South Wales Echo

THE EBBW VALE STRIKE. I Prospects of a Settlement. We are pleased to state that there is some prospect of the painful and unfortunate difference at Ebbw Vale being brought to a settlement. When it became known that the masters were agreeble to submit the matters iu dispute to arbitration, a ray of hope was kindled in the breasts of many, and it was impossible to conceal the joy which existed among all classe* at the idea of the men resuming work, and at the thought of the town once more assuming its lively aspect, It i* to be hoped that nothing unforeseen will spring up to prevent the negotiations being brought to a successful issue. The committee met on Tuesday, at the Duke long room, for the purpose of dislributing relief. The number of appli- cants was large, and far exceeded the expectations of the committee. Hundreds of men, women, and children fl icked to the hall. The street was for some time blocked, and strong measures had to be taken to prevent the hungry crowd from rushing into the room. It seemed at this period as if the proceedings would have been brought to a standstill. It was evident that many bad been attracted by sheer hunger, and some of the cases were most gainful. The sum distributed amounted to about j80. The number of persons relieved was 665 men, 434 women, and 1,102 children. The working committee will meet on Wednesday morning for the purpose of taking into considera- tion the question of arbitration.

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YANKEE YARNS. I THIS TOUTH WHO PIED FOR LOVS. I A visitor to a noted ruin Oil toe Rhine was shown over the premises by ta old janitor, who explained aii about the esmie. Janitor: ii the celebrated hungpr tower." Visitor: How did it get that name." Do you see yon skeleton in the curner ?" I do. "That is the skeleton of the wretched page who dared to aspire to the affections of the beautiful Countess of Dracberefels, and who for his crime was locked up in this tower, and perished wreichedly from hunger and thirst. Alas, poor youth," added the janitor wiping away a dry tear. His skeleton seems to be falling to pieces." Yes but I have already made arrangements with the village sexton, who furnishsd this one, to procure me a nice new one.' HE KNEW A FRESHKT- I An American traveller, while in Venice, chanced to meet a feliow-countryman, and entered into ) conversation. The stranger was from the MisaiasipDi River bottoms. "What do you think of Venice?" asked our | American friend. "Wall, I don't think I oughter express my opimoa uow, for I didn't git here till after the overflow, act' haiat had a chauce to see toe town but, as the water 'pears to be on the standstill, I reckon it'jJ begin to go down putty soon but I 'low that when she starts, she'll go down right I smart." My gracious, man, this is not an overflow "Then it's about as lively a freshet as ever I seed. In our country, when we have to paddle around tbp streets iu canoes, we call it a putty good overflow." "You don't understand. This is Venice, and the water is always here." "You don't say so? An' does the Government have to issue rations to all these folks?" "Of course not. This town was built to-" Wall, that might be; but I call it a overflow all the same. But if it ain't goin' to fall enough for me to see the town, I reckon I'd better go. This is the blamedest swamp I ever seed!" SILBEKSTEIN'S MISFORTUNE. I A man named Tom Beasiey was riding into the ( town of Lick Skillet, ten miles from Crosbyville, in Crosby County, about ten o'clock one morning not long since, when he was halted by a man who was seated at the root of a large tree. Hello, mine vriend, vere you come from?" cried the stranger. Beasiey reined in his hcrse and replied Hello, yourself! Did you shtop last night dot Crosbyville in ? "Yes, I did." "Vat vash der news in Crosby ville? Has dey hid some fires lately?" Well, I should say so. But how did you find out that the dry goods store of Silberstein Brothers was burned last nighi; ? "I shoost guessed it." Is your name Silberstein? Mine name vas Silberstein." Humph I thought so." Have you seen my brudder Isaac ja do Cros- by ville?" Is he a man about your siz Z r Chonst apout." Looks like you?" "For all ter vorld. Ve vas tervins." Did he have on a pair,of striped pants "He tid. Well, they had that sort of a man locked up in jail, and there was some talk of a moh lynching him." "For vat? Pecause he vas so unfortunate ash to have his store burned down ?" "No, they didn't mind his store about all the business portion of.the town being laid in ashes, if the only saloon in the town hadn't gone up in the flames. There isn't a drop of whisky in the place, and they naturally feel exasperated at your brother, whom they suspect of setting the store on fire." Der vas 110 visky in Crosby ville ?" "Not a drop." I vill have in Crosbyville a full stock of de finest viokiea, prandies, and liquors ioaide of four days." "You seem to be confoundedly indifferent about the fate of your brother." Vell, you see we have *our lives insured in favour of each oder, so der vas no danger. Pesides, I am afraid he vas an incendiaries, and I don't vant to have noddings to do mit such unreliable peebles." Nor I either," said Beasley, as he rode off.

