School for Scandal. On Thursday evening next Mr. Melville will as Hamlet, and on Fiav Ètl: ,s.:fllbe:r:a with a pdweMul cast in both instanwo. THE STAB, SWANSEA. The spectacle of Mazeppa will be given this (Monday) evening, at M-ep. ,Z with unusually dazzling and attractive accessories. Other novelties go to make up a thoroughly acceptable evening's entertainment. AMERICAN PANORAMA.— Mr. Hardy Gillard has been drawing excellent houses at the Music-hall, Swansea, during the' past week, with his great Americ an painting, "bowing the whole route tr:riN:: tktgSa:hFro Õ:oJt:e afternoon there was a day representation, which was largely attended by schools and others, the entertainment having a decidedly educational tendency. On Wednesday and Saturday.next there will also be afternoon entertainments, being open, in addition, every evening at eight. Those who have not yet seen the painting should lose no time in doing no.

BICXITT'S Pall BLUB.—The marked superiority 01 this laundry Blue over all others, and the quick appre* ciatim of its merits by the pubUó. has been attended by the usual reawt, vis., a 400d of imitations; the merit of the latter mainly ooasists in the iDøeDui1 exerted, not simply i i imitating the sham but ..ki.g the general ap Pe- (A the wrappers re- semble that of the pen tune utW*. oCThe beg. therefon. to _tioIl all tll7ft8 to "aeoMtft bPZ. B*M' OB?nhtt'h* tsw Itoiiunl-ni 2= Tim us MUUTH. —A few drops of Ow liquid Vloriline" sprinkled 0. a wet tooth Mn*h prodMe* ";a. hther, which :=uchb oleiium the Uwc aI1la pMMitet o* impnriaet, hudem the Xm pMventt arar, sWp ::r:' gives to the Tft* a x PC wly whitoues% dg*hthdhsgranoo ?othtbMtm. I? MOM?! all unpleasant odour &rising him decayed tMtIa or tobaooo smoke. The Tragraat Floriline," being com- posed in of houw and sweet herbs, u delioioas to thetMte.andUM?'tMtteOetditoovatyat the<? Prteeat<d.,c< tNChmtttjhtMdPjetmmtt. Prepared by Rom 0. ø.u.r.v. <M73te Coven, ASXBBA, Baoscams.—Hedioal bwtinow 0090 4%= medicine fa Tj offeatud ia the fSX of these dangerous maladiee aa Kurnro's Oovas L wans. One Lozeage slene rives relief, on* or two at bodum OM)n« et? aJ.r¡t;- =' bene, at Is ltd and M. They wntga 80 opial or pt S!ttt<et d?S)<. ycen Bee amef

I RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. I BUBBY POET GWEI(DROIATH VALLMR. ine nan-yearly general meeting ot tne snare- holders of the above company was held on Satur- day, at the offices of the oomoany, No. 80, Cole. mao-street, London General George Alexander Malcolm in the chair. The directors' report stated that during the past half-year their undertaking had been slowly bat gradually recovering; the balance carricd to the net revenue account showed an in- crease ol .61,153 over the corresponding period of last ycar, and that the net revenne was suffi- cient not only to meet all claims on the company for debenture stocks and bonds, &o., but to con- siderably reduce the adverse balance of last year. The secretary (Mr. Russell) hariug read the notice convening the meeting, the Chairman moved the adoption of the report and accounts. -A short discuFiBion then ensued, in the course of which the chairman explained, in answer to a question from a shareholder, with reference 4o the fourth paragraph in the report, whioh stated That the directors had entered ints an arrange- ment with the Gwendroath Valloysline to supply the # steam power to work their traffic at a minimum rate of pay, or 40 per cent, of their groes receipts; an eth?, ,t the teras of that agree- ment had been introduced into a Bill, which the oirectors had considered necessary in the interest of the company to lay before Parliament, to ex- tend the time to complete the works sanctioned by their Act of 1864, which would otherwise ex. pire in August next;" that the advantage they would reap by this arrangement would be in creased accommodation and facility for the working the line, and that mutual benefit would be the result of such a plan.—Mr. Russell stated that there had been a general diminution of expenses during the half-year ending December last, and that they had a revenue almost equal to what it had formerly been, upon a lower tariff- rates and tolls having been reanood -which was a very satisfactory state of things.—fhe Chairman bavin? stated, in answer to a shareholder, that r:r::f¡;t;n the report did e::hi the powers asked for by the directors in the Bill were sanctioned, the report and acoounts were Carried.