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The Diamond Jubilee: 41 PRIVATE LETTERS AM) AD RESSES TO THE QUEEN.! The Central Nov* sayf—The forthcoming j naval review in honour of the completion of the sixtieth year of her -Majesty's rekrn will be the grandest in the history of England. in addition to the ships now in commission which have been detailed to take part, the following vessels vull tie specially commissioned on June 15 for the review at Sheerness and Chatham :—The battle- ship Sanapyreil. tirst-class armoured cruiser Warspite, and second-class cruisers Veil us, Diana, Dido. Apollo, -Andro.avhe. Thetis, Tribune, Terpsichore, Brilliant, and Supp-.o: at Ports- mouth the tirst-class tw in cruiser Terrible and the second-class cruisers Naiad and Latona; pit Devon port the tirst-class armoured cruiser Aurora, and the second-class cruisers Aeolus. Spartan, Juno, Doris, and Sirius, and the third- class cruiser Magicitnne. About, forty-tive other torpedo boats will also be commissioned tor the Jubilee re\ieu. PRIVATE LETTERS AND ADDRESSES TO THE UL EEN. In connection with the occasion of the approaching celebration of the sixtieth anni- versary of her Majesty's reign the Central News is requested to state that it will be im- possible to send replies to private letters from 1 nJi.id;.¡.a};¡ who are personalis- unknown to the Vueen, and that all addresses from public bodies should be presented, a3 already indi- cated. through the Secretary nf State. The Central News is also requested to call attention 1:0 the rule tuat. presents cannot be accepted by the l/ueen from private individuals who are personally unknown to her Majesty. QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT. THE SULTAN AND THE JUBILEE. In the H01!e of Commons on Friday night. Mr.vCNElLL asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether a son of the Sultan of Turkey was comma: to this country to take part in the .Jubilee rejoicing, and, if -so, OIl whose invitation was the visit to be undertaken. Mr. BALFOUR: I understand that the Sultan has, through the British Amba;t-ador at Constantinople, announced his intention of sending over a mission to Kngland on the occa- sion of the Jubilee. No invitation was issued. CARDIFF BEAMEXS HOSPITAL FUND. The following contributions to the Cardiff Seamen's Hospital Fund were received on Friday:—The National Provincial Bank, £ 195; the Bute Dry Dock Company (Limited), £ 1C5: Mr. Lewis Williams, jSn 10s. Messrs, J. Hibbert and Sons, jei0 10?.: Mrs. Vaughan, The Deanery, £ 10: Mr. Evan Roberta. JM 3s. Mr. Edwin Barrv. jEl Is. the West End Tailors. lOt-. 6d. Messrs. J. F. Maddox and Son, 10s. 6d. Mr. Chas. F. Howard, 10s. 6d. "M. 5s.: "P. H. 5s. and Mr. E. Newby 5;1. MATINEE AT THE CARDIFF EMPIRE, W p have a £ ra;n to remind our readpr", that the matinee performance at the Cardiff Empire in aid or the Seamen's Hospital Fund takes ^place to-dav (Saturday. The performance commences at two o'clock. The programme 3s an exceptionally strong one, and it is to be hoped that there w ill be a bumper house. CARDIFF BLIND AND DEAF AND DUMB. A meeting of the committee appointed to arrange an assauit-at-arms at ('ardiff in aid of the blind and deaf and dumb institutions of ('ardiff was held at the Urittin Hotel. St. Man-street, when the secretary Mr. F. W. ■ Phillips, stated that he hoped to accumulate over £ 300 by voluntary subscriptions, inde- pendent of the proposed assault-at-arms, by boxes and books. TREDEGAR. At the fortnightly meeting of the Bedwellty Board of Guardians held at Tredegar on Wed- nesday, Mr. D. F. Pritchard presiding, arrange-1 ments were made for supplying the inmates of the workhouse with a special dinner on Juntj 1Z on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee cele-! brat ions. CHUKCH DEMONSTRATION FOR 114)\\ LAIS. The Rev. L'. Williams. R.D., rector of Dowlais, presided over a largely attended meet- ing held in the Central Schools, Dowlais, and proposed that there should be ;i great demon- stration of the members of the Sunday Schools on Jubilee Day. The motion was unanimously; agreed to. It was further decided to hold a monstre tea meeting on the Bryniau, to be fol- lowed by t aricii-i sports and a discharge of tire- works in the evening. A marquee capable of holding some 4,000 or 5.000 people will be set up. MAESTEIt. At an adjourned public meeting held in the Maesteg To vn-hall .Mr. T. H. Jones presiding, it was unanimously dt-cided to adopt the countv scheme, viz., to collect miltscriptions for a children's "-in to the Port h«-awl Rest, in cele-i oration of her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. It Mas a.so decided to give a treat to all the school i children and others.

BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S. The Lord Bishop of St. David's left Faddington on Friday afternoon for Windsor, to do homage to the Queen on his appointment. Mr. Byrne and Mr. Ridley. the two recently- appointed judges, also proceeded to Windsor to receive the honour of knighthood. Admiral Fisher and Captain Fullerton were also invested with the ribbons and badges of their respective divisions.

LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. The Rev". Joseph Baker, at the annual meet- ing or' the Glamorgan Lodge of Freemasons. Cardiff, on Friday everting, received a unani- wo,is invitation to the position of W.M. of the lodge, in succession to Bro. Lowrie Bake: 1837.—SPRINli CLEANING.—CARPETS EtTeetuaHv SfeaU-n. also Taket l p and Re-laid. L XCI., CCltTAIN'S I'isiit.i.-a.lly Cleaned. SHIItTS, COLLARS. I,AT SDEilED in Superior Style VREXCH ('LEAN- ING ard ttYEIMi lp to Date. WINDOWS CLEANED. All Appliances Found. ALL ORL'ERS Roreive I'romnr Attention. RED CROSS VANS and LADDER ThTCKS in all Parts DAILY. SEND POSTCARD to the Cardiff Steam Laundry. Dyeing, Carpet, and Window Cleaning Company (Linntc<)\ Miuny-street. Cathays. National Telephone: X,), 741. e4935

V OX. CTTTEER DECORATION. TI.r- "1.10:1 'ja-x'ttf" contains tin- fo'luwinjr, 'hted Wa" Oftivt' May 14:—" The tjiieen has )ff-n Lrracunisly plea.-rd to ,'II' the Volunteer Oftic.-rs" Decoration up-m the underwent! med officer "i HM-. \o!tu»tcer f' Lt-e. who has been duly reiv.ni'iHUidcd 1or i!ie ,-anie. ;rtdrr the terms <>f the |{nyal Warrant. dsi<*d 25'h Juh 1892:—Western District Rifles: 2»<«I Vr 1 i nteri- Battalion. the Welsh lic-riinent. Adin". Chaplain the Rev. Jnehua l'ritdw. I d Hughes."

