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Recollections of a London Detective. BY DETECTIVE-SERGEANT WM. HOLBORN. "The Free Forester's Victim. Crime, I have often thought, is like that terrible species of leprosy known in Eastern countries— there is an infectious taint about it which often spreads to the innocent and pure, bringing disaster and suffering where they seein least deserved. <Jtn.my Ponds, whose end through the nimble knife of his companion I have just noticed, was one of those tainters, and it was a case of that kind which first brought him under my notice. He was always, a smart-looking fellow, with a great deal of clever patter, acd nothing tell-tale a-bout his face, but a certain twinkle of his dark eyes, which, to the skilled face-reader, proclaimed iim to be as heartless as the rotten fruit he some- times sold. I think there must have been gipsy blood in Jemmy, for in all his career there was a. trace of the restlessness, impatience of restraint. and cool callousness which are characteristic of that race. Jemmy, as I have indicated, was apparently a coster, and had often a cart and donkey to help him but at the time of which I now write he had developed into a florist, who during the bostpartof the day paraded the streets, pushing before him a. broad hand cart covered with geraniums, violets, daisies, lilies, and even roses, all in pots, and apparently in the healthiest condition, while he, with an apron of green cloth before him and a rose in his button-hole, tried his best to look innocent and rural, and shouted—" All a blowm' and a growin', as cleverly as if he had been all his life in the trade. Jemmy sometimes had cut .flowers, not very artistically arranged, and penny roots, which in size quite shamed the ordinary ones of the proper dealers, and all that he carried he sold at astonishingly low prices, so his stock did not hang long on his hands. When a cus- tomer got once within roach of Jemmy's smart and insinuating tongue, she was as good as booked for a sale, for by way cf accounting for the extra- ordinary cheapness of the flowers Jemmy always declared confidently, and under his breath, that it was the pretty face and eyes of the intenrl- iiig buyers that had quite upset him and reads him ao idiotic that he was almost giving aw. y his wares just for the pleasure of seeing-the girl pleased' and smiling. There seemed some truth; in the statement, for the prices he asked were ruinously low, so in most cases the servant girls or their mistresses, or the careful wives, or mothers, all of whom he affected to take for young misses not out of their teens, were agreeably deceived. It was scarcely necessary to add that neither Jemmy's wife or any of his small family ever accompanied him on these occasions, and that he thus passed for a single man, sighing for the peace: and happiness of wedded life. The flowers sold by Jemmy did not always flourish as well as lie predicted-for if they had a good top he did not trouble himself so much about a root—so he was compelled to change his beat very frequently. In making one of these changes he chanced to make the acquaint- ance of a servant girl named Polly Hicks, in the employment of a wool merchant named Crouch, whose house was at Hoxton. Polly was a Lancashire lass, and so fresh and pretty that, had-she been dressed up like a lady, she would have at cnco attracted attention as a great beauty. She was a tall, finely formed girl, with rosy cheeks, eyes of a greyish blue, and hair rather fair. There w.Jre two servants in the house, Polly bfinf the principal one, and the other a kind of nursemaid and help, named Jemima Pricc. Polly was a simple-minded, sterling servant, and a dutiful daughter to her parents away in the north and she had been in the service of Mrs Crouch almost sines that lady's marriage, so unbounded trust was placed in her honesty. Polly's first purchase from Jemmy was a pot of pansies, which she bought for her bedroom window, just to remind her of the green lanes and smiling cottage, and little garden plots of her own dear Lancashire;" and that she got so cheaply that she was easily persuaded to buy enough to fill the whole wmdow-siil. Polly had been a good many years in London, but then hers had been such a busy, retired life that she knew nothing of London wicked- ness and queer ways. Jemmy's extravagant pa.tter seemed charming to her. I am atraHi Pollie knew she was almost a beauty, and won- dered not a little that so few had troubled to tell her of the fact, and Jemmy's flattery, therefore, came in as a kind of balm to her feelings. She got to love the wretch with all the strength of her simple, trustful nature. Jemmy came to see her oil Sundays, and on night when he was not engaged, and so it was quite settled that, if he saved enough money during that summer, they should be married and start housekeeping before Christmas. In order to gain money in any quantity, however, as Jemmy pointed out to her, it is necessary to possess some capita'. Several splendid chances were open to his em^rprise if had only the necessary money. Poily had s ived about £ 2(J, and. as her lover's wants were puo befor her, all that was drawn from the savings bank and freely placed at his disposal. Jemmy's specula- tions were unfortunate, and the money, therefore, Was swallowed up, and still his cry was for more. He even hinted that perhaps it would be better for them to part, and that he should go away to some foreign country and there try to build up a home for his trusting lass, a proposal which Polly would not listen to for a moment. No living being is more plastic than a woman in love. Religion, principle, honesty, and almo t every virtue may ba plucked from her heart if that glamour be first thrown over her eyes, In the month of October Mrs Crouch awoke to a dis- agreeable conviction that she was being robbed. Site had been slow to accept the behef, and the shock was the greater when the fact becrme certain. She went over her possessions carefully without a word to anyone, and found that she Was at least £ 50 poorer than she should have been. There were missing sheets, table cloths, sets cf spoons and cutlery, money, trinkets, and no end of small trifles, of no great value in themselves, but prized on account of being presents from friends. The list filled a whole sheet of note- paper, and when it was completed the lady showed it to her husband without a hint to the servants cf the discovery she had made. His advice was prompt and decisive. "Hand that list to the police, and have the tirls questioned. If they are innocent they have nothing to fear, and, if they are guilty, they deserve to suffer." The result was a message which ended In me being sent to the house with a warrant. I did not it that time know anything about Jemmy Pond. unci Mrs Crouch had been as ignorant, for not a Word or hint as to his existence or visits to the house fell from her lips, or was embodied in her complaint. It had been arranged that I should reach the house at about four o'clock in the afternoon, so that Mr Crouch should be present at the question- ing. It was, therefore, about that time when I l'ang the bell, and the door was opened to me by Polly, whom I then saw for the first time. No one admires a pretty girl more heartily than I do, and tho fine, fresh face and sparkling eyes so took ine aback that, instead of asking for her mistress, I said, laughingly,— Now, where did you steal that pretty face ?" Polly flushed a deeper crimson, but looked pleased and delighted at the sudden compliment, and I chatted away with her in great good humour till I was shown into the parlour. As soon as I had introduced myself Mr Crouch rang the bell for the two servants, and seated himself at a table to take down their answers in writing. He was a sharp business man, and onfe I saw who would not be easily deceived. The girls came In after a delay of some minutes, Polly having been sent back for her fellow-servant. Polly, of course, looked as pretty^nd smart, and clean as before, but the nurse gifl, Jemima Price, was a perfect contrast to the Lancashire lass. She was a shock-headed, idiotic-looking girl of seventeen or so, with a sullen look, and very dirty and untidy. Mrs Crouch opened the investigation, and broke the awkward silence by saying to the girls- "Yon have been brought up here to see if you can explain how so many things have gone amissing. I don't say that either of you would steal anything, but the matter has become so serious that I had no other course but to call in the police." Both girls started back with a kind of gasp at the last word, and looked at me. I returned the look, and noticed a queer difference in the effect of the speech on the two faces. Both showed a terrible and sudden agitation, but Polly's face, from tho fresh rosy tinge of pure health, faded abruptly to a waxy white. Jennma's, on the other hand, from a dirty yellow hue, became as suddenly a furious red. Her eyes, too, which at first had been used boldly in glancing from face to faco, fell guiltily, and were scarcely raised again even when a question was dirpctly put to her by her master or myself. "I shall rvad you a list of the things which I know have been taken; as they are certainly not to be found in the house, aud then you can make any statement you please regarding their disap- pearance," said Mrs Crouch, as the girls turned and stared at each other in open-mouthed con. sternation. The list was read, just as it bad been handed in to us, but when the reading was over neither of the girls had a word to say. They both looked stupefied, and ready to sink to the floor with shame or agitation. I suppose neither of you have any objection to your box being searched ?" observed Mr Crouch. Polly's answer was to faintly fumble in her pocket for a key, which she produced, and offered Arith a shaking hand to her master. There's nothing in my box but my own Itinas." she managed to say with a street effort. n The other girl said nothing, but became, if pos- sible, a deeper crimson as our eyes were turned upon her. Jemima have you nothing to say said her mistress in a tone that made the girl'almosfc jump. Where is the key ot your box ?" Jemima began to cry,and said she did not know where the key had got to she though she must have lost it when she was out that day with the children She was certain she could not get it, and as sure that there was nothing in the box which was not her own property. I have a warrant," I simply observed, "and if the key is lost we can easi ly break open the lid or have in a blacksmith to pick the lock." Jemima. did not relish the proposal at all. She cried more convulsively than before, and she slobbered her face with dirt and tears, and so accompanied us to the attic in which they slept and kept their trunks. Polly's was gone over first, and I was delighted when the task was over to hear her mistress say with a pleasant smile- "There is nothing here that belongs to me. I was pretty sure of your honesty, Polly." Polly stammered out something in reply which was quite lost to us. She was still of the blanched, waxy colour, and evidently labouring under great excitement, but she looked even more beautiful thus, I thought, than when I had seen her first. I was pleased that she was safe, but a little surprised that she herself showed so few signs of relief. She seemed to b,e incapable of even a smiJe. Jemima now became grovelling in her entreaties for mercy. Slie dropped on tier Knees beside her box, ana moaned and sobbed, and gripped it in her arms, and defied us to touch it or its contents. At length Mrs Crouch said sternly— I believe you are the thief, Jemina. and that some of the things are in the box—some of them only, for it is not big enough to hold the half of what I know is gone." I didn't mpan to do no harm, missis indeed I didn't 1" Jemima at last sobbed out. I took one or two little things, but I thought they was of no use to you." Give me the key," I said, stepping forward with a look cf assumed ferocity, for in reality her tangled hair and beslobbered face made me feci strongly inclined to laugh. The word or the look awed her, and she humbly produced the key. The moment it was inserted -in the lock and turned the lid of the box bounced ooen. It was so stuffed with things that tho marvel was how she got it shut. It was quite a 1 -mail trunk, and Jemima's own things might have been packed in a decent-sized hat-box. The rest of the contents were little but rubb;sh —old stockings full of holes and darns, old slip- pers boots, torn table-cloths, children's petticoats I. faded anti-maccassavs, toys, brass brooches, headless dolls, and