The Cardiff Times

SWANSEA. In Swansea proper there were few indications that a municipal contest was going on. Mr West- lake had a few bills ported advancing his claims, and a few vehicles bearing bills were seen now and then but the fight in the Castle Ward was practically devoid of all interest, as is evident from a very small polL In the Landore Ward the fight was fiercer-two gentlemen of considerable local influence disputing the possession of the seat. The same may be said of the fight in the St. Thomas' W .rd. The result is that the political complexion of the council remains unchanged by the contest, while one old member (Mr Westlake) retains his seat, and two old members have been unseated. The counting of votes was quickly completed, and the results announced in quick succession as follows — CASTXE WARD (One Vacancy). Westlake (old member) 340 Dawe 113 LANDORK WARD (One Vacancy). Rees Jones 753 W. Williams (old member) 554 EAST WARD (One Vacancy). Nan carr ow 687 D. Ihomas (old member) 520 UNOPPOSED RETURN'S. MOTOVTSTON WARD.—.John Hopkin John (new member). ST. JOHN WARD.—Mr John Bourne (new member). DRYNMKLIN WARD.—Mr David Davies (old member). F^yjro.YB WARD.—Mr J. A. Thomas (old member). ST. HELMS WARD.—Dr RawtingA (old mem- ber). VICTORIA WARD.—Mr David Jones (new toember). ATS SANDHA WARD. — Mr T. Price (old member). Nonu of the elections were fought on political lines. Tn fact, at St. Thomas :1 Conservative frwight a Conservative; while at Landore tho figh*. was 1 two L'b»ral»-. The <»ndidate» •- *•*»« Ctftic vVard take no active part in politics. At least five out of the seven returned unopposed are Liberals. The election of a councillor for the Alexandra Ward of the county borough of Swansea, to fill the vacancy caused by Mr A, Francis leaving the town, took place on Tuesday. The candidates were Mr J. Glasbrook, colliery proprietor (who formerly represented the Victoria Ward in the council), and Mr W. Davies, a. shipowner. The contest was very keenly fought, am it was thought that the voting would be very close. The count' ;g took place soon after eight, under the presidency of Alderman Chapman, and at 9.10 he declared the result as follows:- Glasbrook 484 Davies 456 Majority 28

CARMARTHEN. There was scarcely any difference between last Saturday and an ordinary Saturday in Carmar- then, and, but for an occasional electioneer's broadside and incidental observations by small knots of politicians in the principal thorough- fares, a stranger would not have known that any- thing unusual was occurring in this ancient borough. It was altogether an unfavourable day for such an event, as on Saturday the chief market of the week is held, and business, upon which the majority of the townsfolk depend, transacted. There was a contest only in the Western Ward, Mr T. Davies (L), grocer, King- street; Mr T. Jenkins (L), the Friary and Mr E. A. Rogers (C), contractor, Queen-stroot-all three retiring members — being returned un- opposed for the Eastern Ward. There were five candidates for three seats in the Western Ward. One—Mr W. Morris, a Churchman—was backed up by adherents of the Establishment; and, although he had been a councillor for some years past, it was feared, with four much younger men pitted against him, he would this t;me be out of the running. Mr Colby Evans (churchwarden of Christ Church, and formerly a coun- cillor) also looked for support in the same direction as did also Mr Walter Lloyd, chemist, and at the same time expected many Nonconformist votes, considering he at- tended chapel and was a Conservative. Upon staunch Liberals alone Mr Evan Jones, principal of the Old College School, relied for a seat in the council chamber, and his trust was not misplaced. It was very doubtful what position would be obtained by the fifth candidate, Mr D. Morgan, who is a rabid Tory. Certain it was, however, that he would get one end of the poll; and in this his friends' hopes were realised, for he was favoured with the last place on the list. Canvass- i ing had been going on for days previously, and, therefore, the state of affairs was pretty well known by the candidates, who hied away home directly the poll was closed in order to escape the too friendly congratulations successful candi- dates had been subjected to in days of yore. The 847 voters (about 100 less than the number resident in the eastern ward) at no time made a great ru.h for the polling booth at the ShirehaU, where the reluming officer, was Mr Alderman Henry Norton, the presiding officer being Mr Thomas Evans, chief clerk at the town clerk's office. A little excitement over the event occurred, whilst promenaders awaited the declaration of the poll. Then a good deal of spirits were poured down to keep spirits up, and one or two free fights indulged in during anything but congenial weather. At 9.18 the state of tne poll was de- clared as follows:— ELECTED. Lloyd C 422 Jones L 329 Morris L U 301 NON-ELECTED. Evans C 253 Morgan C 205 The retiring council consisted of two Conserva- tives, three Liberals, and one Liberal Uuionist. The election has made no change in the political representation.

ABERAVON. The following were the candidates for the four vacancies at the council board, viz., Mr Martin Augustus Jenkins, solicitor;. Mr Benjamin Jones, jeweller Mr Henry John Stokes, outfitter; Mr George William Walpole, tailor; and Mr Henry Walsh, ironmonger. All the candidates, with the exception of Mr Walpole. were retiring coun- cillors seeking re-election. Mr Stokes is an ardent temperance advocate, and doubtless en- countered much opposition on this account. The contest was fought on non-political grounds. The poll opened at 8 a.m. and closed at 8 p.m. The mayor and returning officer (Councillor E. Phillips) acted as presiding officer. The polling during the morning and the early part of the afternoon was extremely slow, but towards the evening the voters came in increasing numbers to record their votes, and before the close of the poll about 700 persons had voted. The number of voters on the burgess roll is 913. The poll was declared about 9.30 p.m., when the town clerk, Mr Marmaduke Tennant, announoed that the votes recorded for each candidate wera as follows ELECTED. G. W. Walpole 463 Henry Walsh 307 Benjamin Jones 360 M. A. Jenkins 344 NOT ELECTED. H. J. Stokes 293 The Mayor then declared the four first named to have been duly elected councillors for the borough. The candidates afterwards briefly ad- dressed the electors. The announcement of the result of the plectiou was received with but little enthusiasm, and the low position of some of the best candidate? cuine as a surprise to many. There was an entire absence of the usual boisterous pro- ceedings which generally follow the declaration of the poll. There will be no election of alder- men this year.

LLANDOVERY. On Friday evening a public meeting of rate- payers was held at the Town-hall for the pur- pose of hearing the different candidates ex- pressing their views. The chair was taken by Mr J. M. Sinnett, Llanfair Cottage. The following candidates were present and addressed the meeting, namely :—Mr I. Griffiths, Clifton House (mayor); Mr T. X. Jones, Cattle View Mr J. R. Price, Plasydderwen Mr T. Recs, Cloth-hall and Mr D. Saunders Thomas, Court House. It should be mentioned that Mr David Jones, Llanfair House, was unavoidably absent whereas Mr Dan Williams, Pentre House; and Mr T. Phillips, solicitor, were both unwell. The meeting was altogether a most interesting one, and was brought to a close with the usual vote of thanks. On Saturday the polling took place at the Town-hall. In conse- quence of the Mayor being one of the candidates, Councillor John Lewis, Iioyston House, was the returning officer. At 9.15 the result of the poll was declared as follows:— Price 174 Thomas 115 David Jones 114 Williams 112 Rees 105 Griffiths 99 Phillii>s 93 T. X. Jones 80 The contest wa3 entirely non-political.

ABERYSTWYTH. This election took place at Aherystwyth on Saturday. There were seven candidates for the four vacancies, viz.—Mr George Green, Llan- baddarn-road, lronfounder • Mr J. Jenkins, Snow- don House, Victoria-terraoe. quarry proprietor Mr John Mathias, Bridge-street, grocer and Mr W. II. Palmer, Queen's Hotel, hotel proprietor (all retiring members} The other candidates were Mr Isaac Hopkins, Shipbuilders'-row, block- maker Capt. Morgan Owen, St. Michael's-place, shipowner; and Mr E. P. Taylor, game dealer, Turrace-road (aJl of whom claimed to be th" candidates of the working classes, The four retiring members were supported by the r Liberal Club. The Conservatives did not run a candidate, and seemed to take but very slight interest in the election. The counting was pro- ceeded with immediately upon the close of the poll, and the result, which was as follows, was I made known about 11 o'clock :— ELECTED. George Green L 040 John Jenkins L 523 j W. A. Palmer .L 500 John Mathias L 472 NON-ELECTED. Isaac Hopkins 462 F P. Taylor 279 Morgan Owen 260 The elected candidate were, as stated, sup- ported by the Liberal paJty.

KIDWELLY. Six vacancies on the council, caused by four members retiring and two being elevated to the aldermanic bench, were filled on Saturday. There were 15 candidates, and those who were not natives were decidedly handicapped. The contest was nut fought on political grounds, but one religious sect, the Independents, fought hard for their candidates and were successful. The resnl was as follows:— ELECTED. •Daniel Stephens, brick manufaotarer 280 Henry Anthony, farmer 254 William Wilkin, coal merchant 228 *E. V. Davies, cattle inspector 224 *D. J. John,innkeeper (for two years) 183 John Owen, farmer (for one year) 183 NOT ELECTED. David Anthony, farmer 142 John Anthony, grocer 141 J. H. Truscott, schoolmaster 124 Jno. Arthur, grocer 125 David Reynolds, 'naaon. 111 Thos. Walters, rollerman 110 Wm. Davids, stationer 74 Wm. Jenkins, farmer 52 David J. Hugh, butcher 38 The Mayor (Alderman T. Morgan) gave the casting vote in favour of D. J. John, the retiring member for two years. The excitement was great, and after the declaration of the poll by the Mayor, Mr D. Stephens was shouldered and carried to his home. (An asterisk indicates rebirmg member)

BRECON. There was no contest, and tho following were returned unopposed:—Dr James Williams (C), deputy-mayor; Mr John Morgan, Usk House (L); Mr D. T. Jeffreys, solicitor (C); Mr Aneurin George, builder (I). The first three were retiring councillors. Mr George occupied a seat in the council for a term prior to November of last year.

