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shipping NEWS. 8TkANDIED PLEASURE STEAMER. orfn^ue steamer Cynthia, which •inland .Ursday at Fame Islands, North- ta0a party of over 100 excur- on PPaT,<^• wag safely brought to the Sfjking 0n ay The Cynthia, after ^ag a submerged rock, began to leak. 0eat alarm among the passengers, f vessel If^with provided with lifebelts. .0,,r tnilea' j• °Wever> was run to teahouses, dlstant, where the passengers dis- Cynt'l,aild returned to Shields by train. „ a wiU be surveyed. SIjTp Tlj Af>HORE AT ILFRACOMBE. a8hr>r'8ged s^iP Pengwern, of Liverpool, w*4' llfra e on the dangeroas Morte Stone, bcO be. on Friday afternoon. She hi,i °We^ nP Channel, bound from Hull, da ri t0 ^ardifiF, when a dense fog J^Ser, en,roi1P€d down. The tug, seeing her The ri'ear 0^> but the ship struck the *ag tn racornbe lifeboat was signalled, tid 0,1 the n8tan<^ by all night. Hope3 to float tl) v. ext **de were entertained, but neap J>ort sfjeva^- There was a slight dent on j. *eg, •». ^ut she was making no water. 4°^* to ^ea(i calm. Crowds visited the uje*8el of i t^le 8i?rht. The Pengwern is *'ons reSister- anc* owned by Gjk rQ Shipping Company. STEAMER IN COLLISION, fv, Centra?'1^' pERSONS DROWNED. Bay*. ws telegram from Berlin on 4* off disastrous collision occurred ettin between the steamers Poelitz e<liate]ver' ^he latter foundered almost ten and of the 40 persons on board ere saved. «at PERTHSHIRE SAFE. telegram from Sydney on Monday fc g0 Bt;eanier Perthshire, on whose *ali We^uch anxiety was felt, has arrived <sWm<JvSSELS A8H0EE- achv ii enus> which was in collision r> a(^ on Saturday night, is now w at ^Dgftness. Eleven of the crew were foj.8 ^ft on ^Ver on Sunday night, while four Hoard. All the crew are accounted il ^4 float the stranded Arrow liner *0* Mon ree tugs have failed. A lighter taking out the cargo in the li that this has been completed it is sta u vessel wiH be re-floated. She has Bart f0ard- She has a heavy cargo on e., ork. for Dundee and the remainder for \^l°? °F A BRITISH STEAMER. 1 !'°to ^n5ston (Jamaica) cablegram on into 6teamer Brookline. ?ntifon picked up and brought i1f four of the crew of the fth« ^tion v J?elwold, abandoned in a sink- Crew. JN°thing known of tbe remainder !}» bufilw.°ld ig a steamer of 533 tons °f Git^facsrl111 at Belfast, and was owned ^Sow.] 6or Steamship Company (Limited), 8tJ&ettter,LoSS OF TEN LIVES. says• from Fredrikshavn on aPtain ~»^e steamer Mauritius, of Glas- StJ^H Moppeg), bound from Kotka for iMJv_cled this evening with the ,4Hk<! ^oa^0'- of Danzig (Captain Wilke), the*5l ten jf. fh for Danzig. Tho Artushof dp0^J'«W, jn utes after the collision, ten of r'° .ng the chief engineer, being fey .^tain Wilke and seven men were h«re e Mauritius. The Mauritius has ■ With considerable damage to her 6STEAMER IN COLLISION. tJiv^00^; Place off Beachy Head on Itjjy^twit}, between the steamer Venus, of Th t^le steamer Amphitrite, of <54^ tjf e^us was struck on the port thaf ^QgLne-rodm, and so badly the captain ordered the boat to a n men have been landed at AniPhitrite, which was also badly gzbo-at' O'll the fifteen men who put off in d4, ere eXPected to arrive some time on o*? the Ad SALVAGE AWARD. ^UrT8 »iidI1iiralty Division on Saturday the 'ew of the steamer Delano, of 6r? awafded £ 3,800 damages for in the Atlantic to the steamer Vtl" cf Glasgow.
4 fiT 0ftl) HAYEN WILL CASE.
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4 fiT 0ftl) HAYEN WILL CASE. ^04 HAI> BEEN" AWAY T aTY-SEVEN YEABS. (f Cas* of 'l th» ^e(hi6Brt *r v- Berry came on for hear- 5*Wai« ay (before Mr. Justice Bucknell) «laifi tha+an<i Divorce Court.—Mr. Barlow '"oad," a.of j» the plaintiff was Margaret *as En r Blair> resident at Ringmore- ft 58 Berrv h Devon, and the defendant *ar&a»rJ1 itary.^ Wlfe of AIfred Berry, resident **ec«trf fi!air w ad' Pennar, Pembroke Dock. °f Ch=if °f th» -^he 8ole surviving sister and Ns th« street 8ara:h Jones, late »M jv*> 1i«c« 'hiIl^ord Haven- Mrs. Berry ^toS^fcber ref^d- Mrs- Jonea di«d 0)1 th 189a' 5, 110 wlU was dated >a, ^ili ?' Mrs" Blalr now claimed probate UD n solemn form- The defence that *«&n »ndWas undue execution, insanity, and Mil ^ted t weakness. The property 4n,j th £ 7'000, and the legatees under the 4 si8ter nePhew and niece of the testatrix the i^en hwrfvident in Devonshire.—Evidence ^«v ^nia i 7? Caleb Guion, pastor of ureh, Milford Haven, and tie Saven f josser, of the Baptist Church, \> signpH .u6 effect that at time the she was perfectly Jy v.*ave e j • Ks she had always been.—Mrs. Vn t- driestuCnce' aud 'n cross-examination 4wa acknowledged that she had her sister for thirty-seven the T^Pied v and family in Devonshire J" attention.—Shortly afterwards » lhe wnw withdrawn.—His Lordship 0 ordp^ 0 Proceed to probate, and aer as to costs.
Tn. " Whito sr;RALIAN' TRADE.
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Tn. Whito sr;RALIAN' TRADE. ° a^tar Line will in August next reSular service of steamers havijj^^00! and Australia. The corn- et witv,S?id ali their sailing ships, have r the essrs- Harland and Wolff, Bel- t?f th Etea.Qier« °nStruct^on °' tive large twin- Aust> • aSeregating about 60,000 tons, »of trade. The first of these, er- fnl tons, was launched last e Medic, of similar dimensions, ^hih ky ^v^tPber, and will shortly be suc- Y fle rs'c. Runic, and Suevic, aervf caPable of maintaining a ^ill ™<Vj1 0 ce. jfedic will sail from AllSQst 3, and the other vessels ^l*8. »firs Milat resular intervals. These be fliiCarry only third-class passen- f jt ^th extensive refrigerating °<lh for 'S ^°Ped Liverpool will become as «u distribution of Australia's ^taP^Jltlj 1 be already is for those of North *|Ho^J"0iHparlerica. It is expected the White the^r divert a considerable gp, °ndon wool trade to Liverpool, ycial warehouses have been pro-
—— SUr CONFERENCE AT SXTWdERLAND.
