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WELSH BLACK CATTLE. Mr. Morgan Evens, formerly of Mabws, has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Field:—Sir,—I am glad to find that the North Wales Black Cattle Society decided at their recent meeting that "for the future no other colour than black, or black with a little white, should be ad- mitted into their Herd Book." Some of the speci- mens of Welsh cattle from North Wales exhibited at our shows have had a considemble quantity of white on their bodies, princÎpuHy underneath, run- ning along the belly or above along the back, and sometimes both for all having a line of white on the back have invariably a corresponding line below. In writing a criticism elsewhere on the Welsh cattle shown at the Agricultural Hall last Christmas, I commented on the evident impurity of some of the ani- mals. Sureiy, what we now know as Welsh cattle are a black breed, whatever may have been their most common or exceptional colour in past ages. At the Royal Show held at Kilburn there were several specimens from North Wales with white markings, such as no careful breeders in South Wales would tolerate in their herds. Such, indeed, was also the opinion of one of the judges there—my friend, Mr. Roberts, of Loveston, near Pembroke, himself a winner at a Royal Show on another occasion. Only 0. white udder, or one partly white, would be accepted as being pure bred in South Wales; any more would amount to a disqualification in the opinion of good judges. Even any white at all, however little, should be avoided, and when present it should be taken into account as detracting a point or more from the merits of the animal. Welsh black cattle should be all black. Several herds of Herefords at the beginning of this century were rey; but no animal of that colour in the present day would be likely to gain favour with judges in the classes devoted to Herefords in any of our large shows. The North Wales Society are to he congratulated on going as far as to admit only "a little white in their black cattle. It were better not to admit any white at all. There can be no doubt that, in olden times, there were cattle of many colours in Wales. There were at lea3t blacks, whites, greys, black and whites, and browns. The same holds good with regard to other domestic animals. In the ancient sayings of Cattwg the Wise," it is stated in one place:—"The best of the ewes are the polled, the best of the cattle the greys," &c. And in another:—"The best of the cattle the brown, the best of the pigs the white, the best of the ewes the polled." The word I have translated grey (brithion; may mean either grey, speckled, or black and white, and that which I have rendered ewes (defaid) may mean sheep, male and female; for the only word for sheep (in the plural) in Welsh is the plural of ewes—thus De- faid ewe defaid sheep. Most probably the word "defaid" in this instance should be trans- lated ewes, meaning that, though the rams should have horns, the ewes should be hornless, as the Welsh mountain sheep generally, but not always, are. The best goats and pigs also, according to "Cattwg the Wise," were the white. But this is a digression. In your "Naturalist" column of the Field, May 17, mention is made of the head of "a white Welsh ox, a sport from the black Welsh cattle," which is preserved and mounted by Mr. Ward, at the International Health Exhibition. This animal you speak of as having appeared in the herd of Lord Cawdor, and that such sports occasionally occur in the most care- fully guarded strains. In colour and general character we are told it bears a close resemblance to the Chillingham cattle. A quarter of a century or more ago specimens of white cattle with black ears and muzzle were not uncommon in Pem- brokeshire and it would have been difficult at that time to ride ten or a dozen miles in the county wIthout seeing two or thr of them at least. I remember a whole heard of them, bred from a few cows picked up in the county, and a fine noble cattle they were. This herd was formed by an Englishman who came to farm there, Mr. Tebbitt, of Castlecenlas. I may also mention that Professor Low, in his work on the Breeds of Domestic Animals in the British Isles," published in 1842, gives as a frontispiece to his chapter on the wild or forest breed of cattle a cow, eight years old, from Haverfordwest, in the county of Pembroke.' Which were the original stock of Wales, the black or the white, it is difficult to de- termine, for if black cattle gave birth to white calves, white cattle, such as the Chillingham, occa- sionally produce black calves and this latter cir- cumstance led Darwin to think it extremely doubt- ful that the aboriginal Bos primogenus was white. Possibly the blacks and the whites co-existed in earliest times. It is certain that latterly they be- came somewhat mixed, and this will account for the reversion on both sides, as well as for the grey, speckled, or black and white kine that found such favour from old Cattwg the Wise. POTATO EXPERIMENTS. A correspondent in the Agricultural Gazette writes:—I have been for several years trying small experiments with these and the result this season are so very marked that I feel convinced I have hit upon a method which is of value. Everybody knows the favour with which" greened" seed is regarded by growers of early kidneys. I have proved that all kinds acquire constitution, and a disposition to form tubers earlier by having the seed taken up very early indeed, and when not above a quarter of its size; and that the produce gat,hers increased vigour in proportion to the length of time in which it has been so treated, and seed treated so one year is, say, a week for- warder in consequence. If the seed is then treated a second time, the produce in the third season will be a fortnight earlier; and a third season of similar practice will confer yet more of vigour and pre- cosity. I have just raised six kinds. Of some the seed has had three seasons of this treatment, of some two, and some only one. In each case seed treated in the usual manner was grown side by side with the special seed and in every case the rule held true, the earlier the seed was taken up the forwarder the crop of 1884.

INOCULATION FOR HYDROPHOBIA. M. Pasteur's discovery of inoculation as a pre- ventive of hydrophobia seems likely to prove one of the most brilliant and remarkable triumphs of modern science. The results of his latest experi- ment appear to be conclusive. He has inoculated nineteen dogs with attenuated hydrophobic virus, and afterwards allowed them to be bitten by dogs which were known to be mad. Nineteen other dogs which had not been inoculated were bitten under similar circumstances.and all the in- oculated animals have hitherto escaped, while aUthe others have died. This may be taken so far as a clear and conclusive proof of the prophylactic character of inoculation. M. Pasteur has, in fact, treated hydrophobia exactly as Jenner treated small-pox, with on:y the difference that the hydro- phobic poison is artificially attenuated, whereas the small-pox virus undergoes the process by pas- sing through the system of the cow. M. Pasteur's success should not only silence the opponents of vaccination, but those who object to experiments on animals. In no other way could this great discovery have been put to the test. Such t-acrifice of animal life is amply justified by the benefits it brings, in this case to dogs themselves as well as men. It is sometimes objected to such experiments that pain and suffering are inflicted on dumb animals in order to benefit mankind but such objections strike at the whole ord^r of the world. The universe has not been constructed on the principle of sparing every crea- ture pain. Nature often inflicts it on one being for the mere enjoyment of another, but science in such a case as that of M. Pasteur does it for a pur- pose of wide beneficence. It is acting on the law which may be stated in Shakspeare's words, One fire burns out another's burning; one pain is essened by another's anguish only in this case the anguish of a small group of dogs will probably lessen the pain of many generations of men and of their four-fojted friends.

CARDIFF DOG SHOW. The Cardiff Dog Show, which will be held in the Queen-street Public-hall on Wednesday and Thurs- day next, promises, as we have already said, to be a complete success. Between 400 and 500 dogs will be exhibited, and many of the animals, we are told, belong to the crime de la creme of canine society. St. Bernards will be well represented, some of the best specimens of this favourite and fashionable breed being expected to put in an appearance. The whole of the champion classes are well filled, the number of some varieties being far greater than at the recent Kennel Club Show at the Crystal P.dace. The class for champion spaniels will include, among others, two of the best known and most successful dogs ever exhibited. The dogs will come from all parts of the country, some from as far away as the North of Scotland. No fewer than seven judges have been appointed, and as most of them are specialists their awards will no doubt give every satisfaction. The show, it may also be stated, is under the patronage of several of the special dog clubs.

