South Wales Echo

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IT Us all very well to talk of the Morgue and the morbidity of the Paris public; but here is a case reported from Lancashire as repugnant as we have ever heard from across the chan- nel. Last week the personal effects of the woman Berry, who was executed at Liver- pool for poisoning her daughter, were sold by auction at Oldham. There was a large buying public present, and the auctioneer sold a number of articles of wearing apparel at prices above their intrinsic value. The crowd became so large and so eager to pur- chase that the auctioneer adjourned the sale, and when next he vociferates his patter of appraisement there will probably be very vigorous competition for a ball dress which is said to have cost £ 18. IT is not a little remarkable, and tends to neutralise some unduly despondent state- ments, that, while from the East come con- sular complaints that British producers are losing their hold of markets because the goods they ship are not sufficiently durable, but are inferior in quality to native manufactures and those supplied by other competitors, consular reports from the West continue to contain complaints that British exports are too good for the markets to which they are sent. Thus Vice- Consul Reimer, reporting on the trade of Puerto Plata, in Santo Domingo, during last year, observes: When British manufac- turers realise the fact-and they are begin- ning to do so, too-that they must produce cheap and tawdry goods to suit the taste and pockets of their far-off customers, then will they derive larger prohts and their agents will be aHe not only to compete with but to surpass their German and French rivals." Mr lteimer also defends the British com- mercial traveller abroad from the charge of inferiority to his foreign compeers. During the last two or three years Mr Reimer has met in San Domingo three or four represen- tatives of British commercial establishments, and he does not recollect having seen any foreign traveller who could exeeed them in linguistic or commercial attainments. IT has been intimated in various ways in our columns, both from North and South Wales, f 7 that the Nonconformist Marriage Bill of the Government will not do, and the important resolutions passed at the Conference last week may be considered to have sealed the fate of Sir Richard Webster's measure. It was pertinently pointed out by Mr Henry Richard that the Attorney-General labours under the difficulty that he does not understand the grievance he attempts to redress, and consequently proposes a remedy more complicated and more vexa- tious than the evil complained of. The law, as it at present stands, places a practical as well as a sentimental disability on mar- riages in Nonconformist .places of worship. It has, it is true, declared the legality of the civil marriage, pure and simple, but it has surrounded the legal contract with such conditions in respect to the religious cere- inony as to leave the contracting parties at the mercy of the Registrar or his deputy, and, unfortunately, the danger is not an imaginary one. Sir Richard Webster proposes to get rid of this state of things by licensing Noncon- formist ministers, under certain conditions, to perform the ceremony of marriage with- cut the presence of the Registrar but he imposes upon both the contracting parties a previous visit to the Registrar, and the further compliance with the conditions not imposed upon clergyman of the Church of England. Against this there is a large and general protest. It is held that no bill can be satisfactory which does not afford in- creased facilities for marriage notices, simplify existing forms, and place Noncon- formists' marriages on the same footing as other marriages in regard to licences and fees. I' IT is sometimes worth tthile to note the fer- tility with which our. American cousins, or tueir reporters, produce zoological pheno- mena as extensive in their way as the physical marvels we all have read about. It h now announced that one AI r French, of iHisco Valley, is the proud owner of a hen marked ability. She declines to be a mere imitator and echa of the routine hens that have preceded her. She prefer* to do her own work in her own way, uninfluenced by the prevailing fashion. The ordinary hen lays an egg with a single yolk the ex- ceptional hen contributes eggs with a double yolk but the able Otisco Valley hen con- forms herself to neither of these sys- tems of egg-laying. The outside hell of the egg which she places upon the market is ample enough to accommodate two eggs, and does actually contain the white and yolk such as are found in the familiar grocery- store egg. "And in addition"—we quote from "The Syracuse Journal"—"within the yolk of the outer one is a second perfect egg with a hard shell." The brilliant achieve- ment of this Onondaga. County hen is not only notable in itself but is clothed with signal interest regarded aa a protest against the iiltra-conservatisiii which characterises hens as a race. Your average hen, not only in Onondaga but in the rest of the counties of the Sta.te, holding fast to tho I maxim It is good tolot well enough alone," never attempts to Jay what might be called advanced egg« — egga with modern improvements. Year after year, from the beginning to tlie en<j[ of her career, she goes on laying the same style of egg that her mother and her 4 grandmother laid before Ler. She is without ambition j thd spirit of progress which is the spirit of the age is not in her, he hen of Otisco Valley is n<5 such bird. Such is her conception of lier duty to her day and generation, and such her confidence in her own capacity, that she Jays t»v0 (,ggS where her fellow-worker lays jr.e—an exx within un egg. In thus sia,^a:-c| "f I egg-laying she is a public benefactor May her tribe—put not of esiss—- increww,