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—— S Ur CONFERENCE AT SXTWdERLAND. cOnf5ay atl Sunderland the sixteenth a ^sSoci of the United Kingdom r*nsiMl<l \»af was opened in the Town- 'J' thB ^tended by delegates from all Con,»», gdom- In his presidential tl.,l1a»-r*Ilcir>anander G- Cowley, of Bristol, i°n ann ?n tlie question of the super- th;at, °f aged pilots. He main- d ,lsio« °vUinU Acts of Parliament in exis- Th Was made for pilots to receive .• ^he j^6 Legislature had ordained I va't t]je century almost all the Acts v0>ertt0,*s Par* trade and navigation ftce 0i and in those by which the k local pU°ts had been placed in the u fn authorities. that they should neef ln their old age. That duty in the majority of in- se6 th^^8- ^0r t^iem t° use their in- ^Kiiiii^t^t^was^ne^ected no longer.
ITT OF PIL0TS'
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ITT OF PIL0TS' Ok ^irt 8 deciri °iase as to the liability of ay. 4 at Liverpool County-court the J1 action was brought by the WW ^gain«?ai?ler Eossmore, a large cattle JJ h William Anthony Smith, a eHdn s°iall „irecover damages for collision tA yra steamer, the Elsa, of which icl» wa«at tlle time> in charge. The O, ^che.st °n a voyflee from Hamburg sSer ShiP Cana1' struck the 4r>!e,l^a d to and considerable damage liable vessels.—The Judge found °f the and ordered him to pay the to the Rossmore. 4 —
^y,Vter.s ll:i:ES KILLED IN…
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^y,Vter.s ll:i:ES KILLED IN CHINA. »31 '^rara from Shanghai on Sun- 6b China Daily News" pub- >lS Ph^,Stating that the Rev. H. S. tr^^erta ilps' a lady friend, and three *te>« & to ave been killed by rioters 7 escape from Kien Yang. ^Ut^yS:— from HonS Kong on Ch 7°rity *u reP°rted from Fu-Chau on dy, a bat Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, lty seven Chinese converts to been murdered at Kienning A P
jNa^trai DISASTER. thiCasSe…
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jNa^trai DISASTER. thiCasSe Soys^Intelesram from Paris orewed- ir E. Mr, a letter addressed to M. her n^n: British Ambassador, in to arili tho aJesty s Government, ex- th« 6 viered suoVi v to those French citizens anrt humane and kindly service 6t«aT>r SUrvivors of the wreck of earner Stella.
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ACCIDENTS. CHEPSTOW TRAP FATALITY. Mr. M. F. Carter, district coroner, resumed the inquiry at the Powder House, Tidenham, on Monday concerning the death of Misg Helen Pillinger, daughter of the well-known seed merchant, of Chepstow. who was killed on June 2 in a trap accident, at Tidenham. The coachman, Charles Savory, was now able to attend, and. having described the accident, the medical evidence showed that the cause of death was fracture of the skull.—A verdict in accordance was returned, and the driver was exonerated from blame.-It was decided to inform the district council that the road where the accident occurred was not wide enough. Miss George, the second young lady who was injured, was not able to attend. SHOCKING BALLOON ACCIDENT. A horrible accident occurred on Wednes- day during some military captive balloon manoeuvres near Rome. A sudden gust of wind broke the ropes, which were held by 40 soldiers. The balloon ascended with frightful rapidity, with a soldier named Vacca hanging on the rope. When passing over the Tiber the soldier, who was an excellent swimmer, dropped from a height of 500 metres, but just missed the water, and was dashed to atoms on the bank. The balloon then continued its co-arse until the gas became exhausted, and it sank to about 20ft. from the ground. The, occupants—a captain and a corporal—jumped out, the captain escaping unhurt, whilst the corporal fractured his leg, and sustained severe internal injuries. SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT HAFOD, An unusual accident befel a young man named James Rees. residing at Glynfach-road Porth, early on Tuesday morning, at the Lewis -erthyr Colliery Company's Bertie Pit Hafod. Rees was walking along the main roadway underground when a hauling engine with its main and tail rope suddenly started working. The suddenness of the start jerked the rope, which knocked Rees unconscious and fractured one of his legs. TRACTION ENGINE'S FALL. A traction engine and two trucks fell over the railway bridge at Sandling Junction, on the South-Eastern main line, near Folkstone. on Tuesday morning, owing to the steering- gear breaking down. The man on the ^ln\, kllltd> and tho down line was bocked Fortunately, the down £ ♦? Was two minutes late, which enabled it to be stopped at Western- hanger. thus avoiding a, disaster, for the trac- tion engine and trucks blocked both up and down lines. The accident was caused through the traction engine slipping its gear in turning sleeP decline. The steersman, ? B'gPam- of Kennington Ashford, jumped from the engine as it fell, but was killed^ wagons which followed and PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE OF A LAD. It transpires that on Sunday afternoon whi'st the Taft Vale Railway train from Cardiff to Cadoxtou was travelling between Lavernock and Sully, at the rate of about 30 miles an hour, a lad named Percy Edwards, six years of age, living at 11, Robert-street, Barry Dock, accidentally opened the door of the carriage he occupied \Vit'l his elder brother (both having been to Caj-d'ff Infirmary to see a relative) and fell out of the train. The train was soon stopped, and, to everyone's surprise, the little fellow was s*>an to pick himself up and run after the trrin. His injuries were found to be nothing beyond a few scratches. A MAN BURIED IN A SAND HEAP. A shocking discovery was made on Wednes- day evening at Rhosnessney, near Wrexham. As a boy named Clay was playing in Bithell's Sandhole, at the place named, he saw a man's hands sticking up out of a newly fallen heap of sand. He gave an alarm, and the dead body of a man was discovered. On his clothing being searched a bank book was found, issued from the Great Howard-street Post-office Liverpool, to "Alfred E. Wood," and this is pre- sumed to he deceased's name. It is supposed that he went into the sandhole to rest, fell asleep, and was buried beneath a sudden fall. CYCLING ACCIDENT AT EAST BRIGHTON. A serious cycling accident occurred on Sun- day outside East Brighton. The members of the Brighton Mitre Club were returning from a run when the front forks of a tandem machine, on which were seated two men. named Kings- land andl Goble, gave way, throwing both riders violently to the ground. Goble escaped with some bad cut& and bruises, but Kingsland snstained a fractured skull, and was removed to the County Hospital, where he lies in a critical condition. Several members riding close behind the tandem had narrow escapes. FATALITY AT LLWYNYPIA. Early on Sunday morning the driver of the mail train reported that on rounding a turn at Llwynypia lie saw a man lying across the rails, but failed to stop the train before the man had been dragged some distance. On pro- ceeding to the spot, Police-constable Radford found the body of a man, name unknown, aged about 33 years, and 5ft. 8in. in height. Deceased was dressed in a dark coat and vest and light trousers. It is supposed that deceased had been previously struck down by a train, and that the mail had passed over his body. TRAGIC FATALITIES AT ABERGELE. A couple of tragic fatalities occurred at Abergele on Monday. In the morning a Mr. Beckingham, of Stoney- croft, Liverpool, a visitor, was carried off his feet by a strong ebb current whilst bathing. and was drowned, leaving a widow and two children. Deceased arrived on Saturday, and had engaged rooms for seven weeks. In the afternoon Harry Hughes, of Peel- street, aged ten years, was run over by a float from Llanddulas, and killed. The fatalities, falling so close upon each other, created a big sensation in the town. Mr. E. B. Reece held an inquest at the Town- hall, Cardiff, on Tuesday evening into the death of James Smith, aged 40, a mason's labourer, who was knocked down by a train near the Graig Level Crossing of the Taff Vale Railway on May 27, and who died at the I infirmary on Monday from blood-poisoning, which -—-•'eel from the injuries. A verdict of Accidental deatll" was returned. A shocking accident happened at Leeds on Saturday, involving the deaths of two painters, one of whom was named Harry Cass, the other name being unknown. They were engaged painting the roof of the corporation electric generating fetation when the plank upon which they were standing broke. They fell a dis- tance of about 40 feet, and receiving terrible injuries were killed on the spot. Cass was married, and leaves several children.
