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There are 22 livings in the gift of Jesus Col- lege, Oxiord. which was founded by the re- nowned Welshman, Sir Leoliue Jenkins. Only three of the benefices are in Wales. important announcement appears in the '<5?y°n>" the chief Welsh paper in America: — Births.—July 3., 1894-, a boy, 111b. weight, to [Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones, South Jackson, O. "Sometimes more and sometimes less,and some- times not as much," was the lucid answer given to a question by one of the witnesses at the inquiry held into the Albion Colliery disaster on Friday. Professor T. Rhys, in the "Celt," protests against "the efforts which are being made to procure the appointment of monoglot English- men to offices of honour and emolument in Bangor University College." I he liarl and Countess of Dunraven and Lady W unborne and the Hon. Elaine Guest were amongst the guest.s invited to the ball given by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at Devonshire House on Thursday evening. A coaehbuilder who has just died at Swansea tva.s the head of a firm which has been flourish- ing' at Swansea, since 1785. It is one of the few things of which neither Mr. Daniel Owen nor Mr, George Thomas, of Ely, knows the beginning. Ii is said by a correspondent of "Languages" that a. relative of his in Pembrokeshire ten years ago heard a conversation between a Welsh lady and a Breton sailor boy, who oou'd understand each other in the native tongue without a great deal of difficulty. In the "V ale of Chuba,t, Patagonia, there is a. flourishing Welsh colony, which as yet shows no signs of being indistinguishable from its Spanish neighbours of Argentina, but, on the contrary, promises to spread and perpetuate the speech and race of Ancient Britain. An old resident of Canton writes:—" The irony of fate must be responsible for the fact that the late town clerk of Cardiff, Mr. George Salmon, has. just died and been buried without even a paragraph appearing. Mr. Salmon died full of years and honour." "Your barber-archdeacon story," writes a friend, "is hardly correct. The barber did not. say of the bishop, 'And a pleasant little cove he is, sir,' but. 'He's a haffable little gent, sir.' It is such a good story, and, moreover, true, that it is just a-s well to have it right." Out of the hundreds of delegates, lay and clerical, who attended the Welsh Congrega- tional Union meetings at Cardiff, only one of them had a. distinctly Welsh name. He was the Rev. Owen Rhys Owen, of G-landwr, Pem- brokeshire—he is one of the crescent lights of Independia. Some firemen's report books were handed in to the coroners at the New Inn Hotel, Ponty- pridd. on Friday, and Mr. Rhys, after getting a beautiful coating of coal-dust over his hands, wanted to know why the books had not been wiped before being put in. It is announced on posters all over Newport that "the foundation and memorial stone of New Chapel will be laid on Thursday, August 2, by Albert Spicer, Esq., M.P., and other ladies and gentlemen." "Ye guessed that Mr. e.'a Spicer waa a, gentleman, but it comes as a shock to find he is a lady, too. Lord Swansea, the Mayor of Cardiff, and Mr. W. H. Preeca were at the dinner given by the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Tele- graph Companies, to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of submarine telegraphy to the Far East.. The dinner was followed by a reception by the Prince of Wales. It was so very like an ass In a donkey and cart raoe at St.. Ishmael's Blacknosed Dick, an old favourite, kept up a steady run all the way, and was coming in an easy first, when he came to a full ston about four yards from the winning post and declined, donkey that he was, to budge an inch until the moke next behind had passed him and won the race. Writing from America, to a friend in Car- diff, Mr. W. Ap madoc, late editor of "Columbia," says:—"We are having a terrible time here. The military are obliged to fire at the mob. Several were killed, and scores wounded. Thank God! there is not a Welsh- man among the rioters—they are all Poles, Bohemians, and Italians." This week's "Sketch" has angered Aber- aman by stating that young Michael, the cyclist, is a native of Aberavon. Michael belongs, body and soul, to A.beraman, and Aberdare's neighbour is prepared to put up its lists ever it. if necessary. The picture paper also says that Michael will not enter for the Cuoa Cup 24 hours' race, and, therefore, thinks that Shorland will win. A gentleman holding a high position in the mercantile world in Mid-Glamorgan thus spoke at a parish meeting, "The indentation of the fragments of society has a. tendency to dissolve soaiety that was at once learned and respectable, and paying its- way like a good managed railway." "Hev d you! speak English, said a rustic, and the peroration limped to the tape. Chemists grumble that "doctors are not I what they used to be." "There's scarcely more than one or two doctors in Cardiff who prescribe- in the proper way, and leave the chemist to dispense," says a Cardiff chemist. "They all make up their medicines them- ealves, so that we chemists do not fare as we should." And then there was a sinister allusion about "gentlemen." There are some additions being made to the New Inn Hotel buildings at Pontypridd, and whilst a new flue was being tried on Friday morning a cloud of smoke leaked through some crevices in the wall at the back of the jurymen of the Cilfynydd disaster inquest and made them cough dgsperatelv. For a, time the question was debated whether the hotel was on fire, but an abrupt adjournment of the 'quest was obviated by a re-assuring explanation. It was decided at Friday's sitting of tie Albion Colliery disaster inquest that an inspec- tion of the mine should be made by her Majesty's Inspectors for a certain purpose. A juryman suggested that the inspection should be made immediately, but the inspectors were not disposed to assent to the suggestion in the absence of any promise on the part of the jury- man to provide t.hem with new suits of cloth- ing after their inspection of the colliery work- ings. The responsibility for the following para- graph lies with the. "Morning-—"There are. no beds visible until evening in the bedrooms at Cra-ig-y-Nos Castle, the home of Madame Patti. The housemaids, after making the beds in the morning, touch a spring, and the bed sinks down into the frame of the bed- stead, and is drawn up so a.s to give it the appearance of a wardrobe. This imparts a charming effect to the room. There are per- orated holes on the top and back, so that .here is perfect ventilation." Mr. Labouchere gives publicity to a storv which has just been. going the rounds:—"A poet desirous of the Laureateship was bitterlv complaining to a friend in a London club of the conspiracy of silence that was waged bv critios against his effusions. 'How ought I to m;-et this conspiracy?' he asked. 'Join it,' replied the friend. "But 'Truth' is so Enve- loped in discretion" (says the' "St. James's Gazette") "that it does not add that the poet was Mr. L s M s, and the friend Mr. O r W de." I When W. Terriss, the well-known actor, was a boy he travelled through Wales with his uncle, and was taken for the young Prince Alfred, the present Duke of" Edinburgh, Some wag had forwarded a telegram to the mayor of a certain small town to the effect that his Royal Highness, accompanied by his uncle, intended to pay them a visit. On their arrival at, the station Mr. T'erriss and his uncle were. to their surprise, received bv a local deputation, headed by the mayor and corporation, who insisted1 on presenting them with an address and feasting them at the Town-hdl. In vain did young Terriss and his uncle try to undeceive them, and for' the couple- or days they spent there they were a source of great attraction W the townspeople. "A small keyless lady's"' watch is announced as lost at Penarth. "Ponys and donkies had hear on higher" is the inscription on a signboard at Miuehead. It is believed that Penarth pier will not be ready for opening- until the latter end of August. At Minehead the principal hostelry is the "Feathers," and immediately opposite there is a shop kept by Mr. Tar. "Morien" will be delighted to learn that the "Tarian" describes his speech at the Car- narvon Gorsedd as Pantheistic. Quite a cartload of small corks were washed up by the sea at Penarth on Saturday. They must have been washed overboard some vessel or other. "Cymro" says that the bardic name of the Princess Maud should be "Modlen." In some of the Welsh novels "Mailt" is the Welsh name given for witch. Wood-street Chapel at Cardiff is becoming- orthodox. A cross now surmounts the front of the building, which is being completely overhauled by workmen. A line crop of oats has been had in on Lord Kensington's farm at St. Bride's. The land there is considered by agriculturists to be the finest in Pembrokeshire. Welshmen will have noted that the name of their patron saint was not omitted at the christening of the young prince. Paraphrased, the little man's name is Edward Albe-r Den- mark England Scotland Ireland W -\es Cardiff Cymiarodorion are in v condition of extreme langour. Forty turned up for the annual pic-nic on Saturday, and the event will go on record as the worst-managed affair since Cymmrcdorionism. began. One of the reasons urged at yesterday's meeting oi the Cardiff Parks Committee for the passing- of the bye-laws for the regulation of lloath Park was the necessity for the com- mittee having power to tackle one man who is constantly causing the keepers considerable trouble. Dr. F. E. Gladstone is to decide between the merits of the four selected candidates for the post or organist at I,land2.,ff Cathedral. Dr. Gladstone was once himself the cathedral