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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. j
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. j The Cur has Damed two vessels of hit navy re- pectively Geoktepe and Skooeleff. The Church of Holy Trinity, St. Philip's. Bristol, ,as re-opened on Friday week, after restoration. The Hon. George Edgcumbe ia suffering from t .paralytic seizure, and lies in a very precarioua ttate. Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., ia confined to his bed, and will be unable to resume his Parliamentary work for at leaat a fortnight. The army estimates have been printed. Mid are ttow in the hands of the omciala. They will shortly be laid before Parliament. Her Majesty's troopship Malabar arrived at Portsmouth on Friday week. Two deaths occurred during the voyage. A man was killed, and two others were seriously injured by a fall of earth at the extension works at Victoria Station, Manchester. Through the liberality of the Indian Government, the third-class fare on the East Indian Railway is pow only about threepence for ten miles. Over jM5 has been stolen by burglars from the bookùu(-office at the Shoreham Station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. The Central News" states that the medical report on Sunday night from Bangor described the condition of Mr. Bulkeley M.P., as still most critical. The Berlin correspoadent of the Post says there have been several encounters of late between smugglers and German omciala on the Dutch frontier. A man named Eeddv waa sect to prison for three months, at the Hull police-court, last week, for having diseased meat in bis possession intended tor human food. The 7'arM of Friday week persists In the charge tgaintt the De Freycinet Cabinet of favouring the clandestine return of Jesuits and other unautho- rised congregations. Messrs. Tremlett and Sons' paper mills, at Exeter, were burnt down on Sunday morning. The damage is estimated at about £30,000. The origin of the nre is unknown. A memorial is being signed at Leeds in favour of a commutation of the sentence of death passed upon John Ross for the murder of John Manley, after a public-house quarrel. The Forth Bridge Railway Company have decided to go on with the construction of the bridge which, with its approaches, would, it is estimated, cost about .61,720,000. The Daily News correspondent at Naples, tele- graphing on Monday night, says:—On inquiring f Dr. San Giovanni I was glad to nnd that Gari- aldi's health continues to improve. The Duke of Westminster hM arranged that a Ste is to be held at Eaton Hall early in August, in .id of the building fund of the King's School in Chester, which has lately been re-organised. The Berlin correspondent of the Jfb)'K!My Post .ys :-General Ignatiefr, who had entrusted M. r'adejeff with the control of the press, has re- tppointed General Tchemayeff to that omce. At the quarterly communication of the Grand i..odge of Freemasonry, which is to be held on the t.st of March, the Prince of Wales will be proposed 'or re-election as Grand Master. The Shrewsbury Conservative Association, at a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, decided to invite Mr. A. R. Scoble, Q.C., and a local gentleman, to contest the borough at the next general election. Extraordinary tithes have been formally con- demned at a large meeting of farmers a.nd hop and fruit growers at Boughton Monchelsea as an impediment to agricultural progress. Toe Berlin correspondent of the jPoaf gars ;—The Government continues to oppose the arrangement which is sought to be brought about for an International Exhibition at Berlin. A murder was committed on Saturday night at Leeda. Arthur Lannagan, foreman hammer driver, quarrelled with Mrs. Lofthouse, in whose house he todged. about his food, and innieted such injuries hat she died soon afterwards. The Berlin correspondent of the Jfor7!!K$' Post telegraphs that an unfavourable impression ha.sbeen created there by a knowledge of the preliminary conditions of the Joint Note of England and France for the settlement of the Egyptian dimculty. The operative chain-makers in the Staffordshire <t.nd Worcestershire districts met on Monday, and decided on a general strike, some of the masters having refused to give the advance of wages asked for. At the various Roman Catholic churches of the diocese of Westminster, on Sunday, a pastoral letter on the state of the Church waa read from Cardinal Manning to the clergy and laity of the diocese. Earl and Countess Manvers reached Rome on Saturday morning, a.nd a, telegra.m received on Monday states that the Hon. Henry Pierrepont had passed a critical stage of the fever, and that the .emperature was lower. The Oxford Conservative Association met on Monday evening a,nd passed a. resolution offering to Sir Stafford Xorthcote its hearty support and sympathy in the opposition be is making to the adoption of the Cloture in Parliament. A verdict for the plaintiff, with Is. damages, was given in the Queen's Bench Division, on Monday, 'n an action for libel brought by Mr. Conybeare, a bmtitter, against the World newspaper, which had "pokenof him as "a croea-grained andill-condi- tooed sptutterer." Mr. Henry ToUemache.the Conservative member or West Cheshire, while hunting with the Empress tf Austria and the Cheshire hounds, was putting ni.s horae over a gate. when the animal failed to clear it, and, falling, crushed the hon. member severely. The .Daily of Saturday says:—The Royal Commission on Agriculture appointed by the late Government expect to nnish taking the evidence next week. The Commission will thereafter pre- pare 4ta report, which is likely to be of a volumin- ous cha.ra.cter. The T<wxs correspondent in Paris says:—Count Faella, who was being tried at Bologna on the charge of murdering a priest, VirgiUo Costa, for the purpose of obtaining 52,000f. from his heirs on a forged note of hand, poisoned himself in his cell on Saturday morning. Inquiries made at Hackenthorpe, seven miles from Shefoeld, show that the outrage in the sickle trade arose out of an old dispute as to the employ- ment of non-unionists. Several attempts to blow up houses of nOli-unionists ha.ve been ma.de since that date. Up to the present no arrests have been made. The r''7KM Philadelphia correspondent tele- graphs:—The Washington grand jury have indicted twelve conspirators in the Star Route postal frauds, including Assistant-Postmaster- General Bra.dy and ex-Senator Dorsey. The Government have determined to prosecute these cases speedily. PEУSTRIAYISM,-On Monday, at the Lillie Bridge Grounds, H. Thatcher walked 22 miles 456 yards in three hours, thus beating the previous best on record. The greatest distance ever walked pre- viouslv in the same time wa.s 22 miles 206 yards by W. Parkins in 1877. On Saturday night the foundation of the quay walls and dock gates at Arbroath Harbour gave way owing to running sand. The dock entrance fell in. Fortunately no one was injured. The rMtora.tion work will entail a cost of several housand pounds. Maria Cheesely, a sharp, intelligent, little girl, <rho gave her age as fourteen, has been charged at lie Thames police-court with being drunk and 'egging. She has several times been before the ourt for the sam& offence. and was now remanded ,o aee what could be done for her. The 8ttmdwd believes that, in consequence of the ypintons expressed by Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Justin M'Carthy will frame the motion which he is to oring iorward on the subject of Homo Rule at a 'ater period of the session, so that it will embody a statement of the demaada of the Irish party. The operation known as the transmission of blood has just taken place at the Hopital Cochin, Paris. A patient who had been run over by a tramcar was dying from loss of blood. One nf the students immediately volunteered, but he subse- quently fainted from exhaustion. Another student took his place, and the man's life was saved. The Archbishop of Canterbury a,nd other gentle- men have ra.ited a fund for the reward of the two coMtablea, Kemp and Beeson, who recently en- countered two supposed burglars, Sima and Mar- tin. at Adduigton, after they had committed a robbery at Keston Common. About £20 is to be I presented to Kemp, who took the chief part in the arrest of the two robbera. On Monday a town's meeting was held at Ply- mouth, in reference to the proposed removal of Eddystone light-house to Plymouth Hoe. The deputation to the Trinity Board and Board of Trade was strengthened by the addition of two other iunuential gentlemen, and subscriptions were announced, which, with promises of service, amount to an equivalent of over jBl.OOO. At the Chester City police-court on Monday Jeremiah Morris, Chester, and John Fletcher, Altrincham, two rough-looking men, were charged with creating a disturbance and assaulting oncers of the Salvation Army. The prisoners commenced tarking and shouting during a service on Sunday, tnd when remonstrated with struck the omcers violently in the face. The Mayor, Sir Thomas Gibbons Frost, gave prisoners 21 days' imprison- ment each. A "Reuter's" telegram from St. Petersburg, dated February 20, says :—The tri&l of Trigoni, 3uchanoff, and their accompltces will commence to-morrow before the District Court of St. Peters- burg, Senator Dejer presiding. The number of accused ia 21, of whom three are women. In virtue of the decree of November 26,1881, besides the administrative and judieia.1 omeera, onlv the nearest relations of the prisoners will be admitted [o the court. In a case at the Westminster police-court on Monday, a gentleman named MacdonaM said he was standing at his own door in Pimlico, on an evening in January, and was taking his latch-key out of his pocket, when a man passed hia hand through Mr. Macdonald's arm, drew his watch out of his pocket, and ran away with it. The prosecu- tor waw so astonished that he did not think of pur- suing the man, but this"W16s done by a boy. The thief got into a cab, but the boy saw him plainly enouta to identify a man named Cook, who haa been apprehended as the offender. The prisoner Wall remMMied. A terriMe accident occurred on Saturday at Old gouthmead Quarry, Westbury-on-Trvm. Bristol, to Robert Goodman, aged 34, a.nd Richard Lewis, aged 55, residents at Westbury. The unfortunate who were quarrymen. were engaged ia blasting operations at the quarry, and, while ram- ming a charge of powder home. some nre, which, unobserved, still remained, set light to the charge. The consequence wa< a violent explosion, and the men were terribly burnt about the face and other- wise injured. They received assistance and were MmovM to tiM Innrmary, where they remain tn a ".n precarious state) President Arthur gave bis nrst state dinner at I Washington on Thursday week. The Lord Mayor of London ha a been unanimoualy elected a member of the Garrick Club. A Bill to amend the Jaw relating to the use of gunpowder in elate mines has been issued. Accounts from Naples of the Carnival relate acenea of terrible disorder '1.nd savage brutality. It is expected that the turret ships, Ajax and Agamemnon, at Chatham, will shortly be commis- sioned. Lady O'Hagan was safely delivered of a son on Monday morning at the family residence in che ham-place. Sir Sydney Waterloo, in view of his early mar- riage to Miss Hamilton, of California, has taken Haddington Park. Mr. T. Bond, M.B.. Load., F.R.C.S-, has been elected medical omcer to the Great Western Rail- way Company. A heavy storm passed over Thurso on Saturday. The crews of four vessela at anchor wore taken off by the lifeboat. The Mansion House Fund for the relief ef the persecuted Jews in Russia now amounts to upward* of dE50,000. The Aberdeen Town Council has voted .61,000 from the common fund towards the foundation of an art gallery and museum. Lord Braboume will write an article on the Channel Tunnel for the next number of the CoH- <<Mpora!?'y Mary Anne. Lady Gray. widow of John, 16th Lord Gray and Kinfauns, died on the 16th inst., a.t