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DESTITUTION AND DEATH. HORRIBLE REVELATIONS. Ab the Marylebone Coroner's Court on-Fridayi ■Dr. G. Danford Thomas held an inquest on ther body of Michael Davies, aged three months, who> was found dead under very shocking circum-*1 stances on Tuesday morning The Coroner informed the jury thatrthe report he had received from his officer disclosed an exceedingly painful story but the jury had better hear the evidence, which would speak for itself. Eliza Davies, aged 20, the mother, who ap- peared in court with her bead shaved, and -dressed% in a new uniform of the Marylebone Workhouse,, stated that she was a domestic servant, and the I deceased was her illegitimate child. She was confined in the Infirmary, and came out with her baby about 10 weeks ago, having since gained a living by begging. During the whole of that time she4iad bad to sleep with the baby on doorsteps, she4iad bad to sleep with the baby on doorsteps, exposed to all weathers, and had been very miserable. Many days had she gone without sufficient food, but had always managed to care for the baby. Her father lived in common, care for the baby. Her father lived in common, lodging-houses, and her brother had assisted her, but had not taken her in. On Monday night she went to the Shaftesbury Institute, a shelter for women, in Harrow-street, Paddmgton, where she paid2d for herself and Id for her baby "for the night's lodging. They were provided with a mattress on the floor, but no covering, and witness had to take her own clothes off to put them over the child. She nuxsed. th&>baby during the night, and in the morning found it dead by her side. She told the matron what had hap- pened, and she directed her to take the body to witness's aunt, but ghe-conveyoctitto-the Work- house instead. In answer to the Coroner the witness said she felt much better now she was in the Workhouse again. Miss Jane Duff, employed by Miss Meredith Brown, an independent lady, as matron at the Shaftesbury Institute, deposed that she was the only one employed there, although there were women cleaners engaged. The object of the institute, which consisted of a front and a back house, was to give a shelter to elderly females, I but witness did not refuse admittance to any I woman who was in evident distress. Miss Brown lived in the front house, and the shelter, which consisted of thiee rooms, was at the back, There' was also a day nursery at the top of the house. The three rooms accommodated 75 inmates, and they were very full now. Twopence a night was paid for shelter, and if there was a baby that was 'a penny extra. The largest room contained 41 "mattresses, the second 14, the third 15, and there were other little rooms in which the women also slept. The apartments were not very lofty; in fact, the shelter was once a rag store. A Juror I know the rooms they are only 8ft. b'gh- The witness, continuing, said there were no baths attached to the place, and the inmates were not supplied with bed clothing. There was necessarily a lot of dirt about the place, and they could not get rid of it, although the mattresses' were moved and swept under every day. The Coroner: Is this place kept up for philanthropic purposes or as a speculation ? A Juror As a speculation I should think it brings in a clear JE200 a year from the women alone. The Witness Miss Brown is a philanthropic lady, but I cannot say whether the shelter pays. The Coroner Is there a lavatory ? Witness: There is a sink and a round towel,. which is changed sometimes. A Juror: Well, there are 75 inmates. Witness Yes; some prefer to bring their own towel with them. (Laughter.) The Coroner said he hardly thought there could be sufficient space for each inmate, and he had no doubt that the place was not the perfec- tion of sanitation. The witness said that the mattresses were rather close together. The Coroner: Is it wise to take in these people ? I should think the casual ward, with its baths, would be much better. The Witness: They won't go to the Workhouse. Dr. Rayner, medical officer of the Workhouse, said he bad examined the body of the baby, which was very thin and absolutely devoid of fat. Death was due to suffocation from overlaying. The woman was in a filthy condition, and he sent her to the Infirmary, where her head had to be shaved. Neville Mark Simmonds, the master of the Workhoase, stated that he saw the woman on admission. Unfortunately, he had a great many people from the Shaftesbury Institute, and they were all in a deplorable state. In common lodging-houses they would not admit dirty people, but here they seemed to use no discretion. The Coroner said he was informed that the shelter was not officially inspected, but he did not know why. A Juror said the place was exempt because it was conducted on philanthropic principles. The Coroner Oh Another Juror It seems to be very philan- thropic, I must say. I should like to know Why the sanitary inspectors do not visit the place. Another Juror: Dr. Blyth, the medical officer of health, has reported several times about this very institution, which he considers ought to be placed under proper regulations. Mr Simmonds said his experience led him to speak in terms of the greatest condemnation of this kind of shelter. Since January 265 similar cases had been treated in the Workhouse, and over 60 of the women had come from the Shaftesbury Institute in a shocking condition. The mother in the present case had told him that the mattresses were a kind of continuous bed in which women and babies were all huddled together. (Sensation.) The place was one of great public danger, for filthy women prowled about the streets all day and swarmed into such shelters at night. The jury eventually returned a verdict of Accidental death," and, at the coroner's sug- gestion, added a rider calling the attention of the sanitary authorities to the oondition of the shelter.

