The Cardiff Times

STRIKE ATCEFNGLASCOLLIERY The colliers employed at the Cefn Glas Colliery (house coal), Quaker's Yard, ceased working on Mondav. a dispute having arisen between the management and the men as to the cutting price of cow. The management also ask for an allow- ance of two hundredweight in each ton of coal for small, but the men will only allow one hun- dredweight to each ton. The pit was at a stand- still on Monday and Tuesday. The colliery was only reopened about three weeks ago after Being idle for a number of years.

AN UNAVAILING APPEAL. HORBHTED OLD LADY Ob, my man, think of your mother—think of your mother BOROJLAR (sternly): No use lady; I was brought up in a.n incubator.

The controversy a& to the future of St. Wine- fride's Well seem3 to be now at an eud. On Tuesday the Holywell District Council approved an agreement with Mr Atherton, under which an agreement with Mr Atherton, under which the latter will have the exclusive right of storing the water of the well, and selling it for table and medicinal purposes. medicinal purposes.

SOUTH WALES PERMANENT FUND. The Contracting-out Question. A committee of the South Wales coalowners met on Saturday at Cardiff to further consider the scheme formulated by the Board of Management of the Miners' Provident Fund, whereby it is sought to conclude an arrangement securing much larger contributions to that Fund from the coalowners in consideration of the miners enrolled in that society contracting themselves out of the Act. The scheme, so far, is the scheme of the Board of Manage- ment only, and has not been formally adopted cither by the members of the society or the coalowners. We are in a position to state that at their meeting on Tuesday last the coalowners discussed the scheme and referred it for further consideration to a com- mittee, under the presidency of Sir William T, Lewis, appointed to consider the Act, and to advise and pses a recommendation to the mem- bers of the association as to their future policy with reference thereto. This committee, which met on Tuesday afternoon, adjourned its delibera- tions until to-day (Saturday), when theymet at the Coalowners' Offices in Cardiff. Simultaneously, in another part of the same building, the Board of Management of the Miners' Provident Society met to further consider their contracting- out scheme, and hopes were entertained that by frequent consultations during the day be- tween these bodies a satisfactory basis of settlement would be arrived at. The coalowners are reported to have some alternative schemes under consideration, These, we understand, are the proposals made to them by certain insurance societies to relieve them of their responsibilities under the Act, but the advocates of the Miners' Provident scheme express themselves with confidence that no insurance society can offer the employers more favourable terms "than those outlined in their scheme, which they claim has the further advan- tage of avoiding litigation and securing substan- tial benefits for the workmen. There appears to be on the whole a sanguine feeling that the coalowners will eventually adopt the proposals of the Miners' Provident Society, and the official report of the proceedings givenbelow, seems to gire colour to that belief. OFFICIAL REPORT. At the conclusion of the proceedings of the Coalowners' Committee the following official report was handed to our representative by Mr W. Gascoyne Dalziel, secretary :— The committee appointed by the Monmouth- shire and South Wales Coalowners' Association to consider the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, which comes into force on the 1st July next, and to advise the members as to the necessary steps to be taken in protection of their interests in carrying out the obligations of the Act, held a meeting at the offices of the association to-day. Sir William Thomas Lewis, Bart., presided. There were also present: Mr Henry Lewis, chairman of the association, and Messrs H. W. Martin, E. H. Mann, C. H. Eden, W. Smith, D. Hannah, W. W. Hood, Thomas Gray, C. W. Wilkinson Yazie Simons, solicitor and W. Gascoyne Dalziel, secretary. The Board of Management of the Miners' Permanent Provident Society having prepared the outline of a scheme with the object of a mutual agreement between employers ani work- men, so as to avoid the litigation which might otherwise result from the operations of the Act, the suggestions of the Board of Management of the Fund as conveyed in the letters of Mr Evan Owen, secretary, to Mr Gascoyne Dalziel, secre- tary ef the Coalowners' Association, were fully considered by the Colliery Owners' Committee. The Board of Management have borne in mind the requirements of sub-section 3 of Clause 3 of the Compensation Act, vir; :—That the benefits which the workmen should enjoy under any scheme of mutual arrangement between employers and employed shall be on the whole not less favourable than what they are entitled to under the Act. and before placing the proposed scheme before the workmen the board desired to ascer- tain from Sir William Lewis's committee whether the terms suggested by the board are such as the Employers' Committee could recommend to th gensrai body of the colliery owners, the princi- pal terms being that whilst the contributions o the workmen shall continue to be as at present. viz., 3kd per person per week. the employers should subscribe a sum equal to a contribution of 6d per person per week, and that in addition to tile generlLl funds subscribed in the proportions named there would be a sufficient balance re- maining beyond the proposed increment in the disablement allowance to enable the employers to grant immediate relief from the date when the accident occurred in lieu of the exemption under the Act for the first fortnight of disablement, and also that possibly an old age and infirm pension fund might be provided. By invitation of the committee Mr F. G. P. Neison, Westminster, the acturial adviser of the Permanent Fund, and also Mr Louis Tylor, chairman of the Board of Management of the Fund, and Evan Owen, the secretary, attended before the committee, and Mr Neison having ad- dressed the meeting at considerable length and explained very fully the details of the proposed scheme, it was decided that Mr Neison should be asked to prepare a full report upon the subject, placing before the committee a fall statement as to the terms upon which such an arrangement could be entered into between employer and em- ployed, assuming they were acceptable, for. the, protection of their mutual interests, and that the scheme should be'prepared in such a form as to meet the approval of the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, as required by the Act. It was understood that upon such a scheme being drafted the Boardof Management of the Miners' Fund would place it before the workmen for their consideration, and that if approved by the Col- liery Owners' Committee the scheme wilalso be placed before the colliery owners for their accep- tance. At the same time it should be mentioned that failing some such mutual arrangement as the foregoing being entered upon the Employers' Committee have under their consideration alter- native means for the protection of the employers' interests by forming a mutual association amongst the employers, or by having recourse to the assistance of public insurance companies. THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING. The Board 01 Management met under the presidency of Mr Louis Tyler, but we understand that no further steps were taken with the scheme beyond those mentioned in the foregoing report. In view however of eventualities, Mr Evan Owen, J.P., the secretary, was given full power to call a special meeting of the board whenever it seemed to him desirable so to do.

