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LONDON LETTER. I
LONDON LETTER. Specially Wired. By Our Own Correspondent. -.J.- 7 LONDON, Wednesday. t paid a visit to-day to a well-known leader in the political world in London. Her talk was all about Lord Iddesleigh, who was one of her oldest and most intimate personal friends. He was to dine with her this evening, and then she expected to hear all about the recent differences of opinion between himself and Lord Salisbury. Indeed, while I was present she sept down to ask if any note had come from him. I left her house at six o'clock, and as I drove through the streets my eye was caught by the black letters on the placards of the evening papers announcing that Lord Iddesleigh A,as dead. The news will bring a shock to the whole political world. There are many more important man, but there was scarcely one who had so large a cumber of personal friends and personal admirers, irrespec- tive of political differences. I have seen him in Parliament for a great many years, and I never remember a single occasion on which he did not seek to act the part both of gentleman and patriot. The sadness of the event will no doubt be greatly increased by the circumstances which im- mediately preceded it. I was astounded to lind the bitterness of feeling which his supercession had created in the Conservative party. There are many Conservatives who were yesterday and to- day declaring that his dismissal had done the Government more mischief even than the resigna- tion of Lord Kandolph Churchill. A prominent Conservative gentleman of my acquaintance de- scribed the Ministry as "foundering in port," and all because of the bitterness of feeling which the latest blunder of the Marquis of Salisbury had created. The other CGIUZBU3 uf yuur paper will contain long notices of the deceased statesman. Sunicett for me here to say that he was a man who did less than justice to himself in his public utterances. He was dull and pM-y in bLsspeechss, and yet in private he was known as an excellent story teller, and still more as au utterer of excellent epigrams anJ of delightful jokes. Of couice it would ba unfair to hold any- body responsible for tho death of Lord Iddesleigh, but in politics people are not very reasonable, and his sudden taking oft will be partially attributed to the worries and annoyances which be suffered during the last few days. D ven the fact that he was about to visit the Marquis of Salisbury to discuss the unpleasant rela- tions that had arisen between them will, doubt- less, strike the public mind, and accentuate tragically the manner in which ha had been treated. Up to the present I don't know to what the doctors ascribe his death, but for years past it was notorious that he had a weak heartland the voyage be took some years ago with Mr W. H. Smith was caused by an excessive weakness of that organ. When he returned from this voyage I heard from an intimate friend of his that be was not so much benefitted as his family could desire, and be was still in a very poor state of health. Even the repose of the House of Lords did not save him. Probably the disease had gMe too far for that. The great topic of discussion during the day has been the speoch of Prince Bismarck. The gloomy view he takes of the immediate future will not be any surprise to your readers, as I was able, many weeks ago, to give you an account of a conversation which a German journa- listic friend of mine bad with Prince Bis- marck's son. I fitid considerable difference of opinion here in different circles as to what the speech really portends. The city, as you will doubtless be told by yam- financial writer?, has taken the address very calmly, regarding the language as oratorical exaggeration intended to puslithrough an unpopular military list. Tiie verdict of the city is certamly very important. There are many men to whom an outbreak of war would be as disastrous now as it was in 1270, when men starting in the morning with fortunes cf £80,060 were paupers by the afternoon. On the other hand, in high political circles here the opinion prevailed that the speech was so violently provocative in the hope of excit- ing France to war, as one keen politician ex- pressed it—that it looked very much as if Prince Bismarck was trailing the tail of his coat asking somebody to tread on it. The movement in favour of Lord Randolph Churchill is on the increase. To-day again the papers contain extracts of more than one speech by members of the Tory party who speak more favourably of Lord Randolph than was the fashion a couple of weeks ago. I find that there is a good deal more sympathy for him in private among the Tories than tiods expression in public. He hss succeeded in convincing a good many people that there is a great deal more in his ubjections to the administration of the spending department than was at first believed. Then beyond all doubt his progressive policy is seen by the Tories to be the one possible line of tactics that will succeed with the present democracy. He still adhercp, I understand, to his intention of opening the session with a. tremendous defence of his position, and I have already pointed out to you the effect that such a speech will have upon the eitna'tiun. From conversations I have had within the past few days, I am more than ever convinced of the irretrievable damage Lord Salisbury has done himself. Tories now talk ot him going round with his cap in hand begging for support from all quarters of the world, and they reflect that if Lord Randolph had been at the bead of affairs, be would not have adopted such tactics. He would have had the courage to go on with his own party and risk the consequences. The decision of Mr Goschen to stand for Liverpool was not altogether arrived at voluntarily. I believe there is no doubt he would himself have preferred to stand for Oxford University, but whon the matter was looked into, difficulties arose. Of these, the principal was' the suspicion among the county clergymen, v-ho form the majority of the constituency, that he was not altogether sound upon the question of the Church. I believe Mr Goschen does not intcnd to take a rery active part in the contest himself. The office on which be has entered is usually' rather light in its work, but wo are approaching the financial year, and. accordingly, Mr Gosciieu has to attend very closely to business. The Lord Chief Justice of Ireland has at last •ned. His continuance in cffice was little less thm a public scandal. For many months past he has been so deaf, and also so stupid, as not to have the least idea of what was going on in his urt A case of assault and battery he was constantly imagining to be one of breach of promise of marriage, and he was in this way con- stantly affording amusement to his colleagues and to the public. The Liberals should make an earnest demand that the number of judges in Ireland should be reduced, and that no new appointments should be made. Already the bench of that country is over-manned to a very great extent, and if Mr Goschen be only half sconomically inclined as Lord R. Churchill, the opportunity will be seized to relieve the imperial exchequer. of ona of its many unnecessary burdens. A good story comes to me about Wilson Barrett io America. While be was playing -C,Iauclian"iu Boston, a six-year-old boy, who had been taking a small part in the play, approached the star during an intermission, and said, Say, Mr Barrett, do all these people come to the theatre just to see yon! Doat some of them come to see me!" Mr Barrett's answer is not recordo-d. I ,Sir it. r,. Grant Duff will soon be among ns Again. He (Ines not seem, in spita of his great abilities" to !JYe jrt a nntvarsnliy favourable ;rn.4aiu«t ,\Lidn»s. The Pioneer lecently ■eviewing his career, useii the remarkably forcible • llilllllfiTL- pLraaoIugy "that his heil was paved with good intentions." The Bombay Gazclite finds fault with this phrase as dealing roughly, not only with Sir M. E. Grant Duff, but also with the familiar proverb. To say that "his hell was paved with good intentions," says that paper, "is to refuse a locus penilenUct to a man who is the more deserving of one, inasmuch as according to his enemies he has so much to repent of. The old saying reads best in its old form, and is moreover fairer to the reprobate. Sir M. E. Grant Duff may have paved a downward path with good intentions but be has not reached his place of destination, and it is premature for the Pioneer, unless it has special information on the subject, to tell us about the pavement thereof. LATKR. The further particulars I have rtcoived of the circumstances attending the death of Lord Iddesleigh increase its tragic features. It is now known that lie had spent the time in his office in tearing up papers connected with his department. The universal impression is that this meant a firm resolve to reject the entreaties which it is known Lord Salisbury meant to use towards him in order to induce his return to office, and thereby heal up a dangerous split in the party. Tho in- terview to which Lord Iddesleigh was g'jing, and which Lord Salisbury was expecting, must have been looked forward to by Luth with a certain degree of painful agitation. Lord Salisbury had to explain awny au act of gross dis- courtesy to an old friend, and Lord Iddesleigh liad to prove that there was a point beyond which even his patient euduraues of undeserved slights would not go.* The effect of this sudden inter- vention of the fell sergeant Death must have been very great on Lord Salisbury, whose nerves are not of the strongest, and, from the indications I have already seen, has done much to increase the already deep bitterness of feeling which exists in poor Lord Iddssleigh's family towards the Prime Minister.
THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.
THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. Meeting in St James's Palace. An influential meeting in furtherance of the scheme of an Imperial Institute of the United Kingdom, tho Colonies, and India, was held on Wednesday in the btn(: of T ,u L Palace, uuder the presidency of the Prince of Wales. There was a larsre attendance, including Prince Albert Victor, Lord Herschell, the Earl of Carnarvon, Earl Spencer, Sir Henry James, M.P., Mr Mundeila, M.P., Mr H. Fowler, M.P., £$ir Frederick Leightou, Sir Lyon PJavfair, Sir Charles Tupper, Sir Saul Samuel, and other representatives of the colonies', and the mayors of most of the provincial towns. The Prince of WALUS said the meeting was aware of the general feeling of the public that some signal proof of the love and loyalty of her Majesty's subjects should be giveu to the Queen when she celebrated the 50th year of her happy reign. (Cheers.) In order to afford the Queen the fullest satisfaction the proposed memorial should not ba merely personal in its character, but tend to serve the interests of the entire empire, and promote a feeling of unity among the whole of her Majesty s subjects. The desire to find a fitting means of drawing our colonies and India into closer bonds with the mother country, a desire which of late had been clearly expressed, met, he was sure, with the Queen's warmest sympathy. (Cheers.) It occurred to Lim that the recent Colonial and Indian Exhibition, which presented a most successful display of material resources of the colonies and India, might suggest a basis for an institute which should afford a permanent representation of the products and manufactures of the whole of the Queen's dominions. A committee of entinent men was appointed. It reported, and he ac- j cepted its suggestions. By this institute every- one would become acquainted with the marvel lous growth of the Queen's colonial and Indian possessions during her reign, and how steadily they had advanced in manufacturing skill and enterprise. (Cheers.) This representative insti- tute must necessarily be situated in London, but its organisation would confer benefits equally upon provincial communities us well as the colonial and Indian subjects of the Crown. The institute would form a practical moans of communication between colonial subjects and those persons at home who might benefit by emigration. The practical skill of the productive classes of the empire would he advanced. He therefore com- mended the idea of the institute to them. (Cheers.) To some minds the scheme might not be suffi- ciently comprehensive, because it did not provide for systematic courses of technical instruction in connection with the collections and libraries of the proposed institute, but it was felt that the insti- tute should be a supplement to and not a com- tute should be a supplement to and not a com- petitor with other institutions for technical educa- tion in science and art. At the same time he hoped the institute would stimulate and aid local efforts by directing scholarships for the working classes into suitable channels, and by other similar means. (Cheers.) The institute would be a place of study and re- sort for producers and consumers from the colo- nies and India, as well as for the manufacturers and merchants ot the United Kingdom. From his close relationship with the Queen there was no impropriety in hie saying that if her subjects desired to express their love and loyalty, the Queen would specially welcome this institute. (Cheers.) Marl SPENCEB proposed N resolution affirming that the Imperial Institute would, as an emblem of the unity of the empire and an exponent of its industries and commercial resources, be a national memorial fitting to commemorate the completion of the fiftieth year of the Queen's reign. He said they had to celebrate the jubilee of an illustrious personal, beloved and revered over the whole empire. (Cheers.) Her Majesty had been an example not only to her subjects but as a consti- tutional monarch to all the sovereigns of the world. He dwelt on the progress of education and the incroased happiness and prosperity of the working classes during the Queen's reign. Sometimes they were divided by party feeling, but they were all in favour of tho unity and strength of the empire. (Cheers.) The Lord Provost of EDINBURGH seconded the resolution, which was cordially carried. Lord HAMPDEN proposed than on appeal be made to the subjects of the Queen throughout her Majesty's dominions to give generous support to the establishment and maintenance of the Imperial Institute. After speaking of their appreciation of, and loyalty to, her Majesty, he suggested that every household throughout the Queen's dominion should be invited to respond to the appeal. He was delighted to hear that the institute might extend its benefits to the pro vincea. He gathered that it was one of the objects in view. The resolution was seconded by the'Lord Mayor of YORK, and carried unanimously. The Lord Mayor of LONDON moved that the best thanks of the meeting be expressed to the Prince of Wales for his exertions in framing and presenting the scheme of an imperial institute, which in the opinion of the meeting would, when established, confer great and important benchts on tho subjects of the 'Queen. He thought the institute was the natural outcome of those exhibitions the Prince bad presided over during the last four years, and which bad been of so much advantage to many millions of her Majesty's subjects. (Cheers.) The Mayor of NKWCASTLE-ON-TTNE seconded the resolution. He believed good information available to manufacturers, emigrant?, and capitalists respecting the colonies, would do more to remedy industrial stagnation than any- thing else. The vote was cordially passed, and The PRINOE of WALES returned thanks. He expressed deep gratitude for the presence of so many influential provincial gentlemen, and his conviction they would assist in making the institute worthy of the eirpire. I MEETING AT THE MANSION HOUSE The Lord Mayor presided at a Mansion House meeting held in support of a national memorial of the jubilme.. Earl Granville, in moving the first resolution, urging voluntary efforts, said the object of the meeting was intercommunication with the representatives of every part of her Majesty's dominions, with the view to celebrate in a worthy manner the fifty. glorious years which constituted her reign.—Mr Plunket, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was carried with two dissentients.—Mr Goschen proposed a reso- lution advocating an Imperial Institute framed under the direction of the Prince of Wales, as tho best means of commemorating the jubilee, which was seconded by Mr Mundella.-Lord Iddesleigh telegraphed his inability to attend through tion.-Al. th» close ofthe mtiT: subscriptions wera announced :o the amciup hi
MRS GER RI'SH'S | GRIEVANCE.…
