Evening Express

CLEAN BiLL OF HEALTH. It ii tn be assured that Cardie is at fif'e L'om that loatlbollle pLIgUt', ';i¡:at!-pox:. _0\ ItlJOl1gh there arc still -evefa! pa.;itu!:s in the ho, pitai. Dr. Walford say no h'esh caac has been reported since June i3, so thac (,iii-; less a mtkl case or two have escaped the autiacritie-:4, as '.ve saw recontiy, aii(i \h''r<' the peopte t hem-:dves \\I'1'e alone Co biame) the horo!:gh !);ay Mow be sn'd t<j have Rung off the co!t,,plaitit. A gocd! deal of credit attaches to Dr. Waitord atid hLssta.if, for the mere fa;:t t!i:¡: t!10re were aearty 70 cases "hOi\ ,» ha' the epidemic was not one to he triflp<l \\ic ;1. On, iesf-on the puhhc can iean! from it.—not lean too much on officials ior protection. Wo do not meau to s11ggest that our medical meu amt m'-pectors donotdo' their best', but their most strenuous! endeavours cannot avai! .]:,r8 hou""C'- hoiders and in- diiferent. Had r(-,asoiiabie care and in teUigeace been. c)[.?reise(t the recent out- break would hardly have occurred, and the ttmie remark appiies generally. If every dwelling was a locus of vigiiance. cleanli- i ness. and ventilation our death-raie wouid! be still further reduced and the general health of the borough wouid be far more t&tMactoty.

We are -o accnscomed to hear uf rhe Mndheartedness of the ioLk along the Breton coa.st \¡HI the ca.se of the Drum- mond Castle rises mstandy to the recot- lection) that it is .urprising to hear of the wrecker stiii iiourishmg in that nikt and storir,-tose(i region. Tittte was, and not so many ypars ago. when ii-t-ckitig! was a regular busmess along the .seaboard of the Pnncipatfty, and, apparcndy. it &fi!l ib so at ïnisterre. At ail e'ents, the correction:}i tribunal at Qulii-,per has just concluded the trial cf no less than 47 peraons charged ii It]) either dehbcrate!y decoying ve,"els into danger or with receiving 8to)en wreckage. Seutence wiH be pronounced next week. It is to be hoped these scoundrel's are now a!) !ald by the heet.s. We cannot but feel that the vast majority of '.he Breton people view their action as severely as we do on thia side the channel, t

Another symptom cf rh!s prosaic age' The high-sheriff of Yorkshire is knocking off the asaize trumpeters, and he has also abolished the wigs of the coachmen who drive their lordships to and from the court. This is most i,evolutiotiar5-, and we tremble at the bare contemp'at ion of! the next step. What if the hic,!)-,ilierif f had power over the judge OS in a! trice won!d go Ms c-ir!et ?o\ u fnd his peruke, and with them wnu!d ny awav for ever all the solemnity and majesty of the assize.

Cases of a.sault on CardiS cotiitabill; still come itierrity atons:. On Morday three men were sent to gaol for various ex-per,mert,i on the bodies of our unfor- tunato police, and yesterday a WOnUlTI foHowed suit. This virago got thp two months she ric')!y deserved for ta.,ting the' thumb of Poiicc-ccnstaMe Price, and it is Dot a day too much. Apparently, this woman has a craze for as.au!ting the poUce, for --he has been convicted ou this count aione no less than eight times. before, without counting dozens of other) oRences. Unless some period is put to ai!' t'hi-, hooliganism our constabtcs will '.con have to bo provided \Titn coar-) of ma't and Maxim gur;s.

Once again the Cardie public telescope has (%o to ,peak) broken cover. We hear about it every six mont hs or so. just as we do about the sea-serpenL This time it appears that the''un-ror i- hich Is the most important part of the instrument) is prac- tically useless, 60 the committee have decided on getting a iiev.- oce, of course at additional expense. We should imagine that by the time the tCtfscope is mounted iu wiil be as inuch the original gift of Dr. Fraukica Evans as wa.s a certain fainous! oid gun, 'n'hich had nrst a new stock, then a new lock, and la-stiy a new bari-ei. So i&re'.veU to the telescope—tor another six months. ?

