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tJOUTH "jLEIS TIOJI; TABLE. ». j » i I !if I I j I S3 § I o 1 I a» $atur- ( Morning. 6 44 I 4 Zi 5 23 4 41 4"i4 day 1 Evening. 6 5 ] 4 57 6 61 5 2 6 11 April 9 (Height 30 11) 28 6 31 6 32 1 120 0 c (Moruiug. 6 251 5 17 6"Tt 6 22 & 23 6 40 5 35 6^ 540 648 APlii Height 31 11128 8)32 8 33 0 23 5 „ ( 6 67 5 62 6 46 6 87 S 0 iT < Bwing. 1U 6 8 7 2 6 14 <5 24 A^11 11 < Height 33 6' 30 2 ) 33 U 33 7 23 0 i Morning. 7 27 7 18 4 §36 Kvenitic 7 43 «40( 7641 6 43 I 6 52 A^al2( Height 34 & 30 11134 11)33 9)23 9 WeAite* k Muruiug. | 1 57 6 54 7 48 6 57 57 6 <lar. ■< Evening. ] 8U 7 8 8 2 7 11 7 20 April 13 ( Height 1 34 11 31 3 I 6 3t 0 2'4 1 Ti< Uorttiuc. 8 25 t 7 23 8 1*7 7 25 7 35 d»y, liveuiflj. 8 39 ) 7 33 8 32 7 39 7 60 April 14 Height 34 101 3l I 35 4 33 9 2S II iTriA.^ (Morning. 8 53 ) t 61 ( 8 45 | — — 97185 8 591 | Height 3; 0 30 5 34 6 J — — -lioatil Sarin IBast Pock gill. ]Alexandra Docks tDock 8111.

TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. TV.NPXXATU=. Date. Max. Min. Mean. IUHJFAI*. Sunday. 3 68 *6 K'6 0*90 MxindAV.. 4 68 39 53'5 0*00 Toeaday 5 62 40 61.0 o-cø Wed Dead !iy. 6 65 40 62*5 0*00 Thursday7 71 46 £ 8*6 C'OO Friday B 66 41 &3°5 0*00 Saturday 9 66 49 U-5 0*00 The Tempm-two represents extreme reldtep of the thermometer for 24 hoar* ended 9 a.m., takes In the Mtade at Tredelerefa. near Cardiff. The Rainfall registered at TredeJerch, near Cardiff, or the 24 hours ended 9 a.m.