MARRIAGE OF MISS CRAWSHAY I BAILEY. The town of Abergavenuy was en fite on Tuesday, the occasion being the marriage of Miss Crawshay Biiley, of Maindiff Court, to Mr W. E. Carne Carre, of ltton Court, Chepstow. The marriage ceremouy was performed at Llanthewy Skirrid Church by the Ven. Archdeacon Griffiths, of Neath. The line of route from the Great Western Station to Llanthewy Sk'rrid was decorated with flags and festoons of flowers and evergreens, with floral arches at intervals. Amongst those invited to attend were:-Mr T P Price, M P., and Mrs Price; Mrs Morgan, Heath Villa, Lynton; Airs Herbert, Lianarth Mr JO Unas, Lancaster Gate Mrs Lionel Smith, Madman's Hall; Mr and Mrs Reginald Herbert, Clytba; Miss Gordon Can. ning; Miss J D Jones, Ross; Mr Gordon Canning, Harphury, Gloucester Mr and Mrs Gordon Canning, Mr Gwynne Holford, Mr Campbell, Mr and Mrs Baker Gabb, Mr and Mrs C F David, Mr and Mrs Walford, Mrs Curre, Mr and Mrs Kennard, Captain Powell Rees, Sir Henry and Lady Matber Jackson, Mr and Mrs Carlisle, Mr Edward Peake, Dr and Mr? Samuel Steel, Capt. G Haines, Judge, Mrs, and Miss Owen, Mr Arthar Lord, Mr Cecil Lord, Mr Herbert Lord, Mr and Mrs Domvilie, Sir Arthur and Lady Herbert, Captain and Mrs Bradney, Captain and Mrs Herbert, Mr. Mrs, and Miss Berrington, Mr and Mrs Palmer Jenkins, Mr Clay, Lieut-Col. J S Wheeley, Dr and Mrs W. Dyne Steel, Alr J. M. Curre, Mr Wheeley, Mr F. C. Hanbury- Williams, the Rev N. Sbafto Barthrop, Colonel and Mrs McDonnell, the Ven. Archdeacon and Mrs GrifSths, Captain and Mrs Saltren-Wiliett, Mr and Mrs Partridge, Major E. Heroert, Mr and Mrs Hogau, Lord and Lady Raglan, Mr and Mrs Neptune-Blood, Mr and Mrs Lougwortb-Lister, Mr and Mrs Jeffrey-Hill, Mr Lort-Pbilipps, Mr and Mrs Partridge, Backton Grange Mr and Mrs Hanbury Williams. The wedding presents were numerous and of a very costly description. They included a hand- some gold mounted travelling bag,a diamond neck- lace with pendants,diamond brooch aud ring,and a diamond and sapphire ring, the gift of the bride- groom a diamond cross, embroidered cushion, and silver bowl, the gift of the bridegroom's mother, Mrs Curre a handsome toilet mirror in a silver frame, the gift of the bride's mother, Mrs Crawsbay Bailey a diamond bangle, the gift of the bride's brother-in-law, Mr W. Gordon- Canning embroidered sachet for handkerchiefs, gioves, &c., the gift of Miss Canning. The road from Maindiff Court to the church was thronged with vehicles of every description, as well as pedestrians. The pathway from the road through the churchyard to the porch was covered with an awning and a turkey-red carpet laid along the whole length of the pathway. The smallness of the church rendered it impossible for a tithe of the would-be onlookers to witness the ceremony. The invited guests were furnished with tickets, and to these precedence was given for accom- modation within the sacred building. The marriage was by special licence, and was solemnized by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Llandaff, assisted by the Rev J. W. Jones (rector of Llanddewi) and the rector of Itton (the Rev W. Sbafto Barthrop), The Revs Theopbilus Rees and *W. Pinney were also in attendance. The bride wore a white duchesse satin dress with train, trimmed with orange blossoms and spray of heather, with diamond ornaments. The brides- maids, four in number, were dressed in white muslin over satin, pink sashes, white muslin hats trimmed with ostrich feathers, and eaph wearing a diamond brooch in the form of a true lover's knot, the gift of the bridegroom. There was also a page, Master Bay Blood dressed in sapphire blue velvet with lace collar and cuffs, and true lover's knot diamond pin. The bridesmaids were the Countess Eveline Metaxa, Miss Maud Metaxa (cousins of the bride), Miss Dorothy Vickers, and Miss Tempe Crawshay. These were accompanied by the Count and Countess F. Metaxa, Mrs Crawsbay Bailey (mother of the bride), 1rl! Curre (mother of the bridegroom), Mr and Mrs Nepcune Blood, and Captain and Mrs Saltren Willett. The wedding breakfast, held at Maindiff Court, was provided by Buszard, of 197 and 199, Oxford-street, London, and was of a most recherchi description. On leaving home for Scotland the bride wore a tailor-made dress of pearl-grey cloth, trimmed with silver, and hat to match. On passing through the town towards the Great Western Railway Station, the newiy- married pair were greeted with loud acclamation, and a large number of flowers were thrown from the windows of several houses in the streets. Festivitias were carried on late into the evening at Maindiff Court, which maintained its reputa- tion for unbounded hospitality.

CLEVELAND IRON MARKET. MIDDLESBROUGH, Tuesday.—The iron market showed a firm aud steady feeling to-day. There was not iso much demand as at some late weekly meetings, but some of the weaker holders having cleared out their stocks, and tbe Scotch market proving firmer than a few days -,ince, sellers would not part with their iron under 34s 6d No. 3 for this month's delivery, and 34* 9,! to the end of the year makers, however, ask 33s No. 4 forge is 33s 4 £ d. Warrants are quoted at about 33s 7 £ d. It makers would abate their prices there wonid be more buying, but they are very stiff, expecting a better demand on continental account and also for America. Shipments show a smaller coast- wise demand they are 23,500 tous to yesterday. Foreign requirements are steady. Connal's stock of warranto declined 1,700 tone on the week. The manufactured iron trade has been steady, witb improving prices. Bars and angles are 24 17s 6d ship plates, ES SIi, less commission. The steel trade is active, ship plates being 26 178 6d to jS7 rai!?, 23 17s 6d.

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FACTS AND FANCIES. A hair-dresser is a man of many parts. A corner in bricks-the chimney corner. The great want of the age(d) is to be youug again. Double-headed freaks are barred out of single skull races. A liberal education is one that has cost the boy's father a great deal of money. AT CONKT ISLAND.—He: Dn you see that peculiar cloud in the horizon ? She I don't know which one you mean. He: I mean the one that looks like a dog. She: 0 yes, I see it now. It's a regular sky terrier. THE PEACH CRop.-Wife: Peaches geem to bo scarce again this season.—Husband: Yes, the spetulati rs are bearing the Delaware peach crop.—Wife: Speculators bearing the peach crop What are the trees doing? KEEPING WrrarN BOUNDS.—Said a distinguished patient to his physician, Doctor, will you band me my medicine, please?"—"Excuse me, sir," responded the man of science, but I am only connected with the bulletin part of your case. Another doctor will be here directly." A COMPLIMENT.—Funny Man (who has been imitating animals): Well, what do you think of my proficiency ?—Jinks: You can't fool me.- Funny Man: What do you mean?—Jinks: I mean that braying like a donkey. There was no imitation about that. That was the real article. THE PIa WASN'T TO BL&uE.-Wife On the 25:0 of next November we will celebrate our silver wedding. Don't you think we ought to kill the fat pig and have a big feast?" Husband: Kill the pig? I don't see bow the unfortunate animal is to blame for what happened twenty-five years ago." No ADVANTAGE,—Johnpie: "I wish I lived in South America." Mother: "Why, Johnnie?" The mammas down there don't wear any slippers." "Yes, my son, but you must also remember that tbe little boys in South America do not wear any pants." "That's so. It's queer that I never thought about that." Well, Percy, dear," she said sweetly after breakfast, "what shall we have for dinner!" Oh, anything you like." "No, dear; anything you like." But I shall like anything you like, my little rosebud." "And I shall like anything you like, you precious old boy." Well, then, what shall we have, dear?" "Whatever you want. darling." But I want to please you, lovey." "And I want to please you, precious." "You old darling OUT Of THE FRYING PAN.—A New York man visited the family of a relative in the country, whero be was not a welcome guest by any manner of means. After the visitor bad spent a couple of we",k.. his much disgusted host said one morning at the breakfast table Dear cousin, don't you think your family will miss you painfully? You ought not to leave them alone so much." "By Jove, that's so," exclaimed the New Yorker; "I'll telegraph them to come right on here." See that Straw hat t How lonesome now it looks! But oh, We know Though pathetic, Tis prophetic Of woods and running brooks, Verdant heather, And hot weather. NIGltO SLAVS OWNERS. -Curiously, the negroes themselves have been the principal slave owners of Brazil. There are negroes and negroes. One class came from a locality in the Gulf of Benin. They are different from the Congoesl and other debased tribes. The men are of stalwart frames and of intelligent minds; the women of pleasing countenance, with figures like a Venus do Medici in ebony, and they walk, even under their burdens, like queens. Professor Agassiz once said, "The Aliua negress is the finest specimen of a natural woman that I have ever seen." The people of this tribe were first brought over as slaves, but they soon came to be slave owners They became also ship owners and merchants, and drove lucrative trade with Africa in negroea and in merchandise. They have crossed with the Portuguese blood, as all the other negroes have done but the Mina cross is by far the best, and it cau scarcely be considered a deterioration. This miscegenation has gone so far that many years ago when it was proposed, in taking 'the census of the empire, to classify the whites and blacks, it was found impossible to determine the colour line. THE LOST LETTER, I I have lost my precious letter That the mail brought yester night; Lost it walking through the meadow Where the clovers are in white. And if you should chance to find it- But you would not dream it mine; For my name is not upon it, Only" Dearest v on each line. „ Who would tell me that he loves me? Who would say my lips are sweet? Who would dream the wild wood blossom* Only wake to woo my feet? That be fancied threads of golden In my brown hair's warmest glow, You might think his eyes were dazzled By a dart from Cupid's bow. When he says my eyes have told him He is dearest of all men. You would think my cheeks would crimson, So they'd never pale again. But my name is not upon it, Only" Dearest" in each line; And if you should read the letter You would never dream it mine.

