Barry Dock News

OVERSEERS FOR ST. NICHOLAS I PETTY SESSIONAL DISTRICT. The following is a complete list of the overseers ap- pointed for the various parishes in the St. Nicholas ..r Petty Sessional District for the ensuing year BARRY.—Messrs J. Lowdon and Robert Ljscombe. BONVILSTONE.-Messrs Henry Roberts and H. Mackenzie Thomas. CADOXTON. — Messrs Rees Phillips and Henry Burbidge. CoGAN.—Messrs W. Williams and John Rees. HIGHLIGHT. — Mrs Jane Griffiths and Mr T. Morgan. LAVERNOCK.—Messrs J. LI. Lawrence and John Hopkins. LLANFYTHIN.—Messrs W. Lougher and T. John. LECKWITH.—Messrs Frederick Davies and John Thomas. LLANDOUGH.—Messrs John Williams and Evan Reynolds. LLANCARFAN.—Messrs Evan Lougher and John Lougher. LLANTRITHYD.-Messrs W. Williams and John Watts. MICHAELSTONE-LE-PIT.-Messrs John Thomas and Edmund Greatrex. MICHAELSTONE SUPER ELY. — Messrs Richard Thomas and William David. MERTHYR Do VAN.—Messrs C. J. Thomas and John John. PENARTH. — Messrs R. W. Jones and Robert Manroe. PORTHKERRY.—Messrs Richard Lougher and Amos Sheldrake. PETERSTONE-SUPER-ELY.-Messrs John Bassett and William Rees. PENMARK.—Messrs T. Matthews and W. Thomas. SITIXY.—Messrs W. Thomas (Cog) and W. Thomas (Tht. Hayes). ST. ANDREW'S.—Messrs Robert Harry and D. T. Alexander. ST. LYTHAN'S.—Messrs Oliver Williams and T. F. Thomas. ST. GEORGE'S.—Messrs E. D. Drope and Henry Williams. ST. BRIDE'S-SUPER-ELY.—Messrs E. Watts and John Dyer. ST. NICHOLAS.—Messrs William Evans and Robert Vickery. WENVOE.—Messrs Oliver Thomas and Hopkin Smith.

SENSATIONAL OCCURRENCE AT ABERTHAW. A CHILD'S BODY FOUND IN A GARDEN. THE REMAINS UNEARTHED BY THE SCRAPINGS OF A DOG. CORONER'S INQUEST AND VERDICT. An inquest was held on Friday afternoon last at the Blue Anchor Hotel, Aberthaw, before Mr E. B. Reece, coroner, and a jury of which Mr W. Jenkins, Rhoose, was foreman, on the body of the infant child of Emily Williams, servant at the Duke Hotel, Cow- bridge. It appears that the body was buried by the mother in a fruit box in a garden at Aberthaw, and on leaving the neighbourhood shortly afterwards she forgot to remove the body. Early last week several dogs were heard yelling in the garden and scratching the soil over the spot where the body was concealed. This attracted the attention os a woman named Mrs Withers, living next door, who mentioned the matter to William Thomas, another neighbour, who sub- sequently gave information to P.C. Halsey, of Rhoose, and he proceeded to search the spot and took charge Ofthelx>dy.—Dr Gore, Cadoxton, who attended the mother upon her confinement about two months ago, said the child was stillborn.-A verdict accordingly was returned.—On Tuesday last, P.S. Evans, East Barry, applied for a warrant for the arrest of a woman named Williams, the grandmother of the child, but the application was refused, as the law with reference to stillborn children maintained that a person could bury a stillborn child wherever it was thought proper. The incident naturally created quite a sensation in the neighbourhood.

