South Wales Daily News

GERMANY. JU^KELIN, Monday Evening.—Prince Bismarck P here to-day for Friedrichswh, in Lavenburg. Will return to Berlin on Thursday.

SPAIN. DRID, Sunday.—The Carlists have deatreyed railway line near Miranda.

ITALY. ILLNESS OF THE POPE. IROATE, Sunday.—The physicians attending the op, have forbidden his Holiness to leave his tnents, merely for the sake of additional "^AUTION. JFTOME, Monday.—The statement thatan offensive defensive alliance between Italy and Germany been formed is denied. The Government will •FV*« the telegraph lines of the Sardinian Railway j^PANY. W?I ME' Monday.—The Italian Government, as as the Governments <>f England and Austria, N8 ANNOUNCED to the Porte that it is opposed to 6 augmentation of the Suez Canal tolls.

PERSIA. IiERAN, Sunday.—During the last two days festivities have taken place here on the JJ^.VERSARY of the Shah's birthday. His Majesty L^^ED the members of the Court, and said that ^LA? 'N travelling in Europe was to develop TIOUS with European powers.

Vi AMERICA. TON, Monday.—The Anglo-American ion have rejected the Calcutta cases. a WRECK OF THE ATLANTIC. IFAX, Monday.-Forty additional bodies AFL6 KEEN recovered from THE wreck of the ^TIANTIC.

^FTLKE OF GASMEN IN NEW YORK. W YORK, Monday.—The gasmen.have struck thE city is in darkness. The Spaniards have A contraband schooner at Port Antonio, A&iaica.

ASSOCIATION AKD CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAMS.] BOAT RACE ON THE TYNE. .The boat race on the Tyne yesterday for £ 100, Jtween Hymes and Hill, resulted in victory for the by ten feet, ufter a severe struggle.

A VIOLENT BURGLAR. V^RISTOL Assizes yvsterduy Samuel Abrahams, who WJURSDAY last WAS convicted of burglary and een- SEVEN years' penal servitude, was convicted SOLENT assault on A warder in a oell beneath the HJJ. immediately after his trial, and Bentenced to A yEARS' PENAL servitude in addition to his pre. Bentence.

4 THE BALLOT AT TYRONE. egram states that police reinforcements were JO into Tyrone from various parts of the province, the civil power in preserving the peace yesterday.

4AGISTERIAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST U MR. ARCH. lt Arch and several agents of the National Agri- 4h4,tlkl Labourers' Union, including Mr. Cox, a Derby- I'NJI Magistrate, hive been summoned to appear at PHTO- SDON, FOR obstructing the highway by holding a C Meeting. Mr. Arch says he will not pay a fine.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE t. FREEMASONS. 1t'1I .WILLIS'S Rooms last evening the Prince of Wales Odel11stalled Grand Master of the Knight Templars' 811tlt rof Freemasons. A very large company was pre- LOG ELUDING several noblemen and members from all <*EC0FTI+O* the kingdom. The hall was splendidly K,JI8HTS WERE *N costume, and the ?*OTE the drt ss prt-seuted to him by the late King EII- A banquet followed.

• JTASS MEETING OF IRONWORKERS. CT!MA88 OF COWORKERS, held at Dudley T,8'erday morning, IT WAS UNANIRV, I I JE ironmasters' off,r of IBs. ITTX AGRF S an advance of EEWN and a FO? PADDI*RS' ^°RKT;F *AGES" These are the ternasol the"Kettle ^*RD in the North.

K THE HOLYWOOD MURDERS. t4l4trial of Mary and Charlotte Rea for the Holywocd 4ers, commenced yesterday mornm, before Justices and Lawson, at Downpatrick Assizes. An appli- 0,1 for postponement was refused.

V HALLIDAY AND THE REPRESENTA- „ TION OF MERTHYR. 0 Editor of the SOUTH WALKS DAILY NEWS. R^THI.S morning the following paragraph APPEATS M 'PER:- Halliday, having announced that he has no m- OF contesting the seat for Merthyr, at the next Y^OU." W °th ^EN PR°ceed to make certain statements in regard S, PE°PLE, founded on the assumed truth of what relative to ME NE,VER did make such a statement to any person, YH> I A^E> publicly or privately, in direct language, ^LN-NUE • °' earnest or in jest. In fact it is a pure T RATION with no atom of truth in it. LEAVE therefore to give this statement a point Q contradiction, and having thus drawn away the dltion I leave your readers to form their own opinion lIie fanciful superstructure raised by you upon it.—I &c., THOMAS HALLIDAY. ^PORT, April 7th, 1873.

ESSRS. HALLIDAY AND SHERLEY J, FOR MERTHYR. 0 the Editor of the SOUTH WALES DAILY NEws. NW, I~ A? AATC^I°N Messrs Halliday and Sherley's MATURE for lerthyr, you express some surprise at ITE» Y alliance which it was rumoured had been STAI MT0, YOU not aware that Mr. Y WAS ONCE AS A ^DICAL as Mr. Halliday.— (>' £ C-, A TRADESMAN. April 7th, IS/3-

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Editor of the SOCTH WALES DAILY NEWS. O.-ALLOW me to cull attention to a custom which I *ould be more honoured IN the breach than iN the «HT„^NCE. To-day there was a foot race or SOME such ^/TAIIIMENT in Canton, and at ITS F^R<NUJ?^ER *C>VEYED many of the spectators back TO CARDIFF and ^ERE. In some instances eight or ten pe ns occu- vehicles, and it was PAL^ „„ THE ^EVF88^ STATE of the poor animals. N.^JI0 W AT this cruelty V Where are the police EY CMP°WER TO interfere and put a stop to proceedings so K-LY disgraceful ?—Yours truly,' JU.KE street, Cardiff, OBM^"VHIV' ^-PRIL 7th, 1873.

