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ftablic Computus, fee. TEN PER CENT, MINIMUM DIVIDENDS GUARANTEED. THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST WILL OPEN on SATURDAY, the 19th inst., and WILL CLOSE on or before WEDNESDAY, the 23rrt iust. Developed Alluvial and Gold Quartz Properties on the MAIN Lode. Two Hundred Thousand Ton8 of paying Ore immediately available in Four proved Veins. THE DAHLONEGA COMPANY, JL LIMITED. incorpoi_ted under the Companies' Acts, 1862 to 1386. CAPITAL, £125,000. in 125,000 Shares of Bl each, cf Which 41.tOll are reiainecl by the present Proprietor ot Üle properties, leaving B3,úOO shares, which are now atfered fos public subscription at Par -£1 per share— payable. Is per share on application, ts per share Qn allotment, and the BALANCE by calls not 3xceedinjl; 5s per share. at Intervals of not jess tban two months or tbe whole may be paid ou allotment, entitling the subscriber to immediate mini. jaum dividends of 10 per cent, per annum on the full Maount. The terms upon which the company take over the properties are as follows :—The first capital 3ubsciibetl up to £ 10,000 is to be applied as WORDING capital. Minimum ùindends of 10 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly (the first at the expiration of three months aner allotment) are guaranteed for five years -loa. the shares which may be allotted to the public. In event of the whole of the share capital now offered for subscription not being applied tor by the public and Allotted, the balance is to be taken by the present naex of the properties. DIRECTORS. Bir GILBERT EDWABD CAMPBELL, Bart. MICHAEL HERBETIT COLTON, Esq., South Scarle Hall, Newark. HENRY BOWSHER WEBB, Esq., Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath. JJOOKPH BOUTON CROsBY. Esq. (Messrs J. B. and 6. W. CrosbyX 20, Abchurch-lane, London, E.C. 'MARSHALL ALOYSIUS PHILLIPS, Esq., Phila- delphia, U.S.A., and 11 and 12, Clements-lane, Lon- don, E.C. 'Will join the Board after allotment. BANKERS. Ihe NATIONAL BANK, Limited, 13, Old Broad-street, London, 1< C lbs FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Philadelphia. U.S.A. BROKERS.— Messrs H. C. MAY and HEAVELY, 2a, Copthall Court, London, E.C., and Stock Exchange. BULLION BKOKERS.—Messrs PIXLEY and ABELL, 27, Old Broad-street, Loudon, E.C. SOLICITORS. JOHN F. S. CRIDLAND, Esq., 17, Bedlord-row, Loudon, W.C. CHARLES P. BLIGHT, Esq., Philadelphia, U.S.A. AUDITORS.—Messrs PIXLEY and CO., 23, Moorgate- street, London, E.C. SLCRKTARY AND OFFICES —Mr MONTGOMERIE A CALLOW, 11 and li, Clements-lane, Lombard-street, London. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Mr Marshall A. Phillips, of Philadelphia, the owner « the valuable gold properties described below, has Incorporated this Company, as an English Corporatioll nnder The Companies' Act?, to obtain the co-operation of British Capital III continuing the mining and treatment of the Alluvial and Quartz Auriferous Ores now working and in profitable operation, and of making further develop- ments. The properties are three in number—Freehold—and are named the Ivel," Lockhart," and Fish Trap" Gold Mines, comprising an area. of about 600 acres, traversed by the noted Gold-bearing mineial belt, known as THI Pigeon R00st," Hear the centre 01 the Dahtonega. Gold fields, in the State ot Georgia, U.S.A. The hey" has been examined and reported upon by Mr A. C. Johnson, Mining and Civil Engineer, wbo states that ij; consists of about 180 acres, with a Water- way or Caual about 15 miles in length, and dams, trestles, flumes, etc.. constructed, in 1835, for a capacity of .300 miners' itches of water, wbich can oe materially increased. The Plant cQmurises a first-class bO Stamp Mill of the lates. im- proved desigu, and best adapted to the Ores of the district, supplied witb all necessary appliances. The amount of Ore immediately IIovailable in tbe "Ivey" mine alone. on four veins, for a distance of 3,000 linear feet by about 10 feet deep, is estimated by !\Ir Johnson to be at least 200,000 tons, which woulù be doubled by working to the depth of an additional 30 feet. Mr A. C. Johnson's report upon the Ivey mine is continued by Mr A. B. Linderman, Mining and Civil Engineer, who also reports tbat tile mine has yielded gold to the value of over §110,000 in tbree years' work. ing, and tbat tbe cost of working by hydraulicing may be put at 13 cents per ton. Mr Linderman has also ezamined and reported upon the other two properties, the Lockhart'' and Jnsh Trap," and with regard to them he stMeg as follows The Lockhart comprises 180 acres, all gold-bear- ing, and surrounded with rich mines, which have made their owners udllionaires if it Í8 opened out by a level driven into tbe side of the feill to the extent of about 1bO feet, working a lode of auriferous drift, 8 feet wide, of a net value 01 $3 per Jon. With this property is a 20 Stamp Mill, witti all Appliances requirell for the Mine as a goiug concern worked by a Leffel water-wheei in flrst-rate order. The "Fish Trap" is 240 acres Jll extem, aU gold- bearing, opened out by a cut about 400 long by about 100 feet wide. containiug several rich veins, from which targe amounts of gold bave been taken the cost of working by hydriulioiag is put as low as 13 cents per ton. With this property also is a GO Stamp Mill and all necessary appliances, and a 40 h.p. engiue and boiler". Mr Phillips guarantees for iive years the PAYMENT of minimum dividends of 10 PER ceDt. per anuum upon the shares which may be allotted to the public inch dividends to be vain quarterly, the tirs. to become /PAYABLE 3 months after allotment. The Directors have aatisfied themselves of the ability ot MR Phillips to perform the terms of his guarantee. Although the guarantee of dividends, by Mr Marshall A. Phillips, is limited to 10 per cent. per annum, it is, is the judgment of Mr Linderman, absolutely beyond QUESTION that the actual dividends will be at least doable the rate guaranteed. Mr Phillips has consented to accept the office of Managing Director 01 the Company for a period of Five years. The Gold produced is almost pure, exceeding 990 in fineness, and, being free Gold, aU expense of concen- tration i" avoided. Application for Shares may be made on the form to be obtained, with Prospectuses, from tbe Bankers, Brokers, or Secretary of the Company, or application can be made by letter addressed to the Secretary, or to the Company's Bankers, accompanied by a remjt- TANCE of Is per share. By order. MONTGOMERIE A. CALLOW. ■Secretary. 11 A 12, Clements-lane, Lombard-at., London, E.C. 17 th October, 1889. 