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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE BULGARIAN THRONE. A NEW CANDIDATE. Tue 1' l'eterjburg cjrrespondent 01 the l)aj' hears nn tllb autlwuy Uut a new caD- diJ.ue fir the liulgarUn tlirone in about to eOD1e f'r(J in ttitt person of the son of "riaee Vogo. nje«. 1 niyoun^ nun is at present in St. Peters- burg, and there i, good rll&")/1 to believe that hi, CtI"J:J.ture i. rather favouraoly re;:ardeJ by j(J.> RUSSIAN INTENTIONS. CKNTKIL SKWS TKLEOIILM.L VIENNA, SATCRIHT. i hoar from a well-informed snurce th.it l\u3iia bu malie 8 proposition for a dl5CUi3ioo WtW8eO tbe Powers as to the most desirable settlement of the Bu'. £ i:ian question. This is taken in diplomatic c:rcrfs here as a foreshadowing of an improved state in political affair*. THE DELEGATES IN I'AIIS. t" BTVTKU S" TSLZOBAMS Pi HIS, SATUKDAT. The Bulgarian I)elegutes arrived here at nine cVNck last night, and alighted at the Hotfcl Liver- P' Tnev have requested an audience of M Fpurens, and will probably be unofficially received bv the Minister for foreign iffairs on Monday r»*t The lJeL'te9 al.0 intend to visit M tioblet, the Premier, M tit1 Freycinet, M Jules Ferry, M. t iemonceau. and other political person:iges. They will renew at Paris the representation" which they made at Berlin, to the effect that the Russian Government should withdraw the candidature of the Prince 01" Mingrelia. The Ifclegate* are lie- siroua that a proposal in that sense should be made by hance 'hwh oVk t JKiimroxDtN- PAKIS, tiCNDAT. | Tiie unofficial interview between M Klourens and the Bulgarian Delegate, came otr yesterday, The foreign Minister advised then) w conform auh the wishes "f nusia. I I N'IENN'A, SATr&T.IAY. The PoUlifa: Corrrtv-nuUnce this evening states. on the authority of » personage intimately c"n- nected with Prince Alexander, that his Highness ,,¡1 in all probability start on his tour in Lgpt ar,d otber rountrie at the end of the present nlonth According to intelligence received here m Coustaiitiriiple, the PorLa regards the visit of the Bulgarian fleputa.ir)n to Constantinople af ,:¡.utboU5. The Grand Viiier h,, expressed ijjjbts to M. Vulkovitch, the Bulgarian En.o, 1101 t. the possibility 01 granting the Imputation a r,cpti,.>n at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. riilNCi: ALEXANDER. [run oca COBHKSrovBlKT.'i VIENNA, SATPBDAT. It L. announced from iurinstadt that Prince Alexander of fcaltenbarg will go to Kgypt in a fortnight's time, with the object of escaping from political intrigues. .11. ZANKOi'F AND THE I-OUTE. FRO» OCB C0k8KSK)ND«NT. CONSTANTINOPLE (tut YAKSA SCNDIT. It is stated that Zankoff, the notorious con- spirator, has consented, after repeated invitations from the Government, to come here The Porte: hop* to induce hltn t, enter the Bulgarian Ministry, and make such, ni >difications and alterations in the Regency as would render the latter acceptable t1 bt-i., and thus find a satisfactory issue to the present difficulties. Kusaia, fiowev-;r, still insists on the complete withdraws! of the prwent Kegency. ENGLAND AND THE POUTE. :¡())l OK COIIBKSPOSDSNI ] CONSTANTINOPLE, SATCBDAT i': Wiliiam White has announced to the Sultan that he has received letters from his Government appointing bioi Ambassador to the Sublime Porte. lli. Majesty has desired the new Ambassador to transmit to the Queen his congratulations for the new Year

THE BRITISH IN BURMAH. ) DEATH OF A PKIXCL. [M ».CT¡;.HroH.){. I KAXGOOS. SATURDAT,  Prince Pohin died here ye.terdav of pleunay On the accession of King Theebaw the deceased prince was imprisoned and subjected to cruel treatment, wh,ch complettiv undermined hi health. Sir Charles Bernard released him last January, and he has since been supported by the Government at St. John's College here. [W III!t'TU'S" 1 &LJ&UIiI. i MANDALAI, SCVDAT. A. ystem of wililarv .in"l!1nr has ;,?n almost completely mt"Lshad b?t?oen the Shan and U?e Arracan HilU. Colonel Lockhari's main co!nmn has arrived at Yemethen, having traversed a I' dtstance of 13) miles through ft rough tract of country covered with jungle* In t 11 1 days. The c I,, tt-h.d to the force Lutl the CGUQty alang the line of march, breaking up the d&mLtA' 8trongholJ.. Thoy had engagements with the enemy on several occasions, killing four Uohs and many of their follower. (',?ional Lockhart is th,.w"? ,?t a..Lll ?,lun,.? to diF.- ¡ arm the villagers, and the pacitlcati,.in of tu., country makes undoubted progress

KAIDING IN ASSAM. ELEVEN NATIVES KILLiD. I i "SEVTKJK TPLIOBAM I CALCCTIA, SDAT. Intelligence has been received here that the Kawliow KQkis, a tribg ou tiii, eastern frontier of Anam, have made a raul on British territory, ¡ killing eleven natives and Uking fifteen prisoners. The iaasm Government ureetl that an expedition should be saut to punish tlx tribe. n:oTfxrriu> IN FKANCE. LKXCOANUK COM'. ANTV TELEOR" I PARI8, bATUSDAT. Tlw proposed auruxes uu foreign wheat, cattlt, and alcohol will tw discu«sed to the Chamber im- mediately after the liudget. The Ciovernment accepts them, but not to the extent demanded by the Protectionists. DISSOLUTION' OF THE !> MSII I PARLIAMENT. ("CKSTHAL IiIWS" TMLSOBAM-j I COPENHAGEN, Sa-Uf rA*. The Kic.? iI, .uJJen:y úd"J!vd ito I »nuU, Ij refused to pass the liudget. ThE AUSTRALIAN CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. ["OBSBBVEB" TKLBUKAV-j MELUOl'KNE, SATUIDAT. The Executive Commission for the Cecteonial Exhibition t" held here in 18?8 has been appointed. It consits of fifteen roembetp, Mr. ii.ginl otham being presid^nr, Sir J^mes M'Bain, lion. Peter Lalor. Sir Wiliiam J. Clatke, Bart., and Lion, F Sargood vice-presidents, and Nr, Livater secretary. The General Commission will be appointed later on. 1111.: ENGLISH CKICKETEU3 IN AUsTlIALIA. f4' 0BSKkVF-H TKLKORAW 1 SYDNKV, SATURDAT. lh(- third match between Shaw # Eleven and an Leven of Australia was resumed hero to-day. The Eughah team, who at the d- "f yes(erda)". play liad scored 253 run. for seven w,ckeUl, concluded their innings for a total of 230 runs, o £ which brtggs made 69. Ttie Australians then went io, and had completed their first innings for 132 runs wheo stumps were drawn for the day.

MYSTEiUODS DEATH. :dt¡,;rJat" an inquest was held at Preston on tile l>>uy úf J"()J lJNtb, !au sorgeant-majoi nt '?'- 5.).L?nctthntArttfteryVotunt<eft The created left homeon Wednesdav, and n Thursday several pools f t?,od and .il hammer ?el. huad in a garden A*t<>n'on-ihe-K»bble, near msoii. Ttio blood was trnt-ud to wiUun a few yarda of the Ribble. and 00 Knuay deceased's body "a.. found in tiwe river, It is suppoeed that he Uttered hi" head with tile hamuier, inflicting t¡tarul injuries, and afterward*, cliffibiug tht 90.¡!, threw huuMlf intC' tiie river. An opeo "<d. \'65 returned.

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THE PEACE OF EUROPE. AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN ARMAMENTS. ENGLAND PREPARING FOR EVENTUALITIES. EXCITEMENT AT DEYONPOKT AND miTSMOUTIi. TIlE G L' AIWS PlŒP.o\.m:U FUH SERVICE. The Admiralty has; sent to the commanders-in- cliwl at all the naval ports asking for iuforantion DS to liow many men could be aecommodRted on board the hulks and other vess«l9 at tliose ports in case it should be decuied necessary to add to the number of »tiijjen and marines in the fleot. Admiral AUgUatu Phitlimore anawsred about 3,000 ro«D at Devon port Theimpressioc in naval circles is that the Admiralty desire to be III possession of I this Information so that in cuse of complications ] in Europe IIv,,1 Reserve men if called up can be at once berthed pending their transfer to seagoing ships. C<)osidomblo excitemant existed on S4turd4y at Forumouth in coniKiuence of the eceipt (\f Admiralty circulars by pensioners from the Rival Xavy lId both arms of marines, c-tllinm for vilun. tears for active service preparatory to calliog out the reserves. Tiie circular asks the men to state to which port ttiey could return immediately, and gives thsm the option of naming their ship. In Portsmouth alone there are nearly 5,000 pen- sioners. It is stated tliat a scheme lus just, been devised by the military authorities, and sanctioned by the Commander-in-Chief, for the formation of a new regular corps for the same purposes as are provided Á,- I. to' D,I_ 11,t."I; 'I't, ,rna it is itended, shall consist of several companies, possessing all the plant requisite for laying and maintaining about 60 miles of railway, the appli- ances for restoring damaged raÎIW\ys. rrJlling stock being kept in store ready for issue. It is understood that the men will Lie enrolled on tlio Army Ite. serve principle by which the Army Postal Corps was formed from the Post-office Volunteers some years back, the mon ordinarily remaining in civil life on reserve pay, with the liability of embodi- tuent tor service. It is probable, if the idea should be carried out, that .iie headquarters of the corps will be at Crewe, and tiie be recruited mainly from the railway works there, and in connection with an ordimry volume .r engineer corps which has long been in contemplation. There are already in existence two volunteer railway companvats- one in London and the other in Liverpool-and these would come into the recruiting tield of the new corps. It is stated that the officers and men of the brigade of Guards who are on ttit roster for foreign service have just been medically examined 0* to theii fclness for service. This precaution is only taken, we bciieve, in cases of emergency, UEUMAN WAK l'KEPAUATIONS. PISUCIETIXCF NEWS. [FROM OUt CO»BESPONUKST.; KKUSSELS, SCNDAI EVKKINU. 1 learn this eveniug that the German residents in B-lgium have received from the miliury authorities of their country orders lo hold them- selves in readiness to actually join the respective corps to which they Dominallr belong. and to notily in the tntanUme any change "f rtj5¡Ùe,,e. AUSTRIAN ARM AMI.NTS. lyaoid OVU COilllESTOSDEST VIENNA, SiTTEDi-Y The ojficia' Corrtipoiulta?! of Buda Pesth pub- lulled yeeterilay an appeal to the Government to garrison and victual the Province of traliciu in view of the Urge and increasinc arciamer-j of the other Continental PII.f". This was urged at a guarantee larainst the couotiy being taken by surprise The Hungarian journals re-produce litis appeal, but deciare that tlu Administration ?,.r M ar have (already taken aU needful pr»^utbaary measures, and that lialicia is thoroughly prepared for defence, The article in the Mowor,- G»< refpectirig Uussian and English war preparations in Centra) Ana lias I caused considerable seusation here.

AN AMERICAN SHIPPING DISASTER. j WKLCK or A SHIP IN CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE CHEW TAKEN OFF. DESTRUCTION OF THE RESCUED ANI) THE RESCUERS. A Central News"telegmm from Xew York, dated Sunday, sayst Intelligence has boen received at Now York from Norfolk, Virginia, of the wreck of the ship ElixabeUi, bound (rOlD Hamburg to lIal. timore. The vessel was driven ashore near Cape Ilenry, at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, during a gale, accompanied by a blinking enow- storm. Two lifeboats went to her assistance, and succeeded in taking c:T the crew, numbering fifteen men. Hut an enormous wave ewatnped both boats, and the whole of the ship's crew, as well as five o! the rescuers, were drowned.

