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PAUPER CHILDREN OF. CARDIFF UNION, THE GUARDIANS' SCATTERED HOMES SCHEME. At the usual weekly meeting of the Cardiff Guardians, held at the workhouse on Saturday (Mr. O. H. Jones, chairman, presiding), the children's houses sub-committee reported that they had carefully considered the memorial from the owners and occupiers of house property in Partridge-road against the pro- posal of the guardians to hire Nos. 31 and 33. Partridge-road, for children's homes, and (by seven vote- to three) they came to the con- clusion that they could not recommend the board to depart from the resolution they have already come to. The report proceeded:—"In their opinion, the memoralists arc mistaken in thinking that the quietude of the street will be disturbed by the residence therein of 24 children (most of whom will be girls and infants), or that their presence will prove an injury to the adjoining property or prejudi- cially affect the tone of the neighbourhood. < Ihe sub-committee desire to point out that such mistaken fears were at firit entertained at Sheffield and Bradford, when it was pro- posed to establish children's homes there, and that experience has shown these to be quite groundless, and also that similar objections have been raised in almost all the very diverse localities in which they have suggested houses being taken in Cardiff, and would, if yielded to. make it nearly impossible to establish children's homes in the town at all. The sub- committee believe that the children placed in the proposed homes, who will be selected with discrimination, neatly dressed, under the con- trol of a responsible foster mother, supervised by a superintendent and inspector, frequently visited by the guardians. and sent regularly to school and to a place of worship, will, as far as the behaviour and appearance is concerned, be as respectable as any ordinary children, and they hope that in time the residents, con- vinced of their misapprehensions by experience, will cordially co-operate with the guardians in ensuring the success of the experiment which is about to be adopted with a view of bring- ing up these parentless children to take their places amongst the well-conducted and self- respecting members of society." The Rev. J. R. Buckley (vice-chairman), in proposing the adoption of the report, expressed regret that they should have met with opposition from the residents of one of the localities in which they proposed to place two of the homes. They would be very sorry to put the children in any place where their presence would be unwelcome, and he was dis- appointed that thev had received a rebuff where they had expected to receive a welcome. The question had been asked, "Would you like to have a children's home near your own dwelling?" He'answered, unhesitatingly, that, for his part, he would be very glad indeed to have a pair of these homes established in the narish of Llandaff. in which he lived, and that he would not fear any evil results. (Hear. hear.) The presence of these children in Partridge-road would not, in his opinion, have the disastrous effect which was feared upon the value of property or the moralq of the children in that part of the town. The experi- ment had been successful 1v tried in Sheffield and other places, and they themselves, on two or +"1"00 occasions, had sent fnrtv or fiftv hoys into camp at Pully and elsewhere, and their own children had behaved quite as well as others with whom they were brought into contact. (Hear, hear.) It apneared to him t h -it the fears entertained were to a large extent imasinnry. Mr. Mildon at the la«t meeting pointed out that it might he wiser to take a smaller house, or to throw two houses into one and he nre-ed. further, that thev proposed to take children out of the thev w^id Ukflv to occunv for lit" (Hear, hear.) But it must be remembered that the home' Woul,1 have to be parsed by sir. Birnbim (Local Government Board Inspector), anrl that there were regulations to be complied with anti conveniences to be provided which they did not find in working men's cottages. The committee, he reminded them. had con- sidered the subject carefully, and made a definite recommendation, and they felt they ouerht not to recede from the position they hid taken up. Mrs. Thompson seconded the adoption of the renort. Mr. Watkins maintained that no reason could be urged for relinquishing the home in Par- tridge-road which would not apply with equal force to houses in other parts of the town. If they gave up one site. what right had they to ero in