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"MABON" ON PARLIAMENT. Mabon has been giving his impres- sions of the House of Commons to a Mor- ganstown audience. They were interest- ing-as everything from Mabon" gene- rally is—and he told of many a good, hearty, custom, and did it without infring- ing on the grounds of the purely political. The efficiency of Parliament, he appears to think, is threatened unless the House of Commons gives out more work to the local authorities, that is to say, leaves ) more to their discretion, and devotes itself principally to Imperial legislation. It is, undoubtedly, necessary that a large measure of decentralisation should be made shortly, and that not so much in the interests of Imperial affairs, which already get a good look in in. Commons, as in the interests of local affairs. Looking back upon the past session of Parliament, in many ways one of the most turbulent of I recent years, it must be acknowledged that it affords very little evidence in favour of the decentralisation of work— that is to say, evidence founded on the theory of inefficiency. The session has notoriously been one of the most fruitful in legislation on record. Not only have several far-reaching measures, some of them highly debatable, been discussed and j passed into law, but there has been a per- feet deluge of local Bills for all manner of things, which the ratepayers, nowadays, ungrudgingly pay for. It is this work of dealing with private or municipal Bills that must bring home to members of Par- liament how unfitted many local authori- ties are to this day for controlling their own affairs without Imperial supervision of the kind exercised by Parliament. They include all manner of nonsense in their Bills, and the Houses of Parliament are, further, a salutary check upon extrava- ,gant schemes. At the same time, having regard to the complexity of some of the local Bills, it is clear that the rush through CJommittees may result in leaving serious i blemishes in the Acts, and this should be avoided. Decentralisation is bound to come, but great care must be taken not to give the local authorities too much independent power.

It is curious to read in one column of the papers reports of a severe gale from which shipping generally has suffered, and in another column reports of further attempts which Mr. Holbein is to make to swim across the English Channel. The "weather outlook to-day does not promise that the attempt will be made, as was in- tended, this evening; but the splendid i swimmer had a good practice yesterday under conditions requiring great staying power and considerable pluck. Holbein will not fail in his swim for the want of I pluck, at any rate. I

The cry from Macedonia grows with intensity day by day, but it does not seem like the cries of old that came from the Balkans and stirred up strife !oa Europe. ,So far, the Turks have not done any- thing particularly reprehensible, except govern the country in the most disgraceful manner they possibly could. What murder and pillage has been principally done has been by insurgents, but there is no saying when the Turk will commence j his terrible retaliation, and this is what Jlurope dreads and contemplates with an abhorrence no less genuine, because there is, practically, no outword show of indigna- tion. Bulgaria, naturally, denies that the present state of things has been brought about by bands of robbers which she has sent across the border to provoke a massacre by Turks in order that Bulgaria might have the chance of possessing the territory in Macedonia which she covets. The source of the official denial, we are eorry to say, is not the best guarantee of its veracity. Whoever is responsible,- and at the root of the mischief is, of course, Turkish misrule—the position is very grave. With rebels waving flags of inde- pendence about the land, and a somewhat premature declaration of independence expected, the terrible Turk is just about getting tired of being patient.