—The meeting then formed itself into a special meeting for the consideration of the pro- posed Bill. I NEATH WATER. On Saturday, the ordinary general meeting of this company was held at 7, Queen Anne's Gate. St. Jame's-park, Westminster, to receive the audits and statement of accounts for the half-year ending the 31at December last, and transact other %usiness. The chair was occupied by Mr. Thomas J. White,who,after some formal business had been transacted, stated that the anxious attention of the directors had been for the past year directed to the steps necessary to be taken ttfoft::ts:pl water to the districts of Neath, Skeweu, and Briton Ferry, and they had now to congratulate their follow- shareholders on the works which had been carried out, and the extensive increase of storage which they had made as well as that which it was intended to carry out. The directors last year purchased the water rights and mnd on the Darran estate, and they will commence the reservoir and the necessary mains for the supply of Skewen, having a population of about 4,000, who are greatly in need of a water supply. They have also completed an agreement by which they have acquired six acres of land at the northern end of the upper reservoir, by which thoy will obtain a very important addition to their present supply at an elevation of 200ft. above the town. The filter beds were brought into use on Monday last, and worked very satisfactorily. The proprietors might feel assured that no efforts woula be spared on the part of the directors in making the com- pany not only remunerative to the shareholders, ut also to afford a water supply tending in every way to "\)mote the increasing prosperity of Neatn iisurrounding dis- tricts. Seeing the work* in progress, the rapid growth of population which must follow, and that there were nearly 2,000 houses still ungupplied with water, the directors felt that they were justified in the course which they had taken. One district, which had been described by the Registrar-General as abed of fever, was now free from that reproach. (Applause.) The report was unanimously ado tted. On the motion of Mr. M:ClYS:le:ooned by .tiw akf;d: the following resolution was adopted 1" That a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum be paid on the paid-up capital of the Neath water undertaking, pursuant to the resolutions of the 28th February, 1874, and that suoh dividend be made payable on the 20th March next. Resolutions were also adopted to the effect that Mr. Francis William White be appointed secre- tary in lieu of Mr. C. H. White, the latter gen- tleman having resigned; that the directors be empowered to create and issue debenture stocks :1g:rei:;sr:e eeJi:;e4idt ioli: of mortgage bonds of the Neath and BriWn Ferry de:8b:;eïi;esatfh:;dftoti:r W time fall due. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to tho chairman, LLYNVI AND OQMORE.—-The following report of the directors, to be submitted to the meeting to be held in London on Wednesday, has been issued:- The accounts embrace, for the first time, the capital ,?,?ipt..ad expenditure f the C.rdid .ad Otrnoro veit¡'¡'SP:h¡;;Uohtdd w?ttm i Llyn,?i and Ogmore Railway, under the Act of 1876. The Great Western EaUway Company having prorided, as i. u?ml, under the tcms of the agr?ment, the amount required to pay the dividends ou the Llynvi and Ogmore capital, the directors recommend that the same be declared for the six months to 31st De. ceinber last, payable ou the 5th March next, vl2. 5 por cent. per annum on the Preference Stocks, 18.55, 1862, and 1872. 6 per cent. per annum on the LI,nv. and Ogmore Ordinarl Stocks 6 per cent, i?c aifuum on the Cardiff Ordinary Shares since the date of the opeuing the 2.d? Jctober last. 4-t per cent, per annum on the £20 Shares of the creation of 1874. The Great Western Bailway Company have ren<.1ered ac. counts showing that there are uo excosa gross receipts for,the year endiujj 30th June, 1876, whilethe debenture interest and the dividends on share capital issued since EOth June, 1873, for carrying out the now works and Government duty amount for the year to £5,265 7s lOd. As stated iu the report to tho half- yeorly meeting held in February, 1875, the bitlauce chargeable against future excess gross receipts, was on the 30th June, 1875 &1,637 4s 4d, which added to the bove snm makes a total amount of £6,90 Us 2d (according to the accounts reudered by the Great Wes. tern Company), rweivablel by that company out of future excess grom receipt, before the Llynvi and Ogmm m?i? any portion of such excess gross re- 6:e ThiÜ;:i and