for another? The other roads in which it was proposed to set up homes were quite as respectable as Partridge-road; indeed, some were far more re?ne"table than the ereneral impression one received of Partridge-road. (Laughter.) Mr. H. J. Thatcher proposed that the report be not accepted, and based his argument upon the fact that they were not only guardians of the poor but representatives of the ratepayers. Mr. Sutherland followed on the same lines, saying it had spread through Roath that they proposed to inflict a great injustice. Mr. Good remarked that in the sight of God all were equal-(hear. hear)—and, humanly speaking, they were all equal. (Laughter.) In the eye of the law they were equal, and socially they should all bo equal. He (Mr. Good) respected the child of the Deer equally with the child of the pauper. At the same time. they must remember that these pro- testing ratenayers had rights and liberty to make objection if they chose. If. therefore, they objected to this institution, the board should not attempt to force it upon them. Mr. D. T. Alexander supported Mr. Thatcher's motion, because he feared from instances m his experience that the establishment, if set up, would depreciate the value of adjacent property. Properties were available in other localities, and might be acquired without a similar objection been made. Mr. Sanders supported the committee's report as a matter of principle. Were they to put these poor children in a street that was not respectable? ("No.") If they yielded now, how could they consistently refuse others, no matter what streets they might come from? The Chairman said that, in his judgment, the line of argument adopted by Mr. Thatcher and others, if followed to its logical conclusion, came to this—that wherever any ratepayers objected to these homes, the board would have to bow to the objection. A small ratepayer was as much to be considered as a large ratepayer, and if all the ratepayers objected they would not be able to have houses anywhere. He supposed everyone would rather have any institution which he fancied to be objectionable next door to his neighbour than to himself. (Laughter.) If he thought these institutions would seriously injure prorerty or inconvenience people he would not advocate the system, but he did not believe it would have that effect. (Hear. hear.) The board then divided, with the result that the report was negatived, and the motion of February 4 as to the hiring of 31 and 33. Part- ridge-road. was, on Mr. Thatcher's proposition, rescinded by 42 votes to 19. The Cardiff Guardians (says the London "Daily News") have not justified our too favourable opinion of their courage and per- spicacity. As we mentioned last week, they had committed themselves to the thoroughly enlightened policy of removing the children under their care freni the barrack schools, where they are at present lodged, and plant- ing them in scattered homes in various streets) of the town. Yet on Saturday, in deference to a deputation of property-holders from one of the districts chosen, they decided, by 43 votes to 19, to set aside the report of their com- mittee, and to relinquish one of the sites which it had adopted, and which had been sanctioned by the Local Government Board. This seems, from every point of view, an un- fortunate proceeding. If the property-holders in one street are allowed to object to a "scat- tered home" on the ground, that it will impair the respectability of the neighbourhood, what are the guardians to say to the property- holders in the other streets? Moreover, it encourages the quite groundless idea that a "scattered home" is in the nature of a "nui- sance." It is nothing of the sort. The children are kept, under strict control. The foster mother is watched by a superintendent, and the superintendent is supervised by a lady inspector. The clothes of the children are carefully chosen and studiously varied, so as to remove any appearance of\ the taint of pauperism. For the greater part of the day they will bo away at school. It is necessary to select fairly roomy houses. for each house must contain ten children, besides the foster mother and the servants, and it must, above all things, have a bathroom. It seems to us the greatest' pity that the Cardiff Guardians did not emulate the steadfastness of Bristol and the Yorkshire towns. It is to he hoped, at any rate, that, though they have yielded in this particular instance, they will stick to their guns as to the other sites chosen. Otherwise it is difficult to see how the "scat- tered homes" system can get started at all.

