South Wales Echo

D JoVES find Co.'s Celebrated Bacon is now i s(l,i by the side at 4;d per lb BRKAKFAST IS RKADT 1 I'll take a cup of M-za- watee. Keduced prices Is lOd, 2s, 2s 4d, 2s 10d per lb. D. JoN"i* aii'i Co II Oi^brar.ecl bacon is now soid by the side at 4"d per lb. HE R" Litic, B me HM'1 Shoemnker, 145, Com- mere nl-slreet, Newport, Bamcrupt.—The sale of Lee's stock, comprising several hundred pairs of handsenl and other boots, shoes, and ^lipoer-s, commences at L." Shop next door to the Star Office, on Friday, Miy 16th, 10 Every pair must be sol,i by order of the Official Trustee. 210 OVKRWOKKKD ftcsiNKss iMicN.-The tax oil til,3 nervous energy of h.) successful business man of to- day is something tremendous. Headache, Nervous- ness, Nerv ius Exhaustion, General Debility, and Brain Weariness are the invariable results. Munday s Compound Pho^phated El xir of Quinine is the best and most reliable remedy. It is a Nerve and Brain i Tonic and stimulant Pries 21 3d and 4?j per bottle I ty pose, 21 td .mJ 4s 6d,-J Munday, Chemist, Htzh'- street, Cardiff.

YANKEE YARNS. I AN HIBEBMANISM. A number of par.riotic sous of Erin were seated around a table one niplit discussing a little of everything, when one of them bt:'gall a lamentation ever", light weight silver dollar he bad in bis popket. p?)." cI'h' hid an' tb' tail's worn down that foinm ya wouldn't know th' hid from th' tail if it wasn't that the hi'l's always on th' other soide." "G ;t worn tliot way by cirkvlatinn ?" "s" they say but 01 beiave soma amar-r-rfc divii's fuk a j"ck-plantj :.ni I!i:craped a tJoime or twi) ff her ior luck. (Jirkylation cant wear a dho'uar down loike hot." "It can, tao, an' O.'il prove it," said a third, H i»t; ye gut a dhollar, Dinny 1" Piuny, curiously eauugb, bad one, and pro- duced it. Now pass it round th' table." Around it went. Twicl more it went. Wance more, an' let me hor it." Once more it circulated, and finally rested in the palm of the instigator of the performance He then leaned over to the owner of the dollar and banded him a silver quarter. Phwat's this a,-k-,i the latter. Thot's yer d hollar Circulation, history says, left its mark that evening upou something more than pure dross. A SPINELESS GIRL. a. lhere is a girl in Worcester, Mass., who can sleep only with her budy bant backward into i, circle and bar feet, crossect under her chin. This may seem incredible, but it is absolutely trua. The girl is now eleven years old. When she was four she had an attack of cerebre-spinal meningitis, which left her spine as limp as a piece of rope. She. can stand erect only by taking hold of some- thing higher than her head. She is Alvina Good- now, the daughter of a French iron-moulder, living at 20, Central-street. When a reportsr saw the girl a day or two ago she was crawling and wriggling about on the kitebpn floor of the renerr-.etir where her parents live. A< she twisted her head from side to side her black eye and her constant undulations fairly mada one feel that he was looking at a humaja unake. The girl is intell ffent, and has full posses- sion of her mental faculties. Sho speaks English and F/ench with equal facility, and h«r mother claims that she is all bright as the average girl of her age, Si.ow the gentleman how you sleep, Alrina," said the mother. The girl, rising to her feet, bent her body back- ward, and, without an effort, rested her head on the fl )01' and crossed har feet under her chin. This was repeated several times, and then, as a further exhibition of her elastic anatomy, she lay flit on her face and easily touched her ears with her toes. Than, considering the interview closed, she began to devour a huge plate of meal bread, and in a f6\V minutss had tucked away in her supple frame enough food to supply a working man with a day's rations Mrs G-icdnow could give no explanation of the strange physical condition of her daughter, other than tl!¡I,t which has been mentioned above. The beat doctors of the city have examined her, and have been obliged to confess that it is a pheno- menal case aud one in which they can afford no relief. Last summer Alvina was taken to the hospital, and, before a clinic of doctors, wits photo, graphed in the position she assumes, and the case wan decided as one of the most resiarkable cases known in medical history. Although a careful ex- amination of the child's booy was made, not a blemish could b" found upon it. When questioned, Aivitia said that th" various contortions she went through occasioned her no pain, and that, in fact, the only position in which she could sleep comfortably was with her head and fect in close proximity. Sevral museum agents have visited the house, ana offered large sums for the privilege of exhibiting the little girl, but in every instance they have been refused. Besides Alvina, Mr and Mrs Goodnow have three ciliidren —two girls and a boy—all of whom are in perfect health and lat Ke and strong.

SHALL PIJBLlCANS BE COMPfcNSAlEU? The Rav Q. A. Berry Interviewed. A' a 1 [f1\1 W!¡U\ the mind of the n.u.ou 1 being exercised by the piopo-.al now before Parliament for compensating publicans on the suppression of their licences, it cannot fail to be of interest to observe the unammiiy with which the leading men of the great Nonconforming bodies are opposed to the Government mnaUres. Most of those prominent ministers ot the various denom- i.1atiou:; who have expressed opinions on the sub- ject have declared their hostiliiy to the idea of compensation, and have had but little difficulty in offering numerous sound and logical reasons for the position the7 take up. To ttie iist of in- fluential and weil-kaowii ministers who have already spoken out in opposition to toe compena- tion clauses must be add"d the name of the v C. A. Berry, of Wolverhampton. It will be teiueinbered that the reverend gentleman, who is one of the finest and most ,i. quent preachers in the Congregational Courch, was askrid tf) accept the pastorate of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, in succession to the late Rev Henry Ward Bsecher, and that he declined the offer, preferring to remain in the E nlist, n»»*«:«' >y, A representative of the South Wales Daily News, on tho occasion d n-lr B,i i y VI,C:¡¡I{ una (.-art of the country, sought and obtained au interview with hun, when he freely stated his views respecting the important measure now engaging the atteufcion, not only cf the-House of Commons, but of the whole coun.ry. Bf-iiig t,;keti whether he approved of the compensation clauses, Mr Berry at once r pi ed with an einphac c negative, adding, "I am utterly opposed to the creation of a freehold in  h e G,)veram.-tiit, is uzi- licences, and that is wiiat the Government is un- doubte liy doing, in spite of ail that it sayi to the contrary. This bill must teud to create a free- hold." D,) yo ci believe in fhe principle of compensa- tion o pu iil ica ns', The rev. gentleman answered, "I tlhuk that probably whenever we come to deal with public-houses we shall in some ca.see, lu equity, have to make terms with certain publi- cans but every case would have to be tak<n on its merits, and n:>t by any It gal claim at ail." Do y u think rhe measure will become h,w?" —" Ye- was the reply, "I feel pretty certain this Dili will be passed. Bus, my hope bes here— that it will become a dead jetter. No county couucil will, in my opinion, ever seek to apply -uch an act, becau-e they would only svaut to apply it in the case of the worst licensed houses. In so doing there are two d.ffiouities which would face them. In the first p ace, public decency would be outraged by compensation for these low house*, and ill the secoud place tbese 10 IV houses are, uuforiunately. the ones that pay best. Cou- C" queatly, the compensation for them wouid be hv.-av.eaf. My belief is that the act will never be put in force, ¡.u'l it is my hope that whenever the next Government comes in, it will repudiate this dea i- etter legislation." Di) you tiijtik that the actual holders of iicences would benefit by the measure:' —" the greatest beneficiary would be the brewer, for in a grrat many cases the putlican is only the occupier of the house for the brewer. I agree Wlitl the opinion that has been expressed that the public do not eern to realise tile vital importance and significance oi these proposals." is it your opinion that even those county councils which are known to have pr nounf,ed Conservative leanings would not app, y the act ?" Some tew councils in;piit possibly be able to put it into operation hu; for the great majority public seut meufc would prove too strong. Mean- while, what we have to keep well before our opponents is their own copies,sion that they are not creating a freehold. While we think that they are, we can be reminding them that they say they are no;, as they have been, very distinct Hid emphatic U1"'1I that point. "DJ you thnile tÍlo Illeasure will in any way uff CG tlw interests of temperance ?"-41 Not a bit ot it. Whether thi closing of certain public- houses would have the eff-ct of furthering temper- ance is highly problematical, anil I am not prepared to express an opinion on that phase of the question. I think, however, that the position of tnose who are conscientiously iu favour of temperance and legislation in that dirpction ought to be one of strong opposition to every clause of this bill. It mighc very well have been made purely and simpiy a Budget proposal, and it could then have been dealt with by the House of Commons alone. As it his been brought forward in the form of an Act of Parliament, any attempt at repeal will mean secu;ing the c n-eut of the three estates. I regard this as a breach of our constitutional pi i viiege, and as trenching oil the old established rigiKs of the people—for the House of Commons is ouiy the executive of the people's rights."

