The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS BIRTHS. GIBSON.—On June 2nd, at Glendare, Cowbridge, the wife of Sydney Gibson, of a sou. TAYr.iiHSON.—On the 3r.l June, 1833, a.t Mill View, Ely, the wife of R. George H. Taylerson, of a son. 141 WHILE.—On Jnne 2nd. at 14, Notthcoi-e-street, Cardiff, the wife of Alfred J. While, of a son, 895 MAERIAGKfe. Adams—JONES.—At the Bethany Presbyterian Church, Aberavop, on the 6th inst., bv the Rev. ,T. H., ))n.viw! (pastor), Mr Levi Adams, of Llaneily, to Miss C. M. Jones, inece oi Mr Joim Davies, contractor, Aber- avo-i. 314 JSYANS-WHITELW.-On the 8th (lav of June, at Ma.yheld Chmch, Stlinb-argli, Percy C. Evans. M.D. London, ci 53. James-street, Cardiff, eldest son of the late Anthony Evans, cf Tavistock-place, London, to Mary Allan Wliitclaw, only daughter of John Whitelaw, Est; of Moston-tarrace, Edinburgh 49r> pJULI.ii-S -t'OMHUa.—On the Isr, inst., at St.Thomas' Church, Oldham, liy the Rev. D. P. Buckle. M.A., Henry Waters Phillips, of Blaina, Mon., to Mary Jane Co?ribear, of Cwin Clydach, near Swansea. No cnnts. 919 DEATHS. CLARKE.—D;eu 4th June, 1893, at Washington Hotel, Cardiff, Percy Clarke, aged 27. DAVIES.—On Wednesday, at Greenfield Cottaae, Pen- coed, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Johu Oavies, late of Merthyr, and formerly of Ca?ltarris, Dowlais. DVTTON.—On th" 2nd June, at 219, Newport-road, John DnUon, aized 33 years. JEWELL.—June 5th, at Enfield, in her 88th year, I Sarah, widow of the late James Jewell, Esmouth, and mother of Mrs E. l-t. Moxey. 8345 I JOHN.—On the 4th inst., after a short and severe ilhiess, Mr David John, Ty Draw, Pontypridd. JONES.—Evan Jones, late White Hart, Aberdare. Favours.—On the 5th inst., at his residence, Temple- street, Swansea, i;ichard Jenkins Savours, aged 52 years. 8314 Williams.—On .Tune 5th, at Bradford-place, Penarth, years. S814 Williams.—On .Tune 5th, at Bradford-place, Penarth, vory snddenlv, Floreccc Ada (baby), youngest and beT»vciti daughter of the late Ik v. John Williams, Petersron-snper-Ely. ,.0.

A PONTYPOOL GROCER'S WILL. LONDON, Thursday.-ln the Probate Division to-day-befere Mr Justice Barnes-iurther evidenca was taken in the suit relating to the testamentary dispositions of the late Mr Robert Russell, at one time a collier, and afterwards in business as a grocer at Pontypool, who died on the 9t.h February, 1892, leaving £1.100 personalty and really producing about B100 a year. A will of the 4th February. 1892, was propounded by Mr John Mayers and Mr Thomas Mayers, two nephews, and Mrs Russell, the widow of the deceased, which was opposed by Thomas Russell, the executor under a former will.—Evidence was given to prove the execution of the will and that jilie testator was of sound mind at the time.-One of the witnesses said that when the will was re.\d over and they came to a clause providing that Mrs Russell should have the property during her life and widow- hood, Mrs Russell soid that testator need not have made that stipulation, and testator said, I don't know. That Aaron Harris may come and hang his hat up." (Laughter.) Witness had not known testator to drink but bad seen his wife give him brandy and milk out of a feeding-bottle. (Laughter.) Other evidence to show testator's capacity was given, after which evidence on behalf of the plaintiff, in opposition to the will, was called. This evidence related mainly to a will of 1881 benefitting the defendants. The- case was again adjourned.

SEAMEN'S GRIEVANCE AT BARRY DOCK. £ —— During the present week a petition baa been numerously signed amongst the seafaring class at Barry Dock protesting against a system alleged to be in force in connection with the local port, whereby crews supplied by certain boarding- masters, denominated as "crimps," and "signed on on board ships either in the dock or in the r?!r- ignoring the Mercantile Marine Ohicf, provided for such purpose by the-Govern- ment. In this way, the men allege, they are precluded from obtaining reasonable means of livelihood, with the consequence that their wives and families materially suffer. The system, the men ahege, is an illegal one, and th3 petition, as soon as completed, will be forwarded by Mr J. Harrison, local secretary of the Seamen's Union, to Mr Mundella, the President of the Board of Trade.

T ISSlG COMPANY'S IXfRACfel jL* beef SO BLUE SIGNATURE ACROSS the K-7 label. T IEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of JLl BEEF. SEE BLUE SIGNATURE ACROSS the, Kj LABEL. LIEBIG /COMPANY'S" Makes the Purest, Cheapest, and best Beef Tea^and in a om f Is thaFiriest Meat Flavouring • of stock for Soups, Sauces, Gravies, amlMade Dishes. EEF. T IEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of' fJU BEEF. SEE BLUE SIGNATURE ACROSS the LABEL. LIEBIG" COMPANY'S EXTRACT of L BEEF. SEE BLUE* SIGNATURE ACROSS .the I/ABEL. J^IEBIG L IEBIG /COMPANY'S" Keeps for any length of \_y time, and is cheaper and THXTRACT of better than any other stock. Beware of Imitations. EEF. LIEBIG COMPANY'S' EXTRACT of' BEEF. SEE BLUE SIGNATURE ACROSS the LABEL. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of BEEF. SJEE BLUE SIGNATURE ACROSS the Kj LABEL. L IEBIG COMPANY'S COOKERY BOOKS (Indispensable to Ladies) -jTivnip a rtni Sent free on application to iHj1 Liebig's Extract of Meat Company (Ltd.), OEEF. 9, Fenchurch-avenue, E.C. LIEBIG « COMPANY'S EXTRACT of BEEF. SEE BLUE SIGNATURE ACROSS the LABEL. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT ef BEBF. SEE BLUE SIGNATURE ACROSS the LABEL. 15078 176e SILK JgANNERS. Send for Free Illustrated Catalogue. SILK T>ANNEliS. X> 14991 GEORO E TUTTLL, 83, CITY-ROAD, LONDON. ROGERS' AK ALES AND PORTERS, In 4% Gallon Casks and Upwards. PALE AND MILD ALES from lOd per Gallon PORTER AND STOUTS from Is per Gallon BREWERY, BRISTOL. CARDIFF STORES WORKING-STREET. NEWPORT STORES COMMERCIAL-BUILDINGS CHEPSTOW STORES BEAUFORT-SQUARE. Applications for purchasing agencies to be made to the Brewery. 13966 2475

