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Cilgwyn Church Book. Valuable Extracts. BY "PHILIP SIDNEY." it was in April, 1860, that the late Mr. Walter D. Jeremy, London,—by birth a iiampeter man—made some extremely in- teresting extracts from the since missing Cilgwyn Church Book. His original sheets ef extracts are now before me, by the kind office,s of my old friend and his nephew, Principal W. J. Evans, M.A., of the Pres- byterian College. Pending the discovery of the Church Book" itself, any particu- lars gleaned directly from its pages cannot fail tobe of use to historians and othefs and so they are here and for the first time oommitted to the safe keeping of print. The extracts are in the order as written by Mr. Jeremy. "KILGWYN CHURCH BOOK, 1728." Freeholders, 1738. Walter Jenkins; Jenkin Walter, etc., etc. I A list of such as were Members of a Church of Christ gathered in Cardiganshire from the year 1653, to the year 1659." Lampeter, March the 4th, 1654. Rees Powel, Pastor. Evan Hugh, etc., etc., etc. Bettws, June the 10th, 1654. Llanarth, Sepr. the 9th, 1654. Llanbadarn Fawr, Octr. 8 '54. Llangoedmor. Lanbadain Odwyn, 7th month, 1655. Garthely, Abermeirig, Aug., 1657. "A List of such as were Members of the Dissenting Protestant Church of Christ, meeting at Ca'ronnen, Crygymaen, Llwyn Rhys and Kilgwyn, from the year 1692 to the year 1098." y 5aVMrTS i ) ^.stors.. '• David La warns J Morgan Howel T David John Rees it-achers- John Jones. Pres: gub. Griffith Hugh. Pres: gub. David Evans 1 „ -c t Deacons. Evan John &c. &c. &c. &. In the year 1704, and before that." Philip Pugh &c., &c., A list or Catalogue of Members of the Church of Christ meeting at Kilgwyn, 1728 pp 9-16. Philip Pugh 1 rastorc Evan Davies ] iastor- &c. (fee., &c. Dy'd. Members of Kilgwyn. Congregation from the year 1718 exclusive, to the yr. 1728 inclusive." [Here follow the Names.]" The Names of Adult members of Cil- gwyn yt. dy'd since the yr. 1728." [Here follow the Names.]" inter alios:— 1747. Mr. Evan Davies, dy'd 10 br. 10th 1747; bury'd the 12th; ordained April 13th. 1726; aged 71 years. 175o. Mrs. M. Davies, Felindre. Members of the Church of Christ meet- ing at Kilgwyn, Caeronen, and Abermeyrig, from the year 1736-7 [sic]' when those of Lanbadarn Odyn separated. :— Philip Pugh Evan Davies Pastors. Timothy Davies Evan Griffith, pres. gab. Mary, wife of James Jenkin, of Olm. Thomas Williams Lampeter. Sarah, wife of Walter Thomas, Cyssuch. Mrs. Lloyd, of Lloydjack. [The list is brought down to the yr. 1748]" Members of the Church of Christ, meet- ing at Llwynpiod, 1738." Philip Pugh I Evan Davies I Pastors. Timothy Davies J Infants Baptized by Philip Pugh, Min- ister of the Gospel." 1. Margaret, dau. Rev. Mr. Jenkin Jones, Bap. lObr. 1709. 11. Elizabeth Do. Do. 1717. 28, Jenkin, s. Thos. Jenkin, Cyssuch, Bap. 29 Aug. 1719. 29. Mary, dau. Mr Jenkin Jones, Cyssuch Ap. 1722. 46. Moses, s. thos. Jenkin, Cyssuch, Ap. 1722. 54. Martha, dau. David Jenkin, Cys- such, 9br 1722. 75. John, s. Thos. Jenkin, Cyssuch, Oct. 22, 1724. 