South Wales Echo

The Man about Town. s Unless I am much mistaken the town will feel relieved at the announcement that the special committee appointed to inquire into certain affairs in the Town Clerk's office have been spared the most painful part of the duty allotted to them. The wisdom of instituting an inquiry was never quite apparent. Whatever there was that was wrong 0 might have been dealt with in a very simple disciplinary manner. But when Mr Alderman Taylor made the matter a public question, it was bound to be a meeting at which reporters had the right to be present; and any one with the faintest inkling of the truth must have known that investigation would mean a grievous scandal. The whole thing is happily ended, except for one particular person. The best course it was possible for Mr Newbury to adopt was to resign. So ends the chapter-for the present. # The Cardiff School Board yesterday held a special meeting to consider a somewhat curious case, and it brought into relief, for the first time locally, the incapacity of Sir W. Hart-Dyke to understand what his business is at the Education Department. The mattier in dispute raised a multitude of issues but for the moment I shall only touch the question which was practically forced upon the attention of the Board, There are two bright Jewish lads in the higher grade school, whose parents and whose tenets alike prevent them from sitting for the examination, during the hours appointed, on the Jewish Sabbatfc, Ms Lewis Williams, very reasonably, thought that an exemption from ordinary rvtles might be made in their favour, and wrote to the Education Department. He was naturally anxious to give the boys a chance, and at the same time to secure for the School Board the grant per capita, which there was every reason to believe that they might earn. The reply he received was to the effect that "unless the locality was prepared to pay 910, the cost of a special examination," the boys must obey the ordinations of the Red-tape office, or must miss their chances and even if the £ 10 were paid by the rate- payers under these circumstances the youths would not be permitted to be candidates for scholarships or exhibitions. It is, to my mind, an atrocious doctrine. Because these boys belong to the oldest faith recognised by most of our people, they are to be ostracised; and this after all our lights for liberty of conscience, and the elimination' of polemical or dogmatic teaching from our Board School education. The case creates a new religious disability. A good Jew observes his Sabbath as scrupulously as a Calvinistic Methodist observes his on the day after. His children must not touch their week day employments until the sun has gone down. What, then, is to become of the Jewish youth and maidens who attend our public schools when the examinations are appointed for the Jewish Sabbath ? It is monstrous and peculiarly irritating to find them denied their opportunities by the Red- tapeists of the office of vhich Sir W. Hart- Dyke is supposed to be the illuminating chief. The value of the Bill which is now before the House of Lords, and which has been described as limiting "a dog to one bite," was illustrated at the Newport police-court yesteiday. It was a case in which it was proved to the satisfaction of the magistrates that a Mr Pearson's dog, described as a big rough terrier," without any provocation, bit a child four years old. The same animal also tried to bite a school board officer, against whom, in the nature of things, it could have no special animus. Yet, as Mr Stevens said, it rushed at him, and there is something in the evidence of a man accustomed to brave the anger of recalcitrant parents of the courts and alleys when he says that he "is afraid" of the spiteful beast. It must be, as Mr Wans- brough remarked, a "very unruly dog to attempt to bite a school board officer." The explanation, of course, is that its breeding was bad, or, in other words, that its educa- tion had been neglected. Without indulg- ing in undue flippancy, I should say that a dog which would try to make a meal out of the calves of a school board officer is a dog that ought to be destroyed. But all the justices did, and all, possibly, that they could do, was to mulct the owner of the pest in the costs, with an order to restrain the ani- mal, which, I suppose, means to chain and muzzle him, under a penalty of 21 a day for disobedience of the order. But what good is that ? The dog only becomes more savage under restraint during the term of the order. We want power to order the administration