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TOWN TALK. (BYQUI VIVE.) CARDIFF, SATURDAY. A Bull Pup at the Assizes. M There was a bit of rare too in the Crown Court yeetelday." Wbot was it?" "Somehow or otiier a fine epecimen of a thorough bred ball pup got Into the court and calmly stretched himselt out under the table in the well, and close to Mr. Abel Thomas, to that tentte* isan's intense disgust and uneasiness. The worthy counsellor was conducting a case at the time, and you should have seen how careful be was not to move his feet for fear of treading on the brindled beauty. How the other barristers did laugh and enjoy the tun." Ha, ba! what a jofceat would be." *YMi,«fi-tbef(*ati9ffien.of wif and gown were The Witness Got the Drop. "What idiotic remarkathe legal would-be luminaries do make." t,'> Rather." u Here's an instance. In the Crown Court yes- terday a witness, Raving evidence in the Cadoxton case, said the accused men were formed into a semi-circle, when one of the prosecuting counsel, thinking be was going to score a point, whipped in with the remark, Than they would be round the complainants P The witness, a sharp fe!low> retorted,'Well, I didn't know that a semi-circle could go round anyone' and. everybody in court laughed at the neat manner in which the counsel was trapped." M Yes, the witnees got the drop that time." looking After No. One. ——————" What self-advertising fellows some of these barristers are." "Come, that's rather a sweeping assertion." Not a bit of it. I'll give you a case In point. A barrister engaged in a paltry little case in the Crown-court yesterday made no end of a fuss about his name appearing in the papers, and half- a-dozen messages and notes were sent to the reporters asking them to be sure and mention it." u Well, did they V Yes; they thought it was probably the poor beggar's first case. So they gave him a free advertisement, which was what he wanted." Delightfully Pleasant (?). "I sometimes wonder what some folks are made of." -Why p" Yesterday afternoon, while everybody in the Crown Court-judge, barristers, pressmen, jury- men, and policemen—were gasping for breath in the stifling atmosphere, a man, dressed up to the nines In a light and airy summer suit, sauntered gently in, dropped into a seat and smilingly volunteered the information that It was delight- fully pleasant and cool, doncherknow If my lud' hadn't been looking that man would have been kicked. As it was his almost asphyxiated neighbour could only swear." A Bishop in 8 Pub, The Bishop of Llandaff doesn't care where be goes as long as he can do a good action. "He is certainly very active, and takes a thorough interest in his work; but what are you referring to ?'* ( I have just received an intimation that his lordship will attend at the British Volunteer Hotel' the Hayes, at seven o'clock to-night for the pur- pose of unfurl ing a new banner to be presented to the Pride of Ely Court of the A.0 J. by the Widows and Orphans Fund Seciety. His lordship is an honorary member of the Pride of Ely Court.' There ought to be a good muster of members." Sir E- J. Reed and the Shipowners. .———————" Have you seen the letter written by Sir E. J. Reed to the secretary of the Ship- owners' Association in referance to the Merchant Shipping Act Ameodment Bill ?" M Wo. Th. followed the telegram, I suppose ? Yes." Well, what does be say ?" "He fences with the question, and doesn't deal with it in a straightforward manner." A bit of double-shuffling, I suppose. "That's the best term you can apply to it. Of course, be wants to keep in with the shipowners if be can, and at the same time be must not offend the seemene II What are the shipowners going to do f" III believe the secretary (Mr. Hawkins) has been instructed to write a pretty strong letter to his fcnightsbip, but I haven't seen it myself." Our Birthday. Come along with me to the 80,.1. I've just been looking for someone to join me in a drink." « What's the occuioa P" It's the anniversary of our birthday." 01 Our birthday. What do you mean P" £ *The birthday of the JEayrew. It first saw the light five years to-day, and has now got quite strong and hearty." M Right you are. Here's to its good health and prosperity." A Coincidence. N n. « Twelve months yesterday J. H* Wilson was convicted at Cardiff and out to prison for six weeks." If What of that J" "It is rather singular that on the very same day another labour leader, Williams, of Swansea, the president of the National Labourers' Unions should be sent to gaol for a month for shooting his wife:, "The very same day. eh ? It is singular, cer- tainly. As unlucky day for trades unionists, I should say. Was It a Trap P,l "Are you insured against aco dente P" MI thought of taking that step; but 1 have altered my mind after listening to the arguments and evidence in a certain caae. A claim was made upon a policy of insurance. The society didn't pay up, although the deceased met with hit death accidentally." .1 What was the defence ?" "They sheltered themselves behind certain pro- visos, under which almost every conceivable fatal accident was attributed to the wilful and wanton I conduct of the person insured, Learned counsel described this as a trap," and the judge said this would be a funny world if everyone atwaye chose the safest alternative. Life be aid, would be hardly worth living under such conditions."

