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WELSH COUNTRY HOMES. XLVI.-Nash Manor. — rt HISTORY AND ASSOCIATIONS. Carne Family Memoirs. COWBRIDGE SCENES IN TUDOR DAYS. Nash Manor, the home of the Carne Family, is one of the most interesting examples of ancient domestic architecture in the Vale of Glamorgan. There were Carnes of Nash in the 15th century, and Carnes are the possessors of the pretty old Manor House and its surround- ing landsto-day. It is not a large house, but what it may lack in respect of size it more than makes up in the matter of comfort. With the possible exception of St. Fagans Castle, we have been into no other ancient home in the County of Glamorgan, in which modern ideas of cosiness and comfort have been so skilfully introduced into a Tudor environment. NASH MANOR-THE SOUTH FRONT. (Ph<)lo. Mile< Bridgend. ) An Exposed Position. ] The main road across -1 the Vale," from the basin of Cowbridge, in a west and southerly direction, to ancient Llantwit, reaches its greatest altitude about midway, where for a space of nigh a mile, it is within the 300 feet contour line. It is a bleak, windswept region, with scant vegetation in most parts, so that you feel, as Carlyle did, somewhat inclined to quibble with the term "Vale." But here, on the highest part of the track, where you are above the level of Penlline, you mark, upon the left-hand side of the roadway as you drive south, a patch of unexpected verdure. Some, hardened old forest trees, and gaunt Scots firs, rise behind the ancient stone wall, which once marked the confines of a stately deer park. Hre, in the breeziest of situations, stands Nash Manor, the old home of the Came family. It. is well protected on its western side by this belt of trees, and the growth of the vegetation—for all the branches point east— is indicative of the fierceness of the wind, when westerly gales roar across from Wick and the Dunraven cliffs. j NASH MANOR-HE ENTRANCE HALL. (Photo. Miles, Bridgend.) Nash Manor in Ancient Days. Nash Manor was formerly known as Little Nash," Osmon's Ashe," and sometimes the name was Latinised as Parva Fraxina." It was a grange or farm, within the Lordship of Llantwit, pertaining to the Bishopric of Llandaff. The early Celtic inscribed stones at Nash may be taken as evi- dence of a pre-Norman religious foundation. At a later period also, a religious community was seated there, and the chapel remains to this day. There was, of course, a monastic establishment at Monk Nash, three milesaway in a south westerly direction, and traditonally, Nash was a sisterhood in connection with it. The exact period at which Nash ceased to be occupied as a religious house is unknown. but during the 14th century it was leased under the Bishops of Llandaff by a younger branch of the Giles family, who were for i Lenturies Lords of the Manor of Gileston, and who gave to the village, the name which it still bears. j ASH MAN 6R—THE DRAWING ROOM. Note the big Ceiling Beams and t the Tudor Fireplace. (Photo, iles, Bridgend.) The Carne Family. According to the old genealogists the family of Carne sprang from that Ynyr Fychan who, tradition says, succeeded his slain brother Ithel as Prince of Gwent, ajid whose descendants, though conquered by the Norman invaders, still retained a high social position and con- siderable landed property. It is believed that the surname Carne was given to one of Ynyr's descendants from Pen Carne, which may have been either his residence or birthplace. Eighth in descent from Ynyr Fychan was Sir Thomas Carne, Knight of the Sepulchre, of Nether Gwent, and three generations later in the early 15th century, Howel Carne of Cowbridge married a daughter of John Giles of Nash. Howell Carne ob- tained a further 'lease of the Manor of Nash from Bishop John WVlls in 1432, and his grand- son who bore the same name purchased the Manor in perpetuity from Bishop George Athequa, in 1521, The second Howell Carne espoused a Kemeys of Newport. Leland, who passed that way a decade later, refers to a place caullid the Assche, and there is a park of falow deere." The Carries in Tudor Times. Let us digress a few moments, to take a peep at the Carnes in Tudor times, utilising as our authority, some sidelights from the Star Cham- ber cases. On one occasion Sir Rice Mansell sent three of his servants to Cow- bridge, to the house of Davyth Thomas Lloyd," to wait for William Carne, and they assaulted and beat him grievously. This William Carne,though of Nash," is supposed to have also had a house in the Market Place at Cowbridge. A year later, George Herbert of Aberga- venny and Swansea, approached Cowbridge with his retinue of eight servants, when he turned aside at St. Hilary, to pay a short visit to Sir Rice Mansell, and sent on his servants into Cowbridge. Roger Carne, with some friends, appear to have been in the public room of a hostelry there, when the Herbert servants arrived-a swaggering crowd. A Fight at Cowbridge. Evidence, given afterwards by Roger Carne, was to the effect that the Herbert retainers first insulted and then assaulted them. Roger Carne, with the pluck of his race, soon roused his townsmen, and the Herbert servants were beaten and made prisoners. George Herbert expressed his entire ignorance of the affair, but Roger Carne roundly declared that it was all prearranged, and that George Herbert had only stayed behind at St. Hilary to save being personally implicated. Another example of the way in which in those days men carried their lives in their hands was furnished on an occasion at nine o'clock one morning. John Carne and Jenkin Turberville were standing chatting in the fields watching some ploughing when six or more armed men from Cardiff Castle suddenly appeared and attacked John Carne. Having killed him, they galloped in hot haste back to C-ardift. Landmarks in the Family History. The Carne family, during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, produced men who took a leading part in events not only within, but far beyond the confines of Morganwg. Members of the family were Sheriffs of Glamorgan in 1543, 1555,1561, 1572, 1581, 1584, 1588, 1601, 1621, 1629, 1645,1690,1703, and 1731. Sir Ed- ward Carne, who was the second son of Howell Carne, was a member of Parliament and one of the Commissioners for the Crown for the suppression of the monasteries. He was Ambassador to Rome, in the matter