PENRIKYBER NAVIGATION COMPANY. The prosp^efns of the Penrikybmr Navigation i Oolliery C nioatiy is published in aiuther column. The capital is £ 350,000 in £10 sliares 2200,000 of this amount wil he 5 per cent. pre- ference shares, and E150,000 will be ordinary s hares. Only half of each class of shares is to he offered to the public for subscription. The pre- ference shareholders will be entitled to receive 7j per cent, interest, rateablv with the ordinary snares that is to say, they will bear a minimum of 5 per cent. interest at all times, but when th,4 ordinary shares have a dividend of more than 5 per cent., the preference will share rateably with them in the profits to a maximum of 71. The directors will be Mr George Heriott (of John Pirie and Co., London), Mr John Cory and Mr Richard Cory (Cardiff), and Messrs T. Glasbrook, J. Glasbrook, T. Cory, and F. C. Yeo, of Swansea.

How A HALFPENNY POSTCARI) may Rrtve you years ot oiiseiyand suffering. If you are afflicted with any of the countless ills ar sing from a lu I coa lition of the blood, whether constitutional or acquired, such as scrofula or eruptions of the skin, ulcers, sores, bad legs, &c" you have only to write for the pamphlet published and issued gratis by the Swift Specific Co., 35, Snow Hili, London, KG., and you will be con- vinced that Swift's Specific is absolutely the only remedy for the terribla disease which is destroying your vitality. Of all Chemists. Price Liquid, 4s fJtl per bottle dry, 2s fed per package or dIrect posG free, from Swift Specific Co. 741 D, JONKS "lItt Co. s Celebrated Bacon is now sold by the side at 4d per lb. BREAKFAST IS KKAST l'il take a cup of Muzi- wattae. Keduced pricei: Is lOd, 2s, 23 4<1, 2s lOd per lb. INDIGESTION NO LONGKK INCCRABLK.— Weaver's itadical Cure for Indigestion will cure the worst case of this distrassing disease, the forerunner.of nearly all other diseases. Price Is 6d and 2s 6d of Chemists, or Is 9d and 2s 9d post free of H. WEAVER and Co., Worcester. 644 D. JONES and Co.'s Cslob~ated Bacon is now sold by the side at 42d per lb. I

[FACTS AND FANCIES.1 She I see you are disappointed now that I have tak«n eff the mask. He (resignedly) 0, no, I didn't expect much. A I told him that he was a lying thief. B You have got pluck. It's a vv,,n,ler ti, didn't break your neck. A 0, I told him what I thought of him through the telephone. First Toper: My overcoat was stolen last night, and hern to-day it is as ccld -is tl)e north pole. Second Toper Did burgUr* get into your house? First Tuper No, but into my pawnbrakur'c. Judge You say one of the musicians cuffed your ears. Was it the violinist or the piano player ? Complaining Witness: It must have been the pi^no piayer, for the blow felt all if a mule had kicked ms, First Club Man I aee by the papers that Mrs Langxiy has really jilted Freddy Gabhardt. Second Ciub Man Probably she discovered that, somehow or other, he had got it into his head that she intended to marry him. Wife What does i; mean in this paper when it rays tl-at the young German Emperor expects a cail t, arms ? Husbund A call to Arixig I suppose it nieaiu he expfcts his wife to say, Wilhelm, take the bay First Landed Emigrant (to Recond landed emi- grant) How whor yer caught ? Second Landed Emigrant The owld way. They" batø" me rllln hauled me up. But how did yez get here ? Flut Lauded Emigrant I was buncoed too. He took me fur a socker an' dhropped me a line The salesman in the music shop bad succeeded at last, after an hour's hard talking, in working off a cheap, wheezy, screeching fiddle on a customer at four times its valu«. "Vý hare shall I send it he inquired. "To N It. Slugg-street." The sales- man's jawfeil. He h si moved with his family the day before to -N o. 15, fcslugg-straefc, on a two years' lease. Mrs Col. Yerger You and your husband seem to gpt alona: very well together. Mrs Judge Pererby Yes, he is perfectly rl(-,vott-.cl to mo. "How do you manage to make him so affection- ate ?" I'll tell you how I manage. I cut the buttons off his clothes, aud then he sees for him- self how indispensable to his cumfort I am." Italian workmen are, as a rule, not fond of strike", they URnslly resort to other means to get what they want. A company jf Italian navvies engaged in the construction of a railway in Germany had their wage* reduced. They said nothing, bnt during the night each of the men cut an inch off the end nf his shovel. In reply to the engineer, who took them to task about it, one of them said, Not so much pay, not lift so much earth. So much longer Jalót work. Italian no fool, like German Italion no strike." They got their usual wage. He called the grocer aside in a confidential way, opened a small paper parcel which ho took from his pocket and exhibited a strip of calico covered with maple sugar. I found that in A cake which I purchased here yesterday," he calmly observed. Yes-exacrly-I see. And you warranted the sugar pure I" "Yes—I koow-I did, but you see we can't always prevent children from coming in here and meeting with accidents. That's very little I to complain of, sir. The whole rest of the dress was probably found in another cake, and yet the buyer didu't make the least kick about it

