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Corry POACyiING CASE. "ZAXU!QG AT THE GLAMORGAN ASSIZES. JtTRY FAIL TO AGREE. •?h ^rown Court of the Glamorgan Assizes tue first case called on was that Cl tiie four men Harry JUd'i'j! John Milton, Thomas Hoskins, oeing. Cnmas Gould wero indicted on a charge of Uflrav nC:=riltd *n l*10 poaching affray on Lord estata at Coitv, in which an aeaault been committed on a poJiice- ocm i tw°- .T'-niekeeptirs. The prosecution x uf7l-> J -^r- Arthur Lewis and Mr. 'Or raid Mr. S. T. Evans appeared ■John gi, •? 1c^-—he i'-rut witness called wag ieitien ViU;:il> a policeman stationed at Bryn- W ig Y deported that on Satnrd&v, Decern- 'purnj'g Waa on duty at Coity, when he noticed of rp^°in§ across the mountain in the direc- n» 'c CJarw Wood. They were on a f^tn 4i-<S€n'e belonging to Lord Dunraven. men1''1"* stood he.could not recognise who but one of them carried a gun. Ftw ,'ff luilf an hour he went to the house J^Hat If!, the keeper, with the result that from bY the told him, Faster, aiccompajued i? the ^keeper (Cope) and himself, went -W-fc LJJ. ark Garw Wood. They stayed souj i a.a hour, when they heard footatcps, j?1. the ,|j which proceeded from the thicket *s wih the path they were on Upon s,r-d his two companions hid them- "1t»« wood and watched tho four men I ^°Qts. xvii-0. the ''ov-tr. By tho light of the fOtlr iliell was ^Lioiing- full, he could see the \y.jllers' °f thera, Miller, oarrying a the four men saw witness and the ^Utl ^yeaiao forward, and Hoskin« and K; ru>taRd ai witness and beat -^6r> helmet. He (witnese), how- sr to his "snips" haiWria,t' an<* a^° w'^h an ash ,• Upon this ha saw Hoskins take ',lrds (, and throw it. Immediately after- n, otu p,ut ^alld to his head. Foster ;9 tnrJ° prisoners "Give in like men nh-iri i seconded the advioe by shouting: ti'b a&othot. u r d,? 60' jt>g no good knocking about. Miller Kiplied: "You let k Trifln Vt ol!\d) go," but he refused to do P^rpel 0f <- *er detached the stock from the strur.i,^8 ^un aT|d attacked witness, whom ijfter ti • ,^or the head with his weapon. ^,a ?a, either B'de engaged Afrm i? j lasted some moments V <md l if K°allfdn to ^ton, "Come ^He-d rnwWi t e •" Milton, thus ,^avy' Kftt UP witness, and struck him a ^ch W? ,t, °"ffta9 bead with a bludgeon, ^*lee« fol 608 of ^^dermg him (witness) 1,0W socorw^a- Wben he recovered lyincr nrv, iifaw ^le two keepers of+K^n ground unconscious, and &y thia xiT88 from the head. 5- prwoacni had all grot a « ;j e>vid«Tu*> wai given by the undex-keepor, and then ii nead-ke«per, Heary PoHter, went into box. He cieecri'bed a* Shilfurm had don« keepers and polioeman had gone to the r^rk Graxw Wood, iuid 6woro ttet Hogkins nod thrown a. stone. which struck him (witinea;) On the side of the head, and had aflso struck blow at him with his ertick, which ho managed to ward off. Milton also came ud it and he and witness closed together Tt m. thi« struggle that oi "r. it, was Afterwards he received +!a ,TV'aR broken. «!?i «d AMViHV bl°" °» "« ,.Viien he recovered'"L ft j ground. The n"? on the ? }'• -I^e-id Ue Prisoners was Ner W f 0lKHK>?trt> r where he identified had S1X the majl ftarf had the gun on the night <rf the 10th. received on that nighit kept him to.^s house.—Cross-examined, Miiier, he (witness) and tho others came u,p, was to the gun with tbe barrel pointing ^at \T^"°l'nc'' (witnaj<3) would not say in Su T" r'8 intention was to hold the gun tr P08^'011 EO ^lat it could not do any Vit}, It Pushed Miller's gun with' hi« Kticlc, barrel restu't that the gun went off, and the hv0 ^'at? dust harged into the ground, only ^Hlurn l06) from wlrAire he stood. i\iter othgj, xi, taken Gould into custody the Ui4 1)f>?lr.G9 prisoners attacked tho kftepern (Vvu^100 ^rsa.. David Roberts, carpenter, ark r iT-as oa 20 laat in the duster Ww ■}, ood' ^icre lie found tbs knuckle- ^°ikir.n which Foster alleged eye.!r{3, had .vstnick him in tho tlia.t a mi Shiillunx, ro-callled, said atter the affray he identified i r- ThS lroin among several other men— ^6&pe °ma^ Jones described the wounds the were 6uffering from ^'°\jrid ,1' among other injuriee, a lacerated ^'Qj.^d inches in length and a contused Wt ear i 6 tjac'k part of his head above the ^here l^elow the left angle of tho mouth <?ci'«ed '3S a snia^ punctured wound, and an flPe's ^°Mnd above the angio of the left eye. tjl0 injury waa at the back ^'OUjjd f '■ vr*iere there was a large inois«d Don inches long and Teaching down to bW'.i. ^ost€1' was (suffering from consider- W v at the time, and on the upper part Sl2e 0r -j J" tad a lacerated wound, about the be! la "a"cr(nvn, and incised wounds above fa?vW e.ve- All three men had n 6 heads covered with blood, ^sed l Utied wounds might easily have been 81ck>iJ SOme blunt instrument, such as ,°f » gun.—The prisoners were d a la, w ^lfcn taken into custody. Milton th^( wound at the back of the head, w,}1).) 01'3 had tiinaller injuries. The only r^ii\ their^^16 at a dangerous condition °lice wOunds were the two gamekeepera. *? p-r, °°nsta,blo Alfred Thomas deposed S to Milton's louse on after the affray. In the j bl0rv)ar found a waisitcoai covered ^°Users • mud, and upstairs was 4 pair of a a condition, while thelv- was 1 foam pheasants' feathers about ti?*k rr.Av *1 charged, Milton and Hoekina We>„ I>lied in the words, "1 was not *i ^ckpf lr°S8"examined: There was also iL^ed Water and blood in the house, and as J^so covered with blood. ifr. 70 °sed the case for the prosecution. ,IJUnei. Vaiisr then called Dr. Parry, of Ponty- j. He gaid the knew Miller and Gould, W^nsiv 38 knew, they were both quiet and V ^diau p ltj?ri- They were employed at the *|vstn8 ^°lliery, of whicih he was surgeon. Dr. ^aetlrV6T,n^hir evidence with regard to the J,U {jj, borne by tho other two pris-oner«. iss to the jury Mr. Arthur Lewis j olit tha.t in coming to a thT-10n ."d!Pon the case they had to dispel i.^rder. ^Lniinde the chargo of attempted ^*0 thought it his duty to draw attcru ^•'ght ^aot- Tho charge which was '^itt^H^+i118^ Prisoners was thait of having i-i Vot offence of being, to the number J ^he 0J}T armed unlawfully upon land f^'Pc.'se ^Paiior. of another at night for the ttT^^inrr +k game, and whilo there v ^ec'Psr3 and the constable there a j*> if i ««eper8 in order to pre- J.11^ by their lawful appreviension, y.81^ im„. d°lng inflicting grievous bodily I^ht J, P,s keepei-a and constable. What t^n<>Ved f? n a.Possible difficulty had been 1iH1 their considei*ation when they quesf;- defence did not propose to raise flock, to the identity of tho men in Mo fo ^Vas. admitted, as far as it was t irieji ^a^nit ™ a ^rinainal case, that the rrn 1.1 dook were the four men who at Giaipw -u^ ^"oairkber 19 been in the '^gth +t, •^r- Lewis then reviewed lir2 -^6 commented upon w,lr.o.s I .w Prisoners had been at such an k .nfr ln the morning, and had been 114 the ,tbe drve through tho wood, C? wllci'cnthey would be concealed *]>*• and a^;u" 1 1 violence upon the °ubt „ been proved beyond that uT:aET circumRtancos he 4 *o Rt^0 Awy had no other alternativs wif^ pnTQer3 ^aty the S. rp theL. were ^^d. v Poj^+^.1 ■ Lvan#i then addressed the iurv n^pfa^S°uVhe diMdvantagw the prisoner jn 1iptt r-ntend «elt eviS y th.eir beir>S' unable to »nd ^n00f,or to «° the box them- W ^V«.n« „ t'|1e r own "tory. (continuing, t>ee2' i^uJ^ th.i,t whole of tho affray <Jq,? about because the keepers j*e had taken a harsh and As^°ns milder one of issuing a W th« four mon for poaching, that vf ^tiug off of the gun, he main- »ot jro k* h^d tho g'irn so tdiat it ^8^ off. He had no hand «n the wae admitted thae the discharge of the weapon took place at the very moment when Foster brushed aside the KUll with his staff. Then when the keepers came wpon tho sceno the prisoners never came a. atop nearer the constable and keepers, but the aggression was altogether on the f-ide of tl-it latter partite. The first act of violence which resulted in any in. jury caane from the constable when he hit down Gould. That was admitted. He hoped that the jury would not have their minds influenced by the allegations, which were absolut ely ground- leiss, that the men had tried to evade justice, and in conclusion drew attention to the ex- cellent characters g-iven to each of the four prisoners. Whatever injuries had been re- ceived had been the result of the action of the gamekeepers. It was one thing to be guilty of poaching and another to be guilty of assault, and he hoped that the jury would, in respect to the latter dwrga, express the opinion that' the charge had not been brought home to the Hien in the dock. The Judge, in summirjg up, said that a pro- vision in the statute it the duty and the right of gamekeepera to arrest persons euspect&d) of poaching. It was not a question, therefore, as to whoh party were responsible for the commencement of the struggle, as would be the case were four niein to meet four other men to whom they were not very friendly dis- posed ar:d started a quarrel. ibis was quite different, and he did not think they need con- sider at all whether the koopers and constable had acted wisely in taking dieps to arrest the prisonei-e, for they had a right to do so. The jury elected to retire, and were absent an hour and a half. On returning, at five o'clock, the foreman announced that the jury could not agree upon their verdiot. There wag one in-an- His Lordship; I don't want to know tbat. There mln- be one man OIl the jury whoso intellect dwarfs yours and my own. You tihink there is no possibility of your agreeing? The Foreman: No, my lord. His Lordship: Not if I keep you hero till midnight? The Foreman: No, my lord. His Lordmip: Then you are discharged. Mir. Arthur Lewis (applied that the on pie might be tried on Wednesday, while Mr. 8. Evatns asked that it might be adjourned till the next assizes. After some discussion it was decided by his lordship that the case eiiould be called on on YvTednesday. THE CASE RE-TRIED. As intima,ted by Justice Lawranoa at the clo^e of Tuesday's proceedings .tgiinat the Coity poachers, when the jury could not agree L.pon a verdict, the ca^e was called on first on Wednesday morning. At the commence- ment Mr. S. T. Evana, for the defence, renewed his application made on the previous evening that the case might be adjourned to the next assists. He drew the attention of his -ordship to the reports in the papers, copies of which he had banded to the clerk of arraigns. His Lordship perueed the "South Wales Daily News," and said he could aee to obser- vatlollS. It ia only a report of whalt took place. Mr. S. T. Evans: I am told that the worst observation only appears in that newspaper, and is not in the other papers. His Lordship: You refer, I presume, to the expression "It is monstrous" ? Mr. S. T. Evans urged that the report appea?#ri £ in the "South Wale* Daily News of these observations was not a correct one. His Lordship again read the "South WaJes Daily News" report, ?nd said that -t was correct. As to the expression "It m « »troue," it was said. He used it "l, because he Ihought it monstrous that one should set himself against eleven. ,-y^ Mr. S. T. Evans: There is an ousM'inptiOn that it was one way. His Lordship: I meant that it v M mon- SWOU3. lo'j eometimes nv with one man Who is cleverer than hi# follows What I said was not mtended to ConVby aQJrthmif 011e way or the other. +Wr' Eva-us submittp-l that e'Tything that could be done to give the prisoners a fair tiual glioma be done, and asked, therefore, that the case be adjourned. There was a precedent 111 a recent Ca,e of Brecon, which, owing 10 the commontfi in the local press h3td been ad- journtd. Ilis Lordohip said ibat all the witnesses were ther.). and that the case had better go on. m j Lewis, in the case for the Crown, called his witnesses in the eame ofdor as he had done on the previoa* day. Ifirft aod than *wo ghitWiHaBpyrs.- wertt Tftio the box, a»d told tie «tory otlh« midnight affray. Dr. Thorma* Jones followed, and w?i« again subjected to a spirited cross exannination from Mr* S. T. Evans. The evidence wa^ given of the aiibse- qtient. arrests, and Mr. Evans, for the defence, again called witnesses to prove the good cha- racters held by each of the four prisoners. Mr. Arthur Lewis and Mr. g, T. Evans ad- dressed the jury on the same lines as thiey had done on the previous day, and, after h:s Lord- ship had summed up at some length, the j'tr>, witnout retiring, returned a verdict of Guilty on both coun.ts--that of poaching and also of assault. His Lordship. addressing Miller, said You have been found guiltv of the charges of night poaching and of assault on the gamekeepers and the police-constable. There is no doubt that you were there, and that you struck several blows with the gun in your hands upon the heitd of one or more of the men whom yon are charged with assaulting. Had either of trose blows proved fatal, you would now bo standing in tho dock on a charge of murder. You can deem yourself extremely fortunate that you are now answering only a compru*fcvely light charge. It is known that men like you, who are respectable in other ways, unfortunately give way to night poaching, which often, es m the present case, leads to other crimes. Tins sort of thing must be severely dealt with, and you will go to prison for eighteen calendar months. You, Milton, will be sent to prison for fifteen calendar months. There is no doubt th?t_ you, Ilo«k«n.s, vised the knuckle duster. "i ou went there, taking it, with you, and with the purpose of using it if necessary, "iou will go to prieon foe eighteen calendar months. Gould, you will go to prison for fifteen calendar months. KiBnmaonaMMaMnMWM -0.

