The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, A DEATHS BIRTHS. RowF -EVANS. -July 12th, 1893, the wife of the Rev. E. Rowe-Evans, Neath, of a son (first-born). TREASURE.—July 7th, at Branscombe, 63, Cowbridge- road, Cardiff, the wife of W. B. C. Treasure, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., of a daughter. 300 MARRIAGES. DAVIES—MEREDYTH.—July 5th, at the Baptist Chapel, Dolgelley, by Rev. Joan Meredyth, Trelierbert, Benjamin Davies, Baptist minister, Heullys. to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Rev. John Meredyth, Dolgelley. 283 LLEWKLLYN—GRIFFITHS. July 11th, 1893, at the Wesleyan Chapel. Rhayader, by Rev. j<eivi T. Harry, of Kidderminster (brother-in law of the bridegroom), assisted by Rev. S. Cooper. John Griffith Llewellyn, of l'enarth, to Mary Anne Griffiths. 780 SWEET—WILLIAMS—On Thursday, July ftth, at Vaynor Church, Mr A. Sweet, bntchei, Dowlais, to Miss E. J. Williams, Pontypool. 9476 TuoMAS-BUCKLAND-July 6th, at St. John's Mureli, Worcester, by the N*w. Waftw Carr, vicar, assisted by Rev. A. Rust, vicar of Sundon, Beds., Robert Thomas, solicitor, Cardiff, third son of the late Edmund Thomas, Esq., colliery proprietor, of Maindy Hall and Penarth. to Laura Rose (Trottie), second daughter of J. W. Buckland, Esq., hop- merchant, of Worcester and Loudon. DEATHS. DEF.RE.-On the 9th inst., at 9, Victoria-place, The Hayes, Cardiff, Lizzie, youngest daughter of John and Margaret Deere (late of Aberdare Junction). Deeply regretted. Funeral 3 p.m. Friday. 728 Ev ANS- William Thomas Evans, late manager of Grangetown Gasworks, on the 8th inst. KNSOIC—On the 9th insc., at The Hollies, Llanishen, after a protracted illness, Arthur Collen Ensor, son of Thomas Henry and Emma Maria Ensor. Aged 22 years. Fox—Hannah, the beloved wife of Owen Fox, Tre- degar. Died July 6th. Aged 64 years. GETHING—July 6th, at Pantdu, Cwmavon, Margaret, beloved wife of Mr W. Gethlng, and daughter of the late John Davie, builder, Gieen-gardens, Cardiff. Aged 73. Deeply regretted. GOLDSWORTIIY.—On 12th inst., at 27, Llanbleddian- gardens, Cardiff, Alia Sarah, the youngest daughter of the late William Goldsworthy, of Swansea. 722 IsAAc-Died Saturday, the 8th inst., 9.45 p.m.. Annie Sophia Isaac, aged 20, eldest daughter of Mr Evan Isaac, secretary of the Teilo Tin-plate Works, Ponc- ardulais. JONES—On the 8th inst., at 71, Richmond-road., Cardiff, Elsie Dorothy, beloved daughter of H. G. and Emily D. Jones. Aged 5 yeavs and 7 months KINGSTON-July 10th, at laswerry, :Chailes William Kingston, son of the late James Kingston, of New- port, aged 43. 8e LIsTER-On the 8th July, at 29, Llanbleddian- gardens, Cardiff, Jane Elizabeth Maud, aged 18, eldest daughter of John and Jane Lister. Deeply regretted. TREASURE.— July 12th, at Branscombe, Cowbridge- road.the infant daughter ot William Beeson Crawford and Susan Priscilla Treasure. 796 THOMAS.—July 10th, aged 72, David Thomas, 37; Taff- street, Pontypridd. Funeral public, Friday, 2.30, for Glyntaff Cemetery. Friends will please accept this intimation. 9518 THOMAS.—On July 5th, at 45, Seymour-street, Aber- dare, Isaac Thomas, late Undertaker, aged 67. W ATSON.-On July 10th, 1895, at Pwllypant, near Caerphilly, Mr Alexander Watson, aged 86 years. 754 WATKINS.—-On the 9th day of July, 1893, at No. 4, Richmond-road, Cardiff, Edward Davies Watkins, accountant (late of Merthyr Tydfil), aged 63 years. WOODWARD.—July 6th, at 4, Bridge-street, Cardiff, Joseph Woodward, aged 41 years, many years manager to Messrs Eastman's, Limited. Deeply regretted.

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"IMPECUNIOUS" IRISHMEN. THAT very superior person," Mr ST. JOHN BRODRICK, whose grossly insulting and un- called-for attack upon Irishmen in the House of Commons late on Tuesday night, as being "impecunious," and, therefore, dishonest, will be found in another part of our paper, is not likely to hear the last of his coarse impertinence of speech for some time to come. Mr SEXTON'S motion to call atten- tion to the ruling of the Chairman will keep the unprovoked offence green in the memo- ries of all who see the daily Notice Paper of the House ofCommons, whilst the discussion on the motion will bring Mr BKODRICK'S outrage upon truth, and good taste, and Parliamen- tary propriety once more into public view. Mr BRODRICK has -,iot, the excuse that Lord RANDOLPH CHURCHILL has for wild and rabid excesses in- speech. It is pretty generally acknowledged that the member for South Paddington has a bee in his bonnet," and no one now pays any serious attention to the utterances of this chartered libertine of debate. But the member for Guildford is rather a goody goody" kind of man, who believed in Pigottism, and mastered the contents of the Irish Land Bill and was not supposed therefore likely to be "driven out of his wits," or to have his wits driven out of him by the Home Rule Bill, after the fashion of so many Tories and Liberal Dissentients. But Mr ST. JOHN BRODRICK'S rude and coarse ■ flippancy of speech on Tuesday night showed that his mind was partially discomposed and unhinged. Per- haps he will be restored to his right mind by a careful perusal of the just published Annual Report of the Irish Local Govern- ment, which will show him how unjust his charge was, and how false his infer- ence. To notice briefly only one or two facts. It is shown in the Report that by the Seed Supply Act of 1880 the Commissioners of Public Works were empowered to lend to Boards of Guardians in Ireland a considerable sum of public money which the guardians, by the same Act, were empowered to re-loan to Irish tenants for the purpose of purchasing seed. The total amount advanced by the Govern- ment Commissioners under this Act to the Irish Boards of Guardians was £ 598,306. These loans were to be repaid to the Government by instalments, and at the close of the year ending March last the Boards of Guardians had repaid to the Government, having received the sums from the tenants, no less an amount than £586,249, leaving only the small sum of £ 12,057 yet to be repaid. We very gravely question whether, if considerably more than half a million of money had been lent to "impecunious" and struggling farmers in some of the southern and western English counties, with a population equal to that of Ireland, it would have been all repaid by this time, save the small balance of 212,057. Here is another instance for the edification and mental and moral improvement of Mr ST. JOHN BRODRICK, and all teachable Tories. By the Seed Potato Acts of 1890 and 1891 the Commissioners were authorised to lend money to the Irish Boards of Guardians to re-lend to small Irish farmers, cotters, and labourers to buy seed potatoes. The sum of £240,405 was lent to the Unions, who re- loaned it to the poorer classes of Irishmen as provided by the Act. By one of the clauses of the first of the two Acts it was conditioned that half of the loan,or £ 120,202, should be repaid to the Commissioners by the 1st of August last. Let it be re- membered that this large sum was lent to the poorer class of Irish tenants-the impecunious amongst the impecunious, as Mr ST. JOHN BRODRICK would probably, in his gracious way of painting Irishmen, describe them. And yet in this Annual Report of the Irish Local Government Board it is shown that of the 2120,202 to be repaid by this poorest class of Irish cotters on the 1st of August, no less a sum than IC118,457 was actually paid to the Commissioners, leav- ing only the small balance of £ 1,745 then unpaid. Will Mr ST. JOHN' BKODRICK and the other sweet-mannered Tories who are eternally denouncing and slandering Irish farmers and labourers as dishonest because they would not pay exact- ing landlords' extortionate rents upon the tenants' own improvements, venture to affirm that English cotters and labourers would be more honest in paying their just debts, or more true and punctual to their time bargain than these poor Irish labourers and cottagers have proved themselves to be ? There is something unspeak- ably contemptible and snobbish in this constant depreciation of other races by English cads :and so-called aristocrats; something so infinitely little, so utterly mean and despicable, in this assump- tion of superiority to other races by the average Englishman, as to waken only scorn- ful contempt in the breasts of all who believe that Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather and prunella. It partakes too much of the temper of the liveried flunkey who turns lip his nose at honest workmen eompelled to toil for their daily bread, to be approved of by popular feeling and by the spirit of the times. The sooner it is abandoned the better for those who think that fine clothes make good citizens.

