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Steitwss :l\bbrt5sts. —-— '{ II An Excellent Paper."—Vide London Fun. THE T ARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE jpRINCIPALITYi Thw Right Hon. John Morley, M.P., writas to the Editor :—I am much Miffed to you for sending me your paper, which I have looked into with interest. Sir E. J. Reed, K.C.B.. M.P., writes :—Tour paper is a wonderful affair, and reflects the utmost credit on you. THE CARDIFF rjlIMES AND jgOTJTH "yyALES "YyEEKLT JJEWS NEW FEATURES, NEW STORIES, NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES. We have pleasure in announcing that we have made Arrangements with eminent authors and other writers of note for a supply of entirely New Stories and of several series of interesting articles, which will no doubt become very popular. ——— We have received for original publication in the "CARDIFF TIMES AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS" A. New and Splendid Story by that master of the art of story-telling- WILKIE COLLINS universally ad- mired as the Author of The Woman in White" and other fictional works scarcely less popular. The Title of his New and Enthralling Romance is THE LEGACY OF CAIN, And we anticipate its popularity will surpass any of the famous works by this Author, which are thoroughly familiar to English-speaking people the wide world over. From a perusal of the early folios of the MS. of "The Legacy of Cain," we can assure our readers that the story is of a most absorbing character. The Opening Chapter introduces us to a scene in a Condemned Cell. where a wretched woman, about to pay the law's greatest penalty, after harrowing the feelings of her spiritual adviser by her callous and indifferent conduct, promises to hearken to his appeals on condition that he grants her one request-a. request referring to her hapless babe, then sleeping peacefully on the prison pallet. Anxious beyond measure to save the guilty woman's soul and lead her to repentance, the minister hesitates for a moment, and a powerful scene is brought to a climax by the murderess throwing herself at his feet, beseeching him to remember how quickly time is passing, and how small are her hopes of salvation. We refer our readers with confidence to the Story itself. THE LEGACY OF CAIN, By WILKIE COLLINS, Author of The Woman in White," "Jezebel's Daughter," The Moonstone," Heart and Science," The Evil Genius," Ac., &c., Commences Publication ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, and an instalment will appear weekly till the conclu- sion is reached. The Athenceirm gays" No one ever yet began one of WILKIE COLLINS' Novels to throw it aside. Mr C'OLLIMS possesses the art of fixing the reader's atten- tion throughout the whole of a. narrative of intrigue in a higher degree perhaps than any other English Novelist." The Author's superlative genius in weaving an ab- sorbing and fascinatIng plot is universally a.dmitted,and his New Story, which will first be published in our columns, is a splendid exemplification of his style and power. In the CARDIFF TIMES AND SOtTTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS" of TO-DAY is continued a series of Sketches in pen-and-ink, entitled— MEMORIES OF THE PAST; Being the RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF A 1 SOUTH WALES JOURNALIST. By J. C. MANNING (CARL MORGANWG), Author of Frozen Hearts," Paul Tracey's &:c. The sketches deal in a chatty and genial spirit with the ordinary routine of public ilie in South Wales 30 years ago, and comprise many interesting recol- lections of men and things incidental to the period referred to and for some years subsequently. The rapid march of great events naturally obliterates much of minor note that would interest us in after life if it were only placed on record at the time. The irrevocable decrees of ueath, and the departure of living friends for distant lands, give a zest to the remembrance of long-forgotten things in which boih once took an active part. It will be the object of the writer of "Memories of the Past" to touch with a gentle and kindly hand many incidents of the past that will serve to revive pleasant memories. No ankind word or depreciative thou¡¡:ht will be permitted to mar what is intended to be a series of pleasing recollections of many who are gone that can be read with interest by those who remain. On MARCH 3rd will be commenced a Serial Story of thrilling interest, A MINER'S MILLION, By J. MONK FOSTER, Author of Carchester's Vengeance," For Love and Gold," A Poor Man's Tragedy," 4c. This will be a story of mining life, and will prove of exceptional interest to many of our readers. NEW FEATURES, NEW STORIES, NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES. j HEATHJ jpIANO FORTES QRGANS, tNP YT & R M 0 N I U M S. HEATH AND SONS THREE Years' SYSTEM IS APPLIED TO THE HIRE & PURCHASE OF INSTRUMENTS BY ALL MAKERS, FROM 108 MONTHLY. EVERY INSTRUMENT GUARANTEED. CO-OPERATIVE PRICES FOR CASH The Largest Stock in Wales to Select from. 51, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. j 1066—9431 2b9e JpOR COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, TORONCHITIS, and NEURALGIA. DR. J. COLLTS BROWNE'S CHLORO- DYNE.—Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood stated publiciy in court that Dr. J. Collis Browne was unduubtellly the inventor úf Chlorodyne, that the whole awry o. the defendant rreeman was deliberately untrue, and he regretwd to say it had been sworn tc.- See The Times," July 13, 1864. RTJ.COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORO- DYNE.—The kight Hon. Karl JEtnssell commu- nicated to the College of Physicians and J. T. Daven- port that he had receiveù information to tbe effect that tile only remedy of any service in cholera was Chlorodyne.—See "Lancet," Dec. 31, 18fc8. J.COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORO- XJ DYNE.—Extract from the '■ Medical Times," Jan. 12, 1866:—"Is prescribed by scores of orthodox I practitioners. Of course, it would not be thus singularly popular did It not supply a want and fill a place." DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORO- DYNE is the best and most certain vemedy in roughs, colds, asthma, consumption, neuralgia, rheu- matism, Ac. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORO- DYNF. is a certain cure in cholera, dysentery, diarrhœa., &c. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORO- DYNK.—CAUTION.—None genuine without The words Dr J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne" on the Government stamp. Overwhelming medical testimony accompanies each bottle. *>oie llla.nufa.ctl1rer J. P. DAVENPORT, 33, Great Russell-terrace, Blooms. bury. London. Sold in bottles, Is lid, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and Us 749S 13179 JJINNEFORD'S MAGNESIA. This pure Solution is the best remedy for Acidity of th19 Stomach, Heartburn, Head > ache, Gout, and Indigestion, jQINNEFORD'S MAGNESIA The safest and most gentle aperient for delicate consti- tutions, Ladies, Children, and Infants. 180, Bond-street, London, and all Chemists. 13224 Who suffer from NERVOUS A DEBILITY. LOST VIGOUR, Ex- I BAUgrED VITALITY, KIDNEY B/s A TCT DISEASES, AC. A Treatise ex- V v Av plaining the renownedMARSTON treatment, by local absorption, j the only positive cute without y> TO Stomach Medicines, will be I f sent in plain envelope sealed r for three stamps.—The Sluts- L "]%/¥" N TON REMEDY CO., 243i, High L lwl Hoiborn, London. V-4* 1262S—1207 IBnsinsss "VTICE TTANDS PEARS SOAP. PURE! FRAGRANT 1 TVTICE XXANDS REFRESHING! -1.1 I I. 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To which may be added: Take care to boil with milk, when so required, for not less than eight minutes. NOTE.