TRINITY OOLLEGE EXAMINA. TION. List of Successful Local j Candidates. At the Council Chamber of the Town-hall on Tuesday afternoon, Colonel Hill, C.B., M.P., in the absence of Mrs Hill, distributed the prizes to the successful candidates in Trinity College local examinations, Cardiff district. There was a large attendance of students and their friends.—Colonel Hill delivered an interesting address on the history of music, referring to the development of art amongst the different nations. He looked with great satisfaction upon the work that Trinity College was doing in the cultivation of music in England. In the Cardiff district itself the results showed a greater general degree of excellence than in any other year. That was a step in the right direction, and indicated that the influence of the institution was being sustained, (Applause.)— The hon. secretary, Mr W. Scott, announced that the prize-winners were Miss J. Owen (Dr Frost), Seniors' 1st prize Kate Samuel (W. Scott), Seniors' 2nd prize Miss Winifred Lily George (Mr A. H. Jones, Maescwmmer), Juniors' 1st prize and Miss Emily W. Mathias (Summer- field Hall), Juniors' 2nd prize. The following were the passes:- HONOURS, SENIOF.HatiO Samuel (W Scott), Mary Kate Kettle, Alice Cruikshank (St. Au iries, Penarth), Jennie Owen (Dr Frost). < PASS, SENIOR.—Edith M Peters, Bessie Jones (Summerfleld Hall), Ellen I Atkins (Mrs Culverwell, Cowbridge), Maria Bennett (Mr Thatcher. Roath), A C Trotman, Gertrude Gibbon, M. A Heme, Ellen E Haley (Dr Frost, Cardiff). lio.Noults, JCNIOR.—Ktnily W Mathias, Sarah B Thomas C-ummerfield Hall), Winifred Lily George, Rose George (Mrs R H Jones, Maesycwmmer), Ethel B Procter, Martha Collins (St Audries, Penarth), Gertrude Whapham. Grigbton Harley, Emily Collins, Heien C Cooper (Miss L A Frost), Catherine McNair Atkins, Elizabeth Thomas, Helen Jenkins( Mrs and Miss Culverwell, Cowbridge), Edith Jones (Miss Hughes. Maesteg), Mary Ann John (Miss Llewellyn, Cowbridge). JUNIORS, PASS—Albert E Stafford, Christopher Collins (Mr Howell, Penarth), Ethel M Sprague, May Howard (the Misses Monk, Poutypridd), Lily E Edwards (Mr G C Howell), Catherine E Davies, Emma Morris, Lot.tie Gwilliam, Maggie A Powell, Edith H Jones. May Phillips (Summertield Hall), Wm Jones, Edith Callaway, Edith Eynon, Jessie Coleman, Har- riette Kent, Lottie John, T J John, Florence Callaway, Annie Shaw (Miss Callaway, Mountain Ash), Wm H Long, Sarah Ann Boskins,Minnie Williams, Sarah Ann Davies (Miss Colston, Mountain Ash), Annie B Sclater, Jennie Ashtou (Miss S A Webb, Cardiff) Winifred Rose Thomas, William J Thomas (Miss Pin. eott, Cardiff Docks), Lizzie Jane Davies (A H James, Aberdare); Henrietta Stapleden (W Scott); Annie H Ramsdale, Grace E Strong (Mrs A Morris, Caerleon) Lizzie Gibbs, Gertrude StocKdale and Blanche Stracom (Miss L A Frost. Saint Audries. Petiarth): AInha Honsen (Miss L A Frost); Eveline L Davks, May A Canty, Elizabeth James, Sarah Jane Lewis, Kate Evans, Amelia Gillespie, A Atkins, Marian Richards, Elizabeth Ann Netherway, Gwen Llewellyn (Mrs and Miss Culverwell, Cowbridge) 2 Jennett Ann Jones (Mrs Evans, Trecynon, Aberdare); Lizzie Ann Richards, RoseE Kate Lou a,her, Margaret Williams, Annie Maria Jones, Alice May Hopkins. Maggie Evans, Mary Catherine Morgan, Edward Dunstan Roberts, Da.vid James Griffiths, Florence Ellen Rees, Christina Lewis (Miss Hughes, Maestee), Sharp Rowland, Mary Sophia Jones (Miss Cusrney, Merthyr). Bessie Matthews (Miss L Fisher, Penarth). Lizette W Pallofc, Sydney Harcourt Rees, Adelaide Price, Sirah Ann Tape, Elizabeth Harris, Margaret A Edwards (Roath Musical Academy, Cardiff), Annie May Williams, Anna Stuart Johnston, ason Frederick Frost,fThomas L Davies (Dr Frost). It should be added that Mary Kate Kettle (St Audries, Penarth) prepared by Mr W. Scott, gained sufficient marks to entitle her to the first prize in the senior division, but that she was unable to obtain it owing to her being two months over age. ——