DAY BY DAY, Judge Vaugban Williams is the sweetest-tem- pered of all the judgee; be never shows the least irritation. Li&neily supplied the longest can yet tried at the Glamorgan Assizes. Of course, it was about tin-plates. IIr. and Mrs. Ben Evans, of Swansea, who have been wintering in Egypt and the Riviera, have just arrived back at Swansea. A social event of some importance is the dance which the Clive (Dames') Habitation of the Prim- rose League purpose giving shortly at Cardiff. The two judges at Cardiff this week are among the most popular and good*natured who have ever been down in this part of the country. A day or two ago the Tonypandy Radical Association was quietly buried. Tbe funeral was a private one, and the grave was strewn with primroses. Early spring boney is not good. Our chief bad a big supply on Tbursday, aDd we all counted on it sweetening his disposition. Alas! it bas only made him wbxy. During May, June, and July Mr. Bowen Row- lands, Q.C.. M.P., and family will stay at Criccietb, North Wales, where they have taken a furnished house for the purpose. Gold watches are to be substituted for gold medals to the members of the Newport invincible football team. The" oaf "ÎI flowing in eta rare rate for the presents. l Yesterday the Abetdare Loea! .BoMd ^received' applications from six persons for allotment ground this being the first request which they have had since the passing of the Act. A statement of the half-yearly accounts sub. mitted by the Aberdare Gas Company to the f ocal board yesterday shows that they had been i enabled to declare a dividend of 8 per cent. Is Welsh making headway in Monmouthshire? The county council is about to appoint a coroner, and the notice says that "a knowledge of the Welsh language is desirable." They are doing all they can to cover his corners. At a meeting held in bis favour at Ponthir on Thursday night, a vote of confidence was passed (not unanimously) in favour of U J. A. Profumo, Esq." Italian papers please copy. A new roadway, the outcome of an idea by Mr. Nevill, Llanelly-its composition being tarred macadam-is laid down in Caer-street, Swansea, as an experiment. Mr. Nevill, it is said, pays the cost of the trial. Amonp the unfair statements made about Mr. Robert Hughes when he was contesting the Central Ward of Cardiff was the one that be was too busy a man to devote any attention to town duties. An answer is supplied in the school board returns of members' attendances, Mr. Hughes beading the list with the highest percentage. "Isn't he just like Sir Henry James?" was the general remark about Mr. Eldon Bankes at the assizes at Cardift yesterday. Mr. Bankes, who practices at Chester for the most part, is pleasant and agreeable to a degree that witnesses regard him as a life-long friend, and tell him anything he wants them to. That superior person, the Rev. J. Matthews, of Liberationist notoriety, made quite an impression the other night at Treherbert when he said that curates was a title well worthy of that class, because they were, as he said, ci-rats (rat dogs). And yet people say Mr. Matthews has not a delicate wit. Some people who were in the Nisi Prius Courtf at Cardiff yesterday were astonished to find the high-sheriff following as if he understood it a tin- plate case, which was Greek or Morienic Welsh to everybody else. Mr. Rice Daniell owns a tin-pl*^ works, and, therefore, knows a thing or two, •« Yes, he do." Unlike some of her Majesty's judges, Sir Roland Vaugban Williams stands up for the veracity of the Welsh people. Yesterday he referred to another characteristic of the race. My country- men," said be," have a reputation for not answer- ing questions in a hurry. They give two or three answers before the final answer, and thus carry the national caution a little too far." There seems to be a great demand in these days for Calvinistic Methodist deacons. Are they better politicians than the majority of their fellow-men, or have they more money at their disposal ? As many as fifteen gentlemen belonging to the II Hen Gorph" are going in for Parliamentary honours in the forthcoming general election, five of them in the Conservative