Barry Dock News

CHURCH DEFENCE MEETING AT PENARTH. SPEECH BY MR LEWELLEN WOOD, J.P., ON MAJORITIES. THE PROBABLE UNIONIST CANDIDATE FOR SOUTH GLAMORGAN ON DISESTABLISHMENT. The Andrews' Large Hall, Penarth, was crowded on Monday evening last with a gathering assembled to protest against the Bill for the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales. Mr Lewellen Wood, J.P., presided, and was attended on to the platform by the Rev. W. Sweet-Escott, Mr H. Byron Reed, ex-member and Conservative Candidate for East Bradford Mr W. Riley, Mr S. A. Brain, Mr J. H. Wilson, Dr. Nell, Mr H. Snell, Mr E. Curthois, Mr. W. Williams, Mr F. R. Greenhill, Mr J. S. Shipton, Mr H. J. Vellacott, Rev. Mr Heathcote, &c. The Chairman, who was very cordially received, delivered a speech which was marked by characteristic lucidity and grace of style. He reviewed the proposals of the Government, and asked his hearers to consider how much better off any man, woman, or child in the Principality was going to be if those proposals were carried into law ? He had pondered over the proposals with a desire to arrive at a right conclusion, and he was opposed to the Bill; buc he was not prepared to say that the man who conscientiously advocated the contrary view was guilty either of treason or sacrilege. Whether Nonconformists of Churchmen, do not let them forget thab, after all, the Church of England was the most powerful religious agency in these realms, and that the proposals of the Government meant Disestablishment by dis- memberment. (Applause). From a money point ofjview, the immediate effect of those proposals would be to cause to be diverted from the Princi- pality the sum of f 40,000 per annum now coming to it from the Church in England. It was pro- posed to take from the Church in Wales money amounting to j6231,000, now applied to religious purposes. He had referred to JB40,000 of that amount. Theremaining2192, 000 was to be devoted to hospitals, halls, washhouses, baths, educational purposes, &c. and they might depend upon it that when this occurred Churcnpeople would with- hold from those objects their present contributions to a great extent in order to support their church, and this would throw additional burdens upon the community. (Applause.) Some people told them that Disendownment was right because there was a majority in favour of it. But did a majority justify everything ? Ir. might justify the reinsti- tution of slavery. It might justify the perse- cution of the Jews qua Jews. It might justify punishment by torture and death for religious opinions. Some of the advocates of the unrestricted rights if a majority were Christian ministers. He would ask them to consider what I their Master said about the possibility of a multi- tude doing evil. He would ask them to consider what the opinions of the majority were when their Master was foully done to death. It was possible for; the majority in a democracy to be as unrelenting a tyrant as was Philip II. It was possible for the majority in a democracy to be as virulent a persecutor as Torquemada. He was a believer in democratic Goverment. because in democracies the large area over which we arrived at decisions would probably—and he hoped would inevitably—correct sectional faults and follies. But in this case what had they got ? They had got a sectional majority in Wales. Rut he could get a sectional majority for almost anything. He thought he conld get a sectional majority in Penarth for the abolition of the police. (Laughter.) Let them consider what would be done in the greatest democracy the world had ever known. Look across the Atlantic. There they had a sectional majority in favour of slavery, a majority wnicn represented one-irnra ox cne enure popula- tion of the United States. But what did the United States do ? In the territory of Utah there was a sectional majority in favour of polygamy; yet they knew what the United States Government was doing in that matter. But after all, this was beyond the argument. The point was that a majority, no matter how numerous, whether sectional or not could not make wrong right. (Applause.) He could con- ceive of circumstances which would justify the Legislature in interfering with the endowments of the Church. If there were such a manifest and continued failure to carry out the objects of the endowments as would amount to a malversation of money, andas would make the case analagous to that of the monasteries of the 16th century, the Legislature would not only be justified, but would be bound to interfere. On the other hand, he asked whether any man possessing a conscience could say that this was the state of things now? He was inclined to agree with those who opposed the taking of a religious census in Wales. What census did they want to prove that the Church had never made such an excellent return for the money she was getting as she was making at the present time ? (Applause.) If they conceived that some workable alternativo might be found to the present machinery by which the State had certain centrol over the Church if they believed that as the result of disestablishment the Nonconformist Churches would be more successful, there was still the fatal objection the proposal of the Government that if approached disestablishment in a manner which did the greatest possible injury to the Church. He would have them remember that, after all, the Church of England was the most powerful religious agency in these realms, and was not, therefore, an institution to be trifled with. (Applause.) The measure was, in his opinion, a blunder as well as a crime. (Loud Applause.) Mr J. H. Wilson proposed— That this meeting strenuously protests against the Bill lately introduced into the House of Commons for the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in the four Welsh dioceses, and calls upon all friends and members of the Church and supporters of religion, without distinction of political party, to do their utmost to prevent the Bill from becoming law. Mr H. Byron Reed, in an effective and histori- cally instructive speech, seconded the motion. On the motion of Mr Curthoip, seconded by Couucillor Brain, it wag resolved," That copies Oi the first resolution be forwarded to the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Llandaff, Lord Rosebery, Lord Salisbury, the Home Secre- tary, and Mr A. J. Balfour, and to Mr Arthur J. Williams, the member for the district." A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman and to Mr Byron Reed, on the propo- sition of the Rev. W. Sweet-Escott, seconded by the Rev. Mr Heathcote.

