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GJ^JEUDT^F Wktily PATT AND SOUTH WALES ADVERTISER. Muted and l^ibiiahed tor tne i lopi lotors oy Wi .uj* EDWARD KOOXKS EVANS, of 26, Vark-str eCaroitt. at the Offices of the Car<lifl Weekly Maii iad South Wales Advertiser," St. Mary-street, CardiS, in the county of Glamorgan, to where all oommnnieationa be addressed BATTJEDAY, JANUARY 17, 1880, CAMBRIAN WEATHERCOCK; OB, THE WAY THE WIND ELOWS. V. ommtbm rebut et quibiusdam ahis. THS COLLECTORS OF cCSTCMS AND TH3 TKSASTJ&T biPARTMKNT. THE Treasury Department of the United States has issued an order relating to the particulars of inward and outward manifesto of vessels in the ioreign trade, the necessity or utility of which ia not obvious. The ord r instructs the Collectors of Customs, whenever a written requetit to that effect shall be filed shippers or eoiusigiuees, to withhold f-om publication for a period not exceeding ninety days statistics relating to the importation or shipment of any particular merchandise im. ported or shipped by the dhippera or con. signees in question. The New York Com- mercial Bulletin observes that it is import art that information given to the mer. cantile public by means of the Uustom-houda statistics showing the volume land direction of trade in particular classes of goods should. If published at all, be complete and impartial. This order meat a, however, that a general rule of the Government established ia the interest of the wLole public may be suspended at the dictate of private interest. The entire value of the information givenmll be sacri- ficed, and the statements Published will be Biade positively misleading. The Customs returns, for instance, may ohow an exportation of only 500,000 bushels of wheat, when 2,500,000 bushels have been actually sent away, or the Government may be made to report that 5,000 bases of coffee have coma into port, when the actual import is 25,000 bags. Our readers will agree with us that the effect of such a provision mist be deleterious to the general interests of the mercantile community, while serving only the purposes of individual speculation. It is well known that men of business frequently base their calculations upon the official statu tics, and if these statistics are rendered false or misleading by constant omissions, serious results may ensue. DR. CAMEBON'S ACT. THE Daily Chronicle considers that the necessity of Dr. Caneron's Act has b. *n further demonstrated by the tragic vagaries further demonstrated by the tragic vagaries of the wretched madman at Croydon, upon whose body the coroner for East Surrey held an inquest on Wed ues:day. Cur rea lers ill reirwuber that the deceased, after attempting to shoot Us lata partner, and pr n^u 14 a revolver at the ht;v.d of a yoirig ludy whose nf?ectio< to eo(cr.i'»ad, %m- ititud tcic-ds It w&j prc/ou Ul ende?u-d that he was "pparly always druat," an t tLere r.o duuu>i that, te a d;; native d tho worst kiaa. Taere is to vY-sy such fod ha ?f>'ja!d be alit>«rd to at iarg* wtalsfc tLe ciimin^l Snnatie is belti ia clws coi>Si.ieaiH:' and ai they are ii.< aj aMt ot stif cootrui i^ is ri/ht tnat tte law hLcuid pu"jf-ct tt.m lttJedry re- trictioDt C6 it. question, hoover, tte evil might have beeii avoi-led. The de. ceased was frequently to say that ha would "do for the whole family,' aad had he been prosecuted for the oflöDce a conviction would probably have been secured. It is of the utmost importance that persons whose lives are threatened by dipsomaniacs or others should avail themselves of the law as it at present exists, Should Dr. Cameron's Act ever come into operation they wiil no doubt be able to apply a more complete remedy; but in the meantime there is no reason why any person should remain in constant danger of his life. U MY WAYS. THE prevalence of the system of pledging at Dc-wiais has just been ahown to have a better explanation than that generally given. It appears, according to a letter received from a Dowlais correspondent, that every Monday morning upwards of two thousand articles are put into pawn. This has been taken as showing the extreme need of the paopla but, it appears that, in the great majority of cases the articles pledged are the best clothes of the pledger. lMV are put in on Monday mornirg, on Saturday night taken out, worn on Sunday to the various chapels, slid given bnck apiin into tha safe, if usurious, keepb? of the attentive pawnbroker. This, it would seem, has btjeu continued throughout the bad times, and never once abandoned, and we are sure our readers will wirh u-* in the wish that the iniprovtaat-Lt of trade will scton enable tiu to keep their fcu:;day girmonts at hcae. MEAN, HUMANLY, CRUL COWARDS." WE call a nettle but a net:,la, and thy faults of fi.olo hut folly." 'lhe irieprdssibij Dr, Miliar, bepuMiean paudi<i<i<.e at thi) recent Shdfild eiectiun, u a'3.in ro the front. He has written to the cfnet constable ai Mitfiicid, anthoii.-ieg hitn to it form the public that he will give 5U guineas re-vnrd to anyone who will ditcover the mean, uam-inly, cruci co&rds" who have bAtJn sealing to him hosxiiig- telegrsma, snjiug that there arj vacancies at Scarborough and Hudders- fidd, and i'nds subscribed for the doctor's return to Parliament, and mvuiog him to cciue down. Had Dr. UXiUar just s'lifiaieu1; penetraiu n to see through a ladder, he woul I have discovered ere now thtt the game is ent rt i\ up, aui that, his prospects of gaining a seat it. Pa.-ii»;n*>nt are very remote indeeu. Bia.prestige is wholly gjue uw';ng to his erra-ao arci ecemtric eoiiduct of and h has C'IDP to be r°trarde<l as a »aoa;una.niac cf rle "Unde Diek" tpe. fu fa«',t, he has F&rl'aujtnt on the braia, and it is advisibli that he should ar ov< Naviijet Anticjram, and go in for hedebore wioiiout stint torlih wlth. KCTES FROM A BISHOP'S WORK BOOK. T is frequently stated by ignorant and prejudiced persons that the position ot bishop is a sinecure. The Times piioiis'na some statistics takerffrom a bishop's work-book for lb79, which tell a very different tale. They are 88 follows — Sermons, 89 clergy ordeined, 50 churches consecrated, 4; churchyards consecrated, 2 churches opened, 23; confirmations ht-ld, 63; candidates con- firmed, 7;211; speeches at public meetings, 40; other addresses given, 152 committee meetings attended. 46 interviews, 474; letters received, 6,744 letters answered with own Jbard, 4,529 And the year's work is described as by no means exceptionally heavy." If an average were struck, these figures wculd show au amount of work per on-mircm which ordinary persons would eh'riLk, and we venture to alarm that but few commercial or business men could show an equal return account of a twelve months' labours regarded from a business point of view. E. very prelate in the church is entrusted with the (supervision of a diocese, and in adaition to the actual labour which his duties involve, he has to bear solemn and serious responsibilities. His income may be large, but we believe there are just as many demands upon his exchequer as there are calls upon his time and if statistics were published under this head ibey would, no doubt, remove many false impressions. A N'KW INSTRUMENT OF DEATH. THE New York press is discussing the advisability of substituting for hanging some lets barbarous method of execution. Chloro- form, electricity, prusfic acid, and carbonic acd have each found its advocates, but pruseic add and electricity are objected to ou the ground that they are uncertain in their action ujpon different per«> us. Tha next alternative discussed is the garvtte, as used ia Spam and her colonies during the* present century. This instrument of death consist of a collar by wnich the prisoner's head is held firmly in position wnile the spinal ¡ marrow is severed by a steel hlad-j propelled aga'ust the back of tLe neck by a screw. This apparently painless mode of dtarh is rendered abaorrent by the fsict of its scientific arrangement. r- is the expectation of death that renders it horrible to rational beings, and what the sensation of a criminal, awaiting the thrust of an nnseen instrument in the nape of his neck, must be it is easier to imagine than describe. The old-fashioned mode of execution by hanging has this to re. commend it, that it does its work with little show of ceremony and scientific preliminaries, and of late has proved itself to b3 a speedy and effective mode of death. An innovation in instruments of death that involve complex machinery must eventually sicken us by their terribly prompt and unerring mode of execu- tion, and in England, at any rate, there io no dearth of sensationaliom at the present time. AN UNPLEASANT HONEYMOON. A MAN is April when he woos, and December when he weds," Never were the words of the bard more sadly exemplified tian in the case of Sarah Riley, the wife of a young man described as a wueel-dresser, of Wednesbury. The luckless arah had been wedded to James only a fortnight, but, not. withstanding the shortness of their life of unity, the matrimonial barque had encountered eome dirty weather," and it had been very close sailing indeed to keep her head to the wind even for a fortnight. At length, how- ever, misfortune" followed fast and followed faster," and matters reached a climax when Mrs. Riley summoned James before the Wednesbury magistrates to answer for his conduct in that he had on two distinct and several occasions thrashed his Sarah in a most unmerciful manner. The Bench advocated an amicable arrange- ment, and the case was quashed for the time, scon probably to reappear under aggravated circumstances. The end of that man who cannot get over a honeymoon of a fortnight's duration is ssd, very sad, to contemplate. Bad he bravea that period, and then thrasüeJ Sarah we should have been inclined to extend our tender mercies towards him, but to rob a woman of all that makes the state of matri. mony desirable and choiceworthy is cruelty the most cruel. Most women regard the honeymoon as the distillation of a life's sweetness, or, it may be, bitterness, and de- prive them of their own prerogative, the bmeymoon, and the state of wedlock becomes a nonentity, a mere name, aud its charms have gone for ever. Such is the unenviable pesition James iiiley now holds in relation to fear ah and it makes 'bachelors tremble to raise The curtain and pierce the veil of the nfxt twenty or thirty years of poor James atd Sarah's state of oneness. TRIENNIAL ELECTIONS OF GUARDIANS. THE ratepayers of South bhields will be c&sltd on shortly to decide an important question with reference to their board of gusrdians. Some months ago the guardians petitioned the Local Government Board that a poll of the ratepayers be taken to decide whether they preferred triennial elections of K^&rdiacs to the term for which they are at present elected. In response to this it ap- pears that the Local Government Board have granted the petition prayed, and the poll will probably be taken during the present month. There are not many the present month. There are not many places where the change has been attempted. At Nottingham the poll resulted in a great majority in favour of triennial elections, while at Middlesborongh the verdict was in the opposite direction. On the face of it many reasons might be adduced in favour of the longer term of office, it has of ten been a matter of regret that gentlemen eminently qualified to discharge the duties of guardians just as they are attaining efficiency have, OWiDg to the recurrence of the annual election and the caprice of the ratepayers, been deprived of their fuuctions. Another argu- mentis the financial one. At present the ratepayers havp at short to provide the teeeesary fund- tor an e- which Blight just as eiffciently tt\!Ù. pine nt BREECH V MI ZZLE LI>ADI>G GUNS. Yv f Wi>t-ve Mmr, Ire Guvcixraent ave d. to e the breech loading s..tern fcr Lev./ .i.s in the navy. T. e ) sj^umenfs in the much-vexed ques ion of V.M ;h hI" up ( somewhat as follows :-11,; inuzzio-leading I ( is cheaper, lep* computed, strong&c, less lufLio to rimage, and mere ea-iiiy re- paired. Cc the other hi: .?d, it ia uodcaiiibly I ti;fii. ult, aid even da^g^rous, to load, eej <ecifc I!y in the contkied epacs of a turret, jS he breech-10i.cf.jtg system is mora ex- pt-neiTe, irfre complicated, sud, in the cate of. lt»rgf) Runs, it is almost in pcstih'e to repair damage to the breech without returning home. On the other hat d the loading is easily performed, and is generally safer than with muzzle. loading guns. It has been urged that the terrible accident which took place on board the Thunderer would have been impossible with a breech-loading gun, tor the operation of removing the breech to load would have disclosed the unfired cartridge. This is un. donbtedly true; but at the same time we would remark that unless our blue jackets are a little more careful than they appear tc have been on that sad occasion, accidents will happen under any system. DRINK AND FASTING. WE cordially concur with the Bishop of Peterborough in his refusal to order a day of fasting and intercession throughout his diocese on account of the consumption of liquor in the United Kingdom. The applica- tion was made by the Church Temperance Association, and among other reasons for bis decision the bishop states that to consent would be to admit that intemperance is gaining ground, which he is not prepared to do. Another reason which, it seems to us, might have been pleaded with equal force, is that the number of societies and associations of this natnre is now so great that it would be impossible to admit claims of this nature. Let us try to imagine the effect on the public if the Anti- Vaccination Society, the Anri-Tobacco Society, the Young Men's Christian Associition, and the thousand and ona other similar societies were each and l allowed to inflict a day of fasting and intercession upon m whenever the special causes which they advocate were not. in a prosperous condition. What a cheerdal time we should have. —

