The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS I BIRTHS. BASEi.ow.-On Sunday, the 19th inst.. at 13, Park- place. Alice, the wife of Henry Baselow, of a daughter. 220 DAVIES.-On Saturday, Nov. ISth, at Treharris, the wife of H. Davies, of a son. FiSHER.—On Nov. 38th, at Ty Mynydd, Radyr; the wife of Henry Oakden Fisher, of a son. REEs.-On November 21st, at 9, Senghenydd-place, Cardiff, wife of Sydney H. Rees, of a. son. 325 MARRIAGE. WILLIAMS — WILLIAMS — On Nov. 22nd, at Taber- nacle Congregational Church, Aberavon. by th Rev. J. Foulkes, Gilbert Williams, of Pontardulais, to Florence May, eldest daugnter of the late Rev. G. B. Williams, of Ynyshir and Navigation. 455 DEATHS. COLQUHOUN.—On the 20th in-t,at Abbotsfovd, Weston- super-Mare, J'mes Colquhoun, late general manager of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Co., in his 60th year. Interment 2 o'clock on Friday, at Weston. Friends kindly accept thii' Ithe only) intimation. 2920 EVANS.—Nov. 22nd, at noon, at the Vicarage, Ponty- pridd, the Rev. Dd. Evans, curate, after a very short illness. 2947 HALL.-On the 17th, at 8, Justin-street, Pontcanna, Ann. beloved wife of Joseph Hall (late of CowBHdge- road), age I 55. HEATH.—On November 14th, James Frederick Heath, iuneral leaves 68, Kings-toad.a.t 5 o'clock on Satur- day for Cardiff New Cemetery. 721 HUMPHREYS.—On Friday night, 17th inst., Martha J tne, beloved wife of Rev. John Humphreys, of CoTris. JENKINS.—Isaac Jenkins, Esq., grocer, Argoed.died on Saturday from the effects of paralytic stroke. JONES.-On the 18th instant, at the Risca. House Hotel, Pontvmister, John Jones, aged 59, honorary member of the Rifle Volunteers. 219 JONES.—Nov. 17th, at Ammanford, in her 74th year, Mary, widow of the late D. Jones, Ironmonger. MA SH.— Nov. 22nd, at Cambria Villa, Pontypndd, Elizabeth Anne Marsh, aged 32, step-daughter of Mr William Jones. Funeral will start at 2 o'clock on Tuesiay for Glyntaff Cemetery. 2948 REES.-At Ty'r Coronwr Farm, Nottage, Nov. 17th, John Rees, aged 65 years. STEVENS.—At 14. Morley-terrace, Mount Pleasant, after two hours' illness, the be oved wife of R chard Henry Stevens, late of 1,353, Neath-road, Hafod, Swansea. STOKES.—Nov. 19th, at 18, Clare-street, Cardiff, Ann Stokes, widow of the late William Stokes, contrac- tor, G.W.R., aged 79 years. 206 THOMAS.—On Tuesday, 21st, John James Thomas, M. K., agent of Standard Colliery, Ynyshir. Public funeral Friday, at 2 o'clock for Trealaw Cemetery. WILLIAMS.—Mr Lewis Williams, Gellihaf, Maesy- cwinmer. on the 19th inst., after a brief illness, aged 49. WOODS.—On November 12th, at West Camel, llehester, Thomas Woods, aged 10% formerly miller and baker father of George and Arthur Woods, and grandfather of S. Thomas and George H. Woods, of Cardiff. 214 1

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 189S. THE ENGLISH COAL SETTLEMENT. WE were enabled to announce in our second edition of last week the termination of the English coal crisis. The Conference at the Foreign Office, over which Lord ROSEBERY presided, brought about better results than even the most sanguine looked for. By the terms of the agreement arrived at by the delegates of the Masters' and the Men's Federations the miners go to work as soon as the pitp can be started at the old rate of wages, and in the meantime a Con- ciliation Committee is to be formed of equal numbers on both sides with a chair- man from outside, and this body is to go into and settle the question of wages next February. Moreover, the Conciliation Board will last for a year at the shortest, so that it will have time in which to test the principle of conciliation. The first meeting of this Board will meet in December, at which the members are to. elect the chair- man, and failing an agreement between the two sides, the SPEAKER is to nominate the chairman, and his decision is to be final. Thus, then, after sixteen weeks of dislocation of trade and the principal industries of the country, a bitter struggle has been terminated by the interposition of the Cabinet with an appeal to reason. It was a good day's work on the part of the Government to bring this wretched and cruel struggle to an end, and it was an equally good stroke to settle it by the creation of a Board of Conciliation. The honours of the fight are fairly easy—the men have gained their point in going back at the old rate, and the employers who insisted on arbitration have succeeded to this extent, though their exorbitant demand for a reduction has been successfully resisted by the Miners' Federation. The news of the settlement was received with 1 universal rejoicings, for it meant to thousands the lighting of fires on long-cold hearths and the filling of cupboards long emptied of food. It also meant a termina- tion of the sufferings of scores of thousands of women and children who were the un- happy victims of others quarrels. The results of last Friday's conference were a victory of which any statesman might be proud, and there were many people full of the praises of Lord ROSEBERY'S consummate tact and skill in bringing the meeting to such an end. Had the struggle ended in a mere arrangement of the terms on which the men were to go back to the mines, all the suffering and all the loss of trade would have been to no purpose, but now that we are to have a Conciliation Board formed which should be able to stop future struggles, it may be that the long suffering of the strikers will not be without good results, for industrial peace is worth a long price. It seems as though the experience of the Welsh miners was to be repeated in England in a slightly different form. In Wales the sliding-scale with the Conciliation Committee followed after a long and terrible struggle between capital and labour, but the fight brought about a settlement which has given us a long truce to disastrous strikes. Let us hope that it may be so in this latest instance, and we may rely upon the English miners gaining fair terms with capital on account of their superior organisation. Let the Welsh miner take to heart the lessons of the English struggle, for it is not without several very striking lessons. Had the English miner been no better organised in Trades Unions, the result would have been very different from that which was arrived at last Friday. And now that matters are to be adjusted by the Committee of Concilia- tion, very much after the fashion of the minor disputes before the Joint Committee in Wales, the English miners will have just as great need of a strong organisation as ever they had. The present year has seen three of the greatest struggles on record between labour and capital. Early in the year we had a prolonged struggle in the Lancashire cotton trade, which lasted more than twenty weeks, and which affected every large centre in the Palatinate. Here, again, the Lancashire cotton operatives were strongly organised, and they very success- fully resisted a big demand for a reduction. Being well organised and well grounded in the principles of Trades Unionism, they fought a long and bitter fight with- out recourse to any form of violence. Thousands of operatives were reduced to poverty and starvation, but they struggled on and successfully resisted the masters' terms. In the end a compromise was effected, and a Board of Conciliation was formed, at which the masters and the oper- atives are equally represented. The Hull strike quickly followed this, and here again concilliation terminated the struggle. And seeing that the coal crisis has been ter- minated by means of conciliation, we may conclude that capital is recognising the advantage to be gained in recognisingTrades Unionism by meeting at a round table the representatives of labour. Great strides have been made in this direction this year, and though we have had three great struggles which have been most disastrous in their effects, there is room for hope in the establishment of these Committees of Conciliation, which have for their object the adjustment of differences by the use of reason and argument instead of by the old and bitter methods of force. It has taken capital a long time to recognise the advan- tages which are to be found in conciliation, and the recognition of the accredited repre- sentatives of Trades Unions, but there are signs that we are on the eve of a new indus- trial period, and these three great strikes which have played havoc with British trade during the present year have tended to hasten the greatly desired day of industrial peace.