THE WELSH FESTIVAL IN LONDON. ANNUAL SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S. The eighth of the great annual Welsh gather- ings will be held at St. Paul's Cathedral on St. David's Eve on Tuesday week next, at seven p.m. It will be remembered that last year's congregation was one of the largest ever known even at St. Paul's. Sir John Puleston and an energetic committee of representative Welshmen have nearly completed the arrange- ments, which are necessarily on a large scale. The.pulpit will be occupied by the Rev. Canon Davies, vicar of Pwtlheli, one of the most popular and best-known preachers in the Princi- pality. The choir will number between 200 and 300 voices, and will be composed of picked, Welsh Church singers in London. The famous Welsh tenor, Mr. Ben Davies, will sing the fol- lowing solos :0 Chwi Sy'n Caru Duw" (Dr. Joseph Parry), and "Byddwch Ffyddlon hyd Angau" (Mendelssohn). The applications for admission have greatly exceeded those of any previous year, 10,000 tickets having been already distributed, and the demand still goes on unabated. There will be 80 stewards, six chief stewards, and a captain to usher the vast crowd into their seats, besides a number of commissionaires and police in charge of the three entrances. The commissioner of the City police has very kindly arranged that all the constables on duty in and about the cathedral during the service shall be Welsh. The curious cockney in the neighbourhood of St. Paul's Churchyard was much puzzled last St. David's Eve at finding all the constables in that locality directing the people hither and thither in an unknown tongue. It may not be generally known that when the Welsh Church mission started in the East End some years ago-and which is now in a flourishing condiÜon-a. mem- ber of the City police was one of the most constant "supply," and preached there Sunday after Sunday, until a permanent chaplain was obtained. The first lesson will be read by Sir John Puleston and the second by Principal Thomas, Home and Colonial Training College, while the first part of the service will be sung by the Rev. Lewis Roderick, chaplain of the South London Welsh Church Mission, Camber- well. and the second part by the Rev. R. Spurrell, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. The benediction will be pronounced in Welsh by the Bishop of Stepney. The organist is Mr. T. Vincent Davies, organist and choirmaster of St. Benet's Welsh Church, City; and the conductor is Mr. J. Edward Davis. organist and choirmaster of St. David's Welsh Church. Paddington. The burden of looking after the finances is borne by the Rev. Morris Roberts, late assistant chaplain of St. Benet's, and now of St. Anne's, Highgate Rise, while the captaincy of the stewards and the organisation has again fallen to the share of Mr. R. A. Lloyd.

DEFENCE OF THE BEISTOL CHANNEL. QUESTIONS IN .PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons on Monday. Major DALBIAC (U., Cauaberwell, W.). for Mr. Duncombe (U., Cumberland, Egremont), asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, in view of the fact that most of the best coal used in her Majesty's Navy was obtained from Cardiff, whether his attention had been called to the fact that the Bristol Channel was for all prac- tical purposes absolutely undefended, and what steps he proposed to remedy this state of affairs. Mr. WYNDHAM (Under-Secretary for War) said he had been asked to answer the question. The revised scheme of armament for coast defence provided a certain number of guns of the latest type for the defence of the Bristol Channel, but he was not able to tell the hon. member how soon they would be supplied. NEW GUNS FOR LAVERNOCK. At last the authorities at the War Office have made a definite movement towards the improvement of the defences of the Bristol Channel. It has been pointed out to them times out of number that the guns at Laver- nock, the Steep and Flat Holms, and Brean Down are obsolete, and would be totally ineffec- tive against modern armoured cruisers. We now learn that they have determined to pro- ceed at once with the re-construction of the fort at Lavernock, and that the contract for the work has been let to Messrs. Hetherley Bros., of Coventry. The four 7in. muzzle- loaders will be dismounted, and, with their cumbrous Moncrieff carriages, re- moved as soon as possible. When the new fort has been constructed it will be armed with three six-ton quick- firing guns, which will have an effective range of between 3,000 and 4,000 yards. The distance between Lavernock and the Flat Honn is 5,100 yards. We understand that in the course of time the guns on the Holmes and Brean Down will give place to the more modern pieces of ordnance, and that during the summer the erection of a fort at Barry will be proceeded with. One of the agreements prepared for the approval of the Cardiff Corporation at a special meeting to be held on Thursday next relates to the supply of water to Lavernock Fort.