—Purchasers should insist on being supolied with BROWN AND POLSUN'S CORN FLOUR. Inferior qualities, averting fictitious claims, are being offered for the sake of extra profit, l2330 QHIMNEY pIECES OF THE NEWEST DESIGNS IN BELGIAN AND ITALIAN MARBLES, AND IN ENAMELLED SLATE BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WITH FLORAL AND OTHER DESIGNS. BATHS, LAVATORIES, &c., IN MARBLE AND ENAMELLED SLATE. BUTCHERS' AND OTHER MARBLE-COUNTER TOPS. RANGES, GRATES, AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF BUILDERS' IRONMONGERY. Large Consignments of FOREST OF DEAN HBADSTONiKS, COPINGS CURBS, PAVING, etc., just arrived. Also of NEWBRIDGF, STREET and COTTAGE PAVING STONES, SILLS, CHANNELS, and CURBS. JOINERY AND MOULDINGS. WBITLAND ABBEY. GREEN, AND OTHER ROOFING SLATES. TIMBER SLATE AND GENERAL MERCHANTS, Stone Ware, Sanitary Pipes, Cement, Plaster, Staffordshire Crests, and Bine Bricks and all kinds of Building Materials. J. 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ASK FOR LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of JLJ MEAT, With BLUE SIGNATURE. 12797 7082 STIFF'S SlAKCn. S0Ia in 10- picture Boxes. Sold in 51b. Packets. CJTIFF'S STARCH. TIFF'S STARCH. Most'Economical. I Kj For Collars. ^TIFF'S STARCH, s^rt^ont' STIFF'S STARCH. For Ca^'63 Ii or (.ans. For Cuffs. STIFF'S STARCH. Fo.- Lace. I For Linen. For CUrta.ms. STIFF'S STARCH. fSSSSS. T „ For Table Cloths. QTIFF S STARCH. Ask for Stiff's Starch. KO Note the Caution I.a.be1- STIFF'S STARCH. Observe the Trade AXatk I Q Sold oy Grocers. OTBPS STARCH. GTIFF'S STARCH. Co.. O 13118 5913 p.J1:"nCI.I li-F-S'1' RT'5''1''L THE EYE S.—T HE EYES. JL Spectacles no longer needed. All diseases of the Eyes cured by using Dr BALLS IVORY EYE CUPS. Dimness of vision, weak eyes, near sight, Ac. For particulars enclose Stamped Envelope to t>56 J. FLKTCHMR, Richmond Viila, Chichester, Snssex. TEETH.—Complete Set, One Goinex; JL Single Tooth, 2a 6d. Five years' warranty. Dr. Andrew Wilson, R.N.. says: "They conduce greatly to health and comfort." Re-models, repairs, &c. Painless Dentistry, Gas, Ac. — GOODMAN AND CO., Dentists, Shannon-court, 7, Corn-street, Bristol; &6, Queen-street (Crockherbtown), Cardiff. 13C41 5422 I H>H5ittg55 ^ttesses. THE GREAT CONTINENTAL -L RliMEDY. J Has the largest sale of any Patent Medicine. The number of bottles sol [ last year counted in millions. The Proprietors ho'd Special Appointments to His Imperial .Majesty the Emperor of Austiiaand Hungary, and their Majesties the Kings of Italy, Bavaria, and Portugal, INSTANT RELIEF FROM PAIN" I GOUr TORTUHE, RHEUMATIC AGONIES, LUMBAGO, SCIATICA, NEURALGIA in the Face, Head, or Neck. BURNS, SCALDS, SPRAINS, BRUISES, BACKACHE, STII F JOINTS, TOOTHACHE, And all excruciating pains, of whatever description, to which puor mortals are liable. ]QR, JJICHTER'S pAIN EXPELLER, TRABE MARK "COMET," Which has done more to alleviate human suffering in Europe than any other known medicine. NEVER FAILS TO RELIEVE AND EXPEL THE MOST OBSTINATE PAINS. It has positively cured cases of old 8tanding for which all other remedies bad been tried in vain. DR. T> ICHTER'S Dr. Richter's Pain Expeller XV belongs to the class of PAIN chemical discoveries whict) nave A t'one so muen to make this cen- EXPELLER. tury memorable in the intro- duction of newer methods and better means of eradicating DR. T> ICHTER'S affliction. It is a scientific XV preparation of carefully se- PAIN lected substances, so harmo- nised ,as to produce a rare EXPICLLER combination of curative forces such as no other agent can —— equal. Although the action of DR T> ICHTER'S the medicine is speedy and tV powerful, the most delicate PAINj persons may employ it with JL safety, its operation being I, EXPELLER. soothing and instantlyremedial. —— FULL INSTRUCTIONS DR. RICHTF.R'S FOR ALL CASES XV ate given with each bottle. TDAIN Marvellous Cures have been eff-cted by this wonderful EXPELLKR. remedy, which has stood the test of a quarter of a century, and has been the cluef means DR. 1> ICHTER'S of expelling the scourge of I V rheumatism, gout, and kindred PAIN ailments from tne>2reat con- tinental Centres of popu ation. EXPELLER. Its introduction to Great J'j Britain has been retarded by —— the fact that Dr Richter was DR. T> ICHTERS unable to keep pace with the XX large and ,ever-growin»> de- TDAIN mands of the Continents, but by reedit extensions to his cen. EXPELLER. tral establishment at Rudol- stadt, in Thuringia, which —— make it perhaps the largest DR. T>iuHTEE's concern of the kind in the tV world, he is now in a position PAIN to let JL The whQ! e World Benefit by his EXPELLER. Great Discovery. Jfj Thousands uf Testimonials testify to the great efficacy of DR. T> ICHTER'S the Pain Expeller. XV Physicians of eminence not PAIN only acknowledge its womleiful Jt. merits, but iirescribe it daily JQXPELLER. to their patients. —— A SURE CURE FOR DR. T> ICHTER'S RHEUMATISM. XV KATHKRINE BARTH writes: PAIN —"Your Pain Expeller is a. Jt. sure remedy for Rheumatism, EXPELLER. as I can testify. I suffered from JCj this painful malady for ten years, ai.d nothing that I tried DR T> ICHTER'S was of the least avail, until I j XV was induced to try the Pain PAIN Expeller, which completely cured me." EXPELLER. HERMAN GROSS writes t'j I suffered to such an extent —— from Kheumatisin that I quite DR. R1CIITER'S wasted away and lost my XV appetite. My whole body be. PAIN came contorted with it, I con- sulted several physicians and EXPELLER. tred ail possible remedies, but my pain was in no way aIle. viated. Then I heard of your DR. "n ICHTER'S Pain Expeller, and obtained a JtV bottle. To my intense surprise PAIN I was quite well again after using half a bottle. I can EXPELLER. most heartily recommend the Pain Expeller to all who Jtij Pain Expeller to all who suffer in the same manner." TVR.J T> ICHTER'S U XV RHEUMATISM IN THE •pAINJ KNEE I JOIN I S. JT Testimonial from Barrow-in. EXPELLER. Furness, »• DR RTCHTER AND CO., —— Dear Sirs,—Please send DR. T> ICHTER'S me a large bottle of your Pain XV Expeller per return post. I PAIN have had a small bottle and have found great benefit from EXPELLER. it for Rheumatism in the Knee Joints. You may make what use you wish of this if it will DR. "O ICHTER'S benettc anyone eise troubled XV with Rheumatism. PAIN Yours faithfully, JL GEORGE JAMES, EXPELLER. "58, Smeaton-street, Barrow. rin Furness. —— October 2ach, 1887." IT IS NATURE'S OWN PAIN ALLAYER. Can be obtained of all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the world, In BOTTLES. PRICE Is lid, and 2s 9d. FOST FREE, Is 3d, and 38. Being a new remedy in this country, it will take a little time for chemists to regularly stock: it and If any difficulty is experieneed by the public in getting bottles, they are equested to send Stamps or Postal Order direct to DR. RICHTER A CO.'S DEPOT FOR GREAT BRITAIN, 1, RAILWAY-PLACE, FENCHURCH-ST., LONDON, E.C., And the Pain Expeller will be sent by return mail post free. JJR. RICHTER Will give a copy of his GUIDE TO GOOD HEALTH" to anyone asking for it. A work of valuable reference, of 1reat service to all who wish to be well and keep well. The "Guide to Good Health" should be ill every home—it conc-rns everybody, young and old. married and single. It costs nothing. Sent Post Free in Town or Country. 13150 AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. WHEN YOU ASK FOR' KECKITT-S BLUE, SEE THAT YOU GET IT.' RECKITT'S BLUE, Used in the PRINCE OF WALES'S LAUNDRY. ECKIIT'S BLUE, Used in the DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH'S LAUNDRY. 12963 485b SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES. COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA. COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA. COUGHS, BRONCHI US. ASTHMA. COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA. "VTEYER has a. medicine so soon become JLl the most popular household remedy. The highest medical authorities recommend and prescribe the SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES as most efficacious for Affections and Diseases of the Throat, Chest. Lungs, and Consumption. Amongst a great many testimonials received, our greatest authority, OIR MO HELL MACKENZIE, writes U I have watched the effects of the Soden Waters for It consiùerable period, and regard them as extremely valuable in obstinate catar- rhal affections of the throat. fhe small amount vi iron which they contain renders them very useful in the early stag s of throat consumption, and they do good in nearly all cases of relaxation of the mucous membrane. The Soden Mineral Pastilles offer a most convenient method of using the Waters, pro ducing both a local and general effect. They are espEcially beneficial in catarrhal diseases of the air passages. I frequently found them of great senice in the case ot singers and public speakers.