Evening Express

WEATHER FORECAST. YESTERDAY'S FORECAST. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.. North-westerly or n'therly I South easterly breezes; winds, light; fine gene-1 light; sultry. rally. I The forecast of the weather throughout the West of England and South.Wales for to-day (Friday) is as follows:—Southerly and south-easterly winds, moderate; fair to dull arid some rain..

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. Friday, July 7.-Gibbons in F; hymn, 188. Saturday, July 8.—Smart in G; anthem, "Re- member me, 0 Lord (Macfarren).

NOTES, By "OBSERVER." CARDIFF, FRIDAY MORNING. Cardiff was en fete yesterday. All was fuss, and flags, and music, and feasting, and laughter. The sun from morn to eve shone down upon a town whose people to all appear- ance were of one mind—bent upon enjoying the marriage day of the Duke and Duchess. Shakspeare it was, I think, who wrote, Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York," and certainly the grunts and grumbles of a few cantan- kerous extremists were completely extin- guished by the exuberance of the general mass of the people. ■' It is not for me to gauge the political opinions of the tens of thousands who,for hour upon hour, thronged the streets of Cardiff. But it is safe to say that here, as everywhere, the idea of enjoyment (which, like one touch of nature, and of income-tax, makes the whole world kin) asserted itself trium- Iphantly. Nobody was gloomy yesterday save the miserable, cantankerous, crabbed, narrow-minded remnant that from the first had set itself against all jollity. I trust the said element enjoyed itself the bulk of the populace certainly did. Cardiff came out well both in decorations and illuminations. From the ducal castle down flags were the rule, especially on busi- ness premises, and at night the illumina- tions, often exuberant and not infrequently tasteful, turned night into day. One, spot showed not as usual—our dear old offices in St. Mary-street. From those windows lights no more will shine from the flagstaff, still standing half defiant, the familiar flag will kiss the breeze no more. On the opposite side, though, the temporary business offices made a very respectable show indeed. The young folks seem to have had a high old time of it, Every juvenile sported his or her medal, down to tiny toddlers to whom it was almost dangerous to hand such a bauble lest it might find its way, with every- thing else, down into what Mark Twain's schoolboy called the elementary canal. The medal was a very nice one indeed, worthv alike of the donor and of the auspicious occasion. I have seldom, if ever, seen a better specimen distributed. Mr. Gladstone has appeared in many guises in his time; his latest, I am sorry to say, is that of the Mean Old Man. I fear that at his door lies the blame that the House of Commons was refused the oppor- tunity of celebrating the Royal wedding; but, instead, had to give itself up to a series of petty squabbles on the subject of the Home Rule Bill. It was a piece of very small spite, and as such wip go down to a contemptuous posterity. Time was when Mr. Gladstone would have been heartily ashamed of such a thing. Seldom have the extremes of joy and sorrow been more strikingly manifest than yesterday. Whilst the nation was joying over the marriage, the poor folk of Thornhill were bending over the distorted corpses of their whilom bread-winners. In that sad -r_ -7 neighbourhood the Royal wedding would receive little attention, for where death is he draws unto himself all tearful eyes. And death at Thornhill has been terribly in evi- dence. A miserable report comes from the mines inspector of Lancashire. Mr. Hall reports as follows:—" The new Mines Bill, now before the House, to amend the present Act, contains a clause to totally forbid the em- ployment of females about the pits; but it is to be hoped that it will never pass into law. The energies of these would-be reformers might with much more advantage be directed to abate the nuisance of the dread- ful language used by the miners, which seems to be worse in Lancashire than in any other county. Underground in some of the mines the language used by some of the 'drivers,' who are generally young men from 18 to 25 years of age, is simply a Babel of oaths." This is, indeed, a shocking condition of things, and surely in striking contrast to what pertains amongst the colliers of Wales, or those at all events of the old school. There is a charming sketch of one of these miners in one of the volumes of that now very scarce publication—the Bed Dragon—which is true to the life, and which might do some of these roystering young Lancastrians good to read. My experience of the Welsh collier (not obtained in