NEW YORK PRICES. FBJEUTEB:S TZLBGRAK&I NEW YOBK, Saturday.—Money easy. Sterling Exchange steady. To-day's Stock Market was little more than a brief summing-up of a profes. sional week's market. Though trading was irregular, the close was generally strong, but the motive power was little beyond covering by surface speculators. Cotton opened quiet, but improved later on fears of a bullish Government crop report, and closed steady; spot quiet, but steady. Cotton-oil quiet-prime crude, 23c.; prime yellow, 27c. Petroleum has had a weak tone. Lard opened firm, but closed quiet; spot steady. Wheat opened strong on bullish crop reports, then reacted on realising sales, afterwards again advanced owing to increased exports, and closed firm; spot closed dull. Flour firm in conjunction with wheat. Corn has had a bullish market, owing to rather unfavourable crop news, and closed strong; spot firm. Sugar steady, un. changed to n lower. Coffee quiet and feature- less spot dull. Tin quiet at 5 points rise. Iron firm. Copper steady, FJane 8 June 7 Call Money? C.S. Gov. Bonds n.. 1 p.c 1% p.c Ditto, other Securities 1 p.c 1% "p.c Exchange on London, 60days sight 4.88V4 Ditto. Cable Transfers., 4.89% 1X9% Exchange Paris, 60 days' sight 5.16y« 5.16V* Exchange on Berlin^ Days. 95l/a 95% Four per Cent. U.S. Funded Lo^n 113 113 Western Union Telegraph Shares 92-\ 92Vi A.tchison Topeka, cfc S. Fe 6% 57' Do Do. 4p.e. Mor 73% 72 Do. Do. 5 p.Income.. 24% 2.Y, gaitimore & Ohio' 62 &2 Canada Southern Shares 53% 53% Canadian Pacific 52 52 Central of New Jersey 1/. 9I, Central Pacific Shares. UW2 18% Chesapeake A Ohio Common? 22% 22% Chicago,Burlington & Quincey„ 81% 81% Chicago & North-Western, Ord „ 981;, 98% Chicago & N. Western Preferred. J443, 144% Chicago Milwaukee, and St. Paul 66% 66'i Chicago <fc Bock Island 68% 8*4 Cleveld, Cin., Ch., & s>fc. !*s. =Ord. 44% 44% Delaware & Hudson _H' '28% 128% Delaware Lackawana 161% 161% Denver & Rio Gi mnde Shares 14% 14l/4 Denver Preferred" 47 4ft Illinois Central Shares 95Vs 95% Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 1463 147 Louisville & Nashville Shares 58 ys 57% Michigan Central Shares 100% 100 Missouri Kansas, and Texas 16% 15% MissouriPacific 27% 27% ew York, Lake Erie, & Western 11 10% i^t-o, Second Mortgage Bonds i5l" 65 ew York Central4- Hudson River 101% 101% ew York, Ontario& Western.Ord 18% 17% orthernPacific Common 5% 5 Northern Pacific, Preferred 18% 18 Norfolk & Western Preferred 14% 14 and Mississippi Ord. Shares — — P ennsyl-ania and Philadelphia 52% 52% Philadelphia and Beading Shares 16% 16% P htla,delphia&Reading 5 p.c. 1st Inc 31% 31% Do. do 4 p.c. Mor 75% 75% Union Pacific Shares 13% 13 Wabash St Louis, & Pacific 8% 8% Wabash St Louis &c. Pref. Srs 19% 180/11 COTTON AMD PRODUCE Nf A It" TS. Cotton, day's receipts at U.S.ports,- 2/O0 5,009 Cotton, day's rec'pts at Gulf porta 1,006 2 000 Cotton, day's export to Gt Britain 1 000 2 000 Cotton, days expt to Continent.. 12.000 5000 Cotton future July delivery 7.15 '<.H Cotton future Sep. Del ery_ 7.21 7.20 Cotton,middling up land New; York 7% 71% Cotton, middiiiig New Orl 7 7 Petroleum, cruda- I New York 8.00 800 Petroleum, sta'dard White FT, York 7 .65 7.65 Petroleum, sfd white Philadelphia 7.60 7 60 Petroleum.Pipe Line Certs July 140% 146 Spir ts 01 Turpentine 29% 29% Lard,Wilcox's SPOT 6.75 6.70 Tallow, Prime Ciiy 'H' 4% 4% Sugar, fair refining Masco r 1 os 2fi 2ft Do. 96 Ip.c, Centrifugal Ih 3% Corn, New mixed, WesteruBp t.. 58% 57% Corn futures. July 57% 57% Corn xutures, Sept 58% 58% Spring "Wlieat, No. l,apot„ 87 86% Wheat, red winter, on lieupot 83% 83% Wheat, deliver J July 83% 83 Wheat,idelivey Sep 84% 83% Cotfee RicNo.7 16 16 Coffee, Rio, No. 7, Low Ord July 14.70 14.65 a ee .ditto Sep. deliv 14.80- 14.75 Flour, ex State S hipping brands.. 305 305 Iron, No.l.Coltness.,20. S <0.00 Tin, Australian — 14.10 14.5 Copper — 10.75 10.75 Steed Bails 22 gg Freight Grain Liverpool-sv JIHF rs IV'.d 1 Freght^GrainsteamursL :on. l%d 13,id Freight Corten to Liverpool r's 7!9 Silver Bullion. 67 66 Wheat, Chica o, July delivery 81% 80% 74 Co; n, Chicago, July delivery 52% 52% Turpentine, Savannah 27 26%