ECTES CN SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL. Wedresdijy ireetirg did cot verify the that A encoth beginning make? a eniaoih esiin^ The tecder2 for supply of plice clj'ihia' b: year were circussed, with the raault the contract was let to a London firm, their pdce teing .£3-i below that of any Swatse* tracesaiaa. A. by no means ur.ircport3.nt recoxmiiidatioa was made affecting the repeats aabaii*: ei to the council ly the tosn clsrir, as their leg- adviser. Hitherto these reports hava been drawa up on separate srcets cf paper, acd ari, therefore, eub- jact to the cot unheard of possibility of baina lost when particularly wasted. It ia now mide an instruction that the cierk'a, like all other ofioials' repor s, ehali be entered in a book in p-jronaaeat form. At the whole of the Ialml Home is to ccme down. The interest cf tho Messrs. Mcrgac, which was left to the not unekiiful management of Mr. Eioharl Ei^hirds, ia ncr to be purchased by the carporitian for £ 2,5i0, ard so will be demolished fortawiih. Thia fcum ia .£5CO in exoesa of the amount which )1r. Ficharda ia said to have awaplei soiae months ago, and the way in which thit geatleci^a got back from the borcug2f eurvoyor tha letter accepting the sum of £ 2,000 has givea me to some ncstinted animadversion. In reply to a partinent question, Alderman Phillips stated that ilia tota coet of the recoval of the Idind House block is no leea ttan £ 12,300. Wliereupon, says Mr. W. Thomas, c* Lan, I am down upon that Inland Bouse. That is too large a sum to piy for re- moving a mere eye-sore while there are so many heart-sores in Swansea for want of opei spaces." The shopkeepers on either side of Oxford street have on hand a hot controveray as to the Gjwer carts ard omnibuses which from time im, memorial tave been allowed to raaiaia in the epen Btreet en market days. There have been memories and deputations from both parties, but the coutcii have now peremptorily ordered tha enforcement of the ordinary police regulations for keeping the streets clear. An effort is being made to widen Butland street now that the new Board School is to be erected on the corner. For a wonder the School Board promise to aid in the endeavour, orly they shift ail responsibility upon the Education Department, as uaual. The streetB committee sought to tha goveruora of S^aneea in general, and of the straet) coir mi t tee in part: cular, with the borrowed plamn of a moet admirable economy. A tabulate i atat'j- Eer-t wft* l'e<4d. showing ho.y favourably ccnpared with Cardiff or any ctier place, bus ur for innately the figures cirrisd thsir olVa rafn. taticn cn their faces, and we'e smilad down. ITncier the head of patera and sawera, if Was stated that several dshy d iaforaaliiy ia the ;o*x c^erk'. dspsrtmeat iud White refusing to ei^n a c.mtrajt for sewerage which the council had aooeyted. Tae reisau ase^'giied wes that iron had gene up since Irs estimates were calculated. Theex-iLtyor brought up the question of the repair of t'a Lliw Eeeervoir embankment, and claimed that there should be no clcak ng the fact, if it was true thai the mining operations revealed that the work ha 3 not been originally* performed according to contrect. The suggestion was the s una that haa expanded itself into tho common rumour that the puddle wall was not made of proper thicknes3. In the absence of the borough engineer, the question could not be cleared np, but Alderman Ford, the chawmin of the committee, assured the meetilg, on the aathority ot Mr. Sawlinson, the consulting engineer, that there was not the slightest oause for alarm, and that the work was prcceecirg satisfactorily. Alderman Brown, the local Chancellor of the Exchequer, brought ap the estimates of receipts and expenditure for 1880, showing that a four shilling rata will b3 requited to meet the necessities of tha year. Mr. Glascodine, under cover of a compliment" to the aldarman's ability, de- clared his disbelief in the correctness of the figures as showing the real and simple finaneial position of the town. He spoke vehemently on the question of accounts, and will bo supported by the common sense of the bargeasea in hia ccLtention that the financial statements of the borough, as at present pre- pared, are not comprehensible to or. dinary intellects. Fervid feeling and indignant elcquence from his assailants oalled forth one of Alderman Brown's usuallcathing rejoinders, and ultimately the whole question of the estimates was referred for discussion to the next meeting. A rate was made to raise .£2,258 for school board purposes, and a general district rate of 23 in the £ was ordered to be levied on the 19th of January inst. In response to an appeal for aid to tha distressed Irish .£20 was subscribed in the council chamber, and the mayor will call a public meeting on Tuesday rext.

SWANSEA'S PROSPECTS. The first meeting in the year of the Swansea Harbour Trust, held on Monday, and tha annual meeting cf the Swansea Savings Bank, .held on Tuesday, are not unimportant as indicators of the past, present, and future oondition of Swan- sea ard its neighbourhood. Upon these occasions it is cuatomary to make comparisons of past results and to forecast the futute. In reference to the harbour it was abundantly proved by Mr. Cluirles Bath, the chairman cf the finance com. mittee, that the receipts for the month were nearly .£900 in excess of the expenditure, and that this surplus was a im- provement upon the preceding month, aad upon the corresponding month of last year. Mr. Vivian, M.P., alao drew attention to the that the Trust have in hand an accruing surplus of nearly the working of the Har- bour Estate. Jt was very rightly said that the Trust need not be ashamed of thia handaomtJ sur- plus, but that the public ought to be put in possession of the information, which cannot fail of the effect of increasing the heretofore andi. minished confidence of the public in the Swansea Harbour aa an investment for capital. The approaching ceremony of laying the first stone at the new East Dock will, no doubt, farther stimu- late the steadily progressing improvement of tha trade of the port. The works are proceading rapidly, and when the deeper water dock ia com- pleted, it is felt aa a certainty that Swansea's position eo near the mouth of the Channel must ten powerfully in favour of her shipping trade. Another indication of the present solidity and future promise of local trade ia afforded by the actuary's report of the Swansea Savings' Bank. though last year's figures are a long way below these of 1874-the most prosperous year of the bank—yet they are satisfaotory.£i3.956 18a ia ro mean eum to receive aa the savings of a por- tion of the wort icg population in 1S79, and if a larger sum was paid out> than received in, it is BTiffioiently sbown that a great proportion of it 1f¡;e re-invested in mere perm^ce-.t and lucrative wsys, (facially in cottage property. Tie eight wtekecif ibe present fiuaLCia.1 j^ar shov a far better cciditicn things atiil, rejeipta being I much fV-ss If ia she corresponding period of latt and it L a o'-atring (Â tha1; the/.uir nrr cf d-t^ M-ors i-j l no fevrer t*»v» 7,718, a larger nonrcer thtin hus ever before been strolled within ire* bi. N- cf the back. The letters to be learti from tfc'. sa ";areaen~-s of trade and fairg" bre not forceti, natural and cheerful CEC-B, which forecast the approach of atothe?'bitez-: of pro*pevi;.y in S-van^ea aff ucs.

TEE CALLIPS* TOWJS COUNCIL THE NEW TKAil«VAY. We trust that the determination of the Cardiff Town CoucoiJ not to accept Messrs. Morgan and Scott's amendment of Seotion 12 of the regulations relating to the proposed Cardiff DiBtriot and Penarth Harbour Tramway will not be allowed to result in the abandonment of that scheme. The section in question may very well eeem arbitrary to the promoter of the oompany, giving as it does the corporation power to order the removal of any portion of the system after the expiration of four years. It must, however, be obvious to anyone that the corporation would never take advantage of the clause in question, except it were compelled to do to in the interests of the town. The desira. bility of promoting a tramway aoheuie whioh shall liLk Splotlands with Grangetown or Penarth Harbour is admitted on al hands. Nor can we believe that at any future time a Cardiff Town Council would needlessly interfere with the working of so im. portant an undertaking. At the same time, it ia difficult to see how the meeting of yesterday could refuse to impose upon the new oompanya oon- dition which has been accepted by its successful predecessor within the borough. As Alder. man Evans remarked, it seems only equitable that the two Ac's of Parliament, applying to two similar ccnopar i s, should be identical. And that being the case, the promoter of the new undertaking can haidly complain of exoeptional treatment in beirg asked to accept Section 12 aa originally framed. We lope, nevertheless, the Boheme may not be allowed to fall through over a difference of opiticn, arisicp rather from the apprehension of difficulties than aty real obstacles, present or prospective.