MRS GER RI'SH'S GRIEVANCE. Maj be I'd go to Boston with ycu, Wairen, if urged," said young Mrs Gerrish, archly, stand- ing on tiptoe to smooth down her lnuband'j nodding sc.dp lock. It's late to think of it, Loo lute altogether," cried Mr Gerrish, in haste, rushing to his desk and scattering the papers like a Dakota. blizzard. Where's my bank book ? Seen it, Mabel There, Warren I forgot to tell you. I thought it would be safer behind the clock. "Safer behind the fiddlesticks, cogitated the annoyed husband, as he tipped over the timepiece in layincr hold of the missing property; but being a gentleman, he merely remarked impressively that ten to one he should lose the train. "Ifd only eight, Warren. You've half all hour." "But I've—I've something to attend to before going to the station," he stammered, obviously embarrassed. Oh I" Mrs Gerrish dropped her questioning brown eyes, flushing hotly. Why did her hus- band reject her proffered company And what was this mysterious errand that he would not tell of? Good-by, wifelcin. Take care of ycurstlt till I see you," ho added, in a friendlier tone, as he jumped into his carriage. Well, I must say 1" ejaculated the little lady, frowning after tho retreating vehicle. But she did not say it. Instead, she set the clock on its legs again, and fell to musing. She was sorry she had vexed Warrsn by meddling with his bank book, but he need not have been so cross. did he wiiit of tiie book anyway? Had he not only yesterday told her that he didn't owe a cent in the world ? And why—this was a vital query—why had he gone off without her, too preoccupied to snatch a good- bye kis,, ? Last week he had left her behind in the same way. She wouldn't have minded the neg- lect so much if it had not afterwards come to her ears that he had gone straight from her to Miss Ebbitt, and escorted the young lady to the city. He never had hinted a word about it. Mrs Ger- rish secretly hopod the rumour wasn't true, but it was shocking to have the neighbours talking. Ami now to think that, aft or humbling herself to ask her hntnnd to take her, she should have met with a flat refusal. The stroke of 9 o'clock surprised her just this side of tears. Was it possible she had idled away a whole hour in arranging the writing-desk, and Bridget for a week? Hurrying into the kitchen to wash the break- fast dishes, her eyes rested on a quaint-looking mall in the doorway. "Movniu", Mis' Gerrish," said he, duffing his hat for coolness rather than courtesy. Good morning, Uncle Jabez," responded she, kindly. "Havo you come to split ue some kindlings?" Sartin. ma'am. I suspicioned you roust be about out," said the village factotum, wiping his bald knob of a crown, winch rose abovo its ou- circling red fringe like the seed vessel of a poppy above its corolla. "I knew your husband wasn't hero to do it for you," he continued, putting his hat on again with a screwing motion, as if it were the cover of a fruit jar. I'd been clearing out the Widder Ebbitt's pipes, and I was crawling along on her ruff, when Mr Cerrish drove up for Jiuny. He didn". have to wait. On the flat of her foot Jinny is, for all her fuss and feathers." Did they catch the train 2" faltered the young wife, her face averted. Then her husband did sro for Miss Ebbitt 1 Uncle Jabez. should uot know that be was telling ber news! Yes, ma'am, they catched it. I asked Hiram Blodgetc when he fetched your horse back to the store," answered Uncle Jabez, his confiding blue eyes fixed on the sky. "I'm jealous of a shower, ma'am. Remember that pealer we had the last time your husband took Jinny to Boston 2" Last Thursday, do you mean V" queried Mrs Gerrish, anxiously. That miserable rumour might be true. She was ready to believe anything. It strikes me 'twas Thursday. Yes, m:1 'In 'twas a week ago to-day, for I was in tho Widder Ebbitt's stable mendin' her crib when your hus- band drove in with Jinny. The water was a- streakin' it off o' the kerridge, but he'd wropped Jinny complete, so't she skipped out dry as a grasshopper. She told him she was no end trrate- i'ul for his care, and faith she'd orter been for if he hadn't held her shawl round her so her silk gownd would 'a been spotted hitlurty yender." What did he say to that, uucle" Oli, he was even with kier, mt'ani. I'm the one obleeged, Miss Jinny,' says he. 'You know you're everything to me.' I lost tho rest, he spoke low.- "Yes, certainly," murmured the dazed little wife, absently shutting Uncle Jabez into the shed. Mis3 Ebbitt everything to Warren by Warren's own confession Could she trust her ears ? Ec- centric and scatter-brained Uncle Jabez might be, but deaf or prone to mhchief he was not. She could not for a moment doubt his word. That her husband should be seeking clandestine inter- views with any lady was scandalous enough that the lady thus sought should be Miss Ebbitt was beyond endur nee In her fierce perturbation Mrs Gerrish hardly heard the crash of the sugar. bowl that slipped from her hand. Who would heed breaking china when the very sky was fall- ing? To be frank, from the time she came to Oakland a bride, Mrs Gerrish had suffered inter- mittent. spasms of jealousy on account of this same Miss Ebbitt. She had never been able to forget a jesting remark made by one of her first callers. "Among our village celebrities we reckon Miss Ebbitt, our talented organist," the guest had said. Really, Mrs Gernsh, I must hasten to intro- duce you to your husband's old flame." Old flame the coarse words ranckled. One momerit the youner wife would resolve to repeat them to her husband, the next she would shrink from alluding to them, feeling that if be had once loved Miss Ebbitt, she would rather not be as- sured of the fact. She recalled the uervous head- ache produced by that unpleasant visit. How devoted Warren bad been. so grieved by her suffering that for shame's sake she could not have hinted at its cause. Dear old fellow, of course he had loved her then, and of course he loved her now Uncle Jabez's distracting gossip could be easily explained. To think otherwise was absurd. Jeliu I was satisfed I heard something smash," cried that simple individual, pushing the door ajar with his moccasined toe, and shuffling in, his arms full of wood. There, there, ma'am, I wouldn't Sake on so about the chaney. Your hus- band won't feel getting you a new sugar-dish, bein' he's in the crcckery line." It breaks the set, you see," equivocated the proud little matron, humoring hia conceit. Better pass for a ninny than a jealous wife. We all have our pesters," philosophized Uncle Jabez, placing the sticks in the wood-box with fond deliberation. "Now you know how 'twas at my house last spring. My wife was sick, and I bad a nnrrer squeak to get along; but now my wife's dead, and I'm out of debt, and I thank the Lord! Hulio 2 Here's Lunt's team." Tho eutering cjrocer nodded affably to Mrs Gerrish as he dropped his parcels upon the table. Warm morning, ma'am. Shower brewing. Mr Gerrish to be gone long Only till noon. He has run up to Boston." Ob, I supposed he was going further. Noticed be carried a valise and got checks for New York." "Guess he was seem' to Jinny Ebbitt's traps," volunteered Uncle Jabez, following the grocer out to beg a ride. She's started for New York. Theg're tinkerin' the meetin' house, and she's free to run off." And to stay off for all me," muttered the little matron, sweeping up the scattered sawdust with a spiteful flirt ot her broom. "Why didn't Warren tell me she was going? He's amazingly coy about speaking of his old love." Old love io more sensea than one. Miss Ebbitt was thirty at least, for all she would persist in dressing as youthfully as herself, twenty this very day. What ravishiug bonnets the coquette did wear, and what airs she put on in the choir, where she always sat next Mr Gerrish. Often