The South Wales Daily Post

THE QUEEN'S PRIZEMAN IN FOKM. At the annual prize meeting of the Scottish Rifle Association at Darnley on Tuesday, F. Jones, of Jthe 1st Welsh Fusiliers, carried oil t;) third prize of £10 in the Bannockburn Prizes with a score of 35. In the Stoek Exchange Prizes Colour-sergeant Lewis, 1st Welsh, and Sergeant W. T. Davies, 1st Welsh, the winner of the Queen's prize last year, Bachwon one £ lwiih scores of 32 out of a possible j <5.

WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. It is intended to hold a great demonstration at Neath on Monday week in favour of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill. The arrangements are proceeding satisfactorily. A mass meeting will be held at the Gwyn-hall, when addresses will be delivered by Major Jones, M.P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P., and Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P. PHILADELPHIA, HAJPeD. On Bunday the anniversary services of the Sabbath school connected with this place of worship were held, when addresses, &c., were delivered by members of the school. Each ser- vice was very largely attended, the Rev. W. Jones presiding. A very notable feature in the evening eervice was a paper given by Mr. David Thomas (Landore.) Great praise is due to Mr. John Roberts, Mr. W. Phillips, and Mr. Elias (Bryn- hyfryd) for making the meetings such a. grand success. The last-named kindly presented each juvenile that took part in the proceedings with a little gift. The singing was excellently done under the leadership of Mr. Morgan Morgan.

MR. BEN DAVIHS AMERICAN TOUR. Writing in the Daily Telegraphy Mr. Bennett remarks that it is satisfactory, though not sur- prising, to find that Messrs. Ben Davies and Watkin Mills won most favourable opinions by their singing at the Cincinnati festival. Each artist, I gather, has made a triumphal progr ss. The resonant voice and clear enunciation of Mr Hiils are especially d vdt upon in the Cincinnati papers, while oae w íer, sounding the highest nete of praise, describes Sir. Davies aj "the worthy compeer ot I/ioycY'

NEWS OF THE MISSING SWAJfSBA MAS. News has just been received in Swansea that the man Berestord of 97, Western-street who, it will be remembered wrote a note from Lbn- samlet which pointed to the fact that his mind was deranged, is now lying very ill at Merthyr Infir- mary.

DEATH OF A VJ¡¡TI(RAN BAPTIST PREACHER. The Rev. William Hughes, Baptist minister, died suddenly, after two days' illness, at his residence at Llanelly, ou Tuesday afternoon. lie only recently competed his liftv pastoral charge at Bethel Chapel, Llanelly. Mr. Hughes irae secretary of the Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Baptist Associations, ex-president ef the Welsh Baptist Union, and one of the most popular iigures of the denomination.

I.UC5.Y, ATM) NOW RICH. It was only last \veek~we recorded the fact that } it Morriston labourer casme into the possession of £10,000. To-day we receive an intimation that a haulier named John Williams, who resides at Western-street, has sustained his claim to nearly £8,000, which has been ly ing dormant it; Chancery for 48 years, Mr. Tom Davies (Messrs. Davies juid Sinnott) was the solicitor who acted for Mr. Williams. "It is better to be born lucky than ricb," as some of our readers will say.

STREET ACCIDENT. Lato on Wednesday afternoon a hoy named William Beed, aged 7 years, whose parents live in High-street, was knocked down Tkt the entrance to the Alexandra Arcade by cab No. 32, driven by John Davies. The wheels passed over the boy's head, and he sustained a severe-scalp -wound, and was rendered unconscious. He was at once taken to the Hospital and remained there.

NEATH. SICEWEN SKWERAGE WOKKS.—At the nlonthlv "meeting of the Iseath Rural Sanitary Authority on Wednesday, ifr-was announced that Major-General C. Phipps Carey, R.E., inspector under the Local Government Bo**r-d, would bold an inquiry at Skewen on June 32 in reference to the proposal of the authority to borrow £13000 for sewerage works for Coedfranc and Duffryn Ciydach, and turns of £1,300 and £600 for works of water supply It BlaenhondSan and Resolven.

MORRIS TON. BoY RUN OVER.—A Jad named Wm. David Gower. 5 years of a.ge, residing near Smelter's Arms, Morriston, was OU. Wednesday morning, accidentally run over by a market trap belonging J to Mr. John Jenkins, Brynwilach Farm, Llangy- felach. The wheels passed over the thigh. of the lad. but fortunately no b meswere broken, )

A PATHETIC INCIDENT. At Bradfield College, Francis Cecil Mills, 18, son af a Warwickshire clergyman, was found dead in the rifle armory. He had shot himself with a rifle, having pulled the trigger with his foot. At the inquest the college doctor said Mills was consumptive. He had been operated upon some years ago for peritonitis, and he probably suffered from tubercular irritation of the membranes- of the brain. The head master, Hef. H. B. Gray, said the lad had been suspended from his duties for four weeks because he had been detected J" cribbing."

HIGHWAX ROBBERY IN PARIS, An..English gentleman now staying in Paris was? going along the Boulevard Bonne Konvelle at about three o'clock yesterday morning, when he was attacked by three men. They threw him down, and two of them held him, while the third (relieved him of his purse. The victim finally succeeded in shaking his assailants off whereupon fchey took te their heels. lie pursued them, and ultimately succeeded in capturing one of the men, whom he handed over to the police. The prisoner gave his name as George Orle, and stated he was *a Ajocncan.