LAMPETER. The following is the result of the election of councillors for the four vacant seats in this borough, which took place on Saturday last:— Thomas Owen, stationmaster .L 203 Joseph Jones, postmaster L 196 Thomas Lloyd, solicitor C 194 John Jones, Hope," grocer C 167 David Davies, Qu-en's Anns C 149 Alderman David Lloyd was the returning officer.

ANOTHER DARING BURGLARY AT CADOXTON. At hali-,past eight on Monday morning, when Mr George Garnett, guardian and overseer, of Cadoxton, was opening his drapery establish- ment, a lock-up shop at Barrv-road, he found the contents in the utmost disorder, all tho clothing having been strewn over the floor. It was evident that a serious burglary had been perpetrated, and on Mr Garnett making an exami- nation he found that a safe weighing 2 £ cwt., and of the value of JB28, was missing, together with the contents, amounting to £ 3 10,3 in silver. Further examination in the body of tho shop disclosed the fact that there were also missing twelve dozen silk handkerchiefs, as well as a quantity of wearing apparel, such as trousers, coats, vests, &<?. It was evident that tiie daring scheme had been well planned. The thieves broke in by the back-yard, which sepa- rates tne premises from Mr Garnett's residence, about fifteen yards away. The lock was broken, and an iron bar removed from the inside. On the floor of the shop a brace and bit which the burglars, in their haste, left behind them was found. Mr Garnett thinks that the burglary took place during the early hours of Sunday morning, fhe loss is estimated at £ 50. Fortunately Mr Garnett removed a large sum of money from the safe on Saturday night. It will be remembered that a daring safe robbery was perpetrated at Barry Dock station a few weeks ago. It is generally agreed that the same persons are responsible for both robberies. The safe was found in a brook near a guiiy, about half a mile distant, in proximity to whare it had been broken open. The manner in which it had been tampered with abundantly proved that the work was that of a gang of robbers who, it had only been too evident, infest the township. A loug hole had been made in the side, the money abstracted amounting to £ 5, and not E3 10s as previously telegraphed. The thieves did not content themselves with that, but took the account books, cheque books, insurance policies, letters, &c. The ledger is still missing, and Mr Garnett says it will take him months to make up his accounts. Suspicion is attached to certain per- sons residing in the neighbourhood, and who have been previously suspected of being active partners in two or three local burglaries which have recently taken place. A drill of the same size was used a couple of weeks ago in boring the door of an outhouse in tho immediate vicinity, when a largo number of fowls were stolen. Mr Garnett evidently does not attach much faith in the local police, as early on Monday morning he the local police, as early on Monday morning he sent to Cardiff for a detective.

AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY IN LONDON. Inauguration by the Prince of Wales. The Prince of Wales on Tuesday inaugurated the City and South London Railway, from the City to Stockwell, a distance of rather more than three miles underground, the railway being the first worked by electricity in England. Considerable interest was manifested in the proceedings. Amongst those present, besides the Prince of Wales, being the Duke of Clarence, the Duke of Westminster, the Earl of Cork, the Lord Chan- cellor, Lord Thu^low, Sir John Fowler, Mr Mather, M.P., General Hutchison, Major I Cardew, Mr Courtenay Boyle, and Mr Mott, chairman of the company owning the line. The Prince of Wales visited the City station, and then travelled from there along the line, manifest- ing considerable interest in all its details. At luncheon subsequently be expressed the opinion that tf*\ line would be a great boon to the commu- nity at large, and considerably tend to relieve the aongeated traffic in important thoroughfares under aongeated traffic in important thoroughfares under <>bich the railway passed. He spoke favourably atud of the system adopted by which passengers j will travel at a uniform fare. After the opening the Prince of Wales pro- ufeded to TCusron. and left in a special train for Aylesbury, on a visit to Baron Rothschild, M.P., at Waddesdon Manor, where he will remain until I Thursday,