CHURCH BUILDING IN CANTON. °f t,ie SOUTH WALES DAILY NEW«- tiojj^'—In reading your journal of this date inv a .'V „ .^as directed to a paragraph connected Wlt ^U^vertisement entreating funds to complete a neW Church in Cardiff. Now, sir, every Churchmau delighted to see such progress; but there is an age that, under the circumstances, affects this poor cots of mine very particularly—namely, Its well to off with the old love before we commence with the .and as, unhappily, there yet remains a balance to &lle i'1 respect of Canton Church, 1 might ask the ?"0U8 donors of hundreds and fifties," and say of Ho ts''even t° those within the sum of on« pound," i taking the £ 2,000 already paid, have really been the x>S°ntrihutors to our funds, help us in defraying the so hard, so vrry hard t» get. Seeing the noble *eti r<*ity published in your columns of to-day, I fear my >Wetiee has been the reason, our debt continues to be 't)w a burden and anxiety and feeling also, as many ^ions prove, that your advocacy of our cause in r ^aJ's has enabled us to dispel the impromptu which provoked such mirth in days gone V>y— Oh; Can toil's silly people, 1^ You built u church without a steeple," JXw^ringirig men's minds into agreement with their 80 as t° help us in our arduous task. I pass now Vjjj the singular to the plural, for without the aid -of ^ri v Would have been impossible to compass in this ^lil • ver willing its people) such a work. Whilst that our only reason f>>r remitting our labours ^r°m tlie fact that our steeple," formisg now so an addition to the scenery in and about <l*jv as viewed by the noblesse during their rides and ^LvjS' we hoped that lore for art cJ<c would have V^j 6d the warmth of generosity, and we should have ^3°. Heed to ask the mighty engine of modern power to e itself on our behalf—but, alas, we are disappointed, t^^Ust ask for leave once again to plead our cause, may become your thankful readers.—Believe me, remain, sir, yours faithfully. ■K VINCENT SAITLEZ. e llectory, Canton, April 4,1873.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.— MONDAY. The Speaker took the chair at 4 o'clock. The attendance of honourable members at prayers was for the night of the Financial Statement remarkably small, and although the House gradually filled, it was by no means so crowded as usual on similar occasions. The Strangers and Speakers galleries were crowded as soon as the doors were open, whilst those allotted to the Peers and distinguished persons filled very slowly, only a few peers being present. THE AFFAIRS OF SPAIN, In reply to Mr. Stapleton, Mr. GLADSTONE said that in co»sequence of the re- presentations of the Spanish Minister claiming the pro- tection of the law against an advertisement in t le es minster Gazette inviting subscriptions in alt»9 le ^r" lists, Earl GranvilJe had consulted the law officei o e Crown, and they had stated that as the money was in- vited as gifts, it was not illegal, although contrats to the same effect would be so. It was no infraction of »"■ tions would be taken on LT^DAY T Education but only J h. hoped, f°r AT VIENNA. I^telELD^d'tb.' the unlfad Stat,, Rover, menthad made an unofficial f ffa8 "refP?ct fto the proposed Conference to be held at Vienna i elating to patentsf but that not having been accepted, her Majesty s Government could not at to'Kv flf matter, there would be no objection to lay the corres- pondence on the table.. XTT"v TTTF ROAPID OF TRADE AND THE PORTS OF CARDIFF AND SWANSEA. In reply to Mr. Plimaoll, Mr. FORTESCUE said that the Board of Trade had ordered Capt. Digby Murray to visit Swansea, Cardiff, and other ports, officially upon business At Liverpool he was ordered to aommunicate with the owners of the ship Helena, which had been pronounced unseaworthy, and stopped from going to sea at Cardiff. The recent owners, a highly respectable firm, were unaware that she had been previously condemned. A further survey was ordered to see whether she could go to Liverpool to be re- paired. That survey was made by Capt. Murray. and the result was the Board of Trade refused that leave. Captain Murray was at Cardiff on that business, and gave no orders to the officials there to refuse any information. The Chief of the Customs at Cardiff applied to know whether he was to supply in- formation asked for by Mr. Hooker, a London solicitor, and the answer was that, altnough it was not usual, he could supply information from the books. If he had been applied to in the first instance, he would have given the hon. member every facility but now all the necessary information would be obtained by the Royal Commission. He protested against the insinuations that there was some underhanded conduct on the part of the Board of Trade and its officials, and on his own and their part would demand the fullest investigation. Mr. PLIMSOLL said that the remarks referred to appeared only in ONE paper, in which he was incorrectly reported, although rightly given in all the others, and Le had at once written to set that paper right. In reply to Mr. Goldney, Mr. FORTESCUE said that he would be able to state the names of the proposed Commissioners before the third reading of the Railway and Canal Traffic Bill. ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDINGS IN SCOTLAND. In reply to Mr. McLaren, The LORD-ADVOCATE said that he had not forgot- ten the promise which he made last session that he would take into consideration the whole subject of local rates for erecting and maintaining ecclesiastical buildings in Scotland, with the view of submitting a measure to Par- liament. He distinctly stated that he would do so if there appeared a reasonable prospect of carrying such a measure, and if an opportunity presented itself he would endeavour to do so. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT. In reply to Mr. Candlish, Mr. GLADSTON E said it was not the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill this session to repeal the Contagious diseases Act. M ARINE DISASTERS IN COLONIAL WATERS. In reply to Mr. Cr-twford, Mr. FORTESCUE said that in the case of marine disasters in Colonial waters, the Colonial authorities would open an inquiry, and he believed that this was already being done in the case of the Atlantic by the Governmeat of the Dominion of Canada. THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY. Mr ST ANSltELD gave notice that on the 1st of May he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to the liability and assessment of property for rates and taxes, and for a Select Committee to inquire into and report what alterations might be desirable in the boundaries of Parishes in Counties in England, not at present distinctly defined, for the purposes of local taxa tion.