—MORELL MACKENZIE, M.D., Lon. don.' SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES. HOARSENESS. SORE THROAT. HOARSENESS, SORE THROAT. HOARSENESS. SORE THROAT. HOARSENESS, SORtt THROAT. "VTO SECRET PREPARATION, no so- Jil called Patent Medicine, which often contain } drugs and opiates injurious to the constitution. The SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES, a pure product of nature gained from the world- renowned m"dicinal springs of Bath Soden, are prepared under strictest control of the Royal sanitary Counsellor and celebrated Physician, Dr W. Stoeltzing. Insist upon your Chemist pro. curirtgfor you the genuine article see each box has Dr W. Stoeltzing"s signature and our Trade MarkiTwo Globes, Cross, and Crescent) take no other. Price Is lid. or for 15 stamps, of Soden Mineral Produce Company, 10, Dyer's-buildings, Holbo<nr London, E.C. SKIN and BLOOD DISEASES. tJKIN and BLOOD DISEASES. K3 CLAKKE'S WORLD-FAMMD BLOOD MIXTURE. It is a guaranteed cure fur all skin amI biood diseases. It is the I11 st search- illg blood cleanser yet discovered, and it will free the system from all known blood poisons, be tlkey animal, vegetable, or mineral. It is warranted to cure the worst forms of skin diseases, blotches, pimples, and eruptions, also glandular swellings, diseases of the bones, white swellings, hip-joint and spinal diseases. SCROFULA, SCURVY, ULCERS, ABSCESSES. k3 ABSCESSES. ^CROFULA, SCURVY, ULCERS, K? ABSCESSES, Sicin Diseases, Eruptions, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Boils, Carbuncles, Ringworms, Sore Eyes, Erysipeias, Scarfs, Dis- colorations of the Skin. Humours and diseases of the skin of wha. ever name or nature âre literally curried out of the system in a short tj1WJ by the use of Clarke's World-tamed Blood l'IlixLme. As this Mixture is pleasant to the taste, and warranted free from anything inju. rious to- the lIIost delicate constitution of eituer hex,. tIle proprietors solicit sufferers to give it a triar to test its value. i^fLARKE'S WORLD-FAMED BLOOD MIXTURE.—THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER AND RESTORER. Is sold in b(}ttles, 2s 9tl each, and ill C3.ses con. taining six times the quantity, lis—sufficient to effect a permanent < ure ill the great majority of long-standing cases. By all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world, or sent to any address on receipt of 33 or 132 stamps by the ProDrietois, the LINCOLN and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG COMPANY, Lincoln. 13245 Trade Mark "Blood Mixture." S288 jgnsimss A&Drrssgs, S. S. S. makk- S WI F T'S SPECIFIC, THE GREAT VEGETABLE BLOOD PURIFIER, Has been in use over 50 years. From time immemorial the human race has been afflicted with concagious blood-poison diseases, and transmitting the ppM-coua taint to the third ami fourth generation, so that a very large per cent, of the human family have become victims. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY come to show you the "silver lining to this dark cloud." These diseases CAN BE CURED. They have the lemedy. SWIFT'S SPECIFIC ks Is the only Vegetable Blood Purifer on the market, and the only one put up wicliout mineral poisons. SWIFT'S SPECIFIC Is a remedy that is cordially endorsed oy physician-, and as a Blood Purities is without a peer. SWIFT'S SPECIFIC Cures Cancer, Catarrh, Scro- fula, Eczt-ina, Ulcers, Rhen- matism, Biood Taint, her,- ditaryor otherwise, without the use of Mercury or Potash. SWIFT'S SPECIFIC is made from roots gathered from tli; Forests of Georgia, LT. A. The method by which it is made was obtained bv a half-breed from the Creek Indians who inhabited a certain portion of Georgia, which wa communicated to one of the early settlers, and thus the formula has been handed down to the present day. SWIFT'S SPECIFIC Is a positive remedy for all blood poisons. Snch curative power has been clearly demonstrated and declared by experience. We do not ask you to accept our word. We bring corroborating testimony. We demonstrate by living, reliable witn. sses that what we say is tlue. Send for our book on Skin and Bloud Diseases. We post it free to all applicants. Corres- pondence and investigation invited.—SWIFT'S SPECI- FIC COMPANY, 35, Snow Hill, London. 13164 Can be obtained of all Druggists, price 4s 6d. W RUPTURES. W WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY J. WHITE and CO., AT 223, PICCADILLY, Is the most comfortable effective Truss made. 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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. DEATHS Xotiees of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are t harge. i at the rate of Is for the lirst Twenty Words, and 6d jo* ec<n-y additional Ten Words, and must be PREPAID, i/. aii- cases the notice must be authenticated oy th* -nam a'id addrais of the writer ——————————— BIRTHS. HODGE.—On the 23rd inst., at the Dockyard, Cardiff, the wife of Stanley Hodge, of a son. 816 MORGAN.—January 19th. at 13, Union-street, Carmar- then. the wife of D. Rixon Morgan, solicitor, of a daughter. PRICHARD.-On the 21st inst., at 14, Windsor-place, Car. iff, the wife of Dr R Prichard, of a son. MARRIAGE. JONHS—DANIEL.—January 24, at Lord Hanover's Welsh Church, Abercarn, by the Rev T. C. Phillips, the Rev Thomas Gray Jones, English Presbyterian minister, to Mary Daniel, both of Kbbw Vale. 900 DEATHS. DANIEL.-At 101, Richmond-road, on 24th inst., Grace. wif" of Nicholas Daniel, aged 92. Funeral Saturday, at 3.15, from house. 913 DAYIES,— On the 24th inst., at his residence, 161, Newport-road, Evan Da vies, aged 52 years. Public funeral on Friday at 1 p.m., for Sc. Mellon's. 922 DAYIES.—On Saturday, RWl. Mrs Beynon Davies Mountain Ash. 827 t.EWls.—On the 23td inst, at 4, Holly-street, Pontar- dawe, Thomas Lewis, aged 65 years, dearly beloved by all who knew him. LEWIS.—On Tuesday, at 18, Aberdyberthy-street, Swansea, Sophia Lewis, relict of the late John Lewis, Crugglas, aged 70 years. Funeral on Friday, 2/th inst.. Ie., ving at three for Crugglas Burial Ground. MCALLISTER.—On the 21st, at 75, Adam-street, Cardiff, Mr Peter McAllister, son of John McAllister, of this town. PENGELLEY.—At the Ferns, Penarth (of consumption), Annie Maud, aged 21 years, the beloved daughter of Captain and Mrs W. M. Pengelley. PHILLIPs.-On January 21st, at Melincrythan, Neath, Gladys Louise, the dearly-loved infant daughter of Silvanus and Alice Phillips, aged 15 weeks. REEs.-On the 19th inst., at P.ymouth-road, Penarth, Ivor St. John, youngest son of Morgan and Maud Rees, aged 4 months. 731 REES.-At Penvgraig, on 22nd inst., John Richard, only surviving son of the late Rev. Thorn is Rees, Taft's Well. Dearly beloved, and deeply regretted. RICHES,—In loving memory of Charles Hurry Riches, of the Wharf, Cardiff. Died January 22nd, 1868. In his 48th year.-H.equiescat in Pace. 761 WILLIAMS.—On the 21st, at Primrose Hill, Nelson, Thomas Williams,Mining Engineer and Surveyor. 773 WILLIAMS.—On the 23rd instant, at Lynleigh, Howard Gardens, Roath, Sarah, the widow of the late Thomas Williams, CastteSeIt, Cardiff, in her 65th year. Deeply mourned by her sorrowing children. 818