the Rhondda) is on the whole a favourable one. His talk is of ser- mons, and his discussions on theological and other abstruse topics, and even when intoxi- cated he usually confines himself to singing hymns. I have seen a worthy fellow un- steadily making his way homeward, and crooning to himself a gem from the treasure-house of Sankey. An exceedingly amusing incident has just occurred. A day or two after the announce- ment of the date of the Royal wedding a couple of unsophisticated Newportonians waited on a well-known aquatic excursion caterer at Cardiff, and, after a deal of haggling, chartered one of his best boats for a specified day early in July. After a time fixtures for the 6th became general, and the caterer looked up his list for the 6th, only to find to his horror that that was the day for which his boat was chartered by the New- portonians. Despatching an agent e city on the Usk he frantically endeavoured to buy the young men out of the bargain; but the latter refused, candidly declaring that they intended to make a pile out of the boat on that day themselves. And they did! Llanellyites evidently mean business over the national eisteddfod. They are issuing a circular to the 1891 guarantors, in which they state, after referring to the claims of Pontypridd, which, as we know, proved suc- cessful, It is now, however, quite possible that if we apply for the holding of the Rational eisteddfod of 1895 at Llanelly and that the garantee reaches a substantial amount, our application will be granted." A strong appeal is made to the guarantors either to allow their names to remain for the sums then guranteed, or any other larger amount." The time for putting in the claim is close at hand, so the advocates of Llanelly will have to look alive. But if they do they will be sure to be successful. At what rate (asks the Welshman) must a train travel in order to kill cows ? One of the witnesses in the recent appeal case at the Carmarthenshire Quarter Sessions was asked at what speed the train was going, and replied, I don't know, but we killed a cow.' Considering the state of the country and the markets, farmers need not care much how fast trains travel. The Cardiff Watch Committee has had before it the case of the policeman referred to in my notes as charged with committing an assault on a prisoner in the cells. The constable stoutly denies his guilt, but the committee, by the casting vote of the chair- man, decided that there was evidence against him, and accordingly he has been dismissed the force. Assaults by policemen (though committed under the greatest provocation, bearing in mind the ruffians they have to deal with) are very serious things; but as the evidence in this particular case was not more conclusive would not a heavy repri- mand have been better than a dismissal ? The important proposals relating to the lighting of the Bristol Channel, for some time under the consideration of the Trinity House authorities, are now matured (says the Bristol Mercury). A new light has been erected upon the east bank of the Usk, and arrangements have been made for providing two additional lights in the Channel. There is to be a lighthouse on the Foreland, situated on one of the most dange- rous parts of the North Devon coast; and it is intended to place a light on Blacknore Point, near the entrance to the Avon. The former will give a good lead into the Channel, and the other will be of special service to vessels bound for Bristol. In addi- tion to this, the power of the lights at Nash Point and on the Breaksea light vessel is to be increased. A scheme for placing ligh- ships at St. Govan's Shoal and the west end of the Nash Sand has been deferred. I was strolling last night in the neigh- bourhood of Rumney, and cannot congratu- late people living between that place and the outskirts of Cardiff on the salubrity of the neighbourhood. They say Cologne has a vast variety of stinks; but quite half a dozen of the choicest character were to be counted between the spot where the trams stop and Rumney bridge. However bad Grangetown may be, I fear that for steady, business-like stenches the road to Rumney will give it points any day. It is so abominably hot this morning that I have had the greatest difficulty in working through my column. Allow me, therefore, to wind up with a refresher in the shape of a clipping which has also a distinctly warn- ing ring about it:—In a certain village churchyard, near Wolverhampton, there are three small tombstones, and one larger On the first appear the words, My First Wife"; next to this, My Second Ditto," and "My Third Ditto." Standing a little apart from these is the fourth and last stone on which is inscribed, in more imposing characters, Our Husband.