Pau, aged 72. The Dowager Duchess of Cleveland completed her 90th ])fea.r on Friday last, and ia in the enjoy- ment of excellent health. At the Hull police-court on Tuesday a seaman named Angell was nned .6206 for smuggling on board the steamer Argus. Bishop Claughton, the archdeacon of London, and chaplain-general to tha forces, is at present unable to fulnl his duties owing to indisposition. Mr. W. H. Macnamara, barrister-a.t-law, of the Oxford Circuit, has been appointed Registrar to the Railway Commissioners. A band of Russian coiners have been discovered at Berlin, and it is known that they have accom- plices in London and Paris. Viscount Lismore was prevented by illness from attending the debate in the House of Lords on the Irish Land Act on Friday week. The suicidal mania in Prussia continues. a.nd during the past fortnight as many as 28 suicides have been of&cially announced. A public subscription has beea started in North Staffordshire by Mr. Craig, M.P-, for the assistance of the released convtcta, Johnson and Clowes. Saturday was observed in all the synagogues of London as a day of special prayer for the Jews of Russia, under the direction of the Chief Rabbi. A donation of .6100 has just been presented by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths to the missionary fund of the Religious Tract Society. The Hon. George Edgcumbe, son of the third earl and uncle of the present Earl Mount Edg- cumbe, died at Stone Hall on Sunday, aged 82. The correspondent of the 2)<nJy Chronicle state? that at Alexandria it is reported that the Yemen rebels have occupied Snaa, the capital of the district. On Saturday at St. Church, Hanover. square, the infant daughter of Mr. W. H. Glad- stone, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Gladstone, was baptised. The New York correspondent of the 2)<!?7y states that the tria.1 by court-martial of Sergeant Mason, the man who attempted to shoot Guiteau, commenced on Monday. The tide at Calais on Sunday was extraordi- narily high. It reached the quay and washed awa.v the embankment, penetrating into the dry docks. A project 19 anoat in Bamsley for the formation of a limited liability company for the purpose of purchasing a plot of land and erecting a Conserva- tive Club. Mr. Healy is stated to have deferred his depar- ture from America, for a week, owing to an offer of a thousand dollars which he received to lecture in Massachusetts. It was reported on Tuesday at the annual meet- ing of the National RiBe Association that the War OfEce has made a grant of 4,500 Martini-Henry rines to volunteers. Mr. Henry Craik, of the Education Department, has nnished his life of Swift. It will be the autumn at the earliest, however, before Mr. Murray can publish it. Lord Mowbray and Stourton was prevented bv illness from attending the debate in the House of Lords on the Irish Land Act on Friday night and from voting with the majority. After a week's search, the bodies of Lieutenant Smith and the boatman Jack Smith, who were drowned in Lough Erne, were found on Sunday morning by using nets. Lodging and shelter for the Russian Jews M ro(te has been provided at Philadelphia by the Florida Land Company, which gives 40 acres of land to each of 50 families. The meeting which has been called for the 28th to promote the National Royal College of Music will take place a.t St. James's Palace at 11.30 a.m. The Prince of Wales will preside. The T<M« correspondent in Calcutta states that the report that the British troopa were about to re- occupy Charman which has been current lately, has been authoritatively contradicted. The two thousandth performance of Mr. H. J. Byron's comedy, Our B4ys," an event without precedent in the history of the drama, took place at the Bath Theatre on Saturday last. From returns which have been compiled it would appear that the iron manufacturers of Germany exported in 1881 two-thirds of their products, while their imports were comparatively small. The Norwegian Storthing has voted 100,000 crowns in* relief of the sufferers from the hurri- canes at Hammersfest. The Governor telegraphs that the damage done amounts to rnmiy hundred thousands. A Reuter's telegram from Sona states that M. Zankoff has been arrested a.nd conveyed to Vratka, where he will remain interned until further orders, for inciting the people of Bulgaria against the Government. Emil Charles Hindelang, 18, was committed for trial on Monday by the Tipton magistrates for the wilful murder of his brothers Louis and Francis. hy pushing them into the canal on his way from Birmingham. The Z'a!7y News correspondent in Tunis tele- graphs .—Twenty-six insurgents have arrived in Tunis under a strong escort, accused of having committed the Ded Zargha massacre. Forty-three more are expected. Sarah Bennet, the wife of a railway omcial, was sentenced to six months' imprisoment, at the Southwark police-court on Saturday, for neglecting a.nd ill-treating a child four years of age which had been entrusted to her care. Earl P&rcy intends, on the first Supply night, to call attention to the circumstances attending the issue of a treatise entitled, "Free Trade v. Fair Trade," by T. H. Farrer, and will move a resolution. At the Bristol police-court on Saturday William Andres and Elizabeth Pagginton were committed for trial charged with conspiring together to de- fraud the Poor-law guardians of Clifton by aban- doning an illegitimate child. In default of nnding sureties.a brewer's traveller named Daniells was, at the Hammersmith Dolice- court on Saturday, sentenced to six months' im- prisonment for threatening to kill Mr. Sheil, one of the magistrates of that division. A Router's telegram from Berlin, dated Feb. 19, aays:—According to intelligence from St. Petersburg, it ia amrmed there on good authority that orders were issued on Saturday for a detach- ment of Cossacks, with an adequate staff of omcei'9, to march to Merv. The funeral of Charlotte Lady Grev, widow of General Hon. Sir H. G. Grey, G.C.B.. G.C.H., second son of Charles, nrst Earl Grey, and brother of the illustrious statesman, took place on Saturday morning in Kensal-green Cemetery, where her husband was buried in January, 1845. A Liverpool news-agent, named John Denver, has been summoned to appear at the Liverpool police-court for aiding and abetting the printing of the [/nitt!d Ireland without an imprint, and publishing and distributing the same. Mr. Poland will be sent from London to prosecute. During the breakfast hour on Monday morning,at the dye works of Mesara. WMttain. Pendleton, Manchester, the boiler exploded with great force. One workman, who was at the time engaged in drawing water for the boiler, wts struck on the head, and so severely injured that he died shortly afterwards in the Salford Hospital. A Central News" telegram from dated Monday, says:—Private letters from tna Balkans received here state that a system of emigration to Russia is being extensively organised, the emigrants being Bosnians and Herzegovinians belonging to the Greek Church. Several innuential Bosniana are at the head of the movement. Tl: 0 London correspondent of a contemporary wr'tes:—" I mentioned the other day that Herbert Glad jtone had been pilled' at the Union Club, and that be had received the enormous number of 25 black balls against him. I have since been told that I was too modeet in my statement—the actual number was 39 Th? fritish Government has notined to the Khed ve ms acceptance of his Highness's offer ot the Palace for the use of the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales during their stay at Cairo. A special steamer will also be placed by the Khedive at the disposal of their Royal Highneeeea for visiting p!acea of interest on the Nile. The TYMM Berlin correspondent says:—A Socialist trial, similar to the one which was held in Leipxic some time ago, came to a close on Monday at Poaen, after lasting about a week. The prisoners were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, varying from one month to three years. Of the seven prisoners charged one waa a. woman, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The JP<t?7y News correspondent In Constantinople states that the Special German Embassy waa re- ceived by the Sultan on Saturday. His Majesty, in a complimentary speech, expressed his satisfac- tion a.t the excellent relation* existing between Germany and Turkey, and subsequently expressed his regret that troubles should have arisen in Bosnia and the Eerzegevina. On Tuesday, while some workmen were taking down some old buildings in Fryer-atreet, Wolver- hampton, they found a number of old coins, oae bearing the date of 1775. The dates on the othero were not perceptible, but they are supposed 10 be much earlier. Durmg the day two copies of the published in London on August 6 and 7.1794, were found stuffed in a hole in the chimney. Both newspapers wert in a good state of preservation. Mr. Robinson hae introduced into the American f Senate House another Irish sympathy resolution. O'Donovan Rossa's paper is in distress; the size has been reduced to one-half. The leading article says it can still weather the storm if each reader will contribute one dollar. A "Router's'' telegram from Cape Town says:— The Colonial Government have intimated to the Basuto chiefs that Sir Hercules Robinson'9 award must be complied with by March 1 5. Some of the New York Irish societies have decided to forego the uaual parade on St. Patrick's Dav. and devote the money to the No-rent" Fund. Others may do the same, and if so the con- tribution will be large. The Insane Asylum at Ftatbush, New York, has been burned. The 800 inmates were excited almost beyond control, and one was fatally frightened. Nearly twenty escaped, but fortunately the majority were fascinated by the names and the working of the engines. A Router's" telegram from Madrid of the 21st inst. says:—The shipowners and agriculturists in Galicia have requested the Spanish Government to make representations to England in favour of raising the prohibition against the importation of Spanish cattle into England, seeing that cattle disease has now completely disappeared from Spain. The Paris correspondent of the l/forning PaYe says :—0ne of the oldest and best known lawyers of Paris, M. Charles des Etanga, has mysteriously disappeared. He waa very rich, and left his house as usual on Saturday morning to deposit a considerable sum at a bank. He never returned home and the police seem unable to discover any- thing.
THE MAIL STEAMER SARDINIAN.
THE MAIL STEAMER SARDINIAN. The disabled Allan mail steamer Sardinian ha* been spoken by the steamer Dominion. The former had been in tow of the steamer Texas, but th tow- rope broke, and the Texas was standing by and would try again. When spoken the steamer was 550 miles from Fastnet. — *————'
THE COEDCAE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
THE COEDCAE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Repairs at the Coedcae Colliery are progressing rapidly. A large number of men are employed in three shifts of eight hours each clearing the falls, &c. In order to save others from losing all their wages, many of them have been put on at the house coal colliery.
A MAN ROASTED ALIVE.
A MAN ROASTED ALIVE. On Saturday a fearful death was reported from Lamboume, in Berkshire. An aged gardener, named William Prater, living in the Baydon-road, was found lying on the nre, having been literally roasted alive. It is supposed that the poor fellow was seized with a nt and fell on the coals.
A DOUBLE ELOPEMENT.
A DOUBLE ELOPEMENT. An extraordinary double elopement hae taken place from Bacup, in Lancashire. sisters had not lived comfortably with their husbands and they eloped with two male friends, and taking a cottage at Castleton, near Rochdale, commenced life under new conditions. A few days afterwards one of the husbands turned up, having left the other in charge of his public-house during his absence, and removed all the furniture, leaving the wives behind with their new partners.
FAILURE OF A BANE.