A DISTINGUISHED WELSHMAN. WALES has often claimed Sir WILLIAM JONES as one of her most distinguished children, but beyond the name there is not much evidence of his nationality. His father lived in London, and was a mathematician of some eminence, but he died whilst his now famous son was a child. Sir WILLIAM JONES was educated at Harrow, and at the age of 17, or in 1764, he entered the University of Oxford. He especially directed his attention to the study of Arabic and Persian, and employed his vacations in reading the best authors in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. When he was only 25 he replied anony- mously in French to an author who bad attacked the University of Oxfoid, and it was written in such good French that many Frenchmen attributed it to some bd-esprit of Paris. Before he was 40 he was appointed a judge in the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal. Before sailing he married a daughter of the Bisbop of St. ASAPH, From that time to his death, eleven years afterwards, he devoted himself to the study of Oriental literature. He possessed a wonderful facility for the acquisition of languages, and a mere catalogue of his works would show the extent and variety of his knowledge. His acquaintance with Arabian, Persian, and Sanskrit has seldom been equalled, and scarcely, if ever, sur- passed by any European, and to this he added a smattering of Chinese, sufficient to translate Turkish and Hebrew, Latin and Greek, and nearly all the modern languages. But though the attainments of Sir WILLIAM JONES were so extensive and varied, he does not appear to have possessed any originality. He neither dis- covered new truths, nor placed old ones in a new light. He possessed neither the power of analysing, nor of combining, nor of constructing. For language as a science he did nothing he only collected materials for others. Few men have had his abilities, but he wasted them by diffusing them over too wide an area. He sadly lacked con- centration. While he was indefatigable in the pursuit of literature he never neglected his duties of judge, and Lord TEIGNMOUTH, who wrote his life, remarks :— The inflexible integrity with which he discharged the solemn duty of this station will longjbe remembered in Calcutta, both by Europeans and natives." However, Sir WILLIAM JONES, among the numerous languages he could speak and write, does not seem to have known his native tongue. Nevertheless, we should be proud to number him among the princes which the Principality has produced. Born away from Wales he had no opportunity of learning the language, and his predilection for Asiatic literature led him in that direction. It is a pity that the wealth of Welsh literature was not open to him. If he had not been able to trace the connection, if any, between the Britons and the East, he would have left many materials which would have proved extremely valuable to philologists.

COLLIERS' WAGES. 25,000 Notices of a 25 Per Cent. Reduction. Twenty-five thousand notices have been sent out by the Coal Masters' Associa- tion in Nottingham district for a reduo- tion of 25 per cent. in colliers' wages. In Nottingham there is a strong determination amongst the men not to submit to the reduction, and there is every prospect of a great strike when the notices take effect on the 28th inst.

A small boat, with themaster's name, W. Screech, on the stern, also piece of a boom and other small wreckage, quite fresh, have been washed ashore at Porfc Bynott

By our Special Correspondent. POLITIOAL-H ISTORICAL- MUSICAL. Wales in Parliament. A hasty summons on Monday night brought the Welsh members together on Tuesday after- noon to hear Mr Gladstone's reply to their memorial in favour of Welsh Disestablishment. The memorial, as I pointed out in a previous communication, was drafted by Mr Lloyd George, approved by a majority of his colleagues on the emergency committee, and was finally signed by 30 Welsh representatives. Mr Bryn Roberts, who is disinclined to trouble and to embarrass Mr Gladstone at what he considers an inopportune time, declined to add his signature to the memorial. The Prime Minister's reply was prompt, but not final, nor altogether satisfactory. As was to be expected, Mr Gladstone does not see his way to give a definite reply until the Home Rule Bill is out of the wood in the Lower Honse. Opinion differed as to the advisability of making the reply public, but after some dis- cussion it was decided by a majority of two that the publication should be reserved and the Press supplied with a statement of what in the opinion of the committee it was desirable for the general public to know, viz., that in answer to the Welsh members' memorial Mr Gladstone has undertaken to make a communication on the subject as soon as the Irish Government Bill is substantially through the House of Commons, and that the Welsh members have decided to wait until such further communication has been made before taking any further steps. Subse- quently the latter portion of this statement was modified in the sense that the Welsh members were to exercise their discretion as to how long they should wait before taking further steps. Keeping back the terms of the letter can hardly be viewed with favour in the country, for it is most important to know Mr Gladstone's views on the subject. It goes without saying that Welsh Liberals are as anxious as any- one not to hamper the Government, but there is a vast difference between being maliciously obstructive and demanding one's rights. The truth about Mr Gladstone's letter appears to be that, whilst maintaining that the question of Disestablishment stands where it did at the beginning of the Session, he does not admit that the Government has at any time accepted the position accorded to the question in the Newcastle programme. The conc!usion forced upon one; is that the party has either gone too far or not far enough either they should trust Mr Gladstone and leave him to work out their salvation in his own way, or they should press their case with greater determination and never-ending persistency.

The Land Commission. The sittings of 'the Land Commission for Wales at Westminster did not excite much interest. Except for a stray visitor or two, the public room at the offices of the commission in Old Palace Yard was left almosb entirely to the commissioners and to the witnesses and those more immediately interested in the evidence. The duties connected with th6 Royal wedding had told heavily on Lord Car- rington. who is Lord High Chamberlain, as well as chairman of the commissioners, but he stuck bravely to his task t&toue;h the whole of Friday's sitting. On Saturday -the visit of the King and Queen of Denmark to ,the City compelled his attendance at the Guildhall, and the chair was for the occasion occupied by Lord Kenyon. The evidence of agents and others connected with the Dunraven and Bute has been fully reported in the South Wales Daily News, so that I need not go over the ,ground. Probably when the commission comes to re-visit Glamorganshire some new light can be thrown on the somewhat surprising figures submitted by Mr Morgan J. itandall. Assuming these to be correct, the own- ing of land must be considered as an expensive luxury, to be indulged in only by the very rich. On Saturday the Swansea Corporation, with the help. of Mr Burnie, M.P., and Mr E. Sydney Hartland, had a long innings. If the evidence brings about the expected inquiry into the Duke of Beaufort's rights and claims in Gowerlanu it will serve an excellent purpose. Political and other exigencies have postponed the next meeting of the commission until September.

A Royal Presentation and Welsh History. The sub-committee of the Welsh National Pre- sentation to the Duke and Duchess of York have settled on a series of Welsh historical scenes for reproduction on the gold plaques which form a prominent feature in the design for the centre- piece accepted by the committee. These will include the Druidic period represented by a bardic Gorsedd St. David preaching to the Welsh people Queen Boadioea repelling the Romans, Hywel Dda giving laws to the nation Llewelyn ap Gruffydd holding part Parliament at Ystrad Flwr Owen Glyndwr Sir Rhys ap Thomas at the battle of Bosworth and Henry the Seventh carrying the banner of Wales to Westminster. Medallion,-portraits will be intro- duced on the base, and .these will include repre- sentations of LlwyarGhn., Gerald the Welsh. man, Dafydd ap Gwilym William Salesbury, and others. On the jardiniere there will be repre- sentations of the Castles of Pembroke and Raglan, Harlech and Carnarvon. In the decoration Welsh emblems and ornairientation will abcund.