Mainty About People. An amtwing anecdote it tnid cf Lord Hu?h Jecil. M-P-'a first interview with Mr. Giad- jtoae. Lord Hugh was then a chi!d. and hp surprised the great statesman by gravety observing. You're a bad man." How can I be a bjA man when I am a friend of your, father's '.Lord SaUabury; ? qacricd Mr. Gladstone. Oh." repHcJ the yonthfn; poUticiajt. luy father's ,oiu! to rnt on* your head with a b:? 'word." Mr. John Mortcy. who has always 1-)eE-n too mafh of a literary man to hf entire'.y l'U'> cé"ilful in po!:tica. has always had a grear deat of inSuence on the coarsf of events, and at one time it w<;s nunourd thut he would aacceed Mr. G)ads)one. He and 3fr. Chamber- laia have always been f'1.t fFiondx. in spite of their deep-seated differeuc!es, and thpy mied occas4onally to drivo to the Hoase tocether. twner&Hy M)diB? in a fnenciy n{;ht am to who iihou"d pay for the cab. Mr. Mor- <W <MM< tMMi an uacomfurtabie experience <is! the result of a fit of absent-mindedness. He went a I)arty at ,t man,3!on in Pieca(lill, and Ji.esting himaetf of bis overcos.t wa:, asked fcr his name. On ?ivin? it. th° butter looked paxzled, and said. Excuse me. wr, bat I don't. think you're expected to Ob. nonsense, said "j;.1,t announce me.' On his way upstairs a. doubt crossed hid mind. and en nqniry he found himself in the wrong house. Tnrn- ing to the buuer. he exclaimed. Young rna.n. you h:l\'e-t\"ed me from a cRtaatnphc: I am inexpressibly obliged." The Earl c.i SaHMk and Berkshire is the nineteenth hoidsr of the earldom of Sun'ojk and the twelf-h to bear the titia of !'br: of Berkshire. He w38 born in 1877. a.nd ia one of Lord Curzon'9 A.D.C. s. The family has had, an eventfnt history. I.ord Thomas Howard. son of the fourth Dakc of orfolk. who was beheaded in 1572. was mad" Harl of Suffolk for hi9 strvices in the na-y and in the dia- coTery of the G!mpowder Plot. Stvera! Dnkes of SufMk had been beheaded prior to that time; and though the second son of the first F-irl of Snn'oik became Hrst Earl of Berk- shire. so short we-e the lives of the Suft'o:k race that the fourth Earl of Berkshire became the eleventh Earl of San'oik. An American pen-pictnre of Sir Thomas Lipton. "A ton?, raw-boned man, with red, oat-of-doors face. moieh given to smi'ing beneath the shelter of a prodigious mous- tache. Eyes very ,m.tIl and keen and bine. beheath brows as shaggy and flighty as a Y,,)rkih ire -terrier'L,. Top head lofty and save(t from ha'dne.?8 by a quantity of fuxzy. flyaway, thinned-out hair. which, though the camerl gcrierally it, plays a strik:ni? ,irt in h!s cnLward character. CTiaracteri-)- c, t<x). are uhe little srey 'mperial beneath hhf hig -T,.Y m<;usrafhf. the iarge. hoUowed- oa chin. t.he shiewdly s;'j<,d-Gamou"ed crow's- !te(t spreading from the outward corners of the eyes. and the p,ough-share3 of laughter encirciing the mou'.h and chin." A the \Vestn'ins:er recorda a deiightfu! saying; of the super'ti- ten(tent ,.f the Zoj. The writer points out that ;)o poiicemen are altowed within the '<ac-etl en. 'oaure of the gardens, and that in a[)!t(' of the notice- Heware of ricr:- event f¡f a t!'ief being captured, to whom the on'en- (ier ctii be handed over. The superin- tendent."says thp writer, "witho'.it bfti'ay- ing;a'!yl!'i<!) accent. a'a"f me tha olli)wing t-xcetjt.nt reason [or the absence of the po'ice: 'Indefd.i:.woutdbenogoodhavin!!the po);c. for if we did the pickpockets wou)d keep away I ses what he meant, though stra:M?e)y expressed."Thia reminds one. by way of contrast, of the Amer'can huror-i,;t who was de:aiming against the weakness ,I,:d geN'ral in:¡!!equ:cy of the Par;R i- .tn fire brigade. 'i''m.mon<-her." -)aid his friend. it is not here as h) New York. Here we do not have t:Je !Jig fires.' "Wetl."said the An:¡'ricl!l. you jus-, get the brigade up-to- date. and yoni! get the fires fast enough." The ."ithtiety of the remark wa.8 quite lost on the Frenchman, who used ro retate it afL,'I'- wardsasft specimen of what passe'i for humour in America. Lord Cheylesmore. of Biatey fame. !8 bettfr known aa Major-Keneral Herbert Enton. having oniy come into the title a year af!o by the death of his brother. Colonel Raton. as lie was then, was in command of the Grenadier Uuarda. who were sent out to Ber- muda as a. punishment filiI" mutinous rundnct. but he had little cauae for comptaint. for it wai white he was stationed there that he Mrst met jfif. French, the cliarii in, American lady who ia now Lady Cheyieemu'e. Like h*-< brother, the late peer. Lord Cheyles- more a. oonector. his special hobby toeing war medatt!. and he has written a- book on the tuoject. His lordship is nfty-four. Ti)R latest story about Mark Twain relates how a young poet. sought, his advice on n Queation of publication. How long, the poet wished to know. would it take for a iana to tlchieve fume through a poem. From )h'3 it would be seen that he waa not at all a wise tx'et. Mark revolved the problem for some momenta and then aaid. WeU. it depends. You m.iy write a poem in a coaple of hoars. and 't ma.y take yoo 19 years 364 days 23 hours and 55 minutes to get it published, and then it a a chance whether yon become famous or infamoue.' l:-egothr.an. where the Prince and Prin,,o,8s ct \Va:es stayed with L<n-d and Lady Fal- 03oath. :? a. stately and handsome house built in the decorated Tudor style by Witk'ns. The I Yiews over the river Fa' are excetdingly beau- {ifut. :'tnd in the extensile grounds Lady Fal- mouth indulges her paaeion for Sower gar- dening to the tuH. Lord, Fnlmouth. tike his father before him, is a. good sportsman, who has spent a good part of his life soldiering. He aaw considerable aerv.ce in the Egyptian campa:3ns of 1882 and 1884. and led the British force at Metemm-eh. WithaJ he is a kindly. modest gentleman. and the best and most genial of hosts. Mr. Arthur B. M'arkhao:. M.P who it atak- ing 95,0.30 on hi- ,1.Mertion tha,t. the De BeRra I Company and their Rhodesian associates ow!i or contra the greater part of the South African Prpss. has been said !;o be ambitions of recognition, aA "the member for South Africa." PoæeiJæù in a high degref of the coarng'e of his C'on\'Íctions. he is headstrong in his crusading. Mid by no means timorous of conseqnencee'. LiMt year he had to pay .S2.000 and costs to Mr. Dongtaa Forster. of the English and South African Bars. for the pub- lication in the "Times" of u )ibeMoas letter by Dr. Krause: and in 1901 he made a speech at Mansnetd with the a.vowed intention ot provoking a libel action from a firm of South Af!'ic"n financiers. In the latter year Mr. 3farkliam was much by an akivertise- ment in th& "Xatat Mercury" aa foHows:— Notice to aJl loyal iubjeels. C. Jlarkham. of the ch&ap furniture store in Berca-road. is no relation to the A. B. Markham who is now mak:n? bi,iself so objectionable in the House of C''iDmona." The man who seemingly has everything he wauta generally baa a yo<.)d many things he do<9B t wan. Stiriins'shire may congrratutate itself in having secured in the Marquett8 of &ra.ham. eideet :;Jot} of the M&rquese of Mnatroee. a bighly popular candidate. His iordship, who is not qnit twenty-ave years of age, is a dCYer speaker, and is an exceeding'ly able yoting man. whose experience in life haa been fairly varied. His great intereat in the mer- chant service led to his entering a training ship. after which he became an omcer of Lord Uraeaeys yacht. and finally obtained hi3 msater'a certificate. Later on he went out to South Africa, and passed through some excite ing experiences while a.t the front. On one occasion t.he treachery of a Boer vronw very nearly robbed the dukedcm of its hair. Lord visit3d a Bocr f:11'111. vra-s given a w?rm welcome and a. cnp of coffee, and wm assured t.h?re ?ere no Boars in the district. The cofFee f'nishe<}. he rode ofF down a smaU path which the woman pointed ont as his ncurest way..nd. looking back. saw her wav-! ing her handkerchief. He bowed low in the: saddle in response, ajd it may be that the (ourtpay saved h!a !ife. for at that moment a .causer cracked, and a hntl?t sang past h'm. He could see his wou'd-he asaas.in. a greasy i oiLt B')('r. Iwt and, hims-elf unamed. pit spurs to his horae n,nd ga"oped &way for dear !'fe, fortunateiy escaping with a. whole ;'kin.

BAROMETRtCAL (NDtCATiONS. The ar the lat a.3 by the barometer jn the of the Ex¡;r..3. St :11;¡ry-stre¡ot, Vohjch abofJ rnn sea