FLORENCE JONES AGAIN. Florence Jones, 35, was once again put upon the stand in Cardiff Police-court on Saturday. She was the picture of misery, suffering from ill-health and weakness.—Inspector Durston: She has been up 161 times, and has been in custody more than 300 times. She has just done a month. She is constantly in prison. Drink has generally been the cause, but on this occa- sion it is for being disorderly. She only came out on Friday morning.—Prisoner (piteously): Please, your worships, may I go to the work- house? I am nearly too weak to walk.—The Deputy-Mayor: You have had opportunities many a time.—Florence: I have been under the doctor all the time I have been in prison.— Inspector Durston: We shall be glad to give her another chance. If we can possibly make her any better we shall be only too pleased.— The Deputy-Mayor: You see, the officers of the court are willing to do anything for you and to improve your position in life if you will only be guided by them.—Florence was then put down, and tottered feebly down the steps, with a view to being sent to the workhouse.—Paradoxical as it may seem, imprisonment has been the salva- tion up till now of Florence Jones. The longer she is in gaol the better she looks. The last month has improved her appearance wonder- fully. Protracted confinement would have a still more salutary effect, and might result in a permanent cure.

CARDIFF CONSERVATIVE CLUB. The annual meeting of the Cardiff Conserva- tive Club was he'.d on Saturday night.—Mr. Charles Moir. chairman of directors, presided, and stated that during the strike period there was a considerable falling off in the receipts. That accounted for a small adverse balance, but he pointed out that a sum cf 999 had been set aside for depreciation.—Mr. Veall stated that, with, ho believed, on exception, the report was the most satisfactory he had had the pleasure of proposing for adoption. He had no hesitation in saying that as long aR the institution was managed as carefully as it was at present they need not fear for its success. He moved that the report and statement of accounts be adopted.—Mr. Thomas S. Jones seconded, and the motion was unanimously agreed to.—The following members were elected directorsMessrs. Laseelles Carr, R. P. Barnes, George Padfield, and W. B. Barnett. Messrs. James Cozens, F.C.A., and F. E. Parker were elected auditors.—Votes of thanks were accorded to the directors, to Miss Edwards (the stewardess) and staff, and to the secretary (Mr. D. Watkin Thomas) and' the auditors.

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THE LAND OF THE BOERS. MR. KRUGER AND MR. RHODES AS POLITICAL FACTORS. Welshmen at home feel deeply interested in the affairs of the Transvaal, on account of the great number of their compatriots from all parts of the Principality residing there. A "Western Mail" representative on Sunday night had the good fortune to come across one of these, a man of great sagacity and judg- ment, possessing a wide and thorough know- ledge of South Africa, especially of the country of Mr. Kruger and the Boers. He is the Rev. J. T. Lloyd, who preached on Sunday morning at the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in Frederick-street, Cardiff, and this is what he said in a pleasant little chat with the inter- viewer: "I was born near Bala, and fifteen years ago, on account of the health of one of my chil- dren, I went out as minister of a Presbyterian Church in South Afric^ There are now eight Presbyterian Churches in Johannesburg, and my own is the mother church. No; I have very little to say about Johannesburg, which I left at the end of October last. Jameson's Raid was the means of doing incalculable harm, speculatively and commercially, and the ill effects continue to this day. The tendency of the mining interest is decidedly upwards, and the gold output is steadily increasing from month to month. The relations between the Transvaal Government and the diggers are improving, and I have no doubt that in time the prosperity of Johannesburg will be immense. There are there all the elements of the most wonderful progress conceivable. No," the rev. gentleman continued cautiously. "I would rather not say anything about Cecil Rhodes. I admire his genius, but I do not sympathise with his political methods. I give place to none in my admiration of his power of concentration, which is the secret of his wonderful success. Religiously, the prospects in South Africa are exceedingly bright. I am a very profound optimist on that point, and I am justified by the facts. In Johannesburg four years ago there were two Presbyterian Churches. To-day, as I have told you, there are eight, and the increase in other denomina- tions has been in the same ratio. A service in Welsh, which I initiated four years ago, is held once a month in the Y.M.C.A. hall at Johannesburg. Welsh people—colliers and others-flock in from all parts. There are two other Welsh ministers besides myself in the ,tc,-n-the Rev. Owen Owen (Baptist), of Porth, who has relatives and many friends in Cardiff, and the Rev. R. E. Davies (Rhondda Valley), also a Baptist minister. We had an eisteddfod last Good Friday, the meetings being held in the largest hall in the town. The place was densely crowded, and multitudes were turned away. An eisteddfod is to take place next Good Friday on a much grander scale. The Welsh-speaking people number from 700 to 1.000 in Johannesburg and the district. No; I would rather not enter upon debatable points. I have been interviewed a good many times, but I have uniformly refused to discuss contentious matter. There are two parties. I am, in a sense, in sympathy with each, but I am doing my utmost to prevent any increase in the racial antipathy between the English and the Dutch." "You know Kruger, I suppose?" "Oh, yes. I have had many interviews with him. What is my opinion of him? Well, he has held the Dutch together. They would have gone under long ago but for him. He and Cecil Rhodes are the two strongest men in South Africa. I believe Kruger to be siucere-a man of a very primitive type-a strong, rugged man. You may take this from me as perfectly trust- worthy-that the reports of controversies in Johannesburg which appear in the London papers are, as a rule, terribly exaggerated. Eventually the truth comes out, but some of the papers do not gi-e the truth—they publish exaggerated reports, but are not so anxious to publish the truth when opportunity offers."

