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II THS NEW RECRUITING SYSTEM. Accord. ing to the old system of recruiting, smait looking soldiers were stationed in the principal towns te pick up or entice lads to jsin their regi- ments this plan of recruiting is indeed etili car- ried on, ana is sufficiently well known by the general public to require no further explanation here. But, in addition to that, the following system has been started. In every town and vil- lage in the United Kingdom that is of sufficient importance to own a post office, may be found ail the necessary information as regards enliatb g. Any lad who takes it into his mind that he would like to "go soldiering" hag to ask at the nearest post office, and he will be given first of all a paper setting forth the advantages the army has to offer, and the conditions of the service in which he thinks of engaging himself. This he can take home with him, and after due deliberation, he can if he thinks fit pay another visit to the post office, an inhere receive a form^of" A pplication to Enlist." This paper, which may be filled in either by the recruit or by the pest-master, must state the exd. t height and age of the recruit, aad whether he wishes to serve in cavalry, artillery, or iafantry, and then it will be sent to the officer in the district who has charge of the recruiting. In due course the applicant will have to appear at depot of his county, and if he satisfies the authorities 83 regards his health, strength, and physical powers he will be immediately enlisted as a soldier. The whole of England is divided for military purposes into a number of districts, which comprise one or more counties, or part of a couuty, or perhaps some large town, and to each of these districts some regiment is assigned, which takes its name and draws its re cruits from that special locality, so that every portion of the United Kingdom has some regira nt with which it is closely allied. In the majority of cases it may be assumed that the rccruit would join the regiment that belongs to his own county, and bears its name, for he will probably meet there chiefly men of his own district; but if be have a preference for another regiment, or for any reason (best known to himself) he should wish to live away from his own county, there will be nothing to prevent his stating on his application paper that he wants to serve in some other corps. By this beneficial reform many advantages will accrue to the intending recruit. In the first place, there will be no possibility of a lad being enticed into the army 0 M false pretences; he will have ample opportunity of studying at leisure the terms of service, and of talking it over with his friends and he will escape the evils of loitering abou, the public-houses with the recruiting sergeant, and of being thrown into the society of other recruits (perhaps of low character) at the outset ot his caieer; for he will go straight from his home to the depot of the regiment.— From Oa-ml!, Magazine" for March.. A MISUNDERSTOOD MAN.—No one fougut so gallantly against the common fc« as did the most unpopular man in the town-Frank Preston. When Frank's unpopularity is spoken of, it must be owned that it was not universal. There were dark places in Woolton that Frank's kindness ] I brightened; there were widows' sad hearths that would have been desolate indeed butfor him and there were families in which it was an article of faith that his kind help alone had snatched back the dear wan wife, the large-eyed pallid child the bread-winner, worn down by fever into the mere shadow and ghost of the strong man he had bee a from the very jaws of the grave. There were those who talked of Frank Preston as though he were more than mortal in his untiring goodness and noble sympathy with the suffering, for he never flinched from risk or toil, gave his time, I his labour, his ..care, as well as his money and would sit for long hours with the fevered hand of a moaning child clinging to his own strong, cool fingers while the wearied mother gained a little rest.—From "Ralph Raebarn's Trusteeship' Serial Story in Cassell's Magazine for March. LETT'S POPULAR ATLAs.-We have not noticed this Atlas during the last few parts, as we could scarcely trouble our readers with reiterated com ments however favourable, but tke receipt of part 27 shows us that we are nearly approaching tho completion of the Third or European Series of this useful work. The debateable ground of H zegovina and Bosnia, the late battlefields of Plevl"t and Shipka Pass, the recently defiaed bouruar,.e^ of Greece, all find their latest expression in spe> i-> maps: whilst Austria and Germany *n saf>efi and Italy in tbree, are now perfected, ,ana_? P and Italy in tbree. are now perfected, ,ana_? P plans are ftiven of the cities of Eraseeip, ^.ian St. Petersburg, atd Rome, with its recently -v- cavated ruins, on sufficiently large ac tios L, c.- used as tourist maps. We note also ihe aun^ucre- ment that the concluding volume o' the w. k will comoience with the June magazine. so that pro bably by the end of the year the compare woik ot 156 maps will be in the hands of th y public at « lower price than any similar undertaking.