every conceiveable kind of refuse The things undoubtedly were stolen from Mrs Crouch, but the total value of the heap could not possibly have amounted to 20s, while Mrs Crouch had already .very clearly proved that the value of the things she missed was not short of £ When all were turned out, and claimed and as- sorted, therefore, the lady simply turned to the sobbing and bemoaning girl, and said— "If you had asked me for these things you would have got them, for they are of little or no use to us. But where are all the valuable things ? Where are my six pairs of fine linen sheets which have never been used? Where are my table-cloths, and silver plated spoons, and cutlery ? Where are my two brooches, and my lace set, and my two bracelets Jemima protested with much grovelling that she knew nothingof these things; she had not tak°n them. and did not know where they were. "Then who has them?" impatiently ex. claimed her mistress at last. Did you give them to anyone ? No. Jomima was an orphan, and knew nobody to give them to she wouldn't have taken even the things she had only she was going to another situation, and was tempted. She could not ex- plain why she should take so many children's things; she was not going to be married and had no sweetheart 'just she was tempted and took them. She admitted, however, that she had sold some of the things to an Irish hawker of dishes who came occasionally to the door, and spent the money so acquired on sweets; but things were cf the same class as those befere us. She did not know whe-ie the woman was to be found, as she had not been at the door for a long timp. All this was so unsatisfactory and improbable that Mr Crouch, steeling himself against all he.. j.ntreaties, ordered me to take Jemima away. The stolen things had to go with her, of course, and even after her own clothes were out cf the box we could scarcely get the lid to shut on them. I got a cab to take us to the station, more for the box than Jemima, who, however, was glad of the shelter, and cried bitterly all the way. I spoke to her more gently than her master had done, but she persisted in her statement that she knew nothing of the more valuable things in the list. She was tremulously eager to know what her sentence was likely to be, what the prison was like inside, and if her legs would be fastened to the floor with h >avy chains, as she had seen in pictures. Notwithstanding her stupidity and dull brain, there was a simplicity about her which I liked' and I became convinced that the cause of her fall had been .some insinuating hawker who had promised her no end < f pocket money ior "any useless things "about the house which her mistress had no more need for. Jemima was committed for a week, and if nothing had transpired in that time she might have got off with the week's imprisonment, and without having any sentence recorded against her. That I know was the in- tention of the magistrate, who waskoonly alive to the siuaMon, and anxious to check her at the beginning. But she was not two days in our hands when several of the articles about which she had declared that sho knew nothing were found pawned in various places, under different names. The date of some of the pawnings ex- tended back at least three months, and though nothing like the quarter of the plunder was thus recovered, enough was discovered to show that the robberies had been deliberate and systematic. I didn't take them I didn't take them, sir 1" Jemima cried, in tearful appeal to the magistrate, wringing her 1J;luds at th" bar, when this evidence was brought before her at her next appearance in Court. Oil, what shall I do?" I waS standing close by, and as the magistrate bent down to consider the case, I whispered to hor-- "Plead guilty to taking the things found in your box." "I plead guilty, sir, to taking tne things they found in my box, but not the other things—not the things found in the pawnshop. I never was in a pawllshopm- I pinched her arm to stop the now of protests, as I saw the magistrate did not like It, and she was likely to damage her own ca.se. There was a dead silence in court for a full minute, broken only by her sobs, and then, without indicating whether the p!ea bad been in time, or accepted, the magistrate s:ud quietly It is a very bad case. I shall give you a month's imprisonment." While Jemima was thus sent to prison, Polly had been lying ill at her mistress's hou-e fornearly a"veek. Mrs Crouch took upon herself all the blame of that illness, and nursed her tenderly through it but as soon as Polly was able to TIM she vanished from the house, taking her box with her and neither assigning a reason nor asking for the'wao-es due to her. Mrs Crouch deplored the lo«s of such a good servant, and attributed th6 fiight solely to the indignant shame at having been innocently accused of theft. Not a week later a note came to the station-house addressed to me, in which I was informed that the only one who had benefited by the rob- beries was a gardener or florist named Jemmy Ponds. The address of Jemmy was given, with such a minute (ascription of his person, that I could have picked him out of a dozen men at first si^ht. But, though this charge was made by the nameless writer, no evidence was advanced to mniDort tho assertion. The writing was a round schoolboy hand, very legible and correctly spelled, and I was thus uncertain whether the writer was a man or a woman. I found Jemmy without difficulty, when he immediately posed as a virtuous hero, and prcfessed the greatest indignation at being taken, I had him looked at by all tho pawnbrokers'men, but none of them could identify Jemmy as having deposited the stolen articles with them, and in a day or two he was set at liberty. Several odd looks and expres- sions of his, however, convinced mo that he had been in the affair, and, as the letter declared him to be a villain and a monster for whom hanging would be too good, I thought it could do no harm to look after him a little, especially as his home chanced to be in my division. I could find thing against him except the expression let fall bv one of his acquantances, who, in reply-to j question of mine, winked knowingly, and uttered the words— "Free Forester.' I was quite ready to believe the insinuation, but more anxious to prove it, and I took to watching jemmy by night. The donkey and cart were against me, as it was quite nnposslole for me to keep up with them on foot, and to follow in a cab would have awakened his suspicions at once. After due consideration, and learning that Tprmrv eenerally did use the donkey on his expe- dSJ f provided for the difficulty by dreriag UD as a coster, and changing the cut of my face— a trick I am rather good at. Instead of watching Temmv's house, I took to watching the stable- vard readv for the start, nnd one night about twelve o'clock saw hmi get out his machine. I had mine ready harnessed at the end of the alley. Temmy went off at an easy pace, taking no notice- of the donkey-cart driven by me jogging along in his wake. When we had got to the more rural streets where gardens and greenhouses were more common, Jemmy at length drew rein, and eyed tne curiously. He was in a very nice spot for his particular calling, and I suppose did not wish to g°" HaK' covey. Wot you up to ?' he said, with a grin and a wink. Blest if I don't believe we're after the same game." "You mmd yer own business and let me mind mine." I said in a deep voice, and the most un- sociable torn. I could assume and I drove briskly nast till I turned the corner of the street. Jemmy whistled out contemptnously, and stared after me till I was out of sight; then he descended, and led his donkev into a piece of waste ground took a sack from the cart, and made his way into a garden by the back-door, which he opened with a skeleton key. As soon as he had his sack nearly filled with flowers, I went in and gripped him. He was a little fellow, as I have said, and I could h-ve squeezed the life out of him with one grip, h!it he was determined to make a great fuss, and ahrnesled, and threw down the pots and smashed all the glas-i of the greenhouse m a way that brouffht out the alarmed inhabitants of the house. Then thev, finding only two disreputable-looking costers fighting in the place, seized us both, and I cot a good share of the kicks which should have fallen on Jemmy alone. I gave my name and occupation, but was only laughed at. They marched us to the station-house together, and even there I should have been locked up, but for the fact that the sergeant on duty happened to be an old mate, .and lawghipgty £ bJiSJSCPK' niaedma-* "0, it's you. Bill. What have they been doing to you now 1" Then the gent whose place bad been broken into turned round in alarm and said— Oh, what have I done ? Is he really a detec- tive, as he said ?" I laughed the matter over, and he afterwards sent me a. lovely meerschaum pipe, to soothe my injured feelings, I suppose. When Jemmy was made aware that the surly coster who had captured him was simply Bill: Holborn, who had taken him a week before on suspicion, he nearly swore his eyes out. He was fully committed, and got two years imprison- ment. Some years later Mrs Crouch got a. letter dated from a town in the North of England, of which the following is almost a transcript:— Some years ago robberies were committed in your house by one who was never discovered or put in prison. Bitter punishment fell on that one, but that only made my heart harder. Two weeks ago I went with a friend to a Methodist revival meeting to have some laughing at people crying at the penitent form. God found me there, and pulled mo out of that place, and, instead of laughing, I found myself crying on the brink of hell, with no; hope of escape For a week I saw nothing but darkness and despair, and was near putting an c-nd to my life; but now, through the blessed mercy of Jesus Christ my Saviour, I am happy I-happy in peace and forgiveness —happier than if all the world bad been given to me. But I am the thief who wronged you. I cannot rest till I bave re- stored all I took. I am poor, but I send you all I have-£1218s 6d. I was saving it to get married next month, but that can never be till I have worked and paid back the rest of the £50 which you lost. God will perhaps let me live long enough to do that, so that you may forgive me as He has done." This extraordinary letter was shown to me by Mrs Crouch herself, who wished to know whether I thought I could trace the writer so as to be able to assure the unknown of forgiveness without the restoration of any more money. That was not in my power, and for soma years there came regu- larly every six months a remittance generally amounting to about £5, in liquidation of this debt of conscience. At length there came a time when the remittance did not arrive. Above £30 had been paid, and, though it came from different towns, it had always come with the regularity of rent day. A few days after the usual time a poor scrawl of a letter reached Mrs Crouch, which read thus:— "I have not been able to send you any money this term, as I have been ill and m hospital. I have suffered much, but Jesus is always with me, and that makes everything bright. I sometimes feel very weak, and am afraid I may be taken away without having paid you all your money. That is all mv sadness. But God sees my heart, and knows I don't wish to go to heaven now unless He thinks it best. If He lifts me up again I will pay you yet, but if lie takes me away, per- haps it will be made up to you in blessings. A line from you would be a great comfort, though I know I do not deserve it. POLLY HICKS." So deeply moved was the kind lady by this simple epistle that she started off at once for the town indicated, though it was a journey of two hundred miles. The hospital was easily found, and Mrs Crouch was led to the bedside of a patient, whom she did not recognise as her former servant, Polly, except by the lustrous beauty of her eyes. Tho once pretty face was wasted and haggard, yet the radiance of those eyes, and the sweet smile hovering about the lips, gave the face a beauty which the lady had never seen there when it was fresh and rosy, and so many years younger. The start of recognition, the agitation and fulness of heart of the wasted girl, were too much for her. She was only able to throw her arms arouni the neck of the lady and burst into tears, and then a faint spasm passed through her slight frame, and she was laid back on the pillow, whispering the one word "'Jesus!" and so her spirit passed gently away. NEXT WETCK— » A PRESENTIMENT OF MURDER." (In Two Part3—PAKT I.) I
CARDIFF COUNTY COUNCIL.