THE PENARTH MAN WHO DID NOT CARE FOR THE BUTTONS." The Penarth magistrates (Colonel Guthrie and Mr J. H. Cory) had before them on Monday last a case in which an old veteran named William Donovan was charged with being drunk and dis- orderly and assaulting the police and a civilian at Penarth on the previous Tuesday night. The evidence showed that Donovan was very drunk and struck and kicked about like a madman, de- claring he did not care a fig for the buttons. Fined 15s.

LAST WEEK'S TRAFFIC RECEIPTS ON THE BARRY RAILWAY. On the Barry Railway during the past week the traffic receipts were Coaching, £ 370 goods, £ 161 minerals, £ 2,758 dock dues, &c., £4.036 total, 47,325. Corresponding week of last year:— Coaching, £ 297 goods, £ 193 minerals, £ 2,711; dock dues, &c., £3,110; total, £6,311; increase, £ 1,014.

MR. A. E. P, ROSS AND THE CHURCH CONTROVERSY. To the Editor of the BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIR,-I must compliment A. A. Fowler" on his great discovery. What a pity it was not made in time to be inserted in the pages of Pickwick! It is wonderful with what readiness my friend, the Undivided," will write on any subject except the one which is the sole object of this con- troversy. He has nothing to say in proof of his assertion that the modern Church of England is identical with the Pre-Reformation Catholic Church. We are told of forms of lunacy in which the sufferers imagine themselves to be kings and emperors. He, good man, is afflicted with the idea that he is a poor Catholic priest. Let him go amongst Catholic priests, and he will fare as others have done who have suffered from the same mental disease, to whose cases I have referred in former letters. If the two hundred million members of the Catholic Church were such vile characters as he asserts, then Christianity itself would have failed, for we are Christianity, as all other so-called Christian bodies are but fractions that have fallen from our main body, as terolites have fallen from the heavenly bodies in their courses. Again, if the Catholic Church had abused the scriptures as he says she has done, then those scriptures would not exist, for it was from the Catholic Church that he and his church received them. They and not we have abused the scriptures by suppressing whole books when it suited their purpose, and wresting the meaning of scripture to their own destruction, whereas we are told in the- 2nd Epistle of St. Peter, chap. I., verse xx., that" No prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation." As to the causes which led to the invasion of the Armada, those who are familar with the conduct of Drake, Hawkins, Frobisher, &c., to the Spanish navy, and treasure- ships in the time of peace, and with the intrigues of Elizabeth amongst the Spanish king's subjects in the Netherlands, cannot wonder at the Armada being sent, but this being a matter of vpolitics did not hinder English Catholics from being loyal, and loyal they were to their de facto queen, although they were suffering a most grievous persecution. In the reign of Elizabeth 204 Catholics were executed solely for being Catholics of this number 142 were priests, three were gentlewomen, and the remainder esquires, gentlemen, and yoemen. Amongt them 15 were condemned for denying the queen's spiritual supremacy, 126 for the exercise ot their priestly functions, saying mass, &c., and the rest for being reconciled to the Catholic faith, or for aiding priests to escape the persecution. Besides these the names of 90 are known who died in prison, and of 105 others who were sent into perpetual banishment. Many more were whipped, fined, or stripped of their property to the utter ruin of their families. The fine for recusancy alone was £ 20 a. month, besides other fines without number. In one night fifty Catholic gentlemen in the county of Lancaster were suddenly seized and committed to prison on account of