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ACCIDENTS. COLLIERY ACCIDENTS. Mr. Abraham Morgan, employed as an telec- trician to the -Newport-Aberearn Company at their Celynen Collieries, Abercarn, met with a serious accident on Wednesday. Mr. Mor- gan was engaged with the hydraulic appa- ratus when his hand came in contact with the machinery, the fingers of his right hand being cut off. Mi-. R. J. Rhys, coroner, held an inquest on Wednesday upon the body of Thomas Morgan, aged 29, of Catherine-square, Abercanaid, who died on Monday. The evidence showed that whilst pursuing his employment as a haulier at Locket's Colliery, Mardy. on the 15th of April last the deceased was kicked by a horse on the forehead, and that death was due to the effects of that injury.

STRANGE DEATH OF A LABOURER. At Hounslow a, labourer, named John Aldridge, has died from -trange causes. It appears that a week ago he was dancing to the strains of a street organ, and while doing so fell, breaking his leg in four places. When taken to the hospital the unfortunate sufferer objected so strongly to the treatment he was obliged to undergo that he tore off the ban- dages and struggled so violently that he broke the straps, causing inflammation to set in. Mortification following, the limb was ampu- tated, and Aldridge shortly afterwards suc- cumbed to his injuries. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict that the man had died of shock.

JUMPING OFF THE MUMBLES TRAIN. On Sunday evening a Militiaman, named Watkin William Gvrynne, of Pontypridd, while travelling on the Mumbles train dropped his swagger stick. He jumped off after it while the train was going at a moderate speed, with the result that. he fell with some violence, sus- taining facial injuries and losing conscious- ness.

FOURTEEN LIVES LOST. A Renter's telegram from Berlin on Tues- day says: A telegram from St. Raubing (Bavaria) reports a serious ferryboat acci- dent While a large party was crossing the Danube m a ferry at 'he village of Hoermauns- dorf the noat capsized owing to the breaking of the, r jpf. and fourteen of the occupants were drow nad. A similar disaster is reported from Simbach, also in Lavaria, where ten per,ons were drowned in the Inn on Monday owing to a boat capping.

ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF SPORTS. On Tuesday afternoon David Williams, agedd ,39, of 29, Mill-street. Pontypridd, was admitted into the C-irdiff Infirmary suffering from injuries to his head of a rather serious nature. He was attended to by Dr. Pratt, and was detained in the institution. It appears that Williams was riding a bicycle at the athletic sports in the Harlequins ground. Roath. when he collided with another rider, named William Watkins, both being- thriwn off their machines. Watkins, however, escaped with a slight scalp wound.

EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT ON THE TYNE. An alarming accident happened on Tuesday ■evening in the mid-Tyne district. A locomotive engine and a sat of trucks leaded with steel plates and angles dashed down a declivity at the shipbuilding yaid of Messrs. Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co., and were lost in the River Tyn? immediately opposite Wailsend. The driver and attendant saved their lives by leap- ir;g. Fortunately, there was little cr no traffic; I on the river at the time of the occurrence.

SEVEN MEN KILLED AND OTHERS INJURED. A Reutcr's telegram from Copenhagen on Tuesday say.?:—A terrible explosion | occurred at half past six this morn- ing at the military laboratory here while some shells were being filled. Seven work- men were kilJed on the spot, and a non-com- missioned officer and two workmen were severely injured. The house was completely destroyed by by the force of the explosion.

LIVERPOOL STREET OCCIDENT. John Young, tho police officer who was thrown from a Liverpool horse ambulance last Thursday through the horse bolting, died in the infirmary on Tuesday morning. He was unconscious when picked up, and remained in that condition tlrilest till the end. This makes the second death, the other victim being the patient who was being conveyed to the hospital end who died on Friday. A journey of trams passed over both legs of a rider named Noah Matthews, of Penprisk, at the South Rhondda Colliery, Penccved, on Satur- day. Hopes arc entertained that amputation will not be necessary Mr. R. J. Rhys. coroner, held an inquest at Mertliyr on Saturday upon the body of Daniel Regan, aged two years, son of Mary Regan, 31, Iron-lane, Georgetown, who died through scalds sustained by falling into a pan of boil- ing water whilst left unattended on the pre- vious day. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. A boating fatality occurred on Thursday afternoon at Portobello uJlder somewhat mys- terious circumstances. The Rev. William Boe, on a holiday in the town, and said to have a charge in Cumberland, hired a small boat. About two hours later the boat was observed off the pier unoccupied. The boat was not and in it were found a waterproof and a single oar. The body has not yet been recovered. A railway accident occurred between Car- marthen town and junction stations on Satur- day afternoon, by which David Davies, the! seventeen-year-old son of Mr. Thomas Davies, weaver, Wellfield-road, lost his life. The lad, a who was employed as a cleaner at the Great Western Railway Company's engine-shed, was proceeding along- the permanent way when he was run into by a light engine, and the upper portion of his skull was completely torn away. Death was instantaneous.

BATH AND WEST &HOW AT EXETER. WELSH AWAfiDS, The annual exhibition of the Bath and West and Southern Counties Society was opened at Exeter on Wednesday. The show is one of the largest in the annals of the society, the entries numbering 1,802, or 240 more than at Cardiff last year, while there is an increase of nearly 2,000ft. in the space allotted to machinery and other exhibits, though this is mostly taken up with horticultural stands. The stock shown, taken on the whole, is of high merit, without showing any very exceptional characteristics. Loopi breeds—South Devons especially—take the pi ace of the black Welsh shown last year. Tho horses are a capital collection, with the hunters taking the palm. Lord Llangattock takes tho Shire medal and first in class with "Tatton Bessie," Lord Rothschild's "Bessie" securing second in the class, and his "Fairy Queen" being ros?rvc for the medal. Lord Llaugaltcck wins also a second and third in the Shire classes. Mr. T. 1). John, of Cardiff, figures frequently in the prize list for hunters, taking the Hunters Improvement Society's medal with "The Witch." and has a class first and extra local award through his chestnut gelding "Huntsman." Mr. H. Cory, Castleton, wins^ a third with his brown filly "SatiSfac-1 tion," and is reserve for the Hunte.s Society's silver medal, which is taken by Mr. Holt. Neodbam, the well-known Castle Carey bresder. Mr. Cory and Mr. R. Foresticr-Walker. Cardiff, each have firsts in the had. classes. The Sevens made an average show, and Sir W. Williams and the Hon. E. Pcrtman are, usual, prominent prize-takers. Shorthorns are a capital lot, and the judges had a difficult task, and here Mr. R. Stratton, Newport., wins the bull championship with "Alto," calved in 1335. which heads its class, and wins a second with "nigh Flyer," calved in 1897. Competition was exceedingly k->Jn ill the Channel Islands classes, and there was much improvement in the home-bred stock..Earl C'adogan, Lord Rothschild, and Mr. K. M'Calmont took the frcmn in the Jersey classes. Mr. W. B. Roderick, Llanelly, was three times highly commended in very strong competition, The exhibition of sheep was one of the best that could be seen in the country. Mr. S. Thomas, Swansea, took first for French cocks and hens and Biahma cocks among the poultry. Rain fell at the opening of the exhibition and con- tinued all day. but the paid admissions num- bered 1,535 againa^ 1.626 at Cardiff. 'iho judging will be continued to-day (Thursday).

