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SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. « 3~~ J f A u, 3 « £ S O O ™ £ <" K S 3 D 1 A § U CO K 'Thurt- (Morning. 5 31~ 4 21 5 15 4 29 4 36 Jay. livening 5 51 4 43 5 37 4 50 5 1 May 21 Height 31 9 29 2 32 31 32 0 21 0 ZT. ("Momma. 6 10 5 4 5 58 5 li) 5 20 S"lday, 1 Kveninn 6 29 5 24 6 18 5 30 5 32 May 22 j He|Klltj"> 3> tj 30 0 33 0 Z> 10 22 3 Satur- i Morning 6 43 5 43 6 37 5 60 5 59 day, Kveninj; 7 7 6 3 6 57 6 10 6 11 May 23 f Height 33 8 30 8 3* 2 33 5 22 10 O T Morning. 7 V5 6 2! 7 1 5 6 28 6 37 xr'n, & Evening 7 43 ^40 7 34 6 47 6 49 May 24 ) Heii;h? 3; 4 so io 34 10 33 9 23 4 xt Moniin; 8 I 6 59 7 53 7 6 7 14 B»en«»K 8 19 7 18 8 12 7 '<5 7 27 May &) HelKht,|t j 34 jj30 ujj5 1 33 9 23 4 m j ,( Morning. jf 38 7 37 3 3i 7 45 7 51 Tuesda v ) g b8 7 55 s 50 8 5 8 6 M*y 26 > iteigi.t 34 a 30 7 34 8 33 6 22 '.1 Weilnes i Morning. 9 19 8 17 S) 11 8 27 | 8 31 day, J Evening 9 39 8 39 9 33 8 51 8 50 May 27 (_Ke!«hL_ j 33 1 29 8 33 7 32 11 | 21 10 *Konth Basin TBaar, Dock Sill. lAiexamiia Dock. ío!lo"]{ Sill.

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. Appon,le,i is a chart of t he barometrical readings for the 48 hours eiKlen Wednesday midnight, as registered ..t. Western Alaii nih,>, Cardiff. The instrument a 33ft,. it vei.

THE RAINFALL. The rninf.ill, m registered at Tredeleroh, Hompney- liill. near Cardiff, for the 12 hours ended 9.0 p.m. last nijrbt, and for each 12 hours of Uie psst week, wa as follows :— ] i9 p.m. 9 a.m. Total. Wednesday 13 I "00 '00 '00 Thursday 14 -00 "00 -00 JiVi.iay 15 -00 "00 -00 Saturday 16 *00 *C0 00 Sunday 17 '43 "15 '56 Monday 18 '22 '00 '22 1'uesday 19 "11 '00 '11 Wednesday 20 '15 — — Total for the

WEATHER FORECAST. YESTERDAY'S FOREO.IT. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER. Tortherly winds, mode- South-westerly winds, ac- rate light; fine gene- companied by a drizzling rally very cold in early rain temperature cold, morning. forecast of tIp weather throughout the West of V^jWtlaiut and South Wales for to-day (ihursday) is as K Jlows:—North-westerly winds, moderate cloudy some rain, perhaps l .under.