h I Mainly About People.! 1 On Saturday Mr. Walter Crane was 58, Mr. ¡ Keir Hardie 47, "E, Nesbit" and Mr. Maarten I Maartens were each 45; the Emperor of China was 32, and Mr. Samuel Coleridge Taylor, the Ajiglo-African musician, was 28. In the past there are, even bigger names for the 15th of August-Napoleon Bonaparte in 1769 (the same year as Wellington), Sir Walter Scott in 1771'1 and Thomas de Quincey in 1725. Earlier still this was the baptismal day of Jeren)y Taylor, in 1613, and the birthday of Robert Blake, the great sea-captain, hero of the ever-popular song, the "Admiral's Broom," in 1599. In Edinburgh the admirers of the Wizard of the North usually commemorate the day by hang- ing wreaths and laurels upon the statue over -which rifles the "Scott Monument" in Princes- street, which Scota love to describe as the finest ornament of the finest street in the II world. Sir Richard Temple, the eldest son of the -late well-known baronet, had a very warm rwsloome when he returned last week, after ,nany years' absence, to the family seat at ^erspsey, near Worcester. The carriage was idxacgeS by the tenantry to the house, and 6u Address of greeting was presented. Sir Richard Carnac Temple was born in 1850 At Allahabad, and educated at Harrow and ¡ Trinity Hall, Catnbridge. In 1871 he entered the Jinx7, and later on joined the Bombay I Bervice Corps. He saw a good deal of fighting itill he was appointed a cantonment magis- trate in the Punjaub in 1879. In 1890 he was delegated to special duty with the. Govern- ment, and he has since discharged many im- portant duties. In a. private capacity he has a great reputa- tion as a swlentikt and Orientalist. He has been meyatwr of the Council of the Royal Aniific Society, the Asiatic Society, Bengal Philological Society, Folk-lore Society, presi- dent of the Bombay Anthropologieal Society. I corresponding member of the American Philo- sophical Society, the Smithsonian Society, and Numismatic Society of Philadelphia. Nume- rous works by him have been published on almost every subject of scientific interest, and he has edited standard works on Eastern languages. He is, moreover, an enthusiastic collector of Oriental books and MSS. and objects relating to ethnology, anthropology, numismatics, and conchology, and the British Museum, among other less ambitious institu- tions, has been enriched by his contributions. The Colonial Secretary has two valuable positions in his gift-the Secretaryship of the Island of Jamaica, vacated by the Hon. Sidney Oliver, and that of Trinidad, soon to be vacated by Sir C. C. Knollys. In Jamaica they hope (says the Yorkshire Post ") that the Secretaryship will be given to Mr. Roxburgh, who is acting as Secretary at present. They know him to be a very capable official, and, as the man on the spot, with the threads of all official affairs in his fingers, he would, if appointed, have nothing to learn as to the needs of the island. The salary is £1,300 a year. Speculation is rife as to who will obtain the Secretaryship of Trinidad. The claims of men from as far afield as the Straits Settle- ments and the West Coast of Africa, will have to be considered, as well as those of the men holding Secretaryships in the smaller islands, though the authorities need not go outside Sir A. Molony's Council to find a man very capable of filling the office. A belated, but none the less touching tri- bute to the memory of Queen Victoria is about to be completed. For two years the Kaffir natives of Butterworth in the Transkei col- lected for a wreath to be laid on the grave of their "Great White Queen," and finally in copper and small silver they raised 150. The money was sent to the Agent-General for the Cape, and he, thinking that such a touching tribute should take a more lasting form than the flowers of Nature, has had a wreath made in bronze and silver by Mr. Montagu Ford- ham. The wreath surrounds a Maltese cross, and is inscribed To the memory of our be- loved and revered Queen." Major Count Gleichen, D.S.O., Grenadier Guards, equerry to the King, who has been for some time attached to the Egyptian Army, and lately as Director of Intelligence and Sou- dan Agent, has been appointed Military Attache at Berlin. The much-talked-of visit by the Honourable Artillery Company of London to Boston, U.S.A., is to take exactly a month (says the "Sheffield Telegraph"), including the voyage out and home. Between 165 and 170 men, under the command of Lord Denbigh, will set sail from Liverpool on September 23. the steamer being very appropriately the May- flower, of the Dominion Line. From the moment the members of the English Corps step ashore at Charleetown to that of their • re-embarkation on October 15, they will be entertained like princes. The Boston contingent have long waited for the opportunity of returning the hospitality extended to them at the time of the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and their arrange- ments presage a most gorgeous revenge. In addition to banquets galore, there are to be visits to Providence, New York, Buffalo, and Montreal, as well as to a host of pleasure resorts lying near Boston. There will also be many grand reviews, parades, and field days—not to mention nights. M. Jacques Lebaudy, the self-styled Emperor of Sahara," and prospective founder of a new kingdom whose capital shall be a new Troy, is a French millionaire, presumably with either a, bee in his bonnet or a desire for far-fetched notoriety. A Parisian paper some time ago compared him jocularly with the distinguished explorers, Cortes and Pizarro, conquerors of Mexico and Peru. It is unlikely if M. Lebaudy will do anything half so brilliant as did the so-called explorer, George Psalmanaaar, who in 1704 introduced into England the language of the Island of Formosa "—a language entirely invented by himself, but so cunningly con- ceived that Dr. Johnson, in common with all the learned men of London, was hoodwinked into believing it genuine. Absent-minded Customer: Bring me a head of salad, waiter. "Yes, sir. What sixed head, sir?" Oh, six and three-quarters." The new pulpit which is being made as a Victorian memorial for Whippingham Church is nearly completed. It is in oak, stlys the Eastern Daily Press," carved in a simple design prepared by Mr. Nutt, the architect to the Dean and Chapter of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and is being produced by English workpeople. The old pulpit has been removed, and for the time being sermons are delivered from a lectern. The King has given directions that the chair which was formerly used at public worship by the late Queen is not to be used again, and it has accordingly been placed in the choicest position within the royal pew, and is protected by a cord, the Prayer- book used by her late Majesty being de- posited upon the seat. Hia Majesty's own place is indistinguishable, from the other parts of the royal pew, and the same rule has been laid down at Crathie and Sandring- ham. It is only in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, and St. George's Chapel, Windsor, that any distinction is perceptible. No relics of the late Sovereign are to be accumulated at Whippingham other than those already mentioned. A sudde-i change in military fashion (says "T.A.T.") brought about by the stroke of a sowar's sabre, sufficed to ruin, in 1878, the Indian makers of officers' "gold" shoulder- knots, Lieutenant-General Sir George Luck was the innocent cause of the catastrophe. He led his regiment, the gallant 15th Hussars, against a strong force of tollmen; and in the hand-to-hand fighting that ensued he became engaged with a, gigantic Pa-than, who broke down his guard, and would have cloven him from shoulder to belt, but that his wife had sewn on his shoulders in the lining of hia tunic a. couple of steel curb chains, one of which broke the force of the slash. y The incident so impressed the military authorities in India that what is now known as the Luck, or "lucky" shoulder-curb was soon afterwards introduced, and the old-faehioned twisted gold-wire abomination became a thing of the past. ,H'C.

OUR GUINEA PARAGRAPH. The award in the guinea paragraph com- petition for the week ending the 15th inst. will be given to-morrow (Tuesday).

EAST GLAMORGAN MINERS' DISTRICTI The monthly meeting of the East Glamorgan District of miners on Saturday was presided over by Mr. William Evans, Senghenydd, antd sy resolution was adopted to make an appeal to the collieries of South Walea and Mon- mouthshire for financial assistance towards the Senghenydd Colliery workmen who had been fined recently in the law court for absenting themselves from work in conse- quence of non-Union men at the colliery. The monthly contribution amounted to L87 ls. 7d.

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. I The fallowing- are the readings since five o'clock last evening, as given by tha barometer, in the vestibule of the "Evening Express," St. Mary-street, Cardiff, whicb Is 33ft. above mean sea leve!

THE LONDON PRESS. Examples of Their Views To-day. BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM LEADING ARTICLES. Eastern Crisis. The action of Russia is for the moment the crucial factor in the situation in the Near East.—"Times." Balkan Revolt. ine revolt must be quelled, and civil order restored, as a preliminary to the exeoution of reforms.Standord." Physical Education League. Though we believe that the new league will be a curative rather than a preventive measure, we believe it will do great service, and we heartily wish it success.—"Morning Advertiser. Fiscal Reforms. I Mr. Chamberlain, it is clear, is not going to I have it all his own way. He is likely yet to be hoist with his own petard, skilfully arranged for that purpose, it seems probable, "in the house of his friends. Morning Leader." Mp. Chamberlain's Praposal. I The proposals in question not being as yet before the country in any definite form, it follows that a great deal of the criticism to which they are .being subjected is both precipitate and misleading.—"Morning Post." Essence of Civilisation. I Much of the very essence of our civilisar tion is pagan, as opposed to Christian. To recognise this fact is not to become an incen- diary or an anarchist. It is to become the very opposite, while making us toil step by step through all practicable reforms for the better and the best.—"Daily News." Glove Fighting. I In fencing it ia points that score, and so it should be in glove-fighting. Let the knock- out cease to score or be allowed, and let mark3 for scientific boxing be the decisive factor; and boxing will shake of the dis- credit which such degrading and valueless exhibitions inflict upon it.—"Daily Express." South Africa. I The latest reports speak more favourably of the prospects in the mining industry, and there is every reason to believe that later on the general trade of the country will resume, and in time far exceed, its former activity.— "Daily Graphic." Russia and Balkan Trouble. < I I Russia cannot afford at this crisis' to I provoke a war with Turkey.—"Daily Mail."