COLWYN BAY RAILWAY ACCI- DENT. In cannectiorl with the terrible railway acci- dent that ceeurred in North Wales la,;t January, on account of a portion of the line being swept away near Conway, an interesting action against the London and Ncrth-Wc-tcrn j Railway Company was before his honour. Sir Frederick Falkiner, Q.C., recorder of Dublin, en Tuesday. The ca -e was one in which Mr. Adr.au C. Smith, civil engineer, at present -e employed at Guinness' Brewery. Dublin, sued the London and i\orth-M estern Railway Com- i>any f"r ,-210 10s. 6d. damaged to a trunk and ilothcs therein, his property, and dtlay in ieiiwry ot same. The amount specific;! was the price of a tropical outfit which the plain- tiff had f-ntrusted to the defendant company. common carriers, in January Ja'st for ielivery in Dublin and which was delivered to plaintiff in a very damaged condition. Plain- :iff had b?«>n in India and. brought a tropical outfit bark w.'h h:m, which was consigned "rem Liverpool to Dublin by plaintiff. The dothes were m a wooden trunk, which got broken in pieces, and the clothes all damaged iccordingly.—The defence was that, the damage :o the trunk wa.s caused by an accident which sccurred last January at Penmaenmawr to Jie train by which it was being conveyed.— Having heard one of the witnesses far the lefmcc, his Honour adjourned the case until the Ttilv sessions, when further evidence will be uroduced.

UNIVERSAL PEACE. THE JCZABTS AMBITIOUS SCHEMEl. OUTLIN E OF HIS PROPOSALS. The special correspondent of the "West- minster Gazette," telegraphing from The Hague on Friday morning, says:—I am enabled to send you an exclusive forecast of the Czar's programme, to be unfolded by M. de Staal when the conference meets again. While for- mulating an ultimate ideal not far short of the federation of the world, making the con- ference really the starting point of the old- time ideal of the Parliament of Man, the pro- gramma suggests immediate measures at once simple, practical, and unobjectionable. The South American Governments are to be in- cluded with the others. The proposed confe- c rence. thus made world-embracing, would then become a permanent institution, meeting every three or five years to re-consider and revise arrangements and devise improvements. By this prmanent international tribunal it is proposed there shall be established a, small workable body for settling questions of right or of fact. The members of the tribunal will be appointed for three or five years, and will be eligible for re-appointment. Reference to the tribunal is not obligatory nor is its deci- sion necessarily accepted, but the convenience of the arrangement, it is expected, will prove so great that it is believed the practice will become universal. In questions of honour or interest mediation will bs suggested with pos- sible reference by mutual consent to the estab- lished tribunal for investigation or- possible adjudication. It is hoped that arbitration treaties between the separate Governments will gradually extend the practice till it has become universal. As for the attempts to humanise war, the Geneva Convention will be made the starting point, not the Brussels Conference. On the question of armaments, the euggestions will be directed chiefly to the arrt-st of any increase in the present proportion of military and naval estimates to the total expenditure. ORDER OF PROCEDURE. The Hague correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" telegraphed on Sunday night: — ihe Dean of Ely's sermon to-day at the English church here was attended by the chief Anglo- Saxon delegates. It took the form of a bril- liant discourse on the development of the prin- ciple of international arbitration, now before the conference. Taking his text from Joel ii., 28 and 29, Dr. Stubbs laid especial stress on the words, "Your old men shall dream dreams, and your young mcD. shall see visions," the old man being Gladstone, who brought about the Ala- bama arbitration at Geneva, thus averting war between two great nations, and the young man being the Czar. who is now trying to realise a better state of things than that predicted by the Grand Old Man. Dr. Stubbs, in a masterly and historical survey, traced the development of international law from Charlemagne to Grotius, proving that after all the world is advancing to better things under the influence of Christianity. Most appropriate and touching was his allusion to Pentecost, the outpouring cf the peoples of all tongues, now again repre- sented as after the ascension of Christ by the present assembly of the nations at The Hague. Several delegates again assured me to-day that their mood was much more hopeful than on their arrival. Nothing positive is expected from the discussion on the disarmament ques- tion, but there is a general feeling that some result will be attainable in the direction of arbitration of an optional kind by the estab- lishment of an international tribunal to which disputants may resort if they like, but even America, it is said, would never consent to the principle of compulsory arbitration in all dis- putes. Americans would like to discuss ques- tions affecting private property at sea. It is untrue, as telegraphed to London, that such questions have already been ruled outside the limits of the Conference. One Anglo-Saxon dele- gate declarer) to me to-day with rmtch fervour that if the Conference did nothing but agree to the establishment of an international tribu- nal of an optional kind, and extend to sea the same respect as is paid to private property on land in war time, the members ought to fini-h their labours by making a solemn pilgrimage to the tomb of Grotius at Delft. CONFEREI. OE COMMITTEES. The three committees appointed by the Con- ference on Saturday will meet for the first time to-day (Tuesday). The eight points enume- rated in Count Muravieff's circular for consi- deration are distributed among them in the following mallner:- The Committee on Disarmament will con- sider 1. The limitation of expenditure. 2. The prohibition of new firearms. 3. The limitation of the use of explosives. 4. The prohibition of the use of submarine boa ts. The Committee on the Laws of Warfare will discuss: 5. The application of the Geneva Conven- tion to naval warfare. 6. The neutralisation of vessels engaged in saving the shipwrecked during or after naval engagements. 7. The revision of the declaration of Brussels of 1874 on the notification and the customs of war. Finally the Committee on Mediation will con- sider the last question in Mount Muravieff's circular, viz.: 8. Mediation and arbitration. The British members of the three committees are First committee: Vice-admiral Sir John Fisher and Major-general Sir John Ardagh. Second committee: Vice-admiral Sir John Fisher and Major-general Sir John Ardagh. Third committee: Sir Julian I'auncefote and Sir Henry Howard. The American members are: — The American members are:- First committee: Mr. White, Captain Malum, and Captain Crozier. Secopd committee: Mr. White, Mr. Newel, Captain Mahnn, and Captain Crozier. Third committee: Mr. White, Mr. Seth Low, and Mr. IIolls.