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[CENTRAL NEW? TELJ5GKVMS. [ "NORTH WALES EXPRESS" OFFICE, Thursday Evening. MR GLADSTONE ON TRE PEOCSDUEE I BILL. M? Gladstone, acknowledging resolutions from I the Hackney Liber,tl Club, writes wh-it the Govern- ment will mak ■ every exertion to enable the House of Commons to proceed more efficiently with its legislative duties, ♦
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Epps's COCOA. GRATEFUL AND COMFORTING.— cc By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws wh'ch. govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr Epps has pruvlded our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctor's bills. It is by the judicious use of su< h articles of diet that a constitution may be giv-dually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." Civil Service Gazette.-Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in Packets, labeded—" JAMFS EPPS & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London."—Also makers of Epps's Choccdate Essence for afternoon us E 323 alt. LIVE^. AND STOMACH PILTS. DR KIN"! S DANDE- LIO V AND QUININE LIVES PIIJIS.—These famous PiHs do not contain oven a tra^e Of °* the mauy dangerous ingredients frequently found ia advertised Pills. This fact continues^ keepDr renowned discovery in front soever, as +'p oof/iot Tif'sti si)66di6st| most certain ftQd remedy?or d of the LivOT Md Stoma^, iu the form of Biliousness, Fla. ulpnce Acidity Headache, Shoulder Pains, ish Restlessness of tvt Food, or Dyspeptic symptoms generally. "hV 1 >andelton Extract contained m Dr KWa Pills hv i* well-known actapn on the Liver (the aw* imrH)iiiant sriand in the whole frame), causes the boftfe ^S^ toflowin a regular manner, and conjotoS sa—r sa—r LIVBR I\J.BDICING*TARAXACUM AKD PODO^HYLLIN.— T'lis fluid oom ^in^ion, extracted from medicinal roots and is now us^d ix^d of blue pill an 'I*calom. 1 for tho cure of ^ysDenaLa biliaun* nesl an t ail symptoms of congestion of ?heliX. whi'-k are £ ly vain beneath tiu- shoulders, head- £ ?he. dro^me^. no a > petite furred ton^e able r.asuein he morning,giddiness, disturbance^ the stomach and teelmg of general depression. It bets the sliiifgifh liver in motion, Very slightfy act* on the i,owels, giving a sense of cea-th an i comfort within 34 hourn. it is the safest meiicine. Taraxacum and Pooophyllin 1* a fluid ma(ie only by J. PEPPEB, Bedford Littoo»-at-,ory, L ndon, w-osenam- is on every label. It is uuiort int to notice this. Bjtt les, 2s 9d. Sold by all Che;ji»tB. Glory of Woman, the Pride of ILm- it coutiuns the neJicate lines of beauty, and cocstitntee aD that no term "Loveliness," yet how mmny thousand* have their ataxia blemished by the use of the irritant so&pa, V'arbo! Ccitt Tar, Glycerine, and the coarse eolenred soa.pt caustic with alkali, aad made of putrid fate. The mure doiieatw »he nkit) the quicker it* rain. THIt ALBTOH V !LK AND SULPHUR BOAP »the par^ft, tho whiter aDd inoRt purifying of all soaps, by its purifying actioa { taking y prevesting «11 pimple*, blotchea. axd I roupVaem. It in recommended by the entire medtMu pr+ feiaion as the most elegant preparation for the skin ihe* known. A 1»ooa to oenn»v* ■kinm. By *D shandlew. ia Jbiett, ad. M4 ie.—The Alb*om Sanatory So** C«* 4U. Oxford! fcoadoBt
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ti)NDON I. ETT ER. LFIIOII OR a OWN CORRESPONDENT.! WEDNESDAY EVOKING. i one hears about the condition of i *u c- 's an(l other resorts is vastly farming than anything that was said $Gu^ last hours of the sitting of the House "itt :rnons prior to the adjournment, because it to, 0 Sense party talk. The hon. member .phatham, as much- -and as little as any member of the Fourth Party, J>HL mourns very little over the difficulties Government in the matter of I eland rf, does not feel a sort of what-did-I- ^njoymeiit of the Gladstonian fix but, 6 the house, now it is not sittiug, no such Prevails amongst the average com- 0r on the dreadful state of things just OL,Pfevaleai on tha other side of St. George's When sensible men of all parties My talk about the necessity which exists e immediate removal of the Lord-lieuten- the Chief Secretary in order that they rePlaced by such a soldier as General ?8 0r "Chinese" Gordon, things must, <ic a > have come to a pitch of desperation. I any wavering in faith of Mr \a. De- 'f lie cannot steer us out of the i^-proug shoals into open water, who cin ? this accumulated trouble—most of f^ Was a bequest to him—handed over by K j ad8toiie to Lord Salisbury, where should jitathen ? Knowing that every minute at V*Posal of Mr Gladstone and Mr Forster is to j? <ievotei! to a humanely earnest eudeavour the wretched problem, we must wait with such patience as is at our com- • It saddens one to read Mr Smythe s |(Lfe against Mr Gladstone; bu £ can we accuser very ruuch ? The scathing ft. ^ent framed by th« brave member for C'1rary> who has ever borne an untarnished arouses different feelings. If one might *0^" a sympathizer with the parties denounced to Mr Suiythe's letter, it would be Mr Cowen, M.P. Is he a better friend to ^0v*o^ than the member for Tipperary has tu himself to be ? is making fun again, as it did in the sift ?ears of its early hist try, of the statue of Vt,, on Constitution Hill. Certainly if the 18 to be removed, as I suppose it is, iu p to make Hyde Park Corner fit I IK, 6 