13912 EVERYBODY SHOULD SEE AYLEY S A Guided the treatment of Common Ailments by 163 pages, E D I C A L, Simple Remedies. Crown 8vo. JLvX. Of Recipes, Notes, DICTIONARY and Useful In- formation. AcopywiU be sent by BOOT post, on receipt of three stamps to cover postage, by v. BAYLEY, CHEMIST, WALSALL. PROPRIETOR OP BATCHY 3 WOOD OILS, The only Successful AW, Cure for Rheumatism T and Sciatica. la per bo\tla, of all Chemists; or post free, Is 3d. CSTABLISHSD FOR UPWARDS OF óO YEARS DR. rjl Y E s DROPSY, JJYER, AS(D W:8D pILLS. If you are suffering WITH Dropsy, Stomach, Bowel. or Liver complaints, ASTHMA, Bronchitis, or any similar complaint leve immeuiate recourse to these valuable PILLS, thy will cure you as surely as «r°u take them. They GI-E immediate Relief in Sicic fend Nervous Headache, VIU(I in the SLOMACH and Bowels, remove the Bile, INSIST Digestion, cure Cos- tiveness, Giddiness, Sickness,Palpitations, and Nervous Complaints. As a Liver PiU IIEY can have no rival, beiDflcomposed of the most. powerful Vegetable Extracts, which have direct ACTION on the Spleen and Liver The Rev Thos. Webb, Congregational Minister, Hawkesbury-1 pton, Chippenham, Wilts, writes, Sept. 16, 1886 I have recommended your Pil;" for over 10 YEARS, and have not known a case in which they have Jailed to cure Dropsy wheu persevered with. I am to-day about to take box to an iuiDort«nt servant of the Duke of Beaufort, and another t, A poor old woman who, I may say, has been kept alivt for years by these Pills at my expense. The last cure I have wHected by them is that of A man in his 90TTJ year, an aid servant of the Earl of Suffolk, who was AO full of Dropsy that his end appeared to be near, and ÏJtj is now able to do his gardening. I could wish, for the bene lit of the public, they were more widely known. Mrs Price, Floral-gardens, Minety, Wilts, wqtes April 5,1887 I beg to record my testimony to THE immense benefit I have derived from taking your renowned "'lyts's Pills." Some five years ago, I WAS COFFERING dreadful pain from Dropsy, Heart and Liver Complaints. The doctor gave me up, saying there was to hope of my recovery. Noticing your advertisement .éD the North Wilts HeriUd, I sent for a box, and before I bad taken them all I bega.n to get better. The third box cured me. Make what use you like of this letter, I v it was reading a testimonial of your Pills and trying THEN* that I am able to pen this. My husband has also bDd great beJltJtit from them for various diseases. Charles Ciutterbuck, of 16, Montgomery-street, ..Bedminster, Bristol, writes, March 1, 1882 :—My wife's Mother was cured of dropsy by taking three boxes of Dr Tye's Pills," procured of Mr Hodder, Chemist, Broad-street, after being pronounced incurable by a physician in London and at St Bartholomew's Hosnital, also at a bome near London. We took her to the Bristol General Hospital, but they could do her no aood. We had another doctor who tapped her 12 times and took óO gallons of water from her, but all of no AVAIL. It was by your Pills only she was cured. Mr William Yeatman, 17, Green-street. Canton, Cardiff, writes, 31st May, 1886 :— Juat before Christmas last my wife was taken JARS ill with Inflammation of the Lnmrs and BRONCHITIS, attended with Dropsy. She was given up by two of the leading medical men in Cardiff, who R-ould give her no hope, and advised her to prepare for ftoother world. Three boxes of your Tye's Pills taite cured her, after bamg in bed four months. 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PHYSICIANS HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. MARVELLOUS CURE OF BRONCHITIS. My wife has been suffering from bronchitis this last 18 months, not able to sleep or lie down in bed obliged to be propped up in bed by pillows. Our doctor did all be p0S6ibly could, but of DO effect, and gave it up asa hopeless case. I was recommended to try Tudor Williams's Patent. Balsam of Honey, which I did, and to my great surprise after the first dose she took of the Balsam she began to mend and feel better day by day. The tickling cough and tight chest have now disap- peared now she enjoys a good night's rest in fact she is not the same woman. I would not be without Tudor Williams's Balsam of Honey were it double the price. I earnestly thank the Lord that I ever was indllced to try it.—JOHN BALDWIN, 49, Park View street, Waunllwyd. ONCE TRIED, ALWAYS USED. Ask distinctly for TUDOR WILLIAMS'S BALSAM OF HONEY, and see that you get the right article. 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Family Notices
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS BIRTHS. DAVIES.—On Sunday. Oct. 13th, the wife of John S. Davies, Hill Side, Pontypridd. of a daughter. 8 NOOTr.-October 17. at No. 3, Partridge-road, Roath, Cardiff, the wife of G. R. Noott, of a daughter. 78 MARRIAGES. KiTCHtS—HUTcmNGS.—On October 15th, at Broad. way Wesleyan Cliapel, Roatb, Cardiff, by the Kev George Hack, William Henry, son of Walker Kitchin, Oakfield-street, Roath, to Emily, daughter of George James Hutchings, Gordon-rd., Cardiff.893 PERKS—THEGASKIS —On the lbth inst., at Cardiff, by the Rev E. Dodds, Robert H. Perks, M.D., F.R.C S., of Devonport, to Frances Mary, daughter of the late Henry Tregaskis, of Cardiff. 933 SWINNEKTON—PRATT.—On the 15th inst., at Stretton, Penkridge, by the Rev J. W. Napier, vicar of the parish, assisted by the Rev R. Go Farmer, vicar of Barlastoa, the Rev James Swinnertou, vicar of Maindee, Mon., to Sophia Spence second daughter of Edward Richard Pratt, of Stretton, Staffordshire, WILLIAMS—EVANS.—On the 9th. at St. Peter's, Pont ardawe, by the Rev D. Jones, B.A.. Vicar, assisted by the Rev Mr Davies, B.A., Thomas R. Williams, late tntor of Normal College, Bangor, to Rachael, daughter ot Mr E. Evans. Gilfachyraidd, Ystalyfera. The bride was given away by her father. DEATHS. AnKEN.—October 15th, at 65, Craddock-street, Canton, Cardiff, John William Aitken, late chief engineer of the 8.S. Cyrl, and son of William Aitken, engineer and marine surveyor, Castle-road, Cardiff, aged 36. The funeral will leave Craddock-street on Saturday at 3 p.m. Friends will please accept this intimation. ALEXANDER. — On the 11th inst., at Penmark. Mary, the wife of John Alexander, in her 76th year. BALL.—October 13th, at 18, Pembroke-road, Cardiff, Fred. Roberts Bail, sou of William and Elizabeth Ball, aged 9 years. 828 BLOW.—On the 14th inst., at 26, Caerleon-road, New- port, Mary Jane, the beloved wife of William Blow, aged 31 years. 8584 CRorr -Oct. 12th, at 96. Cowbridge-road, Canton, Cardiff, Mr S. E. Croft, aged 47 years. 861 GRAVENO& —Oct. 12, at Somerset Villa, Tredegar, Marianne Agnes, aged 4 years 4 months, the clearly .loved youngest child of Mary Ann and the late Llewelyn P. Gravenor. JONS&—October 6th, at Bath, Kate, the beloved wife of George G. Jones (Messrs Frank James and Sons' clerk>, AT Aberdare, aged 41. 775 MORGAN.-on Friday night, Mrs Morgan Morgan, Gelliwastad-grove, Pontypridd. PRICE.—October 14th, J. D. Pric^, Co-operative Stores, Ferndale, age 36. Funeral will leave house at 3 on Friday. October 18th. for Ferndale Cemetery. Public funeraL 946 WlLMAMS<—Oct. 10th, William Williams, Old Bryn Farm, Brynroawr.aged 66 years. WILLIAIIS.Oct. lith, atter brief illness, Jane Wil- liams, bead mistress Trealaw Infant School, beloved wife of David Wiliiams, contractor, Tonypandy, and daughter of Mr Jones, 128, Pr ory-street, Carmar- then. IN M^KORIAM.—In dear and loving remembrance of George Bur tin, captain of the s.s. Swiftsure, who was drowned near Penzance on or about the 15th of October, 1886, aged 37 years. 874
,SATURDAY, octcber 19, islo.
