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ROUND THE WORLD JUBILEE TOUR UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG. DANGER TO EUROPEANS IN SOUTH AFRICA. VISIT TO THE DIAMOND TOWN. [BY FKEDEMCK IXH.VTAN] KIMBERLEY, May 3, 1897. My first impressions of the diamond town were d isappoiatiug. The electric Lights twinkling ior a long distance over the veidt led me to expect something difierens from what 1 saw during my short drive on a Cape cart from the railway station to the Queen's Hotel. The brilliant arc lamps only revealed to me irregular rows of shops and dwelling-houses, buiit of wood and corrugated iron, and having, as a rule, no upper storeys, Every third build- ing appeared to be a drinking-bar, in which uis- repuõable "Kainrs" and rough-looking whites cpLLtd be seen drinking and smoking1. "This is ft fining camp, not a town," was the reflection "With which I retired to much-needed rest. I But by the morning iight I waa able to take pleasure in the quaintness of the scene. In construction Kimberley ia. indeed, little more than a mining camp, although, as I was aoon to discover, it has pretty well all the advantages of a big European city, including a daily news- paper and a service of tramcars. Manv build- ings in the principal streets are mere sheds— evidently survivals of the time-about twenty- •ive years ago-when the discoveries of diamonds near the Orange River caused a. rush to this district of Griqualand West. But these sheds have pretty little gardens, with brightly-painted verandahs or storps. It is said that for a long time the local capitalists would on no account put money in bricks and mortar; possibly they had not sufficient faith in the depth of the diamond reefs and, consequently, of the future of Kimber- ley. Hence, a town which, for its size, has pro- duced more wealth than any other in tho world is as cheaply built as an Irish village. But the supply of diamonds is now assured for many years to come, and more substantial edifices are oeginning to be built—such as the PubIc library (which has about the second finest col- lection of books in South Africa), the Kimber- <ey Club (which in its appointments would not '.isgrace Pall Mall), the new theatre now being truilt, and the premises of several important business firms. It will probably not be long before Kimberley undergoes complete trans- formation. As it is to-day, one has no diffi- culty in realising what the early days of the diamond industry must have been, when diggers were working on their own account and there were no big companies or elaborate machinery. On the Orange River. 40 or 50 miles from here, 4hose conditions still prevail. I am told, and wnong the rough working miners there are to je found characters worthy of Bret Harte's pen. The diggers' camp has developed into the Vina, and the entrances to some of the mines ire consequently built quite near my hotel; me is in the market place, and the other adjoins :he railway station. The surface worh-the Pulsator crushing plant, washing machines, &c.. which are the most interesting to the visitor, and by meana of which the production of diamonds has been brought to scientific per- fection—are two or three miles away, the tall •.Limneys giving to the surrounding country a niggestion of Lancashire or Yorkshire. The greater number of tha Englishmen employed in these works live, with their wives and fami- nes, in a suburb called Kenilworth, where they lave a large and comfortable club for all kinds >f sociaJ pleasure. A successful attempt has ilso been m ide to plant trees on a large scale. In the public park hero a similar effort has Seen made with rather less, success, but away trom these two spots the heat and dust during a great part of the year are the two greatest drawbacks to the enjoyment of life at Kimber- Jpy. Around the park are the villa residences of the higher officials in the De Beers Company and the merchants and stockbrokers of the town ■—the district being known to the rest of Kim- berley as Belgravia. The coloured people, who form about half the population, which is now about 30,000, mostly live in their "locations"—or collections of rough huts—just outside the town. But, as is well known, the natives who have taktn service with the De Beers Company are obliged to reside in what are called "compounds," where they can be rigorously searched every lay against theft of the precious stones; and a visit to one of these "compounds" gives you an interesting insight into native life. These sub- jects of the Queen, who, for the time being, place themselves under the government of the De Beers Company and its officials, come from tU parts of British South Africa. But, although belonging to different tribes, it is found quite impracticable to imprison them within the same walls. I went on Sunday Afternoon to the West End Compound, which is the home of about a third of the five or six thousand natives employed by the De Beers Company—their home, that is to say, for the sixteen hours out of the twenty-four when they we not digging or hauling in the mines. The scene is a squalid yet picturesque one, with hundreds of half-clothed fellows grouped about, washing their clothes, playing at pitch-and- toss, making dough-cakes, or quietly chatting. One or two were playing on the tom-tom, and fct times this primitive music will induce dancing. At the sides of this big open-air playground are well-built huts and a large hospital, with dispensary and operating-room, where the sick end injured are treated by doctors and nurses employed by the company. The men-Barnt-os and Zulus especially—are tall and well built; but whilst working in the mines they are often attacked by pneumonia- They rarely stop more than the three months for which they contract, their wages during that time being from 3s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per day. according to their strength and the nature of the work on which they are employed. Out of these wages they have usually enough at the end of this period to enable them to return to their tribes, and with so many head of cattle buy for them- selves another wife. In Kimberley you hear much talk of the native question, which occupies so much the thoughts of intelligent colonists. Not very far from here—about one hundred and fifty miles or so—two little wars are actually pro- ceeding at the present moment. In the opera- tions against Galiehwe about a thousand whites —largely Kimberley volnnteeers—have been engaged for several months. Galishwe is one of several natives who murdered an English storekeeper after looting the store. The rest were captured, but Galishwe fled to his tribe in the mountains, where he and his pro- tectors occupv positions in which it is vcrv d'fficult for white men to get at them. This little war, coming after the recent severe struggle with the Matabele, has increased the apprehension with which many people here are looking forward to what they regard as the almost inevitable native rebellion, from the Zambesi almost to the Cape. This is the ooming danger, not to British supremacy, but to the prosperity of Europeans generally in South Africa. Every year the natives are improving in education, and. con- sequently in the ability to organise effectively The natives who are educated in mission schools are already most insolent, so it is said, in their intercourse with white men. Tt should be re-nembered that I am not eiying my own opinions. I am merely chronicling what I was told on the spot. With a little more know- ledge, these natives may be expected to agitate among their fellows, and explain how easily the white men could be driven into the sea if only they had the same armament and organisa- tion. I express scepticism on both points. In teply. I am reminded how largely in recent wars the natives have been found to possess firearms of very recent pattern. Even Gali- Jhwe's men have a considerable number of the !e-Metford rifle. There are always traitorous whites ready to sell their countrymen for a mesa of pottage. But our terribly destructive artillery ? Well. it has not proved so destructive in recent native wars, and natives may possess themselves of modern guns, as they have of modern rifles. My doubt as to the ability of the natives to organise themselves for the purpose of a general rebellion is answered by reference to the Indian Mutiny— an analogy that surely loses its force when it is remembered that the mutineers in India were already organised bv military discipline, orga- jgjsed by the Government against whioh they ftg-ned. For mv own part. although I have heard so much from thoughtful Colonists on this coming terror. I have heard nothing to shake my own feeling that the native question will solve itself in Africa as it is solving itself in America—along the lines of education, social progress, 4Ød politicaJ enfranchisement. Of course, even the gentlemen whose talk I have been paraphrasing do not suppose that the whites —vastly as they are outnumbered, and are {iV^lv to be outnumbered, by the abonglDftI- sould be reallv driven out of the country. But they fear that the cost in blood and treasure of keening South Africa for the whites may prove too Treat. Every extensive outbreak— down to the last in 1877—has proved more ex- pensive to put down; the