SPEED OF AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAINS. Various reports more-or less "tall" have reached this country from time to time of high speeds attained by express trains in America. It is satisfactory, therefore, to have a. trustworthy statement from an acknowledged authority on railway matters, viz., Mr. Clement E. Stretton, of Leicester, who, writing in the English Mechanic this week, says :—' It may interest your readers to know that when riding on the engine of one of the express trains between Phila- delphia. and New York and back to-day (June 15), lone of the Vauclain four-cylindered compound engines, built by the Baldwm Works Company, drawing a train of fully 150 English tons, at- tained a speed of a mile in 44sec., or 81'8 miles an hodr, or fully two miles an hour faster than any train I have ever timed in England."

FATAL ACCIDENT ON A MAN-OF-WAR. On Thursday evening a seaman named Win- I gard fell from the foremast of her Majesty's shijp Vulcan at Portsmouth, and was instantly I — — Our London Letter. [FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.! LONDON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ROYAL WEDDING. In the West-end the crowd was continuous from overnight. When the last of the over- night spectators of the decorations were going home the first of the early birds rrsos coming into line. By six o'clock there t crowds round Marlborough House and Buckingham Palace. By nine locomotion was almost impossible, and by ten nearly half London was packed in and around the two palaces and along the route intervening. Round Buckingham Palace there were hun- dreds of thousands. It was here that such a roar of welcoming cheers went up as surely never before were raised for blushing bride. There was more enthusiasm than even the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales enjoyed. All along the route the roar of cheering continued. It was evidently very gratifying to the Queen, who bowed gra- ciously, while the bride's mother, sitting opposite her Majesty, smiled in her happi- ness. A BLAZE OF SPLENDOUR. All went well. Lord Carrington disap- pointed doubters, and proved that even fa Radical Lord Chamberlain can order a State function wisely and well; and those two Radical aristocrats, Mr. Bobby Spencer and Mr. George Leveson-Gower, after dili- gent practice yesterday, succeeded in walk- ing backwards downstairs with success, if not with much grace. The chapel in St. James's and the procession thereto were a blaze of splendour. The ceremony was as impressive as it was gorgeous. The Primate, who assisted at the marriage, spoke the words of the service with an impressiveness that was due to the natural fervour of the man as well as to the silvery winning sweetness of his voice. Prince George, Duke of York, looked hand- somer than ever in his naval uniform, and the Princess-bride was divinely fair. She was pale, and possibly a shade of sadness toned her marriage joy. To outward seeming she was all sweetness and serenity. Both the Duke and his bride made their responses in a steady voice, which was only low toned apparently by reason of the solemn sense of responsibility that weighed on both of them. THE GRANDEST SCENE OF ALL. The progress back to Buckingham Palace was again a triumph of love—a triumph of the love of a man aud a maid united as one, and of the love of the people for the last- joined links in the chain of Sovereignty that rests firm in the affections of the nation. The grandest scene of all was after the pro- cession had returned to Buckingham Palace. Suddenly a cheer was heard. It was caught up and swelled in a thunder of cheering from hundreds of thousands of loyal throats. The Queen had come out to the balcony. There she re- mained, a chair having been jetched out for her. Quickly the Duchess of York followed, carrying her bridal bouquet, and with the Duke by her side. He looked proud and pleased, she shyly smiling her happiness. This frank exchange of affection and sympathy between Throne and people lasted for ten minutes, when the party had to go indoors to lunch. Punctuality has to be observed when one is hostess to 800 guests. That is the number of persons who are staying at the Palace as guests of our Queen. In going away the bride and bride- groom were wondrously punctual. If any- thing, they were a little before their time. THE DECORATIONS AND THE QTREETS. I trust not to my own judgment alone when I assert that of all its gala days Lon- don has never had a more radiant outburst of festivity than to-day. The sun has shone forth loyally, and happy, indeed, will be the bride if the shining joy of her to-morrow is to be measured by the shining sun of her to-day. The streets are overhead one long- drawn picture of fluttering prettiness, over- hanging miles of densely packed, but, on the whole, good-natured humanity, kept in ordered disorder by line^ of Guardsmen, with a battalioif or two of linesmen stand- ing still and patient in the gutters. The picture is picturesquely broken at street corners by splashes of Cavalry, here a half- troop of Life Guards or Horse Guards, there a section of Lancers, and again Horse Artillery acting as Cavalry. The police, with their bronzed faces and Jubilee medals on their stalwart breasts, are dotted about the roadways and among' the crowds, but each man has his place and his mission. And among the guards of honour the chief place is given to a fine body of Jack Tars, they taking pre- cedence, not only as the senior branch of the service, but as the force to which the bride- groom belongs. If this is a Royal wedding, it is also a naval wedding. The mention of the Navy reminds me of the Victoria and of the melancholy interest that attaches to bands of crape worn on the red- coated arms of the Queen's coachmen. I saw the Jacks when they arrived last night from Portsmouth. They were coming down Piccadilly in a huge- break, and they were staring with intense interest and undoubted approval on the work of decoration there and then busily proceeding. Just before that I had seen the Marquess and Mar- chioness of Salisbury drive past. Nearly everyone in the crowded street recognised them and cheered. SOME FEATURES. By universal consent, Fleet-street carries off the palm for decorations. Next in order of merit come Cheapside and St. James's- street. The Fleet-street scheme of decora- tion commences at Temple Bar. The Bar has been revived, not as a faithful copy, but as a beautiful floral archway, under which the bridal pair obtain entrance to the City pre- cincts. From thence right down to Liverpool- street Station the streets are one blaze of waving colour. The concerted public effort has been supplemented by the ingenuity of tradesmen in adorning the front of their premises with rich hangings and devices. Among the features are many windows full of beautiful roses, hanging baskets of flowers, and portraits of the bridal pair hung on rich drapery and encircled with roses. In St. James's street the Fleet-street main idea of waving flags overhead and of lines of Venetian masts connected with festoons of flowers is bril- liantly repeated. The West End tradesmen have, however, surpassed the City in the artistic beauty of their individual decora- tions. The shop fronts are, indeed, perfect bowers of beauty. And the West End tradesmen understand the value of their position. They have been charging two guineas a seat in their shop fronts and windows. Some of them, with more spirited enterprise, have erected stands and pavilions on their roofs. But everyone is making hay in this wedding weather. I have heard ragged rascals in the street talking confiden- tially to each other about two 'en a 'arf guineas." The 'busmen that run along the line of procession have been charging six- pence, a shilling, and even two shillings any distance. People have been content to pay this, and, in addition, even two or three shillings a-piece to touts to fight for seats for them. A DUTCH NOVELIST IN ENGLAND. Young Mr. Marten Martseus, the cele- brated Dutch writer of fiction, is staying in London for a while, and was entertained the other night by the Authors' Club. The very talented author of God's Fool" and other works which have caught on" here, as well as in his native country, has not been in England since he was twelve years of age, and then he was, I believe, not here for any very great length of time. But he has attained a singular proficiency in the English language, and now not only speaks it with the greatest ease, but also writes some of his works in it. In fact, he is equally at ease writing either in the Dutch or the English tongue. He taught himself our language simply by studying our great classic authors, such as Shakspeare, Milton, and many of the leaders of thought of the present century. Instances of literary men who can write equally easily in two languages are somewhat rare. It is said, however, that Gibbon was undecided almost to the last moment as to whether he should write the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" in English or French. He, fortunately, decided to adopt the former tongue. Mr. Marten Martseus, I need scarcely say, is a nom de plume. But I simply dare not attempt to write down his real name. An accomplished German scholar might hesitate to do so.