NEW STORIES FOR WEEKLY MAIL STORY READERS. NEXT WEEK WILL BE COMMENCED IN THE EEKLY MAIL" A BRILLIANT STORY OF LOVE AND WAR. ENTITLED :— BEATRICE AND BENEDICK: A ROMANCE OF THE CRIMEA. BY THE SOLDIER NOVELIST, CAPTAIN HAWLEY SMART. I The NEW STORY is in its Author's hap. piest vein and most characteristic style. It is full of movement; the narrative proceeds in a lively, sparkling faahio", and there are numerous scenes of highty-wrought sensation. The action takes place in England and the Crimea, the story opening just prior to the outbreak of the war with Russia. From start to finish this new Novel of CAPTAIN SMART'S will be found brimful of interest, exciting without being unduly sensational, full of variety, and with a romantic termination. BEATRICE AND BENEDICK: A ROMANCE OF THE CRIMEA. BY HAWLEY SMART. COMMENCES IN THE WEEKLY MAIL NEXT WEEK. NEW gTORY BY A NEW WELSH A UTHOR. ANOTHER gTERLING SENSATIONAL gTORY Will Commence in the WEEKLY MAIL ON JUNE 13TH. It i. entitled, "P AT HER OR GON?" And ia from the pen of JgJRNEST JJOWEN JJOWLANDS> BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SON of Mr. BOWES UOWLANDS, Q.C., M.P. for Cardiganshire. PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION OF THE BTORY. I he Father and SOli referred to in the title are Monh"ue and Tndor R'1ymolld, the former being II middle-iiged, handsome landed proprietor, and tbe latter a young fellow just completing his education. The agent of the estate is a man named Lazell, who is never so happy 88 when evicting tenants, robbing his master, and speculating with the money thus stolen. Tudor Raymond falis in love wIth the new house- keeper—a young lady whose bearing and education show a superior posItion In life. Father and Son differ on almost every conceivable topic, and when the latter informs bis sire of his inlention to propos6 marriage to pretty Ruth Mil- rain the father confronts him with a marriage certi- ficate purporting to be the record of hia own mar- riage with Ruth. In disgust,Tudor leaves for London,and thence for the Continent. The next day Ruth is found dead in a wood. killed by a pistol shot. Who committed the murder ? The inquest on the body brings little to light. A detective (the comic character of the story) enters Montague icaymond's employ. In his s arching* he finds a silver-mounted pistol in a drain pipe. While lurking near the spot" in the wood, he en- couiltcus Ruth Milrain in the flesh, but before be can bpeak he is stunned by a heavy blow. Lnzeil's character begin8 to be discovered. Be threatens Montague Raymond with a revelation. Meanwhile Tudor Raymond has been induced to return to England. The detectives are in no burry to arrest hIm, much to his 8urpriae. Again the question is raised Who committed the murder ? Montague points to his son, Tudor Tudor points to Lazell and Lazell pointi to Montague aa the culprit. The unravelment of this extraordinary titoationit ably effected, as a perusal of the story will testify. "RATHER OR SONP" BY JgJRNEST BOWEN ROWLANDS, fiABRISTER-AT-LAW. COMMENCES PUBLICATION IN THE "WEEKLY MAIL" ON JUNE IgTH. Business Addresses. TO OUR READERS Should you have any difRoalty no obtaining the EVENING EXPBESS, please oommunicate at once with the Publisher, EVENING EXPRESS Offioe, St. Mary- fttreet, Cardiff. Notes by Spinnaker Boom." Buy the Evening Express" ROATH. J. MARTIN. Post-office, Broadway. A. J. WHITE. 120, Broadway. H. TALBOT 52, Broadway. W. R. THOMAS 3, Clifton-street. W. WILLIAMS.. 16, Pearl-orescent. C. H. SHELTON 30, Shakspeare-street. D. ROWLEDGE 80, Castle-road. THOS. SANDERS.. 110, Castle-road. J.LOCKE 8, Maokintosh-place. W.J. BLAKEMORB, 8, Meteor-street. Racy Tales. Buy the Evening Express" SPLOTLANDS. JOHN ENGLAND.. 35, Splott-road. C. PHELPS 8, Splott-road. C. W. HUTCHINGS Post-office, Carlisle-street. Latest News and Information. Buy the Evening Express NEWTOWN. K. DAVIES R. 29, Adam-street. Best Sporting Service. Buy the "Evening Express" CENTRAL. J. 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"Spinnaker Boom." When I came into the office last night I found the Mail" Answers to Correspondents man lying prostrate on the floor. The waste- paper basket was more than full of the letters he bad been answering, and on his table lay hundreds more to answer. But the poor man seemed beyond answering anything. He was pale as our last edition, and lay so still that I thought he had answered the last query of all. I turned him over with my foot, and then noticed a piece of paper in his hand. In all suoh cases the letter in the man's hand always gives a clue to how he came on the floor, so I picked it up and read:—" 7, --square, Queenstown, Ireland. Sir,—Being an ardent reader of your paper, I beg to ask if you would kindly give me the definition of mar- riage. Having an argument with a friend we decided to have it settled by referring to you! A reply will greatly oblige, yours faithfully, &o." I looked at the prostrate figure on the floor, re-read the letter, and then, deciding that the poor man would not thank anybody to wake him up to such a task as that, 1 emptied the waste- paper basket over him and left. What sort of definition does the Queens- town gentleman want P If he says that mar- riage is another name for paradise, and if his friend says it isn't, experience goes to prove that both are right. Marriage, I take it, is just what you make it. A lottery, of course, to a certain extent; and this accounts for the number of failures. But having a sincere desire to find a satisfactory answer for inquiring Queenstonian, I called on a couple of men of experience, and put the question to them bluntly what they thought of marriage. Bliss said the first one in an ecstatic way pure and continued bliss-a home with a wife and comfort and happiness" but as I only wanted his opinion on one point,and not an inventory of the things that went to make up his domestic contentment, I cut him short, and turning to a man well-known and respected in the town, I put to him the same question. Don't ask me," he said, a little testily and a little gloomily; only I'll say this. If you have a chance to remain single, do so," and he pulled viciously at his cigar. Which brings me back to the point at the beginning of this note-marriage is just what you make. There is no way of settling the dispute of the Queenstown gentlemen, for they are arguing on parallel lines. They had better, therefore, let up and try the experiment themselves. That is the only way to convince them. w A Mr. Lewis Williams says there will be no division of the unsectarian section when a new member has to be elected on the school board; but it may be that Mr. Williams ex- presses this opinion because be thinks the Welsh party will not press what they call their claims. The chairman of the school board is emphatic enough that a trades unionist will be selected, and that that trades unionist is Mr. John Gardner. The probability is that in this Mr. Lewis Williams is right; but what becomes of the great threats of the Rev. O. L. Roberts, who held out hopes of dire punishment if a Welshman were not selected? The leaders of the Welsh party should be a little more discreet. They do some occasional fizzling, and the subsequent subsiding makes them look small. Hence it is better not to fizzle. A friend of mine is making a collection of curiosities of newspaper literature with a view to publication, and having a desire to help him and two minutes to spare, I made a few quotations from yesterday's issue of our Radical contemporary. In a leader on Home Kule the Separatist paper remarked that "the annual convention have wound up their pro- ceedings" and in another article headed An Inoredible Story" I find this remarkable sen- tence: "The attack upon the Manipuris appears to have its origin in events which occurred, on various occasions, commencing with the year 1877 and threading its way on- ward to 1888." It is, indeed, an incredible story, and we want to know who or what is its" who was threading the way. Later on, in a leaderette on accidents, we find the little error of saying that the annual convention "have" wound up more than attoned for in .the remark that "railway accidents, how caused and bow prevented, is always a subjeot full of interest to the. ordinary newspaper reader." Are it, indeed ? • Probably before this merry month of May —this is rasping larcasm-is out, Councillor Thomas Rees will have shown himself sensi- tive to the genial influences of the. season and bloomed into a life-sized alderman. The blooming would have occurred before, but there was a little difficulty in the way. There is a quaint old legal fiction that the town- clerk doesn't know of anything that happens under his very nose till he is told of it in writing by someone who has a standing in the town. Everybody knows that there is a vacancy on the aldormanic bench, and one would think the town-olerk also knew, for he certainly attended the funeral of the late Alderman Waring; but legally Mr. v\ heatley does not know anything about it, and he is expeoted not to know till he gets a notice from two burgesses telling him there is a vacancy. Then all is stir at once. In less than fourteen days the vacancy must be filled, or the town- clerk will be hung, drawn, and quartered, and placed on the town gates as a warning to dilatory officials who are not prepared to hump about when due notice is given. 1 am not sure about the penalty, but the other part is correct, and may safely be backed to win. Mr. Wheatley got to know of the vacancy yesterday, and before many days are over a special meeting of the oouncil will be called to put Councillor Thomas Rees into the maohine and turn him out an alderman. With the single exception of the Cardiff' Tramway Company, Mr. Postmaster-General Raikes is the most unmoved body under the sun. Nothing can shift him. if he sits on any project, that project, as a rule, is not worth swearing at. With Cardiff Mr. Raikes has been particularly kind. We have been drawn together in an affectionate way, and, presuming on the familiarity, he took away our best telegraph clerks; then, because we were unreasonable enough to complain, he called us names. Now again, because we want to get our letters quicker to the West of England than they take to get to Paris and Antwerp, Mr. Haikes says no, the expense will be too great. Cardiff is just two hours and a half away from Bristol, yet Bristol can get its letters away to the West four hours before Cardiff. If Mr. Kaikes doesn't mend his ways soon we will send" Coohfarf" to London to talk to him in Welsh. • It may be that one of the results of the fatal explosion at Newport will be an improve- ment in the laws relating to petroleum. As a rule it takes the loss of a number of lives to move our legislators to action, though in their defence it may be added that it is only through dire accidents that flaws in the law can be detected. One of the first results of the explosion is that men fight shy of working on oil-tank ships, and in one case at least a Newport firm were obliged to take unusual pre- cautions to ensure the safety of the workmen. An analytical chemist was asked to visit and inspect the ship, and then during the rest of the time the men were engaged the ohemist's assistant had to pass through the vessel and test the air every half hour. Every day reports were made, and these were posted on board in sight of the workmen. It is, how- ever, reassuring to learn from the letter of Mr. Kenric B. Murray, that the oase of the Tankerville is exceptional in that the oil it carried differed from that which makes up the cargo of other vessels trading in these ports. This was bad for the Tankerville, but it removes some of our fears for the other oil-tank ships. What we want here is a few of the playful customs of Franee, where at times they order things very well. One morning this week, for instinct, as Hans the Boatman puts it, a blus- tering mayor burst into a newspaper office and demanded, in imperious tones, to see the writer of certain articles which had criticised him in rather severe terms. The reply of the editor was short and to the point. He emptied his revolver at his visitor, who went rolling over the stairs. Why can't I do this sort of thing here p Some- times I get the most irascible visitors imagi- nable, but the laws of this country are so unreasonably severe that if 1 only half- murdered one of my tormentors I might get a month for it. There would be better hope, of course, if oould be tried by a jury of my peers, as Mr. Fred W. Evans puts it; that is to say, if for the time being the palla- dium of British liberty were represented by twelve editors. On the whole, 1 think I am with Mr. Allen Upward in bis attempt to reform the jury system.