ir:II'cE.r:stht the amount receivable by the Great Western Company is less than the above sum, and (m stated in the report of February, 1876,) the matter is under reference to the standing arbitrator of the joint committee of the two companies, I '1 he depression in the staple industries of the districts served by this company's railways, viz., the coal aud iron traces, still cont;nues uuabated, and until a re- vival takes place in these industries, no material iii. crease in the gross receipts should be looked for. The ironworks have not beeu at full work, and some of the collieries are partially closed. The directors in the reo jiort to the meeting of the 4th September, 1874, recom- mended, and the shareholders approved, that the aniountat the debit of "revenue suspense" in respect of the revenue accounts prior to J une, 1873, be gradually liquidated out of theJ ?mpauy'o share of the excess grcss receipts. The amount at the debit of the suspense --ut is by the balance-sheet ,il'le19ugr.ï:. :J'dft tthi. t..e dil:o"s: recently had to coi-sider a claim 'put (forward by the Great Western Company under the 19th article of the iigj cement, for ?epain to the rouing stock, and consi- I?ri. the r a ions between the compani?. they have t utit i?;ble to settle ti 'ii for the f £ 5,000. which will make httr£2Û 19. ,e l\ regard to the "wount of this debit .ad the l'rseu. de- pi eased state of trade, the .directors will consider and ic-coinmend the shareholders at the next half-yearly meeting^ whether some other mode of speedily liqui- dating this debit than 'hat which was previously re- commended and approved by the shareholders, should be adopted. The Cardiff and Ogmore Valley Rail- way was opened for -public goods traffic!,on the 2nd October, and the Pyle Junction Line for general traffic, on the 13th November last. The Smoky Cot Deviation and the Pencoed Branch aro finished. and on the Northern Extensions the Cymmor Viaduct has been completed, and only 180 yards of the tunnel re- main to be driven. The directors remind the share- holders that, under the agreement between the Great Western and this company scheduled to the Act of 1876, the Great Western work the Llynvi"and Ogmwe undertaking in perpetuity, and that the interest on the .18.7d6?, ,t.ki. g ftr'g. diid..d.11 the  t.?k? .ad del,e.t-' and the dividends on all the stocks and swes of the Llynvi and Ogmore Company, nnd the ?C1,3W per annum for pen? of management, are the first charge on the l,ro? rf?mi ?s of this company'. undertaking, S:ls:tKs gr":ss iP:morf?;S Gr:'tde: R?il?.y Company from aU tra1IIc exchanged be. ween the two companies. Such gross rmeipta of the two companies for the year to 30th June, 1876, amounted to not less thau £100,000, The total delientureiuterests .ad di,ii?.d? .11 the company's shares and t-k. i.-cl?di.g the Cardiff and Ogmore, issued to 30LI? June, IT, 6, -t J.? ..? t a" 000 Th. dir.tr, :r;il:ot Mr. Ar??'b?ld F. P?Wf, ;¡ro .Jn Brogden, M.P., and Mr. Henry Brogden, who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The auditor retiring is Mr. Robert Fletcher, who offers himself for re-election. PEMBBOXB AND TB5BY.-The fqllowing report of the directors will be laid before the thirty fifth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders, to be held in London to-morrow :— The directors beg to lay before the shareholders the statement of accounts for the half-year ended 31At December last, which shows an increaseof £ 40115s IOd in the traffic receipts ascomparedwith the correspond- ing period of the previous year. There has been a de- crease of 9127 It 6d in the revenue expenditure u similarly compared. Owing to the general depression in trade, several of the worb &ud -l'iri- adjacent to the line have been putiauy *load, thereby w?Jder- ,bl y ff -tig tho frffi. -ipt.. The pl?- of the proposed -L,Jn to d wtr t kPo:rin, ;i?or? kisven. have been pmpu-ed, and your directors ? negotiating for the carrying out of the work. The passenger dty continues to pms severely m this win = your directors trust that the steps being taken to obtaiu the abolition of this- be successful "i an early date. After providing for the interest on loan capital and all hed charges, your directors are enabled to declare a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum on the preference shares of the company, carrying lonrard.. balance of el37 10s 6d to next ac. count. This result compares with 3 per cent, per annum for the corresponding half-year of 1875, &12d a I balance of £92 10s 3d carried forward.

