The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS I yotices of Birth*, Moerriaget, and Deaths, are chargea. mt the rate o/ lg for thejirst Twtmty Words, and 6ii jur rvery additional Ten Word*, and mutt be PRBPAID. 1" all crnses the notice MM fe uucheaticaCeti by the name gn4 widress oi the writer BIRTHS. GREENER.—On May 1st, the wife of M. H. Greener, M.B„ C.M., Cardiff, of a daughter. <AMES — Thursday, May 19th, at 58, Dean-street, Aber- ,14re, the wife of Mr David James, of a daughter (suji-born). I^iGBw.viay 23, at Glyn Bargoed, Trehairis, R.S.O., the wyg 0f w. w. Leigh, of a daughter. -the 13th inss., the wife of the Rev. W. R R<TC2 £ >' V'JN J Jans te p ha ii, f a son. 828 tt^SER.—Jiay Vtjth, at Glen-view House, Crumlin, the WEBS*™« ?^B^sser- of a daughter. 878 "vivSSl-il kh^^rd inst, the wi/e of Thomas J. •outer, Bryngjas, Xertbyr Tydfil, of a daughter. 971 CHAPMV.mARSI*GES. Church, GHKpn Down Congregational Clifton, to* Ernest Chapman, of Howe of Coi^I?*,cl<l«jt daug^ter 0f the late John assisted by the F.. Winka MHV J. William- son, M.A., John CJaxV|l jleggitt, of Ran-v to Beatrice Mary .eldest dauMor of Cotmc^f^ £ Proger, Park-place, oardifl. 4566 DEATHS. BAKE*.—May 20, at Crindan, Georgv Trevarthe aged 36, eldest son of Ct^^jn Thomas Baker, of Cardiff. EVANS. -On May 20th, at 19, Leckwith-roaa, canton, Cardiff, John Evans, in his 66th year. 911 FLETCHER.—On April 18th, at Cathcart, South At^ of gastrio fever, L*ura, wife of Frank Fletcher, elde* daughter of the late Mr John Hawker, of Swans- bridge Farm, Penarth. 835 HKLLIEH.—On the 20th instant, at Bilbao, Richard Henry Hellier, of Partridge-road, Roath, master mariner, in his 52nd year.. 983 HUGHES.—May 22, at The Court, Cadoxton-juxta- Barry, the Rev. John Hughes, aged 73. 4630 LEwIs. — May 16 ih, Richard, the beloved son of Edmnnd and Jane Lewis, Ysgwyddgwyn, Den, Car- diff, axed 22 years. 834 Lnwta EVAHS On the 21st May, at Providence House, Merthyr, the Rev. Lewis Evans, in his 71st gear. ROBERTS.—On May 18th, at Morgan-street, Ponty- pndd. Mary, wife'of John Roberta, in her 73rd year. Deeply regretted. Funeral on Saturday at two o'clock. Friends please accept this intimation 806 VA,'rHKy—May 2i.;r„ at 3uiijr/i«:i:ela, White'ir. -(-It j .S!i Mary Ann Vaughan, the survifinn! s' acf" of the late Miss Vaugha i, who for y„'<i conducted a high cla»s schoo for ladies nt Aaams. down, Cardiff. VI'UXIAMS.—S.«HY 17th, Catherir ? HE beloved DAUGHTER cf William SAD ii, liodford- ecr.SET, Cardiff, AFTER S IIAG*'>!) £ ILL&ais, aged 13 years. "99 WILUAMS.—On th_ 23rd May, at Let.» "dace, Penrhiw- eeiber-raari, Mouataiit Ash, D<miel W'ilMUKa. Funeral -jii Itk

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SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1887. Lord Salisbury has an unhappy knack of ignoring facts which are palpable to less illustrious eyes. Thus in a speech, when unveiling the bust of the Marquis of Aber- gavenny on Saturday, his lordship remarked that the Church of England does not identify itself with any particular political party. Most people had thought the Established Church was identified with Toryism. We have the authority of Macaulay for saying that the Church has always been on the side of privilege and against the people. Church parsons, with a few notable exceptions, exert their influence on behalf of the Tory party. Often hints sufficiently plain to be understood by everyone who hears them are dropped from the pulpit, and in English rural districts that modern engine of political oppression — the Primrose League — is controlled and directed by the squire, the parson, and the ladies of the congtegation. If the Primrose League were managed on fair lines, no one would have a word to say against it; but in country localities it is the instrument of the rich against the poor, of the mighty against those who are weak. Labourers are coerced into supporting Toryism, and little shopkeepers lose the custom of their Tory patrons if they do not vote for the Tory candidate. We see no reason why Church clergymen should not continue to work for the Tory cause, but it is absurd for Lord Salisbury to take up a pharisaical attitude, loftily observing that the Church is "not as the poor Dissenters are." As a matter of fact, the Nonconfor- mists enjoy an advantage over the Church, inasmuch as they only employ fair means for the purpose of converting men to Liberalism. We fear Colonel Hozier will not receive a very encouraging reply to his epistle urging that Liberal Unionist Associations should be established in the leading centres of Glamorganshire. The Unionist