APPOINTING PRESIDENTS OF SECTIONS. A Renter's telegram from The Hague on Tues- day says:—The first delegates of all the nations represented at the Peace Conference held a pri- vate meeting this morning in the Huisten Bosch, when the first delegates of the Great Powers informed their colleagues of the arrangements which they had agreed to last evening regarding the choice of presidents. All the delegates approved the selection marfe. The conference held a plenary sitting at noon, at which the selection was officially ratified. Both n eetings passed off without, incident. The fol- lowing is the list of presidents, as finally agreed to: — First committee.—Honorary presidents, Count Munster and Mr. White; effective president. M. de Beernaert; vice-president., M. de Kamebeek. This committee is divided into two sections- War and Marine. The vice-presidents of the War section are Abdullah Pasha, General Sir John Ardagh, and General Monnier. The vice- presidents of the Marine section are Admiral Sir John Fisher, Admiral Pephau. and Captain Stegel. Second committee.—Honorary presidents, the Duke of Tetuan, Turkhan Pasha, and Count Von Welsersheimb effective president. Professor Martins. This committee is also divided into two sections-the Red Cross section and the Brussels Conference section. The vice-president of the Red Cross section are General Tbanlow and Dr. Roth. The vice-presidents of the Brussels Conference section are Professor Von Stengel and General Zucarri. Third committee.—Honorary presidents. Count Nigra and Sir Julian Pauncefote; effective president. M. Burgeoi.s; vice-presidents, M. de Rille, Baron d'Estournelles. Count Macedo, Herr Marev Von Kagos Mere. Signor Pompili, and Dr. Zorn. -x..æ;;t;l

DAWSON CITY IX ELAMES', A Reuter's telegram from Victoria (B.C) on Sunday says:-X3ws has reached here that Dawson City was almost totally destroyed by fire on April 25. The loss is estimated at several millions. The Bank of British North America and the Bank of Commerce were burned out, and a large quantity of money was destroyed in the safe of the former. It is estimated that the loss of money alone amounts to one million dollars. There were no casualties. One hundred and eleven buildings in the business part of the city have disappeared. The Alaska, Commercial and North American Companies' stores were saved, bo there is no lack of provi- sions. There will be no building material till the river opens, and navigation is still inter- rupted by the ice in the lakes.

A MT"¥.A,N BRUTE SENT TO GAOL AT CARDIFF. A respectably-dressed woman, named May Vincent, appeared*, before the Cardiff magis- trates 0n Thursday, and made serious allega- tions of ill-treatment against an individual named Charles Barnes, with whom she had for some time cohabited. The case was an aggra- vated one, and gross barbarity was alleged. Complainant appeared with a bad black eye, about the worst, that has ever been seen in the court, extending as it did over the who'e of the cheek. The parties live at 37, i'prmgficld-p1aco. Canton. Complainant. said sh3 was covered with bruises inflicted by the fists and feet of the man.—Defendant said the injuries were nmür1 through complainant falling ahout whilst in drink.—Dr. L. G. Davies (resident medical officer at Cardiff Workhouse) said there was considerable hemorrhage over the ball of the blaekeneri eye. The arms were ex- tensively bruised, and so was the breast and the lower part. of the abdomen.—Inspector King found the female covered with blood on the footway. He advised her to shut herself in her bedroom, and the did so. Defendant threatened to ''do" for her directly the witness had left. — Tiie Bench passed sentence of one month with hard labour.

RAILWAY TRAGEDY SWEDISH SEAMAN" STABBED TO DEATH. TWO OF HIS COMPANIONS IN CUSTODY. A's wa? exclusively announced in the "Wes- tern Mail" of Wednesday, a terrible tragedy waa committed in a Great Western Rail- way train during its journey on Tuesday. night from Cardiff to Gloucester, a Swede, named Andersen, being, it is alleged, stabbed to death. Two of his comrades and countrymen, one being named Albin Pettersen and the other Oskar Sjoback, are now detained on st s-picion. It appears that the three nieu left Cardiff by the night mail on their way to London, via Gloucester, they being the scle occupants of a third-class compartment. All apparently went well as far as Chepstow. After leaving that station the night mail does not stop until it reaches Clou- cester, and between these two towns the tw N prisoners are alleged to have quarrelled with deceased and to have attacked him. The three were discovered in the same compartment upon the train reaching Gloucester by a Midland Railway porter, who was awaiting the Great Western train, in order to convey the luggage for passengers between the rival companies' stations. He opened the carriage door and found one of the meu, covered in blood, endeavouring to keep deceased in a sitting posi- tion in one corner of the carriage. As it was evident the victim had expired, and that a terrible tragedy had been enacted, he called Police-sergeant Braybrooke, of the Gloucester police, who was on duty, and prisoners were takeu into custody to the Gloucester Police- station, where they were remanded on Wed- nesday morning. WHAT THE SUSPECTS SAY. Dr. Wayland Anerum, who lives but a fhort. distance from the station, was sent for, but on his arrival could only pronounce the life of the wounded man to be extinct. By this time deceased had been removed to a seat on the platform. He, it was seen, had a terrible wound, apparently inflicted with a knife, in the neck, right under the left ear. An lllunenbe quantity of blood was still pouring from it, and it was thought that deceased could not have lived many minutes after its infEc- tion. After Dr. Anerum had made his exami- nation the body was removed to the mortuary, where it awaits the cer >aer's inquest, which vill pribably take place to-day (Thursday). The two prisoners—whose names, &0., are respectively Albin Pettersen, ship's fireman, aged 22, and Otkar Sjoback, ship's fireman, aged 21-ùffered no resistance when Police- sergeant Braybrooke Landcuffed them, nor did they previously make any attempt to escape, and, ill fact, for some considerable time did not appear to realise their position. Papers in their possession show they were all born in Norway, and they stated ihey had just come frcm Barry Dock. where they had been paid off from their ship, and were making their way to London. Deceased (A. Andersen) was an able seaman between 30 and 43 year5 of age. The two prisoners, who ap- peared to be perfectly sober, were well dressed, and Sjoback had a lot of blood about him, while, although the other prisoner was not in any way covered with blood, he had seme marks on his face, which he explained were caused seme time ago One of the prisoners alleged that he had been robbed, and all searching the body of deceased two purses were found, and one of them was identified as the property of the prisoner mentioned. No blood-stained knives have yet been found, but each of the prisoners had a small pocket knife in his pos- session, but there were no signs of blood on these. ACCUSED BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. Further inquiries show that deceased and the accused men were employed on the steamer Dulwieh, of London, which arrived at Barry Dock recently after a long voyage from Aden, and on Tuesday the crew were dis- charged from Barry. The prisoners say their home is at Kjahnar, in Sweden, and assert that deceased comes from Stavanger, in Nor- way. They were brought before Alderman Powell on Wednesday morning and remanded for a week. INQUIRIES AT BARRY DOCK. Our Barry representative on Wednesday after- noon went aboard the Dulwich, which is lying at No. 1 Dock, and there saw the second officer. By him he was told a good deal con- cerning the three characters in the terrible tragedy narrated above. The two prisoners, said the mate, were Swedes, and had been on the Dulwich for one voyage only, extending over a period of five months, whereas Ander- sen had been with the vessel for fifteen months. During the last voyage the two Nor- wegians had been frequently logged and punished for breaches of duty. Andersen, on the other hand, had always shown a very quiet and sober disposition, and when he was paid off must have had a considerable amount of money in his possession. The members of the crew also corroborated what the mate had said. Those who were questioned by our re- porter seemed to think that in a fair fight Andersen would have been more than a match for his fellow-travellers, and if he was the victim of foul play they incline to the opinion that he must have been taken unawares. Before the departure of the murdered man from Barry on Tuesday he was seen by Mr J. Hart, the local secretary of the National Union of Seamen and Firemen, who endeavoured to persuade him to return and re-join the ship. He had been paid off in the morning, and had a considerable amount of money with him, but he seemed to be determined to proceed to London, in company with his other shipmates. The deceased had been a member of the Sea- men's Union seven years ago, but had fallen into arrears during the last eighteen months, and he promised to place himself in compliance when he reached London. Mr. Hart, the sec- retary. having hid him "good-bye" about one o'clock, advised him to proceed to London by tho train leaving Cardiff about 2.50, so that he might, reach London shortly after six o'clock the same evening. He had only just left Mr. Hart, however, when he was met by two young men, apparently firemen, and onA of them seemed to urge him to go on to London, and not return-to the ship. These two men are now supposed to be the persons in custody at Gloucester. This seems to be the last seen of the deceased man in Barry, but he must have delayed starting until shortly before five o'clock. The destination of the men in London was the Scandinavian Home, West India Dock-road, where they all seemed to have acquaintances. The prisoners were firemen on board the Dulwieh, which belongs to London, and. with two others, were shipped on the Thames for one voyage in the early part of the year, and only arrived at Barry on Monday night. The four men referred to gave a lot of trouble to the officers and remainder of the crew, and one of them is now in hospital in conseciuer.ce of injuries he received during the voyage. Deceased was an A.B., and well-con- ducted. The discharged members of the crew, who were paid off on Tuesday afternoon at, the Board of Trade offices at Barry. left for Cardiff by train before the evening, with the intention of journeying to London that night. At the railway, station before starting they were somewhat hilarious, but not disorderly, and, although they had apparently taken a little drink, they were not drunk. INTERVIEW WITH SWANSEA SORTING CLERKS. One of the sorting clerks who accompanied the train as far as Gloucester, in an interv'ew after his return to Swansea, says:—"Three sailors got in at Cardiff, and were all more or less in a drunken state. The first stop after Cardiff is Chepstow, and here some ladies travelling in the next compartment heard quarrelling going on between the men, one of whom seemed to 1)B accused of having pre- vented the others from catching an earlier train. The three men had booked from Car- diff to London. As the train left Chepstow scuffling was heard." "But you heard no scuffling yourselves?" "Ob. no." was the reply; "we were too busy." "At Gloucester you saw the poor fellow who had been killed?" "Yes; we saw him lifted from the coach. The three of them were very tidily dressed, but the two who were alive seemed in a dizzy condition, as though they had been drinking, and they could talk very little English. The deceased before he was lifted out of the car- riage was lying in one corner, with his face leaning against the window. He was covered with blood. The. compartment was also splashed all over with gore, and upon the floor was a large pool of blood, and the poor fellow must have bled to death, as though the jugular vein had been severed. The sight was a horrible one. and cau-cd quite a sensation on the plat- form. The doctor examined the murdered man. but could oilly pronounce life extinct. The body was then put upon anvanibulance and taken tp the mortuary, and the other two men conveyed to the police-station." "Did they make any statement?" "No. After one of them had been prevented from leaving the train some of the officials tried to get them to say something. 'Why did you stab him?' they asked, but the Norwegians made no answer, either not realising their posi- tion or not understanding English sufficiently to know what was being said." "Was the coach taken, off at Gloucester?" "Oh, no; the compartment was locked, and the train went on its way." The Swansea sorters leave the train at Glou- cester, a new staff joining the T.P.O. at that place, and they subsequently ascertained that robbery could not have been the motive for the crime, as the dece<i.ul. who was a fine man, dark, and about 35 years of age, had JS21 in gold, besides some loose silver, upon him.

