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INTERESTING ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD. MR. GLADSTONE ON IRISH PARTY DIVISIONS. The clerical organ Voce della Vnrita published on Saturday morning a letter sent by Mr. Glad- stone to Mgr. Farabulini, the Roman prelate and distinguished litterateur, who bad written to him asking his opinion on two subjects—the visit of Dante to England and the Irish Question. In regard to Dante, Mr. Gladstone refers Mgr. Fiirabulini to his article in the Nineteenth Century of June, 1892. Turning to the affairs of Ireland, the ex-Premier remarks Having retired from the Government after 62 years of Pailiamentary life, I have no longer the means of working directly for the introduction of Autonomous Government in Ireland. But I ardently syrr- pathise with the sentiments which you have expressed, and which I venture to believe reflect the opinion of the Pope. The existing state of things, as I conceive it, is this, that the Irish are undoubtedly showing a great example of obedi- ence to the law but, while they are irreproachable in this respect, the Irish Nationalists are divided among themselves. Why—is an absolute mystery to (their friends in Great Britain. I believe that the fnult lies with the small group of Parnellltes. The result is, nevertheless, deplorable, for discord is the principil obstacle to the progress of the Irish cause. Happy the man who could make it to cease." A BOON TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC.—A non-intoxicating Beer. Wheatley's Hop Bitters. The only reliable article, in cask or bottle, To be had at Wine Merchants and Bottlers JiiVery- where. f5897 "GENERAL" BOOTH'S FARM COLONY. Traders in and growers of agricultural produce in the neighbourhood of General Booth s farm colony at Hadleigh have met and framed a memorial, in which they appear to press the Dublic upon an alleged grievous injury they sutler thr.ugh what they describe as unfair competition of the Salvation Army, which competition, they assert, is only rendered possible by the receipt of charitable donations intended for a very different purpose. The memorialists quote from General Rnoth's appeal for funds to show that he obtmned the huge sum of £100,000 by virtue of a scheme, the prominent feature of which was the avoidance of raising one class at the cost of another, and ruining, by underselling, those who already keep their feet with difficulty. It is alleged that the General has absolutely broken faith with the public, and has turned the farm colony into a vast trading emporium, selling produce at prices which exclude all possibility of successful competition by others. Attached to the memorial are statements by hawkers, growers, labourers, and others, whose names and addresses are given, from which it appears that labourers, hitherto dependent on garden produce for rent, have now no market, and traders of long standing find their business either destroyed, or greatly damaged by unfair cutting. Inquiry at the Salvation Army head-quarters on Tuesday elicited the information that tne charges of underselling made against the Hadleigh farm colony have been an entire surprise to the officials. The idea that the farm colony undersells the local traders and growers with its produce is altogether repudiated. Beyond that general denial, the Salvationist authorities are not in a position to go, because as yet they have not received any full statement of the charges. It is to be assumed that the matter will be directly brought under General Booth's notice, and that then he will deal with it. L*DIES' CLOAKS, ULSTERS, and JACKETS, GO to DAVIES AND CO., MERCHANT JLC^'S' Gladstone Buildings, Alexandra- road, Swansea. Perfect Fitting Garments. "ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE." The body of the young woman which was found in the Thames at tiichmond on Wednesday morning has been identified as that of Maud Holmes, an unfortunate, aged 25. The police description of the body shows her to have been exceptionally pretty, about five feet six inches in height, with fair complexion, and light golden hair. She was known to be in receipt of a regular allowance from some gentleman friend, and shortly before her death she cashed a cheque, presumably from that gentleman, and the greater part of the money was found in her pocket after death. She had become weary and sick of her loose life, and evidently contemplated releasing herself from it by death for some time. The unfortunate girl had often told her companions the history of her fall. She was the daughter of one of the largest builders in Cambridge. Some sixteen months ago she made the acquaintance of one of the students at the University, and she thought he meant to marry her. Under a promise of ultimate marriage she consented to go to London with him. When the time came when she should have returned to Cambridge her feeling of shame was so strong that she absolutely refused, as she said, to again darken her father's door." The younsr student returned to Cambridge alone, and as Holmes' friends did not know of her intrigue with this young man, of course he was not interrogated by them as to her whereabouts. With be return to college of the young student, the dpad woman was left to her resources. The end is now known. IS SHE RECLAIMABLE? Some two or three millions sterling are con- tributed by religious people every year towards tha conversion of the heathen, but somehow or other Jane Cakebread. who lives in London, is left out in the cold. She has been before the magistrates in the metropolis and in the suburbs nearly three hundred times, always on the ame charge of inebriety and disorderly conduct, and she seems to defy the exertions of all the organi- sations which exist for the reclamation of the fallen? Was Zoroaster right, after all, in de- claring that the two principles of good and evil were co-eq'al and influenced human destiny co- ordinately ? Such a poor old woman is not hevond the united exertions of Christianity In nri~ou her conduct is most exemplary but the she retrains freedom a fresh fall takes "lace Suppose that the Salvation Army, the Church Army, and'the missionary societies of the various denominations were to combine for a field day when Jane comes out of gaol, where she has been sent by the Wood-gram magistrates for the u-ual offonee Could she resist such an onslaught? Surely the'.reformation ot the chief j Vo,.ri« cnr>h as she is. would be a jewel in SUD fee crown of General Booth What has fec' S ot Jane Cakebread, London may well be said of notorious Ellen Sweeney, of Swansea.
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CHESS. BY JAMES GnAsa.] All communications for this department are to ee addressed to the "Chess Editor, The Cam- brian, Wind-street, Swansea. Secretaries of clubs will oblige by sending notices of fixtures, scores of matches, and any other information concerning the above. Clieai players and composers are invited to contribute eMblems. same. sketches. &c. To CORRESPONDENTS. Solutions are solioited, and should reach us not later than Wednesday after publication of problem. Problem No. 137, by S. A. HARRISON, Camberwell. BLACK (eleven pieces). WHITK (twelve pieces). Either party to play,and mate in three moves. GAME 189. THIRTEENTH GAME. The following game was won by Mr. Steinitz. It will be seen that he abandoned his former cramped defence to the Ruy Lopez, and there- fore secured, as a second player, a good position in this opening. in this opening. WHITE (Lasker). BLACK (Steinitz). 1 P to K 4 P to K 4 2 Kt to K B 3 Kt to Q B 3 3 B to Kt 5 P to Q R 3 4 B x Kt Q P x B 5 PtoQ4 PxP 6 QxP QxQ 7 Kt x Q P to Q B 4 8 Kt to K 2 B to Q 2 9 Q Kt to B 3 Castles 10 B to K B 4 BtoB3 11 Castles K R Kt to K B 3 12 PtoKB3 B to K 2 13 KttoKt3 P to K Kt 3 14 K R to K sq KttoQ2 15 Kt to Q sq IVnV 16 Kt to B sq |^2n urt 17 B to K 3 £ cQ feq 18 P to Q Kt 3 St0B 11 p1 B to Kt 5 a PtoQBS 22 K to R sq 23 R to Q B sq 24 Kt (Q) to K 3 T to B 4 25 P x P P x P 26 PtoKR3 R to Kt Eq 27 Kt to Q 5 I1" 28 P x B RxQP 29 Q R to Q sq K x R 30 R x R 31 KtoR2 32 P to Q R 4 KtoB2 33 P to K R 4 K 1to B 3 34 P to B 4 g to Kt 5 35 K to R 3 B to K 8 36 R x R 37 K to Kt 4 K to B 4 38 KxP K x P 39 K to K 4 B x P 40 P to Kt 3 £ t0(isA 41 Kt to K 3 (ch) K to Kt 5 42 K to Q 3 K x P 43 K to B 2 £ to Kt 4 44 PtoB4 kJOOS 45 PtoBS pt0§t4 46 PtoKt4 vi v a 47 Kt to Q sq K to K'4 48 KttoB3 49 KttoR4 ^095 50 Kt to Kt?2 P to Kt 4 51 K to Kt 3 B to K 2 52 P to Kt 5 P to R 5 (ch) 53 Kt x P P Kt (ch) 54 KxP KtoK4 55 K to Kt 5 KxP Resigns. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. I D. McLEOD CRAIK (Glasgow). -Thank-s every much for your report and game. hear from us ill v, week or so. Al-,vayki glad to hear I from you 1 E. DAVIES better write to the Editor. Others have, made the same complaint, b B-T^McSLton) -Your letter is not very try to'get IZ ^ou desl^through them P ■R, E. B. —Cuttings received with tnants. c' T EWIS (Swansea).—In the future eerf'^ letter direct to The l amlrian Office there wi te no doly in t|on u not a new p„SS: It With some years io^Loiv. No historian mention, the age. Pinqqpd to hear there is a dST! £ ?ta»d. We wish you success. EAST v. WEST OP SCOTLAND. Mr. D. McLeod playing an important match Jt is a West, as he ^nowreaid ? ^at has been game had to be giv unforfcuuatej although second, he hpino- too ambitious, he, having a won game being too sacrificed a piec found her guarded, Queen, but to tu* ™ The following is his •which costed him tus.The tenth report which he lias kin y- la waB played match between these saloon L „ side but each team only mustered yi. The saloon 'wafa very fine sight, with a hundred V of chessmen of exactly the same pattern S PH ,*?. three long rows, and the gathering was X*West ever Men in'Scotland. Of the nine the Iarfes^ tcljes the East have won five, and previous ma the Wegt of Iate yeai.a the verv'stiong, it was fully expected that have been very £ th East meant to run they would wni aitaou^d 3 pm^and] ted them close. P^y being begun after 5 till 6.30, no second g eedea, the West o'clock. As tn gcore being—West, 45 gradually drew ahead, t Eagt picked L,t, 31; bnt t»»'"fjiJ:LwWt,63; But, 81- tip; at 6.0 the score reading results of the re- Amidst great excitem' and jn tne end the maining game* were b 72| to 68§- The East won a very clo^e matcn D> .q au greater part of the p lUatc'i, Mr. D- lent dinner in the hotel f ycott.sh ^hess T. Mills, President of tne Association, in the chair.