organist, and is regarded as an excellent fugist among musicians. He is a connection of t,he G.O-L. The young man Edwards who was drowned at Penarth on Friday was a first-class tennis player, and had beaten all his opponents at the club's tournament. On Saturday, when lie was to have taken the- final, he lay a corpse, and the prize which wa.s to have been his had no claimant. A Glamorganshire schoolmaster has com- pletely cured his boys of the going a mania. One day when the mitchers were unrestrainedly disporting themselves in a none too lucid stream, he suddenly appeared on the bank and straightway carried off their garments. They come to school regularly now! "Dewi Hafhesp," the V. elsh tailor-poet, is credited with having composed the pithiest of englynion to the toothache—-every poet has had his fling at that subject. It runs thus:- Ow, i ble'r af rha.g cabl a rheg—cw, ow'r Ddanodd wyllt ddiosteg; Byw'r vdwyf trwy'm ber adeg A phoenau 'nghorph yn 'y ngheg. In Carmarthenshire,—not far from the county town—an old lady is the possessor of a curious memento of better days. It is a little box in which she keeps ail her teeth—with the excep- tion of her profits and locses by her first teeth- ing'. The old dame has not. a rack of tooth left behind in her mouth; molars and incisors were all extract,ed years ago, and they are now care- fully stowed away in the said box awaiting the time of her burial. Some of them are monu- ments of much patient suffering. Football is already agitating the Swansea mind. Mr. Gwynn, who has been talked to on the subject, says Mills will be miss'ing from the Swansea Team, and will probably be playing for Cardiff. He says nothing about the Jameses, but, talking of the prospects generally, says there is a lot of good young blood spring- ing up in the town, and, with practice, the season ought to be more successful than last. The fixtures arranged so far are much on a par, in point of merit, with those of last year. Aberdarians are a cautious race., and do not care to hurry over town matters. In a minute of the proceedings of the local board on July 9, 1863, the surveyor is said to have submitted plans and estima.tes for the repair of Pembroke-street, preparatory to its being taken over by the authority, and the matter was then adjourned for consideration. After 31 years' agitation an order has now been issued for tenders to do the work. This is a pattern of activity whioh Cardiff Corporation might copy. It is a curious fact that partly deaf people hear well when they get into a train or a machine-room, or any other place where the roar of traffic or machinery deafens the "sound in the head." A good story is told of Professor Ellis Edwards, who is, by-the-bye, a bachelor and somewhat deaf. The professor and a number of students got into the train at Bala, and after a while one of the students asked, in an ordinary tone, "Where is Ellis going to-day, I wonder?" upon a third ventured to remark that "he must "He is a howling swell," said another, whel-" be going courting." This created much merri- ment, but Mr. Edwards himself remained as stolid as stone. By-and-bye he reached, his destination, and just as he was leaving the compartment he turned round and remarked, "No, my friends, Ellis is not going courting." "Welsh place-names which have been trans- lated into English," writec3 "Rymro-Kelt," "have gained but little by the transformation. Thus, Edwinsfoff-d, in Carmarthenshire, and Pigeonsford, in Cardiganshire, are not nearly so dignified as Rhyd Odyn and Rhyd Clomenod. Falcondale is not bad, but the old word, Cwm yr Hebog, was preferable. At the same time, there are a few Welsh seats whose Welsh names might be improved upon. Thus, Penpoutbren, in North Cardigan, is plebeian Dolaubach, near Llanybyther, also lacks dignity, and appears greatly improvpd a,s Highmead—the seat of Colonel Davies-Evans. Thanks to the patriot- ism of former ages, more than 90 per cent, of our country seats have preserved their original and beautiful Welsh names. Some of them are unsurpassed in ap pro x> r i a t e n e » S and melo- dious sound." One of the speakers at, a recent meeting of the British Women's Temperanee Associa- tion this week paid a very graceful compli- ment to Dr. Moule, principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. A Cardiff minister having stated that Dr. Moule had strongly argued from certain Greek words in the New Testament that St. Paul was opposed to women preach- ing, another speaker named the late Mrs. Catherine Booth as a. successful woman preacher, and politely suggested that Dr. Morula shpuld promptly change his name. He should omit the letter "u," so that he might be designated as a. mole, deplorably blind to woman's work to-day; or the doctor might omit the letter "o," so that lie might claim to be a "mule," a title for which such ignorance and obstinacy with regard to women's rights richly