CO-OPERATIVE DAIRYING. ^IN Wales the practice of co-operative dairy- •; 'ing has not been general. Beyond the facfcoiy tit Carmarthen, there is not attempt of this character in South" Wales., Both in Denmark and Germany there are 3' "Targe number of these establishments. tb., many the. milk is still paid for according to measure, but this system has in many instance been superseded by that of pay- ment by weight, the latter course being considered a simpler and more exact method for all practical purposes. Over 100 dairies in Schleswig- Holstein regulate the price paid for the milk by the selling price of butter. But the question of quality is now receiving more attention in German dairies, and in fixing the price of the milk with the larger organisations. From reports of sound co- operative dairies published in 1891 it would appear that the members receive on an average from LId to 5d per gallon for their milk, and the separated milk is usually re- turned to them for feeding young stock. The quantity of milk required to produce lib. of butter ranges from, in the reports, from 251bs. to 281bs. Theaverage price obtained by the North German dairies for their butter last year was About Is per lb., but some of the superior makes fetched as much as Is 3d and Is 4d per lb. Most of the co-operative dairies fetch the milk from the members' farms once or twice a day in carts owned by the association. Theseparated milk is returned to the members by the same means. In some of the provinces the dairies have combined for the purpose of disposing of their products under the most profitable conditions, and dispensing as far as possible with the intervention of middle- men and brokers. One of the most success- ful is near Hamburg. Finding that the brokers' charges were too high, the associa- tion commenced selling their products through an agent appointed for the purpose, thus dispensing entirely with the brokers. This step has met with success, notwith- standing some opposition, the lowest quota- tion being higher than the highest quotation of the butter merchants. The separated milk is largely utilised for tne manufacture of skim milk cheese, the most popular form being a square cheese. One of the disadvantages of the rapid growth of the dairy industry in North Germany has been the creation of a class of defectively trained managers, who are willing to accept positions At ridiculous salaries. During the last two years measures have been taken to remedy this evil. Associations of dairy managers and assistants have been formed in several provinces to regulate the training of apprentices and the granting of certifi- cates of proficiency. There are nearly 500 co-operative dairies in the two provinces of Schleawig-Holstejn and Hanover. Why something of this character cannot be adopted in this country is difficult to determine. The farmers have better opportunities of combining here than there. In many districts it is impossible to get rid of the milk, and the want of uniformity in the quality of the butter tends to reduce its price. A factory which always turns out the same quality of butter or cheese is in a better position to make a bargain than the indi- vidual farmer. Moreover, if it were situated near a station it could, with its superior packing and appliances, supply the large centres of population. A farmer cannot do this, for the ice and different things required would absorb the article in the small quantities In which he could send it away. Thus he is at the mercy of the small shopkeeper, that is equally badly off in his accommodation for storing. He cannot keep a large quantity, and so merely buys from hand to mouth. The co-operative principle places advantages in the way of members of which they are sadly in need. A good market can be found wholesale which is not to be obtained retail, especially of perishable goods. Then the factory can give the largest price for the milk, and turn it into butter and cheese in the cheapest manner. Moreover, it can sell the cream which afarmer cannot do, for his mode of skimming by hand, allied by the price of jugs to put it in; would take all the profits. Foreign nations are running us very hard, and they do it by unity.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A CIRCUS. On Tuesday. a sensational incident occurred at Wuin 3 Circus, Dublin. While the perform- ance was proceeding, a young man named Mathew O N.eill jumped Trom the gallery of the circus into the arena. He then endeavoured to cut his throat with an open pen-knife, but was taken into custody. The incident caused a<good dealof consternation.

ACCIDENT AT PEUARTH DOCK. On Monday, while the-s.s. Amphitrite was lying in the basin at Penarth Dock, ready for sea, seaman, named John Green, attempted to go ashore over the bow rope for the purpose of ■ getting "another drink," when he fell into the water and was nearly drowned. Unfortunately, there was,no boat^ available, but James Hook, dock gatenian, with commendable presence of* mind and despatch obtained a long boathook, and caught him juat as he was sinking for the la&t tun*

WELSH ECHOES FROM LONDON. By our Special Correspondent. POLITICAL AND GENERAL. Wales in Parliament. Wea:re-sti11 in the grumbling stage There-is trvast amoaat. of dissatisfied talk, but no one will. bell the cat. The general feeling is that we can do Very well without the Suspensory Bill) beft wei ■ought to have a definite understanding" and 4< properly-prcpa-red Disestablishment But The 1 fetter is undoubtedly a matter for a responsibla- i Minister, but the Welsh members would do the Government and themsialves much good if they safe down with deliberate intent to thresh-out thai outlines of a Disendowing and Disestablishing J measure that will be acceptable to those who; must help us to carry aq well as to the Welsh < peoplB. So far, all Wife talk-is Very lttuoh *in the Sir) and one wouM like to see it assuming 80,1 practicalfofm. Except by way of voting against Tory amendments, there has been little for j Weteh .members to do durhig the past week. Mr j Burnie has rendered effective service to South Wales traders a» a member of tbe select com- mittee on railway rates and charges; Mr, Lloyd Morgan is preparing the way fer tho Land Com- mission's visit to Carmarthensmre; and Mr S. T. Evans was not successful in his effort to get time for the discussion of tefae Chapel Leaseholds Enfranchisement Bill, and so an important1 measure is likely to be delayed. The Disestablishment Campaign. For some time little has been heard of the work of the Disestablishment Cam- paign Committee. The appointment of the Rev. J. Machreth Rees to the secretaryship will probably infuse some more activity into its movement. The members of the finance sub-committee met on Wednesday after- noon in the Conference-room of the House of Commons. Mr Stuart Rendel presided, and the following members were present—Mr Robert Burnie, M.P., Mr Frank Edwards, M.P., Mr S. T. Evans, M.P., Mr J. Herbert Lewis, M.P., Mr A. C. Humphreys- Owen, the Rev. Aaron Davies, Mr A. H. Thomas, and the Rev. J. Machreth Rees. I hear that it was decided to prosecute more vigorously the conversion of England to Disestablishment views, and its enliglftenment on the Welsh question. It is also intended to take steps to deal systematic- ally with the vast quantity of doubtful petitions that have been so assiduously got up throughout the country against the Suspensory Bill. More Lady Politicians. Lady politicians are not satisfied with one political organisation. There Was a notable seces- sion some time ago from the Women's Liberal Federation, owing, I believe, to a dispute on the question of Women's Suffrage. The Women'* National Liberal Association, which held its meetings on Tuesday and Wednes- day, do not object to the suffrage, in fact they claim it, but they do not insist on suffrage or nothing as sjome of their sisters of the Women's Liberal Federation appear to do. They go for the Newcastle programme, and they are to all intents and purposes pure Gladetoriians. Wales,, so far, is-somewhat meagrely represented in the association. Lady Aberdare, Lady Osborne Morgan (who is also a member of the executive), Mrs Stuart Rendel, and Mrs Henry Richard are members of the general committee. Their third meeting, held on Wednesday afternoon in the conference room of the National Liberal Club was devoted to the consideration of the Welsh Suspensory Bill, which was expounded with force and lucidity by the two members for Denbigh- shire, Sir George Osbome Morgan and Mr J. Herbert Roberts. A cordial vote of thanks to the speakers appears to imply that Welsh Disestablishment wonld be a prominent plank in the programme of the Women's Liberal Asso- ciation. In the evening Lady Hayter gave a reception to the lady delegates.

THE GROUNDING OF A CARDIFF STEAMER. j The owners of the steamship Sapphire, Messrs Christie and Co.,Bute Docks, received on Tuesday a wire from the captain that she has arrived at Buenos Ay res safely, and without any apparent, damage.