A YEAR'S BIRTHS AND DEATHS. The Rojcptrar-Generffll has issued the follow- ing statistics for tne year 1896 :-Accocding to the quarterly returns furnished by the local registrar;?, £ '17,20a births and 527,929 deaths were registered in England acd Walas during the year 1895. The natural iitcreaaa of popular tion, by excess of births over deaths, was, there- foro' 389,272, the average annual number in the 'pTfveeding years having bean 350.737. i i The birth-rate in England and Wales in 1806 was 29'7 per 1,000 of the population, which is lower than the rate in any other year on record excepting 1504-, a«nd 1 bo low the mean rate in the ten yeaTS 10C>U-<1.J. i.«t aeatn-rate in 1896 was 17-1 per 1,000, and thai also is lower than tho rate in any previous j ear, excepting 1894-; compared with the rate in the ten years 1886-95, the death-rate in 1896 shows a decrees of 1'7 per 1,000. The rate of mortality among infants under one year of age to 1,000 registered births was 1'tS, which also wa« the mean pro- portion in the ten years 1886-85..The deatli- rate among persons aged between one year and 60 years was 9'0 per 1,000, and that among persons ayed 60 years and upwards was 62-5 per 1,000 of the ostimated populations at the respective groups of ages. The total deaths registered included 17,169 from measles, 17,114 from diarrhtna, 12,736 from whooping cough, 8,805 from diphtheria, 5,131 from scarlet fever, 5,147 from "fever," and 53.4 from cmell-pox. Thus 66.936 deaths were attri- buted to these zymotic diseases, corresponding to a of 2'18 per 1,000 living, again*t l'8l and 2:17 respectively in the preceding two years. To different forms of violence 18,609 deaths were referred, being in the proportion of 0 '60 per 1,000 of th^ population, against 0 '64 in each of the preceding two years. The 527,929 deaths included 32,990 oases, or 6'2 per cent., in which inquests were held; and 11,464 casec, or 2'2 per rent., in which the causes were not certified either by registered medical practi- tioners or by coroncrs.