whispering to him, too. Was it necessary for organist and. chorister everlastingly to confer with each other ? In that case aggrieved Mrs Gernsh wi-bed that she might be organist herself. With a little more practice in the use of pedals she was sure she could play as well as Miss Eboitt. At all events she could have played as well before she left her father's home and the dear piano. Warren bad praised her execution in those days. He needn't trouble himself to praise it again, if Jenny Ebbitt was everything to him." What else had he s-id to Miss Jenny that day ? Had she been in Uncle Jabez's place. Mrs Gerrisb felt sure she should have heard every word, had her husband whispered ever so softly. Was he at the present moment holding Miss Jenny's shawl about her in the cars, as he bad held it in the carriage ? Didn't the woman possess a shawl pin ? Ten o'clock, and the dishes unwashed! The belated little house-keeper bared her dimpled arms and made a feint of haste but the stroke of eleven found her hands still in the soapsuds, and her thoughts in Boston. Warren called Miss Ebbitt asuperior woman. Pity he hadn't married ber J A lovely life they might have led discussing protoplasm and the correlation of forces, if she, tho gay eirl wife, had not stepped in between them. Ones ?>he had told Warren as'much and hud been silenced by a Yet last Wednesday l week. when h, )t vexed at chess Pud threw the I queen across the room, he had called her silly child, uud soou after had taken his bat acd gone out. i it '7;:1 0- 'd¡¡ e'¡ouh now whtbe ''lent f.)r. lis went to mvite Jenny Ebbitt to accompany him the ne*i day to Boston. Uncle Jabea had witnessed their return. In plain English,_ Warren had become weary of his foolish little wifo, and had preferred the society of a reasonable woman. Twelve o'clock! Weil, by this time he had doubtless seen MU:; Jenny off to New York, aud he must be on the train for home. She would put the pudding in to bake. At 1, the usu d hour of dining, the pudding was dough, and the bmb not roasted. What ailed the oven ? For once in his life her husbend would have to wait fur his dinner. Mrs Gerrish said to herself that she didn't care. He had been par- taking of an intellectual foost with Miss Jenny; lie must make th.it do. But when at 2 o'clock tha dinner was s-nokinc; in the warming oven, she chafed at his uon-apjje.iranc?. Why should he delay on this of all days, while the heavens be- j wailed a. furious tempest. He knew her dread of lightning. lie had never before neglected her so cruelly. What if-absurd fancy !—what if he had really gone on a journey as the grocer had sup- posed Chiding herself for the thought, she rushed upstairs to prove its fallacy. Through gathering gloom she glided straight to her hus- band's closet, suggestively open. Where was the val isithatstood inonecorner? Where, indeed? The t space that it had filled mocked her with its A Keif suit fresh from the tailor's had also van- ished, yes, and the bank book I In pity'sname, why hail her husband needed that? Had h« gone to New York with Miss Ebbitt? Transfixed with horror at the suspicion, the miserable young wifo glared at the dismantled wardrobe till roused to physical tear by a. terrific thunder-bult. Then, half frenzied, she lighted a lamp, drew ths shutters and flung herself oa the bed. In the grasp of that memorable tempest the cottage trembled like a living thing, and the ground shook as with an eurt.hquakc. Older and braver woman than, Mrs Gerrish shuddered that day, and she, poor fasting soul, was all alone, and battling with her first auguish. Oh, the cruelty of it! Gradually the storm subsided. She grew calmer. Spent with excitement, she may even have drowsed. Suddenly she starlcd up in a panic. The clock was striking five. The u I September night was shutting down upon Jier. Siie could not confront it unattended but on the other hand, how could she proclaim her desertion to tho nejghbours Could she ever tell living mortal ot the tress of hair hidden among her husband's eld letters-a snaky curliuôt the shade of Miss Ebbitt's ? Shrouded in iiii, ei-Y, ii ttlt, Mrs Gerrish buried herself again among tho pillows. From this premature interment somebody ex- humed her five uiiuutos later, somebody with broad shoulders anil beard slightly frosted with grey—her own husband, in fact, "Frightened, Mabel?" cried he, blinking at the lamplight. Why, my fclessec! jrirl, the shower is quite over. See how bright it is He threw back the shutters and Jet the sun- 1 shine full into her tearful eyes. "What—-why—how uid you happen to come back" gaspd she, lluttcrinu from his embrace with the dignity of an insulted sparow. "Cordial query, little wife! I came for my dinner but it seems I was not expected." "Dinner!" Mrs Gerrish choked with indigna- tion. To be put off like a baby in this manner was humiliating. Her husband regarded her in surprise. How ill you look he said, tenderly. "Strange thunder ahowers should prostrate you s.). Don't try to come ùowu. I'll forage for myself iu the pantry. Must bolt L-.y dinner iu vrjCl to be at the store at ti,O. At two It chances to be past five already." Past five. My dear Mabel, how. incoherently you are talking Don't tell me you've been struck by lightning!" cried iig, in real concern. "Look at my wàtch, It's just a quarter-past oue." One-two-three-four-five-six, disputed the clock below, with lying impudence. Mr Gerrish threw back his head and fairly roared with laughter. Oh, that's the game, is it ? So much for my tipping tho thing over, taking time by the forelock, as you might say. Bur, dearie, how strange that you didn't suspect that the clock was going two hours in one! How absorbed you must have been this morning More absorbed than you were? queried Mrs Gerrish, viciously. Well, no, Pussy, maybe not," responded her sublimely unconscious husband, with a roughish twinkle. You see, this is young Mrs Gernsh'cs first birthday, and I've been deeply engrossed in chnosing worthy gift for her." Warren! We,'vc.- been engrossed, I should say. Jenny E, bisitt's judgiiwiit lias been- everything to, me. We didn't find everything satisfactory last week, and had to wait till to-day for the new lot; but Jenny declares that we've at last hit upon the sweetest-toned piano in Boston. I'm dreadfully cut up because you can't havo it ou your birth- day, but you can try it to-morrow. Meanwhile, here's the bill of sale made out in your name, as you'll perceive, Mrs Gerrish. Allow me to present it to you, with your husband's love." "Warren, Warren, you're lots to good for me," sobbed his little wife, with self upbraidings as wild as her Jtrainmar. Nonsense, goosie no man created would, be that," jested he, highly flattered. He thought her simply overwrought by the fierce tempest without. Of the fiercer tempest that had raged within he knew nothing, either then or afterward. Next day, 'along with the piano, came Mr Gerrisb's vaiise containing the snit left at the tailor's for alteration. And the post brought a letter from Miss Ebbitt. The writer had secured a lucrative position as organist in a New York church she must resign her former situation in favour of Mrs Gerrish. How kind of her It's more than I deserve, Warren," cried the contrite young wife. And it gratified her husbaud to see that she put the letter carefully away in the very drawer which held his dead sister's curl.
