The South Wales Daily Post

Housi- OF COMMONS. rp. r WEDNESDAY. •*•8 Q?^IL T>> I » J —■•••'••Ed took tae cliait AT two o ciecx. ONE 'I* VST 0I NO^CES °F B»otion were GIVEN— 0U LY *1, LABOUELIERE to call attention to U!KWCIPATL0N °F E?YYFC* JLIS SIGNATURE was ch»I ,'P. RAFALE, AND he had to WT.LK to the QAI>TOID«N;;F.R Q -U".T^ HIS motion. ^ILL T^EN:I,TI RAOVC<5 THE second reading of a the AN AS.*1'AI*AT# TLLC Irish Law in respect to THA* OR ?.LRIL",LENT FTND position of coroners to v. ^.NJ;LANA. MR Q. p,T„ WANT, P 0LJS replied for the Govern- PRINCIPU,16 LLU? OBJECTIONS to the Bill in A"U read a second time. Sir A P TRADE DISPUTES. SILL 11 MOVE^ THE second reading of 0S!'ABL'S!L A PERMANCN! board of ""•PRCSENTA^ DISPUTES, to consist OF ^'•YED 28 BY employer AND em- SIIDAN'CG Y!^ RULESI DRAWN IP for their VVO,ILD be V V' °N M8ILIA'i°N I arbitration K- '*39to, tke award of the bsnrd "LAM*. [Left Kitting."j -=-

SENSATIONAL ARDIFP DIVORCE CASE. ■^HE VIR R; A3SD HIS CURAT?:. !N LHE DIVORC-B NT- A.V) THE REV P LV»sion tu-DAY (Wednss- ••RRNERJY \TJ EOI8A W iiham Henry llrtnfoi'd, L'CTITISNE(J St Andrew's, Cardiff, ADULTERY OF HJG S- because of tfeo 'JAN'R°RD, with the Rev CYRATE AT ,.ORI AR'*3 Jenkyn, who had been V? S OFFERE^ !CN" 8 church. N» deleneo R V«RV D„-„7' 'R said 'he ease was J R^UUM ARIA »n- •!I 13?0. and U TTE M«RIAI'E too-S place XHA R ,.ER0 V,AS ONC OBIKL now A^ED THE '?* UVED BWIY until 1892, CUL"ate, p bccamo petitioner's BIG ^YJ. '^NER then heard rumours SUL(I HIS WI'T' DID N#T 'BSIIERE them, FO^ATI.D. JQ*ELRD THE>' \vere without ^LE petitione- ° ^IU"US'' year, however, IETTER, caused' REE#'V'NS an anonymous VVith tho RESU.TA UEVCCTIVE HE employed, HOVERED IN LHAT TH* P^RTI<;S were dis- PETITI0NER NT U'LCRY LN A^ELD a t iirecon. The told ti-E ^EC-LNED to believe this ^V1TH the ^^TEETIVS to watch again' ^RS SEEN THAFC ^IRS. Hanford N^ONTH TO BRECON ajrai;I the LIONET- tb A°C' LCPEAT the misconduct. WIFE RETUVACRCUP0" REFUSCA TO ALIOW JLLS ^I'LENTLV TR 10 ^S ^OU38, a.nd it subse- LREQUENTLV TISNI37R0 £ TLLAT co-respondent K:tiuiy DARING I in petitioner's ^'ERE DRAVN^I"1" FT^8E,JEE« AND that the blinds CO*L'CSPONUF F°WRT 0,1 T^ESE occasious. The WITH OAE EHIL •' ,a issarried man, ^E E^ARGES •>LLAD %VRITTEN confessing that ,lisi \NTH NR,CR"INKJ J true. A decree WAA granted.

ALTIIXJPLE MUllDiiR. TRAGEDY IN THE PeN COUNTRY. IL;E IJRO-S A 8HU,«) CORREHN 5<5°CIATI°A March (Cambridge- :I!OR»iinG A P0N<^E!IT telegraphs:—Early thia DISEOVNV^1 and suicide A^°UT TI J-ET' A 'J :aibliogtoaT a village ^I'CHAELTJJ^^ J* INI*ES irom iiere. YIUCE J LRNHAN) J,A(JS>I R widow named Mary JUNE ^E'*LLPIF»D VIlour ol iier children, UD CO'«"V"E near tno VILLAGE, SINCE6 LSC' '° I"AVE been heard of A'AROHANI'S SATURDAY night, and Mrs. AVI'AV, 11- PA'CNT«. >VBO live about a mile! <*}>*■ .1, A SIBORT IJ Y SIL° ^!A<I probably taken] IL,0Roing) I1Q AY W'th NSR children. This' °'JININJ, C.F ^"8VER, aa no tidings were fortli- ^•"IUIRIAG R >'E FAMILY, two brothers made ^TUALLY TIIE'R whereabouts, and TIL(I ('otta'-Q I'* °^CE"CONStable Lee, entered V,I[K3OW R,EANS of an UNFASTENED AP-D eie!EN; GOIAS upstairs a most ghastly 0N* L'»otu T^Y"" 8',EELA,ELA presented lUelf. IA 1-EI!P6ETJTEJ,VO C'UREN» A^ED four and eleven "■'LCI»" thr ■ WERE found dead with 2N THEIR CUT" They were attired th#jj. BACI'^1 RESSEK» A]QD were lying with POIN'V^*1^8 EACH other, and every- JURDD-G^ V.^ ,L°^'IE *ACT that they had been »■ OR;; A ,1 In the other bfld- V'L>E DISCOVERED AB°V' A"ED EI-KT' C; AND ALSO had their throats HER HEA(J ^\AR9HAM v;as lying dead with hod- TI, 1(,SI,IUO on the youngest child's ';»ife HE, A 'A<^8 & W^ITC handled the R:^L f S- cnabetfded deeply ,;I°thPS S'DE °F THROAFC- THE bod"- "F'poars NN'RI' S*TARATE^ with blood, and there ^"°R FOUR EL :N3 TTTAT ^RSF^RNBAM murdered ^'V* Parnh RCN *NT* L,'IEU CONIRNITTOD suicide, R«TIRED LIFE&N! APPFEARS TO have led a very CACHED to'her EVIR^ DE*?'Y F'I: Rieans ANN LI<3REN« SLE was POSSESSED THE TRA«-EC!Y N° REAS°N can be ascribed for UNQY, ^SA-,A S{'^IES THAT the crime was UNQY, ^SA-,A st.ates THAT the crime was —HIN^remT*l:a- The poliee, em •S'^OLOUE Whieh R6' U £ 3 10S LA a sealed 'sher'a 'rent XL°J0 THE INSERIPKIon, "Mr THAT OR R.,F„ I LAS also been ascertained to THPRUB^'N'^LT C^EST' daughter '"AVEG QF "'V#RS SHOP to pay tor two L"» U„ V it L>ad previously PIY, A*-N' AM S invariable practice to

MONTILY LECTINW of ~nitV CHAR T *1,,I £ ,TIC Methodi.its, held at *'• LLANELIy, PASSED a REFLATION RAJC THQ G6ATH OF THE KEV PETER 'S'LTITH P °R Teuluaidd" IN FAM'LY BiWo), Which took plac<? i

