South Wales Echo

CANADIAN GOLD AIDIRTS. -Stands gold t". t and wears equal to sohd sold. A large variety, all gold patter ns Price 5s each, usually sold at double. To be had only at Liverpool House, 96 and 97, Commer- cial-road, Newport. Sent hy post upon receipt *f postal order for 5s 3d. Money returned if not approved of. "HAPPISZSS OBTAINED in the family through the Cure of Corn.-?." vide Health Lectures, No. 2, third series. VIRIDINE is Remedy to produce this result. Many hundreds in this neighbourhood alone can testify to its value. Sufferers from Corns and Warts should not fail to try it. As one testified, "It does just what is said of it' Refuse all imitations. Price Is. by Post Is 2d. of the sole proprietor, J Munday, Chemist, 1. High-street. Cardiff. 198 UNFAlLUNG REMEDY FOR HJCADAOHKS. KKENICKS VEGETABLE PILLS. FOR INDIGESTION Sold by all Chemists, Ac., in 74d, 132, d. and 3s II boxes B&WA&K Off IMITATION*

I YANKEE YARNS. 1 I A BEVELATION. I I Mrs Knickerbocker Where is your busDana to-day, Mrs Van Slycur ?" Mrs Van Slycur He went up the Hudson to Tarrytown." He frequently goes up there, doesn't he ?" Very often. He is a great lover of nature. He goes to Tarrytown to admire the beauty of the place. It is so romantic." So I've heard but do you know that the beauty of the place is a youug widow ?" Mrs Van Slycur faints. QUITE ANOTHER THING. I The Martha's Vineyard "iieraid some time ago published a thrilling story of a sailor's fall from aloft into a rough sea and bis fine rescue. An old salt called in to see the Herald editor soon afrer and told the following ower true tale '■ I was in the good ship Surpass cross- in the western ocean. A spanking breeze was driving the ship home at a most lively rate, everything drawing alow and aloft, when the painful cry man overboard,' startled the entire ship's company. The captain came on deck, and looking over the taffrail at the rapidly receding object and then observing the good speed the ship was making, said in a pious voice,- "'Poor fellow. God help him; I'm sorry for him, but we must take advantage of this breeza in the interest of the owners.' "Just then a sailor who had been on the look out ran aft and said,— Captain, it wan not a man, but it's a hog.' "'Aha,' said the captain, hrd a-port, back the mainyard, clear away the boat and save that hog. I TWO KINDS OF CLERGYMEN! The aristocratic clergymen who early in tne summer went to Europe in order to recuperate summer went to Europe in order to recuperate their energies are returning in droves as it were by every steamer. Some of them have been to England, where they have been wined and dined others have travellen all over the oontinent, and have had a good time generally. Now, being restored to health they will settle down to the labourious task of writing a weekly sermon. Coml-are the labours of the fashionable clergyman with those of a journalist, or even with those of a low-priced toiler in the Lord's vineyard. The coloured country clergyman in the South, for instance, can afford to go to Europe for various sundry reasons, one of which is thus graphically described by that inimitable humour- ist, Opie Reed Why do you keep up a revival all the time in your church ?" was asked of an ArkanRaw nero preacher. Has ter do it, sah," he replied. Wliut de land boom is ter de small town de 'vival is ter de church, au' af yer let it go down de cause gwiue ter suffer. Tell yer whats's er fack, ef I didn't keep dese niggers shoutin' all de time da'd let me starve 'er fief. Ef er nigger preacher lets de rope slack he's gone.—Texas Sittings. I CHEATING A RFITAURANT. A down town restaurant keeper discovered a novelty in petty swindling the other day. In a walk down the room between the tables," he said, I happened by accident to notice that a certain regular customer had a thirty-five cent lay out before him. When he came up to the desk to pay he tendered a twenty cent check. I quietly named over the dishes he had had, and without a word be paid the bill and went out. Then I called up the waiter who had served him, and was going to discharge him for giving a wrong check, when he brought theheaa waiter to prove that he had put the right one on the table. At that a waiter from another part of the room came to the desk on an errand and overheard what we were talking abcut, aud at once was able to tell how the customer got the twenty-cent check. This other waiter had served him with a twenty-cent lunch the day before. Wnen the young man had eaten it be called for a check, which was given him, although the waiter was sure he had already given him one. The customer ftole the first check in order to get a big lunch next day for a small price. When the waiters got their heads together and talked it over they concluded that for more than a month the customer had three big meals at half price and three moderate ones at full price."

TRAGIC DISCOVERY AT TONYREFAIL, On Tuesday morning, the dead body of a man named David Griffiths, about 75 years, a labourer at Penrhiwfer Colliery, was f<>utid on the roadside between Williarnstowu and the colliery. He left home that morning apparently in his usual health, and was soma time afterwards found by men prcceeding to their work. Deceased had hr many years resided at this place, and was held in high esteem.

