The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS I BIRTH. JOHMSTONE.— On October 11th, at 66, Partridge-road, Cardiff, the wife of William Hamilton Johnstone,of a daughter. MARRIAGES. CLAJPP—JOHN.—On October 14th, at St. John's Church, Cardiff, by Rev David Davies, M. A., vicar of New- castle, Bridgend, Francis WTilliam, onlv son of Mr Cardiff, by Rev David Davies, M. A., vicar of New- castle, Bridgend, Francis WTilliam, onlv son of Mr W. S. Clapp, Rolls-street, Exmouth, to 'Eliza Jane, fifth daiigncer of Mr David John, C'oldstream- terrace, Cardiff. 836 CURTIS—PARKINSOX.—On 14th October, by special licence, at Camden-road Baptist Chapel, London, by the Rev George Hawker, Alfred Harper Curtis, B.A. (London), Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., second son of the late Alfred Curtis, Esq. (Town Clerk of Neath), to Emmeline, eldest daughter of W. C. Parkinson, Esq., L.C.C., of 18, Carleton-road, London, N. 5630 (London), Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., second son of the late Alfred Curtis, Esq. (Town Clerk of Neath), to Emmeline, eldest daughter of W. C. Parkinson, Esq., L.C.C., of 18, Carleton-road, London, N. 5630 FOWLRR-WATsos.-On the 7th October, at Saltfleetby St. Peter's Church, by the Rev A. H. Watson, brother of the bride, assisted by the Rev F. H. Hastings, uncle of rhe bride, George William Fowler, only son of the late Mr John Fowler, of Liverpool, to Helen Florence, younger daughter of the Rev Wm. R. Watson, Rector of Saltfleetby St. Peter's, Lincolnshire. NOEL-JACOBS.— On Wednesday, the 7th of October, at St. Andrew's Church, Cardiff, by the Rev J. C. Noel, M. A., Vicar Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge, uncle of the bridegroom, assisted by the Rev G. W. Hanford, M.A., Vicar, Arthur Philip Noel, of 16, Richmond- terrace, second son of George Hugh Noel, to Lauretta Mary Jacobs, second daughter of Alderman Jacobs, J.P., Cardiff. 587 DEATHS. BIBBfNG&-On the 8th inst., at 125, King's-road, Cantou, W. H, Bibbings, China Merchant, Royal Arcade and late of Queen-street, Cardiff aged 47 years. 621 EDWARDS.—October 10th, 1891, at Canton, Cardiff, in her 20th year, Doria, wife of R. E. Lee Edwards, and only daughter of Count Henri Tornanto, of Bologna, Italy. 361 HELY-HUTCHINSON.—October 13th, 1891, at 5, Oakfield- street, Francis Hely-Hutchinson. Friends will please accept this, the only intimation. 733 .TONEs.-On Sunday, October 11, Margaret, widow of the late Thomas Peter Jones, Graig House, Dowiais. Funeral takes place this day (Thursday), leaving the house at 2 30 p.m. for Vaynor. JONES.-On the 8th, at Garnvach, Nantyglo, William Jones, Builder, of Brynmawr, aged 70 years. Deeply regretted. 558 WIDDOWFIELD.—On the 8th, at The Ferns, Clytha Park, Newport, Frank Widdowfield, aged 48 years. IN MEMORIAM. M'CONOCHIE.- In loving memory of Robert Alston M'Conochie, who was lost in s.s. Castleton in the gale of October, 1886. 748

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.+_ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1891. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S BAIT. THE long-taiked-of visit to Ltanybyther has taken place. Mr CHAMSESLAIN has come and gone, and Cardiganshire Tories and Unionists are once more left lamenting. It is a popular belief that the human <> body changes completely once every seven years. Just seven years ago Mr CHAMBER- LAIN, then in the height of his popularity, visited the Principality for the first time. His appearance at Lianybyther this week was the third of such visits, and he had the audacity to ask his audience if they thought he had changed since he first stood before a Welsh ga hering. There is hardly a feature in the 1884 political JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN which can be recognised in the man of 1891. Then he was a tower of strength in the Liberal party-now he is its most bitter opponent; then he scorned the titled aris- tocracy "who toil not, neither do they spin"—now he is never tired of their flattering attentions; then he championed the cause of the people in de- manding the redresa of public grievances- now he declares that none of them shall be redressed so long as Mr GLADSTONE'S policy is endorsed by his party. In a word, it would be difficult to point out any important feature of his political portrait which would now remind us of what he was seven years ago. He came to Wales with the ostensible and the acknowledged object of winning the Principality to the Unionist faith. Like CAESAR, he came and he saw, but unlike that great genera], he did not conquer. The only result, so far as can be now seen, of his effort at Llanybyther, has been to make the Conservative party exceedingly un- comfortable, and to convince them that they are playing somewhat carelessly with edged tools which are far more likely to hurt them than to do injury to their opponents. His address was a masterly effort of oratory. So much we readily con- cede. But his arguments, though plausible, were by no means convincing. Like the SOLICITOR-GENERAL at Cardiff, he claimed for the Conservative Government every virtue under the sun. But when these claims come to be carefully and impartially considered, those advanced by both speakers prove to be equally and utterly without foundation. After his speech at Llanybyther not only his courage and debating power but his disingeuuommess must be admitted to be beyond question. He attacked not only his old friends among the leaders of the Liberal party, but the Welsh Nonconformists before whom he stood, with a boldness which in a good cause would have had a most damaging effect. With that readiness in debate which characterises him he turned the frequent interruptions to advantage, gaining a temporary advantage by his quickness of repartee. Had the circumstances, however, permitted of a reply, the tables might have been as effectually turned upon him. But his disingenuousness becomes apparent when his speech is read in cold blood. One would have thought to hear him speak that he was a more pronounced Liberationist than the most zealous Welsh campaigner. He held up Disestablishment for Wales as a bait and a bribe for Welsh votes, and that, too, at a meeting held in the interests of the Church party. From Archdeacon EDMONDES down to the humblest curate who applauded to the echo his attack upon Nonconformists, they to a man knew, as he knew himself, that if he succeeded in his mission our hopes for Disestablishment might be buried for many a long year to come. They knew, and he knew, that it was for this object, above all others, that Colonel DAVIES-EVANS had invited him to Highmead. And yet he had the face, nevertheless, to tell Welshmen that they were merely postponing Disestablishment by voting for the party of Disestablish- ment. He must have formed either a very high opinion of his own skill as a special pleader or a very low estimate of Welsh common sense, before he could have advanced so absurd a plea. He charged the Liberal party with making pro- mises which they did not intend to fulfil, and called them dishonest for so doing, and yet forsooth he would have us believe him to be honest when he made promises which he knew he never could perform. Let his honesty be judged by the fact that at a meeting of Churchmen he appealed to Nonconformists for the sake of Disestablishment to vote for a Church and Tory Government, and at a meeting of landed proprietors he promised Welsh tenant farmers a Land Court for Wales, which would make every farmer inde- pendent of his landlord. Does it stand to reason that the Church Defence party are anxious to give us Disestablishment, or that the landed proprietors of Cardiganshire, with the black record of the whole- sale evictions of 1868 still brand- ing them as tyrants and oppressors, are anxious to abdicate their position as lords of the soil and monarchs of all they survey each in his own little circle ? When the brewers and the licensed victuallers offer us local option, when the most ardent preservers of game throw open their pre- serves to every poacher, when the Ethiopian changes his skin and the leopard his spots, then may they also do good that are accus- tomed to do evil, and then can we believe that Mr CHAMBERLAIN, as the mouth-piece of Churchmen and landowners, was honest in promising us the Disestablish- ment of the Church and the creation of a Land Court for Wales. As it is, Welshmen would be the most arrant fools under the sun to throw away the substance of the pledges they have from the Liberal party for the shadow of Mr CHAMBERLAIN'S promises.

