South Wales Daily News

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. DEAT t i Sotices of Births, Mpfrmyrs, and Deaths, are ehi-rj. I nt the rate or 18 for the Jirst Twenty Woriis, ana 6 tn«rj > additional Ten Wvrat, and :mllit be 1'in:,p. Lictuea the tuHice 11t.U."¡r. v" tJ "iJt(IH't!.c.ti .1:" "I" .If, dm '1:1'1}' 1)1 ihf. wruf-r BIRTH. PETRI.—On the 7th iuse., at 69, Stacey-road, Cariiiff, the wife of C. Petri, of a daughter. 408 MARRIAGE. SALT—CARVER.—On the 6th July, at St. Clear's Parish Church, Carmarthenshire, by the Rev D. Push, B. 1> Ticar, Charles, youngest son of the late Charles Salt, of Hartlepooi, to Mary Loui'.i, second daughter of U. S. Carver, J.P., of Blaencor-je. If) DATHS. DAVIES,-Oll the 4th inst.. at 14, Dock-road, Penarth. DAYIES.—On the 4th inst.. at 14, Dock-road, Penarth, William John Davies, Cardiff pilot, aged 43 years. Funeral took place oa Monday, at the New Ceme- tery, Cardiff. &-a HJ.RBKRT.—A public funeral of Mr Herbert, draper, Pjtiyjj.ais:, will take piaca on Thursday, the lltn. a* the cemetery, Trealaw, at 2 o'tlck. 6831 WILLIA.us.—On July ótb. at Penrhiwfer Farm. Peny- Jane, the bel,,vL-,i wife of Fvall., NVi grain, Jane, the beloved wife of Evan VVidiamg. Burial at Tunyrefail on Thursday nex: at J o'clock.18

OUR SWANSEA ADVERTISEMKNT OMCA is ac l, Colle^e-stree;. Manager, Mr T. Fawcetc. OUR NEWPORT ADVERTISKMJSNT OFFICE at 1, Tre'ie^ar-pjace. Manager. Mr E. Williams Oua LONDON ADVERTISEMENT OFFICE IS at 150, Fleet- street, E. C. Manager, Mr W. R. Skinner. OUR BRISTOL ADVERTISEMENT OFFICE is at 43, Nicho.ikj-sUeet Manager, Mr W. A. Batchelor. street, E. C. Manager, Mr W. R. Skinner. OUR BRISTOL ADVERTISEMENT OFFICE is at 43, Nicho.ikj-sUeet Manager, Mr W. A. Batchelor. .w

SOUTH WALES NOTES. [BY COSMOS.] FOOTBALL IN THE RHONDDA. A« the next tootbail .season is now attracting notice from the votaries of the gamo, the enarcy and confidence shown by the chief "Collier team of South Wales deserve more than ft passing uotice. Last week the first sod was cut of a new ground for the Penygraig Football Club at the Pymsr Field, midway belwaeu Penygraig and Diuas, a most accessible pot, several roads and paths leading to the ground and when completed from the plans of Mr D. Lewis, snrreyor, Ystrad, will be one of the finest grounds, if not the best, in South Wales. The estimated cost is about £5C. The inhabitants, led by Dr E. N. Davies, C.C., and T. M. Rees, Butchers' Arm, are in an enthusiastic mood over the speculation. According to contract, the grounds are to be ready for play in less than two months, and tbe committee intend that the opening match (September 23th) will bo a noted one, as the first match in Penygraig this season is Cardiff v. Peaygraig. As this will be the first visit of the noted Cardiff team to the Rhondda Valley,it will surely be a great attraction. Llanelly follows. Several well-known footballers have lately joined ♦ he Peiiygraig Ciub, and, as all tbe old team are available, the next reason's team will be a very strong one. THE JOHNSTOWN DISASTER. A correspondent of the American Medical News, writing from Johnstown on June 6, says that very few cases of disease resulting from exposnre folic wed the recent catastrophe at Johnstown, and that the hospitals only contained a few cases, mostiy of injuries inflicted during and after the flood. There were very few cases of pneumonia, and one or two of measles, but not a severe out- break of the latter as reported. The danger of malarial poisoning was not to be feared, since thf water in its progress through the valley ba carried away the mud banks, and covered the entire sito of Johnstown with a layer of pure saud and gravel, and the city had bseu entirely cleansed by the flood. Crema- tion of the dead could not be carried out owing to public opposition, so that the worse evils were the tainting of the atmosphere and water with decomposing animal matter. The correspondent further says :—" The mental condition of almost every former resident of Johnstown is one of the gravest character, and the reaction which will Sit in when the reality of the whole affair is folly comprehended can scarcely fail to produce many cases of permanent or temporary insanity. Most of the faces that one meets, both male and female, are those of the most profound melan- cholia, associated with an almost absolute dis- regard of the future. The nervous system shows the strain it has borne by a tramulousness of the hand and of the lip in men as well as in women. This nervous state is further evidenced by a peculiar intonation of words, the persons speaking mechanically, while the voices cf many rough-looking men are changed into such tremulous notes, of so hih a pitch, as to make one imagine that-a child, on the verge of tears, is speaking. Crying is so rare that your correspon- dent saw not a tear on any face in Johngtown; but the women that are left are haggard, with pinched features, and heavy, dark lines under their eyes. Indeed, the evidence of systematic disturbance is so markod in almost every individual -who was present at the time of the catastrophes that it is possible with the eye alone to separate the resideuts from those outside." TBACHERS' HOLIDAYS IN OXPOBD. The authorities have put Wadham College, Oxford, at the disposal of schoolmasters hum 27:h July to 24th August. Thus a holiday is iff-red for the first or second fortnight of this time amid surroundings to which a visit alone is often an education. The men will live in college room. experience the life lived by university men, have the advantage of tutors, libraries,and reading room*, and, if they will, enter into all the pleasures offered by the river, by tennis, and cricket grounds. The totnl expense is about 30s a week. Those who Lava joined these parties in past years express the moat perfect satisfaction with their experience, and their presence is doing something to prepare the way for making the universities playa. large part in national education, by training the teachers of all schools. Mr Samuel A. Barnett.of Toynbee-hall, Whitechapel, will be glad to hear from anyone wishing to join. BALANCa BicyOKK BEAUTY. To save JE8 the corporation has disfigured Canton Bridge; to provide the town with a toy it spends £27 a year. Of "llch is the Cardiff council. My friend Ebenezer was this time on the ripht side, but the Philistines were too many for him. They care neither for light nor art, but solely for the balance of the ledger. Here is ex- posed the folly of sending nobody but business men to represent the ratepayers. When Coun- cillor Brain affirmed that the light afforded by the new lamps was double that given by the old onef, he added a bushel or two to the truths Moreover, the Guernsey burners can be fitted to the old lamps, or else I'm a duffer. But to combine ugliness with obstruction is worse than Vandalism. Genseric certainly destroyed, but I'm uot aware that he ever impeded in the sense that the lights committee has done. But the lamps are to be left until further ex- perience is ained. What does this mean? I suppose the corporation desites the clamour against them to be a little louder. Their wishes shall be attended to. GOOD IS ITS OWN REWARD. THK average newspaper man's standard of morality is not very high. I read in an evening journal last night that the Rev J. R. Jones, of Poutypridd, picked up a bag of old, which he handed to the police. The owner afterwards met the rev. gentleman, and thanked him for his honesty. But the reporter who furnished the account evidently thought that that was not sufficient, for he added, alluding to the owner, who considered that nothing more was required of him than to merely thank the rev gentleman for his honesty I" But, unfortunately, the reporter's views are shared by the generality of mankind. The latter always imagine that honesty should be rewarded by something tangible. No doubt this feeding is due to the universal teaching that good ahall receive recompense, whereas evil shall be punished. However, when the majority of the humau race understand that good requires no reward—in fact, would not deem that it had done good if reward wore offered them-we may expect that euch a paragraph as that from which I have quoted will never be written. Possibly the Rev J. R. Jones expected no pecuniary return for his houesty, but why should the writer be indiguant that some of the sovereigns were not banded over to tbe finder! Is honesty so rare in ministers of the Gospel that they need to be encourged when tuey practice it ? The writer must have thought and I cannot congratulate him on the low opinion be has of his fellow-men. SOME LONDON GUSH. WHAT rot some of those Loudon letter writers grind out! The young man on the Liverpool Mercury, iu referring to the last Wimbleduu, which com- mences to-day, has. the following:—"No more will the bullet of the Queen's prizeman sing across the grassy plateau." There could not well be more mistakes, or rather more mis-descriptions, in a sentence than in the one above. In the first place it is Dot a plateau; in the second place it is not grassy and in the third there is no Queen's prizeman until the bullet has ceased to sing.