RONTGEN RAYS. The" Baily Telegraph" New York corre- sponden' telegraphs: —Mr. Edison claims to have discovered a ohemieal much more suscep- tible to the Rontgen Rays than is the oase with any pmviouely used. He hopes to find others stall more sensitive, and believes that it will be possible to ooni.ftrucfh an instrument tha.t will show by means of the X Rays, the internal organs and tissues of the body, as well as the bones, tihus enormously increasing the powers of diagnosis possessed by surgeons in cases both of wounds and of the processes of disease. The ever-optimistic wizard \lo!ds that when pathogenies germs are understood and destroyed, and internal diagnosis is rendered easy, human life will only be limited by old age, accident, or dissipation.

The Archbishop of York is very much con- cerned about the lose of his valuable signet riag. His grace visited Richmond a few days ago for the purpose of having his photograph taken, and it is certain that the heavy gold ring wifi then worn, for it is clearly shown in the negatives. Sinc& then it lias not been fottil- coming, though rewaajda have been, offered.

-7- DISASTROUS FIRE IN LON- DON. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE FIRE- MEN. A tire of a. highly dangerous and very disastrous character broke out shortly before midnight on Saturday in the laa-ge storage warehouse and pantechnicon of Messrs. Blundell Maple and Co. in Camden Town. The premises form an extensive block of buildings, six storeys in height, and are situated between Pratt-atrcet, King-street, Garden-street, and Camden-place. tire-engines to the number of forty and three hundred firemen, from all parts of London, were on the scene, but, despite all their efforts, it was soon apparent that the whole building was doomed to des- truction. The salvage corps succeeded in saving a quantity of furniture and other pro- perty, and the horses were all got out safely. The serious character of the fire may be imagined when it is stated that immediately in the rear of the block of burning buildings are the dwelling-houses in Camden-street and Camden-place, and from these houses the in- habitants, who had mostly retired to rest, had to be aroused, and had to seek a safer place. Most of these families removed the greater pa t of their household furniture into the streets, where it was guarded by the police until the fire was got under control. So inflammable, however, was the material stored in the repository that for a long time all efforts were in vain, and shortly after one o'clock the roof fell in with a great crash, scattering the burning timber in all directions, and causing a general stampede among the firemen, some of whom had narrow escapes. At three o'clock on Sunday morning the flames were still bursting from the shell of the ruined building, and fears, which ultimately proved groundless, were entertained that taey might spread to an adjoining public-house and to a row of almshouses, from which the aged inhabitants bad been removed. u~^ enormous quantity of valuable goods has been destroyed and several hundred feet of ware- houses, 50ft. to 60ft. high, as well as the stables, and the damage will amount, at the lowest; computation, to £ 80,000, whictt is, however, covered by insurance. Ihe causa of the fire is supposed to be the dropping of a ugh ted match in one of the lower ware- houses. In a later telegram the Press Association says:-The property contained, u tie build- ing, had been warehoused with Maple c by many families at home and abroad. It is i.ope.l that the strong rooms, containing plate, jewellery, 't and other valuables, have withstood the destructive outbreak. Tho tire was discovered in the van bay, where soma dozeu of Pantech- ticon vans were stabled. The Pantechnicon uns weM drawn from frhe burning building into adjacent thoroughfares and left there, in I some of them being wholly oonsumed, while others weae partially destroyed. Scores of horses were rescued in a frantic condition. No lives were lost. The fire practically exhausted itfelf by six a.m., but Commander W^ells kept the hydrants playing on the smouldering mage up till the evening. The spectacle was a grand one at 12.50, when great columns of flame and smoke ascended 50ft. to 100ft. into the air. Just about this time (says the "News of the World ") the roof of a house in College-street caught fire, snd the attention of the firemen was directed towards preventing a spread of the flames in that direc- tion. A few minutes later the floors and roof commenced to fail in, the crashes sending showers of sparks heavenwards. The excite- ment in the neighbourhood was most intense. and all the streetc were lined with thousands of spectators. A number of the officials con- nected with the firm were on the spot and gave valuable assistance to the brigade. One of the managers seen by our representative stated that the fire broke out in the "D" block of the buildings. It originated, eo far as could be discovered, through tome g^cks smouldering. "D" block was filled with an immense quantity of very valuable furniture. What the value <0>i ihu> wna could not be property e#4i«»ated t&en, M it was coinpoeed, tha OABtflnt3- of, irmiwion# «tored tli»re while the owners were abroad or in the couatry. Poesibl" the damage would reach £ 100,000, oc even a» larger amount. "E" blook was also paftiallv srutted, but the effort# of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further, and shortly after two o'clock they had practically mastered the out- break. ■mwi in — i«i'ii iim Winn— -0.-

