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^justness iUiiimsis. KOGEIiS' AK ALES AND pORTESS JL In 4 V Gallon Ca sks and upwards, from lOd per Gallon ) BREWERY, BRISTOL. SARDIFF STORES WORKING-STREET. NEWPORT STORES .COOIEECIAL-BUILDINOSi CHEPSTOW STORES.BEAUFORT-SQUARE. Applications for purchasing agencies to fee addressed o J. B. MADDCCKS, P-,NARTH. ,3966 1221 -J- öIlllT for Classifoaihm. Q A R M A R T H E N S H I R E HARNSFIELD, or TROEDYRHIW WOOD, within a mile of Bronwydd Arms Railway Station, and very near the town of Carmarthen, About 40 ACRES OF OAK, ASH, SYCAMORE, ELM, LARCH and ALDKR TREES of about 35 sears' growth, and suitable for Coliiery and other pur- poses, TO BE SOLD by TENDER, in three Lots, as Ù_llofi1:. Lov l.-About 14 acres of Oak, Ash, Elm, Sycamore, Larch, and Alder Timber Trees and Poles, of excellent growth, forming part of the above Wood, and being tfiat portion of it which is nearest to Troedyrhvw Farm- house. LOT 2.-About H acres of similar Timber, adjoining Lot 1, and distinguished from it bv a line of Trees marked with white paint, i-tiniiing from top to bottom úr the wood. The line of Trees marking- the division will be sold with Lot 1. LOT 3.—About ll1,^ acres of Trees of similar growth and dimensions, but with a larger sprinkling of Larch &mon»3t them, adjoining Lot 2 and divided from i t by a line of Trees marked with white paint, which division lice will be sold with Lot 2. lice will be sold with Lot 2. A liberal allowance of time for removing the above Timber will begramed.. and the term of payment made easy on approved security. Tenders to be sent to Messrs Walter Lloyd and Son, Mydrim, Saint Clears, on or before the '28th instant, of whom further particulars and a copy of the conditions of sale can be obtained. Mr James Jones, of Troedyrhiw Farm, will show the 10es. Mydrim, St Clears, February 12th, 1891. THE "REST" CONVALESCENT HOME, PORTHCAWL. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Subscribers will be held at the TOWN-HALL, CARDIFF, on THURSDAY, the 19th instant, at Half-past Two o'clock. Lord Windsor has very kindly consented to preside. Subscribers and others interested in the Institution are invited to attend. S. if. STOCK WOOD, Secretary. £ ROGERY.—Wanted at once, a steady Young Man vjJJT to drive out.—Apply with "full particulars to J. Eynon Williams, Penygraig. MINORCA EGGS from tirst-rate layers ■ bred from pen costing £ 8 3s 6d a sitting.—J. M. Brockie. Carmarthen. ANTED, useful Girl, to assist in Housework.— ? V Apply, stating age and all particulars, to Mrs Jenkins, Tylainorris, Briton Ferry. f 510 CLOTHIERS.—Wanted, Junior at once Welsh jL outdoor.—Gibbon and Co., Ferndale. f"SnO MACHINISTS-.— Wanted at )nee, ,t good j|_ Machinist, to All up time in waistcoat making.-— Apply Morris, Tailor, West End House, Treharris. jif COFFEE TAVERN to Let, situate on the S^nds, Ferryside good business house excellent posi- tion.—Apply to J. M. Brockie, Carmarthen. TO TINPLATE WORKERS.—Constant employment iL may be obtained by a steady Workman.—Apply H. Pardee, Ironmonger, Aberdare. ffllO PAINTERS.-Wanted at once, clean Hand' JL must be a good paperha-n.gov.— Apply H. Scott' Ventre, Ystmd, Rhondda Valley. MILLINERY.—Wanted, a quick, stylish Hand must be able to serve in show-room.—Full par- ticulars to J. Reynolds, Tenby. ELECTRIC CLEAN-ALL. "^TASHES £ JLOTHES CLEANS T7IVERYTHING. SlA 6126 SOLD BY ALL GROCERS. npEETH.—Complete Set, One Guinea -8. Single Tooth, 2s 6d. Five years' warranty. Re- models, repairs, &c. Painless Dentistry, Gas, &c.— GOOD:><A>' AND Co., 56, Queen-st., Cardiff, and 23 B, High streel (Mai ket-lane), Newport. 130,111141 PIAYENDISH HOUSE, CHELTENHAM. NEW SPRING DRESS MATERIALS. PATTERNS are now ready of the first deliveries of Our Specialities for Early Spring Wear, all exceedingly novel and pretty, ami Ladies are invited to apply for Sets of the same for inspection. 5005 M.duress CAVENDISH HOUSE CO., LIMITED. IMPORTANT NOTICE. 0 Y L E AND COMPANY'S ANNUAL STOCK-TAKING BOOT SALE Has now become quite a looked for event, and the present one will be found quite as beneficial to the purchaser as any preceding one has been. COMMENCING SATURDAY, FEB. 7th, FOR 21 DAYS ONLY, AT ALL THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS. 9231-510 \/f±l G. T. CONGREVE _13JiL On the Successful Treatment of CONSUMPTION, C ASTHMA, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, &c., With the New Appendix, containing 226 Cases of deep interest, with recent letters, showing the P F. R M A N E N C E OF CURE. POST FREE, ONE HILLING-From the Author, COOMBE LODGE, PECKHAM, S.E. 3048 14339 BQRWICK'S ihb6eSI BAKING THAT POWDER. 8768 £ JROSSLEY'S "0TTO" Q-AS JgJNGINE. 0VER0 I.N USE 1.10, U From 2 man to Ill, .p. REFERENCES for ALL TRADES anclin ALL TOWNS. Second-hand Engines. Deferred Payment System. QROSSLEY jgROS., J^IMITED, OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1S91.…
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1S91. THE NO CONFIDENCE DEBATE. IT cannot be maintained that Mr MORLEY'S charge against the Government with refer- ence to the Irish policy was fairly met. In fact the whole issue was evaded. To leave the reply in the hands of a man like Mr T. W. RUSSELL was little, if anything, shortd downright insolence. He was not ft foeman worthy of Mr MORLEY'S sceel, and his reply evaded every point. Mr MORLEY made out his case in a very straightforward speech. He recounted what life had seen and heard. The facts which he enumerated are known to' all readers of the daily journals, and though Mr A. J. BALFOUR, with that ill-mannered bluntness so characteristic of himself, had previously expressed a pre- ference for the story told by one of his own officials, Mr MORLEY'S account has not yet been disproved. The insolence of her MAJESTY'S Ministers is by no means a surprise. Whatever Mr BALFOUR may be at home or on the golf field, he has little enough of the gentleman in him in the House of Commons. His lack