South Wales Daily News

MURDERED ON THE FRONTIER. ICENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.J PARTS, Wednesday Evening.—The newspaper La France caused quite a flutter on the boulevards this afternoon by the announcement that the j body of a German gendarme, with a gunshot wouud in the neck, had been found on the frontier In the Belfort district. The Government have received no confirmation of the report, and no aieatioa of it was matio at the reception held at the Foreign Office this afternoon, at which M, FJourenn and the German charge d'affaires were preseut. [RECTKR'S TELEGRAM. I DjcLLz, Wetliie-day.-It is now supposed that the Grrm;in gendarme, whose body was found in a thicket in French territory, was reordered by German smugglert3 and taken across the frontier in order to escape suspicion.

TREACHERY AT KRUPP'S. EXTRAORDINARY OFFER TO ARMSTRONG'S. [OENTHAL SEWS TKLKORAM ] BERLIN, Wednesday.—The announcement that 110 higuiy placed official in Krupp's arsenal at Essen bad attempted to sell the secrets of the famous firm, was received here at first with incredulity, ba-, it turns out to be perfectly true. The official is H^rr Hoppe, and he enjoyed the implicit confidence of his employers. Some time ago he wrote to Messrs Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., Newcaatle-on-Tyiie, offering his services, and hinting that, lie could give valuable information respecting the Essen method of steel-making and the manufacture of big guns. Messrs Armstrong, without communicating with Hoppe, forwarded his letter to Messrs Krupp, with the result that he was at once placed under arrest.

YELLOW FEVER. [REDTKR'S TELH,-4RAM. I JAOISONViLLK, Wed nes(lay. -During the 24 houriendingsix o'clock yesterday evening, 156 fresh cases of yellow fever and 20 deaths have been recorded here. Since the outbreak of the epidemic to the present time, 1,203 cases and 153 deaths have occurred. WASHINGTON, Wednesday.-The Senate has voted 100,000 dollars for the relief of the sufferers from yellow fever in Jacksonville.

SERIOUS FLOODS IN AMERICA [REOTJCR 8 TKLKGRAH. j Nxw YORK, Weanesday.-Floodis have occurred at many places in New York and Pennsylvania. The town of Manayunk, in the latter state, is inundated to the depth of ten feet in the mill district, and all machinery is stopped.

__n .+- YELLOW FEVER AT JACKSONVILLE [BKUTKK'S TKLKTTBAM.] JACKSONVILLE, Wednesday.—One hundred and Sfty-six fr"ix casel- of yellow fever and 20 deaths occurred here to-day.

ANOTHER LONDON OUTRAGE A WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. About half past two o'clock on Wednes- day morning a woman was found lying ou the ground in Down-street, Picadilly, with her face bleeding from cuts. She was 1n » very exhausted condition, and was I Ter,aoved to St George's Hospital. Although no serious results are anticipated from the injuries, ibe woman's face was found to be severely bruised and cut. She has not yet been able to give any clear account of the affair. From enquiry at the hospital a Press Association repre- sentative learned that the woman's name was Adelaide Rutter or Rogers, of 21, Stangate- street, Westminster. The prinoipai wound was on the left temple. It was at first thought that she had been stabbed, but on examination the medical gentleman came to the conclusion that the injury had been inflicted by a blow from a walking-stick. The woman remains in the hospital, but no serious consequences are appre- hended.

UNIONIST CONCLAVE AT BRADFORD. BITTER SPEECH BY MR CHAMBERLAIN. Mr Chamberlain, addressing a Liberal Unionist meeting at Bradford on Wednesday evening, said the Gladstonian Liberals had no policy. They had only A leader, and they did not oam IMFA what ditch be was going to lead them. The Liberal Unionists, in assisting to reject Mr Gladstone'^ Home Rule scheme, which was now admitted on all hands to be absurd and impossible, were really the saviours of the Gladstonians; and in return the Gladstonians denounced them because they would not consent to follow the man who made this incipient proposal into a second proposal the details of which he absolutely refused to disclose. He compared the leaders of the Gladstonian party to the Girondins of the French Revolution, whom Carlyle described as the pedants of the revolution. The Giroudins flowed their talents to be placed at the service of the revolution, and they were used to cover its excesses. They thought they were guiding the storm when they were really being swept away by it. la the same mauner the Gladstonians would be swept away by the personki with whom they were now allied. After the legislation which bad been effected on behalf of the Irish tenants, he ridiculed the idea that the evictions now going on could be unjust, and he defended the Government in their aaministration of the Crimes Act.

BUT Welsh Knitting Yarns are made from Pure Weol only D) Parry and Hooke.Swaiuea. 1109

THE WHITECHAPEL BUTCHERIES. RESUMED INQUEST. THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE GIVEN UNDER PKOTEST. HORRIBLE AND SICKENING REVELATIONS. WEITZEL'S ARREST A STARTLING STORY. LETTER FROM THE HOME SECRETARY. The inqcest on the body of Annie Chapman, who was murdered in Hanbury-street on the MORNING of the 8h inst., was resumed by Mr Wynne Baxter, at Whitechapel, on Wednesday afternoon. Chief Inspector West, and Inspectors Ahberlin*, Helson, and Chandler attended to represent the police. Eiiz* Cooper, 35, Dorset-street, deposed that she was a hawker, and lodged at that addreW five months. She knew the deceased. Witness had a quarrel with her the Tuesday before her death, and afterwards she noticed deceased's face was marked. The last time witness saw her alive was on Wednesday, the 5th iost., in the Ringer's public-house. Deceased had three brass rings on her left band. Tne deceased associated with a man name-I Ted Stanley and others, She used to being them to the public-house. Mr G. Baxter Phillips, recalled, proceeded to give additional details of the result of his examination of the body. Certain incisions and bruises led him tu the conclusion that the woman was seized by the chin while the incisions in the throat were inl cted. He thought that if he gave any further details of the result of his examination it would be thwarting justice. The Coroner said justice bad already had a long time in which to avenge itself. The jury had to decide the cause of death, and were bound to take all possible evidence. The coroner then ordered the court to be cleared of ladies and boys. The Foreman of the Jury said the jury were of opinion that the evidenéi- which the doctor de- sired to keep back should be given. Dr Phillips The evidence will not elucidate the cause of death. The Coroner: That is a matter of opinion. Dr Philiips Death took place before the injury was inflicted. The Coroner That is also a matter of opinion. The Doctor: And it might be rebutted by other medical evidenoe. At the request of the doctor bi8 evidence on the first day was read over. Proceeding, Dr Phillips said the abdominal walls had been removed in three portions. There was a greater portion of skin removed on the side than on the left a portion of the lower part of the abdomen was wanting. He removed tbe intestines in the same manner as he found them in the yard. The witness proceeded to give further details of the condition of the internal organs. The weapon used was probably five or six inches or more in length. The manner of cutting the body indicated a certain amount of anatomical knowledge. In reply to the coroner, witness added that be himself could not have inflicted the injuries under a quarter of an hour even in a hurried manner without a struggle being made. If he bad done it in A deliberate way, such as would fall to the duty of a surgeon, it would probably have taken the best part of -me hour. Several vital portions of the body had been cut out, and his idea was that the object of the mutilation was to obtain posses- sion of a certain portion of the body. The organs removed from the abdomen would not occupy much space, and mieht easily be concealed. The Coroner observed that the doctor who examined the body of Nicholls, the other mur- dered woman, was of opinion that in that case the injuries to the abdomen were inflicted first. Elizabeth Long identified the dead woman as one whom she saw talking in Hanbury-street at half-past five on the morning of tbe murder to a man whom she would not be able to recogoise, and as to whom she could only say that he WAS dark, rather tall, over 40, apparently a. foreigner, and shabby genteel as to his dress. Both were talking loudly, but she only heard the man ask Will you ?" and the woman reply Yes." Edward Stanley, otherwise kuown as "The Pensioner," to whom frequent reference has been made as a person who from time to time stayed with ueceased at the lodging-house in Dorset- street, was then called. He deposed that he last saw her, as far as he remembered, on Sunday, tbe 2nd inst. He WAS not really in receipt of a pension, and had never belonged to the Sussex Regiment. He was a bricklayer's labourer by trade. He sometimes visited deceased, but he denied that be stayed with her as stated by the keeper of the lodging-house, and said he volun- tarily went to Commercial-street police-station and offered to give evidence, ERM&VTTN, the IWIGHIF'IMAM tltpoty, WU re- called, and identified "The Pensioner" AS the man who had repeatedly stayed with deceased from Saturday till Monday, au allegation again strongly denied by Stanley. Albert Cadosch, a carpenter, living at 27, Hanbury-street, said that on the morniug of the murder be was in the back yard, when he beard first a voice in the yard next door, and then a fall against the fence. This he fixed as having taken place at 20 minutes past 5. William Stephens, a youth living at the Dorset- street lodgiug house, said that early on the morning of the murder he saw deceased pick up in the kitchen part of an envelope resembling that found in tbe yard, with the words Sussex Regt." upon it. This was all the evidenoe in the possession of the police at present. Some discussion t'lok place all to whether a reward should be offered, and several of the jury expressed themselves strongly to the effect that the Government ought to come forward in that direction. The inquest was then adjourned for a week. LETTER FROM THE HOME SECRETARY In reply to a communication from a committee of gentlemen in the Mile pnd-ioad as to tbe offer of a reward for the apprehension of the Whitechapel murderers, the Home Secretary has written, through his private secretary, stating that IF he had considered the case a proper one for the offer of a reward, the Secretary of State would at once have offered one on behalf of the Government; but the practioe of offering rawards for the discovery of criminals was discontinued some years ago, because experience showed that such offers tended to produce more harm than good, and the Secretary ot State was satisfied that there was nothing in the circumstances of the recent case to justify a departure from this rule. WEITZEL'S ARREST-A STRANGE STORY The landlord of the hotel in Finabury where theprisoner Weitzel, who wascharged on Tuesday with stabbing a youth in Wbitchapel, stayed some- rimes, stated to a representative of the Press Association on Wednesday that since the last Whitechapel murder he had been very suspicious of Weitzel. On the Sunday after tbe murder, he called about, 9 I/clock iu a very dirty condition, saying he had been out all night, and began talking about tbe Spitalfields AFFAIR. He brought with him a of razors and a large pair of scissors, and after a time wanted* to shave the landlord. Previous to this visit he bad not beeu there for eighteen months, and his account of his movements was contradictory. He was au extraordinary man, always in bad temper, and frequently grinding his teeth when enraged. The landlord believed he had some knowledge of anatomy, having been a doctor's ASSISTANT in the German army. He always carried razors and ecissors with him. On Monday night, when the landlord refused to let him sleep toare, he threw down the razors in a passion. He had changed his dress since his appearance. The landlord knew that he associated with low women.

EXTRAORDINARY ACTION AT BIRMINGHAM. At the Birmingham polioe-oourt on Wednesday Miss Gofmau, a Liverpool youog lady, summoned James Ovens at Birmingham, a man of means, with the view of recovering testimonial* and a photograph. Bhe answered an advertisement, in which defendant, giving a false name and address, invited candidates for the post of housekeeper. They got into correspondence, and then, when they had a personal interview. Ovens, so the girl says, suggested that she should become his mis- tress. She indignantly refused, and had since been unable to obtain a situation owing to the loss of her testimonials. The magistrates ordered him to pay five guineas to complainant to cover herexpenoes. Two years ago Ovens was tried, but acquitted, at the assizes for an alleged outrage on a girl whom he had taken into his employ as housekeeper.

THE CHANGES AGAINST IRISH PRISON WARDERS. The Iriah Prisons Board has jaet decided that the charges against several warders of Clonmel j Prison uf allowing Crimes Act prisoners to | converse, and supplying them with whisky, are not proved, except in the case of one, who is I transferred to another gaol. The warder who brought the unfounded charges against the others is fined jB5, and transferred at bis own expense to Cork Prison.

