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SHIPPING NEWS. •• DISASTERS. THE WRECK OFF USHANT. %y8 Outer's telegram from Paris on Saturday ^'ich'0T"CCor<i'-I1K to the "Petit Journal," Ktta.tn 01,0 of tho crew of tlia British W which was wrecked off Ushant, \t i^6 this statement to the British Consul —About ten o'clock on Thursday W5' Nicholson says, a violent shock it Was felt by all on board, and it was to j.06 realised that the ship had run right on Vm j? ^ks. The weather was very dull, 6 waa a tfaick foff- The entire crew, | *u.iw S of 21 men, were on deck. Two I a^€r s*ie struck the Cyanus went down, '• no time to lower the boats, and all on i thrown into the sea. Nicholson ^ioh 'n c^nsir*g to the bottom of a boat, dtfj. had been lying bottom upwards on the i ?f the steamer, and which floated after ^lP disappeared. About ten o'clock yester- ^f,/rioniing-, nearly twelve hours after the Nicholson was picked up in an exhausted a ^8'1^aK' boat, nine miles to the Oft i| a'st of the Arnen Lighthouse, and landed <fc6 **e ^s'e de Sein. For some moments after essel sank he saw two men swimming near they soon disappeared from view, a fog which prevailed blotting out all ob- ffiore than a yard distant. Press Association states that Laurence Dqj olson,. seaman, who is believed to be the w, survivor of the steamer Cyanus, which ty-j^^ked off Ushant, arrived at Glasgow on lo0i~Ues-day. He states that he was on the *6atKUt afc ten at night during thick if' saW n°thing, neither did he feel K>u fih'xsk. Hearing, however, a rushing ^ie touted that the ship was ashore. ^isK^n wh° was °n the bridge, with second mate, gave the order for the Vj^A be launched. The chief mate *18 -ers°n' just then shouted that ship ^iking, and the went down before the f°J>e "Vlere Punched. Nicholson clung to the ached to the lifeboat, which was sucked fi)6 j. by the disappearing steamer, and when V^t fffcboat came to the surface, bottom up- Wel S' ^le to her, and thus remained for hours, being1 conscious all the time, morning at nine o'clock he said a fishing h6 niaimsd by three Frenchmen, to whom hiuj aved his cravat, and the Frenchmen picked JUjj..UP and took him ashore, where he was Next day he was all right again, the Briti.-Ji Consul at Brest sent him to "ampton, whence he came on to Glasgow'. ^HRY-LADEN STEAMER ON THE fL < ROCKS. ^entral News Agency at Madrid, ttgj/s^Phing on Saturday, says:—The British Bencliff arrived at Gibraltar °Bi" evening, and landed 23 men, the itM.'8 and crew of the West Hartlepool frojj,le £ Daylight. The Daylight was bound ^a] tjarry for the Canaries with a cargo of 'Janl -tT? va* wrecked on the rocks near w V lllano. ^FF-BOTJNI) STEAMERS ASHORE. fOin p'ay morning the steamship White cross, v°i-terdani for Cardiff, got ashore on Break- fconpj0lQt' and remained fast. During the day a VTIQI6 °f tugs were despatched to her aesie- Vaj ari< as tho weather was favourable, it S^tJj^P^'ted that she would be successfully ^Vei t ?n *^e evening tide. The Italian steamer £ saiIIlje morning grounded on the Naih r was successfully towed off three sinr,L aft«rwarils, and subsequently came to an «hor U1 the Carditi- Roads. ^ARKABLE MESSAGE FROM THE On S„+ j SEA. 5.000 rTvi«r<i afternoon while a large catch of rard of M V'as being gutted at the curing fcrid tena^f18' .Gerry, at Buckie, a curious Wge cod K^-11 discovery was made. On one °l!( n»"l a lemonade bottle, tightly ^ia^sack an,j p tlie name of Messrs. J. ^cn'aoh. Tlie was found in its °f paper was fo, !"6 was 0|>jiied, and a piece l*af which had K inside- Ifc wa« apparently wok, and bore to-m hastily from a pocket- liUttQ founderr^ „■ 6. inscription :—"Schooner Head. God help „5 ty-six miles off Dunnet, >ick. Ild'-J. ciunas, Ghent" Ler- LJFKBUOYS f ASH0BE AT ')Vi,.1,11'" fOUTld N boatnlaJ1' atgtfs. T( n, W*U( sjk. o»T, t;.e V on Saturday received a cablegram from l.e^v Orleans intimating thaSl the vessel had tt^ up off the co £ st of Florida the new t«atmhip Milwaukee, in a disabled condition, alv! t'0u 'e^ ht-r safelv to Fort Eads, a distance of 700 miles. The Milwaukee belongs to Wi encan Steamship Compiuiy, and i6 a of over 10,000 tons burthen COLLISION IN BARRY ROADS. *rt'm T -n morning the steamer BL)tl"bn!1, stpamfi'1Tirpn"1 for ^ti:iarth, and ihe French ^Hu'wl supposed to be from Bilbao, to till arr.v Roads. The Beam began Mt|, n,(1 W:1=i towed inside Ba,rrv Breakwater, v'at(T neTff'ter part of the deck level with the K-,Tn Jjoul')On ancSiored off Barry with 8iiice n_ y (-ad above water. She has SUP e t0 pcnarth. i'OSED WRECK NEAR THE STEEP RIVRE .HOLMS. ^•Rt o ,ls' happily, no truth in the rumour li°htl=i S t anicr hail foundered off the Steep i)i°riljr'r ap]>ears that eirly on Thursday vfes3<ii "Unn^ fogg>r weather, the crew of a lUastg on paü,-ag-c to Newport observed the and f'T a steamer lying close to the Holms, ^e'iia;'ilv.ng!° s,ee fier hull, coJK'luded that iiij> i 11 foundei-ed. Inciuiries on Friday morn- Ves' °wever, elicited the information that the to was tho steamship Blanche, at anchor, and bound inwards. SUPPOSED LOSS OF A GRIMSBY TRAWLER. steam trawler Condor, belong- Mr. T. Baskcomb, was on Thursday given up at the Board of Trade list ,,f ^frlmBt)y, as lost, with nine hands. The IVva ri 5 crew ^as not y«t been handed in. or ^rimsby for a ten days' Of gif0 an January 20, and has not been heard *Hoa^ the great ga^e of the 29th of that ^LLISION IN THE CHANNEL. News Weymouth correspondent Jo LJTP'18 that the steamers Umtali, from Natal V0&d on» ^4 Grant, of Glasgow, from OXl to India and China, arrived at Ports- khj^ °Ln Sunday after a collision. During a >a« °o. °n Saturday afternoon the tJimali fun into by the Clan Grant off Portland. was Ktruo'c amidships under water. •Of stopped, and both vessels made •eito^Uand.. A number of the TJmtali's pas- wore landed at Weymouth, and pro- to London. 1 ^'ck»>L ^>rtss Association two on Saturday the Clan Grant suddenly Ctoflg? UP in the fog, and before anything to avoid the impact, struck the with terrifio force forward, making an hole in her, but fortunately above line- The CLa.n Graat tlien struck ^_Unitaili amidships, this time below the making a hole, through which the in, and at one time there was of tlie water reaching the furnaces, but, this was averted. The Clan Grant fcni- »«• whole length of the Umtali, carrying *^«rything and starting a plate or two, for the faot that the Umtali was oom- ligint, <fho must have foundered from I of the first blow. Although the received considerable damage, I by iher crippled companion, and even- both succeeded in reaching Portland ^li>»°llr on Sunday, when twenty of the Um- chiefly first-class, landed. > LOSS OF A SHIP AND CREW. agents at St. Vincent (C.V.) •, tf^^Pha that the German ship Baltimore, nd°n for New York, in ballast, sprang Oofcid and foundered on January 24-. All on are supposed to ba lost, except one sea- i' ^fitav Christiansen, picked up on January ^at. 34- N., Dong. 54- W., by the Portu- "° schooner Alice. tl A LINER DISABLED. S T. agent at Pernambuco telegraphs Steam Navigation Company's vTr Potoei, from Liverpool for Valparaiso, towed into Pernambuco by the Ger- ^htr6 mer Corrientes, with tail shaft broken. no facilities at Pernambuco for re- Xli,ARED ACCID1<:NT TO A PENZANCE <j, BOAT. Hoo, ^^tiuoy picked up near Tenby hae cast a ^nde °fVef Porthcawl. Our Porthcawl corre- ?fave /i' telegraphing on Monday, says that pUoy aru entertained there that the life- yte'*> 7'd up, bearing the words "Chrveo- "P- L-" (^ould be "P. Z.) is"the Fj.: °f Penzance. She left Porthcawl ^al f0p v?" ^ek with a cargo of 260 tons of in T> 1r'zarK P, under the command of Cap- aVlm, an old Bristol Channel + j Chrysolite was a strongly-built, S'jiir* fc°hooner. She put into Swansea at nuiv' v,~ei'lr~ as windbound. It is oped .unrr sorious has happened. Pr'JLLI-j°NS IN BARRY ROADS. ^1'IS ,wtr;i. put in hand on Monday vita tls view of floating the French steamer Beam, of Marseilles, 2,600 tons regis- ter, which ran aground inside the breakwater at Barry Dock entrance on Sunday afternoon, after collision in the Roads with the steamer Bourbon, and it is expected that the Beam will be successfully removed into dry dock on the m.xt tide. The Bourbon, after the collision, and seamg that the Beam needed no help, pro- ceeded on her course to Penarth, th,f", damaga sustained by herself being comparatively small. There ore three tugs in attendance upon the Bearne. and the hole in her side is being tem- porarily patched up. She lias been removed frcm the fairway from the channel to the dock. so that shipping can pass in and out without iiiterferer.ee. A Lloyd's message late last night says the French steamer Beam, reported beached, has been floated, and placed in Barry Dock Basin to discharge her cargo, which will be forwarded to Newport by rail. The steamers Virienne and Harbur collided in Barry Roads, and both proceeded to Car- diff on Monday afternoon for repairs. On Sunday the Barry pilot boat Elsie, owned by Mr. C. Dalton, took the ground in Limpet Bay, to the west of Breaksea. and remained fast. The boat on Monday was not making water, and a* the weather keeps favourable it is expec-ted that she will be floated without serious damage. DISASTROUS ACCIDENT ON A SPANISH WAR VESSEL. A Central News telegram from Cadiz on Thursday says —A disastrous accident occur- red yesterday in San Fernando during the placing of the boilers on board the new cruiser Princesa de Asturias whioh is now being actively fitted out. The hoisting arrangements gave way, with the result that several workmen were killed. Three were hurled into the sea, a.nd prftuiinabfly drowned, whilst about sixteen, others, including the chief engineer, were shockingly hurt. The accident has excited consternation in the town, and heartrending scenes were witnessed when the news reached the families of the victims. The chief officer of the steamer Carneolitfe, Mr. Ellis, a St. Thomas (Swansea) man, was washed overboard and drowned during that vescel's voyage to New York. Intelligence has been received at Whitby of the death by drowning in the Bay of Biscay of Thomas Edward Wren, steward on board the steamship Fairmead, managed by Messrs. T. Turnbull and Son. Whitby and Cardiff. The accident happened while the vessel was on a voyage from Odessa to London, deceased being washed overboard by a heavy sea. Deceased belonged to Whitby. and was 23 years of age. The Board of Trade have awarded a bino- cular glass to Mr. Robert Major Limbrick, skipper, a.nd silver medals for gallantry in saving life at sea and £2 each to Rwihard Hooper, ueoond hand; Joseph Nixon, third hand. and William James Wood, boatswain of the utoam trawler Oirce, of Mfilford, in recogni- tion of their services to the thipwrecked crew of the geiioaner Boreas, of Bristol, whiieh foun- dered in the Bristol Channel on November 28.