of urbanity is his distinguishing feature. Were it only himself that offended in this way, his conduct might be treated with the contempt which it deserves, but the worst of it is that his colleagues defend him. The FIRST LORD of the TREASURY seemed to be quite uiied last night because Mr GLADSTONE administered to Mr BALFOUR a well merited castigation. He pouted over it as if some serious affront had been offered to his bantling, but it will become more and more necessary to teach Mr BALFOUR that while he has often failed to show that nice regard for truth which should distinguish all men, he is not at liberty to denounce as a liar every man whose testimony he does not exactly relish. Last night, however, afforded some idea of the depth to which the Government has sunk. No longer able to make a good defence of itself, it is glad to get shelter under the regis of such a dwarf as Mr T. W. RUSSELL. Any rag is better for them now than naked exposure. While they are sitting on their own benches, wincing under the smart blows of their opponents, and in- wardly conscious that they have lost the support and the sympathy of outsiders, even Mr RUSSELL'S feeble shots, which never hit the mark, are a sort of consola- tion. A vote in their favour when the division takes place may afford them something to cackle over, but everyone knows that there is no reality in their mirth. They wculd hardly fail to win in the Division Lobby. The country has taken that as a matter of course. But what embitters their lot is that they can very well see that the reins are slipping out of their grasp, and that when they appear before the constituencies asking to be sent back to Parliament they will not be so sure of a majority.
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THE BACCARAT SCANDAL. Two members of Parliament—Mr SUMMERS and Mr OOBE-succeeded yesterday in ob- taining for the Baccarat scandal a reply which is about as good as an official confirma- tion. When the SECRETARY for WAR gave evasive answers, it may be presumed that lie thought them more convenient and, on the whole, less damaging than an unvarnished statement of facts. The public will probably think otherwise. Had there been any misrepresentation in the scandalous report, or any extenuating circumstance, it would have been the bounden duty of the War Secretary to mention it; but if he knew of none such he could only either make a clean breast of all the facts of the case or return an evasive answer. Mr STAN- HOPE chose the last of these courses. We are therefore forced to condemn his replies as mere attempts to screen the guilty parties by covering up a disgraceful scandal with a cloud of words. In disposing of Mr SUMMERS'S question, Mr STANHOPE was not altogether happy. The hon. member for Huddersfield asked whether any attempt had been made, or would be made, to enforce the provision contained in the QUEEN'S regulations and orders for the army, that the commanding officer is to discountenance any disposition in his officers to gamble. It cannot be said that Mr STANHOPE'S statement was, in any sense whatever, a reply to this. He answers that he has every reason to believe that commanding officers do use their influence to discountenance gambling in their regiments. But how can this be true if the Baccarat scandal took place before the very eyes of an illustrious commanding officer and some of his sub- alterns ? Mr COBB'S question was much more searching than that of Mr SUMMERS. It probed the matter to the bottom, leaving no room for escape but by that method of evasion which only amounts to a sort of admission. We have no alter- native, then, but to accept the scandal without, however, accepting as true the charge of cheating which has been made against one of the party. With that charge we have nothing to do. We have to do only with the report that the Prince of WALES was present, and was more than a mere spectator of what was going on, and we should like Mr STANHOPE to explain how he reconciles this with his reply to Mr SUMMERS. Every one must regret to find the Prince of WALES'S name mixed up with anything so discreditable. Gambling is, under any cir- cumstances, one of the worst vices of the age. If those who risk their money and other property in exciting occupations of this kind do so because they have more money than they need, it may be as well to inform them that there are many poor and hungry people who would be glad to have the surplus. The QUIJEN has never scrupled to ask for money for her children, but it is not to be supposed that even she ever desired to have any of them sup- plied with enough to enable them to risk it at games of hazard. If the Prince of WALES deems such an occupation worthy of the character and the honour which should attach to the heir to the British Crown, he may feel assured that some millions of his mother's subjects take a very different view. This scandal has not increased his popularity. For many years he has been a general favourite among all classes of the people but where a second Baccarat scandal will place him, or where the evidence which will be brought to light in the course of the forthcoming trial will leave him in the public we offer no opinion. Many freaks which would be overlooked in a boy or a youth are un- pardonable in a man of mature years and great experience. If a prince cannot learn wisdom and discretion, or set a good example to society when lie is fifty years old, when is he likely to begin ? Making every allowance for the temptations which surround such an exalted per- sonage as the Prince of WALES, we -are none the less bound to consider what a lofty and splendid vantage-ground he occupies, if he only makes it his business to be an example, not to his regiment only, but to that circle of society within which he spends his leisure hours. These high-born people are not generally believed to have too many lofty examples to follow, but the heir to the throne would be as good as a hundred.
