The Cardiff Times

CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. Mr. E. W. David presided at the weekly meeting on Saturday, and there were also present Mr. J. Pride, Mr. P. Bird, Dr. Paine, Mr. E. Cory, sen., Mr. French, Mr. Ainsley, &c. The Master of the Workhouse reported that there had been 36 admitted and 54 discharged during the week, leaving 341 in the house, which was an increase of 4 on the corresponding week of last year. The Master of the Industrial Schools reported that 2 had been admitted and 10 discharged, leaving 261 in the house, which was an increase of 7 on the corresponding week. 145 of the children were having industrial "training. The returns of out-door relief distributed during the week were as follows :— Paupers. Money. Kind. Total. S s. d. JE s. d. X s. d. Mr. Wride 1,285 91 16 6 13 4 6 105 1 0 Mr. Williams 934 71 19 6 6 9 9 78 9 3 Mr. Hopkins 471. 47 13 6 1 9 7 49 3 1 Mr. Eagleton 343 37 6 0 0 11 3 37 17 3 Total. 2,983 248 15 6 21 15 1 270 10 7 Increase. 114 12 3 6 8 2 6 20 5 0 ine CHAIRMAN said an application had been received from Mr. Maisey, shoemaker, Lanishen, for one of the boys who was proficient in shoemaking. He offered to take the boy without a premium, on condition that he was indentured for four years. He would allow the boy 3d. per week pocket money in the third year, and 6d. per week in the fourth year.—Some discussion took place as to the terms, the Chairman and Mr. Pride both considering that the boy ought to have pocket money during the first two years. Mr. Maisey was called in, and on the Chairman pointing out to him the desira- bility of giving the boy some slight remuneratien-even if it was only for his own protection by removing any ground for temptation to steal-he agreed to give the boy 3d. a week for the first two years, 6d. a week for the third, and Is. a week for the fourth. An application from Mr. Davies, shoemaker, Bridge- street, for a similar boy, was granted on the same terms. A letter was read from Mr. Mayberly, architect, Glou- cester, in reference to the plans for the proposed new Union, and suggesting that instead of a scale of 8 ft. to an inch, the Board should alter the scale to 16 feet to an inch. The matter gave rise to a brief discussion, and it was agreed to receive plans in either scale. On the motion of Mr. P. BIBD, a letter-box was or- dered to be placed in the Workhouse hall, as it was stated that the paupers frequently intercepted the postman and received letters without the master's knowledge. This was all the business.

CANTON LOCALI^OARD OF HEALTH. The monthly meeting of this board was held on Monday, when there were present Mr. French (in the ,chair), Mr. Bodington, Mr. Treseder, Mr. T. R. Davies, Mr. F. C. Winby, and Mr. T. V. Yorath.—Mr. Winby signed the usual declaration on taking his seat for the first time as a member of the board. The Clerk reported that the balance at the bank on the general account was JE151 6s. 10d., and on the pri- vate improvement account JE164 14s. 8d. THE WHITEHOUSE DRAIN. A letter was read from the Clerk of the Cardiff Local Board, enclosing a resolution passed at a recent meeting of that board, ordering that an inspection should be made of the Whitehouse drain, in order to discover if effete matter was being drained into it. The Clerk of the Cardiff board expressed the hope that they would offer every facility to their inspector.—Mr. YORATH said no complaint could be made against the Canton board in regard to the drain. If any effete matter was carried into it, it must come from the houses in the Cardiff district, and not from those in Canton.—Mr. BODINGTON said they could have no objection to given the Cardiff inspector every facility. If anything was the matter with the drain, it was even more desirable to Canton than to Cardiff that it should be put right. He did not believe that there were any cesspools connected with the drain but as the Cardiff board had got the idea into their heads, the sooner it was dispelled the better. He moved that the Clerk write the Cardiff board that they would offer every facility for the inspection, and also send Sergeant King to assist their inspector.- Agreed to. RESIGNATION OF AN OLD AND KLBCKION OF A NEW MEMBER. Mr. Thomas Williams, in reply to a letter sent him by direction of the board, wrote to the Clerk, that owing to contracts he had accepted since his election as a member of the board, he had been unable to attend regularly, and he therefore resigned.-After some con- versation, it was agreed to fill up the vacancy at once, and on the proposition of Mr. GLAVES, seconded by Mr. BODINGTON, Mr. William Harry, farmer, was proposed as a. member.—Mr. TRESEDER proposed Mr. B. Francis, and Mr. YORATH Dr. Pearse-the latter remarking that the resignation had come suddenly upon him, as hi had been informed that Mr. Williams was not going to resign his seat.—No one seconded the latter nomina- tions, and Mr. Harry's nomination being put to the vote, and supported by Messrs. Glaves, Boddington, Davies, Winby, and French, he was declared elected. SANITARY, WATER. AND LIGHTING MATTERS. Mr. BODINGTON, in accordance with previous notice, brought forward a motion for the appointment of a committee to inquiry into the sanitary condition of the district, and report the result at the next meeting. He was actuated in making the motion by one or two reasons. One was that on many occasions they had caused per- sons to be fined for committing nuisances, while at the same time the board had afforded them no facilities for removing the nuisances. It was rather hard to go on fining people when, at the present time, nuisances were arising from the want of the board adopting some simple means by which those nuisances could be pre- vented. He said that if the board looked around the dis- trict, they might devise some simple plan which would remove the nuisances, and very much improve the dis- drict.—The motion was agreed to, and Messrs. Boding- ton, Davies, Glaves, French, and Treseder were ap- pointed as the committee. A letter was read from Mr. South, secretary of the Water Company, in reference to the recent fire. He stated that the difficulty about the fire-plug had arisen from the unskilful management of the fireman, who was cautioned at the time. The plug had been drawn shortly before by the company's men. Mr. South added that all the water plugs were in working order, with the exception of those in Severn-road, which were being improved. In reference to the lighting of the district, Mr. BOD- INGTON brought forward a proposal that two new lamps should be placed in Wyndham-crescent. He stated that between the Catholic schools and the nearest lamp there was a distance of 190 feet, and 24 or more res- pectable houses, worth about JE20 a year each.—Mr. DAVIES seconded the proposition.—Mr. YORATH thought one lamp would te sufficient, but suggested that the matter should be held over till a committee had re- ported upon the requirements of the district. Leck- with-road wanted a lamp much more urgently.—Mr. TRESEDER thought one lamp would be sufficient con- sidering the needs of other parts of the district, and csuggested that the matter-might be referred to the con- sideration of Mr. Bodington's committee.—Mr. WINBY thought that as Wyndham-crescent was the main tho- roughfare from Cardiff to the upper part of Canton and the Llandaff district, that at least two lamps were re- quired. He had been along the road at all hours, and he was surprised that the matter had not been brought before the board before now. The road was very bad there, and if the board would not give them a better road, the least they could do was to give them light to keep out of the dirt.—Mr. YORATH proposed, and Mr. TRESEDER seconded, an amendment that one lamp only be placed there, but the original motion was carried by all the other members. Mr. GLAVES proposed, and Mr. TRESEDER seconded, the erection of a lamp in Harvey-street and another in Leckwith-road, and the motion was agreed to unani- mously—Mr. YORATH interposing some Remarks as to the increase which would take place in the expenditure. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRAPHS. The Clerk stated that on the 1st January the electric telegraphs would pass into the hands of the Govern- ment, and every money-order office would become a telegraph station. He had been told that Mr. Webber, the postmaster of Cardiff, would alone have an increase of 43 men on his staff by the change. He (the clerk) had received a letter from the Postmaster-General, stating that he was about to erect a line of wires from Gloucester to Cardiff, and in doing so found it necessary to pass over that portion of the Canton district between the South Wales Eailway crossing, atLeckwith common and the Canton post office. He asked the sanction of the board to erect the necessary posts, stating that the Government would make good any damage that was caused thereby, and that they would remove the posts on receiving three months' notice from the board.—The board generally expressed themselves as to the import- ance of the new arrangements as regards the telegrams, and gave the permission applied for. PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. BODINGTON called attention to two pieces of the footpath in Wellington-street which were still unpaved. The matter had been mentioned to him several times by people outside, who very justly asked why the board compelled the carrying out of the Severn-road improve- ments, and yet allowed parts of Wellington-street to remain so long incompleted.-The CHAIRMAN said the work ought to have been done three years ago.—Mr. TRESEDEK said that he had been informed that Mr. William Harris, the owner of the property referred to, had repudiated his liability to the board for private improvements done to his property, and also that a late member, Mr. Job Evans, refused to pay his amount.— The Clerk said Mr. Harris did not dispute his liability, but asked for time to pay. There was no doubt the money should have been paid before. In regard to Mr. Job Evans's debt he (the Clerk) was in communication with Messrs. Dalton and Spencer, the solicitors for his executors, and he did not anticipate that any difficulty would arise. Mr. GLAVES called attention to the condition of the footway in parts of the Cowbridge-road, and this gave rise to a general conversation upon the. west turnpike, the highroads, and the County Roads Board.—It was explained by the Clerk and Mr. Yorath that the board had no p^wer over the turnpike roads which were in the hands of the County Roads Board, and that if the board desired to remove the turnpike they would have to maintain the Cowbridge-road from Cardiff bridge to Ely bridge, the Leckwith common-road, and the Llan- daff-road to Penhill, which would cost JE400 a year, and amount to a 3s. rate upon all the property of the dis- tr ict. THE ESTIMATE FOB THE CURRENT YEAR. The Clerk presented an estimate of expenditure for the current year, which consisted of labourers' wages, horse and cart, and materials for road repairs, JE100 salaries J630, office rent £10, election expenses jE35, gas lighting f280 (increased from £ 230 last year), collector £50, auditor's fee £3 17s., water for streets £ 15 (in- creased from £ 10), advertising and printing 1:20, in- spector £20, interest and repayment of Oddfellows loan £ 63,—total J6627 3s. 4d. He added that the rateable value of the property in the district was JE9,028, and that a rate of Is. 6d. in the pound would produce JE677 2s. 9d.—leaving a margin over estimated expenditure of £ 50.—An amendment by Mr. YORATH, seconded by Mr. TRESEDER, that a rate of Is. 4d. in the pound, was defeated by a motion by Mr. GLAVES, seconded by Mr. BODINGTON, that the rate be Is. 6d., which was sup- ported by Messrs. Davies, Winby and the Chairman.- A Is. 6d. rate was consequently ordered to be made. THE SEVERN-ROAD IMPROVEMENT. The Surveyor sent a certificate that £550 was due to Messrs. Day and Cooper on account of their contract, and that the Severn-road work would be completed in a fortnight's time, when any imperfections in the foot- paths and roadway would be rectified.—Mr. BODINGTON hoped that before any more money was paid the con- tractors, that the surveyor's attention would be called to the character of the work. The roadway and foot- way were most deficient in some places. In the roadway there was insufficient metal in some places, and too much mud mixed with the stones in others, and if some- thing more was not done they would soon have to make up the road again. They had paid a good price and they ought to have the work done in first-rate style. THE BROTHELS IN THE DISTRICT. Mr. YORATH said he desired to bring before the board the subject of the brothels of Canton. The matter had been brought under his notice very prominently of late, and he thought it would be desirable to instruct their Inspector of Nuisances to prepare by the next meeting a list of all the houses in Canton, and the names of the parties by whom they were kept, and the landlords, so that the board might see if they could not do something in the matter. He was on the Grand Jury at the last meeting of the Quarter Sessions, and the name of Canton came before them in a very bad way, and it all arose on account of the brothels. He knew that there were some very bad houses in Canton, and he also knew the names of some of the landlords who owned them, and he was ashamed to say there were some who were considered respectable men. That was the reason he wanted the names brought before the board, as he thought they ought to be ashamed of themselves.—Mr. TRESEDER said he rose with very great pleasure to second the motion. The board had been very anxious to remove material filth and dirt, and he thought it was desirable that they should remove the moral filth also if possible. He did not think they could do this by acts of Parliament, but the publishing of the names of the landlords of such houses might do something to- wards that end. The ladies of the pave" went from Canton to the town, and he was personally much an- noyed by their returning at night. He did not know who the landlords were, nor did he care about them.- Mr. BODINGTON said the difficulty that occurred to him in the matter was, that the board did not possess the same police arrangements as in the borough far dealing with the evil. Whatever determination they might come to, the law would not allow them to carry out their good intentions. The fact was that it was the successful application of a remedy in Cardiff that was clearing out the brothels there and driving them to Canton. He was glad that Mr. Yorath had brought the matter before the board, and he should be very glad to afford any assistance he could in the matter ."—The motion was agreed to. Some plans having been examined and cheques signed, the business concluded.