CARDIFF INFIRMARY. The first meeting of the Infirmary Saturday Committee for this year was held on Monday evening at the Town-hall. Amongst those present were Mr England (in the chair), Mr Berkeley (representing the Cardiff pilots), Mr J. Huggins (Shipwrights' Society), the hon. secretaries (Messrs G. T. Coleman, W. Lincoln, and F. W. Lock),and others representing different societies and works. -Mr Councillor David Jones was re-appointed honorary treasurer, and Messrs Coleman, Lincoln, and Lock were re-appointed honorary secretaries. —It was unanimously carried that the Infirmary Saturday collection be made in the different works and other places of business on the second Saturday in October, viz., October 12th.—Last year s committee to cany out the work for this year was re-appointed, with power to add to their r number.—A warm vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the honorary treasurer and honorary secretaries for tbeir able services in last year's work, as well as the assistance they have given for several years past. 1 -1-

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Another London Mystery GHASTLY DISCOVERY IN THE I THAMES. A profound sensation was created late on Tuesday afternoon by the report that another fiendish murder bad been committed, this time in the western part of London. There is, unfortu- nately, too much reason to believe that the report will prove to be absolutely correct, and already the police are pursuing enquiries based upon this assumption. The discovery, which is held to afford incontestable proof of murder and mutilation, was made in the Thames, naar Ebury Bridge and Grosvenor-road. A policeman's attention was attracted to something at which a number of boys were pelting stones. He had the object of the boys' amusement extricated from the, planks of timber amongst which it was entangled, and on examining it, he fouud it to be a woman's arm. He had it at once removed to the station, where it was inspecsed by Dr Neville, of Pimlico road, the police surgeon. The arm bad been romoved from the shoulder, and had evidently been amputated by an unskiliul hand. It must have been removed from the body of a person murdered but a day or two, as, when touched, the blood began to triokle freshly. The instrument with which the amputation was effected must have been exceedingly sharp, the joint being cut into and. the limb removed at the shoulder socket. There was a cord tied round the arm above the elbow. Apparently the person murdered must have been a very finely developed young woman. The arm was fully as long as that of a man of five feet ten inches or five feet eleven inches. This shows that the woman must have been about five feet eight inches. There were a few abrasions on portions of the skin, but these might be caused by the knocking against the timber in the water. The police at first denied all knowledge of the subject, but it is now stated that a search is being made for other portions of the body, the theory being that another horrible murder has been committed, and the mutilated remains of the victim cast into the river. A later telegram states that at twenty minutes to one on Tuesday afternoon, a man named Frederick Moore, employed at Messrs Wand's timber yard, Grosvenor-road, had his attention drawn to a curious-looking olject lying on the mud on the banks of the Thames, immediately opposite where he was working. Moore procured a ladder and descended to the bank below the wharf. On approaching the object he was startled to find that it was a human arm. It was partly wedged between some timber in the wood dock, belonging to Messrs Chappie, Moore's first thought was to secure the ghastly object so that it might not be carried away by the tide or current, and this object be assured by tying it to a baulk of timber with some string which he bad in his pocket. He then carefully examined the immediate vicinity, but failing to find any more human remains he took up the arm, carried it to the embankment, and there handed it over to the care of Police-constable James. The latter obtained a newspaper from a neighbouring public-bouse, and having wrapped up the arm, which bad already attracted the morbid curiosity of a rapidly gathering crowd, conveyed it to the Gerald-row police- station. Inspector Adams, of the B Division, at once took charge of the case, and his first care, and communicating the discovery to Scotland-yard was to send for Dr Nevill, of Pimlico- road and Sloane-street, the nearest medical man, who soon arrived at the police station, and made a most careful examination of the remains. He bad no difficulty in deciding that the arm was that of a well-formed, tall, and well- nourished young woman, probably about 25 years of age. It had been cut off at the shoulder with some sharp instrument, and the question at once naturally suggested itself, is this the work of a professional anatomist or of a murderer ? Dr Nevill did not feel called upon to express a positive opinion either way, but he could not deny that the work bad been neatly done. Some skill too had been shown in the manner in which the limb had been removed from the trunk, but the handiwork was scarcely good enough for a person acquainted with the principles of anatomy. The flesh was comparatively fresh, and was not quite free from blood, but it had been in the water at least two or three days. As soon as the medical examination had been concluded, Inspector Adams had the arm removed to the mortuary in MHlbank-street. He then proceeded with his iavestig&tiono. ffia firet 0o.ro I was to have the whole of the river in the immediate neighbourhood thoroughly dragged. The work was continued until a late hour on Tuesday evening, but according to the police no more human remains were found, The police records of missing persons were also carefully searched, but they yielded nothing that could be described as a clue. Within the last week there has been reported to the police an average number of mysterious disappearances of women, but as far as can be ascertained not one of them can be connected with the present case. It is possible that the arm may bave been placed where found by some medical student, or other practical joker. This view, however, is not shared by the authorities.

THE CLUBS AND SUNDAY DRINKING AT CARDIFF. The Head Constable's Report, I The Head Constable of Cardiff (Mr Hemingway) presented the following report to the licensing magistrates of that borough on Tuesday :— Gentlemen,—I have the honour to present return of applications for new licenses also list of reports and convictions against licensed bouses for the pa^t twelve months. The number reported and convicted are respectively 9 and 2, as against 12 and 4 last year. With the above exceptions, the licensed houses have beea well conducted. RETURN OF DRUNKENNESS. I Number pro- Number Number Year, ceeded against Convicted discharged Remarks. 1887 702 653 49 1888 771 647 124 Increase 69 scmiT wmmnFfflw, wS 1887 56 49 7 Apprehended. 33 30 3 Summoned. t!9 79 10 1833 44 37 ? Apprehended, 20 18 2 Summoned. 1833 44 37 ? Apprehended, 20 18 2 Summoned. 64 55 9 Decrease, 25. I herewith give the number of persons proceeded against for Sunday drunkeness tbe year prior to the operation of the Sunday Closing Act, and each year since :— 1882 43 1883 77 1884 139 1885 118 1886 121 1887 89 1888 64 The toregoing statements snow a siignc increase in drunken cases over the preceding year, but there has been a decrease in Sunday offences. As I have previously reported, a large percentage of the drunkenness is due to the bogus clubs and other illicit drinking bouses, and the whole of the Sunday charges are attributable to that source. During the last 12 months we have proceeded against 36 keepers of bogus clubs, and 21 were fined, the aggregate of the fines amounting to £936. Of the number fined, 12 were imprisoned in default of pay- ment, and five absconded. We have also proceeded against 26 p- i sons for illicitly selling beer at private houses, and 16 were convicted and fined, the total of the fines being S220 10s. Consequent upon our pro- ceedings against the clubs last year the whole of them closed, but upon the decision of the magistrates in two cases having been reversed at the quarter-sessions at Swansea, they re-opened, and at the present time there 1 are 31 in the borough. I have issued instructions for proceedings to be taken against tbe whole «f them. The number of licensed bouses are as follows Alehouses 177 Beerhouses 99 Beer licenses, off 18 Wine licenses 10 Grocers' licenses «. 24 328 During the past year 70 transfers of licenses have taken place.-I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, W. HEMINGWAY, Head Constable:

THE NANTMELYN DISPUTE. Terms of the Arbitration Agree- ment. In pursuance of an agreement entered into on Monday between Mr W. Thomas, Brynawel, and the minersagent, the workmen who have been onstrikefor 23 weeks resumed work on Tuesday at Nantmelyn. The agreement arrived at is to the following effect The workmen at the colliery are to resume work thereat on the 11th September, 1838, on the following conditions :-The difference now existing as to the price for the cutting of bottom in the seven-feet seam to be disposed of in the following manner :-The workmen to be represented by Mr Isaac Evans, miners, agent, Neath. member of the sliding-scalu committee, as an arbitrator, and the owners' side to be represented by Mr Archibald Hood, proprietor of the Glamorgan Collieries, and member of the sliding-scalo committee, as an arbitrator. The said arbitrators shall, before they commence deliberations, select an umpire, who shall be called to act as a disinterested party, if the arbitrators fail to agree. The decision of either party, viz., the two arbitrators or the umpire, shall be tinal. In case of the two arbitrators failing to agree upon an umpire, that Judge Gwilym Williams be asked to flame a gentleman to act. The arbitrators to meet to examine witnesses of both parties, or in cumpany with the umpire, and the award to be given in wrisine, '1 he dinerence to be investigated and dispo- il of. and decided upon Its own merits. The award shall be made final withIn six weeks from the day they resume work. The workmen to be paid according to the award from the commencement of operations. livery old workman to have, as far as practicable, his woritins place back, provided he returns to It on or before the 1st day of November next.

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The Whitechapsl I I Mystery, I, Intelligent observers who have visited the locality of Saturday's crime express the utmost astonishment that the murderer could have reached a hiding-place after comrxujtting such a crime. He must have left the yard in Hanbury-street reeking like a slaughterman, and yet, if the theory that the murder took place between five and six o'clock be ac. cepted, he must bave walked in almost broad daylight along streets comparatively well. frequented, even at that early hour, without his startling appearance attracting the slightest attention. Consideration of this point has led many to the conclusion that the murderer came not from the wretched class from which the inmates of common lotiging-houses are drawn. More probably, it is argued, he is a man lodging in a comparatively decent house in the district, to which he would be able to return quickly, and in which, once reached, hs 'would be able at his leisure to remove from his person all traces of his hideous crime. It is, at any rate, practically certain that the murderer, if in the habit of using common lodging-houses,would not have ventured to return to such lodgings smeared with blood, which be must have been, and with everyone suspicious and on the alert in consequence of the crime com- mitted only the previous week. Nor is it likely, for similar reasons, that he could have cleansed himself in any of the tavern horse troughs or pub- lic fountains to be found in Whitechapel-road and other thoroughfares in the district. The police are therefore exhorted not to confine their investigations, as they are accused of doing, to common lodging-houses and other resorts of the criminal and outcast, but to extend their inquiries to the class of householders, exceedingly numerous in the East-end of London, who are in the habit of letting furnished lodgings without particular inquiry into the character or antece- dents of those who apply for them. From this direction it is not improbable that, as in the case of Lefroy, will come the first trustworthy clue to the murderer. l IS THE MURDERER A LUNATIC P f Meanwhile the suggestion is being acutely revived-is the murderer a lunatic? Dr Forbes Winslow is of opinion that the murders are the work of one person, who is either a dis- charged lunatic from some asylum, or one who has escaped from such an institution. He has suggested to the Scotland-yard authorities that all the asylums should be communicated with, and particulars requested respecting the recent discharge of homicidal lunatics, or persona who may have effected their escape from such institutions. The present whereabouts of such lunatics should, in Dr Winslow's opinion, be at once ascertained. This advice will probably be immediately followed out. A NEW THEORY OF THE MURDER. '1 The latest theory ot the tragedy is that the four women wete killed by somecneto whom bloodshed and slaughter is an everyday affair-e.g., a knacker or slaughterman, Such a man, it is urged, would have the skill, acquired by practice, necessary to do the work silently, swiftly, find with the minimum of bloodiness. He would have by him, without fear of thereby attractiug suspicion, the kind of weapon exactly suited to the purpose. He would betheonly man in all London who could walk along the streets in the early daylight with blood on his bauds and clothes without exciting undue notice or remark. He would have the needful anatomical knowledge by which be would be able to find quickly such internal organs as the heart and liver, supposing be desired to add horror to borror by placing them outside the victim's body. He would commit the murders within a reasonable distance of his place of trade, so as to be able to reach it at the usual time for beginning work or not to be absent from it long enough to excice notice if the crime were committed during work hours, and the point to be discovered is—Is there such a man in the neighbourhood who cannot satisfactorily account for his movements on the nights of these recent murders ? I TRAIL OF THE MURDERER. An important discovery, throwing considerable light on the Whitechapel murderer's movements after the commission of the crime, was made on Tuesday. A little girl found on the wall and path in the yard behind No. 25, Hanbury-street, the next house but one to the scene of the murder, peculiar marks which the police, when com- municated with, detected to be a bloody trail, extending towards the back door of the house. Following this track, it became evident that the murderer had climbed the dividing fence between No. 29 and 27, and passed into the yard of 25. On the wall of the last house there was found a great smudge of dried blood as if the murderer had beaten a blood-soaked coat against it. In the adjoining yard was found a crumpled paper, almost saturated with blood, on which it appeared the murderer wiped his reeking bands.

THE SUSPICIOUS DcATH AT I CADOXTON. The Inquest. I An inquest was held on Tuesday evening at the Wenvoe Arms Hotel, Cadoxton-before Mr E. B. Reece, district coroner—on the body of Mrs]Morgan, the wife of James Morgan, once a schooolmaster at Swansea. The evidence already given before the niagistrateEL at Cardiff, and published in yesterday's Echo, was repeated. -George Allen Taylor, a labourer, said he saw Morgan and his wife when they left the Three Bells Inn. She was lying outside the door in the wet, and witness told them to go home, and helped Morgan to get his wife along the road. They seemed to agree well enough, only Morgan was distressed about his wife's hysterical condition.—Grace Higgins, who with her husband was walking fromPalmerstown, beard a woman screaming, and shortly afterwards met Morgan, who told her that itwas only a drunken woman. She saw his wife lying in the hedge.— Dr Neale, of Cadoxton, repeated his statement made before the magistrates. Examined by the coroner with regard to the injuries, he spid it was possible for all the bruises and marks on the body of deceased to have been caused by falls. It was more likely they were the result of blows, but still not necessarily so. Her tissues were in an unhealthy state, and, consequently, slight injuries would blacken her flesh. Rupture of the bladder nearly always resulted from a fall, and this appeared to be a typical case, though of course it could have been caused by a man kneeling on her} if she were lying down. :Deceased was decidedly of intemperate habits.—Sergeant Rees apprehended the prisoner on Sunday morning, and prisoner said, It's a wonder I haven't cut my throat the last two or three days." Subsequently prisoner explained to him that his wife cot the bruises by falling about in the Three Bells. Prisoner's little boy, aged five years, told Serireant Rees that bis father kicked his mother on Saturday night.-—Mrs Cooper stated that the other children corroborated this statement.—The jury intimated that they would like to have these children examined, especially as the evidence of the doctor was so uncertain, The inquiry was therefore adjourned until Tuesday next at 4 p.m.