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AAshockTnTc«e^ 'likl of I.lct™ Snkm-. a collier. The mother was a one David JL ;the afternoon, when, in a fit of in the houst. thQ child to a patltry, despondency, and de]iberately chopped its snatched a hat her when arrested confessed head off. The killed the child because the crime, and S '»l inquest was held on she could not keep • j^on(|ay) when the jury, the murd. red child on tl wilful murder in returning a Ve „vnres^ed the opinion that against the mother, exp &t the time ehe they thought she w » committed the deed. ,p^e j^ev j)r DR. LUCAS at SwANb MIS?ION at the Lucas, in continuance o dwelt upon the Albert Hall, on Friday even ^ative county of effect of Prohibition m extensively with Alton, in Canada. After deaim. ved | •omparative blue-book n /j'eC^ 0f the Pro- conclusively the wonder DrejSion ot erinie' hibitive Liquor Law in the;-iPP• fact that he placed especial empnasis up of thou,ands in his native pla<-e there weie never set of men, women, and chil iren, man, a con- eyes on such a thing as a Viard to beat. BJ dition of iimocency^16 jonld ''e |'nists certainly the arguments sot forth Pro concluded his had a st. ong case. The Rev. Dr^ con^^ .n. mission on Monday evening -as |i0 inanners teresting and amusing a U:f Canada. In and custom-i of the Red Inc. i pointed out the course of hi-' remarks law of the fact that it was contrary to an Canada for a white man t.o supply that if Indian. The lecturer B content, m not the Indian cou.d be so favo^ t() the sale of such a law be passed with S which was drink to white people. ^ec £ ag' attentively delivered with much eh q .egided over by listened to by a large aud e"C7h.,je pres 'nt were Dr. Rawlings and amongst tho e pr the Rev. J. Cory, Mr. J. U°Ja> Rocke.
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r rvifH OF MR. YATES. SUDDEN of tfae Wwld^ Mr. Edmund Ya. Garrick Theatre who was seized withi a removed to the Savoy on S^turdiiy night, an about four Hotel, where be was stayi g, gi3(ldea death of o'clock on Sunday morning. d rd,, of Mr. Yates will come upon tbej^ Yateg journalism with a very sen prolonged h.d recently returned to London, which visit to the Continent m seawh 0^1 seemed to have been per e y dramatist, a mnn of infinite parts J'^respondent'. novelist, dramatic cnt c, 1. become a Though a Radical in bis y member Tory in his maturer year, and he^ of the Carlton Club Tc< m J faltered authorship of his time. A TRAGIC DANCE. The villagers of Schutzen, near Oedenburg •II for all time remember the last dance which u] nlht to a conclusion the festivities of tneir brousnt t< gome q{ thft youths quarrelled patron sainy and a gendarme interfered, about the ied him, and trie i to take his The boyn, defend himself he fired, lulling with rifle, ana TO ft girl who wer0J dancing. The one shot a ooy « q killed the gendarme with other young m d himsc)f ionpr and well, how- blows. He i young men m the fray, so ever, and killed t c 3e3 OI1 the floor of the that there were b ball-room. avF AND GOT MARRIED." HE'S GON ^tic scene at the Thames There was quite a pa where a young girl told Police-court on batur(iay, ,)e[. eyeg> to Mr. a long love story, wit.it^ ^^rate. The applic- Dickinson, the presiding i^ns a?ainst a young ant said she desired a s prauiise. What man who had broken his P He pPomif<ed promise? Mr. Dickinson ast.e told to marry me," was the aI; t ,,r;ult a summons that the magistrate exiuld not ,,ier charge to for that, she said she ha a A,thi-sturned bring. He had struck her as well- tolj her oUt to be some time ago, the he has l,e could not issue a summons. fc t iScen back the rings he gave me COUIlty fhftni? she askeu. ami ret 64 "Reside*, v+ for consolat-on :n that d reetion. & Bvc 1 the magistrate, "you will d.ubtless make with hiin, and then he will pn yo" ™1 UP h!ck It does, keep them fbatl( „ ring' „ V(!rv fond of him, I suppose? He b Yon ar A Jot married," the applicant said, gone and left the Court much bursting j n f summ0rjs couli be obtained. disapP;,luT,e FROST IN HYDE PARK. .7 4-onrolofricaI instruments in Hyde One of the more exposed position Park, occapyw- » u the official records are than that from W_ Horton, the resident compiled by »r- superintendent of the Royal flumano Society, on Sunday night registered freezing-point, the mercury having fallen to 32 degrees. During the week some remarkably sudden changes of temperature have been experienced. There have been alternations of fine weather, rain, and gloom, culminating on Sunday evening m a smart hail- storm. The barometer has been on the see-saw all the week, and the register on Monday morning was 29'90, as compared with 29 94 on Sunday. THE ARDLAMONT CASE. In the Justiciary Appeal Court held at Edin- burgh on Monday—before the Lord Justice Clerk Lord Adam, and'Lord Wellwood—a petition was presented for the recall of the sentence of out- lawry passed on Edward Sweeney, the missing man at Monson's trial. The Crown counsel did not appear. Their Lordships held that as the Crown han taken no action against Sweeney it waa undesirable in the public interest that the case should remain in its present position, and unanimously recalled the outlawry. THE CORN TRADE. At Mark Lane there was a fair attendance, but trade was rather disappointing. English wheat was still in light supply, but prices are 6d. worse on the week. Foreign was quoted at the same decline^ with a quiet market. Flour was slow at Friday's rates. Maize was dull at recent curren- cies. Barley was 3d. cheaper, with a poor demand. Oats were steadily held, with a moderate enquiry. Beans and peas quiet and un- changed. Arrivals Wheat (English) 3,281 quarters, (foreign) 86,770 quarters; 91,338 sacks 185 barrels maize 23,348 quarters barley 47,873 quarters; oats 58.728 quarters beans 226 quarters peas 1,179 quarters. SPEECH BY MR. MORLEY. Mr. J. Morley, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, addressed his constituents at Newcastle-on-Tyne on Monday night. He said the Government had done its best to fulfil the pledges with which it entered office. The Parish Councils Bill would do more than any bill since the Reform Bill of 1832 to quicken public life in the country. The power of the Lords should be strictly limited, and debate in the Commons must be shortened, if business was to be got through. In Ireland there was more tranquility than for twenty years past but England must not forget the condition on which that tranquility had been secured. That condition was that there should be no paltering with the Irish demand. Failure to place that demand in the forefront would wreck the Govern- ment completely. The right hon. gentleman de- fended the Registration Bill, the Budget pro- posals, and the Evited Tenants Bill, and the proposed disestablishment of the Welsh Church. AMERICA'S CONJUGAL CONDITION. According to the last American Census instal- ment of the entire population in June, 1890, 37,129,564, or 59'22 per