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CHEPSTOW. PETTY SESSIONS, TUESDAY. COMMITTBD TO THB AssizEs. -Frederick Neale, of Caldicot, and his wife, Louise, were summoned for receiving various articles, including Crown Derby plates, knowing them to have been stolen, the property of Mr C. E. Lewis, of Moynes Court, near Chepstow.—At the previous Court, Emma Neale, defendants' daughter, was sent to prison for three months for stealing the tbings.-Neale and his wife were committed for trial at the next Aoeizes, bail being allowed. A HEARTLES8 PATHEB. William Vaughan was charged with wilfully neglecting his three children, aged respectively ten years, seven years, and a year and seven months, at Tintern.—Mr Lyndon Moore prosecuted on behalf of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.—Defendant pleaded guilty. It was stated that defendant could earn 24s a week by working on Brockweir Bridge, but he preferred his ferret, dog, and drink to work, and during the last two months only gave his wife 18s ot 19s with which to keep himself and the family. The wife's parents, themselves paupers, helped them with what they could, the old woman walking two miles to take the children bread. Often there was no food in the house, and they had recourse to such bread and food as they could pick up in the gutters, which the mother boiled up for the little ones, but even that the father took from them and gave to his dog. The Bench imposed the maximum sentence in their power-six months' hard labour.

MONMOUTH. POLICE COURT, THURSDAY. SMAKT GAVTUBB.—Charles Smith, 30, a tramping labourer, pleaded guilty to breaking into the shop, of Mr F. Franklin, general dealer, Trelleck, on October 25th. and stealing two pairs of boots, two pairs of stockings, two tins of corned beef, one tin of condensed milk, four handkerchiefs, &c., value £ 1 18«.—P.C. Morgan, stationed at Trelleck, was passing the village just before midnight, when he saw a light in the shop, and, knowing that Mr Franklin did not live on the premises, he investigated, and found a window had been broken open. He then saw prisoner in the sbop. When charged at the station prisoner replied, h I know all about it. I have been travelling up and down the country, and can't get work. I would sooner steal than beg."—Prisoner, who had nothing to say, was committed for trial at the next Assizes.

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PONTYPOOL. POLICE COURT, SATURDAY. AFTER A TROTTINO MATCH.—William Hughes, farmer, of Upper Houte, near Llatielly Church, Breconshire, and Gwilym Thomas Jenkins, George Hotel, Blackwood, were summoned for obstruction by racing on ibe highway at New Inn on the 5th of October.-P.C. Brown said that at 5 p.m. on the date in question he saw the defendants engaged in a trotting match on the main road leading from Pontypool and Newport, between Lower New Inn and Race Farm, Croesyceilog. They were travelling at a rate of 16 miles an hour. Lined up along the road were a number of vehicles, pedestrians, and horsemen. Only Hughes appeared and he pleaded guilty.-Ibe Bench fined the defendants 10s each. SENT TO THB ASSIZBS.—Richard Parr, a tramp- ing collier, was again placed in the dock, charged with stealing a bicycle, value jE2 10s, the property of A. H. Bissez, Oaborne-road, Pontypool. Prisoner, who gave himself up to Detective- Sergeant Gretton, at Cardiff, called at the prosecutor's shop on the llth inst., and borrowed a cycle for an hour on the pretence of going to the railway station. He did not return, but rode to Newport and sold the machine to Charles Ander, boarding-house keeper. 94, Commercial-road, for 91 15s. Prisoner pleaded guilty, but desired to be sent for trial at the Assizes. The Bench granted the request. DIIS)IRTION. -Frederick Rapson, a painter, of Pontnewynydd. was summoned for deserting his five children.—Mr Watkins, clerk to the guardians, said that when Mr Malibpant, the relieving officer, called at the prisoner's house to take his wife to the asylum, prisoner was not there at the time, and the children had to be subsequently removed to the Workhouse. Prisoner had made no inquiries about the children, although he had been living at Cwmbran with two elder children under the name of Claude Meredith. They cost the guardians X16 10s. Prisoner gave evidence on his own behalf, and said that during the latter part of June be was working at Ebbw Vale, returning home every Saturday. On the Saturday after his wife was taken away he found hia home had been broken up. When be left home he took to the house plenty of food, and when the relieving officer took the children to the Workhouse there was half a shoulder of mutton, vegetables, and bread in the cupboard. He was now in wnrk at Owmbran, and would pay back to the guardians by instalments every penny spent on the children. He was also prepared to take the children out of the Work- house and provide them with a proper home.—The Bench decided to adjourn the case for a fortnight so that Rapson could find a home for his family.