A fire broke out at Mr. Kilner's house at Skfitly on Wednesday evening, t-nd £50 worth of damage was done. It is believed the fire was the resun, of incendiarism, and Mr. Kilner ha.s accordingly offered a reward for information which win throw light on the ma" ter.

STORY OF A WATCH, A CARDIFF MAN COMMITTED. On Thursday at Cardiff Police-court (before Messrs. F. J. Beavan, R. E. Spencer, L. Samuel, and R. W. Williams), Joseph Wall, 47, and Henry LI. Whale, eighteen, were charged with stealing a gold watch and an 18-carat gold chain, value.e27.from the person of Peter Bahnsam. This was a remand case, and the chain, missing at the last hearing, is still un- recovered. The prisoners are well known in the town, and each is respectably connected. Mr. J. H. Jones now appeared for the elder prisoner, and Mr. Lloyd Meyrick I for Whale. The depositions were read over, and attested by Decective-inspector Scott, who, in reply to Mr. Jones, said Wall was a boiler- maker's helper, in constant employ. He had lived in Cardiff all his life, and resided with his wife and eight children at 72, Castle-road. In his leisure hours he trained budding athletes, of whom Whale was one, and Wall's character was above reproach. Witness had Whale in custody when Wall came up and frankly told him the circumstances under which at Whale's direction he attempted to pawn the watch at Mr. L.unett's shop in Caroline- street, and the article, so far as Wall knew, had been come by honestly. -Scott, replying to Mr. Lloyd Meyrick, said that in the shop he found Whale, who was a respectable clerk in an insurance office, and who said he boug-ht the watch for a sove- reign. The prosecutor, who is a Swede, was then called. He said he was an engineer, and on the 18th of May was staying at the Angel Hotel. At midnight on the date named he missed his watch. By Mr. Jones: I was with a friend until shortly up to ten. That night I did not meet any woman to my knowledge. I was sober enough to know what I was about. The wit- ness, under pressure of examination, admitted that as a fact he did meet "her ladyship" on that particular evening. When his lordship went into her ladyship's house he missed the watch and chain—before, and not in the house. Mr. Lloyd Meyrick: Were you not very diunk?—I can testify that I was sober. Hadn't you been drinking most of the time between 6.30 and twelve?—No. You don't know when or where you lost the watch?-It was lost at twelve o'clock. Very likely you lost it in her ladyship's house?—I lost it before that. Sidney Fluke, assistant to Mr. L. Barnett, Caroline-street, deposed that on the day in questa n Wall came into the shop and offered the watch in pledge. He wanted £3 on it. but witness, finding that the watch answered the description of one given by the police, spoke to his employer, and he. in turn. com- municated with the police. Whale stepped into the shop, and, addressing Wall, said, "Joe I want you a minute." Wall went out, and Whale said to him, "Come out you b- fool; let us hop it." Both then ran towards the Hayes, and witness followed. One went down Working-street and the other along Trinity-street, and witness lost them both. On his return he found Whale in the shop, and he (Whale) said, "It was not me who pledged the watch—it wa; Wall." Witness had partly prepared the pawn-ticket. Wall gave his correct name and address. Whale said, "I bought the watch for a sovereign this morning from a man at the docks." Mr. Jcnes submitted that there was no case against Wall. who acted as pawnee under bona-fide circumstances. The Bench decided that there was nothing against Wall, and discharged h m.—Whale was then called, and gave evidence in his own behalf. He said he lived in Romilly-eresceut, and on the Friday in question went to the Docks on a business engagement. Between the East and West Dock he met a young fellow, a stranger, a very respectable man in a greenish suit. with a silk muffler round his neck. He first asked for a match, and witnes- gave him a light from his cigarette. The young man then said he was out of employment, and asked for help. As one means of raising money until he could get a boat, he offered to sell h:s watch and silver chain, and explained that he gave £5 for the watch, that he had had it three or four years and that it was well worth a sovereign. Witness handed over the sove- reign and received the watch in exchange. He did not want the chain, which the man again attached to his vest and thanked him and went away. In the afternoon he was practising in the park, and asked his trainer (Wall) to pawn the watch, as he wanted money for his holi- days. He was not aware the watch had been stolen until he heard Mr. Barnett ring up the police on the telephone. The Bench came to the conclusion that a prima facie case had been made out. and sent the prisoner to the next quarter sessions for trial.