,SATURDAY, octcber 19, islo. WBI>SH-SPEAKING MAGISTRATES. THE reriiarkable scene which occurred this weekat'tbe Ruthin police-court has directed ..Public attention to the constitution of the ? magisterial b-anch in Wales. It was already r sufficiently weft known that the great un- paid were, in vast majority o £ cases, drawn from one class and from one- political party. Where the majority of the people were Liberals and Non- conformists, the majority of the magia" trates were Tories and Churchmen. It is now probable that the people will begin to ask themselves, "Why is it that magistrates are appointed to judge us when they are ignorant of our language ?" To his credit be it said that Judge GWILYM WILLIAMS has. on [more than one occasion when circumstances rendered it necessary or advisable, conducted the whole proceedings of his court in the Welsh language. And is there any reason why he should not do so, and why other official dispensers of justice should not follow his example ? What can be more absurd than to see a case where the witnesses know Welsh better than English, and where the advocates on both sides know it equally well, and still where the whole proceedings are conducted in English ? This either implies an unnecessary waste of time in the translation of the evidence, or entails upon witnesses the disadvantage of being compelled to give their evidence in a language with which they are not Sufficiently familiar. While we do not justify the language used by the Rev AMBROSE JONES in the case to which we have referred, and while we by no means sympa- thise with him in his contempt and abhorrence of the English tongue, we certainly commend him for the stand he made on behalf of his native land and its native language. Mr AMBROSE JONES claimed to be sworn and to give his testimony in Welsh, urging as his plea that he was more familiar with that language than with English, The magistrates replied they knew Mr JONES could speak English sufficiently well for the purpose of giving evidence. Mr AMBROSE JONES retorted that even if this were so, he wished to make it impossible for magistrates who were ignorant of the language of the people to be appointed to so important a post. In this he has our entire sympathy, and, we think, the sympathy of every right-thinking person. Even admitting that Mr JONES could speak English, it is reasonable to believe that he was more familiar with Welsh, and that for that reason he would be better able to do himself and his evidence justice if he were examined in that tongue. To be able to carry on an ordinary conversation in English is one thing; to be able to bear the brunt of a cross-examination in which every word and phrase will be twisted to answer the purpose of the hostile lawyer is quite another matter. More than this, too, Mr AMBROSE JONES, it appears to us, was jus- tified in the protest he made from quite another point of view. We gather from the report of the case that he was called to give evidence as to what transpired at a church meeting. We assume that the proceedings at that meeting were conducted in Welsh. Why, then, should Mr AMBROSE JONES be shouldered with the responsibility of giving the exact English translation of those pro- ceedings 'i We maintain he was perfectly within his legal right in wishing to give his evidence in the language used at the meet- ing respecting which he was to be examined, and in leaving to the court the sole responsi- bility of seeing that the English version was an exact translation of that evidence. There is, too, yet another aspect of the case, and one which, if the proceedings had gone a stage further, might have been more fully developed. Mr AMBROSE JONES having declined to be sworn in English, the case was adjourned. Now, assuming that the magistrates had acceded to his reasonable request to be examined in Welsh, how far would he have been justified in replying to the questions put to him ? Let us place the matter clearly. Mr A MBROSE JONES is the minister of a church. In his capacity as minister he presides at a church meeting where a certain charge is en- quired into. It is a recognised principle that the proceedings at; such church meet- ings are strictly private. They are really on a par with the Roman Catholic con- fessional—so far as the confidential character of the transaction is con- cemed-with the simple difference that, whereas in the latter there is only one person to whom the member unbosoms himself, in the former there are several. How far, theu, is it right for persons who, in their official capacity, and under the confidential veil of a religious ceremonial, acquire knowledge respecting certain facts to publish again those facts in open court ? Would a Roman Catholic priest say in court what had been entrusted to him in the confessional 1 Would a ritualistic priest of the Church of England betray in a court of justice a secret of which he had gained cognizance in his priestly capacity in the confessional ? Should a Nonconformist minister be called upon to declare in open court matters which had been entrusted to him in the course of the equally confidential and equally privileged proceedings of a Church meeting ? These are questions well worthy of con- sideration. But, apart from these, the Rev AMBROSE JONES has set an example which others might well follow. It is surely not too much to say that when a witness under- stands Welsh better than English, or when the evidence relates to transactions conduc- ted in Welsh, he should by every principle of common sense be allowed to give his evidence in the language in which he can best do justice to himself. It belongs not to him to con- sider whether the magistrate, or the clerk, or the solicitors, or any other official does or does not understand Welsh. What he has to concern Jiimself about is to give his evidence in the manner he can best do justice to it. If the officials do not under- stand his native and familiar tongue, no witness should be in the least degree handi- capped by this official ignorance. If the Rev AMBROSE JONES finds many imitators, the absurdity of appointing in Welsh- speaking districts magistrates and other officials ignorant of the people's language will be made manifest, and will necessitate, for very shame, a more sensible procedure in the future.
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RAILWAY COLLISION AT HEXHAM. » A collision occurred on Tuesday morning on the Waverley route of the North British Railway at Wark, about 12 miles from Hexham. The 6.15 passenger train from Newcastle to Edinburgh came into collision with the 4.55 a.m. goods' train from Riccarton. Being a single line it is worked on tbe staff system. A fog prevailed at the time, and the engines of both trains became firmly locked together, and were badly damaged. One passenger, said to be named Shinn, a colliery manager, was seriously injured, sustaining a fracture of both legs. öovelalother persons were cut and bruised.
- QUI EXCUSE, S'ACCUSE.
QUI EXCUSE, S'ACCUSE. THE Parliamentary successes of the GLAD. STONE party, of which the last, and, perhaps, the most glorious— North Bucks—was declared after our last issue went to press, have furnished political Unionist orators, who have been very busy this week, with much to talk about, simply on account of there being such a vast necessity to explain away the damaging effects of these defects. Mr CHAMBERLAIN, the H OME SECRETARY, and Mr STANHOPE each in his turn has attempted to minimise the disas- ters which have overtaken them. They are something like the "Three Jolly Huntsmen" of nursery ballad fame. Everything that is plain is mistaken for the quarry for which they are in quest. One says it is so and so, but the other says nay." Thus they proceed to comfort each other, but, like their prototypes already alluded to, they have nothing to show for their efforts. Mr MATTHEWS asked, Did anybody suppose that Home Rule had determined the loss of North Backs and Peterborough ? These elections were determined by such things as the question of allot- ments, the merits of the VERNEY family, the absence of a FITZWILLIAM, the pro- fuse promises of which Radical candidates '"were always so prodigal, and other local and insignificant questions, but not by Home "Rule, for Home Rule had been pushed "into the background as an electioneering II cry." Mr CHAMBERLAIN at Plymouth gave vent to much the same oomionthat the elections did not turn upon Home Rule. May be these apologists think so, and may derive consolation from tihe thought, but it is merely grasping tlife shadow and neglecting the substance. It is5ho($worth our while to consider whether such excuses are true or not, for the fact remiirt3 that the four can- didates who were defeated made a special feature of their allegjpmpe to BALPOUB, and especially called tM attention of the electors to the Irish programi&e their rivals. Suppos- ing, for the sake of argument, that the winners of Peterborough anjjt J^forth Bucks did not advocate Home Rule, neither Mr CHAMBER- LAIN nor the HOME SfecfttETARY would bebold enough to affirm that they denied it. On the other hand, the defeated candidates werecon- tinually asking for support from all those who objected to see justice done to the Emerald Isle, and this was 1||je -jmain plank in their platform. How, then, can Mr CHAMBERLAIN and Mr MATTHEWS assert that these elec- tions did not turn upon the Irish question ? The Unionists appealed to each constituency to return their proteges solely in order to pre- ventHome Rule, foritis merely coercion which cements the bond between Whigs and Tories. This unholy alliance is entirely sustained by the Irish question alone, for upon few other matters do the Dissentient Liberals and the Conservatives agree, Mr CHAMBER- LAIN may be an advocate of free education, and the disestablishment of the English Church, but he would certainly sink these views sooner than allow Home Rule to be triumphant; This spirit of making all con- troversial matter subservient to the Irish policy is obligatory, or else the present Government would be quickly turned out of office. Both the Tories and the Whigs know this well, and whenever they desire to secure the votes of a constituency in which the Conservatives cannot hope to obtain the seat without the help of the followers of Lord HARTINGTON, or vice versa, the cause of the Union is alone advocated. Such was the case with the late elections, and yet the holiday orators who speak from the Govern- ment side of the House have the temerity to affirm that these contests were nbt deter- mined by Home Rule. We have not thought it requisite to present the alteram partem. The four latest accessions to St. Stephen's are all pledged to Mr GLADSTONE'S policy, and we do not consider the electors to be fools. The Unionists implored them to pass a vote of confidence in the present Government, and they declined. Can any- thing be more plain ?
