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INTERMEDIATE AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. MEETING OF THE SWANSEA GOVERNORS. A meeting of the Intermediate and Technical Education Governors was held at the Guildhall on Monday afternoon. Present, Councillor Thc-nias Freeman (presiding in the absence of Mr. Richard Martin who is indisposed), Mr. W. Williams, Maesygwernen), Mr. F. S. Bishop, A1 lerman M. Tutton, Mis. Thomas Freeman, Councillor 1. Rocke, Clerk (Mr. Jm. Thomas), deputy-clcrk 'Mr. Jevons), Principals Boys' School (Dr. Turpin), Girls' School (Mi-s Benger), and the Secretary (Mr. Collwj n Lewis). The Chairmnn moved the following resolution ■—That this body desires to convey to the relatives of the late Judge David Lewis its deep sympathy with them in the severe loss sustained by his death, and to expre-s its high appreciation of the valuable services rendered bv him in the promotion of Intermediate and Technical Education in the Borough of Swansea." He said that the late Jn]{?e Lewis took a very keen and active int.n-estin framing the articles of that body By his death Swansea had lost one o her most successful and talented sons, and education a warm and valuable Biippoi Mr. \V. Williams i-econded, and the motion was passed in silence. i The minute-s of t'ae Schools' Committee ana Technical Instruction Committee were consul-red. The latter contained the following Resolved that the tender of Messrs. Lloyd Bros, be accepted for the new Tec'ini al Buildings, subject to the consent of the Local Government Board I eing obtained to the raisirg 0~f a loan to ■defray the cost, ot the work. Amount of tender, £ 8,162 0- 11 i-' Sir Jolm j. Jenkins. M.P., was requested to _wal' on 'Local Government Board with a view to expedit ing their sanct:on to the raising of ft loan for the provision of new Technical Buildings.—Resolved that classes in Gymnastics and Physical Exercise be held at the Technical Sch> ol, Mount Pleasant, on 0.ie evening a week until Christmas, and that Dr. Turpin" be authorised to make arrangements with Sergeant Bird to act as instructor. The fee for the classes to be charged to be sufficient to cover the cost of the fame. In answer to Alderman Tutton, the secretary .'Mr. Oollwyn Lewis) said the tenders sent in by Messrs Lloyd Bros, a id Messrs. Billings were ;ti follow- :—Lloyd Bro- for Intermediate Scho ds, £ 4.737 19s. Id. for Technical Schools, £ 8 169 'l 1 ■=. a grand totil of a>iout £ 12,900.— M Bi'ln^s, for Intermediate Schools, -Pd 719 'l t- for Technical Schools, £ 8,536, a gnind total of £ 13,308 12- 6d The mi Mites were adopted subject to a slight modification. c -,r T. a Mr. F. S. Bishop, in the absence of Mr. L b. Lindlny, moved That Minute Xo, 130 of the Schools' Committee, as varied by the Governing Body on 1 he 14 th Septfinb-'r, Ie rescinded, and that Mr. Wills (a c'iitect) b" paid a coinmis-ion of 5 per cent, on the amount of money cxpcnaca, and that 11 per c?nt. in adlitio.i be allowed io. tal,i,,ig okit the Mr. Thomas Freeman seconded. After some discussion it was decided to postpone the consideration cf the question. This was all the busines; of public interest.

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mc Cambrian. SWANSEA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1897. THE COMMERCIAL WAR. England, just now, is in tbe throes of a huge industrial war. South Wales is suffer- ing because of the differences between employers and employed. In no particular branch is this more apparent, locally, than in the tinplate trade. While the Americans are developing their newly-acquired trade, we, in South Wales, are quarrelling about terms. Our cousins benefit, of course, and smile grimly at the foolishness of the men who taught them how to manufacture tin- plates at a profit. Trade-union leaders are always trying to convince us that the loss of trade consequent upon strikes is a bogey. But what are the facts ? It is stated that many firms in Yorkshire and on the Tyne are getting machinery and fittings from German houses delivered in this country) and are filling their foreign orders by send- ing goods direct from German workshops. If this is true, the manufacturer is becoming a mere middleman. Industrial disputes are affecting us iu the commercial race, in the struggle for new markets. A Parliamentary blue-book, just published, shows clearly enough that the foreigner is gaining upon the English in the new race for markets. In the best classes of goods, and where the Colonial buyers are particular about quality, the British manufacturer beats all rivals. But buyers are not always particular in that respect, and there the foreign rival beats the Englishman. In the manufacture of ma- chinery and industrial and agricultural tools, however, the Briton is beaten by the Ameri- can. In one important respect, the Colonial returns appear to be. to a large extent, not only defective but misleading, so that the colonial importations of foreign goods must be considerably larger, in some categories, than is shown in the figures. This under- statement must follow where only the port of shipment, and not the country of origin, is designated. For example London is the headquarters of the world's export trade. In London, Belgian. German. American, and other firms have their agents, and their ex- ports to the Colonies, shipped from London, tigure as B:itish. Nor arc these exporters all foreigners by any means. Seme of the largest are Englishmen, who buy goods for the Colonies wherever they find the kind of thing which, whether good, bad, or in- different, the Colonial wants. The most encouraging statement in the Colonial replies is that British manufacturers can, if they choose, hold their place against all comers, and even regain some of the ground they have lost. Taking such an item as hammers, the Colonials say that the Americans are first in the trade, because they have carefully studied the pattern of article needed in the Colonics. We read that the British Cata- logues sent to the Colonies are harlly got up in comparison with the American and the German. Again, the Americans and the Germans advertise much more largely than their British rivals; and they find it well worth their while. The German commercial traveller has more energy than the lillito", and this has much to do in developing any particular trade. The blue book lefeirec to contains much that is interesting to Britishers, who should profit by t'ie sugg's- tions thrown out by our fiiends in various parts of the world.