of Queen Katherine, in the days of King Henry VIII. He died in Rome in 1561. and there is. in the Atrium of the Church of Sah Gregario in Monte Celi. a fine monument to his memory. Sir Edward purchased Ewenny Priory and from his marriage with Ann, daughter of Sir William Denis, sprang the Carnes of Ewenny. Richard Carne of Nash, the eldest brother of. Sir Edward, married an heiress of tihe Daldens. of Penarth andWenvol", and thereby augmented; the family estates. His son, John Carne, who was living in 1561, probably rebuilt and en- larged the older portion of the house at Nash. He had a family of seven daughters, and was succeeded by his brother William, whose eldest son, Sir Edward Carne, was Receiver General of South Wales and a Teller of the Exchequer. He married a daughter of Sir Ed yi-ard Mansell of Margam, and it was he who erected the elaborate memorial to his parents, which still occupies a prominent position on the south wall of Cowbridge church. Sir Edward's grandson, Thomas Carne of Nash, married the daughter of Sir Edward Stradling of St. Donate. In the Nineteenth Centuiy. I John Carne of Nash, who represented the I thirteenth generation of the familv to reside at Nash died in 1798, leaving an only daughter, the wife of Thomas Markham, Esq., who died childless in 1842. The Nash estate then passed to her first, cousin Elizabeth, the daughter of Captain Charles Loder Ca»*ne, who had in 1800 married the Rev. Robert Nicholl of Dimlands, the youngest son of Whitlock NichoU, Esq.. of the Ham. The Rev. Robert Nicholl, his wife, and issue, as- sumed by Royal licence, the surname of Carne in 1842. They left two sons, Robert Charles Nicholl-Carne of Nash, who married but died without issue in 1869; and John Whitlock Nicholl-Carne (afterwards Stradling Came). of Dimlands and St. Donats Ca tie, D.C.L., whose son Mansel Carne inherited the Nash estate. The latter died without issue, and was succeeded by his brother, the late John Devereux Vann Loder Nicholl Carne of Nash. the father of the present representa- tive of the family, Mr Gilbert Stradling Nicholl Carne. So much for the past history of the Carne family, and their ancient Manor House. A few points now regarding Nash Manor to-day. Some Points About the Exterior. The house itself stands but a few yards from the roadway, but the trees and thick banks of evergreens screen it effectively. A short drive leads to the main front, on the way to which you pass the motor-house which was especially picturesque when wfe visited Nash. Manor a few weeks ago, in its garb of autwfmn foliage, for the big-leafed ampelopsis wfeich covers it was gorgeous in every shade .■•^m pals green and yellow to blood-red. Nash Manor faces'north and south, thr, ryain front being to the north, while the gardia ftront has a south aspect. The house is the of a letter H the cross piece and upper strokes of which form three sides of the fore court which is completed by two low walls connect- ing the east and west wings with a picturesque little gateway. A stone-paved footpath, flanked here and there by large pots of agapanthus traverses the gravelled forecourt from the en- trance gate to the front door. The east wing and the centre are the oldest portions of the house, the west wing having been added by the Jate Mr Carne about 18 or 19 years ago. Along the eastern side of the old wing there is an irregularity of outline and a picturesque succession of chimneys thoroughly Tudor in character. A Charming Environment To south, east and north the house is bounded by charming gardens. From the windows of drawing-room and the dining-room on the south front there is a broad stretch of well- trimmed turf extending on the right hand to a shrubbery, while to the east it is flanked by massive yew hedges and a fair rose garden. On the eastern side of the house, set upright against one of the numerous old walls of which there are several-and which are very necessary as a shelter from the wind-are two or three ancient Celtic inscribed stones, interesting evid- ence of occupation in pre-Norman days. A couple of decades ago these relics of old time had been allowed to suffer from neglect and one of them had actually been doing duty as a stepping stone across a ditch. Beyond the spacious and well-carei-for gar- dens are undulating fields, the groups of fine old trees in which mark the site of the former deerpark. Some Interests of the Interior. Let as leave this Arcadian environment and retrace our steps to the forecourt gateway, above which hangs a bell. A beam in this gateway bears date 1789. Passing along the stonepaved footway to the front door we note above the latter the Pelican which is the I*6. Car9f family. The entrance haU, with its low pitched roof, ceiling beams and oak panelling, at once strikes the key- note of the interior. Some alterations have taken place at Nash Manor within the last quarter of a century. What is now the western portion of the entrance hall was formerly the kitchen. The present drawing-room was, a century ago, the principle living room, and the former drawing-room, which is situate above the present one is now a bedroom. But of these and other alterations more anon. At the western end of the entrance hall which plan of the house is !represented by the cross of the letter H," is fireplace ov^r which is carved r?id Duwadigon," (God and enough). Old oak furniture, much of it carved, surrounds the entrance hall, and on the walls are one or two Pj^t-ings of St. Donets. fWT ri<Jorvr^J sp^h-westorn corner of the entrance hall leads to the new wing, a notable apartment in which is the dining-room, which has been exquisitely decorated in the Tudor style. The wall-panels have the lineh- pattern ornamentation, and the fireplace is finely carved. To the left of the latter stands a beautiful old oak cupboard which, to judge by its massive character and the restraint manifest in its decoration, dates from early Jacobean days. The Charm of the Drawing Room. The drawing-room, a large, oblong low- pitched apartment which opens out of the south-eastern corner of the entrance haU, and which is, of course, in the older wing, is the most interesting and charming room at Nash MAnor. Its appearance cannot have altered much within the past three centuries. The original massive ceiling beams remain. These beams extend both ways across the room, forming panels which are about 