I,, BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES." I PROM THE PORTSMOUTH TIMES AND NAVAL GAZKTTE." Wnen one has visited the Royal Dockyards at Woolwich and Chatham, and inspected the great ships of war with their powerful armament which the Admiralty are providing for the protection of her Majesty's extensive coast lines, he is at once satisfied that "Britannia still rules the waves." While there are obvious differences of opinion between experts relative to the value of large and small war-ships in action, one has only to come to Portsmouth Harbour and see such formidable ships as the Inflexible, the Iron Duke, the Devastation, and others of equal arma- ment, costing upwards of a million ster- ling to produce, with myriads of small torpedo craft, to become convinced that in the matter of naval construction England is not only keeping abreast with other countries but is ex. celling them. Portsmouth Dockyard and Ports- mouth Harbour are names familiar throughout the civilised world. It is here that all the war vessels aud magnificent troopships of Her Majesty's service are fitted np for foreign stations. It is said that these ships are supplied with every conceivable necessity for the comfort of the officers and men; every precaution is taken to provide against sickness and disease caused by the sudden change of climate to which troops are subjected. It is said that every vessel belonging to her Majesty's service leaving Portsmouth is not considered ready for sea without a liberal supply cf St Jacobs Oil. This marvellous remedy is not only used extensively on shipboard, but also in the several dockyards above mentioned. Mr Frederick Payne, who lives at 62, Gladstone-street, Land port, Portsmouth, and who has been connected with the Portsmouth Dockyard for upwards of fourteen years, hands us the particulars of the most miraculous cure effected by the use of St. Jacobs Oil in the case of his wife, who for eight years had been a fearful sufferer from rheumatism. Her limbs and shoulders were swollen to three times their natural size; her arms and hands were shapeless; much of the time her right shoulder was swoollen to that extent that the top of the shoulder and the side of her face came together, and she suffered the most intense pain. Four years ago the disease settled in her back, making her completely help- less, the heart became so much involved that she was unable to make the slightest exertion without experiencing great difficulty in breathing. The only way she could lie in bed was by having the back ot a chair set up behind her, and padded with, pillowd. Her husband was obliged to carry her up and down stairs night and morning, and she suffered such excruciating agony that she repeatedly fainted away. She became so much reduced in lasb that Mr Payne says she was little more than a skeleton. She was treated by the best medical skill in Portsmouth and vicinity, employing four medical gentlemen in all, each of whom told her and her husband that they could do nothing whatever for her—that her case was chronic and past all hope of recovery. Last summer, being a little better, she went to a small town in Sussex for a few weeks, where she had another violent attack, suffering the most intense agony, and here follows a very interesting and most providential circumstance It seems that the lady to whose house Mrs Payne was carried had herself been cured of rheumatism in the shoulder by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, and was very urgent in her request for Mrs Payne to try it. In less than five minutes after the first application Mrs Payne began to experience cessation from pain. After the second application the pain bad almost entirely disappeared, and before the contents of one bottle was exhausted, the pain and swelling had entirely gone and, although weak and feeble, Mrs Payne could walk about the house and grounds. From that time on she made a most satisfactory, rapid, and permanent recovery. Both Mr Payne and his wife say that she has not been as well as she is now for fourteen years. Mr and Mrs Payne are most respected people, both are members of the Wesleyan Chapel in Landport, and Mr Payne, as above stated, has been employed at Portsmouth Dockyard for fourteen years. The above was such a remarkable case that some of the chemists and dealers in Landport were called upon with the object in view of obtaining further infor- mation respecting this marvellous remedy, among others, Mr Timothy White, 158 and 160, Commer cial-road, Landport, Portsmouth, when inter- viewed, stated that the demand for this popular re- medy was rapidly increasing, that he never buys less than sixty dozen at one order. When a remedy possesses 8uch remarkable curative properties as those above mentioned, it is not to be wondered at that Her Majesty's troopships ara. never con- sidered ready for sea until a supply is on boards 1. .1

FACTS AND FANCIES. "That man may not be a pugilist," remarked a hotel proprietor after a stormy interview with a guest who kicked at the amount of his bill, but I'm sure that he is a prics-figuter To insure long life recreation should be a part of our daily life. It makes the busy man thoughtful and keeps the thenghtful man busy. It insures health, success, and the accomplishment of more work in less time and better. Every individual should bear in mind that he is sent into the world to act a part in it, and though one may have a more splendid and another a more obscure part assigned to him, yet the actor of each is equally responsible. First New Y'>ik->r: What's the matter here ?- Second New Yorker: There is a false alarm of tire at the tlie,,ttre.- First New Yorker: Who is this man jumping out of the window?—Second New Yorker He is an editor who wrote a column article for his paper the other day, advising theatre audiences to keep cool and remain in their seats when there is a cry of fire. PREFERRED.—Invalid (engaging a companion): —Your duties will be very light. I shall expect you to attend to my small correspondence, drive with me occasonally, play the piano twice a week, and read the papers aloud -Apl)li(,ant Do you inchlde the Sunday papers ?-Invalid: Why, ye,Applicaiit That settles it I've had an offer of marriage from a Mormon with four wives and eighteen children. I think I'll accept it. Good morning! THE RATTLESNAKE FANGS.—A press correspon- dent, who has made a study of rattlesnakes during a two-years' residence in Kansas, writes to say that these snakes' fangs are not hinged, but that they are concealed in two sheaths at the back put of the upper jaw on either side, and are brought into use by the snake throwing its mouth very wide open and striking as a person would with the open hand. Rattlesnakes are not much to be feared, because they cannot attack until they have coileri themselves up and can then spring scarcely one-half their length. Besides, they invariably give tiniely warning by their rattles. They very seldom pursue a person and as seldom run away. Rattlesnakes, screech owls and prairie dogs live together in peace, and might almoat be said to be chums. A GOOD WORD FOR THE RAT.-Tliere are some who say Kill the rats Wipe them out of existence But the army of the little impudent fellows is equal, from a sanitary point of view, to the whole corps of health inspectors for useful- ness. True, they eat holes in sugar barrels and play havoc among the stores of some of our mer- chants; they waste and destroy large amounts of valuable goods but they do something else-thpy scour the streets, the back yards, the sewers, the nooks and corners where brooms and water can- not be used, and clear up the refuse. Anything that is eatable become-1, under process of decom- position, a disease-producing substance. Our friends, the rats, step iu and clear it away, dispose of it, and what might have produced fevers, si-nzill. pox or cholera, disappears through the agency of the rats. AN EVASIVE ANQWNa. I I drew with ease A masterpiece, At l"at I thought 4twai such Angelic grace Beamed on the face I traced with tender touch, E 'd I g,.zt:,], Bewildered, dazod; For in that "couuterfoifc Presentment true, At Iat I knew My triumph was complete, In frame of gold With fold on fold Of patterns arabe4atio I did encase That saintly face So sweetly picturesque, Forthwith I hied Me to;) her side- -'fn her wh,)'d won lliY ha.rt My pale cheeks glowed As then I showed My finest work of art. "Lnuk, look?'' I cried, With honest pride Won't this face bring me fame ?") She raised her head And simply said, 0; what a lovely fr,-tme KBT3.