interests. An interesting marriage is to take place before the end of this month. The happy couple are Mr. Ellis Jones Griffith. barrister, and Fellow of Down- ing College, Cambridge, and Miss Mary Owen, R.A.M., whose name is known throughout Wales. Miss Owen's health is now quite established, her trip to South Africa having brought about a tboroucrh chanse for the better. The latest acquisition to the ranks of the dis- believers in the "Waiea for the Welsh" cry are Mr. Brynmor Jones (Liberal candidate for the Mid-Division of Gloucestershire), Mr. Ellis J. Griffiths (Liberal candidate for a Liverpool division), and the Lord Mayor of London. They, evidently, are of opinion that England also ought to be a sphere for the Welshman to develop his talents. There is one. however, who is burning with love for his native land, and who is willing to sacrifice himself on the altar of patriotism by vainly attempting to win a seat in Parliament to represent bis native Wales. He is—Baron Profumo Jones. Mr. Gwilym Evans is improving at a rapid rate. The cares or the dignities, the honours or the responsibilities, of that office which has put the top atone on bis ambition have developed a depth and breadth of disingenuous modesty which is charm- ing. The naivete with which he told the Car- marthen art crowd on Thursday night that he knew he was not invited to distribute the prizes because be possessed any special fitness or affinity with art, but only because he happened to be chairman of the technical instruction committee, and Carmarthen Art School would shortly ask for a grant from the county funds, was simply delightful. The late Mrs. Herbert, Hansantaraid, who died in bar one hundredth year, has several sons and grandsons in the Welsh Church, among them being the Rev. D. Herbert, rector of Tremain, the Rev. J. Herbert, vicar of Cilrhedyn, and Mr. Herbert, curate of Llaodrindod. When afflicted with blindness two years ago, the venerable Mr Herbert, then in his 75th year, was much per- turbed that he was not able to recognise some mischievous youths who were misbehaving them- selves in church. But," said the old vicar, with full faith in the operation he was about to under- go, I warn you, boys, that I shall soon be able to see once more, and then you had better look after yourselves "-a prediction which has happily been fulfilled. Sir George Jenkinson was not (says the Star) quite so fierce a Churchman as the late Mr. Howel Gwyn, of Dyffryn. Sir George only excluded from the settlement of his estates any person who should not profess the Protestant religion, whereas Mr. Gwyn shut out from benefit under his will anyone who left the Church of England. The plate which the peppery Protestant baronet bas settled so securely on future Jenkinsons is the superb gold service he inherited from the Earl of Liver- pool. Ecclesiastioal traditions are strong in the Jenkinson family, for Sir George's father was the noted pluralist who bold at one time the See of st. David's and the Deanery of Durham, and whose great achievement was to make the deanery dinners and cellars famous throughout England. This is about the Cardiff Law Llbrarf, Sir,— I notice in your' Wales Day by Day' that you ask whether it would not be Well to keep the Cardiff Law Library open until the courts rise during assizes and quarter sessions. You go on to say that Mr. Bowen Rowlands was running all over the place for the report of a case. If by the Car- diff Law Library you refer to the library belong- ing to the Cardiff Law Society, permit me to say that that library is invariably kept open until the courts rise during the holding of assizes, quarter sessions, and county-courts, and that the judges and barristers have full access to it. Mr. Bowen Rowlands assures me that be yesterday applied to our library for the book he wanted, and had it without the least difficulty. As yoftr note is cal- culated to reflect upon the management of our library, will you oblige me by inserting this letter in your next issue.—I am, kc., G. F. BILL. Hon. Sec. to the Cardiff Law Society." Mr. Hill is right, of course perhaps Mr. Rowlands had lost his way when we saw him fussing about.

