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SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. J a >6 ti 2 1 a: -4 £ s ° p w S S S a: a q g g j; I a I o ry¡ Z g j; I a I Wednes i Morning. 5 21 12 5 6 4 26 4 21 daj', ■< Evening. 5 46 4 39 6 33 .4 52 4 4E May 6 (Height 34 11 31 10 1 36 § £ 33 11 23 £ Thurs- i Morning. 6 10 5 6 | 5 59 5 18 5 2C day, < Kvenini; 6 ^3 5 29 I 6 23 5 4'4 5 37 May 7 I Height 35 11J8 111 36 S | 35 0 26 C — (Morning. 6 c6 tTS'i 8 45 fi 4 5 S Friday. ^enU,t 7 18 6 IS 7 9 6 2# 6 22 7 8 < Height, 137 11 33 3 j 37 7 35 4 J6 S Sat.ur- i Morning., 7 40 § 37 31 B 47 8 63 day, < Evening 8 1 6 t9 7 53 7 7 7 1 May 9 I Height 137 4 33 4 1^7 10 35 4 25 £ 0 i Morning. 8 22 7 <:0 8 14 7 27 7 3 £ Stindav J EvwliI1i 8 « 7 40 8 34 7 «7 7 4 £ 10 ( Height S3 7 I 32 7 37 1 34 8 85 { —4 Morning. 9 7 59 t 63 8 7 8 U Vx < evening 9 20 3 18 9 12 8 28 8 a y I Height 34 ID 31 lj_35_ 33 23 £ — ( Morning. 9 3-' S S8 9 32 8 49 8 5S liveninj. 9 57 8 63 9 52 9 10 > M»v 18) )s3 6 29 3 33 0 32 4 j 21 t "Hoar.h Basin tK»st Dock Sill. lAlexartdfa DoCX. ♦ Uo -k Sill.

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. Appended is a chart of the barometrical readings fol the 41 hours ende" Tuesday midnight* as registered at Lbe Western Mail Cardiff. The iustrumeiii i* 33ft. ahoy** aeit t^vo^ MONPA*. TVMSOAT. lat.M..VMn blxdn't la w, Noon Mit" 30*0 —>2. 'l •9j—s,#s*1,141 — ——- •; •ijMalf IlL—| —i— — *| 29.0 -— u~— — !•! —-

THE RAINFALL, Thu rainfall, an registered at. Tredelereh, liotnpuey hill, near Cardiff, lor the 12 liours ended '.0' p,tit last night, and for each 12 hours of the put week, wit as follows | 9 p.m. 9 a.m. j Total. Tuesday 28 "00 "CO '00 Wednesday 29 -iJ5 37 42 Thutsday 30 *06 00 -o Friday 1 0b -tS Sat'irday 2 00 '00 Mituday. 3 -00 j -00 •« Monday 4 -0C 'CC W Trteiday S *00 !-■• Total for the week .It

I Business Addresses SPECIAL LINES. CHOICEST DANISH BUTTER, PER 1/1 LB. FRESH WELSH EGGS, — PER -/8 DOZ. David Jones and Co. (LIMITED), WESTMINSTER STOKES, CARDIFF. DAVID JONES & COMPANY (LIMITED), HAVE BEEN APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS FOR CARDIFF For the Celebrated Registered Brand of "EVERYBODY'S" TEA Has stood the test of upwards of a qnarter of a century. Sold in Tins aftd Lead Packets, If. 10d. per lb CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS.—I herehy certify that I have very carefullv and thoroughly analysed a sample of Everybody's Tea, and find it to be I C! a Tea of great exceilence. It is quite free from adulteration or contamination in any form, and yields an ftbUtitlarlt liqitor of choice flavour and aroma. This Tea is capable of ready digestion, and I have every confidence in recommending it for its dietetic and valuable properties. GRANVILLE H. SHAKPE, F.C.S., Analyst, Late Principal of the Liverpool College of Chemistry, aufhor of Qualitative and Quant itative Analysis," late Lec- turer on Chemist ry atiu Technology to the Liverpool School of Science, Mem- ber of the Society of Citvmical In- dustry, Consulting Chemist to the Minetal Water Trade Review," &c., Fellow of the Berlin Chemical Society. Alto, "Serendib" Ceylon (HEGISTEEFD BRAND) Blended with Olhet Fine Growths of TEA. Sold in Tins and Lead Packets, Is, lOd. per lb, CKKTIHCATB OF ANAi.lrsts.-I have submitted to vetycareful analysis a Sample of "Serendib" Tea, ana from the data obtained I certify it to be a perfectly pure blend oi teas of the choicest growth. it, is entirely free from all artificially scented or :o)ouring matters, and has been selected with nuch judgment. It id free from Undue ftBtrin- jency, and yields an infusion both rich and deli- :ate. GBANVILLK H. SHABPE, F.C.S., Analyst, Late Principal of the Liverpool Col- lege of Chemistry, Member of the Society of Cliehiieal Industry, Fellow of the Berlin Chtimical Society. DAVID JONES & COMPANY (LIMITED), i WESTMINSTER STORES, CARDIFF. E1774 JJANIEL QWEN AND QG> (W RI G H T'S) QARDIFF DIRECTORY IKCLDDIMO PENARTfi AND LLANDAFF, WITH TOWKJ* AND VILLAGES ADJACENT TO CARDIFF, And COPPER-PLATE MAP prepared expreosly for this Worit, PRICE. 6a. 6D.; POSTAGE, 6D. EXTRA. HAMS! HAMS I! HAMsTl LIPTONS FAMOUS HAMS! FINEST IN THE WORLD a ONLY 6ld. PER LB. ALL OWN KILLING AND CURING. QUARANTIiKD PERFECTION. No Matter though you Pay Double the Money, FINER CANNOT BE GOT. OTHER QUALITIES FROM 5id. PER Ln- L I P T O N THE LARGEST TEA AND PROVISION DEALER tN THE WORLD. LOCAL BKAN CH ICS CARDIFF-ST. MARY-STREET. SWANSEA—A HCADE BUILDINGS, HIGH-STREET. And in all the Principal Towns of the Kingdom.