LIBERAL MEETING AT EAST BARRY. ELECTION OF WARD COMMITTEE. DETERMINATION TO STUBBORNLY RESIST OPPOSITION. A well-attended meeting of the Liberal party of East Barry was held at the Public Hall on Friday evening last, under the presidency of Mr J. J. Moon, for the purpose of discussing the necessity of organising the party on a more satisfactory basis than appeared to have hitherto existed. A spirit of great earnestness characterised the proceedings throughout and it was plainly manifest that the present member for South Glamorgan is in high favour in this portion of the constituency, and that the attempt of Sir Morgan Morgan to wrest the seat from him will be stubbornly resisted. It was unanimously resolved to forma committee to work as award committee in con- nection with the Cadoxton and Barry Liberal Asso- ciation, and the following gentlemen were elected to servePresident, Mr J. J. Moon vice-president, Messrs Hughes and English hon. secretary, Mr F. W. Taylor, 113, High-screet, East Barry; committee, Messrs E. J. Roberts, Watkyn Williams, S. Griffiths, F. J. Colyer, L. M. Rees, E. F. Blackmore, Probert, J. Davies, T. Jenkins, Chinn, H. Davies, G. Garrett, M. H. Davies, J. Blainey, 1. Hudd, J. Thomas, W. H. Parry, T. Hopkins, 0. Fenn, and R. Williams. Councillor J. C. Meggitt was present, and addressed the meeting, urging the necessity of perfecting the organization of the party, and advising the desira- bility of close attention to the next registration of voters. A vote of thanks to the Chairman brought a capital meeting to a close.-Commwnicated.

A PENARTH MAN FINED £3 FOR STEALING A LOAF OF BREAD. ANOTHER INSTANCE OF JUSTICES JUSTICE. At Penarth Police-court, on Monday last—before Mr J. S. Corbett (chairman), Mr F. W. G. Gore, and Mr Valentine Trayes—William Riley, of Penarth, was brought up in custody charged with stealing a loaf, valve 5§d, belonging to Mr Richard Draper, grocer, Maughan-street, Penarth, on the previous Saturday afternoon. From the evidence of Harriet Brown, a little girl living with her sister, at 33, Maughan-street, it transpired that prisoner (who was in drink at the time), took the loaf of bread from a truck standing on the street in front of Mr Draper's shop. Mr Draper's attention was drawn to the fact, and he went in pursuit of prisoner, and caught him, when the accused became very abusive.—P.C. John Elias proved arrest, and in reply to the charge pri- soner said he was drunk at the time, otherwise he would not have touched the bread.—Inspector King said the prisoner had been previously convicted .several times of drunkenness, but not of felony.—Mr Corbett said drunkenness was no excuse for theft, and prisoner must pay a fine of 23 and costs, or go to prison for a month's hard labour.

BARRY DOCK TRADESMEN'S BANK- RUPTCY CASE. At Cardiff Bankruptcy-court on Tuesday last- before Mr Registrar Langley—Mr George David, solicitor, called attention to the adjourned bank- ruptcy case of Davies and Burgess, grocers, of Barry Dock and Penarth. Debtors had been ordered at the last sitting to amend their state- ment of affairs, and Mr David remarked that the order had since been wholly disregarded by one of the debtors, and Davies used a good deal of bad language outside the court, and threatened to leave the place altogether. Burgess within the last two or three days had apparently come to a better frame of mind, and two or three sheets of paper had been prepared but actually nothing had been done in the direction required by the court.—Registrar But you know as well as I do that I have no power in enforcing these orders. That is why I have an objection to making them. -Mr David said he believed that Mr Belcher had appeared at a prior hearing for debtors, but he seemed now to be rather ashamed of them.— Mr Belcher No, I am not.—Mr David I ask you to adjourn the examination to the next court. -The Registrar: Very well, then, the case is ad- journed till the 20th May. If the order is not complied with by then, you can take the debtor forthwith into the judge's court.—Mr David acquiesced.