CAREW TRAGEDY. AN EARLIER LOVE STORY. The Garew oase in the West of u-.igland, writes a "Weekly Sun" investigator, ha.s natu- rally attracted an attention almost intense, being viewed down Exmouih way as practically a local matter. The storv of Mr. and Mrs. Carew was one of love at fir^t si^ht. Sir. Oarew from Exmouth. He wot the eecond son of Major Haliowell Carew, of Elms- leigh, Cyprus-road. Exmouth. Some years ago he came on a holiday to his fathers' home, and "met his fate," a-s the paying is; rather his fivat one. A well-built, interesting young man he was, in the iluflh of the early thirties. One night at a county ball in Somerset he n.^t Miss Edith ifav Poroh, doughtor of the present Mayor of Glastonbury, and then was there love at first sight. Mt-s Porch was tall and hand- some, in the fair bloom of fascination. The love story of Walter Raymond Hallowell Carew and Miss Edith May Pordh had pretty and swift developments. Soon they wers married, and their ac^uaintancas gave very glowing descriptions of tho interesting pair iLey were, and Weto quite satisfied that the course of true iiove would run as smoothly after marriage as before i.t. A oouple of suinnisrs ago Alro. Carew was sgain in her father-in-law's home, Elmeloigh, Exmouth, and, apparently, still trod tho way of satisfied life. Her two lovely chil- dren were with her, but Mr. Carow was unabie to visit Exmouth at that fenson. This is the latest glimpse wo have of Mm. Carew previous to the dramatic and darksome developments that have been told in Yokohama. Major Halloweli Capew, t-he father of the victim, has. needless to say, boon very grievously affected by the storv of tho tragedy^ The major is the son, of one of N-eieen's officers who saw the hero's death on board the V ictory. Ikle major 18 an old man now, and almost totally blind, and to hear him talk of his son and !ui< eon's fate is, under the circumstances, pathetic and piteous. In fine. I may mention tnnt the local instinct, on ttie whole, is strongly on the side of the theory that Mrs. Carew was innocent of the terrible crime laid to her ohar £ a, and the news that the capital sentence was commuted to penal servitude was read with a sense If re- lief. The Press Association Glastonbury oorrespon- dent telegraph*:—A statement which has been made, that a petition is to be prepared asking for the rekase of Mrs. Carew, asking for the rekase of Mrs. Carew, on the ground that thf-re is insanity in the femilj-. is premature, as nothing can be done until the full report of the trial crruves from Ja.p.\n. Mr. Tucker, a chemist, ?ii bridge, Devonshire, and formerly of Glastonbury, has wired to the legal advisor of Mrs. Carew n father, stating that he can give the gravest evidence hewing on the ense. He says that ho sold to Mr. Carew at the time of his vaaniage nine years ngo. Mr. Tucker explains as his reason for not coming forward before* that he expected that the ca-e against Mrs. Cairew would-be eisily refuted. A Router a telecrram from Yokohama on Thursday sa.s :The charge against Miss Mary Jacob, nursery governess, who was indicted with Mi*?, darew in connection with the murder of the latter's husband, having been withdrawn by the Public Prosecutor, has b?en dismissed.

LONDON SLANDER OASE. The hearing of tho slander action, Bpver v. was resumed in the Queen's Benoh Division on Tuesday. Defendant went into the box and denied absolutely that he had ever used the words alleged by the plaintiff. He said be was in no tense a rival of plaintiff, as h') did not teach singing1, but only treated the voice pathologically—U\ fRct, he prepared pupils for singing inaeters—and lie ha.d sent several pupils to phurrttff, who was a mOISt intimate and dear friend, for twhom he (witness) felt the greatest respect.—-Crocs-examined: Defendant admitted his eolioitors had put detectives to watoh- Mijfe Blake was a pupil of his for three or four years, and paid altogether about £200. She was a very nice, kind pupil. (LauKhtor.) lIe could not account for her or other witnesses conoooting their story. It was im.possible to fathom a woman's motive.—Mrs. Russell con- firmed her husband's denial.—Judgment was given for defendant with coats.

Juctioe Mathcw was called suddenly away from Winohestea an Wednesday mprning owigu to the death of his daughter.

COLLAPSE OF A SCAFFOLD NEAR MSKEABD. TERRIBLE DEATH OF TWELVE MEN. The Press Association Plymouth correspon- dent telegraphs that a terrible accident) occurred shortly before noon on Tuesday on the new viaduct being erected at Mashemot, on the Cornwall main line of the Grefvt Wes- tern Railway. A gang of labourer6 were at work on the scaffolding carrying a girder, when the wooden structure suddenly gave way, and twelve men were precipitated 140ft. into the valley below, being'eithor killed on tl« spot or succumbing within a few minutes to their shocking injuries. Two other men tad a miraculous escape. Feeling the acsfiolding giving way, they gave a spring, and succeeded in oatehing hold of the cross-bar, to which they cflung desperately, and thus avoiSed the fate which had eo .wiftly overtaken their com. panirns. The scene of tbe disaster is one of the viaducts crossing the vallej-s which form so picturesque a feature of the Cornish Railway. In its eastern section extensive work? are V' progress all along the line in eounfcfcion witn the doubling of ttte metals and tho improve- ment of thfe Dridg^a. Modiosl aid and ambu- lances were obtained from I/i-keard, but the ferticps of the madioal men wvre of iw a-va'l. Mr. Gibbons, chief engineer of tlw and Mr. Lloyd, eugineer, were on tho seens of tne accident, with the foreman, Mr. Ta« oocurrence in no wp.y impeded /'n, lin3. The following" is a list of tbVe"tiHc^ James Rowe, Liskeard, married1? W iHiap\ Rundle. Mea'heniot. single; K, Honey, Liskeard, married; Richard Harrif. l^ouble- bois, married; John Rundle, single; C. Haley, Menheniot, sittgi^ Knight, Liskeard, married; S. Bray, L»kwfd, t S'tephelxs, Liskeard, W. ESI#, Liskeard, single; Ernest Lostwithiel, single; and G. Hares, ntarned, and nine children. Some of I in,falling struck the wires, and won mutalated, while others liad thedr heaifl 'W*- s«»P«d into their bodies. HEARTRENDING SCIT^- The Press Association Liskeard ooiTfiWpon- adds some details of the At the txnx« it occurred the men vet» cr ln fitting an iroa girder into place, and the Kim suddenly brave Way without i moment s warning. Most of the unfortunate men struck the groind head downwards, a.nd tit-1 were killed instantly, while the twelfth, Iai«e6 Ro^e, btgered for a short time, but never recovered consciousness. Immediately after tho collapse of the scaffolding the other workers on the Maduct rushed to their comrades* rv^is^nee, but it waa seen at once that all were beyond human help. Dr. Dobbyn, of Liskeard. whjo ehancod to be driving in the neighbourhood) reached the spot by twelve o'cloek, but he cculd inly confirm what was only too plainly apparent, that the victims were ail dead. M*- Gibbons, Plymouth, chief superintendent or the line, and Mr. Lloyd, engineer of the new woiks, travelled to Menheniot by special train, and remjuned till late in the afternoon. At first the bodies were laid out beneath the struc- ture from which they had fallen, but t'llpt they were removed to the goods shed a* heniot Station to await the inquest* during: the afternoon came the relation* of 't e deceased men on their sad omafi ideR» tification, and most heartrending scenes wtr6-[ witnessed as the weeping women-folk cl^jpjM i dead. Two or three of the fafcfol *wore% | peaceful expression, but the feature of the S$hetg bad been crushed beyond -W' j tion, ond presented a ghastly ] lipueat'h the viaduct were many traces °i tp*> Q&lamity in the shape of ecattered plank? IP beams which had composed the pMfprffl* well as men's tools and belongings, but terrible indication still was afforded «SF dents in the soft p-ound marking the i^Ot where the twelve men had met their cHratn- blow. The valley spanned by the viamtet is part of the park surrounding Co'drenicK -Louee, the residence of General Jago Trel*>"• it was from nearly the middle of t:h« btruentire and where it is highest frcm tl»e gr<uuid tnjvt the scaffolding fell with its burden (if huiaaa life. In all six men had narrow e^r«sv Jt P0REM.AN £ XQ Q/r-2MR CrlTILTY OI* I The verdict of tho crwoner's Jun^ } £ the Menheniot scaffold accident was cn)yr<?turned late on Wednesday night. The oauae of death is declarod to be the collapse of the platform on which twelve men were working, precipi- tating them into the valley beneath. The jury also found that the foreman, Blewett, and the ganger, Pearce, were guilty of negligence in failing to strengthen the platform with chains, and in selecting defective timber for the con- struction of the same. The coroner issued warrants for the apprehension of the two men. All the bodies have been removed to their homes. The railway directors have voted pecuniary assistance to the bereaved families. The Mayor of Liskeard has opened a relief fund.