THE WEATHER. THE American humourist who stated that the English climate only consisted of samples very fully epitomised the meteoro- logical vagaries. A Frenchman said that our summer was made up of three fine days and a thunderstorm, but his estimate was rather of the optimistic order. No doubt BYRON was right when he affirmed that the English winter began in August and ended in July. Even SHAKESPEARE has it on record that there was nothing to be encountered but winter and rough weather." In spite of these historical facts man is always going to be blessed, and instead of accepting the weather as conventional he will insist upon gauging it by the ideal rather than the actual. Notwithstanding the fact that eight out of ten summers are wet and cold, the average Englishman persists in cursing the elements, and sighing for a time when they had not become so degenerated. The two exceptional seasons he looks upon as accord- ing to contract, and expects that all the rest should be in unison. However, the weather this year has been somewhat unreasonable. The early part of it was introduced with Arctic severity, and instead of winter lingering to chill the lap of May, it, like the mother-in-law on a visit, stopped altogether, utterly destroying all harmonious relations between spring and summer. Even autumn still found it in possession, and knowing the futility of opposing, fled in despair, and let it have its own way. The middle of October is the usual period for a storm of severity, and this year has been no exception to the rule. It is four years since we experienced such a hurricane as has been blowing this week. But that tempest followed an exceedingly genial and dry summer, whereas this storm is merely a culmination of miserable weather. There is scarcely any satisfaction in the fact that the floods which have visited us are not so disastrous as those which inundated a large area in Spain. In Spain, although a novelty, they are not any more welcome than in England. A Spaniard may asseverate that the sun was only made for dogs and Englishmen, but then having the sun always with him he is apt to think it monotonous. Nevertheless, rain, after all, is not so hard to bear as Where witb fire and fierce drought on her tresses, Insatiable summer oppresses Sere woodlands, a.nd sad wildernesses, And faint flocks and herds. A drought in Australia will soon sweep away flocks, but floods in Great Britain do not commit such fearful devastation. But we are a maritime nation, and each one of these storms causes many a household to mourn for a "vanished hand" and "the sound of a voice that is still." The white steeds of the ocean, their crests hoary with foam, leap with a hollow and wearisome roar upon our ironbound coasts. What is the drift of their lay 1 It tells of an insatiable hunger for life it tells of the shriek of many a atraus. swimmar in his amiQiaj. it tells of stately ships and brave hearts buried in its silent depths. When the wind whistles among the chimney tops, the awakened sleeper's thoughts are hurried off to those who are in peril on the sea. Heaven guard them from a lee shore to-night is the prayer of every reflective person, but from the accounts already received this prayer has in some instances been offered in vain. A storm in any part of the world has much significance for this nation. Its flag flies in every sea, and the fury of the elements means more to this country than any other.

THE BISHOP AND THE METHODISTS. The Bishop ot ST ASAPH, in trying to extricate himself from one predicament has only managed to get into another. His struggles have really served to make him fall out of the frying pan into the fire. If we are to believe a published report of an interview held with him this week, he has, to all practical purposes, fixed upon the Calvinistic Methodists as the body of Welsh Nonconformists most anxious to be reconciled with and to serve the Church of England. The Baptists and the Congre- gationalists who were taking steps to prove to demonstration that the charge of secession to the Church could not apply to them, have now their labour for their pains. Bishop EDWARDS never intended to convey the idea that sixteen ministers of position who applied to him for admission to holy orders belonged to either of these two sects. According to his latest version, they not only belonged to another body but were the actual leaders of that body. For among them, according to his statement at Rhyl this week, were many men who have occupied the highest positions in the Calvinistic "Methodist Connexion." This localizes the charge more than ever. It not only points out the denomination, but describes the class and character of the alleged seceders. Now the highest position" among the Calvinistic Methodists is certainly that of Moderator of the General Assembly, and, next to this, the chairmanship of the Association. Below this we surely need not go. Now of those who have held one or other of these positions within recent years we give the names of sixteen—the number Bishop EDWARDS gives as seeking, through the portals of St. Asaph, holy orders in the Church of England :— the late Rev Dr Owen Thomas, Liverpool; and the late Rev D. Charles Davies, Tre- vecca. Among those now living are the Rev Principal T. Charles Edwards, Bala Rev Hugh Jones, Liverpool Rev Dr Saunders, Swansea Rev Thomas Levi, Aberystwyth Rev Griffith Ellis, Bootle; Rev W. R. Jones, Holyhead; Rev J. Davies, Pandy; Rev R. H. Morgan, M.A., Menai Bridge Rev W. Jenkins, Kid- welly Rev Daniel Rowlands, M.A., Bangor Rev G. Williams, Llysyfran (Pembroke) Rev E. Matthews, Ewenny and the Rev Dr Cynddylan Jones, Car- diff. If, therefore, "many" of those who have applied to the Bishop of ST. ASAPH are "men who have oecupied the highest posi- "tions in the Ca1 vinistic Methodist Con- u nexion," some at least of the sixteen we have named must be among them. This is bringing the matter to a point, and shows how utterly absurd must be the Bishop's statement. No man with a grain of common sense would for a moment believe it. It is, to say the least of it, very remark- able that the very denomination against which Bishop EDWARDS displays the greatest bitterness, should also be the one wmch, if we are to believe him, supplies most of those who wish to join the Church. We leave our readers to draw their own conclusions.

MUSIO AT CARDIFF. Comments of the London Figaro." In the current issue of the London Figaro an article dealing on (Cardiff says :—But Figaro is not even one penny if he is not musical, and the bonds of affection that bind him to the Welsh capital are those of titles and spaces. He does not obiect to the Ciudiftiana having crotchets, pro vided they are laid down on these lines. For they are musical to a, man and woman, and to reside in Cardiff is to live in an atmosphere of sharps, flats, and naturals, using the tenn, of course, in their musical senses only. It has a big list of musical societies, whose enthusiasts oomposd two large bands, whose many heads have but a sin- gle thought, but whose bdioru by no means beat as one. Cardiff is not content with possessing one of the beat orchestral societies in the country. It is not enough that it has a course of Saturday Pops," which bring to the town the stars that shine brightest in the musical firmament. It ie not satisfied the while it keeps unto itself a lady choir, whose sweet-voiced individual parts were meant for all mankind. The glory in evolving tbe only lady conductor of the century and coun- try—Clara Novello Davies, to wit-has not served to gratify its hungry fortissimo aspira- tions. Nothing less than a Festival of its own will allay the fervent longings of its ambitious soul. While I was in their lively town, there was held a most characteristic meeting for the furtherance of this object. Musical Wales was well and vernacularly represented. And the gathering was not wanting in more or less idiotic proposals that a Cardiff Festival should include therest of Wales in general, and the proposers' own little part of it in particular. But the Cardiff people were on their mettle, and if sufficient "brass" be forthcoming, a Musical Festival for the town is assured.

TAFF-BUTE OVERTURES." Rumours have been current that work of survey was in progress at Aberthaw, and that the old project of a dock in that locality was being revived. This project there is no need to discuss, it being of a ridiculous nature; but the circulation of the rumour has bearing upon the question of the Taff-Bute over- tures," which seem to have died away into nothingness. Although the letters of Sir W. T. Lewis and Mr Guest postponed the meet- ing with the joint deputation only till "the beginning of October," no more has been heard of the subject, and the diligent inquiries which have been prosecuted did not till yesterday yield any result. It has now become known that our surmise published some weeks ago was correct and that there is nothing in it." The Taff Bute "overtures" are one with the Aberthaw Dock rumour. A proposal to construct docks at Aherthaw may be taken merely as an endeavour to influence the ratepayers of Cardiff concerning the Dock Trust propositions. The "overtures," of which so much haa been said (and which were the alleged reason for postponing the meeting that was to have tak<m place between the joint deputation of the Cardiff Council and the Chamber of Com- merce), were never shown to have foundation, and we have now ascertained that any founda- tion which they might have had is very slight. The whole matter is regarded as intended to deter the introduction of a Bill for extension of Barry Docks.