EXCURSIONS TO SCOTLAND. The London and North-Western Railway Company advertise an excursion from South Wales to Scotland, starting on Friday, July 14, and allowing eleven days to be spent in the land of the heather. The same company announce an eight days' trip to the North of England, and eight or fifteen days' excursion to North Wales, leaving stations ia South Walqs on Monday, .IDl.-U.

Revolution or Warp STARTLING ACTION OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. Regard to be in Readiness. A Dalziel's telegram from Paris this morning says :—The Echo De Paris learns that reserves, who served in the army in 1885 and 1886, have been requested to hold themselves in readiness for service at a moment's notice. Such a step has only hitherto been taken when the country has been on eve of a war with a foreign Power.

A CADOXTON COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER AND THE RAIL- WAY COMPANY. Claim for Detention of Luggage Sitting at Cardiff County-court this morning his Honour Judge Owen had before him a claim for £1 made against the Barry Eailway Com- pany by Mr. David Williams, a. commercial traveller, residing at Cadoxton-Barry, in respect of the detention of a hamper and samples.- The plaintiff stated. that on the 16th of May he booked to Queen-street Station, Cardiff, and put the hamper and samples in the train as passengers' luggage. Upon arriv- ing at Queen-street station he (plaintiff) found that the parcels had been left behind.— Mr. Handcock, who appeared for the defendant company, said the samples were delayed upon another line. Plaintiff booked over two lines— the Barry Railway and the Taff Vale Railway— and a company's bye-law ran as follows :—"The company do not hold themselves responsible for any loss or injury arising off their line."—The plaintiff said that the Barry Railway Company's officials did not bring the parcels over to the Taff Vale Rail- way station in time.—His Honour remarked that he did not know whose duty it was to carry the parcels over—whether it was the duty of the Barry Railway porters or those of the Taff Vale Railway Company. He must decide against defendant, because in the first place he had been guilty of contributory negligence in not looking after his luggage, and because, in the second place, he (the learned judge) did not think these were damages recoverable by law.—. Judgment was then entered for defendants.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Princess May is so good a German scholar that on one occasion when visiting a picture gallery in Germany she was able to correct many errors, great as well as trivial, in the so-called official" information furnished to her as to the events pourtrayed. In a. retired corner of one of the gardens at Marlborough House are several little grave- stones, marking the resting-places of favourite dogs and other pets of the Princess of Wales. Poor little Boxer, a miscreant slew him, none were near to save"; Tiny, favourite dog of the Princess, died May, 1869," are two of the in scriptions. It is announced that Mr. Stead's long talked-of daily paper has at last taken shape. It will be the first" pocket daily paper," and will be issued by the new company which has contrived the machinery for this kind of printing. It is intended to begin with a daily paper in London, and to follow with similar journals in other European capitals. Mr. Tree's Royal Institution lecture, shortly to be published, will be illustrated by the Mar- chioness of Granby, who is one of Mrs. Tree's most intimate friends. The friendship dates from a time when neither lady occupied so dis- tinguised a position as at present, the Mar- chioness of Granby having been Miss Violet Lindsay, to whom a relative of Mrs. Tree's was companion. Mrs. Tree is godmother to the Marchioness's little girl, the Marchioness standing in the same relation to Viola, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Tree. A fortnight ago some American sent the New Weekly Herald the following query :—" Is Lord Rosebery, who was married to Hannah Roths- child, still a widower, or, if married again, to whom, when, and where?" and the Herald, in its "Asked and Answered" column, replied, Lord Rosebery is still a widower, but is en- gaged to be married to the Princess Maud of Wales." Is it a fact, or is it a joke, or is it American journalism ?