fltuke of mumbles. BRACELET AND LANGLAXD TO BE IJ E V E LO PEL*. A LOXDOX SYNDICATE'S SCHEME. As we have repeatedly pointed out of In te, the year 1897 promise to mark the turning point in the history or M.imb es. The season now closing ha.s been the most successful over experie^cd" for r t least two months the ho'el and lobdn^. hous; acejiirnodation available was inadequate and many health and pleasure seekers were force 1 t) jp else-vhere. N -xt season 11n long-talked of uiul much-needed pier will be in operation, and will receive thousands of triplet-; fiom Bristol, Cardiff, an3 Newport; and two line n;w hotels at South End, and an att active and commodious licensed refreshment house at the entrance Lo the j piGl. will be opened. It is only natural to assume that this spirit of enterprise, so new to Mumbles, I will be forthcoming in olher dirce ions, and that next season will find the place prepared to cope with almost any demand. The value of house property and building ground has increased of late, and there are indications that it will continue to increase. Some of the finest building sites in South Wales and the West of England are to he found in and around Mumbles. As evidence of the faith shrewd, vigorous investors have in the future of the place, we may mention that a strong London syndicate has in contempla- tion a scheme for the opening up of the land between Bracelet and Langland Bays. There are proprietary difficulties in the way, but a give-and. take spirit on the part of the parties concerned should not find them insurmountable. On Friday last three of the members of the syndicate referred to visited Mumbles, and made a thorough inspection of the property which they think possesses unique facilities for development. On the following day (Saturday) a representative of The Ciunhfiaii met one of these gentlemen. "You have a charming place here, he said. "None of us dreamt that such variety, grandeur and sweet picturesqueness of scenery could be found in South Wales. But here it is—naked and unashamed! You Welsh people are very selfish or conservative—which is it r Or have you sentimental views about natural scenery r I will be generous, and say you do not lack enterprise, but that you posses*, to It superabundant degree, high ideals about the preservation of the beautiful in Nature. But look here, there's a snug fortune lying in and around Mumbles. And it s going to be secured, too." The pressman pricked up his ears and opened wide his eyes. For a few minutes he fence i with his subject in the hope of drawing him. Eventually the Londoner said, We don't want to make known just yet what we propose doing. To do so would probably upset some of our calcula- tions. No harm will be done, however, if I tell you that a few of us, who have hat considerable experience in developing pleasure resorts, think that a part of Mumbles—between Bracelet and Langland-ia worth developing. Plans are being prepared, the cost estimated, avid other details considered. If we can secuie the land at a fan- price we shall not hesitate to push on with a scheme which would be the making of Mumbles. It would cast a big sum, I know, but it would be money well laid out. We should arrange the ground for the erection of detached and semi- detached residential villas, none of them to fetch an annual rental of less than £40 but the average rent would be about £60. Whether the scheme will be carried into effect we cannot now say, but so confident are we that Mumbles has a fine future before it that we are determined not to abandon ) it without an effort."

THE HARBOUR TRUST AND RHONDDA RAILWAY. SUGGESTED AMALGAMATION. The South Daily New a says:— There is just now being quietly considerel at Swansea, in an informal way, a scheme which may soon tike practical form and lead tot .eport follow- ing the example of all the other important ports 011 the western side of the Bristol Channel. Penarth, Barry, Cardiff, and even Port Talbot have, one after the other, secured an amalgamation of their docks with one or other of tIn railways which b: ing merchmfdisc therefor shipment, and snch success has followed in soma instances that it is no wonder that at length people in Swansea have begun to discuss whether something of the same character cannot be done in that port." The same paper goes on to state that there is only one railway available for such an amalgama- tion with the Harbour Trust—the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway—and proceeds :— Whether anything will come of the suggested amalgamation remains to be seen. Tnat it is being quietly discussed we have asce tained, but we are in a position to say that neither the trustees 1;01' the ra lway directors have, as su 'h, considered the question at th -ir periodical meet- ings. The idea has been gradually taking d'fhitc shape. At present, however, neither the trustees nor the railway directors have had the question officially before them; and it is probable that somc time must elapse before they do. The fact is, there are difficulties in the way, and there are possibilities of formidable opposition. The Trust is under some obligation to the Gteat Western Railway Company, for instance, and it is hardly likely that that railway company would stand quietly by and see such an amalgamation as is proposed carried through to its disadvantage. We have made inquiries and Mid that, as the I Daily yas-erts, the scheme referred to has j been discussed in certain quarters, but not j officially.

MUSIC IN THE CATHOLIC j CHURCH. THE POPE SUGGESTS REUOPAl [From A CoaflEsi'oxD>:sx,] I There (V no truer truth obtainable Jfy man than come* of miisi, I Wren Robert Browning, the poet of many moods and deeply-religious, moving thoughts, ¡ wrote the lines which I have placed at tho head of this article. he must have been conscious of a great influence working through sounds incoherent to the unemotional, but fraught with the highest eloquence to a man whose sensitive nature dominated, and made artistic, his cliarac- ter. All of us have, at some time or other, felt this influence, whether it be in the calm, dozing melodies of childhood, in the mysterious pealing of the church orga:), in the passionate beauty of grand opera, or in the empty carelessness of comic. Bat nowhere have the emotions been so j stirred to nobility as in the Roman Cttholic church, where, wit.i a Liturgy of high musical possibilities, you can easily bring yourself to be- licve that in these sounds, which you need not trouble to comprehend, which interpret them- selves voluntar ly, which present to you no con. ecahnent of truth, no shuffling of a pack of creeds, there is an eloquent voice making itself he.'rd and knoAn and obeyed. It i-, moreover, a voice of cosmopol.tan i- fluence. We have grown to regard the Roman Catholic Church in this country as par excellence the home of ecclesiastic. music. It is a far c y from Pale-trina or Gregory to Mozart, Haydn, Beet- hoven, Bach and Rossini: and down through the eras of church music you can see the plain beauty and sy mmatry of the Gregorian chant and the essen- tially religious masses of Palestrina developing into the florid and passionate periods of the later composers. But who will deny that all these have played a part in consolidating our reverence, in building up something of that t.tit.li (Lid hopemd yearning to do good which, even to me, dispa-sion- ate Puritan as I sometimes lik-* to think myself, are enshrined in the nlnio-t unearthly loveliness ot modern Church music ? T: e stitemenl, th n, that the Pope has ad- dresed a circular to th] Bishops of the Homm Communion, urging tlieni to work for t ie re- formation, bot 1 vocally and instrumental y of music, will cjme as a surprise to somj. au,l as a relief to tho e who think, with his Holiness, that the mu-ic has become too florid, sensuous and ,-ccula" Mozart and Haydn are Cwii lernned as working too much upon the senses; the use of the violin is e .ndemned and a return to early simpl city and severity is advocated.. His Holine-s speaks tr.mi Rome, and hi] wishes. I imagine, will ha:«i!y go farther than s Rjme and a few of tne great centres of Catho'lic'sm. But what of the provincial towns, Swans-a for example where the Communion is not numerically or iinancially IStrong; If you go into the Cistiiie Clnpel at Rome you will pro- 1 lilv find in d.1C immense choir of voices, that celf-ame .