SUPPOSED LOSS OF A NEWPORT-LADEN VESSEL. All hope has been abandoned for the safety of the steamship Cranbrook, of North Shields, which left Newport, Mon., on the 33th of Novemb-ir for Baltimore. Nothing lias been see. heard of her Since, and the assumption is that sll" ha* been lost with all hands. ?e w-M an iron v_I o[ 1,900 t..s, and he! c,s,, which comis? M ?°?. included the following local menj William Seddis, aged 24, IS, Maciien-place, Car- diff, chief office. 'W.? KJ.lds. gi?d M, 83, Atmt-ttrMt. New- port, second ofbeer. T. Francis, aged 28,41. William-street. Newport. cook and eugiueers' steward. Jimes Light, aged 43, 4, Seymour-terrace, Uaindee, Newport, boatswain. Otto Loliieiido, aged 27, 25, King's-parade, New- port. A.H. H. He»ta«ce, sged 31, 31, South W illiam-street, C., d i ff, A. U. Hjlxrt Purcell, aged 6i. 4, Boll-streot. Newport, A B !onkeVUhtO. John Kiugeraid, aged 33, 54, Lewis-street, New- port, Kireuiau. Hub Bell, aged 34, 20, Canal-parade, Newport, nieman. G. H Gardner, agsd 30, 4, Ipper Jeddo-street, N-wp,t, tl n,;tnD Wt,h*m L.?is, aged 40, 19, t?g?D-???. New- port, hreman

A CARDIFF-BOUND sllli' IN l)liTKESS. Tiie Italiau barque Nuova Angeohoa, irom jnver- gordor, for C"rdilf -iU, grain aud Vlt-t-e?, 'P"'g a leak at sea, and returned to Invergordon 011 ;n; J r;d 1;0 v.;r:Jd:rgO She must discbarge for repairs.

A PEllOL 'ADES SFIIP ASHORE. I A l'ETnOLEU-LADE SHIP ASIlOrΠThe barque Isabel, of Windsor, Nova Scotia, from Now l'orfc for Antwerp, with petroleum, has gone ashore on the Shipwash, near Harwich, and i. iull of waler. The crew on board the smack I i. fu I.( .?, "ri Gipsy are in attendance.

TIIUEK HOYS DROWNED AT (j KAVESE.M). On s.:urd"y afternoon three WTI.?d I ott' '? Whiting, were .de.tklly drowned wtufe ?'tia: on the ice L P.-d ,L Galley HUi.Uf??eud.n'-LftriromCoHom lejiidencc-

11ATAL ACCIDENT AT SHREWSBURY. I Ou Si'urday afternoon e*)m6 riofinf fcovering j ft Mth leading to Shrewsbury Station suddenly ??t.t?eMr. WUt..? B?' a coal n;.er- ci.,??, .1 Slji?;wsburT, and irlluvng & t)"Y- Tue "ei 'lent is atl[ibuibj to tile weiilt of oct leI ¡colin.

FRAUDS BY AN ATHLETE. I On?turd.tyB.M.Oi?.t?wH-tfnown .u?t<-?.d h.nd.c.p?r.p?d?."ty at Kirmine- t,: :.? zlirg ll?O fr--? l,is e.?- plovers, the !i,rmingh?. ?ntt)u? Company, tc whom he "Lc".hi" Hi. def.t)<t.on..?ount.d to i700 —ftie b.u.k, ?hU* not abl" to rcoalm"nd [W accused U» nuercy, left the e-ue in ti. Recorder's cfoTH- of restoring the umney the day after it was taken—He was sentenced to three n^ nttw 1m. prisonment.

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I THE POLITICAL I SITUATION. LORD IDDESLEIGH'S I POSITION. PLLOGRESS OF THE RE-CON- STILLTCTION. ru :PWSS AS;OCUTIOS TBtltOBiM.] LONDON, SUNDAY tvtsiN«. We understand that no further progress has been I mad<: in the re-construction Of the Cabinet. A trong h)elin has found expression in the Con- l.e,vatiVIo party that no effort should be .-?,d induce Lord Iddesleigh to romain in the Cabine^ and we believe that representations have been made to his lordship or. the subject. Lord Cran- brook has indicated his willingness to step aside in favour of Lord Iddesleigh, who has, therefore, the choice of two offices. Lord President of the Council and Lord Privy Seal. Should Lord Iddesleigh be prevailed upon to take the advantage o! Lord Cranbrook's offer, the latter peer would, it is believed, become Lord Privy Seal, with a seat in the Cabinet, Lord Cadogan coing to the Colonial Oiffce. Whilst the duties of Lord I're,iJent of the Council are much lighter than thos-i of Foreign Secretary, the former is a post of the highest importance, and Lord IdJes. lei^h's acceptance of it would give general satis- faction. In the event of his lordship preferring to (uke the nominal duties of Lord Privy Seal, the only other change nocessary would be the allocation of a portfolio to Lord Cadogan. Should Lord Cadogan be appointed us Mr, tlmhope" success >r at the Colonial ORice, Lord DUD- raven, the present I'nder-Secrotary, would have to be re-placed by a member of the Lbuse of Commons. In consequence of the further delay thus caused, we learn that tho date of the Privy Council tt Osborne at whlJh the cliaoge of soals will be effected has again been altered Instead of Wed- nesdiy next the ceremony will not now, it is expected, take place until Thursday or Friday. Kor the same reason it Is possible thlll the date of the next Cabinet Council may also be changed. The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not come t, town from S""CùJl. Heath on Saturday. It is understood that the right hon. gentleman has been furnished with the details of the tfilis in course of preparation, and that he now has them under con. sideration. We learn that several important changes have been decided upon in connection with the admi- nistration of the Admiralty. The confidential circular in which Lord Charles Beresford urged the necessity of at once building a fleet of fast cruisers of the Thames type has beeu adopted, and the work will be proceejed with without delay. The veskl3 are to be completed in two years, and the estimate* for each year will be framed ,? as to cover the precise a"Un' of work done, the board having d.. ::i.,d ?., there shall be no such thing in future as a large deticit carried forward. Lord ChrltJs lieresford has devoted especial attention to the new Intelli- gence DepBrtmen! now beina instituted in connec- tidn with the Navy, ud we believe, when in working order, it will be found equal in every respect to the corresponding department in con. nection with the Army. Lord Salisbury did not come to town on Satur- day, and to-day his lordship was visited at Hatfield by loll". A. J. Balfour. LORD IDDESLEIGH'S POSITION. The Dtiva und Kxtter Gazette of this (Monday) moruiug says it has the authority of the Earl of Iddesleigh for stating that the question of bis health had nothing whatever to do with his resig- nation of tho Foreign Secretaryship. The family of the noble earl think he has not for many years been so well as now. All statements that have been made to the contrary are quite unautho- rised, and have no foundation in fact, The Gazette has grounds for believing tliat when there was a prospect of inducing Lord Darlington tn enter the Ministry the Earl of Iddasleigh intimated his readiness to fall in with any arrangement that would facilitate the admission of the leader nf the Liberal Unionists to the Cabinet. Lord Salisbury has assured the Earl of Iddesltiigli tliat lie had no idea that the suggestion that he should resign the Foreign Office had been communicated to the press, and expressed his regret that Lord Iddesleigh should have received through the newspapers his first intima- tion of the contemplated change. The asrl is indisposed at the present moment to take any other office in the Government, but should the I interests of the country and the Conservative party require hi services at any time, tiiay will probably not be withheld. I, MR. GOSCHEN AND THE VACANT I SEAT AT LIVERPOOL. I Mr.Goschen willto-d iy (Monday; receive a depu- tatian of the Exchange Conservatives,who will wait upon him with a view of inducing him to acoept the invitation to contest tha: division of Liver- pooL A deputati?n from the t'nioni!t Liberals of the division will also have an interview with the I hoa. gentleman at the same tilD. MR, J. M. MACLEAN ON THE 'CHANGES IN THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. J. M. Maclean, speaking at a meeting of the Oldham Primrose League on Saturday night in support of a reolutlon ol con ',dence in the Government, aid he did not believe Lord Randolph Churchill had fallen never to rise again. The utmost that could be saId of hun was tliat he was a very clever man who lurl made a clear mistake. He did not despair of seeing Lord llandoiph Churchill reconciled to the other leaders of the Conservative party, and become attain an important lnfiuence in the conduct of affairs. He (Mr. Maclean) con- sidered it was perfectly right of Lord Salisbury to endeavour to strengthen his Government by ask- ing Lord Hartington and his friends to accept places in the Administration, but he did not think Lord Salisbury ought to ride behind. Lord Her- tington had given hostage foar the fidelity of the Unionists. They were assured tliat Mr.GDlChen went in all a Liberal, but they might be sure he would coino out Tory. Mr. Maclean rejoiced that Lord N'orthbrook was frightened into refusing the pro- posal, because his narrow-minded and short- sighted policy whilst Viceroy of I idia brought on an Afghan War. TIlE LIBERAL CONFERENCE. The Lvfitinitham Daily J/ait of Saturday says "Tiie evidently inspired pronouncement in tne leading columns of the lJai!y tills morning Is felt to make another change of front on the part of Mr. Gladstone's followers, and the proapecta of Liberal re-union are held to be much more distant tiian thev were wiion the same joure*! a week ago made or. behalf of the party it represents a llep in the direction of the position which, in his round table speech at llirmiugiiam, Mr. Chamberlain had taken up. To-day the leading Uladstonian organ ""R verv clwrly that Mr. Morley and ni" William flar?ourt, the Gladstonian repre- IItntaÜvea Mt the conferencé. will enter 3p?. U?? (1ISCU8.'on. resolved that the main principlea of Mr. Glad8tone'. Home Kule Bill .1?all remtin mUIC1, and tliat no cnnceSjlOn ahall be -,d, UIM will ill the ehht8.<t degree weaken its effect. As far as Ir. Chamberlain's P",iti.. is ff.?teJ, we are assured that it is still defined by hi& Birming- ham speech, and will not move a step towards the ground which Mr. Glad8tone's repreuntallve_no doubt after conference with him—Me Mid to have taken up. If it is an authentic exposition of the triadstono standpoint which the JJaili/ Aiici now gives, it follows that although no doubt the con- lerenco will still be field, "t. f.r a the Home Kulo queôtJnn I concerned, it will not come to anything. Mr. Chamberlain is no more prepared to accept the principles of Mr. Kuie Hill than he was when he first opposed PROPOSED AMENDMENT OE THE SANITARY LAWS. I The" Central New." UDIJersta nw; that in con- MCtion?nht"" coming reform of l?cal n?ernment.a Hit) which i: nnw in cuurte 01 pre- ,?,i. w i? be introduced into PerUameat for tbe purpose of consolidating Lnd ameriding the sani- t.rv hw). pplic?ble to England and W? The measure wili Iarge!y increa.e the powers of local (tUthof?iM. M? will gin hcihUM for the adop, [ion in any district o!en)tCttomttrtq?riD6tK! occurrence nf CM? of infectious diMMe to be notified to such authorities. RETIREMENT OF MH. EDWARD JENKl.NSO.N. The I'all Mall OazlUe saysWe regret we Dave to announce that Mr. Edward G. Jenkinson, C.B., who tor several yea," past ha. held oaA of the highest posts in the Imperial Administration in connection with the repression of crime and the detection of outrage, is about to reti. re. The gravity of this decision is only known to those who have taken part in the actual government of the Kmrire for the last four years. Mr. Jenkinson is the mill who has in his hands all the threads of the secret consniracy cf dvnauiitards and asaajsins which, lrom New York and Paris, has repeatedly menaced the lives of our statesmen and the security I of our great public buildings. Since bit appoint- ment, five years ago, he has bean the soul and cenirn of whit miy bs called the spy system of tne Empire.