POLICE-COURT PROCEEDINGS. On Monday, at Marylefoone police-court, Mary Eleanor Wheeler, alias Mrs Pearcey, was brought up on remand before Mr Cooke charged with the wilful murder of Mrs Phcebe Hogg and bar baby, Phcebe Hanslope Hogg, on the 24th ult., at Kentish Town. Long before the doors of the court-house were opened a large crowd had gathered outside in the hope of being able to obtain admission, but the authorities denied entiauce to all not having business, and this pre- vented the court becoming uncomfortably filled. A long list of night charges occupied the magis- trate until close u. JOil on. o'clock, when the Court adjourned for a short time. During the interval the court was besi8ged by an excited crowd clamouring for admission. Mr Gill, barrister, instructed by Mr Frederick J. Williamson, now attended to prosecute on behalf of the Treasury, whilst, as before, Mr Freke Palmer defended the prisoner. Mr J. P. Grain, instructed by Messrs Rhys and Hooper, appeared on behalf of Mr Hogg, the husband of the deceased, and Miss Clara Hogg, the husband's sister. At 1.20 o'clock, the magistrate again took his seat on the bench, and the prisoner was at once brought in and placed in the dock. Since the former hearing her appearance had undergone a distinct change for the better. Instead of the workhouse clothing which she wore on the last occasion, she now had her ordinary attire. She had on a black cloak and a j dark green straw hat trimmed with iibbon3 of a similar colour, but of a slightly lighter shade. She wore also a pair of plain kid gloves. Appa- rently she was in the best of health, and altogether she looked a pleasant, and by no means unattrac- tive woman. Mr Gill's opening statement she seemed to follow carefully, although now and then she stared straight in front of her, or cast her gaze down to the ground. CASK FOR THE PKOSKCUL'ION. Mr Gill, in opening the case, said he appeared at the instance of the Public Prosecutor to pro- secute the prisoner on two charges of murder. lie. did not propose to go anything liko minutely into the details at present, but he would give some idea of the evidence that was proposed to be given. Mr Gill then proceeded to review the case as from the commencement. He said that Mr Hogg was intimate with Mrs Pearcey both before his mArriage and after the child of Mrs Hogg was born to her—six months after her luainage. The relationship, whatever it was between Mra Hogg and the prisoner before the marriage, certainly became of a much closer character after the marriage, and at Christmas, 1889, Mr Hogg introduced his wife to the prisoner, and they spent the Christmas a.t Mrs Pearcey's nouse. From that time up to the following February prisoner was in constant communication with Mrs Hogg. She then attended Mrs Hogg in an illness. Certain ill-feeling arose during that illness, and Mrs Hogg left her husband for a short time. She did not visit Mrs Pearcey again from that date, but the relations between Mr Hogg and Mrs Pearcey continued to be of a very close character. He was in the prisoner's house continually he had a latch- key, and passed aa a person closely connected with the prisoner. Some time before the 24th of last month the prisoner seemed to have put herself into communication with Mrs Hogg. There could be no question that certain letters were sent to Mrs Hogg, and it would be shewn that on one occasion Mra Hogg, in answer to these letters, went to prisoner's house. Counsel remarked that the deceased's relatives had no knowledge that she contemplated paying any visit to the prisoner on the Thursday. On Friday, 24th October, Mr Hogg left his home about nine o'clock in the morning. His wife and child were then safety in the house, and remained there apparently until somewhere about three o'clock. Some time in the ruorfling, however—between eleven and twelve o'clock—She prisoner sent another letter to the deceased woman. The prisoner gave a boy a letter to take to Mrs Hogg, which he did, but what the contents of this letter were was not known, as no trace had since been found of it. Mrs Hogg, after receiving the letter, left the house about three o'clock in the afternoon, taking with her the baby in a bassinette perambu- lator. She undoubtedly went to the house of the accused, No. 2, Priory-street, and the bassinette was placed in the passage, another lodger seeing it and recognising it as belonging Mrs Hogg. About half past four o'clock a next door neighbour heard the smashing of glass and a baby crying, and it was at that time, as the prosecution suggested, that the murder was committed. The evidence would point closely to the prisoner being the only person in the house at the time who could have committed the murder, which was of a most brutal character. Mr Gill then briefly referred to the evidence of Mr and Mrs Butler, given to the effect that when they came home about six o'clock the passage was in darkness, and the prisoner, who was there, held out her hand to lead Mr Butler past the bassinette, which was then in the passage. A few minutes later. Mr Butler came down stairs and went out through the passage, and at that time the prisoner had gone, out and the bassinette had been removed. The next evidence would be that of Mrs Rogers, who saw the accused wheel- ing a bassinette heavily loaded, soon after six o'clock, away from Priory-street. There would be the evidence of other poscKes who also saw the prisoner whetiing the perambulator. Counsel then descriljod the fnaoiag of the body of Mrs Hogg and how it was taken to the mortuary. He next refetrad to tha finding of the perambu- I lator and the baby, aad to Mrs Pearcey's I movements late an Dig aveamg of the nutrdec, said Mr Hogg wotdd tal them that upon going "fcoaae about 10 o'olock ast night and nwltMg his wife not there, he w«nt almost direafcly to the bOTfifc of the prisoner, uoreasnii U>r going there so loot for his wife b»<W «bat unee weeks before iHrte prisoner told him his vHe bad visited her. She made a runuurk to Would you be surprised to kno* rJwv, ?bæb.3 had been here ?" When Hogg went to the house on the night in question he let himself into the bedroom and left < + a message for the crisoner fixing the time he w--I at the house at about twenty minutes past ten. How the prisoner arrived home that night he was not in a position to prove, but she got home somehow during the night, because she was occu- pied during the night in endeavouring to get rid of the traces of what had taken place in the kitchen. Counsel' described the state of the kitchen, Miss Clara Hogg's visit to the prisoner on the Saturday morning, the scent at the police- station when the prisoner said she did not identify the deceased, and the result of the medical ex- animation, and concluded by saying he should 1 call evidence, and, so far as possible, tell the story in chronological 6rder. EVIUHXCE OF THE HOSBAND. Frank Hogg, the husband of the murdered woman, was first put into the box, a.nd his deposi- tions, as taken at the first hearing, were read over. Hogg looked very pale, but appeared more col- lected than on previous occasions. Mr Grain at this point said ho'appeared for Hogg in case his interests should need guarding, though he did not think it necessary in the circum- stances. Hogg, questioned by Mr Gill, said he first made the acquaintance of the prisoner between four and fi ve years ago when she was living in Bayham-street, Camden Town. Ho knew her as Mrs pearcey, and thought she was a married woman. He knew she was living with Mr Pearcey, whom he knew by sight. Mrs Pearcey ceased to live with Pearcey two years ago, when she moved from Bayham-street to Priory-street. Did you visit her at Priory-street V—Yes, at Priory-street. Were you married in December of 1883?—In November, 1888. I don't think my wife knew Mrs Pearcey at the time. Was your child born in July of 1889 ?—It was six months after I-was married, I believe. The 11th of April was her birthday, but really I don't remember for certain. When did your intimacy with the prisoner first commence ?—Shortly after I was married. How soon ?—I believe it must have been the December or the January following. Do I understand there was no intimacy before your marriage ?—Not before. Did the intimacy continue down to last month ? —Yes. Priory-street is within six or seven minutes walk of my house. I was not in the habit of visit- ing there every night but sometimes two or three times a week, and sometimes only once. I had a latchkey of the house. Did your wife, to your knowledge, know any- thing of your intimacy ?—I don't believe she did. I was not supporting the prisoner at all. I first introduced my wife to the prisoner at Christmas, 1889. Did you take your wife to Priory-street ?— Yes we stayed there Christmas Day and Boxing Day. After that the prisoner visited my wife at Prince of Wales-road, and they became very friendly, That continued until February of this year, when Mrs Pearcey nursed my wife whilst she was ill. At that time, was your wife sent for by any relatives?—Yes ;r Martha Styles. Her sister took her away to Mill Hill in consequence of some differences between us. My wife returned in about ten days, but we were reconciled the day after she went away. Did Mrs Pearcey say anything to you recently with regard to "our wife ?—She has asked several times about her and the baby, and recently she said to me, Would you be much surprised if little Tiggie (the pet name of the child) had been to my house?" I said, "Yes," but she men- tioned nothing more about it. Hogg, in answeif to further questions, said that when he first saw the note about the saucepan he went to his mother and then to Mrs Pearcey. What time did you get to Mrs Pearcey s ?—It was about 20 minutes past ten. Why did youco there?—The conversation which I have stated occurred to me. Did you let yourself into the house with a latchkey ?—Y es. Where did you go ?—Into the back parlour. Was there any light in the passage?—No. Was there any light in the back parlour ?— Yes. What did you "do ?—I pushed the door of the parlour open, and went in. There was nobody there, and I took an envelope from the mantel- piece and wrote on it, 20 minutes past ten; can't stay." You say there was alight in the bedroom ?—The back parlour is the bedroom. Had you any arrangement with the prisoner as to what was meant by a light being in the room ? —If a light was in the room I had not to expect her back until late—that she would probably bo late. Did you leave ?—Yes I came straight home. I understand you did not go into any room except the back parlour ?—No. Nothing attracted your attention?—Nothing at all. About the following morning ?—I went to work first until about a quarter to eight. Did you afterwards go down to Chorley Wood —Yes, by the 9.36 tram from Finchley-road. You returned home, not finding your wife there ?—Yes. On the Saturday morning did you see the prisoner ?—Yes, I went past the door going to Chorley Wood. Did you speak to her ?—I asked her if the perambulator was booked at Kentish Town station. What did she say?—She said, "No." There was no further conversation, and I left her. When was the last time you spoke to her before 24th instant ?—On the previous Wednesday even- ing, between seven and eight o'clock. Did she say anything to you about a brother of her's being dead She said nothing. Did she say anything to you about getting mourning '/—Nothing at all. Answering further questions, witness said he was not aware he had been keeping Mrs Pearcey, and had not passed under any other name but his own. When he visited her he had no knowledge of the prisoner sending letters to his wife since February. A card case and cigarette case, found at Priory-street, witness had identified as his property. Cross-examined by Mr Freke Palmer: The ring produced on the last occasion is not my wife's ring that I am certain of. So far a3 I am aware, my wife and the prisoner were on very good terms. When the prisoner nursed my wife I was not very busy. She brought luxuries to my wife. Since then the prisoner has visited my mother, and did so down to the 24th October. With regard to the separation from your wife, had you reason to suspect her fidelity ?—No, I had not, but I was doubtful of a certain thing. Did you suspect her fidelity ?—Witness, after some deliberiyhou Yes, I did. And since then have your relations with her been strained ?—No, not the least. The Magistrate I thought .you said you did not suspect her? Am I to answer these things in open court ? Mr Freke Palmer (to the Magistrate): There is a reason for it. Cross-examination resumed Witness saw the prisoner on the Wednesday before the 24th ult. He did not see her on the Thursday. He arrived home on Friday about ten o'clock, and found the note from his wife respecting his supper. When ho went round to the prisoner's on taat night he stayed two or threo minutes and wrote the note in tho bedroom, leaving it on the mantel-piece. Did you go into the kitchen ?—No I could see there was no light and I did not go in. But you cannot see whether there is a light froiu the bedroom ?—But yon can see as you come down the passage.. Did you see the prisoner at your house on Saturday morning?—Just as I opened the door she was coming in. I did not have a conversation with her. Did you ever give her a ring ?—Not to my knowledge. Never ?—No. Did you see the prisoner later on "the Saturday before she was taken away ?—No. At this point Mr Freke Palmer resumed his seat, but the prisoner attracted his attention and spoke to him. He then said to the witness, Did you see tho prisoner about twenty-five minutes to nine in the bedroom with your mother and sister ? N6w, bo careful. Witness No. Mr Palmer: You are certain of that Witness Yes. This concluded the witness's evidence, which was read over and signed by him. MISS HOGG'S EVIDENCE. Clara Hogg, sister of Mr Hogg, was again called, and she repeated the evidence she had already given. She said she was very friendly with Mrs Pearcey down to the present. Mrs Pearcey never mentioned writing any letters to Mrs Hogg. Mrs Hogg had not been particularly ailing since February. She went about her work as usual. They (witness and Mrs Hogg) were always good friends, but not very intimate. She noticed no boy come to the house on Friday morning, the 24th ult. She saw her sister-in-law leave the house at three o'clock in the afternoon. She went in the direction of Priory-street. She did not see her alive again. Next morning witness went to Priory-street at the request of her brother. Mr Gill: Did Mrs Pearcey open the door to you ?—Yes. What did you ¡ sa;¡ to her?—I said" Did you see Phoebeyesterfey ?" Sherephed,"No." She afterwards said that she had seen her. When you said Mrs Hogg had not been home all night what did Mrs Pearcey say ?-—She said, Well, if you press me I will teu you. She did come here yesterday afternoon about five o'clock. She asked me if I would mind the baby, and I refused. She then asked me to lend her some money, and I telpher I could not." Did she say why she did not tell you a.t Srst?— She said, "I did not tell you this before because Phcebe so wished me nottoletanyoneknowshehad been round heDe."i She said aJso that she would go to Kentish Town station to see if the perambu- lator had been hooked. She put her things on and we went together. At that time ftid she say anything about her hands or the dresster ?—No, not at that time. Did you see her again at Prince of Wales- road ?—^She came in about half an hour after- wards. Did she say anything about her hands after she came back from'the railway station?—-Yes, she said she had scratched her hands killing mice, They were ruimkig about in numbers. She said she had smeared /her dresser all over. About this time I heard that a murder had been committed, and I spoke to Mrs Pearcey, and I B8Jdtha.t by the. description I was afraid it w'iA Phoebe. She saad she would fetch a newspayatt She went out and brought a paper in and said. Will you take the news- paper and read it ? I can't." I took the paper and read it aloud to hoc. When I had finished I said I believe it to be Phoahe from the cut of the linen and the initials." What did she tdy to tknrirf—She said, Oh, no^ Frank will brine Phæo. home from Rickmsns- worth all right. It is uufo h*r." Tbet; did ihe go out Mod gut *nSnT8rj I^per V— Yes, and I rear? the twoouoi. The description ■nras futler, and the poraauiulator was spoken of. I then said I would go up to the mortuary, and see; I felt certain it was her. What did aba aaa to that ?—She wait a little longer, and see it there is any news to come from Rickinansworth. We waited a little while, and then I said I muat go; would she come with me ? She came with tne, and we both went to Hampstead police-station, and from there w\3fre taken to the mortuary. yh/it did the prisoner say when ww the body- Oh, no, that is not Ph«»be." Did you recognise the clothing?—] recognised the clothing. I said, They are Pho^lxs's clothes, but I don t know berime." The gentleman then wa."hed the blood off her face, and then I said, Oh, yes, it is her." Did you. go to the body take hotdotthe hand?—Yes. When you took bold of uead woman did the prisoner do anything to you ?—Yee, she took hold of my arm and said, {1 Uont toaoh her. let us go out." I said, Don't drag me. You go out; it is Phoebe." The prisoner dragged me twice. Witness added that she afterwards went and identified the perambulator and the ring. Wit- ness recollected Mrs Pearcey speaking to someone in the passage when she (witncusa) was at Priory- street on the Saturday, but did not hear what she said. Witness was in tho back parlour at the time, and did not go into the kitchen at all. Mrs Pearcey did not say to whom she had been speaking. Questioned by Mr Fr«ke PJiner, vwtness said her brother and Mrs Hogg bad boen on good terms since February. wttAT A NUIPRFJOTTR Ch.vriotte PidtimjUwi, Mighbour of 5frs Pearcey, recoataj on ovklence a.r to bearing 6"a.< stna.rr.oi in tho window of Mr. Pestr*jey's kjvht-n on thu Friday afternoon. Witness was retimimsf a drea; stand which nh". hxd e*vrow«d from Mrs Pearcey. She put tho sumd ov«r the fence and called to Mrs Pearcey five cr .1IIX times, but got no answer. Mrs I'Varoey had answered her on previous oceacdons. Witness deposed that she also heard a child crying as if in pain. Five minutes afterwards witness went to the fence again, and found the djvss stand had beeu removed. She had not seen Mrs Pearcey at all that afternoon or evening, MRS BUTLER'S EVIDENCE. Sarah Butler, a married woman, living with her husband in the same house as Pearcey, and who was examined at the inquest, next gave evidence as to seeing Mrs Hogg and the baby at the house about a fortnight before the murders, and also once before that again. She saw Mi's Pearcey on the morning of the 24th ult., when Mrs Pearcev offered her a novelette to reAd.Mrs Pearcey complained of the mice, and at witness's sugges- tion she went out and bought a trap. Witness went out at three o'clock. She believed Mrs Pearcey was then in the house. An old lady and her son, named Cowburst, who lived on the first floor of the house, were, she believed, out all day. Witness repeated her evidence as to knocking against a perambu- lator in the passage when she came home in the evening, and to Mrs Pearcey leading Mr BntJQr past th3 perambulator, also to finding a quantity of burnt paper in the passage next morning, the washhouse swamped with water, I and two panes of glaes broken in Mrs Pearcey's kitchen. There were aldo a pair of lace curtains in a bath. Mrs Pearcey had only put the curtains up a fow days before. There was blood on the curtains, and there was a pail in the copper half full of water. There were two cloths in the pail they were stained with something. Cross-examined, witness said Mrs Pearcey and Mrs Hogg appeared to be on very g-ood terms when she saw them together. Thore might have been someone else in the passage on thu Friday night without witness noticing it. It was quite dark. Walter Butler, husband of the last witness, who was next called, repeated the evidence given by him at the inquest as to coming home shortly after six o'clock, and to Mrs Pearcey coming into the passage and saying, "Let me hand you by, as there is a bassinette in the passage." The pri- soner was dressed with her hat on. When witness came downstairs some time after there was nothing in the passage. Mrs Elizabeth Rogers, whose evidence at the inquest has been already reported, deposed to meeting Mrs Pearcey wheeling a heavilv-loaded bassinette just near Priory-street. Cross-examined: Prisoner, when witness saw her, was in tho middle of the road, about four or five yards away from witness. The witness had no doubt it was Ml's Pearcey, but she did not notice whether the load was over the sides or not. Mr S. Macdonald gave evidence as to finding the body of the murdered woman in Croasfield- road. Artnur Gardner, P. C. 654S, Inspector Wright (S Division), and P.S. Brown gave evidence con- cerning the finding of the body. The case was then adjourned until Tuesday next. A London correspondent, writing on Monday night, says :—Only an inkling was given to-day of the story which theory has built up to account for the Hampstead murderer. Its compHcation. how- ever, have already become sufficiently startling. There is suspicion all round, and the most re- markable concatenation of circumstance to justify suspicion. Whether it be the evidence about the prisoner, or the latest evidence about the victim, or the evidence about tho husband, peccant and complaisant, it io all most terrible to contemplate, and it is likely, when the whole narrative has been disclosed by the prosecution— which, of course, may be mistaken—ito prove one of tha moat extraordinary of all stories of crime.