POOR RELIEF AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Mr. Eli Rees, Whitchurch, a member of the district council and board of guardians, and Mr. Edmund Lewis, builder, were initiated hono- rary members of the Loyal Treoda Lodge of Oddfellows, M.U., on Saturday evening. There was a large number of members present. amonjgst them being Mr. John Bowen, P.P.G.M., of the Cardiff district.—After the initiation ceremony Mr. Bowen spoke on the strides made by the Cardiff District, and said that the valuation which was about to be made of the financial position of the Order would result in the statistics of the late Henry Rad- cliffe being found to be correct and trustworthy. Mr. Rees dwe!t on Friendly Societies and poor relief. He said that since he had been a mem- ber of the board of guardians he had always looked upon applications for relief made by those who were members of Friendly Societies as deserving of as much, if not more, considera- tion than from non-society applicants. It was only on Saturday an application was made to the relief committee for help by a member of the Hearts of Oak Society. The applicant had been receiving sick benefit from his society. but he had been ill so long that his sick pay had been lowered, and he had no other course than to appeal to the guardans for help to keep himself, his wife, and four children from starving. This, said Mr. Rees, was a case which deserved the relief committee's best considera- tion, and they could do no other than treat the applicant as if he did not belong to a Friendly Society. This the committee did, and he believed the treatment the applicant received was right and proper.-Mr. Lewis also spoke in a similar strain.

SINGULAR LUNACY CASES AT NEWPORT. At the weekly meeting of the Newport Board cf Guardia-is CD Saturday (Mr. M. Wheeler pre- siding), the asylum auth)ri.:ies at Aber- gavenny reported that George Pearce, who was removed to the asylum from Abercarn earlier in the month, had died, and that the apparent cause of death was suicide bv taking nitric acid, and it appeared that the acid had been taken by the deceased before his removal from Abercarn. A couple of weeks ago a woman named Mary Evans was removed to the asylum from Cwmbran, and on the premises being searched promissory notes, bonds, and other documents were found, which showed that she had pro- perty to the value of over L200. Her brother now applied to have ^hat proper-'y dealt w ti), but the matter was referred to the finance com- mittee, the Clerk stating that it appeared to him that the guardians were the trustees, and the money could not be handed over. The board agreed to join the request of the Hunsley Union, asking the Local Government Board to revise its antiquated order so as to allow friend- less and pauper children to be sent as out-door apprentices, and that boards of guardians be allowed to provide small homes for the main- tenance of such children.

3UICTDE OF A WOMAN AT CARDIFF At Cardiff Town-hall on Monday night Mr. E. B. Iteece (coroner) held an inqueft on the body of Mary Ann Heath. 139, Clive-street. Grange, who committed suicide on Saturday night by hanging herself under circumstances already reported.—The husband (Henry Heatb) said he had seen no change in his wife's manner, and they had h::d no quarrel. Deceased's brother committed suicide some three years ago by cutting his throat, and another brother drowned himself in the canal. Deceased was of temperate habits.—The jury returned a ver- dict of "Suicide during a. fit of temporary insanity."

