South Wales Echo

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STEALING AN ADVANCE NOTE. Robert Mahmny, a seaman, was committed by the Cardiff borough magistrates, this morning, for stealing an advance note for £ 1 17s 6d, the pro- perty of Johannah Pierceman, to a month's impri- sonment with hard .labour. The prosecutrix is the wife of a seaman, and lives at 68, Adam- street. On Tuesday her husband sailed from Cardiff aud left her an advance note for the above mount, This she placed in her dress pocket, but missed it on Friday. It was subsequently cashed by the prisoner with a boarding-house master.

STRANGE FOOTBALL FATALITY. His Head Struck the Goal Post. The football match between Glasgow Celtic and Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday has resulted in the death of an old man named Nuttall. He was standing near the Rovers' sroal, and was struck on the breast by the ball. He was knocked down, and his head struck the goal-post. He becatne unconscious, and died in a Manchester infirmary of cerebral hemorrhage. A verdict of Acci- dental death was returned at the inquest yester- day.

AN ORIGINAL NOVEL-" HIGHLAND OOCST:>S"— by Mr William Black, is now appearing in thn i • ;</i tr Time* <i IK! Smith IfWfifil'Xtt ,V«»*-<*

The Claim to the Townley Estates. I Charge against a SelicitOP. At Bow-street yesterday Howall Thomas, solicitor, Chancery-lane, was charged before Sir John Bridge with obtaining £1,100 by false pre- tences. Mr C. F. Gill, instructed by Me Williamson, of the Treasury, prosecuted.—la reply to Sir John Bridge, the prisoner, who wet very stylishly dressed, said he had instructed Me Blanchard Wontner to appear for him, and he hoped he would arrive before the court closed, at he wanted him to apply for bail.—Mr Gill said lit only intended to call evidence as to arrest.- Detective-inspector Froest, of Scotland Yard, stated that he saw the prisoner yesterday morning at 42, Grand Parade, Brighton. H< asked him if his name was Howell Thomas, and he replied, Yes." Witness said, "I am going to arrest you on a warrant charging you with obtaining by false pretences the sum of £ 500 and a cheque, value £ 600." He said, Yes, I will go with you. I have an answer to both these charges." Witness then brought him to London. -Mr Gill explained that some time ago prisoner was acting as solicitor in an action in the High Courts. He represented to the plaintiff that the Treasury solicitor would not allow the litigation to proceed until certain costs incurred by an ancestor of the plaintiff had been paid. In support of this assertion he produced a letter pur- porting to be signed by Sir A. K. Stephenson, the Treasury solicitor. Believing this to be a genuine letter, Colonel Jaquess, the plaintiff, even* tually handed him a cheque for C500 and another for £ 600. There weW, other charges against the prisoner, and they would probably be gone into at a later period.— Sir John Bridge (to prisoner): Would you like the information read ?—Prisoner No I have a complete answer to the charge. I did not obtftis tho money by false pretences. The Treasury people have always known my address. Two years ago I asked them to prefer any charge they liked, and they have taken no action until now. This charge arises out of proceedingl, which amount to blackmailing. For two yean I have been urging them to prosecute me.-Mr Gill The judgment in this case was not given until March 17th.—Prisoner The two sums they specify were paid in October, 1886, and January, 1887. This is a move on the part of Colonel Jaquess, who has been claiming the Townley atates for 15 years. It may have been unfor- tunate for me that I acted as his solicitor tot five years.—Mr Gill submitted that if the magis- trate thought it advisable to admit prisoner to bail notice should be given to the police.- Prisoner, who did not persist in his demand for immediate bail, was then remanded in custody until Tuesday next.

IS SHE RECLAIMABLE P Some two or three millions sterling are co* tributed by religious people every year towards the conversion of the heathen, but somehow or other Jane Cakebread, who lives in London, i. left out in the cold. She has been before magis- trates in the metropolis and in the suburbs nearly three hundred times, always on the same charge of inebriety and disorderly conduct, and she seems to defy the exertions of all the organisations which exist for the reclamation of the fallen I Was Zoroaster right, after all, in declaring that the two principles of good and evil were co-equal and influenced human destiny co-ordiiiately I Surely a poor old woman is not beyond the united exertions of all Christianity I In prison her con- duct is most exemplary; but the moment she regains freedom a fresh fall takes place. Suppose that the Salvation Army, the Churoh Army, and the missionary societies of the various denomina- tions were to combine for a field day when Jane comes out of gaol, where she has been sent by the Wood-green magistrates for the usual offence Could she resist such an onslaught ? Surely the reformation of the chief of drunkards, such as she is, would be a jewel in the jubilee orown 01 General^Booth