ALLEGED FORGERY AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff Police-court on Thursday (before t.he Deputy-mayor and Mr. J. Jenkins) Jchn Donovan, 28, was charged with obtaining £1 14s. from Kate Poulson, wife of Thomas Charles Poulson, haulier, 19, Nelson-street, by means of a forged advance note. Mr. E. R. Payne was the defending solicitor.—In her evidence, Mrs. Poulson said she went to the Bute Castle Inn on the 3rd of May, and there saw the prisoner, who asked her to cash an advance note. saying he had just jumped a man off the Pier-head. She let him have £1, and on Thursday and Friday an additional 14s. On the Saturday she was on her way to cash the rote, when she met prisoner, who said he would get it cashed for her, as he knew the office better. lIe came out and said they. would cash it on the Monday, but on the Mon- day when she went down she was told some- thing which led her to inform the police. On the 10th prisoner came to her and said he was sorry the note had turned out a bad one. —Prosecutrix, in answer to Mr. Payne, said she told prisoner's brother that she wanted her mcney, or she would tell the police.-A Board of Trade officer deposed that no Pier- head jump was taken on thè vessel rcferrccl to by the prisoner. The note was made out in the name of John Thomas, but there was no member of the crew of that Iwme. unless he joined in the roads.—A cle^k from the office of Messrs. Elder, Dempster, and Co., said he made out the advance notes, but not one for John Thomas. The note produced was not one of them, and it did not bear the signature of the captain.—Prisoner, who said he got the advance note from somebody else, was com- mitted to the quarter sessions for trial.

WOMENS SQUABBLE AT FERNDALE, THE LODGER AGAIN. Maggie Rogers and Catherine Edwards, mar- ried, Ferndale, appeared at Porth Police-court on Thursday to answer a charge of assaulting Lizzie Evans. Fcrndaie, on May 15. Mr. James Phillips appeared for complainant, and Mr. Thomas Phillips for defendants.—In cross- examination complainant admitted that her old sweetheart, Benjamin Beynon, had told her that he slept with Mrs. Rogers when her hus- band was with the Militia. Beynon was lod- ging with them at the time. She was not now courting with him.—The Stipendiary: These ledgers cause a lot of bother. (Laughter.)— Complainant added that Rogers struck her on the head with the umbrella, and Mrs. Edwards pulled her by the hair.—Defendants said that complainant threw a stone at them.—Mrs. Rogers gave evidence, and indignantly pro- tested against the complainant, who told the neighbours that Benjamin Beynon was the father of her child, and that he slept between her and the Ber\1Ot girl. She hnd not struck the complainant.—Defendants were bound over to keep the peace for six months, and pay £ 1 towards the costs of the case. Complainant was also cautioned against using her tongue too freely.

ALIEGFJ) ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE AT CARDIFF. Before Messrs. R. E. Spencer and Edward Thomas, at Cardiff Police-court on Thursday. Peter Gibbs. 25. was charged with stealing 2s. in silver and bronze and a key. value in all 3s., from the person of John Edwards, on May 24. Prisoner was further charged with perpe- trating the theft with violence.—Prosecutor, who is a seafaring man, went to the Gordon Public-house in Dudley-place, and there indued freely in alcoholic refreshment. To apply his own words to his condition, he didn't get drunk, but he was "pretty well on." He alleged that he was struck several times by the prisoner, but as to wliijt else transpired his memory played him false. He could not re- member what money or other effects he had when he went to the Gordon, but it was a fact that on awaking after his season of oblivion he found himself in the police-station. —Evidence was given by several witnesses to the effect that the two men fought, and that prisoner, gaining the advantage, put his hand into prosecutor's coat pocket and robbed him. —Police-sergeant Ben Davies captured the pri- soner as he was running away.—In his defence he said he was guilty of fighting with the man. but he did not take anything from him. --The Bench committed the prisoner to the Swansea Assizes.

DEATH OF LORD ESHER. Lord Esher, late Master of the Rolls, died at his London residence at half-past four on Wednes- day morning. His lordship caught a chill six weeks ago, and, after being laid up in the country for three weeks, was brought to London. He improved somewhat, and was able to take occasional drives, but on Tuesday he had a relapse. The heart was affected, and there were dropsical symptoms, so that very little hope of recovery was entertained. His medical attendant remained with him until midnight, and in the early hours of the morning his lordship passed a way in the presence of Lady Esher and his daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Dudley Ward. The Hon. Reginald Brett, of tha Office of Works, the only son, who succeeds to the title, saw his father late on Tuesday night, but was not present at the last. He went to Esher on Wednesday afternoon to make arrangement for the funeral, which takes place there on Saturday. The late Lord Esher, whose distin- guished career at the bar will long be re- membered, was 34 years of age, and he pre- served his great intellect to the end.

DEATH OF A SCOTCH BARONET. The Press Association Glasgow correspondent telegraphs A telegram was received on Tuesday 3.11nouncing the death at his London residence, on Tuesday night, of Major-general Sir ciaui Alexander, Bart., of Ballochmyle, Mauchline Ayrshire, at the age of 68. Sir Claud, who had been invalided for years, was an officer in the Guards in the Crimean Campaign. He sat as member of Parliament for South Ayrshire as Conservative from 1274 to 1885. and unsuccess- fully contested the seat in the latter year. Deceased's ancestor was a brother of Mrs. Wil- helmina Alexand<;)r, the subject of Burns's song, "The Lass of Ballochmyle." Sir Claud is suc- ceeded by his son Claud, who was born in 1867.

"TME MANCEUVRES OF JANE'' TO VISIT CARDIFF. Mr. R. Redford has been successful in book- ing "The Manoeuvres of Jane" for presentation at the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, next week. The company has extended its tour for the week on purpose to come to Cardiff, and two of the author's daughters will play. No doubt, this fine piece by the well-known Welsh dramatist (Mr. Henry Arthur Jones) will prove a great attraction on its first visit to the Principality. Mr. Redford has also booked "The Gay Lord Quex," one of the h1.test of London succeS8e< and the new Drury Lane piece, which, although unnamed as yet, is anticipated with consider- able interest in town, and has already made arrangements for his next Christmas panto- mime, which will run three weeks.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOUTH WALES. The council of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire met on Wednesday, under the presidency of Professor Harold Littledale, M.A., Senior Professor Arnold Littledale, M.A., Senior Moderator in Modern Literature, Trinity College, Dublin, Fellow of the University of Bombay, at present vice-principal and profes- sor of English language and literature in Baroda College, India, to the chair of Eng- lish language and literature at the college, in succession to Professor Yaughan. Mr. Sydney J. Chapman, M.A., was also elected lecturer in political science.