IN GAOL AT I PRETORIA. DIARY OF A WELSHMAN. I GRAPHIC RECITAL OT EXCITING EVENTS. 11 JAME&ON S MAD FOLLY." EXPLANATION REQUIRED. — BRITONS ACCUSED OF ') COWARDICE. "A BITTJSR BURDEN.' I THE TKOOPKR^ LlGHT- HEARTEDNKSS. A STORY OF ABSORBING i:\TJi-REST. I We have received, for publication the iol- ilowing diary of events as recorded y gonttoman who was resident m .onannes- bui*g throughout the exciting c.ays the end of last year, anci the commencement of tho present one. Alluougfl the name of tho writer is not ^n v.'S can so far indicat. Ins I to state that ho is v/ell known in Swansea, and was arrested, as wi seen fey his narrative, for oemg susp of haviii'* sympathies wii-h, an !M« "BI or. «- r.«ronn Commiuefc tcunJ of 'r". °s IO«OV,»D COOU.CUO. Willi -Br Jim,' »»» '■"»»» raid. JOHAN^SBURG, JANUARY 21; *-■ uast nieu"" Have Ihe evenci. oi foliowed sG Leer] so iiuixicrous ird ilave folioNNed ho been so num^ 0,hel- that I rapidiy one a.Ur I am rather in a maze, and sire yea a consecutive —heard to Ihe time of arrest you wU have soHiStbuii; from b.c a°L as to what has paper reports, telegrams, ~c- a !aeh j \t tho oresen! ume wc ..io happen*, cau38i of many th;n;.s in the dar». aa must await the that have happened, -nd to make man) tilings CiC-i passage of t.. iho most na- start i^d iJ not been for tuat, i everything would have beer, paoficajl. Z L r-refer not to enter into any <u- 1 to poliuc,, lor I am a prisoner out on bail and you will understand insoaero int.«rested, uow- my reasons. You win and I EVER, to BEM MNOMX •« »7 ] 1 will pi-ococii to give you » I On Thuraiay, 1 <illi away in L;u»« ioHn< r we .11 t!pnr< vsrv UUUSUill foi .H- e had a verv camfertable'dinner, and on going x- o found it full of w<?n, and ^mon, room ye ioan^ n Uie elli,r detective, thew i.iiouieui. > tke lietorm ef tlte meiaborb ot uiauinf; artests e. v ^.vjna en with 1t E> WHITE J M said •' i £ >U had two COMRADE. WE IOUnd and a P°- • '■ ;itid were then we were a« the is nQW a driven down ^VE FOUND this full of ebarge oh.ee a.Lo t#ergj ^c.-and ar,COd "Ce^her fiends in distress who had t„o or t nee 8tanding about lor arrived be.ore u ,vete half an tilj llie air of the liny «•»?»,* 10011. V„ io3tn ftbou, iu la, knife wc were take gra(Jua,iy and tucie w- \\re were pio- inoreasing till it reached 2 i i n. iviii><kv and soua .s vided with us con>iortabiy as the we settled o ■ taickliess 0[ the gnoalluoss oi discoiatoit,, would atmosphere, an [o u t0 Bend me allow. I bad se.^ »<>> & Gladstone bag »„A > » ';EILTDLJEA„.1TMI.D «" s «D I- —• !,» „.0 „.ERO PARO.SU VOX** °'X i .TIED .» «.< "» T"' fcacori. aiwt s;,ecna waiting to Uution.wnen -— put mto I T"' l"s i « £ ;V tte i o Jk, .waiti.* w-t« J ooers on horseback, who regarded us 111-1 were n,t at all uell-d.sposed as u n^rehed down to tuo towards us. incrovow# 1 ;t'h -in escort or an evei'-mereasing cro«t-» ° >S* >d spectators, and as we passed ZZT'^ri* «-i ioers of derision followed us. \» Uen tmoug Jhe gates we found ourselve* n. a large quad- ran„la about 50 yards across surrounued by rows of low cells. On our right were a row e, tea and a cottage, and in front ot them n" men were lolling auout, some nutabei. their morn:n2 wash, -TTu; state of dishabille. These were H l iiiiesoirs men, and we were much eVK lv'their wall-set-up and bronze struck o> regarded U3 With a good ,pPCaiap and seemed \T'vel the more « less -'la On our left were a row of as a joke. O -urgelves. Tliese were ce"s, ru^- ■" "nj-co'" d.cRiealy loioiamu. t 0i sisleJ of ,M.J'sft. by 4ft, v.iLli a sniail co!' bet"abo,.t Ncst to «.«• »» ■ k U.0 1'Ft F,'n bv lilt, 6in. a!-0. -»'« v lltt J, «.->> ,ik0 1116 MJW,"°S SKETCLL :— —~ 1 C I I V A J D I > I;=ht«»d AAD ventilated-by TH.T™ ';IIATELVOF £ „ to THE out- an iron gratin., for horror side air, but you WAY BE PACKEd when we found that 2,2 M into these two OF CALCA[ta TFND thought of tnc LL&c<* JTLLS II« REM ITS On the ground CU UI- its resi.its. V^U T. ES cousistmg of were some so-called I^> pillows to ,KI»E mied -iti.TR- ordinary prison f*IE WHP(. WFL LIKAD) porridge—but we oou O W0 SCNT out bar liquor. IT was now JT((D ahout and ordered breakfast, W LCU ASC. It eonaistod °< "» prison bread, tea, END » GLEEFIJUAND like weives, FOR we had r.A H^T^RV. M- 4 TVTAFIO 11U the excitement HAD ND BRUs!I up, After breakfaafc wo had A R,9R0 NOT,, snd a general iooii rouni., allowed to move from the froiitof our cells. ON ( the south side of the square (we being on the I ] east, and Jameson's men on the west) WAS I' a dead wall with a few de or ways in it, behind which were ether ceils mere or IAG3 seethe. 1 will now just transcribe from my diary what few notes I took of events as they occurred:-12 noon, Jaaaesons men were removed to other quarters outside; Jameson and his ofiicers left behind. tIe I^WU.T- to his room and was very retired, and during the whola time no was there with us wo seldom caught more than a glimpse of him. Tho men locked like teoys going ON a holiday in anticipation of their little change froca the jaocotony of their present quarters. 2 p.m.-Lunch not yet arrived, very HUNGRY: so started on cold meat and bread left lrom toreakfast, with some fruit to follow sent by soma kind friends outside. When we had liuished a sumptuous lunch arrived, consisting of soup, mutton, stow, &c., which wo again proceeded on. As W0 had uo knives and forks wo had to use our fingers and POCKET knives. I forgot to say that on our arrival at the gaol our bags were examined and our persons, to see if we had any iireaims or any ether articles øf A contraband NATURE. Our razors were also taken away from us for fear we MIGHT cue our throats. Later iu tho da), on our making representations that we: should disgrace the gaol by our unshorn appearance, they were given hack to us with the remark that "the d——IC^UCS (;()uiLi cut their throats IF IBSV IlI;ed ",11.1 ate d-d to T!I em." \V0 hope to got another room to-night. rrospeet awful, with only about L:0 eul;ic feet t-er man in this frightful hot weiuer- After much troub!e and persuasion of all silt-edgeci nature, the ¡.:aoicl- ^JOO us TVO wore cells about the same size as the present ones, We managed to goUa some mattresses o.url!lg the day, and TLESE, with our rugs en the U 3 made up our bed.. We were locked up at SEVEN p.m., and were allowed a "NDIE IO about an hour. I was one of .our MOVCU IN.O one of the new CELLS, fiAY compaoioaa HE.U^ tin Drjmmond Dunbar, IUR J. A. KO^CTS, Coiouei Rhodes. January E,-At five a.in. the doors were cpened, and we wore allowed out into ME courtyard in front cf these ceils, ana taere iound Dr Urodie and ilessrs lieeher, J. \\1. Leonard, and E. P. Solomon, who had come in during the lji:llt. THE yard was ABEUU 24ft. square AND surrounded by cells anci rugh wall- After much persuasion our gaoler allowed us to join eui- comrades of tlae previous night, and we did not go Î.H\Cli: to those cells asaiu. After a bath in a bucket and a shave, all of which had to be uoue IN the open air, WE got some break a. ahout SOTO). TINS was the LITTI we had had to eat since three yesteruay, but this WAACUI own iault (sic), AS wo had left it TOO lute to "et ally food BEFORE keiug locked up > previous night, toon after breakfast we were callcd up and marched uown to the Laudrcat (magistrate), where, after WAITING J hr.U aa hour, we were taken I»to court to. our preliminary LAMINATION, and «veniua ly remanded for further evidence. Yle got a certain amount of hope that we HIIOO.U be allowed out on bail, but; as you will see latei, wero doomed to disappointment. Wc [ marched back to the gaol in fainy goo spirits to await further daveiopmsuts. 1 mav say, with the exception of ONE or two el IU, we were ail lt1 excellent SPUUS, and 1, personally, was never able to get up MNEH worrv or anxiety. hiy only trouble HAS been the anxiety wnieh 1 know poor. MUST suuei. Were it not for this I should be as happy as the circumstances will permit. After our return I was APPOINTED by our party com- missariat officer in conjunction with C. and A., and UC WERE given power TO commanaaer any assistance we MIGHT req'L ^RT,S rather amusing that C. and i shoma have] (been chosen to worK together, as HE | was m; oid OPPOUENT on the HOS- PITAL Board. Lowevor, we sunk cur differences for tho time, and worked veiy J haruioniousiv together. Later we heal d tha. C. had been SUPERSEDED frow the chairman- ship of the hospital, and in his PLACE VIm (my OLI friend, and now my enemy) APROM.ED in WIS place—tcapora mutavtur- ARE atone, proceeded to put our LARGER MTO ERDEI^ AM. LK po.