THE BUDGET. The House having gone into Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. Bonham Carter in the chair, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to make his annual financial statement, and was received with cheers. He said the financial year, which had just come to a close, had been by no means exempt from in- cidents and vicissitudes. Last year suffered from an un- favourable harvest. Two of the States which together formed the barrier of Europe against the Atlantic, were at the present moment provisionally governed, and one of them seemed to be in the throes of Civil war, while the Mercantile world had been much agitated by apprehen- sions excited by the large remittances of money which had been sent from France to Germany. In addition to that, we at home had suffered, not only from the self- inflicte misery Gf strikes, but from the rise w IC at taken place in the case of the neces- saries o life, and especially in the article of coal. e was appy to say, however, that in the nar- TN WAS to submit to the House he was not A • F RACE 8 8^°KTEST vestige of those vicissitudes and misfortunes upon the I.«„M, T revenue and finances of the country. It seemed as if those thin<» u- i_ • 1.1 1 • »a which m former years had an almost paralysing effect had t • naa now lost their old power. At any rate his task was a very gratifying one in having „ deal with Q. year of almost unexampled prosperity (cheers). The hrst pwt to which h..Uhod to was > comparit on between the expenditure of the year j„,t passed-namely, 18(2-73, Md tM for U|at year, l'ota gran s e year pag^ ^a(j been £ 71,881,000, »"d '^ac'^lexPen«tur, „( thc tad amount^ to £ ,0,,14,000 so that there was a balance in favour of the expenditure of 2167 000. This was less than the sum m the Appropriation Act by k949,000, and less than the original estimates in the Budget by £ 51)9,000. Proceeding to the principal items of that saving, the hrst was ±205 000, which was in refer- ence to the charges in the l a ^nd. It arose in this manner. In the Act of 186J, by which the Chan- cery and Bankruptcy funds were paid into the Exchequer, provision was made that in case the funds of the Court fell below a certain sum, a grant should be made in aid of them from the Consolidated Fund, and no such grant had to be made since the .Â(;t was passed, for which pur- pose £100,000 was put down, but happily the funds had been sufficient and the grant had not not been called for. Another case was similar in ITS nature. By the Telegraph Act of 1869 it was provided that if Telegraph Revenues showed a profit it should be employed in purchasing stock, and £ 100,000 had been put down for to meet that expenditure. The fact^ was that the expenditure was only £ 11,000, leaving a saving of £ 39,000. These items accounted for the £ 205,000. The Civil Service estimates showed a large reduction, viz., £ 766,000, which arose principally FROM the items of re- duction and public buildings. The Education Depart- ment had fancied that the Act would come into operation more rapidly thau it had done, and had made provision to meet it, but the result was only according to the usual experience in such cases, and it would probably be some years before it was in thorough working order. WitB re- •» *> Pu'Jlic buildings, the unexpended sum amounted to the chief buildings included in the saving, being wf ost Office, the Inland Revenue Offices, the Natural ,18p1^, and the Science and Art Building. In m °'S ce there was an excess of £ 24,000, and in the leegrap s of £ 172,000, and this excess was reported to he owin0 o o yreat and rapid extension of the telegraph busine«. Comparing the expenditure of 1872-3 with that ot e found that while the latter was £ 71.49 ''J^^ ie or^er had been £ 70,714,000, showing a decrease last year of £ 776,090. There had been an in- creased expenm ure in only two items, viz., abolition of puvchaS w lie i was 6, and Revenue Department £ 575,000. *he estimated revenue of 1872-3 was £ 71,846,00.1, the ac.ua revemie £ 76,60S,775, showing an INEM'^E OF >' 1 J?' *LE Expenditure this year, then, hiving been £ ,0,714,000, the 8ur{J of' income' over expenditure amounted to £ 5,895,000. (Cheer*.) Of that amount of revenue there was derived from sources other than taxes, namely, p08t 0ffice telegraph service, crown lands and fees, and miscellaneous, £ 10,691.000. The Customs had increased by £ 053,000 the increase being in every item except chicory, coffee, Geneva, and molasses. The increase of excise over the estimate had been £ 2,475 000, and that spirit* alone showed an increase of £ l,3o0,0o<>. tcon*mnpv tion of spirits had been at the rate ot ^.>,000 a week, a statement he could only make Wxth mix, IE in<,&, for while he could not help feeling that a great portion of the money so spent might have been better employed, he must, nevertheless, congratulate the working c asses on having so much money to spare. The increase from malt had been L-ti-e, namely, £ 860,000 but R400,000 of that. was due to the exceptional circumstances ot the late malting in 1871-72, and the early malting in. 18Z3. The increase from malt was £ 466,060.. 1 Colonel BARTTELOT wanted to know what was the total revenue from malt. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not at that moment put his finger on the amount, but believed that it was upwards of £7,000,000. Under the head of Stamps there was also a remarkable increase, amounting to £247,000 Deeds showed an increase of £105,000, although, the House would remember, that stamps on deeds had been very considerably reduced. Stamps on bills of exchange showed an increase of £110,000, and the other items of increase were, receipts and drafts, marine insurance, probate, and administration. This increase had been compensated for to some extent by the falling off in one hand of stamp duty, which was not under the control of the Government, and which perhaps it was not desirable should be under their control. He referred to the Legacy Duty. That it must also be re- membered that the amount of the legacy duty in 1871-2 was the largest on record, viz., £3,371,000. Under the head of Income Tax there was shown an increase of £56,000 beyond the estimate. He came next to a com- parison of the revenue of 1872-3 with that of 1871-72. The actual income of 1872-3 was £76,699,000, while the income of 1871-2 was £74,703,000, showing an increase of income of £1,901,000, notwithstanding that taxes had been remitted to an extent which was calculated to cause a loss of £3,240,000 within the year. He had now to turn to another subject, the state of the balances. The present Government were responsible for four finan cial years, beginning on the first of April, 1869, and ending on the 31st of March, 1873. On the 1st of April, 1869, the balances in the Exchequer were £4,707,000. There had been a surplus of revenue over expenditure in the four years, amounting to .£16,079,000. There had been an excess of repayment of loans for public works over ad- vances of £2,109,000, making altogether £22.896,000, out of which there had been applied directly in the extinction of debt, £10,903,000, leaving on the 31st of March, a balance of £11,992,000. Between April, 1869, and April, 1873, debt had been paid off to the amount of £29,6,100 (hear, hear). But during the same period, debts had been incurred for telegraphs to the amount of and for fortifications to the amount of £1,285,000, making together a sum of debt incurred of £9,9:)3,000, Substracting that from the amount of debt paid of, it appeared that the debt had been diminished by £19,680,000. The Committee must also observe that the debt incurred for telegraphs was not money sunk, but represented reproductive expendi- ture that, in truth, the reduction had not been very far short of the large sum he at first mentioned. On the 1st of April, 1869, the debt stood at £805,480,000. On the 1st of April, 1873, that amount 'had reduced to £785,£00,000. The funded debt stood at £727,425,000, and terminable which £42,000,000 would drop altogether in 1885. The unfunded debt. con- sisting mainly of Exchequer bills, there being no Ex- chequer bonds out, and the amount was £4,829,000, the debt had been reduced within the current year by £6,861,000. He would now put together a few figures, which would show the capital expenditure of the Government. During the four years they had spent on fortifications and telegraphs £9,028,000, and on the abolition of purchase £1,286,000. They had diminished the debt by £19,680,000, and they had increased the balances in the Exchequer by £7,285,000, making alto- gether a capital expenditure for permanent objects of £37,279,000. During the three years taxation had been taken off, amounting to £9,166,000, which he hoped would be accepted as some answer to those who accused the pre- sent Ministry of having devoted their time solely to the reduction of debt, and of having done nothing whatever to alleviate the burden of the people (hear, hear). He next turned to the financial year on which we were now entering, and compared the estimated expenditure of that year with the grant of 1872-3. The estimated expendi- ture for the current year was £71,871,000, and the grants of 1872-3 were £71,881,000, so that there was a net de- crease this year of £lQ,OOO. There was a reduction in debt of £80,000, arising from cancelling of stock, and a re- duction of Exchequer bills to the amount of £300,000, but on the other hand there had been a loan for fortifications fortifications and telegraphs increasing the amount of terminable annuities. There was a decrease in army ex- penditure of £107,000, chiefly in pay warlike stores and buildings, but on the other hand there was an increase of nearly £200,000 in provisions and fuel. In the Navy there was a decrease of £341,000, counterbalanced by an increase of £136,000 in dockyards, through the rise in the rate of wages. There was an increase of £144,000 in Naval stores, of 132,000 instead of machinery, and in various other items, making a total of £175,000. The Civil Service showed an increase of £128,000. In class 1 there was a decrease in the number of buildings now in hand, but an increase under the head Natural History Mnsuem, and New Courts of Justice, which buildings the Government were resolved to push forward. They hMl only just received an estimate for the New Law Courts, and he did not think any time had been lost in that matter. In class 2 there was an increase of £107,000, due principally to the putting in force of the Public Health Act by the Local Government Board In class 3 there was an increase of £131,000, which was attributable to the increase in the pay of the Irish constabulary and the Dublin police in consequence of the report of the Commission of Inquiry, and also to an increase in the Metropolitan and county police. The Industrial Schools also showed an increase, but on the other hand there was a decrease under the head of criminal prosecutions. In Class 4 education showed a decrease of £1,000, in consequence of the Act not com- ing so immediately into effect as was anticipated, and Science and Art in Ireland also showed a decrease. Class 5 was nearly stationary. There was a decrease in the charge for the colonies, but on the other hand there was an increase for the Diplomatic Service, arising from the Commissiou that had been sent out. The Post Office showed an increase of T'135,000, which was attributable to the progress wf the service, and for the same reason there was an increase of .£145,000 in the charge for the Telegraphs. 1 he actual revenue tor 1872-3 was £76,608,6í8, and the estimated revenue for 1873-4 was £76,617,000. so that there was an increase of £8,230 over the actual revenue of last year. He took the Custo*ins' duty at the same amount as last year, namely, !.71,03:,000, and the Excise or a decrease of Stamps he took at £10.050,000, which was an increase of B103 000 and Land-tax, and House Duty at which was an increase of £30.000 over the present year. The In- come-tax he took at £70,000,000, as compared with an actual yield of £1,500,000, but of the last sum was accounted for by relicts of the higher rate. The Post Office he took at show- ing an increase 0 ^192,000, and the telegraphs service at £1,220,000, showing an increase of £05,060. Crown lands hetookat tbesame sum as last year, namely £375,000, and miscellaneous he touk at £3,830,000, or an increase of £33,200.. Iheestl,mates of the Excise duty on chicory was licenses £3,808,000, malt, £6,908,000, whereas the yield from malt the year before was £7,604,000, spirits, £14,200,000, and sugar, The estimate for spirits was taken at a considerable advance upon the receipt of last year, it having been ascertained that the revenue froin SPIRII^LNAVE A<LVANCED for ;he last five years at the rate of ^0,000 a year IN 1866, the present first minister, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, called atten- tion to the large YIld of the Customs and Excise duties on spirits, which at that time amounted to £ 13,959,000, the larges sum HE said ever raised in any country at any period of time by a tax upon one article of consumption. Ih« estimate for the ensuing year of the Customs an, Inland Revenue duties on spirits was I'W.OOO.OOO. ^INCOME-TAX, it was esti- mated, would Produce £ 7,0W,000, or £ 1,750,000 for every penny. When Sir Robert Peel first imposed the Income- tax, he estimated^akmg the average of years, that it would yield £ 728,000 for every PENNY; SO that the result of thirty years experience-and he hoped of improve- ment—had been that the Income-tax vieWH mr>™ than a million more than it did in 1842. It SSJED for hhn to state what was to be done with the balance. The income estimated for the year 1873-4 would be £ 76,617 000- The expenditure THEY^ESTIMATED AT £ 71 871,000, showing a surplus of 14,746,000. He had already informed the Committee balances approached very close upon THE question aiose—What were they todowithtlusmoncy ? (cheers and laughter). The hrst SUBJECT » M everybody's mouth, and therefore the one he vvould approach first, was the award of the Arbitration of Geneva. That amounted to £ 3,20,,000, which they were to pay before the 1st of October next M gold d posits. That appeared to him, he confessed, to BE a sei vice of the present year (cheers). Some people had tried to make out that this belongs to last year, but HE he A this, remembering that nobody paid his debts before he was obliged, and they were not obliged to pay before the loth September or the 1st of October, that the year M which we had dealt our debt accrued, and therefore it was not a charge upon the year gone by, BUT. a. charge upon the present. While he stated this he was free to admit that that did not settle the question, viz. the manner IN which this large sum was to be met. it was quite true that it was a change upon this pear, but it was a change sui generis. It was a thing that never happened to us before, but he hoped that it might recur by referring some future difference to arbitration (hear hear and cheers). So large a payment would undoubtedly interfere with our ordinary finance it appeared the more so as much as it came once, and never would recnr again. 4-' lht: Government had ta.ken these MATTERS into consideration, and they were of opinion, upon the whole, that it was their duty to place one-half of this payment upon the revenue of the present year (hear), that would be the sum of £1,600,000. As for the rest of that sum, the second sum of they thought that they ought to provide for the payment witliouc any further resort to the taxation of the year, an 1 especially so, as it was in their power to give Ex- chequer bonds or bills for the amount in the case which he did not anticipate an unfavourable state of the finances. That MEANS, he disposed of £1,600,000 of the surplus (hear, hear) then there remained to dispose and the question wa.s how they were to dispose of that. They had careiully considered the matter, and they had come to the conclusion that it would be their duty to propose a remission of taxation on articles which entered very largely into the food of the people, and in which they would give the greatest and most general relief. fter considering as well as they could the claims upon fferet articles, they had come to the conclusion that t e artICle they had to fix upon was sugar (hear, hear, and laughter). ,• There were a great miinber of taxes thatthey* deeired most exceedingly to redude, but; probably there was none that-eutered to widely. into the comfort of -all her Majest'<t subjects, from the highest to the lowest, as sugar' It was the sweeta-nor of the greatest beverage, and entered into all sorts of food. It WAS the delight of children and the solace of old age (laughter). With all those admirable qualities it wn. exceedingly nutritious, and it was really and truly an artic e of food. They were also very much encouraged by the result of a former reduction to do that. The sugar in 1872-3 produced k3,252,000, that being a considerable sum in excess of the duty taken in 1871-2 They were not only anxious to reduce the tax upon those grounds, but upon others which had been brought more conspicuously to light since 1870, and on these latter he begged to say a few vs olds. There was nothing probably 89 compli- cated as the state of legislation on sugar. It was divided into five different scales, viz., fine sugar and others, raw and unrefined, and to each of those scales a different value was attached. Before 1865 the highest of those scales. Refined sugar had a tax of 18s. per cwt., and the lowest had 12s. per cwt. His right hon. friend Mr. Gladstone, in 1865, reduced the tax-the highest to 12s., and the lowest to 8s and in 1870 the House reduced the tax to 6s. and 4S. per cwt.; so that the House saw when they reduced the tax they reduced the range--that was, they left the same number of itairs, but they were not so steep. That was an effect that he confessed he had not much in view but the effect was very considerable, and it was beneficial. There were not only five different scales of duty for sugar, but counting molasses there were seven different scales of drawbacks. For one class of sugar drawback was not paid upon the raw sugar, but it was paid upon the fine sugar, and there were seven different classes of drawback. This had given rise to innumerable practices, which had been called by hard names. Without going into needless details, the effect was that which Parliament intended as a tax upon a payment actually made, represented something entirely different from the payment made, and thus the revenue was greatly injured. The effect in the proposed change in the sugar duty would be to diminish that injury very much because the difference would be so exceed- ingly slight between the classes that it would not be worth a man's while TJ dress up the refined sugar, and to make it of a different class. Gen- tlemen had positively come to him and complained of BTIN<» very much injured by the proposed change, inas- much as the bounty was so much smaller than before, and there was not the same room for making a profit upon their practices (laughter). The same complaint was heard in France, where the duty was very high. He believed it to be a most excellent result that they had diminished the evils in the past, and another and most excellent thing would be that they would diminish it much more in the future. They would leaAe the scale so very near each other that it would not be worth while, in order to get more bounty than they had paid duty, and the revenue would be placed on a better footing. He had omitted to say that they proposed to take off half the duty on sugar. The amount raised in 1872-73 was £ 2,230,000. The one half would be £ 1,126,000, but they believed the increase of consumption would give them £1,822,000, and the less to the decrease would only be £ 14 130,000. He might mention to the House while upon the subject, that they proposed that the duty should not come into operation until the 8th of May, so as to give time to those possessed of stocks to get them sold out (" hear, hear from Mr Crawford). He had no intention to enter into a controversy with the member for the Tower Hamlets, and he was glad to find that time suited the hon. member. The highest rate upon refined sugar would be 3s. per cwt., on the first-class 2R 1- on thp. Recond. 28. 8d., on the third 2s. 5d, on the fourth 2S, and on molasses 10d. He had still something left. What they proposed to do was to take Id off the Income-tax (loud cheers). There had been considerable agitation against the standard, to which it had been their duty to offer a firm opposition. They were not in a position to get rid of the tax in the present state of the finances, nor were they in a condition to break down the integrity of the tax by treating one schedule different from another, therefore they saw no way of doing but to retain the tax, but they were anxious to act fairly with all portions of th-e community, and having given a great remission of taxation, they were anxious to do something in the way of direct taxation (hear, hear). There WAS another reason. When Sir Robert Peel imposed his Income-tax in 1S42, the tax then was 7d. in the pound, yielding 27,100,000, or about £ 100,000 more than the present tax. The Income Tax now of 3d. in the pound would yield as much as a i'd. at the time it was imposed bg Sir Robert Peel, and therefore they were I getting very nearly the same amount, though they had seen fit to diminish the number of pence. The effect of this reduction would be a loss in the present year of £ 1,425,000. He might also mention ano- ther matter, namely, a reduction of 2 ?0,000, which they proposed to make by exempting hotel-keepers and retailers of intoxicating liquors from paying duty, for the servants they employed they made out a complete case, because they were made to pay for their servants under circumstances in which other traders would be exempt. He was unable to answer a deputation that came to him on the subject and therefore he scratched out 230 000 (laughter). He might also observe that the reduction in the duty on sugar would be 236,000, and, therefore, what the excise lost would be made up by a larger quantity of sugar being usedfor thepurposes of malting. The Customs would remain about the same in this respect. The excise would therefore remain unaltered. He had stated to the committee the result of the charges. The Customs would be diminished by the amount of the reduc tion in the sugar duty to the extent of £ 19,603,000 and the excise would remain the same having lost £ 30,000 and gained a similar sum. The Income-tax would be reduced from about £ ,000,000 to 25,557,000 i;pecially :Parliamentary, and "the expenditure would be augmented by 21,600,000 for the payments of the Alabama Claims. The result of all this would be that the estimated revenue would stand at 272,762,000, and the expenditure at k73,471,000, leaving a surplus of income over expenditure of £ 291,000. To sum up, the Govern- ment hoped to pay during the year the Alabama Claims, amounting to £ 3,200,000. [An hon. member: No, half that sum.] The hon. member was mistaken they in- tended to pay, and must pay, during the year, the whole debt (hear, hear). Then they would reduce the national debt by £ 6,000,000; they would Pencl towards the con struction of public works at about 21,000 000 and remit about X2 285 000 He He trusted that statement would be deemed satisfactory to the Committee (hear, hear). The Government had acted in a spirit of fairness and equality towards all sec- tions of the community. They had been anxious to hold the balance as equally as possible between direct and indirect taxation, to censult the interests and wishes ot every portion of the community. They were not able to accede to the demand for A total repeal of the Income-tax, but they had endeavoured to relieve the community of a portion of the burden. They believe that in taking off the tax on sugar they had not only relieved the consumers to a very great extent, but they had also struck a final blow at the very objection- able system which had grown up under the form of drawback, and while they had done this they believed they had been able to accomplish it while persevering in their fullest integrity the Acts which requested the pay- ment of the debt (hear, hear). They had paid off in the present year upwards of 46,700,000 of the debt. He believed there were some who murmured at this course, but he believed further that those persons were in a very small majority, and he trusted they would continue so. He was perfectly sure that whenever this country came to the point of losmg its feeling for the unity of the nation, to consider that the comfort, and the wishes, and the convenience of the pre- sent generation were alone to be considered, and to adopt the witty and worthless maxun that as posterity had done nothing for us we should do nothing for posterity, then she would not be far from that abyss over which so many States and Empires had hung by reason of their adopting a self-seeking policy (cheers). The right Hon. gentleman concluded by formally moving the first of the resolutions, which was that an income-tax be levied for the ensuing year at the rate of Ad. in the pound. In reply to Mr. Hunt, The CHANCELL OR of the EXCHEQUER said that he did not expect it would be necessary to issue Ex- chequer Bonds, but if so, they would be made payable during the course of the following year. Mr. WHII-^1 complained of the excessive reduction of debt, instead of reducing the duties which pressed so heavily on the poorer classes. Col. BARUPDOT protested against nothing being done with respect to the Malt-tax, and so relieve the In- come-tax, especially the oppresive burdens under Schedule Sir W. LAWSON entered a lengthened protest against the principles on which the excise duties were framed. It was clear that the habitual drunkard was the sheet anchor of the British constitution. He also strongly argued against the increased expenditure, which was to be met by a corresponding degradation and demoralization of a large portion of the people. Mr. J. B. SMITH strongly insisted on the expediency of reducing the debt, after complaints from Mr. Cor- rance and Sir George Jenkinson that the malt tax ought to have been considered before the income-tax. Mr. McLAREN regretted that some alleviation had not been accorded to professional and precarious incomes liable to-the income tax. With this exception he approved of the financial scheme. Mr. R. CRAWFORD rebutted the charge that the reductions of the income tax would only benefit the upper classes. It was the lower and middle classes that would feel the greatest relief. He also generally ap- proved of the proposals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. GREENE believed that it would be very dangerous to rely upon the elasticity of the Revenue during the coming year. He regretted that another 1 enny had not been taken off the income tax, and the brewers' tax on beer reduced. Dr. LUSH protested against the manner in which the income tax was assessed. Mr. CLARE READ said that the sugar duties had already been three times reduced, and it ought to have been the turn of the malt tax, especially at the time when the agricultural interest had suffered severely from the unprecedented wet weather, and theie was a surplus such had never BEEN before known- Mr. GRIEVE warnèd the public not to expect too much from the reduction of the SUGI,IR_ duty, as the retail dealers would, ibsorb a good deal of it. There ought to be a drawback allowed on the stock in hand. Mr. W. FOWLER complained that the new mode of collecting the Income-tax at once took large sums out of the public, only to be kept in the Bank of England, to tfie profit of that institution. HE complained of the local taxation of railway property as freehold, although the saare.i at the death of the proprietor were liable to legacy and proiiate duty as personal property, from which ali other real property was EXEPPT- This was an anomaly which ought to be redressed by Parliament. After pointing out the anomalies of the Income-tax, he com- plained that this rapid reduction of the debt was beiug effected at the coiit of the taxpayers, many of whom were little able to bear it; and strongly insisted upon the necessity of reducing the expenditure. Mr. G. BEN TIN CX considered that malt and tobacco were far too heavily taxed, while the enormous floating capital embarked in commercial operations only contri- bute to the revenue through the medium of apenny stamp all transfers. Mr MACFIE regretted that the whole of the sugar duty had not been remitted. Sir J. LUBBOCK feared that the collection at one time of the whole of the year's taxes would, at some I period of commercial difficulty, lead to consideruble •eijnharras8inenl. It Wonld be a good thing for the next five years if all the surplus were applied in the reduction of the debt. Mr. FAWCETT waii disappointed that the Govern- ment intended to have recourse to the cowardly financial expedient of paying a portion of the American claims by loan. With REGARD to the Income Tax he suggested a re- duction in favour of temporary incomes, and protested against the practice of tke Chancellor of the Exchequer to underestimate the revenue, whilst every sign showed that they must not expect so prosperous a year as the last, for he was afraid that the very prosperity of the excise, which was already falling off, showed that the working classes had spent, and not put by the savings, and would have little to fall back upon in the event of a depression of trade. He warmly protested against the ifsue of ex- chequer bonds, which ispractically creating debt, whilst they kept up annuities to pay it off/ Mr. LAING said it was no doubt right to take. the opportunity of great national prospericy to reduce the debt, but at the same time pointed out that this great national prosperity is chiefly due to the policy of Sir Robert Peel, who reduced taxation to relieve industry, instead of maintaining it to pay off the debt. In America, with its high rate of interest and other special circum- stances, it might be advantageous to pay off the debt, but in this country it was only taking money from the tax payer to invest it at three per cent. He therefore ap- proved of the remission of the tax instead of pay- ing the whole of the general award out of the revenue of the year. Mr. GREGORE complained of the neglect shown to the claims of the agricultural interest in the matter of local taxation. Mr. MUNTZ said that the sum paid for the Alabama claims would be cheap if it removed, as he believed it would, all causes of complaint and difficulty with America. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had taken a middle course, and he approved of the reduction of the income- tax, but hoped to see some alleviation of- the pressure on professional and working income by assessing it upon pro- perty and capital, GIVING the Gouernment the option of taking the property at the assessment return. As a whole, the Budget would be popular throughout the country. Mr. A. HERBERT said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had sacrificed the obvious duty of discharging the burdens of the country to seeking popularity. There ought to be a remission of taxation, but it must be justi- fied by large reductions of expenditure. In reply to Mr. Sclater Booth, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the irregular expenditure of the Post Office for tele- graph extension was still under investigation, and he,had no doubt it would be met by the estimates. He justified his estimates which he framed on the best authority he could obtain and he believed that the tide of prosperity was flowing freely; and in reply to the complaints of the agricultural and brewery interest, insisted that the duties which they considered to be their special grievance, were really, paid by the consumers. With respect to the dividends due on the 5th of April, that had accrued under the Act which expired on the 6th instant, and would have to be paid at the old rate. The resolutions sanctioning the Income-tax at 3d. in the pound and the alterations in the sugar, and other duties, were agreed to pro forma. A resolution sanctioning the sum of £600,000 exchequer bonds was also agreed to. The House adjourned at 2.34 until the 21st inst.