cause has never been strong in Glamorgan or in the principality as a whole, and the visit of Mr Gladstone will inflict irreparable harm on Unionism in Wales. The grand de- monstrations with which Mr Gladstone will be greeted both at Swansea and Cardiff will strike dismay into the hearts bf the few Unionists who yet remain, for they will see over- whelming proof that they themselves are in a hopeless minority". By this time Mr Chamberlain must have realised that he cannot command a following. The Radical Union was started for the purpose of knocking the National Liberal Federation into smithereens. But the federation still lives and thrives, making its influence felt in every part of the kingdom. The Radical Union depends for its existence on Joseph and his brethren," and if it were not for their money, the organisation, such as it is, would speedily collapse. The trial of the young woman Rooney and the man Lester for the murder of Colonel Fendall concluded on Friday, the jury returning a verdict of manslaughter against both prisoners. Mr Justice Hawkins, who tried the case, dissented from the verdict, evidently believing that if there was not evidence to warrant a conviction for murder the prisoners' should have been acquitted. The case for the prosecution was that the deceased colonel bad been pushed down- stairs by the female prisoner. But it was just as likely that he had fallen down the stairs, which were narrow and steep, and had an awkward curve towards the top. There was no wound on the deceased's head, though his skull was fractured at the back, and the fracture could have been produced by a fall. It must be remembered that on going to Rooney's house the deceased was under the influence of liquor, and it would not have been diffi- cult for him to lose his balance on a* rickety stair. Then it must be borne in mind that the deceased's skull was unusually thin. A strong point against the prisoners was that they robbed the unfortunate man, stealing II money and clothing from him. But persons are not hanged for robbery. The judge sentenced each of the prisoners to three months' imprisonment. The Tory Tithes Bill has passed through committee in the House of Lords. In the committee stage three amendments of im- portance were added. The first of these struck out the bonus of 5 per cent, which was to be given to the landlord on acbount of the risk and trouble and expense incurred by him by reason of being made personally liable to the tithe rent charge.' Arrears are to be recoverable in the county court, and the county court is empowered to ap- point a receiver of lands of which the owner is abroad, or is difficult to discover, the tithes of which have got into arrear. l,ord Selborne added a clause providing that where the tithe is three months in arrear, the titheowner should be able to get from the county court judge an order to the tenant to pay so much of the rent as would cover the arrears. These amendments will not satisfy the tithepayer, who has never looked on the Bill with favour. The real object of the measure is to enable the clergy to collect the tithe, and no relief is offered to the farmer. The tithe agitation in Wales caused the Government to bring forward the Bill, which, however, ignores the grievances under which the Welsh farmers suffer. The question of supporting an alien Church is not touched. In fact, to quote the language of Lord Brabourne, who cannot be accused of nurturing Liberal opinions, the Tithe Bill at,tempts to meet the complaints of the tithe-payer by the curious device of increasing the security of the tithe-owner. To-day (Friday) Sir Walter Foster, the member for Ilkeston, visits Penarth for the purpose of formally inaugurating the liberal Institute. Sir Walter is one of the rising me*J *n the Liberal party. Having made his mark in medicine, he is now winning laurels in the political arena. *vas largely owing to his exertions that an was passed giving the medical pro- ."Hrect representation on the General Me V^ancil, and he was one of the first Dw"u fleeted by the medical faculty. 18 professor of medicine at • u ■ i ?e' "krmingham, an institution in which he has a* taken the liveliest interest. Au earned, Liberal and a fluent and effective speaker, he 0n% of the most capable lieutenants in the Kreat army of progress. He is one of the fi%qrdy hwid of Liberals who are stHving to regaiii the Mid- land Metropolis from the heresy of Chamberlaimsm. At Penarth the hon. gentleman is crrtair to n.nth a cordiai i -ption, and his visit will nilWd pleasure to the many Liberal workers in tW- j delightful and thriving locality.