A- recently PUBLISHED RKFORT ot the Histori- cal Manuscripts Commission contains a most interesting digest of the ancient records of the Corporation of Hereford, and seme references to the making and selling of beer, are worth notice. Alle," Beere," and Metheglen" (a beer made from honey) are frequently mentioned from 1513 to the end at that century. At various times, from 1513 to 1550, persons were indicted for putting hops in ale, there bdin<j a law in force against the practice. Little did the tnagtatra.teaf of that time think that in the nineteenth century one of the most paying industries in the county of • Hereford weuld be the growing of this so-called "pernicious drug," and that tlw city itself sheuld become famed for the brewing of a special beer, the "Golden Sunlight" Ale, whoso excellence and-flavour should greatly depend upon the very pjck of Herefordshire hops beipg used in its brew- ing. Brewed only by Charles Watkins and Son, the Hereford Brewery, and sold by Agents fchrougbeut the kisgd»m. 134ttl~1190 i

STARTLING DISCOVERY AT DOUGLAS. On Wednesday a startling discovery was made at Douglas, in the garden of the Rev. W. 1. Hobson, vicar of St. Barnabas's. It appears that a woman named Ellen Flynn, aged about 30, domestic servant at the Athol Hotel, was observed about, noon to be going towards the farden in questibn with a parcel under her arm. ler movements were watched, and in a few minutes she returned minus the parcel She had thrown it over a hedge some eight) feet high. A person accosted her, and asked her what the parcel contained. He did not get any satisfac- tory reply, and information was given to the pohoe, who went into the garden, and found the body of a newly-born child, about a day old, wrapped in a towel and apron, with a newspaper round it. The woman was traced to the Athol Hotel, where she was taken into custody and charged with the offence, which she admitted at once. It transpired that the child was born about three o'clock on Tuesday morning. The servant had been asking for leave, but no suspicion was aroused. The woman was in a weak condition, and was sent to the hospital. An inquest will be held to-day, but it is "doubtful whether the woman will be in a position to attend. The affair has created quite a sensation.

THRILLING STORY OF THE SEA. A most remarkable story of castaways is told Hy the captain of the mission vessel Morning Star, which picked up three persons who had been 40 > days in a boat at sea. They were a father, eou, and daughter, and were natives of Tapituea- Island, one of the Gilbert group. Originally there were four, viz., the father, two sons, and the daughter, and they went fishing off the island. The wind increased, and the boat, with its-occu- pants, was blown away from the island. Not- withstanding their strenuous efforts they wero carried further and further out to sea. They had neither food nor water, and for 40 days they .drifted about at the will, and mercy of the current. One of the sons-could not endure the hardships and died. The sufferings of the three were dreasdful, and on the fortieth day their canoe was, beached at Ocean Ishvpd. The survivors stayed on the island for several days, and were then taken" j by a vessel to the island of Annontion, where the,' homes!'g them to their,-

RECEPTION OF THE NEWS AT SWANSEA. SIR HUSSEY'S NEW TITLE. The official notification of the fact that Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart., M.P., has had conferred on him a peerage with the title of Lord Swansea reached Swansea on Friday night. The intimation was read with much mte/est by large numbers of people. Members of both parties ex- pressed their appreciation at this recognition by the Queen of Swansea's mo3t prominent citizens The telegram was read out at the political- clubs, and the intelligence it conveyed was I received with much enthusiasm..Later on our representative met the mayor (Alderman Chap- man), who announced his intention of taking steps for giving a public reception to his lordship on his first arrival in his native toWn with his new dignity. For some timeit has been known that the new peer was certain ttyhave this dignity conferred on him, and political wire pullers have been hard at work in suggesting names for the succession to the seat in the Swansea district. We are, however, doing the best) thing in, the interests of Liberalism in tlie con- stituency in refraining from mentioning names, of possible or probable candidates. Suffice it to say thit the Liberal Association is on the qui vive, and that directly the official announcement was received in the town the following circular was drafted and issued by the hon. secretary of the Swansea District Central Liberal Associa- 'tion. "In view of the elevation of our respected member, Sir H. H. Vivian, to the peerage, and the imperative necessity of at once taking steps to fill the vacancy, in order that the Liberal vote in the House of Commons may not be diminished, I am requested to convene a special council meeting of this association to be held at the Liberal Club, Neath, on Saturday, June 10th, at 4.30 p.m., to choose the Liberal candidate. Will you please convene a public meeting of your association to sedect delegates to attend the above council meeting in the proportion of three for every thousand of the inhabitants of your dis- trict, in accordance with rule 4, section 1 ? As it is of the utmost importance that as much publicity as possible should be given to the sectional meetings, might I suggest the ad- visability of having them announced in the various places of worship on Sunday in addition to your usual methods of making the meetings known J" The New Peer. Sir Henry Hussey Vivian, Bart., M.P. for the Swansea district, whose elevation to the peerage is announced, has for someears y represented this division in Parliament, having been returned unopposed in the Liberal interest at the general election in 1885, and again in 1886. At the general election of 1882, he defeated his Unionist opponent by a large majority. Before his successjjn connection with Swansea he was junior member for Glamorganshire, representing the county tor 35 years, his senior being the late Mr C. R. M. Talbot. Sir Hussey is connected with a Liberal family, and all through his long and distin- guished career he has been a friend of the people's cause. Ho was returned a Liberal representative. half a century ago for Truro in Cornwall. During his long Parlia- [. V IIORD SWANSEA. J I *Wll lOrf lillM '.li'l T' rv I meittary career he has gained the cpnfidenao I and good opinion of the Liberal party. He has always voted for the progressive measures of the Liberal party, and frequently went into the same lobby with his colleague, the late Mr Dillwyn, against the maintenance of the Established Church in Wales. He is a Churchman him- self, but objects to a. privileged Church. Throughout his long public career he has fre- quently been called upon to give evidence on imperial and Welsh questions—commissions on coal, education, employers' liability, and on economic and social questions. He took a prominent part in the promotion of (3 ea u t the Swansea South Dock Bill in 1857, to which his firm subscribed £ 6,000 in shares. Although Sir Hussey Vivian has not attained Cabinet rank in Parliamentary honours, his firm of Messrs Vivian and Sons has achieved world-wide reputation as manufacturers and metallurgists. In addition to being politician and manufacturer, Sir Hussey gives attention to his large farms in Gower, and is credited with breedmgsome of the finest short- horns in the kingdom. He has always shown the keenest interest in the development and welfare of Swansea. He had the honour of entertaining His Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales in October, 1881, on the occasion of theopen- ing of the Prince of Wales Dock, aud in tlie June of 1887 Mrs and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., remained at Singleton for some days on the occasion of his opening the Public Library, and receiving the freedom of the borough. Sir Hussey was born at Miranda, Singleton, and has attained his 73rd year. He was created a-baronet in April, 1882.