OVERLOADING A VESSEL. CAPTAIN HEAVILY FINED AT CARDIFF. A case under the Merchant Shipping Act was heard by the Stipendiary (Mr. T. W. Lewis) at Cardiff Police-court on Friday. The charge, taken out at the instance of the Board of Trade, for whom Air, Ivor Vachell appeared, was that the defendant, Captain Patrick M'Auley, master of the coasting steamer Maggie Barr, of Glasgow, allowed the vessel to be so loaded at Glasgow on November 20, 1896, as to submerge when in salt water the maximum winter load-line,- 1\fr, Vachell stated that the vessel was lately in the West Bute Dock, Cardiff, where the captain was served with the summons. On November 20 the vessel was at Glasgow loaded with coal, and ready for sea, with the excep- tion of some repairs not completed. The Board of Trade official, who had gone on board to look alter the repairs, observed that the winter load-line was submerged, and upon taking measurements found that the average submersion was 7!in., but the water in the Clyde being fresh the vessel would rise two inches in salt water, leaving the vessel overladen to the extent of 5jin. The steamer, being a coasting vessel, did not require to clear the Customs and could proceed to sea at any state of the tide. The Board of Trade official had 50 tons of the cargo removed before allowing the vessel to proceed.—Cap- tain William H. Willoughby, principal sur- veyor of the Board of Trade at Glasgow, gave evidence.—The Stipendiary inflicted a fine of jB25 and costs, and, in default of payment, orlered that a. distress warrant should be issued against the vessel.

THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY. WILL THEEB BE A REVIVAL IN THE SPBING. The twentieth annual meeting of the Chamber of Shipping of the United K ingdom was held at Cam»cn-8treet Hotel, London, on "\Vecinesday, under the presidency of Alderman Stephens, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, who, in his opening address, expressed the belief tliftt the coming spring would see a revival of the shipping industry, which had been in a state of depression for many years. Ib looked I fur a much greater opening in China, with the probable cponing out of that country by rail- ways. He believed a mutually advantageous interchange of products would obtain. Japan had by leaps {1nd bounds become a mest impor- tant contre of industrial progress, and pro- mised to be a good customer to ourselves, if in some respects a. rival. Resolutions dealing with the question of picketing during strikes, which the Hull Cham tier suggested should bo made illegal, and other matters affecting the shipping interest were d'scussel.-—Other reso- lutions dealt with light dues, tlie abolition of whjrh w.a, recommended, and the representation of shipowners en lighthouse boards, which was advocated. Satis feet ion was expressed at- tho insertion by the Admiralty of a negligence clause in the eo-al eh:1rters, and such clause was reeonttmendied for nil charter parties, freight enjoyments, and bills of lading-.—Resolutions were also pa-sea on the question of the Ir.«o:ue- tax, ratos of discharge In Dutch ports, bhortages in wood cargoes, &c.

BARRY ISLAND"FORT. TH3 WAS OFFICE IN ERROR. In the House of Commons last week, in reply to a. question by Major Wyndham- Quin, M.P., for South Glamorgan, the Under- Secretary of State for War stated that tlie Barry L rbon District Council had refused to give its sanction, hence the delay of the Government in proceeding with the work of erecting the intended fort on Barry Island. Knowing that the Barry District Council had received no correspondence from the Secretary of State for War in the matter, our Barry reporter placed himself in communication with the War Office and Major Wvndham-Quin, and has just received the following letter in reply — "Wur Office.—It is quite right to etate that no communication has been made to the Barry District Council in connection with the Barry Island Fort. The reply gtven on the 9th., insti, in the House of Commons was not intended to suggest that. thought it is open to that interpretation. draft agree- ment with Lord Windsor for the acquisition of some additional land required for the fort, provides for the con- struction of a road in front of t.io battery. Lord Windsor has no objection to gi\ing firing rights over the road, but as it is his intention to hand over the road to the district council^ it will be necessary, before the arrangement with Lord Windsor is concluded, to know whether the council would, in the event mentioned, object to the exercise of firing rights. Without these rights it would be useless to construct tfie battery."

ACTION BY CARDIFF SHIP- OWNERS. Sir FranoiB H. Jeune and Mr. Justice Gorell Barnes, sitting as a Divisional Court in the Admiralty Division, on Wednesday disposed of the action of Foy, Morgan, and Co. v. the owners of the Marie. The plaintiffs are shipowners, kc., carrying on business at Cardiff and Newport, Mon., and they brought an action in the county-court at Newport to recover from the owners of the Norwegian sailing ship Marie in respect of ncctssaries supplied to her while she was at that pert. The county-court judge found for the plaintiffs in the sum of JB138 and costs, and the vessel was ordered to be sold. Meantime the registrar had been directed to inquire what sums were due ;n reepeot of the wages of the crew and as to the amount of the disbursements made by the captain. When the registrar had inquired it was found that the sum realised by the sale of the ship was not sufficient to meet all the claims. The present application was to allow the plaintiffs- to produce evidence to show that the master of the ship was really her owner, and, consequently, was not entitled to recover anything in respect of his wages and disburse- ments. Then there were three of the crew who had deserted the ship before the commencement of the legal proceedings. They had gone on board of an American ship as part of her crew, and they were now out of the jurisdiction. Thev had by deserting forfeited whatever wajjes might, be due to them.—Sir Francis Jeune thought this was a case where further evidence was necessarv especially in regard to tlie alleged ownership of the vessel by the master. The application would be granted, but no order would now be made with regard to the cost of making it-.— Mr. Justice Barnes concurred.— Order accordingly.

