South Wales Echo

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The Man About Town. I To-day Cardiff is formally welcoming the most distinguished body of scientists which is banded together in England for a com- mon ai m. The British Association opens its session by the inaugural lecture of the President, and to-morrow its work will be in full swing. Cardiff has entertained many distinguished societies. Since it sprang suddenly into greatness she has been a playground for such bodies, and from every region of art, litera- ture, and science she has attracted those important parliaments. But never before has she welcomed a society so well deserving of it,-a society which includes men so dis- tinguished, which is actuated by aims so lofty, or is so fertile in splendid work. Whilst the guest is thus honoured, the host may with pride point out that there are few regions in Great Britain which are now possessed of such interest to the scientist. Geo- logy and botany both find here eccentricities which are pleasing to the inquisitive mind, and although we can only boast that we have "the same mune as they have i' Lunnen," we can point to those gigantic under- ground pits, rich in the best and most last- ing coal, whence, if he choose, the savant can study the stars by daylight. The country is of a character likely to be fertile in widely differing characteristics. To the north it is studded with gaunt hills and sullen valleys and through a sterile country stretches the magnificent pasture land which undulates through the Vale of Glamorgan to the great sand hills of the Severn Channel. < But it is mainly from an archaeological point of view that Glamorganshire is interesting. The members of the British Association are settling in one of the old fortified cities which were linked like an unbroken chain along the Welsh Marches. It is the scene of battle and bloodshed. It was of the Silures that Britain's earliest chronicler heard from the shores of Gaul and found most stubborn in battle. The Celt of the south, enervated by the savage luxury of a rich, verdurous country, made little resist- ance to the Roman legions. But the Silures, the Gaelic dwellers in the eastern half of South Wales, were never truly beaten for centures after Julius Crosar had returned in despair, and that fierce, ungovernable temper was never modified with time. Throughout the history of England the Marches have been the scene of a terrible and undecisive struggle. Cardiff, which was the key to Glamorganshire, was a plague spot to the perplexed Kings of England. Even the Romans found it necessary to locate a legion at Isca Silu- rum—Caerleon—to overawe a peojde so intractable and if the archeeologist wishes to form some conception of the length and bitterness of the struggle, he only needs to look around the neighbourhood of Cardiff and see the remains which have come down to us as a memento of days that are happily spent. There are probably few districts so plenti- ful in ancient remains. Those who can take a sanctified pleasure in the contemplation of a tumulus or a harrow will find them to their hearts' content. Eloquent of Saxon inroads and Norman invasion, they are naturally thick where the keenest struggle ensued. But if there be any soul of poetry in science if the heart which can re- joice at sight of a heap of earth with but a trace of mathematical symmetry, is moved by crumbling towers, roofless banquetting halls, and empty moats, then surely there is ample cause for discovery and congratulation. Even in the immediate environments of the town of the old Nor- man Castle the keep still remains as a sign to all mankind, and the dark dungeon which imprisoned the luckless Robert of Nor- mandy for a quarter of a century is shown to the horror-stricken visitor. If they were the headquarters of the invader there are innumerable evidences of the difficulty of his task. Ruined castles litter the shores of Glamorganshire they are thick as mile- stones on the roadside. If you wander north you will come to grand Caerphilly, a rum more extensive than any in the whol of England, a crude, ill-made castle which fell in the time of Edward II. if to the west, you will come across the Castle of Barry, which serves the humble purposes of a cow- shed and replaces the rattling of armour by the clinking of milk-pails eastwards, you will see Newport Castle, Ruperra, and a host of ancient houses to which time has been more merciful than he gener.iliy is to the relics of the past. Need we mention others ? Fonmon with gaunt yet fascinating front, Rompney debased to ill purposes, Morlais, near Mer- thyr, which is barely a stone map of a castle, Beaupre of strange magnificent art. The task of counting them would be too great but there are few indeed which, by the harsh necessity of time, had not to play an important part in intestine wars. It is this aspect of the town of Cardiff, its antiquity, its surroundings, its historic in- terest, which is too often forgotten by those who sound her praises. The new has til) the old. The price of coal has obscured the value of antiquity. Cardiff Docks interfere between the spectator and the old ruins close at hand. It is not the old battle ground of Goidel, Brython, Roman, Saxon, Norman that we hear, but of the increase in population and the progress of the import trade. I will leave to others the pleasant duty of displaying the increasing resources of a growing town. A thousand throats will be but too eager for the task. For me, the old traditions, the curious folk- lore, these last decaying remnants of a fierce indomitable age, tell a sweeter tale. It is not well that vandal hands obscure the last remains of the past and remove the land- marks of an ancient country. No town can become so swollen with wealth as to derpise the rich heritage of tradition. It will be with no little amazement that our visitors will learn how the oldest name of our oldest street was changed to suit the requirements of the gentlemen of the retail trade but it will amaze them less when they discover that, so far as eloquent tongues to-day tell the tale, the history of Cardiff only commenced in 1848. The struggles of prior days were but incidents of little moment, with which no judicious writer should block up the way to the real origin of the great port—the construction of the West Bute Basin. I have even heard a scapegrace proudly assert that the imprisonment of the Duke was" a rattling good advertisement and conjured up piteous spectacles of fierce battles and rude assaults—all for the purpose of calling attention centuries later to the price of coal and the value of the local graving docks For how many people did not Mark Twain write when he gave us that excruciating parody on King Arthur ■FT- -X*  ,,trt y  But theso murmurs have led me astray. J?rf't? m?t?t.ct?M. vcrswn. To British asso- ciates even feudal castles are modern. Nothing is really antique unless traced to its original primeval germ They regard archeology as a youngster of a science just growing out of long clothes and scarcely attained to years of reason. It dabbles in the recent and, caring little for what is older than 1,000 years or so, has little to do with the ancient world. It reminds one of Addison's fable of the long-lived patriarchs of old, in which he describes a fair and gentle maiden who had attained to the interesting age of three-score years and ten, and was therefore just thinking of a husband This science, which to the modern mind is ancient enough, is terribly new to those respectable 'ologies who will have nothing to do with anything less than a star of the fourth magnitude nor care a rush for remains which date later than the stone age. + A welcome to the Association It is an old tale which mankind owes to science. All arts and letters, all that is beautiful and ennobling, all that tempers the severity of old age and tries the youthful owes to science a debt which it can never repay. Those who talk with loud, strident tongue of its vulgar aspect know nothing of its romance those who affect to de- spise its tedious training are in- capable of realising its intellectual grandeur; those who pretend most to do without its aid owe most of their little all, their comfort, their safety, their health to its protection. Blessing's on Science When the earth seem'dold, When Faith grew doting, and our Reason cold, 'Twas she discover'd that the world was young, And taught a language to its lisping tongue. 'Twas she disclosed a future to its view, And made old knowledge pale before the new. If there be a note expressive of the present century, it is that of science. It has reached all spheres of art and domineers over them. All knowledge has silently succumbed to its control. Nay, our very thought, our utter- ance, our emotions are but its handmaids, the objects of its cold critical observation. To science most of all does the town of Cardiff owe its greatness to science the security of the miner a thousand feet beneath the surface of the ground to science, the mariner on the deep to science, the health and security of an over-crowded city. And to that noble body of men who devote their lives to its study, who scorn delights and live laborious days," who toil against innumer- able difficulties, against doubt and despair, the gratitude of man is due in no small measure. If there be amongst our visitors some who are but languid dawdlers on the outskirts of science, there are some of the brightest and keenest minds, the most original intellects, and the most daring experimentalists. These men Cardiff honours and welcomes and receives to the limits of her borough with the heartiest expressions of good-will.