their non-attendance at the Protestant Church. About the same time an equal number of gentlemen were lying prisoners in York Castle on the same charge, most of whom perished there. They were every week for a year together dragged by main force to hear the established service per- formed in the Castle chapel. An account was published at the time of 1,200 Catholics who had been in some way or other victims of the persecu- tion previous to 1588, that is to say, during the period of its greatest lenity. Of course, I say nothing of the numbers of Puritans or other Dissenters put to death for their religious opinions during this time. About 1,200 priests had, at various times, escaped to Ireland, and were hunted like wolves, and shot like carrion crows, till the few survivors from bullet, steel, naked- ness, and hunger died in the most inaccessible places, where they were beyond the reach of their persecutors. Still, after forty years of these penal measures the Queen's own historians admit that more than two-thirds of the people had not even outwardly conformed. I assure your correspondent it is he, not I. who should wish to ignore" Paptist in England, versus Huguenot in France." In France a small body of sectaries, mor political than religious, sought by rebellion, fire, murder, &c., to destroy the government. In England the great body of the nation was Catholic all through the reign of Elizabeth, and suffering from the atrocities of the penal code to which I have referred yet, when a Catholic nation attempted to invade the country, and the success of the Armada would have meant deliverance from Catholics, Catholics were the first to loyally assist in repelling it. Why did all these Catholics suffer under Elizabeth if the Established Church set up by her was the ancient Catholic Church which had flourished in England for a thousand years?—I remain, Sir, faithfully yours, A. E. P. Ross. To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,—Thanks for your insertion of my letter of July 13th, re Lord Howard of Effing- ham, a Protestant." The further following facts speak for themselves, and need no comment of mine 1559.—December 17.—He was an invited guest at tha consecration of Matthew Parker at Lambeth as Archbishop of Canterbury, 'and many years after- wards, by his testimony, confuted those lewd and loud lies which the Papists tpll of the Nag's Head in Cheapside.—Fuller's Worthies,' quoted in Notes and Queries, 1st S. Hi. 224." "Nov. 23.-34 Eliz.-Letters of Commission were issued under the Great Seal, 'appointing Charles Lord Howard, High Admiral of England, &c. to be Commissioner in the County of Surrey, to enquire diligently of the secret repayre into our realme of a number of Seminarists, and Priests, and Jesuits, of malicious purpose to seduce divers of otir people from their duties to God and to Us, and to renounce their allegiance, and to adhere to the Kinge of Spaine and the Pope, whensoever they should offer to attempt any invasion against our realme.'—Appen- dix to Serenth Report of HistoricalllfS. Commission, p. 649.—MSS. of Wm. Molyneux, Esq." 1604.—February.—He was 'at the head of a Com- mission to discover and expel all Catholic priests.'— Memorials of the Howard Family, quoteclin Notes and Queries, 1st S., Hi., 309.— The quoter adds that Howard was certainly a Protestant in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Lord Howard married two Protestants; the first, a daughter ot Henry Carey, Lord Hunsden; the second, of the Bonnie Earl of Moray." Miss Cazenove writes to the Surrey Mirror (April 28, 1888): "In the library of Reigate Parish Church can be seen Lord Howard's Prayer Book, which proves beyond a doubt that our great English Admiral belonged to our English Church, and was not, as some historians say, a Romanist." Thanking you in anticipation,—Yours faithfully, A. A. FOWLER. Lawn House, Sidney-road, Forest Gate, July 16th, 1894.