cent., were single. The married numbered 22,331,424, or 35'66 per cent. There were 2,970,052, or 4"74 per cent., widowed and 120,996, or 0'20 per cent divorced; while the condition of 70,214, or 0-11 per cent., is described as unknown. As regards sex divisions there more married and single males than females, but many more widowed and divorced women than men. The number of divorced persons was greatest in the north central division, including the great block of States from the lakes and the Canadian border down to Kansas and Missouri, and was least in the Western States from Colorado to the Pacific. A FAMILY OF GIANTS. At Lexington, in Kentucky, a family named Morrison, has been awarded a prize of £50, it showing the greatest height and weight, and being native to the State. Joseph Morrison. the head of the family, is a farmer, and here (ac- cording to the Chronicle) is the record of height and weight:—Joseph Morrison, the father, was 6ft. 4in. in his stockings and weighed 2101b. His wife was exactly the same height, but weighed 2661b. The oldest son, Thomas, stood 6ft. 4in., and weighed 2861b.; James, 6ft. 6m., ani 2161b. Sarah, the oldest girl, weighed only 165ib., but stood 6ft. 7in. in her stockings John, the big boy of the family, lacked only lin. of touching 7ft., and tipped the scales at 3061b. Mary, called "The Midget," was 6f. 2in. in height but only weighed 1491b; Elijah was 6ft 3in. and 2121b. Eli, 6ft. 4in. and 2061b.; the youngest child, Martha, only 14 years of age, was 6ft. 3in. in height and weighed 1601b. THE FARM AND GARDEN OUT- LOOK. The weather is now being anxiously watched and talked about by all concerned in farm or garden. It is not rain that is wanted; during the month we have had enough, and not too much and wheat in most districts would, it is said, do well if no more fell. What is wanted is uiore sunshine. The temperature B very low, and fires and overcoats are again in daily use. Worst of all, there was a frost. In Cheltenham, Mr. Tyrer reports, the thermometer fell to a. minimum of 24'5 degrees, on the surface of the grass, while we learn from the Meteorological Office that it went as low as 24 degrees at Lough- borough, 26 degrees at Oxford and Greenwich, and 39 degress at Brixton. Many of the garden crops suffered severely. Potatoes looked as if a hot blast had passed over them, blackening the hitherto healthy haulms, and many of the fruit trees were alao damaged. During Monday, cold northerly and north-easterly winds were still prevalent over the whole country, with showers in jmany places, and in the course of the day there were very few localities in which the thermometer succeeded in raising much above 50 degrees. On Monday night the thermometer was again very low, but there was no frost. On Tuesday snow fell in several parts of Gower, and on Wednesday the wind was very cold. Of the general effect of the weather upon the crops the Mark Lane Express of Monday says "The cold spell of weather, which is not unusual in May, was at first almost welcomed, but as days have gone on, the temperature has fallen, while the northerly winds have acquired a chilly easterly touch, opinion has altered, and there are now fears lest tne season should have taken a seriously ungenial turn. The thermometer has gone down after sunset to something dangerously nea.r freezing-point, while the sharpness of the north-east wind has affected the colour of the wheat. The barley, it must be admitted, still looks very well, but oats are less promising, and with another fortnight of the present weather would gooff very rapidly. The growth has been arrested for want of warmth, and it must be fairly stated that since Whit Monday matters agricultural have taken a somewhat untoward direction in this country. The continental advices are favourable for the most part, and both France and Itily are becoming anxious for the arrival of the hot weather, which is experienced in both countries, as a rule, long before the third week of May. The news from America. is of an improved promise in both the western and central States, while wheat harvest will begin in the south within i a week from now." THE POVERTY OF LONDON JEWS. The growing poverty of the Jewish poor says the annual report uf the Jewish Board of Guardians just issued, is proving too much for the resources of the Board, and the future is a matter of much anxiety to those at the head of aff drs." The amount received in donations and subscriptions last year was £9,G75, and, although larger than received in previous years, is considered to be relatively a small amount when the great wealth of the Jewish community is considered. In recognising this the committee say that:—" It is certain that the fair fame of the Jews in England is intimately bound up with, even if it does not depend upon, the manner in which they apply themselves to grapple with the question of the care of their poor." A large amount of money was spent in sending pauper immigrants to their own and other councries. EXECUTION AT LIVERPOOL. John Langford was on Tuesday murning executed at Liverpool for the murder of Elizabeth Stephen on April 3. Langford was a baker, and had lived with the woman for four years. He was tnariied but it was not known whether his wife was livin" Langford and Stephen were both add cted to drink and often quarrelled. On April 3, at about on o'clock, Stephen, with another woman, went into a public-house in Liverpool. Langford happened to be there, and he struck the woman. She went away, and was followed by Langford, who stabbed her in the breast with a knife. The woman died from the effects of the wound. Langford afterwards attempted to commit suicide. He was sentenced to death at the Liverpool Assizes on May 3. Since his condemnation, Langford expressed deep peni- tence for the crime, and received Holy Communion from the Protestant chaplain in a devout spirit on Tuesday morning. He slept fairly well on Monday night, and partook of a light breakfast afterwards. He submitted quietly to Billington, the executioner. Death was almost instantaneous.
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THE ORGANIST'S PROTEST-The composer, Henry Smart, played an organ in a London church, and his recital after church excited much attention but one morning, after a selection from one of Mozart's masses, a church warden came into the organ loft, and begged to inform jlr. Smart that they had decided that they could not havesuch jiggy stuff played in their church." « Very well, Sir," was the answer, t shall be altered. On the next Sunday dirge-like sounds proceeded from thc organ: and the churchwarden congratulated the player on the solemn and elevating effect of the mUiSlC. 1 am glad you like it.' answered Mr Smart; "doubtless if I plav it a little quicker you will see the reason it affect- ed you," and, suiting the action to the wor l, the popular s rains of Jump ,Jim Crow," resounded from theo"ran. After toi- Henry Smart played what he liked.