ABERTILLERY DISTRICT COUNCIL. At the monthly meeting of the Abertillery District Council on Monday evening, Mr W. Thomas, J.P., presiding..8.1engthy correspondence was read with the Monmouthshire County Council as to increased representation for this district on the county authority. The proposal that an additional county councillor should be given to Abertillery was subject to a rearrange- ment of the wards, the Parliamentary Committee being of the opinion that three of the present four divisions, viz., Cwmtillery, Penybont, and Abertillery Wards, should be made two, chiefly on account of overlapping which would otherwise arise. It was not proposed to interfere with the Llanhilleth Ward. This Council were wishful to retain the four wards and have two additional members, making four representatives in all, but this could not be entertained as it would upset the constitution of the County Council with regard to the aldermanic bench. Mr J. T. Wil. liams considered it a retrograde step to convert three of the four wards into two, reducing the present divisions by one, and tha overlapping complained of existed now in the Llanhilleth Ward as between county and district electoral divisions. Mr W. Stewart moved that the three wards be made two as suggested, and that half the twelve members should be allocated to each. Mr E. J. Williams seconded. Mr J. T. Williams moved as an amendment that a deputation be sent to the Parliamentary Committee of the Monmouthshire County Council, and point out to them the overlapping which already existed, and see if the wards could not be preserved on present lines, with the view of securing two additional representatives. Mr C. W. Carpenter seconded, but the amendment was lost by six votes to ten. There was a. general hope expressed that inas- much as the Council could not obtain two addi- tional members, the County Council would see their way to select an alderman for this district. It was decided to reappoint Dr. W. E. Williams as medical officer; of health, provided he undertook to reside iu the district and attend to the duties personally, and not relegate them to deputy. The recommendation of the Gas and Water Com- mittee that Mr T. Newbigging, Manchester, be engaged at 25 guineas and expenses to report upon the question of taking the gas to Crumlin, a distance of four and a half miles, and a differ. ence of 210 feet, was accepted.

A BRUTAL FOOTBALLER. An assault case which excited a great amount of interest among footballers was heard at the Dursley Police Court. It appeared from the evidence that Mr Chambers, the head master of the local grammar school, was playing full back for Dursley in an Association League match between the town club and Woodchester, and a forward in the opposing team was John H. Blake. The latter was dribbling the ball-down the field when Chambers charged and obtained possession. This, it was alleged, caused Blake to lose his temper, ud to deliberately kick Cham- bers, rendering him partly unconscious. Th. defence was that the kick was made at the ball, and that Chambers received it as the result of an accident. Evidence, however, was called to prove that the ball was yards away when Blake kicked. The magistrates inflicted a. fine of £2 and costs.

————1^——— W Some interesting particulars as to the current wages of domestic servants are given in the new number of the Labour Gazette. In London, it seems, the average wages of a cook aged 25 are £18; aged 30, £21; aged 35, £23; aged 40, £28. The rates for the country are lower; for Scotland, lower still; for Ireland, lowest of all. No cook in Ireland can, on the theory of averages, hope to get more than .£21. A second table gives the average wages according to number of servants in household." When three are kept, a cook may expect to get £21; fowr, £25; five, £27 six, .£33 more than six, JE41. There is no table showing the wages according as the recipient is 'plain," "good plain," good," or professed." This would have been interesting, but perhaps the Labour Department would have found some difficulty in verifying the classification.