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ADJOURNED FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THE House of Commons has adjourned for the Whitsuntide holidays. The recess will extend over a longer period than was allotted to jaded members at Easter, when the Government were so anxious to push on with the Coercion Bill that they felt bound to restrict the holiday. It was said by some of the unofficial supporters of the Ministry that the Coercion Bill would be through Parliament by Whitsuntide. But the bill is still in committee, and two whole claases have not yet been sanctioned. Mr SMITH expressed a determination to add Clause II. to the bill on Monday. The House was kept sitting until half-past five next morning. Nevertheless, Mr SMITH did not snatch victory out of the angry con- flict. An important sub-section of the Becond clause dealing with press offences stands over until after the holi- days. The Tories are finding out that it is no easy matter to suspend the liberties of the Irish people. Ireland is represented by over eighty members—men who avail themselves of every rule of the House in opposing the Government measure. And the Irish members are emboldened by the knowledge that they have the moral support of liberal-minded, freedom-loving men throughout the civilised world. How can we pretend to be a model democracy when we violate the first principles of democratic government 1 A free people which oppresses a sister and weaker nationality is a disgrace. It is bad enongh for a despot to rule with an iron hand, but it is infinitely worse in a nation which has battled for freedom and won it. Only a short time ago the franchise was extended to every householder, and now we have the melancholy spectacle of a House of Commons, elected by the people, devoting its entire energies sitting up until the dawn of day, in order to fabolish trial by jury in Ireland, and to place Nationalist Irishmen at the mercy of the resident magistrates. If there were an epidemic of crime in Ireland there might be some justification for the extraordinary and dangerous course on which the Ministry have embarked. But there is no disorder, ahd in proportion to the population fewer offences are committed than in Tory London. Mr BALFOUR admitted on Monday evening that crime is diminishing, and he had the audacity to attribute the de- crease to the Coercion Bill. Does the tMSH SECRETARY seriously believe that the Coercion Bill ia striking terror into tho hearts of the Nationalists ? The Irish patriots do not fear the prison cell nor the gallows. They have proved themselves brave meh, and neither physical suffering nor attacks on their personal character alarm them or deter them from their purpose. The only effect of the Coercion Bill is to irritate the Irish people and intensify their dislike of English rule. The improvement which has manifested itself during the past year is a happy result of Mr GLADSTONE'S Home Rule Bill. In face of the determina- tion of the Liberal party to accede to the legitimate demand of Ireland for self- government, the Coercion Bill, no matter how drastic its pfovisionsj becomes com- paratively harmless. A measure which is strenuously opposed by all progressive poli- ticians cannot be applied with rigour even if it should be placed on tho Statute Book. Of the waste of time involved in passing such a Bill it ia impossible to Speak too Btroligly. It seems probable that the greater portion of the session will be devoted to coercion. Where is the legislation which the Liberal Unionists were going to obtain for Great Britain ? Not a whisper is now heard concerning it. Mr CHAMBERLAIN is busily engaged organising his friends for an attack on the Liberal party therefore he can give no attention to ameliorative legislation. His aim is Quixotic enough, but in the meantime the country Buffers. The Tories are in office, and the Liberal Unionists are the crutch which holds them up. Parliament is powerless to legislate for Great Britain. It is applying itself entirely to what Mr JOHN MORLEY justly terms a Hottentot Bill. It was Lord HALISBURY'S wish that Irishmen should be treated as Hottentots, and with the aid of the Dissentients the Ministry are making a frantic effort to enact a law which would be unjust even to an un- civilized people like the Hottentots.

THE RACE FOR WEALTH. WE live in an age of education, and, coo- sequently, progression With the advent of the steam engine and the telegraph high pressure lias to be exercised, and learning is indispensable. Everything muat be forced pretJbcity ia worshipped, The seasons are anticipated, flowers blossom all the year round, strawberries are on the table at Christmas, and new potatoes and peas make their appearances long before our ancestors thought of planting them. As with the vegetable so with the animal kingdom. The connoisseur, unlesshis purse be large, no longer indulges 111 the delicacy of four-year-old mutton, and what was once considered a calf is now urged on to develop into the frame or a heifer. Mankind, of course, has set the pace, to use the language of the turf. Boys not out of their teens enter business, and become bankrupts before they are of age. Infants of tender years have acquired as much learning as the lads of a previous half century, and not content with this, they are still being stimulated to exhibit a still earlier maturity. Every trade and profession is impregnated with the sole idea which compe- tition engenders outstrip your neighbour in the race for wealth. There is not a moment to spare, or else luxury will not be reached before middle age. As the Jew said, get money, honestly if you Can, but get money. Altered conditions to face and problems to solve have necessitated a change of method; and what once passed current for smartness is now deemed old fashioned and out of date. Even our criminal classes now sip their vices with the gusto of an old French rouL A few decades since a lad of fourteen in the position of LEWIS STERN, who was sentenced to a months' imprisonment at Swansea on Wednesday, would have con- fined his pilfariug to some petty larceny, or had as large a sum as BB5 fallen into his hands he would have spent the most of it in sweets, or some puerile amusements in the neighbourhood ot his home. Not so with Mr LEWIS STJSSN his mind had been expanded, and with it his notions of existence. Besides having been brought up, as it were, m a hothouse, his ambition was that of a young man. Masher he would be, and no doubt thought himself one, as he regarded his decked-out figure in the shop windows Liverpool, sauntering down its streets with a new suit of clothes, and rattling the gold in his pocket. The re- port does not say so, but no doubt he had invested in cigarettes, a buttou-hole, and a stick, and had learnt to drawl out the words bitter beah. f001; la(i llis flights of fancy, no less than his flight from justice, were brief. Not a week's pleasure did he gain from his exploits; and judging from the remarks he made to the constable who arrested H'ni he was glad he waa caught before he had spent more of the money, It s-eems to imply that the sphere in which he had longed to cut a dash was rather delusive when acquired, and not half so enchanting as it looked in prospective. Du pr< -bably this lad was merely dueled wi,b the light, and, likn a fiCldl, dutcovereri. when too lale, that it could 'onrn. Yet there are many of hill description abmo who imagisie that there I ia a royaU road to richc-a, and that they j bring in their train every happiness. But the idb rnaa bori. to.opuler. je will tell you that his lot is not to be envied. Time hangs heavily on his bands, pleasures become in- tolerable, and he yearns for something which will relieve the ennui that troubles him everlastingly. What satisfaction can the finest banquet afford if there be no appetite to partake of it? Thus it is with life. It is only dilectable when the desire to enjoy it is present. Repetition is wearying, the charm is in variety. A person who was fed on sugar would soon ask for an antidote, and the sweets of this world ate merely so in contrast With the bitters. To work hard is to play Well, and the one counterbalances the other. Industry produces the means and the inclination to be amused. Those who stray from this path seldom discover much consolation. A brief career of excite- ment, is generally accompanied by care, and then an atonement, which is frequently so severe as to crush its victim. What benefit was the j659 to LEWIS STERN ? He wore fine garments for a few days, but the delight he felt in their possession was wholly spoilt by the dread he constantly experienced of falling into the arms of the law. In fact, so great was this fear upon his mind that he actually was rejoiced when the policeman took him into custody. A month's imprisonment is a sorry repentance for a few days' outing, and it is to be hoped that his case will be a warning to all lads that the only way to succeed in life ia to be upright and honest. It may appear hard to them to say that "everything comes to those who wait;" but it is, nevertheless) true, if patience, determination, and self-denial are exercised. It should be remembered that youth is the season for labour, so that old age may recline in the ease necessary for its infirmities and dignity, and this cannot be accomplished unless, like the plants, the spring-time is devoted to energy. Once the grain is formed the blade may cease from toil, blessed by the sunshine ahd the breeze which will ripen it for that season when comes rest.

