The Cardiff Times

WALES IN PARLIAMENT. LONDON, Tuesday Evening. Wales almost solely occupied the House at last night's sitting, for, although the Tithes Bill applies to England and Wales, it was concerned and intended for the Principality. Only one amendment upon the second reading can be moved and divided upon. The Welsh members had, therefore, to manosuvre to get rid of Mr Herbert Gardner's agricultural amendment, which stood in front of Mr Stuart Renders. They succeeded in obtaining its withdrawal, and thus secured a division on their own amendment. The majority against the Welsh amendment was 94. Thus, the fifth Tithe Bill oi the Govern- ment passed its second reading stage. The majority against us seems large, but, circumstances considered, it is not. It is less by 25 per cent. than that which carried the second reading of last session's bill. Moreover, not a single Irish Nationalist Member voted last night. They are having a parliament of their own not for legislation—in committee room No. 15 up- stairs. That will be an historic room. The sad and serious proceedings are now public to your readers. The tension is so high that there is not a single member down in the House to-day for the discussion of their own Land Bill. The House of Commons without the Irish Members is like a bottle of champagne after the fizz has gone out of it If 60 or 70 of the Irish Members had been with us last evening, there would have been dismay in the breasts of the Tones and the clerics. The" eternal" Raikes, th 'W lsh prophet of the English Tories, in replying in last night's aebate, said The debate has been conducted almost wholly by Welsh members, and particu- larly the younger members of the House." The people of the principality wdl not be sorry for This and will not join the Postmaster m labelling the opinions of their representatives as impious ones, to be repented of a quarter of a century hence. Mr Abel Thomas s maiden speech came in fittingly. It was a neat, modest speech, of 12 minutes' duration, with a healthy ung, and it was well received. ,TT -i n i As many as 12 of the Welsh members took pari; in the debate, and 10 were on the right side. One Tory cried a solitary cry m the wilderness, and only the Unionists from the principality echoed feebly, both warlike nien-one on the waves and the other on land, and neither of them a Welshman. The Welsh part of the debate was more lively than that of the eastern counties. Mr Itendel was emphatic and impressive. Mr Osborne Morgan used much of his forefinger, but might, witii j advantage, have used more of his voice but, fchough inaudible at tim ;s, being on the iront yench 1 was weighty, and handled the traducing bishop roughly. Mr Cornwallis West was all for "Law and order." Mr Abel Thomas showed the Government it was hiding ita head in the sand. Mr Byron Reed must deliver himself of part of a Church Defence pamphlet, and try ineffectually to pronounce Cardiganshire names, to show, it is presumed, his knowledge of the country and the subject. Mr Bryn Roberts was argumentative, bellicose, and really forcible. Mr S. Smith was learned, from the Mosaic law down through the apostolic renunciatiou of cir- cumcision, to Dr Stubbs of modern times. Mr Alfred Thomas objected to relieving the clergy, and said the smouldering fire would flame. Mr Lloyd Morgan showed the landlords would suffer by the Bill, and that the county-court would not put an end to agitation. Mr Samuel Evans saw in this piece of legislation the hands of the light- ing bishops, more cut out for "lobbying" than preaching, and predicted a future land agitation. Admiral Maine got up to show he was not afraid of supporting the Bill. Mr Rendel deplored the lack of interest in Liberal leaders, and wanted right of appeal, and "Mabon" said the, bill was given to the Church because it supported the Tory party, and drove home what was necessarily repeated over and over again in the discussion That tithss; ;1,Ù national property. Now here, uow there, was the pale Lord Cran- r borne, fluttering in nervous anxiety, lest some danger should suddenly befall the favourite foundling of "papa"; too full of apprehension to speak, in order to exhibit his ignorance of the subject in which he took such interest, and watchful only for the moment when his cares would be relieved. The bill will net effect its object. It will cut in a way which its promoters cannot or will not foresee. Mr W. H. Smith promptly put it down for committee after the Land Bill to-day, think- ing to steal a march before amendments could be placed on the paper, but already there are several. Mr Bowen Rowlands pressed the Home Secre- tary closely as to the chief constableship of Cardiganshire on Monday, and Mr Matthews evidently did not like it; but this is no reason why be should have heard the last of it.

THE CHIEF CONSTABLESHIP OF CARDIGANSHIRE. In the House of Commons on Monday, Mr BOWEN ROWLANDS I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with regard to his refusal to sanction the appointment by the joint standing committee of the Cardiganshire County Council of the late Mr David Evans, of Aberystwyth, an cfficer of long standing and tried experience in the police force, and a man highly respected and of unimpeachable conduct, to"the office of chief constable of that county, for the sole reason that Mr Evans was a sergeant in the same force, whether the freedom of selection by the standing committee in making1 such appointments is to be limited by the refusal of the Home Office to promote officers or sergeants in thr same force. Mr MATTHEWS said the statute required the appointment to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State. Each case had to be decided by him on its merits, with a view to discipline and efficiency of the force, and upon the consideration "f the report received from the inspector of con- stabulary as to the qualification of the particular candidates in the circumstances of particular cases. He followed this course in the case of Mr Evans. It must be a very exceptional case that it could be expected the duty of chief constable of a county police force could be adequately discharged by a person directly promoted to that office from the rank of sergeant in the force. Mr BOWEN ROWLANDS enquired \vhether there were any matters in this case to intUit" ce tha right hon. gentleman's decision other than the general question. Mr MATTHEWS said that at the time he wrotf-l to the county council Mr Evans was still alive. He was a man for whom personally he had con- siderable respect, judging from the reports, and he did not wish to state anything disagreeable to him. His hon. friend must take his letter to the county council as stating the reason for his action. He stated one reason, and he thought it sufficient. Mr BOWEN ROWLANDS asked if there was any- thing which the right hon. gentleman did not state in the letter. Mr MATTHEWS declined to go further. He did his best to judge whether the candidate was a proper person to appoint. He declined to enter into the personal question.

■Willi—PCMWEM———8W A CRIMINAL'S FEAST. Three hundred and thirty of them, old and young, were gathered together on Monday night at St. Giles' Christian Mission Chapel, Little Wyld-street, Drury-lane. There were men approaching 70, their life not too late to mend; though near its. setting; and boys be- ginning theirs. This annual gathering is called the thieves' supper, and the Lord Mayor pre- sides. But a stranger, when the scene first breaks upon his view—the brilliantly lighted area and galleries, the red draperies, the groups of flags, the flowers, the assembly—is tempted to ask, where are the criminals ? He soon finds out, of course but what is likely to strike him at first is the extremely respectable appearance of the men and boy3 who have been invited to a half-past six o'clock supper. Among the boys there is not a single "illiterateso we were told "many of them are capital scholars." One boy, with whom we had a talk, had passed the third standard; another the fourth; another the sixth. A smart ycuth, fifteen years old, was the sixth standard boy. His misfortune overtook him first when he was beginning his geometry; what the misfortune was wo did not inquire; perhaps it was faking something. Those small boys, and others whom we did not count, had flowers in their buttonholes. The matron of one of the boys' refuges gave us a most favourable account of their behaviour. The fact is that the boys are first offenders, who, having been handed over to the mission by the magistrates and the police, have escaped the contamination of prison life. There are three refuges for boys, three for cirls,' one for grown-up men. What this noble mission does with convicts other than first offenders is to catch them at the prison gate, just as they emerge from gaol Every morning the Mission's emissaries watch at the gates of Pentonville, Holloway, Wandsworth, Millbank. In the year just ended they have helped 15,997 persons, out of the total of 21,000 who were released. To rescue the young before they have a chance of being swallowed up again among the lawless classes of London is the mission's most sacred duty. Many a youth's fate depends upon that moment at the prison gate. Many are the stories of rescued youths who, to escape the temptations and the persecutions to which they are subjected by their criminal friends still at large, have been helped by the society to a new and promising life in the colonies.