HOW TO TAKE OUT PATENTS. Many useful and novel appliances are from iiuie to time devised \v.ibh are not turned to practical account owing to want of knowledge on the part of the inventors as to how to patent the: rinventions. We constantly receiTe letters asking our advice, and with a view to afford- ing information as to costs and modes of pro- cedure in appymg for provisional protection and patents and registered designs or trade marks, we have made arrangements accord- ingly. Any of our readers who desire such iniormation should send a stamped envelope, enclosed U) the Patent Editor, "Western Mail," Cardm, by whom it will be handed to a thoroughly trustworthy and experienced patent ageat, Who will reply fully to our eorreepon- dents: or an interview c?» be arranged on igiring a few hour's Jlçtice.

News Gleanings 1 A SUMMARY QF GENERAL ITEMS, Telegraphic and Otherwise, Obtained from a Variety of Souroea. • ■ —1 The latent form cf typewriter is one for the copying of music. It need scarcely be said that tilt, inventor is an American. With the aid of the wife of Mr. Walter Car- lile, )1,1).. special efforts are bejng made to resuscitate the Bucks luce industry. ♦ The i>oil to;- the election of eighteen members to the White chapel Vestry resulted in the gain of four seats by the Moderate party. V • » • At the adjourned inquiry into the pit disaster a: Dover, when eight nwn werê drowned, the jury returned a verdict of "'Accidental death. The- Belfast Chamber of Commerce have re- solved to ask the Government to teit by borings and soundings the practicabilitj. of a tunnel be- tween List t-r and Scotland. » » .Mr. Abiaham Bartlett, for many years super- intendent of the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, was buried on Thursday in the old portion of Highgate Cemetery. • ♦ • Lord Henniker unfolded his second Budget to the Manx Legislature on Thursday. He estimated the revenue for next year at £75,470, and the expenditure at £71.770. The annuai meet of stage coaches was held at the Horse Guards on Thursday, inn the presence o; a very large gathering of spectators. | Most of the coaches were fairly well tilled. »*«•», At the meeting of the London School Board a discussion took place upon the redivision of the electoral areas of the board, and it was re.-olved te, present a petition to tile Education Department to take steps with that view. • • • • The Marijut ss of Londonderry on Thursday opened the new Michael Faraday Board school, which has been erected in Faraday- street, Walworth, at a cost £ 15,0C0. exclusive of .site. The school will accommodate 940 children. • • A Mortiake labourer, who fell from the carriage ac a train in motion on the London and South-Western Company's line. failed, in the Queen's Bench Division, to obtain damages against die company, who were absolved of contributory negligence. • • • • By the adoption of electric traction on the tramway system, according to "Engineering," Glasgow stands to save £60.000 a year, and this is the minimum estimate. The corpora- tion have decided to have a separate station instead of generating the current at the lighting station. < < A report on the question of betting and gambling wan laid before the-Lower House of Convocation, which parsed a resolution expressing satisfaction at the judgment in the recent case of "Hawke v. Dunn," and urging that efforts should now be made to enforce the law en the subject. The ff nile Stcrerary has Issued an order, which is t ) come into force on June 1 next, appleing the provisions of Section 40 of the Factory and Workshops Act 1895 to factories and workshops in which handkerchiefs, aprons, pinafore-, and blouses are- mad?, subject to certain necessary modifications. A party of specially-trained boys and girls left Liverpool on Thursday, under the auspices of the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society, for Canada. The former are to be sent to the Committee's Home at Sherbrooke, Quebec, and the latter to M iss Rye's Home at Niagara, which has now been taken over by the Society. ♦ At ,he Liverpool County-court a i-iinber porter na:ned Joseph C'rabb was awarded by a jury £250 against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company as damages for personal injuries caused by some timber falling upon him. It was pointed cut. however, that the plaiutifF only claimed J3150, aril judgment was given for that amount. ♦ Mr. John Dillon, for many years chief clerk at her Maje.-ty's prison, Xewcastle.on.Tyne, has been appointed to the governorship of l er Maje.sty'a prison at Carnarvon. It is stated t'hat Mr. PanT-.fone", chief warde: and acting governor of her Majesty's prison at Carnarvon, will shortly take up the position of governor of Ruthin Gaol. » » • • The fal-e alarm nuisance has commenced again in different parts of London with serioui fre- quency. Commander Wells had on Thursday night reported to him that within a few h< urs the brigades had been sent out no fewer than eleven times to calls which proved to be false alarms. Mot: of these, there is no reason tj doubt, were malicious calls. • • • • Charles John Simg, an assistant to Yr. J. Haney. china merchant, at Chatham, was badly :njnre,1 hy a singular explosion on Thursday evening. Sims had heen in the haliit of carrying potash luzenges in his waistcoat pocket, and friction with a wax match caused combustion. The young man was quickly in flames, and he uas seriously burned about the limbs and body. < Ths Blackburn county police report that on Thurs- dav night a vinknt colli1'on occurred un the highway near Samlcshury Hail, between traps driven re-->pec tive'v hy a Blackburn publican named Brownlec and a Preston man named Pye Both horses weTe;mrsled hy the shafts, Pye's hotse beieg killed instantly. and tll" uther shockingly torn ahout the chest. All fonr of U::> occupants were thrown out. and one was badly j irjurtd. Conite Edouard de Briey, of Brussels, who was only years of age has veeu killed hy a game- keeper white shooting over the Due ù" Ar("nll('rg'" estate, near Aix-la-C'hapelle. This shooting incident is all thp more extraordinary, ad the Hame game- kt(per ki1led M. Blankeihorn. a Wp3.:tlly manufac turer, last year, on the sa [up <-statc_ ftid under similar circumstances On that occasion h" was ser.tei-red to three months' iriipri.-umieut for involun- tary h< niieide. < (George Thomas I'ett, a retired grwer, for- merly living at Hove. Brighton, has committed suicide m Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum by hanging himself from a window-shutter. He wag charged at the Sussex Assizes in Feb- ruary last year with attempting to murder nis two little girls by throwing them into the sea from Faston Groyne. He was certified to he insane, and w a8 ordered to he confined in the asyl ui!. At the inquest on the body the jury retunied a verdict of ""Suicide while insane." < < I At the Tennessee Centennial Exhibition, to be held this summer, a prominent feature in the amusement section is to be a gigantic "see. 4jW« should prove a formidable rival of the great Ferris wheel. To the ends of the beam are suspended two cars capable of hold- ing 25 persons each, and thesd cars can be lifted alternately to a point 150ft. above the ground. After the closing of the Tennessee Exhibition it is proposed to transfer the attraction to the Paris Exposition of 1900. t Several times the news has been spread that Madame Yvette Guilbert was about to be mar- ried. This time the information is correct. The hanns have been published at the Tcwn- hall of the 17th Arrondissenient, Paris. They are as follows:—M. Max Schiller, chemist, residing at 19, Avenue Friedland, eldest son of Aaron and Berthe Kahane, spouses, and Emma Laure Esther Guilbert, no profession, living at 79, Avenue de Villiers, eldest daughter of Hip- poiyte and Albine Hermance Julie Lubre. his j wife. M. Schiller is an American. On Friday two boys, named Robert Henry Thorley :11111 Wm. Bromley, of Ar,lwiek. smashed the window ..f an ironmonger's shop in )farket.street. Manchester, t.nd made off with a pistol. They were followed, arrested, and taken before the magistrates. Thorley. who i, onl\" sixteen years of age. has ouly recently served a term of twelve months' imprisonment for criminal assault He calls himself Dangerous Sa:n," aud was now sent tn prison fnr three !U.)ntIJ". The other boy was remanded. it • At the meeting I.,f the Liverpool Workhouse Com- mittee a letter was lead from the Local Gowrnment Boy l'J directing 11 sat each child in the casual ward under seven m',r..tl,o old should have halt a pint of milk and lulf II pound ol sugar per day each ehild between seven months and iwo years half a pint of mil", half a pound of sugar, and two ounces of bread; and each child betwepn two years and seven years half a pint fit milk, four ounces of bread, anJ half au ounce "f cheese. « At Marlborough street Police-eourt, on Thursday E Tairchild, late secretary of the li yal Standard Permanent Building Society, was finally examil,PC! ami eommitted for trial charged with embezzling large sums of money belonging to the society. it was alleged ttJat his defakatiflns were now believed to amount to £15.000. and the. prose- cution opposed bsil. but the magistrate eventually allowed it in two securities of £1.000 each, and the defendant's own recognisances in £ 2. COO. • A mysterious affair is reported from Linselles. near Tourcoing, where no less than 50 persons have been poisoned by eating portions of a iarge pie. At first the eases appeared to be insiguiticent: but they have rapidly become worse, and now whole families are suffering terrible tortures. Several persons' lives are already despaired of. A peculiar symptom of this wholesale poisoning is that the victims' lips tur ernfpectly black. The authorities are investigating the matter, and have seized the remains of the pie. The victims declare that they observed no peculiar tante when partaking of it. An amusing incident occurred at the Man- chester Police-court on Friday. In the course of the business in No. 2 Court. Jesse Littlewood, a working man living at Mill-street. Aneoats, addressing the magistartes (Messrs. Henriques and O'Hanloni, said he had come about "them 'ere bul lpups." It appeared that the applicant had been fined 40s. and ccv-ls for keeping the dogs in question without licenses, He now wanted the tine reduced, if possible. The dogs, he said. were prize ones, and worth JE100. Mr. Henriques therenpon remarked that if they were worth that amount of money the defendat must expect to pay. He replied, "Why should I not deciare a dog worth JB100 if I wanted' He added that he was willing to pay the fine, but 40s. and costs was a little bit above the mark. (h-eat amusement was caused by teh defendant eventually offering to toss the chairman whether he paid 20s. or 403. The offer was of course declined, and Littlewood left the court remarking, '"It's 40s. and costs without a doubt."

NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD, 1899 A CHANCE FOB THE METRO- POLITAN WELSHMEN. In this week's "Weekly Mail" "Idriswyn" brings against the Cardiff School Board a charge of having added insult to the injury and injustice previously done by it to the Welsh language. The board has. he says, while excluding Welsh from the schools, decided to pay the munificent sum of four shillings per week to a person for teaching the assistant teachers the Welsh language It pays handsomely for teaching gymnastics and Swedish driil; but four shillings a. week for eh:ll! But, he proceeds, it is possible for Cardiff to come out and display its patriotism and its sympathy with Wales in its desire to retain its language, enrich its literature, and rise in the arts and sciences, viz., by inviting the National Eisteddfod of 1899 to the town. No South Wales tow n has hitherto done that, and he believes the country expects Cardiff to make the appeal. Only once since the resusci- tation of the National Eisteddfod has it been hald at Cardiff, and that was fourteen years ago, while twice .smaller towns have had it. It was held in Denbigh in 1860: Abei'dare, 1861 Carnarvon. 1862: Swansea, 1863; Llandudno. 1864; Aberystwith. 1865; Chester, 1866: Carmarthen. 1867; Mold, 1873; Bangor, 1874; Pwilheli, 1875; Wrexham. 1876: Carnarvon. 1877; Birken- head, 1878: Conway, 1879; Carnarvon, 1880: Merthyr, 1881 Denbigh, 1882 Cardiff. 1883; Liverpool, 1884; Aberdare, 188o: Carnarvon, 1886; London, 1887; Wrexham, 1838; Brecon. 1889: Bangor, 1890: Swansea. 1891: Rhyl. 1892; Ponty- pridd, 1893; Carnarvon, 1894; Llanelly, 1895; Llandudno, 1896; and will be in New- port in 1897; in Festiniog in 1898; and — in 1899 ? If the leading men of Cardiff want the university and want the town to be officially racognised as the Metro- polis of Wales, they cannot do better than awake forthwith and proceed to make the necessary preparations to secure the National Eisteddfod of 1899.

EQUITY SUIT AT MERTIIYR. His Honour Judge Gwiiym Williams had before him at Merthyr on Friday the case of Dowdeswell v. Richards. Mr. Francis St. John Williams, barrister-ai-law (instructed by Mr. J. W. Evans, of Aberdare), appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant was represented by Mr. J. W. Lewis.—Counsel, in stating the case. explained that the plaintiff sought ad- ministration of the will of "William Williams, of Mount Pleasant. Troedyrhiw, who died in 1873. The will was proved on the 10th of November in that year. His Honour, in giving judgment for the defen- dant, said he thought the plaintiff was estopped fr,om taking any exception to proceedings to which she was an assenting party SO many years ago..She had slept on her rights too long, and it was not for her to come there now when the property had been dealt with and the assets dis- trioutei.

WENTWOOD WATS H WORKS. A denial i« given to the reports that have gainnl eiimncy of late respecting the magnitude of the lfwkage" at the Wentwi'od Waterworks of the N'ew- poi(• Corporation. The manager..Mr. Macdonald, a eerts that tnere is no cause for alarm, as the drfretiv pmldle t.r"I1.-). wu f..r testing uui p :s only I.eikagr there was. hut of a very nature. About 400 men are engaged en double shift.