«.o» ot TK. O.WDCN„,CD 0^1 J j AITII II.D C for THIS purpose. 1 «•»» II, and C are alt ceils USED ioi IHE incarceration of criminals condemned to death! WE, you will please note, were PA iucal prisoners untried. This aUernoon OUR spirits were much DAMPED by the removal OF Rhodes and iiammond, who were ^MO.EU aud put with Lionel RMLLIPS ANA JAW.A themselves into the cell I bad occupied ,ast night. The two last bad come in during ide (lay with :furtlwI' liatC'tJ. at 25, wÜ" TOOK TIU | cells vacated by Jamesons men. UNA NOW makes 57 in gaol, and these we: c increased later in the day by U-. arrival of I): ;;¡ore. lea W:lS much enjoyed, and CONSISTED or sardines, ETC The arrival of new mutton c»ops, EIC. X „risocers lurther complicates SLEEI-ING arrangements, and more persuasion WA, I-EQUIRCD to TET ano,her rouui. iy, „,™ '«!»«. "=;!v ,n":rt ]J nd I with U unbar, 3. osenUiaJ, J' •/ liJgera and Bauer tooK possession. FROM now" on our days wero passed some-J what as fohows :-fp AT five, bathing M a j furrow running through tho yard, containing water none too clean, exercise, breauast at. Until lunch, ailcr clearing oat OUR celis* uutting matiresses to air and so on, URO ROI"II»=. TKCPIW, visitors, .FAN; were ALLOWED, tea at six. and ai teiwaids, IN tHe ceoi (If the evening, exercises, consisting W>'T\in(* running, leap-lrog, jumping, LVHTOI »»J '» »"• <J»R«0SL» ..«» vr.ro of ,.rlW F'"1": V"T-' J,, or boots, sleeves or WlthOUt OOCI, S.ITP' « > T d UP -nd I O coale,and I thm.i we must W■OIOOKU A most motley crew. The sani- tary arrangements were ot tno meat beast,Y description, hi; i I DARE say nothing now about. theul marc than that tney v.ete unut for ivaftirs. January 125-UP at five. Batned, dressed, 1 cleaned out rooms, put mattresses and clothing out to air, washed some liandker- chiefs and socks. Eight a.m. breakfast. served wiLh despatch. Great care had to be taken to keep some icr the carvers. Heading. > Dr M09SUM, gaol medical ofiicer, came round Had short conversation, and pointed out the necessity c.1 improved sanitary arrangements and an awning to keep off the sua, which is terribly hot. Luneb. The heat this AFTER-J roou has been too terrible and one has Dot dared go outside the eells. These, with the gun beating down upon ibexn, with littie ventilation, and being crowded with men, were frigutful)) oppressive, in my coll the j temperature was 97 degrees, and in my rase produce' headache, faintsess, and vomiting, and I began to think I was in for sunstroke, of which, no doubt, I had a slight attack, I was aeon better when the sun went down. Seven p m. locked up. It was now beginning to be pleasant, and it was a great punish- ment to hava to go BAOK to our he. reOlLi. However, about nine o'clock ve were allowed outside for about an hour, and wo enjoyed THO delightful coolness of the evening to the fllDe January 13.-Up early AS usual. llathed. 1 still had headache. Felt better aftor breakfast. Promises to be vary hot again to dav Our friends on the epposite side wore taken dewa to the chargo office and remanded, as we had been. We have ail 8;-ned paper asking to be allowed bail and to"sec our solicitors. Very hot again in the dfternoon, but we were aiiewed out late and dfternoon, but wo were aiiewed out late and JNIEYE^ the eool night air. I received mv [KIT telegram < c-day from F. sayiBg ska womd arrive to-morrow. January 14.An awning was put up in Eront of the cells T»-day, anu now we can remain outside all the morning at any rate, and the greater part of tho afternoon, and it is a great comfort. January 16. --G. visited me this morning, AND brought an order from the State Attorney for me to go out and visit a servant of his. Driven through the streets with hiui and a "DlII.D iu bluC" in charge. Saw tho patient and enjoyed tho cirive. On arriving at the gaol an amusing occurrence happened. 1 knocked at the wicket, which was opened, and I was going iu when the warder stopped oie and s&id 1 could not go in without an order! However, 1 toU H:m 1 had cotae home, and that 1 was going IN whether he liked it or not. and just then one ot the others came along and recognised me, and amid much laughter they were graciously pleased to admit BIS, IN the afternoon I1, turned up looking charming, aud WC had a. long talk, as there were several MATERS OF business winch had to be settled. SHE brou&ut some iruit, faw:, and books. Some other ladies CAME WITI; HER WHO were ail my patients, aud there was much good-naturect chaff our position. January IV. — Went out again with U, Drove out to iurs iU,, soma DISTANCE .n «I»E country. '.AIV her child. iiad A LOTEFY broiikfast. v,;tii ail the clean LUXURIES CF a civilised breakfast table, but lJaci some ailu-1 culty in preventing mvseif SQUATTING, CI my hams on the ftoor and eating with my LINGERS! On leaving IURS :.1. went to operate on d.'1d servant. lLcl, to gaol, ilolfcon Prior called at the gaoi in tho afternoon. Went through all the cells and made sotue sKctchos, whicii no doubt you will see in the illustrate^. papers at home. January ISaud 19.— L"ne\enffui. and passed in the usual way. Solicitors eoino every day and tell us we may eXpDct to be out 01.1 BAIL now at any iime. January 20,-I;eceived news this morning that we shall BE out to-day. IN the afternoon we were taken down to the otate Attoinev J office, aud there SIGNED our bail BANDS ioi £ 2,000 each. The doctors are allowed to return to Johannesburg, but the others are not allowed outside Pretoria. Wileu the business was complete i drove back to Uw gaol, packed up, AND said goori-H:E LO those who were left behind. Went to tho club and jeif by the six tram for Johannesburg. Tae other mell have been bailed in batches SMEC, and now the only ones in gaol arc L'.onel Phillips, C'.eorgo Farrar, Colonel Rhodes. Hammond, and Fitzpatrick, who they will net let out at all. We expect some time next week to go back to L'RETTSRIA for our preliminary examination, at winch we shall either be discharged or committed fer trial, which will not come olf beioro April or May. I shall keep you inlormed how tilings go on irom weei: to weeK. There is no doubt that our disasters have arisen througn tha mau Lolly of Jameson iu crossing the border. havo been caiied cowards for not GOMIR out to assist him, and to bear this bit'.or burden UNTIL H'S coming is EITULAINED ia the FUTUIE. Why lie camo nous ot IK it now, but this mueh IS certain, that it men had gone cut to meet him from Jouannesbuig. not only would they have had no possible chance ot relieving him, but tiia town would have been left delcnceiess with its women AND children, alia would have run I -reai risks of being sacked. Moreover, according to the proclamation sent up by the High Commissioner, we should have oeen held rebels by ti e imperial Government and should have been outside the pale ..r help from anyone. I can assure you that our inability TO more WAS the bitterest Uiag wo have had to suffer, and there was vastly MORE courage shown in stepping wnere WU were tUi»-A in VOING out to help Jana&on and to B» shot. 1, personally, and I am only one among manv, would far HOOAER be shot than G»» through the bitter misery ef that day a,t¡n. the Boer feeling ALL over the country sym- pathised with us in our claims lor redress of grievances, and it was Jameson s act whien turned that feeling into one of hatred for :Li ot us. We must now AWR.IT with what paLrnce we can the outcome. The Government,! believe, IS inclined to treat uS hirly, but the I3oera are so infuriated that it is impossible to say whether the Government will be able to do what it IIUCK. Uskcve 111°, T "AVO been Yt-ry F-.RIEVED ABOUT vou ail, FOR I know how miserable you will have been about this business. iour cable was soma comlort, for it was couched in such terms that I hoped IT meant you wore not so anxious AS 1 leared. You MUST all keep up your pluck and Lc as happy as you can. if you can to anything for us, do IT, I mu-t, stop now, ns I h-.ve other letters to write, so with much love to ycu ALL.