CARDIFF CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE. The Licensing Question. A largely attended meeting of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce was held at the Exchange, Mount Stuart-square, on Thursday morning, the President (Lord Windsor) occupying the chair. Mr J. H. WILSON brought forward tbe question of endeavouring to get the Board of Trade to grant licences to the agents of shipowners to enable them to supply crews. Ho would have preferred that some member of the Chamber who was not a shipowner had moved the resolution of which he had given notice. The resolution was as follows :— That it is most important in the interests of shipping and trade generally that licences should be granted to shipowners agents under Section 146 of the Merchant Shipping Act to supply seamen failing this that every effort be made to ootain an alteration of Section 147 so as to enable bona-flda agents of shipowners to act with. omt licences. After a long discussion, the resolution was carried without a dissentient.

THE LATE SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY, M.P. The interment of Sir John Pope Hennessy's remains took place on Saturday morning. He was buried in the family tomb at St Joseph's Cemetery, Cork. The funeral was very largely attended, and the crowd of onlookers appeared to feel the deepest sorrow at the sad nature of the ceremony. The chief mourners were Professor Pope Hennessy, F.R.S., and Messrs Bryan Pope Hennessy and William Pope Hennessy, three brothers of the deceased, and Mr Albert Pope Hennessy, son of the deceased. Wreaths and immortelles were sent by Sir Hugh and Lady Lowe, of London, parents of Ladv Hennessy, Lady Arnot, and several others. At the meeting of the Middleton, County Cork, Board of Guar- dians, on Saturday, a resolution was passed ex- pressing sympathy with Lady Hennessy and the family in their bereavement. Sir John was an ex-omcio guardian of Middleton Union. The Board adjourned without transacting any busi- ness, cut of respect for the deceased.

We regret to announce the death, which took place on the 14th October, at Glendonglie, Glen- farg, Scotland, ot General Robert Bruce. He was the fourth son of the late John Bruce Pryce, Esq., of Duffryn St. Nicholas, and was in bis 70th year. He had seen muoh service, and Wits coloiwtof the Yorkshire Regiment.

MONMGUTHSHIRE. The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for the county of Monmouth were held at the Court-house, Usk, on Wednesday. Mr S. C. Bosanquet, chairman, presided, and there were also present on the bench :—Sir H. Mather Jackson, Bart. (vice- chairman), Major Mansel, Major E. L. Lister, Major Pearson, Messrs A. Evans, E. J. Phillips, and A. C. Jones. NEW MAGISTRATES. The following gentlemen took the oath, and duly qualified as magistrates for the county :—Dr Franklen George Evans, Llwynarthen, Marsh- field, and Mr John Cory, St. Mellons. COMMITTEES. 'us. Major Griffin Griffin, of Monmouth, was placed on the Standing Joint Committee in the place of Mr A. D. Berrington, and the committee was then re-elected till Easter. Additions were made to the magistrates appointed to grant orders under the Lunacy Acts. TRIALS OF PRISONERS. FIRST COURT. -(Before the CHAIRMAN and others.) THKFT. Charles Huclcfield (22), engine driver, pleaded guilty to stealing a basket, tin jack, hunch of key, and 5s 6d in money, the goods ana moneys of William Kemeys, at the parish of Bedwellty, on 12th September last. There being previous convictions against prisoner, he was new sen- tenced to six calendar months' hard labour. MALICIOUS WOUND INC. Honora McCaithy (48), lodging-house keeper, was indicted for feloniously and maliciously wounding Frederick Smith, a butcher, at Bed- wellty, on the 15th August last. Prisoner was out on bail, and on being charged pleaded not guilty. Mr Marchant prosecuted. From the evidence of prosecutor and others it transpired that a quarrel arose between them, and that the prisoner took up a meat chopper and threw it at prosecutor. The chopper struck him on the head and a big wound was inflicted, which bled pro- fusely. For the defence prisoner pleaded at some length that she had bean provoked by prosecutor, but the jury, after a short deliberation, found her guilty. The Chairman said she had been before the magistrates on several occasions for drunkenness, and passed a sentence of two calendar months with hard labour. A BAD, RECORD. Samuel B. Viney (24), a printer, was indicted for stealing two silver watches, the property of George Bishop, in the parish of Bedwellty, on the 3rd April, 1888. There was a second charge of at the same time and place stealing an instrument belonging to Robert Wilde.—Prisoner pleaded guilty to both counts, and admitted hav ing been convicted of felony at Poiitypridd. -.The Chair- man remarked that immediately after his release he continued to commit thefts, but nothing had been heard of him since 1888. He would have one more chance.—Sentenced to six calendar months' hard labour on each indictment, to run concurrently. SENT TO PENAL SICRVITUDE. Frederick Mountain (59), a sweep, pleaded guilty to stealing a chimney sweeping machine, a scraper, a hard brush, a vest, three mufflers, and a pair of socks, the goods and chattels of his master, William Richards, in the borough of Newport, on the 17th August last. Prisoner was convicted previously at Worcester Assizes.— Sentenced to three years' penal servitude. Thomas Lewis, (48), a drover, pleaded guilty to stealing a pockethandkerchief, a railway ticket. two sovereigns, about 14 shillings in silver, and ninepence in copper, the goods and moneys of Ann Williams, in the borough of Newport, on the the 29th August last. Prisoner had been convict- ed of felony two or three times, and the Chairman said a light sentence could not be given under these circumstances. Sentenced to three years' penal servitude. ADJOURNED. William Be van, on bail, who was indicted for maliciously wounding and inflicting grievous bodily barm upon Charlotte Leonard, at the parish of Llanwenarth Ultra, on the 22nd July last, could not attend the court through illness, and Mr Daniel, the prosecuting counsel, produced a doctoes certificate to that effect. The recogniz- ances were renewed and enlarged for the appear- ance of the prisoner at the next sessions. ACQUITTliD. Reuben Savigar, (30), labourer, was charged with maliciously wounding and inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Thomas Mayo, by striking him on the head with a curtain pole, on the 24th June last. After hearing considerable evidence the jury acquitted the prisoner. NOT GUILTY. Herbert Berrell (21), labourer, was charged with entering a house at Bassaleg, and stealing there- from five lion shillings, about 25fourpenny pieces, and other coins, a vest, and also a piece of calico, the moneys and goods of Edward Dowdes- well, on the 4th "September.—The jury found the prisoner not guiltv, and a second indictment was withdrawn. SECOND COURT. [Before Sir H. MATHKE JACKSON and others.) AN UNSDSTAINED CHARGE. John Davies, junr., on bail, was indicted for indecently assaul ting and ill-treating Edith Parry, aged 17 years, the parish of Llandenny, near Usk, on the 4th July last.—Mr T. M. Phillips prosecuted, and Mr A. J. Ram defended. —The evidence went to show that screams were heard coming from a meadow, and on some persons going to near the spot prosecutrix was observed running towards her home. Davies was seen near the spot at the time fishing in a brook which ran through the meadow where the assault took place.—Prisoner, on being put in the box, emphatically denied the charge. He also called a witness who was with Lucas, a previous witness, at the time. This man denied recognising the prisoner as being there. The case lasted a long time, and in the result Davies was discharged. ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT. Albert Rd. Williams was indicted for in. decently assaulting Ellen Bevan in a railway carriage, between Pontypool-road and Aber- gavenny, on the 1st September last.—Mr T. M. Phillips prosecuted, and Mr A. J. Ram defended. —Defendant gave evidence, and stated that he simply put his hand round her waist.—Prisoner was found guilty of a common assault, and ordered to pay the costs.

