South Wales Echo

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The Man About Town. I I am bidden to-day to Remember, re- member "-but who amongst us is likely to forget ?--that it is the glorious Fifth of November, more pleasant to the juvenile mind than to the staid and matter-of-fact citizen. If it were needed by the decorous as an excuse for remembering the Fifth, there are two other events of even greater import- ance connected with this day—the anniversary of the inauguration of the Revolution of 1688 by the landing of William III. at Tor- bay, and of the great victory of British arms in the Crimea at Inkerman over the Russians in 1854. X. It is somewhat odd that all our feasts and ob ^ervances should have had their origin in some religious observance, plot, or struggle. We no longer place discredit on the Catholics, however, for the Gunpowder Plot, but put it down to the doing of a few religious fanatics who in those days justi- fied the means by the end, as greater fanatics did before them. But I am com- pelled to make some observations OIl the decadence and the growing respectability of the celebration of Gunpowder Plot. Tar barrels, bonfires, effigies, and guys are becoming things of the past, mere recollec- tions or memories. Such rollicking fun as firing cannons through un offending neigh- bours' keyholes, the throwing of lighted I fireworks in at open doors, and similar harm- less amusements for the youngsters are now prohibited by such unheard-of things as police regulations; and the carrying in effigy of some obnoxious public man through the streets in a procession of a noisy crowd has gone for ever. Remnants of Guy Fawkes's fading glory still venture to show themselves. For a month before the date strange masks make their appearance in toy shops, and miuature fireworks are displayed in unexpected places, but all in very modest and respectable fashion There is no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot But you must remember it in strict and decorous fashion, and celebrate it by toy fireworks in your own back-yard. In everything to-day we spell Revolution with an s and proceed to bring about great, changes by Resolution. The Catholic conspirators would have abolished the House of Lords by means of thirty-six barrels of gunpowder—the Liberal Government of the day will proceed to do it by passing a resolution. 0 tenip(n-a 0 mares But 'twere better after all to turn the mind seriously to Inkerman and the Revolution of 1688 than to the gunpowder treason. • No subject is half so interesting or en- trancing to our youth as the:study of science. I have a very pleasant recollection of taking in my scientific knowledge in the days of my I boyhood in penny numbers In those days —it seems but yesterday—the scientific lecture had already attained to a considerable popularity in London and the North. The Manchester Popular Science Lectures became famous throughout the country from the fact of their being published in a popular and cheap form after delivery. And no wonder, for such giants as Huxley, Tyndall, Roscoe, Jevons, Car- penter, Lockyer, F. A. Abel, Proctor, Lubbock, Huggins, and Dallinger wei e taking [ the platform and holding large audiences under a spell, as it were, in describing the wonders of the earth and the slcy. The Cardiff Naturalists have just issued their programme of meetings for the winter session, and I must congratulate the society I, on the excellent and valuable arrangements made. They have been able to arrange a series of twelve weekly meetings which would do credit to any so- ciety or public institution. Apart from the members' nights, seven public lectures are antionnced, the first being by Professor T. G. Bonney, D.Sc., LL.D., &c., on Thursday next, the subject being The Building of Western Europe." Pro- fessor Bonney is an authority on geology and physical geography, and in the world of science his is a name to conjure with. The titles of other lectures are "Dust," 44 Sponges and their Life History,' Climb- ing the Himalayas,'1 "I11 Search of Pharaoh," Phrenology, Old and New, and Flame and Its Luminosity," all by men of note in the world of science. There is promise here j of many delightful hours during the coming 11 winter to be spent in listening to descrip- I I tions of some of the wonders of Nature in her marvellous workings. The Cardiff Naturalists' Society are doing really useful public work in providing such valuable edu- t, cational facilities for the town. Another proof of the non-existence of competition with the Cardiff Tramways Com- pany While the Omnibus Company were running in opposition, the present company endeavoured to meet the public in many ways, but the little concessions made are all disappearing. On Saturday there appeared on the windows of tram and omnibus a notice to the effect that on and after November 5th passengers now transferred by ticket from the car to 'bus in St. John's- square will be discontinued." The notice is a charming specimen of official language Unfortunately, the public have no choice in the matter or they would discontinue themselves without notice. The trifling con- venience enjoyed by Roath and Cathays residents of getting through to the Monu- ment without the expenditure of another fare from St. John's-square disappears from to-day. But after reading that notice I am impelled to ask, Is the company anxious to discontinue passengers as they state, or does it mean that they are simply desirous to relieve them of a few extra pence 1 Jl. An Irishman, surely, is responsible for this. Mr H. C. Rowe spoke on The Religion of Labour" at a meeting of the uarctiff Labour Church last night. The same day I received by post a request asking me to call attention to this fact in the previous day's Echo This was a good start, but the letter goes on to inform me that "Tr Rowe is an original character, like many of his fellow-countrymen, he being an Irishman, educated at Mullingar and Dublin. He is yet young, being under 30 years of age. His scientific researches have been deep and earnest, and he speaks of chemistry as of his pet hobby." I should like to know from one of his fellow- countrymen how I am to set back the clock in order to oblige him. Further, Mr Rowe may haveallthese remarkable characteristics, but in what way do they bear on his fitness to speak on The Religion of Labour ?" I exist in fear and trembling lest I have given cause for a genuine Irish grievance Oh, the weather Don't mention it ? But I must It has not only spoilt our clothes and our tempers in Cardiff, but at Merthyr has blown off the name plate from a pauper's coffin, and the said plate has become lost. That was the explanation given by the contractor to the Board of Guardians, who were shocked to find that a pauper had been buried in a coffin without a name plate, contrary to instructions. The contractor sent his man to put on the plate, but as it was a rough and windy day it must have caused the the plate to be blown off and lost. Three incredulous guardians actually doubted this explanation," and considered it a useful warning The pauper still seems to be unceremoniously hurried under the turf, for at the same meeting Canon Wade called attention to the scarcity of bearers at pau- pers' funerals. I appreciated your kindly references to the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, and also your fair estimate of his work the other day when you mentioned his death," writes one of my correspondents, and then asks why [ did not notice on Saturday that it was the centenary of the birth of William Cullen Bryant, another of the New World poets. I do not. know why, unless it be that I cannot carry in my memory the dates of every event of the world's history. I hasten to make good the omission, because Bryant was a remarkable man and the first poet of importance that the New World produced. William Cullen Bryant was born on the 3rd of November. 1794, at Cummington, Massachusetts. He displayed remarkable literary gifts at an early age and published a volume of poems when he was 14. His verse, descriptive of New World scenery, will secure him lasting fame, but his general work was early placed in the position of a classic. His best style is descriptive and reflective, and his finest poem the favourite of Hawthorne — Thanatopsis," was written when he was 18. Though he reached the age of 84 he never produced a better poem. I will quote briefly from this where he finely apostro- phises man :— Solive, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable that moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent hails of (leaib, -tiiou go not, like the cjiiai'ry-]ave all night, Scjurpf'.id to his dungeon, but sustained, and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About cim, and lies down to pleasant dreams. He was the father of American poetry, a noble forerunner of Longfellow, Poe, Whitman, Whittier, and Holmes, whose fame is not confined to the New World. This my tribute to his memory