time may come when the game will not be considered worth the candle. And in the meantime a thousand white bodies that have never been identified lie on the tflams of Matabeleland, and until the troops in Rhodesia are largely reinforced there is danger any day of a recurrence of the massacres. Lastly—and in this I was in thorough accord with my companion, a gentleman who took a distinguished part in the last Matabele War— it behoves Europeans of all nationalities to live in unity, lest the naitives should take advantage of their conflicts. The De Beers Company now dominates everything in Kimberley; it has the largest linger in every pie. This is not altogether a Wealthy state of things for the community, but, then, it is said that the De Beers Company has I, been the salvation of Kimberley. But for the I amalgamation of the various competing com. panics the diamond industry would have been ruined bY over-production and low plicae. There is another view, which seems more in acoordanoe with economic principles. Accor- ding to this, the policy of amalgamation, whilst enriching the shareholders and directors of the De Beers Company, has paralysed the progres- sive energies of the young town. That its development has been checked, that its ratable value has fallen, is not denied. But the ad- herents of the De Beers Company attribute these things to the rise of Johannesburg. When the phenomenal wealth of the Rand astonished the world many Kimberley men, merchants, stockbrokers, and speculators, left the town for the new golden city. There can be no doubt that the hope of the Cape Colonists when they re-christened '"New Rush" bv the name of the then Colonial Secretary—that Kimberley would become the mining capital of South Africa— was quite destroyed bv the rise of Johannes- burg. It is probably for this reason that you find the anti-Boer feeling in Kimberley even stronger and more assertive than in Cape Town. The question here is, of course, not complicated bv the presence of a Dutch population: it M a thoroughly English community, full of righteous indignation over the wrongs of their fellow- countrymen in the Transvaal BEAUFORT WEST, May 5. Beaufort West, where I have broken my journey back to Cape Town, is a typical centre of rural life, about half-way between Kimber- ley and the capital- W.ith a population of about 3,000, it resembles in many respects Wor- cester, Wellington, Stellenbosch, the Paarl, and numerous other small towns in the Colony. Situated in the midst of the Karroo, the town itself offers a pleasing contrast to the surround- ing country. It consists of several shady avenues, with gardens and orchards on either side—affording conclusive proof of the latent wealth of the Karroo, only requiring irrigation to draw it forth. The Dutch form about two-thirds of the population, some of the principal inhabitants being large sheep fanners. These men own several farms in different parts of the Karroo, to which they pay periodical visits from Beau- fort. The English and Scotch are mostly shopkeepers or trading agents—to a great extent dependent on the farmers for their custom. This is the position of affairs through- out a large part of the Colony, and does much to explain the predominance of the Dutch in its politics. On the other hand, I am told that in recent years a counter-movement has taken place, a good number of Dutch landowners and farmers meeting misfortune by borrowing money from English banks, insurance com- panies, &c., in. the towns. Nearly all the shops in the towns have their signs written in Dutch and English, and two cut of three people of whom I ask my way are unable to understand me. When I buy the local newspaper-a four-page weekly, for which 3d. is charged—I find that it is printed in both English and Dutch, and. although in English hands, it is evidently written with the fear of offending the susceptibilities of the latter. But the language is surely following the flag. In the three or four schools of the town, which are managed by voluntary committees, with the funds provided bv Government grants and fees, English must be learnt, while Dutch is optional. I saw the boys trooping out of one of these schools, and they were all shouting to each other in good honest Saxon. The Dutch and the English have separate cemeteries at the end of the town. But in the Dutch ground I found many graves, with headstones of comparatively recent dates, with inscriptions in English to the memory of people with English names. Whilst faithful. to their national church, they had bscome, as the result of inter-marriage, Angli- cised in their tongue. Seated on the storp of my inn, I have had an interesting talk with one of the oldest inhabi- tants of Beaufort West. He is a hale and hearty Scotchman of eighty, who has spent over sixty years in Cape Colony. When he first came to Beaufort West its population was only about five hundred, and not long before that it consisted of a single farm. He remembers, very clearly Sir George Grey's visit, when the Governor was on a tour of the Colonv that he administered so wisely and w ll. The old man was one of a group of townsmen ] who received his Excellency only a few varls from where we are sitting. He has clear recol- lections of various native wars, to which no w^s more than once "commandeered," although he never actually saw pervico in the field. "Th^ro can be no part of the Empire," he concludes, "where there has been greater progress during the Queen's reign—progress from barbarism to < civilisation, from wa.r to peace, and from ] poverty to wealth." But the veteran colonist 1 foresees even greater progress for South Africa j in the near future if peace continues—progress in trade and manufacture, due to the develop- « ment of the coalfields. TTe makes no doubt. 1 after the discoveries already made, that good j coal exists in South Africa in large quantities. He believes that the Karroo district is rich in black diamonds, and, having made a fortune < in farming, is himself engaged in a prospective j enterprise in this neighbourhood. ] At the same time. the old man has some fore- < bodings about the future relations of Dutch and English. "Although, in some ways," he says, 1 "they may seem to become more English, I am afraid thero is at their hearts a crowing feeling of disaffection. Strangers never hear anything of the kind, but I have heard these Dutch farmers say that they were first in the country, and that it ought to belong to them < again. They forgot that if South Africa, were independent—if it were not for the British Naw—it would be at the mercy of some, other European Power, like Germany or Franco. t< They forget, too, how Holland itself owes the maintenance of her independence to the strength ] of England." To all outward seemir.g, these rural Dutchmen — Africander Bunds- ] men, though many of them may be j —are still quite loyal to the Bri- tish flag. The Beaufort We3t Council have six Dutch members and three English, and as I write they are meeting in the old Town 1 House, which is opposite to my windows, < engaged in considering, with other leadng ] townsmen, the details of the local celebration ( of the Diamond Jubilee. They have adopted I hex Majesty's own suggestion, and are endea- vouring to raise sufficient funds for a cottage ( hcspitaL In the Town House, by the way, there is aoi excellent library—chiefly of English books—and free reading-room, with all the < best London newspapers and magazines. Similar institutions are now to be found, I am told, in most towns and large villas, and 1 they must be doing much to spread English 1 thought and sentiment among the younger. generation. j At j;ine o'clock the big bell in the tower of tho Town House booms forth in a long-con- tinued clang. It is the curfew of B laufort -warning the Kaffirs that they must now 1 retire to their locations on pain of fine or imprisonment. This curfew law against the natives ie optional on the part of the local 1 authorities—some put it in force, others do not. The natives in Beaufort number several hundreds; thay are almost entirely i Kaffirs, and are chiefly engaged in 1 sheep-shearing. At thia occupation they :'an 1 earn during the busy season 5s. a. day, but the srreater part of the money, unfortunately, is snent in drink. J he Dutch Reformed, the Episcopal, and the Wesleyan Churches in the town are now awakening to their responsibility in the matter, and by going to the natives in their wretched dwellings, instead of asking the natives to coins to thtm, are endeavouring to influence them for the better. But the native mind still finds it difficult to understand the evix of intemperance, and in such places as I Beaufort West Mr. Rose-Innes's Prohibition (for Natives) Bill would teem to be anxiously awaited. In the hotel the talk (among English com- mercial travellers and others) is chiefly of Sir Alfred Miller's arrival at Cape Town, which was expected for to-day. Sir Alfred's coming 1 has Non awaited with the keenest interest, and the highest expectations have been formed of his ability to unravel the tangled skein. from all I hear, the reception will be on an unprece- dented sca'.o for Crpe Town, indicating the hopes whioli th3 coming of the new Governor has inspire m the minds of the British com- munity throughout the Colony.