THE QUARTERMASTER AND THE HINDOO. Assault Case at Cardiff. A case unique in the annals of tlia Cardiff police-court, and which consequently excited considerable interest, was heard on Monday afternoon. Sang Baba (who was represented by Mr J. H. Jones, solicitor to the National Amalga- mated Seamen's and Firemen's Union) summoned Quartermaster Campbell (for whom Mr T. Belcher appeared) for assaulting him on board'the ss. Imaum, now lying in the West Bute Dock. Prosecutor is a Hindoo, and a disciple of Mahomet.—Police-constable Dunn, of the Bute Docks force, was sworn in to act as interpreter but when Sang was about to' take the oath through the meclium of the officer in thf ordinary way, Mr Belcher objected, pointing out that he was not a Christian, and that there- fore the oath would not bind his conscience. Then arose another difficulty, inasmuch as there was no copy of the iforan in the court, Mr Rees, the magistrates' clerk, saying that ha feared that there was not one in qhe whole of Cardiff. A hint from tha reporters' box sent Mr J. H. Jones' clerk to Mr Dobbin's shop, from. whence he soon returned with an Anglicised edition in the Chandos Classics. Yet another delay was occasioned through no one in the court knowing the exact procedure. The full ceremony having at last been performed, Baba's evidence was taken, and it appeared that while he was engaged in his duties as boatswain defendant came up to him, and derisively called him a pig, than which no more opprobrious epithet could be applied to a man of his faith. Prosecutor replied, "If I am a pig, you are a pig," and then defendant struck him several tim-js in the face.—Witness had told his story most simply, but when Mr Belcher was cross-examining him he became rather excited, and frequently called upon "the great Allah to come to his deliver- ance.—Mr Belcher admitted the assault, but urged provocation, and stated that his client was the only Englishman on board at the time, and that he was surrounded by a crowd of a dozen murderous Jagos."—The bench inflicted a fine of 20s and costs, or seven days' imprisonment in default.

LOCAL BOARD FOR ABERCARN. A meeting of property owners and others re- siding or having an interest in the district of Abercarn, was heid at Newport on Saturday for the purpose of considering the application which has been made to the Monmouthshire County Council to constitute Abercarn a separate local board district. The county council have ap- pointed Mr C. M. Bailhache, barrister, Newport, to hold an enquiry, and the line of evidence to be tendered on behalf of the property owners was considered and drafted. The sanitary arrange- ments contemplated by the board of guardians to be carried out at Abercarn were al3o exDlained by Colonel Lyne and Mr P. James, estate agents, and in the main approved. On Monday a meeting was held in the Salvation Army-hall, Abercarn, for the purpose of discuss- ing the question of tha proposed local board for the parish of Mynyddislwyn. Mr Councillor George Jones presided, and in opening the pro- ceedings explained the difficulty th-. committee had all along to contend with "in bringing the matter before the county council.—Mr Jenkins who claimed to represent the cottagers, after- wards moved, "That in tha opinion of this meet- ing it is highly necessary that the parish be constructed a local board district, and pledges itself to use every effort to assist the promoters to attain that object." He was, of course, satisfied that a local board was necessary, but they should not murmur if, after their request had been con- ceded, the rates were advanced. They must all recognise that a local board would increase the rates a little.—Mr J. Morris, Gross Roads seconded the resolution, but did not 'agree that they should expect the rates to be advanced. In all conscience the rates were high enough. Mr Howe observed that provided that the rural portion of the parish was excluded they should have a valuation of £ 40,000.—The resolution was carried unanimously.

THE BOLTON MURDER. Among the many sorrowful features of the murder of the poor ycung woman Holt at Long- worth, near Bolton, it is stated that her unhappy mother was in a great measure dependent upon her for support. A committee has been formed for raising a fund for her assistance. It con- sists of the Mayor of Bolton, tho Vicar of Walmsley, the minister of the Unitarian Chapel, Walmsley tho minister of the Congregational Church, Egerton and several other gentlemen of position and influenca in the neighbourhood. Mr Horner, tea merchant, Old Hall-street, Bolton, has consented to act as hon. secretary.