NOTES IN THE NEWPORT TOW8 COUNCIL. Tuerdaj'e was a monthly m-- el isgr, and in eluded several matters of importance. Th; newly.appointed chairman of the finanoe coo- miitee (Mr. J. R. J&cob) presented a report, stating that after a. three hours' sitting the com* mittee had eati licd themselves as to the system cf keepirg the borcngh accounts, and a sufficient check now exists, if only the committee holds frcqvent n;e» tu gs, and devotes time to fccrutiry. Thie is a valuable assurance as fir aa it gees. But hrw about the result when there ia an abatement cf zed? Mr. Jacjb ia doing light to strive to infuse row life into the finance committee, fo1:d if he suooeeds ia carrying his purpcee ty he ldicg evening mee'inga, he may, for a tin e, keep up a wakeful supervision. But the report has another F'guifioanoe. The oouuoil is about to appoint a deputy town. clerk who shill rrarege all the concerns of the council. Whether that will turn out well remains to be proved. It ia not very flattering to the wisdom of the oounoil that only nine applications for the office of deputy have been received. The couuod wai evidently disappointed at the smallnecs of the number. RHod between the lines, the fact proves that the lejfal profession is not very eager to obtain the appoiat- mens. The advertising has not been done in a corner, for the Law Times and Solicitors' Journaly two papers fipceially read by solicit "-a, have been employed to make known the require, meifts of the councd. The appointment will bo made on the 21 Bt inst. Aa might be expectei, the recent appointment cf magistrate' clerk received 'ome attention. The Mayor stated that Mr Keswick was nnaidmously appointed, aod at the eaue salary as that pail to Mr. Fcx, viz., per arntim. The icaHUtratee held that the salary attacl »d to the ofiica, and WIU fixed by the Home ib'ecieiery tbe change was made, Tte town <cuncil h. f. a right to say Ecmetbirg about. *> e s»ltiiy tbc opinion va.1 expressed that. JAtO wiuidbea Biiffioimt sum As a consequetct a tLPttitg of the cuauail be held, and tLirewill be tn appeal to the Lome Secretary.

NOTES IN THE NV PORT OF UU^HD'aN-t. An ::8+t if Ltgleet on the part of aoiu9 one W3 t rou^tt forward at meeting of gaardiam on Stturday. Lust svri' te a motiou was oirriod at tLe suggestion of tha hfeiriaau foe the ap {ointment of a committee to ioq uro into the on t>roption of beer, wine, and t^irits in the w house; alro into the salaries paid to officers. From the day the committee wai appointed until row it has not been heard of. The vice-chairman aid he looked to the chairman to set the com- mittee agcing, The chair-nan repudiated the reefer futility; and when he aeked for the names the clerk said he did not know they were in the minute book, which had been put away in the strong bcx. Another question, peculiar in its way, waa set at rest on Faturday. A woman named Maria Ford bavitg lost her reason some time ago, steps were bkEn to remove her to an asylum. Mr. F. J. Hall and other county magistrates refused to certify, though tbe poor wemau was dangaroua to herself and those around her. The guardianu applied fcr itstractions to the Local Government Do&rd, but no answer came. The knot, however, has row been cut, Mr. Hall having signed the certi- ficate. It ie quite right that every care should be ex. ercitrd in dealing with supposed lunatics; but in thia inttarce serious consequences might easily have rek-nited from the delay. If Maria Ford had committed suicide or murder before her removal to the asjlnro, there would have been an universal outcry against the eupinenesa of the authorities. The preeeLt <6so affords a gpod example of the evils that are constantly resulting from our utterly inadequate and antiquated method of dealiag with perscna supposed to be of unsound mind.