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SERIOUS GAS EXPLOSION. THREE PERSONS INJURED AT NEWPOET. A serious explosion of gas occurred at New- poit on Sunday night at the residence of Air. Thomas Spittle, Cambrian House, St. John'a- road, Maindee, near St. John's Parish Church. Shortly after eight o'clock Mr. Spittle, his wifc, and his servant entered the breakfu&t- rcom, there being a smell of gas apparent. Unfortunately they took a naked light with them, and the result was a terrifio explosion, which blew out the window, tore down the Venetian blinds, and shattered the door. It also set fire to the curtains, and, what was more serious, inflicted considerable injury to the head and face of Mrs. Spittle and the servant, and also burnt Mr. Spittle's hands. The report of the explosion created great con- sternation among the neighbours, and Police- constables Williams and Atwood, who happened to be near the spot, together with Mr. Dauncey senior and Mr. Dauncey junior, gave assistance without delay. Dr. Davies was also called, and was soorf on the scene. The fire brigade was called, and the hose from Marndy wts quicklv brought to the spot, followed shortly afterwards by the manual engine, drawn by two horses from the central fire station. By the time, however, that the fire apparatus had arrived the fla-mes had been got under by water from the domestic supply. The aufferers were removed to Oakland, the residence of Mr. IJlovd and a nurse v -is in attendance during the evening. One of the officials of the gas com- pany, while returning from the scene of the explosion in a. cab, had a narrow escape- The cabman, in goiuf down the 'hill, found the brake would not act, and the cab ran into a railing, with the result that there was a smash up, but fortunately no one was injured.

SAD DEATH OF A CARDIFF 'BUS DRIVER. Mr. E. B. Reece. coroner, held an inquest at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Friday evening into the circumstances of the death of Chas. Hammond, 37, a 'bus driver, lately emploved by the Cardiff Tramways Company, who died at the union infirmary on Thursday.—The evidence showed that upon the night of the 1st of February deceased had gone to his lodgings, 4, Eisteddfod-street, and told his landlady that he had had a fall, hurting his stomach badly. For a few days he was at- tended by Dr. Mullin and Dr. Plain, but, as he grew worse, he was taken to the workhouse intirmary on the 6th of February. When admitted to that institution he was suffering from inflammation and swelling in a tenoer part, which he told Dr. Davies was the result of his falling across a rail in or after descending from the driving seat of the bus on the 1st of February. On the day follow- ing his admission an operation was performed, whioh gave him temporary relief, but on Wed- nesday evening blood-poisoning set m, and on the following day he died. There was no evidence as to how the acoident was caused, the conductor of the 'bus deceased was driving having left the employ of the company and could not be found.—The jury returned an open verdict.

SAD ACCIDENT AT PENARTH. While working at the Penarth Cement Works on Friday afternoon a quarryman, named Jack Manly, sustained serious injuries to his head by a small landslip, which caused a large piece of rock to be dislodged and fall on the unfortunate man's head. He was con- veyed to the Cardiff Infirmary, and it is under- stood that there is but little hope of his recovery.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON A BRITISH CRUISER. information reached the naval authorities at Devonport on Saturday morning that a fatal aoddent occurred last Thursday on the cruiser Gibraltar, on the Cape of Good Hope Station, while a party of seamen were testing primers for an eleven inch tornedo. The following were killed:—xu^ur Motuley, able seaman; Joseph H. Judd, leading seaman, and Albert W. Roch, able seaman, all belonging to the Portsmouth division.

TWO CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATH. A fire, attended with fatal results, occurred at Nottingham on Monday. Mrs. Willvln. wife of a cycle machinist, was suddenly called from home to see her brother, who had become dangerously ill. She left in the house two boys, aged four years ar.d two years and ten months respectively. After a brief absence she found on returning that the front apart- ments were on fire and the living room. On the flames being extinguished the dead bodies of the children were discovered dreadfully l-urned. It i. surmised that in tbe mother's absence they had been playing with matches, and set the place alight.