CARDIFF BOROUGH. The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for. the borough of Cardiff were opened on Thursday at tne Town Hall—before the Recorder (Mr B. F. Williams, Q.C.). The calendar includes 15 cases of theft, four of unlawful wounding, two of malicious assault, three of embezzlement, two of obtaining money by false pretences, and one of receiving stolen goods. THE GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury were sworn as follows :— Aid. D. Lewis,' Deputy- Mr J- Davies, mayor (foreman), Mr T. G. George, Mr Charles Arkell, | Mr Geo. Griffiths, Mv R. W. Atkinson, Sir Donald Knight, Mr W. D. Baliantine, f Mr John Parry, Mr V. J. ISeavan, Mr John Zuzzen, Mr S..f. lirewor, Mr E. S. Elundell, Mr J. i>co!;sinith, Mr Albert Lee. Mr F. Clarke, I THE CHAUULT. The Recorder, in charging the Grand Jury, said there was a larger number of persons for trial at the present sessions than there had been at any sessions since the borough had had separate jurisdiction, with the exception of the calendar at the April sessions, when there was a large number of prisoners, more than they would ordinarily expect, owing to charges which arose out of the strike that there had been in the town just before. On this occasion the calendar contained the names of 30 prisoners. There was a great number of charges of larceny simple larceny, larceny from the person, about which he did not think he need say anything. There were three or four cases of embezzlement. In some caso3 of embezzlement there were diffi- culties presented with regard to figures, but be did not think there was any such difficulty in the charges which would be presented to them. It was not any part of their function to consider whether a prisoner was guilty or not, but only to see whether there was a prima facie case made out against the accused to enable them to find a true bill. There were several cases of assault, and one a rather serious one where a man was charged,with|k:cking a woman while she was on the ground and breaking her leg. Most of the cases of assault arose, as they generally did, through the iiersons who were charged with having committed them being at the time under the influence of drink. There was also a case of indecent assault against a little girl. It might appear that the little girl was to some extent a consenting party, but the law very properly extended its protection to children of tender years. He did not think there were any of the cases which presented any diffi- culty, and in which they would need any direc- tion, TRIALS OF PRISONERS. THEFT OF BOOKS. David Jones, alias Joseph Williams, printer, was indicted on a charge of stealing two books, on the 17th of August, the property of Joseph Matthews, Castle Arcade-, Car(litT.-Prigoner pleaded guiltv, and there being previous con. victions against him, he was sentenced to three calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. ALLEGED THEFT OF A MAKE. John Jones (58), agent, was charged with steal. ing a mare the property of Robert Thompson, at Cardiff, on tho 1st July. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and said he had orders to sell the mare.—Mr 0. B. Martyn prosecuted. The prosecutor, a marine store dealer, St Mathew. terrace, said he put a mare on Leek- with Common, some t:me in May. He missed it on the 1st July, and two days later he saw it in a stable at Cadoxton. He never in. structed anyone to sell the mare.—In answer to prisoner, prosecutor said he was in partnership with the son of prisoner. He never gave him orders to buy a horse, but he had found nim har- ness. He never told him to sell tne old thing for anything he could get for her. The prisoner did not tell him that he had sold the old mare at Canton Fair, but denied all knowledge of it when he asked him where it was. Prisoner afterwards said, I have sold the mare for 23, but, for God's sake, don't tell Johnny; I'll raise the money and get her back for you in the morning."—Albert Butler said he bought the mare from John Lewis for L6, and sold it the same evening to a man named. John Gray.— Prisoner addressed the jury, and said he received instructions from the prosecutor and his son to sell the mare for whatever he could get for her.- The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recom. mended him to the lemency of the Court on account of prisoner's good character.—He waa sent to gaol for six months with hard labour. A MARY ANN-STREET AFFAIR. l Richard Morris, 22, baker, and Agnes CNeil, 25, I' were cha rged with stealing the sum of JB1 8s, a shirt, and a pair of trousers, from Charles Williams, at Cardiff, on the 26th July.—Mr T. F. Howell pro- secuted, and Mr Foa defended the female pri- soner.—The prosecutor, a labourer, living at St. Mellons, said he was in Bute-street on the night of the 26th July, and asked the female prisoner for lodgings. She took him to a public-house in Mary Ann-street, and asked him to pay for a drink. He refused, and then she asked him to go out for the purpose of show- ing him the lodgings. He followed her into the next street, and the male prisoner, a militiaman, seized him by the neck in a passage, and held him down. While he was on the ground the female prisoner rifled his pockets. Another militiaman was present and struck him on the head with a glass bottle. He got up and met a policeman, to whom he pointed out the soldier. The soldier was arrested, and he then went with the policeman to search for the female. They found the female prisoner in a crowd of people, and he pointed her out to the officer, who took her in charge.—P.C. Brydges said when he arrested the prisoner he had the shirt (produced) under his tunic.—Mr Foa having addressed the jury on behalf of the female prisoner, the jury found the prisenors guilty. Agnes had been several times previously convicted, and was sc-nt to gaol with hard labour for twelve calendar months. A like sentence was passed on Richard Morris. "A LUCKY WOMAN." Mary Oystermayer, 30, charwoman, was down in the calendar on a charge of stealing a watch and chain, a ring, and B5, the property of Edward Hanwick, at Cardiff. Mr D. Lleuver Thomas, who appeared on behalf of the prosecu- tion, said that the prosecutor had gone to sea His recognizances were estreated, and the prisoner, against whom no evidence was offered, was found not guilty and discharged, the Recorder remark- ing, a lucky woman." THEFT OF PIGEONS Thomas Damery (35), labourer, was charged with stealing a cage and two pigeons, value 7s 6d, the property of Thos. Bond, at Cardiff, on the 22nd July.—Mr C. H. Downes prosecuted.— Prosecutor said he missed the birds and cage from his shop. The shop was in charge of a boy named Edward Hayes.—-Ed. Hayes said prisoner picked up the birds and walked away with them. —P.C. T. Davies, who arrested the prisoner, said he found him with a pigeon in his possession, and as he walked towards him prisoner threw the bird up in the air.—Prisoner denied having the birds.—Prisoner was found guilty, and six con- victions proved against him for theft. He had been in the police-court for drunkenness 44 times, and was stated by Inspector Smith to be a man who walked through the streets and picked up goods which were exposed for sale. He was a great nuisance in the town. —Prisoner was sent to gaol for 12 oalendar months with hard labour. BREAKING A WOMAN'S LEG AND JAW. William Morris, 25, labourer, was charged with unlawfully wounding and ill-treating Jane Brindle, at Cardiff. Mr Meager prosecuted.— The prosecutrix said she formerly lived with Agnes Shepherd at 16, Ordell-street. The prisoner and Shepherd lived together as man and wife. On the night of the 16th of July she went down the town with Shep- herd and prisoner. They quarrelled and she interfered. Prisoner struck her and knocked her down. While on the ground he kicked her on the ankle, and she became unconscious.—Dr Thomas, surgeon at the Cardiff Infirmary, said the prose- cutrix was admitted to the infirmary on the 17th July. The small bone of tho right leg was broken, and also the upper jaw. The injuries might have been caused by a kick or a blow, but there must have been considerable violence.—The jury found prisoner guilty.—The Recorder, in passing sen- tence. described prisoner's offence as a" brutal assault." He took account of the time prisoner had been in prison, and sentenced him to hard labour for twelve calendar months. CUTTING A MAN'S HEAD WITH A JUG. Emily Cummings, 28, was indicted with un- lawfully and maliciously wounding John James Donoghue at Cardiff.—Mr Lloyd Morgan (in- structed by Mr D. E. Davies, public prose- cutor, Cardiff) and Mr T. F. BTowell (instructed by Mr George David) prosecuted, and prisoner was defended by Mr Tudor Howell. —Prosecutor said that on the 3rd of August there was a disturbance in Tyndall-street. He went into the Howard Hotel with another man, and the prisoner followed him. She had a jug in her hand containing beer. She threw the beer in his face, and then struck him over the left ear with the jug and wounded him. She also cut his haud with the broken pieces of the jug.— Dr Thomas, house-surgeon at the Card.,ft In6r- mary, stated that the prosecutor had a wound at the back of his ear quite an inch long, and the back of his right hand was cut. He was in the Infirmary for a month. It was a dangerous wound. — A number of witnesses were called on both sides, and a good deal of conflicting evidence was given — After an absence of nearly an hour from the court, the jury returned stating that they could not agree.—After a few words from the Recorder, the jury then consulted for a short time, and found a verdict of not guilty.—The prisoner was accordingly discharged. The court then adjourned.

