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tQI;be poet's CTorner. THE DUMB SPEAK. A HOSPITAL STORY, BY A HOSPITAL NURSE. (Founded on Fad). In a long ward of forty men A living corpse once did I key His sightless eyes were ever eios'd, His crossed hands on breast repos'd. He spoke not, heard not, merely lay A senseless, helpless lump of clay. For two whole years lost tne pow'r Of conscious action. Hour by hour I wat;;h'd him as I mov'd among The patient, fretful, old and young, With int'rest keen to see if he Would not, or could not, something aee. He ate his food, and plenty, too. But stirr'd not when it was in view. Absent some months, again I stood Anear him. motionless as wood, And sigh'd to think such human beauty Dead to sense of love or duty. To my intense, comolete surprise, For none had thought me tc advise Of his returning sisjht and speech, He sought, with his, my hand to reach. I yielded he shook his head, 'Tis not the dear one I have wed. Where am I, nurse P—Sometimes a tone Strikes now and then my long-deaf ear With sense of bustle, so I fear This is not home, but soms big place Where only straneers see my face. Yes, I'm alone, a lonely man, Excepting when my dear wife can Bo near me, and her hand I feel By mine b rinsr'd, which doth reveal Her presence lov'd and then I hear Her voice at times my heart to cheer." Then thro' the night. at intervals In pray'r his troubl'd spirit travels Home, always home. In loud, clear tone, His absent wife he doth bemoan. And begs the Lord most fervently To let him work for children three. The patients told me in the morn That no one yet had thought to scorn Praying William. All were kind To one of such a simple mind, Who, helpless, still reveal'd a will Persistent in de-ire to fill Again the kind father's place, And yearn'd so for his dear wife's face. And, nurse! he sits up in his chair, We wheel him here, and wheel him there. He says he must make hate grow strong, That he may yet sing many a scng Teach music also, for the bread Wherewith his family are fed. It seem'd a miracle were wrought Upon a faithful soul which fought With desp'rate strength against despair, And liv'd in one continu'd pray'r. The doctor said, The clots diffus'd. Which o'er his brain by wine abus'd Held death-like sway. We hope one day He'll even see to read and play." CHORLTON.

Varieties, «t. Tagleigh: "Do you remember your first start in life ?r' Wagleigh: "I do. The nurse stuck a pin in me." A man of short stature gave as a reason for his stunted growth that he was brought up as a child on condensed milk. Mother: "Ah! now you're a little man." Fred (in trousers for the first time): "And now, ma, can't I call father Harry ? Statistics: Did you know that we Britishers smoke about five billion cigars a year ? Doe- sticks "Haven't one of 'em to spare, have you Wheeler: "Bevelgear never has a bell on his bicycle." Scorcher: "He doesn't need it. Just look at his stockings. They're loud enough." A provincial newspaper, referring to a fatal accident which befell a prominent fellow-towns- man. says: He met his death at the hands of a horse." Mazley: "Wasn't that a dirty mean trick that Blooziu played on me yesterday ?" Puzley *Mea:i! Wny, I wouldn't play a trick like that On my own brother "A-itty, I can have bird-wings on my hat after all. "Why, it is cruel." "No, the milliner Siys these are the wings which the birds shed naturally every year." Mrs. (j, Why, you screamed the minute the dent; t touched your tooth. I thought you said you hntl su nuioh nerve." Mr. G. "I did, hang It. That's what hurt." Dcepiu Love: "What is the best day in the ■week to get married on, old chap?" Hadder Krmff: "Friday, my boy; then you'll have something to blame it on afterwards." "The Cliir/zletops beat the world in economy." hat doi they do ?" "When Chuzzletop has a cold on his chest he doesn't get his prescrip- tion filled until his wife gets a cold, too." Mr. Hanover: "I see our friend, Morris Parke, poor fellow, is obliged to get along with a Second-hand type writer." Mr. Bleecker: "Indeed What kind ?" Mr. Hanover: "Widow." H > knew what they always say, so he thought he \v\iul<l forestall her. "I suppose you've been kissed by a man before ? lie said. Do I look as homely as all that ? she demanded haughtily. "I was so hungry that the moment I got in I begun eating the tables "Humph I dare say Do you expect us to believe that ? What sort of tables ? Why, vegetables, to be sure Nervous old lady (on seventh floor of hotel): "Do you know what precautions the proprietor of the hotel has taken against fire > Porter: Yis, mum. He has the place inshoored for twice wot it's worth." Nothing so helps a paper as the imparting of useful information. How shall I keep the flies out of the sugar bowl ? asks a correspondent. "Fill the sugar bowl with salt," is our prompt reply. "That sugar-dealer ascribes his failing health t') the use of tobacco." "That's all right! Our tobacco firm has got a man ready to swear his stroke of paralysis was brought on by the exces- sive use of 1011)(1;1.1'

PORT TALBOT RAILWAY AND DOCKS COMPANY. The following is the report of the directors The audited accounts of the company to June 30th, 1899, are submitted for consideration and approval. They shew a gross revenue from all sources of £21,723 as compared with £9.051 the gross revenue in the corresponding half-year of 1898. The working expenses amounted to £13,500. In the corresponding half-year of 1898 the expenses were £5,985, so that the additional gross revenue of £ 12,672 has been earned at an increased cost of £7,515. The comparative rates of percentage of expenditure to receipts are not yet shewn, as the directors consider that until the whole of the harbour works are completed as defined in the contract, the full earning capacity of your undertaking will not be evident, and it will readily be understood that the opening of a portion of a system in only a partially completed state has caused expenditure out of proportion to the business dealt with. The net revenue for the half-year amounts to £8,489 8s. 3d., which, after paying the full amount of dividend on the preference shares, leaves a balance of £3,695 19s. 10d., which, added to the sum of £2,270 16s. 9d. brought forward from the previous half-year, leaves a credit balance to be carried forward of £5,966 16s. 7d. Progress with the pier and entrance channel works has proceeded slowly. The south pier is not yet completed to the contract length, nor is the channel down to its full depth, and the1 directors are of opinion that a large volume of traffic has consequently been lost to the company during the past half-year. The engineers and contractors, however, agree in informing the board that in their opinion the south pier will be com- pleted by the end of September next. The new graving dock and shops in connection therewith, which have been constructed by the Port Talbot Graving Dock Co., under a j lease from your company, are now complete and in use. The amount of capital expenditure during the half-year was .£60,188, details of which are given in statement No. 5. The Port Talbot Railway and Docks Bill of 1899 has passed both Houses of Parliament. This bill authorises the company to raise such additional share capital as may be necessary, not exceeding .£300,000 for the general pur- poses of their undertaking by the issue of either ordinary or preference shares. The Directors have much pleasure in announcing that Mr. J. J. Smith, chairman of North's Navigation Collieries (1899), Limited, has recently joined the Board, and as the number of directors authorised by the shareholders at their meeting in August, 1895, was seven, and the number authorised by the Company's Act is nine, it will be necessary to pass a resolution increasing the number from seven "to nine. — .a

-p THE CHILDREN'S CORNER. [CONDUCTED BY UNCLE ROBIN.J "Between the dark a::d the daylight, When thenietit is beginning to lower. Comes a pause In the daVs r.rcupa'inus That is known as the Children's Hour." 504] [504 Uncle Robin's Society now numbers 504 members. An additional list of members will shortly be published.