COLLIEEY ACCIDENTS. Evan Davies, collier, 51 years of age, of 25, Bridgend-road, Maesteg, was killed on Friday morning by the fall of a stone adid earth at No. 4 Heading in Caerau Pit, the property of North's Navigation Company. Death was instantaneous. A man named Jno, Morgan, a collier, met with a. fatal accident at the Prince of Wales Pit, Abexcarn, on Monday night. Morgan was formerly a fireir-an, but was now engaged in a working place. At the inquest a. verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. Frank M'Ghee, c'erk of the works at the now Railway Hotel, Newcastle, County Down, was killed on Tuesday br falling 4-Oft. from some scaffolding, while giving instructions to some carpenters. The "Sydney Daily Telegraph" reports a ourious death. Henry Smith was found dead caught in a labbifc trap. He went out to view the traps, and as he did not return a search was made. It is supposed he reached down to clear the trap, and got jaml>ed in the opening. Robert Tew, aged nineteon years, employed at Knottingley Brewery, was on Monday even- ing found drowned in a vat of beer at the works of Carter's Knofctingley Brewery Com- pany. The deceased was last seen alive in the afternoon, and had been working alone in the fermenting room. Whilst repairs were being carried out on board the Isle of Georgia, a steamer lying in the Alexandra Dock, Newport, on Tuesday, a pulley, by means of which the propeller was being rai?ied, slipped from position, and two men—George Denham, 8, Millrruui-street, and Thomas Cooke, 35, Mill-parade—were badly bruised by the fall of tho propeller. On Friday John Edward Evans, aged 27, residing 42, Broadway, Cardiff, met with a serious accident. He was oiling- the machinery of a. crane at the Roa.th Deck when his coat WIt caught in tho machinery, and before the engine could be stopped, he got whirled round the drum of the c.-ane, and sustained serious bodily injuries. Evans w:ts at once conveyed to the Cardiff Infirmary, where he wa.s attended by Dr. Ciesswejl. and was detained in the in- stitution.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. THE STOCKPORT DISASTER. An inquest was heid at Stockport on Friday elating to the death of Florence Morland, who died from injuries received in the railway accident at Breniiugton Junction, Stockport last Saturday. Wiiliam Sehofield, described sn one of the best signalmen in the employ of t;14, Cheshire Lines, admitted that he caused the accident by not adhering to the block system. He allowed the two trains to be both in one section at the same time. He thought he had despatched the Hull train, whereas it was still standing. This mistake was due to the exces- sive number of trains he had to look after in a few minutes. A solicitor, representing the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, elioited the information that Schofield had eleven telegraphic and telephonic instruments to w ork in his box, and suggested that three years ago the employes had objected to this. A railway official said the instruments were placed in the boxes to assist the signalmen. The jury returned a. verdiot of "Manslaughter'' against Schofield.

MISHAP TO AN EXCURSION TRAIN A serious railway accident occurred on Satur- day night at Rothbury, Northumberland, at the termmus of a short line of the North British Railway connecting Rothbury with the North Eastern line at Moipeth. An excursion was run to Newcastle on Saturday afternoon, and the train reached Rothbury on its return about 10.20 p.m. As it was drawing up to the plat- form the carriaga nearest to the engine, from gome cause which will he the subject of inves- tigation, suddenly left the metals and dashed against the signal cabin, and then turned over in a shattered condition on its cidp. burying a large number of passengers in the debris. An hour elapsed before the unfortunate people could be extricated, and two of lhe;n—Miss Annie Cowin, of Rothbury, and Mr. Hugh Proudlock, of Cartingion—died almost imme- diately. Ten others. injured more or le-g seriously, were conveyed to the hospital, and on Sunday were reported to be progressing favourably.

EXPRESS AND GOODS TRAINS IN COLLISION. A Renter's telegram from Brussels on Wed- nesday says:—The Ostend express running in connection with the Dover packet, and rfMch- ing Brussels ordinarily at two o'clock in the morning, to-day isn into a goods train near Laeken. Little damage was done, but the Post Office clerks in the train received severe contusions. The express was delayed 27 minutes.

THE QUEEN'S RECORD REIGN. COMMEMORATION AT CARDIFF. At the monthly meeting of the Cardiff chamber of Commerce held at the Exchange on v, eduesday, under tho presideu-iy of Mr. John Gunn, Atr. T. Morel proposed the iol- lowing resolution:—iiiat we, the Cardili Incorporated Chamber of Commerce, in meeting assembled, b';g to urge upon the gene'al public the great neces-sity of founding a pjimaneut fceamon's hospitii cn land in lieu of her Alajesty's ship Hamadryad, and ask them to advocate and support such scheme to commemo- rate tho Diamond Jubilee of the re;gn of her Most Gracious Majesty the Quee-i." Mr. Morel said they heard a good deal ubout the great strides that Cardiff iiad made, and the immense quantity of tonna.ge visiting th., port, but this institution had been left Uhir.-d. It was an institution which was do rag a grea^ and useful work, and it was suggested that steps si ould be now taken to ereot a pericanent [■building. At the county oounoil it had been proposed that a seamen's hospital snould be erected at the Docks, and if the chamber sup- ported the proposal, there was every prospect that the project would be accopted :n the town. The mayor would shortly call a public meeting in favour of the scheme, which aiitady had the unanimous support- of the shipowners and shipbrokers. He mentioned tha.t the hospital was of service, not only to seamen of all nations, but to townsmen who were injured m the vicinity of the Docks. On the 1st of January last there were remaining on board 34 patients, and 379 in-patients had been admitted during last year. The medical staff had attended to no less than 11,060 out-patients, which in itself proved the great amount of work which was being done. The sailors all spoke of the kind treatment they received at Dr. Hughes's hands. The present institution was a blot on Cardiff, and they ought to do something to erect a permanent building. Mr. E. Handcock seconded the proposition. Colonel Guthrie read a. telegram ftf-m Sir William Lewis, regretting inability to be pre- sent as president of the institution. As a. vice-prcsident ho (Colonel Guthrie) felt it his duty to Bay something in favour of the scheme. Tlie old ship was getting worn out, and would shortly have to be re-placed by something. He pointed out that during the year 1^95 the num- ber of in-patients treated was 355, and the out-patients 10,348. It was used by aJl nationalities, and by the townsfolk as well. Colonel Page, as one of the principal and origin.il promoters of the Ham!«lry:id Hospital Ship, alfo supported the resolution, .lId testi- fied to the splendid work which lad beeii done avring the last quarter of a century. Str. J. Moore, as a member of the committee, also supported, and said if it were not for the support received from foreign vessels and the foreign consuls the Hamadryad would have to be closed. Alderman Trounce also supported, and asked the members of the chamber to ritend the town's meeting to be held shortly. The President also endorsed the remarks that had been made, and said many workmen preferred to be treated a.t the Hamadryad than the infirmary, which was the beeit p:>s«ible testi- mony to the care, diligence, and kindness .with which they were treated in that excellent insti- tution. The resolution was then carried unanimously. MERTHYR CHAMBER OF TRADE. Upon the motion of Mr. W. W. Meredith, seconded by Mr. F. T. James, nigh constable, the Merthyr Chamber of Trade on Tuesday evening appointed a committee to consider and report upon the best form of commemo- rating at Merthyr tlie diamond jubilee of the Queen's reign. COLONIAL MILITARY REPRESENTA- TION. A Router's telegram from Melbourne on Wednesday says:—The Cabinet iB considering the question of sending a detachment of the Victoria Mounted Rifles to England to Ilttl"nd the celebration of the sixtieth year of the Queen's reign. w A Reuter'a telegram from Sydney on Wed- nesday says: —Forty-three officers and men ox the New South Wales Mounted Rifles saued to-day for England in the steamer Martaban, amid great popular enthusiasm. THANKSGIVING SERVICES IN LONDON. I hear (says "Truth") that it is in contem- plation. to hare thanksgiving services on lues- day, June 22, both at St. Paul's Cathedral and at Westminster Abbey. The Queen has an Idea. of attending a. short private service in the Ctiapel Royal, St. James's Palace, when the congregation would be limited to members of the Royal Family, and the Bishop of London and the Bishop of Winchester would officiate. NAVAL REVIEW AT SPITHEAD. It is generally believed that next June, when the festivities oonneoted with the completion of tho sixtieth year of her Majesty's reign take place, a, naval review at Spithead will be held. If, as is almcwt certain (says the "World"), a naval review is decided on, the period of Sir Nowell Salmon's command ait period of Sir Nowell Salmon's command ait Portsmouth, which under ordinary cdrcuin- stances would expire on June 22, is most likely to be prolonged for, say, a month. TRANSVAAL REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATIONS. Mr. George J. May, Penarth. has been in- formed by one of President Ivruger's officers that the Government of t-ha Transvaal intends sending over a strong contingent of members of Parliament and other leading functionaries to take part. ill the celebration of the Queen's jubilee reign. it was at firet- thought that the President would himself come over but his age prevents his exerting himself as he wouH like on 6uch an occasion. PRINCE OF WALES'S HOSPITAL FUND. Messrs. Rothschild have promised an normal subscription of jB500 to the Prince of Wales' Hospital Fund for London. Sir William Harcourt has promised an annual subscription of £ 5 to the Prince of Wales's Hospital Fund for London. Among the donations to the fund received -a Tuesdav was a sum of £500 from the proprietors of the "Daily News." ——mn