DESERTING A WLFIW NEATil MAN SENT TO GAOL, AF, the Neath Borough Poiiee-courfc this (Wednesday) morning—before the ex-mayor (Councillor fiopkin Morgan), :t.¡d A k:onu¡¡.n 1'. Charles—William Griffiths, shoemaker, was brought up in custody ehargeti with deserting his wife, thereby L:;aviiw her chargeable to the Neath ( II.O;J. :T..I E Sward Powell, who prosecuted, saiu that prisoner owed the Guardians upwards of £lOO.-Police-superintende:¡f. Evans deposed Lo arresting Griffiths at Pontre lstrac!, Khondria Valley, on Tuesday.—The Bench sentenced him to two months' har 1 labour.

THE RECENT FIRE Al SIN G L ET ON- RE-BCLLL'iNG DECIDED UPON, SEARCHING THE DEBRIS. Thousands .ire cur.ous to knew wiia,t was the amount of damage done and whether that, portion ot tho mansion of Singleton Abbey which is il: liunr, is to be re-'unltor not. A /().< reporter, who called at Singleton on Tuesday afternoon, saw a number cf work- men engaged in searcning aid riddling the debris for valuables OF the fire. MR Lewis is now employed in the task of preparing a detailed list of A:I that wariest in the fire, and tho amount of dama.ge caused lo the building. Until he has completed this work it will be quite impossible to furnish anything lihe all accurate estimate of the loss caused lev the fire. It is the intention of Lady Swansea to go in for a. I borough renovation and re- building of the premises, Her ladyship and the family have returned from Clyne Castle.

A DANGEROUS CAPGO. A telfgram from Queeustowu says the pilot cutter Maid of Erin, while cruising cff the coast yesterday, passed upwards of 50 cans of sulphuric ether. Subsequently the crew- picked up a fishing yawl, 20ft. in length, and fears are entertained that there has been loss of life, as the cans were evidently a portion of the vessel's cargo. The cans were cylindrical-shaped, and each contained five gallons of sulphuric ether.

At tho Penmaen Petty Sessions on Tues- dav, David Llewellyn, Henry Johns, and William Griffiths were charged with tres- passing in search of game on the land of Mr Penrice. Fines of £1 a.nd costs each wore IMPESEDR

