Weekly Mail

SHIP TOTALLY LOST. MEN DROWNED AND ONLY ONE SAVED. th ^>re5S Association Glasgow correspon- :{^j, telegraphs that Messrs. Ferguson and of Glasgow, oa Thursday received infor- that their steamship, Cyanus, has been 0^*1 ty lost near Ushant, and that of 21 men W °ard only one has been saved. The Cyanus 0fe °n a voyage from Bilbao to Glasgow, with W ^d was due at Glasgow to-morrow. She fiy^r^bao on the 8th inst., and on the next V,:LS lost. The owners cannot say Wi r R^e ran ashore. They state that Aa/6 having Glasgow she was overhauled, and t; the crew mostly belonged to Glasgow. Sj^enoe Nicholson, seaman, is the one man the of as heing saved. The following is list of the crew:—James Rice, Glas- h W. ^Lvcpherson, Glasgow, mate; •et' Glasgow, second mate; John *ss: ,eQ2ie, Glasgow, steward; W. Munnoth, ^8t steward; John Thomson, Kirkaldy, Nr. ^n^neer; John Forbes, second engineer ^i^son, third engineer; T. Fox, cook; IW i^tewart, boatswain; C. Jeromson, Bode- ^.°hnson, D. Sanderson, L. R. Nicholson, 'id 'P' Crichton, .seamen Ma.nn, donkeyman; 0w Malley, John M'Milian, John Blair, B. s> and John Hamilton, firemen.

& P^Hl)IFF STEAMER IN COL, LISION, It tQat ^as Jeported at Cardiff on Wednesday V \r steamship Earl of Dumfries, owned Ui Cniif^rs" -^artin and Marquand, had been UtW ^t/U a sailing vessel, and that the ^ntiy madeU>red- From inquiries subse- >ning, about eveaty miles off BL 0cl^k'^h^t ^°Ut (^es collided with t £ a<\ tho Earl of Ihmi" ■Noirona, of Sandefi^ Norwegian schooner ^as so badly damaged+vaii(i ^le latter vessel ^vards foundered. At tW" 6^e s^lortly after- strong gale blowing fromtv ^me there was a a, choppy s&a. ']'[! n north-west, with however, successfully lowered tl the ste?jCmer- « PUUed to the rink'm^v130^ the imnerillftrl mKin.? vessel and l^ows lost the trhole ^°r %ao°f •D"mfrieS afterWards to 'Odo, and on arriving there tlus, ship. eked sailors were safely landed, and taken of by the Norwegian Consul at. that!

I' 0THS.R. DISASTERS. ASHORE AT HOLYHEAD. i^1"^ Association Holyhead correspon- e ^P^ed on Tuesday afternoon thait the er ashore oa f >kerries Island is thy ^inglo- Jliud e Warren linsrs, homeward ead ( m Boeion for Liverpool, ,vith 700 •h(j ^ttle and 1.5C0 sheep, and adds that CW."p likely to become a total v-reok. A ati'ip'U states that the .Angloman is t but rolling. 48^tr 16r telegrams received from Lloyd's at Holyhead oa Tuesday evening state: ^33 e cargo of the Angloman consisted of ProyT6*'1'e> 1,300 sheeip, 24 horses, grain, and The vessel is on the rocks south- Ijr^ °\ the ma-in island of Skerxaes, and is ^"ith her head south-west, holed forward, •^he water in No. 4- Hold afloat astern. Crew were aH landed by tihe lifeboat ^tirl th^: caiitairi, chief engineer, and chief officers. The tide is running so to that it is impossible to ealve; arranging _pve, if possible, the live sitoc-k vidth tugs tide. Her Majesty's ship Renard is ^v?'red close to the vessel, ready to render w a8sistanoe. Three tugs axe also in at- a:n-ee. '1\ TWO SEAMEN DROWNED. "Star" says:—The British steamer has collided with a Norwegian barque <W bao. The latter Bank. Two of her ^ero drowned. STEAMER RUN DOWN IN THE THAMES. the steamer Hawk, belonging to the Steam Navigation Company, from was proceeding up the Thames about on Friday morning, she was run )f^trL bv the sfceamer Chelsea, off Erith. The struck in the bows, and quickly sarlc. the J&ssengers an'-i crew were picked up by Chelsea, and landed at North Woolwich. had an unpleasant experience, being in W of the Chelsea's boats for an hour in a ^storxn. k, STEAM TRAWLER ASHORE. Central News says —The steam trawler Vj toa, 57 tons, carrying nine hands, and to Grimsby, went ashore on Friday IIf i"-J.llg, four miles south of Hornsea. Five crew were washed overboard as soon struck, and drowned. The remaining > ^vho wei-e clinging to the rigging, were ^lia tlie Cowden rocket appiixaius, in an ^^ted condition. NORWEGIAN SCHOONER IN 'h. COLLISION. j?resc Associatioci Dover con-espondent that the Ostend mo-ii boat Marie Hen- ^hilo crossing to Dover on Saturday Ja.jjj ^SV cfolliued with, a Norwegian schooner, ^mknown. The Ostend boat, after giving rril*,r ass^tanee, came on to Dover and X°loo' matter, and a tug set out at four to pick tihe schooner up. The tf* i ■'i,"e^te perceived the schooner crossing jta v- time to reveise her engines, otherwise ^«0yj, ^rwegian must have been out in two. message st?Jtes that the schooner lost ej" bowsprit and jibboom. Anotiwr from the same agency states that the at the Sc/uth Sand Head, where tho »JJ1 occurred with the Marie Henriette, has ^ed by an unknown vessel, causing dis- ef*t of the light. 4 G ALL ANT LIFEBOAT RESCUE. lifel^oat rescue was effected on I rJfojX horning off Yarmouth. Tho Danish 110 Arge drove on the Cross Sands and ^'P iminedia.te.ly. The lifeboat Mark K8 ^P^tohed to the rescue of the crew W was. several times all but swamped I oQ,lf}vy seas- Ifer foremast snapped, and V thP nr>t .1,p. fccPt with her head to the >i ai KCrev' h'-hig in great peril. After two •v7ever» the Mark Lane having been • anot'her mast, succeeded in the task ff'ng the men ashore. A jP^lSDON IN THE SCHELDT. telegram from Antwerp on isU^6"—A collision occurred 011 the Vi (j •^tenday evening bet ween steamer forrv, niD2.* and the Spanish steamer BiJlwo. ^?er SaDk- I«ADEN STEAMER ASHORE. 8 8>aent at Perim telegraphs that the i^bo Wragrae, fro 21 Barry for ia. ashore on Jebcl Zakur Meyum, Coolies and a. steamer ha.ve goate to assist with divers and appliances. COLLISION IN THE NORTH SEA. The steam fishing boat George Baird arrived in the Tyne on Monday. The master reported having been run into by an unknown sailing ship, when twelve miles from the har- bour. The George Baird had a. largB hole made in the sta-rboafd bow, besides the funnel being curried away. Th* foremast, mainmast, wheel-house, and several feet of the bulwarks were literally torn. away. The man at the wheel was jamed in the wreckage, but for- tunatelv escaped uninjured. MISSING BOAT'S CREW RESCUED. The crew of the missing boat sent frorn the Allan liner Assyrian after the collisun be- tween that vessel and the ship Shiiela, off Sherries, was picked up by a trawler and landed at Liverpool on Monday. The Assyrian was ooming round from Glasgow to Liverpool when the collision occurred, the Shiela being inward from Demerara* As the Shiela. was badly damaged, a boat's crew was sent from the steamer to assist, but got adrift. The Shiela was afterwards towed by the steamer into Liverpool. STEAMER WRECKED NEAR RANGOON. Information has reached Liverpool of the total of the steamer Asama, in tha vicinity of Rangoon, which ehe left with a cargo of rice, bound for Liverpo-oJ.^ The vessel went ashore, and shortly afterwards parted amidships. The cablegram adds that part of the cat-go can be saved, and the crew are safe. The steamer belonged to Mr. J. M. Wood, Water-street, Liverpool. She was of 3,738 tonnage, and built at Stockton. She sailed from QWiff on December 3. A RARQUE MISSING. A Dover telegram on Monday states that no intelligence lias yet been received of the barque Ceres, wivioh collided with the Goodwin Light- ship on Saturday morning. A tug is ma-king further march for her. MISUSING STATE OF GEORGIA. The Central News Agency at New York, telegrapiiing on Tuesday, says:—A St. John's telegram says the Nimrod has returned there after an unsuccessful search for the missing State of Georgia. WRECK OF THE ANGLOMAN. Telegrams received at Lloyd's OIL Wednesday referring to the steamer Angloman, ashore on the Skerries, etate that the vessel remains in the same position. Forty sheep and one horse hay.) to landed at Birkenhead by the tug Great Emperor. A CYLINDER BROKEN. The Central News Agency at New York, tele- graphing on Wednesday, says:-—The new steamship Pennsylvania, arrived this morning and roported passing the steamer Pennland, disabled. The Demiland signalled she had a cylinder broken. LOSS OF A STEAMER AND NEARLY ALL HANDS. A telegram received at Lloyd's on Wednes- day evening from Beo du Ray &tat«w that the steamer Cyanus, of Glasgow, has been lost near TTshant. One man—Laurence Nicolson— was saved, and is at Ile do Sein. The Cyanus was .a. titeel screw steamer of 1,635 tons register, built at Hartlepool in 1880, and owned by Mussrs. Ferguson and Reid, of Glasgow. She left Bilbao on the 8th inst., bound for Glasgow. MAIL BOAT BREAOiS DOWN. Information was brought to Sheerness on Wednesday that, the Royal Zealand Steamship Company's mail steamer Prince William Van Orange, employed cn the mail service between Qijeenboroujjh and Flushing, was dinahied a few miles off the Nore. Two Government tugs were despatched to tow the disabled packet back to Qiteenborough, so that the mails and passengers could ba sent by tho night mail. The vessel was met drifting back to oort with the tide. She was berthed in the Swjule, and n wa-s found that an accident had happened to her high-pressure cylinder. She was replaced on the mail service by a. boart; from Flushing-. On Friday, at West Hartlepool. John Scott, 'master of the British steamer Oraiglands, of West Hartlepool, was prosecuted by the Board of Trade for carrying across the North Sea a-n excessive cargo on deck. He was fined £ 20 a'nd costs. A similar charge was pre- r ferred against Olaf Andersen, master of the steamer LiinebTirg1, of Wesfc Hartlepool, who r was also fined ife0 and cogts.