LANDLORDS AND THEIR I TENANTS. HANDSOME REMISSIONS OF nET. I At the rent audit held ut the Tliree Tuns Inn, St. Nicholas, on Friday Mr. A. C. Brucs Pryce ajjin allowed his tenant* a remission of 10 per cent. At the Llnnelwedd tithe audit of Mr. E. DI Tliomaa, of Welfield, Mr. Thomaa vary canerously grantad a reduction of 10 per cent. Mr. Thon as has alto reduced the rents on his farms perma- nently.

EXTRAORDINARY DEMON- STRATION OF SOCIALISTS. I A remarkable departure in the Socialist demon- I strations took place at Batieraea, Londoo, "•o Sunday morning. A meeting convened by th, Social Democratic Federation was held, at which about 3,000 men were present, and it wa* stated that the President of the Local Government Board had given the deputation which waited on him on Friday a promise that he would use his influ- ence with the ve&tries and other bodies with which lie was connected to set on foot useful employ. ment to tide over the present difficulty, The men then formed four deflp and marched to the Parish Church, the whole cf which they occupied, to the exclusion of many regular members of the congregation. During the service there was some hissing at references to the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Ttio iuen, having quietly tiled nut of the church, proceeded to a place of meeting, where the I sermon wss criuclsoa.

A DISTRESSING CASE OF SUICIDE. I A correspondent at Ulverston telegraphs:—A djs- tr-i "g case of suicide is reported from B.*tj«chne, a village near here. A poor man had been out of I work since last Whitsuntide, and all his efforts to obtain employment proving of no avail, he banged himself on Saturday morning. The poor fellow leaves a widow and seven children.

KJLPID REMKDT MB WIMTM CONUBS AX» m" g. i, !V".? Coxj)? and ,a<:h ,r I leL Teo.ed tAitluODV W> th« T*iue aoi food a.. tht Dr.. i/xxx. n ??'c*W??? '? M t?d? "<? ""? ?. M .? M'J!T=: 'J*- H. FpMnt. M F. S Totumit?n. BtitML MM.! TotAccOMSTs H!u?r*ted Uu?e. "filtered In, 107. 1;, bad 11). X.6?2 LzIN,'

RENEWED SNOWSTORMS. I Reports received from various parts of the country show that several localities have been visited by snowstorms of great severity, and the greatest inconvenience has been caused to foot p s- sengers and vehicular traffic. In Birmingham and the Midlands the fall has been especially heavy, while from Leicester, Liverpool, Brad- ford, Nottingham, Derby, Wolverhamptoo, and otber places ti?e reports sta?e that the anow is lying to a depth varying from eight inches to a foot. Beyond the delav caased, however, there are very few serious accidents reported. 800" fell bmvily lunlillatA on Friday even; in the Ulamorganlbire vallevs between C.udi!! and Mounta:n A.b and Mertyr. Many of the teleraph wirM Ile ?'r..k.. down, and communication was completely sus- pended. The repairs of telegraph wires on the Great Western line damaed during the late storm wilt, it is said, cost 9100,000.

DYNAMITE EXPLOSION IN IRELAND. TllHEE NEiIJ KILLED. A terrible explosion of dynamite occurrea on Saturday morning at Ballintubber, where tfc £ rail- way extension from B.iUywilliam to New Koss ia now in progress. The men, it appears, were engaged in drying some dynamite which had be- COllie to" wet, under the superintendence of a ganger, when it accidentally exploded. Two of the men were killed on the spot and a third expired on tne way to the hospital.

SERIOUS GAS EXPLOSION IN II GLASGOW. TEN PERSON'S INJURED. I Ton persons were injured on Sunday night by a gaa explosion in a tenement of single apartments in liarrn w fit) It] -street, Glaspw. A constable entered one of the dwellings where gas smelt strongly, end told the inmates to open the window. This they did, but an occupant of tlio housosoon afterwards endeavouring to examine 1\ press with a lighted candle, a terrible explosion resulted. The two walls of th common passage to the block of his apartment* were blown in, all the windows ot the lower flat were blown out, the floors were torn up and the furniture was smashed. The hve inmates cf the room where the explosion originated were severely in. jured. Their names are: Alexander Smith. Elinibeth (his daughter), Thoms. and Edward I (his sons), and Alexander Hell. The last- named and Klizibeth Smith were sent to the Intimmrv Mary Strong, Margaret Gallocher, I and Abigail Fmhy, inmates of an adjoining room, and Jane Clydesdale, who occupied another room, were aNo cut and bruised. In a room above Smith's apartment.. widow Mid five children were thrown down by the explosion, but were not injured. The district firemen cut off the gusfrom the main to prevent further accidents.

GAS EXPLOSION AT LUTON. A CLEI:GYIX SEIUúCSLY I:Jl nElI. Early on Sunday morning an alarming explo- sion of gas occurred at St. Mary's Vicarage, Luton, doing considerable damage to the building and seriously injuring the Hev. Jamc. O'Neill. An escape of gas being suspected, the vicar proceeded towards the in-ler to ascertain, if poasibla, where the leakage was. Ho had no sooner opened the door of tho apartment in which the meter stood than there was "loud explosion. The tamp he carried was dashed to pieces, and the vicar himself was severely burnt about the fire and hands, IIIP injuries rendering it impossible for him to preach. Ever, window in the house bears marks n: the explosion, while several were blown out bodily, and one "r two rooms were completely wrecked.

FATAL FIHE IN LONDON. TWO LIVES LOST. A d!ructive ti,.c, ing the loss of two \ive'1 broke nut shonly after t, 8.1.1d.? mnmJnI( nt the r?taurf?nt of Mr. E. A. W"lbrook, 19, Hampetead-road. The fire originated on the ground floor, and spread with ouch rapidity that the upper storeys wore cut off froni communication with the lower before the occupants of the premises had time to make their escape. A young man named Custanio Muichiavelii, 25 years of g, .d a youth of eighteen, a fellow waiter, named Antonio Sestella, wen* both suffocated, and two other men, named Josef Gelestina and Teanina Veobftllo.also sustained injury from tlio thmea, the former being conveyed to a neighbouring hospital. The back part of the premises, including the stair- cam from the ground floor to the third floor, was almost completely destrnyed, and the remainder of the house of thirteen rooms also suffered con- siderable damage. It is not known how the fire originated.

THE MURDER AT STROUD. TWO MEN COMMITTED FOR THIAL. The men Pri(chard and Noyes, who were appm henrted on mispieion of baing concernod in the attack on the lad James Allen, aged fourteen years, wliilst murning, on December 31, from the bank with mon«y belongin!: t., his employer, at Stroud, were plced betore the Stroud magiftntM on Saturday. The eviilenoe went to show that tiie deceased W.S, on rhe day named, s.nt from Light- pi)t Mi))" to the .Sfrou?l Bxnk, ? di?nct of two jiile«, to draw £ 120 for his employer, and that soon afterwards he was found in a &6ocking condi- tion, having no l? than len gashes on Ihe hMd, nine of tnem penetratIng the brain. He died three days afterwards from hi. InjurlM. It was alleged that Pritch?rd hired a trap and drove Alka from Stroud down tho lane where he Wa9 f.ud, and tlwt he afterwards drove to Pltdlcowbe,where >"oyes' mother resided. Here he borroweda flannel and washed the trap. He then met Noyei, and they wont ro a public-house at Pitehcombe, where they were apprehended. Nearly the whole of Uie money was recovered.—Mr. W'nitt, the owner of the trap, deposed that it was splashed with blood aud had human hair on it.-A woman living next door to where Pritchard lodged stated tliat ahe saw him on the 30th 01 December sharpen up a bill hook, and two witnesaea depowd to conversation with PritchnnJ, in course of which Iw referred to Allen's weekly errand to the bunk and another witness stated thet shenaw Nop" near tho bank at about the time Ailen left thert.—Pritchard was committed to the assizes for trial on the charge of wilful murder, and Noyes as an accessory, and OD a charge of robbery. The coroner's inquofit, which also held oa ¡ Satuidiiy, returned a verdict of w Wilful murder."

PARAMOUR. A fliockin; murder was committed on Saturday in Pendleton, near Manchester. The supposed murderer is a man named Leatherbarrow, who lived with a woman named Quinn. The couple seem to Imve been on bad terms, and on Saturday .ft?rnc?on, afwr o.. quarrelling had been heard, LMt.)t'!rtMrr(.w h?ti)y left the house. The woman wa. uha?qu.?tly found by a neiglibo lying nn a mattre.. ?.ti? her l?-d b.:tered ,n and qUlle dead. Leatherbarrow mailt) his way to Victoria Station, Manchester, where he wns subsequently arrested, just after lie had booked for a distant town. He will be charged to-day (Monday).

WIFE MUlmEI AT GUIMSHY, I On Friday night Ricliard Insole, 24, tisherm*n, shot his wife at G, imby and then stabbed himself in the groin. The pair had lived an unhappy life, fluarrels bem; continuous. Last July Insole was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for assaulting his wile, and was afterwards summoned for refuting to support her. On Friday night she declined to resume cohabitation, and Insole then tired four sbote at ber,deatti ensuingin ten minute* Insale is recovering.

ANOTHER DISASTROUS FIRE AT' I PLYMOUTH. I Another fire broke out at Plymouth on Saturday morning. The firemen wero still playing upon the ruins in Russell-street when the alarm whi-tis rang through the district from the direction of Dillman- street. The flumes were seen rising in large volumes, and the engines and reels were hastily despatched to the new scene of operations, when the ex- tensive maltiitg-house of Messrs. Pitta and King were found to be in Omas, which raged until five o'clock, much grain and machinery being destroyed and a cargo of cotton damaged, to whoao spon- t <oeous combustion the outbreak is attributed. I

DESi'ERATK STRUGGLE WITII A I BCKULAR. Cn Saturday morning a lickat-of-leave man, William Challoner, of Wolverhampton, broke into tne dweliing-hov'.se of Mr. Jones, auctioneer, situate in one of the suburbs of Wrexham. When disturbed by that gentlemao while packing up wearing apparel, &c., Cor removal he attacked bitn .itb chis. t ?id? which he hAd effected an en- trance. A: ttr a de?perate struggle, during which Mr. Jones wae Mhoutiy at?bbeS'UM burglar was Ti?? pri.?)ner liad pr(?viouallr I, a railway goods offics Bud a C.11i.y office

THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP. The Cireat Eutern steamship will be put up for auction on the 17tb prox., if not previously dis- =by private treRry. The tonnage of tbis mammoth .hip is 18,915 croM. and lM<t nit ,?gi.ter, d .he will be -id as .he Utt in DttbUn I Humour.