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THE REPRESENTATION OF CARDI- GANSHIRE. CONSERVATIVE MEETING AT NEWCASTLE- EMLYN. ADDRESS BY MR. VAUGHAN DA VIES. On Friday week a largely-attended meeting of the members and friends of the Newcastle-Emlyn District Conservative Association was held in the large room of the Salutation Hotel, Newcastle- Emlyn, at which Mr. Vaughan Davie the Conser- vative selected to contest the seat for the county of Cardigan, resigned by Mr. Lewis Pugh Pugh, attended, and for the first time addressed a section of the constituency. Colonel Lewis, Clynfiew, occupied the chair, and was sup- ported by Colonel Lewis, Pantgwyn; Captain Jones Parry, Mr. T. E. Lloyd, Mr. T. H. Brenchley, Captain Tvler, Mr. A. H. Jones, Penrallt; Mr. R. D. Jenkins, Mr. George Tyler, Dr. Mitchell, Mr. Llewellyn Evans, Major Howell, Mr. H. W. T. Howell, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Bowen, Troedy- mawr; Mr D. Jones, Ysgolgoch; Rev. J. Williams, vicar of Langeler; Rev. D. H. Da vies, Cennarth; the Rev W. Powell, Bangor; Mr. T. Robertson, Mr. J. P. Lloyd, Mr. Wren, Liverpool; Captain Taylor, and others. Captain JONES PARRY (chairman of the com- mittee) introduced Mr. Vaughan Davies as a gentle- man desirous of the honour of representing the county of Cardigan in Parliament when the time came round for the election. Mr. VAUGHAN DAVIES, who was received with acclamation on rising to address the meeting, stated that if he was returned to Parliament he would do his best to express their views fairly and well in the House of Commons. He then asked them to go back for four years over the whole political life of the present Government. They I' knew that that great man, Mr. Gladstone—for, whatever else they had to say about him, they must acknowledge that he was one of the greatest men that the country had seen of late years—Mr. Gladstone went about stopping at all the railway stations till he arrived at Mid-Lothian, pouring forth a torrent of words against those horrid Tories. He accused them of being the cause of all the bloodshed and misery that the country had known, said they had spent far more money than the Liberals, and made the rates and taxes higher as a consequence. Hy devices of this sort the country was induced to send him into power with a majority of 130, and they had now to consider how he had fulfilled the pledges which he gave the country at that time. The three words forming the programme on which he claimed to be sent into office were Peace, Retrenchment, and Reform." But, as a matter of fact, his going into office was brought about by an avalanche of words. As to peace, they had never had the smallest semblance or idea oi peace since the present Government had been in1 office, neither at home or abroad. As evidence of this he need only mention the wars and troubles which the Govern- ment had brought on the country in all parts of the world and the terrible condition of Ireland. The Land Laws of that country, he ad- mitted, were bad and ought to be altered; but was it right to deluge the country with blood in order to carry out reform ? They should not forget, in speaking of the peace cry. that during the last fifty years there had been twenty-six wars and no less ilian nineteen of them had been Liberal wars. Mr. Gladstone spoke of economy in connection with retrenchment, and this he (the speaker) took to mean the lowering of taxes but, as a matter of fact, the Liberals were spending from £8,000,000 to £9,000,000 a year more now than the Conservatives did during their most expensive years of office. The Conservatives spent and the Liberals were now spending the last Bills which Mr. Gladstone brought in was one in which it was proposed that the cost of elections should be paid out of the taxes of the country. He was firmly of opinion that if a man could not pay forms own election he ought to give place for someone who could. (Cheers.) The lowering of local taxation was a question which Mr. Glad- stone spoke very largely upon before he went into power but, although he had been in four years, nothing would induce him to reform that matter until the Central Chamber of Agriculture, of which he (the speaker) was a memuer, met in London, and Mr. Pell, the Conservative member for Leices- tershire, took the matter up in the House of Com- mons and beat the present Government by a large majority. (Loud cheers.) It was not his part to say one word against Mr. Pugh, the sitting mem- ber, as a gentleman, but he was bound to say that when the Central Chamber of Agriculture asked him (Mr. Davies) to endeavour to secure Mr. Pugh's support for the motion, which was of the utmost importance to the farm- ing interest, that gentleman was away somewhere in India. Moreover, when the division list came out, he found that Mr. Pugh had actually taken the trouble to write home from India and pair against the Bill. The farmers wanted local taxa- tion reduced. Mr. Chamberlain told them that they toiled not, neither did they spin, meaning by that that they did not work; but he should like to ask Mr. Chamberlain how he made his money V Was it not by employing workmen in his factories in the same manner as farmers employed labourers on their land ? Men like Mr. Chamberlain had a perfect right to sell their businesses, and put their money in the funds, and then they contributed next to nothing towards the taxation of the country. There was also the question of the prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease, and the importation of cattle affected with it. The Conservatives were accused in connection with this matter of endeavouring to raise the price of home meat, but the real opposition to the pro- posal was on the part of those who were known as the ringmen," who bought cattle alive at the port of import and sold them to butchers. The only thing really required was that the cattle should be killed instead of sent away alive. Re- verting to the Franchise Bill, he said it had been carried in the House of Commons by such a large majority that there was not the least doubt that it would soon become law; but he should contest the county of Cardigan with the same courage and determination now as he would if there were no such measure. He had been asked whether he thought women ought to have vote:?. He was happy to say he was of opinion that they ought. (Cheers.) He thought when a lady owned a large property in her own right it was a great shame that she should not have a vote. Again, if a farmer died and left all his pro- perty to his wife and she had the management and responsibility of it, and had to pay rates and taxes, she ought to have a vote. The Liberals were fond of asserting that the Conservatives refused to give the people votes. It should be remembered that Lord John Russell refused to give what was now known as the £50 voters the franchise, but Lord Chandos, a Conservative, brought forward that clause in the Bill, and it was carried. And it was Mr. Disraeli who gave the forty shilling freehold franchise. They had, no doubt, read the remarks of the chairman at the Liberal meeting held at Lampetera short time ago, when he said the miners of the country had had Fair Trade rammed down their throats—"that idiotic cry." How comfortable it was for a man to talk in that way who on the morrow could leave the place where he was and make the wide world his home. But it was not so comfortable for those who were compelled to stay in their own country. He did not go in for Protection, as it was called, because he believed that neither the Conservatives nor the Liberals would ever raise the price of meat or bread in this country. But it was very easy to tell a man to go and buy a cheap loaf for sixpence when he had only threepence in his pocket. The mining interests of Cardiganshire were very great, but the men had all to go away because there was no work. The mines were shut up. and the reason was that lead imported from other countries was so cheap that they could not work it. Ore could be imported from Spain at JE4 per ton, whereas it could only be obtained in Cardiganshire at j69, and, in addition to that, when it was sent out of the country a duty of £4 a ton was imposed upon it. No less than seventy millions were spent a year by this country on importations from America, and he thought some of this money ought to go into the pockets of the farmers at home. The question was bound to come forward sooner or later. A gentleman wrote to Mr. Bright from Nottingham stating that trade was very bad, and adding that lace could be imported there and sold at their doors cheaper than they could produce it. Mr. Bright sent to say that he hoped better times were coming. It was very easy for Mr. Bright to say that, but in the meantime people were wander- ing about and starving. As for himself, he had more interest in seeing his fellow-countrymen well pro- vided for than in politics, and he would rather see them in comfortable circumstances that be the member for Cardiganshire to-morrow. As to the Agricultural Holdings Act, that was a measure made by lawyers for lawyers, and he advised land- lords to get rid of some of the long leases and agreements which existed, and which dictate to tenants the crops they should grow. It was all very well to give these directions to the bailiff of their own lands, but it was an incumbrance on the tenant farmer, who had now no longer to compete simply with neighbouring counties, but with the whole world. In conclusion, he said he would give them no promises, for they had had enough of them, but he would sUnply say hat if he was returned to Parliament he would tudy the interests of his constituency, and specially of the agricultural classes. (Loud cheers.) The meeting pledged itself to support Mr. Vaughan Davies, on the motion of Mr. JONES, Dennant Farm, near Lampeter, who dehvered a spirited address in Welsh, seconded by Captain G. TYLER. A vote of thanks was accorded to the chairman, on the motion of Mr. T. E. LLOYD, of Coedmore, the former member for the county, seconded by Mr. R. D. JENKINS. The proceedings then terminated.

SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL. I THE QUESTION OF BANDS IN THE PARKS ON SUNDAY. PERMISSION WITHHELD BY THE COUNCIL. A PULPIT TIRADE—RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE. The monthly meeting of the Swansea Town Council was held at the Town-hall, Swansea, on Wednesday morning, the Mayor (Mr. R. D. Burnie) in the chair. There were also present—Aldermen Glasbrook, Tulloch, Thomas Davies, Wm. Thomas, E. R. Daniel, and F. A. Yeo Councillors Freeman, Maliphant, James Jones, T. Jones, D. Jones, Trew, Mason, E. Bath, D. Thomas, Chapman, W. Williams, Rocke, W. J. Rees, and R. Martin. THE OPENING OF THK BATHS. In compliance with a letter received from Dr. Griffiths, the MAYOR invited the members of the corporation to accompany him on the occasion of the opening of the new baths of the Swansea Baths and Laundry Company by Mr. J. T. D. Llewelyn on the 17th of July. DEPUTATION ON TH3 SUNDAY MUSIC QUESTION. On the motion of Mr. JAMES JONES, seconded by Mr. CHAPMAN, a deputation from various religious bodies in the town was admitted to urge their objections to bands being allowed to play in the parks on Sundays. The deputation consisted of about 80 persons, aud included the Revs. Dr. Mor- gan (vicar), Dr. Rees, and William Williams, Dr. Rawlings, Messrs. F. S. Bishop, and T. Phillips. Mr. F. S. BISHOP said the deputation represented persons who beiieved it to be an evil in the sight of God that bands should be allowed to play in the parks on Sundays. It was not, in their opinion, a question of sacred or secular music, but a question of pleasure or religion. The petitions he presented were from 10,000 persons over eighteen years of age, and he hoped they would consider them representative of their constituents. The Rev. Dr. MORGAN said that the Ragged Schools and other Sunday Schools had been injured in their attendance by the bands and the Salva- tion Army meetings had been tremendously injured. He believed the corporation were actuated by good intentions in granting the permission they had, but it was wrong to do evil that good might come. He declared that the unanimity of feeling amongst working men, ministers, and other people in the town was against the band. It mattered little whether the music played was sacred or secular to play sacred music must be considered merely as a salve to their consciences. He considered that the whole place had been com- promised. It was strange that, Wales being con- sidered such a religious part of the country, this innovation should have been started in its metropolis—Swansea. Dr. RAWLINGS followed, and urged that the corpo- ration had by their late action surrendered the whole principle of Sunday worship, and had opened the gate to a great many evils in com- pletely logical procession. fhe MAYOR having asked if that was an unani- mous deputation a number of hands were held up in support of the speeches which had been delivered, and half-a-dozen (and a couple of hats) against them. Mr. FREEMAN then proceeded with his motion. He argued that the resolution of the corporation would never attain the object they had in view —the lessening of drunkenness. In London, around those places where the bands played, there was more drunkenness than at any other similar spot. He maintained that the playing of high- class music would never cure men who would walk five miles to satisfy their craving for drink. He thought it was rather their duty, as a corpora- tion, to conceive some means of curing these dypso- maniacs of the disease, rather than to institute something which would interfere with the religion of others. lie read a letter from Mr. Talbot, the lord lieutenant of the county, stating that this was a matter to be decided in accordance with public opinion. In some foreign countries the Sabbath was not regarded, as in England, as a day of rest, the shops and other establishments being open. In these considerations it was public opinion they must consult before private preferences." Mr. Freeman afterwards gave extracts from speeches, pamphlets, and circulars on the subject. Sir John Jones Jenkins, M.P., wrote stating that if he had been a town councillor he would have voted against the proposition. They must not forget that now they excluded religious teachmg from their elementary schools they should guard most jealously against any counter attraction likely to interfere with the religious duties of the Sabbath." Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion in a short speech. Alderman YEO, insupporting Mr. Freeman's motion, expressed his great surprise that the council had ever agreed to this daring innovation, and had decided on this step in such an unnecessary and hasty manner. Alderman DAVIES, in opposing the motion, said that, notwithstanding all that had been said, he was more decided in voting for the proposition than ever. They had heard at the last meeting that one-third of the population of Swansea— about 20,000 or 30,000 people-never went to church or chapel. The fact was that a suggestion came from the Watch Committee that they should deal with this class, and after giving the matter his anxious consideration he believed it his duty to support it. The objections against it were chiefly on the ground of what might in time result. Even the walls had been placarded with objections to the opening of museums, but nothing against Sunday music had been said. That corporation had never decided to open museumsonSundays,and he personally would never vote for that. They had merely decided upon what had been a successful experiment, and for this they were matigned.threatened, and called Atheists and infidels. He personally had been excommuni- cated and his religious privileges had been taken from him because of his previous vote on this ques- tion. Feelings had been imported into this matter worthy of the days of the Star Chamber by those who would willingly stab a man in the dark. The minister he referred to, he sup- posed, would stop a person's entrance inte heaven —(laughter)—only the great satisfaction was that he would not be likely to be there himself to do it. (Loud laughter.) Before these ministers and religionists talked about the working men, let them make provision for their religious wants, and go and work amongst them, as those who had worked effectively in past days had done. Instead of that they prevented attendance at their chapels, for no one could go to chapel unless he had money to pay for it. (Hisses and No, no," from the deputation.) He said that was so. Why, in the chapel with which he was best acquainted, there used at one time to be a free space under the pulpit, but now it had ueen covered in, and it all had to be paid for. Hear, hear," and cheers.) It was no wonder that the Salvation Army had suffered from the movement. It was natural that if the army could geta better band than the wretched one they now followed they would go after it. (Laughter.) He maintained that no harm had yet been done, and that the experiment should be continued for another month or so. During Alderman Davies's speech the deputation had more than once to be called to order for mis- behaviour, hisses and boisterous lauj, iter being frequently heard, and two of its members inter- rupting with impertinent remarks. Alderman DANIEL and Alderman TULLOCH spoke in favour of the motion. Mr. MALIPHANT, in speaking against the resolu- tion, said the children who absented themselves from Sunday Schools and Ragged Schools certainly did not go to the park on Sundays, so that argu- ment had utterly failed. There had not been a single case of misbehaviour brought undor the head-constable's notice, nor a single case of drunkenness at the Mumbles since the band commenced to play. As to the wishes and desires of the people, he pointed to the fact of the large attendance of people at the park to listen quietly and attentively to the band amidst the beauties of nature as proof that a large number were in favour of it. He urged the deputation to be consistent at any rate, and if they endeavoured to rob the working man of this little pleasure let them turn all their beautiful pictures to the wall and cut off all the beautiful flowers in their con- servatories whenever Sunday came round. In answer to a question by Councillor Williams as to the visitors to the Mumbles on Sundays at present, the following letter was read by the mayor:— Police-station, Mumbles, June 27,1884. Sir,—In reply to your letter of this date respecting the arrival of Swansea people at the Mumbles on the pas two Sundays, I beg leave to inform you that we bad a much more respectable class at the Mumbles than usual. 1'hel'e were not 8') mauy roughs arrived from 8wansea. and the greater part of those wbo came weut off to thtl bays and Mumbles Hill, and appeared to enjoy them- selves. Very few visited public-houses. The greater part seemed to enjoy the sweet air of the Mumbles iu preference to drinking in public-houses. There were considerably le88 people ill tbe village.-I remain, sir, your obedient servant, JAB. HOWELLS, P.S. 120. Captain Colquhoun, Swansea. Mr. DANIEL JONES, in the course of a trenchant speech, said he had been threatened with all the terrors of this world and of the world to come from all the pulpits in Swansea for what he had already done, and he must say the extraordinary bad feeling and uncharitableness which had been exhibited were most deplorable. He claimed to be a Liberal, and the first principle of Liberalism he conceived to be to give the same amount of freedom to his fellow-man as he claimed himself. Was this freedom, was it Liberalism or Radi- calism, to say to people "You shall not go here," or "You shall not go there?" (Hear, hear). This movement had been called that of providing" amusement" for the people. It was not so. They might enable the people to enjoy Sunday afternoon, but there was a great difference between enjoyment and amusement. A man might eat and enjoy his dinner, but would he be amused at it ? (Laughter.) He (the speaker) was a Welsh- man to the backbone, and, as a Welshman, the in- tolerance of his religious countrymen made him perfectly ashamed. Some of them acted precisely as did the Scotch minister, who killed the cat because it killed a mouse on a Sunday. (Laughter.) Oh, he would give them an instance of their intole- rance if they liked. (Loud cries of "No," and "Question," in which the deputation heartily joined.) All he could say was that it would be a sad day for Swansea, and a sad day for England, when the clerical party, whether Nonconformists, Churchmen, or Roman Catholics, got the upper hand. What they wanted as the ruling class was not the goody-goody ones, but the sound commercial class. They wanted the affairs of the country to be ruled by men who were not only good on Sunday, but all the other days of the week. (Cheers and Of Oh, oh.") Music in the parks was not much to pro- vide for the public, but it was a stepping-stone, he thought, to something better. It kept the people sober during the day, and perhaps led them to go to chapel in the evening. It was a notorious fact that the churches and chapels in Swansea were half empty. The only people who reached those who did not go were the Salvation Army, and the success of that body proved the fact, and was a constant reproach to the ministers of the town. He hoped they of the deputation would take what he had said well to heart. Who were their judges in this matter ? He had scanned the names of members of the Y OUDJL- Christian Aeaocia* tion who had signed the petition, and whatever I these people might be on Sundays he should be very sorry to found his code of morals on what some of them were during the week. An objection was made to this on the ground that it was an innovation. Every reform was an innovation. What would be the result of reversing their decision? Did they think it would stop the bands playing ? No; for, thanks to the religious people of Swansea, such a bitter feeling had been stiiTed up in the town that the people would be divided against the ministers, and the result would be a state of things like that in France, where the "brethren" in the churches were all females and children. (Laughter.) One of the greatest innovations which had been intro- duced into Swansea of late years was the running of Sunday tram-cars, which were chiefly supported by church and chapel-goers, and one of their ministers, Mr. Snelling, habitually used them. for he (the speaker) had seen him do so. Let them at any rate be consistent. That was his last word to them. (Cheers.) In reply to Mr. Martin, The TOWN-CLERK said there was no power in the corporation at the present time to prevent bands playing in the parks on Sundays. An amendment was moved by Mr. W. J. REES, and seconded by Alderman GLASBROOK, that the consideration of the matter should be deferred for a month. The MAYOR, referring to the action of the Watch Committee, said the members were informed that I some 40,000 persons in Swansea never went to church or chapel; and it was quite within their province to throw out a suggestion to meet the requirements of that body. He thought the effort had been a very great success. From 8,000 to 10.000 people had shown their approval of it by their presence in the park. He was pained to find that good men enough had been condemned from the pulpits and platforms of Swansea. Why? Merely because they did what seemed to them best. They were to'd that in the future Christian electors must only elect Christian men. Thus they were really ex- communicated, and placed outside the pale of religion because they voted on this question. He sincerely hoped such unworthy feelings would be once and for all buried. He thoroughly believed that in the future the people of Swansea would take a very different view of the step the corpora- tion had taken to that taken now. Alderman THOMAS said he did not think there was any harm at. all in the band playing, and he should like to vote for it; but he thought it was in advance of the age. The amendment was lost. Mr. D. JONES moved another amendment, That the mayor be authorised to have the question of the band playing in the park on Sundays referred to the ratepayers, and that steps be taken during the month to obtain the opinion of the ratepayers by a poll, the expense of which shall be paid out of the borough fund." The amendment was seconded, but was not carried. The original motion, on being put, was carried by 13 votes to 8. The other business was then postponed till next Tuesday, and the corporation adjourned.