None of our readers should miss the opportu- nity of seeing Sir Noel Paton's wonderful picture, "The Choice," now on view at 12, Duke-street. Mr. Freke having been prevailed upon to give evening exhibitions from seven till ten o'clock, confers a boon upon many whose business engage- ments prevent their coming during the day. f IC2360

LOCAL WINDING-UP NOTICES. The London Gazette of Friday states that at an extraordinary general mojting of the members of the South Wales Clay Tobacco Pipe Manufacturing 'Company (Limited), recently held at the Great Western Hotel, Cardiff, it was resolved that the company be wound up voluntarily. Mr. n Clarke was appointed liquidator, and Messrs. G. Watson, D. E. Daviea, Williams, and M. Morgan were appointed as a ooinmitbee of inspection. „

JUMPING ON POOR ALFRED THOMAS. f The Radical Federation Committee, at a recent meeting, Unanimously Condemned Mr. Alfred Thomas' Welsh Institutions Bill.

Club and Society Gossip. « COUNT TOLSTOI'S DICTUM. Count Tolstoi once declared that Russia was utterly ruined by drunkenness and dishonesty. # NATUBAIXY. Prince George of Wales (says a San Francisco paper) has a much smaller head than his father. CREMATION BECOMING FASHIONABLE. Cremation is becoming more and more fashion- able in Paris. Last year the total number Of incinerations was 3,741. MADAME NORDICA. Madame Nordica is about to announce her first concert tour of the provinces. It will take place in October and November next, and will extend to-Scotland and Ireland. it.* LADY CHURCHILL'S PURSE. Lady Randolph Churchill has not (says the London correspondent of the Scottish Leader) heard anything more of her purse, stolen a fort- night ago in the casino at Monte Carlo. The purse I contained a considerable sum in gold and, what Lady Randolph valued more, several Jubilee coins that had been presented to her. # ♦ i THE EMPEFS8 OF GERMANTI The Empress of Germany has, it is said, become very devout. She devotes a good deal of time to religious conversation, prayer, and deeds of oliarity. She has given up novel-reading, and has ordered the women of her Court to do tha same. # TUX TROUBLES OF A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. The late Mr. Henry G. Wreford, who has just died in the Isle of Capri at the age of 85, was perhaps the Oldest regu- lar correspondent of the Times, with which jour- nal he had for more than half a century been connected. B f. was born at Bristol in 1806, but being very delicate as a young man,and suffering from serious lung ailment, he had to take up* his residence in Italy, fix- ing his headquarters in Rome.. Thence (says the Daily Telegraph, to whom we are indebted for the portraiture sent regularly home tS Print- ing House-square his well-known notes, which, modestly placed in a corner of the Times though they were, under the title of "Southern Italy, I being replete with infor- mation, were eagerly looked for by many readers. By a coincidence the last of Mr. Wreford's contri- butions to the Times appeared on the very day he died-last Saturday. His remains were honoured by a public funeral. Mr, Wreford's letters to the Times were, some years ago, of a very stirring charaoter. for he was in Naples in King Bomba's time, and he himself was marked down for persecution, having often to fly before mobs of excited people." I never left my house," said he, without meet- ing groups of persons out of work, who scowled menacingly upon me. Even my own banker and other private friends gave me the cold shoulder, and I could have found no protection anywhere, for even the police were ever dodging my foot- steps." The police, indeed, followed Mr. Wreford with a vigilance that lasted for seventeen years. Every change of residence was noted; those whom I visited and those whom I received were named. In addition to this, I was followed every- where by a spy, well-known to my acquaintances. My rooms, under some excuse or another, were visited by him in my absence. My baggage was arrested on the coast, and it was only through the interference of Sir WilJiam Temple, our Minister, that I recovered it." The personal result of it all Mr. Wreford summed up thus, writing to the editor of the Times not long before his death:- I have the great consolation of thinking that I have done my duty. As I look, too, on the in- creased bappiness and prosperity of this people, to which I humbly believe that I have contributed in a slight measure, I can sing my Nunc dimittis. The life which I have led has left me a wreck in point of health. I cannot walk beyond my little garden, and if I leave it I am carried by two men in a portentina. This only occasionally, as chronic bronchitis always troubles me." OR LATE LORD ARTHUR RUSSELL. Lord Arthur John Edward Russell was the .second son of Lord William Russell, formerly British Minister at Berlin and Lisbon, and a brother of the late Duke of Bed- ford and Lord Odo Ros- sell (Lord AmpthiU). He was born in 1825, and educated privately in Germany, where he ac- quired his remarkable knowledge of modern languages, history, and philosophical literature. Lord Arthur Russell (says the Daily Graphic) acted as private secretury to Lord John Russell, his uncle, from 1849 to 1854. in 1857 he was elected Liberal member of Par- liament for Tavistock, for wHob constituency be sat during thirty years, until his retirement. Lord Arthur Russell was on* of the best known figures at the Athenaeum and Brooks's, where his loss will be sincerely regretted. In 1865 be married a daughter of Vicomte de Pey- ronnet, and leaves a family of four sons and two daughters.