RELIEF TO COLLIERS ON STRIKE. At the fortnightly meeting of the B-edwellty Board of Guardians on Wednesday at Tredegar the clerk (Mr. J. A. Shepard) read the reasons enumerated by the auditor (Mr. A. W. Dolby) in his cetrificnte for allowing the outdoor relief to able-bodied colliers on strike. He found that t-he guardians did not appear to have relieved any case which was not of "sudden and urgent necessity," and that the objectors did not prove that any case had been relieved by the guardians or their officers where "sudden a.nd urgent necessity" did not exist.

ADMIRALTY CONTRACTS FOR PONTYPRIDD. Messrs. Brown. Lenox, and Co of Pontypridd Chain Works, have secured the 1899-1900 Admiralty contract for heavy anchors. These anchors, numbering sixty altogether, will each weigh 115 cwt.. 110 cwt., 40 cwt.. &c.. and the larger ones are intended for first-class battle- ships. The firm has also received orders for the annual supply of cables, gear, Ac., running into hundreds of tons. Recently a chain 4,in. in diameter, and standing a test of 170 tons, was put in hand at these works. The chain, which is intended for moorings at Malta. is probably the largest ever attempted. The whole of the work above mentioned is being carried out under the inspection of the resident Admiralty overseer, Mr. E. 8. Bayliss.

SPALDING POISONING CASE. At Spalding on Wednesday Edward Bell, aged 26, was remanded, (barged with the wilful murder of his wife. Mary Eliza Bell, by poison. ing her. The allegation against accused is that he administered poison in medicine. Several witnesses deposed that accused and his wife led an unhappy life owing to the former being infatuated with a young girl. named Hodson, of Barton-le-Clay. A lodger, named Croft, said the deceased woman bore marks of her husband's ill-treatment.

SOLDIERS AND THE STRIKE. Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., has received a com- munication from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stating that the law officers of the Crown have reported on the question as to pay- ment of the expenses of the troops employed to suppress rioting in South Wales, and that, in consequence of their report, it had been decided to appeal against the judgment given by Mr. Justice Darling and Mr. Justice Chan- nell on the subject.

SUDDEN DEATH AT NEWPORT. Ralph Harry Brooks, 19, whose widowed mother lives in Archibald-street, Newport, was found dead in bed at Horton's lodging- house on Thursday morning. He was subject to fits.

IfIppIX(i NEWS. ATLA\TT oi^r-V LIXEi'S INT COLLISION. Says—Th S^am from New York c" Fri" k. ^ereu rh renc-'1 liner La Bretague *Jtd i5 ^errnaamag0(' in a c°Ui.sion with the b^n J1 liner Barbarossa yesterday, 8 to qaii y docked. It, is hoped she will STp CQ ecinesdu'y next. VoMIlfrac^!JiR ASK°RE AT LUNDY. tljat ay.jn} correspondent telegraphed on ln» i ^rge ^tion has been received hero Hiri? 'he Chin'lI1\er' named the Kaisow, beiong- J'W 'eft Vn2a Mutual Navigation Compauy, close JrI v,'ith coal for China, went, ?5rih IslanH beach on the south end of >at<>5.a m^t at one o'clock this morning Mi«n is eiii-i' e sea being very smooth. heion^1.11" ^he fore compartments. The Z'2, London, having been built 3,9ji' ^rig, ^Glasgow in 1395. She is of steel, tug, 8Toss' tor, ln breadth, 26ft. 3in. in depth, tt^eavniiJ1'^ge' ancJ 500 horse-power. Two ««L oured to get her eff at high tide, but 'l'lfE W t,¡4. Jlel1te ,RECK OF THE CRANGEMCIR. o8r!le?Jani from Brest on Monday *hink°f Lon,i^v British steamer Grange- ,^as w 'J?. from Newport foT Hennebont, Ltibr^ here n 'n Chenal du Faur, have by yHeux, r-i,?1? board the Government tug v^iitv adini» i was ^ent to their assistance Tui,, +' Barrere. When questioned by Vic. «in. of the French Navy, and the th af*?SUl' Captain Coates and the th» ( rew were unanimous in say- ^5 The hick fog was the cause of the ?°t&'we,llerp (!onstil is sending the crew of the '8 tii>6tely in P1116- The vessel is regarded as r°1nder^'i: The hull is stove in, and she uecl by rocks. ti FLOATED. e°eh m v Yorli agent cables that ren ansatlantic liner Bretagne, pre- tfci'1' aft6r 'Lef' ashore inside the Erie Ba k co^'si°n with the Norddeutseher Unin °ssa last Thursday, has been ^fiJUred. ?. ATL DAMAGED LINERS. 'ifirt y b» liner China was docked on by Messrs. Harland and Wolff to °f j> ve6gefnsive r€Pairs, rendered necessary ^randing last year on the island ^4rK SaHk "White Star liner Germanic, r' is a few months ago in New York \1.1 a.t th 19 aha receiving a complete over- COtL e aMs of the same firm. fa? ASHORE NEAR WHITBURN. scrPSy Weather on Wednesday morn- j0w collier Violante, of and from "ill, Buiiderland, went ashore near ^Hd v 01X1 three miles from her destina- W«ot rQ6SSe^ Wus ^*=ht at the time. The tope s^ell Unc* to the north-east, causing a *"4 e lJrec' a.lId rendering the vessel's position hig}?0U3' Threa tags were engaged, Vt,, lhe Igh *ater an effort was made to t148 rock S The crew remain on board, Tk Av is ready in case of need. j 8rMV ^hitl ATLANTIC DERELICT. at c\ steamer Teutonic, which ■^tla 3(Uy ^Ueenstown from New York on <ionftic dei-vi"-6rted having passed in the tli-/1*- Thp" Ct fhe British built barque Pid- I'r.. (j captain of the Teutonic states 3^lanj: '.ct is drifting in the track of Am',? ^ners. and is dangerous to navi- M,0C,^a.g "rthe passengers on the Teu- 3 tr a.n ^achiren," the noted preacher, 5<Jdp 11,000 miles in the United esSing j *fectured in 58 citics, besides Sis.ative assemblies and colleges.

4^5^LLIA BODIES RECOVERED. ^St^jv^^sram from Boulogne on Sun- aiUiplW°rInole bodies from the wreck of Ulft 6ted t.o fi and steamer Stella were with papers bearing of t*- Herbert Edward Stenmng, a'brook, London, and Pircroi't, ^eti" -^fth fWas> loun(l at Wimereux, three ^tifi^ The other body- has <0- PlnnT as ^hiit- of Mr. W. Plummer, of ^ter. i^er and Co., upholsterers, of 35, ad, London, S.W.

jf?6 firSt anj n ^ine steamers direct from ^harle^ Quebec to Cardiff, the steamer rnorn°rn' arri^ed at Cardiff on Wed- W, Tije and docked in the Roath °f flftessel- which had had a good tioa catt?611 days- had on board 157 prime "'I\. 11, ItlJ.d wattle. These were in capital condi- '!Jill be ere landed at the Roath Dock lairs, C*W6l&airui by auction by Mr. E. J. Poole. thnkT of tiie cargo consisted of this 1^ deals- doors, &c. Other sail- '^at as -^ixo line are announced by Messrs. al ae«ats;i? and Co.. of Belfast, and the essrs. Guthrie, Heywood, and Co.