-rama'ic iioridity, and sensuou-ness, of which his Holiness complains—only it is a dramatic f (■Jreo'orian music. You come bick ttTEngbind aiid enter a Roman Cathode tane. ii re the wealth is insufhdent to train ebons into a proper rendering ot t ie Gregor.au chant. It is music of a str,n2e or.ier: its progressions and int.>UHtions, and the wondertnl words to 1 1 > set cannot be interpreted by an Siir ci.oi" X'hoy .n,y .inf it, b.t So„f or j •• singing is require). Ihe' itholic Church, then, falls hack upon Roman CatnoJ c^ if iCS8 devotional, "|Cr,-on resort^ to the orchestra; for is not a i r?" Torero tolerably well pliyed, uicom- Handel a r. > ;l Handel chorii* only tolerably par;.biy s {. Roman Catholic Church Z™ of ft* r,».l awis 1 a^e fallen back upon m.,sic, ns a vehicle ofT^ «udtb..ir congregates a™ito rather than .ese,t it. In ^wans, a, at ad e ents we need expect n) change from 1h | C».nt position of affairs —m.dess, indeed, it be a change I in the opposite direction to that indicated by the Pope. Hut the question of primary importance is Why should Haydn or Mozart give place to Palestrina and Gregory i- The modern masters have never, as one historian truly says, aimed .at a higher kind of beauty than that pertaining to earthly tliings and yet their mu.~ic reflects the highest influence of divinity, so that we are led to believe that Carlyle's sartorial philosopher was right, in more than a figurative sense, when he said that spiritual music can spring only from discords set in harmony, that but for evil the: e were no good. for victory is only possible with battle. It may he premature to say that the Roman Catholic Church in England will not conform to the wdshes of his Holiness. Must the lovely melodies of Haydn, the great, conscientious interpretations of Mozart, the human eloquence of Beethoven, the wizard passion of Rossini,— the products of the highest and most ennobling of the arts—be banished, and painted Madonnas gaze down with large, pleading eyes, upon, and features of every architectural period enci cle, a congregation from whom the life and soul of music have departed —while myriad candles splutter on the altar, and the heavy censer, swinging in the midst of the loveliest architec- turallwd artistic blandishments, wafts the incense to a symbolical ceiling: Neither floridity nor passion is irreligious. It is strange to find the Pontiff protesting against floridity, when the sanctuary of his Church is tssentially florid. It is equally strange to find him protesting against that passion in music which has helped so many souls within the Catholic Communion. Perhaps ther is nothing so sensuous as Rossini s Stabat Mater;" but nothing has created so profound an impre sion no mtir-ic has carried the song of tribulation to so many human hearts. Its earnestne-s, passion, poignancy,—call it what you will.—have always ha 1- -always will have—the power of sacredaess. It is only secular In its reminiscence of the theatre to which the composer devoted his best years; just as. sometimes, the voice of a great preacher may be reminiscent of that of a. great actor, or a great orator. Rossini, 11 his leligious moods, stands out almost as a salvation army 111 the musical world. His nature was theatrical and dramatic. Finely turned to great ends, it compa-sed an ecclesiastical triumph and formed a bridge between secular and divine passion. One might go on enumerating the influences of mu-ic to the end of the chapter. It is sufficient now to add, that the maic-tic periods ot Handel, the woaderful range of Beethoven, the airs from heaven of Mozart and Haydn, the flamboyant passion of Ros-in1, will stir men and women to reverence, as the iNat onal Anthem stirs us Englishmen to loyalty as the Marsellaise stirred the French to revolution and rapine and blood- shed as the nuisery lullaby brings re;t to the child in his cot as Mozart's own Requiem Mass lulled the composer into the sleep t'ia' knows no waking.

NOTES and notions. The wheel* of Nature ore Hot ma,je to y0ll back tea /'ds everythi nj <presets toicards demit J 1 from the birth, of time an impetuous current ha* set in, which bears all the sous of wen toward that iiiUmunoolc ocean. R. HALL. Dr. Arbour Stephens, M.D., B.Sc.. C. B, Jenkins and Mr. D. H. L. Thomas were this week elected captains of the volunteers after examina- tion. In the Jubilee number of yomiJ ( 1ralcs appetu-s an able and intensely interesting article on Welsh Journalism during the Victori 111 Era from the pen of Mr. David Davies, of the Daily Pott. At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Insti- tution of South Wales this week a resolution of condolence with the family of the late Judge David Lewis was passed. The deceased judge was, before his appointment, one of the most active and valuable member. of the Institution. The Rev A. A. Mathews, Vicar of Holy Trinity, is not to be allowed to leave Swansea for Blaenavon without his many friends and ad- mirers showing ln some tangible form their aP- precision ot the splendid work he has done here, aiK o io esteem in which they hold him. Upon the invitation of ex-Alderman Chapman, a meet- Znl t °" Fri'Uy evcni"S '«8'. -boa It «• 1 dccided to form n 'jfvnno* „i • J and representative coin- tleman, An appoal for foil.is b,bjlf of the pedantry may be hoM ,or „ Duchess o \ork Both tl.o I,„ko ,„J r,„ch<f* saw a gooo deal of the imminent distress, in spite of the customary efforts made during their travels in Ireland to conceal from the°aug»st tourists the seamy side of life. Such an appcd would be a graceful, an 1 at the same time a practicil, way of acknowledging the ¡.nIple loyalty shown toward their Royai I £ i„illie3ses. A weakness for good whisky is saj(] to be a markcJ characteristic of the inbahitantii of the Gower Peninsula. It is, states the South IV"1** Daily Nee.'s, a very ancient one, and supposed to have originated in the old smuggling days, wh^11 scarcely a house was without its barrel of spir'ts on which the King's tax had never been levies- John Wesley, when lie toured in Wales early in the century, observed this trait of the hai,JJ' Oowerites. Iu his initerary he alludes to thefaC that when visiting Gower ha was seldom, if eV^r< asked to accept a cup of tea or coffee or a giass ae. Hosl>ita'it.y invariably assume 1 the form an invitation to a drop of^tlie craythur." Mr. G. E Gordon, M.E.. of Wind-st-rc^' J 1 Swansea, has just completed' a new map of the j Glamorganshire coalfield, whicU hJ ^7 ] features to rscotinneud it to th„ „ 1 « the two lattCi COVGl'jno* ov> « run anthracite seems smafi T^1Va besi,3e whlcU t'f Swansea as a port coalfield is easily to be see ? for Cardiff stand, seven T 1? tWs e^ southern outcrop of the t„e Glamorganshire collieries .id owners) and the rates T™ T.„. ioni each to the iirnici0a* ports, Card,ft, Swansea. Bar™ v Port » Talbot and Llanelly are o-iviT «' advantage of low lreiohf-. 1 n'holding p.