District Intelligence. CARDIFF. FONKRAIU—At the New Cemetery, on Monday, were interred the remains of the late Mr J. Dacey, who died recently at his residence, the Merthyr and Dowlais Inn, Bute-terrace, after a brief iiiness, at the early age of 33. Among those who followed the deceased to the grave were Mr Alder mAn Carey and a number of the leadiag Catholic residents, the cortege being one of the largest ever seen in the town. The funeral servico was con- ducted by the Rev. Fathers Hallahan and Butler. Mr Marsb, St. Mary-street, was the undertaker. ACCIDENT TO A CHILD.—On Monday afternoon a little boy named Albert Broom, living with his parents at 18, Victoria-street, was crossing Queen-street at the point wher it is intersected by Great Frederick-street, when he was run over by horse and cart belonging to Mr Carey, wine merchant, and driven by Walter Henny. The child fortunetely received only slight injuries. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE DOCKS.—On Monday evening the coroner (Mr E. B. Reece) held an inquest on the body of John Forrest (38), whose death from falling into the hold of the Magdala we reported on Saturday. The verdict was "Death by accident." BALLS AND CONOEBTS,-For Artistic Ladies' Sprays in Natural Flowers, Bouquets, and Buttonholes, order from Loadstone (the Lady Florist), 21, High- street Arcade, Cardiff. 213e SUITS to measure or ready made the largea and best assorted Stock in the Principal ity.-Samne Bros., Unirersal Clothiers, Market Buildings, St. Mary- street, Cardiff. 126e HIGHEST PRIZE MI:DAL AWAltDRD,LoNDON. -W. Cooper, preserver of Birds, Animals, Fish, cte. Hand and Pole Screens, Corals and Ornaments mounted in shades or cases. Old work re3tore(I.-35, Castle-street, Cardiff. 99 WORKING MEN'S RADICAL ASSOCIATION.— Next meeting, Wednesday, 7.30, Castle.road. Business urgent and important. Members are asked to make a special effort to attend. 958 FLOWERING SUNDAY AND EASTn. Lüad. stone's Choice Wreaths and Crosses of White Flowers artistically arranged from 10s 6d, Bl Is to £3 3s.—Ad- dress 21, High-street Arcade, Cardiff.—N.B.—Orders by telegram have immediate despatch. 2I5J PENAHTH. LOOK AND LIVE !—Tudor Williams Patent Balsam of Honey cures Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, and heals up that soreness feiton the Lungs. It cures when all other remedies fail. It cures thousands of children. It cures for one shilling when pounds have been spent in vain. Do try it. Sold by all chemists 44e NEWPORT. DEPUTY-LIEUTENANTS. Maj or-General Morgan, Mr J. T. Firbank, and Mr Thomas Beynon have been added to the list of deputy-lieutenants of the county, on the nomination of the Duke of Beau- fort, the lord-lieutenant. FLOWERING SUNDAY.—If you want a handsome wreath in remembrance of your fr ends, order one from "Loadstone." the Lady Florist, 21, High-street Arcade. Cardiff. Piice 10s 6tl, 15s 6d, or £1 Is in choicest "hit flowers. 21ie