— -i iif hwiii ,ii J. L J-L4_|J__L. SOUTH WALES CHAT. The arrangements for tho visit of Mr Gladstone are proceeding apace. South Wales is all astir with excitement, the people eagerly preparing for the time when the veteran statesman will be in their midst. At the great demonstration on June 4th innumerable addresses will be ptesented, and cheers will resound from myriads of throats. At the banquet to Welsh members ifc is fully ex- pected that Mr Gladstone will deliver an im- portant speech on Welsh questions. No doubt he would like to speak at the open-air proceedings, but the delicate condition of his throat renders it undesirable for him to attempt a long address at an out-door meeting. Bearing this in mind, Welshmen will not be unreasonable. It is enough for them that Mr Gladstone will come amongst them to receive their homage^ and that he will give at least one great speech • The honours go ehiefly to Swansea, and the old town will, no doubt, adquit itself in a worthy fashion. But Mr Gladstone has consented to spend a. few hours at Cardiff. The right hon. gentleman will be driven to tho Docks and through the main streets of the town. He ia to lunch at the Liberai Club, an admirable building, but far too small considering tha number of Liberals who think themselves entitled to be present on such an occasion. The club premises are not commodious enough to accommodate the whole of the members, some 700 gentlemen. Naturally, the Cardiff Liberal Association desires to be ade- quately represented, and it has been decided by the officers of the association and of the club that 150 members of the association and 150 nieihbers of the club shall be allotted seat", the names of the fortunate individuals being decided by ballot. But some members of the club protest against being excluded from what is practically their own establishment. Then the Junior Liberals and the Radical Working Men strongly feel that they ought not to be shut out. I fancy it would have been more satisfactory if it could have been arranged for Mr Gladstone to call at the Park-hall for a few minutes. There would have been ample rootn for delegates from each of the political organizations in the borough, and a number of ladies' tickets could also have been issued. In the Lesser Park-hall luncheon could have been laid for Mr Gladstone and a few of the most prominent lights of the Liberal party in Cardiff. But I suppose it is too late to make any alteration now. I fear there will be a (refibus crush at the club, and I am certain that the house committee will have a good deal of fault found with them by members ot the club who are un- successful at the ballot box. « There is probably no sorer means of getting at the "soft "side of the majority of mankind, and, for the matter Of that, of womankind also, than by judicious indulgence in the use of flattery. A woman, for instancej flatters herself that slid is more beautiful or better dressed that her neigh- bours the strolling player entertains the rooted conviction that nothing but sheer inability on the part of managers to appreciate true art prevents him from shining itt the front ranks of his profession; the writer of doggerel in the "Poets' Corner" of old-fashioned country newspapers that he can give a long start and a beatirig to such ovst-praised nonentities as Longfellow and Tennyson. Admire the woman's beauty or her dress tell the foutth- rate actor that you consider his irrtpefSonation of Hamlet equal or superior to that of Irving express the opiniftn that if the budding poet pub- lished bis effusions he would take the world by storm, and forthwith all three will open unto you the portals of their hearts. Vanity, Vanity, all is vanity! As a writer in the current number of one of the quarterlies truly says, this is tho age of self- consciousness. We are all, in our own estimation at least, persons of genius, compared With whom the men who have gone before are as so many piginies. Vanity infests our nature in widely diverse ways. Not everyone prides himself on his powers of imagination, his beauty, grace, or skill, I There are people—not many, perhaps—who pre- I tend to the possession of none of these qualities. You may wish to subdue I them with flattery, and fail for a time to find the right chord on which to bring your batteries to beat. Nevertheless, the weak spot is there, and more or less diligent search will discover it. Some men—and this, although a childish, is a common enough species of vanity- pride themselves not so much on being anything very great in themselves as in their presenting the appearance of people in another station of life, or who follow other callings or pursuits. Ask the man who dressed" horsey" and who was never on a horse, except, perhaps, in a betting sense, in bis life, what sort of sport he enjoyed with the hounds last season," and straightway he ascends into the seventh heaven of delight and is at your merQY, so long as the pleasing sensation of having his vanity tickled shall endure. Seeing that humanity is so susceptible to flat- tery, it is not surprising to iind that it occasion- ally forms no unimportant weapon in the armoury of those who prey on the credulity and weak- ness of their fellows. The Well known