I NEWPORT BOARD OF GUARDIAN The weekly meeting was held an Satarday, Mr. Woodruff presiding. Mr. Bircham, the inspector, was also present. It was reported that there were 240 paupers in the workhouse 239 in the corresponding week of last year. Christopher Finnighan, aged 6t, died during the week. Receiving out-relief, 1,017 adults, and 637 children, at a coat of JE163 13a 7d. In thi schools were 143 children corresponding week last year, 137. P°" tf I A BEMONSTJIANCE FROM THE LOCAL (IOVERN. u MENT BOARD. Jnr. ijiBCHAM said he had been requested by the Local Gorernment Board to call their atten- tion to the correspondence between Newport and Cardiff relatiro to a woman afflicted with a loath- some disease, who had to seek relief at the Cardiff Workhouse. He did not propose to go into the merits of the dispute as to that case, but to ask them to consider the larger question whioh arises from the refusal of the Newport Guardians to ad. mit paupers suffering from a loathsome disease. Ho did not for a moment question the wisdom of the guardians in refusing to intermingle the treatment of persona suffering from such diseases with those who occupy the ordinary sick wards. What he wished particu- larly to do was to lead them to abandon the policy they had hitherto pursued with regard to these cases. They were highly contagious, and ought not to be treated at thoir own houses. To leave them to be dealt with at home was not only wrong in itself, but against the spirit of legisla- tion on such aubjeots. He pointed out that the direct result of the polioy of this board was to drive these cases to Cardiff. That was an injus. tice to their neighbours. He suggested that the ::r:eh::tt address tef!edt; tion, and perhaps they would find it advan- tageous to appoint a committee to report on the su t ject. He further stated that^it was very seldom he bad to find any fault with the manage- ment of this union, hverything was managed very creditably in this union, and their work- house was the best in his district. It was this one defect which he asked them to remedy. Mr, GKTHING asked if there were arrangements in other workhouses of the distriot for suoh cases P Mr. BIBCHAM replied that at Cardiff, Swansea, and other similar towns in South Wales, pro- vision existed. He could not understand hovr a seaport like Newport should hesitate to provide the necessary accommodation. Mr. GETHING asked whether Newport would bo protected from places like Abergavenny, Mon- mouth, Tredegar, and Chepstow? Mr. BIBCHAM said there was some provision at the workhouses of thoso places, although he could not say there were lock wards in them. fhe CLBRK: Have the guardians any power to retain such cases until they are cured? Mr. BIECHAM No; but you will find they will be very glad to remain until they are cured. Mr. BROWN said 20 years ago this union had such a provision, but as Cardiff and other towns bad not, Newport was saddled with more than its share, and the guardians determined to put an end to it. He thought the time had now come for Not to ;vid:C::tfoa: nTh;:¡;b I as well make up their minds to deal with the question. There was some further discussion, and it was resolved to send out circulars to discuss the question at the next meeting. THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACT. Mr. BIBCHAM said there were two points in tho last Elementary Education Aot which he wished the guardians to consider. One was that they ;nfda;: ;o:hd:ilOo?f:es f; ;.tpa;eè children when they were satisfied of the inability of the parents to pay. The second was, that where a school board did not exist, the guardians would have to appoint a school attendance com. mitttee to carry out the provisions of the Act. There were 40 parishes in this union, in 12 of which there were school boards. About 46,000 of the population were in the school board districts, and from 12,000 to 15,000 would have to be looked after by the school attendance committee. There need be no misapprehension. If school boards remit the fees, well and good but once those persons who were unable to pa came frtl: :di::n:hth:;r;ea;:pbfe,cd must inquire strictly into every case. The country guardians would have principally to deal with these cases, and ke begged them to consider that those children who were best cared for in the mat- ter of education would be soonest tit to go to work. He also pointed out that the school attendance committee were empowered to appoint local committees. Whether there were by-laws or not, a magis- trate's order would be sufficient to send a:child to school. He hoped the guardians would cheor- fully carry out +he Act. Parents would have the option of selecting any school they liked. There was no discussion on the subject. RATING CERTAIN PROPERTIES. Mr. BROWN called attention to a matter which had leceived considerable attention, the rating of the Park-mile, from which Lord Tredegar derived a nett revenue of £ 5,000 a year. Till lately the property was rated at £5, but now it was rated at JS8. A Bill had been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Sclater-Booth relating to the valuation of property. There were no provisions in the bill to meet the CMe of the Park-mile, or any similar case, of which there were several in South Wales, He moved that at the next meet- ing of the assessment eommittee the attention of Mr. Sclater-Booth be called to the case of the Park-mile and other similar properties with the view of theii being rated like similar undertakings. If this were done, X800 a year would be added to the rates of the parish of St. Woollos. The CHAIRMAN seconded the motion, and it was carried. There was no other public business.