CARDIFF. I LORD BUTE.—We are informed that Lord Bute has taken a house in Kensington, and intends residing there after Easter. It is probable that the Marchioness of Bute will be formally presented to her Majesty on the occasion of her marriage, according to custom, at the Drawing Room to be held on the 17th of May. TRIAL TRIP OF THE STKAMER FLORA.—Yesterday afternoon a trial trip took place in connection with the steamer Flora. It will be remembered that up to August last the vessel was a passenger steamer plying between Cardiff and Burnham, but in that month she ran ashore near the Pier head, capsized, and sustained some damage. She was sold by auction by the underwriters, and purchased by Messrs. Winby Brothers, of the Atlas Iron- Works, Canton. Since September Messrs. Winby have been engaged in re-building her on the river Taff. The vessel has not only been restored to her former propor- tions, and renewed fore and aft, but she has throughout been very greatly stiffened, and in the opinion of her owners made a much stronger boat than previously. The trial trip yesterday was from the Pier-head to Cumber- land Biisin, Bristol. The performance of the vessel was of a very satisfactory character. For a considerable portion of the trip she was run with only 21b. or 31b. of steam, and at no period did the pressure exceed 121b., notwithstanding which a very fair speed was attained. Though of somewhat narrow beam, the Flora throughout the trip proved herself to be a most steady vessel, and in every way well adapted for a river or Channel passenger traffic. As is well known she is one of the handsomest steamers belonging to the port, and we doubt not that the enterprise of Messrs. Winby in raising and rebuild- ing her will prove a highly successful venture. NEGLECTING TO PROCEED TO SEA.—At the Police Court yesterday, before the Mayor, Mr. R. O. Jones, and Mr. G. Bird, William Smith, a seaman belonging to the ship Osprey, was charged on a remand with refusing to join that ship after signing articles. The defendant alleged that he did not like the vessel, and signed in an- other to go to the same port. As he had not received any advance note, he did not think that he had done any harm. Sent to prison for one month with hard labour. SUNDAY AMUSEMENT. Thomas Thompson, Dennis Driscoll, and James Leary, three residents of Tyndall- street, were charged with playing atpitch and toss in Havelock-street. on Sunday evening. P.C. George, who was on duty in Temperance-town, found 40 or 50 persons standiug round a dozen young men who were playing at pitch and toss." On seeing him most of them ran away leaving the coppers on the ground. He picked up 9d. and then ran after the defendants, but on coming up with the defendant Thompson he took up a stone and threw it at the constable, the stone striking him on the breast. Thompson was sent to prison for ten days for the assault on the constable, and the others were fined 5s. and costs. William Plenty, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged by P.S. Wallbridge with causing an obstruc- tion in the Royal Arcade on Sunday evening. A number of young women were passing through the Arcade, many of whom were subjected to annoyance from the defendant, and others. The police-sergeant saw the defendant put his hands on the shoulders of I a young woman and jump on her back, causing her to fall on the ground. Fined 10s. and costs. L r ASSAULT.—xreaencK iviassey, a young labourer, was charged with a violent assault on a man named John Henry Thomas. Complainant was passing through Ivor- street on Saturday evening, -when the defendant came up running behind him, knocked him down, and injured him seriously. The defendant was a perfect stranger, and he had never spoken to him. The defence was that he had been drinking. Sent to prison for a month. STREET ROW.—John Collins, a painter, was charged with assaulting another painter named Thomas Edwards. It appeared that the parties bad been disputing respecting something connected with trades' unions, when they met on the Hayes-bridge and there had a fight. When on the ground the complainant alleged that he was kicked by the defendant, but although his witnesses admitted that he was struck by the defendant when on the ground, he was not kicked. The result was that the complainant was considerably bruised. Mr. Blelloch, who appeared for the defendant, contended that it was a regular street fight, the first blow being struck by the complainant, and called several witnesses for the defence. The bench, however, considered that the defendant had been guilty of a very serious assault, and fined him 40s. and costs, or two months' hard labour. TRANSFER OF LICENSES.—At the Police Court yester- day the license of the Moulders' Arms was transferred from George Alden to Abraham John. The license of the Moira Hotel, Splottlands, from Mary Ann Vickery to Dan Thomas, and the license of the Fishguard Arms from William Thorne to Joseph Haynes.