THE HON. CECIL RHODES. The Hoo. Cecil Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, was a passenger by the Dunottar Castle, which reached Plymouth this morning. He comes to England, it is understood, to consult a specialist with regard to the injuries he received by a fall from his horse some months ago.

DisTRICT NEWS. CARDIFF. PAHK-HALL SERVICES.—The address at to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon's service will be givec by the Hev. D. Tyssil Evans. M.A., who is one of the pro- fessional staff at the University College. The solo, Star of Bethlehem," will form part of the musical programme. Councillor F. J. Beavan is to preside over the proceedings, which commence at three t m. Selections will, as usual, be rendered on the .fc-taac organ at 2.30.

Footlight Flashes. The play'* the thing." -Hamlet. Mr. Charles Wyndham produces Le Denai- Monde at the Criterion on Saturday, tbe 23rd inst. After the performance this evening the Lyceum and Haymarket close, not to re-open until the fol- lowing Saturday. Peril" is to be revived on the 23rd inst. at the Haymarket, and is to be given every subsequent Saturday evening. The music-loving inhabitants of Berlin have received" Carmen UD to Data," as despatched from the LondoA Gaiety, with great goodwill. The Widow" is in rehearsal at the Comedy, and will probably be ptoduced there about the middle of Easter week, when" JaDe" is to be withdrawn. Mrs. C. L.'Carson is indefatigable in her charit- able efforts on behalf of The Theatrical Ladies' Guild," which already is the most flourishing in- stitution of the kind ever devised. Mr. Charles Wyndham, who has been very hard at work rehearsing his new comedy due at the Criterion on Shakspeare's birthday, April 23, has made up his mind to take a rest until that time arrives. After lengthened consideration, "The Life We Live" lias been chosen as the title of the drama by Messrs. Fenton Mackay and Denbigh which is un- derlined for production at the Princess's Theatre upon the 16th inst. At the Strand on Mondav evening will be given, a new and original fantastic mythological modern comedy," called "Niobe-All Smiles," by Harry and Edward Paulton, preceded by a new come- dietta by Miss Emily Coffin, entitled "No Of edit." Owing to the continued success of "Hamlet," Mr. Beefbohm Tree has decided, by arrangement with the author, to postpone the production of Hypatia," which had been prepared for presen- tation at Easter, till the autumn season. We are destined to become further acquainted with the Scandinavian drama in the course of the season, for Mr. George Alexander contemplates the production of an English version, from the pen of Mr. Osman Edwardes, of Bjornson's play, "De Nygifle." This evening Mr. John Lart opens the Shaftes- bury with the production of Mr. Mark Melford's new drama, "The Maelstrom." Mr. Melford will himself sustain the leading chafacter in the piece; while Miss Olga Brandon appears as the "simple girl" for whose sake he sacrifices life and reason. On the evenings of the 11th and 12th inst. the Countess Russell will give a miscellaneous enter- tainment at the Royalty in aid of the National Lifeboat Institution. Performances of Sweet heart" and" A. Pantomime Retteenal I will be included in the programme. Special importance attaches to the production j at the Lyrio Theatre early in May of Mr. Isaac Henderson's play, originally named "A Silent Battle," but now re-christened "Agatha." Towards the end of the present month a new comedy, entitled" The Irnmaculates," by Mr* J. P. Hotret, will be tried at a Lyric matinee. The Opera Comique re-opens on the 2nd of May with Jonathan Cantiles, a piece formerly tried under the title of "Prudes and Pros." The run of the play, it is announced, will be limited to six nights. On the 23rd Mr. Mayor begins his season of French plays at the same house, where Mons. Coquelim will appear ia "Tbermidor" and "La Mlgere ApptTivoisee." The fee system (says the Daily Telegraph) is no laughing matter at all. Two things are absolutely certain with regard to fees first, that tma-nagers have a distinct legal right to charge exactly what they choose and, secondly, that there ia no law compelling; any individual to vi«it a theatre where programmes are paid for and cloak rooms exist. The remedy is in the bands of the public. Soon after the arrival of Miss Janet Achurcb from her tour half round the world she will appear at the Avenue Theatre, which has been secured by her husband, Mr. Charles Charrington. Natu- rally, her first performance will be that of JVVra Helmer, in Ibsen's Doll's House," the part she created just, before she sailed for Australia, and in which the has had no rival. Mr. Frederick Langley will re-open the Globe on 'u Monday, where "Dr. Bluff," owing to prior claims backed up by threats of litigation, has been forced to make way for a new farcical comedy by Mr. G. Maqville Fenn, called" The Tin Box." The pro- duction of Mr. Fenn's piece, however. has by no means exhausted the energy of Mr. Langley, who, on the succeeding Tuesday afternoon, proposes to try "Boata," a skit in three acts upon Ibsen's "Rosroetsholm," by Mr. Austin Fryers.