CURRENT TOPICS. OUR MERCHANT NAVY. I Among the questions which the Trafalgar centenary celebrations have caused to be discussed is that of the personnel of our merchant navy, of whom only about a fourth are British. This is a very serious matter. In the first place, a large number of our own people are excluded from employment, and in the second, the position is fraught with peril to the country, and to our commerce in time of war. Were Britain confronted by any formidable coalition of Powers she would probably require for the Royal Navy as many as she could enlist of the British seamen now manning the mercantile marine, and the small number of British left on board could scarcely prevent the foreigners from taking possession of the ship and handing it over to the enemy. In order to remove this anomaly it has been suggested that additional training ships should be provided at the cost of the State, but the Secretary of the Marine Society has pointed out that his Society, which is supported by invested nnrl rnlnnf.flrv nnntrihufmna haa .£uu\.& ""&A "&.a'J -u, room for many more boys than it is able to train with its present financial resources. The boys are not wanting, and with increased funds the Society could readily add to the supply of young sailors; but these apparently are not the only points to which attention should be given. To compel British shipowners to employ British seamen would be rather a strong measure and yet experience goes to shew that without either remuneration or compulsion owners cannot be induced to train boys on board their ships, or to refuse the cheaper services of Lascars and other foreigners. SCOTSMEN AND THEIR (YAPITAL CITY. Mr Balfour, in the happy speech in which he acknowledged the presentation of the freedom of Edinburgh, discussed the reasons why Scotsmen are so much attached to the capital city. This is a question which Mr Balfour, himself a Scotsman, is fully competent to speak upon, and it is evident that he spoke with sympathetic appreciation of the patriotic feeling which all Scotsmen here and abroad feel for the capital of their native country. The most obvious cause for this enthusiasm is found in the fact that Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful and picturesque cities in the world. As one of Scotland's greatest sons, Sir David Wilkie, said, ° Here are alike the beauties of Prague and of Salzburg; here are the romantic sites of Orvietto and Tivoli; and here is all the magnificence of the admired bays of Genoa and Naples." But. as the Prime Minister pointed out, there is some- thing more than this. The modern Athens, partly ancient, and partly new, stands in the minds of Scotsmen for two things. It speaks of the romantic history of the whole country, the gallant struggle for indepen- dence, and, as essentially representative of the Scotland of former times, it re-calls to mind events in which it had no part. And the modern portion of the city may be regarded aa representing the victories of Scotsmen in the arts of speech and learning, the services rendered to mankind by such men as those of whom Mr Balfour spoke as having obtained a world-wide reputation. SIR HENRY IRVING. I The funeral of Sir Henry Irving took I place a day later, but, so far as the masses are concerned, the date was when the remains of the great actor were removed from Lady Burdett-Coutts' house to the Chapel of St. Faith. Fully an hour before the hearse was due to arrive, a large crowd of people of all sorts and conditions had assembled at Dean's Yard, and, before the cortege paased, the streets from Stratton- street to the Abbey were lined by many thousands of sympathetic spectators. There was evidently no doubt in the minds of all these people as to the appropriatene8 of the interment taking place in Westminster Abbey. Objection has been taken by some persons to the burial of an actor within the great national shrine, but it must be remembered that Sir Henry Irving repre- sented the highest form of dramatic art, that whatever he touched he adorned, and that in no small degree he helped to elevate ibe public taste above the so-called comedies, with no very scrupulous regard for decency, which were the popular favourites at the moment when with meteoric suddenness he won his way to a foremost place among the distinguished actors of his time. THB CZAR'S MANIFESTO. I The world has welcomed the conciliatory manifesto in which the Czar proclaimed the peace between Russia and Japan, and referring to his former foes as a brave and mighty enemy contemplated a development of peace and good neighbour- co liness with the Japanese Empire, now become our friend." If Russia were to arrange an alliance with her late enemy it would not be the first time that such a thing had occurred in the history of Russia, but in all the circumstances it does not seem at all likely that the reconciliation will proceed so far as that. There must be some limit to the number of alliances, and both Russia and Japan have already cemented alliances with which they are well content. Any further rapprochements of this nature might possibly lead to complications, unless indeed Britain, France, Japan, and Russia, all entered upon a combination, which is not at all probable. The most important point seems to be that-owing almost entirely to the magnamimity of the Mikado- the late belligerents are likely to live on terms of possible concord. That is a gain to the world, and a victory for the cause of civilisation and enlightenment. The only pity is that such an agreement was not arrived at before, without the waste of hundreds of millions of money and tens of thousands of lives. "TALK DIVIDES, WORK UNITES." I At the annual meeting of the Church of England Men's Society, there was one remark of the Bishop of Stepney which was received with more marked enthusiasm than anything that was said in the course of the evening, even by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who honoured the Society by taking the chair. We are" said the Bishop, weary with the ceaseless wrangling of parties within the English Church." It is well that this repugnance, which is felt by very many people, should be expressed by a man of the stamp of the Bishop of Stepney, who has already obtained a great reputation in the Church of England, and, if he lives, will attain to a much higher position than he at present occupies. The remedy which the right rev. speaker suggested for this hampering disunion is a common work for the Glory of God and the good of men. As he put it aphoristically on a former occasion Talk divides, work unites." CLEANLINESS IN THB DAIRY. I The public thanks are due to the Board of Agriculture for the leaflet which they have published on Cleanliness in the Dairy." One is glad to know that in very many cases the most scrupulous attention is given to this matter, but that there are many dairies which leave much to be desired in respect of sanitary precautions, is indicated by the reports occasionally published by local authorities in reference to the condition of farms to which attention has been especially directed by the outbreak of typhoid. It is perfectly true, as the Board remark, that in many cases the only water available for cleansing is contained in stagnant ponds, while at the same time the utensils used for milking, and for the subsequent diatribution. are far from clean. It is to the interest of the dairy farmer, as well as of the consumer, that these and other such points should receive attention. INDIAN PAGEANTS. The Royal visit to India will no doubt be productive of many splendid pageants, such as will appeal to the imagination of the natives, and reward the thousands of visitors from Britain who have either arrived already in India or are on their way to that country. Among the most imposing of the spectacles will be the military operations at Rawsl Pindi, on the North West Frontier, where 50,000 men-the flower of the British and native armies, will be encamped. From the standpoint of the great military nations of the Continent there is nothing remark- able in the assembly of 50,000 men, but these operations, wherein British and native troops will combine, will have a character of their own, and will no doubt be regarded with very exceptional interest.