LLANDAFF. DISORDERLY CHARACTERS.—At the usual weekly sessions held on Monday, before Mr. G. Phillips, Mary Ann Smith, and Margaret Jones, both of whom were understood to be women of questionable character, were charged with being disorderly on the Cowbridge-road, on the 24th of last month. The first named prisoner did not put in an appearance, as she was confined in Cardiff gaol on another charge. Margaret Jones was sent to gaol for seven days. ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. -William Davis was charged with attempting to commit suicide on Monday morning. P.C. Pritchard (158) deposed that on Monday morning, from information he received, he went to a field near the Great Western Railway at Ely, where he saw the prisoner half-naked. The constable then charged him with having laid himself upon the rails in order to commit suicide. He then said that he might as well have stayèl upon the rails. In answer to witness, the prisoner said that he slept in an adjacant cow shed during the night previous. The foreman of the platelayers on the line saw the prisoner lying on the rails evidently with the desire to be run over by some train, and for the appearance of this witness the case was adjourned for a week. UNION PROSECUTION.—A man named Swanton was summoned for the sum of £1 10s., arrears due for the maintenance of his father. Mr. Edward Miller,summoning officer of the Guardians, stated that the defendant was a plasterer, earning over 22s. per week. The amount due was £ 1 10s., being arrears for twelve weeks. -I he defen- dant admitted the claim, but said that he was not in a position to pay the amount. The officer did not think that the defendant was possessed of sufficient property to justify a distress levy. The defendant was committed to gaol for a month. DRUNKENNESS.—James Nicholas was fined 5s, for being drunk. Several cases of assault, for the disposal of which two magistrates were required, were adjourned until next week, as Mr. G. Phillips was the only magis- trate present.