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The Winter Assizes. $ MONMOUTHSHIRE. These assizes were commenced at ,theShire. hall, Monmouth, on Monday. Mr Justice Mathew, the judge, was accompanied by the High Sheriff (Mr T. Beynon), his chaplain (the Rev S. T. Evans, vicar of Marshfield), the Mayor of Monmouth, Mr W. Hill, &c. The com- mission was read by the clerk of arraigns. CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY. His Lordship, in charging the grand jury, said their attendance was not so full as could be desired. Perhaps this was due to exceptional circumstances he trusted it did not indicate any circumstanœs he trusted it did not indicate any diminutinn f the interest which the gentlemen of England usually take in the administration of justice. He was afraid that slight attendances -of grand jurors would tend to bring about changes which he should be very sorry to see. He thought it was an admirable arrangement under which grand jurors were selected, and not elected, m tho discharge of their duties. The calendar contained the names of nine prisoners. Some of tho charges were serious, but, fortunately, of them involved an investigation into loss of life. He did not think the grand jury would find that any of the bills could be ignored, and directed them to return a true bill in each case, so that it might be threshed out before the court. Briefly reviewing the facts in several of the indictments his Lord- ship expressed satisfaction that the magistrates had released several of the accused on bail. IN o more charitable or kinder thing, or, in his experience, more safe could be devised, and it rarely happened that where accused persons were so released on recognisances they failed to appeal to take their trial. The grand jury retired to the discharge of thei duties, and the court afterwards proceeded wii the trial of prisoners. MALICIOUS DAMAGE AT REDWICK. Matthew Waters (38), farm labourer, wasin- dicted for maliciously setting fire to a rick of ay, the property of James Lewis, at Red wick othe 4th ult.—Mr Morgan Phillips prosecuted. Pri- soner was undefended, and pleaded guilty, lit, at his Lordship's suggestion, withdrew the plea, and the evidence was taken.—The prisotr had fallen out with John James, a Redwick armer, about a day's work, and late at night s, on fire the riek, which stood in his yard, but be)ngc-d to a neigbbl-iir. As soon as he had donco, he a.p- to have been seized with ?)ntriticn, aroi,?pd MrJan-ies, supposing it was his b the fire, %nd di?zi all o coutq?, ici 1. and the efforts made were su ce,sfuf salvage was obtained. Prisoner denied every- thing when arrested, but the muddy condition of his stockings shewed that he had crept from his cottage to the rick yard on the felonious purpose. After quiet reflection in the cells at Newport Police-station he told Sergeant Pask it was all through the drink, and that had he listened to Mr Rosser, his principal employer, and good lay preacher, against drink, he should not have been there. He was frightened when ho had dono it, went to Mr James, and did all he could to dowt" the fire.—The jury found the prisoner guilty, with a recommendation to mercy—hopeful words for prisoner, as his Lordship pointedly observed, for it enabled him to save him from penal ser- vitude.—Prisoner was then sentenced to 15 months' hard labour. A DISHONEST EMPLOYE AT ABERYSCHAN. Richard Exton (27), boot repairer, was in- dicted for stealing a quantity of new leather, a pair of iron lasts, a tin of lubricant, and other articles, tho property of his employer, William Beown Witehell, at Aber- sychan.—Mr Daniell prosecutcd, and Mr Rowlatt defended.—The prisoner was in Mr Witchell's employ as engineer about five weeks, between the 27th of September and the 12th of November. On the latter date prosecutor was attracted to the engine-rwm by hearing steam blowing off, and found prisoner, a respectable-looking young fellcw. in the act of rolling up a bundle of leather in his mackintosh. The part the engine-house was in darkness, and on prosecutor telling pri- soner to get a light, and accusing him of having taken the leather from the clicker's room, he begged to be forgiven. An examination of the prisoner's lodgings showed that he had several pairs of soles ready be used in the manufacture of boots, and the twet iron lasts.—The defence was that what was taken were remnants which the prisoner thought he had a right to. The identification of the other property was poor and ineffectual.— His Lordship said it was a mystery how the property was removed, and that there was no reasonable explanation as to how the sole leather got into the prisoner's possession. It was a most stupid piece of fraud, and one which was sure sooner or later to be discovered.—The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the latter, asking permission to make a statement, said he had plenty of witnesses to prove that he bought the leather of them, but had no means to do so.—His Lordship told prisoner he did not believe the assertion, and was sorry he had made it. lie would bo sentenced to eight months' imprison- ment, and the other two indictments would not be proceeded with. He would be a free man at the end of the eight months, and he hoped he woald try to retrieve his character. ALLEGED OUTRAGE ON A WOMAN AT CRUMLIN. Henry Coombs (21), Henry Cook (17), and William Williams (23), colliers, were indicted for violently assaulting Elizabeth Rowlands, at Crumlin, on the 4-th August. Mr Daniell prose- cuted Mr Morgan Phillips defended.—On Bank Holiday the prosecutrix, who is the wife of Benjamin Rowlands, and resides afc Kendon, a suburb of Crumlin, went to the Navigation Inn to a-sist in preparing food for a club feast. She left shortly before eight o'clock to reach her home. As she was going along an unfrequented part of the road the prisoners and two others S'it upon her, throw her against the bank, and cover- ing her face with a handkerchief, ravished her. She screamed, but her cries were diminished by the dirt pushed into her mouth. A young collier named Emanuel Crump, living at Kendon, heard stifled scret-nis from the ot and a,,sked Williams as who was standing near, w i,? he w doing with the woman. He made a statement to him, and begged him not to tell anybody. Her clothing was all shapes, to quote Crump's phrase, and her upper lip swollen. Mrs Rowlands said that she begged her assailants to let her go, as she was a married woman, and that the handkerchief contained pepper, or something else, which made her eyes smart. Arthur John Probert, farm servant, said the prosecutrix was not sober, and that she went away using bad language. He passed before the alleged outrage took place, and saw two men and a woman sitting -n tho bank. He wished them good night.—There was no evidence against Williams except his admission to Crump, and his lordship said this ought not to be used against him in so serious a charge.—Williams was then formally acquitted.— The defence was that the prosecutrix was in a drunken singing state at the Navigation, that she embraced a young man, and that tho landlord refused to draw a quart of beer which she ordered, and directed her to leave.—Thomas Lewis, grocer; Octavius Dodd, son of the landlord of the Navi- gation Inn Henry Pritchard, collier, Crumlin; W. Willis, collier, Crumlin Henry Wallis, collier; and W. Williams, the acquitted man, were called as witnesses. The two last-named admitted that they assisted prosecutrix through the request of the public,,tn.-POtll th?t villtge al prisor.ers wt?,e ,t,3q tiitted. The court then t,dioLirned. _fatthf-v took i I%fr Justice, A his seit- at, t- assizes, which were held at the Shirehall, Mon- mouth, on Tuesday. mVOLTING CHARGE AGAINST A PARENT. John Stockham, 57, labourer, was indicted for criminally assaulting his daughter, Jane Stock- 's ham, 13 year ..Idl at BishLuon. near Newpoit, on August 15th.—Mr Morgan Phillips prosecuted.— The daughter gave evidence in support cf the charge, 'and said the _same thing had hap- pened oa several occasions in the house when her mother was cut.—Ur J. T. Thomas, of Chep- stow-road, Newport, spoke to having examined the child, and as to traces of injury.—1The father denied the charge, and said the horrible sugges- tion must have been put into the child's head by an elder sister, who wished to get her away to Bristol as a domestic servant.—The jury heard the case out, and acquitted the accused. CHARGE AGAIMST A SCOTCHMAN. John Dean Braidwood (44), described as an electrical engineer, was indicted for feloniously wounding James JenkmsatBlaenvon,on Oct. 23rd. —Mr Morgan Phillips prosecuted Mr Rowlatt defended.-—The prosecutor, a Llanellen farmer, was in the Rock and Fountain Inn, Blaenavon, with two or three other persons, when prisoner joined the company. He announced that he was an electrical engineer, and likewise a bit of a pbrenolo?p,,t, and C)ffered to give a re?,dizigof character. Wililst prisoner DPd the landlord of the house were stan-lin, near the firei)lace, proqe. enter indul?led in soi?e horseplay, o??d bumped their heads ?i()Iently together. The landlord left ,in interv,-t'f, and when he returned, he the roo?n for found prosecutor and prisoner eng.,t,ecl in a-scuffle inthecorner. Thelindlord had tbecombat=t,s put out, but within a niinute or two afterwards prosecutor returned and complained that he hta been stabbed, and that his trousers pocket was wet with blood. On being taken to the surgery of Mr Skrimshire. it was found he had a wound on the right side of tho abdomen, and he had been in a dangerous state, but was now recovering, although he still remained an inmate of the Blaenavon Cottage Hospital. A witness, named Trevenan, who was in the room at the time, said he saw soin6tliing flish in prisoner's hand durin, the scuffle, Ind when the pris?,,ner was stibseqqently arrested at Abervavenny 1-ie was large elmi) knife.-Dr found in I)c)ssession of a 's ,-bt ',I,krim hire, however, thoui, ihis Nv?apon an un- likelv one to Ive mused the wound. cuto;?s depositions were to the effect that he was neither drunk nor sober, and that a moment before the scuffle he was quite well and not injured at all.—The jury did not think the e'vidence sufficient to convict, and the accused was acquitted. THE HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR NEWPORT. James Attowefl (27), roadman, was indicted for robbing Thomas Richards of £ 2 19s lOd, at the same -timo using personal violence, at Kemeys, near Newport, on the 20th ult--Air Daniel prosecuted Mr M. Phillips defended.— The prosecutor, 74 years of age, had been to pay his tithe at the Rising Sun Inn—a roadside public-house, near Langstone, and again re- turned to the house later in the afternoon. He I changed a sovereign for some tobacco, and prisoner, who was in the house, saw him place the change in his pocket. He set out to go home across some fields, about dusk, and as he was climbing the first stile, a man suddenly appeared, struck him across the forehead with a thick hedgestake, knocked him down, and rifled his pockets. A girl name Nellie Mitchell was coming down the field shortly before the attack, and saw a man loitering along the side of the hedge. She knew .■the prisoner, but did not identify him as the I ,r ed t6mes Lewis, a form.mj man.; iieith4? ,aff the form in the hedge, or-i ployer, who ajs# gap in the hed yrisoner was shown to be tiuslq, .,of money; liallol)d spots on his trousers; and:4' I lots obtained from his wife carres.* ,,that a pair ol, with fitp-ints in some garden ground? 60 yards fromhe stile? The whole matter was one of eircumavtial evidence. The blood-stain& zforbythepri:sc-eesnosoha bleri wereaccounti, n??t at a public-hLs(, the week befime, but th:iwi nes in whose psence this wm alleged to b,B- happened, ,nied that he saw the irtcidemt, aD,- plainin- tl-i,- he was not in the house the v?iole time p;isoir was there. The footprints were dealt witl by the defeuc() very clevei-ly,-Mx Phillips lyged the jury not to 6onviet 0, foot- prints -?rG might have been made an su-te Clay other thathat on which the robbery w com- mittel-lis Lordship slamined up a, st the *8oner. pointing ont that tVn man Pwrh'. rob prosecutor knew hat he had .oney in his )n, Pnd the patoular:pocket where he =Pi,?'it. H., did pboner account for posses,? of the ;61 18sd found upon hiul He said he had receivl Ll 8s 9d from f3 employer ,Yer said hq for Drk done but the emia Paid litn OrIJ7 15s 9d and tha, his san paid PriFcer's wife 12s 6d. IN, it "k-17 that nsa r would be handed the money hi. ,if. actee6ved, or rather that 1,0, would not b-- iriously diminished by the expenditure of a rnL, depep g on weekly p,rments.-The jury foad prisonc?r guilty, an, his lordship told oner he quite co3[lcurre(I., their decision. He no doubt been tempted by the gbt of this poor old man's money, ad had %tta0?zed _d robbed him. was a most brutal gn a poor taitmg oict alL By the more.F aocdent, by almost a miracle, 'his life had ;pared. Nothing was Imown of the i?ri,,?io t?enf,3r,e, but he had made a 7- '? re fearful beginning, ,?p?f-h gre+,ted that he must send him to P?ng Is.?rvitilde for five years.- Prisoner turned all, went below without a word. ACRE/OW PKEJURY CASE. Aletha 0 youn, married woman, -,ur. Wentail and pleated not guilty to rendered to he? having %t iep,??,ow petty session, on the '?th of September, committed wilful and corrupt r.j-ry.-Mr Diniell was for the pros--?(,,ution, ld i'4r P-owlatt for the defence.- Ch5rles IVIP'L" small farmer at Eirb-wood, sought to If, four --s belonging to him on to some laii ? -)ing throu-h t lane or path-A,ay c? 9( hi n(?', a Mrs -T(?nes, claimed a right of ()ve'w le.1 d wav. T? a y had enforced her claim b3r putting r-ress the path. Ali, Alartin, -hortly 'n" O'clock on the evening of the 26th er $ roceed-d to remove th-,? fence, ALil-tis.: where rs Jones appeared on the sc,5ne, trmed 'P'll,with t forrnidable b--zel stick, and be- ber-qq -s. b th Mr Martin and tlic, coni She was --0 r:([s summoned at Chepstow sessions for aftenv-i. ndingheifers. Thentheaccused cruelty to the uiio.- „ "ar tho scene of the on- who lives in a cottage -vidence that Mrs slaught, appeared, and gave to she lives Jones, who is the owner of the cottag yp an,j in, had no stick, never struck the eo ;or^ merely turned them back by the moral sua, ut cc-w,prehended in waving her bands a-ic. sh-sh-in.- with voice. -'rhis,,vo_r,-ipn was cor- robomted by the evidence Mary Owens, a girl, and the magistrates dismissed th* summons. —It was alleged that the accused was nowhere near the spwt at the time named that she went; that day to Chepstow, and was seen returning about 3.30 p.m. As she passed on her homeward way she told Frederick Jones where she had been. The strongest evidence was that by Mary Owens who had recanted and admitted that she fibbed.— The jury in the result acquitted the prisoner.