THE RELEASE OF MR. J. H. WILSON. LETTER FROM MRS. WILSON. Mr. FreU*VV. Evans (vice-president Oi the Sea- men's Union) informs us that Mrs. Wilson has written to Mr. (iardner heartily thanking tiitn and other friends for the deep interest taken in het husband, and for the arrangements they art making to welcome Mr. Wilson on his restoration to freedom, Mrs*. Wilpou fuitlier expresses hei intention of journeying to Cardiff on the 11th instant, should the state of her health permit, bin adds that up to the present. her medical adviser withholds his consent to her leaving her room. Mi Thot. Burt,M.P., has written to Mr. Evans regretting that important engagements call him to the inartli next week, and adds I trust Mr. Wilson's hettth hus not suffered from his imprisonment, and that, the meeting (on the 13th instant) will be in every respt ct sat isfactory and successful." Mr. John Ounn, nplying to an invitation to tie proposed breakfast on the 13th iost., says he •* regrets thai there should be any necessity for such .meeting, and sincerely trusts that the in- fluence of reason, conciliation, mutual sympathy, and co-operatiou may soon dispel the elements of strife and discord which too frequently blin. ruin and disaster to many homes." Several gentlemen of influence have already signified their intention to be present I ar. the breakfast. The Secretary of the I Reception Committee) Pelican Club, Carditf, invites the friends of labour among all classes to > arpiy for places at the sunfe. It should be stated ihit the demonstration to be held on the evening > of the 13th itist. will be under the iitirhediate auspices of the Cardiff Trades' Council. I

THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY COMPANY'S SHARES. .r The delay which has occurred on the part of the directors in convening a cial meeting to con- sider the report of the Taft VHIH Shareholders' In- t vestigation Committee has given displeasure to o many shareholders. At the last meeting of the j coinpahy Mr. White, the chairman of the commit- 5 tee, promised that the report should be ready in 7 April, aiili, notwithstanding a dglay of some days ? in consequence of the illness of one of he experts, J that promise was fulfilled. The comn.ittee, now- J evet-, nave deemed it piudenf not. to publish their i report until the directors have announced the date of the meeting, and, in view of the large amount of support accorded to the ffiovement for appoint- ing a committee of investigation, they did not anticipate that any difficulty or obstacle would be placed In their way. On tiie 15rh of April a request was forwarded to the chairman of the con pany \asfeing him to make th6 necessary nr- rangements, a hope being entertained that the meeting would bo got through before the Whit- suntide holidays* The prospect of this being done fesma to bu very remote, as no communication has been received from the directors, and it is unusual I to convene n meeting under fourteen days' notice. The committee are determined to withhold the re- I port until the d;¡te of the meeting has been fixed, and in the event of further delay they will. it is I Stated, present a formal requisition to the board, in wl'ich caM it will be incumbent ujpon the dire, "1 tors to arrange for the msetiog Within a gWeti daKt.

WEATHER FORECAST. YKSTKTTTUVS FORECAST. YKSTKHDAT'S Southerly and ? th-wejtei ly Westerly breezfes prevailed Dt-eexes, warmer fine to in the morning, with sbowers> — warm sunshine; wind Veered to eastw'd towards evening, threatening rain The forecast of the weathet throughout the West of nngla'id 1111<1 .MoutJ] Wales for to-day (Tuesday) is III follows :—tioutheriy and south-westerly breezes fine warmer. LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. Tuesday. May 5.—King in F anthem. 0 Lord, how manifold" (Bmnbv). Wednesday, May 6.-Hambv in Is! i hymh, 201. Thursday (AScrillsloii Day), MAy 7.-»Holy Com- munion Eight a.m. and Miad-ty. Morning: Wesley in P ;aJ)them. 0 Risen Lord" (Barnby) j j'ymn, 147 i preacher, the Bean. Aftcrrtoon Stainer in E tiat anthem, Lift up your heads (Hamiel). Fiiday, May 8.-Gibbons in F; anthem, "If ye love Me" (Monk). Saturday, May 9.—Garrett in D anthem, There- fore With angels" (Novello). C. J. VAUGHAN. D-an. A A LSO:P, JgROADMEAD, gRISTOL. J-TL _E.3 I^URNlTUIiE PnrtiesFurhishiftw m JJSOP J_ are iuvited to in- FURNITURE spect. the varied 4 LSOP F StockofFurniture, a^"LlRN|TURE Bedsteads, Bed- LSOP a din», and every FURNITURE r.qui< tet'o!House LSOP! Furnisiiing, at PJ7^URNITLIRE l'r:ce/not to be ,4 LSOP equalled. URNITURE „ — A LSOP CatalosueS Post A. URNITURE Free. A LSOP — J-jL Carpets M'lde and Laid Free, j E1815 MOSLEM X OIGAUITTES, CLUB KHEDIVIALS, ZAKAS, MOSLEM BEAUTIES. Also P.J.S. CIGARETTES IN ALL BRANDS. All at Manufacturer's Price*. THE SURMAH, INDIA, and HAVANHfAH CIGAR COMPANY, 31, HIGH-STREET. CARDIFF, [Kpl2 Billiards I BHliards II Billiards III 6 tables WASHINGTON HOTEL, CARDIFF. E. EASTABROOX, Proprietor ROGERS ALES & PORTERS in 41-GALLON CASKS AND UPWARDS BREWERY, BRISTOL. To he obtained fit the following Agehts in Cardiff, Pttie and Mild Ales from lOd. per Gallon. Stout and Porter from Is. per gallon. WHO SELL NO OTHER BEERS IN CASKS ABRAHAM, L., 123, Clifton-street, Roath. COSOLICH, S., 114, Miskic-street, Cathays. CROUCH, J. F., 34, Eldon-street, Riverside. DAVtM, T., GrOcer, Cvfarthfa-street Roath. FAANCIS, S., Grocer, 1, Donald-street, Roath. JAMKS, W. A., Grocer, 37, James-street. MOBRIS, B., Grocer, Bridge-street. PERSONS, tJ. C., 20, Habershon-st., South Splotlands. PARSONS, T. Grocer, 805, Severa-road, Canton. RiC&AftOs, WM., Grocer, Thomas-st., Grange-town. THOÜNE, G. F., Grocer, Clifton-street. WALTERS and DAWKINS, Grocers, Cowbridge-road. AND AT TIttE CARDIFF STORES, 9, WORKING-STREET FOR LIST OF PRICES AND SOUTH WALES AUENTS SEE "WESTERN MAIL."