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FACTS AND FANCIES. Whbn it is completed, the great Siberian Railway will be the longest in the world. THBBB are nearly 6,000,000 acres of waste land to this country which are capable of being cultivated. TII. great field of crystallised salt at Salton, Cal., in the middle of the Colorado desert, is 264ft. below the level of the sea, and is more than 1,000 aerps in extent. Its surface is as white as snow, and when the sun is shining its brilliance is too dazzling for the eye. The field is constantly supplied by the many salt springs in the adjacent foothills. POPULATION or THE PHILIPPINES. The density of population in the Philippines is sixty-seven per square mile. The inhabitants are usually found on or near the coast, except in the island of Luzon, where about half the people live in the two rich valleys in the interior. Only one- seventh of the civilised population live inland, but the wild peoples are confined almost entirely to the interior. In the archipelago there are 13,400 barrios or villages, with an average population of 500 inhabitants. The average size of the barrio varies widely in different provinces. A number of adjacent barrios form a pueblo or municipal unit, and thus there is practically no rural population. Three-fifths of the population live in villages of less than 1,000 inhabitants, and 4 per cent. in towns of over 5,000. There are four towns with a popu- lation exceeding 10,000 each,,and thirty-five with a population exceeding 5,000. Manila is the only incorporated city in the islands, and its inhabitants number 219,928. 40

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St. Petersburg Quiet. St. Petersburg, Friday. Everything is quiet this mornings Many of the shops are closed", and: cavalry detachments patrol all the- streets in the industrial quarter.