THE EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT. In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice on Monday, Justices A. L. Smith and Grantham continued the hearing of the case Aitken and others versus the Newport Slipway, Dry Dock, &c., Company. This was an appeal from a judgment of the county court at Newport, Monmouthshire, under which plaintiff was awarded L270 damages for the death of her hus- band while working for the defendants "n board the ship Bryn Glas in March last. Mr Heywood appeared in support of the appeal, and Mr Abel Thomas to oppose it. The appeal was dismissed with costs. Mr Heywood applied for leave to ap- peal, but: Mr Justice Smith said it would not be granted. The legislature hjd said these cases should be tried in the county courts, and there was no reason for a further appeal unless a novel poiut aro-e, nnd there was none in this case.

THE LONDON COAL AND WINE DUES. The total returns of money raised in London during 1886 under Uie coal and wine dues levied by the corporation of the city of London have just been issued. They shew that £ 391,000 were raised under the duty of 9d per ton on unal. The wine duty amounted to over £ 9,000. Or the sum named, £ 73,000 were returned to coal mer- chants and others as drawback on coal up-"n whi'c.'i'dn6y'jiad been paid, and which was carried out of Loudon without being consumed. Under this head railway companies and ship- owners principally benefit. The accounts of the fourpeiiry (ii "Y on coal show that daring 1886, a total of £ 173.000 was raised against C172,000 in 1885. This duty, as distinguished from the nine- penny duty, is applied to City improvements.

A NORTH WELSH BURIAL I QUESTION. In the House of Commons, last evening, the Home Secretary, in repiy to Mr Thomas Ellis, said, in reference to the addition to the burial ground of Llanfrothen, Merionethshire, that the rector had deciared that he was merely trustee for the parish, and that the new ground was as much the property of the parishioners as the high road, upon certain conditions, one of them beinar that burials there should be conducted according to the rites of the Church of England. The expense of the wail dividing the new from the old ground was defrayed by the rector and churchwardens. The old burial ground was not full.

CURIOUS POINT IN THE LICENSING LAWS. At the Brynmawr police-court, on Monday— before Mr 11. Jayne an 1 Rev. A. Griffiths— Charles Smith, of the Britannia Inn, Beaufort, wag charged with selling beer witbout a licence, on the 12th instant. The offence was committed in ignorance, defendant not being aware it was illegal for him to sell before the license had been formally transferred to him from the previous holder. It was now stated that the licence had been transferred.—The Bench, believing the defendant had acted in ignorance, imposed the nominal penalty of 2s 6d.

THE SUPPOSED SEIZURE OF A BRITISH CONSUL. The Foreign Office has received information of the safety of Mr II. H. Johnston, British vice- consul in the Caiueroons. It was reported last month that Mr Johnston had beeu seized by natives on the Rio del Rey, and her Majesty's ship Rifleman, with Consul" Hewett, was sent to ins relief. 011 passing up the Rio del Rey, how. ever, the relief party was hailed by Consul Johnston, win, with his party, was awaiting supplies in a hut on the banks of the river. Mr Johnston was on a t"ur of inspection.

AN ADMIRALTY APPEAL. I In the Court of Appeal on Monday, the owners of the steamship Victoria appealed from the judgment of Sir Jas. Hannen, who held that that vessiel was alone to blsme for a collision with the a.s. Cervin, of South Shields, which took place in the"Mediterranean on the 4th November, 1885. The Cervin, at the time of the collision, was on a voyage from Cardiff to Aden, with coals. The appeal was dismissed with costs, the court up. holding the judgment of the president in the court below.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT RHYMNEY. On Saturday a eou;-ie of fitters, employed at the Rhymne.v Iron Works, were repairing a crane, when suddenly a stayrod, winch they were fasten. ing, became displaced, and struck one of the men —one John Webby—with such violence as to render him unconscious. Webby was conveyed home, but died three hours after the occnrr(mce.- At the inquest, before Air Martin Edwards, on Monday, a verdict of" Accidental death was returned.