AN UNDESIRABLE LANDLADY AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff Police-court this afternoon (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and Mr. Spencer) Mary Ann Carter was charged with unlawfully pawning one sheet, a shirt piece, and one blanket, value 10s., the property of William Lewis, of 67, Ordell-streeet, on and before the 5th inst. Prosecutor had been lodging with the prisoner, and she had pawned his things at Mr. Cohen's, Carlisle-street—She was ordered to pay 10s. fine, 10s. damages, and the cost of the police-court proceedings, or 21 days.

AN OLD STANDING BANK- RUPTCY AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff County-court this morning M1. W. L. Yorath, solicitor, acting on behalf of Mary Ann Wallace, an elderly lady, made an application to his Honour Judge Owen, under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869, to annul her adjudi- cation as bankrupt. The grounds of the appli- cation were that she (applicant) had met the claims of the whole of the creditors in full since the date of her bankruptcy, in 1877.—His Honour, after hearing Mr. T. H. Stephens (the Official Receiver), granted the ap- plication.

SANDOW AND LURLINE. The Strong Man Seeks Police Protection. Sandow, the strongman," applied on Thurs- day to the New York police to afford him pro- tection against Sarah White, otherwise known as Lurline, the Water Queen," who horse- whipped him at the conclusion of the show on Saturday night last for having used the word lover" in regard to a friend of hers.

EXCITING SCENE AT A CIRCUS. Horses Jumping Amongst the Audience. During a performance at the Hippodrome Circus at Berlin a serious accident occurred through several of the horses becoming frightened and jumping wildly from the arena into the places occupied by the front row of spectators. Many persons were severely in- jured, and in the panic which ensued a large number were seriously crushed.

SINGULAR DEATH OF A BOY AND HORSE. f A lad named Cooke met his death in a re- markable manner at Nuneaton on Thursday. He was with a man feeding an agricultural engine with water, when a horse attached to an iron tub for the reception of the water backed, and the man and boy were thrown into the pond. The man struggled out, but the boy became entangled between the horse and the shaft. The horse kicked him on the head, and he quickly succumbed. The horse was drowned.

A CHAIRMAN TOSSING A COIN. The Haslingden guardians on Wednesday had under consideration the appointment of a master and matron for the workhouse. The voting for two of the applicants was even, and Mr. Crowther, the chairman, was called upon to give his casting vote. He, therefore, settled the appointment by tossing up a coin, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, of Haslingden, being selected.

SENSATIONAL CRIME IN GEORGIA. Three farmers named Cavendar, Erwin, and Reed, living at Nashville, Tennessee, quarrelled while on their way to Rossville, Georgia, on Wed- nesday night, and the quarrel was followed by a fight which resulted in the death of Reed. It appears that Erwin seized Reed, and held him powerless while Cavendar cut his throat, almost severing the head from the body. The murderers drove off and have not since been heard of. Cavendar is a wealthy man, and Erwin is well connected.

THE USE OF THE ROYAL ARMS. Mr. Corrie Grant, on behalf of the London Reform Union, has taken out a summons against a landlord at Woolwich for what is alleged to be the unauthorised use of the Royal arms at the top of a paper served upon tenants giving notice to quit. It has, so it is asserted, become a common practice among brokers and landlords to serve notices, not being orders from any court, headed with the Royal arms. This, it is con- tended, leads persons to suppose that they .are issued under some judicial authority. The legality of the practice is now to be properly ] tested. j