CARDIFF BENEFIT AND ANNUITANT SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of this old societv, which has been in existence ever since 1821, and of which the Marquess of Bute is president, was held in St. John's Schoolroom, Crockherbtown, on Monday morning. Dr. Wm. Taylor, the chairman of the committee of management, presided, and there was a large attendance of members. The secretary (Mr. John Stibbs) read the following report:— Your committee present to the members their 63rd annual report, with a statement of accounts to the 31st of December, 1883, which have been examined and cer- tified as correct by the auditors. Your committee deeply regret to record the threat loss sustained by the society in the death of Alderman C.W.David. who for many years acted, in conjunction with Alderman Alexander and Mr. J. S. Corbett, as a trustee of the socie y. He also filled the important position of treasurer. The vacancy has been filled by the eiection of Alderman Wm. Taylor, Crockherbtown, Cardiff. Durii.g the year four new members have joined the society, three deaths have occurred, and two members have been expelled for non- payment of contributions, the number of members at the end of the year 1883 being 240. The committee con- gratulate the members on the continued prosperity of the society, the invested funds amount ing to £9.17Z 2s. lid., being an increase for the year of JB219 Is. 8id. The accounts showed that the receipts included JE399 6s. 3d. for intereet ou investments, and £242 4s. 9fcd. from members' contributions, while, on the other hand, £164 18s. 9d. had been paid to 49 sick members, and £128 9s. 9d. to thirteen annui- tants, and JB378 12s. 3d. invested with the National Debt Commissioners. The report and statement of accounts were adopted. Two vacancies on the committee.caused by the deaths of Mr. William Davies, of the Borough Arms, and Mr. Morgan Morgan, of Duke-street, were filled by the election of Mr. William Davies, colliery agent, Bute Docks, and Mr. William Davies, St. John-street, cabinet maker. Dr. Taylor was re-elected treasurer; Dr. Edwards surgeon; Mr. J Stibbs secretary; and Mr. Ephraim Lusty visitor. After the business was over the members, to the number of 150,accompanied by their friends, went by special train to Caerphilly. The party num- bered altogether over 200. They dined at the Castle Hotel, and spimt the evening in the grounds of the old castle, returning to Cardiff about nine o'clock.

IMPORTANT ACTION UPON A GUARANTEE AT NEATH. At the Neath County Court on Wednesday (be- fore his Honour Judge Beresford) the case of Wm. Bowen and Co., Neath, v. George Deer, sen., of Briton Ferry, again came on for hearing. The action was brought upon a guarantee, which was in the following words:—"To W. Bowen and Co. —I hereby undertake to pay the sum of £20 for goods supplied by you to Mr. Thomas Griffiths, grocer, Skewen.—(Signed) George Deer." The case was partly heard at the June court, when Mr. Plews (who appeared for defendant) contended that the guarantee was for a past debt and, there- fore. void, and also that as it was not stamped it could not be putin evidence. Mr. L. J. Kempthorne, for the plaintiff, replied that the Mercantile Law Amendment Act was passed to enable a plaintiff to show the consideration for a guarantee where no consideration was expressed upon the face of it, and that as the guarantee related to the sale of goods it was exempt under the Stamp Act. After various cases had been quoted by both advocates in support of their respective contentions the case was proceeded with, the judge upholding Mr. Kempthorne's contention. The plaintiff was called to prove that he saw the defendant, and declined to give Griffiths, defendant's son-in-law, any further goods unless the defendant would guarantee the past debt, and that this was the consideration for the guarantee.—Mr. Plews having addressed the court for the defence, the case was adjourned to the present court, when Mr. Plews again addressed his honour upon the questions of law.—Mr. Kempthorne pointed out that Mr. Plews had already addressed the court twice upon the points of law, and submitted that he had no right to address his honour again.— His Honour, after hearing the arguments, although expressing doubt upon the question, decided that the guarantee showed the consideration upon its face, and he could not allow it to be contradicted. He gave judgment for the defendant, giving the plaintiff leave to appeal by a special case.

IMPORTANT FRIENDLY SOCIETY CASE AT NEATH. At. Neath, on Wednesday (before his Honour Judge Beresford), Elizabeth Conolly, of Briton Ferry, sued the trustees of the Friendly Sisters' Society, held at the same place, for £10, being funeral allowance alleged to be due to her upon the death of her husband. Mr. Thomas Williams appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. S. T. Evans for de- fendants. The plaintiff's case was that her husband died in October last. Her subscriptions were then in arrear, but she subsequently paid them up. The secretary knew her husband was dead, and received the arrears without objection.—Mr. Evans con- tended that the plaintiff, being in arrear at the time of her husband's death, was debarred by the rules of the society from receiving any benefit, and that the subscriptions subsequently paid were on another account.—After a long discussion, his Honour gave judgment for the plaintiff for £10 and costs.

TEMPORARY COLLAPSK OF A RAILWAY UNDERTAKING. Although the works in connection with the Hull and Barnsley Railway have not yet been stopped, it is fully anticipated, as the result of the delibera- tion of the directors on Wednesday, that orders will be forthwith given to the contractors to ceaso active operations, and that only such work will be continued as is indispensable to keep the works already constructed in readiness for resumption when the necessary capital has been subscribed. The present state of affairs in connection with this important enterprise is regarded in railway circles as most extraordinary. Four millions sterling have already been expended, and only a million and a half sterling is required to complete the work, whilst the companies have Parliamentary powers to raise four millions in addition to the sum already subscribed and actually expended. Considering that 25 miles of the railway could be opened in six weeks' time 37 miles in two months, and the whole line of 66 miles in three months, whilst the entire under- taking could be finished in six months, it would seem impossible that those who have invested their capital in the line should allow the works to stand still for want of funds, especially as the additional capital required is invited on such favourable terms as 5 per cent. Preference Stock issued at JE85. Such, however, is the case neither the shareholders nor the general public, for some reason or other, caring to invest further in the undertaking. The works have been costing about £80,000 a month, but, the subscribed capital having been exhausted, the directors prefer to stop the contractors rather than issue the new Preference Stock at a reduced minimum or larger interest, which would throw an additional permanent burden on the line. The directors are confident that the shareholders will, sooner or later, see the wisdom of conserving their own in- terests by subscribing the additional capital neces- sary to complete an enterprise which is almost certain to prove a remunerative one. The direc- tors do not despair, and it is understood that im- portant negotiations in the interests of the com- pany are now in progress.

THE UNREMUNERATIVE PRICE OF COAL IN STAFFORDSHIRE. On Wednesday the employes of the extensive Fair Oak CollieriesKeighley, numbering between 300and 400, were paid off upon the closing of the pits owing to the unremunerative price of coal. AU the horses were brought to the surface. The out- look in the coal trade is very gloomy. At several of the principal collieries men aae working half time. ,J

RESTORATION OF ST. CLEAR'S I CHURCH. The re-opening of the Parish Church of St. Clear's, after a well-nigh complete restoration, took place on Monday evening, and by a series of services held throughout Tuesday, the Bishop of St. David's attending on the morning of the latter day. The edifice, as was pointed out in the report of the architect (Mr. Middleton, of London and Cheltenham), is one of the most interesting in South Wales, standing as it does on the probable foundation of a much earlier building than that which now exists. The restoration which has just been completed is almost an entire one, the only portion left still to be done being the levelling of the floor. The chancel arch is a very beautiful specimen of pure Norman work, nearly in perfect preservation, having, fortunately, re- mained untouched when the nave was restored some years ago. The chancel itself is of later work than the nave, as showu by the thinner walls and an Early English window which was discovered by the architect. A small old square window was also discovered in the north wall of the chancel, and was carefully opened out. The quaint old buttresses at the east end have been re-pointed the modern roof has been re-placed by one in keep- ing with the windows; the floor has been laid with encaustic tiles of ornamental design stalls have been placed for the choir, which have increased the church accommodation; a new vestry has been built, and a defective roof to the tower has been re-placed by a new one. The decayed stones in the windows, &c., and a modern brick erection at the side of the chancel have been removed. The tower has been protected by a lightning conductor. Alto- gether the work has been most tastefully and effec- tively carried out, and the highest credit is due to the architect, Mr. Middleton, and also to the buil- ders, Messrs. James Thomas and Sons, Aberhenllan. Abernant, near Carmarthen. The whole of the cost has been defrayed, thanks to the energy of the vicar (the Rev. D. Pugh) and his supporters, with the exception of a comparatively trifling balance. Service was held on Monday evening in Welsh, when the Rev. Edward T. Jones, vicar of St. Dogmael's, preached an excellent sermon. An English service was held on Tuesday morning, when the vicar of the parish read the prayers; the lessons were read by the Rev. J. N. Harrison, vicar of Laugharne (rural dean) and the Archdoacon of Carmarthen (the Yen. W. E. James) respectively, and the sermon preacned by the Bishop of the Diocese. Before proceeding to enter upou his dis- course, his Lordship said, although the age of the church they were then met to re-open was uncer- tain, they knew it to be a very ancient one, pro- bably built about 800 years ago, and that upon the foundations of a former edifice used as a place of public worship. The Bishop then preached from the words in Ephesians ii., 20, Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets." At the close of a fine sermon, his Lord- ship said when he was at that church last a great portion of it was in a very deplorable state, but he thought it was a matter of great thankfulness that they were able to meet there that day and dedicate it once more to God's glory. He would have been glad indeed if it had been possible to continue the work a good deal further, because, although the remaining part of the church was decent and convenient for the uses of public worship, there were some respects in which he should nave been glad to see further improvement, and he hoped and trusted that the whole work would be completed before the lapse of a great while. However, there was nothing to be ashamed of now in the state of the church. But he wanted to point out to them this: It would be to no purpose to build, and dedicate, and beautify, and restore churches and chapels for public wor- ship if the work was to stop there—although in itself it was very important, and in relation to the object sought the most important of all, because the restoration of the church itself almost inva- riably brought with it the restoration of Church life in the district in which that church stood. When there was a restoration and re-opening of the church there was a new departure— a new start — a new step in the spiri- tual history of the place—and those to whom the care and the government af the souls of the people in a parish were committed were always able to work better after the church was re- opened. He believed and he hoped that it would be so in this case. The most glorious ornament that a church could have was a congregation of devout worshippers. Those who had taken such great pains—and great pains had been taken—to bring back this church to a condition more worthy of God's service and more to the appearance it had hundreds of years ago would, he was sure, now endeavour to bring to pass the result he had spoken of, so that the labour and pains and cost which had been ex- pended should not be in vain; but that the church should now be filled with a congregation of atten- tive and devout worshippers. But they were not to suppose that he wished to stop there, because there was something higher and better than that. The erection and restoration of a church was only a means to an end. Their services, their sermons, their prayers, their sacraments were only means to an end, and that end was not to be attained within the walls of the church, but outside of it. In the homes, in the school, in the workshop, in the field—wher- ever men met together, wherever men lived, wherever men did their daily work, there was the great end both of the church and of the services, to be found. Where a number of men determined to live to God, determined to be Christ's, to live nearer to Him to live as became those who were redeemed by the blood of Christ to practice purity, sobriety, truthfulness, fair- dealing, honesty, charity, and love—this was the great end, and not. the mere fabric, of the building. In conclusion, he asked them to subscribe towards wiping off the small debt which still remained on the restoration fund. He was glad to say that it was smaller than was the case at most churches he attended. In the interval between the morning and after- noon service a luncheon was served in the National Schoolroom—by the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Powell (Pencycoed)—to the clergy and strangers who attended. Service was held in the afternoon at three, the preacher being the Rev. Chancellor Phillips, M.A.; and also at 6.30, when the sermon was by the Rev. Henry Jones, rector of Manordeifi.