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[THEMAN ABOUTTOWN -w. The Man About Town should be here, there, and everywhere; and it may be anticipated that bit! own comfort and instinct will guide him to the scenes and incidents which are the most interest- ing to those who care to listen to his gossip. He is bound to hear of many events which do not ordinarily appear in the news columns of a daily journal; to be the depositary of confidences which are not to be broken; and to he as fully apprised of what is going to happen as with what hap- pened and was not reported yesterday or the day before. The Man About Town does not presume to enjoy the attributes of Sir Boyle Roche's "fabled bird of antiquity;" but he will be as nearly as possible in two places at once while his numerous friends will make him familiar with all that he thinks it discreet to impart to others. From the hearth of his own club-room he is able to take a large survey of the doings of tho day as it drops, the week as it wanes, the world as it wags but that can never remain more than a small portion of his point of 'vantage. The town itself in which he moves is not to be circumscribed by the Parliamentary limits of a borough. Town may be as large as London, and, again, as widely distributed as the Welsh people. There is a glass in his eye for the other side of the street, and a telescope on the stand that, if necessary, is to dispose of distance. The Man About Town, who is only a man of one town, is not generally regarded as the pne of the largest resources or the most sense of relativity. His communications, whether written or oral, ought not to be less engaging for the moment if they sometimes totke in subjects which are only incidentally pertinent to people and things in Cardiff and Newport, Neath or Swansea, Merthyr or Aberdare. No man about town is a fierce partisan. He is content to leave political warfare to editors, and lessTeisurely men of that sort. If need arises he will, it is to be presumed, try to get the editor's permission to show that he is not neglectful of tho serious duties of life, but for the present he is a happy boulevardier, with a good digestion, a copious capacity of laughter, and a stock of common sense, which those who make his acquaintance will form an estimate of for themselves. •* It is not of much use being a personal friend of railway secretaries. They get to think that they have discovered your fads, and attribute your proposals to an ineradicable idiosyncrasy. Other- wise I might address a serious question to certain old friends here, and ask them whether a word of order could not proceed from their offices to the engine-drivers and stokers on the Taff Vale and Rhymney lines which should not interfere in the leat with the efficiency of the service, and yet would do much to secure the greater tranquillity of the midnight and morning hours in Cardiff. I remember how Dean Ciose proved his case in Carlisle—it is a good many years ago—that most of the whistling was an entirely superfluous nuisance, and he carried his point. It is within the. knowledge of many men also, that engineers occasionally amuse themselves by exchanging from different and widely-separated lines signals of their own ingeni- ous invention, which may mear no more than I am all right, Bill hew are you ?" It would take all the Boards of Directors in the country, and the secretaries to boct, to convince me that half thn hideous row which is raised in the early hours of the morning is necessary to the conduct of the traffic. Only yesterday morning, as I was walking n in from Roath, an engine pulled up on one of the Crockherbtown bridges, shrieked for, I should think, a whole minute, and seemed likely tc cause a disaster by frightening the horse in a brougham beneath. In comes in my way to know something more about the matter 'referred to in your letters anent a police-court case which the aggrieved gentleman admits that you reported with obvious sympathy for him. I have seen him, and have gathered some particulars of the good work he has been doing. A Man about Town is not necessarily sympathetic, though he ought to