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topics of the eitcek. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1888. An incident lately occurred which helps us to realise in a wonderful degree how much that modern invention, the electric tele- graph, is doing for mankind. The enter- prising editor of the Pall Mall Gazette wished to communicate with Mr Henry Norman, his special correspondent, who is just now in British Columbia. In two minutes a question was telegraphed by over-head wire to Weston, from We&ton' by cable to Valentia, from Valentia by cable to Nova Scotia, and thence by over-head wire to Vancouver, where it reached MriNorman. Thus, in a couple of minutes, two men seven thousand miles apart were brought into communication with each other, for Mr Norman immediately replied, and for three hours messages were passing between them. The cable under the Atlantic from Valentia to Nova Scotia is about three thousand miles in length,and the overhead wire across the Canadian continent is even longer still. The latter wire runs alongside the new line made by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. The thin strip of metal which bridged the enormous distance dividing Mr Stead from Mr Norman cost close upon £ 700,000. But, after all, the cost is but a trifle compared with the convenience afforded. The telegraph, like the railway, is drawing the people of the earth closer together. These opportunities for interchange of thought and for visiting are doing a great deal towards breaking down the barriers to good-will between nations. When men of various nationalities meet they find good in each other, and many a stupid prejudice is dispelled. The electric telegraph and the railway are civilising factors, whose influence cannot be over-estimated. The late Mr Green's "Short History of the English People is a fascinating book. It is the delight of students, for while it teems with information it is never dry. Mrs Green has brought out a revised edition Q( 1 I her late husband's work. A feature of this { edition is a brief biography of the historian —a simply written narrative of a life devoted to learning. Like Mr Gladstone, the late Mr Green was brought up to be a Tory, and he received his religious training from High Churchmen. But even while at school his mind and conscience revolted against Toryism.] He was directed to write an essay on Chafles I., and the reading necessary to the ^production ot this essay opened his eyes. He developed ideas which were in ,strict consonance with Liberalism, and for the remainder of his life was a sound ;Liberal. A Tory uncle turned him out-ofrdoors for opposing the ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Happily, political feeling is rarely carried to such extreme lengths in families. Mr Green's appetite for history was so keen that when he was a curate in the East End of London he some- times went without his dinner in order to buy a volume which he needed. The poor parson laboured hard in the parish of Stepney, and he employed his evening leisure in writing historical articles for the Saturday Review. On retiring from paro- chial work, Mr Green Wag appointed librarian of Lambeth. It was as a student at Oxford that he had first imbibed a passion for history —a passion which remained strong in him up to the day of his death. As librarian of Lambeth, his facilities for research were increased. Eeaders of Mr Green's writings will rejoice at the tribute paid to the dead historian by his great contemporary, the Bishop of Chester All his work was real and original work few people besides those who knew him well could see under the charming ease and vivacity of his style the deep research and sustained industry of the laborious student. But it was so there was no department of our national records that he had not studied, and I think I may say, mastered. Hence I think the unity of his dramatic scenes and the cogency of his historical arguments." The barrister who has undertaken to enlighten the world respecting Wales and Welshmen has now written a dozen articles. Perhaps the world is not much wiser for his labours, His intentions towards Wales have I been clear from the first. He set out with a strong Tory bias, his object being to make Welsh reforms of a popular character more difficult of attainment. The twelfth article deals with the county of Glamorgan, and the readers of the London Times are sapiently informed that the people of Gla- morgan are more interested in the removal of the Dowlais Works to Cardiff than in religious and political changes. No doubt the prospective removal of the Dowlais Ironworks is an important matter, but it is ridiculous to suppose that it over- shadows the religious and political life of Glamorganshire. This county is as pro- nounced and as aggressive in its Liberalism as any county in Wales. Home Rule, Welsh Disestablishment, and Land Law Reform are as earnestly desired as by the people of North Wales. The Tories know to their chagrin and cost that they cannot eapture a single seat in this the most populous county of the principality. The Times cor- respondent is bound to admit that the Nonconformists have been more prompt than the Church in meeting the religious needs of Glamorgan consequent on the development of mining and manufacturing industries. Such has always been the case in Wales. And that is why Welshmen are so strongly attached to Nonconformity. The religious and moral life of the principality has been shaped by voluntary preachers, whilst the well-paid Church parsons remained strangely indifferenqto the claims which the people had on them. The material progress of Glamorgan in modern times was the Church's opportunity, but the Church has been no more capable of utilising it than it was of winning over the hearts of the Welsh people generally a hundred years ago. The work of evangelising Wales has always been left to the Nonconformists, and as a result the State Church is out of sympathy with Welshmen. The State Church is an irri- tating incumbrance, whose chief missionary amongst the Welsh farmers just now is the tithe bailiff. A curious rumour comes from Ottawa. It is that Mr Joseph Chamberlain will pro- bably succeed Lord^Lansdowne as Governor- General of Canada. It would not be sur- prising were Mr Chamberlain to accept a permanent diplomatic appointment abroad. He has lost the political status he once held at home, and his political prospects are gloomy beyond expression. He has deserted the Liberal party, and even the gentlemen of England, as he priggishly terms the Tories, have little faith in him. Last week his brothers showed the weakness of his following by bringiug out a Radical Unionist against a Conservative for a seat in the Birmingham Town Council. The local Liberal Association was not consulted res- pecting the election, and Joseph's brethren made it clear that they would run their man against Liberal or Tory. The Liberals were determined that the Chamberlain nominee should not succeed consequently they voted for the Con- servative who was elected by a majority of two hundred and thirty-seven. Thus the Chamberlainites have suffered a serious de- feat in the division which the immaculate Joe represents in Parliament. Is it aston- ishing, then, that he should wish to get away altogether from the troubled scene of English politics ? But it does not follow that, if Mr Chamberlain were solemnly in- stalled in the Rideau House, he would find himself on a bed of roses. Canadian ^ideas of government are very democratic, and any undue interference on the part of the Governor-General would be hotly resented, Mr Chamberlain would have to regard himself as the gilded figure-head of the Dominion. He would draw B10,000 a year, with free lodgings, but he would have to sanction all the laws passed by the Dominion Parliament. A few years' residence in Canada might convert Mr Chamberlain into a Home Ruler. He would enjoy special opportunities of seeing how admirably the provincial parliaments manage their aftairs, and then he could look through his eyeglass across the American frontier and see how well the state Legislatures get on. He would be unable to find a single symptom of disintegration arising from the existence of the provincial parliaments in Canada or the state legislatures in America. And then, as an honest man, he would frankly