FOOTPATHS. There is a soothing softness in the sound of the distinctive word in our title-Footpatbs-apart altogether from what the term compasses in the way of suggesting endless glimpses of meadow, woodland, and shining stream. The hard, matter- of-fact highway, where the strong drive in their power with varied results, and where the weak are trodden down in a strife in which chivalry and mercy have frequently a scant place, is, it is true, one of the chief factors in our relationships with toil and strife; but it is alike essential to cur spiritual life that we turn aside from this dusty and: travel-stained highway towards the soft, green, moss-fringed footpaths, where we may hear the witching music of Nature's minstrelsies, or tonch:witb reverent finger the bem of the living garment of God." If we would have quiet enjoyment which will leave our souls wholesome and our tongues untainted, we can readily find it in those delectable regions to which the humble grassy footpath leads. We can have there psalms from feathered throats, sung beneath aisles of green beeches moist and transparent in the first flush of Hummer sunshine. The melodious choristers, too, never break engagements; flattery turns not their dainty beads, and their songs are as much filled with the sweetness of high-born praise as we were ever the harmonies of the glow- ing seraphim. Apart altogether from the delightful nooks, trout-pools, shining shallows, and shady dells to which our footpaths and country lanes lead, these green, meandering ways have a peculiar charm for the unconventional and open-hearted traveller. We experience an exultant sense of freedom the moment we leave tho hard grit of the dusty highway, and touch the soft, springy turf. We have, at once, that indefinable touch with Nature in sight, scent, and sound; and, before we are well aware of it, we discover ourselves audibly reassuring the startled squirrel as he skips from us-a living, nimble line in Nature's epic-into the midst of the screening branches of the umbrageous elm. What a charming bird- medley, too All around call and answer are sent from bank to tree, from dell to sky. Chatter, gossip, cawing (and this latter not without humour in leering askances and wonderful inflection of notes), and thin metallic piping songs from tiny bird-dames, fall on our ears ad we pass from nook to nook along our footpath; whilst from high overhead, in one rill of unbroken melody, descends the lark's song, filtered through half a league of summer air.—From "The Quivei- "for September.

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The Representation of Merthyr. TWO LABOUR CANDIDATES NOMINATED. A joint meeting os workmen's delegates was held at Bethel Cbapel, Abernant, on Tuesday evening. Mr David Johnson, chairman of the Merthyr and Aberdare Colliers' Association, pre- sided. The delegates present numbered about 80. A question was put as to whether the Navigation delegates, who had been reported to be opposed to the idea of a labour candidate at present, would abide by the resuit of that meeting, but no answer was given. Subsequently a delegate said they must consider, before they passed a resolu- tion for a labour candidate, whether they had to pay for him, and for that reason be would not vote for a labour candidate. Mr DAVID MORGAN, miners' agent, said there should be no discussion upon that point. Was it not clear that if they were going to have a labour candidate they must pay him ? The Delegate: I have told you in English we won't have a labour candidate. You don't want to get up like that. Mr DAVID MORGAN reminded the delegate that they were told most distinctly at the mass meet- ings that if they were going in for a labour candidate, it meant puttiug their bands in their pockets. It was resolved by. a large majority to adopt the resolutions passed at the mass meeting in favour of having a labour candidate, seven or eight hands only being held up against it. NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES. A prolonged discussion took place as to whether it would be advisable to nominate candidates at that meeting. It was eventaaUy resolved by a large majority to do so. Mr David Morgan, miners' agent, was proposed and seconded as a labour candidate.—Mr Edward Morgan, Abernant, was proposed, but ob- jected to by some of the delegates on the ground that, as be was an outside manager, he would not, strictly speaking, be a labour candidate.—-Mr H. Davies, checkweigher, Aberaman, was proposed and seconded.—Mr John Davies, Hirwain, was proposed, but he declined to be nominated. Mr D. A. Davies (Dewi Mabon), Cwmaman, was next proposed, and, incidentally, one of the delegates asked why they should object to a man like Edward Morgan, when they saw that in Gower a lawyer had been returned as a labour representative in Parliament. A heated discussion took place as to the suggested exclusion of Edward Morgan and Dewi Mabon on the ground that they would not be labour candidates strictly speaking. A dele- gate observed that they were not authorised by the colliers to object to anybody and an Aberdare delegate alleged that the Merthyr side had determined that if they could not have a cer- tain person they would not have anyone else. Upon this, some delegates from Merthyr rose to leave the room, but afterwards remained, in response to an appeal by Mr Morgan, The question as to the exclusion of gaffers, or managers who employed men, was put, and the majority were for their exclusion. This had the effect of removing the names of Mr Edward Morgan and Mr D. A. Davies. Shortly afterwards the proceedings were adjourned until Saturday next, at half-past five o'clock, at Merthyr-the Abermorlais Hall, or failing that, the Victoria Coffee Tavern, to be the I place of meeting. The names on the list so far are, therefore, Mr D. Morgan and Mr H. Davies.