CARMARTHEN W!LL. 1 A Lady's Death-Bed Bequests. EVIDENCE OF CLERGYMAN TAKEN. ;\s reported in thp Extra and later editions of yesterday's "Evening Express." In the-Probate Division of the High Court of Justice yesterday, before the President ISir I'ranc'9 Jcune' the case of Westohy and Another v. Grant and Another was fnTther heard. This was a suit to test the validity of a will dated February 5 of the late Mrs. Kate Peach PoweII. formerly of Pwliywhed. Carmarthenshire, who died on the day on which the will was executed, at the age of 72 years. leaving property amounting to about .E10.000. The will wao act up by the piaintina. Dr. Alfred Alexander Gumming Grant, of London. and Mr. William Morgan G-imths. a. solicitor of Carmarthen. The plaintiffs alleged tbaij deceased was not of testamentary capa- city at the time, and did no*. duly execute or approve of the contents of the will, and they claimed probate of a will of 1901. The same counsel appeared as on former days of the tria 1. The case had been adjourned from Friday last. Further evidence was now given on behalf of the plaintiffs in opposition to the Ia.?t will of February 5. The R<'v. Wiiliqm Henry Jervoia. examined by iir Edward Clarkc. K.C-. said he was vicar of 8t. Mary s. Mutiater-square. that ha knew i the tpstatrix. and th-'t, <-n the morning of the 5th of February he received a message to go to the testatrix in Albany-street. He went there about eleven o'clock. At the time he went in the two nurses and Misa lioleombe were in the room. Mrs. Powell was lying with her back propped r.p in ))<id. D:d she you in any way?-¡'<he did not recognise me. Did sht- '3peak?—8he (lid not speak. Did she appear to know yon?—No. Replying to the judge, wirn"ss said he could not remember whether Mrs. Powpll's eyes were closed. He could not, administer the sacrament to her. By Sir R. Clarke: She had been one of hia communicants. and he thought she would h.:ve desired the sacra mffit. Seeinc' the rondition she waa in. did yr'u -<ay anything aho .it the administration of the sacrament?-! ?aid nothing about itatan. because I did not t.hink shf was capable of t'nteI-ir)g inlo it. IV!i,it ° did you do?-I said some prayers at the lwd,i,!e. The President: Did anything pass between youi.ndhf-rataU: to he'-? Witnass I douot think anything; passed exc-pp) that I made the sug,-p4ti,)n tor p'-ayer.. Tot'!eb<'t<t"f!r)yreco)!c<'tton.shedidnot re.pond. Tll" that I remember wap thtt I thought she responded to Home- thing 3liss airl to her. The President: she say f.nything? Witness: I do not think she said anything. She may have made :t sound. Perhais she &<tid"Yes." Hir I- C:arke: Whr'n you said the prayers. did she reopen.} to them in any way? to r?Co1!¡>rtion. ) far can j ud,-e. what was ht-r c.on- dit'o'tp-So far as I cun judge. the impression left on my mind is that the was in a dying I condition. So far as you cou'td judge. had she any capacity to- mental exercise at all?—I should not think 90. I received a message that she was dead an hour after I loft. C"oss-exannned hy Mr. Priestley: Did you tell Mr. Harman that she was quite conscious? Witnes8: I may said so, hecause I thought she recognid Miss Holcombe. Miss Annette Mary Studley "\Vestoby. one of the plaintiff; was next eX¡lmiued. 81]e said father was a member of the Bar. and she h:l;! re"ided with him at Folkestone for a c.onsidt-rubte period. She made the acquain- tance of the testatrix when she w.m on a visit to Folkestone. S)'e was much interested in the Royai for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and was the local secretary for some timp. Witness gave dptaila as to the close friendship that existed between her and Mrs. Poweil. who wanted to adopt her'after shf went to live n,t Fo!keat,one. Witneea and her sister called her "Granny" at her reqaeat. and Mrs. Powe)! calJed her "Birdie." At one time ;t was proposed that they should have a joint menage, and that they should make will,; in each others' favour. Testatrix made a will leaving all she p<'Meseed to her, and after her death to her sister. W'tnees said that. although the pro- posal for a joint menage felt through, she continued throughout on affectionate farms with the testatrix.—In croas-examiaa- tion by Mr. Prieatley. K.C.. witness sa,id that when she called the old lady "Granny" it might have arisen from the fact that Mrs. Powell said she was 80 fond of her dog that she always caHed herse'f the cranny of the dog." (L¡Plghtcr.) Mr. Priley: And yet she only left L2 to the dogs' honie by the will of 1901. ('Laughtp-r.) Witness, in reference to the proposal for her and her eiater to take a house jointly with the testatrix at 8hcpton Mallet, said that at one tune they thought it rather ris'.ty because the old lady was f)o eccentric. and. alcove a!), she was a ve?etaria,n. (Laugh- ter.) The farther hearing was adjonrned anti! I to-day (Wednesday).

SHOT DEAD ATAMMANFORD. Sportsman's Body Found in a Wood. Mr. Hoptin Herbert, surveyor and Income- tax oollt>e'or, of Ammanford. was on Tuesday found dead in a wood near Brynmorlaia. hie cousin's (Mr. H. Herbert) residence, with ynn- siiot. wonnde in his head, and a s;un lying by his side. He went frosi the ouice to Bryn- for the pnrp<Me of rnbbit-&hootin?. As he did not retni-n. Mr. Henry Herbert went in search of him. and he was found a8 stated. The ehots aeemed to have entered the face and bead. b&th being in a sickening con- dition. ap.<! the brains were protruding. How the aifair happened ie a mystery.

COWBR)DGEAND COUNTY FARMERS I SHOW A quarterly meeting of the Cowbridge and County Farmers' Club was held at the Bear Hotel. Cowbridge. on Tuesday, the president (Mr. DItyd B. Xicholl) in the chair. There wvr-e a, large number of members present. 1 Mr. W. D. Alexander was appointed secretary. on the same terms as the late Mr. Huutley. following was ordered to be sent to Mr. Walter Long. Sir Edward Reed. M.P.. and Colonel Wyndham-Quin, M.P.:— That this meeting of the Farmers' Club is strongly of opinion that the Bill now before Parliament for the rpfralation of the motor tramc should contain an enactment limit- ing the speed of the same to twelve miles an hour as any excess of this rate would imperil the Nafety of the travelling public. and that imprisonment without the option of a fine ahould be indicted upon a second conviction for driving to the common danger. Votea of condolence were passed with the families of the late Lieutenant-colonel Frank- len and Mr. HantIey.—Mr. F. W. Long gave a, very good lecture on Potash manures." Questions were put at the cloae, and .Mr Long answered them satisfactorily.

WRONG PERSON SUED AT YSTRAD Before hia Honour Judg? Gwilym Williams. at Ystrad Chanty-court on Tuesday a claim for damaging a window was made by F. G. Goatd. Bridgend Hotel. Pentre, against a Pcntre bre'-tk-drh-er. named William Schofield. Mr. D. W. Jones. Pentre, was for the pIa.intiB'. and Mr. W. R. Kdwarde. Pontypridd. defended. —A witneae s&id be mw the defendant's horse holt and run into the hotel window.—For the defence it was contended that the accident was not canaed by any neglect of the defen- dant'ti. The horse, it waa alleged, had bolted in coqneDce of aœiden. for which Schofield was not responsible, and Mr. Edwards maintained that his c!ient was not the right person to be Rued.—The Judge was of the aame opinion, and the plaintiff thereupon withdrew the claim against Schoueld.

ABERDARE CHtLD MYSTERY I Mr. R. J. Rhya (di2triet coroner) held an I inquiry on Tnesday at the Aberdarp Poiice- station into the circumstancsa attending the discovery on Nf-,n(lay in a Grent Wectern Railway carriaRe of the d&ad body of a r'.?'w)y-!)"rn fema'e chitd. -Dr. Trevor J(>neq stnted that the child had had a separate c,i,,4t,nce. T!)t;rf was no pvidpnee of vi(,Ienc(, to it.—How the body came into the coach coaid act h('! aseerttint!d, but the chitd had hefn dead at lpapt, five d:(ys.—Tbe .jury returned a verdict of 'Found dead in the train."

AfLer a c,,iisitterzi,lile lapse of tirse. the case of Mr. E. T. Hoo!?y was again before the Lon- don Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday, at the inBta-nct' of the trustee, who wa.s desirous of knowing the nature of Mrs. Hooley's bas;n«a transactions since her husband's ba,nkruptcy. The inouiry took the form of a private pxa.mi- na-tion. at whiel, the lady was questioned for nearly two houra.