necessities of traffic, it will be: pity if the horse and its rider: placed there again. It was a monstrous 1^' Dad taste ever to deface such a pedestal a statue, or, indeed, to deface such a by such a pedestal, for each taken is good. The one was never intended V1*6 other. Burton, who built the arch, C*3 protested against the effigy being upon it. Wyatt, the sculptor who de- ho* G 8tatue, as strongly protested against elevatei to a heigut which threw all rUi 68 of the figures into awkward angles. equestrian group were Dearer the ground, Take's nose and the horse's tail would alike Ho* reduced to symmetry and due propor- ^^iong are the boat-racfc farces to go on ? L jir.y^rtained "form" went for anything, vis; ,ad more chance of defeating Hanlan, ^V^^ncible Canadian, than he had of getting \ti championship course in quicker time M 4 Thames steam-launch. Now Hanlan is 1% Worlt training, or rather keeping himself in *8 10111to row the Australian Trickett. It .testing, of course, to have the two l8ts,twooff shoots from the mother country hiding together for the championship of ,odd (I suppose that's what they call it); J^less Trickett has renewed his youth he pve no chance of turning the tables on D* So far as we are concerned at this tK e Atlantic—at this end of the world— Vn &lory has departed." We luok back with regret on the days of the Claspers. Cham- Keilys, and JReutortcs. We have ap- ^tly no youngster coming oa at all capable S the shoes of the gre*t men of the th, '3|A-nd what is true of the iivnr is equally W? ^-what the athletes call "the ciuder- lk We have no man at present engaged in tlf pursuits capable of lov oin gthe colours A marvel Myers. To speak of the successes ^j^fterica on the turf would be to tell a told tale. In cricket, Australians Withstanding, wc hold our OWH. This was V -Sively shown tbu recent tour in and Australia of Alfred Sbaw'a eleven, ^eS to predict that :t will be shown still during the season upou which we VUust entered. The Au"tralians again, J^thstanding. The colonists novv on their to this country are a. remarkably fine I ^ut they will meet with their match. ll^^Ve not noticed it in the fixtures, I hope that ™ incnts have ^een made for a meeting between the ^alians and Shaw's Eleven. That ought to great professional match oi the season. K^°Ugh one cannot go the length of the of the daily press who declares that VL4 Mil witness more interesting cricket than C,9yer been seen before, there cau be no doubt the season opens promisingly, and is Voting. Especially interesting to lovers of '«t> game of the old sort to know that the touted South and th.; United North a,re revived. holiday weather, for the most part, 'Qd. °tn fell to the lot of the multitudes who left into L vo^on at E**stwrtide. The Mnd was rather trying, and so was the ^lh Vat those were small disagreeables in ^on to what it might nave been. I a"1 Volunteer, but I cannot sav that I regard %t {J annual campaigns out and sham battles land army of "the auxiliary forces" V> Unpatriotic indifference. I confess even more interested than usual in the year. It was pleasant to hear that enjoyed it, and th'vt they acquitted \njj**8elves with such conspicuous credit, proper was empty. That WHS in ac- °e with annual custom. At the two 0tt ^r^ay? and at Lillie Bridge, London a dash of the provinces) was, however, ihj It in multitudes. Since the Cnmhftrlanfl ^estmoreland wrestlers and po!e-leapers driven from the Agricultural Hall, they tjjj had no such favourable opportnn-tv of w '^ying their prowess as that which Friday OfV^d- It was a gathering such as natives l^^rthumbria and Cumbria and W^stmore- Oi5einembered to have seen "lang syne" of the romantic Tecs. The wrestUng was «U0 good indeed, and the crowd was large to make the mouth of Mr Elliott water Elliott was present. How he must ^Sed for such another to witness the ifyQigentlemanly sparring match! But not, V?Lplea9e' a e^apel. O i Saturday the present— « curiously empty and ^as made conscious a I eve' y turn of co^onred, bright-eyed stranger. He loif come to town to F3f the sights, -^ger -who travelled far enough a-field on a Sunday was ma.de aware every now aud then of the propinquity of a popular preacher. It ever a census is taken by persons anxious to make a ir0od show of attendants at all descriptions of places of worship, especially at the Roman Cathohc and Ritualistic, let that enumeration of worshippers be made on a sunny Easter Sun- day. 0'1 Monday there was nothing in the outer appearance of the Metropolis to distin- guish it from any other Easter Bank Holiday favoured with similar weather. Of course, the "Palaces" twain and the Zoo were thronged, and, of course, the streets and restaurants were occupied by persons somewhat strange thereto on other days. There is nothing more to be said. 0 Poor Mr Robert Buchanan! He will be a dramatist, come what may, and yet the failures which have attended his efforts to win glory behind the foot-lights have been sufficient to daunt the most courageous minstrel that ever twanged a lyre. It would be unfair, perhaps, to pronounce" The Shadow of the Sword" an utter failure. There may yet be a future for the drama, albeit the first production of it on Saturday night was unpromising enough. But when a manager has to deal with mutinous carpenters, and in that difficulty has to present a by no means well-digested drama to a ridi- culously