confi- dence trick practised by unscrupulous cockneys on innocent couutry cousins instances this, and only the other evening an incident occurred in Cardiff which shows how even a clumsy rogue can ply the weapon with full and complete suc- cess. A friend of mine, a corporal in a local volunteer corps, was passing through the streets on his way from drill when ha was met by a respectable-looking man who, accosting him as corporal," pretending to mistake him for a linesman," signified his readiness, through want of employment, to enlist. Now, if there is one thing in the world that will please the average volunteer it is to be told that he looks something like a regular soldier, but to be actually taken for the real thing itaelf- the idea was enchanting I My friend, however, was too honest not to correct the mistake—a work of supererogation on his part, lft me say between ourselves, for, apart from the distinguishing marks about his uniform, no one able to distinguish the mythical Horse Marino and one of Buffalo Bill's cowboys would ever have dreamt of mistak- ing Aim for a soldier—and so be informed the would-ba warrior that he was only a volunteer. Tho shaft of flattery, however, had gone home, And before pursuing his walk along the afreet— with a heightened sieger, I need scarcely say he had parted with half-a-crown to relieve the other's pressing necessities. An hour later the gallant corporal, who had meanwhile been airing his war piint :n the cosy bar of one of our e.iJing hotel- onco 1): ei>>ef?ed inin the streets. He had not goo* mote thau i .veuty ynids whet; from behind came a cry of w Sergeant, 1 Want to enlist I" Ho turned, anu there—s:l.ag- germ; about in the last stage oi. mtuxls-ation—was the amy one. Clearly, ho had not reccgniaml l¡;Y fraud the corporal; ?.#wi ha vine made, so good a 1 thing out of one volunteer, thought bq would try the same dodge on another. Our army—wo have it on tho authorisy of stout old Corporal Trim— "swore terribly in Flanders," and so did our volunteer on this occasion—from the 'vantage point of the public pavement of his native town. Since "Enoch Arden" was immortalised by Tennyson every penny-a-liner has chosen that name for husbands who, after many years' ab- sence from the domestic hearth, and long since believed to be dead, have then turned up. The latest example of the return of a long-lost wan- derer is the husband of Catherine Borguardt, a woman who summoned a violinist named McQuaide before the Cardiff magistrates this week under remarkable circutnStancas. The Woman married a. sailor named Borguardt. He wont to sea. She heard nothing of him for two years, and receiving a. letter stating that he was dead, thought she was free. She, however, re- mained single for two years, and then married McQuaide, by whom she has had a child. In less than a year after the second marriage ceremony the first husband appeared on the scene, render- ing the marriage null and McQuaide liable for the maintenance of the child. The case is certainly a bad one for all parties concerned, and McQuaide not unnaturally felt it so to him when the magis- trates told him they had no alternative but to order him to contribute to the child's maintenance for sixteen years. But it should be borne in mind that nothing short of absolute proof of death dissolves the marriage, but after seven years persona may marry again and not be prosecuted for bigamy, Ii Our social annals reveal many instances of the low estimate which some persons amongst the humbler and less educated classes place on the Conjugal bond, a.nd the queer notions they hold as to its seveiahce. And such views were more general in years gono by. In the early part of the present century a woman was sold by auction by her husband at Poutefract for the modest sum of eleven shilliugg. At Carlisle Market, in 1332, a farmer disposed of bis wife in a similar way, placing a halter of straw round her neck, while he descanted upon her virtues and vices in a speech which is still preserved in the pages of the Annual Register for the year. Ultimately he sold her for 20s and a Newfoundland dog Nor have sales by auction been the only method by which a husband haa thought he might get rid of all future responsibility for his wife. Leases as well as sales have been acknowledged in the matrimonial market ere now. Perhaps the most notorious case is to be found in the records of the twelfth century, when Sir John de Oarnoys leased his wife, a young and lovely womaii, to Sir William de Payuel, the horrible contract being drawn up in regular form, signed and sealed. But the lady, not unnaturally, revolted from such an inhuman transaction, and appealed to the law, with the result that the lease was annulled and declared void. Irt modern times it might be supposed that more correct ideas on the sacredhess ahd responsibilities of the marriage tie universally prevailed. Still, the sale of a wile for a few pence, or even a pint of beer, Is occasionally reported from the North oi England, and now at Little Dean, in Gloucester- shire, a butcher named Haile, charged with deserting hia wife, and eloping with the wife of another man, coolly offered as an excuse that he only effected an exchange." The butcher, how èVèr, was not