Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1882-05-10 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

TELEPHONE. [.., • MA.. e1...a-vracan  It will be men by the amonnts presented at the last meeting of the Harbour Trustees, that the trade of the port during the month of April, gave very salizfactory resulte. The total imports and exports were some 40,000 tons over the corresponding month of last yar : and the revenue of the Tract showed Cu eqnally derided improvement. It is true that just at preeent the fin-plate trade is under • cloud, the prices of manufactured plates twine lower than ever, and the recent r.-stn-lion of make hiving produced little if any ehange for the batter, notwithstanding this, however, there is a more hopeful feeling in the trade, the general opinion being that the present sMte of things cdl probably moult ia the closing of same of the smaller works, end failure of weaker tnanafa,s torso, yet it will in the end bring about a general improvement by redueing the output to tic- level of buyers' requirements. The report. of pig iron have heat very heavy during the past month. and the into trade generally beak On the whole, therefore, it would memo that our prcepects Coe 0-0 nearly so diemuraging as some would repre.mit, and though it is no doubt • difficult time for mut. ehopkeepera and others dependent on the works yet the trade of the district continues to increase steadi,y even though the day for large fortunes coo-cr.  The wheat, fora series of large public buitllegs in the Aletandra-rond is rapist, developing. and has already ezewel,ol the limita prop.....! by Aldermm Ford when he first suggested it as • totana of providing for the neseesitier of the PubLe Library. For some tint, part we have had • large variety of euggeetions for new muni.ipal buildinsts, police - staid in, Pow Law, &shoe! Ito ird °Mem, and other puble• ofIR •ee, and different schemino have Levu prepoandid by Mr Glawsoibue and others to meet thow wants It aeon* now as if • beginning was being made undor Alderman Ford's plans for the library, we are likely before long , to finil the greater portion of the space whieh be.solocg been an eyesore to the ratepayem *marled by public building* of one kind toe limper. 10 ia certain that we must provide • new police station before very Fug, the present wicommodation haring long ago been objested to as insufficient sal strongly reported agaiust at the Imo heemolion. It will be string, if after ell the difficulty of letting the coolly sightm which the improvement whem• hoe left on howl should he solved by the corporatism becoming their own Mamma, but CO will very likely be the only practicable solution. lam Tory touch inclined to apes twilit Mr Hartland in doubting whether Agfa fasting Back-street will produce if 0 ps..r amen mead. It is all very well to Cry thot tie name of the street may b, altc rel, fait if it be:true that a ruse by any other name smells juA es sweet, I soppoee the rimrerse to be eepially gnod. Back atreet thou,k tmasformed into Orchardsstreet will, for wow: time to rvinie, prove umwvottry Co the opinion of ahopkeeperr. Notwit.tanding, however, the paisibility of the expense proving greater sod the return leas, ae is generally the ease with Corp frat•in aistt.ro •• I think the library scheme the best yet prop° unded, and Lope it intv epciolily be carried out.  jThe ehatigeo eousequeut upon the re. signetion ! at Earl Cowper, have had the efleu of stoppieg the progress of the movement for higher elute, tion in Wales, and as the appalling crime just isommitteal in Ireland, will probably eau,o the metnainder of the Piliamentary *melon to be donated to the affair, of that ouhappy country, there it only too ourb remon to fear that Welsh edrication will be postponed another year. In the menstame it eill not do to let the claim. of wares drop out of eight, whilst our neighbour. are visonmsly ur,riny their side of the ' question. Iwe that • eouterene, i• t be held at the el—. of the orient m when del:irate. Irma pohle oo.h. h gh tut tiouth w.a,, toil be mkel to raut aal dis th. TIM Vt.,. I MR glad that this is to he d throuhoui the whole p.m lustory of the ooeetoeotithooop. peared too such like rounot between tiro rival towns, to secure for Mei:melees the earth rages ineidental to suet • college, aril not m it. asould be, the careful unmideration ef them beat qualified to judge to the dtantion moat likely to prove mem...fill. irreipeetive of hadividusl wishei on the subject.  The Convocation Report gave • remarirable impulse to Temperance effort in the Church 1.4 Englend. The two thoumnd parishes thus privileged were placed in centrert with the tuber eight or ten thoneand, in which cHese. homey. teuperiem,dieesee. suicide witheft-phi I ecote of human lite and deterioration of nationnl character. were ressulting a.. the inevitable fruit of the evil tree of Inbmpersua. Many a ttit. clergy had long been labounng their prriabes it. re...rim...herds from the ery of thew ...ening rite but now the "Tress,lland wisdom of organised and united effort be. tame apparent. Already. happily, • .Chluch of England 'I-chaperon. Society wen in emstemu end premien. the committee of C011V,4,11011 commended thin &creep ea the very bastrumeetalay required for deeding practically with the plague of national Intemperance. •• llonour to whom honour is due." The early band of Temperance pioneers in our Church hicluded el...re-men worthy of honour. llean Clam,