I MERTHYR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. The nomitation of candidates was closed at four o'cLck on Saturday afternoon, at which time it was found that the names of 31 persons had been sent in. Those nominated were as fol- low :-W. Bell, civil engineer (Roman Catholic) J, Beynon, collier (Independent); Rev. J. M. Bowen, Independent minister; G. T. Clark, gentleman (Churchman); E. Clay, station-master (Churchman); Rose Mary Crawshay, wife of Robert Crawshay, Esq., ironmaster; W. L. Daniel, chemist (Independent) D. Davies, grocer (Baptist); L. J. Davies, licensed victualler (Roman Catholic); Rev. W. Davies, vicar; R, Evans, ironmonger (Methodist); J. Fergusson, oil merchant and commission agent (Indepen- dent) J. Gabe. builder (Independent); W. Harris, merchant (Baptist) Rev. J. Hughes, Calvinistic Methodist minister; T. Hullot, veterinarian (Churchman); J. W, James, surgeon 0. W. James, B "tIil minister; R. T. Jeremy, draper (Calvin- istic Methodist) J. Owen, fitter (Unitarian) J. Price, tailor and draper (Baptist); W. H, Priest, supervisor of excise (Churchman); W. B. Purtou, Catholic priest; Rev. T. Rees, Calvinistic minister; W. Sharp, grocer, &e. (Independent); W. Smyth, ehemist and druggist (Churchman); T. S. Thomas, grocer (Baptist); T. Williams, gentleman, J.P. (Independent); D. Williams, brewer (Churchman); N. R. Williams, Unitarian minister and C. Wilkins, head postmaster. The 31 candidates nominated as above may be clat3?d as follow Church (including Mrs. Craw- shay), 8 Independent, 7; Baptist, 5 Methodist, 4; Roman Catholic, 3; Unitarian, 2; and two may, perhaps, be Raid to belong to no denomina- tion in particular. Mrs. Crawshay has already sent a ?tter declining to serve on the boar y Mrs, Crawshay states that having already served the public there for three years she thought that was sutScient. Doubtless before the ht March, the last day for sending in withdrawals, some ten at least of the candidates will retire. The new board will consist of 13 members, instead of 11. There was one vacancy already on the old board, and two of the old members-Messrs, Williams (Duffryn) and W. Morgan are not renominated

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M.uo8 and Honorary Lieut.-Colonel I. Sclwyn Payne has been gm.Ued to the fall-* of lient-oolonel. Two GR"D CONO=Ts weNlteld at C,&rdwm on Friday in aid of tAe funds of the 1st O&r Riff. VOLtLUteer Clonw. The proo"v?ge pas" off with p*ass> AT MRSTUM POLICE.COWBT on Sfctardasr, John Price, fitter, oi PnydiLwen, was oharmi with deserting his children since the 28rd Sep- tember, 1870, and was sentenced to two months, hard labour. THE INHABFTANTH of Brynmawr will be ¡rIM to learn that notification bam = remived Vm the General Post-offioe stating that arrangemeats have been sanctioned for improving the dehvw of letters in the locality. AT YSTAI.YFKIIA an inquest was held oa Satur- day, relative to the death of John Walter*, A collier, whose back was broken by a fall of oed at the Brynmorgan Colliery. A rerdiot of Accidental death was returned. AN INQuzRT was held on &tnrday AFTERNMA at Alleston Mund, Forest of Dean, on view of the body of &youth named AJbirt Powell, who w.. =, the pievious Thursday by falling d*wm the egld: &Ür:rs&e' = dental death" was returned. TNE LLANWONNO !kHOOL BOARD will CONS" of the 'foUowin -embera Messrs. A. Omle, pfon;if;ond:.e;tM;s;h' f-: Jones, Mountain Ash; Mathew Waym Morgaa. Troedyrhiw Trwyn Bev. T. C. Phillips, M_. tain Ash E. loberts, Mountain Ash; and Mr. Jaris WiUiams Porth. Twelve gentlemen HA4 n:d,o;;f ,,=l;eefe::er à:: avoid a contest. AT LLANDILO PBTTY SESSIONS, on Saturday, David Davies, of Towy.terr&ce, was lined AI and costs for having in his possession an ouaoe too short in weight by I of a dram, and a yard measure also too short. Defendant said that though the measures were in his shop they were not in use at the time.-For an assault cosa- mUted on a traveller in A London and North Western carriage, on the 10th instant, Aarea Williams, of IJandebie, was fined .£2 and costs, I Cposs-suxmomsxs have been heard at the Breotm county petty sessions in which two sh(?phords- William Jones and John Evans, of CsntriŒ- charged each other with assault on the Breoaa mountains, on Sunday morning, Fob. 18th. Jones alleged that Evans struck him down across TFCS face until he became insensible, and liB" averred that Jones wu the ?re,r, THS B:r:hnT::n, =d der'i:rpa¡:: to pay their own costs; the case ag.