7ft by 8ft sqnare. The late 16th or early 17th century wall panelling remains in an excellent state of preservation. It is unfortunate that in the late 18th cen- tury the then owners of Nash saw fit to follow the debased tastes of that age by covering the old oak with a yellowish-drab colour. An interesting note concerning this is to be found in a manuscript book in the possession of the Nicholl family which contains an entry made early in the last century, to the effect that We have been to Nash to tea. They have painted^their dining-room a beautiful light oak colour In the greater portion of the room the paint remains to this day. The original Tudor stoue fireplace is a feature of the room, and the oak carving above this is especially noteworthy. Fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals rise on either side and there is a design of arcading with quaint figures. The beautiful light oak paint was re- moved from the wood around the fireplace by the late Mr Carne, and it is to be hoped that e'er long the present owner will take steps to restore the rest of this glorious old panelling to its pre-eighteenth century state. The Staircase and Library. One of the most picturesque corners of Nash Manor is the old oak staircase which, though small in size, is a beautiful piece of work, as may be seen by a reference to our illustration. There is a small landing at the top of the stair- case-a landing made especially picturesque by reason of the Tudor-headed doorways, one or two of which still retain their iron-studded doors, with ancient latches, which give access to the bedrooms. The library occupies the northern end of the west wing and this contains, among other interests, the original Tudor fireplace which had been for generations bricked up, and which was re-discovered by the late Mr Carne. This room, two or three decades ago, was utilised as a sort of store-room or outhouse, but since then it has been restored to the position which its anti- quarian interests deserve. Next Week-Caldicot Castle.
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WORKMEN'S TOPICS.
WORKMEN'S TOPICS. a FOOD TAXES AND THE FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE. By MABON, M.P. Anyone who has watched the progress of eventB in France at all carefully will have Noticed that there has been a steadily-increas- agitation for the removal, wholly or in part, Of the food duties imposed on its people. In "It it was but a week previous to the strike "bat one of the best informed of English correspondents in Paris had ex- pressed his opinion that the Govern- ftent would be forced to suspend the tyrties during the period of high prices. There is no evidence, perhaps, that the movement W" as widespread as the one when Germany J'as protesting against the wicked agrarian is, taxing the poorest of the people •Or the benefit of the agriculturists. In Germany it was the municipalities and «he Chambers of Commerce who were taking lead in the movement, and that movement at least expected to have a striking effect VPon the next elections to the Reichstag. In France the discontent apparently is send- Labour into the hands of the revolutionary Socialists. I know that it has been suggested oy another correspondent that it was not fair attribute the strike in France to the recent %kreat in Berlin against Protection. He said Iibat it was no more fair to do that than to attribute the cotton and other strikes in Eng- land to Bree Trade. But that will not stand Lamination. There was no parallel between the strike in France for increased wages in ce of the increased cost of living and ^dispute caused by the refusal of one man at instance of his Union to perform work "Men he and they held to be outside the Stope of his proper duties. Moreover, strikes In England for advances in wages P**en, in consequence of the increased cost of «|ving, differ from all Continental strikes for *j*nilar causes, from the very essential fact that Government is not introduced into the jpiarreL Men and women may war against *Qeir employers in this country, as in all other But they have no grievance against Government or the State except where feel that it is owing to some legislation Introduced or allowed by the State that has been the cause of advance in the price c f living, bich is seldom the case here. Still, no doubt1 the cost of living has been advanced in recent Jears all over the world, and the result is doubtless due to many causes. The chief factor 7 be, as Professor Ashley is now engaged in •fguing, the greatly increased gold supply. Pos- sibly most people who are not students of Economics, like myself, will be ready to laugh 'ti this suggestion, and to say that the more told there is the better it must be for every- Sj*e. So we used to think, one must confess, ^it one finds now that gold has to be mea- lured for its exchange value on the terms of gje articles it will buy, and when gold is plen- a sovereign will not buy as much as when People are ready to give more articles in ex- change for a sovereign. In other words, a large Bold supply means that the price of everything ^easured by gold advances, and Professor Ashley shows conclusively that the rise in prices all over the world has been coincident With the increasing gold output since the close j** the South African war. And the best of it is j«at Professor Ashley is the one economist the Tariff Reformers can boast of, and yet I don't ember them telling the people his explana- tion of the rise in prices in this country-y-or in countries—when last winter they placarded ihe walls of towns and villages with posters attributing the increased cost to Free Trade. But to be right and fair to everybody, the tost of living in England, as elsewhere, is heater than it was owing to natural causes, d the important point is this that it has hot risen nearly so much h*e with Free Trade 's it has done in other countries where the Policy of taxing food has existed. The fact is •hat in those other countries it added an arti- addition to the natural cost. That there are still defenders of the French IQ:}.d German policies confirms the Free Trade ent that there is no finality in food taxes. We are often told of the wisdom of Bis- marck's agrarian policy but the German ^grarian Tariff since 1902 has been far more fpotectionist than Bismarck thought desirable. £ j*e Agrarians, with great influence