of a pretty strong dose of nux vomica in the case of animals of this pes- tilential order. ♦ What a pitiable condition Swansea must be in 1 And does it not involve some reproach upon the corporate authority ? Quite a panic, it appears, prevails there, in consequence of the great drought, and the consequent scarcity of water. Just imagine the publi- cation of a newspaper being delayed for nearly a day, because there was not water enough to fill the boilers of its engines. Such a condition of things seems incredible but still more incredible is the story that people have had to run about borrowing water from one another, as care- less housewives sometimes borrow soap, or soda, or a small parcel of loaf sugar. The very idea of correcting their own deficiencies hy drawing upon the water of the disused Velindra pit seems to be particularly objectionable. With all the hills behind them, and the splendid opportunities which Swansea has had of securing an everlasting and elastic water sup- ply, it does appear to me to be discreditable to the municipal authorities that they should not have exhibited greater foresight, and made proper provision for the essential wants of their growing borough. I So far, we in the Cardiff neighbourhood have had an extraordinary drought. It has been the driest spring in these parts that I remember. It has been the cruellest also in other respects. But the absence of rain, especially of warm rain, has been phenomenal. It was threatening day after day, and yet it never fulfilled its threat. How can you put faith in the forces of nature unless you know that you can control them? It was too serious a question for me, so I a3ked the poet of the establishment to consider it, and this is his little effort Come, blessed Rain! in genial showers, Fall softly rain bring sight of flowers. Our toil is lost; our gardens wasted see. Come, gentle rain 1 the land doth wait on thee. Limp are the leaves upon my chesnut boughs; Bare is the pasture where my heifer lows. Dry is the verdure on the neld or lawn Aquarius! art thou dying, or too late delaying dawn? Fall, rain and brighten the laburnum's taaselled tips. Come, rain the wild flowers plead with upturned lips. Fall on us say the reeds and weeds beneath the hedgerows' shade, And make the blossom bloom on every stalk and blade. The oats do moan; the wheat doth starve the barley does but languish. 'Tia thou, Aquarius that must end this anguish. No more east winds—we've too long had enough, They make our throats and casements hoarse and rough, Of soft south westers nq souls with us complain, If it but only rain,-if it but rain t. I hope Mr Solomon Andrews is not too proud to accept a hint in the spirit in which it is offered. He was descanting eloquently the other day in the Council Chamber on economy in the use of horse flesh. My sug- gestion is that he should put his precepts into practice in connection with his service of 'busses to and from Penarth. Most Cardiff people know the terrible hills which run in and out of the "onia in which Cogan is situated. It is a miguuy matter for a pair i of horse* to pull the vehicle up the pitch 0 with an ordinary load but on the last cars, which are nearly always crowded, it it evident to anybody, with the least experience in driving, that the load is too much for the poor beasts, and that a trace horse is required alike for the safety of the passengers, as well as for the sake of the horses. Economy, Mr Andrews It was your text the other day. Give the team a leader, or I may have to suggest that the traction engine shall be employed in its off hours to help to haul your conveyances over the hill. It looks very much as though the Church was going to disestablish itself, in so far, at least, as St. David's at Merthyr is concerned. The simmering dispute of twelvemonths which broke out at the Easter vestry meet- ing is not yet appeased, and there has been another volcanic eruption. The people's warden and the rector's warden are at daggers drawn, though only in church, for I am told they are good enough friends outside the sacred edifice. Mr David Evans, who represents the congregation, resented the action of Mr Clay, who was for the nonce the deputy of the clergyman's man in collaring the bag; and there was an unedifying scene, of which we shall hear more anon, if, as is threatened, the subject is to be referred to the bishop. T • Lt reminds me of a disreputable row which took place in a Manchester chapel, which claims to be a branch of the "National Church" of Scotland. The quarrel there was over the bag which