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NOTICE. 11V are sorry to he compelled to hold orer until nr-rf >errk the continuation of the article of Mr. Arthur J. Williams. M.P.. entitled What hare the Tories don for f.7¡¡'}}¡'iIplr' f

+- THE WELSH UNIVERSITY. A congress of "Welsh Educationalists met the week before last at Shrewsbury to discuss the Establishment of a Welsh University. The congress divided itself into two pavlies, which may be roughly, but not quite accurately, called secularists and clericals. Among the secularists were the principals of the Welsh University Col- leges, and the majority of those present, and among the clericals were the Bishop and Dean of St. Asaph, Mr. Lewis Morris, Professor Rhys, and the Rev. Ellis Edwards. It is need- less to say that there was a consensus of opinion that there was urgent need of a University for Wales, but there were differences on points of detail. The two questions on which there was a difference of opinion were, first,, as to whether the faculty of theology should be included in the proposed University's curriculum, and, secondly, whether Lampeter, Bala, and other denomina- tional colleges should be included in or affiliated to the National University? To both of these questions the Secularists answered in the nega- tive, the clericals in the affirmative. For ourselves, we feel sorry that politico, capital has been made out of the differences between the two parties, whom, for want of a better name, we have designated clericals and secularists. It is much to be regretted that we cannot sink our political and sectarian differ- ences in discussing a question of national and lasting moment. To our mind, a Welsh University should be a reflex of all that is best and noblest in our national life, and this alone should deprive the matter of all political or sectarian character. No one who knows anything of the history of the Princi- pality during the last hundred years will deny that theology has had more to do with the forming and shaping of our national character than any other science. Our religious revivals have been coloured by theological differences, and often by theological bitterness. Welsh- men, who have been almost totally ignorant of the history of their country have been inti- mately acquainted with the rise, progress, and decay of the Kingdom of Israel. The position of the obscurest village in Canaan is known to many who know nothing of the geography of the neighbouring county. And the subtleties of theology—the doctrines of the Trinity and Justifi- cation by faith, of Baptism by immersion and Baptism by sprinkling--have for generations been almost the sole study and training of thousands of Welshmen. In no other country, with the possible exception of Scotland, has Theology taken such a deep hold of the people, or left such an enduring impress on the national character. If a Welsh University is, therefore, to be a National University in anything but name, Theology, which has hitherto been the greatest factor in Welsh training and education, must have a place in its curriculum. Nor must it be supposed that the study of Theology is losing its charm to Welshmen, now that other means of culture are open to them. As long as the different denominations exist in Wales, and as long as educated Welshmen are found in the ranks of the ministry, we may be assured that Theology must be an important factor in Welsh life. On the question on the inclusion of Lampeter, Bala, and the other denomi- national colleges, we have long since ex- pressed a strong opinion. In our issue of July 2-1, speaking of Mr. Alfred Thomas' National Institutions (Wales) Bill, we said that if the University7 is to be a National University, Lampeter College should certainly be included. Let us. in the first instance, deal with the case of St. David's College, Lampeter. It has been objected to its inclusion that it is a Church, and not a National, College. But it should be remembered that Lampeter College is one of the oldest educational institutions in the Principality, and, compared with the modern University Colleges, is a historical institution. It should also be remembered that, though it 0 has never received a grant from Government, but is wholly self-supporting,, its record will Lj compare very favourably with that of any Welsh educational institution.. We grant that it is a Church College in the same* sense as Bala is a Methodist. Brecon an Independent, or Pont- ypool a Baptist, College—that is, that it is governed by a body of Churchmen. But it is nothing like so "churchy" as Keble College, which will only admit mem- bers of the Church of England, but which is yet included in the University of Oxford. St. David's College Is. at all events, as open to Nonconformists as to Churchmen. We should remember also that it is at present afnilated to Oxford and Cambridge, and that a College which is already affiliated to the oldest Z!l Universities