80MAU CAMPAtGN. 10 I I Manning's Strictures on Col. Ptunkott. !NADEQUATESTOPP!NG POWER OF SERV!CE BULLET A Parliamentary Paper containing dis- patchss describing the military operations in Somaliland down to the 29th ult. w&a tBsued en Tuesday evening. Commentin? upon the disaster to Colonfl Plunkett'9 force. General Manning says:— From the narratives) of survivors of the action it is evident that the enemy was in ove!Arhe)miT)g numbers, and that he tough:. with a fanatical bravery that he has never displayed before. It is also evident that the alone were not engaged in this action, but that Adones from the Webi-Shebeli were for the most part employed. I had beard from prisoners that the Mullah had with him a number of men who we?e described to me am" men who would come right up to the trnops and take their rifles from their hands.' From the report of Lieutenant-colone) Cobbe it is evident that disobedience of c-rders on the part of Lieuten&nt-colonel Plunkett, in pushing on to get into contact with if he .en:'my. resulted in an action occur- rina; in wbieh a. small force haa been annihi- lated. 11 d Lieuleiant-col,,n-el PIunke!t con- tented himself with bringing in Captain company lie should have been able to reach Lieu, enan t-colonel Cobbc on the when tho enemy w<:utd either have retired or would htivc enggl'1l me with. probably, different results. Lieutenant-colonpl Piunkctt has paid the pr-naflty of h;a life for his disobedience of Ct-dera. nnd iif, together with all thu3e who were killed at Gnmburu. icnght with the i zite- Zrt! !Ul ry in endeavouring to retripve th'- d:).y. but were overwhelmed by numbers. "The .service ammunition with the present hai-i ¡¡tlla power, and with a fanatical rush of 8avages ,t heavier huliet or on." witii greater Htoppin? power ia very requism'. 'I <<fcp)y retfrRt :hc losp of life which has occurred. I consid-er that L;eu+'uant-colone] C.'hbe a,-Ie(i in the bcst ii,.tnrier that he could in the circumataneps. Gene\'d Manning did iic)t state when it woutd be possible 1 () rpsumc active opera- tif.nB. Since his dispatch wa" written he h.t8. a.s is kn'twn, !,fen superseded in che chief command by General Eserton. TWO Y.C.'s RECOMMENDED. In one of the dispatches Major Cough reconnDemia Captain Walker and Ca.ptain Eo!Iand fort!:e Victors Cnss for their hehav'our in the reargruard action on the wa.y back tf) Dunop. Aftpr Captain Bi-uce had befn v.oundt'd. and the ma'n colamn bping us- a.wm'e of what had happened, Capta.in Rolland ran and obtained help to bring off Captain Brace, while Captain Walker and Borne mea with Captain Bruce and his faDing into the handa of the enemy, who were all around. The men are recommended for the distinguished conduct meda.1.

GLASGOW ACCtDENT. Girl who has Lost Parents, Sister and Brother. The Board of Trade inqairy into the GIL,,z-,gow railway disaster and the loaa of fifteen lives will be opened to-day. The pro- ceedings will be private. The engine-driver, Northcote, was formaily brought before the aheriBF on Tuesday after- noon. and rsmanded in castody. It was reported on Tuesday night that the injured victims in the infirmary were pro- S-resgin?. One o):' tJie patienta is Isabella Wi!son. aged nineteen, whoae father, mother. si-tter. and brother were among the kiHed. She has not yet been informed of the loss of her re!ativea.

CAERPHtLLY CONSTABLE ASSAULTED At CaerptiiHy PoUce-coart on Tuesday Henry GoiLigh, collier. Senglienydd, appeared in custody to answer cha-rgea of drunken and disorderiy coa<h:ct, and aasa-alting Police- constable Bervan. The constable came in contact with prisoner in the main street at C.a,erphilly, where he was creating a dieinr- bance. He reaented witnesas interference. and refused to go home with his wife, who had come to search for him. The constable escorted him a part of his way home, and the latter, after beiug Jibera.ted. strnck him a. b!ow on the chest. A Rtruggle engaed. and when on the ground prisoBer kicked violently and bit him. The aasitetanoe of two civilians was obtained, and prisoner bit one of them on the arm.—The Bench imposed & jine of lOe. and costs for the first offence, and sent defendant to prison for foarteen days for the assault upon the constable. ——-———————

TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON The following are the reaults of the prac- tic:ii examination, in connection with Trinity CoHege. I.JOndon, held at Cardiff on July l<t. 15. and 16. SenuT' Division.—Honours: F!orence Yonng. PMs: El&ie Couzene. Margaret Forward, Annie Hall. Gwen Roderick, Dorothy !*mith, and Mabel WiUiams. Intermediate Division.—Honours: Mathilde Mathysseus and Hester Wallace. Pass: Beatrice Bromley. Jack Bnaheli, Hannah Bushetl. Edith Dutton. Lacy Ferguson, Wini- fred Fry. Mary Gleu. Eva Isa,a,œ. Annie Ttoach, Loaiea Salisbury, and Geratdine Kelly. Junior Division.—Hooonrs: Nellie PoUard. Dora Reid. and Ivone Smith. Pass: Ivy Cane. Mnbel Chiverton. Florence Cox. Jenny Davica. Charles Dntton. Caroline Eng)a,nd, EvMi Evan?. Lillian Gatheridge. KateHoldeia, Lizzie Pugh. Mary Sparrow, Gladys Thomas, and Joan WHIiame. Preparatory Diviaioa.—PaM: OIwen Abra- ham. Lily Eva-na. Fred EvanB. Fred. Fleming, ?,]3esaie Jonea. DorLs Kaapp. Edna Laverich, Beatrice Morria. Clara, PhiIIipa. Nancy scott'l and Vera Tucker.

LOCAL COMMISSIONS The "London Gazette" on Tuesday night contained the foHowing:— LINE BATTALION. 1st South Wales Borderers.—Stephen Frede- rick Fremantle, gentleman (aniveraity candi- date). to be second heatenant; dated July 29. IMPERIAL YEOMANRY. I Pembroke.—Major Ivor Phtlipps. D.S.O. (late Indian Army), to be major; dated July 25. VOLUNTEER RIFLES. 2nd Voltinteer Battalion the Welah Regi- ment.—Ca.ptain G. Knott resigne hia com.mis- sion; dated July 25.

EDUCATION IN MONMOUTHSHtRE At a meeting of the Monmouthshire County Governing Body held at Newport, apph-! catMn was made, on behalf of Rhiwderin and Baasa.tteg boya. by the Magor and St. MeHou's Scholarship managers, for sanc- tion to award two scholarships of j6zoll ea,ch tena.b!e at the Cardiff University.—Mr. M. Whefter stated that they were two very promising lads. and tmd won scholarships at the Newport Intermediate Schoola for the last! five S. N. without questioning the boys' mental abilities, said that he did not think it was fair to other bo;-s in the district that they should award these scholarships without an open competi- tion.—Alderman Groves: But these scholar- ships a.re not open. They are connned to that particular district.—The Cbairma.n (Mr. 8. C. Boaanquet): Having gone to the end of their tether, 1 take it that the manng'ers want to treat this as a renewal of Bcho!ar- ahips without any fresh examination.—Mr. Wheeter: That is M.—Atderman S. X. Jones: It is not fair.—Mr. Dauncey also concurred with Aiderman Jones, but ap«n being put. to the meeting it was decided to sfcede to the request of the matiagers.-A letter read from the Radnorshire County Governing Body, in which they stiggested that it would be better. in the interests of education. economicaJty and otherwi. that the examination and inspection of intermediate echoots should he conducted hytbeWe:ahUt:iversity atrhoritie-"c instead of the Wc'e& Centra! Board, was referred to the education committee for con- sideration.—Mr. C. L. Barfoot reported the audit of the county school and scholarship districts for the year ended 3!at of March to be satisfactory, and he was aain re-appointed auditor for the ensuing Year.-Itiss Rime)t. the cookery teacher, in her report for the quarter just ended stated t,hat meet of the instruction ha.d bean theoretica.1.—Alderman S. X. Jones Food cooked by theory is very ¡ poor stuff. (Laughter.)

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CARDIFF LIBERAL PARTY Mr John Cory Dectmes the PreaHency. A specia.! meeting of the executive of the Cardiff Libera.1 Association was held on Tuee- day night at the omces in St. Mary-street, Councillor Sidney Robinson in the chair. The chief hUBineas the selection of a president in place of Mr. Robert Bird, and the deputa- tion who had been appointed to wadt upon Mr. John Cory, Dnifryn, submitted the follow- ing letter, which was a- final communica- tion "July 20. 19M. "It is very kind of the deputation to ofTer to come a.nd see me with respect to the presi- dency of the Liberal Association. Will yon, pieawe. convey my thanks to them. and aay that my mind is fully made up that I cannot accept the honour they wish to confer on me, as explained in my former letter? The fact is my health is eo uncertain th&t I am afraid I shall have to withdraw from many good works that I have been interested in for a, very long time.—With bind regards, yours faithfully. "JOHN CORY." General regret w&s expressed at this deci- sion. the more so because of the reaeon assigned.