CARDIFF COUNTY COUNCIL. A special meeting of the Cardiff Corporation was held on Monday, under the presidency of the Mayor (Councillor W. E. Vaughan). There were also present Alderman R. Cory, Aiderman Sanders, Alderman David Jones, Alderman Jacobs, Alderman Carey, Aldernmn Yorath, Alderman Daniel Lewi. Alderman Fulton, Alderman D. Edgar Jones Councillors J. II Cory, N, Kees, White, Andrews, Aug. Lewis, Crossman, Gerhold, Short, Johnston, Comley, Johns, Munn, Evans, Jenkins, Thomas, Tucker, Shackell. Brain, Trounce, W. L^wis, F. J. Heaven, Rsunsnaic, M. Morgan, and T. Morel; the Town Clerk,Mr J. L. Wheathy the Deputy Town Clerk, Mr F. C Lloyd the Borough Engineer, Mr W. Harpur the Borough Ac. countant, Mr F. R. GreenhiU and the Medical Officer of Health, Dr Walford. The subject of a tender for the supply of about 400 wrought-iron tree guards being let to a trades- man outside tho borough, whose tender was the lowest, was brought up by Councillor Andrews, who thought that in these times of commercial depression such work as this ought to be kipi in the town. — Alderman Daniel Lewis safd the work, if let to local people, would not be done in the town, but would still be imported.—The Major declared that the rate- payers of C.irdiff had been taxed to the extent uf hundreds of pounds in keeping contracts to the town, aifd only to benefit tile contractors them- selves.—Councillor Jenkins suggested that the tender in question be left to local tradespeople, providing that fair wages were guaranteed and an amendment to this effect was submitted by Councillor Jenkins, seconded by Councillor Trounce, but it was rejected, the Council deciding to let the contract to the lowest tender. Alderman Carey spoke in advocacy of the adoption of tno. Artizans's Dwel- lings Act in Cardiff, and asked that the Health Committee should report to the Council on the subject.—Dr Walford (Medical Officer of Health) said the question had been considered by the committee, who did not deem it advisable to recommend the Oauncil to adopt the clauses in the Act which empowered the construction of dwellings for the poor.—Aid. Carey remarked that rentals in Cardiif were very high.—Councillor Thomas said other towns which had adopted the Act were very sorry they ha.d done so. :It placed too much power in the hands of the landlords.—Councillor F. J. Boavan Let the committee report, and all that would come out.— Aid. Carey That is what I want. In tho city of Dublin the Act has proved a great boon, and a big success. That 1 can speak to from personal knowledcfiv—Aid. Jacobs (chairman of committee) said the whole matter had been discussed in com- mittee, and it was felt that there was no town in the United Kingdom which was better provided with artizans' dwellings than Cardiff.-On the motion cf Councillor Jenkins, seconded by Councillor F. J. lieavun, ii was resolved to in- struct the Health Committee to submit a report on the Act. CouncillorMorganMorgan submitted a resolution which expressed regret tbat nQ piovisiou what- ever has been made in the elementary schools at Cardiff for the "pecial instruction of the deaf and dumb children (of whom there are a considerable number); and hereby instructs the Town Clerk to respectfully call the atcention or the School Board for Cardiff to the necessity of immediately providing necessary facilities for the education of such unfortunate children." Although fully empowered by the legislature to make proper provision for the training and tuition of tho deaf and dumb children, the Cardiff School Board, he remarked, had not deemed itadvisabletoactinthatdirection. Tho great body of ratepayers was called upon to contribute to the cost of elementary education; and there was no reason why provision should not be made by the School Board for the education of those unfortunate children who were weighed down with the enormous disadvantage of being deaf and dumb. In Cardiff there were now between 50 and 60 adult mutes. When they had been trained, their social circum- stances were above those of the average industrious worker in possessioi\of all his faculties; but it was obvious that without instruction and discipline, they could not take a rational interest in anything useful. They were terribly handicapped, and were liable to become the slaves of their passions and drift into helpless imbecility and insanity. There were 25 deaf and dumb children in Cardiff of school age, for whom m; proper educational facilities were afforded by the School Board. In this matter the Cardiff School Board was behind other Boards in the country. Leicester took up the question eight years ago. with results that lthe clerk to the school board of that town declared to be beyond their most sanguine expec- tations.—Councillor Shackell seconded the motion of Councillor Morgan Morgan.— Councillor F. J. Beavan thought it would be of very little use goiny to the School Board to ask them to provide special facilities for the edu- cation of deaf and dumb children, if mean3 were not devised for their maintenance also. Council- lor Gerhold supported the motion which met with the approval of Alderman R. Cory,and was unani- mously adopted.
POLITiCAL ACTIVITY AT NEWPORT.
POLITiCAL ACTIVITY AT NEWPORT. At the last meeting of the executive of tha' Newport Liberal Association it was decided that teps be taken to enlarge and impro/e the existing accommodation in Hiil-street, so as to bring the headquarters of the Association into line with modern requirements, or, failing that, to obtain a central site elsewhere with tho intention ot erecting a building adapted to the present and probable wants of the Association. Such an institution is much needed by the Liberal party of the Monmouth Boroughs. They would also be able the better to afford hopitality to the South Monmouthshire Liberals, who are and have been in the habit of holding thfir meetings at the Hill-street rooms. The Conservatives of Newport are also taking measures to provide themselves with suitable head-quarters, the Savings Bank Chambers, jn which they have hitherto crowded themselves, being inefficient for the purpose. Their idea is stated to be to float a limited liability company, and erect a hall, secretary's offices, call room reading-room, &c. The Liberal scheme is very much the same in these details. It is also rumoured that notwithstanding his recent bad "throw" at the hands of the electorate Sir George Elliot, Bart., intends to fight again. Hence he is anxious to keep in good odour with the constituency. The hon. baronet has started, or is on the eve of starting, to winter at Madeira and Egypt,
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Tare editor of the Medical Anmutl after acare- ful examination of Cadbury's Cocoa, pronounces it to he both a food and a beverage of the highest quality 1414 WEDDING, KEEPER, AND ENGAGEMENT RINGS.— -ilreat.Varietv at Tainsb JBros..J5..Hieh=3tifiet. CardifL-
Sympathy and Fat.
Sympathy and Fat. The man had most certainly got to that period when his friends—when even his wife—would stop calling him stout and openly call him fat. That is what he was—fat. Some people say—yes, they even write and have 1 printed the assertion that a fat man in" affiiction cannot awaken sympathy. They affirm that sorrow, sadness, melancholia, are not pathetic when combined with fat, not ever. This cannot be so, for as soon as I discovered that the man I speak of was in trouble I had a distinct feeling of sympathy for him. It was at Buffalo, New York, on Thanksgiving Day, 1891. that I first saw this man; and, if further details are necessary, it was half-past ten in the morning, and he was coming out of the hotel dining-room with a toothpick in his mouth. I noticed him particularly because of his girth and general appearance of roundness, and because of the air of placid comfort and self- satisfaction which he carried not only in his face but in his very trot. He threw away the toothpick, took a cigar from his vest pocket, leisurely cut off its end and sat down in a big armchair by the window, the very picture of contented happiness, and began to read. Something else took my attention at this mo- ment, and when I again looked at the fat man I was surprised to see him gazing blankly into space, the open newspaper lying on the flocr, the cigar dead in his hand, his whole aspect like that of one who has received a sudden blow. Bad news," I said to myself the death of a friend the failure cf a business ccncem which means disaster to him—something serious." Did I think of his fatness, then ? I felt for him a sympathy as true and as deep as it could have been bad he weighed seventy-five pounds less. I took my dinner at a very early hour that day, altogether too early for a thanksgiving dinner but I was obliged to leave town on the 1.30 train, so I had no choice. However, I had eaten a very early breakfast, and a light one, and I had taken a brisk walk in the frosty air, so that I felt able to do ample justice to the dinner which the liberal hotel man had prepared for his Thanks- giving Day guests. At the risk of seeming abruptly discursive here, I am going to set down a literal copy of the bill of fare which was placed before me — Blue Points, Half Shell, Green Turtle, aux Quenelles, Consomme, Imp^ratrice, Oyster Patties, a la Bechamel, Pilet de Sole, h JII. Dieppoise, Pommes Duchesses, Ten- derloin of Beef. à la Ricnelieu, Green Peas, Fried Parsnips, Quail, Broiled sur Canape, au Cresson, Cutlets <>f Chicken, k la St Cloud, Saddle of Hare, PiqinS, & la Chasseur, Beignet Sovjfle, a l'Orange, Fried Sweet Potatoes, Steioed Tomatoes, Punch, Maraschino, Prime liibs of Beef, au Jus, Young Pig, Apple Sauce, Turkey, Chestnut Dressing, Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, String Beans, Stewed Oyster Plant, Mallard Duck, Currant Jelly, Partridge, English Bread Sauce, Olives, Sweet Pickles, Mayonnaise of Lobster, Chicken Salad, Pickled Beets, GalantÚwof Capon, Pate @ Fotes Gras, Sardines, Green Apple Pic, Home-made Mince Pic, Custard Pie, Fig Pudding, Brandy Sauce, Pound Cake, Lady Kisses, Orange Layer Cake, Vanilla Ice Cream, Crackers, Edam, American and Roquefort Cheese, Fntit, Tea and Coffee. I had got as far as the third course when;r saw the head waiter coming toward my table with the dejected fat man following slowly after. The man was placed next to me. He picked up the menu card, and gazed at it absently for a few moments, while the waiter stood with bent head to take his order. H« laid the card down. "I'm not hungry," he said wearily; "just bring me a little consommy and-" he looked at tiie card again—" and cup of tea; that's all." He turned to me. It's torture said he. What is it, my friend ?" I said, in a voice which must have expressed some of the yearning sympathy I felt for him at that moment. Why, I've been away up in Canada for the past ten days," he said, travelling night and day, and I've had no newspapers, no letters, nothing. Yesterday my train was delayed, and I got in here half-past nine this morning. I hadn't had a thing to eat since yesterday afternoon, and the first thing I did alter I got cleaned up was to lay in a breakfast of sausage, corned beef hash, fried eggs, buckwheat cakes and coffee till I couldn't breathe. Then I went out and got a new.