South Wales Echo

South Wales Notes. THE misunderstanding as to the alleged death from Asiatic cholera at Bristol has I L received further emphasis from the report of the Medical Officer of Health. The intelli- gence naturally caused considerable anxiety at the time when first published, and there was great sharpness in the manner in which it was denied. The denial was I fancy generally believed perhaps for the rea- son that people would rather credit what is pleasant than the reverse. But now the inedical-ofticer makes a most deliberate statement to the effect that the death was decidedly due to Asiatic cholera contracted at Marseilles. He adds that he has seen as many cases of undoubted Asiatic cholera as any man now living," and it must be con- fessed that this fact adds materially to the value of his opinion. It must therefore now, one would think, be accepted as a fact that cholera has been in Bristol and has failed to spread. Now that the shock has passed, there is some comfort to be gleaned from the fact of one death not having led to others. It is in itself another example of the theory which Dr. Paine advocated in his paper at the recent visit of the Medical Association—that cholera is robbed of most of its terrors by proper sanitation. The opinion of the Bristol medical officer, that the case was one of genuine Asiatic cholera, when coupled with the fact that there has been no further case of anything approaching that disease, is thus distinctly reassuring. THE price of meat is a domestic question of perennial interest. It constitutes one of those unpleasantnesses which are always at hand to cause annoyance. The mysterious disappearance of the big margin of profit which the public has to pay, and which the breeder does not receive] would be amusing enough if it was not so costly. But one of the most curious phases of the puzzle is the difference which a few miles will cause in the prices. A Cardiff correspondent, "Car- nis," sends me an example of this. He says I think it can hardly be known to the people of Cardiff that best joints of English meat are 20 per cent, dearer here than in Newport, a leading merchant in which town informs me that he pays 8 £ d per lb. all the year round, whilst in Cardiff the price is 1021,1 and lid. This letter speaks for itself. I can add another fact. Good joints of meat are being sold at Monmouth market-place at 8d per pound. These consist of English legs of mutton and pieces of beef. Why, then, in the name of bullocks and sheep, are the prices in Cardiff so high ? A KOMEWHAT curious and very much mis- taken impression seem3 to have got about in regard to the recent Tory meeting at Trede- gar. The Conservatives have done their best to make believe that it was a success, and have striven their utmost to foist the same nonsensical idea on other people. The truth is that it was a ridicu- lous failure, in which the handful of Tories who were present only succeeded in demonstrating their own weakness and the determination to overawe their oppo- nents by calling in the police. They could not, or would not, argue, and when questions were asked the answers were simply ridicu- lous. The chief event was the passing with acclamation of the vote of confidence in Mr Glad stone; and the only real and tangibleresult of the whole affair was to demonstrate the strength of Liberal feeling in Tredegar, and the insignificant number of those who hold opposite opinions. It may suit the Tories to declare that the meeting was a success, but to make that statement is most decidedly not true. The idea of a Cory meeting in Tredegar being well-attended by those of Tory views is so ridiculously absurd to any one who knows the political feeling of the town, that such a course can be regarded as nothing but a joke-and a very clumsy and feeble joke too just about worthy of the "stupid party."

I EDITORIAL NOTES. Seven or eight years ago, v/hexx the aut ties of Lampeter College began to nn rivalry of Aburystwith College tell upon ie number of Lanimpeter students, giea pains were taken with a view to prove fc ia" m peLer was not in reality what is known as a theological college. Whether the Lampeter principal and his colleagues can now afford to ignore the rivalry of Aberystwith we know not, but certain it is that a yes er- day's conference at Swansea the chairman, the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S again tried to im- press upon the meeting that ampe er was not strictly speaking a theological college. He said they were told that Lampeter was a theological college. That term must be taken in one or two meanings. A theologi- cal college might mean a place of education where candidates for the ministry were prepared, and it might mean that to such candidates only theological instruction was given. It it was true, or if it had been true that St. David's College was theological in the first sense, it had never been true in the second, because a general liberal educa- tion had been given at it from the com- mencement." Strange that nothing was said either by the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S or the Bishop of LLANDAFF,^ who followed, on the merits of Lampeter College as an insti- tution for obtaining a good secu- lar education. The furtherance of the Church, the increase of its 1 S ministry was the burden of their song, and the resolution passed to appeal to the friends of religious education to support the move- ment for raising £ 10,000 asked for by the College Board is proof positive that whilst the Church dignitaries of South Wales would have us believe Lampeter is not a theological college, in their own hearts they ao regard