BTJRGLA-BS AND CHLOROFORM.…
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BTJRGLA-BS AND CHLOROFORM. An extraordinary affair oamfe to light at Clayton-le-Moors. near Accnngton, on Satur- day. Eajrly in the week Mr. and Mrs. Hindie, of Enfield-level, went to Blackpool, leaving a grown-up son, two grown-up daugh- i ters, and two children at Some. During Wednesday night burglars, after drugging the yard dog, mounted the out-bouses, forced back 1 a. window-catch, and entered a. room in which the daughters and younger children were 1 sleeping. They appear to have chloroformed the lot, and then treated the young man in < the front room in the same way, after which they ransacked the house and left with £10. In the morning young Hindlfe awoke, feeling very ill. He repeatedly called his Maters, but received no reply, and on going to their room failed to rouse them. The doctor who] was called in found them under the influence s of chloroform. He eventually restored them, « but all the five ramain unwell. j
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ENGLAND AND PROTECTION.
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ENGLAND AND PROTECTION. SPEECH BY THE DTTKE OF DEVONSHIRE. The Duke of Devonshire visited Liverpool on Saturday, and, at the invitation of the Chamber of Commerce, delivered an address in the St. George's-hall on the British Emp:re Trade League, of which he is president. The Lord Mayor presided, and on the platform were many of the Colonial Premiers at present in England. His Grace, who was cordially cheered, reminded his audience that a few years ago there was in existence an association under the name of the Imperial Federation League, and the objects of that association were to bring about in a variety of ways a close con- nestion between Great Britain and her Colonies and dependencies. Its objects were described by the present Prime Minister as involving nothing more nor less than the future of the British Empire. The Imperial Federation League did admirable work, but, nevertheless, it was destinted to have only a short-lived existence. One of its objects was to advo- cate and to form a scheme for a closer poli- tical connection between the United Kingdom and its Colonies, so that, in some way or another, the Colonies should be admitted to a part in Imperial administration, whilo they, in return, should contribute in some form 10 the support of tho national burdens. The time for such an ideal had not yet arrived, and this British Empire League had been founded as the successor of the Imperial Federation League. Thfey had the illustrious name of the Queen as a patron, and the names of the Prince of Wales and other nn-.Ti- bers of the Royal Family as vicfe-patrons. (Cheers.) Tt was not for him on this occa- sion to attempt to suggest what useful work it night be in the power of the association to accomplish. Of this. however, he was quite sure, that its work would be rathfer in the. direction of guiding, assisting, and directing than of creating those national impulses which they all desired to fIPe shaping themselves in the direction of national unity. (Cheers.) There was never a time at any period of our history when our Colonies and our dependen- cies filled a larger place in the thoughts of the people and of their political leaders. There v<as, he thought, in the air something which, if he were not mistaken, was growing into a great, irresistible force that was speaking to the mind and heart of the people, and told tb?m that they were citizens of a greater State than that which was contained in their l'ttle islands of the north-west of Europe. (Cheers.) Yet we mirrht look forward with complacency, continued the duke, to the time whfn, having grown up to maturity, our Colonies would peacefully, and without friction or anger en their side. cease to be united with the mother country, and set up for themsfelve? as independent Republics, on the model of the United States. He continued to believte as he always had believed, that Free Trade was the best and wisest policy for this country—(chfeers)—but we could all see now that the virtues which were attributed to Free Trade, and the results which were expected to follow from it were virtues which it did not possess, and results which had not followed from it. (Hear, hear.) There were very few discip'es of Free Trade who, 50 years f1 go, would have believed for a moment that at this time France and Ger- many would be carrying on an enormous trade under strict protective conditions, and not only that they would not have opened their markets to us. but that thev would have com- peted with us for a position upon as laTge a portion as possible of the surface of the earth. not for the purpose of opening it to the uni- versal benefits of Free Trade, but for the pur- pose of excluding our own trade. (Hear, hear.) rhe wo'ld had not become the commercial para- dise which was predicted in the early days of Free Trade opinion, when it was hoped. that Free Trade would bind all the nations of the ;arth so closely together that it would be a matter of comparatively little importance' to us by whom they were ruled or under what influence they were governed. We had since learnt by painful experience that neither aid or new markets were being thrown open bo us by the influence of Free Trade alone, and that if we wanted to provide that increasing commerce which was necessary for the support sf our increasing population we must find those markets for ourselves, and that we must neglect no opportunity either of expanding 1r of consolidating our colonial possessions. :Cheers.) He hoped it might be understood bhat in these observations he was not con- sciously speaking in any sense of disloyalty to those who were to a great extent his own political leaders, although even at that time be was frequently obliged to find himself in apposition to them upon various Imperial ques- bions; be was only seeking to show them what had been one of the causes why a great change had come over public opinion, aji<l why 3olonial expansion and colonial consolidation was now regarded as a po'icy which was abso- lutely essential to the maintenance of our pros- perity. There were none, or very few, now who looked at the example of the United Sfates as the inevitable or necessary result of jolonising energy, or who did not look forward .vith anticipations of pride and exultation to ¡he possible creation in the future, not only if a Canadian Dominion, but of an Australian Dominion, of a West Indian Dominion, and )f an African Dominion, all which, perhaps, night rival the United States themselves in ixtent, in power, and in prosperity—dominions ivhioh instead of becoming separate and inde- pendent States might yet remain portions )f one undivided British Empire. (Cheers.) A.ir,ongst all the representatives of the Colonies now in England none would receive a maimer welcome than the Canadian Premier, tvho had shown in his own person the capacity :Jf our free institutions to break down even such barriers as those of race and religion, ind who, by the sucoess which he had shown ;0 attend a great measure of federation, would, they hoped, set an example which would at no distant time be followed by our Colonies in jther parts of the world. (Cheers.) He tiusted that in the course of this memorable rear the attention of the body of one people would be directed, not only to the details, nteresting and important items though they might be, but to some of the wider aspects olf this question. It had been said that the lessons of history taught us that democracy was incompatible with empire. We were all agreed that we had an empire, and equally igrfeed that we meant to keep it. (Laughter md cheers.) To judge from the example of the United States, we could see no reason why the democratic character of our institu- tions and those of our Colonics, if rightly ardered, should be a bar to the continuance md maintenance of an extended empire. We were about to presfent to the world a spectacle of a nation Imperial, but, at the same time. free, and he hoped that in the time to come it might be possible for history to record that jur people had shown themselves not unequal to the claims of the unprecedented task which they had undertaken to perform. (Loud and continued cheers.)