LOCAL SHIPPING CASES. THE COLLISION IN PEN ARTH ROADS. On Friday in the Admiralty Divi- sion of the High Court Sir Francis Jeune, the president, sitting with Trinity Masters, gave judgment- in the claim and counter-claim for damages arising out of tha collision between the steamship Rotha, of Newcastle, and the steamship Rothesay, of Cardiff, in Penarth Roads, on December 6. last. The President said the conclusion was that the lamp on the Rotba was not alight just before the collision. He accordingly pronounced the Ro-tha. alone to blame, and gave judgment for the defendants, with costs, the damage sustained by the Rothesay to be Assessed by the registrar and merchants in the usual way. A QUESTION OF DEMURRAGE. The CMS of the Moliere Steamship Company, of Cardiff, ~xr- Nay lor, B»nton, and Oo., of Iyondoji, was mentioned on Monday before Mr. Jiistioe Kennedy, in the Commercial Court of the Queen's Bench Division. In this action the plaintiffs claimed a certain sum, alleged to be due for demurrage on the vessel Moliere, which carried a cargo of iron ore from Bilbao to Newport in November last for the defen- dants. His lordship gnvo judgment in favour of the defendants' method of calculating demur- rage, but allowed to the plaintiffs two day which the defendant!! said were lost through heavy rain. Judgment, however, was not entered until the defendants had considered whether they would obtain evidence from Spain as to those two days. It was mentioned on Monday that the defendants had determined to go no further in the matter: therefore, that meant iudgment must be entered for the plain- tiffs for ZIIO. As the defendants had succeeded on the main issue, Mr, Justice Kennedy held that they were entitled to the costs of that issue, namely, the construction of the charter- party, on which they had succeeded, but he should give to the plaintiffs the general eo*ts of the action, to which they were entitled on recovering the £ 40. Further, he would order that both sets of costs were to be taxed on tho High Court scale.

THE SINKING OF THE CANDIA. OWKEUS OF THE CANITY V OWNRHS OF THE „ PHOTTTIOUS. „ _n, in the Admiralty revision < 1" the. High Court Sir Francis Jeune, tlie presklmt, fitting with J ni.'iry Masters, dehvered judgment in <h!s action, winch brought to reeover damaares for the less of the frte&mghip Cundia, of XewTlort. Mon. which sank sw the rMult of a collision with th? fite.wishin rrcpuiruf. of SuTideriand. The defendants' vessel was zilsD c,^Tisio?r!ii)ly uamsgtjfl, for thifi they e, ii,t elaim-ed. The caBaaltv toot place in the North$"a to the westward of the y'-warp Ty'>htehip, "or I>?eenv bcr 3 ]a<4. when a densa fop prevailed. The CvTidift at the ttmo had on board !I. ^rjfo of vhpAt from I brail for t*>rt» .in the Tyne Thfi Pron'tious was bound from Newcastle to Bordeaux with a (-.nr,,o of coal. Sir Fr&neln -Teune roirl hoth parties y-pre to bltme for the collision..Tud'^rient ncc.)rd;n.r!v, <•&••• h party to hear half of the other's respective damages

RECORD SHIPMENT AT BARRY. The ooa.l fhipments. over 500,000 tons, during January were the largest accomplished in the history of Barrv- amounting in one week to close upon 150,000 tpn*.

THE LIBEHAL UNIONIST ASSOCIATION. THE ADOPTION OF THE TERM "UNIONIST." Presiding on Thim;day at the annual meeting of the council of the Liberal Unionist Association, the Duke of Devonshire remarked that. wiiilp he was still willing and anxious that the j rcce » off amalgamation, or. perhaps, consolidation, of the ITnionst party should continue, and that the names cf Conservative and Liberal Unionist should srrdrilly give place to the, still better name of Unionist, he did not think that tht- time had arrived when such &n amalgamation wis eithi-r possible or expedient. At the same time, :t might he desirable that the change of oircumo- stanoea since the formation of the council should 1)Ð followed by some alteration in itq constitution and funoMons. There new DO immediate struggle befor° tln?m. The tpies- tion of preparation for an election was not so urgent RS when the council was formed, nnd he. therefore, approved of the propoent to be made that day to relax the rule which prohibited I the d^cusron by the con noil of questions of general policy. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. Referring to the edmnt'on question, his grace complained that his reply to the deputa- tion on this subject h:id been misunderstood, and went 011 to denv that there was anvihiiv.T unjust cr unfair ;n the Cnn.1it:h'TlfJ under which it was now prcipo.?ed State aid shculd be granted to voluntary school*. A strong case might be made out for assistance to certain school beards, but it should be understood that, assis- tance to school 1)(1Ard'! and assistance to volun- tarlc schools were distinct fzqoa. for school couM draw Oil ih" r,1tps, while, in re- spect, tr, voluntary schools, it was a of the existence of the whool. The bnHpr) upon the rat-Tnaver^ Wflg one which demanded retires?, and which the Government w..ra prepared to oors'der. but this WM a. <rj^stion between I irencral tarmyers and certftit bodies of rate- nayeTi?, and wns not an edueationai 'question like that of voluntary schools. it>I.IIIIWUIIW.IMWHi/l 1 *WIIMVI 'nwmiww

Tb "DxLIy Chronicle" says:—The budg-ct committee of the Norwegian Sl rthirg have unauim-ocusly nominated Dr. Nan a en as Professor of Zoology at the Chrietiania Univereity.