TRACED BY A PARROT. At the Rochester County Police Court on Fri- day, Martin Strasding, a Russian seaman, was charged with having committed a burglary at the Port of London Sanitary Authority's Fever Hospital, at Denton, near Gravesend, and with having stolen goods to the value of upwards of £ 20. The evidence showed the man had been guilty of base ingratitude. He had been a patient at the hospital. In consequence of the non-arrival of an expected cheque, the caretaker allowed him to remain for a few days as his guest. When his money arrived he left, and the caretaker and his wife closed the building and went for a holiday. The prisoner appears to have returned in the middle of the night, and after effecting an entrance into the little hospital he apparently removed almost every article of portable property be could lay his hands upon, including cruet- stands and a sewing machine. Thestock of sheets and other linen was also carried off. Prisoner appears to have sent the goods to London by the South-Eastern Railway, bnt himself crossed the Thames and proceeded by the Tilbury line. He was, however, traced by means of a parrot he was carrying, and was apprehended when he went to fetch the goods from the railway station in Lon- don. Prisoner, who can speak English fluently, was committed for trial.

PROPERTY SALES. Mr Howell Williams, of the firm of Messrs T. Wariug and Son, sold to Mr L. A. Thomas for jB490, at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, on Saturday afternoon, No, 7, The Walk, Cardiff. The pro. perty is held under a lease of 99 years from March, 1866, at an annual ground rent of £5 6s 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL (CARDIFF). "Niobe, all Smiles, "is to be the attraction at the Theatre Royal this week. It is not surprising that the comedy should have such an exceptionally long run, for its mirth-provoking qualities are of the highest order. It is a comedy one can see again and again without running the risk of being bored by the repetition. Its supply of real, solid entertainment being inexhaustible, the piece is still drawing crowded houses, although the weather is warm, showing that its continued success is not to be governed by the thermometer, and that the public is as constant as ever in its affection for her. "Niobe" is a farce comedy in the best sense of that much abused term, but it differs from all others of its class by reason of its fantastic elements, and there is also an artistic atmosphere surrounding it, and an air of refinement and daintiness about as unusual as they are delightful. The story of the piece is doubtless pretty well known, but may be briefly alluded to here. The marble into which the weeping Niobe has been turned by the gods has come by chance into the keeping of a New York life insurance president. An electric wire fastened about the statue gives to it life. The life insurance man, fearing his wife's jealousy, passes the revived statue off as an expected governess, and tbe results are of such a character as to keep an intelligent audience laughing almost without cessation for over two hours. The embarrassments, the funny com- plications, the curious and absurd incidents, the amusing contretemps, the novel situations, the ridiculous mistakes, and the bright dialogue, which, blended tand inixed with skill, makes up the piece, defy anything like adequabe descrip- tion. The interest in the piece is early awakened, and it never flags. The fun flows freely and with ever-increasing volume and speed to the very end, and the audience is borne swiftly along the pleasant stream with constantly increasing pleasure and delight. It is a wholesome piece. It is clean and bright. It awakeens no regrets, and leaves only pleasing memories of a very enjoyable evening. It has already enjoyed a great measure of success, and it will be surprising if it does not make a record which may well be described as phenomenal. The cast in this case is an exceptionally strong one, including as it does Miss Beatrice Lamb and Mr Harry Paulton, who played the parts of Niobe and Peter Amos Duns nearly 700 times at the Strand Theatre, London.