BARRY TRADES' AND LABOUR COUNCIL: WHY ARE THE NURSING ASSOCIATION FUNDS NOT DISBURSED? To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,—For the past fifteen months I have on various occasions been endeavouring to purge the above Council of the hypocrisy and incon- sistency of certain individuals who have been posing before the public as the friends of Labour by a series of letters through your columns, and my action in so doing has been thoroughly vindicated, if vindication were at all necessary, by a complete verification of all my statements as proved by events concerning the policy of such individuals and their abject silence, which proves their inability to refute any of the serious charges I have repeatedly brought against them. In your issue of the 6th instant I charged these individuals directly with prostituting Labour representation in the district, and with appointing Mr John Rees president of the Council, in order to give him an impetus for Local Board honours at the forth- coming election, irrespective of his not having been a bona-fide delegate for a considerable time, in order to foist him upon the ratepayers. No denial to these charges has up to the present been attempted. In the same issue a letter signed A. Bond" appeared asking very pertinent questions regard- ing funds raised by the Council by voluntary con- tributions from the public, and what had become of them. No reply to this letter has been given up to the present. Is it a fact that the Council is not in a position to disburse those funds to the proper quarter, viz., the Nursing Association and proposed Cottage Hospital ? Why is it that the responsible officials of the Council have up to the present neglected to make the matter known ? The public are justly entitled to decisive answers to the foregoing questions, and I trust the Council will wake up from its lethargy by giving a com- plete denial to the rumours which are disturbing the public mind. I ventured to predict in my last letter that the day was fast approaching when traitors to their fellow-workmen would receive their just reward by their policy being dragged from its hiding-place and exposed to the public eye. The members have been warned repeatedly that such policy was, to say the least, suicidal, and could not last for ever. It is an utter impossibility for such a Council to be a bona-fide representative body for Labour, or for the public to repose any confidence at all in it, for the future therefore, it behoves all true friends of the Labour cause to hold aloof from it, lest they, too, be tainted with the infectious malady of self-aggrandisement and hypocrisy which permeates the body. Let this be a warning to members of individual Labour societies to thoroughly organise themselves in their branches, and to select more appropriate representatives to act on such councils. I trust ere long either a bona-fide Council or a Progressive Labour League will be formed for the Barry dis- trict, and I am prepared to assist at any time in its formation. Trusting you will favour this with insertion in your next issue,-I am, yours, &c., J. HARRISON, Ex-Vice-President of the Barry and District Trades' Council. 10, Kingsland-crescent, Barry Docks, July 16th, 1894.