TRIFLES FROM "TRUTH." I
TRIFLES FROM "TRUTH." I Lord Cawdor has had the misfortune to lose his famous Clydesdale mare Sarah Ann, who had repeatedly been exhibited at all the principal shows in Great Britain and Ireland, and who was never beaten. The municipal revenue of Liverpool for 1886 falls short of the expenditure by £ 45,000, which will necessitate a special rate of 4-j 111 the pound. This represents the price which Liverpudlians have to pay for the honour of being visited by Royalty. I think that the liquidators of the late West of England Bank owe an explanation to the unfor- tunate shareholders of that bank. It is nine years since the failure, and the concern has not yet been wound up. If there are a few outstand- ing trifles due to the bank, these should be sold for what they will fetch, a final dividend should b9 distributed, and all outgoings stopped. There are some persons who are ec juvenile in their manners and appearance that, live as long as they may, they never pass as old men. Of these, Serjeant Ballantine was an instance; and it is difficult to believe either.tiiat he was seventy- four or that he is dead. In his day he had the largest criminal practice of any lawyer at the Bar. He was not a profound lawyer, but his forte consisted in cross-examination. He seldom bullied a hostile witness, but insinuatingly iuduced him to believe that ho was in the hands of a friend, and then gradually led him into a trap. He made a great deal of money, but he spout a great deal, for he was hospitable,generous, and lavish. Ha had, moreover, the fatal and expensive illusion that ho was a good whist- player, although he played the game execrably. The last few years of his life he passed at Margate. The American newspapers announce the death of an Irishman who was a well-known figure for many years in New York, and who had in days past played au important part in Ireland. In New York he was known under the Ilame of Stuart, but his real name was O'FIaherty. He bad been a. member of Parliament and a Lord 0; the Treasury, and had been made an Irish Com- missioner of Income Tax, with a salary of £ 1,200 per annum. Then be got into pecuniary difficul- ties, went to America, and changed his name. He arrived, be once told me. with only a few shillings in his pocket, took a garret, and lived on potatoes. He had spent these few shillings, when it occurred to him that he would write an articie severely^ criticising the acting of Mr Forrest, the tragedian. This he took, when written, to the Tribune offiCP and showed it to Mr Horace Greeley, who gfeve him twenty-five dollars for it, and told hiin toibnnp bim more couched in the samo style. Once introduced tc the New York press, he soon made his way, aud became one of the most slashing journalistic defendefs of Tammany Hall. As bo was excellent company,, he was much sought after and became a membeit of the principal New York clubs. Nothing gave him more pleasure than to chaperon any Englishman arriving r>t New Yoik. He had a seaside home at New London. I remember staying witb him there. The company was eclectic. Amongst others, there was a bishop and a burlesque actress, who used to bathe together (it is the custom for ladies and gentlemen to bathe together in America) every morning. In personal appearance he was like Mr Pickwick, Although he made n,) secrethi* VESL name, he retained unt;, his death that vyfcicfc fte had assumed cn his arrival, v
YANKEE YARNS. --
YANKEE YARNS. HiS SENSIBILITIES V;i:rZ Eit;rLT. UKiCAGo, l, 3 286.—-C. W. Biaslsy, the you Englishman, said to be a nobleman, who was urrested some weeks C'O on complaint of Mrs F. M, Maitland, for obtaininiug money under false pretences, and discharged on the 2nd of December after lying in jail for nearly a month, has begun a suit to the Superior Court fur 825 000 for alleged falsa imprisonment. He tell3 a pitiful story of meet- ing the defendant and of beiug introduced to her on the steamer during a. voyage from Sidney, Australia, to Sitti Francisco. Arriving in port, they journeyed together to Chicago, and once here Mrs Maithnd introduced him into the best circles of society, where he made warm friends. He was, he says, but an inexperienced youth on his travels, and, running short of cash, borrowed a small sum from the lady and went to New York to a wait remittances. "She sent him a telegram which induced him to return, bud he no sooner set foot in Chicago than ho was arrested and lodged in jail on the charge named. He tells, sadly, how he was exposed to the gaze of the vul- gar and curious while in jail, and had to subsist on coarse food, consort with outcasts and listen to low and blasphemous language, like a common felon, until his sensibilities and self-respect were so hurt that they may never regain their wonted tone. To salve these wounds and enable him to continue his travels, as well as to forget that he had been hold up, during the dark days of his impri- sonment, to the ridicule and contempt, as he says, of the.whole world, he asks judgement against Mrs Maitland for $25,000. Till-ES 2IAUEIED. v. hat is you name ?' asked Justice Ford in the E-,sex Market Court of an ordinary looking woman with Hebraic features, who stood as com- plainant before the bench. "Shifra Bierenzweig," she replied. "I am forty years old, and live ut No. ISO, Suffolk- street." t> "Did this man abandon yeu? mqtured the magistrate, looking at a diminutive Hebrew lean- ing on the iron railing. Yes, in Autnr, abaot fifteen years ago. He is my husband." 1 am not,' he shouted. 4i My name is Her- man Silverstein, This womau has got about a dozan husbands and eight or ten children in Europe and this country." The dialogue was cut short by the decrec of the Judge, "$300 bail to answer." Silverstein was astounded and downcast as he was led away by an officer and committeed. Silverstein is a slippermaker and lives with his daughter Juha at No. 112, Canal-street. Sh- is nineteen years old, black eyed and passably good looking. n Is that woman who accuses your father of abandonment your mother?'' was a»ked She wos once, but the is not mv mother now "Why?" UUM. "Because she is a Christian. She was a Jew until about three years ago, when she becam« con verted. Further investigation revealed "a pretty state ot things." it seems that the maiden nl™ ,f the complainant wa< bhitra Graunbaum She married several men in Au,tria, Germany, Paris and other places inEutope, among nth* vr' Silverstein, This wu„ Wenty J5a°™S0He^j,.u and another daughter were their onlv nk-J i;, isn »„d w,«Si s&affa? their Austrian hemp, swiritinn- fr, K ,ls le't mother, and sailed for America. Sime th-lt Julia's sister died. Juna lived w th Iv- LtT* .and kept house for him. They hearH fi .• to time about the movements of Mrs Silverstein2 Julia says her erstwhile mamma i- t too wife of at least five men and that-li • i"' mother of twice as many children w1,\ 1S the tered all over Europe • that her n- are scat" is not Biereiizwelg although =J 6 at Preienb wife of a man of that naine ° WM made tb(i Ihe muco-mu-ried woman turned UD in th« mttiopoas jvbout six weeks ago. Sho knew h fii'St love wnq hpni TC «. < i_ ,? k,*e^ Her that she was living with ore' hustia w'16 faCt Funk, at No. 150, Suh^o k-s feet wiT' Hemiun of her children around her shi & UU"lber to lectnro," a triangular dipnte, resultiu in present) tryin- to slap Julut'd face BuTT sr«E&yto'het <*• •* £ £$ £ fOl'safety. Mrs Funk ran off as fast as he could flO to Weiss, of the court squad, served. °thcer i* disposed of he^will p™baVygTih h« the accusation ^prolonged anSwhol wal?b^amy"