it was the privilege of Judas to carry. Mr Mackie, the pastor, insisted that the contents belonged to him, and a Mr Carswell, an elder, maintained the contrary on behalf of the congregation. Then there came a butcher's steel into play, and there was an abrasion of Mr Carswell's skin, and there was subsequently a committal of the clergyman to a term of imprisonment- a very harsh sentence I thought it, considering the provocation. It is most devoutly to be wished that things may not come to this pass in Merthyr. It will be just as well, however, if Mr Superintendent Thomas tells off a man to keep an eye upon the wardens until matters are in a more settled condition. This, I think, will not be found in Hymns Ancient and Modern "— Birds in their little nests agree, And 'tis a shameful sight, When wardens in the vestry merit, Fall out, and almost fight. Or this, which may be considered to be the invocation of Mr David Evans- Abide, P.C. with me at eventide The bag gets heavy mind, with me abide Clay holds the coins; my task to count the cash- Stay by me, constable, lest I do something rash. + During the course of last evening I dropped into the Theatre Royal to see our old favourite, The Private Secretary." It is a lasting favourite, and so apparently think Cardiff play-goers, for there was a good house last night. The "cast" has been greatly changed since the last visit of the play to the town. Mr Arthur Helmore remains indeed, and he is a host in himself. It does not appear to be generally known that this able actor is the original Rev. Robert Spalding, who undertookthe part when the piece was produced at Cambridge. The Cantabs, by the way, gave it their unanimous approval, thus showing a bettor discrimina- tion than that displayed by the London critics. Mr Helmore, when he visited Cardiff some months ago, formed one of the series of Theatrical Sketches which then appeared in these columns, and a full history of his very successful career was given. Another old favourite is Mr William Hargreaves, He plays to perfection the role of the irascible mnele, who is so naughty as to be much pleased to learn that his real nephew can make a book on the Derby, and reads the Pink 'LTn. Miss Alice Bruce, the charming actress who impersonates Edith Marsland, is the only other remaining member of the old troupe, but the altera- tions have, on the whole, proved fairly satisfactory. It is hard to say when The Private Secretary will make its "positively last appearance," for it has an evergreen fund of humour, which keeps one amused on the third or fourth time of seeing it. D'yeou know," its a very clever piece. Mr S. Harry Stuckey, of Clevedon, sup- plies a curious anecdote, which may be said to possess a neighbourly, as well as a literary interest. Few of my readers, I imagine, are unacquainted with Tennyson's song-it is one of the interludes in The Princess "— Break, break, break On thy cold grey stones, oli sea; But I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. It would seem as though the poet must have been standing by the sea shore when he composed the lines and around Clevedon it has been a popular idea that Salt House Beach-not far from the old church where are interred the mortal remains of "A.H.H." (Arthur Henry Hallam)—is the subject of the pathetic little ballad. But in reply to a letter from Mr Stuckey on the subject Tennyson-we will have no barons or lordships when we talk of him admiringly-writes to say that the poem was made in a Lincolnshire lane at five o'clock in the morning." This, then, is one more illustration of the strange, but never- theless true, fact that many of the most celebrated poems have beem composed in places quite foreign to the themes treated in them. The six days, five hours passage across the Atlantic is to be still further abridged, I notice, if enterprise, and money, and engineering skill can do it. The North German Lloyd's line are building a ship at Fairfield which is intended to lower the flags of the Etruria and the Umbria and the keels of two powerful vessels for the Inman and International Line will shortly be laid by Messrs J. and G. Thomson, the builders of the Servia and America, on the Clyde. The latter will have twin-screws, and, it is ex- pected, will beat the best record. A a clear five days' passage from port to port will soon be given, and New York will be brought as near to London as Edinburgh was sixty years a.go. Keeping the Oregon collision in mind, the new Inman boats are to be so constructed that in case of collision l they will be absolutely unsiokable