sparse audience, what can the author expect ? Mr Buchanan's drama was produced at the Olympic, latteily anything but a fortu- nate house, by a manager whose London experience of management has proved the reverse of fortur-ate. Anyhow, The Shadow of the Hword" will have to undergo consider- able modification before it can be converted into an acceptable piece. On the same day an adaptation oi Paul Clifford," entitled Lucy Brandon," was produced at the Imperial Theatre, and fared better than that which I have mentioned. Mr Buchanan was the adaptor. The principal part was played by Miss Hariiet Jay, his sister-in-law. Mr Odell also distinguished himself in the play. Un- questionably the two great Easter successes are the revival of Babil and Bijou" at the Alham- bra, an i. a new comedy by Mr Godfray, entitled The Parvenu," produced at the Court. This piece is by the author of Thd Queen's Shil- ling." A neat story of the Kobertsoman type, clever dialogue, and marked characteriza- tion are the features of "The Parvenu." The company engaged include Miss Marion Ferry, Miss Larkins, Miss Lottie Venue, Mr G. W. Anson, Mr John Clayton, and Mr Henry Kemble. It is only too delightful to have to record a genuine dramatic success-not from the French-as this unquestionably is. Concerning" Babil and Bijou," all I can say is that the piece is vastly more gorgeous than it was when originally produced with the late Mr Howard Paul, Mr Lionel Brough, and Miss Helen Barry in the casts at Covent Garden Theatre. I cannot, however, say that it is either as well acted or as divert- ing. Every other good quality which the piece possesses-and bear in mind it was written by Boucicault and Planche-has been subordinated to sheer magmncence. However, the effect sought for is gained, and that is enough from the managerial point of view. The revival of "She Stoops to Conquer" at the Haymarket, with Mrs Langtry as Miss Hardcastle, may be included in the list of Easter attactions at the theatres. rv
THE TRAGICAL AFFAIR AT PORTMADOC.
THE TRAGICAL AFFAIR AT PORTMADOC. DEATH OF A WELSH SAILOR. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST THE ACCUSED. [FROM: OUR OWN REPORTER.] The excitement consequent upon the death of John Jones, sailor, who was stabbed on the 3rd ult., greatly increased on Thursday week, the 6th ult., when the prisoner was brought before Dr Hunter Hughes, the coroner for the district, and a jury of fifteen persons. The inquest was opened at nine o'clock, and lasted until eight o'clock in the evenirg. The court was crowded all day, and scores of people were unable to gain admittance. The prisoner did not seem to feel his position very much. During the proceedings, owing to certain expressions being used by some of the witnesses, considerable laughter was created. When this took place the prisoner would liven up, and turn his face towards the public. When our reporter asked him at the close of the inqueat whether he knew how the verdict had gone, he said he did not understand the proceedings very well. He thanked our reporter for telling him what the verdict was. The prisoner is a native of Jacobstadt, Russian Finland. His name as pronounced by himself is loan Mattson. He can speak but little English. Superintendent Cornelius Davies watched the case for the police. The greatest sympathy was mani- fested towards the mother of the deceased, who was greatly affected whilst in the witness box. The first witness called was Dr Jones-Morris, who said: I cannot say what quantity of blood deceased lost. I could not say that blood was on the pavement till I was told a man had been stabbed. I then saw a trail of blood on the pave- ment. Deceased aroused when he was brought to tae Sailors' Home, and said, Do not let met lose any more blood-stop my blood," or words to that effect. I stopped the bleeding after I got to the house. Deceased was under the influence of drink I would not say he was drunk. He smelled a great deal of beer. I should think he drank beer I applied the tourniquet, and sent for Dr Samuel Griffith. When he came we resumed the opera- tion, and tied the mam artery, and there was no more hemorrhage. Deceased was then in a semi- conscious state. He slightly moved once or twice. I He bore the operation well, and was very thirsty. Brandy and water were given him. He took some about five minutes before he died. The stab had made an incised wound, direction downwards and parallel with the muscle. The knife (produced) would have made the wound. The knife was an ordinary pocket-knife, and had blood on the laree blade, the point being very sharp. The wouud was four incnes aeep, cutting through the inner portions of the biceps, and blood vessels and nerves. All the organs of the body were in a most healthy state. All the cavities were also equally healthy and bloodies. I left deceased about one o'clock, leaving him in charge of a nurse, John Croker, and another man. T was sent for about 5 o'clock again, according to instructions if any change should take place in him. He had a thready pulse about 12.30, but he was cold and clammy. He died a few minutes after five o'clock I saw what he vomitted just before he expired. The dark colour of the vomit was caused by the beef tea he had taken. T asked him who inflicted the wound, ¡ and he said the tallest of the three." When [ asked him would he know him (the accused), he replied in the