BRIDGEND. DECEASE OF AN OLD INHABITANT.—Owen Lewis, of Newcastle, aged 82, was buried yesterday at the chapel yard belonging to the Independents. A very large con- gregation attended his obsequies in testimony of respect.

LLANELLY. BOARD OF HEALTH.—The monthly meeting of this Board was held on Saturday, Mr. B. Jones in the chair. A letter was read from Mr: Samuel Bevan, chairman to the Tradesmen's Association, in regard to the cai lier closing of the market, as follows:— lam requested by the Trades- men's Association to urge that the Board will do their best in getting the bye-laws adopted for the proposed earlier closing OF the market. They are convinced that no in- convenience can occur to anyone, but much good to many." The Clerk was instructed to support the appli- cation of the Hoard at the next Quarter Sessions, for changing the hours of closing the market, with such evi- dence as he may deem necessary, and to ask Mr. Samuel Bevan, the Chairman of the Tradesmen's Association, and Mr. David Evans to give evidence. The Medical Officer's report for the month of MARCH was read. During the quarter ending March 31st, there had been 18G births, and 102 deaths. Of the deaths 50 were children under 5 years of age, and 15 were referred to diseases of the zy- motic class, viz., one to erysipelas, four to whooping cough, two to diarrhoea, three to scarlatina, one to scarlet fever, and 4 to other forms of diseases. Diseases of chest caused 37 deaths, 9 of which were attributed to consumption, and 22 to inflammation of the lungs. This showed that the health of the district during the past three months had been in a most satisfactory condition, since preventible diseases and those assuming an epidemic form were conspicuous only by their A^ence. Three deaths only occurred from typhoidfever. The small num- ber of persons affected by this fever (which is essentially a dram fever), was to be accounted for by the thorough cleansing the drams bad undergone by the large amount of water parsing through them during the late wet season. Ihis proved HO« necessary it W^ that at all times there should be an abundant supply of waier kept in store for flushing purposes, and this more especially durin« the summer months, when decomposition was at its hdeht The report then called attention to the extremely damn state of the houses in Machynis-row, due to the dilapi- dated state of the road in front, which required repair" and also a surface drain to carry off the water. The houses iu Ropewalk-row were also very wet and damp, because the ltraiu was choked. These matters were re- ferred to the Surveyor. The medical officer submitted a j form of return to be made by the Sanitary Inspector of all houses which he visits, showing the number of inmates. "tate of ventilation, state of drainage, and other matters. The form was adopted, and a number was ordered to be printed. The forms will enable the inspector to report .more fully upon the sanitary state of the town, and when filled up will constitute a recoid accessible for reference at any moment. The medical officer also applied for a testing apparatuli (cost £1 Is.) for discovering the presence of impurities in water. The Board ordered the apparatus to be obtained.

TREHERBERTJ FCRTI SESSIONS.—The weekly petty sessions was held here yesterday before Mr. G. Williams. DUXK AND RIOTous. -Edward Williams. Pentre, was charged with being drunk and riotous at Pentre, on the R* LESSER defended. The case was dismissel. 7 T V1TY WIVLSO CHAR»'AD WITH being drunk and riotous. Mr. Rosser defended. This case was also dis- urr VEWLA EOLTACLI> WAS fined 5s. and costs. William Evans Pentre, was fined Is. and costs. STEALING MONEY. — Jane Crabb, Pontypridd, was charged by James Davy, Tonyrefail, with stealing El 12s. from liii person last Saturday evening. ThE prosecutor met prisoner at a pubhe-housein Pontypridd, ON Saturday evening. As it was ate the prisoner who sat by him offered to find him lodgings. He went with her and when near the lodgings he missed his money. He called for a policeman and gave her in charge. Un goino- TO the police-station Sergeant liees perceived prisoner drop something which proved to be prosecutor's purse. Prisoner, against whom there were previous convictions, was entenced to three calendar months' hard labour. WILFUL DAMAGE.—John Barret Pandy was charged by Daniel Dunworthy Pandy with doing wilful damage to a window, and sundry articles belonging to him. Defen- dant was fined 10s. and costs, and 20s. damage. ASSAULT.—Leah Wigiy, Pentre summoned Mary Con nell for assaulting her. The case was dismissed. ALLEGED FRIUD.-John Phillips and Charles Gunter, Pontypridd, were charged with defrauding William Hansom, Gilfach Goch. The prisoners are navvies em- ployed on the Llynvi and Ogmore line. Phillips had received a ticket for 5s. 9J., the amount due to him from James Blackburn, timekeeper. Tne ticket was altered to 15s. 9d. by putting the figure 1 before the 5. Charles Gunter. fetched the money from the office. Remanded till to-moi-row (WedLiesdLty).