I Alleged Railway Theft. At Reigate, to-day, Ernest, Lambourne, a goods guard and municipal labour candidate, was remanded on a charge of stealing7 goods from the South Eastern Railway. I ——-SBBBBSBgBg»

Naval Lieutenant Court Martialled. At Portsmouth, Lieutenant Nasmith, of the Submarine .A.4". which met with mishap recently,, was tried by court martial.

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USK. [ COUNTY COURT, THURSDAY WEEK. 1 Before His Honour Judge Owm. I THE INCOMING TENANT. I Mary Etheridge, widow, Usk, sued Henry Wood- ley, landlord of the Lamb and Flag Beerhouse, Usk, for L12, balance of JE17 due for furniture. Mr A. H. Watkins, solicitor, Usk and Pontypool, appeared for plaintiff, the owner of the property and, until recently, the occupier, who said that Woodley, on becoming the tenant, agreed to pay her .£17 for certain furniture there. He had paid 14 and £1 on account. Defendant said he agreed to take the furniture for E17 if it was all right. His Honour pointed out that he had had time to see to that, and, at intervals, had paid £4 and El. Woodley said that was for 22 chairs, a table, and a bench. The beds were verminous, and he had asked plaintiff to take the things away. Wm. H. Etheridge, plaintiff's son, said Woodley went. through the furniture for disposal at the house, and agreed to pay j617 for it. He had not made any complaint about it. His Honour gave judgment for the plaintiff, and asked defendant how he would pay it, Mr Watkins asked for judgment forthwith, as Woodley was about to transfer the house, and for costs. His Honour ordered payment forthwith, and allowed the costs of the two witnesses and solicitor. A FRIENDLY SOCIETY CASE. Thomas Day, Usk, sued the Friend-in-Need (Usk) Lodge of the Merthyr Unity Philanthropic Institution for E9 10s., sick pay due Mr A. H. Watkins appeared for the Lodge, and, in reply to the Judge, said his defence was the usual one in such cases, viz., that, according to the -rules of the Lodge, the matter should be referred to arbitration. In reply to His Honour, plaintiff said he had been a member of the Lodge over 50 years, and he ]mew the rules. His Honour: Do you know Rule 46, about dis- putes being referred to arbitration ? It is common to all these Lodges. Plaintiff: I demanded an arbitration three times, and they have refused it. His Honour (to Mr Watkins): Have you refused ? Mr Watkins: No, your Honour. Why did you pay him jE7 IOs,7-We paid him -part, apld then there were reasons for stoppage. Plaintiff, replying to his Honour, said the refusals "were not in waiting, but were given by the Secre- --tary, Mr Joseph Whitton. The Secretary, sworn, said there was a dispute .vsabout plaintiff's sick pay, but he had never applied :for arbitration. His Honour said he thought that if arbitration iad been refused he would have power to deal with -the case, but otherwise he would not, as the rules <of the Society-which were not in the interests of -the lawyers—(laughter)—said such disputes should be settled by arbitration. The Secretary denied, on oath, that arbitration had been asked for and refused, and he must non-suit plaintiff, with costs :for the Society. A VAGUE COUNTER-CLAIM. Edward J. Williams, Pentwyn Farm, Llangeview, sued Philip Lewis, of the same parish, for 22s., for hauling a load of hay and for four days' work and Lewis counter-claimed for E2 6s. 4d. for working part of two days, 22 hours, and damage for work and cottage garden." Mr W. J. Everett, solicitor, Pontypool, appeared for Williams. The claim was admitted, and Mr Everett said he had given Lewis notiee to furnish further particu- lars as to the counter-claim, which he could not -understand. This had not been done, and His Honour also confessed his inability to grasp the nature of Lewis's claim. In the result, he gave judgment for Williams for s., at 4s. a month, and struck out the counter- claim, giving Lewis liberty to bring a new action, if he were so advised, and remarking that everyone -was entitled to know what the claim against him meant. 'I

