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MORE LIGHT WANTED. Cardiff Gas Company to be Reminded of Their Agreement. A meeting of the Cardiff Lighting and Elec- m ittee was held this morning- at the Town-hall, under the presidency of the mayor (Councillor W. E. Vaughan).-The Lighting- inspector presented his 3»port, which brought fprward the defective lighting at a number of the principal Cardiff sheets, namely. Cow- bridge-road, Queen-street, Newport-road, and the Hayes.—A warm discussion took place on the subject.—Alderman Jacobs pointed out that it wa.s a very strange thing that such a state of affairs had continued it had been brought up before the committee many times previously, and no remedy was forthcoming. nO The Lighting- inspector stated that the matter had been several .times brought before the notice of the gas company, but nothing bene- ficial had resulted in all there were 340 street lamps that gave deficient light.It was ultimately resolved that the gas company be communicated with 011 the subject, and that the sub-committee consider their position with re- gard to the agreement of the gas company in the matter.

ENGLISH CRICKETERS. Blackham; the Austratiart,. Gives his Opinions. In the course of an interview on the rela- tive merits of English cricketers, Blackham said "1 can't say whom I regard as the best batsman in England, the top lot are so close together. Gunn and Shrewsbury are two very fine bats, Stoddart is brilliant, and Jackson, I think, is as good as any of them. Some of his off strokes are magiiificeiit, and his driving and cutting are as good as any- thing I have seen. But Grace is is good as any of them yet—he always scores against us. The best bowler? I think Johnnie Briggs is the best—either he or Peel—on all wickets. Of course, on a fiery wicket Richardson or Lockwood would come off, but I place the two I have named first. Mold, I think, is a better bowler than either of the Surrey pair, and Hirst is a very good one. The best ail- round man? That's a difficult question. Grace was the best we ever knew, but think Briggs, Peel, and Jackson are about the beat to-day. They all bowl and bat and field well. Stoddart is also amongst them. The best grounds I have ever played on have been the Sydney grounds and the Old Traf- ford." Blackham's opinion on the subject of unfair delivery, too, will be of interest. "Wo went through that same outcry as to unfair delivery as you have here about Richardson and I ockwood—but I may say that I be!:< v«< them to be scrupulously fair. -v-

TO-DAY'S MARKETS. » CORN. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—A moderate consump- tive trade has been passing in wheat at occa- sions. if id under Friday's figure. Californian, 5s in,. to 5s lid; Kansas, 5s 7d to 5s 71d per- cental. Maize moved slowly at 4s 2d for mixed American, showing a decline of I-, d from last market day's values. Flour taken in retail at late rates. Beans and peas unchanged. CATTLE. SALFORD, Tuesday.—The supply all round is slightly larger than last week, with a fair trade doing in the best class, but other sorts only moved slowly, with a downward tendency in prices. Quotations :-Cattle. 5d to 6 £ d snoop, bd to nd .•calves, 5rt to 61d per lb. FISH. GRiMSBY, Tuesday.—A poor supply of fish was brought in this morning by about sixteen smacks and nine steamers. There was a good demand, The quotations were :— Soles, Is 7d to Is lOd: turbot, lid to Is 2d; brills, j 8d to lOd per lb plaice, 3s 6d to 5s 6d lemons. 5s to 6s 6d live halibut, 6s to 7s ditto dead, 4s. to 5s 6d per stone live cod, 2s 6,1 to 5s ditto dead, Is 3d to 28 t-ach kit haddocks, 135 per box fresh beri Is 3d to 21j Id suit, 7d to Is 2.1 per 100. BUTTER. j CORK, Tuesday. — Ordinary Firsts, 105ft 'I Seconds, 99s Thirds, 93s Fourths. 73. Mild Cured Firkins Si'per fine. 114s Fine, 203s MiJd, 99s. Oools: Fine. 105s. In market: 733 firkins and 343 miht SUGAR. GLASGOW. Tnef>>lay. — The official report gays —There was a steady demand for fines at firm prices mediums steady yellows slow a.n< unchanged. The private report says :—The markec continues «t«*4y and a fair business -«ar done. METALS. GLASGOW, Tuesday. — Opening Scotch steady; a email business was done ai. 42s 7u and 42c 8d cash, and 42s lOd and 42s ]0-d month closing, buyers, 42s 8d casl»,a.j;ti42s 10f><* j month; sellers, |d more. Cleveland steady a small business was done at 35s 3*cl and j 35s 4d cash, and 36s "inofttn closing-, i buyers, 35s 4d cash, and >5s 6u month j sellers. 35s 4Jd otth. and 36s 7d month, Cumberland idle and nr *•.»»• ?sg«4. StiddleE- borough idle and mwhsa-.jrtjd. j