A TALE OF MURDER. IT is not pleasant to have to admit it, but there is no denying the fact that the theme of murder has an absorbing interest for young and old alike. Whether the account of a murder be contained in a newspaper and surrounded by all the circumstances of fact, or whether it be a mere piece of fiction described in a sanguinary novel, the book or paper containing the story of a murder is sure to have a large sale. This love of the horrible is to be found in young and old and in all walks of life. It has been fre- quently demonstrated that the contempla- tion of murder has led to the commission of similar crimes. The murder roll for the year 1892 has just been published in a Blue Book, "Judicial Statistics for England and Wales in 1892," and a gruesome account it is. From this document it appears that 155 murders were reported to the police, and if we go into arithmetical calculations this means that one person in every 187,000 was murdered. One in 183,000 was man- slaughter," and unsuccessful attempts at murder were at the rate of one in every 337,000. Of the total of 155 murders more than half were those of children under one year old. The actual number was 82, and it is somewhat surprising to know that for these crimes only fifty persons were brought to justice. The criminals were in the proportion of 35 men to 15 women, and 15 of them were acquitted. Thir- teen persons were regarded as insane and 22 were sentenced to death. Among this number were two women, but they were reprieved, together with two men. During the year 18 suffered capital punishment. During 1892 one person in every 20,500 attempted to commit suicide, which was an increase on any of the previous five years. The actual suicides reached the total of 2,545, which was 100 more than in 1891. Last year, compared with either 1889 or 1890, shows an increase of 300. Here we have a terrible proof of the fact that in- sanity is steadily increasing in the country, and there is here a big problem for the medical scientists to solve.

MR JUSTICE DAY AND THE LASH. At the Liverpool Assizes on Wednesday after- noon, Mr Justice Day Rave the following sen- tences in cases where prisoners were convicted of robberies with violence :—John Henry, 27, sailor, two months and twenty laahes John Mahoney, 19, labourer, three months and twelve lashes Dennis Casson, 19, labourer; Janibs Fletcher, 18, labourer Michael Carney, 18, hawker, two months and twenty lashes each Joseph Wood- ward, 29. labourer, six months and twenty lashes; Peter Cunningham, 28, fireman, and N cliolas Coufchlin, f jur months and two floggings of twenty lashes eMh Edward Roberts, labourer, an old offender, seven years' penal "ervttude Chris- topher Sweeney, 18, labourer, twelve months and twenty lashes Manual Ruybal, 21, Spanish sailor, eighteeu months and twenty lashes. His lordship said such pe.ts to society must be severely punished. Seven colliers, who were charged with rioting at Haydoek and resisting the police, pleaded guilty to rioting, and were sentenced to three months' hard labour each.

AN ACTRESS'S DIVORCE. Celebrating the Wedding Day. In the Divorce Court on Thursday the case of Carew v. Carew again came on for hear- ing on the intervention of the Queen's Proctor. The petitioner, Mrs Edith Carew, better known as Miss Edith Chester, an actress, had obtained a decree '1Û8i for dissolution of her marriage with the respondent, Mr Frank Carew, Bill, Broken, of Barkston garden-?, London. The Qusen's Proctor alleged collusion between the parties and the suppression of material facts. Counsel stated I that before and after the suit the peti- tioner had constantly visited her husband. After the decree was obtained, said, counsel, the petitioner, her husband, and friends dined together, as if to commemorate the event. On the anniversary of the wedding day she decorated his chambers with flowers. The case was adjourned.

WELSH ECHOES FROM LONDON. I (By our Special Correspondent) PARLIAMENTARY—LITERARY- MISCELLANEOUS. Wales in Parliament. Except) for a general interest in the Parish Councils Bill, the Welsh representatives at West- minster have but little to do thtse days beyond recording their votes. Several of them, indeed, are not at Westminster at all. Mr David Thomas has paired, and, with Mr Pritchard Morgan, finds more congenial work in addressing the electors of Merthyr, whoss votes, by the way, Mr Alfred Davies has decided to try and secure against all comers at the next election. Mr Alfred Thomas left on Wednesday to assist the Women's Liberal Association in his constituency, ar.d probably to pave the way for Lord Batter- sea's reception at Pontypridd next week. Sir Edward lieod, much pleased with his visit to Cardiff, anJ somewhat sore with the mis- representations of a Tory contemporary, arrived) last week, but was off again on Monday to New- castle to inspect a ship at the cost of spraining his ankle. Several professional gentlemen have been kept away longer than they could be spared by the claims of the Glamorgan Assizes, but still a respectable contingent remains to back up the Government, and occasionally it must be said to give it a fillip by voting with Mr Maclaren or Mr Laboucbero in the ultra-Radical lobby. Major Jonea, Mr Bowen Rowlands, Mr Arthur Williams, Mr Bnrnie, Mr David Randell, Mr William Williams, and Mr Egerton Allen are amongst the faithful. Mr Herbert Lewis and Mr Wm. Rathbone have spoken cn the.Bill now before the House the latter in defence of a retrogressive amendment which not one of his Welsh Liberal colleagues could be induced to support. The third reading cf the Employers' Liability Bill on Thursday will call our Labour member" again to the fore, and Mr Wm. Abraham (Mabon) and Mr John Burns have made up their minds that the Lords shall not be permitted to destroy the workmen's Bill. We are still awaiting developments with regard to Disestablishment. Mr Frank Edwards left last week in order to give away his cousin, Miss May Edwards, the daughter of the late Dean of Bangor, on her marriage with the Rev. Alfred Green Price, son of the late Sir Richard Green Price, of Norton Manor, who onje upon a time represented Mr Frank Edwards's constituency in Parliament, and one of whose daughters is married to Mr Powlett, Milbank, who happens to be Mr Edwards's opponent at the next election. Political Candidature. The unfortunate illness of Mr Thomas Lewis, M P., and his consequent resignation have created a peculiarly unpleasant state of things in political circles in Anglesey. A short time ago Wales was so pocr-so we were told in Liberal candidates— that there was nothing for it but to accept Englishmen to represent Brecknockshire and North Monmouthshire. Just now it appears that w<a are so rich in candidates that Anglesey alone has a round dozen to sslect from Whilst await- ing action on the part of the county association, the frionds of the respective candidates are carry- ing on an unseemly wrangle over the merits of their chosen champions. This would not matter so much did it not involve the canvassing of the demerits and disqualifications of the rival claimants. It does seem to me to be playing it somewhat low down to ask such questions as these (culled from a communication to a Welsh journal) concerning gentlemen whose only .sin, as yet, is that their names have been mentioned in connection with a possible political vacancy. What are your religious views ? To what church do you belong Are you not a Socialist? Where were you married ? Are you not a land agent ? The gentlemen to whom these questions are addressed through the public Press are perfectly well known in the constituency. Such legi- timate inquiries aa require to be made can be easily satisfied through the proper channels. We Liberals have plenty to occupy ourselves with in political life, and especially so in Weles. Instead of promot- ing unity and strengthening the cause, we must needs be wasting our energy in pitch-and-tarring one another, as Tennyson put it— We cannot be kind to each other here for an hour We whisper, and hint, and chuckle, and grin at a brother's ahame However we brave it out, we men are a little breed." If it were only to put an end to this unbrotherly baiting of possible candidates, 'twere well if the Liberals of Anglesey settled their disputes as quickly as possible. üymru" and Cymru'r Plant." Mr Owen Edwards' instalments of the "History of Wales in this month's Cymru" deals with the battles of Rhys Ap Tewdwr and the Romance of Glamorgan. Cowbridge traditions find a record in the next pages. Some notes on John Jones, the Regicide, help to throw new light on that famous but little-known character. Another Jones—he of Ramoth—a power amongst the Particular Baptists in the early twenties, is also slightly sketched, while his early Bryn Melyn is the subject of a not too successful illustration. A review of Iorwerth Glan Aled's "Palestina" gives the reviewer an opportunity of recommending the study of bardic literature in Welsh schools. Ossian Gwynt, who died at Rbymney last year, finds a niche in "Cymru's" pages. Cymru Plant" is delightful reading for children. Llodd, of the Silver Hand, whose temple in pre-Christian time stood on what is now known as Ludga.te Hill, is the subject of the story from British history. Mr L. J. Roberts, of Lampeter College, has happily harmonised the old melody of Nos Galan, and has adapted to it old Peter Lewis's well-known punning verses:— Arfer gan bob merch a welais Am ei breichiau wisgo llewis I'r gwrthwyneb dyro dithau, Am dy Lewis gwisg dy freichiau.—&c. Jottings. Mr Robert Burnie, M.P., was on Wednesday last the guest of the Eleusis Club at Chelsea. At one time Me Burnie was talked of as a Liberal candidate for that division. Since then he has obtained a safer seat at Swansea. Major Jones, as the foster-parent of the Welsh Local Veto Bill, and with the reputation of the excellent speech he delivered in the House on the occasion of its introduction, is much sought after as a speaker for temperance gatherings. This week he pleads for the right of the direct veto at East Barnet. Next month he occupies a prominent place in the programme of the great temperance demonstration at Covent Garden Theatre. Mr Thomas E. Ellis, M.P., Junior Lord of the I Treasury, and Mr Bowen Rowlands, Q.C., M.P., have accepted invitations to be present .at the mayoral banquet of Mr Alderman Szlumper, to be held at the Star and Garter Hotel. Richmond, on the 29th instant. Miss Katie Thomas (Haverfordwest) and other Welsh singers appear in the programme. I regret to hear that Mr Beriah Gwynfe Evans, for several years connected with this paper, now editor of the Gencdl Gymreig and other papers published at Carnarvon, has been very seriously ill from overwork. His amusing letters in the Genedl under the non-de-plume of Dafydd Dafis" are admirable specimens of political humour and journalistic acumen. Professor Rhys, who is hard at work on a book dealing with the Manx language, has written a preface to Malory's Morte d'Arthnr," which is now being published in instalments with illustrations by MrBeardsley. Last week the professor gave some of bis new Arthurian views in the form of a lecture at Oxford.