A CONSUL IN THE DOCK, Accused of Having Obtained £16,000 odd by False Pretences. The fourteenth hearing was opened at Marl- borough-street Police-c >urt. London, on Wednes- day of the charge against Laurence Woodbine Cloete, the late Consul-General for the Persian Government, of having obtained the sum of jei6,705 from Mrs. Agnes Annie PIIGE, a lady resid- ing in Cadogttn-place, by means of false pretences and with intent to defraud. Mr. J. P. Grain prose- cuted and Mr. Besley defended.—Colonel Eugene Bousquet Deschamps, a retired officer of the French Army, living in Blenheim-crescent, said that in March, 1889, he made the acquaintance of Mr. Clot-te as managing director of the Development Company, und saw him frequently respecting Per- sian concessions, in which he (Colonel Deschamps) was pecuniarily interested. Having made in- quiries respecting the stability of the Develop- ment Company, he subscribed to four companies in addition to the International Company, which be learned in June of Iflst year was to be formed to take over the business of the Development Company. Upon Mr. Gordon's ROSS recom- mendation he took 1,000 shares in the International Company. He was interested in four Persian concessions, of which the Persian Investment Corporation was, in his opinion, the best in the world, because h produced in Germany, Italy, and Spain from jE8,000,000 to £10,000,000 for the benefit of the State.—Cross- examined: At different times Mr. Cloete paid him £4,000 for certain concessions, one of which was that of the Persian Roads Company. The conces- sion of the Persian Investment Corporation had not been cancelled by the Shah, but, through the fault. of the board, it was in liquidation. He knew a gentleman named Hakou- moff who was in the office of Mr. Cloete, and received about £2 or £3 a week as the attendant of the Persian Minister. He did not tell Mr. Bennett the solicitor for the prosecution, that he saw Hakoumoff write the letter which was supposed to have been received by Mr. Cloete from the Persian Embns,-yL and which was shown to Mrs. Page.—The hearing was again adjourned.