A NEW YORK MYSTERY. NEW YOM, Monday. —-Mr James H. Edgar, the wealthy Englishman who was found dead in the jetty-house at Yonkera, New York, ia now believeQ to ha.,a been Ilo1l.lrdered. It will bn romembared thai the dead man registered at the hotel as "Goorge Smith," and two days after his arrival was found uneomcioa-, fro-Ti the ejects of morphine. From tha first it been suspooted by his friends that hn had met with foul play, and many facts have cropped up to sustain tais view. Mr Edgar had few frisnda, the clllel among them being a man named P. H. Shcibot, a broker at 193j Broad- way, and two alleged naphews, George H. Edgar and Robert Rowe, who lived wish Mr Sumner in an apartment in Ninth-avenue, New York. It was Mr Sumner who identified the body not the Yonkers Hotel, and he declares positively that be beliavoshia friend haø tî{J(m mw-de-red. The "re- cord of Sumner himself attr»at3 attention. He was arrested on May 17, 1883, on a charge of defrauding Daniel Davidson, a Scotchman, who came to Amorica in 1881 to parchaae some land upon which he intoned to found a Scotch colony, in West Virginia. He had negotiations with Sumner, and chairgrrl Sumner with having obtained 5,000 dollars from him on a pre- tonceof making a mining investment for David- son in Color-ylo. Mr Davidson, having learned that the mine was utterly worthless, caused Sumner to be arrested. rfte aconsed man was acquitted, owing to the failure of Davidson to bring forward exact proof of fraud. Sumner, however, admits that ho has been in gaol five times, though be okwroa that he wtts innocent in each case. His atoiy of tho events wliiott occurred just previously to Mr Edgar's death shows that the latter had made several heavy investments I oat of the 90,00 dofe. which he is said to have been worth, but there is as yet no evidence as to the charaotor of the alleged invest- ments. It is stated that Mr Edgar had 10,000 dofo. in ensh with him ono week before his death. This money, together with a gold watch, his bag, and a considerable amount of clothing, are missing. The undertaker embalmed the body of Edgar, thua preventing an autopsy, so that the nature of the poison which killed him will never bo known. The police are investigating the ease. The letter which tha dead man is sup- posed to have left behind, intimating that he had committed suicide, is pronounced a rather clumsy forgery.

A STREET FRACAS AT DOWLAIS At the Merthyr polioe-rourt, on Monday, I Thomas Jones and Henry Thomas, young men, were charged with being drunk and disorderly on Sunday morning, and assaulting P.C. David Morris and P.C. James Reed also with damag- ing windows belonging to Mr W. Harris to tho amount of 10s 2d.—Mr W. Beddoe defended.— It appeared that in a part of Dowlais called Cvvm a number of young fellows assembled together to regale themselves late on Saturday night with a cask of ale. The officers were called toa disturbanoe at about half-past two o'clock oa Sunday morn- ing, and found Jonaa and James Daview fighting. They arrested the combatants, whereupon the crowd of young fellows pelted them with stones, and rescued Davieo. The officers followed the letter into a cottage, taking Jones with them. A volley of stones broke every pane of tflasa in the windows. Morris then said, "We had better draw our staves and go for them" (the crowd). They went out, and Thomas threw a stone, which passed through a window and struck Reed in the back. As Morris was going out, the same person discharged a atone at bim at close quarters, the officer being struck on the eye (whioh was now black), and forced to his knees. Recovanrag from the violence of the blow^ Morris charged his assailant with his staff and knoeked him down. Both officers were assailed so violently with stones, that they had to use their staves in the crowd. Jones struck and kicked the officers before he was handcuffed. Jones was fined £1 and costs, or, in default, 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour for the assault on the police and Thomas, who was considered to have acted with much greater violence, was sent to goal for one month, with hard labour, without the option of a fine. The ehaiges of drunkenness and wilful damage wero dismissed, the evidence on the latter being very slight in regard to the prisoners individually.

LADIES AND HORSE-RACING. Sids by side with the petition of the Welsh Baptist Association to the Prince of Wales, asking his Royal Highness to use his influence to discourgo betting and gambling, cornea the startling disoovery made by a country corres- pandent that the fashionable craze of society ladies now is horse-Kuang. This guileless crea.- t( ire says that the ohief topic of interest among the ladies visiting oouotry houses is make a fiver out of the bif autumn handicap*" If this astonishing piano of information is intended to csonvwy the idea that racing is to take the place of Eaohrono Buddhism or hypno- tiNID, as an object ef discussion over Brompton or Bayswater afternoon teas, it i -SMinot bti aaid that a«*wl experience points that way. On the other hand, there has always been I a sat of ladies, in the highest society, who really understand racing, feorn having heard it talked about all their lives; but it is a very small set, and is not more aggressively ia evidence, at .the present time than, us oak.