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ICARMARTHENSHIRE ASSIZES.
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CARMARTHENSHIRE ASSIZES. THIRD DAY. THE LLANDOVERY ACTION. The court ws opened at 9.30 o'clock on Thurs- day morning, when Mr. Justice Collins took his ¡;é,;¡,t at the Guiid-aali and resumed the hearing of the action brought by Mrs. Mary Evans, Danyrallt, L udingat, and Mr. William Evans, Evans, Br.I-. ud House, Llanelly, by which Jciics, Ystruu, Llandovery, and Mr. David Evans, Bradford House, Llanelly, by which they sought damages for allegsd water obstruc- tion and the consequent injury to the working of plaintiffs' woollen factory on Gla'igwy- dderig Farm. Mr. B. Framcis Williams, Q.C., and Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Abel Thomas, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. W. Denman Benson for the defendants, a special jury being empanelled. A counterclaim was entered by Mr. Walter Jones for damages for alleged breaches of the covenants of the lease granted by his father in respect of the factory, &c. At the conclusion of the evidence Mr. Abel Thomas submitted that there was no case against Mr. J. Walter Jones, one of the defendants.—Mr. Franc.e Williama contended that Mr. Walter Jones was jointly illble, because, without his permission, the ether defendant (who had built the weir oomplaiiied c; would have been a trespasser, the weir bciu^ on Air, Walter Jones's land.— His Lordship held „at there was evidence against both defendants.—Dr. Lloyd, Lla-idilo. was called by Mr. A bE.J Thomas to explain that Mr. J. Walter Jones could not give evidence, as he had been attacked by an epileptic fit that mcrning, and was oidy just recovering.—Mr. Francis Williams, in addressing the jury, com- mented upon this, and asked them not to think that an epileptic fit could be any defence to th, action.—After an hour and a half's absence Mr. Ernest Tiubshaw, Llanelly (foreman), said the jury were agreed, and found a verdict for the plaintiffs on the claim and counterclaim, with JS60 damages.—Mr. Francis Williams: Then I ask for judgment accordingly, my lord. -His Lordship: Yes.—Mr. Francis Williams: L i '\Lr"19rr^10Te' f°r an injunction to restrain the defendants continuing the weir as it is.— His Lvdship: Yes, but that will have to be oualmed. 1 he defendants can have a weir if they so wish, but it will have to be put in pro- per shape,. and in such condition so as not to interfere withplaintift"s use of the water. x he injunction will be granted to that extent. It will have to be carefully worded, and you had better sattle between yourselves as to its terms.—It was understood that the terms of the mjunclioii would bo drawn up by the unior counsel engaged in the action, for adoption by the leading counsel at Swansea His Lordship ordered the damages to be paid within ten days, th-i costs to be paid as soon as possible after taxation. Notice of appeal, if any, would have to be given within ten days.—Mr. Trubshaw said he had been requested by his fellow-jurors to apply for fees for two days instead of one.— II is Lordship replied that he had no power to < rner such extra, payment. If the parties felt inclined to pay double fees they could do so. Th", juiy migh-, console themselve? with the recollection that they had beøn rewarded in hearing a very interesting, and he hoped, iiisti-uoctive case. (Laughter.) THE OGOFAU GOLDMINE. Mr. William Lewis, metal merchant. Aber- dare, brought an action against Mr. A. C." Ham- mond, owner of the Ogofau Goldmine, near Purnpsaint, Llajiwrda, to recover certain machinery which he had bought at a public sale in March. 1894, and stored on the mine premises. Mr. Arthur Lewis (instructed by Mr. T. Jones. solicitor, Llandovery) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P. (instructed by Mr. J. W. Nicholas, Llandilo) for the defendant, who alleged that when he bought the riied on the premises he was under the impression thilt the machinery in the shed was included :n tho bargain.—.Judgment wns sriven for defendant for the machinery and £5 for plaiutiff for the we of it. This concluded the business of the assizes.
