The Cardiff Times

FROM PADSTOW TO BARRY. On Sunday morning the steamer Fjordheim, bailed under the Norwegian flag, but owned by It Newcastle firm, was towed to Barry Roads by the Padstow steam lifeboat after an ex- citing experience on the previous night during (he height of a. strong westerly gale. It appears that the steamer, which is in command of Captain Pedersen, was bound up the Bristol Channel to Barry from Venice. light. Off Pad- stow the steamer lost its propeller, and was in danger of drifting ashore. Signals of distress were sent up, and the Padstow steam lifeboat put out to the assistance 01 the disabled steamer, which was taken in tow and brought up to Barry Roads. Subsequently the Cardiff Wild Rose brought the steamer into Barry, where repairs will be effected. Captain John Stribley, the captain of the ^team lifeboat Helen Peele, of Padstow. said that the signals were seen on Friday night at 8.20, and the boat proceeded promptly in re- sponse to the call, towing the lifeboat Edwin Harvey,fullv manned. They played the search- hght around Port Isaac, where the rockets Were located, but at daybre:4: on Saturday they observed the steamer flying the signal Disabled—send a boat to assist." Captain Pedersen asked to be taken in tow, and the towage began at 10.20 a.m. and finished at Barry Roads at 10;35 p.m. on Saturday. The "Mn in the lifeboat astern had been without food for 36 hours, and were fairly exhausted pn reaching Barry. The boat was visited by a ,s*rge number of people at Barry on Sunday, MLd her prim, up-to-date, well-kept condition vpas generally remarked upon. The Helen, Peele left late on Sunday night on the return lourney. DISABLED. The French schooner Ernest and Martha, which on Friday morning sank the schooner nary Barrett in collision off Morte Pomt, was towed into the Bute West Dock basin on Saturday morning, with her bowsprit gone and dtr bulwarks very badly damaged. The ss. Malvern, which left Penarth on Thursday night outward bound for Campana, •>ut back to the Roath Basin on Saturday horning with about 3ft. of water in her No. 1 tatch. A Dover telegram states that a Japanese tier picked up in the Channel on Saturday ■aoming the dismasted vessel Persee, of •"•anion, France. ILFRACOMBE RESCUE. Two Days at the Pumps. Receiving a telephonic message from the coastguards at Bull Point on Saturday, the Ilfracombe lifeboat proceeded in search of the abandoned schooner Gracieuse of Granville, France. She was waterlogged, bulwarks broken in, and sails torn to ribbons. When near the scene the steamer Glen Norven, of Newcastle, outward bound, signalled that she had the crew of five on board, one dead. These were transferred to the lifeboat. The deceased oaan died from exposure when in transit from schooner to the steamer. The Cardiff tugboat Hercules also left Ilfra- ;ombe, and picking up the schooner, towed her to Ilfracombe. The crew reported they left Plymouth oh Monday with a cargo of bricks for Swansea. They experienced terrific weather, being at the pumps over two days without sleep, and they were utterly exhausted. The dead man was removed to the mortuary, and remainder of the crew were comfortably lodged. Crowds vatcbed the landing. STEAMER'S CARGO SHIFTED. The French steamer Caravellas put back into the Bute Roath Dock Basin on Sunday morning with a heavy port list caused by the shifting of her cargo. TRAWLER'S SALVAGE. Strange Incident at Tenby. Surprise was caused at Ten by soon after daybreak on Saturday by the report that a Yarmouth steam trawler, Boy Fred Y.H. 517, which had ridden out the gale in the bay, was putting out to sea, and had taken in tow the Barnstaple ketch Sultan, the crew of which had been brought off on Friday by the Tenby life- boat. The master of the ketch (John Clarke) when apprised of what had happened launched a boat with the help of Tenby boatmen, and started in pursuit of his vessel. The trawler, however, made for the open channel, and was last seen off Caldy Island making for the west- ward with the ketch still in tow. The Sultan is laden with granite for Bamstaple, and in the gale of Thursday night she lost her boat, mizzen, and mizzen gaff. On Saturday night the Boy Fred towed The Sultan into Swansea. According to the salvors they found The Sultan derelict in the Bristol Channel off the Helwicks. On Captain Aisteek, of the Boy Fred, sending a hoat to her, it was found that she had been abandoned by her crew, and was almost water-logged. On Sunday the captain of The Sultan arrived at the South Dock, Swansea, where he found his ketch, and obtained a change of clothes. GALLANT LIFEBOAT RESCUE. The Boulmer lifeboat effected a smart rescue on Friday night in a fierce easterly gale and terrific seas. The German schooner Caecelie, 49 tons. owned by Captain Brickert, and in ballast from Hamburg to Blyth, was driven ashore at Boulmer after battling with the storm for some time. The rocket apparatus and the Alnmouth lifeboat were quickly on the scene, but the Boulmer lifeboat succeeded in Rescuing the crew of three. One of the life- boatmen was badly hurt in the course of the rescue work. The schooner soon became a total wreck. MISSING SCHOONER SAFE. The schooner Gwalia, of Drogheda, which wus reported lost, arrived at Drogheda on Saturday. KETCH TOWED INTO MilFORD. On Saturday night the steam drifter Endur- ance, of Lowestoft, towed into Milford the *etch Portland, of Exeter, which was seen in distress off St. Ann's Head on Friday. The crew had been greatly fatigued in their fight with the gale. The mainsail was ln tatters, but the ketch had no further damage. On arrival at Milford tbe vessel was taken into dock. The crew comprised three men, all over 60 years of age, and the skipper's wife was also on board. All suffered from exhaustion, and the skipper was too ill to give much account of their experiences. The ketch was bound from "aundersfoot to Dublin with culm. SCHOONER PICKED UP. # On Saturday night the schooner Dart, from Swansea to Wexford with culm, was brought gto Milford by the Yarmouth steam trawler Halcyon. She was picked up in distress off the "malls the same day. Her bulwarks were carried away and sails damaged. She was beached at Pill Point, owing to her having sprung a leak. The crew were all safe aboard.

LONG FIRM SWINDLE. In the High Courtof Justiciary atEdinburgh on Monday Lord Justice Clerk and a jury con- cluded the trial of Alexander Brougham For- rester and William Forrester, who were charged with having, while professing to act as manag- es director and director respectively of Messrs Alexander Forrester, Limited, boot and slipper merchants, of Glasgow, obtained goods to the yalue of over jE10,000 on false pretences. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty. B. Forrester, who accepted the entire re- sponsibility, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude, and his younger brother to three years' penal servitude.

SERIOUS LONDON FIRE. Damage .to the extent of £50,000 was done "J fire on Monday to the premises of John Gosnell and Co., Ltd., manufacturers of scent, at 215, Blackfriars-road, London. The build- Ulg is five storeys in height, and 80 people were employed at the time the fire broke out, shortly after 3 o'clock. The flames spread alarmingly quickly, but all got out safely. Mr R. P. Gosnell, however, was injured and taken to the hospital.