DINNEH TO WAIFS AND STRAYS…
DINNEH TO WAIFS AND STRAYS IN CARDIFF. -i Monstep Gathering. Oil to be witnessed in the 'KpV'fX' c''1 nearly two thousand children' Vi when daughters of the noor f o 2 « s',ns !U11' with a substantial ffier pSrtffi ^1 persons in tho town. it iv^«* ft Of the kind held locally, that i« ii such magnitude, it is fair t» a- e of success, but the promoters will Was a a different modus operandi if ailuPt pe.ted i„ the fuJe. ThJ t !"Uer re- such magnitude that the recipients "VVP'n? of be somewhat unmanageable bv ^ou,1d to engaged In the work. Thenoife thnT, deafening, and the ample amount f -Was accumulated for the occasion cou'd « Pr0YIS,0,»s distributed owing to t e not easily be The large Drill-liall was pS dimensions, and the nri- utmost was utilized as a dinin^?' gUU?be'3 both these compartments the children1' <?t'J until the attendants were hardly able £ owded from about seven to twelve, in years apparently fom about seven to and were of CO\l1' very fgwd, but they appeared snpremely ilnd XrZs i7»Tti, A,t"setl,er >' ™ i i f. i j I? "nes WC!'e provided for whilst hundreds were turned away from the doo« owing to the lack of accommodation. When t ie eatables, wh.ch consisted of roast beef, &e fif- lowed by Plum-pudding, were distributed' the scene was indescribable, but the nh.Mrl^ quickly adapted themselves t e stances, and seized the provisions in the best w-!v they could. lhe large number of ladies and gentlemen who assisted in the proceedings worked most mdefatigably, and entered fully into the spirit of the affair, so that the youthful diners were at last very well supplied. When the oranges, apples, &c., c.. iine to be apportioned out the scene was very amusing r for sad was the "fate of those who undertook the task. One gentleman who approached a table in the centre of the hall with a box tull of orange- was seized and literally swarmed over until every orange had pone. After a. while order was reo stored, and when Rule Britannia had been sung, and vociferously chorused, Colonel Hill, M.P., who was present, addressed the children. He impressed upon them the value of the manhood and womanhood which Providence had entrusted to them, and urged them to strive earnestly during the future of tnair lives to make themselves honest and God-fearing men and women. A volunteer band and a string band contributed some pleasing music, and about nine p.m. the hUlle assemblage dispersed. Great credit is due to Messrs G. Williams and F, Lock, the honorary secretaries, for the manner in which they had organised the movement, and con- ducted it to its successful conclusion.
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-I FACTS AND FANCIES. I
I FACTS AND FANCIES. I What is the best game for a family party ?-A haunch of venison. Good morninjr, Jones-bow does the world use youi" It uses me up, thank you," Someone wants to know how to daadon the sound of a piano" One good plan would be to kill the player. Insane Conundrum.—Why is a thing difficult to describe like a chronometer ?—Because it is a watch-you-may-call-it. A modern tourist calls the Niagara River the pride of rivers." The pride certainly has a tremendous fall. The Indians say, "If a dog howls in the nieht a stranger will come to-morrow." The savin" does not state why the stranger will come, but it is probably to murder the do, It is stated that the consumption of lead nen. cils in this country is put at 250,000 per dav It is believed that only about half of this number would be used if women did not attemnt tci snarpen any. io Customer (t,) well-known Photographer) "I grTohS'1' MvPdtUre do?s me justice." Pi']cto. ? My deai sii if photogranhv did justice to everyone who had his picture tVken the art would soon grow unpopular." Pledges of Single B'«ssedness.—" Oh, Mr you like'to havLaf!ed youcn" tnother- "shouldn't able old bachelor • Vd » k dls.aK«e. y.llowboyaiaKyp'oei' 1""C ,0t of Now, children." said « i, know anything about Moses' Onlv^ °ll y°1} went up. That's riohf T' • T, ^iand there's ono i j tht KJ 1 ? ekd to see before. Now, who him At another school a, class in English mirmav was in pl'ores¡; the after the bottom of the class. Wei' wha i •• e. ly* it .i wha„ i,'oas vntn geese." d, £ COrW)!w3ei,fc writes:—Tpe following anec- ,a J1(-'h is true—was sent by my brpther, who revues iu the island of R West Indies, andtc t.ouj we send copies of the Weekly Post by each nan. If 0f any use ()r interest, pioase iusert it in ono ur both of your very interesting papers :—"A doctor who was attending a nr;resa proscribed for her a bottle of medicine, witn these directions written on the label, 'A tablespoonful to be tnken in water three times a day.' On paying her his next visit he asked if she had taken the physic, when, to his surprise, she said, 'Oh, no, sab, de weather hab been so dry dat dey could not get water enough to cover me. WRITTEN ON SAND. I A l'AHSO.Vl fLOVE STORT. We were sitting beneath the tall ray cliff At the edsre of tha babbling water I was a curate, as poor a* Job, And sho was my rector's daughter. She had more old in her soft long hair Than ever I had in my pocket, And I carried a lock of it coiled away, And hid in a dainty locket. Her father was one of the "practical men Who understood money quotations Far better than Greek, and whose favourite book Was Adam Smith's Weitlth of Nations." He thought moro of farmin than feeding the poor; Less of sermons than practical mining And considered the cloudland of love should have At least a rich golden lining. Yet I was sitting- by Isabel's side And clasping each white little finger, While she traced three words* in tho slufting saud, Of which not a letter would linger. Tis twice ten years since those words were writ, And the next tide sureiy effaced them Perchance other lovers have sat there since, And with just such words replaced thorn. But never was falser record made Than the work of those fair false fingers, And through life I am doomed to skctch upon sand A picture that never lingers. I love yon." A picture that never lingers. I love yon."