qualified him. Who says that the Reign of Terror is over ? One anecdote in connection with the* first "Prince of Wales" seems to have been for- gotten by all who have contributed to the pile of literature which has sprung up and around the Royal visit to Carnarvon. It is this:—When Edward il. was born a Welsh nurse was provided for him, who could speak not a word of English. She was an Angle- sey woman. A new house was built to which the name Tre-Iorwerth (anglice Edward's town) was given. It was here the young prince was nursed by the Welshwoman. The house still stands, and is one of the stately homes of the island of Anglesey, the old ances- tral seat of the Wynne-Jmies family. The la-te Archdeacon of Anglesey and the present Vioar of Carnarvon (son-ir.-la.w to Lord Aber- dare) and many another of the same family name were born and bred at Tre-Iorwerth. In this connection a. Rhondda magnate points out that "Miss Strickland, in tlift 'Lives of the Queens of England,' quotes from the Royal register of Edward II. a statement that Edward's nurse at Carnarvon was on<B Mary Parry, and that when she heard that Edward, whom she had nursed at Tre-Iorwwth Farm, across the Menai, was on the Throne in London, she tramped it all the way on foot ,to see him. The King received her with crreat cordiality; no doubt spoke to her in Welsh, and it is recorded he. gave her a. sum of money far tie sak« of old timet"
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IND-USTRIAL PROGRESS OF ) _,i Ij E S. SOUTH WALES. SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL SCHEMES OF 1894. Since the great Parliamentary session of 1S84-, which saw the passage of the Barry Bill, no session has been so prolific of new railway and dock schemes for the development of South Wales as the session just completed. The House of Commons Committee's permission for the Bute Bill to proceed practically closes the session for local private Bills, and we can now fairly judge what progress has been made. First and most important is the Bute Docks Bill, which in its main feature, viz., the re- clamation. of land and the construction of a dock thereon, has been passed by Parliament in practically the condition in which it was intro- duced. The dock, which will be called the South Dock, will be in every way a splendid addition to the port. In the first place, it will have its entrance to the south of the Low Water Pier, and, nii«. a communicating lock between it and the Roath Dock, it will afford a new and entirely independent ingress to the Bute Docks, thus relieving the traffic through the existing entrance channel. It is the expressed intention of the Bute authorities to make this new entrance channel and the dock sili considerably deeper than is the entrance to the Roath Deck, with a view to dealing with the class of sf earners of 5,000 to 10,000 tons cargo, which promise to be- the boats of the future. The deepened channel vill also extend the time at each tide during which steamers can enter and leave the docks— a matter of great importance. The new works will, therefore, not only provide a very great increase of dock space, but the entrance channel will supply a new and alternative entrance to all the Bute Docks, the whole scheme being designed to furnish the fullest ac-eommodatiou for the increase lit trade, (,f whatever quantity or character, for years to come. The scheme that comes next to the HI te Bill in its importance on the trade of South Wales is the port Talbot Dock and Rail- ways. This Act, which has passed the House of Lords and the committee of the Mouse of Commons, provides for the cor-struction of a dock at Port Talbot twelve acres in extent, Behind this dock will lie the present harbour, about 100 acres in t stent. This can be dredged as required, and furnishes a magnifi- cent reserve for any possible extension of the port. The most important feature of the scheme, however, is the power of the company to construct a railway from Port. Talbot to Maesteg, the receiving point of traffic from the Llynvi Valley, thence continuing to the Garw Valley, which it joins at a point called Pontyrhill, with running powers over the Great Western Railway from Pontyrhill to the top (,f the Garw Valley. At Port Talbot the railway connects with the Rhondda and Swansea Bay and the Great Western Railways. The enormous value of this scheme to the colliery owners in the Llynvi and Garw Valleys can be gauged from the fact that, whereas the nearest point at which collieries in the former valley can ship at present is Cardiff, 28 miles .distant, with a iate per ton of Is. 4d. to Is. 6d., the Port Talbot Dock will be only nine miles distant, and from evidence given before the Committees it is the intention of the company to carry coal from Maesteg to their dock at about 6d. per ton. The whole of North's Navigation output arises at Maesteg, and these collieries will, therefore, be in a position