LOCAL PATENTS. The following informal 'n is supplied by Mr. X. Watts, chartered patent agent:—- Applications for patents were made by jAmef Robert Leaver, Swansea: Window fastener; 10.934 May 3 Arthur Millard. Swanses Improved thread and twine cutting apparatus 10,941; May 3. Jaines Joseph Dixon, Newport: Window locking attachment; 10.942 May 3. Evan Tadman Fenier, Cardiff: Floating metallic packing for piston valves and other rods and puirps 11.032: May 4. Samuel Jones Edbrooks, Bute Docks • DetaclJable cutf link 11,05a: May 4. I William Griffith I^>veluek. Briigeud: Improved cardie holder; 11.566; May 7. I

I, Thousands ot child-en die •nnuauv from that teniblc diaeasc, CCOUP. All n:ay 'be WTed by jng them Mortimer's Croup Mixture in time. May obtained of all coenust* at H tyl per bottle.

From Far and Near A SUMMARY OF CHAT OX VARIOUS SUBJECTS. Items of News and Anecdotes Gleaned for the "Express" from N., S., E., and W. The all conquering typewriter has now got fcotiiold at Court. A correspondent writes:- The pressure of correspondence is now so enormous at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, especially since arrangements have been in progress for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. tiiat her Majesty has at length sanctioned the employment of several typewriters and short- hand clerks for use in her private secretary's department. It is known that the Queen would have wished her correspondence to be treated in the old way. but to save the labour of her household staff a break in the tradition has been r';ade. -0000: A contributor to the "American Sportsman" tells an interesting story of a humming-bird. "In front of a window where 1 worked last) summer," he says, "was a butternut tree. A humming-bird built her nest on a limb that grew near the window, and we had an opportunity to watch her closely. In fact, we could look right into the nest. One day when there was a heavy shower coming up we thought we would see if she covered her young during the rain. Well. when the first drop fell she came and took in her bill one of two or three large leaves growing close by and laid this leaf over the. nest so as completely to cover it; then she flew away. On examining the leaf we found a hole in it. and in the side of the nest, was a small stick that the leaf was fastened to or hooked upon. After the storm was over the old bird came back and unhooked the leaf, and the nest was perfectly dry." -0000:- The Japanese may in many senses be com- pared to the people of this country. To begin with, they number 40,000.000; then they live in an island country of a bout the same area as Great Britain, and they are b< coming dependent upon foreign countries for a large proportion of their food. With the lapse of each year, and especially since the war with China, this dependence on outside sources is increasing. The Japanese authorities have been much concerned to know why their people are smaller than the European races-. Tliev believe they have dis- covered the reason They have concluded that it is owing to their dieting almost exclusively on rice and tish. Consequently, the Japanese are now becoming meat eateN. and the move- ment in this direction is a national one—almost a patriotic one. The heads of families make a point of giving their children meat once a day. it they can afford to do so and when they are drilling or working hard Japanese men have meat twice a day. The older generation do nor take to meat very readily. The taste for it has to be arouired, but when a Japanese does acquire the taste for European food he cannot do without it. oooo For many centuries past the problem of per- petual motion has been the bugbear of busy brains, and the names of the inventors who have tried their hands at the subject is legion. A very simple arrangement (says the "Evening Stan- dard") w as patented in America in 1376. It con- sisted of a pair of cones hinged at their apices inside. The patentee proposed to run it on rails inclined to each other. There was a spac-e be- tween the two cones for freight and passengers, and the principle upon which the car so formed was to run was based upon the fact that if two cones be placed upon planes inclined to each other (the raiis in this e-ase) their bases will tend to come together. Ganigee's famous perpetual- motion machine, which was patented a few years ago, was a very clever arrangement worked by the alternate compression of air and water. It really did work for ten hours at a stretch that is. it ran. but did not work. and would have been perfect but for one little thing. That triHe was the complete elimination of friction. How- ever. the machine was a success in one way, for a patent valve arrangement, which was part of it, was sold by the inventor for the respectable sum of £ .30.000.

DIOCESE OKI IAN DA FF. PROPOSED PRESENTATION TO THS BISHOP. A meeting of the Caerphilly Deanery was hold at Gelligaer on Tuesday. A resolution was passed ex- piessing the opiniol1 that the limp hall come to do sjieeinl hononr to the Hi,Jwp of Llandalf lI,v making his lôrthhip a public presentation, anti suggesting that a public meeting should be convened at some con- venient centre 10 decV.e what form such presentation should take. The tuf) archdeacons were asked > convene such meeting.—The Itev. Tlunias M. A., was at the close of the meeting presented wIth a handsome \yr¡ting-,t!p,k llpon his preferment fO the vicarage of FJeur,ùe.Lis. Tlw presentation was made 11\' the Rural Drall. who. ill behalf of the chapter, thanked Mr. Edwards for the invaluable help his ripe M hdarship ha.1 given III.kanNy during his long connection wil h Rector and Mrs. Junes enter- tained the clergy 10 luie-heon.

SALVAGE OFF BARRY. His Honour Judge Owcn had before him at Newport County-court on Friday an action brought by the owners of the Newport steam tug -oatross against the owners of the brigan- tine Lynwood, df Waterford, in respect of the salvage of the Lynvocd, off Barry, on April 9 last. Mr. Sankey (instructed by Messrs. Dow ning and Handcock) appeared for the plain- tiffs; Air. C. M. Bailhache (instructed by Messrs. Ingledew and Sons) for the defendants. The, Lynwood 'was bound to Cardiff with a part-cargo of grain, when late at night on April y she was in collision off Barry with the steamer Kedcar which struck her a heavy blow on the starboard bow, not knowillg the damage which had been done the master (Captain Wade) and crew of the Lynwood—six in number—were advised to leave their vessel and and iro on hoard the Redcar. The obtain of tha Albatross, seeing that the brigantine was in danger of going ashore, went towards her. and two of her men- the mate and fireman- lxjarded Iwr, and found she had heen ahandoned.. The crew of the Lynwood. how- ever, were by that time being rowed back to their vessal in a boat l>elongiug to the Redcar, but the men from the steamer refused to go right up to the vessel as there was a swell on, and the brigantine was rolling heavily. The master of the brigantine asked the master of the tug to give the boat a "pluck up," to enable tha crew to regain the Lynwcod. Captain Mitchell, however, declined to do this, took the Lynwood in tow as a derelict, and had ths crew of the Lynwood placed aboard his tug. He then towed her up to Newport.—Mr. Bailhache contended that th? muster of the lug had beep guilty of grave misconduct 111 nnt allowing the crew of the Lynwood to return to her. even after they they had been taken aboard the tug. and that he had thereby forfeited all claim to salvage. He further contended that the peril to the Lynwood had been exaggerated. In the result his Honour found.for.th» plain- tiffs. and awarded JE100 and costs, stating that the master and crow of the Lynwood abandoned her like a lot of rabbits when there was appa- rently no adequate cause.