The Municipal Elections at Cardiff. The unpropitious weather, which continued till nearly eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning, proved a serious obstacle in the way of early voting. However proud the average Brition may be of the possession of a vote, such exceptionally bad weather as that with which the day opened was enough to damp the most enthusiastic parochial patriotism. Tlius it was that between eight o clock-when the d,)ors of the polling stations were thrown open-to about half-past ten the voters were few and far between, with the pxcp tion of one class, and that was the Irish. Probably they felt that their interest in the result -in the present crisis of their country-wa such as to outweigh all other considerations. What- ever might have been the moving cause the fact remains that they were indifferent to the weather, coming up to the poll as they did at the very earliest opportunity in such numbers as to tax all the agility of the officials at some of the stations. In Cardiff there were contests in four wards— South, West, Roatb and Canton—and, as usual, the election in each of them was fought upon political lines. A noticeable feature of the contest this year was the earnest efforts put forth by the canvassers on the Liberal side. No effort ap- peared to be spared to bring voters up to the poll, and during the midday dinner hour, and after five o'clock, when the working men had ceased their labours for the day, the Liberal party scored heavily. In some cases the carriages placed at the disposal of candidates by their friends were allocated exclusively to the use of lady voters, and with such success did this arrangement work in one or two wards, that an hour before the close of the poll there was not a single female voter left in these wards who had not recorded her vote, ex- cepting a few of the class who absolutely decline to have enything to do with an election It will be seen from the results of the election, as tabulated in the different wards, that the Liberals have succeeded in winning four seats, which will count eight votes on a division. The council, as at present constituted, consists of 20 Conservatives and 19 Liberals. With respect to the voting in the different wards, some of the particulars are anything but satisfactory. For instance, it is known that in the Roath Ward 189 plumpers were given for Mr Kennard, and 47 for Mr Stowe whereas, if the votes bad only been split, Mr Kennard aud Mr Stowe might have been returned, whilst Mr Trounce would have been ousted. In the West Ward, agaiu, it is the reverse of pleasing to find 77 votes were split between Messrs Price and Proger, THE WEST WARD. I Unusual interest was taken in the contest in the West Ward, owing to the fact that last year there was no opposi- tion on the Liberal side, owing to an un- fortunate accident. The voters came up slowly but regularly to the Town-hall during the day, and at four o'clock nearly 800 had polled. After six o'clock, however, large numbers of workmen who were unable to attend before entered the stations, but their evident anxiety to record their votes in time prevented any undue crowding as the boar for closing. The total number of electors in the ward is 1,587, and the result shown that the polling was an exceedingly high one. Alderman Jacobs was the returning officer, and the following were the presiding officers at the various polling stations :—District 7, J. 1). Raw- lings and W. J. Boord district 8, Samuel Marks and John Boord district 9, Aspinall; F. G. Cornish, poll clerk. The result of the poll was declared about half- past ten, when the following were the figures :— KLKO rED. J. G. Proger L 645 R. Price C 601 NOT ELECTED. J. H. Jones L 575 S. Hern C 455 un srepping torward upon the balcony to announce the figures, Alderman Jacobs was re- ceived with the utmost excitement by a vast crowd which had completely blocked the street. The huge sea of faces seemed more indicative of a parliamentary election than of a uurel) municipal one. Upon hearing that Mr Proger had been returned at the bead of the poll the cheering lasted nearly a minute, while the name of Mr Price was greeted by hooting which completely drowned the voice of the alderman tor some time. When the figures had been read out, Mr PROGER, Rtepping out upon the balcony, and addressing the huge crowd which greeted him with uproarious cheering, thanked the electors for returning him at the head of the poll. '——' i'" He said he had represented the ward for nine years, and had not, till that occasion, been obliged to fight for his seat. He felt he bad done his duty, and he would try to do in the future as he bad done in the past, namely, to fight for the benefit of the town. (Loud cheers.) Mr PRICK, who followed, was received witfi hooting so long-oontinued that, to the vast majority of those present, his voice was inaudible. Having thanked his supporters, he said that he hoped he would be of some benefit to the ward. He was very pleased to be able to represent them. Mr JONES, who met with an ovation, said that though defeated they were not conquered. They bad nothing to prevent them fighting again, and he pinned his faith to the West Ward. (Loud cheers.) When the election came again, he would stand forward in their interests, and a good fight too. He had been beaten by a small vote of 26 only, by a candidate whom Mr Proger headed by 44, while he himself had beaten the new Conser- vative candidate by 120. (Loud cheers.) He asked them to join with him in determining not to rest till they had won the West Ward for their cause. (Cheers.) He was not discouraged by his defeat, and he hoped he would make such a con- nection with the ward as would ensure, in the long run, success for their cause. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr S. HERs, whose reception was as marked as that of Mr Price, expressed his thanks to the 455 electors who had given him their votes. He was at the bottom of the poll, but he was sure he had the begt wishes of his party, and of the respectable and sensible citizens resident in the ward. He was not sorry that their old mem- bers had been returned, for he had not forced the fight. It had been satisfactry to him. They had fought with the bast of feeling possible. It was some time before the crowd dispersed, which they eventually did amid repeated cheers for Mr Proger and Mr Jones. SOUTH WARD. a a. In this ward, regarded by the lories as an impregnable stronghold of their-, the Liberals gained a triumphant victory. The two retiring members, Messrs Trayes and Hurley, both Con- servatives, were opposed in the Liberal interest by Messrs F. J. Beavan and W. B. Gibbs, the former of whom last year contested the ward unsuccessfully, after having twelve months earlier b!eii defeated at Canton. The constituency numbers in all 1,405 electors, of whom 1,119 polled. During the earlier hours of the day the voters who put in an appearance at the polling- booths were by no means numerous, but between 5 p.m. and 8, the hour at which the poll closed, the approaches to the booths— which, as usual, were located in the South Church-street Board Schoo I-became densely thronged. Both sides commanded the services of a number of private vehicles, and these were freely utilised in bringing up electors to the poll. Among those who worked hard in the Liberal interest must be mention01' Messrs S. Evans, J. T. Powditcl', Atkin, W. H. Se.g--r, John Ines, J. Fergu-son, T. Jorikitip, (Tradcs' Council), Court- ney, and Captain B,c;g. The Irish electors, on whom in a great measure the result depended, polled almost to a man for the Liberals. At a few minutes to 10 the result was declared as follows ELECTED. Beavan L 574 Gibbs .L 547 NOT ELECTED. Hurley C 500 Trayes C 463 The announcement of the figures was naiien with loud and prolonged cheers by a large crowd outside the polling station. Subsequently the successful candidates appeared at the windows of their committee-room and briefly returned thanks to those electorate who had supported them, Mr Beavan, in the course of his remarks, saying that in view of the circumstances under which the elec'inn had oeen fought they were justified in regarding the victory as a party one. The rle- feated candidates refrained from making any pub ic appearance, and, indeed, it was currently reported that as soon as the result was made known to them by the returning (.fficer, Alder- -)nnochie, they retired into oblivion by a back door. ROATH WARD. ..w, ihe candidates tor ti e representation or ttiis ward were Mr E. F. Kennard, auctioneer, and Mr John Sully Stowe, grocer (Liberals) and Mr W. J. Trounce, shipowner and merchant, and Mr Solomon Andrews, 'I)u proprietor (Conserva- tives), The two latter were the retiring candi- dates. As in other wards, the contest has b,'en fought upon a political basis, and much more than oniin»rv interest was tqkf>.D in the election. There ar" 3,935 voters on the lists, as against 3.807 last y-ar, when the voting was as follows :—R >ms- dide (Liberal), 1,468 Shaekell (Libera!), 1,308 and Hooper (Conservative), 1,085. The pollim? on Tuesday last took place at the Metal-street. Schoolroom, and there is a strong feeiing prevailing that, consider ng the size of the ward and the long distance many of tiie electors had to travel, one polling-place is absolutely inadequate. A very large concourse of people assembled in Metal-street awaiting the result of the poll, and the declaration was not made until about a quarter-past 11 o'clock,when it was announced as follows;- ELECTED. Kennard L 1409 Trounce C 1271 NOT ELECTED. Stowe L 1222 Andrews, ..C 721 IL will thus be seen that Mi- Kennard has wrested a seat from the Tory party, and that Mr Stowe, although defeated, has only lost the coveted honour by a few votes.—Addressing the crowd from one of the windows of the Liberal committee- rooms after the declaration of the poll, Mr Stowe reminded the electors that he had only been in the field about a fortnight, and he thought they would admit that he had not polled badly-(hear, hear, and applause)-aApecially having regard to the fact that he had not canvassed a single vote. (Hear, hear.)—There were calls for Mr Kennard, but he had ,me elsewhere, and the crowd dispersed about midnight. CANTON WARD. .The result in this ward, where the polling had been very steady and even throughout the day, was not ma ie known until after midnight. A large crowd awaited the declaration, and much specula- tion was indulged in before Alderman Waring, the returning officer, made his appearance, and stated the poll to, stand as follows ELECTED. Vaiighan (L) 1,381 James (L) 1,366 NOT ELECTED. Stevens (C) 935 It is needless to say that this announce- ment was received with the most enthu- siastic oheers. Messrs Vaughan and James afterwards returned thanks jto the electors, and Mr F. J. Beavan also spoke. There are 3 248 voters in the ward, and the last election the figures were Sanders (L), 1,191 Mildon (L), 1.070 J. Evans (C), 639 W. Bassett (0), 402 F. Ward (C), 22. The excitement even at this late hour was in- tense thoughout the town, and when this final consummation of the Liberal victory was posted up outside the South Wales Daily News offices a large crowd cheered it again and again.