Llanelly New Dock. f CUTTING THE FIRST SOD. ENTERPRISE OF THE PORT. History of the Undertaking. A new era in the shipping interests of Llanelly was inaugurated on Tuesday, when the first sod of a new dock, to be constructed by the local authorities, was cut in the presence of a large assembly. The question of additional shipping facilities has been under the consideration of the Harbour Commissioners for years past, and strenuous offorts have been made by the authority to induce the Great Western Railway Company to extend on a liberal scale the facilities offered at the dock which they possess and control at Llanelly. Additional importance was given to these appeals by reason of the fact that for the last dozen years the commissioners have been engaged in the work of improving the seaway channels. This work has been carried on at the cost of over £ 20,000, and it is still proceeding under the direction of Sir Alexander Rendel, as consulting engineer. It was, therefore, contended thac in order to keep abreast of the improvements effected in the estuary, and with a view of accelerating the I development of the mineral resources lying at the back of the harbour, the shipping facilities offered at the existing docks should be materially extended, or an entirely new dock constructed. The question was fully discussed by the Harbour Commissioners end at public meetings convened for the purpose, and finally a poll of the rate- payers disclosed the presence of an over- whelming majority in favour of the pro- posed extensions. Negotiations with the Great Western Railway Company with a, view to a, joint scheme were opened, but no satisfactory arrangement was come to, and the commissioners therefore proceeded to prepare a Parliamentary Bill, with a clause asking P&rlia- ment to sanction the borrowing of £ 171,000 for the construction of a new dock. The commissioners presented an exceedingly strong case before the Committees of both Houses, facts and figures being marshalled by the master hand of the late Mr John Jennings, who was clerk to the commis- sioners throughout the period covered by the Parliamentary struggles. The Great Western Railway Company were the most powerful opponents of the Bill, but, despite the opposition of that company and others likely to be affected by the new venture, the promoters succeeded, the Bill passing through the Committees of both Houses in the autumn of 1896. The new dock is on property belonging to the commissioners. It is skirted by the G.W.R. trunk line, a.nd the wharves will be in communi- cation with a number of local railways, the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway in par-, ticula-r-a line which taps the rich mineral deposits in the neighbourhood of Cross Hands, and brings down to Llanelly for shipment large quantities of anthracite coal. In past years a large proportion of the output of the collieries served by this line has been shipped at Swansea in consequence of the inadequate shipping facilities offered at Llanelly. The Llanelly Harbour Commissioners expect by the dock now in process of construction to divert to Llanelly a large portion of the traffic which has been hitherto dealt with at Swansea; nor is this expectation an insubstantial one, as it is indis- putable that Llanelly is, geograjjtfbally, the port of shipment for the minerals Tn the district through which the Mynydd Mawr Railway passes. Giving evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons, the late Mr Jennings sub- mitted the following table of probable increased exports resulting from ths construction of the proposed dock:— Present Prospective Shipment. Shipment. Cille 98,000 Great Morfa — • • • • — St. George c*- • • 14,000} eg QOO Llwynhendy 14,000) *••• Db,uuu Pencoed. 56,000 Glynea 70,000 Llangennech — 50,000 Cross Hands — 90,000 Great Mountain 58,000 58,000 Emlyn 28,000 50,000 Cae'rbrvn 50,000 50,000 Rock Castle 36,000 50,000 Pare 36,000 50,000 Rhos. 50,000 50,000 Ammanford. 40,000 140.000 Gellyceidrim 16,000 100,000 J? or many months pasi, me r mance tom- mittee, under the chairmanship of Mr Ernest Trubsbaw, J.P., have been negotiating for the loan. The results of their laboars have been eminently satisfactory, the money having been borrowed from the Bank of England for a period of five years at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. The committee were materially assisted by the excellent security which they were able to offer. They had been empowered by the Act to pledge the revenue of the town estate, the revenue accruing from the new dock, and certain charges which the commissioners are entitled to levy upon the shipping of Burn Port in con- sideration of improvements effected in the estuary by means of training walls laid down and maimtained by the Llanelly Harbour Commis- sioners, together with the collateral security of a shilling rate upon the borough of Llanelly. Sir Arthur Stepney, Bart., kindly rendered valuable aid to the local authority in the delicate financial negotiations now successfully completed. The conditions upon which the money ia borrowed are undoubtedly of a favourable character, provision having been made for pay- ment by pefiodical instalments according to the exigencies of the work-&i-i arrangement obviating the obligations of interest charges upon a large sum, most of which will not be needed for some time hence. It is computed that the expenditure upon the dock will reach zil"),000, and E7,000 will be spent in the purchase of a thoroughly efficient dredger, which will be kept in constant use in the channel leading from the estuary to the dock. The dock contract has been entrusted to Mr Nott, who has already made the necessary pre- liminaries connected with the work and will at once energetically push forward with the under- taking, his portion being estimated to cost about £ 60,000. According to the terms of the specifica- tions, Mr Nott is to complete his contract in two years. At present no provision is being made for a half-tide basin, but the construction of the dock will be proceeded with on lines that will render the addition of a, half-ti de baSin eaáy of accom- plishment whenever the authority consider the time ripe for it. Ample provision is, however, being made for wharfage and sidings, and the suitability of the site is unquestioned. The dock will be one of satisfactory propor- tions. Its area will be nine acres; length, 1,000ft.; breadth, 400ft.; quayage, 1,200ft.; depth on sill, 27ft.; width of entrance, 50ft. Tho work will be conducted under the super- vision of Sir Alexander Rende], consulting engi- neer, and Mr Colin p. Fowler, resident engineer. Inaugural Ceremony. The proceedings in connection with the opening of the new dock were marred by the weather. On Tuesday morning it was fine, but clouds gathered towards noon, and just half an hour before the procession was to start from the new Town Hall rain began to fall, and it descended heavily until all was over. Still thousands of people came out to witness the procession and the cutting of the first sod. The children At the Board schools had a holiday, and in the afternoon the shops were closed. The town was g&y with bunting all along the route of the procession, but the climatic con- ditions caused it to be curtailed considerably. The commissioners assembled under the portico of the Town Hall, while the Volunteers, the Fire Brigade, and the Town Band formed themselves outside. The commissioners fell in in double file at the rear, and to the strains of the Volun- teer Band and the Town Band the procession moved off. Before the arrival of the procession there were fully 8,000 people surrounding the basin in the Carmarthenshire Dock. A platform had been raised and an enclosure made for in- vited guests. On the rostrum the members of the Harbour Commission and those taking part in the ceremony took their places. Mr ERNEST TRUBSHAW, who was received with loud applause, said they were assembled that day to witness, not only a very interesting ceremony, but one of vast importance for the town and port of Llanelly. They had realised, as they knew for several years, that they were hampered and severely handicapped as a town and port because of their inadequate dock accommodation. The Commissioners who represented the town thought that something must be done to improve the condition of things existing. They asked the Great Western Railway Company first of all to do the work and they promised to do so, bat did not do it, and then it devolved upon the Commis- sioners to move on their own part and construct a new dock, not with the object of entering into rivalry with any existing docks, but with the view of the advancement and well- being of the town of Llanelly. At their early meetings they apprdached this matter with care and trepidation, but encouraged in the highest degree by one of their colleagues (Mr I Tom Hughes) they were urged on to promote the execution of the dock, and inspired by his sanguine temperament they were enabled to go on from stage to stage until they wer« there to inaugurate a new dock. which would mtrk a new epoch in the port and lead to its future pros- perity. Before closing he would like to compli- ment the Great Western Railway Company upon the great improvements they were making in the arrangements fot goods and passenger traffic throughout South Wales. They had done a very E:eat work in the last few years, and the to'wn of lanelly ought to be the first to acknowledge it. He would go further and ask the Great Western Railway Company to do the same on the south side as the Commissioners were now doing on the other, because the greater the facilities the greater the trade and success of the district. Mr COLIN P. FOWLER (the Harbour Superin- tendent) gave particulars as to the scheme and the extent of the new dock. Mr H. W. SPOWART (the Town Clerk) said he had received letters of apology for absence from Sir Arthur Stepney, Mr J. S. Tregoning, sen., Mr Hugh Nevill, Mr R. W. Peel, and several others. Mr Spowart referred to the late Town Clerk (Mr Jennings), and saad it was only owing to his splendid efforts that they obtained the Act of 1896. It was sad to think that Mr Jennings, who had taken the foremost part in the work, Was not there to-day to see the initial step in its execution. Mr Spowart then introduced Mrs Maybery to the contractor, and the contractor (Mr Louis P. Nott), in s few well-chosen words, presented the barrow aud spade to Mrs Maybery, who then proceeded to perform the ceremony of cutting the first sod. Mrs Maybery gracefully lifted a lump of earth, to the barrow, and Mr Joseph Maybery then wheeled the barrow along a board and tipped it into one of the half a dozen ■ trucks which had been specially brought up to the platform. As he was making his way to the trucks the band played See the conquering Hero comes." It should be explained that Mrs May- bery performed the ceremony in the absence of Mr3 Trubshaw, owing to the death of her mother.: The barrow and spade used for the cutting of the first sod were presented by Mr L. P. Nott, the contractor. The barlow, which was about two feet in length and a foot and a half in height, was made of oak and ebony with silver plating. The blade and handle olf thg enpade was of silver, and bore the following inscription :—" With this spade was cut the first sod of the Commissioners' Doek, Llanelly, by 31rs Ernest Trubshaw, 11th March, 1898. Chairman of Commission, Mr Ernest Trubshaw: engineers, Sir Alexander Rendel and Colin P. Fowler; contractor, Louis P. Nott; clerk to Commission, Henty W. I Spowart." A miniature model in silver of the barrow and spade wa? subscribed for privately by the Harbour Commissioners, and on the bar- row was inscribed :—" Presented by the Llanelly Harbour and Barry Navigation Commissioners to Mrs Trubshaw (wife of their chairman) on the occasion of her cutting the first sod of the Com- missioners' Dock.—Henry W. Spowart, clerk to the Commission." On the spade was engraved the under-written Harbour Commissioners Dock, Llanelly, 15th March, 1898." All the above were supplied by Mr C. Mason Collins, jeweller, Stepney-street, Llanelly. Mr MAYBEBY said that the first doek in Llanelly was built hy the proprietors of the Bres Colliery, I and the Carmarthenshire Dock was afterwards built. The last dock was opened by the Great Western Railway Company in 1835, and for 63 years the town had remained in the same position as regards dock accommodation. He referred to the rich veins of virgin coal around Llanelly, and said they would now be able to develop and work these. Mr Toit HCSHXS referred to the advisability of advertising Llanelly more. The tendency in the Midlands wam to look out for seaports for the establishment of their industries, and Llanelly should enceorage them to come there. Mr Joseph Maybery then presented the Com- missioners'present of models to Mrs Maybery, on behalf of Mrs Trubshaw, and Mrs Maybery handed the presents to Mr Ernest Trubshaw, who suitably replied. Sir JOHN JUVKINS, M.P,, said the present I undertaking was probably a step that ought to have been taken some years ago, but it was never too late to mend. It might be this matter had been delayed for reasons other than what were supposed, when it was remembered what splendid coal seams there were in the town. Of course it was known that the coal trade could not be suc- cessfully carried on against that of the Rhondda Valley, but it was stated on the very best authority that the quantity of coal that could be raised in the Rhondda for shipment would before long very materially decrease. That would enable Llanelly to take advantage of her coal- fields and take up a position second to none in the Bristol Channel. It was satisfactory to find that when one industry was under a cloud there were gentlemen in the town who had the enterprise to open another one, and he trusted the ceremony that day would be a good augury for the future. (Applause.) He nad had some experience of contractors, than whom there was not a greater than Mr Walker, whose name had been mentioned, and they had secured an excellent contractor in Mr Nott. They could be assured that the work would be carried out in the best possible way, with the least possible expense, and with all possible speed. (Applause.) Mr DAVID RANDELL, M.P., said at one time Llanelly was the second port in the Bristol Channel, and there was every reason why a much better position than the one now held should be secured. He hoped that what had been so well begun would be carried to a successful conclusion. (Applause.) A vote of thanks was passed to Mrs Maybery for officiating, and the Chairman of the Com- I missioners raised three hearty cheers for the contractor. The Contractor responded by raising I three cheers for the port of Llanelly, and the pro- ceedings thus terminated.