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-1 I THE THANSCASPIAN RAILWAY. SIMLA, Friday.—It is reported that the Rus- sian Government has concluded a contract for the construction oi a railway between Merv and Charpie, on the Oxus. The Transcaspian Rail- way has now been laid to within a. very short distance of Bami, and work has also been com- menced on the section between Meir and the Tejend river. Colonel Lookhart, in charge of the British mis- sion to the Gilghit country, arrived at Gilghit on the 29th ult., where he met with a cordial recep- tion.

ENGLAND AND EGYPT. I Return of the Troops. [" STANDARD TELEGRAM.] I CAIRO,Thursday Ni^ht.—TheSussex Regiment, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Surrey Regiment, the Gordon Highlanders, and the Brigade of Guards from Cyprus are under orders to leave by the first available transport, together with the 25 th Company of Engineers, and one Battery of Artillery. Major Shakespear and the remainder of the 2nd Battalion of the Egyptian Army arrived here to-day. There will be four battalions stationed in Lower Eg-ypt and fhe in Upper Egypt. Dis- quieting rumours arc afloat regarding the condi- tion of ntfairs at Dongola, but no official news has been received from that place for the last six weeks.

THE ROBBERY FROM THE RUSSIAN STATE BANK. [CENTRAL NEWS Tf'I.KGllAM.) I ST. PETERSBURG, Thursday (via Gumbinnen).— The recent robbery of 220,000 roubles in the State Bank has formed the subject of a special official inquiry. The result is somewhat startling-, even for Russia. It is proved conclusively that the robbery was the result of a conspiracy amongst certain employés of the banlv. The methods adopted were of the most elaborate and cunning character, the signatures of no fewer than 40 high officials having to be forged before the con- spirators could Jay their hands upon the money. The chief criminal has managed to make good his escape from Russia.

NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF I WALES. AN INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENT. [FP.01I IDUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.! I 1 don t know who was the first to tell me- so many eisteddfodic gentlemen sought to impress the fact upon my attention—that an authorita- tive communication had been received stating flu' that Mr Matthew Arnold will positively be present at the eisteddfod. The Aberdarians are highly delighted to hear this, because the fame of Matthew Arnold has preceded him in these old valleys. It is very interesting to know also that the distinguished writer will be the guest of Lord Aberdare at Duffryn. His lordship's appre- ciation of Mr Arnold is pretty well known. I have a very good recollection of what his lordship said at Cardiff the year before last regarding him. Referring to the attacks that had been made on eisteddfodau by English writers at a distance, he said they had after all to ask themselves whether there was any justice in these attacks, and if so, whether on the whole they did not profit bv them. He thought they did, a.nd one of his great points in his connection was that their defence was taken up, as hia lordship said, by one ot the most admirable writers of the day, Mr Matthew Arnold, WbÓSè. work upon Celtic litera- tare had entitled him to the last- ing gratitude of all Welshmen." Under such auspices, and with such a guest, the great writer alluded to may be expected to be shortly able to ascertain for himself what a real Welsh welcome is. beveral parts of Aberdare already show signs 0 ecorations, and I was on Thursday informad, in pitiful accents, by several gentlemen living in the front streets that they cannot obtain a painter, 11 [9 01 lnoil°y> hi the town. I find that there + i a,dmission t0 the Arts Exhibition at the Temperance Hall, on payment of sixpence. I hoped on Thurday to regale myself with a preliminary view of the various treasures stored in that building, but after having tried the doors and found them locked, I hied me away, because it is not always safe to be seen loitering in the vicinity of a reputed storehouse of valuables such as this. The selection of officials to act at the eisteddfod pavilion and surroundings Was continued on Thursday, and the only thing I and others think we have to complain of is that no arrangements have apparently been made for late trains to Cardiff, and the detailed pro- grammes which have been looked for during a week past are not yet obtainable in These are not, it is trusted, insur111ounfca ,o culties. Certkinly nobody here anticipates failure in any respect. „ THE PICTORIAL EXHIBITS. I IBY OUB SPECIAL COKKKSrONDENT.J I have had a private view ot tue aru gauery as far as it goes. Messrs D. Jones Bros., of Car- diff, had not finished the hanging of the pictures when I called on Friday the Temperance-hall, but I saw enough to confirm mo in the impression that a very fair exhibition may be expected. The exhibits will include several choice scenes and other paintings by Mr Fairbaini, the chairman o £ the art committee, a beautiful on paintmg W by Captain Phillips, one of the vice-chairman of the general committee, and an Cdel.br. ,,««! ,o Dr. Pri e M 7,^ in 1866, to the „ffiee Gl,1Ivj f. ™ ^cUon, lo,vs. Several ivel!.re,„™bel^ fromtheframedcanvaoio ie9 faces gazed at me tion an admirable life-sized^Wi- f-pecialaiJprecia' Mr W. Menelaus of the late that seemed so e Picture or the man collect clearly ihet";0me; Perh^ both. Ire- bequeathed so rich -i ]8,. tho gentleman who Cardiff Art Gallerv n .on of Paintl»ffs to the mained on the v/a if, X, wlllch'.by the bye, re- tao counoillm 0 council chamber until Then daw W6re loath to ^th them), and I had l uP°n me a notion that the picture fed. Mr Wends at the Cardiff Eistedd- unon if fK i^alr.' t'ie artist, may depend this di-i^hati^twill meet with due recognition in inf-im-ifS1" i where the deceased gentleman was nnvfT«-t. Then also I observed capital fi. Jts of Sir Hussey Vivian, M.P., and Mr uaid r?°k' of Swansea. Someone at my elbow th« h n' Caradog is to be sent in, besides all S j "e and memorial cup, to which I have ed, and there will also be 011 view a bust of late Rev J, Griffith, rector of Merthyr. So Hiucli more is to coma in ovidently, that I should ?n!y prejudice the art gallery by attempt- lhf? to give a full description of it as I saw it on Friday. I will, therefore, con- tent myself with noting these incidental facts, and stating in reference to the competi- tion that there will be seven oil paintings exhi- bited, ten water-colour drawings, six specimens of lettering in stone, a number of hand-painted and scrap screens, besides various prettily hand painted designs for Christmas and New Year's cards, and other exhibits. The accompaniments in the pavilion, I hear, will be furnished by means of a grand piano and harmonium. On Thursday evening, I may note, the musical committee (Mr Roes Lvans chairman, and Mr T. Howells secre- tary) met in response to an applica- tion from glee partie4 entered In Class 4. The uniformity in the rendering of the much debated passage of the soli came under considera- tion. It was decided to accept the interpretation of singing the solo by one tenor with choral acoomSSneM, Also Bedd y Dyn Plawd" is (r, hrt sunsr without accompaniment as a vocal test r^rformance In connection with the eisteddfod Rfnds I may state that Sir George Elliot, M.P. has intimated his intention of increasing his sub- scription from 50 gnineas to 85 guineas.

The London Gazette of Friday contains a Privy Council order notifying that the Queen has been pleased to ratify the scheme of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners respecting the arrangc ments of the Archdeaconries of St. David s, Brece-i,Cardigan, and Carmarthen. THE VERY BEST! "I have examined the Pills known as KERNICK'S VEGETABLE PILLS. I certify their composition to be purely vegetable. I have also tried their effect, and consider them one of the best Aperient Pills ior consti- pated faahits that I know of. "(Signed), JCilN BALBIRNIE, M A „ M.D —— 16& Sold by all Chemists, in 7ic I 3id, and 28 9d boxes.