AN EXCITING CHASE AT PUN f YPIIIDU. At the Pontypridd police-court on Wednesday —before Mr Charles J. Jones and Edward i Thomas—a Cardiff labourer named John Barry, against whom there were six previous couv etions, was charged with having on Sunday last, in con- juncion with another man not yet in custody, ] violently assaulted Alfred Rudgly, mason's labourer, Hafno. and stealing from hlln a suit of clothes.—Coir.piaiuaut said that on Whitsunday last, shortly alter one o'clock m the afternoon he, was standing near the coffee tavern on the Ponty- pndd Tumble, carrying in a huudle under his arm his suit of Rest clothes, vaiue 3G. Whilst standing there the defendant, whom lie had never seen before, came up and, without sayiifg a word, struck him a blow on the back of the neck that sent him i-prawling. Defeu- dant then wont and stood by a wall i close by. When witness got up he was accosted by a tall man, who said lip would give hirn drink if he came with him. Witness complied, and i accompanied his new friend in the direction of Treforest. When ih y got near the iron work s witness s?w the pr?oa'-r comi'i? behind, and just then the tall man and the prisoner set upon !I'm, stOltl his bundle, and ran away.—William Hemmings and John Morris, who had Wttnea-ted the aff. y Oil the Tumble, and afterwards-, being suspicious, foliowod the parties along the tram- j road, :\ve corroborative evidence. They took Complainant to Trdorest Police-station, but when on the w"y there Morris saw the defendant comiug across the bridge, dressed in the very suit stolen from the complainant. He (Morris) ran after him, and got him to tak? the elothes '? and' return them. Prisoner, it appeared, wore the suit over his own clothes, 1 Later in the day P.S. Hallett naw the prisoner near the railway station, Pontypridd. 'in ,ffir was dressed in piain clothes at the time, om the I accused recognised him, and at once ran off, with S rgeailt Hall 'tt, the witnesses Hammings and Morris, and others in full pursuit. Prisoner ran along the tramroad to Pwilgwaun, and there, being hotly pressed, ho jumped into the river R :ondda and crossed to the other side. Hem- mirigs followed, but prisoner ran into the river again, and was eventually captured by H^mnvngs aud Sergeant Halletc in mid-tareani.—The accused, who practically admitted the off nee, osked to be allowed another ciiatice,but was com- mitted for trial at the assizes.

I ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT j 11 AT SWANSEA. At the Swansea police-court on Wednesday, Willi-trr lt(,ok, a p!.it.,tei-, of 62, Trafalgar- terrace, was charged on remand witii 1I,(¡p(¡mtly assaulting a young woman named Alice K ieath, on Tuesday morning. — Walter Smithe, a respec- table young man, said he was in company with the prosecutrix on the sands 011 the morning in question, just after midnight. They sat down, and, in a minute or two, four or five yonne men came up and asked for monoy. H" refused, 1 whereupon one of the men struck him. They then rushed upon the g ri, threw herdown, ii, i acted indecently towards her. She turned towards one | of the men, and said, "Mr Rooke, I know you. and will summon you for what you have done." Then the men let her go.-In cross-examination witness expressed himself unable to identify prisoner, but he denied that any of the men tried to assist prosecutrix.—Prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, aud reserved his defence, wis committed for trial. Bail Wl'\ accepted, prisoner in L60 aud two sure^es m £ 30 "o i>.

I A COMMANDED HEPRiMANDED. i ——— The court-martial for the trial of Commander Annesley, of her Majesty's) ship Icarus, on a charge of administering punishment to Cecd Dean, a writer of that 6hip, in a manner not i j. t 1\1." recognised in her Majesty's service, was con- cluded at Davonport on Wednesday. In his defence Commander Annesley stated that at various times he had to reprimand Dean for neglect of duty. Dean finally said ha refused "plump and plain" to obey orders. His language and conduct were cal- culated to leave a very bad if not a mutinous effect, and the punishment inflicted was, in the opinion of Commander Annesley and his officers, by uo means harsh. After two hours' consulta- tion, the court found Commander Annesley gn"U,y, but that his action arose out of an error of judgment as to his du^yiunder very difficult cir- cumstances,and adjudged.him to be reprimanded.

GLAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL. I A meeting of the county rata assessment com- mittee was held at the Town-hall, Swausea, on Wednesday. Pre,eiit -Al,lerireii Thomas Williams (chairman). Hunter, and Jenkins j C.,tincillors Barrow, Charles, T. Jones (C y lach), T. Freeman, Morris, T. Penrice, R. n. Rhys, A. P. Vivian, and W. Williams. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. R-iports were rece ved from the Swansea, Gower, Pontar- dawe, N ati), and Llaneily Unions. The over- seers of the parishes in the several unious were I present and examined. I, was resolved :— That a revaluation of the urban ilistrict of Oyster- m uth, together with the tin works and collieries th'outihout the Gower Union, should take place. That a recommendation be sent to the Swansea Union as essinunt committee to advance a penny per ton upon the assessment of co d. The same recommendation to be sent to the Llaneily Union. The meeting was adjourned to Neath on the 11th of June, at 11.3C a.m.

I CERTIFICATES OF WAGES. I At the Swansea conuty-court on Wednesday, his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams alluded to the fact that people who attended for the purpose of having judgment summonses heard often com- plaiued that they could not obtain certificates of wage3 from the employers of the defendants. Employers of labour could not be expected to keep clerks to do work for other people, and it was not fair for people to come before him and say employers bad refused to grant certificates when, as had been the rule of the court, the fee of 6,1 had not accompanied the application. He wished it to be understood that it was as necessary to give this fee an to Ji(' ve a witness conductmoney with the summons. Hi) Mil/mid in future ask when the certificate was not forthcoming if this fee had been tendered, and if it bad not he should take no further notice, and the case would be struck out.