POSTCARD LIBEL. Farthing Damages; No Casts. At the Liverpool Assizes on Monday, Mr Justice Pickford and a special jury concluded the hearing of a libel action brought by rederiek Arthur Simpkin, a retired veterinary surgeon, against a commercial traveller named treorge ^Frederick Taylor. .One farthing damages was awarded to plain- wff no costs.

On Saturday evening Nesta, the four-and-a naif-year-old daughter of Mr John Peppy, ration-road, and Miss Eleanor Harris, '^nepstow-road, were knocked down by a motor- car near Hereford-street, Newport. The car, which was owned by Mr Herbert Henry Wil- son, of Sully and Mount Stuart-square, Cardiff, immediately stopped. It was found that younger girl had her collar bone fvac- and Miss Harris had injuries to her Persons who witnessed the accident la that the little girl suddenly ran off the Pavement on to the road, and Miss Harris in SKL. her also came in contact with

Wife Murder in London. YOUTHFUL MARRIAGE SEQUEL. At the Central Criminal Court on Monday (before Mr Justice Bucknill) Herbert Walter Jones (21), a carman, was indicted for the wil- ful murder of his wife, Alice Susan Jones, at Chiswick, on January 28th. Prisoner, who attempted his own life, appeared in the dock with his throat bandaged. Mr Arthur Gill (with whom was Mr Graham Campbell), in opening the case for the prose- cution, said prisoner and deceased became married last year, and went to live at Short- road, Chiswick. The marriage was not a happy one, and there was an estrangement between the prisoner and his parents, which lasted some time. The prisoner then lost his work, and being unable to keep up the payments for his furniture, the home had to be given up. The couple went to lodge with the woman's parents, but there was an estrangement, and eventually the prisoner went back to his parents' home. To his father he said, Dad, they have turned me out over there. They have given me a week's notice because I am out of work." That statement, said counsel, did not appear to be true. The estrangement continued down' to Christmas Eve, when the deceased gave birth to a child. Prisoner then went back to his wife again, but there was another estrangement, and prisoner went back to his parents again, saying, I asked Alice for a cup of tea and she refused and said, Go over to your own mother.' On the evening of January 20th the prisoner went home in a very restless mood, and he kep b going in and out of the house. Late in the evening screams were heard coming from the direction of Hogarth-street, and some neigh- bours going to the spot saw the woman lying on the ground with her throat cut and the prisoner standing over her. The scene of the tragedy was quite close to the girl's parents house. The prisoner after the tragedy ran into his own parents' house, and to his mother I said, Kiss me before I die." SLe said, Your throat is cut," and he replied Yes, and I've cut Alice's too." Dr. Scott, medical superintendent of Brixton Prison, said the accused man had inflicted a serious wound on his throat necessitating its being sewn up. He added that the prisoner was very deaf, and deaf people were more prone to suspicion than people whose hearing was acute. The jury, after retiring for half an hour, found the prisoner guilty of wilful murder, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The Judge said the jury had come to the only decision they could, and he passed the sentence of death in the usual way. Prisoner took the sentence quite unmoved and on leaving the dock. shouted, Good-bye, father, good-bye, mother, good-bye, aU

SLEEPING SICKNESS. International Conference. The second international conference on sleeping sickness met on Monday at the Foreign Office. The conference, which was con- vened at the suggestion of the British Govern- ment, will last,it is expected, for about a week. The complete list of delegates of the seven countries represented at the conference is as follows :— Germany—Dr. Robert Koch, Herr H. de Jacobs, Dr. Stehdel. Spain—The Marquis de Yillalobar, Dr. F. Murillo Palacios. Congo Free State—Colonel Lantonnofe, Dr. Van Campenhout. Prance—M. Le Myre de Vilers, M, Ronssin, Dr. Kermorgant, Dr. Cureau, Dr. Giard. Great Britain—Lord Fitzmaurice, Sir W. Foster, Mr A. Wairond Clarke, Mr H. J. Read, Sir Patrick Manson, Dr. Rose Bradford, Sir R. Doyce, Colonel D. Bruce. Italy—Professor Rocco San toliquido, Professor Adolfo Cotta. Portugal—Dr. Ayres Kopke. The Italian delegation was accompanied by Count Bosdari (Italian Charge D*Affaires). The conference beingregarded as a continuation of the first conference Lord Fitzmaurice again presided. The proceedings were informal and brief, the whole sitting lasting only about an hour. The conference was opened by Lord Fitzmaurice, who cordially welcomed the dele- gates on behalf of the British Government. The delegates then commenced the discussion of the draft General Acts drawn up by the British and German Governments, and Pro- fessor Rocco Santoliquido, the principal Italian I delegate, delivered a long address setting forth the views of his Government as to the steps to be taken for combating sleeping sickness. The conference then adjourned.

QUEBEC BRIDGE DISASTER. Where the Fault Lay. Ottawa, Monday.—The report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the causes of the Quebec bridge disaster was laid on the table of the Dominion House of Com- mons to-day. It differs essentially frqrn the forecast already published. The Commissioners find that the collapse of the bridge resulted from the failure of the lower chords in the anchor arm near the main pier, and that the failure was due to their defective design. The stresses that caused the failure, the report continues, were not due to abnormal weather conditions or accident, but were such as might be expected in the regular course of the erection. The design of chords that failed was made by Mr P. L. Szlapka, the designing engineer of the Phcenix Bridge Company, and this design was examined and officially ap- proved by Mr Theodore Cooper, consulting engineer to the Quebec Bridge Company. The failure cannot be attributed directly to any cause other than errors of judgment on the part of those two engineers. These errors, how- ever, cannot be attributed either to lack of common professional knowledge, neglect of duty, or desire to economise. The ability of the two engineers, the report proceeds, was tried in one of the most diffi- cult problems of the day, and proved insuffi- cient for the task The Commission gives it as its opinion that the disaster could not have been hindered by any action after August 27th, and that it was impracticable to brace or take down the structure owing to the risk of life.— Reuter.

REVOLUTION BY BOMB. Outrage In an Argentine Tewn. Genoa, Monday. — The journal Secolo XIX." publishes a telegram from Buenos Ayres which states that a bomb exploded at Rosario, wrecking a house in the centre of the town and some adjoining premises, and badly damaging other adjacent buildings. One dead body and several injured persons have been extricated from the ruins. The bomb, which was immensely powerful, was charged with dynamite, and a store of arms and ammunition, said to belong to the extreme Radical party, which is preparing a revolution- ary movement, was found among the debris. A number of persons have" been arrested, several of them being well-known political leaders. The rising was to have taken place in a few days' time. The troops are confined to barracks.—Reuter. Buenos Ayres, Monday.—The Ministerial candidates have been successful at:the elections in the capital and the provinces, The Opposi- tion party abstained from voting, with the exception of the Socialists. The Minister of the Interior declares that calm prevails throughout the Republic.— Reuter.