The Welsh Land Question. EDIFYING CORRESPONDENCE. Mr T. E. Ellis's Bala Speech. Sir,—Will you kindly publish the following correspondence, and oblige—Yours truly, THOMAS E. ELLIS. LOCAL GOVKKNMKNT BOARD, WHITEHALL. Velindre, Llandovery, September 24, 1890. Siil,—In tho account of the meeting at Bala last week, when you were presented vitn a testimo- nial, M given in the Western Mail of last Friday, you are reported to have used these words— Wales was beginning to ask landlords by what title they hold the land in Wales?" I presume you would be glad to explain these words. Be- tween this house and the town of Llandovery are several valuable meadows, which wei'« bought by my grandfather about 100 years ago. They formed part of the estate of Rhys Pritcnard, vicar of Lla.ndovery, during the great Rebellion, and were purchased from his descendants. Do you really wish it to be understood that as respecta- ble farmers, working men, and labourers pass these fields on their way to the town, they are beginning to say to one another, "These are not Mr Jones' fields-—he has no title to them." As a Welshman, I think I have a right to ask you this question, for if the paper be correct they are a vile calumny upon my countrymen. Again, you are reported to have said—" Did they (the landlords), as in feudal times, render any appreciable service to the State?" Surely you must know tha.t there are many excellent landlords in Wales, active magistrates, regular attendants at the board of guardians, and who in many cases also interest themselves in the spiritual condition of the people. Surely these are services equal in usefulness to any rendered during feudal times. I am afraid you will be glad to explain this statement also. Awaiting your reply, and informing you at the same time I propose publishing this letter and your reply.—1 am, your obedient servant, EJJWAKD JONES, J.P. for Carmarthen. Mr T. E. Ellis, M.P. Winnington Old Hail, Novthwich, Sept. 26th, 1890. Dour Sir,—I bog tc acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2it h. Not having seen the report of my speech in the iValem Moil, I cannot judge of its aeetiriicy. The following Ls a, fairly cuncd report of my remarks on tlie Wolali bwid question :—"It cannot bewng before the Loou.1 Goverumant Act will be utilised to re&irm Welsh laml tenure and relations. The dsprtisaion in trado showed Welsh fanners their insecurity and comparative help- lessness, and moved them to bogin tho work of combination, and the revival ot trade has roused Welsh agricultural labourers to better their position*, the conditions of thoir labour, and the surroundings of their life. Neither depression nor revival of trade was necessary to rouse Welsh quarrvmen, colliers, workmen, and shopkeepers to the gross abuses and injustice of the leasehold system. Capitalists and others interested in Welsh mining enterprise are aghast at the crippling unfairness of the system of mining royalties. In a word, Wales ia beginning to ask its landownersBy what title do you hold the land of Wales ? (Cheers.) Do you as in feudal times render any appreciable service to the State, or is the day of your usefulness goin^ or gone ? An occasional good landlord aud fair-minded, non-ecdlesiastical land-agent wardsoff theday oftrial,and the failure, repeated and ridiculous, of the Government to pasi3 the tithes bill gives tho land system further breathing space. Speeches and discussions in Parliament on the Welsh land question have re- duced unfair rents by hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds. I believe profoundly in small for farms for Wales. On the hearthstones of small farina have been developed the most whole- some traits in the Welsh character. Small farms have been the nurseries of the bards, the preachers, the leaders, the teachers, and the best workmen of Wales. (Cheers.) From them have sprung the Welshmen who have succeeded beyond the borders of Wales—in England, in the United States, and in Australia. From small farms oomo the brain and muscle of our industrial centres. There is not in them, any more than in the national life of Wales, much stormy romance, but there is silent endurance, hospitality and piety. These are the surest hopes of our agricultural labourers; and every lover of Celtic Wales should do all that in him lies to have them multi- plied. By an act of this year the county council has obtained coneiderable power over the housing of the people. The agricultural labourers of Wales will soon be knocking at its doors, and will claim proper housing. Before long the oounty council will have large powers of compulsory purchase of land for public purposes aud for buy- ing off the mere rent extractors under the lease- hold system, and for making quarrymon and others who have built their houses freeholders or holders under the municipality. This will hasten the present toadenoy to bring Welsh land to the market. I trus however, that the sitting tenant in this matter will obtain fair play. When his farm is ia the market he ought to have a. right of pre-emption. He has sunk his energy and labour and capital in the farm, and it is a base proceeding to sell or buy his farm without giving him a fair chance of purchasing" Ü. L'nlesa Welsh land relations are governed by reasonableness and by primary regard for tha interests of the cultivators of the soil it will col- lapse aa tho English Establishment in Wales is collapsing." From that statement I have nothing to with- draw and nothing to explain. It is necessarily condensed, but I believe it to be substantially true. Would you 00 good enough to let me have a copy of the paper containing this correspond- ence.—Yours truly, THOMAS E. ELU8. Mr Edward Jones, J.P. Velindre, Llandovery, South Wales, October 2nd, 1890. SIB,—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th inat. I regret very much that you have nothing to withdraw and nothing to explain with regard to my observations on your sooecli. You make a serious charge against the Welsh people and do not support it by a single thread of evidence. I am bettor armed than you are in this respect. A short time tXjro a largo property was offered for sale at Aberystwyth. The auction room was crowded by men of all chvtsea. If your allegations were correct there would have been many gloomy faces there, and men would have been whispering to one another, One of these landlords will be purchasing this property, and another barrier will be raised to its possession by its rightful owners, the people and tthe nation." But mark what followed. Several bids wei-e mado for this property, but at last Sir Pryse Pryse, the head oi an ancient family well known in W alee, made one bid, and one only, and the whole property was knocked down to him. Then there camo from the multitude ae- sembled suoh a shont of joy and delight as is seldom heard in any auction room, thus testifying their satisfaction that the estate had become the property of a kind and considerate landlord. I will conclude by expressing the pleasure with which I read in the Western Mail of yesterdav the words of Idriswyn," an honest Methodist, who is above party spirit, in the News of the Week :— Mr Ellis hints that the landowners must be robbed of their property and the land distributed among the people. Never fell from the lips of a politician sentiments more impracticable and destructive than those of the young member for Merionethshire."—I am,sir.your obedient servant, EDWAHD J ONKS. Mr T. E. Ellis, M.P. Wmnkngton Old Hall, Northwich, Oct. 4th, 1890. Dear Sir,—Your letter of the 2nd inst. has beon forwarded to me. The joy and delight" of the I auction-room multitude at Aberystwyth were relative. There are bitter memories of land- lordism in Cardiganshire. When an estate, to- gether with the fruit of the energy, labour, and skill of the tenants, passed under the hammer, not to an evictor or proselytiser or rackrenter, but to the house of Gogerddau, the multitude's sense of relief not unnaturally found vent in a hearty cheer. There are evidences ia your two letters of a nervous fear of ooming land reform, begotten, probably, of diligent reading of the Western Mail. You may be a modal landlord. Your manage- ment of those fair Towy meadows may be the pink of perfection. You may be one of the good landlords who help to make the land system tolerable. But you may rely upon it that your virtues do not prevent the Welsh people from taking stock of the system which puts into the arbitrary power of the Longarofts, the Totten- hams, the Theodore Martins, and the Douglas Pennants tracts of Welsh soil and the lives and homes of Welah peasantry. To describe as an honest Methodist who is above party spirit the Idriswyn who writes to the Western Mail, is as irresistibly amusing as the panajraph of his production which you quote is grotesquely fatee. From his judgment of me yon say you derive pleasure. If Idriswvn's inflated paragraphs are a balm to your injured spirit, they have not been written in vain. May I renew my request for a. copy of the ?aper in which you insert this correspondence ?— remain, dear sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS E. ELLIS. Mr Edward Jones, Jt.S. The following reply was sent in a Local Government Board envelope:- Carmarthen Journal of this Week.-—E. J., Velindre, Llandovery, Oct. 7, 1890." Fluahing, Holland, Oct. 30, 1890. Dear Sir,—You thought fit on September 24th to send me several questions as to the accuracy and meaning of a speech of mine at Bala de- livered on the 18th, intimating that you would publish the correspondence. I replied giving the references to the Welsh land question in my speech, which explained the two sentences which you had dragged from their context. In that reply I asked you to be courteous enough to send ( me a copy of the paper in which you would insert th* correspondence. You then replied ejiibody- iag1 a characteristic paragraph from Idriswvn's representation of men ana things. I replied, concluding with ajiother request that you would be good enough to sand me a copy of the pub- lished correspondence. Ybu r*plifla on a scrap of be good enough to sand me a copy of the pub- lished correspondence. You r*plifla on a scrap of paper, "Oarmartkett Journal of this week." After this foretaste of your courtesy I sent for the Carmarthen Journal, whioh has given me an insight into your peculiar methods. j 1. You tenderly doctored your own letters, That is your own affair. 2. You mutilated my first letter by leaving out my refomnoia to the land question, which fully explained the sentences which you had isolated from their oontext, and you omitted my request for a copy of tha correspondence, XJijrt was an k.imD«rtinenoft 3. You entirely suppressed my second letter. That was unrelieved meanness. And yet ycu are district auditor of the Local Government Board, whose services are paid for out of public money, and a magistrate bound by oath to honourable dealings. I leave your conduct in the mutilated publica- tion of a correspondence invited by yourself to the contempt of honourable men.—Yours truly, THOMAS E. ELLIS. P.S.—I am sending this with the rest of the the correspondence for publication in the South Wales Daily News. TO THE EDITOE. SIR,—This great national question is coming to the front and demanding immediate attention. In feudal times the land was national property. The lord or baron was simply a land steward. Each individual in those different positions did service to the Crown and country for their share of the land as a trust only. The landlord in after years compounded for these services by the pav- iient of 4s in the £ of rent collected to the national exchequer. That was to say, the land- owners had to pay all the national taxes. This land tax two hundred years ago added sixty millions sterling to the British exchequer. Welshmen and Britons, calculate the rent roll then and compare now. This said tax now yields only one million sterling to the British exchequer. This is not all or nearly all. Think of the millions of acres of the people's commons think of the laws made this very century the fish of our streams and rivers; the minerals in the bowels of the earth, everything created for a nation and a nation's people -and all appropriated by the landlords of the country. Surely the day of reckoning is at hand. —I am, &c., M. HILL. 245, Bute-street, Cardiff, November 5th.