-i»e lines of f," rpf it •, y l^titlino' into tho i liia antliiacite o»l ,„„„su L ™ ];« f„rtl« most part very clos^ t-> c, ev^i, ne 10 < development. Although T*™' comparatively small it i c snPerfi"ial area, » < wealth may lie underneath "may be, Swansea appears on &Ir lle»t f map, the anthracite exp0i ° 8 l 1 The scale of the map i"^ P" 1 the names and figures are tl^ t0 a mile' S° 1 i casv relief It 1- „ thrown int=> bo1! a" 1 easy lciier. lc 1., one of ti,„ 1 c the '< Glamorganshire coalfi dd w v maPs 0 -i 1 ,„„vc innlnUe „ °h"° county. Co>uuiercial men in the i county. Mr. Ted Williams, the hr,, „.i .1 i- 'ionorai'v secretary, the energetic comnnttee (wH; AT o f as 1 • i Mv, Siuulry i chairman) which assisted him. deser,0 tbe higbeSt pos-ible prase tor tae sace.-s, they achieve! in « the recent Swansea Charity From t! o 1 point of view of money's-worth, the public had S ( nothing to complain ot, for the lnilitai spectacle ] and the innumer .b.e items that went to the u> <k- ing of snc.i capital programme,. l,avo rarely been | equalled in the Principality. Xl)e rePnlr, in spite of: the bad weather of the Wednesday, J which Vut off the carnival and, n,t having pre- ventc, the ^ulway excursion,, ^0, interfered | M a the influx of visitor {l„m of, ()n t-ie ( following day,^ must In described as highly ( sati.-factory. The re-eip^ Uppear as folio, « Amounts previously pablishe(1. f42? lg Ladicd' Collection,, £ o4 15. Lu lios, S4leB> £ 4 13s. Id Gentlemcrs Colons, ] 12s. 9d. bunary Receipts. £ l4 0 1Qd To{al, t £ 548 2s. 81. After meotino- tbo „ „lVV < -j, tlie neccssavily hevvJ expendi'u e upon so clabrate an undertaking. • ] there will bo a lalam-e of something like ;;250 < for distribution amongst charitable institutions 1 We heart ly con<:ratnl,.to the committee and Mi- led Williams ill partinilar. The latter has proved himself a capable and enterprising 1 organiser. — — Mr W. H. Spring deserves the compliment 1 paid him by ) is coil-agues on Wednesday. Ife entered the Council Chamber the victim of 1Ti11"h prejudice and misunderstanding. By conscien- tiously and zc ilon>ly discharging the duties devolving upon h:m he has swept away whatever prejudice existed, and at present is held in high esteem by many people in Swansea. As Chairman of the Parks Committee he has rendered the town good service. The parks are now better and more economically kept than ever. We are informed that Mr. Spring will not occupy the Aldermanic seat for long, as it is his intention to retire from active public life at the end of the year. He is well up in years, and his present resolve is not, perhaps, an unwise one. Should he persist in it he will retire with the good wishes of the burgesses of Swansea. Is the Mayoralty going abegging this year We hope not, but it looks very much like it just now. Several names are mentioned as likely candidates, but they all seem more or less doubt- ful. On the principle of seniority the honour belongs to a few very capable and influential members, but they do not appear to entertain any particular relish for it. Some excuse themselves on the ground of pressure of business. Dr. Rawlings, who would undoubtedly make an excellent and popular Chief Magistrate, dis" approves of the method of election. Until that method is very considerably improved upon, and canvassing, directly or indirectly, abandoned, the worthy doctor will refuse to fill the Civic Chair. It is said that a couple of members regard the honour with longing eyes, and are busily at work strengthening their claims to it; but the majority of their colleagues do not regard them seriou-Iy. In some quarters a hope is expressed that Councillor Aeron Thomas will be prevailed upon to succeed Mr. Howel Watbins. We should not be surprised were that hope realised. It is true Mr. Thomas is only an apprentice in civic work, but he deserves to rank among our best andablest public men. He is capable of discharging the duties of the important office with becoming dignity, and doing the honours handsomely. From the quarterly report 0f the Asylums Committee to the Councils of Glamorgan, Cardiff' and Swansea, it would seem that lunacy is considerably increasing in the county. When the committee reported on May 27th the asylums contained 758 males and 654 females. In the quarter ended last August 55 were admitted, an increase of 23 males and 32 females. The total number of inmates now stands at 1,467. The resources of the asylum are considerably taxed, especially in regard to females. Of this sex there are, including 20 boarded out at Carmarthen, 105 more on the books than there is proper accommo- dation for. Within three or four months this serious defect will be removed, inasmuch as the Committee have accepted a tender for the erection of a new temporary block with accom- monation for 100 patients. The accepted tender (that of Mr. P. Gaylard) amounts to £4,855. The new premises can only be regarded as temporary, and there are already more than enough patients to fill it. But it is important that they should be pushed forward without delay.

SWANSEA THROUGH C A M B RI AN SPECTACLES. (3Y HISTORIC US JUNIOR.) [ARTICLE XXXIX.] A CATALOGUE OF CRIMES. •'AuDther year is gone into the past!—one more bright drop of Time has fallen into the dim ocean of Eternity .'—but, unlike the rain- drop in the sea, it has its record and its number- it is still a distinct unity in the long numeration of ages, and will own its own place in the yet accumulating sum, when the generation that marks its being shall abo have passed away." So sang" the leader-writer over the year 1827—prior to the welcome announcement that from the Bommencement of 1828 The Cambrian would be enlarged in size. The year 1827, so far as Swansea was con- cerned, was tolerably peaceful and law-abiding, 0,nd interesting without being exciting. In 1828 the people plunged into a veritable whirlpool of excitement, destined to last for more than twelve months. The year preceding was memorable in, many places ior great bank robberies, and the burglars did not take long in coming to Swan- sea. On Sunday evening, February 17th, 1828. the house of the respectable banking concern of Messrs. Walters. Voss, and Walters, at Swansea, was broken open, an-l ca-b, notes, and bills stolon to a large amount." Mr. Walters had carefully locked the iron chest, which had a valuable and complicated lock, we are told and the door-5 of his house, and took his family to L-hurch. Xo 0113 was left in charge, and when lie and his son returned a few hours later, he Found that the valuable lock was more than ardinarily complicated. They tried to open it, but the key would not turn. Aclose inspection jisclised some brass in the key-hole. Saspecting- nothing, Mr. Walters concluded that the lock had been accident illy broken and went off to bed. They were caught in the clever trap. When they apencd for business the next morning, the bra<s ivas found to be only an elastic ring placed in the lock for obstructing the key, and thus preventing the immediate discovery of the robbery. The thieves had, therefore, an excellent start, and they made very good use ot it, for, for a few years at all event-, if not for ever, they esc iped 'apture. The Swansea Association for the Prosecution of Felon-) offered a reward of £ 100, Mid tiie bankers another of £ 300: the magis- t at- were as busy as couid be examining into the minutest particulars. Lewis Weston Dilhvvn. Col. Cameron, and Councillor So?kett ivere 'engaged from early morning until late at u'o-ht collect'ng evidence and transmitting de- scriptions of the thieves to London, and all the ivliile these latter were jogging along comfort- Lblyon the Irgh-road to safety, with Mr. Vo-s md s-veral others in hot pursuit. I bere wa" 10 telegraph, however, and the worthy banker 11-1/1 the sati-(a ;ton of hearing of the Illen tll ■ante without coining n'-ar them. The thieves had been well-known chaiaeters in Swansea, to), for a tew week- and, apparently, were very deliberate in tneir plans. They came here by the nuil from Carmarthen early one Sunday morning and put up at t