MAJOR WYNDHAM-QUIN MAXES A TELLING SPEEaR AT CIRENCESTER. At the annual dinner of the Watermoor Unionist Club held at Cirencester < u Wednes- day uight Major W ynahaiu-Quiu, M.P., responded to thd to&»t of her Majesty's Government. He said he felt certain that the Government had done all they possibly could to carry out tho pledges they gave at the lost general .election, but tney must remember the persistent obstruction of the Opposition, and in 'the face of that condition of chains they must have a little patience if vhey desired to see all their promised measures brought into law. The number of Parliamentary t jleakers had appallingly increased, and a vaut number of the u embers of the House of Commons in- sisted on talking on e^'ery subjeot, whether they understood it or not, with the result that the eiiioiency of Parliament was seriously in- juied. Parliamentary rules were also largely obsolete, and he hoped to see them reformed. They were now engaged in trying to redeem the pledgee that some liberal meaDà of relief should be given to the voluntary schools, which up to IblO alone conducted the elementary education of the country. If the voluntary schools were to be saved, they must have relief without delay. Managers of voluntary schools asked fcr bare justice, and desired assis- ta.nce, not only in the naane of education, but also in the name of religion, claiming that every British parent had the inalienable right of having his children eduoated in the religion that be himself professed. From the majority of the previous night he believed the measure now before the House would be speedily passed. Some people desired the destruction of voluntary schools, but the result of that would be to cause denominational educa.- tion to vanish for ever, while a capital expendi- ture would be put on the country of twenty- five millions, a.nd an annual increase of the rates by two millions and a. quarter. If he made a proposal of that kind to his Welsh constituents they would give him, in their expressive vernacular, an invitation to undertake a very long unknown journey, with a prospect of getting a very warm reception at the end of it. (Loud laughter.) He was glad that in the Queen's Speech our industrial popu- lation had not been forgotten, and that it had been determined to introduce a measure for the protection of workman in their work, which would be a great boon to the large industrial centres. He trusted that the proposed amend- ment of the Agricultural Holdings Act would confer further benefit on the agricultural inte- rest. As to foreign affairs, nothing had added more to the national prestige than the admi- rable conduct of our foreign policy by Lord Salisbury, who had succeeded in reducing last year's foreign complications to a minimum. The increase in the national trade during last year showed the confidence felt in the Govern- ment, the exports and imports having risen to a greater h-eight than during the last seven years. Referring to the treaty of arbitration with America, he said if it was carried out it would be the greatest diplomatic achievement of the century. They knew the disasters entailed bv the vast warlike establishments of the Conti- nent, and he believed our children would, as a re-ult. of tha.t treaty, see those armaments di8- appear, and calm reason prevail over brute force, and he rejoiced that in the sixtieth year of her Majesty's reign this country should he the first to inaugurate that beneficent movement. (Oheers,)—Mr. Ben Bathurrt, M.P., also spoke.