BURIED THREE TIMES. EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE IN A WELSH QUARRY. On Friday afternoon an extraordinary acci- dent occurred at the Dinorwic Quarries, Llan- beris. A man named Thomas Roberts, who resides at Brynrefail, was working a crane in one of the galleries of the quarry, when he waa buried by a large heap of rubbish. A shout from his mates made known to the whole gallery that a man had been buried under the fall. The men succeeded in clear- ing away a large quantity of boulder. Sud- denly one of the rescuers cried, "Silence, boys," and from beneath the fall could be distinctly heard the voice of the injured man urging his mates to oontinue to work in the direction they were proceeding, and that they would soon reach him. He assured them he was not very badly hurt. Inspired by a new hope, the men worked with a will, and before long had cleared the rubbish until the man's head appeared in sight. While they were pro- ceeding with their work, however, a loud shout of 'Ware I" made the rescuers conscious of some new danger, and they were oom- pelled to fly, while a second fall once more buried their unfortunate fellow. Once more the men worked away at the rubbish, and, after a letgthy toil, reached the object of their search, and had managed to free him. with the exception of his letgs, when another fall occurred. On this occasion a huge boulder, about four tons in weight, came rolling down, passing within a few inches of the place where the head of the injured man had been. In its train the boulder brought down another fall, which buried the man for the third time, and carried away with it the boards which had been put up to stop the flow of the rubbish. The men once more went to work, and this time rescued their mate, who was still alive but seriously injured, after about two hours' hard toil. Under the direction of the Hon. W. W. Vivian and Dr. Mills-Roberts, the injured man was carried to the hospital, where he is progressing favourably.

WOMAJV FATALLY BITEXED AT CYJSIMEB. Mr. E. B. Reece, coroner, held an inquest at Pontypridd Workhouse on Friday on the body of Elizabeth Morgan, alias "Betsy Tonr'efail," who was burned at the ovens of the Cvmmer Colliery on Wednesday monnng. —MJS. Mary Ann Russell (Tonr'efail) said the deceased was her sister, and was thirty-six years of age. She waa a married woman but had bt-en separated from her husband for the last nine yews, and had since then led a lo<v life, being very much addicted to drink. —John Davies, engine-driver at the Upper Cymmer Colliery, stated that on Tuesday 0 ry s night, about eleven o'clock, the deceased came to the engine-house and asked leave to stay there for the night. Her request was refused, and she was ordered away. She left the engine-house, and about 11.30 p.m. he heard screaming, and. with a stoker, went in the direction of the screams. They found the deceased sitting about three yardsway from the coke ovens. Her hair was disarranged, and she complained of having been assaulted by some men. They lifted her to her feet, and tried to get her to go away. She abso- lutely refused, and they left her there and returned to the engine-house. They heard no more cf her until about ten minutes to three on Wednesday morning, when she came to tha engine-house door in a nude state, and asked witness to cut what she said was a piece of string around her neck. He saw no stiing, but at onoe noticed that she was fright- fully burned all over. Witness then ran "for the stoker, who was at the time attending to the boilers. They placed her in a cabin, and sent for the police.—The jury returned a ver- dict "that the deceased was burned by the cobe-o'Veiis, but how she came to be on fire there is not sufficient evidence to show." FOOTBALL FATALITY AT SWANSEA. At an inquest held alt Forestfach on Tuesday evening on the body of James Williams, collier, who died from injuries received in a football match, Hafod v. Clayton, the facts as already published were testified to.—The jury found a verdict of "Accidental dee,th,"adding the follow- ] ing rider:—"That in the opinion of this jury not sufficient care is taken by football players when playing, and that the referee at any match should be empowered to stop the game if. in his opinion, it is becoming dangerous to those who take part." SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF. On Monday evening Thomas Mitchell, of No. 1, Compton-street, Cardiff, was admitted into the infirmary suffering from concussioti of the brain caused by falling from a trolley in Oowbridge-road. He was attended to by Dr. Cress well, but up to a late hour had not re- gained consciousness. It appears that at 6.30 ■p.m. a tramca-r was travelling on the Cowbridge- roa.d in the direction of Cardiff, and on reach- ing the union workhouse the driver nc-ticed a horse attached to a trolley proceeding in a contrarv direction. He accordingly blew his whistle, but Mitchell, who was in charge of the trolley, made no attempt to get off the road, and the driver of the car accordingly pulled up. but too late to avoid a collision, with the result that the driver of the trolley was thrown heavily on to the roadway. When picked up by a police-constable the man was found to be unconscious, and was accordingly conveyed in a cab to the infirmary. SAD DEATH AT LLANSAMLET. On Wednesday a pitman named Jordan John was attending to his work at the Gwern Pit, Llaiisaiiilet, when, by some unaccountable means, the staging must have tilted over, and he was preeipiiated to the bottom of the old tihaft, a. distance of 95 yard's. A man named Curti,s saved himself from thie game fate by cling- ing -to the rope overhead. Of the distance which Johns fell, 60 yards oonsiste of waiter, and the body. at tho time when our .parcel was despatched, had not been recovered. The deceased was A married man with two children, and lived on the Sway, Morriston. SWINDON STAIIONMASTER KILLED. Mr. Win. Bormcr, statiepmaster at the Great Western Railway Station at Swindon, was killed on Tuesday night near Swindon Station. He had been to Bristol on business in the morning, and waa returning home by express train, riding with the engine-driver on the fnot-pLtte. When approaching Swindon Station he looked out on the line and slipped off the engine, being killed instantly, the train at the time travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour. His head was smashed and an ami broken. The deceased was about 50 yean of age. and had been stationraaster at Swindon twenty years. ACCIDENTS IN THE HUNTING FIELD. Mr. Reginald Gill, of Tavktock. died oa Wednesday from injuries received on Tuesday while hunting with the Black more V;}e 1-1 one ds at Sherborne. Deceased, who was thrown from his horse and sustained concussion of the brain, was widely known in the We*t of England. where he until recent years carried on a bank- ing business. On AVedaesday Mr. Maxwell, master of the East Down Harriers, was hunting with the County Down 8taghouad, when his honse fell and kicked him, causing serious injuries. Mr. Reginald B. E. Gill, of Bickhara Houso. Tavistock, died on Wednesday morning from concussion of the brain, sustained on Tim.da;, bv boring thrown from his horse whilst hunting with the Bhckmore Vale Hounds near Sher- borne. The deceased gentleman was widely known and respected in the county.