HOW EXPLOSIONS ARE CAUSED. RECKLESSNESS IN THE RHONDDA. At Ystrad police-court, on Mouday, Obadiah Morgan was charged with a breach of the special rules of Penrhiwfer Colliery. It appeared from the evidence of Mr Edgar Phillips, manager, that on April 15th a blower was found in defendant's stall, aad cross timber was placed at the entrance. Defendant, notwithstanding the cautiou given, entered the working place with bis lamp, and the blower of gas exploded. Defendant was badly burned, and had not been able to resume opera- tions since. The company did not wish to press the charge. A fine of £1 was imposed.

1)B. DE JONGH'S LIGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL.—IN THK WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN ITS EFFICACV IS UNEQUALLED.—Dr. R. C. Croft, author of EFFICACV IS ITNEQU&LLED.-Dr. R, C. Croft, author of "Handbook for the Nnrsery,' writes: "I have tried Dr. de Jon^h'a Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil, and find that it contains all the properties which render the Oil so efficacious. Dr. de Jongh's Oil is almost a specific in many of the Diseases peculiar to Infancy and Child- I hood, and I have seen markod benefit produced by its use. Patients prefer it to the Pale Oils, and are able to retain it more comfortably.' Sold only in capsuled Imperial Half-pints, 28 6d Pints, 4s 9d (limra, 9s; by all chemists, Sole Consignees, Ansar, Harford and Uo.210 High Holborn. London. 1021 E

THE BARRY PILOTAGE" BOARD. f/ 1. f' ELECTION OF CARDIFF SHIP- OWNERS' REPRESENTATIVES. A special meeting of the Cardiff Shipowners' Association was held on Monday in fehe Exchange, Mountstuart-aquare, for the pufppse of electing six Cardiff shipowners to serve 09 the Barry Pilotage Board, in accordance withS T^BE provisions made recent!Y by Parliament. Jylr Radcliffe, of Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and,FC&> presided, and there was a good attendance. Tbe following gentlemen were selected by B%L^>T, namely Messrs John Cory, jun., J. R. Christie, E. Handcock, sen., P. Morel, G. H, Wills, and Colonel Guthrie. ———

NEWPORT ATHLETIC MICETING.—Bank Holiday, August 5th, Newport Grand Annual Athletic Meeting, under A.A.A. and N.C.U. Laws. £ 120 in Prltes.— Pro- grammes on application to the Hon. Sec. 6817

TAFF VALE RAILWAY STOCK. MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AT BRISTOL. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN, £250 ORDINARY STOCK FOR EACH £100, On Monday afterix^n, a special meeting of the proprietors of the Tuff Vaie R iilway O uopauy was held iu tha Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol. Mr James Inskip, chairman of the company, presided over a full board of directors, and the following officials were present Messrs Harman, John Jones, Ingledew, T. H. Riches, and Coleman. There was only a small attendance of shareholders, amongst theee being a consider- able leaven from the North, where Taff Vale stock has recently been bought rather heavily. The CHAIRMAN, in opening tlio proceedings, said that they had no statutory notice which could be read. This was a meeting called by the directors of the Taff Vale Railway Company in pursuance of a promise made some time since. Therefore they wore proceeding voluntarily in the matter, and were not under any statutory regulations or parliamentary orders. The share- holders were aware that two important bills were pending in Parliament at the plesent timfl, with regard to'both of which the directors had promised to consult tha share holders if any material alteration were to be made, The first of tbesa was the Bute Docks Bill, seeking for confirmation of the working agreement entered into by the Taff Vale Rail- way Company and the Bute Docks Company, subject to confirmation by Parliament. Some of tbose present would probably remember that when he originally introduced the matter, and submitted the agreement for approval by the shareholders, it was provided that if the bill wore passed it would be optional to the shareholders either to adopt the agreement or abandon it. When they came before the House of Lords that provision was deemed objectionable, and in exercise of tho powers conferred upon Parlia- ment, it was expunged before the bill left the committee. Under those circumstance* the directors thought it right to place the matter before the shareholders for their approval of this alteration. Parliament said in effect :— "You must make up your minds before you ask us to make up our minds. Do not ask us to pass an optional or permissive bill, but teli us you mean to carry out the agreement and then come to us and ask us to confirm It." This was not a very important alteration because, so far as he knew the views and wishes of his colleague* and the shareholders generally, all had agreed that as the working agreement now stood and with the apportionment of revenue settled, subject to the confirmation of Parliament in the second Honse, they would vote for the adoption of the agree- ment if Parliament had thought fit to leave it optional. He therefore proposed :— That this meeting approves of tho terms of the bill now pending in the House of Commons, entitled an Act to Confirm Certain Agreements between the Bute Docks Company and the Tall Vsle Railway Company, with respect to the maintenance and working of the undertakings ol the two companies. Mr GEORGE FISHER, deputy chairman, seconded, and the resolution was carried unani- mously. The CHAIRMAN then said that their own luff Vale Bill was pending in Parliament,and had not; yet finally emerged from the first II >u?o. It had undergone a great deal of careful examination, and as he thought he had indicated when he last had the pleasure of meeting his fellow-share- holders, and when they fixed that meeting for the present date ho wus under tho impression that everything would be fiuaily nottled, and that he would present a complote history of the affair to them. They could not, in conformity with their promise, further postpone the meeting, because the Bute Docks Bili was fixed to be in committee on the following day, and they wore, therefore, obliged to come in redemption of that promise. He was sorry to say there wax one point still remaining open in their own bill. Ho hoped it would be satisfactorily settled on the morrow (to-day, Tuesday), and he much regrsttod that he could not speak of it as finally sr.ttlcd then. It would be remembered that when he fully explained the provisions of the till two courses were indicated by him. They had asked for power to increase the nominal amount of their ordinary stock, and to divide that increased nominal amount into two equai parts, one bearing a preferred dividend and to be known as preferred ordinary stock, and the other as deferred ordinary stock. He then indicated that it was quite within the range of possibility they might be asked to aocept a simple increase of the nominal amount of their ordinary stock. That contingency had arisen, and they were asked if the bill proceeded to waive any preference of any portion of tue new stock, and tha alternative WHS now assuming this form—that instead of talcing stock for £200, with £100 preferred and deferred, they should tnke stock for £250, the whole of it making pari passu for the purposes of dividend. He supposes that the shareholders would, when thoy knew they (the directors) bad done their best to promote the accentance of the shareholders' views in the matter, be satisfied and let the bill proceed upon that modified footing. (Applause.) The of Lords, which had been dealing with this ques- tion, or the chairman, who was entrusted with very important duties, and his advisers had felt it right to ask for some concession from them (the Taff Vale Railway Company) in return for this nlLerfitum or incre&fio of thoir stock. (A lauch.) Thoy said the time had arrived when the Taff Vale Railway Company should be prepared to make a concession to tho public from whom they asked this alteration in their favour. iho suggestion made to them hid bean that they should not ask in future for any largor dividend thau their average dividend in the last seven years. That average dividend bad benn only a few shillings short of 15 per cant. per annum. He had, with the concurrence of his colleaguos, taken upon him- self to say that they would in future be satisfied with 15 per cent. per annum, and they would not refuse to place within the power of Parliament any esrnings over and above that amount. There- fore 15 per cent. was given as the present vaiue of their stocks It would be manifestly unfair to impose a limit upon the dividend below that amount, but as the last seven years had not upon the average exceeded it, they might accept that condition, aud, if it were accepted, embody it in the Act of Parliament. Whenever they had a surplus profit beyond 15 per cent. they would have the pleasure of remitting somnthing for the benefit of their freighters, (Hear, hear.) All this was subject to one question. There was outstanding the question with reference to the partly paid shares in the company. He thought it would bs best, as the matter waa now under consideration, if he aid not enter too minutely into the discussion of this subject. The matter had not advanced quite so far as newspaper reports some few days ago had led some shareholders to suppose. The matter was under consideration, and he hoped this considera- tion would result satisfactorily to the shareholders. Ho hoped so the more strongly because he felt convinced that the position the directors were taking with reference to the new shares was a sound and just one. In the House of Lords, the committee were always ready to listen to the claims of justice and falrnollll, and they bad been so fairly, and considerately dealt with by the parliamentary authorities within the last few months that he was sure there would be no refusal on their part to listen to any arguments that might be addreesed to them. He might, perhap', go one step farther, and say he did not think tho point to which be had alluded was one that ought to cause uneasiness at the present moment. (Hear, hear.) He scarcely knew what form the resolu- tion dealing with this matter ought to take, but perhaps one of the shareholders would propose that the matter should be left in the bauds of the directori;. Mr E. J. SWANN (Bristol) moved :— That th" shareholders present a.re fully satisfied with the course taken by the directors in dealing with the alteration of the share capital, that they approve thereof, and desire that th same may be carried into effect lIy parliamentary sanction. (Hear, hear.) Mt GEORGE WHITK (Bristol) seconded the pro- position. He did Dot think they could do better at that etaga than pass such a resolution, as these were matters which should properly be wholly left in the hands of the board. The resolution was carried unanimously, and the proceedings terminated.