STRANDINXTOF THE ZARIPHA The Judgment. At the Town-hall on Thursday, the Stipendiary (Mr T. W. Lewis) delivered the judgment of the court which sac to inquire into the circumstances attending the stranding of the s. Zaripha off the Breaksea Point on November 2nd. In delivering judgment the Stipendiary said until. 8.30 the proper course was steered, but not thereat ter. At that time the steamer was in charge of a duly licensed pilot, in whom was placed the conduct and navigation of thevesseland whose directions were imperative upon the captain and crew. The cause of the disaster was negli- gent navigation on the part of the pilot, and in the opinion of the Court the blame attached to I him. The casualty was in no degree attributable to the insufficienoy of compasses.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A PONTY- PRIDD CURATE. We regret to learn that the Rev. David Evans, one of the oldest curates in the district, died rather suddenly on Wednesday at the Vicarage of St. Catherine's, Pont3'pridd. The reverend gentleman had been iJ1 oniy a few days, and the oause of death is said to have been pneumonia. The deceased was very well known, and highly esteemed by aH sections of the community. Owing to this sad event, the presentation meet- ing in connection with the departure of the Rev. Mr Morgan, which bad been arranged to be held to-night (Thursday) at the Parish Rooms, has 1 been indefinitely postponed

Dynamite Plot in t Montreal. I ATTEMPTTO BLOW UP NELSON'S MONUMENT, Three Militia Officers Arrested. MONTREAL, Monday.—The hostility of tho French Canadians to everything English has, of late, developed to a marked extent, and has now found expression in an attempt to blow up Nelson's Monument in this city. The plot had been planned with great deliberation, and had not one of the con- spirators lost heart at the last moment and given information to the police, an explosion of a most disastrous character would have occurred in the centre of the city. The Nelson Monument is in Jacques Cartier-square, and faces the City-hall. The police authorities on receiving intelligence of the design were prompt to act. A body of detectives was placed on the watch dis- posed in different directions near the monu- ment. At half-past twelve this morning the conspirators arrived on the spot. They were three in number, and were imme- diately arrested before they could carry out their purpose. One of them was carrying a dynamite cartridge powerful enough to have blown the monument to atoms and to have wrecked the hotels on both sides of the square. The three men arrested are named res- pectively Mercier, Pelland, and De Mar- tigny. The first-named is a sou of the ex- Premier of Quebec, the Hon. Honore Mercier. All three are officers in the 65th Battalion of Canadian Militia. The attempted outrage is undoubtedly the outcome of the violent agitation of the French-Canadian Press, which has been per- sistently demanding the removal of the monument to the British naval hero.— Renter. MONTREAL, Monday.—The men accused of attempting to blow up the Nelson Monu- ment seemed to realise the gravity of their offence, and broke down when charged in the dock. They were released on bail, the trial being fixed for the 28th inst. The plot was disclosed by a son of the chief of police. The articles which led to the plot were published in Le National by M. Vidal, the editor, who is a descendant of the old French colonists. The articles were of a very scurrilous nature, denouncing Nelson as England's most disgraceful adulterer, and declaring that it was an insult to French- men that a monument of such a character should be erected in a French square. The French Press generally discussed the matter, but no official action was taken. It is sup- posed that the three young men, smarting under the supposed insult to their race, arranged a plot to destroy the monument. It is confidently believed that influential French residents are behind the plot. Startling revelations are probable.—Reuter.

PAINFUL DIVORCE SUIT. A Clergyman Co-respondent. LONDON,*Thursday. —In the Divorce Division this afternoon—before Mr Justice Barnes—the case of Hartley v. Hartley and Mackintosh came on for hearing. This was a suit in which Dr. Reginald Hartley, physician and surgeon, of Thirsk, petitioned for a divorce from his wife, Edith Marianne Hartley, on the ground of her adultery with the Rev. William Teesdale Mackin- tosh, who was formerly vicar of Thirsk. The case had been set down for trial before a special jury, but the case was taken before his lordship only, and was undefended, a claim for damages agair.st the co-respondent having been withdrawn. Mr Murphy, Q.C., and Mr Priestley appeared for the petitioner. Mr Murphy said this was an unpleasant case. The petitioner was a medical man, of Thirsk, and the co-respondent was the vicar of Thirsk at the time the proceedings arose. I The petitioner and his wife were married in 1882, and there had been three children. It appeared that in 1892 an assistant to Dr. Hartley was pass- ing the dining-room one night when the vicar was there with Mrs Hartley. The blinds had been pulled down, but the assistant, Dr. Fergus- son, could see into the room, and he saw the par- ties commit an act of adultery. He shortly after- wards remonstrated with them. They begged him not to say anything about it to Dr. Hartley. He did not say anything about it for some time, but when the matter came to Dr. Hartley's ears he spoke to his wife, and she had made a full confession of her adultery and of the intimacy that had been going on for three years. The co- respondent had not appeared. There had been a claim for damages against him, but that was now withdrawn, and there would be no defence. The petitioner said he was a physician and surgeon practising at Thirsk, Yorkshire. He was married to the respondent, whose maiden name was Yealey, on the 2nd Feb., 1882, at the parish church of Sharow, near Ripon. He knew the co-respondent, who had been the vicar of Thirsk. He had been in the habit of coming to his house as a guest. He only came to Thirsk in 1888. In consequence of something that occurred he spoke to his wife and wished her to dis- continue her acquaintance with Mr Mackintosh. She positively declined to drop the acquaintance. Witness had to go about the country a good deal to visit patients. When the matters he com- plained of came to his knowledge, he asked his wife if she had committed adultery with Mr Mackintosh, and she said that she had. His wife then went away to her father's house, but she came to him and asked for his forgiveness. He had received two letters fiomher. Petitioner said that in one of the letters respondent said, Please forgive me for the dreadful wrong I have done you and for my sins." In another letter she said, "I know I have sinned and fallen, so everyone has a kick for me. Have a pity on this poor fallen thing, who is so sad and penitent, and, Reginald, husband, forgive your sad. sorrowing wife for her awful sin." Dr. Alfred C. Ferguson said he had been assistant, and was now in partnership with Dr. Hartley. He remember the vicar visiting the hou-e, and he thought the vicar and the lady were unduly familiar. On the 15th September, 1892, his attention was attracted to the dining-rorm. On looking through the window he could see into a room where a lamp was burning brightly. He saw Mrs Hart- ley sitting on the vicar's knee, and he afterwards saw further evidence of impropriety. Some short time afterwards he spoke to them, and expressed indignation against the vicar. The wife admitted the act of adultery, but the vicar said, She can confess if she likes. I will deny everything." Witness spoke to him again, and then he collapsed, sat down and hid his face in his hands, and both he and Mrs Hartley implored him not to say anythiug about the matter. Witness did not say anything to Dr. Hartley until later on, when he thought it his duty to tell him the facts. The domestic servant gave similar testimony. His lordship pronounced a decree nisi, with custody of the children to the petitioner, and costs against the co-respondent.