T KOYAL, CARDIFF ANNUAL BENEFIT TO MR. W. T. BENJAMIN. The genial acting manager of the Theatre lioyal, Carciff, Mr. W. T. Benjamin wi!l uko ma Denent to-night (Friday) when, under distinguished p&tr»>naga, au exceptionally at-trac- tyve piogrfvmn>e will be gone througft. In addi- tion to tho production of the quaint American oomedy-draina. "The Fast Mail." there will bo a sitiong muster of we-11-krown artistes, in- cluding the Svlvia Glee Singers (conductor, Mr. Towyn Ihovia*); Mi. Ben Victor, Indian glass club ira»iw-piiIator; Mr. W. Dingle, Mr. Arthur Angle ''the talented iocal violinist), Mr. Oliver 'i orres, Mr. Jw. BUlke. a favourite tenor; M;s Gertrude Clatwortby, Mr. T. W. Eiiiot (the local character comedian), Mi«» Pattie 1 raTififteii' lr. Ivan Berlin, M i.-s Trixte Marsden. Mr. E. S. SenLie, Messrs. Evans, Lewis, Farr, iz-1 Davies (of t!te Perth Alale "Voiftt Party), Miss Kathleen Armitage. Miss Mildred Waters' bini,? banc, Mr. Edward Ivenny, Mr. A\illie Tho mag, solo harpist, who apTK-ared before the Prince of Wsles at Aber- ysiv.ith, and Miss 15!la l)v.%n, the well-known men 4 0(1 coiitrft'to. There will also be an augmented orchestra, nnder Mr. Mabbett'n baton, and, ali things considered., the audience will get plenty for their money.

CHILD BORN IN A WHERRY. The flood; in the Wavenev Valley (Suffolk) abated on Tuesday, but many of the cottages which were flooded are not yet habitable. When the floods were rising several families had to make their escape in boats. IN one instaree a. married woman, named West, was removed in a. w-herrv. in which she gave birth to a child.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. As the London and North-Western express corridor train from Carlisle to Preston (at which latter place it is due at six p.m.; was nearing Lancaster on Thursday night it was nüticeù tlJat the axlo gveaae-box of the middle luuer wheel of the tenaer was blazing furiously. The train had to be stopped, and a tresh engine put on, the incident causing a delay of twenty minutes. Considerable delay was caused to the up traiiio on the Great Western line from Milford Haven 011 Tuesday evening by a bonk engine leaving the rails between Gowerton and Cockett. Xne tram due at Car- d-ft at 9.30 war, over 45 minutes late, while the ma.il, timed to arrive at IO..SO, md not reach Cardiff until after eleven o'clock. From inquiries made at Cardiff our reporter l-earned that the accident had not resulted in any injury to life. On the Manchester, Sheffield, and Linooln- shire Railway Company's main line near Brigg on Mondav a goods train, owing to the subii- denee of the line, left the metals, and was pitched over an embankment, dragging several vans with it. The driver and hremail were seriously scalded, and were conveyed to Grimsby Hospital. Considerable damage was done to the permanent way, but after an hour's delay traiiio was resumed on a single line. Charles Hopkins, the driver, died in Grimsby Hospttal on Tuesday morning. The iireman is progressing favourably. On Saturday evening, as the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire train from Sheffield to Liverpool was standing on the line at Bmnington Junction, near Stockport, it was run into by the Derby train, which leaves at 6.25. Fortunately, the Sheffield train had a-t its tail a goods wagon laden with theatrical properties. This wagon was forced by the Derby train right under the van occupied by the guard, James Savage, who was severely out, but was able to keep in his carriage. In the next carriage were two ladies and a. little girl. The latter escaped, but the two ladies were found to, be seriously injured, and were taken to Stockport Station. It was found they were the wife and daughter of Mr. E. Moreland, musical director of the Empire Palace, Sheffield. The mother ha.s severe in- juries to her legs, and the daughter is severely cut about the head, and has a broken ankle. They were afterwards taken to the Stockport Infirmary. Many passengers suffered from shock. The line -,as blocked for several houra. Miss Moreland died on Wednesday.

STRANGE WILL SUIT. In the Probate Division on Saturday Mr. Justice Barnes and a special jury commenced the hearing of a suit relating to the testa- mentary dispositions of Mr. dose Beniardine Ferreira, who had resided near Chichester and at Torquay, leaving property stated to amount to about £ 120,000. Plaintiff, Mr Hugh Percy Lora.ino Triscott, claimed the revocation of a will dated April, 18S5. and set up a will of January, 1B96, by which the testator, he alleged, left him all his property. The plaintiff alleged that he gave up his com- mission in the Thames Militia Division of the Royal Engineers in 1893 to become a. com- panion to thb testator, who undertook to set aside sufficient money to provide him with an income of JB300 a yeaa-, and to leave him everything at death. A will to this effect was made in January, 1895, and Mr. Triscott alleged that the testator was induced later to make a will in favour of Mr. Thomas Crump Lindop, solicitor, of Torquay, against whom a charge of undue influence was made, and with whom was joined as defendant a. Mr. Humphrey Grylls Hill. Defendants denied the allegations.—Sir Edward Clarke, for the defendants, said the testator gave plaintiff £ 7,500 in 1893, and now he wished to obtain every shilling of the property by Y which defendants benefited, and he accused Mr. Lindop, who knew of testator's separa- tion from his wife and of his private affairs, of obtaining the will by threatening to accuse testator of criminal conduct with a young male servant. These allegations, said the learned counsel, were absolutely without foundation. Mr. Ferreira, who was only forty years of age when he died, consulted Mr. Lindop in 1890 over the separation from nis wife. and in the course of the proceedings it was suggested that the separation had come about in consequence of certain criminal acts by the testator, who, however, solemnly denied the charge. Mr. Hill, the other defen- dant, was a retired solicitor at Torquay, and he and Mr. Lindop were executors of the last will, py a priest, who, with Mr. Hill, received £1,000. and Mr. Lindop the remain- der.-The case was adjourned Tho. hearing of the suit relating to the testa- mentary depositions of Jose Teixeira> a Brazilian, who died at Torquay, and by a will made in April, 1895, left the residua his fortune of about £ 120,COO to Mr. Thomas Crump Lindap, solicitor, Torquay, and £11°00 to Mr. Humphrey Grylls Hill, a retired solicitor living at the same pla-.w, was resumed 0,1 Tueedny, 'Bhe itj'lidity cf the will wae opposed by Mr. Hugh Percy Loraiue Triscott, late an officer in the Army, who resigned his c-ocuniasion to become companion to Mr. ■Tebseira-, and who propounded' a wii-i made in January, 1S95, lea,ving his fortune,to him, Mr. Iris colt, who alleged the later will was made °,vv"lri £ > t° the undue influence of Mr. Lindop, the allegation being that Mr. Lindop threatened to accuse Mr; Teixeira of improper conduct with a. made eprvatm. Mr. Lindop, who denies the allegation, went into the wrtnesfe-box. He said the teatator married in 1881, and settled £ 800 upon his wife, n_. "u waa liuw hers absolutely. \v ltnegs be- ^J.^QV^nted With the testator in 1882. In 1890 testator, who had separated from hi' wife. consulted witness professionally, and Mrs. Teixeira's solicitor told witness if-at testator hrd written her admitting niecondact with a man- servant. Testator assured witriess later that what he said in the letter was untrue. Testator made a. will leaving £ 14,000 to ench of the two servants, including the man-servant alluded to Ho wirhed to leave the residue to witness and Mr. Hill, and witness told bim be oould not make sucSi a will him°elf, and reoommonded him to go to another solicitor. The will VYIIS afterwards varied. Upon the engagement of Mr. Triscott as companion the testator told n witnees he had given Triscott sufficient to pro- duce £ 300 a voar, in lieu of salary. He wanted to give £ 1,000 to Mr. Hill. one-third rvf thi residue to Air. Tvi.-cott, and the remaining two-thirds to case was ad- .tourned. The hearing of the Teiieira wiU suit was re- sumed on Wednesday. Mr. Lindop, in cross-examination. said he had no doubt testator induced Mr. Tri.-cctt to give up his eoTnmis*:on> and that h« was very much attached to him, Mr. Carson put m a letter:growing testator had a great regard for Mr. Trisoott, and was impatient when he was away, and regarded him as a brother. He repeatedly asked Mr. Tris- cott to "chuck" up the service, and come to him. as he was so lonely and low-spirited. The case was adjourned