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BURGLAR'S BLEND, A Hint to Houskegpers, A new use has been found for whisky much better than drinking it and one which, fortu- nately for the piosperity of the trade," teeto- tallers i-iiav econoniietily adopt without violation of their personal principles. It is unrivalled as a trap for housebreakers. Anyone who objects to keep potheen or Glenlivet in his house cannot possibly have any qualms of conscience in leaving on his sideboard a bottle of the celebrated Burglar's Blend." Somehow or other, probably by a, window which was fonnd forced, Henry Paine, aged 4tJ., who modestly refused his address, got into tho house of Mr Jeremiah Carter, in Holloway, during the nighttime while the family were asleep. He gathered together in asack a quantity of plated articles, boots, slippers, and coats. Just as he was about to leave his roving eye lighted on a decanter of whisky standing on a sideboard. A'int the labourer worthy of his 'ire? he pro- bably soliloquised. I've a'd a 'ard job to get into this 'ere 'ouse, and I've got a lot of stuff to carry 'c)me-dash'd if I don't ave a little light refreshment." And he took one glass found it excellent liquor then he took another lighted his pipe; took another dram; then tnother and another and then went to sleep on thesttirease,b-lsliiieerseliautninbis ■1 mouth. Next morning the servant was terrified to find him there, snoringtranquilly, smokinsr in his dreams, for his teeth still clutched the pipe. She awoke the master, who, with the aid of the police, had considerable difficulty in awakening the sleeper. Paine seen.ed to feel up to his name wnen he came to himself, but candidly admitted that he had not a headache. At tbe North London Police court he took no interest in the proceedings against him, and mentally resolved to take the pledge, or at least to abstain from whisky for some time. The period will probably be fixed by the G?ntral Criminal Court. Paine has initiated householders into an easy method of catching burglars.