THE AFFAIRS OF A NEWPORT BUILDER. DEPRECIATION OF HOUSE PROPERTY. i At the Newport bankruptcy court, this morning —before the registrar (Mr H. J. Davis)-Joseph James Smith, residing at Kensington place, Maindee, and carrying on the business of a builder at Maindee and Newport, came up for public examination. In answer to the Official Receiver, the debtor stated that he commenced busi- ness at Pill about fifteen years ago. In 1881 be commenced to erect houses on the Eveswell estate at Maindee. He estimated that he then had a capital of from f,700 to £ 800. He had built altogether 60 houses at Maindee, 57 of which he owned at present; there were mortgages, however, on them to the extent of L8,400, but the debtor estimates that on a forced sale they would realise 210,355. One of the claims on the debtor was a sum of 2260 from Mr J. Gibbs, solicitor, due on account of ground rents paid on houses completed before the time stipulated by the agreement. The receiving order was made ou debtor's own petition. He attributed his failure to the depreciation in the value of house property and inability to realise it, The liabilities were Creditors fully secured £ 10,400, creditors partly secured j6345, and creditors un- secured £ 662 14s 10d. The assets consisted of stock-in-trade valued at £ 171, and estimated surplus from securities in the hands of fully secured creditors of £1.955, so that the debtor expected to fully discharge hisliabilities and leave a considerable sum to be handed over to him. He intended to make an offer, the nature of which did not transpire, and the examination was formally adjourned.