A HEARTLESS IMPOSTOR.
A HEARTLESS IMPOSTOR. On Thursday, at the Glamorganshire Quarter Sessions, a remarkable case of false pretences was tried before his Honour, Judge Gwilym Williams, The prisoner was Henry Rogers, a shoemaker, who was charged with obtaining by false pretences from Charlotte Warburton the sum of £2 14s, and of Jessie Warburton certain food and lodging with intent to defraud, at Radyr. Mr Arthur Lewis prosesated, and the prisoner con- ducted hia own case, showing an extraordinary acquaintance with legal procedure. Mr Lewis having opened the case, called Elizabeth Warburton, a good-looking yonng woman, who said she lived at Radyr, and used to travel to Cardiff by train to work as a dress- maker. She made the acquaintance of the prisoner at the station one day, and the acquaintance was kept up till he asked if she was engaged, and asked to be allowed to pay his addresses to her. He visited her at her parents' house on Easter Bank Holiday, and stayed there two or three days. In the presence of her sister he said he was a single man, and was in the employ of Messrs Insole. He said he bad spoken to the manager about a house, and that be was going to furnish it for her. She received letters from him in which he spoke of the house and the chaffitig he got from his fellow-clerks when it was known. He signed one from "your devoted lover, Harry." He stayed at her father's house after that for three week?, and had board during the time. He borrowed money trom her sister on twj occasions in her presence. Cross-examined by prisoner. He came to the house at Easter upon her own invitation. He bad never told her he was a married man, but his wife afterwards did so, and showed her the certificate. It was because he was going to marry her, and bad had bought furniture for the house, that,her sister lent him money. A sovereign was len) nim to pay back mcney he bad borrowed to buy the furniture. Letters from prisoner to Elizabeth Warburton were read by Mr Lewie. The following are extracts :— I have very good news for you, and that is I am coming down to Cardiff offices next Monday, and going to be there all the week, because there is so many of them on their holidays, and there is a very heavy demand for coal just now. Trade is beginning to resume its former attitude. I was speaking to tbe manager just now about a house. He is auite willing for me to nave Olle, and he came back to tbe office allll told all the clerks there, and you may guess I am well chatted I must remain, your true and atfectionate lover, HARRY. (Crosses followed.) In a second letter, dated Auerust 19, 1889, prisoner said- The manager up here gave me a good reprimanding on Saturday. and would not pay me. He had a telegram on Saturday asking uf my whereabouts, so 1 am sent to Cardiff to-day to be confronted by Mr Insole. Meet me in town to-night at eight o'clock, Tatf Station.— Yours ever, HARRY. Charlotte Warburton said she was Elizabeth's elder sister. Prisoner stayed at the house of her parents for some days at Easter. He said he had been employed at Messrs Insole's office since he left school at 15 that he was getting 25d a week andbad.S65iu the bank; that he had made arrangements to get a house and furnish it for him and her sister to live in when married. She believed everything he said. She lent him a sovereign. When he borrowed it he said be bad just bought a parlour suite, but had only got £2, and he had therefore borrowed 10s from a "young gentleman in the office." The next time she lent him a sovereign it was to go up to Cymmer to get his pay and see about the house. On the following Monday ahe lent him 103 upon the representation that he bad been repri- manded by the manager, and refused his money, because he had been away on the previous Satur- day. He stayed at the house altogether nearly three weeks. He then left to go and see the manager, promising to be back to take her sister to a funeral, but he never returned. Inspector Jones said be had known the prisoner for years. He lived at Taff-street, Porth, with his wife, and was a shoemaker. He produced a certificate of the marriage given him by prisoner's wife. He had been in prisoner's house on many occasions. When be apprehended prisoner be denied the facts, and stated that be had not ob- tained anything by false pretences. The prisoner made an elaborate speech to the jury, in which he declared his marriage was not proved; that the money and food were not supplied him iu consequence of the statements he made, and that he would have paid Charlotte Warburton back, as he promised, if she had been in when he returned. He reminded them that if the girl had been injured she bad her remedy by a breach of promise action. It was because they found out that he was a cobbler, and not good enough for her, that they put the police on his track. He asked them to give him the benefit of the doubt, as men of 66 intelligence, intellect, and capacity." The jury immediately found prisoner guilty. Inspector Jones said prisoner had also been committed at Haverfordwest and Llandovery, police-courts; at Swansea Quarter-sessions in 1883 (eix months) at Swansea Assizes, 1887 (dis- charged) Swansea Assizes, 18S7, two months'' hard labour, his offences being stealing and false- pretences. The Deputy Chairman, addressing the prisoner, ,said Your case is the worst it baa ever been my misfortune to try, the most heartless case in every respect. You have aggravated your offence, too, by making insinuations against these young ladies which would take away any kind feeling I might have felt towards you. These insinuations were heartless to a degree. One would think yon would have endeavoured to repair the in- jury you had. done to liilizabeth Warburton, and not throw dirt in that way. You are evidently an unmitigated blackguard. It is no good asking us to be lenient. The difficulty we were in was as to whether we should send you to penal, servitude. You have been evidently living by crime, fraud, and deception, and in this court you have just publicly stated that you have deceived the poor woman with Whom you have been living, and to whom you now isay you are not married, It only shows to what depth of degradation you have descended. You will have to go to hard: labour for 18 calendar tnootus.
THE DAHLONEGA OOMPANY.<
THE DAHLONEGA OOMPANY. < The Dahlonega Comp^uy» has jQst; been formed, with a capital of £125,000, to de- velope dertain properties ID the gold fields of Georgia, U.S.A. Mr Marshall A. Phillips, of Philadelphia, the owner of .these highly valuable properties, has incorporated tins xompanyjas an English corporation to obtain the co-operation of British capital in coutinUjip# tbettmning and treat- ment of the alluvial acid quartz auriferous ores now working and in profitable operation. It will be observed from a perusal °* the prospectus that the undertaking has an uddouptealy brighfcfnture* before it. Sir Gilbert ESward Campbell, Bart.1 and Mr-Marshall A. BbiittP8 will occupy seats aD¥. the directorate. t
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APPALLING \LOSS OF LIFE.