FRIDAY. PRIVATE LETTERS 1" I THE RECORDER. Before taking the cases, the Recorder said he had received a letter by post, signed by Jane Viney, and apparently it related to some case which stood for trial at the sessions. He need hardly sav that directly he saw that it had reference to a case he did not read it further, but only looked at the signature. He immediately banded it to the officer of the court. The Recorder Is Jane Viney here ? A Voice Yes, sir. A lady came forward and said her name was Jane Viney. The Recorder (handing the letter): Did you write this letter ? The Lady No, sir. The Recorder said some one had writ- I ten the letter and signed it Jane Viney." But, as he said, he saw it related to a case and he did not read it any further. It was a most improper thing for any person to address a private communication to any magistrate or any judge. He was willing to believe that in this instance the person who was guilty of it did it through ignorance, otherwise he should take very serious notice of it and punish her or him if he could discover the writer. He wished it to be known that it was a most improper thing, and if it occurred again be would mark his sense of the impropriety in a way which would make the person who waa guilty of such an offence remember it. He hoped those observations would go forth, so that people would be aware of the impropriety of such a proceeding. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. Thomas Bickle, clerk, was indicted with em- bezzling the sum of j63 8s on the 18th April, 10s on the 18th J uly, J68 15s and on the 10th August, J37 13s, the moneys of William Morgan and another, his employers, at Cardiff.— Mr Arthur Lewis (instrusted by Mr Geo. David) prosecuted, and Mr Abel Thomas, M.P. (instructed by Mr J. H. Jones), defended.—1 Counsel in opening the case stated that the pri- soner was engaged by Messrs Morgan and Bier- mann, provision merchantsof Custom House-street, as book-keeper. It was hia duty to keep the books, and receive moneys at the office in the absence of his employers. The prisoner left their employ, and it was afterwards that the altered defalcations were traced.—The pro- secution called a number of witnesses, and evidence was taken relative to the accounts mentioned in the indictment. At the close of this Mr Arthur Lewis addressed the jury, and he was followed by Mr Abel Thomas, for the defence, who stated that the prisoner never denied receiving the money, and that the amount of the several items was included in a balance of £9 Os 6d, which was owed on the 20th of July and not accounted for. A loo&e method of book- keeping had made the prosecution possible. The jury, after a retirement of more than an hour, found the prisoner guilty on the third count.— The Recorder, addressing the prisoner, said the jury had taken a merciful view of the case. He sentenced him to four calendar months, with hard labour. ALLEGED POCKET PICKING. James Brian, 27, labourer, was indicted with stealing a sum of JB4 from the person of Alfred Shatlock, at Cardiff. — Mr Rhys Davies prosecuted, and Mr Lloyd Morgan, M.P., defended.—Prosecutor stated that in July last he was going home along Cowbridge-road, and the prisoner came up to him and offered to show him the way home. He said he did not require him, but the prisoner "linked" his arm, and then put his hand in hia left-hand pocket and took out the £4. After hear- ing further evidence and the summing up of the learned Recorder, the jury found a verdict of Not guilty." A QUEER CASE. Mary Jane Machen, 32, charwoman, was iudicted for unlawfully and maliciously wounding Elizabeth Donovan on the face with a knife on the 2nd September. Mr S. T. Evans, M.P. (instructed by M" D. E. Davies, solicitor), prose- cuted, and Mr Allen Upward (instructed from I the dock) defended.—Prosecutrix stated that on the 2nd September she was lying on a settle at No. 5, Homf ray-street, when prisoner came in and cut her nose with a knife.—In cross-examination by Mr A. Upward, the prosecutor admitted that she had been convicted twice of stealing, twice for keeping a brothel, once for being rictous, three times for being disorderly and using abusive language, three for being disorderly and causing an obstruction, and 11 times for being a disorderly prostitute. Sbe demurred against the imputation that she had been sent to gaol for cutting and wounding, but she admitted haviag been in gaol. When the prisoner struck her with the knife she was per- fectly quiet; she was not singing and making a noise in the room where a woman was ill.—Dr Thomas, of the Cardiff in- firmary, said prosecutrix came to that institution, She had a wound on the face and one j on her hand, but they were not serious.— ¡ Counsel having addressed the jury, ■ the learned Recorder summed up. and the jury found prisoner guilty, but recommended j her to mercy on account of provocation. The Learned Recorder passed a sentence of 4 months.