CHARGE OF EXTORTION. Prosecution by a Llanelly Manufacturer. At the West London police-court on Monday, James Gwilvm, described as a clerk, living at Bank Buildings, Llandilo, was brought up on a warrant charged with threatening to accuse Mr John Bourne, a manufacturer, of Caeffair-place, Llaneily, of a certain crime for the purpose cf obtaining money. Mr Howell, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, appeared to prosecute, and Mr Falman was fur the prisoner.— In opening the case Mr Howell said it was a prosecution under the 4-6th chapter of the 24th and 25th Vict., sec. 116. The prisoner was him- self a clerk in the employ of the Greai Western Railway Company, and married tho prosecutor's housekeeper. Various letters had been written, and a considerable sum of money had been paid. The two letters in ques- tion were written by the prisoner, and sent from an address as Willow Vale, Shepherd's Bush. The letters were read, one being addressed to the prose- cutor, and the other to Mr Howell, in which the prisoner alleged that Mr Bourne had attempted to comrcit t rai -)ii his -,vife, -i-id threatened ul-)L to expose him unless he gave him £ 100. Mr Bourne was caned, and proved receiving the letter addressed to him on the 29th of October. It was in the prisoner's handwriting. Cross-examined He looked upon the letter seriously. He believed the prisoner intended to carry out his threats. He was carrying them out on the day he applied for the warrant. He had suggested to the prisoner that ho should go abroad. That was when he thought tilts prisoner was an honest man. The prisoner had made statements against him of impropriety with his wife. Arthur Charles, "lerk to Mr Howell, was called to prove the receipt of the second letter. Ser- geant Adams deposed that ho found the prisoner detained on Sunday morning at the police- tation, Llaneily. He read the warrant to him, when he said, "I have a perfect answer to the charge, and that Mr Bourne knows well." In answer to the magistrate the officer said he was told that the prisoner wont) to the station voluntarily. He had been staying with his mother. Mr Falman said there had been no attempt by the pi,?tso t out of the way. Alr Plowden com- tyr to ge the prisoner for trial and allowed bail

SANITARY WORK AT ABER- GAVENNY. In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, London, on Monday—before Mr J ustice Stephen and Mr J ustice Charles, sitting as a divisional court—Mr Turton moved, on be- half of the guardians ■>f the poor of Abergavenny, ,tetin, ?, as the rural -?,?,nit:try authority of the dis- trict, for an order calling upon certain justices of Monmouthshire and the overseers of the parish of Llanfoist why a distress wan-ant should not be is- sued under section 231 of the Public Health Act, 1875.Thelearned counsel said the application was in respect of a special rate for £ 140 for certain works in connection with the water supply of Llanfoist. The applicants had constructed waterworks to supply the parish of Llanfoist with water, and the Act of 1875 provided that for the purpose of obtaining payment from the several contributory places within their district the rural sanitary authority should issue their precept to the overseers requiring them to pay within a specified time. A summons was taken cut by the overseers against the ratepayers, and when it came before the justices the point was taken that the precept was not valid. The point seemed to have been taken by the justices. 'd th wtio sa? at it wts doubtful whether the pre- cept was valid. TI-iey proposed to tal-ethe course ppen to them under Jarvis's Act, tud refuse to issue i warrtnt until the opinion of the hi,h court had been obtained. Shortly -tfterwards iLe rural sanitary authority applied for a summons against the overseers, but the justices still de- clined to issue a distress warrant.—Mr Justice Charles Upon what ground did the justices say the precept was invalid ?-Mr Turton said the justices held that the validity of the precept was a condition precedent to tho validity of the rate, and that it was doubtful whether the precedent was valid, and therefore they refused a warrant. It was admitted by the gentlemen who appeared on behalf cf the ratepayers that tho precept was valid. No appeal having been made against the rate, he submitted that the justices ought to have granted a distress warrant.—Their lordships granted a rule nisi.

REMARKABLE AFFAIR NEAR NEWPORT. Shortly after midnight on Monday Officer Hamer, of tho Newport Police, received informa- tion that two horses were lying dead in the Malpas- road, just outside the borough boundary. He pro- ceeded to the spot and found the bodies of the animals lying- near each other. One had both saddle and bridle on, and the other had bridle only. The saddle was lying in the ditch near. Both horses were dead, and the skull of one appeared to be fractured, and blood^was oozing from the nostrils of the other. From enquiries made by the county police on Tuesday, it appears that the horses belonged to Messrs Giles and Jones, farmers, of Bettws, and were being ridden from Newport by the sons. The statement of one of the- young gentlemen was to the effect that they were riding along at a quiet pace, when both horses suddenly dropped dead. There was a third gentleman in the company, but he managed to take his beast home unharmed.

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A TERRIBLE DEATH. A- woman named Hughee, who was admitted1' to the Maidenhead Cottage H<sspital late on Saturday night, suffering from severe burns, caused by her husband throwing the contents of a paraffin lamp over her during a quarrel, died on Sunday afternoon.