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THE WELLS CHARITY. THE PROPOSED APPLICATION OF THE FUNDS. RATEPAYERS' MEETING AT CARDIFF. OBJECTION TO THE CHARITY COM- MlSSIUNERS' SCHEME. On Wednesday evening a largely-attended meeting was held in the Town-hall, Cardiff, in response to a requisition issued by the Mayor of Cardiff, at the instance of the Cardff Ratepayers' Association. Tbe object of the meeting, I according to the requisition, was the considera- tion of certain correspondence between the Charity Commissioners and others and the secretary of the Ratepayers' Association. In the unavoidable absence of the Mayor, Aiderman Carey took the chair, and nmongst those present were Councillors Heme and Riches,Drs Treharne and Horder, Messrs Lewis Williams, J. Bellin- ger, E. G'ogan, T. W. Webber, W. Jones (solicitor), T. H, Stephens, — Samuels, — Fer. gusson, &c. The CHAIRMAN', in opening the proceedings, reminded the meeting that the last scheme, accompanied by a letter, was sent to them by the Charity Commlasioners, who did not ask for suggestions or amendments as to the local government of the charity. It appeared to be cut and dried, and they bad no further alternative than to accept it. Mr T. W. WKBBBB, the secretary of the Cardiff Ratepayers' Association, read a series of letters that had passed between himself and others upon the scheme of the commissioners. After the last meeting held at Cardiff a letter was despatched to .he secretary of the commission, dated September 19 h, 1887 The reply to the communication was not received till August 1st last,and it simply stated that the scheme framed under the Endowed Schools Act for the future mauagetneoE ot this charity has, in accordance with a resolution passed by the Cardiff Town Council on 20th March last, been duiy approved by tbe comIlH8síoner. and lias beeu 8ubmit"ed to the Lords of t.be Committee." He (the speaker) replied saying that he "presumed that the amended scheme would be laid on the table of [the House of Commons in the usual way for approval or otherwise." H" subsequently wrote to Mr G. Howell, M.P.,comptaining that the commissioners had, by their long delay in repaying, ignored altogether the wishes of the burgesses of Cardiff, and asking him to place tbe matter before the House of Commons before the House adjourned. About the same time he aiso communicated with Mr Maclean, M.P., telling him that as the new scheme was on the table of the House of Commons, it would be adopted in a month unless it was objected to, and asking as a favour that he would (before the House adjourned for the recess) ask the reason for this treatment." Both gentlemen replied that Sir William Hart-Dyke had informed them that in the present case nothing would be done until the autumn sitting, and possibly until next year. He was consequently advised to hold his meeting whenever he liked. That was the position of affairs so far. (Hear, hear.) For his own part he must say that if the commissioners had proposed to give the college the J6500 which they promised in the first instance, a large proportion of the burgesses would have consented to that. (Hear, hear.) But it seemed to them that they were not willing to accept that oropositieii, Mr LICWIS WILLIAMS: Certainly we are. Mr WKBBKR I am not speaking of your position. Mr WILLIAMS I am speaking of the position of tbe governors of the college. We are certainly prepared to receive it. Mr WKBBKR was speaking of the Charity Commissioners, not of the local governors at all. If the commissioner- had contented themselves with applying the JE500 it was at first proposed to give to tbe college, it might have been accepted by a large majority of the townspeople. (Hear, hear.) But the commissioners w-re going on step by step until they gave up £1,000 of the money. They went further, and said that they would reserve a balance, so that by and by, when the college wanted a little money, they would have another slice, and so on to the end. (Hear, hear.) Some people had a-ked them why they did not build a school and home for boya and girls with the money. That was what he proposed. (Hear, hear.) They believed that many poor children would not be gathered into the board schools. The school board could not do the work. (Hear, hear.) He did not think that the ragged children were encouraged to go into the schools, because the masters objected to them. The teachers wanted a respectable class in order to obtain a good percentage. They wanted to make the thing pay. (Applause.) Councillor RICHM proposed :— That a petition be presented to members of Parlia- jnont in the House "f Commons when they Ulee II1ter the recess, signed by the cnairman of this meeting and the offloersof the Ratepayers' Association on bebaif of the ass 'datio and that a similar petition be forwar- ded therewith to the member for t e borough for presentation,or, in case of his absence, to a repre enta- live of the county in Parliament, signed by as many of the burgesses of Cardiff by that time as may be able and wilbng to do SJ. He did not, he think that the present 8cl1eme was as nearly what tbey wanted "tire first scheme. The latter provided far better for the eduction of the poor than the former one, for it set apart the sum of £200, which was to be applied to the benefit of children who had passed through the elementary to the higher grade schools. (Applause.) Mr FKKGUSSON, who seconded tbe resolution, said that if there were children in the town eligible for this charity, it was the duty of those who were in power to eee that they were not deprived of it. Although there were those in the town who bad endeavoured to carry tbe bequest into the uuiversity, he did not think that tney meant to do harm to the poor. But before these gehtlemen proposed to give the money to the college, they should have satisfied themselves that there was not one poor child iu Cardiffuuprovided for whom Craddock Wells intended to provide for. The money was left for a specific purpose, and to that purpose it ought to be applied. Mr JENKINS, president of the trades council, expressed his sympathy with the mover and seconder of the resolution. He said they had assented to the. grant of J6500, and, therefore, they were willing to abide by but seeing that a step had now been taken in the wrong direction, they should express their disapproval of it. He com- plained that there were no representatives of the working classes or of the poor on Wells' Charity Board. A Speaker, whose name did not transpire. Raid it appoared that boys would not be eligible for these scholarships till they reaohed the age of 18, and therefore how would they be available for the working classes, who could not afford to maintain a lad between 13 and 18 ? It seemed to him that these scholarships were scholarships on paper only, would benefit but very few of the poor boys of Cardiff. (Applause.) Mr LKWIS WILLIAMS said he was present in no controveiNiul spa-it, out to give any information required. He was there to tell them what the town had instructed him to do in this matter, and to ask them as cii iz-ns to uphold the honour and dignity of the town. That was his concern and sole concern. (Laughter and applause.) He had (lis brief there (producing a book), with which the Corporation of Cardiff and a town's meeting entrusted him and the Dean of Llandaff, and they having promised dMOO from this charity to the college, the town was pledged to it. (" No, no," and disorder ) The CHAIRMAN (interposing) called the people interrupting to order, saying that Mr Williams was speaking under physical difficulties, Mr LKWIS WILLIAMS continued that he WHS preseut against his doctor's orders, Mr Webber had said that if the Chari'y Commissioners had confined themselves to the JS500 there would have been very little or no objection. He (Mr Williams) thought it would be wise to insert in the resolution, if they sent it, that they wished to uphold the pledges which had been given by con- senting to not less tban £500. (Applause,and No, no.) By giving this £500 year they secured to Cardiff the spending of £6,000 a year on education. Owing to that grant,what would otherwise have coxt every working man in the town at least jBSO or JB60 a year for his son to get, he could now get for m0 a year. (Applause.) Was not that a thing woith fighting for ? (Renewed applause.) But it was not oinll to work out to £ 500—it was going to be only £350. Cardiff had got twenty times as much as it gave away, and were they n >w going to turn their back upon the scheme, saying that tbey wou it under false pretences ? It bad been how boys were going to be maintained. Wtlt. since the college had been opened there bad been awarded to Cardiff boys and girl. in scholarships, exhibitions and prises, for five years, a sum of £1,810. In addition to the education for £10, Cardiff had got JB400 a year in scholarship*. Was nOL that worth making an effort, for ? The college did not ask for more than £50!?, [A Voice Yes, you do.] If they could show him that the college did, he would withdraw the statement. The commis- sioners, however, saw the difficulty which had been pointed out by one. of the speakers that nlht. and aRked," What is the use of giving an I education unless you let the scholars live while getting itt" And therefore they provided that there should be 15 scholarships of B20 each, and it was provided that "each such exhibition shall entitle the bolder to exemption for one year from the payment of any lecture fee in the college, which meant £10 a year. So the 1IAt amount given to the college was reduced to JB350. Therefore, as far as the college was concerned, it would prefer the jB500 being adhered to. It would be better for the college, but it would not be better for the sons of the working men of the town. It had been said that the Cardiff boys were not availing themselves of the college, but he replied that there were 44 Cardiff lads in the institution, and unless such a provision had been made as that which was brought about by the offer of £500 a year, not eight of them woald have been able to obtain the advantages of which tbey were now availing themselves. The commissioners recommended that the sum of £200 a year should be set ap"rt not for the higher grade schools, but for any higher grade school in Cardiff where there were clever boys who could be helped up the ladder. In reply to Mr Riches, he said that the scholarships were carefully restricted to Cardiff boys. There bad been a proposition to the effect that the money should be devoted to lessening tbe rates, and thus to serve the poor. He returned that that would be relieving the rich—(applause)—who were the larger ratepayers. Answering Mr Webber, he argued that the anxiety of the school board was to get the ill-clad into tbe board schools. Dr HORDKB: Bat you have not got them. (Hear, hear.) j Mr LIWIS WILLIAMS replied that the Cardiff )> schools had a percentage of poor boya which would compare with any other schools ia the p kingdom. He asked tha meeting not to revoke in any way the soiemn pledge giveu with regard to the £ 500. If tiiey did the town would stand before Wales, and before the thought and civilisation of the country. Dr TREHARNE, who followed, pointed out that tbe scheme restricted the eujoyment of scholar- ships to children educated in schools where they paid not more than 61 a week, and as at the higher grade school they paid 9 i, there was no danger of outside children irom Bridgend, Llan. trissant, or Penarth enjoying the scholarships. Mr G. PADFIELD said he would have no objection to the college taking £,500 if they, on their part, would join with theui iu framing some scheme wtiereby the remainder of the money should be devoted to the poor and ragged. (Applause.) After a few remarks from Mr A. C. KIBK and Councillor HKRNK, Professor ROBERTS remarked that he was very much surprised that so many speakers bad drawn a contrast between education for the poor and education intermediate and higher such as was given by the lutermediate schools and the college. If there, was ever an institution which was intended for the poor, the University College of South Wales was that institutisn. (Applause and DIX^ENT.) Mr LKWIS WILLIAMS proposed, and Mr PKAOIC seconded a rider to the EFFECT that we desire in A pub'ic meeting to express an opinion that the pledges given by the Dean of Liandnffand Mr LEWI* Williams 011 behaif of the town for tbe support of the University College be upheld." The rider was put to the meeting, with the result that after a long delay and considerable wrangling, tha voting was equal, 46 for and 46 against. The Ohairman was pressed to give a casting vote, but finally it was decided to adjourn the discussion.

ADJOURNED LICENSING SEBSAON AT PONTYPRIDD, The adjourned licensing 3:J¡;ion was held at the Pontypridd police-court on Wednesday, before MESSRS Ignatius Williams (stipendiary magis- trate), William Jones, EVAN John, aid T. P. Jenkins, Thomas, Thomas Williams, Joseph Evans, Dr C. J, Jones, Dr Morgan, and Dr Llewellyn. The building was crowded long before the proceedings commenced, and considerable interest was manifested in the business. All licenses held over on the last occasion were renewed, and not a single one was endorsed. The first application for a new license was made by Mr Grover, of Pontypridd, on belnJf of Mr William Williams, owner of the Merliu Hot.f'l1, built about eighteen months ago at a 6oEtof £2,700, and situated AT Pwllvgwaun, three-quarters of a mile from the central part of Pontypridd. It appeared that there was in the vicinity of the public-hou^e a population numbering 1,033 Tnerp was no accommodation of the kind nearer than Pontypridd, and the nearest public-bouse to the Merlin Hotel was A quarter of a mile away. Objections were made hy Mr William H. David, who represented the opposition, including 11 large body of total abstainers resIding pt Pontypridd. á. petition signed by 420 persons over 16 years of age in favour of GRANTING A lioense was submitted to the bench. The John Pugh. Rev Mr Morris. and Rev Mr Oliver, and Mr Kuuer, of Ponty- pridd, on behalf of the opposition, presented memorials bearing about 500 signatures of people living iu the immediate locality, Pontypridd, and adjacent districts. The Stipendiary remarked that the bench would not grant a license till certain improvements were made in connection with the back part of the premises. The question would, therefore, be deferred for a, week, when, if the alterations be satisfactory, the application would be granted.

SINGULAR LOCAL LAW CASE. AN EMPLOYE'S RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENTS. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK oir ENGLAND V. MARSHALL.—Sitting as VACATION Judge in the Chancery Division of the H gh Court of Justice, on Wednesday, Mr Justice B'uFtba;L before him a motion on behalf of the piaiutiffsfor an injunction restraining the defendant from accepting employ- ment from any other bank within 20 miles of Cardiff. Mr Beaumont, who appeared in support of the motion, stated that the defendant was formerly in the service of the National Provincial Bank of England, at their CARDIFF biauch, and entered into a bond by which he MADE himself liable to a penalty of £1.000 if within two years after retire- ment or di"miHal Ïl-om their service he accepted emtvoymen1; with any other bank within a radius of 20 miles of Cardiff, I Mr Warrington, for the defendant, argued that the plaintiffs' proper remedy was to sue for the penalty, and not to apply for an njunction, bnt Mr Justice Butt, though at first he had felt some doubt upon the POINT, came ultimately to the conclusion that the object of the bond brought it within the class of oases in which t court had granted injunctions restraining employment in the services of rival establishments in contraven- tion of agreements entered iuto between employers and employed. He, therefore, granted an injunction till the trial of the action, or further order.