to save lOd. to Is. per ton on their coal by shipping at Fort Talbot instead of at Cardiff. The Garw Valley, in which are the International. Pits and some of the Ocean Company's pits', will also reap considerable benefit from the new scheme, and there can be little doubt that the company will find plenty to do immediately it is in a working condition. With the Rhondda and Swansea Bay bring-iug it in near touch with the Rhondda Valleys and the Port Talbot Railways connecting it. with the Western Valleys, Port Talbot evidently has a great future before it, which, it is understood, Miss Talbot is determined. to achieve. This brings us to the Vale of Gla- morgan Railway, which, though authorised in 1892, has only this year become a practical factor in the local railways by the long-delayed decision of the Barry Company to carry out the scheme. This line will run from Bridgend to Barry, a distance of twenty miles, having protective clauses against the Great Western to secure traffic from the Llynvi, Garw, and Ogmore Valleys. Thus in one year we see the long-sustained monopoly of the Great Western for these valleys broken into from east and west by the Port Talbot and Vale of Glamorgan Railways respectively. The Vale of Glamorgan takes Aberthaw in its course, and passes within five miles of Porthcawl. If a branch were- run into Porthcawl, it would give that seaside resort a much more direct connection with Cardiff than it has at present, and would, without doubt, furnish the new compa,ny with a considerable revenue. The Taff Vale Company sought for powers to con- struct a new connecting line, about three miles in length, from their Ynysybwl branch to their main line to Merthyr. and this power Parlia- ment has granted. They also sought and ob- tained powers to construct a subway under the Ely River, to re-place the existing' ferry boat. The. Barry Company proposed a new iine ex- tending their existing railway to Porth. This the Lords' Committee threw out,, and they went to the Commons with onlv a line and breakwater from Barry to Ba.rrv'Island, which they have obtained power to construct. This is a short line, and will be used mainly for passengers to the beach. The schemes which have received the sanc- tion of Parliament this year may be sum- marised as follows — Bute Docks Company: Power to construct embankments, reclaim laud, and make dock thereon. Port Talbot Dock and Railway Company: Power to make a dock twelve acres in ex- tent, with railways from Port Talbot, through Maesteg. to Pontyrhill. Taff Vale Railway: Short- loop-line in Aberdare Valley. Barry Railway Company: Branch line to Barry Island, and embankment. Of the unsuccessful schemes by far the most important was the East Glamorgan Railway, which was proposed to start from the- Barry line below Hafod, running to Bargoed, with branches to Treharris, and to the Ladv Wind- sor Pit, on the Ynysybwl branch of the Taff Vale Railway, thus tapping the Rhymney and Brecon and Merthyr Railways, the Rhymney and Great Western Joint Taff-Baroroed" Rail- way, and the Aberdare and Ynvsybwl branches of the Taff Vale Railway. The Bill also proposed extensive running powers over the Rhymney, Brecon and Mer- thyr, and Taff-Bargoed Lines. The Bill was strenuously opposed by the Rhymney and Taff Railways and the Bute. Docks Company, and was rejected by the Committee of the House of Lords. The Great W estern Railway lodged a Bill to construct a railway over the same ground as the Port Talbot Comrany, between Port Talbot and Maesteg. This was really an attempt to keep t.he Port Talbot Company out of the Llynvi and Garw Val- leys, and the success of the latter company's scheme carried with it the rejection of that of the Great Western. The unsuccessful schemes were as follow Bute Docks Company: Diversion of the River Taff and running powers over railways in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire. Barry Railway Company Line from Hafod to Porth. Great Western Railway Company: Line from Port Talbot to Maesteg. East Glamorgan Railway: Line connecting Barry Railway with Rhymney, Brecon and Merthyr, and Aberdare Branch of Taff Vale, with running powers over two- first-named. Port Talbot Company: Running nowers over Great Western Railway west of Port Talbot to Swan pea" and OYer the whole of Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway.
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STORMS IN INDIA. A Renter's telegram from Bombay says -A great, storm has wrouerht much damage through- out Western India. Thousands of acres of crops are underwater, and loss of life a,nd property is reported. At Sm-at serious breaches have been made in the Bombay and Baroda Railway. The rivers Tapti and Malii are in full flood, and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway has been greatly damaged by a landslip In the Western Ghauts traffic is not expected to be resumed for a week. to.