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LOTTIE'S LETTER, •fcteBei^Sisters and Her Cousins.and fter Aunts, Is N- '■>t dSf'1 • r <t)B I FASHIONS; f 3?E?SJRvPIN2FORES,— The snow is upon us with -a -migeattce, and though we comfort ourselves with the assurance that nothing that is violent lasts long, then is plenty of time before a change comes t* get well into the wearing of one's winter things. There are not nearly so many muffs worn this winter as hitherto, and I think it is on account of th* neces- sity of holding up one's long dresses. The muff becomes a nuisance even if it is suspended round one's neck by a cord. Most of the new long cloaks are made with little pockets underneath into which the hands can be put, thus pulling the cloak together and enabling one band to be kept warm while the skirts are pulled up with the other and still kept under cover cf the protecting cloak. I do not know whether words make this quite as clear as ocular demonstration would do, but I have seen it very plainly during the last few days. The prettiest long warm cloak I have seen was worn by an artist's daughter the out- side was a terra cotta frieze, and the inside was lined with squirrel, just an edge of grey fur appearing all d -g? 0; Frenchwomen are wearing an outclooi, =,n. that is te all intents and purposes a complete dress, and admits of no other under it, but they are very careful not to sit indoors with it on for so much as five minutes. Nearly all the new materials are soft, fluffy woollens, with silk stripes or lines in them, and they are nothing if not ex- pensive. Still the dress that is first-rate both in make and fabric stands a great deal of wear, and looks well to the very last. The passion for cheap fresh dresses is certainly one to be deplored among the professional classes, whose expenses seem to me to increase while their incomes positively diminish. All the best dresses have the bodice and skirt cut in one, and this obviates the ugly swallow tail look of bodices, the tabs or basques of which are boned behind, and the said bones snap or bend or stick up after very few times wearing. Some of the dressmakers most on the look out for novelties, are turnin- up very deep hems of tweed and homespun skirts on the outside, not inside, and fastening them in place with rows of machine stitching, taking care to do the top one first, not on the very edge of the hem, but about a quarter af an inch below it, so as to make it quite evident that the material is turned up. A charming 3w coiour is cauect mulberry, and it is chiefly I I in Ltc(-d cloths and ribbed silk and velvet, "I ??? fabrics do it jiListi,?-e. 'ts,iro o6her Oiir frst illustration shows a sweet little child's hood, such as is universally worn in Paris. It should be cut out three fold in outer material, domette or flannel, and thin silk, and the silk then laid next to the outer stuff, and run all round the edge, when it can be turned over and will form a perfectly neat lining. The most fashionable colours just now for this sort of thing are white velvet for the hood and black fur or feather trimming for the garniture, but unless one can afford perpetual change or renovation there is nothing like a brown pelisse or cloak and scarlet hood for a small child, say, up to the age of seven in winter time-the true Robin Redbreast livery. Our second sketch shows a very nice style of a I felt hat, and I have seen once or twice the felt crown or the whole thing, covered by a I piece of pinked out cloth, just the same shade and shape. This strikes me as a good idea for concealing- the ravages made by time and weather on the appearance of a felt hat. The brim may be easily covered or concealed, the crown tells tales. Braiding is to be more in vogue that ever, and busy fingers as well as the most wonderful embroidering machines have almost mora than they can do. Ruffs seem to be the adjuncts of almost every dress, and it is difficult to say whether they are prettiest in black lace or lisse. They are pic?ated at the lower edge and taol, '?Led on or into the dress. To be a good pleater is now very useful, and as I have adways bec-n consi ered a ide past mistress of the art, I will let you into the secret, which is always to hold your lace with the scallops downwards, and make the pleats in the foot from left to right, and put at least one, if not two, back stitches in every pleat. Regularity of size is, of course, requisite, but the eye soon *ducated into that. The general make of gets e the new three-quarter length jackets is that the sleeves are either braided all over or of a brocaded material, and the remainder in plain cloth, with arge braided or passementerie patterns in the front corners extending from the waist to the hips. The high collar is braided and lined with fur, and a narrow edge of fur is visible down the front as far as the waist, where it ends abruptly. The rather largo pockets are let in at the waist line and covered with plainly bound, but, some- times fancifully shaped lapels. I have seen such numbers of pretty th ngs this week, the work of a deformed lady, who reminds one of the dolls' dressmaker in "Our Mutual Friend," but who, I hope, is more happily situtted. One shop takes all she can make, and she really is occupied from l? ?he ist of January up to the 1st of December in preparing ,for Christmas, and even then more of her work could be sold, if she had time to do it. I shall not be giving away some of her secrets if I mention a few of her ideas, because so much of the charm ,?ends on the harinonious blending ( de, )f colours, and arrangement of what may be called draperies on a small scale, and these are peculiarly her own. Two triangles, say one of blue and another amber, are made in the ordinary MaTi-n,r of flat pinewhiom by covering two pie,_ f e-,rdb -rd, laying a piece of flannel between them and sewing I the edges together. The two-are carefully secured by strong stitches, and then in the centre is firmly fixed a, softer pincushion in the semblance of a small, but well-filled sack tied round the neck with ribbon, and a piece of the same coloured ribbon sewn on two of the triangle points, enables the whole thing to be hung on the wall Wall pockets are in the shape of cornets, such as moist sugar is often done up Ill, and draped with coloured silks relieved with tinsel threads, and they, too, have ribbon strings to hang them up by. Coloured chip made up into chain and pearl plait and mixed with tinsel, is made up into i many pretty bags and baskets, and the cheap.. little Austrian baskets of all shapes and sizes,, are beautified with soft silks and ribbons, and form holders for flowor pots, dusters, and odds and ends of all kinds. Photo- I graph frames are covered with plush in artistic shades, and hanging over a comer there appear to be a couple of half-blown roses with their leavcs and buds. The flowers look wonder- fully life-like, and dose inspection reveals that the half-forgotton art of wax flower making has been revived, and comes witfo all the force of novelty. I havt) jjjgo seen the prettiest egg cosies, and half-a-dozen of them would be quit^ a nice*" litfcJe wedding present. They are made m the shape of minature tea. cosies, rather long in pro- portion to the width, and those that took my fancy were in true egg colours, white serge and yeHow silk. The serge was covered with yellow stars and the two sides were joined by a full puffed silk frill, and the lining was also of yellow '^rflk. An egg-stand was fitted with imitation cups and eggs and the cosies put on. One, two, or three real eggs could be served if the whole six were not wanted, and thus the stand would always look full and smart. NEW TOYS. I. The toys. of the present season are,beyond' everything I have ever seen before. The dolls that merely cry and say papa and mamma are not 'in it with the accomplished creatures of the present day that seem all but alive. All the ,animals out of the Zoological Gardens seem to .have been modelled from Nature, and provided with something very like their natural voices, .and they are quite small life size. I should not at all mind introducing to my nursery the Brittany V, gn-a I would certainly draw the line at the too realistic tiger that shows its red gums and white teeth and growls, or the tawny maned lion that roars. Many young children might be frightened out of thei:»vits by them. A life-sized mackarel that when wound up swims about in a tub of water is not so bad, nor is a young cockerel that hops all over the floor, nor a tiny bull terrier pup that turns its head from side to side, and walks apparently where it will. A most wonderful toy is a life-sized white Maltese terrier in a wicker kennel, which puts its head out, barks several times, draws itself inside, and again gets out and barks. It really suggests that the secret of per- petual motion has been discovered, but if you patiently stand and watch you see that the action is repeated about twelve times in succession There are also some good games in the shape of targets to be shot t. When the bull's eye is struck a red-coated soldier pops out of a hiding I place and proclaims the fact. CHRISTMAS NUMBERS. In these times we do not wait till Christmas week for the Christmas number of a paper, but have read them all before December has set in. There are some verv nice ones this time, espec- I ially for boys and girls. Little Sunshine is the title of a most artistically got up book for the nursery, full of pretty things, and with quite a bewitching cover, showing the sweetest little baby face, framed in oxeye daisies, and with it go two equally pretty, but different pictures of children's heads well worth framing. This is published by John Noble, of Manchester. The publishers of Atalanta (Trischler & Co.) have quite set on one side their ordinary monthly number of that delightful magazine for the bigger children, and made the December issue entirely full of Christmas legends, stories, and pictures, so that it can be sent away or bought as an isolated publication, aad makes no difference to the volume. The Penny Illustrated Paper, which is a miniature Illustrated London News, published at the same office, is full of lovely pictures and very taking stories, the chief of which is "A girl of the people," by Mr John Latey, the editor. It deals with the dock strike, with a girl who is a hospital nurse, and her father, who strikes not "ile," but diamonds, and gives a treasure house of recreation to London, which is thrown open to the people the day his fair daughter is presented to the Queen. Every chapter is headed by a sym- bolical initial, the work of an artist who, as I once heard someone say, compresses a whole library of reading and a world of imagination "into an inch-and-a-half square of emblematic ?drawin,, Everybody knows -,iU about the bi ina-s numbers, but they are not qnite withi' Christ everyone's reach,' so I have only mentioned two or three that, thougii less known, are full of beauty and compar,tively in4x-pensive. i,and I ",0 ,ê' LOTTIE.