GERMANY'S MERCHANT FLEET The Germanischer Lloyd have just issued their Register of Shipping for the year 1908. It contains 3,406 German vessels and 1,061 vessels of other nationalities. The German vessels comprise :— Number. Gross Register Tons. Steamers 1,927 3,743,151 Sailing vessels.. 1,479 547,272 3,406 4,290,423 According to the list published, there were under construction in 1907 :—In German ship- yards 1,424 vessels with 784,627 gross register tons; in foreign shipyards 212 vessels with 200,928 gross register tons total 1,638 vessels with 985,555 gross register tons. Of these there were completed in 1907 :—In German ship- yards, 951 vessels with 368,440 gross register tons in foreign shipyards for German owners, 145 vessels with 119,518 gross register tons total, 1,096 vessels with 487,958 gross register tons. Further, 38 vessels of 70,497 gross register tons have been purchased abroad on German account, and 151" vessels with 177,469 gross register tons have left German possession by sale, firei or condemnation.

"TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS. Blaengwynfi Constable Startled. An echo of recent wedding festivities at Blaengwynfi was heard at Aberavon County Police Court on Monday, when David John Williams and John Rogers, two Blaengwynfi colliers, were summoned for letting off percus- sion caps and detonators at Jersey-road, Blaengwynfi, on February 20th. P.C. Roberts said he he^rd some terrific explosions, and found that defendants were firing detonators on the coping of abridge. Witness produced a quantity of explosives, which, he said, were composed of dynamite, etc. He heard one fired on the night previous, and thought there was something wrong at thecolliery, as there was such a terrific sound.—The Clerk What was their object in letting these things off ?—P.C. Roberts s To keep up some wedding festivi- ties I suppose.—Defendant AVilliaxns said he oni; fired ^wo.-The Clerk Why did you o so ?—Defendant: To show respect to the wedding party. (Laughter.)-Wi!liams_ was fined 40s inclusive, and Rogers, who did not appear, 50s inclusive.

Atameetingot Swansea, Education Com- mittee on Monday it was decided to send repre- sentatives to the conference convened at Shrewsbury to consider the proposedestab- lishment of a Welsh Council ofLducatJori for Wales, the deputation to consist of thiechau- man (Ald«SO*an Mswtw' ■1 Messrs Tutton and Mites.

Specialist Fined. DR, FORBES WINSLOW CONVtCTEB. Unlicensed Asylum. Dr. L. S. Forbes Winslow, the famous mental .specialist, was fined £50 at the Middle- sex Sessions on Saturday for aiding and pro- curing a woman to receive for payment a lunatic in a house not licensed for the purpose. The case was orfe in which Edith Mary Lascelles was indicted for receiving for pay- ment to board and lodge and detain Ethel May Davis, a lunatic, in a house not duly licensed for the purpose. The doctor was indicted for aiding and procuring Lascelles to receive, &c., the said Ethel May Davis. They both surrendered to their bail, the doctor's face becoming crimson as he took his stand in the dock. Mr Bodkin stated the Public Prosecutor had taken these proceedings for, the Lunacy Com- missioners regarding the matter as one of very considerable public importance, Dr. Forbes Winslow had very considerable experience in lunacy, and must not be considered to have I committed any offence under the Lunacy Act in ignorance. Mr Bodkin cited various < sections of the Act, and pressed the import- ance of the case to the prisoners and to the public. Mrs Lascelles had had charge of the insane, and had testimonials to her efficiency, ,8tIt there was now a complaint that she had given way to habits of intemperance. She was the occupant of an unlicensed house at Chiswick, and had a little deaf girl as the only servant. Dr. Forbes Winsiow knew her late husband, and was one of her references when she took this house, at Burlington Gardens. Miss Davis was about 33, and the daughter of a widow not in affluent circumstances. She went to the Forbes Winslow Memorial Hospi- tal, Euston-road. Dr. Winslow was interested in a home at Hassocks, and Miss Davis was j sent there. With reference to that home, under previous management, there had been proceedings in which Dr. Winslow gave evidence, under the very section the present proceedings were taken, so it was impossible for him to plead ignorance. From there she went to Chiswick, and for her a charge was made of a guinea a week until her removal to an asylum. Two days after she got to the house there was an outbreak, in which she bit Mrs Las- cclles. The unfortunate lunatic was left alone at the top of the house, and the little servant rushed up on hearing a noise, and found Miss Davis had got out of the window, and reached the ground some 20 feet below- She was bruised and scratched, and later Mrs Lascelles wrote to Mrs Davis that Dr. Forbes Winslow was of opinion the shock had improved her mental condition. On another occasion she I went over the back garden walls in her night- dress. This showed what sort of supervision was exercised over her. I Mrs Davis visited her daughter, and found her and her room dirty, and Mrs Lascelles too intoxicated to sign the receipt for the money paid her. Eventually the unfortunate woman was taken to an asylum. Mr Purcell said this was the first case of its kind, the first time a doctor had been charged in this*way, and the indictment for aiding and abetting '.vas a result of the ingenuity of his learned friend, Mr Bodkin. At* the most there had been a technical breach of the law, follow- ing an error of judgment as to the condition of the patient. He proceeded to cite from the de- positions the evidence of the doctors called at the Police Court, and contended it was obvious such an error of judgment was easy to thake. Dr. Forbes Winslow, with his reputation, very keenly felt this prosecution. Sir Ralph Littler said this was a case of great importance. Mrs Lascelles had no authority to take the poor woman in, but might well plead taking the case from Dr. Forbes Winslow, who must have known sufficient of medical juris- prudence to know he was doing wrong. He ought to know, and must be assumed to know. There would be fine and imprisonment in any future case. For this one he fined Dr. Forbes Winslow £50, and Mrs Lascelles £10. r'J:

MAD CLERGYMAN. On Saturday, before Judge Kenny, at the Clonmel Assizes, an Irish clergyman, the Rev. Thomas Larder Gibbings, the late rector of Ballingarry, was arraigned on a charge of shooting the Rev. James White, a diocesan curate, when returning from service at the prisoner's former church on Christmas Day. A jury was sworn to decide if the prisoner were of sound mind and capable of pleading, and a number of medical and other witnesses were examined. They spoke of the extraordi- nary delusions on the prisoner's part as to his food being poisoned, as to conspiracy on the part of the bishop, the Rev. Mr White, and others, to oust him from his office, and as to his sister, who died recently, having sacrificed herself for his sake. He created a scene on the occasion of her funeral, and delayed the interment for three hours, and had since repeatedly said she was alone, and that he would meet her again. He expressed regret at one time for having iired at Mr White, but at another time said he was sorry he had not killed him and the bishop also. The jury found that the prisoner was in- capable of pleading, and he was ordered to be detained during the Lord Lieutenant's plea- sure.