posssss^some practical wisdom, and I should like to say that my enquiries have satisfied me of Mr Johnson's good faith, and yet leave me a suggestion to offer him. What is called rescue work is often a dangerous business for a man to embark upon without some good woman's help. Bishops even have not been exempt from the whispered hints, which are worse than open charges, when they have neglected to arm themselves with a woman's aid. One thing you can always do. If there is not a private society dealing with such matters in your locality, it is easy to ascertain the address of a. benevolent minister, or to discover an officer of police who will conduct affairs in- the way desired, with no less success, and with less risk of misinterpretation arising, than a young man, and especially a young unmarried man. This may seem cynical, but it is cruelly true. I learn from an old South Walian, now in London, that he bad a series of surprises at the end of the week. There was no chance for him to get to tbe boat race, if he had wished to, and few London journalists have not seen quite enough of that particular annual. Business in fact detained him in Fleet-street, and at his tardy luncheon hour he found himself confronting old acquaint- ances from Cardiff, Newport, and the Valleys, almost anywhere between Ludgate Hill and Charing Cross, there appearing to Be, to judge from his letter, a tendency to concentration some- where about the Gaiety Restaurant. The explana- tion is that an excursion ran from South Wales to London, and, for a cheap trip, it seemed to have been pretty smartly illauaged--six hours each w;.v. This may recall one of the phrases in the conundrum as to the difference between tempta- tion and eternity but i., cmie to only a fraction over sixpence an hour winch is good-for the Great Western. There is something stirring in the air concerning club managers and Sunday drinking, and it is probable that in a very short time clubmen will hear of some decided move or other on their part. What seems to distress them most is that certain of their number, who preferred imprisonment to paying the fine, were subjected to an indignity of which they were not deserving, and a report has been sedulously set agoing that the unfortunate men who are lodged in the police cells at Cardiff have to contend with filth and dirt, and other evils which exist there. They also allege that two or three prisoners are often put in one cell. It is said, on the other hand, by the authorities, thàithera is not a word of truth in these allegations. The cells are large and lofty, and are kept scrupulously clean. In addition to this, they are constantly white- washed whenever the dirt accumulates on the wails. There is an admirable system of ventilation and hot water pipes throughout all the cells, and, in addition, every prisoner has a gaslight to cheer him through the night. I am glad to be furnished with this information. There was a time when a Man about Town was not con- sidered deserving of the title until he bad been "run in" and "bailed out." The experience has not fallen in my way; but if it shoulri be necessary I will arrange for a vicarious sacrifice. Mrs Dawes, who ha; brought her company to Cardiff with Nancy and Co., is the wife of an old Manchester friend who has really created in England a style of humour which is little inferior o tiiut of Artemus Ward. As lil.'jer Goff," and The Great Kite." Mr Dawes has than a merely northern reputation, and nc disparagement to him to say that fame ha? been considerably contributed -by the theatrical succsssc-s of his wife. I shall -by the theatrical succsssc-s of his wife. I shall 1 t aeGenbe the piny there is no: so very much vh.Aigrb the hide story it has! weiJ te'd, -*<tr,cy is chiefly noteworthy becauss of the e-,ccel!e"CP f representation t,}' i,a'vea a,d her c-mpanionn, Her cwa performance is reiri.rk.tbiy bright and liveiv, gaming with humour u: tii lighter passages, and w:t th« more prions. It ,7lM: 'I';? 7; ?tp MiSr the daughter of '->nalmost her entrance tc th» :aud :<sr the rest one mast mention Mr f'.0" »u capital imper*oiu:;ia; j; **y. 4 MaU abyu: Town, {