DROWNING ACCIDENTS.
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DROWNING ACCIDENTS. A number of boys playing on the fish quay. Hartlepool, on Thursday, when two of them fell mto the dock, and .notwithstanding the efforts to save them. both were drowned. Their names are given as Johnson and Borthwick, and they were about eleven years of age. Neither body has been recovered. A late rme?sage from Hartlepool states that the lads were named Harry Durkin and Charles Thoren, and that they were bathing, not play- ing. en the dock. BATHING FATALITIES. Augustus M Cusker, nineteen, aud Patrick M'Trusky, 35, employes of Messrs. James M'Allister and Son, Ballymena, were drowned on Friday morning while I bathing in the River Braid. On Thursday two young men who were bath- ing from the old jetty at West Hartlepool got out of their depth and were drowned before assistance could be ?hen. Their names are Harry Durkin and Charle3 Boras. Both, were engineeri.
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FRIENDLY SOCIETY SECRETARY IN TROUBLE. William Baldwin, an ironworker, living at 46. Livingstone-placo, Newport, was charged before the magistrates on' Friday with withholding and misapplying JE22 8s. belonging to the Lord Tredegar Lodge of the United Order of Odd- fellows, L40 of the Friendly Society of Iron- workers. and also obtaining possession of £ 10 6s. by falsely representing that a member, John Dyer, of Burnham, was entitled to sick pay. Baldwin acted as secretary to the two local branches of the societies, and, according to the evidence of an auditor, the book-keep- ing was defective to a large degree. The sum of £ 40 had been given to him to bank. though that duty really fell to the office of the trea- surer. The whole-of the offences were admitted, and Mr. W. L. Moore, solicitor for the defence, simply stated in mitigation that Baldwin had had much domestic trouble of late, which had become so pressing that he succumbed to the temptation to smooth over his trials by utilising the money passing through his hands. Mr. Moore further laid it to the charge of such societies, like others better circumstanoed, that a lot of looseness obtained.—Mr. LI. Phillips; on behalf of the Oddfellows, having repudiated the charge of looseness, the Bench announced that, on the understanding that the whole of th3 maney-£73 odd—wou'.d be re- funded, fines of 21s. in each case only would be imposed, with an aggregate alternative of eighteen weeks' imprisonment.—Mr. Phillips in- formed the court that if Baldwin earnestly endeavoured to refund the money every con- sideration would be held out to him.
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Private Robert Day. of the Rifle Brigade. was remanded at Gosport on Monday charged with killing a tramp by shooting him at Browndown. Prisoner, it was stated, was out w:th thre-j iron of the Northumberland Fusi- liers, one of whJm had a rook rifle, with which they pra rtised at a target. When it came to Day's turn, ho said he should pot a rabbit, and fired into a hsdge. He immediately afterwards e.:claimed that what he thought was a rabbit was a man. The other three are in cus- tody on the military charge of using a non- gervioe weapon.
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NATIONAL BANK OF WALES. .3mt THE JUDGMENT AGAINST MR. JOHN CORY, AN APPEAL COMMENCED IN LONDON. ADDRESS BY SIR EDWARD CLARKE. The Master of the Rolls, the President of the Probate Division, and Lord Justice Romer had before them on Wednesday an appeal by Mr. John Cory from the judgment delivered by Mr. Justice WPight on the 7th of December last on the misfeasance summons taken out by the liquidator. The National Bank of Wales was incorporated in 1879, and went into liquida- tion in May, 1893. Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., Mr. Swinfen Eady, Q.C., Mr. George Hart, and Mr. Nepean appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Buckley, Q.C., Mr. Warmington, Q.C., Mr. Ingpen. and Mr S. T. Evans for the liquidator. Sir Edward Clarke was proceeding to open the appeal, when The Master of the Rolls asked whether the hearing was likely to be concluded before Saturday next. He asked as the court after that date would be differently constituted. Sir Edward Clarke was afraid that the case could not be finished by Saturday, but he would do his best to shorten it. He proposed to go on and get through as much of it as possible by Saturday. The Master of the Rolls said he only men- tioned it for the convenience of the parties. Sir Edward Clarke then proceeded to open the appeal, and said he appeared for Mr. John Ccry, who was the appellant. It was an appeal from a judgment of Mr. Justice Wright upon a misfeasance summons, upon which he had given judgment against Mr. John Cory upon one matter. The matters related to the affairs of the National Bank of Wales (Limited), of which bank Mr. John Cory waa one of the directors. The Master of the Rolls: What is the par- ticular misfeasance he is charged with? Sir Edward Clarke said it was paying divi- dends out of capital. The summons was by Charles Edwin Dovey, the liquidator appointed in the voluntary winding-up, and it asked that Mr. John Cory might be made liable in his capacity of director for misfeasance. The mis- feasance charged was of three kinds-(l) the sanction of payment of dividends out of capital, (2) the making or sanctioning of improper advances out of the funds of the company to the directors of the company, whereby a loss accrued to the company, and (3) the sanction- ing of improper advances to customers and allowing overdrawn accounts and debts to con- tinue where the debtor was reported to be insolvent or otherwise unable to re-pay, whereby a loss was occasioned to the bank. The claim was for £37.000 in respect of money paid out of the company's funds from the year 1887 to 1891. It was made up of a number of items, but the total came to £ 37,000. THE ORDER ON MR. CORY. Mr. John Cory had been ordered to pay that money, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent., without prejudice to any right he might have to re-payment to him by the shareholders in respect of sums improperly received by them. Liberty was given to Mr. Dovey to proceed to recover in respect of advances made to two persons, but no application had been made. With regard to the second charge, no order was made against Mr. Cory-that was to say, the learned judge in the court below did not find that was established against him. Upon that part of the case they had to deal with figures, and it would be found that the learned judge in dealing with those figures had taken as ascertained figures of losses depending upon payment of dividends out of capital—that was to say, in dealing with that part of the case the learned judge had found as dividends paid out of capital losses which had arisen through improper advances to the directors. Mr. Buckley denied that in taking the account of loss arising from payment of improper divi- dends sums in respect of improper advances had been taken into account. Sir Edward Clarke said that that. then, would be a matter of dispute between them. If the figures which were stated in the judgment as the amount which Mr. Cory was called upon to pay included any part of the sum in respect of losses through improper advances, he contended that upon the finding he ought not to be called upon to pay them. As a matter of fact, he had been ordered to pay them. All he said now was that on the figures £ 37,000 was too much by a sum of £ 9,000. The Master of the Rolls: You say that the £ 37,000 ought to be reduced by £ 9,000? Sir Edward Clarke said Yes." With regard to the third point, the sanctioning of improper advances to customers, the evidence on the subject was very slight, and Mr. Justice Wright had not found against him on that. Those amounts, however, had to be taken into con- sideration in deciding the question of whether or not dividends had been paid out of capital. As thnt point had not been dscided agpinst Mr. Cory. those amounts ought not to be taken into consideration :n arriving at the amount found due from him. The Master of the Rolls asked what was the cross-appeal. Sir Edward Clarke said that by the cross- appeal the liquidator wanted to have all those things found against Mr. Cory. AMALGAMATION OF THE BANKS. The next matter he had to call attention to was that the National Bank of Wales (Limited) was established, and for many years it went on doing business. It was now in voluntary liquidation for the purpose of amal- gamating with the Metropolitan Bank. The first agreement was made on the 20th of December, 1899, at which date Mr. John Cory's resignation as a director of the bank wa4 accepted, but the principal agreement was made on the 23rd of February. 1893. That was an agreement by which the National Bank of Wales agreed to sell all its assets to the Metropolitan Bank and its business as a going concern. The agreement was to date back to the 31st of December. 