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THE vigour with which the anti-Parnellites are now beginning to prosecute their cam- paign will be noted with satisfaction. The country has long tired ot the inactivity to which the" patriots" were condemned by the fruitless Boulogne negotiations, and for a time Mr PARNELL has been allowed to have it all his own way. But the one-sided truce is at an end, and we may now expect Mr JUSTIN MCCARTHY and his followers to make up for lost time. The proposed recapture of United Ireland is an indication of the spirit which animates the "Patriot" party. It has been little less than a public disgrace that Mr PARNELL should have been allowed to seize and hold a paper over which he has no legal control, and Mr WM. O'BRIEN was severely and, we think, very justly censured for having sub- mitted so tamely to an indignity which made the blood of his friends boil. This tame submission was only the prelude to another and more glaring acknowledgment of Mr PARNELL'S repudiated authority, the order for the suppression of the Insuppressible. When United Ireland once more changes hands, Mr PARNELL will find a powerful weapon turned against him. He has at the present moment practically the whole of the Irish Nationalist press under his control, and has used it to further his own personal ambition and to the ruin of his country's prospects.
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MUCH disquietude is just now being mani- fested amongst the colliers in certain parts of Neath, Swansea, and Llanelly district, with regard t9 the wages question. In Llanelly district about 1,200 miners are affected, seeking to secure an equal standard to that which exists in West Glamorgan. The negotiations which have been carried on for several months will probably be brought to a successful issue this week. This,however, can hardly be said of the miners engaged at Messrs VIVIAN aud Co.'s Pentre and Mynydd Collieries at Landore, for matters have taken a rather serious turn there, four hundred and fifty men having been out on strike for a week. Here, too, a levelling up is sought for, thirteen collieries already in Swansea and Llanelly district having obtained that which has caused the present rupture. Naturally, the men now out on strike seek to be placed on an equal footing with their more fortunate fellow-workers. The dispute is not a new one, as the men were on strike for a week last November. However, they then resumed work on the assumption that the matter would be finally settled before the beginning of the current year, but*no change was made in the men's wages during November and December, the masters raising an objection to make such change inasmuch as they were members of the Employers' Association and were bound by the agreement entered into on the 15th January of last year regulating the wages of miners in South Wales and Monmouthshire. One or two of the points raised have, however, been arranged, but the six-foot seam question has not yet been settled, owing to the masters requiring the men to cut and fill the coal. The custom of the men has hitherto been merely to cut, and not fill the coal. They, however, seem quite pre- pared to accept the change provided they could decide as to the price. This matter has more than once received the attention of the sliding-scale joint committee, and several interviews have taken place between Mr NETTELL (representing the masters) and Mr ISAAC EVANS (the men's agent), but so far without resulting in a settlement of the points at issue. Notwith- standing that the meeting which was held on Monday morning by the men at Landore, showed clearly a determinatien to fight, it still hoped that the suggestion which was made and adopted yesterday to secure a personal interview with Sir Hussey Vivian will conduce to a solution of the difficulties.
SOUTH WALES NOTES.
SOUTH WALES NOTES. [BY COSMOS.] FROM A POET'S AND POLICE-COURT VIEW. ACCORDING to a German poet, woman is an exquisite production of nature, between a rose and an angel. Malherbe says in one of his letters that the Creator may have repented the creation of man, but that He had no reason to repent of having made woman. Anacreon, be it remembered, addressed many hymns to women, but few t^the deities, and, being asked the cause, aifewered, Women are my deities." But none of these celebrated writers had the opportunity of studying the police-court cases in the year 1891, and the sixteenth of the second month. At Cardiff, Miss Bridget Sanders charged Ellen Cronin with wound- ing with a knife. According to the evi- dence of the prosecutrix, the prisoner first applied a sugar basin to her forehead, with the result that the latter was not the harder of the two. Then, discarding this weapon, a quart jug was the next missile, which did more injury to th* window than anything else. Finally," take that, you cow," was found to consist of a stab with a knife. A detective who arrested the prisoner said that judging from the appearance of the house there had evidently been a general fight from the top to the bottom. At Newport on the same day Agnes Forrest was charged with cutting and wounding Kate McCarthy. In this instance the gentle Agnes was alleged to have made McCarthy's head and a ginger-beer bottle acquainted. Are these four ladies specimens of the poets' praises 1 The French say sans les femmes les deux extremitts de la vie seraient sans secours, et le milieu sans plaisirs. In the above instances what pleasure or help were they except to the doctors ? PORTHCAWL IN WINTER. A CORRESPONDENT writes :—"What on earth have you been doing in Porthcawl at this time of the year 1" said a friend whom I met in the railway carriage while