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WANTED JUSTICE., Lively Doings at Happy Hampton. FROM GAY TO GRAVE. 1 At the Sunbury Petty Sessions OIl Monday (before Mr. A. Mitchinson, General Sir Selby Smythe. K.C.B., and other magistrates) three respectaably-dressed young men. named Richard Ackford, of Cambridge-road, Norbiton William George Davey, of Wood-street, Hampton and Charles Adams, of Canbury Park-road, Kingston, were charged with bcinL concerned together in stealing a purse containing zE4 5s. and a pair of garden scissors, the property of Florence Humphrey, of St. John's-terrace, Hampton Wick. Mr. Lay, solicitor, appeared for the prisoners Prosecutrix, a tall, young lady, stated tha' heruarae was Florence Humphrey, but Mr. Lay interupting, said he wished to know her prope: name. She thereupon stated that her real nam' was Florence Clifford. On the previous Thurs day the prisoner Adams went to her protector' house, about 11.30 a.m., to look at a carpenter' bench, some garden tools, and an organetfc which Mr. Humphrey wished to sell. Adam" remained until Davey and Hackford arrived, at about 2.30. The three men inspected the articles, and Davey agreed to purchase them, at the same time paying her their price—four guineas. L>elig-hi«d with the transaction, she said. "It is really very good of you all; will you have a little ot my steak: pudding 2" (Loud laughter.) The Chairman: Never mind the' steak pud« „ ding. What happened next P ? Prosecutrix said sbe then went down into the kitchen, where she found Adams in the cup board. "There is no necessity to hide, Charlie,' she said What are you hiding for ?'" At thit Adams left the cupboard, and as she stood b) the kitchen table he went up to her, placed hie arm round her waist, and pleaded, Don't b< cross. Florence." "I am not cross," she re- torted. Ie,m very pleased with what you han done for me, and I will repay you for it.' Directly afterwards she felt in her dress pocl.el for a purse containing the money which Davej had given her, and was unable to find it. The Clerk; Was it placed in the pocket? V Witness Yes, I am certain it was, because l'f hesitated on the stairs as to what 1 should pay f him for his kindness. « The Chairman What did you, then, when yoi^ misseu your money P i Prosecutrix I said. Well, where's my money P" I went upstairs and said to the three men, I have lost my money, and neither of yot three men will go out of my house until I fin" it." Davey said to her, Go and get anotbe^ bottle of wine," but she refused to leave thfc dining-room until she had received justice. As the money was not forthcoming^ she sent for a constable, and the? men were removed to Teddington Police- station, accompanied by herself and her cousin. As she did not wish to charge the men with theft unless they were guilty of it she returned to the house and searched for the purse and money, but was unable to discover it. She then went back to the police-station and charged the men with the theft. She added that on the way to the station Davey dropped the garden scissors which the men were accused of having stolen. She told the officer in charge of the station that she did not wish to press the charge until Mr. Lay (interrupting): What ? Prosecutrix I am not speaking to you. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Lay then proceeded to cross-exauiine the witness, who accompanied her answers to questions by flourishing nud oyening and shnliting the scissors. Mr. Lay Isjp' Florence Clifford your real name ? — Witness I* suppose so. Have you ever been under the na.me of Mrs. Clutton r—No. You know Adams r—Yes, and his mother, too. She is a very respectable woman. Is he any friend of yours P—Certainly not. Now. after these men had been in your house five minutes diti you not borrow 3d. from iJaveyl —Ah, you are wrong-. I borrowed 9d. (Laughter.) Because you had not any money ?—Wha.t < that to do with you ? (Renewed laughter.) Is it true that he advanced you 2s 6d. to gei drinks i'—l don't know that. He ga.ve me half- f a.-crown for drinks, and he wanted to stupefy me. but I was too artful for him. Did it produce mineral waters and whisky ?— Yes. and he drank most of it. I took very good ca-re of that.' I had my eye on business. (Laughter.) The Chairman: And we have business to transact here. An" '1\ er the questions concisely. Mr. Lay Did Davey buy the tools of you? i Winness: 1 suppose so, or I should not be here. And the organ as well ?-Oh, that was a bor of tricks. (Laughter.) Was Ackford sent out to get some money r- Yes. And while he was away were you not in a roon with Davey ?-I was. (Laughter.) And Adams was in the kitchen with you. cousin Amy?—Yes. (Renewed laughter.) Did you not drink beer and whisky ?—I shoul think not, indeed! (Loud laughter.) When you found Amy and Adams in the kit chen did you commence using bad language F- Certainly not. » Did you object to Adams putting his aru round your waist ?—Certainly I did. (Laugh ter.) That was because Amy was preseutP—No, r was not. Do you suggest that when Adams put his arrti round your waist he took your purse ? How can I possibly say that. I don t know who took tna 'y money, but one of them did. Are not the goods at the house now F-yes. And you want the goods and the money? I want justice, but I don't want a. man like you. (Loud laughter.) Marie Amy St. Clair, of Hurst-road. li<ast Molesey. a very prepossessing- young lady, who said she was cousin of the prosecutrix, was then called. She stated that she was in the house during the whole of the time that the prifcOnexS were present, but she never saw any money pass. In cross-examination she said she ha j some of j the drinks that were bought, with the half-crown. She was in the kitchen some time with A dams. Florence was in the parlour with Parey, whilst Ashford sat in the roading-room. Mr. Lay Was Ashfoj-d by himself ?—Yes. (Laughter.) You bewail the steak-pie with ii-damsl'—-es (Renewed iaughter.) Did you see Adams put his arm round th: waist of Florence. (Laughter.)—Why should b do that ? She called him Charlie, I suppose: -lei (Laughter.) j? You did not: see any money pass, anc. you a; ? had a jolly good afternoon, eh ? <.Lou> laughter.) ? Rosa Mary Scott, a sM fivnt at the bouse c. prosecutrix, said that the previous Ihursda/ was her day out. and upon her arrival in fno evening- she heard of the loss of her vox stress 3 purse. The next morning she found the oieta.ln« portions of :t parse in the asLcs oi the grate., bid no money. Mr. Lay Has Adams often been in the j h«juse ? Witness •. No I was present when they nai j the steak pic. y0u left them rather comfortable P — a es. (Ls.n.g-hter.) I Police-constable Mange* stated that at7.3Qoa the previous Thursday evening he was at the I Teddington Police-station when the prisoners i were brought ilil by another constable, i^avey was under the influence of driafc, and he searched him, finding X4 3s. 9d. in his pockets. Dsvey said he was perfectly innocMit of the charjjti The other prisoners also protested that (hey wek« j innocent. Mr. Lay submitted that there- was no case foj hint to h'jniifi-r. Ultimately the three accused pergou: ere dis charged.

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WILL NOT GO BACK. A Maid Elopes with a Married Man. PARENTS POWERLESS. Further particulars are to hand respecting- the strange elopement from a hamlet near Derby. It appears the maiden, who is just over eighteen years of age, is the daughter of the landlord of the Drury-Lowe Arms Hotel at Denby. She is possessed of good looks, and is stylish in dress. On Monday, the 4th inst., she attended a cricket match on the Denby ground, where her father caters for the refreshments. The man who is supposed to have induced her to elope was a member of the Denby Club, and took part in the game. When the match terminated the young woman went home, gave up the money she had taken, and then suddenly disappeared. The pair were traced to Liverpool, thence to Qnoenstown. Telegrams were sent there to intercept the vessel. The couple had not been known to have formed an attachment for each other, and no suspicion was aroused previously to their disappearance. There is nearly twenty years' difference in their age. They resided not far from ei-ch other, and the young woman knew her lover 1o be a married man. On arrival at Queenstown they purchased cabin tickets for Boston as husband and wife. It was intended to sail on the Cunard liner Bothnia on Friday, the 8th. However, as the pair were about to embark on the tender, their appearance attracted the attention of Detective-constable M'Hugh, who arrested them on suspicion. The man was taken before a magis- trate and remanded, to enable inquiries to be made. Failing to make a specific charge, a discharge was granted on the Saturday evening. Whilst the man was in custody the young woman ad- mitted all the circumstances connected with their flight. She was, however, determined not to be separated from him, and has written her mother to that effect. The latest inquiries show that neither of the runaways has returned to this country, and it is supposed that they are on their way to America. The man was manager of a colliery under the Denby Coal and Iron Company, and had been in the district about a couple of years.