THK LATKST NKWS.—A lady, who was for more than three months unable to put on ber booth because of most painful corns, after trying, without any benedt several of the well-a'lvertisecl remedies, at last got a 19 bottleof Munday's Virldiue," which is the Corn-Cure, and in six days the corns were all gone. and she has had no trouble from that time. Monday's Viridlne is sold in ls bottles; by post, ls 2d,by the sole proprietor, j. MORFTAY, Chemist, 1, High-street, Cardiff. 1079

NEW LOCAL COMPANY. THE CRYSTAL SPUING, LIMITED, This comnany was registered on the 2nd inst., with a capital of £4.000, in 600 ordinary shares of jB6 ea.ch, and 1,000 10 per cent. cumulative preference shares of £1 each, to carry on business as brewers, corn merchants, wine and spirit mercbant8. and aerated and mineral water manufacturers. The subscribers are J. W. Paradin, Swansea, hotel proprietor; Yr. Richards, Swansea, merchant R. J. Murphy, Swansea, accountant F. S. Parker, Swansea, merchant; W. Davies, Swansea, agent K. A. Bowen, Swansea, clerk and J. II. Howell, Swansea, clerk. who take ol1e share each. The number of directors ill not t" be leBs than three nor more than the the subscribers are to appoint the first.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT SWANSEA. A BODY FOUND IN A DRAWER. INQUEST AND VERDICT. At the Christopher Hotol, Swansea,on Monday afternoon, an inquest was hr-hi bofoi/3 Hr Coroner Stride on the newly-born of Margaret Harris ia single woman), imd lived with her sister at the Nelson pnbiic-h3U«P. Ann O-.Vf'ns, the wife of a rigeer, of 5, Powell- street, was tho first witnes C¡Ie<I, Sh :1"d tbat three weeks ago that IIInrnin she went, in accord- ance w:tl1 what she had !)(18U Inld, to the bouse ot Mrs Bassctt, of the Notion. The servant came for her aud told nor there wai something smelling fearful ill the drawer. Tha servant pulled it out, :1110 she found a parcel VIrapprl in SOInO water- proof. She did not opp-n it, but observed that it was tha form of a child. She bought a snap box with money given her by Mrs Bassett, put the parcel in, and buried it 111 Hethexda Churchyard. Her sister was with her. In the churchyard she saw the sexton, who prepared a grave. From what she saw, the chdd w^s a live or six months' child. ShA had previously aked the sexton if Ill) could bury "a dead-born," and Harris's mother gave her 2s Ó 1 to pay the sexton with. Margaret Harris's mother told her whose child it was. The box she saw at the mortuary the same she put the child iu. The body was buried at from nine to ten at night. Danifii Davies, sfin-'r hw of Griffith Edwards, the sexton of Bethosda Churchyard, said that a fortnight or thrtle weeks ago the last witness went to his house and asked for his father-in-law. He was not iI), and II" Edwards's doputy could not bil found, witness, hearing that the woman had one to the churchyard, eventually volunteered to go there. Ho found her there, and hearing that she had a still-born child with her, dug a small grave and placed the box in it, receiving balf-a- crown for the job. Masg.iret Harris, after being told by the coroner she need not answerquostions sbe objected to, said she lived at 36, H ifod-street, the horn", of bar mother. She had recently been confined at the Lord Nelson, wl'^ro had been helping her s ster. Nobody knew of it but her. She wrapped the chiid up in a piece of mackintosh and her sister's apron and placed it in a drawer. She was able to get up at seven the followiug morning. The child was still-born. This was on June7tii. She told nobody until June 24th because she wa afraid. Had not seen it since. It was a five or six months' child. Dr A. Dear Davidson said he had made a post- mortem examination of the body. It was a female child, very much r1"r.mpo!!ef1-appareutly about three weeks old. From the size of the body he should say it was quite within the limits of a full-time child. Tho^hape of the hpad was such that if the child had breathed at all it could not, ha thought, under any circumstance, have lived long. There was nothing to indicate violcuce. He could tintl no trac of a ligature being placed ou the umhilicrd cord. Tlie lungs floated, but it was impossible to say whether from respiration or decomposition. Taking into consideration the elongutod shape of the head, he thought decom- position, rather than respiration, wall the cause of the lungs float,incr. Observed no sigus of violence and whatever the maturity of the child, there was nothing to prove that the child was not stillborn, though he believed it hnd breathed a short time. Ho did uot think there was sufficient evidence of a medical character +0 Drove whether the child was born alive or not. Ullder the circumstances, it was highly probable it had never had a separate existence. Elizabeth Cooze, a servant at the Lord Nelson, in thfl service of Harris's sister, said a fortnight DO she wall about t." put her clothes in a drawer in Harris's bedroom, when she discovered the body of the. child. She put the parcel on the floor, and fetched Mrs Owens, who opened it. Atrs Bar-sett ordered her to fetch Harris's mother. Witness said she had previously had suspicions a* to Harris's condition. After hearing a summing up from the coroner, a verdict of "stillborn was returned.

BANKRUPTCY PROSECUTION AT CARMARTHEN. COMMITTAL OF A PEMBROKESHIRE MERCHANT. At. the Carmarthen borough police-court on Atonday—before the Mayor and Messrs T. Hughes and J. Howell Thomas—the court was engaged for hours with tho edjourned case against William Jones, Buildings, Blaenffos, Pembroke- shire, for alleged offences in his bankruptcy. Mr W. Morgan Griffiths appeared on behalf of tho Treasury to conduct tbo case, which was taken nndpr several sections of the Debtors' Act, 1869. Dfendant was nnd"f"!lJdd. Mr W. M. Griffiths, in opening the case, said the charges were threB ill number, namel:r:- Making material omissions in his statement of r ffairs concealing property, í C., h1Ok debts and concealing books. On the 1st February de- fendant. filed his i)"titinn, with liabilities £406 3* SJ, and assets £14 1« lOd, which were wholly in book debts. Defendant stated that those were all the dohtR, but the official receiver had since secured tho payment of other debts which debtor had represented us having beou paid. He had denied the existence of any ledger, but evidence was forthcoming of such a book. Defendant had been doinc a large business, at one time paying all much as £40;\ month freightage,and yet he wanted the official receiver and the court to believe tbat he carr ied all J¡i5 accounts in Ins head iind in certain mem()rflnrJUI11 daybooks which he produced. C. N. Phillips, chief clerk of the Carmarthen Bankruptcy Court, put in the file of the proceed- ings. W. J. Needle, Carmarthen, the shorthand writer engaged in the case, fpoke to the correct- ness of his fInle9 and transcript llf tue defendant's examination, .T. H. Daniel, from the official receiver's office, aaid ho went into possession at tbe defendant's when the receiving order was made. and assisted in gotting up the defendant's statement of affairs. Defendant denied the existence of a ledger. He (witness) prepared tho list of book debts at the rlirection of the debtor, nnn Joue3 did not point out to him the list of names at the end of account hook No. 3. When that statement was made out, Jones fully understood that it was his statement, and ho (defendant) was responsible for it. Joseph Williams, now living at Llansamlet, said that he formerly collected debts for the defendant. On the 8th Jauunry defendant gave him a number of bill. to collect. He paid money over to defendant, £2 10i on the 4',h February that was three days after the petition was filed. On the 5th ho paid him £2 It. The items on the list produced were, except one, the bills defendant gave him to collect. On April 11th defendant offered him £2 to send to the official receiver £119,10.1 which he (Williams) received on one of tha accounts, aud paid over to defendant in February James Williams, caRhier in the office of the official receiver, produced a list of debts received írom various people since February 1st in that bankruptcy. It amouuted to j39 5s. None of those items were included by the defendant in his statement of affairs. There wr.s no ledger account in'defendant's books against David Davies, post- mA"ter, The Officinl Receiver (Mr T. Thomas) said that bis suspicion was aroused in that case, and he mode Htrict enquiry. At th^ end of day-book Nn, 3 he found, under date January 9th, 1889, a long list of names with amounts opposite to tliwm, some of which were crossed out. At the public examination he asked defendant as to how he omitted certain accounts, and he l1aid first that he thought his son had received them, and then that he did not understand why they were omitted, John Davies, blacksmith, Bridgend, Clydey, Pembrokeshire, aud coal and lime merchant at Llanfyrnach Station, said that on the last Tuesday in Jauuary witness applied for the payment of £47 due to witness, and defendant told him not to be afraid, as be bad al'out £400 due to him. This concluded the evidence as to the omissions in tha statement of affairs, and Mr Grinithf then called evidence as to the charge of concealing the lodger.—Messrs C. N. Phillips and J. H. Daniel were resworn, and a fresh witness, W. R. Hughes, brewer's traveller, Burton, aaid he called upon defendant at his office at Boncatb on January 7 and 21 to collect money. Ou the first occasion defendant ilaicl he h id a great deal cf money out. He had a ledger before him, and said that he had £300 or £400 out on it. The book was about 10 inches by 14, and had accounts entered in ledger form. Dofendant said his lia- bilities wore not much above £100. A mau came in with an account, which he "aid was not correct, and defendant turned up the account in the ledger. In March he asked defendant about the ledger, and he said he had sold it to a man named Samuel, and that was the only one he had. Witness eaw the book sold to SamuJ, which was produced in defendant's prir.ence at his public examination, end that wai not the one be saw at defendant's office, William Davies, engine driver, Llanfyrnach, said that four years ago be frequently saw a ledger, about 12 by 8 inches, at the defendant's office. David Dnviea, postmaster. Rose-hill, Cilgerran, said thnt in September, 1883, he went to defen- dant's offico to look after a bill, Defendant's son was there, and he looked it. up in a ledger. The book was about 14 or 15 inches long and nine I inches wide. The son turned to the index to find the account. The book was strongly bound and I was well worn. James Adams, coal and lime merchant, Cilger- ran, said he often saw the defendant drawing bills out of a ledger. The Official Receiver said that defendant swore distinctly at his public examination that he never had a ledger with an alphabetical index. Defen- I dant said that the only big book he had he sold to Sunuel when he gave up business. That book was produced at the public examination. It was a new book, and the only leaves written upon were cut out by defendant's solicitor, and he (the Official Receiver) produced those leaves. Ultimately, defendant was committed for trial on all the charges.