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SHOCKING DEATH OF A BARR^TCR. Mr Ashworth Briggs, coumjj couiratTIbr 41\( barrister of the Midland circuit, was cut to pieces at Blisworth Railway station, Northamptonshire, on Friday. The deceased gentleman, Mr E. F. Ashworth Briggs, M.A., LL.M., had just arrived from Daventry, and was crossing the line for Northampton. The deceased, who leaves a widow a.nd several children, was a prominent Liberal in the county and a well-known Oongregationalist

ANOTHER TITLED MAYOR. Lord St. Leven has acceded to the unanimous request of the oorporation of Devonport to accept the office of mayor of that borough for the ensuing year. Lord St. Leven is lord of the manor, and by far the largest owner land and house orouertv within thlol burough.

NEWPORT. The polling in the two wardsof Newport where there are contests took place on Saturday. In the South Ward there were three polling stations, namely, at the Oddfellows' Hall, Alexandra Schools, and Temple-street police-station. The electorate in this ward is 1,520, or about 70 less than last year owing to the removal of slum property in Mill-parade and elsewhere. The candidates are Messrs J. C. Sanders and J. H. Carney, Liberals, and Mr W. Gibbs, adopted by a section of the trades' unions of the district Originally Mr Gibbs' name was used in connection with a Conservative nomination. The candidates visited the polling stations during the morning, but vot- ing proceeded somewhat slowly. In the after- noon, owing to work being stopped on Saturday at one o'clock, affairs became much more brisk, and a heavy poll was expected. At Maindee the contest was between two Conservatives, Messrs Morgan and Harris, who come out of office by rotation, and Messrs Harse and Hill, the nominees of the Maindee Liberal Association. Polling opened also at three stations, namely, Chepstow- road, EvesweII school, and Lliswerry schools. There are 1,006 voters on the register, and a heavy poll was anticipated. During the morning the voting progressed steadily. Both parties had a number of workers in the field and were well supplied with carriages. The counting of the votes took place at the Town-hall in the evening, and at 9.30 the result of the contest in the Maindee Ward was made known by Alderman Moses. the presiding alder- man, from the balcony of the Town-hall, on the Austin Friars side. Here a great crowd had collected. The wisdom of departing from the plan hitherto pursued of declaring the returns from the Commercial-atreet side was at once seen. The numbers were:— Morgan (C) 470 ¡' Harris «. (C) 443 Hill (L) 342 Harse (L) 311 The two retiring members, whose seats were challenged, were thus returned by substantial majorities, and the Maindee Ward again empha- tically pronounced itself on the side of Toryism. The voting was almost strictly on party lines. The plumpers were very few, and there was hardly a cross vote. Messrs Morgan and Harris both addressed a few words of thanks to their supporters. Half an hour later the poll for the South Ward was declared from the same lofty place by Alder- man Beynon, the presiding alderman, as follows :— Sanders L 896 Carney L 862 Gibbs C 437 The result of the elections leaves the political complexion of the council as before, but its mem- bership iff varied by Mr J. H. Carney taking Mr T. J. Beynon's place. The party of progress are gratified at the heavy majority in the South Ward, and contrast the 425 majority gained by the Liberals there with the 1011 Conservative majority in Maindee. j

PEMBROKE DOCK. The election for the Pater Ward took place 5" the Market House on Saturday, and caused great excitement throughout the whole day. The can- didates to fill the three vacancies were Mr David Hughes Brown, solicitor; Mr Fredk. Noakes, con- tractor and licensed victualler; Mr James Valen- tine Rees, tailor and draper; Mr George White Richards, inspector of shipwrights Mr Wm. Webb, commission agent; and Mr Win. Williams, retired from her Majesty's dockyard. The result of the poll was declared about half-past 10 on Satur- day night, by Alderman Jenkins, as follows :— ELECTED. *Brown L 744 Richards C 613 Rees -L 586 NOT ELECTED. •Webb L 505 Noakes C 376 Williams C 248 Those marked with an asterisk were old members. The result of the poll for the three casual vacancies for the Pater Ward was declared at 10 o'clock on Monday night by Alderman Jenkins as follows ELECTED Sketch .Independent 730 Allen .L 675 Silcox .L 596 NOT ELECTED. Noakes C 393 Williams C 343 Henry Unionist 242

NEATH. The Neath Municipal Election passed off very quietly, there being much less excitement than in former years. The polling-stations were at the Town-hall, Neath, and at the Bible Christian Schoolroom, Melincryddan. The election was not conducted on political lines. The result was made known about half-past 10, as follows :— ELECTED. W. B. Trick C 835 J. D. Llewelyn L 770 Hopkin Morgan L 602 Hopkin Jone3 C 652 NON-ELECTED. A. Russell Thomas L 593 H. Cuthbertson C 513 The successful candidates afterwards returned thanks to the electors. Perfect order prevailed throughout. The returning-officer was Mr John Arnold (mayor).

HAVERFORDWEST. The following gentlemen have been re-elected members of the Haverfordwest Town Council without opposition:—Mr T. Rule Owen, land agent (C.); Mr F. P. Green, ironmonger (C.); and Mr Owen Williams, farmer (C.) Mr Isaac Young, merchant (I.) takes the seat recently oc- cupied by Mr Joseph Thomas (L.), retired. The Liberals, by permitting the Tories to walk over, have sacrificed another seat. The council as at present constituted consists of 12 Conservatives, 3 Liberals, and 1 Independent.

MONMOUTH. The polling for the municipal clecSion com- menced at eight o'clock. There was a display of energy on tho part of the nine cand-'dates and their friends, nearly every voter being accosted in the usual friendly manner as he entered the poll- ing booths at the Shire Hall, on the walls of which wero displayed numerous large bills, and some indescribable caricatures, indi- cating the various candidates' proclivi- ties. One gentleman was shown delivering a temperance discourse another was recommend- ing some special kind of pills and medicine, and another exchanging Demerara sugar for dressed poultry, &c., but good humour prevailed all round. Polling was slow during the morning. Between twelve and two, however, the votes came in quicker. The afternoon was quiet tiil about six, when most of the working classes turned out, and from that hour the voting was more brisk. After the poll was closed at eight o'clock large crowds assembled in Agincourt- square to await the declaration of the poll. The figures were made known about 10 o'clock, when the names of the four retiring councillors were found at the head of the poll, showing clearly that Monmouth declines tne services of new conncillors and does not want a change in the market. William Cossens, chemist L 432 George Higgins, grocer C 359 James Howse, saddler „.C 355 John Rees, house decorator C 296 Kensington Hall, draper .L 292 Thomas Be van, innkeeper G 239 George Probyn, butcher C 232 Joseph Tibbetts I 150 Alhert Heynes, grocer „C 143

TEN BY. The election to fill four vacancies in the town council took place on Saturday. The result was made known shortly after 9 p.m., as follows ;— ELECTED. George Richards C 271 B. G. Gifford C 249 C. Farley C 241 J. Evans L 232 NON-ELECTED. J. Truscott C 213 R. Clarke C 121 The election was not fought politically.

CARDIGAN. Amidst great enthusiasm and beautifully fine weather the contest for municipal honours was earned on during Saturday at this town. The fight was not on political lines, but inclined to be sectarian. Out of 315 voters on the register 624 were brought to the poll, which was as many as could be expected, considering the absentees and the sick and infirm. This is one of the highest, if not actually the highest, poll obtained in the borough. The four old members were returned. Mr D. G. Thomas fought a gallant figbt against great odds, and the result is very creditable to him. The poll was declared at 10.20, the result being as follows :— ELECTED. David Davies, Stanley House C 371 Jacob Trollip, Black Lion Hotel L 323 E. Ceredig Evans, chemist L 316 O. Beynon Evans, Furniture Depot .L 283 SOT ELECTED. D. G. Thomas, chemist L 274 1 here was an exceedingly large crowd anxiously waiting the declaration of the poll, and when it was made known that the four old members had been returned, the outburst of feeling was tremendous. Three of the newly-elected mem- bers were chaired, and carried home by the enthusiastic crowd.

FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS. Disgraceful Scenes. On Sunday morning the funeral of Mrs Hogg and her baby took place at Finchley Cemetery in the midst of scenes which cannot but be considered as otherwise than most disgraceful, even after making allowance for the popular indignation which soino of the circumstances created. Anticipating the presence of a larga crowd of spectators, the police authorities had made elaborate arrangements ';) cope with any attempt at disorder and, judging by the subsequent events, it must be said that the display of force on the part of the authorities was amply warranted by the behaviour of those persons attracted to the place whence the funeral started and at the cemetery. The weather during the morning was very wet and inclement. Despite this fact a con- siderable crowd had gathered in the vicinity of the undertaker's shop, from whence the bodies were to be removed. By half-past eight between 3,000 and 4,000 persons were waiting around the house discussing the circumstances of the crime. About 100 constables were engaged in Camden High- street, whilst about half that number were placed at intervals further along the route. At 25 minutes to nine a hansom containing Mr Hogg, the husband of the deceased woman, and Mr and Mrs K Hogg drove up to the undertaker's. The husband was at once recognised, and, amidst groans and hisses from the crowd, an ominous rush was made towards the vehicle which it required the utmost exertions of the constables to repel. A passage from the roadway to ihe dour of the house was, how- ever, made clear by the police, and along this Mr Hogg was quickly escorted, the mob meanwhile groaning and uttering imprecations and ribald remarks. Representations were then made by tho police tliat it would be advisable for the funeral procession to start at onoe 36 the mob was rapidly growing in numbers aud taxing the powers of the policc. Accordingly everything was put into final order, and, the mourners enter- ing the coach, a start was made. The procession consisted of two mourning coaches and a four-wheel cab containing the mourners, comprising Mr Hogg, Mr and Mrs Edwin Hogg, Miss Clara Hogg, Miss Martha Styles, a sister of the deceased; Miss Elizabbch Styles, a niece and two brothers from Cambridge. The coffin was of polished elm with black fittings, and bore the following inscription :— PHCEBE HOGG, aged 32, died 24th October, 1890 Phoebe Hanslope ilogg, aged 18 months, died 24th October, 1B90, daughter of the above, Upon it were several wreaths, sent not only by relatives, but by strangers aa well. Just as the husband .,r the murdered woman entered the mourning coach the mob renewed their eiiuris to approach it, and for a moment it looked as it something serious were going to occur. However, the police managed to restrain the hooting crowd, whilst the appearance of some mounted constables from a side street rendered material aid. For a-short distance the crowd accompanied the procession, continuing to groan, but the horses breaking into a trot the majority of the spectators fell behind. .A.t one or two places on the way crowds had gathered and indulged in hooting. A disorderly crowd had congregated at the cemetery, and an unseemly rush yas made to enter the chapel. No special reference was made by the clergy- man to the circumstances of the poor woman's death. Upon the termination of the service a most disgraceful scene occurred, the manifestation of hostility towards the husband being renewed, and continued despite the remonstrances of the clergymen and the chapel attendants. The police had all they could do to prevent him froID being molested. It was some distance to the grave, the burialtakingplaceuotin the grave belonging to the Hogg family, but in an unconsecrated portion of the cemetery allotted to common interments. During the ceremony at the graveside the behaviour of the crowd was more decorous, and in response to the invitation of the minister many of the spectators joined in the Lord's Prayer. Just before the close of the service a painiul incident occurred, Miss Elizabeth Styles advanced to take a last look at the coffin, when she fell backwards into the arms of some bystanders in a fainting condition. She quickly recovered. In the concluding ceremony the minister asked a blessing upon the relatives of the poor woman in their deep sorrow. The ser- vice over, the crowd surged round the mourning coaches, and resumed once more the groans and hostile cries, in spite of the appals of many bystanders "to respect the dead." Escorted by the mounted police, the coaches were then driven away, and, mingling with other coaches of a similar character dueled recognition of the mob, which soon left the cemetery.

IS A GROCER'S ASSISTANT A WORKMAN P Bockij V. LAWBKNCE.—In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice on Tues- day, before Justices Hawkins and Stephen, sitting as a divisional court, tho case of Bound v. Lawrence came on for hearing. Mr C. M. Bailhache said this was a case stated by the justices of Newport, Mon., and raised the point as to whether a grocer's assistant was a workman within the pro- visions of the Employers' and Workmen's Act of 1875. The magistrates found that he was, and fined this particular assistant William Bound for leaving his master's service without due notice. The question was whether he was a "labourer, servant in husbandry, jour- neyman, artificer, handicraftsman, miner, or otherwise engaged in manual labour." It was manifest that several of these designations could not possibly apply to a grocer's assistant. Mr Justice Stephen: We had better come to the point at once, and oonsider whether he is otherwise engaged in manual labour." Mr Bailhache said in Scotland the judges had held that a tram oonductor came within the statute, but in England Justices Day and Smith had decided that an omnibus conductor did not. Although, the learned counsel continued, no doubt there was a certain amount of manual work done by a grocer's assistant in handing the goods over the counter and packing them up for customers, yet that was not his real and substan- tial business. Mr Justice Hawkins: Then what is the real and substantial business of a grocer's assistant 1 Mr Bailhache It was found by the justices of Newport that this particular grocer's assistant took orders and served customers over the counter. Mr Justice Stephen: Surely that is manual enough. Mr Bailhache Certainly, it is manual work just as clerk's work is manual, and just as a man playing a violin is engaged in manual labour in that sense. Mr Justice Hawkins It is a different thing to be playing a violin and doing the duty of a grocer's assistant. (Laughter.) He has not only to hand things over the counter, but to move tubs and barrels about, to put up and take down the shutters, and probably to clean the shop out. Mr Bailhaiche said the magistrates found that Bound was not employed to do the heavy work of the establishment. He had to coax customers to give orders, and if he earned his money well he ought to induce them to buy more things than they desired. Mr Justice Stephen: You are speaking of an ideal grocer's assistant. (Loud laughter.) Mr Bailhache: I am speaking rather of a typi- oal grocer's assistant. (Renewed laughter.) Mr Justice Hawking What he ought to be. (Laughter.) He ought to be a man who would persuade a customer to buy what he or she did not want. Mr Bailhache He has to invest his master's goods with all sorts of qualities—some real, no doubt, and some, to a certain extent, imaginary. Mr Justice Stephen: He ÚI to Lie in short— (laughter)—and delude. Mr Bailhache: If your lordship pleases. (Re- newed laughter.) Mr Justice Hawkins: I have heard of sand being put in sugar. Was it part of his duty to do that ? (Laughter.) Mr Bailhache It is part of his duty to induce the customers to buy the sugar if it has been so sanded but I do not know that it is part of his duty actually to put the sand in. (Renowod laughter.) He has some head work to do as well. He has to make arithmetical calculations, ;1)lfi make out tho bllh, and ho has i to take money from the customers, and has, therefore, the charge of his master's till. In short, I say no man serving customers across the counter can be said to be engaged in manual labour. Mr Rowlntt, for Mr Lawrence, the respondent, submitted that the conviction was ng'ht. A grocers assistant had other duties to do besides serving people over the counter. He had also to clean the windows, take down the shutters, and brush away the flies. (Laughter.) Mr Justice Hawkins pointed out that the case only stated that Bound was principally, almost exclusively, engaged in receiving orders—which WM not manual labour -and sarving customers across the counter. The case must go back to the magistrates to state specifically what manual labour the man was engaged in.

NATIONAL UNION 0FTEACHERS: I CARDIFF CONFERENCE, 1891. An Appeol. TO THK EDITOR. SIB,—The conference of the National Union of Teachers is to be held in Cardiff nexu Easter. As that will be the first occasion for the representa- tives of the elementary teachers to visit Wales, the teachers of this district, upon whom devolves the obligation of making arrangements to wel- come the delegates, are especially anxious to enlist on their side public sympathy and support, so that the conference may be made worthy of the growing importance of Cardiff, and a fitting suc- cessor to conferences that have been held in other towns; and consequently we appeal to you to kindly grant us a little of your valuable spaoe to set before your readers the grounds upon which we ask for tho consideration and help of the I public. The work of the teacher involves a peculiar obli- gation for devoted and loyal service in the cause of the public. The influence offthe teachers of the country over the children in the schools is such as must, m the natural course of things, be a potent factor in the intellectual and moral development of the people. There is thus no class in the com- munity upon which devolves a larger share of responsibility or a greater call to self-denying labour. Face to face with these facts it seems somewhat strange that, in the latter end of the | 19th century, in these daya when the subject of education in all its phases occupies such a pro- minent place in the public mind, there are thou- sands of teachers throughout the country receiv- ing 6uch small salaries as to absolutely prevent them making proper provision for old age or for dark days of suffering. To render help to the needy the National Union of Teachers has, by charitable effort, founded two orphanages, one at Peckham and tho other at Sheffield, and raised annually a benevolent fund for aid to disabled toachers. For those charities t we_ venture to appeal to the public for sub- scriptions. We feel that the most fitting welcome that can be given the conference will be a good contribution to support such worthy objects. The charities are dependent entirely upon voluntary contributions. The committee that governs the orphanages and administers the benevolent fund is representative of all shades of religious belief. Distress forms the only claim upon the charities. Considering that we are making no appeal for money to defray the expenses of the conference, that we are asking for no entertainment for th9 delegates, we venture to think we shall not appeal in vain to a. generous public for subscrip- tions towards our Easter contributions to the charities of the National Union of Teachers, on the first occasion for the Union to hold its con- ference in Wales. All who contribute will have the satisfaction of feeling that they are helping to support as pure a cause of necessary charity as benevolence ever supported, and that they are aidjiig the teachers of this district in upholding the credit of Wales and Cardiff in the eyes of the teachers of the country. Already we have cause to be grateful for liberal hotip from Lord Tredegar, Lord Aberdare, the Mayor of Cardiff, Mr Lewis Williams, Mr John Cory, Sir Morgan Morgan, Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, Principal Jones, Miss Talbot, Mr H. M. Thompson, Mr C. T. Whitmell, Mr A. J. Williams, M.P., Miss Caroline Williams, Mr E. R. Moxey, Mr F. L. Davis, the Rev C. J. Thomp- son, and the Rev D. Watters, and we are hoping that many other representative and influential friends of every good cause will respond to our appeal. Will subscribers kindly forward their donations to the Hon. Sec. of the Cardiff Conference Benevolent Purposes Committee, Mr Walter Brockington, 40, Plqsturton-gardens, Cardiff ? Thanking you in anticipation, we are, &c., J. W. HALL, Chairman Cardiff Conference Committee. 1 CHAS. WHITAKER, Chairman Cardiff Conferonce Benevolent Purposes Committee. E. C. WlLLMOTT, Hon. Sec. Cardiff Conference Committee. WALTER BROCKINGTON, Hon. Sec. Cardiff Conference Benevolent Purposes Committee.