DEBT-COLLECTING PROCESSES AT NEWPORT. At Newport Town-hall to-day, Frederick Burge, cabinet maker, ofMaindee, wan summoned for being disorderly in Chepstow-road on Satur- day evening. Defendant was indebted to Mr Jenkins, greengrocer, Chepstow-road, for goodg, supplied, and Jenkins went to his house to obtain payment. Defendant, who was away at the time, went to Jenkins's shop subsequently in company with his brother, Alfred Burge, also a cabinet maker, to ask him why he had abused his wife, who is in delicate health. A volume of tall words, including threats to c. bash" Jenkins, drew together a lot of people, and P. C. Rowlands heard the threats used.Another tradesman, a grocer named Yates, also got into disgrace about the same time because he had put defendant in the county-court, and an execution bad been served. Yates was gratified to hear the defendant's mother give his Christian name on oath, as he had been un- able to get it, and the Bench told the mother that he ought also to have been sum- moned, and that they did not very much rfly on the evidence he had given.—Defendant was anxious that his wife should be called to give evidence as to the provocative language used by Jenkins, who in the box admitted that he used the word swindle.The Bench said that no doubt the law would be altered by-and-bye, but that at present it forbade wives to be called in behalf of their husbands. They fined defendant 20s for the disorderly behaviour; in default, 14 days' imprisonment.

MR W. O'BRIEN, M.P., AND THE IRISH STRUGGLE. Mr William O'Brien, M.P., speaking not West- ford, County Mayo, last night, said the political struggle in Ireland had succeeded in the pnst because of the unconquerable spirit of the Irish people. With the same power behind them they would continue to fight irrespective of the person- ali ty of anyone man. No matter who their leader was, the next general election would not place Mr Balfour for another term of years on the necks of the Irish people.

A FAMILY AFFAIR AT NEWPORT. At Newport Town Hall to-day-before Messrs R. G. Cullum and T. J. Beynon, magistrates— Frederick Gush and Augusta Witts were sum- moned for libelling Catherine Witts. The parties are related, and the libel was understood to have been conveyed in a letter.Mv Morris (from the offices of Llewellyn and Moore), in applying to ] the magistrates for an adjournment until Friday, the hope that the Bench would not be troubiod further with the case, as efforts were being made to settle it --Alr Cullum said he was :;Jad to hear and "tnt..r]

I A Brutal Father. I SCOURGING A CHILD WITH WIRE I "i esfcerday afternoon, at the Wandsworth police- court, Henry Hillier, a stonemason, living j at 10, Latchmero street, Battersea, was brought up on a warrant charged with committing a brutal assault upon his son, aged 12 years, by thrashing him with a piece of telegraph cable wire. — On the occasion of the oil to the magistrate for a warrant, Detective-sergeant Winzar produced the boy, whose back and shoulders were literally covered with bruises.—The boy stated that his father accused him of taking a pair of boot protectors from the ctiil)',)oa-,(i, iit he denied it. His father then told h hl to wash out a, room, and while doing so he struck him on the face, arms, and back with the telegraph wire. Ho followed him into the kitchen and struck him again he then escaped from further violence by running out of the house. Hi~< father had struck him before. Replying to Mr Hanne, who defended, the boy admitted having stolen money, and for this reason his father had thrashed him.—Mr Denman observed that he had seen the boy's body.—Mr Hanne said he had no intention of justifying the assault. The boy had provoked his father beyond endurance. Mr P. C. Kempster, assistant divisional surgeon to the police, said he was called to examine the boy, who had a contused wound on the side of the left ear, and severe bruises on the head, back, and shoulders. The back was covered with bruises, and in some places the flesh was quite raw. The arms from the shoulder to the elbow were bruised in the same manner. The witness added that it would require a man's whole force to have inflicted the injuries.—A neighbour was called, and said she had repeatedly seen the prisoner strike the boy. On this occa- sion she saw the lad run out of the house fol- lowed by the prisoner, who dealt him a blow with ehe wire. She had also seen him kick him.—Mr Hanne You seem interested.—The Neighbour I am a mother. He has been a brute to all in his keeping.—The prisoner' daughter was called. Wile stated that the boy was thrashed because he did not do what he was told.—Mr Dennian Do you know if he has beaten him before with this piece of telegraph wire? Yes.—Mr Denman Does he keep it specially for him Witness Yes. Mr Denman observed that the prisoner had attacked the unfortunate boy with great deliberation, having prepared the wire into an instrument of severe torture. He entertained towards him no feeling of mercy, and had it not been for the fact that he had several children dependent upon him, he would have sent him to prison without the option of paying a fine. He nevertheless imposed a pena!ty of £ 20, or  three i sonment in default.

I ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT I WESTERN RAILWAY. The last Great Western Railway down train, yesterday, wa,s delayed about an hour, owing to some trucks being thrown off the line at New- bridge.

I GENERAL BOOTH. I [RKCTER'S TET.KOKAM.J KniBERLEY, Tuesday. General Booth, of the Salvation Army, continues to hold crowded meetings here. On Thursday the General .starts for Port Elizabeth.

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Wife Murder. ANOTHER EXECUTION1 ANOTHER EXECUTION, Robert Bradshaw (aged 56), a labourer, was hang-cd at nine o'clock this morning in Wands- worth Prison, for the murder of his wife, at Bcrmondsey on duly 4th. Bradshaw, who was addicted to habits of intemperance, requested his wife to withdraw a summons which she had taken out against him for threats, and oil her refusing to do so he enticed the woman to his room, and nearly severed her head from her body with a razor. Since his conviction lkudshaw had devoted his time to the exhortations of the gaol chaplain and in chatting with the prison warders The convict passed a fairly quiet night, and dressed at six o'clock this morning, signifying to his prison attendants that he was ready to meet his fate. He was engaged in earnest prayer until the end, and on being asked if he had anything to say, said, I am sorry I did it." Ho shook hands with the warders and thanked them for their kindness to him. Bradshaw walked firmly to the scaffuld, and on the bait being drawn death appeared to be instantaneous. Berry was the executioner. Reporters were not admitted.

THE STINK-POT OF THE CHANNEL. Cardiff Objects. At a meeting of the Citrditf Chamber of Com- merce, held to-day, Mr E. H. Wills presiding, the subject of the application of the Bridgewater Sanitary Authority to the Local Government Board for permission to fix a mooring station at the anchorage near the Flat Holm for infected vessels belonging to the port of Bridgwater came up for consideration. It was reported by the secretary (Mr W. L. Hawkins) that the County Council of Cardiff took up the matter, and asked the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce, which body passed a resolution on May 20th strongly opposing the application of the Bridgwater Sanitary Authority. The Local Government Board had appointed Friday next, at the Atlantic Hotel, Weston- super-Mare, at 12 o'clock, to receive representa- tIVP. of the different authorities interested. The T o wn Clerk of CarchfI (Mr VVheatley) had suggested that the Chamber should appoint one or two repre- sentatives to give evidence on the subject, and that the secretary should attend to prove the resolution of the Chamber.—Captain Pomeroy said a very serious question was opened in this matter, namely, as to whether Cardiff was to become the stink-pot of the Channel. If they were going to "accept .service" for Bridgwater vessels as a cholera station, they might quite expect to hear of Newport and other ports in the Channel adoptmg a course to that of Bridgwater, In that event, consuls would notify the port of Cardiff as an infected port, and vessels would not be able to get a clean bill of health. It would be a most serious matter to have the port interfered with even for a day. (Hear, hear. )—Councillor Trounce said their great object was to prevent the con- ■ taniination of the port of. Cardiff as a commercial centre.—Mr J. If. Wilson observed that if they did not oppose this proposal of Bridgwater they would be sanctioning a proceeding which would be very dangerous and very detrimental to the interests of the port. (Hear, hear. )—On the motion of Mr F. J. Beavan, seconded by Coun- cillor Trounce, it was resol ved to appoint, as a deputation to go to Weston, Mr J. H. Wilson, Mr K. Handcock, jun., a member of the firm of John Cory and SOP, and of Messrs Morel Bros.

A CARDIFF FRIENDLY SOCIETY CASE. Prosecution of an Official. At the Cardiff police-court, this morning— before Mr T. W. Le wi- (Stipendiary) and Dr Paine—John Fiarin, steward of the Cardiff Hibernian Liberal Benefit Society, was charged with withholding three sums of money,viz.,12?, 12s, and 2?? respectively, belonging to the society, on the 15th, 22nd, and 2t9h of May. Mr George David prosecuted, and explained the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act, wherein a penalty for misappropriation w.M provided for.—John Slack, secretary of the society, said it was the defendant's duty, as a steward of the to convoy the money to which sick members were elltitll(1. In May last a member named Kingston, who was an officer in the borough police, and another man named Timothy Murphy were ill. The defendant was paid 12s on May 15th, 12s on May 22nd, and 12s on May 29th to hand over to Kingston, and a further sum of 12s for Murphy. Thfse moneys were never handed over, and the defendant admitted it. He had promised to re- fund the money, but had not done so, and had been expelled from the "ociety owing to his con- duct.—Defendant I am willing to pay now.—Mr David characterised the case as a very serious one. The Stipendiary said the Bench could not look upon the mere repay- ment of the money as a complete exculpation. It was a most serious offence to withhold money from people who were poor, but more especially when they were afflicted. They were thus deprived of things necessary to their welfare. In addition to being ordered to refund the 48s, he would be fined 48s and costs, or a month's imprisonment.