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The Shropshire Clerical Scandal. If FURTH ER-EXTRAORDI NARY STATEMENTS. Interview with the Accused Clergyman. Our Shrewsbury corr0\Pon<3ent telegraphs ;— Further investigations inU"1 extraordinary scandal in connection with & Shropshire clergy- acan(lal in connection with & Shropshire clergy- man bring to light some very styrtling facts. The most remarkable and elaborate ^precautions were taken by the accused to prevent 4by discovery of the source of the horrible comasuniclitious which were sent to the young girls in the Deighiipurhood. The nature of these precautions may be to some extent gathered from the subjoinedlixtrats from some of these loathsome letten:- Your letters shall be quite secret between you and, me, so you can write just whatever you like I don't da e to give you my name and address for fear anybody should get hold of my lettersan(i tell the old lady at the shop what I have toM ypu. Shouldn't I get the sack sharp if she knew how fjiad carried on with young men So you will have to ba content with another kind of post office. Let me tell yot1 where it is. You know the tow-path along the riveif at the bottom of the gardens belonsins; to your street. Well, go to the 4th garden door, counting from tht rtbitway bridge end, and just to the left of the door, el, -se to the ground, you will find a narrow slit in the wall, Alie tuis II. It is hidden by weeds, and if you justnu^e the weeds away and push your letter in the hole, and then let the leaves go back against ifr^gain, 1 defy any- body ^o find it who didn't know it was th-re. Remember, it is next to the hih door, on the left-ha d side of it, ju t under a board which some idiot has stuck up on the wail with a t xt on it. You cau easiiy run t'own there after dark and slip it in, and next morning you must put up the same sort of signal as you did this morning, and I will get it some time in the day. When you have a letter for me in the hole, put up me two bits of white. Very small pieces will do. I shall see tuem as I pass by. Yousnouldn't have left it up so long on Suit ay it was up when I came in from a walk after 10. YY>a need only leave it up till 9 in the morning, or from 12 to 1 past 1.. Why didn't you put the ,i;n a. I up yesterday (Mon- day) ? 1 thought you didn't want to write, and 1 was so sony. Write me as long a letter as you can. I shan't expect it so soon as to-morrow, but le.. it be as soon as possibe. Put up he one sign I in the morning to show you have got this all safe whenever I see two I shall know the; e is a letter for me. Don't forget the things 1 asked about in iny last letter. I am 5" glail yoit got my ietter all right. The signal was not up when I came past on r-aturday night, so I suppose you did not get it till Sunday. 1 walked up your way on purpose Lo look, and I was pleased when I saw it. We must try to manage somehow fur you td let me know your name, so as 1 can direct the letters properly. The posunan will wnnder to see them addressed to the S'rvant all the wli le. I must try and find some place wnere you can nide a letier so as 1 can find it. That would be fun, wouldn't it ? 1 will give you an answer if I PolS ibly can. Write me a nice long letter, and I will let you know where you can hide it. You c in slip out in the evening, I suppose, wit-out anyone massing you, and wh n you have hidden your letter you must put up two signals, one above the other, and I shall see them as I go to the hop, and I will get ihe letter all ri;iit, Put up the signal t'-morrow to show you have got this all Vafe and if you are willins; to write me a nice letter, put up two, one ab,vc the other, and then I wi-I find some sale nlace wtiers you can put it, and will write anain aivi tell you where the place i. I will seud you some nice pictures soon no time now. I am glad you are going to be a sensible girl at last. I dLl not see the sigii tiil i came back to my dinner, so I could n,.t send you a letter at once, but now you shall have a nice one; and if you like it I will write you some more No time for more now. When you have r.-ad this put the signal up again, that I may know you have bad it all richt and that you w cut some moie. I will send you some pictures and another letter by first post oil Monday. The letters and replies were secreted, as has al- ready been naied, in a hoi • in the wall, and the police endeavoured, therefore, to discover matter- of-fact evidence of his knowledge of their xistence. One evening the officers were hidden in an adjoining garden, and having been there some time, the clergyman indicated sauntered up to the spot, but an access of zal on the part of one of the policemen frustrated their design. Ho sprang too quickly upou him, and they were, therefore, unable to then connect him with the presence of the letters in the wall. For a time he escaped punishment, but su><pi, ion concerning him deepened, and soon the whole of the facts became known to the Vigilnnce Society, and partly so to the Cnurch authorities. Too encounter with the police did not ensure a cessa- tion of the letters. They went ou increasing in number, and became mur,- fiithy in character. To have ceased writing at that particular time would only too surely have indicated their source, and so these unfortuuate girls were treated to a continu d stream of filth and lewdness. Olle perMo arranged to reply to them, with the view, if possible, of entrapping the writer, but lie wus'too wary to bo caught, aud the clumsiness of the police had put him upon his guard, so that the wished-for oppor- tunity never occurred, and the stream of indecency went on.; THE VIGILANCE SOCIETY AND THE ACCUSED. I Acting upon the evidence placed before the National Vigilance Association by its officers, upon the police information, upon the report of the writing expert, and upon other details placed in the hands of the association by independent individuals, Mr Coote, the secretary of the associ- ation, then visited Shrewsbury. As the result of his interviews with the Shrewsbury branch, he received the documents in their possession, and Mr Coote then sought an interview with the person whom the evidence pointed to as the culprit. This interview took place a few evenings since. Mr Coote, who was accompanied by a friend, a barrister, commenced by handing his card to the clergyman, and a conversation, of which the following is briefly the substance, took place:— Mr Coote: We are here on a very unpleasant business. A number of anonymous letters have been flying about this quarter they have been sent by post, and also deliverad by hand to ser- vants.—The Clergyman Anonymous letters I never heard of such a thing. Oh You have heard oi them, now,haven't you? I'm here to tell you that you have written them. —I've written them ? I know nothing about them. That won't do, Mr I have to ask you what are you prepared to do? Are you prepared to resign .-Resign? No! I dou'L know what you mean. You don't know what I mean ? Have you never heard of anonymous letters?- Y es; I have re- ceived one a-ionymous letter of that kind. Of what kind, pray ? Of a bad kind. Oh 1 You know nothing of any others ? No Didn't Archdeacon Lloyd speak to you about them ? Ob, yes Now you remind me, he did say something about it.—Then you have told me a falsehood ? He told you all about it.—Yes. He did tell me all about it. You have never been caught by a policeman ? No. I don't know what you mean. You don't know a young girl called ? No. You don't know the name of the servant at—? No. You don't know, either, the name of the servant at No. —. No. I have never communicated with her. I believe that girl has just left. Why, she is just going to be married, or has just been married or something like that. Oh You do know something about her, tbgn 2 —Yes. I know she is a bad sort of girl, and that my wife has warned the servants asrainst speaking to her, but they have spokea. What sort of a girl is the servant on the other side, No — ?—I don't know. My wife always tells the servants not to speak to servants next door. This is nonsense, plainly. What are you going to do in this matter?—What am I to do ? There is nothing for me to do. I distinctly charge you with writing these dis- graceful letters.—I can't say anything to that. The charge is baseless and unfounded. Have you ever posted a letter at Wellington No. What, never?-Well, only in order to catch a a post when passing through in the train. Have you ever been to Liverpool?—Yes, of course, several times. Will you swear yon have never been in the office of the Liverpool Coui-ier ?-Yes. And will you swear you never received a letter directed 92, Liverpool Courier office, through someone else ?- Yes. Have you ever had any letters sent on from there ?-No. We have had your handwriting tested by the best expert in Loudon, and he is confident that you are the man.—Well, I can't help it, I know nothing about it. This won't do. Mr I am bound to look to the interests of these unfortunate girls, and I charge you with this outrageous conduct. Now, if you are a man, you'll take the opportunity of defending yourself now. I'm on your premises, send for a policeman and have me put out, and charge me.—No, I sha'n't send for a policeman. You can sit there as long as you like. Well, this will not be the end of it. You will hear again from me, from another direction. Mr Coote then left. The interview ended about ten o clock in the evening.