NORTH WALES LIBERAL FEDERATION, An important meeting of the genersl committee of theNorth Wales LIBERAL Federation was held at Chester on Wednesday evening,Mr Humphreys Owen, Liberal candidate for Denbighshire, presiding. It was announced that the annual gathering of the North WALES Federation will shortly be held at Wrexham. Mr Smart Rendel, M.P., will preside over tbe council meeting, and Mr Osborne Morgan, M.P, at the public demonstration. It was further announced that at the Welsh National Council meeting at Newtown on the 8uI and 9 h October, a process/on will be organised to meet Mr John Morley and escort hlm to the Bear Hotel, where A short address will be delivered. At the demonstration at night, Mr Stuart Rendel, M.P., will preside, and the members of Parliament re- presenting North and South Wales will take part. It was resolved to appoint a commit ee to con- sider the report, and also the minority report of the Education Commissioner^ This will be laid before the national council, and a definite pro- nouncement will be requested on those points especially affecting Wales. After the transaction of some other business, the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

THE ART EXHIBITION AT CARDIFF. MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT. OIl Wednesday evening a very pleasant species of promenade concert was held in the Art Exhibition now opeu in Queen-street Public-hall, under the au>pices of the South Wales Art Society and Sketching Club. The AFFAIR was of a most enjoyable and interesting character. Songs w.ere sung and recitations given, interspersed with musical performances, whilst in the intervals those present either chatted or inspected the pictures and other exhibits which are on view. The concert was organised by Dr Treasure, who also took a prominent part in the instrumental portion of the entertainment, and among others who assisted were Miss Bella Atkinson, and Messrs W. F. Woolridge, Do Boer, tiarth,Edwards, and Huline. As the programme plutook of a social character, the gathering was eminently pleasant in ita nature, and no better method of whiling away an enjoyable and instructive eveninp could be devised. Several of these entertainments will take place during the progress of the exhibition.

NEWPORT TROOPS FOR THE WEST INDIES, On Wednesday a detachment of Royal Artillery belonging to THE first brigade of the Welsh Division left Newport barracks en route for London, where they embark for Jamaica. The detHchment was headed by the fife and drum band of the depot, and wore the foreign service bead gear aud uniform. Tins is the third detachment which ha* left Newport barracks within the month.

CARDIFF TRADES' EXHIBI- TION. The number of visitors to the Exhibition on WEDNES'HY WA 5 796, making the total since the opening 32 991.

WOUNDING BY A WOMAN AT NEW- PORT. At Newport borough police-court, on Wednes- day, Hannah Usworth (married), Rob«rt-street, Pillgwenlly, was charged on a warrant with wouudiug Sarah Ann Parry. The parties are neighbours, and on Monday evening, AS complain- ant was nursing her baby, and conversing the while outside the door with her sieter-in-law, the prisoner came along, and threw a quart jug of water over her and her child. When complainant asked why she did such a thing prisoner took the jug by tbe bottom and SMASHED IT on her forehead The result was a cleau cut wound over the left eye, about the seriousness of which Mr Limbery, surgeon, Bent a certificate. The G&UBA of the ill-feeling was that two months ago the prisoner's child was accidentally drowned in a duck-pond on complainant's premises. Prisoner, ho.vever, blamed complainant's little boy, accused him of pushing her child in, and had repeatedly called him a murderer. Complainant admitted having called prisoner names, but did not wish to press the charge, and the bench bound prisoner over to keep the peace, and ordered her to pay costs and the doctor's bill.

IT IS MORE THAN GOLD TO ME-IT 10 HM iTsF.LF. George's Pile and Gravel Pills" is the only successful remedy ever offered to the world for he cure of piles and gravel and their accom- panying pains. George's Pile and Gravel Pills will immediately cure all back-pains. George's pills, by gently stimulating tbe sluggish liver, will euro all liver complaints. George's P. and G. Pills will cure ndigestion and Flatulence. George's P. and G. Pills will remove constipation, with its accompanying evils. George's Pills are unrivalled for all disorders of the liver, stomach, bowels, and kidneys. They are patronised by medical men. They are used in all parts of the civilized world. Over 10,000 testimonials received, aj sold everywhere. Price Is lid and 2s 9d. A. magistnte for the counties of Brecon and Glamorgan writes: —"I have looked over hundreds of original testimonial received by Mr J. E. George, Hirwain, bearing upon cures effected by his Pile and Gravel Pills. The writers cf these letters are unanimous in their testimony to the marvellous remedial powers of Mr George's remedies Hook upon the bundle of testimonials placed before me as a satisfactory proof that he has, by his dis oovery, been the means of alleviating the paina of a multitude of sufferers.—(Signed), D. E. WiLLL-Lx-, J.P. for the counties of Brecon and ■Glamor&an, origi nator of the movement in favour ot. taxing reyttties and, ground r=u foA lz* Buipeses.' 1081 ,¡!

CARDIFF CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE. The monthly meeting of the xuembsrs of the above chamber was ii«id at the Exchange, Moutt; Stuart-square, Cardiff, on Wednesday. Mr Jobu lXuan presided, and there were also present Messrs W. J. Troucce, Rees Jones, G. H. WIlh-, A. T. Lucovicb, F. J. Beavau, R. S. Boyer, G. L. Browne, Watkm Henry, Evan Lewis, C. V. Hairisny, W. Corfield, L. Gaunt, J. B. Davies, John Andrews, H. B. M.i<:qt;und, John Moore, M. Angel, G. Rees, Coiouel Gutorie, aDd W. L. Hawkins (secretary). THE BANKRCPTCT ACT. The Secretary he TUJJOWJNG letter, which be had received from the assistant; secretary to the SOUTH Wales Federated Chambers of Trade, viz :— Dear Sir,—For some months it hus been felt throughout the district REPRESENTED hy the FEDERATED Chambers of Trade for the EXTERN and ortbe II DIVISION', of Glamorganshire. MODU10Ilth8hire, and .Hi ecCI Eh: reo that the Bankruptcy Act of 1885 rcqai. as revision in »iae interest of creditors. The matter his BEEN under c"lI!lidtmtion by the majority of tbe chl!.mbr8 above referred to. and ir. has bten gener dly resolved that the working of the aut, especially in th realisation of small estates, tbe expellsint co ts aad CHARGES Innctkue under its clauses and the lieivy sraiui) duties which it IMPOSES "has been found detrimental to the realis tion of the fai; expec- tation of the creditors a> d hence they h ive thoug t tÍlt the importance of tbe !!uhject. espe<:b 1Iy to the trading interest, is such that it may justly claim th- attention and consideration of the chamber of commerce) at its meeting at Cardiff. The federated chunhers of the disirict have n1 grievance against the officials apDCJiIld uuder tb", act. nor against the spirit i" whiclJ it is adn:il1iiOoLer,-d. nor indeed against some of its clauses, but they think that a practical regard to the interest of creditors sLou.d bo paramount to otber considerations and when THIS Is suboidiuate I—is judged by lesults-tbey think it is fuli t'me tha.t the attention of the legislature should agiun be directed to its provisions, FC'er that purpose it is desi'aMe that SO important a r-O-.iy as the Chamber of Commerce !lanui give ILD opInion on rb", question, and it is the tmpe of LITIS federated body of CHAMBERS th-TT it may bo c. n.-idered wonby of a placd in the a«.etnU of your chamber for consideration and it resolu- tion thereon. I have only to add tiJa. at the last h tlf- yeariy roeeting of our federated chambers, heid at Brynmawr on the 21st Ju c. 18 8, under the ores dency of Basil Jayne, Ksq., J.P., the following resolution was unanimously adopted Tliat the var.ous chambers forming the federated chamber- of this district having discussed severally and collectively tl1", application of the Bankruptcy Act, l1Ior,] especially ill dealing with sma-II t;&teS, it is now r dby h federated chambers that it is desirable to revise tbe various sections of the act, especially wIth .b", v ew of its economic WORKING in tbe imernsts of tho creditors, copies to be forwarded to the of tUt district, the chamber of trad. and tbe chamber of C'<minerce at Cardiff, and the Local Government Board. Trusting that you will give this communication your kind attention at the ENSUING meetings, I m. dear sir, yours very sincerely, D. JONES KOWLANDS, Assistant Secretary JB'D rated Chambers of Trade. The Chairman ssid it was very desirable, in the interests of creditors, tha.t the charges should ba reduced. It sometimes happened that the charges swallowed up the whole '-state, and the creditors got nothing. He thought it would be quite competent for them to reply to this letter saying they would be ready to support any mea- sure by which the efficiency of the court could be iuiprcved and tha expanses reduced. After some conversation, it was decided to instruct the representatives of the chamber at the forthcoming meetings of the associated chambers at Cardiff to support any resolution brought forward dealing with this subject, and especially to put forward the views set out in the above letter, PBK8ENTATION. A very fine panoramic photograph of tbe port of Barcelona was presented to the chamber by Messrs Buioi^U and Tiffin, who were accorded a hearty vote of thanks. NJiW MEMBER. Mr George Ruthenord, ot the Wall send Slip- way Company, waa unanimously elected a member of the chrvrobflr. THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBER*' MEETING. The meeting next considered the resolutions on the agenda for the meeting of the as- sociated chambers next week, and it was 3g-reed to empower the representatives of the chamber to adopt whatever attitude they deemed aO Y ahle in regard to tbem. The T HAIBXAN took that opportunity to invite auy gentleman who had Dnt iutherlo been askerl to subxeribe to the fund for defraying tbe expenses incurred in connection with the visit of the Associated Cnambers to Cardiff. He thought he m;ht say generally that the mem- bers had subscribed very geuerously and, in some iustances, handsomely. Practically they were only a couple of hundred POUNDS short of the amount they had .kat) for-£1 500. Tney were promised already a little OVEI J61 300, and that without making any general EFFORT, T-xcept AMONGST ti-E members connected with theoliauber, to raise SUBSCRIPTIONS. This concluded the meeting.

MERTHYR LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS. The USUAI meeting of this board WAS held on Wednesday, Mr Tllomas Jenkins (Pantseallog) presiding. Tile loan committee recommended that application be made to the LOCAL Government Boaro to sanction th- amounts cifíad by the surveyor In his statement. These items comprised (I! £888 for the EXTENSION of water radius. ;(2) £4235 2d for COMPLETING filter beds a! G irtii. 1Ilf cost of Treharris new brmge. (4; JB129 t." new sewer atTaibach and Abrtrviiu. and fur V*OPIATING shaft and eewerll at Thomastowu. (5) je480 for the proposed exton- TION OF sewers to Heoigerrig and Pant*c»L'og- (6) £5,898 17S for the alteration of weir and einoa.okuient at Peutwyn reservoir. (7) £300 lor money expended on N"yadd reservoir embankment, being in ex<-C,*s ot money borrowed for that woik. (8) £2,434 17" for proposed scheme for draining MJWAGE on the farm lands. (9) £250 for proposed new footbridge over the river at Abercanaid (total coat £ 500—half to BE borue hy Txff Vale Railway Company) total, 19-i 2d. On the proposition of Mr Pritcharu, me report was adopted.—-The Clerk suggested that it would be ADVISABLE to give NOTICE to rescind the resolution to apply for £2 ,000 n favour of the lesser sum,and a NOUOE of mouou was given to this effect by Mr Davies, Tenders were received for executing WORK* in D..id.8treet, Dowlais, and street. Those of Mr S. Protheroe for and JB176 7* respectively were ACCEPTED, as they WERE the lowest. The committee APPOINTED to draw up a memorial praying that Merthyr be selected as the place for the holding of the quarter sessions for the county held a meeting, at which a draft memorial was presented by Mr QTVILYAI C Jame* (the clerk), and adopted with a fEW additions,—TFTS report of the committee "II agreed to on the proposition of MR D. D ivies, seconded by Mr THOMAS Jones. —A letter was received from the cleik of the PENCE respecting the couuty apportionment. ut the councillors forMer'-byr under the new act. Dr Dyke pointed IIUt t)II..t the population might be found to exceed 57,000 and on the motion of Mr D. Daviee the cletk was requested to obtain further statistics ot tbe assistant overseer, and represent to the clerk of the peaca that Merthyr should have nine seats fnatead of eight allotted to it as a, district,

¡; A STEAMER SUNK. A dense fog prevailed on the Clyde on Wednes- day morning. The Anchor liner Furnes«ia and THE steamship Elm run ashore near Dumbarton, but will probably FL oat at high water. Another s8el- the steamer Glenlivet — SANK after a qdllision with another vessel, but the crew were sved.