APPALLING \LOSS OF LIFE. HANLEY, Wednesday Night. A disastrous explosion, which has resulted in the loss of at least 60 lives, occurred shortly before four o'clock this morning in the Bentille Colliery, otherwise kuown localiy as the Old Stall Pit, at Longtou, a few miles from this town. The pit, which belongs to Messrs Hawley and Bridg- woods, is about 160 yards deep, and there me three seams of coal, named respectively "The Hard Mine," "The Cockshead," and "The Ban- bury." Ordinarily about 200 men are employed at the pit, but the night shift was, of course, com- paratively small in number. Strange to say, tbe list of the men who descended last night cannot be found, but, as far as can be ascertained, about seventy-five miners went down to work at the usual hour, in chargeof Mr Alfred Fletcher, underground manager. They were divided into four gangs, and worked all through the night. The day shift would have relieved them about half-past five, but, £ as; already stated, the disaster occurred shortly before four o'clock. Cause of the Explosion. The explosion, which was due to an unusual accumulation of tire-damp, and probably to some extent to the sudden atmospheric change which took place during the night, occurred in the Cockshead seam, and, it is thought, extended to the Banbury seam. The men at work at the Hard Mine seam heard the report of* the ex- plosion, and immediately rushed to the bottom of the shaft, in momentary expecta- tion that they themselves would be over- whelmed. They found that the hoisting gear and other workings had been considerably damaged by the force of the explosion, but the flame did not reach their level, and for the moment they were in no danger. At the pit's mouth, and in the neighbourhood generally, the explosion occurring in the still hours of the morning was distinctly heard, and the whole district was immediately aroused. Crowds of excited men and women flocked to the pit's mouth, only to find that it was at the moment impossible to ascertain tbe exteut of the calamity. A Rescue Party. Amongst the earliest arrivals was Mr Potts, manager of the colliery, who called for volunteers to descend the pit. Scores of men cheerfully offered to take part in the dangerous work, and having selected a small party, Mr Potts descended as far as the Hard Mine level, where he tound eleven men, who had been engaged in that part of the workiugs, huddled together at the bottom the shaft, but all safe and sound. A hurried examina- tion revealed the tact that the sbatt leading to the lower workings was very seriously damaged, and it was some time before the gallant volunteers were able to get anywhere near the scene of the explosion. The work of exploration was ex- tremely difficult and dangerous owing to the afterdamp, which rendered it almost impossible to breathe. The gas, too, dislodged from the remotest workings, had accumulated in dangerous volume, and experts declared that another explo- sion was possible, and even probable, at any moment. Mr Potts and his men, however, took the risk with cheerful fortitude, and made their way for a considerable distance along the work- iugs. Agonising Spectacle. It was not long before it became evident to them that the disaster was of appalling magnitude. Here and there they came across groups oi dead men, sometimes huddled together in the most distressing fashion. Most of the poor victims had evidently died from the actual force of the explosion and the concurrent fire, their bodies being terribly mutilated, or so scorched and burned as to render the features in many cases unrecognisable. At one spot no fewer than 18 corpses were lying close together, but here and there single bojies were found, apparently tbe remains of men who, not having been killed in the explosion itself, had endeavoured to reach the shaft, and had been overcome as they fled by the deadly choke-damp. Scene at the Pit's Mouth. Everywhere the explorers found traces of the tremendous force of the explosion, and all the air-crossings had been blown down. The work was so fearfully exhausting that it was found necessary to relieve the explorers at short inter- vals, but this arrangement was carried out with- out difficulty, owing to the large number of men who eagerly proffered their services in the hope of being instrumental in saving their unfortunate comrades. Meanwhile the croud at the pit's mouth bad grown larger and larger, and there were hundreds of men and women and even children gathered in the cold grey of tbe morniag. Most of them were strangely silent, but many women whose husbands or brothers or sons were, in the workings sobbed bitterly, while a tew gave vent to loud lamentations. After the first party of explorers bad descended at half-past four, or within three-quarters of an hour of the explosion, several men were sent up alive, and their arrival was bailed with a faint cheer. It was hoped that they had escaped from the lower workings. It soon became known, however, that the men had been working on the Hard Mine seam, and that their safety afforded no criterion by which to judge of the prospects of the poor fellows in theBanbnryand Cock's Head workings. The reaction from the momentary hope proved too much for the watchers, and there was a general and touching outburst of grief. That there was too much cause for their sorrow there was soon abundant proof, for several corpses were brought to bank and reverently placed under cover to await inspection by the coroner's juty. In several instances identification was difficult, owing to the mutilated or scorched condition of the bodies, but in all cases it was finally achieved. Appearance of the Workings. The explorers worked with a zaal and courage beyond praise, but the state of the mine rendered some degree of caution absolutaly necessary, and very few bodies wore sent up in the early part of the day. Towards noon a man was sent to bank who had been found in the second level, still breatbing.but unconscious. He had been wounded and burned in a dreadful manner, and although he was at once taken to the cottage hospital and treated with the greatest care, he died soon atter admission, without having been able to give any account of the disaster. He was the only living man found of all those who descended into the lower levels last night. Most of the men whose bodies were found had evidently been killed outright, and in no case could the victim's sufferings have been ot long duration. One of the men who took several turns with the explorers stated that the devastated workings presented an awful appearance. The charred remains of his comrades were to be seen in every direction, some almost covered with coal dust. Some were strangely mutilated, while the faces of others wore a comparatively peaceful appearance, show- ing that they had met the more merciful end of death by suffocation. Perils of the Rescue Party. The last body sent to bank was that of an old man named Isaac Dorricott, aged 60 years. He must have met his death under horrible circum- stances, for, according to the statement of one of tbe surgeons, the body was completely mummi- fied. As the morning wore on the state of tbe workings grew hourly more dangerous, and it became evident that the search parties must sooner or later abandon, or at least suspend their heroic labours. Mr Atkinson, her Majesty's inspector cf mines, and Mr Sawyer, his assistant, who arrived on the scene soon after the explosion, finally declared that the accumulation of gas rendered it unsafe to proceed further. The explorers bad then been working in relays for over seven hours, and they would willingly have continued had they been permitted, although of the 50 odd men still missing, it was virtually impossible that any of them could be alive. The advice of the inspec- tors, however, could not well be ignored, and shortly before noon, when 11 bodies bad been sent to bank, operations were suspended.
LIST OF THE KILLED.
LIST OF THE KILLED. The 11 bodies have been identified as follow John Muffett, Adderley Green; wife and eight children. This man was suffocated. There are no marks of violence about him. Jacob Bath, Barker-street, Loogton wife and six-children; suffocated. William Hulme, Ash Ground, Wood-street, Longton; wife and three children burnt badly about bead, arms, and hands. William Plant, Sandford Hill; wife and four children. John Bradbury, Adderley Green; single man head and arms severely burnt. Thomas Brough, East Vale; wife and five children burnt about body, face, and arms. Samuel Townsend, Dividy-lane, Longton wife and one child. Townsend was amongst the first to be recovered. He was employed in the pit as a horse driver. Jonathan Harding, Wood street, Longton. Francis Malbon Sbaw, aged 21, Caroline-street. Isaac Dorricott, aged 60, Melbourne-street, East Vale; leaves wife and 11 in family, all grown up. William Smith, aged 16, of 16, Asbwood. The following are the names of some of those known to have been in the mine :— George Steele, 26, Sandford-bill. John Smith, 18, Ashwood. Edward Jones, 30, Fryer-street, Longton. George Ratciiffe, 32, of 139, Normacot-road. Noah Ball. Jacob Ball. Thomas Walker, 26, Prospect-place, Longton. Herbert Sellars, Maud-street, Fenton. David Hughes, 65, of 84, Caroline-street, Longton. hill Thomas James, 19, George-street, Sandford-hill. J as. James, 24, George-street, Sandford-hill. Joseph Bull, 58, 232, Anchor-road, Longton. William Bull, 19, 232, Anchor-road, Longton. Joseph Bull, 29, George-street, Sandford Hill. Job Bull, 27, Victor-street, Sandford Hill. John Williams, 17, 47, Anchor-road, Longton. William,Law.sou, 18, Anchor-road,,Longton. ) David Hill, 23, Gladstone-street, Adderley «Green. Frank Emery, 2, Caroline-Street, .Longton. George Salt, 51, Bride-street, Adderley Green, j i. Samuel Sberwin, 25, The Waste, Werrwgton. Charles Sberwin, The Waste, Werrington. I ^Benjamin Smith, 35, York-street, Fenton. David Hulme, a boy. Oaø of the explorersiesfcimated thafctfaey^saw.at; nleast-40 corpses, au&otber men, bad beeng "woricmgin inore "distant parta^Cff the pit could natej>owi)Sly^avewBcaped wtth lWtdj^ Jftw vfetiass MUST faavo 4>eeft Mr FJetober,-the wasmotseen. ftema*<kabte £ scape. ^^tegM^^»^Ma^M»recorded. IH appears?. > 5 the moment of the catastrophe was a man named George Hewitt, who resides at Sandford Hill. He was working near a boarding or door, which had been fixed only a day or so previously, for purposes connected with the mine. The force of the explosion caused the door to fall upon him, falling him to the ground. There he remained for a few seconds, and although the gas took considerable effect on him, he was able to wriggle from underneath the door and rush towards the bottom of the shaft, which he reached in safety. He was immediately drawn to the surface, and there it was found that he was not at all seriously injured. Indeed, after a short lapse of time he was enabled to join the first exploring party and to take the rescusrs as near the scene of the explosion as could be reached with safety. Relief for the Sufferers. It has been decided at once to start a fund for the relief of the families of those who have been killed, and for this purpose a meeting will be held at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning at the Longton Town-hall under the presidency of the mayor.