JUDGE AND TURF AGENTS. In the City of London Court on Friday Mr Commissioner Kerr had before him the case of Grimwade v. Charley, in which it was sought to enforce payment of a sum of £14 due from the defendant, a turf commission agent. The latter aid he really could not pay the debt, as be had been doing practioally nothing of late.—Mr Harry Dade, the plaintiff's solicitor, said it was a matter of notoriety that at the present time turf comis- sion men were making a lot of money. The debt was for stationery. The defendant could not carry on his business unless he had the means to do so. — Mr Commissioner Kerr he! I could give you the names of 100 people in the City of London who carry on offices, but they do not pay anybody. (Laughter.) If you ask me my opinion of the morality of a turf agent's business I will give it you. I have the very worst opinion of them. I think they live by swindling. But I can't commit a man to prison for that. I wish I could sometimes. I must have evidence of his means.—Mr Dade added that they had great trouble in serving the defendant with the Court's process.—Mr Commissioner Kerr: All that comes of giving credit to men of whom you know nothing except that which is bad. I would not trust a turf commission man even with a bad halfpenny. (Loud laughter.)—Mr Dade Business in the City of London would come to a standstill if credit were not given.—Mr Com- missioner Kerr I have heard that for a great many years, and I don't believe it. It would be a blessing if there were some means of suppressing turf people altogether. As there is no evidence of the defendant's means, I can make no order.

WILDE AND THE PALMIST, A curious story is being told of Oscar Wilde and palmistry. A palmist was examining his hand at a party. Said Wilde, very earnestly, Tell me, shall I die in the zenith of my fame, or shall I die an old man, forgotten f' The palmist said, I see in your banda sudden spell of extraordinary notoriety, whether for good or for evil I can't tell. Shortly after that you will die." In point of fact, says the scribe who tells the story, the palmist added something much more startling than this. Wilde was depressed and shocked by what the lady said, and it was he himself who told the story afterwards,, trying perhaps to laugh it off, for he is the most super- stitious of men.

GRAND THEATRE. The funny Majiltons and their farcical comedy are to be followed at the Grand this week by Mr Joseph Poale and his famous myriorama. Poole's name is a guarantee that the pictures will lm genuine and superb, and that the other porbionsof the entertainment will be interesting and instruc- tive to old and young.

THE EMPIRE (SWANSEA). The Egyptian giant, Hassan Ali, said to be th, tallest man in the world, and his Nubian com- pauion are to spend a week at the Swansea Empire, and will no doubt be the centre of much wonderment and interest. There will be a long and ^interesting variety performance, and the artistes who will contribute to the enjoyment of visitors are Bella and Bijou (the latter one of the smartest comedians on the stage), the Macdonald troupe of international dancers. Mr Hamish McLean, another dancer; Mr Harry Pleon, the well-known actor and vooalisb; the farcical Fothergills, and Will Caadlish, the negro come. dian.

STOLL'S PANOPTICON, CARDIFF. Arthur Brogden's Swiss Choir will to-day commence a brief engagement at the Panopticon. The choir, which is composed of twenty a (including lady minstrels) is accompanied by < string band, and will render selections of instru- mental and vocal music. They will also give laughable sketches and pretty dances. Another item of unusual interest this week will be the performance of Professor Beaufoy and blin Ada Lebutt, trance mediums* whose thought- reading and clairvoyant expositions are said to be marvellous. At this house there will also te twice a day a full variety entertainment is addition to all the usual standing novelties and wonders of the place.