THE WELSH DICKY BIRD SOCIETY. FOUNDED BY UNCLE ROBIN, MARCH, 1899. FOR THE PROMOTION OF KINDNESS TOWARDS BIRDS AND ALL LIVING THINGS. Here is a little story which shews you it is better to be useful than ornamental, after all. THE EAR OF WHEAT. "Dear me!" said the Poppy, growing quite scarlet with indignation. "What a very common, looking thing it is, to be sure! "I quite agree with you my dear," replied the Hare-bell. "Decidedly plain—I believe 81.3 belongs to those vulgar grasses. She is never a Flower." The two glanced across at the Ear of Wheat, and tossed their heads; and the Ear heard all that they said, and sighed. I My word, whatever is that ?" cried the Butterfly as it flew by. What a fright!" "Isn't she?" said the Flowers. "We never saw anyone so uninteresting. No colour, no flower, no smell, no leaves. Oh, she is a dowdy!" and the Ear of Wteat bent her head, and hid her face, as she listened. And would you believe," continued the Poppy, indignantly, "the farmer actually set a boy to keep the sparrows away from her. Did not trouble his head about us at all." trouble his head about us at all." "I think it was a mistake," put in the Dandelion. "He meant the boy to guard us." "Well, I know that he told the stupid fellow not to tread on her, but he never scolded him a bit when he crushed the Buttercup," grumbled the Poppy. not to tread on her, but he never scolded him a bit when he crushed the Buttercup," grumbled the Poppy. "I have no patience with him. Does not she give herself airs about it ? Poor Ear of Wheat! she felt so sad that all the wild flowers behaved so unkindly to her, but she just held her tongue and hung her head, and the South Wind came rustling by. "Mind our blossoms, you great rough thing," shouted the Flowers, "and just punch that stuck-up Ear of Corn for us," but the Wind only laughed. "Never mind, Ear of Wheat," he whispered. "The farmer was right; you are worth more than all the rest put together," so the Ear of Wheat was comforted, and did not mind so much. And then came the harvest-day, and the Ear was golden and full, and the Flowers only laughed at her, and cried: "Her head has grown too big for her body." Then the reapers came, and the Flowers said: Ah, now we shall be taken out of this hot feld, and away from this ugly old Ear of Wheat," but, alas! the men took no notice of the Flowers, and trod them underfoot; but they gathered the Ear of Wheat and carried it carefully away, while the blossoms were left crushed and dying. "Dear, dear," they sighed, "how very strange The Ear of Wheat was worth more than we are, after all." And up in the little church the people gathered to sing their harvest hymn, and they sang: "Thank God for the ears of golden wheat," and, as they faded, the silly Flowers heard the song and sighed: "We wish that we had been Ears of Wheat after all." SOME PEOPLE IN AFRICA. A young Englishman who has been travelling in Africa went through the forests in which the pigmies live. For five days after he entered the forests he noticed a movement in the trees, which he thought was due to monkeys. At last he reached the village of these little people and met their chief, who told him that he had been watched through the forest. He asked to be allowed to photograph some of the people, and the chief consented but the picture was not a success, for these little people were afraid, and would not stand still. Then the traveller measured them. The tallest man was 4ft. high, and the beards of the men are sometimes 2ft. long. These people wear no clothing, and never stay two nights in the same place; they are what is known as nomadic-that is, a people who do not have permanent homes. The pigmies in this region of Central Africa are peaceable. The same traveller went through a cannibal country on his way to the coast. He found the cannibals honest, though fierce. At one village the traveller put his bicycle together and rode it about the village; all the people far and near rushed to see the man who "put a snake together and rode upon it." This traveller says he never fired one shot to protect himself in his entire journey. A PROBLEM IN THREES. If three little houses stood in a row With never a fence to divide; And if each little house had three little maids At play in the garden wide; And if each little maid had three little cats (Three times three times three) And if each little cat had three little kits, How many kits would there be ? And if each little maid had three little friends With whom she loved to play And if each little friend bad three little dolls In dresses and ribbons'gay; And if friends and dolls and cats and kits Were all invited to tea, And none of them should send regrets, How many guests would there be ? FAILURES, AND WHY ? On the rocky shores of the north-east coast of Scotland one can often find pieces of wreckage strewn along the coast—sometimes a bit of gilded work from the cabin of a great steamer-and we used often to wonder how the fine large vessels were wrecked. Who was to blame ? Was the mate or the captain careless or drunk P Or did the storm find the ship unseaworthy ? When we read the story of great men who failed we may well ask who was to blame. Young people can learn a great deal about true success in life by findin" p out the causes of the failure of certain noted characters in history. Caius Marius was one of the most extraordi- nary and striking figures in all Roman history. He was a peasant soldier who by his native genius, courage, and persistent labour became the greatest military commander of his time, seven times Consul, with unparalleled triumph, the saviour of his country, and the darling of the people. When after the battle of Aquae Sextise he, having saved Rome from capture and destruction, was hailed saviour of his country, elected fifth time Consul, and honoured with a triumph of unprecedented splendour, who would have dreamt that this man would live to a dis- honoured old age and become the curse and pest of Rome ? This sort of thing does not happen by accident; the seeds of evil must already have been in the soil of his heart. When we look carefully into his life story we soon detect them. In his first military command he was not straightforward and honourable. In his political career he associated with the low and vulgar, and when he got the opportunity he became cruel and per- fidious. For a lonz time ho was in private matters selfish, cruel, and faithless, and when h s ambitious projects were cheeked he turned his hand against his country. Marius was more to him than Rome after all, and the name that might have come down to us with greater lus re than Caesar's is but a wreck, a melancholy failure.