I DANGEROUS PERSONS. 1 Girls Arrested on a Charge of Conspiracy.1 Berlin, Sunday.—Fifty Polish girls have been arrested at Gnesen, in East Prussia, on a charge of conspiring against the well-being of the Prussian State. Their ages range from fourteen to twenty. Three of tHe elder girls arrested gave lessons in foreign languages at the Gnesen High School, and the remainder were pupils at that institution. The police appeared at the school during the morning, carried out the arrests, and conveyed the female political suspects to the police-station, where they were locked up to await the result of further investigations into their political activity. It appears that they were in the habit of reading Polish books and discussing them; of studying Polish history, and talk- ing about the results of their studies among themselves, and of giving expression to their girfcsh hopes as to the re-establishment of the ancient kingdom of Poland. This sufficed to bring about their arrest as persons dan- gerous to the State. The Public Prosecutor has announced that he will proceed against them on a charge of high treason. The trial will take place in the autumn.

FIRE AT AN IRISH STATION. I A fire occurred early this morning at the railway-station at Buncana, Donegal. The King and Queen entrained at this station for Londonderry during their recent visit. The fire was caused by the upsetting of an oil- lamp in some living apartments over the refreshment-rooms. A hose was quickly brought, but, as there was no fire-plug to which to attach it, the fire burned itself out. The coastguards and constabulary rendered valuable assistance in getting 1. out the movables from the buildings, whioh were eventually destroyed.

WOMAN ASSAULTS A POLICEMAN I Esther Harris, 23, a girl dressed in pink, who said she had been ill lately, and everybody was against her, was brought up at Cardiff Police-court to-day charged with being dis- orderly, in Bute-street, on Saturday night, and assaulting Police-oonatable Jenkins in the execution of his duty. Aocused refused to go home, and struck the officer several times in the face. She was fined 5s. and ooets, or seven days.

BATHS OF SILENUS. I Rome, Moqday.—During a military fete at Spezia a portion of the ruins of the ancient Baths of Silenus, on which a number of persons were standing, collapsed. Fifty people were thrown into the sea. No lives were lost, but several were injured.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT DOWLAIS WORKS I Early this morning a workman, narjaed John Thomas, employed at the Dowlais Iron and Steel Works, Cardiff, wa^, runjover by a loco- motive. His head and his two hands were almost oevered from his body. Death appeared m be instantaneous.

IA BRAVE SOLDIER. Atones for a Blot on His Recopd. i REWARDED WITH THE CROSS OF LEGION OF HONOUR. I Rather a touching story comes from the Far East. It is that of a soldier, who, by his gallantry, is not only oil the point of obtain- ing a decoration, but is, moreover, so fortunate as to have a sentence of ten years' imprisonment cancelled. Some little time ago the man, who is serving in the Foreign Legion, risked his life at the call of duty in Mada- gascar, and his colonel asked that he should be rewarded with the Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour. The general in com- mand replied that he would be most happy to propose the soldier for this distinction, but that he must, first of all, in compliance with the regulations, furnish documents estab- lishing his identity. Men who enlist in the Foreign Legion are not invariably troubled w.ith searching questions about their ante- cedents, and many of them enrol themselves under assumed names. It has been the case with this soldier, who, when he was informed of the conditions, declined to supply the needed evidence about himself. Later on the battalion was removed to Tonkin, and there again the brave fellow performed a feat of gallantry, which led his commanding officer to make another application on his behalf. A like reply was returned by the general, but this time the soldier decided on giving full details of his previous life, and then it was ascertained that before he enlisted in the Foreign Legion he had been condemned to ten years' hard labour for having in the course of a scrimmage so injured a man that he died. Considering, however, that the I soldier had by his gallantry and good conduct atoned for this blot on his record, the general has sent in his name for the cross, and he I will probably obtain it.

CARDINAL VAUGHAN'S SUCCESSOR. The Chances of the Bishop of Newport. A Roman Catholic correspondent in the I Times to-day discusses the question of the appointment of a successor to Cardinal Vaughan as Archbishop of Westminster, and says it seems now almost certain that the appointment will be postponed until after the vacation, that is, probably to Nevember. The names of tha four candidates sent tb Rome I are Archbishop Merry del Val, Dr. F. A. Gasquet (Abbot President of the English Bene- dictine Congregation), Dr. Hedley, O.S.B. (Bishop of Newport), and Dr. Bourne (Bishop of Southwark). Bishop Hedley and Abbot I Gasquet (the writer says) are the selection both of the Bishops and of the Chapter; and it is a remarkable tribute to the high posi- tion held by the English Benedictines that a secular chapter and an episcopate com- posed, with one exception, of seculars, should have fixed on two monks as the most suitable persons to succeed to the, archbishopric. There are, no doubt, objections to the appointment of a regular; but the English Benedictines, at any rate, have always been on good terms with the secular clergy; all through the internecine feuds of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Benedictines and seculars were on the same side, and the rela- tions -between them remain excellent. Abbot Gasquet would be the last man to push the interest of regulars at the expense of teculare. Bishop Redley's name was one of those sent up to Rome at the last vacancy after Manning's death, and it may be that it would have been better for the Church in England if he had not then been passed over in favour of Dr. Yaughan. He had better claims than any other bishop, and is cer- tainly more fitted for the position than Bishop Bourne, who is, with one exception, the youngest member of the episcopate. Bishop Hedley is a man of considerable learning and t s, and a thoughtful writer on religious subjects, and he is much respected. But he is now not far off 70; and it cannot be said that during his episcopate of 27 years he has shown that grasp of affairs or capacity for leadership which ought to be possessed by the archbishop, or that he is gifted with the power of dealing with people and the other social qualities so necessary in the position which has to be filled; moreover, he is little known outside the Catholic body, while Bishop Bourne is not known at all. It is most important that the new archbishop should have a more than sec- tarian reputation.