For all the News of the Week ME tiie WKMLT Mill, 'he largest PXWY Waxxi/r Pirn in the JLingilrtai. lo t?scM A CLKAB Lotion Cl?? Off all tMpeTfWti-?- ? a '??eXS?'?SS R.ft- R.Wb.- T.. &, how«*«r 0- -G;?; ,ad..??y. 1.1t.9 ib? ??TMES?*SS?MN!i boalÙl1. 1".f." kamim. floiphadM Is XtU<MMtt'T'<TtM..B<)Hi??.M.«at'i<'ttT*Mtt. <MM

NIGHT POACHING NEAR BRIDGEND. DESPERATE STRUGGLE IN A WOOD.! A GAMEKEEPER FIRED AT. Timothy Daly, labourer, Bridgend, was brought up in custody ,t Bridgend Petty &ssion* on Saturday char with night p,hi?g, and also with assaulting David Jones, gamekeeper to Air, W. Llewellyn, Court Colman. Jonee found the prisoner and two other men In a plantation near Court Colman on Friday night. lie went up to them, and one, who is not in custody, fired a gun, the charge from which passed within a few inchss of Jones's head. The keeper had a struggle with the man who fired, and both went down. The other meo-Daly aud a companion (who has not been found)-then belaboured Jones with sticks. At leDgth tbe keeper obtained possession of the gun, and struck Daly on the head and arm with it. The two other men then ran away, but Daly was secured. He was remanded-Willlam Jenkins and William Roberts, labourers, Maasteg, were fined LS each for night poaching at Margam. Evidence was given by John Stubbe, gamekeeper to Mr. Talbot.

A CHILD SHOT AT ABER- DARE. CARELESS HANDLING OF FIREARMS. On Saturday afternoon a collier named Richard Edwards, residing in Griffith-street, Aberdare, returned home from a shooting expedition and laid his loaded double barrelled gun on a cradle in tlio kitchen. fir some means the weapon fell to the ground and both charges exploded, completely shattering the riffht side of one of Edwards'a children, a girl j two years and a half old. named Sarah. Dr. M611ar WRI immediately called in and lWiduouely attended the per )iLtW auffùrer. but 8uody evening our correspondent was informed tliat the wound was likely to prove fatal.

FREE TRADE DISCUSSION AT I CARDIFF. A LEG BROKEN. An unfortunate termination to a discussion on Free Trade occurred at Cardiff on Saturday eveuing. A man mimed Samuel Bryan, of 95, Severn-road, CAnton, waa at the Robin Hood Botel drinking with some other men when a discussion aroee on t.tM t ree Trade question. Verbal argu- ment failling to carry conviction to the mind of the ur.fortunate uian Bryan, one of the disputants, nailed TH ™, wound up the diacussion by throw. fig him into the street. I'nluokily, Bryan hod a very awkward full, and it wns found on picking him up that one of his tega had been fractured in two places. He was conveyed to the Infirmary, where be now lie,

THE GREAT LONG FIRM FRAUDS. CONVICTION' OF THE CAIiDlt, SWINDLERS. SENTENCE ON THE PRISONEliS. At Birmingliatooo Saturday (before the Rcnrder) I George Butler, U. merchant, and Charles Hold- croft, 27, merchant, were charged undtir several indictments with obtaining goods by false pre- tences and theft. There were seven indictments iu II, and the prisoners pleaded guilty to three of ,.m.-Mr. Stubbins, who appeared for the pro cutvon, on this said lie would not offer any evidence on the other four iadictmente and Mr. Dursett, who appeared for the defence, addressed tbe recorder on behalf of the prisoners, contending tliat the evidence disclosed did not paint the pri- soners so black as it had been attempted to make them out.—Mr. Stubbins said lie could not agree with this. In 1S34 the prisoners were in diffi- cultiea with their creditors at Wolverhamp- too, ad they both left Wolverhampton and were not heard of by their creditors there till they were brought befrre the stipendiary in Bir- mingham on 19. charges. Mr. Stubbins then srated tliat apart and together prisoners had traded lat Leeds, Norwich, Cardiff, Liverpool, Man- cheater, and other places under different names. At Leeds they used the name of » gentleman named Tavlor, wrote for goods to people who knew Mr. Taylor, in bit name, and actually when they left Leed3 Taylor was sued for these goods in the County C?urt, Ti?y traded as Thompson and I ft:y aI ? .}:erD at Bristol, as Berks at Cardiff, and in all the places they began business at they traded largely with jewellers and goldsmiths. Trade directories for all parts of the country were (oul.d at their place at Bristol. The Recorder then called Detective-Superinten- dent Black, and aaked Dim what he knew about the prisoners. Black said there were quite 150 com- plainte against the pritonen from all parte of the country. Complaints had been received concern- ing them for the last two years. An officer from Cardiff was now waiting for one of them on a I charge of forgery, and there was another from London The Recorder, interrupting Black, lAid he had heard enough to show that prisoners had been carrying on what was vulgarly called a long nrm. &no had d::d w:I!Ul:rd the o:[ They went from town to town, thus preying on commerce, trading under different names, and carrying on a course of swindling for the last two yeara. When cases of that kind were proved in that court there was only one punishment Pri- soners would each be sent to peual servitude for five years. The Recorder said he would communicate to the Watch Committee his tpprechnion of the dC:nJ;ki;r; icP8er:itInøct I Bennett had managed this intricate cam.

STRANGE CONDUCT OF A CARDIFF CAPTAIN. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. The Steodard corrmpmdont M. the H?utte? crtpht that the Br?Bh -t?mme, Rhyl, from Ant- werp to Cardiff, put into Flushing on Friday. The captain, in an altack of delirium, had shot at jovsral of the crew and the pilot, and had after. wurds jumped overboard and tried to drown him- self. He was, however, rescued and taken to the hospital. The screw steamer Rhyl belongs to Messrs. John Cory and Sons.Mount Stuart-square. Cardiff. Captain Knight was In command, and up to Saturday afternoon the owners had had no confirmation of the occurrence.

A MAN DROWNED IN THE CANAL AT CARDIFF. Between twslve and one o'clock on Saturday afternoon a man, nnllnow, WAl diaconred hy a Custom House officer, natnea Mr. John Williams, straggling in tiie Glamorganshire Canal at Cardiff. This gentleman at once gave the alarm. but the deceased ask simiat immediately. Tbe body was recovered shortly afterwards bv Mr. John ifook- ? ine. who rMidM near by, md ?lamd on the bnk, ?btM tt wae MMiaed by Dr. R«««, of LDudoun- equate, who pronounced life to be extinct. The dwASW about 5ft. Ma. 'n h,bt, fair complexion, with sandy -biker. and moustache, and appeared to be between 40 and 50 years of age. He wu attired to » black frock coat, dark striped vest, brown and white striped trousers, brown bowler hat with a mourning bead around it, Oxford shoes, white cotton stockings .nd shirt, acd a black tie. In the trousers pocket WM found a snuff-box. The body now lies at the mortuary awaiting an inquest, which will take I place at the Town-hall this (Monday) morning.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF. James Wolfe, aged 24, late of 4, Pellet-street, I died at the Cardiff Infirmary on Sunday evening from injuriat sustained on Wednesday last through beina knocked down by a mineral train on the Taff Vile Hallway under circumstances already reported.

PROSECUTION OF BROTHEL KEEPERS I AT NEWPORT. At Newport County Petty Sessions on Saturday (before Mr. T. Beynon and Mr. E. Lewis) Thomas Richards, of Glebe-street, Malodee. W18 8ummontd for penniM? his house to be used M ? brc.tbd. .d jivy ?nn Bidttrdt.hi' -if-, I" chupd with .S?th.-?.. Mr. T. 8  P? ==:toi=: pobc.. 8'l;; ??nt,.pp.trtd. ?"h?bMnpr?.?y I :r: now 6md ?10 fcb. with the al,e of a month's imprieoomeot.

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THE PROPOSED GENERAL I HOSPITAL FOR MERTHYR. I ALLEGED JOBBERY. THE COMMITTEE AND MR. C. II. JAMES. A meeting of the General Committee of the ¡ proposed General Hospital was held on Friday j evening at Merthyr t!nic)n Workhouse, M. W. L. Daniel, high-constable, presiding. Mr. T. WILLIAMS, J.P., the treasurer, aunounced that up to the 31st of December £583 19., 6d. had been paid into the bank. Since then several sums had been placed to their credit, so that they had now in hand about £680. Mr. Williams also mea- tioned that, as the result of a conversation which he had the other day with bit-. J. A. Thomas, of Ysguborwen, tiiat gentleman had given a sub- scription of .£50. The CHAIBMAX explained that that meeting had been called for the purpose of considering a charge made at tha Imt meeting by Mr. Charles Henry Jame. that the Executive Committee had perpe- trated a job in abandoning the plans of Mr. Lingen Barker, of Hereford, after they had been previously accepted, and than choosing those of Mauta. Wakeling and Willett, of Mert "yr. Mr. Frank James was commencing to defend the coin. mittee whose proceedings had bpttn impugned, hut at the outset a letter was read from Mr. C. H. James, saying that he thought it w- tr, the true ipterOAUo of the hospital that lie should cease to attend either the Executive or General Committee, and thi he intended to do, I"A decision in the matter being final. Ho added that he n,d scarcely | state that Mr. Frank Jame wa? nne of the last men in the world he should 8"'pecr of jObher,. and if he had imputed anything of the kind to him personally be ?ry much regretted it. But at the same time he u.t be allowed to have hi, own opinion of the action of the committee, as a committee, and to express it. Mr. FUNK JAMM said that if it wereamaiter] which only affected liim personally lie nl1\lt very weil accept that apology, but Although Mr. C, H. James was good enough to acquit him of all guilt, atill it appeared that lie reserved to himself the right of maintaining what he had said against the committee. He felt that, wherever a! body of gentlemen were bended together for any particular purpose they ought, in loyalty to each j other, to cling together, and so if any charge wait brought against a committee it was the duty of every member of that committee to -ee 'hat that j charge was disposed of one way or the other. He accepted the apology so far as he was concerned Still, inasmuch as Mr. James repeated in a measure his charges against the committee generally, he did not consider the letter at all sufficient. It was not; a mere question of Mr. James withdrawing the accusation, but, the ccumt.n having been Made, the General Committee had a right to call for an explanation, and to ascertain from the Executive Committee whether they had been guilty of jobbe"y or not. Of course, if the charae liad Iwn made by ?nie person whose character WaS of no consequence they might lr,ont it with contempt, but he was tWlund to say this, that the position of Mr. Charle* Henry James in the town was such that, when lie t,) k upon himself publicly, before the representa- tives of the press, to make a charge of so serious a character, it could not be passed by in tliat way. Mr. JOHN Mounts: He did not wish it linnounced i" the papeia. ¡ Mr. JAMIU said tiiiit whether he wished it announced or not the reporters were present and they put it in. What made the matter more pain- ful to him was that Mr. Charles 5onry James was a relative of his, and a gentleman with w?o HM in constant communication. If it had ln po" llbie for him in any shape or form to have .")idld bringing forward this matter he would hAYe done so, but he could not (or the life of ,ii ? tolerate that lie, who had been living in the town for 64 years, should be told that lie had been guilty of a job. Therefore, he thought it right that the thing should be cleared up. Now, the Executive Committee submitted the plans to Mr. Harvey, C.E., and Mr. John Williams for their advico, and they recommended those of Mr. Lingen Barker as the best. Those plans were provisionally approved, but. upon going into them more carefully, the committee found that 1Iey had very serious defects. First of all, they were too large tr the ground, and to Jwve carried them out tbey would h.,? -qi,.d on the n,?,ti? side about !Ott. mure land. Another )b j cet tutthI; 1:Ie !t L?,?- ':i:i to understand that the plans could be e*e- cute,-I for JZ,800, they discovered oubse- qiiently that the cost would be £4,250 In his estimate Mr. Lingen Barker gAidt-'? I hBVe I gone carefully through the ?.t of ".?!t?.g Li?.. deign, and I am prepared to 88Y that it can be done for £4,250. but with certain modifications that 1 don't think would really injure the arrange- ment iind convenience to any appreciable degree for £500 less." This, he thought, put Mr. Lingen Barker ou' of court at once, for if it culd be don? for £ 500 less why on earth put down £ 4,250! Having regard to th(' circumstances, the commilt" then unanimously chose the plans of Messrs. Wakeling and Willett, sub- ject 10 certalD alterations. Those plans quite came up to Mr. Lingen Barker's as to ilie accommodation and so on, and they had this advRntAge, that tney within the g,?d. Messrs. I;kt:a!o:i;e;et'tn: I to most of the committee, and there was no pr tence for suggesting that an favouritism Imd been shown to them. The question before "I?' meeting that nieht was not so much whether the cnmmit had done right or wrong, but whether thov had been guilty of jobbery. If they had been guilty of jobbery they were utterly unworthy of the position they h,ld. and the General Committee and the subscribers to the hospital would not be doing their duty unless they at once sent them ?'t i thmr buftine8. With this explanation me .I, it entirelv in the hands of the meeting to take what course they thought fit. Mr. BIDDU Mid he should be sorry to say there had been any jobbery, but, at the same time, he thought the committee had acted very unfairly. Mr. CHAELIS RCSSKLL JAMES thought they acted in a spirit of manifest unfairness towards Mr. Lingen Barker, and, to show that Mr. Charles Henry James was not alone in using strong language, he confessed that he himsaH had said that it looked like a job. Mr. JOHN AluaoAN thought Mr. Frank James was making the thing somewhat too personal. Mr. Charles Henry James had never meant to imply corrupt motives, but simply to suggest that they had Er?i.ed a point to favour townsmen. That ?t< his o"n feeling. In camnr upon MeMf. Wakeling and Willet walter their plans so as to meet their arrangements the committee had not acted towards Mr. Lingen Barker in a manly, straightforward way. Mr. DAVID nAVI also considered that Mr. Frank James was malting too much of tiie matter. Pc. Ward and Mr. T. Thomas, as members of the Executive Committee, repudiated the suggestion of jobbery. Mr. R. Harrap having spoken, Mr. E, P. Biddle moved a vote of confidence in the committee, and Mr. Daniel Jones seconded. Mr. John Morgan moved as an amendment, and Mr. David Davits secondtd, the previous question, believing that the better course would be to let the matter drop without passing any resolution at all. Dr. Watd and Mr. Frank James pressed for a i Illldamtmn of judgment. Mr. Biddi. withdrew hia motion in favour of I th!I;:1, w:g:¡ by Fe ;'?'¥b:¿ having hoard the explanation of the views of the Executive Committee with regard to the recent chane of plans, we acquit them of the charge of jobbery brought against thein."— Mr. Morgan like- wise withdrew his amendment.and the proposition thus framed was submitted and carried turn COllo, only the members of the General Committee voting. In justice to Mr. CharleS Henry Jme8, it should be cxp?ined that "hen he made the titeg??on .1?ieb g.,o rise tc all the pother he intended it only for the ears of his colleagues, and expi"slr dm.rld the rcporten not to let it go forth in the nress This desire was, of course, due to the fad that it publication might he calculated to affect detrimentally the succe-s nf the movement. The representative of the &?A T? )}Q¡/Y .mi distinctly and uaequi vocally understood to assent to its suppression, but the opportunity of making a little capital out of the affair seemed afterwards too great to be resisted, and the charge duly found Its way into the colnmns of that paper, pains being taken to give it especi.il prominence. A reporter whose discretion is not to be depended upon is not a safe person to admit to counsels which require the exercise of that quality, and the recognition of this fact, perhaps, supplies the reason why the meetings of the Executive Committee have of late been held with closed doors.