CRICKET. GLAMORGAN POLICE E. DIVISION (BARRY) v. NEWPORT POLICE. The above had a contest on Wednesday, the 11th instant, with the following result :-Glanwrgan Police —E Williams, 5 H Hill, 12 A Keevil. 11; J R Angus, 3 J L Rees, 5 F H Lee, e D Thomas, 0 D Evans, 9; H Thompson, 11; I Tucker, 2 extras, 2; total, 60. Newport PoUee-Smith, 0 James, 0; Burley, 0 Attwood, 1 Peacock, 4 Thomas, 0 Wilcox, 0; Grist, 0; Drain, 0 Preece, 0 Graves, 1; extras, 3; total, 9. CATHAYS v. BARRY. Played at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday last, and resulted in a win for Cathays by 64 runs. Scure:- Cathays—R Davies, 0 J David, 5; J McKay, 42; J Hailes, 11; A Smith, 10; W Thomas, 6; J Cadogan, 2 C Hallett, 10 A Ricketts, 6; W Bowen (not out), 2; extras, 2 total, 101. Barry-E Davies, 0 W Ingram, 6; HTilston, 0; D Williams, 1; T Wilson, 18; J John, 0; W Morse, 0 Meredith, 0; Morley, 4; West (not out), 0; extras, 8; total, 37. FAIRWATER v: PENARTH. Played at Penarth on Saturday last, and won by Fairwater by 54 runs. Clay's freely-hit 44 included one 6 and four 4's. David took five wickets for 23 runs, and Tapsfield four for 24. Scores -.—Fairwater —W H Watson, b H E Morgan, 7; J E Gladstone, b H E Morgan, 1 j H A Tapsfield, c H E Miorgan, b F W Morgan, 5; H Clay, c F Morgan, b Benson, 44; E W David, c Stoddart, b F W Morgan, 11; S Robinson, run out, 15; R F Gunter, b Benson, 0 E D Lewis, b H E Morgan, 1; F Halsey, c and b F W Morgan, 10; E H Fellowes, not out, 7; R H T Richards, b F W Morgan, 1; extrae.. 5 total, 107. Penarth-E Parkinson, b David, 7; W P Edgington, 1; H E Morgan, b Tapsfield, 18; J C English, b David, 2; C B St-oddart, not out, 15; C Kirby, b Tapsfield, 0; White, -c Clay, b Tapsfield, 1; W M Douglas, c Fellowes, b David, 1; D Davies, b Taps- field, 0; T Benson, b David, 0; F W Morgan, c and b David, 2; extras, 6; total, 53. PENARTH 2ND v. NEWPORT 3RD. This return match took place at Newport on Saturday afternoon last, and ended in a win for the home eleven. Huggett, for Newport, and G. Shep- herd, for Penarth, bowled in good style. Scores :— Penarth Znd-H Love, b Huggett, 1; H A Neall, c Robertson, b Huggett, 5; T Dewar, b Lane, 10 A Keevil, c Shepherd, b Huggett, 16; G Thomas, b Huggett, 2 G Shepherd, c Lane, b Huggett, 6 T C James, b Robertson, 2 A Shimeld, not out, 21; R Bartlett, c Robertson, b Mann, 9 A Andrews, c Shepherd, b Hewertson, 5; A H tee, c Ivins; b Hewertson, 2; extras, 3; total, 82. Neioport 3rd— T F Hewertson, b Shepherd, 5 T Rigbv, c Bartlett, b Dewar, 0; A Edmunds, b Shepherd, 20 W H B Williams, c Neall, b Shepherd, 4 R Mann, c Love, b Shepherd, 0; F H Ivins, c Shimeld, b Dewar, 9 A Shepherd, b Shepherd, 22 E C Lane, b Shepherd, 1; WE Robertson, not out, 21; E W Gould, not out, 3; extras, 11; total, 96; A Huggett did not bat. TO-MORROW'S FIXTURES. BARRY CONGREGATIONAL v. ST. JAMES' "A" (CARDIFF).—To be played at Cardiff. The following will be the Congregational teamJ W Cant (captain), E Davies, D Williams, W Holloway, W Ashmore, R Miller, T Davies, H Roberts, W Williams, A Mein, and F John. BARRY V. WOOD-STREET CONGBEGATIONAL.-To be played at Cardiff Arms Park. The following will be the Barry team :—W West (captain), T Lewis, T Wilson, D Williams, H E Tilston, W T Llewellyn, W Morse, W Ingram, Ivor John, Owen Lewis, W Meredith, and E Davies. Train leaves Barry at 2.25. BARRY 2ND V. DTNAS Powls.-To be played at Dinas Powis. Barry team :—L Willett, F Bray (captain), B A Willett, R May, J Lewis, D Edmonds, A P Kavanagb, J Jones, G H Richards, W Nicholls, and another. Train leaves Barry at 2.25.

PENARTH AND THE CARDIFF BILL. Penarth's successful opposition to the western district sewerage scheme, as contained in the Cardiff Corporation Bill, has been followed by a suggestion that the Local Board would be pre- pared to consider any scheme for sewage on the lines denominated by the chairman of the Police and Sanitary Committee of the House of Com- mons when the Bill was before them. At last Thursday's meeting of the Cardiff Corporation Public Works Committee, on the instigation of Mr W. Harpur, it was decided that, as the suggestion came from Penarth, any scheme should come from the same quarter, and the committee would be prepared to consider it.

