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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. +- ++ .4 £ 2 a cS £ S ° K » £ Oj O B « 5 > H s 2 £ £ 08 ■4 fc H £ O o oa jg B fri Thurs- (-Morning 2 56 1S4 248|28|25 day Evening 3 33 2 31 3 2a 2 52 | 2 46 Jan. 18 (.Height 28 3 26 5 28 9 29 7 17 5 C Morning- 4 19 3 9 4 3 3 33 3 11 Friday Evening 4 58 3 47 4 41 4 12 ] 4 0 Jan. 19 (.Height 30 4 28 3 30 10 30 9 19 9 Satur- f Morni'g 5 34 4 24 5 38 4 47 4 33 day. 1 Evening 6 6 4 58 5 52 5 20 5 14 Jan. 20 (Height 132 10 30 1 135 4 32 3 21 0 a j f Momi'g 6 35 5 30 6 24 5 51 5 38 T»» *1 Evening 7 5 6 0 6 54 6 20 6 10 jan. (Height 34 1 31 7 34 7 33 2 23 o C Morni'g 7~54 6~31 7~25 6~46 6~39 1%MEveni'g 8 0 6 58 7 25 7 10 7 lfr jan. (Eeirht 55 11 32 2 36 5 34 6 24 b -r i. (Morni'g- 8~25 7 ^3 8 17 7 33 7 32 iut-say > Even ng 8 47 i 46 8 40 7 55 8 1 (Height 37 1 3> 0 37 7 34 11 25 Wednes (Monu g 99|87|91|8 16 8 lb day 1 Even ng 9 30 8 28 9 22 8 37 8 43 J"n" 24 (Height 35 11 32 10 37 5 34 9 25 6 Koath Basin fEast Dock Sill tAlexa.ndra. Dock SDock Sill.

————————————————— BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. Appended is a chart of the barometrical readings for the 48 hours ended Wednesdav midnight, as regis- tered at the Western Mail Office, Cardiff. The .nstrument is 33ft. above sea level. 1 — TUESDAY. I WEDNESDAY. a.m. Noon. Mid,n't a^o; H— •9 6| «•••! 29| 1 29-0; -I—

WEATHER FORECAST. YESTEItIlAll'C, FoRrcAST. | YESTEROAY'S WKATHKR. South-westorly to s'therly South westerly winds, winds, fresh or strong; I fresh; unsettled; some dull; unsettled; some rain. rain. The forecast of the weather throughout the Westof I ncrland aiuj South Wales for to-day (Thursday) is as follows:—Westerly or north-westerly trinds, backing later; changeable; some showers.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. HARRIERS. C'RtfKttowjMLL.—Caturday. January 20, Waunfach. Cwmdu Tuesday, January 23, L'.aiigenny Bridge Saturday, Janupry 27, Castle lun, Pengenttord, near Talgarth-11. Weather permitting. FOXHOUNDS. CARMARTHENSHIRE.—Friday, January 19, Coomb- 10.30. Weather permitting. GLAMORGANSHIRE.—Fridav, January 19, Wenvoe- 10.45. LORD TREDEGAR'S.—Thursday, January 18, Wood's Covert-—11. LJ.AKHAKAN.—Friday, January 19,LlanharanVilJage; Friday. January 26, Pentvrch Village—10.30. LI.ANSIBBY.Friday. January 19, Chain Bridge—11. MONMOTTHSHICI;.—Thursday, January 18, Llan- ddewy Court; Saturday, January 20, Clytba Pa.rk-H. PKMBROK-suiRii.—Thursday, January 18, Wiston Monday, January 22, Neyland Thursday, January 25, Solva—11. Mit. SEYMOUR AI.LEN'S.—Friday, January 19, Narberth Tuesday. January 23, Coedcandlas Fri- day, January 26, Yerbeston Gate—11. TIVYSIDT:.—Friday, January 19. Pantyderi Gate; Monday, January 22, Bwlch-y-Brith Crossroads; Thursday, January 25, Llechryd—10.45. YSTBAD.—Thursday, January 18, Clwyd Lludiad -9,30.