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NEATH AND ITS DISTRICT. NEATH TRAMWAYS.—IMPORTANT PROPOSAL TO THE CORPORATION.—The Corporation having acquired the Gas Works and the W ater Works, there is a growing feeling in the borough that it would be equally to the public advantage to purchase the Tramways. We understand that a special meeting of the Neath Town Council was held in committee on Friday, to hear and consider an application from the Tramways Co. on the subject. The meeting being private, the nature of the communication did not transpire, but we understand that the question was broached and a proposal was made, that it would be to the interest of the Corporation they should become the purchasers of the line of tram- ways as a going concern. The scheme is a large one, and worthy of the attention of the local authorities. As a matter of course, therefore, it will, no doubt, have the best consideration which is due to its import to the future advantage and convenience of the town and its districts. THE MAY FAIR.—The second fair was held on Wednesday last, and was well filled with horses, cattle, &c. The usual hiring fair was also held at the square. MUSICAL.—A party is about being formed and will be known as the Neath United Male Voice party, under the conduotorship of Mr. Frank Joshua. Preliminary meetings are being held, and there appears every prospect of the party being formed. LIBERALISM. — Under the auspices of the Neath Liberal Club, a monster meeting of liberals is proposed to be held at an early date. Every endeavour will be made to secure a good attendance of the Welsh Parliamentary party, and a large demonstration is likely to take place. THE PORT TALBOT COMPANY BILL.—This Bill has already passed through the House of Lords. Petitions have now been deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons on behalf of the Great Western Railway Com- pany and the Glamorgan County Council, praying to be heard by Counsel in Committee against the measure. EXPLOSION NEAR NEATH.—An explosion of blasting powder occurred at the Scrutton (Poith) New Pits, at Abergwinfe, on Tuesday. Sinking operations are being carried on at the pits named, and the accident took place when work was pro- ceeding in the ordinary way. Five men were severely burned, and it is feared that one of the number will not recover. The pits are owned by Messrs. Perch and Co. Her Majesty's Inspector of Mines is expected to visit the colliery. MADAME PATTI.—Madame Patti Nicolini, accompanied by Sisrnor Nicolini and Miss Woodford, returned to Craig y Nos on Monday afternoon. The journey from Paddington to Penwyllt was comfortably accomplished in a. special saloon carriage. Madame Patti-Nieolini and Signor Nicolini were members of a brilliant supper-party at Barou Alfred de Rothschild's I on Sunday night. Amongst those who wero present were H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, H.R.H. the Duke of York, and other Royalties. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN ABEBAVON VOCALIST.—The death of Mr. D. Afanlais Lewis took place at Tydraw-street, on Monday evenine, after a lingering illness, at the early age of 37. The deceased was well known throughout the local musical world—indeed, throughout the Principality. He possessed a rich tenor voice of much sweetness and pnrity. Mr. Lewis has won several prizes at eisteddfodau for his tenor solos, and was spoken of highly by the adjudicators. The deceased had been on tour with several musical companies, and quite recently he had been touring in North Wales, where, it is believed, he contracted the illness which termin- ated fatally on Mondiy. He leaves a widow to mourn his loss. THE HON. H. C. BRUCE -The Hon. H. C. Bruce, who has resided at Ynisgerwyn for the past fourteen years, has taken Longwood Park six miles from Winchester, and will remove from the neighbourhood of X eath at the beginning of July of this year. Longwood Park is the property of the Earl of Northesk, who was married early this spring. Mr. Bruce will take possession of Longwood on the 1st prox., but, as already stated, he will not leave the neighbour- hood of Neath until early in July. Mr. Bruce has already disposed of his farm effects, and after he leaves Ynisgerwyn, some of his furniture will be sold. Mr. Bruce and his good lady have given material support to several elevating- agencie3 in the Neath district, and theIr Imnllnent removal to a distant part of the country is very deeply regretted. DEPARTURE OF THE HON. MR. AND MRS. BRUCE. —An interesting presentation WitS made last week to the Hon. Mrs. Bruce. of Ynisygerwn, of a handsomely-bound Bihle, by the teachers of the Forest Calvinistic Methodist Sunday School, Aber- dylais. The Bible bore an inscription expressing regret at her impending departure to a distant part of the country (Winchester.)—The Rev. B. T Jones, who made the presentation in the p'esence of the whole school on the lawn at Ynisygerwn performed the duty very gracefully.—The Hon Mrs. Bruce was visibly affected, and could utter- only a few words of grateful acknowledgment. The Hon. H. C. Bruce, speaking on behalf of Mrs. Bruce, said the kindness of the teachers of Forest School would long he remembered. The 14 years spent at Ynisygerwn had been among the happiest of their lives, and the recollection of them would be a pleasing memory. He and Mrs. Bruce would gladly remember that they were invariably greeted by all, including the youngest and the poorest, with a smile of recognition. BRIDGEND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE. Bridgend, like Aberavon, is coming to the front in the matter of Intermediate Education. On Monday, the foundation stone of the new Inter- mediate School was laid by Lord Dunraven, in the presence of a large and representative assemblage of the town and neighbourhood. The selection of the Earl of Dunraven for the function was a most appropnate one, the noble Lord being a warm friend of education, and the generous donor of the site which occupies two acres of land. The school is designed to accommodate 120 children—70 boys and 50 girls—the cost being estimated at £3,500. The ceremony took place before noon, in the most auspicious weather, a procession of representatives of the various school boards in the district and leading inhabitants marching from the Town-hall to the site, headed by the band of the local Rifle Volunteers.—Mr. A. J. Williams, M.P.. a member of the joint education committee of the county invited Lord Dunraven, in grateful recognition of the generous assistance he had rendered the school to lay the foundation stone.—His lordship having been handed a presentation trowel by Mr. Lambert the architect, performed the ceremony, and. amid cheer, duly declared the stone well and truly laid."—On the motion of Mr. W. M. Richards, chairman of the local committee, seconded by W. McGaul, a vote of thanks was passed to Lord Dunraven, who in the course of his reply expressed the opinion that the Act of 1889 amply provided for educational requirements of the Welsh people r but did not in any degree exceed them.—After the ceremony, a grand luncheon came off, under the presidency of Mr. W. M. Richards.—The toast of The Bridgend Intermediate School" was proposed by Lord Dunraven.—Mr. A. J. Williams responded. —"The Future of Welsh Education" was sub- mitted by Mr. T. J. Hughes, C.C., and replied to by the Rev. Aaron Davies, as chairman of the county technical instruction committee.—A Yote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceed- ings. THE ABERAVON BUILDING SOCIETY. REPLY OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. The Public Prosecutor's report for 1893 contains important allusions to the frauds on the Glamorgan Building Society, when, in the course of the trial of Loveluck, Mr. Justice Cave made the following remarks: "The case has been so badly managed, so imperfectly got up, and so imperfeotly inquired into that he did not know what to do. While he disallowed the costs of the prosecution, he did not do so because he thought the solicitor employed by the Public Prosecutor had not done his duty. There must have been gross neglect and gross incompetence on the part of other people connected with the society other than the prisoner, and when the Public Prosecutor took the matter up he ought to have inquired into it, so as to have ascertained who were responsible for this gross fraud or iniquity, which had defrauded so many of the working people of the neighbourhood in which the society was founded of their money." In reference to the above, the report gives the history of the prosecution, and then adds :—" It wili thus be seen that in specially exempting from censure 'the solicitor employed by the Public Prosecutor,' and in dIsallowing the costs of the prosecution, because the case had been so badly managed and so imperfectly got up,' the jud«e must have been of opinion tiiat the Director (Public Prosecutor) not only failed in his duty with respect to the conduct of the particular prosecution hut also 'after he took the matter up,' in not iuquiring and ascertaining who were responsible (besides the prisoner) for this gross fraud and iniquity. The Director can only say that there was no suggestion made to him of any of the directors of the society having been parties to or cognisant of the frauds committed hy Loveluck or that any of them had profited thereby, and' no evidence on which to found a criminal charge [ against any of them. °