PETTY PILFERINGS AT NEWPORT. William Griffiths, truckman and window cleaner at the Westgate Hotel, was charged at Newport Town-hall, to-day, with stealing three glass cloths, the property of Samuel Dean, the proprietor of the hotel, and Jane Davies, his landlady, Fothergill-street, was charged with receiving them, knowing them to be stolen. On Monday a female named Lydia Davies went to Woolf Phillips' pledge office, Dock-street, and offered two sheets, which bore the mark, "Newport Infirmary." The woman said the female prisoner, in whose house she was lodging, had sent her on the errand. Mr Phillips called in the aid of P.C. Smith, and the femaln prisoner admitted that she had sent the woman. On searching her boxes, the three glass clothes were discovered with the name of the hotel on them. She said old Griffiths, the male prisoner, had brought them to be washed. It was shown that Griffiths might easily get access to the pantry wheie the towels were Icept.-Gritfitli., said his character was worth more, than a few paltry towels, and the woman said when her lodgers brought home things to;wash she asked no questions.—Mr Dean said he lost a lot of small tilings, but did not wish to press the charge. -Griffiths was sentenced to two days' de- tention in the cells and, in regard to the sheets, the female prisoner was remanded until Friday.

THE NEWPORT BENCH FAVOUR CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. Charles Bennett, carter to the Newport Corporation scavenging contractor, was sum- moned at Newport Town Hall, to-day, for cruelty to a donkey in Mill-street, on Saturday, 8th inst. The donkey belonged to Mr Atkins, tea dealer, Commercial-street, and was employed in deliver- ing grocery orders. A small lad was in th" cart attached, and in going through Mill-street the donkey seemed to have aroused the wanton cruelty of the defendant, who deliberately cut it the over the shoulder three times with his whip. The poor donkey shivered with pain, and it was found that the whip had drawn blood. When the defendant used the whip he told the lad that he would make the animal run away from him. Defendant made n, variety of excuses, all contradictory.—The Bench thought it a great pity the defendant could not be served in a similar way, and then perhaps he might have more feeling for The donkey. They hesitated whether they would not send him to gaol without the option of a fine, but as nothing was known against him and he had been in one employ for twelve months, lie would be fined only 20s, or 14 days' imprisonment.