VICTIMS TO FIRE. Five Lives have been Lost in a White- chapel Blaze. The Central News telegram this morning says :-A disastrous fire, involving the loss of no fewer than five lives and re-calling in many respects the recent terrible fatality in Fulham Palace-road, occurred this morning in High- street. Whitechapel. The scene of the disaster was No. 99, High-street, Whitechapel, in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Hermann, baker and confectioner. The fire was first noticed about half-past five by the policeman on the beat, and he at once gave the alarm, but before the fire- brigade had time to reach the spot the flames burst from the upper flour, and in a very short time all the avenues of escape except the win- dows had been cut off from those in the two top storeys. The firemen on arrival soon ob- tained mastery of the flames, but they were un- able to avert the loss of five lives. The names of the victims are not yet known. A later telegram says :—Six persons were sleeping on the premises when the fire broke out, and of these only one escaped, viz., Frederick Monk, an assistant in the business. He was twakened somewhat, and endeavoured to arouse ihe other inmates, but was driven back by the ire and smoke. The names of the dead are Mr. Tohn Hermann, proprietor; Mrs. Hillsworth, his housekeeper, and her daughter, aged thireeen Miss Bensley and Miss Jennings, assistants. It seems that Frederick Monk, the baker's assistant, first awoke through the smoke in his room on the third floor. He ran to the floor below and aroused his master, Joseph Herman, who at once ran upstairs to awake the four women who slept on the third floor. In one room a broken skylight caused a draught, and the flames were sucked up as through a chitnney. When Herman opened the women's door the smoke and flames rushed in, rendering escape im- possible. Mrs. Hillsworth's body was found amidst the remains of the bed, which she had shared with her daughter. The bodies of the three young girls lay about the room in various postures. Herman's lay on the floor near the centre of the room. All were frightfully charred. Monk had escaped to the street in a dazed con- dition after arousing his master.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION. Papers on Various Subjects Interest Members To-day. The sittings of the British Association were resumed at Nottingham this morning. The Economic Science section devotes the whole sit- ting to discussingthe currency question. Professor Foxwell led with a paper criticising the theories of Gladstone, Courtney, Giffen, and others as to the unit by which to measure money values. He discarded the prices of labour in favour of the prices of commodities as the unit of measurement of value. Messrs. Dorrington, Price, and Harrison followed with papers on the general question from the commercial and finan- cial points of view of the effect of the report on the Indian currency or bi-metallism and the silver question in India. The section was very -veil attended. In the geographical section the Antarctic regions and Antarctic expeditions jeeupied most of the morning, papers heirs, con- iributed by Mr. Bruce, Dr. Donald, and Admiral Sir Erasmus Ohimaney. In the Indian Aimy recruits a system of finger prints as a of identification has been adopted, and Mr. Francis Ga-lton stated in the anthropological section that the system was very successful.

MORE SHEBEENERS. Two £ 50 Fines Imposed by the Cardiff Stipendiary. This afternoon at Cardiff Police-court the Stipendiary (Mr. T. W. Lewis) was engaged in hearing several oases in which persons were summoned for selling beer without a licence on September 10. Mary Ann King, of 26, dough-street, was the fust defendant.—Police-constables Davies and I>redge ma.de the seizure and described the trade carried on, which was stated to be exten- sive.-inspector Hayward proved a previous conviction, and a fine of £ 50 and costs, or, in default, three months' imprisonment with hard labour, was imposed. Irancis L. Dix, of 21, Nelson-street, made her i'Mt appearance for this offence, and after Police-constables Davies and Dredge had given evidence she was fined £ 10 and "costs or one month's imprisonment. Monorail Redding-, of No. 10, Peel-street, fenci been twice previously convicted of Bhebo^nhiff, and on the 10th of Sep- tember Police-constables Davies and Drudge found her carrying on an extensive trade. The previous c,fences were proved by Inspector Hayward, and she was fined £ 50 and costs, or in default, three months' imprisonment with card labour. :0.-

KNOCKED OVERBOARD. I Steamer Collides with a Barge in the I Thames. A Lloyd's telegram states that a sttunwr, name at; known, -n proceeding- up Woolwich Beach bhis morning, collided with the barge Peace. out-ring har in two, and a lighterman was •knocked overboard and drowned. The steamer proceeded up the river, I

Crops Destroyed by Fire. j A disastrous, ure occurred early this rooming en a farm o<v-apied by Sir. 'ihompscr., of Ceiyn.. Lees wood, r.v^r Mold. All this year's crops Vtart destroyed. Vtart destroyed. ENGLISH COAL WAR. 4» Still no Sign of a Settle- ment. SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE. There is still no prospect of a settlement in the English coal crisis, but suggestions are being made with a view to bringing the two contending parties together. A Dalziel's telegram from Manchester says that Mr. Thomas Ashton, secretary of the Miners' Federation, in an interview on Monday expressed strong- hopes that the coalowners committee would arrange a meeting with repre- sentatives of miners. Such meeting, he said, might possibly tend to some satisfactory arrangement. It would, however, be no use dis- cussing the question of arbitration. The men would not even listen to such a proposal. Mr. Ashton reiterated his statement that the average earnings of colliers did not exceed 20s. a wqek. The strike isj having a paralysing effect on the Bradford trade, and it is computed that, there cannot be less than 10,000 hands tempc rarily stopped through the coal famine A number of the largest works in the worsted trade, as well as the ironworks in the district, have been closed owing to the impossibility of getting coal. Plenty is on order from Durban* but owing to the congestion of traffic on t^& North Eastern Line it cannot get through, f Men Go In at Darwen. The miners in the Darwen district, and at Hoddlssdon, are resuming work this morning at the old rates of wages. Advanced Prices. During the last two days the price of house coal at the pitbeact in Manchester district has risen 3s. 4d. per ton, making an advance since the commencement of the stoppage of 7s. 6d. One large firm only holds stock that can be drawn upon.

DARK ON PENYLAN HILL. Mr. C. J. Jackson Heads a Deputation to the Lighting Committee. A deputation of the ratepayers of Penylan, headed by Mr. C. J. Jackson, presented them- selves before the meeting of the Cardiff Light- ing Committee this morning- with regard to the lighting of Penylan-hill.—Mr. Jackson remarked that the deputation represented a body of rate- payers, who, although few in number, contri- buted largely to the rates. They had abso- lutely no light on the hill, and they asked that the committee should place lamps there in a somewhat similar manner to those on the road from Cardiff to Rumney-hill. Penylan-hill was covered to a large extent with houses, which were rated in the aggregate at about £ 1,200. The Penylan roads were much fre- quented at night by the inhabitants of Cardiff, and after darkness certain discreditable scenes took place there. Therefore, in the interests of the morals of the town, they thought that lamps should be placed on the road. Taking this into consideration as well as the large amount of rates paid by the Penylan householders they thought that there was a good claim that they should be pro- vided with light.-The Mayor stated that the matter had been before them about twelve months previously.—Councillor Jenkins thought that if the suggestion of the deputation were adopted other ratepayers in remote districts would lay the same claim.-Councillor Morgan Morgan moved that the gas company be in- structed to place lamps on the road 50 yards apart.The proposition was seconded by Coun- cillor Evans.—The Mayor proposed that Mr. Harpur (borough engineer) should write to the gas company detailing the circumstances of the deputation, and laying before the company the fact that they were, on the whole, large con- sumers, and should request the company to place lamps at a distance of 75 yards apart.- This suggestion was carried, Councillor Morgan Morgan withdrawing his proposition. M i—