I THE GERMAN EMPEROR. I IBKUTER'S TIZLEGRAII. I BERLIN, Tuesday.-The Emperor William was up yesterday from half-past eleven in the morning until seven o'cloek in the evening. His Majesty slept well last night.

I THE AFGHAN FRONTIER. I [REUTER'S TELEGRAll. J bT. irETERSBCRG, Tuesday.-The Nevot Vremya to-day states that the Anglo Russian Commission, which has been summoned to meet here for the final settlement of the Afghan frontier question, will commence its sittings next week, by which time the delegates of the two Powers concerned will have arrived.

I ITALY AND THE POWERS. I [BEDTtR'S TELEGRAMj ROME, Tuesday.—At a private meeting of Deputies of the Extreme Left, held yesterday, a resolution was adopted severely censuring the Government for coming to an understanding with Germany and Austria, who were described as friends of the Vatican, and demanding the convo- cation of Parliament,

DRINK QUESTION IN SWIT- ZERLAND. I [REUTER?S TJELEGItA3i. I BERNE, Tuesday. In conformity with the requisition supported by 48,255 Swiss citizens, the Spirit Monopoly Bill, passed last year by the National and State Councils, will be submitted to the popular vote.

THE VACANT UNDER- SECRETARYSHIPS. I The Central News Belfast correspondent learns that the Government have decided to appoint an that the Government have decided to appoint an Irish member as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Ireland, and tha.t Mr Penrose Fitzgerald will receive the appointment. The Permanent Under-Secretaryship is still in abeyance.

LORD R. CHURCHILL AND THE I CABINET. Our Dublin correspondent telegrap is :—There is considerable curiosity felt here as to the line Lord It Churchill intends to take on the Coercion Bill. It is believed that he could smash up the Government now if hs opposed them therefore it is very probable that overtures will be made to him on behalf of the Government with a view to his returning to the Cabinet. m-

I DESPERATE PRIZE FIGHT. I A Hundred Rounds. A disgraceful prize fight took place yesterday morning in a field ne&r the Bell Inn, Northfield, between two men nick-named Mack" and "Evers." A hundred rounds were fought, lasting altogether an hour and thirty-five, minutes, when it was brought to a conclusion through one of the combatants being seized with a fit. The winner of the fight also had a fit. In addition both men were terribly punished about the face and body.

I REMISSION OF SENTENCE. At the Kent Assizes, held in January last, Mrs Ellen Ruddy was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment on a charge of perjury in connection with a case remitted by the Chatham stipendiary magistrate. The sentence was thought to be wrong. An influential memorial was forwarded to the Home Office, and on Saturday a reply was received stating that, after due enquiry, the Home Secretary was pleased to remit the sen- tence. The prisoner was released the same day from Maidstone Gaol.

THE WEST-END MYSTERY. Dr. Danford Thomas yesterday held an adjourned inquest at Paddington on the body of adjourned inquest at Paddington on the body of Elizabeth Culling, 22 years old, described as a shop assistant, who died on the 14th inst. from the effects of an unlawful operation alleged to have been performed by Elizabeth Fox and Charles Baxter. Fox described herself as a mid- wife and ladies' nurse, and Baxter himself as of no occupation. Both are in custody charged with causing the death of the deceased. At LÍle open- ing of the inquiry Miss Hunt stated that she first joined Miss Culling, Fox, and Baxter in Praed-street, and they proceeded thence to the in- firmary, denying that they started from the neighbourhood of Southwark Bridge-road, as the cabman testified. She now said this was false, and Mr Fuller owued to a falsehood in saying that she had never visited the deceased in Southwark Bridge-road, although she still maintained she did not know until then what was the matter with her.—After deliberating in private, the jury found a verdict of wilful murder against Baxter and Fox. They further found that the man named "Harry" was accessory to the death, and that "Irs Fuller and Miss Hunt bad committed wilful perjury. Finally, the jurors recommended that the whole of the facts be laid before the Public Prosecutor with a view of taking such proceedings as he may deem necessary therein.