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_61_- Great Fire in America. NEw YORK, Monday Morning.—A large wharf 700 feet in length, with extensive warehouses erected thereon, belonging to the West India Dominion Steamship Company, was burned down last night. It is supposed that tbefire is the work of incendiaries, the white men employed on the wharf having struck work owing to the company having announced their intention of employing coloured labour. The damage is estimated at$165,000.— Central News.

ILLEGAL FISHING IN THE TAFF. Trespassers Fined. I BP fore Mr R. C. G. Dornford, Col. Woods, and Mr E. E. David, at Llandalf Police-court to-day, Thomas Jones, 'shearer, and Thomas Griffiths, labourer, both of Melingritfith, were charged with fishing in the Hiver Taff, near the Melingriffith Weir, on Thursday, the 1st iust. without the necessary licence. Mr Waldron, secretary of the Taff Fishery Board, piosecuted, and the caso having been proved by P.O. Hopkins, the defen- dants were fined £ 1 and costs each.

 POVERTY AND POACHING AT PENARTH. At Penarth Police-court this momtnsf—before Colonel Guthrie and Mr Thomas Morel—a labourer named Alfred Petfcitt, living at East- brook, pleaded guilty to a charge of laying wires for the purpose of trapping game. Defendant also pleaded that he was driven to do it in order to ca-toh a rabbit for hirrself and family as he had b*'len for some time out, of employment. A fino of 10s and costs was imposed.