THE EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND. MR. MUNDELLA ON ITS PROGRESS. Mr. Mundella, M.P., opened on Saturday an art museum at Manchester, and in the evening was entertained at a banquet by the mayor of that city. In responding to the toast of his health, Mr. Mundella said he had been long engaged in the advocacy of education, but he could not forget that others had sown where he had reaped, and that those men belonged to Manchester. The first founder of our elementary education system was Sir J. K. Shuttleworth but there was another man who combined in himself the elements of the greatest statesman, philosopher, and prophet of this century. He meant Richard Cobden. (Cheers.) Mr. Cobden felt that the first thing was to find the people food, and then to do what he could to get them educated, and so he set to work to educate his countrymen on the great fiscal and economic question, which he carried ultimately to a trium- phant issue. (Hear, hear.) The first speech he (Mr. Mundella) ever delivered in Manchester was at a conference which took place eighteen years ago, at which Mr. Bruce (now Lord Aberdare) and Mr. W. E. Forster took the chair on alternate days. It was a conference on the subject of edu- cation, and men were gathered in Manchester from all quarters of the United Kingdom to advocate the same great and national change. On that occasion he (Mr. Mundella) moved and, to the despair of many gentlemen, carried a resolution in favour of a national compulsory system of education, in consequence of which be was spoken of as a visionary dreamer; but he had lived to realise his dream. (Cheers.) Within two or three years of having carried that resolution Mr. Forster introduced the Act of 1370, in which they had the first tentative efforts of compulsion within thirteen years. He himself carried the measure through the House of Commons in the year 1880 without one dissentient voice, and the same was the case in the House of Lords, making education compulsory throughout the kingdom. (Hear, hear.) When that conference was held in Manchester there were something like 1.750,000 children on the school-rolls throughout the kingdom, while to-day there were 5,000,000. (Hear, hear.) The quality of the work had increased in a greater ratio even than the numbers had advanced; but that was not all. In every department of education he found the same activity, whether in the number of new science schools or in the number of ne w students on the rolls of the art classes, which were springing up in every direction. Or, again, in the revision of our endowed schools, in the exten- sion of museums—such as the one he had had the pleasure of opening that day—everywhere there was an intellectual life and vigour and activity which showed that England did not mean long to be behind any nation in the world. (Cheers.) After referring to the progress made in the cause of educa- tion, the right hon. gentleman said it was quite true that the progress which had been made waj not without a good deal of antagonism. They still encountered antagonism, no matter how suc- cessful in the result, much opposition, much mis- representation, and a good deal of prejudice. There were some persons who seemed to think that if they were to educate the whole of the people of the country there would be nobody left to do the menial work. But, as Dr. Hodgson once said, the man who would hinder education in the dread that there would be no one left to black his boots was a slaveholder at heart. (Hear, hear.) They had not yet convinced everybody that education was a good thing. Two remarkable debates had recently taken place in the House of Lords. In one of those debates the Scotch peers had ex- pressed a fear that Scotch education was about to be lowered to the level of English, while on the following evening a noble English marquess com- plained that the rates had been pushed up to erect magnificent buildings, to pay gigantic salaries, and to teach subjects which were never dreamed of when the Education Act was passed. The right hon. gentleman concluded by insisting upon the increased necessity for providing for education in face of the forthcoming admission of such great numbers of the people to political power. (Cheers.)

KILLED BY LIGHTNING. On Wednesday evening two men were killed by lightning at Royton, near Oldham. They were engaged in the construction of a reservoir when a heavy thunderstorm broke over them. Five men took shelter in a hut, which was struck by light- ning, killing two and rendering the other three in- sensible.

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INDUCTION OF THE NEW VICAR OF I LLANTRISANT. [BY MORIEN.] On Wednesday the Rev. J. P. Hughes, M.A., was inducted by the Lord Bishop of Llandaff to the living of Llantrisant. The following clergymen were present in addition to his lordship and the vicar-elect, viz.: The Vicar of St. Fagan's (rural dean); the Vicars of Glvntaf, Peterstone-super- Ely, Llantwit-Vardre, Llwynpia, and Pentyrch the Rev. David Francis, Llantrisant; the Rev- Moses Lewis, Cymmer; the Rev. John Rees, Peny- graig, and the Rev. Daniel Williams, Pontclown. The day was delightfully fine, and the view of the fertile Vale of Glamorgan obtained from the ancient" city on a hill," as Llantrisant can be appropriately described, was truly glorious. Judging by t,he attendance of the general public, some of whom had come from the Rhondda limit of the large parish, deep interest was felt in the acred rite. While wait- ing for the service to commence at 3.30 p,m., many of the strangers visited points of inte- rest in the churchward with its numerous monu- ments. Some were seen at the humble grave of that local genius "Siams o Gefn Tylcha," whose witty rhymes are still frequently heard on the tongues of the local peasantry. u Siams," it seems, was fond of his beer, and he carried his fondness occasionally beyond the bounds of prudence. He has commemorated this in the lines:- Mae Siams o Gefn Tylcha A .1 fwriad ar ofem IV ddaeth tua thre o lawer man A'i sana am ei syrna. The old poet—a veritable village Hampden- now sleeps the long sleep by the side of the bell tower 01 the church of the parish in which he spent a long life amusing his fellow parishioners. In the south wall of the church on the outside are solemn lines by another native of the same neigh- bourhood, who passed away at Tylchagauol in 1751. One of the verses is as follows:— GWIla. gyfrif a deisyf, y dyn, Drugaredd cyn cyr liaedd dy derfyn Os ai mewlI gwall ir gru, nid oes gwella gronyn Vall do lien y ty hyn. His lordship the Bishop of Llandaff, accompanied by the Rev. W. David, St. Fagan's, drove to the loot of Lianti-isalit Hill at about three o'clock, and walked up the steep hill to the town. The fine peal of bells for which Llantrisant is so widely known were rung as the bishop entered the town. On arriving at the church his lordship was received by the vicar-elect and the other clergy oi the district. The introductory service appro- priate to the occasion was read by the Rev. David Francis, curate of Llantrisant, and the lessons were read by the Vicar ,of Giyntaf and the Rev. Moses Lewis, curate of Cvmmer. His lordship then ascended the pulpit and addressed the congregation. He stated that the induction of clergymen to livings was occasionally done by bishops in their studies. But he felt it was better to do this in the church in the presence of the parishioners. Probably the ceremony of induction wn-i not familiar to those before him, with the exception of the clergy present. He then proceeded to explain its meaning. He dwelt on the safeguards placed by the Church in the hands of the laity against the i introduction into the Church ministry of men unworthy of the high office. He was aware that, notwithstanding those safeguards, unworthy clergymen were sometimes found, but that WI:S not the fault of the bishops or the Church. As to the appointment they had gathered together that day to legalij-e, he had the fullest confidence in its appropriateness. His lordship then referred to the question of patronage, which was, he said, at one time exclusively in the hands of the bishops. Now some of the patronage of the Church was in the iiands of private in- dividuals, and at the disposal of the great Uni- versities of Oxford and Cambridge. But the bishops had still the power of veto, and no clergy- man could be inducted to a living without the con- sent of the bishop of the diocese. To illustrate this he pointed out his own action in reference to the living of Cowbridge. He, in his conscience, could not consent to the appointing of a clergy- man ignorant of the Welsh language to that living, for he knew that there were some of the parishioners there to whom a knowledge of the language of the country on the part of the clergy- man was indispensable. He had the satisfaction of knowing that a clergyman had been appointed to Cowbridge suitable to the place in every respect —able in every respect to discharge the duties ot the office. His lordship referred to the deep sad- ness with which, since his coming into the diocese, he had heard complaints against some of the clergy on the score of drunkenness, and with great earnestness dwelt on the terrible wickedness of men engaged in holy things being found so far forgetting their holy office as to give way to drink. He wished to make it publicly known that he wouid do his best to cloause the Church of unworthy clergymen. Referring to the character of the vicar-elect, lie believed he would be found worthy to follow in the footsteps uf his predecessor, saintly Canon Jones. His lordship then returned to the Communion Table, and there, in front of the railings, received the vicar-elect, who swoiv allegiance to the Church, the Queen, and the Bishop of the Diocese. The Bishop announced that he inducted the new vicar to his spiritual work, and the rural dean would hand over to him the material things connected with the living. The congregation then left the church by the south door, to which they were followed by the bishop and clergy. The door was then closed and the rural dean, standing on the steps facing the south, read the illducLioll, and then handed the key of thu church to the new vicar, who opened the door. The bells were then rung. All the service was in English, which caused great dissatisfaction to some of the parishioners.