behind j«em, were able to sweep aside the moderate Rotective duties as inadequate, and whereas n years ago it was cheaper living in Ger- y than in England, the cost of food is heater in Germany now than it is in this eotmtry. Day after day some additional proof Jjfctt the commercial classes and much less so labouring classes, do not believe the trine that they ought to be glad to contri- ^Jte to the prosperity of the Agrarians. They P*ve to pay a tax not only on the food they Pttport, but also on the food that they raise at ~°rne, and the State does not get any revenue the latter. In France the position is somewhat different, ^iefly through there being a larger number of *^all holders. Still France needs to import ?pme food, and no nation that thus needs to import food can put a tax on that £ Od without its affecting the whole J1 the same way as if the whole had been J^Ied, and the whole of the people were thus **Xed for the benefit of one class. It may be a deserving class, but it is living as dis- at the expense of the taxpayer as if it ed pauper relief. But in addition to that, M*en it is a food tax that is levied, naturally is the poorest people who are the greatest "erem and more naturally still, when there Oft disputes arising out of the cost of living, OQE) resentment of the sufferers is aroused *8ainst the State. meofour own Tariff Reformers who have lately trying to explain the French, and disturbances, say, Oh, it is not the the tariff it is the Socialists." I But it ia not It is the tariff that has made the Socialists. At least, it is the tariff that has made them ^tolerant to the degree that they have become ?f late and what wonder. Moreover, they are greasing every day. Socialism in Germany 1902 has advanced by leaps and bourds. jjooe then the tariff has swept away Bis- §*Jrck's scientific tariff, and if we in Great Htain were so silly as to imitate Germany's tkbeervience to, the agrarian interest, Socialism Would advance with greater strides here by kP than it does now. Very recently a Government White Paper r** issued stating, amongst other things, that year we imported nearly a hundred million ?Vt. of wheat. \Ve received our largest supply Argentine, which country, as a matter Of fact, charges a lower duty on British Soods than do either Canada or Australia. ..Sow Tariff Reformers should get over the <fliculty of having to exclude goods from a Country. that treats us splendidly they never Pla.iti, but it is clear the taxation of three- F* £ hs of our food supply would tend towards Roubles similar to those that they are wit- ^*S8ed abroad. No doubt our Tariff Reformers youldsay, But our tax is only a little one." France and in Germany the food tax was ll enough to begin with, but it is never pos- J^Ie to satisfy any interest that has once been ^Oght to live at the exepnseof the public. The Victory at a Strong Man. Breaking the French railway strike was ac- complished by firmness and courage. It was the etory of a strong man. M. Briand, the Pre- fer, had to face a cruel fate when it was on him to face the issues of such a formidable r^ike, which was the result of a move- ment that had been organised with no ordinary Ability. True the bolt did not fall from the £ 'Ue. There was an expectation of its descent, ?^d it is on that account in all probability that S^e Government was fairly prepared to the emergency, calling to their support old statute which is still in operation, and 2^der which it is possible for the State to pro- rate persons who are implicated in any bspiracy to hinder railway traffic to the ?etriment of the public. The Government j^fcdled the difficulty -with firmness and re- r^Orce. It was clear that any temporising at the r^tical mordent would have plunged France a morass of trouble from which extrication ^tild only have been effected by a serious loss prestige on the part of those who were re- Pongible for the preservation of la? and order. it is, the country has been grievously ^icken, but fortunately there remains plenty r recuperative power. w*t appears that the penalties under the Act J^der which most of the strike leaders were Captured and imprisoned are very severe. The ^Ueiples of that Act in all probability will c°t commend themselves to the people of this Untry. But France is the mistress oher n domestic concerns. > far as one can fathom there has been no of life in connection with that strike. Still >r° 3,3 ^een some revolver shooting—more 0, lesfe harmless that is all. The evil results the upheaval arc hot to be in any way com- with those entailed by the recent riots '-he Moabite quarter of Berlin and this is a tk "Itiistance that can scarcely fail to arrest cf'0 attention oi the ordinary critics. For the ^ises that were operative in Berlin were, jf ^Practically the same, almost identical those now operative in France. But in one case the factors were disclosed undftr a com- paratively limited Constitutional monarchy, and in the other under a Republic. The real point of identity is to be found in the fact that these factors were operative in countries that are highly protected in the fiscal sense. The fear that France is on the verge of an- other revolution may be set aside without fear. But the Government and the Premier as well as those who are familiar with the methods whereby political crises in France are often precipitated will at once realise that even these will have to stand or fall by the measure of their success in quelling the outbreaks of violence. It is certain, I believe, that M. Ricard and his colleague, M. Milleraud. who did not allow themselves to be confused in danger, will keep their heads equally clear after their success, and that the good work that both were engaged in on behalf of the rail- way workers when the strike so unexpec- tedly took place will be continued to the end. Here again they will have to disregard the French Conservative Press on the one hand,and the intense bitterness of the Socialists and the Anarchists on the other. It is a little remark- able that Trade Unionism in France is so strongy influenced by Socialists and Anarchists —which invariably moves them to these revolu- tionary actions, and each move in its turn gets defeated. There is no knowing to what extremes they may in time be led to, unless they will turn around as they have had to do in Italy and Germany to dissociate them- selves from them.