II I I USE OF THE REVOLVER AT CARDIFF. Serious Charges, 0 Three charges of shooting with intent to do i bodily harui iv--re T)referred at Cardiff F.ileiveeole-l?olurt on Monday-b-ior-- Mr Pet,?l "rice Y and Sir -Nlorgan Morgan-ago,iiist a youn, m-an nainecl J,,hn Murphy. Ftnny Mtlion??y, ?iarrie-.1 woman, deposed that while standing at the corner of Nelson-street, on Saturday afternoon, with some friends, the prisoner, who was a perfect stranger to her, came and asked her to have a glass of bedr. She declined, whereupon he retired a few yards, and fired a revolver three times. He was sober at the time, and the prosecutrix could not account for his conduct.— Catherine Welsh gave corroborative evidence.— P.C. Isaac Morgan spoke to seeing prisoner and a foreigner, named Foscolo, struggling together on .tu,d, -street and ?ty afternoon near Nelson street. When he searched tll;) prisoner he found a revolver upon him, and one of his coat pockets was full of cartridges. When charged with shooting at Foscolo he said I went into the ale-house to see Foscolo and to ask him what he wanted. He put his hand behind him and drew his knife. I drew my revolver, and fired in the air." John Foscolo, an Italian seaman, said he saw the prisoner (a stranger to him) about 5.30 on Saturday afternoon. He saw him fire a pistol at a woman, the shot striking about three feet away from her head. Prisoner, holding the pistol with the muzzle slightly inclined downwards, then exclaimed, I'll kill the whole lot of you Afterwards he fired two more shots, one being aimed at witness, and ran away. Witness pursued and caught him. and took th" revolver from his pocket.— Prisoner made a statement in his defence, to the effect that he came to Cardiff from Newport to obtain a ship. In Bute-street he met a girl, who took him to a house in Nelson-street. He sent for some drink and sat down by the fire. Mahoney put her hand in his pocket, but he I caught hold of it and demanded the return cf what- ever money she had taken. Sh- screamed and three men ran in from another room, and one of I them, tho man Foscolo, knocked him down. Mahoney called out, "He has got the purse in his inside pocket." Foscolo, who was armed with a knife, threw him out into the passage, and he (prisoner) then took out his revolver and fired in the air. He had no intention to injure anyone. At prisoner's request Bridget Donovan was called to speak in his favour, but this witness was so drunk that the magistrates adjourned the case tor several hours. Meanwhile Bridge- was con- fined in the waiting-room, where she said she liked to go too, as she could speak to the lobbies. At the conclusion of the rest of the business, she was placed in the box, but the only evidence which she could tender was to the effect that her proper patronymic was Wright, not Donovan. She also explained that Bridget was the name which had been given to her by the gels," her parents having christened her Winifred. Prisener was commited to take his trial at the forthcoming assizes at Swansea. -=-

ILLICIT BEER SELLING AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff police-court, on Monday—Sir M. i?l d Councillor Peter Price being (in the b-Lo .cla-n Tanh"n O'Keefe (29) Nvas cl,-arfei on rant with sellii-?,, beer v?.ithout a license at 17, Romfray-strect, on the isb June, 1,990.Nlr W. Williams (who appeared to defend) stated that prisoner had been away to sea, and that he had surrendered himself that morning. His client's wife kept a boarding-house, and the men who were found in the house by the police were present and past boarders, who had assembled "for a celebration," but what tho occasion for the fireworks was did not transnire. P. C. 67 (Philllips) deposed to watching the house in eompany with P. C. Green from 10 a.m. to 1.45 p.m., on Stindty, June Ist, inds'Gited that drrin, this time he saw 14 men aiid 10 womc-.ii entering and leavinc ,? the lioilgib. At 20 minutes past seven o'clock the same evening the premises were entered by virtue of a warrant, and a number of men were found there drinking. Prisoner was then under the influence of drink. When asked in his presence what business they had there, the men replied, We came for a drink." In the back kitchen a 4%-gallon cask on tap was found, and although prisoner and his wife |had declared that to be the only beer on the premises, no fewer than five 4% gallon casks were discovered under the flooring of the kitchen. The magistrates considered the case fully proved, and imposed a fine of £ 10 and costs, or a month's hard labour in default. Michael Reardon, landlord of the OddfeUows' Arms beerhouse, Helen-street, was charged with selling beer during prohibited hours o S, n -ldiy. the 23rd ult. azid aL-?o with tttem?)ting to-briij'e Police constables PhiBins and D3-mint. Mr T. Belcher, in aefendinv, (-xpres-,ed his client's regret that he sliould h-tve comn-iitbed tK, offence, ai-t(i urged in extenuation the fact 4tli-,+t with one triviil fine of 20s be bad coii- ducted tb?o' business for 20 yeqrs without a complaint. With reference to the bribing that was also admitted, but lie contended that it was thoughtlessly done.—The Bench regarded the offences as being very serious in nature, and fined defendant 20s and costs for selling the beer, and 210 and costs, or, in default, a month'/? hard labour, for attempting to bribe the police.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOUTH WALES. Meeting of the Council. On Wednesday afternoon a meeting of the above council wa-s held at the University College, Cardiff, under the presidency of Lord Aberdare. The REGISTRAR read aletter from Mrs Viriamu Jones, hon. see, of Aberdare Hall, in reference to the Normal students, in the course of which she said that seeing that several Queen's scholar- ships, held at the University College, had been awarded to women, the executive of the hall was desirous of ascertaining the intention of the il in resl--iect to their a hnission to the Normal 0(,Ulc on department of the colle-_(, as it was tl-iought obj??cti ablz-, that students livi,-ig at distance should be encouraged to come without proper provision being made for theiu as in the cas?; of others. The executive comuiittee was willing to 6 w council in any plan that co:operat itb the mi?.'Il be suggested for that purpose. The executive deprecated exceedingll, iny lifficulty arising to prevent women de?iving th?,) same advantages irom admission to th. normal depart- ment.-Il,it. subjeet will come up for considel-a. tion at a future meeting. It was decided to offer six scholarships—one of £ 35 and five of £ 25—and twelve exhibitions of jSll Is on the results of the next scholarships examination and it was also resolved to offei; live exhibitions to those normal students who stand first in the July list of the Department,and intend entering the college.