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? CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE- MAN AND GAMEKEEPER. SEQUEL TO A POACHING CASE AT NEATH. At Nteath County Police-court on Friday David Martin, gamekeepr. in the employ of Mr. Torn Williams, solicitor, and John Davies, police-constable, stationed at Cadox- ton, were charged with having wilfully and corruptly committed perjury on Mav 14. Mr. Edward Powell prosecuted, and Sir. W. H. David defended.—At the outset, Mr. David raised an objection to defendants being tried jointly, and fresh informations were issued.—Mr. Edward Powell, in opening the ease for the prosecution, said the charga against Martin wa<s that he ewore at the police-court on tha 14th of May that he saw John Mainwamig poaching at Cefn Coed warren at noon and 12.45 on April 14. He proposed to call evidence to prove that Main- waring could not possibly nave been there, and another witness, named Gibbs, wi- would swear that he was the man who was tres- passing.—Mr. L. J. Kempthiriir', clerk to the magistrates, proved the proceedings which had taken place on the 14th of May at the police-court. Upon the evidence gh en then Mainwaring was fined 20s. and costs, or four- teen days' imprisonment.—Cross-ejcamioed by Mr. David: He heard the whole of the evi- dence on that occasion, and remembered Mr. Powell suggesting that another man, with a broken nose. and in other respects resembling Mainwaring, was the person who was poach- ing.—John Mainwaring, the prosecutor, *aid that. although Martin swore that he was peaching at Cefn Coed wairen on the 14Th of April it was untrue. He was at Neath all that day --Cross-examined, Mainwaring said he felt very much hurt at the unjust fine on the 14th of May. He had been convicted at the assizes, but not for poaching or thieving. —Mr. David: But for manslaughter?—Yes.— Were you innocent of that 'No I was punished.—Prosecutor, further cross-examined, said he met Gibbs, Rees, and others at the Grown, Cadoxton, about the poaching case last Monday night week. He told Gibbs about the conviction, and asked him to come to Mr. Powell, and say that he was the man. Gibbs said, "If you give me £ 5 I'll give myself up.—Mr. David: And he had the JS5, didn't he?—He didn't have five pence from me, because I had no money.—Was he not promised £ 5?—No.—Is there not a raffle proceeding now out of the proceeds of which Gibbs is to be paid ?—No.—Is that as true as everything else vou have said to-day?— Yes.—Why did Gibbs give himself up?—He said, "I will speak the truth."—Mainwaring, continuing, said that the ferret used belonged to Gibbs. The latter offered him a sovereign to fetch it back.—Evidence having been called to show that Mainwaring was at Neath on the day in question, Joseph Gibbs, Glebeland- street, Cadoxton, sinker, said he went to Cefn Coed warren on April 14. He had a ferret with him, and this he put into a rabbit-hole, and lay down by the side of it. The keeper came on the scene, and witness ran away, leaving the feixet in the hole. He hid him- self for about half an hour, and then returned for the ferret. Again the keeper saw him. and chased him time shooting towards him. Witness subsequently saw Police-constable Davies and Mr. Thomas Wil- liams, to whom he admitted having poached oa his land.—Cross-examined, witness admitted that on the nisrht of the 14th of May he afked Mainwaring whether Martin had got his ferret. He told ilie latter several times that be was the guilty person, but could not remember exactly any occasion upon which he did fo. Mainwaring told him to get the ferret. Witness replied. 'Til go for £ 5." but Mainwaring said he had not got five pence. —Mr. W. H. David, for the defence, said that the story of the prosecution was a miserable tissue of lies. They were trying two mein of irreproachable character, against whom they had pitted the evidence of a man like Main- waring, who had been convicted of man- slaughter. It was passing strange that the witnesses were not able to give any particulars in regard to time except on the day of the onence—the 14th of April. Peculiarly enough, they were able to say precisely what happened on that day. Mainwaring's evi- dence was altogether discredited because of his contradictory statements. The evidence of the other witnesses was also contradictory, and it was on such evidence as this that they were asked to commit. It was obvious frcm the characters of some of the witnesses and their mis-statements that the case was a wicked conspiracy, as bad a one as was ever brought into a court of law.—Police-constable lu John Davies said he saw John Mainwaring in a field near Cefn Coed just before one o'clock on April 14. Mainwaring when be saw the constable lan away.—Elizabeth Taylor (Rhydding) wud she saw Mainwaring shortly after one o'clock on April 14 near Bryncoch. —Police-constable Rees Davies. when serving Gibbs with a subpoena on Wednesday last, heard the latter say that he had never been poaching upon Mr. Williams's land. "Main- waring," he continued "wants me to say I have, but if I did they would put the t20 ooets on me.The Bench unanimously dis- missed the case.
SEQUEL TO AN ALLEGED ELOPEMENT.
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SEQUEL TO AN ALLEGED ELOPEMENT. A REMARKABLE CASE AT NEWPORT. The borough bench at Newport on Friday heard a. case against Frederick Foote, labourer, a native of Wincanton, Somerset, who was said to have stolen a bank-book, value 2s., from a lad named John Cork. The lad's father and mother live at 33. Lyne-road, Newport, and the accused, a labourer. 29 years of age, had been lodging at that address. On the 22nd of April, it was alleged, he went awav with the wife. who is the mother of eleven children, going to Llanelly. The husband during the time that has elapsed since then has been to various parts of the country, including Cardiff, Bath, and Swansea, in soarch of them, and he found them at Llanelly on Tuesday last, when they were both brought back to New- port—the imn in custody and the woman accompanied by her husband. The boy from whom the post-office bank book (representing 2a.) was alleged to have been t?ken was one of the woman's children. They denied having lived together at Llanelly. and the husband, when asked if he would take the woman back, said that he had done so. and he also said that he would allow the man to lodge there again, as he had done nothing wrong.-The Benoh dis. missed the charge asrainst prisoner.
BUTTER-MAKING IN CARMARTHENSHIRE.
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BUTTER-MAKING IN CARMARTHEN- SHIRE. On Friday evening a public meeting waa held at Nantgaredig, Carmarthenshire, to for. ward the movement for the starting of a butter factory in the neighbourhood. Colonel Gwynne- Hughes, Glancothi, presided. — Mr. Buckley Roderick. Llanelly, gave the meeting the benefit of his experience of the working of the St. Clears factory-the first erected in Wales-and went into figures to prove the many benefits to be derived from a co-operative system of butter- making.-The unanimous view of the meeting was that a factory should be established, and a creamery in connection with it erected at a convenient distance, the latter to cost about £ 300.—A committee was elected to meet repre- sentatives of the Court Henry neighbourhood at Llanegwad, and to report as to which of the districts shall become the home of the factory and which of the creamery. JOe
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I WELSH BIBLIOGRAPHY. Sir,—Will you kindly allow me to call atten- tion to the fact that I have been for the last nine years collecting materials for the compila- tion of a Welsh bibliography of the present century, in which is recorded all books, pam- phlets, periodicals, newspapers, &c., written in Welsh, as well as those relating to Wales sh- lished in any other language. And, at a rough computation, I should say thai something cer 12,000 have already been recorded. The work. which will be published by the National Lis:* id- fod Association, will at least make six volumes, with a supplementary volume of index. L'l e first volume (including the years 1801—1S20) will be sent to the press about the end of the present summer. And, in order to make rna work as exhaustive as possible, I appeal to all those who take an interest in the literature of Mia Princi- pality to send me materials for it. 'Ihis may be done by sending, first of all, a list of short titles, with places aid dates of publication, in the following form: — "The Cambrian Traveller's Guide," Stourport, 1813. "Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan," Splysr, Rhydychen, 1821. "The Beauties of Cambria," H. Hughes, London, 1823. "Duw yc Nghrist," J. Roberts, Caernarfon, 1835. "Casgliad o Ganeuon Cymru," Levi, Aber- tawo. 1896. "Trefecca., Llangeitho, a'r Bala," H. Hughei, Caernarfon, 1896. Then I can mark those that I have already entered, and return the list with a request for full particulars of the remainder. The par- ticulars I rec 'ire consist of a full and accurate copy of the title-page, size, number of pajres, and other small details, of the nature of which my correspondents wdl be informed. More- over, I shall expect all those who furnish me with the first list to give me the required par- ticulars of the books 1 want, otherwise it will only add to my labour to compare lisi-s of short titles only, because I never enter a book unless I get a full and accurate description of it. Publishers of newspapers (both English and Welsh) published in Wales will oblige by send- ing full accounts of their papers, such as full and correct title, politics, price, date of first (and last, if discontinued) number, date of incorpo- ration with any other newspaper, name of pub- lisher, printer, and, if possible, a list of chief I editors, with dates of appointment. I would remind my correspondents that this work will not bring me any pecuniary benefit,' but is simply undertaken with the object of making a thorough survey of the literature of Wales in all its branches. As the items are entered chronologically, it will show the growth I and development of our literature, especially in connection with theology. Biblical criticism, the Sunday School, the temperance cause, history, biography, political matters, and musical pub. locations. And the bibliography as a whole will not only supply materials for the history of Welsh literature, but it will enable the student to know what has been written on any given subject. These considerations, I hope, will be taken as sufficient excuse for seeking the aid of the book-loving section of mv fellow-countrymen —T am, kc., CHARLES AoHTON. Dinas Mawddwy, North Wales, June 9.