NEWPOPT PUPIL TEACHERS. At a se.cial meeting of the pupil c-ir.t-i* of the Newport School Board, held on Friday evening, Crdonel Wallis in the chair. Mr. A. C. Legard. ner Maje-v"\s Inspector, distributed a number of prizes and g.tve an address. Newpoit, pupil teachers, he said, were fortunate in their facilities, very diffe- rent from the unenviable lot. of some country teacher^. He then referred n :inor>-jsly to the Continental way of training teachers. and said lie did not fjuite agree with it. Proceeding, lie said it was liighlv desirable that the assembled pt.pil teachers should try their utmost to get into one of the training colleges with which lie was glad to .say Wales wu-i so excellently sin plied. Not only was 'In- provision of colleges good, but the lines on which they were conducted were commendabl" hi the extreme. conducted were commendabl" hi the extreme. The speaker also urged the Newport centre to do all it could to foster athletics, such as forming a cricket club and playing local teams.

is a perfectly pure Cocoa. without tlkaJi udded, like many so-called pure cocoas. It has a world-wide reputation as a delicious, ttrtngthening beverage, and a xali'able nutritive fcod. Cocoa must be jure and unadulterated to cn>ure the fullest beneficial etfeetii. OADBURY'S is rlvolutely pure, therefore the best Cocoa. The ""l/mcet' "says: —" CADBURY'S represents the standard of highest purity at present attaiu- .P'

Quips and Cranks Mv wife gave me a terrible shock last night." What was it' "1 offered her money for an Easetr bonnet anil she said she believed she would spend it on a new saddle for her wheel." "Ttia is the painting my v, ife likes best." "What do you call it' 'Macbeth and the Hags.' "Where did you get the models for the hags/" They were portraits from memory of my first three wives." '"Charley Sputters had the impudence to ask me for a kiss." "Charley always did have a bent for ex, periments. They picked him up where he had fallen at the bottom of the stairway, and a doctor listened at his breast. "Yes," said the medical man, "hig heart continues to beat; but what/happened to him ?" He remarked." said one in tic: crowd, "that winter was lingering in the lap of spring" I'm told Charley Binks it! quarrelsome." "He is. Why, when that fellow was ap- pointed a committee of one to decide on a certain matter at our club he pu tin a minority report. The Visitor: 1 suppose you have a hard time getting your geography lessons, do you not, Gladys'/ There are so many cities and countries to remember. Gladys: Yes, sir. but when I think of how many more the little girls and boys will have to remember a hundred years from row I don't feel so bad. Customer: This a different kind of sor>.p from your usual, isn't it7 Barber; Yes. sir. but how do you know Customer It tastes different. Violet: Mr. Charles has asked me to go to the opera with him to-night. Dottie: How strange! He has asked me also. Voilet: Yes: I told him I wouldn't go without a ehapa lone." The worried-looking business man turned in his chair and gloomily looked after the clerk as he went through the door. "That." lie said. in tones of suppressed emotion, is the most reliable man in this establishment." "Why, he's one that's always making trouhle "'That's it. Whenever I give him a piece of work I can rely implicity on his doing it wrong." At the seaside a gentleman went to fish off the pier-head. He had been unsuccessful, when one of the local loafers who had been watching his non-success hazarded this re- mark: I say, sir. what bait have you got on l yer 'ook?" "Cheese." said the angler, w ho knew more of fresh water than salt. Why, bless you," said the loafer, there ain't no mice in there!" THE WAY TO LIBERTY. The Duke of Ossuna, Viceroy of Naples, passing through Barcelona. -.v0nt on board the Cape galley, and passing throug-i the crew of slaves, he asked several of them what their of- fences were. Everyone excused himself upon various pretences. One s'till he was put in out of malice, another by bribery of the judge, but all of them unjustly. The duke came at last to a sturdy little black man, whom he questioned as to what he was there for. '"My lord," said he. I r-annoS.deny but I am justly put in .here, for I wanted money, and took a purse near Tarragona to keep me from staiving. The duke on hearing this gave him three blows on the shoulders 'with his stick. saying, You rogue! what are you doing among so many honest men? Got txiit of this company! The poor-fellcw was then .Bet at liberty, while the rest were left to tug at tho oar.

WELSH PARTY. MR. D. A. THOMAS'S SECESSION. The Press Association stages that a meeting of the Liberal members for Welsh constituen- cies was held on Friday evening. Sir George Osborne Morgan presided, and thirteen member.s attended, inuh'ding Mr. T. 1". Ellis, the Chief Liberal Whip. The proposed scheme for the whole Principality was finally I adopted with unanimity, and some further dis- cussion took place with regi?jcl to carrying it cut. Mr. Albeit Spicer submitted a draft letter propo-sed to be sent on the subject to the Liberal associations in the constituencies. This was considered, a,nd ultimately the meeting adjourned till next, Thursday. The Press Association further informed by Mr. Brynmor Jones, hen. secretary of the Welsh Parliamentary party. that neither he nor his co-secretary. Mr. J. Herbert. Roberta. has received any intimation from Mr. D. A. Thomas of his intention to withdraw from the party. They are not aware that there is any crisis in the party, and state that they are a,d;ng in sub.stantial accord, except so far as Mr. D. A. Thomas's statement to the press is concerned. The details of the new organisa- tion schema will not be published until next, Thursday, but it is stated upon authority that it contains no suggestion of superseding any- existing organisation. Amongst, the South Wales member', present at to-day's meeting supporting the scheme were Mr. C. Morlev. Mr. Brynmor Jones. Mr. Spicer, Mr. Abel Tlionnas. and Mr. Vaughan Davies. The ilisenteess from to-day's meeting included Mr. T). A. Thomas. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sanruel Evans, .and Mr. Rees Davies.