Ynv L0^ IST'S TRAGIC KM) S3fcSar1y atu rs of ti. ■Seapk011'^ descend the precipi- ^ho, g; he Wood Head, made by four mem- n°e Sat, Salvation Army band, 'day last> had been h0]iday a'f-C h°U'ne' resulted on Tuesday in p- stanCp of oue of the number, who "qjjj, llcharri tj some 200 feet. The victim %iriCy-road *>alla.rd, aged 40 years, of 26. fi ,en Wpl "0°d Green. His wif« and two fcoi llard 6 sharing the holiday with him. Clj;51 f0'p Wll'h three companions, chose a tlle> descent near the "Devil's 4a''la, pj where the cliff, running in jagged to a height of 550 feet. A youth fcts ^°Uo«e^f' a^ed seventeen, led the way, Witj, by William Starr ;'nd Reulien tUore at'i-,ar(i last- tt'hen they had pro- 63 to th •n ^alt tlle distance, serious 'W an(j g „ further progress were met. Waaler?rt d?termined to go back, and h^ to the Others to do so. W)s T' sot into a position ^Oyf 0li a na a most impossible, his foothold eith10W' crumbling ledge, and any r; t"* W'U'V would have been attended »° >' hp-, '• ^allard, perceiving the lad's kenetlclep a' nnf' h.is cries for help, advanced V °ft jji, *S!Stance, but, slipping, he was an(^' after shding helplessly i^itv ^a-teK. f ^01ric distance, he rolled over fi3** anrt 'e^ to the bottom, having struck Ai ^^nt centuated the peril of Rogers in hacwaS bcs^ible the two men who had j, °btained help. Several coast- h^^ti1,}f-hr\^» to the point with ropes, °&e>. ^'ere .a^lnan Bundell and Boatman i^tl v jj et down the face of the cliff. tre;:sed?aS naturally much frightened V on. ,T;as rescued, and gradually he. ^hiip J1' the ropos to the summit, ^eh e disp ai"tin was lowered to the beach, later COVered the lifeless body of Ballard, In the day, was brought into the

V0NI) £ JTF[;L MACHINE!. 1*^rnent has been created in finan- .at, c^Ue,)" .^he appearance of a new com- ^ht,0*. whi v.12 American Commercial Cor- of a ch claims to control the patent J" <; ^°nderful machine designed to ^tj dis„^eculatcis. Its inventor professes in ered the means of reducing fluc- !^atic° f tive stocks to an exact science, 5>JV ^chi^PDlied the principle to an auto- ^,1(1 ,r.e' .This machine, it is claimed, hi Bi-.ari'Pn^a'ed, can foretell the rise t 't«f, tronij uhitive stocks and indicate the l^^iii ^?cl;ir stock market. Its pro- inj e that it will revolutionise stock ,4fr °f «v.'r°ve an untold blessing to specu- fj%t i clasi- W n'V"as^is[,Ce -Muhleman, United States ( J1 treasurer, president of the t'f Uf^^chirj Sav8:—"I have every confidence etS JttterL,? is>ow in London, where la!is,, investors. It has been 'Pfeo horsed by eminent mathemati- *?Cevv. World," commenting on 6 ^he V13' says:—"Wall-street anxiously loi^^l^tiv Uct^on machine to 11 if ,-C Market. At pi-osent brokers n their sleeves. Keep your eye

SOUTHPOUT ELECTION. The Duke of Devonshire, replying to a Unionist correspondent, writes: Lisincre Castle, May 22. Sir.-I have received your letter of the 19th inst., and I am scrry to hear that there is any difference of opinion among the Liberal Unionists of South port as to the duty of giving their support to Mr. Balfour. Although the Radical and Home Rule party is not at prese-it strong enough to attack the Unionists, ti)a leaders nave never definitely abandoned the Home Rule policy, and it is certain that they cannot expect to return to power except by again making the" con- cisions which will be eacted from them by tlla Irish Home Rule parties. The present powerlessness and demoralisation or th~ Opposition, in my opinion, are most inadequate reasons for supporting a can- didate whoae return will, in however small a degree, tend to resuscitate 'A t,- the unfortunate Home Rule proposile which were rejected last general election.-—1 remain yours sincerely. "DEVONSHIRE."

According to the "Daily Telegraph," a gen- tleman who does not wish his name to be made public, has contributed £ 20.000 towards I liquidating the (rbt on a number of Presby- terian churches in Wales.

CARDIFF TRAMWAYS, THE CABS COMMITTEE CLIMB DOWN. The Cardiff Ca.bs Committee had two difficult questions to deal with on Thursday morning, when Mr. C. E. Waring presided. In the first place they had requested the tramway com- pany to run their 'buses, which now have a terminus at the Wimborne Hotel, East Moors, to the end of Portmanmoor-road, the route set out in the bye-laws. The tramway company, however, pointed out in a letter that the traffic would not justify them in going beyond the imborne Hotel, and respectfully declined tc comply with the committee's request. If the matter were pressed further, they added, it must be left to the committee to take such a course as they might deem advisable.—The Town-clerk stated that, although the committee had power to arrange the routes, they could not compel the tramway company to run on them if it was unreasonable that they should do so.—Mr. Hallett stated that the company must know their business best. and it was not likely that they would refuse to run 'buses where the traffic was remunerative. He had visited Port- nunmoor-road, and agreed with the company that there was no traffic below the Wimborne Hotel which would justify the running of 'base* there. It was decided to take no further steps in the matter. The other question had reference to the pro- ceedings taken against the tramway company for not running' to time on the Grangetown route. The opinion of counsel on the powers of the corporation, which was published last week, was taken as read, copies having been sent to the members.—After a brief discission, it was resolved, on the proposition of Mr. aohn Jenkins, that if the company will undertake to run on eight minute service the proceedings shall be withdrawn.—Mr. Lewis Morgan pointed out that the bye-laws stated that there should be a seven-minute service, and the committee could enforce that or nothing.

SEAJIEX'BI HOSPITAL, A SERIOUS OBSTACLE TO THE CARDIFF SCHEME. It appears that the Cardiff Corporation, in rc-lns:;); to allow the Moitnt Stuart Dry Docks Company to lay a temporary railway along the Windsor-esplanade, to facilitate the re- moval of excavated material obtained m the construction of the new dry dock, unwittingly threw an obstacle in the way of the new sea- men's hospital scheme. The site granted by liOrd Bute near the Hamadryad Hospital Ship will require filling up about 8ft. to bring it to the road level, and the Mount Stuart Com- pany proposed to utilise this spot as a tip- ping ground, instead of conveying the mate- rial out to sea. On the representations of the inhabitants of Windsor-esplanade, the corpo- ration would only allow the company to con- struct their temporary railway on the fore- shore outside the sea-wall. This- prohibition, however, would so increase the cost that the company have abandoned the idea, and, un- less a e. mpromise is eifected, tho excavated material will be carried out to tea, as at first contemplated. Tho loss to the seamen's hospital scheme is thus estimated at from .€2,000 to £3.000.