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I Cardiff Savings Bank. I RUMOURED GOVERNMENT INQUIRY. I A statement was prevaledt in Cardiff this morning to the effect that the Hon. Lyulph Stanley had been appointed,under the new clauses of the Trustee Savings Banks Act, to inquire into the affairs of ,the Cardiff Savings Bant. It need hardly be said that any sucti resolution on the part of the Government will be attended with very grave possibilities. The matter now stands as follows:—On April 26th, 1886, the Cardiff Savings Bank suspended pay- ment owing to the fact that defalcations were discovered to have been committed by the late actuary, J. Emerson Williams, amounting in all to over £ 30,000. This news created a very painful and, widespread sensation through- out the town, and as the barefaced though ingenious fraud came to be known by which the actuary bad purloined such a considerable sum, public opinion was so excited that prosecution of the trustees and managers, all pf them gentlemen of the highest position in the town, ;was loudly talked of. However, calmer and wisser counsels prevailed. The gross liabili- ties of tlie bank were £ 200,000, and the trustees offered a,settlement of 17s6d in the £ to one class of depositors, whilst they compounded with another class for .17. This offer was accepted, and such success has attended the transaction that aIt the present moment the total outstanding in- debtedness of the trustees only reaches JB950. The Aberdare friendly societies are the cause of the extstinsr difficulties. They, in the first case accept- ed the composition, and gave a full receipt for the amount, but afterwards claimed the balance alleg- ing that they had been induced to accept the original first and final instalment of 17s 6d by misrepresentation on the part of the trustees. The total fllaim of these societies is about jBMQ. Mr J. R. RVbyrts, of Messrs D. Roberts and onr;" accountants, who have the affairs of the bank in hand, has not necttived any intimation whatever of the appointment of Mr Lyulph Stanley as a commissioner on behalf of the Govern- ment. Neither has the mayor or any other member of the board of trustees, but they each and ail deprecate most strongly this new depar- ture, which they consider as a very injudicious and uncalled for attempt to reopen a vexed question, which has been so far happily dealt with. It is a remarkable fact that since the Ciosinwof the bank seven of the trustees and managers have died.