-t Jon- was dismissed. THE TESTIMONIAL TO MR. BROAD, OF CAB- MAETHEN, was presented to him at a mo?*tlg at a meeting at the Boar's Head, in that town, Saturday. M. B. Ctrver 4 Wonallt, pr«- sided and made the pre;;ntation, which HA4 been subscribed for to recognise Mr. Bro&d' vices in introducing stnd hor8es into the coun. and to recoup him somewhat for heavy losses k* had sug ne? in the death of several valnabls animals. The amount reJised was IL31 le". and it was presented in a handsome morssss purse. THE COLEFORD LOCAL BOAED met on Fridar Mr. J. Trotter presiding. The Inspeotar re- ported that the three-inch pipes bel.? we kry t:;e defectively laid, ttilf.: L?o w 7 ter found its WBJ into them.-The Cledc inquired if the inspector would give a certificate to the contractor to enable the board to ad- vance him a further sum of money on aoooant of, his contract. The inspector objected to do so. and it s deoidcd that at present n. farther sum should be paid to the contractor.—The stv- veyor handed in tenders received by him for the repairs of footpaths, but the board postponed the 8ect THE OAKWOOD EXPLOSION FrKD COMKITTBB (Maeeteg) have just issued their annual state- ment of accounts. The fund has been in existenas five years, and during that time 15 widows and orphans have been relieved. Eight persons R*. ceive relief at present. On account of the amaa- ness of the fund, occasioned by the amount Of weekly allowances, the eommittee have resolved to reduce the weekly payments. Major Tarber- ville, the chairman, has, however, given instr. tions to the clerk to pay the widows and orphans at the same rate as hitherto, intimating at the same time that he will give a cheque for the ?A. d?tional amount for the ensuing year. AT THE PEMEBOKE BOBOUOH SESSIONS, Saturday, James M'Carthy, for fraudulently ea- listing into the 41st Regiment, at Cardiff, oa November 8t4, 1876, was eentenced to threa M the' imprisonment with hard labour, as a rO Ft? and vE b ond. This makes the sixteen th fu: W :o vbb:e c:¡c:dk: ::s ::f fraudulent enlistment since November last. It was mentioned that this is the last case of the kind that will be dealt with by the magistrates, and that in futtte such men will be tried bF court-martial, and if convicted will be sent fer penal servitude for a period not exoftdingfive years.—A gas rate of 3d in the £ was signed for the parish of St. Michael. A GENERAL MEETING of the Bedwellty ana Mynvddislwyn Agricultural Association waa heift on Saturday evening at the Greyhound Iaa, Pontllanfraith. The president. Mr. W. Wa.t presided. The total numbor of entries was sta- to be 46. Several arrangements for the forth- coming ploughing and hedging match, to be held on St. David's Day, were made. Among other subjects discussed was that of the sort of leek t. be worn by the members. A proposition in favour of the natural vegetable was followed by as amendment that an artificial leek should be worn. Speoiweua of the latter were submitted, and oa the votes being taken ithere were found to be 11 for the leek against seven for the imitation. AT THE BaECON CPONTY PETTT SESSIONS, on Saturday, John Monald was cent to prisos for two months for leaving four of his childroa chargeable to the Breoon Union for the last two years, at a cost to the union of X50.-D&Yid ïia °S:a, at eM.uO->J £ 2 (the full penalty) and costs for being drunk on the highway near Brecon, on 20th P??bruary, whilst in charge of two horses and a waggon, &u. for thus causing damage to some furniture he was conveying, and to the harness of the horses. Defendant was further fined tl for the damage to the furniture, and 10s for the damage to the harness. The Bench stated their determinatiaa to put down this sort of thing amongst fan* servants. AT THE PONTTPOOL PETTY SESSIONS, on Sat- urday, Henry Holder, a powerful young mam, surrendered to answer a charge of unlawfully wounding his mother on the 5th instant, at Snatchwood, near Abersychan. Mrs. Holder, who suffered severely from an assault said ta have been committed by the prisoner, refused ta press the charge, and therefore the magistrates contented themselves with binding Holder over in the sum of X20 to be of good behaviour for 1& months.