LATEST PARTICULARS.
LATEST PARTICULARS. The Press Association's correspondent tele- graphs The work of exploration of Mossfield Colliery was continued at 1.30 on Thursday morn- ing when eight miners descended the shaft, a prayer for their saftey having been previously offered up. 40 Bodies Still in the Pit. It is now estimated that there are 40 bodies"still in the pit. There are some extraordinary rumours afloat as to the cause of the explosion. This will probably transpire at the inquest, which was opened on Thursday by the county coroner. A Gallant Party. The Hanley correspondent of the Central News telegraphs:—The exploration of the scene of yesterday's disaster was continued at half-past one on Thursday morning. The mine was still in a dangerous condition, and prayers were offered for the safe return of the gallant party of eight who descended the pit, and amongst whom were Mr Potter, the manager, and Mr Mitchelson, the mining engineer. It is now stated that 43 bodies still remain in the pit, and from the known condition of the workings after tbe explosion it is believed certain that some of them can never be recovered. The removal of those bodies which are accessible can only be carried on very slowly and with difficulty, LONGTON, 1.30 P.M—The work of recovering the bodies goes on slowly, and fears are enter- tained that in consequence of the damaged con- dition of the workings some of the miners who died far from the pit shaft will have to remain there for ever.
CARDIFF MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURE.
CARDIFF MUNICIPAL EXPEN- DITURE. The discussion at Monday's meeting of the Cardiff Town Council should not only create general interest in the question of municipal indebtedness, but should also lead to consideration of the right method of relieving the rates without in any way hindering the execution of the necessary works by which the outlay has been caused. Such a method exists, and seeing how rapidly the debt of the town is growing, the question will soon lie between Parliamentary action and cessation of the undertakings. Cardiff has the unenvi- able distinction of being a heavily-indebted town. This we have previously pointed out in connection with the grave question of increasing local burdens. The debt to-day is somewbereabout J310 pAr head of the population, being nearly £1,300,000 Three-fifths of this, roughly speak- ing, have been laid out on remunerative works, chiefly water supply the remainder for unremu- nerative. The point to be borne in mind is that the expenditure contributes largely to increasing the value of land for building purposes. Drainage and water supply, furnished at the expense of the ratepayers (occupiers), make land available for building upon without such provision the land could not be utilized for building. Every plot taken up on each large estate is charged with a ground rent of the highest obtainable amount, this rent vniue having been obtained from the outlay of the community in drains, water-supply, &c. Equity requires that the value given to the land by expenditure of the rates should be the property of those who confer the vaue. At present the individual who, by an unjust law, holds the land monopoly, takes all the value which the enterprise and outlay of the residents in Cardiff give to his land. This is not just. Before long the warning of which first note was given in Monday's council meeting, will wax louder, and there will be hesitation, perhaps refusal, to provide such essential requisites as infectious disease hospitals, improved drains, enlarged libraries and this upon the ground that the rates are over-burdened. But if the ground values be taxed, and the public exchequer take what public enterprise has created, there would be no danger of public health being risked because of excessive taxation. The ground-values are rightfully belonging to those who create them, that is, in the present case, the people of Cardiff,
A BISHOP ON BOARD SCHOOLS.
A BISHOP ON BOARD SCHOOLS. Debate with Mr Lyulph Stanley. The Bishop of Salisbury and the Hon. Lyulph Stanley debated the educational question to a late hour, in the presence of a large audience, at Salisbury, on Monday night. Mr Stanley, at considerable length, argued in favour of at least one board school in Salisbury. He was followed by the bishop, who declared that as long as he was Bishop of Salisbury he would never allow board schools to be introduced while be had a penny in his pocket. (Applause and hisses.) Mr Stanley had said that the city bad put up the souls of their children to tbe highest bidder. He (the bishop) replied that those who were in tear of board schools put up the souls of their children to the decision of the majority of the ratepayers. (" No!" and Hear, hear.) That was the board school principle, and that was why he hated it, and be would never give way. His lordship asserted that the Education Department had dealt rigorously with the Church party in Salis- bury. Mr Stanley, replying to the bishop, remarked that what his lordship had said showed it was the power of the purse against the power of the people. The meeting terminated by one party cheering for Mr Stanley and the other for the bishop. _—.———
THE WLSHTNATIONAL COUNCIL.
THE WLSHTNATIONAL COUNCIL. Meetings at Carnarvon. The annual meetings of the Welsh National Council and North Wales Liberal Association were held on Thursday at Carnarvon, Mr Stuart Rendel, M.P., presiding over alatge gathering of delegates from various districts of Walel, and whom he warmly congratulated in his opening address to the National Council on the progress made recently in the direc- tion of Welsh advancement, with respect alike to matters religious and educational. He claimed credit for the manner in which the Government bad been routed over the Tithes Bill, and insisted that the approaching settlement of the Irish question masc be almost immediately followed by the measure of justice to Wales involved in the disestablishment of the Church in the Princi- pality. The council then affirmed tbe beneficial character of tbe Welsh Sunday Closing Act, and recorded its satisfaction with the evidence given before the Royal Commission appointed to con- sider the wotking of that measure.
INEWPORT BOARD OF GUAR. DIANS.
NEWPORT BOARD OF GUAR. DIANS. At the weekly meeting of the above board of guardians on Saturday, Mr T. Dutfield presiding, attention was drawn by Mr W. H. Brown to the state of the House of Refuge, the reference being founded on a complaint before the magistrates by a tramp to the effect that rats gambolled over him and that he had to lie on bare boards.—-The Clerk explained that the purchase of the next house was being negotiated with a view to improving the accommodation, and the Chairman expressed an opinion that the tramp's complaint savoured of exaggeration.—The Rev J. C. S. Darby said h noticed that although the number of outdoo paupers was 151 less than in the corresponding' period of last year, the expenditure was only Is 9d below the sum then expended, and wanted to know whether the relief was being increased to the individuals.—Mr Moore thought the large number of accidents and desertions of families by husbands might account for the increase, and Mr Evans suggested that the larger amount of sick- ness prevalent might be the cause but Mr Darby said he did not feel satisfied.—The matter then dropped.
QUIOK MATRIMONIAL DESPATCH.
QUIOK MATRIMONIAL DESPATCH. At the end of August, Miss Sissey Taafe, of New Ross, emigrated with her mother to America, and already (says the Freeman s Journal) her friends in Ireland have received handsome wedding cards from her. During the voyage Mr Magee, a millionaire, of Vancouver's Island, re- turning from the Paris Exhibition, fell despe- rately in love with her. He proposed, was accepted, and after reaching tbe States they were married, the cards being dated 14th September.
