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LONDON LETTER. :
LONDON LETTER. Specially Wired. By Our Own Correspondent. LONDON, Monday Night. The personal still rules the cuurt, the camp, and he forum. To-night every portion of the House was crowded with an immense audience. There was that frou frou which indicates a large amount of interest, and in the lobbies there was a howling, yelling, thronging crowd that begged and menaced and shouted for admission. The intense excitement which had been created by the scenes of last Friday received an enormous addition this morning by the publica- tion in the Tirres of a letter purporting to be signed by Mr Parnell, expressing modi- fed approval of the Phoenix Park assassinations. The Times had taken unusual means for calling public attention to this document. It was set forth in its columns with every display, with large type, and with the professed fae-simile of Mr Parnell. A still more remark- able sign of its desire to make the public acquainted with this document was that it resorted to an enormous placard which was scattered all over London, and which described, the contents of the letter. Some of the evening newspapers followed this example, and the Evening Standard came boldly out with a placard announcing Mr Parnell's letter expressing approval of the Phoenix Park assassinations. These all served as materials for one of those tragic scenes in which the public man is placed upon the rack of in- terrogation and attack and the modern Pagan* came down to see the Christians in contest with the lions. The central figure of the situation, however, took the matter with his usual equanimity. The House had been sitting for some time, and Mr Sexton was well under weigh with his speech, when Mr Parnell, entering with his usual quietude, took his seat almost un- noticed among his colleagues. There was not even time for a cheer from his own aide or for a murmur from his enemies. The first business of the sitting was, of course, the question of Mr Healy's re-admis- sion. The general impression, as I wrote last might, was that the Government would raise no objection to the rescinding of the order made on Friday. To-day, however, a change had come over the scene. Formal notice had not been given of the motion to be proposed by Mr Sexton, who considered that his verbal announcement, and the general understanding that the Government would not oppose, would have been sufficient. Mr Smith, however, declared that as Mr Healy was not ready to apologise for the observation he had made, be was not in a position to allow the motion to be raised without notice. Colonel Saunderson looked pale and rather less confident than usual. This was doubtless owing to the fact that he must have received private remonstrances against the methods which he has been introducing into Parliament. It is remarkable that this morning even the Standard has a strong reprobation of his conduct, and it was evident that he was not com- fortable. An unwonted silence also showed that his friends were not entirely pleased with his conduct. Under these circumstances the weakness of his apology became still more visible. He bad 'to acknowledge that he could not bring evidence to substantiate his charges. He was careful at the same time to make a reserve of his own personal opinion. This was a sufficiently unmanly way of neither repenting nor apologising for the terrible charge, and there were murmurings upon the Liberal benches. Mr Sexton found himself unable, under these circums.tances, to withdraw the epithets which Mr Healy and he had made with regard to Col. Saunderson, and so the incident had to close. Mr Sexton was obliged, by the intrusion of these personal matters, to devote the greater part of his speech to an examination of Colonel Saun- derson's charges, and not to the provisions of the Coercion Bill. He took up each statement of the member for Armagh, and every- body was convinced when he had done that he had not even left a rag of truth to cover the wickedness of his assailant. For instance, he proved that Boyton and Sheridan, who were spoken of as colleagues of his own in the executive of the Land League,had never occupied any such position. Another charge was that Mr Sexton had been associating with these men knowing them to be murderers. The execu- tive of the Land League, he pointed out, came to an end in October, 1881, when it was dissolved by the proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant. Then the murder with which Sheridan was charged, took place in '82, and the true bill against Sheridan was not found till 1883, so that Mr Sexton was attacked for associating in 1881 with a man who was not charged until 1883 with murder committed in 1882. One equally effective, and perhaps more amusing, portion of his reply was directed at Colonel King-Harman. It is well known that the new Under-Secretary for Ireland began his checquered career as a Nationalist candidate for Parliament. Mr Sexton was able to point out that, at that stage of his career, Mr Sheridan was his political friend and can c vasser, and Mr Egan actually wrote his- first election address. Col. King-Harman rather added point to the attack by his ostenta- tious and evidently intentional absence from the House when Mr Sexton was making his charges. He had been seen uneasily hanging about the Speaker's thair before the member for West Belfast stood up, and he returned to his place on the Treasury bench immediately Mr Sexton bad done with this part of bis speech. It was a matter of considerable surprise that Lord Hartington when he stood up, in spite of the crushing nature of Mr Sexton's speech, should have allied himself to the campaign of calumny. It is the first time that he can be fairly charged with hitting below the belt. His alliance with the Times was made the more remarkable by the feebleness nnd hesita- tion which characterised his adoption of its programme. It was a case of threatening, but afraid to strike. Several times he was corrected by the Irish members, but he went on, and finally be emptied the House. Now, to sum the matter up, people are obser- ving that Lord Hartington and Mr Chamber- lain have both departed from any defence of the coercion