THE NEW CARDIFF PARK. A meeting of the pirks and open spaces com- mittee of the CuditI Corporation was held at the Town-hall this morning, when Mr. E. Beavan pre- sided. There were also present—Alderman T. V. Yorath, Messrs. J. Ramsdale, S. A. Brain, W. Symonds, and T. Andrews.—On the motion of the Chairman, a vote of condolence was passed with the family of the late Alderman Waring, who had been a useful member of tbe parks committee since its formation.—Dr. A. Rees attended the committee and asked for permission to allow a band to play In the Loudoun-square enclosure one even- ing a week.—The applicat ion was granted.—The question of erecting shelters for the caretakers of the various open spaces in the town was again con- sidered, and it was decided to construct the build- ings of brick instead of wood.—A letter was read asking the committee to allow the Trinity Cricket Club to have a cricket pitch on the Ely Common. —A slight discussion ensued as the advisability of allowing crickets clubs to play on any particular portion of the common, but the Chairman ulti- mately said the committee could not take any action, as the common bad not been transferred from the property and markets committee.—This was afterwards found to be incorrect, and Mr. Symonds said it was about time that something was done for Canton. Every other por- tion of the town was receiving numerous benefits, but Canton appeared to be left out in the cold.— It was ultimately resolved to urge the public works committee to proceed with the laying down of the sewer in Ely-road, so that the common might be drained.—It was decided to instruct the head- constable to impound any horses or cattle found straying in Roath Park. — The Borough-engi- neer asked thecommittee to engage a head gardener and three assistants, in order that the work of laying out the park might be commenced.—On the motion of Mr, Andrews, however, the matter was deferred for a month.—This was all the business.

Doing Well. The Duchess of Fife passed a good night, and mother and infant are still doing well.

ALONE IN LONDON. A Cardiff Boy of Fourteen Tramps from Bristol to the Great City. Herbert Heydyn, 14, was charged at the Guild- hall, London, 011 Wednesday with wandering and having no visible means of subsistence. Late on Tuesday night defendant WAS seen in Newgate- street by Police-constable Stiuipson. He told the officer tie had NO friends, and had come up from Cardiff.—Alderman G. Faudel Phillips: Is that right ?—Defendant: Yes: I rode to Bristol, and walked from there. I slept one night at Houns- low and ONE night at Maidenhead.—The aldi rman questioned the DOy as to his knowledge of Cardiff, and was satisfied with his answers.—The Alder- man: Would you lik" to get work ii-Defendant: Yes, sir, I should.—The Alderman: Then we will try and find you some. I will remand you to the union for a few days.

CARDIFF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. A meeting of the cabs committee of the Cardiff I Corporation was held at the Town-hall this morn- ing, when Alderman T. V. Yorath presided. There were also present:—Alderman R. Cory, Councillors W. Lewis, T. Andrews, S. A. Brain, D. Richards, N. Rees, E. Thomas, and E. Beavan and Mr. W. McKenzie (head-constable)—A letter was read from Mr. R. B. (Joodyer, manager of the tramway e impttny, stating that he could not continue any of tue old 'busses on the Riverside and Docks route, but he satd he could phca one of the Canton and Docks 'busses on THIT road at nine a.m., one p.m., and five p.m., without inconveniencing tue main traffic.—Mr. Goodyer attended, and explained that he should provide for this service by running the main route 'busses at shorter intervals.— It was agreed that the suggestion of Mr. Goodyer be acceded to.—Mr. Goodyer stated that the doubling of the tram line in St. John's-square had BE^D commenced that morning. He asked that two cans on the stand should bd temporarily re- moved in order that an overland line might be con- structed so as to avoid a break in the traffic. He hoped to have the work completed in a fortnight. — The Head constable was in- structed to sea that the arrangement was carried out.—Two memorials were read—one from the hauliers and another from the merchants at the Docks—with reference to the removal of the hauliers' carts from the West Bute-street stand to Harrowby-street. The memorial pointed out the inconvenience of the present site, and asked the committee to find a more central position for the stand.—A letter was read from Messrs. W. H. Tucker and Co., of West Bute-street, complaining that because they bad refused to sign a petition protesting agains* the removal of the stand the hauliers had declined to work for them. They had taken no part in the removal of the stand, but their did not want the hauliers back again as their behaviour was a decided nuisance. (Laughter.)—No action was taken in the matter.—Mr, E. Beavan referred to the appearance of many of the c*bs in the town, and said they were decidedly ricketty and needed repair. He thought the committee ought to make a careful inspection of the public vehicles.—It was resolvt-d to hold the annual inspection of cabs, trams, Itc., on the 19th of June. —This was all the business.