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(Cojiyrt'ffht.) FOR A QUIET HOUR. A WEEKLY CAUSERIE BY SILAS K. HOCKING. In the report of the Wesleyan Conference held in London last month, which I have only just read, some remarks of the President and ex- President led me to lay down my paper and put on my considering cap. The ex-President, Mr. Price Hughes, as everyone knows, is a man of caurage and conviction. We may not always agree with what he says, but we are bound to give him credit for absolute sincerity. The occasion was the receiving of fifty-two young ministers into full connexion. They had been four years on probation, and had successfully passed through the various tests to which young ministers are submitted. Mr. Price Hughes rose and wished to know whether these young ministers, about to be received into full con- nexion with the conference, were in the habit of reading their sermons in the pulpit. He spoke of his strong aversion to this growing practice, and intimated that he would not vote for the admission into the ranks of that ministry of any who had formed this habit. # The President of the Conference, the Rev. F. W. Macdonald, said that Mr. Hughes was giving utterance to the views of the connexion, and to the sentiment of the Conference. There might be certain rare and heroic occasions when reading was permissible, but, as a body of ministers, they were entirely of opinion that the habitual reading of sermons in the pulpit was not in accordance with Methodism. A read sermon was not an available instrument. This last remark was greeted with cheers, though, for myself, I fail to see exactly what it meant. I should have supposed that a read sermon was as much an available instrument as a sermon that was not read. However, that may be a mere opinion. But the declaration of Mr. Hughes opens up a somewhat wide field. In his view, everything depends on whether a sennon is read or not read. These fifty-two young men had been engaged in the ministry for a period extending over four years, the repoits from the circuits or churches in which they had laboured were no doubt in the hands of the Conference, it was known whether they were successful or un- successful, they had submitted to the various tests which are applied to probationers, and had satisfactorily come through all their examina- tions but even now, at the eleventh hour, the ex-President said he would not vote for any one of them who had formed the habit of reading his sermons. Now, this, in my judgment, is reducing the whole scope of the ministry to the narrowest possible limits. A successful minister must, I take it, be an all-round man he has not merely to preach, but he has to shepherd the flock; he must be a man of some business tact and ability, he must organise meetings of various kinds, and sit on any number of committees. Frequently he has to inaugurate and pilot through new movements, he has to visit the families of his congregation, to administer spiritual consolation to those who are in trouble, to try to answer the questions and solve the doubts of the young people who may be per- plexed in this age of doubt and inquiry, and, indeed, generally to look after the moral and spiritual interests of a number of very different people in very different circumstances. Now, I can conceive of a man who may even read his sermons, being very successful in all these other departments. He may be a man of caution, of tact, of sympathy, of judgment, of administrative ability, of skill in invention and organisation, and yet, forsooth, because he reads his sermons, instead of committing them to memory, and, parrot-like, repeating them, in the judgment of Mr. Hughes he is not a fit and proper person to take his place in the ranks of the ministry. That the sermon is an important factor in the success or failure of a minister there can be no doubt. But I sometimes think we lay very much more stress upon the sermon than we ought to do. In some cases all the forms of worship are subordinated to the sermon, and where a man is a pulpit genius this may be done with success. But, nevertheless, the sermon is not everything; the reading of the Scrip- tures for instance with clearness of vision and emphasis, is a very important matter. To be able to lead the devotions of the congrega- tion with reverence and feeling is a very great deal, to be able to understand the signs of the times, to realise clearly the difficulties and temptations that beset the young people of the present day, and to meet those difficulties in the pulpit is a very important matter, and this, it seems to me, may be done sometimes better in a sermon that is read than in a sermon that is delivered unstudied. Now, there are three styles of preaching in vogue to-day. The first and by far, I should say, the most common is the read sermon. This, says Mr. Macdonald, is not an available instru- ment. I should fancy the reporter or the com- positor would not subscribe to this dictum; at any rate, most of our foremost preachers to-day compose their sermons in the privacy of their own studies, and take the manuscript with them into the pulpit. If such sermons lack a certain element of spontaneity they do not generally lack clearness and lucidity. The late Dr. Berry, who was one of the foremost preachers amongst the Nonconformists, read his sermons. I believe Dr. Dale, of Birmingham, did the same. Dr. Dale's successor, if he does not read his sermons verbatim, takes with him very extensive notes into the pulpit. Amongst the Presbyterians, Dr. Monro Gibson reads very extensively. So do many of the foremost preachers in the Church of England, including Dean Farrar. The second class is the purely extt-mpore sermon. The preacher thinks out his subject beforehand, and then shapes his thoughts into speech when he stands before his congregation. A few men, who possess great presence of mind, who have good verbal memories, and unusual facility of expression, are able, on the spur of the moment, to clothe their thoughts in the best language. Mr. Campbell, of Brighton, Mr. Marshall Mather, of Manchester, Dr. Parker, and some others whom I could name, adopt this method; they find it is the best method for them. They have such ready command of speech that they find no difficulty in finding the right words on the spur of the moment. The third class is the recited sermon. It is carefully prepared beforehand, written out in extenso, and then deliberately committed to memory, and repeated as a lesson from the pulpit. Sometimes it has all the appearance of a purely extempore address, but, generally speak- ing, the audience feels that the preacher is rely- ingfupon his memory. Now, speaking for myself, I would a hundred times rather have a sermon read than a sermon recited. A man who is reading his sermon will, at least, be saved from that nervousness which a man must feel who is trusting entirely to his memory; moreover, he can, if any thought strikes him, leave his manuscript and come back to it again. He may refer to any passing movement without fear of losing the thread of his discourse; but the man who simply recites what he has prepared in his study dares not leave it to pick up any fresh thought, or to turn any incident to account, lest he lose the thread of his sermon and is never able to pick it up again. v V But why- lay down any hard and fast line, and insist that it shall be universally followed ? What is a right method for one man may be a wrong method for another. Some men are fettered if they have a manuscript before them, and others are equally fettered if they have not. Every man should be allowed to find out in which way he can work most effectively. I presume Mr. Price Hughes has never listened to many sermons; if he had done so, he would have discovered, I think, that a read sermon may be as effective in delivery as, and much more con- vincing and lucid than, a sermon that is delivered extempore. Every man, it seems to me, up to a certain point must work in his own way, what- ever his work may be. I was dining the other day with a number of gmtlemen, when one of our judges, who was present, turned to a celebrated novelist and asked him his method of writing his novels. "Oh," said the novelist in question, "I always begin at the end; that is, I see the end of my story first, and from that I work backward." Then, turning to another novelist, he asked him his method, and he replied by saying that he adopted a precisely opposite method to that of his friend, that he always worked from a point onward, and frequently he did not see the end at all when he commenced it. He had certain ideas that he wished to work out, and how the situation would develop in working out those ideas he never knew when he began his story. Should not this apply to preaching ? "Every man," says the Apostle Paul, 14 in his own order.