"Spinnaker Boom." T Mr. Wooiey has ordered things well for the May Day Show. Last, week when the rain came down with a sustained vigour which none but farmers and vendors of mackintoshes could appreciate the deputy-mayor ven- tured to remark that weather like that woultf knock spots off th« May Day Show. Mr. Wooney, who jwai responsible for alter- ing the date from the first to the sixth, silently placed his forefinger to the side of bis noRe and winked the other eye. This was popularly supposed to indicate that Mr. VV oosey knew what day of the week it was better than anyone could tell him, and, in our very deed, the sixth of May has turned out to be so brilliantly and outrageously fine and summery that Mr. Woosey's wink seems justi- fied. Further, I beg seriously to suggest that Mr. Woosey is the right man to arrange the town almanac, and I trust the council will caH upon him at once to undertake the task, giving him power to fasten the h ilidays onto any part of the year he'thinks fit. In this way we may get an Easter without frost, a Whitsun without rain, and a Christmas with some semblance of snow and ice. We've had enough of Moore's Almanac; let us have Woosey's for a change. Wisdom is oft concealed in mean attire, and even the ratepayers' association has been able to give a useful tip to such superior people as a local government board inspector and the free library building committee. The members of this committee, when jogged up to it, have wisely decided to make the new building fireproof, and it is not likely they will receive any opposition. A collection of hocus is not exactly like a collection of furni- ture. Onoe we lose some of the books we have in the Cardiff library We lose them, for- ever, fof they simply can't be re-placed. The lessons of erecting library buildings without making them fire-proof are many enough. An irreparable loss to the country Was the destruo tion of the magnificent Shaksperian library at Birmingham, and all because of a little cheese-paring in the construction of the building. We don't want a similar experience at Cardiff, and it is well that the building committee has gone in for the safe plan. It is unfortunate that there are numbers of death-traps all around Cardiff. Over and over again I have referred to the dangers that beset the unwary who walk anywhere near the Glamorganshire Canal after dark, and now we hear of a little girl drowning at Llandaff owing to the unprotected state of a bridge across the mill-stream. As in nearly all oases Of this kind, it is somebody who is to blame. No one could tell the coroner who owned the bridge, so the responsibility of protesting it could not he fastened on anybody. It is somewhat similar with the canal. We know who is morally responsible, but it seems that that responsibility can't be legally enforced, and in consequence of this kind of fantastic i-ed-t&peism we have miles of man-traps which have for several years steadily kept up an average of one victim a month. Somebody has been laying too much itress on the Swiftian saying that bread is the staff or life. The bakera have got to hear of it, and the result is far from being agreeable. The price hes been raised to such an enormous extent that the truth has been forced home in a manner that is convincing that man can't live on bread alone. Indeed, it looks as if the time is come when somebody will have to find a substitute for bread, tor we can't go on paying more and more for every loaf we eat. The bakers, in short, must be Sat Upon, Or before long we shall find loaves of bread, both White and browo, selling for similar preposterous prices to those of some teas we hear Of. I am net going to suggest that either Dr. Rhys Griffiths or Dr. Charles! Williams is responsible for this advance in the price of bread, but they will find it rather awkward to get Over the faot that the advance was made during the discussion on the rela tive merits of the white and the brown. < 1 There is juSt the possibility that both Drs Griffiths and Williams will be obliged to ask for police protection before the week is out. i hu only thing that can save them is to keep from the women of Cardiff what their sisters at Parma did yesterday. Bakers are not one whit more considerate in Pftrma than in Cardiff—give a dog a bad name and he lives up to it—so when they saw au opening they clapped on an extra penny per loaf. Then did the womenfolk rise iu their might, and, marching to the tdWO-hall, they demanded of the mayor to bring down the prioe per loaf to its original figure. Heaven save the marquess and the deputy-mayor from such a fate, though there is no knowing what will happen. The grave thing we have to fear, however, is that tho women will go for Drs. Griffiths and Williams, and if those gentlemen are wise they will keep this Parma business quiet as the grave. There was a little meeting of Baptists at Cardiff yesterday, atid the Rev. A. Tilly mentioned that next year they intended cele- brating the centenary of their foreign mission. For this purpose a special fond of & hundred thousand pounds Would be raised for equipping a hundred new missionaries, 1 don't know what the Baptists intend doing with these hundred new missionaries, but if they will take a hint respectfully tendered by a news- paper man they will Send a few of them to Kingston, where they are badly wanted. In a Baptist Chapel in that town the pastor and the deacons have been at variance, and last Sunday there was a rough and general how* dye-do. The minister and his wife and eighty of their foHowera were turned out of the chapel; but their zeal was unabated, and they held a service out ofdoora. The deacons and their friends held their service inside, but when they came out it was to receive a warm reception from the open air worshippers. Here is a good field for a few devoted missionaries. What does the Reverend Tilly think ? » Unlike his professional brother in the urban district, the medical officer for the rural sanitary authority does not distinguish between the male and female population in his returns. Perhaps it is just as well. We have had some disagreeable facts brought to our notice of late by the urban medical officer, whose figures simply prove that woman, lovely Woman, it being rapidly extinguished at Cardiff. I am tired of asking the health committee tobe up and doing, all some day Cardiff will wake up to find that its popula- tion is wholly composed of men. I don't oare a button myself, only there may be some people who would take it to heart, and it is in their interest that I speak. But the report of the rural medical gentle- man is interesting reading. He seems, in fact, to have laid himself out to produce a book that will live. Dr. Priohard is not satisfied with saying that two and two make four 1 he discusses it, and asks awkward ques- tions. Here is an instance. Three Melingriffith workmen were attacked with typhoid fever. A careful inspection of the works failed to reveal any defect as a likely cause for the outbreak; and why should these ybung men be affected more than the other male and female workers ?" t can't imagine. Perhaps the manager was down on them, or they may not have been members of the union. If.* Then, again, two other workmen were attacked in the tame way. They lived in different parts of the pariah, and in both instances the home sani- taryarrangements were defective. Hut," says the doctor, "why should these be affected and the other members of their families escape?" ) cannot say. It is beyond me. It might be better for the purposes oi a medical officer's report that whole families should die together, bj^t hitherto it has been a case of one shall bi taken and the Other left. As to the doctor's conundrum, Kin you tole me, are tinworkers more susceptible to enteric fever than other people P" I give it up, and ask what'a the answer? Surely, and in all seriousness, we have heard enough of the census in its relation to the Welsh language, I go with the secretary of the Welsh Language Society to the extent of believing that some of the enumerators acted in a pig-headedly obstinate manner about supplying Welsh-speaking people with Census papers which included the language column, but the utilisation society and its friends are certainly not to escape from blame, if the census is not trustworthy. On the very Sunday night before the day on which the papers were collected I heard a deacon in a Welsh chapel in Cardiff urging his congrega- tion to absolutely refuse to sign English forms, and to demand Welsh ones. This was ridica- Ilous, and only hampered the enumerators. The object in view when a language column was first suggested was to find out the number of the Welsh speaking people in Wales. Sureiy this could be done with English forms, and without complicating matters, as they were complicated by the utilisation society. That the whoie business has been muddled is beyond question, but the fault is decidedly not altogether that of the census takers.