1892, and the business of the National Bank of Wales was to be deemed to have been carried on from that date 011 account of the Metropolitan Bank. The Metropolitan Bank were to discharge -ill the liabilities of the Welsh bank, and the value of the goodwill of the business was to be taken to be five times the amount of the net yearly profits for the two years ending the 31st of December, 1892, but the amount of the value of the goodwill was to be taken as not less that £ 110,000. The assets were not to include the uncalled capital, but in case the assets proved to be less than the liabilities the liquidator should call up sufficient to make up the diffe- rence oetween tne amount 01 the as-eta and the goodwill and the amount of the liabilities. The shareholders approved of that agreement and it was carried into effect. The position of the National Bank of Wales at' that time was this: They had 22,500 shares of JB20 each, upon which £ 10 per share had been paid up. At the request of the Metropolitan Bank a further call was made of C2 108. a share, which produced a sum of £ 40,000. Now, the Metropolitan Bank said that on taking the whole accounts they found that, as there was a deficiency between the amount of the assets and the goodwill and the amount of the liabilities of a sum of £ 44,C00, they claimed in respect of that sum under this misfeasance summons. The summons was taken out in the first instance by the liquidator, but in the course of the proceedings the Metropolitan Bank was added as a party. In the agreement for amal- gamation there was a provision that in case any difference arose as to the amount of the assets the difference should be referred to a valuer appointed by each bank. That meant that as regards the present case the valua- tion w is made by two persons who had no different or opposite interest such as would secure for Mr. Cory a true valuation of the assets, Mr. Cory, of course, having no part whatever in the valuation. A valuation took place on the 20th of April, 1898, by Mr. Wil- liams for the National Bank and Mr. Nash for the Metropolitan, and a sum of £44.208 was arrived at. The valuers having valued the assets at £44,000 odd. they made out sums showing the balance that the Metropolitan Bank was entitled to at £37.000, and not £ 44.000, and. therefore, there was a charge of £ 7,000 to deficiency. MR. CORY'S POSITION. Lord Justice Romer said he did not under- stand it. Why was there a claim against Mr. Cory for this deficiency? Sir E. Clarke said he submitted that the Metropolitan Bank had no claim against Mr. Cory at all. Lord Justice Romer: No: the National Bank has the claim against you. Sir Edward said that all creditors of the National Bank had been paid. The action was one by the shareholders to recover back the dividends that had been improperly paid to them, and he submitted that they had no right to recover. The Metropolitan Bank would only be entitled to recover the amount which they would be entitled to and which they had paid over. Lord Justice Rumer did not see what they had to do with the agreement with the Metro- politan Bank. Sir Edward said the result of Mr. Justice Wright's decision was to give damages against Mr. Cory" hich would revert to the Metro. politan Bank. The Master of the Rolls: The case against you is that you have misapplied the assets of th. ank. Sir Edward Olarl-.e said that was so, but m. supplied them by paying them to the shareholders themselves, and what was got back from Mr. Cory would have to be distri- buted amongst the shareholders. The liqui- dator representing only shareholders was representing a class of parsons who had them- selves received the money. The question was whether the shareholders themselves could sue Mr. Justice Wri™ht had said no. Then in what capacity did the liquidator sue? The result was that. instead of a call being made upon the shareholders, the amount would be paid out of the pockets of Mr. Cory.. If he was held liable in respect of these dividends there must be an inquiry as to what these dividends were. The learned counsel then proceeded to deal at length with the accounts and evidence, and there was nothing to show, he said, that Mr. Cory did not exercise due care and diligence, and at the time these dividends were paid out of capital there was reasonable ground for believing that the busi- ness was being carried on, not at a loss, but at a profit. Lord Justice Romer: Supposing that for three years nothing was deducted for bad debts, do you say that on the fourth year you could pay a dividend without deducting from the profits the bad debts of previous years? Sir Edward did not think that any body of directors were bound to make provision for all bad debts out of one year's trading. They were bound to make a reasonable provision. In each year the directors must make provi- sion for reasonable liabilities, but they were not bound in making up their profit and loss account for payment of dividends for one year to take into account the bad debts of previous years. His submission was that bad debts should remain on the books of the bank subject to some provision being made to meet them. The learned counsel had not concluded opening the appeal when the Court rose, and the further hearing was adjourned until Thursday. RESUMED HEARING OF THE APPEAL. The hearing of the appeal of Mr. John Cory from the judgment of Mr. Justice Wright, hold- ing him iiable to the liquidator for the alleged payment of dividends out of capital, was resumed on Thursday (before the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Probate Division, aaid Lords Justice Romer). Sir Edward Clarke, continuing his open- ing statement of the appellant's case, submitted that the liquidator had failed to show that there were no profits made during the time that his client was a director of the bank. and had not established his position that the whole of the dividends were improperly paid. The next question to be considered was as to Mr. Cory's own rela- tions in the matter, because the mere proof that a profit had not been made would not be sufficient. Mr. Cory was a director from 1884 till November, 1890, and in iiis affidavit he said that he took no part in the preparation or issue of the annual report for 1890, and was not present at the shareholders' .aening in January, 1851. The affidavit went on to state that he did not admit that a large number of the overdrawn accounts were bad or doubtful prior to December, 1890. Throughout his con- nection with the company, he was, he said, in the honest and genuine belief that the bank was in a sound and solvent condition, and tl at the profits were such as to justify the divi- dends paid during the time that he continued a director. In his affidavit Mr. Cory denied that it was the practice of the bank to advance money without security, or that advances were made to the directors to enable them to carry on mining speculations. If advances were made to persons whose financial position did not warrant the credit given it was without his knowledge or concurrence. It was not to be wonderad at that in his cross-examination Mr. Cory was unable to remember the details of transactions that took place ten years before, but he did remember that he more than once made objection to overdrawn accounts remain- ing. His reason for resigning the office of director was that he was going to spend three or four months of the year in London, and did not think that he should be able to attend properly to the business of the bank. The Master of the Rolls understood the case put forward on the part of Mr. Cory to be that there had been no misconduct on his part for which he was responsible. Sir Edward Clarke said his contention was that there had been no malfeasance, but the learned judge found against him on the ground that the representation year after year, that proper investigation, and that due provision had been made for bad and doubtful debts was a fraud, or, at any rate, involved the same consequences as fraud, and that for that reason the respondent could not claim the benefit of the statute of limitations. The learned judge had ordered the appellant to pay, not only this £37,000 representing dividends said to have been improperly paid, but also the interest at the rate of 5 per cent., which would amount to £ 17,000. Chrging interest 111 was. he submitted, defensible under the circumstances, because the complaint of the shareholders was not that he had kept the money in his own pocket, but that he had given it to them. and as the Metro- politan Bank were concerned, they Having no claim except for the deficiency ascertained in 1893 and 1894 could not be entitled to 5 per cent. o nthe money paid to someone else years before. Mr. Cory was a gentleman holding a high commercial position in Wales, and it was almost impossible to believe that he could have lent himself knowingly, year after year, to wrong-doing, when it was not suggested that he had any interest in it or was making any- thing by it, and when he must have been con- scious that the discovery of it must bring dis- credit upon him. Passing to the question of the operation on the Statute of Limitations, the learned counsel submitted that his c'iciit was entitled to the benefit of the statute in respect of four items before June, 1889. amount- ing to £15.000, upon which interest at 5 per cent. had been given. The opening of the appeal had not concluded when the Court rose, and the further hearing was adjourned until Friday.