An Instructive Meeting. On Wednesday last a meeting was held at the Charing Cross-road Welsh Chapel to welcome to the pastorate the Rev. Abraham Roberts, formerly of Ystrad, lately of Liverpool. Amongst the speakers were Mr Thomas Eliis, M.P., and Mr Thomas Lewis, M.P., both members of that church, and Mr J. Herbert Lewis, M.P. The member for Anglesey, in a stirring Welsh speech, severely criticised and condemned the attack made by the Rev. Cynddylan Jones and those who supported him on the Welsh members of Parliament who belong to the Calvinistic Methodist Connexion. Several of the Welsh ministers in London also took part in the pro-, ceedings.

Y Cerddor. The "Cerddor "for the present month opens with short article by Mr David Jenkins on the ability to read and the ability to sing music. Mr Jenkins is anxious to combine musical culture with effective singing. The same writer also con- tributes a second article on the Fugue. His co- editor, Mr D. Emlyn Evans, brings to a close his instructive and interesting notes on the lives of Welsh composers, as well as bis series of articles on The Part Song, the Madrigal and the Glee." The musical compositions include a prayer from the pen of D. Pughe Evans, of Swansea, and a part song by T. Wigley, of Llanbrynmair. The English correspondent of the Cerddor" has some pungent notes on eisteddfod mismanagement. For the remainder the number is made up of the usual musical news items.

ANOTHER FLAGSHIP IN COLLI- SION. A serious collision occurred on Wednesday morning off Queenstown, when a British steamer named the Louise ran into her Majesty's ship Albacore, the flagship of Rear-Admiral St. John, stationed at Queenstown. At the time of the collision the Albacore was lying to her moorings, with her lights burning brightly. The collision occurred with great force, and was heard on board the American war cruiser Chicago lying in the harbour. Those on board of her immediately made preparations to render assistance, and they brought into requisition the search light, which was played upon the colliding vessels. The greater number of the Albacore's crew, were in bed at the time, and they rushed on deck in a state of alarm and quickly lowered the boats. It was found that the Louise, which was outward bound, had struck the guardship on the starboard quarter and smashed all her bulwarks. She also carried away one of the brass Gardner five-barrel guns, with all attached, and this sank into deep water and was lost. One of the iron plates of the guard- ship's stern was bent in, and her dingy smashed. I The Louise, a screw steamer belonging to Douglas, Isle of Man, was uninjured.

FALL OVER THE ROCKS NEAR BRYNMAWR. A shocking discovery was made on Wednesday afternoon near Llanelly Wells, Brynmawr, where the body of a man named Michael Cuddy was found by his son, who had been in search of his father during the day. It is supposed that deceased, who was between forty and fifty years of age, was returning home from work, by way of Cwmnantgam, on Tuesday night, and had fallen over the rooks, a distance of about fifty feet. Seeing he did not return to Gellyfelin, where he lived, on Tuesday night, a search was at once instituted. The body was much cut about the head, and one of the unfortunate man's thighs was broken.

The King of Spain is just now seven years old. He is tall, thin, and has a bright intelligent face, with a very large mouth and an abundant shock of curly hair. He wears knickerbockers, and looks very sweet in his Lord Fauntleroy costume of black velvet with point lace collar.

THE^CHARGE AGAINST AN IRISH^ M.P. The hearing o £ tha-charge brought by Ellen. Lewis, a. domestic servant, against Mr John Deasy, M.P.,was concluded on Tuesday at the London County Sessions (Clerkenwell), before Sir P. H. Edlin. Mc Justin McCarthy, M.P., and Sir Thomas Escaonde, M.P., occupied seats in the court. His lordship entered the court at 10 minutes past 12, and Mr C. F. Gill at once resumed the cross-examination of the defendant. Witness said that the girl had always behaved properly towards him, aad he regarded her as a virtuous and modest girl. After ringing the bell for supper he went on the landiug, as was his custom, in order to save the servant the trouble of coming upstairs. He did not see the girl until she was close to him, but he heard her fall on the stairs. He asked for some supper while she was on the stairs. The girt entered the room and stood between him and the table with her back to him while she was fixing the candle in the stick. It was while she wasdoing this that he asked her whether she had been out with her young man. Had you ever spoken to her in that way before? —I had often asked her whether she had enjoyed herself, and questions to that effect, when she had been out. Had you ever asked her that particular ques- tion before ?—I think I had. And what had she answered ?—She said shehad no young man. Then why did you ask her again ?— Oh, it was merely chaff. I see; chaffingthe girl in the house ?—Yes. Continuing, Witness said that after fixiug the candle the girl took a tfcep backwards, struck hie ieet, and fell, striking him on the shoulder as she feU on the bed. She did not fall straight across the bed, but her head was slightly towards the foot of the bed, and she was lying slightly on her right side. He attempted to pull her up, and it was while he had hold of her that he asked her to give him a kiss. What was that for ? Was it chaff ?—Oh, merely chaff. I did not mean anything by it. It was simply because I had been chaffing her before. Did you want her to kiss you ? Witness (hesitatingly): No I did not care whether she kissed me or not, but she was a little bit nervous, and I wanted to reassure her. Would you have kissed her ?—Well, I think I should at the time if she had not made any objection. Did you know that Mrs Postlethwaite was coming into the room ?—Yes; I didn't mind her being there, because I thought it no harm. Mr Gill: Even if she happened, by this acci- dent, to have been on the bed at tbe time ?— Witness Even so. You know the age of this girl—between 16 and 17 ?—Yes. What is your age t^-THjrcfy-seven. Why did not you explain to Mrs Postlethwaite? —She would not give mf the opportunity, I wa? extremely indignant at the way in which she spoke to me. For the girl's sake you might have said it was an accident ?—Yes; put yhen Mrs Postlethwaite said she wanted her tfborti towards the end of the week, I determined not to give her any explana- tion unless the girl i was. present. Mrs Postle- thwaite sent the girl iway immediately after she had asked for the room. Why did you not fell Mr Postlethwaite that it was an accident ?—He would not listen. He said he would hear nothing more. He wanted the rent. On the Monday when witness called at the house he said that if Ellen were brought before him, and if after hearing her explanation and his Mrs Postlethwaite thought there was any need for aoology he should bo most happy to apologise. He did not offer compensation. Did yeu on that occasion utter a syllable about the girl having got on the bed by accident?—No, I think not.—The first be heard of the case was from a newspaper placard By that time the incident had quite passed from his mind. Re-examined Did you more than once ask Mrs Postlethwaite to bring the girl into your presence, and let her tell her own story, and was that request always refused ?—Yes. I asked her on four distinct occasions. The evening in ques- tion was the first time for weeks that he had been home in the evening. Did you by any action or gesture on that occasion insult this girl at all, Mr Deasy ?—Not in the slightest. Mr Deasy afterwards left the witness-box and entered the dock. Sir Thomas Esmonde, M.P.,fgaid hejhad known Mr Deasy for many years, and had travelled with him in Africa and Australia. He had always borne a high moral character. Sir George Penrose, formerly high sheriff and mayor of Cork, said he had known Mr Deasy since he was a lad, and there had never been a breath against him. Mr Michael Abern, of Blarney, Co. Cork, had known Mr Deasy for 15 years, and he had always borne the highest character for decency and morality. Mr Justice McCarthy, M.P., who had known Mr Deasy for the last ten years, gave similar evi- dence. Sir E. Clarke then commenced toaddress the jury. He said that if Mr. Deasy were convicted of a common assault, the result would be as serious to him as if convicted of an indecent assault. His public career would be at an end. He had oifered himself for fetaniifta- tion before a jury of his countrymen, and had come into court with friends who could apttdc of his character. Aeainst thuf they had to place the evidence of the girl herself, which differed in many respects from her mistress's evidence. He criticised the girl's evidence, and expressed his confidence that the jury would acquit the prisoner. Mr GiU told the jury that the consequences of their verdict must not influence them, but that they must deal with the defendant exactly as they would with any man in the calendar. He argued that the girl's story was more feasible than the defendant's. His lordship in summing-up, said the jury had to consider two statements directly opposed to each other. The position in which the landlady- found the defendant, and the girl was undoubtedly equivocal and certainly required explana- tion, and that defendant had endea- voured to explain it. He asked the jury to pause before accepting Sir Edward Clarke's statements that Mrs Postlethwaite's evi- dence was consistent with the statement of the defendant. The case was one of the most intricate which could come before a court, and the jury must feel that on one side Or the other falsehoods were told. It was for them to bring their own sound judgment to bear on the evidence, and to say who had spoken the truth. At the conclusion of the summing-up the fore- man asked of what kind the bed was. Mrs Postlethwaite, recalled, stated that it was a spring mattress, and overlay and stood rather higher than the table. The jury retired at six minutes past four. The jury returned* into court at 4.42. They found the prisoner not guilty of an indecent assault, but guilty of a* common assault, and Sir Peter Edlin, in order to take time to consider the sentence, left the courts for a quarter of an hour. The defendant was ultimately fined £25 and the costs of the prosecution. The fine was immediately paid.