FORTHCOMING FASHION- ABLE MARRIAGE. A marriage has been arranged te take place towardll the end of the present month between Captain H. K. M. Lindsay, R.A., the third son of Oolonel Lindsay, the chief constable of Gla- morganshire,and M-ims Tliotyiag,the eldest daughter of the late Mr. G. W. G. Thomas, the Heath, Cardiff. The bauus were published at Holy Trinity Church, where the marriage will take place by the Rev Henry Thomas at the morning service on Sunday. Both '.Captain Lindsay and his affianced bride aro held in very great respect by all who know tbem.

BASSIVKTTEB AND BKDSTRADS.—Perkins Bros, and Co., Ironmongers, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. 6816 A CARD.—Mr Bert Harris, Portrait Painter, 23, Dumfries-place, Cardiff 1C43

CARDIFF COUNCIL. LATE HEAD CONSTABLE'S ALLEGED DEFICITS. WELLS CHARITY SCHOLARSHIPS. A special meeting of the council was held on Monday, there Mayor (Aid. D. Jones), in the enxir Ainerfhea Lewis, Jacobs, Cory, Waring, Yorath, C-irey, and Taylor Councillors Proper, Trounce, E, Boa van, Thomas P. Pricn, C.irr, Lewis, Jotham, A. Rees, Heme, Mildou, Boulanger, Reynolds, Hopkins, and Burrow. THHTIMti: B LL-A "TOY." In the minutes nf the Finance Committee was an item of £ 27 for "rent of time ;g I I ball," this being among the bills examined and ordered for pyitioiit. Councillor Trounce called attention to the item, questioning whether the time ball was of service to anybody; and the Ilayor expressed :11\ opinion that it was a toy of no service. Mr Trounce considered the expenditure to be waste of public money. It. was ascertained that a five years' agreement (of which three years have still to ruu) was iu force and Mr Boulanger remarked that when the agreement was arrived at it was understood that the ball would he connected with a clock, but 110 clock had been placed at the town- ha¡¡.-(),}Uu(il1or Lswis remarked that a clock would He a benefit to the inhabitants. COST OF PRIVATE IMPROVKMKNTS. Letters had bneu received Irom persons who own properly iu Uyfarlbfa-stieet, Treharris- street, and Piasnewydd-road complaining of the cost of private improvements there a compared with what had been charged elsewhere. It was explained to Mr Trounce, who brought up tlie buestiou upon the minutes of tho Public Works Committee, that the loweMt tender was in each case accepted for doing the work, and the sums then equitably apportioned. The differ- ence, therefore, arose from the amount of the tenders. Tilig ALLEGED DEFICTKNCIIiS IN THK I.ATK HItAD- CONSTABLE'S ACCOUNTS. The minutes of a npeciai meeting of the watch committee, held on the 28th of June, read as follows Tbe borough treasurer reported that there ware cer- tain deficits in the accounts of the late Jlr Hemingway (the hcad-constabie) in respect of moneys which had not been paid over by biin to the borough treasurer, as follows £ s. d. £ s. d. Deficit m rcspect of Special Service Money 45 15 0 Dr.lica in regard to the Poor Box Account 6b 13 10 f 111 8 10 [ Decjt in relation to tho Police Ban Account ?.frj 10 2 Total 376 19 0 Kesoived—That til1 borough treasurer be instructed t,) deduct the sum of £ 4a las. the amount of the special service money deficit, from the gratuity of i;,100 granted to the widow of the late heail-constable. Ke.solved—Tli.it it be ail instruction to the borough treasurer to algn retain out. of the paid gratuity the sum of £ bb 13s lOd, the amount of the deticit in th« poor box account. Ite,iolveci-TdAt no part of the gratuity be paid over by the fcorouuh treasurer, and that. the question of the police band account deficit, stand over to be dealt witli by the council at their next meeting. ltesolved—That tb, chairman and deputy-chairman be desirod to srive notice of motion for the next meeting of the council to rescind the gratuity granted to Mrs Hemingway, and in lieu thereof that ths sum of £400 be paid to tlin widow ot the late head constable, Mr Walter Hemingway, less the sum of £ 15 l&s, alleged deficit in the account, of the police special service fund; aud the sum of 1:65 13s 10 1, alleged deticit ill tlie poor box fund, and less such furtliei, suir in respect of the band fund as the council in its discretion may see fit. The agenda contained notices of motion in accordance with the resolutions above quoted and in submitting them to the council tho Mayor .star.ed t.hat the two items— £ 45 15 and £ 65 13s 10d—were the amounts arrived at after a careful investigation of such of the accounts as could begot hold of from Inspector Pike, and of any documents Mrs Hemingway had in her po"ps¡o¡¡. Seeintr tll:1 t tb»»e were esseutially public matters, part of them being the moneys of the corporation, and part moneys which Mr Hemingway was custodian of, it had been thought best to bring the whole matter before the watch committee. After it had been discussed in full detail on the 28th Juno, whilst the committee were almost unanimously of opinion that the two first items should bo stopped, they wore not so distinctly agreed as to the sums due in respoct of thd hand. It would be remembered that when t.be band was formed, permission was given and the connexion of the council with the oand was of a purely psrmisaive character. The instruments were paid for by public subscriptions, and tho band had been maintained hitherto by sub- scriptions and by concerts. It would seem that there had been a considerable amount of money in the hands of Mr Hemingway in respect of the band, and whether they, as a couucil, had any legal riglit to deal with an alleged deficit in that direction be was not so sure. The town clerk thought not. Another thing which made it difficult, to deal with the matter was that Mrs Hemingway stated that several of the promised subscriptions which appeared in the book had not been paid. Upon the band account ther3 seemed to be a deficiency of jp265 10s 21. He should propose that the first two items should be deducted from any sum the council voted to Mrs Hemingway, and that tho sum ot £ 265 10< 2d be deducted if the couucil eaw fit to deal with it in that fashion. A short discussion as to procedure followed, ending in the Mayor separating tha two tirst- uamed items from the band accouut aud the council theu dealt with those two items, namely, the JEM Hh and the 265 13s lOLl. The MAYOR seated that Mr Mather, who was brother-in-law to the late Mr Hemingway, bad been in communication with the committee all the time, and he was to have met the committee at their last meeting, but did not attend. Every opportunity had been allowed for him to be in possession of the whole facts. Alderman CARET asked whether, on the death of Mr Hemingway, his keys and the things con- nected with his office were handed over to the Mayor or the Town Clerk or were they banded to Mrs Hemingway and Mr Mather and if the latter, what time had elapsed before the keys of the nafe and other private keys were handed to tho town clerk ? The MAYOR said he knew nothing of any private keys. Alderman CARKY Were thoy in the posses- sion of Mrs Hemingway or ot officials in the office ? The TOWN CLERK said that on the day of the funeral it was arranged that the papers, the drawer, etc., should be opened and Mr Mather produced keys. Tho drawers and papers were gone through in the presence of Mr Mather, the huperintendent Gf police, Inspector Pike, and himselt (tbe town clerk). Those that were of a private character Mr Mather took away; those of an official nature were left behind, and a com- plete inventory and schedule was directed to be made of what was found in the office. With respect to anyone acting on behalf of Mr Hemingway in this i-usiness, Mr Matber had been acting for her. He was a gentleman of sound common sense, and one who appeared to be well able to grapple with the matter. He came from Liverpool, and went through the whole of the accounts. Up to that time he (the town clerk) understood that Mrs Hemingway would consent to the money found due from her husband being deducted she had told him that she would soe to the money being paid. After Mr Mather had gone through the accounts, a document was prepared whereby the treasurer should be authorised to take tho two sums named (£45 and E65). That document Mr Mather took away, saying he would bring it back in a day or two, r signed. Instead of that he went back to Liver- pool. Some little time aftorwards he (the town clerk), with Mr Greenhill (treasurer), went to see j^Irs Hemingway and she said she would not consent to anything whatever being deducted from the £400, She said other things as well, and the result was that it was deemed best to convene a meeting of the watch committee. He did not think be should refer to what Mrs Hemingway did say but it left them no alterna- tive except to convene the meeting of the com- mittee. Mrs Hemingway was asked if Mr Matber could