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I NEATH COUNTY COURT. ETUESDAY-Before his Honour, Judge Bishop.] MONEY LENDING TRANSACTION.—J. Levi v. T. Sbepherd.-Plairitiff, who is a glazier at Ystalyfera, sued defendant, who is a furniture dealer, for £9 5?., stated to he due on account of a loan and damages for retention of a vice. Defendant counter-claimed £2 2s. 3d., balance stated to be due for money lent and goods. Mr. Popkin Morgan, Swansea, appeared for plain- tiff, and Mr. A. Russell Tnomas represented the I defendant. A verdict was given for the defendant upon the claim and counter-claim, with costs. CONTRACT CASE. John Walter James. Briton Ferry, Builder, v. Hy. Tucker, Aberavou, con- tractor.—This action was brought to recover E12 19s., balance of a building contract of 1:138. Defendant paid E5 101. into Court.—The defence was that the contract was not completed according to plan and specification. -Evidence was given by plaintiff and his surveyor, Mr. Wm. Thomas, and afterwards by defendant and his surveyor, After a lengthy hearing, judgment was given in plaintiff's favour for the full amount of the claim, with costs. M1' Plews (barrister) instructed by Mr. J. Taliesin Davies, appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P.(barrister), represented the defendant. ALLEGED ILLEGAL DISTRESS.—WM. Bevan, Neath Abbey, sued Edmund Law, auctioneer, Neath. for P,5 damages, for illegal distress. Mr. E. Powell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. y. T. Evans, M.P., forthe defendant.—Mr. Powell stated that Mr. Law was the landlord of the house whii'h Bevan occupied. The plaintiff owed 17s. 6d. for rent, and the defendant distrained upon furniture valued at jblO in fact, left nothing but the beds in the house.—John Jacobs, bailiff, said that the goods distrained upon were worth £3 10s. His Honour gave judgment for the defendant, upon the ground that the distress was legally enforced. Costs were not asked for. WEDNESDAY. THE SWANSEA SMELTING Co.-G. W. Davies. merchant and engineer, Stourbridge, sued H. R. Lewis. London, for £ 50, being six weeks' salary alleged to be due. There was an alterna- tive claim for P,37 17s. for money expended by the plaintiff on defendant's behalf and at his request.—Mr. Nay lor (Swansea) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. C. H. Gla-codine (Swansea) for the defendant.—The plaintiff's case was that he had been engaged by the defendant and Messrs. Phillips and Cobb, who proposed forming a company for working a patent at the Yniscedwyn Works, the property of Mr. Lewis, for the extraction of ore from minerals. The company, which was, however, never formed, was to have been called the Swansea Smelting Company. A letter had been written to the plaintiff", stating that his appointment to the position of secretary and commercial manager would be recommended on the formation of the company. The plaintiff alleged that he was installed by the defendant in this office, and that he had executed orders at the instance of Lewis, which had been sanctioned by him. He was to have been paid at the rate of z6450 per annum.- For the defence it was contended that the plaintiff had never been appointed, and that he was merely qualifying for the position he was to hold.—Judgment was given for the defendant, with costs. CLAIM SETTLED.—Morgan Cox, an Aberavon builder, sued Evan Llewellyn, a Cwmavon collier, for £ 121, being the third instalment on a building contract. Mr. Yilliers Morgan, instructed b\ Mr. L. C. Thomas, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. C. J. Jackson, instructed by Mr. D. E. Davies. Cardiff, for the defendant.—Defendant stated that the work was being improperly done, and counter-claimed C25 for loss of rent conse- quent upon delay in the execution of the contract. —Upon the suggestion of his Honour the parties came to terms. NEATH PETTY SESSIONS.—MONDAY. (Before Alderman Charles (chairman), Councillors J. B. Davies. Hopkin Jones. Messrs. J. F. Davies and T. Tongue.) UNSOUND MEAT.—John Dillon, an Irish cattle drover of Cork, was cliaiged y the Meuical Officer'of Health with unlawfully permitting the carcase of a sheep to be exposed, the same being- unfit for human food..Mr. L. J. Kempthorne appeared for Mr. Dillon.-Dr. J. W. Thomas, Medical Officer of Health, proved the charge.— Mr. Kempthorne, in his defence, alleged that the animal had been taKen to the slaughter-house for the sake of the skin, imed 15 and costs. The money was paid and notice of appeal tendered against the decision of the Bench. OBSTRUCTION.—Ann, the wife of Shem Mort, labourer. Eaglesbrush-court, was charged with causing an obstruction in Water-street, on Saturday. 7lef Prove(l the facts and stated that the dere/mant was constantly quarrell- ing and disturbing tne neighbourhood. Fined 15s. and costs.—-All°wed time to pay. RESISTING THE POLICE. George Redmore, a collier Cymmer, was charged with re.-istinsr P.C. Davies in the execution of his duty on Whit- Monday.—Fined 5s. and costs. I ANOTHER OBSTRUCTIONIST. Matthew Elsmore, a labourer, i\autybar, was charged with causing an o^triiction ln Wamorgan-street, at 6 p.m., on "Whit-Monday P.c. Davies proved the facts.i' 10i" and costs- DRUNX.-Willuiaf .Jenkins, collier. Resolven, was charged With being drunk on the Parade, on the 15th inst;, K' Crossi proved the case, stating that defendant was helplessly drunk.— Fined 5s. and costs.-Pa.d. BREACH OF THE Thomas Reynolds, collier Clmla, and William Lewis, alias Will Josev 'a labourer, of 28, Llantwit-road, was ohnrtr'p^ with commuting a breach of the peae« by assaulting each other at 9^30 p.m., on Whit- Monday evening- P-C. Morgan proved the rharw and stated that the defendants were ti»htni(r it the Anchor Hotel. Reynolds was fined 7s. 6d. and Lewis 5s. and costs. FAMTTY JAB,William Vaughan, a rag and bone collector, was summoned by his wife, Ma ret onaeh»rSe of desertion. Mrs. aughau stn+orl +}i«t he had run away and refused to pro- "deforw. i„ orjer that the parties may arrange a settlement. NEATH PETTY SESSIONS.—WEDNESDAY. fBefore Aid- Charles and J. E. Davies, Fsq.] OBSTRUCTION.-Thomas Bevan and William Bevan, brothers, Neath Abbey, were charged with ben „ mk and obstructing the footway and carriageway ln Church-placl, at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday evening, the 22nd inst.- Head Constable Evans and Sergeant Jones testified to the factsV, ,h 16110(110f5- and costs, or 14 days. Committed to prison. PONTARDALYE PETTY SESSIONS. -FRII)AY. LBefore H. N- Diierq, G. N. Squire. and E. H. Redley, DRUNKENNESS.-—Daniel and Lewis Morgan, Llallguicke; Richard. Phillips, Llansamlet David Michaei, Thomas Smith and John Rees were fined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. BICYCLING.—Henry Watkins pleaded guilty to riding his bicycle on Neath-roaa Llansamlet, on the 4th inst., without a light. He was fined 8s. including costs or eight days imprisonment. LEAVING CABTS ON THE ROAD.—Richard Thomas Richard Thomas, junr.. and Thomas Thomas' were finfd respectively 9s., 8s. 6d., and 8s 6d or seven day-, for leaving their horses and carts unattended on the road at Llanguicke on the 5th inst." AFFILIATION.—Mary Margaret Thomas, Clydach, summoned John Llewelyn Rees to show cause why. &c Evidence was called to prove the paternity of the defendant, and he was ordered to pay 2s. 6d. per week for the maintenance of two children for 13 years and to pay the costs. Mr. J. W. Nicholas appeared for the defendant. CAUTION TO DRIVERS. William Philip Thomas pleaded guilty to being in charge of a horse and cart at Clyd:-ch on the 28th ult., without having the name and address painted on the cart, and was fined 2s. ;,Qd costs 8s. 6d.—or seven days. Daniel Phillips was fined 8s., or seven days for allowing his pony to stray on the highway at Pontardawe, on April 25th last.- Thomas Thomas pleaded guilty to being drunk whilst in charge of a horse and cart at Llansamlet on May 2nd, and was fined El and costs or 14 days.
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There is J° business so small that ;> dvi;rtis:n;r will not help it, p.one so prosperous that it can afford ts. ignore its aid. Printers' ink is the drummer's most efficient avant-courier. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES OF HAFOD BIBLE CHRISTIAN OHAFEL -Ihe anniversary services of the Hafod Bible Christian Chapel were held on Sunday and Monday last. The officiating minister was the Rev. R. Squ.re, Newport, an 1 lar«-e congregations attended the services. On Snndav afternoon a young people s service was held, Councillor W. P. Wearne presiding, when addresses were delivered by the Revs. R. Squire D. M. Benjamin and J. Horwill. On Monday a tea was served in the schoolroom, the t-ibles being presided over by Mesdames Hall Sanguin, Allen, Harris, and the Messrs. Allen and Thomas. In the evening the R..y. Mr. Squire deliverol his popular leotuve on The Tongue or, the Use an 1 abuse of Words." Mr, J. Knapman presided, and was supported by the Revs. J. Horwill and R. Hall The lecture was a humourous as well as an instructive one, and was, evidently, thoroughly appreciated by the audience. Votes of tilttnk-s to the chairman and lecturer brought the meeting- to a close. The collections were f considerably in advance of those of last year.