MASCAGNI AND THE MONARCH. The Composer Declines to Sing, We learn from the Florence correspondent of the Mattino that when Queen Victoria received Maestro Mascagni on the 6th instant, she said W him as he entered, immediately, in good Italian, I am very fond of Italy and the Italians." Oon- tinning the conversation in French, Mascagni said that the Italians were very grateful for the visits her Majesty paid to his country, and hoped they would be repeated for many years. Queen Victoria then sent for Prince and Princess Henr y of Battenberg, and begged MRs-i,gni to play something on the Bechstoin instrument that stood, in the room. He played tho intermezzo from the Cavalleria Busticana and two pieces from his new opera, Mnteliffe. The Queen rose from her seat p.nd took a chair near the piano. She then asked Mascagni to sing, but he declined, saying he could not sing like Tosti, and was, besides, suffer- mg from a cold. Her Majesty then reminded him of the representation of the Cavalleria at Windsot Castle, and added that she was delighted to be at Florence, and enchaunted with the beauty of thft scenery.

A YEAR OF PRINCELY FORTUNES. Lord Tweedmouth left the largest fortune of any peer since the Earl of Derby died last year. His net personalty, amounting to E650,000, con- siderably exceeds that of the Earl of Beetive, who, although not :t peer, was heir to the Mat' qltis of Headfort. The year has been remarkable for the magnitude of the fortunes left by peer& The-? personalties of Earl Lovelace, Earl Warwick, and the Duke of Leinster all ran well into Si* figures, and that of Lord Ebury just reached them. Last year there were five peers' fortunet of over £200,000, including those of Earl Derby, the Duke of Bedford, the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Calthorpe, and Lord Stratheden aufi Campbell.

DESIGNER OF HOLBORN VIADUCT DEAD. A notable City figure has passed away in the person of Colonel Haywood, chief engineer to the Commissioners of Sewers. Colonel Haywood's great work was the carrying out of the Holborii Valley improvement, and the construction of the Holborn Viaduct, which completely transformed the Western side of the City and created a splendid highway between Oxford-street and Cheapside. The late engineer was also the origi- ntttor of underground lavatories, which were some thing more than an important sanitary improve- ment. Although somewhat of an autocrat, he Mil much respected at the Guildhall, and his advi.. on technical questions was eagerly sought for.

DEAN VAUGHAN. Proposed Removal to LlandafT. Dr. Vaughan, Master of the Temple, hM mad< no further advance upon his recent improvement, and the question of his removal to Llandaff isnoit under consideration, as the surroundings then would, in the opinion of his medical attendant, bt more favourable to convalescence.

VISIT OF LORD ROSEBERY TO MANCHESTER. The Manchester Liberal Union has received an intimation from Lord Rosebery that he wili address a public meeting in St. Jaiiieea-ball, Manchester, on Wednesday, May 2nd.

AN ORIGINAL NOVEL-" HIGHLAND COUSINS"— by Mr Wi!>.v.i Black, is now appearing in the Cardxt i '/4 n\v MV' :i; A