THE QUEENS JUBILEE. -1 THE OBELISK ON MOEL FAMMAU I TO BE ItESTOUED. On Saturday a meeting of countv notables and other gentry of Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Cheshire met at Chester Town-liall to consider the advisability of restoring the obthsk on Moel FaID- mau, the highMt of the Fhnubire hills, which was I' origlually erww d w commemorale tne Jubilee of George III., but never absolutely competed. and had been reduced to a reck by the many storms, happening during the lut three-quarters of a Mn. tury.rhe Dutte of Westminster fT)oved that it be restored and beautified as a memorial of her II Majesty's Jubilee yaar.~Colon6l Cornwallis West seconded the motion, and it. was carried unani- mously. PROPOSED TOWN'S MEETING AT SWANSEA. The mayor and town-clerk of Swansea have accaptad the invitation of the Prince of Wales to be present at tue meeting to be held in hall, London, on Wednesday next, to consider the celebration of thu Jubilee. On tue return of Swan- Ie's public officials It is intended to hold a town's meeting to decide on a iccal celebration 01 the occasion.

KESIGNATION OF MR. T. CA.DMAX. I At the laat meeting of the Mines Board for the SoQtb-Wact Diatrict Mr. Thomas Cad-nan, her Majesty's Inspector of Mines, announced that he had tendered his resignation through ill-health.

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INTRODUCTION OF A NOVEL* INVENTION TO CARDIFF. i In these d.F? of push appli?nces for lighten* ing labour and quickening the despatch of bui. ness are of the utmost service to ^>ahead" tradesmen, and the market everywhere is t ded with machinery and articles for this purpoge.\ Large, howevr, ??, is the number of these inven- tions, certain!? nne of the m."t n el i: the U cash railway system" opened on Saturday by Mr. George Hopkins, of Cardiff, at his Hayes shop. The idea the inventor of this has evidently kept before him Ila' been to get rid of the great, waste of time consequent on shopmen in large and busy houses of business leaving their places at thecountor for the purpose of getting; change for customers. The means adopted is a sort of aerial tmmwir suspended on wires, along which b'l1" containing the change r.11 from counter to desk and from desk to cnunter. doing th businesi in tite merest* fraction of time and saving an Incredible amount of labour. Though at first the system appears nothing but an entangled complication of wood and wire. in reality it is a* simple a* it is ingeniously "I.vcr. Take, for instance, the cale of tho man stationed farthest awav from the desk, and who i. provided with balls of th* smallest size. A customer pur. chases, say, a shilling's worth of goods and hands in half a crown. The shopman opens a ball, which is in halves and hollow, and plaee. in the cavity the coin and a ticket wIth the amount of the purchase; l?? then 1,??II'? ball into an elevator, and by means ?1 string raises ir To the level of the up line, on to which it I. tipped. By its own weight it rolls along to the deslc, where the clerk speedily changes the mnlleyand places the change in the ball, which returns ty the down trnek, The up journev, so to spnk, is a simnle matter enugh,the Mil. by its own impetus finding its wa.. to the main line and so on to the desk. But its return is a different thing. To each mao's iontler. is a branch line, just as in railwav j systems there are .¡di n¡¡s, and it is of the first impor. tance that no one's change should 110 to the wrong counter. Th. way the difficulty is nvercomp is tlm.: The shorter the distance the ball ha* to travel the greater i* its diameter, » that by auto- matic mechanical means the biggest balN are made to stop & the first station, the smaller one* paAAJRII closr. unt,l they, in turn, reacli their destinations. When a siding is reached the balls which have to traverse it by their own peculiarity of ize. switch thomselvet off the mllin on to the branch 110r, drop into a pocket, and the customer gets his change before he scarcely has had time to Inok round. The id?, I, a Yankee ?n??? the lI'O'P.itor -f the patent oeing the Lam«on Store Service Cnmpmy, of 1, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square,London, who have already erected a similar .r.tem in Swaa.ea for Mr. Evans. Mr. Hopkins ha. provided himself with a triple J'.tel\1, each of the three lines having, of course, a duplicate return trock. and or. Satur- doy evening M>ese .e R!¡ h full swing, keeping two clerks at thi desk hard at vork, and a' much to the relief of the busy shormen and the con. venience of customerfl a- to tho amusement of large crowds of people gathered outside, who, with faces closely pressed against the window panes, were evidently highly entertained bv the way in which the "skittle baEs," as they termed them, rolled about in mid-air.

DEATH OF MR. BAGE. C.E. It is our melancholy duty to announce the death of Mr. William bage, which occurred on the 8th inst. at his residence, Tredegar Lodge, Cardiff. Mr. was a civil engineer hv profession, and enjoyed a high reputation for his skill and ability, which he exercised on varioulII work", in m»ny countrips and climates. In his earlv days he assisted in the construction of tbe Tuff Vale Rail- wAy, and was afterwards employed on railway works in Spain and France. Ho resided many years on the Gambia as Government engineer, where he was also at the head of the militia and a magis- trate. He was at length driven lioine by the; climate, and was entrusted with the construction of railways in North Wales. When the Royal Commission W.. appointed to investigate the posi-1 tion of Irish railways, with a view of their pur- chase bv the State. Mr. Bage was selected as one of the civil engineers to advise the 0,mmi. sion. After an important engagement in Hungary, he waR appointed to a very responsible pMition in Sweden as managing director and engineer-in- chief TO an AnLlo-Swedith Company to construct an extensive dock and milwav, and he nlso repre- .nt,,) -101, the English interest in the joint cnmpany Whfn the"" ¡rreat WMP were com- pleted the public ?p,,?ing was attended by th9 King of Sweden in perwn, and he signili.d the g.fn ;efi;r:n a. I::gn of knighthood of the O?dornf Vae" The declJr.,I tion ??f, this Order con"iltø of g"td crown set in rubies and emeralds, resting uoon a gold rO<8 Since Mr. Bage's return m Cardiff he b "a been 11 :tr;t;hn Shipbuilding Company. He married the youngest daughter of the late Mr., Edward Evans,senior, surrt-nn,and leavsa widow and three daughter.' to mourn the loss of a loving husband and father.

Mil. DODDS I'OPUIAU CONCERTS AT CARDIFF. I Mr. Dodd gave a programme of Welsh music nn Saturday iti? ?pre"?.titative quartette of Weloh v? i4t. and one ,I the best concerts of the season was the result, each artist making a dis- tinct success, encore* being so frequent that. Mr. Dodd was obliged at last toasktheaudience to de8ist. 1).d,l was ?biiw." p_eø a very sweet Lli??,, Rl,,ndd,,w..t admiiable style. We have not heard Madame Gertrude Lewis to sticit advantage this season, her rendering of "Cywenith Gwyn" and other Welsh songs being marked with such power and feeling that the audience were enthusiastic in their applAuse. Eo" Wenalll." ten"r ..ith a fine natural voice, created a marked impression hv his spirited singing in **Sound an Alarm, )?i.? high notes bei?R declaimed with M*t effect, He w? equally 9ucce""fu! in his other selections. Mr G ",iIm thntr? fine Me,n mntante voice waa the theme of general admiration. In response tafmfncon'.tfh'rMr.Kmt?nK?nf'octfttf ¡ "g "Y Cymro," h- mng The M.rin,r"; but perhaps his greatest effort WHS a de- scriptive song, The Desert" Emanuel"), in which he displaved considerable dramatic power. Mi" Annie Jones was the soloist of the evening, and fully maintained the hieh reputation she has pained as r« *kilfut executant on the harp. Mr. Dodd ? t- humorou! .,)ng% which greatly Il\mullEd t'h- ..d ienm, and his choir, augmented by R number of bove' voices, sang 8everal put ??!"?h <-xce)?nt eNect. Mr. Dm MMm- pinied i,? h?? usual .c.llf-nt manner. The concert c.?nciuded with an orntn?nont of i "(j"d Hies? tip Prinee of ?&)M-n which each of the voc*iisr* we have named sang a verse.. with a chorus bv the choir. Next Saturday there | will be a miscellaneous concert, and for Saturdav, the 22nd inst., special a"Finpryientg are being made, for "A Nicht wi1 Burns."

 READ THE" WERKLT MttL." PaicR QNR ENNT.— Edited by PKND*AGON."