A RUSTIC LUCREZIA BORGIA. I A species of rustic Lucrezia Borgia, named Bluchet, who lived at Brienon, a small town in the department of Yonne, has just been con- demned to hard labour for life on a charge of having poisoned her husband and a lodger in her house. This woman, having exhibited a weak. ness for the company of a local barber, wa1 naturally remonstrated with by her husband, an easy-going, uxorious kind of person. The lodger, an elderly man named Forgest, also ven- tured to point out to her the wickedness of her ways, and thenceforward became a mark for her revenge. Bluchet, stung by the reproaches of the two men, resolved to put them out of the way, and, with that object in view, began with her husband, by putting doses of arsenic in bis soup. She treated Forgest in the same fashion, and, after the lapse of a few days, the old man sickened and died. The husband succumbed six days afterwards, and, as happens very often in French rural districts, even in the present epoch of civilisation, the bodies were buried without inquests being held. The unseemly haste, however, which the murderess displayed in endeavouring to induce the barber to marry her immediately after her husband's death aroused the suspicions of her rural neighbours, who lost no time in communicating with the local police. The charming Blucher was then arrested, the bodies of her victims were disinterred, and the murder was out. She had used enough arsenic in the accumplishment of her fell purpose to poisou half-a-dozen men. During the trial sha made the most shameful allegations against her victims, and denied her guiit in the most bare- faced manner. The jury, in according extenua- ting circumstances to this Jezebel, showed their readiness, like most of their colleagues, both in Paris Ild in the provinces, to make things easy for criminals, who are growing bolder every day in tins country. Almost as much leniency is practised, in fact, as if the well-meaning but misguide.i philanthropists who cry cut for the abolition of capita! punishment had carried their pomt with the Govert3wept .d administra- ura of justics.

Curious South Wales Mining Dispute. In the Chancery Division, yesterday-beføa8 Mr Justice Kay—the case of Lewis v. James fIll heard. The defendant in this action, to enfoJGf the specific performance of a contract to sub-le^ certain mines in South Wales, moved to comØlI Sir William Thomas Lewis, Morgan Reynold and William Boyle to prison for contend of court. The allegation against the first-named gentlemen is that they employed & Boyle to induce a Mrs Davis, a material witneto for the defence, to conceal herself from tb' defendant, in consideration of which she was to receive L2,000 for her interest in the lease, wbiøb the defendant alleged that the plaintiff had ØO power to sub-let, and which was the subject mattlo of the action between Lewis and James.— Hemming, Q.C., and Mr C. M'Clyrnont for Mr James; Sir Henry James, Q.C., Marten, Q.C., and Mr Phipson Beale appeartd for Sir William Lewis and Mr Reynolds; and 1dJ M'lntvre, Q.C., and Mr Boome appeared for 30 Boyle. A number of details having been 9010 into, his lordship expressed his opinion thJl Boyle had done everything in his po_et to induce Mrs Davis to get out of the v;sll and had thereby been guilty of a gross 00 tempt of Court in attempting to interfere Wio the proper administration of justice. There 00 no evidence that Boyle was acting under tf instructions of Sir William Lewis and Rynoid" He therefore made an order restraining B of* from communicating with Mrs Davis for the pU pose of inducing her to conceal herself, or <j obstructing the fair trial of the actious, ordered him to pay the costs of ths application He refused to give Sir William Lwis sod Reynolds their costs.