THRASHING A SAILOR. Treated Worss Than a Dog. At Newport Police-court to-dny Richard Smith, boarding-house keeper, of Potter-street, was charged in custody, and Captain William Jost, foreign shipping master, on bail, with violently assaulting and wourtding Carl Johannessen, a ydung Norwegian sailor, enrly on Wednesday morn. Mr. Moore appeared to defend Smith, and Mr. Digbv Powell to defend Jo.-t. The cailor had been lodging at Smith's house for three weeks and was engaged to go in a barque which was leaving the Old Dock about four o'clock on Wed- nesday morning. He was taken down bv the two defendants, but at the basin he refused 11 go on board, because he had no clothes there. They told him the captain had the;a down the forecastle, but he said that was not good enough for him. They began to biat him with n Stick each one of them had in his hand, Captain Jo<t about the back, And Smith about the head. One of the dock gato men, named Sully, described it as a brutal affair, and said the way in which the defendant served the sailor was w-or^e than he would have served a do?. They broke the knobs off their Sticks with the thrashing they gave the man, atid then pitched him over the rail on to the deck of the ship and beat, him asnin. Finally he was taken away by Harbour Policeman Walter Williams, who fov ndhim bleeding severely from two wounds on the top of the head, and the defendants were arrested. For the defencc it was alleged the sailrf had given both defendants great provocation by r fusing upon trumpery excuses not to join the shi;, Tt e Bench, however, held thatitvwas a very brutal assault whatever the mitigating Circumstances may hive been, and they were convinced that the Norwegian was treated worse than a dog. Captain Jost was fined £3, and Smith JE5, or a month's imprisonment.

BARRY SULLIVAN AND THE ERRAND BOY. There is one story, more or less authentic, about Barry Sullivan which, we believe, has not been in print before. It i-, however, a "wheeze" well known among professional actors of the legiti- mate school. While Sullivan wa-, playing in a provincial town, a little lad was sent to deliver a note to him at his hotel. The lad had seen him at the theatre, and being of an observant mind, had noticed that whenever page-boys delivered letters to him on the stage, they invariably knelt—as, for for instance, in "1tlChard lit." and Richelieu," his favourite plays. So the lad thought this Was the prnper thing to do in handing notatt to the great Mr. Sulltvau, and promptly dropped down on to hi* knees. The actor smiled, and, tapping the little fellow on the head, said in his deep majestic voicer Rise, lad, rise; know that there Is one above greater even than Barry Sullifan."

Bermondsey Blaze Extinguished. The fire which broke out at Messrs. Courages brewery at Bermondsey yesterday was not extm- L'utahpd Until daybteak this mornifig. The cause I -t the lire has now been definitely ascertained to an explosion of malt dust.

Hennessy's Murderers. IMPEACHMENT OF THE JURY WHO TRIED THEM,—FINDINGS OF THE COURT OF INQUIRY. A CORRUPT STATE OF AFFAIRS. NEW ORLEANS, Tuesday (Renter).—After six weeks' investigation the grand jury has completed its labours in the Hennessy ease and the killing of Italians in the parish prison. The report, in its opening paragraph, refers to the killing of Mr. Rennessy ai" a crime whose atrocity is evidenced by the number of bullets which struck him down—a solitary man, who would never have been marked as a victim if he had not filled the responsible position of chief officer of the law." The jury proceeds to review the case, and says:— We cannot be mistaken in the assertion that the verdict of the jury trying Mr. Hennessy's mur- derers was a bitter disappointment, shocking to public opinion, and provoking repeated accusation that aotue of the jury were unfaithful to their office. Careful observers testify with special reterence to the inattention of the jury as the witnesses Submitted evidence, and Were led to conclude that the jury undertook to try the case by their own estimate of the value of the statements made by parties not called as witnesses. They dwelt upon what they knew by reading and hearsay of ceriatn incidents of the assassination prior to the till, and made those the basis of a powerful persuasion for giving the accused the benefit of the doubt, and concluding their delibera- tions in their favour. It is CHAT ly brought out by the evidence of the jurors that as affecting Politz, Schaffedi, and Monasterid the jury, after exciting deliberations, six stood guilty, and six not guilty. This is a clearly defined indication of the convictions of the jury as to the accused, and it impresses us deeply, as it must everyone to whom the fact is conveyed, and forces uS to the conclusion that the evidence wati; sufficient to justify the six jurors who stood for a verdict of guilty making it well-nigh im- possible to reach any other conclusion than a mis-trial. The report then speaks of the efforts to ap- proach and influence statesmen, and says:— A favourite expression was that big money might be made by going on the jury and doing right. It is impossible to doubt, that such attempts Wete made by parties in the service of the defence, which were entertained by some men, but scorn- fully rejected by others., The report concludes as follows :— It is shown in the evidence that the gathering on March 14 enbraced thousands. The first, and most law abiding citizens of the city assetn- bled, as is the right, of American Citizens, to dis- cuss in a pubiic meeting questions of grave im- port. We find that the general sentiment among these witnesses, and also in our own intercourse with the people, was that the verdict ren- dered by the jury was contrary to law and the evidence, and waa secured mainly through designing and unscrupulous agents employed for the special purpose of defeating the ends of jus- tice. At that meeting a determination was shown that the people would not submit to surrender their rights into the hands of midnight assassins and their powerful allies. Mr. Hennessy's assassination shows the culmination of a Conspiracy. His death was deemed hecessary to prevent the exposure and punishment of criminals Whose guilt was being fast established by his diligent pursuit. The condition of afl.iirs in this Community as to a certain class of violators of the law had reached such a state that the law itself was well high powerless to deal with them. In the trial of criminal cases good citizetis arc profoundly impressed by the repeated and signal failures of justice. The arta of the perjurer and briber seemed to dominate in the courts, paralysing the ends cf. justice. Certainly tlds was a desperate situation. In the public meet" ing above mentioned, general and spontaneous in character, as truly indicating the uprising of the masses, we doubt if any power at the command of the authorities would have been sufficient to overcome its intentions. Evidence is before us from official sources that eleven persons were killed in the attack upon the parish prison. In a Careful examination as to the citizenship of those men we And that eight were beyond question American citizens, and that another had declared his intention of becoming naturalised in this court, which action carries with it the renunciation {,f allegiance to the native country. It is a noteworthy fait in connection with the uprising that no injury whataver was done, either to the prison or to property, beyond the one act which Seemed to have been the object of assembling at the parish prison. We have referred to a large number of citizens taking part in the demonstration, estimated by judges at from 8,000 to 8,000, as having been regarded as a spontaneous uprising of the people, and the magni- tude of the affair makes it difficult to fix guilt on any number of participators. In fact, the act seemed to have involved the entire population of the city of New Orleans, so extended was their connection with the affair. The grand jury did not consider itSelt justified in presenting indict- ments. The grand jury's report further shows that Detective Q'Mailey and five men intimately connected with him have been indicted for jury bribing. With regard to the Mafia the report says there are among the omcera and members men born in Orleans, but the larger number are Italians and Sicilians who left their native land, in most instances, under assumed names, to avoid convictions for crimes. Others are escaped conviots and bandits.