A MWPOBT K0MAN<$
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A MWPOBT K0MAN<$ MARRIAGE ARRANGED IN 'tø, POLICE-CO UBT. The reinaaoe, the opening chapter of J was heard a. week ago by tu-e .Newport magistrates waa continued on VVuiiam Bijings, or Vv luiani ireinain, a good-looking young Jjf of 23, who was until rc°^jf employed as a labourer at the port me-iight Wociis, was charged wand witti stealing two sovereigns, two thiee tableclotiis, two Laue imucLk.eiviiie^ oDOoiio. and two Lioucbeiw wiuon wcra £ 7? be the property 01 Aiibs iv [nth i^eaiior ii She was the daughtor of Mr. P M'Kay, of the New Inn, l ireat Daxkgate-s^ Auei-.>t»i\vic.ii, aiio. in oiiiLLixy iasc callle to a. friend at Newport, wnei 0 siie met tiiO dant. Thoy developed a tact frieiidiiiiip, veiy ehortiy became engaged. Some j in March last the ba una of III were published, it being intended tha* j wedding should take p.ace before JUDe. things did not prosper witb T-reniain—1°'^ was the name sne knew hill 1 by—and the riage was not solemnised a ccoiding to tbt tention. Early in May the pair decided s to 13irmingham to live, and on tho 28:h of month they packed up their boxes and accompanied to the raiiwa í- station by landlady. They called at i. wbell's Kestatfj where Treniain, it is aLeged, { his companion for the gold she which amounted to s>2, her back 10s. in silver. On the to Birmingham the man got into the S^j van for a smoke, but re-joined the girl getting to their destination. Having 0; he went to a restaurant, and j a time Tremain asked, to be e for a few moments. He didn't return on inquiry being made, bv the girl rhe that ne had gone to his native place, Yv'ith the money she had, returned to.^jl port, and the proceedings were i^1 which were heard 011 Friday. The gir'vji<l ail through the proceedings, seemed to reconciliation was plainly. but n dressed in satin, trin tmcd wltlcÎ ytl. over which was a sl;i,te-greon m and an elegantly trimmed hat with Jtfl The girl's father stated that he understo^t^i the couple were married, aud he ha^d M from both signed "Your affectionate daughter." He understood' they were ^i^ at Cardiff on March 19. E'.o5't to meet together, the girl leaving she would be honourable and lie saving ft (fCTCH# Rirt Kin, rt vras **&&&■<> "A little episode to see ho^ ?hc looked > <14; him as he stood in the dock, hopeful. When asked if they would ried. both eagerly consented, and th^^ptijj savins: they thought a great deal of cjj had taken place, announced that -the disposed to trust to his honourable jC i> and dismiss the ease. "Thank you, Tremain. and walked resolutevy to sweetheart sat; they kissed rapi urousl.r-?^ little romance closed happily with leading his future wife out of c purt on MARRIAGE OF THE COTjI'^ V The case w s not over until one shortly after two the parties were » the registrar's office. The wit n^ses girl's father and Mrs. M'Neil',1 the at the house where the young people I3"8
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WELSH CHARITIES H £ L^ J GENEROUS LEG-A CUSS LONDON MERCSANT. J Our London correspondent telegraphs William Andrew Guesdon, whoso 8"^ bequests to Welsh institutions Lave much curiosity and comment in local J was a London merchant; who had great d j with the Colonies. At the time of jj hereeided in (Jlapham with his wife, Charlotte Grace Guerdon, who has Mr. Guesdon bequeathed for phiia11,^ and charitable purposes in Wales the sums, which were thus placed at the 1 | his death:— £ 18,138 8s. 6d. in Cen^ol^ 16s. 5d. money on deposit, and £ 131 >■ i cash. The following local charities h*1 J been benefited under the Attorney-G scheme: — WALES GENERALLY. 4 Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for 9 Nurses I Nurses I A Cardiff Infirmary 1 Cardiff Institute for the Blind )4| Cardiff Deaf and Dumb Institute y Swansea General and Eye Hospit.al ■ i Swansea Gam bri an Institution for th0 y Deaf and Dumb i Swansea Industrial Home for OrphaP ] and Friendless Girls < Swansea and South Waies Instituting ) for the Blind w 1 Merthyr General Hospital < Pembrokeshire and Haverfordwest lnfrl mar" i Rhyl Royal Alexandra Children s I itai rexbam Infirmary j Carnarvonshire and Anglesea. Jnfinnati V and Di^ensary, Bangor ''A -4" The residue of the fund. if any, waS 0fu to be equally divided between the < Infirmary and the General and Eye po 1 Swansea. J- <
CARMARTHEN BOROUGf ! nV '
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CARMARTHEN BOROUGf nV SELECTION OF THE CANDIDATE. | .J. '• A private meeting of the joint colill 1 two executives of the Carmarthen and Liberal Associations was held at the > rooms, Carmarthen, on Saturday afto-co select (far recommendation to the t associations) a candidate to contest or the next general election. The 4 report was officially tendered to th« j "There were three candidates in tho W 1 Mr. Tom Terrell, Q.C.. Mr. Alfred^jHv (ELampstead), and Mr. C.wilym Evans The joint ooancil consists of 91 J this number 77 were present, and Wj follows:—Forty for Mr. Gvilym Eyao J Mr. TerreU, and eleven for Mr. Pil < Gwilym Evajis. receiving an absolute < is the nominee of the joint council. decision now rests with the associat^^jTi; cipa! Evana, Presbyterian College, C occupied the chair. The joint sec^ I the Rev. A- Fuller Mills (Carmarthen' A { W. David (Llanelly)." Our Carmarthen correspondent were 78 member* present, but j refrained from using the ballot. lI'M 51 representatives and Carmarthen J y person who had exceptional chanoc laining informs us that of the Mr. Davies seven were from ff'SW whereas only two from Carmartho11 gPffi Mr. Gwilym Evans, the others goilig ¡¿I < Mr. Terrell. Granted the corrects information, tho analysis works out V\i Evans. Terrc^* »J i Llanelly 38 <->1 IWmarthon 2 WrA rhere being an absolute majority yg, I second ballot was unnecessary. »n I sr«« declared to be the selected
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TEBBIBJjE DEATH OF AN AERO-N AUT. A Reuters telegram from Berlin on Satur- day says:—The aeronaut Herr Woelfert, accompanied by a mechanic, named Kua be. made an experimental ascent with his so-called steering air-ship from the Tempelhof Common to-day. When the balloon, which had been i. (illed at the military ballooning establishment. I; had reached a height of 3,000ft., a loud report j was heard. In a. moment the balloon was ablaze, and the car detached itself from the i1 burning silk, and fell with frightful rapidity, itself all aflame, to the ground near the- soo* from which it had ascended. The rwo occupants were found in it quite dead and scarred with terrible burns. There seems little dfubt t'-at the benzine used for the motor which worked the steering apparatus exploded oy some aoni- ient, hence the catastrophe.