affirmative. He did not name him. In answer to further questions he gave rambling answers. It was about nine o'clock, and before the operation when this took place. Dr Roberts, Paitmadoc, said: I made a post mortem examination of the body yesterday, assisted by Dr Joaes-Morris and others. Witness then described the wound, saying the rerve had been severed, and that a punctured wound had been made into triceps muscle behind, aryi had gone through the main artery and the veins ThL) wound went inwards, backwards, and downwards, and was cleanly cut transversely with a sharp ia«trument. The kuife produced could make s'ich a wound with force. The blood had bi 'in arrested previous to death, because there were clots of blood in the artery. This was the result of the operation, which was so far successful and skilfully done. I examined the body and found ail the organs perfectly healthy. Never saw a healthier body in my experience. Immediate cmse of death was syncope, or failure of the heart through 1 >ss of blood. The injury to the artery Wt.s sufficient to cause such alai s or blood. A Juryman If the blade was only three inche? long, how was ;t that the wound was four inches? Or Roberts Pressure on the knife might have driven part of the hilt into the wound as well. Superintendent Davies showed to the court the cbtnes of the deceased. The holes in them corresponded with the wound in the arm of the deceased. The clothes were saturated with blocd. William Roberts, hobbl.r, Trenys terrace, said: I saw the three men running out of the Sailors' Horue Two were beating the accused, who was the first out. He only knew the accused by the name of "the foreigner." He went to the middle of the street, closely followed by tue o.hi r two. The stranger was beating the accused. I did not know that stranger. T. Jones was string by the Sailors' Home when the stranger was "pelting" the accused, who did not stand but was running at the time as fast as he could. I sh -uld think when the accused bent himsi lf that he was then taking his knife from his pocket. As soon as be got hinafcelf ready he put himself in position." I heard accused calliug the other foul names two or three times. J. Jones lisked accused "What do you fay P" and the latter repeated the foul words. J. J'jnes ran after him r-hen. I WRS about ten yards behind them. I could see J. Jones raising his har.d to strike accused: it was sufficiently light I did not hear any threat. J. Jones ran up to accused to strike him, and immediately afcerwards he sh uted that he had been stabbed. It was J. Joues's right hand that I saw raised. The same moment the accused turned to deceased, and raised his right hand also. I cannot say which of t'ie two raised his hand first. I think when J. Jones struck accused the latter was pre- pared to receive the blow with his hand, or was in the ct of striking J. Jones himself. I did dii not see any knife. I cannot say that I saw any of them actually strike. Im- mediately aft rwards Jones cried out (in Welsh) O I have been stabbei." Accused ran at once to his lodgings close to the place, kept by Lewis Jones. The accused did net say anything after he ha i stabbed the deceased. The accused was drunk. I had seen him two minutes before he went into the Sailors' Home, because he "came across" Richard Owen near the corner of Oornhill. I had not SeAl) J. Jones before that time that night. I do not think he was drunk. Perhaps he had had gome dri. k, biit he spoke rationally enough. I cannot sa" anything about the state of the other man, because I did not know him. I could not recosjnize him now. I did not know J. Jones before. The coroner here told the prisoner to stand up. (To witness): Do you recognize him as the one whom you saw with John Jones when he wa§ I stabbed ? Witness: Yes, I am sure of him. He was the mau that rm away from deceased when the latter called. Gut He has stabbed me." There was no other person near deceased at the time, but the accused, Richard Oweu. hobbler, was with me. I left Richard Owen with J. Jones whilst I fetched the doctor. The latter came with me to J. Jones. I then went for the police, and I saw Police Constable Thomas Williams (12) coming towards the place. I also fetch d Sergeant Rowlands, who was coming to Oornhill. The Jury: Was it a quarrel between deceased an.1 the acc ;s?ri. or b- tween the stranger and him that took place in the house ? Witness: Between the stranger and the accused. I do not consider that the stranger was dru; k. When I returned I found Williams had taken mattson in charge. I then recognized the accused as the man I had seen with J. Jones. The Jury: Did John Jones use any threatening words to the accused ? Witness No, only What do you say P" The three men came out from the Sailors' Home. The inquest was then adjourned for three quaiters ol an hour for luncheon. On the re assembling of the court the first witness called was Owen Thomas, who said: I live at 15, Lombard- street, Port madoc, and am a hobbler. I was in the Sailors' Home about seven o'clock on the evetii .g of the 3rd inst. The accused came in like a madman, and began to beat the table of the kitchen. He shouted that those inside were only a heap of old Welsh people, a'1d he said he would fight the best man in the house, or the whole lot together. He took hold of Robert Lewis, smith, who nlso was lying on the sofa, and shuok him a-ii raised him on