CLERICAL SCANDAL IN MON- MOUTHSHIRE. A Curate Arrested. CHARGES OF FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENCES. Amours of a Married r Man. The quiet districts of Chepstow and Caldicot, in Monmouthshire, have been stirred for a week or more past by singular stories of an alleged scandal on the part of a clergy- man who had been temporarily officiating at Caldicot. It appears that, in view of absence on a short holiday, the Vicar of Caldicot (the Rev. Mr. Byrde) a few months ago engaged a clergyman named Charles Wood- house Shepherd to undertake the cure of souls in his parish during his absence. Mr. Shepherd, who arrived from Littlehampton, in Sussex, soon made himself extremely popular amongst the parishioners in the long, straggling village, and further afield in the open country lying between Caldicot Snd Chepstow. His manners were easy and win- ning, and his position was understood to be that of a well-to-do gentleman. He was cer- tainly most liberal to the poor of the parish. Seldom was an appeal for pecuniary assis- tance placed before him without a practical response, and in many other ways he suc- ceeded in ingratiating himself into the sympathies of the people of the district. Somehow or other—it is alleged to have been by means of Mr. Shepherd's own repre- sentations—his friends looked upon him as one who was in receipt at different intervals of large remittances, and that he was a mar- riageable young man of some 35 years. It is also stated that during his short stay at Caldicot he wooed and won the heart of a well known and highly- respected lady living in the neighbour- hood. The marriage, so the allegations go, had been arranged, and the two were to settle down in the midst of Mr. Shepherd's new friends in Monmouthshire. Mr. Shep- herd had lodged, during his ministrations at Caldicot, at the house of Mr. John Faull, an engine-driver at Sudbrook Pumping Station, and stayed at his house for a few weeks after his temporary curacy ceased, On the strength of the alleged representa- tions that he was a man of considerable means, that he was about to marry a lady in the neighbourhood—for the rumour was certainly bruited about—and his generally attractive manner, the people of Chepstow and Cal- dicot seem to have opened their hearts—and books—to him. Mr. Shepherd has run up accounts for groceries, provisions, has had con- siderable loans of money, and been generally well treated. The fact of his having a wife and two sons at adoxton-Barry, discovered after many of the transactions were negotiated, and his leaving the neighbourhood on June 22 with a large number of liabilities still un- settled, resulted in extensive inquiries being made respecting him, and in the end two war- rants for his arrest were issued, one at the. instance of Mr. Faull, his landlord, charging Mr. Shepherd with obtaining food and lodging and money, amounting in all to the value of jB19 17s., by false pretences, and the other charged him with obtaining wines, spirits, and groceries by false pretences from Mr. Thomas Davies, grocer, Ohepstow. After his departure from Caldicot on June 22 Mr. Shepherd was said to have been seen in Cardiff, but the police there failed to arrest him. He was, however, captured in Bristol on Wednesday evening and taken by Police- constable Wilcox, of Caldicot, to Chepstow, and locked up for the night. On Thursday morning he was taken before Mr. James Evans, and, formal evidence having been given, the rev. defendant waS. remanded in custody till Tuesday next. The accused states his age as 36, but he looks more like 45. It is stated that he is a native of Shef- field, and his aged father lives at Buxton, Derbyshire.

CARDIFF WATER SUPPLY. A meeting of the waterworks committee of the Cardiff Corporation was held at the Town-hall this morning, when Alderman D. Jones presided. There were also present—Alderman D. Lewis, Messrs T. H. Riches, C. E. Waring, J. Comley, B. John, N. Bees, A. Lewis, J. L. Wheatley (town-clerk), J. A. B. Williams (waterworks engineer), and C. H. Priestley (deputy engineer). —The Waterworks Engineer reported that the quantity of water in the storage reservoir was lOl;000y000 gallons, compared with 118,000,000 gallons last week.—It was decided that no new services be supplied until the reservoirs are re. plenished.—The Chairman stated that in spite of the notices which had been issued there were some people who continued to use the hose in their gardens, and nut only did that but allowed it to run all night over their garden fronts.—It was decided that the inspectors should make another inspection, and that prosecutions should be instituted against any offenders in this respect. —This was all the business.

A ONE-SIDED HIRING AGREE- MENT AT CARDIFF. Strong Remarks by His Honour Judge Owen. At Cardiff County-court this afternoon (before his Honour Judge Owen) an action was brought by I. S. Fielding and Co., furniture hirers, &c., Cardiff, against an elderly woman named Sarah Roberts to recover the value of certain articles of furniture which, it was alleged, were in defen- dant's possession under a hiring agreement.—The plaintiff put in the terms of the agreement, and after perusing it his Honour said that no provision had been made for the purchase of the articles enumerated in the agreement. It was a. case of heads I win, and tails you lose," as far as the plaintiff was concerned. According to the agreement the sum of 2s. 6d. per week would have to be paid in perpetuity, and the plaintiff would still have the right to go in and take pos- session of the furniture. An agreement of this kind should provide that after a certain amount of money had been paid the goods should become the property of the hirer. Continuing, his Honour remarked, These miserable people pay this money in perpetuity. Such an agreement is utterly and absolutely un- fair, and I won't give effect to it in any possible way. It is most grossly unfair."—Plaintiff said the omission of the the purchase price from the agreement was unintentional.—His Honour (sarcastically): Oh, no! People who are money lenders and let out furniture don't do these things unintentionally. It is an unfair agreement and it is an agreement that I will not help you to get out of. £3 14s. 6d. is the value of the furniture, and this poor per- son has to pay 2s. 6d. per week in perpetuity, and you can go in any time and obtain the fur- niture.—The solicitor for plaintiff said he thought his client was entitled to have the terms of the agreement enforced.—His Honour, how- ever, refused to allow the case to proceed,telling the plaintiff that he could seek a remedy else- where if he liked.