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NOTE S. By "OBSERVER." CARDIFF, THURSDAY Some one writes me to complain that the Taff clock is playing fagt and loose with the public. Now, if humour is out of place anywhere, it is in a clock. A clock should be plain, straightforward, honest, truth telling, steady-going-. A clock should be above such petty freaks as gaining five minutes to-day. and losing ten to-morrow, thereby causing respectable but corpulent citizens to puff and strain and lose their trains into the bargain. And all this the Taff clock has been doing lately. It has shown a disregard for the feelings of the community that is abso- lutely inexcusable. It has trifled with that most sacred principle deep bedded in the human heart which looks to a public clock and says, I trust thee, fail me not." Wherefore, oh, Taff clock, mend thy ways, or by-and-bye the punishment of thy mis- deeds will inevitably come, and the public will grin at thee and point the finger of scorn, and say, Because thou sayest it is half-past nine we know that it is a quarter to seven." And what bitterer fate could befall a timekeeper ? Wherefore go and offend no more. Mr. Thomas Evans, of Dumfries-place, is evidently a humorist. He wants our special man to produce the fungus mentioned in his article. Fungus is not a thing easily pre- served, but as to its reality at the time there can be no doubt whatever. Mr. Evans must surely be aware of the marvellous growing properties of some species of fungi. I was reading some time ago of a disused cellar in which was a very heavy cask. After a long interval the cellar was opened, when it was found full of a fungoid growth, which had lifted the cask right up to the ceiling. The protection of children at Cardiff has begun in good earnest. It is well that it should be so. We have in our midst unnatural parents who are the worst enemies of their little ones and who would not hesitate to ruin them body and soul if it meant bringing them in a few pence to minister to their own drunken and self' indulgent ways. Our Santa Claus" Treat was a great object lesson to those who cared to learn it, and I trust we shall see much more strenuous efforts made to look after the poor children of Cardiff than have ever been attempted in the past. The influence of the parent on the child is very great for good or ill. Especially is this the case with the mother, as was well pointed out by Mr. Roberts Jones in a capital lecture delivered by him at the Tabernacle last night. How many great men acknowledge the debt they owe to a pure and noble mother! A lengthy list might be given- Mr. Jonej mentioned many illustrious names, and on the other side he took care to mention the baneful influence of a mother unfitted for the duties of that most responsible rela- tionship. How sad are those lines of Byron's in which the poet sighs:— Untaught in youth my heart to tame, My springs of life were poisoned. Shall we ever come back to the old styte man-of-war, and will England once again depend for her defence upon those wooden walls which, in the old days, did her such service and of which poets have so splen- didly sung ? This is an idea that will occur to many after reading the straightforward speech delivered by Sir E. Reed last evening. The old men of war were prac- tically unsinkable their present re- presentatives require but a. tap of the ram to go headlong to the bottom, as did the Victoria, of unhappy memory. Of old I warriors took to heavy coats of mail-so ponderous at length that a knig-lit once Fallen could not rise again without assis- tance then as years went on the armour was gradually, but at length totally, dis- carded. May not the same thing be repeated in the case of our men-of-war ? Piping times these! Secret societies everywhere permeating and undermining us Even the girls have got 'em now List, reader, to the contents of a document picked up somewhere in Canton. Here it is in extenso, but the blanks I would not fill up, no not if I were torn in pieces by furious cab-horses:— THE PLEASURE SOCIETY. Name No. 1. RULES. 1. This society was got up purposely for the members to unite together, and to go out skating together in Winter, and in Summer to go out into the country and have a picnic or anything else to which the members agree. 2. No quarrelling is allowed. 3. This Society is only for a few certain girls in Standard 7 Board School. 4. No person can join unless she is elected by the members. 5. If anything is wanted by the society, such as a bat or ball, the members are supposed to pay I D or 1 D a week untill there is enough money to purchase the required article. Of course what is bought belongs to the society. 6. No secrets are allowed. 7. This society is not to be made public to Standard 6, because they will try to copy us. If the above rules are broken the person who brakes them is no longer considered a member unless she is pardoned by the other members. Do not show this paper to anyone outside the society. Signed- Dear girls of standard seven of ———— Board School! I think you'll admit I've let you all down very, very gently; and, another thing-—don't recriminate amongst your- selves, as it was a mere haphazard that brought your pretty little programme 'neath the ken of Observer." But, oh, ne to spell untill" and brakes," and you in the seventh standard too. I am surprised With regard to your rules, they are in many ways commendable. To meet socially is good; but do you really wish it understood that you were only girls and nothing more ? Was there at those little picnics no sterner element ? Or are you still loftily oblivious of the sex to which the bat and ball" more properly belong ? No quarrelling"—and a very good thing too. "No secrets"— charming little dears, to attempt the impos- sible. Why, bless you, there isn't one girl of the Pleasure Society who, if she had an awful, dead secret, wouldn't tell it to all the other members within ten minutes! Still, it is well to put these things in the rules-it looks well. at any rate. The cloven-hoof shows itself when mention is made of the sixth standard. Ah, thou green-eyed monster, that thou shouldst even invade the innocent purlieus of our elementary schools. And now, good day to you, dear girls of the Pleasure Society, and may your pleasure be none the less that one of you has unwittingly exposed the "rules" to the tender mercies of the outside world. -MB-