A FORGIVING WIFE. I To-day, at Cardiff Police-court, Solomon Kinsey, 44, a. stoker at Dowlais Steelworks, was brought up charged with assaulting Ann Kinsey, his wife, in Bute-terrace, on/August 25. Prisoner, who is not on friendly terms with his wife, and has not been living with her, came to Cardiff on Saturday, and, meet- ing his wife, assaulted her, in the presence of Police-constable Gale, somewhat late in the evening. He delt her a blow in the mouth, and caased blood to fiow.-Police-sergeaut Evans said the woman refused to come to the station to give evidence against her husband. —Mr. Samuel: The usual thing.—Prisoner, in defence, said his wife kept on "nagging him," and, losing his temper, he struck her, but only once-In the absence of his wife, accused was discharged with a caution.

VERY MUCH TAT100ED. I An unknown man has died by the roadside near Haddenham. At the inquest it was stated, that death resulted from heart dis- ease. On the body were some curious tattoo marks, including a representation of a French soldier, a woman holding a flag, and a man's head and shoulders on the right forearm; a star on the second finger of the right baud, and a. Victoria Cross ring on the third finger; a diamond ring on the clipat; abofe the c'jest, a representation of a French soldier vrth a wreath of flowers; on th.e left arib, a rose, bust, and man's head and shoulders, and a red and blue star with eight points; and on the second and third fingers of .the left hand a Vic- toria Cross ring.

SERVANTS AND BIBLES. I Beatrice Phypere, eighteen, of Tankerton- terrace, Mitcham-road,, was charged at Croy- don on, Saturday with stealing from 211, London-road, West Croydon, JM 10s. in gold, the money of Walter Owen White. Accused II had been employed as domestic servant in the prosecutor's family for &Ye months. The money was missed on Thursday from a locked desk, and the police were at once summoned. —Detective Cadby arrested the prisoner on Friday at her home. She said, I had the money out of Mr. Walter's box, and bought clothing with it," and also explained that she sent 10s. of it. to London to pay off a Bible which, she had purchased on the monthly instalment system.—The Chairman spoke in strong terms of the system of inducing young servant girls to purchase expensive Bibles, and said it was most reprehensible. He dealt with the prisoner under the First Offenders Act, and bound her over in the sum of JE5.

r THE AMERICAN FLEET. New York, Monday.—It is understood that five of the American torpedo-boat destroyers will proceed to the Asiatic station, via. Suez, after the manoeuvres. A speed trial is announced between the battleships Kearsage, Alabama, and Illinois, from Oyster Bay to Race Rock, at the end of the Sound, on the conclusion of the naval review to-day.-Penter.,

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I THE KING AT MARIENBAD. I Visit of His Majesty to Vienna. King Edward is strictly following the cure regulations at Marienbad, especially as regards walking exercise. On Friday the King drove out twice. In the morning he went to the Rojaner forest house. In the afternoon he drove to Podborn, three-quarters of an hour from Marienbad. Podborn is an extinct volcano, to which some stone steps lead up. At the foot of the mountain the King and his party took coffee at a. restaurant, and then climber to the summit. They returned on foot t othe carriages, and drove on to Tepl, where the King examined the beautiful church, monastic buildings, and library. His Majesty afterwards returned to Marienbad. The Visit to Vienna. I Vienna, Monday.—According to the local I correspondents, King Edward, who will arrive here on the 31st inst., will be received at the Royal station by the Emperor Jfrancis Joseph and by the archdukes who are now in Vienna and the principal military and -civil authori- ties. At the Hofburg his Majesty will be welcomed by the archdukes, the archduchesses, the chief officials, the joint Austro-Hungarian ministers, and the Austrian and Hungarian premiers. In the evening there will be a State dinner. On September 1 a gala perfor- mance will be given at the Imperial Opera House. A shooting party will probably be arranged for the following day, and after- wards there will be a Court dinner in the Choenbreim Castle, followed by a visit to the Hofburg Theatre. The King will leave Vienna on September 3.-Reuter.

SHOOTING TRAGEDY. I Man Murders His Wife & Shoots I Himself. A Dublin telegram statea that rn Saturday night Thomas Bateman, an ex-sergeant of the Lancashire Fusiliers, shot his wife dead in the street at Newbridge, and immediately afterwards blew his own brains out. For years past Bateman and hia wife had not lived together. The deceased man wrote in his notebook what he intended to do, and also asked that his father at Crewe should be informed.

I A TRAIN DERAILED. I Three Pekons Killed and Twenty Seriously Injured. I Zurikau (Saxony), Monday.—A passenger train has been derailed between Eothen- kirohen and- Oberkrinitz. Three persons were killed, twenty were seriously injured, and twenty were slightly injured.-Peuter.

THE BELGIAN SWEETHEART. I Ida Winkler, a young Belgian woman, speak- ing five languages, was charged at West- minster Police-court, London, on Saturday with robbing Mrs. George Armistead Scott, in whose service she was, at Alexandra-court, Queen's-gate. According to the evidence, Mrs. Scott missed some valuable Chinese hand-worked linen from a box, and spoke to prisoner about it. With many protestations of honesty, the prisoner retorted by complaining that the mistress had locked her bedroom door, and demanding an explanation of this suspicious act. Mrs. Scott sent for a detective, and charged the girl with robbing her. On the prisoner's box being searched, one piece of Chinese linen, valued at £ 8, was found. Three other pieces, and other property, are still missing. Confessing to the robbery, Winkler said, "Madam, it was so very nice I could not resist taking it." Detective-sergeant Morgan had ascertained that prisoner had been giving money to her Belgian sweetheart. Prosecutrix: She has used money with which she was entrusted to pay tradesmen's bills for this man to go on a holiday to Belgium. The prisoner was remanded in custody.

DOCTOR BLEEDS TO DEATH. I Dr. Richard B. Threfall, of Oarrick-on-Shan- non, has met his death under tragic circum- stances. While getting out of bed in the early morning to have a drink of water he slipped and fell on the decanter, which broke into many pieces. The broken glass cut one of the main arteries of his leg, and although four of his fellow-doctors came quickly to his aid, their efforts were of no avail. The rites of the Roman Catholic Church were adminis- tered to him as he bled to death.