FAILURE OF A BANE. Mr. Warmington on Saturday applied to Vice- Chancellor Hall for the appointment of an interim liquidator of the English and French Bank (Limited), Lombard-street, pending the hearing of a petition for the winding up oj the bank. He stated that the bank was the proprietor of a news- paper called Ze Bulletin Q;llotidÙJn, which was a valuable asset, and that it was necessary to keep it going. He required the authority of the Court for the liquidator to spend the money for the wages and other expenses of the paper. The Vice-Chan- cellor nude the order asked.
FATAL FALL OF A FARMER AT…
FATAL FALL OF A FARMER AT LLANFABON. On Monday evening Mr. John Thomae, farmer and contractor, residing at Gellyhir, Llanfabon, met with his death under the foHowing circum- stances. He had been to Yatrad Mynach, and was returning home on horseback, accompanied bv a friend also riding. Mr. Thomas's horse took fright and dashed away at a furious rate. When within half a mile of Ystrad Mynach Station Mr. ThomM f oil oN, and was killed on the spot.
SUPPOSED PETROLEUM BASINS…
SUPPOSED PETROLEUM BASINS UNDER VESUVIUS. An Italian who has resided for some time in America has published in the American Re,qiste1' a plan for tapping the petroleum basins which he believes lie under Vesuvius, and are the cause of the explosions of that mountain and of the earth- quakes that frequently agitate the Abruzzi. By making a tunnel through the base of Vesuvius, so as to reach theae presumed basins of petroleum, ne inventor of the plan believes that not only would the valuable oil be gained for commerce, but also that an end would bo put to all earthquakes in this and the neighbouring regions.
FAILURE OF MR.WHALLEY, M.P.
FAILURE OF MR.WHALLEY, M.P. At the London Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday an application was made to Mr. Registrar Murray, sitting as chief judge, for the appointment of a receiver of the estate and for an injunction against creditors who had instituted bankruptcy proceedings against this debtor's estate. The debtor has petitioned .the court for the liquidation of his affairs, describing himself as of 9, St. Alban's-road, Kensington PIas Madoc, and Delph, Denbighshire Trevor. in Denbighshire and Merionethshire: ClocMaen, Montgomeryshire; late of 18, Gloucester-place, Portmao-tSquare, St. Michael's-grove, South Kensington, and Rhone Villa, Taplow, Bucks, M.P.; and captain in her Majesty's Yeomanry. The debta are stated at jE66,000.
EXPLOSIONS IN COAL JUNKERS.
EXPLOSIONS IN COAL JUNKERS. The Committee on Gas Explosions in Coal Bunkers of Naval Ships are conducting a series of important inquiries at Portsmouth, under the chairmanship of Vice-Admiral Luard. Apart from inspecting the ventilating arrangements of the turret ships Devastation and Neptune, the broad- side armour-clad Sultan, and the dispatch vessel Mercury, they are, under the direction of Professor Abel, analytically determining the explosive quali- ties of samples of coal gas obtained from the bunkers of those vessels, and their tests and in- vestigations are to be so exhaustive that probably on their completion the committee will return to London to settle the recommendations to be made to the Admiralty.
FIRE AT THE RHYMNEY SAW-MILLS.
FIRE AT THE RHYMNEY SAW-MILLS. On Saturday night a nre occurred at the saw- mills at the Rhymney Ironworks. It appears that about eleven o'clock the lodgeman at the Lawn Gates perceived smoke issuing from the saw-mills. He immediately gave an alarm, and upon opening the door the strong wind which prevailed at the time blew into the building, and directly the greater part of the old wooden ahed of the saw- mills waa enveloped in names. Adjoining the saw- mills ia a carpenters' chop, also an old wooden structure. Every effort was made to put out the nre, but without avail, and both sheda were nearly burnt to the ground. Fortunately the whole of the machinery was saved. The damage ia estimated as very small, the only articles lost being carpec- tera' tools.
THE YALDIN& CHILD MURDER.
THE YALDIN& CHILD MURDER. The inquiry into the cause of death of the child. Georgina Moore, was resumed by the coroner at Yalding on Monday morning. Mr. Simms appeared for the Treasury, and Mr. Dutton for the woman Esther Pay. Several witnesses were examined, and the coroner summed up. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Wilful murder" against Eather.Pay, end the coroner committed her ior trial assizes. Mrs. Pay was brought up again at Westminster police-court, London, on Wednesday, charged with the murder of Georgina Moore. Mrs. Clarke, in cross-examination, said the scarf the prisoner wore last week was not the one she saw her making. Walter Clarke, husband of the last wit- ness, said he moved from his lodgings at Mrs. Pay's on December 20, and saw nothing of the prisoner that day. but did not look into any of her rooms. Emma Harris swore that Mrs. Pay was not with her on the 20th of December, and Caroline Putter. sister-in-law to the prisoner, said what she had told Inspector Marshall about being out with pri- soner on December 20 to see the shops was not true. She had made that statement because Mrs.! Pay had said that was the day they had been for a walk together. The prisoner waa further remanded until Monday next.
CAREER OF A SWINDLER.
CAREER OF A SWINDLER. At the Middlesex Sessions on Monday John Gil- bert, 77, described as of no occupation," pleaded guilty to stealing a portmanteau and other articles the property of Mr. William Hay Chapman, from the Channg Cross Railway Station. Mr. Bealey, who appeared for the prosecution on the part of the South Eastern Railway Company, said it ap- peared that the prisoner had been pursuing a most singular and extraordinary career. He had lost a leg in the American War. and was in the habit of wearing a cork leg, which served him well on several occasions. He had been lodging at various hotels, living in an extravagant manner, and running up bills to a large amount. When he was pressed for payment he took off his cork leg, and professing that he had broken the spring, said he wa.a unable to leave, and one of these hote! keepers not only forgave him the debt. but gave him money to quit the house. Harry Tudes- ley, detective omcer, said that in July, 1377, the prisoner was known by the name of Houlton and Hamilton, who had swindled a Mr. Marah, of Birmingham, of jewellery and diamonds to the amount of .6300, for which he was tried at the Birmingham Quarter Sessions and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. It had also been ascer- tained that in 1873 he had etopped at Folkestone and other places, but always left without paying his bill. In 1878 he was found guilty of obtaining goods by fraud at Winchester, for which he waa sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. It was only on Friday last that witness had received I a letter from Brighton stating that he (prisoner) had defrauded an hotel keeper of £60, and last Wednesday witness had attended at Eastbourne, where he found prisoner in custody on a charge of obtaining gooda by fraud, but the prosecutor re- fused to proceed ?th it, and he was discharged.— Mr. Prentice sentenced prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for nve years.
REVENUE RETURNS.
REVENUE RETURNS. The Exchequer receipts from the 1st of April to the 18th of February were j674,615,658, against ;E73,446,618 in the corresponding period last year; Customs, jei7.205.000, against JE17,130,000; ex- cise, JE24,569,000, against j622.783,000 stamps, £10.836,000, against JE10,497,000 post-omce. £6.312,000, against jg6,117,000; balance in the Bank of England on Saturday last, jE5,5l3,248; Bank of Ireland, j6824,019.
MURDER OF A FATHER.
MURDER OF A FATHER. Francis Gave, a farm labourer, at Laurence Kirk, recently quarrelled with hia father about the payment of some work on Scottston farm. In the course of the altercation he struck his father on the head with a heavy spade, fracturing the skul!. The father, who was about 60, gradually sank, and died on Saturday night. The son, who ia 30, has been lodged in Stoneham Gaol. He treats the matter very coolly.
' THE UNDERGROUND FIRE AT…
THE UNDERGROUND FIRE AT SOUTH SHIELDS. There !s no abatement of the underground nre at South Shields, a.nd a commencement has been made to take down another house in Laygate- street, under which the nre had become so serious that on Tuesday portions of it were in names. It was & large tenemented house. Mr. Craig, con- tractor, is engaged in taking down the dwelling- house purchased by the corporation on the site of which it is proposed to trench, in order, if possible, to circumscribe the action of the nre a.nd prevent it extending.
NATIONAL MEMORIAL OF LORD…
NATIONAL MEMORIAL OF LORD BEACONSFIELD. We are informed by the executive committee of this fund that the statue of the late Lord Beaeons- neld which is being executed by Signer Raggi is rapidly approaching completion, and win soon be ready for casting. It ia intended to c&u a meeting of the general committee shortly after Easter in order to determine what shall be done with the money that may remain over after all expenses incurred in connection with the statue have been paid. The surplus will in all proba- bility amount to about JE2.000. The nnal list of subscriptions will be published on the 19th of April.
MR. BARNUM'S ELEPHANT.
MR. BARNUM'S ELEPHANT. It having been found impossible on Saturday and Sunday to remove the elephant Jumbo from the Zoological Gardens to MillwaII Docks for transpor- tation to America, it is now intended to place the box in which he was to be conveyed to the dock* In front of his stable door, the trolly being sunk in the ground, and both ends of the box being left open, so that, passing through it daily, he may be- come accustomed to its appearance. An attempt will then be made in a fortnight to ship him by the next steamer of the Monarch line, these steamers being chosen because they have very long and wide hatchways and a great height between decks. Even in one of these boats the top of the elephant's box will rise above the level of the spar-deck. Jumbo's weight is about six tons.
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL SCHEME.
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL SCHEME. On the invitation of Sir Edward Watkin, chair- man of the South-Eastern Railway, a. number of scientinc gentlemen and members of Parliament accompanied him on Saturday morning to Dover, with a view to inspecting the progress of the work undertaken by that company in connection with the proposed Channel Tunnel. Amongst the party ware Lords Brabourne and Hothneld, Sir F. Bram- wel], Professor Hughes, Mr. Molten, Mr. R. Power, M.P., Sir F. Chapman, Captain Gossett (Serjeant- at-Arma), Mr. W. H. Preece. Mr. E. Yates, Mr. Myles Fenton, Mr. A. M. Sullivan, and Mr. William Sounders. Colonel Beaumont, the engineer, whose boring machine is being used in the operations, wM also of the party, which loft London in the Brussels express. On arriving at Dover they went to the shaft at Shakespeare's CHn', a.nd descended it, in order to examine the 1,000 yards of heading which have been driven into the grey chalk.
AN EXTRAORDINARY RUN WITH…
AN EXTRAORDINARY RUN WITH FOXHOUNDS. The Duke of Rutland's hounds had an extraordi- nary run last week, after a. briilia.nt meet at Croxton Park. Starting from Newmaa's-gorse, the hounds were never off the line of a. fox for over four hours. They crossed the railway three times, and had a. narrow escape, as they ran along the line for a long distance, followed at great risk by Gillard, the huntsman. At Burbidge's-cover the stream was in Bood, and in attempting to follow the hounds across the river. Captain Brocklehurst had a narrow escape of being drowned, he and his horse parting company in the middle of the stream. He was fortunately able to swim ashore, and the horse, although carried away by the stream, was ultimately saved. The second whip, who was splendidly mounted, after a struggle, suc- ceeded in swimming on horseback over the river.