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A KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES. EXCITING ADVENTURE THROUGH IGNORANCE. A prominent man, who lays great stress on the importance of the youth of the land and the elders as well becoming- linguists to as great an extent as their circumstances will allow, relates in an interesting manner a little incident in his life which caused inni to devote so much time to the study of the languages of other nations. "Several years ago,' he said, "in company with y ir,enn2, i took a leisurely trip through the southern part of America and Mexico. Not one of us could understand a word of Spanish, and after we got into the Mexican territory our conversation with the natives was necessarily of a limited nature un- less we happened to come across some one who had resided in the borderland long enough to learn a few Anglicisms. One boiling afternoon we decided to drive from Ll&noc, where we were then stepping, to Cruces, 30 miles distant. The road was clearly defined, and was bordered here and there by the mesquite bushes and cactus that were sprinkled over the hillsides. The dtiKzling light that was reflected from the white sands and rocks added to our discomfort, and before the trip was more than half com- pleted we were heartily sick of it. At last ive came to a little adobe cabin squatted down in one of the narrow valleys. It was the first dwelling we had seen since leaving the confines of Llanos, and, as it was near sun- down and the hope of reaching another that side of Cruces was small, we proposed trying to spend the night there. There were evidences of occupation, but our repeated vigorous knocks on the door failed to elicit any reply. We were pretty sure that the owner of the cottage would show up when his day's, work was done, so we waited. To while away the time we commenced examining a piece of rusty tin tacked to the side of the house. It was about a foot square, and was ornamented with two words, whose meaning- was as much of a mystery to us as Sanscrit would be, and a lot of queer little characters that looked I)ke the figure 5 turned upside down. We were seriously considering battering the door down or doing something equally des- perate, when a man appeared on the brow of a low hill at the back of the house. He waved his arms like a madman when he saw us and tore pell men through the cactus and mesquite. We could see he was trying to tell us seme- thing, but not till he was within six feet of us could we distinguish his words. He spoke in broken English, and the first thing we heard was Small-pox here.' We didn't want to learn anything more. The man followed us as we hastily retreated and asked us if we didn't see the sign. We pressed on to Cruces that night. Who that patient was, who took care of him, and how he lived in such close quarters at all has always been a mystery to us, but we didn't care to investigate. Whether or not that is the kind of notice v.he health authorities use in Mexico I do not know, but I made up my mind then that I would never again travel through any country until I was familiar enough with the language to know h small-pox sign when I f-aw it."
A SOMERSETSHIRE ROMANCE.
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iii A SOMERSETSHIRE ROMANCE. I CLAIM TO A HISTORIC DUKEDOM. The villagers of Maiden Bradley have recently, says the "Wiltshire Times," been ex- cited by the appearance amongst them of a person who claims to be the rightful heir of the twelfth Duke of Somerset, and demands the restitution of his title and estate. The claimant describes himself as Lord E. P. St. Maur, who is supposed to have been dead some 29 years. At any rate, the following-is inscribed all a marble tablet in the interior of Maiden Bradley Church: —"In memory of Lord Edward Percy St. Maur, born 19th of August, 1841, died 20th of December, 1865, aged 24. A young man of great promise, whose ability, talents, and literary attainments were the hope and pride of his family. He served as attache to the British Legation in Vienna 1859 to 1860, in Madrid 1861, and won the approbation of his superiors. Accidentally wounded by a bear while shooting at Yellapoor, North Canara, India, he was cut off in the flower of his youth." The claimant explains away his death by denying that it occurred. He admits the encounter with the bear, but states that lie escaped from his claws and got away with some scratches on his body, whioh he will ex- hibit when the time comes. His lengthened absence from the old country is accounted for by the assertion that he was taken prisoner by the Russians and kept in durance vile for a considerable period. He appears to have told other people a second story, to the effect that when he was a baby he was kidnapped by gipsies and sent away to sea, and only recently succeeded in working his passage back to Eng- land. He appears to have paid a, couple of visits to the village. On the first occasion he presented himself at the audit about a fort- night ago and had an interview with Lord Percy St. Maur. He turned up again on Tuesda- last, and has not since been heard of. Among the persons lie called on was an old gamekeeper, who had often been out shooting with Lord Edward before he went to India, but who failed to discover any likene-ss to him in the "fresh arrival," despite the latter's contention that he had the head and hands of the Somerset family. cgsgraaa uwawmcm gaiffitf>HtfiWBBBmjBgM3PCiasgM
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CHASE AFTER BURGLARS. LONDON POLICE MAKE A CAPTURE. At the Mansion House, London, on Mon- day James Hanbury, 17, Robert Hendebourck, 21, and James Jones, 21, were charged with burglariously entering a blsck of buildings in Cheapside. The evidence showed that on Sun- day morning Mr. Nosworthy, manager to a jewel- ler, heard a. noise on the stairs as if someone was splitting wood. A police-constable outside was communicated with, and the buildings were surrounded by police. The officers entered the jeweller's shop, and at the rear saw the three prisoners, who made off. An exciting chase took place, but Hanbury fell through the skylight and was captured, while the other two men dashed through the plate glass window and got into the warehouse. The police still followed prisoners, and eventually succeeded in appre- hending- them.PrisonerB were remanded,
A GENUINE BULL FIGHT.