PENARTH-ROAD TRAMWAYS. I Special Council Meeting Caited for Wednesday. Acting upon a requisition signed by five members of the Cardiff Town Council. the mayor has called a special meeting to reo consider on Wednesday next the question of the re-construction of the tramway from the Monument to Ctare-road. An interesting dis- cussion is expected. A Bill to conBrm certain Provisional Ordera made by the Board of Trade under the Tram- ways Ac-t. 1870. relating' to Cardiff Corporation tramwaya ertension ca.me on Tuesday before the Depirty-Cbairmac as Tinopposed, the measure having already passed the House of Lords.—The Deputy-Chairman ordered that it be reported for second reading.

——————————— LLANTWIT MAJOR FAT-STOCK SHOW The first annual general meeting in connec- tion with the Llantwit Major Pa,t Stock Show was held at the King 8 Head Inn. LIantwit Major, on Monday. There was a satisfactory attendance. amongst those present being Mr. DItyd B. Nichotl. J.P. (The Ham), Messre. J. C. Thomas (Boverton Court), Bees Thomas (Boverton P!a<-e). Wm. Morgan (The Mardy), E. Recs (Plymouth Houae). D. Thomas (bntcher). A. C. KYanw (butcher). W. Thomas (St. Hilary). E. Thomas (The Splott), J. 8. Thomaa (Uantwit Major). W. B. Loveluck I (LIantwit Major), John Deere (LIantwit, Major), E. Thomas <Sutton), Richards <St,. Donat's). R. T. Board (Gigman). James Board (Sheep- leys). W. B. Board (Framptont. Harry (Six I Wells), Hilt. Jajnee (Cross Keys*. a,nd the hon. secretary (Mr. J. Richard Thomas, auctioneer. Cardiif).—Mr. Mtyd B. yichoU was anani- mons!y appointed chairman of the meeting.— The Hon. Secretary read the report and accounts, which were considered very gratify- ( ing. and, on the proposition of Mr. Reea Thomaa (Boverton Ka<?), seconded by Mr. J. C. Thomaa (Boverton O'?urt). they were I RdoDted.—The entrif? in ?11 the classes in connection with the past shew were considered very satisfactory, and a total amount of '£36 4g. 6d.waedi3tributedinprizea.—Mr.Illtyd B. Nicholl was appointed president for the coming year.—Mr. Nicholl cordially accepted the position, and stated what great pleasure it would give him to farther the interests of the show in every way.—The hen. auditors for the pa- year (Messrs. E. T. Lloyd and Xoah Morgana vere re-e)ected.—The meeting was of a moat cordial nnd enthusiastic character, and angura well for the future welfare of the show.—A cordial vote of thanks was tfnderfd to Co]onel Gaskell for acting aa president for thf paHt year.—Votes of thankr, to the hon. anditora and other ontciale terminated the meeting.-At n cnmmittep meeting held anhse- qnpnt'y Mr. IHtyd Nieh(,Il generott-lk in- creasecl his Kuhaeription to JE10 10s.. thus doubliug his previous subscription. I

I ABERTYSSWG WOMAN AND THE REVOLVER Ann Rees (48). of AbcrtysswK. was on Tuea- day at TredegELr Rned £5 for arin? a blank cartridge out of a reyolTer tt another woman who hs.d annoyed her.

ENGLAND'S GLOBY MATCHES nre made entirely by BRITISH LAJ40T7& Nettd 'c- particulars of eompe. t:UcM. Itn¡II.1U1'. QlMy MatebL Wortt GtoneMtee.

8)R WILLIAM ANSON To Address Welsh Graduates at Swan sea GOVERNMENT GRANT FOR WELSH D!CT!ONARY. A special meeting of the Guild of Welsh Graduates of tho University of Wales will be held in Swansea on October 16. Sir William Án!!pn, the Vice-Prenide<it of the Board of Education, has promised to attend and to deliver an address. We understand that Mr. Morant. the Permanent Secretary of the Board, has also signincd his intention of being present. The Guild is one of the con- stituent authorities of the university, and has between 600 and 700 members. The meet- ing will, therefore, be one of exceptional interest and importance, for the gathering will include many of the leading educationists in North and South Wales. The business part of the meeting will be devoted to, among other matters, the develop- ment of a. scheme for continuing the late Dr. Silvan Evans's dictionary. It is more than probable that the work of continuing the dictiona-ry or compiling a new one on more scientific lines will be entrusted to the literary section of the Guild, who will become respon- sible for the publication of the work. If this plan be adopted, the public will not have to wait immcderately long for a complete Welsh dictionary based on the latest scientific knowledge. The Government has promised a, cubstantial grant towards the cuet of bringing out the work.

I LONDON FIRE BRIGADE. Captain J. De Courcy Hamitton Appointed Chief. Captain J. de Courcy Hamilton waa at, the meeting of the London County Comicil on Tuesday appointed chief of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, in succession to Captain Wellg, elected chief Conservative agent. Six members voted for an amendment refer- ring the matter back for further con- sideration. it. being urged that Captain Hamilton had had no previous experience in fire brigade work and that the council did not encour.ga their own omcers. Captain Hamilton afterwards thanked the council for the appointment, and said he would endeavour to carry out his new duties to their entire satisfaction. As already mentioned in our columns, Captain J. de Courcy Hamilton is a brother of JMr. F. de Courcy Hamiiton, 8o)icitor. of Cardiff and is well known in the Welsh Metropolis.

I SUCCESSFUL MARKSMAN. I Welcome Home to Cotour-Sergt. Tom Lewis. The return home of Sergeant. W. T. Da.vies. the King's Prize winner for the year, having been signalised by rejoicings at Car- din'. Swansea. a.ud other places, Cardigan folks naturally looked forward to the return of their own hero, Colour-sergeant Tom Lewis, who accompanied his more successful comrade-in-arms to Cardiff on Monday and was a participator in his triumpbo. Colour- scrgea.nt Lewis stayed behind at the Metro- polis of Wales as the gueat of his brother, Mr. George Lewis, until Tuesday, returning to Cardigan by the last train. This arrange- ment gave scope for a- big demonstration, in which the mayor and corporation, the Volun- teers, the Cardigan Cycling Club. and the inha- bitants generally took part. The town was splendidly decorated from end to end. and as the tr&in steamed in the strains of See, the Conquering Hero Comes, were sung. A pro- cession was formed, and Colour-sergeant Lewis waa drawn in triumph to the front of the Guild-hall, the Volunteer and the St. Dog- mail's nfe and drum bands playing patriotic airs. At the Guild-hall the Mayor publicly thanked Colour-sergeant Lewis for the honour he had done to the town and the corpa by his splendid shooting and the winning of the 1.000 Tguineaa trophy they saw before them. His worship concluded his welcome home on behstIE of the town by saying, Well done, Tom." Captain W. R. Picton Eva'M a.!so g-avc an a<Idr?sa of welcome, in which he stated that Colour-sergeant Le'via had done Cardigan honour by his consistent shooting, which was better in the long run than even winning the King's Prize. Colour-sergeant Lewis was an honour to hM company, in which he had taken very great interest in teaching the use of the rifle and as bandmaster. Three cheers for the sergeant were taken up by thousands of persons in the street, and musical honours were again and again repeated. Colour-sergeant Lewis having returned thanka. he wae drawn in triumph through the crowded streets.

THE MtSStNG GtRL I Cardiff Domestic Found at I Pontypridd. The girL Maria. WiHiams. who bas been missing from 78, Byder-street, Oarditf. since the 19th iiist., wae found at Pontypridd on rue&da-y afternoon. She had been staying with rel&tivee who reside in that town.