policy of the Government, and, by a coincidence that is probably not accidental, have attempted to divert the whole contro- versy into personal attacks on Irish members. Cool and observant politicians do not regard this as merely the result of a loss of temper or a want of their accustomed aelf-control by these politicians. It is regarded as a sign of despair, and as the strongest testimony to the feeling of these men that the country is gainst them, and that coercion can only be made palatable by most desperate party attacks. With regard to the letter attributed by the Times to Mr Parnell, it was characterised by Mr Sexton as a monstrous, clumsy, palpable, and malignant forgery. I have reason to believe that this is a literally accurate description. The letter is not in his handwriting, while the signature and the words by which it is preceded—" Yours truly "—profess to be bis. It was for a while thought that the Times, or the person who sup- plied the paper with the document, might bave got hold of a signature of Mr Parnell at- tached to another letter, or perhaps that the Irish leader had given an autograph, and that signature might therefore be real. Bnt an examination of the signature by Mr Parnell and -onie of his inti- mate friends proves tip t ths is just as much a forgery as the body of the letter. Whether the fjflwr.fill continue t? f\tj6 fatal exposure we shall have tewait to see. To- day it has to make an apology to Mr T. P. O'Connor, whom it charged a short time ago with having been present at a murder con- vention in Chicago. It speaks of this terrible and, as it now admits, false charge, as an insig- nificant error." It was very late when Mr Gladstone rose, and the hour now is so advanced that I must content myself with just a few sentences upon it. The speech was a lengthy historical review. The right hon. gentleman spoke for nearly two hours, and it will be a great satisfaction to your readers to know that, notwithstanding this, his strength and bis voice were maintained fully to the end. The speech was an exhaustive criticism of the bill. There was not a point of real importance which it did not touch, and when Mr Gladstone sat down did not toucli, and -,vfien the universal feeling among the Liberals was that the whole position of the Government was shattered. The peroration, terse, but full of passion and fire, was especially fine.
THE TRAGIC SUICIDE AT CARDIFF.
THE TRAGIC SUICIDE AT CARDIFF. Inquest on the Body. The Police Censured. On Monday evening Mr E. B. Reeca (coroner) held an inquest on the body of Frederick Gill, who committed suicide at Cardiff on Saturday last by cutting his throat. Dr. Paterson said that the deceased was admitted to the infirmary on the morning of Saturday, the 16th inst. He was suffering from an incised wound across the neck. He never rallied, and in the course of a few hours he died. He was able to speak, but the witness could not form any conclusion as to the state of his mind. He appeared to be depressed, but this might only be the result of his weak condition. The wound was in such a position that it must have been self- inflicted, and evidently by the right hand of the deceased. Noarly all the blood was drained out of him. Richard Gill, the father of the deceased, re- siding at 44, Severn-road, deposed that he was a shipwright. He saw his son last alive about five o'clock on Saturday morning, in his bedroom, where he (witness) left him to go to his work. He was told of the occurrence about half-past ten, whilst he was at work, by a young man who said that he bad better come home because there was trouble there. When he reached his house he found that his son had been conveyed to the infirmary. About 10 years ago the deceased had been run over by a carriage, and had been brought home for dead, and although his health had been very good since then, he had been very irritable, which he never was before. Last Tuesday he was en the roof of the house, repairing the slates, when he suddenly fell, landing on his feet, and striking his bead against the wall. Dr. James was called on the following day, and advised that the deceased should rest for a few days, and told him net to do work. He did not obey these instructions, but went out. He was to have been married on the Wednesday, but it was postponed till Saturday. He had taken a house, and furnished it. The Coroner: There has been mention of money in the papers ? Do you know whether there is any truth in the report that your son took it ? Witness: The lodger is present. He missed some money, and asked my sen about it, but he never accused him of being the thief. Continu- ing, he said that his son be?uag d eaten almost nothing since Wednesday, and had been very depressed. He was shaken a good deal, and looked very ill. John Gill, a youngster of 10 years old, said that he slept with the deceased, who was his brother. On Saturday morning he saw his brother come inte the room. He went up to the looking glass and cut his throat with a razor. He had been walking about the room and was dressed. When he saw deceased cut hid throat he (witness) 'ran down stairs and told his sister. Elizabeth Ann Gill, the sister, deposed that about eight o'clock in the morning her little brother came down stairs and said, Oh, Lillie, what do you tbink Freddy has done 1 He has got a razor and he's all blood. She ran upstairs and found him lying half under the bed. There was a lot of blood about. She shook him, and he said, 0, Lillie, I've done it, I've done it I am dying." She then went down and fetched in the neighbours. Afterwards the policeman was fetched, and ordered her out of the room. The father, here interposing, said he should like to say that he thought the constable very dilatory in his duty, because he did not send for the doctor till 20 minutes had elapsed. The CGroner told him he should have men- tioned it before in order that they might have had him there. Continuing, the witnefs said the policeman was a long time there, but would allow no one in. Dr. Evans eventually came, and told them to take the deceased to the infirmary. Her brother had been in low spirits for some time. The Coroner here called George Edwards, the lodger, but did not put him upon oath. He cor- roborated the statement of the last witness that nearly half an hour elapsed before the doctor came, but added that the latter lived a good way off. The Coroner: How long was the policeman there?