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The Battle of Inkerman. AN ANNIVERSARY SKETCH. I The Fifth of November is the anniversary of the battle of Inkerman. Once but too notorious in the annals of civic dissensions, the Fifth of November is made more memorable for ever by the splendour of one of the greatest victories ever achieved by this nation over a foreign foe. The field of Inkerman and the Fifth of November are now linked in glory on the page of European history, and on this, the 38th anniversary of tiie memorable battle, we shall do well to stir up our poor minds by way of remembrance." On the morning of the 14th of September, 1854, the second anniversary of the death of the Duke of Wellington, the allied troops without opposition effected a landing on the shores of Catherine the Great's Crimea. Five days afterwards they en- countered the Russians strongly entrenched on the heights of Alma, and succeeded in drivmg them from their positions. Instead of following up their victory and at once attacking Sebastopol and taking it by storm, the English and French commanders accepted the counsels which made their adventure drag on into a lengthened cam- paign, and thus, as Kinglake observes, prepared for themselves a day of con- flict with the gathered strength of the Czar." That day was now close at hand. Prince Menschikoff was determined to wipe out the disgrace of Alma, and the other re- verses which his forces bad suffered, by one grand effort which should either annihilate the invaders or drive them into the sea. The allies musb be vanquished at any cost, and there was no other way of doing that than by over. whelming them with superior numbers. A terrible calamity impends over the invaders of our dominions," wrote Menschikoff to the Emperor Nicholas. In a few days they will parish by the sword, or be driven into the sea. Let your Majesty send your sons here that I may render up to them untouched the priceless treasure which your Majesty has intrusted to my keeping." Whereupon the Archdukes Nicholas and Michael were despatched to the Crimea, and arrived only to witness another terrible proof of the unyielding determination of the foe, against whom the resources of the empire had been concentrated. Every means had been employed to work the Russians up to the highest pitch of excitement before the assault was commenced. An imposing religious service took place in Sebastopo' on the previous day, and at its conclusion the troops were addressed by a bishop of the Greek Church. He spoke to them of their duty to their CZ,tI' and to their country, told them that the two arch- dukes had come to share with them their dangers and their glory, explained away the defeat of the Russians at the heights of Alma, and gave such a colouring to the event as to flatter their self-love and elevate their courage. He assured them that the English were poor soldiers, having no energy, and hostile to the cause of God. Ho promised, if conquerors, that each soldiev should have 580 roubles, that the Emperor would give a month's pay and rations to all the wounded, and that the friends of those who were chosen by God for a glorious death would have their of the booty. The God of Armies was finally appealed to to bless the soldiers of Russia, and then followed a distribution of medals and coro- ner, winding up with a, liberal supply of their favourito Fortune, indeed, seemed to favour their de- Rigu. The night of the fourth of November was miserable beyond description. For 24 hours it had rained incessantly, and in the Valley of Inkermann on the following morning of the 5th a heavy fog had settled, and it was difficult for anyone to see two yards before him. Under cover of the darkness, the Russians emerged from Sebas- topol and crept towards their enemies. During the night a heavy noise, as of carts moving into the besieged town, met tlit) eirs of some of the advanced pickets but our officers were unable to conjecture from the noise that danger threatened them so nearly. The noise was that of 50.000 Russians moving up with guns and ammunitiou carts to a position in front of our soldiers. The aUack commenced as the light appeared. The first announcement to our soldiers of the enemy's approach was a sharp fire from the sentries along the front. The companies on moving out found themselves opposed by columns when they expected to meet skirmishers and, though they maintained a bold attitude, they were forced to retire before the heavy masses of the enemy advancing with irresistible force. The deadly work began in earnest about seven o'clock in the morning— the English Army, now reduced to 12,000. finding itself confronted with 50,000 Russians. However, not more than 8,000 British and 6,000 French were engaged in that fatal fight, the pro- ceedings of which defy and baffle all description. The battle of Inkerman," says Dr. \V H. Russell, the war correspondent of the Times, was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary hand-to-hand fights, of despairing rallies, of desperate assaults in glens and valleys, in brushwood, glades, and remote dells, hidden from all human eyes, and from which the conqueror, Russian or British, issued only to engage fresh foes, till the battalions of the Czar gave wivy before our steady courage and the chiv:drous fire of France." Kinglake, in his Invasion of the Crimea," thus describes a few of the personal combats which distinguished this battle:—"Three Russians, acting together, attacked Edward Hill, but Hill's life was saved by Isaac Archer, who ran his bayonet through one of his assailants. Richard Wukins, when shot through tho bearskin by one of two Russians attacking him at the same time, sent a rifle-ball into the breast of the man who had thus barely missed him, drove off the other assailant with the point of the bayonet, and then reloaded so quickly as to be able to shoot the man running. Private Wilson, attacked by two Russians, and trying to run one of them through, chanced to stumble and fall, but'Joseph Troy coining up,bayontted'.ono of Wilson's foes,and Isaac Archer kiiled theothor. William Ovoraon, attacked by two Russians killed one of them, and, it seems, drove tho other away. Sergeant Minor, confronted by fivo or six Russians, ran one of these through the side and another of them (who had that moment driven his steel through Minor's great-coat) being pierced in the neck and killed by a bayonet-thrust from George Bates, the two English made good their ascendancy, and were not, it seems, further molested by Miner's assailants."j The battle was, indeed, a confused and desperate one on our part. Colonels fought like subalterns, captains like privates, and every man, once engaged, was his own general. The advancing em,my must be beaten back, and the tide of battle ebbed and flowed in broken billows. The English line, from one end to the other, was engaged in a sanguinary strife, striving, amid fearful disadvantages, to arrest) the progress of a foo six times more numerous. The Russians fought with the greatest ferocity, and bayoneted the soldiers as they fell. But just when our own men were broken, so many officers having fallen, a body of French infantry, led by General Bosquet, appeared, and advancing with a rapid rate turned the tide of battle. A wild sliolit, rent the air, as they joined the British, and that was the note of victory. Assailed in front by our men with dogged determination, attacked on the right by tho French infantry, and mowed down by artillery along the line, at twelve o'clock the Russians were driven pell-mell down the hill towards the valley. Pursuit would have been madness, as the roads were all covered by their artillery. When the enemy was finally repulsed there was no exultation as when the battle of Alma was won-thu triumph was gloomy, though glorious. The victory was won, but at what a terrible cost On that Sabbath day, while many of us were en- gaged in divine worship, our bravecountrymen were falling in the heat of a bloody conflict. No less ¡ than 50 officers were killed, among whom were I Generals Cathcart, Strange ways, and Goldie. ¡ About 1C0 officers were wounded, and about I 2,300 con-commissioned officers and privates were killed, wounded, or missing. The French had 1,700 killed or wounded. The Russian loss could not well be estimated. Lord Raglan said that the Russians left 5,000 dead on the field, and estimated their casualties at 18,000- though the Russian official reports placed it at 11,959 in killed, wounded, or prisoners. It was a great victory, but it must never be forgotten that it was perilously near a defeat. The Russians nearly turned both our flanks; and but for the heroism and resolute hardihood of our officers and men, and the chivalrous conduct of our gallant ally, they might havo succeeded 1Jl their intention of annihilating us. When the news reached England, it was received with mingled feelings of sorrow and pride. Nur cuuld it be otherwise. The loss we had sustained was frightful bat the heroism of our troops could not fail to inspire our people with feelings of admiration. Well might the War Minister, the Duks of Newcastle, describe it as a conflict unsurpassed in the annals of war for per- severing valour and chivalrous devotion." The banks of the Alma," he wrote to Lord Raglan, proved that no advantages of position c:in withstand the impetuous assault of the army under your command. The heights of Inkerman have now shown that the dense columns of a.n entire army are unable to force the ranks of less than one-fourth their numbers in the hand-to- hand encounters with the hayonets, which characterised this bloody day." Y", as Lord Ratflan himself, in a private letter to the Sec re- tary of State, declared with just pride, it was I a glorious day for the British arcoa."