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The Man About Town. I I saw a very painful spectacle yesterday at the Bute Docks. It was a drunken steam-engine. A fine, handsome-looking engine it was, with the promise of a fine career before it, and there it stood, leaning helplessly on one side, unable to stand erect, and tottering in the imbecility of intoxica- tion. Truly man is a brute to all his kind. This poor dissolute steam-engine had no doubt been tempted into vice. Someone had gone and filled its boiler with whisky instead of water or perhaps it had mixed its drinks and got muddled. That is the worst of the Docks. There is a lot of fltandihg about for steam-engines, and there are a good many ill-advised, if Well-meaning, persons who will offer drinks to them a most deplorable act of benevolence, for it only results in the poor machine getting hopelessly drunk and being finally dismissed. It would be far better to give them lumps of coal or some other plain and healthy food. When A steam-engine gets drunk you can do nothing with it, as it becomes a very, very bad example for the trucks, waggons, and guard's van. The engine I re- ferred to was quite unsteady and out of the perpendicular. Some one tried to excuse it by some reference to the rails, but there was no deceiving me. I only hope it will not appear at the police- court and commence upon a career of crime There are about two hundred guarantors to the Exhibition, and of these forty have been elected to the council so there are a hundred and sixty off, Iii cotigeqtleiloe of In conee q ueMe of this some of the disappointed ones are going about wringing their hands and weeping and calling out, and there is ftotually a proposal by some of these absurd discontents for a new election. The unfortunate thing is that even if there is a new eleotion you can still only put forty on a council of forty, so that once more there will be wringing of hands and other lamentations by those who have not got on. It is really very childish and very silly, and the effect is so obvious to all. The climax of the absurdity is this, that the council were elected by the guarantors themselves, and that these malcontents are therefore blaming the council for what they themselves have done. I should imagine the very lack of self-restraint and of loyalty was played in such petulant folly as this was the strongest argument in the world against their election to any governing bcdy which had a responsible and difficult task to per. form. On a wet day like this the Cardiff!Bowling Club is to open, in that sweet sequestered spot where, far from human eye, the wiser amongst us sit and smoke cool pipes and whisper in murmurous accent to each other. It is a Paradise into which no serpent has yet intruded and in dear delight the weary man may loll and lounge and gaze idly at the game before him, where elderly men and young recall ages past by their love of an historic game. Bowling is a game that ranks with sedan chairs and top-knots and farthingales. Every success to it j In the earlier days of my career I was a far more frequent visitor to the Cardiff Town-hall than I am at present, but the other day when I casually walked along the lower corridor off which the mayor's parlour is situated I saw an exemplification of that considerateness and regard for the con- venience of others, for which our present mayor is so deservedly praised. It shows up one of the traits of our worthy Mayor's character, does the small notice which is affixed to the door of his parlour, informing those who are desirous of seeing the Chief Magistrate the hour he will be in the Town-hall. Such a regard for the con. venience of others is, I am sure, most com- mendable. 4 These few thoughts simply occurred to me on that occasion, and I thought no more about the matter until yesterday, when I again had occasion to pass that way. The notice was still there, but knowing that his worship was an important witness in connection with the law suits against the Corporation, and others, 1 apprehended that he would be in London cooling his heels on the tesselated floors of the Courts," as a London corres- pondent somewhat vulgarly terms it. It was curiosity which prompted me this time to see what was contained in the notice. Imagine when I read the notice my horror, my disgust at the insolence of the thing, and my sorrow that there should be anyone with tastes so depraved as to poke fun at our august Chief Magistrate-the Mayor of an important and rising town, the chief man of the chief town of the Principality. The notice ran thus :— "The Mayor of Cardiff is at present cool- ing his heels in the London Law Courts- telegraphic address-Saturdays until Mon- days-Hotel de Marl, Brighton." Such an insult to Cardiff-the Metropolis of Wales—should be resented in the most vigorous manner. One very pleasing ceremony terminated the very brilliant season of the Cardiff Musical Society. Last night a handsome presentation was made to Mr Tom Evans, the Honorary Secretary, by the committee, the members of the chorus, and the sub- scribers. Amidst the shower of compliments that envelopes the conductor and the per- formers on the occasion of a successful concert, it is often forgotten that the most arduous labour of all, the most critical and the most exacting, is that of the secretary, whose name does not figure and whose presence is not obtruded. Only those who have been intimately asso- ciated with work of this kind can realise the devotion, the self-sacriace, the worry, the energy, the patient labour, and the thank- less drudgery which it exacts. To become secretary to a musical society is to enter into voluntary slavery. It is clear, there- fore, that to Mr Evans Cardiff owes a great deal indeed. He has been one of the most prominent figures in local musical enter- prise. On his shoulders have rested the fortunes of a society which, starting with poverty and slender promises, has become, mainly through his ability and endurance, one of the finest in the kingdom. Mr Evans is in most respects an ideal secretary. He is ambitious without being reckless, prudent without being timid, enthusiastic without being rash, and clear-headed with- out being self-assertive. There are few occasions on which public notice may be directed to services such as his, and it is indeed pleasant to seize upon one when it occurs. Such a presentation as that of last night is merely a nominal recognition of invaluable work, but there is too much ingratitude and indifference in the world for us to belittle its gracefulness and thoughtful consideration. It must always remain as the greatest reward to such a man that his society has achieved a brilliant position and remains a lasting monument to his ability. The return to Captain Spray of his certifi- cate will be gratifying intelligence to his many friends. At the time of the suspen- sion, I referred to the weather-conditions under which the Ravenshoe was lost conditions which were terrible in the extreme. Then I contrasted the severity of the sentence passed upon Captain Spray with that pro- nounced, on the very same day, at the Penarth Police-court upon another ship captain. The Ravenshoe's lack of shifting boards was trifling, and constituted little more than a technical offence whereas in the case at the Penarth Court the evidence revealed a much more serious state of things on board. Yet while the captain of the Ravenshoe was deprived, practically, of his ordinary means of hveli- hood for a half-year, to say nothing of the reflection cast upon his professional reputation, the defendant before the Penarth magistrates was merely fined a few pounds. The striking contrast furnished by the two cases of course, brought out the severity of the sentence upon Captain Spray iti high relief and the restoration of his papers is subject for warm congratulation, while serving to demonstrate once more the beneficent usefulness of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER, 4.30P.1VI. TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR ENGLAND, S.W., AND SOUTH WALB^i. .South-easterly strong winds or gales unsettled some rftin GENERAL. -.Son th-castetly winds in moat places, with gales in many parti of our eastern and western coasts rain is probable in west and south. WARINGS,-The south cone is up in 7 to 10 and Oto 2.