CARDIFF PROPERTY AND' MARKETS COMMIT) EE, Barbed Wire Again. The Cardiff Property and Markets Committee met to-day in the oouhcil chamber, under the pre- sidency of Alderman D. E. Jones, other members present, being Councillors Jotham, Lewis, Heme, Richards, and A Rees.—A letter w;.s read from Mr. Thomas Webber, secretary of the Cardiff Artisans' Technical and Art Association, st itmg that il. had been decided to hold an industrial exhibition in August, if a suitable building could be obtained. The temporary market would serve the purpose admirably, and if that could hot be obtained the idea would have to be dropped. The contractor. Mr. Gibson, had consented to allow the building to remain, if he could, in the meantime, use the boarding for advertising purposes. It was stated that the committee coind not give permission; it lay with the free library committee. To that committee the application was referred.— Three more claims for compensation for injury uone by barbed wire were received. The Chair- man sa'd, let the claimants take proceedings. If the committee paid the money they would be getting claims for ever. Mr. Harpur (borough engineer) said the wires were being altered. The claims Were allowed to lie on the table.—It was decided that the new market should be opened for business on Saturday, May 16.-Tender3 for addi- tions to Roath Market were received ,*s follow:— T. R. Waterman, 14, Pl'intagenet-et.reet, £ 912 10s.} Bui ton and Co., 8, Workinjfcstreet, £ 983 5s. lid.; G• King's-road, jl98 18*. 6d.; James Allen, 49, Park'place, £ 1,016; D. Davis, Catherine- street, £1,057; H. Davie*, 11, Clare-gardens, £1,059; J. Gibson, 11, Old Quay-street, £1.006 4:0\, 7d.; John Hopkins, NewporWoad, :£11250; afid John Robbms, 30, Croft-street, :£1,258. The tender of of Mr. Waterman was accepted, subject to refe- rences, «c., being Satisfactory.

8HIPPINQ DISASTER OFF QUERNSEY. Biirlit li Lloyd's agent at Guernsey, telegraphing to-day, says the South Western maiiboat Lydia, from SoUtnamptou to Guernsey, struck the rocks off the north coast of Guernsey this morning duriug a dense fog. The two fore compaitmentB are full of water. The ship now is in harbour safe. j

The Living of Penmark. Says Truth :—The living of Penmark, Glamor- ganshire, which is now vacant, is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester; but, inasmuch n8 it is desirable that the incumbent should be able to speak Welsh, they have made over the presen- tation to the Bishop of Llandaif, in order that he may select from his diocese a properly-qualified clergyman. It is a pity that a similar course is not always adopted bf English patronBof Welsh livings.

Not the Watkin Tower. The London edition of the Eiffel Tower, which Is to be erected on the Wembley Park Estate, ad- jacent to tbe Metropolitan Railway, and within a quarter of an hour's ride of Baker-street Station, MAY be expected to be definitely set before the public within the next few months. The estate has been bought and the foundations have been ARRANGED to be put in; but it is interesting to know that, whenever it is completed, it is not to be ca'led "The Watkin Tower." Sir Edward Watkin, although the chief promoter of the idea, has intimated that, on no account will he allow his name to be used, and his co-directors say the same. They hope that the Queen will permit it to be termed "The Victoria Tower," but, of course, that may be tounfl to chish with tbtlolOble struc- ture in the Pa'ace of Westminster.

[ A GENTLEMAN AND HIS PAGE ■ BOYS. -X3f/ Kilts and Birching; At Croydon County-court on Tuesday (before Judge Lushington) a constable of the Metro- politan Police, named Charles Walkling, brought an action against Mr. Moorson Roberts. a retired solicitor, residing at Hooley House, Couludon, to re- cover damages for an assault alleged to have been committed upon his wife by the defendant.—Mr. Robert Colam and Mr. G. A. Bonner were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Laxton appeared for the defendant, who was accompanied by several servants, including two pa^e-boys in kilts, both of whom sat at a table taking notes in shorthand. to opening the plaintiff's case, Mr. Colam said that for some little time before March last a son of his client was in the defendant's service as page, and in order, he believed, that Mr. Hoberts might more effectually birch them, the boys were compelled to wear kilts, without underclothing of auy kind. It having come to the knowledge of the plaintiff that his son had been set to washagig in the open air on a cold day in February he decided that the boy should leave his situation, and he accordingly gave a month's notice. A few days before the notice expired Mr. Roberts called upon Mrs. Walkling, and asked her to allow her Son to remain until another servant, who was then ih the Croydon Infirmary, returned, but she would not give" her consent, whereupon the defendant gave her notice to quit the cottage she had occupied for several years. On March 24 she went to Hool y House and told her Ion to come home, and it was then that Mr. Roberts committed the assault complained of by ejecting her with great force from the scullery.—At the close of the plain- tiff's case the defendant entered the witness- box and stated t hat he was obliged to remove Mrs. Walkling from his house because she was creating a disturbance and setting the servants a vely bad example. lIe did not use more force than was necessary.—His Honour was of opinion that the defendant unnecessarily ejected the plaintiff from his house, thus committing a serious assault, for which he would pay .£21 costs and damages.