-— SPECIAL E DITIOIV I FAREWELL I 1 TO OUR READERS. u Whoever eannot give to this work a good word, it would bo handsomer on his part to say Hothing. If I have betn foolish in going to this great cost for my country's good (as I thought) the least thing you can do is to excuse a man. Our fathers would have rejoiced to see* such a thing; therein no doubt that you will be annoyed at it, I should have gone to another country before J set up as a prophet." It was !n these some what-bitter terms that Lewis Morns, Llevveljn Ddu o Fon," announced in 1735 his intention to publish from the first printing-press that was established in North Wales a series of Welsh Classics. That series was never published the diffidence of the enterprising patriot was justified by events and the first effort to give to Wales a series of Welsh Classics from a Welsh press failed through lack of adequate support. It may be that it is not altogether discreditable in us to fail where Lewis Morris and a host of others have failed before us, though the experience is none the less unpleasant on that account. We, in another way, have dona our best to promote the interests of Wales and now that we are issuing the last edition of the South Wales Daily Post in its original form we can look back over the 16 months of our existence, and con- gratulatu ourselves that we have allowed nothing to interfere with or dimthe object with which we started. We tiust t!at in our short career we have not hem altogether without influence in Wales, and that in Swansea and the district our nemory will remain green and cherished for many years to come. We can at li eveflta say that we have set naught down iu malice, and that we withheld nothing that should have been mace public, through fear, favour, or affection. We.lmve endeavoured to be fair and courteous to oit opponents, and not to beslaver our friend; with adulation and flattery. In local tciftters our sole aim and object has been to promote tho best interests of the district in which we circulate and in public matters of wider imparlance we have, while ad- vocating to the best of our-ability the claims of all that are desolate and ojpressed, recognised that our first duty was to Wats. The Welsh language, in our opinion, is the irOEt=valuable heritage and the most precious possesion* of tho Welsh people, and we have done our ufciost to-teach our country- men to appreciate i s true worth. The most ancient language of mocfcrn Europe,—a language that had attained defnite literary form and structure before the oflDantc and before English had ever been hard of—is worthy of a nobler fate than of degraded into the position of a street s'ani, unworthy the respect of the learned. We are pleased to think that we have aided the movement to secure the recognition of this language in our Siho;,is and college?, and in our public and political appointments; and wo flatter ourselves that ourinfiuenco was not wildly unfelt when the Swanse&School Board, one of the largest and most impotent educational bodies.in the Principality, determbed to avail itself of the pxovisions of Mr. Aland's new Education Code. Y e have striven p tench our countrymen the value of self-respect ?nd.self-relianee; aud by teaching them, as far as the nature of our publication enabled us, tic history of their nation, to link Cymru Fydd with Fu, and make the future to be the natural development of the past. We have endeavoured to jeep in touch with every phase of tho national life and to be ready with our sympathy and eueouragdneut, if not with more active support, to advajce the efforts of those gallant young Welshmen, .vho have rid themselves of the timidity and isolation that have hampered the progress of Wales pr centuries, and have gone forth into the wold to demand justice and fair treatment, erect and unafraid. We would not arrogate to ourselves a more im- portant position or a 11101." far-reaching influence than we feel to be our jujfc due. We think, how- ever, that we can fairly ehim that our influence on the conductors of the \\feibh Press and on the leaders of opinion in Wacs has been second to none. It is therefore a ejuso of deep sorrow and regret to us that we should be precluded from entering into that Land of Promise which is already in sight, and which we hiye done our best to help to win. It is our comfo't, however, to reflect that though we ou^elvos are making our last appearance tcdav as a Liberal and Nationalist orgaJ, the cause for which we have fought. is in no danger of going down with us. Tile sunlight of hope has at last dawned upon our people; and the Welsh nation is entering upon itgheritage animated with a new courage and a new s>irit. God save Wales We regret that we shall le able to serve her no more; but we pray tha our short career will influence others to crrry 3ut the work which we feel privileged even to ba.ve,commenced. We have no wish or desir- to reproach anyone with our want of success. Itta public have, indeed, extended to us a very gar,crePs measure of support. Our advertisers have been most loyal, and the extent of their support h; £ exceeded our most sanguine expectations. Tie number of our readers, never inconsiderate, has more than doubledduring the last twelve months. Our failure to carry on the undertaking is not therefore due to either of these two rcasois; nor is it, we are- proud to think, because we lave failed to int rest, our countrymen or to fulfil the expectations that were formed of us. Our i'alure is due wholly to financial reasons, which v,-)uld have been over- come had the leaders of Liberalism in the district supported us as generously$the rank and file of the party! -n_

DEPARTURE OF A SWANSEA JOURNALIST. Mr. W. Llewelyn Williaos, B.A., who has ac'ed as Managing-Editor of the South Wales Daily Post & Weekly Post ftoIn the commence- ment of the as journals has definitely severed his connection with them, and has accepted the posh of Assistant-Editor on the slaff of the South Wales Daily News. The liquidators of the West Wales Newspaper Company, Limited, the proprietary company of the-Daily Post, applied to-day to the County Court judge, sitting at Merthyr, for powers to sell the undertaking to a Conservative company which is being promotes by Mr, T. W. James, solicitor, of Swansea. The Judge granted the necessary powers, and we understand that the sale will Ve effected to-day. The new company promises to be an exceptionally strong one, and most of the aftive and wealthy Conservatives of the town and district have already associated themselves with it. Though the company h3 not yet act- ually come to terms with a managing-editor, it is understood that the service! of a well-known journalist, who was for many years connected with the Conservative Press at Cardiff, and who is recognised as a man of brilliant powers, will be retained.

LORD COLERIDGE DYING. --<r-' Last night the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol spent some time with Lord Coleridge, and offered np prayers on his behalf. Dr. Hale issued the fonodn bulletin at a. lato hour" Lord Coleridge is sinking rapidly."

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SUICIDE IN A MUMBLES CAVE. j TRAGIC END OF AN ABUSDAUEI MAN. At about six o'clock last (Wednesday) evening, the dead body of a young gentleman was found in the Bracelet Bay Cave, at Mumbles, naar the spot where the extraordinary shoot- ing tragedy occurred last year. Close beside the body was a bottle whch lias been found to contsin pruisie acid. The lady who made the discovry at; once informed another excursionist who happened to be near; r-nd the Mumbles police were immediately summoned. It has transpired that the supposed suicide is Mr. Ivor Evans, aged 26 years, son of a Mr. Evans, draper, of Abejxiare, who ca.me to Mumbles last Saturday to complete negotiations for the transfer of the business which had previously been carried on by Mr. Joseph Roes, a chemist, of Belmont House, who died a fow wee' s ago. Mr. Evans was a very delicate man, and suffered from an asthmatieal complaint, and, according to Mr. William Raes, left his shop about half-past three on Wednesday afternoon, atthe same time telling him he was going to Bracelet to have a bathe. The sad affair has created immense excitement at Mumbles; and the residents there are to be condoled with sin- cerely, for such tragic events can scarcely fail to injure their prospects at the height of the visiting season. An inquest is to be held to-day. .tRI,AJ;