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SHOCKING COLLIERY DISASTER
SHOCKING COLLIERY DISASTER Three Lives Lost. The Standard Colliery, Ynyshir, near Porth, was the scene of a terrible disaster ou Saturday. Two men and a lad were engaged at work in tbe 2 feet 9 inch seam, when, with- out any previous warning, a huge piece of rock many tons in weight fell from the roof, killing the three parsons on the spot. Imme- diately efforts were made to recover the bodies, a task which was only accomplished after many hours persistent work. The bodies when found were scarcely recognisable. The names of the unfortunate victims were Thomas Griffiths, 37 years of age, single. David Jones, 39, married. Joseph Jonep, 16 years. Jones leaves a widow and eight daughters. Our Pontypridd reporter telegraphs :—About 12 o'clock on Saturday morning a most serious accident occurred in the Standard Steam Colliery Pit, Ynyshir, whereby three lives were lost. The disaster took place there in the 2 feet 9 inch seam, and occasioned the greatest excitement. Threo men, named Thomas Griffiths, collier, aged 37, Troedyrhiw-place, Perth David Jones, aged 39, collier, Danygraig-terraee, married and Joseph Jones, aged 16, were working together in a stall when an enormous stone fell upon them from the roof, causing instantaneous death to the three occupants of the stall. Several men working near heard a noise of falling debris, but state that neither of the unfortunate men uttered a sound. The stone and accompanying debris weighed several tons, about ten yards of roof having fallen. The bodies were recovered late in the afternoon, and presented a shocking appearance, being terribly crushed and mangled almost beyond recognition. Dr. John David, Ynyshir, saw the bodies, and stated that David Jones's arm had been broken in thres or four places. Jones was a married man, and leaves a widow and several children. An inquest was held on Tuesday evening at the Ynyshir Hotel, before Mr Rbys, coroner, on the bodies of Thomas Griffiths, David Jones, and Joseph Jones, who met with their death on Saturday. There were present Mr Robson, Government inspector of mines Mr W. H. Mathias, and Inspector Jones. The Rev E. O. Parry was sworn as foreman. After a minute investigation the jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." The jury gave their fees to the widow of David Jones. Mr Mathias added £1 and the coroner 10s.
THE SHOCKING DEATH OF A ^FIREMAN.
THE SHOCKING DEATH OF A ^FIREMAN. The inquest was resumed at Wandsworth on Friday as to the death of the fireman Jacobs, who perished in the conflagration at Messrs Bur- roughs and Welcome's chemical works a month ago. Mr Cecil Hake, chemist, an expert in explosives, said the result of the experiments he had made was unfavourable to the theory that the fire originated through the concentration of the sun's rays. Chlorate of potash and sugar finely powdered and dried would be iufiammable with friction such as that of a boot. The likeliest theory was that a match, lying in one of tbe crevices, ignited and set fire to some waste combustibles lying in the crevice.—Mr Henry S. Welcome gave evidence as to the pre- cautions taken against fire.—The Jury, after pro- longed deliberation, returned a verdict of Accidental death." They expressed the opinion that further powers should be conferred upon inspectors of factories to enforce proper and sufficient means of exit. They deeply regretted the death of Jacobs, and highly commended fireman Ashby for standing by bis comrade until forced to retire. They also commended the action of fireman Francis. -A'
RUN OVER AND KILLED AT CARDIFF,
RUN OVER AND KILLED AT CARDIFF, At the Cardiff Infirmary, on Monday evening, Mr E. B. Reece held an inouest on the body of Job Evans, aged 57, of Macben-street, who was knocked down and run over by a cart on Custom House Bridge on Friday evening last, and died shortly afterwards. The inquiry had been adjourned for the production of independent testimony as to the cause of the accident. A labourer named Card now de posed that he wit- nessed the accident, and said he saw the deceased crossing the road as the cart came up, and shouted to him. Deceased, however, did not get out of the way, and was knocked down by the horse, the right wheel of the cart passing over him. As far as witness could judge the horse was travelling at the rate of four and a half miles an hour, and the driver immediately pulled up.—The Coroner, in addressing the jury, condemned what he termed a common practice of men in charge of horses at Cardiff, who, directly they turned a corner, started at a trot. The practice was very dangerous, and ought to be put a stop to. In this case, however, there was no evidence of neglect on the part of the driver.— The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death,"
DISTRESSING DEATH OF A GIRL.
DISTRESSING DEATH OF A GIRL. About seven on Friday evening a distressing fatality occurred at No. 45, Solon New-road, Clapbam, London. Mrs Guy, wife of the tenant, who is a solicitor, was with her two children. She was confined to her bed by illness, and bad the younger child, a boy of three, in bed with ber. She bad fallen asleep, but was awakened by a smell of smoke, and found her other child, a girl of six, on the hearthrug, her clothes being in flames. The terrified mother threw the quilt over the girl to smother the flames, .and, rushing from the room with the boy in her arms, called to tbe girl to follow. In her baste to raise an alarm she fell downstairs, but recovered herself, and called the neighbours. Police-constables and firemen soon arrived, and Dr Addison Marsh, who lives near, was called in, but on entering the bedroom he found the little girl dead, her body being frightfully burnt. Mrs Guy was also burnt about the knees, and the boy bad suffered similarly.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A SURVEYOR…
SUDDEN DEATH OF A SURVEYOR IN THE RHONDDA. A very sad event occurred in the Rhondda on Saturday, which caused much excitement. Mr Evau Griffiths, of Aberdare, surveyor and archi- toct, visited Ferndale in the morning, and decided to walk back through Tylorstown to catch the return train at Pentygwaith. On the road he met a Mrs Dorothy Evans, and while conversing with her he suddenly fell down on the road and expired. Dr Williams was promptly on the spot, but bia services were of no avail, as life was extinct. Mr Griffiths was a member of an old Aberdare family, and had been engaged in suc- cessful practice as a surveyor for manjp years. Much sympathy, intensified by the peculiarly tragic circumstances of the sad event, is felt for the bereaved widow and family. The deceased gentleman was 65 years of age. Dr P. Rhys Griffiths, of Cardiff, is his eldest son.
COLLIERY DISASTER IN THE ,…
COLLIERY DISASTER IN THE RHONDDA. On Monday afternoon great commotion was caused at Clydach Vale on its becoming known that an accident of a serious nature bad taken place in the Bush No. 2, as the drift is generally called. The accident was the outcome of shot- firing, and resulted in the shocking mutilation of one person, named John Owen, and serious injury to his companion, Martin Evans. The shot bad been prepared, but it seems it failed, and—in direct contravention of the act, which enacts that no shot be cleaned out and re-fired- the men returned to examine the charge, when, probably from friction, the dynamite exploded, with the disastrous result stated. Both men hailed from Pembrokeshire, and worked together.
THE DEA THI N A LLANTRISSANT…
THE DEA THI N A LLANTRISSANT CHURCHYARD, An inquest on the body of the man England, who died in the Llantrisant Churchyard, was held at Llantrisant on Thursday, before Mr E. B. Reece, coroner. Dr Davies, who conducted a post-mortem examination, said that death was due to heart disease, and that the action of the man Nathaniel John, who pushed the deceased vout of the church porch, did not in any way accelerate death.—A verdict in accordance with /these facts was therefore returned.
fA WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH AT…
fA WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH AT EBBW VALE. A terrible accident befel a woman named Mrs Smith, residing in Commercial-street, Ebbw Vale, on Saturday night. The unfortunate woman, it I 'appears, was about to retire for the night, and ^proceeded to blow out the lamp, which was upon 4he mantelpiece. The vessel suddenly exploded, ltbe contents bursting over Mrs Smith's clothing. "Tbo poor woman wasquickiy enveloped in flames- which were-only extinguished with great difficulty ¡So terrible were the burns she received that sb "expired OOiMonday morning in great agony.
SLAWFAT-ALITYAT TREDEGAR.
SLAWFAT-ALITYAT TREDEGAR. On" SatuBday night, the 5th. inst., a woman ■ ga&raed Ann Daniel, a widow, living in High- street, Tredegar, was retiring to rest for the mgiht, carrying a paraffiu lamp in her hand. As abecpeaed the dour to go upstairs the rush of air fcaused an explosion, and the poor woman was badly burnt about the body, She expired on ^Vidaylast'tn great aufleriog.