ALLEGED CHIL0~lviURDER. A Manufacturer and His Servant on Trial. The trial commenced at Liverpool on Thursday of Ashworth Read. manufacturer, Burnley, and Elizabeth Ann Remington, servant, who are indicted for being concerned in killing the illegitimate male child of the female prisoner. Both the accused pleaded not guilty. The child's body was found near Manchester wrapped in paper, and at the inquest an open verdict was returned. Nothing transpired to connect any person with the muruer. The female prisoner had been employed by the male prisoner as a domestic for some year?, and enjoyed a good character In the early part of the year her aunt noticed a change in her, and advised her to go to Morecambe, but she went to Manchester. JShe was afterwards delivered of a child at Manchester, and one day, it is alleged, was seen proceeding with the male prisoner and the child on a tramcar ¡' towards Cheetham Hall, near where the body was found. Sir Edward Clarke submitted this was no evidence against Read, but the Judge said there was sufficient evidence to go before a jury. Witnesses were called to show that Read was in the habit of visiting the girl, who seemed in great trouble. At the close of the case for the prosecution, both the accused were, by the direction of the judge, found not guilty of the murder.

A CARDIFF DIVORCE SUIT, In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice, on Monday evening, the president heard a case in which Mr Nicholas Stephen Wyndham, a marine engineer, of Eldon-street, Cardiff, was petitioner for a divorce from his wife on the ground of her adultery with a co-respondent, named Mr George Clarke, stated to bo a stage carpenter. The suit, was undefended. The petitioner in his evidence stated that he was married to the respondent at the Registry Office, Cardiff, on the 18th of August, 1876, and had lived in Eidon-street, Cardiff. His duties took him away from home, and in 1891, when at Rotterdam, he re- ceived a communication with reference to his wife pawning his things, and after a dispute he separated from his wife. Evidence was then given to the effect that the respondent had received visits from the co-respondent since she, had left her husband. The landlady of the house where she lived said that once she brought Clarke there, and said he was her brother. She took him into the parlour, locked the door, and drew down the blinds. Afterwards, on the land- lady remonstrating, she said. He is a good old soul; God love his heart. He brought me some gin.' On another occasion Clarke was waiting outside the house, when the husband came and outside the house, when the husband came and thrashed him. The President granted a decree niti for the dig- solution of the marriage

DESPATCHES FROM DR. JAMESON. BOLUWAYO, November 10th.—Mr Collenbrader arrived here on tho 7th with des- patchus for Dr. Jameson. On the 6th he fall in with Colonel Goold-Adanis' column just after the latter's engagement with the enemy, and then continued his way to Buluwayo with a hundred of the British troops. King Lobengula is now in hiding at Mtaba Gai Conywa, 15 miles below the Umhlansrui Mission Station. His regiments are thoroughly dis- heartened. They are suffering greatly, from want of food, and small-pox is raging among them. Three Colonial messengers who had been I' ssnt to Lobengula with a letter of peace have returned with a letter from the King, in which he clearly intimates he has no intention of surrender- ing at present. It has consequently been decided tJ attack him in force on the 15th inst. with 400 mounted men and four Maxim guns. Mr Collen- brander's quarters here have b fon turned into a laager and the principal buildings into hospitals, while a fort, to be called "Fort Buluwayu," is In course of construction 300 yards aw.iy from the camp, thus enabling the guns to cover the hospitals and stores. The weather here is very dry and water is scarce, but the health of the camp is very good. Messrs Fairbairn and Usher narrowly escaped being killed before the Chartered forcos arrived at Buluwayo.—Renter.

A DELAYED DESPATDH. The Fate of Captain Williams. FORT VICTORIA, Monday.—The following be- lated dispatch of Reuter's special correspondent with the Chartered Company's forces, giving a detailed account of the fighting on the 1st inst. and subsequent capture ot the King's kraal, was received here to-day, having been brought down from the front by native runners, who reported that they had had great difficulty in avoiding capture and reaching' the fort in safety. The despatch, which is dated Butuwayo, Nov. 4, states :— The Chartered Company's forces arrived here to-day and took possession of the King's kraal. After the tight. on the Shanghai river the Matabele kept ahead of our column until they arrived at Bembes river, 26 miles from Buluwayo, on the 1st instant. Shortly after midday our column formed a laager on the top of a small kopa. Large bodies of natives were observed about a thousand yards from our position, and upon their presence being reported by the scouts, a strong fire was immedi- ately opened upon them with our seven- pounder guns, which were loaded with shell. Almost simultaneously the thick bush in the opposite direction was seen to be swarming with Lobenguia's warriors, who, before they could be stopped by a volley from the guns, had crept up and assegaied one of the outlying vedettes, a man named Thompson. The Matabele then opened a hot fire on the laager, being still under cover of the bush. So determined and vigorous was the attack that it almost routed three sides of the laager. It was then seen that the enemy consisted of T U Ke body mainly composed of Lobenguia's crack regiments—the Imbezu and lnguba. In spite of the heavy fire from the machine guns which were directed against them, they held their position for two hours, fighting with desperate courage and determination. Twice they rushed forward in an organised attempt to reach the laager, but the promptitude and skill with which the machine guns were handled by our men prevented, them from getting closer than about 250 yards. The Matabele fell in hundreds, and we-ie on each occasion driven back into the bush by the sustained heavy fire trom the laager. About half-past three o'clock there was a lull in the fighting, and there being reason to believe that the King's warriors had become disheartened, a detachment of dismounted men were sent out to clear the bush. In this they were successful, the Matabeles retreating before them into the open country beyond, where they were subsequently pursued by a body of mounted men. The enemy was thus completely routed. It is estimated that at least 1,500 Matabelewere killed in this engagement, the Imbuza and Imgubu Regiments being almost entirely annihilated. The forces which had opened fire from the opposite side of the laagar were also put to flight). It is computed that in addition to the crack regiments mentioned above, at least 5,000 men belonging to the forces which had previously attacked the column at I the Shangani River also took part in I this upon the laager, The Imbezu and Inguba fought throughout the engagements with great pluck. According to the natives who were sub- sequently captured, the loss which the king's forces suffered on this occasion was even more than 2,000. On the following day the laager was broken up, and the column advanced with great caution upon Buluwayo. We arrived within sight of the king's kraal on Friday evening. Dense clouds of smoke showed the place was in flames, and as we approached several loud explosions were heard. On the following morning men were sent out to reconnoitre, and returned with news *nat Messrs Fairburn and Usher were still in Buluwayo, and had not been molested in any way bytheMatabele. The main body of the column then advanced and took possession of the King's kraal, meeting tie opposition. It was ascertained that Lobenguia had left Buiuwayo ten days previously ^"1 gone into the thick bush country round oiloh, some distance to the north, where he was collecting men. lIe had left instructions that Buluway0 was to be burnt as soon as the white men approached. This his men did, retiring northwards to rejoin the King, an impi number- ing about 4,000 having first been sent to attack the British force under Major Gooic-Adams. Our casualties up to date are as follows :— Captain Campbell, Messrs Burnett, Walters, Ihompson, Cary, Calcroft, Woods, and Oliver. It is now considered certain that on being cut off from the column Captain Williams rode back towards the Shangani river, where he was over- taken and 3hot.-Reutcr. CAPE TOWN, Tuesday.—Mr Cecil Rhodes has arrived at Polapye. He reports to the Secretary t"e "bartered Company here that Major Browne, aide-de-camp to Major Forbes, has ridden from Buluwayo to Salis- bury by way of Fort Charter, thus taking the same route by which the Chartered columns entered the country. Major Brown states that he passed 14 waggons belonging to the Chartered Com- pany conveying rations to the force atBuluwayo. i t'le country between Buluwayo and i6 \Vartered territory perfectly peaceful, and the Matabele appeared to be accepting the situa- tion. Major Forbes was confident that he would succeed in taking LobenguJa. Mr Rhodes adds that news of the King's capture may be expected atwyimotnent-—^euier' With reference to the reverse reported to have been sustained by the Chartered force ot 300 men on the 14th inst., the Colonial Office states it has received no information on the subject from Sir Henry Lech, who would doubtless have cabled some had he heard of the occurrence. The Colonial Office does not credit the report, and considers thai the only fact tending to give the least colour to it is that on the 13th a recon- noitring party were sent out to discover the where- abouts of Lobengulaand his 8,000 followers in the hope of bringing about a peaceful settlement.