109. John, s. Thomas Williams, Lam- peter, Bap. 15 March, 1726-7; s. p. 104. 112. David, s. John David, Cyssuch, 16 Aug. 1727. 191. Mary, dau. Thos. John, Cyssuch, 30 July, 1733. 197. Anne, dau. Do. 30 July, 1734. 217. David, a. Wm. David, tanner Lam- peter, 21 March 1735-6. 287. Sarah, dau. Reverend Mr. Timothy Davies, bap. 13 May, 1741. 336. Jonathan Davies, s. Do 9 Nov. 1743. 350. Ursula, dau. Evan John Lewis, Bmitk. 376. Onor, dau. Bo. 384. David s. Rev. Mr. Timothy Davies, 26 Feb. 1746. 401. David, s. Evan David Jenkin, Cys- such, 25 Oct. 1746. Miriam, dau. Do. 419. Gainor, dau.Jno Thomas 454. Sarah, dau. Evan David Jenkin, Cyssuch, 1 Feb. 1749. 458. Mary, dau. Rev. Mr. Timothy Dav- ies, 24 Feb. 1749. 525. Evan, s. Rev. Mr. Timothy Davies, bap. 22 Jan. 1752. 545, John, s. Thos. Rees, Cyssuch, 1 Dec. 1752. 608. Rachel, s. Rev Mr. Timothy Davies, 21 July. 1755. 610. Mary, dau. Thos Rees, Cyssuch, 11 Aug. 1755. {533. Benjamin, s. Timothy Jacob, Goitre, bap. 3 Nov. 175S. 650. Jenkin, s. Evan David Jenkin, Cyssuch, 25 May, 1757. 670. Anne, dau. Do. 6 June, 1759. 671. Timothy, a. Timothy Jacob, bap 10 June 1759. "[The last date in the list is 1760.]" "The Persecution in K. Charles the 2nd's time lasted from Aug. 25, 1662, till April 1687, about five and twenty years, liberty of conscience was made legal by Act of Par- liament in the year 1689, by the Toleration Act." « Acts of Parliament against Dissenters in ■tjk. 2nd's time:— 1. Act of Uniformity, in the year 1662. 2. Corporation Act, in 1661. 3. The Conventicle Act, in 1663, and 1670. 4. The Oxford Act, 1665. 5. The Test Act, 1673. Here come sixteen verses composed by "Saw. Jones of Brynllywarch, upon recov- ery out of a fit of sickness." These will appear in our Cymru Fu column, next week. "DISmlNTING PROTESTANT MINISTERS IN SOUTH WALES." Rees Price ,of Tyntanne, obiit, 1739. Thomas Walter, of Rayadr. David Price, of Lhvynlloyd, ob. Aug. 1742. James Lewis, of Pencader, ord. 1706 [aged 64 in 1738..] David Jonkms, of Crug y maen, ord. in June, 1708. Philip Pugh, of Blaenpennal, ord. in Oct. 1709. Ghristmas Samuel, of Pant-teg, ord. 1710. Bavid William, of Newport, [dy'd. in lObr. 1754.] IRfcVid Williams, of Penmein. ^aires Davies, of Merthyr. 9jj £ S$)>en Dunne, obiit, 1735. -Cnrvstosius Lewis. Lewis of Rhydyceisiaid. obiit. Ifavtd Thomas, of Neath. flensy Davies, of Blaengwrneh. Wnlirf*r. of Aberitivenny. Seary Palmer, of Henllan, o 8b' 1721. „ obi t. 17'. „ Jfohp Harriet, of' Llanrynydd, o'v? 1/24 rbi't "Thorn00 of Uffuri, f>—Apr. 72\ obiit t'1" f ?] Will'fTi nrd. jrj Thorns '{"(' (') t" r "Drnrid Sere*. of LWh'-yt*, 172£,). J&vsn oflIvel"f(\rdw .3. art?. Jr.vo 1723. 