ni SWANSEA. IF FI IFRAY AT M0RRI3T0N,FAIR -At the Borough Police, held at the Guildhall yesterday the Stipendiary Magistrate on the Bench, tfie charges against William Lovering and Richard Loverin- father and son, for assaulting P.C. Evans at Morriston fair on the 29th ult., came on for disposal. The summonses were heard on Friday last, and they caused considerable inter- est through the ex Mayor having had something to do with the disturbance. Mr. W. R. Smith (Smith, Levis, and Jones) again appeared for the police. His Worship, in giving his decision, said; I have had some difficulty in coming to a decision in this case. I have read the evidence with a great deal of care, and I am satisfied that the younger Lovering (William) was drunk and engaged in some disturbance and affray, and that the policeman was justified in arresting them, and that he resisted the police with some violence, though not very great. I fine him 40s. including costs, or in default one month's imprison- ment. I am not satisfied that the elder Lovering (Richard) was fighting at all, and I think the constable is mistaken as to him, but he probably helped FON* AS» however, it is distinctly sworn tnat he was struck with the staff by the policeman, N,OT him as I think he was sufficiently ,ER PAI'T of the evidence relates to the the police, and the interference of Mr. Glas- NNPSTINR, „,VOU° LFCL,S NOT strictly before me on the present WAS INH-N/I *?ER Loveiings assaulted the police, it MAV NMP LW & PARFC.°F tlie whole transaction. As it MR SMITH a A8AIN I reserve any further remarks. THE DUNV £ F,°R advocate's fee, which was granted. Evi": S r"d Maf* C D MCApable in Gomerian-place in Back-street on slturda?S AND D.1FRDF11Y RD. WITH«,SiaS (hschaiged. \V in. Leonard, a labourer, for drunken and riotous conduct in Castle-square, was fined 10s and costs or seven days imprisonment.-Another Belgian named Roove Nicholas, for being drunk and incapable in High- P REETW°N- &ATU!AY N!GHTi I™3' UP<>N the testimony of P.O. Williams (4o), ordered to pay 2s. 6d. costs.—John Lily, a mason, for drunk and disorderly conduct in Goat-street, was fined 20s. including costs, or 14 days imprisonment.—A woman of immoral habits, named Sarah Price, for a similar offence committed IN High- street on Sunday, was sentenced to three months' impri- sonment with hard labour, this being her ninth appear- ance. A labourer named Edward Taylor, for similar conduct in Llaugyfelach-street, was fined 20s. including costs. or in default 14 days' imprisonment. ABSENTING IHEMSELVES FROM THEIR WORK.—John Jones, Thomas Morse, and Thomas Harris, three ship- wrights, were summoned for absenting themselves from the service of Messrs. G. and W. Meagre. According to the testimony of John Berry, prosecutor's foreman, de- fendants came to their work at six o'clock on the morning of the 29th ult They continued working until about seven o clock, when they left, and returned he should think in about three-quarters of an hour. Berry told them that he should deduct a quarter, as they no business to leave their work. One of the defendants then 8 I 'J YOU had better stop us altogether," and witness replied that they could please themselves. The three defendants then left their work, taking their tools with them. It was sought to be maintained that Berry had discharged the men. when he told them to do AFT please, but this objection was met by Mr. Smith observing j 'he offence with which the men were charged had been then committed. They had been absent three- quarters of an hour before then. Prosecutor claimed 21 compensation from each of the defendants. After con- siderable discussion, and after the hearing of two wit- nesses for the defence, his Worship ordered whatever wages were then due to the defendants to be forfeited, and also to pay the costs, 9s. 2d. each. Si'ABBiiiG.—A seaman, named John Mooney, was charged on Saturday with cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm to Owvn Phillips. There was another charge against prisoner of violently assaulting Mary Ann Phillips, wife of the above prosecu- tor, and Catherine Clements. The offence was committed in High-street on Friday night, about half-past ten o'clock, when Owen Phillips, who is a copperman resid- rng at i oxhole, was walking down the street accompanied by his wife and his sistar-in-law. They met prisoner, who came up to them and asked if there was a policeman about, and he was told that possibly he might find one on the other side of the road. Prisoner then left, but re- turned anp said to prosecutor's wife "I will strike your b-- head off," and without further altercation he car- ried his threat into execution and felled Mary Ann Phil- lips. Her husband immediately assisted her up, and whilst he was so doing prisoner struck him a blow on his head, which nearly made him insensible. Owen rose and walked down the street about 20 yards, when he felt a pain in his backhand it was then discovered that he had been stabbed. The wife and sister-in-law were called and gave corroborative evidence, and stated that prisoner had not the slightest provocation. P.C. Smith arrested the prisoner at the time with a clasped knife (produced), which was covered, in his hand. Dr. Howell Thomas gave the result of his examination of the prosecutor's in- juries, after which prisoner was committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions.

MERTHYR. At the police court, yesterday, Ann Jones was charged with stealing a quantity of iron, the property of the Penydarren Iron Company. Robert Jones, watchman to the company, stated that early that morning he saw prisoner and three other girls leaving the yard with a quantity of iron, coming from the direction of a mine floor. On seeing him they ran away, but witness pursued and caught prisoner, who just previously had thrown away the pieces of iron produced, weighing 1401bs. Prisoner pleaded guilty, but more than one previous con- viction was recorded against her, and she was committed to the Quarter Sessions.

CWMAVON. FATAL AccllENT.-Yeeterday a collier named Daniel Davies was killed by a fall of coal at the Refiaery Plant An inquest will be held. IRONWORKERS; UNION.-A meeting was held yesterday morning for discussing some matters concerning this branch, when Mr. Harries, one of the Associations' a,-ent, was present, and gave much useful information.

NEWPORT. in THN OF A T>0LDIER- —JAMES Shean,a private m the I was sound dead in bed at Newport Barracks ON Saturday.

CAERPHILLY. INQUEST. -An inquest was held yesterday upon the body of the unsortunate man, William Davis, a collier, at Wernddu, Caerphilly, who was killed on Saturday through a fall of coal. before Mr. R. L. Reece. A ver- dict of "Accidental death was returned,

THE WitniCK ui; Tun, AiXiANTIC. A telegram from New York, dated April 6th (Sunday) sai,i: Clireu hundred and five survivors of the Atlantic arrived this morning at the Castle Garden, where thousands of persons of all nationalities had .gathered. The excitement was indescribable, and it was dilli'jnlt to keep the crowd from forcing the gates, Tne emigrants looked starved and careworn. -The sceues vrliich occurred at the .recognition by their relatives we-e heartrending. After a liberal bieaklasi aud dinner, however, they became more reconciled, Tlie majority speak disparingly of the captain and the crew. They state that they were three days at SOA short of food. The I olio wing telegram from Halifax was despatch.-d yesterday:—Forty additional bodies have been reoov-red from the Atlantic, including those oi Mrs. David&ou and her daughter. According to indications on som oi them, and it would seem THA^, several DIED of SUFF TIJII' and were not drowned, I

The Foreign Office Ila si-ssaed a notice, recemmendiix' travellers about to visit the Continent, n >t to omi to I provide themselves with passports, foa even iu countries where they are no onger obligatory, they offer a ready ME&ES of laentmcation. J