Suicide at Aberdare. I A TERRIBLE LEAP. I ? [SPIWIAL TELEGRAM TO THE "ECHO."] I yesterday evening .John Jones, of Harriet- street, Trecynon, left his house and walked up along th<3 Great Western Railway to the Cwm Viaducti, from which he threw himself into the Dare river below, a distance of about 70ft., and was killed almost instantaneously. 1

I LADIES' POCKETS. Interesting Suggestions. A Carrespondent, who does not disdain to sign herself "An Old Lady," challenges any pick- pocket to extract her purse fro.n her dress. My plan," slia says, may not do for the ultra- fashionable but those who value the contents of their pockets more than the vagaries of La Mode may find the hint useful. I invariably have my dress-pockets made along the right tide front seam; consequently neither in front of the dress nor absolutely behind, but just between the two, covered by a narrow flap to hide the aper. ture or else have a tht outside pocket in the same place, as in a jacket, neatly trimmed to match the dress. This is not in the least disfiguring, and, if only conttining- purse and handkerchief, barely shows. I should like to see the one who would attempt to rob me. Not only are such pockets safe, but, what is more, they are decorous. Watch a row of ladies in church when collection time draws near. Is it not sad to see them wrenching themselves awry to get at their poeketSj? I just slipmy hand quietly into my receptacle and have what I want without a moment's fuss." In noticing the discussion about picking ladies' pockets, the Drapers' lie- eorcl says Possibly it may have the result of stimulating dressmakers to achieve the glorious work of inventing a safe pocket. It is, indeed, a curious fact that this has not hitherto been done. On the face of it, nothing could well be more aosurd than to place the pocket where it is now ordinarily to be found. Its position at the back 2, the dress renders it extremely difficult for the rightful owner to get anything out of it, while a thief can perform this operation with considerable sase."

A MAN OF MANY NAMES. I Slory of a Bag at Newport. I At the iNewport Borough Police-court) to-day Frederick Joseph Fenlon, alias Warriner, alias Ciarke, alias Durant, aged 22, who described him- self as a commercial traveller and gave his address as Merrywood Villa, Southville, Bristol, was charged on remand with stealing a Gladstone bag and its contents. The evidence showed that Thomas Wilson, a ship's carpenter, of 12, Ruperra-street, Newport. left iustructions for the bag to be forwarded from Lon- don to Newport on Monday last. On Tues- day the prisoner went to the Newport Railway- station, stated that bs had lost a bag,and that the portmanteau in question was his. The cloak- room porter declined to hand over the bag until a letter was produced from tho hotel at which he said that he had stayed, saying that the bag had berni sent on. Next day Fenlon appeared at the station and produced a letter and business card. It was pointed out that the bag was addressed to Thomas Wilson, but Fenlon got over that diffi- culty by saying that there was a traveller of that name under the same firm. Fenlon put up at the Queen's Hotel, where he was arrested on Wednes- day night. Prisoner now pleaded guilty, but stated thab he took the bag in a wpnk moment it was his first offence, and be asked th3 Bench tc deal leniently with him. It was stated that the prisoner was respectably connected, and had a mother living in Liverpool. His brother appeared in court, and told the magistrates that prisoner had been ill he had no need to steal, as he could get money if he was short by writing home for it. He asked the Bench to impose a fine instead of imprisonment. The Bench finod the prisoner £10, or two months' imprisonment.