BARRY-DOCK AND RAILWAY COMPANY. The second half-ye:-uiy meeting of the Barry Dock and Railway Company was held on Friday, at the offices of the Cardiff Chamber of Coaimerc. Mr David Davies, M.P., deputy-chairman, pro. sided, and there were amongst those present Messrs -Toliii Cory, A. Hood, J. W. Insole, J. 0. Riches, E. H. Watts, Richard Cory, James Ware, It. T. Lusty, Lewis Williams, David Duncan, jun., R. Forrest, O. H. Riches, J. J. Hancock, Jonathan Lewis, T. R. Thompson, J. W. Barry, James Bell, John Guthrie, J. B. Ferrier, Dr. Milward, H. W. Davey, Foa, Strawson, F. Bevau,George Thomas, R. A. Hay, Seward, David Roberts, Eviins (Ocean Company), Henry Jeffries, Henry Jenkins, Hollyer, W. Morgan, T. W. Davies, Whittaway, S. Evans, and D. L. Owen. Mr DOWNING, secretary of the company, read the halt-yeariy report, as follows Y oar directors have to state that Contract No. 2 for the Wenvoe Tunnel, the St. Fagan's Viaduc. a further portion of the main line and the Peterstone and F&ttan's Branches, has been leo to Air T. A. Walker. That tenders for Contract Xo. 4, wnich includes the tunnel at Treforest and the 'l'reforest and Hatod Junc- tions, have been advertised for, and the contract will be let forthwith. That the works of the company are progressing in a satisfactory manner. That the bill promoted by the company in the present session of Parliament received the Koyal assent on the 31st day of July last, and by that act the company are autho- rised to con-truco a short line from tile Penarth Dock station of the TalI Vale Railway to the Barry Dock, to elect three members of the Cardiff Pilotage Board on and after the 1st day of January, 1837, aiufthe act con- tains the provisions as to the capital of the company approved by the shareholders ao the extraordinary liieetinu held in February last. 'Ioat the opposition of this company to the Bitte Docks Sale Bill resulted in the committee of the House of Lords (pre-ided over by Lord llathercon) declining to pass that bili unless the Talf Vale Ibilway Ciempany gave to this company running powers over, the Taff line northward and westward, of Treforest, but tho Tafi Company declined to accept the bill subject to these running powers, and thus defeated the intention of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, mentioned that since it had been drawn up a tender had bean accepted for No 4 contract, which embraced the Hatod and Tre- forest branches of the line, the contract price being very much what the engineer of the com- pany had estimated it at. On the whole, it was a fair price. Now the whole of the contract was let, excepting about 4 £ miles in the centre of the line where there was very little work to do. The directors had not seen fit to let that part also, because they did not think it advisable that it should be allowed to run to waste, as it were, while the heavy work was being carried out. The wó!\)le of the heavy work was now let. The dock, with which great progress had been made, was of course tiie heaviest part of the work. No doubt ail the other work would be finished very much within the specified time and the work of the dock was being proceeded with, as many of them knew, both day and night. It was not a question of how much the work would cost, but of the time to do it in only a certain number of men could be employed on a given space. He had every reason to be- lieve, however, that the whole of the dock would be completed within the time agreed upon —three years and a half from the commencement of the work-so that everything was going for- ward with the greatest possible speed, and in the most satisfactory manner, whilst they paid for everything as they went along. They did not get into debt the contractor was paid every month as soon as the certificate came in. There was no difficulty whatever about money, and he did not anticipate the slightest difficulty in getting the remaining amount required. The branch line between Barry and Penarth would be pushed forward with the greatest possible vigour, in order that it might be opened as early as possible, and the best accommodation pro- vided between those two places. They had got a double line on a dead level for the Whole distance, and he expected that the outside time occupied by the journey of 3i miles would be live minutes. There would not be many stations there might be one in the centre of the line. As they knew, the Taff Vale Railway Company was constructing a line between Penarth and Barry, but this was to be a most circuitous railway, with a gradient of 2J miles. There would be the choice of two routes to Barry, whioh would become almost as convenient for the shipment of coal as if it happened to be at Cardiff or Penarth. The Barry Dock Company intended to give every possible facility for traffic to Barry. Great progress had been mads there in the building line,and very soon Barry would hecome a large town. He should be very pleased, he added, to have the accounts of the company criticised in the strictest possible manner, hut he hoped it would be done in the best spirit, with the best motive, and in the interests of the company. He should be very sorry to think that any shareholder would be mean enough to attend that meeting and make a statement not in the interests of the company, At the same time, if the directors had done any- thing wrong lie for one would be very pleased 0: hear what it was. should Alderman CORY I don't kno^Jv_X^«sted that throw out that hint. No ildeminCOBT! Why .hould you anticipate? I have not beard sw<& a thing smraised even, The CHAIRMAN I don t expect any complaint from you. re^rt! 00 eJ""i "MiM.oI the Mr D. L. OWEN asked how ;t- shareholders had not JjRPn r%j3s with a copy of the rennrt- beforehand thought it WusuaS b,alan<sheet. He supply these dornm 1 public companies to fortnight hpfnr ^8 cer^inly a week, if not a had anothpr « "ieetuiKs were called. Then he flvino- ahnnf ?,ueslVon to ask. There was a report ut Cardiff that the banquet—(laughter) *?