BAD DRAINAGE IN NOBLEMEN'S HOUSES. It is a striking fact that the mansions of the nobility and great landed proprietors suffer more than the houses of the middle classes ficn bad drainage and imperfect sanitary arrangements. It has just transpired that the young Duchess of Portland hat suffered severely from the fever, from which fhe has not yet fully recovered, caused by the bad drainage of Welbeck Abbey, in Notts, on which the late duke expended fabulous sums of money. It is reported tha> it will cost his Grace the young Duke B20,000 to remedy completely its sanitary defects. It is alleged that his neighbour the Duke of New. castle will require to spend a small fortune to ensure safety for his household from the effects of grievous sanitary mismanage- ment and neglect, though his mansion -Clumber Castle—was not only rebuilt after the fire that partially demolished it, but has not been out of the builder's hands more than ten years. Thoresby, the other great house in the Dukery, which was the property of the Duke of Kingston, the father of Lady Mary Wortley Mon- tagu, is internally A new house, having been re- built only about fiftaen years a«o. But Earl Man- vers, the present proprietor, has just been obliged to spend A good many thousands in order to make it a safe habitation. It is evident that a sanitary inspector is as much needed to inspect authorita- tively the mansions of the rich as the cottages of the poor.

ROUGH ON CARDIFF. The Bristol Mercury of to-day says:—Mr. Raikes has administered a snubbing to that august body the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, which sent up a memorial asking for a better despatch of mails between the small coal" hub and London and the West of England. One of the members at the meeting yesterday said it. WAS perfectly ridiculous that Bristo, where the grass was allowed to grow in the streets, should be four hours in advance of Cardiff in the matter of postal communica- tion with London. We do not know much about grass growing in the streets of Bristol; but if it does, the tact indicates, we should think, the hospitality of the old city. We sometimes get visitors, not from Cardiff alone, who ought to be graminivorous, judging by their resemblance to creatures known to be so. Cardiff has a way of behaving which reminds one of an outsider trying to force his way into good society. A town is pretty certain to get on if it is patronised by a wealthy and public-svirited nobleman.

SEVERN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME The Birmingham Daily Gazette understands that the j65,000 which the County Council of Cardiff, after considerable negotiation, undertook to con- tribute to the cost of improving the Severn between Gloucester and Worcester, has been paid over to the Severn Commissioners. Since we last referred to the scheme some progress has also been made in obtaining from peisons connected with Worcester and the locality further sums towards the £75.000 required. All the authorities and firms who, up till last month, had definitely promised to make advances, have, with one exception, paid over the first instalment, and some have paid the second also. The sum of money now to be raised is very small, and we are informed that if the Birmingham manufacturers who are interested in developing local waterway facilities will render assistance, to even a mode- rate extent, the Severn Commissioners will be in a position to commence operations this month.

BLEW HIS BRAINS OUT. A painful sensation was caused in Dorset yes. terday by the death of a farmer under tragic cir- cumstances. Mr. Frampton, of Beaminster, attached a string to the trigger of his gun, and deliberately blow his brains out.

Railway Automatic Library. New varieties of the" penny-in.the-slot pI machine continue to appear, with somewhat bewildering multiplicity-fpr the convenience of the public and the profit of the patentees. The latest application of the principle is the Railway Automatic Library," which we may shortly expect to see in rail- way carriages everywhere. Nothing could be simpler than the new apparatus. It is merely an oblong box, in sections of varying number, fitted with glass fronts. Each box forms a library in brief. The traveller who finds himself unprovided with the wherewithal to relieve the tedium of a long journey has but TO take 11 survey of the books before him, the titles being plainly visible through the glass front, select according to his individual taste, and then put in his penny. After that, lie slides a knob edgeways, the front of the box tilts forwards, and the passenger can take out the book of bis choice. When be has done with the book he presses it against a spring at the back. The section ttien closes. It is proposed to renew the contents of the apparatus at stated periods. The automatic library will also BE made in shapes more suited to the mantelpiece or table, to be placed in hotels, clubs, waiting-rooms—anywhere, in fact, where it is likely to be used.

Mortality From Influenza. The Registrar-General, in his weekly report, says:—"The deaths primarily attributed to in- fluenza, which had been 10, 37, and 148 in the preceding three weeks, further rose to 266 last week, being more than double the highest number in any week of last year. In addition to these 266 deaths, there were 52 cases in which influenza was certified to have occurred in the course of other diseases. Tbe deaths referred to diseases of the respiratory organs, which in the preceding three weeks had been 471, 588, and 584, exceeding the corrected averages by 83, 219, and 240, were 620 last week, and 303 in excess of the corrected average 352 deaths were attributed to bronchitis, and 297 to pneumonia, against corrected averages of 173 and 100."