Another week of fine weather If it will only continue we cyclists can remain indifferent ev n to the alarming rumours auenfc taxing our be. loved bikes, though we may have something to say should auch a vexatious imposition ever be attempted. The fine weather, however, has afforded splendid opportunity for training pur- poses, and the local racing men both at Cardiff and Newport have been putting in full time. According to a writer on physical training," however, if we want to break re- cords something more is needed beyond the mere working up of one's sprint on the track. He says, "You must first drop beer and then baccy, see your doctor as to fitness for training, avoid old trainers and train yourself. First get your health attended to and get on some solid flesh, and keep it there." In fact, "You are to fill your frame with vigorous, healthy blood, and, then, and not before, will you be fit to train." No doubt this is sound advice, but personally the sacrifices are too great. I couid dispense with the beer, but cigarettes—never. Juries do not favour cyclists." The quotation is from a liwyers's letter published in a London evemng paper on Thursday. Thank goodness, the average wheelman won't feel much anxiety on that score, and also that occasionally even juries can be compelled to mete out justice. Last week I referred to the challenge issued by Tom James, of Mountain Ash, one of our best Welsh professional cyclists, against all comers, Linton or Michael preferred," and since then I have received the following letter from the Mountain Ash champion :— Dear Pneumatic,—Seeing Mr A. V. Linton's somewhat laughing reply to my challenge in Satur- day's notes, I am quite prepared to meet him in a month's time at the Cardiff Harlequins' track in a five mile contest for JB50 a-side. Hoping he will laughingly turn up,—I am, yours obediently TOM JAMES, Mountain Ash." Possibly Linton may be by this time on his way back to France, but whether this be so or not I very much question whether he would be inclined to take on a five-mile match with a rider who, at all events, has had but little opportunity of proving his claim to consideration. Moru, over, Linton is essentially a long distance rider, and, in my opinion, the best in the world so far. This much may be said without bearing the slightest reflection upon the Mountain Ash champion, who, so far as physique and endurance go, should sooner or later rank amongst the foremost of English or Welsh professional riders. During the past week the said James has been training hard on the 'Quins' track, and the other evening I had a special opportunity of noting his form," though at present he is in nothing like racing condition. To those who had never before seen him stripped and ready for the fray, his abnormal thews and sinews" were a revelation, and the good style and perfect ease with which he can grind along on a 70-in. gear spoke volumes as to the character of his sprinting powers when in perfect condition. Undoubtedly he will prove a tough opponent later on, whether the distance be live or five hundred miles. Ho and Ted James, of Cardiff, have been training together, and both riders intend to contest in the professional and amateur events respectively which are shortly to be run off on the Herno Hiil track. The Mountain Ash champion, who rides a llaleigh, has, I believe, entered for the 100 miles event. It is a coincidence that Tom James and A. V. Linton were brought up wlthma hundred yards of each other's home, that they were boys together," schoolmates together, and in the same class, and, I believe, afterwards worked together down the same coal mine. Linton, however, began cycling two years earlier than his Mountain Ash companion,and it remains now to be seen whether the latter can this season get on the same level with his old schoolmate in wheeling circles. He ought not to be very far behind anyhow. Judging from the form displayed whilst train- ing, several other riders should beeome locally famous during the ensuing season. The younger Wass and T. F. Kennard ought to make things warm for the novices, if not for the older hands. Some good tandem displays may be also anti- cipated. At Newport the Brothers Rickard are training for something fast, whilst at Cardiff friends Metcalfe and L. Kennard purpose trying the same kind of mount, in the hope of breaking records, I believe, at the forthcoming Bristol sports. During hia visit to the old country A. V. Linton has been fairly overwhelmed, if one c:m use such a term in this connection with the congratulations of his former rivals and fellow wheelmen of South Wales, some of whom have ridden miles to see him at his home Abecaman. The other day two wheelmen started out of Cardiff on this errand, and after a series of tyre accidents, ultimately managed to reach their destination. The return journey was attended with even gt-eater misfortune, the doggonised tyre burst. up completely, and the machine had to be left with Morris Brothers, of Ponty- pridd, and its rider carried home to Cardiff on hif1 companion's back. It is needless to mention, per- haps, thatfthe said companion was mounted on a hired machine, or it would never have stood the double burden. Many of our local wheelmen are anxious to know when the authority concerned propose to erect those long-promised danger boards at the approaches to such dangerous slopes as Ruuiney Hill, Tumble-down-Dick, Cowbridge Hill, Blake- ney. and other local declivities. I am told the local centre of the N, (J, U, have had this matter in hand now for something hke four years, and if so, this august body certainly cannot he charged with exhibiting any undue or mdecent haste. Personally, 1 don't hanker after danger^boards one like a breeze, and generally get one down hill whatever betides, but there are many wheelmen who, having a due regard for their safety, or safeties," would like to Eee their chances of acci- dent lessened as much as possible. Perhaps Mr Parnell, the secretary ot the local centre, can supply information on the subject. The members of the Cardiff 100 Miles' Club are just now working up their enthusiasm for the road. They have, moreover, established a new code of rules and regulations, and the club is now on a similar footing to that which holds sway over the Bath-road. Sunday riding under the club's reputation is henceforth to be abohshed or offenders fined. Riding to church will not be accepted as an excuse. A qualifying run for the benefit of intending mem- bers has been fixed for the 25th inst., and candi- dates are requested to send i 11 their names to the secretary, Mr Hill, of 17, Romilly-crescent, Canton, at least three days before, together with the entrance fee of Is. At Merthyr there are some wheelmen who take a delight in rural excursions, but a cluo, it seems, is non e&t. A Merthyr ardent, the other day, had an unfortunate experience with his between Abergavenny and Crickhowell. The stones caused some nasty punctures, with the result that the rider could not make his machine go until he got off and pushed it. Possibly this oppor- tunity of appreciating the beautiful scenery at leisure was wasted, as this man had to concentrate his thoughts upon his machine, which he ulti- mately conveyed to a railway train, by which he returned Preparations are bemg made at Carmarthen for holding Whit-Monday sports in that borough. The members of the C.A.C.C. are, as usual, to the fore in their endeavours to make the events a huge success. The prizes will total about £100, and the 10-guinea, 8-guinea, and 6-guinea awards offered to cyclists will, it is expected, induce some of the smartest wheelmen in the kingdom to enter the lists ou that occasion. Other amusements will, it is hop-id, materially help to make a big gate, not the least of the attractions being the Royal Artillery (2nd Glamorganshire) Band, which, under the baton of Mr Paul Draper, pro- fessor of music, Penarth, will discourse first-class music throughout the day's proceedings. The policeman on wheels is often in evidence at Carmarthen, and no one enjoys a sniff of the fresh country breeze in the spring yeal"more than those members of the local force who, in that usually dreamy-looking town, would become stiff- jointed through lack of excitement and activity were it not for thepceasoual use of the cycle. It is, indeed, a boon and a blessing to constables, and men of their cloth will doubtless make a great and profitable demand for it in the future. At a meeting of the Swansea Watch Com- mittee this week, 1m alderman reported that he had seen about 50 cyclists ridmg down the Mumbles-road, and they were going so fast that he could hardly see them. Why don't some of these fast men get into our local sports so that other people could get a glimpse of them ? The present records must be only child's play com- paratively. thm.<y, this must be some of the 50 miles an hour cyclists, whom We sometimes read of in certain cases, where the cyclist comes off second best, and the policeman vouches for the Speed. The Easter sports at Newport have been the means of rousing some of the old fire in the breasts of a few veteran cyclists around Pontypridd, and they are at present looking round for bargains in pneumatic racers. (They haven't asked the missus yet.) At any rate, one goes so far as to say that he is going over to Paris with Linton to try a few novices' events, in preparation for bigger things when he getshome again Names are not allowed yet. But we shall see what we shall see. The third annual dinner of members of the Abergavenny Cycling Club was held at the Swan Hotel (the head quarters of the club) on Thursday night, when the chair was taken by Mr H. C Evans. Dr. Patou, in proposing the toast of t he evening, Success to the Adefgt?etmy the evening, said he considered cyc!es a great' boon to those who could not get away from busi- ness except at rare intervals, and advocated a tax to bo OAid b-w oToii»te.»8 that would give them a feeling of right to be on the roads, as he con. sidered that a man who had a jE9 or £10 bicycle ought to bo able to afford to pay 2s 6d a year tax. The president also deprecated anything like furious riding through the streets of a town. Speaking of the efforts made by the Abergavenny Improvement Commissioners to secure liailey Park to the town as a recreation place, Dr, Paton said that such a splendid sports park as that would be a lasting monument to the commis- sioners—(cheers)—and if they could see their way to giving a bicycling track it would attract all the best cyclists in the county, and although the intial outlay might be considerable, it would very soon be recouped, as the ground would most undoubtedly be the finest in South Wales, (Cheers.) tie advised the members to turn up more regularly to the weekly runs. He called upon Messrs Nichols, Butt, Wheatley, Roe, and .)I. to respond. The toast of the President was proposed by the Chairman, and duly re- sponded to, after which the Chairman presented Mr Wheatley with an illuminated address in acknowledgment of the valuable eervices he had rendered the club. The address was accompanied by a silver-mounted malacca walking-stick. I must say that I don't quite agree with the esteemed doctor in the supposition that by pay- ing a tax on our machines we should have any more right to the road than we have at present. We have a full and perfect right to our share of it now, and it's a mistaken policy for wheelmen to exhibit any doubt on the point. If a tax could be placed on all abled-bodied individuals who didn't possess bicycles, it would be far more to the point. We want to encourage thrift rather than penalise it.