CORRESPONDENCE. The Editor desires to state that he does not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by correspondents.] "Give me, above all other liberties, the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely, according to conscience."—John Milton, PROPOSED CALEDONIAN RE-UNION AT BARRY. To the Editor of the BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIR,-Patriotic Irishmen (and women too) in the Barry district have an annual dinner on St. Patrick's Day to mark their distinct nationality. Welshmen have the same on St. David's Day but hitherto Scotchmen have not shown any inclina- tion to have a re-union. May I. therefore, ask my fellow-countrymen to think this matter over, and if any step may be taken I shall be happy to join therein. Thanking you for giving this insertion, -Yours faithfully, SCOTTIE. THE NECESSITY OF A FIRE BRIGADE FOR BARRY A SCANDAL TO THE DISTRICT. To the Editor of the BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,-For the past two or three years the inhabitants of the Barry and Cadoxton district have been entertained by various writers to your columns with articles propounding schemes for the formation of an efficient fire brigade for the district, but up to the present no practical steps have been taken by the authorities to protect the the ratepayers' interests against the possibility of fire. Last night an alarm was raised owing to volumes of smoke being observed rising from the roof of an occupied shop in Thompson-street, and upon repairing to the police station to render assistance, if necessary, in bringing the necessary apparatus to the spot, I was disgusted to find only about three short lengths of hose, a similar number of nozzles, together with the apparatus for fixing on the hydrant, there being no reel. These appliances had no other means of conveyance than by being carried by the three available police officers who were at the Central Police Station, to say nothing of the lumbersome fire-escape, weighing over a. ton and a half. Again, we have three police stations, at Barry, Barry Docks, and Cadoxton respectively, and there is no means of telephonic communication between them. It is not my desire to ridicule the police corps of Barry and district, for a more efficient staff of constables, taking their number into consideration-which might be augmented-is not in the county, but it is hardly to be expected that they can perform miracles. Is it a fact that these officers receive no recompense or gratuity whatever for services rendered in case of fire, everything, even from damage of uniform to loss of life, being at their own risk ? Is it also a fact that the sum of d610 per annum has in the past been drawn by a superintendent who resided miles from the district, and the inspector actually in charge received nothing ? This amount, I be. lieve, is allowed by the Local Board to place the force in an efficient position in case of fire. With a district containing upwards of 15,000 inhabitants this state of affairs is disgraceful and to be deplored. Had that shop actually been on fire, there would in all probability have been no hope for the whole of the block in Thompson-street. Again, it is surprising to learn that half the hydrants are not marked in such a way as to enable them to be found without difficulty. We are in- formed that the progress of Barry has become proverbial, but it cannot be so in this case. The authorities who are responsible for this scandalous state of affairs ought to be aroused to a sense of duty by the ratepayers of the district before any great disaster to life and property takes place, and not after such has taken place. Trusting you will favour this with insertion in your next issue,—I am, yours, &c., J. HARRISON. 10, Kingsland-crescent, Barry Docks, July 14th, 1894.

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION IN BUTTER- MAKING. To the Editor of the BARRY DOCK NEWS." SIRr-La a practical farmer I have watched with considerable interest the progress made by the Technical Instruction Classes in the county daring the past two or three years. More especially interested have I been in the butter-making schools and competitions and having had oppor- tunities, in Glamorganshire, Monmouthshire, and Cardiganshire, of examining and testing the quality and strength of the butter made at the public classes held at various places therein, I agree with many agricultural friends that butter- making in these circumstances has not yet proved, in some respects at least, a success. I am inclined to believe that butter made in the usual way will retain its sweetness much longer than the article made under the more artificial, although, perhaps, more scientific, system at the technical schools. Butter made at the classes, no doubt, presents a nicer appearance at the outset, but unless used within a couple of days it loses its flavour, and for anything like keeping purposes the old-fashioned fresh butter must still be resorted to. What the reason may be I do not know. Science in this direction may not have completed its march of progress. However, I am sure many farmers and others interested in butter making and consump- tion would be greatly interested by an expression of opinion in your columns from those conne6ted with this forward movement," so that we may have an opportunity of seeing whether the new system of butter-making is a success or not.- Yours, kc., WELSH FARMER.

AN UNSEAWORTHY PENARTH- LADEN SHIP. Judgment was given on Monday last by the Cardiff Stipendiary (Mr T. W. Lewis) in the case of the supposed loss of the sailing ship Lord Lytton, which left Penarth on the 31st December last with coals for Santos, and has not since been heard of. The court found the vessel was not properly and sufficiently manned, an opinion in which they were fortified by the practice of the owners in manning her for previous voyages. On her last voyage she had but eleven A.B. 's, whereas she ought to have had a crew at least of twenty, of whom thirteen should have been A.B. 's. The evidence did not justify the court in expressing an opinion as to the actual or probable cause of the disappearance of the ship but, having regard to the uudermanning of the ship, the Court considered she was unseaworthy when she left Penarth, and they ordered Mr Grierson, the managing owner, to contribute d&MO towards the costs of the inquiry.