A POXTARHAWE FARMER DROWNED AT SWANSEA ON j THURSDAY EVENING. On Thursday night Dock Police-constable I Ashhurv. Swansea, heard cries of help pro- ceeding from the halt-tide basin of the North Dock. He hastened to the spot and found a waterman, named Richards, holding up a struggling and exhausted man with a boat- hook. With the assistance of some bystanders, the drowning man was hauled on to the quay, but was then in a state of collapse. Efforts to restore animation proved futile. The body was conveyed to the mortuary, where papers found upou it identified it as that of Mr. Eynon Williams, a farmer, of I Kiihemlrefach. Pt ntardawe. It appeared that he had visited Swansea on business. He leaves a widow and five children. I' At the inquest held on Friday afternoon an open v erdict was returned, and some of the jury susrgested that the spot thould b# ligbi^d more enecttiadlv. I

For the Ladies r FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE BALL-BOOM. Our Lady Correspondent's Collection of Instructive Paragraphs for the Fair Sex. RHUBARB SAUCE. Cut the rhubarb into half-inch pieces, leaving the skin on. Put in a stew-pan and cover thickly wit.h granulated sugar. Do not add any water; the juice from the rhubarb will scon flow, making its own liquid. This is delicious, oooooocooooooooo TO REMOVE MATCH SCRATCHES FROM PAINT. Discolouration from matches, caused by care- le.-s persons who Kgtit a match by drawing it acrocs the paint, may be removed by rubbing the marks with a piece of lemon and then with a damp cloth dipped in whiting. oooooooocooo FRTEI) BREAD INSTEAD OF VEGETABLES. Cut some bread, which, though stale, is still light and soft, into fingers half an inch thick; dip them iu milk, and let them drain for a while; dredge a little flour over them. and fry them in a. little hot butter in a frying pan. Pile them, pyramid fashion, in a hot dish, and serve with grary. ooooooooooeooooo COFFEE CAKE. Cream together one-half of a cupful of butter and one-half of a sugar, add two well-beaten egg's ajtd one cupful of molasses. Add alter- nately one cupful of cold coffee and three cups- ful of flour. Stir in one teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon and one cupful of seeded raisins and beat well. Add two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, beat for two minutes and bake in moderate oven. 0000000000000000 RHUBARB DESSERT. Make a rich syrup by adding sugar to water in which long strips of orange p-sel have been boiled until tender. lay into it a single layer of piece; of rhubarb three inches long, and stew gently until clear. When done remove anel cook another, layer. This, makes a handsome dessert dish by ornamenting with puff paste cut in fancy shapes. 000001 .000000( 00 TO FRESHEN WINDOW AND DOOK SCREENS. Window and door screens may be made more durable and to look better by an occasional coat of varnish or pain' If the wire netting is not faded or rusy it is better to give it a coat of good coach varnish, but if faded or rusty apply a coat of paint. Use a good quality, and thin with turpentine until it will run. or it will fill the meshes of the netting. Black is a good colour, as it makes the netting almost invisible from a distance. Paint the fiames the same colour as outside of window sash.

THE NEW REGULATIONS FOR EVENING CONTINUATION SCHOOLS. The new code of regulation* recently approved of by the Privy Council on Educa- tion for evening continuation schools has just been iMued. The new regulations are designed generally to meet the requirements of scholars who are no longer subject to the law of com- pulsory attendance to school and who desire to prolong their education either in the ordinary school subjects or in gome special subjects in order to fit themselves- for some industrial career. Among the principal changes. intro- duced are:—The attendances of persons over 21 years of ag&,will henceforth be recognised; no scholar will henceforth be compelled to take elementary subjects. The vrants have been re-arranged, and precautions taken to prevent their duplication from the various departments, and instead of grants being paid for individual passes they will 1* given for the instruction of the school as a whole, and not for the attain- ments of individual scholars.

CONGREGATIONAL UNION. RECENT ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS. The annual assembly of the Congregational Union concluded in London on Friday. At a meeting in the Memorial-hall, the Rev. Dr. Berrv presiding, the Rev. William Pierce read a paper on "The Presence and Prerogative of Christ among His People." In the course of the paper the rtader denounced the late episco- pal and archiepiscopal appointments, and told, not only those who got their living through Token house Yard, but those cultured and high-minded ecclesiastics who were declared to be right rev. fathers in God, that the manner of their appointment was a scandal bo the Christian name and a practical denial of the high prerogative of Jesus Christ. The service of the Lord's Supper was afterwards celebrated.

FINANCES OF SWANSEA. BUDGET DISCUSSED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. At a. meeting of the finance committee of the Swansea Corporation en Friday, under the presi- dency of Councillor F. Rocke, the borough accountant "presented the annual budget state- ment for the year. The gross estimated expen- diture had increased from £104.012 in 1897 to £108,513 for the coming year, the estimates of the current- year being exceeded by £ 2,251- The ratable value of new properties assessed during the year was £2,699, but reductions on appeal amounted to j32,805, the total ratable value of the borough being, therefore, decreased by £102. Two shillings in the £ would lie necessary in the second, as in the first, half of the year. A borough rate was levied in April to raise the sum of £8.780, including JE1,250 addition to the mayor's salary, £1,000 for expenses connected with the triple scheme. JE500 for taking the pell, and £2,686 excess of expenditure of com- mittees over estimates.—The report, which pro- voked some comment, especially on the increase of expenditure and decrease of ratable value, was ultimately ordered to be printed and circu- lated.

FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS. FOUKIUX ARKIVAl.S AN1) MOVEMENTS OF JXK'Afj STEAMERS. Turquoise arrived St. Tinc^ritrHtTf. *•" Moonstone arrived Hrindisi 13t,h. M 'reedos arrived Philadelphia 13t h. C-jllivaud left St. Xazairr for Bilbao 13th. lioldclitfr arrived Oran 13th. (Jardepee f>assed Gibnttttr for Marseilles 14th. Oimeaby arrived the Tyne from Vlusliing 13th. Seibv arrived Schiedam from ltottcrdam 12th. Kih>n left Savannah for Barcelona 12th. Vsk left I'auillac, for Harry 13th. Benefactor arrived Oaefi 14th. Rheuhina arrived Swansea. 14th. Kadyr hvft Huelva fur- Swansea 13tli. Italian arrived Newport 13th. Alton left St. Vincent for Baltimore 12th. |{:q>id arrived (itasgow 13th. "walia loft Barcelona for (;ouro\"(> 13th. Jterlhy |m.ifd Sullna for Gibraltar for orders 12th. ( rossiiill arrived Havre 141h, Tatf left Bordeaux for Cardiff 14th. Margaret Jones arrived Malta fioni Cardiff 14th. T,ady Jiavelork arrived Dartmouth 13th. Charles Mitchell left st. Nazaire for Barry 14th. Ash by left Taganrog for Gibraltar for order-R 13tli. Swanhy left West Hartlepool for Barry 12th. Newby left Philadelphia for Waterford 12th. I

RE-STARTING BLAINA WORKS. The Blaina Tin-plate Works, which have been at a standstill for the past eighteen months, are about to be re-started.