WAR ON FLIES. The Publio Health Committee of the London County Council have presented a report upon the nuisance experienced from flies, and in it they point out that complaints have of late years increased in number, owing no doubt to the attention which has recently been directed to the possibility of the spread of infection by these insects. Dr. Haymer, the Local Government Board medical officer, states that the facts at present ascertained as to the influence of flies in spreading disease, under conditions obtaining in England, are not such as to enable any posi- tive opinion to be expressed, but he points out that the contamination of articles of food, the irritation and annoyance and even loss of sleep caused to residents in the neighbourhood in which observations were made, constituted injurious influences of a most serious character. The committee have recommended the circu- lation of the medical officer's report on the fly nuisance.

A BOX OF EXmBITS. At Brecon County Court on Saturday, before Judge Bryn Roberts, an action was heard in which Alfred Quarrell, florist and gardener, Brecon, was the plaintiff, and the Brecon and Merthyr Railway Company the defendants. Mr W. G. Spickernell, solicitor, Brecon, was for the plaintiff, and Mr Lewis W. H. Jones, solicitor, Brecon, for the defendant company. The action was in respect to the alleged neglect of the defendant company to deliver in time for exhibition at the Cardiff Horticultural Show on July 24th last a box containing 11 exhibits of fruit and vegetables, despatched fromBrecon by the 2.5 p.m. Brecon and Merthyr passenger train on the 23rd July. Plaintiff claimed £6 damages. His Honour, after hearing the evidence, said plaintiff had not made his case out. Judgment for the de- fendant company.

HAGGLING" DEPRECATED. Margam Council and Officials. At a meeting of Margam District Council on Monday, the matron of the sanatorium wrote asking for a testimonial, as she could not put up with the worry any longer, and she intended to look out for another place. She had done her best with them, and had tried to keep down all unnecessary expenses. Mr E. T. Evans moved that they ask the matron to re- consider the matter, and Captain U. David seconded. Mr Edward Evans thought it was time that members left off all this haggling and haggling about their officials. It was very unrea.sonable. The resolution was carried, it being added that the matron had the con- fidence of the Council."

SHOOTING AFFAIR NEAR ROSS. Alleged Attempted Murder. Edwin James Jones, labourer, of Hope- Mansell, near Ross, was charged at Ross on Monday with the attempted murder of Edmund Freeman, labourer, at Hope Mansell on Satur- day night. It was alleged that the two men quarrelled and Jones took out a revolver and fired three shots, one of which struck Free- man. He was taken to the Ross Cottage Hos- pital, where he now lies in a precarious condt- tion. Jones was arrested at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning by Superintendent T. Mars- ton and brought to Ross. The prisoner was remanded in custody until Friday.

DEATH OF A LIBERAL M.P. « We regret to announce the death of Mr C. Goddard Clarke, Liberal M.P. for the Peckham Division of Camberwell, which occurred at his residence at Champion Hill on Saturday night. Mr Clarke, who gained the seat from the Con- servatives at the last General Election, when his majority over the previous member, Sir Frederick Banbury, was 2,339, had been, unwell for some time, the final cause of death being pneumonia.

Lord Ninian Stuart attended a reception and whist drive, held under the- auspices of the Cardiff Junior Conservative and Unionist Association, op Monday evening. Among those present were Messrs J. W. Courtis, Cyril Tredcroft, D. J. Jenkins (president of the association). A. G. Howell (vice-president), and F. A. Wood. There was a large attend- ance. After the whist drive, in which Lord NuuaBStup-rt took part, and at the close of a capital musical programme, Mr D. J. Jenkins proposed, and Mr A. G. Howell seconded, a hearty vote of thanks to Lord Ninian, who, in responding, apologised for the absence of Lady Ninian, who, he said, had not yet thoroughly recovered from her recent indisposition. The results of the whist drive were as iotJow :—lst (gentleman), Mr Herbert Phillips 2nd, Mr T C. Hopkins 1st (ladyr). Miss G. Eley 2nd) MLiss E. Neale.