in the kingdom would gain but little in being affiliated to a new University, which will be lacking in and which will have to win its reputation. Lampeter College, moreover, is the only Welsh institution which has the power of granting degrees and it would surely be an anomalous position for an institu- tion claiming to be a National University to exist side-by-side with another degree-giving College which is affiliated to a foreign Univer- si ty. These remarks will apply, in a lesser degree, to the other denominational colleges in' Wales In our opinion, no university can be con- sidered a; National Institution which does not comprise the historic colleges of Carmar- then and Trcvecca, and Bala and PbntypooJ. In the dark period of neglect, which lias, we are glad to believe, closed for ever, these col- leges supplied, however-inadequately, the wants of Wales. They are bound up with much that is best in the history of our country. They have trained men who have helped to mould the nation's character. If, therefore, we are to have a real Welsh University, it must comprise something besides the three University Colleges in Wales. We would be the last to decry the great work that has been done by these colleges but they neither individually nor collectively represent the whole nation. The Welsh University must be established on a broader basis. The affiliation of the denominational colleges does not mean that-they will be repre- sented on the governing body of the University. Lampeter College is affiliated to Oxford, but it has no voice in the government of the Univer- sity. Affiliation simply means that a portion of the terms, which must be kept to qualify for a degree, may be kept at the affiliated college instead of at the university. We hope, there- fore,. that the question will be reconsidered, and that the public opinion of the Principality will make itself felt in the matter.. Theology was excluded, it is true, from the curriculum of the Uuniversity Colleges.. But the establish- ment of these colleges was to a certain extent an experiment. There should be some approach at finality in a scheme for the establishment of a university.

THE VALE OF GLAMORG AN RAILWAY. The parliamentary notrce which has appeared in connection with this railway applies for an extention of the time during which the railway is to be constructed, and for the transfer to and vesting in the Barry or Great Western or Cow- bridge and Aberthaw Railway Companies of all the powers, properties, and liabilities of the Vale of Glamorgan Railway Company. It is proposed to run the railway from Bridgend, where it will have a junction with the Great Western and the Ogmore and Garw lines, and over both of which it will have running powers, through St. Brides (which will be the station for the pretty little watering place Southerndown), Llantwit Major, St. Athans, Aberthaw, and Rhoose to Barry. It will thus open up that fertile tract of country which may be called for its beauty and culture the Garden of Glamorgan, and which has hitherto been totally lacking in railway facilities. Wo understand that the whole of the capital necessary for carrying out the undertaking has been already subscribed, and that the owners of the land over which the railway will run have consented to take part of the purchase money in shares. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway will provide a short, easy transit to Barry from the almost virgin coalfields of the Ogmore, Garw, and Llynvi valleys, which contain, according to the estimate of Messrs. Foster Brown and Richard Evans, over 1,500 thousand tons of coal. It will not be of great importance to either Barry or to the Barry Company whether the Great Western, the Cowbridge, and Aberthaw (which means practically the Taff Vale), or the Barry Company acquire the new railway, We are inclined to believe that it will be better for the district if the Great Western or the Cowbridge and Aberthaw Company acquire it, as that will tend to break the monopoly of the Barry Company, which, if unscrupulously used, would do much to impair the prosperity of the town. Its acquisition would not be of such moment to the Barry Company as it would at first sight appear for two-thirds of the profit of the company is derived from the dock, and the new railway would add considerably, and probably double, the total amount of ship- ments.. The Barry Railway and Dock Company are applying for powers, as we remarked last week, and as may be seen by the notice in our adver- tising columns this week, for powers to construct a new dock and three new lines of railway- These railways will not be of much importance." except in so far as they show what confidence the Company have in the future of the dock and the district. What the Company are applying for is, briefly, this :—Power to acquire land and con- struct a railway on the sea-side of the present line, and parallel to it from Biglis Junction to Barry Dock Station. They are also applying for powers to construct a new road from Cadoxton Station to Weston bridge on the north side of the rail- way, and running parallel to it and Vere- street. We hear—but we cannot vouch for the accuracy of the report—that it is intended to do away with the company's present stations at Cadox- i ton and Barry Dock, and to build a new one half way between the two. We are informed also that one of the directors of the Barry Company is negotiating to buy Starkey's Hotel in Vere-street. in front of which the new road will run. It seems probable that once the new road will be con- structed the long-expected license will k granted to the hotel. The Barry Railway Company intend t<?