LIBERATOR INQUIRY. Examination of the Directors' Auditor. Theinquiry into theaffairsof theLiberator Society was resumed in London on Monday. Mr Wm: Theobald, auditor, said he had complained on several occasions of the manner 10 which the audit was rushed through. The Registrar If you hdu brought these facts forward at the meetig following the audit do not you think you migh) have stopped this heavy loss ? Witness I think not. I was directors' auditor. The Registrar. Did not you think j'ou had a duty to perform to these poor shareholders and depositors ? Witness: Yes, but I considered my first duty was to the directors. I did not consider their interests apart, but I considered that the directors ought to take the responsibility. Continuing Witness said he said nothing when a bogus profit was declared. He was directors' auditor. He had a duty to the shareuoldfcrs as well,, which he troughs he did-not neglect. (" Oh, oh," and laughter.) Cross-examaned by Mr Bowan on behalf of the shareholders: He bad invested sums of £200 or £ 300 in the society. Except when he was audit- ing the books he knew little or nothing of the aifairs of the society. He had also been Auditor I of the London and General Bank.—In answer to Mr Samuel Heywood, a depositor, witness said his firm had been agents for the society. The firm had reofivRd JE2.185 in the cotfrse-ot 23 years in commissions. ty the Official Receiver: The total com- j mission received by the firm was £ §>400. Mr Worell Theobald, one of the original directors of the Liberator Building Society, said he was on the board till the end of 1887. In 1886 and 1887 he was vice-chairman. He had also been on the boards of the Lands Allotment Company, and the London and General Bank for some time. Tho last witness was bis brother, who was also his business partner. Mr Jabez Balfour drew the original prospectus of the Liberator. Witness knew that the growth of the society was largely due to canvassing by a largo number of agents. Those agents were supplied with literature very freely. He did not know that many of those agents were ministers of religion. The balance sheets were almost aU prepared by Mr Balfour up to 1386. After that date witness knew nothing about the accounts of the society. The declaration of dividends was done by the directors. The rate was fixed by whoever prepared the accounts. At the date of his retirement in 1885 £ 12,5C0-wa3 < paid to agents as commissions in one year. The examination was again adjourned. A Shocking Resatution. The Liberator Society's affairs were further investigated in London on Tuesday. Mr Morrell Theobald was called and stated that he raised objections on certain points connected with the Liberator Society, with the result that he was cold-shouldered by the entire board of directors. Beyond what had been stated by his brother as having been received from the Liberator, namely £3,500 odd, he had not himself received a penny. —Mr Leonard Burns was then called.—Mr J. R. Pattison said he had been a dtrector of the Balfour Companies, but it seemed incredible that he had received £20,000 in fees.—Mr Wheeler You may take it from me that it is so. Mr Wheeler read a resolution which was passed upon the removal of the Liberator into its new offioes:—"That on the occasion of taking possession this day of our new premises, the directors desire to record their sense of thankful. ness for the prosperity with which, as they believe, God has hitherto blessed their efforts in the establishment of this business. ("Oh, oh," and laughter.)—The Registrar: Who seconded it? —Mr Wheeler: The Rev. D. Burns.—The Registrar Shocking—perfectly shocking.—Con- tinuing, witness said he had made many speeches at meetings of the society, but he .did not claim to ..be its orator. The inquiry was again adjourned. The inquiry into the affairs of the Liberator was continued in London on j Wednesday, when Mr S. R. Pattison was examined regarding the balance sheets. Ho said he did not know £240,000 were lent to the Real Estates Company, and the secu- rities were only £30,000, Replying to Mr Mead, a shareholder, Mr Pattison stated that his salary as chairman was £ 250.—Mr Mead Then I do not think you earned it. I have been ruined by this company, and have lost the savings of a lifetime Judging by the knowledge you have shown of its affairs, you have not earned your salary.—Major Wright, brother of the convjct, H. Granville Wright, waa next examined, and the inquiry was adjourned.

THE ROCHFORD MYSTERY, On Monday afbernoon, at Rochford, Essex, the inquest was resumed on the body of Emma Hunt, aged 38, widow, who was found murdered in a brook at the Wilderness, Rochford, on the after- noon of Saturday, May 20th. The court and street outside were crowded. Mr Searle, of London, represented the prisoner, Alfred Bazeley, aged 16 years, a groom, who stands under remand at Rochford Police-court charged with the wilful murder of the deceased. Dr. Lewis James, re- called, repeated the evidence he had given before the magistrates as to the injaries sustained by the deceased, adding that in his opinion the wounds could not have been seif^nflioted. Tbe fatal and other injuries to the neck must have been inflicted by a sharp instrument. He considered the cuts on the inside of deceased's iingera were cawed by the instrument which inflicted the fatal wound being drawn from the woman's hand. Evidence was given to the effeot that on the day in question deceased had been seen going in the direction of the Wilderness, also tliat Hazell had been seen going in the same direction shortly afterwards. One witness stated that deceased was pro- ceeding slowly, and that Hazell was going quickly. — Mrs Eliza Bishop deposed that while in the churchyard at a quarter to five she heard someone screaming and calling for help, and upon looking up she saw Hazell running towards her from the Wilderness. He exclaimed to her, There's been a woman murdered. I've pulled her out of the water." Witness ran and told the sexton, and told pri- soner to go for a doctor.—Daniel Rome, sexton at Rochford Church, deposed that Miss Watson, and afterwards Hazell, told him there had been a murder, and he sent for the police.—The inquest was adjourned till Friday

A GHASTLY CHARNEL-HOUSE, Very extraordinary is the story just related of the manner in which the dead are consigned to tbeir Last resting place in a village in oneof thetsoathern Departments of France. It is affirmed that there is no cemetery, but that the corpses of the defunct rustics are taken to a smarll shed about nine feet square and covered with a slate roof. In the middle of this crazy structure, the door of which is always open, is a slab so light that it can easily be removed, and below it at a-depth of only a few feet is a sort of vault piled up with bodies in various stages of decomposition. Near this char- nel-house is a spring, the waters of which are naturally contaminated, and recently a person who was unacquainted with its mysteries, was attacked with cholerine after quenching his thirst at this by no means limpid stream. Now that public attention has been drawn to this verv peculiar state of things, it is to be presumed that steps will be adopted to place matters on a more decent footing in this curious village, which con- sists of thirty houses, with the usual proportion of inhabitants.

FATAL POACHING AFFRAY, A Nottingham correspondent-states that a fatal poaching affray occurred in the early hours of Tues- day morning at Wilford, a village south of Trent. Two watchers m the employ of Mr Markham Clifton, of Clifton Hall, discovered three poachers in possession of hares on Mr Clifton's estate, and after an altercation one watcher was shot by a poacher known as "Rough," whereupon the other watcher fired on Rough," who is seriously injured and likely to die. Baldwin, the watcher, is dead, It is stated that the keepers had a dog with them, and that Maples, one of the poachers, fear- ing an attack from the dog, shot at it, but killed Deakin, who received the charge in the stomach. His death was instantaneous. Maples and Burton, his fellow keeper were riddled with shot, and the poacher Maples was seriously wounded by pallets. Pinder, one of the poachers, was arrested.

ACCIDENT AT ROATH DOCK. Between seven and weight o'clock on Thursday a labourer named James Uasey (43), residing at 2, Union-buildings, Cardiff, was admitted to the infirmary suffering from various injuries. He was was in the employment of Messrs Watson and Co., timber merchants, and, whilst engaged re- moving planks from a timber stack at Roath Dock, fell a distance of about 12 feet. The Bute Docks police had him removed to the infirmary, where, after treatment, he was detained. <