his legs. Mary Croker, the landlady, asked the accused to go out quietly or else she would have him ejected. He did not become quiet. John Croker c ime in and asked him to be quiet, and called him by nume to behave. Croker then took hold of the accused by the shoulder and tried to put him out, but the accused being stronger than Croker, the latter asked J. Jones to help him to put the prisoner out That was done. The two turned him out. I stepped in the house, and found the accusea's cap in the room. I did not hear any threats, nor did I see any blows given. afterwards I heard the deceased say to prisoner, "Do you want anything?" He was not given anything to drink. He Wlili not in the house one minute before the row took place. The- prisoner was between the Sailors' Home and the Goat Inn, and I had ran to the door of the latter place. I heard J. Jones asking the prisoner if he wanted anything more? I saw prisoner run towards J. Jones, who had gone near the Goat Inn, and after the deceased had stopped, the accused said to him, I ahaIMgive you something you do not Jiko." J Jones stood on the pavement and Mattson in the road, about threj yards apart. I heard Mattson say again that he was going to give him something he did not like. I saw prisoner then put his hand in his right pocket and draw out his knife, which he opened with both hands. I saw him raise his arm with the knife in his hand the blade pointing downwards and the end of the haft by his thumb. When he had raised his hand the last time he said," I shall give you something you do not like," and then he closed to the deceased and stabbed him. I could see the knife going. I thought deceased was shhhp.11 in thft breast, but I afterwards found it was in the arm. J. Jones stood just before he was stabbed with one arm stretched straight out, and the other half bent, as if he intended to strike the prisoner. I cannot say that Jones s hands were clenched. After he had stabbed the deceased, the prisoner ran immediately to his lodgings, putting the knife with the blade open in his pocket. I am certain that he put the knife without being closed in his pocket. I ran to the middle of the road, and heard Jones cry out that he had been stabbed. I was afraid of being stabbed also. It was about 7 o'clock, and there was sufficient day. light for me to see what was going on. I swear that the prisoner was the man that stabbed J.,Jones. I knew the prisoner, nnd had been walking out with him, and I was with him almost all day on Sunday. The last time for me to see him prior to the affair was about 12 o'clock that day, and he was drunk. I did not know of anything between him aud the deceased. I had known the deceased for about two years. The knife produced is like the one I saw in the hand of the accused. Henry Peteisen, a sailor, and a follow-ledger of the prisoner, said that he and the prisoner be- longed to the same vessel, the William, of Port- madoc. He said the knife produced was the pro- perty of the accused, and he had seen him work with it. Witness only saw prisoner drunk once during the three months he had known him. John Jones had been trying to get him (witness) to come to the Sailors' Home with him last Sunday mcruing. J Jones and a man named E twin came to his lodgings and were all sober on Sunday night. I saw J. Jones about 10 o'clock that night again, and the prisoner saw him too, in cur lodgings. J. Jones was drunk then. Matt- son and myself were sitting on the sofa. Mattson was also drunk. There was a row between Mattson and John Jones that night J do not know what it was about. But prisoner was quieter than the other three. I did not hear any threats made. On Monday evening I met J. Jones coming from the Ship Inn, and we went in to my lodgings, where we saw Mattson. I then went out, leaving the two together. I cannot say whether Mattson was drunk or sober, as 1 went out J. Jcnes was drunk. I did not hear any bad words used between them. On Monday Mattson said he would fight someone, and told the landlady it was a good job that he was not drunk, otherwise then would hava been a row. Did not hear prisoner threaten J. Jones. John Croker, Sailors' Home, deposed: I am a seaman, and live at the Sailors' Home. I remember Monday night, the 3rd inst I was at home. That man (the prisoner) came in like a madman, dancing, and calling W. Ishmen bad names. He was that drunk that he was mad. He beat the tables and threatened to break things. I went to him to stop him. I took hold of him, and I told him if he ould not be quiet I would turn him out of the house Not becoming quiet I tarned him out. I was assisted by Robert Thomas and J. Jones Mattson struck some of the men, but I do not know which, in the passage as we were getting him out. I closed the door on the lot I did nut hear anything more till some women called out that Jones had been stabbed I did net hear any threats either from the priaoaer or from J. Jones. I was with deceased from the time he fell up to his deatk He never got thoroughly conscious. J. Jones was "rascally" fresh, and the prisoner was the most drunk Robert Thomas was also in liquor. Haif- a-gallon of beer was called for by Robert Thomas, but the party that was to drink it did not do so because the prisoner came in. Mattson had no drink. Robert Thomas said: I am a sailor, and live at Pen-y bont. Claneney. I was at the Sailors' Home with J. Jones on Monday