Cardiff Liberals at Hawarden. — ENTHUSIASTIC DEMONSTRATIONS. Wednesday was a very busy day at Hawar. den, the influx of excursionists falling very little short of the remarkable number which filled the village on Tuesday. Mr Gladstone bad declined to give a promise that he would address the vir,itors but, nevertheless, the excursions in numbers to-day exceeded the expectations of the promoters. One of these was organised by the Women's Liberal Association of Bradford, of which Lady Constance Shaw-Lefevre, Mrs Aifred llhngworrh, and Mrs W. Illiugworth are presi- dents. Up to Tuesday evening do less than 1,500 tickets had been sold for this excursion aione, and the organisers found it necessary to issue 2.000 more, an addition which fell considerably beiow the demand, Two exceptionally long trains left tbe Exchange Station, Bradford, at seven o'clock this morniug, and reached Hawaruen shortly after noon. At Barnsley, the division represented by Lord Coinpton, the local association had arranged an excursion, and the party from there numbered about 1,bOO, They travelled in two special trains, and reached Hawarden about noon. From Cardiff a party of 700 to 800 travelled by an excursion promoted by tne South Wales and Monmouthshire Liberal Federation. Excursions were also run from Derbyshire, and there was the usual number of small parties, making a total of nearly 5,000 people gathered iu the park. Mr Gladstone walked through the village in the morning, and was warmly greeted by those who had arrived early. He had declined to enter into any arrangement to receive any deputation or make a speech; but, as Mrs Glaiston- had con- "ented to receive an address at 2.20, on the terrace in front of the castle, it was generally expected that'the right hou. gentleman would be induced to address a few words of welcome on behalf of his wile. Fur two hours before the ap- pointed time, a crowd, which iucreased every ffiwute, aSliemiJled in front of the castle. The Bradford contingent had brought with them an excellent brass baud, which performed several patriotic airs, in which the Yorkshiremen heartily joined. The Welshmen, uot to be out- done, watched their opportunity, and during a lull struck up with the "March of the Men of Hadceh," winch they sang with characteristic vigour. At the appointed hour Mr and Mrs Gladstone came out on the terrace, and were wiidly cheered for some minutes. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Henry Gladstone, Rev Harry ana Mrs Drew, and Mrs Stephen Gladstone. Mrs W. P. Byles, the hou. sec. of the Bradford W omen's L oeral Association, who had previously been introduced to Mr and Mrs Giad- stone at the Castle, presented Mr;^ Gladstone with an address illuminated on vellum and hand- I soinely mounted on a velvet scroll. Mrs Grew, of, the same association, next presented in:ir-s Glad- stone on behalf of that bouy with a magnificent bouquet of orchids. Mrs GLADSTONE, who seemed much touched with the kindness of tho excursionists, said Dear madam and ladies,—I have heard this ad- dress with unfeigued pleasure. It is tar too kind for me. (Cries of "No.") My husband is not going to make a political speech. (Laughter, and cries of Ou, yes; just a short OIW.") 1 kuow that you are very kind to me, but I am not ciever at political speeches. I have it all iu my heart, (Cheers.) Accept, theresore, my great thanks, aod I now present to you my husband. (Loud cheers. ) A Brief Aildrass by Mr Gladstone. Mr GLADSTONE, who was aam warimy greeted, the large audience joining in singing "For he's a joliy good fellow," said Ladies and gentlemen, You are perhaps aware that I yesterday ad- ministered to my fellow-countrymen as large a dose of politics as any set of human beings can with satety to their health Hwallow at one time. | (Laughter.) That being so, as well as upon other grounds, as my wife has truiy said, I liln not about to repeat the experiment. On those matters we understand oaa another, I trust, pretty wed. I am glad that you have come here to-day under the favourable circumstances of this glorious weather so as to obtain some satisfaction for yourselves. (Hear, hear.) You have certainly g,ven us great pleasuie by the manner III winch you testify your sentiments of kindness and of confidence towards us. We bid you a hearty welcome, and entreat you to oelieve that under ali circumstances we wish you well, and that in our respective spheres we do what best Wi) can for the good of our country —(cheers)—and 1 will say this, ladies and I gentlemen, for my countrymen we have many laults, like all the other nations of the world, but there are some qualities that do grow and thrive n.mong- this people, and one of them is a generous | and disinterested regard for the concerns of others. (H hpor.) I,i tii- eloquent address that has been i-i--d it has been stated that it was the cas§ of Ireland that called into existence L the Womeu V Lmeral Association in Bra iford, [ aud I rej >ic*.to think that in this cotiti-ry the peopie fefll for the affairs of others as deeuly and all truly as though tiiey were their own. (Cheers.) There can be no more Healthy sign, for selfishness is the great curse of the human race, and when as a people we begin to show that we have a real sympathy with other peoples less happy than ourselves, that is a good sign of something like a beginning of deliverance from l'IoltiRhoesH. (Cheers.) But I am not going to ta!k lwllt,lo1!, gentlemen. (Laughter and cheers.) I am going to tinoik you for the excellent music you have given us. We heard it with the greatest pleasure. We love music, but above all we love good music, and we love good music most of all when it comes from the hearts of our countrymen. (Cheers.) Weit now, gentlemen, purhaps it will amuse you | for a moment if I u>d you that I have bad an opportunity of comparing your performances with the performance of the peopie of a foreign j I land that I ba va nover vIsited, (Laughter.) N"w, there is a riddle for you. Can you guess itt Do yon give it up ? (Lausrhter.) Ii you give it up, then I w;J1 explain it. (Crivs, VV • give it lip,") Weil, I hove compared your singing with the singing of the people of America, though I have never been in America myself. (A voice Th y wouid bo very glad to see you, sir," and cheers.) It came about in this way Not more than twelve months ago there was carried over to thiR country by means of the telephone a song that was sung oy a crowd in New York at the lime of the pre,.idedlial elect,oh, and for my edification that song was released and sung by the telephone in the house of a friend of mine ill London. I was cpnre able, by means of that instrument,, to appreciate the singing power of the American people, and I admired It very much. I understood that music is carefully taugilt in their common schoollll, and I thong-ilt that tbeir collec- tive music was excellent. But I venture to say ") ? w now, g.-ntiemeu, you must not thitik it fltttery that I iiava heard quite as good collective music to-day. But theu I must recollect that, as I understand, the company I have the pleasure of i seeing here to-day are partly from Yorkshire and partly from Wales. (Cries of Derbyshire as well.") W-il, well, I meant the bulk of them. I understand they are from Yorkshire and Wales. Derbyshire men are excellent too, and I am very giad that we have good specimens of them. They do their duty at tli3 time of the ejections —(cheers)—and that is the main Doint in my con- sideration. (Renewed cheers.) But, speaking of the music, 1 must say that I think that bath Yorkshire and Wales do possess the musical gdt in an extraordinary degree, and will hold their own against the people of America, or, so far as my experience goes, against any other people thst I have ever heard Fiug- at all. (Cheers.) I hope, gentlemen, that you will more and more continue to cultivate that excAllent gift. It brightens and sweetens life, and it ffords a most apt vehicle for conveying an ex- pression of our devout feeiintr and our joyous teeling, tor>, towards the Almighty. (Cheers.) Mr HKNRT GLADSTONE having explained to his father that tie niafie use of the word telephone" instead of piionograph," Mr GLADSTONE again stepped forward and said: Gentlemen, j I ought to apol-igise for a blunder, which I hope the reporters have cor- rected. I said telephone. I ought to have said phonograph, the new instrument. There are such a lot of these ne«v instruments that it is d tticuit to distinguish one from another, (Laughter and cheers.) The pirty then dispersed.

THE DEAN FOHEST OUTRAGE The old man Winn, who was so murderously attacked at Lit tie dean on Monday evening, is still alive, but his condition is so serious that the greatest anxiety is entertained. H, con- tinues conscious, but is very weak. H-e peraitits that the man Damp, who with his wite is in custody, was his assailant, and states there was a slight quarrel during the day. He further states that the man came into the cottage twice, on which occasions, although he was dosing, he was aroused. At the third attempt be awoke lo find himself hacked over his head toifch his own axe. He offered but Blight resistance, being so feeble. The cash was taken from a drawer in a chest upstairs. The purse "ontaining it was dis- covered inside out, ou the fi oor. The spectacle in the room was sicneoing, blood being bespattered everywhere.

SWANSEA MARKET TOLLS. The markets committee of the Swausea Corpora- tion met on Wednesday for the purpose ot re- ceiving offers from persons desirous of leasing the market tolls. It will bcl remembered that a week ago, when the toils wem offered at auction, the reserve was not re,1chwl, The highest off-r received Wednesday was 14.900 from Mr Percy, the former lessee. After s ,m j discussion, it was decided not to accepr, that sum, but to offer t,he tolls to Air Percy for £ 5,000 a year, and it was resolved tha.t in the evi-ut ot this not being ac- cepted, a committee, which was struck, should conduct the market on behaif of the corporation.