COLLAPSE 0F A HOUSE AT SHEFFIELD. Husband and Wife and Three Children Bupied Alive. A tenement in a cpuri At Sheffield collapsed early on Thursday vvMe the occupants—a man named Levick, his wife, artid three children--were asleep in bed, They t were buried in the debris, and two hours elapsed before they could be reich.ed. Annie (aged 16) and Charles (aged 18) wete taken out of the ruins dead, apparently suffocated. The others were rescued just when they were on the pomt of suffocation. They are badly injured. A litter telerm from Sheffield states that the ruins caught fire, but, thanks to the prompt efforts of the police and the firemen, the flames were quickly subdued. Levick, the father, is blind. A later telegram Says Levick, who was removed from the rums in a critical condition, has since died at the hospital. The house, which collapsed without the faintest warning was a very old one.

A BURGLARïN A CHURCH. It is said of Brennan, the notorious Hibernian highwayman, that he always told his men, Rob, my boys, the rich and great, but spare the House of God." The modern London burglar spares neither. He fias not only broken into the St. Marylebone Parish Church and carried off all the sacred vessels, but, finding that the Communion wine was unfermented, be emptied it on the floor. In connection with sacrilege a curious fact has just come to light. Two of the stolen vessels originally belonged to the ancient little chapel at the top of High street. It is interesting to note that this is the only chapel in London that never possessed a christening font, the stolen bowl in ques- tion having been used for generations for baptising purposes. The vessels themselves are of little intrinsic value, but their worth lies in the fact that they have not only been associated with the whole of the christenings of the Portman family, but of a long string of historic characters, includ- ing Lord Byron.

THE SAVINGS OF A LIFETIME GIVEN TO A TRAMP. An extraordinary case of the loss of a lifetime's cavmga, has occulted at Milwr, near Holywell. A few days ago a tramp called at a cottage in that district, and in response to earnest solicita- tions the old man, who was the only occupant of the house at the time,( gave him a worn-out over- coat, which he had long ago cast aside. On his wife's return to the house she missed the coat, and in answer to her inquiries her husband told her that he-had given it away to a beggar at the door. It then transpired that the old woman had for years been hoarding up money, which she had hidden away iathe overcoat, and that it contained £82 when it waeEhauded to the tramp. Inquiries were at once oCtteme^oed to discover the man who had received the coat, but they have been un availing, and it is more than probable that the neighbourhood of Milwr will see him no more.

NEW MAGISTRATES FOR BARRY. It is reported that the name of Mr Alderman Meggitt, of Barry, has been submitted to the Lord Chancellor for appointment as magistrate for the district, and it is understood than an official announcement will be made in a short Ime.

THE SEXTON INCIDENT. The Parliamentary correspondent of the Westminster Gazette thus describes the exciting scenes in the House of Commons on Tuesday night, which culminated in the suspension of Mr Sexton:— And now there was nothing for it, in the fix at which Mr Mellor bad arrived, but to take a punitive step. In order to understand what followed it must be borne in mind that the almost Universal action on these occasions has been first to "name" the offending member, and then to suspend him. This was done to Mr Labouchere when he refused to believe Lord Salisbury. But now, for some reason or other, Mr Mellor took the almost unprecedented course-fully allowed, however, by the Standing Orders—of asking Mr Sexton to withdraw straightway. It unfortunately happened that Mr Mihnn. the Clerk at the Table, who is Mr Mellor's right-hand man, pointed this out to the chairman. The order irritated the Irishmen most bitterly. Mr Sexton, iu fact, refused to obey it, and at first it looked as if there would be a repetition in the_ House on a larger scale of thegreafc Bradlaugh incident. "You cannot use this power without de- ciding my Conduct; tt bo grossly disorderly.' Is it grossly disorderly ?' And, then, once more called on, he ^pealed to Ccesar. I claim that my conduct be submitted to the House I claim the judgment of the House And, at last, the magnificent calm—Mr Sexton's greatest power in the House—broke down, and with ring- ing cheers he made his protest: I have acted under a sense of duty. Am I to be expelled by a personal and autocratic use of power ?" At this the smouldering passions of tha Irish- men broke forth. Mr Healy headed off with the cry of It's all through Milman; it has never been done before; the Clerk is in the chair, not the Chairman." Once this idea seized them it swept them away with a wave of passion. "Am I to be made the victim of the malicious intrusion of a Clerk ?" cried Mr Sexton. I move that Mr Milman take the chair," cried another Irishman, and let the Chairman go Am I to swallow an insult to my country at the dictation of an English clerk ?" Babel burst forth, and a wave of inarticulate sounds came across the floor of the House. How this would have ended no man can say but at last Mr Gladstone rose to the rescue of the distracted House, and even the Tones welcomed him. With scathing words he emphasised the position taken up by Mr Balfour in the affair? but appealed to Mr Sexton to give way and withdraw in the cause of order. Mr Sexton, to his honour, at last gave way. "In deference to Mr Gladstone I shall withdraw," tie said, and as he walked out of the House the whole, body of the Irish and the Radicals rose to their feet and cheered him through the doors. It was more like an ovation than a retreat. But even then the incident was not over. For nearly ten minutes an indescribable din pre- vailed. The Chairman could be heard above the uproar mildly protesting that the incident was terminated, but this did not prevent member after member rising to points of order," personal explanations," and all other machinery of disorder. Mr Brodrick gave a tardy explana- tion, saving his honour but not his sense; and a variety of members, from Dr. Clark to Mr Evans, tried to heckle the Chair, but were shouted down by the House. Mr Johnson wanted to know whether Mr MacNeill could shout out to Mr Milman, "I'll drag him out of this," &c., &c. There was only one way of ending the business, and that was to put the amendment to a division. And then at last the crowded, turbulent assembly, now utterly out of hand, swept into the Lobbiea.and worked off their confusion in multifarious gossip.