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THE EBBW VALE STRIKE. I No attempt whatever has been made to effect a settlement of this dispute since the masters met the men's committee on Saturday. Nearly the whole of the men have now taken their tools from the pits. The men held a meeting on Wednes- dllY. out no resolution was come to io any way modifying their demands. The masters, on the other hand, seem equally determined not to give j way. Relief to a large amount was given away by tbe committee on Tuesday, but still there is much distress in the neighborhood. -_u_

MUSIC AND SONG. ADDRES BY MR LEWIS MORRIS, M. A. HIS POLITICAL PROSPECTS. On Tuesday evening, at tha A-^euiDiy room, Carmarthen, Mr W. R Owen, or Wast Hartle- pool, delivered a lecture on Music and SIIDg in aid of the funds of a Wt-aieyan Mission at Carmarthen. Mr J.wi6 Morris, M.A., the poet, presided. Iu opefJit1 the proceedings, Mr LEWIS MOBBIS said it was his pleasant duty to introduce the lecturer, who was a Carmarthen man AÓd v*ry popular elsewhere, and no dullt v.-ou1d make toe bcture excessively interell1. I The subject was Mus e and S.mg." Personally j he (\1r Mocn-) was exceedingly ignorant, of music, but. exceedingly fond of At the time he was broueht up the teaching of music was not so common a-s now. A great deal oi time was given to L"tl\1 and Greek, which were not considered at the present day such great acc'~mt)nshaients as music. Thi-re was a benef in h:s mind that if lis aad iieeii taught music properly he might have composed something. Most people thought tht-y could write poetry, and no doubt be was not singular in thinking- hp could hxva written music if he had had the enucation. A3 to the Weish taste for music, when was some time ago distributing pr^zea t'l the pupils lIf the C¡¡rm"r- then School of Art, he said that more time m!ght with advantage be given co the ttudy of art— > landscape art, sculptural art, and the depictive art. He did not recede from that position now, blJ at ;l:e ,,10.11'6 time it was patent to dveryjDe that the Welsh artistic was the taste of music. At the Wrexham Eisteddfod the other dny he heard a great deal of vary tine munic. And perhaps they Would allow h tn to interject a remiirk. A young iady from Carmarthen, Miss ) Adela Bona, as nearly as possible succeeded in winning the contralto KOIO. She waj> a good second, and be (Mr Morris),being interested in CMe wtote to Mr John Thomas, who replied that Miss Bona had a voice of very fine quality well: worth cultivation, and "he wlluld du well to enter II. a student in the Academy of 3iusic." (Cheers.) What he was going 10 say about the music at the Wrexham and other eisteddfoaau was that the t.aste of the Welsh people for music WB a taste connected with religion — for solemn, sober, serious, devotional music. If they took the list of subjects at Wrexham and other national eisteddfodau, they woulu find the great choral csmpetitions were on selections such n. he bad mentioned—either competitions by Handel or Spuhr or others of a distinctly and directly devotional tendency. That was why he thought that on an occasion like that, in connection with a churoh mission, there was no impropriety or incongruity in a lecture on music and song. (Hear, bear.) That; t.a.6te was ingrained in tHe Welsh people, b tbe North Wales slate quarries, in the South Wales collieries, in the great industries of the country, they found tbat taste, and 011 the loneiy hills'dea they found the chapels filled on week evenings by those who were practising for some eisteddfodio meeting — everywhere tbey bad evidence that Wales was rightly called Ie a sea ot song." He did not. know that it was altogether desirable that people should cultivate only one side of music, and theretore be Wits glad the lecturer that night intended to discuas not oniy serious music, but tbe more comical side of the art. It was most important that they should direct tbit great taste to the best possible ends. That sympathy which had been rigotly called "the enthusiasm of humanity" bound together large numbers of people working with entire forgetfuln^sa of self, with common yearnings, desires, and aspirations for good, in those music j competitions, and it was for them to guide theme sympathies in the direction of right. The tem- parament he referred to was a very noble tem- perament, but it had its danger. No one could sit as a magistrate in Wales without seeing that that was 110. Let iihetn try to lift the great spirit of competition —tbat great taste for noble and elevating 3rr-;n the best possible way. Let them try to m:-ke the sweet sounds which their voices made on earth only the rehearsal of the great eternal song. (Applause.) Mr Owen's lecture was of a very interesting and instructive character, and was well received. At the cicse, The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging a vote of thanks, alluding to a remark made by the R*v J. Wyndham Lewis in seconding the vote, >a i he had had a great desire for many years to be a politician, and to do good work for his desr native country of Wales, Somehow he did not think the Welsh peop e the thing as he did (laughter)—aud his political ambition was not now so great as it had beeu. But he still wanted to serve his country, mid thuught be could rio 80 till the educatiou question, and he intended to 11:0 0\1 j to the end with tbe enthuaiaatio people 'of Pembrokeshire. He coold perhaps bve dune as much for the country in his own particulars branch of literature, but he did not think the Pembroke Boroughs weie properly represented at present. Wiien he alluded to the solemnity of the Welsh taste with regard to music, he did not know how auius<ug, as weU as instruc- tive, a lecture on that subject could be made. Mr Owen had passed from grave to gay, from lively to severe and he had sung them one of the most beaut:ful melodies he (Mr Morris) had ever heard. He was glad to hear that Mr Owen was one of the most potent men the Wesleyan community could furnish. (Applause.)

FRIGHTENED TO DEATH. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT ABKHBEEG. A remarkable occurrence is reported from Aberbeeg. On Sunday evening last a man n .mad Thomas Jo>nklDI! prooeeded to ohapel with a younsr collier, 18 years of age, named Doniel Henry Williams. Whilst passing a field on tbe r return from chapel, a bull bellowed at them twice. WdHfm", who was much frightened, ran away. He had not proceeded far when he suddenly fell to the ground. Jenkins a!<ked him what was the matter, but failed to receive au answer. He then hurried to Bellevue Cottage, and asked Mr* Jones to go to Williams's assistance whilst he went to the father to inform him of the occurrence. Mrs Jones did so, and when she arrived at tbe put found Williams lying full length in the road. She spoke to him, but received no answer, and she then discovered that the man was dead. Fright, acting upon a heart, was undoubtedly rhe cause of death. On Tue day even ng Mr E. H. Dnvies, deputy coroner, held an inquest upon the hody at the Hai'bury Arm Inn, Aberbeeg. Jenkins and Mrs Jonns evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of Death from natural causes."

LORD ULAN RIOARDE AND HIS TENANTRY. Mr John Kennedy, one of the tenants on the I Cl*nricanlr- estate, wb" has successfully defied ejectment for the last eighte^u montim, was defeated on Wednesday by the emergency men, I who obtaiue 1 possession of his holding. MI Kennedy, who is a town commissioner and large farmer, was absent from home harvesting, and "om" em rgeucy men passing saw an upper window open. They procured a ladder, and obtained an entrance without the slightest opposition. Mr K->miedy declares that he will allow all his stock 10 be sold from his farm sooner than p ,y the urjuat rent demanded by Lord Clanncarde.

SENTENCE ON CASEY, THE BOND THIEF. Frank Caaey pleaded guilty on Wednesday, at the O d B uley, to stealing a quantity of bonds in the city, as already fully reported. He wa» seoteaoed to eighteen mouths' hard labour.

CONCERT BY DR AND MHB FROST AND PUPILS. The Gymqnrodorion-ball, Cardiff, waa crowded on Wednesday evening with a thoroughly appreciative au lienoe that had assembled for the purpose of bearing a concert provided by Dr and I Mr" Frost, assisted by their pupils. N,) bettA evidence could be aff irded of the success which attends the tuition of Dr and Mr* Frost than the I really admirable and higo-olass programme rehearsed, Ktid which waa rendered in excellent style by all coucerned. It was most varied in character,and calculated tosmtaveiy musical taste, ranging from the severely classical to the most most modern drawmg-room bsllad. The vocal I part of the entertainment was agreeably inter- m;xed with solos and duets on the piano, harp, and violin. The following took part in the repertoire Thomas, Myfanwy Jones, Williams, Polly Rowla nd*, Florence Davies, Ko-ie Jones, Gibbon (2), O-good, and Morgan, Meesrs Emlyn Joues, THill Pnce, Eason Frost, A. G. From., J. Jones. Dr aDd Mrs Frost, and Mr* L. E. Dr Parry was also I present. Dr aud Mrs Frost were warmly eon" gratulated on the success of the concert.

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SWANSEA. SIlt JOHN JENKINS OS FOKKSTKT.—Speaking At a dinner to the memoirs of tlie Court Thomas Order oi Fore-ters, Sir John Jouec Jeukine urged workii-g-iuan to cultivate habite nf thrift and industry. A true foeiing of respect for the employer and employed shouki always be regarded as a safeguard to each other's welfare, for labour could not go on without capital, nor capital without labour. (Cheers.) If this principle wat- more regarded, strikes—whicn were a curse to the man and also to tfie master »nd the whole community »t large—might be obviated. STKALING BOOTS —At the police-court on Weon^siiay. Evan Wilhama, mutmau, 5, Oross- c«>urt., Greaiiiidi. wa* ciiarged with stealing a pair of b'*»td, value 4 lid, the property of Mr George Auckland, Hurh-street, on Tuesday. — P'ISODT, who pleaoed guilty, was senteuced to six weelK* hard ¡"bour. VISITORS to Swansea will do well to visit Mr Chapman's Slab-street Studio. The Beet Photographs in Wa, »« sire taken there, at prices to suit an classes. FHOTOOBAPHT.—Si-dle Bi-o*. (from London), Heathbeld-»treet. Swansea, turn out the beet wort In priDcipaJity 1240

LLANELLI. POLICE C00BT.—A.t we police-court 013 Wed- nebtUy, Anua Anthony was fioed 20- for steslme & bottia of whisky from Dynevor Cwtle Inn. —- Morc&n D >vies and Job Ihomas were each fined 10-i and custs for having spears in their possession at Llauelly for tbe purpose of capturing sa^ui'vi. OBITUARY —We have to record the death of Mr Hopkins (GUn Te-s), for many manager of tbe Old L'idge Ironw..rk" Llaneily. Mr Hopkins was an authority on matters connected with the smelting of iron, and had written pamphlet besring on the subject. He was aiso a facile eompo&er of Welsh poetry, and a man b'bly respected by a large circle of friends. THK ISTKPDFOD.—We understaod that the proceeds of the recenl. hospital eisteddfod exceed £300. There is a general feeling that it should i" made an annual cr, at all events, a biennial aff-nr, in order that the hospital may be placed ou a sound aud thoroughly permanent financial basis. |

PENCLAWDD. j LIBKBAL MEETING —Mr D. Randell, M.P., acc mpamed by Mr W. R. Oremer, M P., secretary of the International Arbitration League, visiteii -he Peiulawdd district of the Gower p*rii;<menta; y aivsioti on Tuesday evening:. The The Rev D. M. Davies presided. In supporting a re»ioiution, proposed by the R\i J. Thomas, and seconded by M" Wdliam Hurry, Llmni'U'lfUS, Mr Creaier spoke at considerable length on the work done by the society he represented in establishing the policy of international arbitration, and in furthering peace and goodwill between the nations of Europe and America.—Mr RAndell delivered a vigorous speech in support of a vote of con- fidence iu Mr Gladstone and the L'beral party, proposed by the Rev J. Thomas, and seconded by Mr S P. Jones, schoolmaster.—A great number of persons was enrolled as future mem here of the local Liberal asewation. Rev D. M. Divies was eler.'e': chairman E,et J Thomas, vice-chairman; eler.'e': chairman E,et J Thomas, vice-chairman; Mr S. P. Joues, secretary aud Mr D. Rhidiau II Reas, treasurer. 'JiI

ARERGAVENNY. SHOCKING CRUELTY —At the polioe-eourt on Wednesday, Wiiio.ui Reed, aged ten year*, was summoned by Mr T. A. Cadle, grocer, Nevill- fctreet,for m»lie'ou>ly woundirg a pig belonging to him. On Sunday afternoon the defendant was observed to takeas on; off the wall bordering Mr Cadle's field, and turow it with all his might at the pig, which hurt it so much that it oould not stand upon its hind and had to be carried I jnt.. the shed. Fme i 5", including costs. ABEKGAVEITNT ATHI.RTIC SPORTS (professionals), Kailey Park. Septem'oer tffith.— S10 10s Od. 120 yards handicap, quarter, half and mile I •.ndicaps f t o.d amounts, and other events. Cheap tickets br L & N.W. and u W. Companies. Entry forms and all particulars from W. Gardner, Hereford.road. 1872

RHO DDA VALLEY. PRESENTATION.—A large number of the mem- HHO of the Britannia Friendly Society, Rhondda Valley, and numerous ..t,ber frionds, attended a meeting, on Saturday, with the object of present- ing Mr John E .wards, late manager of the Llwyucelyn OILert, with a handsome oil paint- ing, for his activity as secretary for the above society for 33 years. Mr H. Abraham, manager, H^fod C'Hliery, took the chair, and was sup- ported by Dr H. N. Davies, Cyinovr Mr Mor gan Morgan, Pontypridd. Mr T. Yorath (Tawe- gan Morgan, Pontypridd. Mr T. Yorath (Tawe- nos:) acted as vice chairman. NKUKALGIA, TOOTH-ACHE, FACE-ACHE, &0.- I remarkable teRtimonial da ly to the efflcac. ot Bevan Specific.—W. George, M.P.S. Swansea. 1126

MERTHYR. THK QU.ABTKR SESSIONS COORT. — A special meeting the chamtier of tr«de was held in reference to the movement in favour of Merthyr being constituted the place for the holding of quarter sessions. The chamber, as well as the ooard of health, will present a memorial to the m;<gi8tratefi all iu support of the object in view.