confess that a subordinate parliament does not involve separation. Canadians would not grudge the salary, princely though it is, if Mr Chamberlain only succeeded in learning his lesson thoroughly. The "corner "in copper, for which we have to thank a number of wealthy French capitalists, continues to excite deep interest in commercial circles. M. Eugene Secretar, who is at the head of the movement, has taken pains to point out that the motives animating the syndicate are not so entirely selfish as is generally believed. In fact, the primary object which they have in view is to re- establish the copper trade through all its ramifications on a thoroughly sound basis. According to a Times correspondent the formation of the syndicate is also attributable to a desire on the part of a number of clever, patriotic, and wealthy Frenchmen to see Paris take its place as a great controlling commerpial centre. When these capitalists determined upon joint action, it was at the period: which saw several copper mines close in consequence of the extra- ordinarily low figure to which prices had sunk. With the cessation of operations at some of the mines, stocks naturally dimi- nished. Then caine the opportunity of speculators. It was clear that prices had fallen to the irreducible minimum, and the speculators took to; buying copper largely. The Society of Metals, of which M. Secretan is chairman, bought very largely, and have continued to do so mp to the present. As a result of this demand, copper has advanced enormously in value until it is now over JS70 per ton. The Society of Metals hold at,rthfc present moment over 100,000 tons of, the metal, and, by con- tracting with several mines to purchase their yield at a specified prico, they have obtained control of more diah half the total produc- tion of the world.That the syndicate wili benefit by their, daring policy cannot be doubted. But whether the copper trade generally will participate equally in the advantage is not at all clear,

THE PEMBROKE CAMPAIGN. GOOD work has been done in Pembrokeshire this week. The Liberals of the west have been burnishing their armour, and pre- paring for action. There waa a. large muster of delegates at the conference held at Pem- broke Dock on Wednesday, and the presence of so many sound and representative Liberals from various parts of South Wales cannot but exercise a wholesome influence on Pem- broke Dock itself, and on the constituency of which it forms part. At present the Pembroke Boroughs return a Tory to the House of Commons. A mistake was made at the last election, but the disgrace must be wiped out when an appeal is again made to the electors. As someone has said this week, Admiral MAYNE may be a capital fellow on the quarter deck, but he is not the right man to represent the Pem- broke Boroughs in the House of Commons. He is a Tory he supports the Coercion Government he is opposed to Home Rule, and antagonistic to Welsh Disestablishment. Surely these are ample disqualifications- potent reasons why the electors of the Pem- broke Boroughs should send him about his business. The people of Pembroke Dock have discovered by this time that they have nothing to expect from a Tory Government. Admiral MAYNE has not been able to prevent disastrous reductions in the dockyard—reductions which are affecting the very life of the town. Sir EDWARD REED, than whom there is no greater authority on naval questions, strongly advocates economy, but he would not begin by discharging the poorly-paid workmen. He would commence at the top of the tree. He would abolish sinecures. He would reduce in number the officials who receive large salaries and do little work, whilst he would make those who remained earn their money. It is too much the fashion when there is a rage for economy to make an onslaught on the bees, the elegant drones being untouched. Mr LEWIS MORRIS, the unsuccessful candidate in 1886, again finds favour in the eyes of the Pembroke Liberal electors, who are, doubtless, assured of his Liberalism. Mr MORRIS is an eminent literary man, who would be an acquisition to the House of Commons. If he pledges himself to support the questions on which Welsh Liberals are agreed, the Pembroke Boroughs could not obtain a more suitable candidate. A gratify- ing feature of Wednesday's conference was the lively interest taken in its proceedings by Mr W. ABRAHAM, M P. At the federa- tion meeting at Aberystwith a complaint was recorded that the working men of South Wales were not sufficiently in touch with the organization of the Liberal party. Of course it would be little use having any organisation unless the working men voters were in active sympathy with it. The bulk of the voters are working men, and working men must assist in con- trolling the machinery of the Liberal party. MABON, whose life is devoted to furthering the well-being of the masses in Wales, spoke out on the questions in which workmen feel a keen interest. More labour legislation is needed, and we are sure the other Welsh Liberal members will take note of the claims so forcibly, yet reasonably, put forward by MABON. Royalty rents are a grievance .which presses heavily on the mining industries of the country. Fabulous sums of money are paid to landlords for the privilege of winning coal and ironstone. In foreign countries no such unjust impost is tolerated, and the tax handicaps England in the commercial com- petition of the world. Coalowners get less profit and the collier a smaller wage because the royalty owner receives money to which he has no moral claim. The crowded meeting at Pembroke Dock on Wednesday evening was a fitting termination to the labours of the day. Sir G. TREVELYAN, M.P., the chief speaker, made no attempt to conceal his satisfaction with the grand display of force and enthusiasm which he witnessed. His contention that the Liberal party went in not for numbers and majorities, but for principles, evoked shouts of approval. He applied this to the question of disestablish- ment of the Church of England in Wales— a fact which it would be well for the Church Defence party to take to heart. Several reforms which the Liberals are bound to pro- mote were briefly touched upon, the speaker maintaining that there could be no excuse for keeping any of these reforms in the background, even if it were alleged that their premature divulgence tended to alienate many members of the party. There was, said Sir GEORGE, no fear of this because all such persons were alienated already. What he feared more than anything else was that, if we held back these things, we should alienate the people, which would be a very serious matter. His allusions to the letters which the Times Commissioner has been contributing to the columns of that paper on the condition of Wales and the opinions of its people were very felicitous. Perhaps the most important part of the address was that in which the right hon. gentleman dealt with the infamous mismanagement of affairs in Ireland and the undue favour shown to the Orangemen of Ulster. His reply to the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who contended that the Coercion Act had created no new crime, was simply unanswerable. The Government have abolished freedom of speech in Ireland, and they seem to have extended the Coercion Act to England, for this week Mr Cox, an Irish M.P., has been arrested ia London on a warrant issued under the Coercion Act. The HOME SECRETARY, who has been holding forth at Birmingham, charges the Liberal party with having obstructed the business of Parliament. But he who runs may read. And no one can forget that last session was deliberately wasted by the Ministry in passing a need- less Coercion Act, which has further exas- perated the Irish people against British rule, and has enabled Mr BALFOUR to perseeute political opponents, even to the length of treating them as the lowest of criminals. Let Englishmen remember that Mr BLUNT, an Englishman, sleeps on a plank bed in an Irish prison because he has stood up for justice in Ireland.