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A GENUINE BULL FIGHT. A Dalziel's telegram froi)-tnew Yoi-ksa.s:- A graphic description is given in a dispatch published on Sunday by the New York papers of a genuine bull-iig-ht on Saturday evening at Beaver Dam. It appears that two farmers, living in that neighbourhood, quarrelled over the merits of two animals in their possession. One owned a Jersey bull, the other a Durham bull. For some time petst they had indulged in bantering each other as to who had the better animal. They finally arranged to pit the bulls against each other in a ring on the main street of the town. The contest came off without any interference from the authorities, and, after an hour and a half's fighting, the Jersey bull came out victorious, having killed his opponent. The fight was of a most deter- mined olwuraoter, both animals being terribly lacerated.
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THE SOUTHEND PRISONER BEFORE THE T-RATES. At the Southend Borough Sessions oricagbi^ day James Canham. Read, aged ot, a until lately employed at the R-oyai Docks, London, was charged on reman. the wilful murder of "Florence HD'ennis, 'tii| years, late of Siiakspeare-road, /le -p^ttl? I whoae body was found in a brook at ^^6nte well, near Southend, on June 24- last- interest was again manifested in the V croWJ higs, and the court was thronged, a,iarP,;oB. of people being unable to obtain ,a"nI1, caS Mr. Lamb, solicitor, in opening T'ia on behalf of the Treasury, said the 1 eyt in the case were still proceeding, hut dence he would produce would, could prove nothing more, justify the ^ei committting the prisoner for trial, 'l^6 'P g ^jl- was a married man, with a wife and ttt j, dren, and his proper home was 57, >■ street, Streatliam, but to be disclosed connected with an0 }' at which prisoner was arrested—Rose a Upper Mitoham, where he was living Miss Kemptou and her child. It woUp<i <nti ]» proved that at her death the ^■eceApI-lSoi^ was far advanced in pregnancy.. first met Miss Kemptfon at Lrlouces ^is Station in October, 1892, and sai name was Benson, and that he was a eC[ man and lived at Poplar with a friend Harry "Edwards. This man, Harry was, in fact, the prisoner's brother, Road, and he would be called as th'5 Undue intimacy took place betwee J prisoner and Miss Kempton, and1 jj latter pressed prisoner to marry her ig to her a forged marriage certificate ia satisfy her parents. Just prior to t- jal-ly j of the murder prisoner was staying' re8g ^oa 1 on Sundays at Rose Cottage, with +.h.e eXi,ncioilS ti of three Sundays. On two of those 1*^ it would be proved he saw Florence and it was on the other occasion it was alleged the murder took PisTCfVei»5* Friday, June 22, prisoner wrote to f0J> ton saying he should not be home on lowing Sunday, as he had to go to on important business, which he hoped get him out of his critical condition. I1 0g not God only knew what he would o ^etter was dead broke, and had no prospect or things." As a fact, however, witnesses called who would, assert that on g,nd they saw prisoner in Prittleweu, B it would be further alleged that he (he in the neighbourhood of that brook be body was afterwards found, and it jgfcol proved that the deceased was killed by \Vonld or revolver shot. Evidence ^?.d be given that prior to the murder a revolver in his possesion. gjid Detective-inspector Baker, recalled- at- that after he had arrested the j Rose Cottage, Upper Mitchani. he se .,fer, the house and found £ 35 and some .j, f-. a box containing a great many letters, document purporting to be a certificate 0- marriage of prisoner and Miss Kempton- Boner said, "This about Southend is Prisoner's brothdr, Harry Read, at them to the station, and on the way sf the prisoner, "What do you think 0 little milkmaid now? Was not she :lo and then he broke off. as for Cross-examined by Mr. Wharburtoll, udal