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TREDEGAR. POLICE COURT, TUESDAY. THEFT OF A BANK BOOK. Arthur Davies, collier, a native of Abergavenny and working at Rhymney, was brought up in custody charged with stealing a Post Office Bank-book, value X10. the property of Arthur Gough, at Rhymney, on the 18th met. Prisoner was remanded in custody for a week for the purpose of ascertaining the intentions of the General Post Office authorities. If the case is taken up by them prisoner will in due course be banded over to the Glamorgan Police, as the money was withdrawn at Pontlottyn. The Bench declined to accept bail.

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Proposed Board of Anglers for South Wales. The third annual dinner of the Newport Anpling Association was held at the New Bridge Inn, on Saturday. Mr E. E. Micholla presided over a lare attendance. Mr W. P. Price, in a happy speech, proposed the Bute Angling Society, which he said was the father of the Newport Angling Association. He had never met a finer body of sportsmen than the Bute anglers. (Applause). Councillor Mttnder, Cardiff, in responding, advocated a continuance of the matches between the clubs, not so much for the sake of competition, but more for the pleasure of spending social evenings together. Pollution of rivers, he proceeded, was becoming worse every year. Rivers were also being poached, which with other uofitir methods would compel anglers to go outside the immediate counties for their Ashing Mr J. England gave the Newport Angling Association. Mr E. E. Micholls responded, and promised to do all he could for the association. Mr T. Cole, chairman of the association, also responded, and advocated the formation of a board to govern the whole of the angling clubs in South Wales. With a strong board they would be able to deal more effectively with river pollution and poaching. Mr o. G. Easten, secretary Glamorgan Club. said a meeting would be called immediately to form the suggested board. Mr J. H. Brown proposed "The Press," and other toasts followed.

Poor Fishing Season in the Wye. Mr J. Hotchkis presided at a meeting of the Wye Conservators at Hereford, on Saturday. Mr A. Sparrow enclosed a letter which he had written to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries attributing the diminution of salmon to the spread of Canadian weed in the Wye. The Chairman said he had replied denying that the weed was Canadian or that it was the cause of auy decrease in salmon. The Executive Committee reported that there had been a very good early run of salmon. Owing- to want of freshes since May until lately, the rod fishing had gone off, and altogether, from the top to the bottom of the river, the season had been a very poor one. Trout had not been a good season owing to want of water, it was believed, and there was a considerable falling off in the am-unt paid for licence duty.

Double Inquest. The double inquest on the bodies of the two victims of the Hampshire wayside tragedy was held at Bramdean, near Alres- ford, on Thursday, when a doctor deposed that although the murderer, Jewell, had a small stab wound in the throat, death was actually due to poisoning by cyanide of potassium. The jury found that Jewell murdered Ethel Mary Peeling, the cyclist) and then feloniously killed himself.

The Tzar and Tzarina's Movements. Paris, Friday. It is reported that the Tsar willC remain at Peterhof in consequence- of the gravity of the situation. The Empress will go to the Danisb- Court with the Tsarowitz.

The Japanese Cruiser Squadron. Paris, Friday. A Milan telegram says that the- ZD Japanese Cruiser Squadron will visit the Mediterranean in Feb- ruary.

Archbishop of York Iucb Better. The Archbishop of York is much better to-day after a good nighty but the Doctors have ordered hirlt. complete rest for a time.

Died from Plague. Mr James Francis Henderson, Superintendent Engineer, has died at Chinde, British Central Africa,, fro m plague. ,j

I Russian Compositors Strike. St. Petersburg, Friday. The compositors of several papers have struck work, and it is- expected that no papers will appear to-morrow.

I Discharged. Robert Decker, charged at Liver- pool with receiving stolen bank notes, was to-day discharged.

Wreck off Heligoland. The Spanish steamer Zaria has- been wrecked off Heligoland. Twenty men were saved, but nine- perished.