>awCTMB«ajfiw»a ra—uimii*W»y<W.1 ti ~HEBEPITY. If you read the upon scientific subjects which are published in the reviews, magazines, newspapers, imd medical journals of the day, you cannot help being impressed with the attention being given to the inherited tendencies of children. There are. of course many conil'cting opiaiorns: but upon one point all the writers aro agreed—thus is in relation to the iranoiiance of nutrition during the per od of growth. We are furnished with many illustrations to nro\-O that during this growing a,g-e is determined, to a great extent, the size and health of the adult body, which in turn influences the next and future generations. For instance, we had it pointed out to us that in ttoir natural wild state the siz« of horses (lnd cattle varies in proportion to the food afforded them by Nature. Tn northern countries where food is scarce, we find the Shetland pc-Tiy, for example; while in Western America the hrrses are much larger. Let i-s apply this truth to our children. How often it happens thai, notwithstanding the fondest care, children ere utterly unable to svss'milate the kind c.f nourishment 'hat would make them thrive. Thev make iio progress have difficulty in forming their teeth, and fre- emen tlv develop alarming symptoms. A lady in Kent experienced something of this cifficulty. Her baby had everything a baby could eeem B need, and vet its progress wa« 1 nsatisfac- torv. The lady herself, in a. letter elling about her babv. gavs — "At .<.ix -ra-ittin she was a really beautiful bnbv, but after she w,af:1 we-a"-ed I v.as greatly disappointed, r,t the ]jlq" nrocrf«R she made. She AV2" not in ?nv wyv ill. and was a decidedly rood-tempered child, but made nbsoluielv no orngm-s, although I devoted my entire tune to he-, r could not think it rig-bt drat a child so well takA" care cf. ard so much in the'fresh air. rhou'd 'o"t' fi•]». in *T,ite of apparent good health. When she wa.< seven m0.ntll0 old rhe had cm four 1<>en1. but i-, 11e next five months cut only one more. At this time, Then b^bv was a yeKr ,,1-1, T bce-vtn givintr hpr Scott's jFmubion. I havp much pleasure !ri saying" «h j imnrov»d in a. marvellous manner. 7'rsbv took the Emulsion W'ih evident enjov- ment, and I may tmy it wa>« just what she needed to give her flesh, strength, Brol vitalitv. •—Tourv very truly. (Signed^ Mr«. GEORGE ITANPETi, >fi>«»«dpn. Whltstable, Kent, Decmbar 19th. 1895." Now the truth k what the little baby of tr«o fororoincr letter renllv ne<xl»d wps iHQt. vbat her mother irave Emulsion. F ynn wen,t tA Iw convinced of what this pro- parat'on hc« ci-ro for eod-liver oil and hvro- r>hosT>h>tes ,f lime and IOnda., trv it on a bnbv that doe-= not thrive. Tn the most eTtrn-me ("\1000 of em^eif!'+i,sn and wa.^ti-no-, Soott'^ Emulsion is alme*?<t invarinblv all that is TP!"II1¡rIY] to re- store strength, ffesh. vitelitv, and health. Tt is of the Troa.test h forming the trrowin<? l'Orl:l-' both in eirinrr flesh and form- ing solid bones, n.nd ba- n. direct hearing trnon the early tendencies of life, to which the scien- tists are giving such profound attention.

"BLUES" AND "SLEEVERS" AT PENAllTS. At Penarth Police-court on Wednesday Thomas Mules, of the Albion Hotel, Punarth. was summoned for selling bier by retail, not! m cask or Lottie, in ,1. quantity more than hall a pint, and in a measure net marked according to the imperial standard. Lir. T. H. lleloher, of Cardiff, defended. The proceedings were taken under Section 8 of the Licensing Aot, 1872, whbh prohibits the eeiling of beer in other than starclaxd mea- sures. Police-constable Hurford stated 'hat he had visited the defendant's premises upon the 22nd of January at 7.15 L: pon the counter wt-re four "sleevers," containing beer, und fcur men Kitt-inj near to whom the beer had been served. The "sleever'' was an illegal mea- sure, the Board of Trade declining to recognise it, and the authorities refusing to mark it as a standard measure. In crow e x am i n a t ion by Mr. Belcher, the polioe-constablj admitted that "slereers"' aiid "blues" were generally used throughout Wales, particularly in the boroughs, but he was not .awa.re that they were in general use :n Penarth. The defendant stated to him that he did not tlink he WM doing any harm, as the customer had asked for it, and witness further admitted that no notice or caution had been given to the defendant before the commencement of these proceedings. For the defence Mr. Belcher stated that although there was a. bare technical breach of the section, yet the custom had been in exis- tence for po many yeans througho-it the dis- trict that his client might reasonably have thought that he was acting within the law. The "hlue" or "sloever" was a most convenient measure for the consumer, being betweon half a pint and a pint, and it was the quantity invariably asked for by working men, the amount paid being twopence, which was exactly its value, namely, one-third of a quart. He urged strongly that there was no object in such a prosecution, as tihere was no sort of suggestion that there was any element of fraud or criminality in the practice, and he stated that his client was a. mo«t respectable man, and had carried on business as a licensed vic- tvaller for 22 years without any sort of com- plaint. It appeared to him a monstrous hardship, having regard to the custom to which he had alluded, in the absence otf fraud, that the proceedings should have been hoken with- out any preliminary notice or caAition, and sug- gested th M: a gentle admonition from the bench mio'ht well meet the merits of the < a.se. The Magistrates, after some deliberation, stated that the offence had been committed, for which they were obliged to inflict the penalty of 2s. 6d., including costs.

PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS CHARGE AGAINST A CARDIFF PUBLICAN. On Wednesday afternoon at Cardiff Police- court (beifore the Stipendiary, Mr. T. W. Lewie) Captain J. 0. Wilkinson, landlor-Ll of the Charing Cross Public-house, Bute-street, was summoned for permitting drunkenness on his licensed premises on the 25th of January. Mr. Beynon .j. JUT is (solicitor to the Cardiff Corporation) conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis Morgan defended. Mr. -,eviiori Harris, in opening, said said the summons had been taken out under Section 13 of the Licensing Act, 1872, and there had been, he was instructed, very few, if any, cases of a similar nature before the court for some considerable time. The •soo&ori was divided into two parts, oho for permitting drunkermass and the other for sell- ing intoxicating liquoi to a poison already drunk, and defendant, in this case, was charged with allowing a drunken man to remain on his premises. The Stipendiary: To warrant a con- viotion for permitting drunkenness there must be evidence from wliioh the presence of a drunken man can ba inferred. To permit drunkenness is to knowingly assent.—In further conversation, tihe Stipendiary said the law on i.be P3^nt was very clearly established. Mr. Hams The police experience a. difficulty ill getting men out of public-houses. Certain landlords think that so long as they do not serve drunk to an apparently drunken man they are secure from the law, and the police (some of the younger ones) axe under the same im- pression. The oonswuence is that when men have been refused drink at certain public-houses they have gone down the street to another place and sat down and waited till "stop-tap," when all are turned into the streets. If your worship convicts it will prohibit men going in a. drunken state from one house to another and landlords from allowing them to remain on the premises. The Stipendiary said the law was prohibitive without any conviction from him. He had simply to consider whether there had been an offence or not, ani could not have regard to other circumstances. If there was sufficient evidence, he should convict regardless of all considerations as to the police, or the public, or anybody else. Police-constable Prank Tarr was then called, and said he saw a man named William BsLko go into the Charing Cross at five o'clock in the afiernoon. He was drunk, and witness told the landlady not to serve him. She said, "All right," and promised to have him put out. Witness went away, but returning 1, 35 mimrfes with Pob-e-con- stable Jackson, he found Baker a-sbep on a bench in one of the compartments of the bar. The landlady then said Baker had left, but the police, who had been watohir.g, denied that. Baker, being as alleged under the influence of drink, wrs taken by the officers to the police-station, where he was locked up, and discharged the next morning with a caution. —In cross-examination by Mr. Morgan, the police did not suggest that Baker was served with drink suiter attention had been called to him. The landlord was called, end said that after the police warning he <i i-Hiier to go out without any trouble, and persuaded him to leave. He went out through the door into the front street, and witness declined to serve anybody until the man was satfely outside. Ho returned. Witness told him he was a nuisance, and he again departed. He Vi as a daily customer, and witness treated him as considerately as be could. He admitted having argued with Baker for eight minutes on the propriety of making his exit, and the Stipendiary pointed out that that was prac- tically an admission of the offence. Other evidence having been given, the Stipendiary unpoeed a fine of 5s. and costs, or seven days, with ihe explanation that the reason he in- flicted so iight a penalty was that after the landlord's attenti jn had been called to the fact that a drunken man was upon his premises he endeavoured to induce him to leave, but did not gat rid of him with the Promptitude (IX- pected of him, and which the law required him trj exercise. Tho conviction, the Stipen- diary said, was not to be endorsed on the U m i ce.