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FUNERAL OF MR PARNELL. Imposing Demonstration. DUBLIN, Sunday Night. The body of Charles Stewart Parnell was brought to-day to the Irish capital and laid in a tomb near Daniel O'Cormfall's. "Only in that vicinity could he fittingly rest"—such was the general cry and, kinship of patriotism not of ancestry having had the determining choice, Glasnevin Cemetery is now doubly hallowed in the popular imagination. It has been a miserable day in Dublin. Such an effervescence of sorrow has not been witnessed here since the burial of the Great Repealer. Steadfast Parnell- ites have shown themselves inconsolable and even incriminatory in their grief. Those Nationalists who felt themselves con- strained to abandon their personal allegiance to Mr Parnell have been softened by the sudden and sad ending to his political career, and have been inclined to judge themselves more harshly than him. Political neutrals have looked on not with- out some emotion, for the premature death, while its stroke is still recent, blunts the most acute of party animosities, and is a great purifier of re- putations. The whole population, in short, of the Irish capital to-day has recognised that an event of consequence to the nation was taking place, and with various feelings has watched its progress. Besides the inhabitants of Dublin there have been present delegations from the country, these being, however, more strictly Parnellite in com- position. They come by special train from every part of the island m long and tedious journeys, which, in the vile weather that has prevailed, would have damped any but the most resolute of pilgrims. The coffin, enclosed in a plain wooden case, had been conveyed from Brighton to London by special train, and thence taken on to Willesden Junction. The terminus at Euston was thus avoided. The "special" left Brighton shortly after mid-day on Saturday. A large crowd assembled upon the platform at Willesden, in- cluding deputations from various Irish societies and clubs. The coffin, on being deposited in the specially-provided coach, was removed from the case, and then as many people as could Con- veniently be admitted were allowed to file slowly past. Many of them were much affected, and now and again a visitor was noticed to stoop and kiss the casket containing the remains of the ate Irish leader. Amongst those who had as- sembled for the purpose of accompanying the corpse across the Channel were Messrs John O'Connor, M.P., Henry Campbell, M.P., Pierce Mahoney, M.P., J. J. O'Kelly, M.P., IJ. Nolan, M.P., Henry Harrison, M.P., J. Redmond, M.P.Dr Fitzgerald, M.P., and Mrs Dickinson (sister of Mr Parnell). There was also a deputation from Dublin, consisting of the Lord Mayor (Alderman Meade), High Sheriff (Mr John Shanks), the Sub-sheriff (Mr J. Clancy), and Messrs R. J. Mackay and T. F. O'Hea (members of the Town Council). The coach containing the remains was attached to the train leaving Euston at 6.30 o'clock on Saturday evening. The members of Parlia- ment named travelled in a continuous saloon. This saloon also carried numerous beautiful wreaths. After arriving at Dublin, the coffin was taken to St. Michael's Church, and a funeral service, lasting about 20 minutes, was con- ducted by the rector, the Rev Mr Long. Then the coffin was carried out again and taken to the City Hall, and there, the body hav- ing been deposited under the guardianship of the city freemen, the chief Parnellites left it for a time while they went away to get some much- needed rest and refreshment. A couple of hours afterwards the people were allowed to enter and file round the coffin. They passed under heavily-draped portals to find them- selves in the lofty circular hall transformed for the day into a chapMe ardente. Light was ad- mitted only from its high central dome. Its walls and pillars were clothed in black, and in the middle of its floor rested the bier, with a monu- ment of flowers towering over the coffin lid. On the top of all rose a great floral cross, the tribute of the Pamellitc members. It was exceedingly beautiful in design and arrangement. There were many other exquisitely beautiful flower tributes. No fewer than three came from the widow, one a. circle, another an anchor, the third a cross, with these descriptions :— My own true love, my best, truest friend, my husband, from his broken-hearted wife;" "My dear love, my husband, from his broken-hearted wife My dear love, my husband, my king. from his broken-hearted wife." Two were from Mrs Parnell's daughters: "Little Clare, to my dear mother's husband," and "Little Kitty, to my dear mother's husband." Round the catafalque was a palisade of timber, covered with black, and inside this were hung in glass cases many wreaths and immortelles. The scene was termi- nated by the colossal statue of O'Connell, and flanked by those of Grattan and Lucas, while round the hall was inscribed the deceased's dying I message. "Give my love to my colleagues and to the Irish people." While the hall remained open many thousands of persons, who had been waiting outside in the rain for hours, were able to pass through it, competent authorities estimating the total at something like 400,000. It had been proposed that the funeral procession should start from the City-hall at half-past one, but, in consequence of the large number of people who pressed forward to gain a view of the lying-in-state, it was found impossible to carry out the original intention. Throughout the whole morning special trains continued to arrive with increasing numbers of ardent suppoiters of the late leader's cause, and the streets in the neighbourhood of the municipal buildings becamecompletelycongestedwith amass of orderly people, who, finding it hopeless to ob- tain admission to the hall, waited patiently for the coming procession. It was after two o'clock before the funeral cortege started for the ceme- tery. The coffin, which had been borne from the hall by Mr Jno. E. Redmond, M P., Mr Timothy Harrington, M.P., Mr W. Redmond, M.P., Mr P. J. O'Brien, M.P., Mr E. Leamy, M.P., and other colleagues of Mr Parnell, was placed on a platform specially constructed on the top of a hearse, and a number of floral wreaths were fastened around it, the remainder being stored within the hearse itself. The procession was enormously large, all the trades of Dublin taking part in it, and municipal bodies represent- ing towns in the provinces and deputa. tions from various Leadership Committee in the c mntry also joining in its ranks. It would be impossible to estimate with any degree of accuracy the numbers, for thousands of spectators mixed at different points with the procession proper, and of course obscured its identity. The processionists carried no flags, but were accompanied by bands with muffled drums. No music, however, was played until after the procession had left the City Hall, and then each band played the "Dead March." The Lord Mayor and the members of the Dublin Corpora- tion attended the Cuneralm state. Mr Parnell's colleagues walked to the cemetery on either side of the hearse, which was preceded by the Execu- tive of the Dublin Leadership Committee, and followed by the carriage of the chief mourners and about 1,000 "Hurlers" of the Gaelic Associa- tion. The representatives of rural corporate bodies and the various trade organisations came next, and then followed a long line of carriages and cars and a large crowd, representing the general public. The sun had sunk below the horizon, and the moon was reflecting its light over the scene ere the coffin reached the graveside. Round it gathered Mr J. H. Parnell, the brother of the deceased; Mrs Dickinson, sister; Miss Dickin- son, niece; some other more distant relatives, the Parnellite members of Parliament, and the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the city. The service was about to be begun when the crowd, throwing off all considerations but curiosity, burst through a cordon of GaelicSocietymembers, who with much difficulty had previously cleared an open space. The mob rushed up the mound, every man eager to be first, and dashed against the group of mourners on its summit. Some of there were nearly toppled into the grave by the shock. For a time the scene was very disgraceful. Men struggled and shouted and pushed in the utmost disorder. The wet turf was torn by their heavy boots, and they stumbled and slid about in their jcstlings. Then arose a cry of "Hats off," and this being repeated on every side, seemed to arouse the people to a sense of the impropriety of their behaviour. They obeyed the call, and when this was followed by other cries of Hush hush the multitude slowly subsided into something approaching silence and decorum. There could be faintly heard over the scene the words of the Burial Service. It was read by the Rev Marshall Clarke Vincent, of the Rotunda Chapel, assisted by the Rev Geo. Fry, of All Souls Church. Manchester. Thiswasdone with the sane- tion of the Archbishop of Dublin (Lord Plunkett). Not only the relatives, but several of the political followers of Mr Parnell, stood, their eyes stream- ing with tears, unmistakable evidence of the great hold that deceased had had upon their affections. A more grief-stricken group never was beheld than that immediately round the grave. Here the scene was ended, and dust con- signed to dust. The gloom had deepened so con- siderably that faces could no longer be discerned. The grave was filled up with flowers, the crowd slowly fell back, and the mourners were led away. The cemetery was gradually cleared, and I processionists, spectators, and mourners made the best of their way back to Dublin in the mud I and darkness. Glasnevin Cemetery, that Kensal Green or Perela Chaise of Dublin, was opened during the cholera epidemic of 1832. The remains of 388,000 persons lie buried in its 58 acres, and an extension has now been secured on the other side of Finglas- road. The great landmark of the cemetery is the cone-topped round tower, which rises over the tomb of O'Connell to the right of the main gate- way and mortuary chapel. It rests on a low mound raised within a circular cut. The con- sideration which has influenced the Parnellites was to get a counterpart of O'Connell's tomb for their dead chief. They at once lighted upon a corresponding mound to th;, left of the entrance gate and chapel. This mound is artificial, and lies on the top of the burial-place of a crowd of poor persons. Inasmuch as no interments have taken place there for 40 years the place was considered unobjectionable. Out on this mound the grave was cut, a very wide and not very deep receptacle, round which it is evident that a tomb will be built of brickwork or masonry, To get solid foundations for a heavy monnment, concrete piers will have to be sunk far through the subsoil. As a site it is otherwise admirable. Many noteworthy men have been buried in the necropolis besides O'Connell. Curran lie in it under a great monument of granite. Here, too, is Terence Bellew McManus, the '48 man. Honest Tom Steele, O'Connell's great. friend, is also here, and Southwell Ruthven, Colonel O'Mahony, the great Fenian, with Sir John Gray, his son Dwyer Gray, and Cardinal McCabe, not to speak of Thomas Henry Burke, the mnrdered Under-Secretary for Ireland. An Irish Canon's Blunt Speaking. The Rev Canon Doyle, in a letter on Mr Patr fcmaad Wut been di24. even in London, by a filthy gang of Irish black- guards. Now that the leader of them has gone to his awful account. let the people open their eyes. Let them gird themselves for the important duty that lies before them, and let them at the next general election cloar out, as with a sweeping scout, the Augean stable of Irish representation. Let us have no more political adventurers selected by a dictator. Let cs select our candidates from respectable men of business, distinguished for their honesty and their sincerity in the creed they profess. Let the lawyers stay at home. They perverted the Home Rule movement into a lawyer's milch cow. If we require a clever lawyer in the House, let us elect him and pay him for his services. I protest against sending every little petty-sessions attorney to represent us in Parliament. The subject of Home Rule has been threshed out long since. We have been gorged and surfeited with oratory and poetry. For the mere variety of the thing we now want a little common sense, and a good deal of down. right honest Christianity.