ROYALTY AND 'lENBY. The Teaby Town Council on Monday decided to invite the Duke and Duchess of York to visit Tenby in May for the purpose of opening the new Victoria Pier, which will shortly be com- pleted. On Saturday morning the mayor (Alder- man Clement J. Williams) received a telegram from General Laurie, M.P., announcing that the Duchess would visit Tenby for the purpose named on the morning of May 9th, the day on which the Royal yacht ia to be launched from Pembroke Dock.

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S O N HO U THSHIH E ASSIJ ^2 The winter assizes for the countyJ'Lj mouth were held on Monday at the & ^^idu Monmouth, before Mr. Justice Wright, 'I? nees being very short. His lordship w ft er cot panied on the bench by the high-shof ) 11 th C. Bosanquet), the sheriff's chaplain, ii Lionel Scudamore Stanhope, of Alt ee, Cheshire), and the Mayor of "Ust (Colonel Walwyn) in his robes. i j) Uly br His Lordship, in charging the gT3iiir said their task was almost a sinecure, Ti ithere was only one case to go o That was a matter of congratulation J t J magistrates and all who had the 00 it the police. The circumstances had bed j the same all round the circuit-there Wzj almost nothing to do. That was a Ø1 the greatest satisfaction to everyone- i there was another aspect of the niat that was whether it was worth while to,JI the grand jury, the common jury, and ? tl^ » officials of the court together to pass upon one man, who might, perhaps, r^oug' been brought before another lordship directed attention to the lBe j Act, and thought the county council j ^0od'g other authority should either set up y. under the Act themselves or combine wiu'j kd persons to set one up, especially as sury would contribute 16s. per week pot to the expenses of maintenance. a The only case was then taken. It waS.^j which Godfrey Marston, aged 47, descrj^ • a reporter, of superior education, pleaded to obtaining by means of a forged 1 w*1 sum of £ 3 from Mr. B. H. Deakin, solic^j li Monmouth. His plea was that he did n°~J the order himself, but that he "ut after it had been forged. Prisoner lordship, in consideration of this being lboo it). 5 offence, that it was committed four yea** eA ,a- .f and that he had been in custody over months, to deal with him under the j Offenders Act.—The Judge said it was serious matter for the prisoner to ha** ■ kept in custody since December 10 with.o'l'j tiga.. 5 —Mr. Bosanquet, who appeared as proS«^ "j i counsel, said bail was offered, but l%g forthcoming.—His Lordship remarked th» j man might have been released on his —Mr. Bosanquet replied that he had America after the warrant was first i' —The Judge said that, of course, &K ( material difference.—Mr. Deakin. the ™ cutor, Baid he did not wish to BR' charge of forgery. He knew tha^ prisoner's family had been connected Monmouth, but he had not seen probably thirty years, and had known nO of him during that time.—Prisoner said been upon the staff of the "Jamaica f. and on his return to England he Monmouth to visit two ladies, but foun^ iw" were no longer there. He was very having given way to temptation.—The t passed a sentence of three months' ment, to date firom the time when the pt1 was taken into custody, which would t that he had to serve three weeks' furtht prisonment. j. This ended the business of the assizeS. h r-

-——————————————— HORSE WITH TEETOTAL k PRINCIPLES. There was nothing sensational in the S ( Stipendiary's court on Monday, and the V ceedings for a Monday were less protr3 than usual. Two or three cases of f^jjtf driving were disposed of promptly, his being in a lenient mood. In*every "Q the summonses were adjourned for six D* Jk with the intimation that, should the repeated within that time, imprisonment V1 out the option of a fine might follow. Bryan, cabman, for whom Mr. Lloyd f? appeared, said his horse shied in Wood-9"^ V at a drunken man, and that the reason why, a moment after^'JijJ' jy Police-constable Jackson saw the vehicle if ing over the crossing into St. y the rate of from eleven to thirteen mi'*9,)' hour. It was shown, however, that defen'Jj^ pulled up before he got far up St. Marr.st The Stipendiary pointed out that with v leverage the driver of a hansom had V much easier to check a horse in a hansoto ,S in any other vehicle. "Joseph Powell, but^^vvj was charged with a like offence in road. George Withers was up( for fufi0 'Si riding a horse along Sanquhaf-itreet. dants were severely cautioned. Others chax, with leaving their vehicles unattended fortunate, the following fines being imp°s k Henry Hillier, 5s. and costs; John LlewelI>"fJ'i and costs; and Arthur Passmore and » j* Taylor, 2s. 6d. each and costs. |V