SV/ANSE A COUNTY COUNCIL. QUAKTKKLY MEETING. A quarterly meeting of tho Swansea County Council was held at the Guildhall j thia (Wednesday; afternoon. Tho ex-Mayor < (Alderman W II Edwards) presided, aud J there were uLo present Aldermen J Nay- smith, L> Harris, J Viner Leeder, J M May tie, j M Tutto:), J A Rawiings, Councillors E Lice Daniel, J Sludmore, J) Davies, W H Spring, M Hopkin, Itogfcr Thomas, J Tucker, Li Davies, JT S Linuley, R Martin, D Jenkin*, M O'ttuliivan, ii Watr.ms, \V L Wearne, Wt Pike, W Evans, J Griffiths, Li Davies, Grill Davies, 1 Hoche, W Williams, E U I Protheroe, James JOIICK, and ilees Jones. X:»I>T^RO,C:.ITION OF TUB M.VYOK. The TOWN CLKitt SAID ho bu. to aunounco with much REGRET TT AT the AT AY or was uuabic lo attend, TLO HAS HE- U askuU by L IT; doetors tc confine himself L.o the house en account or illness, and, tueroi'orc, it would be UI-CC^SARY to appoint someone to take ihe ciiair. On the motion ot Aiuotniuii llARRIS, btcouded by Colonel Piiiii, u«E cx-aiayor v.AY chssen to preside. THIS API-CIN'TJIENT Off A POMCK-SEIIGEAJJ1. | The Watch CommiUcc recommended that sn elimination lor tL! APPOINTMENT ol SERGEANT in room of TFERGEANT I'ayin: be TTJID, the e.iiidiutiles be selected by LLM CHICI Constable, and the IF"'»POIUTIUOIIF REAL with a sub-committee. iir. SKU».MOUK moved as AN S.menduieut. that the matter be .S~?rrcci back to the com- mittee, or that P.C. Lloyd receive "lw appointme nt, if tl-a recommendation wero I adopted, it would WE AMAH;test unfairness to P.C. Lloyd. AIR LLCWKLYN VI>JS seconded. I, Tho 'J OWU-CLEIUV suggi ITFD the with- urawai ot tH6 amendment in viaw et LlJO iriction tiiat existud between the Council aud the Yv atch Committee, TNO MAYOR and MR E. ii. DANIEL backed up the feuggeution EF the Town-clerk, and aiter SOMA doaultorv discussion, Air &kidm«re withdrew his amendmeiit. A KKW ISSi'ECLOK. Tha Watch Committee, on tiio recommeuda- t:ou of the Chief-couatable, resolved that Sergeant Francis be PROMOUU to the r.uui j and pay ot inspector. Mr SIT II D VOJTE, in view of the town-clerk's opinion on T. • hist question, said ho did not intend to move an a.ucnoment, but he main- tained that the UPPOIIJ>.intuit cpened UP a new 1"II.jOD, Alderman VIINSK LKEOKK spoke of the good Avorli done uy ^lergennt Francis, WlIO was a «. i; attiie po>icc-staiion, The » C»nimcndat;ou oii the cmamitu C was adopter. ÐZPüTAHOX Ol' SI'ONKMAEO-I.S. Mr Morgan iioukin lutroduced a deputa- tion of members of the Operative bton<»- MAHONS' Sccitl,, who attended to requesuthe council to proceed with autnorisea work AS soon A3 possible in order TO alleviate the distress now existing in the building traue. Two speakers placed their views be.ore the council, one ot them (MR Jcnkm*) remark- ing that on November I the working mens votes were in great, and, tnereture, he should like to see the council uoing something tor j those voter. Swansea was the most DISGI-acetuii v-conuucled town iu South! | \i aios. They had a deputation the other day of men who oppo»ed the triple SCHEME, and wno were lining tkieir pockets AL the CXILWNSE of the ratepayers. They ought to advance like CardiIf, winch was flynig ••.head. Swansea WES au older town than Cardiif, and ought to be in the front rank. H there WAS anything | to bo done let THEM SMIRE alike, i I :;nd if there was nothing 1st them all starve together. (Laughter.) lie asked them Lo | aet upte their seil'-applied titles ofwording man siriend?. The KX-J.AYOLT thankfd the deputation, BI-T saiu HE was surprised U> see them there! I in such mi id WI-iuner. 11.C could not advocate dav work, AS THE DEPUTATION WERE COINT; OUT MRJ JENKISS ASKED THE EX-LAYER II :F WAS A FACT THAT HE '•■AS IN FAVOUR OI DAY WORK 'T '1 HE EX-U AYOIT: J-,O, F NC MR JBM»I>'S THAT 1 M ONLY THE EX-MAYOR S OPINION. WILL YOU ARRANGE TO EI-.CUAS TUE: MATTER some TICAC ? The Ex-MAVOJT: I have 0 do that every DAJ OF the wreck. (J^xughter.) liORsKLEao CAltK!A(.F.S. MR E- R UANIILT,, in moving TNC adoption of tho report ot TUE property and general pjrposes committee, drew attention to Ike follow.NG ret oniinem;atior.: — 11 j u',t the mayor bo authorised to ahix the coasmon seal ot the boiougii io a petition to Parliament praying that changes in the law may be eflecied to remove the grievances cccasioned by Ihe statutory enactments RELATING to high- wavs, and re>:ulatiiig the U.^O of locomotives, which description has been locomotives, which description has been held lC) include bo. seiess carriages fer passenger AND other uses.' lie v.AS glad j that the recoinmend.ILU-U was b.-iug made uud tiiat the government were work- I ing M THAI direction. HAVING hail a de.il | 1o; trouble for a peiiod of iivo years over a SR. it tram lino, 1.0 thought ot { having horseless carriages on tt.e main road, but he iound that the regulations were against him. Although they were were against him. Although they were J sometimes called a sleepy borough, they WERE not ASLEEP this lime. (ii« ar. hear.) 1> 1:tr T Y 70 W CL L I: K S S A LAKY. 'J HN I II.NI'Tal PURPOF-88 Committee recom- mended tiiat the salary of the deyutv-town- I clerk BE raised from £ 3WO to £3DO per annum. J.ir IMOKGAN ILOPMAS moved as an amend- ment that the increase should not bo tiiven, I and tiiat the deptity-town-elcrk'S salary siioulu be fixed at a maximum ot ;1.)0" lie did :IO. ho SAID, »iti« a considerat<LO amount ot rcL.ctauce because it dealt will: an E.xecdent all ho'iouiable servant. Lot EN in. dividual who had Lo suffer b\ tlic executive rates of the borough, Mid when he noticed that a I cou;>la of hundred WARRANTS were j I being issue J for RALE.7, ANL through I which many sfrugglius ratepayers were I liaole to iiave their luimture sei-icd iu order lo pay the exborbitant rate.», he did not think IT V.A1- A proper time to give tli-J increase, Tliey bad j something like 250 men who were employee uooti the roids for the excellent wage O. from 17s to £ 1 a week. O.ie pou.id a day all j 11:0 year round was enough lor any lUau. Now was fhebe;t nine reducu the salaries ortheii. officials; T he ox-maycr WAS endeavour-1 11Ug to ICDI CE the wages 0: his lile", and they ougiit to reduce the salaries of iiieir odieials bv 10 percent. There was NO seconder to the amendment, CONSEQUENTLY it ioil let the ground. OrFICE ACCOM.MOPA.TION. A D'.Scussion took place upon the recom- menda 1011 of the Property and General Pur- poses Committce, autborisiug the surveyor to make sueii arrangements lor the con- venience ot the liuauciai dcpi.rtniont as w;:u:d enable Lqe town-clerk to occupy the allele of the rooms on ti;E grou,id door pointing J homer.t-place. Alderman Lkmdlj:, paid the press tiro was very I.,R«AT NOW, and untioubtediv some arrangement would .-0011 have t0 BE uiade tvhereby the borom.H aceoiu.tant and Irs staff would have to occupy one ot tho p'.accs across the way. 11 BATH FT 1CLI) I' KOJI ILN" A L>JE. Tho WERIIS and Sanitary COMMITTEE re- commended that the tendor of Aiesars Bennett Brothers at £ 345 17S TD for WORN in lieathfield Promomidt) be accepted but Mr MOROAN* iie.IIIIN proposeu that the minuto be rescinded, una tiiat the. work be done by day work iu order to iind emplov. mest for soe C ot 'JIE men who were out of work, ile rend a letter Irom FCJIR ii ugh Owen, of the Local CO-* eminent Botrd, to show that tho board would sanction loans ra.sed for the purpose of providing wori-: for TTW unem- ployed. Air SI'IU.VO seconded. Alderman IVI'TON asked if the same men would not have a chance or being employed if the contract were let as proposed. Mr LINDLE* pointed out tuat whilst it I' wenid be A good idea to employ the men, there was no analogy between thu Strand stables and this matter. At the former a cierk of works, WHS employed, but the tatter was a smalt job. THO EM-MAY on said if they had day work they would have lo employ any Dick, Tom, or Harrv who might apply. Tha amendment was declared lost, where- upon Mr. Hopkin asksd for the names. On these being taken it was shown that only four voted lor the amondment.—Messrs. Griffiths, | lie PLUM ivni^lit and Spring. The U«WIWA who were neutral were Ahlerman Harris, and I Messrs D. Davies and Martin, the rest being against TH? amendment. .MV1NU PCHLIC FOOTPATHS. Colon;; I is, III moving the atioptien of the Struct. cmmittee S report, said the com- mittee !J<\U resolved to pave the I fcoluaths IU Greeuiiill-street, Chapel-street, Mysydd street, NE.itb-road, Madec place, Kayuer-pluce, aud St David'S-place. it would be remembered that LLM Local Government Board had sanctioned the expenditure of £ iO,GGO on tins class of work. They had already spent £7,¿v,J, so they had £ ^,8<J0 remaining, aud would be enabled to do some good Jot" Mr Ilopkiu s friends. (Laughter ami hear, hear). Alderman LKEPEK advocated the carrying out of the work by contract aud not by day- work. They lost a lot by the present system. Air M. IloPEix denied this. HA 1 OI) A.ND MOKKISTON SCAVEXTUNC. The Streets Committee reported that in accordance with the recommendation ct the horough surveyor it was resolved L-at the scavenging and street cleaning WORT at Halou, Landore, LJasmarl. and Aforrfaton, which work had liitherto been executed under contract Uo after the oisl of March IhXL, exceutod by men and horses JI1 the direct employ of the corporation. Air IFOCKE said he WAS not satisfied that the wor:; would 00 dene cheaper, nd moved Liiat the matter should b»J referred back. This, after a SHORT discussion, WAS ag reed to. TIN: PCULIC ANALYST. Alderman KAWUMI.S MOVED tuat Mr T'iiss. A, Sevier be re-appointed analyst :1.100 per annum tor 3D0 analyses of .oja aud drugs, and 6s BU per sample in excess; aud £ 25 per annum ;<>r34itnalyses of water and petroleum. A long uiscussion ensuect with uo result, tiie motion OCIN^ ruled out of order. It was understood tiiat it will come up at a subse- quent meeting. lilt I A MILL CClnl.T SEWEJT. Upon tiie reporL of the Water and Sewers Committee recommending the construction of a sewer discharging into talC rivtr Taww, Alacrman TIM'XoJJ moved tiiat TCU matter Le referred bad:, either icr rc-cousideratioa or to get expert opinion UPVTI the wiiolo question. lie considered tnat the cum- I.I'.ttea had taken a very dangcroua course. No rlouht the U"6sr:> Vivians xrc entitled to state their objections, but tiiey should be taken for what tney were worm. Air llOCKB seconded the amendment. 1'LIC propesiliun was a most unreasonable and workable one, and would be most dangerous to tho health 0;' tne town. MR I.IMI'T.IIY said he fell in with Lile aug- gestion ttiat they bheuld consuii. an expert. it was an exceedingly complex matter— this question of the diseioirgc or sewage into tho bav. but be did not think it was so serious as had been attempted to be made out. The Tawe was designed by nature —and hud bceu to" many e natural outlet for tho sod waters ot the town. He went info the \dlO;c question with Mr Nay smith before tÙt:, iiad the Messrs Vivian before them, and Icokud through tha diagrams; and lie feit that the safest way to I;.et rid 4ff tneir sew.igo was by means oi tiie river. Alderman MAYNE having spoke, A Ideruian NAVI.\IHH brn fiy rep'iod, ana tlio hwelHl. McnL WII agreed to. THE CLLAV fLAKs. On the motion of Air SKIH:.OK:O, the nnme J of Alderman Harris was added to the sub- committee appointed lor selecting au c-xptrfc on the above matter, ami to fix the terms of remuneration. IH!5 INSPECTION1 OF PARKS. Mr W. H. SRIUNTI moved the ad. pLion cf report os the Opell Spaces Committee, wh«ch recemmended, aimuig other malterx, that the et'fcimitlee siiould INSJ F T the parks on FRIDAY II c:C A.r LEKDEH moved that that clause of tha report sliouid be referred back. He con- lSi:ltTC2 the recommendation ;tS useless. Tlwr" was 110 necessity of goin .• to the .;xpenS0 of geLLing t\o or three brakes A nd all that N&nseuse. (Laughter and bear, herr.) The TOWN-CLERK was about to offer a remark, when ALDERMAN LFEDKK SAID be did not OBJECT TO THE town-clerk GOING. (LAUGHTER.) The 'l'w:!II' CLKHK: SURELY THO (-Otiititittee COULD GET HACK ill TIME to HAVE \;1:0;1: OWN! LUNCIIOORS. Aiderit.an LKEDEK: ii's only en excuse | to got a LUNCH ami tea—Uv.D's aii. (Laughter.) The EX-I,!AYOlt said that if nobody would I SECOND the amendment, be WOULD. (Laugii- ter.) Alder«I::n LEEUE&: HEAR,hear. (Laughter). Mr HOPKIN (tt) tno ex-mayon: if you were an agriculturist—(laughter)—you would luifrw llii," February was Lho best lime to ascertain the DEFICIENCIES of tilo parks. IJr D. DAVIES hope.T they would not check tlio ftnthu lasm of the chairman of the Parks Coinmitfee, wiiosc voice MI^NT be heard aL Victoria i'a.r!t at eight och.ck 1n the UIoru- ing. (i.alighter, and hear, hearj The amendment was lust. Alderman LEKDIIK, amid L.iughter, de- mandad a show of hands. 14C wanted to know who wero the hungry mou. (.Laughter.) 'L he EX-AI AYol-t: J tako it that we ace. the only two who are not. (Kenewedl u_ter.J > S il, U M It AT E. Tho seal of the council was a/five/, to r» j borough rate of £ 1,470 odd for county asylum pury >-e •. j" CO'M'iL W OLLII AM) THE L.RN K.YI I' LOVED. Mr AJ. 1JOPKI1V, in accoLuanee \111 notice ot motion, uiovei A rcso'iut<ou authorising the horongh surveyor to proceed by dity-work with the ereciion of tlio v!au;;htsr-hcuse retaining wall and the retaining and parapet walls irom Pleasant View-terrace to Fuller': row, having regard to 111* large number c, MEN cut ID employment. Alderman liAlnUg moved that the resoiu- tion ;o Lei the Property Committee. Atdermau TL I ION seconder!. ] r. KNIGHT protesteoi AGAINST shelving tne matter. The amemiiiieBf was put autl". of hands dcmaiiued. Sty this time many members had ICLT. and the tigure-< canio out: — For tile amendment. 10 against. 9. The resolution thus ncc- to the comimtice Tka Council then rose.