STREET IMPROVEMENTS AT CARDIFF. At a meeting of the "Cardiff Town Council this morning, a report was submitted with regard to the new ,road from the Hayes to Queen-street. The minutes of this ccvamittee stated that the borough .engineer had reported that scheme No. 1 starting from the Hayes bridge to Frederick-street chapel, with a short street running into the Hayes on the south side of the Oxford Hotel, would cost about £ 44,554 which after deducting £ 34,656 in respect of sale of surplus lam^s left £ 19,928, Scheme No 2.-Cominenriiig on the north side of th Oxford H'Xtel, through ltose square, proceeding diagonally into Frederick-street, would cost about £ 37,078, from which had to be deducted E31,668 in respect of sale of surplus land. It was resolved in' Committee that the Mayor, Alderman Jones, and Councillor Hopkins should be asked to confer wth Sir W. T. Lewis as to covering those parts of the Glamorgan Canal which were affected by the three schemes mentioned in the proceedings of the committee, and it was also resolved that the consideration of the several schemes should be adjourned until the borough erigineeehari pippared an estimate of the cost of scheme Kfo. 3 which started from the Hayes through the' land used as a stone-yard belonging to the corpoiytion. Upon the proposition that the minutes should be adopted, MrVAUGHAN expressed the opinion that it would be well for the town clerk to prepare snd submit to the council II- statement showing their financial position, especially as to loans. If that could not be agreed to at this meeting he should be prepared to give notice'of motion for the next meeting. The Town Clerk That would,.be the best plan. Mr RICHES remarked that tC,y should not remove from the centre of the town more of the workmen's dwellings than was absolutely neces- sary. Mr R. FRICE said they ought to sftjow the initiative in such schemes as the schemevefore them to be taken by private owners, to whom the council should offer every facility. I The MAYOR said these minutes did not commit the council to anything. Mr SANPKR3 asked why in that case they need adopt them. Mr VAUQHAN said they were putting a lot of work upon the bnrough engineer owing to these pet schemes, and if they went on at this rate the officer would want an additional clerk; his office was crowded as it was in these little matters. Eventually the report was referred back to the committee.

ASSAULT ON A SHIP'S ENGINEER AT NEWPORT. I A Courageous Bystander Praised. I At the Newport borough police-court to-day- before Mr R. G. Cullum and two other magis- trates—Maurice Courtney, Pill, hobbler, was charged on remand with doing grievous bodily harm to William Thomas Jenkins, ship's enginesr. The prosecutor, who belongs to Hayle, and bad come to Newport in a steamer, went on Saturday evening, October 8th, to the Pill House beerhouse, formerly the notorious Harp and Shamrock, but finding the company not to his taste, left after a man had wanted to fight with him. As be was near the Ship Inn, on his way aboard the steamer, the prisoner and another man ran up behind him, and delivered a blow in his left eye. Jenkins buttoned his coat over to protect his watch, and this action was construed by prisoner into feeling for a knife, and be then kicked him, and he feU and his leg was broken. Albert Neamano, a rodent near the Sh p, said the other man delivered the first blow, after he had asked to be given the contents of prosecutor's pockete, and that prisoner kicked prosecutor after be was down. Robert Clementson a respectable man, found the man's leg was broken, and defended him on seeing prisoner let out at him twice with his fists. Witness was himself threatened by prisoner, and banding his coat and papers to a friend, he closed with prisoner and held him. Then he got scrammed by the women. The bench thanked Mr Clement- son for his courageous conduct in protecting a man lying in the gutter with his leg broken.— Mr Bassctt, house surgeon, of the infirmary, said that both bones of the right leg were fractured above the anklei The face and eyes were also much contused.—The prisoner told the police sergeant who apprehended him that it was a fight, to which. Jenkins invited him, but now said hef had nothing to say beyond that he was sorry.. The Magistrates' Clerk: Yes, and you have made-i the poor man (pointing to prosecutor, who was, jj accommodated with a seat) sorry also, and hisi • wife and family.—Head-constable Sinclair s&idj men of prisoner's class were in the hab;t of setting,' on strangers and treating them badly.-Two,; months' hard labour.

