The Glamorgan Gazette

The Duke and Duchess of Portland have returned to Welbeck Abbey, where they are entertaining a house party. The Prince of Wales's visit to the Earl and Countess of Warwick at the Castle will be for the training of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, the regiment completing its 100th year of existence in 1895. The training begins on May 14th. >T.OKENCK How .11,1 that daub of a picture Nellie recoived for n birtlidav jrift impress you 1"— Artist Very well, wlk-vo I finished painting it. "No," said Mrs. Fislier, I don't call myself 1'1,1, but simply a pluin woman." Well," said Mrs. Candour, "you're plaiu enough; that's a fact." IlR Do you think blondes have more admirers than brunettes r She: "1 don't know. Why not ask some of the girls who have had experience in both CIII'"Oltl(1¡;¡ r Tn&T fellow Hicks is a queer duck. He never knows "I\ he is beaten." Poll What an absurd man Why. even my boy, whon I beat him knows it mighty well." RETURNED bride: Nobody thought we were a hidlll couple." Friend: "Nor How did you ileeeivo them 'r'' Returned bride: "We tried to net as though we were." An, goo! Ah, gali! Bgib gib bah, hah!" said the baby. By jove, isn't that wonderful exclaimed the delighted father. If he hasn't got our old college yell of '91, I'm a ghost!" MB. MILDEYES (seeking a reconciliation): You are prettier now, Emma, than you used to be." Mrs Mildeyes (still angry): That's right-tell me to my face that I used to.be homely." COUUTKY Customer: How many yards of this goods does it take to make a dresst" Seller: "With or without r" Country customer: "With or without. What do you mean ?" Seller Puffed sleeves." FRIEND: If your washerwoman charges by the pieoe, it must be rather expensive." Young house- keeper: "OJ., no. She loses so man y things that her billfi are never high." That richet take wings we all well know, But truly we with that T)'"y''t teave the wings and take the plumes And great wide, spreading hat. Bpize—" I wouldn't marry a man who I thought knew less than I did." Blanche-" Nor 1; but I iroiildu't mind if I merely thought that he thought tiO." f h^ar so much about your beautiful pictures, Mr. Cadmium; do you think you could paint my portrait?" I don't think go. You see I only paint from nature."

SHOCKING LIFT ACCIDENT. A fatal lift accident occurred on Monday morning st ten o'clock at Lloyd's registry, White Liou Court, Cornhill, London, causing th« death of one persou and injury to two others. The lift, which has been in use for two years, was worked 011 the hydraulic principle common in the city, and nntit the last few days acted without failure of any kind. Recently, however, it was found to bo slightly out of repair, and for a day or two past workmen from the Glengall Ironworks (Limited), at Millwall, have Ù. engaged in mukintr good the defects. The lift was at work ou Monday morning as early as seven o'clock, and in view of the repairs effected it seems that then, and, indeed, up to the time of the lamentable occurrence, it was regnrded not perfectly safe. Between that hour and ten o'clock many ascents w' r« made in perfect safety, and to those responsible for the working of the machinery no thought seetn" to have occurred of the possibility of danger. Just about t'-n o'clock Mr. T. C. r-eFt,], assist- ant chief surveyor to Lloyds', and a clerk in the office, accompanied by Cart, wright, the liftsman, en- tered the cage 011 the grouud floor with a view to ascending to the first floor, where it is usual for all the employee of the establishment to enter their names in the attendance book. Cartwright and the clerk, whose name is IlllI, had just got out, aud Mr. Read WHS apparently aboul to follow them, wheu the [ ulleys collapsed, and the cage Wltll dashed down to the basement, a die- tanoe of fully thirty fo-t. A terrible sight met the gaze of the onlookers, as they descended pell-mell to the basement:. The cuye of the lift had been reduced to an absolute wreck, nrrl the body of Mr. IL(,:id was seen lying prostrate and dreadfullv mutilated. Mr. Road had been iu the employ of Iho fino for some sixteen or seventeen years, and he was one of the most popular officials. Death in his case was, of course, iufctuulaueoiis. At the time of the accident four workmen from tin Millwall firm were engaged iu the basement in completing the repairs to the lift, and are believed to have been occupied in adjusting tile balances when the disaster occurred. One of the rnen was jammed in between the lift and a cupboard, and sustained fractured ribo and further injuries of a more or less serious character. Two other men were also injured about the head and body. A rescue party appeared immediately upon the sopits and tho three workmeu were, without loss of time, extricat.ed from their perilous position and con- veyed to Guy's Hospital for medical treatment, while Mr. Read's body was taknn to one of the City mortuaries. The sad occurrence caused great ex- citement in the City as soon as the intelligence spread, and crowds of City men, amongst whom the deceased was well known and respected, thronged the court leading to Lloyd's Registry throughout the morn- ing. Mr- Read leaves behind him a wife and two children. Immediately after the accident the police took possession of tlie grouud floor and basement, from which the public were strictly ex- cluded, and steps were taken to remove the ghastly evidencee of the tragedy that had taken place. During the morning tho chairman and directors, together with the heads of the departments at Lloyd's, held a protracted consultation ou the occurrence.