UNREHEARSED SCENE AT MERTHYR THEATRE. Whilst the concluding scenes of the tragic drama, A Dark Secret," were being enacted on Monday night at the Merth-vr:The&tre Royal, and shortly before Madame Lefontaine drinks the contents of a cup of poison which she had pre- pared for Nslly Norton, the heroine, a commotion arose in the side yard of the theatre in conse- quence of a reported attempt to commit suicide by taking spirits of salt in earnest. Upon the ground in the centre of a crowd was the prostrate form of an unconscious man, Rnfus Bennett, electrician, foaming at the mouth. Police sergeant Rees and Police constables Phillips and Wood administered an emetic to the unfortunate sufferer, who, still unconscious. was conveyed shortly before 11 o'clock to the General Hospital. There he was treated by Dr. Webster and Dr. Burke. About half-past 12 o'clock he waw again removed, this time to the Infirmary 0i the Workhouse. It appears Bennett had lost his employment at the theatre about a week before, and that he abandoned himself to drink. He was evidently in a very depressed condition wbem he sought to put an end to his existence. He is going on as well as could be expected under the circumstances, but is rather random in his talk.

FATAL FIRE IN LONDON. FATHER AND DAUGHTERS PERISH. A fire broke out shortly after midnight on Monday at 117, Hanbary-otrat, Spital- fields, a private hose oeewpied by several families. The flames spread very friaaeusly, and though the firemen were at the scene as soon as possible the two upper floors* were gutted. Joseph Bodski, aged 28, and his two little daughters, Fanny and Sarah, aged eight and four years, were burned to death. The origin of the outbreak is unknown.

A CARDIFF CYCLE AGENT SUED. On Monday (before his Honour Judge Griffith) at the Wolverhampton County Court an action wa,s brought by Messrs John Marston and Co., of the SunDeam Cycle Works, Wolverhampton, against Mr H. D. Orouch, cycle agent, Cardiff, to recover balance of account due amounting to £ 9 12s lid. Mr Lawrence (instructed by Messrs Thome, Smith, and Thorne) appeared for plain- I tiffs. and defendant, who conducted his own case, brought a counter-claim for £ 17 14s 4d commis- sions he alleged to be due to him, and certain items which he claimed as over-charges on goods delivered. Having admitted the correctness of plaintiffs' claim his Honour gave judgment in favour of Messrs Slarston and Co.' for that amount. Defendant, at the request of the Court, then proceeded to prove the various items for which lie claimed the sum of JE17 14s 4d, as against Messrs Marston, His statements, however, in these various items Were so contradictory and apparently incapable of proof that his Honeur at length explained that it was flfirite patent fo everybody in Court fhat defendant was trying to ekixk his xutl liability to 1&e ptoinfeBfs by awftiag acte-olf agaamt Mmc whieh he coald not prove. Be thcreioKe yt»ve judgment for plaintiffs both on the claim and counter-claim, with full costs.—Defendant: I mean to say it is a gross piece of injustice.