Cardiff City Council. LIVELY DISCUSSIONS. NATIONAL MUSEUM QUESTION. # Councillors' Little Trips: "Cursed Jealousy." The Lord Mayor (Councillor Illtyd Thomas) presided at Monday's meeting of the Cardiff City Council. Sanitary Inspectorship. Thomas William Warren, the senior assistant inspector of nuisances, was appointed chief inspector at a commencing salary of £140. Councillors Gross Swords. Councillor J. Chappell, as chairman of the Parks Committee, called attention to an alleged breach of privilege on the part of Coun- cillor Good. He asserted that Councillor Good called at the office and insisted on taking away and copying some papers sent in by ,applicants for allotments and small holdings, although those papers bad not been submitted to the committee, and in face of a protest by the committee clerk. He also refused to see the town clerk on the subject when requested by the committee clerk. In view of the fact that these papers contained private informa- tion as to the means, etc., of the applicants, he (Councillor Chappell) wished to know whether Councillor Good had acted rightly. The Town Clerk replied that no member of the Corporation had any power or authority to come to his office, or any other office, and inspect papers which had not been considered by a committee unless he had authority from the committee to do so. Councillor Good refused to accept the ruling until a clause was inserted in the Municipal Corporations Act forbidding a member to act as he had done and until >»such clause was- passed, he intended to exercise his right as a representative of the ratepayers and a mem- ber of the Corporation to obtain any informa- tion he though necessary. Mr Chappell, as chairman of the Parks Committee, was boo presuming and assuming," and he resented his impertinent interference in this matter." Councillor Chappell, in view of the fact that the papers taken awav by Councillor Good con- tained private information regarding the appli cants' means, &c., asked the Council to instruct the town clerk to impound them until the com- mittee met.—The Lord Mayor said he would take it upon himself to give the town clerk that instruction. The Council unanimously adopted the Noti fication of Births Act, 1907, hi the area of the city of Cardiff. It will corae into operation at such time as may be fixed bytbeLocal Govern- ment Board. Lord Mayor & Bute Dowry. The Lord Mayor said that there was an im- pression that the girl who received the Bute Dowry was the one who received the largest number of nominations from councillors. All that was necessary was one nomination, and he desired to make it kno wn that he would not be influenced if 30 members nominated. Coun- cillor Morgan Thomas said that past mayors gave the dowry to the more deserving case. The Lord Mayor agreed, but he protested against any attempt to influence him by several members nominating the same girL This Cursed Jealousy." Councillor H. C. Vivian referring to the Par- liamentary Committee's proposed opposition to certain Parliamentary Bil1s, said he thought it was a great mLstakp indeed to oppose the Taff Vale Railway Bill. (Hear, hear.) Further, he thought it was quite unnecessary to have six members going to London to give evidence against it. (Hear, hear.)—Sir W. Crossman said he for one would not be able to go.—Councillor G. F. Forsdike thought it was a gross and wasteful piece of extravagance to suggest tha.t six members should visit London to give evi- dence against the Taff Vale Bill, and he moved that the number be limited to two,excluding the officials—Councillor J. T. Richards seconded, and referred to the inclusion of Alderman J. Jenkins's name in the list-—Councillor J. Chappell said it was time that this cursed jealousy" was done away with. Councillor Richards had made a thrust at Alderman Jenkins in his absence.—Councillor Richards Nothing of the kind.—Councillor Chappell I say it is, and you have done it be- fore. Because John Jenkins holds a seat as a member of Parliament he is expected to be the hack of this council. (" No, no.")—Alderman Hughes urged that it was of the uftnost im- portance that a sufficiency of witnesses should be sent to London, otherwise their opposition would be weak.—Councillor Forsdike was allowed to alter his amendment from two to three witnesses. Councillor J. Stanfield recom- mended Councillor Richard3 to attend the committee meeting" often, rather than cavil at the work of his collegues. It was paltry, mean, and contemptible gallery play to talk about these visits to Lon- don as some members had done.—Councillor Forsdike, having ascertained that the proofs of the eight witnesses had already been taken, withdrew his amendment, A A long discussion took place relative to the Monthermer-road Bridge, in the course of which Councillor Mander, the chairman of the Public Works Committee, stated that he did not know who was liable to repair the bridge, but the Corporation had undertaken to put it in repair pending the erection of the new structure. They had now a definite reply from the Mackintosh, stating that he would not con- tribute a penny piece towards the new bridge, but Sir Wm. Thomas Lewis had written stat- ing that he would see Lord Bute and lay the matter before him. The Rhymney Railway Company had promised £ 600 towards the work. Councillor Sanders said it was a shame that noblemen and gentlemen, receiving he income they did from these estates, should refuse to take any part in getting the necessary conveni- ences for the people. The committee were or- dered to proceed with there pair of the road. The National Museum. Councillor Seccombe sought a definite ex- pression of opinion from the Council as to the desirability of purchasing anything further for the Cardiff Museum, having regard to the fact that it was proposed to hand over to the National Museum the whole of the present collection. He said that the hon. curators took it as an offence if they did not take everything submitted by them. He would like to know whether the committee were to exer- cise their judgment in the purchase of things submitted. Alderman Renwick said that there was a deadlock between the honorary curators and the committee, and the difficulty was growing. A number of the members of the committee had for some time raised an objection to prac- tically the whole of the specimens brought for- ward by the honorary curators, and some objected to purchasing anything further for the Municipal Museum because the contents were to be handed over to the National Museum. Now the honorary curators wanted to know if they were to continue recommending specimens. He believed it would be deplor- able if the Council neglected to maintain the Museum, for it would be a breach of faith, and he proposed that the honorary curators be asked to continue recommending as before. Councillor Sessions seconded, and protested againct the action of Councillor Seccombe. Councillor Bell Harrison and Councillor Good also supported. The Lord Mayor said tnat the Council some months ago decided to keep on building up their own Museum in order that it might be handed over to the nation later on. Councillor Sessions said that his objection was based at the outset on the ground that Cardiff had so small a representation on the governing body of the National Museum, but he understood that *kis matter had now been remedied. He had not objected from any feeling against the curators. City Hall Caretaker. Alderman Lewis Morgan called attention to the conditions of employment of the City Hall caretaker (Mr Perry) and his wife. Their hours of labour were from 5.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and frequently they worked until 10 or 11 o'clock at night. They were Paid £2 a week, with quarters, but although there was a rule that they should be paid overtime after 10 p.m., if they worked between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. they got nothing. He (Alderman Lewis Morgan) thought they ought to adopt a previous sug- gestion and appoint a. nIght porter to look after the premises after 6 o'clock. After dis- cussion it was agreed that the committee would reconsider the question in all its bear- ings. „ The Overseers. On the motion of Alderman Lewis Morgans seconded by Councillor J. Stanfield..Alderman W. J. Trounce, Aldennaja Robert Hughes, Councillor F. G. L. Davis, and Councillor J. Mander were appointed overseers for the ensuing year. The Infirmary. The Council decided to renew the annual contribution of JE200 to-the Cardiff Infirmary, and Alderman RenW1C Councillors Robinson, Smith, Jabez Jones, and Seccombe were re- elected representatives of the Council on the Board of Management- Abeut a Crematorium. Alderman C. H. Bird moved and Alderman Lewis Morgan seconded that the city engineer report upon the probable cost of erecting and maintaining a crematorium in the Cemetery, and the area cf land Stll1 available for burial purposes, and the resolution was agreed to. New Fire Brigade Station. On the motion of Councillor Richards, seconded by Councillor Davis, it was agreed to rescind the previous resolution to erect the new Fire Brigade station in Westgate-stareet, Mr Richards explaming that he only wanted this done until they had the full particulars of the Cathays Park and Westgate-street sites before them. Sale of Land. Councillor Chappell proposed that no land of premises now in the possession of the City Council be sold without the further considera- tion and sanction of the Council, and that any resolutions inconsistent with ftis be revoked. He pointed out that most of the land they held had been bought Under compulsory purchase, and they had given large sums of money for them, and when they sold it they generally received very little back of what they had given. Councillor Taylor seconded, but Councillor Caple objected to -the resolution, which was eventually agreed to. Control of Theatres. Councillor Richards proposed that the powers, authorities, and discretions vested in the Council as to theatres and music halls, now vested in the Health Committee, be trans- ferred to the Watch Committee, subject to the approval of the Council, provided that the Health Committee should deal with the sani- tary arrangements. > With every deference, he held that the work was the work of the Watch Committee. Some day there might be a panic in one of these places, and when that took place they would try to thrust the responsi- bilitv upon some department. If the Watch Committee had the supervision of these places, then they should have a say in the tnatter, otherwise let the Health Committee take full responsibility. He asked for this in the in- terest of the city, and for thesaving of life. Corncmor Stanfield seconded. Alderman Carey, who opposed, held that the Health Committee had not failed in their duties as regards the theatres. Sir W. S. Crossman thought it would have been only courteous first of all to have brought the matter before the Health Committee. Councillor Wm. Jenkins wanted to know what reason there was for transferring the powers. Councillor R. J. Smith said that this was nothing more nor less than a reflection upon the Health Committee. Councillor Chappell said that the chairman of the Watch Committee, in his desire for grabbing, would next want to control the park rangers and the men watching the ceme- tery. But not so long ago the Watch Com- mittee said they were too busy to watch the milk supply of the city. Alderman Robert Hughes and Councillor Morgan Thomas supported the motion, which was eventually carried by a majority of 13 to 8. Sunday Trading. Councillor Morgan Thomas moved that the attention of the Prime Minister be called to the alarming increase in Sunday trading and labour, and that the Government be called upon to promote a Bill in Parliament with a view to effectively check all unnecessary Sunday trading and labour. He stated he had received a resolution from over 60 Free Churches urging that the Council should take the matter up. Councillor J. Chappell seconded. Dr. Smith and Councillor Kidd made a vigorous protest against the resolu- tion, and eventually the resolution was carried by 13 votes to 10 against.