^piper, and saw 'twas Thanksgiving Day. Now, look at me. I've got to go away on this 1.30 train, and here I am chock full o' sausage and hash, and payin' for quail and young pig and patty de foy grass that I couldn't eat if I was to die. Gad I've been thinking of it all the morn- ing. It's spoiled my day that's just what it's done!" He became gloomy again, and I remained silent. My sympathy stopped then and there. When a man with a great stomach full of solid, honest food acts and talks as that man did, he isn't worth bothering with. especially if you are right m the middle of a high old dinner and your time is limited. His First Roundup, I'll never forget my first roundup," said an old cattle man as we all "swapped lies" one night around the camp fire on a deer hunt in the Indian Territory. "It was out on the Wichitas, which was then the stamping ground of the frontier stockmen. That WíVi 'long in the spring of six-tee-five, I reckon. I know I wns nuthin' but a kid. somewhar 'bout nineteen or twenty." Wo saw that Uncle Jim was tuned for one of his good old rambling yarns, and settled ourselves to listen, while Uncle Jim passed 'round the flask and the tobacco bag. Yes," he went on ruminatingly, as he knocked the ashes out of his pipe on the heel 3f his boot and refilled it from the bag "I reckon I wus a mighty green kid in them days." That wus before the days uv roundup outfits, tents, blue wagons, cookin' stoves au' canned goods an' sich highfalutin fixin's. Tho boss uv every herd furnished three or four pack mules, aecordin' to the number uv his hands, on which wua packed their supply uv blankets, bacon, flour an' corn meal, sugar an' coffee, an' raw onions. With these wus the fryin' pans, coffee pot, ten, kittle, tin cups, an' a big wooden tray to make up biscuits an' flapjacks in. The boys all furnished their own outfit, horse, saddle, bridle, blanket, rope and so forth, an' off we put to the Wichitas on short notice, every fellow's eye skinned for mavericks. Oh, them wus great ole times But I started out to tell about my first round- up, didn't I ? Well, I was to keep camp the next day. Keepin' camp meant stayin' behind with the packs an' things, scarin' the coyotes offnthegmb, hobbliu' out an' w&terin' the mules an' extray ponies, an', above all, havin' supper realy fur the boys when they got in at night, fur cooks, mind you, didn't come tell the blue wagons an' cookin' 8toves did. Each feller took his turn at keepin' camp, but mos' 'ginrally ef thar wus a greener in the gang he wus 'pinted by silent acclimation, as it wus. Well, I done confessed I wus n greener, an' I knowed the sooner I took my medicine the sooner I'd get well. So I raised no objections when the boss tole me he reckoned I'd better keep camp that ddv. I loafed 'round mos' uv the raornin' washin' up the breakfas' dishes, puttin' the boys' blankets out to sun, an' about noon I rounded up the mules an ext-rys, an' watered 'em, driving 'em to the creek about half a mile away down in tho spurs uv the mountains. Then I amused myself shooting prairie dogs tell 'long 'bout three in the evenin', when I concluded I'd better be hustlin' up some grab fur the boys by the time they got in. I built me up a big fire- wood was mighty scace—notlffn' but mesquite brush drifted up in the gullies, but thar was plenty uv buffalo chips, an' they make a hot fire ef you know how to kindle em. I had a good flint an' some spunk which I always carried handy in my boot laig. When I got my fire agom' I begun to investigate the packs an' found a lot uv dried apples—not these new fashioned ring-a- round-a-rosy steam dried ones, but the old- fashioned brown sticky ones, cut in good-sixed chunks, core an' all, an' the bes' fillin' fur pies, with a good sprinkiin' uv cinnymon and sugar house molasses—but that ain't neither here nor there. "Well, I concluded I'd bile some apples fur the boys' supper. I got out a bucket full an' washed em nice an' clean, an' all tho time I was washin' 'em one uv the ole mules, named .J. G. Stanley Grimes—I'll never forget that poor ole mule's names, though the Lord knows it wus uncommon enough to remember—wus nosin' eround tryin' his best to git his lip on them apples. But I kep' him off, and purty soon had the apples in the biggest kittle we had. Then I went off an' laid down on some uv the blankets to take a little nap. I hadn t got more'n half asleep, Lowsomedever, when I wuz awoke by the frizzlin' uv fire an' water, an' the smell uv burnt apples. How them apples had swelled. There seemed like there wus moro in the fire than I had put in the kittle, but the kittle wus still runnin* over full. I got another kittle, a smaller one, an' dipped about a third of the apples out uv the big one into it. Then I went back to finish my nap. But I had to git up again. The big kittle an' the little one was both bilin' over, and ole J. G. Stanley Grimes cavortin' eround an' tryin' to git close enough to eat split ones. Well, gentlemen, that wus the beginnin' uv my troubles. I've seed a heap of queer things, but the way them apples increased an' multiplied an' replenished the yearth beat anything I ever wus witness to. You'd a-thought thar wus holes in the bottom uv them kittles an' a volcano spoutin' dried apples under 'em. In less than a hour I had every pot, pan, kittle, fryin'-pan and bucket in the shebang full uv dried apples an' them still a swellin'. By this time the lire wus red hot, an' you'd took me for a Comanche danoin' his war dance, the way I jumped an' straddled over them coals dishin' out apples. Ole J. G. Stanley Grimes was right after me, hobbles an' all. Between times I managed to put the coffee to hilin' an' make up the dough fur the boys' biscuits. I didn't take note uv time, but I saw the sun sinkin' lower an' lower back uv the spurs, an' I tell you I wus wishin' fur the boys, fur I needed help with them durned apples, an'I needed it bad. When they did come my nose wus blistered, my front hair wus singed off clean to the roots, an' my boots an' britches all covered with ashes, but the apples wus still a-swellin'. Maybe the boys didn't kid me They called me Cassybianker an' Apple Dumplin'. but I didn't resent it. I crawled off to the creek an' got in an* cooled off. Now comes the strangest part uv the story. Uv course we couldn't eat half uv them apples, though sugar they wus powerful fine, fur I had put in plenty uv nice brown as they cooked. What we couldn't eat we heaped up in a pile 'near the fire, intendin' to scoop off the top an' make pies out uv 'em the next day, an' what do you think that darned ole mule didn't do but ero thar in the night an' eat such a bait uv them apples thatJjs jaormn. t'
THE EISTEDDFOD. --
THE EISTEDDFOD. Mr Lewis Morris on its Reform. Mr Lewis Morris, the distinguished poet, contributes to the current issue of the North Wales Observer and Express a suggestive letter on the reform of the Eisteddfod. The letter is one of the many ehcitedby the editor of the Gencdl in rcsponso to an invitation to loading eistedd-1 fodwyr to indicate in what direction the Eisteddfod could bo reformed. Mr Lewis Morris writes:— As titular chairman of the Natioual Eistedd- fod, I have thought it my duty to attend at many, indeed most of the National Eisteddfodau of the last ten or twelve years; and, while I yield to none in Welsh sympathies, I may be con- sidered alsotopcssess some of the advantagesofan outsider. Briefly, then, I would counsel a reform in the frequency of these festivals. I remember well that the trouble against which we had to fight, when the National Eisteddfod Association was reconstituted, was that of the largo number of sporadic Eisteddfodau held all over the Principality, with no proper sanction or organisa- tion. Nothiner could be more mischievous than the effect of these gatherings upon the public taste. Unquestionably any diminution in their number was an advantage, and the loyal co- operation of the Bards made it possible to arrange for one National Eisteddfod a year held in North and South Wales alternately, with the result that unauthorised meetings which had usurped that title were made for the most part impossible, and have now died out. But the very success ot the National meetings, the enormous attendances within the last few years at Swansea and Brecon, Wrexham and Rhyl,—immense crowds of people assembling for four days together to listen to a great deal of music and a very little impromptu poetry, make one doubt whether it is wholesome that this immense excitement should recur at such frequent intervals. The Eisteddfodwyr becomes a special type, not, perhaps, of the highest char- acter, and likely to add little to the credit of Wales. Man cannot live by music alone, nor indeed by the composition of verse in elaborate artificial metres. These things are a relaxation and not for the mass of mankind, the real leaven of life. "I think the educational influence of the Eisteddfod must only be indirect, and the tendency in this direction will be more and more marked, now that Wales is, or shortly will be in full possession of a thorough system of National education from the primary school to the college, and, a little later on. to the University. The educational side of the Eisteddfod must always be too casual and spasmodic to come into competition with a well organised system like that which Wales enjoys in great part at this moment. Therefore, I would recommend that the National Eisteddfodau should be held at intervals of two years instead of one year, a time long enough for the prepara- tion of good work both in music and in letters, while it would put an end to the unwholesome ex- citement, the literary and music hurry and bustle, which at present occupies the country, and serves, as I think, to divert the minds of the people from the objects which should have the first place in their regard. I mean the systematic and sus- tained pursuit of knowledge. Whatever happens, I do hope that the Cym- mrodorion or Social Science Section of the Eis- teddfod, due to the sagacious wisdom of my dear friend, the lato Sir Hugh Owen, will be maintained and developed. There is nothing which is more wanted in Wales, where we have been, in the past, so deplorably narrow and sec- tarian, than a common meeting-place, where we may enjoy the best educational influence which comes of free discussion and debate. There can be no doubt in the mind of any one who has had any experience of Eisteddfodau that it is the musical, and especially the great choral, competitions which attract the myriads of working men and women who in ever in- creasing numbers attend the National Eistedd- fod meetings. These are apparently growing in interest and importance; for the last few years they have reduced the atten- dance on the great Chair Day with its quaint ceremonies to a lower level than formerly, while the Choral Competitions are conducted before a tumultuous attendance, and amid frantic demon- strations of interest and excitement, which to a Saxon must seem to have something unreal and factitious about them. I sympathise strongly with my countrymen in their devotion to an innocent and elevating art. But not very Jong ago. 1t was the dreadful fate of those who attended these meetings to hear the same piano- forte piece or the same song sung over very likely a dozen tunes by emulous young people, until at last one hearers longing for annihilation greatly exceeded that of an orthodox Buddhist. Much has been done to make these competitions less wearisome, but much remains. At the Swansea Eisteddfod of last year there were, I think at least five or six great competing choirs, er™» of which sang, at least two ?ong, difficult, and uninteresting compositions, selected no doubt for this difficulty rather than for any other reason. I do not think that the num- ber of choirs allowed to compete in the pavilion snould ever be more than three, and the same remark will apply to all musical competitions. I doubt, too, whether literary adjudications 3houlcI not be confined within the narrowest possible limits. As it is they are too often very lengthy and necessarily unintelligible to all, except the competitors themselves, even if, as is not always the case, they. happen to be present. There is another reform which would save time. The speech of the president should be as short as Sir Watkift's at the-Denbigh Eisteddfod Some seven or eight years ago. The Eisteddfod is not the place for speeches. The modern pavilion is far too large for any orator of less power than Mc Gladstone, and it is too much to ask of Welsh people who have come to hear music to listen to a long and rambling oration tho best part of an hour long, and generally in a foreign language. Each president should be restricted to five minutes strictly, and speeches at thu Eisteddfod concerts should be absolutely forbidden. With these reforms it might be po ^ble to compress the Eisteddfod within three days. The fourth day is a very modern and mischievous innovation."