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Gunboat Blown Up. TEN HAITIAN GENERALS PERISH. j Port au Prince, Wednesday.—The Haitian gunboat Liberth, has been lost off Port de Paix following an explosion. Seventy men are reported to have been killed or drowned, while 20 were rescued. Among those who perished were ten Haitian generals who were on their way to take com- mand of several divisions of troops in the de- partment of the north.—Renter.
UNDER TROPICAL SUN.
UNDER TROPICAL SUN. Sailors' 100 Mile Row. Details of the events following upon the wreck of the Pacific Navigation Company's steamer Chirigui in Panama Bay, have just been received. There were 62 persons on board, and only one life was lost. that of the storekeeper who was killed by the explosion which wrecked the ship. When it was aeen thre was no hope, boats were lowered hurriedly, provisioned, and the passengers and crew embarked. The first to be placed in the boats were nine lady pas- sengers and three children under the age of two years. A course was taken north-east, the rowers taking rest for a few hours only at nights. After three days and two nights the party landed at Garachine Point. During this time the food of the passengers and crew consisted of a small portion of bread per diy, raw potatoes, and just sufficient water to keep their mouths wet, the children being supplied with ample water and a few eggs fortunately put into one of the boats when the wreck oc- curred. Land was 60 miles distant, but in order to reach an inhabited part of the coast the gal- lant sailors pulled over a hundred miles, with a tropical sun beating down upon them, in the hottest climate in the world, and thus saved 61 lives.
REVOLT OF THE WASH-TUB.
REVOLT OF THE WASH-TUB. Strike of Women Workers in Paris. The Paris Journal states that a general strike of Paris laundry workers has been pro- visionally fixed for Nov. 1st unless the em- ployers consent to an increase of wages. The average wage in the laundry industry is said to be 3s a day, in addition to a certain allow- ance for coffee. The employees are claiming another 21d a day. A Paris correspondent describes a remark- able scene in the Rue Ganneron, when out of the windows of a laundry establishment there came flying wash-tubs and enormous cakes of soap. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but several pasters-by had been drenched by an unex- pected bath of soapy water, and they presented a rueful aspect as they stood mopping their clothes, too overcome even to voice a protesta- tion. The mischief had been done by the women workers of the establishment, who bad suddenly resolved to go on strike, and they now appeared at the windows singing the In- ternationale." The disturbance is said to have been brought about by the refusal some days ago of the proprietor of the laundry to increase the girls' wages.
STATUE OF THE LATE DUKE OF…
STATUE OF THE LATE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. The statue of the late Duke of Devonshire at Eastbourne was unveiled early in the week by the Duke of Norfolk. The statue is the work of Mr Alfred Drury, A.R.A., and was recently exhibited at the Royal Academy. The monu- ment shows the Duke in a characteristic pose, wearing his robes as Chancellor of Cambridge University. I
STAB IN THE NECK.
STAB IN THE NECK. Before the Deputy-Sitpendiary (M/Raymund Allen) at Cardiff on Wednesday Ann Squires was charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm to Esther Andrews at Cardiff on October 18th. Mr Harold Lloyd was for the prosecutor and Mr Sydney Jenkins de- fended. The prosecutor did not appear until some 35 minutes after the appointed time, and Mr Harold Lloyd explained that this was because some on eor another, not connected with the pri- soner, had threatened her, and she was afraid to attend. Esther Andrews stated that she lived in a house in Tyndall street, and prisoner was the mother of Ed- ward Andrews. They all lived in the same house. On October 18th Mrs Squires came to her room, forced the door open, upset the table, and smashed the crockery. She then picked up a knife and cut her on the neck and right arm, saying," I'll do the same as Dr. Crippen. I'll make you blinder than myself." Witness managed to get away from her, and afterwards went to the Infirmary to have her wounds dressed. In reply to Mr Jenkins, witness denied striking Mrs Squires with a hammer or any other weapon. For some time Mrs Squires had been on her." She knew that the prisoner was gradually going blind. Mrs Ellen Morris, who also- lives in Tyndall- street, spoke to seeing Mrs Andrews bleeding from the neck and hand. Later she saw Mrs Squires who asked, Is Esther much cut ?" The medical evidence was that the cut on the neck was about four inches long but only skin-deep, while that on the hand was only a small one. Squires was committed to the Assizes.
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The post mortem examination on the body of Admiral C'andido dos Reis, whose sudden death durintr the revolution in Portugal gave rise to many rumours, has shown conclusively that he committed suicide by shooting himself. :1':
BIG CANADIAN LAKE FOUND.
BIG CANADIAN LAKE FOUND. Winnipeg, Wednesday.-Government sur- veyors have received reports from Canadian Indians to the effect that in hitherto unex- plored districts of the North-West they have located a lake which they declare to be as large as Lake Superior.—Central New.
CARDIFF BLACKSMITH'S COLLAPSE.
CARDIFF BLACKSMITH'S COLLAPSE. An inquest was held on Wednesday on Chas. Cawley (71), a blacksmith whose workshop was situated in the lane behind Elm-street, Cardiff. A son of the deceased stated that his father was a smart man f-Qr his age, and it was only recently that he had complained. William Bale, of Partridge-road, said he was passing the blacksmith's shop when he heard a peculiar cough. Looking in, he saw deceased lying on the floor, and thinking he was only in a faint witness sent for the police and the doctor and got a lad to fetch some water. Cawley died before the doctor arrived. Dr. Phillips said he found the deceased lying beside his furnace dead. A small piece of iron had smouldered his waistcoat, on which it had fallen. Death was d'ue to heart failure, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly.