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GLAMORGAN ASSIZES.) AT SWANSEA. TRIALS OF PRISONERS. THURSDAY. FIRST CROWN COURT. [Before Mr. Justice Bruce.] DAMAGING MACHINERY AT LLWYNYPIA.— Annie Davies (22), Maggie Davies (17), and Ellen Davies (20), labourers, were indicted for maliciously damaging with intent to destroy a brickmaking machine, the property of the Gla- morgan Coal Company, Limited, at Llvvynypia. illr. Ivor Bowen prosecuted. Hentenced to 14 days hard labour.

SECOND CROWN COURT. [Before Mr. Abel Ihornas, Q.C., M.P.] ACQUITTED.—Maud Charles (28), cook, was indicted for stealing some articles of clothing from the shop of William Edwards, draper, of Oxford-street, Swansea. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was bound over in the sum of £10 to be of good behaviour and to come up for judgment if called upon.

CIVIL COURT. [Before Mr. Justice Kennedy.] FINISHED The hearing of the Breconshire commoners' action was concluded. The jury retiied at 4 p.m., and on returning found that the land in dispute was common land and gave a ver- dict for plaintiffs. Mr. B. F. Williams, Q.C., who appeared for defendants, asked for a stay ot execution. His Lordship told Counsel to apply in London. SEQUEL TO A COLLIERY PISASTER. ACTION FOR TRESPASS.—Mr. Justice Kennedy and a special jury had before them on Thursday the action for trespass, &c., Lewis v. Thomas and Others. Plaintiff was Mr. James Lewis, of the Aberdare Works and Colliery Company, who was represented by Mr. Abel Thomas, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Arthur Lewis (instructed by Mr. Edward Lawrence, Newport), and the defendants were Mr. John Howell Thomas and others, owners of the Scyborwen property, whose counsel were Mr. B. Francis-Williams, Q.C., and Mr. Trevor Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Lewis and Jones, Merthyr.) The pleadings set out plaintiff's title as lessee and occupier of certain mineral properties at Abernant, including what was called the River Level Pit, pointed out that there was a large tract of unworked coai in what was known as the Gellideg Seam, which could only be worked by the River Liver Pit, and alleged breach of boundary and trespass by the defendants, by reason of which the colliery was flooded. Special and general damages were claimed, and an indemnity against liability under plaintiff's lease. Defendants in their statement of defence denied the trespass and the breach of also the occupation at the time of the Hooding. In the alternative they pleaded that the water flooded in by gravita- tion, and denied that there was a sufficient barrier erected by the plaintiff. They further alleged that the flooding was caused by the plaintiff's negligence in omitting to obtain a certain drain level; also that it occurred through a fall in what was known as the drain level in consequence of the plaintiff neglecting to maintain it; and that the water did not break in where the plaintiff alleged, but at a spot where there was a trespass on defendants property. Mr. Abel Thomas opened his case at length, explaining that the action had relation to the terrible accident that happened at the Aber- nant Colliery River Level Pit on December 9th, 1896, when the pit was suddenly flooded by a tremendous burst of water, and four men and two boys were drowned. Council traced the course of the water through the workings, and alleged that the defendants had worked eleven yards into their barrier, destroying its use, and thus bringing about the disaster. Since that time the pit had not been used, and would be given up in September next. The Court then adjonrned. FRIDAY. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Bruce). BARRY PRISONER UNFIT TO PLBAD.— Annie Holman (21), housekeeper, was in- dicted for attempting to commit suicide at Barry. Dr. Howel Thomas, the prison surgeon, said he bad the prisoner under his observation for ten days. She was very violent at times, and he was quite satisfied she was not fit to plead or conduct her defence. The jury agreed and the Judge ordered her to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. SERIOUS CHARGE FROM LLWYNYPIA.—The hearing of the charge against Sidney Mey- rick of aiding and abetting and procuring Annie Davies to damage, with intent to destroy, a brick-making machine, the pro- perty of the Glamorgan Coal Co, at Llwynypia, which was partly heard on Thursday, was resumed, and Mr. Ivor Bowen summed up for the prosecution. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but gave a strong recom- mendation to mercy, The Judge said it was a very serious charge, for prisoner induced three young gn'ls to do a criminal act. The offence had been aggravated by his instruc- tions to people to go into the witness-box to state what was obviously false. The jury had recommended him to mercy, and he was bound to take this into consideration. Prisoner was liable to a term of seven years' penal j servitude, and the lowest sentence he could give was one of 12 months. BLACK CASES. John Meredith (33), collier, was indicted for having at Aberdare indecently assaulted Jessie Maud Shepherd, Sarah Ann Thomas, and Sarah Williams, all of the age of 6. Mr. St. John Williams prosecuted. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to four months' hard labour. Thomas Jones (29), tailor, was charged with attempting to indecently assault Ethel Maud Evans, aged under 13, on April 22nd. Mr. Ivor Bowen prosecuted, and Mr. Glasco- dine defended. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. John Martin, labourer, was charged with attempting to indecently assault Elizabeth Packer, aged nine years, Llanfabon. Mr. P. E vans prosecuted. Prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to 15 months' hard labour. The Court adjourned till Saturday. CIVIL COURT COLLIERY TRESPASS ACTION. The action, Lewis v. Thomas and Others, for damages for trespass, was resumed.— Evidence was called, and the whole of the morning was occupied over the first witness, Mr. Charles Gregory, mining engineer, Aber- dare, who described, by means of the working plans, the various stalls, levels, &c., in the inundated Gellydeg Seam to the dip, and followed the course taken by the water when it burst into the River Level Pit workings, saying that he found an aperture lift, wide in the barrier between plaintiff's colliery and the Scyborwen property, and that the barrier had been encroached upon to the extent of eight yards by somebody from the Sguborwen side. The cross-examination was directed to show that there was no trespass, counsel making a point of the fact no account had been taken for two yards used in the turning of the stalls by the plaintiff.—HI3 Lordship asked Mr. Francis Williams iF he disputed that this coal had been worked out.—Mr. Francis Williams: We admit we worked out coal further than our side, but whether that land is part of what was demised to the plain- tiff is another question. We do not admit the quantity that they say.