SCENE AT A FUNERAL. An unusual scene (says a Bristol paper) occurred at a funeral at Whitchurch on Sunday. Two children died in the village on Sunday, the 2nd of July, and the pareuts in one case desired the funeral to be on Wednesday* while in the other instance Thursday was the day fixed. The vicar (the Rev. E. J. Franklin) intimated that he would bury both children on Wednesday evening, and itjs said that then a difficulty arose, only one grave having been dug for the two bodies. One funeral only therefore took place. It seems cus- tomary in the village for tbe clergyman to make arrangements for the gtata to be dug. One parent refused to have her cuild buried in the same grave as was used for the other, and eventu- ally selected another position. The vicar is said to have approved of the site, but declined to allow anyone to dig the grave without his permission. After he had left the churchyard, the grave was dug, the village gravedigger assisting in the work and on Friday morning notice was sent to the vicar that the funeral would take place on Sunday and be conducted by another minister. The undertaker, Mr Kingston, on Saturday evening at 9.30, re- ceived the following letter :— Sir,—I beg to inform you that I shall be at the grave ready to bury the child named in your notice of burial at 4 to-morrow, and I shall not permit any other service in the churchyard to-morrow.—Yours truly, E. J. FRANKLIN. Meanwhile the Rev. Geo. Jarman, of Knowle, had agreed to officiate, and Mr Kingston replied that he had given the vicar the legal 48 hours' notice that he intended to get another clergyman to bury the child, and then wrote, I trust you will not molest me in any way in carrying out what I am instructed to do. If you do it wilt.be at your risk. The parent of the *iohil?!> after the way in which you have treated ther, will not on any account allow you to bury her." This provoked a second letter from, the vicar, stating that he should not allow any other service than his own." Oa the Sunday afternoon the Rev. G. Jarman cenducted the first parb of the service in the Congregational Chapel, and when the procession •merged from tbe edifice and moved to the churchyard it was found that the vicar in his surplice was occupying the entrance to the ground. He declared that he would permit no one to conduct the burial but himself, and Mr jarman replied that proper notice had been given and- the churchyard was not the place to argue such a matter. They believed, he said, that they were perfectly within their rights in doing what they desired to do, but if they were wrong the vicar had his remedy in another place. Mr Franklin still held the gate/and speaking oiice more, asked for the production of the burial certi- ficate. Mr Jarman answered that it had been given to him, and that under no circumstances would he give it up. Then the vicar released his hold, and walked at a swif8 pace across the grass to tbe grave, at the same time beginning to recite the opening sentences of the Burial Service. The Rev. G. Jarman continued the service from the point he had already reached, and the vicar also went on reading, and finishing; first walked away.

PALMISTRY. A Lady Fined at Darlington. At the Darlington Police-court, on Monday, Mary Gaines, n lady well known in art and literary circles in Darlington, was charged that on the 24th June she unlawfully did use certain subtle mens-to wit, palmistry—to deceive and impose on certain ot her Majesty's subjects—to wit, one Elizabeth Stephens, and others." Mr Wilkes appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Jaynes for the defendant. Mr Wilkes stated that the defendant had in- serted advertisements in the local papers stating that Merline, the clever palmist, can be consulted at 2, Cleveland-terrace, Darlington. Wonderfully correct delineations. Vide Press." He called Elizabeth Stephens, wife of a police- constable, who stated that she went to the defen- dant's house on June 24th late in the evening, and said, "Do you tell fortunes?" The defendant said, No; I tell by the palm of the hand." She said her charge was 2s by word of mouth, and 6d more for writing down the delineation. The defendant said that daylight was best, but she lit the gas, examined the witness's hand, and said she would have a splendid legacy and three offers of marriage within 12 months. She would be very comfortable in her circumstances, and would not be mrrried until she was 40. She would marry a captain or engineer, some one who went with yachts, and she would have three children, two boys and one girl. The witness had been married ten years, and had five children. Mary Ann Dodds, the wife of another policeman stated that she had also paid 2s to defendant, who told her that she kept lodgers, which wasoorrecb. The defendant also said her hand was awfully unlucky, and that her husband would die, as he was rather unsteady, and that she would marry twice and have two children. Mr Jaynes then addressed the court, maintain- ing that the Vagrant case did not apply in this case, as it was intended to prevent vagabonds and gipsies imposing on the public. He held that palmistry was a science, and called two witnesses. Isabella Atkinson, of Sunderland, stated that she had practised palmistry for 35 years. She had given 5.000 or 6,000 delineations, and there had been no complaint of her being wrong. Dr. Carter, cf Hartlepool, homoeopathic surgeon, who was acquainted with palmistry, said that he had heard the defendant give correct delineations. The bench, alter consulting, re- turned into court, the mayor stating that the majority of the magistrates-had decided to convict. The fine would be 10s and costs, or in default one month's imprisonment.

JUDGE OWEN AND THE WEAR- ING OF RINGS. At the Newport County-court on Thursday, his Honour had before him a case in which a jeweller sued a workman to recover the cost of a keeper ring supplied to defendant's wife. The wife answered.—The plaintiff stated that he bad supplied the wife with a gold keeper ring, which, she stated, her husband was going to give her as a birthday present.—" What is your husband" queried the judge. Then," said his Honour, it is not necessary for a blacksmith's wife to wear rings." Turning to plaintiff, his Honour asked if he had ever seen the defendant.—"No," said the plaintiff.—" Well," said his Honour, I do not think that it is necessary for a workman's wife to wear jewellery, and rings are jewellery. I shall not give you judgment. Next time you supply rings get the consent of the husband first."

THROUGH TRAINS FROM BARRY TO CARDIFF. Date of Opening Decided. The date of opening the new service of through trains between Cardiff and Barry has been arranged for the 14th of August, but respecting the extension of the service to Cardiff Docks, it is understood this will not come into operation for twelve months at least, as the old line over which the Barry trains will run from the town station to the docks will have to be relaid and approved.

THE ACTION BY A FARMER'S DAUGHTER. PROCEEDINGS AGWNST A OADOXTON GENTLEMAN. JE350 Damages. At-the Cardiff Town-hall on Thursday, Mc E. B. Reece, Under Sheriff of Glamorganshire, sat with a jury, for the purpose of assessing damages in an action for breach of promise, judgment in which had been allowed to go by default. The plaintiff, Miss Charlotte Ball, daughter of a farmer at St. Andrew's, Dinas Powis, was represented by Mr Belcher, solicitor, of Cardiff. The defendant, Mr W. H. Spicketfe, a. gentleman described! as being of independent means, living at The Hatch, Cadox- ton, made no appearance, nor wa3 he legally represented.

Statement by the tinder-Sheriff. The jury Laving been etnpannelled, the learned Uuder-Sheriff read out the writ of enquiry, and afterwards addressing the jury said: This is an action for breach of promise of mar- riage brought by the plaintiff, Charlotte Ball against the defendant, W. H. Spickett. \V. H. Spickett did not defend the action, and thereby acknowledged the breach of promise, and it is now simply for you, after hearing the evidence the solicitor for the plaintiff will put before you, to assess the damages that are to be paid by d3fendant to plaintiff. You have no- thiug to do with considering whether there has been a breach of promise or not. That has been already admitted, and all you will have to do is to assess th endamages.