THE ASSAULT BY AN ARAB AT CARDIFF DOCKS. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and Mr. Spencer) Kant Mahomed, an Arab, was brough up charged with assaulting and wounding John Bellam on the head with a walking-stick, in Dudley-street, on the 5th inst. Mr. Rowland Payne appeared for the defence.—Bellam said he was passing Dumfries Hotel on Wednesday afternoon when he saw the prisoner with a hand- kerchief in his hand. Witness offered to buy it, and prisoner said he wanted 5s. for it.— Prosecutor, who was drunk, laughed at the prisoner because he wanted so high a price, and a quarrel then arose. Prisoner rushed into a boarding-house close by and brought out a stick, with which he struck prosecutor on the head.— Dr. Roche said he examined prosecutor, and found him suffering from a lacerated wound two and a half inches long down to the bone on the right side of his forehead.—Prisoner was fined 40s. and costs or one month with hard labour.

THE CZAREWITCH. A Renter's telegram from Berlin this morning says :—It is reported here that the Czarewitch will arrive in Berlin from London on Tuesday next, and will remain two days.

BATHING FATALITY IN KENT. At Horsemonger, Kent, on Friday evening, a lad named Tompsett was seized with cramp while bathing with several schoolfellows, and was drowned.

BURNED IN A LAVA STREAM. I A dispatch from Lima states that. Mount Azucama has suddenly become very active, and an eruption on a great scale is now proceeding. Two Goveermnent engineers who were engaged II t the time of the eruption in surveying the mountain were overwhelved by the lava streams, [and perished.