LLANDAFF UPPER DEANERY, S.E. The quarterly meeting of this Ruridecanal Chapter was held on Tuesday last. The celebra- tion of Holy Communion at the Parish Church was followed by a meeting at St. Mary's Clergy House, Cardiff, at which were present the Rev. C. Parsons, rural dean, in the chair; the Right Rev. Bishop Perry, the Revs. C. J. Thompson, G. A. Jones, V. Saulez, A. G. Russell, G. H. Jenner, F. W. Bishop, H. A. Coe, Morgan Evanson, R. Gibbings, W. H. Leeds, N. D. Macleod, E. Morgan, J. R. Phillips, R. J. Plater, H. R. Roderick, W. R. Shepherd, J. W. Ward, G. Wolfe, and the secretary. The meeting being opened by prayer, and the minutes of the past meeting confirmed, the examination of the se- lected portion of the Greek Testament was proceeded with. At its close the Rev. G. A. Jones introduced the subject for the day's discussion, "Lay help." While pointing out in what direction and in what manner lay help can be advantageously employed, he emphasised first the great blessing that the very fact of being employed brings to all who con- sent to take part in God's work, and, secondly, the wisdom of finding work for everybody.—The Rev. J. R. Phillips adverted to certain dangers and abuses lying contiguous to, and sometimes grow- ing out of, the employment of lay agents. When such were employed for public ministrations, he pleaded that they might be supplied with proper places, offices, and dress, and that their services be simple, and their music such as to be easily joined in by those for whom their ministrations were intended. He called attention to the great lay work carried on by the Missions to Seamen Society at sea by the large number of captains, officers, and men who gratuitously conduct ser- vices and engage in other good works on board tneir ships while at sea. After luncheon the Rev. C. J. Thompson, in speaking from his own experience, divided the subject into paid and uapaid." He dwelt upon the advantages and disadvantages arising to the clergy from both sections, and, in concluding, expressed the great indebtedness of his own parish to the voluntary helpers working therein.-Bishop Perry continued with a graphic and exceedingly interesting description of his experiences in the far off country," the diocese of Melbourne, amidst a population increasing from 4-0.000 to 800,000.—Other gentlemen having spoken, the Bishop dismissed the chapter with the Benediction,

THE HIGH SHKKIFF OF BRECON- SHIKE. Preparations are being actively carried on to do honour to Mr. W. T. L-wis on his appointment as High Sheriff of Breconshire, and we shall be in a position shortly to give a programme of the pro- ceedings. So far as can be ascertained at present, the day of cerejnony will be the 21st of July, and the number of guests about 400. After considerable pressure, Mr. Lewis has consented at length to receive an addreas on the occasion, and it is now being prepared in a superb manner by one of the best known houses in London. It was felt by his numerous friends that a tangible record of the event should be preserved, as in the case of Mr. W.T. Crawshay's appointment. Mr. R. H. Rhys, J.P. Llwvdcoed, will present the address, which will be signed by tho chairmen of the Aberdare, Merthyr, Rhondda, and other committees and by the secre- taries and friends generally.

LONDON UNIVERSITY. MATRICULATION EXAMINATION. At the recent matriculation examination of the University of London, held at the University College, Cardiff, the following candidates were successful:— Mr. Crwyii Morris, University College, Cardiff. Mr. W. H. Jenkins. University College, Cardiff. Mr. W. H. Holmes. University College, Cardiff. Miss Mary Griffith, University College, Cardiff. Mr. William LPwis. University College, Cardiff. Mr. \V. T. Davies. U-.iversit.y College, Cardiff. Mr. E. J. Thomas, Univvi sity College, Cardiff. Mr. 1". Price, University College, Cardiff. Mr. J. R. Wade, University C-ilege, Car,iiff. Mr. H. J. Curtis. University College, Cardiff. Mr. T. Davies, University College, Cardiff. Mr. Jonathan Reea, Troedyrhiw. Mr. Gwilym Morgan, Cowbridge School. Mr. C. P. Clarke, Cardiff College. Mr. H. P. Morris, Cowbridge School. Mr. Ebenezer Last, Abergavenny. Mr. Roger Owen Johns, Baptist College, Pontypool. Mr. Samuel Williams, Atheuzum It will be perceived that there are no less than eleven successful from the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire; Cowbridge School sends two; and Cardiff College one. Mr. S. Williams, the Athenseum School, Llanelly, was successful in getting a scholarship at the Univer- sitv College, Cardiff, at the recent entrance scholar- ship and exhibition examination, and on the result of the same examination Mr. Jonathan Rees, for- merly of the Training College. Carmarthen, was awarded an exhibition. During the year 16 students belonging to the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire have passed the matriculation examination of the University of London. The following students of Aberystwith College have passed successfully the examination:—T. J. Barford, Nottingham; John Bevan, Cwmbwrla, Swansea; Evan Evans, Llangwyryfon; F. Ll. Jones, Lianarmon, Mold; Thomas Jones, Llan- gwyryfon; Richard Morgan. Talvhont; and Moses Roderick Treasm- A