A DESIGN UPON MANKIND. TAILORS are essentially radical; their busi- ness demands it. If the fashions were never to change, their trade, to a great extent, would languish. But despite their ardour for reform, men's evening dress has remained much the same for the last thirty years or more. This, of course, is a decided loss to the professors of the sartorial art. A man once equipped with a suit of dress clothes seldom requires to replenish his wardrobe. It is not a matter of wearing out, but whether the once slim outline acquires that rotundity which is the result of ease and affluence, Few of the male kind, we take it, need more than two suits of the regulation evening costume in a lifetime. Of course, the young masher may order a new coat or a fresh pair of trousers with every change which occurs, such as for, instance, a velvet collar, or a silk collar, or braid do»vn the trousers or without it, as the case may be, but the ordinary mortal steadily keeps to the one pattern, and refuses to depart from conventionality. This strong conservatism has been sadly in- jurious to the interests of the tailor. He has tried to agitate the question, but the seed which he has attempted to sow has fallen upon rocky ground. He has long regarded with envy his confrere who provides the opposite sex with garments. The milliner seems to him to have a glorious career. Every ball, every rout, every dinner party calls forth custom, while his patrons are content to appear in the habiliments which have done duty for the same purpose for years. Obviously, then, all his endeavours should be concen- trated in inducing the sterner gender to adopt vestments of a conspicuous huo. We must do the tailors credit to say that. they have worked hard, but up till the present moment their efforts have been in vain. Black is sombre, no doubt, but this is the only disadvantage. It cannot be denied that it is democratic, and therefore suits the age, for who can tell the difference between peer and peasant when attired in the orthodox claw hammer coat, and the rest of the apparel. In this lies the chief difficulty of the sartorial iconolast. To don the pink silk and the blue satin of the era of CHARLES SURFACE may be delightful to the jeunesse dorée, who imagine that fine feathers make fine birds, but the sensible portion of the community who comprise the majority of the world, despite what CARLYLE may affirm, will cer- tainly not give in their adhesion to the departure, or rather the return to the dress of their ancestors. Nevertheless it would be a grand stroke of business on the part of the tailors if they can succeed in bringing about their desire. It would have the effect, too, of rendering our social meetings a mass of brilliancy and colour. Fancy a man adorned like a flower bed, his coat of one tint, his knee breeches of another, his waistcoat of a third, and probably his stockings of a fourth I It would be a matter of necessity for him then to possess a wardrobe well stocked. He could scarcely appear in the same garb night after night as he does now. He would be obliged to have variety, and to trouble his outfitters in consequence. But the end of the nineteenth century has witnessed a renaissance quite as pro- nounced as the one contemplated. Our houses are built in the style of Queen ANNE and other periods, are furnished with replicas of a bygone age, and our women and children are dressed to imitate the portraits which the old masters have handed down. How is it the men have escaped ? Their wives and sisters strut about in medieval Florentine sleeves, GAINSBOROUGH hats, and LOUIS QUINZE skirts, and their juvenile relatives appear as pages and waiting maids of every reign up to the pre- sent century. Who can assert with con- fidence that this fascination for the picturesque will not conquer the love for the useful ? History repeats itself. In the time of Louis XIV. the historian tells us that the ladies snent as much time over their toilets as did their bewigged, snuff-box-tapping admirers. It is true that we have changed all that, but pro- bably it may again come to pass. If the tailors gain their ends it certainly will. Dressing will be regarded as one of the fine arts. To accept an invitation to a dinner or a dance will be a subject for much anxious thought. What to wear will abstract many hours of the day, until going out will be considered no pleasure, but the opposite. The female mind derives considerable satis- faction from this reflection, but the male mind has not been educated up to it. It is to be hoped that it will be strong enough to resist a temptation which has only the merit of being good for the tailors. As the ladies are quite content with the men as they are, why afford them any reason to be otherwise? A little knowledge will be a dangerous affair. Away with such weaknesses.

SOUTH WALES CHAT. The Liberal electors of the West Ward, Cardiff, achieved a remarkable triumph last week. They captured a seat in the town council, thus turning the scale in the council chamber in favour of the Liberal party. The defeat of the Tory candidate was gall and wormwood to his friends, who had counted on victory. It cannot be said that the Tories fought fairly. Many blows were struck below the belt, a vicious attempt being, made to render Mr J. H. Jones responsible for per- sonalities which he had never uttered. It was deemed clever to liken Mr Jones to Joseph Surface in Sheridan's School for Scandal, but the comparison was ridiculous, and a base libel to boot. A passing acquaintance with Joseph Surface would have rendered such a comparison impossible because of the danger involved. It was only a little less odious than to dub a prominent citizen Judas Iscariot. Judas betrayed the Redeemer for a few pieces of silver, and Joseph Surface was a moralist" who urged that if a husband un- justly suspected his wife, the lady ought, in self-defence, to give him grounds for his suspicion And the canting hypccrite tried to make Lady Teazle a convert to his pernicious doctrine. Every credit is due to the Liberals of the West Ward for the victory so cleverly won. But the election is not without its lessons and warnings. The Liberals have ascertained their strength and their weakness in the West Ward. If weean win in the West Ward, we can win in any of the wards, the West being the Tory citadel. But our majority is not large enough. It is not sufficient to beat the foe by seventeen votes. The Liberal organisation of the ward must be im. proved. The ward committee ought to be strengthened, and at the next election arrange- ments should be made for an efficient canvass, Mr Jones's canvass books showed nearly nine hundred promises; yet only six hundred and forty votes were recorded for him. As I have said, the utmost credit is due to the ladies and gentlemen who worked for Mr Jones, but more workers are needed, so as to dispel the uncertainty which hangs over the West Ward. The Town Council will shortly proceed to fill the aldermanic vacancy occasioned by the death of Alderman Duncan. Dr Edgar Jones is mentioned as the gentleman on whom the honour is likely to fall. Councillor David Jones has a strong claim, but he should be reserved for a still higher dignity which is bestowed in the month of November. » • An attempt is being made in some quarters to frighten Welsh farmers into paying tithe-rent. Not content with the aid of the military, skull-cracking by the police, and fines by the magistrates, an impious effort is put forth to utilise the Deity on the side of the tithe owner. It is stated in a.Conservative paper that considerable commotion has prevailed at Aberayron owing to extraordinary and astonish- ing facts which have transpired in relation to tithe sales in the parish of Llanddewi-Aberarth. Five farmers who were recently distrained upon have sustained severe and unusual losses of cattle. At Llettyshon two cows have expired, at Coed a horse and cow have died, while at Bryn the tenant has lost a cow and the identical horse on which he rode to rouse the country on the occasion of the sales. A valuable horse has also died at Ty'nffynon, and the tenant of Cippyllcocb has been deprived of a pig..These losses are paraded as showing Divine vengeance at the wickedness of farmers in not paying the tithe. Indeed, the Tory scribe draws his own moral in his own Way. Many," hEl sagely remarks, are prone to see in this unusual coincidence the band of *n avenging God, and acknowledge these strange circumstances as a just retribution on those who by their conduct have incurred the anger of a righteous Deity." Superstition has served the Church in times past, but such rank blasphemy as I have here quoted will only disgust all intelligent and reasonable beings. To suppose the Deity would intervene in order to enable an alien Church to collect extor- tionate tithes is as wicked as it is to imagine that He interposes on our behalf when we wantonly make war on unoffending" and poorly-armed savages. In a. happy speech at Cross Inn the other night, Mr John M. Howell disposed of the stupid pretensions that Providence was against the Aberayron farmers. ♦ » I cull the following from a Bridgend paper. The circumstances ought certainly to be brought under the notice of the Postmaster-General:— In a far-off village in South Wales, nine miles from a romantic little seaside resort, lives an old postman, who, for 30 ye;irs, has performed the following work :—Up at 4:50 a.m. to meet the passing express and "catcb the mail bag