e Maekworth, removing later on to the Golden Lion. A tiling lescribed «s '"remarkable" was that '"they Generally slept together, in the same bed, and 'hey had a colleague, of v horn, for some reason jr other, no mention was made. On the night of th-> roobery, the in n came to the old Wheat Sheaf Tavern—that house of many a capital •torv now removed for public improvement—just 'letore midnight, and ordered a eisaiso and pair to be ready in ten minutes, to go to Neath. Oft' they went acain, and returned in five minutes with a portmanteau, covered with a hairy enlf-skin. and trried by the shorter of the two. The bearer of •he booty tor such, no doubt, it was -played the virt of servant, and w-ujst the master went into —irellcr's room for his glass of }Jegnc, ihe frvant was content to take his in the bar, direct- tl)e waiter to charge his master. The latter, Ivitli a oreat display ot silver and gold, paid the aill and tipped the wait: r sixpence. By this (ime the c aise was ready outside, the men jumped in, ind rattled off through the narrow streets in the lire 'tion of Neath. Suspicions were aroused, mt it was not until the morning that they were •o-'firmed. The robbers were a conspicuous party on the lio-hway, and were not afraid to show themselves. \t Ncuth they were jo ned by two others, mid the "our kept their pnrsners at a distance. l\vo of hem were within an inch of six feet, dressed in idaidclo'ks, with collars lined with searlet, and lark clothes, trousers and Weilin^ton boots, i 1'hey parsed everywhere ior gentlemen, so •esp'eetalde were the r d: ess and mein and one, di«"iit a" youthful, was called captain. Tne I jther two. slightly shorter, attired in drah grellt I >0at«. shabby hats, woollen st icking. and shoes t md gaiters; with round, red faces, black eyes, t md generady 111; an features, passed as servants. > Ad Neath all four mounted a vehicle and drove to £ Pyle where they changed to a chaise and four, j [t is' precisely stated that one of the servants ( bank two glasses of bra-idy and water an.! I ^onthicd to the landlord that his master was t Proceeding with witnes-es to a'tend a t.dal in i nmion. Afraid of not arriving iu time, ihev h-ove off \\Ith..Jl possible haste to Hiistob Mr. V oss arrived at liristol soon after, and was in time t> prevent the negotiation of any of the -tolan bills. Driving straight on to London, he lid the same thing there, so that the loss would < 1,„ confined only to gold and s lver. From Rristol, the robbers drove to Ba-li by the ,o-ich I <he evening the police officers, now in lull VV. arrive 1 at the fashionable watering-place, und baniing that a post-chaise and four had taken the road to Tetbary. startel at midnight in that direction The Swansea officer in pursuit was Thornton, and on oneo cadon he thought be lad cauirht his men. About three weeks alter tiie vohtiery ho arre t, d three men in Bath, with flash-notes, puiporting to be valued at £8,OOJ, and a pocket-book with suspicious memorandums, in thÓt possesion. One of their, answered exactly to the description of a Swansea robber. pint f-ha lVi "vvor of Bath refused to allow Thornton time toprocv™ evidence as to their identity, and allowed the nife.n -n The bankers a11 the necGs^rJ' steP*- T1f >' warned the public ,to iece(\ve n? *e Pound note, of the Swansea Ban*. lhe-Y be,en cfal ,ed in and paid, except ln fthe b?nde of thieves. As to the Ulls f, t^hange ano promissory notes which wer, stolen they received nearly the «hule of the anoonm, ,0^ Sffps capture the thieves in case they attempt to put the cash notes into eircn.. 11 thieves were well aware of this ana ai,, .not attempt it, but, probably in the hope that would blow over, they still retained some Ot "c five and one poui.d notes, instead of returning them all with the bills of exchange, &c. They j did not stop at robbery, for they forged the endorsement of the firm on the bank post bills for £ 10. Robberies seem wonderfully numerous in the year 1828, though, perhaps, the ta-te of the public being that way inclined, greater publicity was given to them than in former years. At any rate, the Swansea bank robbers were evidently the members of a gang whose depredations extended ah over the country. Wiiiiiii a month of the Swansea robbery, a bank at Greenock was robbed of £ 20,000. Sunday was again tile day of opera- tions, and suspicion was warded oft' in the tame way, by placing a ring in the lock and sixty miles ahead of their pursuers, the robbers were escaping with ease an i openness into London, where, in the great whirlpool of varied humanity, they probaldy joined tneir confederates from Swansea and shared the plunder in the highest glee. I11 connection wiih a Truro arrest of a gang of regular family men," an old Swansea notority ap- propriately cropped up. My readers will reo member Mann, who was arrested here in 1811. with a gang of other men, and dispatched to Plymouth for beins- concerned in a large robbery there. In Trnro he passed as Thos. BelnL a grocer and trader in pickled pork, hams, etc. A fortnight before his arrest he nad told the Lord Mayor of London, at the Mansion Hou-e, that his name was Thos. Wm. Broad Thornley, alias Will Hookey, alias Will the Lugger. A man of great dignity, even in his profession, was Will the Lugger. Always in pursuit of big game, nothing but banks, public establishments, and mansions would suit him. "Nothing," he declared at Truro, hurt my feelings so much as to be sus- pected of robbing a poor baker's shop at Swan- sea." He remembered and smarted under that indignity for seventeen years He was content to leave these little plums to the paroehical marauder, who must have been encouraged by the successful bank robbery. His depredat.oos commenced at Neath, in the house cf a cabinet maker near Neath Bridge. The man wore a We lingtin boot, which seems to have got into bad repute in its early da} s. He borrowed the cabinet maker's tools. entered the house, left with R60 and two bottles of brandv 111 his possession, and then had the nieetv of h incur to place the borrowed tools where he found them This robbery was brought home to Edward Randell. a blacksmith, and a carpenter, named Jenkins, both of Neath. Randell escaped from custody, and it is doubtful whether he wa.s ever captured again. The next robbery was in a Neath ironmonger's counting-house, but the booty was very small indeed. Then things quieted down for a year, and the same epidemic broke out with the commencement of 1829. Swansea was again the venue, and the victims were a Mrs. Jones, of 88, High-street, and Wm. Jenkins, a butcher. Silver and gold and bank notes, and promissory notes, and jewellery were stolea in large quantities, and the robbers left little clue to identity. The inhabi- tants c ul l sttnd it no longer, and a meeting was called to form a new society for the appre- hension and prosecution of thieves. The com- mittee were sworn in as special constables to aid the polic3 of the town. It was not long before t'ie committee had to despatch a mounted police officer to scour the neighbourhood of May alls in search of two men for robbing a widow who earned a living by the sale of water- cress, but this was only one of many in-tavces in which the Lo c-,ter,,Iel meshes of the of that day proved ineffective. )leafl was a hot-bed of thieves. Scarcely a week pa-sed without a robbery of some sort, and in the end. when a few years' experience of this so t of thing made them almo-t despILir of the security of pro- perty, and even of life itself, the people of Swan- sea (with Henry Sockett as the guiding light) appointed as chief police officer, Sadler, one of the Bow-street men, whose smartness resulted in the capture of the t at >-street conspirators. With such an officer, we ought not to encounter many burglaries after the year 1829.