WANTED TO GO TO NEW YORK. But Met Detective Gretton and Will Now Stay in Cardiff. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary) John Hawkins, 20, was charged with stealing a silver lever watch, a gold chain, and gold ring, value £7, from a bedroom at 24, Havelock-street, the pro- perty of George Hawkins on September 16. Mr. T. H. Belcher prosecuted.—Prisoner is prosecutor's brother, and the latter being deaf the mother gave evidence, and stated that at four o'clock on Saturday morning the stolen articles were in her son George's bedroom. George left the house at about half-past four. She did not know where prisoner was.— Detective Gretton said that about five o'clock on Saturday morning he met prisoner and wanted to know what he was out at that time for. The prisoner bolted, but witness captured him and found the property on him. When charged the prisoner said, I took the things to get money to bet, so that I could go to New York.The prisoner pleaded guilty, and, in answer to the Stipendiary, said be had been in prison nine months, and when he came out he could not get work. He took the articles in order to bet at the football field and get some money to go to New York and stay there for good.—Inspector Hayward said there were three previous convictions for till robberies and one at quarter sessions for wound- ing and attempting to rob.-Prisoner was sent to prison for six months with hard labour.

OFFERED TO PAY COSTS. The ProsecutjoJl for Libelling a Cardiff Grocer Withdrawn. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and Dr. H. J. Paine) the case of Hawkins v. Alderman and Mills, a prosecution for criminal libel was called on. The case arosa out of an assault in which the son of Mills and Mrs. Alderman's husband were con- victed for assaulting Mr. Hawkins, a grocer and fried fish dealer, on the Moors. After the conviction the defendants published a poster, which has already appeared, and which was the subject of the libel. Mr. J. H. Jones appeared for the prosecution and Mr. George David for the defendants. Mr. David stated that the defendants had in- structed him in the case, and immediately he saw the poster he advised them to withdraw it at once, and to tender an ample apology to the plaintiff. The placard bad been withdrawn, and he, on behalf of the defendants, apologised, and offered to pay all the costs incurred. Under the circumstances, he hoped that the bench and plaintiff would consent to a withdrawal of the summons. The Stipendiary said that the course taken was a very proper one and defendants had done well in following the advice given them by Mr. David. The publication complained of was in a, sense a libel on the administration of justice, and its tendency would be to prevent people coming forward to <nve evidence. lie thought it was a ea>-o th.it would hf> ve been sent for trial. Mr. Joseph Homy Jones said pro&t'-onW had bfton subjected to a deal of annoyance, but would leave the case in the hands of the court. The Stipendiary then said the summons would be withdrawn. ->.

PEOPLE WilL CHOOSE. Home Rule to be Mot by a Locai Self Government Bill. The Loudon ooj'i'CcijKCidoni of the Independent jays — The rnreonr is circulating- that the Unionists will endeavour to turn Mr. Gladstone's flank at the general election by proposing a new scheme of Local Pelf Government for Ire- land somewhat on the lines indicated by Mr. Chamberlain, and wit! ask the people to choose between the rival sohsmoa. Taught by expe- rience, Lord Salisbury will not meet the country with a non pofs-isnus. He will, on the contrary, compete against Howe Utile by a cut and dried proposal for the fullest roeaanre of Loeal Self Gkxrtrnmmt for Ireland.

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Daira, New '^2% French 3 per Cent. Rentes 97% Do. 4J per Cent 103% Hungarian 4 p.c. Gold. 92% 92% Italian 5 per Cent 82% 82 81% Mexican 6 per Cent 62% 62 Peruvian Corporat'n Ord. f>s 6Z Do. Preference 21 20% Portuguese per Cent. 1869 21% Greeks 1881 37-fe 37 Do. 1884 35^ 35 Russian 4 i>.c. Conversion 99'^ Spanish 4 per Cents f>3% 63 A Turkish 1871 99 fc. Do. Ottoman Defence 97% Do. First Group 54% Do. Second Group 33* Do. Third Group 22% Do. Third Group 22% Do. Fourth Group 21% Ottoman Bank Shares o MlSCELLANKOUS. Uruguay 3J perCent 32 Honduras 5% ,f Paraguay 14% Traasvaal Loan ^04% London S.Katherine's Dk 44 East & W est India Docks 20 Peninsular&Orient'lPref 133% Do. Deferred 132ft Cuua.rdSteiumship,;e20pd 10ft Gen. Steam Nav., £ 15 pd. 4ft Do. 5 per Cent. Pref 5% Do. 5 per Cent. 1887 5 Anglo American Tel. Pref 93 Do. do. Ordinary. 50'/j, Direct United St's Cables 11# Eastern ditto 15% Eastern Extension 15# Brazilian Submarine 11% National Telephone *# Arthur Guinness Ordin'y 336^ AUsopps Ordinary 44 Bryant & May Ordinary 14'^ Consett Irou 20 Ebbvv Vale St. & Ir'n Co. 6% Hudson's Bay Shares 14 Hotchkiss Deccan Land 1% Suez Canal 1C6'/2J Spratt's Patent 8^ Hammonds 1% Eastmans 3& Leed's Forge Lister and Co 6~ Salt Union Ordinary 3# Elmore Cop'er Deposib'uft "ft ••• Nitrate Railway 13 |n% 1 Primitive Nitrate 4% 4-% San Jorge Nitrate 5# 5^ Sa-u Pablo Nitrate 3-?;l Dublin Distillers 2&j Bell's Ashesios 4 '/rtjiui;! Land 2-ftl Chartered 17.-6 18/ 17/9 Chartered 17.-6 18/ 11719 R United Concessions I -3 | j Capo Co pi -i- Miixto i t-'Vi RJO Tiyi.o ij-jloiV il3-« Mason aud Barry t%! Thai-sis Copper j 4. Mysore Gold ">#■ Mysore Gold Fields •' [24/ K-l.' Palmare.jo? fid Indian. Consolidated' j Mont anas 2;6[ I I'eers Diamonds i 13#1 -IS ft fcioiu-U African Exjd'rati'nl 10 j New JngerBfonteia 143»! :14# j Gold Kiokta tf. Africa I#; Salisbury Gold New 3%' } City and Suburban 9-&: I jumpers Ferreims 8 Jubilee 7 Siuimer and Jack Wentmer:; Crowureei ""j | LanglaagGes 3 Lanfrlaag'te BJock B 4.-6J Primrose | 3^; Anstrali&n Broken Hiil .j 2 9 2/6 i -Pigs Peak in Wc.ntworth Priority Yanltxs Girl fo J iu-apivcx, Water >0% Do. Jvn'ic 2% British Waler Gas North'sNav. Coliieries 2 Coats I5ty! Pears'Soap Ordinary .| eg Coats I5ty! Pears'Soap Ordinary .| eg Do. Preference ■ D,o. Debentures Barthol way Brew sry Ord. 9ft Do. Preference 10% St. Louis Brewery, Ord. 4 Do. Preference 7-% :1 I i I