thrown out into the net, so as to beat the R.S.O. to have the bag opened and sorted in time to start at six 1 a.m. for the watering place^above mentioned. He has to drive in all weathers over mountain roads and reach his destination at nine a.m. After de- livering his letters and parcels he proceeds four miles further to another villager over heavy road?, to deliver and receive the day's letter bags. Back at the watering place at 1 p.m., where he rests till 2.30 (often drenched through and sleeping in bis wet clothes by the inn fire; the innkeeper gives him lunch). At 2.30 be starts back, arriving at the R.S.O. at 5.30, and then taking his bags to the net for the up express at 6.15 p.m. to "sweep up in passing. Home at about 7 p.m. For this be gets j650 a year, and has to find his own cart and ponies. A few friends give him his cart, and one old Welsh pony done all the work for 12 .Ll years! What a life, and what remuneration Until the parcels post came he did a small carry- ing trade on his own account, but now be has only his income to live upon, The post-office is a profitable department, and I am sure it is the wish of the B. P. that all Post- office employes should be adequately remunerated. The law is Draconic in its severity when an ill- paid postman steals a registered letter. The offender is sent into penal servitude for five years, although his offence may have been committed in order to procure bread for a starving wife and family, « N Sad news comes from Llanelly. "Radicalism in the tin-plate town is gradually being eaten away." Who would have believed it? When I read the melancholy paragraph I rubbed my eyes and shed tears of genuine sorrow. The can- did busybody who has made the startling revelation is a certain Rufus, who seems to be a prophet of ill omen. He predicts that the Tories will bring out a candidate who will obtain Liberal as well as Tory votes. If he does, he will be a Tory candidate of a bran new type. At the last election the Tories called their candidate a Liberal; nevertheless, he failed to obtain Liberal votes. Like the proverbial weasel, the Liberals of Llanelly were much too wide-awake to be taken in by the latest Tory dodge. Nor are there now any outward and visible signs that Llanelly has been won over to Toryism. "Rufus" stands on the battlements and sounds an alarm. He blowsa blast of war, and calls the Liberalforcesto arms. No doubt his summons will be obeyed when the Liberals of Llanelly perceive that there is fighting to be done. "The drink, the drink, the drink." All the cases that come before the magistrates at the Cardiff police-court are not specified upon the calendar, but those who watch the fac-similio- graph" copy prepared at every sitting of the court for the convenience of the magistrates and the representatives of the press, must have been struck with the large proportion of the cases which are attributable to the excessive use, or rather the abuse, of strong drinks. Taking the calendar of Monday last, I find that drink was a predominating element in every case with one exception. There were three cases of drunken- ness in the street; in another case, obstruction in the street was the result of imbibing too much liquor. Three boys were amongst the prisoners arraigned, and they were accused of burglary, the proceeds of the robbery including bottles of brandy and tobacco. Moreover, one if these boy prisoners actually pieaded that he was ignorant of the offence with which he was charged as he was drunk as the time." In another case a young woman charged with the serious offence of cutting and wounding a man she had met in a public- house, pleaded that she was "boozed "at the time —an admission made in a full court without pro- ducing the slightest approach to a blush. One more case will suffice to show the effects of drink. A woman who was as deaf as a door post was brought up for drunken and disorderly conduct in the Cowbridge-road, and it transpired that she, being the worse for drink, quarrelled with her husband, and, the constable added, got in the way of a tramcar and stopped it. Surely all this shows that the time has not arrived when the Blue Ribbon Army and the various other organizations for promoting temperance can safely relax their efforts. » Cardiff, hap, of late, been inundated with lead- ing members of the prize-ring, and the great success of the ventures on each occasion is un- doubtedly remarkable. Mitchell, who is matched to fight Sullivan, the great American champion, has expressed an opinion that Caidiff is by far the best town in the country for pugilistic displays, and bis opinion seems to find corrobora- tion. It was only a fortnight ago that he and Smith were at the circus displaying the fistic art to huge numbers of spectators, and this week Smith has been here again with Kilrain, and the spectators have not grown any less! Carney, the light-weight champion, was here last week, and Sullivan himself only a few weeks ago. What explanation can be given for this love of pugilistic displays in Cardiff? Many rising and prosperous towns, rapidly emerg- ing from small hamlets to great cities, have displayed the same spirit. Iu America the prize fighter finds his support in similar towns. The restlessness and activity of trade inculcates a desire for exhibitions of the most exciting character. It is certainly a grim commentary on nineteenth century civiliza- tion to find that two boxers can obtain jB50 a night for a ten minutes' display. ♦ A new social movement was inaugurated with moderate success at Cardiff, on Sunday last. I refer to the experimental series of Sunday lec- tures. There were many things to militate against the success of the inaugural address. Thare are many people who would not spend the Sabbath evening in a theatre, even if the purpose be not a dramatic display. There is the equally strong objection against attending any secular meeting upon that day, and, when all is taken into consideration, it will be seen that the Sunday lectures do not appeal to an unusually large proportion of the people in the town. There seems, however, a likelihood of success. The audience which assembled to hear Mr H. H. Pearse's graphic and telling account of the heroes of the Soudan War was a decidedly high-class one, and when Mrs Fawcett comes to deliver her lecture upon Men and Women," perhaps the ladies will come out in stronger force and make the affair a success. In Newcastle and other towns the Sunday lectures are very popular. » In his great speech at Pembroke Dock on Wednesday evening, Sir George Trevelyan made an iucidental allusion to the Welsh magistracy. All my readers may not be aware that the appointment of justices of the peace is practically the prerogative of the Lord-Lieutenant. This prerogative, exalted as it is, has been, and is, flagrantly abused in some Welsh counties. In many parts of Wales you will find men of station, of intelligence, of high character and attainments, denied participation in the higher honours of citizenship because they don't happen to worship their God in precisely the same way as the narrow-mmded patrician who fills tho office of Lord-Lieutenant of the county. Mr Samuel Smith, M.P., was public spirited enough to point out to the Lord- Lieutenant of one of the North Wales counties the gross injustice done to the Nonconformists by their exclusion from the commission of the peace, but Mr Smith got no satisfaction beyond that supplied by a discourteous note. But we need not go so far afield to cite instances of this exclusive Toryism. They lie at our own doors. Take the case of Carmarthenshire, a county where the dis- proportion between Nonconformists and Church- men is as great, if not greater, than any other county in Wales. Now will it be believed that in Carmarthenshire there are but three Noncon- formist magistrate, whereas the Church is represented by no fewer than one hundred and thirty 1 MERLIN.

THE HUGHES-HALLETT" SCANDAL Will Parliament take Action P A rather delicate and awkward question (writes the London correspondent of the New York Herald) is to be raised at the meeting ot Parlia- ment in February. Colonel Hughes-Hallett and Captain Selwyn aro both members and have seats on the Conservative beuches. Captain Selwyn, so it is said, intends asking the honourable members of the House of Commons whether they consider it becoming for a man who stands in the relation to his sister that Colonel Hughes- Hallett does to Miss Selwvn to sit beside her brother. If they do not, who is to leave the House? That one of the two must go is the posi- tion taken by Captain Se'wyn, and the point is, shall it be himself, against whom nothing can be said, or shall it be Colonel Hufhes-Hallett, who has openly transgressed one of the first social laws. Hence a decidedly awkward position for honourable legislators. If Col. Hughes-Hallett lsretained, and Captain Selwyn is forced to leave, the reflection upon the preseut state of social morals is, to say the least, interesting, if not peculiar. If, on the' other hand, Captaiu Selwyn remains upon the only ground tie feels to be possible—namely, the dismissal of Hughes-Hallett—the latter's con- stituents enter upon the scene, and may prove troublesome. Their question will be :—" Is it legal to expel upon strictly private grounds a member elected by public votes ?" The matter promises to be a slight variation from the monotony of the Irish question and the unemployed, but whether more easy of settlement remains to be seen.