STORING CARBJDE OF CALCIUM I As reported in the Extra-Special and later edit ions of the Evening Express yesterday. At Cardiff PoUce-court ye3terd-ay (before the stipendiary. Mr. T. W. Lewie) W.B.WorreM and Co.. cycle agents. 101, Albany-road, were summoned for an offence under Section 7 of the Petroleum Act, 1871. Proceedings were taken by Mr. T. C. Major, chief inspector of weights and measures, who visited the pre- mises where business was carried on by Mrs. Amelia Worrell. He saw George TbomM. the manager, and found that certain tine of carbide of calcium were stored at the back of the premises. The gross weight of the chemical was 241b., and the net 19Ib.—The Manager appeared and admitted that he had, no licence. He was not aware that a licence was necessary.—Mr. Major explained to the stipendiary that by an Order iu Council made in July, 1897, carbide of calcium to the extent of 51b. might be kept without a licence, but defendant in respect of the amount stored upon the premises had incurred a UahiHty of .820.—The Stipendiary imposed a fine of JE5 and <;oets, or one month.

LIVERPOOL JEWEL THEFT I At Liverpool Assizes on Tuesday (before Mr. Justice Bigham) Francis John Bradley, 33, described as of no occupation, pleaded guilty to stealing a parcel of diamond jewellery valued at .El.OOO. Last December the prisoner sent a telegram to a Liverpool 6rm of jewellers purporting to come from a well-known family then visiting in London to send a parcel of diamond jewellery to their Liverpool resi- dence on approbation. The telegram was signed in the name of a Mr. Laing Miller. South African merchant, and friend of the family. When the parcel was sent it was received by the prisoner, who represented him- self as Laing Miller. Be said he would take it with him to London. Prisoner was arrested four months later in Winchester. IBe had sold most of the jewellery.—Counsel for the defence said the prisoner had served as lieu- teuajit of a cyclist corps in South Africa under General French, but lived beyond his means.—Sentenced to five years' penal servi- tude.

WESLEYAN CONFERENCE The Wealeyan Conference in its pastoral sesllion commenced on Tuesday Camborne, 600 ministers being present, the Rev.. Marshall Hartley, president, delivered a prttctical opening address, 'ihe conference nominated for the next year's presidency the Rev. Silvester Whitehead. chairman of the Ha.!ifax and Bradford District. The Rev. Mr. Whitehead received 153 votes; the Rev. C. H. Kelly, 123 votes; the Rev. Albert Ch'yton. 46; and Dr. Finlay. 32. Thf Rev. John Horno- brook was nominated f:a aecretary. There was only one vacancy in the legal conferencf, for which the Rev Caleb Laird, of the Iriah was elected.

AND-HATE CAMPAIGN I Mr. John Mamie, Liberal candidate for Ipswich. :md 28 other persons, including two members of the education committee, were summoned at Oxford on Tuesday for the non- payment of rates. Defendants asked tt-kt n, portion of the rate ahotltd be accepted, but the magistrates made an order for the full amount, with costs, expressing the hope that, the portion tendered would be accepted, ao that it might be necessary to proceed for the balance only.

MOTHER'S CRiME. ————— .0 .————— A Rhondda Woman Negiects Her Child FOUND GUtLTY: SENTENCE DEFERRED. As reported in the Extra-Special and later editions of the "Evening Express" yesterday. At Glamorgan Assizes, held at the Town. haM. Swansea, yesterday (before Mr. Justice ChanneII). Sarah Jane Williams, aged 31, was indicted for feloniously killing and staying her unchristened female child, Edith Maud Williams, also with neglecting and causing unnecessary suffering to the child at Pontypridd in April. Mr. Ehys Williams appeared for the prosecution, and prisoner was undefended, Mr. Ehys Williams intimated, after a, few words with the judge, that he proposed to proceed with the minor charge of neglect only. The defendant on February 8 went to the houae of a Mrs. Wilaon, 2. Senghenydd-' street, Trcorky, cold and ill. She was allowed to stay the night, and in the morning she was delivered of a female child. She stayed with Mrs, Wilaon until March 6, and when she left the baby was quite strong and well. At 9.50 on March 6 she went to the house of her aunt, Mrs. Samuel, at Treorky, but did not arrive there till after midnight. She stayed at her aunt's house from March 6 to March 26. It was not known where she slept Ion the following night, but on the 28th she went to the house of a Mi8. Brunt, the baby then being in n very bad condition. Its eyes were closed, and it wa,s too weak to suck the b'jttle. She went to Mr. Roderick Morgan, who gave her 9d. and an order to go to the work. house, R:id Mrs. Brunt gave her 6d. She, how- ever, did not go by the train, and on March 29 she went back to Mrs. Wilson's, who gave her and the baby a. change of clothes. On March 30 she was seen going up the mountain, with four young men following, and into a. wood. }-he was arrested that night while drunk at the Railway Hotel. She confessed that she had slept in out-houces and at the railway station several nighta, and had been on the mountain with men, who gave her money. The baby weighed only 41b. 3oz., instead of 8tb.. the normal weight. It died on April 3, and the coroner's jury found that the cause of death was starvation, accelerated by exposure. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Samuel were called. and tnstifcd to the earlier part of the story. The judge questioned Mrs. Samuel respecting the prisoner's husband, saying the jury would like to know exactly the woman's position. Mrs. Samuel, in reply, stated that there was no separation, but her husband had left her. He came to see her whilst she was at witness's house, and be was in Treorky a few days ago. Medical and other evidence followed, and the Judge then intimated to the prisoner that she might go into the box and give evidence. ,She elected to make her statement from the dock. and said, "I gave her suHicient milk. I had nowhere to go except the union. I have nothing more to say." In summing up, his lordship said the whole question was whether she neglected the child. What had been proved against her would at least ha.ve accelerated its death, although Mrs. Wilson had stated that she thought the child at birth was likely to die. The prisoner, however, was furnished with an order to go to the workhouse, and the question was whether in not going she was neglecting the child and exposing it in a manner which was dangerous to it3 hea]th- The jury at once returned a verdict of "Guiity." His Ijordship said that, as there were several cases of a similar nature at this aasize, he I would deal with the prisoner's sentence later on.