TrONG XONG DECIMATED. -+ THOUSANDS FLY FitOM THE PLAGUE. ONE HUNDRED DIE PER DAY, A startling telegram, transmitted'from the station of the Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Company (Limited), has just arrived from Hong Kong:-I-Ialt of the native population of Hong Kong left, numbering 100,000—leaving by thousands (laily--i,500 deaths—several Europeans seized—one died—labor market paralysed—deaths nearly 100 daily—Government anticpates failure of opium revenue—proposes taking over and destroy- ing all unhealthy native quarters. --=

THE MISSING RUSSIAN IRONCLAD. DEPARTURE OF A SEARCH EXPEDITION. Close upon nine months have now passed since the rues;n ii ironclad monitor Roussalka foundered with ail in 1110 Gulf of Finland. Before s!)e loft Hevu.l for Heslingfors on her last voyage her officers advised the Admiralty that she was not in a fit condition to put to sea, but their represen- tations were disregarded, and the vessel sailed from Reval with some 200 persons, including many women and children, on board. No:, long after her departure she was caught in a violent storm, and was totally lost. A number of articles belonging to the Roussalka, gueh as sailors' beds, oars, &c., were afterwards washed ashore at various times, and a bottle was found by some fishermen near a watering place of Riga, containing a piece of paper on which were the following words 9.45 p.m. The Roussalka has run aground. All is lost. Pray God for our rescue.-FP.OLOrF," Many attempts were made to dis- cover the whercabouts of the foundered vessel, but they all proved unsuccessful, ard the Czar who was mesu anxious that the Rousaalka A' should be recovered if possible, finally gave orders that a well-equipped and properly organized ex- pedition should be fitted out, and that no expense nor egort should be spared to this end. The search flotilla is led by the Guiliak, a large vessel which has been provided with every apparatus for salvage purposes, ana is manned by 105 sailors and three officers. No less than seventy divers are on board, and the vessel takes a captive alloon, in order to facilitate ihe survey of a wide expanse of sea. The Hot lla also comprises twelve sloops, two torpedo boats, and two steamers.

GLAMORGANSHIRE RIFLE ASSOCIATION. -0> PRIZE MEETING. The 34th annual prize meeting opened yesterday (Wednesday), at Port Talbot, under conditions not at all favourable to high Bearing, there i)eing a bad and chanuine light, and a variable rear wind. The local winners were as follows, the top score being abo given WEDNESDAY'S SCORES. ASSOCIATION PRIZES. -First series, £ 37 10s.— Seven rounds at 200 yards. Pts. Ptc. L. Richards, 3rd Swansea, £ 5 33 Pte. Geo. Hanson, Taibach, £ 2 5s 33 Lance-cpl. Loveluek, Margam. £ 2 5s 33 Cpl. G. Eadon, 1st Swansea, £ 2 5s 33 "Sergt, J. M. James, 3rd Swansea, El 5s 32 Pte. D. Williams, Taibach, £ 1 5s 32 Pie. W. Gibsou, Aberavon, £ 1 5s 32 Sergt. E. Roderick, Aberavon, £ 1 5s 321 Pte. Dan Evans, Aberavon, £ 1 5s 32 bergt. T. L. David, Taibach, 10s. 8d 311 Sergt. J. Miller, lat Swansea, 10s. 8d 31 l'ie. W. T. Williams, 1st Swansea, 10s. Sd 31 Lanec-Cpl. J. Howell, Margam, 10s. 7d. 31 If on. Mem. E. Daviee, 1st Swansea, 10s. 7d. 31 Cpl. J. Herbert, Taibach, 10s. 7d 31 Bergt. J. T. Williams, 3rd Swansea, 5s. 7d. 30 A .r -Second Series, £ 37 loz.- Seven rounds at 500 yards. Pts. Gcrgt. B. Lewis, Mountain Ash, £ 5 33 Cpl- W Ilaniot d, i'aibaeh, £ 2 5s 32 Scrgt. W. C, Haycock, Taibach, £ 2 5s 32 Col.-Sergt. J. L. Evans, 3rd Swansea, £ 1 10s. 31 Lce.-Sergt. E. Hopkins, 3rd Swansea, 18s. lid. 30 Lce-Cpl. Loveluek, Margam, 18s. lOd. 30 Pte. J. Richards, 3rd Swansea, 10.s 29 Pte. J. Hanford, Taibach, 10s 29 Pte. tj'. M. David, Margam, 10s 29 Pte W. II. West, 3rd Swansea, 10s 29 Lanee-Sergt D. Williams, Taibach, 10s. 29 Pte D. T. Morris, 3rd Swansea, 10s L 29 Bergt J. E. Newman, 3rd Swansea, 10s. 29 Lauec-Corpl 10s 29 Pte W. Gibson, Aberavon, 5s 7d 28 SergtMunroc, Neath, 5s 7d. 28 Lieut A. H. Griffith, Taibach, 5s 7d 28 Pte J. Blair, Aberavon, 5s 7d 28 ASSOCIATION PRIZES.—Third Series, C37 10s.— Seven rounds at 600 yards. Pts. Pte Tom Powell, Merthyr, £ 5 33 Sergt \V. C. Heycock, Taibach, 42s 31 Sergt J. M. James, 3rd Swansea, 42s 31 Pte Morris, 3rd Swansea, 42s 31 Pte J. Howell, Margam, 28s 30 CorpI F. Peters, Taibach. 17s 2d 29 Lieut A. H. Griffiths, Taibach, 17s 2d 29 Pte L. Richards. 3rd Swansea, 10s. 28 Pte G. Hanson. Taibach, 10s 28 Pte J. Blair, Aberavon, 10s 28 Major Trick, 1st Swansea, 10s li% I Sergt J. Miller, 1st Swansea, 8s 2d 27 AGGREGATE PRIZES.—Ranges 200, 500, and 600 yards. Pts. Sergt V/. C. Hoycock, Taibach, £ 5 93 Pte L. lticharda, 3rd Swansea, £ 1.10s 90 Pte D. T. Morris, 3rd Swansea, £ 13s 4d 89 Pte G, Hanson, Taibach, £ 1.. 88 Pte D. Williams, Taibach, 17. 2d 87 Pte S. Evans, Aberavon, 17s Id 87 Pto J. Blair, Aberavon, 10s 86 T ERAFIANXS' PRIZE?.—Seven rounds at 600 yards. Pts. BArgt T.P. Jones, Talbaoh IZ3 33 Sergt J. Miller, 1st Swansea, k-?, 32 Sergt W. Lewis, IstSwansea, £1. 32