evening. I was there before J Jones came in. I remember the prisoner coming there. Had seen him on the atternoon of the same day. He came in and tried to take charge of the house." He called me bad names. I had had a quarrel with him at the Com- mercial Hotel the same day. I did not give him the chance .0 strike me. I helped to put him out ot the house. After we got him out I heard deceased say he had been stabbed. I did not fight, I struck him twice outside. I hit him in the face. Prisoner went away, I do not kuow where to. I did not see anything happening between deceased and prisoner. I heard deceased cry out, "I am stabbed." That was after the prisoner went into a house close by. When I saw deceased the blood was running down his arm. I never saw prisoner till the Monday afternoon, when I met tinl at the Commercial Hotel. He Ll asked me whether I was a Dutchman or an jchiglishman, and that he would find ou. what I was. Ellen Jones, mfeof Lewis Jones, 10, Lombard- street, said: I was in the house on Monday even- ing. I know the prisoner. He came in last Saturday. It was about three o'clock when he came to ask for loggings. He had been lodging in my house for a fortnight before. Since then he had been on a voyage with the schooner William. I never saw signs of drink the first time he lodged with me. When he came last Saturday, the 1st inst., he was perfectly sober. Little before dinner on Monday I found he was in drink. He became worse in tne afternoon. Between two and three he came into the house, and J. Jones with him. The prisoner was then very drunk, and J. Jones was also very drunk. They were not yonder five minutes. They said they were going to the Com- mercial Hotel to ee a young woman that was from the same country as the prisoner. They then went out, and appeared to be very friendly. About four the prisoner and another man (a Swede) came back. J. Jones was not with them. Henry Petersen came, in shortly afterwards. The three had tea together. Mattson was very drunk, but did not make any noise. About 6.30 J. Jones came in, very drunk. H. Petersen was with him. J. Jones sat on a chair by the fire, and Mattson sat opposite him. I did not hear any bad words passing between them. J. Jenes and the Swede went out, and Mattson followed sometime after- wards. On Sunday night J. Jones came in with a young man. They were both very drunk. The young man told Mattson to "shift" from the sofa, to make room for him. He did this in an unkind way, pushing him and rubbing his hands in the prisoner's face. I should thiiak there was fome bad feeling between J. Jones and Mattson. The latter smd to J. Jones that he would not allow him to make fun of him, aud took hold of J. Jones by the collar. Deceased did not say anything in reply. J. J one" went out with the young man whom my husband and J. Jones turned out of the house tor his misconduct. It was about ten o'cl ck at night. Mattson said that it was not worth his while to strike the voung man who had insulted him. I never heaid Mattson threaten tf do anything to anybody. About seven o'clock on Monday I was in the kitchen put ring oil in the lamps. I heard a man come into the passage and close the door after him. It was Mattson. He was standing behind the door. I went to him. He stood very quiet, and pressed the door When I asked him what was the matter, he said, Only a bit of fun." When I took the lamp I found that Mattson was bleedinsr from the nose and mouth. It was his own blood I saw, and no one else's. I did not see anything in his hands. He then went into the back t) wash his fme and hands, which were smeared with blood. He had been wiping his nose with his hands. He came back to the door and said he wanted to go out. He had locked the door. Then Williams, the constable, pressed on the door, and my husband opened it. The officer then took Mattson into custody. Coroner: Do you remember this knife ? Witness: Tea I found it under a seat in the back where prisoner had been washing his face and hands. It was open, and had blood on it. I gave it to Williams, the police officer. Catherine Jones, the mother of the deceased, was next caUed, and said: I identify the body foS that of my son, John Jones. He was 24 years old next June, and single. I last saw him alive twelve months ago: it was on the 17th March, 1881. He Was home at Aberayron for two days. I last heard from him either in December or January last. I had been informed of his arrival here by David Richard af a shipmate of his. I live at 19, Taber- nacle-street, Aberayron, and am the widow of John Jones, ship carpenter. Police Constable T. Williams (12) said: I appre- hended the prisoner on Monday night, about half past seven. He was at No. 10, Lombard-street. I charged hita with having ctabbed John Jones. After I forced the door open, I found prisoner in the lobby. I took hold of him and asked him for his knife, and he said, I have not got it." I searched him, end told him he must come with me. He said, "All right." I did not find any knife upon him. I brought him to the police station. I returned to Ellen Jones's house, and E. Jones handed me that knife (produced). There were no markl on his person at all, nor was there any blood on tis face and hands. The Coroner asked the prisoner if he had any- thing to say, and he replied that he had not. The coroner then summed up, and the jury returned a Terdict of Iaulaughter.
THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN…
THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY OFFICIALS. TJ THE EDITOR OF THE "NORTH WALES EXPRESS ii SIR,—On Monday last I intended paying a viait to Llanerch-y-medd ^'isteidfod, I got t< know on the Saturday previous that there was au excur- oc train going there from the neighbourhood ot Car- narvon. I inquired what time that excursion was due at Portdinorwic, and was informed that it announced to depart from that station at 9.18 in the morning. Monday morning came. I wad up 9- at about five o'clock, and went down to Poitdinor- wic. There I met a friend, aud while "we wer- walking along the turnpike rosn below the station at 9.10 we heard the no;se or a train comi.-i^ up for the direction of Carnarvon Having r >n to he station, much to ou" astonishment, the traiu was gone, five minutes before the announce i time. others immediately followed, all to receive the same soothing announcement. I hoard one of them ask the station-master how it was the frvtiu went before the published time, when he cooiy in- formed him that it was his mistake." Just so, and I am glad to hear tuat this little mistake has been reported to the proper authorities.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, JUSTUS. TRADE EXCLUSION AT CARNARVON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "NORTH WALES EXPRESS." Sm —If you will allow mo to do so, I shall call your readers' attention to one thing which ex »ty in Carnarvon, much to the discredit of the respect. able and enlightened borough. A few days «g> a tradesman,—yes, an extensive wholesaler came to the town, and intending to do business here, tried to obtain suitable premises, or g" ouuo whereon he could offer his goods for sale. Muc. to his astonishment, he was refused such privilege, and no one would grant him an inch of ground even at an acre's rental What can this moan, I wonder? It must be a decided proof of unprece- dented narrow-mindedness. Have the tradesmen conspired together to exclude the areh-iatr-der from their midst? If so, the reason must be obvious to all who have fair idea of free trade; yes, even fair traóe If they object, to Cheap Jackon the ground that he d;als in. inferior goods, why not let him go on the people who bought from him would thea very seon find out their mistake to the satisfaction ot the town tradesmen. On the contrary, if he sells genuine goockj, at smaller profits than the local tradesmen, why not, in fairness to the public, let him have a suitable and convenient establish- ment." Indeed, I cannot help thinking that Carnarvon has acted rather harshly towards this gentleman in turning their facea against him ju this manner, and despising him aaj were a leper.—I am, sir, your servant, FREE TRADER.
GALE ON THE CLYDE.
GALE ON THE CLYDE. A streng easterly gale prevails on the Clyde to. day, v-uh unusually low temperature. The large steamship Manitoban from Boston, ran ashore near CV.rl<dyke Bay, and remains fast, despite the 1 fforts of a tug to tow h rj ff. ♦-
LONDON CATTLE MARKET.
LONDON CATTLE MARKET. No foreign stock. 270 beasts, firm, 4s to 6s. 2100 saeep, steady, 5s to 6s, Lambs, weaker, 8s t 9, 2d. 40 calves, 5s to 6s 8d. Pigs quoted 4s 6d to 5s 4d per 8 lbs.
BIMINGHAM CORN MARKET.
BIMINGHAM CORN MARKET. A fair supply of English wheat, 3which brought 6 v to Is per quarter more money. Indian wheat w -is also about 6d a quarter dearer, but though American wheat was held at full prices, it were hardly quoted dearer. 0.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS. A Central News telegram from St. Petersburg to-day (Thursday) say a that the Petersburg Zeiiumg ieai ns that Prince Orloff will return to Paris as ambassp.dor, provisionally. His successor, who is I already choten, is a diplomatist at present holding offi -e in the ministry. Among the parliamentary papers issued to-day ia the Government Electric Lighting Bill. Bank rate unaltered. Twenty-five eoal tracks ran over Lambtoa drop tl.j. morning into the river Wear. No one was injure*. The shipwrights on the Wear have accepted 2s advance offered by the masters, thus averting a strike. Tyne shipwrights will probably do like- wise. r Consols unaltered
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I A fashion journal says that many of the wedding dressts in preparation for the aftcr-Lenten period are to be of cream-colour, or of some shade different from the dead-white bridal costume. Cre'.m is much more becoming for the broad light 01 day than pure white, and as the occasion is a nervous one and brides are traditionally pale, it is well to avoid anything that increases the pallor of the skin. The palest butter-colour is charming in satin or brocade, ard should be used by brunettes wjth tpoipleiions. i"he old custom of flogging oh Good Friday ail effigy of the "master traitor," Judas Iscariot, was, after a lapse of two years, duly celebrated in tha London Docks on Friday by the crews of three y,odsds of the Portuguese and Maltese nationalties. The effigy of t8.t traitor, hewn out of a block of timber, was carried by chosen members of the crews round the quarter deck, and hanged by the yard-arm, each man chanting his vituperation as h-; lushed the fig .re with knotted ropes. The scourging'over, the effigy was cut down, thrown upon the deck, spat upon, and kicked to the galley-fire, where it was burned to a charred mass, and then burled into the water. The sailors sub- sfquently went in procession to church, to pray for the second coming of the Saviour betrayed by Judas Iscariot. It has now been arranged that Mr Justice Ci-iitt will take the piace of Mr Justice Fry on the North aud South Wales circuits at the ensuing Spring Assizes, aud the learned iudge has accord- ingly fixed the following dates for holding them v;Z: -Ruthin, Tuesday, April 18th; Chester* F iday, April 21st; Swansea, Thursday, April 27th. Prisoners only will be tried at these assizes* During Mr Justice Ghitty's absence it is expected that a :judge of the Queen's Bench Division (pro- bably Mr Justice North) will sit for him in the Eol's Co-nt, and proceed with the business arising i • that court until his return from circuit."