SWANSEA. <"Before Messrs. J. T. JaNiiwand J. G. HArri GAME TU5PUs.-John Thomas and DiVidj Lodwig were charged with trespassing in pursuit of game on land in the occupatioc of Mr. G. B. Haynee. The,, were caught with a dog, and one had fired at a bird. Thomas was fined iiOs. and the other defendant 15. ULLIOKD WirE DBSHBTIOS.—A charge of desert- ing wift. and family wa< brought against Evan Walters, Llanellv, but, after a long hearing, the bench decided to dismiss the case.

BRIDGEND ALUOW FALSP PBrrKNCVs.—!Gwilym Edwards, farm labourer, described as a native cf Ystrad MYMCh, and former? of Bhenga?. was remanded until Monday on a charge of obtaining, by a false pretence, on the 11th of September, 1884, hor.? valued at 990. the property of Th- !)?j. Pontyscawen Farm, near Bridgend. ST?Htio tMRn.-R<M Dtvi? a?.M "RM< the Jockey," labourer. Rridgend, was sent to lI'vl fnr seven day. for stealing a ferret, the propertv of Thomas William Owen, at Brewery-road, Bridgend. FOWL STBALIVJ —Thomas Wilhams and Charles j Bryant, Tyuewydd, were called to surrender tr'1 their bails on a citarge of vtealing two fowls, the properly of the Kev. Kee« Pritchard, Llandvfodwg. Williams wu ° to gaol hr .,?. d.?, but BrvMr did n? put in an pp.7 ?, -d wnrrnnt "a' imued firhu apprehension. STEALING WOOD —PreJfnek Trenehard and John Davied were fined L2 each for steaiine wood, value at 3d, the propertv of the Ffaldau Coal Compan). Mr. \V. R. Rnrdalf prosecuted. CONSP!FIACY I' ASM —These cases, blouglit bv the Llynvl and Tondu Company against several of their CO!hHS, ha..o bMN before the court for cve",l weeks. It w? eventually decided tr)! K?the eh? "?"? Thomas John ?'' ?. Williams as a test <?<. and on Saturday tit d?mi?d. Mr. W R. R.ndan appeared for ?th. comp)*'Mnt6, and Mr R'?. P..typridd, for the defendants.

I TiK Cue roimm Pws"Gold Med*I ?S—?.5.5?-?'  IIta Prig MIIIaI. roor IIt&lIooor lis SSS=S.S-?"??B I I ,21.1[1.. Bl""1"" J-"400 E cr I'"

(r. I." (Net).-W. know of no inch scene? which | we ?ld ?inmood. | Conrrr C.Illr J 1-9- B. A." (Cardl!1 could Mt be imprisoned for oonumntof aourt without previous ] hotie*. f l?. h.. any foods, tb, plaintiff would probably, In ths Urst instance, issue III eurution. I undff which those g.,d, might be e,.d and sold, j except hit working toot. and th weiraj epparei and bidding of himself and bis 11 J the ..nir of £ h which .empt from ..Ie. K theex#cuti«>R Ih1Uld ii it pnviuc* snfficieut <o satisfy the debt and oo»ti, ;J!)n PIaIIltTI., ¡'I:f! j::i t..me. aK&lntt our ourreenoadent; .?d. 1t tt* judre i,fid Ih.t h havepnid or ,Id p., thttl M'«U!menii now .d, he .?ghl ..k.de, of commitment .plnn him lor any prtod i) it exceeding sis weeks but no man au 1>» UM td "d'O'1 because h il not able to pay In* debts, and the ImI'ùnmtnt dMt not reduc* the amount ,d i..ull liable 10 be ea,i«»d upon to pay. The best course wnu' d be for our correspondent !o :do'ttoC: :JILlrJ: 1 by u?t, i.i I ,It I.Y. c\rUhcm("I"II';I=nt" 'Chepstow) might h,,?? t.l .11, p- I h. w"?'h he did n >t order. I'7t :r:o:h. I c ,une would t to remit the amount of debt and at will hnd !iwhil, the tim .?l,d for t:mL purpo. » e will nd IJI! instructions on tbe summons. Bv 1t"inR 'hi, t?? .,?.id id t.,b, ooets. which w >uM U- considerably than it,- o? pL"bi.. It would no, tw pn1C1nt t,? go ? far to defend an &CHou which anpears 1. be Indefensible If he I. not pre- pared to pav th w)???? amount &t once he ight arrange with t"*p"i ?'iff &. toiniUlment* and Il,n a consent fsee summon, for particulars, but the fOrtDn course, H practicable, would be hr !rable in aU ie, would be. f,, rre bl. ? .11

PREACHING AND PRACTICE; THE VALfE OF A SCHOOL SITE. TO THE miTOK OV THK WKST*«H Mitt. .1 Sin,— is It a tact IMI h putMic cnampton nl education in Cardiff, and one who has nftan written and mpoken in terms of ?mi) rt at the | "I,t t, 1,'h. ites for the CAt d, ty ,,r.d ,:h h. entailed nn the ntepovero of Cardiff, is the ""ner of L."Ii-.elie.ttuml !&nd-not a hundrort m;i. from Cardiff, an acre of which was recently rq.d b" the &hool Board of a ?illge di itri, ? nn which tti er?t a Hoard School ? Adjoin-! ing this knd was a farm, ?onoistint of 25 a(!?s, which wfis some time eince let to a farmer for £ 30 venr; but the ad*ocaU for cbftp. popular, and al., B 'ard &1M\ education ak,d the '9ill°l.1 School Board £ 760 for an acre of his land This gentleman .1il.ntly intend* to c." out U,. pri.- ciple ,f inakin? the tpi,y.re pav for their children's education, because to Durchaae this land and erect a school bU'ldíar a loan of nMrly £ 2.000 will be ffi¡uid, nd Ujis, on the rataahis v.lu. of the d,.tric!, .,11 be a heav" In on the rateouvers —I am. kc AN AGRICULTURIST.

SAVING OF LIFE IV THE BRISTOL CHANNfCL. TO THE KDITOR Of TBS "VICTIM «U!L.' SFB,—MR attention ha- been drawn toanarticle in which Mr. Robert Capper, General Barbour Superintendent of Swanw, is said to have been planning a new idea, whicn be thinks might Db- viate the neceseity of harbours of refuge in tn., Jlriiitol Channel Hi. notion is to place three Government tugboats—one at Lundy, ooe at the Mumbles, and one at Penartii. I fail 0 follow Mr. C.pp.r'< ¡"no mpecting the p?ition of th- tug* With such weather m wu atimrie?-d the Hth nf O?,,)br, 1866 (a thick milt. ..d blow- Ing .g 'le.with high oem running tI. whole ,fg h?? day), it would be ip-ibl,, for either of the tugs stationed at Lundy and the Mumbles to communicate with the ot I let- or to render assistance to any ship. If tiie weather was clear it is evident that the whole of them would run up Channel in saieiv I Cardiff Roads. With re- spect to tive second communication between the Mumbles and Penarth, an accident might have happened t" the telegraph i?, ? w&. tM cs" wi,h tho«e from P.,tl--i to Cardiff. Mr. Cupper's notion is ,y praiseworthy if "ked in conjunction wiih a harbour of refu?M hUT I fail to understand how 1 ug- w"uld save ihipe in distress when the eiupstlwniselvescannotbeaeen. Take, for instance, ihe ship Malleny. I havs no doubt her position when bearing up for Cardiff Roads waa about tiftesn milee N.S.W of Lundy, hut, owing to the stronfc tides and the atate of the weather, no Ian: could have been seen. She must, however, have passed closc to the Scarweathar Lightship to have got nshoreon theTuskar Another ship, the Benvgloe, also passed closa to the light- hin in similar way, but lie, having daylight ia her favour, was able to avoid running on the rock. Mr. Capper alludee to a system of tugboats taking the refuge to the, miiips Now, in the case of the Renygloe, the powerful Liverpool tug led her into a supposed position of safety, and then left her to manage the best way she could. If Mr. Capper got a powertul gun to ue placed cn the lightship, and anotlier ou the Nash, to be used in sucii weather, lie would be conferring a great boon on ships approaching the dangers of the hcarweather and Nash SarnU, and would also be bfnehttiutt Swansea. Th. present fog signal 10 use there is only avail- able in calm weather. Mr Cappev alludes to CQlonel H?). M P *s having a great deal to r at CArd iff. and "Iso ilouhts hio ever having been in a .wr. of ?i?d. I mav add a f?. ords in r"pwt to him He i? ){' nueufn highly ettMmed both in ""vate and public H' is a I.,g, shipowner, ao.i kt!s very great Inter. iii all maritime ff,t r@. and I )Mve no donbt in his many yMhUnt excursions lie I)n? wMthert"d m?nv a I think the 1-t -id about nur )?it<nt colonel the twtterU'1%1,. C.Ppe, 'in? hit prtttM. in wl?i?h c?t? I will moat heartilv join him-1 am, kc, JONATHAN LEWIS, Cardiff Pilot. 13, Clive-piace, Penartii.

BEER ADULTERATION IN SOUTH WALES. TO THF. EDITOR OP THK WKSTKHN MAIL. I 11t,-T..o recent prosecutions under the rood and Drugs Act in South Wales liave disclosed a strange difference of opinion on the pot" of the magistrates as to the meaning ot adulteration. 10 the later instance two brewers of Aberdare were convicted on the 28*h ult. of having sold bew adulterated hy the addition of common salt The Act states that beer shall be made of notl1:nt but malt, l??p?, and water, and ?. mention is ld- ?f the amount of common -it which ? permitft to be pr<Mnt an ccid.ntal impurity. The pu ilie anFi'lyst 7or Glamorganshire in thia case rep" 1:yfolae;i: cê3 ¡: i common salt per?Uon.tnd in efidMCt'ttted that no action was usually taken if the proportion of salt wae not more than 60 grains per gahon. On ■ this ground the conviction was obtained. Au.,ut a week before,at Merthyr, the magistrates dismissed a case in which the jvidence showed I that tiie beer contained chlorides equivalent Ie ( 72 gni.o of salt pe, g.11?)..( be. The  defence in that e?w wa? that the Le"l Oovern- men! Board had intimated that they did not deem j it desirable to take proceedings unless the common salt contained in the heer amounted to oyer 100. grains per gallon. Which of the two decisions is to be accepted as the corm-t interpretation of ine j Act is a matter which concerns analysts u much AS the brewers and the public, and iliould be finally settled. IL i. satisfactory, therefore, to know that an appeal will be made against tbe decision given at Aberdare. What, then, is the source of the common lalt in beer Four bodies may ?.tib.te to it-It. glucose, hops, and -aw, rim wait may furnish not r<) than three g.i?. per CRIIU, U,, hope not more than -le" c?mt. and the water, accord- mf to Dr. Morgan's <n?ty<n. thr?. "Nino. The glucose used hy brewers has been tU?tdtn Mo. tain common M)t, bur. ujew p?-p.I, dd4 it .hould not yield to the beer mar. th*o. My. U'r« grains per rlInn. The total amounts to sixteen grains of common saltpir gallon, against 83 grains actually found. It would seem, therefore, quite possible to keep the proportion of aalt far below the limit of 50 grains per gallon with such a water as that uMd at Aberdare. A great authority on brewing, Dr. Chaf lee Graham, however, aIIIerU that where the water doas not naturally contain either gypsum or chlorides it is not so suitable for brew, ing purposes, and that one or the othll should be added to improve it. He points out that whilst the fttbntttd Edinburgh be<rt of M_rl Youn?r nd Co. a-e prepared from '"Mr c,tal. M)? & iieC;:et:hr;n.a:ontAfdh QmntitiM'ofchhrideofMd'u"' It is unlikely tliat. such an amount ot sail as IUU grains per pilon addtwl to beer would ban any I pr .jUdlcial effect upon thoae drinking it in mode- ■ rate quantities, hut it must be ranfeswd that direct evidence ot this is wanting A solution In I water of similar strength has only a vsry faint I saline taste, and though that taste would, doubt- less. be masked in beer, such an amount of salt u ."idently mucb more than an MCidMt*' 'mpunty. I Md. !btrefore, ?fbt not M be penn'tt* It is to be boptd.thtMfo? that the limit of 50 <'?"P? f;w.h'ch high "? to ?'ud'?? dZ- '? ??.?.M DUTDOIeØ. ",Hi be ffi,wd 00 .u. t"n.n appeal —I am, k ■■ appeal —I am, k ■■ It w. ATKINSON. I 44, Loudoun>equare. Cardiff.