A DROWNING MYSTERY AT CARDIFF.
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A DROWNING MYSTERY AT CARDIFF. YOUNG GIRL'S BODY FOUND IN A DISUSED QUARRY. Four boys, named Edgar and Anthony Gage, of 94, Broadway, and Thomas Leary and Thomas Carney, of 31, Russell-street, Cardiff, made a shocking discovery in an old quarry at Penylan on Wednesday afternoon. They had been rambling through the fields, and noticed the body of a young woman in the water at the bottom of a. disused quarry. They at once raised an alarm, and the body was recovered by Police-constable (17) C. Edwards, and conveyed to the mortuary. For some hours she remained unidentified, the only clue being a pocket handkerchief bear- ing the name of "Richards." This fact was duly announced in the "Evening Express," where it was seen by Mr. Crawley, the fruiterer, of Castle-road, who, knowing that Mary Richards, a cousin of his wife's, had been missing since Tuesday evening, went down to the mortuary, and found his fears fully con- firmed. From inquiries since made it appears that th., girl, who was only twenty years of age, had been in service with Mrs. Hill, of 87, Newport-road, for some time, but her health was delicate, and she could only perform light duties, which occupied her several hours in the morning. She had been attended by Dr. Williams for anosmia, but beyond the general weakness caused by this complaint, she was in fairly good health. She left her situa- tion quito recently, and had resided with her widowed mother at 92, Treharris-street. She was depressed in spirits, but did not complain or threaten to take her life. On Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock. she left. the house to visit a girl friend with whom she had made arrange- ments to witness Barnum and Bailey's pro- cession the following morning. She did not return, and her mother and sisters concluded that she had slept at her friend's house. When she did not put in an appearance on Wednesday morning they began to get uneasy, and made inquiries, with the result that it was asccrtainsd she had not visited her friend as intended. The investigations were still being pursued, when Mr. Crawley informed Mrs. Richards of his sad discovery at the mortuary. Naturally, her relatives are much upset by the occurrence, and they can only account for it by her recent depression in spirits. She had had no trouble which was likely to prey upon her mind.
ANOTHER CARDIFF MYSTERY.
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ANOTHER CARDIFF MYSTERY. BODY FOUND IN A BRICKWORKS POND. On Thursday morning the body of a man, apparently about 56 years of age, was found in a pond near the brickworks on Newport- road. Information was given to the police, who had the body removed to the mortuary. The descriptiot. of the body supplied by the police is as followsAge, about 56; height, 5ft. 6in.; grey eyes, brown hair and mous- tache, turning grey; blue serge jacket, brown cord troupers and ye,t, heavy nailed boots, grey Welsh flannel shirt, and small white scarf. On the tab at the back of the coat were the words, "Griffith, Cardiff, Newport, and Barry," being, probably, the name of the tailor. The only injury to the body was a slight abrasion on the nose and over the left eye. In the pockets the only articles were a halfpenny and tL red handkerchief.
DISPUTE BETWEEN LANDOWNERS…
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DISPUTE BETWEEN LANDOWNERS AT SWANSEA. Judge Gwilym Williams had before him at Swansea, Couuty-ccurt on Wednesday an im- portant case in which Mr. Graham Vivian, of Clyne Park, sued Sir Robort Arurine Morris, of Sketty, "for JS50. being damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the illegal trespass committed by the defendant or his servants in entering upon the plaintiff's land, situate at Clyne Wood, on or about February 1, and exer- cising acts of ownership by cutting down trees thereon.' Mr. C. II. Glascodine appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. W. Denman Bens.on de- fended.-Thc plaintiff. Mr. Graham Vivian. and otlisr witnesses gave evidence, and it appeared that plaintiff claimed that certain land known as Clyne Woods, which he bought from the Duke of Beaufort, included a piece about an acre in extent on the opposite side of l the Clyne Brook, and adjoining Sir Robert Morris's property.—The case was ptrt heard, and adjourned till Thursday.
PIT HAULIERS AND THEIR HORSES.
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PIT HAULIERS AND THEIR HORSES. At Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesday Mr. Vazic Simons. solioitor to the Coalowners' Association, again referred to the case in which Thomas Morris, formerly a haulier at the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, had been mulcted in damages-— £ 10—for the loss of a horse which had been killed at the colliery by, it was alleged, the defendant's neglect. Defendant had not, said Mr. Simons, paid the instalments due. He was now employed at the Nixon's Colliery, and ho produced a certificate of his earnings for the fortnight. The Stipendiary: Has not a warrant been issued for his arrest? Mr. Simons: I understand there has not. The Stipendiary. Can you produce evidence to show that Morris is employed now at Messrs. Nixons? Mr. Simons: I have a letter which I received from Mr. Grey, the agent, this morning and a certificate of wages which show that he was working there on June 18. I think a certificate in county-court cases is sufficient. The Stipendiary: I know they apply in county-courts, but they are not evidence. I should like to get legal evidence that Morris is working at the colliery. Mr. Simons: Do ycu suggest that I am to subpoena someone from Merthyr able to prove that he is there? The Stipendiary: This is a matter that is not pertinent to ordinary cases, and I may be found fault with if I make an order without legal evidence. Mr. Simons The practice is that county-court proceedings apply to these cases- The Stipendiary: It is not the procedure. It is only the habit of judges. It is good enough unless it is contested. It is a practice of judges, but I don't know whether it is legal. Mr. Simons said he could give evidence that he had received information from the manage- ment that he was in their employ. The Stipendiary said that would scarcely be evidence. After further legal argument, Mr. Simons said he understood from his worship on the last occasion that he was to produce a certifi- cate. The Stipendiary: We were then under a mis- apprehension. We thought we could summon the defendant to appear to give evidence as to his means, but we found we could not do so. The case was then adjourned till Thursday at Porth. The case was again heard at Porth on Thurs- day, when Mr. Simons called a timekeeper for Messrs. Nixon's Collieries, who deposed that Morris worked at the Nixon Collieries.—The Sti- pendiary gave judgment for the amount claimed within fourteen days.
LAMPS IN COAL MINES.