THOOSAND MILE TICKETS The thousand-mile tickets introduced into this country by the North Eastern Railway Company have now been in use over six montlis. The so-called ticket is really a book of 1,000 coupons (each coupon representing one mile), which the holder of the book uses to pay for his ticket at the booking-office; practically he buys 1,000 miles of travel in ndvance, and his consnderfttion is a snibstaiitially roduced rate. The charge for a 1,060 mile ticket (first class) is £ 5 5s. practically l{d- a. mile; and the oouponti are available for use bv any member of the purchaser's family, or by his business omployeii. lhos« tickets are only issued to firet-oJas# passengers. Upwards of 2.COO of these tickets are issued by the North-Eastern Company from July to Decern- ber, inclusive, which means that the company's receipts therefrom would amount to £ 10.500, and as this represents about 12 per cent, of the company's total reipts from lirst-cla-es traffic, the railway company would c.ppear to be justified in claiming for the experiment a. very c,onsiderable jn^&sute of success.

COLONEL'S SON DISGRACED At the Old Bailey on Tuesday Charles Plowden, 22, clerk, and son of Colonel Plow-1 den, a retired Indian officer, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude for bigamy and forgery.- -Counsel stated that after forging the! nama of his etep-uucie to a cheque, and ea/diinT the same, prisoner absconded, to Southampton, where he j rid need a young lady to run away with hi;r to Liverpool. The bigamous mar- riage wa:s contracted with the daughter of a Southampton surgeon, Plowden leaving hi« lawful wife shortly after the wedding, pri- soner went to South Africa, and the young i lady had come to England from that country, claiming to be Plowdeu'e wife. }}y his heart-1 less behaviour prisoner had, added, caused immense pain and suffering to his rela- tives and innocent persons,

A PRINCESS AND HER JEWELS. The Paris Civil Court has just been engaged in trying an action brought by Princess Duong Chaer, wife of the Crown Prince^of Cambodia, against Dr. Be nee. The scm of King Norodom having conspired a.z:imt his father was exiled to Paris, whence he was removed to Algeria and imprisoned by the Erench authorities. His wife, however, remained in Paris, and for gome time lived in the house of Dr. Be nee. When she removed from the doctor's she left behind a. box of jewels, worth about £ 1,500. As she went without p-ayiriR for her board, the doctor refused to give up the jewels until she did so. Consequently the Cambodian Princess brought an action against the doctor for their restora- tion, but the court ordered her to pay 750f. ( £ 30) and ooets.

HESS DIVORCE CASE. In the Divorce Division on Tuesday the onso of Hess v. Hess and Tankard was again mentioned, this being a. suit in which it was alleged that Afr. HeM, the petitioner, had disappeared. Mr. Adam Walker, for the raspondent, now a-sked thait the case should not stand OTer longer, as there was not suffi- cient reason. Statements made in the press against h'.? client inferentially were absolutely unfounded, and he wsb pre-pared to substantiate his assertion as to the locale of petitioner. Justice Barnee said he would hoar Mr. Walker's application on Monday.

APPLICATION TO COMMIT AN M.P. In respect to the litigation between Mr. R. P. Houston, M.P., and oAer parties as to the purchase of shares in the Lady Hampton Gold Mines Compsmy, Mr. Buckley, Q..C., on Wed- nesday obtained leave to serve a short notice of motion to commit Mr. Houston for contempt of court; or, should his position as M.P. pre- vent the committal, then sequestration for alleged breach of undertaking given last Thurs- day, not to buy eha-M pending the trial of the action*