1 Evan Davies, of Kilgwyn, ord. 1726; obiit 1747. Jenkin Jones, of Llwynrhydowen, ord. Apr. lïiW; obiit 1742. Rees Davies, of Llangattwg. Roger Howel, of Langiw'k [Kelly Onnen.J Vavasor Griffith, of Maesgwyn; ob. 1741. John Williams, of Brecon; [ob. 1743.] David Williams ,of Cevenerthan, ord. June 1731. George Palmer, of Swansey, ord. 7br. 173[?] obiit, 1749-50. William Williams, of Tredwythan. Samuel Jones, of Capel Scion. Lewis Jones, of Llanedy, ord. in 7ber. 1734. Edmund Jones, of Penmain, ord. 1734 Timothy Davies, of Kilgwyn. ord. May 1737 Richard Rees, of Merthyr, [obiit Aug. 1749] David Williams, of Cardiffe. David Evans, of Trewen, and Llechryd, ord. 25 Apr. 1739. Philip Davies ,of Penmain ord. 1739. Owen Rees, ordained, 9 March, 1742. David Griffith, ord. 21 Ap. 1742. William Jenkms, ordained 9 March, 1742. David Lloyd, of Brynberian, ord. 23 June, 1743. John Lewie, ordained at Pencader 3 Aug. 1743. Owen Davies, of Crofit.y-cyff 1 both ord. at Croft-y- Jama Davies, o £ Abermeirig J cytt 6 & 7 Oct., 1743. Thomas Evans, of Llanywllyn, 19 June, 1745 Thomas Morgan, of Henllan, 26 June, 1746. David Lloyd, of Llwynrhydowen 1746. Milbourn Blome, 26 Sep. 1745. Saml. Davies, of Merthyr, 1746. Wm. Lewelin, of Cwm-mawr 1746. Thos. Jones, of Caslychwr 1747. John Hughes, of Haverfordwest, ord. 23 Sept. 1747. Jenkin Jenkins, of Lanvylling. Jno. Watkins, of Brachgoed [obiit 1748.] Thomas Lewis, of Blaengwrach. Richard Thomas, ord. Aug. 1751. Solomon Harris, ord. Sep. 1751. John Evans of Caebach, ord. June 1752. Michael Maurice, ord. at Llanywchllyn, 12 Aug. 1752. Evan Williams of Brychcoed, ord, 28 Sep. N.S. 1752 John Powel, of Mynyddbach, ord. 26 Sept. 1753. Simon Williams, of Rayadr, ord. 15 Sep. 1753 William Evans ,of Rhydymardy 17o8. Thomas Davies, of Gellyonnen. "NORTH WALES MINISTERS." Edward Kenrick, of Bronclydwr. ord. He 17 1702. [dy'd 1741.] Jno. Kenrick, of Wrexham, ord. 8ber. 21st 1707. [dy'd Jan. 1745.] William Jervise, of Llanv'ylling ob. 1743. Thomas Hopkins, of Newtown. t John Thomas, of Pwllhely, ord. June 21, 1723. James Jardine, of Denbigh ob. Apr. 20, 1735 Francis Bolt, of Newmarket [removed to Salop.] June 29. David Williams, of Denbigh 1736 obiit 1743. Jenkin Jenkins, of Llanwyllin ord. 1747. Thomas Evans, of Llanewllyn. Richard Thomas, of Pwllheli. Micah Morice, of Denbigh. Jenkin Morgan of in Anglesea. II [Note, the last four Ministers were added at a subsequent time, as appears from the ink, and handwriting. W.D.J.]" The New Test. trans. into Welsh by Richard Davies, B. of St. David's and W. Salsbury. Gent. was printed in the year 1567." The whole Bible was translated into Welsh by Dr. William Morgans of Llan- rhaiadr vm Mochnant in Denbighshire after- wardse Bishop of St. Asaph, and printed in folio in the year 1588.. 1st. Edition Anno Domini 1588 2nd. edition Do. 1620. 3rd. edition Do. 1630." The former translation corrected by Bis- hop Parry and Dr. Davies of Mallwyd, and pnnted anno 1620. [fol. 2nd edn. 1620.]" "The Welsh Bible was first printed in a pocket volume in the year 1630. 4th edition Anno 1654. 5th 1678. 6th 1689-90 7th 1717. 8th 1727." "Christian Names in Kilgwyn:— Church Book." Ursula Î Onor Honor (Honora ?) Names of Women.. 1 ngharaa [ -L n ra(, Miriam I Gainor ) Such extracts as these can only whet our lips for more, and may act as an incentive to further effort to discover the missing volume itself. -1.
Cymru Fu. ci.