AN ARTIST'S REVENGE.
AN ARTIST'S REVENGE. The Paris correspondent of the .P<M< says:—The scandal of Friday is the Dumas-Jacquet question. A few years ago M. Alexander Dumas purchased a picture of M. Jacquet, entitled La Premiere Arrivee." M. Dumas re-sold this picture, a circumstance which greatly annoyed M. Jacquet. This gentleman thought he would revenge himself by painting a picture which he called Un Mar- chacd Juif de Bagdad." The moment this picture waa presented for exhibition the directors refused to hacg it up, perceiving that M. Jacquet had only made a striking caricature of M. Dumas. But M. Jacquet, who is a member of the Academy, insisted on his picture being exhibited, as he had a right to this. A!I the efforts made to dissuade the artist having proved useless the portrait of M. Dumas, in the costume of a Jew vendor, was hung up but the moment the public were admitted M. Lipp- man, M. Dumas' son-in-law, came forward and smashed it to pieces. The police interfered, and we are to have a sensational and perhaps a humorous trial.
LOCAL LAW CASE.
LOCAL LAW CASE. ACTION UNDER A CHARTER PARTY. In the Exchequer Chamber of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, Westminster, London, on Tuesday, the case of Murphy v. Comn and Co. was again before Mr. Justice Field and Mr. Baron Huddleston sitting <M banco This was an appeal from the judgment of the county court judge of Glamorgan, who had given a decision in favour of the plaintiff. The case raised the question whether the steamship Foyle, of Cardiff, chartered to pro- ceed from Cardiff to Dieppe with a cargo of 400 tons of coals, could charge demurrage for the period during which she was delayed in the harbour waiting for a berth alongside the quay where ahe had to discharge. Mr. Pollard appeared for the appellants, and Mr. Home Payne represented the respondent. Mr. Home ;Payne continued his arguments in support of tbe respondent's case, and quoted various cases to show that his client was entitled to recover 62 hours' demurrage at 10s. per hour, which the learned county court judge had awarded him. Mr. Pollard replied on behalf of the appellants. Their lordships reserved their decision.
CAPTUREOF THE ESCAPED PRISONER…
CAPTUREOF THE ESCAPED PRISONER FROM USK GAOL. Michael Fielding', the prisoner who escaped from Usk Gaol a fortnight ago, was captured a.t mid- night on Monday by Superintendent Gurney and three constables of the Monmouthshire Constabu- lary, at a place where he had been secreted on Henllis Mountain, near Newport. The hiding- place of the prisoner belonged to a farmer, named Sounders, and at Fielding slept under some hay in the barn. Information was conveyed to the police of his whereabouts, and whoa he waa about to retire on Monday night the place was surrounded by the police, who eacorted him to Newport. He was taken before the magistrates an Tuesday in company with Saunders, the latteo being charged with harbouring him. Both were remanded until Saturday, Saunders being bound over to appear in a sum of .6200. Fielding was lodged in Usk Gaol. He injured his foot very much by jumping from the high boundary wall when escaping. A strange circumstance in con- nection with this affair is the fact that the prison clothes which Fieldmg was wearing on the day he escaped were found tied in a bundle in the drill- ground of the Abergavenny police on Monday, and addressed to the governor of Usk Gaol.
IMPORTANT TO CHEMISTS AND…
IMPORTANT TO CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. PROSECUTION AT CARMARTHEN. An important case affecting the employment of assistants was heard at Carmarthen police-court on Monday, before the Mayor and Alderman Thomas. George Revell Templeman, assistant secretary to the Chemista and Druggists' Protec- tion Association, charged Rowland Phillips, 2, Dark Gate. with unlawfully selling to him a quantity of oxalic acid. the same not being labelled with the name and address of the seller. Mr. Glazier, LL.D., Birmingham, appeared for the pro- secution, and Mr. T. Davies, Carmarthen, con- ducted the defence. The prosecution was instituted under the 17th section of the Pharmacy Act of 1868. John Evans, rate collector, gave evidence as to the rating of the premises at 2, Dark Gate. He said that the defendant had been rated in error. Mr. Davies said that if the sale was made on behalf of Mr. Jones (who resided in London) it WM obvious the bench could not con- vict the defendant. William Edward Jones said he was t. chemist and druggist residing at Dalston, London, carrying on business also at 2, Dark Gate, Carmarthen. It was three years since he left busioeaa at Carmarthen. The defendant was his assistant there, having been in his employ for nine years. He (Mr. Jones) was the owner of every- thing in the shop. The defendant accounted to him every week for the profits, paying any balance into the National Provincial Back. Witness paid the rent and bought most of the goods for sale. The defendant had no tight <"r authority to seU Mything for himaelf. The defendant was not a qualined chemist and druggist. He was a grocer's assistant before witness engaged him. The bench retired to con- sider their decision. The Mayor said they agreed that the seller must be a. man qualined and able to conform with the regulations of the Act. A nno of 10s. was imposed, and on the application of Mr. Glazier, extra hosts were allowed.
THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH…
THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH AND THE BURIALS ACT. The Bishop of Peterborough, having been re- quested to consecrate the new cemetery at Sileby, near Leicester, replied that, under the conditions imposed by the recent Burials Act, he had no power to consecrate any portions of new ceme- teries to the use of the Church of England. At the request of the burial board the vicar of the parish performed a.n opening ceremony under Mcence from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
MURDER OF A JAPANESE GOVERNMENT…
MURDER OF A JAPANESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. Information has been received at Plymouth from Yokohama, stating that Dr. Tokeha. Ginpei, Presi- dent of one of the Provincial Assemblies, has been decapitated in his own house, and his wife mortally wounded, by three unknown men, who announced that robbery was not their motive. It is supposed they were actuated by private spite, or had some political object in committing the crime. The deceased was a very public-spirited man.
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A…
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A RESPITED MURDERER. On the eSect of the communications from the Home Secretary, granting a respite to the con- demned youth Westby. being made known to the culprit at Nottingham Gaol, his conduct was most extraordinary. He expressed a decided objection to any respite or reprieve being extended to him, and displayed a more dejected air in consequence of the intelligence than he had ever before assumed. Westby was at once removed from the condemned cell.
THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE…
THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE ACTORS. Tha Prince of Wales, the Daily Nelcs saya, gave & dinner at Marlborough Eouse on Sunday evening to Mr. Irving, Mr. Bft, Mr. Hare, Mr Kendal, Mr. Tbole, and numerous other wen-known actors. Mr. Byron was unable to be present,' owing to a severe indisposition, which hM coniined him to hia room for some weeks. A considerable number of actors who were not present on Sunday evening have received invitations for a. dinner to be given at a. later date.
THE LATE JOSEPH 'EDWARDS.
THE LATE JOSEPH EDWARDS. The friends of the deceased sculptor, Joseph Edwards, intend to raise a ntting memorial over his grave. It i' proposed to erect a granite monument of simple form and enduring character. adorned, should the amount subscribed admit of it, with copies in bronze of one or two of his best known works in relief. A letter explaining these intentions and inviting subscriptions has been sent to his friends in the Metropolis and else- where. The letter is signed by Mr. G. F. Watts, R.A., and Mr. Stephen Evans, whose names appear also upon & preliminary list of subscribers which is enclosed. Among the other subscribers are Miss Mary Davies. Mr. Woolner, R.A., Mr. Lewis Morris, M.A., Mr. John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia\ and Dr. Isambrd Owen, M.A.
THE HEOLFACH BIGAMY CASE.
THE HEOLFACH BIGAMY CASE. On Monday, at the Pentre poUee-coort. Mrs. Thomas (wife of Thomas Thomas, alias Tomos y Fuwch), and John Davies, Heolfach, were again brought forward, the former charged with inter- marrying with Davies, while h<r husband was alive, and the last-named withtudingtnd abetting the woman in the disposal oi her husband's furni- ture.—Mr.Coe (from the omce of Mr. Walter Morgan) appeared for the prosecution, aad Mr. David Rosser for the defendants.—Mr. Rosser sub- mitted technical objections to a portion of the evi- dence taken at the previous hearing of the case, and-the Stipendiary magistrate reserved his deci- sion on the points of law until Monday next. The defendants were admitted to the same bail aa be- fore and left the court together.
DEATH OF MADAME CELESTE.
DEATH OF MADAME CELESTE. Madame Celeste, who some M years ago was one of the most popular actresses on the London sta?e, died recently in P?ris, a.t the age of 78. She be<ra.n her theatrical career as a dancer, and gradually made her way to the front rank as a melodramatic actress. She made her nrstappearance in London in 1830, as F.enella in Masaniello." and her performance in "The Green Bushes "at the Adelphi some fourteen or hfteen years after- wards will be in the memory of all old playgoers. She paid several visits to America, where she was the object of some extraordinary popular demonstrations. In 1834 the people yoked themselves to her carriage and proclaimed her a citizen of the Union, President Jackson htmself oiBciaUy connrming the compu- ment. Mdme. Celeste took her farewell of the stage at the Adelphi in 1870; but has since re-ap- peared at that theatre in The Green Bushes and other pieces. -NLLJt ?
PREVALENCE OF SHEEP SCAB IN…
PREVALENCE OF SHEEP SCAB IN WALES. At the Merthyr police-court on Saturday. the Stipendiary, Dr. Frobert, and Mr. D. Davies (Galon Uchaf) on the bench, William Edwards, farmer, Vochriw, was summoned on the information of Superintendent Thomas, deputy chief.constable, with neglecting to inform the police of having! sheep affected with scab in his possession. Mr. Gwilym C James appeared for the defendant, and admitted the oiYence, which, he explained, had been committed in ignorance of the law. Superin- tendent Thomas said he did not wish to press for a heavy penalty; hs only desired that farmers should know the law must be obeyed. Defendant was nnod 20s. and costs. At CrickhoweII police-court on Saturday, Ebenezer Thomas, of Gilvach Farm, Crickhowell, and William Davies, of LIwynon Farm, LIangattock, were charged with having sheep in their posses- sion affected with scab, and neglecting to report the same to the police. Fined Is. each and costs.
THE DUKE OF ARGYLL ON SCOTCirFARMING.