TREORKY. EISTFPRFOD, CHRISTMAS > >AT—Choral com- petition, Y. Nation" (Mendelssohn), £40; male voice party. Soldiers* Chorus" (Favft), £ 10—secre- tary, "Gttzeite" Office. 2U8

I PONTYPRIDD. POCKFT PICKINO.—At Pontypridd police court, on Wnuuemiay, J'i*eph Morgan was sent to prisou for one mouth, for stealing 15s from the per-oo at }{i-klu E «r,«dofod. THKFT OF HAY AT PORTH. -G mer Thomas, coal merchant, raiding at Porth, was fined £2 or having stolen a qu«ntay of hay from a truck in be siding near the railway-station.

MAESYCWMMER. MAESYCWMMKR ANNUAL RACF8 AND SPORTS will take place on Momiay. October lit. 18S8. Entries close Thursday, September 27ih. 21^9

BRYNMAWR. LOCAL BOARD.—A rather animated scene took place ou Wninesday at the usual meeting of this board. Mr T. Hope pres.ded. A discussion arose to the action of the surveyor in serving notices culling upon persons keeping pigs to abate the lIuisance.-Dr Browue, the medlcd ..fficer, read a letter which he had sent to the surveyor asking why the oroers of the board bad not been earned out,—The Chairman explained that the whole of this matter aroee through two neih- bours quarrelling.—Dr Browne interrupted, and said his name had been introduced in a most unwarrantable manner. He bad the welfare of the town at heart, and everything he had proposed was for the interest ot the towu. He had, how- ever, always been opposed by the chairman.— Tue Chairman here got up and said Dr Browne had no right to go into the qaestion at present. He had made no charge.—Dr Browne replied that the chairman had attacked him, and stated a deliberate lie.—The Chairman appealed for the protection of the board. Unless the medical ..meer øat down he would leave tbe chair.—The matter eventually dropped.

NEWPORT. THEFT. — At Newport borough polic-court, Oil Wednesday, D*r>ial McSi fireman, I was charged with stealing two pairs (If lock" from the hopdllor of Phihp Seiwood, hosier, 12. Com- mercial-road. was op for seven 'i«ys. A NUCHBOUR6 ROUND BOBIN —At Nwpott bor >ugn V',II,c(llL.n VV^ouesday, George Paul, a seafanug young feilow, William-street, wis summoned for assaulting Susannah Leasy. The complainant, « middle-aged woman, resides in Riarlau-stieet, and had been much annoyed by prisoner, whose house faoed bers at the On Suuday he broke the wall down, threw a buoket of water over her, which wetted her completely, and threatened her bodily violence. A round-robin, signed by eight neighbours, complaining that defendant was a great nuisanoe to them a 1, was o.nri..d up and inspected by the magistrates.—Fined 1().¡ Ód. or If hard labour. FOOTBAI L.—F'r«' match at Newport- Saturday, September 22nC:. at 3 -Ne.pott Y. Neath. Lists of Fixtures are now ready, can be ob-ained rati* on application at Messrs Muliock's, at tbs Club office, Vo. I, Trerfe ai-plnee, and at tbe Pavilion on the Ciub g'rou"d- Fixtures will be forwarded to member* ■<« ««»al. T, 205 SEVDFOR A BOTTL<TODA* !—If you or y ur cbildien are troubled with a summer cough, cold cbildien are troubled with a summer cough, cold bronchitis, asthma, difficulty of breathing, hoarseness, hn-ki esa in toe throat, don i neglect it, but without delay send fur bottle of Tudor Williams' Patent Balsam of Honey- Sold by all chemists in Is bottles. 1206

SUICIDE AT ELEVEN YEARS OLD. On Wednesday afternoon, a lad, about eleven years of named Keen, committed su cide by hanging himself in tne bedroom of hia father's house at G*r«ton, near Liverpool. He had refused to to school, aari to punish him his father locked him in the bedroom. In a fit of rage and disappointment, the reckless youth fastened a cord to a ventilator in the wail, and hanged himself. waa cut down in a few minutes afterwards, but life was extinct. I

THE BELFAST SHIPBUILDING srHlK. The strike in the Beirut shipbuilding trade I"nt1..ti on Wc'nes'lay evening, arrangements be;ng made for re opening Messr* Harland and Woiff'.s yards on Friday, at the usnai hour. The employer* grant an advance of eighteenpenoe weekly to rivetters throughout the works, and platers in the shipyard, and 1* to platers in the bodermakers'shop. The men "n their part con- cede piecework prioee to the firm at the asDMntt as obtained elsewhere in Belfast.

A SENSATIONAL LEAP. A drunken guardsman, in full uniform, jumped from Westminster Bridge into the Thames on Wednesday aUernoau. He managed to swim ashore. ■ ■" ■ L

Dxuctotis Pusit TzAs from the nvmt fik-Ow -anions and plantations of Ceylon Wis. rnd Obina mbe hfcd from tbe Liverpool, China, aua India iea Cjiniiany. Limited, -it n'erchants' wkule-aw prices. «o intermediate w*oflt*. Government contractors. At, Queen-street, Cardiff, and at Liverpool and Fanaieii THK simpieat and best known remear TOR BILIOUS aad liver comolaints, beadaoites, indigestion- anau Kerniek's Vefetahle Pills. They sfomach, braoe the nervs»,aiid expel In ooxea at 7*4 and 1« lid .wcn, ox alJ cfflsmwa, or I direct of Keriiic- vie son. Oar*u*- or *ivl stWttM KIATTKG'SPOWDBRdestroysFLE^s moths, bags, beetles, and all other inseets. whilst quite han*less to aH domestic an'inals. In exter-.nn itiiis boetlse the success ol this power is extraordinary. It w perfectly clean m application. Seethe article you purohaM fe I •' KEATING'S, as imitations area; xiousanu ineffectual Sold only in 'line, Is w.d2s6deach, by all Chemists. 1Q7