LIBELLING MUMBLES. A SERIOUS AND UNFOUNDED STATEMENT. A certain member of the Swansea Corporation, has. innocently enough no doubt, done Mumbles a serious injury. He must be sorry now, but the mischief has been done a'ld some t me must elapse ere it can be eradicated. At a meeting this week of the Port Smitary Authority the member in question asserted that the sewage of Mumbles was being deposited on the oyster perches. This statement was conveyed to the local evening papers, and one of the Cardiff papers very naturally gave further publicity to the libel. The true facts were admirably set forth in a letter written by Mr. Beck to the Mayor on Wednesday, and read at the meeting of the Corporation. The state of things alleged by the member in question did not exist even three years ago, and since then the District Council, npon the recommendation of the Lo 'al Government Board, have -pent upwards of X200 in extending the outfall of the main sewer 200 yards, so that the sewage is deposited into the currents which run so strongly through the Sounds, and is at once carried out into the Bristol Channel. The oyster perches are abso- lately free from contamination in fact, they coui.1 not be better situated. Mr. Roger Beck is to be commended for his promptitude in contra- dicting the groundless charge. The Mavov. Mr. Thomas Freeman, and Aid. Tutton. feeling that a serious injustice had been done Mumbles^ very properly endeavoured to strengthen the case so clearly set forth by Mr. Beck. The gentleman who originated the libel should be more cautious in future. The Mumbles District Council have enough sins of commission and omission to bear, in all conscience, without being saddled with those which ex's" only in the imagination of a few people.

-SOME 'PIERRE CLA IHE POEMS." PRESS CRITICISMS. The above book is now being offered for sile. Orders may be left at The Cambrian office, or at any of the local booksellers. If the demand of the past week continues the edition will soon be "old out. The book has been most favourably criticised. WHAT THE" WESTERX MAIL" SAYS. The lTTc.?/er)i Mail of Sept. 14th. says A very neat volume has been issued from Jhf Cambrian Office. Swansea, in vrlii :h have beeir collected the scattered paeti-al remains of the late Mr. S. C. Gamwell, editor and managing director of The Cambrian newspaper. During his connection with the pap< r :\1 r. Gamwell wroti ever "o many s^oit piece?-. jme ot thcui of o-rcat ni^rit ar.d beauty, winch attracted much [ attention at the time. What he j wrote was always fresh, an i bore the stamp ot an original mind. Generally speaking, the poems appealed more to the intellect than to the heart and were devoid of t ie deeper and finer fVelin'trs e\ per e iced by a poet who-e heart has been stirred to its tery bottom. Those fugitive ",ongs have now been st unjf together in book form, which comes as a suit«ble monument to a man who spent his life in literature, and did much to promote the interests of the com- nunify by means of his ever-ready an 1 oft-11 iowerful pen. The book, for leisous alreadv i suggest -d, should prove of exceptional interest :o Swansea and South WTales, and, no doubt .vil! command an extensive sal*. The p ems are lecomp..nied by an introdr.ctum from the pen' of Mr. James Brown, of The Ca.ahri.nt. win has 1 hawn a portrait from 1 i'o of a man who must Hive provcJ to him a guide, philo.-opher, and riend.

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A I XIVKRSJTV COLLEGE FOjR SWANSEA. THE POSSIBILITIES or ITS ESTABLISH .VI EXT. —— IXn.'KYlEW WITH 1»K. TUE PI X. Thtj pertinent suggestion which Dr. Stephens flU'b forward 111 our columns last week for the establishment in Swansea of a university college for technical education, bas been received by local educationists with not a little interest, and there seems to be a general feeling that some efforts should be made in the direction Indicated. A representative of had an jnsL_.lICLJ \C iiiteiwew witij Dr. Turpin. the principal of the Swansea Intermediate and Technical Schools, 0: the subject ye-terda}- j morning. It has been iu sonic Jfe*>pie s minds for gome ti,-Ile." remarked the doctor, "1 heard it mentioned by Principal Viriamn Jones and Principal Rohert. and also by Mr. IJichard .I Martin, our chairman. I rather triink Dr. Stephens was the tit -st to start the idea., and I do not know how long it has been discu-sed but I beard of it almost immediately after I came to Swansea." What are your oil- of the proposal: "Itltink the general feeling is that it is a t little early Net to formulate any kind of definite scheme. We have really not enough funds to do it at present. The whole thing seems to me bound up with the development of the Inter- mediate School property, and although thut is entirely belonging tj the school, yet the scheme allows that after the requirements of the t>vo schools are sufficiently met. any surplus can be expanded for any purpose conuecte i with intermediate and technical education and under the heading of technical education, such a college will come." :M? y°u Agree with Dr. Stephens's sugges- tion.- r c = Well, I rather hope that t':e technical college, when it comes, should be apart of the I n.versity of \\ales. and not subordinate t, the I nn ei sity wollege of Abery«-twytli or Cardiff. There might be a sort of connection with both but it should be subordinated to neither A constituent college of the Univer-itv itself, you mean;" Practically that: but specialised on the one side. There would bj a great advan'age in that from the point of view of Swansea it-elf. As the town grjws, it will be possible to develop the college into a complete university college, which, in the end, ought to be done whereas, if u e make it subordinate at tir t to eitner of the others. tlrjre would bj a certain tendency on their part to check any aspirations of that kind, Another question of great importance,' Dr. Turpin went on. "is whether it might not be possible to get some assistance from the Government. I do not think that ecu: I lie done immediately. But in a few years, andii' we could show that the college, first started in a small 'ay, was still doing good work and could, grow, I think we might then, not unfairly, nuke j home claim on tbe Government for assistance to f,1!.?'1 ™'hut would be a school for mines for the t inted Kingdom. And.jou think there is plenty of room for .sucLi a school in Swansea r There is certainly no other place in the I nited Kingdom which woull give such oppor- tunities of studies of th it kind. There is at present a Royal School of Mines in London, but the instruction there is too tieoe'ical, audit must always suffer 011 account of its distance irom actual metallurgical works. My o.vn idea is that we should aim first at developing a school of mines for Swansea and South "Wales. Then. if we can. we should cet that into some sort of connection with the University of, Wales, with the id a. ultimately.—.t may seem ambitious, but it is not unduly so—o; letting it develop into a complete university college. The population and industry of South Wales are bound to (Trow in the future, and in 5J years, at any rat3, if not in 20, there woul 1 certainly be ample material for two university colleges, one at Cardiff and another at Swansea." "I snppjse the Swansea college would be 1 purely a metallurgical one.