WELSH PITTItCE AT CARDIFF The good Vicar of Eglwys Dewi Saiit, Cardiff (ihe Rev. A. E. H. Hyslop) and bk zealous and energetic assistants, the Rev. W. R. Comp- ton Davies and the Rev. T. C. Phillips, have everv reason to feel proud of their ministrations and work on behalf of Welsh-speaking Church- men in Cardiff. The church is always crowded, and the number of communicants is larger than it has ever been in the history of this thriving Church. Tliers is still a debt of £ 500 011 the building fund, and a two days' bazaar to liquidate the same was opened* in the Welsh Church Schoolroom, Howard-gardens, on Wed- nesday afternoon by the deputy-mayor (Coun- cillor Morgan Morgan), 'i here \v;u3 a good attendance at the opening, and the stalls (five in number) were laden with articles valuable for artistic merit or for reaso is more utilitarian. Hie stalls were presided over as follows.—.Fancy Stall No. 1: — Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Prichard, Miss Thomas, the Misses Lewis. Miss Howells- and Miss Richards, Fancy Stall No. 2: M.S. Hysbi-p- Mrs. Robinson, Miss Wathen, the Misses rc Aaron, the Misses Edwards, and Miss Morgaa. Market Stall: Mrs. Mary Davies, Mrs. Divid Jon<*s, Mrs. B. Jovtcs. STlss Rees. nud Miss Evabs. R,refro>~hmenti? Srall: Mi-s Aaron, M:r. Earl. Mrs. Davies (Rjchmoad-road), AIM. H. Griffiths, and Mrs. J. Griffiths. The Ecclesiastical Book Stall was overlooked by Mis, Eilir Evans, who had on sale cop;e\S of the artistically got up work by A0 Rcv- tx>rnp- ton Davies upon "The History of I.landaff Cathedral," with illustration*, elucidating the treatise from century to century. he stalls, as URXII. were the chief attraction,^ but there were other elements subsidiary, but none the less noteworthy. Every Church worker did something. Even iittle Nofsta, 'l!e ihariniug six-year-old daughter of Er. Pr:ehard, con- tributed her quota, quickly distributing her packets of "Peiuddrwyd T>wi Sunt." Ttiere were, present at the opening the clergy, the churchwardens. Messrs. John Wilbams and Jos. Lewis, Dr. Pri-hard. the Roey. T. jihvies (tl»!»-pla.itt Cardiff Pr:«on), the Rev. J. Swinner- ton, vicar <>? Maindee, &c. The deputy-mayor, introduced by th« vies.r. had a cordial reefp- tion. He siwd it should l>e tha highest object of every true Churchman to assist ,he Welsh Church tvtablkhed in Cardnff, which was built and continued to be niamtaAned by purely voluntary contributions. (Applause.) The Church, therefore, was worthy of greater support than it received from the town cf Cardiff, 1: ecu use nothing was P. L more inspiring to W elsh people than to worship in iihe mother tongue, which helped to per- petuate the spirit of Weleh nationality and to keep alive the Welsh language M the most expressive, anu so pre-emineutiv full of senti- ment and song. (Applause.) When the move- ment in favour of a Welsh Church was initiated dignitaries even of the Church in Cardiff declared there was no necessity for a Welsh Church, and went so far as to approach the bishop of the diocese upci the matter; but his lordship, ever alive to the spiritual needs of his diocese, assisted the erection of the Welsh Church to the utmost, and predicted its present success. (Applause.) Mr. Morg-in syok'' hiehlv of the zealous work of the bishop on behalf of WTekh Church people, and, in con- clusion. handed a cheque 1.0 the vicar on behalf of the bazaar, which he then formally declared open. Thanks to the deputy-mayor for his kindness concluded the opening ceremony,