THE BREWING TRADE.
THE BREWING TRADE. CARDIFF AND SWANSEA. "i [COMPILED EXPRESSL 1 FOR THE CAMBRIAN' The annual return just issued by order of the Honse of Commons, gives interesting figures ie- latino to the number of licences issued to brew, distinguishing each class in each collection iu the United Kingdom the quantity of malt and sugar including the equivalent of syrup consumed, the number of private persons licensed to brew to. gether with the number and class of licences issned for the sale of beer during the year 1893, with this we give the figures of the preceding year. SWANSEA.—In this collection there ware 5 brewers' licenses issued not to sell by retail against 19 in the preceding year. These consumed 1G2 944 bushels of malt and 10,6.50 cwt. of sugar against I67,803and 10,809 cwt. 302 victuallers were licensed to brew against 317 these consumed 44.443 bushels 3f malt and 268 cwt of sugar against 48,485 and 258 cwt. 24 persons selling beer to be drunk on the premises, were Iicensedto brew against 26 these consumed 4,.554 bushels of malt and Ii cwt of ingar against 5,454 and 2Ž cwt. 3 persons selling beer not to be drunk on the premises were licensed to brew against 4 these consumed 13,74S bushels of malt and 751 cwt of sugar against 17,499 and 960 3wt. 52 private persons were licensed to brew not for sale but liable to beer duty against 58 these consumed 892 bushels of malt and 37 lbs of sugar against 11,067 and 6 lbs. 875 private persons we, e licensed to brew not for sale and not liable to duty ae;ain8t997. There were, 1852 licences issued to Victuallers to sell beer against 1,906, to 307 persons to sell to be drunk on the premises against 237 and to:31 persons to sell not to be drunk on the premises against 33. CARDIFF.-In this collection there were 75 brewers' licences issued not to sell by retail I against 71, these consumed 543,814 bushels of malt and 38,733 cwt of sugar against 578,023 and 42,478 cwt. 113 Victuallers were licensed to brew against 131: these consumed 52,565 bushels of malt and 2,047 cwt of sugar against 65,607 and 2,817 cwt. 43 persons selling beer to be drunk on the premises ¡ were licensed to brew against 47 these consumed 6,754 bushels of malt and 20 cwt of sugar against 7,SS9 and 18 cwt. 2 persons selling beer not to be drunk on the premises were licensed to brew against 3 these consumed 894 bushels of malt and 06 cwt of sugar against 2,394 and 111 cwt. 25 private persons were licensed to brew not for sale but liable j to beer duty against 29; these consumed 1,500 j bushels of malt and 98 lbs of sutrar againt 1,481 and 78 lbs. 105 private persons were licensed to brew not for sale and not liable to duty against 124. There were, 1,611 licenses issued to Victuallers for the sale of beer against 1,611 to 717 persons to sell to be drunk on the premises against 721 and to 40 persons to sell not to be drunk on the premises against 41. In the United Kingdom there we 10,143 brewers licences issued, 55,654,980 bushels of malt con- sumed and 2,122.611 cwt of sug^r including the equivalent of syrups against 55,852,570 bushels and 2,096,720 cwt of sugar in the preceding year. There were 102,512 licences issued to Victuallers to sell beer against 102,882 to 30,931 persons to sell to be drunk on the premises against 31,092 II and to 12,383 persons to sell, not to be drunk on I the premises against 12,580. The licence duly paid and the beer duly charged amounted to £ 10,134,620 against CIO, 102,706. Two brewers paid licence and beer duty for over 1,000,000 barrels of beer amounting to £ 96S,031. r
CAPITAL AND LABOUR,
CAPITAL AND LABOUR, Lecturing on Sunday night in the Leasrue Hall, Peckham, to an appreciative audience, Mr. Fred Hammill said that the impetus given to the Labour Party five yeais ago had created a new principle, by which the worker-* had decided that if anything of good was to be done for them it must be done by themselves The Labour Party was in this position at present, that the two political parties were so evenly balanced, as it were, on the two ends of a pole, that if the Labour Party touched either over went the show. Mr. Hammill declared that drink was the curse of the Labour movement, a sentiment which his audience fully endorsed, judging by the hearty applause which greeted it. It is becoming increasingly necessary, with the unscrupulousness of Lhe brewers, that all Labour men desirous of helping their class should declare definitely for Temperance, and we are glad to see Mr. Hammill doing :0. A CAPITALIST ON THE SITUATION.—A letter by "A Capitalist" in the Times of Thursday, deserves the serious attention of those labour leaders who are paralysing the trade of England by demanding rates of wages at which, if things pro on as thev are troing, it will very soon be impossible f >r any one to expend capital in manu- factures without any chance of a return. The writer, says the Builder, States that his particular trade is extending in all parts of the world, and everywhere except in England is yielding frum ten to thirty per cent. of profit. He can only see a settled determination on the part of the workmen to extract every penny of profit from him, and on the part of the Govern- ment to make him pay every year a larger pro- portion of taxation. The "consequence ° is that while during the first twenty years of his experience tne returns were sufficient to provide for renewal and gradual exten-ion of plant, during the la-t ten years each year has produced diminished re-ults, until there is now no profit at all. Under these circumstances, says "Capitalist," I am quietly worlinz out my plant, and I know many others who are doing likewise. Capital must have its remuneration, a-.id if I am correct in my views that it does not now receive any return, whether employed in agriculture or in manufacturing industries, the time is not far distant when the army of our unemployed will be counted by its millions, and our industries will be lost never to return. Government and trade unions seem to be conspir- ing who can first drive capital out of the country." But we fear it is hopeless to expect that those who are urging this country in the direction of industrial ruin will see the sense of this, until they are taught by the severe logic of circum- stances. "For special representatives of labour to make war upon the Liberal Party is insanity and is suicide," observed Mr. J. Morley in the course of his speech at Newcastle. "I am not," he continned, "blind to the signs of the times. I see new idea, new principles, new aims, new ¡ social ideas, new industrial methods and hopes coming beyond the horizon. I am not afrai i of them. (Cneers.) I welcome them. 1 believe that out of this great ferment good will come. I may not agree with them I do not agree with some; I do not agree with all methods, plans and cries wiLh which it is supposed that these ideals, from which I do not dissent, are to be carried out. I never make any concealment of my dissent from some of these plans. All true friends of Labour, who have observed with what earnest good will and inspiring energy Mr. Ben Pickard, M.P., has devoted him-elf to his work, will regret to hear of his decision to relinqui-h the Presidency of the Miners' Federa- tion, and the Secretaryship of the Miners' Inter- national Congress. Failing health is the cause of this serious step. For a long time past, though to the ca-ual observer he has looked robust enough, Mr. Piekard lias in reality been under- going a great deal of physical suffering, which the terrible strain of the great lock-out has done much to aggravate. We .-incerely hope that a long rest may pull him round to his old health and vigour.
