The Herald of Wales. — 1887-04-30 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MICE., with reference gation has material enough to set ap a whole to the proposed improvements in the Mumbles, parallel roof, viz., the making of a promenade and road from The Rev. Arthur Gregory Jackson, chaplain the New Inn to the Mumbles Head. There of the Philanthropic Form School, Redhill, were present—Messrs. Niglio' Mcrgen, Wm. committed suicide, on Saturday evening, by Bennett, Gelderd, W. Morris, J H. hanging. He was 45 years of age, and monar- Jones, bforgen, D. E. Michael, Davies, ried. Baker (Local Government Board engineer), Price At the Mansion House, on Friday, Mary Ann (Duke of Beanfort's agent), John Beynon, Mat Helderly, was commit•ed for trial upon a charge Jou' , W. Woolacott, W. Lee, George Mansoi murdering her child, aged seven years, by field, Rev. Seeretan Jones, Thomas Jones, S. throwing her from Blackfriars Bridge into the Yeo, Captain David Evens, Mr. Rees, Rev. W. Thames on Good Friday. P. Williams, as well as a large number of rateSaturday's Daily News says: —The Govern- Payer& ment will ask for a vote of about £20,000 to The Commiaeloner, in opening the enquiry, defray the cost of the jubilee service in West- said that the Oystermouth Local Board had =Meter Abbey. In this amount the estimated proposed to borrow the sum of £3,500, to carry charge for erecting temporary galleries, barriers, out certain improvements in the village, the and so forth, will be included estimate for which amounted to a In the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, on total of £3,759 95. 4d. He proposed first to deal with the p omeeade,aud wished to knot; Monday, 69 members voted in favour of the motion that the principles of Free Trade should .m they were to get the laud from.:He knew be adhered to while 88 members were in favour belonged to the Duke of -Beaufort, of Britain's 'fiscal arrangements being reoon but had not been informed as to aiderel. any agreement having been arrived at The Globe contradicts the statement that the between the Local Board and his Grace. staunch Churchman, who lately wrote oast- Mr. Baker said that the Duke had offered to phoning of his wife ',Living been secretly, in- give the loud to the Board. dueed to eater the Romish Church, had himself The Commissioner ached what they proposed become a convert to Rome, to do in the the matter. On Monday morning, the sloop Liberty, ot Mr. Nichol Morgan 'said they intended to Guernsey, from Roma, collided with the pier- pull down the walls and remove the gardens. head in entering the West Basin, Cardiff. The The Commissioner said what ho wished to force of the collision drove the anchor into one know was, how the Board had arrived of the bow timbers under water on the starboard at the estimate for the work P In his side. The water was let out of the basin, when opinion he considered it inadequate to it was discovered that the sloop had sustained carry out the proposed improvements. Reonly sll4lit damage. ferring to the bank facing the sea, he felt canfarmer named Richardson, occupying a fident that the first heavy gale would sweep, it holding near Dungannon, has received a letter away. According to the estimate, the price signed, Captain Moonlight, calling upon him to Per yard would reach .el. Referring to the give up certain land which he obtained by offer- rood they would have to get the (auction of lag higher rent than the previous tenant. The the County Board before they could go on with police are investigating the matter. it. A gardener named Clayton, and a publican Mr. Morgan Davies, mid he had seen the named Whiting were knoek,d down while cross. officialo of the County Board, and had agreed mg the railway at Barnet, oil Thursday morn, to let them haves copy of the tracings. ing, by an express train. Both were instantly The Commissioner said there was another item killed, being hot ribly mangled and disflgured, in the estimate for the promenade which he A Both Despatch sa3s: —At e Cabinet Council, considered worse than useless, and that was under the presidency of the Emperor, held this the making of a groin jutting out near the week, it was announced that 24,000 000 &rine Ship and Castle Hotel. The cost was put ' had been expended of the credit of 52,000,000 down at £4O, and he considered that they would r deal of harm, It seemed very absurd to florins, which the Delegations in extraordinary not only be wasting the money, but doing a session recently voted for military preparations. aeat The Russian barque Paul, bound from Pull down a good AB for the purpose of putting Swansea for Tunis with a cargo of coals, has up an embankment. been picked up abandoned, and towed into Mr. Price concurred with Mr. Codrington in Carthagena by the steamer Davy Morris, of this reapeet. Liverpool, another Swansea trader. The crew Relative to the road, the Commissioner untended in their own boats at Curthagena on sidered a3O foot road too wide. Thursday. Mr. Nichol Morgan said that by going inside. ! A very curious sight was presented to the the lifeboat house they would save over £l,