ARREST OF COLQUHOUN. KIDNAPPED BY THE POLICE. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE. The Johannesburg "Star" contains further details of the Calquhoun affair, which will prove of great interest to Ca,.rdifflaas. The paper says:— George Chalmers Golquhoun. formerly rc- presentative of the Brugspruit Collieries (Limited), and who is charged with embeazling a large sum of money, appeared on January 15 for the second time before Mr. Van deu Berg, magistrate. Mr. Van I.^gelo said lie had to ask for a further remand for the purpose of inspecting the document in the c«tt. Itlr. C. C. Mathey, who appeared for the defence, stud that before the court decided as to the remand he wished to make. a certain application. The court was no d-yubc aware, through the accounts published in the daily newspapers, of the manner in which the accused had been brought from Natal. Without any legaj warrant from the authorities of this State, with the sanation of no warrant of any sort irom the Natal authorities, Colquhoun had been violently apprehended at Durban, hustled for better concealment, into a goods van instead of a pMeenker carriage, and forcibly doetainoo on t.;JC Johannesburg train.. At the border Mr. VVyafct, inspector of the boundary, took him over, and he was forwarded to Johannesburg. Tha whole procedure had been in conflict wilh every principle of law and equity obtaining in the State of Natal, and was entirely opposed to all ideas of international law. He wished to ask the court that during the time for which a postponement of the case would be granted his client might be allowed every possible opportunity of inspecting the affidavits and other documents upooa which the pro- ceedings against him had been taken. He also wanted all convenience for the drawing up of a petition to the High Court at Pretoria, before which an advocate would be employed "o represent the matter in its true light. The High Court would then have to decide if the procedure was according to the law of the land, and he hoped that it would then be ordered that the accused Jfcould be restored immediately to ou the position from which he had been unlaw- fully removed. Mr. Van Lepgelo said that the accused had been arnesited afterwards on II legal warrant in this country, and it was undor that that he was at Tire sent detained. Mr. Van den Berg repeated the remarks he made on the subiect when Colquhoun first appeared. Tie Public Prosecutor preferred a chanre of theft against the accused and wighed to hold a preliminary examination. The accused was there before the court, and the court had at present nothing to do with the manner in wliioh his nressence had been ensured. Of course, the accused would be granted every reasonable facility, not only to inspect all the documents against him. but also to prept^i his petition to the Hjffh Court. Accused was remanded, thp ouestion of bail being left to the Public Prosecutor's dis- cretion. HTS OWN STORY.. The story of Mr. Oolquhoun's capture in his own words, quoted from a letter to a. friend, is as follows:—"I left Johannesburg on the evening of Deoeint)er 30, went straight to the Royal Hotel, Durban, never disguised my movements er tried to conceal myse'i". Stayed there until Sunday evening, left for Maritz- burg, stayed at the Plough Hotel there. I intended leaving Johannesburg on the Monday evening in consequence of a telegram from Tamperley asking me to aocept his resig- nation. About four o'clock on Monday after- noon Z- walks into the hotel av>d accuses me in a loud and brutal tone of doing hax* out of tho-utands of pounds and ruining him. He uiade this statement to Mr. Kent (the pro- prietor of the hotel), and generally made it uncomfortable fot me. "He asked Kefit to send for the police, which he refused to do. I told Z if he h?d an\ charge to make against me I would go to Clark, the head of the Criminal Department, with him- which I did. I was th",re, in Clark's orlioa, arre.-i.ed by Sergeant Earl. of the Mounted Police. I demanded to see the war- rant There waj none, t.&eked the charge.* 4c%arded t^e Ttimnt. I vita,a told it we# jjui'Wa—charge -anknotr*. vrg* locked up and remained without food or clothos until Tuesday evening in 'he cells. They refused to alliv me a «ol!tor, or to fake me before a magistr¡",i-e. La/te on Thursday I bribed a sereeant to fetch me a solie,- tor, and he brought Boshoff, getting into much trouble for doing 40, as lie eftET- wards told me. Boshcff came, and, I believe, after having to make a great to-ao, imitated to ece me He demanded a warraiit, and waa told it w.ts at Durban. He inststpd "pan me being sent to Dnrbaa AA once, and I wfnt bv the Lix p.m. tram, m charge of Ser- gecirat Earl of the Mounted Police and Boshoff went with us. We arrived late at night- about twelve o'clock and f wae taken .to the police-stetion, «nd ttere frightfully outraged. Boshoff ;n the meantime nac. gone to his hotel. First of all a detective-or one representing himself as a detective— from Johannesburg! tr-pd to quo«tion me. I declined to answer any questions, and asked him wliat authority he had He oovld show me none. With much nbueive and threatening 1 Milage, he demanded to search mv luggage. I replied, calmly C er- tainlv if yon can show me your authority for domg'so." He could chow me i^oue. He then called Superintendent Alexander, who had gone to bed and thi« man came in, using the most threatening and abusive language, offered to blow ray brains out. called me a thie', end eve-y other epithet he could l«iy his tongue to. TIe then violently reirrhed my Insrgarre, with the aid of the so-called detec- tive (Brown, of Durban) and Sergeant Earl, "Thev then forc'blv took me off to the station und put roo into the 9.10 a.m. tm;n in charge of Detective Brown and Sergeant Earl. We tra- velled by all sorts of goods traim and Blow tnins. stopping here and there until we to Charlestown on Thursday afternoon^ J was taJr«r> «o the Not.1)! Police Comti. and "^etect've Wvatt, in charge of the Volkrust wi# 9v«tem. 'onm« over find took Vnfal Police Ofimn, in companv with Detective "Brown fn Yolkrust.. ,»nd locked me "T> m T>rison there. On l^v morning another detectivo came ft'0m .TohmneeW. and took me br.ck to .Toh^n^Nirg, arriving there at (Tn ed>"c TT V TITERS COLQI1 H OX IN. ".T'lroiTv 1^. nW7 „ T ,rtTi The Standard and Diggers News, T^ond0"' hiY-" received information from their Johaimc.. b-i-- effice bv c^bl e oonfinning the inforrna- is awaiting trial for forgery, i* ♦ he George Colquhoun who committed for genes to the extent \i over £ 10,000 in Cardiff m !C92.

A HUMOUROUS CASE. V verv nice tribute was paid at Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday to {he skiW of local tailors. Detective Davey, seeioig a youth careering about Splobt in a ooai which wa« a misfit. Jid to himself, "That coat -b too large; therefore, it must nave bc^fitokruAman in a gannent which is a misfit is a natural 10 L of suspicion. Having reasoned thiusly, iSve? follmved the man with tfe reefer, which was too big for him. from Clifton-street into Peail-sitvet, played l-.ide-and-seeK:> with km to Splott Bridire. thence to ASaha r s-row whero tlie pa.ir jumped over a high wall and alightto.1 on a wa»=te piec? of ground m Portmanmoor- roid The flidit wae continued through several other sti-eets. Davey flnallv running his man to earth in Janet-street. The derive told his story to the stipemAary (Mr.^ I. n Lewis) at Cardiff Police-ooufi on Wednesday, the runaway with the reefer being.Thomas Owen, 22, who was charged witli havmcr a coafc sup- posed to have been stolen in his possession. --Prisoner's etitement was that he bought tho coat from a sailor friend named Donovan at Penarth.—-The Stipendiary remanded the case until Friday for inquiries to be made, and if tine inquiries lead to nothing, prisoner will have his liberty and reefer into the bargain. 1J

EXCITING SCENE AT USK. On Wed nesday John William*, said to be of Treuegar or Rhymney, was brought up at Usk Polica-court (before Mr. C. Voyce), and remanded to Usk Prison for eight days in cODllecti-on with a charge arising out of his strange conduct while at tlsk and Little A* Railway Stattions, and while travelling. It wculd a.ppe<u that he was released from Uslc Prison in the morning, and, with a warder (who was going away on another mission), went to the railway station to catch the first train, about eight a.m. He was given his ticket, but would not enter tihe train until it was in motion, and then the stationmaister attempted, but failed, to detain him. At Little Mill Williams acted most strangely and vio- lently, assaulting the before-mentioned warder, who was scratched on tho face, and the railway officials- It is said that he made an attempt to get ou to the rails before the engine. He was necessarily bound, and by the next train taken back to tjsk, with the result stated. He was conveyed to tihe prison ia a wheelbarrow qr truck.