THE CRIMES BILL. I Opinions of the London Press. I The Times says ;—To note thus early that the Parnellite3 contemplate a series of speeches of enormouslength, and that their leader's amendment involvingas it does a flat contradiction of tolJ vote of Friday night, is still held in reserve, the public will ask with amazement whv, if theø things are still possible, it was deemed lit.)erativ" to give precedence this year to the discussion of the closure rule. The object is to obtain a fair trial, and if jurors living among a lawless com' munity cannot be trusted, it is reasonable ta provide for a change of venue to England* The bill accordingly contains provisions empower ing the Attorney-General for Ireland to reiirOI(e special cases of murder, attempts to murder arson, and breaking or firing into (1wellilig, houses for trial before the English court'* This, as Mr Balfour contended, is more iØ accordance with the spirit of the Britis" constitution than Sir Wdiiam Harcoun's plan of abolishing juries and trying prisoners by a cof mission of judges. Nor can the Irish separatist* after their recpnc expressions of faith in tbe English democracy, consistently refuse to accept the offer. The Daily Neus -;ays :—This is one of the vvors' bills ever brought into parliament, but it bas least one advantage, it has destroyed once for all the hollow pretence that pseudo-Unionists desiro, to treat England and Ireland on equal term9* Ministers ask the House of Commons to (jeciaro that for the future the British constitution siall I be suspended and the liberty of every be at the mercy of the Executive* Liberals worthy of the name will certainly not hand over thr.3 rights of Ireland to Minister who can do nothing but read out number of extracts from official reports which he scarcely even pretends to understand. ThlJ Government took office with a mandate to main- tain the parliamentary union between Great Britain and Ireland. It is at least equally true that Ministers came in on the cry of no coercion one law for England and Ireland. That understand- ing they have already violated, without hesitation. without regard for decency, and without shame, Liberals who upheld them in their crazy efforts to put down agitation and encourage secret aocietie3 will cover themselves with ridicule and disgrace* The Daily Neics adds that there are rumours of an anti-coercion party in the Conservative ralik4 under the leadership of Lord Carnarvon. The Standard believes that there is some dig' satisfaction with the provision in the Crimes 13ill for transferring cases to England, and that the Government will be urged to give this part of the measure further consideration. The Daily Telegraph says :-It will indeed be » new experience if we are to see a former Prime Minister of England standing up in his place to affirm that the officials of the Castle deliberately furnish Downing-stree6 with false reports of the condition of Ireland, and that Irish judges as deliberately cook their charges to suit the taste of the Eiiglis4 Government bent on the destruction of IrisiJ liberties. Yet, otherwise, how can be justify the fulfilment of his threat to meet what he has called this ill omened measure with opposition at ever}' stage. The Freeman's Journal London corresponden5 says:—The bill has aroused the indignation of the Gladstomans to a remarkable pitch. 11' Parnell's following received last evening numeroll" pledges of unwavering assistance from the Giadstonian ranks. The same correspondent informed that the bill was altered within si hours of its introduction at the suggestion of )(1' Chamberlain. The rank and file both of the Radicals and Liberal Unionists are disposed to object to the transfer of cases to Englaud, and look upou it as a most dangerous and uselao innovation.

AMATEUR CONCERT AT I NEWPORT. Last evening the Newport companies of the 4th Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers galro a Christy Minstrel entertainment in the Albert* hall, Newport, in aid of the funds of the children8 jubilee ward. There was a large atteudancoo which included his worship the Mayor, officers ot the battalion, and many other leading residents* The programme was capitally drawn, and con- tained some of the best features of Cliristl Minstrel entertainments. The interlocutor, '•} the person of Sergeant Jno. Williams, and our old acquaintances "Bones" (Privates J. Coak" ham and J. H. Heyhryne) were of course prominent all the evening, an<* their local witticisms were generally neatly turned and much appreciated. The toW» council, the mayor, and other public bodies and personages were laid under contribution whilst in proof that the audience approved of the par- ticular line of humour, the first encorf of the evening was awarded to Private R. T. James for his topical song* The instrumental selections were also creditably given by the members of the band. The entertaiØ- ment concluded with the laughable nigger sketch* "The Barber's Apprentices." The proceeds, which ought to be considerable, will forna welcome addition to the children's ward fund, "nd help to bring it up to foni figures.

VICTORIA THEATRE, NEWPORT- Mr Charles Hermann's company continue thei successful engagement at the above place 0 amusement. Last evening there was another change of performance, the drama selected for representation being .1 am" Eipbil" stone's five-act "Miunigrev." There iv-10 a good audience. Mrs Hermann assume* the rSle of the heroine with grace and skill; r Hermann is the same rollicking, true-hearted* sailor-like character that be was in Penal Servl" tude;" whilst Mr Frank Graham, as Lee, Mr Leonard Dawson as Geoffrey ffoi#" arU, and Mr Gearge Whyte as Elinktir Bowles are clever in their several pare* The drama is of a somewhat sensational and there is plenty to sustain the interest u»»* the fall cf the curtain. The mechanical too, do credit to the resources of the Victor'* Theatre, whilst the scene at the doe# of «[? second act, and of the old abbqq, by M.00011,016 art triumphs o( wovkV