CHOLERA SCOURGE. —♦———— The Epidemic Abating in England. OFFICIAL REPORT. Dr. Thorne issued the following official report on Monday afternoon :-The returns from Hull, Grimsby, Cleethorp^s, and Rotherham all show much improvement. With the exception of a fatal attack at Grimsby on Saturday, the 16th, no death has occurred, and the attacks from choleraic diarrhoea have markedly decreased. The fatal case at Derby last Saturday is found to be indistinguishable from true cholera. The two cases at Leeds are regarded as cases of English cholera. Two or three isolated attacks of choleraic diarrhoea have been reported in Lon- don, and are under investigation. A Suspicious Death. A draper named Clarke died at Blackburn on Monday from suspected cholera. Particulars of the case have been forwarded to the Local Government Board.

EXPERIENCE BOUGHT. An American Lady Who Always Wins ) at Cards. I., f There is a story current in fashiona.Mo circles which deserves a wider currency th:\n it has yet received. Recently a select vmrtv was assembled at a country house, and a" the time hung somewhat heavily on the hands of the guests it was proposed that cards should be introduced. All present acquiesced with the exception of one lady-the wife of a well- known American millionaire. On being pressed to give her reason for standing o. t this lady said that she made it a rule never to play cards, as when she played she uni- fomly won, and she found it extremely un- pleasant in practice to be so invariably lucky The company declined to accept the plea as suificient, and much against her will the fair American was induced to join the circle at the table. The result, however, perfectly justified her confidence in her luck. Before the evening closed she had completely di- vested her fellow players of all their spare cash. There was not the same anxiety dis- played to secure the lady's attendance at the card table when the party on subsequent evenings tempted fortune.

RUN TO EARTH IN AN ATTIC. But Not Before He Had Led Them An Exciting Chase. An exciting scene was recently witnessed at Blackburn. A large block of tall buildings in the principal thoroughfare was surrounded by the police,while Police-sergeant Greenal and a constable ascended to the roof in search of an ex-convict named Diddle, belonging to Bolton. Diddle led his pursuers a long and highly hazardous pursuit over the house-tops before they ran him to earth in an attic, where he had taken refuge. He had to be lowered from a window to the constables below.

SEVEN PERSONS KILLED. Another Terrible Railway Smash in America. A Centrrl News telegram from New York says: — A dispatch from Manteno, Illinois, brings news of a terrible railway accident which occurred on Monday evening in the Big' Four Branch. Owing to the pressure of traffic the regular afternoon express was made up into two trains or sections, the first being despatched about ten minutes ahead of the second. Unfor- tunately, this margin proved too small for safety, for the first section, being brought to a standstill by the signals, wa.s run into by the second section. Several carriages were smashed, and seven passengers were killed and many injured.

PLUMBERS ON STRIKE. They Will be Supported by the London Executive. The whole of the plumbers in the large engineering and shipbuilding works at Hartle- pool struck this morning against a reduction of Is. 6d. per week in wages. The men have the support of the executive in London and are entitled to strike pay.

LIKE HIM, BUT NOT SCOTT. Police Thought They Had the Man Who Can Clear Up the Scotch Mystery. The Press Association Tralee correspondent telegraphs:—The man who gave the name of Robert Scott was committed for trial on Monday at Listowel charged with pocket-picking on a racecourse. Prisoner, who had on him a. large sum of money and a gold watch, bore such a striking resemblance to the man Scott,wanted in connection with the Ardlamont shooting my stery, that the Scotch police were communicated witn, but the detective who has arrived here decided that prisoner is not the individual for whom they are searching.

"OANNOT WAKE MY DADDY." A Local Preaoher Dies Suddenly at Nuneaton. On Monday morning George Mann, gardener, in the employ of Mr. Reginald Stanley, was found dead in bed at the Manor House, Nuneaton, where he was sleeping, as caretaker. The servants were unable to wake him, and sent for his wife. She sent his five-year-old boy, who went into the room and returned saying, "I cannot wake my daddy, I think he is dead." Deceased was a local preacher, connected with they Wesleyan Methodist Church, and attended service twice on Sunday.

SAFER IN PRISON. Five Years for Obtaining Pianos by Fraud. George Smith, Mountford, a middle-aged man, I was sentenced to five years penal servitude at the t Old Bailey this morning for obtaining- a number' of pianos by fraudulently representing that he was in business as a house furnisher in Cavendish-street, Manchester. A previous con- viction was proved against prisoner at Preston, and Commissoner Kerr said it would be better for the country that he remained in prison for a considerable period so as not to have the oppor- tunity of robbing other persons.

FIFTEEN DAYS OVERDUE. A Belfast Steamer Supposed to Have I Been Wrecked. 1 i The Belfast, steamship Horn Head (Cap- tain Scott), from Baltimore for Dublin, is I now fifteen days overdue, and grave fears are entertained that she has be-come a. total loss I She carries a crew of over 40 hands, and the passage usually takes from thirtetui to four- teen days. On Monday re-insurances were effected at 80 per cent. I

Î BILLIARD CHAMPIONS. I Roberts Again Defeated by tves at I Chicago. A Central News telegram from Chicago says I —The first of the series of billiard matches between Prank Ives, the Arllerican champion, I and .) ohn Roberts was played here on Monday I night, and resulted in the defeat of the English- man. Score :-Ives, 1,000 Roberts, 893. I

Barry-Jaden Ships Ashore. A Lloyd's telegram says :—The British .snips Genesta, and Orontes, from Barry, stranded on Shoalwater Point, near Adelaide, but will pro- bably float without daomge.