COGAN. F. MR. G. BROWN'S TEAM. These teams played a match at Cogan on Saturday last, for the benefit of Mr W. Yould, who had his collar-bene broken while playing as a substitute for Cogan about three months ago. Brown s team con- sisted of Shepherd, H. Kirby, G. Brown and Matthews, of the Penarth 1st XV., and Edgington, Lambert, C. Kirby, Fred. Hutchings, R. A. Lewis, Dyer, and another of the Penarth "A" team. The game was well contested, the Cogan men showing very good defence. H. Kirby played well, and scored two very fine tries for Brown's team, while C. Kirby added one. For Cogan, Morris, although rather light, played a good forward game, and Mapleson did fairly well at three-quarter. The passing on both sides was slow and badly timed. A pleasant game resulted in a win for Brown's team by two goals and a try to nil.

KYMIN (PENARTH) V. NEWPORT SECOND. This match was played on the Harlequins' ground, Penarth-road, on Saturday afternoon last, under a blazing sun and before a small muster of spectators. Newport kicked off, and at once assumed the ag- gressive, Jones scoring. The place kick was success- ful. Play for some time was of a very even character. Kymin pressed, and Roberts scored, Selwyn Biggs converting. Half time wa then called. After lemons Newport pressed, and Gould scored. No goal resulted from the place. Newport still continued to have the advantage, and Jones scored a third try. With a splendid effort Kymin cleared their lines, Roberts, Biggs, Smith, Gardner, and Nicholls being prominent. Loose play let in Newport, and Gould, with a fine run, scored. The place again failed. Kymin now rushed the leather to the half way, where Roberts picked up and ran to the Newport 25, where he lost the ball. Nicholls, however, obtained possession, and scored in the corner. Selwyn Biggs, with a grand kick, converted. Time was then called, leaving Newport the winners by one goal, three tries, and four minors, to two goals and three minors. The local team was as follows :-Peno1.th Kymin Back —Heywood; three-quarter backs-Alexander, Purnell, S. Biggs, and W. H. Jones; half-backs—Lloyd Roberts and Edwards forwards—Edwards, Nicholls, Smith, Gardner, Nell, Krieger, Andrews, and Sheen. Referee Mr G. G. L. May.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PENARTH CLUB. The annual meeting, for the election of officers, &c., will be held at the National Schoolroom, Penarth, next week. The meeting will be a very important one, as the popular" skipper," Mr Garrett, intends to have a rest, although, of course, he will play as usual. The secretary (Mr R. A. Lewis) also is resign- ing. The question of a new ground will receive full consideration the fixture list for next season will be read, together with the annual balance sheet.

GENERAL MEETING OF THE WELSH RUGBY UNION. The spring meeting of the Welsh Union, for the alteration of bye-laws, &e., will be held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, to-morrow (Saturday) evening, at 6.30 o'clock. The agenda is a long one, and embraces some Very important proposals bearing on the const tution of the committee, alterations in the method of scoring, rules relating to off-side play of half-backs, professionalism, &e.

LOCAL CRICKET. BARRY DOCK V. CADOXTON. The opening match of the season, so far as this dis- trict is concerned, was played on the Buttrills ground, Barry, on Saturday afternoon last, in splendid weather, before a goodly number of spectators, amongst those present being Dr. and Mrs Powell, Dr. Gore, Dr. O'Donnell, Mr and Mrs G. F. Willett, Mr W. Williams (National Bank of Wales), Mr E. T. Williams (secretary of the Barry team), &c. The opposing teams were those of Barry and Cadoxton. The former having won the toss, elected to bat, and Cadoxton took to the field, trusting to the bowling of F. W. Davies and W. Morse. Davies succeeded in clean bowling out two of the Barry men during the first over, which made matters look rather favourable for Cadoxton. Morse and Lewis also did splendid work, and succeeded in levelling some of the wickets. Being the first match of the season, heavy scoring could not be expected on either aide. Barry closed their innings with a score,of39 runs. Davu s and Howells commenced the battingfor Cadoxton, West and Vincent having charge of the bowling for Barry. Howells was soon got rid of, as also were two or three of his followers, the bowling of West and Vincent being remarkably well, in fact, no stand at all was made against the bowling of the Barry men. It should be added that the uelding and batting on both sides were excellent, and it is evident that with a little sides were excellent, and it is evident that with a little practice the teams will develope into first-class elevens. The close of the match snowed that Barry were victorious by 12 runs, Cadoxton having contri- buted 27 runs. A scratch match will be played to- Lds morrow (Saturday) on the Cadoxton grounds, near the Market, at 2.30., when it is hoped all fntending players will be present.