I South Wales Coal Trade. THREATENED STRIKE OF I ENGINEMEN. I A Serious Outlook. I I On Wednesday afternoon an important meeting S of members of the South Wales and Monmouth- shire Coalowners'Association was held in Cardiff; I but, contrary to what has been regarded as a stinding arrangement, no intimation of the fact j of the meeting being held was conveyed to this journal. nor particulars furnished through the I usual official source. We have, however, been able j to obtain confirmation of the announcement of an impending crisis in the South Wales coal trade, as the result of the action of the engiuemen and i stokers at several collieries in giving notice to II terminate all contracts on Saturday next. In our t Tuesday's issue particulars were given cf the course that had been taken by the men ewployed at the Tredegar Iron Company's collieries; but from what transpired at Wednesday's meeting of the masters, it is clear that the men employed I at the collieries of the Dowlais Iron Company, Messrs Crawshay Brothers, Cyfarthfa, and the Blaenavon Company have resolved upon similar action and the meeting was held to consider tho critical situation. (Mr James Lewis (Aberdare) occupied the chair, and the threatened stoppage I of so many pits was discussed at considerable length. It appears that the main ?rievauce of the enginemen and stokers is that they have not been included in the advance of 13! per cent. recommended by the accountants to te given to the colliers from the 1st inst,, but as has been explained to us, this section of workers, having been admitted to the sliding-scale agreement, would, by a special arrangement which was made some time since, come in for the increased wages II one month from the dat,) of the colliers' advance. Wednesday's meeting of owners held, therefore, that in giving notice to cease work, the engine- I' men and stok ers had gone outside the provisions of the sliding scale agre?meut, and it was ulti- mately resolverl that the proprietors of the pits affected-in the event of wise counsel failing and a strike tftkmg place-sbould,be fully indemnified by the owners' association. It should be understood that the cessation of work by the men indicated would involve a complete stoppage of the collieries, and as the several companies are also proprietors of vast ironworks in the immediate district of the pit, any interruption of the output would make itself felt to the extent of throwing the men em- ployed at the ironworks out. The situation is a very grave one so far as regards the coal and iron trades of this di!!trict and the issue of events between now and Monday next, when the worker? section of the joint committee is to hold a meeting, will doubtless be awaited with deep interest.

GLOUCESTER DOG SHOW. Successful Local Exhibitors. This show, which commbncod in 1887 in a small and tentative fashion, has grown to such dimensions that it has alr.ady been cnDtituted a first-class one by t iie K,.)tiiiei Club and this yenr is a great ad viuica ou previous exhibitions. £ 500 offered in prizes attracted 1.101- entries, with 809 dogs exhibited, as against, 824 and 613 last year respectively. The catalogue contained 95, or 1ft classes more than last year, which were rilled with soma of the best known dugs i?-w before thR public, There are 16 bloodhounds, 23 tnMt.:?. 5.5N.'wfou?'?nds, 85c')!tie? 175 fox terriers, 74 bulldogs, 47 bull terriers, 82 Irish terriors, 61 Dandie Dimnonts, and 95 entries in the local classes, and several of the eaatwpioris in their various breeds are on view. The following local exhibitors proved BltcceRful in gaining :-Great Danes—Mrs J. Morou, Newport, Womba II. S:, Bernards (novice clasti)-W. Lawson, Neath, Baron Warlaby, c puppies, W. Lawson, h.e. Pointers (,log,)-W. N,-atti, Moss of the Cr;tig. B i W. Jenkins, Neath,- Juno I. Setters (dogs)—h.e., J. E. Gunn, Baron 11-1. Bitches—3, J. E. Gunn. Bobtailed shp-ep dogs—J. S. Giskell, Liangibby, Mayor of N-wport, reserve. Livcr-coloured Fpaniels-J. S. Hussey, Cardiff, The Curate, Smooth lox terriers (clioilengo class)—1, W. V. if. Thomas, Carmarthen, Ebor Enrichment. Wire- haired i' x terriers ('"logs) C., E T. Vachell, Victoria, via Newport, Gay Reveller. Bull terriers (under 30:bs)—b.c., 11, NVood, Part Talbot, Madame Patii, Irish terriers ((iog,-i)- h.c., H. D>Juner, Maes teg, St S ilnon v.h.e., H. W. Flint; Cardiff, Spick. Bitches—c.. H. Bonner, Duffryu Belio c., H. W. Flint, Emeraldine. Welsh terriers ((tt)gs)-3, W. J. M. Herbert, Cardiff, Cardiff Jester. Bitcne.s—v.h.c., Jenny Jones. Toy spaniels—3, W. G. Barron, Port Talbot, The Comforter. Any breed—1, W. Jenkins, pointer.

I REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHj I GLAMORGAN. I We have received the following communica-li tiou SOUTH GLAMORGAN LIBERAL UNIONIST ASSOCIATION. I TO THE EDITOR. Si?,—I hava been,ucted,b the committee of the abovo association to forward you the annexed resolutions passed this day at a large and representative meeting of the association hold this day at the Park Hotel, Card ff.—I am yours truly, JAME3 FoiifhtSTER. 7, North-street, Bridgend, May 27, 1890. Proposed by Mr G. Carsiake Thompson and seconded by Mr J. Samuel, and carried unani- mously That in. view of the cordial alliance existing between the Liberal and Conservative wings of the Unionist pary throughout the countiy, the committee of the L.U.A.S.G. recom- mend all Liberal Unionists to give their hearty support to Sir Morgan Morgan, as the Unionist candidate for this division."—Proposed by Mr John Guon and seconded by Mr S. Sillifant, and j carried uuiinously :—" That it is very desirable that joint committees should be formed by Liberal Unionists and Conservatives in each polling dis- j trict to farther the Unionist cause."

I THE PUiiiYPOUL FETE, j Dispositon of the Profifs, I A meeting of the fire brigade committee was held on Wednesday, Alderman David Williams in the chair. The trustees of the profits made at the Easter Monday flte in Pontypool Park having handed over the amount, which exceeded £ 1,000,to the brigade committee, it was proposed by Mr Martin Edwards (honorary chaplain of the brigade), that Captain G. A. Bevan be presented with L500 iis a recogni- turn of their appreciation of IDS services in, connection with the brigade.—-Mr Thomas Williams seconded the motion, which was agreed to.—Ciptain Bevan said he accepted the offer as he had takin upon himself all the responsibility for the I e.-Capr. Bevan then moved, and Mr Hoskuis seconded, that an amount of L250 be devoted for the purpo-e af a memorial window, to be piice(i in Tieve.tkin Church, to the memory of the Lhiiierch anj Giyn victims.—The motion was agreed to.-Ti)e sum of 230 was voted towards an outing for tjie firemen aud their families, the remainder of the profits to be used for fiie brigade purposes.

I THE CRASH IN COPPER. I Prosecution of French Speculators I |CENTRAL NEWS TKI.KGRAM. | PARIS, Wednesday Afternoon.—J udgment was given to-day by the Correctional Tribunal in the case of the defendants charged with illegal acts in connection with the operations of thp Sociei 6 des M^'oiux. M. Secretan was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 francs M. Laveissiere to three mouths' imprisonment and I 3,000 francs and M. Heutsch to a fine of 3,000 francs only. M. Joubart was acquitted. According to a Rsuter's telegram, the judgment, while admitting that extenuating circumstances existed, declared M, Secretao guilty of manipula- tion by effecting a rise in the price of copper and a paying a fictitious dividend. MM. Heutsch and Laveissiere were also declared guilty of the latter offence.