SUICIDE AT SWANSEA. r This afternoon the dead body of William Weigo was found hanging in his house in Albert-row. Weigo's wife died on Sunday as the result of a fall downstairs, and it is stated that deceased had been troubling over a fear that the fall might be attributed to him, and he had expressed anxiety that she should recover eo as to state how the fall occurred.

GAOL PREFERRED. A tramp named Charles Riches was com- mitted for trial at Colchester on Saturday for stealing a. watch and chain and some money from a Boxted miller, who had given him a night's shelter from the rain. Riches said he was better off inside gaol, and would not care if he got five years. -——————————

MAN CUT IN TWO AT EBBW VALE A man by the name of Ihomas Watkins was practically cut in half by a locomotive passing over him on a line that leads to the top of the Ebbw Vale Blast Furnaces, about midnight on Saturday.

PRICE OF BREAD INCREASED. The Glasgow bakers at a private meeting I Tbe Gla.<;gow bakers at a. private meetin.1 on Saturday ananimously agreed to at one: rtise, the price of the 41b. loaf of bread by $3. Advance in the price of flour is given as the reasofl for the increase.

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JUNCLE AND NIECE.] t — I Publican Charged with Abduction. IMPORTANT LEGAL POINT RAISED. At West London Police-court on Saturday Philip Clark, aged 48, a licensed victualler, of the White Hart Hotel, Golden-square, W.C., was charged on remand with abducting a girl of fifteen years, named Clara Evans, living in High-road. Chiswick, and with procuring a marriage licence from the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury by making a. false statement. The allegation against the defendant was that he, being uncle to the girl, went through the marriage ceremony, wdth her on July 24 at Holy Trinity Church, Kilburn, after first obtaining a special licence by giving the girl's age as nineteen and concealing her relationship to him. Clara Evans related in detail the early stages of her acquaintance with the accused, whom she called "uncle." He asked her in April if she would be his wife, and she said Yes." Since that time he was constantly speaking about marriage. On Sunday, July 19, he showed her the marriage licence, and. he told her to give her age as nineteen at. the church. Replying to Mr. Williamson, she admitted misconduct with the accused before marriage. In cross-examination by Mr. Hanson, the witness admitted she wrote often to the accused, because he told her to do so. Mr. Hanson: Did you write to him in March asking him if he would look up the marriage licence?—Yes. You wrote and told him you were lonely and miserable at home?—Yes. And urging him to bring about the mar- riage as soon as possible?—Yes. You threatened to commit suicide if he didn't marry you?—Yes. At this point several lottery from witness to prisoner were produced, urging him to make arrangements for the marriage and honeymoon. In one she wrote: -"I will go through almost anything to have you—I can't really live alone. We must sail away to a seaside place; it is more lively than a country place. Don't you think so? Do you think Blackpool will be too expensive? Don't forget to see about our marriage. I must close now—candle very low." Mr. Williamson (to witness): Did you know it was illegal to marry the defendant? Mr. Hanson: I must object to that question. The, Magistrate: I think it is a legal point. Mr. Hanson: Besides, it is a very open ques- tion if it is illegal to marry a deceased wife's sister's daughter. I have been making researches, and I have discovered the old prayer-book which was attached to the Act of Uniformity, and on which the legal prohibi- tion of degrees in marriage is founded, and in that prayer-book there is no such prohibition of marriage between a man and his deceased wife's sister's daughter. The Magistrate observed that he admitted the girl's evidence on the faith of the table of prohibition of degrees in the prayer-book nearest to his hand. Evidence of arrest having been given, the defendant was committed for trial, bail being accepted for his appearance at the Central Criminal Court.

I MRS. BADEN-POWELL. I Cardiff a Household Idol with Her Family. Knowing the interest, Mrs. Baden-Powell, mother of Major-general Baden-Powell, Oardiff's youngest honorary freeman, takes in the town, the- Mayor (Alderman Edward Thomas, "Cochfarf") invited her to pay htm and Mrs. Thomas a visit at the Mansion House. This morning his worship received the follow- ing interesting rejpiy:— 32, Princes. Gate, S.W., 15th August. 1903. Dear Mr. Mayor,-Pray accept my warm thanks for your kind letter of 1st August, conveying such a tempting invitation that before answering it I waited to ascertain whether it were possible to accept your and Mrs. Thomas's obliging proposal to visit you at Cardiff during your year of office. It would have given me and my son, the general, special pleasure to come, but, alaoi for both of us, our autumn is absolutely engaged. The general has to hold an inspection every day, and cannot possibly postpone or alter. the fixtures. If any more selections from my poor sketches should be published, I hope we may see them, as Oardiff is a household idol to my whole family. Pray give my compliments, and thanks to Mrs. Thomas for her very hosipitaible mode of invitation, permitting us to ohoose our own time. I only regret that we are unable to avail ourselves of it. Believe me, sincerely yours, HENRIETTA G. BADEN-POWELL. I

MR. R. BELL, M.P., IN DOWLAIS. I A largely attended meeting of railwaymen was held in the Central-hall, Dowlais, last evening, to hear an address from Mr. R. Bell, M.P., of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. Mr. A. Lttcae was voted to the chair. A motion was proposed by Mr. J. Davies, and seconded by Mr. R. Bell, M.P., affirming the desirability of railwaymen joining the society, and that labour should be adequately represented in Parliament. Mr. Bell touched on the phases of Trades Unions, as it con- cerned labour in general and railwaymen in particular, urging those who had not joined the society already to do so. It was a strange fact that while only one in every five railwaymen were members, every workman who was a non-Unionist benefited by the action of those who were members. Mr. Bell then referred to eome remarks made in July last at a conference of the Independent Labour Party, held in the Merthyr Boroughs, by Mr. Keir Hardie, the junior member, and Mr. Hodge, charging him with inconsis- tency as a Labour member in not joining the group that he (Mr. Keir Hardie) had endeavoured to form in Parliament. He said I that the remarks made by those two speakers were deliberate falsehoods. The reference to Mr. Hardie was challenged 11 by Mr. David Davies, Pant (an ardent Hardieite and Independent Labour Party ad- vocate)), )and Mr. Bell was subjected to a. severe, but friendly reckling. Other questions were asked and replied to. Mr. Davies at the close proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Bell for his valuable address, although he did not see quite eye to eye with as to his political action. Another of the hecklers seconded the vote, which was agreed to.