Mr. Gladstone's Movements. Mr. Gladstone will leave London to-morrow for Bawarden, where he will temporarily take up his residence at the Rectory.

The Inspector Succumbs. Inspector Doherty, who was seriously injured in the accident with the fire escape in Westmoreland- street, Dublin, un Wednesday morning, has succumbed to bis injuries. This is tbe second fatal case.

PERSONAL PARS. Jottings About More or Less Distin- guished People Culled from a Variety of Sources* The new Archbishop of York is 65 years old. Dr. Magee, was 70 at the time of his appoint- ment. ROYAL HTIQasTTB. Some comment is being made on the circum- stance that no official announcement has been made of the accouchement of the Duchess of Fife. It is usual for the Queen to send out a paragraph in the Court Circular in the clue of other Prin- cesses, or AN official "communique" giving the medical bulletin. In tha present instance nothing1 of the kind had been done up to Wednesday even- ing, and people are curious to know what point of Royal etiquette governs the procedure. SEXAPUTTY OIL SENAPATt f That odd title, t.he Senaputty or Senapatl, which has become so familiar to us of late, means a general or commander of au army, It comes, according to a correspondent learned in the tongues, from sena, an army, and pati, a master or pro ector. The variation Senapoti is a. mistake, ic seems. The Viceroy spells the name wrong throughout his dispatch. To read j-oooe of the accounts it would be thought that Senaputty, instead of a title, was the man's name. A NONAGENARIAN CLERGYMAN. The veteran who lays claim to the title of the oldest clergyman is the Rev. Joseph Hudson, vicar of Chillingham, Northumberland, who was born on the 5th of January, 1793; consequently AT the beginning of he present, year he entered on his ninety-ninth year. He was formerly Fellow of Petertiouse, Cambridge, where his son and grand- son were also educated. For a few years he was Chaplain to the Forces io America, and wa" not appointed to the vicarage of Chillingham till 1866. He enjoys very good health, and is in possession of all his faculties, taking a part of both set vices in church on Sundays. His grandson (tile Rev. John Hudson, M.A.), who is aho his curate, is the author of The Dream of Pilate's Wife," a LJoew published by Kegau Paul and Co., which attracted some attention. A COMRDr OF ERRORS. Mr. Labouchere in Truth says:—Last week, in correcting some wild statements of the World respecting tha financial position of the Prince of Wales. I suggested that probably they were based upon some inteution on the put of her Majesty to assume herself a mortgage upon the Sandrtng- bam Estate, as she had several times during the last twenty years come to the aid of H.K.H. I am informed, on the highest authority, that her Majesty has never given the Prince of Waies any moiiey, nor doe* she contemplate advancing any to B.R.H. for any PURP ISN whatever. I am sorry that., in my correction, I should have been led into error myself, The impression that her Majusty had made such advances, in view of H.R.H. taking upon himself many of the expensive functions usually performed by the sovereign, is a general one, and as fact is britter than impression, it is well that there should be a specific contradiction of it. THE lUNG OF SPAIN. The little King of Spain is just five year* old— lively, restless, a tease, tres diable, and extremely precocious. He dreams of uniforms, regiments, Dags, and bugles. He no longer wants toy-horses, but has been asking his Royal mother for the last two years to give him a hori-e with flesh aod bones. He says thou" to all the world, and calls old generals by the diminutive of their names. Thus the chief of the military department is "Juanito," and Marshal Martinez Campos becomes Campi- tos." His grey-haired governess is his "Paca." The young king is uncommonly intelligent for his age; he learns with great facility, and would become too advanced if his 11,0ther did not inter- fere. He talks English already quite correctly, and would like to be always reading. He if. very obstinate. If he wants a thing and caunot get it he gets into a rage, which tue Queen Regent alone can appease by a gentle, quiet word. He is im- patient to grow up to be a man, and above all to have a moustache. NELSON'S REPORTED "LAST WORDS. If the story of the late Admiral Smythe, which is now being hotly discussed, is truH, one of the most pathetic passages in Southey's "Life of Nelson"—A PASSAGE which has been read with emotion wherever the English language is under- stood—mu3t be regarded as purely fictitious. Admiral Smvtlle was told by Hardy, that after b-ing struck by the fatal bullet Nelson never uttered a word. The whole dialogue be- tween Nelson and Hardy was invented, according to this account, by Lady Hamil- ton. Nelson never said, Thank God, I have done my duty." He never said, "Kiss'me, Hardy'' He never said, I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia a legacy to my country." But. after all, the etory as told by Nelson's biographer, and believed by his country- men for years, can hardly have been more unlike the exact truth than the authorised and received version of any number of incidents equally im- pre-sive and equally unfounded. The last words of Nelson are at least as credible as the speeches put by Thucydides into the mouth of Pericles, or as the famous Up guards and at which was not what Wellington said at Waserloo. MR. WALTER OF THE "TIMES." Not the least interesting personage in the list of Mr. Childs' friends was Mr. Waltur, the pro- prietor of the London Times. A reserved man he was," says the former, in an inteiview with Mr. Julian Hawthorne, "like so many Englishmen, and rather reticent as a general thing; but, b»neath the surface, very kind and warm-hearted. He had a remarkable mind, comprehensive, of good judgment, and with the faculty of selecting good men to work for him. He had a son, a very able young man, whom he was training to succeed him on the paper. He had sent him to America to become acquainted with the country. He wished to observe a friendly policy towards this country. Well, the circum- stances of the death of his son were tragic and extraordinary. Mr. Walter's father had made an ar uficiallake on his place at the cost of 150,000 dollars. One winter after it was finished his son, who was about 25 years of age, went oc the ice, and it broke, and he was dtowned in sight of the family, who could not save him. The shock almost put an end to his father; it changed him a good deal—softened and sweetened him. He was a kind man to the poor people near him; he main- I tained a school foi the boys, and the reward of the best scholar in the class was to be employed on the paper,"