Gossip from the Papers. Extracts from London Letters. I Sword play is rapidly becoming an essential accomplishment of the boudoir. Fencing has always been a lady's art, but the rapier of the duellist has now been added to the rapier of the tongue in the armoury of an English lady's home. A friend of mine, says the corresponden} of the Western Daily Press, who attended a fencing establishment in St James's a day or two ago, tells me in quite enthusiastic terms of the excel- lent play made by a well-known actress and an equally fswnous English countess. There were aba-* twenty ladies in the salon, all with foil* in their bands, and all with names in Belgravia. "They wore an easy costume to assist movement." Sir George Trevelyan's speech has (says the Vtrestet-a Daily Press) made a profound sensation in Gladstonian circles. It leaves nothing, it is said, to be desired. Sir George has definitely broken with the Unionist Liberals, whom he now accuses of truculently refusing to consider, in a practical fashion, the re-union of the Liberal party. He appears to have spoken with great deliberation, and his joint attack upon the Unionists and the Crimes Bill caused con- siderable sensation amongst his auditor, who hail him as a repentant adherent to his old leader. The metropolis has been startled to-night (says the Bristol Times and Mirror) by the news that Sir Charles Warren means to resign bis post as Chief Commissioner of the Police. Every shak- ing policeman and skulking Socialist has joined in the chorus of joy that has gone up from the thieves' kitchens of London. Happily the news is not likely to be true. Sir Charles means the police force to be efficient, and it may be that the Home Secretary believes in more gradual and less expensive reforms than the Chief Commissioner wishes to adopt. But this is all it comes to at present. Sir Charles Warren is a stern man, and he is nut relished by certain sections of the police but he has shown himself a most efficient head of Scotland-yard, and it would be a pity to lose him just as the Augean stable is being thoroughly cleansed. One of the most strjiing of the jubilee celebra- tions (the Western Morning 2fews says) will be the volunteer officers' bali to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on June 29th. The vast arena is to have a floor especially laid for the dance. The Duke oi Conuaught and the Duk3 of Cam- bridge, Prince Henry of Battenberg, and the Duke of Teck, are expected, and half the House of Lords will be present. The most distinguished officers in the army are alyo to be there, and the crowd will be enormous. Such a ball has not hitherto taken place, and it is expected to draw volunteer officers from all parts of the country. Had it not been for the l'imes (the Liverpool Courier avers) the Irish clique, who control the New York press aud manipulate the news from Europe, would have given us a distorted descrip i.ion of the remarkably loyal meeting at Toronto. The Times reporter at Toronto puts the number present at between ten and fourteen thousand Reuter says it was the largest meeting ever held in Toronto the Daily JSews correspon- dent at New York, who has telegraphed of late the resolutions of any meeting, however miserable, is silent while even the corre- spondent of the Standard could not give an impartial account. He sets the number down at 10,000. He says they were Orangemen—it waa a town's meeting, presided over by the mayor, with a bishop, a Methodist parson, and Mr Goldwin Smith as the principal speakers—and he says the most remarkable thing about the iiieetinv-at which every head was unbared at the mention of the Queen's name—was a bit of scrimmage when an Irishman, an imitator of Mr Sexton, called some speaker a liar. Had this great meeting been a protest against coercion the Irish journalists at New York would have swollen it into a vast con- course of people beyond the population of Toronto itself, and other exaggerations would have been palmed off on the people of Europe for their deception. For some considerable time past (observes the Bii'mingham, Gazette) no scandal has been uttered to ruffle the surface of society. There came, how- ever, all at once a few days ago, not one but half a dozen stories incriminating and implicating a number of people in high places. The town was tingled during the last few days with a shocking tale which affects a very distinguished family indeed. In another section grief has been caused by the suicide of a most popular young gentleman, the facts of which, however, have not yet come to light. Then again there is a financial affair in which not one but several well-known gentlemen will have to submit to considerable annoyance. 12. If (the Liverpool Daily Post points out) you glance at to-day's Pall Mall Gasette you will find that it has, all over, letters and apo- logies and explanations about the cele- brated article which appeared last week, giving clever Miss Robinson's forgeries of the handwriting of the principal Parnellites. As everybody prophesied at the time, this practical joke, or cunning satire—whatever you like to call it-was too subtle for the British understanding. It is, I believe, a literal fact that even such men as Sir John Lubbock and the Austrian Minister thought the letters genuine, and the Pall Mall Gazette office has been inundated with remonstrances and complaints and corre- spondence of all Rorts, proving in various ways that the elaborate jest fell very wide of the mark. It is easy to be wise after the fact, but I think most editors would have been wise enough before the fact not to use these amusing forgeries, at any rate in the form in which they were used. They should have been introduced plainly as forgeries without mystification, and Miss Robinson would have shown better taste if she had not selected as the subject matter of the letters the dreadful event which took place in Phoenix Park. The deputation from the Lancashire women employed at the pit mouoiis (say. the Leeds Mercury) visited the House of Commons last night. They were not in their working costume, but in ordinary female attire, and were in the main vigorous, healthy, and respectable-look- ing women. They were received at the House by Mr W. B. McLaren and Mr Broadburst, and were conducted through various parts ot the House. They siw several members, and explained the grounds on which they opposed Mr Atherley-Jones's amendment to the Mines Bill prohibiting the employment of women at the pit mouth. They stated that its effect would be to deprive them of their means ot livelihood, and one woman observed that she supported a family of five by her labour. Their views appeared to excite considerable sym- pathy among the members whom they saw. There was a good deal of good-humoured gossip the (Yorkshire Post affirms) about the garden party at Dollis Hill on Saturday. Mr Gladstone had invited all the repre- sentative Colonists in town, and there many of them, but only three, turned u;>, and the affair was a painful fiasco. Mr Gladstone is so well surrounded by sycophants that the truth when unpleasant is very often kept from him, but this want of response on the part of distiuguised Colonists will tell its own tale in Mr Gladstone's private ear. Of the three who did turn up onewas an Irishman.