returning, reluctantly I admit, to my native hills—the busy centre where I earn the daily crust. My reply was-and I speak after twenty years' experience—that to those desirous of change, quiet, and rest, Porthcawl is one of the most desirable places even in the depth of winter-at least, this was my feeling yesterday (Sunday), taking a long walk in the most glorious weather, warm, brilliant sunshine, sea and sky vieing with each other for clearness, with azure tints-not a breath of wind-larks with glad song soaring above- and the residents, after the morning service (the natives are good Sabbatarians), walking the esplanade as is their usual custom before dinner. A sceptic may growl and say- Only a place fit to stay in August or September." To such I would say that I spent three Sundays by the sea during the late severe weather, when the hills were capped with snow and roads almost im- passable at Porthcawl, sunshine and not a vestige of snow, with a clear sky and good roads. After my health-restoring walk yesterday, and a good dinner as a re- ward, I felt like the "blackleg," as the strikers persist in calling men who are now working at the docks-perhaps you would like to hear the story (a true one) told me by a carver. I was requested by the authorities to carve last Wednesday for the men working within the Bute Decks gates. Near me sat a tall, thin, cadaverous- looking man, who looked as if he had not had a square meal for many a day. He sat near me. He commenced with his good helps of soup and a fair-sized bit of bread, two large plates of roast beef, with a minia- ture Eiffel tower of vegetables, after this a plate of boiled mutton, finishing with a fair quantity of cheese and bread the whole was washed down with two half-pint mugs of tea, and the meal concluded with a couple of glasses of cwrw fresh. When the carver came out, the tall man was leaning against a crane, happy and contented. Well, gentle reader, this was my feeling after my walk and dinner yesterday. XOT GOOD FOR LUNGS OR LIGHT. THE badness of the gas in Cardiff is a fruit- ful source of complaint. It is wanting in illuminating power, and its impurity is pro- nounced. If the price of coal has risen, so has the gas, and tha public did not object to pay the increase if the level of purity had been maintained. The reason of this deteri- oration is probably due to the fact that it is manufactured from inferior coal. It has often baen complained of public bodies that they are indifferent to public complaints. A private manufacturer knows that if he does not meet his customers' wishes he will lose his business. But a public body, confident in its monopoly, seems to think it can deal with the public as it pleases. The stuff with which we are supplied is not suitable for lungs or light. A CHILD AMONG US T-FFKING- NOTES. THE presence of the Hon. J. B. Patterson, of Victoria, in England just at this par- ticular time is a strange coincidence. It will be remembered that he is generally credited with the putting down of the strike in Australia, and no sooner arrives on another continent than he finds himself a spectator of that in which at home he played a leading part. Owing to the prominent position which he took in the course of this struggle he is naturally watching with some interest the various conflicts which are ..proceeding., iuv-.GxeatN; Britain. One would have thought that during a holiday the last thing which would attract, would be a strike, but doubtless the recollection of his victory furnishes him with a longing for the fray, and probably he would like to enter into the contest if only to show capital how to do it. THE ECONOMY OF HIGH PRICES. THE price of coal is having the effect of causing consumers to look in fresh directions for fuel. The railway companies' dividends are seriously curtailed owing to the increase in this commodity, and the directors are anxiously seeking for a cheaper substitute than the black diamonds. Mr Holden, the locomotive superintendent of the Great Eastern Railway Company, has been busy- ing his brains with the matter, and has succeeded in inventing an "injector," for which he has taken out a patent, and which is now applied to about a dozen of the com- pany's engines. It is stated to be an un- doubted success. It consists of adding tarand a green oil from the works in which the tar is produced, to the coal, the cost being about three .halfpence a gallon. Each train uses 12 lbs of coal and one gallon, or 11 lbs of fluid per train, as against 34 lbs of coal. The relative cost is less than the coal, but it is more so on gradients, when steam can be got up instantly by simply touching a tap. Besides this, it is stated that two well-known engineers have patented a system by which a ton of residual oil, cost- ing B5 10s, may be made to do the work of twenty times the amount of coal. High prices are evidently not without their value. We are very wasteful in our consumption of coal, and any means which will tend to stop this prodigality should be welcomed as a step towards national thrift. A FLAMELESS EXPLOSIVE. MR. T. H. OWEN, writing to me from the Exchange Buildings, says :— Dear" Cosmos,I have no objection to your scratching, but I think that fairplay, of which you are a recognised champion, will lead you to see that you have not treated" Securité" with the justice that is due to it. In the tests to which you refer (an account of which appeared'in the South Wales Daily Neios), when Securite was fired from our patent case it proved a flameless shot. Our contention is that if our instructions are followed we can always guarantee similar results. All we ask is what you say-a fair'field a,nd. no fctvour. -Yours truly, T. H. OWEN.
ACTION FOR SLANDER.