COTTAGES FOR THE POOREST. Merthyr Housing Proposal. Alderman Wilson presided at a meeting of the Merthyr Corporation Housing Committee on Monday. The deputy surveyor (Mr F. Thackeray) reported that good progress was being made with the 50 houses now in course of erection at Tyynrodyn. Plans had been sent to the Local Government Board for the erection of 38 houses at Danyderi, Merthyr Vale, and plans were in course of preparation for 68 more houses at Penywern. Mr Thackeray put forward suggestions for the provision of cottages for the very poor, to facilitate the closing of slum property. The proposed cottages would contain one large living room downstairs and two bedrooms up- stairs, all walls, floors, and roofs to be of con- crete. For a large number of cottages on a fairly level site the estimated cost, with the streets complete, would be about JE90 per house. It was pointed out that houses of similar structure, but somewhat ornamental, had been erected by the Liverpool Corporation from refuse destructor slag and cement. Suit- able clinker or slag could be obtained from the furnace tips at Merthyr. Mr Thackeray asked for the opportunity of erecting one or more cottages as a sample, either by the Council's workmen or by contract, and sug- gested a site on a small piece of land adjoin- ing the Penydarren houses. Alderman Morrell said the minimum size had been reached at Penywern. Dr. Duncan said they could build the same type of house as at Penywern more cheaply by a modification of the bye-laws. Mr David John said if they were to clear slums they must have cheaper houses. On the motion of the Mayor a full report was ordered. Mi Houlson asked whether it was true that the Corporation houses at Penydarren were let to so many lodgers that the beds were occupied night and day. The rent collector replied ,that it had been done, but it was not being done at present. The chairman said that precautions would be taken to prevent such a misuse of the property. Mr Thackeray suggested that soil should be provided from some neighbouring excavations for the gardens of the Corporation houses at Penywern. Alderman Morrell moved the adoption of the suggestion, which was carried.

MORALITY OF CARDIFF. Rev. F. B. Meyer on His Recent Statement Continuing the work connected with his special visit to the Neath district, the Rev. F. B. Meyer, B.A., preached at Tabernacle Chapel. Skewen, on Monday afternoon. He said there were some who taught that Christ after all was only a superior man whom they might catch up. He did not believe that. The perfect manhood of Christ was proof that he was more than man. He believed in the Virgin birth, and he thought the Early Church was justified in handing down that tradition. The proofs that he found were not of the Divinity, but of the Deity of Christ. And the religion of Jesus Christ was suited to all peoples and climes. An audience of nearly a thousand crowded the Tabernacle Chapel, Skewen, in the even- ing.. Mr D. G. Sims presided. In the course of a stirring speech of the aims and objects of the Free Churches Council, the Rev. F. B. Meyer made allusion to his recent statements at Cardiff as to the moral condition of that city. It grieved him to find good people so ready to find fault with those, like himself, who were wprking to make things better. Before he made the statements with regard to the condition of Cardiff he had received in- formation from well informed persons, and since he spoke he had heard from others that he had understated the condition of things. One result of his speech was that a public investigation was being made, and without doubt it would result in a number of the bad houses being wiped out. Yet some Godly people disapproved of the line he had taken. What a pity," they said that Mr Meyer does not talk about Heaven and Eternity, in- stead of medding in politics and suchlike." He agreed that their churches ought never to be used for politics on any pretence, but if there was a social evil, it was their duty to try to kill it as soon as they could. He meant to spend the remainder of his days hi endeavour- ingto make things better. The Tabernacle choir sang We never will bow down with thrilling effect.

NO LOVE FOR HIS FATHER NEATH N.&R.C.C. PROSECUTION. Unusual interest was taken in a case heard at Neath Borough Police Court on Monday. De- fendant was Henry Davies, hay, corn and pro- vision merchant, of Charles-street, Neath, who was summoned at the instance of Inspector Richard Best, N.S.P.C.C., for neglecting his son, William Henry Davies, a lad under the age of 16. Mr A. Jestyn Jeffreys prosecuted for the Society, and Mr Edward Powell de- fended. Mr Jeffreys said the lad was a parti- cularly bright little fellow of 131 years. It was alleged that on the 26th ult. the defendant hit the lad across the head with his fists, and struck him. The lad said his father beat him and held a knife in his hand.—Cross-examined He had not sustained the injuries by playing football.—Mr Powell: I put it to you that your father simply pushed you, and you fell down ? —rNo sir, he beat me—Mr Powell: You have been making out bills, knowing his books, and keeping the money ?—No, sir.—Mr Powell: Do you love your father ?—No I have no love for him. The lad said he loved his mother.—Mrs Davies said she had been married 16 years. Her husband had not been kind to her since the weddmg day. He treated the boy like a slave. She had seen him beat the lad and kick him many times. Henry Davies, the lad's father, told the justices the boy was very wicked, and witness had suspicion of his making out bills arid receiving the money. The Bench fined defendant 20B and costs.

UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION Haverfordwest Closing Orders.. At Haverfordwest Petty Sessions on Monday (before Dr. Greenish and other magistrates) Mr Harry Rogers, of Barn-street, was summoned for being the owner of a house, No. 10, Foun- tain-row, which was unfit for human habita- tion. Mr Rogers said the house would not have been occupied had he the heart to turn out an old woman 90 years of age, stone blind, and bedridden. But he was told that morning that the woman had gone out, and the house would now be closed. The Bench made a closing order. Mr J. J. Sweeney, of South Lays, was simi- larly summoned in respect of Nos. 22 and 23, Cartlett. Mr Bevan, sanitary inspector, said the cottages were without water and drainage, the floors were of earth, and the windows would not open. Mr Sweeney promised to put the cottages in repair satisfactory to the sani- tary inspector and the medical officer of health. He said that the tenants, who were in arrears with their rent, had implored him not to turn them out over the winter, as there were no other houses available in Haverfordwest. He had now applied for ejectment orders. The Bench decided to make a closing order.