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TERRIBLE FATE OF A WAL- WORTH BARMAID. BODY FOUND IN A TRAIN AT WATERLOO. ESCAPE OF THE MJRDERER. AX IMPORTANT ARREST. On the arrival at Waterloo Station, London, on Thursday night of the train from Feltham and Hounslow, the dead body of a well-dressed woman about 30 years of age, was found by one of the cleaners underneath the sea.t of a second-class carriage. The head had been bat- tered in, apparently with some blunt instru- ment, and there were marks of blood on both sides of the carriage. As the pockets were empty it is supposed that robbery was the motive of the outrage. The body was immediately removed to the mortuary, where it was identified shortly after wards by a young man who said he had gone to the station to meet the deceased. The woman's nanne ia Mary Keonp, and she was employed as barmaid at the Good Intent Public-house, East- street, Walworth. Thursday was her day out, and she had been visiting friends at Hammer- smith and Hounslow. The injuries which caused Miss Kemp's death were evidently caused by some shaxp weapon, such as a chopper, Ad the head was very much lacerated and battered. Care was taken to oonoeal the body from casual observers by pushing it well under the seat of the carriage. The body was warm when discovered, but when examined at St. Thomas's Hospital a. few minutes afterwards life was quite extinct. The first identification of the remains was made by Mr. E. Berrv, a fruit dealer in Walworth- road, to whom Miss Kemp was engaged to be married within a month. Miss Kemp had the day off, and spent the day at Hammersmith and ITcunelow with friends. Mr. Berry went to the station to meet her on her return, and from what iho heard went at once to St. Thomas's Hospital. There he identified his affianoed's body, and was naturally nuch over- come by the spectacle. FORMERLY A NURSE. Miss Kemp, who was about 30 years of age, had been einjJoyod as manageress at the Good Latent, Eact-street, Walworth-road, for some years, and was a general favourite with customers. Prior to going there, she acted as nurse for come time in one of the hospitals in the North of London. The friends she visited at Hammersmith and Hounslow were hier sister and brother-in-law, and she arranged that her affianced should meet the 8.23 train in the evening. Whert he was en the platform he saw a. commotion. and, hearing what had occurred, went to the hospital. HER MOVEMENTS ON THURSDAY. It appears that two years ago she for some time kept company with another young man, resuming later an old courtship with Mr. Berry. The immediate friends of de- ceased are not, however, inclined to believe for a moment that jealousy had anything to do with the tragedy, as they are not aware that she was ever troubled in the least by her odd admirer, whose name sLre was never heard to mention. After leaving the residence of her brother-in-law, Mr. Sheat, at Hammersmith, in the afternoon, Miss Kemp proceeded to a. general shop at Hounslow, kept by another sister, Mrs. Haynes. The immediate object of the visit was to assist Mrs. Haynes in packing np, preparatory to leaving Houiislow, it having been Mrs. Haynes's intention to go to reside with her sister in Walworth within a few days. The fact that Miss Kemp's dead body was found in the train by which she intended arriving at Waterloo appears to conclusively prcye that all her original intentions were carried out up to the time of leaving Hounslow. Nothing was known up to 10.15 on Friday morning regarding the ownership of some sleeve links found in the train. INTERVIEW WITH MISS KEMP'S LOVER. A representative of the Press Association had an interview early on Friday morning with Miss Kemp's lover, Mr. Edward Berty, who keeps a fruiterer's shop in East-street, Wal- worth. f lmost immediately opposite the Good Intent Public-house, where Miss Kemp had been employed. Mr. Berry was greatly dis- tressed at the result of the terrible tragedy, but he willingly gave all the information pos- sible. A very pathetic fact elicited in the course of the conversa- tion- was that Miss Kemp was to have hee-n married to Mr. Berry within a month. She had, he said, been employed at the Good Intent for many years, and her steady behaviour and cheerful nature made her a. general favourite in the neighbourhood. "Indeed," said the grief- stricken fellow, "she was as nice a, girl as one could wi&h to meet." She was about 27 years of age, and. as a. young girl, she was employed at the Good Intent as a. barmaid. After that she for some time acted as a nurse at a hospital at Winobmore Hill, in North London, return- ing to the public-house in East-street some two years since as manageress on the death of Mr. Harris, the landlord. The last time that Air. Berry saw her, he said, was at noon on Thurs- day, it being her half-day off. It was her inten- tion to utilise her leisure in visiting a sister and brother-in-law at Hammersmith, and then to proceed to the residence of another sister at Hounslow. Her lover arranged to meet her on the arrival of the 8.25 train at Waterloo on Thursday night, but of the manner in which she carried out her intentions, and of the fur- ther incidents of the journey which culminated so tragically, Mr. Berry, of course, knows nothing. lie could only say that Miss Kemp was in a. most cheerful mood when she left him, and that, in accordance with his srrangement, he duly awaited her arrival at Waterloo in the evening. As .-ho did not put in an appearance ^at the appointed spot, he at first imagined that the train w. late. Severe 1 iniiMitr-s more, however, elapsed, and stirIl she did not a.ppear. He then made inju- ries, and found that tho Hounslow train had arrived some minutes before. At the same time he became aware of a. considerable commotion among the police and other railway officials, and on asking the cause was told that the dead bodyofa lady had been found in the Hounslow tratn. and was being conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital. The coincidence of events struck him at once, and, hurrying off to the hospital, he was horrified to find that his worwt suspicions were realised, IInd that the body wns, indeed, that of Miss Kemp. She was quite dead, although the fact that the blood wa.s still warm showed conclusively that the murder was com- mitted not far fi^m Waterloo. The head of Miss Kemp was in a. terribly battered condition. At first it was thought that she had been shot, but subsequent examination showed that a chopper or an axe had been used to inflict the shocking and fatal injuries. STORY OF A SISTER OF DECEASED- A representative of the Presg Association has had an interview at Hounslow with Mrs. Haynes, tlin sister of Miss K (.ntp. Mrs. Haynes, who wa.s in a very di>-tress-3d rendition and harclv able to realise the sad fate whjcti had overtaken her sister, said that ti:e o'eceaseu readied her liouv about five v'c'f, w* Thursday afternoon, and seemed in "ie of spirits up to the time of her depirture- • Haynes cannot form any idea ;is t° a for the crime. The motive, if ar.v, ene e sure, was not robbery, lor her sistw •' orooi n. earrings, and silver-mounted umbrella were found with her body. Mrs. Haynes saw her sister off at Hounslow. She put her mto a second-class carriage, in which there yas no other occupant, and inclines to the icea .hat someone entered later on and made an attempt to criminally assault her sister. Ihen.rn the struggle or to cover his escape, he murdered her. A BLOOD-STAINED PESTLE FOUND ON THE LINE. The Press Association learns that the railway lino hac been searched, and that a chemist's pestle with Mood and ha-r upon it, has been found between Wandsworlh and Putney. It iB believed, however, that Miss Kemp s injuries were caused by some heavier weapon. The nivsumption is that the murder was committed between Wandsworth and Putney.