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The speediest cure for the dreadful j Neuralgia. Is 6d per bottle by pot, Is 9d. Quinine and Podo- r h y II in Pill s, for Stomach and Liver troubles. We recom- mend one to be taken an hoiir before dinner, and another at bed- time. Wind, vague wlm- dering pains, despon- dency. costiveness, are rapidly and perma- nently cured. Price, 19i ic1 per box. Indigestion Mix- ture. A" the name im- plie", it is special mixtuie for bad diges- tion, acidity, pain be, tween the shoulders- wind, Ac., (te. Inevery case rdicE may be ex- pected. Price, Is by post, Is 3d. Chloral Cure, stops Toothache at once anrl for ever. Never fails to stop that toothache which arises from de- dyed teeth. Prfce, 101d by post. Is. Chloro Menthol stronger than the pure Menthol. Speedily re- lieves all nerve pains, sneh as Headache, Neuralgia, Tic .?olo- reaux, Sciatica, itc. by post,ls. Old Yellow Soap. Unseen ted, Uncolourrd, Unsophisticated. The genuine old-fashioned sort. In tablets about lib., 3d in bars about 2!o!!)., 7'od. Five bars for 3s. 3 Baking Powder. Made in our own hot room with perfectly dry and pure ingredients, Warranted free from alum and all injllri0U;¡ admixtures. lCd per lb. A complete 1,?st oi -JHS?K WILLIAMS' SPECIALITIES will shortly be issued. Catalogue of Drugs, Chemicals, p Lo- graphic Sundries, and the usual Chemist Wares mailed free on application. 3 & 4, PARK HALL, BUIDLINGS, CARDIFF. THE GLOBE FURNISHING COMPANY 110 (CUSTOM IJOUSE STREET, I CARDIFF, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL JpURNISHING HOUSE. THE ACTUAL MANUFACTURERS LOWEST PRICES. JgjASIEST TERMS. JgEST VALUE, COMPARE PRICES BEFORE FURNISHING. THE GLOBE JPURNISHINGI COMPANY, 19. CUSTOM Ho USE STREET, CARDIFF. 72e  T S e  FOR EXCELLENCE OF QUALITY. N EW REASON'S JAMS, MANUFACTURED BY SOUTH WALES JAM AND MARMALADE COMPANY (LIMITED). CANTON CARDIFF. 4e 7J1HE OATH JpURNISHERS T HE P-tOATH ARE ACKNOWLEDGED THE BEST AND CHEAPEST HOUSE FURNISHKIS IN CARDIFF. They Supply the Latest and Strongest Manufactured Articles in HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE At Prices within the reach of all Classes for Cash or on the E t,<y Paym^uo Sy.s^ sm. rrnl.);- E2 10s worth 1/6 weekly. £ 20 worth 7/- weekly. B5 "2, 1£25 8'- £1010s „ 3,6 „ | S50 „ 12/- „ j £ 15 „ 5/- „ | £ 100 „ 25/- Larger amounts in Proportion. ALL GOODS CARRIAGE PAID. Goods sent honje as soon as tirsc payment is made. Special advantages to those about to Marry. Come and See for Yourselves It will pay you to do so, and you will Admit the Surpass all other Houses in the Trade. rjpHE OATH JpURNISHING CU., THF. LEADING HOUSE FURNISHERS, 42, CASTLE-ROAD & YE RE-STREET, ROATH. CARDIFF. 469e r EETH. -Complete Set One Guinea r Five years' warranty. GoonMA? AND Co., 56, Qneen s reet, Cardiff, 12e  EPPS'S (BREAKFAST) c OCOA. GRATEFUL, COMFORTING. MADE SIMPLY WITH 260e BOILING WATER OR MILK 280e SPECIAL L IN ES. CHOICEST JQANISH JgUTTER, PER 1S. D. LB. JpRESH yyKLSlf JgJGGS, PER 10D. DOZ. DAVID JONES & CO.. LIMITED, WESTMINSTER STORES CKRDIFF, 173 J S7.3 Corr ICati for Classitiration. VERY Jar;e h.iudsome Spanish "lahogauy Sideboard, V with plate-glam ba.k; price Cl6 16,, cost ?50. Also Dining T"hl. to scat 20, three extra leaves, E3 3d; grc?a6 bargains.—Edes, Ol.:I(:urios"lo!,e_w'y"<> 646e SECOND-HANI) Furniture of every description Bought,' from L?i to £ 500 cash same day Shopkeepers'Stocks, &c.—Edes. Nfvvport 647e (-1-RAXD-It H?ai (Mil EIi;¡:O:'1k Furnit;;heautifl¡¡Y T caned: no f"reign imitation including magnificent Sideboard.—Ed- s. Old Curiosity Shop, Newport. 642e JUST Purchased. "1anf",ctUn'r' Stock of New Furniture at half-price 100 pairs of Washing -stands and Tables, polish like m"hog,¡r¡y, 12s 6<1 per pair; Kitchen Chairs, 12s half-dozen.—Edes, Newport. 643e Pi.ENpIDIrg'i;Berlroom Suite; price 16 gineas. C.,t 50 guineas from Maple's, London not soiled.— Edes, Old Curiosity Shop, Newport. 64Se SPLENDID ktrse-size 11-(lay Marble Clock strikes every half-hour; £33s, cost;28 3s. —Edes, Old Curiosity Shop, port. 649u IU.,iT cconteiit6 of -a Irge Showroom in # London of f stly Drawing-room and Dining-room Hn¡te HellllHm for half the manufacturer' s pri(:: also 81 .nc'l lot of Brass Kedsteads.—Edes, Newport. 644e MAHOGANY Dining-room Suite in leather, 3 guineas; Couch, 16s 6d Arm-chair, 14s 6d Parlour Cha"a 5, each.—Edes, Curiosity Shop, Newport. 6!5e AG F.XT"¡- wa-te-d;e;:Y'her¡> salary and commission, -TV £ 5 per week.—Pendlebtxjvand Co., 130, Hnrwich-ro?d. Colchester. 326 TANTED:t:g;¿d(}ènerJI Servant; clean, steady T 3irl; three in family.—Apply Mrs Stanfleld, Oakiield House, near Cross Hantls, Newport. 6408 i OLD Tops Hill, Newport, comfortable, well-furnished T Apartments, within live minutes' walk of railway station pleasant, quiet neighbourhood no ehil<1r"n.- Address Home, Echo Otlice, Newport. 64] e F OR Side, Horse, Cart, Harness, and Baskets complete for Coal Trade.—Priao and particulars, Maurice Aherne, 12, Vere-streat, Roath, Cardiff. 328 WANTED immediately, a sharp Lad: good character vt from la-t place. -152, Bute-road, Cardiff. 327 ?6MFORTA!!L'H*rtirr.ii-ed Apartm?)ts  ro LeL; ?o j b.mily.-Apply Gothic Villas, 25, Herbert-street, New- port, Mon. 638e 1.3 Ol'S-EtLt:'(¿-o;plendid view easy (litan .1. from milwa,y station, five minutes' walk.-Ch?Lrles, U<\ssalleg, near Newport. 6ge Course of Ten Lessons (Piano or American Organ) by exi)eriftir' ed master, at pupil's residence, if required.— Music, Echo Office, Cardiff. 079 äi),RTID0I)-Órk;ith-'howledge (£book,ke;-pi I wanted ta'e experience, ae, and salary required.— Masters & Co., Clothiers, Cardiff. 637e lioRsaJe, Co! 14.2 hands, quiet to ride and drive Pony, 4 ye ire, 13 hands, qniet to ride and drivc.- MitchcH. 1*6, Ulifton-3treet, Roath, Cardiff. 323 F OR Sale. I;ay Horse, 15 hands.—Webber, Caerphilly- road, near Llanishen. • 324 ??OOD Gcnt;nd Servant wanted.—Appty?traY.oni?'27? X Despencer-atreet, Canton. 316 BLACK Russian Retriever, with good Kennel, for Sa l e, B L¿ep¡ll:lldr,leI;Ir ;:l ti e f, ?ood with childruu fond of the water.-Craig Afon ViJJa, Merthyr-road, Llandaff. ,25 F. OR Sale,Rht'lt"tl-Sh.}p F¡tsllitatfo'gn;raï draper or outfitter mahogany-top counters with nine  Canliff. 322 drawers.—L 286, Kcho Office, Cardiff. 322 MANTLEMAKERS.—Wanted, expertenced?Vorker? .t_- p!rt'nt.=-A!,p!01! Rail, Cardiff. 321 5 Dumfries-place. Wanted, respectable Yoiin, Girl as 5 General Servant. Xo wa-hinu. 310 C 03FFPRTABLI, Eurni.hed Apartments for gentleman J dining out.. B;tth. No children.—Talbot-street, Can- ton.—Address W., 318, Echo otllcc, Cardiff. 3 SPLENDiDpair-f Opera and Field Glasses, cost C3 3s, sell 22q 6d, and E;,?t on ;>p;coval, ost free, to any address. 22P;1etlllr:V —Write X, 308, "Daily News,' Cardiff. 308 12 Dessert knives, best quality, 12 Silver Forks to match; cost 35,. Wanting cash urgently will sell for 15s 6d. Approval, post free to any address.—Write V, 309, "Daily Xcws," Cardiff. 309