BARRY DOCK. Lewis, b Davies 16 Clode, b Davies 0 Vincent, b Davies 0 Willett, b Morse 2 West, b Davies 1 Williams, st. Watson, b Lewis 4 Nicholls, b Lewis 0 Wilson, b Lewis 2 Phillips, not out ° Jones, b Lewis Haines, b Morse Extras 19 CADOXTON. F. W. Davies, b West 0 W. R. Howell, b Vincent. 0 W. Morse, b Vincent 0 J. Chalmers, b West 3 W Chandlish, b West 0 R. Watson, b Vincent 8 F C. Boyes,bVin ent 2 H. Waters, b Vin ent 2 j. Lewis, b West 7 C. Propert, no* out 0 A. Sweet, bVir jeni 0 A. Sweet, bVir jeni 0 E> ;ras 5 I 27

SHOP-LIFTING AT CADOXTON- BARRY. At a special petty sessions held at Cardiff on Fri- day last—before Mr J. S. Corbett—John Williams, hailing from Liverpool, and Thomas Donovan, (or Bryant), of Holton (Barry Dock), were brought up in custody of A.P.S. Ben Davies charged with stealing a pair of trousers, value 6s. 6d. from the shop of Messrs Garnett Brothers, clothiers, &c., Barry-road, Cadoxton, on the previous day. Evidence was given to the effect that the trousers were taken from a nail near the door of the shop, and afterwards pledged with Mr Barnett, pawnbroker, Main-street, the pawn-ticket being subsequently sold for a shilling. Prisoners were remanded until Monday at Penarth. THE ADJOURNED CASE. At Penarth Police Court, on Monday last—before Mr J. S. Corbett (chairman), Mr F. W. G. Gore, and Mr V. Trayes—John Williamsand Thomas Donovan, were charged on remand with stealing a pair of trousers as above. A.P.S. Ben Davies said the prisoners were arrested at the Wenvoe Arms Hotel, Cadoxton, and upon searching Williams he found a pair of stockings which he had since found belonged to another Cadoxton draper. The Bench sentenced the prisoners (both of whom expressed regret at the offence) to a month's imprisonment each with hard labour.

FORTHCOMING IMPORTANT PROPERTY SALE AT EAST BARRY. ———— The most important sale of freehold property which has been held in this district for some years will take place at the Barry Hotel, East Barry, on Tuesday afternoon next, when Mr D. T. Alexander (of the firm of Messrs Stephenson and Alexander, auctioneers, Cardiff) will offer for sale several lots of freehold landed properties, situate in the parish of Merthyr Dovan, and, in most instances, conveniently overlooking the entire range of the Barry and Cadoxton district and a large expanse of the Bristol Channel. The whole of the lots afford a rare opportunity to investors in this class of property in the rising and important new district of Barry, and the attendance at the sale, no doubt, will, therefore, be a large one. At the same time, the farm- house, outbuildings, &c., of Colcot Vawr, at present in the occupation of Mr David Howells, will also be offered for sale, and competition in all the lots is expected to be very keen. The sale will commence promptly at three o'clock in the afternoon. Full particulars are given in another column.