A NEW QUICK-FIRING GUN. A Deadly Weapon Capable of Dis- charging 300 Rounds a Minute. A special correspondent writes —The mili- tary authorities are still extremely reticent- concerning the mechanism of the new Austrian Salvator mitrailleuse, or quick-firing machine gun, but I learn. that the firing trials made at the Vienna ATsenal have been reported upon as highly satisfactory. The weapon has been adopted by the service, and fully ten pieces are now ready for distribution. The gun is not intended for use in the field as in the case of the English Maxims and Nordenfelts machine guns. The new mitrailleuse will be mounted stationary on the outworks encircling important fortresses. It is only half the weight of the Maxim, and its average weight of discharge is about the same-300 rounds per minute, with a maximum of 320. The diameter of the bore is eight millimetres, being similar to that of the Manlicher repeatng rifle now in use in the Austrian service. The barrel is encased in a water-jacket, and 1,200 continuous rounds can be fired before it shows the effects of the excessive heat The cartridges are supplied, as in the Nordenfelt, from a large hopper fixed above the firing chamber. The gun is fired by means of an ordinary trigger, with trigger-grip, and a recoil spring supplies the automatic action. But the principal point of interest in respect of which the new gun differs entirely from the mechanism of similar weapons now in use in other countries is the oscillating pendulum regulating the speed of fire. The discharge is regulated by the turning of a crank handle. The single fire is as a fire from an ordinary repeating rifle, while the continuous represents the most rapid discharge of which the machine is capable. With the Salvator mitrailleuse, however, the great advantage is gained of sustaining a moderately heavy discharge of 30, 50, to 100 rounds per minute, and increasing it by means of a faster oscillation of the pendulum to 300 when a dangerous phase of attack has been developed. The saving of ammunition hereby is enormous. The mechanism is said to be very smple, and throughout the trial no jams were recorded. The Austrian military autho- rities naturally congratulate themselves on the excellence of this new invention.

JEWISH DIVORCE LAWS. A Peculiar Point which Requires Early Settlement. A man, named Fineberg, was summoned at the Worship-street Police-court, on Tuesday, by Teale Fineberg, who alleged that she was his wife, and that he neglected to iiupport her. A solicitor said that the peculiarity of the case was that the parties, being of the Jewish faith, had been married according to the Jewish ritual, and had been divorced by the Jewish court. Nevertheless, as such a divorce was not recognised by national law, the woman claimed to be maintained by the man.—The Magistrate (Mr. Haden Corser) asked if the contention was that the Jewish marriage law was binding on the parties,but that the Jewish divorce law was not. The solicitor for the defence produced a document, which, he said, was the certificate of divorce. The solicitor for the complainant said proceedings had been instituted against the man last year as if there was no divorce, and, the woman having thrown herself on the parish, the man had been prose- cuted and sentenced at that court to a month's imprisonment.—Mr. Corser Dear me! Who heard that case ? The complainant said that Mr. Bushby decided it, and Mr. Corser re- marked that it would be more satisfactory for all parties if Mr. Bushby decided the present case. It seemed to be a question of documents and Jewish law.—The case was adjourned.

OFFICER DIES A MISER. I Took Part in the Balaclava Charge and American War. Thomas Payne King, a rich and aged miser, dropped dead on the street at Wichita (Kan.), the other night. In his youth King was an officer in the British Army, and was one of the famous "Six Hundred," or Light Brigade, who made a desperate charge at Balaklava. When the late war broke out in this country he threw up his British commission and joined the Union Army. Though a man of superior education and attainments, and possessed of property in Chicago. Kansas City, Wichita, and other places in Kansas, and drawing pen- sions from the English and American Govern- ments, he lived in squalor, dressed in rasr^ and ate refuse from the hotel and restaurant kit- chens. His place of habitation is unknown, so it has not been possible to determine just what he possessed, but he is said to have been -worth fully £ 15,000.