THE DISESTABLISHMENT CON- TROVERSY. Important Correspondence. I We are requested to publish the following correspondence which has passed between the Rev J. Matthews, of Swansea, and the Rev J. L. Meredith, rector of Gelligaer, near Cardiff:- Gelligaer Rectory, Caidiff. Sept. 8,1888. Dear Sir,—In your letter of August 22nd you express your readiness to meet in debate on the question of disestablishment" another gentleman, provided he has a thorough knowledge of the Church of England in Weles, so that no reasonable excuse can be offered for him after the discussion has taken place." The Rev Edward Hughes, rector of Barmouth, is prepared to debate the question with you. I therefore ask you to name three gentlemen living in this district, a minister and two representatives of some religious denomina. tion, to meet myself and two lay Churchmen as a com- mittee for the purpose of arranging for the debate.—I am, yours faithfulfy, J. L. MEREDITH. The Rev J. Matthews. Fabian House, Swansea, Sept. 10th, 1888, To the Rev L. Meredith, M.A., Gelligaer Rectory. Dear Sir.-Although your letter, bearing Saturday's date, reached me yesterday (Sunday) morning, just before I ascended my pulpit, it did not disturb my peace of mind in the sligntest degree. I am always glad to receive a letter of any description from a brother clergyman. I must say, however, that I much nrefer a letter from one possessing a little courage, and is prepared himself to fight, than from one who shirks that duty, and delights himself in the ignoble work of hounding others om I stated in my reply to your challenge on the 22nd ult., that I would be "delighted to meet you or any one of the four Welsh bishops for a public discussion of this question on 2, 3, or 4 nights," giving it as my reason that one of the bishops would be the most competent person to discuss this question, from a Churchman's point of view, and for whom no reasonable excuse could be offered after the discussion had taken place. Who can be expected to have a more thorough knowledge of the Church of England in Wales than one of the overseers, the Bisnop t rou are arntia too meou UltJ yourseu. I ao not wonder at this you have learned from experience. Are the Bishops also afraid? Since the 22nd of August you have been casting your line far and wide, and having failed to catch any one of your South Wales champions prepared to meet me, you have landed some one at a little place called. Barmouth, in North Wales-a Rev Edward Hughes, rector of that place. He, it appears, is prepared to do for you what you are afraid and incapable of doing for yourself. Now, I have heard and read of several gentlemen who have gone up and down South Wales championing the cause of the Establishment, but I have never before heard of this gentleman. Surely, if he were a man of some importance, the friends of the Establishment in South Wales who have sought for speakers from all parts of England and Wales would have heard of him and secured his services. I tell you, once for all, I have no time to waste over a man who has not yet won bis spurs in the field of polemical warfare; neither am I cruel enough to place this poor stranger into a position from which you and the bishops shrink from fear. I have often met half-a. dozen or more curates, vicars, rectors, and Tory lawyers on the same platform, and have never experienced the slightest inconvenience from their cross examinations and speeches, I want, therefore, in a set debate of several nights. to meet one of your superior officers, one of your biggest guns, one of those at whose feet your rectors, vicars, canons, and others sit and learn, and one who is considered worthy of a salary equal to that of a score of rectors combined. These bishops are well known in South Wales, especially the Bishop of Llandaff, your neighbour. They cannot deliver a speech at a consecration service, or an annual charge to the clergy, without cramming it with anti- Dissentient remarks and unfounded charges against Nonconformist ministers. Why-play the cowards and decline a public debate before a Welsh audience 1 I shall be delighted, without any assistance, to meet any one of the four Welsh bishops, assisted by the Rectar of Barmouth and the Rector of Gelligaer, pub. licly, to discuss this question of disestablishment and disendowment, for any number of nights.—I am, yours sincerely, JOHN MATTHEWS. I

ENGLISH GALVINISTIC .1 I METHODISM. 1 Annual Conference at Brecon. The proceedings in tonnection with the fifth annual conference of the English Calvinistic Methodist churches of South Wales and Mon- mouthshire commenced on Tuesday at the Watton Chapel, Brecon, under the presidency of the Rsv Principal Edward#, D.D., Aberystwyth. There was a large attendance of ministers and laymen from different parts of the principality. Among those present were the Revs D Charles Davies, M.A., Bangor; J Cynddylan Jones, D.D., Cardiff W Powell, Pembroke; D Charles Edwards, M.A., Merthyr J G Davies, B.A., Aberystwyth R Hughes, B.A., Cardiff; G Williams, M.A., Trevecca College D Evans, B.A., Whitchurch; Joseph Evans, Swansea W W Lewis, Dowlais; Hugh James, Portb D Elias, Neath; B C Davies, Talgarth; T J Jones, Troedyrhiw; Lodwick Lewis, Skewen W Mendus, Neyland D Thomas, Beaufort E Griffiths, Penartb Reea Davies, Talgarth H Davies, Eardisley D M Rees, Llantrisant J Griffiths, Talybont; R Williams, Haverfordwest; W J Davies, Bron- llys; H J Hughes, Cefn J Calvin Thomas, Hoylake; John Owen, Neath W S Jones, Abergavenny J Evans, Crickbowell; B T Jones, Briton Ferry J Williams, Llandrindod Messrs D Lloyd, Aborystvvytb J B Price, Pontypridd W Jones, Newport; S Hall, Cardiff; Alderman Thomas, Carmarthen; W Wood, Pentre D Ware, Aberavon; Matbias, Llanelly, 4c. The proceedings of the day opened with a meeting of ministers aud Christian workers, when addresses were delivered by the Revs Dr Edwards W Powell, Pembroke Dr J Cynddylan Jones, and J. Calvin Thomas Hoy- lake. The same line of argumeut was taken by all the speakers, namely, that those who pro- fessed the Christian religion should also be workers iu the Christian church. At three o'clock in the afternoon divine service was held, and two sermons (Welsh and English) were preached by the Revs Principal Edwards and J. Cynddylan Jones respectively. In the evening a missionary meeting was held, under the presidency of Mr John Jones, Merthyr Tydvil, when addresses, dealing chiefly with missionary work promoted by the connexion in the far East were delivered by Revs Principal Edwards D. Evans, B.A., Whitchurch D. Charles Davies, M.A., Bangor and Dr Howells, Talgarth.

I MADAMESPATTI AND SWANSEA'S i a CHARITIES. We are pleased to hear that Madame Patti- Nicolini, with that large-heartedness and affection for Swansea she has always displayed, has consented to give a grand concert in the Albert- hall, Swansea, on October 11th, in aid of the local charities. The offer has been made to Mr Morris, the secretary of the hospital, and will, of course, he accepted by the inhabitants of the town with grateful thanks. The diva has already given three concerts in Swansea, which have realised in all about C3,000 for the benefit of the charities of the town. I