DEATH. KAMPTHOKNE.—Edward Kampthorne, pilot. Public funeral on Friday, at 11 a.m., from Sehvood Honse, 7Q, Windsor-road, Penarlh 303

JgXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS OF THE O Y A L STORES, The Public are respectfully requested to hear with us for a few weeks, to make suitable alterations for increased business. We shall offor Special Leading Lines during operations. FIXEST COR NEl) BEEF, 141b tin, 3d per lb. „ 21b" 7Yfd each. lib „ 4Ved „ FINEST DANISH BUTTER Is PER LB. FINEST A.C. HAIS .61,.D PER LB FINEST CHEESE 6D PER LB. FINEST "SWEET WILLIAM" CALIFOR NIAN PEARS (21b. tin), lV/id per Tin. Our F' >RMOZA TEA i.s becoming the FAVOURITE TEA of CARDIFF and SOUTH WALES, price Is 3d per lb. THE JJ 0 Y A L gTORES, IN THK lIAYES, C ARDIFF. GRIFFITH, LLOYD. & CO., PROPRIETORS. TELEGRAMS-" PERFECTION." 1614-109e H A G 0 N's c RYSTALLIZED B E E R THE NEW BEVERAGE, THE MOST THIRST-QUENCHING AND DELIGHTFUL DRINK IN EXISTENCE. Two teaspoonfuls placed in a tumbler of water produces IMMEDIATELY Sparkling, Cooling, ,andInvigortting "HERB BEER," possessing body. flavour, sharpness, &c., like Bottled Ale. INVALUABLE FOR EXCURSIONS, PICNICS, HOT CLIMATES, &c. PREPARED BY A LBERT JJ AGON, jyJ ANUF ACTURING CHEMIST, 1 ?- 1  39, BRIDGE-STREET, CARDIFF. JJ AGON'S 11.ERB jgEER CRYST ALS, OR CRYSTALLIZED BEER, Is an extract of Comfroy, Burdock, Hops, Yar- row, Horehound, Sarsaparilla, etc., in a crys- talline form. These Herbs well-known Blood Purifiers and Tonics, and this preparation is guaranteed to contain their active principles, forillilic, a DRIK urvqiuJled for its cooling and refreshing qualities, and suitable for young and old. ° 917e Sold in Canisters at 6d, by Agents everywhere. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. ^JEMBERS FOR CARDIFF, J- H  PAST AND PRESENT. 1-1 THE ^CARDIFF fjl I M E S AND s OUTI-I -WALES WEEKLY NEWS '-? v y ?' H OF s ATIURDAY, UGUST 29TH, Will be published the first of a series of sppcially- contributed articles on the above subject. THE REPRESENTATION OF WALES IN GENERAL AND CARDIFF IN PAR- TICULAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH. Others to follow week by week. Elhman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman ElIiman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman ElIiman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman ElliiitAo Elliman ElJiman Elliman Elli/nan Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliinan Elliman Elliman Elliman L L i M A N'S | UNIVERSAL IjJMBROCATION, 1 For RHEUMATISM, SPRAINS, LUMBAGO, CUTS, BRUISES, CHEST COLDS, SORE THROAT from COLDS, STIFFNESS. Prepared only by 73e ELLIMAN, SONS & CO., ? JLj SLOUGH. Is ll4d and 2s 9d. Of all Chems;t.. SYMINGTON'S ARAB'S COFFEE HAS MAINTAINED ITS SUPERIORITY FOR MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS. ,SOL]) BY ALL GpocFps. 794e

STREET ASSAULTS AT CARDIFF At the Cardiff police-court this i))oi-iiiiig-be- fore Mr l1. W. Lewis (stipendiary)—George Williams, a dock labourer, was charged with assaulting and kicking (,1:0 J. Matthews in George-street on the 18th inst. The latter gave evidence showing the assault had been committed without the slightest provocation. The prisoner, whom he had never seen before, spoke to him in George-street. He told him to keep away, where- upon the prisoner butted lum in the face with his head and kicked him severely on the legs. The stipendiary sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. —Julia Donovan (29) was charged at the same court with assaulting and wounding John James Donoghue on the neck at Tyndail-street, oil tlik, 3rd instant.—Tdr David priweut-ed and Mr Belcher defended.—The complainant being stiU in the infirinta-y, was unable to give evidence, but his brother stated that they and a sister weru together in Tyndal!- street, when the prisoner came out of a house there with a cup in her hand, with which she struck his brother behind the ear, The latter at once fell, aud the blood flowed freely from the wound. Seeing tuis, the prisoner ran back to her house and slammed the door to. Mr David pointed out that the complainant was also suffering from another wound at the tune. Mr Belcher said he was instructed that the assault- arose out of a general affray in which the prisoner was a passive spectator. As the prisoner would have to be re- manded until tlw complainant was in a fit con- dition to appear, he addressed himself to the question of bail, pointing out that the prisoner to support a bedridden, mother and two or tnree ehildreu.-The t)tipendiary replied that in face of the opposition of the police, the condition of the complainant, and there being another woman at large concerned in the assault, he could not grant the application for bail, and the prisoner would be remanded for a week.