CONSECRATION OF CHURCH BELLS AT LLANCARVAN. INTERESTING CEREMONY BY THE BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE. HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AND PARISH. [BY MORIEN.] On Tuesday morning ast, Llancarvan Church was the scene of a ceremony seldom witnessed nowadays, viz., the consecration of a peal of bells by the Bishop of Llandaff. It seems that during the last half-cen- tury the sound of the church bells had not broken OJ* the stillness of the historic Llancarvan Valley—a spot consecrated to pious uses since at least the earliest ages of the history of Christianity in Wales. Twenty years ago, when the Rev A. T. Hughes, the present vicar, was appointed to this living, the church itself had fallen into a wretched condition of dilapidation. He then spent B800 in restoring the venerable shrine of Cattwg the Wise to a condition somewhat worthy of its noble purpose and venerable associations. The church is situate in a picturesque green hollow, with deep winding glens radiating from it. In the glen above it is Llanveithyn, so noted in the annals of Gla- morgan as once the home of Cattwg Ddoeth, or the Wise, whose wise, short sayings, in the shape of pro- verbs and triads, are not only among the most interesting, but the most precious, of the literary remains of pre-Augustine times. A short distance beyond Llanveithyn—or, more correctly, Llanveithryn, which signifies The nursery of learning "—is the ancient residence of St. Dyvrig (or, in Latin, St. Dubricius), Archbishop of the Church of Great Britain, and whose episcopal Churches were Llandaff and Caerlleon-on-Usk. In a field close to the Church of Llancarvan are seen uneven mpunds, describing, according to local tradition, the site of the residence of Caradoc of Llancarvan, the earliest Welsh historian, whose writings are to this day the source whence all subsequent historians derived, and still derive, their most authentic records relating to Wales. At Llan- veithyn and Llancarvan were held some of the most momentous synods, or cymmanvas, in the history of the British Church, and in those places also were edu- cated some of the most celebrated of the Cymric ancient bards in Cymric and Latin learning. It was, < moreover, at Llancarvan Aneurin, known, as it is supposed, also by the name of Gildas, author of the Gododin," the earliest of Welsh poems which have come down to us, found refuge after the disastrous battle of Cattraeth, near Strath Clyde. There can- not be any doubt whatever that it was here he com- posed that historical heroic poem, which describesthe incidents of that awful fight in defence of the liberties of Britain, the result of which was that the govern- ment of England was lost to the Welsh nation. Wales, however, baffled every foe. As might be expected, Llancarvan Church is a re- markably Interesting building. In the work of restoration the present enlightened vicar has dealt with its archaeological remains with loving care, so that the interior of the sacred building retains-all its primitive appearance. Indeed, it does not require much imagination while there among the worshippers to fancy oneself as having been whisked by enchant- ment back to those primitive ages when the fore- fathers of the hamlet attended within this building to listen to the wisdom of Cattwg the Wise, St. Dubricius, and St. Teilo, or, in the latter ages, to the enlightened views of the learned Caradoc the Monk. The church, as might be expected, points east and west. Above the altar, and extending its full length. are the remains of the reredos, the lower portion of which has disappeared among the" spoils of time." What remains is very beautiful, consisting of ex- quisite wood carvings. Behind the altar and remains of the reredos is a narrow room, extending the full width of the space occupied by the altar. A similar narrow room is seen behind t! c great altar of that other venerable building, the Parish Church of Llan- twit Major. It is supj>os I those narrow spaces behind each altar were for t!.< purpose of dramatic art when the sacred plays t'nap" 1 formed so important an element in educating the people in sacred litera- ture during non-literary ages as far as the masses were concerned. At the top of each of the pillars holding up the pointed arches of the nave are very curious carved heads, and two of the figures belong to the same period of ecclesiastical ornamentation as the stone cylinder lying in the churchyard against the western wall of Llantwit Major Church. When the present vicar succeeded in obtaining funds to restore the have and chanoel he was unable to restore the beUity and re-e»«t the brfla. howevar. he ha* been successful m wtn, The square tower, -wiw* antique windows of Batb stone, is an effective ad1 dition to the church's pleasant appearance. The original bells, four in number, bore the names— Sir Thomas Lewis, Van, Caerphilly, and the date 1646 Thomas Bassett, Llanveithyn, 1664 C. J. J. H. and T. S., 1646 and Gibbon, 1664. Two of the present bells were presented by Mr G. T. Clark, Talygarn. One of thesa is a re-cast of the bell presented by Sir Thomas Lewis, Van, in memory of Mrs Ann Price Clark, his wife, who was a descendant of Sir Thomas mentioned above. The other is a re-cast of the Gibbon bell, now presented by his descendant, the present Mr J. S. Gibbon, Newton, Cowbridge. The cost incurred by the Rev A. T. Hughes amounts to £ 800, £ 200 of which is given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. A balance of £35 remains to be collected. Among those present at the consecrating service were the Bishop of Llandaff, Canon Evans, Rhym- ney; the Revs A. T. Hughes, D. Bowen, Cowbridge; E». Jenkins, Llanmihangel; T. Rees, M.A., Cow- bridge Schools J. Jones, Bassaleg; and S. Jones, Flemingstone; Mr O. H. Jones, J.P., Fonmon Castle, and Mr Jenkin Matthews, Rhymney. The Lord Bishop, during the consecration portion of the service, stood in the entrance into the belfry, with the Vicar of Llancarvan and Canon Evans. His lordship afterwards delivered a sermon founded on Numbers x., 10. During the sermon the bishop traced the various modes of summoning to Divine ser- vice in ancient times. His lordship is a learned archaeologist," and he stated that formerly summoning was done by v)xiriers, clappers, trumpets, square bells, and rattles ach mode of inviting succeeding one another. B..1t it was known that round bells were em- ployed in £ he ninth century. The bishop conelud by describing the church bells as heralds, and hoped those new ones of Llancarvan would not be used in anything else worthy than as heralds of the Gospel. One of the Misses Hughes, of the Vicarage. presided at the harmonium, and another Miss Hughes led the singing. The choir is a model one for any village church, and the singing was very sweet. | A confirmation service was held in the afternoon 1 and a Welsh one in the evening. The Vicar of Glyn- tav had been announced to preach, but was unable to do so, owing to an accident.