1st GLAMORGAN ARTILLERY I VOLUNTEERS. In compliance with an order from the War Office, the 1st Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers, a corps numbering 18 batteries, has just been divided into two brigades. The first brigade, to be commanded, by M^jor Young, who now attains the rank of lieutenant-colonel, will be I made up of the four Swansea batteries and those recruited from Briton Ferry, Neath, and Skewen, the brigade, in all, uutnbering seven batteries. Lieut.-Colonel Page takes command of the second brigade, made up of the seven Cardiff batteries, Penarth l2), and Bridgend and Barry one each. The present commanding officer of the corps, Colouel E, S. Hill, C.B., M.P., will henceforth assume the title of commandant, the headquarters of the regiment being, as before, at Cardiff. It is expected that the new arrangement will lead to ) a number of promotions among the commissioned ranks.

I A NOBLE BEQUEST. The value of the property left by the late Dr. Evan Thomas, New York-street, Manchester, to Mr T. E. Jones and Mr Cadwa'iadr Davies, in trust for the College of Norr.ii Wales, Bangor, amounts to something like L70,000, During his lifetime Dr. Thomas was a generous benefactor of the college, though most of his gifts were anonymous.

News from America. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT, VIA COMMERCIAL CABLE.) NEW YORK, Wednesday Night. Politics here grow still more exciting. Mr Kichard Croker, the "boss" of Tam- many Hall, whose illness at Wiesbaden has kept him away from New ) ork, to the great confusion of the Democrats in general and the Tammanyites in particular, has cabled Mayor Grant that he sails for home to-day. The Senate committee which has been investigating the conduct of New Yorks municipal government will afford him speedy opportunity to explain the damaging disclosures already brought out. This com- mittee is now busy probing the doings of the Excise Board, and trying to lind out why many disreputable resorts are allowed to exist throughout the city under the sanc- tion of the law. Mr Thomas C. Platt yesterday declared State Senators Hamilton, Fish, junr., and Ired Gibbs traitors to the party tor having opposed and defeated several of Mr Piatt's measures in the State legislature. Litigation as to Mr Samuel J. Tild jn's will is to be reopened. The estate is now valued at £ 1,200,000, and the heirs are more determined than ever. A Montreal telegram says that the body of Mr Thomas Kimber, the missing young Englishman, was found in the high level reservoir on Mount Royal this morning. His throat was cut from ear to ear, and the pockets were filled with stones. The in- quest made it out a case of suicide, but there js a general demand for a re-opening of the case. John Williams, of Leeds, 31, is held at Chicago for the confessed murder in Novem- ber, 1879, or Itmma Jtoberts, dumesiic servant in the service of Mr Greenwood, coal merchant, Harpurphey, Manchester. Williams says that the g,rl's parents then lived at Westbourne-grove, Harpurphey. The Duke of Connaught and his party reached Port Arthur to-day. He received and replied to the usual addresses from the mayor and citizens. Twenty-one years ago the Prince landed here with Lord Wolseky. The Duchess is stiil indisposed. The party rench Niagara on Friday night. The Dominion Government has granted a subsidy to the Hudson Bay liailroad Com- pany of F,16,000 for twenty-five years. The Chicago Gas Trust received a crush- ing blow in the courts to-day by the appointment of a receiver to wind-up the affairs. The trust will appeal. Secretary Blaine's scheme to establish a pan-American Bank, with a system of direct credits, and exchange*, has been laid before the Congress at Washington by the Presi- dent, and it meets with general favour.

BICYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP, R. Howell and A. Robb, of Leicester, and T. English, of North Shields, took part ia the final contest for the bicycle championship of the world at Molym-ux Grounds, Wolverhampton, on Wednesday, in the presence of about 20,000 spectators. iEnglish was leading at the end of the first half-mile, when he was passed by the other two. After a close and exciting struggle, Howell put on one of his big spurts and won by just two feet. Time, 2 mins. 1,1 sees. Robb I j second.

LOSS OF A STEAMER WITH HANDS. Intelligence has been received at Quesnstown from New York reporting that tiia steamer Bayswater, owned by Messrs Watts, Ward and Company, London, which left New York nn March 16h for Lisbon, with a. cargo of grain, has been given up as lost with all haads. It is now 73 days aince she left New York, under command of Caotain Tayior, with a crew of 25 men. She was 1,623 tons register, and was built at Sunderland in 1880.

A GREAT TENOR'S SALARY. It is said that Mr D'Oyley Carte has engaged to pay Mr Ben Davles £ 4,000 a year. When once the popular tenor goes to the Savoy he will no doubt find it difficult to get away again, and the rush for tickets at this little theatre will be greater than ever. Mr Ben Davies is undoubtedly the bright particular star among the tenors in comic opera at present. This w-tq very plainly shown at the Lyric Theatre in The Red Hussar, which he may be said to have kept going off his own bat.

THE MURDER OF A SON, The Donegal magistrates on Wednesday com- mitted for trial at the assizes an old man named Daniel M'Cormack for the murder of his son Patrick on Sunday morning. A pair of tongs was produced with which accused rushed out of deceased's bedroom. Deceased had tor some time been lying ill with brain fever. Anotber son of the accused deposed to hearing founds in the bedroom as if a pillow was being beaten, Tiie tongs were bent after tbe accused had used them.

A CARGO ON FIRE. A fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon on the White Star cargo steamer Runic, loading for New York iu Hornby Dock, Liverpool. Her hold contained 2,000 bag3 of sulphur, a quantity of caustic, some soda, jute, and rags in bales. The smoke and stench from the sulphur almost suffocated the firemen, whose efforts produced little effect on tha burning mass. The hold is being filled with water, as the only mean3 of quenching the fire.

A BOAI ING DISASTER. A constablo named Thomson, of the Renfrew- shire constabulary, was out in a small boat at Greenock on Wednesday with his son and daughter, when the boat capsized, leaving the three persons struggling in the water. The acci- dent was observed from the shore, and two boats put off and succeeded in rescuing the parties. The father, who was in an exhausted state, died shortly afterwards.

COKERS' DISPUTE AT TRE- DEGAR. Since Thursday last, the cokers employed at Tytrist and WliiLvvortii ccka ovens have been out on strike, inconsequence of a dispute with re- gard to wages. The men ask that they shall be paid at the same rate as the men working at similar employment at furnaces an d coke ovens in the yard. At present they get, it is said, ::1 per oven less.

I MR SGHNAOHORST. Mr Schnadhorst arrived at Paddington on Wednesday afternoon in his return from South Africa, and was met and congratulated by several of the ceutrai Liberal organisations in London. Mr Schnadhorst drove to bis residence at Higbgate.