Unocal anil Ststnct CARDIFF. BENT BEDTJCTION —General Sir William Mark Wcov, at his rent audit held at the Cardiff Arma cn Saturday, returned 10 per cent, to his agri- cultural tenants of Moomouthshire and Glamor- ganshire. CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE ELY SCHOOLS.—The annual Otmatmaa tree entertainment, provided by subscription, was given on Thursday evening to the numerous uohildren attending Ely Schools. The prizes from the tree, and oranges, were dis- tributed, and a variety of admirable songa were rendered by Miss Harris, Miss Daviea, Miss Thomas, Messrs. Greenha.1 gh, Bowen, &o. A pianoforte and cornet dnet was played by the MisseB CroEa and Harria and Mr. Forbes. A recitation was given, too, by Mr. P. M'Guire. The entertainment was of a very pleasing descrip- tion, and afforded the children muah genuine amusement. INFIBMABY.—The treasurer of the Infirmary, Mr W. Done Bushtll, acknowledges with thanka £6 for the benefit of the Infirmary from Anony- mous." zz GLAMORGAN BACHELORS' BALL.— The Gla- morgan Hunt Ball of Tuesday waa followed on Thursday night by the aanual Glamorgan Bachelors' Ball, at the assembly rooma of the Town-hall. As on the previous ocotsion, there was a covered way leading from the Btraet to the entrance of the hall, and the approaoh to the Assembly rooms was carpeted, while there waa a profuse display Of plants in the vestibule and other porticnB of the building. The greater pMt of the vestibule waa, however, set apart aa a supper room, Mr. Chalk again presiding in the snjoesatul management of this department. An admirable pro- gramme of dance muaio was again goue through by Messrs. Coote and Tinay'a band, and the general arrangements for tha comfort of the numerous Kueets. chiefly undertaken by Caot. Spenoer Nicholla, were very well devised. The proceed- ings, which cotnmenoed at half-past 10 o'clook\ did not terminate nntil this morning, ST. JOHN'S YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY.—This society held its usual weekly meeting at tha Crockherbtown School on Tuesday ereniaglast, but owing to the inclemency of the weather the attendance waa small. The chief feature of the evening was a paper by Mr. Nelson D. Marka on "The Responsibility of the Church of England in regard to the Tcmperance Question," which waa listened to with very great attention, and was difcuseed by the members present. CHTTKCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. —Another entertainment in oonueotion with the St. John's parochial branch of thia society was held at the Tredegarville Schoolroom on Monday evenirg. There was a numerous audience present, the vicar occupying the chair. SUDDEN DEATH AT 8KA —On Monday evening Mr. E. B. Beeceheld an inquest upon the body of John Le Grand, captain of the blgtne Hibernica. Dr. Hardyman said he was of opinion that death was due to inflammation of the lunge. The jury, therefore, found that death resulted from Natural causes." ACCIDENT.—A workman named Stephens waa on Sunday evening conveyed, under the charge of Dr. Hunter, from Pontypridd to Cardiff Infirmary. It appears that the unfortunate man had failen into the feeder at Poa'jypridd, and broken his leg. It was found that he had, indeed, sustained a compound fracture, bat amputation tortunately was not rendered necoasary. CARDIFF MERCIFUL SOCIETT.—OJI hnJIlY rrortinsr and evening special sermons do- livered in aid of thia Boowty at the Wedeyan Olapel, Charles street, hy tbe Rev. J. Boulter, o: Gl, ut*sTcr. L&ri?e c rg«yarioHH attended, aud 1;1" Ncnbed ubf/raUy tow*-rda the ex), llent charity, d. ot ">vh;ch so atly advoua'tcd by tha pie«'her. CHAKI.VS STKEET MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT jjL-.k. Vit iix-st'ay a cumer&az.uuj wai I htld in th« No. 1 vestry, Charles otroe ■i ScIlLr ji- I TCOD, 'o iraugu at" the spr;«^ ss^?:on of tbe abeve association. There was a good v;t< uda », j and tLo ei. it rttt'june't provided eeeal,d t: h 5 es-rtLy v'f-d le ad i. -ion to a ji 'ncioua selection or ?-c and iuetrutnental mua.o, a collection i-titig oariosivwa, s t 3 00 3, £ i g.ilvsnic batteij, <ra embisid. Tae I crnvesSbzionc Pli be "on tlnued tj-uigh'i t Ùt) oi D. rnencing at 8 3). TAFFY WAS A 1 HITF."—Th? Sporting Times of Saturday contains the following paragraph — bc, ceit, r of the Cardih Burgess h a IDEion of gtest appreciaticn. In his last number ha had ten paragraphs and a poem signed C. C. E all of v. hich had previously appeared in thii paper. We are always glad to enliven a country sheet, but there is a poem commencing, Taffy was a Welshman,' of which we shall have to read the S econd line with empbaeia before long." TRINITY COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS IN MUSIC.- It will have been seen by advertisement that the next examination is fixed for Friday, June 11. It is greatly to be wished that a larger number than l&at year will avail themselves of the special ad- vantages offered by Trinity College, viz., an excellent examination for an almost nominal fee. The hon. secretary, Mr. Scott, is anxious to make it widely known that all teachers of music are invited to send their pupils, and thus assist in advancing musioal education in a right direction. Preparation classes for the above are also announced by advertisement. ROATH MARKBT AND SLAUGHTER HOUSE —On Saturday last a handsome testimonial waa pre- sented to Mr. W. Curtioe, late manager of the Roath market and slaughter-house, for his geaeral good conduct and strict attention in the fuldlmunt of his duties while holding that offioe for the last nine years. The testimonial was presented by Mr. E Crockford, pork butoher, Clifton stree.. on behalf of the butchers and cattle dealer* Qt. Roath and neighbourhood, who very liberally subscribed to the same. < Mr. Curtice, in acknow- ledging the same, said that each an"aot of kind. nese bestowed on him would not soon be forgotten, and he desired most heartily to thaukWWho had subscribed to the testimonial. ROATH ROAD W BILLET AN CHAPLeL,Th e first netting of the St. Paul olaas, oouduoted by the Jhev. Henry Barton, B.A.. was held in tue school. room of the Rcath Road Wesleyan Cuapt-l, and was numerously attended. The euhjeot of the Bible study was "Jerusalem," and engravings representing the grand ur and the fall" of the Holy City (lent for the occasion by Mr. Ls via WilliaUiB and blri. H. Jonei), a splendid mtp, end a variety of photographs and cariosities, were exhibited. The Kf*. Joseph Shrimproa read a clever paper ou "Ttie Influence of Judaiem upon the World," and the iiev Henry Burton followed in an able and eloquent address, having reference to St. Paul's visit to Jerusalem. Selections of sacred ini tio were rendered by tha claes choir. ?nd the proceedings were throughout inu-rnctive at.d interestiiig. ihe class ia oer:ainly a noCei one, and the conductor may be congratu- lated cn th success which has attended iti inangeration. LCRAL £ ANITAEY AUTHORITY.—The monthly meftinll of the Cardiff jtCural Sanioa;-y Authority was held on WedcefaiJay, under the chairmanship cf Mr. J. B. Daviea. There were also present the Bev. J. W Evans, Mesfra. T. Baasett, Joseph Edwards, J. Mtor, and W. Wrida. The medical tfficer reported that the l'rtmbør of births regis- tered during the quarter ending December 25 emounted to 127, of whom 62 were mala-j and (j.5 fennles. The total mum-apr of deaths was 66-30 males and 36 females. Thia number of deaths was cor eider ably kea than that of the crrrespordir g quarter of the previous year, when they amounted to 98 Taa reports of Mr. Barstow aud Mt". WilliAmi were rear., and seme minor matters ariaing thereon were derlt with.—Some accounts were panned, and the Clerk Btattd that a letter had been received from Mr Witliuina, encluming communi- cation treQJ the Ecclesiastical Couimissionera' Bclicttcr ai* JO a 1; a, 3 ,.f iaud required for filtratioh srweis tt L'ai.dufl, which had Ion? bean delayed. 1 h* & 1'1) bd bTitm iu covFlequenoe of a oroposed t x, barge ol iaud wilh the Miirqaeds of Bate, but It wae iLt^t-di d tn tf turn the lOa.! n :ed plan to the h< ard in a few dmyd for thei* rd-peruial.-Tha C erk aHo rl ad a letter from Mr. Robert Evana, reert-tary to the Rivers' Pollution Asaooia- ucd, ucm which it appeared that the t.fcblth cou miitee of the corporation would tot tt-ke iiiiiiative action in reference to thi yenutun of the Ely, but left it to the rural -hi'itar; BU'hoTity to deal with, the town 00m- uitttts b';sl¡1 w-lliug, however, to render any -1 e ytarcti which it might be able to do.-rho Llai oaf! v &ter qnessioa waa deferred for future cor f-irf-ri, i' n. fhp then separated. C T.riiT! 'J-S (,T H, Angel Street. An Ordinary Da 1/ -it 1 i 0» I.b. NDIFF. T J AM AI F HTCH A AT BOARD.—The monthly mn iu.»< i't thie biarn wt.s held on W^dn? day, i-nctr ibe P?P'O,c, ,,f Mr. J. H. Daviea. Ten. dus WI tP. !ece'vt!1J fyr the oonstruotion of a new nitc betneei' P«ntyrch and LlanUlrern from the ,Clio-irg t,, r, viis 1), Love, X695 T. Rees, ti 'il iVi, ireect-i, JL5 9 Llewellyn ;and Daviea, i618; tnl i.e ;s, X633; Harmer and lir ffi t h, £ '»73 T. Ooker (Bads.), s £ l,152; Dt»vies aj o bvarø, XPC)2 C. David, £ 643. The to J (h r < f M r M«rdi.Ci»i was accepted. ,v £ SSIONS.— At Llandaff petty seadotig on Aiotdr;. iOetore MtsArs. Griffith Phillipa and iJonif^td) ^Vilii-im Jf.hn waa summoned by his xjfp Ano John for neirg threats towards her on the 3:0 it gtant. The Magistrates bound the "eft J da nt over in a surety of X5 to keep tho eare for six nont ha—hldwin Crck was charged with keeping » dr g without a IiinnOO. Police coni table "Williams proved tbe idhnca and tha defendant was fined 7a 6d aud me cv>cts. PENTRTH. I.&BGE SHIPMENT OF COAL. -It ia stated that •at' "k the Ligcst qr. ni 'ily of coal shippe-1 ia P» j E-rtli in cne week tix-ti piace, viz., 3^,721 tons, Ot ih 'a qnantity tua Ucean Cuiupaay shipped 14,(1( 0) and D. DavL andSona 11,000. SPECIAL SESSIONS. —At a Bpecial petty sessions held at Pecartb on Wednesday (Teforq Mr. J. S. Cc-rbett, Major Lee, and Mr. James v/arel Caleb C'hicnics, of Walnut TreeBridge; Thomaa Hughes, of Cogan ar.d William Boyce, of Penarth, were brought up charged with night poaching on l<ands belonging to Mr. L. K. Brnce, at St. Lythana, on the morning of Sunday. Mr. Miller defended the piiaoners. Chinnins, being an old offender, was sent to gaol for two months' hard labour; Hughea and Boyce were fined .£1 and 16a 6d coata each. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SCCIETY (Penarth branch), seeing the great need of a place of resort for their members, in addition to the Mission- room at the docks, have, through the liberality of the rector, thrown open the Church School-room every evening from seven till nice. Members will be provided with daily papers, weekly illustrated and other periodicals, draughts, chess, and other games. On Wednes- day evenings the, meetings are of a more public character, when readings and speeches on the temperance question are to be delivered. Ihe secretaries, Messrs. Boyer and Farrell, have been much encouraged in their work during the laet few weeks by the large addition to the membership. Any periodicals, papers, or booka for use in the reading room, contributed by kind friends, End sent to Mr. H. G. Farrell, Arcot street, Penarth, will be most thankfully received. The juvenile branch of this society, better known as the Penarth Band of Hope, is in a very flourishing state, and now numbers 120 members, with an average attendance of 55 at its weekly meetings, which are held in the sohool room every Monday evening. Mr. Farrell is the acting supar miendenC* LLANCARFaN. fCHOOL TREAT —The members of the Church Sniciay School and choir assembled in the board schoolroom on Thursday week to partake of tEa. and cake, provided by some of the ladies of the congregation. After tea the room r/aa quickly filled by members of the principal families of the parish, and recitations were delivered by the children, and hymns and anthems sung by them, assisted by the choir and acoompauied by Misa Hughes, the Vicarage. Addresses were also delivered by Mr. William Lougher and the vicar, who presided. The entertainment was carried out with great spirit, and was of au interesting character. After a vote of thanks to the vicar all sang the Doxology, and went to their homes highly pleased with the proceedings throughout. The ladiee who contributed both by their services and donations to the suooess of the gathering were Mrs. Hughes, the Vicarage; Mrs. Jenkins, Lanoadle; the Misses Jenkina, Cliff; Mrs. Yorath, Molton; and Mrs. Lewis, Walteratone. PON 1YPRIDD. PHONOGRAPHY.—A well atbondel meeting of the pbonographers of the town was held at the old Post.office Chambers (kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. H. S. Davies) on Saturday even- ing last. The object of the meeting was to consider the best means of organising a phonetic shorthand society for the purpose of affording means of tuition to those anxions to learn phono- graphy, and facilities of praotica to thoae who have already a knowledge of the art of shorthand writing. It was unanimously decided to form a society. A president and secretary were ap. pointed to carry out the necessary arrangements. POLICE COURT.—On Wednesday, at the polica- court, David Jenkins, Upper Boat, waa bound over, himself in X;V and two sureties of .£10 each, to kf-ep the peace for six months towards his father, Thomas Jenkins, Treforest. — Thomas Marr, Pencoedcae, was fined 5a and coata for f meting at the Great Western Colliery at a plaoa beyond the lamp station.-Audrew Grace and James Grace, two lads, residing at Penygraig with their parents, were charged with stealing a watch, value 80s, the property of John Evans, of the same place. Andrew was discharged, bat James was sentenced to be detained for four hours in a cell at the Pontypridd Police-station, and to receive three strokes wich a birch rod.— Thomaa Cummings, I'encbiwfu, was fined 208 and coats for an assault upon hia wife, and to entar into his own recognisances, in the sum of X10. to keep the paace towards her for six months. PENTRB. ACCIDENT.-On Monday evening a collier, who Btopped behind his partners to clear up his stall, met with a serious accident. A large quantity of rcof fell upon him, breaking his hip bone and otherwise seriously injuring him. PUDDEN DEATH OF Da. IBAP.U.Y.-I)r. John Butler Barry died on Wednesday morning from inflammation of the lungs. He was grastly liked throughout the whole neighbourhood, and had formerly been an assistant to Dr. Daviea, Llantriount, but had latterly filled a similar post T»nwiw.' ^"8.^ivie8» Ystrad. He was a native of Dublin, and is only 25 years of age, and belongs to a very influential family. His friends wefe wired for forthwith, and arrived by the last train on Wednesday evening. POLICE COURT.-On Monday (before Mr Ebe- nezer Lewiw, Maindy Hill, Newport, and Mr Jackson, Penrhos), Timothy Harrington, 12* Wm. Edwards, 11, and James Jonea, Dinaa' were obarged with stealing coal, the property of Col. Hunt, Dinae. The last named was dis. charged, but the two frat named war", ordered to be kept in the cell at Pentre lock-ap until 6 p m. bdury Jina Morley and Mary Ana Clementa, married wooion, wars ordered to bo looked up nntil 6 p in. for receiving co^ from the prisoner*, they knowi: g it to haf £ been fit don.—i £ .] ff&rd Benbow, CwmpiArk. waa Suod 30s and coata for r-u ase-n*t n Police c • 1 ibis V-'ilHsBla--nrhonida, o-s Had ooat) tor beirg fatxnk and riot- n < •o to high .ray. LLWYit IK. CLEBICAL Arpoiisa'ME.\T The diatrhfc of j iwjrjpi v has l-ttsu rtiontly tritii a 'jid'.rijt liiOiBifceney by the C anc i eafP now the eani" r. to Yd'ndjfoi as GJ>Eitaf d' ea to K?1 yeiian. ffie itii. r. Kogers, L.A., Pontypridi- nas been appotnr.-«i to :tie iiiirig. The distrioi aim >«.t a para Wtdah one, ccniaisirg but a t-v -Pugiish imoii^rduta, tna no better appointment coula ba maae. YSTRADITYNACH. COMPLIMENTARY DINNER.—On Wednesday evening Mrs. George Thomas, of Yetrsd Myaaab, gave a complimentary dinner at the Churcu Schools to all those who came forward and worked so readily in extinguishing the fire that broke out on Sunday, the 4th inat., in the belfry of Holy Trinity church, and by which the steeple and the fine peal of eight bells were destroyed, in addition to other considerable damage to the roof and the interior of the onuroh. Tables were laid out both in the adult and infant school- rooms for the numerous guests. Both rooms were most tastefully decorated for the occasion. The decorations were prepared by Miss Kennard, of Crofta Bullo, near Monmouth; Miss Nicholson, Mies Evans (The, Schools), Miss M. Williams, Mrs. Evane, and ethers'; and were put up by Messrs. Garraway, Pdwell, and Daviea, under the fupenntendence of-Mr. Board, the head butler. The dinner tables were lai i by Mr. C. Chalk, of the Cardiff and County Club, who catered for the occasion, and upwards of 135 sat down to a capital spread. Mr. G. W. G. Thomas, The Heath, took the chair, and Mr. M. '1'. Kennard, of Crofta Build, the vice-chair. The Rev. C. Hume, chaplain Dr. J. Leigh, J P., of Llanvabon the Rev. D. Leigh,"vicar of Llanvabon, and the Rev. D. T.dDavie^* of Maeayctf miner, took the heads of the Other tables. BRIDGEND. SCHOOL BOARD.-An ajoJrMdmqRinl!'of thi a boaid was held at tha |sc oola 011 Moniay, when the fc)llowiilv memberii weto prpsent,Ar. R P. Price (chaiiman), Revs. F. W Einonlaa, T Cole, and W. John. The noMd met for the pur- pose of appointing a pupil tpuoher. Two oandiuatea, Miss Sopbie Johns, Eobw Valo, and Risi ttov- lande, licnham, r.e.=<.r Biutol, attended taa mee irg but as it did io-, a,,)p(,ar that, ,hey hAd had much ixperierce in n,;xed oobools ir, waa ds< idr-d to advertise apaia in. he Schoolmaster aad School Board Chronicle. CHA1.GE AGAINST A Pi BLICAN — At the pstty pes&ionB • n turdaj Wiliiam Howalla, of th^» Court Col nan Hotel, N -ntymoel, was charged (befote tte I ev. C. 1<. K, Ih" 'Jolouel ilo-ai, and Colonel Fruiiklen) with allowing bagatelle to bo played cn bis liceneed oremises cn Chriatma-i D&y. Police constable Paue stated that he visited the defendant's house ",t,,)ut r.ine p m. on the d>7 ramed. He beard the bails of thd bagatelle tab!Lo being played for about 8 Ie uiinutea, and he then entered the house. H", Jouiid eighc or ciie m-,a aroutJd the an(i one tnan Ho drew the landlord's attention to the f- ot, and he said he did not kn :.w it waa vuy barai to play. Ale. Randall, who appeared for the drfence, oalled a witnetB, w t o said that he went into the Court Colman F otf 1 in con.p!tnj with three cthera. Ha tbreiv one of e balls on the bag-toilo table, and Mr. Howells stopped bim plaving more. The defender t E; a,(-,i that h« ooa'd bring othnr wit- nesBen tufipvij e o<icstablc'j 1 aud tt-1, e .F.; wa> adjo.trntd to give him an opportunity ofdiugfco. B ilvGrOED. N I P P.'IA IN MEN T. At the Plasnewydd As se mb'y Rooiut, on l'uesday eveuii g, a vary well-ttttendtd entertaitment was given in aid of th" relief fund now being raised by a local commioiea towards the assistance of Mr. Richard Morgan (Eoa Bargoec), the blind collier. Mr. J. Williams, nsanaper cf the Mardy Colliery, took the chair, and the following were among those who assist id —Mr. T. Myddfai Jones, the board schools Mr. J. Llewellyn, Mr. Jamcft PhillipH, Mr. E. Thomas, Mr. Llewelyn Morgan, and Mr. W. Morgan (har- pifit). Mr. Evan Lewis presided at the harmonium,

CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The usual weekly fleeting of the above board was held at the Workhouse on Saturday, Mr, Forrest in the chair. The master of the house reported that during the past week there had been 24 acmisBious, V2 discharges, aui 2 dostiii, leavirg 453 in the house, an increase on the corre- sponding week of laat year of 58. The number of vagrants relieved was 43, against 35 in the corre- sponding week of tha preceding year. Tne maater ot the Ely Schcols reported that during the past week there had been no admissions, and no dis- charges the number in the house was 24J, showing a decrease of 12 on the same week of last year. Five tenders were received for th3 supply of coal for the present year. It waa resolved that the tender of Mr. C. H. Evans, Crockherbtown, 9a 9a per ton, small coal not to exoeed une.third, be aocepted.—fha Clerk read a report of a meeting of the visiting committee hel 1 on the 2nd of January. It stated that the committee heard a complaint made by the wife of a per» ;u residing in Pearl street agaiu^t Dr. Treharne ho was deputed to attend the cane in the place ot Dr. L.tigpuer. Dr. Treharne, it was affirmed, tnude use of improper language. An explanation wa," given, and it waa reaolved that the matter be referred to the board. Mr. New. bery, who was < bairman of the committBe on tha occution in q eAtion, eaid it aeemad thii.t Dr. Trehsrne, who wai? a partner with Dr. Lougher, was accused by the woman of uoing improper lan- puage to her, if the statement were correct his conduct wa" certainly unbecoming a medical gent'eman. Dr. Treharne said she gave him a deal cf trouble, ai.d that he could not swear he did Lot use the language imputed to him. He did not, however, recollect usi? g it. Tae com- mittee investigated the matter, out under th3 ei-reametanerp t ;'e1 thought that it had batter ba r, ferred to the board. He did not think that such lai&uage enoula be usert at all, more especially by a taodicd man, and the least Lhey could do would be to caution Dr. Longher, as he was really th-i person repponeible. Mr. E. Lewia said thu had occurred in th? pariah which he represented, and he certainly thonght the language attributed to Dr. Treharne was very atzoig-too "trot e,, to be need to a poor woman, particularly in the presence cf her hnaoand, who would probably have resented it but for hia illness. Be had no doubt this would be a lauaou to Dr. Treharne, but he thought they should caution Dr. LouRher, because he was the person responsible to the board. He thought some resolution should be parsed on the subject.. Mr. Jacobs Baid that not only did the committee inquire into the charge against Dr. Treharne, but tney ascertained, ia tne couree of the meeting, that Dr. Lougher had thought right to ignore the board by moving out of his dlvtric* which he understood was illegal. J but was a lunher reason why the matter should be referred to the board, the opinion being that Dr. Longher should be aaked to return to his own district. They might net go so far as to censure Dr. Treharne, but a letter should be sent to him cautioning him as to hie future conduct. Mr. Stone observed that probably Mr. Treharne received some provocation, but at the same time he had no right to make uee of such language. He Wtta alao of the opinion that a letter should be sent to Dr. Lougher on He subject. With regard to Dr. Lougher's removal from his district, he (Mr.* Stone) might mention that he purposed introduc. ing a resolution with regard to it at a subsequent meeting. Mr. Enoch aaid that the woman gave Dr. 'iteharne great trouble by twioo giving him a wrong address. This put Dr. Treharne a little out of temper, and he called her a stnpid fool." If tho had been paying Dr. TreharnA for his visit she would probably have attended at the surgery. She was quite capable of doing so. l'ne Chairman said that no professional man or gentle. iian ought to use bad language to a pauper, or in fact to anybody else, and such conduct was reprehensible. The point that bad anien out of the matter waa a serious one. Here, they had not Dr. Loagher attending to the case as required by the relieving officer, but Mr. Treharne, his partner; and he understood that Dr. Lougher waa now living out of his district. If that was no, it was a eerioua breach of the law, and was quite inconsistent with his holding the appointment. The subject, therefore, called for further consideration, and he would suggest that it be adjourned until that day fort- night, and that in the meantime a letter ba sent to Dr. Lougher, asking him for an explanation Mr. Plain seconded the motion, which was oarri d urarimota F3 iv.-I here waa no other pubiio buci- nee a.

OPENING OF A COFFEE TAYEEN AT CARDIFF. The Star Tavern, St. John's square, the second 1 ritnch of the Cardiff Coffee Tavern Coaipaay. -Limited, was opened on Wednesday afternoon. The tavern comprises bar, and emoke room, or snug, and is fitted up in excellent style, tha deer rations being remarkable for their noatnaas and taste. Amongst those present were Colonal Hill, the Rev. C. J. Thompson, Measra. J. Brcgden, G. Durnford, J. Watson, ù. Thompson, Peter Price, E. Beavan, Stone, Sloper, &J. Colonel Hill opened the tavern, and read a letter he bad received from the Town-clerk informing him that the mayor was unable to attend in consequence of being confined to hia house by indisposition. He was sure they all regretted the mayor's absence. (Applause.) The Star Tavern was the second of a series of taverns Which the Cardiff Coffee Tavern Company designed to open in varioua parts of the town, and he thought they might all venture to hopa that it would answer all the pnrpoeeB for which it had been established. It was moat desirable that the movement should be made a success all a commercial speculation, and he believed that they would not only be enabled to give the public value for their money, but also to pay to those who had taken out shares a satisfactory dividend. The Rev. C. J. Thompson said that in the movement they had inaugurated they had a very good way of combating a trade which, though honest and legitimate in many of its aspects, was in some ot them little short of per- niciouB. He expressed the hope that the working men would more and more take the matter into their own hands and mentioned that the St. John's Church of England Temperance Sooiaty, which was composed of working men and working women, had taken out shares m the Cardiff Coffae Tavern Company. He trusted that other bodies of workirg men would take a like oourse, and that they would eome day have a working man ia the poeition of chairman of the direotorate. f(Ap- pauEe.) Mr. J. Brogden ooegratulatod the tovn of Cardiff on the opewing of eo elegant aud co-n. mcdiousa tovern, and expie-3epd aeinoarehope th \t it would be a substantial nuctHsa. Mr. J m ta Wat fon rpeke as ou outsi Hr," and corgratulated the directors of tbe company on th* vc-y t.aopy result which had atieudea *.lmr iiboara. H., eure they all concurred wiih him iu i;r i h;, project COB pk-te fcuco««j9. (np^Laae ) The pro- cetduge then terminated. i