I NTERNA TIONAL. » Good News for Associa- tion Players. WALES V. IRELAND. Mr. Taylor, secretary of the Welsh Football Association, seems determined that the socker" game in the South shall flourish, and with him as a vice-president the South Wales and Mon- mouthshire Football Association seems likely to become a successful organisation. The first annual meeting of the association was held on Saturday last, and Mr. Taylor travelled all the way from Wrexham to Cardiff to be present. He brought some welcome news with him, too. First, he announced that the Northern organisa- tion had left a vacancy in the council for )t Southern representative, which was cer- tainly a very kindly and graceful act on their part. He next made the announcement that a North or South match could be arranged, and suggested January 13 as a suitable date. It did not, of course, take the Southerners many seconds to snap up this offer, for inde- pendently of the fillip it will give to Associa- tion football in this district those who could see beyond their noses recognised the fact that the Northerners wish to give the Association men of these parts a chance of showing whether there are any amongst them fit to include in an International team. This North v. South fixture will be, therefore, a sort of trial match, and as there is a chance of some of our Southern men getting their caps I expect them to put their best feet forward. Another welcome bit of news from Mr. Taylor was the remarks he made re the International match with Ireland. Apparently the only one thing needed to secure us the fixture was an assurance of some kind that it would be appre- ciated, and bring a big gate. Let Mr. Taylor and his association take my word on that poit, it would bring a thumping big gate. The match is set for decision on the day that Swansea are away at Cardiff. That leaves the St. Helen's Field free, and as the club have kindly offered the use of the ground for the match I think it is a grand opportunity. That there would be an eight or ten thousand gate I have not the least doubt. By the way, Mr. Axtell has favoured me with the fixtures for the South Wales League compe- tition. Here they are :— LEAGUE FIXTURES. Date. Teams. Place. 1893. Oct. 7-CII.1:diff v Treharris Cardiff » 14—Cardiff v Cwinbach Cardiff „ 21—Barry v Cardiff Cardiff ji 21—Mountain Ash v Kogerstone..Mountain Ash Nov. 11—Barry v Treharris Barry „ 18-Barry v Mountain Ash Barry „ 25—Rogers tone v Barry Eogerstone „ 25—Cwmbaai v Cardiff Cwinbach „ 25-Treharris v Mountain Ash Treharris Dec. 2—Cardiff v Mountain Ash Cardiff 16-Mountain Ash v Treharris .Mountain Ash „ 16--Barry v Rogerstone .Barry „ 23-Rogerstone v Mountain Ash .Rogerstone „ 26-Barry v Cwmbach Barry 30-Rogerstone v Cardiff Rogerstone „ 30-Mountain Ash v Cwmbach.Mountain Ash 1894. Jan. 1—(M) Treharris v Cwmbach Treharris „ 6-Cardtif v Mountain Ash Mountain Ash „ 6-Rogerstone v Cwmbach Kogerstone „ 27—Mountain Ash v Barry .Mountain Ash Feb. 3-Cwmbach v Eogerstone Cwmbach „ 5—(M) Cwmbach v Treharris Cwmbach „ 17—Treharris v Barry Treharris 17-Cardiff v Rogerstone Cardiff March 3-Barry v CardiiI BM-ry „ 3—Cwmbach v Mountain Ash Cwmbach 24-Treharris v Ca.rdiff Treharris April 14—Civmbach v Barry Cwmbach A meeting of the newly-formed Canton Harriers' team will be held on Wednesday evening at the Half Way Hotel to arrange runs for the coming season. The interest hitherto exhibited in this healthy winter recreation has not been over and above strong, but it is likely now to pick up a bit, as already there is a good number of members, while the club has received many more promises. By the way, there is a run to-night (Tuesday), starting' from head- quarters at 6.30. Members are asked to turn out en force. Wilding came down from Loigh en Monday presumably with the object of obtaining his transfer from the 'Quins. Mr. W. E. Beavan, the hon. secretary of the Taff Rowing Club writes, re the Barry Regatta dispute. After stating that his club have laid the matter before the Amateur Rowing' Associa- tion he makes the following statements:— (1) The Barry secretary's statement that half an hour elapsed between this heat and the final of the senior pair-oared race is absolutely false the stroke (T. Harry) was allowed barely five minutes before being called upon to row in the pair-oared race. 2. In the final of the four-oared race the Barry crew made an attempt to start, but the starter seeing that it was a poor one called the Taff back but they refused to go back, considering that as the race had been properly and fairly started he was not justified in calling them back. The crew positively deny that the Barry crew asked the starter to wait, and no member of the Taff crew spoke in answer to the query, Are you ready?" 3. The Taff men might have consented for the race to be rowed on the following Monday but for the treatment they received. On the re- turn of the starter to the boathouse he was con- ducted by the Barry Committee into the dress- ing-room, and there closeted with them, the Taff men being refused admittance, and after a short interval it was announced that the starter had given it as a no race," and this without hearing a word from the stroke of the Taff crew, or allowing them to put a single question to the starter. Upon our vice-president mildly {re- monstrating with the Barry Committee he was grossly insulted by a member of the Barry Club. 4. The Taff Rowing Club is the senior organisa- tion in the neighbourhood, and has been in existence for many years, during which time they have competed at some of the best regattas in the West of England and the Midlands, but they have never been treated in the manner they were at Barry. On dit the Teft R.C. bold a. few club races on Saturday next. They consist of four and pair oared races, a junior sculling handicap, and a senior sculling race. The races commence at two o'clock sharp. Mr. W. H. Gwynn, the secretary, writes re the W.F.U. Society of Referees Please in- form any of your readers r-ho have any desire to be placed on the list of referees that the examining committee will xp.ee-, at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, on Friday. September 22, at seven p.m., and at the Royal Hotel, Swansea, on Saturday, September 23, at six p.m., for the I purpose of electing those who offer themselves for examination in the laws of the came and satisfy the committee that they are competent to act as referees. I Rujjby men throughout the kingdom will await with interest the decision of Wednesday's meeting, which will decide for gocd or evil the future of Rugby football. The Manchester Guardian devotas considerable space to the point at issue, viz., payment for broken time. To carry the resolution they point out a two-thirds majoritv is required :— Those who played in tile days when 1 gates were unknown argue that the moment profes- sionalism is introduced, however guardedly, the game will decline that it will become as bad as Association, a sport exclusively for the Philis- I tines, and that the interest of the better-to-do | among our young men will be confined j to schools and college matches. With this view, we confess, we arc inclined to largely agree. I The semi-professionalism which is now to be J brought so prominently to the front existed as openly in the old days as it does to-day, and was actually made the subject of in vestigation by bodies now openly countenancing- a proposal which the friends of strict amateurism may be i forgiven for regarding as not merely the first step to professionalism, but as professionalism undisguised. On the payment of actual expenses thoy are not disposed to argue. The crux of the diSioulty now presented is in the definition of 'broken time.' We are without the scheme it is true, but we are unable to see how the infringement of amateurism can be I avoided, and we are unable to share the confi- dence on this point of the last man one would have expected to find in his present attitude, Mr. A. N. Hornby. Mr. Hornby's views of liugby football, of course, are always entitles to the highest respect. He was himself one of the I finest exponents of the game ever produced, and since his active days he has been more or less in intimate contact with the sport. But the sport that Mr. Hornby is familiar with and the pre- sent day sport of certain Lancashire chils, and practically the whole of the Yorkshire clubs, are two different things. The present is no time for vofinement of phrase, and we anticipate that at Wednesday's meeting the gloves will be taken off on eacu side."