> tip a bank from the western dam of Barry Ilarbonr to the Ship Hotel, which will enclose a considerable portion of the harbour. The bank tip syill run parallel to the present railway. We are informed that the question of maklTig Barry Harbour a tidal dock, with coal tips some- thing similar to the river Ely. near Penarth Dock, has been lately under consideration. In any case;, it was a matter of surprised comment, when the plans of the undertaking were submitted to the Local Board, that the bank should be tipped so far into the habour. We see by a paragraph that appeared in the 1! extern Ma,! of Monday last that the claimants to whom such large sums were awarded as com- pensation in the recent Mill-street improvements arbitrations are yet likely to experience consider- able uehiv before the money will be paid over to them. Considerable interest was felt in the town when it became known that the Improvements Com- pany had decided to move to set aside the awards. The motion came on for hearing before the Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Wright in the Queen's Bench Division, on the 18th inst.. the Attorney-General and the Solictor-General being engaged by the respective parties. As most of our readers are aware the judges refu-ed to set aside the awards. Mr. Robert Evans, one of the lessees of property in Mill-street (the value of whose interest in ten cottages was assessed by the arbi- trator at ;(;7,;300 orld) issued a summons to enforce the award some time before the motion to set aside came on for hearing. The master, however, adjourned the summons to await the result of the company's motion. It was the hearing of this summons that was referred to in the Western Jlail. On the hearing of the summons it was contended, on behalf of the Improvements Company, that Mr. Evans could not enforce the award without bring- ing an action against the company for the purpose. The Master upheld the contention, and the summons was dismissed with costs against Mr. Robert Evans. We understand that the company arc determined to defend such action, if Mr. Evans sees fit to commence it. and, if necessary, carry the matter up to the highest tribunal. They have already given notice of appeal against the refusal of the judges to set aside the awards, and, if they are again unsuccess- ful, intend carrying the appeal up to the House of Lords. -♦ The glorious uncertainty of the law is proverbial, and perhaps the lucky parties to whom such large amounts have been awarded may yet learn to their sorrow that" there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip." If all parties are de- termined to fight to the end, the costs must necessarily be enormous and it does seeai a pity that so much money that was intended for im- proving the town should be spent in litigation instead of in the works it was provided for. The company have had to fight an uphill battle from the commencement, and the other owners of the property in Mill-street are no doubt anxious to know whether, if the Company are finally un- successful, the scheme will be carried out. It is certainly to be regretted that the scheme, which would have been such a public benefit, should fall through, and we hope that some arrangement may yet be come to between the owners of property in the street and the company, and that in place of the miserable street that now commands the approach to the Rhondda Valley, there will be made a new street that will be a credit to the prosperous town of Pontypridd, and a sourca of gratification to the company who laboured so hard to obtain it.