A GRIMSBY MIRACLE. SAD EXPERIENCES OF A LADY, Miraculous Restoration to her Friends. Full Particulars. A most remarkable case has just corno to ligh^ in the metropolis of fish, Grimsby, the victim being a young and highly respectable woman, Mra Susannah Robinson, well known in that town. The true facts of the case have only been made public quite recently, although rumours 011 the subject have been floating about amongst the f local residents for some days past. It was in consequence of these rumours that a reporter waited upon Mrs Robinson, with the object of bearing her own account of tiio circumstances surroundiug this interesting case. The visitor found the lady only too glad to impart any in* I formation in her power, her sole desire in sO doingbeing to benefit any-whomight unfoitunately i becalled upon to pass through a similar experience to her own. Mrs Robinson told the affecting story in her own words. She said that she waa a life- long inhabitant of Grimsby, having been born in the town. Her father built the house In which she now resides, No. 65, Holies-street, 27 years ago, and Mrs Robinson has lived there from the time of its completion until now, so that she is not a stranger in the neighbourhood j Her hus- band is employed by the Hull and Gainsborough Packet Company, with whom he has been about six years. Asked as to the rumours current amongst the I neighbours concerning the remarkable change in her health and appearance, Mrs Robinson said that as a girl she enjoyed exceptionally good health, and that she grew up to womanhood in the same happy state. About two years ago, however, she began to experience a feeling of weariness as she went about her household duties. All her old energy and .buoyancy of spirits seemed to leave her. She tried various remedies, but all to no purpose. Her cheeks, which before had been suffused by healthy colour, became pale and bloodless. She lost flesh rapidly, and the least exertion brought on palpitation of the heart. Despairing of being cured by any of the ordinary patent medicines which she had tried, Mrs Robinson consulted a well-known physician in Hull. This gentleman prescribed for her, and she continued to act on his advice for some weeks, when her friends. becoming dissatisfied with the condition of her health, consented to her seeing a distinguished i physician in Hull. | In consulting this latter gentleman the patient) entertained strong hopes of her recovery. The medicine prescribed appeared to do her a little good at first, but the beneficial effects she de- scribes as being transitory. She continued the same treatment for some considerable time, and it was while paying one of her periodical visits to the doctor in Hull that Mrs Robinson. caught a severe cold, the outcome of which was a distressing attack of rheu- matic fever. This was in the month of Decomber, 1891. Her recovery from this was slow, and when the fever left her she knew that she was still suffering from her old complaint in a more intensified form. She continued, for some weeks to act on the advice of the Hull physician, but having become disheartened she discontinued it, and Mr Robinson called in a local doctor who had been recommended to him. But as time progressed, the disease progressed also, and the patient gradually became worse. The neighbours all predicted a speedy death, asserting that Mrs Robinson was consumptive. She continued in this state until the end of I the year 1892. By this time she had be- come so weak that she could do nothing II whatever in the way of housework. She did not rise until noon" and generally sat ¡ by the fire the remainder of the day* ( If she walked out in the sunshine it was only for a few yards, as she was compelled to support her* self by the walls, and rest awhile on the sills of the neighbour's windows, so weak had she Tfe- come. About this time Mr Robinson heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and I wished his wife to try them, buteberefueed, say ing that a case like hers, which had completely baffled so many of the medical profession, could not be cured by a patent medicine. Mr Robin- son pointed out to her that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were nob a patent medicine, in the ordinary sense of the term, but a scientific preparation from a formda long used in regular practice by one of tie most eminent of Canadian physicians, a distinguished graduate of Edic burgh University. In the end Mra Robin- son consented to &ivethem a trial, and before tbØ end of the second box her health was consider- ¡ ably improved. Just about this time Mra Robin* son received a letter from her sister-in-law at Montreal, saying that a sister of the writer, whose symptoms were similar to those ot Mff Robinson, and who had been given up by the Canadian doctors, had been completely cured bY Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, This gave Mi'5 Robinson more confidence in the remedy, and she proeured two more boxes, but before she had taken the whole of these she was completely restored. Her cheeks had recovered their ruddy glow, the general weakness and depression of spirits from which she had suffered so long ware things of the past. She went about her house* hold duties with a light heart, feeling that; under Providence, she owed her life to J)r. Williams, whose pills had restored her in such a miraculous manner. Questioned by the neigh* bours as to the remarkable chancre in her appear- ance, Mrs Robinson unhesitatingly ascribed bet recovery to that wonderful medicine. Tbet6 can be no doubt whatever," said Mrs RobinsoUi that the Pink Pills, and they alone, hav« restored me to health and happiness, and when- > ever I have the opportunity of sounding their praises I shall certainly do so." Mrs Robinson's mother, Mrs King, who wøJ present at the interview, bore out her daughter" statement). They had, she said, paid large sum* of money for the medical treatmentof her daughteft but all to no purpose. "Long before my daughte* began to take the'Pink Pills she had come to th* conclusion that her case waa incurable, and vtfl were all pretty much of the same opinion," said Mrs King, and now we all regard her recovery as nothing else than a miracle. She was worn to a shadow, and was so weak that we all though* she could not last much longer. But look at her now," added the good lady, and all thi3 change brought about by four boxes of pills v Mr Robinson, she said, would also be glad to add his testimony to that of his wife; but be wa* away from home, and would not return fo* j, several hours. Mr John Lunn, of No. 21, Kent-street, Grimsby» anold and respected servant of the Hunand Gains* borough Packet Company, has also made a state* ment which corroborates tbe above account. Jl9 has known both Mr and Mrs Robinson froJl1 childhood, and is well acquainted with aU tbe facts of this remarkable case. He remember5 how, about two years ago, she was attacked by some fell disease, which appeared to baffle tb9 resources of medical science. She gradually got worse, until, in. December last, her case seemed quite hopeless. In January, however, Mr9 Robinson commenced to take Dr. Williams' pitJ1: PiUs, and from that time her health had continued to improve, and she was now quite recovered. The circumstances of this case are indeed very remarkable and worthy of the careful attention [ of the reader. Mrs Robinson's- testimony is of the most unimpeachable character, backed as it by the independent evidence of friends aød neighbours who have known her from childhoods and goes to prove that Dr. Williams' Pink FilII for Pale People are a positive and unfailing car* for diseases arising from an impoverished state of tbe blood, such as Anasmia, Pale an1* Sallow Complexion, General Muscular Weakness Depression of Spirits, Loss of Appetite, PalpiW tion of the Heart, Green Sickness, Shortness 0> Breath, Early Decay, Pain in the Back, Nervofl* Headache, Dizziness, Loss of Mamory, Hysteria all forma of Female Weakness, Paralysis, JjocF motor Ataxy, Sciatica, and Rheumatism. It also shown that this wonderful medicine is undoubted cure for all Diseases arising froftS Vitiated Humours in the Blood, which can^ Scrofula, Rickets, Etip-joint Diseases, Ubronlj j Erysipelas, Consumption of the Bowels an j Lungs, and that it invigorates the Bloodt and SyS- I tem when broken down by overwork, wocrÝ, j disease, excesses and indiscretions of living. ])r. Williams'Pink Pills are not a Purgati ve Medicin^1' They contain nothing that could injure the delicate system They act directly on the bloow supplying to the latter its life-giving qualities, w assisting it to absorb oxygen, that great suP" porter of all organic life. In this way, blood becoming built up," and being with its lacking constituents, becomes rich aOj* red, nourishes tbe various organs, stimulation them to activity in the performance of tbelt functions, and thus eliminating diseases from tbe system. These Pills are manufactured by the 1)r. Williams' Medicine Company, of 46, HolborØ Viaduct, London, England (and of Brookvil'6' Ontario, Canada, and Schenectady, New Yor^ and are sold only in boxes bearing the firm's mark and wrappers, at 2s 9d a box, or six for 13a 9d. Pamphlet f^ee by post on application* < Bear in mind that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills fo I Pale People are never sold in bulk, or by dozen or hundred, and any dealer who offer9 substitutes in this form is trying to defraud yoU and should be avoided. Dr Williams' Pink Pills may be had of chemists or direct by post from Dr Williat#8 Medicine Company from the above address. TI1' price at which these Pills are sold makes a of treatment comparatively inexpensive as co^ pared with o^her r-A ^lies or medical treatment, i Qrimsbv Gazette, ib&t 2u4 4

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BURNING FATALITY AT CARDIFF The death was reported at the Central Police- station on Thursday of Louisa Rawlings, aged two years, of 30, Evelyne-street, Cardiff. It appears that the mother left the child in an arm- chair in the kitchen on the 6th inst. for a little time, but on returning into the heuse found found the deceased's clothing on fire. She suc- ceeded in tearing the clothes off the child, but not before the little one had been badly,burnt on the rigiit side. A doctor was called in on the follow- ing morning, but the child died on Wednesday evening. It is supposed that the child's apparel was ignited by a spark from the fir*

SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1898. GAME-LAWS AND THEIR RESULTS. WHILST the Welsh Land Commission was pursuing its researches into the mysteries of the Glamorganshire Custom," and the annexation of common lands by the lords of the manor, we heard a little of the strained relations which are but too often caused between landlord and tenant owing to the wretched state of the game-laws. It is greatly to be hoped that this matter will be fully thrashed out before the Commis- sioners issue their report. Unfortunately there is but too much reason to fear that the tenants who suffer most are those who will deem it best in their own interests to say nothing lest a more evil thing may happen. In the few instances where com- plaints havel been made, the landlords, or their agents, were ready to prove that damage and annoyance to occupiers of game-infested land were a mere bagatelle, whilst everybody lived on the best possible terms with everybody else. People have barely had time to dismiss the statement from their minds when news comes of a terrible murder committed in the Midlands as the direct result of these identical regula- tions. Two gamekeepers in the employ of Mr H. R. CLIFTON, J.P., whilst on duty on Tuesday morning, heard a gun fired on their master's estate. They went in the direction of the sound, and saw on the high road two men, one of whom shot a hare. The keepers had a dog with them, and when they came near to the poachers the man who hid shot the hare called out, Keep up that dog or I'll shoot him." The keepers still approached, hokling, it is said, the dog in a leash, whereupon the poacher discharged his gun and shot one of the keepers, DAYKIN by name, in the stomach, inflicting a wound," says the report, from which the unfortu- nate man died almost instantly." The murderer turned and fled, but the second keeper fired at him, and brought him to the ground seriously wounded. Presuming that the facts are as narrated, the further course of this tragedy is writ in the pages of our criminal code. Yet, another life may have to be sacrificed to the law, whilst a third human being will probably be sent to penal servitude for many years. All this because a hare, himself a poacher of poachers, was shot There are some elements in the case which render it unusual. It is difficult to know what right the gamekeepers had to interfere with men who killed an animal on the high road, and it is also strange that on the mere pretext of protecting himself from a dog any man should commit what in its result will probably be adjudged to be a murder. These things, however, will be dealt with judicially. We need only express the opinion that the crime was the outcome of the intense hatred with which the poaching fraternity regard game-watchers. According to some odd system of ethics of their own, they quite refuse to recognise the fact that the keepers are only fulfilling their duty in pro- tecting their master's property. Had a couple of policemen been engaged in this business it is a matter of comparative certainty that no one would have been injured. Poachers will yield to a policeman even when they outnumber him by four to one; but let them encounter game-watchers, no matter how strong numerically the latter may be, and there is sure to be a fight. These murderous affrays are but one phase of the results of the game laws which serve to keep up a* continuous stream of recruits for the criminal classes, just as, in other aspects, they drive away from our shores the best of our young agriculturists, who seek the golden opportunity in other lands when it is relentlessly denied them at home. Game preservation is a very patent form of robbery. Any man who grows an acre of corn near a rabbit-infested plantation knows that he will be robbed of fully half his product by these marauders. If a number of human beings were to assault his granary and carry off bushels of wheat, it may be regarded as a certain fact that they would be severely dealt with by law. But the same law would treat the farmer with equal severity did he dare to punish the fur-coated thieves who achieve the same result in his fields. Hares and Rabbits Bills and the rest of the game law enactments on the statute- book are utterly useless in effecting their i avowed objectof protecting the tenant farmer. What is wanted is complete abolition of the whole series from the law books, and the substitution of a few clauses making eviction of a tenant by a landlord, because the former had not yielded to some game pre- servation agreement, or bad killed hares and rabbits despite the frowns of the Seigneur, punishable as severely as ititimida* tioii of malicious libel. Perhaps this drastic change is too much to expect in merry England, or in gallant little Wales for that matter, but the Welsh Land Commissioners will accomplish some good if they report on the evils that prevail, although they may be unable to suggest an efficient remedy for -them. Public opinion will thus be "thoroughly aroused, and when the public are unanimous in such matters changes are easily brought about, be the revohltioa-of ^ever so topsy-turvy a. character.

WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. The Campaign Committee. The joint finance committee of the Welsh Disestablishment Campaign met in one of the committee-rooms of the House of Commons on Wednesday, when there were present—Mr Stuart Rendel, in the chair; Alderman Aaron Davies (chairman of the campaign committee), Mr Herbert Lewis, M.P., Mr Lloyd George. M. P., Mr R. D. Burnie, M.P., Mr Frank Edwards, M.P., Mr Abraham Thomas, J.P., and Mr Hum- phreys Owen, J.P.—The accounts of the adminis- tration were considered, and arrangements were made for important work in the immediate future to further the movement for the Dises- tablishment of the Church in Wales. Some time was occupied by consideration of the false petitions sent up against the Suspensory Bill. It is hoped by the committee that friends of the cause will forward subscriptions to the treasurer, Mr Thomas Williams, J.P., Merthyr, as early as possible.

DROWNED IN THE DOCK. Sergeant Davies, of the Bute Dock police force, reported on Thursday that Edgar Marks, aged 14, of No. 27, Kincraig-street, Roath.was missing. It appears that the boy, who was in the employ of Messrs. Constantine, Pickering and Company, Pier Head-chambers, was sent with a band-truck and some provisions to the 8,8. Regna, lying at the buoys opposite No. 6 tip at the East Dock. Sergeant Davies, however, while going his rounds at 6 p.m., found the truck and goods (which had not been delivered) near the tip mentioned, but tbe boy was nowhere to be seen. Thinking the boy had fallen into the dock, the members of the police force immediately commenced grappling operations, but it was not until 8.30 this morning that P.C. Kennedy succeeded in discovenng the body in the water near the No. 9 tip on the west side of the East Dock. The body was afterwards taken to the residence of deceased's parents.

A CURIOUS MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. Mr Henry T. Rogers, of Portland, writes to us intimating that whilst fishing in the west bay at Portland a few days ago he picked up a bottle containing the following message :—" Walter Jones, from Mertbyr David Edwards, from T»-eharris; John Richards, from Treharris, sailed from Southampton on Saturday, April 22nd, ,1893. The finder of this just drop a line to the South Wales Daily News." This curious message, which can hardly be termed self- explanatory, is written on a colliery pay-ticket.

DEATH OF MR EDWIN BOOTH. NEW YonK, Wednesday.—-Edwin Booth, the celebrated American actor, died at a quarter past one this morning. Edwin Booth was born near Baltimore, in Maryland, in 1833. He was the son of the celebrated English tragedian, Bruftus Booth, under whose guidance he entered the dramatic profession. He made his first appear ance, at the age of 16, as Tresael in Jffichard 1I,r.. his father taking the part of the king, which he himself successfully titled two years later in the unexpected absence of his father through illness. Edwin Booth afterwards visited Cali- fornia and Australia, re-aptpearing in New York in 1857, up. to which time he had met with little material success. In 1861 and 1862 he paid his first visit to 33ngiand, and on his return to New York commenced, all the Winter Garden Theatre, a series of Shakespearian revivals, which established his reputation as one of the finest actors in the world. In 1869 Mr Booth opened a new and splendid theatre in New York. the building of which, however, involved such great expienditure that its founder was for the time being completely ruined. For several y*ars Mr Booth withdrew almost entirely from the stage, but after a successful visit to California in the year 1876 he again appeared in New York and paid off all his debts, having earned no less than £120,000 in one season. In 1880 ho paid a second visit to Great Britain, aad for some time acted with Mr Irvins in Othello, the two actors taking the parts of Othello and Iago alternately. In 1882 and 1833 Mr Booth visited Germany, and appeared in Shakespearian plays at Berlin and Hamburg, in both of which cities he received enthusiastic ovations. Mr Booth rarely under- took any but Shakespearian parts. Mr Booth, who died at the Players^ Club, be- came unconscious on Sunday, and remained so to the last. The doctor in attendance aaid I have nothing to say m description of Mr Booth's death. It was like the passing of a shadow. The deceased's vitality was astonishing, and I was surprised- that death did not come sooner."— Jleuter.