WHAT TO BACK. Rumours and Hints for Sportsmen. TIPS FOR TO-DAY. Those who are inclined to back The Smew for the Duke of York St&kes and the Cambridge- shire will do well to remember that she is a bit of a jade. If Tom Loates is not available Wall will have the mount on Prisoner for the Cambridgeshire. Archer's Polyglot, Lord Munden, Hagio- grapher, and St. Ursula were tried at five fur- longs, finishing as placed. Llanthony, who is said to be a. certain starter for the Duke of York Stakes, cost Sir R. Jardine l,700gs. at the sale of Mr. Snarry's yearlings. His only success up to the present was in the Ascot Derby last season. Rumours of jockey combinations were more plentiful and emphatic at Kempton than at any other meeting this year. I would lay odds against two riders getting licences next year. Hanover Jack, engaged in the Cesarewitch, got rid of his jockey at exercise on Saturday, and went for a good gallop on his own account, but neither horse nor rider was hurt. It is very probable The Jew will be sent to Manchester to fnlfil his engagement in the Sep- tember Handicap on Friday. He has come on considerably since !J.e was beaten in the Grand Prize at Leopardstown. In the Duke of York States, Avington has been established favourite. The stable to which he belongs has been in excellent form all the year, and the victory of the son of Melton is not at all unlikely to be added to the already large list of their successes. VENATOR

SPORTSMAN AND SPORTING LIFE AUTHENTIC PRICES. LEICESTER MEETING. HORSE. I RIDER. I Sportsman. I MAIDEN PLATE. Sir Michael. J Allsopp 4 to 1 ag j 4 to 1 ag The above prices are identical with those published in the Macinq Calendar.

Leicester Meeting. 2.0—A MAIDEN Two YEAH OLD PLATE oflOOsovs colts 9st 31b, fillies and geldings 9st; winners extra. Five furlongs. Mr W W Fulton's Sir Michael, 9st 31b Alsopp 1 Mr W M Briggs's Bod in Pickle colt, 9st 31b Tu- t, i, ™ j J Woodburn 2 Mr Kussel s Platter, 9st Rickaby 3 Mr Jas Joicey's Queen of the Mint, 9st.TLoates 0 Capt C Lambtoa's Titiens, 9st G Chaloner 0 Winner trained by Lewis. Betting—5 to 2 agrst Platter, 3 to 1 agst Queen of the Mint, 4 to 1 each agst Rod in Pickle colt and Sir Michael, and 6 to 1 agst Titiens. Patter made the running from Rod in Pickle colt to the dip, where Sir Michael drew out and won by six lengths; three lengths between the second and third. Titiens was last. 2.30—The COPSHALL MEMBERS' PLATE (Welter Han- dicap) of 200 sovs; winners extra. One mile, on the Round Coiu-se. Mr Eustace Loder's Overcast, 4yrs, lOst 8Jb M Cannon 1 Mr W G Stevens's Tablet, 5yrs, lOst lib T Loates 2 Mr T W Welling's Islington, 5yrs, JOst 71b D Thirlwell 3 JM-r C Hibbert's Fontainebleau, 6yrs, lOst 91b A NightiugalJ 0 Mr W Marshall's Lord Mannion, 6yrs, 19st lib Rickaby 0 Mi T J Crossley's Luttrellstown, 4yrs, 8st 101b Wingfield 0 Winner trained by T Cannon, jun. Botting-7 to 4 tgst Tabret, 5 to 2 agst Overcast, 7 to 1 agst Lord Marmion, 8 to 1 agst Islington, 10 to 1 agst Fontainebleau, and 20 to 1 agst Luttrells- town. Won by two langths; a. head between the second and third. 3.0- The MIDLAND NURSERY HAKDICAP of 300 soys' for two year olds winners extra; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs. Five furlongs. Mr W E Elsoy's Kittens, 6st H Toone 1 Mr Harding Cox's Grong, 7st 51b Mullen 2 Mr J Shsrling's Little Chris, 7st Allsopp 3 Mr T Caanon's Hippomenes, 7st 61b G Brown 0 Mr J Cannon's Melton Prior, 7ct 41b T Loates 0 Mr W Gardner's Coldwell, 6st 91b G Chaloner 0 Mr Peareth's Maid of Cash, 6st 71b G Allen 0 Mr T Jennings, jun's Ben Shie, 6st 61b .Bradford 0 Mr ChaddleTrorth's Bessie, 6st 41b Huxtable 0 Winner trained by owner. 3,30—The WELBECK SELLING PLATE of 103 SOYS, for two year olds and upwards; weight for age; allow- ances; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Five furlongs. Mr Entwistle's Eyrefield, 5yrs, lOst 71b M Caunon 1 Mr C Hibbert's Walnut, 4yrs, lOst 71b E Nigh ting-all 2 Mr Williams's Timperley, 3yrs, lOst 31b Warne 3 Mr W Harris's The Chiel, Syrs, lOst 31b.T Loates 0 Winner trained by Skelton.

Official Scratchings. The Sportsman has been officially informed by the Messrs. Weather by of the following scratchings :— Gerard Nursery, Manchester-St Ursula and Scenery. Leicester eligagements-Nobility, Foghorn, Vinolia, St Peter, and Mounteagle. Lancaster Nursery, Manchester-Cunctator. Michaelmas Plate, Manchester—Manna Ash. Eglinton Nursery, Manchester—Millamint. All engagements at Manchester-Patrick. English engageinents-Hartstown and Martins- town. All handicaps where weights have app;-ared-Lady Halle. All engagements—Sou tar, Stove and Motill. Lancashire Plate, Manchester—All M E Blanc's horses and all Mr Hamer Bass's horses, inchidiHg Lady Paramount filly, in Mr Chaplin's name. Lancaster Nursery, Manchester—Ninette. Phillips Plate, Manchester—Ziddler and Pon- tillier. All engagements (except BrocUesby Stakes, Lin- coln) next year-Bay yearling colt by Haslemerc- Stockdove. Leicester engagements-Watercress. All engagements in Baron Hirsch's nFLme-Gui- mauve. Manchester engagements Watercress, Maori Chief, and Gilt-edged. Leicester September I-Iondicap-Cereza.

IMPORTANT TO BACKERS OF HORSES. Mr. ALFEED CROOK. Turf Commission Agent, Ostende. The advantage in sending to Mr. Crook is you may I'e, OI! receiving full market prices. Letters posted by night mail arrive following day, and are replied to by .Return.—Address: ALFRED CROOK, Ostend Postage, 2Jd. Cesarpwitch. and Cambridgeshire. All other events throughout the year. DOUBLE EVENTS AND STARTING PRICES. JnKES AND FT.OOK.—Sole Representative, J. Mat thews, CII rct iff.