GENERAL NEWS. H The King of the Belgians has engaged the -whole the principal floor in the Grand Hotel at Vienna for the deration of his vwit to the Exhibition. An International Patent Rights Congress will be (:••], 1 in Vienna during the World's Exhibition. It will b« o niposed of manufacturers, scientific men and other ex* According to the new directory of San Francisco, tV' population of that city is 188,323, being an increase of .'••out 10,000 during the year. The total includes 11,000 Chinese and 1,550 coloured people. The Japanese Government has revoked its pro- hihition of the importation of saltpetre, and imposed an u 1 valorem duty of five per cent, upon the article. The s une Government has sent Soyeshnne, its second Minister, on a mission to China. In the year ended the 31st of March last the amount paid to the Exchequer in respect of fees was £ 20,621 13s. 2d.; in the preceding year the amount was i'47,622 4s. In the two years the net increase of deficiency was £ 19,375 7s. 9d. ■ Postal cards will be a convenience to people who iVI? they know. Smith says to his land- 'i fetters for me to-day ?" And she answers: only two postal cards, but there's nothing particular on them.-—American Letter. ■ The April sessionof the City of London College M will be opened on the 17th instant, by Dr. W. C. Bennett ■ T> Annotated Readings from Tennyson." Sir John. Bennett, the brother of the learned doctor, will preside on ■ the occasion. stone of the new chapel at I Keble College, Oxford, which is about to be erected at » H c.ost' I'8 u £ 30,000. wiD be laid on Friday, ■ April25. Mr. Gibbs, ofTyntesfieid, at whose expense H the sacred edifice is to be built, will, it is understood, lay ■ the first stone. M Mr. E. Churches, of the village of Godney, in N Somerset, has within the past few day lost 13 cows, value N £300, by death from eating mangold wurtzeL The stomach of one of the animals was so gorged with mangold that it had caused acute congestion j m other respects they were sound and healthy. The Countess of Loudoun still remains at St. Leon^rds-on-Sea. Her ladyship's health has improved during the last month, but not sufficiently to enable her to be removed to town at present. Unfortunately, the improvement has not yet extended to her ladyship's eye- sight, which remains the same. A short time since Mr. Norton, lately one of the stipendiary magistrates of the metropolis, wrote and pub- lished a letter pointing out that the salaries of those gen- tlemen are inadequate. The magistrates have followed this up by an application for an increase, which applica- tion, we believe, is now under consideration.-Law Times. The French Society of Men of Letters has just sent to the Ministry of Commerce the draft of a literary oonvention between England and France, to put an end to the piracy of French authors by British adapters, the Treaty of November, 1851, being powerless on that point. During the past week the salmon fishings in the Tweed have been very poor. Both in the river and on the sea.-coast the £ sh are scarce. A few large salmon have been caught. A BfiJJppn caught on Friday weighed 31^1b., and another on Saturday weighed 281b. Prices on Satur- day.-A-ere-Salmon, Is. 1Od.; and trout, Is. 6d. per lb. A very rare occurrence has just taken place at the Paris Faculty of Medicine. Mdme. Bres passed, on Tuesday, her first examination as a doctor. The lady is married, and the mother of two children; and has for a long time practised her profession. During the two sieges of Paris she exhibited in the ambulances as much ability as devotedness. Mr. Browning's poem is in type, and consists of 4,500 ies. It is a poetic version of a great tragedy which came before the law courts of a department in the North of France last year, and we hear that the poem has in the outlines of the story kept closely to the facts, with the view of presenting to the reader's mind the key to them in human passion. Mr. Humphrey Preeland, a Liberal, will at the next election be a candidate for the representation of Chi- chester against Lord Henry Lennox. Mr. Freeland for- merly represented Chichester, and, notwithstanding the influence of the Duke of Richmond, it is stated that the prospects of the Liberal candidate, with the ballot, are favourable. The Mayor (Mr. R. E. Davies) has issued an address to the electors in which he states that he has been solicited to come forward as a candidate in the Liberal interest for the representation of Por ixiouth. He has resolved, however, to abstain from political contests during his mayoralty, but, should the invitation be repeated im- mediately before the dissolution, he will then present him- self to the electors. At Bow-street Police Court on Saturday, Francois Vanderlinden,cabinet-maker, apprehended upon a warrant by Chief Inspector Druscovich,was charged beforeSirThos. Henry with forging bills of exchange for 8,000f. in Bel- glum. M. Albert interpreted. The depositions taken abroad were read in court, and the prisoner was com- mitted for trial. Their Serene Highnesses Prince Philip and Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, accompanied by Dr. Fernee, arrived in Bombay on the 11th ult., by the China mail steamer, the Australia. They put up at Government House, Pareil, where, in the absence of his Excellency the Governor, they were the guests of the Hon. Mrs. Deane. Their Highnesses left Bombay on the 13th ult. for Calcutta, accompanied by Colonel Baigrie. Serjeant Thomas Laman, R.E., military foreman of works at Chatham, has been awarded the Fowke medal" for zeal and attention shewn during the time he was under instructions in the architectural school at the School of Military Engineering. It is understood that a similar medal will be given annually to the most deserv- ing non-commissioned officer of the year who has been under training for the duties of military foreman of works. Mr. Hunt's great picture of The Shadow of Death," which was submitted to the inspection of her Majesty the Queen on Thursday last, and which has ex- clusively occupied the time of the artist during the last four years, will not be exhibited for some months to come. Mr. Holman Hunt returns to Palestine immediately, and it is probable that the result of his long labour may be submitted for public criticism in November next. The official Strasburg Gazette states that, in Lorraine, 28,639 persons elected to remain French sub- jects in the Bas Rhin 39,190, in the Haut Rhin 91,962, a total of 159,791. Options in favour of French nation- ality were declared null in consequence of non-emigration, in Lorraine to the number of 6,900, in the Bas Rhin 27,483, and in the Haut Rhin 75,266. There are still 7,645 cases to examine in the Haut Rhin. In France, 378,777 persons elected to remain French. The trustees have appointed the Rev. Lane Adams, M.A., formerly consular chaplain at Monte Video, to the vicarage of St. George's, Leeds, void by the preferment of the Rev. J. Blomefield, M.A., to the vicarage of All Saints', Knightsbridge. The governors of the Charterhouse have presented the Rev. J. Butler, M. A,, late curate of Kirby Monks, to the vicarage of Horse- heath, Cambridgeshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Battiscombe, M.A. New regulations proposed to be enforced by the New regulations proposed to be enforced by the Great Eastern Railway Company with reference to the conveyance of fish from Great Yarmouth to London have come into operation this week. The railway company now charges Is. 4d. per cwt. for offal, and Is. 9d. per cwt. for prime fish. The old rates were Is. per cwt. for offal, and Is. 5d. per cwt. for prime fish. The railway company have also adopted the practice of weighing one package in every five. At Páo d'Alho, Pernambuco, Anna Maria do Espirito Santo died on the 15th of January, at the age of 103 years. She had as descendants, through an only daughter, 13 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren, 44 great-grands, and four great-greats; in all 62 descendants. Another patriarchess, Ignacia Maria de Andrade, died at the same place, in the same house, a week later, at the age of 108 years, having had as descendants five sons, 42 grandchildren, and 56 great grandchildren. —Atujlo Brazil- ion Timet. At Christ's College, Cambridge, the open Scholar- ships for Mathematics and Classics have been awarded as foUowsH. feavage, Haileybury College, £ 70; H. E. Dixon, Rossall School, £ 60; J. Greaves, private tuition, £ 60; c. A. Vince, Birmingham School, £ 50; L. B. Page, Repton School, £ 30 H. Smith, Lancaster School, £ 30. Natural Science Scholars.—H. N. Martin, scholar of the College, has been elected to a scholarship of £ 100, vacating ene of £ 70; W. Keeping, £ 50; W. J. Sell, £ 50. The young Count de Roquefeuille, 19 years of age, residing with his aunt the Countess de Courtaval do Rouzal; in the Rue Saint Dominque, Saint Germain, whilst in a state of somnambulism, opened the window of his bedroom on the third floor, on Wednesday morning last and precipated himself into the court-yard. Medical assistance was immediately procured, and, after a close examination, the doctors declared that, in spite of very severe bruises, the young man's life was not in dancrer. He had previously been subject to attacks of sleep- walking, but had never shewn any symptoms which might lead to the idea that a serious accident might occur. On Saturday afternoon a collision occurred in the river off Grays. Essex, between a yacht and a sloop, the former being capsized, and a man belonging to her drowned. The Stella, a. small yacht belonging to Mr. Miller of Erith, was sailing up the river, and was tack- iif off Grays, when she came into collision with the sloop, Wiich was also going upwards. The yacht was overturned, and the two persons onboard, a gentleman and a seaman named Wubam James Smith, aged 18, were thrown into the water. The former was rescued by those on board the sloop, but the young man was drowned, and the body has not yet been recovered. The Philadelphia Ledger sags tt An act to in- corporate the Edwin Forrest Home' has been sent to the Legislature for approval and passage. The Act pro- 1 vides that the Home shall be established at the country seat of the late Edwin Forrest, known as Spring Brook, for the support and maintenance of actors sad actresses decayed by age or disabled by infirmity. It ahfo provides lor laying out an area of sixty acres of the land, to be surrounded by a street- of sixty feet in width, and to in- clude the buildings now on the place. The grounds to be laad out with drives and walks, upon which the publie shall be admitted, under such rules as may be adopted by the board of Managers. The corporation is authorised to sell the residue of the ground of the Sprihg Brook estate, the proceeds to be applied to increase the endowment ana usefulness of the Home., Those admitted to the Home must, if natives of the United States, have served at least five years in the theatrical profession, awl if of lorlim- birth, tea years.*

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