MORGAN GOLD MINING I COMPANY. Thø P.nmmit7S RePO?f I  RePOPt, ?u.?-- -tbe(lV8JJ,I' A meeting of the A meeti.? of the shareholders ?.,?i.(\Ve'? ] Morgan Gold Mining CI,-Mn?llYw.te(j) # held at the Cannon-street H??' n^0o, 0<> Wednesday, the hou. G. T. Keuyon, ? ?-p,,P?' I'idin. the repOrt The Earl of 'YIscHiLSEA preeX1ted  The Earl cf WlXCHlLSEA present?eadther? j of the committee wh)ch w.?appoiuteda? goner. me6ting oi the shareholders On t?'a I -h in-it- j meeting of the shareh o .?or" visit and report upon the mine. "We 'o"" are exacts from we report the f Ouad the equipmeat and machinery ?n)?" as weH as the tramways ??'?' '??gntofck' ? excellent order the development of Ei]B P' oper exceil. nt order the dc.veSopment ? tona JD we)! advanced, and J¡uge reserves ?t ? ? )0 ? Tariousw.'rk.ti?. Wenud,om''? ?r'" returns furt?shedby your :!)!r'??r,_??Q?o seven months ending Apri 1S90, 5- S90 to'31 low graoe ore wem milled ior au avei^P 1' 1,,w gi:a,?,, ote wer, iiiiiie(i i,,r All kLvt3raga yi 4.Jw?.l7??.perton. Having re^!4^ the if very exceptional facilities you j)iges3 fa cheap working, a yield of ?? ??' maintained, sbould yield h??somap???? We desire to stMe our belief that you ltiave p" off v;?uab!eprop<jrty. The area of therty b?'nc.-?:?ed, under recent arraug-'me?co"; 137 to 137 tt) 9GO ??.cres. The new in'll. 1(3ceritly coo. Ll'UctetJ, !< ?n exceJlent pIece () f vqorko consists of 40 head of srnmps. It !s a? ,[?b?'" crushing at least 2,000 tons of ore p??r 'no ot? For viorkiiip: tlio miii larizu? water-p;)Weci5 1l?l i, For working the mill large water-power léJW ^jil' able, to which an Important ?ddit'on '?- .) w to. made by the water derived from By^1, 'Y? jloo  da at the juncEton of which with the '?? the mm stands and you h?ve, in ??'.4?0?' steam engine of 50 h?rse-powfr, as an au xifi? upon wmch to faL back in case of ?"y'??pt)[? cessation of water-power. The e%i),;16deo dur'n??haiast six months have not elco 7s lO ¡ per ton, \VeexpreMonreut'??? roiicu in the policy recommended by ths ?{t)f% VIZ" that the company be tu!-thwiti)rec?"o?j:?' in order to raise the capital necessary to_? { ))t' devQo?mHnt." t heP Mr FOKSTER (ona of the expert,) s?id that "Io intimately acquainted with the coinpa'JJ oljt' perty, and he reit certain that it would 1 Llrtloo$o very good one, though not of the ex? ,?,?? I vaiu? put on it when it was first broubt bIfOo the puoiie. tbe r6' MrSTKICKLAND8U?estedtbat?'t"t°tb?? construction ot the ,ir)y the naula mme inig?'i?, be changed. He realiy d:d 0ot 00 why Mr Pritchard Morf?n'a name silo,, id be perpetuated as regarded go d mining In ?o"' He did not think that be (Mr Morgan) had dope I very mub; in fact, he thought he bad done more to discourage mining there tba, 2 toe,ir courage it. WhyeoutdEotthacoO.P??y??d called by the name under which the been known for years, viz., the Gwyn Iy??d,? White Mountain ? A shareholder asked how long it would fore the mine wouid be in operation.. The CHAIRMAN mphed tt?t the rn,?icrlllrierl WO ready to start at once. \Vith re:zard to ch JIIø th? name, he did Dot like to jump ?( when he was down. (A laugb. o' Morgan had, perhaps, not be6 W' ? ?roat adv:mtage to their carrying °a ?Minin?, bu. still he had taken very 9- 0o interesl in the mine, aad be (the ellairro"3) f?,l rather reluctant to shut his name on t frog'00 recollection that be was the man wbo Jllei practicaHy developed the mine. NVsl?, hO$100 were no donbt very pretty, but they wet6 ??? what QJfficult to sped and pfoacunce, "n.j tbeo were other reasoni why the name should not  changed. A 8harehoIder ?k"d wha.t bad bee°  about the rfwalty demanded by the Gove"? eo4 The CHAIRMAN said it was a great Injusti exact a royaity from the company, and ?'yi"' tended pressing the matter upon the ?"?' )6? as much as possible, but they could not be ?rc?' He then proposed that the resolutions PaSSgj the previous meeting for the reconstruct!"00f company should bs approved. ,biob Lord WINCHILSKA seconded the motiOn, Ibiob Wil carrieu uniin nvusly. The Hon. G. T. K nyoa was then aPP 0iotd Hqu'dator, without remuneration, and tl"3 "If ticlo Ot a8ociation h?vin? been approved, the 000 ypf terminated.

I ODDFELLOWS A.M.C. AT IPSWICH. The business of the Annual Moveftbl'000' mittee ot the Manchester Unity of Co id ,,IJOWO was resumed on Wednesday morning a  Public-hall. Ipswich, the Grand Mast0'' 9)J|r John Inglis, of Glasgow, presiding. TbOfg c?mm??ee appointed to consider tho rel' )or? 0tbo I Grand Master and board of directors reg?o,i that durn)? the last year 24- lodge, had c0f6^ the connection w)th the nuity, aud trusteO ??t I' no lod?n should be al!owed to secede withoat leaving behind a fair provision for the pr?P? ? of the hab¡J¡tles it h.?d contracted in c,)rIJ ,,)?' with other lodges iH the same district. -Li?e qoe,Os,' tion of lodges which persist ti ^8 regarded the 38th general rule next treated in thA report, the Bub'? 0^jfi' mittee e?tiag; that 25 years of instruct!? o,i remonstrance hav;ng proved unavailing to 10 JOCO those lodges and districts named in the rep ortt# save themselves from inevitable decay, So the Order frem tbe odlUW created by such org0c ho it was well for tho sake of those who had be 00 loyal to the principles m the Order, no Ie? tb$0 an example to any waverlU ,nes, that the karvau district, the Good Eiicoura 9o $be Alexander Lodges iu the Pudsey PnotJ of Ly.Jd and the Prince of Waies "4t?l in the Rye (Jifriet should be cut off Manchester Unity. This recommendation jlot ^dopted and instructions given to the board tl.0C0l in the matter, unless ?tbe lodges and distrioll alluded to Eati8ed them that they put themselves in a propar position. \t Bub-committee further recommouded ?? nge* the case of th? Cambrian Lodge in the SFAOI e$ district, which was not quite m the same Vtb6 tion, another opportunity ahomd be give"Ptod lodge for abandoning the wrong course to b-cd it had committed itself.—The meeting RCCOPtSoOi, thi?.?ndaitowed three months for that p"?,??' -With recard to an application for ase,is?aocetjo meet tho extraordinary :unaral claims occ?'? jtt by the L!anerch ana G.yu colliery disast0to the Pontypool district, the committee recoto' mended that L200 be granted by the A.M.C.'? ccudition that [he nnauciat arrangements  funeral benefits found to be iiece8.gary ,o placed upon a footing satisfactory to the ^° f(), -The meetmg resolved to grant the appl'cag0. —The important question of dealing with ? :[jt having exiatiog deEciences was adjourned ti this morning.