O UR~P;GOT]JALL FlYlZES. THE AWARD. I cr t'oine reasons whicli does net npccar on the surlaee there was a great increase :n in tlio number of coupons sent N for our competition on Saturday last. There also was a corresponding increase III the number of the competitors who dropped on to the live winning '.cams, but of the whole only a dozen SUCCEEDED in placing the teams in the order of merit, and 01 these the coupon ",C'lt in by Air DAVID J. DAVTUS, Ui, Waunwen-terrace, Swansea.' bore the best score, and lo hun the GUINEA PRIZE is awarded. ACTUAL KE5IU.TS. I'oints Points W'ii'g Winning team. for. agsl. jits. S'.V.TU-TM II !'<> ••• T'; 13 I.Uneliy H >> ••• Newport H 1 ••• IJ.NJIISEA ••• -• T> JLORRISTEN 3 U 0 MB. I'AVLLIS' CO CP' X. MB. CO CP' X. I" <, J'T« \V'n WINNING TAIM. ,1' A.A.->T PTS, 1.-SWANSEA II 0 IH •^J. — I.IDLLI.'LLV — 4.—.SWANSEA I 8 ■> B 6.— NEWPOI-T — '1 ••• ■■■ I 5.-—MORI-LSTON ••• 11 ••• 3 4B ]3 56 THE NEXT BEST. j The following also gave lha five winning I teams in their order of merit J Beduoe, Q3, Alai'-»ei-strcet: II Aiban, 20, Vivian- street 'J lioiiif.s v.'orthey, 2J>4. Tinman's- road: A Carruthers, llalod Cottage, F R Hicks 7. Sea View-terraee; E Jones, 5, Washington-terrace; G Price, 20. Jersey- street, ail of Swansea. D T Riciiards, 9, Anna-street, Idanelly: William Thomas, Harold-terrace, Ammanford J{ Frayne, 7, AII"e!-slreet. Neath; J Davies, k2, Briton rerry-road; John Lcvaii, C Cwmavon.

< S A li U AT ARIA N18K iN WALES. At Pontypridd to-day summonses were issued against Thomas Stroud, billposter, and his assistant, for selling and exposiug for sale in the street on Sunday oopies of the S1..t11day Chronicle, iu contravention or the Lord's Dav Act. It was stated that ihe payers were sold from a cart, the tailboard of which beve the contents bill.

LOCAL SIFTINGS.i The KevJ. J. G. Mathias has been appointed acting chaplain le the 2nd. Y.D. Welsh Regiment. The funeral of the late Rev Joan Hopkins, B.A., of Poctr.rdulais, took place to-day (Wednesday) at Zoar Chapel, Llwyntiendy. The monthlv sitiha; of" the Neath Countv- courtfspened this (Wednesday) morning, bis lionour being engaged upon jugdgment suuimense.s. Mr Tom Msrgaus, the conductor of the Merriston Alale Voice Party, was firesenicd with a s-iiver baton at the Saturday pop" at, iiorrisUn lait week, where the choir pro- vided the iirograiuir.e. Sir John Jones Jenkiii, M.P., left Swansea this morning io accompany his daughter to Paris, fcir John will return te London for the purpose of attending to his Parliamentary duties Oil 2.l,)Uuay. Thdijianeiiyaad ,.v.risea football teams j will witness Sowing the Wind"' at L!1e New Theatre alter the match en Saturday, Air H. i A, Ciiuppell, she gonial manager, having j invited them to atLcJ\), The remains of the walls of the Ship and Castle Hotel, at Mumbles, were pulled down on Monday by direction of the surveyor to the district council, Air Ciifion Bennett, as thev were dangerous to traffic on the read- way, young haulier i.ienea Michael Delaney I was thrown from a horse at Landore this (Wednesday) aiicrnoon, and sustaiued severe injuries, lie was coavc.ycD to the Hospital, wliero lie now remains. A man named George Bresman, of No. 12, Upper Strand, Swansea, went io the High- j street L'olice-stat:oii 011 Tuesday in a ¡ drenched condition, and complained that a CarJilT man with whom he had cpl company that evening had throwu him into the North Dock, ,!i am very pleased 10 ae" remarked ex- Alderman Chapman to a vepresccta! ivc to-day, "your pup-r taking tha line it does over the police bu-uness ami tiie fire engine. The erigiue would have been iiad years ago but for the contempt*! 13 altitude that has becti adopted by a section of the Council against the Cniel'-constable. News is 10 hunu of toe dealh of Mr Daviu R Davies, of Dygoodyud. near lj!»ndovory, which took place at Aiadeim. About three years ago Air Davies wont to South Africa ii, search ior heail! 2.J settled down at Cron stadt, iu lie Grange i-'reo Stale, where his business prospered, lie was buried in the ugl; ii Cemetery at Madeira. 801110 large HlShcia lire expected at Swansea in grain cud for tiu-piaies. The iuibros has just discharged at tho liarbcur Trusts new gnlínery 13,70j quarters oi barley, and as ) the work occupied Otny tlvc workin-; days— ) eight huiiib per day—this is considered smart j despatch. TitC stevedore was Air Chris- toph. r Lowlands, of Somerset-piace. lhe C-iif'.OQ lio.el, in C..er-slreel, j has, during the iast few days, changed hanus. The new proprietress is Airs Money, who has had considerable experien.-e ill the business, tandtna-y, therefore, be Irn-ilcd to spare no eilort 10 restore to the Ciiiion same of it.s old prestige, lhe house is weii fitted with bars, coÚcc and smoke room*. AO inqujet was held ut L:;e Gardener's Arms, Swansea, on Tuesday, before iho coreuer, Air Talt'ouru Strioi;, on the body of 11111 wLut aged four mouths, named Benjamin Arthur Williams, who iiad died in a lit m Lis mother's arms on Monday. The iurv returned it verdict ot death liom natural cause.. i.ir I' Curtis, town-clerk of Neath, has received a communication from thc Po t master-General to the aliect that the depart- ment contf-.uls to the sub post-etiiee, uept by Air George Steer, Windsor-road, being J closed en Thursdays at two P,1J¡. it v. il bo remambercd that the opening ot Air Si> ;rs shop ou the early closing day was one o Air Levi James's grievances when the siiop assistants' demonstrations took place some v.-ceks ago. Several items of interest to Swansea appeared iu the Loiic'jr. Gazette of Tuesday. From tiie firm of Aletsrs F. W. Loud, J. H. Rogers, J. Bourne, Henrv C. Bond, and William C. Bond, trading as lha Swansea I'm-; laic ( ompany, at Swansea, tin and terne plate manufacturers; Mr Wiijiam C. Bond retires. A receiviug order has been made against David Thomas, trading as Thomas and Co., Swansea, and now or lately residing al. Lower SKCtty, colliery propritor. The lirsl of a series of lempersuce meet- ings, which it is proposed to hoici at tiie I. wmbwria. Friendly Society's lla"1, took piace 011 Saturday evening, when au enjoy- able lime pent. Tho chair was lakwii j by the i'.cv 1), Jones, Cwmbwrin, who Uè- livored a stiritng atldrcss Oil i he Dangers of Aloderato Drinking; and songs and! uuetts wero admirabiy rendered by Miss Harriet Evans aud Messrs E, S. F.\uns, J. Williams, William flvans, Isiah Da- ;ea, floury j Symons, L. li. Morris, and Tom 'ihonias; 1 T. H. Thomas and T- L Williams (violins). An excellent address was also given by Mr Daniel Thomas (Paoeiiwyson:- Aliss ilaggic A. Jcnes most abiv accompanied on lite I piano. ) Lily Walker, aged 11 years, whose parent.•> reside at If 9, Silol.-road, Landore, was admitted into the Swansea Hospil.vl at 330 this (Wednesday; afternoon, suhering from bur us 011 tile head, knees, and tbo baci, and frtiil nf the body, it appears that about; eight o'clock this morning she WJIS poking the I lire when in her nightdress, which became ignited. 'Ihere was no one in the room at the time, the child's mother being upstairs. When she rushed down her daughter was in flames. Dr Powell, Kafod, aufl Dr Morgan., of Eanuoro, were at once suuimored, and ordered the girl to ke lemoveil to the Swansea iicspital, where she lies in a serious condition. Since the advent oli the Rev. J. H. Mathias a:; eurate-in-charge of St. John's Parish the oxtenlion of Church work has been doubly manifest in the Hafod. When the church was opened about 20 years ago Mr Graham Vivian prosenled the officiating minister with a small-sized organ. This instrument was been in uso till the advent of the present incumbent, when it had te be ditpenseu with as having 1"U:l its course. The services had. therefore, to suffor musically until, through the united efforts of the eurate.in-charge and au excellent church committee, a subscription list was started with good results. There was a sum of £ 130 in the bank, which had been collected bome four or live years ago, wheu the Rev Stephen Davies officiated. As tiio church increased in influence it became neccas^a.y to have a new organ equal to tho require- iru-nLs of the largo edifice, and last November the movement was resuscitated, v^itn the result tiiat, at a cost of over £ 400, a large organ has been purchased, and is being erected a.t the church by the well-known firm I of Messrs Conacher and Co., of Hudders- fiold, The open in? of the organ will place on Thursday, Fobruary 27, when special will ita held.