—Not more than live minutes. Did not be move the deceased to see if he was living ?-.NLo, not that I saw. What did he do all the time?-He was lookicg at the room. It is a very curious thing that he did not pull him out to see if he was dead. It seems very stupid. Why did not you touch him ? Was he roanin ?-'Ve both thought he was dead. The constable was P.C. I)anie It's very stupid. The first thing was to see if he was alive. If the constable did not go and pull him out, how could he tell ? Were you living in the same house as Gill ?- Yes, I was. Had you had any quarrel ?-No, sir. Had you accused him of taking any money?- No, sir; but I had lost some. When did you see him last ?-I saw him on Saturday morning, and he was lookicg very strange. How was it you saw him ?-He ca.me into my room. What time?—About half-past seven. Was he saying anybhiug to you ?-He was only talking about the money. What did he say ?—Ee said he had taken the money, and would pay it back, 5s a week. A juryman When did you accuse him ?—I did not accuse him. I told him I had lost it on Friday night. The Coroner: Then there had been a bit of a row on the Friday evening ?-No, sir. The Coroner Well, as regards the conduct of the policeman, it seems to be a very absurd thing that he did not move the body of the deceased. And will you, Inspector Cox, see to it ? The first thing he ought to have done was to see if he was living. There might have been a chance— although in this case there appears to be none— that he could have recovered. There was not a great deal of time to fetch the doctor, for you cannot get one in a minute. The only questions are whether the deceased inflicted the wound upon himself, and what was the state of mind in which he was. The accident may have shaken him very much, but you can hardly imagine it would lead to temporary insanity. As regards the money, whether or not he did take it,or whether his mind was so affected that he thought he had taken it, or whether tho deed that he had committed so prayed upon his mind that it led him to commit suicide, no one can tell. The Coroner then left the jury to consider their verdict. After some consultation.t h e jury found that the deceased had committed suicide while in a state of temporary insanity.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A CHILD…
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A CHILD AT CARDIFF. On Monday afternoon a serious accident occurred to a child named Amelia Baynton, aged six years, and residing with her parents at 23, Telford- street. She was standing in front of the ifre, near which there had been unfortunately placed some gunpowder. The child took a little or the powder and threw it on the fire, when it exploded. Her face and hands wereseverely burnt, and she had to be removed to the infirmary, where sha is detained.
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THE LOST PRINCESS.'
THE LOST PRINCESS.' Those who have read Eugene Sue's Mysteries of Paris will remember that two of the most prominet characters in the novel are a young girl of sixteen or seventeen, bearing the name of Fleur de Marie, and a young man known as Rudolph. The latter is a German prince in disguise, and when he first encounters Fleur de Marie, who turns out to be his long-lost daughter, she is living in one of the vilest hotels in Paris. Most of tho readers of the novel doubtless suppose that the story of the young girl's high birth, of her aban- donment in infancy by a heartless mother, and her final recovery is simply the creation of the author's fancy. But, improbable as it seems, it is nearly equalled by the actual experience of a Polish princess during the early days of the French Revolution—that dismal period so prolific in facts" stranger than fiction." Tho princess Anna Lubomieski bad established herself in Paris a short time before the overthrow of the old monarchy, and although stormy times were evidently close at hand, and events occurred which prompted many of the French noblesse to seek safety for life and fortune in England and Germany, she never dreamed of changing her residence, persuaded that her high rank, and the well-know fact that she was a Russian subject, would secure her from being in any way dis- turbed so long as she did not medddle with plots or politics. Robespierre bad not been long in power before she learned to her cost how great a mistake she bad made in trusting to such a pro- tection. Denounced under the absurd pretext of being a spy, and a conspirator against the Re- public, the princess was summoned to appear before the usual :tribunal, was hastily tried after the fashion of the times, and was, of course, con- demned to die. When carried to prison to await the execution of the sentence, no member of her family was allowed to accompany her except her daughter Rosalie, a child about five years old. On the sad day on which the poor mother was dragged to the scaffold, she commended her little orphan Rosalie to some companions in misfortune whom she found in the Conciergerie. It so hap- pened that each one of them, within a short period, experienced a fate similar to the tragical one of the princess and the poor child, adopted and bequeathed by each victim in turn, at last came in the hands of the washerwoman of the prison, named Bertot, who, though a widow, and with five children of her own dependent upon her for support, was so touched by the forlorn con- dition of little Rosalie that she assumed the care of her herself. The beauty of Rosalie, her unusual intelligence, considering her years, her gentle temper, her win- ning ways, and her anxious desire to help her benefactress, quickly gained the heart of the kindly washerwoman, so that she adopted the orphan and felt for her an affection scarcely less warm than that for her own children. A few years after the termination of the reign of terror, a list of its victims who had belonged to ether countries was prepared and published as widely as possible over Europe. The brother of the princess, the Count Rzewouski, was one day