PROSECUTION OF A CARDIFF SHIP-CHANDLER UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY ACT. Mr. Henry Wade, recently carrying on business as a ship-chandler, in Bute-road, Cardiff, was summoned to appear at the Borough Police Court, on Monday, to answer two charges which had been brought against him under the Bankruptcy Act. The defendant, it will be remembered, appeared as a bankrupt in the Bristol Court, about a fortnight since, and in consequence of the facts which came out in the course of the case, Mr. Commissioner Hill directed that criminal proceedings should be commenced against the bankrupt. Mr. Insiip, of the firm of Messrs. Press & Inskip, solicitors, of Bristol, appeared to support the prosecu- tion, but as the bankrupt did not surrender on being called, the case was only partly gone into. Mr. Inskip said he appeared on behalf of Mr. R. G. Crook, the creditors' assignee, in the matter of Wade's bank- ruptcy, for the purpose of prosecuting Henry Wade, for certain offences. The proceedings were taken under the 221st section of the Bankruptcy Act, and he was charged, firstly, with having within three months of his bankruptcy made a false declaration of his pro- perty; and, secondly, with having within the same period illegally mortgaged his property, knowing at the time that he was unable to meet his engagements. The defendant was formerly a ship-chandler, carrying on business in Bute-road. He filed a petition of bank- ruptcy on the 19th July last, and on the same day he was adjudicated a bankrupt. Shortly after he surren- dered in due course, and appeared before the Commis- sioner, by whose direction the present proceedings had been instituted. In April last Wade found that he was unable to meet his engagements, and he made an offer of composition to his creditors. The offer was accepted, and by it Wade agreed to pay a composition of 10s. in the pound by bills signed by himself and his father-in-law (Mr. Harding), and Dr. Badge. The com- position deed was registered on the 6th May, and the first promissory notes were to become due in the middle of July. Amongst other creditors who signed the composition deed was Harding, who claimed to be a creditor of Wade's for JE270. After that the business continued to be carried on by Wade, but on the 21st June—notwithstanding that Harding had, with the other creditors, agreed to the composition, and thereby reduced his claim to £ 135—Wade paid Harding jBlOO, and two days after-on the 23rd June-gave Harding a bill of sale for all his property, on the ground that JB200 was still due to him. This was just before the first bills became due to Wade's creditors, who had de- prived themselves of all power over Wade's property till that time by signing the composition deed. In a few days the whole of Wade's goods were sold off by Harding under the bill of sale-the latter alleging that he required money to repay the European Assurance Company, to prevent them from taking proceedings against him for misappropriating their money. Wade's goods realised JE600, and after paying rent, rates, taxes, wages, and expenses, there was a balance left of JE474 7s. 6d. On the 3rd of July-a few days before the promissory notes became due-Wade issued a circular to his creditors, stating that he should be unable to meet the bills, and offering a composition of 5s. in the pound, alleging that he had only JE300 in hand as the proceeds of the sale, whereas he had £ 474. On the bills becoming due, all the parties became bankrupts.- Evidence.was then given of the material facts in support )f the charges. Charles Moxley, clerk in the Bristol Bankruptcy Court, produced the papers filed in regard to Wade's bankruptcy. The petition was filed on the 19th July, and adjudication was made the same day. The bank- rupt surrendered on the 21st July. The balance sheets showed that the liabilities amounted to JE2308, and the assets to JE352 13s. 9d. Robert Harding was also placed in the witness box, and said he was father-in-law to the defendant Wade. In reply to Mr. Inskip he said that on the 15th April tke deed of composition produced was executed. Wit- npss's aicmatnrft was +/% +'h.o .1-n' t ± — O -.t'.t' "V u.U UWUMOUB, UU" JLLB could not say if the other signature was Wade's. He signed the promissory notes, which became due about the middle of July. On the 21st June, Wade paid him £100 on account of a debt which was owing to him. It was the same debt for which he (Harding) had signed the composition deed only different in amount, as he had let Wade have some money-£25, or something like that. He admitted the execution of a bill of sale on Wade's stock about the end of June, but he could not say if it was the document produced. All Wade's stock—at least that part which remained whA he took possession-was sold by witness under the bill of sale. Witness received part of the proceeds. Mr. Inskip: Did Wade give you the bill of sale in order that you might sell his goods and pay the Euro- pean Assurance Company to prevent a prosecution ? Witness He gave me the bill of sale in order that he might pay me. Edward Howard, auctioneer, Swansea, stated that he prepared the bill of sale produced. He saw Wade execute it. A few days afterwards witness commenced selling the goods-on the 2nd July. Soon after the sale he was instructed to send the circular produced to Wade's creditors. The circular stated that after paying rent, rates, taxes, wages and expenses, there was a balance of £300. Witness's books showed that there was a balance of JE474 7s. 6d. The money did not pass through his hands, but was kept by Harding. He be- lieved he informed Wade ef the result of the sale. He was instructed by Harding as well as Wade when he issued the circular. Something was said about the promissory notes falling due. Harding said it was no use carrying on business any longer when he was losing money. The Magistrates' Clerk intimated that sufficient evi- dence had been given to justify a warrant being issued, and the Bench accordingly signed a warrant for Wade's apprehension. MODERN INVENTIONS.—That great invention, the Chron- ograph," which times all the principal events of the day, and has revolutionised and superseded the clumsy old-fashioned Stop-watch." seems likely to be eclipsed in fame by that still greator and more useful invention, the" Keyless Watch." The fact of no key being required renders these watches in- dispensable to the traveller, the nervous, and invalids. The enormous number sent even by post to all parts of the world, is a convincing proof of their great utility. The prices at which they are sold range from 5 to 100 guineas. Thousands of them are manufactured by Mr. J. W. Benson, of Old Bond- street, and of the Steam Factory, Ludgate-hill, London, who sends post free for 2d. a most interesting historical pamphlet upon watch-making. ti477-S0 At an inquest held by Dr. Lankester, a few days since, on the bodies of two children who died from the effects of p )i- $ijn;ng through sucking some lucifer matches, the Coroner said. Had the matches been BRYANT and MAY'S the children would NOT have been poisoned." It cannot be too generally known that BRYANT and MAY'S Patent Safety Matches are xoT peisonons, aad that they light only on the box.-Vide Islington Gazette, May 4th. 7486