A Spectre Sworn to in n Court of law, — A curious action was heurtl on Tuesday ¡,y th. Recorder of Dublin. The landlord of a house at Kingstown sued one of his tenants, named Comer- ford, for six months rent of a house which he occupied for a short time, and then suddenly left. The defendant told the recorder that his wife informed him that there was a ghost in the house, and that she saw "a young woman with her sleeves tucked up" walking about the bedroom at night, and she refused to remain in the house any longer. She also stated the ghost had a halo of light round her head. The Recorder said it was most surprising to hear a ghost story sworn to in a court of justice in the nineteenth century. The plaintiff said the defendant's wife put a brood of ducks and hens in her bedroom, which was calcu- lated to create a number of ghosts. (Laughter.) The landlord said in consequence of the alleged ghost he was unable to let the house for some 1 time. A decree was given for a quarter's rent,

I. ALLEGED SUNDAY TRADING NEAR SWANSEA. On Wednesday, at the Swansea county police- court—before Mr John Trevilian Jenkin—Eliza* beth Evans, of the Joiners' Arms, Ftorestfacb, near Swansea, was charged by P.C. Williams with keeping her licensed premises open for the sale of intoxicating drink on Sunday night, the 8r.h inst. Mr McLachlan prosecuted; Mr D. Randell, Llanelly, defended; and Mr J. V. Leeder watched the case on behalf of ths owner of the house.—B.C. Williams deposed that he was on daty on the date mentioned near the Joiners' Arms. He observed a woman enter the house by the backdoor of the Joiners'Arms with a bottle in her hand. She knocked at the door and went in, coming out again in ten minutes. Witness approached her, and asked for the bottle of beer she had had at the beerhouse. She denied having had any. He told her if she did not give it up she would be taken to the police-station to be searched. She then struck him a violent blow on the left cheek, causing it to swell and discolour. She also threw down the bottle and knocked off his helmet. She refused to give her name, and seemed to be the worse for drink. He led her to the public-house door, and asked the landlady if she had supplied the beer. The landlady replied that it was paid for on Saturday night for her brother David. He said he would report her, and she took him into an adjoining room, and asked him to pass it over this time, but he declined. On cross-examination by Mr Randell, the con- stable denied having caught hold of Mrs Howells in an improper manner.—Mrs Evans, thelandladf, swore that the beer was purchased and paid for on Saturday night. Mrs Howells said that, on Sunday night, Mr Simons, her brother-in-law, came into her house from chapel, and sat down. He said he had forgotten to take a bottle of beer out on Saturday night, which had been paid for at the Joiners' Arms. A lodger named Roberts, who paid for it, suggested that she might fetch it. She went to the J oiners' Arms, and got from Mrs Evans a quart bottle of beer. She was accosted by the officer, who said she must go with him and, not knowing who he was in the dark, she refused at first. Somebody put a hand around her waist, but she could not say positively who it was, the darkness being so dense. In the scuffle the bottle of beer fell to the ground. She did not carry it under her apron. In fact, she had no apron.—Mr Simons swore that a man named Roberts paid for a quart of beer for him on Saturday night. If he (Simons) really desired to evade the law he could find plenty of excuses for doing so, because Mrs Evans was his sister-in-law, and he could go in to see her on business. She often consulted him on business.—Mr Trevilian Jenkin said the bench did not require any more witnesses. It was quite clear to them that the sale was effected on Saturday night, and what took place on Sunday was merely the delivery.

DISESTABLISHMENT MEETING NEAR ABERAYRON, An Am'ising Speech. At Cross Inn Board Schoolroom, near Aber- ayron, which stands on the junction of four cross roads, and is therefore a convenient rendezvous te. the rural population of a wide area, a disestablish- ment meeting of exceptional influence in point of numbers and unanimity was held on Monday night last, under the presidency of the Rev. William Jones, Pontsaeson. The large school- room was literally packed.—Mr John M. Howell, Aberayron, moved the following resolution :— That this meetine; is of opinion that the question of the tithes can be settled satisfactorily to the Welsh nation only by the disestablishment aud disentlowment of the English Church in Wales. Mr Howell said that he had read in aBirmingham paper remarks culled from a local Tory paper, of the visitation that had befailen certain anti-titha farmers in the parish of Ltanddewi, Aberarth, in the shape of fatal calamities to their cattle. He (Mr Howell) had made some inquiries respecting the statements. He found that the horse at Tyny- ffynon was ripe in years, had served well its generation, and had been gat hered to its fathers after having lived a laborious and useful life. (Laughter.J Snch could not be said of the pig at Cipillcoch. The truth to tell, that pig had not died, but was actually killed. (Much laughter.) Mrs Williams, its owner, said the pig had weil1;hell so excep- tionally well that she could face the expenses oJt three more tit he sales as a result of its triumphant demise. (Great laughter.) In the same neigh- bourhood three head of cattle had died during the same period belonging to three zealous Church, men, but the Tory papers had presumably not heard of those occurrences. It, however, showed how colourless in Its politics Providence was. Mr Howell then spoke to the resolution, which was seconded by Mr Lloyd. Trefynon, supported by Mr Thomas Dalies, Llanpenal, and carried unanimously.—Mr John Parry, Llanarmon, followed with an eloquent and argumentative speech of two hours' duration. No summary of it would be satisfactory, and we will only suggest that every parish in Wales should endeavour to bring the speaker within hearing.— A vote of thanks to the lecturer, moved by Rev Evan Evans and seconded by Mr James James (Pentremawr), brought a highly-successful meet- ing to op Bse.

BRUTAL ASSAULT IN THE RHONDDA. At the Pontypridd police-court on Wednesday —before Mr Ignatius Williams (the stipendiary), Messrs T. P. Jenkins, Biandy Jenkins, and Di Jones—a labourer named Rees Davies was charged with having savagely assaulted Mr Griffith Thomas, manager of the Mardy Colliery. Mr Simons, Merthyr, who prosecuted, stated that on Tuesday week prisoner was reported to the man- ager for committing a breach of the colliery bye- laws. On the following day prisoner was called to the office and fined 5s, but resolutely refused to leave the premises when re, quested to do so. Eventually complainanV endeavoured to close the door, whereupon thi accused forced the door open and dragged the. manager by his beard outside, where he threw him on theground,and attacked him in a most ferocious manner. In the meantime, a. man named Jones held the office-door closed so as to prevent any assistance being rendered complainant by the officials inside, and aided the accused in attacking the manager,-=-Vr Gr.tE.th8 deposed that the iu- juries received by complainant were such as con- fined him in bed for two days. His eyes were much swollen, and there were nasty wounds on the crown of the head and behind the ear.—Pri- soner was committed for two months with hard labour.

A DOWLAIS PAWNBROKER AND HIS IRRITATED CUSrOMER. On Wednesday, at Merthyr police-court, William Groves was charged with doing wilful damage to the extent of £5 5s to a window in the shop of Harris Freedman, pawnbroker,High-street, Dowlais.—Edward Mahoney, assistant to th. complainant, said that on Monday evening last prisoner e*me into Mr Freedman's shop, and wanted to pledge a waistcoat. He was neither drunk nor sober. Witness was then at tea, but a j. girl took the pledge in. Prisoner used objection- able language towards the giri, and afterwards to witness when he went into the shop. Witness I. ordered him out, and, as he did not go, pushed him out and shut the door. Another customer came up almost immediately afterwards, and the door was opened. Witness went out to see if prisoner was gone, whereupon he struck him with a stone. Witness struck him back and shut the door in his face. Soon after prisoner broke in the window and then ran away.—Mr Freedmau said the value of the glass was five guineas. Witness, in reply to the magistrates' clerk, thought the value might be fixed at JB5, in which event the case would be dealt with in that court.—Prisoner, who was arrested by P.S. Meyler, was ordered to pay £5 damages, and 10s fine and costs j ia de- fault one month's imprisonment,