looking somewhat carelessly over this list, when his eye was arrested by the sight of his sister's name, and be then learned for the first time the horrible fate to which her misplaced confidence had brought her. The count, of course, instantly started for Paris, to get possession of his neice, and to take her to her Polish home. Oa his arrival in that city, the authorities willingly rendered every assistance in their power to ascertain her whereabouts, but all his and their efforts were utterly fruitless, as all trace of the orphan was lost. Advertisements ap- peared in all the papers, offering large rewards for information, but as good Mother Bertot did not see the papers, and probably could not have read them had they fallen in her way, nothing came of them. Month after month was spent by the count in these useless endeavours, and at last he reluc- tantly prepared to return home to Poland. On the morning of the day fixed for his departure the count met a washerwoman and a little girl with a basket of linen, at the entrance of the hotel at which he lodged. He was so struck with the beauty of the girl, and struck with her fancied resemblance, in some respects, to his lost sister, that he stopped to have a few words with lie-. It was the hand of a kind Providence, whose ways are so often not like our ways, which arrested him, for this washerwoman and her assistant were no other than the good Mother Bertot and her orphan charge. Only a few days before this Mother Bertot had been engaged as washerwoman at the hotel, whither she was taking some newly- washed linen, when the count so happily met her. "What is your name, my cbild 1" he asked." Roaslie, sir," she answered. Roaslie, do you say? Is Rosalie really your name? My good woman," said the count, turn- ing to Madame Bertot, is this your child ?" 'i es, sir; indeed she is my child, for I have supported her for three years. But when I call her my child, I do not meant to say that I am actually her mother No; she is the daughter of a poor lady who was in the prison where I once belonged, and where I found her. She has neither father nor mother. But misfortune has bound me as closely to her as if we had been glued together." "Do you say," rejoined the count, that she is the child of one who was in prison?" u es, of a great lady who was imprisoned and guillotined, with many others, in the time of Robespierre. The count was instantly convinced that he had at last found his niece; but to make assurance doubly sure, he addressed a few words to her in Polish. The moment that Roaslie heard the words, which recalled the dear remembrances of her infancy, she burst into tears, and throwing her. self into the arms of the count, she exclaimed Ob, sir 1 I understand what you say—I un- derstand what you say Repeat the words again. It is the languago in which my dear mother used to talk to me." Rosalie I my Rosalie!" said the count, pro- foundly affected and clasping the child in his arms-" I have found you at last. Yes you are my niece, the daughter of my beloved sister!" And then addressing the astonished washerwoman, he saId "Brave woman, you shall always be her mother. You shall never be parted while you live. As you took the abandoned orphan into your family and cared for her with a mother's love, your family shall henceforth be part of mine. The count was as good as his word. Mother Bertot and her children were at once removed to handsome apartments in the hotel where the count was stopping, until he was ready to return home. They accompanied him and Rosalie, who was subsequently married to her cousin, in Poland. Madame Bertot's sons were educated at the uni- versity of Wilna, entered the army, and were on the staff of Prince Poniatpwski. Her daughters also received ample dowries from their grateful friend, and in due time married Polish gentlemen of high social standing.
THE SHIPPING FATALITY IN THE…
THE SHIPPING FATALITY IN THE SEVERN. Inquest and Verdict. Mr M. F. Carter, coroner, resumed the inquiry on Monday, at the Duke's Head Inn, relative to the death by drowning, on Good Friday, of the wife and child of Hans Cornelinsen, captain of the Prince Victor, bound from New York to Sharpness with a cargo of about 8,000 barrels of petroleum.—Mr Birkett, of Liverpool, appeared on behalf of the owners of the vessel, Mr T. H. Mordey (Mordey, .Tones and Co., merchants and shipbrokers, Newport), represented the owner of the tug Victoria, Mr G. W. Keeling represented the Sharpness Dock Company, Mr Ingledew (Cardiff) represented the pilot Smart, and Mr Mr Handcock was for the owners of the Refuge and Ranger steam tugs, and Mr Barrett Cooke (Glouce-ter) was for the pilotage board. The Prince Victor, which belongs to Christiania, was a ship of 1,217 registered tonnage. She was pro- ceeding up the river to Sharpness in charge of three tugs when, about six o'clock in the morn- ing she took the ground, aud fell broadside into the water, and never righted. The captain's wife-who was forty-five years of age-was in bed at the time, and the child—a little boy-was in the forecastle, and their bodies were recovered after the tide had fallen. Several witnesses were called, and after hearing their evidence the coroner hoped the result of the inquiry would bave the effect of bringing about a Government examination of steam tugs, and also occasion greater care in the navigation of the Severn. After a short consultation the jury returned tho following verdict That the death of Natalia Cornelinsen and OJaf, her son, was caused by drowning on Good Friday by the capsizing of the ship Prince Victor, on the Slime- road or Wbirlsend Sands, in consequence of a sudden squall coming on, in passing the Chapel Rock, and also because of the inefficiency of the tu" power to keep the vessel in the proper channel." The jury further requested the coroner to make proper representations to the Govern- ment authorities to take steps that all boats should be subjected to periodical Government inspection and be licensed. They also request to add to their verdict their sense of 'the esteemed kindness shown to the shipwrecked crews by Mis Bubb and ail her family, ot Woola-ton Grange, and Mrs Biddeii .uå all her family at Piuaterwiue Farm. I
I YANKEE YARNS.