FOOTBALL 1 CABDI* FOOTBALL CLUB.—The first practice will take place on Saturday next, at the Cardiff Arms Park, at 3.30 p.m. All members and intending mem- bers are invited to take port in this practice. Ground Tickets 5s., and Worlonen's Tickets 2s. 6d, may be obtained at Messrs. Hutchins. and Co., 19, Duke-skeet, Apply early, number limi' '.¡;l. [24619 I JEKOETS, Knickers, Footballs, Shin "1d Ear Guards, &c.—New designs; s; "ciat qu'.cations .or clubs; sole agent for Gradidye's celebrated Foot- balls.-E. Roberts, 30, Duke-street, Cardiff. E2935 mmmmmamawmaunmrn ■MWW

District News. CARDIFF. SPECIAL NOTICE.—New Good-, for the Present! Season in Ladies' Skirts and Blouses. White ,71.(: Coloured Skirts, Corsets, Fancy and Plain Hosiery, Fabric and Kid Gloves, White and Fancy Aprons, Kob Caps, Laces, Frillings anel Fall Nets, Linen and Silk UA,ndlœrcbiefs, Large Assortment of Children's Pinafores, Frocks, Costumes, and Millinery in all its Newest Styles.—W. Lates, Ladies' Mid Children's Underclotlii^r, 28 and 30, Royal Arcade, Cardiff. Tooi.s! Toois!!—ForalJ kinfis of Carpenters'. Masons', and Smiths' Tools, wamnaitad by c«st J.:11!H:511 makers :¡'1.1 Cheapest í!1 Wales, 50 to -.Tohn 'TiJ1hms, J-onmo.-ig-or, 239, Butc-ai-rect, Canliff. PENAFTH. FOR Brushes, Baiiis, Mats, Cutlery, Sattce- par> Keiiles, Fencers, Fireirons, Fire Brasses, Lamps, Mill Puff, F-irr.ishiug Ironmongery, &c., best value at John "Williams, 289, >hTte-strcet, Cardiil.

P EMLYN .JONiiw, Ironmonger, Penarth, can X t recommend his Assistant as a gpod Salesman, Window Dresser, and Stockkeep'. r. a -■ TO Painters.—Good Brush Haud Wauta a job. ii. Huglies, 17, Bawiou^rcmit, Cwdiff.. •, • « £ 5

I FOLLOW MY LEADER. ,¡" To strike or not to strike, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler for us numerous workmen Upon the T.V.R. to nurse our sorrows, Or boldly stand and say we'll not endure them! To strike—to strike—no more, and by a strike To end for good and all the humbug's that we now endure in sile £ C&— 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished To strike-to idle-and, perhaps, to starve! Aye, there's the tub. For who would bear the troubles of our lot, The grievance of long hours and Sunday work, The clothing nuisance, and the many ills The railway man is heir to ? But the dread Of recent sad examples—masons, hauliers, Colliers, and what not-puzzles our understanding, And so we stand and scratch our heads and ponder, Fearing to strike, lest evils unforeseen Spring from our course of action.

¡ GIRLS DISAPPEAR, And are Found on Board a Vessel at Swansea. On Monday morning the Swansea. police received information from anxious relatives that two girls, one aged about iifteen and the other much younger, had disappeared from their homes in Toutine-sfcreet, Swansea, since the previous day and no trace could be ou, found of their whereabquts. As the result of inquiries set on foot by the police, it was discovered that the elder girl, who is under fifteen, had passed Sunday night on board a vessel in the Prince of Waler- Dock. She returned home on Monday morning and made a charge of abduction against a Maltese sniloi- named Francis Borrello. The police had the girl examined by Dr. Forsyth, and took the sailor into custody. In reply to the charge he is stated to have averred that the girl had followed him to the vessel. A Sailor Before the Magistrates. At Swansea Police-court this morning (before the Mayor and the Stipendiary) Francis Bowella. a, foreign seaman, was brought up charged under the Criminal Law Amendment A ct with assault- ing a girl under the age of sixteen years, named Susan Craze, on board his vessel, the steam- ship Bhyl, in the Prince of Wales Dock. No evidence was taken, and prisoner was remanded till Thursday next by consent of both sides. The prisoner is a man of about 40 years of age.

DIED IN HIS SLEEP. Inquest on the Body Found in a Disused Cottage at Barry. An inquest was held on Monday at the Carpen- ters' Arms, Whitehall, near Barry, by Mr. E. B. Reecp, district coroner, touching the death of John Ascott, alias Jack the Narvy, who was found dead in a cottage at Whitehall on the 15th instw under circumstances already reported.— Police-constable W. R. H. Hill, stationed at Rhoosh, gave evidence of identification, and said he had known the deceased for the last two years. He was of intemperate habits, and worked at several different farms, sleeping where he e&ule^g—Mr. Went deposed to finding the body, which was greatly decomposed, in the Port Cottage.—Lewis Liscombe, innkeeper, Aber- thaw, said he saw the deceased in his house on the 6th inst.-Dr. King, assistant to Dr. Neale, Barry, stated that he examined the body, but the same was so decom- posed that he could not state the cause of death, but, from its appearance, he should think the deceased died in his sleep.—An open verdict of Found dead was returned. __4

PASSED OVER HIS HEAD. A Camarthen Wagon Driver Meets with a Terrible Death. At about a quarter past twelve this afternoon Ho well Richards, a wai;oii driver in the employ of the London and North Western Railway Company was driving a. waggon that the tanyard at Carmarthen when the horse took fright and darted down through Red-street and afterwards r.!ong- Blue-street. At the lower end of the latter thoroughfare where there is a sharp corner Richards tried to jump off, but in doing- so fell between the horse and waggon. The wheel passed over his head and he was killed on the spot. The deceased, who was a man of about 45 years, had been in the service of the com- pany for many years. He leaves a widow and one daughter.

THE RECENT STRIKE. Summonses Against Aberaman Hauliers I Withdrawn. At Aberdare Poliee-court this morning (bfore Messrs. W. M. North, stipendiary R. H. Rhys. D. E. Williams, D. P. Davies, D. E. Jones, and Dr. P. Davies) the summonses issued by Mr. A. Lewis, Aberaman, against a number of hauliers j for leaving- work without notice during- the late strike were withdrawn, those issued by other composes being- adjourned sine die. R

C) A Horrible Charge. At Cardiff Police-court this aficrnoon (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and Dr. H. J. Paine) Isaac Shannon, a seaman, aged 35, was charged with unlawfully assaulting Flossie Hoelberg, aged seven years, 011 September 33, at 8, Holmesdale-street. Mr. F. H. Belcher pro- secuted, and, evidence having been heard. prisoner was committed for trial at the assises.