The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

_——— IHE 811vlViiVi XU i.. ■». The l e are still signs of troubl • wii it :e tans. The Vicei-oy has t)ecii the Rajah to come and discuss matters vitit 11:11 lw-.r- sonally. Colonel Graham ha.s arrived at I'adong, and taken over charge of the expeditionary force. "Tha 13th Native Infantry left Allahabad on Tuesday for the front. The fort erectod at Lingtu, right across oti i trade route, and garrisoned by Thibetan soldiers, is said to consist of a stone wall 12ft. high and 4ft. thick, with bastions at either end. The trade road runs through the gateway in the fort wall. Still, there is some hope that hostilities may be averted, the Chinese Government having recalled its Resident from Lhassa, as a mark of Imperial displeasure at his failure to withdraw the Thibetan troops from Lingcu.

THE MOBBS' ESTATE. The dispute with respect to the Mobbs' estate at Hoxton has assumed a new feature. The case was before Mr. Justice North, in the Chancery Division, the other day. Reed, the plaintiff in the present action, who holds some property at Hoxton under a lease from Lord Alington, asked for an injunction to restrain the defendant, who is a bricklayer, named Salmon, from receiving the rents of 15, Clift-street, Hoxton, a house which is let out in weekly tene- ments. The circumstances are peculiar. The well- known Mr. Mobbs claims to be the owner of Hoxton property, a portion of which is the house in question. The tenants refused to pay rents, as there was a dis- pute as to the ownership of the house,and defendant got the plaintiff's authority not only to collect the rents, but to distrain on defaulters. He received 18s., and paid the amount over to the plaintiff; but he took possession under a distraint, and then claimed as lessee himself under a lease granted to him by Mr. John Mobbs. The plaintiff sought an injunction against him, restraining him from collecting the rents, and also asked for an order against the defendant prohibiting him from representing himself as tho owner of the house. The defendant aBked for a re- ceiver, as there was a dispute as to the ownerships Mr. Justice North restrained the defendant from col- lecting the rents or interfering with the plaintiff or hif agents. He said he could not restrain him from repre senting himself as the owner of the house but if hl thought.he had any case he could set it in a counter. claim.

MILAN has just lost a celebrity. Caroline Ghezrf has been for 85 years-indeed, during her whole life- time—a patient of a refuge. Only reckoning the money expended at 9id. a day, she cost the commune £1041. Her singular ignorance made her a favourite. she knew of nothing but what had passed between ie four walls of the institution. Of the great wars aged for the independenee of her country she arcely heard a whisper, and did not know the dif- rence between the strongly-contrasted uniforms ot t je Austrian and the Italian soldiery. THE clear crack of a revolver shot was heard in the cemetery at Greenwood (U.S.). There were three little graves in the dell in which for several yeari had been resting the bodies of the three children ol William F. Bracken, of 15, Madison-street. On rushing to the spot, an officer found Mr. Bracken lying on one of the graves. A revolver-shot had penetrated hit head. • THE STORY OF A STATPB. On one of the many bribes in Ghent stand two large brazen images of a fatner and sen, who obtained this distinguished mark of the admiration of their fellow-citizens by the following incidents: Both the father and the son were, for some offence against the State, condemned to die. Some favourable circum- stance appearing on the side of the son, be was granted a remission of his sentence, under certain provisions; in short, he was offered a pardon on a most cruel and barbarous condition, namely, that he would become the executioner of his father He at first resolutely refused to preserve his life by means so fatal and detestable. This is not to be wondered at; for it is to be hoped, for the honour of our nature, that there are but very few sons who would not have spurned with abhorrence life sustained on a condition so horrid and unnatural. The son, though, long inflexible, was at length over- come by the tears and entreaties of afond father, who represented to him that, at all events, his (the father's) life was forfeited, and that it would be the greatest possible consolation for him in his last moments to think that in his death he was an instrument of his son's preservation. The youth consented to adopt the horrible means of recovering his life and liberty; he lifted the axe—but as it was about to fall, his arm sunk nerveless, and the axe dropped from his hand! Had he as many lives as hairs, lie. could have yielded them all, one after another, rather than again conceive, mueh less perpetrate, such an act. Life, liberty, everything vanished before the dearer interests of filial affection he fell upon his father's neck, and embracing him, triumphantly exclaimed: My father! my father we die together and then called for another executioner to fulfill the sentence of the law. Hard must their hearts indeed be-rbereft of every Bentiment of good- ness, every sensation of humanity-who could stand insensible spectators of such a scene. A sudden peal of involuntary applause, mixed with groans and sighs, rent the air. The execution was suspended; and, on a simp e report of the transaction to th" authorities, both were pardoned. High rewards ;11. honours wt re conferred on the son; and l'in-tlly t h "e two admirable h;azeu images were rahcti to i.o.u- memorate a transaction so honourable, to human nature, and transmit it to the instruction and emula- tion of post< ri? The statue represents the son in th«veryactoti<tungfallthoaxe. UHCLB WILLIAM.