GREAT FIRE IN AMERICA. NEW Yobk, Thursday. A telegram has been received here stating that a large portion of the business quarter of Fargo, North Dakota, has been destroyed by fire. A great number, both of business houses and residences, have been burned down, and 2,000 people have been rendered homeless. A terrific wind is blow- ing, and is carrying the flames across the Red River to the Moorhead side, where the Fargo Roller Mill is situated. The bridge between Fargo and Moorhead has been burnt down, and tele- graphic communication is interrupted. Assistance is arriving from other townsin tbenotghbourhood, but the loss is already estimated at two million doliars.—Heater. Later advices state that the fire is still burning fiercely in many places, and that half of the business part of the town is destroyed. The trestle bridge of the Great Northern Railroad is so much injured that no train can pass. Firemen are now engaged trying to extinguish the flames along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, in order to allow a gang of platelayers to relay the rails, and thus enable the trains to get through. Efery insurance office in the town is burned, and a statement of damage covered by insurance is therefore unobtainable. Only one bank has been saved. The loss is now estimated at 5,000,000 dollars. Several firemen have been injured, and a. number of persons are reported to have lost their lives. —lieuter.

TWO OTHER DiSASTROUS FIRES. HALLE, Thursday;—A most disastrous five has occurred at Hasselfelde, in the Hartz Mountains. Ninety dwelling houses and the post-office are in rnins. Another conflagration at Eisenberg, in the Duchy of Albenberg, destroyed 16 houses and a number of subsidiary bnildmgsr-Reute1".

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. Loss ef Two Lives. On -Saturday night a small boat-containing Mr and Mrs Tumbull, Qhas. Aley, and. another man—put off from Tyne dock landing for the Liverpool steamer Minerva, of which Turnbull was the watchman. The boat by some means was capsized after proceeding a short distance, and the occupants were thrown into the water- Aley and the third man were rescued, but Mr Tumbull and his wife sank and were drowned. The body of Mrs Turnbull was recovered, but that of her husband has not yet been found.

A PEERAGE FOR SIR HUSSEY' VIVIAN. We are officially informed that the Queen haa been pleased to confer the dignity of a peerage of the United Kingdom upon Sir Henry Hussey Vivian, Bart., M.P. Sir Thomas Henry Farrar, Bart.; Mr John Campbell White, of Overtown, Dumbartonshire; Mr Cecil G. Saville Foljambe: r aud Viscount Drumlanrig. Her Majesty has also beeh pleased,to confer & -baronetcy upon Mr Isaac Holden, M.P., Mr 1 Sanies Joicey, M.P., Dr» Charles Cameron M.P 'iMr Benjamin Hingley, M.P., Mr Wm. Ingram, Mr Joseph Pulley (fonneriy MP. for .Herefordshire), Mr W. H. Wilis (formerly M.P. *or Csvenbry), Mr Walter Gilbey, Sir Robert' • ^D5pector-Gen«ral of Custorna in Cbina. Her Majesty has also been pleased to signify her intention of^coitferring the honour of .knight- ^d^°UT,Mr Ik Biowft, of Trowbridge s IMr m. Davies, formerly M.P. for Pembroke-' u 8'irt 7 Henderson, of Aberdeen; Mr, Samuel I*. Johnson, Town Clerk of Nottingham r Mr John Leng, M.P. for Dundee; Mr Geo. Ifeory Lewis >Mr Patteson NickoUs, Mr G. 0.- .PSkmgton, formerly Mayor of Southport, MI." Francis Powell, President of the Royal Society of la utters ta Water Colours Dr. William Overend Priestley Mr H. Gilzean ReitJ, first president of. the Institute of Journalists; Dr. B. W. Richardson, F.R.S. Mr J. R. Robinson Mr mi Russell; Mr John Tenniel and Mr' Ihomas Wright, of Leicester. It will be observed from the above list that a phenomenal number of journalists have been honoured by her Majesty upon this occasion. The New Peers. Sir H. Hussey Vivian, Bart., one of the new peers, has been for years closely associated with the commercial and political life of South Wales. His elevation to the peerage will be immensely popular in this district. He is 72, but wears his weight of years nobly. Sir Thomas Henry Farrer, another of the new peers, is one of the greatest living authorities on economics. lIe is one of the most eminent exponents of Free Trade principles, and was permanent secretary to the Board of Trade until 1886. He has been associated with the Progressive party on the London County Council, and was elected vice- chairman of that body in 1830. He is a warm supporter of the present Government. Sir Thomas is 74, having bean born in 1819. Mr John Campbell White is a county gentle- man, and owner of large landed estates in Dum- bartonshire. Mr Cecil Savile Foljambe (lieutenant R.N.) is theeldest son of the late George Savile Foljambe, of Osbsrton, Notts, and Aldwarb, Yorkshire. He was M.P. in the Liberal interest for North Notts from 1880 to 1885, and for the Mansfield division 1885 8o. Born 1846. Viscount Drumlaurig (Francis Archibald Douglas) is the eldest son of the Marquis of Queensbery, and wag born in 1867. He is a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards.

THE NEW WELSH KNIGHT. Sir William Davies, cf Haverfordwest. The Qneen, acting on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, has been graciously pleased toconier the dignity of a knighthood upon Mr William Davies, of Haverfordwest, ex-M.P. for the county of Pembroke. Of Mr William Davies (son of Mr Thomas Davies, of Haverfordwest) it may be truly said that he has been the architect of his own fortunes. He has also been-alife-krtig ardent Liberal, and has renderedpricelessservices to the progressive cause, in our westernmost county. He was born in 1821 A>tbe age of 14 he was apprenticed to Mr William Rees, solicitor, of Haverfordwest, with whom he served his articles, and subsequently became his pattner in a very lucrative business. Mr Rees was a well-known Liberal politician in West Wales, tn fact, the leader of Liberalism in that quarter, and particularly so of Pembroke- The mantle of Mr Rees very naturally fell upon Mr Davies, who took up the cause with zeal. Mr Rees, at his own expense, attended to the registration work for the boroughs and county of Pembrokeshire, which he ultimately took up. Mr Davies hasr for a quarter of a century paid for tbe registration work in the Liberal interest, and has fought five contosted elections. He has spent in the Liberal cause in this line a sum approaching £20.000. He fought a contested election for I Pembrokeshire in 1876 with Mr James Bevan ') Bowen, of Hwyngwah-, and was defeated. He subsequently returned to the fight in 1880, when he defeated Sir C. E. G. Philipps, of Picton Castle. He twice again defeated Sir Charles Pbihpps, in 1885 and 1886. At the last general election, it will be remembered, Mr Davies resigned in favour of his son, Mr W. Rees Davies, who was successful in maintaining it for the Liberals by a large-increased majority. Mr Davies was a stalwart Liberal all through his long career, and stood by Lord Kensing- ton in all his battles for Haverford- west, and by Sir Hugh Owen, Bart., in his at- tempt to win the Pembrokeshire seat for Liberal- ism. In 1859, Mr Davies married Martha, the daughter of the late Thomas Morgan, and niece and co-heir of the late William Rees.