IN AND AROUND BARRY. I hear a very good story from the docks. Last week a vessel was entering the docks when it was boarded by the usual horde of runners," ship chandlers, fitters, and Cadoxton tradesmen, count- ing in all over 30 men, women and children. A little after, the Custom House officer placed his mark on the vessel, which meant that she wasn't to approach the land or discharge her cargo of goods and men, until she had first been examined by the medical officer of health. Amid the im- precations of the runners who had boarded her, and who were now forcibly detained as part of the cargo, messengers were despatched for Dr. Xeale. That gentleman, however, happened to be out, and it was only after a three-hour search that he was found. At last, after the imprisoned crew had been eating up their souls and giving vent to curses both loud and deep at the loss of valuable time, and a still more valuable dinner (for it was mid-day), the medical officer arrived on the scene and relieved the vessel from quarantine. This conveys another solemn warning to eager run&ers to look before they leap. A correspondent has sent mo a most artistic design of a new hall lately erected at the top end of Princess'-otreet for the use of the Barry Town Flake Band. I am sorry that the stern command of the Chief prevents my following the dictates of my inclination and publish the sketch, but I have much pleasure in giving the band a cheap adver- tisement. I see by a. notice which is pinned on a stump near the hall that there is an early practice every morning from four to six, and every- evening from nine to elevon. All wishful to join can do so by sending their names and subscriptions to me. The new hall will be a kind of Adullam's Cave for all who are dissatisfied with the old band, and all whose merits have been overlooked. I know of one gentleman who should join at the earliest opportunity. He lives at present just above me, and ever since his services were refused as cornet player by the Salvation Army he has been practis- ing every Sunday night and every afternoon, juss above me. Xo wonder I look old and grey, that my vitality is impaired, and that my once suany temper has been clouded. To such as I a.Al the creation of the new hall will be a boon snd. tti bless- ing, and the promoters have my hearfcfele thanks. It strikes me that things are in a bad way at the i office up the other street. The week before last they weren't above appropriating wholesale the account of Ossian Davies's lecture at Barry, which was written by the infant journalist of this office, and now they have taken up the newest departure of the go-ahead Star by trotting out Mrs. Grundy to meet the immaculate gentleman from this office who is "Round the Town." Poor old Mrs. Grundy! It's too bad that her bones should be disturbed, and that the resurrection should come to her in this bleak weather. Why not let the poor old creature rest in peace ? At her best. her con- versation was of the flimsiest, and the inaccuracy of her news was only excelled by its malice and scandal. The old woman up the other street is but a poor edition of the late lamented. She is equal, it is true, in inaccuracy and malice but even the sauce of malice can't make her poor senile wanderings and mumblings palatable to an intelligent public. I'm afraid this cold weather will kill her. If young Romeo died in the balmy summer, how can the rheumatic old crone be ex- pected to survive the wintry storms ? The Star man was regularly on the job on Fri- day night. It was stealthily whispered that a secret meeting of Conservatives would be held at the Wenvoe on the night in question. The rumour reached the Star office—as every rumour docs, and a reporter was told off to attend the meeting. Knowing it would be useless to attend it as a reporter, the Star man disguised himself. and in the guise of a short meek young man— whose figure would do credit to the grandson of Mrs. Grundy—he attended the meeting. I haven't been able to gather from him much of what tran- spired. I believe that he was first of all asked to curse old Gladstone by bell and book this he did with gufto. He was aske-l to curse the St,<r and its editor, and this he did with greater emphasis. What happened after this it is impassiVe to describle accurately. All that is known is that a certain legal gentleman, in a speech full cf classi- cal allusions. denounced the local County Councillor and his myrmidions." TB*}' St i r man knew not what to make of this. and timidly asked the genial secretary. Mr. Itees Morris, how the word was spelt. Mr, Morris, finding this a con- genial topic, commenced a lecture on the Siege of Troy, and Agaaiemnca: and Achilles and his followers who were c ilfel Myrmidons." "Yes." said the >t //■ man, but said Mj-nnidions." He was going to proceed, but he was asked to pay his subscription. With a pleas\int smile, he answered that he wasn't taking any, thank you. A hoarse shout arose, and amid loud cries of Traitor." Judasy' Jcc.. the Star man was given a chance of guaging the propelling force of Progressive Con- servatism as he left the roo;}; He has not since sat dowil' What a lot of clubs we're having I really don't know even tfei names of all cf them. The other day I heard tbat a Conservative Club was going to be started, but I believe that has fallen through. There are still' two new clubs, however, in the field. One of th-e-m was started this week. and the other has just been registered. I hear that the open- ing night at the first club was a very lively affair and that the sad stillness of the night was broken