ROBBED THE SAFE. A Train Boarded by Thieves and All Valuables Stolen. A Central News telegram from New York this morning says :—According to a telegram St. Joseph, in Missouri, another audacious train robbery has been perpetrated near that city by five men, who are believed to be the same who stopped a train last week. They were again successful at midnight in stopping a train, and escaped with the entire contents of the express safe. The authorities have no clue to the robbers' whereabouts or identiv V

How Crews are Shipped. PILOT'S STORY CATEGORI- CALLY DENIED. The Crew Engaged Were all Able Sea- men and there was no Drunken-J ness Observable. The extraordinary story and the various comments thereon which appeared in Wednes- day's Western Mail created an uneasy im- pression in commercial circles at the Cardiff Docks. They not only formed a frequent topic of conversation on 'Change, but seamen congre- gated in and around the federation offices and in various localities at the Docks evinced intense interest in the subject. Our represen- tative visited the Docks on Wednesday morn- ing with implicit instructions to tackle two boarding-ma.sters whose names and addresses were in his possession, but ere he arrived at his destination he was informed from a trust- worthy souroe that the captain of the Forest had engaged the crew. The captain's name is Pyves, aifd he is now on his way with the Forest to Marseilles. Our representative first interviewed an overlooker in the employ of Messrs. Morel Bros. and Co.—Mr. Wilde— who made the following statement:- On Saturday last Captain Pyves engaged the crew, and afterwards took them to the Shipping Office and signed them on. Then they got aboard a tugboat belonging to Mr. Handcock, jun. The boat prooeeded to the Roads to meet the Forest coming from New- port. I was in the boat at the time. At about 10.30 in the evening, when out in the Roads, we heard cries of Man overboard.' We steadied the tug, and on looking round found that a fireman had got overboard, but in the course of a few minutes they managed to pick him up. The Forest was then along- side the tug, and the crew got on board her. When they had settled down the captain ordered the crew into the cabin. They assembled there, and each member answered to his name. I afterwards left the. ship, and she proceeded on her voyage. I have read Cox's account in the 'Western Mail,' and can deny what he says in toto. The men were not drunk, but I must say that they consumed the contents of a few bottles of whisky, which some of the men had brought with them on board. I never heard the men say they would not go in. the ship, and I am sure they never went into the tugboat believing they were going aboard a liner. No inquiries were made as to whether there were quartermasters on board, and no man called out for his clothes, and there was no swear- ing. No advance notes were signed there, but they were all signed at the shipping office. All the members of the crew were in possession of discharges, and were able and thoroughly qualified seamen. Each man, too, was an Englishman; not a single foreigner was on boa.rd. Most of the crew were slightly "elevated" when leaving the port. We hardly know of an instanoe where such is not the case, and on this account we are in the habit of bringing our vessels into the Barry Roads for fear of an accident. Some- times our men are unable to take the wheel after getting on board. The firemen, too, are often incapable of going to the fires direct, and in the way indicated above accidents are prevented. The crew on the Forest were, if anything, above the ordinary standard. In fact, the captain was complimented on his selection. The captain is now on the way to Marseilles, and as soon as it is possible he, too, will endorse my statement." Our reporter next saw a friend of some of the crew, who did not wish to disclose his name for fear of the Union. He stated that he saw the crew get aboard the tug on Satur- day, and was personally acquainted with many of them. He could truthfully say that he never witnessed a more steady crew get aboard. Speaking of Captain Pyves, he was a particular sort of a man, and would not engage a man on. his ship unless he produced his discharge. He was not surprised that Messrs. Morel did not ship on at Newport, for there the Union men were in full force. He concluded bv saying that he thought Cox had been "codded on to make his statement by the Union men at Newport. Mr. Handcock, jun., who owns the tugboat which conveyed the crew from Cardiff to the Forest, said that the morning after reading the account in the "Western Mail" he called for the man who had charge of the tugboat in question, and, in reply to his inquiries, he assured him that the crew were as lively as crickets," and not in the least intoxicated. They were orderly throughout. Mr. Hand- cock added that the intervention of the Union prevented many good seamen getting berths, a.nd, as a consequence, majiy of their families were starving. Mr. Rowles, the tug agent, says he saw the crew off on Saturday, and was perfectly oer- tain that the crew to a man were sober. The foregoing are only a few testimonies which our representative gleaned in the course of his inquiry, all of which contradict the statement made by Cox.