I YANKEE YARNS. I THE CONSCIENTIOUS FIREMAN. Young Wife: I know very well, mother, that my husband no longer loves me." Mother: "How do you know it, my daugh- ter ?" "Yau know he belongs to a fire company ?" "Ye8, Well, before we were married, when we were courting and the tire bell rang, he never went to the fire. Ho said that he would rather pay the fine. Well, what does he do now ?" Why, now, at the very first sound of the bell, he says duty calls him. and lie is off and away in threa shakes of a. sheep's tail." A, ARISTOCRAT. A policeman, coiniug upon a suspicious-looking negro standing on the street, said What are you standing here this way for?" "How you 'speck me ter stan' ef I doan stan' dis way ? 'Speck er man ter stan' on his head? Reckon I d better take you along." Take me erlong whar, sah 1" "Never mind, come on." Look heah, ain't yerse'f er merIatted" "That makes no difference." "Yas it do. I 'longs to de 'stockrasy, an' I ain't gwine ter be rested by er blame nigger. Ef yer wants tet- take me up go git er white gener- man ter do it, fur I'll bo blame ef I ken stan' er mileration like dis. Put yer hau's on my gar- ments an' I'll hurt yer. Look out I tells yer. Neber seed er melatter dat. wa'n't er blame fool. Wall, turn me loose, an' bein's ez yer air nearly white I'll go wid yer." I ABOUT BURGLARS. In Austin, Texas, a burglar was detected stealing a Waterhnry watch. Tiie owner of the watch, a confirmed journalist, awoke, and at the muzzle of a pistol compelled the burglar to keep the time-piece, although the burglar, with tears in his eyes, begged leave to return it. The burglar alarm is one of the greatest inven- tions of the age. It always warns the burglar in season to get out of the way before anybody can ventilate him with a pistol. In robbing houses burglars should be very care- ful not to stumble over things. In Chicago a thief entered a bouse and while prowling around fell over a chair and broke his leg, and had to arouse the family and request them to send for a doctor. New York Life reports another sad case. A burglar stumbled over a fence, leaving a part of his pantaloons in charge of a bull dog. The bar- glar remarked that it was "a clothes shave." Whit the average citizen needs just at this crisis is an efficient burglar alarm. According to the Boston Post, the latest burglar alarm is the burglar's fear that the bank cashier will get there before he can. Burglars are not always happy. In Louisville one of them broke into a grocery stora and got some cheese that was no longer young. He has since reformed and become an exemplary citizen, having refused an offer to become casuier of a bank. Burglars, who claim to be gentlemen, should always wipe their feet on the door-mat before entering the parlour through the window with muddy boots. They should, also, before entering a house, ponder over that beautiful thought of Bacon, that He who robs in darkness breaks God's lock." In aelecting a house to "burgle," the burglar should choose the residence of an elderly gentle- man, because his gait is broken and his locks are few. The Yonkers Gazette man reports a very peculiar burglary. A man who stole a mask to represent a. grizzly bear at a masquerade hall, has been arrested for bear-faced robbery. Judge, speaking ex-cathedra, says solemnly: A striking point of resemblance between the busy editor and the industrious burglar is their common dislike to long sentences." There are several effeotive remedies against burglars, and ODi) of them is to place a large box of dynamite on the safe, and then there is no fear of burglars breaking in. Another pretty good way to keep burglars out of the house is to lea ve the valuables out at night on the front doorsteps. Those who have given this plan a trial say that it works like a charm.
MR LABOUCHERE'S VISIT TO CARDIFF.
MR LABOUCHERE'S VISIT TO CARDIFF. The arrangements for the visit of Mr Labou- .Lk l r Laboa. chere to Cardiff on Friday next were completed by the comniittet3 of the Cardiff Liberal Club, under whose auspices the visit will be made, at a meeting held on Monday evening. There is every prospect of a most successful gathering, nearly half of the balcony tickets having already been applied for. The floor of the hall will be entirely free to the public.
LIVELY DOINGS AT FERNDALE.
LIVELY DOINGS AT FERNDALE. A Policeman Attacked bv a Mob. William Williams and Dan Llewellyn were charged, at the Yssrad police-court, i;n.LVIonday, with assaulting P.C. James Edward Lewis. It appeared that on Saturday night a fight took place near the Commercial Hotel, Ferndale, which was witnessed by an admiring crowd of about 600 persons, a considerable proportion of whom were drunk. P.O. Lewis soon appeared on the scene, and proceeded to arrest the pugilists. Thereupon friends of the latter rushed forward to prevent this. The disturbance continued for upwards of an hour. Llewellyn managed to escape, but the other man, whose clotbes had been torn to raf., in the struggle, became exhausted, and was conveyed to the police- station. Subsequently the former was also ap- prehended. Both prisoners were sent to'prison for one month with hard labour.
SAD PLIGHT OF GIRLS AT SWANSEA.