THE ELECTION OF PARISH I COUNCILLORS. BOARD OF TRADE ORDER. The elections of parish councillors will be taking place throughout the coining month, and the Board of Trade have issued an Order in respect- thereto. The Order aire'Jts that a parisit meeting for the election, of councillors in 1897 shall be held on Thursday. Mareti 18, or one of the three preceding days, the county council having the option of fixiag one of such three days for special reasons. The meetings are to be held, as usual, at soma I our in the evening not earlier than six o'clock, the hour of the meeting to be fbied by the chairman of the parish council, who is also to sign fnd pub- lish a public notice at least eevei c'.oar days before the dat-o fixed for the meeting. The proceedings will be taken in the same form as hitherto, with two exceptions:) A poll cannot be taken unless the chairman ascents or the. poll is demanded by ele-tois pitsent at a meeting, they not being lees than five in (number or one-thiri of tho3e present, which- ever number shall be smaller; and (2) other business may be transacted at the meeting other tb<j.n the election of councillors, but the elec- tcon is to ba the fir-it business transacted at the meeting, and this business is to be com- pleted without adjournment. We may temind parochial electors thit any ehi-otor may propose cr second as many'candi- dates for office as the number of ••a.riai coun- cillors to be elected, but no more. If a parish is divided into wards for the election of parish owKoillon, electors .nay jit^Mm^iomination ipf.pers for more thai one wWT^jBto a larger m mber of nomination papers than tl:« number of councillors to be elected for such ward. A person is eligible for election to P pariah council who is eithw a parochial elector him- self or is qualified by reason cf his laving resided in the parish or within three miles of it during the uhola of the three months pre- ceding the election. Sex or marriage does not oper^tp, (tSkyft disqualiifcation, but no one can be eleote&as a councillor if he is ^n infant or an alien, or has received parish or union relief within twelve months before the elec- or been convicted and sentenced to im- prisonment with hard labour without the option of a. fine within five years Lefore the election and has net received a free pardon, or has been a. baa km jt within five years of th& election, or holds any paid office under the council, or is concerned in hny tea-gain or contract entered into with the council, or par- ti'pates in the profit of any such bargai^^r contract or of any work done under rW atihority of the council. The 1 ankruptey disqualification eease3 if the adjudicatjon is a mulled or if the bankrupt upon his discharge obtains a certificate that his bankruptcy was eat(t,e l b> misfortune, or. in case of arrange- men, w-ith hIs crediton, if the debtor pays his debts in full. The disqualification arising from intero-it in any bargain or contract or p- ihi hi wcrku may be removed by the oonnty ccuncil if thoy consider such removal will be beneficial to the paiish. Finally, we may remind our readers that every person is entitled to voto as a parochial elector who is registered in suih r-o'tion of the local government register of electors or iii the Parliamentary register of electors ae far as relates to his parish. Women- whether married or single, and may, therefore, be parish electors, but a husbana and wife cannot both be registerooil1 resjiect of the same property.

COLLIER'S EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT. At Pontypridd Police-oourt. on Wednesday (before the Stipendiary, Dr. Hunter, and Mr. Jame-; Roberts) Moiris Trow, collier, Cil- fynydd. was charged with being drunk and dis- orderly. and also with assault.—Polioe-constable Lewis* deposed to seeing defendant ravintr in drink, and Miss Lloyd said that when she was goring up Coedponmaen-mad earlier in the even- ing the defondant shouted after her. She turned round, and seoir.g that ho was drunk, she ran on and rusred into th", house of a Mrs. Thompson, where she was going on business. The defendant followed her into the h^u^e, and three women who were in the kitchen got so frightened because of his appearance and ftrange conduct that tihey rushed out of the fiouse. As Miss Llo^d followed ih-m the -^ti»dft8t.<Si-u?;ht hold <& h«*- A strugg'e en- them in .the kitchen and also in (M«r SSBailaiit cnught her. He. howevPi", htri no chancs to further Rs?>anlt her, for the women pulled off, tearing his coat whilst doing so. —Defendant said he had no reool lection o# tlie assault. He had Men to a. public-house, and was convinced he was drulmed.-The Stipen- diary sentenced him to gaol for two months.

FOUND ON THE BEACH. The body of a man of about 30 years of age was recovered from the River Severn at Undy, near Newport, on Tueeday, about two pin. The body, whiioh was not very muoh decom- posed, and appeared to have been in the water only about a week, was first sepn by a fisherman of the district, Oh or lee Leonod, who imme- diately got asaistance, and succeeded, after great trouble, owing to the treacherous nature and abundance of the muid at the place, in bringing it to shore. Tim unfortunate man is described as being about f:¡,t. :n. in height, dark, and clean shaven, and wearing two waist- roRtt. but no coat, dark corduroy trousers, but the colour is difficult to distinguish in conse- quence of the mud on thom. a pair of old la'O- up boots having square nails in the heels, and around liiis neck is a knit.t.ed worsted or woollen cravat or muffler, showing a faint trace of being made of reddish material. It was thought by tfome in Newport tha-t the body was that of the missing man who perished in the ferry-boat ;c r disaster, but the descriptions do not correspond. Tho clothes may bo seen at Magor Police- station, where the body Kill lies.

ANOTHER ROYAL; GHOST AT WINDSOR. The Very Rev. the Dean of Windeor has been seen by a reporter about the apparition which appeared to Lieuterunt A. St. Leger Glyn. of tho Grenadier Guards, as previously recorded. Ho was inclined to doubt that the appearance was that of to good a Protestant r* Queen Elizabeth. He had a stronger belief in the apparition, some years back, of another Sove- reign, King Charles L. wb.oss spirit is said to visit one of the houses in the Canon's Close on the opposite side of St. George's Chapel on June 26 each ye^r. Tlie last person who is recorded to have been favoured with a. manifes- tation on the part of the Royal Martyr was Mrs. Boyd-Carpenter, wife of thn pro-ent Bishop of Hipon, who was between 1882 a.nd 1884 & canon of Windsor, and occupied a bouse in the cawon's ouarters in the lower ward of the Caatle. The dty was June 26, and King Charles is tradi- tionally supposed to "walk" in the house on that night.

ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF ENGLISHMEN. A Reuter's telegram from Cape Town on Tuesday says:—The correspondent of thai "Argus" at Pietonuariuburg- telegraphs that after a searching inquiry he fines there is nothing to support the statement that two Eng. iifshmen, Edward .lesson and Thomas Body, had been ill-treated by Transvaal officials. The men failed to obtain work in the Transvaal and came to Natal, wheze one died from exhaus- tion, produced by privation and fatigue, and the 'other attempted suicide. Jessop's deposi- tion before the magistrate at Newcastle showed that he had walked all the way from the Rand tu Dalugoa, Bay, and thence to the Natal border. The depositions made no reference to the Trans- vaal polioe.

BARRY ISLAND FORT. In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Major WYNDIIAM^QUi N asked the Under Secretary of State for War if he could state when the work of constructing the promised fort on Barry Island was to be commenced. Mr. POWELL WILLIAMS: Delay has arisen pending a satisfactory settlement with the district council M to firing rights over a road in front Off the intended battery, but all soon as this can be overcame the work will be proceeded with.

MURDER OF A CARNARVON MAN. News is to hand from Australia of the murder of Win. Griffiths, a native of Carnarvon, at Freemantle. An Afghan seined an axe from Jon ironmonger's shop and ran amuck. Grif- fiths was leaning against a verandah, when the Afghan rushed un to him and with one blow of the axe clove his skull and left him dead oil the footwalk. The account states that the Afghan, after injuring two other persons, was gallantly captured by a policeman.

BODY WASHED UP EY THE TIDE. The body of a woman, clad in a nightdress and stockings, was washed up by the tict- ;n the Eden, five mile* from Carlisle, on A ed- .esday, and was i<ietiti £ «d by Mr. Young, Court- field-garden.s, Carlisle, horse dealer, as that of hip mother, who disappeared on Chrietmas Eve from his house. one was the widow of a well-known Cockerm0u*h hotel koepei named Ha wits on. The remains were in a ehookiag I state of decay.

L MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT LLANDAFF. 1 YOUNG MAN FOUND DEAD IN BED. Mr. E. B. Reece, district coroner, held an inquest at Llandoif on Wednesday afternoon on the body of the unknown man whose deatk on Monday night csuised something of a. sensa- tion. The inquiry was to have been held at tha Butchers' Arms Inn, but the coroner on airiving there at four o'clock said there was not euJiiuent room, and adjourned to the pc lice-station. Airs. Martha Wedlake, of Panrhjn House, LJaiidaff, described the circumstancea under which the deceaeed. who gave the Jenkins and said he was employed on the Great Western Railway, took rooms at her hou<M on January 20. Ho complained of illness and remained much a.bed. He left witness s focus.* because the became ill and told huu she ctubi not continue to wait upon hmi, Tipfi ■. told her he was under treatment for dysentery llu was somatirnes strange in manner, .tie taJd^her, for example, that be was a tn<*#g|>J- ri>ader. J The Oaroner: Well, perhaps he was, y°WA know. Some people think they arc fcbpiaghtr readers. Witness: He used to go into a., tranc* sometimes, and talked quite diafeffinlly, to his manner at other times.. told her he %4 Wekh, and" she told 1 im she did ft&t think eo. She Noticed no aooent; he epoke English well. He was up much at night, burning papers in the eitting- nun fire. A juryman hero interposed to remark that the deoe&scd came to the Mitro Hotel when he first visited Llandaff. zzid the speaker axJIS&ed him to go to Mrs. Wedlr.ke s. Deceased wa# frequently at his (th$juryman's) house, the Mitre, and often re^BHMd to the cunoeifcy of the people of Lianainr conoerning h-3 per- soi»ality. •'lliey thought (he said) that he was a deteotive, but he added that he was not, and seemed to pride himself om the idea. tlttthe was hoodwinking the people as to his identny- The Coroner here remark-ed that the doctor had found that the Ctuiee of death was natural. That was very satisfactory. Mrs. Elizabeth Woods, newsagent, &c., Llan. daff, said deceased book rooms at her house on January 29. lie said hig name was Jenkins, and arranged to pay in advance. He frequently stayed in bed late. He returned to the houso about 9 30 on Sunday night, and went to bed unusually early. Owing to his frequent 1a:t;e hours thoy did net look for his appearance till one or two on Monday afternoon. About 3.30, and again at 4,.30, she knocked at his bedroom door and got sxo answer. Her daughter went twice afterwards, and finally about ten o clock she called in the poliee, who found him dead. He showed no curiosity as to the neighbour- hood, such as strangers sometimes exhibited, and no letters ever came for him. Miee Florence Woods, daughter of the Ie" witness, said she opened the, door on deceased a return on Sunday night, but notioed noting out of the common about him. ■, Police-oonstabie Toye, Llandaff, said that when called in by Mrs. Woods witness and Polioe-constable Phillips entered the bedroom after knocking at the door, and found deceased on his back in bed dead, and quite cold. There seemed to have been no struggle. Dr. Arthur was called in. end deceased's effect.e were carefully searched. In the breast pocket a. paper purporting to be a medical certificate to the effect that William Jerkin* "was suffer- from heart disease and might die at a.ny i moment" was found. There were no letters, papers, or an 'thitbsr else lending to^ ioentifioar tion. On some -shirts tbe name Jenkins was written, over "W. Ofoat." ifetfi d«9 £ <»d, gar* him on batmday an eijarLaw' J "W. S. Cross" engrr.- od on it. Police-constable Toy-e produced C'hristmac M.rdR. undated, bearing the words "From F. M. C." There was a five-ohambered revolver in his portmanteau. Witness found a. few foreign coins, an old English ooin. but no cur- root. coinage. Dr. Arthur. Llandaff. said he judged the de- ceased when found had been dead ten or twelve hours. He believed him about 30 years old. There were no external marks of injury. The body was fairly well nourished. Internally he found a rupture of the thorasio aorta, which would caube de8,th ins/tanfc'v. The pleura cavity of the left lung was filled with blood, arising from this rupture. There were evi- dences of an aneurism, and deceased must hav,% been suffering for soass time. He examined. the contents of tho boifles handed him by the police, and found bromide of sodium, which, would ba used for 6uch a complaint, another glycerine, and another scor.t. There was no poison. Death was due to natural causes, but witness thought the deceased was probably, or had been, a hard drinker. The Coroner said it was satisfactory th-vt the doctor had cleared up the cause of death, though as to the identity of the deceased they were as much in the dark as ever. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes."

EXECUTION AT MAIDSTONE. Robert Hay man was executed at Maidstone at eight o'clock on Tuesday morning for mur- dering Esther Allchin, 51, a widow, with whom he had cohabited. The couple quar- relled at a public-house at Plaxtol, aear Seven- oaks. because deceased had been drinking with another man. On leaving the premises Hay- man knocked the woman down, and kicked her about the head and body with fua heavy bjots. Deceased's dead body was found in a shed the following day, whither it had been dragged by Hay man. Hay man slept f airily well during the night, and when ho awoke at seven o'clock partook of a cup of coffee and a slice of bread and butter. He was then visited by tho chaplain, end listened with the greatest attention to his words. The procession left the condemned cell precisely at one minute to eight. Hayman. although Thastly white, walked to the scaffold apparently quite firmly, with his head somewhat bowed. Billington, the executioner, gave the condemned man, who weighed 1481b., a drop of five feet, .\nd death WItS instantareous. Just before the bolt was drawn Havman half turned round, but he did not say anything. The officials and two repre- sentatives )f the press were the on!v persons present. Hayman had o.1, along lullv realised the enormitv of his crime, and keenly felt his position. Ho had been very quiet and peni. tent. and had repeatedly said that the cause of his ruin was drink. He was on several occasions found crying in his can. and his piti- able condition excited the sympathy of tfeose around hint Shortly before the execution lie admitted he was rightly sentenced to death, although he did rot intend to kill Allwhin and would not have injured her Lad be sober. He declined to see his aged mother because the meeting would be too pt.ch fot her, but he pent her a farewell message.

OSCAR WILDE IN PRISON. correspondent of the Figaro" puMishef number II details of the life of Oftcar Wilds in prison. '♦.Vilde, he says, was never in the enjoyment of such good health as at present, and he is in the befft of spirits. 13 anxiouslv looking forward to Ins release 111 May next, when he will at once join his family in Italv The prison regime has of late been greatly relaxed in Ms favour. He has now- only a little bookbinding to do, and he is allowed to read tho books with which fnanda supply him in abundance

TRAGIC scenf IN AN OPERA. BOUSE. Tbe CwMtral Nem Agency at New York; telegraphing on Thursday, pays: —At the con. elusion of the last scene- itl "Martha," which w* being played at the Metropolitan "'})era. Housi last night, Armand Costlemary, who was sing- ing in the part of "Tristan," suddenly foil dead from heart disease.

BAPTISED IN A WOODEN BATH. A remarkable ooremony is reported to have taken place in St. Peter's Church of England, Ipswich, on Wednesday night, when a Sunday School teacher was baptised by immersion .11 a. large wooden fceih, while clad in waterproof garments. Tiie subject was completely un- mersed. When raised to his feet he wan signed with the sign of the cross.

The Dean oi Iyj- Asaph and Mrs. Watl:in Williams, who are spending the winter on tha Riviera, are now staying as the Hotel Boll«vue, Mentone.