THE DUKE OF ARGYLL ON SCOTCirFARMING. The Duke of Argyll who presided on Friday week at the Argyll Bute, and Western Isles Association in Edinburgh, quoted statistics regard- ing the occupation of land in Argyleshu-e. He stated that there were ,893 such occupiers in the county, of whom 95 paid over .6500 of rent, 995 paid between JE100 and £500, and 508 between .650 and m00 while 3,300 paid less than ;S50, and belonged strictiv to the crofter class. During the last 25 years no'rents, in his experience, had been more punctually paid than those of the small farmers, many of whom made a fair living by uniting nshing and other occupations with the possessionof land. The smaller crofters, with the progress of a higher standard of living, would be gradually eliminated, but those paying between jElOO and ;6500 would be the most thriving of all classes, having, as they had, that most valuable capital—industry and skill. --=
- THE PEABODY DONATION FUND.
THE PEABODY DONATION FUND. The trustees of this fund, among whom are Lord Derby (chairman), the United States Minister, and Sir Stafford Northcote.have issued their annual report for 1881 The net gain of the year from re?Jand Merest has be.njE29,7511s.9d. The sum given and bequeathed by Mr. Peabody amounted to a total of J6500.000, to which has been added money received for rent and interest, ?S?i-.??????? ????.?'?? ture to the end of the year h? been ?78L0409s.7? Up to the end of the year the trustees ?provided for the artisan and labouring poor of London 6,160 rnnm< exelutive of bath-rooms, laundries, and wa?hhouses Th?e rooms comprised 2,787 separate dw.n;n? which were occupied by 11,459 persons. Four hundred Sd thirty-two new dwellings have b.en opened by the trustees dunng the past year? andfor these there have been upwards of 3,000 applicants The death-rate in the Peabody-build- ings for the year was 17 22 per 1,000, which is about 3 98tn a thousand below the average of all London for the same period.
NORTH CARDIGANSHIRE -AGRICULTURAL…
NORTH CARDIGANSHIRE AGRI- CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. The adjourned annual meeting of the subscn. bers to this institution was held at theTown.haIl, Aberystwith, on Monday afternoon, Mr. Vaughan Davies presiding, when the prospects ofth. society were fully discussed. Mr. H. L. Fryer, Lodge Park, saidth. society had existed for s6ven years, and each year the subscriptions had diminished. Last year they were able to .how a.balanc. in hand of .66 7s 2d the year before that they started with JE21 15s "in hand, but the secretary's salary was not paid. and other debts had been accumu- lating, so that they now found themselves about t80 to the bad. If they went on in that proportion next year they would 6nd themselves m30 or .6140 to the bad. He concluded by moving a resolution to the eftect that th. show should in future be held every two years, and that every alternate year the old horse fair should b< revived, which he considered would do a great deal of good in the county. The Chairman gav. a few in- teresting ngures as to the subscriptions for th. last eight years, showing that Lord Lisburnehad subscribed jE270, and ha.d won £37 as.; Sir Pryso Pryse, JE224 and he had won £109 10s.; Mr. Lox- dale, jei50 '10s., and ;e24s 10s.; Major Williams, JE84 and J610 15s.; Mr. L. P. Pugh. M.P., £67 15s. a.ndjE35; the Chairman, £42 andmO 10s.; Mr. Lewis Williams, JE35 and JE24; Colonel Lloyd Philipps,.ei6 16s.andjE9; Colonel Pryse, jei4 14s. and £9; altogether making a. total of JE904; nfteen subscribed, and .S215 17s. taken in prizes. He mentioned these ngurea because some people said that the gentlemen subscribed and they also took a great deal of money. He &1s;) showed the largo sums taken by some of the farmers—Mr. Jones, of EIgar, who had subscribed JE513s.6d., winning no less than JE67. Therefore, the tenant farmer ought to come out and help them.—It was eventually proposed by Major Williams that only honorary prizes shouM be given in Claes A, and that the landowners in this chss should be written I to stating that they proposed to do away with the money prizes in that class, and asking them if they would continue their subscriptions.—The meeting wa.9 then further adjourned for a fortnight to await their replies.
DEATH OF COMMANDER SELBY.
DEATH OF COMMANDER SELBY. A St. James's Gazette Constantinople telegram, dated Tuesday, says:—Commander Selby died at a. quarter to twelve last night.
ATTEMPT TO UPSET A TRAIN IN…
ATTEMPT TO UPSET A TRAIN IN WALES. On Monday, a.t the Bromneld petty sessions, North Wales, three youths, named Thomas Cross, Charles Cross and Edward Da,vies, were committed for tria.1 charged with obstructing the Moss Valley Railway and endangering the lives of eight per- sons. Had the train been travelling quickly and .the engine left the rails all the persons would pro- bably have been killed, there being an embank- ment sixty feet high a.t the spot where the train ran into the obstruction. This is the second attempt to upset trains in this neighbourhood within a. month.
ALLEGED SALE OF A WIFE.
ALLEGED SALE OF A WIFE. At tha Clorkenwell police-court, London, on Tuesday, a. charwoman named Mathewa was charged with assaulting and beating Edward Stacey, a. cha.irma.ker, oi Stibbington-street, Claren- don-square. Stacey said that he formerly lodged with the defendant, and since he had left her house she had repeatedly annoyed and insulted him. On Sunday night the defendant a.nd her son, a,nd his wife, came to his house and assaulted him. The defendant called as a. witness her son's wife, who swore that her father had sold her mother, Mrs. Pearce. to Stacey for 10s., and that they had since been living together as man and wife. Mr. Hoaack bound over the defendant in her own recognisances to keep the peace for three months.
ANOTHER ALLEGED MISCARRIAGE…
ANOTHER ALLEGED MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. Another alleged miscarriage of justice is creating some excitement in the village of Whiteparish, in Wilts. A man named Pearse was two months ago sentenced to six months' imprisonment for night poaching on Mr. Baring's estate, and for wounding a, keeper. Another man has now admitted that he was guilty of the crime, and that Pearse is inno- cent. An important phase in the case is that sus- picion first attached to the now self-accused man, who then denied all knowledge of the matter, and his statement was confirmed by his invalid mother, who said he was in bed a,t the time of the assault. Pearse has, however, throughout persisted in his innocence. A memorial has been prepared for presentation to the Home Secretary.
A "FEMALE CHAMPION PUGILIST."
A "FEMALE CHAMPION PUGILIST." Mary Driscoll, a young woman, a, coster- monger, who, it was stated, waa the Female Champion Pugilist," was charged on Saturday, at the ClerkenweII ponce- court, with violently assaulting Mary Sullivan at Leather-lane. The* complainant's face was very ba,dly scratched, and she stated that the defendant did it with a number of hair-pins. The defen- dant attacked her without any provocation, pulled her by the hair of the head," and beat her in a, very <a.vage manner. She continued her vio- lence in the presence of a. policeman, and was with great dimculty secured. Mr. Barstow sen- tenced her to t month's hard labour.
LOCAL MILITARY APPOINT. MENTS.
LOCAL MILITARY APPOINT- MENTS. The London Gazettf! of Tuesday contains the following:— War Omce, Pall Mall, Feb. 21. I.TNE B&TTAHOKS. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers.—Major James Williamson to be lieut.-colonel, vice Colonel J. De V. Tupper, deceased; dated pec. 24,1881. Captain Compton Norman to be Major, vice J. Williamson; dated Dec. 24,1881. South Wales Borderers.—Lieut.-colonel WHsone Black, C.B., to bo placed on half pay on appoint- ment to the staff; dated Feb. 25,1882.
SINGULAR CONDUCT OF A LADY.
SINGULAR CONDUCT OF A LADY. At the Woolwich police-court on Tuesday Mr. Smith, relieving-officer for PIumstead, attended before Mr. Bilguy to ask his magisterial advice under the following- singular circumstances:—Ho stated that a maiden Ia.dy. named Miss Baker, who was the owner of three houses, had become charge- able to Woolwich Union. Ea.ving got into arrears with the ground rent, the houses had been vacated by the tenants, and the water was cut off. She lived in one of them, the only furniture she possessed being a. chair, on which she sat from morning till night, expecting some Divine messen- ger to come, like the ravens of old, to bring her assistance. A bundle of rags in the corner of the room served her for a. bed. She refused to go out for food or water, a.ad for sixteen weeks past he ha.d been obliged to ta.ke her the necessaries of life. He had taken medical men to see her, with the object of ascertaining the condition of her mind, but they would not give a certincate that she was insane. She would not go into the workhouse or infirmary and he was perplexed as to whdt wag to be done with her.—Mr. Balguy said an eccentric woman might refuse to leave the house to fetch food without being of unsound mind. There seemed to be no alternative but for Mr. Smith to go on performing the office of the Cood Samaritan, and feeding her to the end of her days.
A PUBLIC ANALYST AT FAULT.
A PUBLIC ANALYST AT FAULT. John Alexander, grocer, of Higher Tranmere, appeared at the Birkenhead police-court on Tues- day (before Mr. Preston), to answer an adjourned summons charging him with having sold coHee adulterated with chicory. When the case was nrst heard Dr. Vacher, the public analyst for the borough, certified that the coffee contained a. large percentage of chicory. The defendant, however, stated that he had seen the coffee ground, he denied that it had been adulterated with chicory, and submitted a. certincate from Dr. Davies, the public analyst for the Isle of Man, declaring that the coffee was free from chicory.—Dr. Vacher re- plied that there could not possibly be a mistake, as he had twice analytically tested the coffee, and on eitch occasion had obtained the same result. The case was accordingly adjourned, and a sample of the coffee was sent to Somerset House for analysis, another sample also being handed to Dr. Campbell Brown, the public analyst of Liverpool. At the hearing of the case on Tuesday certineates from Somerset House and from Dr. Campbell Brown were read declaring the coSee to be quite pure a.nd free from any trace of chicory, a.nd Mr. Preston said he had very great pleasure in dismissing the case, with costs against the corporation. He" aho thought it duo to Mr. Alexander to give him costs, a.nd lie would, therefore, allow him a sovereign.
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A…
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MILITARY ESCORT AT CARDIFF. On Monday a. sceno occurred a.t Cardiff which was a disgrace to the persons who were the actors was a disgrace to the persons who were the actors in it, and a scandal to that regiment of her Majesty's forces to wliich they belong. It appears that while on duty in Bute-street about eleven o'clock a,.m. Police-constable Oxiey met an escort consisting of a corporal and two privates in charge of three prisoners, all members of the E Battery of the 5th Brigade Royal Artillery. They had travelled by boat from Bristol, and the corporal and prisoners were very drunk, and apparently disposed to be rather frolicsome. In their company were two prostitutes, and following them up the street wa.a a motley crowd, who seemed to be interested and amused by the exuberant hilarity a.nd. unsteady gait of the gallant defenders of their hearths and homes. Police-con- stable Oxioy obtained the assistance of Police-con- stable Picket, a.nd conveyed the whole of the party to the police station. The two prostitutes were placed in the cells, to be brought before the magis- trates at their next sitting, and the three military prisoners were, by order of tlie head-constable, removed to the gaol, to wliich they ha.d been com- mitted. The escort were not interfered with, and after their return from the prison to which they accompanied their charge, tlie corporal was seen outaide the Town-hall, presentino; (u-ma with a.11 the dignity of which he was capable to the stately building in which two of her Majesty's judges wera then administering civil law.