---"---LIGHTING^ OF PENARTH…
LIGHTING^ OF PENARTH BY ELECTRICITY. A special meeting of the Penarfch Local Board was held on Monday eveniug, Sir G. Pile in the chair. The other members present were Messrs T. Lewis, W. B. Shepherd, D. Bevan, and D. Morgan, with Mr J. W. Morris (clerk), and Mr J. Court (surveyor).—The Clerk, at the outset, explained he had been in communication with th- authorities of several towns seeking informa- tion rc the expense, &c., ot lighting the town with electricity. lie, unfortunately, only re- ceived replies that morning from Bath (enclosing a Board of Trade Licensing Book), Taunton, and Beaumaris.—Councillor Shepherd said, considering the rapid strides made in this branch of lighting he thought it would be better if the Board would not commit itself to any individual company at present, but leave the matter in abeyance, for the Board in tho mean- time to consider whether it would be advisable for them to adopt the principle themselves.— The Clerk suggested that the matter be deferred for the present until he had had an opportunity to consider the provisions laid down in the Board of Trade Licensing Book. — Mr T. Lewis agreed with the remarks passed by Mr Shepherd and Mr Bevan moved, and it was carried, that a committee of three members bo appointed to go into the whole scheme, remark- ing that it would be more sensible and business- like.—On the motion of Mr Lewis, seconded bv Mr Bevan, it was agreed tq appoint the chairman, Messrs B. D. Bevan, J. Court (surveyor), and J. Llewellyn, a committee to meet those persons who are out of employment in the town, c-n Saturday, at 3 o'clock, at the Board-room, and to engage them for what work the Board have on hand.
SWANSEA AND THE CANADIAN TRADE.
SWANSEA AND THE CANADIAN TRADE. Action of Sir John Jenkins, While in London last week Sir JohnJMiea Jenkins, as chairman of the Swansea Harbour Trust, waited on Sir Charles Tupper, the Cana- dian High Commissioner in London, in order to point out to him the advantages Swansea pos- sesses over other ports as a place of arrival and departure of steamers for Canada and the United States. Though, Sir John pointed out, Swansea is a little further off than Milford, it has the advantage of being a mining and an industrial centre whose adaptability for the American trade has already been proved by the shipments, which have so enormously increased during the past eleven years to the States. Ho explained to the High Commissioner the proposed dock extension, and the great adaptability of the bay for deep water docks. Sir Charles informed Sir John that Swansea is not unknown to him, and that he had been favourably impressed with the information which had been submitted to him. He therefore asked for a written detailed statement of the accommodation which the local authorities would be likely to offer such a line of steamers as his Government proposed establishing. Sir John promised to consult his colleagues on the Trust, so as to supply this information with as little delay as possible.
THROUGH TRAINS FROM BARRY…
THROUGH TRAINS FROM BARRY TO PONTYPRIDD. On Friday steps were taken by the engineers of the Barry Railway Company for the purpose of selecting suitable sites for the establishment of railway stations along the route of the. main line from Barry to Pontypridd in order to bring about a through passenger service of trains to and from these important districts. Special repre- sentatives from the engineer's offices were engaged in surveying and staking out, especially a 7,portion of land lying between Pwllgwaun and Pontypridd, for a site thereat, and we are authoritatively informed that immediate action will be taken (as the result evidently of the influential deputation which recently waited upon tho Barry Board of Directors) for the supplying of this great and daily-increasing want, which will benefit, commercially and otherwise, the future prosperity cf the important districts of Khondda Talley and Barry.
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CARDIFF DISTRICT TEACHERS'…
CARDIFF DISTRICT TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. THE RECENT ASSAULT CASE. Threatened Action againstthe Stipendiary At a largo and representative meeting of teachers, held at the Higher Grade School, on Saturday last, Mr W m. Greig, Severn-road Board School, in the chair, the recent assault case, and the remarks of the Cardiff Stipendiary im- pugning the honour of Mr Bramwell came up for consideration. Mr BBAMWELL, being called upon for informa- tion with regard to the case, in the course of his remarks stated that in the light of his full ac- quaintance with the whole matter from beginning to end, he had no hesitation in affirming that Mr Brown, the assistant, was perfectly innocent of the charge on which he was convicted Mr Brown had been found guilty of having struck a boy on the head with bis clenched fist three blows, severe enough to cause concussion of the brain, and yet which, by the boy's own state- ment, had left no exterior mark whatever. Furthermore, the blows bad been given actually for no reason whatever. The thing was pre- posterous, so was the idea that such an occjirrence could take place in a class-room containing 60 boys without a single boy having seen it. Mr Bramwell afterwards referred particularly to the paperwhich was handed into court by the girl, and which evidently influenced the Stipendiary to the inference that an attempt had been made to tamper with the witnessesl He remarked that he had never in his life either seen or even heard of the three ladies befere they appeared at the school on the Monday bringing the information that the girl, who was the only witness for the prosecution, had on the pre- vious evening voluntarily confessed to .her father that the evidence she,had given was false. Had there been anything in the nature of tamper ing in connection with the girl's retractation ? Mr Bramwell mentioned that it was absurd to suppose he would have done anything, not absolutely necessary, to bring the father into the case. The piobability would have been that bad he done anything at aU, it would have been in the direc- tion of keeping the father clear of the case, altogether; whereas, the letter was clearly intended the other way, and had absolutely nothing to do with any question of fact before the court. It simply dealt with a question of sentiment, and contained no matter on which an oath would have been necessary in oourt. With regard to the statement of tho boy Horwood, that Mr Brown bad asked the class if any of them had seen him strike the boy Marks in any way whatever, and that several boys bad put up their hands, the Stipendiary evi. dently assumed that, because Horwood could not givethe names of those particular boys, an attempt was being made to suppress their evidence, whereas the fact was that of the eleven boys who had put up their hands, no less than seven were at tbat moment outside the court waiting to be called. This was the point at which the Stipen- diary clo-ed the case. Had an opportunity been given of calling those witnesses,* it would have been shown that the incident to which they referred was an occurrence entirely different in time and place, and totally different in character to anything alleged by Mark: After a discussion, m which the conduct of the Stipendiary in the case was severely criticised, the meeting unanimously passed the following resolutions:— That in the opinion of this meeting, the verdict in the case Marks v. Brown was unjustified by the evidence. 1 hat au appeal bo made to tlic Executive of the National Union of Teachers, asking that the law officers Oi the Union consider Mis advisability of insti- tutins proceedings against the Cardiff Stipendiary, on behalf of Mr Bramwell, for defamation of character. Considerable amusement was caused by the reference of the Stipendiary, in giving judgment, to the "powerful and athletic" defendant, who turns out to be 5 feet 3 inches in height, 8% stone in weight, and 34 incites in chest measurement. The members present decided to show their sym- pathy with Mr Brown by defraying his expenses, and expressed their regret that he had not been long enough a member of the National Union of Teachers to enable it, consistently with its rules, to appeal against the decision of the Stipendiary! imr --i mil >ibij■ >■! I.I i_
SHOCKING CRUELTY AT COGAN.
SHOCKING CRUELTY AT COGAN. Before the magistrates sitting at Penarth police- court on Monday, Mary Frost and Alfred \Vebb (brother and si&ter) were charged with withholding food from a horse, and working it in an uufit condition on the 26th inst.—P.S. John Sansom, in proving the case, said lie saw the tr,ale defendant in charge of an old grey mare attached to an old trap, on the highway between Cogan and Penarth. He saw th'? horse stop several times, and the defendant pulling it along by the halter. He (witness) walked with the horse for a few yards, when it stopped again. He asked the boy where he had been that day, and he replied he had been to Gr'angetcwn for a few cases of liops. He asked him what time he left Caidill, and ho replied a quarter to seven," consequently it had taken an hour and a half to go trom Graugeiown to Cogan. Upon examination he found the liorso in a most iiithy I condition, very weak, blind, and old. He detached tho horse from tho trap, and the animal appeared to be exhausted and ate a quantity of paper that was on the road closo by. The animal, in his opinion, was in a starving condi- tion. He requested the bey to take the horse home, and the same evening he saw Mrs Frost. He inquired the reason she sent tht-horse cut in that condition, and she replied she was obliged to do something:, as there was no money in the house. She only had 2d in the house to buy food for Sunday, and she received parish relief. Sbo also said, H You know where my husband is, and I have got no money" to buy food for the children, leave alone s the horse." On the following Mouday he visited the stable in company of Inspector Lockwood, R.S.P.C.A., and found the horse very weak. There was no food in the manner or in the stable,^and no bedding. He went and pur- chased some oats, which the horse ate ravenously. Inspector Loekwood said he found the horse in a most emaciated condition, and looking more like a skeleton than anything else. He discovered that the bottom of the mauger had been eaten away, and the other part looked as if it had been cleaned out. The muscles had gone com- pletely,—The Bench .considered no blame could be attached to the lad, and dismissed the case- against him, but lined the female defendant 20s and costs as an alternative 14 days' hard labour.
SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT…
SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT AT MERTHYR. Critical Condition of the Injured Man. William Rees and John Davies, colliers, resid- ing in the Brecon-road district, Merthvr, werrcl on Monday charged at the Mertbyr police-court— bc-fore Mr Walter Smyth and Dr Dyke—with doing grievous bodily harm to Timothy Dunovan, on the 29th November. Prpsecutor was unable to appear.—Police-sergeant Thorney said about half-past twelve o'clock that morning he arrested the two prisoners at their houses, and brought them to the station, where he charged them with doing srrievous bodily harm to Timothy Donovau, on the 29th November last, by kicking him about the body. Rees said I was fighting with him outsido the Duffryn, and wo fell against the ashbins on our sides, but as for kicking him, I didn't. I was drunk, and John Davies took mo home." Davies said I was there; I came out of the public the same time as Kees and Donovan, but I did not touch Donovan." Witness saw Donovan on the previous night, and found be was unable, in consequence of his injuries, to attend the court.—Superintendent Thornev said from statements by the doctor it appeared the injured man was in a critical con- dition, and it would be necessary for him to bo taken to the hospital. He therefore asked for a remand, which was granted, until Saturday week. Prisoners were admitted to bail, Mr Frank Young, Duffryn Inn, and Mr W. Lewis, Tabernacle-court, becoming sureties in their behalf.
RUIN AND SUICIDE.
RUIN AND SUICIDE. An inquest was held at Belper on Monday on the body of Thomas Richards Darry, late manager of Crompton and Evans's branch bank at Belper. It appeared from the evidence that Darry had lately been speculating on the London Stock Exchange, and the fact having come to the know- ledge of the directors of the bank, ho was dis- missed last Friday. D«ceased had made himself liable for the sum of £18.000, part of which was dm to be paid next Thursday, and this fact, coupled with his dismissal, so preyad upon hia mind that he cut his throat. Verdict, Suicide whilst temporarily insane."
GLAMORGANSHIRE HOUNDS.
GLAMORGANSHIRE HOUNDS. On Monday these hounds met at Dimlarads, the residence of Lady Wyatt. No doubt the bad state of the weather was the cause of the small gathering and the absence of the usual fre- quenters. Amongst those present were Mr R. T. Bassett (master), Captain Tristram (Cardiff), Messrs Ranale (Bridgend), G. Homfray (Penllvn Castle), Williams (Southerndown), W. Thomas, Ed. John, D. D. Johns, J. Thomas (Bovorton), J. Thomas (Cowbridge), D. J. Evans, D. Jenkins, W. Thomas (Sutton), John (Caercady), etc. A. move was at once made for Tresilian, thence-to Colhugh and the Ham, which all showed blank. Thenco a move was made for Eglwysbrewis, where reynard was at home, but after running to Castletou, was lost. At Treguff another fox was started, but this was also lost. Scent was good, but the ground was abominable.
EXCITING SCENE AT A FIRE.…
EXCITING SCENE AT A FIRE. Considerable-damage was done by a fire which broke out on Monday afternoon on the premises -of Robert Munro and Co., waterproof manufac- turers, Bishop-street, Anderton, Glasgow, and in connection with which a serious panic was nar- rowly averted among the thousand children in an adjoining public school. When the llames first sbot forth from the manufactory the lObotarsdn Standard II. noticed the glare, and, becoming alarmed, made a rush to the door. The teachers, however, quickly stopped the stampede, collected the boys and "girls together, calmed their feam, and inarched them out in single file, the school* house s being cleared in a few minutes.
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT CARDIFF.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT CARDIFF. The Swearing of Affidavits. In the Cardiff County Court on Saturday an extraordinary incident oocurred. His Honour Judcre Owen, who presided, called before him a travelling draper named A. Brown,and, addressing; him said :—Complaint has been made to me on behalf of some people living in the district of the Newport county-court, that summonses have been taken and issued by you from this court upon an allegation which was necessary and upon which you obtained the Registrars order for service out of the jurisdiction of the Cardiff court on the, ground that the cause of action arose in the Cardiff district, and I air. also told that those casea were withdrawn by you the day before the summonses war-* returnable to be heard at this court. It appears that all those affidayits upon which you obtained the order of the Registrar were made by James Gil more, in your employ. Is that the fact 1 Mr Brown: Yes. His Honour: Is Gilmore here! Mr Brown: 1: e*. His Honour: Where is he ? Gilmore, who is a youner man, appeared at the table- His Hopour remarked. "Oh, you're the man I had here the other day." Continuing, and stili addressing Gilmore, be said: — You made those affidavits that the cause of action, in which cue Mrs Peacock was to be sued, arose solely, or some material part arose, in the County court at Cardiff, and you further said you were a person in tho employment of Andrew Brown, that the facts were within your own know- ledge, and that you were duly authorised by Andrew Brown to make those affidavits. How long have you been in Brown's employment ? Gilmore: About ten months. His Honour Now what did you know about where the cause of the county-court action arose ? Take Mrs Peacock's case. Mrs Peacock has made an affidavit that this action is brought to recover the price of drapery goods. What did you know about this when you made the affidavit or series of affidavits ? Did you know anything ? Gilmore No, sir. His Honour Did ycu know what you were doing, and do you know what you have done ? You have committed perjury You swear here in the affidavit that it was within your knowledge that this part of the cause of action aroso at Cardiff, and you know no more about the whole thing from beginning to end than any man on the street did. Gilmore Yes. I understood that my know- ledge of the debt "was "sufficient. His Honour: Ob, sufficient Who told you to make this affidavit? Gilmore When I went to issue the summonses at the court I was told by Mr Brown to make it. His Honour What did he tell you to do ? Gilmore He told me I should require to fill up the form and make an afndavit. Hii Honour This, to my mind, is a vary serious matter. It is a most unfair thing for those people to be brought down to Cardiff, a consider- able distance, some of them living 15 or 20 miles from here, and they may have no means of bring- ing them here. Mr Bruwn May I explain in regard to this ? His Honour Well, I'll hear any explanation you may have to make. Mr George David, solicitor: Mr Brown has asked me to appear for him, but I did not like to interfere before, as you apparently wished to take him into your own hands. Mr Brown has asked me to say, with regard to those affidavits, that be deeply regrets the circumstances which have come to light. His Honour Let me tell you what occurs to me. It occurs to me that three indictable offences have been committed in thuso affidavits. First, perjury by the boy—that is clear: next, it appears to me very much like a case cf subornation of perjury by Mr Brown and thirdly, it is very much like a conspiracy to obtain process of the Court by perjury. Any explanation you can make I am willing to hear. Mr David I am not going to offer one woid of defence in regard to the wrongdoing in connec- tion with the swearing of the affidavits. Mr Brown says it istwoyearssinceliewenttctheCourtioissue summonses, and when he did go to the court thoso affidavits were not required. They have come into force in consequence of the new rules, and he didn't know— His Honour No, no, Mr David. You never can issue a summons outside the jurisdiction with- out the leave of the Registrar. The Clerk of Court (to his Honour) But under the new form. His Honour Oh, the new Torm. Mr David Ye*, under the new form. Well now, with regard to Mr Brown's knowledge and as to perjury being committed that is his explan- ation. His Honour But, Mr David, Mr Brown is a man who attends the court, and ho is just as aware of the process as you arc. Mr David It is his instruction to me in regard to it that he simply sent Gilmore down for the summons, and Gilmore having no knowledge of making affidavits that 13 how it happened. He had no knowledge whatever of Gilmore having made those statements. Mr Brown has asked me to give expression to his great regret for what has happened, and to say that in future nothing of this kind will take place. He" wiTl take those cases into his own hand and lnwcthc suimnonsts prov«.rh' issued. He trusts your Honour will think he is sincoro in his explanation and expres- sion of regret. His Honour I have considered this matter, and also considered that I have power to commit for perjury and direct a prosecution. But having regaru to the age of the boy nnd the circum- stances, 1 will look over it, and net exercise that authority but anyone else who wishesjean do it. I hope this will be the last case of the kind that will be brought before me, but in the next ono like this that is brought before me I shall So all I can to have the offenders punished. It is a very gross thing, to my mind, to obtain pro- cess of the court upon perjured statements. It is a gross hardsiiip upon those people to bring them here upon those affidavits, because they are poor peuple. I hope this will not happen again; but if it does I shall take a very serious view of it. Mr Brown and Gilmore then left the court.
THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT S…
THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT S r CLEARS. A Chemist's Assistant's Indiscretion. The adjourned coroner's inquiry into the cir- enmstanees attending the death of Thomas Lewis (29), grocer, Old Tollgate House, St. Clear's, took place at the Corvus' Inn, in that town, on Mon- day morning, before Mr Thomas Walters, Car- marthen, who intimated that the inquest had been adjourned in order that a post-mortem examination might be held. — Dr W. Lewis Hughes, of Carmarthen, deposed thut on tbe pre- vious day he made a post-mortem examination of the body of Thomas Lewis. In his opinion daath was due to acute inflammation of the kidneys (Bright's disease). Drs Valentine Jones, Wm. Harries, and Lloyd (Haverfordwest), were at the examination. The deceased was not a healthy man.—The Coroner Were any of his other organs diseased ?-—Witness Yes; he had a fat, fhib'ov heart, and a drunkard's liver.—The Coroner There was nothing suspicious about the body in aDy way ?-Witness: Nothing at all that I could see.—The Foreman: Was anything discovered to show tbat there had been any negligence on the part of the medical man ?—Witness: Certainly not. —The Coroner (to Dr Valentine Jones, St. Cleais) You were present at the post-mortem examinationV— -Dr Jones Yes.—Coroner Do you agree with what Dr Hughes has said ?—Dr Jones Well, practically yes.—-The Coroner said the great object of this inquiry had been attained, viz., a knowledge of tiie cause of this man's death. There could be no doubt of the cause of death, and the post-mortem examination bad not been made in vain. They found now the cause of death was inflammation of the kidneys. Pro- bably but for the attendance upon Dr Harries's patient of another person there would have been no necessity to hold this inquest, so that the expense and trouble they had been put to had been caused by another person, who was not a regular practitioner, attending this person. This person, who was an assistant in a chemist's shop, and not even a qualified chemist, bad passed no- examination whatever, and had not a qualification to attend a sick person, ex- cept a qualification of impudence and conceit. There was no doubt that none of them believed that youug Jenkins went to this man to do any- thing other than to try to do him good. If be had any other intention he would have been guilty of a very serious offenoe. The deceased did not live in tho middle of the country where no medical man could be had. Mr Jenkins knew St. Clear's. He knew very well if this patient had been neg- lected by Dr Harries that there was another medical man at St. Clear's j at all ovents^he could have suggested his engagement. He did not seem tc have done that, and he (the coroner) only ,hoped that this would be a lesson to him, and that he would not continue to practise in this way without undergoing the necessary examination, He supposed they would have no difficulty in bringing in a verdict. If they agreed with the remarks be bad made they could add a rider to tha vprdict that it was undesirable that men who were not qualified should in cases of this kind presume to practise as medical men.—After about five-minutea' private consultation, the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the tredicat testimony.