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FIGHTING IN BURMAH.
FIGHTING IN BURMAH. I" TIMES 'IBLEG KAM.] 'T\ r. n, .iwuAtii, xuesday.—Hlaoo is communicat- ing with Mr Colcvuhoun as to surrendering. Mr olquhoun has advised hliu, if he prefers, that he should surrender to the Buddhist archbishop at andalay, or to the Ocal Thoongyeee. A sharp skirmish is reported from the west bank of the Irrawaddy, opposite Pagin, between a small column and 400 insurgents. One driver of the Royal Artillery was killed and Lieutenant Poole, R.A., three privates, and one sepoy were wounded. Brigadier General Stewart reports from the Ruby Mines that all is quiet, but thai) there is much sickness among the troops there. ■JascTEB's TELEGRAM.] MANDALAT, NVednesday.-Sir Charles Barnard returns from Rangoon on the 14th inst. General Sir Froderick Roberts has postponed his visit to the Ruby Mines owing to the difficulty of navigat- ing the river at, the present season.
_.__-___-HORRIBLE MASSACRE…
HORRIBLE MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS IN AFRiCA. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGUAM.J ROUE, Wediiesday.-Tiia congregation of the propaganda fide have received letters from two missionaries in Equatorial Africa stating that a hundred Christian negroes ot Uganda have been massacred by order of King Muanga, who had discovered an attendant in the act of catechising his companions, The majority of the victims were burnt alive on Mainugongo mountain, and the others were cut to pieces. Tho despot de- clared that he will exterminate all the Christians of his kingdom.
LABOUR DISTURBANCES IN AMERICA.
LABOUR DISTURBANCES IN AMERICA. tr.ELTEIi'S TELEGRAM.} SEW YORK, Wedtiesd;Av. Intelligence from Newport, Virginia, announces that 80Q stevedores, formerly employed on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, but now ou strike, have pre- vented 300 men resuming work. The strikers are in possession of the woanes of the Old Dominion Railroad Company, and four companies of ilie State militia have been despatched to restore order. A report was received at Richmond at midnight that the strikers had commenced pillag- ing and burning property. OwiiiK to the strike among the coal dock labourers in New York State, several ports in the east aru suffering form a .scarcity of coal. One branch of the Havemeyer Refinery has beeu closed from this cause. The re- tail prices of coal are advancing at Brooklyn and New York, and it is feared that many factories will have to close in consequence. The strike of the Long Shore men against the Old Dominion line threatens to take the character of a boycott against vessels conveying freights of theDominion line between Ontario and Portland.
--THE DISASTER IN SWANSEA…
THE DISASTER IN SWANSEA BA Y. At the Tunnel Iun, Swansea, on Wednesday afternoon, Mr T. N. Talfourd Strick, deputy coroner, conducted an inquiry into the circum- stances attending the death of Henry Hiwkes, mate on board the dandy, Twee Gezustars, which occurred on the previous diy.-Charies James, of Saule, Gloucestershire, a master mariner, said the deceased was a native of New Quay, Cornwall. The crew consisted of three, all tcld. On Satur- day morning the vessel left Lyduey, bound tor I' remington. At 10.30 on Monday night the dandy was off liorte Point, when the jib blew away. They tried to get to Iifracombe, but failed, the vessel not answering to her helm. A course was next set for Cardiff, but the wind coming more down, and it being found impossible to fetch the Nash Lights, he made for Swansea. It was so thick that vt mas --impossible to-*»^lhe pier lights, and at 4.30 a.iii. the vessel struck on the sands to the east of the extension, and filled. The tide was then at half flood, and the wind S.S.E., blowing a moderate gale. An attempt was made to launch the boat, but by the time she was halfway over the side a sea carried her away. The crew then took to the fore-rigging. Here they stayed about ten minutes but he heard something cive way, and then went on deck and got into the rnizen-rigging. The deceased, who aiso went on deck, undressed, with the intention of floating ashore on a hatchway. Witness told him he might as well hold on to the vessel as drown on a hatch. Then he followed the ^witness up the mizen rigaring, and lashed himself with his scarf. Here they stopped about four hours. After half an-iiour tli, deceased seemed to become delirious. About 8.30 a bo* t, followed by three tug, came, and he observed that Hawkes was dead. The eas could not have broken ever deceased. His opinion was that if the sribs bad not blown awav he would have been able to make Ilfracombe. Witness held no cer- tificate; he had been master of the vessel 8 months. She was not insured, nor was she classed.—Sidney Wheeler, the third hand on board the dandy, corroborated.—George Prit- cha:d, a pilot's assistant, g->ve evidence as to the rescue of tho survivors, aud a verdict cf Death from exposure was returned.