WHAT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW. I THAT the kidneys are the only natural blOO6 purifiers. THAT all the blood must go through the kidoe1; for purification, as it goes through the heart to oxidation. THAT if it be full of poison, that poison IB"; aS?cr overy other or?an. ,1 THAT it 14 very liable to be fillej with uric $Oo (kuim-y poison) widlOut your knowledge, becaO? the kidneys may be diseased and not give fot any pain. j THAT the majority per cent. of all diseases 00 caused by unsuspected kidney-poisoned blood, t THAT Warner's SAFE Cure is the tooOsll wonderful and beneiicent mefliciue ever given mankind. IT CURES the kidneys, and thus cures all jj many niroid^rs which kidney poison creates. IT is the O.VLY recognised specific.. J IT HAS CURKD THOUSANDS of those whom 1 j docto s have given up to die. IT Wl;.L CURE You if ivsed as directed, f»I'™ « ]I fully, ;iro.nptiy, imJ in sufficient quantity. a ._F"" a', "Y ,dj ,.hPTPi.o" 1 "J¡, \r\ I Printed ana fublisheu by ihe i'rvprietar. -'u_ ,ø. DUNCAN & ON. at 10a, it Mary-strect and 'J Kate-street, in cue town of Cardiff, in the county 111a.'1\01' an M

RE A. G. NICHOLLS, Boot and Shoe Maker (a baiik-rllpl).-Sale of the Stock by Bankrupt Stock Realization Company, 27, High-street, Newport (late Wareham's). Commenced at 9 o'clock, Saturday, imay 17th' 211 D. JONES and Co.'s Celebrated Bacon is now sold by the side at 4d per b. t'RKAKFAST IS READY I'll take a cup of Maza wattee. Reduced prices: Is 10(1, 2s, 2s 4d, 2s lOd per lb D, Joite, aULl Co.'s Celebrated Bacoa is now told by the side at 4!d per lb

D. JONKS and Co.'s Celebrated Bacon is now sold by the side at IJd per lb. POKTHCAWL HOTKL.— XToder good management. Moderate charges. Visitors will find evory accommoda- tion and home comforts. Table d'tioie d dly and luncheon bars. Special terms to pie-nics a.1:d parties. Extensive stabling accommodation. Saddle horses, pony carriages, dogcarts, I'Íi88 t¡)I}> gigs, wagonettes, &c" etc. Grooms in attendance. -For further particu- lars apply MANAGERESS. NV Itobert,4, proprietor. 224 ^SPECIALITIES AT THE DOKOTHT.—Tomato Sau- sages, Is per lb. Oxford B awn, is 6d ib. Spiced Bepf. York Hams..Mock Turtle 9d half-pint. Dorothy Butterscotch and every description of English and French Pastiy, Cakes, and Bread. Afternoon Teas and Lnncheons. 143 D. JONES and CO. Cplpbrated B'tconis nJW sold by the at 4'1 per lb IN P.ANKRDPTOY.— Re A. G. Nicholls, Boot and Shoe Dealer, 50, Commercial-street, Newport. The whole of and stock of Boots and Shoes is being sold oil tho promises of the BankriiDt lito,,ic idealisation Company (late Wareham's), 27, High-street, Newnovt. Bale commenced Saturday, May 17ch, 9 o'clock. 211

D. JOVES and Co. 's Celebrated Bacon is now sold by the side at 4jd per lb. BREAKFAST IS KKADTI I'll take a cup of Ivlazn- wattee. Reduced prices Is 10il, 2s, 2s d, 2s 101 per lb, D. JONKS and Co. s Celebrated Bacon is now sold by the side at 4id per b. IN BANKRUPTCY. — The sale of R. Lee's stock of Boots and Shoes commenced on premises, 14b, Commercial,street, Newport, on Ftiday, May 16th. Boors open at 10 o'clock. —By order of Official Trustee. D. JONKS unci (J ,s O eoraied Bacon is HOW sold by the side at 4^.1 per lb.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, CARDIFF A special meeting of the council of the SJuth Wales and Monmouthshire University CoiieKe was held on Wednesday afternoon, when there were present:—RiV C. J. Thompson (vicar of St John' in the chair), Principal Viriamu Jones, Professor Thompson, Mr John Duncan, Mr Thomas D.t vies. Rev D. ill vans, Mr G. C. Thomp- son, Rev A. Tiiiy, Rev J. Morgan Jones, Mr Louis Tyior, Rev D. Young, Mr Lewis Williams, and Mr Ivor James (registrar). Tho council resolved upon an extension of the college lease for 21 years, determinable at the end of seven or fourteen years, at a rental of £400 per annum, with power to tho college to purchase the premise?, together with the two houses at the back, at any timo daring the period of tho lease, for the sum of £ 13,000.—Tiio question of the foundation of a day training college under the provisions of the new code was fully considered, and it was decided to appiy to the Eiucatioll Dapartment for the necesary permission, intimating at the same time to the department that tne college authori- ties would be ready to receive 40 students, half of each sex, or in any such proportions as to the department might seem fit. A committee, consisting of Principal Jone?, Rev C. J. Thompson, Mr Lewis Williams, Rev A. Tilly, and Air C, T. Whitmell, was appointed to take into consideration the various questions of condit:on, terms of payment for lodgings, &c. A report from the joint committee on technical instruction was submitted and considered.

HOUSE OF COMMONS POLICE. The police engaged at tho Houses of Parlia- ment, to the number of 60, had their annual excursion as the guests of Sir Eiward Watkin on Wednesday. The party, which included Superintendent FIsher, Superintendent Cutbush, Chief Iusp ctor Horsley, and Inspector Boghurst, left Charing-crosa shortly after eight o'clock, and proceeded to Folkestone, where a special boat was in waiting to convey them to Boulogne. Mr Igglesdoti, in the unavoidable absence of Sir | ^rlyles Fenton, received the party at Folkestone.

I ASSAULTING A RIVER-WATOHEl Prosecution at Brecon. J At the Guib-baJl, Brecon, on Wednesday^ ,at considerabie time was taken up in hearing cod in which Jitm-? Doyle, a river-watcher to tb$ employ of the U-k an 1' Ehbw Board of CoO?, va'ors, charged William Prober and -v-villi,,O Math:aR, of LIanfae?, Brecon, with viole jMy as3au!tin?r him on April 29?h and W'I''??J Wd¡iam, labourer, of D?inter-streat, 6nm!???< Thomas Evans, of the F12g and Castle lo"' assaulting him on the same occasion. Mr B-jj, Thomas prosecuted and Mr Daniel Ef?"? fended. The evidence of the comp?ianots ? ? to the effect that as tey were returning ?'?h< night they were sat upon in Brecon, near'1 county prison, by Ii ve men, including the defol)' dants.—Doyle stated that Probert and Matth knocked him down and kicked him on the ?''oO? and that they ,nj other men closed round "0 arsaulted him by jumping on his chest and s0% Hecat?douttsurdar and the defendants tj,> Ieft.—WH!)ams stated that Evans struck b1 down, and that he was afterwards kicked ab00, on the ground by defendant and otbers.It be', 0. 9 Evans's Hr«?. S?nue, the bench mulcted blul costs only, £ 1 18 >. Probert and Matthias Vie fined, including costs, 22 Is 3d each.

I ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. I James Walsh, son of a farmer livingdt Boherbee, whe was shot on Monday night, IS io a dying condition, the bullet having entered tb, temple and lodged in the brain. He was not tb victim of a moonlighting outrage, as at first t ported, but was accidentally shot by some co", pamons under circumstances which are at proo8ol shrouded in mystery. The police are investigo ing the affair.

I ARREST OF A RATE COLLECTOR Griffith Roberts, rata coHector to the Baf? Cofpormn?n, and a member of the School BS¡¡1 was remanded on Wednesday on a charge" am?ezztinK the rates. The defalcations to reported to be heavy, and to extend over yoars,

I Mn STANLEY AND THE I EISTEDDVOD. Mr H. M. Stanley has given a conditloll j promise that he will take part in the pi.oceaditlo, of the National E steddvod of Wales, which is be held at Bangor in the autumn.