MR PARNELL AND MR MORLEY. Mr Parjiell has addressed a letter to the Free- man in reply to Mr Morley, alleging that Mr Gladstone could have supplied him with at least two means of reaching him, and that Mr Morley's delay proves that it was not until Mr Gladstone's seasoned conscience had undergone the shampoo- ing progress of the Rev Price Hughes and Mr Stead that it awakened to the necessity, for Mr Morley's insinuation that the time for the meeting of the Irish party had been accelerated is as baseless as the other suggestions if anything it was later than usual. Mr Parnell was about 1 i r Parne l l ivas al,out the House some considerable time before the party met, but saw nothing of Mr Morley. He met Mr M'Cartby, but he did not say that Mr Gladstone wanted his retirement. He denies emphatically Mr Morley's statement that at the Brighton interview he gave the assurance that the verdict would be in his favour. Mr Morley said he hoped nothing likely to happen at the trial would induce him to retire from public life. He replied that whatever might happen he was convinced the Irish people would always trust him.

THE FLY PEST. ) It has been ascertained by a careful observer that a swarm of flies cannot travel at any greater pace than eleven miles an hour. So much the better for the cycliat, who has only to  w i lo only to put on a spurt to get at any time clear away from this intolerable pest in the highways in warm weather. For the unfortunate outside passenger by drag or chaise there is 110 help unless it is that patent fly veil which enabled the American editor to look forward to the time when whole congregations would be able in August to listen to a sermon in comfort while the flies in church, "united as one fly," were taking it out of the preacher in the pulpit."

ELOPEMENT IN FASHIONABLE LIFE. A despatch from Kingston, Ontario, says that Mr Christian Hamilton Gray, of Abbeywood. Kent, has eloped with Miss Sophie Tupper Cameron, daughter of Major-General Cameron, commandant of the Royal Military College, and grand-daughter of Sir Charles Tupper. Miss Cameron met Mr Gray in England. He was a civil engineer, young and wealthy, but the young lady's father objected to their marriage, and she was taken home. Mr Gray followed her, and on Friday the pair went quietly to St. Paul's Church and were married.

I CARRIED OFF BY BRIGANDS. I I [REUTEK'S TELEGRAM.] I CONSTANTINOPLE, i uesday. Up to the present no news has been received concerning M. De Raymond, who was recently carried off by brigands, and in search of whom his companion in misfortune, M. Raffier, started nearly a week ago, taking a ransom of £ 5.000 with him. i

MR ATKINSON, M.P. I I The Boston Meeting Deferred. I Mr Atkinson's meeting at Boston, announced for this evening, has been deferred. No reason is given, but it is believed the step has been taken at the wishes of Mr Atkinson's friends.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER. 4.30 P.M. '10-DAY'S I ORKCA8T FOR F.NUI,AND, S. IV., .AND :OUTU )VALjiS. South-westerly winds, light or moderate changeable; some showers. GKNKRAL.—The depression in the west of Ireland appears to be spread- ing eastward, and showery weather seems likely to continue in most districts, with very strong south- jI easterly winds on northern CO!lts: WARNINGS.—1'he south cone 1'3 still flying in districts 0, 6, and 9.

SUDDEN DEATH AT CARDIFF. This morning, shortly before noon, as Mrs Thomas, of Cotterell-road, was about to enter the 'bus at the Richmond-road terminus she was observed to fall heavily on her face. Assistance was at once rendered and restoratives were applied, but to no avaiL Mean- while Dr Morris h?d been sent "ol'. In a. few minutes he arr?'p'L and pronounced life extinct. The. police then removed the bmlv.

The Strand Abduction Case. POLICE-COURT PROCEEDINGS. Edward Arthur Maurice Cailenuer Newtoi (39), describing himself as a journalist, charged at Bow-street police-court, London to-day, with abducting Lucy Edith Pearman. The Case for the Prosecution. Mr Wall is, for the prosecution, said the girl' father and mother kept a tobacconist's shop in th' Strand, and the prisoner ingratiated himset: with the family, by whom lie was re- ceived as a friend. He abused the friendship by abducting Miss Pearman, and that was the subject of the present charge, but a re- mand was asked for with a view to a cons tion as to whether a more serious charge nuder the Criminal Law Amendment Act should be pre- ferred. The Girl's Mother in the Box. Mrs kjtisanna Pearman said the prisoner was 0 frequent visitor at her house, and very attentive to her daughter. The latter told her she loved Newton, and would have him, whereupon witness. forbade her daughter, who was but 15 years old, to have any further communication with the prisoner, and forbadd the latter to visit the house again. Newton told her he was married, but that a divorce suit wat pending between his wife and himself. OB July 26th the girl went to school a2 usual, and was subsequently seen with the prisoner, but had not returned home. She believed he took the girl away to seduce her. A warrant against him was granted, but he long avoided arregfc. The Arrest of the Prisoner. A detective sergeant proved arresting pri- soner at Hastings, on the 17th, where he occupied apartments with the girl under an assumed name, she passing as his daughter. The girl occupied a separate room, but the way to it was through the prisoner's room. Newton, who was remanded in custody, bowed to the girl as he left the dock, and they exchanged sympathetic glances.