BALA COLLEGE^ NEW PROFESSOR OF HEBREW. At a. meeting on Tuesday at Cheater of the Selection Committee of the Bala, Noocth Wales, Theological College, the Rev. W. B. SteyhaMare, M.A.; Bd., assistant Professor of Stoaitic Languages of the University of Edinburgh, was appointed to the Hebrew professorship of the College. The rev. gentleman, who has travelled extensively in the East, is proficient in Hebrew, I Arabic, and Syric. There were three competi- tor* for the appointment.

Alleged Ill-treatment of a Lunatic, I INQUIRY BY THE CARDIFF GUARDIANS. Officials Exonerated. On Tuesday the Workhouse Committee of the Cardiff Guardians met under the presidency of Mr Frank Beavan, J.P., and pro- ceeded to inquire into the charges made to the board of the alleged ill-treatment of a pauper lunatic named Robert Mortimer Hampson, who is how confined at Bridgend Asylum. In addition to the members of the committee, there were present several relatives of the patient, including Mrs Hampson, the wife Mrs Hand- cock, his sister, who lodged the complaint; Mrs Mortimer, his mother; Mr Handcock, his brother- in-law and others. The Chf irman said the complaint had been referred to the committee by the guardians, the allegation being that there were bruises of p, serious type upon the patient before he was taken to the Asylum, the bruises having, it was said, been sustained at the Workhouse- THE MASTER (MR GKEENHALGH) said the patient was admitted at 6.5 p.m. on the 2nd of March, having been brought in by Mr Cox, the assistant warrant officer, accompanied by the wife aiid sister. He (the master) saw him in the receiving-room, and he then seemed to be in an excited state. He had certainly no bruises upon him then. The patient was so excited that he (the speaker) thought it wise to remain with him and as the lunatic attendant was then out, he requisitioned the assistance of a respect- able working man from the casual ward. At 11 p.m. Lunatic Attendant Boxhall took charge of the patient, and remained with him during the night. When he (Mr Greenhalgh) saw the man at 8.55 the next morning he was lying upon the bed, and had the restraining jacket upon him He was flushed and excited, and had on the right side of his face a circular abrasion about half an inch in diameter. He (the speaker) was told he had been very violent, and he attributed the abrasion to the struggle which had ensued ifi placing him under restraint. He was a very strong man, much stronger than Attendant Boxhall, and he could well understand there would be a difficulty in applying the restraint. He immediately sent for the medical officer, and the doctor came and examined him. He (the master) did not afterwards see the patient until he was leaving on that day. I very m«ch regret," continued the master, that any patient should receive the slightest bruises here, but I feel confi- dent in my own mind from what I observed en the morning and the previous even- ing, and from my experience of similar cases that any bruises which may have been received were sustained during the time the restraint was employed." -_J.L_I eLL" The unairmau mummca snai n would be per-5 missible for the relatives to put questions to the witnesses. Mrs Handeock said she desired to say that her brother immediately he saw her complained of having been beaten. The Master, in reference to the suggestion that Hampson bad received injuries after restraint was applied, said that it was highly improbable. J IU WARRANT OPPICElt S EVIDENCE. Mr Pritchard, the warrant officer, was the next witness. Hampson, when he was admitted had to the best of his belief neither a scratch nor bruise on him, and was very clean. He next saw him the following morning at half-past 8. He was walk- ing about the room undressed, and was abso- lutely master of the situation. The attendant, in reply to witness, stated that he could do nothing at all with him, and that Hampson had either struck him or thrown an ink bottle at him. Hampson was threatening in his language and manner, and witness threatened him with a strait jacket. Witness also told Attendant Boxhall thatjif he continued to prove too many for him he had better consult the doctor and get the strait jacket put on him. When witness next saw Hampson at about a quarter past 10 before the magistrates he was then wearing the jacket and was very excited. When witness observed him just before he left for Bridgend wittfi his wife and sister the man said be would do anything witness told him, and on the jacket being removed he put on his clothes. As to the marks upon him they were pointed out to witness by the sister and wife, and witness could see that he had been bruised. At the Asylum the following day he saw him in the Eresence of the doctor stripped, when he noticed rhises on his body. In answer to Mr Padfiekl, witness stated he did not see the man stripped at the Workhouse. In reply to Mr Marshall, he said when he saw Hampson the first thing in the morning he was very violent, and threatened witness to kill him if he laid his hand upon him to put him to bed. Dr. Davies, the Workhouse doctor, next gave evidence. He saw the patient at 7.45 on the evening of his admission, but he resented being Examined. Next morning about 8.30, he was sent for by the master The man was then in a re- straining jacket, gesticulating and shouting, and manifesting that his previous behaviour must have been very violent. He (the doetor) was informed that the man had been extremely violent, throwing his meals about, threatening the attendants, and manifesting symptoms of acute mania. He (the doctor) the ap. flication of restraint. He saw the man again at o'clock the same day, 15 minutes before he left for Bridgend. The patient was then very ex- cited, and it appeared to witness it would be very unwise to have him stripped then and examined. He therefore did not examine him with any fulness, but he could bear witness that there were no bruises on his arm then, and certainly he saw no marks upon his face. The abrasion that the master spoke of might have escaped his notice, for the face was very flushed. The relatives spoke of a bump on the forehead developing on the way to Bridgend. He (witness) was certain that no such bump was there when he examined him. Mrs Mullen: Who gave orders for the strait jacket to be put on ? The Master: Mr Pritchard saw the patient at 8.30 a.m., and there was no strait jacket on him then. I saw him at 9.55, and he had it on him then, and I sent for the doctor. Mrs Handcock said 'the patient had bumps on both (cides of the forehead. Dr Davies: A man throwing himself about the bed is as likely to bump one side as another, or both. Mrs Handcock: When I saw him about two or three the bump then was about the size of a nut, but when we got to Bridgend the bump over his right eye was about the size of a pigeon's egg. The Clerk (Mr Â. J. Harris) said that the report of Dr. Marshall,medical officer of Bridgend Asylum, showed that when the patient was ad- 1 mitted to the Asylum on March 3rd there were found upon him several abrasions on the cheeks, scratches on left neck, bruises on left shoulder' right second rib, each elbow, over each shoulder blade, on each hip, and abrasions on left foot, i Dr. Marshall had also written as follows The braises noted covered a considerable area, but were confined to the skin and loose tissue imme- diately underneath, and could in no case be