* on tue occasion of the cutting of the first o ot the Barry Dock was given by the direc- tors themselves and not by the whole of the share- holders,that the shareholders were not consulted in any shape or form, but that the shareholders would have to pay for the banquet pro rata. (Renewed laughter.) He thought that if that were so, it was very unfair and very unjust. It quite accounted, in his mind, for the great fall which had taken place in the shares. (Loud laughter.) If the meeting was going to be uproarious (much laughter)—and they must admit that it was uproarious—perhaps it would be better for him to say nothing further. (Renewed laughter, and cries of Go on.") He simply, he concluded, wanted an answer to his questions. The CHAIRMAN said he did not happen to know the name of the "honourable member (laughter) who had just spoken. (Several voices, Mr Owen.") With respect to the first question of Mr Owen (the Chairman went on) he was told by the secretary that he had done what was in accordance with the Act of Parliament. Of course when companies were in working order, witha revenue, and paying a dividend, it was usual, as Mr Owen said, to circulate the report and statement of the accounts a fortnight or nine days before the meeting. But he had attended manv meetings the reports presented at which were not forthcoming till the time of the meetings. At the same time it was only courteous on the part of the directors to issue this report before the meeting, and he promised that in future it should be done. (Hear, hear.) Then as to this banquet—first of all the directors had been entrusted with the work by the shareholders, and he thought they could claim to be a first class body of directors (laughter)—what he might call a jolly good lot of fellows. Out of the L600,000 subscribed to the Barry Dock and Railway, the directors themselves had £408,OOO-so that th;]y were not dummies by any means. Whether they had done wrong or not in giving the banquet their object was to entertain the gentlemen who 'h?t f?pported them. He believed virl mLh S°i f3ea? a body would have been nf ti, i directors had paid the I banquet out of their (the fhoii pockets. The directors not only ?h^f ♦ £ me m the Promotion of this bill— «» souths every session for two years—but they paid their own expenses (Heo-r, hear.) Therefore he thought the shareholders would be a shabby lot if they came there and complained about paying for the ban- queb-(Iaugliter) out of the revenue of the company. Of course, the directors paid the lion s share—two-thirds they had given upmuc.i of their time, and had paid their own expense,1" London and he said that any shareholder would, after all that, complain about the company paying for a banquet, was a shabby fellow. ( °u laughter and applause.) Mr OWEN You hmi better name him, SIR. Tho CHAIRMAN: Well, sir. ?,^ll youh^r I fl Th ,(MuCh lay*hteH apdthis?nathe interests don t believe you haye done this m luwer of the company. I believe you nav motive, and tit yo» •» £ V'S pany. I have bef b nquet. (Shouts of you were not.invitedito the' ^^tunata; and I laughter.) ^one the company some have no doubt you have ao^ £ e hive another banquet, I pr<«jat you shall be invited one of the first. (Much laughter.) When we finish the work we shall have a grand banquet; it will be on a much larger scale than the last. I don't think the directors have anything to regret, however. I am willing to leave that to the meeting. If the meeting thinks that wt? have done '.vr.iiig ia paying for that dinner out of the revenue of the nyt T quite willing to pay my proportion with tho otne directors, so that it shall not fall on the otner shareholders. (No, no.) That is, of course, suming that the shareholders wish it, but I dan t think you are such a lot of shabby feHowS, (Laughter.) Mr OWEN I don't put it in that way but as a question of consulting the shareholders before the banquet was given. The CHAIRMAN If the shareholders cannot trust the directors to do that how do they trusu them to do the great work? (Applause.) It 19 simply a heap of nonsense to say that, and noth- ing more nor less. Alderman CORY, as one of the largest share- holders outside the board, thought that Mr Owen would have shown better taste if he had remained silent with regard to that little matter of the ban- quet. As far as it affected the share* of the concern, oh, dear!—as the chairman j said-it was perfect nonsense. They could easily i understand the reason of the shares being down in the market. Some people had taken shares as a speculation, and in consequence of the great; depression of trade they bad not unfortunately bed1 able to hold them. Therefore they had been sold for whatever they would fetch in the market, but that did not at all affect the value of the splendid property which the company held in the neighbourhood of Cardiff. [ The CHAIRMAN then put the report to the metiug-, and it Wit" unanimously adopted. On the motion of Mr JAMES WARE, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman. The CHAIRMAN, in replying, said that as far as the shares were concerned they should always bear in mind that 22 was paid and although there was a discount, it was not a discount on the £ 2 but on £ 10, because every £ 8 would have to ba paid in full. They must finish the dock before they got a dividend. That might be inconvenient: to some people, tiie times being bad. Many to some people, the times being bad. Many people, obliged to sell, would wish to hold their shares for the sake of the great premium which in the future would be upon them when the i dock was finished—there could be no doubt about that. The work would be done for a price well within the estimate the weather was very much in favour of the work of dock construction- f indeed everything had been in favour of tho company. He did not mean to sell any of his own shares; and if it had not been for a certain circmstance he should have bought every share put into the market by those who wished to dis- Pll?ei "• The circumstance to which ha alluded was this—he had to buy some •and, at a cost of £ 80,000, around hia house, for which sum he had made no provision. But they must always expect ¡ depreciation in shnres. What did the Taff Vale sell tor once ? (A voice: 240 and another: £ 23.) What were they now ? Why, B270 1 The same would be the case with respect to the Barry shareR-all they had to do was to go without a dividend for a little while. They had nothing to fear, and they were a very happy family. (Laughter and applause.) He was very much obliged to Mr Owen for having come there, for lie had shown that if there was any dissension from the action of tho directors, it was limited to one—Mr Owen himself and he (the chairman) guaranteed that; Mr Owen would be one of the best friends of the company before they had done with him. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) On the motion of Mr OWEX, seconded by Mr HOLLYER, a vote of thanks was given to the secretary, Mr Downing, for his efforts in getting the bill through Parliament. The proceedings then terminated. MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS. LETTING OF A NEW CONTRACT. Prior to the meeting reported above, a ilieetitig j of the directors of the Barry Dock and Railway Company was held for the purpose of transacting general business and letting No. 4 contract. This contract embraced the construction of a. tunnel at Treforast and the iiiaking of the Tre- forest and Hafod branches of the railway. This directors accepted the tender of Mr Maclcay, who constructed the Pontypridd and Caerphilly Railway. ™

ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF A SWANSEA ENGiNEER. On Friday the Bristol Marine Board met at their offices, Prince-street) Bristol, to inquire iu- to charges made against Joseph Howie, chief 6u- gineer of ttie British steamship lioebuck. Tha charge was that the defendant while actiug a3. chief engineer of the vessel on a voyage trom i f Swanseai to Bona and back was guilty of grosa ( acts of misconduct and drunkenness.. Mii Do d Ef Salmon prosecuted at the instance ot t e Board of Trade, and Mr Vachell appeared tor the de- fendant. The ciise for the prosecution was that the defendant joined e Roebuck as 'chief engineer at Swansea, and Undertook to accompany he!r from that port to Bona and other places, and then back to England. The v«s- l?1 difprST? 0n tIje 8th of July and a tt h etitrm 1 WaS Stafced to be drunk w.„ ? .ancJ very abusive to the master. It mplained that he similarly misbehaved -eit at Lona. In consequence of his conduct» on the ship arriving at Bristol, the master, Cap tain Corner, of Newport, declined to allow him to go to the engine room, and the defen- dant thereupon was again abusive and at- tempted to push his way below. Mr Vachell ad- dressed the board for the defence, and contended that his client had performed his duties aboard the ship and that misconduct in this respect could' not be proved. The board found the defendant guilty and suspended his certificate for twelva months. j