SAD PLIGHT OF GIRLS AT SWANSEA. Two young girls, named Susan Kammett and Edith Pengelly, were summoned at the Swansea police-court on Monday to answer to a charge that, on the 7th inst., they wera drunk on the sands.—A constable stated that on the day in question he saw the defendants lyinsr down drunk. They were surrounded by about 40 young men. Defendants appeared to have been led astriy by bad companions, and the Stipendiary, after urging them to turn from their evil ways, fined then; Is each and costs. -I%lr F. G. Kent, of the Gloucester Arms, was then summoned for supplying liquor to the girls, who, it was stated, were under 16 years of age. Pengelly, it transpired, was slightly over the age. Both girls said they were treated to liquor by a man who induced them to go to the public-house.—Mr W. R. Smith, for the defence, said the house bad been well conducted for nine years by the defendant, and if any drink was sup- piied at all it was done unwittingly.—An adjourn- ment was granted, on the application of Captain Colquhoun, who wished to obtain further evidence. —Mr Smith said his client courted the fullest inquiry.
BREACH.OF COLLIERY RULESI…
BREACH.OF COLLIERY RULES I IN THE RHONDDA. Important to Colliers. I At the Ystrad police-court on Monday—before Messrs Ignatius Williams, stipendiary, and J. Davies, Brynfedwen—Charles Silvester, collier, employed at the National Colliery, Wattstown, where the fearful disaster recently occurred, was charged with the violation of the 230th rule of the special rules of the colliery, which provides that no person shall hang his lamp within two feet of the swing of a tool. It appeared that on April 1st, while defendant was at his work in the stall, his lamp, which was fixed on the "gob, was set rolling by some stones that fell from the roof, and it struck against his mandril. Upon examining the lamp he discovered a hole in the shield, and immediately left his work, took it out to the lampinan, and described how the accident had occurred. The Stipendiary explained to the manager, who prosecuted on behalf of the com- pany, that the alleged offence was banging a lamp within two feet of the swmg of a tool. Defendant had not hung up his lamp at all. The lamp was placed on the" gob." Defendant now stated he could not have hanged his lamp because there was no timber in the stall. He had fixed the lamp at a proper distance from the mandril, and the accident would not have occurred pad it not been struck and set rolling by the stones. The bench, however, tined the defendant 10s and costs.
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I FACTS AND FANCIES.j
FACTS AND FANCIES.j A Burning Shame-Bad gas. In Solitude.—Those beings only are fit for soli. tude who like nobody, are like nobody, and are liked by nobody. -Zimraei-inan. Spriggs "How much older is your sister than you, Johnny ?" Johnny "Maud used to be twenty-five years, then she was twenty, and now she ain't only eighteen. I guess we'll soon be twins." TEMPERANCE ITEM.—Judge: In your drunken fury you drew your p stol and dangerously wounded an unoffending man.—Cowboy: Yes, that's about the of it. Jude: Whisky hss got you into seriaus trouble. If it had not been for whisky, you would not now be under arrest.—Cowboy That's where you're a little off, jedge. If I had been sober, I'd have killed him deader than a doornail, instead of only crippliu' him up a little.-Texas Siftings. While it may seem singular that the division line between animals and plants cannot bq clearly traced—some forms appearing to belong to either or both kingdoms—it is still more remarkable that mineral substances should seem to be living creatures. One of the most interesting finds in the ocean depths is Huxley's Bathybiua, made of shapeless, motionless slime. It h is been rupposed to be the common origin of the animal and veget- able kingdom, but its n^ganio character has lately been questioned, and many natuzalists now consider it only gelatinous gypsum. In Eozoon Canadensis we have another animal of a few years ago which is now regarded as a mineral substance. A ItEMARKBr.E CLINIATE.-Tlie city of Cerro de Paseo, in Peru, located at a point where two ranges of the Cordilleras meet, has a remarkable climate, owing to its great elevation above the sea. From December to March, a season which the people term their winter, whereas, in reality it is their summer, the temperature during the day is from twelve to thirteen degrees above zero; at night it falls to near zero, but the water seldom freezss. During this season the sun appaars at times, and from the purity of the atmosphere the heat caused by its rays is almost unbearable. A person may be standing partly in the sunlight and a portion of his body may be in the shade; that portion is disagreeably cold, while the part exposed to the sun is uncomfortably warm. A YELLOW DIER.-The centra piece was a huge fiat basket of allamandas, with a border of deep purple asters. There were also four smaller dishes of yellow marigolds, scattered here and there upon the openwork cloth, which was laid over a yellow cover. The candles were yellow, with yellow shades, which gave a rich golden light, and the candelabra stoods upon two mats of yellow plush. Each of the charming young girls who were present carried away with her as a trophy a palm-leaf fan, gilded, to which was tied with yellow satin ribbons a bunch of single dahlias, yellow. Each corresponding swain tucked a nosegay of the s^ne fiowors, with a bit of maiden hair, into his buttonhole, and beamed radiantly above it upon all around. The bonbons were yellow and white. Most of the china was white and gold The whole affair was very effective. CONVERSA.Tro.-A man yoked to Big I" can never be a good conversationalist. To go out of one's self, to meet those with whom one talks, not half way, but clear upon their own ground; to lift the veil from their best thought—this is the secret of good conversation. It is talking, as Bacon tells us, which makes the ready man but not all talk- ing makes the ready conversationalist. Not monologue, nor talk in which the centre of interest is in the talker. There must be the clash of counter-interest, the ftiction of mind and mind, the shuttle-cock piny of words thrown quickly to and fro. Anthony Trollope lays down as a rulo for novelists that conversation should be broken into short sen- tences that no one utterance should be allowed more than a certain number of lines. The rule holds good beyond the limits of the novel; short sentences, unincumbered by parenthesis or ex- planatory clauses, are absolutely essential to con- versation. It is not politeness, but the nature of things, which forbids the speaker to monopolize conversation. Conversation ceases the moment -talk becomes a monologue. A grpat man now and then, like Coleridge, might be permitted to do all the talking; but that is not conversation which he does, but something quite difierent, however valu- able. I IN DIICDIORT. "Ship ahoy rang on the evening air, And then the words, What ship goes there?" We sailed the dark'ning sea The ship's fair name came floating back, I saw the ship move on its track, And watched it fade away. It sailed away, out o'er the pes, And never more was seen by me, For seldom there I came But oftentimes my mind brings back The ship slow f ailing o'er its track, Again I hear its name. I saw, one day, a sweat, fair face, A Lyentle look, a tender grace, The maiden's name 1 learned We never met, I doubt if she Has ever seen or heard of me, And we apart were turned. We've never met, and time has fled, 'Twas years ago, she may be dead Or living, still the same; And yet ofttimes, when sad at heart, At that sweet face I dreaming start, And hear again her name.
ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS…
ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS ( AT MERTHYK. Defeat of the Ritualists. In accordance with the decision of the recent vestry meeting, a poll of the parishioners of Merthyr was taken on Monday for the purpose of electing churchwardens. The gentlemen nomi- nated were Mr Edward Clity, whose year of office has just expired, and Mr David Evans. The former gentleman, though not a Ritualist himself, was not deemed a suitable candidate by the anti- Ritualistic parishioners, who, accordingly, brought forward Mr David Evans, aventleman prominently connected with the Church Pro'.estant Sunday- school. Much interest was tokiui in the contest. The poll closed at eight o clock, and the result was declared a quarter of an hour afterwards by Mr Frank James. The figures were:— Mr Evans. 1,232 Mr Clity 418 Majority. 814 The announcement was received with loud i cheers.—Mr W. Smyth, as the proposer of Mr Evans, thanked the parishioners for their support of the latter. They would now be abla to ehow the Ritualistic rector that he could not comE) into the parish and disregard the honest and sincere convictions of the Protestant people of Merthyr. (Cheers.) As long as he received Protestant pay, the rector shouid administer the rites of the Church upon sound Protestant principles.—Mr D. Davies also delivered an address. The crowd, on going through Glebeland-street, met the suc- cessful candidate, who was enthusiastically shouldered. Mr Evaus briefly returned thanks for his election.
ALLEGED QUACKERY AT DOWLAIS.
ALLEGED QUACKERY AT DOWLAIS. Death from Blood Poisoning. J On Monday Mr R. J. Rhys held an inquest at the Carmarthen Arms, Dovvlais, touching the death of David Williams, an old man, aged 61 years. About a fortnight ago deceased was working at the saw mill at the Upper Works, and, heedless cf what he was doing, he got his hand entangled in the circular saw. After this he went for a couple of times to the Dowlais surgery to have the injuries attended to. A neighbour who happened to see his wife dress the wound guaranteed to cure him. and the wife allowed her to use some poultice to tho bruised thumb. Dr. Mason declared that death resulted from blood poisoning. Tho coroner demanded that the woman Williams should be produced, but she had quitted her house, and tho house itself was locked up. The inquest was adjourned for a week to compel the attendance of the woman, the coroner intimating that he was determined to stamp out this female quackery.
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The Death of Mr Crawshay Bailey.…
The Death of Mr Craw- shay Bailey. FULL PARTICULARS. Funeral Arrangements. Fuller particulars of the circumstances attend- ing the death of Mr Crawshay Bailey, which we recorded yesterday, are supplied in the following telegram from our Dublin correspondent:— DUBLIN, Monday Night. Mr Crawshay Bailey died with painful sudden- ness at 3, Brighton-terrace, Monkstown, county Dublin, at four o'clock on Sunday morning. He came over to Ireland only a few months since, in the hope that the bracing sea air at Monkstown would recruit a constitution rapidly failing, but, unhappily, the changeable weather and the biting easterly winds so prevalent during the last few weeks retarded his recovery, and brought about a fatal result. Mr Crawshay Bailey was out driving so recently ail Wednesday last,-and was up and dressed to go out on the following day (Thursday), but the wild aspect of Dublin Bay, so viewed from the terrace windows, and the wintry wind blowing along the coast, made it imperative for him to stay in doors. On Friday a perceptible change for the worse occurred, and his condition became so alarming that a telegram was on Saturday, at his request, despatched to Mr A. B. Trevenen, solicitor, and l agent of the whole of the Crawshay Bailey Istates in Wales, summoning him to Ireland without delay. The telegram was forwarded to Mr A. B. Trevenen's office, 68, Lincoln's-inn, London, and Mr Trevenen at once started for Dublin. He arrived by the Kingstown mail packet at six o'clock on Sunday morning, and drove with all haste to Brighton-terrace. On reaching the house, however, be found he was too late, and regretfully heard that his client had expired some two hours before. Mr Trevenen, who is a genial, kind-hearted gentleman, was deeply grieved at the news, which gave him a great shock. This is not to be wondered at, considering that the last time he saw the deceased at Maindiff Court, Aber- gavenny, Mr Crawshay Bailey was in the best of health, and with every prospect of living to a good old age. An interview with the medical attendant followed, and the circum- stances already related were told to Mr Trevenen. The ailment from which the deceased suffered was an internal one, and of so complicated a nature as to make it difficult of description. Mr Crawshay Bailey, who was only in his forty seventh year, was stout in appear- ance, and during the few weeks pre- ceding his death be was often observed walking on the terrace abutting the sea. He walked slowly, and with the usual languor of an invalid. His promenades, however, were of