THE SOUTH "r ALES COLLEGE. COpy OF THE PETITION FOR A CHARTER. Among the Parliamentary papers issued Gn Wed- nesday was A copy of petition of the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Council and Governors of the University CoIJege of South Wales and Monmouthshire, praying for the grant of a Charter to that College, together with the Draft Charter prayed fOf," The following is the petition: To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria of the United Kindom vf Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith (in Council). The humble Petition of til., President, Vice-Pre- sident, Treasurer, 'd1d Council an 1 Gnvernors of the U ui versity College of south Wales and Mon- mouthshire, Showeth, 1. That the report of the Committee appointed by your Majesty's Government to inquire into the condition of intermediate and Higher Edaeaiion m Wales and Moil- mouthsllire recommende, that a University Coilege should tit- ereckd aud maintained ill wansea 0'- Canliff. in the county of Glamorgan, and aosisted bv a Parlia- mentary grant of £ 4,00j per annum. 'i.. That the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the Borough of Cardiff presented T.O the Lord Presideut aiid Vice-President of the Council a memori" I under their common seal, dated the 13t,h of February, i&82, which showed iu detail 1 Il pecial claims of t'he borough of ClI.rdlff to be the site of tbe College for South Wales and Munmolll nshire. That thoje cliiiiiis Were based upon the fact that Ca..diff was the largest town and chief port of Wales, and that a College at Cardiff wouid prove more successful and be more widely bndic¡a.1 tuan if placed in any ochr town in South Wales or Monmouth- shire. 3. That the borough of Swansea in a similar manner placed before tbe Lord President and Vice-President of the Committee of Council OB Education ito claims for bt-in chosen as the site of the C();lee, 4. That it was subsequently arranged between the re- presentatives of the town of Cardiff and wansea that the site of the Colleí!;e should bt; left t ,) the decision of Lord, Cariingford, K.V., Lord Bramweil, and A. J. Mundella, M.P., who, aft,er heariug the claims put for, wan: ou behalf of the i wo towns, did, on the 14th day of 1883, unauimously determine and award in f,w of Ca.rdiff. o That the Lords of your Majesty's Tre?.5ury did, 011 tll" report of the ComlIÜt1-ee appointed to inquire into tile condition of Intermediate and Higher Education in Wales, and on the recommendation of the Education Department of the Privy Council, agree by minute,dat.ed tbe 4th day of August, 1882, to place 0', tue esti i ates to be submitted to Parliament a grallt of £ 4,Ck>3 per Il.I1'mm, on behalf of a College for South V\-ales and Monmouth- shire, to date from 1st October, 1803. 6. That a subscription list was opened in Cardiff tor the purpose of erecting a suitable building, and for fur- lIishiug and endowing toe College; th,t tile subscrip- tions hitherto promiseJ amouuL to £ 36,00u, aLU that measures are œiu taken for a systematic collectioll of further donations. 7. That immeJiate1 V after the decision of tI arbitra- tors, your petitioller5 applied themselves witll great diligelJce to make arrangements to open tbe College at the earliest posibie date, and they have beea so success- ful in their efforts that the College was inaegurakd on tile 24th of October, and collegiate work commenced iu commodious premises with over 10J (lOB) students, aud wit h a large and competent staff of professors allu leel urers. 8. That, your petitioners have appointed a Principal of the Collegt. at a salary of £ 750 per annum, seven other professors at salaries ot £ 300 per annum eacn, four lecwrerg at salaries of £ 100 per annum each, two demon- strators at salaries of £ 120 pcrannltln each, aiso a registrar at R salary of £ 200 perannum, aud other assistants for the proper COlJduct and workill of the College, In addition to the above-uamed salaries, the prulessors aud lee- turers will receive two-thirds ot the students' fees, The COllncil of the College also propose to appoint at an early date two other prn\s50rs. 9. That a scheme (a cop" of w}1Ïch is annexed to this pet ition) for the administration and management of the Co¡iege has ueen carefully prepared by YOLir petitiOl"r5 and adopted by representatives from all parts 01 South Wales and Monmoutllshire at a lnLeting held at the Towu-llal1, Cardiff, on the 18th of April last. This scheme 1111.5 been approved by the Lords of the Council on Education uy minute, da.1 I'd the 1st day uf Auust, and was presented by command to tl1e Houses of ParÍlI> ment 011 the 8th day of August, 1883. That the scheme states (wter aila) ■.— (a.j That the object of tile \.Julh;ge shall be to pro- vide sneh illst,ruCUÚI1 iIl ail the branches of a liberal cducatiou as may qlHLlify residents in the six couuties of South V\aÎt:"5, and in the county of Monmouth and el5ewhere, to Uike degrees in arts, science, Jaw, and medicine, at the l'uhersity of Wa1es (whenever such University shall have been constituted), or at any o: the Universities of the United Kingdom; to give such technical instruction a5 may be of immediate service ill prufessional aud. commercial life; and further, to pro- mote Higher Education generally, uy providing for persons who are not Ulatriculated students, instruc- lion in the form of lectures, combined witn class teaching, and cxauillIing at such places and iIl such 5uIJjects as shall be determined trom time to time, iIl pursuance of statutes of the College to be ma.de in that behalf. (0) fhat female students shall be admitted to atteud an" of the courses of iustructiun established ill 1 he Colkge, subject to sueh regulations as the statutes of the College shall frum tinle to prescribe. (c.) That it shall be Ii fUlldameutal condition of the cnnstitution (If the College that JlO student, protessor, teacher, or other officer or person eonllecteJ with tbe College shall be required to make any declaratioll as w his religious opinions, or to submit to aIJ test what- soever thereof, and that IIU gift or endowment for theoloial or reliiuus purposes, or having auy theo- lugical condition attached thereto, shalt be accepted on behalf the College. 10. Tilat with t h ubject of encouraging deserving t ndellLS, your petitioners have establisheù scholarships uf the value of £ 20, £ 2o, anti £ 40, and also 100 free exhi- bitions, granting permission 1,0 attelld the Coll.,ge classes without the payment ot fees. That the followiu 44 scllOtrships ami exlJibiUuns have lJeell already awarùed this first session by competitive examinations held in the chief towns of South Wales am1 Monmouthshire. Each) of these is tenable for three years, &11(1 takt's effect from tile inauguration or the CoJlège oil the 2411 01 October, 1083, A scholarship of £ 40 per annum. A scholarship ot £ i £ 5 per annum. Nine sdlOlarships of £ 20 per allllUm. Thirty-three <xhi bitions. That as indicative of the wide-!pre<d influence which the College is aJre;¡dy exerting, rnese scholarships and exhibitions have becu gained by young men and women residing in all parts of South Waies ana Monmouthshire, alld belonging 10 all classes of society. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that yonl" Majesty will be pleased 1;0 grant II. Charter for the con- stitution aud incorora.tiol1 m Cardiff oj the said Coi- jee with the nalDe of" t"niver?ifv Coikge of t;our,iJ W ales and Monmouthshire," bv which name the IJres- dent, vice-president, treasurer, c<,ullcil. governors, alia other oIlicers at the College for tUe time being may be Cl>l1st.it,utei aud incorporated into olle body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession alld II. common seal, and with power without auy iurtiler licence ill mortmain to take, purchase, alld hold,¡wd also t.() g.r<int demise or ot,herwise dispose of reid and persunal pro. perty from ti me to time, and to do all suell acts, d.eeds, and things, and Ill.e stiCh orders, rules, regulations, and agreements as may be deemed advisable for the good government, management, and working ot the wtÎ Col- lege, and gellerally to exercise all such powers aad authorities 11.5 are mentioned in the s lid ClJellle, Aud your petitioners will ever pray, dtc. (signed) President. HENRY KICHARD, Vice-Pre5jdent. H, HUSSEY VIVIAN, Treasurer. Town-liall, Cardiff, Decemr 3,1863. Then follows the draft charter, which contains the proposals fur the constitution of th College. Matters have now proceeded so far that on t1le 16th inst, the University College of South Wales will in all probability be a duly incorporated CoJlege, PROPOSED SCHOLARSHIPS. The Monthlv District of Oddfellows held their half-yearly me"etiug 011 Tuesd;¡,y at the Royal Oak Inn, Neath, Mr, (j, Reed, G.M., presiding. Con- siderable lIlterest was felt by all the lodges in the district with regard to this meeting, as notices had been issued by the corresponding secretary that the subject uf the scholarships would be brought forward for discussion. After the usual business of receiving paying out of funcral and at,her expenses had been disposed of, P.P.G.M. W. Elias, the delegate from the Loyal Prince Arthur Lodge, was called upon to open the question of Oddfellows' scholar- ships, as ho.3 was the originator of the scheme. Mr. Elias dealt with the subject with much warmth, stating that the whoie of the delegates were entirely in favour of the scheme. Spepches were also delivered by several other delegates, incluuing a visiting memoor from Melbourne, who had been away from his native hmd for 34 years. He was proud that a College had been started at Cardiff, and that it was the intention of his brvther Odd- fellows v) found one or tWI) mure scholarships, to be competed fOI" by Oddfellows' childre: Some- thing besides speeches should be done to further the scheme; they required money. and he would start with a contribution. Other speecues foJlowed in a similar strain, and the delegates handsomely subscribed towards the fund for defraying the ex- penses of the meeting and issuin circulars in con- nection with the proposed scholarships.

THE NORTH WALES COLLEGE. QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. At Wednesday's quarterly council meeting of the University CoJlege tor South WaleR, held at Bangor, Colonel West presiding, the resoJution passed at the previous meet.ing, on the motion of Mr, Rath- bone, M.P., inviting representatives from Cardiff and Lampeter Colleges to a conference on the question of Intermediate Education was rescinded, It was decided to appoint a professor of modern languages at a salary of £ 400. The filling up of the vacancy caused by IVan Edwards's death was referred to the governors' court. Sir Richard Wyatt was nppointBd Parliamentary agent to secure the charter. It was reportpd tllat. the statutes were being drafted on the basis recom. mended by Professor Rhys, and that the College would commence operations in October next The council will meet at Chester in Sep" tember.

BANGOR NORMAL COLLEGE. At the annual m8f't.ing of the subscribers to the Bangor Narmal College oc Tuesd:.y, on the motion of ir Llewel5-n Turner, a resolution was adopted thanking the Government for the assistance afforded in establishing two Colleges for Wales, and expreRsmg Teat regret at the prolonged dday 111 the introduction of the Intermediate Welsh Edu- cation Bill. Captain Verney, Liberal candidate for Buckingham, urged that pressure be brought to hear upan the representatives of Welsh constituencies to further the passing of the mea.ure, for, should the dissnJution of Parliament result in a change of Ad- ministration, Wales wOIIJd get nothing. The Rev, Daniel Rowlands, principal of the College, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer had informed him that the Government was most wishful to intro- duce and pass a measure so urgently needed by the Principality.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC. Our Ruabon correspondent telegraphs: As there are no vacancies tenable for any dIstrIct In Wales at the Koyal College of Music, a subscrip- tion of £ 100 has been given by Sir W atkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., for the admIsSIon o the Royal College of a young girl named Annie Jones, daughter of a miner at Cefn Mawr, Ruabon, North Wales. The little girl, who possesses a splendid voice, bas been under the training of r, Henry Leslie since December, 8. pubhc subscrip- tion having been raised in North Wales on her behalf.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, ABERYST- WITH. Mr. D. E, Jones, of Carmarthen, a former student of this College, gained the first prize for Techno- logical Chemistry at Owens College, Manchester, and was placed scona In tle first class in Organic Chemistry, Physics, Physical Laboratory Work, Ià fihflmiral fJ¡iloaopb,y..