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fR. HERBERT GLADSTONE AT LLANELLY. A.1 :-1.1' .L j.J l. OPENING OF A LIBERAL CLUB. THE POSITION OF WELIIH QUESTIONS. I The new Llanelly Liberal Ciub, which h<1:; been built for the use or the party at the cost of Mr. Gwilym Evans J.P., by Messrs. G-ustavus Bros., contractors, Swansea, from the designs of Messrs. Bucklv, Wilson, and Moxhatn. Llan- elly was opened yesterday (Wednesday) by Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P., to whom an address of woleonic and congratula- tion was presented 011 his arrival atthe new prom- ises. In the evening a large and enthusiastic saeeting was he'd in Zion Baptist Chap?l, Liar-elly. The biiildimj, which is about the largest in the town, was crowded to its utmost capacity, and hun- dreds were unable to gain admission. The chair was occup.ed by Mr. Joseph Alaybery, J.P. Letters of apology for absence were read from the following:—Messrs. W. llees Davies, M.P., D. Randcil, M.P., A J. Williams, M.P.. Prank Edwards, M.P. D. A. Thomas, M.P., and W. Wil- liams, M.P. In the coursc of an earnes t address on current polities, which wa3 cordially received, Mr. Gladstone said ti e question of WELS IT I) ISSS TABLISK jISST had recently made immense progress in face of most strenuous opposition exerted by bo'b the spiritual and temporal authorities. ( uc-.i .) In spite of that opposition Wales had pracUcaliy decided unanimously in favour of Disestablish- ment. Taey had now before there a comprehensive measure of Disestablishment, and he, as a Church- man and a brother o a rector of one of the largest parishes n Wales, was not thereby prevented from giving cordial support to this i;ic,a:r.\ As a Churchman he said that in the ist .r- s of the Church the sooner the Bill was passed the better. He did not fear Disestablishment, but it' he did fear anything it was along and bitter contest in order to pass it. He hoped the contest now before, them would be short if it was sharp, (Applause.) Doubts had been expressed as to whetiier the Government was really in earnest over this ques- tion. When PLEDGES of & certain kind were given, it was very difdeu'd to get awav from them, and it would, even it were de5ireJ,bc more difficult to go back from the: than to fulfil them. But assurances of tLe most positivo character had been given on authority, and he did not think anybody could have any reason tor doubting the good intentions anot deter- mination of the Government in this matter. (Hear, hear.) The late Prime Miniater gave an ample assurance. Mr. Asquich, when he brought in the Bill, said the Government meant, to pass it, and a man like Mr. Asquith did not take trouble for nothing, and was not the man to take up an ex- tremely difficult task of drafting a Disestablish- ment meaaure iu order to drop it at a later stage. The Prime Minister (Lord Hosebery)-(applause) —had repeatedly told the country that the Govern- ment were pledged to Welsh Disestablishment, that they would if possible FKOCEED WITH IT THIS SESSIOX, but if they were prevented by congestion of business from passing it this Session, it would be the first measure to be taken up next Session, and that the Government would not d;HO -c before they had passed the measure tbroug;» the House of Commons. (Applause.) If YVoi ti Disetablish- rnent was a measure less large, less important, less intricate, less contentions, passing it through Parliament would be comparatively easy. The very magnitude of the task made the difficulty in the way of the Government very considerable. Special acknowledgment must be made of THE WELSH MEMBERS for the way they had stood by the Government this Session. Their common sense had led them to see that their interest was in standing by the Government and helping them in their work. But a crisis occurred not very long ago, and the Liberal party was endangered for the time. If some of the Government's own supporters de- clined to give further support, a certain section of the electors on their own side might, when the time came, be tempted to say they washed their hands of politics. If the Government's own friends forsook it, the party would be reduced to the posit,on it occupied after the great catastrophe of 1836. Had this WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT occured before a general election they would have to go to the country a discouraged party, because thev would have to admit to their own constituen- cies that they were unable to hold together, they: would have to admit that they had fallen not in fair and honest fight, but at the hands of their own friends. The Tories would have been again ad- mitted to power with a large majority, and for six years the Liberals would not have got them out. At the end of that time the Liberal party would be just where it is now. At the be,st; how would the chances of Disestablishment be improved ? Would their majority be larger or Tory obstruction less, or would the Tories have abolished the House of Lords ? (Applause.) The threatened danger had been averted, and let cred t fail where it was deserv- ed. No Welsh member had deserved more credit than their own member Major Jones. (Applause.)

SWANSEA POLICE COURT. o THURSDAY. Before tho Stipendiary (Mr. J. Coke Fowler), Messrs. H. Thomns, J. V. Parminter, John Lewis, and W. Watkins. Ali OPEN-AIR DOSS. Thomas Ilenry Wiliams, of no fixed abode, and apparently of no occupation, for being found asleep in College-street on the 23th April last, and also with being drunk and incapable, was fined 5s. and cos Is. COPPIXCr A COAT. James Redey, labourer, of no fixed abode, was brought up in custody charged with stealing a coat, of the value 01 ii3. 6d. from outside the shop of Messrs. Thomas and Henderson, on the 13th inst. Peteetive-inspcetor Gill deposed to the arrest of prisoner, who urged that at the time he purloined the article he was in a drunken state, and knew not what he was doing. A sentence of seven days' imprisonment was imposed. WRLL-Sir.KT' INHABITANTS IN ARMS. Paul A. Hern, Brook-street, Johannah Ambrose, Well-street, and Margaret Corney, Charles-street, were charged with throwing stones at the windows of a house in Well-street, on the 4th of June last, and thereby causing damage to the extent of 25s.— Mr. Lowes, of the firm of Lowes, Son and Watkins, estate agents, said he had control of the property, which was greatly damaged by a crowd In-to at night. He understood that tho reason for this attack was that some woman had taken in two Irish girls as lodgers, these being alleged to be prostitutes. It was also alleged that this tirade was instituted inconsequence of something that I ha.d been said by father O'ilare.—The defendant Ambrose was discharged, tho others baing each fined 2s. 6d., and also ordered to pay the amount of the damages. CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN. David Jones, landlord of the Cambrian Inn, James-street, was summoned for assaulting David Rees, of Clarence-street. Mr. Vincr Leeder appered for the complainant, the defendant being reuresented by Mr. n. T. Levson. The evidence of complainant and his witnesses was that a man named Evan Lewis came to the house with defendant after 11 o'clock on Thursday night last and wanted to fight complainant. The latter was in his bedroom with his wife, and on opening the door he was assaulted. For the defence it was urged that the defcndaut was called to the place in consequence of a quarrel alleged to be on at the time.—The Magistrates that the case had been proved, and characterised the action of the defendant as audacious and a de- cided outrage in the right of privacy of a man and wifo. A fine of £2 and a cost of £2 10s. was im- posed. A VALUABLE HORSE. Thomas Rees, haulier, Morriston, pleaded guilty to acargeof cruelty to a horse owned by him. It was stated in the evidence that the animal had been-sold since, for £ 2.—The bench inflicted a penalty of £1 with 9s. 6d. costs.