without excuse. His wife, besides going off with another man (on which ground the magistrates refused to make an order upon hiiii), bad often left him without a clfeaii shirt for five weeks at a stretch, though that is not the first complaint of the kind that has been made against au erring spouse. I am pleased to learn from Dr. Paina's report, which was presented to the Cardiff Health Committee on Tuesday, that the alarming rumours abroad as regards àíi epidomio of small- pox are unfounded. As a matter of fact, no case has occurred since the beginning of May, and the total number of persons attacked by the disease since December has not leached morb than 30. One lesson, I trust, some rather obdurate folk will learn from the statistics furnished by Dr. Paine. It appears that there his been only one case of death following re-vaccination, and that was in the case of an infant who was born so much impregnated with small-pox that the medical precautions were unavailing. I hear from Dr. Panie that there are a good many persons in Cardiff who still hold out against vacciuatioh. Yet the balance of scientific testi- mony is greatly in favour of inoculation with calf- lymph. A friend of mine sends me the following, which hehasctilled from a Paris journal"Itis repotted that Monsieur Chevrfiul, the illustrious French centenarian, recently recorded his vote at the proper quarter in Paris. Addressing himself to the presiding officer, he said with a signifioant smilej I am not quite sure that I have a right to vote.' And when the remark had elicited a little Astonishment, ho added, 'lam only one year old, sirs—but it is a year of my second century.' Then those present bowed with respectful admira- tion to the venerable savant." • A painfully-laboured attempt is being made 0^ Certain Tory scribes to discount the progress of Nonconformity at Ltanelty. III ri0 district in Wales have the principles of Nonconformity taken firmer root than in that of which the busy tin-plate town is the centre. While the Church of England languishes, and has to be carefully nurtured like some delicate exotic, Con- gregationalism, Methodism, and the other free church bodies flourish with all the vigour and robustness of indigenous plants. This indubitable fact is all too unpalatable to Churchmen, and Llanelly Was recently alluded to in a classic journal of High Churchism as being "a hot-bed of Radical dissent." This was reluctant testimony which it had the distinct merit of being true. Of late Churchmen have been making desperate efforts to render less glaring the disproportion between themselves and the Nonconformists Tory squires have been called in to assist, and much has beati made of that singular biped the Tory working Wan. Notwithstanding ai( the Church of England at Llanelly is at tho pre! sent moment numerically weaker than the least influential of the Dissenting bodies in that town. At the annual meeting of the Jsorth Wales quarrymen, the other day, Mr W. J. Parry de- livered an excellent address. It is satisfactory to note that North Wales is likely to adopt in S0Jne suitable form the South Wales precedent of a wage slidiug-scale. Concluding* amidst cheers Mr Parry said It was your Uniting together as one strong victorious body in 1874 that swept away the most rotten and tyrannical quarry management that Wales ever witnessed; that struck the fatal blow at brilery in the quarries in its worse form, and secured for you a fairer amount of wages for your labours. It waSj'our united action then in Dinor- wic that gave you the Union, and in Penrliyn the "trefniant," It is the divisions in Penrhyn that cost them the" treflllant, aad much more. If you also lost the Union, yon will do so because of being divided. Ibo Union is not a power intended to compel the employor to give more than is just but a power intended to defend the workman from losing his lawful rights. • Asamatterofcuriosity I should like to know how many Welshmen there are intho Principality, in England, or America who will not at once read this note when they see it is about Edward Mat- thews. Theteisuo dfeedof any address or inscrip- tion far and near the mellow mu-tic of this dis- tinguished man's voice has from the pulpit or tha lecture platform ptirrod the entnusiasm of tens of thousands, nnd the testimonial which was pre- sented to him at Bridgend last week would have been of twenty and fifty times the value had the movement r.ot been kept purposely quiet, I do not agree with all that Mr Matthews, the politician, says—and that, I daresay Mr Matthews will say, is my fault and loss, not his-but I have a true and deep admiration of Mr Matthews, the thinker and orator. There were kings," of course, before Agamemnon," but a greater figure than that of Mr Matthews has not ascended, in these modern times, the steps of the Welsh pulpit. His steadiness of principle is also acknowledged even by those who most differ from him, and the influence of his upright, straightforward chart ftctec is as healthful as hia unassuming simplicity is proverbial. Bridgend has only anticipated during the lifetime of its eminent resident that dcsirn to do him honour which all Wales w:U fe„i when his uame will be a memory of the pre«eut and past. u MERLIN.