THE MURDER IN CARMARTHENSHIRE. In our Second Edition of last Saturday afternoon, we briefly related the occurrence of a murder in Car- marthenshire. From facts which have since transpired we are enabled to give fuller particulars of the shock- ing affair, but though more than a week has elapsed since the crime was committed, the police have as yet obtained scarcely any evidence to connect the murderer with the tragedy. It seems that for the last few years a nice-looking country girl, the daughter of a labourer living in the village of Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, lived as servant with John and David Davies and their sister, who con jointly kept a farm called Frodai, situate near Conwill. The two brothers, who are from forty-three to forty-six years old, paid their addresses to the girl Esther, who was about twenty-two, and who seems to have been unable for some time to make up her mind which suitor to take. At length, however., she agreed to marry John Davies, and left the farm. Her father went with her to fetch her clothes, and on leaving she told her father that David had threatened her that she should never die in her bed. After remaining at home a short time, the sister induced Esther, by the offer of higher wages, to return to the farm as servant, and as the wedding was delayed a. little she went back. After remaining a few months she left to be married to John. On several occasions, while John was sitting with her in her father's cottage, the other brother, David, used to come and hang about the cottage, peeping in at the window. After the wedding Esther went to live with her husband at Blaendial Farm, near Llanpumpsaint, where they got on very well. On Thursday night, the 4th instant, her husband went to a neighbouring village to hire a servant, and she went on the same errand to a cottage close by. Her little brother accompanied her, and she returned about half-past eight, the night being very dark. On entering the house she went into a small room adjoin- ing the kitchen to lay the supper for the servants. She placed a curtain of cotton check on the window. In a. few minutes a shot was fired through the window, and the charge entered her breast, an inch below her heart, and passed clean through tke body. She sprang to the kitchen door, and said in Welsh, Oh, dear, who has shot me ?" There were in the house three boys, the oldest about twenty, and a girl. They were afraid to go out. In ten minutes they went to a neighbouring farm to get assistance, and during their absence the poor woman died, twenty minutes having elapsed be- tween the shot and her death. The charge consisted of a heavy load of different sized shots and a heavy bullet. The bullet, after passing through the body, went nearly through a dairy door. The husband arrived home about ten o'clock, but strange to say gave no alarm to the police till the next morning. On the arrival of the police, they discovered the marks of stocking feet among the soft mud, and tracing them on, found them giving place to shoe marks leading to the direction of the farm where the jealous brother David resided. On Friday night a policeman went to David's house, and arrested him on suspicion. He said he knew nothing at all about the matter, and that at nine o'clock on the night of the murder he was courting a girl at a farm three or four gailes !from the scene of the murder, which had been committed about half-past eight. The policeman rode to the farm indicated, and it is rumoured that the girl at first denied that David had been there at nine, but afterwards swore he had. He is known to have had a gun, but he says he lent it. A gun was found in a turf house, about two miles from the scene of the mur- der, but there is no evidence to connect it with the prisoner. The inquest was held on Monday, but no further facts beyond what is stated above were brought out. and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some persons unknown. The deceased was a handsome young girl of 22, her husband 43, and the prisoner 46 years of age. The prisoner was brought before the magistrates on Saturday and remanded till Thursday. He exhibited the utmost coolness and even indifference in the proceedings, and continues to exhibit the same feeling since his confinement in the gaol. When the charge was read he said in Welsh" I know nothing about it." The deceased woman was buried on Mon- day, and her funeral was attended by several hundred persons.

GENERAL NEWS. • LONDON, THTTESDAT JSVENINQ. Lord Claud Hamilton addressed a large meeting of his supporters at Lynn last night. The flying squadron arrived at Simon's Bay, Cap< of Good Hope, on the 4th ult., and was to leave for Por Philip, Melbourne, on the 14th. Canon Dale, preferring his canonry, worth £ 1,00( a year,-to the Deanery of Ely, worth £950, many person: expect that the vacant deanery will be offered to Professoi Maurice. Her Majesty the Queen held a Council at Windsoi Castle this afternoon. There were present the Right Hon W. E. Gladstone, Earl de Grey, Earl Clarendon, Earl Kim- berley, the Right Hon. H. A. Brace, the Right Hon. A. H Layard, &e. The Sheriff's warrant for the execution of the convict Joseph Walsh, who was convicted of the Deptford murder, was received at the county gaol at Maidstone on Tuesday, and Monday next has been fixed for the carrying out of the sentence. Mr. Alderman Blackburn was elected on Tuesday mayor of Leeds, but he declined to serve and tendered a cheque in payment of the £ 100 penalty. The town clerk, however, explained that his age exempted hitu without this payment, and the alderman than handed over the amount to the Infirmary. A London correspondent says that information, which places the fact beyond a possibility of doubt, is now in possession of the Government that the party passing as Colonel Kelly, killed a few weeks since in London, was the Fenian rescued from the van in Manchester when Sergeant Brett met his death. Mr. Miall, M.P., at a meeting of the Liberation Society yesterday, said it was not their intention to recom- mend any measure concerning the Church this session, but would wait until they could deal with the whole question of the disestablishment and disendowment of the English and Scotch Churches. Earl Fitzwilliam, the Lord-Lieutenant of the West « Riding, was yesterday presented with a life-size portrait in oil, intended as an acknowledgment by the gentlemen of the Wentworth Hunt, of their obligation to his lordship for pro- J viding them with the means of enjoying the sport of fox ( hunting. The presentation took place yesterday in the Mechanics' Hall, Rotherham, in the presence of a large and ( fashionable assemblage. J < A very distressing accident occurred on Tuesday at Richmond, in Yorkshire. Several of the boys of the J grammar school in that town were amusing themselves in j a disused sand-pit, when the side gave way and seven of J the boys were buried in the rubbish. Five of the boys • were got out unharmed, but the other two, who were { brothers, were less fortunate. One of them was dead when assistance reached, and the other was severely injured. The Church Herald announcing the death of the Rev. Canon Thomas McDonnell, says he was a distinguished Roman Catholic Priest of the old school. He was one of the first founders of the A.P.U.O., and for many years, like the late Cardinal and other of the R.C. Bishops, was a warm ally and active supporter of it. When the convert outcry was made against it in the Arglo-Roman newspapers, ho thought it wise to withdraw from formal membership, but continued to say Mass once a month for its intention, and prayed daily for Corporate Reunion.

THE BRIDGWATER ELECTION COM- MISSION. In the Queen's Bench yesterday the SoHcitor-General moved, on behalf of the Crown, for a rule nisi calling on a Mr Cornelius Sablethwaite to show cause why an attachment should not issue against him for disobedience to a summons to appear before the Bridgwater Commissioners upon Sept. 18. There was an affidavit that the summons in question bad been duly served upon Mr. Sablethwaite at Doncaster, and the necessary certificate of the Commissioners was also lodced. Rule nisi granted.

THE WEATHER. LONDON, THURSDAY. A great change in the weather took place in London last evening. After a cold, but rather bright day, a snow- storm occurred between five and six o'clock, attended by a sharp gale from the norti- west. As soon as the sky cleared frost set in, and this morning the streets as well as the suburban roads were frozen hard. The cold weather appears to be general. The snow-storm in the metropolis was not nearly so heavy as in other parts of the country; in Birmingham the snow fell heavily for over an hour, and so intense was the darkness that the various places of business had to be lighted up. On the east coast a heavy_ fall of snow and hail was experienced, and during the night a sharp frost was at work. The Leeds papers of to-day say that in northern parts of Yorkshire the country is covered with snow. At eight o'clock this morning the thermometer at Wick and Nairn was registered at one degree below freezing point; at Aber- deen it stood at 32 degrees; in London and at Portsmouth and Shields the weather was only one degree above freezing point. At Penzance and Pembroke the weather was much warmer, the thermometer being: registered at 41 dep. THOSE LADIES who have not yet used the GLENFIELD STARCH, are respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and carefully follow out the directions printed on every package. It is rather more difficult to make than other starches, but when this is overcome, they will say like the Queeu's Laundress, that it is the finest Starch they ever used. 7339 A good article ensures recommendation." The uniform good quality, perfect purity, and cheapness of Hornimans' Tea, has for 30 years secured an immense sale, and constant recommendation from family to famib. It is obtainable in most towns, but as there are numerous imitations, it is need- ful, to prevent disappointment, to slIe that each packet bears the signature of WH & FJ Horniman & Co., London, Original Importers of the Pure Tea."