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SINGULAR BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. CD RIOUS TESIMINATJOX. In the U'.ieeii s Bench Division \esterday, Mr. | Justice Hawkins and a special jury had before them an action in which the plaintiff, Monica Mucsabini, sued to recover damages from the defendant, Antonio Stephen Ralli, for breach of pro.; to marry her. The plaintiff in her state- ment of e!aim setout that'in April, 1838, ti edefeu- dantmadethe'promisc of marria.ge.and that, relying on it the alJowed him to be unduiv intimate with her. 111 addition Jt was said that though areason- able ,ad elapsed, the defendant had not per- forme., i* promise or marriage. On behalf of the def< i) hi it was pleaded that he denied having j made an promise of marriage, and in the alter-j native he set up that the plaintiif in February. 1893. in writing, wholly absolved, exonerated, and discharged him from any promise that might have been made. The plaintiff, in herreply, deniedtaia, and said that if anything was written in thatsense it was written on certain conditions. Mr. Willis, Q.C., and Mr. Marshall Hall were for the plaintiff, and M?. Lockwood, Q.C., Mr. Cock, Q.C., and Mr. Roskeli for the defendant. Mr. Willis,-in opening the case for the plaintiff, said he should have to make a considerable de- mand on the time and attention of the jury, in order to place her case before them. The acquaintance between the plaintiif and defendant lasted over several years, and there was a large N. .respjinueuce between them, which he should reao. The jury might possibly think there baa i.-ecii some misconduct on one side or both, but the fimpJe question was whether there had been a coatract of marriage, and whether it had been broken. If they came to an affirmative con- elusion, there vouid. remain the question of damages. The defendant was senior in the 12th Lancers, and a. man of position in society. and he had a large iortune of his own, which at the time in question amounted to no less than £3,000 per annum.—At this s age of the proceedings the plaintiff was underwood to make some observa- tion. Her counsel sj'.oke to her, and she left the conrt. Mr. Willis;, in continuation, *aid the defendant tic eldest »o :i of a gentleman ill he very high- ;n the Greek coma.-unicy, and there .1) more important thing tor the plaintiff I 10 nave a promise of marriage made to her by L. c defendant, in hope that she would become his wife. The plaintiff, a young lady, 23 or 23 years of age, was the daughter of a acntleman who was a. Greek Christian, At the time in question the father was an interpreter betwten one Govern- ment and another, and when the young lady was born hewa.8 a man in a rnnpectablo position of life. Mr. Willis was nroesoding to: is scribe the relations between the two when he stopped in his address to speak to his junior counsel, and afterwards he said that Mr. M. Hall had made a communication to him that the young lady, who had not met Captain Ralli for some years, had scea him now, and that it was not her desire to go on further with these proceedings. A person who was in court called out something about criminal proceedings, and said that he was the father of the plaintiff. Mr. Justice Hawkins said that he could not hear him the case was at an end. There was a verdict and judgment for the defendant.

PIT LI AND POINT. Miss Bella McArthur wa3 1 aving Lord Dunraven's yacht Valkyrie, at Govan, on Monday night, when she fell from a plank into the graving dock, fracturing her skull. She died yesterday. A Leicester leather currier named Bosworth, who in 1331 compounded with his creditors, paying 9s. in the has now, by great efforts, succeeded in making the amount up to the full 20s. in the and his creditors have, in return, presented him with a timepiece.

SPORTS AND 1) ASTIilS. [BY THE OLD The Swansea Cricket Ground presented a very lively appearance last evening. At the Mumbles end of the field four tennis nets were on the go, and at the town end a score or more of cricket en- thusiasts were practising. Here is an interesting extract from the Oldham Chronicle Marriage. McCutcheon—Ingham. —On June 7th, at Hope Congregational Chapel, Oidham, by the Rev. R. M. Davies, William, non of the late W. D. McCutcheon, of Swansea, to Gertrude Mary, onlv daughter of Samuel Ingham, of 335, Park-road, Oldham. No en-rds." My readers will hardly fail to recognise in the happy bridegroom the famous Welsh International and Lancashire County Rugby tbreequarter. South Walians wish him good luck. The sports at the Swansea Cricket Field this evening begin at 6.30. Welsh Athlete has just discovered that Tom James, the Welsh pro. "cyclist,was for some time a member of the Swansea Police Force. Rome was founded by Romulus. Perhaps our Cardiff con- temporary will note the fact!

CORRESFOJN DKNCE NO REST NICHT OR DAY. vJ 24, Lynton Street, Salfbrd. GENTLEMEN,—It gives me much pleasure to tell you of the great benefit I have derived from taking GWILTM EVANS' QUININE BITTERS. Eighteen months ago I was a great suffererfrom Bronchitis, and had a most troublesome cough, from which I could get no rest night or day. I tried many remedies, and got medical treatment at the hospital, but nothingeemed to give me any relief. I was induced by my husband, who had heard a fellow-workman speak very highly of Gwilym Evans* Quinine Bitters, totry-a bottle. It is onlyrightto sajr-that it had a most wonderful effect on me almost immediately, IJlelt that I had hit upon the right thing at last. The relief it gave me was most marvellous, and I feel quite another person. My husband) wbo-snfftts in the same way, says it does him more good than any- thing be has ever taken, and we-are never wit hoes a bottle of it in the house.—'Yoors feitirfnlly, n ET SAH P. 1 p

MARRIAGE. COUCH—SWBET.— On the 9th June, by license, at St- Paul's Cburoh, Sketty, by the Rev. W. E. Bolney, M.A.. Llewelyn, youngest son of James Co ch, of ManseJ House. Swansea, surgeon to Marv Loni-e, yomrrest daughter of Edwin I?weet. oc 4