- I think it must be that at first, but other subjects connected with it, such as engineering, must le tanght, find a large range of pure science, including chemistry and physics." Is there any really adequate provision of that kind in Wales at present i- "There is something of the kind at Cardiff, They hwe courses there in mining, I know, and in engineering, which are re Iby tie j University. I do not se3 why we should not provide similar courses here, but we cannot do it immediately because there are not sufficient j funds. But there i* a pr ihability of such a college be-in? esta-lili-lie l here: Something of the kind ought to come. undoubtedly. Tbj en low men t oi; these schools will, in a few years, be larger than we require for school purposes, and that seems the natural way of spending the surplus money." Could you give me s me ider of the financial aspect of tbe proposal.- There was recenCy an enquiry into the financial and other circumstances of the university colleges in England, and there came up an application from an institution at Southampt HI to be admitted to the rank of university college, and, oji that account, to receive help tiom the Government. The Chancellor of the Exchequer then suggested that public money should not le contributed to a college still in the experimental stag. -.v i, i, lias not yet succeede 1 — and that the recognised financial conditions of participation should be, a local income of at least £4,0:.0 a year and a receipt from fees of at lei-t £ 1.590 a yea. Do you think Swan-ea cauld comply with those conditions in three or four years i- -No. We might be admitted to the Universitv of Wales on ac •ount of the difficulty of local conditions in Wales: but if we tike the-e coll,lition,. which apply to the Lnitei Killed m as a whole, we "hordd not be justified in asking a i grant from the Government for s nue vears later i — probably, I should think, about five year- The receipts from foes, JE1 500. would mean about 150 students, if we charge the same fees as the other e'sh University College*. I am afraid it would be rather d fticult to get as many as 150. esp2cially if we could only offer one or two sunjeets. Mich as met illurgy and mining. However, I think it is quite possible that these condition* may be reduced in the case of a specialised technical college and on account of ihe special importance of a ch >ol of mines for the United Kingdom. 1 I"L In What is the custom at the present .School of Mines in regard to degrees It does not grant degree-. It gives an assoeiatcship, A.1LS.M. It isr. good qualiifcation, but it la < not tlie same value as the degree of a university would have. For technical purposes, it is quite as good if not better than any university des-reeinthepubject." "I take it that a degree gianted by suca a colle°e as you suggest in Swansea would have a o-reater value attached to it than the A.K.S.M. • ° If the school is established in the way I hope to see. it would be of greater value, because the instruction would be much more practical." Of course, it would have 110 connection with the Swansea Intermediate and ieehnical Schools: It would have to be run by a separate body, although it would, in a way, grow out ot the schools, because the surplus iunds v hen there are any—will be u'ilised in the way I sugge-f. It would be necessary to get a special scheme approved bv Parliament. "The only difficulty in starting it is funds, then:" "Mv own opinion is that if we had sufficient money to start the college on proper lines and keep it going, we would not long- be short o* stud nts. We are not dependent entirely 011 Swansea, as some people think. The would attract students from all the metallurgical districts in this country, anl even from abmad. As to development into a I nivers'ty, we woul 1 depend very much on circumstances, the growth of the school itself and the growth of the town, although 1 also feel that the prosperity of the town will be influenced by the prosp-oritv of the school." "Is there any other way of approaching the rubject' Yes: but 1 doubt whether it would be a- likely to succeed. It would be to approach the Government directly and get them to esttblish a s'liool of mines in Swansea as the na r.ral s t- In that case it would remain always a school of mines, purdy and simply. It woud have io relation to the University of Wale- a: d would grant its own diplomas." '•What is th, feeling of the univei-itv eollc/i- s to wa rds S .vausea "The A be ry twy t h aut'11 or: t i e -Me frie- "1 t SSv'?«7tf f »«¥ K think Cardiff is less friendly but there is always some suspicion between Cardiff and Swansea, The railway communication between the two is so mu< 1 >e er. and it would appear more natural to go to cardiit But 1 thi-.k the Technical College other^'1,SCa independent of either of the Tins concluded the interview. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN. Sir,I read with great interest the suggestion^ of Dr. Stephens in last week's Cambrian. V >t are thev practicable 1 am afraid not If, how- ever, tloy were proved to be practicable, atte.. conference with tbe authorities at Abeijs wy. and Swansea, I would be most pleased to rend all the help I can in puttingthen^intoeffect It is true Swansea is the metallurgical aenue ot tic fua tnat ,T"e po^ess many auvantae-es which Aberystwyth and Cardiff lack. But are we not overdoing it allAre wt Dot too extrava- gant in our education I think ,0. and it is time w6 puiieu ri our ho:ns. The auranta^es which a university college woulu confer upon Swansea are not what Dr. Stephens imagines they wculd be far from it. 1 he >n^o-estioiis heuiakos, howevet-> deserve serious considerat'oa at the hands of the authorities. I hope that consideratioa will be iorthconrjne.— 1 ours. 4vc.. Ar T> •> KIIVLATIOMST. Mount Piea^ant. bej*t. loth. 1 £ 97.

1<ECEN"T HORTICULTURAL SHOW. The lejeiit first animal show of the Swansea. T'I"" liorticultarai Society was generally admitted t3 oe one of the best ever held in the district. It was declared to be much superior to those held in Cardiff. The exhildts were not only numerous, but they were of an exceptionally superior order' As we pointed out at thE time the promoted worked with commendable zeal and tact. It is j niTt in mortals to command success, but the gent.^unen in question di<i more than command success-they deserved it. Am! now we are pleated to learn that the show resulted in a sur- pIllS of zC39 IDs. 3d. The following is the state- irient -—Total receipts, including ^ate money r. -admii-^iou, entr«.nce fees. ctc" .-t191 2s 8d sub^pnons. £ 83 12s. id. special prizes! 1'" "K OJ 1 £ s- 3J-: expenses incurred, Irijop i^ lmze money, £ 104 9s. 9d.— bi.. leawug a credit balance of £ 39 10s. 3d. t il ^1;ly-atteii(,cd meot:ng a-t th« Market ottee lavern on Monday, ^r. J Uhamberlam i.-skery) ni the chair, the above statement ^\as submitted and declared to be satisiaetorj*. It was decided to subscribe £ io to the Gfneral Hospital, two guinea each to the Cambrian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, to the Blind Institution, and the Horn* for Orphan and Friendless Girls-very de,ervin<' charitable instituti ns. The committee took into consideration the meritorious gladiolia and herbaceous exhibits of Mes-rs. kelway and Son- Liverpool, and Messrs. W. Tressader and Son. Cardiff, an 1 also the reeommendations of the judges with re-pejt to tiie same, and resolved to award the firms named -.ih-er medals. The remainder of the balance the committee verj wisely decided to renin, principally with the object of becoming affiliated with the London Horticultural Society.