A SCANDAL AT TREALAW. Allegations Against a Curate. At the Ystrad police-court on Monday— before Mr Ignatius Williams, Mr T. P. Jenk ns, and Mr D. W. Davies—Emily Howells, a domestic servant, 24 years of aje, residing at Miskin-road, Trealaw, summoned the Rev William Compton Davies. a clergyman olfieiaimg and living at Penrhiwceiber, to saow cause why ite should not be adjudged the father of her illegiti- mate child, born on 26th September last at her mothec's residence. The court was crowded. Mr W. Charles Mathews, Pontypridd, represented the complainant and Alder- man W. H. Morgan (Morgan and Rhys), Pontyw'idd, appeared for the defendant. Mr Mathews observed that he had better make a few introductory remarkstopeintoutthathiscIieGO was in a most àiHicult positIOn, because she had no corroborative ovidence whatever. Tir„ olainant had been in defe"-»-ut's service for Iii months, and l"ft at the end or last, or at thf expiration of amontli's notice given by her emviove\ Defendant's wife was an invalid for five montra». and after the beginning of February lived with a relative named Mr Knill, at Cardiff. The alleged intimacy between the complainant and the de- fendand first occurred in August, 1839, in the study at the parsonage. During the wife's absence the servant looked after the house. The complainant having been sworu, the learned stipendiary suggested that, inasmuch as there was no corroborative evidence, it would be sufficient for the complainant to simply state that the defendant was the father of her child, as it was not right that the court should be made the vehicle of scandal. If there was no corroboitttive evidence, the case must be dis- missed unless the defendant himself made an admission substantiating the complainant's evi- dence. Mr Morgan expressed perfect willingness to waive any objection. Mr Matthews remarked that he would adopt the stipendiary's suggestion, but he should like to put a few questions which he con- sidered important. He then asked the complainant (who had the child in her arms) if the defendant had presented her with a Bible, a Prayer Book, and a picture of the parsonage. The complainant replied that he had. Mr Matthews then asked Up to what time had the alleged impropriety continued between her and the defendant ? Complainant Until June last. She had kept company with a young man from August, 1889, till about a fortnight before Christmas, but no impropriety had overtaken place between them. The Stipendiary here interposed with the observation that, as his suggestion had not been adopted, it would be better to have the case thoroughly thrashed out. Mr Morgan concurred, and observed that he much preferred having the case well sifted, but he did not like to raise an objection to the suggestion made by his Worship. Mr Matthews remarked that the complainant's story was a most pitiful one. The complainant here interjected that she was poor, friendless, and really homeless, and the only place that was open to her was the union. The Stipendiary remarked that the bench would render the complainant whatever magisterial assistance they possibly could but her evidence must be corroborated, because it was the material upon which they must form their decision. Complainant then deposed that the defendant had presented her with 10s since he was informed of her condiiion. She did not tell the defendant distinctly after she had found herself pregnant, about the beginning of the year, that he was the father. She, however, told him that she had taken medicine in consequence of his conduct. She afterwards stated that she did not inform him of the matter till after she had received notice to leave on the 1st of June. On the 3rd of July she sent a letter to the defendant, running as follows:— 22, Miskin-road, Trealaw, July 3, 1890. Sir,—I am writing you these few lines to let vou know that my mother has pressed upon me to tell all the truth, and I was, of course, obiigeu to tell her. My mother and sisters saý if YOU don't, come to some understanùing what you intend to do they will eiposo you and they are go in;' to put me into the union. So will you please answer tnis letter by return of post. Let; me know what you will do. EMILY. The defendant, immediately after the receipt of this, communicated with Messrs Morgan and Rhys, and they forwarded a reply, stating that they presumed she meant to insinuate she was pregnant, and that their client had put her in that condition. She had not distinctly said so, but the solicitors intimated that the rev. gentleman would make her repudiate the allegations or in- sinuations, which they added, had been made simply with a view to extort money. Luckily, added the solicitors, the rev. gentleman had found out recently the character of the com- plainant, which was most disgraceful. The solici- tors, in their communication, proceeded to assert that during the rev. gentleman's absence at Car- diff she had taken into the house several persons in the night or in tho early part of the morning. In conclusion, they requested her to cease sending their client letters of such malicious character. The Stipendiary here observed that unless aomt admission were elicited: from the defendant the case tnuet break because it was almost a pity that eVide^<6f-the kind should be made public. Mr Matthews here interposed that the com- plainant had written to the Vicar of Mountain Ash about rhe conduct of the curate towards her. Continuing her evidence the complainant said that the defendant had entered her room in August, asking her for a box of ointment. He then embraced her and seduced her. Thera was no one else in the house at the time. Cross-examined by Mr Morgan, complainant said she threatened to expose' the- defendant in order to make him contribute towards her child, or acknowledge the paternity. The defendant was then called and sworn. lift deposed that he gave the complainant notice tc leave because she had remained out late on" night, and kept htm waiting outside for about two hours. He had not then been informed of her condition. The Stipendiary to the onmplamant: You found yourself in the family way in February last. Why did you not tell Mr Davies ? Complainant I told him I was in trouble and taking medicine, and that he would be sorry foi it when I left. Defendant, resuming, remarked it was not true that he was the father of the child. He had seen a young man named Jacobs in her company in August last, and after Christmas at Penrhiw- ceiber. The first intimation he had of her condi- tion was in May last, when he received an anony- mous letter stating that he and the servant wert too friendly." On one occasion, during his wife's absence in Cardiff, he told the com- plainant he had found a man on the premises, and then he informed her he would dismiss het at a moment's notice if he discovered anything of this kind again. He had never had any conversation with complainant about her condition, but he was told by the local churchwarden some days after he had given her notice that there was a rumour in the district about an alleged intimacy between them. He communicated with the complainant in regard to the anonymous letter he had received, because she was the most likely person, in his opinion, that could give him an explanation respecting the serious reflection made upon his character. Mr Morgan: Did you make her a present at all? Witness: Yes, a prayer book, a hymn book; we give away such prizes annually to the poor. The Stipendiary They were not given out of your salary ? Mr Mattliews: You never gave her a present of 10s ? Witnesss I never gave her any money besides her wages. Mr Matthews: You remember the harvest thanksgiving services ? Witness: Yes; that's an unusual event. Do you remember giving her fruit on that occa- sion ? Do you remember presenting her with thanksgiving fruit ?—We give the fruit away to poor people after the services are over. Did you ever give her 4s and some fruit at the same tune, requesting her to send them to her mother ?— No, never. The Stipendiary observed that there was an entire absence of corroborative evidence, and that in the opinion of the bench not a tittle of evidence had transpired staining the character of the defendant. The case was therefore dismissed.

A WELSH SINGER'S MEMORIAL SERVICE. On Sunday evening a service of quite a unique character was held at the New Jewin Chapel, London, in memory of the late Madame Annie Williams (formerly of Canton, Cardiff), who for several years occupied the post of organist at the chapel. The Rev J. E. Davies, M.A., the pastor, having delivered a short address, pointing out some of the principal characteristics of the departed lady, and the choir having sung some appropriate Welsh hymn tunes, Mr Ben Davies, the well-known tenor, ascet ded the pulpit, and sang Mendelssohn's Be thou faithful unto death." Sung in Mr Ben Davies's best manner, this lovely solo was a fitting and effective memo- rial song to one whose faithfulness to the work accorded to her none could gainsay. Miss Olive Grey followed with But the Lord is mindful of His own." Miss Nellie Asher, of Cardiff, gave with charming freshness of voice the song by Sutclitfe entited "The Voice of Jesus." Mr Lucas Williams sang Sullivan's "Thou'rt passing hence to Welsh words, adapted by Dr Thomas Phillips. The choir, conducted by Mr Benjamin James (formerly of Aberdare), sang with great effectiveness Mr Joseph Parry's requiem anthem *'Wylwn, Wylwn," and a Welsh hymn appro- priately wedded to the mournful melody of Cwynfan Prydain." The arrangements, under the experiencod direction of Mr Hugh Edwards, were admirably carried out.