THE PRISONERS' FOOD QUESTION…
THE PRISONERS' FOOD QUESTION AT CARDIFF. RESOLUTION OF CONFIDENCE IN THE HEAD-CONSTABLE. At the last meeting of the Cardiff Watch Com- mittee reference was made in the head-constable's report to insubordinate conduct ot Police-constable Rogers, and to assertions mada by the latter respecting the charges made by the head-constable for the prisoners' food at Cardiff. A committee was then appointed to inquire into the matter, and thia committee met on Wednesday in the Council Chamber. Alderman D. Jones presided. The proceedings occupied tlie igreater part of the day, and a number of policemen were called to give evidence on various points. The meeting was private, but we hear that the discussions which tuok p!a.cewere<,fananimatedcha.racter, and tha<lMcoo remarkable revefations as to the antece- dents of Police-constable Rogers were madebytht. head-constable. It was started that he joined the Monmouthshire Constabulary in 1877; he was three times reported and nned for drunkenness. Ho was in 1869 a member of the Brecon Constabu- lary, but in the same year he was ordered to resign. In July, 1870, ho became a. member of the Liver- pool force, and was dismissed in the following- October for stealing money from a prisoner in the Bridewell. Then ho made an application to the Birmingham poijce for an appointment, and he presented a testimonial purporting to* come from the l&te Superintendent Macintosh, Pontypool. This testimonial was false, and the signature forged. Rogers wa.s tried for this a,t the Warwick Assizes on the 1st of March, 1871, &nd sentenced to eight months' imprisonment with hard labour. It was eventually resolved, "Tha-tthis committee having carefully examined a great number of wit- nesses respecting; the prisoners' food question, is of opinion that the evidence given by Police- consta.ble Rogers and Police-constable Jones is so unsatisfactory as Not to be entitled to &nv credit, and that by Police-con.table Rogers ùébac dis- r charged the police force would be benefited. The committee also desire to express its entire satis- faction with, and fullest cpnndenco in, the head- constable."
THE PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON…
THE PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON THE IRISH_LAND ACT. The Do'!7y Teleg7'tlph of Monday says:—The motion of which Mr. Gladstone has given notice for Monday next, and the announcement that Lord Granvllle made last night respecting the proposed Committee to inquire into the working of the Land Act, leave the onus of appointing such a Com- mittee upon Lord Salisbury. Yesterday evening, however, it was not decided what steps the noble lord and his colleagues would take in the matter. The i7foiniizy Post understands that the Govern- ment have declined to take any part in the Select Committee appointed by vote of the House of Lords on Friday last, but that several Liberal peers have consented to serve on it. It is understood that either Lord Salisbury or Lord Cairns will act as chairman of the Committee, and that both will be members of it. The attempt of the Govern- ment to give a partisan character to the Com- mittee will thus be defeated by their own sup- porters. The Standard believes that efforts are already being made by the wire-pullers of the Liberal party to obtain expressions of opinion in favour of Mr. Gladstone's proposed vote of censure on the House of Lords.
EXCITING SCENE IN A TRAM-…
EXCITING SCENE IN A TRAM- CAR. On Tuesday an exciting scene was witnessed in Castle-street, Liverpool. While a tram-car was proceeding along that thoroughfare the bystanders observed that a desperate struggle was going on between some passengers on the outside. The car was stopped, and a crowd gathered, when it was seen that the struggle was taking place between a powerful young negro and two other passengers. The negro had attempted suicide by leaping from the car, and was seized by other passengers. He, however, persisted in his intention to dash his brains out, and made frantic efforts to throw him- ss!f on the pavement below. There was great excitement among the crowd, and ultimately the police arrived, but it took six onlcers to remove the young man from the car. The negro foamed at the mouth, and the scene was a most exciting one. His strength, however, became exhausted, and he was removed in a cab.
ALLEGED BRIBERY BY A MAGISTRATE.
ALLEGED BRIBERY BY A MAGIS- TRATE. There was issued on Tuesday from the House of Lords a copy (obtained upon the motion of Lord Stanley of Alderley) of the correspondence between the Lord Chancellor a.nd Captain Pearson, until lately a justice of the peace for Cheshire, with re- gard to hie connection with the bribery proved to have been practised at Macclesfield at the last general election. In response to a. letter requesting him to retire from the magistracy, Captain Pear- Ron stated that, though he might have acted in- judiciously, he hud never, directly or indirectly, committed any act of bribery; and he explained the circumstances under which he had lent L200 to Mr. May, the agent for Mr. Eaton (of whose election committee Captain Pearson was chairman), the night before the polling took place. To this the Lord Chancellor, through his secretary, replied that the letter did not appear to him to contain any satisfactory ex- planations of Captain Peal-son's answers before the Commissioners his lordship, therefore, could ,not discover sumcient reason for dealing with his case as a county magistrate in a. different way from that in which he had dealt with others not in his opinion distinguishable from it on legal grounds; and he consequently still pressed for Captain Pearson's retirement. Captain Pearson, though still feeling his case to be a hard one, now complied with the request.
LAND AGITATION IN CARDIGANSHIRE.
LAND AGITATION IN CARDIGAN- SHIRE. The following is a. copy of a Welsh handbill cir- culated amongst farmers at the markets on Monday, and extensively throughout the county:— "It is the unchristian practice in Cardiganshire if a tenant gives notice to quit his farm, in order to get a reduction of rent or some legitimate improve- ment, for some five or six persons to apply for the farm as soon as it becomes known that notice has been given by the old tenant. He is turned out of his holding after paying hundreds of pounds of rent to his landlord, and the place is let to the new tenant at a considerable reduction of rent, or the improvements are made—perhaps both. There is a large number of farmers in every district who have made arrangements to take the matter up. If a man takes another man's holding when the farm becomes vacant, we made an agreement to hold him up, that the whole of us should know him. Therefore, you tenants groaning under heavy burdens, ask your landlords, or their agents, to help you, and if they refuse, give notice to quit, and if there is anybody who will t&ke the farm besides you, we will proclaim him throughout the whole country, so that he shall not have quietness until he gives up the farm to the old tenant. Do not be afraid. The is drawing near on your behalf.—(Signed), FAJtMBR."
THE ALLEGED FRAUDS ON A FRIENDLY…
THE ALLEGED FRAUDS ON A FRIENDLY SOCIETY AT MERTHYR. On Tuesday, at the Aberdare police-court (the Stipendiary and Mr. D. P. Davies on the bench), Samuel Davies, landlord of the BIaengwawr Inn, Aberdare, formerly secretary of the Merthyr Dis- trict Loyal Order of Alfreds, was brought up on remand to answer charges of forgery and obtain- ing sums of money belonging to the order by talse pretences. Mr. R. Orton Gery again pro- secuted, and Mr. W. Simons defended. The nrst case gone into was one of forgery a.nd obtaining jE5 by means of false pretences. Mr. John James, the president of the Merthyr District, repeated his evidence as to the prisoner's duties. Mr. Morgan R. Davies also repeated his statement that on the 1st of June last prisoner gave him a cheque for .65 in part payment of his account. The payment of the cheque was proved by Mr. Leonard Acomb, cashier at Messrs. Wilkias's bank. Aberdare. Joseph Thomas, collier, Mouhtadn Ash, one of the trustees, recapitulated his evidence that the signature on the cheque in quest}o]!i was not his. Ed. Arnott, vice-president of the district, was then called, and produced a number of cancelled cheques which he had received from the bank, among them being the cheque in question purporting to be paid in respect of the death of Gwilym Rees, whilst it was proved that no such member died. Tho second charge was for forging a cheque for .65, purporting to be signed by the same trustee, Joseph Thomaa. The cheque in this instance was given to a man named David Daviea, and it pur- ported to be given on the death of the wife of a member-Ann Jenkina—of Lodge 106, "King of the Bees." The circumstances were similar, it being proved that there had been no. such death, and that the signature to the cheque was a forgery. Subsequently the third case of forgery was gone into, defendant in that instance having signed a trustee's name to a cheque for JE10, which he gave to Mr. Stephens, traveller of Mr. Jones, Black Lion Brewery, in part liquidation of a debt. On the counterfoil of the cheque-book and in the funeral book of the district kept by the prisoner, the amount appeared to have been paid in respect of the death of a- member named John Jones, of No. 1, the Grand Lodgo, held at Merthyr. Mr. Isaac Edwards, secretary of the lodge, proved there had been no <uch death. Three similar charges of obtaining sums of ;E10, ;E5, and ;E3, by false pretences were then gone into, in each case cheques being given to parties not entitled thereto, whilst in the society's books the names of non-existing members were placed opposite to the amounts. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next assizes on all the charges, and an application for bail was opposed by Mr. Gery, on the ground that prisoner had intended absconding to America, and that hi& total defalcations amounted to upwards of .€800. Bail was refused. The greatest interest was manifested in the case, the court throughout the hearing being crowded by members of the order and others interested in friendly societies.
MORTALITY STATISTICS.