r BBIB«?END BOARD OF GUaRDIANS, A Bridgend and COT- hy), e- Gu.rria.¡, \V;? }¡(-J.j lit tt>a Onio i Work, hente on urder ttio prei-i Se?oy of LVIC. J. 0. N oholl. AUer a letier from tha Looul Uoveri-meiit Bcsrd had been read, Ar. Biydy Jt i kine, in aciec: d irco with notion given at tha i.revii ua meeting, referred to a o impljiiat whiuh bad been made against fr. Viii-y, one ot the medical offi,:ors ot the union. rhe facts of the ease, he said, were these Dr. Verity Bhouldhava attended at the vacoination .station, Ll&nharan, cn the second, thud, aad fourth Tueadaya in November. He attended on the eecond Tuesday, but reglected to do so on the two following Tuesdays. It appeared that an old man, a pauper, bad been suffering for some time, and a message was left at the vaccination station for Dr. Verity. In consequence of his non-actendanoe he did not receive the note. On the 18th of December it appeared that the caBe was of a very urgent nature, and Mr. Richards, the gaardian and the churchwarden, wrote to Dr. Verity. Since then the old man had died, but he could not say it was on account of the non-attendanoe of the medioal officer. The district was a very large one, and Llanharan was a long distance from Bridgend. This was not the firlJt complaint that had been made, and if the medioal officer did not make proper arrangements the board should take some action in the matter. Dr. VERITY explained that he attended on the second Tuesday in November, and vaccinated the whole of the children, but in consequence of an attack of bronchitis he could not attend on the following days appointed. After the expiration of three weeks or a month he was able to go out and he met Mr. Richards in the board-room. Mr, Richards told him a man in Llanharan was very ill. This man was suffering from a hopeless ciseaee of the bone of the spine, and had been attended by him now and then during the last four yeara, previous to which he had bten under the treatment of other medioal men. When Mr. Richards spoke to him he explained that he had been very ill, but would go over to Llan. haran in a week or fortnight. At the end of the fortnight he was very ill and allowed another week to elapse before he went to Llanharan. He then attended the man, but he gradually sank aIlo died The CHAIRMAN According to the report you attended the mak, last Friday week. Dr VEBITY Yes. Mr. JENKINS remarked that i,, was n:) excuse fc r Dr. Venty to say he was unwell, because he ought to have appointed someone tsiae. in answer to the Chair/nan, Dr. VERITY stated that Dr. Leahy was his deputy. Mr. GAMED said it seemed to him a singular thing that Dr. Verity should wait until he ra- covered without instructing someone to see the man who was ill. In reply to the Rev. S. H. F. Nicholl, Dr. VUtlTY stated that Mr. Llewellyn, bir, Lloyd, Mr. Thompson, and Dr. Leahy's assistant attended to bis work when ho waa ill. Air. BARROW 8.bked several questions with a view cf ascertaining whether Dr. Vority'd district W.8 not too iVage to be worked well. Mr. W. JENKINS and ether Gnardiana remarked that Dr. Verity had not complained of the siza of the district. A very ioeg discussion ensued, and eventually tfce tcllowu g resolution, proposed by Mr. A. B. TIVICE, and seconded by Mr. V'AKSED, wAs carried ur,uz,lmou., ly Ihat the board haviug investi. ghted the 3"rge agaiuet Dr. Verity, and Dr. Verity having c-xplr-iuea that through ill-health, he was aM.bie to attend to the oalie, the board are of opinion that he should have taken necessary stepe to secure the immediate attendance of his deputy." A ocmmittee was, on the motion of the VICE. CHAIRMAN (Mr. Barrow), appointed to invas&igate aLd report upon the medioal officer's distrut with a view cf making a m.ore convenient arrangement. The CLERK then read a circular having refe- rence to tho proposal to borrow £ 500 fur the purpose of erlarg ng the workhouse, felt was decided to adjourn the dieouaaion nntil next Saturday, when the expenditure in connection with the cottage homes will be laid before the board.

MYNYDDISLWYN SCHOOL BUARD. The monthly meeting of this board was hold at Newbridge on Thursday afternoon. Mr. W. Griffiths presided, and there were present Jiesers. D. Eawaras, J. Green, and J. T. Green. FINANCES. The CLERK (Mr. C. R. Lyne) read the minutes, which were confirmed. He then presented a number of accounts for payment, amounting to .£436 158 2d. Of this there waa £ 3 J6 33 2d due for the halt. year to the Public Works Loan Com. missioners. He said the board was pavirg .£600 a year in repayments and interest, a aum equal to about 4d in the £ per annual. In mauy sohool districts there were schools in existence which were handed over to the board. In this district tney bad to build new schools, and hence the heavy rates. The accounts were passed. SALE OF JERUSALEM SCHOOL. A proposal had been made to sell the above property to the trustees of Jerusalem Chapel, and they had written to say that the Rav. J. H. Williams, Independent minister, wiahed to take the premises tor a grammar school, in which to prepare young men lor the ministry, but he was I;Ot prepared to take the premise* as a yearly terant until he eould make a trial, Tne trustaea withedto know if theboazd woula accept themaa nenihly tenants. < it was resolved that the trutees be accepted as mcntbly texautis at il a month, the teuaittopay taxes and ki.op the premises in repair, and that the offer to sell the premidea for £ 50 be with. crawu. PONTLLANFRAITH SCHOOL. In consequence of a removal of pipal.it"ou from the district, tha board proposed to reduce the cost of woraing the above school by making it a mixed Behv;oi and in infant departments. The Department ha.a been communicated with, and haa referred it to the inspeoitor. Ai its Annie Jones, infaut schoolmistress, had eentin her resignation, but the board r-jsolved not to advertise for a succesiur natil the Dapartmaat had determined what should be done with regard to the proposed change froji three to two departments. Tne committee of managers of the above school asked the board to give a email salary to their eeiretcrv. Deferred until tho new board is ap- pointed in March next. Some matters ot repair at the school-house, Pontllantraitb, were referred to the cnairmau and Mr. Watkine, the architect, to get the ntioadsary work done. WATER SUPPLY. A letter was read from the clerk to the Newport Union Rural Saititary Authority, calling upon the board to provide a watar auppiy for tue t.cbcol-bouscB as Abercarn. The clerk to this btt-rd explained that this waa only a formal notice which did not concern them at present. ABERCARN ROAD. A nohvy*- from t: clerk to the Aberoarn Turn- pike Trust, respecting a road leading from the Newbridge School to the turnpike road had been inquired into by the clerk, and was found not to efieot this board. THE CASE OF THE HEAD TEACHER AT ABERCARN. 'Jhe VICE. CHAIRMAN had given notice of a motion to the effect that he would move the resolu- tion passed on the 20th of November laat be rescinded, and that he would propose a similar resolution to that which he then proposed. He now stated it was not convenient to proceed with the motion. Mr. J. GREEN said this matter ought to be settled one way or another. It waa a vexatious proceeding, and not treating fairly the' person intended to be ousted. The VICB-CHAIRMAN said he did not wish to propose his motion during the existence of the present beard. A memorial, signed by 70 ratepayers at Aber. earn, was sent in, istating that in their opinion the resolution already passed should not be rescinded, and that there were no juat grounda for dismissing the head teacher. It was then understood that the vice-chairman will do no more in the matter during the existence of this board. The proceedingis then terminated.

FOOTBALL. CARDIFF v. CARDIFF VOLUNTEERs.-On Satur- day afternoon a triendly match was played in tha Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, between the Cardiff Football Club and the Cardiff Volunteers. At the commenoemei t of the game Cardiff played with 12 men to 17, the result being that the volunteers scored a try. The teams were reo. arranged, and it was not long before Saunders made off with the ball, and, evading an pursuers, touched down well behind the posta. Stothert kicked for goal, and was successful. The fight was contused in the Volunteers' territory, and Saunders apain distinguished himself; by a e'ever and plucky run ia. The try whiah he obtained was converted into a goal by Stothert, and balf time was called. The teams then changed goels, and the leather being Bent into the open, capital play by Watkina (Cardiff) compelled the volunteers to touch down in salf-defenoa. In' succession three more tries were rapidly gained by Phillips, Saunders, and another for Cardiff, but the kicks for- goal ail failed, the wind baing unfavourable, boon afterwards the Cardiff goal seemed to be in danger, and the ball waa touched down in self-defence, but no more points were gained. On time being called the result stood aa follows Cardiff, two goals, three triea, and one touch down; Volunteers, one try and one touoh dcwn. Ihere was a considerable number of spectators on tbe field. CLIFTON v. NEWPORT.—On Saturday, on the Newport ground, these teams played against each other, when the Clifton won by a goal and four touoheEdown to Newport nil.

At Belfast, an army pensioner named Melville was this week Bent for trial to the asaizaa for shooting a boy named Kerr, at Newtownards. on the previous night. Prisoner had got and on hia return from the church he wL cheered b» «rc»d of bo„ rto 'Eg windows- Prisoner fired a shot at them, wounding the boy Kerr seriously. The latest Yankee trick ia worthy of the genius that invented wooden nutmegs. Barinsr Brothers recently advanced money on a oargo of supposed Cr-?wif* t Put tb,° car £ ° waa principally B»nd, with the boles and crevices of the boxes carefully plurge with piecea of real fruit, whioh completely licpccea upon the inspectora.