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LAMPS IN COAL MINES. Mr. Stipendiary Williams, Dr. Ivor Lewis, and Mr. Dan Thomas, sitting at Porth Police- court on Thursday. listened to a case in which Morgan Morgan, collier, Mardy. was charged with breach of Special Rule 189 by failing to hang his lamp so as to avoid risk of its being struck by a tool. Mr. James Phillips, Ponty- pridd, prosecuted for Lockett's Merthyr Com- pany, aud Mr. W. P. Nicholas (Messrs Walter Morgan, Bruce, and Co.) appeared for the defence. In opening the case, Mr. Phillips said that on May 29,h defendant handed in his lamp to the lampman, and said that owing to an accident his lamp had been damaged. The colliery was a steam coal colliery, and the management regarded it as a veri serious charge. He produced the lamp, which showed a hole in the case. and pointed out that the hole in the gauze fitted with the point of the mandril. Had tho lamp fallen to the ground or a. stone fallen on it, it would have been smashed. David Jones. lampman, gave it as his opinion that the lamp was smashed with a mandril, and a similar opinion was expressed by Mr. Thomas Miles, manager, who, how- ever, replying to Mr. Nicholas, admitted that there had been a fall of debris about fifteen yards from the defendant's stall. Defen- dant told him the lamp was smashed by an accident. He refused to pay a fine of 5s.. and preferred going to court. Mr. Nicholas, for the defence, argued that the lamp fell down owing to a "disturbance" in the coal. Some debris and a post fell down, and the lamp was damaged by a stone. Defendant said that when he was about leaving his work he placed his lamp on the "lid" in order to put on his coat. With this the post and the debris gave way. The lamp rolled across the rails, and a stone caused the damage to the iaanp. He did not use the mandril. John Jones, who was working with him, corroborated. The Bench imposed a fine of 5s. and costs- total, £1 15s. 6d.
IALLEGED COMPANY FRAUDS.
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ALLEGED COMPANY FRAUDS. At the Mansion House, London, on Thurs- day Edward Beall, 47, a solicitor; Thomas Halsoa Lambert, 42. company director; Charles Singleton, 62. financial agent; and William James Carrathers Wain, 40, civil engneer, were severally charged on remand with alleged conspiracy and fraud in con- nection with the promotion of the London and Scottish Banking and Discount Corpora- tion (Limited). Mr. Bcdkin, who, with Mr. GUy Stephenson, prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury, opened the case at considerable length. He said Beall, who was the chief prompter of the company, was made bank- rupt in August 1892, and was still undis- charged. Singleton was also an undischarged bankrupt. He was known by a number of aliases, and was connected with a firm of out- side brokers; whilst Wain and Lambert both took an enrgetic part in the affairs of the company, the formation of which Mr. Bodkin gave details. The object of the bank was to lend money at interest, and evidence would bo called to show that, after the prospectus was issued, a number of disclaimers were n.ade by persons whose names appeared therein, and that in the statement of accounts on the six months' working of the company it was stated that » considerable profit had been made, whereas an examina- tion of 1he accounts prayed there had been a loss of £1.60\). The concern afterwards went into bankruptcy.—The case was ulti- mately adjourned.
ASSULTS ON THE POLICE AT MERTHYR.
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ASSULTS ON THE POLICE AT MERTHYR. On Thursday at Merthyr Police-court Wil- liam Harrington was charged with drunken- ness in George-street, Dowlais, also with drunkenness in High-street. Dowlais, and further with assaulting Polico con- stables John Richards and William Thomas by kicking them after being taken into custody. The prisoner said he was too intoxicated to remember what happened. j\ He asked for leniency, saying that he would turn over a. new leaf. Eleven previous convictions were recorded against him, and he was tined 20s. and costs, or three weeks in respect of each offence.— Thomas Dix was charged with being drunk and disorderly • in Glebcland-strest, Merthyr, and with assaulting Police-constable Henry Davies. The officer said the prisoner, who had his ccat and vest off, struck him several times in the face and kicked him, and behaved himself generally like a madman. On each charga the prisoner was fined 10s. and costs, or fourteen days.—William Sheffield, who said he hailed from Kent, as charged with com- mitting an as-ault upon Police-constable Cummings. The prisoner was found sleep- ing at the Ynysf ich coke ovens. When awaken >d by the constable and ordered off, ha picked up a brick and threw it at his head. —The Bench imposed fine of £1 and costs, or tl ree weeke.
ASSAULT AND THEFT.
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ASSAULT AND THEFT. Major Tripp and Thomas Shea, labourers, the former of whom is well known to the police charged at a special court at Caerleon on Thursday with stealing a ti uss of haw, and Tripp was also charged with assaulting Police-sergeant Lewis. Both men were seen loitering about the field where the truss lay, and soon after were seen carrying away the load. Shea when arrested did not resist, but Tripp, who is a stoutly-built fellow, struggled with the officer and threatened that if "he did not let go he would put something into him," feeling mean- while in his hip pocket, where after- wards an open knifo was found. The police sergeant, however, tripped up Tripp and eat upon him until a passer-by helped him to take the man into custody. Tripp explained the open knife by stating that he was cutting up tobacco when 'the police-sergeant accosted him. It was tcstifid, however, that he was a very violent person, and had several times assaulted police officers, having been convicted for four months in Sep- tember, 1897.—For the theft both men were sen- tenced to two months' hard labour, with an additional month for the assault on the officer for Tripp.
THE CANON ALLEN MEMORIAL AT…
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THE CANON ALLEN MEMORIAL AT BARRY. The committee having charge of the move- ment for providing a public memorial to the late Rev. Canon Allen, M.A., R.D.. met bn Wed- nesday evening at the Church-hall, Barry, when the Rev. H. H. Stewart, M.A., rector, pre. sided. There were also present Messrs. H. C. GrifTin and Dr. Powe:1 (churchwardens), R. A Spivnt 'treasurer^. H. Budgen, J. R. Llewellyn, N. fter-v T. Lester, and R. E. Williams (secre- tary 1. The committee drafted a memorial to the public inviting subscriptions towards the I memorial fund, which is jure to be a very popular one. Canon Allen having been the much-esteemed rector of Barry and Porth- kerry for upwards of 34 years. It was aho decided to invite tenders and specifications from fevcriii leading firms for stained glass windows for erection in Barry and Porthkerry Churche*.