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f CYCLING NOTES. [ {BY PKEUMATiaJ It is gratifying to think that with the exception of one or two rather objectionable features our Whitsuntide racing festival proved as enjoyable ?and successful as of yore. Barring a slight downfall of rain/on Monday after- noon the weather was all that could !be desired, and the race meetings in various parts jof Wales were fairly well/attended. Concerning |the objecbionable features which of late years |seem ever to be croijptijg up m connection with tour local race meetings, the following letter, wbich. received this-morning from Mr Arthur Angle, land which J-think should be read and carefully •considerod by all who bave the true interests of 'our spckb at heart, will speak for itself :— Newport-road, June 6th, 1855. Sir,—If vou will per/nit me to use your valuable column I should like to lQâke a few remarks with regard to the five miles (scratch race for the Cross Challenge Cup at the Harlequins' track on Tuesday. As it is the custom, a limit was to be fixed before the race (according to the conditions on the entry form), and I was ^reminded of this by the secretary and asked 1'to arrange it. I therefore consulted Mr Young, t'who was present, and suggested 14 minutes, or somewhere near it, and he agreed that 14min. or 14% Swould be amnle time. Now, having regard to the ex- cellent condition of the track, a perfect day, and the (picked men from the locality, including also Macpher- yson and Bradbury, I considered 14min. ample. Before < /the starting of these races I make it a rule for the -competitors to distinctly understand the conditions .&nd having done this on Tuesday they were started. After one or two had made a few laps (at -anything but a fast pace) the customary crawl began — as usuaS —much to the disgust of the spectators. Now, it must be admitted that there are a good rmany responsible duties resting upon the judge but nevertheless I repeatedly urged them (almost every .lap) to share the pacing and also of the fact that |they were getting behind time—it had no effect, how- fever—and eventually finishing outside the limit. I cwas then informed by two of the officials that they fought to be allowed in the final." j I cannot imagine what could have induced those • officials (after such deliberate instructions given to the ^competitors) to give way. It nevertheless is a fact they 'can only have been prompted in so doing with a view that the spectators would probably be disappointed. This, however, was a great error, as was clearly shown by many on the grand stand signifying that having made the bargain, we should stand by it." I tried to patch up matters by informing the com- f etitors in the second heat that their limit would be 4min. 21sec., the same as the preceding heat but no wonder that they were dissatisfied. Yet their time was much faster. So far as I am personally concerned I would not |have budged, and bad the great Zimmerman himself #been there I would have ruled it No race had I been let alone. It is no use humbugging about in these matters. To be a. judge means to be just, and if our sport is to be | purified—and surely, I am sorry to say, it sadly needs it—rules when made must be strictly adhered to. If I am to judge cycling events any longer, and I am vain enough to feel I know a little of wheeling matters, I shall certainly request to be let alone and not meddled with, or advice proffered by gentlemen, com- mlttee 0" otherwise, who have never to my certain ^knowledge so much as put their legs across a bicycle as aiders.—I am, &c., ARTHUR ANGLE. p Though I was unavoidably absent from the ^Tuesday's sports on the 'Quins' Ground I have fheard sufficient) about the incident complained of tto venture the opinion that Mr Anlehas by no means exaggerated the circumstances. I am con- fident al that he has no other object in writing* than a sincere desire to see our race meetings con- ductedas they ought to be conducted, in a sports- manlikemanner. The'Quins'officials,in theirdesire to please everybody on Tuesday, instead of main- taining a proper and dignified course with regard to the competitors who ran in the first heat for the Cross Challenge Cup, evidently forgot all about that little fable concerning the old man and his ass, and the result, as might be expected, was further complications and all round dissatisfaction. I;, Undoubtedly the officials were directly to blame in altering the time limit after having fixed what I or any other cyclist must consider a very 1adequate margin of time for a five miles race on 'such a track as we have at Roath. A good many road-riders in Cardiff would be glad to earn a medal for doing the distance under the .time fixed, viz., 14 minutes, on the road. But indirectly, and this is a far more important point than the action of the officials, racing men themselves are mostly to blame. Their idea of gracing has degenerated into a display of sheer cowardice and trickery—call it stratagem if you like—but to win a five miles race by sprinting for 20 or. 30 yards at the finish, after the wearisome and disgusting customary crawl round the track for four miles and three-quarters, is a moral swindle on the public and a disgrace to the riders. The-fact that. this sort of thing has been going on for years, and is tolerated by sports-promoting bodies all over the country, does not make the practice any the less a Windle and a disgrace. Various means have been adopted to check it, and the time limit is about the only sure way of getting a certain amount of speed out of the competitors. There- fore. to hesitate about enforcing it when once fixed under such judicious circumstances as was the case in this particular instance was childish and absurd, unjust to the judge as well as to the other competitors, who could have objected with just grounds to any of the men in the first beat being allowed to ride in the final. It is not a wise thing for a judge to be made an object of ridicule at the hands of grand stand onlookers, simply because he was not allowed to use his own discretion, and bad to become the mouthpiece of an inexperienced and too nervous or considerate body of officials, and I am not at all surprised that Mr Angia should desire to make hia position clear with regard to the affair. No one can question his ability to adjudicate upon and decide all matters pertaining to cycling events if he is let alone. To refer again to the race, it appears to me that should the matter be brought under the notice of the N.C.U. local centre it will be declared no race," and the Challenge Cup will have to be returned to the previous bolder or be withheld until next year, for in addition to the fact that it would be an injustice to Miller, who last year was disqualified for competing in the final through being outside the time limit, I notice that the winner of the final this year was considerably outside the limit, though that limit had been extended to suit the convenience of. crawlers." To proceed with something more pleasant, the result of the Half-mile Championship Race at Newport was undoubtedly one of the most Sjpular victories of the festival. When George arrett met with his terrific crepper on the Quins' track on Saturday the one sorrowful reflec- tion in everyone's mind was the apparent cer- tainty that his injuries would prevent bis riding in the championship event the following Monday, or that if he was plncky enough to ride he would have no chance after such a bad smash up. George, however, had set his heart on that championship medal, and would have competed for it with his head in a sling if necessary, he was evidently so bent on winning it. If all our riders would only show a little more of this kind of spirit cycle racing would soon attain the old fever beat of popularity, and there would never be any question as to public support. I could a tale unfold with regard to the mid- night ride of the local branch of the Catford C.C. by the light of the moon. Want of space prevents my entering into details, and on the present occasion I merely wish to congratulate both the Cardiff and Newport members of the club on the all-round satisfactory run, and express my astonishment that the Usk police should have so arbitrarily coerced the publicans of that town into refusing to supply any of the party with refreshments on the ground that they were pleasure-seekers and not bona fide travellers. The Act says nothing about pleasure- seekers, but distinctly states that the only quali- fication necessary to make upon a bona fide traveller is that he must be at the time be demands refreshments at least three miles from the place where he slept the previous night. It strikes me very forcibly that there is something radically wrong with the manner in which this Act is administered in Usle.