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I 1111L SWANSEA IN UNITARY AUTHORITY AND TIL 52 PC NT I E DA WE ASSESSMENT COMMITTJS-S. AFPEAL AGAINST A A At an adjourned meeting of the Epiphany Quarter Sessions for the county of Glamorgan, held in the Town hall, Cardiff, on Tuesday (oeiora Mr. R. O. Jonea and Mr. G. Phillips), Mr. M'lntyre, with Mr. David Lewia (instructed by Mr. J. Thomas, solicitor, Swansea), appeared to support an appeal made by the Urban Sanitary Authority of Swansea, against a rate levied by the Assessment Committee of the Pontardawe Union, in respect of the Blaenantddu Reservoir. The amount of the rate was .41,604, and it was made in May, 1879. Mr. Michael, Q.C., with Mr. Bowen Rowlands (instructed by Mr. D. B. Tuberville, solicitor, Pontardawe), appeared on behalf oil the respondents. Mr. M'lntyre, in opening the case for the appellants, said the appeal was made on the ground that the assess. ments were not made in conformity with the valuation list in force. He then proceeded to discuss the position of the urban sanitary authority in relation to the waterworks, and stated that the receipts for the year were £ 7,999. Making every reasonable reduction, the rateable value of the whole would, he contended, be A3,255, and not X5,400, which was the amount of the assessment. The learned counsel proceeded to arQue that this should be distributed equally over the whole of the waterworks, and that the appellants were entitled to a material recaption iu the rate. He then called Mr. Cousins, Eurveyor to the Swansea Corpora- tion, who gave the cost of the various reaervoira, the total of which was £ 210,288. Under his superintendence the reservoir at Blaenantddu was constructed. The land cost £ 3,571; the way leaves, £ 16; the reservoir, £ £ 4,8ul; and the engineering, X2,251, making a total of £ 100,589, The original estimate for the reservoir waa £ 43,689, and the additional expense was altogether dvie to an unforeseen circumstance—the defective fcundatiors in the puddled trench, the outlet woxks, and the by.wash. Assuming that the ground had been goodi as was expected, -the would have been sufficient, for the construction of a perfect reservoir. Mr. Yt uig, treasurer to the Swacsea Corporation, said ihat the receipts from the waterworks for tha years 1876 7-8 were:—1876, £ 8,876; 187.7,- jt8,543 end 18.8, £ 7,999. Thia gave a toial of £ 25,418, and an average of £ 8,472. CrosB examined by Mr. Michael, Witness said the average of arrears oairied forward from yoar to 3 ter was about £ 1,200. Mr. Micbuel Therefore we must add P.1,200 to tie actual receipta for any given year. Mr. said he waa a professional valuer at Sunderland and Birmingham, aud was cne of the auditors of the Consett Waterworks CowVary. kie had had a great deal to do with the valuation of waterworks, and he had made a ,;JuaLi,. n cf the Swansea Waterworks, the pro- perty of the Swansea Corporation. The amount erpeucedsipon thoee waterworks, their raspective capacity, &o., was given to him by Mr. Cousin*, in Lis opinion the proper way of makiug a valua- tion wa& to ascertain the gross receipta of the whole fcjBtem, and then the deductions whioh ought to be made in respect of the whole system. Thf glOP receipts for the year ending August, 1878, were £ 7,9^9. The working expeubea he estimated at .£.2C5. which wae a very small percentage, and mui h IF, s th&n in maay oauea with which he was it miliar. Tu?a left a balanca of £ 5,794. 'Then there was the working capital— ston-s kEd naterialB, £ 1,000; meters, loose plant, &o £ 1,5<J0, giving a total of .42,500. He had net allowed ai ything for a cash balinoa, becaute the water rents were payable in advance, and in a case analogous to this it had been decided that a cash balance was not required. And again if this had been a trading conce-rn he would have RUowtd tenants profits. For depreciation of the niters he allowed 5 per cent., which gave £ 75, OJij, MB* the total down to X5 591. Then he had fahn £ 99,982 aa the value of the reservoirs, and ssfiuaang the life at 80 yeara he deducted for re- production 18 per cent,, or tll8. The conduits be had taken at 40 years' life, and at 1*05 per cent.; that worker out to £ 1,081. Mr. M'lntyre: In order to keep the waterworks in a conditiol) to supply water to the town of Swansea is it necessary that these auma onould be made out? W itness: I think they are very reasonable estimates. Bar. M'lntyre Then that bringa the total down to k4,513 P # Wit net s replied in tho affirmative, and continu- ing eaid that he had estimated the probable svvrege cost of repairs. He had assumed that they borrowed the money, and spread the repay. mentis over a period of 30 years, and this worked out £ 607. This added to the Xl,081 gave Xl,688, and brought the rateable value of the concaru, plus late. to £ 3,906. He had taken the rates at 4a in the X, or .£651, and this reduoed the rateable value to X-3,261, which waa equivalent to 1'54 per cent. on the capital ex. pended— £ 210,880. The proportion of the rate. able value to the gross rec:ipts waa over 40 per cent, which was very fair. He knew of oiher valuations cf waterworks in which the percentage was only 30. If they considered the way in which this amount was distributed, he would say that it would have to be distributed equally over the whole. They could not aeei^n to one part of the workB a greater value than to another without in- fiiciLg great injustice. Mr. M'Int jre Will you now explain on wù.'1o principle ycu have ascertained the rateable valae cf the refeervoir now in question ? Witness I have adopted the principle laid dewn in tie Wc,t Middlesex case. Mr. R. O. Jones: It waa not laid down, it was eimc-ly suggested. Witness I took the amount of fixed capital at X-49,476, and calculated the aanna.1 value of the whole ff equal to 1'54 pur cent. Tiiis on £ 19,476 gives .t7G, which ia the rateable value of the refJTvoir. The meeting was then adjourned till Wednesday, when the hearing ot tho appeal made by the Swansea Urban Sanitary Authority, against a rate levied iu respect of the Blaenant ddu Reservoir by the Pontardawe Assess, trent Committee, WRB continued. Mr. M'lntyre, pith Mr. David Lewia, 9-ppesred for the ap. rellaDtS and Mr. Michael, Q C., with Mr. Bowen Rowlands, for the respondents. Mr. Ct&ilep Stephen&on eaid he was a surveyor, at; d catried on busineas in partnership with Sir Henry Hunt. He had been in practice for a con- siderable number of years, and had had a largo amount of experience. He had made a valuation of the Swansea Waterworks from figures supplied to him by the appellants, and he arrived at the rateable value Of the Blaenantddu Reservoir by an equal distribution of the value of the whole. He agreed with the evidence gm-n by Mr. Headley, and vsafl cf opinion that the rateable value of the BisfP&ntdrin iieeprvoir was X762, Mr. Tftomas Waring, valuer, Cardiff, gave sir ilar evidence. Mr. Michael, Q C., then proceeded to address the court for the respondents. He said he waa bound to admit that thia case waa one of very great consequence and importance, because, in reality, they would have to determine points never jet judicially decided. There had never been a caee which had decided the points now before them, ard it was in the public interests, as well as the private interests at etsks here, that there should be a thorough decision on the part of the higher courts as to what waa the principle of rating to be adopted in such cases. Ilr. Michael then dis. cussed the valuation made by Mr. Headley, calling attention to a case in which Mr. Justice Luah said We must take the circumstances aa they are." He might as well argue that thia ooncarn was to be rated as though a profit were to be made by a company occupying the worka, as on the other hand Mr. Headley could have any right to taB e an estimation which was entirely at Variance with the faots. It was clearly shown from tha evidence of Cousins' and by the Aots of | Parliament that the corporation of Swansea were tied to the construction of the reservoir, even if the cost had amounted to £ 500,000. He then cited several oases bearing upon the point, and said the principle underlying the whole was that in estimating the value they should be guided by the price which the local authority would have to pay for suoh accommodation as was afforded by the particular waterworks in queation. Mr. E. O. Jonea I have always held, and shall hold, that the actual coat of making a thing has verv little to do with its real value. Mr. Miohael said that the cost of making a thing might be infinitely more cr infinitely lass than bø real value. He held, 168 be had stated, that in estimating the rateable value they muan find out the price which the local authority would hava to pay for such accommodation aa was afforded by the waterworks. Having done thia, they would ascertain the value of the revenion ia ques- tion by an equal distribution of the whole amount. Mr. Edward Eyde, LurvOYor, London, said he bad had long experience in the valuation of water- works. Considering all the cireamst-ineas he vpas of cpmion that the maximum rateable valut! of the DiaeLLantddu Reservoir was at least £ 3,000 a year. Ills real impression was that it W&" worth more. The amount at which the property was now asBesped, viz 91 600 waa about half the which it might be assessed. Mr. Miohael Will you now go over Mr. Head, ley s valuation, correcting it with the aumia^iono made to me. Witness said Mr. Headley started with th9 gross receipts at £ 7,999. He (witness) however, took the average for the three £ j,472. He then assumed that the cost ot the waterworks steff was correct at £ 4&|J» tbat witjea. for repairs and cleansing. yaS ?orr £ 594, and that the cost of material3 *ePau:a was correct at £ 85. The next establishment expenses, he reduoed to £uOO, which waa the amount given in the printed statement. Mr. Miohael J *1,030 haa beon got up for tbe purposes of .t1Jl.1íi Cltte6,. "Witness, continuing, said he thought that evea ihe £ 500 was too inuch. Thia gave .£1.675 againat Mr. Headley s briaging tho total down to £ 6,797. Then he took the £ 200 given aa interest on tenants capital, though he thought there wa3 no ground tor the claim; and, deducting thia amount, he round that the gross estimated rental, plus rates waB £ 6,597. He had carried forward tbe £ l,Col placed to reproduction fund, though he did not agree with 30 years aa the life of the plpp-a; and calculating the rate's at 43 in the t, or £ 919, he arrived at £ 4 597 as the rateable value of the works. Distributing thia, he found that the rateable value of the Blaenantddu Beaervoir, according to Mr. Headley's principle, waa jfcl,721, or £ 120 more than the rate appealed against. Ur. S, Harper, civil engineer, Merthyr, gave tbe result cf a valuation made by him ot the Swansea Waterworks, He estimated the rateable value of the Blaenantddu Reservoir at £ 1,760, and expressed his concurrence in the btatement made by Mr. Ryde. Mr. Michael said that this concluded hia case, and fco continued to impreaa npon the court the circuicBtf.ucee under which the reservoir ia q !:te!- tion wtls ooBfttrncted. The urban sanitary authority were bourd to coneiruot it, and he held that io dete'mil,e the rateable valae they mir t I dtetemine what vkrfe the amount of monay for that io dete'mil,e the rateable valae they mir t dtetemine what w»s the amount of monay for whioh tb^ accc-tar-o^niion cnld b» pnri-haaad, | Mr. M'IET&IC, -a ttw-yali agreed I uprit this that the acr a-.t I from the waterworks mutt be ti i,a-i, ,f (,.I, ii i,) A uptm which they arrived nt ti.. p etr* >• J jeut ma whole cf the watt rwurhs taken uu uue coio irn. Therefore, the qucfc-i- :í !r \V,:¡., fiist, the way in wh.t'. < g.;}-JJ recaipts to the net ra-> •• 1 ;«o mdly, the vtij'' in tshioh t;.e .<• v 4,16 to be oifrtvibuted in the v, p%. lJd alo. cated tt; the various n/i^u 1I:t protucel tnat reivenne. He maint in. ti ttmt tne pciuoiple oa which they had madeont i.n-ir ci-l<!ol i IOU-i waa eir. r^ct-, ami that theaosti-miet t !-h iuld o,; ridujed to which was arrived tt oy « nkia< off tbe .kWo for repairs and cu1 .nbutiw it over the whole. The ttagistratea then ifftlied, and on their return into court, l^r, B. O. Jones annonucel that they had not taken the actual cost into OJD side ration at all, but bad fixed JCI,OW as ttle I$QLD wnicti would under the circumstances be given by a tunant for the eservoir in question. Therefore, tha rate would e altered from XI,604 to tj,o P.