A GRUMBLE FROM ROATH. TO THK RIJLTOB 07 THE WMTtRtf KAIt The inbabimnw 01 -I!- ?1-y awn ditMooint .) ..d?,p,iwd to find that Uuo eaten-I sion tmmwty. which WM thought would pmV* :Ucb a coovenien. has, 00 tbe C"ntry, pLaced us in a worse p""uoo than before the lww line waa fptMf!. thf F.. hvi.g been m?t Id. <rom B- wav to Clifton-street, Id frm Cllfton_t to the Arcade, and fnm the Arcade to the D&cb Id.. or 2d the whoie journey. Th?* who live from Oak- ti?d-Mreet up to Kmth(Aurt are. tbomo"Pl" at a disadvantage, for whereas tbey used to get in at the old terminus to go down to the Taff VaU or Rhymney Railway Stations, or even to town, for Id, they have now to pay 2d., or walk to Clifton- street. This is, of courae, very inconvenient, and it isbardlv likeiv one would pav Id. to, ride of 250 yards, mpecially when before they could go wt?fut tny txtr* chr The -?seq.-ce ?f this ia that wA walk to Flittoo-street. wiiere a 'bus is reneBlly at the cormr. whilin up to December 31. we ehoald have waited for a ear. E,ery?n. in this dtttntt is mo*t indignant at the v?nt ilrmngm?t, And IID:íC atba thought it possible that the Tram Company, nnder its usually-obliging and bmineaa-like nuwer, Mr. Hurley, would have adopted audi i suicidal policy. If you can find room for Uil; letter I am wre that, the ball havi been aet rolling, you will bo in..d.t,.d wit"h.FZbo. m bat rolling, you :if be ¡a with n, f: r; think o I do. My advise to mv rhb-n Is to r :c: :;¿ t:I: ai 7M! = and r@lentleenHl of a Home Ruler.—1 am. fcc^ ROATHITE.

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CARDIFF. ROATII CCNIRT&TITV CL -The fire of t series of #n:<?rtai £ iin«nu (sacking conrl>¡ OIUII. oft on Saturday Ight at tie above club, ta4 passed off Tery :-ne.1 taecctart Loot in 8On and rtcitaUoas. Violin aad sotai were also rendered. U is ir. ten dad to mriTfcwu Lbe" coooarts through the winter month*, DUTS or A TRAD*IMAN.—W* liave to rtowd. with great regret, the daath of a well-toowa tradtawan, Mr. Room JOD*«, Rotunda building* Cardiff, agad 41 year*, "00 died at Iii. reeidance, T, Park.gl.l?. <Ardlf'! T;* dvwd Co: -r year* conoectA!d Itt? W_ B Evasa aad <v .# London B,?use, e"pcrL ELY SCVOOL CHRISTMAS Tan .—Me are requested to acknowledge the receipt of the following tUw. toward* We above oiJject :-11, Dnid, .:11 Jù. £ 1; Colonel 54; Dr. Richards Yr. J >aea, Fairwater, Si. the Kev. J. H. UuckJ*j\ So., Mr. Bams, 5e.; Mr. jonM Watson, 20. 6d. General Wetsoo, 2L 6«1; Mise Wataon. Mr. Hybart, 2s. 6J and Mr* HAm,del., toy*. There aro now nearly 300 children at lh. ech«viU, and about fl2 are required in order to give each one a small present. A- it ta intended to provide the tree at the latter end of the m oth, it is hoped that thoso who may be disposed to aesist will _<1 their contributions during the next week 10 Mr. John Evans, (anton. Tae superintendent also begs to thank the secretary of UI8 but. Lodge of Freemasons, Nc, 960, for 10. 6d. receivad on betoalt of Christmas treats; also Mra. Keteevs-Tvnte, 01 Cain Mabty, for a large assortment of useful books, work boxes of pins, needles, cuffs, &r. suitable for ÙlHhildren (girl. ood hoys' MR. ENT8IIU1S1..IITS-The. tnter* tsintcents were concluded on Saturday evening at Penarth, where a most appreciative audience was entertained bv Mr. Capper. Great enjoyment was also derWed from the nulion of some .1.. on the piano by Mrs. Roekell, of Penarth. This ud" should have a brilliant career, a* her IlIItru. mentation msrks her to be an arnst of a high order. S. Hlaiherp, pawnbroker and jeweller, 2, Jlutb t-, Crd, 11. U t. anv amount. (il4 'fu' ;:d;p:LJ:.Ln:. Ira 12..10 ",2 "11> and Cold Luiieh«on at aU bolltl. at the Oid Dolphin, Chureb Btreet, Cardiff. 75007 UNIVMWITT WU.I!OK OP Sorra WALK* AKD )(OJfKOrTU8IIII The Ev*nlnf Oa»*f« wli; CommM on Tuoodav, JaDuary lit. F<t p«rt;eulan see peown, or applv t?; c.t i.e.. ap:'C'U:<CI !'AKllT AND o,Ou R,&L. 72. AT. MABT-STIAXT, CAwnrr.Considerably enlarged ani .w. Como>etti4al fenUenoen other* will find «ver y oomfort -d b- accommodation. ::@: ::=4 := and b.-Y c-.dW. li.UIW fisML, EVU:H<I DBXSSKS 35S. TO TftH GROWS.—M. ftamuet. 56, Crockbwbtown, CATJ.1T. II .ho.in« Lh. ffeweat III allka. pDZH. e..brntdn1M. lIIuahn.. 1mm. lowfn. feather*. op*r» ("to&kt. tan.. dntat ftbtlee. mautie m.tti&J.. choice mlUtaery> &c. DrtlMlaad maDU" mad. t.o ord. 10714 Pieroeiupjis taken by Mr. Freke are unaur* paseed fa, .11..0# nl trestmeat, gead tea* aad kick ..¡.h CertAa from 68 per daces. 12. Duke- •t^at 14 J. R. Wees. 3. (^srle-street, rasfectfully iafermi Us raudeau at Cardiff that a* Pramee Pietures. Meaau ftrswia g t, .ee 'k. p?.i- ..y Sla tt?'?i<t.t*un*'M*M-ttt.,cwM.t<. :rm 'a pAKssNTATieK PeaTtAtts — larns, Artist, Lea< dea aad Mertkyi. "im

ST. FAGAN^. HINT ICDIT —On Friday the half-yearly rent | audit of tne farm tenants on Lord Windeor's 6t Pagan's and Penarth Eeutas was held at the Windsor Esute Oftcas, wtien Mr. Forreel, the eeiale agent; Mr. Bruce, and Mr. Kopar attended to receive Uie rents. In the evening Ute reot dinner was held at the Plymouth Arms Bout The chair was taken by Mr. Korrest, and the vioa* cliair by Mr. George Thomaa, Ely Farm.

XKWPOKT BOARD or OUATFDIAKS —Tlw weekly meeting was held at the Workhouse on Saturday, Coionel Lyne presiding. Some of the inmates of the work- house who were represented IUI b,I).died men applied for work. The Chairman eaid full work at stone*breaking and food average wagee would be fouod them if thev spplisd at theTown»haU nn Monday. The treasurer I lik Webber) applied for psymerf of the balance agaioet the board, end also lor £5 12< M IUte_t. The Chirm.. aid they couht M! p?y mMTMt. The O"r-dmft Umt day wM ?I.50C. but he wuld 'Mt undwuko the reeponsibility of signing a cheque for pavment. 8UP?I*T RoA?.-A woman nam Y-"t. fltdoton, aged 70. and living at 7, Mellon-etreet, we* admitted t) the Infirmary on flaturday, suffering from a fractured thigh, caused by failing down near hor own home. DON'T FORan in this rryinr. cold, damp, 'OffY. and m;*tv watbtr that Tador W.HtMM' FtMtt' 311- Of Honerii the ODIV eefe sad eerteln Care for Coogbs Coids, Imnehitio, ^fbeoping Cougbt, an, Tlrtrt"- at the Chwt. It girse immediate rel' t. Jfereraaewa U Uil try K. Cough no mere. Sold sv sll Cbe«i«t4 (72Mi

I MONMOLTH. tioaan OF uDABDiiJis.—At the first meet line of the New Yaar Otlonsl Darius prtsidsd, and eleTsn other gusrdians were preasnt. The Msstsr reported that the inmates liad ha1 Uisir Christmas dinner ordered; lw tit Mr.. E.ørett had sent mince pi? for Uw rid _aD and wh. f. th. old men on Christmas Eve, I tn:; p':Ø:d n8n:-¡Dt:¡: Infirmary ?ilh tobMCO d tha chUdr.e *'th <WMM. Mr. Hall bad sko given omngos for Uw inmates

GLYN-NEAI'H. S*aso»iiBi.ii GiN««oarr —During tiie past Mr. Morean Stuart Williams, of Abarpsrgwm, bad a fine ox killed and diatributad amongst U. DanlA on his aatate, and his timely benevoUsioe was much spprecixted.

MKUTHYH. Dun OF Na TJMOTET K^A*S —After a eoae- wliat protracted tIIn- Mr. Timothy Evaoe expired at hvs residence on Saturday tftMeeoa. Tlte deceiised genUemnri was formerly partner In the firm of Meeers Phillips and Evane. drapers, kc., rif High-street, and years ago he took an active 1 interest in the voiusteer movement.

MKKTHYK VALE. I KATB OF Na. DOWDESWIIX— Mr. TUoma* Do-vdeeweli, a well-known contractor IIn- Nil on'e Navigation Company, died at his rseldeece, afur month's illneaa, oti Priday nigbt. OeeeaeM* who we. 57 yeare of age, was highly respected b1 all persons with whom he came into contact.

MOUNTAIN ASH I 'Cu. FAT., Acaoiun IW a FITTLSO Bso--O- JJKt.,d.y, n 'I' bfr. Rhys (coroner) and jury. of whom Mr. J. W. Joeae was foreman, held an inquiry touching the death of Edward Smith, who had died fr?1Jl the Nwta ot injuries received by falling off a platform in Mesers Nixon's fitting shop on Thursday last. It appeared from the evidence that tiie deceased had he,n employed with the f, ttr,, thr«e weeks, aad*aa ha* always been the cus'om .,(11 70ung beginners, he superintended the working of <• screw machine. On Thursday he had got on a plauorm twelve feet lngii in order to put tt e strap on tbe paliey. That Itaviog been done, h. wu pftn sitting dowl on the plrjik on which he st/x;d. In a few miatttee afterwards he fell to the ground head foremoet, and received ouch injuries that be died in a qusrUr of an hour. In r<!)? to Mr. Martin, Gi)vwnwoat l inspector ot Minus, Mr Evan*, foreman ftuer 'B the NtT?t?&M Y.rd, said it ?. th- ru'?tc. and it WM Ap. d.i.bi., that b. h-ld be Maptoyd ts the deceased wss. Verdict, M Accidental detth." The jury recommended that boys of tender age should not be allowed to do any dea- geroue work such u the deceaeed had been eoraged at.