SHIRE NEWTON WIDOW'S WILL The Hearing of the Dispute Resumed and Judgment Pronounced. In the Probate Division this morning (before the President) the case affecting the testa- mentary dispositions of Mrs. Rebecca Baker, late of Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, was further heard. The testatrix, who died at the age of 84 years on the 21st of January, 1892, left pro- perty amounting to about Cl,500, which she dis- posed of in a will of the 12th of January, 1892, which was propounded by the Rev. G. B. Dew, an executor. The plaintiffs in the suit. Mr. T. Davies, auctioneer, Chepstow, and Mr. Michael Jones, a nephew, opposed the will, alleging testamentary incapacity, and propounded a will of November, 1891. The evidence was completed on Wednesday.—Coun- sel for plaintiff briefly addressed the judge, who without calling on the other side gave judgment. He said that the charge of uadue influence which was made by the plaintiffs and then withdrawn ought never to have been made, since Mr. Dew, who drew up the will at testa- trix's request, had no interest whatever in the matter. After reviewing the evidence of the various witnesses, his Lordship, relying chiefly. on the evidence of Mr. Dew, pronounced for the will in dispute—namely, the will of the 12th of January, 1892, costs to follow the court.

CARDIFF TRAMWAYS. The Cabs' Committee Refuse an Appli- cation for More Trams to the Docks. A meeting of the cabs' committee of the Car- diff County Council was held this morning at the Town-hall. Alderman Yorath presided, and there were also preecnt :-Councillors E. Beavan, J. Jenkins, A. Good, B. John, W. Lewis, J. Comley, and the chief-constable (Mr. McKenzie).—An application was received from the Cardiff Tramways' Company asking- the committee to grant them leave to add to the number of trams and 'busses now plying for customers between the Docks and Roath. The number of extra licences required by the company was four, but the chief-constable was of the opinion that there were already sufficient means of conveyance on the route to satisfy the requirements of the public.—The committee decided to refuse the application.-The pro- posals for the alteration of the various tram- way routes were then considered.

THE WALTHAM EXPLOSION. Five Men Discharged for Taking Matches into the Factory. Consequent on the jury's representation re- specting the recent fatal explosion, arrangements are being made to abolish night work at the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey. Greater strictness, too, is being exercised. Five workmen have been discharged for taking matches into the factory.

The annual meeting and banquet of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Qlerks' Association will be held on the 16th and 23rd of February respectively. The president is Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn.