A TRAIN THREE YEARS OVERDUE. I On Thursday a train on the Gulf and Inter- State Railroad pulled into the passenger- station at Beaumont, Texas, just 1.040 days late on a 150-mile run. Starting from Gal- veston on the morning of September 8, 1900, it had been stopped half-way between the two cities ever since that date, owing to the prac- tical destruction of the railway by the great storm. Of the passengers who journeyed with the train, many met their death. The same locomotive that started so long ago pulled the same weather-beaten and dilapi- dated coaches through to their destination that should have been reached four hours after the start was made.

THE TOLL OF THE ALPS. I Innsbruck, Monday.—Dr. Fritz Greiss, of Neuerzburg, fell while climbing the difficult I Parseier Spitze, and his dead body has been. found a,t the foot of the gla-cier.-Reuter. I

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I EXCITING SCENES. The Delusions of a Madman. KIDNAPPING CHILDREN IN THE STREET. There were exciting scenes on several of the Paris boulevards on Saturday afternoon. A woman was walking along one with a little girl, when an individual caught the child up, kissed it repeatedly, and hurried off, soon to be pursued by passers-by, who had been touched by the mother's cries and lamenta, tions. As, however, the man declared that his wife had left him, taking away with her their two children, to whom he was devoted, the people no longer interfered, and he was allowed to pursue his way. An hour after- wards a small boy was snapped up in a similar manner on another boulevard, but, as luck would have it, his father was not far away, and, after treating the man, who had, as it subseqeuntly turned out, been the hero of the other adventure, to a sound thrashing, he handed him over to the police. It seems that this peculiar person, who is a journey- man plumber, about 30 years oft age, is the victim of a monomania, so he has been removed to the infirmary at the Prefecture of Police. When his dwelling was inspected by the agents of the law, it was found that he had, ere sallying forth, smashed all the furni- ture that he possessed.

STAMP DEALER COMMITTED. I Herbert Lawrence Platt, 22, stamp dealer, of Westcliff-on-Sea, was charged at Bow-street polico court, London on Saturday on remand, at the same court, before Sir Albert De Butzen, with having obtained a number of foreign stamps from various persons by false pretences. It was alleged that by means of advertising lie got into communication with collectors, and induced them to send stamps to him, for which he failed to pay. The case for the prosecution having been closed at the previous hearing, prisoner now went into the witness-box and gave evidence on his own behalf. He denied that he had ever had any intention to defraud the com- plaining parties, and explained that his ommission to pay in certain cases for stamps sent to him was due to the fact that his partner had, unknown to him, drawn a cheque, which left him without sufficient cash in the bank. If he had not been arrested, everybody would have been paid. As it was he had now, as far as possible, settled with those who had complained. Sir Albert De Rutzen committed the prisoner for trial, and consented to accept bail.

FLOATING WORKSHOP. I His Majesty's repair ship Assistance, built for the Royal Navy by Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., of Middlesbrough, and fiter for sea at Chatham Dockyard, underwent he official gun- mounting trials off Sheerness on Saturday, superintended by the staff of the Gunnery School, and afterwards left the Nore for Portsmouth Dockyard, where she is to begin her duties as repaid shop to the Fleet Reserve. The Assistance has been designed to accompany a fleet to sea as a rapid ship, and is practically a floating dockyard in miniar ture. She is fitted with machinery to enable repairs to be carried out to the engines and boilers of ships without necessitating their return to port for minor defects to be made good. The Assistance is the first ship of her type built for the Royal Navy, but the old Hecla, for many years employed as a torpedo depot ship, was fitted out by Laird Brothers, of Birkenhead, as repair ship to the Medway Fleet Reserve. The Assistance has cost dE215,000, and has been equipped with ten three- pounder quick-firing guns.

SHORT OF A PINT, I Charles Fry, a strongly set-up man of 46, was charged at Cardiff Police-court to-day, with begging in Bute-street on August 15.— Police-constable Hayes proved the case, and said he found a penny in prisoner's posses- sion.—.Prisoner's explanation was that he was a bricklayer, and came to Cardiff in response to an advertisement in the."London Times" in search of work on the new asylum job at Whitchureh.Councillor Crossman: Do you know that Mr. Kent, the contractor, has not yet any plant at the works. How can he have advertised?—Prisoner: That's what I was given to understand.—Councillor Cross- man stigmatised prisoner's statement as un- true.-Cour-t-officer Evans said prisoner asked for money to "make up a pint," and not to get food as he represented.—He was discharged with a caution, and on leaving the dock asked if he could have the penny.—Mr. Louis Samuel: Give him the penny.

THE POPE'S HEALTH I No sooner had Cardinal Sarto been elected Pope than a rumour was circulated to the effect that he was suffering from a heart com- plaint. Inquiry made, however, in the best informed quarters, shows that his Holiness is strong and vigorous, and has hardly ever had a day's illness.—Reuter. The London correspondent of the "Sheffield Telegraph" hears a capital story originally told by a Rome correspondent, about the new Pope. As Patriarch of Venice he was in a chronic state of poverty owing to hiis chari- table works. Whenever he went to Rome he was obliged to borrow money to pay his way. Once he was presented with a magnificent gold watch, and he kept it for a whole month, but at the end of that time Tie pawned it, and bought a nickel chronometer for five francs, and this cheap watch he still uses.

TO PREVENT LYNCHING. f New York, Monday.—Justice Brewer, of the Supreme Court, in a magazine article, sug- gests the adoption of the British procedure in criminal cases, as a remedy for lynching. There would be no motive for lynching if there was in all cases a speedy trial without a.ppeal.-Central News.