JEWELLERY FROM SWANSEA HOUSES.
JEWELLERY FROM SWANSEA HOUSES. Twq errand -boys-Trevor John Morris, aged 16, and Archibald C. Pritchard, aged 13-were at Swansea Police Court on Wednesday committed for trial at the next Assizes on two charges of breaking and entering dwelling- houses. One of the houses alleged to have i been entered was the residence of Mr W. J. Rees, J.P., Bryn-y-Mor Villa, Eaton-grove, where access had been gained through a win- I dow. Thirty shillings. in money, one diamond ring, a diamond stud, coins, etc., value t30 were missing. The other dwelling entered was 18, Richmond-road, where admission had been by way of the coal house. A cash box containing E12 and jewellery value £40, the property of Mr Reginald Carry, were mus- ing. The boys admitted breaking and enter- i ing, but denied any knowledge of the property.
" Disease, Not Accident."…
Disease, Not Accident." ABERAVON COMPENSATION CASES. Mr L. M. Thomas, on behalf of William H. Ashton, 24, High-street, Taibach, applied at Aberavon County Court on Wednesday to Mr Milner Jones (Deputy Judge) for a compen- sation award in respect of the death of John F. W. Ashton, shunter, employed by the Port Talbot Railway Company, who died as the result of an accident received on December 13th, 1909, when deceased fell under a, train, and both legs were almost severed. Applicant claimed X132 for the death of his son. His Honour awarded £50 to the father. David Malaney, alias Paul Francis, formerly a boatswain on the ship Balmoral, claimed compensation from Messrs McVicar, Marshall and Co., Liverpool, owners of the vessel, in respect of injuries sustained through applicant falling down the hold of the ship. Mr T. H. Hunter appeared for applicant, and Mr St. John Francis Williams defended. Compensa- tion to the amount of 14s lid per week was paid up to July 15th. Claimant was unable to secure the attendance of the doctor from Manchester, as he could not afford it, and had unsuccessfully tried to get the action tried at Manchester. He joined the Balmoral at Liver- pool last April. He bore out his solicitor's statements. Cross-examined, applicant said he was examined by three doctors on Tuesday night, and one that morning. Dr. Wilfred Judson, medical examiner of the Shipping Federation, Manchester Dr. W. J. Murphy, Barry, Penarth; and Dr. Mitchell Stevens, Cardiff, said that applicant was suffering from locomotor ataxia, due to a disease and not to the accident. The Medical Referee (Dr. Lan- caster) having retired with applicant and examined him, returned and said he agreed with the evidence of the other doctors. An award was given for the respondents, with costs on Scale B. Mr L. M. Thomas applied for the apportion- ment of a compensation award of E290, paid by the Whitworth Colliery Co. in respect to the death of Jesse Morrislkeollier, of Pontrhydyfen, who was killed at the colliery on May 15th Last. His Honour awarded the widow 440, and directed that £250 should be invested and be paid-out in weekly paymentsof 79 6d. Unstamped Aberavon Contract. Isaac Greenberg, glazier, Aberavon, sued D. G-armand, Neath, for JE5 for breach of con- tract. Mr L. M. Thomas appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Dan Perkins defended. Plaintiff said heentered into a contract to do work at a Neath chapel for E27 14s 9d. As the contract had not been stamped the Judge found for defendant with costs.
Alleged Bankbook Fraud. ".
Alleged Bankbook Fraud. CHARGE AGAINST GAftNANT MAN. At Ammanford on Wednesday W. Worrell, colliery repairer, of Coronation-road, Garnant, tvas charged with forgery and also with steal- ing for fraudulent purposes a banker's deposit book, the property of Evan Jones, labourer, of Coronation-road, Garnant. Evan Jones stated that witness was his fellow-lodger. Witness was a native of Rhayader, and had a deposit account with the London City and Midland Bank at Rhayader. He missed his bankbook from his clothes box. E. K. Davies, bank accountant, of Rhayader, said they received a letter and the deposit book of Evan Jones from their Liverpool office, and they followed the instructions of the Jetter, and sent JE15 in bank notes to. Evan Jones, care of Mr W. Morgan, High-street, Ammanford. Sarah Jane Morgan said prisoner asked her to receive any letters that came for him. Two letters arrived, which she identified, and she signed for one. The letters were addressed to Evan Jones. She told the prisoner she did not like him to have letters sent there in another name, and prisoner replied that it was only a bit of fun. N. A. Groves, of the Capital and Counties Bank, Ltd., said he changed three £ 5 Bank of England notes for prisoner, who said he was Evan Jones, end that he was opening business at Ammanford. P.C. Thomas, of Glanamman, said he re- ceived prisoner into custody from the London police. Prisoner admitted the offence, and said he did not know what made him do it. P-riwuer-WAS committed for trial at$he next assizes at Carmarthen.
AN ENGLISH-TRAINED POTENTATE.
AN ENGLISH-TRAINED POTEN- TATE. The Crown Prince of Si am, Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh, who succeeds to the throne, and who is 30 years of age, was initiated into English life in the house of Mr Basil Thomson, son of New King of Siam. I the late Archbhhop of York. He was after- wards transferred to Sandhurst, and put under the charge of Colonel Hume, for many- years attached to Lord Roberts's staff in India, and afterwards in South Africa, and having served in an English infantry regiment the Crown Prince finished his career here by a year at Oxford. Other sons of the late King have been at Harrow and at Oxford or Cambridge. The Crown Prince acted as Regent during his father's tour abroad in 1907.