SUPERSTITIOUS MOTHERS, I One of the most curious petitions ever received by a public man is that of the motn^rs of certain conscripts, which has b?en sent to the French Minister of War. These women have been greatly struck by certain paragraphs which have been going tho round of the Press, to the effect that the fitrure 13 has always had a baneful influence on the career of th* lat,) Czar of Russia. They poiub out, therefore, ha.t their sons are part;culalry unfortunate in being associated in more than oue way with the same fatal figure. They belong to what is called the 1893 class," which means that they attained the age ab:;whioh they had to serve in the Army in that year, and in consequence tlmy were born in 1873. In order to thoroughly appreciate the argument, it is necessary to bsar in mind that the French do not, like the Belgians, use the terms septante and nonante for 70 and 90, but that they speak of 73 as sixty-thirteen," and 93 a3 eighfcy- thirteen." Then they were called to the ranks on the 13th ot November, and those who serve only one year will be released on the 13th of November of this year. The petitioners there- fore pray that their sons may be released on the 12dl iusoead of the 13th. The petition ii signed, A Group of Superstitious Mothers."

SWEARING ALLEGIANCE. I The ceremony of swearing allegiance to the new I Czar, which has been going on in every Russian church in Europe, is (says a Paris correspondent) an old Byzantine one. Liturgical chants and prayers precede it. The officiating priest and singers are heard, but not seen, during the devo- tional part of the service. When they appear they come forward. A crucifix and a copy of the Gospels are on the table. The congregation, beginning with the functionaries present, then file past the table. Each halts while the priest, holding up the forefinger and second finger of one hand, recites the oath. The person to be sworn in holds his hand in the same manner. When the formula is repeated, he says, with a hand on the Gospels, I swear," and stooping down, kisses the crucifix. The Duke of Leuchtenberg was I among those who took the oath at the Russian church in Paris.

ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A SWEETHEART. George Wm. Aldridge (17) was committed for trial at Horsham on Saturday, changed with attempting to murder his sweetheart. I

She Wreck of a Spanish Ship. TWO SUICIDES. A Pembroke correspondent states that th* bodies of the two men washed ashore on Saturdaj night from the wreck of the Spanish ~iiip Torine; had deep wounds in the throat, and it is con- jectured that the men took their own lives befor4 the- vessel went down. The chief steward stafcei that the first mate, Daniel Ixthera, of Bilbao, committed suicide by blowing his brains oat soon a, ter the Tormes struck.

PHASES OF JUVENILE LlF, Shocking Revelations at Now-part. -.0. the magistrates at the Newport, Borougt Police-court to-day were chiefly occupied in dealing with a number of cases in which the principals were juveniles. The first; case was that of two lads named Evans, aged 11 and nine years, whom the Newport School Board recom* mended should be sent to an industrial schocl, The mother of the lads was said ti be a womar of immoral character, who is at present in prisoo for drunkenness. The father wasat sea,and thechil dren were therefore left destitute. The mother, it appeared, hadjalso been sent to prison iol neglecting the boys. The Benoh decided to send the lads to the school at Stockport.—Afterwards William Henry Buck, aged 12, and Chaxlet Wilkins, aged eight, came up from the cells, and when charged pleaded guilty to stealing two sovereigns from the till of the boot department of the Dock-street Branch of the Newport Co- operative Society on Saturday evening. Before the robbery Wilkins went into the shop and asked the young lady for a piece of bread. Both lads hung round for some time, and then, whilst Buck kept watch, Wiikins seized an opportunity when the assistants were momentarily absent to sneak in and rob the till, from which JB4 2i was missed. Buck received two half sovereigns, and he purchased a watch at the shop of Mr Wolfe Phillips for 89 6d. Buck said that his father had sent him for the watch and asked for a receipt to take to his parent. Wilkins changed his sovereign and distributed most of the silver amongst his boy friends. Both boys were also charged with stealing money from tba till of another shop. Wilkins has been prosecuted on six previous occasions, the last being on the 19th U11., when he was confined in the cells and birched. The father now told the court that he had kopt him in the house up to Saturday morn- ing last, when he was allowed out for the first time, with the result that he was the principal in two robberies. Buck was stated to be suffering from a loathsome disease. The magistrates expressed surprise at this, but the police stated that it was so, and that he was being medically attended. The Bench sentenced both lads to ten days' imprisonment and to a term of five years in a reformatory school.—Four other youngsters who wers caught in the act of stealing tar barrels from the Liverpool Wharf and the Great Western Railway, Budge-street, which they intended to use to celebrate the anniversary of the detection of the Gunpowder Plot this evening, were fined Is each, or one day each in the cells.