ACTION FOR SLANDER. THE VICAR OF RUMNEY v. MR H. L. CARR. In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice on Monday the case of Morgan v. Carr came on for hearing before Mr J ustice Wright and a common jury. The plaintiff is the Rev Morgan Morgan, vicar of Rumney, near Cardiff, and the defendant Mr Lascelles Carr, is a gentleman residing at Tredelerch, Rumney, who is chairman of the Rumney School Board. The plaintiff brings his action to recover damages, laid at £2,000, for slander, alleged to have been falsely and maliciously spoken and published of him by the defendant in his (the plaintiff's) character and profession of a beneficed clergyman of the Church of England, and vicar of the parish of Rumney, on the 8th April, 1890. The following are the words complained of: Let me tell you, sir, that you are a disgrace to your profession, unfit not only for the Christian ministry, but unfit for the society of gentlemen. Meaning thereby that the plaintiff was unfit to be a beneficed clergyman of the Church of Eng- land and the Vicar of Rumney, and was a disgrace to the profession to which he belonged that he was by his disgraceful conduct unfitted to be in the society of gentlemen, whereby the plaintiff is much damaged in his character and reputation. The defence sets out by denying that the defendant spoke or published the alleged words; but, if he did speak the words complained of, he says they did not refer to the plaintiff in his character as and profession of a beneficed clergyman in the Church of England and Vicar of the parish of Rumney. Further, the defendant says the words were not spoken with the meaning alleged by the plaintiff; and, if they were spoken at all, they were in context with other words not mentioned in the statement and claim, and had referenee to the conduct of the plaintiff at the meeting of the Rumuey School Board, and, further, they were spoken without malice and in the belief that they were true and correct, and were used by the defendant in his capacity as chairman of the Rumney School Board at a meeting of that board, and were true in substance and in fact, and the plaintiff had not been damaged in his character and reputation by them. Mr Abel Thomas and Mr Ivor Bowen were counsel for plaintiff, instructed by Mr David Lewis, Cardiff; Mr Bigham, Q.C., and Mr Stephen for the defendant, instructed by Messrs Morgan and Scott. Mr Abel Thomas proceeded to open the case, describing the defendant as the editor of the Western Mail, who became a parishioner of the plaintiff's some three or four years ago. The words of the slander might of course be supposed to have been uttered in the heat of passion, without any serious intention, but when they found on the pleadings that the defendant, in his cool moments, deliberately says that the words are true in substance and in tact, in other words, that he was prepared to show that the plaintiff was a disgrace to his profession, "and unfit for the society of gentlemen, the words lost the character to which he referred—that of being hasty and unconsidered words, used in the heat of passion, and became a most serious and deliberate accusa- tion against the plaintiff, and it would be for the jury to say under such circumstances, and when they heard the whole history of the case, what damages the plaintiff was entitled to for this most serious slander—a slander than which it was hardly possible to conceive anything more serious, having regard to the position of the plaintiff. His Lordship: May not the case be shortened by limiting the inquiry to the words of the slan- der as set out without reference to any other matters ? Mr Bigham I think so, my lord. I should sav that a very short opening only was necessary. I am sorry that my client is not in court at present. Mr Abel Thomas I am afraid that in this case the course suggested would be absolutely im- possible. His Lordship: Obviously, this may be a very painful inquiry, and I am only anxious to render it as little painful as possible but you must not suppose there is any disinclination on my part to try the matter out. Mr Bigham then called Mr Morgan, the plain- tiff, and that gentleman having put in an ap- pearance a consultation took place between him and counsel, which, however, after some 10 minutes' delay, came to nothing. Mr Abel Thomas, resuming his address to the jury, said he should be prepared to show that defendant had desired to ruin the plaintiff as far as he could, and make it impossible for him to carry on his duties as vicar of Rumney. In a letter of the 29th of October, 1889, he wrote to plaintiff that he believed if he were to carry round a petition to the bishop to remove him from the parish it would be signed by 90 per cent. of the adult inhabitants. The jury, in view of that fact, would be surprised to hear that only a short time previously there had been a school board election in the parish, and the plaintiff, who, according to the defendant, was so much despised, was at the head of the poll, while Mr Lascelles Carr was very satisfactorily at the tail end of it. Mr Justice Wright: We must take care we are not trying an unnecessary number of libels in one. Supposing I hold that the occasion is privileged, this letter would be inadmissible. It is admissjble only to show actual malice. Mr Thomas thought the letter would have an effect on the question of damages. Mr Bigham: I will, if I can, shorten this case, and I will ask your lordship to allow me to with- draw the plea of privilege, and also the plea of truth. I withdraw them both. Mr Justice Wright: I think that is an offer which ought not to be refused, but at the same time I am not sure that it entirely relieves your client from the effect of having put the plea of truth on the record. Mr Bigham Certainly it does not. Mr Justice Wright: Then you understand, Mr Thomas, there is no justification pleaded now, and we have no inquiry as to whether the state- ments charged in the libel were true. Then it only now comes to a question of damages. Mr Bigham: My lord, that is what it comes to really. Mr Thomas said he had to submit that the only way in which the damages conld be properly mea- sured was to find out what the defendant had done towards the plantiff on occasions previous to the utterance of these words, and what he bad done since then to show that what he had said was not spoken idly, and that a man who was angry had spokon certain words. What he wished to show was tnat these slanderous words were part of a long course of prosecution and persecution of the plaintiff on the part cf the defendant. He in- tended to read the two letters without making any comment upon them. Mr Bigham now began to see what his true position was. Until the letter was read his learned friend did not ap- parently know what he (Mr Thomas) could prove. His Lordship said he thought Mr Bingham ought to go a little further than to merely withdraw the pleas. The defendant 'had per- sisted far enough in his plea of justification to entitle the jury to take it into consideration. While the plea of justification was adhered to no doubt it was a very serious matter, but now it had gone, the question at issue was not really so im- portant. Mr Thomas here intimated that MrBigham had made a suggestion to him which he desired to communicate to his client. Having spoken to his client, Mr Thomas at once entered into conversation with Mr Bigham, who asked his lordship to give the learned counsel on both sides a couple of minutes. His lordship assented, and retired with Mr Bigham and Mr Thomas and their respective juniors. After an ,absence of a few minutes his lordship and the learned counsel returned into court, but nothing -transpireo as to the result of the conference. • The next case in the list was then called on. It was understood in court that an arrangement 'had practically been arrived at, and that the ■terms would be mentioned in-court this (Tuesday). morning.
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STARTLING DEVELOPMENT.