I THE FISCAL INQUIRY. I Opinions of Engtish Chambers of Commerce. A circular was issued on Tuesday by the I secretary of the Association of Chambers of Commerce, in which he gives details of an inquiry made of various chambers amiiated I to the association a.e to the steps they are taking in reference to Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal proposals. Of the 102 chambers affi- Ilated. only 41 have sent forma-1 replies. Most I of the others have not considered the question, but it )3 understood that oniy one oi them has declared in favour of prpt'erentia.! tariffs. Several of the others, like the Manchester Chamber, have decide-d not to allow our present system to be tampered with. Of the 41 chambers which have replied, thir- teen have not considered the matter at all, and do not propose to do so at present, two regard an inquiry as seven others will consider the Question shortly or have appointed committees to make inquiry, four ask for a Royal Commission, four distinctly adhere to Free Trade, two are local inquiry and have issued to members a scries of qucationa to answer, while eight welcome the proposal to make an inquiry into the fiscal relations with our Colonies. HOME PRODUCTION OF FOOD. in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. D. A. THOMAS (R., Merthyr) ashed the hon. member for North Hunts, as represent- ing the President of the Board of Agricul- ture, it he had any omcial information show- ing the quantity of land under cultivation in Great Britain in the earlier part of the iMt century, gay about 1825. and distinguish- ing between arable and pasture; whether the figures furnished by Mr. William Coul- ing to the Select Committee on Emigration in 1827. giving the arable and pasture land at that time at 13,637,000 and 20,376,000 statute a<Tea respectively might be taken as sub- stantially correct; and how those figures compared with the corresponding figures at the present time. Mr. AILWYjy FELLOWES replied: The figures furnished by Mr. Coaling to the Select Committee were estimates based on his personal knowledge and inquiries as to the extent to which the surface of the United Kingdom was cultivated or otherwise; but the Board have no moans of knowing how far they were correct. Mr. CouJing's ngures of pasture possibly included some pasture land which would now be included with mountain and heath. The returns obtained for the year 1902 are as follow:—Arable land. 15,581,000 acres; permanent pasture, 16,807,000 acres. LORD G08CHEN TO REPLY TO MB. CHAMBERLAIN. J.ord Ctoschen has accepted the invitation of the Jjiverpool Chamber of Commerce to deliver an address on Free Trade, in reply to Mr. Chamberlain's proposals. The visit will be made about the beginning of November, and will follow Mr. Chamberlain's speech in Liverpool. ? FREE FOOD LEAGUE. The Unionist Free Food League, whose oBices are at 15, Victoria-street, has issued a circular to Unionist and Irish M.P.'s. The document states that the league de- sires to circularise the constituencies on the tariff question by means of certain leaSets, specimens of which are enclosed. Before doing so, the league declares, it is anxious to hnow whether such a step would be agreeable to the member concerned. Moat of the mem- bers who have received this circular letter have written to the secretary of the Free Food League asking him to be good enough to keep his leaHets to himself. DUMPING OF GERMAN LOCOMOTIVES. Significant of certain German methods of competition is a report sent by LafFan'6 j correspondent at Berlin. This is to the effect that Henschel and Son. an important locomo- tive baildin? nrm at Cassel. employing over 2.0C3 hands, admit in their report for the year 150'? having exported about £100.000 worth ofl new railway engines under cost price.

MR. LLOYD-GEORSE & FREE TRADE Mr. L)oyd-Georg:e. M.P., speaking at a Libera.1 demonstration in latington on Tues- day aip;ht. said when they renected that this country wa,a beating the worid in trade and phipping, their he&rts must swell with pride at the pluck, conra.?e. and skill of the Htt!e conntry they heionged to. Britain under Free Trade had prospered, and was con- tinuing to prosper, and the new proposills, would simpiy make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.

S!R EDWARD GREY AND TARtFFS on evening, Sir Fdwird Grey. M.P., said the nation was llecr more prOl>Perous never more united by loyalty mid good feeling than now. and he dreaded to see the h<.nd of sentiment re-placed by a ijoud of barr,a.ining. We ouht, not. to be asked to L'1X our food for a doubtful benefit.

In the Divorce Coort on Tuesday Mr. CharJeg Tothilt, at present reaiding: at Tedbury, H. Mury, Exeter, waa granted a. decree nisi with costs because of the misconduct of his wife. Mrs. Sarah May Pomeroy Tothill, with Dr. Allan Douglas Cajneron. who had medically attended Mrs. Totbill at Durbaji. and who ?ub- secrufntly lived with her at D&vercourt, the couple pMsmg as Dr. and Mrs. Cameron.

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TIN-PLATE TRADE. -0 Notices to Terminate Contracts. SERIOUS POSITION OF AFFAIRS AT SWANSEA. The executive of the Masters' Association having agreed—ae anticipated in our columns —to give notice at the end of the present month to terminate contracts at all asso- ciated works in the trade, because the repre- sentatives of the men's Unions declined to give way on the question of Canadas and doubles, a rupture in the trade is, of course, imminent. iJudging by the demeanour of those workmen's representatives whom our Swansea representative has met, it would appear that the men were quite prepared for this result. The masters have all through determined to take the whip hand. and their last move. to break up a meeting peremptorily without appointing another meeting, although ao cloae to the end of the month, signified clearly their determination to threaten the men. As to what the result would be the men do not pretend to say. but they bitterly complain that they have had the worst of nearly all the recent, negotia- tions at the conciliation board. It may be that a peace may yet be patched up, but so far as the men know the stoppage is unavoid- able, unless they give up everything to the masters. They have been driven from one point to another all through. The plates known as Canadas and doubles are produced chiefly outside the Swansea and iswansea Valley district, and the men are nghting the cause of a few outside men, who have always been getting 33 per cent. more on these par- t.icui.n' kinds of plates, which fetch a higher price in the market. It is alleged also by the men that many of the mas'ters are not loyal to the agreement arrived at twelve months ago to pay on "area pure and simple" for the ordinary brands of tin-plates. The matter did not appear to be much dis- cussed on 'Change at Swansea, on Tuesday. The masters regard the trade as in such a slack condition and prices so low that shutting down for a, time is not regarded a,3 a calamity. In fact. they hope it will he a benefit. The men would have to give way, or the notices would stand. The men have an ordinary meeting 6xed for Thursday week, and, possibly, may meet specially before, but one of the leaders stated on Tuesday that lie did not see how it would grentty affect the position, as prices, being so low, it was quite probable that the masters intended to stick firmy to their decision. The question really affected only two works to any g'reat extent, but the masters think they have the game in their hands. Mr. Howet I.ewis. secretary of the men's wages and disputea board, said the decision of the masters was quite expected. He could not tell what. the result would be. Probably a apecia.1 meeting of the board would be called immediately.

RHONDDA WOUNDtNG CASE. Husband's Alleged Attack on his Wife. At Glamorgan Assizes on Tuesday David Thomas. 27, collier. was charged with feloni- ously wounding Esther Thomas, his wife. with intent to murder her, near Pontypridd. He was further charged with intending to do her grievous bodily harm. Mr. Arthur Lewis appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. St. John Francis-Williams for the defence. In this case the evidence showed that the parties had been married for about eight years. Mrs. Thomaa had given her husband a- certain amount of trouble by her intemperance. On the 29th of April she had been to Pontypridd, and arrived home between three and four in the afternoon in a ca,b. In the course of the day she had lost her umbrella. Her husband came home later, and they went back to Pontypridd and tried to find it. They arrived home la.ter in the evening, and the prisoner then locked both the ba<-k and front doors, pinned the muslin curtains across the window, and taking a broom handle, beat his wife about the head with it. He then fetched from a. cupboa-rd a, mandril, with which he further beat her about the head. A neighbour testiSed to hearing her scream and afterwards seeing her come out of the houee, hardly able to walk. Medical evidence of the result of the violence was given. She sustained three fractures of the skull, and was badly bruised and injured about the head and body. After the assault the prisoner went to the police-station, and to Police-con- eta,ble Boucher he a&id, "I have given my missus enough. I have come to give myself up. Take ;). doctor with you. I have hit her with the mandril. and have given her enough. I would rather die than live. She came home drunk from Pontypridd. and I have been told she ha-s been with other men." The jury. after hearing the evidence, re- turned a. verdict of intent to do grievous bodily harm, and the judge deferred sen- tence.

TRIED TO JUMP DOWN A PITI Pontypridd Woman Charged with Attempted Suicide Maria, Jones, 34, late of Pontypridd, now described as of no fixed abode, was brought up at Caerphilly Police-court on Tuesday charged with attempting to commit suicid'? by throwing herself down the Windsor Col- liery, Aber. on the 21st inst. Police-sergeant Jones said prisoner was only caught in time by the banksman, who held her by the legs. with her head dangling in the pit. When he (witness) arrived at the pit-top, at 5.30 p.m., prisoner was in the cabin )ying down. She said she had been trying to do away with herself by going down the pit, and that she intended doing away with herself before that night. Approaching the prisoner's dock, a man named Thomas Rees explained that he lived with prisoner, and was willing to become responsible for her future good behaviour. Replying to the magistrates' -clerk, prisoner said she had a brother at Treberbert, but chc would not like him to know anything about what she had done. She had never tried to do this before, and she had done it all through another man, who was not willing for her to live with Rees. This ma.n would not leave her alone. He followed her every. where, and was at the court that day. The man Thomas Reee, addressing their v/orshipe, said this statement was quite correct. The man had threatened to kill Maria and himself if he lived with her. The Magistrates'-clerk advised that the man in question be bound over, and prisoner waa discharged, upon her undertaking not to attempt to take her life again.