ANTICIPATIONS* j At the T«eiaeater ana Ayr Meetings to-day fair sport was witnessed, but it can be pamed over without comment, as the only meeting this week where there will be any real interest in racing begins to-morrow at ALaocbeeber, for which my selections are follow :— Thursday Pirnte—Otn NoKUTT Plullipe S»*l!iug—TbaTOOOB or BCUXXT. Srretford P ate—EKyu*T. St»nu<»rri Hand or Pkdiabke. De Tr-fcffonl—Fa,U W Ütt&rnr THEODOLITE. p ..I.. t ¡"Go UJt>tUJt&K. L*nc.Mttjire Nur~«« y—ljtlHAV PltlN'CtC or ItaLICA Wednesday Night. VIGILANT. LEICESTER MEETING LEICESTER. W'JWESDAT A MAIDEN PLAT( £ of ioC weight lor age winners 6xtm. Abou one ifliit!. Mr Hibbert's Castilieit, 4v Hint w Higlrthigall 1 Mr T Cannon'-Oontlne, Ay 7wt M UDinot 2 Mr J«miiitg»'s. jan, -p<ow.2j' j Wood burn 3 Mr Townelej-farter's 2y 7« Hike Barrett 0 KSSi. OMdlJati, 6 feu l ajp; Coraiite, a.nd 4 to 1 Mcb aest spioer and Xovalis. No.ai¡¡ mde the running from Joralite, w-h Qas- tidaa in the rear, nntil a quarter of & mile from home, wnere S ider drew to to front, bu Castiiian h..&d":rt him at the hali-distance, tend won ilY by 8. length a length and a half the second and third. ihe MA PERLKY sELLIN'U PUfE ef 100guineas; weie ol tor acre selling and othw aoowaaoes. '^even furlongs. Baioi. M de Tuyll'e Ma!r;be in. r 9*t 4L!> G Barrett 1 Mr navies Baciiiu- v 9si 41b .J Woonburn 2 Mi X Cannon's Nm nery, 3,. 9sr 41b ..T C<aino*i, jun 3 Betting—Even M-iiabeam, 9 to 4 a.g:1t Baeiilus, and 4 to 1 ass; ISutinery Nunnery showed the way. with MaAn beam lying oS C11 the let to the distance. v*h>?rv* Maintwwn took up the ra:;r.iiif, anu won H!ry easily by d. hm tie lengths between the second an; tfeird The ■«inii9; was bought is for tIC guineas, and B&ciSiis was 1.old to .Yir K H"wett for 115 U'lieas. The QL'OKN WEI.TRR HAND CAP of 150 so* One mile K Martin t ..G Ba:"rett 1 £ C*ni.or;'8 Molly l,epsi. 3y^6 41bT Cannon, ,iun S Mr Hihbert's Ca>tiln,c, 3V Ijgt blr ..W Night(nfe»il C Mr Vaiei.tine's sfcv !-».lot. 5? lQst .T Weld n 0 -ercy'* Piii-ply"jimo-»or! 4v 9 101b ..F Barrett 0 vf 's Hurdelot. 3y 8»t 81b White P dxrC apiin n Injrd^Nelson, 3y BicUaby 0 CM. tt) 30 agsc Parol" Emperor. b to 1 aest Sky I'ilot, 100 to 15 :;28t Molly L-pei. 7 to 1 agst b»m_ 00iol4 8,t"st Arundel, and 100 to B eacu "t Castihan, Hardelot, and Lord Nelson. Aft r along deity at the post Purple Emperor, on tht the running from Molly Le!>1Il, Pelnim, and «_«istilian, wi h Arundel lying well up on ti e left nnti. a_d stance from h me. where Pe.ham drew to the front, b.<t Aruodpi caught him in the last <ew studes, aIL i holne 14 dead heat. Moll- Lepel. who finished third, was beatnn thre- lengths from the dead-neaters. Sky Wlot was f urth. Castiliau fifth, Purpie Emperor and Lord NeUon last. The stRir." were divided. The CAMP sEhLJNfi NCRSEfiV HANDICAP of 100 guineas, for two year ofn- the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Five furlongs Mr oiling K*;lv Morn. 8-t 7!b E Martin 1 Mr Abincton* Jubilation 8st7lb Loates 2 Mr ftussel s Bryoay, 31b Wall Mr JenninnV j m. 'feform, 8^ 51b' V.V.V.G Barrett 0 ^9 8«t2lb .T Cannon, jun 0 Mr Joli ffe s festival, 8st r.-ll.ivr Q Mr Nicholl's Nellie. 7st 7lb (allowed 51b) Poole 0 Kariy Morn, o 5 100 t*> 14 acst Jubilation. 8 to i agst Giduy Gin, an 10 to 1 ag.t Bryony and Nellie. NeUi", on the riisht, showed the way fr >m Jnbila- tion and Bryony, with Reform in the centre and Early Morn, on tne Seft, lying well up for half the journey, when Jubilation drew to the front, but Earlv Morn closed with bitn inrfde the distance, and staving the longest, won 'ather easily by three-part* of a Jent"th a length and a hnlf between the -econd and third. B-form WHS fourth, Giddy Girl fl th, and Festival Jast To* winner w bougat 1n for 2b0 guineas* The PLATE (handicap) of 300 sovs by sub- scription of C" each, 2 fc WInner" ertra the win- ner to be sot.. for 20 SOTS. Five fa, Inbfitli: Mr T tenon's Tif, 4y 6 161b T Cannon, )un 1 Baron C d uylrs Ma-trt Mason. 3y 7st 21b Cald^r 2 Mr Moncrieff'i's Laceman, ated 811t 31b.. F Barrett 3 Mr SwanwicK's, jnu, Ferbidden Fruit, 5y lllb Mr J Davis's Dartmouth, 6y 7st 71b.J Wooubarn 0 Mr Holers The Mummer, 3y 7st 61b T Loates 0 Mr Hibbeit"> Parea. 3y 7st 2lb A1 annn n Mr Pictersgill's Pillarist, 3y 7st "Muilen 0 Mr 8 e»ens's Prickly mr, 5y 6*t 121b W*ii o Bettii'g—11 to 2 aspst Prickly Pe*r, 100 to lb ae-<t The Mummer, 7 to I each a* £ t Ilfra, Parga, and P l ariHt 8 to 1 each agst Lac-man. Forboiden Fruit, and Maste M» on, and 100 to 8 ag-a Dare mouth. to 2 aspst Prickly The Mummer, 7 to 1 each a* £ t Ilfra, Parga, and P l ariHt 8 to 1 each agst Lac-man. Forboiden Fruit, and Maste Mol on, and 100 to 8 ag-a Dare mouth. The Mummer, on the ight. settled down in front and made the ruin ing from Master Mason, DartlDouth. Pane*, and Prickly Pear, with Forbidden Fruit and Iifrd. lying well up on the left, while Laoewan, who I began baoly, broueht up tri" rear. Af'er running about half the journey The Mu umer dropped awxy beaten, an Master iMa*on cumtt on from Dartmouth, with Prickiy Pear and lying at thibead of tne ntb. to the distance, where Ilir-i took Becand place, and getting the better of Maseer Mason in the fifty y.rds, wou a p-ett-y ract by Jhaif a length a length separated second ind third. Prickly Pear was fourth Parga fifth, Dartmouth a.nd Forbidden Fruit next, and Pillar-st iast. The winuer was Bold to Mr .-siuUdinc lor 410 guinellJ<. The MIDLAND NURSEKY HANDICAP of 400 sovs, for two year olds winners extra; tht second receives 25 i-ovs out of the I't.a.lte<. Five furloogs Mr Kobe ts's Carnival. 7^ 71b T Loates 1 Mr L ile Rothschild's Heptarchy ,"7sV lbih (car 7st 12.b) F Barrett 2 Mr Connor's c by Farnese—Ud; Uosiinj;, 'bsi 121b « t B*eve 3 Mr I Jennings's, jun, Boval Siar, 8st61b..G Barrett 0 MacheU's F i:t Mar on, >ist 51b Robinson 0 Sir J Duke's Alchemist, 8st 31b White 0 Lord Durham's Aspen Lef, 7st 12io .Rickaby 0 Mr Cannon's Cape^K&oG, 7st 5>b .M Cannon 0 Betting—liiO to 30 Lady Gosling colt, 11 To 2 a-st Fnir Marion, b 1 eacu Alchemist and Anpen 7 to 1 auh-acst Carnival and Reyai Star, aed 10 to 1 agst Race. cut out the work from Aspen T eaf. At- chemist. Fair Mart >n, and Heptarchi, w th the Lady Oosiiii^ colt lying fairly w«l up on the stand side, to the distance, wh«r- Heptarohy dr winto secon I place, but be ran anything out eenemualy in the last hun- ureo jards, and Carnival, who all the running won e isily oy two lengths thret? ien-th* between the second and third. Alchemist was fourth, Boval Star fifth, anti Cape Kace last. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE CK^A K.K WITCH LANCASHIRE PLATE 100 to 30 agso Seabreeze, (o) 4 to 1 — Ayrshire* (i) 5 to 1 — FrUr B».»am with a run (tl CBSAB,KWir< H 100 to 14 agst Kenii'vortii, cy 7st lib (o) 10 to 1 — Acme, 3y 8-t lllb (o) &00 to 26 — Le Gaissier, 6y 7st 131b ft) 500 to 25 — Decision, 4y Tat 121b (ti <;• to 60 laid) WO to 36 — Khy .hui, 4y 7st (tl CAMKRILXj KSHlKE 20 to 1 — Pnil, 4y 8*t 21b (t) 1 00 to 30 — Thunderstorm, by 7«t lllb 2000 to 60 — Enterprue, «y 8st 51b (t) ROYAL CALEDONIAN MEETING. The 1 RIAL PL TE ol 100 Ruin ^Y^eijfh^To^e • winners extra selling and other allowances, six' furlongs. Mr shepherd's Mignon, 4y 90Jt Finlav 1 Sir K Jardine'* Queen of ^heba. 2y tet 91b Cbandiav 2 Mr Steele latum by 9*t Ki..»*.dy 3 Thornton i,Oiley} also ran. Betting—it to 4 airst Queen of Sbeba, 7 t.. 2 each agst Mignon and Tattoo and 6 to 1 agst Thornton. Won t»y hilf a ength a length between the second! and third. I tie winner was bought in for 120 imineu. A MAIDEN PLATE of I00«s weight for agf5 ners trxtra. About one miie 200 yards. Mr H Oie's Rusii-nt, 2y 6 t llui h Luke 1 Mr Gotts halkV Commissary, 3y 8<st lb.. L<tes 2 Mr Cunui gbam s by Baliol Lottie, 2y 6st 4ib ta.l1t.on 3 Betting—6 to 4 on Rn-hout, 7 to 4 agst and 0 to 1 agst tbe Lou-e coit offered on by a leuetfa and a half a length separated the second and third. A NUKfci KT HANDICAP PLATE of 500 80 for two yea; olds winners extra second receives 30 and ihe thi d 10 sovs out of the stakes. About six f'if lougll. Mr D J Jarcnne's c by FitzJames-Ama.bel,8st 3lb Mr Prltchard's f by Bruce—Mm Jones, Bet j^andJcy 1 W PlAct 2 Mr Howett's Miss Milly, 6*t Banner 3 filly•(nil bib) (A Ta.ylor), Bnslin (aJi 61b) (Gal- Ion), NVa-.sb. dt laB 5lb) (>t»n;«m, Flumen (Clemm-on) Hoarihstone and Chiton k01 (Bi&ke) also im »«*t tne Mr* Jooes filly 9 to 2 agst Ch-lton Boy 6 to 1 agst Amtbei colt, 7 to 1 agst Wan=- a,. 10 to 1 eai h ags. Mis- Milly and Flumeu. rhe Mrs Jones filly made the ruuning. followed by the Amibel colt. Chilton and Mien Milly, nurd reaching the straieht, where the Amabel colt chal- Migea the favourite and won cleverly by a neck three pans IIf a. Ifneth b tween the second end tllir;; A CELLING PLATE uf 100 If ineas wemht for aged s^lliug Mliowanow. Five furlongs. Mr Abingtoti's Zigzau, 6y 8st 4tb S Loates 1 Mr Nickson's Mi-* ykes, 2y bt 21b (all Sib). Odey 2 Mr Eurriss's Laneham. 3y Sst 3 Small Fish (Bt ikej and .tr.. hkiunes (Oleiuiuson> also ran. B>-ttiug—Z ,0 on Z gsag, 9 to 2 apt. Mies Sykes. *.n<i 0 tol agai any other. Zi«aag tamped off ■ from, and, maintaining tbe lead throughout, won "y three length two lengths hecwecii tbe neoond and third. The STEWARDS' WE TK HANDICAP PLATE ot a sov* each for starters, with 200 sovs added tne sei-on<i receives 90 sovs out of the stakes. About 1 mile 200 yards. Mr Jameson's Pompeinc, 3y 9st lolh Faran 1 Mr I) Kami's Wixxilaod, 4y l^at >!lb ..Mr Abington 2 Mr E W aird's Sanctuaiy, 8y list 41b Owner o Doy.ight (Piait; also ran. Beifilljf-6 to 4 &gilt Woooiand. 2 o i agsc Pomnelus, 9 to2 agst Sanctuary, and 5 to 1 agst D.yiUht. Daylight made the running, followed by P'jnipeius and Sanctnary, with Wood nd, three lengths beoHM, last. On coming round tbe hill Pompoms we t to tne front, but *as soon deprived "i tbe lead by Sanctuary. PompeioH, however, regained id* j*»>eit.ion in tne straight, xnd woo by a lea* b a bad itfc>rd. Tbv CALEDONIAN HUNT SELLING PLAIE of 100 guineas weigbt for age tbe winner to be sold for SO sovs. Hv» furlong*. t I Mr Abington's Zigsap. 6y 8»t lllb.| Mr Nick sod's Duke of Msrlboroi:gb 3y est 1 S Johnson a Mr Burns's Claudian, 6v S«t lllb. -•••-f .•sister Nell (K Kowman) also ran. f °', Zi ssau, 5 tol aest Duke of Marlborough, and 10 to 1 had^tiireelewrtbs tbe beet of the start and wo eisily by four leng'bs; two lengths between the second and third. Mr Kurns elalm^ Duk. o Mwl. borough, »nd the winner was »o d to Sir John Hay HUNTERS' PLATE • f 100 sovs; Weghi 1 rage, with penalties and illowances. o Mr R binson's Melrose, a list ..Capt Fisher I Mr T Steveu«'s, jun J-ady Brassey, 4y list 7lb Mr Abington 2 Mr Craig's Tharidens, 5y 18st Sib — Owner 3 f s'i'he spider (Owner) and Roue (Owner) also aa. nltti; e—ll to 8 on Melrose, 2 to 1 agst Lady Brassey. 10 to 1 Tbaddeus, and 100 to 5 agst Roue. Tbaddeus sliowe'i the way for th« first mile, with Melioae and La<iy Brassey at hi- hee.>. At the five furlong pj«t Lady Brassey drew to the front, but Mei- rose headed her in the straight and won by three-parts of a length a bad third. II TO-DAY'S RACING OaJWR of Running,—Welter Handicap, 2; Selling Stakes. 2 30 Juvenile, 340 Ayrshire Handieap. 4 10 Selling Welter, 4 40: Caledonian Hunt Handicap, 440; Eglinton Hunt, 5 ll1. KN TRIES. EGLINTON hunt Cup.-Coquette (t), Gownsmau (6y.. Fairy Duchess (n), Hosmondv (a), Roue SBLMKG .-TAKI-S-Widow f (2y, Queen of Sbeba (2o), Miss (iy), lister Nell (3yi, 1t! Jane each to be sold for 50 IPVS Duke of Marlborough 31h to by sold for 83 SOTS. Wlirai Handicap—One mile 200 yards. ysst lb ys at lb Osnorne „ h 13 T Obieftaln 4 10 6 Sanctuary. 6 ll lOjOukeof Marlboro 3 10 0 Zigsag 6 11 8 [ JVimina Sylvia ..688 Eaaington 6 10 121 Wanloek Edg« 94 Dazzle 4 10 81 Harmony 3 9 0 tSELUN* wEtrca HAKDiCA^—&X furlaeys. I ya st lb | ye st lb Os»idine„„„ 4 ll 0 Artichoke 4 9 12 < Calyx$10 81 Boaurivage „ 5 9 ll Chiefcain 4 10 3 Mienm .4 #11 JJayught a 10 11 jtaeham 3 8 10 A HTs. JUVEKUX HAMIICAP—Five feriengi. "t lo st lb Mrs Jones f 9 0, oslin b 12 Reciprocity c 8 41 Duhart 6 10 I»ulcie 8 2 j Mis- Miliy 0 7 Waterfall 7 13 Cnil n Hoy 6 3 Sea ecrow 7 i0 Lady Nynssaf 3 The soient 7 61 rtobunte s 2 Anodyne 7 5i Hearthstone 6 0 Widowf 7 9 | Strathk nues 6 0 SCRAIOHING. Land o' Burns Oup-l.ottie co't. ADDITIONAL ARICIVAUS.— rhe follo^yna additional horses hiivti arri^o -tUgbUd, Sir J ihn, Coquette, Fairy Duchess, Hog ondy. Ar.ichoke. Nlir, Jaoe. Smctu ry. Dazzle, Hitrinony. Caylitht. I'he W,dow filly, ea Foam, S\orOÐ"I, M.osqu". Cr-ddacrtr, A¡¡:íi.ll.t.Or. ^'ctrrtigor, Bexuviraite !*l»nran(Ud. Ldy Srassey, Chieftain, Fulmeu, Gilsland, iurciditc. Gow.isioaa. Chilton Roy, Commissary, Roue, Melione x, &ad Ostudine.

THE OFFICIAL STARTING PRICES. ["SPOKTtNti LIFt." TtLKGKAM j LEICESTER MKETING „, IUCE HIMTW; PRICE Maiden Plate j CastiUian f IS to 8 a?;;i Map.'erl. Sollii.g :ainbeatr. Keen- Qiiorn Plate Aruadoi i 100 to a^. Dea.: heat (P^iuaia f 7 to i U-uip >urseiy_ Kurl Morn 5 tc Glen Wetter Ilfra 7 Midla.nd Nursery j Carnival j 7 to 1 A Y R MEETING P'we Miguon 7to i Maiden Plate Rushout 6 to 4 00 NurseryH&u.iicap 6 to 1 ar- Selling P.ate Z;gz e 1 7 to 4 « n Stewards Huinncms 2 to 1 agm Caledonian Hun i Z'uzitg t 7 4 on Hunters f M«lrose j 11 to 8 ot The above price* arc idontical wit ttuse oihciaiiy published is the EACING (JAI^NDAR.