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BABY HOUSEBREAKERS. ?HUNGRY CHILDREN HELP' TflJEM-4 RS SELVES, Susan.and Jessie Bray, 11 and 10 years respec- tively, of Benn-street, Homerton, were charged ibefore Mr Paul Taylor, at North London Police Court, yesterday, with stealing cakes and money from a shop belonging to Mrs Louisa Graves. The children (neither of whose heads reached the top of the dock rail) were said to have got through the back parlour window of Mrs 'Graves's shop, and thence got to the till, r- from which they took 53 in money, and to the window from which they took 15 cakes.. The eldest girl was seen by a neighbour at 5.30 I a.m. on Friday getting out of the window of the prosecutrix's house, and minus boots and stock- ings) walking across the garden into her own ,house. The prosecutrix now said she did not want to proceed against the children but the father had prevailed upon her to do so. She did not know her house had been entered until she -came downstairs at 6.30, but she added that there was no fastening on the window, and it was easily pushed up. The children admitted having taken the money and the cakes. P,C. 33, JR, said that in the afternoon the father came to him and said that his children had committed the tfefb in question. He wenb to the house, and found four younger children than these in a horrible condition of neglect. The father said he had had a housekeeper, but she had gone; and from what he (witness) had seen he thought an elder child, about 13 years of age, acted as mother to the remainder.—The father of the children was called, and in reply to the magistrate said he wished the case to be dealt with here.—Mr Paul Taylor I am bound to ask the question.—The Father I don't know what to do with them they are very unruly children.—Mr Paul Taylor With regard to Jessie there is no evidence whatever against her.—The Father She received the stolen goods. —The Clerk (Mr Hobbs): Where were you at 5.30 yesterday morning ?-The Father In bed -Mr Paul Taylor When did these children have anything to eat ?—The Father Before they went to bed.—The Policeman (pointing to Mrs Berry, a witness): This lady says they have begged food of her.—Mr Paul Taylor: I dare say they did.—The Father: They had no occasion to.—Inspector Pamphilon (from the office of the National Society for the Protec- tion of Children) here asked for a remand to enable him to make inquiries. He had heard that another girl instigated this theft.—Mr Paul Taylor Against the younger child there is not a shadow,ofevidenee, and she will be discharged. But I certainly think it is a case in which your society ought to make inquiries. The little girl is discharged, and the elder one will be sent'to the Workhouse for a week. -Susan here commenced to cry, and Mr Paul Taylor remarked, "Don't cry,. ■ little girl. What I am doing is for your benefit, you will be well looked after in the Workhouse. at least you will be kept clean, and have a suffi- ciency of good and wholesome food."

AMUSING POLICE RAID, A CLEVER RUSE. The police of the M Division on Friday after- noon made a raid on the Horns Tavern, Rofeher- hithe-street, Rotherhithe, and arrested Thomas Harris, the landlord, and six other men on a charge of using the premises for betting purposes. For some time the police have received certain complaints as to what was going on there, and kept observation. As a result, a raid was decided upon, and at half-past two in the afternoon Supi. Wyborn,' Detective-Inspector O'Dea, Detective- Sergeants Otway, Gentle, Divall, Croston, Scan- drett. Moore, and other officers suddenly rushed into the house. A scene of much confusion ensued, but no one was permitted to leave the premises, and eventually, as already stated, Mr Harris and John Taylor, Amos Smith, Frederick Hillman, George Smibh, and William Watson were taken into custody. They were subsequently removed to the poli-je-stacion in Paradise-street, where they were all charged, the former with keeping a gaming-house and the others with aiding and abetting. The police seized a quantity of papers and other memoranda relating to betting found on the premises. To effect their purpose the police adopted a I clevsr ruse. They engaged the services of a large Pantechnicon van, in which the superintendent and the detective officers concealed themselves, while a policeman in plain clothes officiated as driver, another officer, similarly attired, being seated on the tailboard. The van was then driven slowly down Rotherhithe-street. Just as it arrived opposite the public-house it was pulled up, and, much to the consternation of the passers-by, some 15 or 20 police officers rushed out and entered the promises. The news that the police had made a raid quickly spread, and large crowds of people were speedily on the scene, much excitement pre- vailing. The police afterwards used the van to convey the men arrested to the station.