STARTLING DEVELOPMENT. THE MAN SADDLER CHARGED WITH THE CRIME. MAGISTERIAL HEARING. The police officers whoareinvestigatingthe latest Whltechape, murder have made discoveries which induce them to believe that they know the author of the crime. The man upon whom their suspicion falls is already in their custody. He is none other than the ship's fireman, James Thomas Saddler, who on Sunday seemed to be explaining away to everybody's satisfaction the remarkable circumstances of his orgie with the murdered woman, Francis Cole. Although Saddler was "detained by the police on Saturday, he was not technically under arrest; the man was simply kept within narrow limits until such time as the enquiries set on foot as to his movements should establish innocence or yield sufficient prnna facie evidence to justify a formal charge of murder before a magistrate. The police were busily engaged on Sunday in sifting the information vouchsafed by Saddler, and in searching for independent corroboration of it. These proceedings were naturally con- ducted with as much privacy as possible, but certain information was allowed to reach the public, and on Sunday afternoon the first excitement was certainly favourable to a theory that Saddler had left the woman before the murder, of which he was innocent, and that the suspicious bloodstains found upon him were really the result of a drunken brawl. It is not unreasonable to believe that at one time the police themselves shared this view. In the course of inquiries, however, facts came to their knowledge which led them to look upon Saddler with something more than vague suspi- cion in a word, their investigations made such a distinct advance in a sense adverse to the suspect that about midnight the represen- tatives of the law found themselves justified in making Saddler a real prisoner, and, at the same time, preferring a charge of murder against him. The bag containing his belongings had i)een removed from the steamer Fez in the course of the day, and had been carefully searched at Leman-street police- station. We do not profess to know the precise bearing which this search had upon the arrest, but we are in a position to state that a large sharp knife (just such a weapon as might have caused the deaths of Frances Cole and the other White- chapel victims) has been traced to Sadler's possession. The discovery of this knife does not stand alone. There are other circumstances which impelled the police to make the arrest—circumstances which it would be impru- dent to divulge at the present moment. It was Inspector Moore, of the Criminal Investigation Department, who took Saddler into complete custody and charged him with the murder. That was about midnight at Leman-street police- station. There were also present at the time Chief-constable Macnaghten, District Superintendent Arnold, and Chief Inspector Swan- son, of New Scotland Yard. The prisoner was conveyed by the inspector and two othf-r chief officers in a four-wheeled cab to Arbour-square police-station at two o'clock on Sunday morning and placed in a cell. It is now understood that the prisoner's visit to the London Hospital, which visit was at one juncture thought to tend in favour of his innocence, will be found to have a most important bearing upon the crime. On being charged Saddler—then, of course, perfectly sober-betrayed considerable emotion. The following is the entry on the charge-sheet at the Thames-street police-station :— John Thomas Saddler, marine fireman, residing at Victoria lodging-house, Upper East Smithfield, charged by Detective-inspector Moore, of the Criminal Investi- gation Department, with wilfully causing the death of Frances Coles, by cutting her throat with a knife or some sharp instrument, at Swallow-gardens, on the 13th.
THE ACCUSED IN THE DOCK.
THE ACCUSED IN THE DOCK. At the Thames-street police-court, on Monday afternoon—before Mr Mead-J ohnThomasSaddler (55), marine fireman, Victoria lodging-houses, Upper East Smithfield, was charged with wilfully causing the death of Frances Coles by cutting her throat with a knife or some sharp instrument at Swallow gardens on the 13th of this molikb., The fact that the prisoner was to be brought np having become generally known, the Court-house was surrounded by a large crowd eager to catch a glimpse of him. Owing to defective cell accommodation at Leman-street, the prisoner was brought to the Thames- street police-station shortly after midnight, the for- malchargehavingthenbeenmade. The prisoner was placed in the dock at 2.20. He was wearing a blue serge jacket and dark trousers. His face was very dirty, and there were still indica-. tions of old scratches on his cheeks. He wears a dark beard and moustache. On being conducted into the dock prisoner assumed a careless attitude and stood with his hands in his pockets. Inspector Arnold, addressing the magistrates, said: I have been engaged with the Public Prose- cutor, whe directed me to request you to grant a remand after taking evidence of the arrest. The Magistrate I must hear some evidence. I cannot tell until I hear the evidence whether it is sufficient to justify a remand. You may put before me what evidence you please. Samuel Harris, a young man, deposed: I am a fish-curer, and live at 8, White's-row, Spital- fields. I was in a lodging-house on Thursday night at 9.30. I had been there about an hour when I saw a woman I knew as Frances. She was sitting on a form, and had her head upon the table. It was in the kitchen of the lodging-house where she sat. I remained in the kitchen till 11.30, and prisoner at that time came in. He was alone, and looked round on entering. The prisoner at once sat down beside Frances, and asked her, Have you any lodging money V' She looked up, but made no reply. Prisoner then said, I've been rebbed, and if I knew who did it I would do for them." Prisoner Ito witness): Be careful. Harris, continuing his evidence, stated that at 12.30 prisoner went out, but the woman remained in the kitchen. Before going away prisoner showed him a discharge document.' Prisoner (again interrupting): A kind of wages sheet. Harris (resuming): Prisoner, thinking I was the governor, showed me the document and asked me to let him go to bed, and he would pay when he got his money. I did not permit him, and he went away. About three or four minutes afterwards I saw Frances put a black crape hat under her dress and leave tfte house. I did not see her again alive, but have identified her body at the mortuary. The Clerk asked the prisoner if he had any questions to put to witness. Prisoner I wish to jeg his memory as to the early part of his state- ment that I said I would do for those who robbed me. The Clerk Well, put it to him. Prisoner I was with the girl at the time I was robbed she knew well that I was robbed. The Magistrate: He would not know that. < Prisoner Let him repeat the early part of his statement again. The Clerk read the part of the evidence re- ferred to. The prisoner: You need not read further. I wish him to verify that statement or else draw it back. Witness: You did say so. The Clerk Have you anything else to ask him ? I Prisoner No, sir the rest I believe is correct. The Magistrate (to witness): Was prisoner sober ?