attend the meeting of the committee, and she said be would, but before tha meeting a message came up that ho would not attend. In further reply to Alderman Carey, Mr WHEATLEY said that in the examination on the day of the funeral, some 4* or 5s worth of coppers were found in the poor-box, which he believed was open. It was a wooden box, and apparently bad not been used for a very long time. It appeared to him to have been opened two or three years ago. Mr CARE supported the proposition of the mayor, considering the council to be the custodians of the public interest. It was their duty to see that property entrusted to the late head-constable was refunded. They ought to be more careful of the honour of the late head-constable than his widow was, and he (Mr Carr) was sure that if that excellent officer were present, animated by the high sense of honour which always charac- terised him, he would most readily have paid those sums, unless he had a complete explanation to offer. (Hear.) Alderman LKWIS questioned whether the poor- box fund came under the control of the council. The MAYOR said that the fund having been held by the head constable in his official capacity, the council were responsible for seeing that the money xeceived by their officer was made good. In the regulations affecting the appoint. ment of the new head constable, it was provided that all moneys should be paid over to the borough treasurer. Alderman CARET supported the resolution. In justice to the memory of Mr Hemineway, it should be known that at the time of his death there was over B130 in the bank to his credit; and as the two Hums mentioned amounted together to about £ 111, there was really sufficient money in the bank to satisfy the claim of the corpora- tion. Also, in the month of March last, in his report, he referred to one of the items and gave the council full credit of it, asking instructions as to how to deal with that specific sum. He fully admitted that that specifio sum was one of the liabilities. It should be publicly known that there really was sufficient money in the bank to meet those two sums. The resolution as to deducting the two sums (£4-5 and JBbS) from the ffrant of JMOO was then put, and was agreed to. The MAYOR repeated his former observations as to the band account, and stated his belief that that fund would have to stand in the position of a creditor to the estate. It was stated that Mrs Hemingway had placed at the disposal of the treasurer all the papers re- lating to the band account; and, after observa- tions from other members of the council, Alderman OAEXY pointed out that subscriptions were asked for only during the first period of formation. Since then there bad been no sub- scriptions towards its maintenance. Ho was informed that thn highest profit received tromany one concert was 2100 last year. They were aware of the fact that Mr Hemingway had paid Mr Draper j320 a year, and no donbt there were a lot of expenses counected with the band—items which Mr Hemingway bad paid out of his own pocket, and which could uot be found in the accounts. It would be within the recollectinn of the corporation that Mr Hemingway, wbea speaking of the band, had often said, It. is really a drain on my private pocket." He (Alderman C '.rey) was very much I surprised that such a sum could in any possible way be put to the debit of Mr Hemingway, because it was only just before the last concert that he expressed a hope the concert would be a success, as the band fund needed replenishing. ;\[r CAllR, speaking from knowledge of the late head-constable, expressed belief that if Mr Hemingway were there to give explanations ha would perfectly satisfy everyone. Aldeiniin JACOBS supported what had been said as to prdnt,ill ty that the band account was exhausted prior to the last concert, and added that wheu he congratulated the late head-con- stable 011 the success of that concert and on the profit ri;aliz:i, Mr Hemingway replied, "Not before I wanted ir/' The manner In which tue reply was given led him (Alderman Jacobs) to understand that the fund had beau exhausted. The uir.tter then dropped. THK FKKSE.STATION TO MR GLADSTONE. The MAYOR reported that 'the presentation of the Ireedom of tiie borough had Ween made to Mr Gladstone, and said that Sir E J. Reed had very kindly placed his house at the disposal of the deputation, everything baing done that possibly could be done to enable the whole matter to pass utI willI success. They were all deeply indebted tn Sir E. J. Reed for his courtesy and geuerous hospitality and he moved a resolution of thanks to 1 he lion, member for Cardiff. Alderman LKWIS, in seconding the motion, complimented the Mayor upou tha dignity and talent he had displayed on the occasion; the honour of the town had bsen worthily sustained. Alderman CAREY supported the motion. Councillor P. PRICE observed that Alderman Lewis had himself made an excellent I'peecl1, Cully supporting the high character the town bears for eloquence. ALBANY ROAD, ROATH. A petition from inhabitants of this road pray- ing that their street should be m;"d>3 60 feet wide instead of 50 feeo was referred to tue committee for confidiiration. WKLLS CLIAKITY SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS. Tne Lowii (Jierk reported that the seneine of the Charity Commissioners in regard to Craddock Charity received tlie approval of her By ckuse 4 the council are authorized to elect four representative eroveru- ors. The governors are to pay yeariy to the college, so long as it is constituted in such a manner all to fnili! the conditions of the schedule, a sum of £ 800 or one«half th" net income, whichever sh.dl be the smaller. Until a further scheme shall take effect, a yearly I' sum of £200 ii! to be applied in main- tenance 01 scholarships, each of tho annual value of not less than £3 or more than £10, to be awarded equally, between boys ami girl*, who I have, while under the age of 13 years, been scholars for a period of two years in Cardiff elementary schools, where the fee is not more than 6 I per week, the scholarship* to be tenable at the higher elementary school, or similar institution in Cuditf, Exhibitions, to be called Craddock Exhibitions," are to be established, the holders of which are to be entitled to exemption for olle year from payment oC lecture feell. or oom- position for lecture fees, in the college and also to the lium of £O; thes- exhibitions to be given as reward of merit, after examination, to (scholars as described iu the cane of scholarships. Provision is made alo for five first-year exhibitions, for candidates under the age of 18; five second-year exhibitions for candidates under tha age of 19; and live third-year exhibition* for candidaies under the age of 20. It was ordered that tha report be inserted on the minutes. THE PARISH OF RUMNKT. The council ordered that, the common seal should be affixed to the memorial of the Local Government Board in oppositiou to the proposal to transfer the parish of Rumney from Cardiff Union to the Newp.ut TJuion. CORPORATION PROPERTY. The next business was to receive from the borough treasurer aud borough engineer a schedule of the reuts aud the plans of the different proper- ties of the corporation. This schedule will bs printed and distributed. RLEOTBIO LIGHTING. Formal preliminary notices were received from five companies announcing their intention to make application for provinional orders affecting Cardiff. THE EXTENSION OR THK FREE LIBRARY. Alettor from the Local Government Board gave sanctioll of the body to tbe borrowing (If tbe lum of £10,000, and also granting consent to the apprl,pWu,IOI1 of certaiu lands adjoining the present budding, for the exteusion of the fret library. Mr CAnR raised a discussion as to the doings of tii9 committee, under whose decision the present building was erected; but Mr Reeg pointed out that 104 plaus came before the com- mittee, that they carefully made their choice, and that that choice was continued by au expert from London, who chose the same design, not knowing that it had previously bseu selected by the com- mittee. CANTON BKIDGJC AND ITS LAMPS. Councilor BKAVAN raised this question, moving the re8cision u{ the resolutioll under which tho alteration of the lamps was made, and proposing that the origiual lamps be replaced with an im- proved light. He animadverted upon the iujury dOM to the appearauce of the bridge by tht change, and declared that the new lamp-posti were au obstruction to tha footway. Councillor BRAIN said that the light affxrded I by the new lamps was just double Miat given by the old lamps, and that this was secured with s, saving of £3 per anuum in cost. Ultimately it was decided, on the motion of Alderman CAREY, to let the new lamps remain until further experience had beengaiQed. This concluded the business.