SINGULAR WILL CASE. £ 13,000 in Dispute. In the Probate Division on Wednesday—before Sir F. Jeune and a special jury—the hearingof the probate suit of Mayhew v. Lanshooten was re sumed. It had reference to the testamentary- dispositions of the late Mr Michael Juda Kulp, late of 60, Highbury New Park, who died on the 15th of Septembsr. 1891, possessed of about £13,000. Theptaintiff. Miss Mary Ellen Mayhew, as one of the legateef of the last will, bearing date the 10th of September, 1891, propounded it. Probate was opposed by the defendant, Miss Emily Van Lanshooten, who alleged undue execution, that it was never signed by the de- ceased, and that it was never read by him or read to him at a time when he was in a condition to understand its contents. In the Probate Division on Thursday Sir F. Jeune and a special jury concluded the case of Mayhew v. Lanshooten. Deceased, Mr Michae Juda Kulp, a German, formerly in business at Finsbury as seller of tobacconist's goods, lived with a number of women, by some of whom he had children. In 1887 he made a. will principally benefiting the daughter of the defendant. With her mother hehad lived for20years. That will was allowed to be proved, but a year after his death a will alleged to have been executed on the 10th of September, 1891, was produced by a man named Wolff Levy, who was engaged by the deceased as a sick attendant prior to his death. That will benefited all the women with whom he had lived and their children, and the allegation was that it was a forgery. The property in dispute was about £13,000. The principal witness was Wolff Levy, who is now undergoing imprisonment for uttering a forged receipt. The jury found that the will of 1891 was not duly executed, and the court pronounced for the will ot 1887. All the documents produced in the case were ordered to be impounded.

FATALITY ON THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. A Goods Guard Killed. John Wager, 34 years of age, living at Gloucester, and in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company as goods guard, met with his death on Wednesday morning whilst engaged on duty in the yard at the junction at Bullo Pill. Deceased, at 5.30 a.m., left his lodge at Ruddle, and proceeded to the yard at Bullo, and got his train ready to proceed up the Forest of Dean mineral line to Ruspidge for some ballast. He had brought the train to the east signal-box. and had jumped off his van to cross the rails to the signalman, John Cooper, for the staff or key. At that moment the3.50 a.m. goods train from Gloucester for Landore, due at the box at 6.1 a.m., passed along. Wm. Ferris, the signalman at the west signal-box, was coming on duty at the time, and after the down goods had passed he observed somethiug on the down rails. He called to Cooper, who brought a light, and on examining it it proved to be the body of Wager. It was frightfully mutilated, there remaining only a very small portian-of the head. Deceased was a great favourite, aud his untimely end greatly upset the inen in the J^rd when the Circumstances became known.

The Coal Strike. I CONFERENCE AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. A Successful Issue. LONDON, Friday. The coal crisis is at an end, the result of the conference at the Foreign Office being that the miners are to return to work at the old rate of wages until February 1st, 1894, and that a Board of Conciliation is to be constituted forth- with. The close of the sitting of the conference was announced a few minutes before half-past five, with the further welcome information that an agreement had been effected, and shortly after this formal and satisfactory announcement the official statement was banded to th* representatives of the Press. After a brief interval the following official ,q statement was communicated to the Press Associa- tion :— "TERMS OF SETTLEMENT of the coal dispute agreed upon between representatives of tho Federated Coalowners and of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain at a conference held at the Foreign Office on Friday, November 17th, 1893, Lord R sebery, K.G., in the chair. 1. That a board of conciliation be constituted forthwith, to last over the year at the least, con- sisting of an equal number of coalowners' and miners' representatives 14 each. They shall, before the first meeting, endeavour to elect a chairman from outside, and should they fail will ask the Speaker of the House of Commons to nominate one, the chairman to have the casting vote. That the board when consti- tuted shall have power to determine from time to tune the rate of wages on and from February 1st, 1894. The first meeting to be on Wednesday, December 13th, 1893, at the Westminster Palace Hotel. 2. That the men resume work at once at the old rate of wages until February 1st, 1894. It is agreed that all collieries, so far as practicable, be re-opened for work forthwith, and that, so far as practicable, no impediment be placed in the way of a return of the men to work. We, the undersigned chairman and secretary of the Federated Coalowners and of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, on behalf of those represented at this conference, agree to the above terms of settlement of the present coal dispute. "Signed on behalf of the coalowners :— "A. M. CHAMBERS, chairman. "THOMAS RATCLIFFE COLUS, secretary. "On behalf of the Miners' Federation:- BENJAMIN PICKARD, chairman. "THOMAS A SHTON, secretary. ROSEBERY, chairman of conference. H. LLEWELLYN SMITH, secretary of conference." It appears that before the result was arrived at many proposals and counter proposals were made and discussed. It is stated that one of the proposals put forward by the colliery owners was that the men should return to work at a reduction of 10 per cent. until March, and that after that date the wages should be settled by a conciliation board. The miners' representatives declined this, and insisted upon the old rate as the condition of their returning to work, but they were willing to modify their previous terms to the extent of agreeing that any new rate decided by the Board of Conciliation should begin on March 1st instead of April 1st. Eventually it was decided as a compromise that in view of being allowed to return to work at the old rate, they would con- sent to accept a further limitation of the period to February 1st, and this was eventually agreed to. When this settlement was well within view, Lord Rosebery suggested that the opportunity might perhaps be a favourable one for deciding upon some figure as the minimum wage, but the coalowners did not accept this suggestion, and the question of the minimum was, therefore, left 's with other points to be settled by the Board of Conciliation. Cost of the Late Strike. In the sixteen weeks which the strike lasted— namely, from July 28th to November 17th—there has been a loss in wages to the labouring classes and of output to the manufacturers which has been variously estimated at from £ 3,000,000 to j65,000,000, and the latter figure is probably the nearer the mark. The cessation of the coal traffic from some districts and the interruption of trade have severely affected the railway com- panies, and taking all the lines of the United Kingdom which publish weekly returns, the aggregate gross receipts for the nineteen weeks of the current half-year show a decrees of J62,267,000, as compared with last year's corresponding figures. How steady has been the falling off in gross receipts is showing by the following figures, giving the aggregate decrease as reported each week by fifty-four lailway companies:- Week Total Week Total ending. Receipts. ending. Receipts. July 9 £ 15,000 Sept. 17 £ 197,000 It 16. 22,OX) 24. 174,000 „ 23. 30,000 Oct. 1 149,000 „ 30 171,0'J0 „ H 148,000 Aug. 6 12,030 „ 15.. 13 ,000 „ 13. — „ 22 108,000 „ 20 228,000 „ 29 82,000 „ 27 2C5.000 Nov. 5 82,000 Sept. 3 178,000 „ 12 93,000 „ 10 192,000 in consiaering tne enects on dividends of the heavy reductions in gross receipts reported by the leading companies it must, however, be re- meihbered, says the Observer, that there are still seven weeks of the half-year to run, and that in that period there will be an unusual demand for coal in all directions, household and industrial stocks having been exhausted or reduced to very low levels. The companies should thus be able to report substantial increases on last year's traffic, when the demand was only normal. De- liveries of goods also have in many cases been long delayed, and these will be hurried forward as soon as orders can be filled. Then, again, there have been substantial savings in the train miles run, and with the smaller work done, less consumption of coal, and need for repairs and renewals of way and stock. Dividends will, of course, in many cases be seriously reduced but, with seven weeks more to run, and the possible savings in expenses, it is difficult to say to what extent the rates of distribution will be affected in individual cases.