con- sidered severe. They were such as might be pro- duced by the well-intentioned efforts of the inexperi- enced to control an excited patient. The same injuries might have occurred in the same hands in* putting on the strait jacket, and some at least might have been produced by the patient himself after the application in his efforts to free himself from re- straint. Hampson is a patient of many moods, liable to snddenattacks of excitement, irritability, and impul- sive violence, when even trained attendants find it diffi- cult to control him satisfactorily without marking him as lie resists interference so stronglv. Between December 11th last, the date when he left the Asylum, and the 3rd inst., the date of readmission he had lost in weight 261b., indicating a considerable body of deterioration, in which he would be all the more apt to be easily bruised even with slight violence. Being asked whether it was usual for female relatives to accompany male patients when taken to the Asylum, Mr Pritchard, the warrant officer, said that this was the second time this patient had passed through his hands. He had heard what the relatives had to say,aud he thought that under the circumstances it was better to let the wife and sister go with him, and he was now very glad that he had done so. Otherwise it was very unusual to allow relatives to accompany patients. Mr Padfield There is no suggestion on the part of the relatives that any violence was used towards him on the way to Bridgend ? Mrs Handcock Certainly not; he showed that he was most amenable to kindness. Mr Pritchard: The attendant was bound to use restraint when I saw him that morning, or I am sure I could not answer for the consequences. STATEMENT BY ALDERMAN JACOBS. Alderman T. W. Jacobs, one of the magistrates who certified Hampson as a lunatic, said when he saw the man he was very violent, was red in the face, on which there was an abrasion, and appeared to have received some blows on the temple. On Thursday last he (Alderman Jacobs) visited Bridgend Asylum, when he made it his business to inquire tuiiy mto the circumstances of the case from Dr. Pringle, the medical superintendent. Dr. Pringle stated he made an examination of the man after Dr. j Marshall. The bruises, he said, were all super- ficial and all consistent with having been caused by a man resisting the force necessary to put on him a straight jacket. The man was most violent and dangerous. AN ATTENDANT CALLED. The attendant Boxhall was next called in, and made his statement. He took charge of Hamp- son shortly after 11 o'clock at night. Towards 6.30 in the morning he became very violent, and threatened witness several times. He (Boxhall) told him it was best for him to be quiet and go back to bed. Hampson told him he had no authority to order him, and threatened to throw an ink-pot at him, and struck him in the face. Witness took him back to bed. He sent for the doctor at a, quarter to 8, but he did not come, and when Hampsan's breakfast was put in he threw it about the room, saying it was not fit for him to o&t. Acting on Mr Pritchard's advice, witness put the jaeket on him, with the assistance of two of the inmates. The man struggled once or twice, but not so ranch M to do himself any harra, bee»«pe he (Boxhall) was verv cweM with Mm. In reply to Mrs Haudoeci, Boxhall denied having stated to the maJe nurse that they wanted him to say how long Hamp- son had been in the straight jacket, but that they would not get him to own up. Dr. Davies stated that he did not receive the message which Boxhall stated he had sent. Mrs Handcock said that her brother, in Mr Pritchard's presence, accused the people at the Workhouse of having punched and jumped on him. BVIBBNCE OF A FAUPKR. A pauper named Welsh, who, it was said, had been sent by Boxhall with a message to the doctor to come and see Hampson 011 the morning in question, was next called. Welsh, being asked why he did not take the message to the doctor, said he had been told to take it to the master. Asked whether he took the message to 7' the master, witness said no, because it would make Boxhall look so helpless in the estima- tion of the master." (Laughter.) Witness said he was with Boxhall in charge of the lunatic during the night. The patient was vexy violent, and they had to put the gas out and lock the door. The lunatic jumped on the window sill to throw himself out, and they had to pull him back, but not a single blow was struck. Mrs Handcock I certainly should like to have the man pointed out who ill-used him. That there was wilful violence I am convinced. Another inmate named Low, who witnessed the application of the strait jacket, said Boxhall did not ask him to take 9. message to the doctor. They put the patient on the bed, and in the struggle to get the jacket on the patient fell on the floor. There were four attendants there at the time. He never saw a single blow struck. Mrs Handcock said she was not satisfied that the matter had been cleared up. Certainly it had not been cleared up to her satisfaction. They brought the patient there for protection, and thought he would be put under the care of a proper person and not left to the mercy of any- one, especially in charge of a strange man, when the attendant had gone out. The Chairman I do not think that is your business, Mrs Handcock. That is our business. Mrs Handcock referred again to the statement she had overheard Boxhall making to an attendant named Sherrin but when Sherrin was called in and examined he denied any knowledge of such a statement. Mrs Mortimer, the mother, said she would like to know who inflicted the bruises. They must have been inflicted after the strait jacket had been put on. If the patient had had his hands free, and the attendant were in danger of violence, she could understand the bruises, but she could not understand why, after being put in the jacket, her poor boy should have been treated in that manner. It was dreadful. Thp Chairman We have had no evidence of that. Mrs Andrews A great number of these bruises might have been sustained when the patient fell off the bed. OFFICIALS EXONERATED. Mr Padfield remarked that they had no evi- dence to show that any undue violence had been used, and moved a resolution exonerating the Workhouse officials from all blame and express- ing confidence in the system for the treatment of lunatics in vogue at the Workhouse. Mr R. Sutherland seconded the motion. Councillor Good opposed the motion, declaring that he considered the strait jacket had been improperly used,and that the attendant Boxhall's evidence was very unsatisfactory. Mr Thatcher, on the other hand, supported the resolution, declaring he had great confidence in Mr Pritehard's opinion, which was to the effect that no improper violence had been used towards the man. Mr Marshall strongly criticised the statement of the attendant Boxhall. pointing out that it was flatly contradicted in an essential point by another witness, and that, if it were accepted as true, then there was no explanation of how the man came by his injuries. The resolution, on being put, was carried by 14 to 2, Councillor Good and Mr Marshall dissenting. The relatives of Hampson, while expressing their confidence in the good intentions of the guardians in the matter, and in the kindness shown by Mr Pritchard, expressed themselves as strongly dissatisfied with the statement of the attendant Boxhal!.