HOUSEHOLD ACCIDENTS. These are occurring hourly. Either a child is bin nf, or scalded, its linger cut or bruised, perhaps bitten by a dog, scratched by puss, or it may be a fall, a strain, or one of the thousand vexatious troubles cropping up in the home, in the business, the stable, the hunting field. barracks, on shipboard, the playground, J and in the sporting world — from cycle to steeplechase. It is then that HOMOCEA shines. Apply in all cases freely, and in a very short time all pain is allayed and healing "begins. Any night baby may have an attack of croup, ( and just a quarter teaspoontul given inter- nally acts like a charm also for rubbing the throat and chest HOMOCEA is useful. Again, what father or mother does not. know what it is to be awakened by a child crying with ear- ache 01 toothache. Kill the ear with HOMOCEA, or rull the gums, anil if the tooth is decayed, I put HOMOCEA in, and the business is done. I Mr. J. W. C. FEGAN, ] Writing from "The Eov-' Home," 9s, Southwark Street, I London. S r. t Says I know no preparation like 'Homocea' for general usefulness in an institution like this. I have < thoroughly tested it by personal application, and amongst our boys, for all kinds of pain and accidents; 4 IT DOES ALL T that it is guaranteed 10 do, and we would not be with- out it here on any account. It is not only a wonderful lubricant, but strongly antiseptic, and relieves inflam- I niation and pain ahi.o-t instantaneously. Personally I I cannot expros my thankfulness for it. 1 have used it for all kinds (If ailments during the last eight years here, and at sea, and 111 Canada. For stiffness, sprains, muscular rheumatism, sore throat, mosquito bites, &c., it is a real boon, and no praise can be too high for it. I No one need he afraid to use it for even the most tender part, or even on raw flesh. I have frequently < used it for my eyesight with much benefit, I have always kept •H1PPACEA' (the veterinary preparation) for stable For sore backs, broken hee'». <vc., it is a grand specific." Remember that HOMOCKA snlxlnos inflammation and allays irritation almost, as soon as applied, for it '•TOUCHES THE SPOT." All wholesale houses stork HOMOCKA. It. enn lie obtained horn Chemists and others at Is. 1 %d. or 2s. Od. jierltox, or will Im sent by post. for 3d. and 3s. from the wholesale agency, 21, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead. J

) I DEATH OF MR W. JAYNE, J.P„ r DINAS POWIS. b > On Saturday morning last about ten o'clock, [ after an illness extending over three or four months, suffering from paralysis and congestion of • the liver. Mr William Edward Jayne, J.P., of Clare- mont, Dinas Powis, passed away, at the age of 61 years. A change for the worst set in in the deceased gentleman's condition on Thursday, and the ead, therefore, was not unexpected, Dr Neale, J.P., of Barry, the medical attendant of the familyr being regularly in attendance. Mr Jayne was of genial affable disposition, and was held in much respect in the district, having resided at Dinas Powis for some years. Deceased was the eldest brother to the Bishop of Chester, and his lordship, it was expected, would attend the funeral. Mr Jayne, we may add, was a frequent and valued contributor to the columns of the Barry -Dock News. Mr Jayne was a familiar figure in the streets of Barry until seized with the illness that proved fatal. Besides enjoying the reflected glory of his younger brother, the famous Bishop Jayne, he attracted attention by reason of his quaint attire and equally quaint and droll sayings. THE FUNEBAL. The funeral of the deceased gentleman took place on Wednesday, the remains being interred ia the family vault at Llanelly, near Abergavenny, in the afternoon, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends.