A NEATH APPEAL.
A NEATH APPEAL. Security for Costs Application. In the Court of Appeal, before the Master of the Rolls and Lords Justices Moul- ton and Farwell, there was heard an original motion in the form of an application by the plaintiffs in the Neath action of JohnKan d Rees v. George, that the defendant should give security for the costs of his appeal. Mr Christopher James, for the plaintiffs, said :-This was an appeal by the respondents (the plaintiffs in the action) for security for costs of the defendant's appeal. The action was brought for an injunction to restrain de- fendant from abstracting water from a pond at Neath. Defendant is the lessee of minerals under a farm. The action was tried before Mr Justice Eve, who held that there was no reasonable necessity for abstracting the water from the pond, which was the excuse made by the defendant, and he granted an injunction and directed the defendant to pay the costs. The Master of the RoUs Security to the extent of E25 must be given within 14 days, otherwise the appeal will be dismissed.
OUTSPED THE POLICEMAN.!
OUTSPED THE POLICEMAN. Cycling Suspect's Escape. The police of Huntingdonshire and adjoining districts are still searching for a man who escaped from a police inspector after arrest on the charge of incendiarism in connection with three outbreaks of fire which took place on a Ramsey farm within the 24 hours between Sunday and Monday. Officer and suspect cycled together after the arrest towards Ramsey, and when about two miles from the Police Station the man spurted away from his less agile captor, and was last heard of at Charteris, Cambridgeshire.
PONTYPRIDD P.C. SENT TO GAOL
PONTYPRIDD P.C. SENT TO GAOL At Pontypridd on Wednesday, Jas. E. Crute, a constable stationed in the town, was charged with stealing from the police station £5 Is 6d mess money, the property of his messmates. P.C. Bates deposed to placing the sum named in his locker, in accordance with his custom. He could not remember whether or not he had turned the key. Prisoner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a month's imprisonment in the second division. The Stipendiary said Crute had hitherto borne a good character and was given a posi tion of trust. It was of the greatest importance to maintain the good name of the police force, and therefore he found it impossible, under the circumstances, to deal with prisoner under the First Offenders' Act. He felt very much sym- pathy for the prisoner's brother, who haa re- tunded the money to the mess. J
WELSH GLEANINGS. .
WELSH GLEANINGS. News and Views in Lighter Vein. Llandudno, in order to he bang up to date, has gone in for a Cymmrodorion Society. The Bishop of Guildford, fined for exceeding the speed limit with his motor-car, said he did not know there was a policeman behind the hedge. A very human bishop It is worth while noting that of the consider- able number of prisoners for trial at Cardiff Michaelmas Quarter Sessions not a single one was of Welsh nationality. Little did Dt» Quincey realise that the name of Mr Lloyd George's early home would some day be Correctly printed even in the London dailies. In the Opium Eater," he affects utter inability to spell the name of the village which gave birth to the Chancellor. A very mean German went to a railway station booking-office and said, Gimme a tigget to Newport." Which Newport ?" asked the clerk. In Monmouthshire or the Isle of Wight ?" I don't gare. Vichever's the sheapest If there is ever a Welsh Royal residence- and it is not improbable-it would particularly please Queen Mary. If (says a Society gossip) only Conway Castle could be renovated and rendered suitable, she would regard the place with much favour. Among the lecturers for the Neath Cym- reigyddion Society this session are the Rev. G. Hart well Jones, Rev J. Puleston Jones, Mr Lewis Davies (Cymmer), Dyfed, Professor J. Morris Jones. The St. David's Day guest wili be that fervid Welshman, Mr Tom John. The scheme of work for the coming year of the Liverpool Committee for Excavation and Research in Wales and the Marches includes the,K,avation of several hill forts, each of whif h i? 30 to 40 acres in extent. It was stated at {1i meeting of the committee las) week that the history of Wales could not be written until, they were explored. Lewis David ap David, who was Mayor of Carmarthen in 1576. was fined 20s for neglect- ing to put in force the weighing of wool at the common beam in the Shire Hall." A tyler who offended the dignity of another Carmarthen Mayor (Griffith ap J ohn, 15-91) was fined t5 for speaking thus to his Worship Yt is but an office for a yeare, and when you are out of office I will talke with you." The Rev. J. G. Williams, who is vicar of Ranmoor, Sheffield, one of the most fashion- able churches in the district, is the son of the Rev. Thomas Williams, vicar of Uanllwch and New Church. He was born at Llanllwch Vicarage, Carmarthenshire, and received his early education at Carmarthen Grammar School. Before he went to Sheffield, where he is recognised as one of the ablest of ministers, he was at Clifton, Ramsgate, and Peel, Iste of Man. It is complained that the unwieldy nature of. some Welsh place-names is due more to th( Welshman himself—especially the Welsh joun nalist-than to anyone else. The fun made of Welsh names would be avoided if words were properly set forth. Thus Bettws y Coed is writ Bettwsycoed," Troed Rhiw Dalar Troed- rhiwdalar," Islaw'r Dref Islawrdref," Uwchlaw'r Coed "Uwchlawrcoed," and a host of others in a similar manner. Mr J. C. Roberts, of the Drych Office, haa a copy of Grawnsypiau," which contains a selection of the poetical works of William Wil- liams, of Pantycelyn, published in 