bv merry rondelays of We won't go home till morn- ing." and" Come, landlord." ^e. I don't know whether it's true or'jot. but I am told that the excitement towards- She finish was intense, and that an enormous amount of toast-water was con- sumed. Police-court proceedings, though, taken as a wliote. are insufferably dull, sometimes afford in- tense amusement when a veritable •• original" is on hi* trial. Such was the case at the Cadoxon Police-court yesterday. One happy-go-lucky lookinp feliow was charge,? with being drunk and disorderly at half-past 11' ;n the morning. He in- dignautly denied the charge, and brought a •• Rechfe&itc friend to prove his innocence"! The sojourner in tents said that the accused was work- ing with him till half-past ten on the morning in question.-and that he then left for a drink. "and that he had been seen no more. The accused admitted; that his fellow-defendant. ;Tim ere." was a bit in drink, but he stcmlv denied that he himself was drunk, for he could walk and talk. and, moreover, was only two Lottrs away, and no one could get drunk on beer in that time." And. to make assurance doubly sure. he added that he had a large wife and family. The Bench saw what a cheek a large wife was to a wet hus- band, and fined him five shillings:

EAST DORSET. [BY ARTHUR J. WILLIAM. M.P.] I have just.come back from East Dorset, where things certainly look very hopeful. I found I was told off for a meeting at Wareham on Friday evening. It is a small, decaying borough, and its reputation is evil. There is a strong rowdy ele- ment amongst the brewery labourers, and the influence of the neighbouring Tory squires who surround it is very strong. At the last election there had been an organised disturbance at Mr. Glyn's election, which ended in a disgraceful attack upon him. Things were better this time. There was a good meeting. They listened to his address. But as soon as he had done a small gang- of drunken men at the back began to let off crackers and make a noise. The Tory mayor, who stood near them, was appealed to as the custodian of law and order, but he declined to interfere. A leading shopkeeper, however, got up and made a spirited appeal.' which had some effect, and we got an almost unanimous vote of con- fidence in Mr. Glyn. This was considered most encouraging, as Wareham is the Tory stronghold. The meeting which I attended at Swanage on Saturday was large and enthusiastic. All the quarrymen will vote solid for Glyn. I drove many miles on Monday night to address a good audience, mostly la- bourers. at Shetland. We could not get the schoolroom, so we held it in a cart shed. It was plain that they took a deel) interest in the election, and that here, as elsewhere, they are all for Mr. Glyn. But seven peers and almost every landlord are doing their best to prevent them voting for him. How far will they prevail.' This is the real question. If the labourers are not afraid we must win. and ought to win by a good majority. But the influences at work and other conditions arc such that we cannot hope for anything like South Mol- ton.

MR. ARTHUR WILLIAMS AND SIR HOllG AX MORGAN, Mr. A. J.. Williams. M.P., has addressed the follow- ing letter tu the editor of the U'oA-rn Mod':— SlU,—On-my return from East Dorset I find several letters op., what YOU are pleased to call Rowdy Radicalism in South Glamorgan, which attempt to contradict my statement thd Sir John Llewellyn was invariably treated witll courtesy and listened to with attention during the 1885 contest. I have, fortunately, preserved the reports of everv meeting held hy 111m as well as by myself, and I have this morning care- fully looked through them. These reports entirely conlhm my statement. 111 your-report of the meeting at Cymmer held under the chairmanship of Dr. Ivor Lewi", a "crowded public meeting," there is not one word which suggests that he was treated with the slightest want of respect. On the contrary he was constantly applauded during a long speech which is very fully reported, and if t.-hc report is trustworthy the greatest good humour and good feeling prevailed. The only instance of anythrng like unseemly dis- htdxLllce was, as I haye already said at my Cowbridge meeting, your own report or which is headed, in large type, Uproarious proceedmgs." Nothing could tlo our eaitee more service than tll" correspondence. The suggestion that the Radical c^4;» liers of the Rhondda have been converted in a fiw years by the persuasive eloquence of Sir Morgan Morgan from lawless ruffians into law-abiding T'ory eitizens. will be received by them with the ridicule it deserves. They are now what they were in 1 £ 85 men who have thought out their political opinion;- for themselves, but who arc also ready to glY0 a psiient and fair hearing to those who (liffc-r from themjif tl-y are men who have no" forfeited t,heir conlidsncc and respcct.I am. A. V" T Y'" T" T ARTHUR J. WILLIA.MS. Coedymwsiwr. Nov. 25, 1891.