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LOCAL COMMISSIONS.—The London Gaxtt.c of Fiidav night contains the :-YeoiiiatLi-? Cai-airil, Denbighshire (Hussar): Lieutenant G. Blezard to be captain dated 5th inst.—Volunteer liifles, 3rd Battalion South Wales Borderers: Captain Watts, from 3rd Volunteer Battalion Welsh Regiment, to be major; dated 19th in-t. 1st (Pembrokeshire) Volunteer Battalion Welsh Regiment: Acting Chaplain Rev. L. Price resigns his commission, also is permitted to retain his rank and to continue to wear the uniform of the battalion oil his retirement: dated 19th inst. LOCAL F AI L U R. The Official Rec-iver has received the following particulars of the financial affairs of Henry ( of 9J, Terrace-road and 2, Wassail-street, Swansea, boot and shoe maker:—Liabilities. X109 2s. lid.; assets, £ 12 5s, The d<jbt >r states that he commenced business about eight or nin,) years ago without anv capital. He carried on a branch "lisiness at t. Helen\HLv'llue, but in August of 1892 trans- f, rre i it to his son. He Ili" I had a previ-nis failure, having been adjudged haiikruj t about tell years ago, when his liabilities were £70:), aii, I he believes a- divid nd (,f 2s. 6d in the t was paid. Gammon bus o.ler to make, an I he lias been adjudged bankrupt. The public examiaatior is fixed for the 14th of June.
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A PLEA FOR JUDICIAL SEPARATION. BAEOXESS CITED IN THE CASE. Alice Whitaker Dunlnll petitioned Sir Francis Jeune and a spec.'ai jury on Tuesday, sitting in the Divorce Couit. fur a judicial separation, on the ground of the alleged adultery of her husband. W illiam Henry Dunhill, wita Baroness Pre. ichs. of South Eaton-place, who intervened in the action, denying the adultery. The re- spondent answered, denying the charge of adultery, and alleged that his wife connived at what oceurred. and that she was a woman of Violent haoits. Mr. Bargiave DEane appeared for tne petitioner Mr. J. C. Bigham, Q.C., and lr. Henry Kisch for the intervener. THE PETITIONER'S CASE. Mr. Deanf -aid that Mr. and Mrs. Dunhill were married on the 5th of October, 1881, at Chevelev. in Cambridge, and there were two children of tiie luiirr.ag-e. Tney lived together at various places uiuii February, 18S2, when the adultery is alleged to have taken place at Nice in 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Dunhill were staying at the Hotel Metropole, London, where they met Baroness rci-iciis, who was also staying teere, and they 1, v became very intimate with her Mrs. Dunhill and the Baroness constantly vi.-iting each other. In tne early part of 1892 Mr. Dunhill said he was obliged to go to Goole, in Yorkshire, where he ban a hunse called Newstead Hall, and was at the time a Parliamentary candidate for the Osgoldcross Divi-ion of Yorkshire. He accord- ingly left his wife, and her suspicions were aroused shortly afterwards owing to the absence of Barones- Frerichs from town. The petitioner made enquiries which resulted in her going to Xice and Monte Carlo. In a restaurant at the latter place she discovered her husband and tie Bareness, ana it turned out that they had arrived some time previously and had been staying to- gether as man and wife. PETITIONER CROSS-EXAMINED. The petitioner, after corroborating her counsel's statement, was examined at some length by Mr. Bigham. She denied that she had nut cohabited with her husband since 1889. They lived together as man and wife until September, 1891. Sue had been to America, but her hu-band had not objected to her going. Sne first made the acquaint- ance of the Baro..ess at the hotel, and introduced ner to her husband. She did not then know that the Baroness was taking proceedings against her husband lor a divorce. 6ile knew it aiterwarus. She became very friendly with the Baroness, and they had passed the night at each other's nouse. Sometimes the Baroness slept with witness. She admitted that she might have invited the Baroness to have her breakfast in the bedroom whilst her husband was in bed. Mr. Bigham Did you ever take her to his bed- room while he was in bed and ask her to kiss him r —No' Did not the Baroness refuse, and was she not so anuoyed that she refused to sleep in the bed that you occui)ied-No. But she did sleep on the sofa. on one occasion Ye,. Did you ever ask her to make his bed r—No. But she did so r—She assisted the nurse some- times. THE MONTE CARLO INCIDENT. On the 20th of February, after you saw your husband and the Baroness at the London Restau- rant at Nice, did you not yourself invite them to lunch with you on the 24th February at the Grand Hotel, Monte Carlo?—I invited my husband and he came with the Baroness, but I can't remember whether I invited the Baroness. You knew of the relations that exi-ted between your husband and the Luruiuss —.No. I did not. WThatr-I certainly did not know anything. What did you thmn:: :-} hoped they were not guilty. In further cross-e:;aminat;on, witness said she had several times tried to persuade her husband to comj hack to her, hut he would not. She had seen him in company with tne Bar.me.-s m the gambling saloons at Monte Car.o. He said he was staving at Cannes, and the Baioness said she was living at Mentone. She learnt that her husband and the Baionessliad been living to- gethev at Mentone. ,he learnt that her husband and the Ba,ione?s had been living together as Mr. and Mrs. Dixon. It was not true that she kissed aud embraced the Baroness. WEDNESDAY. The hearing was resumed in the Divorce Court on Wednesday. AN INCIDENT AT NICE. In examination, Mr. Dunhill said that his wife had never objected to his association with the Baroness, nor had she ever asked him to give .her up. Witness, being asked if misconduct had ever taken place between himself and the Baroness, denied the allegation. A DIFFICULT DILEMMA. Mr. Deane, who appeared for the petitioner, said this was a most extraordinary state of things. Tne President said the position now was one of very great difficulty. He regarded the omission of the respondent to give evidence in the examination ill chief as intentional, and for all purposes as practically admitting the adultery. Therefore, he regarded him as adverse to the case which the Baroness set up, and on that ground he had allowed her counsel to cross-examine him. Now the position of things was altered, and the respondent was a friendly witness of the Baroness. After some argument between counsel, his Lordship said it was contrary to precedent to alOW a witness to be cross-examined by counsel appearing for a person wnom the witness was friendly to. It enabled evidence to be obtained by cross-examination which cuuld not possibly be obtained in cross-examination in chief. He. therefore, refused the cross-examination on this point by Mr. Kisch. Mr. Kisch said the case was an exceptional one, to which his lordship remarked that the case appeared full of exceptions. Tiie learned Judge allowed Mr. Kisch to treat the witness as his own, and to examine him in chief on general questions. THE MR. AND MRS. DIXON. The witness created some laughter in Court by admitting that when he was at Muiite Carlo wita the Baroness he was expected to be addressing the electors of his Division in Yorkshire (where he was a Parliamentary candidate), and lie had there passed under the name of Mr. Dixon, as he did not wish his constituents to know that be was there. The Baroness assumed the name of Mrs. Dixon because she had an allowance granted by an order or their Court, provided she did not use the name of Frerichs. His wife was very friendly with the Baroness at Nice and Monte Carlo, and they saw each other almost every day. His wife stayed at Monte Carlo because she de-ired tije company of an old gentleman who had proposed to her. In answer to his Lordship, the witness said he did not suggest any impropriety on the part of his wife. He did not see his wife from April to June, 1892. She knew he stayed at the Bauminton Club when he was in town. She also knew that he was staying in the hou-e witu the Baroness at Maidenhead, as she was ouly EvillY" round the corner "—(laughter)—and saw them "of ten. A VISIT TO PARIS-A PURE ACCIDENT," Cross-examined by Mr. Deane Witness was a man of tne world to some extent, and had had a \arsity education. He was now living at Sackville-street, Piccadilly. Is the Baroness living there, too?—Yes. (Laughter.) c Did you tell your wife you were going to Goole r —Yes, on business. Did you go r—Yes. How long did you stay Six hours. And tnen you went to Paris Yes. Did the Baroness go with you?-N c Did she arrive there at the same time es. Did she travel by ihe same train?—She may have done.. Sir F. Jenne Did you tell her what train you were going by .No. It was a pure accident that she knew ? (Laugiitei-.)-Yes. Mr. Deane You stayed at the Hotel Continental as Mr. and Mrs. DixonYes. THE BARONESS GIVES HER ERSLON OF THE STOKY. The Baroness then went into the box. She said her name was Jeanie, and she was the wife of Baron Frerichs, who obtained a divorce in February. 1892. on the ground uf her misconduct with a man named Lynch. She did not defend the suit. She had never committed aduherv with Mr. Dunhill. She had always been on friendly terms WEil Mis. Dnnhill, whom she told a few days after mainng her acquaintance of the divorce proceedings ^hlch were pending against -That would not make the shgntest diSerence to her or her bu. band." Cross-examined_ by Mr. Deane. the Baroness tw biRf(7ttrmi'l'in0 t0 Barou frerichs on Derby ings'in 1890U1 commenced divorce proceed Do you represent yourself to be a woman of irreproacnable character.