DEAN FOREST ELOPEMENT. Proceedings in the Police-court. Caroline Hall and Henry Preest, collier, formerly of Bream, were summoned at Dean Forest Police-court for stealing on the 6th June, 1891, household articles, the property of George Hall, of Bream, husband of the female prisoner. -Mr Male defended. Prosecutor said he was an insurance agent, and resided at Bream. He had known the male prisoner about five years, and he was in the habit of visiting witness's house. Witness and his wife were on very intimate terms with Preest, and witness had frequently gone out for walks with bim. He remembered his wife going toTjondon, and while she was away the male prisoner also went to the metropolis. She was only away for a day or two. Witness remembered the 7th June, 1891. On that day the two prisoners, witness, and his children went for a long walk. They went into the King's Head, Bream, and had something to drink. He left his wife and Preest in the public-house, whilst he went home and put the children to bed. He returned to the inn afterwards. On the followinv day, the 8th June, he went to Chepstow and returned home between seven and eight o'clock in the evening. When nearing his house witness noticed a lot of people looking at # him, and on reaching the dwelling found the place locked and the key under the mat. His wife and children were gone. Upon going inside he missed the articles mentioned in the charge. On the 9th June, 1893, witness gave information to tho police, and he believed the same day he went to Gloucester where he found his daughter, Florence Hall, at her aunt's. He also found the child's clothes in a box. On the following day he obtained a warrant for the arrest of the two prisoners. Witness identified the bedding and other articles produced as his property, but many other articles that he missed at the same time he had not been able to find. He valued the lot at £10. Cross-examined by Mr Male, he said he had bought the feather bed at Lydney. Mr Male asked him if he had not heard of such an Act as the Married Women's Property Act, and witnesa said that he had, but he did not swallow it all. (Laughter.) He did not know who removed the goods, only from what he had been told. He and his wife parted good friends on the morning of the 8th June, 1891. Florence Hall said she was prosecutor's daughter, and lived at Bream. The female pri- soner was her mother. She remembered on the 8th of June her mother told her to go down to Mr George Phillips, of Bream, and ask him to come with the horse and trap. He did so. The male prisoner came up by the railings, and witness saw him help George Phillips put the bed into the cart. Witness was afterwards taken by her mother to Gloucester, and was left by her aunt in Qakle-street. When the train arrived at Gloucester, witness saw Preest on the platform. She did not =ee her mother speak to him. Wit- ness's father was away from home when the goods were removed. George Phillips deposed that he was a grocer and baker, residing at Bream with his father. He remembered on the 8th June, 1891, the last witness came to his house between eight and nine o'clock in the morning and asked him to go up with the horse and trap to het mother's house as soon as he could. Witness went with the horse and trap. He saw Mrs Hall, who asked him to take some luggage to Lydney .Station, and he did so. He remembered there were one or two boxes and several parcels. He met Mrs Hall walking. I He could not remember Preest assisting him with things in the trap. P.C. Jones, Parkend, deposed that on the 16th June, 1892, he received a warrant for the arrest of the two prisoners from P.C. Baker, who was previously in charge at Parkend. On the 9th inst. he heard that they in were living as man and wife in the namo of Hodges at No. 60, Preston-road, Standish, near Wigan, Lancathire. He at once reported the fact to Superinteudent Ford, and the warrant was sent on to Standish, and executed. On Friday last, in the presence of the prosecutor and Preest, Mrs Hall said, It was a planned job for Harry to meet me at Gloucester." Mrs Hall has a baby four months old. Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and Mr Mate said there was no charge against Preest. The Chairman said a jury must decide that. He thought the evidence would not justify the bench in discharging Preest, although ho did not give any opinion as to his guilt or innocence. Mr Male reserved the defence, and asked the court to grant bail, but this the justices refused, as the assizes will be held in a few days.

The Portuguese Royal Alail steamer Thome arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday from Lisbon, and brought a crew of 30 of the French 8teamer Lenion, which had been lost at sea.

UNLAWFUL WOUNDINI AT BARRY. Judging from the meagre attendance at the Barry Dock Police-court on Thursday, the magi-s- teriai proceedings arising out of the sc-mdaluus affair at Barry failed toexcite much interest locally. The magistrates—Mr O. H. Jones (Fonmon Castle) and Major-General Lee (Dynas i'owis)— decided upon inquiring first into the charge of indecent assault preferred by Harriet Maud Lewis against Peter Crummy. Mr B. G. Davies appeared to prosecute. Complainant spoke to being indecently assaulted on Tuesday and Wednesday. She said she screamed on each occasion and attracted the attention of Mrs Burchell, her mistress. Prisoner, who was drunk each day, had ignored the rules of the house by coming into the kitchen, and refused to go when she had ordered him out. For the assault on the Tuesday she had forgiven him. as, after a reprimanding from her master, whom she had told at the first opportunity, he had promised not to offend again. After the last assault she had gone upstairs, where she fainted and on recovering she went straight t) the pohce-atation and laid information. By the Clerk She had not seen her master after the last assault, and did not tell anyone that she was going to inf rm the police. Shehadseen no fight.—In reply to questions by Mi O. H.Jones, witness made several statements as to details of the affair which materially differed from those made to the police when she lodged her complaint. Invited to examine prosecutrix, prisoner said he admitted he had kissed the girl as he had Burchell's two daughters, but that was all. To this prosecutrix said, He is swearing false, *ir.' Mrs Burchell emphasised her sorvant's story by saying that Crummy had tried to assault her after she had forced her to desist "pulling the girl (Lewis) about." She called for a seaman who was in bed, and sent' him off to the shipping office. Sergeant Gammon, who effected the arrest, said that prisoner's reply to the charge was "There's nothing in it." Prisoner then made a statement to the effect that the charge was brought a gainst him for fear he would have tried to make it hot for Burchell. This closed the first case, and the bench decided not to adjudicate upon it until after the evidence had been given in the- next one, that in which Crummy charged Burchell with unlawful wound. ing. Mr Davis, on behalf of Burchell, asked for a remand, as he had only been instructed fifteee minutes' before the opening of the court. The application was refused. Prosecutor bore out the facts as already known, his testimony bemg identical to that given to the police authorities on Wednesday. Cross-examined, he said he had not been drink- ing before the assault. He had, however, had a taste, which proved to be a hot whisky, and a ceuple of milk punches." He had had two months for stealing a bag from a fellow-seaman but he didn't steal it. (Laughter.) Burchell had lent him money, and he could not account for his unprovoked attack. He could not say whether Burchell was drunk or not. Burchell was a man who could drink with- out showing it. Dr. Bray, Eingsland-crtscent, Barry Dock, spoke to dressing Crummy's wounds, which he described as not being serious. The only wound was of the nature of a cut was one on the head. This might have been caused by the edge of the poker.—Cross-examined, the fall was consistent with the idea that Crummy bad fallen on a sharp edged stone. Sergeant Gammon deposed to arresting prisoner at his house, 39, Travis-street. When charged with wounding prosecutor he said, I did not stab him. I was sent for from the d ck in the morning, as Crummy was making a row in the house. When I got up there I couldn't get in through the front door. I went round to the back door, and met Ctummy in the passage. I then threw him out through the door. His head went against the wall." Subsequently he secured a poker and a hatchet from Burchell's house. There was no blood on them. By Mr Jones There was no blood in the passage or about the kitchen, where the assault was alleged to have been committed. William Burchell was committed to the quarter sessions on a charge of unlawfully wounding Crummy. Bail was allowed, himself in J650 and two sureties in £25. The charge of indecent assault preferred by Burchell's servant girl against Crummy was dismissed, Mr O. H. Jones commenting strongly on what he called the wilful lying of the prosecutrix.