THE GLAMORGANSHIRE BANK* [ I A general meeting of the proprietors of the Glamorganshire Bank has been held in the usual private manner at the Banking House, Swansea. Mr Dillwyn, M.P., presided. The half-yearly report showed that the further loss of the old company ascertained during the half year had been written off the contingency account and that the items still unrealised or unliquU dated were retained on the present balance sheet at the same amounts as were standing on the account of 27th March, 1884, the balance of the contingency account, now amounting to £ 600,643 13s 2d being held against them. The net profits for the half year, as shewn by the accounts, were £ 5,231 17a 9d, out of which the directors recommended that; L3,003 38 2d be applied in paying a dividend of 25 per cent per annum on the preference shares, and a like rate on the ordinary shares of the company, and that a balance of £ 3,228 14s Id bo transferred to the contingency account. The Tetiring directors were Messrs T. A. Marten and J. Cady. The report was adopted, on the motion of the chairman, seconded by Sir H. Vivian.— Mr Tissington moved" That, taking into con-* sideration the losses that had been sustained through the collapse of the old bank, the remu- neration of the directors should be reduced from 1,000 guineas to 700 guineas." Mr Lake, of Neath, seconded, but the motion was rejected.—The directors and auditors having been re-elected, the meeting terminated. I

SUICIDE AND SUDDEN DEATH i IN LONDON. ,.If:. 1\1 • At 20 minutes to eight o'clock on Friday morn," i ng, Mr S. Henderson Williams, of No. 3* Temple, gardens, London, committed suicide by leaping from a high window overlooking the Embankment. He fell into the gardens beneath' ana so injured himself that he died a after- wards. A man belonging to.h, rdeen steamer lying at Temple Pier, ^o^epea to remove the body, fell down dead s .turning to his

-= VISIT OF THE DUKE OF I EDINBURGH TO RUSSIA. I On the departure of the Court r •„ the royal yacht Victoria and A1K from Osborn^ to the Duke and Duchess of Edint Y '6?l5 sail for the Baltic on ThnV^Jlnbui*ll« u''i;l wl1* intention of vi^ingtheE^p^^ of^Russia!'

-4z:=' SUICIDE OF A HEAD-CONSTABLE 1 Head Constable PL < tr-L. Ilead Constal)le PlIelOlli, of the Itoy,,il Irisk I Friday evening bv ^tl- co,mrn,itted OI> where he had s-ono his throat ao Tramore* 0Q a month's leave.

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