THE COLLISION IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. Coroner's Inquiry. At the St. James's Boarding Establishment, Ilfracombe, Dr. Slade-King resumed on Thursday evenitig the-inquest on the body of Capt. George Strachan, who was drowned when his steamship, the Yesso, collided with the three-masted schooner, Lizzie R. Wilce, in the Bristol Channel early on the morning of March 28th last. Dr. Slade-King explained that the inquest had been adjourned from March 29th to that day in view of receiving further evidence as to the cause of death also to see if there would be any inquiry by the Board of Trade and also as to ,whether there would be any action in the Admiralty Court. He (the coroner) would rfad a letter which had been addressed to P.S. Pike by Mr T. W. Banks, the receiver of wrecks. It was dated April 9th from the Ilfracombe Custom Officers' Offices, and stated that the Board of Trade inquiry had been postponed pendmg the action in the Admiralty Court. P.S. Pike said he had seen Mr Banks that afternoon, and he said he had received a letter that morning from tho solicitors to the schooner company saying that the steamer company ad- mitted their liability, and there would be no action in the Admiralty Court. The Coroner pointed out that the Admiralty Court inquiry would be of a technical character. Of course it rested with tho jury whether they required any further evidence. The Jury said they did not think any further evidence was necessary. Mr Dursley (one of the jurymen) said he had examined the bow of the schooner, and, with his practical nautical knowledge, he was confident that the steamer first struck the schooner on the starboard bow. The jury returned the following verdict:— That the deceased, George Strachan, came to his death as the result of a collision in the Bristol Channel between the steamer Yesso and the schooner Lizzie R. Wilce."