STABBING AFFRAY AT CARDIFf.
STABBING AFFRAY AT CARDIFf. A foreigner named Frank Mitchell (30) wa< charged at Cardiff pohce-ooart on Monday--befor# the Stipendiary and other magistrates — with .cutting and wounding Nathaniel Felkin, -a* the Golden Cross Inn, Bute-street, on Saturday evening.—Prosecutor, who is a marine* store dealer, of Cardiff, went, in company with k another man, to the pubbc-house and met the jjttaooer talking to another woman. In the course of a conversation which ensued between them, prisoner taunted Felkin with his British nationality, and the prosecutor with pardonable patriotism questioned the right of an alien's interference in such a matter. This only served'to mtensifytheireofthe prisoner, and wait- ing till theftnglishmaa was off his guard heplunged what Felkin believed to ba a dagger into bis leg. Dr Wallace, the surgeon to*heCardiff borough police force, was-called in to see the injured man, and found him suffering from a small wound, [about half an inch in length, in the left groin. [Tnsonerwas committed for trial at-the ensuing Quarter Sessions.
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ALLEGED RAILWAY ROBBERY; NEAR…
ALLEGED RAILWAY ROBBERY; NEAR CARDIFF. At LlanaaS police-court on Monday—before Cols. Page and Woods—Herbert Jones, of Radyr, was charged with stealing three bottles of beer oil the 9th inst., from a truck on a siding of the Taff Vale Railway, at Itadyr. Mr Vanderpump appeared to prosecute, and Mr J. H. Jones defended. In opening the 'I case the prosecuting sonaitor said he proposed that day to call onlv sufficient evidence to jastiiy a remand.—David 'Edwards, of 7. MuniJy<-plaoe, Cathays, deposed that from Instructions received t he went to the Penarth curve on Friday evening last at 5 30, aud'there saw a Great Western Rail- way goods truck contamiug beer, which was covered over with a tarpaulin and tied down with cord. The truck was labelled 1 Shepton Mallet to Fecodale," and on 1 examination he found in it 25nckins of ale and 20 cases of bottled beer. The consignment was transferred from the Great Western RaUway line to the Taff Vale Railway, and witness, later on, proceeded by passenger tram to Radyr, but the ¡ truck containing the beer had not then acrised. When it did come he discovecod that the cord on two of the cases of beer had been cut, and 14 bottles out of one and eight out of the otLiw extracted. He afterwards found three bottles (produced), two at the bottom of the truck and another on a cask- Witness praceeiied to Radyr si<?nal«i>QXj about 30 or 40 yards distant, and on his return observed two men getting off the wag- gon. He fpUowed them £ md asked them what they were about, but they then ran away in the opposite direction. Wrtness followed prisoner, whom he was Able to identify by the aid of the light of his lamp, and came up to him at the South signal-box at Radyr, where he found prisoner sitting down in the corner. Witness asked Jones what he was doing on the truck, but he demed having been there at all. Prisoner was about to leave the signal-box, but witness pre- vented him. He then took hold of a piece of iron, about two feet leng. and aimed a blow at witness, but missed and with the assistance of the signalman he was detained in the box. Wit- ness then went away to seek further help. and it was some time before he returned. He then found that Jones had escaped, and that four panes of glass bad been broken in the door. Enquiries were made, and at 3.15 a.n:. on ^Saturday prisoner was arrested at his residence at Radyr. There was a cut on the right hand, which appeared to have been caused by glass. Jones was then takon into custody.— This was all the evidence taken, and the accused was remanded for a week, bail being accepted.
A CARDIFF UNDERTAKER'S MISTAKE.
A CARDIFF UNDERTAKER'S MISTAKE. A special meeting cf the Cardiff Burial Board Committee was held on Monday for the purpose of further considering a complaint made by the Rev Mr Barton, curate of Canton, respecting Mr Marsh, the undertaker. Eventually a resolution was passed requesting the Town Clerk to take such steps in the matter as the case demands. In conversation with one of our representatives Mr Mars 11 explains the circumstances in this way :—He him- self took an order, a short time ago, for the burial of a mother and child. Enquiring as to the child, he was told it was a seven-months child." He thereupon concluded it was a case of pre- mature confinement, to which both mother and infant became victims, aud, as in all ca?-es of premature birth, that only one coffin and one certificate were necessary. The infant was exceedingly puny, and did not, we are told, weigh more than a newly-born child. At the funeral it transpired that thl" child had hved seven months, and had been baptised by the 1ir Barton, who officiated at the Ccu.eterv. VT hen the undertaker discovered the error he immediately caused the additional fees to be paid both to the clergyman and the cemetery officials. A burial certificate had been obtained for the x}\ unfi was in order except that \vh.ch had been done under a pure misapprehen- sion in the talcing of instructions by the under- taker.
THE PRINCESS AND THE COSTER.
THE PRINCESS AND THE COSTER. A day or two ago a costermosiger belonging to Hammersmith was driving In his donkey barrow homeward along the Barnes-road. The animal was being urged along by repeated heavy blows with a stick when a smart equipage, containing two jadies, drove up from the opposite direc- tion. One of the ladies whose attention had been directed to the coster, instructed the coachman to pull up, and nfter vainly expostulating with the I dealer in fruits and vegetables, commanded her footman to descend and take the stick from him. The footman obeyed with alacrity, and the lady thtn severely lectured tlw coster, who had become abusive, and threatened that if he did not forth- with cease his cruelty and promise to be kmd to his donkey m the future, ¡.;h3 would give hun in charge without more ado. The irate costermonger, turning to the footman, declared that he would summon him for assault and for the theft of his stick, and, addressing himself to the lady, who vowed tbat he would apply fpr a summons "against her also for aVting and abetting." Iu an insolent tone he then demanded the name and address of the woman, and the information was vouchsafed. Then came a sudden change in the countenance of the owner of the donkey, and, falling upon his knees and addressing the lady as "your 'Ighness," besought her R'jyal pardon, admitting at the same that his "Jack" had been a good old friend, and confessing that he had served him I bad," adding with a suppliant cry, "I'll never hit him again, no, so halp me taters I won't." A constable appeared upon the scene in the midst of the coster's prayer, and observing the distin- guished lady occupant of the carriage, imme- diately produced h:s pocket-book for the purpose of entering a. report. The lady, however, with a gracioussmile begged that be would allow the coster to depart, aud aiter reading him a homily on un- kindness to animals, directed the stick to be retnrned to him. The coster brokfitactoss his knee as a guarantee of good faith, and the Princess —for such is her title-after reminding him of his promise, and begging the-policeman to say nothing of the matter or make mention of her name, bade them both Good-day," and drove away in the direction of Richmond.
INSANE THROUGH DRINK.
INSANE THROUGH DRINK. W. C. Littlewood, size manufacturer, Hanley, Hudderstield, was indicted at Leedson Monday for murdering his crippled daughter, Emily, aged 15. While in the dock the prisoner frequently burst into tears The evidence showed that accused, after drinking heavily, went home and cut the child's throat, ard was only prevented by his wife's arrival from committing suicide No motive could be assigned for the crime, for the accused had been on excellent terms with his daughter, and the defence now advanced was that he was at the time temporarily insane through drink.—The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but found the prisoner was insane when be committed the act, and the judge ordered him to be confined during her Majesty's pleasure.
SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY COMPANY.
SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY COMPANY. New Line to Maesteg. The Rhoudda and Swansea Bay Railway I Company will apply to Parliament, Session 1893, for powers to construct a new railway connecting the Afan Valley to the Llynvi valjav. The proposed railway will pass ever the PencasteU and Hendre Owen estates, and jom the LlynVl Valley about 14 chains to the west of Cymmer Station, and on to the new Caerau Pits. This will very materially assist in developing tha northern portion of the Llynvi Valley. Plans and sections of the new railway havo been de- posited in the Maesteg Local Beard rooms.
NEWPORT SCHOOL BOARD.
NEWPORT SCHOOL BOARD. It is intendfildto call a special meetiug of the above Board at an early date for the purpose aw filling up the vacancy caused by the retirement of] Mr S. Swanton, who has gone to reside in Somer- 1 set. After an examination of the claima of different gentlemen, it has been determined to select for the meeting's approval the name of Mr W. M. Fuller. Within the past 12 months Mr Fuller has como to Newport to reside as tba managing director of Morris and Griffin, Limiatad, manure and phosphate mauf»cturing company. Mr Fuller has long bsen engaged in the work of education, and sat as member of several school boards at Wolverhampton, where he is wall known also as a staunch Nonconformist and Liberal. Mr Fuller comes of a good stock, hia progenitors on the male side including the famoui Andrew Fuller, the Puritan divine and author.
ANCIENT LIGHT CASE AT CAERPHILLY.
ANCIENT LIGHT CASE AT CAERPHILLY. This case camefoefore th& Chancery Hmsiorvof the High Court (Mr Justice Kekewick^ on.motion tor an injunction to restrain the defendant JVXr William Jones. a grocer and baker, from proceeding with tbe erection of a shop and house at Caerphilly, and for an order to compel him to pull down so much of tbe new buildings as obstructed the light to the windows of the plaintiff's houee.—Mr Deuce (in- struct ed by Messrs Spickett and Son$,. Ponty- pridd), appeared for plain-tiffs) and Mi? Vernco Smith, (instructed by Mr James Morgan, Cardiff), was for defendant.—The Court, without calling upon the defendants' counsel yesterday refused the application, the caste of the motion to<be paid by plaintiffs in any event.
FALL "DOWN A COAL PIT.