SILENT FORCES. The gravest of physical paradoxes is the sun beam It is the most potent and versatile force we have, and yet it behaves itself like the gentlest and most accommodating. The tenderest of human organs— the apple of the eye—though pierced and buffeted each day by thousands of sunbeams, suffers no pain during the process, but rejoices in their eweetness, and 'blesses tiie light." Yet a few of those rays, insinuating themselves into a mass of iron like the Britennia Tubular Bridge, will compel the closely-knit particles to separate, and will move the whole enor- mous fabric with as much ease as a giaut would stir a stiaw. The phy of those beams upon our sheets of water lifte up layer after layer into the atmosphere, and hoists whole rivers fr, m their beds, only to dr,p them again in snow upon the hills, or in fattening upon the plains. Let but the air drink in a sunshine in one place than another, and lugs the tempests or the hurricane, which • iioie region in its luuatic wrath. The i a power which is capable of assuming rsity of forms, and of producing such i evaits, should come to us in so geutle, and so unpreteniioua a guise. It is as /onder as if the cannon bills which were to tiio. down a fortress danced through the air on their mission of death, like motes in a puubeatn, or as if Shrapnell shells were bred in the atmosphere, like drops of dew, and demeaned themselves as meekly too until they exploded.—" The Study."

IS "HIGH" GArdE WHOLESOME. The rh, Medical Journal," commenting upon some i,ecc-:) i ( of pnisoaing by unwholesome fcod, has some icn.uiks of especial interest for the js' jijit season. With regard to a case in whL li a 5nd his family, including an iniant girl Li;-<. months, showed poisoning symptoms attar a "pork butcher's duck," it says that people who eat pork, whether hidden under a piecrust or by the euphemistic name of duck," must take the conse- quences, and do so on their own responsibility. This abo applies to game. There are some among us who prefer their game high, and a gourmet no doubt would refuse game without a slight I", wt gout. Should, as is not at all uncommon, serious symptoms follow, no blame attaches to the dealer. This ques- tion was recently fliscussed in a police court in Bir- mingham. A dealer may certainly not sell fowls or turkeys whidr. are green and give forth a very bad od>!ur, not even at the low price of three chickens for a shilliag, Nitc may he sell game in such a putrid condition, for there is a difference not merely in dis- tinction between high and putrid.' Gatie in a "lvgh" condition becomes soft and palatable, and is sound food except to those who know their own idiosyncrasies from experience. If game is sold in sound condition, just "turned," as it is called, there is practically no danger, except to those who are susceptible, and therefore should abstain. The Ft&iy depends on the individual and his palate. Moreover, the safety in game rests partly also in its exorbitant price. It is not. a staple food, and he that can afford to buy game must consume it on his OWJ1 responsibility.

LORD DERBY AND THE COLLIER. It is an old story. It concerns Lord Derby and a Lancashire pitman. Wandering on some land, the pitman chanced to meet the owner of Knowslev face to face. His lordship, as the story runs, said to the trespasser. Do you know you are walking on my land?" Thy land, well I've got no laird mysel," was the renly, "and I'm like to walk on somebody's. Wheer did \ha' get it fro?" Oh," explained his lordship, I got it from my ancestors." An wheer did they get it queried the collier. "They got it from their ancestors," was the reply. An wheer did their ancestors get it fro ?" "Theyfoughtfor it." Well," said the collier, squaring up to the noblr Earl, "I'll feight thee for it."

QUEER ARTICLES EXHIBITED IN PARLIAMENT. It is not often that an M.P. veutures to produce an Article to illustrate his arguments, but when he does he may be sure that his thoughtfuluess will be duly appreciated by an assembly which delights in such incidents. Some years ago, in a debate on cremation, Dr. Farquharson drew from his rocket a glass pal containing the remains of a defunct cow which had been honoured with a fire iuueral. Mr. Swift Mac-1 iNeill is however, the record breaker in these I matters. On one occasion the hon. member brought down a model of a battering-ram that bad been used at Irish evictions, and gave a lucid explanation of its working to his wondering fellow-legislators. Mr. McNeill at another time produced from his pocket three miserable, attenuated specimens of the Irish potato, strung together on a piece of wire, his object being to show that the potato crop in the West of Ire- land had faded. Dr. Tanner during a debate pro- duced a broken baton, which had once been the weapon of a member of the Irish Constabulary, but apparently had been fractured on the field of battle. The food of the people is a subject which often en- gages the attention of public men,but it is seldom that such products as oleo-margarine are brought within the walls of St. Stephen's. Lord Playfair, however, before his elevation to the peerage, once exhibited samples of this interesting compound in the Housf of Commons. Quite recently Sir Frederick Milner caused considerable amusement by dangling before the eyee of his fellow-members a specimen pair of silent boots, which he desired should be adopted by the police in order to enable them to pounce upon law-breakers with greater facility. Some years ago there was an Irish member in the House who was extremely fond of bringing down in a black ba; a great amount of documentary evidence to support [the f-tatements put forward in his speeches. One buy, when delivering an oration, he stooped down and thrust his hand into the bag for a certain docu ment which he required. To the intense amusement of the House he drew forth instead a comb and brush. At the second dive he succeeded in pulling out a pair of socks. Delightful as all this was to ths onlookers, it had a most depressing effect on the lipxe of the incident.—"Cassell's Saturday Journal." As ceremony is the invention of wise men to Lee]: fools at a distance, so good breeding is an expedient to make fools equal to wise men.—Steele. Every discovery of truth adds to the real wealth of the world, while every error that is destroyed diminishes its poverty. The firmest friendships have been found in ma tual adversity, as iron is mcst strongly uuited b" the fiercest flame.—Co:ton. Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once.—Paul Chatfield. In the affairs of life activity is t* >b t Ad to dignity, and practical energy Pro meditated composure and reserve .If we are ever in doubt what <4. c:¡¡¡, good rule iv isk ourselves what we shall wish on the mor- had (IODe.Slr John Lu Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising e-,dry time we fall. A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfect with out'trials. If we see to it that tha roots of character ..re pure, healthful, and strong, we may rest aspired ihat its fruit will be sweet, wholesome, and abun- dant. Do not get angrv because a man makes an of himself. Doubtless be enjoys it, and surely Y\ 't would not deny enjoyment to the meanest a creatures. People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treason which they have never spirit enough to ctijoy. -Sterne. The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remoLe; the work of duty lies in what is ea.y, and men seek for it in what is difficult.- Men. cius. When you make a mistake don't look back at it long. Take the p#>ason of the thing into your own mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet iu your power. The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of lJitter food-it sceDS for a omeut unbearable; yet it there is nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we take another bite and find it pos sible to go on.—George Liiot. When the veil of death lias been drawn between us and the objects of our regard how quick-sighted do we become to their merits, and how bitterly do we remember words, or even looks of unkindness which may have escaped in our intercourse with them.—Bishop Heber. ADviciL-To take advice is no easy matter. We are all like men walking along a path backwards. No one can see the way till he has passed it, but those who are further on than we can eee the stones and ditches that we are coming to, and if we listen to their directions we shall avoid many hard falls and ugly slips. PHYSXCAX PxrrtraRtt.—Physical exercise in some systematic maimer is a doty we owe, not merely to our bodies, but to our whole nature. It will vitalise the blood, quicken the energies, give firmness to the nerves, and lay a foundation upon which we may builft a wholeeeme-ead successful life. We are accustomed to regard aU wrongdoing on its positive side that we often forget that it has an equally important negative side. The sins of com- missi an are more palpable, but not more hurtful than those of emission. Indeed, the latter are the foun dation of the former; for. if ail the world did only what duty demanded there woedd be neither time nor uiclination for ill-doing. It is the not doing more thau the doing that weakens theeood and strengthens u evil in our characters and lives