The young North Walian, J. Lloyd, scored a I victory over J. B "vWnrt en Saturday in their billiard match at toe. Roya: Aquarium, in which Lloyd allowed his adversary a start of 500, and won by 510 peints, |

GREAT STRIKE OF MATCH GIRLS Twelve hundred girls employed in Messrs Bryant and May's match factory, at Bow, London, struck to-day on a question of deductions from their earnings.

LONDON IN A FOG. London was enshrouded in darkness for some hours this morning, owing to a thick fog which bung overhead, giving the appearance of Novem- ber weather. Artificial light had to be used.

A FOOLISH WOMAN'S LEAP. Late last night Mrs Janet Gibson jumped out of a window in Salisbury-street, Glasgow, failing a considerable distance, because her husband, it is said, was displeased at his supper. She is not expected to recover. expected to recover.

FATAL LARKING BY BOYS, Three boys were amusing themselves last even- mg- on the canal at Glasgow by floating on logs of timber, when they were all suddenly thrown into the water. Their cries were heard by two men, who rescued two of the boys, but the third, Laur- ence Oliphant, Was drowned.

A FOUR MONTHS' STRIKE ENDED. [ROUTER'S TELEGRAM.) The strike of the Picton coal miners, which has lasted four months, is now at an end, a compromise having been effected between the strikers and the employers. Work was resumed to-day.

MALICIOUS FISH POISONING. A case of wholesale fish poisoning has occurred at lvhalley, near Blackburn. Some poisonous substance has been put into the stream which flows .e into the reservoir of Whalley Abbey Printworks, and hundreds of valuable tisb have died. Mr Bryce Smith had just imported several hundreds of fine Lock Leven trout for breeding purposes, and most of these have been killed. The damage if-, therefore, very great. A reward is being offered for information against the offenders.

DAIRY FARMERS IN CONFERENCE. To-day, a conference of the British Dairy Farmers' AssociatioD, including representatives from England and Scotland, was held at the Royal Dublin Society's house. Lord Powerscourt presided. An address of welcome having been presented to the visitors, and responded to by the president of the British Dairy Farmers' Associa- tion, Mr Carroll, superintendent of the Albert Model Farm, Glasnevin, which was visited, read a paper on The Dairy Industry of Ireland."

HEAVY SENTENCE ON AN INCORRIGIBLE. At West Ham, yesterday, Benjamin Turner, 30, a labourer, Walthamstow, was charged with being drunk, disorderly, using obscene language, and with assaulting Constable Burgess by kicking him 'on the left leg. -Police-constable Burgess said that on Sunday night, while he was on duty in High-street, Walthamstow, he saw the prisoner, very drunk, and he was using insulting language to passers-by, and, when advised to go a way, he insulted the officer. When arrested he became very violent, and on the road to the station he kicked witness on the leg.—The bench said the prisoner sesmed incorrigible. He had been sent to prison six times for being drunk and disorderly, and he must now go to gaol for six months with hard labour.