Aceideitt a» Bln. Muroii. held on .Saiucy at bUt-,uvo„ tSint death of William Holvuv a. th* 17 years of ag^. Daceased was employed as^si abonrer at the G,rn u,t. scree,0u th« 7th ult ho weut hou.e rom h,s w-u k u. u)rt evening and complained of; having reee ved a blow oa ti* l >Vt s:d*, winch, it transport, Wfis b rdipi.ifjg ot ». nprag that lu had placed iif po'sit^u a tru^. Del or-ieu suid the swelling di i not M,p«9.r mud, at first, but it a;>c^arn« V l^lf mu'«» IRth inst.V j burst, and caused dsatl, T„a j"ry return, i verdict Ul accorciacge with the medical evidec'

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FESTIVITIES AT LLANIWiT MAJOR. Wednesday will remain a red-letter day in teh annals of the extremely picturesque and histori- cally interesting village of Llantwit Major. Not only were the inhabitants gratified by the presen- tation of anexceilont town clock, but they were also .startled out of their usually quiet lives by the invasion of an unprecedentedly large influx of distinguished visitors. Mr William Thomas, of Ivy House, Mantwit, some time ago deter- mined to confer a boon upon his feliow-towns- people by giving them a public clock, and this has been duly erected in a conspicuous position in the Town-hall. The day chosen for the unveiling ceremony was Wednesday, and Mr Richard Price, 1\ genial and well-known member of the Cardiff Corporation, took the opportunity of iuviting his confreres to Llantwit Major fur the occasion, as the little hamlet happens to be his birthplace, and he has recently built a commodious villa there. Accordingly at an eaily hotor three brakes drew up in front of the Cardiff Town-hall to con- vey the excursionists to their destination. The vehicles were supplied by Messrs Hurley and Son, of the Queen's Livery Stables, and as they were magnificently horsed by four-iu-hand teams, the time was not long in flying before the party arrived at Hantwit. Here they were met at the outskirts of the village by a braes band, and, escorted by almost the entire population of the place, they proceeded in processional order to the Town hall. After a short halt, the serious busi- ness of the day was immediately proceeded with, aud happily accomplished. Mr Wrn. Andrews, on behalf of the generous donor, Mr Win, Thomas, made a neat little speech, explanatory of the motives which had led Mr Thomas to present the clock to the village, and then handed the key to Mr Garsod, the chiuchwarden, who suitably acknowledged the gift. The Mayor of Cardiff then unveiled the clock, which thus showed its. face for the first time amidst the ringing plaudits af the assembled crowd. The clock is a very handsome one, with a black and gold dial, and is circumscribed by an inscription setting forth the name of the donor, and the fact that it was pre sented during the jubilee year of her Majesty Queen Victoria. The company then separated to explore the neighbourhood, and this proved to be a more than ordinarily interesting task. Llantwit Major was renowried ifi ages long since past for its eollege, monastery, and chnrch. So far back as the fifth century this seat of learning was famous in distant lands, and the legend runs that St Patrick was educated there, the spot being shown upon tho coast where he w.is kid- napped by marauders from Ireland. The old parish church abounds in relics of the Ptldt, and the services of the one or two antiquaries present were in great demand by those not versed in ecclesiastical or bardic lore. Somo of the Saxon monuments are in a wonderful state of rSpair, and one quaintly carved pillar in particular was pointed out as bsmg symbol of the more positive and material worship practiced not only by the ancient Britons, but by the Greeks and Romans. Long before-the sight-seeing faculties of the visitors had been exhausted, they were sdmmbned to the Town-hall, where an excellent luncheon had been provided by Mr Richard Price. Mr George; of Cardiff, catered, and the menu was creditable alike to the bost and the purveyor. Dr J. W. Straaiifag Came, J.P., presided, and amottg others present in addition to Councillor 11. Price, were the Mayor of Cardiff, Aldermen Jones, Taylor Cory, Carey, Yorath and Waring Councillor! D. Jones, Trayes, Tiounce. Peter Price, Hurley, Burrow, Oliver, steveus, lira in, Shackell, Itariis- dale, Lotigher, Proger, Reynolds, Mildon, T. Kees, and Riches Mr J. L. Wheatley, Mr Collihgwood, Mr Harpur, Mr Hurrtlstn, Mr Hemingway, Rev. E. W. Vaughan (Rector of Llaiitwit), Mr John Garsed, Mr G. W. Nichbll, Captain Homfray, :and Mr E. Williams (Royal Hotel). After tbe usual loyal and complimen-' tafy toasts, that Of the liost." Mr Councillor Richard Price, Was enthusiastically honoured. The proceedings, however, wei*e mdrtf of a Social than a formal nature. Several gfentlemen, among others Councillors Hurley and Riches, and Mr Ilurmati, donttibuted materially towards the Success of the musical portion of the affair, aud Mr W. Young of Cardiff, ably officiated at the piano. About 4 o'clock the company adjourned to Mr Richard Price's n4hv villa, and disposed themselves at will over the house and grouuds. The residence commands a beautiful and extensive view and its situation and proportions elicited general admiration. Coffêe and cigars were served in the dihing room and on the lawn, Whilst several gentle men found their Wa.y to the billiard-rooiK Mr Councillor Trounce read a very succinct Danat. ou "The History of Llantwit Major," listened to with interest and attention by every one present. He described .the church as h*>i/ hot merely the ifiost ancient in Walfes but «! of the oldest in Great Britain, as it was bnh? about tha year 508. At this period the loci school of divinity was founded. The place S known by the name of Llaniltyd, the final plrt of the compound wotd referring to St. Iltya K presided over the college for rrtdu/ Af M di3C,fsi0a followed the readln? of Mr Trounces paper, ahd Mr vvu* Thomas, of Ivy House eavp shmo a, i details,'in which he' SJoribeT»!Up,p1ementary anticihity to Llantwit tl11 Boater the party gathered info a[ter seVf* P m, before their deStuta th«l afirailI> but ment bv they excited much merri- Sow'r$s ™"J "o'sr the rinein- f hil>» for Cardiff amidst Price gave O^P^ gerSl Mr ^chard should h« A • everyone 111 Llantwit nnnsp e tu I during the evening at his ex» J ° that the prosaic little hamlet word ah unwonted air of festivity until a late b< ur. The visitors reached Cardiff safely about 10 o'clock It was currently reported during the afternoon that some prominent members of the health COIll- mittee had set out for Llantwit óy the traction engine, but that it had broken down en route.