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Social and Personal I I I INTERESTING PARS ABOUT PROMINENT PEOPLE. Gossip and Chatter on an Infinitude of Men and I Matters. I Max O'Rell has found a new field of em- ployment for his superabundant energies and wit. He is writing a play for Paris, and at the same time is himself performing in Birming- ham in an Englisxi version of another plav fromhisownpen. • Count Ito. Chancellor of Japan, has per- suaded the Empress to wear European dress. His object in doing so is to help to secure for Japanese women a higher social position. At present they have assigned to them an inferior place in society, and Count Ito's notion is that by dressing like Europeans their standing will be raised. W V w Captain AlacRae Gilstraj>— whose purchase of the extensive sporting estate of Baltimore near Ardlamont, of melancholy celebrity, for JE50,000 is the biggest recent transaction in the land market-assumed the name of Gilstrap under the will of the late Sir William Gil-strap, whose niece he married. Sir William Gilttrap was a wealthy maltster of Newark. • This is how an incident in the departure of the Prince and Princess of Wales from Hawar- den the other day is described:—There was a long handshake between the Princess of ales and Mrs. Gladstone. "Good-bye, good-bye," said the Princess; and then, finally, "Good-bye, mother" and at this expression Mrs. Gladstone stooped from her stately height, bent her white hair over the Princess, and with some emotion kissed her on the cheek. it »■ Some years ago the writer asked the late Mr. Fairfield why a K.C.M.G. had been bestowed upon a certain gentleman who pos- sessed very moderate claims to have that honour conferred on him. "My dear friend," he re- plied, rising from his seat, half bending over the Qesk, and pointing to a hole in the office carpet, "you see that hole? Well. Blank wore the carpet away there during his interviews when pressing his claims to receive the K.C.M.G. It came to this, that either we should have to buy a new carpet or he was to have the knighthood—we made him a knight." In view of the prevailing impression that Mr. W. E. Gladstone has never been exactly a persona grata to her Majesty the Queen, it is pleasant to notice that. little Miss Dorothy Drew. grand-daughter of the ex-Premier, has been presented to the Queen at Windsor. The little maid, who tills so large a place in the life of her venerable grandfather, travelled from London to Windsor with the Princess Louise of Lorne and her mother. She was dressed in olive-green. The party remained to luncheon at the Castle, and afterwards returned to town. The little lady's face is familiar to most of us through the various photographs which have appeared of her on her grandfather's knee. She is a child of considerable personal attrac. tions, and a sweet disposition. • • • • The young lady who has now become Mrs. Godfrey Bei son is a granddaughter of Mr. Mundel'.a, at whose residence the reception after the marriage on Tuesday took place. She is tall and elegant-looking, with flaxen hair and blue eyes, and has for three years been one of the most admired figures at the chief political gatherings of the Radical party. Her husband. Mr. (xodfrey Benson, is now only 33, yet he is ex M.P. for the Woodstock Division of Oxfordshire, where he was defeated at the general election by Mr. G. H. Morrell. One of his brothers is Mr. F. R. Benson, the Shakspearean actor, Mr. Benson played a prominent part in opposing the famous evictions at Falcarragh, in County Donegal, eight years ago.

MISS BUTT'S CONCERT. MADAME CLARA NOVELLO DAVIES'S NEW SONG. Our Paris correspondent, writing on May 12, says:—The concert arranged by Mademoiselle Clara Butt and Madame Clara Novello Davies t) take place on the 5th inst. was unavoidably postponed owing to the terrible catastrophe at the Charity Bazaar. The matinee lost nothing by tli change, save to secure a larger attend- ance of Parisians, not only anxious to enjoy an attractive programme, but to mark their regret for the inconvenience the organisers may have experienced. The concert was held in the Salle Errard, the most elegant hall of its kind in Paris, and a.s spacious as it is coquet. The arrangements were, perfect, and undir the direction of M. R. Strakosch. son of tho late eminent impresario, and, consequently, nephew of that now Welsh lady, Madame Adelina Patli-Nicolini. The salle was filII, and the programme contained a choice selee- tion of instrumental and vocal niorceaux from Mendelssohn, Suint-Sa-aus. Schubert. Gounod, Bach, Mas: enet, Vieuxteiups, Gluck. kc. M. Dublos, of the Theatre Francais, declaimed "Le Rayon deLune," by Rousseau, and, later, the "Desespere," in Murgcr's ballad of- that name, while Mademoiselle Butt gave the vocal reply, both being accompanied by piano, violin, and violoncello. Mademoiselle Butt did not spare herself for the public. She sang songs from the works of Saint-Saens, "Samson et Dalila" Schubct, "Der Lodt und das Ma;dchen" Gounod, "Ma belle amie est morte"; Massenet; and Gluck's "Divinites au Styx." The execution of these airs attested that Mademoiselle Butt possesses a voice of extraordinary compass, purity, and flexibilitv that she can modulate at will with ease and surety, evoking the strongest emotions without passion, and the tenderest feelings united to delicate sentiment. In none of her songs was her voice revealed-to greater advantage, than in tli3 exquisite ballad "A Voice from the Spu it-land." whose composer is Madame Clara Novello Davies, and who brilliantly accompanied Mademoiselle Butt in the inter- pretation of the music—a gentle flow of v.'irning melody, with a sweefc, soft plaintive- Ef>'R, united to scientific harmony. It was the only English forig.given, and was v. armly received" by "the French. The song will be given to Londoners next Wednesday, when bOtJl ladies, will appear at the Quesn's-hall, where Mademoiselle Butt will give her first concert of' the season, and success may be anticipated for the new composition. With a Parisian audience toilettes always count. Those of the two ladies in question were in excel- lenttasteandstylc. Mademoiselle Butt wore a 1"11e blue silk, covered with whits net and silvered roses, with the Queen's present 011 her breast and diamonds in her hair. Madame Clara Novello Davies looked extremely well in a toilette of dove-coloured silk, brocaded with pink roses, ornaments diamonds, the Queen's present on her breast and the neck- lace presented to her by the Royal Choir—a happy effect.