TEACHING JOURNALISM. Alleged Frauds by a Barrister. At Bow-street Police-station yesterday, John James Dillon O'FIynn, barrister and journalist, Houlgate, Dulwich, was charged — before Mr Lushington with obtaining money by false pretences.—Mr C. F. Gill, in- structed by Mr Williamson, of .-he Treasury, prosecute(l. -Prisoner, a woll-dressed, stalwart man, 43 years of age, was undefended, but said he had senb for Sir George Lewis.—Mr Gill said these proceedings were taken in consequence of a number of complaints made to the Public Prose- cutor. It appeared that prisoner advertised for girls, undertaking to teach them something about journalism. He obtained premiums, but taught them nothing useful in re- turn. Hetty Mitchell, the girl with respect to whom the warrant against the prisoner was taken out, paid him a premium of fifty guineas. He represented himself as a single man, and induced her to let him have £100 to invest. He afterwards borrowed 9100 from her, and the whole of the money went into his own pocket. He wrote her letters in the most endearing terms, but Miss Mitchell eventually discovered that he was a married man with a large family. When she told him what she had discovered he said the woman with whom he was Jiving was not his wife, but that appeared to be untrue. Prisoner eventually paid Miss Mitchell a few pounds, but retained £ 170, besides the premium of 50 guineas. —Detective-Inspector Richards, of cotland-yard, proved arresting the prisoner in the Strand yester- day afternoon. He wanted to go to his office before being taken to Bow-street, but was told that that was out of the question. When the warrant was read to him he said "That is a false charge, but of course you have nothing to do with that."—Prisoner was remanded in custody for a week.-It is understood that until recently prisoner was the editor of a certain publication devoted to the law.