THE ANTt-TITHE AGITATION. Exciting Scenes. One hundred constables were Wednesday at the Guildhall Ju fV" Before the Montgomeryshire magistrate? ,m' hundred special constables were al«» t, in, Oil the application of Chief Oimd > i T? T0*11 Superintendent Elli8, "o distraint sales for titue -»t M 'r i the farmers of Meifod are Jl l Al1 excitement prevails through* uf i m?1 bithe is equally distX.tli w I d/1!fcr,ct- Tho Christ Ciiuroh, Oxford! betweea the vicar and Llangwmn^LUnrlfairtar 8Dwi ,,witue?sed at made at sale on the <liT wFe stronsr sfeaft nf il J^stramod farms. Ihe k mountain districts snendhv Urt'if *rom cattle were ROIH T sP'^dily gathering, and the ensued 'Phoi d excitement tuen ■tud cudcel« v vvns armed with great sticks thetimTwo, .T l,!creMi»S in number. As nssiiifip<l -iv se!i U'i ^excited yell^, and en1«'?vnntJVTy 'ig att-tude ;<s the baihffs Tlin nulicp I ° 0 ca^e oh the premises. Iri m r|,ov'rie63 iu ti,e hitads ut fha atte,ml>ts to proceed with tho sales i, o itinued. The police were dispatched oi ot, cn v\ eduesday. An auctioneer from New- port proceeded to Church Farm, Llanthetirv Monmouthshire, for the purpose of selling six trees whicu had been seized for tithes. Soma 10 tarm labourers attended, and kept up such an uproar that the sale hail to be abandoned. The auctioneer was jostled, and a tew roiten eggs were thrown, but otherwise there was no disturbance. A meeting of tithe-payers was held at Moid on ^cdnesday, when it was reported that Captain lvuight, principal tithe-owner in the district, had served a ten days' notice on a number of tenants, and refused to concede the 10 per cent. reduction demanded. The meeting resolved to urge upon the tenants to adhere to the demand for 15 per cent., and to refuse payment without.

VILLAINOUS""CONDUJBT AT LYDNEY. At the Lyduey police-court, on Wednesday Richard Cooke, a man adout 26 years of nie: described as a painter of Manchester^ was brought up in custody and charged with maliciously setfj fire to » rick of straw, on the 18ch instant" ng Woolastone Grange Farm, the property of AT H. Bubb, and doing damage to the extent 1)[ There was a second charge against the ■ for having set tire, on the same date to *m:s"ner straw valued at £38. the propertv f nulclc of Joyce, of Pennsylvania Farm, Ciipn f )f Thomas Tyrrell, a servant at Woolastone j? w* :Sarah that prisoner asked hot to givt> j.r,n> deposed He was refused, and went awav 8"m0 food. thing she could not hear.—Goor rnuttenllg' some- nbout ten minutes after m-i* 118ald that rick of straw on fire. ^ner'eft lie saw tho ariy of it, and it was wifl 38 1WlP°s«ib!e to save other valuable property an^V"1!10-1 that from distinction.—In buildings were saved Jacob Carey Rugma,, charge, Mr deposed to seeing •"adtiains Court Farm, lying ou the road-^f0"^ 0,1 t!le sam« evening from the sceue of at>out a Quarter of a mile deposed to some ™„te<L0n? fire;—Thomas Joyce prisoner, who ■ afclon. 'ie ^ad had with Witness retire^ t„ bed19) "earch of work. all was safe. 10.30, and at that time ing by a strong n-UvfS- early next morn- !t|iat « stiviu,$T 1 the front yard- founli buildings WPrC ot,i„ WiVJ !m ^e- Ttie adjoining Clarke dP,.ricli iy 8aved Wlth difficulty.—P.3. Chepstow 'Pi afPrehehding prisoner near rePiieri thai- I i'6 c"a,'Ke was r,5ad to him, and lie that! j,j j ,v\'aa £ wsed food at the farm, and on fir, H lad lus reveo«e- He 'Jid sefc *•'>* ricks aiso p i ,hopèd to Ret {i ve years for it. Prisoner n,'i- !"e iafc tllis i°h of being on the road a t it- to nmoil now- There were too many Thl .f "e would rather be in gaol than out.— x ne charges having been read over, prisoner said he was not going to lie down and starve.—The uench committed him for trial at the August assizes,, and he was removed in custody. Prisoner maintained a callous indifference dating the hear- mg, and frequently laughed.

Cat-din Scholarship*. — A meeting of the VjiM'iliff Jitee IjiOrary Committee was held on iuesday evening in the Town-hall.—A dis- cussion arose as to the continuation of the two scholarships held by students of the Cardiff Science and Art Schools of je25 each, tenabie for three years, at the Royal School of Mines or the iMirmal School of Science, Bousli Kensington or the Koyfil (Joiiega of fjciencp, Dublin.—Councillor Hopkins signified his willingness to continue one scholarship, on conditio' that Aidonnan Cory did 'fr'ut gentleman at once consented, and Mr Wheatley announced tuegenorous promises to the meeting who received the intelligence with si'ijianae.— On the in<-fion of Mr Wheatley. I Ooivmnilvi. 'j>ouuc £ a hearty y.*U oi thanks was accorded tc tha donors,