AN AMUSING CASE. I A LANELLY MARINER, AND HI3 BROTKISRS-IN-LAW. At the Glamorgan. Assizes on W ecinesday, before Mr. Justice Lawrance, the action of Herman Johnson v. Nicholas Brabyn, Vv imam Bra-byn, and Elizabeth M'Cullock, waa tried. This was a case in which the plaintiff, a mariner, of Mina-streat, Liaiieiiy, brougns a. clujm against defendants for the alleged deten- tion of certain goods and ahaxtdls belonging to the plaintiff, and refusing to give them up. Mr. S. T. Evans appeared for plaintiff, and the three defendants were represented by Mr. C. S. Giascodine. —Mr. Evans, ia opening the ease, stated that the value of the goods claimed amounted to i;69 lis. &d., and plaintiff also claimed be sum of £50 for the unlawful deten- tion of the same. The circumstances under winch the claims wore made were as follows;- In the year 1884 plaintiff married a Miss Brabyn, who at the tim-a was living with her brother, Willi am Brabj-n, at iNo. 9, Mma- street, Llaneiiy. After the marriage Mr. Johnson took up his residence with his wife at the house in Mma-street, and William Brabyn continued to live there, while another brother, Nicholas Brabyn, also came to live in the houso. the home thu3 being made a. common one between Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and the latter's two brothers. The Brabyns were not very careful people, and the furniture of the bouse, which was very poor when the Johnsons went to live there, was from time to time added to until it became a fairly well-stocked house with furniture bought by Mrs. Johnson with money saved from that sent home to her from her husband while at sea. It appeared tb-.t Mr. Johnson went to sea in March, 1886, and returned from that voyage in July. When he arrived back in this country, instead of re- ceiving letters from his wife, as he expected, he received a letter from Willia.m Brabyn, telling him ifiat his wife had died on June 6. He (Johnson) went at once to his brother-in- law's at Llanelly, and found that the two Brabyns had entered into possession of his own goods. Evcn his trunk had been broken into, in which were two insurance policies both on the life of William Brabyn, the premiums of which had been paid by plaintiff, and also the lease of his house. Mr*. M'Cullock, who was a niece of the late Mrs. Johnson, claimed a part of the property under a will of the latter. To this claim of plaintiff's there wa.s a oouRter claim for B108 for rent. Herman Johnson, the plaintiff, « well-built man, whose appearance was that of a steady and well-to-do mariner, then went into the box. He betre out the opening statement of Mr. S. T. Evans in every detail. Letters weie lead written to I)im by his wife while no was away at sea, in which she spoke of how she had saved money and had bought extra furniture for the house, and had paid tba premiums on the two policies, rates, &c. The laat letter read was daited only three weeks before Mrs. Johnson's death, and it was with difficulty that filaintirF kept back signs of his emotion as he istened to the la^t communioati Jn sent him by his wife, in which she expressed the hone that he would soon be with her again. The letters throughout were written in a most affec- tionate strain, amd were altogether +ha,t of a fond and practical woman, whose only interests were those of hA-r husband. Mr. Johnson described how, when he wapt: back to Llanelly after hearing of his wife's death, ho asked for a night's rest after his long journey. He was told to at all the roo-ns were locked, and that his trunk, broken open, had been taken out of his bedroom and placed upon the landing. He (witness) had to go out that night txd seek lodgings. Crom eximined by Mr. Glaseodme He had rot kept his wife shrrt of momy, and he had never heard that, during t.he last six or seven years of her life, she had been in receipt of £ 1 a week from her r.iece, Mrs. M'Cullcch. T'-e next witness was James Downing, a blacksmith, who stated that on the t'ay of the fiiTi'PT'ft.l of IVTrs. Johnson by the of Nicholas Brabyn he went to No. 9. Mina- irtreet, and broke open the trunk belonging to Mr. Johnson, because it was a lever lock and he could not make a. kejr to fit u. Mr. Henry Ellis Poole, auctioneer, of Llanelly, deoos-ed to selling certain household goods at No. 9, Mina-street in August last. There was no reserve placed upon the gocde, v-l.ioh were those in the atfctwnent of claim. He cold by the instructions of Mrs. M Culloen. The goods fetched £ 31 8. 5d. By Mr. Glascodine: The furniture was very old. and fetched it", full value. For the defendants Mr. Glaseodme urged that the goods sold had belonged to Mrs. Joftn- 80n, andhad been left to Mrs. M'Culloh. whose property they were when they were sold. He characterised the claim as trumpery. jsTjr^r.i-.P Br>bvn and Will'sm Brabyn were both cal1' Thov were tW) old men, who co-t I considerably mixed up in giving their evidence. His lordship tried to gat •» statement as to their means from them, but all that they could say was that they had a house from which they did not get any rent. Brother Nicholas said he broke into Johnson's trunk to sea if M could find any money to payhis wife's funeral ex- panses. and he took out the other articles to place them in a place of safety. The idea of a man breaking open a, trunk in his own house and giving the goods in it to his neighbours to take care of, so that they might ba "in a place of safety" wos rather rich, and the judge and court laughed loud and Lmg. Then the old man afforded some more amusement when M>. S T. Evans asked him where he had lived since 1891. "With mv wife," was the rep.y. When were you married? In 18S3! (Loud laughter.) Oh. how could that be? But Nicholas Brabvn at this point stood on his dignity, and would not vouchsafe any more information M to his mnrried life, much to the disappointment cf the court. William Brabvn followed, but Mr. Glssc-o- dine, after ttlp little encouragement he had re- ceived from Nicholas, rpfosed to put any oues- tions to the witness, whereupon his Lordship said he would have a little go (JIIl his own ac- count. Hi; Lordship: What have you been living on latelv? „ Witnes-i: I had the lease of ihe house. Yon have a-il been living on tlrat lease then? (Lar^hten)^ Scotch Colliery from 1894 till 1896. Where were you in 1895? «\t Llaniellv. But I thought you said you were at the Scotch collien,'? but X to 001TI8 nick ^v^ry niftSit'. What, all the way firm Scotland every mght? (Loud laughter.} i It was here explained to his lords,up that the Scotch colliery was n'lt in Scotland- Oh, rerily. added his Lordship, iviiat a pecu- liar people you aiv cVwn hovo. X thought he" came down from the Scotca moun- tairw, everv night. hy do thev c.i 11 it the Scotch eoll'erv if it isn't- in S^rtlaiw ? Mr. Glascodine The hor.onr of my county is at stake. (Laughter.) It is so named, your lordship, because there are Scotch owners. His Lord=hip: Oh. dear (with a. gesture of de-pair), I don't see why I should do this work when you gentleman are paid to do it, (Laughter.) I won't ask him any more. (Lnv.ghter.) The third defendant, Mrs. M'Culloch, was then called, and soma more fun resulted. The witness went :a1!to detail :os to the owner- ship of the goods fh; claimed. One of the beds she chimed seemed to have bed a ra^st remark- able history. All his lordslvp could glean was that the feathers we-o b"u?,ht by Mrs. M'Cnlloch's mother, tho sheets nv Mrs. M'Culloch. ar.d th.a pillow cast-s by come other relative. The bed. in fact, waF made out Jo be a most valuable heirloom. Then Mr. S. T. Evans got on tender ground. Mr. S. T, Evans Excuse mo ssking *-ou. Mrs. 'Culloch, but how old nro yon? Wi(ne«s (hesitatina-lv): Well, I will tell you how rjd T was in 1884. (Loud laughter) All right we won't mind about your present p-STp- (Lnushter.) Well (agu'n heoitntinTl I—I—was born ill j 1859. (Laud la.rphter.) 'ITien you were 25 in 1334. 1859. (Laud la.rphter.) 'ITien you were 25 in 1334. Yes. After other evidence had been called for the defendants, and Mr. Glascodine and Mr. S T. Evans had addressed the jury, his Lordship summed up. He said human life was not long enough to go thriugh a ease like the one before them. He touched, however, humorously upon a few of the chief points, ard left the jury to decide upon tbe;r verdict. The decision was that, plaintiff was to hove pewsion of the two life policies, £30, the value o.f the furniture, and £ 5 damages. Judgment was also entered for plaintiff en the counter-claim.

WELRH LAND BILL. The Welsh Radical members at their next mcetuig will be called upon for the third timF-to discjss a question of extreme urgency frcm their standpoint. During the opening days of the present session (says the "Times") they were confronted with the dilemma of rciyinjr upon the introduction of a Welsh o: Land Bill in May, or of moving an amend- ment to the Queen's Speech, raising the ques- tion of land reform in Wales. After some hesitation they cecided in favour of the Bill, which was entrusted to Mr. Vaughan Davies. as the member who drew the tenth place in the ballot. No sooner was this difficulty dis- posed of than they found themselves jr. arother diiemma. They had to decide whether the Bill should embody the unanimous report of the Welsh Land Commissioners or that of the majority, in other words, whether the Bill should embody a far-renching reform or an amend meat of the Agricultural Holdings Act. At the last meeting Lord Carricgton was, present to give his counsel and advice, but tho meeting adjourned without coming to any definite conclmlon. The adjourned meeting will be held on Monday or Tr"sdav next; and, as it is known that 1 great divergence of view exists, the result of the deliberation iil waited with some rrterest. Curiously enough, an extreme Bill is advocated by the moderate extreme Bill is advocated by the moderate section of the Welsh members, and the mode- rate Bill by Messrs. Lloyd-George and Ellis J. Griffiths, the extreme men of the party.

Thomas Bird, general dealer, of Lettering- ton, Cambridgeshire, was fined £ 59 at London Guild-hall on Thursday for sending tho carcase of a. diseased pig to Smithfield Market.

SWANSEA SOLICITOR BEAD. Mr. E. N. BellinghAm, one <;f the oldest Swansea solictors, ai,d a member of the firm of Stneks arid Bellingham, died, we regret to say, in a very sudden manner cn Thursday niorning. Mr. Bellingham was at his office in Eiehtr-street on the previous day, and there had a. serious attack, which prostrated him. T He was at once removed to his horn. where medical attendance proved quite 'neiteotuaL

GLAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL. MEETING OF THE mOADS ANI BRIDGES COMMITTEE. A meeting of the roads and bridges com- mittee of the Glamorganshire County Council was held on Thursday at the county offices, Cardili, Mr. J. Blandy Jenkins (chairman of the council) presiding.—Mr. F. H. Jotham (Penarth) proposed, and Mr. Hopkin Rhya (Aberda.re) seconded a. vote of condolence with the family and relatives of the late Councillor David Leyshon, of Pontypridd, who had been for years a member of the committee—The vote was passed in silence, and sympathetic refe- rences were made by the chairman in laying it before the meeting.-The estimated expendi- ture for the next twelve months was £ 35,900. B OF GWALCHMAI."