THE MUMBLES MYSTERY, The Inquest. At the Pilot Hotel, Mumbles, on Wednesday evening, an inquest was held—before Mr Talfourd Strick-concerning the circumstances attending the death of the man unknown who was found in a cave at Limeslade Bay with a bullet through his head. Miss Cobb, governess to the late Col. Conway, deposed that she saw the body on Monday in a cave at Limeslade Bay, and gave information to the police. Mary Davies, waitress at the George Hotel, Mumbles, said that about six o'clock on Saturday evening a man, whom she identified as deceased, came to the hotel and asked to be shown into a room where there was a fire. His wish was complied with, and whiskey was supplied him. He stayed in the room about half an hour, during which time he burnt some papers. He remarked while doing so that he had burnt the end of his umbrella in stirring the fire, and asked why there was no poker. There was a j:K>ker in the grate, bnt deceased did not see it. When witness went into the room where deceased was burning the papers, she observed him to change countenance. He asked her the way to the bay, and she replied "Which bay?" The man did not appear to understand the question, and witness said "Bracelet or Langland?" Deceased replied "Bracelet," and she directed him, at the same time remarking that it was not a fib night to be out. Deceased then went away, but returned in half an hour, and, standing by the bar, refused to enter the room he had previously occupied. He was still drinking whiskey aud soda, and he talked to Mrs Berry and Miss Vivian, whom he told he was going to Swansea by the next tram. He spoke of Devonshire and Yorkshire, and on the second visit did not seem so depressed as on the first. She identified the umbrella produced as that used by deceased to poke the fire with. Mrs Perry, proprietress of the George Hotel, spoke to deceased's conversation with her on his return to the hotel. He volunteered no informa- tion as to his name or the place whence he came. P.S. Titus Davies spoke to finding the body in the way already described and, after other evi- dence had been called, a verdict to the effect that the deceased, whose identity was unknown, had met with his death by shooting himself with a revolver was returned.

STREET GAMBLING. Boys Quarrel, and One is Stabbed. In the Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday —be- fore the Stipendiary (Mr T. W.Lewis)—a chargeof cutting and wounding was brought against Michael Carey (15), a street boy. Prisoner was gambling with a gang of boys in Tredegar-street on Sunday, and quarrelled about some coppers with a lad named Talgen, whose brother William, about 18 years of age, went to separate William, about 18 years of age, went to separate the combatants, and knocked Carey off. Prisoner borrowed a knife from another lad, and rushed at Wm. Talgen, aiming with the knife at his forehead. Prosecutor was struck, but pushed him away, and Carey then tried to stab Talgen in the breast but was knocked against a wall. Prisoner returned to the charge and made another blow with the knife, which Talgen received on the arm. A boy, who had witnessed the assault, said that prisoner threatened to use the knife but did not do so. Both fought, and Talgen was cut on the forehead with a piece of china which Carey had picked up. Another boy named Leary aaid that Carey after being struck by Talgen took the knife from witness. Talgen released Carey, who was resuming play when prosecutor made another rush at him, aud witness believed Carey forgot he had the knife and hit Talgen on the arm with it whilst stopping a blow. The cut on Talgen's forehead was caused by a piece of china which witness threw whilst the two were struggling on the ground.—Dr. Roche said there were two punctured wounds on Talgen's arm, one an inch- and the other three- quarters of an inch in depth, which might have been caused as described by prosecutor, and another clean cut punctured wound on the fore- head, which might have baen caused by a piece of china.—The Stipendiary said the evidence was so conflicting that no jury would convict. It was clear that prosecutor was wounded, and he was inclined to think as described by him, but prisoner would be discharged.

PENARTH'S SURVEYOR. Truth and the Local Board. Penarth seems (says Truth) to be afflicted in its local board with a singularly vacillating and muddle-headed body. Considering that the surveyor had been guilty of negligence and care- lessness, the board called upon him to resigu. He did so, and the vacancy was widely adver- I tised. The salary offered was £200 per annum- an increase of JB40 upon what had hitherto been paid—and there were a large number of can- didates for the appointment. Some of the applicants came to Penarth, the board paying their railway fares, and it cannot be doubted that amongst them there were men admirably qualified for the position. But at the eleventh hour the board abandoned the idea of engaging a new man, and re-instated the old surveyor at the advanced salary. This fortunate official has therefore been awarded an extra jMO a year in consequence of his negligence and carelessness, whilst the ratepayers have to pay the little bill for advertisements, railway fares, etc. The latter are naturally not so well satisfied with the pro- ceedings as the surveyor, and they have now called upon the members of the board to resign. It certainly seems about time Penarth bad a new board. _—.———

CARDIFF' AMUSEMENTS. At the Theatre Royal this week large audiences are being higb'y amused with the new mimical sketch, 1 he Lady Slavey, which forms a sprightly evening's amusement. It is a freshly written piece, and the music is pretty and catching. It is performed by a strong company. Next week the County Councillor is announced. The Grand Theatre this week is occupied by Sam Hague's well-known minstrels, and a morning performance is auuouueud for to-day (Saturday). <