—Messrs. William Reynolds, mining engineer Robert Rees, mining engineer, Aberdare Wm. Phillips, surveyor in the employ of plaintiff Edward Morgan, plaintiff's general manager and en- gineer, and others, also gave evidence. John Hopkins, formerly a collier in the Scyborwen Pit. in the employ of the defendants, gave evidence of being told some time in 1892 to work a skip" at the point of the breach already referred to. and of knocking loose whilst he was engaged in work. He knocked a hole as big as a man's head, and could see into the adjoining workings. He afterwards covered up the hole with rubbish. At this point the Court adjourned until the following day. SATURDAY. CRIMINAL COURT. AN UNNAMEABLJK OFJ\ENCE.—A lad of 15, named David Rees Harris, described as a collier, from Ystrad, pleaded not guilty to an unnameable offence. Mr. Gwyn Morris prosecuted, and Mr. Roland Vaughan Williams defended. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. A BARRY CASE.—John O'Brien, a Barry labourer, 23, was charged with criminally assaulting Bridget Fleming, at Barry, on the 29th April, and also on May 10th.—Mr. Lovat Eraser prosecuted.—So unsatisfactory was the complainant's evidence that the Judge stopped the case, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. OTHER BLACK CASES. — William Henry Taylor, 27, haulier, Maesteg, was charged with unlawfully and indecently assaulting and ill- treating Esther Isaac, a little girl under five years of age. Mr. Ivor Bowen prosecuted- The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and prisoner was discharged.—Thomas Pugh, a Pontypridd collier, was indicted for having indecently assaulted Emma Lodge, a married woman, who was very deaf. Mr. Hugh Jones appeared for the Crown. Prisoner was found guilty, and sent to prison for 15 calendar months. CIVIL COURT. THE COLLIERY TRESPASS ACTION. When the action, Lewis v. Thomas and Others, was resumed on Saturday morning, the plaintiff, Mr. James Lewis was called. He stated, in examination by Mr. Abel Thomas, that he was a justice of the peace, and had formerly been High Sheriff for Breconshire. He had been a colliery owner for many years before 1885, but since that date he had been lessee of the Aberdare Works and Colliery, including the River Level Pit. There was not a word of truth in the suggestion that he had stopped the work in the River Level Pit in order to get money out of the defendants' pockets. He was the occupier of the Middle Level Pit when the flood came into the Pit. Directly the water came in he spared no time or money in order to save the lives of the workmen, and his expenditure at that time was very great. After the inundation had taken place, and after the water had been pumped out to get at the bodies of the men, he was present at the coroner's inquiry. In consequence of the report made at the inquiry by Mr. Robson, Her Majesty's Inspector of Mines, and from what he knew of the mine himself, he decided not to risk the lives of the men by continuing to work in the dips of his colliery. Mr. B. F. Williams: Do you suggest that there was a fraudulent concealment of the hole P— Witness: I don't suggest anything except what the evidence shews.—Well, is that the inference you drew?—I don't think I am called to answer that, but I may say that I received no communication as to the hole.— Mr. Francis Williams, in defence, addressed the jury at some length, alleging that it was the duty of the plaintiff to see that the drain level, which was said to have been blocked by a fall, and thus have caused the accumulation of water, was not interfered with, and in con- elusion said that but fcr the fact that some- body might be found to pay for the aban- doned colliery, nothing would have been heard of plaintiff's claim. MONDAY. CRIMINAL COURT. A PECULIAR CASE.—Henry Davies (41), bricklayer, was indicted for indecently as- saulting Elizabeth Edwards, aged 10, at Aberdare. Mr. James prosecuted. It appeared that the girl was the prisoner's step-daughter, and the principal witness was the child's mother and prisoner's wife. After the child had given her evidence, the prisoner asked if a prisoner's wife could give evidence against him. The Judge looked up the authorities, and eventually said he considered it would be safe to exclude the evidence of the wife. He would not say in a charge of this sort her evidence would not be admissable, but this, he thought, was a case where he could exclude it, especially having regard to the circum- stances of the case.—Mr. James Then I shall be unable to proceed with the case.—The Judge, addressing the jury, said in this case there had been no harm done to the child. The prisoner was a relation of the child, and consequently on more intimate terms than a stranger. If what was alleged had been done by a man who was a stranger, probably it might be indecent assault. But one looked at it in a different light with regard to a relation, and therefore he did not think it would be right to find prisoner guilty, and if the jury agreed they would find him not guilty. The jury at once returned a verdict of not guilty. INDECENT CASES. — Thomas Evans (44), collier, was indicted for indecently assaulting Esther Ann Adams, aged eight, at Abercynon. Mr. James prosecuted. Prisoner was found not guilty.—Alfred Hicks (64), labourer, was indicted for committing an act of indecency at Swansea. Mr. Lleufer Thomas prosecuted. The jury first of all disagreed, and on a. new jury being sworn, prisoner was found not guilty. GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM.—Daniel Haggerty (22), labourer, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to Geo. Haynes and Hy. Lemon, at Merthyr. Mr. Parsons prosecuted and Mr. Glascodine defended. Prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. ALLEGED FRAUD AT PENARTH.—George Salter, on bail, was indicted for, with intent to defraud, obtaining from Frederic William Carter, acting on behalf of the Board of Agri- culture. 9s. 6d. by virtue of three forged or altered documents. Mr. Arthur Lewis and Mr. Tudor Howell, M.P., prosecuted,and Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., defended. The allegation was that prisoner had had cases of swine fever, and applied to the Board of Agriculture for disinfectants. He was authorised to procure what was necessary, and it was alleged that in the receipts he presented to the authorities he made alterations in the forms to the extent alleged. In defence it was maintained that the amount charged was only the actual amount the prisoner had expended. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. Mr. Arthur Lewis said there were other indictments, and he asked the direction of the judge. His Lordship said they could not be clearer than that just dealt with, and thereupon the in- dictments were not proceeded with and the prisoner was discharged. CIVIL COURT. THE COLLIERY TRESPASS ACTION.