SINGULAR AFFILIATION CASE AT NEWPORT. Jaincs Donovan, a young man, who assists bu parents in cenducting a second-hand clothes business io Newport, was brought before a full Bench at Newport Borough Police Court oa Mouday, to show cause, etc. The ccmplainantf Aun Stone, who looked very young, told the Bench that she belonged to Bridgwater, but made defendant's acquaintance whilst in a situa- tion as a housemaid at the Westgate Hotel. Under promise of marriage he seduced her, and; when told of her trouble suggested the use of drugs, a bottle of which he gave her. Afterwards he offered her B5 to settle th( case, but this amount was increased to £20 anC 5s per week by a gentleman whu was called in t( arbitrate between the parties. Defendant con sented to abide by this gentleman's decision, bul I had uot kept his promise.—Mr Lyndon Moora | who appeared for defendant, asked for a remand that he might get witnesses who ware in anothei town.—Mr Digby Powell, for the lady, demurred to this, and asserted that the case bad been pending since FelJruary.-Tb'3 bench decided against Mr Moora.and Mr Moore retired from the case. The bench ordered defendant to contribute 5 per week and to pay costs and solicitor's fee.— Defendant intimated that he would appeal against the magistrates' decision.—Mr Diguy Poweil, when combattiug the defendant's application for a remand, said that defendant intended to quit tho country. _———-—.—

ALLEGED BRUTALITY AT TllttH ARRIS, At Merthyr police-court on Monday, David Morgan was charged witb wounding his wife Catherine, at their residence, 7, Weofter-street, Treharris, ou Saturday.—The wife, who appeared to be much older than prisoner, said the lattei had received a summons for being drunk, and he proposed to leave to avoid answering it. He wanted hi.s working clothes and something to maintain him. She replied that Rbo had nothing, and then he took up a poker now produced, and struck her on the head.—Upou being arrested by P.C. Dancy Watkins, prisoner said he only struck complainant with his fist, and that she then fell against the stairs.—Prisoner was seut for trial to the quarter sessions, the stipendiary regretting that he could not send him to the sssizes.

FATAL MISADVENTURE IN THE RHONDDA. A BABY POISONED. On Mouday morning, Mr Rhys, coroner, held an inquest at the Windsor Hotel, Ton, Rhondda Valiey, on the body of a baby named Williams, lion of William Williams, checkweigher at the Bwllfa Colliery. It appeared that on Thursday afternoon the baby was in a cradle upstairs, and looked after, in the absanca of the mother, by a child three years of age, who, finding a bottle containing rheumatic liniment near Use chest of drawers, poured, some of te coutentH into the baby's mouth. The medical evidoace showed that death was tha result of fits caused by swallowing poison, and a verdict was returned to this effect. *"T- -J, ——

THE SOUTH WALES UNION BANK LIMITED. linn— The board of directors of the above bank, at tbeir meaning on Mouday, declared their ufual interim dividond at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum free of income tax for the ualf-year ending 30ih June ultimo.

ACCIDENTS IN THE RHONDDA VALL LY. A serious accident befel a man named William Cousins, 50 years of age, while following his occupation as miuer in the Blaenycwm Tunnel of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway on Saturday. Cou.xioswasengagedin blasting,and fired several shots simultaneously. One of the shots, however, failed, and wheu Cousins approached to see what was the matter, it exploded, inflicting severe injuries ou his had and laoe. On Saturday afternoon Thomas Evans, 17 years of age, succumbed to injuries received whilst employed with hi uncle in a stall at Blaenycwm Colliery on June 29-h, Deceased, it appears, was filling coal into a tram, when a large stone fell upon him from the roof.

NEURALGIA, TOOTHACHK, FAOKACHK. &V.- Bevan's Specific.—VV. George, M.P.S., Swansea. 1126 HOLLOWAY S PlLLS.—Indigestion.—How much thought has been bestowed, and what voluminous treatises have been written unou this universal and distressing disease, which is with certainty and safety dispelled without fear of relapse by a course of this purifying, soothing,and tonic medicine It acts dii ectly en the stomach, liver, and bowels then indirectly, though no less effectively, 011 the brain, nerves, vessels, and glands, introducing such order throughout the entire system that harmony dwells between each organ and its functions. Dytpepsia need no longer bo the bugbear of the public, since Holloway's Pills are fully competent to subdue the most chronic and distressing cues of impaired digestion, and to restore the miser. able sufterer to health, strength, and cheerfulness. II)

THE SPOILT EDUCATION BILL. WE have had some recent utterances on the Welsh Intermediate Education Bill which require careful consideration. What the feeling in the country is may be judged by I the universal condemnation of the Govern- ment proposals by the vernacular press. There is not a solitary voice raised in favour of the so-called amendments" among these exponents of Welsh public opinion. More than this, there is not one of them which advocates any further dallying in the matter. They are practically unanimous in demanding that the bill should be dropped altogether rather than accepted with any of the limitations the Government has en- deavoured to place upon it. In this respect .j it is evident the feeling of the people is somewhat different from that of some of their representatives, and from I that of some who occupy positions of some importance in the educational; world of Wales. Among the former we may reckon Mr D. I'ANDELL. M.P., who asks the people to accept the Bill even with the proposed amendments rather than that it should be wrecked. Among the latter we may instance Principal REICHEL, of the Bangor University College, who puts for- ward a similar plea in another dress. We can understand Principal REICHHL'.S posi- tion. With ail due respect tor him fur the valuable service he is rendering to the cause of Welsh Education, and fur his no doubt earnest desire to fully understand and sympathisa with Welsh national thought, we cannot forget the fact that he is not a Welshman, and knows nothing of the disabilities under which Nonconformists have suffered in the past, but which they are now determined to sutler 111 more. Mr RAXDELL'S position is, how- ever, a. different one, and we must admit our surprise that he, who cannot but know that the idea of accepting the Govern- ment proposals is revolting to Welsh national feeling, should urge the people to consent to the passing of the bill in its present mutilated form. Un- fortunately Mr RANDELL is not alone in this respect. Thore are others among the Welsh members who are prepared apparently to sacritiee Welsh national self-respect for the sake of being able to say that they secured from an unwilling and hostile Conservative Government a bill intended to fulfil to some extent a great Welsh need. We would, however, reiterate the warning we have already given them. Such a pitiful victory as the passing of the bill in anything like its present form would be far too dearly bought by the wrench it would necessarily give in the people's trust in their representatives. We give the-e members every credit for good intentions, and are ready to believe they are anxious to do the best they can for Wales. But we would repeat that the passing of the bill in anything like its present mutilated state would not be doing the best for Wales. Great as is the need of the country for a system of intermediate education, it were far better to suffer that need for a period than to have our future prospects spoiled as they must inevitably be by the passing of this Bill. The mind of the country is made up upon the question. We cannot consent to accept the proposals of the Government on any terms. We know the time-worn argument of "half a loaf being better than no bread" will be advanced. In the present instance the illustration would be quite misleading. It is not a question, of our being offered half a loaf of sood and wholesome bread, but of our absolutely rejecting half a loaf of bread in which wo know that injurious and even poisonous substances have been mixed. Let us indignantly reject this poisonous com- pound, and wait as best we can for another baking. We are told there are strong hopes entertained that the Government will consent to the inclusion of Monmouthshire, and to giving the County Councils a majority of votes on the Joint Education Committees. Even this will not be enough. A scheme which places in the hands of the Charity Commissioners the supreme authority over Welsh education must be rejected at all hazards. A scheme which declines granting to the Welsh people the right to combine for general purposes the local educational authorities, which places the centre of that authority outside the Principality, and in the hands of a body out of sympathy with Welsh requirements, which imposes grave religious disabilities upon a section of the pupils; which with- holds some of the richest endowments from the possibility of being applied to educational purposes, such a scheme can never be acceptable to the people. As weli propose Mr Cha3ib £ RLAin's scheme of Provincial Councils to Mr PAKXBLL as a settlement of the Home Rule Problem What would be the Irish leader's reply ? Need we ask ? And is the national honour of Wales less dear to our representatives than is that of Ireland to the followers of Mr PARNELL Let the Welsh members see to it that they do not barter their country's birthright for a deleterious mess of pottage under the mis- tsken idea that they are conferring a benefit upon the Principality.

A TOY TIME-BALL. WE regret to observe that the Cardiff Cor- poration cannot nwd any use for their time-ball. There is probably no consider- able seaport in the country where it is so difficult to ascertain the correct time, that is, Greenwich meantime, as at Cardiff. For the rent of the time-ball it appears that the Corporation have to pay twenty-seven pounds per annum—a large sum, no doubt, for what they choose to regard as a mere toy. But why is this useful piece of mechanism a mere toy ? In the hands of an infant a good English lever watch would be no more than a plaything, as its parents would soon discover to their horror if they never looked after it. The Corporation have done nothing whatever to make their toy useful. A time-ball on an elevation on which few persons can see it must be of very little value. This should have occurred to the Corporation before they consented to its erection. Did they suppose that every person who wished to ascertain the correct time would run breathless down to St. Mary-street before one o'clock and stand gaping and gazing with one eye upon his watch and the other upon the ball ? J n other towns they manage matters of this sort much better than they do in Cardiff. Even Swansea can show the town which likea to be called the "metropolis of Wales a more excellent way. The firing of the gun compels attention. In the metropolis of Scotland they do better still. When the time-ball falls on the top of NELSON S monu- ment on the Calton Hill, one of the Castle gun3 goes off with a bang, but inasmuch as sound travels very slowly, the maps of the Post Office Directory have circles inscribed on them, the gun being in the centre, and on each of these circles the time occupied by the sound of the gun is recorded so as to insure accuracy. Then, again, trustworthy clocks, kept together by electro-magnetic action, are fixed in various parts of the city so that any one can tell within a third of a second what the exact Greenwich mean- time is. Arrangements like .these are worth paying for, but a ball falling silently on the top of a building which only a few can see at a time, is childish. We are not at all surprised at the councillors comparing the service rendered with the cost. They might well do so. But the members of the Cardiff Corporation should remember that it is not at all uncommon for imperfect arrangements to be very costly. A railway without rolling stock or the latter without the former would be of very questionable value; but the two together may be worth a great deal. We hope the Corporation will not be too ready to roll away their time-ball. Let them rather refer the whole affair to a Committee to consider and report, so as to see if it be not possible to contrive some method of letting the inhabitants know the exact time. At present there is not a reliable time-keeper in the town—no, not even at the docks. We would recom- mend our councillors at Cardiff to send two or three competent men to Hamburg in order to see how much better they manage these things there. We believe there is a Professor Astronomy at the University College, a man of undoubted ability. We should like to know how far he is supplied with instruments for taking the time and for other important purposes. We should like to see some arrangement made under his superintendence and control. Cardiff people do not make half the use of the talent they have at the college. Were they only to make a beginning, we believe their interest in the college would grow warmer every year, and the funds of the institution would thrive all the more be- cause of the increase in appreciation.