OCTOBER COAL AND' IRON EXPORTS. A considerable improvement took place in the foreign coal trade of ths port during October,, compared with the dulness which characterised the September trade, and the result was an increase in last month's total of more than 20,000 tons compared with that of Sep- tember. Large as the increase was, however, it was not sufficient to make the return equal to that of October, 1868,. which was nearly 5^000 tons high-er-the total quantity of coal sent foreign last month being 197,653 tons, compared with 202,052 tons in the corresponding month of last year. A satisfactory increase is, how- ever, apparant in the other staple exports, 24,728 tons of iron, 5,699 tons of patent fuel, and 514 tons of coke having been sent foreign,, and 83,582 tons of coal sent coastwise last month, against 14,833 tons, of iron, 8,697 tons of patent fuel, 916 tons of coke, and 71,340 tons of eoal in the corresponding month of last year. The foreign ports which received more than 1,000 tons of coal from Cardiff last month were ::—Alexandria, 8.,091; Aden, 2,967 tons;. Bordeaux* 3,156 tons Buenos Ayres, 3,374 tons; Bombay, 1,800 tons Bahia, 2,047 tons Barcelona, 6,839, tons; Calao,, 2,55.8; Cadiz, 4,180 tons; Caen, 3,367 tons; Constantinople, 3,782 tons; Carthegena, 1,554 tons Cape de Yerds, 1,730 tons Corfu, 1,650 tons Dieppe. 3,273 tons; Gibraltar 4,691 tons Genoa, 1,93:4 tons Hong Kong, 3,881 tons Hamburg, 2,226 tons; Havre, 7,363 tons; Havanna, 12,646 tons; La Rochelle, 2,707 tons; Lisbon, 3,025 tons; Leghorn, 1,380 tons Malta, 4,091 Monte Video, 16,346 tons; Mauritius, 1,664 tons; Naples, 2,461 tons Nantes, 2,437 tons.; Pernambuco, 1,507 tons; Port Blair, 1,014 tons Palermo, 1647 tons Port Said, 4,650 tons; Palma, 1,254 tons; Point de Galle, 3,964 tons Porto Rico, 1,387 tons Rio Janeiro, 6,873 tons Rangoon, 2,064 tons Rouen, 1,648 tons St. Nazaire, 10,108 tons St. Thomas. 2,052 tons Singapore, 4,326 tons; Syra, 1,238 tons; Trieste, 4,119 tons; Table Bay, 1,003 tons Teneriffe, 1,196 tons and Venice, 1,679 tons. The iron export again almost entirely consisted of rail shipments on account of Russian and American railways. The ports to which over 300 tons of iron were shipped were-Cronstadt 8,763 tons rail, Con- stantinople 1,078 tons rail, Copenhagen 317 tons rail, Gottenburg 664 tons rail, Mobile 2,666 tons rail, Naples 401 tons bar, New Orleans 2,265 tons rails, New York 1,037 tons rail, Palermo 323 tons bar, Pensacola 1,110 tons rail, Riga 953 tons rail, Rosario 51G tons rail, Stettin 1,093 tons rail, Savannah 900 tons rail, and Trieste 1,227 tons rail. The vessels clearing foreign from Cardiff last month consisted of 7 American, 12 Austrian, 184 British, 4 Danish, 5 Dutch, 63 French, 1 Greek, 1 Hanoverian, G Hausetowns, 2 Holstein, 36 Italian, 7 Mecklenburg, 28 Norwegian, 2 Oldenburg, 2 Portugese, 16 Prussian, 8 Spanish, 8 Swedish, and 3 Russian-total 395. The following were the returns for the respective months of this year ;— FOREIGN EXPORTS. COASTWISE. Coal Iron PtFuel Coke Vesls Coal January,. 177,021 8,853 3,439 250 321 Cti 859 February. 1H3,6"2 23,748 5,420 1025 353 51.314 March 190,178 19,469 1,330 493 353 77,745 April. 164,085 2ti,795 1,266 091 310 79,001 May. 181,931 27,134 4,383 886 374 93,179 June 159,095 26,008 4,622 245 349 87,965 July 177,273 26,524 3,435 530 399 77,743 August 206,33 i 27,441 5,018 280 412 73,676 September 176,616 20,845 7,248 90 365 70,058 October 197,653 21,728 5,699 514 395 83582 Totals 1,811,790 230,545 41,860 5004 3631 761,182 The totals of coal and iron exports for the first ten months of the undermentioned years were as follows :— 1867. 1 868. I860. Tons of I Tons of Tons of Toni of Tons of Toniof Coal. Iron. Coal. 1 Iron. Coal. Iron. 1,613,411 120,238 1,782,410 121,309 1,811,790 230,545 It will thus be seen that notwithstanding the heavy falling off in the coal shipments for October and some other months of this year, compared with the totals for the corresponding months of last year, the total for the ten months exhibits an increase of nearly 30,000 tons over 1868, and of nearly 200,000 tons over 1867. Should the trade continue in an improving state, we hope to be able to report at the close of the year that the same ratio of increase has taken place in the coal trade of 1869, as has characterized latter years. The improvement in the iron exports, as we have before this pointed out, is exceptionally great, the increase in this year's return over that for 1868, being already 109,000 tons, and over 1867, 110,000 tons. The October returns for the several South Wales ports are contrasted in the following table:- FOREIGN. COASTWISE PORTS. A~ —\ Coal. Iron Fuel.. Coke.jVesls. Coal. Cardiff 197,653! 24,728 5,699: 514) 395 8 >,582 Swansea 53,ltiM a,341 10,909 592i 171 19,206 Newport. 32,852 15,899 — 463 77 62,857 Llanelly 7,983 — — — 37 8,960 Totals 291,651 13,96sJ 16,608 1,569(680 174,605 Totals 291,651 13,96sJ 16,608 1,569(680 174,605 Compared with the corresponding table for 1868, the coal total for the four ports shows a falling off of nearly 10,000 tons-the Cardiff and Swansea returns showing a falling off of 5,000 and 6,000 tons respectively, the Newport return, an increase of 3,000 tons, and the Llanelly return a decrease of 2,000 tons. The same comparison shows an increase in the iron exports of 10,000 tons at Cardiff, 2,000 tons at Swansea, and of 6,000 tons at Newport. In patent fuel shipments there was a decrease at Cardiff of 3,000 tons, and an increase at Swansea of 1,000 tons. There was a slight improvement in coke last month, but 42 fewer vessels cleared foreign than in October, 1868. In the ship- ments of coal coastwise, the Cardiff returns show an increase of 12,000 tons, the Swansea a decrease of 1,000 tons, the Newport a decrease of 3,000, and the Llanelly a decrease of 5,000 tons. MONTHLY RETURN OF COAL SHIPMENTS FOREIGN. COASTWISE. Oct. 1869. Oct. 1868. Oct. 1869. Oct. 1868 Cardiff 197,6*3 202,052 S3,582 71,340 Swansea 53,163 59,^69 19,206. 20,863 Newport. 32,f52 29,991 62,857. 65,173 Llanelly 7,9i"3 9,088. 8,960. 13,645 Newcastle 206,867 214,353 166,883 214,655 North Shields.. 8,348 9,524 1,431. 8,540 South Shields 11.8i9 9,552. 3,966. 1,236 Blyth 9,673. 9,644 3.1*7 6,243 Amble. 2,255 2,523 272 726 Sunderland 110,798 96,787 110,791 170,897 Hartlepool 49,234 64,710 52,442 78,3-32 Stockton. — 189. — — Middlesbro' 4,517. 2,729 5,179. 9,548 Bull 11.376 13,681 865. 3,104 jrimsby 16,555 23,712 1,900 3,230 3-reenock 18,9:$7. J 2,887. — — Seaham 4,380. 2,483. 31,810 47,680 Liverpool. 85,003 60,744. 10,5t>9 12,473 Whitehaven. — — 9,288 14,170 jroole 1,676. 1,332. 9,587. 9,048 Vyr — — 7,452 9,481 Glasgow 10,892 11,545 — — Port Glasgow — 1,459 — — jrrangemouth 9,392. 13,871 — — Dharlestown. 11,456 19,236 2,016 1,888 Mloa 9,619 15,720. 752 632 Irvine — — 3,902 2,120 Harrowstoness. 936. 1,308 4,436. 3,861 Inverkeitbing 595 2,434. 129 — rroon 20,403. 9,808 25,317 31,913 Udrossan 8,017 7,838. 8,093. 15,816 it. Davicl's 4,009. 10,540 746 218