FATAL FALL FROM A TRAIN. J The body of a man, apparently about 70, was found on the railway line at Beltonford, near Dunbar, yesterday forenoon. Deceased i fell out of the midnight train from Edinburgh for London. He is supposed to be a Mr. Newton, proceeding to Yorkshire. A later telegram says that the body was identified as that of Francis Nawton, ex-rail- way messenger, who had been on an excursion to Edinburgh with the employes of the Tad- caster Tower Brewery.

TRAIN DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. I Injuries were sustained by ten persons in an accident to the Nimes express, which left Paris on Saturday night. Near Alais, in the Gard Department, the engine and two leading vans ran off the line and fell down an embank- ment, the rest of the train remaining on the metals.

THE ODESSA STRIKES I No further disturbances have taken place in Odessa since the early part of the month. All the trades, as well as the railway employes, are now wording as usual. A peaceful eettle- ment has been effected with the men employed on the steamships and tramways.—Reuter.

NAVAL APPOINTMENT I Admiral Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher has been appointed to succeed Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Hotham as Commander-in-Chief on the Portsmouth station. The appointment will date frolm August 31.

SIR J. BLUNDELL MAPLE. Sir J. Blundell Maple had a better night aad J it decidedly better this morning.

BABY IN A DUSTBIN.! Left Lying for Seventeen Hours. REMARKABLE FORTITUDE OF THE MOTHER. Phossee Veal, nineteen, ironer, of Bridson- street, Camberwell, was charged, on a war- rant at Southwark Police-court, London, on Saturday, with unlawfully abandoning and exposing her newly-born infant by placing it in a dustbin at the back of the house, whereby the child's life was endangered. The prisoner, a girl of respectable appearance had been arrested by Detective- sergeant Beavis, R Division, on her discharge from Camberwell Infirmary after a very severe illness. She was evidently still in a weak condition, and was allowed a seat in the dock. Sergeant Beavis having given evidence of arrest, she was rei-oved to prison in a cab. She acknowledged to the officer that imme- diately after the child 'was born she wrapped it up and put it in the dustbin, but she did not think there was any life in it. That was about five a.m. on July 8, and, strange to say, the child remained in the dustbin alive until 10.30 p.m., when it was discovered by the .prisoner's mother, and taken indoors, and it did not expire until three a.m. next day. The jury returned an open verdict of "Death from asphyxia," and left it to the police to discover how suffoca- tion was caused. When the case was first mentioned to Mr. Cecil Chapman at the police-court he was in favour of charging the prisoner with murder, but the Treasury decided to prefer the minor charge, and upon the application of Mr. William Lewis on Friday the warrant was granted by,Mr. Paul Taylor. Mr. Lewis hinted that the charge might develop into one of murder, but in view of the medical evidence at the inquest the magistrate was of opinion that the capital charge could not be supported. One remark- able feature of a somewhat extraordinary case was the fortitude displayed by the prisoner, who went to work as usual at a laundry on the day of the birth, but who subsequently nearly paid with her own life for her conduct. t

THE AMERICA CUP. I New York, Monday.—The "Sun" says that it has just been ascertained that the rudder of the Reliance was strained in one of her recent spins. It is hoped to have it repaired and replaced by to-day.-Central News. Oyster Bay, New York, Monday.—The Erin, conveying Sir Thomas Lipton to witness the review of the American fleet to-day, has arrived here. Sir Thomas, on the Erin's bridge, saluted each warship he went by. Sir Thomas will be entertained at lunch by Mr. Roosevelt on board the Presidential yacht Mayflower to-morrow.-Reuter. Reliance has arrived at the Erie Basin, New York, in order to dry dock and make ready for the races. Shamrock III. i,s prac- tically ready. Her underbody has been enamelled as smooth as glass, and -eflects the light like polished bronze. Captain Bevis, of Shamrock I., will be on board Shamrock III. during the Cup races, but Captain Wringe, of the challenger, will be in command. -Reuter.

DARING ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY. The Herefordshire and Monmouthshire police have been making inquiries into a mysterious robbery of jewellery at Cap House, Llangua, just over the Monmouthshire border of Here- fordshire. The mansion belongs to Colonel Scudamore, and is let for the season to Mr. and Mrs. A. W, Snow and family. Last week end between six and seven o'clock the family were playing tennis on the lawns, and the servants were all about the house. Shortly afterwards it was discovered that some daring and expert thief had got upstairs into the bed- rooms, and taken about £150 worth of jewel- lery from the cases. There was also missing from a handbag in the drawing room about 5s. in silver and two farthings. No one recol- lects seeing any stranger about, and the police have failed to discover any, trace of the pro- perty as yet

■g, SALE OF RACING TIPS. At Bow-street Police-court, London, on Saturday, John Barley, a newsvendor, appeared to an adjourned summons charging him with selling in a public street "The Special Race Card," a publication devoted wholly to giving information as to the pro- bable result of certain races. The case was originally before the court some months ago, and Mr. Fenwick then reserved his decision pending the result in the Court of Appeal of a similar case in respect of the sale of "Daily Sport." There were two points on which the defendant in that case appealed-viz., that the county council bye-law under which the pro- ceedings weIIÐ taken was "ultra vires," and also on a question of fact. The appeal w-as decided in favour of the defendant on the latter point. The question of law not being raised, the defendant pleaded guilty on the first occasion, and the magistrate now fined t him 40s., or twenty-one days' hard labour.

I WOMAN BURNED AT NEATH. I At Neath, on Saturday Mrs. Mary Jones, wife of Mr. John Jones, railway guard, living at 3, Florence-street, sustained serious injuries. It appears that she had placed a jar of bees- wax and turpentine on a gas stove for the pur- pose of melting the wax, when the jar became cracked by the heat. In her efforts to extin- guish the blaze caused by the melted way a portion of her apparel became ignited, and she received severe burns to the mouth, throat, and arms. Her screams attracted a large number of passers-by to her assistance, and Dr. Morris was immediately sent for.

I TO AVOID DOMESTIC MUTINY. I To a woman who pleaded that she had seven young children and that she could not control one boy, aged eleven, who was now charged with begging, the North London sti- pendiary, Mr. Cluer, on Saturday tendered this advice:—"If you cannot manage your children you should learn to do so by degrees. You should have had one child, and learn how to manage that one, instead of having a lot of children whom you cannot manage."