CADOXTON, MERTHYR DOVAN AND BARRY BURIAL BOARD. MONTHLY MEETING AT EAST BARRY. THE CEMETERY A DISCREDIT TO THE BOARD. The monthly meeting of the Cadoxton and Merthyr Dovan Burial Board was held at the Clerk's Office, High-street, East Barry, on Tuesday evening last, Mr J. Robinson M.Inst.C.E., in the chair. There were present — Messrs R. S. Rob- inson, E. F. Blackmore, and J. A. Hughes (clerk). The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Clerk read his financial statement, showing that during the past five weeks 24 burials had taken place in the cemetery total amount received as interment fees was £ 16 14s. 6d.; and expenditure, B9 10s. 6d. The Clerk mentioned that Mr Adams was appoin- ted visitor of the cemetery for the past month, but he had not visited the place at all scarcely. The state of the cemetery was no credit at all to the Board, and he would suggest that a committee be appointed to devote as much attention as possible to the cemetery and report at each meeting of the Board. -The matter was deferred until the next meeting. The Clerk, in reply to the Chairman, said the Burials Act Amendment Act was at present being discussed in Parliament, and he consequently could not procure a copy of the same. The Chairman s report with reference to the drain age of the cemetery was also deferred until the next meeting. 1' The following bills were submitted for payment and passed :—Quarter salary to the clerk, £3 15s. R. Thomas, five weeks' wages as caretaker, E6 5s.; J. H. Smith, £2, W. Thomas, 5s., and W. Govier, 3s. 6d-, all for temporary assistance to the caretaker Messrs Richards and Gethin, architects, Cardiff, for plans, specifications, &c., £ 3613s.; Messrs Knight and Com- pany, stationery, 10s. 6d. and Mr Ford, work done, 8s.!6d. Mr R. S. Robinson was instructed to find a man to assist the caretaker whilst the Board advertised for a permanent assistant, the Clerk adding that the burials at the cemetery had been higher last month than it had ever been before. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Blackmore, Mr Barstow was appointed visitor of the 1 cemetery for the ensuing month. This was all the business. 4