Cymru Fu. ci. 320. ABERYSTWYTH PRINTED BOOKS. Siace my last note on this subject, I have seen these books. I trust these notes will be an acceptable addition to the Rev. Geo. Eyre Evans' list. H. E. H. JAMES. Welsh Assistant Librarian. Swansea. Cyfarchiad i bregethwyr ac astudwyr-difinyddi- aetb, Yn Saesneg gan y Parch. J. Brown, gynt gweinidog yr efengyl yn Haddington, yn Scotland. Aberystwyth, argraffwyd ac ar werth gan Samuel Williams; He hefyd y gellir cael ar werth (i'w gyd- rwymo a hwn), Sylwadau ar bregethu," &c,, 1818. 38 pp. Size of page-3 x 4in. Stiff paper cover. p ROBERT JONES' COLLECTION. Cerdd Ddadleuol, am briodas: sef ymddyddan rhwng Solinus, astudiwr wedi addunedu i wedd'dod Thalamius, un a'i fryd i briodi; Jufentus, llangc gweddw heb sefydlu ei feddwl Maritus, gwr priod ac Ouranius, difinydd. Gan William Williams, Pantycelyn. Aberystwyth, argraffwyd ac ar werth gan James a Williams, 1810. Pris tair ceiniog. 40 pp. 3i x 5in Bound with nextjbook and others. Can Efengylaidd, sef Afon Iachawdwriaeth Gras: mewn sylwad a'r P-alm XLVI, 4, (y rhan gyntaf o'r adnod), Y mae afja, a'i ffrydiau.a lawenbant Ddinas Duw." Aberystwytb, argraffwyd gan James a Williams, dros D. Amos, 1810. Pris ceiniog. 8 pp. 3i x 5âin. Bound with above. Y Sillebydd Cymreig, yn cynwys arweiniad es- mwyth drwy yr egwyddor a'r unsilliaid pennodau byrion o banesion dyddorol, dyledswyddau, &c.; rhestr o enwan priodol yr Ysgrythyr crynodeb o rammadeg yr iaith; defnydd yr attalnodau. A ddetholwd ac a drefnwyd gan Robert Jones, Athraw Ysgol Sabbotbol. Tair sail doethineb dysg yr ieuenctyd, cof yn cadw, a synwyr yn deall."—Tri- oedd. Aberystwyth, argraffwydac ar werth gan E. Williams, Heol-y-Bont. Entered at Stationer's Hall. Pris chwe cheiniog, 1842. 60pp.r (counting green stiff paper wrappers), 4 x 7in. Bwrdri y Beirdd, yn cynwys casgliad o weitbiau prydyddol :ai-nryw o awenyddion Cymru, wedi eu detbol gan Thomas Evan James, (dau englyn). Aberystwyth, argraffwyd gan D. Jenkins, Heol y Wig. pp. iv, 152. 4 x 6iin. (N.D. on T.P.; Pre- face dated Hydref 15, 1856.") Esboniad ar y Bibl Sanctaidd, allan o waitb Henry a Scott. Megis y cyhoeddit gan y Gym- deithas Traethodau Crefyddol," yn Llundain. Wedi ei gyfieithu gan y Parch John Hughes, Perig- lor, Aberystwyth.I I' Getiesis hyd Deuteronomium. Aberystwyth, argraffwyd a chyhoeddwyd gan J. Cox, dan nawdd y gymdeithas; MDCCCXXX1V. Map: pp. viii, 465. 4i x ni.. Do, do. Vol. 11, Bound with 1. Wedi ei gyfieithu gan y Parch. W. Jones, Ficer Llanfihangel Geneu'r Glyn, Ceredigion, gynt Curad Fainor, Brycheiniog. Cyi. ii. MDCCCXXXV. pp. iv, 464. 321. DIARY OF REV. TIMOTHY DAV- IES, CAERONEN. BAPTISMS. 1748. 5 August. Abel John Jenkin; Kellan. 17 Sep. Elizabeth Wm. Samuel; Cwm- coy, Kellan. 12 Nov. John Evan Jn. Morgan; Llan- vúyr.. 14 Nov. Thos. Lewis Jenkin; Pencarreg, at home. 1749. 28 March. David Howell; Carvoel, Ystrad. 26 June. Daniel David Daniel; Smith, at Lampeter. 7 April. Sarah Jenkin Davies; Lam- peter. 4 July. Margaret, dau. of Jn. WiflTm.; Pantyrhwch, Llandewy- 1(3 July David Evan John; Bwlch, Dih- ewyd, ibidem. 24 Sept. Elizabeth Enoch Morgan, and also Benjamin Harry David, both of Kellan. 3 Oct. Wm. David William; Llanne- ^win, LTanvayr. 5 Dec. Anne Da vies, dau. to the Rev. Owen Divies.. 13 Dec. Rachel Alexander Thos. at Lam- Owen Divies.. 13 Dec. 7Rachet Alexander Thos. at Lam- peter. 1749-50. r William John; Trebanrau. Kellan. His mother dvVl 4 Jan., 1749-50. To Jan. Sarali T>d. Letty fVpoft: | Lampeter. 