MAIUMEI PATTI, AN INTERESTING- FUNCTION AT CRAIG-Y-NOS. An mtcresting event took place on Thursday at Castle, the Welsh home of the Baroness Adelina Patti-Cederstrom. Shortly after her recent mavia.ge the Neath To\vn Ccuncil passed a resolution, expressive of the warmest congratulations of the council, the "Queen of Song" being held in grateful remem- brance, more especially on account of her generosity in giving, from time to time, con- certs at Neath and the neighbouring boroughs of Swansea and Brecon, in aid of charitable institutitions. The mayor was asked to convey the terms of that resolution to the happy bride upon her return to Wales. As our readers are aware, Madame Patti (as she is still pro- fessionally known), made her first public re- appearance at the Albert-hall concert on Wed- nesday in last week. On Wednesday morning the Mayor of Neath (Mr. James Glass) and the town-clerk (Mr. Curtis) presented the Baroness Oederstrom, at her home. with a copy of the vote of congratulation, which has been en- grossed on vellum, and superbly illuminated and bound by Messrs. De la Rue and Co. Her ladyship invited the mayor and town-clerk to lurch with her at the Castle at Lite conclu- sion of t11e ceremony.

DOMESTIC JARS' IN THE IIMONBDA. The adjourned case in which Emily Green, Porth. charged her husband, Charles Green, haulier, Dinas, with desertion, was heard at Porth Pol:ce-court on Thursday. Mr. T. Phillips. Pontypridd, defended.—The husband said he saw his wife in bed with the lodger, and that they called him up to sec them. He admitted he had taken breakfast with them the following morning. His witness could not attend that day. and he asked for an adjourn- ment.—Mr. Phillip? denied the husband's accu- sations in toto. The husband had left his client for three years, and she was obliged to maintain herself and child by washing. When they lived together defendant ahu,ed her, and when she was about to be confined he kicked her about and caused a miscarriage.— Defendant denied that his wife had had a child by him. The child was born years before he knew her.—A Voice from the Court: "Oh, you liar!"— Defendant repeated his request for an adjournment, and he would prove what he said of his wife.—On hieing asked to give his wife a contribution to maintain her for a week, he said if he did that he woula not see her sober until she had spent it. He had no money to pay the costs of the adjournment, and he would go to prison. He then went below.

"A TOFF." A FROFESSIONAL SHEBEENER, On Thm sday at Cardiff Police-court (before Dr. Mullin, the Deputy-mayor, and Mr. John Jenkins) a woman, named Rose Taylor, or Savage, 27. was charged with illegally selling beer at No. 22. Buzzard street, on April 16 last. Prisoner was further charged with illegally selling beer at No. 21. Buzzard-street, on February 27. 1898. She admitted the 1898 offence, but denied i he more recent one.—Police-constables Male and Dan Thomas gave evidence in support cf the infor- mation, and Inspector Durston proved previous convictions of £10. £25, and JE50. Prisoner, and members of the family she had married into had been convicted at least 30 times, among them for illicitly selling beer.—The Bench im- posed a fine of £20 and costs, or one month.— Prisoner, rUllning down the, dock stairs, said: —"Thank you, gentlemen, I can do that like a toIT." Presently she broke out into song, and the strains of "There's only one girl in this world for me were overheard as the victim was led off to solitary confinement.

CARDIFF PUBLIC WORKS, Mr. Ilarpur reported to the Cardiff Public Works Committee on Thursday that the wes- tern "ewer scheme would he ready for presen- tation a month hence. The Borough Engineer further reported that there were two vacancies in his office. One was caused through the resignation cf Mr. Eaton, who had obtained a good appointment at Battersea. and the other by the death of Mr. H. Parker, whose death was deeply regretted in the office.—Upon Mr. Harpur's suggestion, the following changes were agreed to:—Mr. Smith will be appointed as superintendent architec- tural assistant Mr. Foster will be superinten- dent of the structural engineering works, Mr. Phillips superintendent of the civil engineering work, and Mr. Evans will be placed upon the permanent staff in place of Mr. Eaton.

RECREATION GROUND FOR BARRY The Barn: Unionist Athletic As¡.;oc1:\tion Football Club have secured the Jubilee Field, Barry, for next season, and we understand it is their intention to apply for a lease of the ground, and. if successful, they will lay it out for athletic and other suorts.

A ROUGH CUST0MLR AT 3IERTHYR. At Merthyr Police-court on Thursday William Thomas was charged with being drunk and refusing to quit the Crawshay Arms Inn, I High-street, Merthyr, and also with damaging two panes of plate glass, value £3. The prisoner threw apint, measure and a "sleever" at Mr. ] Arthur Price,, the landlord of the house, because the iatter remonstrated with him for drinking sc.me beer belonging to another man, and after he had been ejected he broke the window by luirling some pieces of pantile at it.—For each 1 offence the prisoner was fined 10s. and costs. > and he was further ordered to pay the damage; 1 in default, six weeks' imprisoument. t

J. LATEST NEWS. THE STEAMER PABJS. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO FLOAT HER. A Lloyd's telegram states that an unsuccess- ful attempt was made on Wednesday night to float the Paris from off the Manacles. The attempt will be renewed on Thursday after- noon. The wind remains moderate.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION. FIVE MEN SERIOUSLY BURNED. A serious explosion of gas occurred at the Millfield Colliery, near the boundary of West Bromwich, on Thursday morning, resulting in seven men being burnt, five of them so seriously as to necessitate their removal to the hospitaL The names of the men in the hospital are: — John Wright, William Fenn, John Fry, Robert Hallard, and Andrew Ramidale. The colliery at which the mishap occurred belongs to the Patent Shaft and Axle Tree Company.

MINERS FEDERATION. PROGRESS OF THE TAFF AND CYNON DISTRICT. The district meeting of the Taff and Cynon district of the South Wales Miners' Federation, formerly known as Mountain Ash District, met at the Great Western Hotel, Quaker's Yard, on Wednesday, and the report of the lodges, as given by the secretary (Mr. John Powell, Moun- tain Ash), was of a highly satisfactory nature. The total number of miners in the district is about 8,OCO, and 5,269 of these have joined the organisation, the subscriptions for the month amounting to £220. The increase of members since the last report is thus 800. The dispute at Messrs. Nixon's collieries was discussed, and further steps taken in the matter. A number of aged miners, who were not allowed to resume work after the strike, having com- plained that the assistance given from the central fund had been discontinued for several weeks, the meeting instructed Mr. Morrell, the representative on the general executive com- mittee. to bring the matter forward at their next meeting, and to urge them to remedy this. The meeting also took immediate measures to procure badges to be worn by the members, and decided that cards of member- ship should all be shown before or on the 29th inst. The sum contributed towards the Rad- stock miners, who are now on strike, was reported to be over £52.

DRANK BUCKETS OF BEER, AMUSING CASE AT PORTH. A very amusing case was that heard at Porth on Thursday in which Edward Thomas, a robust looking fellow from Cwmpark, was charged with being drunk and disorderly.—Mr. Porcher, the magistrates' clerk, asked him if his name was Lewis. "Yes," was his held reply.—The Stipendiary asked him if he had anything to say.Nothing," he replied, "only that I drank buckets of beer and paid for it. I drank my own. and said nothing to anyone."— The Stipendiary: You had better march round the court. I want to see whether you are drunk now.—With this Lewis marched round. and on coming back to the defendants' dock gave a, jump, causing much laughter.—The Bench were of opinion that he was then sober, but imposed a fine of 5s. for the offence he was charged with