"Gwalchunai," the late eminent and venerable Welsh bard, was buried on Thursday afternoon at Llanrhos, near Llandudno, in his 94-th year. A large number of bards and friends from aU parts of the country were present. Numerous letters of condolence were received, among which is one from the Prince of Wales, which reads as follows:- "Marlborough House, l'all Mall, S.W., "10th February, 1897. "Dear Sir.—I have submitted your letter of yesterday's date to the Prince of Wales, and! his Royal Highness desires me to reply to thank you for your information, and to express to you hxB great regret at learning o,f the loss which Wales has sustained. by the death of the eminent bard, "GwaMimai. He sincerely condoles with the Principality on the and event.—I am, yours truly, ''FRANCIS KNOLLYS."

IRISH PART if. MR. SEXTON DECLINES TO RETURN TO THE FOLD. The Press Association Longford correspon- dent telegraphs that Mr. Thomas Sexton has written to the Granard Board of Guardians inter alia declining to return to Parliament, and writes :—"Nothing has happened eince mý retirement to weaken my conviction that a better disciplined use will have to lie made ol the Irisii Parliamentary force before remedies worth labouring for (to say nothing of organio reforms) can be obtained through the House of Commons, even for the most ralpabie grie- vances and most urgent needs of Ireland. The IrL-h representation is provided with men quite competent fo appreciate and expound the fiscal esse of their country. Of what -vresent avail could their competence be when a partv now in othoe—the party which refused in 1894 to act on the Financial Relations Commission pro- ceeds to appoint another Commission, appa- rently for the purpose of sitting in judgment upon its predecessors? Not alone or chiefly in that House ctti a. nuestion of this character be re-opened. The exertions of Irish members at various periods extending over 70 years to abate the Imperial burden upon Ireland, proved utterly unavailing. It has been reserved for an extra Parliamentary tribunal at the close of the centuTV. which opened with the legislative union to fix attention upon the financial injus- tice and loss which the legislative unitv has imposed on the poorer and weaker partner." The sainrdians resolved to ask Mr. Sexton to re-oonsider his decision.

CAERPHILLY RURAL DEANERY. A meeting of the Chapter of the Caerphilly Rural Deanery was held on Tuesday at Ystrad Mynach. A largo number of tho clergy were present, including the Rev. Daniel Lewis, rector of Caerphilly and rural doan; tlie Revs. G. Thomas (rector), and T. Edwards, Bod was; W. 1 lovey (vicar) and W. Bowen, Hughes, Llanishen; J. Harris, Caerphilly; T. J. Jones (rector) and W. Roberts, W. E. Jenkins, and «T. R. Jones, Gelligaer; J. Matthias and J. Morgan, Pontlcttyn; W. Jones and D. Jacob, Llanfabon; H. Thomas (vicar), and H. Morgan, Ystrad Mynach. A warm welcome wag ex- tended to the clergy of Llanishen, which pariah was, in the recent re-arrangement of deaneries, transferred to the Caerphilly Rural Daauery. A paper on '.How to Increase the Efficiency of the Sunday School" was read by the Rev. G. Thomas. Congratulations were extended to the lie v. T. Edwards cn his promotion by the ii shop of Llanclaff to the Rectcry of Llanfcrrrs, Denbighshire, and it was decided to present Mr. Edwards with a testimonial. The Chapter was hcepitably entertained by tho Rev. H. and Mes. Thomas.

NEATH DISTRICT COUNCIL. At the monthly meeting of the Neath Rural District Council, held on Wednesday, under the presidency of Mr. A. S. Gardner, it was resolved to adopt a recommendation to obtain. the services of Mr. Morgan Davies, civil engineer, Swansea, at a fee of fifty guineas, to prepare a preliminary survey of the Ystrad- feilta water supply.—Mr. Isaac Evans said that there was a difference of over L200 between the contractor and the surveyor in reference to the Skewen water and drainage undertaking, and the council decided to tup- port the surveyor.—In the afternoon the coun- cil met for highway business.—Long cor- respondence was read between the clerk to the council and the secretary and divisional engi- neer of the Great Western Railway Company in reference to the dripping of railway bridges. The secretary to the company wrote with the view of closing the correspondence. They would shield the Taillwyd Bridge, but did not admit liability a.9 to the Drymma Bridge. —The Cierk to the Council said that the rail- way company's letters made no mention of the Longford Bridge.-It was resolved to take proceedings against the railway company in respect of two of the bridges named.

£ 10 FOR THE LOSS OF A MARE At Newport County-court on Thursday, his Honour Judge Owen had before him the action of Lawrence v. Dennis, which was brought by a haulier against a- farrier to recover £ 12 for the los of a mare which had died from the result of a prick, alleged to have been caused by improper work in shoeing the plain- tiff's horse at defendant's shoeing shop, and improper treatment of the hcrsa afterwards by the defendant.—Mr. Bailhaehe appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hornby for the defendant. —The mare, arid to be about ten years of age, was sent to the defendant's forge to be shod in December last- Soon after the horse was found to be ill, and it was alleged that she had been pricked. Defendant saw her and ordered hot fomentations and a linamcnt to be applied. This vrm alleged to be incorrect treatment. '1,-e hoof should have been opened, and vent given for the matter to escape.—M Saver, veterinary surgeon, stated that the horse died three days after she got ill from sympathetic fever, the result of the pri'rk.—His Honour gave judgment for the plaintiff for £10. <5

MAN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff Police-court, on Wednesday (before the stipendiary. Mr. T. W. Lewis) Oneto David, aged 23, a seafaring Italian, was charged with shooting in the leg Alexander Row, another sailor, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm, in Bute-street, on the. 9th inst. The prisoner, through the interpreter (Mr. Radmi- lovici-e) applied for a remand, to consult ai solicitor.—Police-constable Geor. Hinge on the previous evening heard a report of a revolver shot, and intercepted prisoner, who was running towards Jamei-street. The prosecutor waa also there, and had been shot in the leg, and, from what he said, prisoner was taken into custody, while prosecutor was handed over to the care of Dc. Roohe. Prisoner, when taxed with the shooting, said another man had done it.—Prisoner was remanded usatil Friday. II

AMERICAN STEEL BARS FOR WALES A big order for American steel-bars for a tin-plate .arm has just been booked. On inquiries we find that the Dyffryn Tin-plate Company, Morriston, have during the present week been testing a sample of the steel-bar imported from the Carnegie steei establishment in America, and we are informed the iron ¡stood the test well. Mr. Edwards has decided to purchase 1,000 tons as a. first instalment- This is significant, in view of the fact that the steel- workers' notice at the Dyffryn expires in a fortnight. By that timo the bars will have reached this country. It is asserted that the price agreed upon is E4 2s. 6J. per ten, cash, on reaching port on this side the Atlantic. This price is at least 5s. below the quotations for Bessemer tin-bars in thfl market here.

m 4 According to a statement in the London 'Mail," a young mao, Mho became a Jew in oroc-r to marry a Jciva-s. is about to sue her for branch yjf premise. The ardeut swsin went through all tho formalities and rites necessary for his conversion, but. notwithstanding this, the young lady 11:.> declined to marry hira, and repudiates the alleged promise. He new claims damages. Tho young lady is refuted to ba very wealthy.