-He was intoxicated. The Magistrates' Clerk: Is there anything else you wish to ask the witness ? Prisoner I should like to know-a- to the dis- figurement-as to what bruise he found upon me. Witness I know you had bruises on your left eye when you came in. The Magistrate: On the eye or over it ?—Thare is a scar over the eye. Now, is that where you noticed it ?—Yes. There was blood coming from the place where I now see the mark. Prisoner (to witness): Did you notice blood on the right side coming from the back of my head ? —No. The Prisoner: I had a lot of blood on that side as well, which you don't seem to have noticed. P.C. Westley (7 H) said: On Friday morning, the 13th instant, I was on duty on Mint pave- ment shortly before two o'clock, when I saw the prisoner. He was then, in my opinion, drunk. I could see he was suffering from a cut over his left eye. He was standing on the pavement, holding his side. He said he had been knocked about by some men at the dock- gates. Prisoner (interposing): Quite correct, sir. Witness (continuing): 1 asked him how it occurred, and he said that his ship was lying m the docks, and he went to the dock gates in order to go on board. The gate-keeper refuged to admit him, he said, because he was drunk. < Prisoner then went on, I dare- say I said something to the gatekeeper when he told me that if it was not for one man he would give mo what I deserved-a. good i hiding, and if that one man would only turn his back he would do it now. The iobkeeper also said, I have plenty of others to do It besides me.' The constable (to whom the job. keeper referred) then walked away, and a gang of dock labourers came out of the gates and started on me. They struck me, knocked me down, and kicked me in the ribs. I believe my ribs are broken." This, said witness, ended the prisoner's statement. I walked a distance of about 30 yards with the prisoner, and I examined his ribs to ascertain if they were broken. I was scarcely satisfied myself. I offered to take him to the hospital, when another constable came on the scene and also examined his r}~s' Having examined prisoner's ribs he found they were not broken, antl prisoner said, 1; I daresay I was not much hurt after all," and walked away in the direction of the Minories. I the prisoner and patrolled my section, "hen first I saw him it was but 400 or 500 yards to Swallow-gardens. The, Tower clock struck two just before I left prisoner. When left him he was going towards the Minories. That would bring him nearer to Swallow-gardens In my opinion he was drunk. The Magistrate Have you any questions io put to witness ? Prisoner No, he is very near the mark. I was so drunk that I did not know which way I turned. I thought I turned Leman-street way, towards the London Hospital, but if he says I turned towards the Minories I would not contradict him. Wm. Feweli, ii 1 1it porter in the receiving- room of the London Hospital, deposed A little before five o'clock on Friday morning prisc-ner came in with a lacerated scalp and a small cut over the eye. While washing his face I asked him e z; how he came by the injuries. Prisoner replied I've been with a woman, and she's done me." Prisoner: Be careful. Witness I asked him how much it was for. He said, "Only 7s or 8s and a watch. I should not have minded that if they had not knocked me about." He trembled, and on my asking him why, the prisoner replied, I'm cold. I've been walking about; unfortunately, I've got no lodg- ings. This is the first time I've been ashore, and I haven't secured any lodgings." Prisoner further said that he thought one of his ribs was broken. I noticed blood on his hands, and the prisoner said his fingers were cut. I said, That would not cause all the blood." Prisoner answered that they or she had a knife, and that if the blood did not come from the fingers it must have come from his head. On my asking where it happened, prisoner said, "In a small street down the highway near the bottom of Leman-street. I have been to vne or two places to get a few halfpence for refreshment," The Magistrate (to prisoner) Have you any questions to ask ? Prisoner One or two little things, but I'm not in good trim to cross-examine him, being thoroughly knocked up and cold, and I haven't had anything to eat since tea time last night. I don't feel fit to take any interest in the proceedings. I have been kept by direction of the inspectors and doctors changing my clothes. The Magistrate: Have you any questions to put ? The Prisoner No I'll do it another time. I want something to eat, your worship. Inspector Arnold, who was the Isst witness called, said Shortly after three o'clock on the 13th I went to Swallow-gardens. I there saw the body of a female with a cut in her throat. I saw it at the mortuary. It is the body which Harris identified as Frances Cole. The Magistrate (to prisoner): Do you want to ask Inspector Arnold any questions ? No doubt he will be called again, The Prisoner: I hope the inspector will see that I have some refreshment. Inspector Arnold: You shall have some. The Prisoner It is about time. The question of remand arising, the Magis' trates' Clerk asked whether Sir Augustus Stephenson had wished for any particular date. A reply being given in the negative, the magis- trate appointed to-day (Tuesday) week at twot o'clock for the resumption of the hearing, and tb^ prisoner was formally remanded till that day.
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AT a time like the present, when labour' and capital are so widely at variance, addi- tional importance will attach to the address delivered last night at Mountain Ash by Major JONES. Strikes and labour combina- tions are subjects which would necessarily command attention at any tim in a district like South Wales, teeming with an industrial population, but dealt with at the present moment, and by a man so well qualified as Major JONES to offer an impartial opinion, the subject is one of peculiar interest. The lessons he drew from the great Newcastle strike of 1871, and the advice he tendered the work- ing community, deserve the most careful consideration of all who have at heart the interests of Trades Unionism. Complete organization, thorough preparedness, and a just cause, Major JONES properly regards as three essential preliminary conditions to a successful labour struggle. These being assured, and means of conciliation having failed, then an appeal to force in the form of a strike would be justified. But the age of strikes, like the era of war, is destined to be ended when Boards of Conciliation become the natural outgrowth of combina- tions of labour and of capital.
THE IRISH PARTY.