T0TTIE FAY" AT THE SESSIONS. Better For a Long Period of Seclusion. At the London County Sessions on Tuesday (before Sir E. P. Edlin) Lilly St. John, 42, was charged with two cases pf obtaining food by false pretences. Mr. Slade Butler was for the prosecu- tion.—The prisoner was a woman who has for many years been constantly before criminal courts, generally on charges arising out of drunkenness, and who is well known by the name of "Tottie Fay." In the first case with which she was now charged, it appeared that about two o'clock a.m. on April 9 she went to Fisher's Hotel, Oxford-street, and rang up the night porter. She told him to show her to No. 5 bedroom, where she said her "papa and mamma." had stayed the week before. The porter showed her up to the room, and she went to bed, where she remained until about 3.30 on the afternoon of the next day, when she rang the bell and ordered some tea, a chop, and three bottles of ale. The food was brought to her, and she was afterwards asked to leave the house. She said she Waa very comfortable, and refused to go, so a constable was called, and she was given into custody. When she was searched at the police-station no money was found upon her. In the second case she had gone to the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street, about 4.0 a.m and, upresenting herself as a friend of the pro- prietor, Was admitted. She obtained food there in the same manner. The prisoner, addressing the jury, said the was a yoUng lady who had got into much trouble through drink. She had had a situation as lady's maid promised her if she got out of this trouble. Her true age was 26, and she caltlt of a rictt family.—'The jury found her guilty, and a female warder gave a list of her former con- victions.—The learned Chairman said he thought the prisoner would be better for a long period of seclu ion, and he should sentence her to the longest term which could be givea to an in- corrigible rogue and vagabond—that was, to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour.

ALLEGED PERJURY AT OARDIFF. ro- It Arose Out of a shebeen Case. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and Dr. H. J. Paine) William Ford, 43, was charged with committing wilful and corrupt perjury while giving evidence in a shebeen case on Monday last.—Mr. J. R. Stephens, journalist, stated that he was present on Monday when Thoma. Allen, of Madras-street, Grangetown, was charged with selling beet With- cut a licence. The prisoner was called as a witness for the defence. In answer to the stipendiary prisoner said, "I swear positivey—yes, sir, I am on my oath—that I fetched the beer from Courtney's, nearly opposite, but I did not cany back a cask from Allen's house,—Police-i On-tab.e Parsons stated that at 9.17 a.m. on the 26lb ultimo tie saw the prisoner leave alien's house and go across the road carrying an apparently empty cask. A few minutes afterwards he saw the piisoner returning with another cask.—Police- constable Phelps gave corroborative evidence.— Prisoner was committed for trial to the assizes, which will be held at Swansea in August. He was admitted to bail on his own recognisances of £30, and two sureties of j615 each.

RUCTIONS IN LITTLE FREDERICK-STREET. A Weakness for Window Smashing. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and Dr. H. J. Paine) Margaret Jones, 28, was charged with being drunk and assaulting Catherine Collins. She was further charged with breaking 21 panes of glass and the window frame of 27, Little Fredetick-Street, on the 5th inst.—Prisoner had some quarrel with com- plainant's brother, and on Tuesday evening silo went to Frederick-street aud refused to leave the house, Prisoner thtew a jug at the complainant, threw her down, and puiled a handful of hair out of her head. She completed her operations by smashing 21 panes of glass in the window, doing damage to the amount of 16s.—This was prisoner's first appearance, and she was fined 2s. 6d. and costs, or seven days, for the assault; and 1<>. and costs aud 10s. drvma^e, Of fourteen days' imprison- ment, for breaking the windows.

ABERYSTWITH COLLEGE. Principal Edwards Going to Take His Father's Place at Bala. Principal T. C. Edwards, of Abeiystwith College, haR resigned the principalship of the college, over which he has presided since its formation, The rev. gentleman has taken this step, it is stated, in order to accept the priucipalship of the Bala College, which has been without a head since the death of Professor Lewis Edwards, father of the principal of Aberystwith College. Great pressure has for years been brought to bear upon the present Principal Edwards to take the post at Hala, in succession to his late father, hut hitherto he has declined to accept it. His loss to the Aberystwitb College will be a serious one.

PROPOSED FISH MARKET FOR CARDIFF. Mr. Harpur, Cardiff borough engineer, has pre- pared a series of four plans for a fisn market on the Hayes, which were laid before the property and markets committee to-day. Plan No. 1 showed a market 164ft. long and 77ft. wide, pro- viding for a wholesale and retail market, each running from the Hayes to the Glamorganshire Canal, which was crossed by a bridge giving access from BillVterrace. In this design an avenue runs from end to end. The wholsale market is left without stull fDtogements, division walls separat- ing the floor space into nine portions. The retail market contains provisions for 22 lock-up shops or stalls, the front entrance, 16ft. wide, being flanked withthreenshshops. In this design a single span iron roof has been provided for. Plan No. 2 shows a retail market facing the Hayes 77ft. by 92ft. with four shops at the entrance. Thirteen lock-up shops surround the market, and 24 stalls are grouped in octogan form in the centre j and round a fountain designed for keeping the place cool. At the rear of this retail market a space 77ft. by 80ft. has been reserved for a whole- sale market. The octogan shaped-roof of the re- tail market in this plan Is carried up to ab iron dome«shaped. The wholesale market is designed for a single ?pan-tooF. A bridge is here also shown over the canal. The ether two plans ate modi- fiC&tions of the foregoing.

Killed by a Drunken Man. At Burslem on Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of Hannah Bell, aged twelve months, the illegitimate child of Hannah Bell, a widow. It appeared from the evidence that Mrs. Bell Cohabits with a collier, named George Parry. About. ten o'clock on Saturday night She went out to do some marketing, leaving the deceasad in a cradle on the floor. On her return, in about halt an hour, she found Parry sitting on the cradle, ao drunk that he did not appear to know what he was about. She pulled him out of the cradle, and, taking up the child, found that it was dead. The jury returned a Verdict to the effect that the child died from a Verdict to the effect that the child died from havihg been accidentally sat upon, adding an ex- pression of Opinion that Parry was deserving of censure. Tbe Coroner, in censuring Parrv, recom- mended him to maifty Mrs. Bell.

