Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1867-10-02 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SWANSEA MUNICIPAL ELECTION.  Tux first of November is rapidly approaching, and already the note of preparation has been sounded. The gentlemen whose period of office is about to expire are: in the Upper Ward, Messrs. G. B. Strick, Thomas Evans, and W. Yorath; in the Lower Ward, Messrs. Robert Eaton, C. T. Wilson, and G. B. Brock. Su_ I !pours are already rife as to new aspirants for office, especially in the Upper Ward. The parties named are Mr. Hughes (Morriston), Mr. John Glasbrook, and Mr. Thomas Hopkins, in the room of Mr. Yorath, who does not intend, it is said, to offer himself for re-election. Mr. George Strick and Mr. Evans rank amongst our most respectable and active members in the Council, and we hope that they will be reelected. Should, however, their seats be disturbed by that restless and senseless spirit of opposition so often of late invoked by Mr. Glasbrook, we trust that the burgesses will rally round them, and thus mark their sense, as they did so signally last year, of that gentleman's utter unfitness, from his selfish and contracted views of things, for occupying a seat at the Council table, at least for some time to come. Should Mr. Hughes consent to stand in the room of Mr. Yorath, well and good; there is no doubt that he would be an eligible and a good business-like candidate—a man of the right stamp. In the Lower Ward, unless there be a vacancy in the person of Mr. Eaton, a rumour respecting which is already current, matters are likely to pass off quietly ; for, on the whole, more intelligent or experienced Councillors could not be selected than those who go out by lapse of time.  an immense amount of berm. A more gross collection of things which ought never to be mentioned, verbally or in print, cannot, I should think, exist. The Protestant Electoral Union may imagine they are doing good by disseminating this filth ; but that great contamination must be the result cannot be doubted. "Can a man tench rit d not be el, fi'el% " But there are other gaestionx which the police authorities will have to consider 'with regard to our streets, if the days of the Mohawks are not to be revived. We have provided the lash for garotters, but whet shall we do for ruffians who go Aunt L ndon armed with revolvers, and shoot down the first man with whom they have an Atercation These reflections are called forth by the Bloomsbury outrege, which appears to have this connection with Fenianiam—that the three assailants, one of whom shot a bandman of the Guards, were Fenian desperadoes, armed probably to resist their own apprehension ? What du the Fenians mean by invading English towns in this manner, and shooting unarmed men? Do they think it will obtain respect for their cause in Europe or in America % On the contrary, I think, it will show to the whole world the hopelessness and wickedness of their aims, while the existence in England and Scotland of the large inflammable Irish rpalationa to whom Fenianism would apply to the torch, only shows the indissoluble political aonneetion between the two islands, and the neemity tor putting down with a strong hand an organizatt n which can achieve, whether in Ireland, England, or Canada, only desultory and resultless outrage and murder. .  Old lovers of music will doubtless remember the fame of the .• Antient Concerts" (they spelled " ancient " with a I in these days), and most of those who ever attended one of these concerts will regret their cessation. They ere now, however, to be revived—in name at least. The arrangements for the concerts at Alexandra Hall, Muswell Hill (a rival to the Ciyetal Palace) speak well for the character of those entertainments. Mr Henry Leslie, to,, is to conduct a series of first-class concerts here during the winter. The new Queen's Theatre, formerly St. Martin's Hall, is to open on the 17th of October with a sensation drama, which rumour says is the joint handiwork of Mr Dion Bormicault and Mr Charles Heade. There is a talk of establishing an amateur theatre here on a larger scale than has ever yet been tried. Hader any circumstances, this would be a very ticklish experiment. Quartets and defective management are almost inevitable, if we may judge from previous cff-irts in this direction.