H. PANK can sell a FUR HAT at 2s 9d. J. H GOLWIE'S PHOTOGKA 1:1c STUDIO has been remodelled with ali the latest improvements to meet the requirements of hi^h-class photo- graphy. Temple-street, Sud io, Swansea.

I HiNTS FOR HOTJSEWTVfcS. For sweeping a room neatly there is wBthin; newspaper aid. Take a page of newspaper, or paper, at a time, wet in hot water, and squet until it ceases to drip. Tear into pieces the .— of one's haed, and cast them all over the cazpaji I Then sweep, acd most of the dust in the room, TOU use your brush judiciously, will be gathered into the papers. On matting use larger pieces ei paper, pushing them about ahead of the broom, to t take up fluff, if any, safore beginning the regula) sweeping. After a velvet or other heavy-pile carpet is thoroughly swept, a sponging with ammonia and water will preserve its brightness wonderfuly. About once a month, after sweeping, take a pailful o warm water, adding thereto a tables-poonful of air monia or turpentine. Two spoonfuls of the latte will do good, it being a preventative agaiDMI moths Go over the whole carpet with a large soft cloth c •oonge, wrung so as not to drip. Doubtless y<n will be surprised at the rapid discolouration of th« will be surprised at the rapid discolouration of th. water. If the carpet be large, and much soiled 0 dusty, the water should be changed once or twice.

——— NELSON'S SHIPS. 1 The Victory was designed to carry 104 guns, eon- Bis: ing of 3Z, 24, and 12 pounders, ranged on her upper, main, middle, aad lower decks; she was also armed with a few 68 pounder canonades. The weight of her one broadside of single-shotted guns Was 1.104 pounds, which was considered prodigious in, those days. In the account of the battle of Trafalgar, in which action this ship played so prominent a t-art. the broadside that she poured into the French Bu- centaure is described as terrific, dismounting many o her adversary's guns and killing and wouodingno lcsr than 400 of her officers and mea. Co-npare thit with our guns of the prevent day,when a Jngle gun of the Nile or Trafalgar throws a projec tie lOCi pounds heavier than the whole broadside of toe Vic- tory, while one of our 110-ton guas discharges a prcjcctile weighing no less than 1,800 pounds. It may be-o." interest if know white 325 pounds of powc were expended in the discharge of a broadside fr the Victory, as much as 5,000 pounds weight of po der is consumed in firing the broadside of tl Victorit or Sans Pareil, two of our modern irondac From the time she was first commissioned the Victo was constantly engaged, uoder various flag office in active warfare against the enemies of Engla gallantly maintaining the honour aad glory of the f which proudly flies from her mizen peak. Th. services culminated in that great and glorious seafig eff Cape Trafalgar, fought on the 21st of Oetob 1&6.

THE CARE OF BABIES. Let us not make the mistake of thinkir Maria Vinton) that the bady is eve- form habits, g.oo or bad. Iusid, every baby learns either that Inriv, and then allowed to 1; to sieep naturally, or that I- time he cries, aud be b to sleep. Every baby If bis nurse is unwise, and holding whenever his mother no rest or ( arms. In other words If the mother is not v spends much of her time she leaves the mother findt Eame plan, or the infant t takes him up for the sake of baby needs only to be kept c regularly and to be allows feedings-in other words, to The less handling and holding is simple cruelty to casry him abo. and to shake him up aad pat him when to sleep. The mother cat never brings her to show them until they are able to walk. feeds them and then leaves them warmly and fortably asleep, and goes away to see to her own i Be the mother bird leaves her birdlets in the and goes away to get them food. Let us leam 1 our friends the animals to let the baby lie in hia ind sleep after nursing.

SAVED BY PURE NERVE. 'About two weeks ago I was camping with a on the shore of Lake Erie, not far from Ashtafe said George Wilson. Shortly after we had ret one evening I heard a peculiar whirring so which I recognised at once. There is a rattlesi in the camp I excWimcd. I am 'going to get (Hush I' cane the word, ki!uwiy hissed through teeth, from a companion near me. The snake crawled into my shirt bosomr This was said softly, and we were almost paralysed with fr at the prospect. We were afraid to stir tor fear reptile would take alarm and strike the victim, crawled ever his body good naturedly, evidently joying the warmth, for the night was a little T At times the snake's head was close to his face, he told us afterwards he feared the motion 01 chest up and down in breathing would stir up reptile, and he tried hard to breathe as littl possible. Finally the snake crawled towards the and in an instant tbe whole camp One seiz elub, and broke the reptile's bac-a: .make a spring. It measured nearly five man who bad the terrible experience Of a rag after it was over. During the ord all surpr.iaed at tho coolness and nerve h< With all danger passed he fell into a fait soon revived."