FATALITY AT A NEWPORT CLUB At the Town-hall, Newport, on Tuesday afternoon. Borough Coroner Mr. L. Lyndon Moore and a jury inquired into the circum- stances attending the death of Patrick Weston (32), a labourer living at 39, Clarence- place, who was picked up in an unconscious state at the base entrance of the South and Central Wards Liberal Club. Ctytha-creacmit. on Sunday night. Weston, who was stated to be a very steady and reapecta-btc man. apnears to have fallen down some steps at the club, and fractured his skulL—The Coroner, in summing up, said it was comfort- ing to the widow to know tha.t Weston wag sober at the time of the accident.—The jury. in returning a verdict of "Accidental death." recommended that something should be done at the club to prevent a recurrence of auch a,a accident.

BURGLARtES !N SOUYH WALES Report has been made to the Newport borough police of a burglary which took place at the house of Mr. Harris. Hillside. Maindee, one evening last week. It is believed that the burglar or burglars entered the house by way f-f the pantry window, which is easily accessible from the back garden, bomethmg like £9 in money has been missed from & purae which on the previous night was left in Mrs. Harris's dress. Three housemp in Malpae-road, Newport, wpre broken into by burgla,ra on Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Helen, at No. 16, appear to have lost the most, for the stolen goods include a,n overcoat, three brooches, some money, and a quantity of tobacco and matches. Access was gained by forcing open the kitchen win- dow, and a dolly was requisitioned to keep it open. The whole of the rooma downstairs were ransacked, and a similar state o,f things was observed at No. 30, where Mr. and Mrs Whitta,ker reside. A compass-box wa,s. a]eo broken open. bat the on)y article missed here waa a silvpr watch chain. Attempts were alao made to enXr the house of Mr. Pain. but here the occupant was aroused in the nick of time. On Monday night. m the a.baence for two hours onlv (between nine and eleven p.m) of Mr. and Mrs. W. Joint. 19, St. Helen's-ro&d, Swansea,, some person or persons forced open the shop door and abstracted a new suit of clothes. The matter is in the hands of the police. The headmistress of the Pentrepoeth Board Schools, Morriston, has reported t<hat some person or peraons effected an entry to the schools some time between Saturday and Mon- day. They got through one of the windows. The contents of the desks were ransacked, but nothing of any valtM was t&kea a.way.

"CochM's" i Comments. The compliments paid to Dr. E. Walford and his staF at yesterday's meeting of the Cardiff Health Committee for the ener- getic and successful manner in which they have grappled with the smalt-pox epidemic in the town were well earned. The extra work that has devolved upon them since the first outbreak has not been carried out in a haphazard manner, but the source of every ca.se has been investigated, and thus complete control was maintained over everybody who could have in any way come into contact with the actual sufferers. Now that the holiday season has fully set in, residents may leave their homes without the fear of any untoward results following their movements. When the large and varied floating population of the port is taken into consideration, the news that Cardiff is free from small- pox marks a no small achievement even for so excellent a staff as that at the command of Dr. Walford. Yesterday presented the opportunity for the writer to pay a prolonged visit to the Cardiff Railway Company's new dock, now in process of construction by Messrs. Topham, Jones, and Railton, and, although the concern is as huge as any- thing written of in the Arabian Nights," it is so much a greater reality than any- thing set forth in that favourite classic that no adequate comparison can be made wtth the magic-produced creations of the author or authors of that book. The average reader may comprehend the extent of the new dock better when I say it i.s only three acres less than the size of the Cathays Park in its undisturbed state, but it is so constructed that an extension can be easily undertaken with- out interfering to any great extent with the plans that are now being carried out by the contractors. The difficulty of obtaining water to float the immense ships which are now con. structed will be entirely removecf by the employment of enormous pumps and an. artificial channel, which will enabte the management to get any quantity of water when the tide is at its lowest, a.nd the Joss of time and expense involved in wait- ing for tides or through exceptional droughts will no longer be an obstacle to the quick despatch in loading and unload- ing .ships which is essential to effective trading in these days of enormous com- petition in freights and trade generally. In another year this intended well of prosperity will be opened to the whole world, and that event will, surety, give such an impetus to local industries and commerce as the keenest man of business could desire. Added to this will be the completion of the most modern steelworks by Messrs. Guest, Keen, and Co., and, with a fair degree of patience, Cardimans will be rewarded with the consummation of the common desire for the good time that is coming. A Cymric Workman writes —" Does the cuckoo stop long? I have heard the cuckoo sound the voice up to Thursday morning, the 9th inst. The sound receded down the ravine (at Penajth), following the springing of the day. This wooded hollow, with its southern slope, curving' at the Cogan, following the Ely, with ita narrowing valleys closing towards it at an angle, seems to me to be its favourite touching ground. In no other part havf I noticed it so persistent, considering the contiguity of a large population within a. stones throw to mahy of the Nh(>Ws.,j I remember a Welsh agricultural proverb that ct-pdited the cuckoo with coming ta this country in April, remaining through the whole of the month of May, but taking its departure again early in June. But the cuckoo is liable to the fascination of restful localities, and, therefore, it may have lingered about Pcnarth, i8 spite of "shows" and other distractions—just as .some weary Car- dimans are inclined to linger to enjoy the bracing ozone of CardiS-on-Sca, and are tempted to make Penarth their permanent abode. The cuckoo's cry has always been re- garded as the announcement of the coming of spring, but naturalists tel,l us that it has been heard in Europe as late as August, or even September. It leaves the shores of our island long before either of these months, undoubtedly, and, as the seasons have been late right through this year, this bird may also have been influenced to prolong its good-bye to an unusually late period. One authority I have consulted mentions mid-June as its normal period of departure, and, as it is an arboreal bird, it is rare in treeless districts, and it certainly seems jealously to preset-ve a certain territory to itself. Therefore, if the ravine mentioned by my correspondent is fairly free from the presence of other birds, that will account largely for its late stay also. Like other birds of its species, it is shy, restless, and unsociable; so, if "CymricWeIshman" and his friends are anxious to have it return .to its haunts in after years,.they must be content to listen to it only, and not to interfere with it in the least degree. The sketch of the "wishing well" of Penylan by Mrs. Baden-PoweIl, and which was re-produced in the "Evening Express," has started a ,ao'od,/of reminiscences by the old inhabitants, 'and it would be inte- resting to obtain a companion sketch of 'the site of the well as it now appears. Mr. diaries Evans doubts whether it was known as "the haunted well," but there are many wells known that were once regarded as being sacred, and were popu- larly supposed to be haunted also. Sacred wells were treated as places of refuge when barbarian :&o.J" ".L holy people, and many a time were the refugees slaughtered by these wells. It is easy to see how "wishing" wells became associated with ghosts—the ghosts of those who believed that the patron saints of the wishing well would protect them. from the brutality of their enemies. Mr. Evans also discloses an interesting old place-name, viz., the "Ty Gwyn" Farm, where the convent now stands. This "Ty Gwyn," or "Sacred House," must have been connected with the well in older times, and, possibly, that connection might have led the founders of the convent to build it on its present site. Perhaps some correspondent may throw some light upon this supposition of mine.

!NDUCTtON AT CARDtFF. The Rev. E. A. Suth&rlajMt WaÆt iustitnfhed inoumbent of St. Mar-tin's Church, "th. Cardiff, yesterday. t.he octemony being per. farmed, in the ptreaenoe of a latgo congrega, ti<m. by the Biahop of Llandaff.