—When this action was rrsumed this morning, expert evidence was called for the defence, the witnesses including Mr. Rees Llewellyn, of the Bwllfa and Merthyr Dare Collieries, Mr. Bramfield, Mr. H. T. Wailes and Mr. John Roberts. Swansea, all of whom expressed the opinion that such precautions might have been taken as would have enabled the plaintiff to work his colliery after the disas- ter. The Judge then summed up. His Lord- ship said it was an important case in point of money, but he was glad to say the issue which the jury had to try was one that would pre- sent, he thought, no difficulty. They had had a great deal of imputations of fraud, which to his mind had absolutely nothing to do with the case. Of course when such charges were made counsel had to answer them, but one regretted that matters should be introduced when they had nothing to do with the issue involved. As it now stood the defendants admitted they were on all points of law the occupiers of the adjoining colliery, and on the evidence it was also practically uncontroverted that at that point of John Hopkins's skip, where the hole was made, defendants bored through the plain- tiff's boundary, and therefore there was no doubt a trespass was committed. It was not a question in this case of negligence in the manner of working, or whether or not mis- chief had arisen as a result of the flooding. Clearly there was a trespass, though he did not think the defendants personally were aware of the boring through the boundary by their workmen, for which, however, they were legally liable, and clearly the inunda- tion was caused by such trespass. The amount of the damages, if the jury found for the plaintiff, would be dealt with else- where. The real fighting point in the case was then whether the plaintiff, by taking reasonable precaution for the safety of the miners, could have continued the working of the River Level Pit instead of allowing it to remain idle. Upon this point bis Lordship quoted the evidence of Mr. Robson that it I would in his opinion be unsafe under the circumstances to continue working the colliery, and then dealt with the remedial measures proposed by the expert witnesses for the defence, saying they all agreed nevertheless that the safer course would be to utilise the breach as a kind of drain hole, the very existence of which would tend to prevent an accumulation of water, and that they would add as an additional safety a bore-hole going up to the boundary, which would, so to speak, draw the water off. If the plaintiff could have reasonably restored the breach without casting too great a burden upon the boundary it seemed a proper inference that" the working of the River Level Pit might have been resumed to the dip. They had had gentlemen of great experience called before them for the defendants, particularly the last witness, Mr. John Roberts (Swansea)—evidently a gentle- man, master of his craft, and of great experience—who gave his evidence in a way which showed, he thought, both his sense of the difficulties to be met and con- | fidence of his ability in meeting them. In conclusion, his Lordship said the plaintiff could not recover if there was an insufficient barrier provided; and if by exercising reasonable precaution for the safety of his men, he could have continued the working of the colliery.-The jury re- tired, and after an absence of 20 minutes found for the plaintiff on all points, the amount of the damages being left to Mr. W. D. Benson to decide. POLLET V. REFUGE ASSURANCE CC XPANY.— This case, set down to be tried by a special jury, was mentioned by Mr. B. Francis Wil- liams, Q.C. Mr. Williams applied for the record to be withdrawn on terms endorsed on counsel's brief, and for a Judge's order if necessary. Mr. Francis Williams, Q.C., and Mr. Parsons appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ivor Bowen for defendants. Mr. Justice Kennedy assented to the application. TUESDAY. CRIMINAL COURT. I MANSLAUGHTER.—Alexander Quinn, 27, a labourer, was charged on police and coroner's I warrants with, 011 the. 17th October, 1898, at Barry, killing and slaying Thomas John.— Mr. Lovatt Frazer appeared for the prosecu- tion, and Mr. Hugh Jones for the defence.— This was a peculiar case, as the victim did not die for a couple of months, and in the mean- time the prisoner got two months for the assault only. Subsequently, after he had been to sea, he was arrested for manslaughter, and committed for trial. It appears that on the 15th March, last year, the prisoner was in Culley's Hotel Barry, and was throwing beer about. The deceased man remarked that he was a fool to do so, whereupon prisoner told him it was no business of his, and that it was not his money that paid for it, ultimately throwing a quart jug at deceased, inflicting a severe injury to his head.-The jury found prisoner guilty, and the Judge sentenced him to six weeks' hard labour. ALLEGED FRAUD.—John Donovan, 28, fire- man, was charged with obtaining 343. from Kate Poulson by means of a forged advance note with intent to defraud.—Mr. Raymond Allen prosecuted, and Mr. Ivor Bowen defended.—The prisoner Donovan was found guilty, and was sentenced to three months' hard labour. AsSAULT.-David Wales, 20, a collier, was charged with, on July 21, in the Rhondda, in- flicting grievous bodily harm to Thomas Thomas.—Mr. A. Lewis appeared for the pro- secution, and Mr. Glascodine for the defence. The alleged assault occurred at the Court Hotel, Tonypandy.—Prosecutor alleged that prisoner bit out a piece of his cheek.—The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to nine months' hard labour. ACQUITTED.—William Baker, 38, labourer, was acquitted on a charge of stealing ten fowls, the property of Herbert E. Lattey, at Cardiff, on July 2, and discharged. The court then adjourned. CIVIL COURT. ACTION FOR SLANDER. After the hearing of the action against the Intermediate Governing Body, Mr. Justice Kennedy and a special jury had before them an action for slander brought by Bessie Lewis, a domestic servant at Skewen, against her former master and mistress, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones, of Maesgwyn, Glyn-Neatb, and also of Porthcawl. Mr. Abel Thomas, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Ivor Bowen (instructed by Mr. A. J. Jeffreys) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. B. Francis-Williams, Q.C., and Mr. S. T. Evans (instructed by Mr. Kempthorne) for the defendants.—His Lordship intimated to the ladies present that the details of the case would be of an unpleasant nature, and he suggested they should withdraw. The plaintiff, an orphan, 25 years of age, said she was for four years in the service of the defendants at Maesgwyn, Glyn-Neath. In the summer the family used to stay at Porthcawl, and during that time she was left at Glyn-Neath with the menservants. Defendant had made certain allegations of misconduct against plaintiff whom she had dismissed.—Evidence was called to clear plaintiff's character, and in the end a verdict was given for the plaintiff, damages being assessed at X100. WEDNESDAY. CROWN COURT. UNLAWFUL WOUNDING. James Sullivan (29), fireman, was indicted for wounding Patrick Sullivan with intent to do him grievous bodily harm at Cardiff. Mr. Rhys Williams prosecuted, and Mr. Lyn Evans defended. Sent to prison for 18 months. FALSE PRETENCES.—Catherine Payne (15) pleaded guilty to three charges of obtaining clothes and money by false pretences at I Cardiff, and was sent to a reformatory for three years. SECOND CROWN COURT. NOT GUILTY. Charles Jennings (44), rigger, charged with wounding Sophia Riili with intent to do her serious bodily harm at Cardiff, was found not guilty. Mr. Hugh Jones prosecuted, and Mr. St. John Williams de- fended. A BASE COIN CASE.