322. ALLTYRODIN ARMS: INSCRIP- TION. On the arch over the stable door of this well known hostelry is cut this motto:— Sic siti, laetantur equi." Many travellers and others puzzle over the meaning of it:—the translation is:- So placed, horses rejoice." Will some reader tell me who placed this inscription, and when? "PHILIP SIDNEY." [In answer t-o some enquiries, may I say that, at present, there is no intention of printing this interesting register, other than in this column. G.E.E.] BAPTISMS. 1704. March 29. Jane dau. Lodwick Hughes, yeoman, and Elizabeth, his wife. March 29. Dd. s. Evn. Dd. Phillip, cot- tager, and Jane, his wife. April 9. Thoe. s. Lodwick Stra yeoman,, and Lotty, his wife. April 12. Diana, dau, Danl. Evans Thos.. Gottager, and Jane his wife. May 27. Elinor, dau, John Richards, of ye town, yeoman, and Jane his wife. July 2. Griffith, s. John David, cottager. Oct. 1. Jane, dau. John ffransis, yeoman, and Mary his wife. Oct. 19. Griffith, s. Jon. Griffith, yeoman. Nov. 5. Bridgett, dau, Dd. Thos., cot- tager, and Mary, his wife. Nov. 15. Sarah, dau. Evan Thos., of Cap- elau, yeoman. Doc. 28. Gwenllian, dau. Thos. and Mary William, cottager. Dec. 31. Christmas, s. Thos. Evan Harry cottager, and Katherine, his wife. BURIALS AO. DNI. 1704. March 20. David Bevan. Llywelin, cot- tager. March 30 Richard, s. John and Jane Rich- ard, ye town, yeomaiiT
THE THIBETAN EXPEDITION.
THE THIBETAN EXPEDITION. The British Mission to Thibet,, which is now at Tuna, is strongly entrenched in a walled enclosure, which contains houses and a well. Four companies of the 23rd Pioneers, with a seven-pounder machine- gun, a section of the Norfolks, and twenty men of the Madras Sappers have remained as an escort, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hogge. Mr. Edmund Candler writes from Chumbi to the DailyMail: There has been great mortality among the transport mules 50 per cent. of those that have been working the convoy to Kamba Jong have died. The losses have been chipfly due to aconite and rhododendron poisoning, falling over the khud, overwork and under-feeding, and the great scarcity of grain and grass. The Nepalese coolies are obstreperous, but mutiny has been successfully suppressed.
STRANGE VILLAGE TRAGEDY.
STRANGE VILLAGE TRAGEDY. An aged man named William Barlow and his widowed sister, Maria Trolley, who resided together in a cottage at Helpringham, four miles from Billingborough, were found dead on Friday. A policeman who forced the door discovered the woman hanging from a beam in the parlour and the man dead in bed.
PEERAGE ROMANCE RECALLED.
PEERAGE ROMANCE RECALLED. A romance of the peerage is recalled by the death at Capetown of a man of colour, August Daniels, said to have been born in 1798. For some time he was a slave. He was the half-brother of Martha, the black wife of the Earl of Stamford, who died in 1890. Since the Earl's death she has married again, and is now the wife of a coloured man named Pieter Picterse. She calls herself, however, the Dowager Countess of Stamford. The Earl, when he was tile Hev. Harry Grey, went to Natal many years ago. His name became connected with those of sundry Zulu women; and he retired, his clerical career terminated, to Capetown. There, in 1864, he met Martha SolomoBs, or Tante Mata, daughter of a coloured woman known as "Queen Reb." Three children were born. One of them is an electrical engineer in England. In 1880 the Earl married her, and three other children were born. The only one surviving is Lady Mary Grey, who, in 1907, will come, it is said, into an income of iE2,200 a-year. Soon after his marriage he succeeded to the earldom, entailed estates, and 412.000 a-year. In his will he recognised the son born before marriage as his heir; but the House of Lords supported the claim of the present holder of the title, a nephew, then a professor at Barbados. The Earl never returned to England, but purchased an estate at Wynberg, and settled there with his family.