THE CRIMINAL STATISTICS OF CARDIFF. At a meeting of the Cardiff Watch Committee, held on Wednesday at the Town-hall, under the presidency of Alderman David Jones, the annual report of the Head Constable was sub- mitted, from which we extract the following particulars:—The total cost of police establish- ment for the year 1891 was £16,54115s 5d, as against £13,16068 4d in 1890. The increased ex- penditure was due to labour disputes, augmenta- tion of the force and alterations, enlargement and repairs to the station. The strength of the force is 160. During the year 24 constables had resigned, three had been pensioned, one discharged with gra- tuity, and two had died. The number of indict- able crimes committed was 297, as against 338 in 1890, a decrease of 41. For these offences 171 persons were apprehended, an increase of 51 as compared with the previous year 23 were dis- charged and 148 committed for trial; 4,245 per- sons were dealt with summarily by tbe magis- trat, as against 3,813 in 1S90, being an in- crease of 432. This increase was prin- cipally of offences under local Acts for drunkenness, etc. 1,317 persons were dis- charged, and 2,929 convicted. Of these convic- tions 1,717 persons were fined and 317 imprisoned, and 30 were sent to reformatories or industrial schools 45 were whipped 125 had to find sure- ties, and 692 were otherwise punished. The num- ber of ale and beerhouses in the borough licensed for consumption on the premises was 184 and 96 respectively. For offences against the Licensing Acts 24 had been proceeded against, and 16 convictions recorded as againsc 14 prosecutions and 11 convictions the previous year; 826 persons had been proceeded against for drunkenness against 644 in 1890-an increase of 182 of these 43 were discharged and 783 were convicted. For Sunday drinking there was a decrease of 9 offenders. Altogether 119 persons had been summoned and 101 convicted for selling beer without licences. In 1890 the numbers were 61 and 49 respectively, or an increase of 58 2,917 doors and windows had been found open at night during the year 227 inquests had been held—an increase of 39 on last year 66 fires had oc- curred, being an increase of 17 on last year.—Alderman Carey said the increase in the number of prosecutions proved the reason- ableness of the Stipendiary's application for an increase of salary.—The Chairman drew attention to the increase in the summonses for illicit beer selling. He remarked that there seemed no prospect of any reduction, as he had signed five warrants only the previous Saturday giving the police power to enter suspected houses.—Coun- cillor Thomas asked if the increase implied an increase in the number of houses or n mcrea e in the vigilance of the police but discussion f the matter was adjourned, the Chairman suggesting that at the next meeting they should also discuss the number of warrants issued in regard to illicit beer selling and the proportion they bore to the number of people summoned for the offence.

MR LABOUCHERE ON THE CHURCH IN WALES. The Church papers, says Mr Labouchere, in this week's Truth, have been thrown into dan- gerous ecstasies by the success of the Rhyl Church Congress, and no doubt it has done very well from the pecuniary point of view but, as I pointed out several weeks ago, the programme was not strong, being only remarkable for the careful exclusion of all burning questions, while subjects which have been thoroughly discussed at every Congress for the last ten years were again put forward. The fact is that the Church Con- gress speakers and readers seem to have been considerably in the air, and they might remember that on the last occasion when a Congiess trumpeted defiance (at Dublin in 1868), the result was the disenaowment and disestablishment of the Irish Church within nine months. At Rhyl an excellent opportunity was deliberately lost of dealing in a practical and frank way with the question of tithe, which it was farcical to ignoze, considering that in Wales people never cease talking and writing about it. A Tory paper in Wales announces that October 25th is to be observed as a "Church Defence Sun- day" in Pontypridd. Special sermons," it is stated, will be preached in the various churches throughout the parish, and the offertory will be for the Church Defence Institution." I do not see any reason why Church people should not subscribe money for the defence of the Church, but there is something singularly incongruous in devoting offertories to what is essentially a political fund for a political object. There are within the Church of England staunch Liberals who loyally accept the policy of Disestablish- ment. How are these to offer, their "alms and oblations if these are to be devoted to purposes of which they disapprove ? And what would Tory critics say if Nonconformists were to hold collec- tions in their places of worship for the purpose of furthering the cause of Disestablishment ? If this would be irreligious, a Church Defence ffer- tory must be equally so.

A CARDIFF TUG DESTROYED BY FIRE. Early on Wednesday evening the John Bull, a tugboat which has for years plied from the port of Cardiff, was practically destroyed by fire while she was lying on the mud at the mouth of the Ely river. There seems to have been nobody aboard when the fire broke out, the first intimation given to the Cardiff firemen being a telephonic communication received from the Grangetown police-station, to which the information was conveyed by the coachman of Mr Robert Johnston. At 9.30 this message was received at the Central Fire Station in Westgate-street, and at 9.40 the manual, in charge of Chief Engineer Geen and a number of firemen, passed the Grangetown station, reaching the scene of the fire within 15 miuutes. The tug being situated in the middle of the bed of the river, itwas with extreme difficulty that the hose was carried across the mud, tbe men sinking in it almost to their waists, and having to "wade" fully 100 yards.. Soon, how- ever, the manual was brought into action, water being obtained from one of the hydrants feeding the Taff Vale Company's coal tips. It was at once se°n that little could be done to save the tug. When the first drop of water was poured on tho vessel her bow was all but destroyed, and efforts were directed to keep the flames from spreading, as owing to the high wind there was great danger to other shipping, and of the petroleum tanks at the wharf being set alight. Down the river, too, within a distance of less than 200 yards, was a vessel containing, so it was said, some 500 barrels of oil. By 11 o clock the flames were all but out, but by this time the vessel was completely gutted. She is described in Lloyd's list as a wooden, paddle tug, with a gross tonnage of 115 tons. She was built in London in 1849, and is owned by Mr J. Jackson, of that port. The cause of the outbreak is unknown.

THE BRIGHTON MURDER CONFESSION. On Wednesday at Brighton police-court, Her- bert Arthur Green, 34, was charged on remand, on his own confession, with intentionally causing the death of his child, Louisa Agnes Green, aged fiye years and nine months, on Mept. 6th, by administering chlorodyne and immersing her in the sea on the 5th ult. The Rev Hifl Jones, curate of St Peter's, Eaton-square, London, related how the accused came to tell him of the affair. The rev. gentleman said that on the way to Rochester-row police-station. Westminster, Green said to him, I had been drinking hard, and had got myself into a state of depression, and not being able to get work thought the best thing to do was to get rid of myself and the children." Green added that he selected chlorodyne, as he thought it would send them to sleep. Mr Brandreth did not cross-examine Dr Stevenson, on account of certain fresh evidence having been given.— After Mrs Kerr, of Ladbroke House, Ladbroke grove, London, had given evi- donee, the Rev Hill Jones said when he told the prisoner the best reparation he could make both to man and God was to give himself up, he (witness) added that if he did not do so he should feel it his duty to hand him over to the police. Theconvlrsation which he had with the prisoner on the Wednesday had reference to the accident which he believed to have happened to the deceased at Brighton.—Prisoner, who said he would reserve his defence, was committed for tri il at the assizes.

TRUTH says A speech delivered by the Roman Catholic Bishop, of Salford at a temper ance meeting at Ashton-under-Lyne was so sensible and moderate that it deserves notice The Bishop suggested that whilst strong beers should be taxed, the sale of light beers not above a certain minimum strength should be encouraged by being freed from duty. This is a doctrine that I have always preached. It is indeed a pity that more temperance reformers are not as reasonable and as practical as the Bishop of Salford." A large measure of the success of the Golden Sun- light Ale may be attributed to the fact that it is brewed on these lines, and will compare favour- ably with the ordinary high coloured, strong, heady ales. It is brewed from malt prepared from the finest Herefordshire barley, and most delicately flavoured with hops, called "Wor sters,' but really grown in the rich fertile valleys of Herefordshire. Messrs Watkins and Son, of the Hereford Brewery, are the only brewers of this famous ale, and it is sold by over 200 agents in the North, South, East, and West of the British Isles. South Wales office, 94, St. Mary-street; store*. Westsrate-street. Cardiff, 13409 1921