FALL "DOWN A COAL PIT. While engaged. at-the mouth of Ackton Ssli1 Colliery, Reuben Pease was accidentally thrown from seme planks apd precipitated to the bottom cf the shaft, 400 yards below. Portions of thevody have been recovered.
-RESIGNATtOM Of MR SflENCER…
-RESIGNATtOM Of MR SflENCER BALFOUR, M-P. The Cental News understands th&t Mr J. Spencer Baltour, & £ P., aas applied for fee Chiltern Hundreds. The seat at Burnley re thus vacated, though ypt LP.irhamant fflfjpf- f
1 WRECK OF A STEAMER.
1 WRECK OF A STEAMER. Six of the Crew Drowned; The Central News'correspondent at Rati; telegraphs The screw steamer Dikberg, of Glas- gow, 967 tons, bound from Middlesbrough to Oivita Vecehia, with pig iron, was wrecked on the Kentish Knock on Friday, seven lives being sacrificed. Six ofthft ctew were drowned; and James Anderson, the captain, died on Saturday afternoon while being conveyed with the survivors in tbeirowuboat to the Kentish Knock Lightship. The poor fellows underwest great hardships, and after rowing for six hours reached the lightship, and were well treated. On Sunday moraine they were transferred to tbe Kamsgate smack Cordelia, which arrived on Sunday night. Narrative by One of the Survivors. William Williams, of Glasgow, the chief mate, gives tbe followiq^ particulars. We left Middles- brough on Thursday rooming, at six o'clock, with a cargo of pig nxfri, for Civita Veccliia, Italy the crew nupiberiug 21., all told. Tijere was a stcpug N.N. W. bceeze, which ince«ased at night to half a gale. All went wed tiff Imdav at 12..55 in the afcecaoon, whgn the ship struck e-uidenly on the Lougsand. Every eixi* vt-ur was at once made to get her off, but she had struck very hsaviiy, and the se.-v> we«e breaking ever b.er very violently. For about two húur. con- tinued VSiuiams. ak« mada no watoc, although bumping so heavily that we could hear her stauncEons The safety-valve chest of th# boiler was b»ok«n, and fiUad tfae engine-room with steam, seriously scald ing tbe second en. gineer. It was than riposted that the water was gaining very rapidly in the engine-room, and it was impossible to get steam CD the donkey-engine to pump the ship out. The stasboat lifeboat and gear were then got in readiness, and in about ten minutes a heavy sea smashed two boats to atoms. The two port boats were then made ready. By this time the sea was washing over the ship from stem to stern, and distress signals were hoisted, blue lights burnt, and rockets sent up, but with. out avail. and about midnight the ship filled rapidly forward. Two men managed to get into tho fore rigging, the carpenteroeing washed overboard and back again, when be was saved by the boatswain. Seven ethers got to the main rigging, and another sea carried away tbe joliy- boat, and knocked three holes in the remaining lifeboat. In the morning the wind and sea i moderated, and we were able to get some food, [ but through exposure the captain had become p-iralvsod, and as the ship was breaking up fast (added Williams) we decide to patch up tbe damaged boat with tin. We left the wreck &bout ten on Saturday morning, and about two the steward reported the captaiu dead. Two men were engaged the whole time in baling tiU the lightship was reached at half-past four, where great kindness was shown us, and at about ten on Sunday the smack Cordelia took us off. The men drowned were Hans Christensen (aged 22), of Copenhagen, cook H. Anderson (21), Hull, trimmer Alfred May (24), Sweden, able seaman M. Hannell (22). a G-enran, able seet. man Carl Blum (22), Hamburg, able seaiftan j and G. E. Koslce (19), Hull, meseroom steward. Cont-inuiug bis remarks with the Central News representative, Williams acknowledged tbe kindly treatment extended to the survivors by the crew ot the Cordelia, in which they reached liamsgate at half-past six cn Sunday, being then conveyed to the Sailors' Home. We have, he said, lost all our spare clothes, but the ship'a papers were saved. In addition to the second engineer being scalded, the carpenter sustainai severe injury to his band, and both were medi- cally attended at the Sailors Home. The body of tbe cajJiain has been removed to the mortuary. pending an inquest. Capt. Anderson belonged to Glasgow, and was about 45 years of age, and married. This was his first vovage in the Dils- berg.
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AN IMPERIAL PENNY POST. Important New Departure. We (the Daily Chronicle) believe ourselves justified at length in conveying to our readers the assurance that the Government have practically decided to introduce a reform which will be bailed with enthusiasm throughout the whole Empire, and will show to their supporters that in spite of everything that has been said about one legislative problem holding the held, Mr Glad- scone and his colleagues have taken a wider view of their duties and opportunities. The assurance we speak of relates to no less a subject than an Imperial penny post. The authorities imme- diately concerned have beeu giving the project a very careful examination, and it has bsen discussed more or less formally by the members of tbe Government generally.* with the result that it may be said to be practically determined upon. We do not say that it has come up for final decision, or even that every ditiiculty and objection has been completely dis- posed of. but the principle has been so fully and freely conceded and most of the practical obstacles have proved so comparatively unimportant that we believe the establishment of a uniform penny postage throughout the length and breadth of the British Empiremay be regarded as to all intents and purposes a certainty. In the confident belief that what has thus been broadiy planned will be car- ried out to its realisation we congratulate the Government, ws congratulate Mr Arnold Morley, and especially we eongra'ttih-.te Mr Henniker Heaton. The day that sees a penny stamp franking a letter to any pare of the world where men live under the British flag will have seen the most splendid act of Imperial collectivism that has ever beeu accomplished.
' DEATH OF MR W. H. CROSS,…
DEATH OF MR W. H. CROSS, M.P. The Hon. W. H. Cross, M.P., eldest surviving son of Lord Gross and the representative in die Conservative interest cf the West Derby Division of Liverpool, died at six o'clock on Sunday even- ing. Tbe hor. member, who was 36 years of age, was attacked by typhoid fever at his London residence about 10 days ago, and his conditioa from the first gave rise to great uneasiness, but it was not until Friday that moro serious i-ymptcms appeared. Lord Cross has baen in Loudon throughout the illness of lus son. The deceased gentleman was born in 1855, and educated at Rugby and at University College, Oxford. He was called tc the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1882. In 1S80 he married Mary, daughter of the late Mr William Lewthwaite, of Broadgate, Cumberland. He was elected for the West Derby division of Liverpool in 1888 at a bye-slection. PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. 1886. 1832- Hamilton C 5,604 Cross C 4,197 Hemphill L 2, £ 44 smith L 2,925 Majority 1,360 Majority 1,H&
DEATH OF DR D.LL0YD.M0RGAN
DEATH OF DR D.LL0YD.M0RGAN We have to announce the death of Dr David Lloyd Morgan, a distinguished Naval medical ofScer. which took place on Saturday, at Rhosmaen, Llandilo. after a orief illness. Dr Morgan, who was a native of Rhosmaen, studied medicine at the London Hospital, entering the Royal Navy iu 1848, wae ni»-de successively Staff- Surgeon, Fleet-Surgeon, and Deputy-Inspector- GeneraJ, and tinplly Inspector-General 111 1877. During this time be served on the West Coast of Africa, in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, including tbe operations againt Sebas- topol, after which he was specially promoted^ and received the Crimean and Turkish medals. Dr Morgan served with the land forces ia China, and was present at the capture of Canton, Cbekaing, and the Taku Farfa^ again receiving a medal and special commendation. During the. years 1862-5 he occupied tbe post of senior medical officer of the flagship Euryaiua in Japan and China, in which capacity he distinguished himsulf, and was rewarded for hit services with special promotion, becoming succes- sively senior medical officer of the flagship Royal Alfred in the West Indies, and Deputy Inspector- General at Betpoida, Hong Kong, and Chat- ham. Before being appointed Inspwctor-General at Plymouth he wasccnated a C.B., and of recent vears he was made Pbyaiciau in Oudmary to tb* 'Queen.
DEAD IN THE CELL:
DEAD IN THE CELL: Alfred Burgess was feund dead in the .pol- cells at Westoa-super-Mare on Sunday morning. He had been found at midnight without means of subsistence, and complained of being ill. He was given warm tea and wrapped in rugs, bat 1D less than an boar h8 was a owrpse. D^&oased was most resp^osaUy caamcted, apd OIK*; held a food appoiacnifint at Becneraet House. Of late e tad led a wundering life. y—————i»
SUPPOSED DISASTER AT SEA.
SUPPOSED DISASTER AT SEA. The'08ntn.l News sayw fears are entertained in shipping circles that yet another ship with all hands has been lost in tbe terrible typhoon th«C swspt the China Seas a couple of months ago and ,in which the steamer Bokhara and the steame* Normand were lost. The Liverpool barque Stanley, a steel imp-masted vessel of 2,210 tune -gross, sailed from Philadelphia with a cargo of case oil for Hqo. She passed the Straits of Aujarand entered the China Seas on September 23. Since that date nefching further has beea heard of her. As the usual time taken for tbe voyage from Ajjjcr to Hiogo is one month, the Stanley is two months overdue, and the graveet fears are entertaieed for her safety, more especially as tiie eteamer Munoo, which sailed 08 tbe same voyage t^n weeks later, is to-day ported to have arrived at her destination.
THE OUTRAGE ON YOUNG LADIES
THE OUTRAGE ON YOUNG LADIES LeonardManktlow, charged with a shootingoot- >ag« at Chislehuret, WAS on Monday declared, at Kent Assizes, to be insane «,nd unable to plead, and was ordered to be detained during he Majesty's pleasure.
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M. Tsiae, according to tbe latest reports, seems to be in a fair way of recovery. There ia araiber strikitJg oescmptîon 01 lum In that lively but spiteful collection of gossip known as "L# Journal des Gencourt." Flaubert was giving one of his Sunday evening parties when there 'dropped in a sam. thin, rasrping sort of gentleman won a sparse beard. The expression of hie esym waacooeeaied uaderhisepeotades, but his some- wha&tolank coontenanoebeoacte animated as he -spoke, and his look grew sympathetic as be [listened to you. His speech was pleasant to bear, issuing as it did from a mouth garnished with I the long teeth of an English old maid. It wju» Taine, the incarqft&Qa m flesh Mid bieod of modara-CTJJaflaBJ."