DEATH of THE CHAMPION f} QUOIT PLAYER. J. McGibbon, of Llaneily, the champion quoit player of the world, died at bis residence at Morfa, Llaneily, on Tuesday evening, in his 53rd year. McGibbon met with an accident at the Morfa Steel Works, where he was employed, a fortnight ago, while engaged at the hammer. Although the injury was serious, grave conse- quences were not apprehended. McGibbon I appeared to rally from the accident, but the rally was only temporary, and death took place on Tuesday. An inquest will be held to-day (Wednesday.) McGibbon was a marvellous quoit player, and was recognised as the world's < champion. He had entered into an engagement j some time ago to playa series of exhibition game? at the World's Fair. An inquest was held touching the death of Mr John McGibbon, of Llaneily, tbe champion quoit player of the world, on Wednesday afternoon, at the Morfa Reading-room, before the coroner, Mr W. Buckley Roderick. The evidence went to show that a month last Sunday night McGibbon was following his occupation at the Morfa Steel \Vork. standing with the tongs at the hammer, when a sudden jerk drove the handles of the former right into his thorax. The iron pene- trated the base of the lungs and did great injury. Although he appeared to be recovering during the following few days, he died quite suddenly on Tuesday. Evidence was given by workmen who were present at the time of the accident, and a verdict of Accidental death" was afterwards returned. Mr McGibbon, who leaves a wife and family, was very highly respected in the neigh- bourhood.

ASSAULTING A CHILD ATA LLANTARNAM. At Caerleon Police-court on Thursday—before Mr J..Lawrence and other magistrates—Sydney Meredith, a seventeen-year-old farm labourer, bailing from Penalt, near Monmouth, was oharged with assaulting Isabella Driver, a ten-year-old child, resident at Llantarnam. The httle girl was gohig to Llantarnam railway station on Tues- day last to meet her father, when she was ac- costed by Meredith, who kissed her, put his arm round her waist and behaved indecently. The mother came up at the time, and this prevented any serious outrage being committed. The father afterwards appeared on the scene and gave Meredith a severe thrashing, and the latter ran into the river to escape from the irate parent. ;When arrested by Officer Keylock his clothes • Were wet and his nose was bleeding. Meredith, whose face and nose still showed the marks of the blows given him by tbe father, now admitted that the child's story was true. As it was a first offence, the Bench imposed a fine of 203, or 14 days imprisonment as the alternative.

SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN'S VOTES. In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Sir CHARLES Dalbymplk asked the First Lord' of the Treasury whether it was in accordance with custom that a member of the House of Commons should take part in the proceedings of the House by voting in divisions after the announcement bad been made that her Majesty had been pleased to confer upon him the dignity of a peerage of the United Kingdom. Mr GiiAPSTOJTE said the bon. member in using popular language was not strictly correct in saying that her Majesty had been pleased to confer a peerage upon fctfr Hussey Vivian. The meaning of the announcement made public was that her Majesty had expressed her pleasure that the proper steps should be taken for the bringing about of the creation of a jjeerage. In the present instance his hoc. friend (Sir H. Vivian) consulted him as to the propriety in the meantime of his taking part in the proceedings of the House, and he had not the slightest doubt in expressing the opinion that to suppose his hon. friend disabled by custom, law, or presumption from taking part in a division would be a gross error. The only authority he had had the opportunity of referring to was the late Sir Erskine May, who states— If a member be created a. peer it is often the practice to move a new writ when lie has kissed hands, and sometimes not before the patent is made out. He did not know whether Sir Erskine May was right in giving the kissing of hands as a uniform incident in the reception of a peer. He had a doubt about it, but there was one step that in- variably preceded it, the gazetting. Sir Hussey Vivian had not been gazetted, and there was not the slightest pretence for supposing that his status as a member ot the House was In any way affected, or that his constituents should be pre- maturely deprived of the advantage of being represented by a gentleman of so much experience and so entirely in possession of their confidence. (Hear, hear.) Bub even after a member bad been gazetted, there was a precedent for his taking part in the proceedings of the House. In 1848 Lord Hamilton sat in the House until the 15th May, although he was gazetted as a peer on the 9th May. However, there was not the slightest shadow of ground for supposing that Sir Hussey Vivian was not perfectly within his right in taking part in recent divisions. (Hear, hear.) Sir CHARLES Dalbymplk, referring to the subject again, said he was not so foolish as to suppose that a member was disabled from voting because of the announcement in a newspaper. The Prime Minister would observe that his question was whether it had been the custom for a member in such a position to vote in divisions. Mr Gladstone was not aware of any custom whatever which should dictate any difference in the answer he had given.

HOME RULE BILL. The Irish Members and the Government. The first division on the Home Rule Bill in which the whole body of the Irish members voted against the Government took place yesterday, upon the amendment which Mr John Morley moved on behalf of the Ministry in substitution of an amendment by Mr Brodrick, which latter the Government were willing to accept so far only as the inclusion of the word aliens was con- cerned. Mr Morley's amendment was carried by 328 to 139. The majority consisted of members of the Government, a large number of Liberals, two or three other Radicals, and, with one exception, all the members of the Unionist Opposition. The exception was Mr Gibson Bowles, who jvoted with the minority, which also included the following Radicals:— Earl Compton, Sir W. Wedderburn, Dr. Clark, Messrs Storey, A. O. Morton, Cobb, Gourley, Maden, Moorsom, C. Norton, J. E. Ellis. Keir Hardie, Perks, Itoby, Fan wick, p. Stanhope, Arch, Clough, J. Burns, Lough, Albert Spicer, J. Stewart, Wallace, Whit taker, S. T. Evans, Rendel, Theodore Fry, Paul, Kearley, Arthur Williams, Keay, Dalziel, Schwann, Jacoby,, Ulingworth, Dr. Hunter, Sir Chas. and Sir Wilfrid Lawson. Mr Picton and Mr James Stuart were absenb paired, but they state, if they had been present and free, they would have voted with the minority, against the amendment.

FIND OF COAL AT CWMTWRCH. The Brynmorgait Colliery Company have for last three months been making borings at ntwrch, in the Swansea Valley. We are glad ay that on Tuesday they succeeded in reach- HMr the Brass Vein. 1

ALLEGED OUTRAGE AT PENARTH. Before Mr O. H. Jones and General Lee, ab the Barry Dock Police-court, on Thursday, an old man named John CampbeU, sailor, appeared in custody and was charged with attempting to criminally assault Esther Elizabeth Rosser, six years of age, daughter of Mr Tlimnas Rosser, 38, Ludlow-street, on the evening of Tuesday last. The girl's mother deposed the child was sent to school at 1.30, but did not return home till nearly nine o'clock, when she madeoomplaints that she had been injured. The mother and girl went in search of the man and accosted him in the street. She at once accused him, and he admitted decoying the child to a quarry at the back of the Drill-hall for the purpose of pinning her petticoat, as it was loose. A policeman was sent for and he took the man into custody.— Harriet Crrstello, a yonng girl, saw the man and the child in the quarry, and the child was crying to go home.—Evidence was given by other wit- nesses, including P.O. Thomas, who arrested prisoner in Maugtun-street about 10.30 the same night.—Prisoner was committed to the quarter sessions.

MURDER AND SUICIDE. An inquest was held on Monday at Mottram, nr. Stockport, on the body of a married woman, named Emma. Shepley, and her infant child. The evidence showed that the woman jumped into a pit with the child, and that both were drowned, f he jury found that the woman murdered the child, and then committed suicide while tem- porarily insane.