—Annie Partridge was indicted for passing a piece of base coin resembling a 2s. piece at Cardiff. Mr. Llew. Williams (for Mr. Lloyd Morgan) prosecuted, and Mr. Hugh Jones defended. The prisoner was acquitted. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER CASE AT CARDIFF. —Emily Gibbon, a widow, was indicted for the manslaughter of her daughter's child at Cardiff. Mr. A. C. Thomas prosecuted. The jury decided that on the facts before them they found the prisoner not guilty.—The Commissioner: The prisoner will be dis- charged, and I disallow the costs of the prosecution. A SWANSEA CASE BREAKS DOWN.—Henry Matthews (30), fireman, and Charles Linden- burn (26), fireman, were indicted for feloniously assaulting Jane Davies and steal- ing from her person 5s. and a pedlar's certifi- cate. Mr. Lleufer Thomas prosecuted, and Mr. Vaughan Williams and Mr. Rhys Williams defended. It was alleged that the prisoners had set on the old woman and indecently assaulted and robbed her. After the case had gone on for some hours the Judge asked the jury if they wished to heai further evidence. The evidence ad- duced threw great doubt on the case. The jury endorsed this view, and did not wish to hear further evidence, and the prisoners were consequently discharged. This concluded the criminal business. CIVIL COURT. THE SKETTY MATCH FACTORY. AN ALLEGED NUISANCE. HECK AND ROSSER v. THE SWANSEA WAX VESTA CO. LTD., AND R. T. LEYSON.—The plaintiffs in this action, heard by his Lord- ship and a special jury. were Mr. William Heck, of Maesygollen, Sketty, and Mr. John Holbein Rosser, of Dysgwylfa, Sketty, and the defendant company were the occupiers of a wax match factory immediately adjoin- ing their residences, as tenants of the de-' fendant, Mr. Leyson. Plaintiffs complained that the working of the factory caused large quantities of smoke and other effluvia which were offensive, unwholesome and deleterious to health, and which rendered their houses and grounds unhealthy and disagreeable. The plaintiffs claimed an injunction to re- strain the defendants from carrying on the manufacture of wax matches so as either by the smell, smoke, vapours or noise arising from it, to cause a nuisance or injury to the plaintiffs. Damages were also claimed for the nuisance occasioned to the plaintiffs. Mr. Eldon Bankes, Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., and Mr. C. A. Bailhache (instructed by Messrs. Ingledew, Son and Vanderpump) ap. peared for plaintiffs; and Mr. B. F. Wil. liams, Q.C., and Mr. D. Villiers Meager for Mr. Leyson, and Mr. Abel Thomas, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. J. Plews (instructed by Mr. R. T. Leyson) for the company. Mr. Bankes, in opening the case for the

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THE ALLTWEN CHURCH DISPUTE. A SETTLEMENT EFFECTED. it the end of the criminal business on Wednesday his Lordship had a private conference with the counsel relative to the, Alltwen Church dispute-Mr. B. Francis- Williams and Mr. Lleufer Thomas-with the result that a settlement was at last effected- Mr. Lleufer Thomas, addressing his Lordship, in court later, said that there had been full consideration given to the matter, and he felt on behalf of his client, that this was a case, as suggested by his Lordship, that should not be proceeded with. With his Lordship's permission, he did not intend to offer any evidence. His Lordship I am sure you are adopting a right course, and I am exceedingly glad that you are enabled, in the interest of your client, to adopt that course. Addressing the jury, his Lordship said the prosecution offered no evidence in the case, and, as their duty was to find the verdict according to the evidence," they would in that case return a verdict of not guilty. h We believe we Rre correct in saying that the rector's terms have been practically accepted, and that in the settlement it was agreed that no calls are to be made on him for arrears due to the curate, and the curate to give up the curacy, says the Western Mail, A new curate is to be appointed on the nomina- tion of the rector, and a re-arrangement is also to be made respecting the income of the future curate, which has in the past been defrayed largely out of the rector's income.

__un. plaintiff, said it was one of extreme import- ance, because the plaintiffs contended that the factory had been earried on in such a way as to constitute a substantial nuisance, and the question the jury had to try was whether, up till the time of the issue of the writ, the factory had been a nuisance or not. If the jury were satisfied that the factory had interfered with the ordinary comforts j of the occupiers of the neighbouring resi- dences, he submitted he would be entitled to a verdict. At certain times of the day, but by no means always, when some parts of the process were being carried on, very large and extensive quantities of smoke were emitted from the chimneys, and smells of a horrible character came from the factory. If the jury, when they viewed the factory and the surroundings, had only seen part of the process their view was not an extensive one. The neighbourhood was essentially a residential one where people built and bought houses in order to get away from the smoke and smells and disagreeableness which were the essentials of a manufacturing town. Although a man had a right to put down a factory in such a locality, he submitted that the man who did that must take very great care that he did not carry on his factory in such a way as to make it a nuisance to his neighbours. The situation of the factory was thoroughly unsuitable, poked away in the corner of a field, right in the middle of resi- dential premises. Mr. Rosser went to live at Dysgwylfa in March, 1897, having bought the house previously. Mr. Leyson was the owner of the field adjoining, and first of all he started the factory in June, 1897. It bad been increased in size since. Mr. Heck went to reside at Sketty in January, 1898. In October, IE98, Mr. Leyson entered into an agreement to sell the factory to a company which was registered in November, 1898. The plaintiffs did not ask for an injunction to stop the working of the factory altogether; but they asked for an injunction to compel defendants to carry on the manufacture in such a way that it would not be a nuisance. It had been carried on as a nuisance also because of the lack of control exercised over the works. There were from 20 to 30 young women employed there, and they were people of rather a rough class. During their dinner hour they went on the road close to Mr. Heck's gate and behaved themselves in a way j which constituted another nuisance. Those things did not happen in a properly managed factory. J Mr. Archibald Goldie was the first witness called, and he proved taking photographs which showed the smoke issuing from the chimneys. Mr. J. H. Rosser said he bought Dysgwylfa for X2,600, and he went to live there in March, 1897. Owing to the dense volume of smoke and the discbarge of vapour that pro- duced a bad smell, his roses were all burnt up this Spring, and he lost all the blossoms off his fruit trees. During the last few months, since he had started the action, they had had nothing whatever to complain of. In fact, the vegetation had wonderfully improved. The