DAY BY DAY. If she were actually a Welsh woman Princeai •> May could not be better loved in Wales. Some- ) day, indeed, she may be the Princess of Wales. Despite the frowns and snarls of a few rude Radicals and some irreclaimable Socialists Wodes gave itself up to rejoicings yesterday, andt*3 sy^p>thies and good wishes were pomcA t forth with the lavishness that comefh of fafi hearts. j The quaint-faced member for Denbigh District —that is the way a London newspaper refers to Mr. Kenyon. It seems that the hon. member asked a question "with a subcutaneous smile at the corners of his mouth," which seems a. dreadful thing to have. Another chapter in the history of the Hotel de Marl has been concluded, but the Sunday closers are as far away as ever from being able to write "It is finished." An appeal was not I even suggested on the first case on the second it looks as if an appeal is impossible. An arcade barber at Cardiff was working away on a customer's head when the latter asked whether the comb and brush man was going to hear Dr. Pajry's Welsh opera. "Not ¡ me," was the reply, these musician fellows^ never patronise me, so I never patronise them, When I have a night off I go to the music-hall." The middle-age cycle champion is embedded ) in fun. First of all, Mr. Kennard was persis- tently scattering challenges all over the town, then when an opponent turned up there was no Mr. Kennard. Yesterday the climax came. Â.1I. aged veteran came up from Barry to Cardiff and lowered Mr. Kennard's twenty-five mile record by ten minutes and twelve seconds. The American Welsh paper, F Drych, recom- mends those people in Wales who object to pay tithes and who cannot make both ends meet to cross over the briny to the United States. The States recommended to farmers whose supply of the needful is rather limited are Kansas, Okla- homa, and especially the Cherokee strip, which is now being opened to emigrants, and where land can be bought for a dollar and half an acre. It is in harmony with the nature of things as the world wags in England (thinks the London Echo) that Mr. Stuart Rendel, whose son mar- ried one of Mr. Gladstone's daughters, should in the fulness of time blossom into a peer of the realm. Besides, Mr. Rendel is courtly in. manner, hospitable in his entertainments, and a. kind of leader of the Welsh party in the House. If Sir G. Osborne Morgan has won his baronetcy, Mr. Stuart Rendel is entitled to the peerage. One reason why the Miners' Federation is I making such headway in Wales is that the sliding-scale leaders are too divided among them- selves to offer resistance. David Morgan takes sides with a stem capitalist like Mr. D. A. Thomas, and both war against Mabon and other labour leaders. They all go at it hammer and tongs, and the federation improves the shining hour by making converts by the hun- dreds. There will be a wild waking up some not far distant day. It has been pointed out to us that something, ought to be said about the Royal wedding. There is an idea abroad that newspapers are Boycotting, the subject and are deliberately withholding from a panting public a lot of interesting infor- mation about Prince George and Princess May and all the members of the Royal Family. We wouldn't like our readers to think we have any interest in evading the subject of the wedding and we trust the few particulars we give else- where will show we have endeavoured to supply an adequate account of an event which has created a good deal of public interest. Mr. W. S. de Winton, of Haverfordwest, is to be one of the leaders at the Church Congress this year and, in fact, he shares with the Dean of St. Asaph the responsibility of representing Wales. Mr. Winton's subject is not exactly a Welsh one, for he is to read a paper on The Increase of the Episcopate, with special refe rence to the needs of the diocese of Worcester and the City of Birmingham," the speakers on the eubjeot being the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dean of Worcester. Mr. de Winton has been specially prominent in the movement for the division of the diocese of St. David's, the most extensive in England and Wales. Last week we expressed our belief (says the Globe) that no Welshman had been unreasonable enough to demand that every High Court judge who may go the Welsh circuit should speak in the vernacular of the Principality. It seems that we are mistaken in that belief. Major Jones, addressing a meeting the other evening on Welsh disestablishment, incidentally men- tioned the case of a Welshman who had beer most solemnly sentenced to death, and who, not understanding English, turned from the dock to a friend near with the question, What did he say?" Major Jones was highly indignant to think that such an incident could have occurred. A Radnorshire gentleman has been highly honoured. Major-general Sir Francis de Winton has just been made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael, although the number of knights of the order was already complete. Sir Francis is the son of Mr. Walter de Winton, of Maesllwch Castle, Radnor. He was appointed Comptroller of the Household of the late Duke of Clarence, and had only just entered upon his duties when the duke died. Subsequently Sit Francis was appointed to a similar position in the household of the Duke of York, and has had much to do during the past twelve months, first in settling the affairs of the late duke, and of late in connection with the marriage of the Duke of York. A good story is related of Mr. Tobit Evans, J.P., who was mentioned as a Unionist candi- date for Cardiganshire, and a friend. Mr. Evans, as is well known, edits a smart little paper called Y Brython Cymreig (a name which was suggested by the Welsh patriot, Michael Jones, of Bala), which is published in the Unionist interest. Mr. Evans was at first consi derably perplexed by the want of a good, suit- able name. He confided in a friend, and shortly afterwards this friend came to Mr. Evans, say- ing: "I have pondered long and meditated deeply over the subject of a name for your paper. My oogitations have resulted in the dis- covery of a singularly appropriate name. You have heard of Tit-Bits, Rare Bits, and all the other Bits ? Why not call the new paper To Bits? Mr. Gladstone is certainly one of the wilies old gentlemen living. He can't very well con firm the statement that h has abandoned Mid lothian as hopeless, and that he wants to be member for Montgomery, but he has a ready and characteristic answer. He has, as at present advised, every intention of again contesting Midlothian. He cannot of course, control the action of the Gladstonians of Montgomeryshire in the pos- sible event of Mr. Stuart Rendel being elevated to the peerage at the end of this Parliament." Isn't it charming ? Midlothian must hang on the words "as at present advised"; Mont- gomery on the words" cannot control its Glad- stonians"; and Mr. Stuart Rendel doubtless finds hope and comfort in the possible event." They may all come off; yet none of them may. The 'cute old man has provided for every con- tingency. A thrill ran through the office last night when it was found that the office cat was safe aftei all, but it is feared she has suffered from th< fire. For some days the insurance men engaged in clearing the ruins have seen a black cat about the place, and hearing the soft mewing of kittens in the cellar, they explored and found four little creatures, four days old. They didn't belong to the office cat, but to the black cat of Messrs. Walkey, Thomas, and Co. The office cat was there, however, but her mind seemed affected. There was a wild look in her eye, and her manner was savage almost to madness. None of the men dared to go near her, for the fire seemed to have transformed the gentlest and most affectionate of cats into a mad and vicious creature. Thus our joy at her escape is linked with grief at her condition. If kindness can bring her back to her old self and her old ways j bar recovery is assured. Already the composi- tors are looking out for the most comfortable/ LAOWUW^]], the oØioe for tyeix old friend. J -f