Address by Mr Belcher. Mr Belcher then addressing the jury, said In this action I appear on behalf of the plaintiff. The learned under-sheriff has somewhat cur- tailed what it will be my duty to put before yon, namely, an explanation of the nature of this inquiry. I should like to emphasise what he has said, as it will considerably simplify matters. You are not here to try whethor a promise bas been made, or a breach has beem made, for both these facts are admitted by defendant, and have been admitted throughout. These proceeding have been running for some considerable time, but throughout the defendant has not thought fit to appear in any shape or form. He has not only treated the plaintiff with considerable contempt and cruelty, but he has treated this court in a similar fashion. You will have no difficulty whatever in arriving at what you believe a right and proper conclusion, for the facts are so obviously clear and simple. It was a very sad and plain matter-of-fact story. There is very little romance about it or anything to amuse, but when you have heard me, and when you have heard that respectable young woman (indicating the plaintiff), you will see that the conduct of the defendant in this action has been most base, cowardly, and unmanly—such conduct that calls at your hands for exemplary damages. It is necessary, in order that you may arrive at a proper conclusion as to damages, that I should shortly state to you the nature of this case. The plaintiff is a single woman, 25 years of age, and resides with her brother, a respectable farmer at St. Andrew's. Thedefendant is Wm. Henry Spickett, about 32 years of age. He resides at a place called "The Hatch," at Cadoxton, and I believe I shall be able to satisfy you that he is a gentlemau of independent means, a gentleman of substance, from whom we hope at your hands to obtain substantial redress. About three years ago—shortly before three years ago— the plaintiff, Miss Ball, hved with her brother at Cadoxt-on. Her brother carried on a milk shop and dairy, and she assisted him in the business. Through that means she became acquainted with the defendant, Spickett, who was in the habit of going to the shop. Shortly after that she went to reside at her present address, namely, St. Andrew's, in order to keep house for her brother, and and she resides there at the present time. After the plaintiff got to St. Andrew's, the defendant used to go over and visit her frequently, with the result that they became engaged. He subsequently paid his addresses to her regularly. The engagement lasted from the month of May, 1890, down to December, 1891, when it was broken by defendant, under circum- stances I shall afterwards mention to you. In the month of April, 1891, something occurred in which I wish to lay considerable stress, as it will emphasise the defendant's conduct, and require exemplary damages at your hands, the defendant having gained the affection of this highly respectable young woman, in the month of April, 1891, under the solemn and distinct pro- mise of marriage, and, I am sorry to tell you, gentlemen, succeeded in seducing her. The result of that seduction was that a child was born. Of course, you are not to inquire into that, but you are to inquire into any aggravation of defen- dant's conduct, and under this promise of marriage he succeedod in doing this young woman the foulest wrong any man can do to a woman. This becomes a matter of great materiality at your hands. This illicit itrtertourse commenced in April, 1891, and the connection continued under the same circum- stances until December, 1891, when I shall show you the engagement was broken by defendant in a most cruel and heartless manner. Upon the 11th of December, 1891, a little coolness had sprung up on the part of the defendant. The plaintiff, knowing of her condition, of course took it very much to hearb and sent for the defendant to ask bun what he meant. In response, defendant came to see her, and it was there and then arranged that they should geb^married, plaintiff having told him of ber condition, and he being willing to save her frpm the degradation she was expecting. There could be no mistake about that promise or about the defendant's con- duct, because on that occasion, as I shall prove to you, he gave the plaintiff the sum of £4 to come iuto Cardiff and procure a licence for marriage, which was arranged to take place on the 16th of December. She was expecting her confinement in the following April, so that an early marriage was obviously necessary. This considerably relieved my client's feelings, and she came into Cardiff with a glad heart, purchased the wedding-ring, and transacted the necessary formalities in order to procure the licence for the marriage. But upon that very evening, when she got back home, she received a letter—a letter full of cruelty and full of signifi- cance, inasmuch as, whilst admitting the relation- ship, the promise, and everything which had taken place between them, it cruelly casts her off for nothing more or less in the world than merce- nary and pecuniary reasons. I have no other letters to read to you, as the parties lived close together, and no letters passed between them, except this letter, which I will prove is in the defendant's handwriting. It is dated Cadoxton, December 13th, the envelope in which it came bearing tbe date, Barry Dock Post- office, December 13th, 1891." This is the letter Dear Charlotte,—My brother saw me and Jack on Saturday, and he came home and told mother, and she said if I did marry you I shall be turned out without a fraction. I wish you had not written that letter, then she would have known nothing about it. So I cannot many you now, as I am in this position. He says he will moon find out. They are like two dogs at me all the time. 1 do not know what to do with myself. Dear Charlotte, it is impossible for me to fulfil my promise to you as arranged, because she is determined to do it, and he will shove it all on me. He can make her do anything. I was happy on Friday night after we settled, but now I am as bad off as ever. It is not my fault, but I cannot stand to see him having the lot, as it will bring ns more trouble in future; but, perhaps, the time won't be long before I shall be abie to do as I like.—Your loving sweetheart, W. H. SPICKETT. Mr Belcher, continuing, said: It seems that the defendant was expecting certain property from his mother. He was in mortal terror of his mother and brother, and throughout his engage- ment he seems to have been afraid that if he married this girl contrary to his mother's wish he would render himself liable to some pecuniary forfeiture. The letter is perfectly obvious. The defendant, referring to his brother, says he cannot stand to see him having the lot, so that having promised this girl marriage, having seduced her, yet for pecuniary reasons th s .man throws her over. Now, gentlemen, from the date of the letter down to the date of this inquiry, the defendant has made no other sort of excuse for his conduct. But, gentlemen, if he had this excuse for his conduct, I shall be able to show you that in about a month after this letter, namely, in June, 1892, .the defendant's mother died, so that if there had been any ob- stacle, that obstacle was removed before the girl was confined, when defendant might have fulfilled bis promise. Continuing, he said the inquiry was of a serious nature, because they had to assess the damages in respect of a most grievous wrong committed upon the girl. They would first have to award her any particular damages she had suffered, namely, any expenses had been put to in preparation for her marriage, and matters of that kind, and which amounted to about j630. In ordinary breach of promise cases juries were asked to take into consideration the pain and suffering the plaintiff had endured, and in this case he asked them to take that pain and suffering doubly into consideration, and couple with it the girl's seduotion, which rendered her position so much more awful. He cited several cases and the opinions of learned judges on the merits of such cases, and in conclusion emphasised thecruelty and contempt of defendant, the contempt with which he bad regarded the legal proceedings, his negleot to offer any apology for his conduct, and that moreover as the chiJd was still living, and the girl not only had to bear her social shame, but also in a material manner the consequences of her degradation, and he therefore asked the jury to afford exemplary damages.

Plaintiff in the Witness-box. Charlotte Ball, the plaintiff, said that she was 25 years of age. She first became acquainted with defendant about four or five years ago. She was then living with her brother at Cadoxton, and defendant was a friend of her brother, and used to call at the shop. She afterwards went to keep house for her brother at St. Andrew's. This was three years ago, and defendant Used to call there frequently about three times a week. He first made a proposal of marriage to her 011 the 22nd of May, 1890. She accepted him. The engagement lasted until December, 1891, about 18 months. During the whole of that time they were engaged lovers. In April, 1891, he seduced her under the promise of marriage. Illicit intercourse continued from April, 1893, to the following December under the same conditions. On the 3rd of April, 1892, she was delivered of a male child. She did not affiliate the child, as her parents objected to it. About the middle of December the defendant came to see her. Before that she knew that she was pregnant. She had repeatedly told him of her condition. He had also repeatedly promised to marry her. On the Uth of. Decern ber.she again told him of bar condi- rr?n' an £ her to.go away to be confined. They then arranged to get married, and I he asked her to go the next day and get the marriage liconce. He gave her £4 to buy the licence and wedding ring. She went to Cardiff on the following Monday, and went to the Registrar s office, got the licence, and bought the ring. The licence produced was the one she had from the Registrar. When she reached home that evening she found the letter (read by Mr Belcher) waiting for her. It. was in the handwriting of defendant. The defendant by writing the words "having the lot" which appeared in the letter referred to the property. Defendant had told her that he would have enough means to keep her happy when they were married. During the time he was courting her he lived independent. When his mother died in February she was pregnant, and she went to see defendant. The latter was very cool towards her, saying that he had trouble enough of his own and declined to carry out his promise. She had had no communication from him save the letter referred to. In preparing for the wedding she had spent about £25 in linen and clothes. The cbiid was still living and she was paying for its maintenance. Defendant's conduce had caused her considerable trouble and pain.

Summing Up. The learned Under-Sheriff, in summing up the case, pointed out that it was for the jury to consider whether in addition to the breach of promise, there were other circumstances that would induce them to give more than ordinary damages. They would consider whether the girl had been especially cruelly treated, and assess the damages accordingly. With regard to the circum- stances of the defendant, they had no actual knowledge of what his means were, but they had heard that at the time he was courting the plaintiff he was living in an independent manner, and by the letter read they would gather that he was in expectation of having money left him after his mother's death. The only reason he had given for not carrying out his promise was that he was afraid if he did so his mother wonld leave the money away from him. It appeared that the mother died shortly after the time the letter was written, and they could assume that the defendant was then in a position to fulfil his promise if he wished, and that he was in possession of the property he expected. What that property amounted to he could not tell, but the defendant appeared to be Jiving in an independent manner without following any business or occupation. The jury, after a lengthened consideration, assessed the damages at £350. Mr Belcher: Of course it is unnecessary for me to ask for costs. The Under Sheriff: Costs follow as a matter of course. The plaintiff seemed deeply affected throughout the proceedings, and her general app?arance and manner of giving her evidence elicted the full sympathy of the court.