WANTED, a respectable General Servant; also a clean Woman to assist in morning Housework.—Apply Royal Tudor Hotel, Tudor- Housework.—Apply Royal Tudor Hotel, Tudor- J street, Cauditf. E4209h8 j

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S AFFAIRS Severe Financial Pressure Has Been Weighing on His Mind. "Atlas'' writes as follows in the World :-I am informed that the severe financial pr"ssure, which, as many are aware, has been for sotr e time pa-t weighing heavily on the Prince <.f Wales, and which has caused the depression in his manner and aspect that has been so generally observed, is now in a fair way to be mitigated, and that, although it is improbable that, resources will be forthcoming wholly to liquidate the obligations which havegraduajly accumulated around his Roya ne, Highness, there will be averted the necessity,which until quite recently has been seriously apprehended of an application to Parliament en behalf of the Prince. It has been arranged, I believe, that the Queen will contribute a large sum from her ac- cumulations-a. subsidy amounting to several hundred thousand pounds, the administration of which, in the satisfaction of certain classes of th obligations of the Hair-Apparent, will be in the hands of unofficial liquidators nominated by her Majesty. Other measuies are under considera- tion, and among the stipulations to which his Royal Highness has assented IS the assignment to the Duke ot Clarence and Avondale of an adequate and regular income.

A SWAN8EA MP N CHARGED WITH FRAUD. Harry Webb, otherwise Prior, 28, a ship's steward, of no fixed abode, was charged before Mr. Haden Corner, at North London Police-court on Tuesday With obtaining two slims of t2 16s. by means of forged and fraudulent seamen's advance notes. The prisoner had gone to lodge fit the Army and Navy public-house, South Hornsey, and gave the notes in payment, and received cash in change. These notes pur- ported to have been given the prisoner in consideration of his going as steward on board the Minnesota. William R. Phillips, a ship's steward, of 30, Garden-street, Swansea, said he was Steward on board the Minnesota, of the Atlantic Transport Line, which office the prisoner purported to have filled. He had on a previous occasion shipped with the prisoner as an A.B. The advance notes upon which the prisoner obtained the money were not authorised by him (witness). -Mr. William Avery, a clerk fr^m the Buard of Trade, produced the ship's papers, and showed that prisoner Was not included in the crew of the Minnesota.—Mr. Corser committed the prisoner for trial, and refused bail. I j. j..LJ

OVERLOADING A VESSEL AT BARRY. At Cardiff Poline-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and Dr. H. J. Paine) Captain Charles Otto Davis, master of the Nor- wegian vessel Tancred, was summoned under Section 24 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, for carrying all excessive deck load, contrary to the provision of the statute.—Mr, Ivor Vachell, who appeared for the Board of Trade, said the, Act provided thnt no vessel arriving in a British poit between October 31 and April 16 should crrry a deck load Of mora than 3ft. in height. The penalty provided for contravention of the statute was £ 5 for every 100 cubic feet, and as the defendant carried an excessive deck load of 31,500 cubic fe t, he ha 1 rendered himself liable to a fine Of J6155. The Board of Trade, however, did not pres« for a heavy penalty, inasmuch as eight days latei the defendant would have been entitled to carrj the deck load without risk. The voyage, too, was from Bordeaux to Barry, and not from the North 'Sea. where the danger was much greatet.-A fine of £5 and costs was inflicted.

AN AUTOMATIC STAMP MACHINE. The new automatic machine for the sale of postage stamps, which, by permission of the Post- master-General, is to be attached to certain pillar letter-boxes as an experiment, is designed on very much the same principle as the familiar cigarette and sweetmeat delivery boxes one sees everywhere. It takes the form of a box some thirty inches high. and is to be attached opposite to and on a level with the aperture for letters. There is a slit exactly the width of a penny in the upper part of the machine, through which the coin is inserted to drop below and set in motion the mechanism which ejects the stamps. Each strtmp is inserted in the cardboard cover of a small note- book, and is ejected on a shallow tray or shelf in the lower part of the machine, on a rigid piece of metal connected with the tray being pulled out. Special mechanism inside detects and renders use- less attempts to cheat the machine into action by the use of discs of lead or iron.

SIR E. CLARKE'S CAREER. t Sir E. Clarke, Q.C., MP., the Solicitor-General, who will hold a brief in the baccarat, trial, is a fair example of what. can be done by plodding. He is 49 years of age, the son of a tradesman, and formerly a newspaper reporter. His career since the first month he was called to the Bar ha- always been one of steady success; but his great hit was made when he was entrusted with th" defence in the Penge mystery, wheu he un. doubtedly saved the neck of a most wretched woman. He was first returned for Parliament when he triumphantly contested Southwark. Now he is one of the representatives of Plymouth.

THE LATE ARCHBISHOP. The body of the late Archbishop of York will be taken to Peterborough and conveyed to the Chapel of St. James's and St. John's. The funeral takes place on Saturday.

Shoes for a Grand Duke's Daughter. A London tradesman (says Truth) recently re- ceived an order for 64 pairs of shoes for the daughter of the Grand Duke Paul of Russia, a child less than a year old. -<:

GAZETTE NEWS. BANKRUPTCY ACTS, 1883—18S0.—RECEIVING ORDER. William Owen, Hill-street, Rhymney, butcher. NOTICES OF DIVIDENDS. Harry Hayland Winter, Upper Raglan-street* Newport, Mon., trading as H. Winter and Co. at, Commercial-road, Newport, and lately trading at the same address in oo-partnership with James Powell as Powell and Winter, grocers; first, and final dividend, 2-t. lOid. in the E, payable on May 12 at the Official Receiver's, Newport. Edwin Bailey Blackborow, of Newport, Mon., wine and spirit merchant, and dealer in nle, porter, cider, aerated wnt ra, and cigars; first and final dividend 5s. 4tà. in the JE, payable May 9, at the Official Receiver's, Newport. Arthur George Nicholls, of U*k, Mon., and New- port, Mon., boot dealer; second and final dividend 18. ll|d in the j6, payable May 8. at Frederick J. Ackland's, Shannon-court, C01 u--treet, Bristol. ADJUDICATIONS. Thomas Daniel, of Pencader, Llenfihangel- ar-Artb, Carmarthenshire, grocer.