WIDOW SUED FOR BREACH.
WIDOW SUED FOR BREACH. A widow has been sued for damages for breach o promise at the Merionethshire Assizes, held at Dolgelly, before Mr. Justice Phi Hi more. Robert Rowlands, Festinog, was the plaintiff; Mrs. Ellen Parry, of the same place, the defendant. From the evidence it appeared that the plaintiff was a quarrymar, sixty-five years of age, and a widower, and the defendant, a widow, was fortt- five years of age. They both worshipped in the same chapel, ami had known each other for over thirty years. In September, 1902, the plaintiff began to pay attention to the defendant, and, after refusing him once, she afterwards accepted him. On March 11th 1903, she promised to marry him, and on the 141b the plaintiff, according to the defendant's arrangement, went to publish the banns. Upon his return he found her in great distress, because her brother was against her breaking up her home. On March 27th she wrote him a letter positively breaking off the engagement, and asking him to forgive her. The plaintiff did not claim any specific damages. After a short consultation the case was amicably settled, the judge miking an order for each party to pay their own costs.
LADY TAMER ATTACKED BY JAGUARS.
LADY TAMER ATTACKED BY JAGUARS. The risks run by tamers of wild animals have again been exemplified in Paris. Mlle. Morelli, who displays her skill at the Hippodrome in that city, had been warned by Mr. Bostock that the jaguars with which she performs were in an excited condition, and was told not to go through with her "turn." She, however, persisted, and at the conclusion, wh^n driving the animals back to their dens, one, named Prince, crouched in a corncr. Mile. Morelli threatened him with the whip. and he bounded on to her, knocking her down. Another jaguar, Cartouche, seeing her prostrate, attacked her, and was joined by a panther. Her position appeared hopeless, when the panther accidentally bit one of the jaguar's feet and dis- tracted his attention. The animals then started fighting among themselves, and Mr. Bostock and another man entered t lie ring and succeeded in driving the animals out. Mile. Moreili IS sufiVring from several severe wounds, but her condition is not considered dangerous.
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I NATIVES ON THE WAR-PATH.
NATIVES ON THE WAR-PATH. Otyimbirigul is now threatened by the insurgent Herreos in German South-West Africa. A farmer named Lange has been murdered, as well as other white settlers. The German Reichstag is to consider a proposal for reinforcing the protective troops now in the Colony to 1,000 men, and for sending horses, as the country-breds are unfit for military purposes. Relief forc'-s are being sent out.
"COVERED WITH SHAME."
"COVERED WITH SHAME." A painful and unusual case came on at the Old Bailey, on Saturday, when Robert Markham. an elderly gentleman, was charged with publishing a defamatory libel concerning his own son. Leonard Markham. It appeared that the son had managed his father's provision business in London, hut was dis- missed in consequence of certain matters. The father then wrote to his son's tatlier-in-law stating that the young man had robbed him of many hundreds of pounds in order to meet hii losses in betting and gambling. The father-in-law was naturally very much upset, and said that it the accusations were true he would decline to see the prosecutor at his house, and would take steps to protect his daughter. Through his counsel the son now stated that hfi wished to express his most poignant regret for behaving to his father as he had done. He was covered with shame, counsel added, and utterly unable to face he court, and he asked that he might be allowed to withdraw the case, which he had begun in a moment of impetuosity. In allowing the case to be withdrawn, the Recorder expressed his keen regret that the son had not himself attended. "I should like to express to him my mind en the Fnhject" he added. "I regret that Mr. Markham has een required to surrendpr into the dock. It was an oversight, and I should have wished to save him from that ignominious position."
FORGING A DEATH CERTIFICATE.