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A WITNESS WITH A VACANOT IN tfER MOUTH." At Newport borosgh police-court, to-day-* before Mr R. G. Cullum and two othat magistraties-Thomas GcMledge, Rose Golledg4 and David Thomas were summoned for assaultl0¡t Jane Hensoiv Complainant and the Golladgst are neighoura in Cannon-street, BarnardtowL P"" on Sunday ?»fternoon William Ward, a from Pill to thve Golledge family, went by,-PistAo to the Hensonsi. Complainant's marrie^W told him the trash lived next door, wli^ remark being cotnveyed to the GolledgC^nijy'^j^ttfl* went to ask the meaning of it. 1t1 Henson denied having said anything, aod was struck in the face, and her .rIII injured. Anne Callahan, the marri daughler, ran to the door and asked defendant to strike her as she used the term ob- jected to, and was assaulted aktji one of her teeth knocked out, The windows tvere broken tlf stones by Mrs Golledge, and sill' also urged hdl husband to kill the woflnan. The daughter's babt was slightly injured by the brok'en glass. Golledge denied the assault on the daughter. The Magistrates' Clerk: But she has a' vacancy in her mouth; her tooth was kttockad out ?—Golledge: Perhaps she had false teetbo and it fell out. (L-augbLter.)-A witness for t defence said/ho went to look on, and got a bucket of stuff over, him.—The Magistrates' Clerk Ob, you got a bucket of stuff; wasitsavouryl- Witness It was not very pleasant, -Mr Cullum: Has this anything to do with it?—The Nlagis- trates' Clerk: Yes these are the adjoining additional features.-P.C. James said Gailedgei who is a painter, was a very disorderly felloe- ILE) was called by the Hensons.—The bench reminded Golledge that he was before the court three months ago for fighting, and now fined fail* 10s 6d, and bound over him and his wife to keep the peace. Thomas, the third defendant, did Dot I appear, and the case against him IV" dismissed.

MR GLADSTONE AND THE CHURCH IN WALES. The Ren G. H. Gotley, Tysoe, Warwick, setods the following :-Abpended is Mr Gladstone*' reply to the following enquiry addressed to bini by a Warwickshire clergyman "Mnt it not be admitted as a matter of ecclesiastical fact and statutory definition that there is no more a separate Welsh Church than a Welsh State, but tha.C the Church in Wales is part of the. Churcii of England in the province of Canterbury! and that this is demonstrated by the cir cumstanca that you acknowledge youreelf as member of the Church of England, although reøÏe dent in Wales 2"—" October 50, 1887. Relv: air,- There can, I think, be no doubt that th e Cburcb in Wales is okzanically unite i with the Church io Kngland, and herein that it differs from the Church of Ireland, whose union with that in ElIg. land depended u{,lon, and was abolished by, the statute of disestablv^hment.—Yours faithfully. VI. K GLADSTONE. REV G. H. Gotley." i

A SUPPOSED ACCOMPLICE OF PRANZINI. [."DAILT NEWS" JTELFCGRAM.J I ■TAXUS, luesaay.—ic is *tui an open qiuestiuu whether, after all, Pranzini ba*d au accomplice, he never ceaeed to maintain. The P'flblic Safety Department have some ground ffcr be.Vfving that they hold the dark complexioned >man who was seen in a cab with Pranzini the jiiay after the crime, in the person of out, n omanoff, who has been arrested on the Charge of committing a burglary at Auteuil. This man apart from. certain allusious about his ononectioa with Pranzini, has made no disclosui re*, but in- formation that is daily obtained by tl¥. Parquet gives strong colour to the suppositibft that if Romanoff took no part in tije triple nuttrder, he learned all its circumstances from Pranzini1 himself* and received part of Marie Regnault's stole,3 properly.

ALLEGED FORGERY BY > GENTLEMEN. At Birmingham, to-day, Edward Malcolas Brandt, of Northampton, and Heury F. Barker4 of Hyde Park Mansions, London, each described as a gentleman, were remanded to Shrewsbury*, charged with obtaining JB20, by means of a forged' cheque, tibe money of Henry Hinton, of WelD. Mills, Shropshire. The cheque was presented at the London.and County bank on Friday, and the money paid. Prisoners were arrested at a Miz- jningham hotel last night.

THREE PERSONS DROWNED. As a family of four persons-fatber, mother, son, and daughters-named Burke, were returning: from mass in a boat, from Clonburg to Doores, all island in Lotigh C*rrib, yesterday, they wera caught in a squall, antai the boat being overturnedl were all thrown into ;the water. The fatber" mother, aid daughter WtSre drowned, but the son-, clung to the side of the boat until assistance came,, and he was rescued.

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