FOOTBALL. GLAMOKGANSLIIUI: V. LANCASHIRE. The circumstances attending the match at Salford to-day ( Wednesday) between Clamor- ganshire and Lancashire were of a distinctly unfavourable cnaracter so far as the 'Welshmen were concerned It will be remembered that when the county club committee selected the Glamorgan fifteen at tho Royal Hotel, Swansea, the western criticism of the list was sharp and Severn there being a pretty genera! opinion that but scant justice bad been rion« to the Swansea Ciub at any rate. Bancroft, of course, go'j nis piaee but the oniy other player chosen from the All Whiles was J. H. Williams, for the front rank, The absence of Swansea delegates from lUe Boleetiou coramittee for reasons alrcady stated, served to jeopardise the interest of Swansea players, and a pretty cosmopolitan list was drawn up, the eight forward", for instance, being taken from eight different clubs. Taken on the wnole, however, con- sidering that Bancroft was tho custodian, and that the three quarter line included sucn a tried and uusty pair of players as Clin iiowen and Fearson—neither of whom however air. Glamorgan county IlJen-it was anticipated that if the Welsh tight gained a bit in the wedged scrums, and gave Shepherd and Jones, tho Glamorgan h¡LÍves, a little to do, a favourable out- come from the encounter might result. The selection of Herbert Morgan as the skipper of the team, however, gave umbrage 10 Bancroft, who deserved by right of seniority to have been awarded that honour, and the composition of the team was in addition sadly spoiled by the inability of Pearson, Cliff Bowen, Evans (Penygrai. Grilliihs (Aberavon and Hut- chinson (Neath; to make the journey. 'Iho places oi. the six absentees were taken by J. Davies (Neath) at goal, Bees ( Vbera- voa) and 1- Gordon on Lko lei!uti right wings respectively, and J..Jones (AtjeraYon), E. Jones (PenygraigX and Hayuiati (Bridg- end i in the front rank. ei I-A.MOKOAN.—13celt. J. Davies (>F.;d h); thi oequarter- •e.eks, (jiinton (2»..inigea), Davies (livuerbertj, 11. Marfan aWl VV. IJees (Aberavon; halves, titn't-herd (Penrrth) and Jones (Acuiavon); forwards, H, Davies (Aloi i istun;, J. Jones (AiJerea"n), L, Jones (Pf uygraig;, Hayman (Briilgeuit;, ilaeKen/ie (Ponty- t>1 i<l»t 1, Milii-r l.\1"uu:.àin Adl), l'hillir.s nd J. II. Williams (Swansea). The weather was fine r-na the crowd num- bered 3,COO. On the home side, Crossley, of St. Heien's, rc-plact-J Afainwaiing at full back. Fraynor and J. Wincey took the placo of Lewis, and Hohncs "t three-quarters, and Pearson appeared for Allen at half back. THE GAME, Valenline started for Lancashire at 3.10, and the lirst scrum was formed iu Glamorgan quarters. attempted to get away, Lot, was well stopped by shepherd, Glamor- gan were penalised for off-side, and Valentine took a shot at goal which just went wide. Joe Davies running the ball out, and directly afterwards the tame player dropped to inside the Lancashire 25. From a pass by D. Jones, lleea sliU further improved matters, but a ioBg kick hy Wincey took play back to the centre. Morgan ran the ball back and passed tc Gordon wiio carried r1a.y to the Lancashire 2i. ;;aln Freyiicr and i lercs dribble 1 back, and close piayrcsntted. Shepherd ;_ot the ball away, and T, Davies 1lI',IJCl' improved matters, a scrimmage following on the From this -ihepiiei d get ov. r, Joe Davies failingat teal. Glamorgan continued to have Lue best of an exceptionally ta-,1 game, and from fair mark Joe 1 )anes took two unsuccessful kicks a: ,coa!. i earson relieved by a clever run into Glamorgan s half, but Dan Jones made bis mark, and once ana in put Lanea biro 011 the de ensive. 'J neu the pace slackened down com 1. d-ra bl., hnL eventually dribuled past Joe 1-avies, aud Wiaeey nearly hcoreci, but Cilanicrgau- shire kicked dead lor safety. Lan- cashire ¡. :!pt up the pressure, and for somo miautes I !¡a Olan-orga n hne was l f1 considrable danger, Joa Davies being CMUglit w:th ti.e ball in his pos- session aimost under his 0\\ n c.o,ti post. Relief was obtained, however, and at hall-lime piny w.,s well m the Lancashire hail". HALF-'lIMS i.'COKE. Glamorgan —1 try. Laiicasiiuv—Nil. On the rosvmpfioo, by the aid ef a long kick, Valentino gave Lancashire an eariy footing in the Glamorgan hnH, but 'l'raynor missed a pass, and Glamorgan relieved to lhe centre, V. Joncs was penalised here for picking out ot the serum- mage, and Trayncr kic ed up to the lino. Joe Davies relieved linelv, but Sodden returned insido Glamorganshire' 25, :uid the Welshmen were for a. time severely pressed. Tire liomp team were lUA,viq,; much d.1e best of the game forward. This resulted 111 Pearson and Far I a no getting the. ball more irequcnily than their opponents, and in the former scoring attcr scrambling play on the line. Seddon failed lo convert. After the drop out Glamorgan improved considerably, and the ball was taken up to the Lancashire iine. alio home forwards, Leaded lay Pinch, carried play back to tho centre, where Joa Davies saved daringly; but directly afterwards Valentine kicked over tho dead bail line. Laueashivo kept up the pressure, and play for a time rested on the Glamorgan 25 line. Gordon gave reiief by a kick along touch to lÜe centre, but the home forwards look the ball back to the Glamorgan line, and Hughes raced over from a line-ou:, planting the bail behind the posts. alentino bad (it diliiculfv in placing a goal. Gla-I morgan played up well for some minutos aiter the reverse' but they were tiring perceptibly, and exeeppt in the open they continued to have much ihe worst ol' the game. Tliey eventuali got over the halfway j line, but Lancaster headed a splendid dribble, whicii carried tho bal. over the visitors' coal line, Joe Dav,e> kicking dead. The saice p'ttycr enactlv after- wards gave his tide relief by kicking along the touch-lino to the centre, but Valentine dribblee the ball back to the 25- lb. whore Gordon drove him into touch, Tho Welsh back was repeatedly caiied A^on to save IÜs side, and hut for him Lancashire must, hare scored on several occasions, In the closing stages of t he game Valentine scored from a line-out, the pi >co kick failing, FINAL SCOITIS. Lancashire—1 goal 2 tries. Glamorgan—1 try. =:

WRECK AT TI2NBY. LIFEBOAT OUT. The Tenby lifeboat was launched to-day. and proceeded to a reported wreck off Lyci- step, about lour miles Jong t,he coast, and the rocket apparatus was aiso despatched to Lvdsfep. Tho lifeboat, which has returned, reports the loss of three lives from the schooner Euphemia, from London to Holy- head, with cement. it appears that the Euphemia was wrecked during the night, and that a fourth man saved liimsjlf bv swimmiBg to the rocks and climbing the cliffs,

Ao B WAN SEA COUNTY COURT. Before his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams. WEDNESDAY. (Before his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams.) 1115C.PURIJE FROM HAN'MU l'TCY. A:I application f3r discharge in bankruptcy was made by Air Griffith Morgan, sohcltor, on be halt of Mr J. S. Aiiincs, engineer, Sv.ausea. —The Official Receiver stated that the bank- rupt had lived extravagantly, spending £1,200 a year, when his profits were only Sonne £6CO or £ 700. He had carried on business when he knew he was in- solvent. — Air C-riff. Morgan disputed the figures given, raying that the average profit lor the first three years was about £ U.O, and dehtors expenditure £700, Tke bankrupt intended going te Johannesburg.— i His Honour said that he would discharge him conditioi ai to two years' suspension.

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LEICESTER FEBRUARY MEETING. <1,' RUN AT 2-E. Tne TAPTON NATIONAL HUNT FLAT KAL'E PLATH of 4G sov? penalties AND allowances.—Two miles. 11 4 Air Stanley's March Hare, a Lir W,.thington I 12 0 Mr Coat&'S Ballynoe, a.Mr Kojem 2" 11 4 Mr Wiuters'S Cou A mure, 6 Air ge;iuahl 3 Betting 3 to 1 en March If are, 3 to 1 IIgØfí Bailynoe, 23 to 1 Con Arnore.—Won by long HS bad third. RUN AT 2-70. A SELLING HURDLE RACE PLATE of » sovs peuaifies.—Two miles, 12 0 Air Dormer's Hawkesbury, 6 R Chsiloner 1 10 22 Air M'Aulitle'.s Crosslegs, 4.Mr Scu'dy 2 10 12 Air Waller's Helpless, Driscoil 3 heJllIg 2 .0 1 0:< C'rossie^f, 4 to 1 agst Cress- legs, 5 to 1 Hawkesbury.—Won by ten lengths a length byvween serona and t'nird. PTF N AT i-I\ The MAPPERLliif RAIN AP STEEPLE- CHASE PLATE of illu sovs penalties.—Two nut 11 8 Mr Firth's Specs, A Hr Cnllen 1 11 O Air Coi'.plaud's May D;:y, a Owner 2 10 2 Uapt ileygate's Sitver Lining 11, O Crosvenor 3 Also ran—Prince Ed card, Perth Lad. and Celio. Betting 6 to 4 agst Prince Edward, 2 to 1 Spec., ii to 1 21 ay Day, iU to 1 others. — WET: by a length and a half bud third. RUN AT 3-20. The SCURRY STiiEPi^ECHASE of 40 sovs penalties and allowances. — Two miles. ■12 8 Mr DORMER'S Fetiar, ».Ur Withmgtou 1 10 3 Air iiirk's Bellcote, 4 Meakins £ 12 0 Mr SLedden's Qaoru Lass, a Ellis 3 Betting A to 2 < IT r'ctiar, 5 to 1 agst Bellcote, L C to 1 (iuorn — .foil by length and a LrJf; bad third. RUN AT 4-0. The E\ INO' TUA ;UI.lWi 3TEE.?LEUIA.B of 60 sovs penalties.—TW'I miles. 12 3 Air Martiu's Aran King, 5 Savage 1 12 6 sir PereivtiF; BRLR.c, a..Owner 2 12 10 air Iloyne s .Vouiig 'i cni, a v :-Ir Tnompson 3 12 3 Mr Percival's Barter, 6 Mr Cueney 0 P.etiuig tveus Balsac, io to 8 agst Young Tom, IIJ 0 otlicrs. —-U'oa BY four lengths bad third. RUN AT -:0. The GOPSALL ATALOKN HURDLE UACB VLA i'E of 4J .sovs penalties.—Two miles. 11 7 Air Cuuuinjjh.im's Kate, 4. Air Fcrgusoa 1 11 10 Mr Vyner'S Stone Cnack, a.. Air Uordjii 2 11.. 0 Sir M Fi.zllerold's Kenneth, 4- ,lUoui¡; 3 Aiso r -ii-La(ty Peter and Killiecrankie. Letting 5 to z ou Kale, 11 to 2 agst Kenneth anU Stoae Chaek, h0 to S others. — Won by four LENGTHS TWO lengtns bet A ecu second and third.

OFFICIAL SCRATCHING^. We have been officially informed this afternoon, ef the following SCRATCHING* — Hurst Park engagements—Dom dohn. .juveniie Steeplecba:>I', HUI>T Park—Morglette. Wolverhampton engagements—Guardsman II. Sundown Park Hurdle Race—Keep Out. Ad engagements—Soa W DL. Ad Handieajw WHERE weights HAVE APPEARED— CuawiMu UI FL.

LONDON BETTING. LINCOLN HANDICAP. (RUN Tuesday, Marcli 24th. '-due mile.; F R TO 1 AGST LESTERIIU, T FC O IT IO 1 AGST C'LOR.IE, T & O IT- TO 1 AG.ST KIUG'S HOUSE, T II5 10 1 AGST NAANNH, 1; T 56 TO 1 AGST MEUICIS. T GUAM) NATIONAL. f (Run Friday. March 27th. Fonr miles Sooyds.) V to 1 agst Cathal, to-O 14 10 1 ag.-t Walerford, t 14 -o 1 agst- 'W'UY Not, t 2.I to i a;ST King Charles, FC i • N« 1 ;I;'sil Dollar LI, t j £ .J to 1 AG t Caustic, ) THE DEPTiY. 'I.'nn Wednesday, June Old. One mile and a half) 25 lo i Siiadd^ci- i

COURSING. i .1 .1 -.I V AT "i\LOO MEETING. SECOND POUND. Cafe Noir beat Brd Shot, Stroonka beat Tuddeuham. U opia i»eat Kn 'oeteer. GatUi-r beat fl>. pnnm. .Juggi-ruaut beat PerfccS Ilest. Wliat's the Odds heat Boss el Sohnni (1) High Dapple ir Ji-jor beat Abbot iutulous Fortune beut Keceptiou. Guiding Star beat Gr.ea Apricot. Alelltr Alacr beat Griary Guv. Grey Morn, a bye, aud Cymba. drawn, \[f Hill beat Gallant. bl:it Ila Thoughtless Beauty beat Stars U [:¡:cII eathu'wiS3 bei.t Fair Flor.. he, Fortiina Faventa beat Lord Tara.

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BOXING, Pedlar McMahon is to bei IhWay Tat* the Gloucester Scheol of Arm* or 1"rJ&.1 night for £ 10; und Sidney Arteil .fi«!IJÁ BIll Niehwias's challeage to atiesfr I»..a,- Ss.vm?<?ay c:j:))t at the Kan* ptM»> M