ABERYSTWYTH AMENITIES. The Aberystwyth Rural District Council on Monday received an invitation from the Aber- ystwyth Town Council to co-operate in pro- viding an isolation hospital. The Rev. N. Thomas, vicar of Llanbadarn, did not see why I they should support them. Mr E. J. Evans What kind of help do they require ? Mr W. T. Lewis Brains The Chairman What they want is co-operation. The Rev. N. Thomas They don't co-operate amongst themselves. They fight. What do they want, and what do they expect us to do ? Mr T. James proposed that the letter be left on the table. The Rev. i N. Thomas seconded, and it was carried.

Men of the Moment. SIR SAMUEL EVANS, K.C., M.P. (From the" Westminster Gazette.") Sir Samuel Evans is one of the picturesque features of the House. The stranger in the gallery looking round the House would cer- tainly be arrested by the keen face, with its depth of forehead, the dark eyes, and the alert bearing of the newest comer to the Treasury Bench. As Sir Samuel sits in the corner of the Treasury Bench he seems to personify the popular idea of a statesman and a lawyer. A nd this idea would certainly be strengthened by hearing him speak as he throws back his head and proceeds with rapid utterance to demolish the arguments of the Opposition. He has only been on the Treasury Bench a few weeks, and has not had many opportuni- ties of showing his form as Solicitor-General. But the two or three speeches which he has made do not suggest any nervousness at his sudden elevation. He looks down from his Ministerial height quite unmoved at the place which he occupied for so long on the bench below the Gangway. He was, so to speak, born for the Treasury Bench, and there is no necessity for him to put on the airs and graces of a newly appointed Minister. He is persuasive but incisive. I And so, in spite of the fact that he is Sir I Samuel Evans, K.C., his Majesty's Solicitor- General, he still remains simply Sam to his friends, and because he is a Minister he is not going to moderate the pace of his speeches and clothe his ideas in more sombre epithets. This independence bespeaks the Celt. For Sir Samuel is a Welshman who has the great advantage of being able to talk to Mr Lloyd George in his native tongue. He entered the House in the same year as Mr George, as member for the Mid Division of Glamorgan- shire, a constituency which, having secured so good a member, has never thought of anyone else. He is just four years older than Mr George, and he made his maiden speech when he was younger than Mr Winston Churchill. It is a curious fact that almost every man on the Treasury Bench won his Parliamentary spurs at an age when five-and-thirty seems still distant. Sir Samuel, not yet 50, is still one of the younger men in the Government, ex- cluding, of course, precocious Under-Secre- taries. t K.C. as well as M.P. He is an illustration of the value of a forensic training to a Parliamentarian. Trained in the Courts, he felt none of the stage-fright so com- mon to the novice, and he entered the House young enough to learn the knack of speaking to an audience who object to being treated as a common jury. He has always been one of the readiest and keenest debaters i1 the House, with a solid foundation of legal knowledge to support him in the serious criticism of legisla- tion. It is to be hoped that he will not leave his wit and humour below the Gangway. For in the old days, in the long battle on the Edu- cation Bill of 1902, and many other occasions, Sir Samuel's skill in making a point against his opponents was immeasurably heightened by his flashes of wit. He could thrust and parry with the best, taking hard blows with a never-failing humour. But it was this gift of repartee, wonderful, ready, and adroit, that endeared him to the House. He can be persua- sive, for, like Phil Blood, he has a preachin' style and a winnin' style," but he can be in- cisive as well- He will have nothing to do with Votes for Women. It is sad, for the ladies at all events, to think that he is an anti-suffragist. Some of the most brilliant, scathing speeches agkinst votes for women came from the corner where he sat below the Gangway. Perhaps he will now moderate his tone but if you had watched him the other day, nose in air, pass by a group of suffragists you would think otherwise. He is a brave man. For the rest, he will no doubt go far, and deserve his success. For the moment he is content at finding himself on the Treasury Bench. Stretching out his long legs and gazing with a grateful sigh at the Treasury Table, he remembers the time when, as a greenhorn, he looked with awe on the place he now occupies, hardly daring to allow himself to wonder whether he would ever succeed in crossing that terribly wide strip of carpet in the Gangway that now looks quite narrow.

POPULAR VERDICT. Acquittal of a Skipper. Arthur Patch, master of the trawler Shake- speare, of Hull. which was recently wrecked near Stromness (Orkney), was yesterday charged at Kirkwall with culpable homicide. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of Not guilty." The charge against Patch was that of having through bad navigation caused the wreck of the Shakespeare and thereby killed four of the crew. He pleaded not guilty. The specifying point was that he mistook one light for another without verifying whether he was right. For the defence evidence was given that if the vessel had run the course the master sup- posed he would have been justified in assuming that the light he saw was that atDunnetHead. Evidence was also given regarding a local current on the west coast of the mainland of Orkney which might have set the vessel in towards the land. The verdict of Not guilty" I was received with loud applause in court.

At Swansea on Monday an inquest was held touching the death of Patrick Long (41), who was killed by a skip falling upon him at the King's Dock on Saturday. Foreman James Smith said deceased filled the skip," and the crane raised it. It was swinging around when the rope broke, and the skip fell on deceased. The rope was of steel and' looked sound, witness having examined it in the morning. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death," no blame being attached [ to anybody. j

Teachers' Salaries. THE SWANSEA DISPUTE. ACTION AT LAW FORESHADOWED. At a meeting of Swansea Education Com- mittee on Monday evening, Alderman R. Martin presiding, a letter dated February 10th was read from the Board of Education, in which, referring to the controversy between, the Board, the Local Education Authority, and the managers respecting the Oxford-street Church of England schools, it was stated :— The managers have represented that your authority are refusing to pay adequate salaries (i.e., salaries according to the full scale in force in the district) to the teachers of the school. I am directed to invite your authority to give prompt consideration to the matter, and to furnish the Board with their observations." The Clerk said he had just received a further letter from the Board calling attention to the letter and asking when a reply to it might be expected. Mr D. Davies Clearly the Board of Educa- tion had the same impression I had, that the letter required prompt consideration. The prompt consideration seems to be that on the 9th March a letter is discussed which is dated on the 10th February. The Chairman This is the first meeting of the Education Committee held since, and sb we could not have considered it earlier. Mr Davies You could have called a special meet- ing. The Chairman Certainly but I did not feel inclined to call one. The Chairman said he had a draft of a reply which he suggested should be sent to the Board. This reply included the following statement:— The Local Education Authority contends that no question within the meaning of the Education Act, 1902, S 7 s.s. (3) has arisen between it and the managers of this school as to the salaries of the teachers therein or otherwise, and that there is therefore no question for the determination of the Board in the exercise of its appellate powers. In this letter the authority confines its observations to this preliminary point. The authority finds it difficult to state its views fully within the limits of a letter and if the Board has any doubt upon the matter it claims an opportunity of stating the facts and arguments in support of its contention in a case or memorandum which will raise the issues in a form which will enable the authority to obtain the decision of the High Court of Justice if the Board should be against it." Mr Ben Jones moved that the draft reply be adopted. Mr D. Davies said he wanted the majority to understand that in adopting that letter they were taking a course which would inevitably land the authority in the law courts. Mr Tutton said the committee was abso- lutely following the law laid down by the Tory Government. Alderman Solomon said the letter did not bind the committee to go to law if the Board's decision were adverse it only enabled them to do so if they so hereafter decided. Mr Davies explained that the managers had made up the difference of salary to exactly the Council rate, but the teachers had lost theie annual increments. The Chairman said the real position was- whatever additional salaries the managers had undertaken to pay they had paid without con- sulting or obtaining the sanction of the locdl authority, and thus they had taken on them- selves a responsibility for which the authority" was not liable. On the question being put as to whether the f reply should be sent it was agreed to by 10 votes to four.