SEAMEN'S ADVANCE NOTES. Under the auspices of the Cardiff branch of the National Amalgamated Union of Boarding-house Masters and Tradespeople, a public meeting was held on Wednesday evening, in the Pavilion Hotel, Cardiff, under the presidency of Mr Walter James.—The General Secretary (Mr W. Graffunder) read a communication from the Cardiff Shipowners' Association bearing upon the advance note question, from which it appeared that the shipowners did not see any necessity ot altering the present system of paying seamen's advance notes, and they considered it was a personal transaction between the boarding-house masters and the seamen themselves. Mr Graf- funder explained that the question was of vital importance to all legitimate boarding-house keepers and note discounters, because it had recently been decided at the Court of Queen's Bench by Mr Justice Kennedy and Baron Pollock that advance notes, as at present issued, were neither legal nor negotiable documents. There- fore, the Merchant Shipping Act, as at present constituted, would compel the tradespeople to give the value of £3 for a £3 note, while there was no legal remedy to recover the money if the seaman stopped payment or the broker thought proper to refuse the sum. On the other hand, they had section 236 of the Merchant Shipping Act, wbich enabled the magistrates to send a man to prison for withholding even a small portion of what may be due to him out of the advance note. This was recently iiiustiated at the Car- diff Police court. It had beeu repre- sented to the boarding masters by the President of the Board of Trade that it rest with themselves to illustrate the injustice and one-sidedness of the law to the public in sueh a manner as to cause Parliament to rectify their grievances.—It was therefore proposed by Mr Mitchell and seconded by Mr Macbiavello That we notify all owners and brokers, and also the responsible officials of the Board of Trade, that after August 1st we shaH refuse to accept notea in payment for food and necessaries supplied to our boarders, and that we shall insist upon cash payments at the Pier Head until such time that Parliament will grant us a legal negotiable note. This was carried unanimously, and it was also agreed that the secretary should communicate with other Bristol Channel ports and induce them to work in harmony with the Cardiff people with reference to the system of cash payment.—Later on. » deputation, consisting of Messrs James, Nash, Graffunder, Biddell, and Sainbrook, was appointed to wait upon the local superintendent of the Bo^rd of Trade with reference -to fcb* matter.

CLAIM BY THE BANK OF WALES AT .NEWPORT. The hearing of the remitted action, National Bank of Wales v. Dr. Clark, whioh was partly f;one through at Newport County-court at the ast sitting was continued at Thursday's sitting —before his Honour Judge Owen. The claim was for £83 16s, being balance of moneys lent, bank charges and interest, which was claimed to be due from the defendant, Dr. "Clarice, now of Usk, formerly of Newport. Defendant counter-claimed for £22 8:3 lOd. Mr LI. Phillips, solicitor, in answer to his Honour, stated that the efforts to trace the bank notes spoken to by the defendant had been uusuccessful. His Honour said that the case was a serious one, if what the defence had submitted was true, a man who was dead, stole the money and put it in his own pocket, and the present manager of the bank had stated what was untrue. The case was than allowed to stand over. Afterwards, Mr LI. Phillips stated that the di rendant had consented to judgment being entered .or plaintiffs, and had withdrawn the counter-claim.—His Honour, in giving judgment for the plaintiffs, with costs, said that he was very sorry that the case had ever been brought into court, and added that the character of a dead man had been attacked; but there was not a tittle of evidence to show that the dead manager had stolen £100. He must say that he believed the evidence of Mr Willey, the present manager.

THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Spectator gleans from the last report of the Council of the Zoological Society some curious and interesting details of the maintenauee of the menagerie of 2,413 birds, beasts, and reptiles of all kinds and sizes at the Zoo." The year's cost for provisions consumed in the Gardens is a little uuder £ 4,000—105 loads of clover, 153 loads of meadow hay, 130 quarters of oats, and 340 quar- ters of bran may be put down roughly as the quantity of vegetable food required for the large antelopes, elephants, zebras, and wild sheep. Bread and milk are almost as safe a diet for most animals as for human beings, and 5,000 quarterns of bread and 6,000 quarts of milk represent the quantity of this whole- some food consumed at the Zoo. Most of the insect-eating birds, many monkeys, and cer- tain snakes and lizards are egg-eaters and 19,000 probably account for twice that number of breakfasts supplied to the smaller occupants of the houses. The total of carcases eaten by all the lions, tigers, bears, hyenas, wolves, leopards, and other large carnivora in the gardens during the year amounts to 230 horses and 152 goats. The fishmonger's bill is a heavy one, when not only seals, otters, and sea. lions, which will eat nothing else, but also numbers of piscivorous birds, and even the polar bearsr have to be provided with fresh flounders, whiting, and congereels daily— 36.0001b of whiting, 10,0001b of rough fish," 630 quarts of shrimps, and 2,0001b of flounders were consumed by the seals and other aquatic crea- tures. The live gudgeons, whose pursuit and capture form the daily excitement of the penguins in their glass-fronted tank, do not appear in the list of food provided, any more than the army of mice and rats, and dozens of live frogs, which frolic behind the scenes in the snakehouse. Unhonoured n their lives, their deaths are unrecorded, or' figure darkly among miscellaneous expenses.' The fact is that the rearing of tame fnice and rats, and the capture and purveyance of live frogs, is an interesting and unexplored side-industry of London life. Fruit is almost as necessary as fish at all seasons in the Gardens, and no visitor can have failed to notice the daintily arranged dessert of sliced bananas, grapes, dates, and apples which- is served up to the rarer monkeys and fruit-eating birds. Thirteen thousand oranges, 2,000lb of grapes, 1,2001b of dates, and 2001b of raisins and currants represent the fruiterer's bill the greengrocer comes last, with 2,641 bunches of tares, 4,500 bunches of greens, and 2,600 bunches of cress. Cherries, onions, melons, marrows, bananas, and figs vary the bill of fare, which we may close with the solid item of 139 cwt. of carrots and nearly"two tons of ground nuts.

A BARRY DOCK ROW. Charge against the Police. At Barry Dock Police-court yesterday—before Mr V. Trayes. Col. Guthrie, and Dr. Neale— John Cuaningham, a coal-trimmer, Casfcleland- street, was charged with being drunk and dis- orderly in the street named on t the 18th inst. Constable Matthews observed him fighting with another man, and giving vent to filthy language. Inspector Rees, hearing shouts of Murder!" from defendant, went outside the police-station to see what was amiss, and found Cunningham like a raving madmanincustodyofMatthews.—Defen- dant (to Inspector Rees): I asked you to fetch me a doctor, or let me out to seo one, as my arm was broken.—Inspector Rees I did not know your arm was broken. You handled your money, and you were going to hit Hammond jth the same hand. —Defendant was then charged wlth^RSBAulting John Hammond, a stableman, and also with breaking furniture, valued at £310:3. The assault was admitted.—Hammond was after- wards charged with breaking Cunningham's arm with a stick on the same night.—Tha- Bench dis- missed both oases.