CAERPHILLY IMPERSONATION CASE. On Tuesday, at the Caerphilly Police Court (before Alderman Henry Anthony, Dr. Maurice G. Evans, and Mr E. W. M. Corbett), the ad- journed case in which John Lewis, timberman, Senghenydd. was charged with impersonating a dead voter came on for hearing. Mr W. Spickett, Pontypridd (the returning officer), appeared for the prosecution, and Mr R. R. Morgan,'Cardiff, defended. Mr Spickett proposed to offer no evidence. It appeared that the man had been arrested for impersonation, but after inquiry he was satisfied that the man would not be convicted if sent to the Assizes. He, however, considered it his duty to maintain that a considerable amount of feeling 11. had been introduced into this question, for which he was sorry, but he wished to say that the officers had only done their duty. It had been said that the presiding officer arrested the man unduly. But he (Mr Spickett) had the signatures of the agents, who were in the booth, showing that this was not the man whose name was on the list. Under the circumstances the presiding officer had nothing to do but to give the man in charge The officer had done nothing but his duty. The agent, Mr Morgan, who was now defending, had the register with "deceased marked on it, and he Was surprised that Mr Morgan now appeared for the defence, and it would be impossible for him (Mr Spickett) to go on with the case. Mr Morgan said he did not think Mr Spickett was justified in making any allegations. He had made some statements which he did not think necessary to controvert. They did not touch upon the case as regarded the prisoner, but as regarded the officers. He was not called upon to locate the blame upon the officers. Who the blunder had been made by he wonld not say. Mr Spickett Both agents undertook to prove he was bbt man, so Mr Jones (the presiding officer) had no other courss. Then the question of compensation might arise. The man had a father who was very delicate, and the landlord, accepted this boy as his tenant two years ago. I don't propose to go further because no jury would convict. Alderman Anthony: The names are the same. Mr Spickett; Yes. Mr Morgan The prisoner has a complete defence to the charge. Alderman Anthony (to the prisoner): You will be discharged.

BIMETALLISM IN SOUTH WALES The Bristol Committee of the Bimetallic League, which is carrying on an active work through the West of England and South Wales, appears to be very gratified with the success which has at- tended its efforts in the Principality. In the report which has 'been adopted occurs the follow- ing :-It is pleasant to record that undoubted progress of a steady, solid character has been made in Monmouthshire and South Wales dis- trict during the past year. Probably the able and diligent manner in which the Gold Standard Defence Association through certain of its mem- bers has been following us up, and thereby giving a free and gratuitous advertisement, has also been a. potent factor in this growth of interest. Some meetings held in this district during the year have been of spccial importance. At Cardiff, for in- stance, the question has been thoroughly de- bated. Other important meetings have been held in the Rhondda Valley. Generally speaking, work among the miners was the feature of the year. A great number of open-air meetings have been held near the pits mouths about the time the men were leaving work. In this work we have been much helped by the checkweighmen and miners' leaders. Scarcely one of these in the whole Rhondda Valley, and indeed the whole of South Wales, is against us most of them are avowedly for us. At present we have active com- mittees and correspondents in the following places Cardiff (the central town), Neath, Swansea, Abergavenny, Newport, Rhondda Valley, Brecon, Carmarthen, Hereford, and Maesycwm- mer district. In connection with the Monmouth- shire Chamber of Agriculture an Agricultural Bimetallic Committee has been formed, and is doing excellent service.

DANGERS OF THE QUAY SIDE. On Saturday while walking with his father near a siding off East Bute Dock James Judge, a child aged 4 years, was struck by the butt of a piece, of timber which bounced from a truck then Being laden from a stack. The child died at the Infirmary soon afterwards, the base of his skull having been fractured. Mr Herbert Evans, superintendent of the Docks Police, attended the coroner's inquiry held on Tuesday afternoon, and was able to corroborate Michael Judge, of 22, Tyndall-fttreet, the father, as to the accidental nature of the injury, and also the statement of one of the loaders that they had cried Look out" wheuever anyone was approaching. The Coroner considered that the warning wa3 not sufficient, and eliciting from the last witness that he worked for a contractor named Westlake, whom ho supposed to have sub-contracted with the Cardiff Railway Company, he advised the jury to add a rider to their verdict urging upon the Cardiff Railway Company to prevent further sad accidents such as this one they had^been inquiring into. The jury acted inaccorlience with the Coroner's suggestion.

A TRIVIAL DETAIL. OFFICE Boy: Please, sir, I've a complaint to make. The book-keeper gave me a box On the cars. MANAGER Well, do yon think I caa evei7* thing bere?

A young single woman named Alice Trigg was arrested at Alderaljot on Tuesday in connection with the case of alleged child murder at Farn- with the case of alleged child murder at Farn- with the case of alleged child murder at Farn- ham. The body of the child, was found embedded in the mud of a ditch, and it is alleged that the accused was seen paddling with her hands there. She was remanded. She was remanded.