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SUNDAY CLOSING IN WALES. I WHAT IT MEANS TO THE I BREWERS. With reference to what Mr. Councillor F Rocke said at Swansea on Thursday in respect to the statement at Hancock's meeting, it may be interesting if we quote the explanatory sentence which Mr. Rocke ignored. It is true that the managing director (Colonel Gaskell) remarked wat if the Sunday Closing Act were repealed the profits of the company would, pro- bably. be much larger, but he also added, "not that more liquor would be consumed, but that it would lie sold in a lawful way. We do not i supply bogus clubs and shebeons." A most material qualification of the suggestion made by Mr. liocke. MEETING AT POUT If. CRITICISM OF MR. LASCELLES. CARR. A conference was held at Salem KapHst Chapel, l'orth, under the auspices of the Uocted Kingdom Alliance, on Friday. At the evening I moating, Mr. Hy. Abraham, M.E., presiding,, the Rev. Mr. Schoneld. of London, referred to the Sunday Closing Act, which some people said was a total failure. One of their principal papers and ope of their most versatile editors now and then took a fit of hostility to it. and did all they could to damage the success of the Sunday Closing Act which they had in Wales. Tie time had arrived when those things had to be shown up. He challenged Mr. Lascelles Carr to prove that it was a failure, and declared that Mr. Carr was interested in the liquor traffic. That was the truth of it. If anyone wished to reveal that statement he could report it to the "Western Mail," with the speaker s compliments. (Applau-c.) They now had the Sunday Closing Act which extended over 24 hours, but they wished to have it extended over èh'l'Y day of the week. (Applause.) TEMPERANCE REFORM. To the Editor of the "Flvening Express." Sir,—Reading the evidence of Mr. Latscellee Carr before the Royal Commission has sug- gested to me two thoughts, which I would like temperance reformers in Cardiff and elsewhere to take into consideration. One is that in countries where there are no restrictions there is little or no drunkenness. Take Spain, for I example. Anyone can have a. licence there— the matter is as easy as buying a penny stamp. As regards the hours of opening and closing, matters are equally simple. In the ca'es brandy, rum. or gin is served free with coffee. Yet nobody getg drunk. The second thought is. that temperance reformers, however sincere I some or most of them be. are entirely off the rails in their methods of procedure. If they want to bring about the social change so ¡ much desired, they- will have to alter their ¥ tactics completely." Men become drunkards principallv for want of adequate social enjoy- mentc. A poor collier, for instance, who has been under earth all day. cannot be expected to shut himself up within four greasy, grimy walls during the whole of the evening. He has. let us say. sixpence to spend-a sum. per- haj)S. sufficient for "himself alone, but entirely inadequate to provide entertainment for hit; wife and the other members of his family. The wife, poor woman, has also her share of work and worrv and does not like to be left always alone. If our reformers, or alleged reformers, would spend a little of the time and energy and money they now spend in curtailing whatsis, after all. "the liberty of the subject in providing healthy and y-niusing .family enter- tainments for the working classes, what bene- factors they would be! 1 Our corporation also spend thousands and thousands in providing pubH« parks. A just and wise proceeding, some will say. But r. amongst others (and t rhould like someone to contradict me on this point), call it foolish ■ exceedingly foolish. These parks, which are seldom or never situated in the slums, are used onlv during the three or four fine months of the y-sar. when a walk in the country would be eoua'llv available and serve the same end. ^l>t what do our.wise oitv or borough fathers do to provide entertainment for the eight dull, dreary, rainy, murky, foggy mouths of the vear. A very learned writer (I believe it was niyseli) once wisely remarked tnat all the Englis.i commit suicide in November. And who can blame them, under the circumstances, for seek- ing a 1,Tighter atmosphere? If our '"reformers" would only advocate ilie erection of winter palaces in our slums and erection of winter palaces in our slums and centres, how those who. like myself, do not scorn to drink a glass of 1JCer, even on Sunday, I would love them? Hut they won't. Bless you they would rather advocate the construction of menageries where the working men, m their hours of leisure, should be shut up in cages to serve as an object lesson- to help on the ^S11" nients of those w ho would have us believe that, instead of ten God gave us a thousand com- I mandments. ) àJII, &c., LIBEKlx.

GAZETTE NEWS. PAR'IN FRSIllP DISSOLVED James Jenkins and J. A. Thompson, trading as Jenkins. Thompson, and Co., 129. Bute- street Cardiff, shipowners and shipbrokers. RECEIVING ORDERS. James Dow, Bridge House, Bridgend, Gla- morganshire. veterinary surgeon. Rees M. Thomas. Park-road, Senghenydd, near Gserpliilly. butcher. \Vilham Morris, Thomas-street, St. Thomas. Swansea, grocer. John Jones, Miriam-street, Clydach Vale, Rhondda Valley, collier. William J. Davies, Horse-street. Dowlais. baker. .John Price, Diewen Farm, Glascomb, Rad- nor, fanner.

LOCAL COMMISSIONS. The London t>alette of ir.dny contained the following. War Office, May 14. LINE BATTALIONS. lioval Wel.-h Fusiliers.—Second-lieutenant Douglas Powell. University candidate, from 1st A ohinteer Battalion, Oxfordshire Light, Infantry, to he second lieutenant, vice Cobb, promoted dated 15th mst. South Wales Borderers.—Lieutenant Kidded, from 1th Battalion I'liive of Wales's North Staffordshire Kegiment. to or second lieutenant, vice Stevem., pro- lix ted: dated 15th inst. \1.\1 U!r'inont.—To bn se^ona-lieutonanis .— Second-lieutenants Ueorge lleri-ert Stevenson, irom 3rd Battalion, vice, lloggan, promoted lieutenant; Walter lluirhei Fertar, from 3rd iSattaiion rrin-c^-s Victoria's hoyal Irish Fiisllicie, Vice Keriicii, pro- moted: dat.d 15th inst. I

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. I The "T/mdon (ia/.ctte" on Fiiday niirlil contains a j notice issued l.v the Kegistra.r of Joint. Stock j Compares, and'd;ded Somerset- HoU.<e, M.-n- 14, mil- mating (hat Ihe, names of the uwiermeatinned eoui- anies weie on that date struck off the renter, j and that such companies are dissolved: Biiton Ferry Coal and Brick Company (Liicited), Mid-tiia s morgan Land and Building Company (Limited), Mil- for 1 Trawlers' ;LimHed), Newport and Bristol Channel Excursion Company (l.imittd). South Wales Gold Mines (Limited), and Swansea Joinery and Sawmill ) Company (Limited). I A- further notice issued by the registrar staies tint, at the expiration ot three months from the 14th irst. the names ot the undermentioned will, unless | cacse is shown to the contrary, he struck off the agister and <ll"I.ved: --Ca,HLfï Horse Itepository i Company (Limited), Gru.d Theatre, Swansea (Limited). Sirhowy Valleys. Mrmniouthshire, Land snd Cottage Company (LimUed), Tonyc.mdv Club aud Institute Comi>any (Limited), Welsh Confec- tionery Comuniy. (Limited), Welslt Cnnsoii-.jutei Hold Fields" (Limited), Welsh Manufacturing Conip-ny (Limited). Wel-h United Collieries (Limited), and Western Kh-'Hilda liaibvay Compfli-y (Lirnit¡>¡11. 1 Printed hy the Prowietors. Western Mail Limited, i and published by tl e.n at tlierr offices, St. Mary- street, Cardi'f; at tlie r ollieea. Castle Daiiey- •tieet, Swansea; ot the shop c.' Mr. Wesley Wv.- iiams, Uridgsnd*aii in the County of Glamorgan j at the "Western ilail"' Officii. Xewport; at lln Miop ef Mr. J. P Caffery. Monmouth, hath iu th< Cuunty of Monmouth and at the .shop <•; Mr. 0 U*vie?, Llancllv. in the fouutv or O" Tout hen. SATURDAY, MAY 15. 1897,

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