SERIOUS FIRE AT A COTTON MILL. Heavy Damage and Exciting Scenes Yesterday a lire, caused it is supposed by the friction of a spinning machine wheel, broke out at the mill of the Howe Bridge Cotton Spinning Company, Limited. Owing to the mill being fireproof, the fire was confined to the room in which it broke out. The damage to the machinery and contents will amount to several thousand pounds. Several exciting scenes occurred amongst the workpeople in the top storey. Being unable to escape by the steps, several broke through the windows and slid down the ropes, and one young boy, after clinging to the window sill, was obliged to leave hold, and be fell on the engine shed, hurting himself severely on the back and legs. A number of women received cuts and bruises, and a Mrs Yates was badly shaken. Two men assisting were over- powed by the smoke, and were removed home insensible.

A BRUTAL SON PROPERLY PUNISHED. At Bow-street, yesterday, George Hancock (24) was charged with a serious assault on his mother. Police-constable 231 E said at one o'clock the previous morning he found the prisoner kneeling on his mother and hitting her with his fists. Her face was covered with blood. The mother, an aged woman, appeared in the witness-box with her face covered with scratches. She said her eon had "a drop of drink," or he would not have done it. He was a very good son to her, and gave her 6s a week out of 12s which he earned. Another police- man said the defendant had been previously, on t4-0 occasions, charged with assaults, one upon his iiictlier.-Me Bridge said for the sake of all mothers be should sentence defendant to a term of imprisonment, so that men like the defendant should learn mothers would be protected from the violence of their children. To strike any woman in the way defendant had struck his mother was the act of a brute, and not of a man. He must go to prison for six months with hard labour.

NEWPORT ATHLETIC CLUB. Abandonment of the Whitsuntide I Sports. The Newport Cricket, Athletic, and Football Ciub announce that, owing to the unsuccessful character of the two last Whitsuntide athletic meetings, there will be an abandonment of the meeting for the present season but that, with the assistance of friends, they hope to make the August Bank Holiday Meeting a worthy celebration of this eventful year of jubilee. The Whitsun meeting of 1886, the annual report states, involved a loss of B125 lis lid, due to the bad weather and a rival attraction on the Marhe", but notwithstanding this fact, and that the financial year was com- menced with a deficit of j689, a very successful football snason and liberal help to the prize fund of the autumn meeting, enabled the committee to clear off the debt, and the accounts show a credit balance of J613 7s 6d. The committee also refer to the remarkably good football record achieved by the two teams, the premiers having lost three matches only out of 26; and the second team, hav- ing seven won, four lost, and five matches drawn. The challenge cupdafeat at Swansea was certainly a disappointment both to the team and their many supporters, but trying as the defeat was it was borne with a good grace,

The Dismissal of Cardiff Constables. A Petition to the Town Council. I rn-rffl A petition is being got up to the Cardiff Council by the members of the force, praying for the reinstallment ol stables Rose and Crimmins, who were called upon to resign by the watch Attention is called to the long and comparative good character men and it is pointed out th*^nefit leaving the force they will lose all from the superannuation fund to which they contributed during the whole time that they been in the force. It is understoqd tilst police deny that P.C. Warren had any tion for suggesting that wrongdoers in were systematically screened by their coll08™

ALLEGED EXTENSIVE THEFT A> I CARDIFF. I t At the Cardiff police-court to-day—^ Paine, Mr le Boulanger, Dr Jones, and Afr8 -Joshua Frazer (29) was charged with te 111' 26 railway chairs, valued at 17s 61, from the II fries Engineering Company's Works on the tll Iarg, instant, and Edward Caple (20), was cíll.t1I with receiving the same, knowing t thf to have been stolen.Nir Page (iron; j Bute Dock office) prosecuted, fjd f Belcher defended Frazer, and Mr G. v "I j defended Caple. Dock-constable Charles the that he met the prisoner Caple coming frl i East Basin with a horse and cart. He uot: ji that the cart was goiug heavily, and a seemed only to contain sawdust, he stl™ it, and asked the prisoner what he h9 had Prisoner replied "Nothing whatever." j stable then looked beneath tha sawdust and t° the chairs. Caple said he had bought then1 a watchman named Frazer at the Dumfries j Dock.—Frazer told the officer that brought an order for them, but he was utl fh^ produce it. He accordingly arrested them b° The chairs having been identified, Mr argued that there was no fill against Frazer. The only evidence that he had said that he had received an 0 for the goods, and there was nothing to disP this or make it discreditable. ti-peciaHy case of a man of 5 yaars' good character, such evidence bo utterly inadequate to seoll conviction.—Air David, on qebalf of CApie, tended that his client's conduct proved j innocence.—The prisoners were both colatialit for trial at the next Quarter Sessions.