JEALOUSY AND MANSLAUGHTER A Cardiff Man Killed by an Umbrella Thrust. At the St. Pancras Coroner's-court on Wednes- day Dr. Danford Thomas held an inquest on the body of John Hackett Jones, aged 48, a carpenter, for causing whose death another carpenter, named Edwin Jones, is now under remand.—The evidence of Jane Jones, the deceased's widow, was that five years ago she cohabited with theprisoner Jones, by whom she had two children. She left him then because of his violence and bad conduct, and went to Wales. At Cardiff recently she married tht deceased, who had formerly worked with Edwii Jones as a shopmate, and they returned to Londot- While on the night of Friday, the 8th inst., tie witness and her husband were walking uloig Euston-road at King's-cross, Edwin Jones (whon she had not seen since she left him five yellls before) suddenly accosted the deceased, called hm a foul name, and plunged the end of his umbrela into his facs, and then decamped, pursued BV ne witness, who followed to get. his address. ile eluded her, however, but was arrested the next day at his lodgings, 223, Pentonville-road. Site íot his umbrella and handed it to the police.—The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter agninst Edwin Jones,

Piano and Organ Combined. I A new instrument, The Linardion," was intv-I duced to the notice of London on Wednesday which. seems destined to be of service to seveal classes of musicians. It is a new combination Jf piano and organ, and is very simple. In appfi- rance it is an ordinary piano with a reed-b'X under the key-board, and by a vey ingenious, yet simple, set of stops aid swells, one can perform on either ,0 organ or a piano, or both combined-thRt is, tJe melody can be played sostenuto with an organ OR piano accompaniment, or in any other combim- tion, and also oue can get the effect of the instil- ment; of an orchestra. It should therefore be of use in operatic and chorus rehearsals, especialy for good church music.

Building By-laws at Cardiff A special meeting of the public works comaittee of the Cardiff Corporation was held at the 'Pwn- hall this morning for tbe purpose of considering the new by-laws for the control of building >pera- tions in the town and other work* of puthc or private improvements. Alderman D. L-ws pre- sided, and there were also present Messrs. jRams- dale, T. Morel, E. Thomas, C. Shepluwd. W. amends, and W. Harpur (borough engineer).—YMth the exception of one or two sugg<s»ted nierations, which were ordered to be printed, it Wp resolved that the by-iaws be adopted subject to tie approval of the Local Government Hoarn.

Back to London Lord Salisbury left Glasgow c".tra] Station at ten o'clock this morning for 1/ndon. and was loudly cheered by a large crowd JF people. The Premier passed a good night. T-e neuralgic psins [ and insomnia have DISAPPEARED Å