FORGING A DEATH CERTIFICATE. Frederick Augustus Cooke, aged lifty-four, clerk, and Kuth Cooke, aged forty-six, alios Ruth Mary Kane, have been convicted at the Central Criminal Court of obtaining money by false pretences from the Prudential Assurance Company. The male prisoner had been an agent of the company, and he appeared to have put forward a false certificate as to the death of Daniel Kane, a soldier in South Africa. On thl faith of the document C12 10s. was paid. It was subsequently discovered that the certificate of death was a forgery. Police-sergeant Palfrey said he had made every inquiry about Daniel Kane, but he could learn nothing of him, dead or alive. Cooke said he obtained the certificate of death with the object of settling the question of the female prisoner's status. She could ascertain nothing about her I husband, Kane, and he (Cooke) had married her. She had been a good wife to him.—The jury con- victed Cooke, but recommended the female prisoner to mercy.—The Common Serjeant said Cooke could have been sentenced to penal servitude for life for an offence of this kind. This was a very deliberate kind of fraud, not only upon the company, but upon the public, as the passing off of these false death certificates was a most serious matter. He sentenced Cooke to three years' peaal servitude. The female prisoner was bound over in recognisances to come up for sentence if called upon.
CHIPS OF NEWS.
CHIPS OF NEWS. A boat capsized when crossing the Ebrp at Sara- gossa on Saturday. Eleven workmen were drowned. Mr. W. B. Stewart, of London, has been adopted as the Conservative candidate for the Stroud division of Gloucestershire. As a result of the recent Grimsby election petition I four persons have received summonses to answer charges of treating and bribery. British wheat sold last week at an average price of 26s. lid. per quarter, an increase of 2s. per quarter compared with the corresponding week of last year. "You have to be very careful in the cinemato- graph trade; there are such a lot of rogues in it," said a dealer during the hearing of a case in the Law Courts. Last week there were 156 failures in England and Wales, being a decrease of eighteen compared with the sorresponding week of 1903. During the past, year the coroner for North-East London held 1,111 inquests. These included ninety- seven cases of death through drink, and nine resulting from destitution. At Lucan, Dublin, on Saturday, the body of Thomas Doyle, who lived to the age of 104, was interred. He was io the service of the familv of a local magistrate for forty-six years. There was an outbreak of enteric fever during J the homeward voyage of the Dunolly Castle, which called at Plymouth on Saturday from the Cape. The second otlicer succumbed to the disease. After being out of employment for several weeks a Shoreditch labourer set out to go to work which had been offered him. On his way he staggered, fell, and expired in the street. Merrow, in Surrev, claims to be the healthiest village in England, With a population of 1,500, there have been only two deaths—an old man and an infant—during the past twelve months. A draft ordinance has been gazetted at Bloem- fontein establishing in Orange River Colony an Appeal Court independent of the similar court in the Transvaal. The announcement has given general satisfaction. Four men have -l H-arge at assaaUing a nom;, Ii (;^ t, ;jih, Armagh. He w: « <> high road, and a num :)1 wns also ill-used. The King, 0:1 i. • s nces of the fatal l<iv hurnt to death at Cr*i ] -e^or on tho Balmoral estate (<>• Ma; .sty's sympathv to the parents in Mi. •> d and t'o render them assistance iu iiieir distress. The search tor Baron Toll, the explorer, on the new Siberian Islands of Bennett Land, has proved unsuccessful. The arbitrators in the Venezuela claims case will sit from February 13th to the 17th in order to con. sider their judgment. A semi-official contradiction is given to the rumours of the intendod resignation of M. de Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior. A formal denial has been published in Paris regarding the report that the Duke of Orleans con- templated proceedings for divorce. General Delarey has arrived in New York, from Mexico, to inquire into the condition of affairs in Cuba with a view to the establishment of a Boer colony there. The British mission to Thibet is still entrenched at Tuna. The natives on the whole are well disposed, but nothing is known as to the intentions of an armed force in the hills. The Ottoman Government has proposed to the Russian and Austro-Hungariau Embassies at, Con- atantinople that the number of foreign officers on the Gendarmerie Commission be limited to one from each Power. The Mentone police have captured two alleged swindlers, said to have been connected with the Gare du Nord affair in Paris, when £ 16,0J0 was stolen. A pig dealer named Dear, of Stotforri, was enter- ing Bedford market on