(tarkfl -Stivviuo ¡nttlIigttHt. I FROM THE BILL OF ENTRY OFFICE. EXPORTS. Destination. Ship. Coal. Iron. Shippers. NOVEMBER 8. Smyrna Cereal, B 489 D. Davis & Sons Cape de Verda—Emperor, B {aun<jri!fs j-. filler & Co." St-Mlo Clyde,B { C° St. Nazaire Ironsides (s), B 800 Powell's Duffryn Co. La Rochelle Vulture (s), B; 600 Powell's Duffryn Co Fecamp Ravensworth, B 228 Tinel & Co. St. Malo Mary Colville, B 157.. Powell's Duffryn Co Bahia Carron, B 570 Ocean Steam CI. Co. St. Nazaire Swan (s), B 900 Powell's Duffryn Co Havre Bwllfa (S), B 912 Bwllfa Ceal Co. Barcelona Sea Swallow, B 570 Powell's Duffryn Co (120 Tinel & Co. Valencia Black Cat, B < 34 F. P. Carrel I 2^ Hollyer & Co. Genoa Buona Famiglia, Ity. 750 Ogleby & Davies Naples Cecilia, Italy 865 G. Matthyssens Palermo Alba, Italy 550 Insole & Son Cnstntinople Descovich, Aus. 680 Powell's Duffryn Co Portan Prince-Germania, Old. 3.9.. Cwramavon Cl. Co. Copenhagen Enigkeit, Prus. 600 Tellefsep & Holst N OVEMJlKR 9. Rouen Dublin (s), B 600 H. Worms Madeira Esmeralda, B 240 D. Davis & Sons. Hamburg Mary Nixon (s). B 900 Powell's Duffryn Co St. Nazaire Merthyr (s), B 900 Godard & Coquard Rochefort Elaine (s), B 750 Cory Bros. Gibraltar Lindsay (s), B 700 D. Davis & Sons Malta Electra (s), B 750 Nixon & Co. Caen Thames (s), B 320 Powell's Duffryn Co Bordeaux Druid (s), B 900 Livingstone & Co. Bahia Romeo, B 320 Ocean St. Coal Co. Caen Violette, F 128 Powell's Duffryn Co Havannah Formica, Ny. 516 Bwllfa Coal Co. Malta Evangelista, Greece 416 Cory Bros. Genoa Geromina, Italy 462 Cory Bros. Naples Flavio, Italy 540 A- Matthyssens Genoa Armida, Greece 488 Cory Bros. Genoa Maria Laurette, Italy 74i) Livingstone & Co. Rio Janeiro Teelkina Meiskiaa, Hol. 210 D. Davies & Co. St. Nazaire Elaine (s), B 452 Coffin and Co. NOVEMBER 10. Rio Janeiro Home, B ^2^ Barnes & Co. Havre Cromwell (s), B 700 Tinel & Co. Malta Mary, B 410 •• Nixon & Co. St. Afalo Malonine, F 148 Wayne & Co. Alexandria Polydore, F pt. fuel 340 H. Worms Marennes Pensee, F 150 Troedyrhiew Co. Trieste Inviato, Aus. 485 Cory Bros. Havannah Carl Johan, Sn. 626 Insole & Sen Malaga Calderon (s), Spain 450 D. Davis & Sontt Barcelona Vigilante, Spain 174 Hirwain Coal Co. Leghorn Sefora, Italy 500 Cory Bros. Genoa Marini Cichero, Italy 830 Ogleby & Davies Buenos Ayres-Francesco San- quinetti, Italy 750 A. T. Lucovich Jamaica Scaramanga, Ny. 458.. D. Davis & Sons Trinidad de Cuba-Arnold, H.T. 298 R. J. Todd NOVEMBER 11. Monte Video Leander, B 389 Ocean Steam CI. Co Maranham Rosaire, F 275 Insole and Son (145 6 machinery 4 bulls • F. P. Carrel 4 rams, and sundries St. Malo St. Paul, F 830, Powell's Daffirm Co Genoa Venezia, Italy 1120.. Ifirwain. Coal to- Tunis Adamo, Italy 412" H. Worms Leghorn Guiseppe, Italy 270 A. Mfatthyssece Cape de Y erds—Avanne, Ny. 72S. Nixon & Co. Cadiz Shamrock, Ny. 340- Cory Bros. otettm Wilhelm Kisker, Prus. 590 Powell's Duffryn Co Smyrna Gloria, Prus. 240 Powell's Duffryn Co Rio Janeiro Atalantv, Rus. 640- D. Davis- & Sons Cnstntinople Ernest &Elise, Meek. 580 Powell's Dfffryn Co St. Jago de Cuba Gerhard Erdwin, t. n i Old. 801.. Mi.Biieger Rotterdam Ellen Anne, B br. & bun., IfiO Dowlaislron, C&. VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS. NOVEMBER 5<. BarceUna, Ituna, B, 213, Warey, G. S. Stowe Point de Galle, Royal Visitor, B, 1220, Llewellyn, Rowlsnds and Thomas Rosario, Henry Ranking, B, 356, Harris, Rowlands and Thomas Callao, Vanguard, B, 1304, Clarke, Heit„Barnes & Co. Havri-, Julie, B.244, Scantlebury, Ðöwell Duffryn Havanna, G^oymedes,.Ny, 400. Nielsen, Dahlstom & Co. Havanna, Albert Wilhelm, SII, 688, Wrnntrbolm., Dahlstrom and Hiilestrom Stettin, Wilhelm Kisker, Prus, 400; Knockenbaner, Parry Trinidad de Cuba, Arneld, Ger,. 229j Klingenberg, R. J. Todd NOVEMBER; 6. Monte Video, Gambaldi, B, 825, Le Bouff, Ogleby & Davies Havanna, Cherokee, B, 548, Kerr, C. 0. Your.g and Co. Bergen, Manilla (s), Spain, 28&, Goyetiechen, 1 urns, Adamo, Nap., 320, Ladanz-a, M*. Strina Nantes, Amiable Prudence, F, 31}; Baron, Morel Bros. Maranham, Rosaire, F, 1(53, Allaire, Maftin &Marquand Constantinople, Gloria, Germ., 23S, Harder,. H. Worms Constantinople, Hariza Po, Aus, 368, MarusMcb, Lucovich Calderon (s), Bilboa, 600 iron vre, and 40 sacks beans, Rhymney Co. Dart, Dunjjarvon, piiwood, Powtll'k Duffryn Co. Burton, Bristol, sundries, Burton & S-on Marie Stella, Bordeaux, 125 tons pitwood, HeSt, Barnes & Co NOVEMBEH 9. Maranham, Plower, B, 29i, Hall, S. D. Jenkins Gibraltar, Lindsay (s), B, 506j Shaw, M. Thompson River Plate, Philia, B, 235, Edwards, R. Jones & Co. Cape de Verds, Miry Watkins, R. 100, Williams, E. Jones & Co. St. Nazaire, Swan (s), B.560.. Blampied, Hacquoil Bros. La Rochelle, Vulture (s), B-, 345, Church, Hacquoil Bros. Havre, Merchant, B, 282" Mitchell, G. S. Stowe St. Nazaire, Ironsides B, 394, Neill,G. S. Stowe Tarragona, Dauntless, 133, Edwards, W. Y. Edwards Havre, Bwllfa (s), 51õ, Scoones, Bwllfa Colliery Co. Marennes, La Pensee, F, 94, Mequin, Morel & Co. Nantes, Jeune Auguste, F, 80, Gheirder, Morel & Co. Barcelona, Amandus, Ky. a-ZI, Pettersen, Tellefsen & Co. Port Said, Adler, Ger, 22.4, Koiiow, Cory Bros. Hamburg, Magna Charta, Ger, 324, Hemniings, Cory Bros. Malaga, Calderon (s), Spn, 391, Monasterie, G. S. Stowe Naples, Vincenze, Italy, 260, Castaglida, M. Strina Palermo, S. Agnello, Italy,300, Garginlo, M. Strina Palermo, Maria, Italy, 250, Rallo, M. Strina Messina, Timoleonk, Italy, 160, Maresca, M. Strina NOVEMBER 9. Hamburg, Mary Nixon (s), B, 587, Bennett, Nixon & Co. Riga, Paris (s), B, 504, Connell, Nixon & Co. Gibraltar, Electra (s), B, 54->, Fuller, Harrison Brps. Rouen, Dublin (s), B, 303, R(,berts, Hacquoil Bros. Maranham, Cuban, B, 232, Roberts, Cory Bios. Bordeaux, Druid (s), B, 473, Pit.kney, Livingstone & Co. Caen, Thames (s), B, 191, Ferguson, Powell's Duffryn St. Nazaire, Merthyr (s), B, 511, Williams, Bwllfa Col- liery Co. St. Nazaire, Elaine (s), B, 217, Evans, R. Byrne & Co. Constantinople, Bariza, P.. Aus, 368, Marucich, Lucovich Barcelona, Energie, Prus, 500, Miedbrant, Cory Bros. Constantinople, Phillip Suppivich, Meek, 353, Korff, Cory Bros. Trieste, Audielika, Aus, 340, Marovich, A. T. Lucovich Ragusa, Celeste, Aus, 430, Millosevich, A. T. Lucovich Alexandria, Annetta, Aus, 400, Millinovich, A. T. Lucovich Sagna la Grande, Leviathian, Ny, 388, Terjesen, Tetletsen and Co. NOVEMBER 10. Gibraltar, Result, B, 138, Bradshaw, J. Berrill & Co. Havre, Cromwell (s), B, 438, Walker, Harrison Bros. Alexandria, Giaccmina Aus, 200, Tribusson, A. T. Lucovich Smyrna, Lamecot, Aus, 530, Biscovich, A. T. Lucovich Bordeaux, Marie Therese, F, 71, Faguier, Morel & Co. Trouville, Emilie, F, 89, Larec, Morel & Co. NOVEMBER 11. Havannah, Josephine, B, 494, Pitman, S. D. Jenkins Mobile, Cairnie Hill, B, 779, Smith, S. D. Jenkins St. Brieux, Peail, B, 44, Hotton, Morel Bros. Halifax, Eliza Oulton, B.454, O'Brien, Willans & Co. lie rle Rhe Renomie, F, 80, Rebour, Morel Bros. St. Malo, Prince Imperial, F, 76, Cortel, Morel & Co. Algiers, Courageux, F, 166, Bedel, Morel & Co. St. Malo, Brittania, B, 30, Levain. Morel & Co. Algiers, St. Joseph, B, 164, Rouxel, Clarke Bros. Barcelona, Fortuna Promersa, Italy, 274, Deviazzar.a, M. Strina Naples, Orsolina, Italy, 280, Scotto, M. Strina Genoa, Guidetta Uanovaro, Italy, 307, Zerega, Morteo and Penoo