SECOND EDITIO^ .^
SECOND EDITIO^ Painful Suicide at Newport. A LETTER TO THE LANDLORD A Determined Mode of Death. A sad affair occurred at Newport "ft Wednes^ day. A young man named Joiiu H^y, 25 ot age, employed as book-koeper 0y M-eS Mordey* Jones, and Co., shipi;rok'<r- Dock-stree » committed suicide in a very determined "?.anne. at his aparlineuts at the residence of Mr Younfft Cardiff-road. It seems that on Tuesday aftaroo.: deceased was questioned closely by one of t members of the firm as to the accounts, and cou not give satisfactory replies as to a deficient* rumoured to amount to between £ 60 and He went home, and retired to rest as Early in the morning the other inmat heard a noise, proceeding, as was imagi"6 from the teleacopic portion of a chandelier in the parlour suddenly lengthening out. The real cause of the noise was, however of a very different character. Deceased had is his possession a six-chambered revolver, which o loaded with ball cartridges after he had retired t his bedroom. Between three and four o'clock D placed the revolver on the pillow beside biua, fired one of the chambers. The ball pierce(i brain, and death appeared to have re8U1!8^ instantly, as the bedclothing was not disturbed when the other inmates, finding that deceased dMt not appear as usual at bteakfast time, forced opef the door. Death had then evidently taken several hours previously. On examining the room, it was found that deceased had left letters addressed to his father, his late employe™! and to his landlord. He told the last-named tba* his employers had discovered discrepancies in b'j accounts, and had asked about them. He couW not give satisfactory answers, and could not it out or stand it out. D eceased's parents been communicated with. They reside in neighbourhood of Nawcastle-on-Tyne. DeceasW himself had been in the employ of the jr Mordey and Jones for five years, and was trusty in every respect. He was a young man of son&v promise, and fond of athletics. He had several prizes at amateur race meetings at Newport, and elsewhere. An inquest was held at the Talbot Hotel, N' port, yesterday—before Mr Martin Edwardjl coroner—on the body of James Hay, shipbrolMifj clerk, who shot himself at his rooms Cardiff-road on Wednesday morning. first witness called was Mrs Kate Young, ceased's landlady. She said she resided ber husband at 17, Cardiff-road, and tb*f deceased had lodged at her house over four JfWjf On Tuesday evening deceased was in nearly the evening, but went out between 9.30 and 10 *7 p.m. On his returned he asked for a bottle beer, which was supplied him afterwards room, but witness noticed that he looked pale *n" was strange in his manner. He was ill on SundaX and did not take dinner whilst on Mondai he complained of toothache. On Wednesday morP- ing, finding that he did not come down III usual, she sent up the servant, Martha Rosser, t* call him. She followed up, but being unable t», get any response, the servant burst in the dooft^ On the floor, facing the door, were five letters# sealed and addressed, placed in a row. She saw that the deceased was covered up in bed, bw became frightened, and ran for Dr Clarke, wbt lives near, Tbe deceased would go for a week °*. more without speaking to her. She thought « was because he was in arrears with bis lodgioff money that he was in the depressed state. The servan tgirl gave corroborative evidence She said the deceased drank the beer in the break" fast-room, but he did not say anything to be* when she took it in except to ask for the cor*4 screw. Dr Allan Clarke, surgeon, said he saw the deceased in bed. The coverlid was twisted round his head, and his right arm was raised. As witnest removed the coverlid the arm fell and a revolver dropped from it. One of the chambers had fired, and the bullet had penetrated the brain aflO made its exit from the other side near the bone. Death must have been instantaneous.. ness had attended deceased for dyspepsia, wbich would have a tendency to make him }0?' spirited, and he knew that he bad been severely of late for athletic sports, which also brine down his strength. On Monday eveØ- ing deceased called upon him and asked f°r loan of £ 15, but witness tolk him be could only lend him the three or four sovereigns he had is his pocket at the time. Mr Thomas Henry Mordey, partner of the 6^ of Mordey, Jones and Co., shipbrokers, street, said that of late deceased, who was bo°»' keeper in their employ, had been less cheerful aB<* attentive to his duties than usual. On Monday discrepancy of JB15 was found in his accouilt4 and he was told to go through the books an» try and find it. Nothing further until Tuesday, when witness became suspiciouS that the money was misappropriated and not sbort. Going over the cheque-book he found the counterë part of a cheque for jS35, with which he had DO debited himself in the petty cash-book, and in tbO evening witness asked deceased in before n1 partner, and questioned him about this cbeque. Deceased hesitated and replied that be had short in his cash and could not make it up. bad, he said, paid £ 10 notes away for £ 5 Witness said, The fact of it is, Mr Hay« am afraid you have been gambling, and that S° have misappropriated this money. You know have had every confidence in you. You have beeD with us five years. Go into your boo" and see if you can find this di?j crepancy. I will give you unt^ Thursday morning to find it out." Decease^ replied, after a pause, I have had no intention, but I kuow I have done wrong," abruptly left the office.—By a Juror rumour that we threatened him with the is incorrect. Mr Jones was with me 111 the office, and we agreed that whatever tu consequences were, we would not prosecute I may say that £ 13 had also for some time carried forward in his books as a balance him. The Coroner handed to witness the letter dressed to Mr Young, and he identified the hand" writing. It was then read as follows :— Dear Mr Young,—When you read dead. Xlie governors have found out that I have bee overdrawing from the cashier, and although X KU° J I have done nothing with a dishonest intentIon, d could not live and have the finger of suspicion at me. Please see that the letters I have writceiia delivered, and when you know what has the morning, wire to X. Slinn, 2, Chappington-streo • Newcastle, that MR Hay has shot himself. COME once to Young, 17, Cardiff-road, and see that W watch and valuables and all letters go to Mrs Kto' near, Kiln Bank House. Amble, NORTHUMBERLAND Good bye, may God bless you and Mrs Young for YOOV kindness to me whilst I have been with you —"°U unfortunate friend, • J RAIR- The Coroner briefly summed up, and the jo'J returned a verdict of Suicide whilst in a st#1 of temporary insanity."
THE HEALTH oTcARDIFF.
THE HEALTH oTcARDIFF. The return of the Registrar-General week ending Saturday last (12th Oct.) shows in the borough of Cardiff the number of registered last week was 82, as compared w,gC 94, 76, and 79 in the three previous. Those births comprised 48 boys and 34 girls^and responded to an annual rate of 37'8 per *zZ of the population, estimated to have been middle of this year 112,712. There was a furt 8, decrease in the mortality in the last week, for J deaths were only 20, being four less tban; ø 24 in the one before. The latter was ta* as the least for several years, and It ø somewhat surprising to find in the present returk a smaller total. Those 20 deaths in the past g yielded a rate of 9'3 perl,000. It was asmucb below that of the 28 great towns, and the boroWS^ occupied the proud position of having the death-rate. Our experience extends over B>* years, but we are unable to point out so fa*° able a report. The average of tbe three c responding weeks in 1886-7-8 gives 42 deaths. more than double. In Bristol tbe rate was J* being 3.0 more than tbat of Cardiff. The 20 dea in the latter included six males and 14 fema1 The principal zymotics were represented by one of scarlet fever, three months being betwe this and the one previous. There were 2 from violence,and eight persons died in the PaD institutions. The rates of mortality in the arranged in order from the lowest, were Is follow:— ,o.t Cardiff — 90 I' Bolton. •*178 Bristol — 12 .5 Birkenhead — 'IO>J Derby 13'8 Sheffield. Nottingham _14'3 Liverpool —on-6 Leicester 14 '9 Hull — "an.l Wolverhampton 15 2 Blackburn „ 21^ Portsmouth «..W.LB6 Halifax 94^ London 15 -8 Manchester — • • ''048 Portsmouth «..W.LB6 Halifax 94^ London 15 -8 Manchester 24'8 Norwich— 16'0 Leeds Salford 16 0 Newcastle-on-Xyne "'07-6 Birmingham 16 2 Sunderland Brighton .— 16\5 Preston 32 Bradford 16 4 Plymouth Oldham ^-6
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