CARDIFF FINE ART EXRIBITION, THE BALANCE-SHEET. At last we are in possession of the promised statement" of the financial position of the Cardiff Fine Art Exhibition. It wiil be remembered that the Exhibition was initiated for the purpose of inaugurating the formation of an Academy of Art, to be called the Royal Cambrian Academy. Many promises of support were received, and amidst < flourish of trumpets the Exhibition opened, but early in its chequered history it was evident that it had not hit the popular tASte, and as the days went on it was also evident that it was not answering the expectation of the promoters. Heroic efforts were made by members of the com- niittee to awaken interest and to draw, bat without avail. Steadily, and at last rapidly, the adverse balance grew to formidable dimensions, and then tlie committee, having nearly rrached the date when it was originally intended to close announced that the Exhibition would close. but would re-open to a fresh set of season ticket-holders for another short season. This step was taken in all good faith, but absolutely failed in its intended object, and, instead of arousing the sympathy of outsiders, aroused the bitter hostilitv of those who should have come forward in support of the committee. When the doors of the ill-fated Exhibition finally closed there were rumours of a heavy loss; £ 500, £ 700, JE900, and eveB £ 1,000 were talked of as representing the balance which the guarantors would be required to make up. The statement which was issued on Monday night shows exactly how the matter stands. It is as follows:— 15, Queen's Chambers, Cardiff, July 3,1884. Dear Sir.-Tlie committee, in placing before vou the statement of account, which has been prepared as completely as circumstances will permit at the present stage, would point out that, in.smuch as the loss exceeds the guarantee fund. which in the aggregate amounts only to £1,395 5s., it is desirable that those of the guarantors who have not already placed the amounts generously promised by them to the credit of the Exhibition Account should do so with as little delay as possible, so that the account may be closed and a balance sheet provided at an early date.—I am, dear sir, obediently yours, 44 T. H. THOMAS, Director." STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS TO JULY 3.1884. RECEIPTS A1\D ASSKTS. 4: s. d. To cash received from all sources, except from jraarantors, to date 2.733 14 7 To amounts due on season tickets 64 7 6 To amounts due for space, from trade exhibi- tors 77 8 8 To amounts due from Public Hall Co. for out- side ofiices, buildings, fittings, 4c 65 0 0 Estimated value of old materials, including picture frames, for sale (say) 30 0 0 To balance down 1,5&7 9 4 4,528 0 1 DISBURSEMENTS AND LIABILITIES. £ s. d. By foundation expenses, fixtures and fittings, entrances and offices, decorations and materials. 700 13 c By printing, advertising, and billposting 860 1 6 By gas and electric-liglit 276 18 4 By carriage, collection, and dispersion of exhibits 296 9 6 By music, lectures, and entertainments 697 6 6 By hire oi show cases 99 0 0 Bv organ 59 16 0 By rent of hall, lecture theatre and offices, and rates 412 16 1 By police account (services of officers) 88 15 0 By insurance (fire) 132 11 0 By petty cash (including some daily ex- penses) 80 8 5 By preliminary expenses.per Mr. Thomas 28 18 1 By wages, salaries, and oomniissions 662 1 6 By travelling expenses (including carriage of some exhibits) 18 16 3 Bv compiling ana cataloguing exhibits 36 15 0 Bv photographs oi Exhibition (for sale) 18 2 6 By framing pictures 20 5 C By sundry liabilities 39 6 i 4,528 0 1 By balance down (loss) 1,557 9 <

BHIBEHY AT A MUNICIPAL ELEC- TION. A HEAVY FINE IMPOSED. In the Queen's Bench Division on Wednesday (before Mr. Justice Hawkins and a common jury; an action was brought against Robert Sharplev, a tradesman at Wakefield, to recover penalties foi bribery which he was alleged to have committed in connection with a municipal election at Wake, field in December, 1882. At the election then were two candidates, one a Liberal and the other a Conservative. The defendant acted as Libera. agent, and it was alleged that previous to the elec tion he visited two female voters and offered eact of them 10s. to vote for the Liberal candidate. It was also stated that the defendant had admitted having received £100 for the election, and that he had riddled the ward with bribery.—For the de- fence, the bribery was denied. It was contended that there was no evidence that the persons alleged to have been bribed had voted, and a legal objec- tion was taken to the plaintiff's claim on the ground that the writ was improperly served .-The jury found for the plaintiff in one case, and for the de fendant in the other-His Lordship gave judgment for a penalty of X100, with costs.

IiADNOIlSRiIIE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. IMPORTANT MEETING. A meeting of the committee of the above society was held at the Severn Arms Hotel, Penybont, on Monday afternoon, Mr. J. Owen Watkins, vice-pre sident. in the chair. There was a large attendance including Sir Richa-d Green Price, Bart., M.P., anc the leading agriculturists of the county. The chief business was to receive a deputation from Knighton, to advocate that the Radnorshirt Show should not be held in 1885, in whict year the Shropshire and West Midland Society hi. I accepted an invitation to hold their show at. Knighton. The deputation comprised Messrs H. M. Evans, J. P. Davies, J. R. Bache, R. Bright, and J. Blower. Sir Richard Green Price ably stated the reasons for the request made by the deputation being acceded to, and strongly urged that the proposal, if accepted, would tend to the promotion of the in. terests of agriculture in the county generally. He deprecated any approach to the question from a narrow standpoint. Several of the deputation als< addressed the committee, but the latter see met generally averse to dropping the Penybont Show even for one year. Ultimately a proposal wat made and agreed tu that the Radnorshire Society should give zC30 towards the fund now being raised by the Knighton Committee to give loca. prizes. Sir Richard and the deputation expressed great pleasure that such a satisfactory arrange- ment should have been made, and having expressec their thanks the deputation withdrew. The com- mittee then proceeded to appoint judges anc stewards and to make other arrangements for thi forthcoming show, which is fixed for August 22.

LORD COLIN CAMPBELL'S APPEAL. In the Court of Appeal on Wednesday (before | Lords Justices Baggailay, Cotton, andLindley), the case of Campbell v. Campbell came on for hearing, It was an appeal on Lady Colin Campbell's action against her husband, w hereby she seeks a judicial separation on the ground of his cruelty. The matter has hitherto been dealt with in cainerd, but the present application was heard in open court Upon the trial the plaintiff obtained a verdict and a decree in her favour. Lord Colin Campbell then applied to Sir James Hannen for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the weight 01 evidence, but the Judge refused the ap- plication. Sir Hardinge Giffard, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Sea-le new appeared in support of Lord Cohn Campbell's ex-parte application to the Court of Appeal for a rule nisi foranewtrial. At the com- mencement of the case a discussion ensued as to whether the matter should not, in the interest, of public decency, be heard in camera, but on Sir Hardinge Giffard insisting that Lord Colin Camp- bell was, for the sake of his own reputation, en- titled to a public hearing, their Lardships said they had no power to refuse it. In the course of the morning, however, all females were ordered to leave the court. The cruelty which was alleged in support of Lady Colin Campbell's case was that her husband was at the time of the marriage in July, 1881, suffering from a disease, that he wil- fully and knowingly communicated that disease to her, and that he had otherwise treated her cruehy by swearing at her and abusing her. The evidence of medical men and others was given in much detail, but the greater part of it was, from the nature of the case, unfit for publication. After reading the shortliand notes of portions of the evidence of the trial. Sir Hardinge Giffard submitted that the case had been presented to the jury by Sir James Hannen in a wrong form, and that sufficient force had not been given to an im- portant branch of the evidence which went to show that it was not until after disagreements between Lady Cohn Campbell and her husband upon other matters than those involved in the action that she instituted the proceedings now under consideration. At the close of the learned counsel's argument. their Lordships intimated that they would delive- judgment after further studying the notes of thi j evidence and the judgment of Sir James Hannei refusing the rule nisi. I

GALLANT RESCUE FROM DROWNING On Tuesday n gallant rescue from drowning v effected by Police-Constable Shooter, who h. charge of the public bathing-place at Exeter, -i pupil teacher, engaged in one of the public ele- mentary schools, sank in deep water in the Exe. The constable, who was at the other end of tht, bathing-place, ran to the spot where the alarm wa raised, and dived in near where it was stated the pupil teacher had sunk. Four times he dived and came to the surface without having caught sight of the body.and was very nearly exhausted. Shooter, however, again dived, and this time brought up the apparently dead body. Blood was flowing from the mouth and eves of the teacher and it was only with difficulty that rescuer and rescued were restored. The constable has saved a very large number of lives, but on this occasion nearly lost his own.

THE Medical Act Amendment Bill is to be with- drawn, as the Government have abandoned the hope of passing it at the present advanced penod of the session. KEMABKABL* DtSAPPBARAyCB Terv Remarkable disappearance all Dirt Ire. every thinj; bv usmr HUDSON'S DRT SOAP. REWARD Purity, Healtii, Perfect Batisfautian by it neater iailjrjpo.

THE NEATH TOWN-CLERK IN THE COUNTY COURT. At the Neath County Court on Wednesday (before his Honour Judge Beresford) Mr. Howel Thomas, solicitor, of the Strand, London, formerly practising at Neath and Maesteg, sued Mr. Alfred Curtis. the Neath Town-Clerk, for the sum of t2 110. 6d., credit being given for 10s. 6d. received.— Mr. S. T. Evans (Charles and Evans) appeared for plaintiff, the defendant conducting his own case.- For the defence it was contended that the defen- dant's son, during his father's absence, simply called upon the plaintiff to inquire whether he knew anything respecting the fixtures in certain premises at Maesteg, and that plaintiff promised to inquire. Defendant's son called on another occa- sion, and was informed that plaintiff's inquiries led to no result. It was further asserted that the in- quiry was purely a friendly- one.—His Honour said it was absurd to suppose that the plaintiff would run about, write letters, and make inquiries gratuitously. Plaintiff was entitled to his charges for attendances and letters, although they did not lead to any result. Judgment for amount claimed, subject to taxation,