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j District Intelligence. • CARDIFF. SCIENCE AND ART SCHOOLS,—Mr Alderman Coiy, J.P., has placed in the hands of the secre- tary to the Scienca and Att Schools (M-f Ballinger) a cheque for 225, the amount of his promised contribution to the Scholarship Fund. This is the second time that Alderman Cory has given £ 25 to this fund. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB, LLANDAFF. -Mr Melville bee:s to acknowledge very grate- fully a donation of fruit from the Seamen's Mission harvest thanksgiving, per Rev C. W. II. Brown, chaplain, Penarth. EXCURSIONISTS to Cardiff will please remember that A. and G. Taylor's Photographic Establishment is in Duke-street, Cardiff. 755 I RHONDDA VALLEY. MINING.—Mr David Ltewis, overman at the Eastern Colliery, Ocean Company, has been granted a certificate of competency as colliery manager by the Home Secretary. IF YOU ARE LOSING YOUR GRIP ON LIFE and scarcely able to breathe, you should try Tudor Wil- liams' Patent Balsam of Honey. For weak-chested men, delicate women and children. It cures when all other remedies fail. It cures Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis. Asthma, Tightness of the Chest. It cures thousands of children from Bronchitis and Whooping Coughs. It cures for One Shilling when pounds have been spent in vain. Do try it. Sold by all Chemists. 44e SWANSEA. TRAVELLING WITHOUT A TICKET.—At the Swan- sea police-court on Tuesday—before Messrs J. C. Fowler, T. Phillips, D. Jones, and W. stone- Thomas Evans (26), of Griffin Farm, Treboetb, was summoned for travelling on the Great Western Railway without a ticket on September 10th. Inspector Bamford said defendant met him on Landore platform, and asked where he could get a ticket for Neath, Witness told him, and at the same time asked for defendant's ticket from Carmarthen. Defendant denied having come from Carmarthen, and said he had slept at Swansea the previous night, Defendant was unable to give a satisfactory explanation, and he was fined 21 and costs. VITAL STATISTICS.—Week ending Sept. 8th, 1888.—Births registered, 65 annual rate per 1,000, "3. Deaths registered, It annual rate per 1,000, 9"5.—EBEN. DAVIES, Medical Officer of Health. LLANELLY. HARBOUK COMMISSIONERS. —The monthly meet- ing was held on Tuesday, Mr J. S. Tregoning in the chair. It was resolved to adopt the uniform buoyage system of the United Kingdom at Llanelly. The engineer reported a steady im- provement in the channels. BRECON. TOWN COUIvczL-Tiie ordinary meeting was held on Tuesday, under the presidency of the mayor. The question of dividing the town into electoral districts and the appointment of county councils was referred to a committee. The number of county councillors apportioned to the town is five, and to the county 40.

THE RETALIT0RY POLICY IN AMERICA. A London correspondent remarks that Sir Charles Tupper is by no means dismayed at the prospect of the threatened retaliatory policy of the United States, wherein he fairlyrepresent. Canadian opinion at home. He even goes so far as to express the opinion that, if the retaliation scheme is really carried out, it may in the end turn out one of the best things that ever happened to Canada. The view taken by the Canadian Minister is admirably and t'. authoritatively expressed in some remarks made by Sir John Macdonald. The Premier in a recent conversa- tion was asked what he thought of the bill, which has now passed through both Houses of the United States Legislature. Sir John said, If the idea of keeping goods destined for Canada from passing the States via Portland, Boston, and New York is carried out, I fail to see how it will injure Canada. In fact, it will force the Canadians to do now what they ought to have done 10 years ago-make Halifax the point: of departure for all their exports and the port of entry for all their imports. Yes, one of the reasons wby that has not been done is because Halifax is as far from Montreal, the metropolis of Canada, as Chicago is from New York. But where stern necessity commands-and Canada i jhas no other alternative-I don't think we will look upon the matter as much of a calamity. Halifax is the natural terminus of all steamship linea from Europe, It has been her own fault and that of the Canadians that she is not the distributing port for all of Canada and the northern and north-western states. Perhaps some of the Atlantic ports of the States will have something to say about the proposed driving from their wharves of the business they have been enjoying at the expense of the Dominion." It is interesting to find in the latest telegrams from the United States that a similar opinion, less frankly expressed, is making itself known through America. Business men are beginning to see that retaliation, anti consequent diversion of trade, would injure the northern and north-western States and the seaports in the eastern States more than it would hurt Canada. • -i.

RHONDDA GLEE SOCIETY, ,I a Forthcoming Visit to America. It has now been finally arranged that the Rhondda Glee Society will leave the district next Monday week for Liverpool, where they will stay for two days, starting for America on Wed- nesday evening. The Rev W. Lewis, vicar of Ystradyfodwg, secretary of the committee recently formed for the purpose of assisting the society in getting pecuniary suppoit towards the contemplated six or eight months' tour, has received a number of subscriationll from different parts of the principality. Mr J. T. D. Llewelyn, of Penllergare, generously subscribed £10 lOil Lord Aberdare, 95 5s and Mr Fred. L. Davis, 92 25.

RISE IN IRON PRICES, J On Tuesday the iron merchants in South Staffordshire announced that the ironmasters are demanding an advance of 59 to 7s 6d per ton, and in some instances 10s, on ordinary merchant bar prices. Thus the earlier minimum of JB4 17s 6<1 to 25 now becomes B5 5s to 25 lOa. ,Makera of small rounds announced yesterday that the new lists advancing extras will be issued this week. Already the basis price has been declared up to 5s, Merchants will shortly find themselves compelled to issue circulars advising increased quotations to consumers.

THE BRISTOL BISHOPRIC. There has: been considerable speculation for some time aa to who the anonymous donor of -010,000 for the Bristol Bishopric Endowment Fund was, but everyone took for granted that it: was a gentleman. We understand that the muni- ficent gift comes from Lady Frederick Cavendish, who devotes so much time to visiting the hospitals and poor in the East-end of London.

ADJUDICATIONS, <*c. 1. (FROM TUESDAY NIGIlT'S GAZETTE.) PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. John Williams and Richard George Martyn, trading at Williams and Martyn at 81 Glebe-street. Penarthl grocers. J. Williams retires. FIRST MEETINGS AJSD DATES OF PUBLIC EXAMINATION. Charles Hovard, 44, Glebe-street, Penarth, butcher. First meeting, September 27th at the Official Re- ceiver's, Cardiff. Public examination, October 2nd at the Town-hall, Cardiff. William Scurlock, 9, Priory-street, Carmarthen, iron- monger. First meeting, September 25th at Colmore- tow, Birmingham. Public examination, September 21st at the Guildhall. Carmarthen. David Woosname, of William-street, Ystrad Rhondda, shoemaker. First meeting, September 18th at the Official Receiver's, Merthyr. Public examination, October 2nd at the Court House, Pontypridd. ADJUDICATIONS. Charles Hovord, Glebe-street, Penarth, butcher. Wolfe Lyons and Phillip Samuel pbillips, trading as W. Lyons and Co., of Newport, Mon., clothiers and outfitters. NOTICES OF DIVIDENDS. Sophia Jenkins, Pier-street, AberYst-Ytb. milling; supplemental dividend of 5id iO the £ payable September 19th at Official Receiver s, Carmarthen. Thomas D. Francis, Bryn Shop, of Llan- llwni, Carmarthenshire, general mercuant; first a tod final dividend of 3s Id in the F-, payable September 22nd at Dolgorse, Llanllwni. Fencader, Carmarthen" shire. =--

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