factory had been so perfectly quiet, that he could hardly believe it bad been working. Questioned in reference to the employees in the factory, witness said that for some time the girls took their meals in Mr. Leyson's field; but he must have got tired of it him- self, for he gave orders to have their meals off the premises. Then there was a great row amongst the girls, and their language was very choice. They were throwing venom not only at Mr. Leyson but at his daughters as well. After that, the factory did not work in the afternoon. He thought there was a strike amongst the girls. Cross-examined by Mr. B. F. Williams He I did not try to get up a petition against the factory. Sir Robert Morris came to him and asked him to sign a memorial, but he would take no part in the proceedings on either side I until the factory was built, and until it be- came a nuisance to him. He did not think it possible that a factory would be put up there. He did not complain to the various public bodies. By Mr. Abel Thomas: He had not made any complaints to Mr. Leyson for two years, although during that time he had been unable to keep the windows open and life had been made intolerable. He had not com- plained because he thought Mr. Leyson stood and chuckled and smiled as the smoke came across. He put on that idiotic grin. (Laughter.) Counsel: Have you put it on now, Mr. Rosser ?-No, thank God I have not got it. He was griuning the whole two years ?— Whenever he had a chance to pass me he would turn up and have a grin. (Laughter.) Mrs. Rosser also gave evidence regarding the unpleasant nature of the smells. Mr. T. Travers Wood said he resided at Dysgwylfa for 28 years. As the trustee to his brother-in-law, he sold it to Mr. Rosser. He had been up there since and he noticed a very bad smell on several occasions.— Counsel: How would you describe it—a real, substantial smell ? — It is worse than a smell; it is a stink. William Muxworthy, a gardener with Mr. Rosser, spoke of the injury which the smoke had done to the garden. The trees bad suffered very badly this spring. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, market gardener, of Sketty, gave similar evidence. In cross- examination, he admitted that he used manure which he bought of Messrs. Parry and Rocke and which gave a strong smell; but the inspector of nuisances had not complained of the abominable smell he made under Mr. Heck's garden. The other plaintiff, Mr. W. Heck, a colliery proprietor, said he bought the lease of Maesygollen for JE750 in January, 1898, and he went to live there last July, having been married shortly before that. Witness deposed to the unpleasant nature of the smoke, which made his wife ill at one time. It was no pleasure to go into the garden when the smell was there. He had reason to complain of the conduct of the girls as they were leaving their work of an evening. It had not been so bad these last two months. Cross-examined by Mr. Williams He had stayed at Mr. Rosser's house before he bought his own, commencing his visit there in 1897. The factory was being built then; but he did not smell anything like the stinks they now complained of, otherwise he would not have bought the house. He was away most of the day time, but he had heard Mr. Rosser complain. Mrs. Heck gave similar evidence. George Smith, a coachman to Mr. Hughes, of Sketty Isha, and formerly a gardener in the employ of Mr. Heck, gave evidence as to the smoke and smell. Kathleen Herrapath, formerly an employee- at the match factory, described the process of match-making, aud said that the compo" gave a very nasty odour, which at first made her feel ill. She left the factory on July 5th, and for about a fortnight before that the match-making had been stopped. Cross- examined, witness denied that she had told Miss Calderwood, a nurse who visited the factory, that she only smelt the fumes when leaning over the compo." At times she smelt them in the lane that led to the factory. Mr. Bankes then called for the production of the minute-book by the secretary, Mr. Olsen. A lad of about 15 stepped forward, and said he was the secretary of the com- pany. The minute-book having been pro- duced, counsel read: A meeting of the shareholders was held, at which A. A. Perkins, D. Y. Perkins, R. T. Leyson, Gladys Leyson, and Ethel Leyson were present, and it was resolved that R. T. Leyson and G. Leyson be the directors." The minutes also showed the appointment of Mr. R. A. Olsen as secretary at a. salary and terms to be agreed by the directors. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Bankes also quoted the contract of sale to the company which, he said, showed that if the people mentioned had paid, the capital was £33.. This concluded the plaintiffs' case. Mr. B. F. Williams, Q.C., opened the case for the defence, characterising the allegation that the match-works was a nuisance as abso- lute rubbish. Mr. Leyson was entitled to lay down his factory wherever he chose on his own ground. Mr. Rees Charles, public analyst, of Neath and Brecon, said he visited the factory on four occasions, and he found no disagreeable smell. The smell could only be detected when leaning directly over the melting pot. Mr. C. A. Seyler, the public analyst of Swansea, deposed to inspecting the factory on May 5th and June 13th, when no obnoxious smells were emitted. The grass around the factory was in a perfectly normal state. Cross-examined He did not think the ap- paratus he saw could produce any such smell. Henry Derriman, gardener to Mr Leyson, said he had experienced no smell. The trees, &c., in the garden had not been affected. Arthur C. Mathias, a haulier, also gave evi- dence, and, in cross-examination, he admitted having heard of the girls at the factory beings sick. Miss Gladys Leyson said that only the compo." could be smelt, and that only just outside the door or room. The sterine and phospho." were never heated up to the boil- ing point. Mr. Bankes You are one of the directors? —Yes. Have you paid for the shares you hold in the Company ?-No; father gave them to me. Have you got anything representing the shares ?-No; but father says he gave them to me. (Laughter). Miss Calderwood, a nurse, said the witness Herrapath had told her that she had felt no ill effects from the smell when she had asked her. Cross-examined: She asked her since the action had commenced. Other residential witnesses having been called to disprove the existence of smells, Arthur Isaacs, the foreman at the factory, ex- amined, said it was impossible to smell any of the factory smells outside the factory yard. This case was adjourned until Thursday. AN ACTION SETTLED. Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., informed his lordship thac in the action Swansea Siemans Brick Co. v. Bockel, defendant had consented to judgment for R739 and costs on the claim with- out prejudice I to the counter-claim, which could be proceeded with by another action if neces- sary.—Mr. W. D. Benson, counsel on the other side, assented, and judgment was entered accordingly. At the conclusion of the business both judges and the Commissioner, at the invitation of the chairman of the Harbour Trust, took a sea trip- on board the pilot cutter Beaufort. [CONTINUED ON PAGE 8.]