JA JUDGE'S ADVICE TO BOOKMAKERS. Yesterday, at the Bloomsbury County the case of Scholbred v. Church came •Judge Bacon on an application for the defend* committal. Mr Barber, solicitor, for the plaiotI stated that defendant was a lodging house at 37, Brixton-rond, and that he also dAt513 ia horse racing. The order of the court was the defendant should pay £ 2 a month, » November last, but though he complied with first order, in December, he had paid n° y since. He had since got a bill of sale over his furniture for L75, so must have been lB < position to pay the debt.—His Honour (to defeØ' dant) What did you do with the rnone1 from the bill of sale ?-Defendant: I to the races and made a book.-Tlig Ifoli Well, what did you win ?—Defendant: I didd v win. Host. (Laughter.)—His Honour 1) t did you lose?—Defendant: I lost B33 that His Honour: Then I must send you to ld,,Iloway, You don't suppose your creditors supply you money to oet with ?-Defend;int: But I borrow, it to lose. (Laugliter.)-H;s Honour: You do" t seem to be clever at this betting (Laughter.) Now, you give it up you get on better. How will you pay the money • Defendant: I hope to pay it in a month.1* Honour: Does that depend on the luck you "j1 at the Epsom Meeting?—Defendant: WeU, no other chance. I must do somethinz to get living. (Loud laughter.)—His Honour: WelJ, tb case must stand over for two months, but if I fin d you have been wasting your money I shall have to deal with you very severely.—The caso was to adjourned.

ALLEGED ROBBERY AT CARDltf At the Cardiff police-court, to-day—before P Paine, Mr J. A. la Boulanger, and DrJ ones-Jl:b: Driscoll alias White (55),was charged with steal111 two overcoats, and one uniform and vast froll) 246, Bute-street, the property of George Bird, aut also with having in his possession 0 It electro-plated coffee pot, a tea pot, d sugar basin, and a milk jug, suppose tohave been stolen.—George Freke, in the e,ploy of Mr George Bird, identified the various artid0^ -Po C. Driscoll said that he chanced to overhear a conversation, and in result of 'J he went to the Locomotive Hotel, arrested the prisoner, charging him at the time with stealing two overcoats from the i)roso, cutor. Prisoner replied, I kpow nothing abo t it." Prisoner, who stated that he had bought t' goods from a man in the Locomotive Hotel, WO remanded tor a week.

AN INEBRIATE'S CONFESSION OF MURDER. Yesterday, at Stalybridge, a rough-looking IB* £ gining the name of William Watt», was charg0^ on his own confession with murdering a garne, keeper, named Copley, near Pontefract, on the- 29th ult. The prisoner visited a beerseller in tn^ town whom he knew, and under the secrecy told him he did the murder, and since tramped a long distance with Pilmore Roberts, for whom a reward is offered. Yester day he denied the statement, and said be living in Oldham at the time. He was remands

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BARRY, This morning, shortly after eleven o'clooki serious accident occurred at the Barry Ra.ihvl11 b(1 Works. A youth named Walter Boden, W d resided at Daisy-streat,i Canton, was on the railway, and whilst in the acb 0 f turning some points he was accidentally thro underneath one of the waggons, which over hi9 leg. He was removed with all poss' expedition to the Cardiff Infirmary, where was detained, his leg having been smashed.

T- DREADFUL ACCIDENT TO A GIRL. A dreadful accident occurred yesterday irt the Central Arcade, Corporation-street, jBirmingb8^ A girl employed by » large firm of upholster^ fell from a balcony above the glass roofing Arcade, a distance of 50 feet, crashed through glass, and full with a sickeuing thud on the rtooo floor of the Arcade. She was picked up in an ø conscious condition and taken to the hospital.

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