LONDON LETTER. (FROM om LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) SPECIALLY WIRED. Lmmm., Monday Njgty. MR SMITH'S TORT FINESSE. Some surprise was manifested in the House of Commons when, at question time, Mr SMJTH protested that he could not givq the names of PTHE select committee on Royal grants BECAUSE tpy had not been communicated to him. As a ier of fact, nothing was settled when the House met, and the business has occupied SOME of, jthe busiest hours of the evening. The proposal made by ministers was that tJe committee should consist of seventeen members, which is well enough if the numbers were fairly apportioned. But Mr Smith proposed that ten should be Conservatives, two Dissentient Liberals, and the remaining five contributed from the Opposition benches. It was according to this arrangement understood that Mr Gladstone and Mr John Morley would repre- sent tbe front Oppositiou bench, Mr Parnell would sit for the Irish members, a Scotch mem- ber would be selected, and room was iust left for Mr Labouchere, whom tbe Radicals were deter- mined to have on tbe committee. This prepos- terous arrangement placed the Government practically in the position of 12 to 1, aDd the efforts of tbe Opposition were bent upon obtaining an increased number on the Committee—an effort in which they succeeded, tbe figures being finally fixed at 23. Mil O'BRIEN AND THE SPEAKER, The House narrowly escaped a scene this afternoon, which had it gone forward would have been most regretable. As soon as the questions were over. Mr O'Brien rose and asked laaro to move the adjournment, in order to discuss, as a matter of urgent public importance, the action of the police t. Charlevilla, where shots were fired a< Mr O'Brien was continuing his journey in the custody or the police. The Speaker, having care- fully considered the motion, which bad an hour earlier been submitted to him in writing, delivered a ruling which tbe Irish memhprs, with their knowledge of parliamentary affairs, must reasonably have expected. He pointed out that last week Mr Sexton, making a similar motion, bad opened a discussion in which the whole circumstances connected with the disturbance at Oork were debated, and it is contrary to a fundamental rule of parliamsntary debate that a subject may be twice discussed in the same session. He accord- ingly ruled Mr O'Brien out of order. When the member for North-east Cork, in a studiously quiet manner, asked permission to make a personal statement, the Speaker offered no objection. Mr O.Brien then went at considerable length, and in full detail, into the circumstances of tbe case, demonstrating even to the most prejudiced mind that—of course unless he deliberately falsified facts within his knowledge—the shots were fired by the police, tbo alleged attempt to rescue him being a pure phantasy. This was all very well, and it was most desirable that after Mr Balfour's statement the facts should be made kuown. But Mr O'Brien, led away by his indignation at the misrepresentations officially made, began to denounce tbe police and the authorities directly or indirectly connected with the affair. The Speaker, interposing, pointed out that this was. not only a departure from the understanding by which Mr O'Brien found an opportunity to make his statement, bnt was unfair, as in the peculiar circumstauces it would be impossible for any advocates of the accused officials to enter into the controversy. He suggested that the proper time for bringing such charges would be in Supply. Mr O'Brien again went forward, and, breakiug into even more emphatic denunciation of the police, the Speaker again, and with increased acerbity, called him to order. Some of the Irish members turbulently resented this exercise of authority, and one cried out Shame." The Speaker, stung to the quick by this absolutely uncalled-for and indefensible outrage on the order of debate, indignantly retorted, That is a shameful expression to use." At this manifestation of beat, one or two of the Irish members began to jeer. The Speaker, recovering his momentarily-lost temper, proceeded with impressive dignity to insist npon the point of order he bad raised, and finally Mr O'Brien sat down. MR PABNKLL IS DIPLOMATIC. Then Mr Parnell sprang up, and a burst of aogry cheering came from the now excited Irish members. They seemed to think that then leader was about to throw himself into tbe conflict with the chair, and there was no doubt that had Mr Parnell lifted a finger, or uttered A taunting word, there would have been an angry scene re- calling earlier times. But Mr Parnell, in common with the overwhelming majority of members pressut, perceived that the Speaker was absolutely in the right, was indeed following the only course open to him. He accordingly, with great skill and presence of mind, turned attention into another channel, asking whether, seeing that Mr O'Brien's opportunities were limited, Mr Smith would bring on at an early date the con- stabulary vote, so that this matter might be discussed. Mr Smith promised that the rote should be taken as the first business in supply, and the storm fell AS suddenly as it bad uprisen. TORY COMMONERS AT HATFIKLD. Invitations to Hatfield for the garden party this afternoon seem to have been sent en bloc to the Conservative party, and to have been accepted with equal unanimity. At one time, when the questions had already been going forward for three-quarters of an hour, there were, exclusive of Ministers, only thirteen members on the Conser- vative benches and eight below the gangway and five above. Ministers bad, of course, also been invited, bnt, as Mr Smith would say, their duty to their Queen and country prevented them availing themselves of the opportunity. This was the less regretted as the day was most unfavourable, AN ASBEKABLS CHANGE, The long spell of summer weather seems broken and to-day there has been a steady and, to the agriculturists, welcome downfall of gentle rain. THS DOVER VACANCY. Mr Leveson-Gower, not feeling inclined to come forward as the Liberal candidate for Dover, it has been decided not to contest the seat. Tbe Conservatives were, nevertheless, not inclined to leave any opening, and poor Major Dickson bad barely been laid in his grave when the Ministerial whip was on his feet in the House of Commons, moving for the issue of a now writ. The nomina- tion will probably be fixsd for Friday, and the Conservative candidate will be forthwith declared elected. MB BIRRKLL. Mr Birrell, who TOOK hie seat to-night on his election for West FIFE, had a very hearty reception as be walked up to the table. He has a number of personal friends in the House, and received many congratulations on the happy issue of his candidature. A YISIT TO KOSSUTH. Yesterday's pilgrimage of the Hungarian Radicals, to pay homage to KOSSUTH, seems to have created a widespread feeling of surprise io learu that the great patriot is etill alive. It was his birthday on the 27th of April last, when he entered on bis 88th year. It ia more than 20 years since ha disappeared from active politics, and be has since principally lived in Turin. His sister, Madame Rutthay, who keeps house for him, writing a short time ago to a friend, gives an interesting glimpse of THE old man. "You will," ehe writes, "be glad to hear that be is enjoyiog, not only good health for one of his age, but he preserves all the faculties of his mind. We live here close to Turin, in a pleasant villa, surrounded by a handsome garden, which he planted himself, nd cultivated with the greatest care. Natural science is one of his favoutite studies. Botany occupied a great deal of bis time, as long as be was able to climb the Alps. Now. be has given it up, but has a fine collection of plants dried, and about 4,000 specimens, which be arranged with the greatest care, His sons are well situated, and have ample opportunity to exercise their fine talents improved by a generous education. Francis is director of the eulphur mines of Cesena, in Tuscani; Louis is chief engineer of the Alya Italia Railroad LINE. Neither is married. Their father does not desire it, perhaps because they have no opportunity to marry Hungarian women." 1 f K

ABERDARE AND MERTIIYIl MINERS' ASSOCIATION. THE NEW SLIDING-SCALE. A GENERAL DELEGATE MEETING DEMANDED. The Abeidare aud Merthyr colliery delegates held their monthly meeting at tho Wayne's Arms, Aberdare, on Monday. There was a large attend- ance. The following resolutions were passed :— That we receive theÅbercwmboy Colliery workmen to be members of our association. That after fully discussing the general position of affairs at present in reierence to the sliding-3cale, we instruct the secretary to write the secretary of tho sliding-scale committee requesting him to cdl a general delegate meeting of the miners of South Wales and Monmouthshire as soon as possible to consider the existing state of things. That this meeting calls upon the whole membwrs of the association to forward their third and concluding levy of 6d towards the men who have been on strike at Abe r a man Colliery. That after hearing the statement of the agent and the chairman in reference to the establishment of the scale of cutting price at the Abercwmb..y Colliery, we with to state that in our opinion these men are not to be blamed for working on the said scale of wages, inasmuch as the said scale has been established and worked upon for two yaars, in accord with the rules of ur association. That we aoprovo of the adoption by the Llotty- sktnkin workmen of the scale for cutting which obtains at Abercwmboy for the yard seam. That we support the woi kmen of the two feet nine inches seam at Cwmaman Colliery it need be. The above meeting was one of the best that has been held in connection with the district for a long time in many respects, and another resolu- tion was passed intimating that tho meeting regarded the mode of action adopted by Mr W. Abraham, M.P., in reference to the Aberamau dispute a8" somewhat of a slight" on their agent Mr D. Morgan). 1. _.]¡;