SAVAGE ATTACK ON A DAUGHTER. A Frenzied Mother. At a Lite hour last night a respectably-dressed woman ran out of a house in High-street, Pimlico, shouting and screaming in great excitement. She continually repeated, Ihave murdered my child go and see if she is dead." When the police ap- peared upon the scene the house was entered, a little girl about six years old was discovered with blood streaming from three or four wounds on har head and face, which had apparently been pro- duced by heavy blows. The bed in which the child was lying was soaked with blood, and on the bed were a rolling-pin and an open razor. It is suggested that the woman intended to kill both her child and herself. They were alone in the house, and the child appears to have been attacked while asleep. Her injuries were evi- dently afflicted with the rolling-pin. The woman s name (she is married) is Willimont. She was taken to Gerald-road Police-station, and the child to St. George's Hospital. It is hoped that the child may recover, but she is very seriously injured. The mother went into hys- terics at the police-station, and her screams could be heard in the street. She was seen by the divisional surgeon, who pronounced her to be suf- fering from melancholia.

BARRYICARPENTERS AND THEIR WAGES. The Threatened Strike. The notices given by the Trades Unionist; car- penters in the JJurry and Cadoxton district for an advance in wages of a half-penny an hour, thus making the rate equal to that paid at Cardiff, will expire with the end of the current month. The threatened strike will in all proba. bility not be necessary, as the employers will generally concede the demand. The matter has presented much difficulty owing to the fact that the employers are not so united as the men, the local Master Builders' Association having only been in existence a few months and riot including the whole of the masters in the district. This body are likely to agree to the men's terms next week,

FROM GAOL TO ALTAR. And Back- Again to Prison. Ab the Maine of Le Mans an extraordinary marriage has just taken place. There was a total absence of anything in the shape of festivities. On the oontrary, the bridegroom was conducted to the spot from the neighbouring prison with handcuffs, which were removed during the cere- mouy, while the bride stood at the door of tho Town-hall, awaiting his arrival, with a child al her side and another lying in her arms. The trie gieeted the prisoner with lively demonstrations of affection, and the ceremony was pertormed with three huissiers and an official of the Mairia as witnesses. The couple had already been married, but had been divorced some years ago, the second child-which was owned by the hus- band-having been born at a later date. All the necessary steps to legalise the situation having been taken, the handcuffs were replaced, and the man was escorted back to the gaol, to the door of which his wife hurried, that she might catch a last glimpse of him. The husband, who is 30 years of age, was sentenced in the autumn to five years' hard labour for murder, and will soon be on his way to New Caledonia, where his wife hopes to join him at the end of the summer.