■ —. g-' AN UNSEAWORTHY BARQUE- Board of Trade Prosecutien cu Hewp?^ At Newport Borough Police-court, ou day—before the Mayor (Mr F. Phillips), andotu^ magistrates—Thomas Toft, shipping Newport, was summoned at tho instance of j* Board of Trade for sending the British |j Lothair to sea after she had been ordorj to be and had been detained.—Mr Vache » solicitor. Cardiff, appeared to prosecute on beba4 of the Board of Trade, and Mr Digby Powew solicitor, represented the defendant. Mr Vacheli stated that the prosec tion was taken under the 34th section the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, was passed for the purpose of preventing worthy vessels from proceeding to sea. maximum penalty for sending a vessel to sea aft* having b jen detained by the Board of Trade £ 100. The Lothair was an old barque bu' at St. John's in 1863. In 1891 'jL vessel was detained at Cardiff by Board of Trade, and the barque was tlJe. repaired and afterwards proceeded to sea., meeting with bad weather the ship put Ju Queeustowu, and was there provisionally letain^ by the Board of Trade. In February, 1892, vessel was ordered to be detained :ui(l detained up to April, 1893. DiJ'? that period the Board of r £ r»a were approaceed with a \iw of the vessel removed. The defendant providing the certificate was closed, the taken out, and the vessel towed out ot Qnt^0.« town as a hulk. In April last, Mr Toft b^uK < the vessel from Mr 1. LU-wellin, contrai'Wi Newport. In July the defendant sent ovwra from Newport, and six runners were put aUOj,'t the barque and she was towed to Newport. I Newport the vessel was rearrested, and i released on the certificate of classificat^ 1 being closed, and the vessel was pit under the Norwegian flag. Mr. 1 Dunn, agent for the Prairie Queen, s'e8Ij tug, stated that defendant engaged the tug towtheLothair to Newport m July last. Llewellm told the Court that when he sold » barque to defendant he did not inform him she was under arrest at Qaeenstown. — Digby Powell, for the defence, pro^u°2 letters and receipts showing the conditions oC which the vessel bad been released from arr?3.~s; and contended that the letter from the Board Trade freed defendant from liability. The da* fendant purchased the vessel for a Norwegl:1Jl firm, and B200 had been spent in impairing barque, which had been passed by the Norwtg. surveyor and transferred to the Norweg'^ flag. Defendant had no knowledge of tn vessel's detention at Queenstown, and j* (Mr Powell) contended that before t: court could convict a guilty knowledfs must be established.—The Magistrates' pointed out that the offence was a criminal n»' demeanor, and that the payment of the Board Trade charges would not compound such offence.—The Bench retired to consider the ca5^ j and on coming into court the Mayor, in annouo ing the decision, said that the cane was a serious one, and that the penalty would be and costs.

THE DISCOVERY ON SWANSEA SANDS. ] The police have reoeived no clue as to tb1 1 identity of the dismembered parts of the body 0 a child discovered on Monday and Tuesday 0 Swansea Sands. The head is that of a Pr { little child, while the legs show indications tua the body was not fully developed. There b»"'» no trunk, there is nothing to show whether Wj dismemberment was before or after death, "A whether, even, the child had a separate existetic —An inquest was held, before Mr Echv f Strick, at the Tunnel Hotel, on Wednesd evening.—Charles Bond, of Rodney-street, sal on Monday morning he was out for a walk on » sands, and when about 300 yards below the s t a young boy came running up to him and P"1? 0f out an object. He went to it, and found ft legs tied. The upper part of the legs lookera though they had been clean cut from the boay* He reported the discovery to P.C. Broog< who took charge of the remains. Mainore, attendant at the baths, spoke Professor Morris telling him a baby's head J*. lying on the sands. He went down and found and, putting it in a sack, conveyed it to Oxford-street Police-station.—P.C.' Brook Perryman having given evidence as to receiw g tbe parts of the body, Dr. Howell Thomas sa he had examined the parts of the body, and j, there were two legs of a newly-born child, whi had been amputated at the hip joint. No dou some sharp-cutting instrument had been use(l}1| effect the severance. He was also shown head, subsequently found. That also had bee severed from the body by a sharp instrument. would imagine the two parts belonged to the body— that of a newly-born child. He was would imagine the two parts belonged to the body— that of a newly-born child. He was III clined to think the severance There was nothing to show a separate exist en** from the mother in the absence of the trunk. body was apparently au eight months' chiW' The Coroner said this was the first time he I ø. held an inquest on the part of a body of a and the case was a peculiar one altogether. recommended that an open verdict be return and this was done.

DEATH OF MR J. COLQUHOUN. The announcement of the death of Mr Colquhoun, lato general manager of the Trede»^ Iron and Coal Company, will occasion deepsorr" amongst a large circle of friends and bustf^, connections. The deceased gentleman has b0* ailing since August last, when ha was affected « a paralytic stroke. A visit to Scotland imP1-0^ his health to a limited extent, but he worse in the last few months, and turned agalDø- the land of heather hills for invigoration. came back from Scotland four or five weeks and seemed better, though far from well. Monday night, however, whilst at his residepj Abbotsford, Weston-super-Mare, he was se,j £ with a second stroke, ami death followed s denly from hemorrhage on the brain. He wa -4 his 60th year. Mr Colquhoun, who for occupied the position of manager of the Treo^o. Ironworks, resigned that post in October, and about March last removed from Tredegar Weston, much to the regret of those among whom he had so long resided. The peoPle Tredegar, as a mark of their appreciation ot services, invited him to open their new low hall, on the 18th May, and took advantage.0' occasion to present him with an dlUD,'5r n- address. He was a county magistrate .for u.a.O of mouthshire, had admirably filied the e chairman of the Bedwellty School Board, al ()f the Tredegar Local Board, as well as pres'enttu« the local literary and scientific association, 1 science and art committee, and the Bible Socie in connection with which, and in other caPaCI*M it was recognised that he had done work for weal of the town and district which would him a lasting record. Mr Colquhoun especially held in high esteem by the worK' population of the Monmouthshire town whom he bad necessarily been brought into ø closest touch. Prior to coming to Tredegar the establishment of the works there, Mr quhoun had been manager of the Works, and he was one of the btst known masters of South Wales and Monmouthshire. « president of the South Wales Institute Engineers his term of office was markable for the increase in ship and interest in the association. was also a past president of the Coalown*? Association and of the Sliding-scale Committ and his services as arbitrator were frequent called into requisition in settlement ot disputes. It was 011 Mr Colquhoun's advice the fine coalfield connected with the Trede £ *j undertaking was developed, and the furnaces remodelled. Eleven years ago a outlay in Bessemer and rail-milling plant plaC Tredegar works on a footing with the best » their kind and at the lowest ebb of the coal a Ji steel trades the shareholders in the coV°?(J[ always had a dividend under the management the deceased. Though he had retired from a*161 business life, he never lost touch with old assoc.^ tion! was amongst his business connection'. Cardiff only last week, and on Wednesday vlS\-„a the Newport Coal and Metal Exchange, friends and acquaintances. He leaves a wife large family to mourn their bereavement. Feeling at Tredegar. A general feeling of sorrow was manifest in town on the receipt of the sad news of the what sudden death of Mr James Colquhoun,' general manager of the Tredegar Iron and Company, which took place at his res' Weston-super-Mare, early on Monday ul°rnliJj* It appears the deceased gentleman had a stro to which he succumbed in the course ot mmutes.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY BY A FARM SERVANT. At the Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesday —before Mr T. P. Jenkins (in the chair), Mr Merchant, Mr Edward Edwards, Mr W, Mathias, and Dr. H. Naunton Davies—a f*J". servant named Lewis Philip Lewis, of was brought up in custody charged with robbi S his former employer, William Miles, of a watch and ciiain and a gold ring, of the value £ 9 9<. It will be vememliered that the P £ lsC'L(J was charged with this offence before the magistrates a fortnight ago, but the being then insufficient to convict the accused acquitted. The charge against.him was that hlit broke into the farmhouse on a Sundav nitf while the family were in chapel. On last the prisoner was observed by P.S^. *1, walking down the road through St. Mellon a- officer perceived the end of a gold chain dan £ from the man's pocket, and his suspicions aroused, he took the man in custody. accused then declared that the chain had P~Zf, sold to him by a man from Rhymney, who. ever, on bemtf called be!ore the PontyP magistrates 011 Wednesday, denjed all kno^ tlty» of the article. The prisoner now pleaded fL0n(i and was sentenced to four months' imprl!OnlØ¡p¡J with hard labour, four previous convictions recorded against him.—Mr T. P. Jenkins pElt complimented P.S. Hole upon the smart flaø he had captured the accused at St. Mellon So

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