-THE MINERS' CONFERENCE IN…
THE MINERS' CONFERENCE IN BIRMINGHAM. Proposed Restriction of Output. The National Conference of Miners resumed its sittings in .Birmingham,'on Wednesday, Mr T. Buit, M.P., again presiding. The discussion on the restriction of the output was continued. To tbe motion of Mr Sharp (of Cumberland), secon- ded by Mr R" C. Hobertson (Stirlingshire), t.) the effect that., in order to curtail the production, there should be a cessation of one week's labour every three months, and that no district shall work more than eight hours in one day, Mr Woods (Lancashire) submitted an amendment :— "That this conference,observing that over-produc- tion is largely the causo of declining wages', recoio- mend" all miners in the kingdom to adopt policy if restriction by diminishing th output so as to keep the supply within the demand, reducing labour 10 per cent, and eight hours a (!:<y for a working week of tive days, with an equalisation of wav.es.Ir Smellie, Lark Hall, Scotland, seconded the ain,ti,.Jintlit. Mr Ilaslam (Derby- shire) proposed as a further amendment, "Thitt this conference, believing that notwithstanding miners generally are not at present prepared to adupt seven hours per day, is still of opinion that the plan of regulating tho output con be brought, about best by a lessening of the hours of work each day and seeing that the weakness of our position is the want. Mf organisation amongst the men, calls upon tbe mining population t." organise together as the first condition of success." —Mr Wilson, of Durham, seconded this amend- ment, which was eventually adopted. The re- mainder of tho session was occupied in discussirigr the advisability of establishing a minimum rat* of wages. In the course of the proceedings Mr Burt intimated that it would be necessary tor him to leave for Northumberland this morning owing to the critical position of affairs in the district, where the employers insisted upon a 2! per cent, reduction, and tiie attempted compromise having failed, were about to issue immediate notices for the reductioi). "Ile conference ultimately ad. journed till this (Thursday) morning.
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-.........-THE ATTEMPTED MATRICIDE…
THE ATTEMPTED MATRICIDE AT PUNTYPRIDD. At Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesday, Lewis Lewis, colliur, was again charged with attempting to murder his mother by cutting her throat, The facts of the case have already beeu reported. Prosecutrix was a workhouse iuaiate, and left • the bouse on a specious pretence and ,ot drinking. Prisoner came across her, and asked her to come with him to where he and his wits lodged, She declined. Prisoner then, she now said, dragged her along, and then called out, Here's a state for a mother to'be in." He then went and fetched something out of a box, and t.o prosecutrix, who was at the time under the influence of drink, and whose consciousness of what took place appeared to bo correspondingly m/ i something passed across lier throat. The landlady ot the house called out "Murder" A neighbour, named Callaghan, ran in, and found prosecutrix on the floor with her throat cut. Prisoner was sitting on the arm chair near, and exclaimed, "I have cut her throat." Prosecutrix was afterwards carried to the workhouse" and attended by Dr. Howard Davies. I'or days she was in a .critical state but she was now out of danger. She was about 65 years old.-The bench sent prisoner for trial at the assises, but admitted him to b-,tif-hiimmelf and two sureties in £ 1C.
THE HEALTH OF CARDIFF. I
THE HEALTH OF CARDIFF. I The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday last (8tb January) shows that in the borough of Cardiff the number of births registered last week was 90, as coinpar«d with 81 and 58 in the two previous. These 90 comprised an equal number of boys and girls, and corresponded to an annual rate of 44*92 per 1,00C of the population, estimated to be in the middle "f this year 104,580, showing a growth of 3,844 on the total of 1886. The Registrar-General admits that this is an under-estiinate of the tJtRI. There was a reduction in the mortality in the last week, for tl;o deaths were 54, against 68 in the one preceding. These 54 deaths yielded an annual rate of 2o'9 per 1,000. There is no doubt, however, it should DO less. As it was it wa. 0'4 above that of the 23 great towns in England and Wales. There were, however, 17 of them with a smaller one. The. least was supplied by Sunderland with only 15'7, whilst the greatest was that of 34'0 in Leeds. Biistol even had a greater death rate than Cardiff, tor the rate was 27'S, or 0'4 more. It is estimated to have this year 223,695 inhabitants, being 2,780 more than what it was in 1885. The 54 deaths in Cardiff in the last week included 31 males aud 33 temales; and of the total as many as 19 of them were those of infants under one year, and 8 reterred to ndults who bad attained 60 years and upwards. The principal zymotics were only ratal m three cases, aud they included ono eacn \v- w /'°l?'rjK cough, fever, and uiarrhcea. There waS t ut 0,10 death from violence, but inquests on two bodies, and only one person ''public institutions of Cardiff. BristolI ijvniouth.. is 9 Birw^ptou 2o-o PS U Pmt^t0U 18'3 No™rh-" oo.o Ji01tou28-3 Manchester 364 ,S;clfor(i 25'8 Oldham 2o S Blackburn 23"7 Preston 29'6 Uudders&eld 27"2 Halifax 30'3 Bradford 26 3 Leeds it v Sheffield 21 "4 Hull 20-4 -,tieriar.(l 15-i Newcastle-on* Tyne Z3.2
-== I A DAMAGED CARGO. I
-== I A DAMAGED CARGO. I ounty-eoupt Action at Cardiff. before hia JJ county court, on Wednesday— brought bv °MUr Gweu —au action was Bristol, for » i J°S0Ph iSwuet, corn factor, against the r>l 1 ,^>el Thomas appeared, •fc'olicitie rnr. er °, a -French vessel named the the sum'of Mr Handcock,to recover wheat. Tt °V damage to a cargo of buck- the buckwheat urn* fl01.n ttle plaintiff's case that in the defenrinn* cousn.Rnod to him from Redon 65 tons register TT^88 whicfl was a luo £ er 01 October last ,°fj Was left oil the 29th i^ristol Chan'uel* on thi1' *n'oceedin £ «P the the lugger ran agrounri ,an,d 29th November, water affected tti« c W 0 resu't that the wards towed on"f^u°* The vessel was after- contended bv th« v,i Cardiff Mud. It was resulted from bad that the damage ment, and want of insufficient equip- urged that the acc'donfina^e* defence it was perils of the sea anH lnust be ascribed to the witnesses deposed* thn? a "amber of French placed it tho bottom iP orm had been other hand, plaintiff's VJu. the Vesael; but on the time of the discharge of tK SSes SWore tllafc at such platform in the ves,f*l °ar £ -° there was no judgment for the plaintiff \8 Hon°ur gave vessel was badly navigate.} » »round than the owing to old age and insufficb»nrC°ndly'because' was unable to carry her car«f "»r1Ulpraent3« she that there was no platform n Was satlshed believed that the cargo w^s vessel, and he voyage, before the arrivalof during the —The assessment of damacr- at Cardiff, registrar. ge° Waa referred to the
-.---STORM WARNING.
STORM WARNING. A New York Herald cablegram ,,iiys :-A storm is now east of St John's, Newfoundland, where the barometer on Tuesday read 28 90, and will probably advance N.E., causing southerly gales on the British, and disturb the weather on the French coasts between the nights of the 14th and 16tb inst.