TRADE IN MAY. OFFCIAL STATISTICS. The Board of Trade returns, issued on Saturday, show that the imports for May amounted to £ 34,752,086, against L34,134,060 the same month last year, showing an increase of £ 618,026. The imports for the five months ended the 31st of May were £ 169,816,204, against £ 176,792,296 for the corresponding period of last year, being a decrease of £ 6,976,092. The exports for May were £ 18.344,744. compared with £ 17,484,212, the increase being £ 860,532. The exports for the five months amounted to £ 88,317,416, against £ 88,974,320, showing a decrease of £ 656,904.

THE TINPLATE TRADE. LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—A few important lines of business have been put through this week at slightly improved prices for very forward deli- very, and there are still large inquiries in the field. This would be very encouraging were it not that our industry is enveloped in cloud. Glowing accounts continue to come from America about the rapid progress being made there in tin- plate manufacture, while from Wales there comes news of a threatened strike by the workmen during next month. What more effectual plan could be adopted to kill our trade, and what can the leaders of the men be thinking about to allow this to take place ? All kinds of trade, both at home and abroad, seem to be picking up with the one exception of tinplates, which are so heavily weighted as to be quite unable to float with the tide. 9s l%d f.o.b. Wales is still the value of full-weight 14 x 20 Bessemer cokes, with other sorts in proportion, but 1%d more has been paid for forward delivery and a variety of options. We are pleased to report some business this week with America in a cheap grade of ternes. Price was cut very fine indeed, but it is cheering to see orders for this class of plate, which a e. w latterly America has practically monopolised for hsr own native works. 19% x 14 are in demand at 9s 6d per box for quick delivery, with'10 x 20 at 13s 6d. We quote prices as before, viz. Bessemer cokes C 1 x 20, 9 l%d to 9s 3d; C 18% and 114 x 14. 9s 4%d to 9s 6d; squares and odd sizps, 9s 4%d to 9s 6d basis Siemens' cokes, C 14 x 20, 9s 3d to 9s 4%d C 10 x 20, 13s 61 to 13s 9d: squares and odd sizes, 9s 7%d to 9s 9d basis charcoal tins, 10s and upwards, according to quality and finish and ternes, 18s per double box, all f.o.b. Wales.

HEALTH OF CARDIFF. Analysis of births and deaths registered in Cardiff during the week ended Saturday, June 8th, 1895 Total births 83 Rate per 1,000 per annum 27-8 Total deaths 41 Bate per 1,000 per annum 13*7 Rate of mortality from zymotic diseases 1*3 Bied under one year old 12 Aged 60 and upwards 5 Measles 2 Diphtheria 1 Scarlet Fever 1 Violence 1 Other causes 36 Inquest case 5 In public institutions :— Cardiff Infirmary 1 Sanitary Authority's Fever Hospitals.. _eo. 1 Cardiif Workhouse 6 The returns are calculated on an estimated population of 155,637. E. W ALFORD, Medical Officer of Health.