—William Davies was c,argod with tres- passing in pursuit of game on the Pontypea :kme uÄ:sf1ae Dfønt::ntd::l the offence, and as he had been previously C08- victed the bench inflicted a fine of £ 5.— James Jonee was charged with a similar offence oa Sunday last. Eight convictions for trespassing ia pursuit of game were recorded against" Jonea, who had twice been fined.£5. He was now sea. tenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. AT COLEFORD on Friday a publio meeting was held to consider the best means of maintaining the Clearwell Cottage Hospital, built by tho late Dowager Countess of Dunmyen, and endowed with the legacy of '£1,000 by her, subject to oea- ditions set forth in the gift. The Bev. T. Hol- :h::àá d t'unfe:s: effoetw means were devised for carrying on the institu- tion, the oommittee would ,,e to tke ask steps as might be necessary to enable the? w hand back the property, together with the endow. ment, to the trustees of the CleirweU estate. Mr. Liickus mentioned that he was pleased at having received several very satisfactory replies to his letters, adding that TH^ might depend upon something- like X". Besides private donations already promised, there were new corners in the district from whom they might expect aid, and at any rate they might have an addition of .£30 or.£40 per year. As treasurer bereoommended that a further tri of six months should 00 made. It was eventually decided not to close the hospital at present. TRill BLAENAVON LOCAL BOARD MEETING Was held on Friday night, Mr. Thomas Hemming pre- siding.-Bills amounting to JE50 2a 10cl were examined and passed; but onefor X43 as 6d, the cost of a reel and hose snpplied by Messrs. Hard, Tyler, and Co. (through Mr. C. D. Phil lips, of Newport ) was re j ected, the wrear U&lifOS:g: b='. t "f was requested to write to Messrs. Hayward, Tyler, ?d Co., askiug them to take the Tyler, back and supply the quality the ba" ;:ndk ahd suy t:y -hHi: the medical officer of heaUt has beeu paid & aalwy of 425 per annum, but that was deemed an inade- quate sum, and the board decided that the salary should be increased to J £ 50.—The report of the medical officer (Dr. C. B. Ball) stated that, the health of the distriot had been fairly good during the month. The number of deaths during the month was eight, and of these three were due to zymotic diseases, viz., scarlatina, diphtheria, and croup.-Mr. J. G. Lowe made a seooad demand on the board for payment of .£1 1", being the value of a mackintosh coat which he spoiled by falling over an obstruction consisting of A heap of lime near the National Schools. After some conversation, Mr. Kaye groposed that the money should be paid, at the motion was not s conded, and fell through.— Dr. Ball complained, on behalf of his assistant, of a dangerous practice in Blaenavon of suspend- ing clothes lines so low down as to be dangerous both to equestrians and people on foot. The evil used to be remedied by cutting the lines, but now wireonea were used. It was proposed that the surveyor should take steps to stop the nui- sance, but Mr. Williams said th: beat mo" of dealing with the nuisance would be to summon one or two offenders before the magistrates.—Mr. Williams then called attention to the fact that there was a great destruction of property by boys an BnnJ8, he fund fult wi& the P-li- stationed in Bl- avon, who refused to interfere to prevent these depredations on the ground that it was not their duty. He should like the board to have a police force of their own and he proposed that an ad. '*ur"ed moetmg abould be Wd on the 9th iut, ta discuss this subject. The motion was udecl by Mr. Kaye, and agreed to.—In reply to a ques- by Mrt. he l?Cclrk stated that the board owed £ 338, which -as an increase of £ 3G comparod with the ei,p ding perid Wt Clrk read a I.tt.r from the Local Government Board acknowlbdging the reoeip tof a memorial Draying that so muoh of the panah of TreTethia as Ï8 m the Blaenavon Local Board distriot should be taken from Pottypool and added to the Aberga- venny Union. The Board promised that the me- morial should have their beat attention.

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