SHEEP LOST.—10s. REWARD. ON Saturday last, Eight Sheep, two of which are black, strayed from a farm near Basselleg, Monmouthshire. The white sheep are marked with a circle of tar, and the wool of the black ones is cut across the back. Whoever will give such information as shall lead to their recovery, to the policeman stationed at Basselleg, will receive the above re- ward. 8056 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861. IN the matter of an Assignment for the benefit of creditors, executed by PETER STEFFA.NO, of Cardiff, in the County of Glamorgan, ship chandler, dated the 2nd day of March, 1865. A meeting of creditors will be held on MONDAY, the Twenty-ninth day of NOVEMBER, 1869, at the Office of Mes&rs. W. H. Williams & Co., Exchange, Bristol, at 12 o'clock at noon, for the purpose of auditing the Trustee's Accounts, and declaring a farther and final dividend under the estate. Anv creditor of the said Peter StefFano, at the date of the said Deed, who shall not deliver particulars of their claims to the said Messrs. W. H. Williams & Co., or one of the under- signed, three days before the saiJ meeting, will be excluded from the benefit of the said dividend. Dated the 10th day of November, 1869. INGLEDEW & INCE, Cardiff,) Solicitors to 8002 PRESS & INSKIP. Bristol, f the Trustees. THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861. In the Court of Bankruptcy for the Bristol District. IN the matter of ROBERT FRANCIS LANGLEY of No. L 6, Park-place, in the town of Cardiff, in the county of Glamorgan, trading and carrying on business at ;he Arcade Chambers, Saint Mary-stroet, Cardiff aforesaid, as scrivener and attorney-at-law, under the style or firm of J. H. and R. F. Langley," and also being registrar of the County Court of Glamo/gansbire holden at Cardiff, a bankrupt. NoncE.—A dividend meeting under the above estate will be held at the Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, on the Thirtieth day of November-instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. Alfred John Acraman, Esq., of No. 19, St. Augustine's- place, Bristol, is the official assignee; and R. W. Williams, Esq of Cardiff, and Messrs. Henderson & Salmon, of 50, Broad-street, Bristol, are the solicitors in the bankruptcy. 8058 EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF A COUGH BY POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED—" Her Majesty's Gun Boat, 'Netley,' Wick, North East Coast of Scotland, 7th September, 186$. —Dear Sir,—Having had a most distressing and severe cough, which caused me many sleepless nights and restless days, I was recommended by His Lordship, the Earl of Caithness, to try your most invaluable Balsam of Aniseed and I can assure you, with the first dose I found immediate' relief, even without having to suspend my various duties; and the first small bottle completely cured me therefore I have the greatest confidence in fully recommending it to the million. Most respectfully yours. W. LINZELL H.M G.B. Netley.To Mr. Powell." PowELL's BALSAM OF ANISEED can be had of all Chemists. In Bottles at Is. 1 id. and 2s. 3d. Warehouse, 16, Blackfriars-road, Lon- ion. Ask for" POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED." 8059

THE SECOND EDITION. Cardiff Times Office, Saturday, 1 p.m. THIS MORNING'S TELEGRAMS. r LONDON, SATURDAY, 9a.m. THE CABINET AND THK LAND QUESTION. The Telegraph says, that for the present the meetings of the Cabinet have been suspended, but they will be resumed I on the 71h of December, when the preliminary discussion on the momentous Irish Land Bill will no doubt amid necessarily clearer views, and with more distinct purpose bear excellent fruit in the definite shaping of the measure. The Times says: The time has arrived when it is necessary that the principles of action to be recommended to the Legis. lature with reference to the Irish Land question, should be plainly stated. There are unhappily, men in Ireland whose immediate object appears to be the encouragement of the wildest demands, for no other purpose than to bring about the reaction of resentment, which must follow when the im- possibility of conceding them, they themselves know to be certain, is proclaimed. There is no person in England, whether in the Cabinet or among the most advanced suppor- ters of the ministry, who has ever said anything to coun- tenance the delusions industriously fostered, and neither the ministers of the crown can propose, nor Parliament entertain any scheme for dealing with the Irish Land question, which does not proceed on the old lines of procuring public good by respecting private rights, and passionate attempts to drive the Legislature to depart from this course are only too likely to beget the deplorable consequence of a postponement of Legislation. ANOTHER PRINCELY GIFT BY MR. PEABODY TO THE POOR OF LONDON. The Times says: Mr. Peabody has directed his executors to pay over to the Trustees of the Peabody donation fund, for the erection of dwellings for the poor of London, the sum of £150,000, thereby making the whole amount given by him for this purpose £ 500,000, MR. PEABODY'S FUNERAL. A cable telegram in the Times says The Secretary of the Navy has ordered Admiral, Radford, commanding the American fleet in European waters, to detail vessels to con- vey the body of Mr. Peabody to America. The Government offices in the United States were closed yesterday. THE LATE LORD DERBY. Her Majesty, yesterday, paid a visit of condolence to the Countess of Derby at her residence in St. James's square. The nomination day at Hastings is next Tuesday. Mr. Amos Kendall died at Washington yesterday, aged eighty. SPAIN. MADRID, November 12.-Admiral Topete has been elected Vice-President of the Cortes by 133 votes against 5. The Regent and the Minister of the Interior will arrive here this evening.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MERTHYR LOCAL BOARD came before the Iiolls Court, on Thursday. It has reference to the injunction which Messrs. Nixon obtained against the board drinnitig their sewage into the Tatf river. The Master of the Rolls decreed a perpetual injunction, with costs to be paid by the board, on the understanding that no sequestration was to issue, at all events until after the last day of term (November 25th), when his Lordship was to be informed what steps had been taken in the meantime by the board to mitigate the nuisance complained of.

.PROBABLE COUNTY ELECTION. In consequence of the proposed elevation of Mr, Talbot to the peerage, a vacancy will necessarily occur in the county of Glamorgan. We hear that it is pro- bable that the seat will be contested by the Conserva- tives, with a view of testing their real strength. We trust the report is true, for nothing short of an actual defeat will satisfy our political opponents- of the hope- lessness of their cause in this county. It is, of course, the interest of certain parties to make it appear possible for a Conservative candidate to be returned, just as it was the interest of the same parties-, to persuade poor Mr. Giffard that he was certain to be returned for the Car- diff Boroughs. Since that inglorious defeat, the; Con- servatives have started a daily paper, which hat icces- sently, and in the coarsest language, endeavoured to blacken the character of the- county memjbersv If literary ruffianism is calculated, to change the political opinion of the county, then indeed the Conservatives-may have ground for hope. We shall see, however, where the dirt will stick when the time arrives. In the lneø.n.tinw the Liberals may rest satisfied that a proper candidat0 will be forthcoming. It is not improbable that Mr. G. T. Clark, of Dowlais, will be brought forward but nothing has as yet been definitely settled..

CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. t FRIDAY. (Before Alderman PlUDE and Mr. A. BASSETT.) DESERT IN G.-William Webster was charged with having avi deserted the ship Palmyra. Sentenced to one month's imprisonment. STEALING.-William Thomas was charged with having stolen same seamen's clothjng from a vessel on board which he was sleeping. He was discharged to-day, as the police had been unable to obtain any evidence against him. STEALING A KNIFE AND FoRK.—WiHiam Bowles was charged with having stolen a knife and fork from John Owens, a refieshment-house-keeper in James-street. The de- fendant went into the house and had some fo.d and after he left a knife and fork were missed. P.C. Hawkins found the articles in the prisoner's possession. He pleaded guilty, to I he charge, and said he was in drink at the time. Sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. CHARGE AOAINST A REFRESHMENT-HOUSE-KEEPER.— William Kohl, the keeper of a refreshment-house in Bute- road, was summoned for permitting drunkenness and disor- derly conduct in the house. Mr. Raby defended. P.C. Smith stated that he was passing the defendant's house on Thursday, the 4th inst., at two o'clock in the morning, when he heard great disorder inside. A servant came out and asked him and P.C. Murley to come in, as some men were fighting. They did so, and found the defendant and four other men inside. The landlord and one of the men were in a drunken and disorderly state. The men said there had been a dispute about the payment for the last lot of beer, and that one of the men had drawn a knife. P.C. Murley gave corroborative evidence. Mr. Raby addressed the Bench for the defence, and called Kllen Griffiths, the servant, who denied that she called in the police. She said the police knocked at the door, and on her opening the door they came into the house. She denied that there was any disorderly conduct, or that the prisoners were drunk, as she had only served them with cotfee. "Fined 40s, and costs, or one month's impiisonment. INTERFERING WITH THE POLICE. Julia Roach was charged with interfering with the police in the execution of their duty. Inspector Price said on Saturday he had a pri- soner in custody in Stanley-street, when he was surrounded by the defendant and a number of other women, who at- tacked him. The defendant struck him.—Fined 5s. and costs. SELLING BEER.—Walter Davies, landlord of the Trede- gar Arms, Tredegar-street, was charged with having sold beer during illegal hours. The officer found the defendant's wife drawing beer at eight o'clock on Sunday morning, t-t, he could not say if the customer was from Llafitrissant.—Case dismisssd. REFUSING TO TAKE A CAB FARE.—James Warren was summoned for refusing to take a fare when offered. Wil- liam Albury, servant to Dr. Pratt, said the defendant was standing with his cab at the stand in Rothsay-terrace, at twenty minutes to one o'clock on the 7th inst., when he de- sired him to come to Dr. Pratt's door. Defendant refused, saying that he was going to dinner. In defence, the accused said he had been already engaged when the complainant came to him, and he told the latter so. He called a witness in proof.-Case dismissed. ASSAULT.-Samuel Sherwood was charged with assault- ing William John. The complainant keeps the tap at the Cardiff Arms. On Saturday a dispute occurred between the defendant and complainant's daughter, who was serving, about the change for a shilling, and on complainant inter- fering, he was assaulted by the defendant. Fined 10s. and costs. SATURDAY. (Before Alderman PRIDE, the ex MAYOR, and Mr. ALEXANDER BASSETT.) WILFUL DAMAGE.-Morgan Elliott, a boy, was charged with having committed wilful damage by cutting two ropes which was used to moor the vessel Flash in the East Bute Dock. The ropes had been chafing against the barge in which the prisoner worked, which was the only reason he had for committing the offence. The consequence was that the vessel swung into the middle of the dock.-To pay 15s. damage, Is. fine and costs, or seven days. COUNTERFEIT COINAGE.-John Gay was charged with having attempted to pass counterfeit coins. The prisoner had been in the habit of calling at the Mount Stuart Hotel almost every day for the last four months. In consequence af the frequency of the prisoner visiting the two bars at the same time, and each time tendering a shilling or florin in payment at the second bar-although he had received change at the first-and the number of bad coins found in the till, the suspicions of the landlord's nephew was excited, and on Friday he detected the prisoner in giving him a bad florin. Remanded till Tuesday.

LOCAL NEWS. FUNERAL OF MR. D. HEAP, OF PENARTH.—The remains of the late Mr. David Heap were interred at Penarth church. yard, on Friday, the Rev. C. Parsons officiating. Deceased had been a contractor on several railways, and as such was connected with the Penarth Dock and Railway from its commencement up to the time of his death. The wide- spread regard in which he was held may be judged of from the fact that some five or six hundred persons, many of them from a distance, attended the funeral, which was one of the most impressive ever witnessed in the place. In the course of the service the Rev. C. Parsons referred in suitable terms to the death of the Baroness Windsor. COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR SWANSEA.—SIX LIVES LOST. On Thursday morning, about one o'clock, a shock- ing colliery explosion, caused by fire-damp, took place at the Hendreforgan Colliery, Cwmtwrch, Swansea Valley. Twelve fnen and boys were in the pit, six of whom were killed, viz. William Hopkins, married, two children; David Davies, single; Samuel Arthur, a boy; David Jones, a boy Richard Nicholas, married, leaving five daughters; Thomas Jones, single. Many thousands of persons have visisted the scene of the eatastrophe since its occurrence. The pit has always borne the character of being exceedingly well ventilated, the owners sparing no expense to ensure the safety of the workmen. After strenuous efforts continued for some hours three of the bodies were recovered. An in- quest was formally opened upon them on Friday. VIVIAN v. THE MERSEY DICK COMPANY.—This case was decided by the Court of Common Pleas in favour of the plaintiff, on Thursday. NEW MINOR CANON AT THE CATHEDRAL.—The Dean and Chapter have appointed the Rev. J. Parsons, curate of Kingston, near Blandford, to the minor canonry at Llandaff. Cathedral, vacant by the preferment of the Rev. David Morgan. LOCAL BANKRUPTS IN FRIDAY'S GAZETTE.—J. Powell, innkeeper, Poatypoo) H. Lewis, plumber, Carmarthen E. Howard, publican, Swansea; A. W. Wheeler, tailor, Mon- mouth. A CALITION TO HOUSEHOLDERS.—On Friday morning the police found four complete sets of skeleton keys near the Hospital ship, which are deemed capable of opening almost any door lock in town. FIRE.—A fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Craig, boat builder, West Bute Dock, on Friday evening, but with the assistance of one of the Taff Vale engines a good supply of water was procured, and the fire was put out before mucb damage had been done. THE NEW LOCAL PEER, Mr. C. M. Talbot, M.P- Glamorganshire, and Lord-Lieutenant of that county, >s 1 son of the late Mr Thomas Mansel Talbo', of oy Lady Mary Lucy, daughter of the second Earl of He • He was born in 1803, and educated at Harrow ana uriei College, Oxford, graduated B.A., 1st class in > 1823. He married in 1835, Lady Charlotte-—sjster ast Earl of Glengall—who died in 1846. Mr. Tal 0 as representative of this county in Parliame"1 c as a consistent Liberal. He is favour of the ba <>> Pposed to church-rates. On his elevation a vacan y of course occur in the representation of the coU"'y' PRT THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S O WE WOULD remind our readers that the Pt,'„arn*f0I?u j-.C-lt^ty's concert takes place on Wednesday evening a r'H-l]all, when Handel's masterpiece The Mess'3 1 e produced. THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF OXFOKIMJMvEttsITY, vacant by the death of the Earl of was yesterday filled up by the election of the Marquis of Salisbury. LONDON COHN MAKKET, IUDAY. English wheat brought Monday's quotations. For foreign there was but a poor demand, and prices were unaltered. Spring corn firm, it late rates.