The Press Association is officially informed that the Queen has been pleased to approve of the appoiutment of the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, M.P., to be Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Con- stable of Dover Castle, in the room of the late Earl Granville. Mr. Lyulph Stanley presided on Tuesday after- noon at a conference of the National Education Society, held at the National Liberal Club, to con- sider the proposals of the Government for free education. Resolutions were parsed to resist any attempt to interfere with or hamper the school board system; that no proposal for the abolition of fees can be satisfactory which does not free the scholars throughout the whole school cou rse from fees and bring free schools within the reach of Society, held at the National Liberal Club, to con- sider the proposals of the Government for free education. Resolutions were parsed to resist any attempt to interfere with or hamper the school board system; that no proposal for the abolition of fees can be satisfactory which does not free the scholars throughout the whole school cou rse from fees and bring free schools within the reach of all who desire them; and that effective public representative local management over the ele- mentary school scheme is essential with free edu- cation representative local management over the ele- mentary school scheme is essential with free edu- cation

CARDIFF DAY BY DAY. Councillor Ramsdale has gone to Aberystwith. '1 The next meeting of the Cardiff Football witttbeadividedone. Harry Furnisshasan uproarious picture ''l -31* 1 George Elliot in this week's Punch. The shipments at Barry on Tuetday am' to 16,306 tons, and at Penarth 7,291 tons. The borough police paraded this morning nth. out greatcoats—a sure sign of the appo^cii of j fine weather. Muffled bells were rung at St. Job? 3 Church last night in consequence of the defii ul LUlL Archbishop of York. To-day the first of the fortnightly neetings af the county-court was held by Judgt Owen, ar.y| business was brisk as ever. The Cardiff Shipowners' Association will holttr* Bpecial meeting ou the 29th inst. to elect a repre- sentative on Lloyd's Committee. Members of the Conservative Working Men's Club have a club poet, and they are now talking about appointing a club chaplam. It is suggested that Professor Roberts, off! Cardiff College, will in all likelihood sucf Principal T. C. Edwards at Aberystwith. The 13th of this month will be a feast day Wilson's reception breakfast in the morning, and a dinner to the new tramway employes in the evening. The steamship Drumburlie, which was wrecked off the Smalls, was insured for £26,000, con- siderably less than her market value. Captain NeVill, who lost his life on the occasion, was highly respected. A meeting of the Lord Bute presentation com- mitt-tie wilt be held at the Town-hall on Friday night, when all those who have books out for signatures are requested to attend and to bring the books with them. There is a good original song to be sung at the big Conservative dinner at the Park-hall next Monday night. As the tune is that of "AnDie Rooney," those who intend being present had better get acquainted with the chorus. Errant contractors had better beware of Judge Owen. Witness his honour's ver5' sensible edict this morning to a gaping court at Cardiff. "If a contractor carrying on business cannot pay JNt 7s. 5d. I think he had better give up." Where are the Sabbatarians in the Cardiff Council ? The weighbridge has to be closed for liree days to allow of its removal, and the pro- perty and markets committee make it a sine qua non that an much work as possible shall be done on Sunday. An influential deputation from tbe Associated Chambers of Commerce will wait upon the Lord Chancellor and the Home Secretary on Friday with reference to Imperial penny postage, telegraph communication with lighthouses, decimal ooinage, and other subjects. Cardiff will be represented.

Taff Vale Directorate. MR. INSKJP INTERVIEWED. With reference to the statements which have appeared relative to the late deputy-chair- man of the Taff Vale Railway board and the board's policy, a Bristol Mercury representative called upon the chairman on Tuesday, and asked him whether the facts had been cor- rectly stated as to Mr. George Fisher's views in relation to the Barry competition. Mr. Inskip, though naturally expressing a wish not to enter into anything like a discussion on the subject, said that as definite statements had been made contrary to the facts, he felt it right to answer some of the inquiries, as the erroneous statements bad excited much comment. He said the late Mr. George Fisher's opposition to the Barry project was most determined, as was well known to all parties who were associated with him in the struggle. The chairman himself tried to make an arrangement with the Barry promoters, which he would have sub- mitted to the representatives of tbe Marquess of Bute in the hope of securing a go d under- standing. And a meeting of representatives of :Ioth sides (Taff and Barry) was actually held. The first step was to reduce the Taff tolls, and the figure to which the chairman thought they mult come was '625 of a penny per ton per mile. Mr Fisher trongly objected to the reduction of the tolls, and this broke up the conference. It was well known that a large section of the Taff shareholders would have strongly resented the necessary eduction, and it was not deemed desirable to press so serious a matter with a divided board. The first Burry Bill was rejected by Parliament, and, so far, the opposition was justified; but the decision waa reversed in the next session When the Barry Dock was opened and competition commenced the reduced rate of -55d. per ton per mile for a full train load was fixed upon the strong recommendation of Mr. Fisher himself, who believed that the Barry directors would compel a further reduction unless strong measures were adopted in the first iustance. Mr. Inskip added that tie much regretted that people had waited till after Mr. Fisher's death before making statements which gave an entirely incorrect im- pression. In some further remarks the chairman of the Taff Vale Railway Company assured the Mercury representative that the directors have not the 1 ast intention of delaying the meeting which will be convened to consider the repol t of the shareholders' investigation committee. ¡

INFLUENZA RECIPE. A WORD OF WARNING, TO THE RDTTOR OF THE EVENING EXFEESS." SIB,—The Wtstern Mail of this morning give? a prescription, copied from the Chemist and Druggist, for influenza. May I be allowed to call your attention to the unusually large and dangerous quantity of tincture of aconite ordered. The dose ordinarily prescribed is five to ten drops every four hours. The prescription to which I call attention gives seven and a half drops every quarter of an hour, which in many cases might be attended with very grave results. I am, &c., G. W. GROTE, L.R.C.P 24, St. Andrew's-cre?cent, Cardiff.

CRUSHED ON THE LINE AT BARRY. This morning shortly after nine o'clock, a lad named Hoekl y, who r"sides with his parents at Cadoxton, while engaged in fatting IL t ain on the Barry Railway, wis knocked down, and the wheels of the wagons passed ever hh legs, crushing them severely. He was placed on an engine and brought to C irdiff Station, from whence he was conveyed to the Cardiff Infirmary.

Vagaries of a Clerk. Thomas Stanley Foster, a clerk, was indicted at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday for placing a loaded revolver in the mouth of Oliv, r Lane, with intent to murder him.—Mr. Gill, who appeared to prosecute, said that he had perused the depositions in the case, and he considered that upon the facts disclosed by the evidence the jury would not convict of the major charge. Under those circumstances he askett leave to withdraw the charge of artempted murder, and proceed against the accused for a common assault on the prosecutor. It will be remembered that the offence imputed to the accused took place in an office in Biliiter-square, the prosecutor, a fellow clerk of the prisoner, alleging that, the latter, on the pretehce of examining his (prosecut r's) throat, placed a pocket handkerchief over his eyes, and then put a loaded revolver in bis mouth.— Foster pleaded guilty to a common assauit.—Sen- tence was postponed.