THIRD DEATH FROM SEA-SICKNESSI A steward on one of the Liverpool passen- ger steamers which run to Llandudno and the Menai Straits, died on Saturday as the result of seasickness. He was vomiting when he broke a blood vessel. A resident of Bangor, employed at Port Penrhyn, was so overcome by the sight that he died yesterday. This is the third death attributable to sea- sickness within eleven days.

AMERICAN COTTON CRISIS. I A telegram from Fall River (Mass.), says that the curtailment in the cotton mills this week will involve 540,000 spindles for the full week, and about 450,000 for a part of the week.— Reuter.

A BOY DROWNED. I While playing by the side of the Nith at I Dumfries yesterday Robert Callander, aged eleven, fell into the water and was drowned.

THX MOST ?ASHI<MfAJMJE BESTATTSANT & TRA I Booms is Wale#.—"Varied mmm, raflaed coofcary, and most modente prieM.—-Tha Dorothy. Hifh-st., CucWr,

if. Cochfarf's JI I Comments. — ■ V j We have not enjoyed ideal seasideo weather lately, but those who had the i necessary determination to continue their holidays near the briny beach over Satur- day last, and who had poetry enough ini their souls to appreciate the grandeur of the huge seas which rolled landwards before a westerly gale, were well re-paid for their decision. A walk from the Porthcawl Esplanade to the Sker Rocks when the wind was at its highest enabled" the early risers of Porthcawl to have, impressed on their minds a sight that was marvellously picturesque. Unfortunately, the first sign of rough weather causes most people to seek the friendly shelter of their boarding-houses, but the few who don thick clothing and substantial boots, and view from an advantageous position. such a war of the elements as visited our shores on Saturday, cannot say that a stormy August is altogether unenjoyable. The promoters of outdoor sports are great sufferers from the inclement rain,. nevertheless, and the members of the Taff Amateur Rowing Club had reason to bewail the drenching rain that interfered with their annual regatta at Llandaff on Saturday. The heavy flood in the River Taff made rowing against the current impossible for competitive purposes, but oarsmen and committee pluckily followed the programme 6f events; and, although the shadows of night were visible long before all the entrants had gone through their work, the greatest good humour pre- vailed, and the recipients of prizes had an enthusiastic reception. The exercise of rowing is becoming increasingly popular, and, as it is possible for persons of both sexes and almost every age to partici- pate in it, and it is one of the best aids to muscular development, the local rowing club ought to flourish exceedingly. One of the saddest sights in a British prison is that of a mother and her babe occupying the same cell. It is not an unusual sight, however, and, loth as I am to express the opinion, it is about the only time many such children receive sufficient motherly attention. A mother committed to prison when she has a child at her breast is permitted to make her cell a nursery also, and often, when I have seen, an angel face peep out of a cradle in a corner of these places of custody, and then turned to the mother to ask the familiar questions about the age, sex, &c., of the little one, and examined the card that is placed outside every cell door, where is recorded the cause of the detention of thai mother, I have wondered how any mother' could be associated with crime whilst pos- sessing such a heaven-sent gift as a. beautiful baby. These were my reflec- tions when I read of Margaret Drew's treatment of her six months old child at Newport, who had been with her for one month in Usk Gaol. Margaret Drew was sent back to Usk Prison for three months' imprisonment for "assaulting, neglecting, and exposing her six months' old illegitimate child." "She threw the child on the ground in order to protect herself, and threw the child's bottle at the men." And yet, pro- bably, sordid as the words between inverted commas may be, the public would, undoubtedly, divide their syrn, pathies between Margaret Drew and her illegitimate child if the whole of her life were told. Accused had, been previously cautioned as to the treatment of the child, | which before its month in prison was in an emaciated state," and so the prison proved to Baby Drew the most hospitable institution it had met during its young life. Baby Drew has now been taken from its mother and removed to Newport Work- house, and may become one of the chil- dren whom I mentioned lately in this column who have everything to gain if they never meet their nursing parent any more. I have seen the finger of scorn pointed at children with a similar history, and words of calumny used towards them -j when, in spite of their early environment, they become successful in the race of life. May Baby Drew live to experience a more, practical Christianity. Mr. D. Rhys Phillips, of Oxford, in the "Aberpergwm Church Quarterly," bewails the disappearance of the can serch" (love song), which, like the harp, has been banished to the public-houses in Wales. He asks, How many of the pretty daughters of Cwm Nedd—(and of Glamor- ganshire generally, let me add)—now take delight in warbling 'Y Deryn Pur' or 'Ffani Blodau'r Ffair' when at their morning toilet or milking cows on the hillside? Here in England (Oxford) the Welsh airs are considered worthy of some- thing more than patronising attention. Even the street organ rouses one's blood to martial pitch as it picturesquely rolls out the battle cry- 'Harlech, Harlech, cwyd i'w herlid,' &c." I. am glad to be able to tell Mr. Phillips that milkmaids in Mid-Glamorgan have not entirely forgotten native music, as I heard the words of Y Ferch o Lan Taf warbled by a milkmaid recently, but, unlike Mr. Phillips, I did not wait to take down the words of this once popular folk- song, the first words of which are- 0 gwrando, fy seren gysurus," &c. • But with what a feeling of disappoint- ment have I witnessed the impromptu gatherings, which are so familiar to { visitors to Welsh seaside resorts, take up third-rate kiusic-hall songs to while away si a summer evening, although local associa- tions ought to have suggested to them native airs. There is occasionally a varia- tion in favour of Aberystwyth," which popular tune, but sometimes hackneyed, was the sole music affected by a large crowd of young men and maidens on the Porthcawl Green on three successive nights last week, and tins within sight of Sker House, which should have suggested an attempt, at* any rate, at singing the air of "The Maid of Sker." The only Welsh air I have heard at Porthcawl during a fortnight's stay is "Y Deryn Pur," sung by an English young lady who has taken the trouble of learning the Welsh words as well as the musio. of that delightful song. The district of Porth- cawl is as rich in poetic and musical tradi- tions as any part of Wales; and cannot some local patriot turn the minds of the visitors to these sources of interest, which are sadly needed now that the season is so broken and everybody troubled what to do with themselves during wet and stormy evenings.