I COLUMN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. By Maggie Symington, Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as'the Children's Hour. —Lonnfdlow. And so she is queen to-day The King, her father, is passed away, and the Crown of the Netherlands has descended upon the ten-year-old head of The Little Princess Wilhelmina. Poor little Queen! That is what I say, but perhaps you will think, "Fortunate little girl! How nice it must be to be a qneen I am not so sure of that, but perhaps yon will think, For,anate little girl! How nice it must be to be a Queen!" I am not so sure of that, but perhaps the difference of opinion is occasioned by my having been a little longer in the world than you have. Let us agree to differ and start afresh. There is a story told somewhere of A very Elegant Little Princess who had on a satin gown, mother-of-pearl colour, trimmed with swan's down, and she sat looking out oi the window, and she cried, and s, Jae cried Her instruct?-e??- who was notbin,7i ess than 'duchess, a-,I?-ed -Fhy does ray little Gra,ciousi-iess spoil her good looks? She will have such horrid agly, red eyes. Will her idiminativeness dei,-n to honour this monkey with her attention ?" Between her sobs, her Microscopic Serenity said Look look That dear 'ittle sirg opposite! She is making such lovely mud pies. Why can't I make mud pies too ? Do—do—take off my silk stockings and high-heeled shess, and just let me paddle in that delightful gutter with that precious 'ittle sing—just for only five minutes. It's so de- liciously dirty over there." But princes and princesses may not go out and paddle in gutters and make mud pies they can ,?et iie me?ij'.es, and all tdhos,- catch c?&lc i -r, ren, sort of eablel: .1 ?; ? g ?, F.,??hil ,bi-it th6 deli?,h IV. t of rniid P-les is not for know that the little Queen of Holland did on one occasion enjoy a snow battle with some of her present subjects, but she will scarcely be allowed to do that now. But what A Very Queer Country it is that she is queen of Listen while I tell you something about it, because I have been there, you know, and, queer though it is, I am very fond of it. It certainly ought to be called Odd-land, or Contrary-land, says one charming writer, for in nearly everything it is different from other parts of the world. A large portion of the land lies lower than the level of the sea, and this neces- sitates all sorts cf contrivances to keep out the naughty old ocean, which is always trying to get in some way and work all the mischief that he can. Ditches, canals, ponds, rivers, and lakes are everywhere to be seen. High, but not dry, they shine in the sunlight; one is tempted to ask, "Whicti is Holland, the shores or the water?" Persons are born, live, and die, and even have their gardens on canal-boats. Water roads, water streets, and water fences are more common than any other. One would think the peeple who live there had plenty of water to drink. No so, however. Odd-land is true to itself even in this, and in spite of the sea trying to ?et In, ar?cl th,?,. riv,s ai-,d d trying t, get out, in a great many districts there is'no watcr fit to drink. Every%i,here oii:? sees the funniest trees, bobbed into fantastical shapes, their trunks painted white, yellow, or red and men, women, and children go clattering about in wooden shoes like small canoes. I have some lovely Dutch stories to tell you, but cannot find room for them to-day. But now that a little queen is reigning over there, we shall often like to go and get a peep at her. I heard such A Touching Little Incident the othpr day that I must pass it on to you at once. A very wise man in Berlin h:1" discovered what is supposed to be a most worsd-rful remedy for consumption, and everybody is talking about it just new. But there has been such a demand for this remedy—a dark yellow fluid, as it's described, which is injected through a little syringe under the skin-*that he cannot get it made' fast .-nough. Doctors and patients from every quarter almost have flocked to Berlin, but they have all to be kept ivaitinv. Tli(ty b?,, ?i.rd they be,- for this 'oiv fluid, precious yeli -tut no, there is none f?.,r thorn, they must have patience-. Now there is a little girl in Germany, about twelve years old, I think, the daughter of a postmaster. I dare say there are a good many little girls of twelve years in Germany, but this one's mother is sick of consumption. So, when she heard of this great Dr Ko-c-h and his wonderful remedy, she wrote to him begging him to give her just a little for her mother. And the good doctor, who has to leave hundreds of petitions unan- swered every day, sent her at nee one tiny bottle of his precious medicine, and his wife sent lizi- I ld letter with it. I lio-,oe hor niother will get better, do not you ? I am afraid lest mothers and aunties, and all tliosa wj'lo liave II)p getti-,iL, I c,? little children ready for .c'iiool these cold mornings, s?arting them off through the snow, should forget what A Good Thing to Keep Out the Cold a piece of home-made butter-candy is, popped into the mouth just before starting. Try Aunt Maggie's recipe, will you, good older people, please? I am sure the children themselves will approve of it. Quite lately thero took place in a county-court in one of the suburbs of London, A Very Funny Trial, which will interest your little folks. Some valuable furniture had been brought over from Antwerp to London, and in course of transit had been injured, so the owner refused to pay the full amount of the money that was claimed for it. In proof 'of the injury sustained, one of the articles, a me- chanical clock, was brought into court. The clock was set in a tower with battlements, and on these battlements was an arbour of roses that gave j shelter to a number of mechanical birds. Just imagine the amusement of the judge and all in court when, this clock being placed on tho table, the birds in the arbour began to hop about and sing quite as though the month was April, and not November. It is said that his honour was quite astonished, and I do not wonder at it. The owner of the clock said that when it arrived in London the glass shade surrounding the tower and the bo-ver ir.,is brol n ?b o rc)s&s cc -were dusty, one little bird had lost its beak, and tho coats of the others were moth-eaten. Those on the other side thought the birds could not have suffered much as they were able to sing so welL It was pointed out, however, that the little bird that sang the most lustily was beakless. But, said tho learned counsel, he can wag his tail. The owner was obliged to admit that the little fellow certainly could wag his tail, but declared that he did not wag it nearly so naturally af he used to do. His honour thought that the little bird, before ho lost his beak, and his tail lost his waggzsjiness, must have been a very fine bird." This joke on the part of the judge so amused the birds themselves that they burst forth with a fresh chorus of trills, which set all the people in court laughing. I am sure that you will agree with me that this was a very funny trial. In the end the owner of the clock had to pay half of what was demanded. My Round Tabfe continues to grow apace, and I have been kept so busy shaking hands with new little members that I often have not had time to consider what it is best to have for dinner, and have had to lyn e leave that i Pol-tant qil -tion to be decided for iiie, One. little ],-night is so very enterprising that be wants to l?-,now if I can get any more things up for children and their parents to join ? I daresay I can, but I think the R T. is quite sufficient for us at present. He asks, May all your members be faithful to yon far and near, and may all of them send you letters, if only little ones I do not want to receive 8,000 even little letters all at once, but can do with them in instalments, and all members will be faithful, I hope. Three more hon. members claim a welcome at our hands to-day, Mrs Gregson (Rushland Vicarage), Miss Maud Shuttleworth, and Miss L. Morton while three young people have won their medals for fifty members gained, Lillie Greenhalgh, Emmelme Leigh, and Stella Smith • ana Miss L. Morton, hon. member, has brought another fifty to the Table. We number very close upon eight thousand now. Perhaps some of you wjU reraember the dark- little village in winch the R.T. was introduced a few months back ? It rejoices me to receive such A Good Report £ rom there to-dav. "I think. on ■ the whole, writes the hon. Damsel through whose good offices the work was begun, that the twenty who joined have improved very much, although I have not been able to help them as I should like to do. They are more gentle to each other, and they refrain from telling tales now, which was one of their great faults. With God's bless- ing I feel sure that the Round Table will greatly help them t-, grow up better children. The girls are much interested in little Jeanne, and I enclose a shilling towards the medal from them and myself." Helping Bad Tempers. Two little damsels, who shall be nameless, write to me as follows Dear Aunt Maggie, I have a very bad temper, and of course I get vexed, and that is not very nice." I am so sorry, I got into such a temper to-day just because my sister poured milk over my potatoes. Please, Aunt Maggie, don't cross my name out of your Big Book. I thought of my medal and the mottc.-Please do forgive me." Poor little girls, I am sorry for both of them, but neither the Round Table nor anything else will make us good all at once. We climb this Hill Difficulty step by t;ep, and learn to conquer our naughty tempers by degrees. But God means us to be good, and He will help us to become so if we trust Him and go on tryinsr. I shall never cross the names of any little per- sons out of my Big Book as long as they go on trying. Reading Ihe Column. "I want to ask you something," writes another little Damsel. We are boarders at school, but we come home every Saturday. There are a number of girls at .school who would perhaps like to join the it.T., but they don't read the paper because they d^n't go home every week. If I were to cut the Column cut of the paper and give it to them, do you think you could let them join ? I like reading about the R.T. very much, and I think they would like it too." Yes, let them all join, but I think it a very important thing for all members to read the column regularly, else how are they to know the things I tell them ? Complaints have reached me from time to time of the enve- lepes in which the certificates are sent out getting broken in the post. In one case card or ribbon was lost out of the envelope. I am trying some strong cartridge wrappers now, and hope these will be better adapted for the purpose. There is no extra charge for them, but in all cases stamps must be sent as stated in the rules. New comers are still in doubt as to what is to be dono in order to gain admittance to the Table, and seem to think some difficult task must first be performed-a stable to cleanse like Hercules had, or a needle to be found in a haystack. No- thing of the sort; here are the directions, few and simple. How to Join the Order. Any young person under twenty years of age will be instantly admitted to the Order as an esquire or thimblemaid, and their names entered in my Big Book, if they apply to me stating their willingness to act up to the motto, keep the vows, and obey the rules. A penny postage stamp must be enclosed (loose) for the postage of the handsome certificate given to each on entering. The watchwords of the Order are Conscientious- ness, kindness, courtesy. And here. are the motto and the vows: MOTTO :—"We must do the thing we ought Before the thin- we -nay." s an Vows :-My knight -d esquires must pledge themselves to strive to be brave, true and honest; to be courteous and obliging; defenders of all weak children and dumb animals, and helpers of those who need; to refrain from bad language; and to say a few kind words, or do a kind action every day of their lives. My damsels and thimblemaids must strive to be true, and sweet, and helpful, modest and gentle; to be good, and to do good never to listen to a wrong thing, or repeat one; to be 'I ,kind to dumb animals; nd to say a few kind -lq. or to do a kind action evei-y? day of the'l-r iyor,. lives. ch-y ? rules and prayer are -,ent with Copies of -the ques ran always be had each certificate; ext, froin iiie on application.. ar. You will bef glad to know that Mr Mitchell hard at work upon a set of prize acrostics to be given you, with prize offers, early in the new year. I have a new and delightful one in hand for you in Christmas week. In the meantime here is the answer to his last acrosticJohn Henry Newman-" Lead, Kindly Light:"— J-ezebe-1, O-ldcastle-F, H-ygei-A, N-imro-D H-erric-K, E-nged-I, N-apoleo-N, R-owlan-D' Y-arre-L, N-e-Y, E-scho-L, W-alewsk-I, M-em- lin-G A-bimelec-H, N-eba-T. "Hpart speaketh unto Heart," was Cardinal Newman's motto. I am much obliged to the following young people for kind, pleasant tetters :—Lilia Daft, Katie Price, P. Bennett, Mary Atterbury, F. Mills, Esa Pickering, Marian Linnell, Arthur Egglishaw, Florence A Leather, Gertrude Ford, Olive Barker, Ethel H. Cooke, Alice M. Pooled Thomas Langton, Reggie Poole, Stella Smithj Ralph Smith, Mabel Alcock, E. Higham, Holen McConnachie, Gertrude, L. Hope, Constance Knctt, and Margaret Knott. Address all communications to AUNT MAGGIE SYMINGTON, Hunstanton.