short duration, and the inhabitants of the neighbour- hood watched the movements of the visitor with much interest. In his last moments Mr Bailey had every attention, and he expired amid those luxurious surroundings which only wealth can procure. To-day (Monday) Mr Trevenen made the necassary arrangements for the funeral. The body, which has been placed in a handsome coffin, will be conveyed on board the mail packet from Kingstown to Holyhead on Wednesday, and from thence transferred by special train to Abergavenny. The funeral will take place at Llanddewi Skirrid Church on Friday or Saturday, and will be made the occasion of a kindly and sympathetic demonstration by the tenants of the estates. Mr Crawshay Bailey's death is not yet known in Dublin, and the first intimation received of the sad event was a telegram from Cardiff this morning. The message merely stated that the deceased gentleman had died in Dublin on Sunday, and it was a difficult matter to obtain information. The deceased was tuknown at the I Dublin clubs and hotels, aird the aeath was not recorded in to-day's Dublin papers. Happily, after enquiries of a wearying nature, information was obtained from a Dublin house agent that a gentleman named Crawshay Bailey had taken 3, Brighton-terrace, Monkstown. No one knew that this was the man whose name is a household word in Wales, and the residents of Monkstown were totally ignorant of his identity. A visit to the locality this evening soon, I am sorry to state, assured me on this point. The Welsh people will naturally be anxious for some description of the spot where Mr Crawshay Bailey died. Briefly stated, it is one ot the loveliest spots on the Irish coast, and is replete with marine views which can scarcely be surpassed. Inland there is an abun- dance of lovely wooded scenery, making a pleasing contrast to the sea view ahead. JJrighton- terrace is a row of two-storied mausionr" situated on a bluff overhanging the sea. A broad and handsome carriage drive sweeps round the hill, the side of which is converted into pleasure grounds descending by steps to the sea. At une of these pretty mansions Mr Crawsbay Bailey took up his home after arriving in Ireland. The house was decorated and furnished in the most elaborate style, and the outside walls and railings are pictures in themselves. The verandahs are heavily burnished in gold, a band of gold also relieving the doors and gates. Down the hillside the pleasure gardens were converted into a veritable fairy palace, and the sight which met me to-night on gazing down the hill was one that I shall not easily forget. The garden is laid out in terraces, with beautiful fountains contain- ing gold fish. These were in full play, an<1 the gardener and page were busy watering the choice plants which grew everywhere around. Faraway in front rolled the waters of Dublin Bay, the golden rays of the setting sun casting a beautiful halo over all. I spoke a few words to the gardener, and he expressed his deep sorrow at losing his master. I did not have him long," he iaid, but it was long enough for me to know that he was a very generous and kind employer." The blinds of the room were closely drawn, but, the front door being thrown open for one minute, I obtained a pleasing sight of luxurious comfort, the future being arranged with due regard to light and colour. Making my way down the hill, I walked on to Kingstown, and there, at the great Royal Manne Hotel, had a short interview with Mr Trevenen, the agent. He seemed pleasantly surprised when confronted with a representative of the South, Wales Daily News, but with gentlemanly courtesy at once afforded me every infurination. At half-, past seven to-night ho boarded the mail packet, en route for London. To-morrow be will proceed to Abergavenuy to conduct and be present at the funeral. Reception of the News at I Abergavenny. The death of Mr Crawshay Bailey is 'still the chief topic of conversation in this town. A large number of sympathisers waited, on Monday, on INIrs Crawshay Bailey, amongst whom was Sir Joseph Bailey, of Glanusk, and nearly all the gentry in the neighbourhood. Particulars as to the death had not reached the town on Monday evening. Mrs Bailey received a telegram on Saturday evening informing her that her husband was dying, and on Suuday morning the telegram announcing his death came to hand. Mr Iltyd Gardnor, solicitor to Mrs Bailey, started on Monday for Dublin to ascertain particulars.
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At the Ystrad police-court on Monday—before Mr Ignatius Williams (stipendiary) and Mr John Davies, Brynfedwen-Elias Thomas, described as a boot and shoe cutter, in the employ of David Evans, Ferndale, was charged with having on different occasions stolen five pairs of boots iroiii his employer. Mr Richard Jones, jeweller, of Ion, Ystrad, and an ex-mayor of Llanidloes, said that the prioner had been a member of the town council at L!?nid!oe! and had borne an excellent character. Mr Simons, who appeared for the defence, submitted a number of i«>tter? having reference to prisoner's integrity. Prisoner was fined 49s,
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