MONMOUTH RACES. Stewards—Cc! Walwyn. Mr W Got- ot; Canning, Mr R Herberr M F ki. Sir C Wolseiey. £ «ri, ihe Eari of Harrington, Col McDonnell and Officers of ;h ttoyat Monmouth Engineer Militia, Cape »V Smvi-he. Mr \i H Walker, an i Mr I A Ron. Jndtre anu Hau. Idic.,i,pp,,t.-CAt)t Herbert. C»tari6r—Sir C Xujrant. i, Clerk ot the S'ales—MrT K Hyam. V'et-r.nary Sirr eot:—Mr G Lewis, :,1: R C Ts Auctioneer—Mr W Poo e. Clef*: of the Coui at and Hon sec—Mr J Thomas.. Tiie weather yeswrdELy was again bes-utUui, and the attendance was even larger than on Tuesday, whiie the sport "WI ")"y g(vod. I)etal'I, The AGINGOVRT SELLING J'AKES of 25 sovf. 20 to the fii-st and 6 to tbe secor.o, for ponuw M»d gal»ow'av» Id huueis to carry 12s 71b atiowed per inch the winner to be ()!d for 40 cavs selling allowances. (,- i Mile, On *.Ll fi,L. Mr Schwmd s Calls; EL:.„, oy ilst Mr Eiph c 1 Vr Pi»t>ha«nr8 fiioe Kyes, 4'' Use Owner 2 Mr Pcill :pV 8eind«er. 5y list Mr Friend 3 The winner led throiush'^uq, aad won m.ily • ahead sepanrteo th.- «second End third. The NATIONAL PONY GALLOWAV CAoUB jfeACE, a silver cup value 50 sovs by -snb^cr ption o; sovs »ach, » haridnstp for ponies, and galloways, the property of aac. ridden by member- of Jhe Nauonal Pony and ttaJlowav Xiacing C,,inuiit-,ee and Otuti winners t'X\111. Onemile, on tuCj flat, Mr fteuutuIV Grreek. 5y 11< Owner 1 Mr Vauguaa's LitUe P, t'rarca, by 9st 12ib Mr Tiopler 2 Mr 0»r-"i Tbe Ush'T, 5y list 61b Ovner 3 Betunp—2 ee 1 asst fbe Arrest 4 to 1 ugst The Usher, anil 6 to 1 agst Little Petrarch Won by » length and a hair"; three lengths separated the secild a Dd thir, ( The BOROUGH HANDICAP of 50 4C to the fir t. 7 to tlie second, and 3 to th- third, for ponies and gallon-* ys not exceeding 14.2 the wmm,-r to be eoM tor bO a ov?. Five luviongs. Mr Benham s T.heOwi.4y list 51b Mr Martingale 1 Mr Buchanan's .Tolanthe. 5y 9st 7) Mr 2 Mr Cook's Biowi 1 Windsor, 4v lOst 51b..Mr l^pplev 3 Won by two K sup ins a h ari only eparat^.d the second and thir. Tij, wiuner wns itoushl at foi &0 hova rh<i HENDiii' HA NBi-DAP. vatae lw s»vs. 7b to tbe first, 16 to the sec-ond. oaa 1Q io the ibit-6 for p «uios and galloways th e winuer to be soid for lei Mies. One mile on ihe th. Mr Aiexaniier's Dot avid Go One. Sy &-t 161b 1 Mr Andrews's The Cur.'die, aSsi. 2ii> 2 Mr Dongall's The Greek' Sy lid bib 5 Twelve ran. I &t S, om, 4 to 1 agst Th, Greek, and 6 to I air* t D i: and Go Owe. Won by a iiead <. leng th lietween the second and third. An objection to iu-t wiuue; on thn arouad of foul ridiug wu-i overmled. Mr D iugH.ll claimed The Curate. Dot aur: Go One w; is sold to Mr Ha¡;ill1<; iar 215 guineas ank Pretty Bird to M. Carr for 3tJ it& The LADIks, PLATK (ban. ticaid, va'ne 20 ^sv-, 15 to the firs;, 5 to the econd, third IAJ save r.take. for ponied 14 hands njad under. One miie and a quarter on the flat. Mr Be'helTs Soncstress. 9< 71b 1 Mr Huiland's M bican. 5v 3st Hassad 2 MrFcmlXirtou.- Kudies. 4y,10nt 7ib .%ir 3 Seven tun. Bi;ttiog -3 to 1 om Golden Dream, 5 io 1 1 ajiSt Songstress, ami 7 to 1 ag:il Jeuny. Won by a length hidf a length between the second and titiru The CONSOLATION RACE valvie 15 scvs, 10 to the first and a to the se-ond. tor be t e,, iiorses M, ttoi* meeting 5 hands to carry 12st; allowances. Half mile on the fl t Mr Bucbaaa i'f Little Star, Sy Mr Eiph-c 1 Mr lin's .^ylviH, a u oe- 2 MaTCH, 40 sovs. Three-vjatriers of a mile o e Sat. Mr Thomas's Schooloiast.ir, 12st Own.r I Mr Doug IPs Winklemmn, lis. Slh owner 0 Be txing-S to Ion »ciiouiuia.s..ei, who won by two lengths.

MANCHESTER AUTUMN MEETING. rO-DAY' RACING. ORDKE OF RIXNING —^UITIIFORD Welter, G. Pala- tine. 2 00 Phillips, 3; Lancaster Nursery. 3 30; Stretford. 4 Thursday Selntip, 4 5C De I raBord. a. ENTRIKSN THCRSDAV (4y). Old Nobility (acedi D >ncaster CUlt (aeen), Mirubeile (2yJ. auc Rose .Marion (2v) each to sold for 0 PHILLIPS -EIII*E PLATK.—Tr^o Door (2y). Tramp (2y). Grace Darling (2y), Uncle SwiLt (3y), Beiiby (sy), Mnid Mari >11 {2y a.nd iloueydi-p (01) e#,cd be sold for 100 sovs ARRIVALS-The following horse* nave arrived Betiby, Mirabelie. Erfurt, i he iitc or, Kitty coite Kngauddi. Golosmiih. Brackt^y, I C U, .Sorwech Owi, Pinchbeck Uncie S.au. lix!t sh Pi'ioce, Balderdash, Johu Barleycorn, TheosoDjhis,. ohistl, Jacket, Theophilus, Jiow Church. Arqujubu.-i, Ciisy Stourk^y. Foroiduen Fru t, Linoboipe, Pri.ncc Rupert Lady Rostebeiy. L dy Salisbury Moreoaitie, Qimrtas Blair Hope Fallow Chit, Rodsaitd, Lady i.uc.i-s colt. Prince Rudolph, Th Governoi. Hwiceii sLkei, Lobster Serenade, Farington, CamtiaSzaman, Lyemington, Indian Prince, Maid M rioi>, P;tioma, 0 Ii Nobility. Banana, Master Charlie, Sawaust, Fitztraver, >aher Herrin, Brooklyn, Crimea, L'Avaic, Trapdoor, Ixia. Italics., Evergreen, Ordee Darling, Tramp, Pedgree Biackp o;. G ntby. Galore, Mr* Sterling, Mu"ow, Hounusditch Quttt-u s Heralu, Little Vixen, aelver Spur, and Wharidaie.

LONDON BETTING. WEDKKSDAT NIMT. The continued support accorded iAy to Fri r's Balsam for tbe Lancasnire Pi te re?u t-5d 111 as l ttle as 5 to 1 biuJl. iocepled about the ICius^dere repre- sentative, while offers ot 4 to 1 :>nd 0 to 1 were fro- quent against Seabieeze and Ayrshite respectively. The Ce-arowitch was cJlldly noticeable for the run an Oliver i wist, La.auia, Cotilioa and Rhythm. A lot uf money went on Mintinc for the Cambridgeshire W 90 to 15, and in souw instances at b to 1 Gallinulc^ JHnbydale, Bismarck, an ri Mamia were next in demand. Quotations :— LANCASHIRE PLATE (Seven furlongs Ki:u on Saturday next.) 4 to 1 asst Seabreeze (t and o) 5to 1 — Ayrshire (tio) 5 to 1 — FriaJ" Balsam (0, 11 to 2 w) 7 to 1 — Galore (t and o; 100 to 8 — Gay Hampton (1 and o) 100 to 7 — Annamite u) 20 to 1 — Kuierpr te (t) CKS ARK WITCH Run Thursday, <^>ct<>b^r 9tn. witcl1 Coeree. 100 to 14 agst Kenilworth, oy 7st lib (t and o) 8 to 1 — '1 rayles, 3y 7st 121b (t> 1C to 1 — Acme, 3y 6- t 111 bile) 20 b 1 — Ttoiebi eu-e, 4y 8<t 121b (t) go to 1 — Button Park,; 8st 81b (t) 26 to 1 — Cotillon 3y 8st lib (t; a6 to 1 — Ruddigorv, 4y 7st lulb (t) b to 1 Rhytiim (o, 33 to 1 w) to 1 — Reve <t'Oi, 4y bai 9ib (t) CAMBRIDU hiSHIRE Run Tuesday. Oct. 23 Last mil an.I a distance of A.P. 0 to 1 agst Minting, 4v lOst 7ib (t 100 to 7 — Gallinule, 4y 7st 131b (t) 100 to 7 — Daubydaie, oy 7st lib (t) 20 to 1 — Phil, 4> 7si 61b (t) SO to I — Bismarck- oy 7st 8<b(o) 25 to 1 — Mamia, 4y 6s' nib \t) 40 to 1 — Le Caisster, 5y 7:st 31 h (t) 50 La 1 Cotilion (t) 60 to J — Sandal, 3y 7r, (t) LATEST CHANGES. LANCASHIRE PL.ATK. b to 1 agst Friars Ba sam tt aud o) 6 to 1 Galore (o. 7 to 1 w) CKsARK WITCH 10 to 1 aest Acme. 3> 8s: lllb («, 12 to I w) 20 to 1 Lata.>ia<3y 6-.t 91b(f and w) 20 to I- Olivtr Twi L, iy adc 8 b (t (t o) 20 to 1 Ootiiloo, 3y 8st lib 10 25 to I wi CAMBKtDGHSHUtM 100 to 6 agst Bismarck, 3y 7st BIb (o, 20 to I w) 20 to I Mamia. 4y 6st bib (o, to 1 w) 25 to 1 Veracity, 4y 7st 41b lo, oj tol W)

SCRATCHINGS. Messrs Weatberby officially announce the following scratching :— Newmarket October Handicap—Aintree.

ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY HANDICAP jitnn Wednesday, Sept. 25. Bretby stakes Caur*- ys st lb | Ti_ Galcw. 3 8 13 Life's Mistake. 3 6 12 Braw Lass 5 8 S Shrew 3 6 ia Prudence 5 -J 4 Pa mleaf 3 6 ••••• 8 S 2 Saocj Lass 349 Mows de Paris 6 8 0 Belisarius II a ■> Whistle Jacket. 4 7 b Irguuder..3. » 37 2) Wiseioan u 9 Udsllaacwiw 4 7 2 Francis an 3 b 6 Maiden Belle 3 6 12 Luciana 4 a IU Mon Droit 3 6 12 Eunowu 3 b 7 TIlE R4C1!ôG Wo=msAys :-14,28, 63,104. Specif -36, 113. Cfii-.or and Whitaker, Tarf Acwuntautc, Browst Canrrn-vg, Brist n. Tel. address — Whitaiter Br uh >WAKSI-A CoOJtSINO CLUB .VIEETL. w.11 Igkt OR th viatise ton Racecourse n F.iuav md « j i m Oc ober 12rh and 13tn. For full ^rcTc *afs v S Mr Ouaj. Tue field, Hon. Sec. j THE CoDK—Chaplin's Demon Co Morning Finals again succe*-fui. Gave Melro-c au Miction bob w«n ers. (Jode says: 22 80 Kms Address-Demon, Spenn>moor. JME MlUOLEHAH i Vilt.N rOR'S) OPfTION SATS Ayrshire Handicap, 42 Hunt Cup, 5b .Man -hester- Palaune, 1 JLanca-te 24 goou s >e if Trafford 18 fear 19 Stamford, i\. Frid*v and Satur day s teUgvams, 3, M. Reply-paia teiegraiL,s (48 Address—J. MESTOR, j Middl#hfcna,

FOOTBALL. SCOTLAND Y. CAN-ADA -Tliis impo-tant eveit, came OH at the Glasgow Lxhibition yesterday. The w ather was del:ghtful. The firsl haif both te-uas occas-onaily haung hard lines. If any- thing bcotlau a had the bust of it, butGarret it goal tor tbe f° ,fn ""f ln prais worthy form. At the call of J»i l,1"le, Scotland led by one to not'iuig. Tbe second half wasuot very old wheu Berry scored a j second goal lor >cot4and ut the oloae of a combined j *un. Sc.Jtlaud jwease ior some time after this success, but (jarrett, t e custodian, played in a most wo derful manner, aad was repeatedly cheered. The rest oi the game was smartly contested. Scotland won by four goals ur. ail. THIt Fiitic ASSOCIATIOK CLUB wishes to arrange matches with teams within 30 miles.— Apply &ecr»t*ry. I Barracks, Xt-wpoir 2061

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SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL. I THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF BLAST FURNACES. THE MAYORALTY. The monthly meeting of the Swansea Town Council was held on Wednesday, under the presidency of the Mayor (Alderman Tulloch), there being also present Aldermen J. Lewis, E. R. Daniel, and J. Jones Councillors W. Tin mas, H. Monger, W. Lewis, H. Maliphant, W. K chards, J. A. Rawlings, W. Pike, A. Mason, M. Tutton, D. Thomas, H. A. Chapman, R. Martin, R. D Burnie, and J. A. Tnomas. PROPOSED ERECTION OF BLAST FURNACES. The Property Committee reported that a letter and plan rrceived from Mr John Dickson with reference to the erection of blast furnaces on a site at ths west of the South Dock had been considered. The committee saw no objection to the erection of the furnaces provided plans of the proposed new buildings were submitted for approval in the event of that course being necessary according to thelocsl building bye. laws. Mr PIKE raised a protest against the erection of such works in tbe residential part of the town, as r.bey were dangerous to health, and would cause deterioration in the value of property. Surely there was plenty of room on the Mast Burrows for tbe erection of such works. As much of the property near the site mentioned belonged to the corporation, he hoped the interests of the town wouid be jealously guarded. At the same time, be would call the attention of the committee to an advertisement which wa< appearing in the newspaper-* announcing the sale 01 certain property between the pier head and Black Pill, and he hoped the town clerk would be directed to get all the information he could so as to be fully armed for the protection or the of the burgesses to the foreshore when the tsnae arrived. He moved that the minute be referred back. Alderman DANIEL said before anything could be done with respect to the erectiou of these works the plans would have to come before the j works and sanitary committee. Tn6 property committee now simpiy said au application had been received, and that there would be no objection certain circumstances. j Mr TCTTON seconded, and pointed out that it should not go out that a committee saw no objection." Mr CHAPMAN also supported the amendment, saying thai, the sands niustnoi; be made objection- able, as Swansea was becoming an important health resort; snd, now beingono of the healthiest places in the kingdom, the town would buffer seriously were objectionable works erected in such 1 Ii locality, Mr MAKTIN said that it should not go forth that bunt furnaces were dangercm to health, They used to give off some offensive g ises, but improvements had been effected by which there ww very little danger, and no nuisance arise. He, however, agreed that it would be a mistake to put these furnaces in the residential parts of the town, and he advocated he necssity for doing everything possible to induce ironmasters to put works 011 the east. side of the Dock, where much better facilities were offered, and th" wlti could be no nuisance. Messrs Daniel and W. Thomas quite agreed as to the iuadvisability of allowing these workil to be built near the South Mr BCUNIK did not think the proposal would come to any:.hiug, f|>r if capitalists could be in- duced to come to Swansea and inspect the side at the South Dock, they would find difficulties insurmountable, and at once turn thek" attention to 1 he east side, which was no doubt the proper outlet for such an iu iustry. The amendment was agreed to. TOWN DCKS OS IlON CINDERS. The properly committee r..p.1ned that letter had been received from the fltmerai superintendent of the Swansea Harbour, asking the corporation to forego the dues at present levied on iron cinders exported. The town clerk was directed to reply that the corporation have at present under con- sideration a scheme which may possibly result in the aboiition of tbe whole of the town dues, but that in the meantime they are unable to forego any of the existing charges. PBOP09KD WIDENING OF CASTLE-STREET, The minutes of prop;r;y committed stated that the town clerk had been requested to com- municate with Mr Benjamin Evans a to widening I that portion of Castle Badey-street between Castlev-quare and Temple-street, the committee being desirous of effecting the improvement if satisfactory terms can be arranged.—Mr Maliphant I wished to hear from the t)wn clerk whether there seemed reasonable grounds for believing such terms could be come to as would enable the corporation to undertake this improvement. — The Town Clerk said, provided the terms were reasonable, he saw. no )' reason why the necessary arrangements might not be mnne. THE HEALTH OF THE BOROUGH. Mr MAKTIN, in moving the adoption of the minutes ot the works aud sanitm y committee, drew attention to the high position S'vauea holds all a health resort, the mortality as low as that of any place in the kingdom. It was last week only seven per 1.000, and the arerage for the past five weeks was "my 10 per 1,000. THE WATERWORKS. Mr BURNIE moved the adaption of the minutes r of the water and sewers committee, which stated that Messrs Baldry and Yerburgli, with their solicitor, has attended the crxnunti.ee, when "rros of the exi8tiu contract were d.ittcuøllØd. The contractors were undeistood to object;—(1) To the present supervision, 011 account of alleged contradictory instructions. (2) T" the amount of the certificates of the engineer, j3) To the delay in obtaining suitable clay. (4) To the delay in supplying the reqmred material for valve shafts, 4c. The committee, after hearing the contractors, rewlved :-(1) To decl;ne to remove the clerk of works or resident engineer, but supgest to the Contractors the desirability, as far as practicable, of lookingsolely totheengineerfor instructions, (2) To ask the engineer for their (the committee's) satisfaction to again measure the work and report thereon. (3) With respect to the clay, not to interfere with existing arrangetnnnts, but to impress upon the engineer the necessity of continuing to reject all material inferior to the standard provided for by the contractors. (4) To insist either that the contractors at once proceed with the works, or that notice be given them of the intention of the corporation to take the work out of their hands.— A letter was also considered from Messrs R ciiards and James, stating that they could prove £ 40 damages in this esse for 1885, but were prepared to accept j630 'n settlement. Trie corporation have I already offered £20 in respect of damages, and the committ.ee,lIot deeming it desirable to proceed to arbitration in this case, now recommended that £30 be paid.—A letter was also read from Messrs Richards and J >mes, asking whether the corporation propose tn pay them the £195. penalties due for 1887, not recovered. The question was referral to the town clerk for report thereon. Mr BORNIB expressed pleasure at being able to announce that the difficulty between the council and the contractors at the reservoir had been settled, and that the work was now going on satisfactorily. Mr MONQJ:R"8ked the borough engineer whether proper precautions were being tak.n to prevent clay which had been condemned from being used, and he received a reply in the »ffirmative. On the motion of Mr RAWUNOS, tne council resolved itself into committee lor the purple of considering the circumstances attending the flood- ing of cellafs in Oxford-street and other parrs of the towu and at the conclusion of the diMcu.inl1 it was resolved, on the motion of Mr ROCKS, secouded by Mr CHAPMAN, as an adoition to um recommendation of tue committee, the com- mittee take the matter of the flooding of the S'rand, Oxford-street, and St H*len's-avenue into immediate consideration, with a view of remedying the difficulty. THK SCHOOL BOARD RATE. On the motion or Mr BURNIIC, seconded by Alderman JONES, the minutes of the finance com- mittee, wioch recommended the making of a rate to raise jE4 362 to meet the ifquir&ments of the school bo: rd forsix months, WMrt1 adopted. FOOTBALL IN TH VICTORIA PAIlE. On tue motion ef Mr MASON, it was decided that football clubs be permitted to play in the park, and that the ground be marked out for this pprpose. ABOLITION OF BRIDGE TOLLS ANn TOWN DUES. The committee appno-ed to consider tnis aue8- tian repotted that, having (liscuss-d the question of again promoting a bill in the next session of Parliament, resolved that, before taking auy active steps towards this, the harbour trustees aud borough members be written to, asking them to consider the cuestion, with a view to suggest soma method of meeting the views of the corporation. The committee again affirm the opinion that it would be to the advantage of the town and trade if the bridge toll* and town dues could now be abolished. Mr BUBNIK, in moving the adoption of the minutes, said Sir Hussey Vivian and Mr Dillwyu had been communicatsd with, and It" believed the trustees would be prepared to meet with the object of considering the question on the 4:h inst. The council waa ot opiniou that it would be for the benefit of the town to get rid of the town dues and bridge tolls simultaneously. The chamber of commerce was of the same opinion, and many townspeople thought likewise. Therefore the opportunity now offeted should not be allowed to slip, and he trusted that the few who stubbornly opposed any settlement of the questions, would this year see their way clear to give in to the popular feeling. THR IMPROVEMENT OV THE MARKET. The special coiuuntte-> reported that the borough surveyor had been instructed to prepare and bring up a scheme to the next meeting for remodelling the Ox lord-street market 011 its present area, at a cost not exceeding £10,000. THE MAYORALTY. AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION. Dr RAWLINGS moved:— That in the opinion of this council It is desirable that the mayoralty of the borough should henceforth be offered to the senior member of the council who hu not passed the cbair, and in tbe event of bis reo I fusing to accept office, then that it be offered to the next in seniority, and so 011 until the office is tiUed. If, he said, tbat was an ideal corporation, it would not be necessary for the acceptance of such a motion, for the best man would aJwaYilbe chosen. But that was not an ideal one. No donbt conspicuous ability and fitness for the chair would never be entirely ignored by the corporation, but yet it was not always the case that that marked the straight way to the chair. It must be in the memory of the council tbat when they were anxious to get the best man for the cbair-and that man was tbe late Mr Yeo—up to the very morning of the election there was considerable doubt as to whether, in spite of his pre-eminent qualifi- cations, he would receive the support of the council. Therefore, be "as sure, however good the old mode of selection might be, it was capable of improvement. His chief objection to the old method was that it was hardly possible for any man to reach the obaic without some loss of v" "p' ruspect till the part of others or without diminu- tion of self-respect anti fettered mdnpendence. Such a price to p«y WAX, in his opinion, an UNREASONHBLE one. He knew that in some quarters it was thought wealth was essential, and o some who voted would look round to see the man who had the most money and evinced the most readiness to play duok.. and DRAKES with it. Such as th.se were some times chosen, and SOME of the best CITIZENS were coue. quently looked over. He urged that wisdom and KUOWL^DGA should rather be the test than the POSSESSION of copious money bags. As to the value of his suggestion, he showed that, in the first city in the world, the senior ALDERMAN was elected, and in Cardiff CHE SAME m'de was adopted. Ii4ihiø motion were carried, it would do away with the contemptible practice (of can. vassing. He could not heip thinking at pre- sent the pathway to the cilir must be a pathway of humiliation to anybody of sterling character. He wished to make the mayoralty a reward of long devotion to the public service rather than of hasty, greedy ambition. Mr Monger, for the sake of DISENSSINU, ¡¡econd.,d. Mr Maliphant, in opposing th" motion, pointed to the 111SL of mayors for the P'SR 50 years hung on the wail of the chamber, and indignantly A^KED whether it WAS A mere matter (If chance (or chicanery, or by people getting votes hy unworthy ends, that tlNse HONOURED cir. zens passed the chair ? He hardly thought SQ. That list was cOlllposet1 of the nalne" of honourable me1 whose names would ri-fl-ET credit on any towu and yet. notwithstanding tht, rby were asked to bolieve that that old-fashioned, double- dealing, wicked mode of electing tnen to the chair had adopted in getting TUCH a. list as the councillors saw. He maintained that if there were ability and qualifications, nothing would prevent the possessor from rising to the highest position. It was position, honesty, knd ability that got the best men that office, and he simuid be sorry to see any other mode of selection adopted. Mr Tctton opposed the motion on the eround tht many QUESTIONS of precedence wnulli arise. Mr W. Thomas, who also opposed the motion, gave M amusing language a description of the way in which he was elected m*yor. Councillors Rooke and Moxoeb were the only ones who fiuppoi-IEO them tion, and it WAS lost, THE OPENING OF A NEW CATHOLIC CHUROH. Tiio Mator said HE and the corporation had received »1) invitation to attend the opening of the new Catholic Church on Thursday NEXT. He proposed attending, and he invited the council o accompany him.—Some of the councillors ex- ptessed their readiness to do so.