THE WEEK'S MARKETS. C0J1.N. NEWPORT, Wednesday.—The attendance of buyers at to-day's market was larger than usual, and a moder- ate amount of business was done. Prices remained the same as those of last week. L i Wednesday.-Business is restricted, o i O,,DON wing to the foggy weather. Wheat and flour steady. Ame- ric.til flou? firm. Barley ?uiet, and unaltered in value. O?its, maize, I)eans, an peas remain steady, at late r rates. Arrival* B itish-wheat, 100 qrs; b?rley, 100 qrs. Foreign-wlieat., 32,36?) qrs barley, 15,940 qrs ei-,tts, 42,720 qi-s madze, 6,490 qrs; flour, 13,320 sacks, 120 ban-els. GLASGOW, Wednesday. Moderate attendance. Wheat and flour difficult to sell, and values in buyers' favour. Millers are quiet. Feeding stuffs generally steady. Grinding beans are 3d dearer on the week Egyptian, 15s 9d Saffis, 15s per 280 lbs. Maize quiet, at 14s 9d for mixed American, and 15s for white. Other articles unchanged. CATTLE. .NEWPORT, Wednesday.—There was a large supply of beasts and sheep at to-day's market. The attend- ance of buyers was fair, and a moderate amount of business was done. The prices realised were :—Best beef, 6d to 6%d second quality, 5d to 5%d bulls, 5d to SVid inferior sorts, 4%d to 4%,d; mutton, wethers, 8d to 8y2d ewes, 6d to 7%d per lb porker pigs sold at 9s to 9s 6d and baconers, Ss to 8s 6d per score. BRECON, Tuesday.—At this market trade generally was slack, steers being chiefly in demand at from £8 to £16. Beef sold at from 6d to 6%d, and mutton from 8d to 8%d per lb. The porcine trade was a drug. PRODUCE. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—Sugar steady and un- changed beet—December, 12s 4%d buyers January- February, 12s 6%d March, 12s 9d April, 12s 10%d. Coffee—100 baars of African, to arrive, 79s. Cocoa— African, 50s Guayaquil, 78s 150 bags low Jeremie, 32s. Rice idle. Linseed easier, rates not transpired. Ilemp— £ 43 to 24,3 10s distant current C44 spot. Lard, 31s to 31s 3d. Palm oil quiet. Turpentine, 29s 9d. Tallow and resin unchanged. Petroleum and nitrate quiet. LONDON, Wednesday.—Sugar—refined market steady, with a fair business at yesterday's rates; foreign un- altered; beet quiet and changes only fractional- December sellers, 12s SVid; buyers, 12s 3%d February 12,9 93/4d; buyers, 12s 81?ld Alareb, 12s lll,,4d; buyers, 12s 101/2d; April, 13s 11/1;d buyers, 13s cane quiet; ?,,rocer?- cryst,%Ilise(l, ex zesterday's sales, sold at 17s ll,2d. Coffec-.3everal es at steady prices; futures generally 3d to 6d lower Rio, December, 78s down to 6Ss 3d; August, Santos, 80s 6d to 71s 3d. Tea—old crop black leaf sold firmly at 4%d to 5'/2<l new seasons rather easer; green generally well com- ted for; fine Indian realisl-d good prices other LI?lds slow. rice i-ery firm, but no business reported. Popper sold steadily. Pimento rather easier. Jute duil Tnrpentine, 29s. American petroleum, 5,7gcl. 'OVISIONS. pr LONDON, Wednesday.—Butter—a general advance has taken place in foreign descriptions Kiel and Danish, 116s ta 130s Swedish, 116s to 130s Friesland, 100s to 116s Normandy, 106s to 124s Jersey and Brittany, 84s to 100s American remains at 60s to 90s. Bicon- Metraark,e'atlater?%tes. liams amd lard without c ng e. Cheese ren3ains quiet-American, 4C?.? to 51s; Edam, 50s to li6, Goudt, 46s to 49s. Bj,,T';TOL Francis Barnarcl's cir- cular) '-ii?con-Iteceipts of hogs being a-tin larger, the late tdvonce has been almost lost ougain?? but there is still a firm feeling, and a slight re?d tion finds buvers. Cheese-A &i?tinctly better tone itslcobservable tli?A week, mostly for the finest descriptions, and pric 'ir c about 6d to ls dearer since mv last. Blltt,?r-Not quite so much doing, and more disposition to sell than buy. Lard—Market is easier, but demand continues only moderate. Flour—American quotations un- changed, and export business still continues very difli- cult to compass. Home markets firm at late values, The stock of flour held at the port on the 1st inst. was returned at 9,172 bags of 1401b each. BUTTER. CORK, Wednesday.—Firsts, 118s ;seconds, 91s; thirds 76s fourths, 65s. Mild-cured firkins—superfine, 124s • fine, 110s mild, 84s. In market-314 firkins, 5 kegs, 77 mild. CHEESE. NEWPORT, Wednesday.—There was a moderate pitch of cheese at t(?-day's market. Buyers were numerous, --trly every lot changed hands. Caerphill li and n, y ril ti,3ssold at 66s to 72s Truckles, 56?, Cheddars, 3 to 56s and single Gloucesters at 44s to 50s per cwt. SUGAR. GLASGOW, Wednesday.—There was no change in prices, but a good business. The official report states :-The market continues steady and a good business has been done. POTATOES. LONDON, Wednesday-.—Moderate supplies on sale, and trade steady, best samples still being in chief de- mand. Hebrons, «0s to 100s; regents, 50s to 90s; magnums, 50s to 85s; Scotch ditto, 90s te 120s imperators, 60s to 80s per ton. SEED. LONDON, Tuesday.—Messrs John Shaw and Sons, seed merchants, of 37, Mark-lane, report :-To-day's market was inactive and devoid of interest. Red cloverseed just now excites but little interest. Of fine alsyke and white the offerings are small. Mustard un- changed. In rape seed the late advance is well sus- tained. Peas and haricots are moving upwards now that maize is so dear. Dari, oeing cheap, attracts at- tention as a useful feed. More money is asked for both canary and liempseed. Buckwheat and linseed realize former terms. Tares keep steady. FAIR TALGARTH, Wednesday.—The December fair was held here to-day, and was well attended by both buyers and sellers, and trade on the whole was fairly good, The following were the quotations :-Cart horses £ 35 to 245 two ?ear-old colts, 217 to R25 suckers k7 to P-12 good cobs, :C2D to :E3O ponies, 'E?O to Pl? hill do., P,6 to :910 cows and calves, E12 to E16 barrens, :C8 to:612 two-year-old st,ers, :C12 to:215 yearlings, :29 to :215 beef, (>1/2d per lb. wether mutton, 8d to 9d r jlb ewa do, 7d per lb pigs, strong stores, 6N to Zs each -ix months old to 4N eael, weaners, 15s to 2N etch pork, 5d per lb. wool_ LON-DON, Wednesday.-12,0,50 bales brought forward this afternoon, including 2,812 New South Wsles, Z319 Queensland, 1,855 -New Zealand 1707 F,&stlem Cape, 792 Western do., 125 Natal, 1,67? VictOriau 458 South Australian, 49 West do., 1.97. River Plate, Zd Buenos -Ayres. The ab d ood selecti( of we ol, and pri ces Tuloveceommlfynfsl'erin faor Cest qumi ties. e gen FISH. ¡ GRIMSBY, Wednesday.—Only about 20 vessels have come in to-day, bringing a very poor supply of fish, and ) the demand being strong prices have risen considerably. Sprats are now in, and are maldng 2s per bushel. Piaice, 28s, to 32s level, 25s lemon, 40s to 50s soles, 130s to 150s per box tur'oot, 8s tj 20s brill, 3s u» 5s ling, 4s to 6s dead, 3s to 4s cod, 7s to 12s skate, I 3s to 4s dead, 2s to 3s each; hake, 60s to 80s per score. I