—! never said that I was. But I ask you?—I lived with my husband before he married me. Doyou mean that you have not been a woman of loose life r—No, I have not. You have not lived as mistress to people Baron Frerichs, but nobody else. \Vhydid you remove from South Eaton-pla^e ? —'1 h^ house was not Have you recently swo n that you were with- out mans?—Yes, I am a bankrupt. Did you -ring an action against a man named Farnham r- Yes. Were you his mistress -Certainly not. When did your acquaintance with him be,-ir. —Many years ago. When di: it terminate before he was confined in a lunatic asylum. Was he a married man r—Yes. Did you write that letter (produced; ?—Yes, Mr. Deane react the letter, in which the writer w 1 wrote :—"Dear Birdie,—Although I have in- structed my solicitor to commence an action against you, I have asked them not to take pro- ceeuings for a day or two, in the hope that you and I may be al,le to settle the matter satis- factoriiy. Of course, if you compel me to go on with the action I must, as I am absolutely with- out food or money. I have not yet handed all your letters to the solicitors, as I am sure we neither o: us desire them to be read in court, as they date back so many years. What am I to do with the clotnes I have of yours ?" The Baroness They were things he had left in a portmanteau. Do you still say, in spite of the letters, that there were not intimate terms between you and Farnham? —Certainly I do. W Lat was your means of livelihood after the divorcer—I had zE200 a year from the Baron. Replying to anotner question, she said that Mr. Farnnam made an arrangement to give her 4:730 or £ 900 to keep his name cut of the divorce pro- ceedings, but tie did not pay the money. Did he not. between January and August, 1892, give you £1,300 —I do net remember the amount. The further hearing was adjourned
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SIR ALBERT ROLL1T ON THE COMMERCIAL SITUATION AND PROSPECTS. At the London Chamber of Commerce annual meeting- on Monday, the president (Sir Albert K. Rollit, M.P.) spoke in cheering terms of the condition and prospects of British trade. Some of the statistics, he admitted, were conflicting, but he had no doubt the volume of our trade was progres- sively advancing, and the depression was one of prices, and this evil was not without its compensations for consumers, whose shilling now, broadly speaking, goes as far as Is. 3d. did towards the end of the seventies. The extension of the movement in favour of com- mercial treaties on the Continent is helping us, T he pointed out, through our favoured-nation clauses; but any permanent or considerable improvement of trade can only reach us, in Sir Albert Rollit's opinion, through the United.. States and through India—by means of tariff revision in the one case, ana. of the reiiabilita- tion of the silver in the other. That British traders, now adays have many more difficulties to contend with than formerly he does not deny; but facts and figures.he contends, show that there has been no weakening of our hold upon the trade of the world in comparison with that of our competitors. Mr. Griffen, it will be remembered, comes to the same conclusion, guided bv data which are duly set forth in the report previously alluded to. For the purposes of this com- parison Mr. Griffen goes back a period of eight years from 1884 to 1892, and comparing the two last years of this period with the two first, he shows that whilst the export trade of France had increased eight millions, and that of Germany the same, the increase of British exports during the eight years is no less than thirty-one millions. It is true that a still larger increase is established in the exports from the United States, but it consists almost IN holly of bread stuffs and other food products, for which the country is largely indebted to its favourable climate and fertile soil Germany, according to Mr. Griffen, has lost in European trade twice as much in proportion as the United Kingdom, whilst its gains in countries outside Europe, including Egypt, America, Japan, and the British colonies, are almost nominal. Yet the Germans are supposed to be our most formidable and most successful trade competitors. France shows a decline all round: and, excepting in bread- stuffs, so does the United States. Our export trade, of course, represents but a portion of the commerce of the country but if we are able to hold our own, and more than our own in foreign and colonial markets, we cannot be losing much ground at home. Sir Albert Rollit seems to think that our export trade might be improved by some sort of imperial federation, which he calls colonial union but that is a very dubious remedy, involving the acceptance of principles which in the long run must entail far more evil than good. Our purely foreign trade is too large and too valuable to be handicapped by differential duties in favour of the colonies but there can be no objection, of course, to closer relations, postal, telegraphic, or other- wise. between the colonies and the mother country: and it is possible that legislation might do something more than it has yet done to tighten those beneficial bonds.
. THE HIRE SYSTEM.
THE HIRE SYSTEM. THE TRICKS OF TRADE. The respective rights of the lender and the purchaser of goods, such as furuiture, piano;, kc., which are obtained on what is known as the hire system, in which the goods remain the property of the lender until the whole amount agreed upon has been paid to him by instalments, are not umrequentiy matters of dispute, and cases are constantly arising which have to be decided by the magistrates or by the courts of law. The system, though convenient to persons who are not capitalists, is one liable to great abuse. If the instalments are paid with the greatest regularity, which is not always the case, the lender has rib claim whatever upon the articles lent. Should thev. however, become in arrear there is usually a ciause in the agreement by which he can im- mediately take possession of the goods, the whole of the previous instalments being fortified. This gives a very great power to unscrupulous trades- men in dealing with persons who may unfortu- nately not be able to keep up their payments with regularity. The system of obtaining goods in this manner is a dangerous one to those whose capability of paying the instalments with undeviating regularity is not assured. A case came before Mr. Dickinson, the Lit:i;:g magistrate at the Thames Police-court, which his Worship stated was "one that might prove a very valuable lesson to the public. A householder, who had attempted to purchase a piano on the hire system, summoned the vendor for the detention of the instrument, which she valued at £1; It appeared that she had paid in instalments- although not with great punctuality, the sum of £ 22. forthe piano, 10s. t>d.only remaining unpa'd The vendor sent two men to her house, who entered without her permission and took aivay the piano, although she offered to pay the los. Gd. due. ^vn extia sum of s.Od. was demanded, the payment ot which was eventually offered, but the men then lefused the amount, placed the piano in a can, and removed it. For the defence it was stated that the lender of the piano was not bounrt to accept the money and was justified in entering the h^u-.c, the payments having been in arrear. The magistrate stated that the defendant had waived his right by taking a sum of 10s. Cd. from the complainant during the previous week, and when the money was offered to the defend- ant's men they ought to have taken it and not remove the piano. The magistrate further stated that he did not believe the evidence for the defence, and assessed the value of the piano at £J.j. and ordered it to be delivered up, the dere:i- dent to pay the costs. He furthermore declined to state a case which would ailow an appeal to a higher court. This is n very instructive example as to the proceedings which aie adopted by some of the persons who let out. furniture on hire, says the Queen. Although the complainant had paid £ 22. for the piano, in consequence of her failures to keep up the instalments regularly, she w,.oi!d, but for the action of the magistrate, have lost the instrument, which she bad absolutely pur- chased at more than its full value, lo goods in this way, women not unfrequencly agreements, the exact nature of which is uot represented to them, and by SO doing PIUJC themselves in a very false position should evju a single instalment, remain unpaid as it be^Laes due. As Mr. Dickinson said, the case is a very valuable les-on to the public, and the moral to be learned from it is not hastily to enter into agree- ments for the purchase of furniture on the hire system ex -ept nn<;er good advice, and with firms the hona-ti ie character of whose dealings is well established.
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Lord Durham on Thursday sustained a sovere loss by the deatu of the famous horse P-ter Flower, wiii'-h occurred at the Lauibion Stud after a sudden and short illness.