AN OBSOLETE WAR VESSEL. The Admiralty have iuiimated that they do not propose to make provision in future estimates for repairs or alterations to the turret-ship Prinoe Albert, at Devonport, and only necessary repairs, to keep her seaworthy, will be made. The Priuce Albert was built in 1861, and has seen seven years' and six months' service. She cost over £ 200,000, and £ 50,000 has since been spent on her, and, though she has seen so little service, she is con- sidered obsolete. It is understood the Admiralty only keep the vessel as a compliment to the Queen, as the ship was named after the late Prinoe Albart.

UNQUALIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANTS. At the Lambeth Coroners's Court, Mr. A. Brax- ton Hicks held an inquiry with reference to the death of George Henry Collett, aged thirty sevett years, a working jeweller, lately residing at 128, Oakley Street, Laiubeth. Mrs. Caroline Eliza Col- lett, the widow, stated that her husband had had good health, with the exception of a cold but he had been staying at home for a few days on account of the illness of their baby. lie was taken with a "wheezing" at the chest, and died before Dr. Coppiu, whom she sent foe, could attend. Mr. Coppin had boeu treating her child for so in* time.—The Coroner: Why did you call him "Dr" Coppin just now f—The witness said she always thought he was Dr. M'Carthy. Ou one occasion when Dr. M'Carthy came himself she told him she wished the other gentleman" to attend, referring to Mr. Coppin, whom she always under- stood to be Dr. M'Carthy, although Dr. M'Carthy then told her that Mr. Coppin was his assistant. He did not mention that he was unqualified, or she would not have had him. — The Coroner (addressing Mr. Coppin): Mr. Coppiu, I have been waiting for you a long while; what have yon to say for yourself ?—Mr. Coppiu In what way r- The Coroner I want to know what explanation you have as to practising without statiug that yoa are an unqualified medical man.—Mr. Coppin, who was then sworn, admitted that he was neither qualified nor registered. He had been acting as assistaut to Dr. M'Carthy, of Lambeth, for fifteen years. He did not think there was any necessity for him to tell Mrs. Collett that he was not qualified, as he was acting for Dr. M'Carthy. -Dr. M'Carthy explained that every case that Mr. Coppin attended was under his personal super- vision, as was also every particle of medicine that was prescribed.—The Coroner But Mrs. Collett did not kuow^iat he was notqualified.—Dr. M'Carthy: All 1 can my is that no medical man can keep on doubly qualified assistant who is of any use. H. will not stay. I have never found an unqualified assistant make a mistake. Mr. Coppin did not attend for himself.—The Coroner: How was it he attended the Neill Cream poisoning case r I have bten waiting for Mr. Coppin a long time, and here he is. I shall report the matter to the Medical Council. Mr. Ooppin drew the coroner's attention to a paragraph in the "Lancet," which stated that the Medical Council did not object to unqualified assistants being employed by practitioners when re- i siding in or near their employer's house, but they roust not conduct branch establishments.—The coroner said that Dr. M'Carthy ought to have told people that his assistaut was unqualified. It was not a question of law, but of medical ethics, and he should report both Dr. McCarthy and Mr. Coppin to the Medical Council, who would decide the matter. -Dr. Nichol Henry then ascribed the cause of Callett's death to syncope, following acute conges- tion of the luugs, and the jury returned a verdiot accordingly.

THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY AND THE RECENT FROST. Now that the prolonged frost has gone, it may be interesting to the public to be informed of the opera- tions of the Royal Humane Society during that try- ing period. The appended particulars are taken from a statement made by Captain 1. W. Home,the secretary to the Society. From the 11th to the 13th January inclusive the Society's icemen were em- ployed at Regent's Park,the Round Pond (Kensing- tou Gardens), the Long Water, and at Hen- dou. From the 28th January to the 22nd February inclusive icemen were on duty at Buckingham Palace Lake, the Serpentine, the Long Water, the Round Pond, Regent's Park, and Hendon. The number of immersions and accidents from falls on the ice which were attended by the Society at their Receiving Houses were Mt follows:—At Hyde Park, 71 at Regent's Park, 49 at Hendon, 17 total, 1i: Warm baths, beds, and blankets were provided when required at each place, the honorary medical officers of the Society—Drs. Stamford Folse and Q. E. Norton— sending cases requiring serious Weatroent to the hospitals. The superintendent at Hyde Park j Receiving House (Mr. J. Horton) was constantly on duty and attended to a large number of oases ji when the medical men were not available. Tbta Society put forth every available means at its dis- w posal to protect the skaters, especially on the deep waters of the Serpeutine, which varies in depth from 19 6 to 16 feet. I«w-boats, ladders, ropes, aud other apparatus were widely distributed arouud the water, J and during such a lengthened period of frost the JI wear and tear iu apparatus has been found to be^ unusually great. leemomi's wages had been a great strain upon the Society's resources, which are J3 derived from voluntary contributions. It may b* M added that at no ice-area guarded by the Society' icemen during the recent prolonged frost has the life «9 nt a skater or sli ier been sacrificed. -jl

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BOM I? EXPLOSION IN IT A LI A Rome telegram plates On Monday night, while a ball was in progress in the principal hall in the city of Massa di Carrara, the merry company was t-tartted by a terrific; explosiou. Investigation by the police revealed the fact that a large-sized bomb had been deposited on a window ledge in the courtyard and exploded by means of a time-fuse. Considerable dRtllajlO was done to surrounding masonry, but, happily, no serious personal injury was sustained.

A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE WITH CLUBS. At the Army Athletic Club, Cranbrook Road, Aldershot, on Monday, the club-swinging record was brokou by Sergeant A Batterby, of the 2ud Norfolk Regiment, who swung clubs weighing 21b. each for twelve hours without stoppiug. He began his remarkable performance at lour minutes past seven milking < n an avernge sixty circles a minute, and kept tlvit rite till tlio same time in the evening, thereby tnuking altogether 43,200 evolutions. Dur- his task lie was fed with beef tea and a hard- boiled egg, aud smoked an occasional cigarette, Hundreds of spectators came to visit him and cheer him on his difficult tusk throughout the day, and at the conclusion of bin performance a perfect ovation was given him, the band of his regiment playing him to iiis barmcks amidst tremendous cheering. C"ptain W. Rocke, 1st Wiltshire Regiment, Lieu- tcuant H. M. C. Graham, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Lieutenant F. M. Gillespie, 2nd South Wales Borderers, Lieutenant W. E. M. Wetherell, 2nd Bedford Regiment, and Mr. Tom Burroughs acted as judges.