COST OF THE TRIPLE SCHEME. PROPOSED ISSUE OF FRESH C»RPOE4- TION STOCK. A meeting of the Finance Committee of the fewaiisea Corporation was heb! on Friday wh n Aid. W. H. Ldwards occupied the chair/ In the course of the business it tranppir«d that Aid Leeder had vritten the fr.llowin^ letter to tbe borough auditors f.des-rs. D. Ii. Knoile and A. B. Davie?) m reference to £ 1.534 payments in connection with tLe Swansea Corporation Tramways Bil and in respect of which tbe auditors considered it was not their duty to object to the payment. Dear sir P.—As an alderman and ratepayer of the boroujru. I desire to draw your attention to the iact that as borough auditors you ougrJt, in justice to the ratepayers, to refuse to pass any accounts relating to the promotion of the Swansea Corporation Tramways Bill, inasmuch as the small majority of the Corporation proceeded illegally, and have not complied with the require- ments of the borough funds account m the follow- ing respects -.a) Th?y have not obtained the consent of the Lopal government Board t. tUch oromotion Troy have not procure i the cons, of one of her Maje-.ty s prm-ipal secretaries of State as required by the Act under which they proceeded Thev stated ill the resolution passed on tnc loth November. 1896. the first statutory meeting under 35 and 36 Yic. e'-ap. 91—- that it was desirable to promote the Bill now produced whereas, as a fact, the Bill which they did promote was not then before the meeting or predu red, a id I cm sho.v you the Mayor's sworn admission that they produc -d a copy of the Bi I which was promoted in the previous session of Parliament (18951. which differed in many important details from the Bill promoted this sessi jn. Then, on the 12th January, there w., not an absolute majority of t'e Couneil to enable them to pass the statutory resolution confirming the promotion, and a majority for ordinary purposes of the Corporation passed a resolution to adjourn the meeting for ore week. Such adjournment is illegal in the opinion of Mr. Balfour Browne and other counseL and I a-k you in the interests of the ratepayers to take upon yourself the re- eponubility of declining to pass any accounts relating to this subject, uiitil it has been proved to your satisfaction that the proceedings of the Corporation were legal. If the posi'ion of borough auditors is of any value to the ratepayers, I consider that the 1 resent occasion is a very propyl* one for exer- ei-ing Y'ur powers. -Yours fa.tin.uiy. J. N 1NEK LEEDER. 1 lie Borousrh Ac^ou'it-int stated that in conse- quencc of the ii'ne.-s of the Chairman of the Tramways Committee (Councillor R. Martin) tbe bill of of costs had not been passed, and it had been deci ied that the bills should be brought up at the next meet ng of the Finance Committee. With regard to the proposed issue of C-orpora- tion Stock it war, stated that a sum of £324,344- was stili required to complete the Cray Scheme, | advance loans to the S-vansea Guardians, repay other loans, provide for the ordinary capi'al expenditure for the next six months, provide for a balance of £ 77,958 due to the Bank of England, etc It was decided to app-.int a deputation to wiut upon the Bank of E:)trlani officials wdtb a viowof ueferrmgtbe issue of fivsh stock to tlie above amount for the present, tbe reason beioir that some £ 1/8,000, the balance nece6?&rv to complete the Cray scheme, was not required for the moment and the Corporation therefore did not desire to have this large sum on their hands. THE LOCAL (.'OVKBSMEXT BOAun. The Local Government Board wrote declining to allow the Corporation to borrow £ 1C0 for the purpose of Messrs. Ben Evans' proposed street, improvement, on the ground that much more than one year's assessable value had already been borrowed. They further wrote regarding the fact that the sales of Corporation property were not shown in the annual return made to the central authority, an I it was arranged that a deputation should p. o-eed to Lon Jon to discuss the point, as it seemed that a sum of £] .929 was at stake, in that the Local Government Boari required i't to be placed to the sinking fund. A further letter was rend, suggesting a provisional order for power to replace irredeemable by redeemable stock, when it was decided t > leave the matter in the hands of the same deputation, the TOWIl Clerk first of all to ascertain what other large towns were doing in this matter.

A een E FOR ASTHMA. A NOTED PHYSICIAN WILL PIWYE THIS TO ALL SUFFERERS IN SWANSEA It is but natural that the majority of sUffcl^ from asthma, after trying doctors and num berlcss remedies without avail, have come to tbe cm-, Sstre^sing still have doubt when thoy^u-n K "SJ columns of the press tha+Dr Rndolnh v-1 e lol.ived SUOOTSS « Ust ivliieb nnf i l'prfected a remedy worst ei i i'7, "'Tes mediate relief in the of -nir liut1ljas POsmvelv cured thousands ot autlerers who were considered incm-able lJei'sor.s had previously been just as s^enti* c .jis fouje of our readers now are Dr Sclnftmann s remedy doubtless DOSM^SPS merit which i« claimed for it, or hp wT,iU + extend an im itation to every suftVo-er tn t\not personal test cf it. He a-ithorW ^ke a aniioun e that be is not only willh^ to ass in" box of his cure W li 4. n sufferers 1,, nnli 'T urgentlv requests all Street, from 10 a J' Darics'^ S-nt i 1111 6 p.m., on Ihursuay, fl'iimo i receive a box absolutely free of 'I c "i "nbvon co'iriition that this offer is out •; a^(! handed to the chemist). He fears that i making the claim ho does for his care, a str/ug- uoubt may arise in the minds of many, and knows ll,at a personal te-t, as he offers to all. will be more convincing, und prove its merits, than thousands of testimonials which he could publish from persons who have been permanently cured by the use of his asthma cure. Dr. Ii*. S :hiff man it's asthma cure, as it is called, has been so d by chemist* ot this town for several years, although many persons may never have heard of it, and it is wrth a view to reaching these that he makes this offer. I his is certainly a most K-enerous and fair offer, and all who are suffering- from any of theabov e complaints should remember the date and place where the distribu- tion will be made, and avail themselves of tha same. Persons living out f town who desire ta test the efficacy ot this most wonder! ul remedy will receive a package free by post by writing direct (not to the chemist) to Dr. R. Schiffmann's British Depot. 31. Snow H 11, LonJoli E.C., providinff their application is received before September. 25th. a.s 110 free trial packages can be. obtained after this date. Simply send him vour name and adtre-s plainly on a post card" J Myrddin Bavins, the well known chemist author- ises us to announce that be has received & quantity of sample boxes from Ür. R. Sednftmaim whi.-h he will distribute (;uril1<r the hours mentioned in aceoraancc with his offer

Tl-HMS OF SCBaCRIPnox Ct;hrM)l per ye»r (postfree). 7s. liul -x.a 3-3. 6d. (iiiartei-, is. 9,1. •e.ivered in town, lg, 3j per qUarter Pavabie it advance.