1795, the printer being J. Core, of Liverpool. On a plain sheet the following hymn appears written by a very One penman Pwy welai'n chwysu'r dafnau gwaedlyd Ar noswaith oerllyd yn yr ardd | Iesu siriol, rhosyn Saron, Bendithion fyrdd o hono dardd. Aberth yw, bara byw Dyoddefodd dan ddigofaint Duw." In the second volume of Men of Mark in Maryland," by Mr Lynn R. Meekins, M.A., there is an interesting article on the Rev. J, Wynne Jones, D.D., with a portrait. Mr Jonei, is a native of Monmouthshire, who emigrated to America in 1854 when only nine years of age. He fought in the Northern Army from 1862 to ■1 iUm Mud, mlnHHinrmthr he sfcodiad at Owirimmt* and Princeton University, where he graduated in 1876. After being in charge of a church at New Jersey for two years he received a call to Canton, Baltimore, in 1878, where he still mini- sters with great success. A reader sends a picture postcard from War rington showing the village stocks of th* quaint village of Lymm in Cheshire. This con- firms what another correspondent affirmed i" a previous issue,that these old stocks still exist in some parts. The stocks, writes the corres. pondent, are almost perfect, and date from the early 14th century. They were fixed originally on an old sandstone quarry, and ultimately the village grew up around them. The centre structure known as the cross it, 13th century, and has a well-preserved sun. dial. The pebbled roads of the village shows on the postcard are also worthy of note, j Croes-y-Parc Church may be regarded ac grandmother of the first Welsh Baptist cause in Cardiff. Cadoxton-BarryBaptist Church was founded by members who had previously been obliged to walk from Cadoxton to Peter- stone. The first joint pastorate of theCadox- ton church in 1782 was held by the Rev. Morris Jones, who was minister at Croes-y-Parc. In 1808 they had a straw-thatched building as a church, and in 1816 the Rev. James Perreft became pastor,and later the Rev. David Bvm. From the Cadoxton Church sprang a came in Cardiff, which was commenced in a stable4oll near the old Cardiff Arms. On the- site to-day stands the Angel Hotel. Dr. Camassia, an Italian, suggests a turn method of identification. After long Study he has come to the conclusion that the back of the hand possesses advantages over the fincen* He says the veins on the back of the hand ai* never the same on each hand. and the hands of two persons possess such distinct --tino that they can never be taken one for the other. The differences become most apparent when the hand is clenched. The hand easily alknra itself to be photographed, and offers much better scope for observation than the thumb- print impression. It will not be surprising to hear that this "science" is far advanced already by the Cardiff police, for as with thumb-prints and other smart things they am far ahead of the rest of the world. It is becoming increasingly evident that tbs promoters of the movement to bring a large contingent of American Welshmen to the Car- marthen National Eisteddfod next year mean business, and they booster it accordingly. The best evidence of the bona-fides of the pro- posal is that intending trippers are planting down their dollars. It is time, there- fore, that this unique temporary repatri- ation should meet with some response in the Old Country." That the Cambro- Americans will be received in Wales with great warmth goes without saying, bnt there is a risk of a dye reception miscarrying through the want of an immediate and adequate prepara- tion. Who will lead for Wales ? A correspondent in a North country con- temporary, referring to a recent note on the old traffic between South Wales and Bristol, gives interesting proof of a sinister kind from the year 1844. The story begins with a sailor who sailed to Bristol from Hamburg. and took lodgings in the Welsh Back. He proved to be ill on arrival, and forthwith died of cholera. A fellow-lodger of his went on then with a sailing ship to Llanelly, and in his turn there declared the disease and died. Next stage, a tramp who had lodged in the same doss-house at Llanelly tramped to Hirwain, and died there. Another tramp carried on the mortal infection to the Red House, River Side, Merthyr. He, dying in a crowded district, gave the infection broadspread to others, until in all 1.732 deaths were traced to this one sailor from Hamburg in the Welsh Back at Bristol. Re Mountain Ash's name. I have by me (writes a correspondent) an old record which states that the whole neighbourhood about 250 vears aero was owned bv an Enrrlishman from Bristol, and the five farms, viz.. Aberpenar, Abercwmboy, Aberffrwd, Gelli Ddu Isaf, and Tonchoch, he rented out to Dafydd ab Ieuan Ddu for t5 per annum. This Dafydd ab leuan Ddu, who bought them, left the farms to his son John, and John left them again to his son James Jones. This James paid particular attention to agriculture and he planted 365 trees around Aberpenar alone, and improved the land con- siderably. About 1720 James Jones sold the whole for £ 1,800 to Wm. Bruce, Esq., surgeon on board a ship (grandfather of Lord Aberdare). A question subsequently arose as to the naming of a publichouse erected in the district.. which Mr Bruce Pryse. who later became the owner of the place, named Mountain Ash, after the plantation of ash trees. Hence the name which clung to the town that has grown to its present proportions. Y PLENTYN A'l DAID. fcyd-deithiai y ddau hyd y tywod cras- Y bychan o naid i naid ( Ond blinodd cyn hir, a gofynodd yn swil, Y'ch chwi yn fy ngharu i, 'nhaid.V Dy garu di ? Wyf, Llewelyn bach, Paham 'rwyt ya holi heb raid ?" Fe wenodd y bychan mewn perffaith foddhadc A d'wedodd, 'Nawr cariwch ft, nhaid." Upper Brighton. — H. Jones.