HINTS FROM THE BENCH. At Bow County Court, on Monday, before Judge French, Wm. Hayes, Walpole Rotul, Walthainstow, a manager, olaimed i2 for wages in lieu of notice, from Robert Kensey, coffeehouse keeper, 59, Wells Street, Hackney.—Plaintiff stated that he was for- merly manager of a shop belonging to defendant, at Ley ton. The latter came dowu one day in a very excited condition and turned him out of the shop, refusing to pay him unything.-Defendaut I turned him away because lie was a thief. He had been embezzling my money.—Judge French: That is a serioua charge. What evidence have you ? Defend- ant Evidenoe enough. The takings fell off, who took them? Plaintiff: It was just after Christmas, trade was bad, so many men were out of work. I never touched a farthing belonging to him,the books will prove it. Judge French, after hearing at great length the explanation of dofenoant, snid there was not a tittle of justification for the serious charge he made. Judgment would be given for plain- tiff, with costs. Defendant (excitedly): I ought to have locked him up. This is a police court case. I'll have him there yet. Judge French And if you do so, it will be at your peril. There are such things as demagee for malicious pros- ecution.—Defendant then left the court shouting to plaintiff, You young thief, I'll lock you up, that I will."—Judge French Call the plaintiff baok. Young man, if you are taken before a magistrate by that person tell him your case was heard before me, and that I found your statements were true and his were not, and I gave judgment in your favour. And YOU can refer the magistrate to me in the matter.

THE TRAINING OF FOXHOUNDS. George Bollen and Frederick Wake, the Hunts- man and Second Whip respectively of the West Kent Foxhounds were summoned to the Mailing Poice-court, on Monday, for cruelly ill-treating one of the hounds at Aylesford. The case was taken up by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, whose chief witnesses were a farmer, named Alder, and Eli Skinner, a coachman, who stated that becaase the hound had strayed away from the pack, the defendant Wake, at the instigation of Bollen, lifted it up by its tail, and struck it fifteen or twenty blows.. hard a« he could with his hunting crop. Mr. Colaui barrister, who conducted the prosecution, contended that this was far beyond reasonable chastisement for a dog. The defence was that, as the hound was a young one, and persisted in leaving the pack, it was absolutely neoessary to punish it with some severity, and witnesses proved that the animal was able to hunt immediately after the beating. The Bench, in dismissing the case, remarked that the society might have been better employed in seeing I that dogs were not kept tied up during the present cold weather.

SALVAGE AWARDS. The Admiralty Court on Monday awarded the owners, master, and crew of the London screw stcamllhip McGarel the sum of £ 2,750 for salvage services rendered in the Atlantic Ooean last October to the London steamer Enskar, which had lost her propeller—the owners JE1,833, the master JE220, and the orew £69i.

ANOTHER COLLIERY ACCIDENT. An accident of a frightful nature has occurred at Morlais Vale Col'iery, Penclawdd, near Llanelly, which is owned by Messrs. Cory Yeo. While several miners were engaged in shot-firing an ex- plosion of gas took place, resulting in terrible injuries to three men, one of whom, Charles Williams, 40, died shortly afterwards. David Bees, G4, sustained a fractured skull, while John Rees, 25, received a fractured thigh and serious burns. They are not expected to recover. The other workmen engaged near the explosion were only slightly in- jured. Williams and Rees are married men with large families. It is thought the explosion is due to the accumulation of gas.

SUICIDE OF A POLICE CONSTABLE. Information has been received of a sad suicide at Poplar. It appears that Charles Hart, a metro- politan police-constable, was reduced, having been found the worse for drink whilst on duty. He re- sided at 19, Vesey Street, Poplar. After giving evidence at the Thames Police Court, he went home and commenced crying to his landlady, who after- wards heard a noise in his bedroom. On entering she was just in time to see him putting a cup on the mantlepiece. He was removed to the Poplar Hos- pital, where lie died from carbolic acid poisouing.

A despatch from Guayaquil states that an epidemie 3 of yellow fever prevails there. The two sous of the Spanish Consul have died from the disease. -j The Norwegian barque Caitloch, which stranded ^9 off Arran recently, has been sold in Glasgow for J £180. She was 1,204 tooa net register, and built-j in Port Glasgow in 1874. jfl Two labourers, named Edward Coulan and Patrielj|H MoConsky, have been seut to 3 months' hard labout^H at Stockport, for fraudulently obtaining cbaritabliij contributions. They represented that they wee^fl •ollectiiur on behalf of a labourers' society. AUK unmarried. One Jim is not rich bu^| then, one in moderate circumstances can be happvH Don't you think so?" The Married One x«a9 not two dear." "I WISH I was an ostrich," aid Hicks, aogri]y9 as he tried to eat one of his wife's biscuits aoSH couldn't. 1 wish you were," returned Mrs. Hicka^H I'd get a few feathers for my hat."