OVERSEERS' MEETINGS. PLEA FOR ADMISSION OF THE PRESS. Aberdare Reform Proposals. At a meeting of the Aberdare District' Council on Monday, Mr W. T. Morgan, J.P^ in the chair, the first business was the appoint- ment of overseers. Mr Lewis N. Williams moved, and Mr W. J. Harries seconded, that: the retiring overseers, Messrs T. Walter Williams, R. Llewelyn, D. P. Davies, J.p.. W. T. Morgan, J.P., Edward Morgan, Aber- nant, and John Howell, be re-elected. Mr T. Walter Williams moved as an amendment that two of the overseers be Labour members ho moved this because he felt, after some ex- > perience as an overseer, there were many changes desirable on that body. The Press were never admitted into the overseers' meet- ings their proceedings were carried on in private, what Shakespeare described as hugger- mugger—(laughter)—which meant a body that held its meetings secretly and transacted the j work with all possible despatch. It was no > doubt important that work should be quickly despatched, but it was more important thaw it should be thoroughly well done. (Hear. hear.) 1 He found that no minutes of the meetings of the overseers were kept, and when he moved that a minute book be obtained it was regarded as such an important matter that it was deferred for some months. (Laugh- Iter.) At present the assessment of the col- lieries was made on weights given to the ovei- seers by the owners of the collieries. He thought they should obtain the weights from N the checkweighers at the collieries at the cos* of the overseers. He hoped the new overseers would take this as an instruction, and tha.t they would admit the Press into all their meetings. The amendment was carried by 9 votes to 7. It was resolved that Messrs W. Rees and E. Stonelake be the Labour over- seers the following were also elected over" seers ;—Messrs Rees Llewelyn, D. P. Davies, J.P., E. Morgan, and W. Thomas. A motion by the Vice-Chairman for the draining and the laying out of Aberaman Park7 was referred to the Parks Committee.

LAUNDRY MARK AS CLUE. IMPORTANT POLICE ARRESTS. At Bow-street on Monday Hy. Elliott (31) and Charles Parker (22), described as commission agents, and Christina Tarry (28), a stylishly at- tired young woman, all living at Forest-road.; Dalston, were charged with being concerned together in shop breaking and receiving stolen property. Detective-sergeant Baxter stated that on February 25th the police received in- < formation of an extensive theft of jewellery at Messrs Davidson and Co.'s premises in Southampton-row, and subse- quently he received a dirty pocket-handker- chief bearing laundry marks. Enquiries were made, and it was found the handkerchief had been sent to the laundry by people living at a house in which all the prisoners resided. On Saturday witness, in company with other officers, stopped prisoners near Kemp Town Railway Station, Brighton, and they were taken into custody. The female prisoner was wearing valuable diamond rings* which witness found answered to the descrip- tion of some of those stolen from Southampton- row. A large sum in gold and notes was taken from the male prisoners, and at the house where they had been staying at Kemp Town, witness took a receipt for the deposit of a con- siderable sum of money. The female prisoner had made a statement which he did not pro- pose to make public at present. The magistrate remanded accused, offering "to* accept bail in the case of the woman.

DEATH OF HYWEL IDLOES." Vicar of Llanthew, Breconshire. The Rev. William Howell, vicar of Llanthew, Breconshire, died at the vicarage on Monda}". in his 75th vear. Deceased, who had been iJt, failing health for some time, had only been con* fined to his hed for the past fortnight. H< conducted his last service in the church at Christmas last. Deceased, whose bardic ap- pellation was Hywel Idloes," was a native 0': Llanidloes. He was ordained in 1865 to the curacy of Llanedy, Carmarthenshire, and subse- quently was perpetual curate of St. John'su LJantrisant. In 1867 he became vicar of Garthbrengy and Llanfihangelfechan, Brecon- shire, which he held up till 1903, when he suc- ceeded the late Rev. J. Lane Davies as vicar of Llanthew, a parish noted as the residence of that distinguished Welshman Giraldus Cam- brensis, who was elevated from Archdeacon of Brecon to Bishop of St. David's. Deceased was one of the most popular clergymen in the county. He took the deepest interest in the advancement of agriculture and the welfare of the farmer, and formerly was one of the most prominent members of the Breconshire Cham- ber of Agriculture. For many years he was 8¡ member of the Brecon Board of Guardians. He was the composer of numerous anthems, some of which are very popular, and for many years he filled the position of trainer of the Brecon Archidiaconal Choral Union.

PUBLICAN'S OFFENCE. Before a full bench of magistrates at LUnrlaflE Sessions on Monday John Harbottle, licensee ot the Mason's Arms public-house, Whitchurch* was charged with permitting drunkenness on Sunday, February 9th. P.C. Robert Davies said that at 6.30 on the Sunday evening he visited the house, which was full. He took the names of seven or eight men, including one John Barrat, of Cardiff, who was sitting by the fire with a pint of beer beside him. He was drunk. P.C. Martin corroborated, and Sergeant Bennett said that the house had been conducted very slackly during the last few months. Mr G. W. Gaskell, for the defence, called evidence to show that the man was not served in the house, but was unfortunately admitted by the barman. Ag soon as he had signed the book, however, his condition was seen, and he was requested to leave. He was not in the house more than, two minutes. The Bench imposed a fine of £3 and costs; or 14 days.

NEGLIGENT COLLIERS. Several workmen employed at the Cambria* Collieries, Clydacb Vale, were summoned af Ystrad on Monday for having matches and cigarettes in their possession in the mine. They were searched after reaching the bottom of the shaft. Stephen Edwards (18), collier, was fined 25s; Sidney Squires (42), collier, JE1; Edward! Williams (24), pipemau, £1, and WillianS Grundy, a fourteen-year-old collier, 10s.