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ot PEHBBOKESHlItK ASSX2* S ■ .jS" The winter assizes for the county oJj\ broke and for the town and county of fordwest were held at the Shire-hall, HaveT*j lth0T west, on Monday before Mr. Justice Cb '11 —His Lordship, referring to the charge t bigamy against William MacKie, said that .-Fed the depositions before him there was I1 denes upon which the man could be coD^Jctjj Nevertheless, seeing that the two were clearly proved, they might think Jfi to return a true bill, in order that th#<fl"i*f. question might he gone into by the p tO eJl. The marriages were 26 years apart in J tia time, and there was not a particle of e*1^ in the depositions that the man, who m jflf his second wife last year, knew at that J that the woman he married 26 years viously was still alive. to In his charge to the prand jury of J t kt, and county his Lordehip said the only come before them was one of bigamy, tn observations he made in the county case did not apply to this, as the nUIllbe et years that had elapsed between the two y riages was under seven, and it was only seven years and upwards that the presamP of death arose. TRIALS OF PRISONERS. Wm. Griffiths, jun., 7, Park-place, Tenbf bail), was indicted for feloniously rece' on December 26 from Margaret Williatf^ native of Merthyr, a diamond ring, valuedA the property of Miss Peel Floyd, 8, South J street, Tenby, well knowing the same to A been stolen. Mr. Arthur Lewis prosec°j and Mr. Marley Samson defended.—The Jj failed to agree on the point whether pt'1 knew that the ring was stolen, and the a^5 was given the benefit of the doubt, accordingly discharged. J George Moore, an old soldier, was sent^ ty to three months' hard labour for stealii,% coat, a mackintosh and cape, a carpet j and seveaal other articles, on January 18 Vo Elizabeth Hay, St. Michael's-square, with t he had lodged for a month. k.*1 Joseph Scrivens, 47, sailor, pleaded gui!"j| breaking and entering the New Inn J house, Milford Haven, on February 12, and if o mitting thefts there, and was sentenced to month's imprisonment. \f Benjamin Morris (alias Evans), a Llanelli J of eighteen, was found guilty of r gold watch, valued at £35, the property i K Matthew Nicholson, Dimond-street. Pena^Tf Dock, on January 20, and was sentence^ t six months' imprisonment. J h*a William MacKie. 45, ship's engineer, .j indicted for feloniously marrying *jl Madmar, at Milford Haven, on 1898, Mary Jane (nee Cooney), his former -I to whom he was previously married in salS ito land on May 21, 1872, being then alive. Jifi Arthur Lewis prosecuted.—Prisoner, in address to the jury, gave a lamentable pic 4 of the wretched life he had led in Sunder-^ J* £ and said he had every reason to be tha.t his wife was dead.—The jury found Sf diet of not guilty. < Walter Fryun (32), labourer, a nativ* j Waterford, was found guilty of < iV marrying Mary Ann Bowen, of Fishguafd'J Haverfordwest, on March 27, 1898, his for wife, Catherine Flynn, to whom he was 0 ried at Waterford on October 21. 1891, 0"" then alive.—A sentence of four months' b. labour was passed. John Brown (18), soldier, stationed with., Royal Artillery at Fort Popton, the dock in uniform, and pleaded not to a charge of attempting to commit aO J rage upon Florence Mary Wainwright, » between thirteen and fourteen years of rA on the road between Rhoscrowther and P<|yl aL on February 14. Mr. Arthur Lewis prosec^jl and Mr. Marley Samson held a dock brief- jury found prisoner guilty, and he wa» tenced to three months' hard labour. \J S1