PRESERVING EGGS.
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PRESERVING EGGS. A novel method has bean discovered of pre- serving eggs perfectly fresh for twelve months, not only for eating, but for hatching purposes. [t may appear incredible to many poultry- keepers that the germ of an egg can be kept Uive for so long a period, as. under ordinary circumstances, it is well-known that eggs are more or lees stale for eating, and will seldom hatch chickens, if more than three weeks old. rho new method is as follows:—Wrap each agg the day it is laid in a small square of news- paper and pack these eggs side bv side in a box, md layer upon layer until it is full. After the MX is fastened down it must first be stored in > dry, cool place, and, secondly, turned upside lown at least three or four times a week. This limple process of turning will preserve eggs perfectly fresh for twelve or even eighteen nonths.
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SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT BRADFORD. Late on Friday night a dreadful murder waa »rpetrated at Thornton, Bradford, the victim win;? a married woman named Pickles, and Ler murderer her cousin, Walter Robinson, an irmy p^isioner, whom she had summoned for 343sault* Robineon* forced himself into the woman's house, and in the presence of an old jouple who lived with her deliberately cut her IroaA, and stabbed her repeatedly in the abdo- ] v&n. He thoo locked the old folk in the house I md coolly walked away- He hae been arrested.
BREOONSHIEB ASSIZES.
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BREOONSHIEB ASSIZES. The summer assizes for the county of Brecknock were opened at the Shire-hall, Brecon, on Friday morning, before Mr. Justice Henn Collins. THE JUDGE AND THE PAWNBROKER. John Williams, 67, baker, was charged with stealing a lamb, the property of John Lloyd. in the p-mh of Llaxieliy, about the 7th of April. Prisoner was further charged with reoeiving six pairs of boots, two pairs of trou- serti, and other articles, of the value of £3 7s., the property of Pailip James, well knowing the same to have bsen stolen, in the parish of Llanelly, about the 8th of February. Mr. Ivcr Bowea prosecuted. Prisouer was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' im- prisonment for each. offence, a long list of previous convictions being proved. Certain of the stolen goods were pawned with Isaao Barnett, of Brynmawr, and his lordsliip Asked this man why he did not seud for the police when the prisoner came to pawn a brand I new pair of boota. The answer returned was a. very evasive one, and his lordship, with great warmth, said that he could not understand why the police had not put him in the dock. where he should have boon. It was men like him who made the trade that the prisoner carried on possible. It was fortuna.te for him that he was not in the dock to receive what he deserved. CHARGE AGAINST A COLLIER. Wm. Woodward. 31, a collier, was "laced on his trial on a charge of stealing a £5 note, the property of Rose Leaf, a married woman, re- siding at Blackrock, in the parish of Llanelly, on the 22nd of April. Mr. W. Denman Benson prosecuted, and the prisoner was un- defended.—Tho jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty," and the prisoner was discharged.
SECOND DAY.
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SECOND DAY. The judge took his seat on the bench at Brecon at 10.30 on Saturday morning. CRICKHOWELL POACHING CASE. Thomas Williams, John Jones, Albert Niblett, and George Hogg, all on bail, were charged with being upon lands, the property of Sa- Joeoph Bailey, for the purpose of taking and destroying game, in the parish of Llangat- tock, on the 20th day of December, 1896. Mr. Denman Benson (instructed by Mr. D. T. Jeffreys, Brecon) prosecuted, and Mr. Arthur Lewis (instructed by Mr. T. G. Powell, Bryn- mawr) defended all the prisoners.—Frederick Young, senior head-keeper to Sir J. R. Bailey, said that on the night in question he was out with other keepers and watchers. About five minutes to one o'clock they heard a shot tired in the direction of Pantmawr Wood, where there was game. It was a bright, moonlight night, with suow on the ground. A little later they heard another shot, and at once went towards the wood, and saw six men coming in two groups from the wood. He recognised Hogg and Nituew, as two of the men. Hogg turned round when he saw them, and fired his gun in their direction. Three of the men ran away. Witness then turned to the other three men, and they put their guns to their shoulders, and said, "Stand back."—Corroborative evidence was given by several witnesses, after which Mr. Arthur Lewis addressed the jury for the pri- soners.—The learned Judge having summed np. the prisoners were all found guilty. Jonea was sentenced to five vears' penal servitude, Williams to two years imprisonment, Hogg to fifteen months' imprisonment, and Niblett to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. CHARGES AGAINST A CORPORAL. William Davies, corporal in the 5rd Bat- talion South Wales Borderers, was charged with an abominable offence. Mr. Ivor Bowen prosecuted.—The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.—The prisoner was then proceeded against on a charge of indecent conduct. The evidence in the first case waa read over, and Srisouer went into the witness-box and enied the charge. The jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty."
THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS.
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THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS. The 2nd Battalion of the South Wales Bor- derers will march through South Wales to Pem- broke Dock next month. They will journey from Aldershot to Newport by train, arriving in Monmouthshire on Saturday, July 3. and will enoaanp at Malpaa, just outside the town of Newport, till Monday, July 5, after which they will proceed on their march to Pembroke Dock. The Volunteer officers of Newport have arranged to entertain the officero of the | battalion, and the Volunteer non-oommissianed ofBoere will act similarly towards their com- rades of the line. A movement has been started to give a town's festival for the benefit of the men.
BURGLARS BUSY AT MERTHYRVALE
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BURGLARS BUSY AT MERTHYRVALE The offices at Merthyr Vale and Abeirfan stations were broken into on Friday night by burglars They obtained admittance to the Merthyr Vale office by means of skeleton keys, and forced the woodwork of the inner door and drawer, where a small amount of money kept for change was taken. The bulk of the cash was secured in the safe, which the visitors made an attempt to open. At Aberfan they obtained entrance through a window. They broka opon three drawers, but the money was safely secured, and they got no booty. Bur- glaries have been very rife in the neighbour- hood of late.
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WREXHAM ACCOUNTANT SENT TO PENAL SERVITUDE. At the Denbighshire Assizes on Friday (before Mr. Justice Ridley) John Taylor. 36, of Wrexham. an accountant, and secretary of the Rose of Wrexham Lodge, Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds, was sent to penal se.rvitude for three years for forging an endorsement on a cheque for £220, and for embezzling two sums of £70 and B20, belonging to the lodge. Prisoner, who has a wife and seven children, had been in prison seventeen weeks awaiting trial.
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A BOLD WELSH SAILOR
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A BOLD WELSH SAILOR NURSED 3Y THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE'S SISTER. I The-re has just died in Carnarvonshire a well- known sea captain, the story of whose adven- turous life would afford material for ha f a dozen of Clark Russell's sea romances. He died quietly in bis peaceful home on the six- teenth anniversary of one of the most darir.tr rescues recorded in the roll of shipwrecks. He was at the time mate of the Welsh ship Car- digan, off the Cape of Good Hope, when, during a iierca gale, they discovered a large ship flying signals of distress, and evident v in a. sinking condition. Jones, with four com- panions, at the risk of their lives lowered a boat in the then apparently vain hope of beinc able to rescue the crew, frantically signalling for help from the wreck. When they at length reached the wreck it was found 'to be impossible to approach ncri^* enough to permit of the crew lowering themselves into tha boat. By the hep of a line thrown from the deck, Jones boarded the vessel to find his work cut out for him. The captain, with the greater Kortion of the crew, had been washed over- oaid those who remained were too exhausted to bn of any material assistance, while the captain's wife. with a baby only a few weeks old. and a sailor with a broken leg added to the difficulties of the situation. His practised eye told him too that the ship was fast sinking. Rigging a sort of cradle, he succeeded in get- ting the baby first safely landed in the boat. The woman was, however, so paralysed with fear that Jones felt constrained to fasten her on hia own oack, and then to let himself down over the ship's side into the water, whence he •was drawn in an exhausted condition into his own boat. Partly recovering, he again boarded the ship and once again essayed the same perilous journey, now with the disabled sailor, whom he got safely to the boat. Again returning to the ship, he lowered the remainder of the orew in safety, finally getting off himself only just before the ship—the Swedish barque Davina—with a plunge, disappeared. The first-class medal subsequently presented to him by the Board of Trade at the Tower of London, and the certificate of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, with other similar rewards, marked both the public and official sense of his services. Wrecked sub- sequently in the Straits of Maire, Terra del Fuego, he endured terrible sufferings for three weeks, only narrowly escaping captivity among the Fuegians. Put the yarn he most delighted in telling waa of his having been nursed for weeka by Sister Russell, the sister of Lord Chief Justice Russell, in the Catholic Hospice of San Francisco, where he was laid up for weeks as the result of a serious accident on board ship. He wa-a never tired of singing the praises of Sister Russell, for whom he had the greatest admiration—an admiration which his friends were wont to declare accounted for his remain- ing a bachelor to the end of his days.
THE REV. OSSIAN DAVIES.
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THE REV. OSSIAN DAVIES. LEAVES BOXTREMOXJTH FOR PADDINGTON. An interesting gathering took place in the Richmond-hill Congregational Church, Bourne- mouth, on Thursday, on the occasion of a meeting to bid farewell to the liev. J. Ossian Davies, who has recently resigned the pastorate of the Bournemouth Church to go to Padding- ton. Several illuminated addresses were pre- sented to Mr. Daviee, including one from the church and congregation, accompanied by a silver tea and coffee service, and two gold watches for the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Davies. An address was also presented from the Bournemouth Nonconformist Council. One of the most interesting features of the evening's proceedings, however, was the pre- sentation of an address from Welshmen in Bournemouth, where a Cymmrodorion society was established two years a.go, with Mr. Davies d.4> its first president. A number of Welshmen, including gentlemen of different political and ecclesiastical views, were present. The pre- sentation was made by Dr. W. R. Thomas, president of the society, and the address was as follows:—To the Rev. J. Oesian Davies.—We, your fellow-countrymen of the Bournemouth and District Cymmrodorion Society, present this, on the occasion of vour departure to London, in token of the respect we entertain for your high character as a man, a citizen, and a Christian minister, our admiratioh of the ability, energy, and perseverance by which you have attained to a position of power and influence in the Church of Christ, and in the community of vour unabated interest in and loyalty to Hen Wlad Ein Tadau. your influence and support being always at the disposal of any movement for the advancement of our country, materially, morallv. and spiritually; of your deep interest in the young people, who oome from our native country to England, espe- cially to the large English towns, and who have ever found in you a true friend, wise counsellor, and sympathetic helper. Rest assured that you carry with you the sincere good wishes for your- self and Mrs. Davies, of all your fellow- countrymen, who pray that you may have many years of happy and successful life in your new sphere of labour, and who will always follow your career with deep interest, being proud of al! the distinguished sons of Gwalia. "—The Rev. J. Ossian Davies. in acknowledging the srift, remarked thait their Engiieh friends might think Welshmen a little clannilsh sometimes, but must remember that they were in a foreign land, far awav from home—(laughter)—and were a mere handful among many. and that Englishmen, where they met in a strange land, were equally clannish. The Cymmrodorion Society included members of all sects and parties, and be heartily thanked them for their kind remembrance of any little work he had done in connection with the society which they, as Welshmen, loved so well. ^mmmammmmmmmm
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