CLUB PROSECUTION AT PENARTH. INTERESTING CASE AGAINST AN ALLEGED- DRINKING DEN." On Monday last, at Penarth Police Court—be- fore Mr J. Cory, Penarth (in the chair), Colonel I Guthrie, and Mr W. B. Gibbs-Arthur Barnett. manager of the Fenarth Albert Club Company, Limited, Maughan-street, Penarth, was charged by the police with selling beer without a license on Sunday, the 24th ultimo, to a non-member of the club. Mr T. H. Belcher, solicitor, Cardiff, ap- peared for the defence. The case elicited a good deal of interest, and the court was crowded. The evidence of Police-constables Allan (240) and- Cottrell (178) was to the effect that about 11.15 on the night of the 24th ultimo, they were standing near the Albert Club in Maughan-street, and saw a man go up to the door and ask for three pints of beer, handing two bottles to the man at the door for the purpose. The doorkeeper informed the man that he could not be supplied, as the police were about," The doorkeeper, however, took the bottles in, and brought them back filled to the man in a minute or two, the latter passing money over in payment. The man then ran away, but Con- stable Allen ran after him, and having caught him he was taken back to the club, but the defendant at once denied having supplied any beer to the man. Both constables declared it was their opinion that the club was a drinking den, and ought to be" put down."—In course of cross-ex- amination, P.C. Cottrell said he wrote a memoran- dum of the circumstances of the affair in his note book in his bedroom at the police station shortly after his return to the station.On examin- ing the note book there fell out what Mr Belcher described as a lady's photo," but Cottrell maintained, amid the laughter of the court, that it was not a lady's photo, but his own when he was a member of the Metropolitan Police Force.-For. the defence, Mr Belcher contended that. even if beer was supplied to a non-member, as alleged by the police, there was no case against the defen- dant, as he could not be convicted of a criminal offence for the act of another of the club company's servants The Bench, however, ruled against Mr Belcher on this point.-Defendant gave evidenee denying that he supplied a non-member of the club with beer on the day in question, nor did he think any of his staff had done so.—Morgan James, a- fitter, said he was leaving the Albert Club on the 24th ult. He had two bottles of beer with him for supper. When near the Royal Hotel he met a. man working at Danter's show, who asked if he could get into the club, but he (witness) replied in. the negative, and he gave him instead the two bottles of beer which he had in his possession. The policemen afterwards came up. and took Danter's man to the club.—John Reed, a labourer, from Ludlow-street, said he acted as door-keeper on the Sunday in question, and swore that no beer was supplied to a non-memher of the club that day.- Bench announced that, in the face of the contra- dictory evidence, the case would be dismissed.

WHOLESALE FLOWER- STEALING AT PENARTH. An orphan named Collins, aged 14, working on the new pier works at Penarth, was charged at the Police-court at Penarth on Monday last with stealing flowers belonging to Mr D. Duncan, Penarth.—Alfred Rawlings, gardener in Mr Duncan's employ, said he saw the accused in the- garden on Sunday evening. He was picking roses. He (witness) ran after him, but he scaled the wall and threatened to stone witness.-The Bench took a lenient view of the case, and bound the lad over in the sum of B 5 to be of good behaviour for six months, his foster-mother, Mrs Symes, of Salop- place, the wife of a Barry labourer, becoming: surety for the boy.

A QUARTETTE OF RUFFIANS IN CUSTODY. EXEMPLARY SENTENCES UPON THE PRISONERS.. John Hayes, Arthur Davies, Thomas Lee, and James Wyre, four ruffianly-looking young fellows, labourers from Grangetown, Cardiff, were brought up in custody charged with stealing a large quan- tity of flowers belonging to Mr R. Crosling. of the Nurseries, Penarth. The evidence of the prosecu- tor, Adeline Hayes (a little girl), George Williams, Inspector Rutter, Police-sergeant Morris, Police- constable Skyrme, Police-constable Thomas, and other witnesses was of an exciting character. About 6.30 on Sunday evening information was given to Mr Crosling that his nursery was being .looted. On going outside he saw the four prisoners- coming from the gardens with armfuls of flowers, which they had pulled up by the roots. The garden walks were also covered with floral debris, and on the arrival of the police, who were promptly summoned, the footway near West Cottages was- found to be littered with flowers. One bed of stocks in the garden was completely torn up, and another bed of French marigolds were much damaged. On the men being arrested they became furiously violent, and had to be literally rolled and carried to the police-station, prisoners indulging en route in a continuous system of ruffianism, Mr Crossling being kicked and cut about, while six or seven police officers and constables were either assaulted black and blue," or had their uniform torn to shreds, and George Williams' face was covered, with cuts and scratches. In the cells they also behaved like madmen.—The accused had nothing to say except that they had a drop of beer, and did not know what they were doing, but at the police-station Hayes said he was cruelly assaulted by the police.—The Bench having retired to consider their decision, Colonel Guthrie said the four defendants had behaved most diabolically- Hayes, who was the biggest ruffian, would be fined £1 for damage to the police uniform, f, I for the larceny and costs, or fourteen days' hard labour, and one month's hard labour for assaulting the police. The other thtee defendants were fined A I each and costs for larceny, and one month's hard labour each for assaulting the police. The Bench warmly complimented the civilians who had s& pluokily assisted in the arrest of the prisoners.