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I CHILD'S DEATH FROM WHISKY DRINKING. EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT TREHERBERT. Mr. R. J. Rhys, coroner, held an inquiry on Thursday touching the death of Mary Gwen Evans, the three-year-old daughter of William Evans, hitcher. 37, Hopkin-street, Trehcrbert, who died on Monday morning last from the effects of drinking whisky. The Father gave evidence to the effect that between nine and ten o'clock on Sunday morning last he left half a small tea-cup of raw whisky on a table in the room in order to obtain some hot water from the kitchen to pour upon it, J_2 give it to his wife, who was lying ill in bed. When he got back from the kitchen the whisky was all gene. The deceased was in the room alone. For half an hour afterwards the little girl played with a doll on the sofa, and after that she slept for some time. All the whisky had been drunk, and there only remained the sugar in the bottom of the cup. In the afternoon he took the child to bed to have a sleep, and about five o'clock he noticed her in a fit. He imme- diately called in a female neighbour, and later he sent for the doctor. The Coroner: If you had got the doctor to the child immediately after she drank the whisky, possibly he could have washed her stomach out and saved her life. Witness: I never thought but that she had slept it out. The Coroner: What! a child like this, only three years of age? If you had taken it you could have slept it out. You were going to give your wife a stiff glass, were you? Witness: Yes; she had a chill. In reply to further questions, witness said he never thought of giving the child anything to clear her stomach. She did not show signs of wandering at all. After sleeping for a time she screamed once and fell back asleep again. She did not awaken the same as she should have done. He had previously seen her drink beer and porter. She was a strong child. A Juryman: Did you not observe that she was drunk?—Yes, I could notice that, but I thought she was going to sleep. About five o'clock she had "gone like a whip, and I could twist her any way I wished. The Coroner: I think the child's life might have been saved if the doctor had been sent for at once. Dr. Grant, Treherbert. said he was called to the house at a quarter to nine. He took a stomach pump and draught. He succeeded in getting some water from the stomach, but could not detect any traces of alcohol. The Coroner: It must have been absorbed then. Dr. Grant: Yes, it had been absorbed into the system. Some hours before that I applied some mustard. &c., and just about eleven o'clock she seemed to get a little better. She was in a state of stupor all the time. and never re-gained consciousness. She died on the following morning from alcoholic poison- ing. In reply to the coroner, the Doctor said if he had been called earlier in the morning in all probability the life could have been saved, for he got a considerable quantity of the whisky out. The Father Censured. In summing up, the Coroner said he was strongly of opinion that this little girl's life had been thrown away by the sheer stupidity of the father. They were within reach of the doctor, but, through the heedlessness and stupidity of the man. the girl died. He did not wish to say much about him leaving the whisky within the reach of the child, but that was a very wrong thing to do. There was no doubt but that the child had drunk it all. The Foreman said the father dessrved a severe censure. The jury returned a verdict of Death from alcoholic poisoning." The Coroner (to the father): You are a very stupid man. If you had used your common sense your little g^rl might have been alive to-day. You have brought this trouble upon yourself.
HEAVY FAILURE AT DOWLAIS.
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HEAVY FAILURE AT DOW- LAIS. On Thursday a. meeting o.f the creditors of Jacob Harris Hyman, jeweller and tobacconist. 39, Lower Union-street, Dowlais, was held at Merthyr. The statement of affairs showed gross liabilities amounting to £2,502 19s. 8d., of which £2,478 9s. 8d. was set down as being expected to ran.k for dividend. The net assets available far distribution were returned at £41, there being thus a deficiency of £2.437 9s. 8d. The debtor attributed his failure to the follow- ing causes:—Want of capital, illness of his mother, who lived with him, and of his wife and children, slackness in trade daring tiie last two years, the strike of colliers for five months during last year, slackness in the works, and having to borrow money at a high rate of inte- rest. The public examination is fixed to take place at the Merthyr Court on the 19th of July.
A LENIENT SENTENCE.
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A LENIENT SENTENCE. Richard Lock, a big-built young man of 27, at Cardiff Police-court on Thursday was charged with being drunk and and refusing to quit the East Dock Inn. Bridge-street, and assaulting the landlord, Oliver Adams, and, further, with assaulting Christopher Phillips and Police-constable Pugsley.—The evidence was to the effect that Lock, when told by the landlord to leave the premises, began a violent assault upon him. Christopher Phillips, who went to his assistance, received a heavy blow in the eye and had the bridge of his nose cut. Upon the constable being called in he was struck and kicked by the defendant and thrown down in the street.—The Bench, weighing up all this little frivolity, called upon Mr. Lock to pay 2Os., or take the alternative of fourteen days' imprisonment.
FIRE AT OGMORE YALE.
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FIRE AT OGMORE YALE. As some children were going to school on Thursday morning near the Tynewydd Colliery. Ogmore Vale, they uoticed flames breaking from the oil store-room, and they immediately raised an alarm. Assistance was immediately procured, and after some hours' hard work the conflagration was got under. The whole of the company's stores, including four cask of oil. saddlery, &c.. was totally destroyed, and the framework was also much damaged. Assis- tance was readily given by the workmen at the Wyndham pits. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery.
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ASSAULT ON A BOARD OF THADE OFFICER. Before Mr. J. Sydney Bachelor and Mr. J. Lowdon, at Barry Police-court on Friday, George Jeffcott, seaman on board the steam- ship Snowflake, was brought up in custody charged with unlawfully wounding Inspector Elvenston Raggett, Board of Trade officer. Penarth. on the previous night.—Prosecutor said that about ten o'clock on Thursday night he was engaged on board the steamer mustering a crew. He had occasion to speak to prisoner regarding his being in an intoxicated state. when prisoner snatched from him a book he held in his hand. and threw it in his face. Prisoner's mates took him forward, but he again cajrc np, and struck prosecutor a violent blow in the face, causing a wound, which bled freely.—James Sajuck stated that he was on board the ship. and saw Jeffcott strike the Board of Trade officer as described.—Dr. Collins said there was a wound cn Raggett's nose, in which he put three stitches. snd he was also suffering from a severe contusion of the left eye. He did not consider the wound could have been caused with a clenched fist.—Police-con- stable Griffiths gave evidence of arrest, and prisoner was sentenced to three months' hard labour, the case naving been reduced to one of common assault.
A ROYAL TRAGEDY.
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A ROYAL TRAGEDY. One of the most pathetic tragedies that ever happened was that in which tie Crown Fiince Rudolph of Austria and the Baroness Marie Vetsera were the principal actors. Prince Rudolph, we read in this week's "West End," lived very unhappily with his wife, Princess Stephanie of Belgium. When they were about to separate the Prince met the beautiful Baroness Marie Vetssra, and it was a case of love at first sight. The Prince became ardently infatuated with this rare, woman, and sought the sanction of th.) Pope to their union. This the Pope refused, and communicated with the Emperor (the Prince's father), who exacted from his son a promise that he would break off his relations with his mistress. The lovers met for the last time at the Prince's shooting-box at Maycrling. the company consisting also of a few per- sonal friends of the Prince. The niglit was spent in singing and drinking, and it was observed that the Princa imbibed heavily. The baroness retired. bout or.e in the morn- ing, and at two o'clock the Prince wished good bye to his friends, and went upstairs. He entered the baroness's bedroom. He never left that room. Next morning the Prince's confidential man entered the room, and a horrible sight met his eyes. Lying upon a sofa. completely covercd witn wild flowers, was Marie Vetsera. She was dead. By her side lay the Prince: he also was dead, having shot away the back part of his head The baroness had died of poison an hour before the Prince. She had left some letters, one addressed to her lover, in whica she said, "I die because I cannot live without you. You promised to make ms your wife, but you have broken your word. I forgive you. If you love me, come and follow me." Marie Vetsera was buried in a little monastery close by. with nothing to mark her resting- place. The shooting-box was raze'! to the ground, and to-day a nunnery stands to mark the scene of the tragedy.