Principality Parleta EXTRACTED FROM OUR MORN- ING CONTEMPORARY. A Choice Selection of Wit and Wisdoti Relating to South Wales Per- sons and Places. Mr. Albert Spicer, M.P., and Mrs. Spicer, left .London yesterday to spend a. few weeks iB Italy. Go to Birmingham," the judges say to the Cardiff Corporation, "and build law- courts as you see them there." The Cambrian Railway directors have decided to adopt Pope's gas system in lieu 01 oil lighting for the whole of their line. Mr. Frederic Griffith, the Welsh flautist* is engaged as so-lo flute with Mr. August Manns for all eight weeks' season in Soot- land. They ain't got no bloomin' broines (brainsj down 'ere, they ain't," said a London work* man engaged on some interior decorations ft Cardiff. Major-General Sir Francis Grenfell* G.C.M.G., K.C.B., will present the prizes óI the 1st Middlesex (Victoria and St. George^l Rifles on the 24th inst. Of course. The granting of a charter fat the Welsh University is to be celebrated by • banquet. It will come off in London nesi month, Lord Aberdare presiding. Courtyrajla Park is dotted here and theø with graves and tombstones to the cherished memory" of long-lived and favourite dogs and cats belonging to the Rous family. "There goes Mr. Marching Williams," said a wag at Pembrokeshire Assizes, as Mr. Mar- chant Williams had to make a painfully loaf detour to get to bis place as deputy clerk of arraigns. Mr. E. P. Biddle wants to have a museum at Merthyr. It is appropriate that he should move in the matter, seeing that for many years he, as an "alderman" without an alder- manic seat, is one of the natural oorkeities tI. the town. One of the happy sayings at Mr. Lewellen Wood's banquet last night was Canon Thomp- son's remark, My almost reverend friend, Mr. Alderman Lewis." The alderman Congregationalist deacon's voice will get tø shades deeper after this. Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, who has besa residing for several months at Baron Hill, is Anglesea, has left Beanmaris in his steam yacht the Speranza for Lisbon and Gibraltar, and intends to cruise about the Mediterranean foff six or seven months. It is not a small thing to become a pdbfio man. A comparatively new member of a municipal corporation like Councillor Cochfarf has been elected on as many as 28 committees and other public bodies, all ef them with several meetings apiece. Mr. Gladstone has now a further reason fat feeling quite attached to the member for Car- diff. The Liberal party has never gone eut at the way to get the Navy into an efficient condi- tion, and last night Sir Edward could net have been more bellicose and Jingoite than the most crusted of swashbuckling Tories. Mr. Justice Wm. Rann Kennedy is qui. the most youthful-looking judge who has beeo on circuit in South Wales. Of dark com- plexion, with face clean shaven, he looks all over a. Celt, and bears a strong likeness to that famous Welshman, Principal Owen*, of St. David's College, Lampeter. A decided innovation is to be made a* Penarth to-night, when the recently formed musical society will give its first "members' night." From the exceedingly pretty and unique card before us it appears that the night's programme includes a free-and-easyi promenade concert, and a dance to follow foa- any who wish to stay. Sir Edward Reed is rather an awkward colleague for the Welsh members. When Sir Edward was last night dealing with the condi*. tion of the Navy Mr. D. A. Thomas and Mr. Alfred Thomas looked extremely miaerablei Why," they seemed to think, he will makt these people believe that the Navy is a more im portant question than disestablishment," ani, they groaned in spirit. Pembrokeshire has again shown the lead to the other counties in Wales as regards free-l dom from orime. For the second time io succession there were no prisoners for trial at the county assizes at Haverfordwest, and Mr. Justice Kennedy, who has never before been "doing circuit" in South Wales, will, return with at least one pair of white glovefl from the land where those articles are almost as well known as the leek. 1 Sir Edward Reed was in excellent spirits last night, and well he might be. He was able f(1t> the first time for some time now to meet some of his ex-supporters face to face without having to talk of Home Rule and such like uninterest ing things as that. He clung to the subject of the Navy as a child clings to a new toy, asd the amount of spirit he threw into the speech would make one almost believe he was on an election platform, but,bless us, Sir Edward is above that sort of thing. A dentist at Cardiff yesterday received second visit from a country patient, who was told when she first came to him to make ar- rangements a fortnight ago that gas would' be necessary for the operation. The lady: candidly admitted that she thought she was to inhale gas from the street lamp, and coo* oluded that the reason she was not attended to on her first visit was to enable a connec- tion to be made with the nearest gaa-lainp outside the surgery. This is a true fact. j Mr. Gwyn Morris, of Sooth Wales Univef" sity College, Cardiff, was one of the successful candidates at the recent final examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B-1 at the University of London. Mr. Morris, who was a scholar of the college, is JlØVf lecturer in the technical department, and iø.. the first member of the South Wales University to receive the London LL.B. He is keeping terms ob the Middle Temple with a view to being called to the Bar. A Llwynhendy man who went out to America some years ago has attained :)la: eminence all his own. lie is a wrestler, and a peculiar trick which he uses on his opponents has brought him the title of "Strangles Lewis." A sporting man are not free from jealousy of each other. There is no telling how well Evan Lewis is despised in his profession. When .here some months ago he told me tha,t it wasn't only the ¡øen in line who were prejudiced against him, bu £ the majority of the people who read anof follow sporting events. He accounted for the ill-feeling of the latter class by saying his famous strangle' hold had won for hun great enmity. People in general,' said tW well-known wrestler, think I'm a brute to* using the hold. but any other wrestler use it on me and the people laugh.' If wrestlers the world over could combine to down Lewis, they would do it in a minutt)." Most North Wales men join the Roy" Welsh Fusiliers, the Welsh Nanny-goats of regimental slang (says the" Evening Ne1f'l and Post"), but Hugh Rowlands joined old 41st, now the 1st Battalion of the Wels*j Regiment, whose depot is at Cardiff, a,Jl which the youth of South Wales rather He is, as his name implies, a Welshman, first a soldier and then a Garnarvaoshire He owns aA Plaistirion, where he was bo? nearly sixty-five years ago, an estate of soi^l thing over a thousand acres, let, reasanab J enough, for a. bare thousand a year, and lS £ as his father was before him, a J.P., an«. i D.I/, for Carnarvonshire. It has been s* that Sir Hugh and the greqi Sir Tho&*z Pioton, who fell at Waterloo, are the v* soldiers that Wales has produced this tury, for the famous Marquess of Angles^ the Lord Uxbridge whose leg was she 14 in the museum at Waterloo, although represented a Welsh constituency in P^ ment, and owned a large estate m was a Staffordshire man born and General R-owlands has done suit and &er\e^t in all parts of the world, and as in Scotland gets a well-deeerved P5^ (ft to one of the most honourable and easy home commands, with, two thousand a < 5or pa/- j