-1- 'THE ADVANCE NOTE QUESTION ANT> THE CHAMBEK OF COMMERCE. The adjourned meeting of the Cardiff Chamber of Com- hpl/i f0]7 'hediscussion of the advance note question was and » £ ?c!F Chambers yesterday (Friday) afternoon Dotn^at-endtd-byMr. John BoylVm the chaTr Mr' Mr chairman. Mr- J- Morgan, Mr. R. Cory 'iUn Thompson8^' Mr- McAuslane, Mr. S. D. Jenkins, Mr. M! Ingledew Hifl' \r ^r Boulanger, Mr. Ronnfeldt Mr rial Moore> Mr- J; Douglas, Mr. ant secretary 1 Th (secretary), and Mr. Deacon (assist- jaesday, in drder meetlng had been adjourned from Wed- terested in the oi,c)SfCUre attendance of ship brokers in- in order to accomnUa'wv!8 ■Wiis/e^t the-chamber that of a seven days' adrat je-Ct m V1°w-the establishing brokers should combin! nf°te~~lt; waA necessary that all the boarding-house masters ar^ resl.sc endeavours of the the three days' note. d note dl8C0unters to maintain Mr. R. CORY brought thought would enable them t0 attain t, .°P0'?. ,w^lc lishing a seven days' advance aot IT„ o jeL' estab- A^E, "I'SNKTS? RSRJR T. thai they would endeavour in evsry way J 1 ?'resolve bination formed by the boarding-house 'othew" for the purpose of upsetting the carrying out of their desir- able object To this end he proposed that they form. A a limited liability company for the purpose of cashine- ad- vance notes, and also, if neceasary, of supplying seamen with clothes^ The company, he suggested, should be calledi Cardiff Seamen s Protection Sociaty. and should consist of a capital of £ 2,000, in 200 shares of £ 10 each TW- object of the company would be to protect the seamen from the impositions they were at present subject to in the cashing of their notes, and also to provide them with proper, clothing for the voyages for which they were shipped at the' lowest charges consistent with the safety of the company. There was no doubt that all shipowners, shipbrokers&c would use their utmost endeavours to promote the success- of the company by drawing all their notes at seven days, and for acceptance by the company. The project he thought would recommend itself, both on-account of the advantages. ouid afford the shipowner as -7*911 as the seaman. A long discussion took place, both in regard to Mr. Cory's, p oposa and other points of the advance note question, in. the course of which it was stated that about £30,000 a year was the amount of business done in advance notes, and the desertions averaged 2 per cent. A discount of 5 per cent. on the sum named would of course realise a profit of .#1,500 on the cashing a one, whereas the ordinary discount charged was from 10 to 12,1 per cent., or, in many cases, as much as could he got out of the seaman.. Mr. RONNFELDT Saw a difScuity in working the corr.- FK "I" I-1 Wa8 not very easV now to slliP men, even when °°ard,nS paster had a particular interest in seeing, that t""mo"> they had all the1 boarding-house ctLZlZ "t" btned against it. Mr. R. CORY thought the crompany would be sufficiently powerful with its facilities, and the law on its side, to defeat any action of that kind. He also pointed out that the brokers who had agreed not to accept the tnree days' notes were placed in a difficult position at present, when the cap- tains offered to deposit money as security for the notes. A company such as he proposed would enable them to remove that difficulty at once. The CHAIRMAN said he was told by Mr. McAuslane the < superintendent of the Sailar's Home, that the Jews charged a higher discount than the ordinary rate, and that occasion- ally it was something enormous. Mr. TELLEFSEN observed that he had been told by one of the shipping masters that theirgreatest objection, to the seven day» note was that they zould not trust certain, brokers, and that at one of their meetings they had blackballed certain persons at the docks, whose notes they would not cash. Were the proposed company established, he thought the boarding-house masters would bring their notes to be cashed by it. Mr. DOWNING said he had been assured by another agent that such a company as the one proposed w&uld affect the object they had in view. The CHAIRMAN expressed surprise at the smallnessin num- ber of the brokers who had attended the meeting,as he had bees led to consider that a very much larger number would have interested themselves in the matter. It sesmed to him that the matter was purely a question of contract between the shipowner or captain and the seamen, and that they as a Chamber had no right to interfere with it- From the first moment he had heara of the matter-and he had been con- fiimed in his opinion after discussing the subject with Mr. AlcAuslane-it appeared to him that they were stepping oat. of their province in interfering with the matter. He doubted if it would be well for them to. proceed further in the matter, and identify themselves with a question which did not affect them, and one which would involve them in & good deal of trouble. j||Mr. DOWNING ''id not understand that the Chamber was- to identity itself with the company suggested by Mr. Cory but Siniply to express its approval of the scheme. Mr. HILL thought the matter relatad to the interests ol the port, and was therefore within the province of the Chanb- b.er> The penod of three days for advance notes was excep- tionally short, and much longer pesiods were the case a& London, Liverpool, and other ports. He had no doubt that the boarding-house masters and sailors would go to the place where they could get their notes cashed cheapest, but he was not prepared at once to go mto the plan proposed by Mr. ?ZJ\ "K,1 ?Ut 1 ,l ■ at lf the the sbipbrokers were to take a little trouble in backing up the shipowner for a three days-* hnie= °Ht Jt"e,.CaPta,ns were to pay the boarding masters bill and take the seaman's clothes an board as his security, if-' have the effect of breaking up the combination which at present existed against establishing the seven da*s* note. He was convinced himself of the desirableness off the seven days' note. The CHAIRMAN asked if the additional risk attached to a I seven days' note had been taken into consideration in form- f ing the company. He agreed with Mr. Hill looking at the h matter from a shipowner's point of view, but looking at the I matter from the note discounter's point, he did not see how any advantage would arise by extending the period from three to seven days. Mr. CORY thought that the shipowners' interest was also SZMXSN!0'EU HI°,ONE"I,°-A"1 N<* Mr. HILL said that as regards the boardiBg house masters they were not asking them to do anything exceptional by desiring them to accept a seven days' note. » The CHAIRMAN said boarding-house-keepers were not a rich class of ptople, and their losses were said to be very large. He understood, t»o, that the effect of the seven day/' proposal had been to increase the rate of discount for cash- ing the notes. proposal had been to increase the rate of discount for cash- ing the notes. Mr. JENKINS urged that the company should be started » outside the Chamber. They, as brokers, coald support it, I buf not as the Chamber of Commerce The CHAIRMAN: What is the opinion of the body of shipbrekers. Are they favourable to the company? Mr. JENKINS satd he did not know, but personally he A<W i„ f° would obJ'ect t0 SDPP°rt the company. After some further remarks, i Mr. RONNFELDT moved that the question being out of duaUction8 fu1'6 C',la;"ber' jt should be left «o the indivi- 1M "1e brokers to carry out. Mr. JENKINS seconded the motion, which was agreed to. THE TRIMMING OF COAL AT THE DOCKS. n, announced, in reference to this matter that the trustees of Lord Bute had come to the determination of undertaking the trimming of coal for any persons who may iesire them to do the work They are prepared to so at once. [t would be optional for anyone to employ them or not. Mr. MCCONNOCHIE said the charge would be: Whole :argoes of small coal 2d. per ton house coal 2d. per ton, up > te double decks and 2Jd. per ton for three decks and 2id. f per ton for steam coal. Mr. HILL could not account for the difference which exis- ;ed in the charge of trimming house and steam coal, as it was ill the same to the shipowner which sort he had. v Some remarks were made on the point, from which it ap- j )eared that house coal was much more easily trimmed than iteam coal. THE READING-ROOM. I The Secretary reported the result of the committee's in- quiry into tne matter ot opening a reading and exchange- room in connectibn with the Chamber. The committee cal- culated upon 120 members, and recommended a subscription of £1 lis. 6d. for members of lOd. 6d- for members' clerks; and a payment of 2s. 6d. a month for visitors Stavinp- »r Tar* diff and introduced by members. Thev rppnm j j the reading-room—which would rnntJi onjnftended that grams, and trade reparts-shmiM KCOntdln "papers, tele- p.tn., and that it shnnlT. be open from 9 a m- tilJ 9 a m to 19 ot thrown open for charge fiom II 30 commit/2 n°°yach day- The recommendations of the mmittee were adopted, with the exception for the time for charge, which was fixed from 12 noon to 12.30 p.m., and cir- culars were ordered to be issued to all interested persons. This concluded the business of the meeting.

GENERAL NEWS. DR. TEMPLE'S appointment as bishop of Exeter was con- I3T06 1 an^ of Exeter by a majority of Mr. PEABODY'S REMAINS were taken to Westminster Abbey on Friday, and in the presence of a crowded assembly of mourners the burial service of the Church of England was read. The man of war Inconstant is being fitted up to convey the remains to America, a suitable mausoleum is being erected on board. RELAPSING FEVER has broken out in London. PARLIAMENT IS PROROGUED from the 93rd of Decem. ber, to Monday, January the JOth. EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED.—The barque bound from New York to Dublin with wheat, str»f* at Holyhead Breakwater on Thursday morning, am*1, .became a total wreck. The captain, his wife, their c'iIldren, and four seamen were drowned. NEW PEERS.—It is annoui>cf<? sen?'-officially that the I following gentlemen will sh«»rlt*u to the peerage of the United KingdomC. Talbot, Esq., M.P., the Earl of Southesk, the Listowel, Lord Edward Howard, the Right • ^Uzpatiick, M.P.. Sir John Acton, Bart., Colonel ''e-Nugent, M.P., George Carr Glyn, Esq., T. Agar RobarteS) Esq.and Edward Bu'ce Esq., M.P. Tfrpip _G' IJJ CONSUMPTION OF DR. DB JONGH S Li.^ OVV COD LIVEE OIL.—The following Sr^ical Officer r en Chattaway. Esq District Med- of thj^ Leominsters testifies to the unequalled XT ^tebrated Oil in the treatment of con- I 3* Jonah's T ln £ for some years extensively used Dr. 1 »d private c«<> Oil, W in public its effects o P actlce> 1 have n0 hesitation in stating that Liver Oil XT Very fa.r suPerior to. those of any other Cod firmed n -Nearly lour years since, two cases of con. the h C0I18UH1Ption were placed under iny care. In Dnao'ki11^3 were a mass of tubercular deposit, and every ( sni s°und to be heaid in phthisis was present. The n j remedy employed was Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown v^oa Liver Oil; and now the patients are strong and fat • the diseased (abnormal) sounds nearly inaudible; and in the •necase (male), hunting, fishing-, and shooting, are freely t indulged in, the patient expressing himself quite capable of undergoing as much as any of his fellow- sportsmen." Dr. de Jongn s .gilt-Brown Cod Liver Oil is sold only in capsuled imperial half-pints, 2s 6d. pints, 4s. 9d.; quarts, 9b. la e 'e(l with his stamp and signature, without which none can possibly be genuine, bv his sole consignees, Ansar, Haitord, & Q0 77_ Strand, London; and respectable chemists. Printed by Steam power, and published by the sole f Proprietor, DAVII) DUNCAN, at his General Printing == =: Printed by Steam power, and published by the sole f Proprietor, DAVII) DUNCAN, at his General Printing Offices, 10, St. Mary street, in the parish of St. Mary in the Borough of Cardiff. in the county of Glamorgsn SATURDAY, NOV. 13, 1869. I