FIEI.—On Friday evening a tire wd recovered W hsve originated at the new boos* oi Mr. J. M J..nM. buMh?r. T?-t'r?t, Pontypridd U At the prem. are no, qui C-pitd. -d the workmen had been using a large Are to en un- grated fireplace in one of the front rooms with the intention of raelo-ig lead for plumbing purposes, and towards night the Are wss found to have ignited the woodwork adjoining. The fire was, f,,rtunst.sly, d,.&,I,n-ed in good time, and prompt efforts were made w extinguish the flames. A valuable oil-painting belonging to Mr. Jones was completely destroyed FomrratDt (ikkumA.9 SctOCL.—WMted, CAo- diOAtes for Frel minsry Medicol (Maroh and laM), Prw hminarr Uw Ub. *nd July) .-d all C?t't?t— jt.i-y 1.? (M.y L7IId Th T- bW. Monda" the i7th tn$t.—Jo** M'Cin*, Fead- master.

TREHAKKIS. _0 CircRcu or EVOLAMD 5118Y1CD.-(,hurc.o oi EOKlAnd ""r..kee were COfD OG Ik"y ia the?BttnM' dep?ment of 11M brei Od-oa At oixbt o'cl?ck there -w a Oti?rttto* of Holy Com- munion in English, t w,- morning P-Y- and Mrmon in Wthh. -d si. evening P-Y- Md i: Eott?h I: .=- P: by the Rector of Merthyr. Henceforth they will be continued by the Rel- W. L. Ejcbard*, tbc curate in charge. The offertoriee were in aid of the ex- penses of the mission. It is intended to build a church as soon as sufficient funds hevo beø acquired to proceed with the undertaking.

JOTTlNttS, aT "WD&LT MAIL," Frice One fennj* rmaLu* AMP ?MMCAf UØY" scmsow — MI -eo;  S'?? 17c- rViiTiTiiirinl ^A»u •♦■saiy. Have nuii>«w \9wirmlml~ ixmtuom « t«MS ¡, Desared MeU 1_ Pl# .,e ''r'9Ul wA«NIV^ —When .eu U* KacsiTT'e Bi«l  T— M40q>se>uwes keg te mmttrny & soUieeaal*>' iw<ec a^uArt fc d> m *mj ?*?* f •^us*se o tU wreepei SiSrtai^tAjW

THE STATE OF IRELAND. TIIE "PLAN OF CAMPAIGN." TRIAL OF LEADING NATIONALISTS. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL EXAMINED. On Saturday, in Dublin Police court, the hearing of the coaspincy trials wu resumed. The first witnees called was Captain Plunket, K.M., who admitted that he was the author nf the letter in the TWit, signed 4 Kefi'ina," euggeatinj how an arrangement might be brougohr about between landlord and tenant in the cot:r.try a'id stating that evictions frequently led to n, trag >. and that they would disturb the hitherto peuceiul state of the country. But witness denied that he ever interfered between landlords and tenant. Subsequently, however, he admitted that he called at an agent'* office in Dame-street for the sole purpose of getting him to bring an arrangement about. He had had twenty years of magisterial experience. He knew in all that time but one landlord whom he would call a harah landlord. The Atwruey-Gentral, M.P.. was examined by ,Nlr. O'Biordan, Q.C., as to the opinion attributed to him in United Ireland, that he did not set how the G .vernment could interfere with the" Plan of Campaign," aud as to whether he wrote anv such. opinion, either as counsel for a private individual or as Attorney General for the Government. He said he was absolutely precluded from saying whether he diJ or not. Ifo I declined to suggest tliat the editor of Unittd Ireland invented the opinion. He wrote two opinionson the" Plan of Campaign," neither of which was published. If counsel desired his present opinion on the Plan of Campaign ho would (five it. Crosa*examined by Mr. Healy: No mone y seIzed by U.. GoverDment can be paid over to the landlord. That is, no money seized by the p.?lic(? .1 carrv. ing out arrests or otherwise can be banded over to the landlord ?—No, the money is retained for the purpose of prosecution, as is always done. If the prosecution fail. r-Great difficulties have occasionally arisen in such cases as to finding out who the money rightly belongs to, and in pro- ceeding* under the" Plan of Campaign" it would be almost impossible to ascertain who was the I' proper owner. In instances where the right owner cannot be found the money remains iu the hands of the police. But tlw money cannot be paid over to the land- lords y—Except where they can prove they are the proper owners. Tliat can be established in 1101 great many waya. Can you tel' me one way ?-I really do not feel bod ;:(¡;I. really do not feel ",? ,)n,ide? the men collecting rents could be !e¡:oully II.rree(ed Ye.; It was the overt act of a criminal conspiracy. ExHininatiun continued: A limited liability i company of tenants to provide against eviction might or might not be Illegal. I have read Lord Salisbury's speech at Bristol. Organised em- bezzlement might not be the correct legal and technical expression to use towards the action of the deiènll"nts, but from a technical point i of view it was perfectly correct. I think tlio, proceedings of Itw defendants were d(icidedlv immoral, because Ymd¿npr;: t;:r:ve;cI i who commit@& crime acts immorally, I do not know if pressure was brought to bear upon landlords. I know nothing whatsoever about it. I did not make anv inquiries 118 to the truth of the allega- tions md" by the defendants in their speeches. Have you taken any pr?,din., ag1D<t the criminals pointed at by Chief Baron Palles at Sligo-'—I will not say what 1 will do. 1 alwayi deal with each COM as it arise*. delx:ic; iis;¡r:i8;j,e presenc Govern- men( had nothing to do with the Woodfnrd evic- Hons, for they Were only in office a few days at the t,u?.. After tbe Attorney.Geneml left the witnoM-box there W&A a consultation betwrun the defendanus' counsel. Subsequently Mr. Adams rose to address the bench on behalf of his client, Mr. Sheehy. Jolr. O'Douel: Is this with the view of dissuadiug me to dismiss tho 8umtuUO:! Mr. Adams: Certainly. Mr. O'Donel: You know very well that if you had tiie eloquence ot a \.Jem,,(Íten6" you will not convincè me that I should dismiss the summons. Mr. Adams .id that n.eTtiteI8lls he would go on. Although his worship had madti o.cl, state- ment, he dis not .)are 'Ith him the view ti?.t the end he would adhore to such an opinion. IIe knew the courage of his worship, and tho indepon- dene* of his mind, so lie thought at the close ot the day's proceedings he would come to the same conclusion as the people of the three kingdoms already had Nwe to-thn there j was no case to go before the jury-by dismissing these proceedings. His worship would thus confer a benefit, not only on the defendant*, but also on the Government. If his worship was sick of the cue, if counul were ?!ck of t case,, aud if the defendants were sick of the case, 110 were the Government which, lie would not sav was in power, but which held office in Ireland. It was an Administration which should excite pity, owing to its difficulties and troubles, and it should not in its dyiag hour be still further troubled by this prosecution. Auyone who had been in tbe police<ourt for the last few day. would not, from the appearance of things, imagine that it wt% the defendants who werA on trial, but the official. who had appeared 3o the witneu-box.1 C,)un?l argued that i the defendanu werrgttv of .ytliing it was tt?t of carrying out wha*? the Gi! vemment Its: 1:\n1iYlDg out what the At the conclusion of Mr. Adams's address the case was adjourned until to-morrow (Tuesday) at one o'clock. rilOJEUTED VISIT OF THE 1TJNCE OV WALES. The I)ubli4 littning Telegraph states on good: authority that the Prince of Wales has taken New- II hods, Clondalkin, County Dublin, fur one year, Newlands is a fine old mansion, and was formerly the residence of Lord Kilwarne. MR. GLADSTONE'S CONCESSIONS. The" Central News" says:—A statement was published in a London newspaper on Friday morn- ing to rhe effect that Mr. Gladstone, among other concessions, is willing to confine the powert4 of the Irish Executive to those questions exclusively Irish which may be delegated to it. We tro authorised to atate that this assertion is entirely | without foundation. Ant. SEXTON, M.P., SUED FOR DAMAGES. FIVE ACTIONS FOR MALICIOUS PROSFCLT- TJOX. Actions arising out of the late election for West Belfast have been commenced by John Burke, sawyer, George Ferguson, slipper maker, David Lewiø, fitter, John Martin, insurance society traveller, and James M'Kee, soap boiler, all ofbel. fast, against Mr. Sexton. M.P., and four co-defen- danta, claiming each £500 damages for alleged wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious I prosecution. IIAUUIED IX) DEATH BY TIIE NATIONALISTS. On Saturday a ahocking case of ,uicid? w?, re- porled from a place called Cough, in the North of Ireland. A v iung farmer named Whiteside had been warned by Nationahet8 not to pay /us reat. He, however, did pay, and was then met by a number ot men, who threatened his life. Letters, with the usual emblems of coffin, skull, and croas-bones, were sent to him, and Whiteside became so terrified that he had people to watch his house at night. D!s mind bncume evidently affected from fear, and on Thursday night he shot himself dead with a gun in his bedroom, having previously told his father not to be alarmed if he heard the sound of firearms during the night.

NEWPORT AND CHRISTCHCRCH. -I V r _tl; ( fiet?,? m,. ?. P.rÎI:ríert!RIha:ij,; t?e Oak Tree pubhc.house, Tydu. summoned for )[Mp? ing open her licensed hnu8 du?n? prohibited hoars on Sunday evening, Dec 26, was nned 10. fid

MEHTHYK u- (Before Mr. W. M. NORTH, stipendiary, Mr. i.. WILLIAMS, and Mr. W SMTTR ) _I .? -I ?tOt.T.wo m POUCE._W ¡IHAm Biiicniiva, soldier, wu charged with i. drunkanddwor- widier, was charged wi mttml ?tlit'  g p.lice-C,).st?ble derly, and also with assaulting Police-Constabe E",b D, Do-?t. Th. c?K. l dismi-d; for the other c<!me' primner w .e fi?ned 10s. and costs.  ?OBBINO I FITKF- prison for 21 days with hard Uhourforetealinga barrel of h<rrinK.. the P'-°""?? his "?'' David Ghttiths, a ?h hawker, of M?,U.yr.

TIIE CHAPEL CENSUS IS WALES. TO THR KDITO* Or TNF 0 WKSTBBH aUIL," 1 k,hy I nsW through your columns the I persons whù are attempting to rob the Church of t England in "al?. and who have b?n appoii3td n: "\II!, tdc;t;: 'ar ""at. t' aisn inquire the amount of the debt on nch Chapel,l and h"w th#1 money is me?ired'? We in Swansea have experienced eomething of the difficulties in such mutter", and, therefore, I think ycu will admit tint what I propoae is a reasonable request —I am, fcc -r am, &, A CH6 PEI, GOER. i .,o\n.

SWANSEA. SODMN D-,n.-An old man. of ou, BamM Howall Evans, diad vary suddsoly oa Friday at swanw H wpim), whither be bad been taken froa the slree' in a Itt. T,. F, .11 A.11?A.. fWiXJKi .UTT Ø.r.L I will bs held 11 lb* Albert-hall, on FruUjr. J»«u»rj IBV. P-.d, b?? b?.dd Looal Ch. Ilb- tutfon*. "'?. !t'" F.Rut'!tt' F"!? l **n? IMncln< 't t <t p.m. TiettH-I?t' M* M 6f- tiemen. *1 ? Fsmil* Tic*et of thm mm «aUeawn ??. t.d?.). J?"'?p.Mt'? .TIct: r.= to be .ad. to Mr C F E<t-trd..?!?'.M. W?-*? tw.M<t-RH.ttertM..HontMf'?? 'MM ALL tbtChh.tU)<* HiUtt?Md Ptpttt?ift?MtM ..d ¿nil" nw ready, at TwemY's