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SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. f RETURNS FOR MAT. We furnish below the returns of the exports of coal, coke, patent fuel, &c., from the South Wales and other ports during the month of May, the figures having been compiled from Browne's Export List. With the statistics for the past month are also given those for the preceding months of the present year CARDIFF. CoaL Iron. Coke. P. FueL January 936,414 1,628 9,834 21,601 February 731,460 1,394 8,509 25,074 March 1,017,852 1,594 ■ 5,289 20,467 April. 704,079 5,784 9,676 28,957 May 1,103,336 3,665 6,117 31,485 Total. 4,543.141 14,065 39,425 ..1127,564 Tha largest coal cargoes were exported to Algiers, 19,433 tons Alexandria, 15,365 Aden, 11,966; Buenos Ayres, 37,341; Bombay, 24,729; Boucau, 13,681; Bordeaux, 14,560; Batavia, 17,307; Constantinople, 29,392; Chantenay, 11,028 Cape Town, 33,430; Colombo, 23,865 Cape de Verdes, 21,724 Genoa, 87,857 Galatz, 33,407; Havre, 24,637 La Rochelle, 12.704; Las Palmas, 23,375 Lisbon, 13,527 Marseilles, 43,404; Malta, 26,343; Monte Video, 27,539; Port Said, 77,121 Pernambuco, 10,704 Piraeus, 10,683; Rio de Janeiro, 30,509; St. Nazaire, 32,088; Teneriffe, 11,191. NEWPORT. Coal. Iron. Coke. P. FueL January 172,481 52 1743 2,4'15 February 180,714 — 651 3,357 March 226,243 375.. 103.. 2,246 April 196,108 255 330.. 6,226 May 224,223 188 184 7,232 Totat. 999,769 870 2,001 21^36 The principal ports to which cargoes of coal were sent were :-Alexandria, 10,297 Bar- celona, 6,539; Bilbao, 9.677 Bremerhaven, 7,556 Buenos Ayres, 13,056 Colombo, 6,542 Gibraltar, 8,738 Leghorn, 8,886 Lisbon, 8,619 Marseilles, 12,760; Naples, 6,140; Piraeus, 7,913 Rio de Janeiro, 7,348 Rosario, 5,153 Savona, 5,951; Torre Annunziata, 5,330. SWANSEA. Coal. Iron. Coke. P. FueL January 76,905 24 862 12,314 February 69,152 202 2,073 15.140 March 9933 481 1,163 18,635 April. 102,072 220 ;484 16,236 May 105,742.. 150 „ S2 35,321 Total 346,804 1,077 4,664 97,644 Coals were exported principally to :-Anwaa, 3,711; Brindisi, 3,100 Caen, 4.521; Cape Town. 3,084 Hamburg, 2,608 Havre, 2,432 La Rochelle, 2,405 Messina, 2,979 Rouen, 5,880 St. Malo, 2,093 Sables d'Olonne, 2,236 St. Nazaire, 5,300; San Francisco, 32,167; Troa. ville, 2,982. LLANELLY. Coal. Iron. Coke. P. FueL January 12,067 — — — February 12,556 — — — March 10,648 — — — April 15,580 — — — May 12,2Z7 — — — Total 63,078 — *~I — The largest cargoes of coal were shipped to the undermentioned ports :—Caen, 1,150; Dieppe, 1,517; Hamburg, 1,010; Rouen, 3,485. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF COAL EXPORTS. THE TYNE PORTS. May, 1895. May. 1894. Newcastle 404,305 410,660 North Shields 44,060 36,922 South Shields 62,115 45,647 1 510,480 493,229 BRISTOL CHANNEL PORTS. May, 1895. May, 1894. Cardiff 1.103,336 l,0k,802 Newport 224,223 203,666 Swansea 105,742 73,175 Llanelly 12,227 15,264 1,445,528 1.326,907 The following table shows the total shipments of coal, foreign and coastwise, from the sea- ports of Great Britain during the months of May, 1895, and Mav, 1894:- Foreign. Coastwise. 1895. 1894. 1895. 1894. Cardiff 1,103,336 1,034,802 152,657 138,871 Swansea. 105,742 73,175 58,589 61,976 Newport 2".d4,223. 203.666 80,738 86,376 Llanelly 12,227.. 15,264.. 6.805 8,124 Newcastle. 404,305 410,660 262,728 340,686 N. Shields. 44,060.. 36,922.. — 610 S. Shields 62,115.. 45,6117.. 1,270.. 1,750 Blyth 200,860 191,902 10,045 19.389 Amble. 18,387 20,662 22,600 17,655 Sunderland 158,832 179,360 161,040 „ 148,468 Seaham 4.737.. 4.750 41,983.A 42,794 Hartlepool 44,511 26,079 59,831 60,446 Stockton — 140 Middlesbr'ugh 2,645 5.132 626 1,130 Hull 90,750 61,948.. 20,118 13,045 Goole 44,381 38,818.. 34,115.. 42.291 Troon 4,450 10,930.. 23,050.. 21,103 Ardrossan 5,187 15,483 7,932 8,100 Ayr 2,420 2,315.. 37,591 38,014 Irvine. 736 19,604 13.290 Alloa 33,050 32,012 3,414 3,823 Kirkcaldy. 77 ,59 66,521 652 807 Methill 62,723 59,784 3,145 4,763 Whitehaven.. 55 220 22,832 20,039 Liverpool 47,333 36,248 60,680 63,020 Grimsby. 59,144 62,753 3,454 5,150 Granton.. 11,854 9,120 290 199 Dundee683 491 — Borrowstoness 59,010 28,298 5,172 6,686

THE EMPIRE (CARDIFF). The biggest attraction at the Cardiff Empire this week is Mahomet," the talking horse, whoet sagacity is said to be as astonishing as his training is wonderful. The usual artistic programme includes the names of the Passmore Brothers, ot "four-legged" fame; the droll Polluski's, from Drury-lane Theatre, London; the Sheldon girls, vocalists and dancers; NettieWaite, the histrionic vocalist; Nelly Wilson, comedy vocalist and dancer; Paul Langtry, the black comedian and several others.

THE EMPIRE (NEWPORT). Mr George Lockhart's trained elephants, which so much amused and entertained Cardiff audiences for the past two weeks, are to appeal at Mr Stoll's Newport house to-night and during, the week. A large number of lady and gentile- men artistes have been engaged, amongst them being Misses Grace Lloyd (sister of Marie Lloyd), Jessie Hart, serio-comic vocalist and dancer; the Fairy Four, vocalists and exceedingly clever dancers Mr Fred Cairns (the Irishman in France); the Schallers, singers, dancers, and acrobats, &c.

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