MINING CUSTOMS IN THE RHONDDA. FORTY-THREW COLLIERS SUMMONED. IMPORTANT DECISION, At Ystrad police-court on Monday—before Mr Ignatius Williams, stipendiary t1Ia;t,¡.te-, Morgan Gr ftiths, collier, einploj'ed in the Upper Cyminer Houi) Coal Colliery, was qumrncued by the proprietors, Messrs Insole and Co., for absent- ing himself from work on Monday, June 24th. Altogether 43 collier. had been summoned, but tho case against Griffiths was first proceeded with. Mr Simons, Merthyr, prosecuted, and Mr Rhys, Pontypridd, defended. The court was crowded. Mr Simons, in his opening rema/ks, observed the pit's mouth to the effect that work would be suspended ou Monday, 24r.h. The house-coal workmen employed at thp colliery never previously asserted their right to take a holiday in such a fashion. The steam coal colliers would have been entitled, previous to the adoption of tho universal monthly holiday, to have a special holiday by ten- dering 48 hours' notice. But. the monthly holiday was a 5uIJlltitute for the previous cntom. L'he right to take a day off ou special occasions hnd ceased to exist. The Stipendiary Is there an agreement batweeu the masters pod the men in regard to tho change ? Mr Simons implied that this had been virtually agreed to, He did not say there was an actual agreement it was a case of the weak against the strong. Mr Thomas Griffiths, M.E., manager of the collieries), then gave evdence, and said that the emp'oy^s of the house coal colliery had no legal right to take a day off." To terminate contracts a mouth's notice must be given. There was, however, an arrangement between the manage- ment and the steam coal workmen by which tho latter could have a special d:1Y off to discuss their own matters, and if 5 per cent. of the, whole number of men wished to leave the service of the company, they could do 80 by tendering 14 days' notice. When a notice was put up by the defendants on June 21 inform- in the company that, operations would be suspen- ded, the management posted an announcement stating that work would be carried on as usual. The house coal men had been cautioned on a previous occasion. A deputation of the steam coal had waited upon him, and agreed to :>nb8titute the first Monday in the month for occasional "days "ff," Tno company had sustained a loss of £43 14s 61 by defendant" absenting themselves. The regular colliery staff had to be paid, though f he colliery was practicaliy at a stand-still. The Stipjndiary: The other mm did not want a hr.liday ? Witness: N'J, sir; the hauliers came to their work as usnai. Mr Rhys The hauliers are not governed by lhp same rules all miners. Mr Rhys called for the defence a large number of workman employed in house-coal collieries. Their evidence went show that iu tha various mines where they worked there was a general custom tho a "day off" could be hours' notice. The Stipendiary gave his decision as fellows :— There is no doubt there is incorporated in all agreements, as fur as I understand, a condition that a month's notice be giveu on either side to terminate contr"ct3, with such r\"eplion as in thi particular case, M THr Griffiths pointed out, namely, 5 per cent, of the men may leave the employ of the company by giving 14 days' notice. IlIIwer heard before rf tbat excellent arrange- ment, and I think it is very desirable that the principle be extended to other coliierits. \VII! IJOW, it appears tliat 01} tho 24th (If June. when facie they had no right to, these mel) did not attend to thcr work. Two days previ- ously they put up a notica that there would be 110 work at that colliery on the day in question. It is conceded that the steam coal miners would be justified in doing this but as regards the house- coal men there was no express agreement in existence at all that mon should be entitled to absent themselves for 1 >ny purpose whatever. It is quite clear that they could not do so unless there was a well established custom entitlin tbem to absent themselves upon special occasions for special purposes. After hearing tha evidonce for the defence—there i nc evidence on the other ,.ide-it appears to nlP that th mcn hay", certainly an established CUll tom of tlll lIort. I find there is a custom throughout the fihondda Valley whereby the men might have a special day to discuss grievances arising in con- nection with their operations. Miners should be entitled to have a for the discussion of such subjects upon giving reasonable notice of 4S hours. It at ipears to me that this custom has been proved. I cannot find a single case where their right has beeu conte8terJ. I think, but for one matter, that this case would never have appeared in court. About three months ago tho meu assumed and claimed the right to stop on a certain day without triviog any notice at all on their p-.rt. Mr GrifiiMn put up a notice that the meeting was in contravention of the arrangement. When I him what arrangement he referred to he replied that he considered a meeting of that sort ill con- travention of tho arrangement the miners had made respecting the monthly holiday. Tho granting of "M«bon's Day," which was done unconditionally, was no h'ndranco to the men's enjoying the immemorial right- to meet for the discussion of matters arising out of their affairs. I am of that opinion, and I can soe nothing disentitling the workmen in this house-coal colliery to the privilege or the custom which they claim. Under these circumstance* I believe that the plaintiff ha* failed in his claim. I therefore give judgment for the defendant. Mr Rhys asked for costs on tho higher scale. The Stipendiary remarked that it was not unreasonable to ask fer costs, but his worship would first of all consult Mr Stockwood. Eventually it was agreed not to press for coats, and the matter dropped. Mr Simons theu rose and exclaimed that the learned stipendiary's decision would have a most disastrous and ruiuous effect upou every colliery in the district. Mr Rhys asked Mr Simons if he intended pro- ceeding with the other 42 cases, as the evidonca which had just been beard was applicable to all of them. Mr Simons replied that he had not made nn his mmd upon the matter he would let Mr Rhys know definitely in the course of tho week. The court then rose, the hearing of the caso having occupied about five hours.

-h_ GRAVE CHARGE AT NEWPORT ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK. At Newport police-court on Monday John Clod". solicitor's cIerk. and carrying on '1. stationery business in Clarence-place, was charged with embezzling ten guineas, the moneys of his employer, Mr A. H. Oliver, solicitor.— Mr Morgan Phillips, barrister, appeared for the prollecution, nd, remarked that it was painful to see a man who had hitherto occupied a respectable position in the town called upon to answer such grave charges as that he had to muke against him. Ho said grave charges, but on thit occasion ho proposed to offcr evidence on onIy one charge of embezzlement, sufficient to justify a remand being granted, so as to Com- plots evidence in regard to other charge^- which would be brought against, him. For two and a half years defend;)nr. had b 'en chief clerk and bookkeeper in the office of Mr Oliver. He did not, occupy the posh,ion of cashier, but was authorised hy Mr Oliver to receive moneys which might be o;«id at the office during Mr Oliver's absence. These moneys ho entered in the diary, and afterwards, Mr Oliver having initialled them, he transferred them into the cashbock. The specific charge was for embez- zling ten guineas paid by Mr F. Hockey, on the 16th April of this year. There was no entry of this payment in the diary, although on the same day there were entries of other payments which had been initialled by Mr Oliver.—Tho Magis- trates' Clerk Has the defendant's attention boeu drawn to this?—Mr Phillips He has never disclosed tha payment.—The Mngistrat.es' Clerk An omission to make an entry in itself is not an act of embezz'emeut.—Mr Phillips He has also appropriated other moneys. He has not only omitted the entry, but omitted to account for it. Mr Oliver does not enter upon this prosecution in any vindictive spirit. He has always acted with the greatest consideration and kindness to this defendant, but finding there are more than one of these matters, it is bis duty both to himself and the community to prosecute. Mr Hofk-y was then called. He said that on the 16; h April he paid £10 10 to defendant, nnd produced the receipt he got at the time.— Defendant Have you paid me money for interest previously?—Witness: Yes.—Defendant: Have you got the recipl" here ?—Witness N". —Defendant I should like tc have tbem pro- duced.—The Magistrates' Clerk: Yes; they must be produced at the next hearing. Detective-Inspector Jones said he arrested de- fendant that morning. He charged defendant with embezzling ten guineas ou the 16th April, and prisoner said Y«s."—Defendant: I do not think I said Y«s I said I had I had the money." -Jon"R You said" Yell." Mr J. W. Jouos (examining the receipt): This is in Mr Oliver's name, and tlpere are some hieroglyphics beneath.—Mr Phillips Those are defendant's initials in shorthand.—Defendant: Yes, it is my receipt. The bench remanded tbe case until Friday, and on defendant's application allowed bail in a personal recognisance of £50 and two sureties in £25 each.

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