j the defence, witness said that on the after the tragedy prisoner disappear?11 his employment, and it was afterwards ,aj that £ 159 had beee stolen from the Albert Docks. A warrant granted flici¡¡aJt employers for his arrest would be reason for prisoner's -kee.ping out of the "hich Dr. Waters described the position 1°. the body of the deceased was found ) brook, and the nature of the bullet uSeo in the left side of the head, which ,0llths death. The deceased was advanced in pregnancy. :!111di¡J!,t ( Fred Rush, of Southend, described. dIe of ), the bod" of deoeased lying in the r the the brook at Prittlewell on June 25. brook there was a glove, and the grasS > trampled down. Ir The Rev. John Chandler, of said he passed the spot twice on the jn of June 25. He did not notice ahv gra*8 the brook, but saw the glove and tne trampled down. 1v- xr& Police-sergeant Marsdem 8aid the th0 6 on its back in the middle of the D j head lying in a pool of blood. He- n*^ for body removed and made a. thorough £ ea a revolver, but without success. 1 oilitil Mr. Robert Dowtihwaite, unibreha ot fact-urer, of Prittlewell, said on the n s pjs j Sunday, June 24-, he passed Read | in the street, and saw them go in the of the field where the bodjr of the afterwards found. He afterwards the body as that of the girl he had s giti also a hat and jacket as that worn by w he saw. Some time afterwards he ell the police-station and identified the P as the man he had seen walking wi nis on June 24. I Cross-examined: The place where J- this man and woman was not iig'n' jl6 p was a, nice place for a lovers' walk*- not know whether it was much Jre |)Ut He had seen pictures of pris £ >ne'Ij? fi6' not seen the police description of ni face> •; however, did not identify Read by J but by his back. He did not see R6 .at the police-station. -.axti- Mr. Lamb then asked for a further xe^ r{s0^' Mr. Wharburton, on behalf -g0»er c urged the bench not to send the Prl .ctin Chelmsford, but io allow him to r Southend during the next week. { agreed to this course.. fo* The proceedings were then ad]°ur ,.j~- waek.
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[DEYELOPING ELECTlU^t^' | T-T ( THE TELE-AUTOGRAPH D* °r TION. By permission of the postal wires between St. Margarets and >-h Post Office, London, were on Sund g0ji noon and evening used for the purpo»e 1 <>, experiments with the tele-autograph jC) f' vention of Professor Gray, of New 0^\i time for the experiments being selec to the wires being comparatively ? veeii 1 ie' u day. The experiments took place he 0^* ij General Post Office, London, and t1' ■% Hut, St. Margaret's Bay, through London-Paris telephone passes. ^fVpd jp merits were fixed up at both ends, Oj was the first time long-distance exp^ -n tele-autography had taken ,P^aeev,,ual country they -were watched with ->t o« rest. The results were really i messages transmitted were in eTer^ng$ most successful, the instruments WM" oi x N out the slightest hitch over a iv0ui miles. Messages were both sent x rip0iKy received at St. Margaret's Bay. tj of the instrument is that it aU ^iti11^#' I records an exact fac-simile of the the writer of the message, in the f on Sunday the receiving pencil ease and clearness the different han giving thick and thin strokes, dott atnd crossing the t's in the most 11 manner.
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I HAS A MANIA FOR KlSSl^^ J A young Frenchwoman has_ ^eea f\ii[ at Brussels for the singular offence j|0 all the men she met in the street- g them, it appears, were ungallant' complain of her conduct, and a P?11 i seat to take her into custody. The -n i was, doubtless, prepared to be sal^l;, same way as the complainants, an^fi e /C disappointed. At the police-station ti qa tried hard to embrace the inspector 0 !s but in this case she failed. A doctio i » I called in to see her declared that she I' faring from mental derangement.