New Cardinals to be Created. A Dalziel's telegram from Rome snys :-The names of the new cardinals to be created at the Consistory in March have now been made public, and the negotiations between the French Government and the Holy See have come to an end. The French prelate who will receive the Red Hat on this occasion is Monsignor Ferrand, Bishop of Autuu.

The Rev. Mr. Young, of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, delivered a thrilling lecture on missionary work in India. to a crowded and appreciative audience at the English Wesleyan Chapel, Barry Dock, on Wednesday evening. At the Herefordshire Poultry and Pigeon Show, which was held on Tuesday and Wednes- day, Messrs. Bishop and Cadogan, Cardiff, were first for Plymouth Rock cockerels; Mr. Major, Swansea, first for Dorking hen; and Mr. Harvey, Swansea third for fant-ails. _d_.

The Ardlamont Mystery. MONSON AND THE WAX- WORK EXHIBITION. Another Application for an Injunc- tion Against Mr. Louis Tussaud of Birmingham. In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice this morning the case of Mon- son v. Louis Tussaud came on for hearing, being a motion by the plaintiff, Mr. A. J. Monson, who was lately tried for the alleged murder of Lieutenant Hambrough, to restrain the defendant from exhibiting a portrait model of him in his exhibition at Birmingham. The Hon. Bernard Coleridge, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Cooper Wyld appeared for the applicant, while Mr. T. T. Willes Chitty and Mr. Ernest Pollock appeared for the defendant. Mr. Coleridge said in this case, which was greatly similar to the one which occupied the attention of the court on Tuesday, he had to ask for an injunction restraining the exhibition of the plaintiff's wax-work effigy and the publi- cation of certain advertisements. The defendant was Mr. Louis Tussaud, who had a waxwork exhibition in Birmingham. The plaintiff's affidavit stated that for some days past advertisements had appeared in the Birmingham newspapers, as he was informed upon the authority of the defendant, informing the public that a portrait model representing him was on view in the waxwork exhibition situate at the Winter Garden Pavilion, Birmingham. He had seen a poster on the hoardings in the streets of Birmingham announcing- that model portraits of himself, and the French Anarchist, Vailla.nt, were exhibited in the Chamber of Horrors in the exhibition. The plaintiff added that he had not authorised the exhibition. An affidavit from Mr. Cotterell, clerk to Mr. Phillips, solicitor of Birmingham, was also read, in which the deponent said Mr. Louis Tussaud had often told him that in consequence of the plaintiff's action he would advertise more ex- tensively. He found also that Mr. Tussaud had had nine sandwich men parading the streets at Birmingham carrying' large boards, bearing an announcement that a portrait model of Monson was on view at the exhibition. No other model was advertised. On Saturday last Mr. Louis Tussaud informed him he was going to open an exhibition at Sheffield on Wednes- day, January 17, and on the following' week he intended to open in Regent-street, London. where he would have another portrait model of the plaintiff. Mr. Louis Tussaud also told him (Cotterell) that the exhibition had since the por- trait model of plaintiff ha.d been there been a great success, and hundreds of people had attended since the advertisement had appeared. He (Mr. Coleridge) pointed out that it was denied that the model was in the Chamber of Horrors, but, whether it was there or not, anyone reading the advertisement would presume that it did appear there. Mr. Simpson, managing clerk to Mr. Phillips, said he visited the exhibition on January 2, and saw Mr. Monson's model near to but not in the Chamber of Horrors. The figure was labelled "Alfred John Monson" in large letters. The defendant, Mr. Louis Tussaud, had made an affidavit in which he said it was untrue, and the portrait model of the plaintiff was specially distinguished from all other portrait models. The card announcing the name of the plaintiff was only put on as it was a new figure that such cards were put on all new figures added to the exhibition, and were kept on until the edition of their catalogue was exhausted, and then the new particulars were added to the new catalogue. The figure simply bore the name of Mr. Monson, as did several other new figures. As regarded the position of the portrait of the plaintiff, it was untrue that there had been posted oa the hoard- ings notices that the model was to appear in the Chamber of Horrors. It had never been ex- hibited in any other place than the one in which it now