Saturday when he fell dead. The severe cold is thought to have been the cause. Further outbreaks of anthrax are reported in Cheshire, embracing a wide area. Agricultur'^ts are under much apprehension at the spread of the epidemic. The Uruguayan Government forces are reported to have defeated the troops of the Insurgent General Saraiva, near Nico Perez (Department of Minas). Lord Onslow, President of the Board of Agricul- ture, speaking at Newcastle, made reference to the possibl outbreak of war in the Far East. He said that, in his opinion, it was imperative that this country should maintain an attitude of absolute neutrality, so far as that attitude would be con- sistent with our Treaty obligations. II In the Divorce Court, Mrs. Ellen Forsey. a nurse, has been granted a decree nisi upon her petition for the dissolution of her marriage with John Henry Forsey. r>n 1-1 I Ltivcted a 11 bigamous alliance in Guernsey. The London Counts Council's new bill for the establishment of a passenger steamboat service on the Thames has been duly deposited at the Private Bill Ollice. The dead body of a woman named Ann Sissons was discovered" at Leeds on Sunday. She had evidently been murdered by a blunt weapon. Her husband was missing. A foreman liine-burner at Broadstairs has been burnt to aeatn in his kiln, and at the inquest it Was stated that he had been in the habit of jumping across it. Admiral Alexeieft, according to a Russian news- paper, told the troops on the New Year parade at Part Arthur that "it was the will of the Emperor that peace should he pres-Tved in the Far East." A shop salesman named David William (iaiiiage, living at Futnam, told the MaryJebone magistrate, in explanation of cmi ezzlement from his employers, that he had had bad luck at billiards, and owed £20 to a man in consequence. A German female Social Democrat agitator, Fraulein Rofca Luxemburg, has been sentenced, at Zwickau, to two mouths' imprisonment for lese tnojtsti. At Bedford the Rev. Robert Atherton, rector of Bolnhurst, St. Neots, was found guilty at a consis- tory court, over which tile Caanceilor of the Diocese presided, of grave charges of immoral and indecent conduct. A Johannesburg telegram says that the Boers generally are apathetic regarding the importation of Chinese lal our. General Botha is opposed to it, whilst Generals Piet Crouje (vf Paaiucberg fame), Kemp, and Celiiers favour it. A large gathering of prominent Roman Catholics, among whom was Lord Edmund Talbot, M.P., were present at the Westminster Cathedral of Sunday afternoon at the distribution of medals, which had been blessed by tllp. Pope, to officers and lads of the Catholic Boys' Brigade. The High Sheriff for the County of London has fixed Tuesday. February 2nd, as the date for the execution of the. condemned German butcher, Dumpig, who now lies unaer sentence of death in Pentonville Gaol for the murder of his infant son, aged eight months. James Smith, fifty-seven, a Manchester cprter, was on Saturday knocked down bv his horse and trampled upon, at Longford Bri lge, Stretford. He was conveyed to the infirmary, where he died. A Blackpool child, three years of age, has died through drinking from the spout of a kettle of boiling water while its mother was at the front door. Charles Dawson, thirty-three, a member of the Hull Police Force, has been remanded, charged with stealing two silver watches and a gun from premises where he was iu charge aiter a fire. On being sentenced to seven days' hard labour for being drunk at the workhouse, a Lowestoft man took a coin from his pocket and offered to toss the Mayor whether it should be fourteen days or nothing. Mr. Rudyard Kipling's dream ot South Africa's future is that the country wiil not only be able to supply the Mother Country with corn, but the United States as well. For shaking a doormat in the street after eight o'clock in the morning, and covering a policeman with dus% a J ile End, London, woman was on Saturday fined 5s. It is stated that Alderman McAdam, the abscond- ing secretary of a Liverpool building society, who is charged with serious frauds, has been traced to a vessel which is on passage to Buenos Ayres, and will be arrested on arrival there. "The man who bets is no better than a fool." This saying of the Duke of Portland was quoted approvingly by the North London stipendiary on Saturday. One of the oldest houses in London, Bradmore House, which was built in 1598, and was the manor house of the district .vhen Hammersmith was a hamlet, is about to be pulled down. At Lincola workmen were tracing the flow of surface water south of the Cathedral, when they found a well beneath the pavement, the existence of which was not previously known. This well was 45ft. deep, and the flag-stones of the pavement were only held by oaken boards which had begun to rot. It is thought there may be similar wells in the neighbourhood.
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