MORTALITY STATISTICS. According to the Registrar-General's returns the death rates for the past week per thousand persons in the sixteen principal English towns range from L, 19-7 in Hull to 35-3 in Blackburn. Hutl.197 I Liverpool.24-8 Cardiff.20-5 8a.Hord.25-8 Hxlifa.x :2-3 Hudderafield. 26-3 Leeds.22'S .Manchester.28-? Sheffield.22-3 Otdham.28-4 Birmingham.22-6 London.29-3 Newcastle.23'0 Pretton.29-4 Bradford.23-6 Bla.ckburn.353 There were 3,643 deaths recorded in the past week in London, Cardin, and fifteen of the largest English towns. The deaths show a vast decline as compared with the last total, so greatly had the rate of mortality risen in London and many other places through the long continuance of fog. Lon- don improves greatly, and so do Hull, Liverpool,. and Manchester. The reports as to the causes of death continue favourable in showing few fatal cases of serious contagious disease. In London the births in the past week were of 1,367 boys and 1,307 girls; the total, 2,674, scarcely reaching the average of ten years. The deaths, it may be remembered, showed a. remarkable increase in the previous week, due to the long continuation of fog; the total rose. from 2,023 to 3,632; now improvement sets in and the total falls to 2,188, which is, nevertheless, far over the average. The death rate is now 29-3. Phthisis is still over the average rate; bronchitis ia not far from twice its average. According to the meteorological return from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean tempera- ture of the air there in the past week was 45'5,and this is said to be very nearly seven degrees above the average of the corresponding weeks in ten years. THE HEALTH OF CARDIFF. During the week that ended on Saturday last the 18th of Pebruarv, there were 84 births regh, tered relate to the borough of Ca.rdHf; the weekly average number of the corresponding quarter last yea.r being 74. The births were of 45 boys and 39 girls. There were also 34 deaths placed on record in the same period, only one less than the last total but this changes the annual rate of mortality from 211 to 20-5 per thousand inhabitants, the second beat rate of sixteen of the largest English towns. Five deaths were again recorded in a public institution situated in the borough, and one was due to violence. The deaths of young children under one show a decline from nine to six* whereas -those that happened at the advanced period of 60 and upwards rose from seven to thir- teen. ScMiet fever, it is satisfactory to see, has declined from four to two, three being the average of the three past weeks. A death from diphtheria figures in the current return. On the whole, then, the current return is satisfactory, at any rate, it shows no deaths by small-pox, measles, whoop- ing-cough, fever, or diarrhoea.
THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ,…
THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY CASE AT PONTYPRIDD. ACTION FOR JE150 BY A COLLIERY "DOOR-BOY." On Saturday, at the Pontypridd County Court, before his Honour Judge B. T. Williams, the further hearing of the case Evan George Wall, door-boy, against Messrs. Burnyeat, Brown, and Co., owners of Abergorky Colliery, which had been adjourned from the previous day, was re- sumed. Mr. Walter Morgan appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. W. Simons, Merthyr, for the defendants. His Honour said that he would give his judg- ment in writing on Monday next into the haixds of the registrar. Judge Williams afterwards wrote to Mr. Spickett (the registrar) stating that he would not give his decision until next Tuesday.
SAD DEATH OF A BRISTOL PUBLICAN.
SAD DEATH OF A BRISTOL PUBLICAN. Mr. John UI!athorne, proprietor of the Draw- bridge Hotel, Bristol, one of the most highly respected members of the Licensed Victuallers' National Defence League, and who had been for a number of years secretary of the Bristol Licensed Victuallers' Association, attended the annual con- ference at Chester on Wednesday and Thursday week last as one of the delegates for Bristol. After the termination of the sitting on Thursday evening, Mr. Ullathorne left for hia hotel, the Pied Bull, in Northgate-street. As he was going to bed, attended by Mr. James Whitefoot, the proprietor, his boot, specially constructed to meet a malfor- mation of the loot, slipped on the edge of the stairs, and Mr. Ullathorne fell backward heavily. Mr. Whitefoot assisted to break the violence of the fall, and Mr. Ullathorne was picked up and at once carried to bed. Two medical men, Drs. Hamilton and Parry, were summoned, but, despite every attention, the deceased died on Saturday morning.
THE GREAT NIHILIST TRIAL.
THE GREAT NIHILIST TRIAL. A Central News telegram, dated Tilsit, Wed- nesday evening, says:—Advices from St. Peters- burg state that the great Nihilist trial began yesterday (Tuesday) at eleven o'clock. A guard of gendarmes was stationed in the approaches to the court. Twenty prisoners were present, Oloveinikova and Tichimi being unable to attend through illness. The court was composed of four senators (the president being Senator Dayer), two marshals, and one mayor. The prosecutor was Mourirey and his assistant Ostrawski. Six of the prisoners selected counsel, five refused to have any defenders, and all the female prisoners were among these. The great table before the presi- dential chair was covered with explosive bombs, chemical agents,infernaImacbines,andNihiIistpro- clamations. After the usual preliminary formalities, the accused were brought in simply dressed, the women wearing black, and the reading of the act of ',¡sation began.
THE UNITED STATES.
THE UNITED STATES. PROPOSED NEW FLEET. The .7)<n7y Ne1D, correspondent in New York says:—The Committee on Naval Affair* in Congress is considering a proposition for the immediate construction of eleven war vessels, at the esti- mated cost of nine million dollars. This fleet is to consist of one cruiser of the first class, of 5,000 tons or over, with armament of four 8-inch and 21 6-inch rifled guns; four cruisers of the second- class, with four 8-inch and 15 6-inch rifled guna two rams one cruising torpedo boat, capable of steaming 21 knots an hour, and armed with one 10-inch rifled gun and two harbour torpedo boats, steaming seventeen knots an hour. Some such recommendation is certain to be made to Congress, as the committee is openly in favour of a. new navy. All the committees of Congress have evi- dently been organised in the interest of large sub- sidies, and there is much uneasiness lest what is called the subsidy raid should be carried through Congress. The jHe?'aM calls upon the President to earn the gratitude of his country by vetoing all such schemes. !n!nmoem!g!n
MERTHYR CHAMBER OF TRADE.
MERTHYR CHAMBER OF TRADE. PROPOSAL FOR A FREE LIBRARY. A SECOND ROUTE TO LONDON. On Tuesday evening the monthly meeting of the above chamber was held, Mr. John Plows presiding. There was a large attendance. The Secretary, Mr. D. Rees Lewis, read a letter from Mr. Thomas Williams, clerk to the local board, conveying the resolution arrived at by the board on Wednesday last in reply to the chamber's application that the board should in their petition demand the insertion of certain cismaes in the Railway Bills now before Parliament. The loca.1 board, it will be remem- bered, declined to adopt the suggestions of the chamber. A long discussion followed, in the course of which the conduct of the board was strongly denounced.The President, in pursuance of notice, introduced the question of a free library, and having shown the necessity and advantage of such an institution, said it was a standing disgrace to Merthyr,a. town with so large a population, that they had only such a small library. He moved that the chamber call upon the local board to take the necessary proceedings for ascertaining the views of the ratepayers as to whether they should adopt the Free Libraries Act or not. (Applause.) —Mr. Frank James thought it would be well that the feelings of the working men should be lirst ascertained.—Dr. J. W. James, Mr. E. P. Biddle (secretary), Mr. Docton, and Mr. Souther sup- ported the motion, which was then agreed to unanimously. — The President then called attention to the proposed new route to London. He said they were aware of the projected railway called the South Wales and Severn Bridge Line, by which there would be a new route to London. They would proceed from Merthyr to Abergavenny, and then on to Mon- mouth and over the Severn Bridge, then through the Stroud Valley to Cirencester and to Andover, where the South Western line to London would be joined. That was the proposed route, and, of course, it might be said that it was not a direct route. It was admitted now that it would be impossible to project a direct route, the cost would be so enormous, and the only thing they had to do was to avail themselves of any additional new route, similar to the one he referred to. The speaker concluded by showing how much lower the railway fares were from towns where two competing lines ran to London, and he argued that with a second route Merthyr would be benefited in the same way. He moved That in the opinion of the chamber the South Wales and Severn Bridge Railway is deserving of support, as it will an'ord to the district a second route to London, and will tend to bring about a better railway service to the locality."—Mr. David Williams seconded the pro- position, which was agreed to unanimously.—On the motion of Mn Williams, a committee was ap- pointed to wait upon the local board, to a<k that body if it would dispose of the Town-hall site.— This was 1 the business.
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The Jersey State Assembly have resolved by a large majority to deepen the harbour at St. HeHer's, so as to afford greater facilities to mail packers arriving and departing at low water. Gaorge Linden, late clerk to the Shipley School Board, has been committed for six months to the house of correction for embezzling the moneys of the school board. The Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein assisted at a grand amateur concert given on Monday night, at the British Orphan Asylum, Slough, in aid of the fund for the enlargement of Upton parish church. HEALTH restored without Medicine or expense THN STOMACH, BMOB, BRAIN, NERVNS, LiVNB.LuNSS, BREATH, and SKIN restored by Du .HARM'S DELICIOUS REVALENTA ApABiCA FOOD, which cure thabitual con stipation, dyspepsia, indigestion, acidity, cough, asthma., bronchitis, consumption, phlegm, diarrhosa, dysentery, hver complaints, Mtuteney, distension, haemorrhoids nervousness, biliousness, fevera, sore throats, catarrhs colds, rheumatism, gout, eruptions, vitiation and poverty of the bleod, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability sleeplessness, low spirits, spleen, palpitation, heart- bur)!, headache, debility, nausea and vomiting after eating, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, exhaustion, epilepsy, paralysis, atrophy, wasting diseases, feverish breath 35 'years' invariable success with adults and delicate children 100,000 cures of cases considered hopeless. Four times as nourishing and sustaining as meat, it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. We quote a few of the 100,000 Cures.— Dr. Wurzer Testimonial—"Bonn, July 19, 1852. — Du Barry's Food supersedes, in many cases, all kinds of medicines.. it is particularly effective in cough, asthma, consumption indigestion (dyspepsia), a confined habit of body, as also in diarrheea, bowel complaints, inflam- matory irritation, and cramp ef the urethra, the kidneys and bladder, and haemorrhoids.—Dr. Rud. WURZBR, Professor cf Medicine." Constipation. Asthma, &c.—Cura': 49,432, of 50 years indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting bv Du Barry's toed.—MAMA JeLLY. "Du BARRY's FooD has cured me of nine years. constipation.deelared beyond cure by the best physicians, and given me new life, health, and happiness.—A SPADARo, Merchant, Alexandria, Egypt." '< Du BARRY'S FooD has perfectly cured many years' fearfu: pams in the stomach and intf-stines, and sleeplessness, with constant nervoua irritability for which my wife had submitted in vain to medical treatment.—V. MoYANO. Cadiz." Du BARRY'S Foot has cured my wife of 20 years' most fearful suffer- ing from nervous and bUious attacks, palpitation ef the heart, and an extraordinary swotting all over, sieeDleaa- ness. and asthma. Medical aid never availed her.- ATANASM LA BARBERA, Mayor of Trapani, Sicily Du BARRY' pooD has cured me of 38 years' asthma which obliged me to get up four or five times every night to re- lieve my chest tram a pressure which threatened suffoca- tion.—Boiu.ET, Parish Priest, Ecrainville France ""Du BARRY's FooD has entirely cured the rheumatism and in- digestion from which I have been suffering for the last eight years.-&UMCHAT, Levet, Cher, France.Cure No. ?? ? SOyears- feariul debility. Avignon, April 18, 1876. Du Barry's Food has perfectly cured me of twenty years dyspepsia, oppression, and deMlitv, which pre- vented my dressing or undressing myself, or making even the slightest effort. Lam now, at the age of 61, perfectly restored to health and strength. (Mme.) ttORNn, <tM CARBONETTI." Similar testimonials from Lord Stuart de Decies, Dr. Ure, Dr. Dede, the Marchioness of Brehan, Field-Marshal the Duke of Pluskow, Dr. A. Ure Dr. Shoreland. Dr. Ca.mpbeII, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Ingram; Dr. Livingstene, tnd Mr. Henry M. Stanley, the African travellers; Itev. Charles Tuson, Meumeuth; the Dowager Duchess of Castlestuart. H.H. the late Pope Pius IX., the late EmDeror Nicholas of Russia, tc. Du BARRY'S REVAMNTA ARABICA Fo&' ??-I" tins of ilh., at 2s.; lit' 3s. 6d.; 21b., 6s.; 5ib., Ms. 121b., 32s. 24ib. 60s.; costin: atout 2d.. per meal. The 32s aad 60s. tins are sent free of carriage in Engtand'en receipt of Post 0<Hce Order. Bezoare of spuriGus <M<< w.rthlells Sll.stttutes, ti7acrupulausly ofered to the Mtt!c<t7-</ <M iden4,ical or SMeeT-'e' Du BABKY ANB Ce., LtMiTSB, No. 77, Regent-street, LeK<)eB, W and through all Grocers aaet Chemists in the world. Agent: J. Mumtay, Qkoa", U DukefTeet OMAK.