WATER CLOCKS IN CHINA. In the history of the Tang dyuasty it Ï8 stated Is Persia at the same period there was a clep: on a terrace near the palace, formed of a ba containing 12 metal balls, one of which fell < hour on a beii and thus struck the tours eom It is deemed not unlikely that this iestrumen; identical with the celebrated one which the King of Pwsia sent in the year 807 to Charlemagne. In 899 the astronomer Tsiane; produced au improvement en all former instruments—a machine arranged on a sort of miniature terrace, ten feet high, and divided into three storeys, the works being in the middle. Twelve images of men, one for every hour, appeared in turn before au opening in tL* terrace. Anothw set of automata struck the houre r.d eighths of hours, These figures occupied the lowest utorev. The upper storey was devoted to astronomy, containing an orrery in motion. Very complex machinery must have been required. As to the nature ef the mechanism nothing is known except that it was kept going by falling water. Iuasmuch as the Arabs had reached China by sea at the close of the eighth century, swrcwr assistance may have been derived from them in th* construction of this complicated instrument, bat hp. all probability it was wholly Chinese. lA kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making *verythi^» in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Coarsejout characteristic.—Cabman (whose teaapeff had beer* ruffled by omnibus man): You J Why. jou hungry-looking wajribun, you look as if you'd bin lock'd up for a eiurith in a cook-shop with BSltezle on German Professor of Music I an very sorrju t* tee, Maes Fanny, "-t you take so much trouble." Pupil "Oh,Bottt AlL" Pmfemor YOIB, you ci8 take so many troubles to play dose Botes vich are Hot in dat music book." A gentleman at an inn asked the person øüthlt next to him if he wtuld please to pass the Sir," said the man, do you mistake me for < waiter?" "Oh, no, sir," was the reply, ''I nistook you for a gentlemaa." Mr. Isaacs Now, Esau, I haf made my will and left everythiag to you." Esau: 'vYes, vader, Hr. Isaacs Tea and as you get all the benefits, ITS keep the cost of making the will out at your aext week's salary." She: "It's ia use Dr. De Tone; In my pMaent state of mind I would not accept the best maa liviug." He (very coolly): "No, I see you 1I8Il" but at anyrate you will have the satisfaction of kmvir ing that he has offered himself." Believed in Heredity. —Weery That baby OVtt the way seems to inherit its voice from both pwmntk Cheery How so ?" Weery Well, it makes a gmaa noise like its father, and keeps it up all the time like its mother." A story is going the rounds of an Irishman whs addressed a petition to an important pecsoGkaga which ooneludcd as follows P.S.—I hope youi iordship will esauew my writing to you in my Å sleeves, bat the weather is exceedingly warm to-day/ A suaoeth sea never made a skilful mariner neither do uninterrupted prosperity and suecee qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms o adversity, like the storms of the ocean, arouse th faculties and excite invention, prudence, drill, «ik fortitude of the voyager. Mrs. Wlggsv That family who have just moved in the next door wast be either very rich or verj poor." Wiggsy Why so ?" Mrs. Wiggsy "Then furniture was all M^ne up in sheets aad blanket? and I don't know whether it was done te hide shabbiness or to protect its bssuty." Graduatlt-" I want week, and am wfflin, wost anything," Mercba.ntr-" Are you Graduate-" I was champion boxer of Merchant—Well, we'l I give you aehow in ON department. James, take this young man u packing-room and set him to work." A new curate at a small Tillage in the England met a farmer's boy while visiting ishoners. In the course of conversation the his parents had an aunt living with them. r parson, not understandilg the boy's brogue, Then do I uudertand that your aunt ia w father's side or your mother's ? To whit voung agriculturist, replied, Well, sometime tud zometimes t'other, 'cept-iug vvben 44% LWAA-"

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SWANSEA SHOP ASSISTANTS. In furtherance of the proposal to form at Swan- sea a branch of the National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen, and Clerks, a meeting was advertised to Be held last (Wednesday) even- ing, but a suitable room for the occasion not having been found, the event has been postponed to next Wednesday evening, in the Trinity Schoolroom, kindly lent by the Rev. A. A. Mattuews, who, it is expected, will preside. The members oi the Swansea Trades Council have signified their in- tention of aiding the cause; and delegates from the Cardiff branch, including the president, will attend and address the meeting, Over a hundred names of intending members have already been received. In a letter to the Post the general secretary of the Union writes :—" The present aspect of the move- ment is particularly favourable all over the country. There are hops.* at present of branches soon being opened at Burnley, Birmingham, 4nd Rotherham. Two more branches are being formed in London. We are making members now at the rate of about 150 per month."

THE LADY BARKER'S LOVER. celebrated A. J. W. Wicks, defendant in theUady tjarber's action for breach of promise ef marriage, figured in the London Court of Bank- ruptcy on Wednesday. It was stated that the accounts had only just been filed, the liabilities being returned £ 4,208, of which £ 1,365 aro un- secured, and assists £ 659. The bankrupt is now undergoing six months' imprisonment for fraud, and his exaininationwas adjourned by consent lor a month.

SWANSEA DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD. I MONTHLY MEETING. The first meeting of the new School Board for the district of Swansea Higher was held at the offices on Wednesday morning. The follow- ing were present:—Revs. J. Davies (Cadle), D. O. Rees (Sketty), D. Roderick, Messrs. John Davies (Ravenbiil), David Lewis (Waunarlwydd;, and E, Harris (Gowerton). ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The Rev. John Davies, of Cadle, was elected chairman, and Mr. W, Harris vice-chairman of the new Board. SCHOOL ACCOMODATION AT DUNVANT. The question of the school accomodation at Dunvant again came up for consideration. It will be remembered that her Majesty's Inspector called the attention of the Board to the fact the school should be enlarged, but it was urged that 82 of the children attending it came from outside districts, Loughor, Llanrhidian. and Bishopston. That being so, it was thought that these districts should contribute towards the enlargement and the maintenance in proportion to the number of children that they sent. After some discussion the Clerk was requested to write to the Education Department respecting the matter. PROPOSED SCHOOL AT BAVENHILL, A discussion arose respecting the action to be taken with reference to the proposed school at Ravenhill, and it was decided to adjourn the matter for the present. The reason for doing this was that a number of children from the district are at present attending at Cwmbwrla under the jurisdiction of the Swansea School Board, and that if it came to a question of contributing to the Cwmbrwla School, it would be better to build at Ravenhill. The decision was therefore held in abeyance. This was all the business of importance.