SAD AFFAIR IN THE RHONDA. Two Men and a Pony Drowned. About half-past two o'clock on Thursday af noon a sad affair occurred in the river the Railway Station, Llwvnypia, resulting JJ drowning of two men and also of a po^O appears that a young man named Harry native of Bristol, and assistant to Mr Jones (Ivor Hael), grocer, Llwjyiypia, wlio.-se ? is situated near the entrance to the Grounds, having been with a horse and tol delivering goods at Trealaw, on the other sldb the valley, drove, on returning, down a road leading over an embankment into the iinjietuous current, with the vl of making a short cut, instead tilt travelling round the main road and across ee bridge spanning the river about two or. vf hundred yards away When the stream carts pass through it occasionally at this >e0 during the past few days the current has very swift, and in many parts along th» the water has overflowed into the adjoining "e The pony, before it had reached the mkldl^o1 -river, which was about fifteen yards wioe, 901 completely overpowered. The poor :lll;'r' struggled hard to force its way through. bil driver pulled the right hanu rein with all ed might till the pony's mouth P°lDth* right up towards the sky and against v :it flow. Whilst he was in this dllelnbe the water being over the shafts of the trap» y force of the flood lifted the trap and swept the driver and the pony with it. yards further down a young man, named W. Mason, who happened to be standing distance from the riverside, perceiving a battling for his life in the flood, ran to the ye B of the stream, took off his coat instantly, eXC Ld ing simultaneously, "Here's in," and P^uDjl]y headlong into the torrent. Tibbs immedi»t€< afterwards disappeared. Mason was ob-ef* just afterwards to hold up his right hand.. also then went out of sight, but came up aKam of the surface. Mason tried to grasp the supp0f\j( a wooden bridge crossing the river two or three hundred yards 'ITiy where he jumped into the stream, and undoubte^ he would have saved himself had he clutched He was, however, carried onwards rapidly WI J, the flood, and soon disappeared from view. few minutes later his lifeless body was and taken out of the water near the Naval liery, about a mile away from the spot where took off his coat. The body was carried to Tonypany police-station. The trap and pony. fl. fast to the pillar of a wooden bridge about mile from Mr Jones's shop, but for some time 0; the shafts of the cart and a section of one Yl. were visible. Half an hour later the upper i of the body of the pony appeared. The a.n1l1 was quite dead, and obviously it had struggl d hard for life, for the harness was torn, a nothing but the hame.s fastened it to the ve'llCi(j Had the i>ony been able to liberate itself it w°^ have probably swam out. The body of Tibbs o not yet been recovered. Hundreds of perso. were pacing along the river side soon after t sad occurrence searching for the bodies. The body of Harry Tibbs, who was washed away with the horse and trap on Thursday afternoo while crossing the river near Llwynpia Rail^. Station, was discovered about 10 a.m. yesterd[v in some rushes in the stream close to tB bank near the foundry, at Tonypandy, by a The body was immediately conveyed to the groegf, shop where the poor fellow was engaged.. parents are at Stoke Langforth, near Mason, the other young man who was was a native of Aberystwyth.

A BAD START IN LIFE. Dr Paine and the Responsibility of Pawnbrokers. At Cardiff police-court yesterday—Dr Pai and Mr Peter Price being on the Bench-.Geore- Chandler, 15, was brought up in custody 011, charge that he being a convicted thief was foul' hiding in a baker's shop in Neville-street on tn_ 13th instant. On the application of Inspe'etc Heyward the lad had been for the purpose of enabling the P°!*C* to make enquiries, with the result tb» a watch which had disappeared from his sister house, No. 27, Adam-street, was traced an found to have been stolen by the prisoner, wbo gave it to Thomas Davies, a lad of the saine ag^ and who pawned it at Mr Cohen's, in road. The two boys were now put int the dock and charged jointly with t"^ theft, Davies being also charged with recel^I ing.—Mrs Rose Furentione identified t& watch produced by the police a3 her property, stated that it was worth £2 5s.—Sidney Smith, pawnbroker's young assistant, stated that he ceived the watch in pledge from Davies. He di not make any inquiries as to how the watch bef came his property.—Dr Paine You receive" watch from a lad like the prisoner and asked n question ?"—" No."—" Is the pawnbroker here_ w —"No, sir."—" Then go and ask him if he yon did your duty."—P.C. Stevens deposed tbRb when arrested Chandler said, "I stole the watc, from my sister. I went out and met Davies, an he pawned it for me." Davies said, "Yes, right. I pawned it, but I didn't know it stolen."—At this stage Dr Paine stopped tj* case, saying that he would require to see pawnbroker and the book on which the pleog* pawnbroker and the book on which the pledge was entered. To receive a watch from » mel" boy looked very much like encouraging felony bY offering every facility for the disposal of stol*" goods.. Later in the sitting the pawnbroker was If) attendance, and the book was handed up for the inspection of the magistrates. It was found tha the watch had been pledged for 6s 6d. what he had to say to Smith's evidence, whic was ordered to be read from the deposition^ the pawnbroker explained that Smith only engaged to write the tickets a" i the books, as he (Cohen) was "not a man." On this day he was absent, and Smith, 0 his own responsibility, had taken in the pledge* Dr Paine: Then you are prepared to take ttt responsibility? Yes. sir.—Well, then I, a bound to tell you that I thmk the way thln were managed is exceedingly reprehensible. Yø leave a youth in charge of the shop, and advances 6s 6d on an article valued at £2 5s to a young boy without making any inquiry whflt" ever.—Mr Cohen There is no one in this that can say that the watch is worl'.h more than If-' —Dr Paine I am very sorry that you can otfern better excnle. Unless the pawnbrokers are 1DO careful I shall get to consider that they are know- ingly facilitating the committing of felonies.— Cohen But, sir — Dr Paine: I don't want t. hear any more now. I am satisfied that what" ever your conduct has been in the there is no doubt but that in tm^ case your conduct has been very unsatisfactory. The magistrates sent Chandler to gaol for 1 days, and ordered his detention in a reformatory school for three years. Davies, whose explained that he was not all there on time was sent to prison for 14 days.

THE CARDIFF MILK SUPPLY. Discussion at the Health Committee. At a meeting of the Health and PortSanitar1 Committee of the Cardiff Corporation, held o* Friday under the presidency of Alderman Windsor Jacobs, the question of the supply of Cardiff came up for discussion. The Chairman said he thought they confine themselves to the consideration of t» samples taken by their own officers, which woul give a percentage of adulterated cases of about per cent.,and not 25 percent., as had been stateo* As far as he could see they were paying qux as much attention to the administr^ tion of the Food and Drugs Act J. Cardiff as was being done in otb81 towns of the kingdom. If extra men werl required for the work, it was open to them to engage them.—It was stated by Dr tha.t the number of milkshops and the town was 500. The number of samples of a™ kinds taken during the year for yurli of analysis did not exceed 200. — Dr thought an inspector ought to bj appointed specially for inquiring into matters the kind. The work was too great for the p sent staff to adequately cope with.—The Cbaii* man said Dr Walford and himself had discussea this matter for months, and they realised that there was no fault on the part of the department. —Dr Walford furnished a number of extracts official returns showing the number of samples tha* had been analyzed during the last few years, with the percentages of adulterations. In 189% out of 5? samples of milk taken 55 were genuine* During the first quarter of 1891, 25 samples taken, and 22 were found to be genuine. In t. second quarter, of 37 samples tnken. were genuine. In the cases of adulteration prosecutions were instituted and conviction* obtained.—Mr Brain thought the figures very well for Cardiff, but Mr Andrews said th* percentage of samples was very small wben 18 was borne in mind that there were 500 milkshopj and dairies in the town.—Dr Rees though* each milkshop or dairy should be visited and the milk analysed attest once a year. Mr Brain said the question was, most serious one, as milk was so largely used bj invalids and children. It was of the highest importance that it should be absolutely Pul-e*^ After further discussion the matter was ivferrefl to a special committee consisting of the chairman# Aid. Rees, Dr Walford, and the Analyst.

ELOPEMENT FROM ABERCARNl On Tuesday morning last Elizabeth .1n?*t wife of William Jones, a collier l,vl? £ at 128. Trecelyn-row, Abercarne, went a,w1 with a lodger named John Ash ton. appears the couple have taken all the vahia" ~J they could lay their hanris on, 3,11 have also taken three children with The husband caused a warrant to be issued o Wednesday for the arrest of the couple, but ''P. the present no tidings have been obtained of t, whereabouts of the erring pair. It is supos they booked to Liverpool en route for AmerIca.

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