NO, THEY ARE NOT STOLEN, SIR." So said a respertab'.y-dressed young woman of 26 sujmmers, who was brought before Mr. Alderman Jacobs at Cardiff Police-court this morning charged with liaving in her possession on the 8th inst. a number of pictures, knives, spoons, forks, &c., supposed to have been stolen, The things were exhibited on the tnble, and prisoner, in reply to Alderman 11 Jacobs, said, "No, sir, they are not stoleii. -The only witness in the case was Mr. Henry Bryant Crouch, jeweller, 16, St. Mary-street, who said the prisoner brought to his shop a solid silver spoon and fork, both of which were broken, and the fork had on it a. greyhound and stag crests. The articles being valuable, and prisoner stating that they had been broken in a drawer, Mr. Crouch cotcmunieated with the police, with the result that the other things now produced were disco- vered.—-Prison er could give no further explana- tion of their possession than that they had been presented to her by a captain who had gone to sea. She has bekn a domestic servant in several places in the town, and her case was remanded till Wednesday for further investigation.

THE FASTEST PASSAGE ON RECORD. Donald Carrie's Dunnottar Castle arrived at Plymouth this inoTri.-g from the fape, having made the fastest passage on record, making an average throughout the voyage of over sixteen kacU. '-<'

7-- SIR NOEL PATON'S ''THE CHOICE." Art lovers in Cardiff are under a debt of obliga- tion to Mr. Alfred Freke, of Duke-street, for enabling them to inspect the chef d'&uvres from the easel of Sir Noel Paton. It is just about twelve months ago since Vigilate et Orate was on view at Mr. Freke's gallery, and now his later picture, The Choice," is there for insDection. Unques- tionably Sir Noel Paton is the finest living figure painter in England. For richness of colouring, joined with perfect accuracy of outline and a mar- vellous capacity for detail, he is unsurpassed. Then in the choice of subjects Sir Noel has been singularly happy, and so powerful have been the lessons he has enforced by their allegorical treat- ment that be has been fittingly called the painter-preacher. The Choice is a companion picture to In Die Malo," which represents Faith arming the Christian warrior. The young soldier is equipped for the fray. Young and inexperienced, but endowed with physical qualities of a high order, he goes out to do battle against sin and the) world with a calmness and strength borne of faith In The Choice we have the same warrior, who, having scaled the heights and in reach of the goal, is yet assailed by many insidious forms of tempta- tion. In the form of a lascivious woman, whoM face is full of a purely sensual kind of beauty, acd in whose hand is a goblet of ruddy wine, Sir Noel Paton has pourtrayed the temptations to which the Christian is subjected. The youthful warrior casts off the temptress and yields him- self to the angel, whose pure face, with just a shade of pain and fear crossing it, indicates the doubt she bad as to whether the warrior would succumb to the meretricious charms of the temp* trass. Then, as he felt her hand in his. the-knight Threw oft the spells that bound htm, whilst his fool Crush'd the dread serpent coils ill death, and took The upward path, she leading him to where, Above the stormy winds and clouds, there reigns The steady sunlight of eternal calm. The picture is a most realistic one. One scarcely knows which to admire the more-the faultless execution, or the success with which he enforces a great moral lesson. In elaboration of detail, in richness of colouring and delicacy of tones. The Choice is most noteworthy. So admirable, in short, is it that criticism seems an impertinence and laudation a simple work of supererogation. The picture, we may mention, will be on view far two more weeks.