AT the Glamorgan Assizes held at Cardiff, David Davies, seaman, residing at Swansea, was found guilty of the wilful murder of his wife at that town on the 7th of Feb. He took a razor when he went to bed, and while she was sleeping he cut her throat. She died in about 15 minutes. He gave himself up tA the police, and told them he had cut his wife's throat His whole demeanour was that of a person of un- sound mind. His brother is in a lunatic asylum. and his sister is imbecile. The jury found him insane, and he was ordered to be detained during het Majesty's pleasure. MR. JOHN DUNLOP, a solicitor, of Greenock, com- mitted suicide, the other morning, at the Mineral Baths, at Bath. He was shown into a private bath at half-past ten, and 20 minutes later an attendant found the door locked. Mr. Dunlop called out All r!ght;" bnt later on the attendant became suspicious, and broke the door open, when the gentleman was found with his throat cut, the head being almost severed from the body. A razor was found in the bath. Mr. Dunlop, who leavee a wife and four chil- dren, k said to have been pecuniarily in comfortable fftwuiwlanone.

I Rhon,ida ?olic3lntelligsnc3. M nday.—Bafore the Stipendiary, Mr. T. P. Jenkins t nd Mr D. W. Davies. PBXYGRAIO INEBRIATES.—Idris Bowen, J oha Atkiaa and Daniel Matthews wera ch trzel with ¡ni'i.{ icirik -P.C. Weeks said defendants wera draak, aal had been fighting -IdriR Bowen was fiaol M itV-nw who gave a wroag name, 15s aud Atkins, who did in appear, was fined 10s. A TREHHBBERT MAS WHO DID NOT GO HOME.—Evan Bowman was charged by P.C. Davies with bainsc drunk in Baglan Street, Treherbert, and refusing to go home, He had to be locked np forJhis stubborn- ness, and now the Magistrates fined him 5s. A KINO IN A CROWD AT LLWYNPIA.—Joseph King was charged with being drunk on 25th of Febrnary with a great crowd round him, opposite the Thistle Hotel and was fined 28s, or fourteen daya. A TUÐoB IN COURT.—John Tndor, of Mardy; was charged with being drunk on the 16th inst.—He was fined 10s. DRUNK AT TON.—Thomas Ford was fined 5A for being drunk on the 18th inst. Joseph Thomas, of no fix6d v abode, was fined 59 for a similar offenee. ALLEGED THBFT AT PBNTRB.—Mary Williams, of Dinas, was charged with stealing asnit of clothes.- Thomas Evans, outfitter, Baglan Place, said last Monday, between 4 o'clock and half-past prisoner and another woman came to his shop. Defendant bought a boy's trousers and cap. The other woman bought a boy's collar. These things were paid for. Directly they left he missed a man's black suit of clothes. The suit produced was that which hellost.-Remanded for a week. ASSAULT AT DrNAs.—Jenkin Jones was charged with assaolting David Edwards.—David Edwards, labourer,said a week last Saturday night he was coming with a friend from Penygraig. Defendant's brother began bothering him and pushed him. Told him to leave him aione. Defendant then struck him, and gave him two other blows. He had not worked since. His nose bled, and he had lost a pint and a half of blood. His eye was greatly injured.—Win. Davies said he was with complainant on the day in question. On defendant striking, he asked what it was for, and defendant told him he should have the same if he did not shut up.-Defendant called Reea Lewis, who made a rambling statement (having evi- dently been courting John Barleycorn), and at last testified that defendant gave complainant one sl..p.- Fined 40s, or a month's imprisonment.