was — namely, in the central part of the exhibition, facing his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Count Von Moltke, and Prince Bismarck. To the right there was a group consisting of the Pope and Cardinals Vaughan and Logue, and to the left the Queen, the Duke of York, and the Prince and Princess of Wales. No extra charge was made to see the plaintiff's model. Mr. Tussaud also denied that he said in consequenoe of the action of Monson he would advertise more, but, on the contrary, he had cut down the advertise- ments. The employment of sandwich men had been his regular means of advertising for years past, and the number of men had not been in- creased since the commencement of the (exhi- bition of the portrait. He also denied that he was going to Sheffield and London to open an exhibition, Finally Mr. Tussaud said the model was exhibited in a place of honour. He (Mr. Cole- ridge) contended that, seeing who the plaintiff was and the circumstances under which the model was exhibited, the mere exhibition of that model, whether within or without the Chamber of Horrors, whether next to tha Pope, or the Queen, or Vaillant, or anyone else, carried with it an innuendo derogatory to the reputation of the plaintiff. Case for the Defence. Mr. Chitty, for the defence, said there had been no attempt to put Mr. Monson's model in the Chamber of Horrors, or to charge anything extra to see him. That being so, the case was not like that before the judge on Tuesday, and did not come within the rules. If an injunction were granted there anyone whose figure was in these exhibitions could apply fer one. Mr. Justice Mathew That is not contended. Mr. Chitty said there was nothing in this case which took it out of the ordinary category of the figures exhibited in the shows. The only innuendo which the plaintiff could suggest was that he was a person of some interest to the public. Mr. Justice Mathew That is no innuendo. Mr. Chitty said that was the only one the plaintiff could prove, and he said that that would not do. He must prove, in order to get his injunction, that there had been a libel com- mitted. He ought tø tell the court that the secretary of the exhibition swore in his affidavit that a gentleman came to the show who said he was a friend of Monson. The secretary said, I suppose you have come here under the impression that the figure is exhibited in con- nection with prisoners in the dock, condemned cell, or Chamber of Horrors." The gentleman, after a pause, said he had. The secretary then assured him that nothing of the sort had occurred, and that the model was near a group consisting of the Rhyl family and the Pope. The gentleman asked whether he knew that no one w -5. allowed to exhibit such a model without jrSTSr; permission, and the secretary replied that he did not know it. The gentleman then said Madame Tussaud had offered Monson a large sum of money for permission to exhibit his model. The secretary, not believing this, laughed, and asked why Monson did not accept the offer. The gentleman then asked whether Mr. Louis Tussaud would offer a sum of money for permission to let the model stand, and the secretary replied,' 'Certainly not,' 'whereupon the gentleman said it was Monson's intention to commence proceedings against them. The secretary said the point had never been raised before, and if the gentleman had any intention to commence litigation unless the figure was re- moved he had better write embodying his wishes. No letter had been written. A further affidavit was read to the effect that it was understood from the papers that Monson was going- to publish a book about himself, and that he had entered into an arrangement with Mr. Morritt, of the Prince 's-hall, Piccadilly, to give lectures in London and the country. Mr. Justice Mathew said the affidavit did not deny that the figure of Monson was near the door leading to the Chamber of Horrors. Mr. Chitty said if that was so so was his Holi- ness the Pope. (Laughter.) Some of the figures must be near the door, but there was a great distinction between being inside and outside. A paisoner was in his cell, the gaoler was outside. (Laughter.) Mr. Justice Collins asked Mr. Coleridge whether the publication of Monson's picture in a weekly paper would be a libel ? Mr. Coleridge said that would be a different thing from an exhibiton of this kind, as this was a permanent matter. No imputation would be conveyed by the publication in the paper, such as was, he said, conveyed in the exhibition of this effigy. Mr. Justice Matthew said he would give jadgment in both cases to-morrow (Friday) morning.

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