INSUBORDINATION ON THE EASTERN PRINCE. Seamen Prosecuted at Cardiff. This morning three seamen named A. G. Akef- son (54). Fred Koetin (31), and Alexander McKay (25) were charged at Cardiff police-court-before the Stipendiary (Mr T. W. Lewis)—with com- bining and unlawfully disobeying the captain't orders on board the Eastern Prince.—Mr Hand- cock prosecuted and Mr J. H. Jones defended.— Mr Handcock stated that the Ivi- n Prince was a steamer of 1,400 tons r< gio.er, and tha prisoners signed articles fur a voyage with her at Hull on the 5th of August. Six men were taken on at Hull as firemen and trimmers, the best man of the lot being after- wards promoted chief fireman and donkeyman, which entitled him to a rise of 10s a week. This left five men to work in the engine-room. On the 17th mst. the vessel arrived at Cardiff, when the men and two others refused to obey the orders of the engineer and captain, and spent the day on shure. The three prisoners pursued a similar line of conduct the next day. -Captam Peter Christian Knntson corro- borated this statement, and added that he had had to pay three substitutes 5s a day each to do the work left undone by the prisoners. -30hn Lewis, chief engineer, gave similar evidence —Mr Jones, for the defence, said the contract or articles of engagement 'was never read to the men. The latter understood from the chief engineer that that there would be six men employed in the stoke-hole, and bad refused to obey, be- lieving that the ship was undermanned, and that such a circumstance violated their contract.-—The Stipendiary stated that this had nothing to do with the charge against the men, and that had they combined to disobey orders whilst at sea he should have imposed the full penalty of twelve weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. He did not think they had any excuse for their conduct, or that there was any cause to believe the ship was undermanned. They had, however, not endangered the safety of the vessel whilst at sea, and taking those circum- stances into consideration he would inflict a miti- gated penalty of 40s and costs, or one month imprisonment.

I -^=== I A REMARKABLE DECISION. At the Horncastle petty sessions-before Mr F. T. Dymoke a man named Cheseldine wai charged by the police, under the Vagrancy Act, with sleeping in a stable on the premises of the Crown Inn, Horncastle. The ac- cused said the landlord gave him per- mission to sleep there, in order that his (defendant's) mother might earn a little money by letting his bed to dealers attending the Horn- eastle Great Horse Fair.—The magistrate com- mitted him to gaol for seven days.—Later on Mr R. E. Boulton, solicitor, appeared, and stated that the landlord of the Crown Inn was present, and would give evidence that he gave the man permission to sleep in the stable, and lent him some sacks for covering.—The magistrate, however, refused to reconsider his decision.—Mr Boulton submitted that as the man had permis- sion to use the stable he could not be convicted under the Yagrancy Act. He asked for a case to be granted.-The magistrate refused to grant a case, saying there was nothing in the Vagrancy Act about permission.—Mr Boulton replied that that followed as a matter of common sense and common law.—The magistrate, however, refused to hear the witness who was in attendance, and said the man must go to prison.

I COAL EXPORT RETURNS. I Cardiff Still to the Fore. At the meeting of the Cardiff Chamber of Com- merce to-day, theSecretary submitted thecustomarj trade and navigation returns, which showed that the coal exports from the United Kingdom for seven months ending July 31 amounted to 17,955,212 tons, being an increase of 784,070 tons, or V/2 per cent. Bunkers totalled 4,630,286 tons, a decrease of 71,717 tons, or 1 per cent. The coal exports, foreign, from Cardiff during the same period reached 6,084,000 tons, being an increase of 439,068 tons, or 7% per cent. whilst the coastwise exports from the same port amounted to 764,172 tons, being an increase of 138,561 tons, or 1% per cent. Newport foreign exports totalled 1,082,356 tons, a decrease of 83,798 tons, or 7"1 per cent. coast- wise, 592,537 tons, an increase of 159,735 tons, or 37 per cent. Swansea-Foreign, 575,577 tons, an increase of 22,041 tons, or 4 per cent. coastwise, 382,233 tons, an increase of 28,646 tons, or 8 per cent.

TELEPHONING ON TELEGRAPH WIRES. An adaptation of the telephone to extating telegraph lines has just been successfully com- pleted between Grangemouth and Glasgow by Mr A. Erskine Muirhead, of Glasgow. The tele- phones used are the French type, with micro- phones. The line has two intermediate stations, one at Port Dundas and the other at Kirkintilloch, but this in no way impaired the speaking indeed, it is proposed to add other two intermediate stations, making six telephones served by a single line. Though the telegraph instruments were employed simultaneously, there was no interruption, and it is intended that the telegraph instruments shall be discarded. Another feature of the adaptation is that as the wire runs along the canal, the bargee can fix a portable telephone on it at any place, and speak to the termini. Afterwards, as an experiment, the microphones were discon- nected, and the Ader Recepteurs alone tried by speaking close, and loud conversation was carried on more faintly than by the addition of the microphone.

THE COST OF A STRIKE. The balance-shoot of the strike of blast furnace- men in Scotland in the spring of this year show* the total cost to tlwnwn tohayc been £ 12,448 9s 5d. Of this the strike hands received during the 23 highest number on the strike fund in one week being 967 mon and 1,355 children, and the lowest 380 men and 557 children. £ 1.890 0s o'd was spent in con- nection with the payment oi the strike allowance. To the fund the National Association of Blast Furnacemen subscribed £ 8,117 19s 9d Cleveland Miners' Association, LI,000, and the remainder from other organisations of workmen and friendly supporters. The total received was 912,520, and there remains in hand £ 71 10s 5d.

MR SPURGE0N:3 CONDITION. To-day's bulletin states that Mr Spr.rgeon has taken food rather better, and is slightly stronger.

Somersetshire added another brilliant victory to their list at Cheltenham yesterday, defeating Gloucestershire by an and 130 runs. L. C. H. Palairet just managed to reach chr-jt figures, The home county made a wretched dis- play in their first innings, being dismissed by Tyler and S. M. J. Woods for 25 runs.