THE IRISH PARTY. IMPORTANT ACTION BY THE ANTI* PARNELLITES. THE PARIS FUND AND THE EVICTED TENANTS. UNITED IRELAND" TO BE AGAIN SEIZED. [THESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.] LONDON, Monday Night. To-day was full of intei -,t to politicians and others who have been following the Irish question closely. Not only have the majority Irum- parliamentary party again met and decided upon some important steps in furtherance of their policy, but Mr Parnell has also called his followers of the minority together with the object of giving effect to his own views upon the situation, and of perpetuating them, while in addition there was the fact of the assemblage at the House of Commons of an unusually large number of mem- bers to attend the debate on Mr John Morley's motion impeaching the administration of the Crimes Act. THE ANTI-PARNELLITE CONFERENCE. The meeting of the Anti-Parnellite party, ad- journed from Friday, was held in committee room No. 15, at which between one and twal o'clock Mr Justin McCarthy, Mr Sexton, Mr M. Healy, Mr Barry, Mr Murphy, Mr T. A. Deck, Mr Deasy, Sir Thos. Esmsnde, Mr Cox, M* Donald Sullivan and other prominent members of the party attended. Theydeliberated until the hour at which the House met for public business and after hearing addresses from Mr M: darthy, Mr Sexton, and others, passed some resolutions which will have an impcrtant bearing on the conduct of the impending political campaign in Ireland. The first ran as frllows:- That as it has been stated that our chairman, Mr Justin McCarthy, has been compelled to release a part of the Paris fund in order to provide for the wants of evicted tenants, although the fact was that he willingly and promptly made the money available for that purpose as soon as applica- tion was made to him, we hereby give notice that we are prepared to authorise Mr McCarthy to advancc the entire residue of the fund, about) P,36,000, or such part thereof as may be urgently required, for the sustenance of the evicted tenants in Ireland but as it has not been shown that the sum already realised had been applied to the purpose for which it had been obtained, we shall require that any further amounts granted for the purpose be remitted to the council ef the Irish Tenants' Defence Association for distribution under their control. The Chairman announced that steps would be taken immediately to recover possession of United Ireland. The deed of transfer of the shares in the company owning the paper held by Mr Patrick Egan, which he some time ago announced his intention of handing over to Mr Justin McCarthy, had now been received. This deed would enable him (the chairman) to control the majority of the shares of the concern, and he had authorised hia representatives to commence legal proceedings to recover the property and to obtain an account of expenditure since the office was broken into. His solicitor would also cause to be served a cautionary notice on all the agents of the paper to withhold payment of amounts due pending litigation. The question of the organisation in Ireland of the Irish National Federation was discussed at some length, and as a first step in this direction the following circular letter was drawn up to be addressed to the priests and other prominent supporters of the party thronghout the country- The circular was dated from the offices of the Irish National Federation, as follows :— 11, Lower O'Connell-street, Dublin, 16th Feb., 1891. Sir,—In view of the desirability of showing the suf" stantial unanimity of the people of fieland in 8UPPO of the position and politics of the Irish Parliamentary party, it lias been decided to reorganise the country# and to elicit the sentiments of the constituency in a number of public meetings. The committee which has been charged by the party to superintend this work has directed us to communicate with y°'*| and ask the favour of your oijinion on the question o meetings in your neighbourhood, and the most cOIl" venient date for the same. Pending the holding ot great public meeting in Dublin on an early day month, to establish the Irish National Federation, t committee think it important that a branch of t National League should at once be iorjaati' in your district. This body can in due course be coD?to tuted a branch of the federation. We shall be glaa L hear of any action token by you or in your district J pursuance of this suggestion. It has been arrang^ that a number of members of the Irish parlianient^^ party will at once proceed to Ireland and remain tn" for some time to assist in the work of organisation* Yours very truly, AI.FRED WEBB, J. R. COX, • J C. FLYNN'. The committee of the party appointed Friday to devise the best means of promoting organization of the federation, submitted port, which was approved of. Part of embodied in the foregoing circular, and recommendation was that the following gentle should at once proceed to Ireland t-B carry jj, the work referred to :—Messrs D. Crilly« jajj, Cox, T. J. Condon, Finucane, Fox, J- D. Kibride, W. J. Lane, P. J- °f J). O'Keefe, J. Pinkerton, J. Roche, Sheehan, D. Sheehy, J. Stack, rt^eS* McCartan, P. McDonald, and Dr Tanner. rjc j* gentlemen will organise the country -11 .11cerned, so far as the district meetings are ccm rtbyv MrT. M. Healy, Mr T. A. Dickson, Mr Me jI, theít and Mr Webb will probably take l}P Qrdet quarters at the central offices m Dublin i aI1is»* to superintend the arrangements of the a tion and to promote the production of « j3 W daily newspaper, the National Press, w xio& appear in March. The staff of the paper h pre- been almost completed, and machinery mises are in course of preparation. THE COMING CAMPAIGN. The campaign in Ireland will probably OI1orf mencedby a meeting at Carrick-on-ou- t Sunday next. The promoters of it explain j £ o9* meeting, which will be held on the bord „stitt*' common and Longford, will embrace tn w ydeO« encies of Mr J. J. O'Kelly and Mr in both of which information in the han 0pinioO anti-Parnellites leads them to express » j0 gutr that the people are practically unaI11i? rty. port of the Irish Parliamentary meeting will be addressed by Mr qeXtO» Mr Cox, and Mr Matt Kenny. Mr £ Ration*" attend the meeting in support ot jn pobU Convention, to be held early in M»rc jryjgS MEETING OF THE PARNEIj POSTPONED. cbie?l< £ A later telegTam says:—On acco li'g the Irish members to be presen faro debate, the intended meeting pporters has been postponed U (Tuesday). 1o..rØ