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■ ■= LATEST NEWSJ THE SWANSEA TRAGEDY. At Swansea Police-court on Thursday the bench entered on the hearing of the charge against Henry Pelican, a seaman on board the steamship Ravensheugh, of wilfully murdering William Kingdom at No. 1, Baptist-court, High. street, on June 9; also with attempting t9 murder Ellen Wathen at the same time and place. Mr. Lawrence Richards prosecuted on. behalf of the police, and Mr. Henry Thompson appeared for prisoner. The prisoner was per- ceptibly thinner since his first appear an oe» but was quite calm and collected. Opening the Case. Mr. Richards, in opening the case, produced a plan of the house, No. 1, Baptist-court. The occupier of the house was the deceased King- uom, who a few days previous to the murder had taken to live with him the woman Ellen Wathen. This woman on June 9 met the prisoner, who accosted her in the street. She took him to the house of Kingdom to get him a drink. Kingdom went out twice for drink, and the three partook of it. Kingdom went up- stairs, and prisoner gave the woman a sove- reign to stay the night. She herself afterwards went upstairs to Kingdom, and prisoner followed her, and eaid. Is thig the way you are going to suck me in after me giving you a sovereign?" He struck a blow at hev with a knife, and she ran downstairs bleeding. Kingdom, on going d-i'wn, was stabbed by prisoner on the stairs, and died in a few minutes afterwards. To the policeman who arrested him prisoner said he did it in self-defence: that he had given the woman a sovereign, and they then wanted to throw him out of the house. He bore no marks of violence, and his clothes were not dis- arranged Mr. Glendenning Moxham. architect, produced a plan of the house, No. 1, Baptist-court, drawn to scale. The Woman's Story. Ellen Wathen, the injured woman, then re- peated her evidence given at the inquest. Her husband was an inmate of Gloucester Lunatic Asylum. She was stabbed in the dark upstairs, and did not know it had been done till she felt blood on her hand. Her screams of Muider" awoke the deceased man. who fol- lowed her downstairs, leaving the prisoner up- stairs. She saw prisoner come down after the deceased who must have slipped, for prisoner passed him on the stirs, and directly after- wards deceased called out, "Nellie, I'm stabbed." He was lyin;t 011 the stairs at the time. When she got out through tha window prisoner attempted to follow her, but desisted. When she got back into the court with the policeman prisoner had got out and was standing with the knife in his hand. The front door was locked, but the key was in it on the inside. The woman made little variation from her previous statement, and, in cross-examination, she, as before, declined to answer any questions as to her career. Since she last left Swansea. she had been living at Gloucester. Asked whether she lived on her immorality, she said that had nothing to do with this case. She had to earn her living and pay her way as best she could. Thomas Bowling, who fetched the police, and Dr. O'SulIivan, who saw deceased immediately after death, gave evidence, and Police-constable Hocking proved, as at the inquest, the arrest and statement of the prisoner. Police-constable Bounds, 55. a new witness, was thon called. He was on reserve at the station when prisoner was brought in. He cau- tioned prisoner, who said, "They cannot charge me with wilful murder. I did not intend to kill him." I was only defending myself. He was coming downstairs and coming for me. I told him to stand back. but he new at me, and I then put this into him twice (indicating the knife). Then the woman came, and I served her the same, but she got out of the window. I gave the woman a sovereign, but when I reached the house they wanted to throw me out, but I would not go without my sovereign. If they are going to stretch my neck for those two ——. I am satisfied." Prisoner was sober, but very excited. He took out £2 2s. from his pocket, and said, "You see I am not short of money." Detective-sergeant Lewis described what he saw at the house after the murder. The house consisted of two rooms, one down and one up. From the fifth step downwards there was a. large quantity of blood, and this extended to the hall on both sides. There were no signs of a struggle. There was a slight trail of blood from the upstairs room down to the top steps. Cross-examined: The house was in a filthy state, and contained scarcely any furniture. Accused Committed. The accused was then formally committed for trial at the next assizes on the murder charge.
THE TREHERBERT DROWNING CASE.
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THE TREHERBERT DROWN- ING CASE. INQUEST AND VERDICT. On Thursday morning, at the police-station, Treherbert, Mr. R. J. Rhys, coroner, held an inquiry touching the death of William Parry, 63 years of age, residing at 142, Dumfriee- street, Treherbert, who was drowned at the Ynysfeio Colliery, Treherbert, on Sunday last. Major A L. Lewis, manager, was present. Deceased's son said that his father was a. pumpman at the colliery, but previous to last Christmas had worked as a collier. Thomas Roes, under-manager, said deceased began his shift on Sunday morning at 8.30. The pumping engine was about 50 yards from the bottom of the shaft. Deceased came up to have dinner, and went down again at 1.30 p.m. The cage went down the same as usual, but some minutes afterwards witness noticed that *he engine was not raising water. He (Rees) went down, but could not see Parry at the engine. He asked the other enginemen if they had seen Parry, and they said they had not seen him. His body was afterwards found in 18in. of water on the sump. His hat had been found by the enginemen. Llewellyn Jones, an engineman at the colliery, deposed to finding deceased's hat floating on the water, and his body in the sump. His head had been bleeding. Witness heard a loud thud just before the cage came down. Major A. L. Lewis, the manager, said he went down just after the occurrence. The cage worked very smoothly, and there were hand- rails at the sde and top of the cage. The boards covering the sump extended over the whole of the pit, and there was about 18in. of water on the boards. The distance between the side of the cage and the landing was 1ft. 3in., and in the front 2ft. Sin. Deceased must have fallen down, but not a great dis- tance. otherwise his body would have been more mangled. He (Mr. Lewis) thought the wound must have been caused by his head having struck against a pipe. Dr. Grant said Parry had died from drown- ing. He must have been stunned by the fall. and could make no attempt to save himself. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned.
A DARGAI HERO,
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A DARGAI HERO, COLONEL MATHIAS RECEIVES THE FREEDOM OF TENBY. The honorary freedom of Ten by was on Thursday afternoon presented to Colonel Mathias, C.B., A.D.C., of the Gordon High- landers. in recognition of his distinguished service in the Indian frontier campaign last year. Alderman Clement J. Williams, the mayor, had invited over 200 guests to a banquet at the Gate House Hotel Royal assembly-room, after which, the presentation, the first in the history of the borough, was made by his wor- ship to Colonel Mathias. The function was a most brilliant and interesting one. and the speeches paid tribute to the spirit of enthu- siasm and the gallant way in which the British soldiers had safeguarded the Queen's interests.
MR. KIPLING S ARRIVAL.
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MR. KIPLING S ARRIVAL. SUCCESSFULLY EVADES THOSB" AWAITING KIM. The Teutonic, with Mr. Kipling on board. arrived at Liverpool on Thursday. A number of people were waiting to see him. but he did not come off the ship with the other saloon passengers. He waited for the crush from the steerage, and escaped the reporters and the cinematographers. He at once took his seat in the train in the farthest corner, while Mrs. Kipling stood by the window effectually obstructing the view.
A RECKLESS DOWLAIS COLLIER.
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A RECKLESS DOWLAIS COLLIER. On Thursday, at Merthyr Police-cobrt, a. collier, named James Buckland, was sum- moned for having matches in his possession in the Dowldis Company's No. 1 Pit at Bediinog. Mr. F. P. Charles appeared in support of the summons, but he said the company were not wishful to press for a heavy penalty.—The defendant, who pleaded that it was a caae of pure forgetfultess and who expressed regret, was fined 20s. and costs, or three weeks, the Stipendiary stating that if he had only been proved to have lit one of the marches he would have been sent to gaol without the option of a fine.
DEATH OF LADY GRENFELL.
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DEATH OF LADY GRENFELL. A Central New? telegram from Malta on Wed- nesday says:—Lady Grenfell, wife of Lieutenant- general Sir Francis Grenfell, Governor of Malta, died "this afternoon, after a long illness. Lady Grenfell. who was the daughter of General Robert Wood, was married to Lieutenant-general Grenfell in 1887.