CARDIFF DAY BY DAY. The shipments at Barry on Wednesday were 18,212 tons, and at Penarth 3,071 tons. Alderman Jacobs's painting has been hung in the council chamber, and is attracting great attention. The amount received in tolls at the new Cardiff Market on Saturday last was £27 odd. Next \ve;k« it is believed, the amount will reach JMO for the day. Mr. Williams, of Monmouth, who met with an accident at, the last Ely Races, is still an in-patient at the infirmary. He continues to progress favourably. Miss Jessie Williams, daughter of Mr. Isaac Williams, who was formerly connected with the Westeru Mail, has patised in the honours section at the la-t examination of the London College of Music, held at Cardiff. The young lady is but fourteen years of age. We are pleased to learn that Mr.T.R. Thompson, of Erw'r-delyn, Uandough, one of the directors of the Barry Dock and Railway, who has been con- fined to his house by a severe attack of influenza, was slightly better on Wednesday night. He is still very weak. Colonel E. S. Hill, C.B., M.P., is the only candi- date nominated to represent the Cardiff ship- owners on Lloyd's Committee, and his election on the 29th will be unanimous. In Colonel Hill and Mr. John Gunn, Cardiff will have two excellent representatives on the committee. A goodly gathering of tho ratepayers of the Central Ward is expected at, the Working Men's Conservative Club to-morrow night. Councillor Parker is to preside, and Mr. John Gunn will address the meeting. The fact that the meeting is held in the chief of the go-ahead clubs in Cardiff ensures a large attendance. Members of the exchange reading-room in the Town-hall are gloomy over their coming eviction from the gossip shop." A melancholy gathering may be seen gazing sadly out through the window every morning. It is thought that in future they will meet under the Batchelor monument. The remains of Sister Leaver, the nurse at Cardiff Infirmary, whose death was reported in these columns on Tuesday, will be conveyed to Bath on Friday for interment. The funeral cortege will leave the infirmary about twelve o'clock, prior to which the Rev. R. J. Ives, vicar of Roath, will conduct a short service in the institution. Some half-dozen stall-holders in the new Cardiff Market have petitioned the property and markets committee to keep the market, open until nine o'clock in the evening instead of seven. The com- mittee, however, have decided to give the present system a fair trial, and they declined to make any alter ition in the closing arrangements for at least five or six months. It is stated that there was another candidate in the field for the post of assistant overseer for Roath, but that he and his friends were this morn- ing affrighted by the crowd of Wesloyans who were making tr icks for the parish school-house, and therefore elected to stop away r.ither thau suffer ignominious defeat. After all, the newly- appointed officer has a claim over all others, he having assisted his brother in the parish work for years. By the demolition of the Borough Arms at Cardiff one of the old landmarks of the town will be re- moved. The property was purchased some time ago by Messrs. Howell and Co., the Cardiff drapers; and Messrs. Shepherd and Sons, who have the contract for rebuilding the premises at a cost of something like JM,500, have commenced the work of demolishing the existing structure. the licence will be kept going by Messrs. Howell and Company, and the new building will greatly improve the architectural appearance of this part cf the town. riie borough engineer's staff of assistants pre- pared the bills of quantities and specifications with reference to the new Roath Park after their ordinary business hours. The amount charged by them for this work is £36 odd, and the committee nre glad to have been let off so cheaply. If the work had been done by a competent man outside Mr. Earpur's department, the charge on the usual 1$per cent. commission would have amounted to £390. Some gentlemen who are interested in athletics, and who also recognise the fact that the Cardiff Infirmary deserves every possible support which can be given to it, are organising an athletic festival for the benefit of the institution. It is intended that the festival shall be held annually, and the first will probably be fixed for the 1st of August at the Snpliia Gardens Park. The whole of the prizes will probably be given by tradesmen and others, and the committee hope to be able to devote the whole of their takings to the funds of the infirmary. Alderman T. Windsor Jacobs, J.P., has consented to act as the hon. treasurer. About three o'clock yesterday aftsrnoon four canal bargemen, who had apparently been im- bibing rather too freely, jumped into the canal near the Tunnel in Queen-street. They had all their clothes on when they jumped in, aud a couple of the fellows scrambled out and jumped in again. The temperature was cold at the time, but this did not seem to make any difference to them, for they were in the water quite fifteen minutes. Mr. John M'NicoII, the acting manager of the Empire, who, we believe, has had some experience in rescuing people fyom drowning, was preparing to go in, but when he s iw what the affair realiy was he walked away. Mr. M'NicoII looked as if he would have liked to engage them to repeat the performance at the Empire.

-0_ GLAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL Meeting of the Count, Roads Committee. A meeting of the roads and bridges committee of the Glamorgan County Council was held at tha county offices, VVestgate-stree:, Cardiff, t',ÍB morning. Mr. J. Blandy Jenkins presided, and there were also present—Messrs. R. Forreat, T. Jenkins, J. M. Smith, H.O. Fisher, R. H. Rhvs, D. P. Davies E. Edwards. R. Lewis. H. Hopkins, B. W. Martin, T. Mansel Frankien (clerk),' and T. Lloyd Edwards (surveyor).—Some discussion ensued as to the steps to be taken towards preparing a statement of the im- provements ot main roads throughout the county in order to make them not les- than 16ft. wide.— Mr. Forrest suggested that each member should furnish the particulars of his own particular district.— Mr. D. P. Duvies thought the report of the county surveyor ought to be printed and circu- lated among the members, and then t hey would know what they were tatkicg abou'.—Mr.. R. H. Rhys thought it would be far better if each mem- ber Iboked after his neighbour's district. (Laughter.) —The Chairman said he believed the cost of the work so far as It eouid be done without buying land would be about £5,300, and he suggested th it the amount should be added to the maintenance of the roads account for one year.—Uliimately it was decided thrt the county surveyor be granted special assistance for the purpose of ohtaining the necessary information. When that had been done the report, would be printed and sent to the mem- bers.—The other business was of a routma character.

The Price of Foolhardiness. Alfred Richmond, aged eight, years, son of a miner living at Stairfoot, Dear Barnsley, met his death under sad circumstances. Deceased and another lad. named Moxon. were playing near an old water pit belonging to Old Oaks Colliery. They pushed a heavy lorry away, and the pit's mouth was covered with pieces of timber. Deceased ventured to walk across, when one of the planks gave way, and he fell to the bottom cf the shaft, a distance of 130 yards. A man on descending found the lad quite dead.

Drink and Suicide. The West Kent coroner held an inquest at tha Dover Castle, Greenwich, on the body of Robert Turner, aged 38, of no home. Deceased was much given to intemperance.—Thomas Flight, lamp- lighter, found the man hanging by a piece of string to the bottom rail of the coping of St. Alphage Church.—The jury refused a verdict that the deceased committed suicide by banging, at tha time labouring und.iT mental derangement through intemperance."