PEMBROKESHIRE ASSIZES. Mr. Justice Lindley arrived at Haverfordwest on Monday evening, and a once proceeded to open the commission at the shire-hail. Che court atterwards adjourned till Tuesday morning at 11. His lordship attended Diviiae service at St. Mary's Chntch on Tuesday morning, and afterwards opened the court, when the jjrand juries for the county of Pembroke and Lr the town and county ot Haverfordwest were snorn. The grand jury for the county were Sir Owen H. P Soourfield, Messrs. J. H. P. Adams, H. v. Allen, C. H. Adieu, A. Baird, T. J. Evans, J. T. Fisber, U W. Jeorge, H. LI. Harries, John Harvey, W. Hulm, W. R. Often, Morris W. Ll. Ont n, G. Leader Owen, F. L()rt Phillips, J. A. LI Pniitpps, U ri. G Fniiipps, W. H. Richards, and Thomas Skone. The grand jury for the town and county of Haverfordwest were Mr. H. Daviea, fid by or of Haverfordwest (foreman), and Mee are. John Brown, John Dawk ins, P. P. Ellis, D n. Jauief, Willittm J .,ne, John James, William Lloyd. William ON, n, James Reea, Isaac Roberts, a. s> annatd, Jonu Saettle, Joseph Ibcmas, Samuel Inoniao, aud William Williams. His Lordship, addrepsirg both jariee, eaid he had very much pleasure I lEloru init them there were no criminal cases to nj or o,v11 actions io investigate, and he had much pleasure in die- chargii gthem from any du ifeB dot tnat tmiz The aseizeB for both the couuty and tue tav, being isaiden ones, tllH "lIQ rfieriif for the cuunty, All. W. ll. Root, on Monday evening, a*r»rdiu«f to oaaton, prrecritecl ae jijdge'kith a ^e.ir of wtiita glov^n, and Mr. James Rowlands, tne nuu sheriff f jr tUa town std county ot Uaveif' irdWH. o i tnuourt ateemblirg on Tuesday, alco p.d hltllJrdllhl Lie e&me compliment.

SALMON POACHISO IN .B.ttEC(JSU ild, At, tle Builth pnlioa tourt on Ni-ini ty (b;4rora Mestirs, £ D. Thoma* asiC tiioh»ru Woosuna), William Beavan was cha'ijea wioa unlaw ally tiling three fair on at 1,1 0. tha 5r,h instant. David Bowen, -m.t. r biilitf a -tiir th,j Wye Fisheries Board proved the oa-e, wnioa waa armittcd by the defendant. 1"0 Kvana, of Garth Mil!, was also charged with tisving ia his poseeesion three uncle&n e,,Iw,j un the sa na cate. The same witneex pro-f'd the o^e. Tha firh were produced in court and werdofsvery large size. Ihe magi,-tr.,Ie- rotue i for aom » tim-" aDd on their return into court, the t,b. birm%) said thst the law was being broken eo oft^n thao they had DO alternative but to i, fl y, tne inrorna penalty. 7 he defendant Be tva(i woald banned .t5 for killing the fih, aod j £ i etch for n..nn!l them in his possession, and c>ota H 61, or tv > months' imprisonment. Esrat,e would ba died £ 5and £ l eaoh fish, with oocta 12, 6 t, or tha same alternative. The money « at .i 1. m^kin,? a total of £20 5s. It is said that toe frieudi of the defendants will fcubsciibe the sum paid.

CARDIFF POLICE-COURT. SATURDAY,—Before Al'ernau D, JONES aad Mr. J. W. VACHBLL. DISORDERLY BOYS.—A. ùuj- ù;.med D L EL-y was fited 10s and costs for ob^ ruoti g ihe (J > Vl', ment in St. Mary street on the pre-io-ia cvn "IJ. Police constable Oxley and Polio, Ui ea faw the prisoner running ia and out ot t i.> u i q, coffee tavern oppoeite the Grtjai vVt-etara Motel. Ho was with a nrmber ot other boy*, th.M^f whom, not having come btifore the ooarc bofiro, were LOW discharged with a caution. AN ALLEGED FALSE CHAMtE -A maa named Hedges was charged umff a »arr*n!- vi >i aesaultirg his wife, who said sh t did t o with t) preeim the charge. Inspector Priie nai<1 IIM» mm was a perfect drunkard. Shi aft ou the pivvi >m duy told him tho man Je/ti nart nee, »u.i n appeared that she ha1 t t i i. ped up i h :> c k^ei because he would not gi* e hot soma of illa h ard- earned savingit to get drilit with. DESPERATION.—Mary dnll lÁter, t'oaiis in a destitute condition, aa n a«t to g 1 r I, :o moitth cn a charge of t hiolt,n IJon" of glasp, worth 7a 6d, at the h.i m-ta >.( « r li- cence, Westgata otTr^t, at one </<<: t;u; morning. Case proved b j .:0 ice .^aata";? vior. MONDAY.—Before Mr. R O. lo,,r:3 aad Dr. PAINE. SERIOUS ASSAULT ON I. 1', LICKMAS. WJIn-H Davite and i.-avio .ire,sed yi iu g uif-u, werecaaru" o; t'l t .r uer wicn »t>t>a ils- tif latter will: re ii-titiic PJIIOH C matab a Llil t. while iu the of fa" d.. ty. Tua cf Wi l;am Davies waa tak-;tt tirt ALC. A.organ df fencing. After the e*i<Tn jtha rta- toncant viae fined XS are, COclB, or in e ukt two months' impzisonmeut. D.vii DHIPIi brother cf tho last defendant, wüa dLmisaad with a caution. IXPOSING BAD MEAT IN THE VI ARRET — Albart Evans, butoher, waa ohargtd WHO ^x^oaiijg the carcase of a sheep which wt.a uueir, fur food. lnrp<;ctor James ttafed t\1,.t o i S i'Urflay he saw the meat in the market at ctfr-idanVe stall It was reedy dteeeed, but WbB not. tit. for fool. Defendant was fined 20a and cos s, tioud ,he carcase was ordered to be destroyed. TXTRAORDINARV CASE OF STABBIXG -E la.rd Ethericge, yculg man, was ch:trood -with catting aid wounding John Cosgrove in tne f »oa wita a knife. The prosecutor, a rigger, saia he lived at 41, Oakley street, Grangetown. 0.1 Saturday, between cne and two o'clock, tha prison r and another came into his house. ProaPCar.or, vvh -) did Dot know the prisoner, ordered hin out, and he pushed both of them into the a-reet. The prisoner came back and collared him in the pas. sage, threw him across atarla, and in the straggle witness felt the prisoner cut him -terose the cheek. Two wrm(- n c&me in and p u; gdr, tLo priainer a-vay. Prisoner attervards struck Lim «i tne 03e Tne cut on prosecutor's face w&t, an inoh Jaud a half lojr g ard half an Ï!-ob deep. The priaonor was remanded till Friday, tor the attendance of the doetcr. BRUTAL CONDUCT OF A HOBBLER -Thomas Lovering, hobbler, 6, Adelaide piaufi, wtta charged with apsanltirg Tfce mas Matthews, a firv osq. Complainant said the defendant had been har bouring aud keepinghis *:itj*inoe IL&fjt Lep,,em .t),?.r. He nent to the defendant'^ house to loox for his wife. The door was open and he went in. Going down the stepe to defendant's kitchen and calling upon the defendant the latter seized him jast aa he was getting to the bottom of the stepa, held aim with cna hand and fearfully beat ni n with the other, afterwards knocking him down and jumping on Lim. Mrs. Bevan proved that the compltiu- ant's face was in a dreadful state, hardly reo >g- Disable. Defendant, who waa rebuked by the magistrates for laughing, was fined £ 1 ;andco*ts, or in default oue mouth'd impritionmeut with hard about.

NEWPORT POLICE-COURT. MONDAY.—Bafore the MAYOR, Yr. WANS- BROUGH, and Mr. STBVENB. DISORDERLY CHARACTERS.—Patriot Mabeney waa charged with being drunk and incapable oa Cardiff road, on Sunday. Fined 5,i.-Eliza Roberts, a young woman, was found drunk and incapable in High street on Sunday night, and fined 58.-Daniel Evans was charfed with being drunk and breaking a pane of glaas in the British Workman. He had paid for the glass, and vras fined 5B.- Mary Ann Daniella waa charged with being disorderly lD, CornuJerc,1 utreeti early on Sunday morning. Fined 10s 6d, or It dayi.- Margaret Duon, with a baby in arm! was cht-g )d with disorderly esrwecit in Groas street on day. Bound over to keep the peace. jL DESTITUTE WOMAN,—Kliyabeth Shugaroo was obarged with being at the baok of cevern terrace for an unlawful purpose The polities an foNt d her crou ched down at tha ) ack of on of tha hcuet s ou Saturday. She said she had no home to go to. ft jorg t,-me be8Q ja a duati- tUte eccdi'ion, and will not remain in the work- ncuee. io be taken to the workhoaae. lEE BEGGINO NUISANCE.—Thomaa Kennelr, alutty lookiniz man, was obarged with baling. had been frequently cautioned not to beg. Discharged. SHOP RORRERY.- James Prifchar 3 was ohaTged with ettaling a pair of shoes from the 64op of Henry Wheeler Gosling on Saturday night. In. formation of the theft was given, aT)" Police. coiiftable Davies apprehonded, the pri-omr ia a public houte, and found the missing ptir of ghoos under his coat. Prisoner riade contradictory statements when charged with itealm^ the shoes. He elected to ba tried now, id pleaded guilty. He said when he Kot arinfe he lid not know what he was doing. Fourteen days' hard labour. ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—Ellen Cum. minps, a young girl, was charged with stealing a shilling f-- the Peraou of Henry Manchip. Froeecutor did tot apPar, and the prisoner was disebwgsd- WEI)NESDP-Y,-Beforo Mr. CORDES, M.P., and R •NIC,^ Mr. WANSBROUGH. J HE •L'XSORDEKLT HOUSES IN CANAL PARADS. Harriet Hagger^ an elderly woman, the owner ot several house? in Canal parade, waa summoned for keeping a diaoiderly house. Mr. C. B. Lyns, Pu y town-clerk, aopeared for the prosecution, Cliftoa for the defence. ^ae" addretsing the bench, said he had to make an 11. ntual application, that the proseoutioa be with- otawn. The prisorer was charged with keeping a disorderly house in Canal parade, one of the Iowa-it parts of the town. About Chriatma3 warrants were taken out, and Mary Ann Williams waa sent for trial at the quarter sessions, and aentenoed to 12 months' hard labour. Since Mary A an Williams had been convicted OiUlal pa-rada had mealed i3 ways. The prisoner Haggerty owned setin house a, and it was proposed to proaacute her for keeping two of them. Now tho whole were aiut up, ard the place was qniut. Under theae oircavu- etaEceehe ankod the bpuch allow him to with- rrrtw the prosecution, Mr. Cliftoa sail if tha tuinch ttiorght the ctgg be witoirawa, TI9 would pive a most unqu»J,fiad a83ur«Qoa to tha lrecfh th>»t h'» client vrould wS^tain frou a :v Ict • hat would oi^'urb the i) iM:-i i< sieked by the .Ink if ehe p.x.„s prepared to --(joT,) iVese pr-.sotjtr s«,i' ic, ",c1:i vho lio:io'a itli'otc: cUiAj go io bj '.vilh-lrawa,