LEGAL JOBBERY AND THE WELSH LANGUAGE THE REV. ELLIS EDWARDS, M.A. DEAR SIR.—To anyone who knows Wales there cannot be two questions as to the absolute necessitvin most districts of having County-court judges who know Welsh—if they are to do their duty. It is simply impossible for many a Welshman to state his case properly in English, or for the judge to see what manner of man he is. To the judge, the suitor's strangeness to English will, very likely, make him appear another being. He will seem stupid, reserved, childish, perhaps sly. untruthful, and hypocritical. The poor Welshman is often paralysed when he knows he is expected to talk in English. Only those who have been accustomed to witness a fluent Welshman, of strong intellect and warm feelings. :.•sg to express himself in imperfect English, knows ,—ierly how in- credible the difference may be. Anyone who hears or reads such a Welshman's English, and has no other means of knowing him, may go away with notions about him which are <> the exact co:nr:1rY of the truth. Shades of meaning and feeling which would blye the highest value in determining the decision may be altogether lost in the passage from interpreter to judge, and in any and every case where the Welshman is hampered by English he is in danger of buffering a great injustice. It is still true that in many cases an interpreter may do much. In many, however, he may do and lloe8 actual liuim. He is there, too, for the convenience of the judge or counsel, and why should the reasonable claims of almost a whole country—why should the demands of justice be made to yield to the convenience of one or two ? Surely, judges exist for the country, and not the country for them. Is a court the place where a seeker for justice is to be to any degree muzzled in the fair statement of his case? Is it to be the place where the worst means of eliciting truth are the means to be preferred?—Yours sincerelv. ELLIS EDWARDS. The Auyh'tn Tims, the leading Liberal paper in the eastern counties, in its issue of Xove-nber 23rd. said :The South Wale* Star. a newspaper started a short time ago by the Liberal leaders in the district-and since conducted with marked ability and srticeess, contains in its issue of ErWay some cai £ ?ti3 comments on the recent appointment to a Welsh county of a County-coisrt judge who has no know- ledge of the Welsh language. The appoint- ment is denounced bv the La/e Tim.x on other grounds—on grounds, in fact, mere nearly approaching those on which other legal appoint- ments made by LordHalsbury have been condemned. The- South Wales Shir and its correspondents are, however, concerned with the lingivi'stie question, and they condemn innohalting terms the appoint- ment of a man wh? does not understand the language of the people. The Bishop of Bangor writes I think it would be wise and expedient to appoint men acquainted with the Welsh lan- guage to public offices in which the work cannot be efficiently and impartially performed without a knowledge of Welsh." Mr. Bryn Roberts. M.P.. expresses the opinion that a .-familiar knowledge of the vernacular should he sonsictered a 11"11. while similar view have been set fez/th by a number of other public men. The S-»tt?/ Wah-s Star disposes of the objection tbftt the appointment could not have been made from among banisters of sufficient standing to warrant their elevation to the Bcnch of the Countv Court by giving a list of men eligible for suck an appointment, including several men already holding- good positions, and the others are barristers of undoubted standing, while, as the article rightly observes. there are other barrister?" who do not go Oil the Welsh circuits who have- a knowledge of Welsh. There is no question on which ■ Welshmen feel more strongly than on this cynical contempt for the language which thev so many of them speak. The English Church. it is well known, lost her hold on Wales lw sending to the Principality ministers and" bishops who could not speak the language understood by the people. The people settled that question easily enough. They simply went to the chapels, where they could understand what was sarfL.. and have remained there ever since. But this remedy does not exist in regard to the Law Courts. You cannot set up a rival County-court and compete with the other for business. That is not a course which is open to the Welsh people if it were rhere would soon be an end to the appointment of judges who have no knowledge of the language. As it is the obligation rests on the English'people, and it is peculiarly unfair to deny to the people of W ales the advantage of having a judge who can understand without an interpreter, seeing that some county court judges have seen fit to call the Welsh people perjurers and liars, largely, it is believed, because they try to speak in a language which the judges do not understand.