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FATAL COLLIERYACCIDENT AT CWMPARK. FOUR MEN KILLED AND TWO OTHERS INJURED. (BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) An accident, resulting in the death of four singers and injuries to two others, occurred on Tues- day evening, through a Jarge fall of the sides of the Park New Pit, Cwmpark, situate at the end of a small valley jutting out from the Rhondda Valley, near Treorky, and at a distance of about a little over ten miles from the town of Pontypridd. The colliery which was the scene of the accident is an up-cast shaft which is being sunk to the Cwmpark Steam Coal Pit of the Ocean Steam Coal Company, and the top of the shaft can be seen from the valley on the .breast of a' the hill, 1,200 or 1,300 yards from the down-cast. It stands alone, without a house or dwelling of any kind nearer to it than the village of Cwmpark, and along an incline of 900 or 1,000 yards run continually trains of trams. There were on the top of the pit at the time of the accident only three men-the banks- I man, William Williams; the engine driver, and the rubbish-tipper. The sinking is carried on by I three shifts of eight men each, but on this occa- sion only six men had gone down, the two others staying away for some rM.son. About a quarter past six o'clock it appears that the side? of the I. pit, which are composed of a. soft nre-clay, and which has been found to be of such a nature as to preclude the poMibilitv of walling, gave way at a «pot about ten yards from the bottom of the shaft, which has been sunk to a depth of about 38 yards. Cries were heard from the bottom, and the banksman, having hoard a report of the falling débr;s, communicated by means of the telephone which is nxed at the omce, with the omcials at the pit below. He lowered the bowk, and a man named David Williams, one of the tinkers, managed to enter the bowk, and he was hauled up. He was found to be badly injured. By this time hundreds of people came up from the village below, and the man was taken home. The scene was described by an eye-witness as an ex- ceedingly weird one. At the moment the news was telephoned to the lower pit. the men who were leaving the day shift, and those who were taking their places, ran up the hillside, carrying their amps? Mr. Jenkins, the agent of the Ocean Col- hery Company, and Mr. Eynon, the manager of Cwmpark, were soon on the spot, but, in the mean- time, the banksman had gone down, but was unable to rescue the man who was then still alive, David Jones. Then a sinker named Wm. Rees went down in the bowk. but called out that it was too much for him." Henry Harris a collier, who was standing at the top, thereupon volunteered to go round to a level which had been I made from the mountain side into the shaft, which it pierced at a depth of about live yards from the bottom. Several men accompanied him, and he was let down by a rope until he reached David Jones, whom he found in watei up to his neck. He got him out alive, but he had sustained a fracture of the ribs, and, according to Harris' account, was only saved by being shielded by I some timber. The following are the names oi those killed:— Edward Owen, nged 33, who lived at Cwmpark, and leaves a widow and two children. John Rowlands, 33, whose wife and family live at Llanbrynmair, North Wales. Thomas Davies, 48, Treorky, whose wife and four children live at or near Pontrhydfendiga.id, Cardiganshire; and John Davies, aged 26, Queen.strett, Pentre, wh< leaves a widow and on<* Phil(]- The injured are David Jones, Cwmpark, married and David Williams, Treherbert, single. Police-constable Probert, Cwmpark, was soon ot the scene, and he having communicated wit! Sergeant Chalk, Treorky, that omcer and laspecto Thomas, accompanied by one or two others, shortly afterwards arrived. After the two men rescued had been brought up, it was decided to commence planking the sides to make them safe, and this work was proceeding rapidly with a view of afterwards bringing up the rubbish, and recovering the bodies of the deceased. It is anticipated that the debris, which is composed of rubbish and timber to a depth of about two yards, will be sufficiently cleared to get the bodies up to-day (Thursday). Rowlands belonged to another shift, but he worked on this occasion instead of another man who was absent. Thomas Davies was one of two or three saved at Fernhill some. years ago, when a. stage fell and the men were precipitated into the water, he having clung to a plank. Another correspondent says:—It is reported that the men frequently expressed their dread ot the influence of the water oozing through the gravel and clay which rested against the massive wooden lining above the shaft. Occasionally showers of small stones and gravel, which had worked between the joints of the boarding above, wouM fall on the men below; and on Satur- day night John Rowlands (one of the men killed) expressed his fear that "something would II happen;" and it is also stated that a sinker of experience recently left the place and endeavoured, but unsuccessfully, to induce two sons, similarly occupted, to do likewise.
THE SUICIDE OpTsWANSEA TRADESMAN.
THE SUICIDE OpTsWANSEA TRADESMAN. Mr. Edward Strick, the Swansea coroner, Md an inquest on Wednesday into the circumstances attending the death of Daniel Evans, 39, grocer. New Oxford-street, who shot himself with a. re- volver, in Anchor-court, Wind-street, on Monday evening. From the evidence of John Richards brother-in-law of the deceased, and David Jenkinsi a man who had known him fourteen years, it ap- peared that a few years ago Evans bought two houses from an auctioneer named Price, and paid j him for them. He was afterwards sued for the purchase money by a building society and had to pay it a, second time. This depressed his spirits very much, and he was always talking about it. Deceased had since built a large house in Bryn road, which had cost him over jBl,000, and had not succeeded in letting it. This also troubled him a good deal. His business, according to his brother-in-law, was in a prosperous condition Evidence was then given which proved that deceased shot himself, and Police-constable Nicholas said that on aearcbiag the dead body he found a piece of paper on which was written in pencil—"Silver Tea-pot, 17, New Oxford-street, Swansea. Three when I went home. I cannot endure any more of this life. I am Daniel Evans. It is now six o'clock.—Yours, last writing word for ever in full sense, D. E." The jury found that the deceased shot himself whilst labouring under a fit of temporary insanity.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A DRAPER…
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A DRAPER AT SWANSEA. At the Swansea petty sessions on Wednesday, John Jones, draper, Swansea Higher, a middle- aged man, was brought up in custody on a charge of criminally assaulting Elizabeth Ann Harris, a child of ten, on the 8th inst. He was remanded until Saturday, without any evidence being taken. The Bench expressed their'willingness to take bail for his appearance—himself in £100, and two sureties in j650 each.
LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. THE SOUTH WALES AND SEVERN BRIDGE RAILWAY BILL. Opposition to this measure was initiated on Wednesday by the Midland Railway Company, who deposited a petition at the Private Bill Omce of Parliament praying to be heard against it. RHYMNEY RAILWAY BILL. The Glamorganshire Canal Company on Wed- nesday commenced opposition to this Bill by lodging a petition at the House of Commons praying to be heard by counsel against it. TAFF VALE RAILWAY BILL. At the Private Bill Omco of the House of Com- mons on Wednesday, tt petition, praying to be heM-d by counsel a-g?mst thia Bill, waa deposited by the Glamorganshire Ca.nal Company. SWANSEA. OYSTERMOUTH, AND MUMBIP? RAILWAY BILL. -??-' Petitions praying to be heard by counsel against ? ?"? ??y ??d ? the Private BilIOmceofthe House of Commons by Sarah Vivian and Henry Hussey Vivian, M.P.; another by Wilham Graham Vivian, and a third by Robert Baker Powlesland, and Albert Mason. LLANGAMMARCH AND NEATH AND BRECON „?CTION RAILWAY BILL. The Midland Railway Company intend to oppose this measure, and on Wednesday lodged a petition at the Private Bill Omce of Parliament, praying to be heard against it. MILFORD HAVEN LIGHTING AND WATER SUPPLY BILL. In the House of Commons on Wednesday this Bill was read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee.
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TaE CZORCHMAN'8 ANNUAL AND POPULAR HAXD- B60K FOR 1882.-Edited by the Rev. H. G. Dickson, M.A., assistant secretary of the Church Defence Institution. (W. Poole, 12a, Paternoster-row, London.)—Some special features of the "Church- man's Annual" are-a record of ecclesiastical events during the preceding year, chronologically arranged; carefully prepared reports of the pro- ceedings in Convocation, of the Church Congress, of Diocesan Conferences, of the Central Council, and of events in Parliament affecting the Church appointments to benefiefs during the past year. according to dioceses an alphabetical obituary of clergy; reports of our great Church societies, for the most part specially prepared; important papers f and statistics on Tithe and Education; the class lists at Oxtord, and th& various triposes a.t Cam- ? bridge, accounts of the boat race, cricket match, and athletic contests between the universities; the text of the Primate's letters on Church Defenca and Divergent Ritual Practice, with the memorials on this latter subject; also of various Bills intro- duced into Parliament during the past saasion. We may add that a copy of the Churchman's Annual" for 1882 was formally presented to the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury at its recent session. THERE is nothing more nourishing and warming mcotd weather than a cup of reaUy good Cocoa, but the dtihculty hM been to obt.dn it pure. This can be secured at a. cost of one half-penny for a large breakfast cup, by ustng Cadbury's Cocoa Essence, which goes three titpes as far M the adulterated and starchy compounds of&i- nariiyso!d,the smallest packet making fourteen break- ast cups of strong Cocoa. TooTBACHE WooL, 6d. Instanta.neoua ease, an(I destroys the nerve. Post free, seven .9tau2ps.Ur, I Gregory, Chemiat, Bristol..