LORD BRASSEY AT CARDIFF, Arrival of the Sunbeam. Lord Brassey, president of the Insliluio Jvaval Architects, who are now holding tW summer meetings in Cardiff, arrived in that to by his yacht Sunbeam, early on Wednesday, blI lordship being in ample time to take the chair the opening of that day's sitting of the InsW* tution in the Nisi Prius Court rooØlo He apologist d for his enforced absence •n Tuesday, and afterwards briefly addressed tbj meeting, as reported in another column. It been arranged that Lord Brassey, as president should open the conference on Tuesday mornioft but he was prevented getting to Cardiff in tl through stress of weather. The Sunbeam, haviflf on board Lord and Lady Brassey and a sma party offriends, left Cowes forCardiffonSaturd*? afternoon at half-past one o'clock, but had w pub into Brixhan. (Torbay) on SundsJ morning owing to strong contrary winds, and tbl weather and sea were so rough that the par" decided to abandon tbe voyage, t.ord Brassff arranging to come on to South Wales by railway- By Monday morning the wind and sea had 10 moderated, however, that Lord Brassey at t last moment changed his arrangements and aga set sail in his yacht, which left Brixham at sff o'clock n. m. From that point he expert. enced fine weather and a pleasant voyage the yacht arriving in the West Dock, Cardiff, at o'clock on VY ediiftouay. Lady Brassey and Wi other members of the party did not come furtbeC than Torquay. Naturally, a yacht so famous as the SunbeaØI is, excited some curiosity amongst the se8" faring community, and indeed amongst general public of Cardiff. As she laJ at her moorings in the West Docfc- her graceful lines and trim rig were critically appreciatively scanned by hundreds of peop during the day and the captain told one of oat reporters that the public interest in her has bef so general and keeu, and the desire of the to see through her so strong, that it had bee* decided to throw her open for public inspection* Accordingly people were admitted between the hours of one and five, a charge of 2d each beiat made, in aid of the funds of the Seamen's Insti- tute, of which Captain Pomeroy is a prominent officer. There was a large number of visitors. The yacht will be again open to visitors to-day, and should she still be in port on Friday it is probable that those who wish to see her then may have the opportunity of doing so. Although no orders have been received by the captain as to when the Sunbeam will leave the port, it is likely she will not sail before Friday.

MESSRS CRAWSHAY'S WATEIJ RIGHTS-I From a report furnished by officials of the Merthyr Board of Health to tbe special meeting of that body on Tuesday, it appears there are improved prospects of a settlement with Messrs Crawshay Bros. of the dispute abuut water rights. Alderman James reported upon the negotiations which have been pending for a long time pasft and the draft of a proposed agreement was adopted. The settlement of this great dispute, which hot lasted for years, and threatened to assume gigantic proportions if fought out in court, will be hailed as a desirable relief throughout the Merthyr district. The negotiations on tbe pad of the board of health have engaged the most watchful attention on the part of the clerk. as the board's legal adviser, and the committee which has been con- stantly sitting in reference to the matter. The documents which accumulated would have required a special conveyance and if the case had been threshed out in court it would probably have proved to be one of tbe biggest on record. and would, it is believed, have lasted a month* Our Merthyr reporter adds that the settlement i« arrived at as between Messrs Crawshay Brothers, Cyfarthfa, Limited, on the first part, the Glamor" gan Canal Company on the second part, Plymouth Company on the third part, and the Merthyr Board of Health on the fourth part. The litigation was, however, between Messrs Crawshay and the board, but the latter would not enter into an agreement unless all these parties were included. By this agreement the Noyadd Reservoir, or some other in substitution for the reservoir, is to be repaired or constructed before the 31st December, 1897. The present site of the Noyadd Reservoir is to be considered as the base of the upper watershed. The whole of this upper water shed the board are to have absolute control of for the purpose ofilD. pounding by means of any number of reservoirs they may think necessary, subject to the stipula- tion that when the reservoir contains 80,000,000 gallons, 600,000 gallons per day shall be dis- charged mto the stream, and be allowed to now towards Pentwyn. When the reservoir contain* more than 80,000,0011, aud not more than 100,000,000 gallons, the discharge of compensation water is to be 700,000 gallons. When the storage is more than 100,000,000 gallons, and lesa than 120,000,000 gallons, the discharge is to he 800,000 gallons. If the storage be more than 120,000.000 gallons, and not more than 140,000,000 gallons, the discharge is to be 900,000 gallons and if the reservoir contains 140,000,000 gallons, then the disobarge is to bo 1,000,000 gallons. Until the. reconstruction of Noyadd Reservoir, or the construction of a fresh reservoir, the board are to have power to inters cept, by their existing Noyadd Reservoir their service pipes therefrom, such water as they require for their district. The action commenced by Messrs Crawshay Brothers against the board will be discontinued, and each party will pay their own costs.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE AT CARDIFF » On Tuesday evening, aboct i?* hody of a man named David 1: aged 46, » shop-assistant in the employ ot T.-JWAS Arkell Bros., outfitters, Bute Docks, Cardiff, was found hanging by a rope, the other end of which was attached to a beam supporting the roof of his bedroom. He was last seen alive about 11 o'clock in the morning, when there was nothing in his appearance or conduct to suggest that he was meditating suicide. Yet when found he was quite dead, life having apparently been extinct for some hours. A youth named Joseph Kitchen was the first to make the discovery, he having gone up to the deceased's. bedroom in search of him- From the position ot the body it was evident that deceased had been most determined in his effort to commit suicide, as his knees were actually touching the ground, whilst his eyes were fixed on a looking-glas* opposite. Acting-Serjeant Reed, of the borough police force, was called in about five minutes afteC the discovery, and by his instructions tbe body was at once conveyed to the mortuary. Mr E. B. Reece, the district coroner, held aO inquiry at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Thursdajf evening, touching the death of David Lewis (461' a shop assistant employed by Messrs Arkeu Brps., outfittersJ of Bute Docks, Cardiff, wb6 was found dead in his bedroom on the previous evening. Mrs Davis, of Aberdare, identified thf body as that of her brother.—The evidence cti Douglas Chessman, an employe of Messrlf Arkell, was to the effect that the deceased had been a heavy drinker, and subject to fits of depression when not in drink.—Charles Baker, employed as a clerk by Messrs Arkell, stated that they missed Lewis about 10.30, and as be did not come to dinner or tea witness sent to his bedroom, where Lewis was found hanging by rope attached to a nail in the beam.—Joseph Kitchen gave evidence as to finding the body; and Acting-Sergeant Reed said the deceased's feet were resting on the floor, the knees almost touching as welt-The jury returned a verdict of Suicide during a fit of temporary insanity*"

AN AFFECTlNfi SCENE AT A FUNERAL An affecting scene was witnessed at Peterhead on Monday afternoon at the funeral of a High- land girl named Jessie Campbell, 17 years of age, from Tolisty, Back, Stornoway. The girl caught cold on the voyage from Stornoway, and inflam- mation threatening development into fever, she was removed to the hospital, where she died on Saturday. The Rev. Walter Ross, Free Church delegate at Peterhead during the fishing, con' ducted Gaelic services on the green m front' of the hospital, surrounded by those who were to attend the funeral, about SO Highland fisher girls. Owing to the hysterical clinging of two sisters of the deceased to the closed coffin it" was with difficulty that the undertakers could get ib removed. The hearse containing the coffin was followed by all the girls and two brothers of the deceased, who were fishing at Peterhead, these latter being the only males present. At the grave side, where another Gaelic service was con- ducted, the girls so clung to the coffin that inter- ment was impossible. Mr Ross advised them to withdraw outside the gate, which they ulti. mately did on his undertaking to see the last sod revreentJy laid on the grave.

A DAINTY REPAST. A Chinese mandarin has forwarded to the Asiatic Quarterly" the menu of a banquet given at Peking to the foreign Diplomatists, the menu of which follows First came four classic disbes- namely, swallow nests with pigeon eggs, shark fins with crabs, dogfish with wild duck, duck and cauliflower; then succeed delicacies served in cups placed before each guest; swallow nests, shark fins, plain morils, vegetables, mushrooms with duck feet, fried partridge, pigeon in slices then there appeared four middle dishes, namely. ham in honey, a pure of peas. vegetables, and dogfish four side dishes haricot cheese with bamboo buds (a kind of asparagus), roots of bam- boo, chicken, shelltish; four hore d'eeuvres in duplicate; ham and chicken, fish and gizzard, pork tripe, and vermicelli, duck and pork cutlets. Each guest had also placed before him plates of almonds, pistachio paste, pears aud oranges. Finally, the foliowing were the roast and boiled meats Sucking pig, roast duck, boiled chicken, boiled pork. There was a profusion of European and Chinese wines. No opium was smoked for official China is not yet reconciled to the drug which it owes to the East India Company.

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