FEDERATION OF TRADES' DEMONSTRATION, A meeting of the demonstration commute* in cannection with the South Wales and Monmouth- shire Federation of Trades Unions was held on Friday evening, at the Seamen's Union home, Hope-street, Cardiff, Mr. John Gardner presiding. There was a fair attendance of delegates, repre- senting the various trades organisation* of Cardiff. Barry, and Newport.—The Secretary (Mr. T. Wing- field) read the correspondence received since last meeting, a letter being read from Mr. E. Harford, general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, stating that Its will be present on the 2nd of May. Several letters were also read, containing promises of the writers to attend and take part in the procession, from all parts of South Wales and Monmouthshire, all stating their desire to co-operate in making the demonstration a success.—The deputation elected to wait upon the chairman of the parks' committee gave a report of the result of their interview with Mr. Councillor Beavan, when it was unanimously re- solved that the demonstration meeting be held at the Roath Park.—The committee unanimously decided that the central body of the procession will assemble in Westgatc-street at 1.30 p.m., and march past the Angel Hotel into Castle-strooto thence through St. Mary-street, Custom House- street, Hute-terrace, Adam-street, Moira-terracet Constellation-street, Clifton-street, Newport-road, Castle-road, and Albany-road to Roath Park, where the meeting wilt be held. Application will be made to the railway companies for special or ex- cursion trains to be run throughout the distrM on May I

ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN CARDIFF. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Sir Morgan Morgan and Alderman Jacobs) Thomas Clune. a powerfully-built man of 35, was chargcd with assaulting and attempting to rob Capi Ekstrom, at Bu te-street, on the 8th inst.—Prusecutor, is a seafaring man, and did not appear. It was stated in evidence that prisoned attempted to piok his pockets, and then struck him in the face. The prosecutor was much frightened, and ran into th« shop of Mr. Griffiths, outfitter.—The case was re- in andad until Mpnday for the prosecutor to attend

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Too Late fop^ClasaifiOation. The COWKEEPERS' AND daihy- JL MliSS* ASSOCIATION. A MEETING will be Held at the Hotel Metro- pole on WEDNESDAY, April 13th, at Eight pm. for the ELECTION of OFFICERS and other im- portant Business. All Registered Members of the Trade are requested to attend.—J. DALE, Sec. 414812

DEATH. EVANe-On the 8th inst* Thomas John, son of Evan and Mary Evans, of tho Crown If", Bute-street, Cardiff, aged 4 months. 411 QUADRANT Safety For Sale; enrtio. ijre*; t>*w but, year; good us HOT cost £ 27 10,, oath pramt prioa £ 12 12s.—Apply Char'.es Eley, 23, Verry roMt, Omar** town. ttliU IGSPECTABliE Yountr Woman Wanted tot Ooftea Tavern must be experienced 3 vood iuoia- ?usable. —Apply personally at %■*•> <Ycloc.V -JU Monday o* aaviay uext, S. Andrews anu Sou's Offic*. ^t. Mary vtreet, Cardiff 1 flM NOV ANTED, by tao "\I" el »prtl. G,,Pmiii He-vanc, who •' uiideretawls plain c"0«te3; beuufcaa#* —M*a> tKdfai^tt. 42, Th« Panda. C'.rU'.T. IMWt