BRIDGEND FAT STOCK: SHOW. The annual show, held under the auspices of the Market Society, took at the Cattle Market, Bridg- end, yesterday (Thursday). The exhibition of trussed poultry, dairy produce, and honey, was1 carried out in a tent specially erected within the show yard. There was but a small attendance or the general public during the earlier part of the morning, at which time the judg- ing was being proceeded with! but a satis- factory increase was observed as niid-dav approached. The stock exhibited was of the highest order, the champion beast being: a pretty-shaped and well-proportioned animal. The president of the show was Mr. J.'Blandy Jenkins. M.F.H., Llanharran House. The arrangements tended to greatly enhance the pleasantness- for viewing by the public. Mr. Edwin Price. J.P.. is the untiring and energetic secretary, and this-year., as previously, he fulfilled the functions devolving upon him with the utmost satisfaction. The Yard Committee also deserve a passing word of compli- ment for the energy displayed. The dinner-was held at the York Hotel. Bridgend. Host and Hostess John catering in their best style. The president occupied the chair, and eulogistic reference was made to the good show by all the speakers. Among the successful awards were :—('Lampion Class Prize, silver cup. Mr. W. Thomas. Havts Farm, Sully. RUIZES. For the best fat ox or steer under four years First prize,5, Mr. J. ç. Thomas. Hov-erron Court, short- horn 2nd. -C2. Mr. Rees Thomas. Boverton Place, cross-bred. For the best fat cow of any age which has bred at least one calf :—First prize.5. Mr. Morgan Thomas. Wilton, Cowbridge. cross-bred 2ijd. ,t'2. Mr. Horgan Thomas. Wilton. Cowbridge, Hereford heifer. For the best steer under three years Fir>i prize -5, Mr. William Thomas, The Hayes, Sully, Hereford steer 2nd. £2, Mr. William Hopkin. Island Farca. For the best fat heifer under three yeaiar.—First prize. £ 5. Mr. Rees Th onms, Boverton-plaos, cress- bred heifer; 2nd, t'2, T. Thomas, West Fan* Wick. For the best fat ox not having taken any prize pre- viouslyFirst prize, f5. Mr. J. C. Thomas. Boverton Court, shorthorn: 2nd, -t;2, Mr. Rees Thomas. Bover- ton Place, shorthorn. For the best fat steer or heifer not ha v ing taken a prize previously: — First prize, i5. 1-I:c; Morgan Thomas. "¡!ton, Cowbridge, cross-bred imfer 2nd. -2. Mr. Morgan Thomas. Wilton, Cowbsidge, Here- ford heifer.

AN ASSAULT BEVEN YEAHS AGO. A PRISONER FLNED AT CO ABRIDGE. At the Borough Police-court. Cowbridge. on Tuesday last. before Colonel Tyle;,(in the chair). Sir J. L. E. Spearman and Mr. D. R. Davies. Thomas Price, a tin worker, was brought, up on remand charged with assaulting a police-constable in the execution of hiG- duty at Llanharran in 1884. Prisoner was arrested at Ystaiyfera. Swansea.— Police-constabla David Jenkin. now stationed at Navigation, gave evidence as to the assault, which took place outside the Boar's Head. Pontyclown. on the 22nd November, 1S34. Prisoner, who was drunk at tfc-> time, was assisted by two others. These twow&re apprehended at the time. and fined £ 2 each. vfte constable further said that he had suffered nrich from the effects of a kick which the prisoner gave him. but was now quite recovered. Colonel 1-rler said ths case was a very serious os £ i but considering that prisoner had behaved hims-jj very wtil since, anec, that they- would suppose that he was- drunk that night atid did not know vfhat he was doing, he-A'ould.be fined :t G and co^is., or in decauli one month's imprisonment.

fhe Barry Local Board surveyor. Ji-r. J. C. Pardoe. has Veil indisposed during tho> past few- days. He v.as unable to attend the Pubfic Works Committee, meeting on Tuesday night.. A little tiff has arisen between Mr, C. R. Walker, the Barry drainage engineer, and 31r. W. R. Parker, the drainage contractor, in reference to the question of maintenance, and the contractor certainly appears appears to be in the wrong when he attempts to break a clause in. the contract. The Government inspector who recently con- ducted the Barry Local Board Eimniry told a Stur reporter that Mr. Meggitt, the chairman, was a total abstainer. It was probably an interesting incident which gave the inspector this inforniatiou. Mr. T. Ilichardu, the hero of the National Eis.teddiod malo voice party competition, Watched the preliminary performance of '.Q;.no Bridgend j artistes on Tuesday iplsht.

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