NG ILLEGAL BEER SElliNG A11 CARDIFF. ft At Cardiff Police Court on Tuesday (before Stipendiary Magistrate) Mr T. H. Belcher. behalf of the police, conducted the prosecn^ « of a number of persons for offences under • Licensing Act. In opening his cases gener*S Mr Belcher said that they were a variation of | general order of illegal beer selling and deaPJ | prosecutions. Three persons would be chat? with selling beer without a licence in Rail^! and Janet-streets,Splotlands.one with being P? j and consenting to the illegal sale on the gp of which he was the occupier, and several m illegally dealing in beer. The beer in this » stance was procured from the East Moors Ml ingmen's Club, situate in the immediate neifK a bourhood, and was conveyed by members to *r private houses, where it was sold. M Mr Morgan Rees held a watching brief oB K half of the club, one of the rules of which is$5 I ge if members supply drink to any one outside tfjj' I Re club premises they will be instantly expelled fr° membership. Frederick North, c" 21, Walker's-road, proved to have carried beer in bottles from V club to No. 22, Railway-street, a house in j-it his sister in law has apartments. Detect'^ Ja toI Davey and P.C. Robert Warren described modus operandi, and though their evidence not conclusive as to the sale of the beer, all do^ as to the transaction was removed by the .Hp fendant's witnesses. Defendant was stated have been out of regular employment si'" Christmastide. 1 The unusually heavy fine for a first offence £ 50 and costs was imposed, the alternative be1™ a month's imprisonment with hard labo th Advocate's fee of three guineas was allowed. The summons against John Davies or Selli'S the occupier of the.'house, was dismissed on ground of complicity, the Stipendiary ci; out that the summons was bad, as two *c were alleged. Mr Belcher explained that he nothing to do with the issuing of the summon8,. Summonses against the frequenters W?, S withdrawn, Mr Belcher stating tnat the po^ y, had succeeded in their main object, which convict the chief offender. it Patrick O'Hara, who appeared in court in J intoxicated state, was remanded in custody jto a lister sta. George Knight, a grey haired shipwrif described as being able to earn iC2 10s to week, was then charged with trading in beel 34, Janet street—in the same way as tW* J for which North was convicted. Detect1 Davey stated he had seen defendant making sev#*| 1 journeys to and from the club, and that when ? went into the house he found two bottles of bO 1 on the table. Defendant was obstreperous ØoIP, 1* said, I paid for the beer yesterday at the club-I Knight now challenged the officer to prove tbo t the beer had been sold,and said that he had tAo 3 two pints home for consumption at dinner for hity 1 self and wife. If he could be proved not to ] telling the truth he wonld suffer a rope roo1?? his neck." Defendant called his wife, who s*1, i that they occupied one room in 34, Jltnet-s in which they washed and cooked and 1^. and slept." She had had a couple of words v*1. her husband before he could be persuaded to £ to fetch the dinner beer. She denied that was a woman from the neighbourhood in f 111 room, and alleged that the police had shoved into the room. Her husband had .< 52 years in Cardiff and had nev?f previously been up at the Town She then stated, in reply to Mr Belcher, that bf< husband had been a member of this club for ™ years, and that he frequently went there 00 Sunday morning to cure himselfafter Sftt°jj day nights, which he sometimes spent in a 1° public-house. (Laughter.) Mr Belcher called evidence to the effect tb^ | defendant had been seen by Detective Davey 0 i another Sunday carrying beer from the club t the house of the neighbour alluded to, but t Stipendiary said that though this was a case 6 ( grave suspicion he must give the benefit of | doubt to the defendant, and would dismiss & summons. Mr Morgan Rees, given permission to j statement with reference to the club concern^ 1 said that when it became known to the comffli j 1 of the club that the members who had be0 ( charged had been disposing of the beer contr8^, ) to the rules they had been summarily expelled i The Stipendiary What! Before the offe^T was proved ? It has only just been proved he L Apparently the officials of the club have b0^ guilty of grave injustice in prejudging the Supposing the men had been found not guilty '"Z Mr Belcher They have been sailing perilofl8^ near to aiding and abetting. At this stage Mr Belcher announced man O'Hara is now perfectly docile, I am tol" (Laughter.) The Stipendiary directed to be brought up from the cells. He denied sale of the beer, which he said he had taken ho&j for dinner. The constable and detective. st»^: that they had found a woman in the house, admitted to them that she had sent 0'Har",{| fetch the beer, and that the four pennies she b01 in her hand was the change. O'Hara was fined £ 50 and costs or a hard labour in default of a distress war* yielding that sum, and Mary Ann Smith, "jj woman spoken to in this case, was fined 5s costs. & For selling beer illegally in No. 26, Mary street, Thomas Walker, who did not appemro > fined EIO and costs.

DROWNEDTHRCUGH aTUPfl^j John O'Brien, a marine fireman, hailing Cork, was drowned on Monday night making his way aboard his ship, then in the b»j £ of the Roath Dock, Cardiff. Elias May coroner's jury, empanelled at Cardiff, on Tues^ evening, that he had known deceased, who boarded with his family when on visits to diff, for quite 21 years. On Monday nigbt^. saw O'Brien. who was very tipsy at the tI; so tipsy that witness left him at a relatile house while he went sjcross to his own to 4" his coat for the purpose of seeing his chum s3». to his ship. Before he returned O'Brien had and witness soon afterwards heard of his Constable Cunningham, of the Bute ID police, said that he saw deceased fall into dock, and spoke of attempts made to rescue ? ge A lifebelt was thrown to him, which he but lost as he was being hauled up the quay May explained that deceased nad one a g partially crippled, and the Coroner said it woo f most stupid policy to exhaust what little street the man had by hauling him up the side. a officer added that a man named Charles Tu^Vj went into the water, but that he could not i i O'Brien to bank, and considered that the crof of men; more or less under the influence drink and standing around, impeded the of the means taken with a view of saving man's life. When landed O'Brien was unc° < scions,, and probably dead, for though effort?Jj resuscitation were not relaxed until the ø.rf1 of a dcotor, no sign of life appeared.

A BRAKESMAN'S DEATH AT NEWPORT. Mr Lyndon Moore, Newport borough coroøeS.} held an inquest on Tuesday on the body of Henry Biss, of Dock-street, Newport, bra& on the G.W.R. Company, who died at the I mary from the effects of injuries received oi» *V 7th inst. Mr Frank Lewis, solicitor, appe??^' for the widow of deceased, Mr L. H. Hor»W| < solicitor, represented the G.W.R. Company, Mr Allen, engineer, represented Messrs and Davies, contractors, Cardiff, who are wi^0^, ing the railway just outside Bassaleg St&ti°J*> Deceased was assisting in working a ballast tr^jj. I from Tydu to Bassaleg on the day of the dent. The train was shunted into a siding by the orders of the contractors. After train bad been cleared, BisS, who was jufl: guard's van, at the request of Henry Parfitt, guard, gave the signal to the driver to move °. of the siding. He then turned to see tl»* number of trucks that were behind the van going out all right when his head came f violent contact with a telegraph post, and tj' side of his face and skull were smashed. post was but 2ft. lHin. from the line of rails. Board of Trade regulations as to permanent fixes 4ft. 6in. as the limit between [ structures and the line of rails. The Telegi*8^ i Department were requested on February 23r^Jrf I have three posts, of which that which caused accident was one, removed. The jury returne^ verdict to the effect that deceased died fr°j inflammation of the brain, caused by his be^ striking the post, and that he was discharging proper duties at. the time.

A novel aud interesting ceremony next nesday will be the dedication by th8 Bishop Llandaff, at the Cathedral, of a church *> wheels." The new Llandaff No. I Army Diocesan Mission and Colportago Va» been presented to the society, at a cost of guineas, by Two Church women for wor# the Llandaff Diocese. Canon Roberts, "3 diocesan missioner, has been appointed by 3 Bishop as diocesan van adviser. The CbO*^ Army has now 48 of these vans.

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