1" THE RECENT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AT CARDIFF. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SOOTH WALES ECHO.* SIK,—Would you be kind enough to allow me te say a few words in answer to a letter in the Echc of yesterday signed An Old Cardiff Liberal V Old Liberal," in the way he speaks, would have us to understand that he is writing on behalf of all the Liberals of Cardiff, which ot course is erroneous in the extreme. One thing he says is right, and that is that Liberal organisa- tion is wanting, but to take two gentlemen to task for the opinions which they hold and bring forward in their candidature is, I consider, to use his own term, most impertinent." The harbour trust is a question on which different people have different opinions. Both Dr. Buist and Mr Allen r I'l Upward contested strong opposition, and if they were beaten it was not from want of the tact that Old Liberal" would have us believe.— I am, &c.. ALSO AN OLD CARDIFF LIBERAL. November 2nd. 1894.

COMMAND OF FHE ARMY. Retirement of the Duke of Cambridge. The Exchange Telegraph Company learns that an official announcement cf the retirement of the commander-in-chief may be expected as soon as the Treasury has sanctioned a special superannua- tion allowance to his Royal Highness, in regard to which objections have been raised. 10 is not, however, anticipated that tbe Duke ot Cambridge will leave the Horse Guards before next March. We understaud ako that Lord Wolseley will become chief of the staff at army head-quarters, Horse Guards, on the abolition of the office o{ commander-in-chief,*and that Lord Roberts will be appointed to the command of the forces ic Ireland.

"BROCKEY" IN TROUBLE AT BARRY DOCK, Thomas Clarke, alias Brockey," a fireman; was brought up in custody at Penarth Police- court this morning charged with stealing; a floric piece, the property of Robert Jones, Thompson' street-, on the 1st November. The evidence was to the effacb than prisoner sought a loan of Is for the purpose of fetching a chief mate's clothing1, and the prosecutor pulling out a florin piece, prisoner snapped it out of his hand and decamped. The pretence of prisoner's was subsequently dis- covered to be a canard. Prisoner, who has pre- viously been convicted at Cardiff, was sentenced to 14 clays' imprisonment, with hard labour.

A ROW AT BARRY SHIPPING OFFICE, A coloured seaman named Harry Isaacs was charged ft Penarth Police-court this morning with assaulting Dock.constable James Meyier. being drunk, and damaging a coat belonging tt. Wm. John Diamond to the extent of Is 6d. On Thursday last, according to the evidence, prisoner whilst drunk desired to be paid off at the Ship- ping Offices at Barry Dock. He was ejected by Diamond, and in a melee that ensued the latter had his coat torn, and Meyler sustained a blow in the face and a kick on the foot. Fines of 5s for the drunkenness, 10s for the assault, and Is W. damage respectively were ordered.

A RECKLESS COLLIER: [SPECIAL TKLKGRAM TO THE ECHO."] At Merthyr Police-court to-day-before Mr North, Alderman Thomas Williams, Mr Smythe. and Mr Thomas Jenkins (magistrates)—George Elliott, collier, summoned for having two matches in his possession whilst in the Treharris Colliery workings, was fined 203 and costs. Defendant pleaded that he did not know he had the matches. It appeared he also had a tin of tobacco, but nc pipe. Mr Vauie Simons was for the prosecu- tion.

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF COLCHESTER. The Press Association telegraphs :—The Righi Rev. Alfred Biomfield, bishop suffragan of Col- chester, died at his residence, Park House, Brent- wood, Essex, this morning. His lordship had been suffering for some tito* from an obstruction in the throat which pre- vented his taking necessary food. He conse- quently gradually became weaker, and for soinr days all hope had been abandoned of hu recovery. ;w

'.i.HE i'lTMAN's DAUUHTKU.—YHW is tile title of a powerful new mining story of love a wl mystery from the pen of J. Monk Foster which n.nv :ip»«art in the Cavdijf Times and South Wale* Netco; A Magazine and a Newspaper in one.