SrRAHGE HALLUCINATION AT PONTYPRDB. A SAD CASH. On Sunday last some consternation was caused in Y nysgyfeilon Street, Pontypridd, owing to the strange behaviour of a Mrs Pcgkr, wife cf Mr George Pegler, an emyloye on the Taff Yale Railway. It seetns the husbrnd hod been for some time nnwell, and his wife told some friends in the locality she expected him to die, that in case he did not pass away doting the night she was de- termined to do something very serious with & view to Buist in sending him out of the world. Mr Little, medioal assistant at the Albion Colliery, called and instructed Mrs Pegler to apply a little turpentine to the small of her hasband's beck. The poor man found that the bed under his back tad been saturated with turps, with the result that bis back became maoh inflamed. On some one calling to see the aick man Mrs Pegler whis. pered the tidings that he would soon die; that she was determined be should have a good last dinner. She alllo stated that she had prepared a nicely ironed white shirt to put on the corpse. The end of the story was that a medical man was called in to see Mrs Pegler herself, and he soon pronoQnoed her to be insane; and Mr Iestyn Williams, re- lieving ofltoer, was direeted to take her to the Bridgend Lunatic Asylum, which he did on )(011- day last. Afterwards the husband, who is well to do, found upwards of 100 pawn tickets in his house. The relieving officer asked Mrs Pegler how was she in health ? My bead is very bad," she replied. "One day I was sewing. It came on to thnnder and lightning, and a flash darted OIf the needle into one of my eyes, and there the flash has remained ever since."

THE CHARGE AGAINST EX-SERGEANT TAfPLIfl AND HIS SON. VERDICT OF "NOT GUILTY" At the Glamorganshire Assizes, held t Card .on Monday, Edward Tamplui, senior, and Edward Tamplin, jun., were.chargad with having feloni* ouBly stolen thirteen sheep, the prvp ;rt.v of Tbollla. Williams, at Llantrisant, on >he Hir, of October, 1887; also Bdward Tamplin, sen., wis further charged with feloniously receiving < f Rdwnrd Tamplin, jun., the property of the s .i Thomas Williams, wbieh had lately bifore b^en stoler.— Mr Arthur Lewis and Mr Glasoodi' e (instructed by Mr Lintcn) wero fi r the pro-ivcutio/j, and Mr Abel Thomas and Mr D. Lewis (instructed by Mesara Morgan & Rhys) defended. A great deal of evidence was given, and the Judge, in his sum- ming up, remarked that this was vrry rerrarkable case, and the prosecution bad piit t foi ward in snoh .anintric"tewnythatit was a difficult thing for the jury to discharge their duty. The proaeoctOf Williams had a nuri ber < f sht,ep at Cefn Park on taok, and 25 of them became mia ina:. What the prosecuticn had to prove Mas (hat the missing sheep were those said to Via*e been st. len by the one prisoner and received by th, oti er. far an he could see the whole encrt. f I he. pr s»< ntion had been to prove, not that the pr^oners committed the crime alleged, but that their ex; la at ion as to how they became possessed < f them w,is not true. That was not the way to prove a cssi* f that kind. The foundation of the wholw th:r.cT "n"l whether the 25 sheep missed cn the night in question were stolen by one prisoner and received by the other. At 25 minutes to eight the jury r'tufd, and in seven minutes returned a veidi. t of not guilty acainst both acoueed.-The Judge said, if it was any satisfaction to them, be might pay he entirely agreed with the verdict, and the vnsoters should not suffer in consequence of the proceedings.—The esse lasted from 10.30 until eight o'clock at night