AN IMPORTANT ARREST. A REJECTED LOVER SUSPECTED OF THE CRIME, Detective-sergeant Mullins and four police- officers arrested at noon on Thursday at Hounslow a man named Thomas Stone on suspicion of being the murderer of Miss Elizabeth Camp. The police had been wait- ing for Stone since four o'clock in the morn- ing, but they did not come across him until about twelve. When arrested he was pale and trembling, and only uttered some incoherent ejaculations. Stone, it is alleged, first became acquainted with Mrs. Haines, the sister of the deceased, with whom he was on moat friendly terms. and ith was through Mrs. Haines that he formed the acquaintance of Miss Camp. This ripened into an ardent attachment on the part of Stone, and he avowed his feelings, it Jis alleged, with unusual energy on the afternoon of the day on which the murder was committed. when he for the firet time learned that the object of his affections was about to marry Mr. Berry, her sweetheart, at Walworth. It is stated that at la.-t interview with Miss Camp ho was ■very violent, and threatened to U6e loreo to prevent t-h.p marriage. Inquiries, it i* alleged, show that on Thursday evening, the date of the murder, Stone was known to have left Houns- low, a.nd it was subsequently ascertained that he, in the course of the evening, went j to Brentford on a.n omnibus, and that frolll

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OPENING OF THE INQUEST. The inquest was held by the Lambeth coroner on Tuesday on Miss Elizabeth Camp, who was murdered on the London and North Western Railway, between Hounslow and Waterloo, on Thursday last. Annie Sheat, having identified the remains as those of her sister, who wm 33 years of age, the Coroner adjourned the inquiry for a month. A representative of the railway company said the directors would consider the question of the amount of the reward, and it was inci- dentally mentioned that the murderer had not been aaTested. FUNERAL OF THE VICTIM. The funeral of Miss Camp took place on Thursday at Norwood Cemetery. The body was removed from Lambetih Mortuary on Thursday .morning and convened to Fc-tit- street, Walworth, where a. large concourse of people had assembled. The remains had been taken to the local church, where the first portion of the service was held. The funeral cortege proceeded to Norwood, and amongst the mourners were the deceased's mother and sisters and Mr. Berry, her fiance, who was greatly deoressed. There were numerous wreaths The myit'erioua reticence is manifested by the police concerning the various rumours of^arrests, and no authoritative statement can be ootained. Mr Sheat was see nby the police Thursday morning and asked to accompany them to Hounslow, where a man named Thomas Stone has bee narrested. This arrest appears ko have resulted from the information ffiven by Mr. Hayman, ft cycle manufacturer of b2, C owcroes-st-r eet, Smithbeld, who missed a pestle from his works at Hanwell some monthe ago. At the time he had men working for him who came from ail narts of West Middlesex. Mr. Haysman on Wednesday iYnformed a Central News reporter that ha liad not yet been able to see the pestle found on the railway^ but he had gooxl reason to believe that it will -turn out to be the one lie misled. mm——»mm

THP, FAlilINE IN INDIA. PEOPLE TOO WEAK TO WORK. The special correspondent of the "Daily Mail," telegraphing from Bombay on Tues- day, saysI hear that the condition of the starving people employed on the relief works in the Central Provinces is most deplorable. The work set. them to do is too heavy for their enfeebled condition. The relief pay is extremely small, being, in fact, only just sufficient for bare existence, and every day the people grow weaker and less capable of work. The manage- ment of the poorhouses is severely commented upon. It is charged that the food served out to the exhausted natives is lacking in nutritive qualities. One unpleasant feature of the famine is daily emerging into greater prominence, viz., the rich harvest that the grain contractors are making out of the misery of the people. It is hoped here that the Government will speedily make inquiry into this matter, which threatens to nullify all that is being done for the relief of the starving. MANSION HOUSE FUND. The Mansion House Indian Famine Relief Fund amounted on Wednesday evening to £303,000. The Lord Mayor on Wednesdav remitted a further sum of £50,000 to the central relief committe in Calcutta, making- J6285,000 sent to India up to the present.

THE PLAGUE IN INDIA. AWFUL SCENES WITNESSED DAILY The special correspondent of the "Daily Mail," telegraphing from Bombay on Tuesday, says :—The plague has extended to Ahmedabad, where already many deaths have occurred. The most awful scenes are daily witnessed in the railway carriages conveying the fugitives from this city. A procession of Catholics, headed by priests, took place in the environs orchis city on Sunday. The image of St. Anthony, believed to possess the miraculous power of dispelling the plague, was carried in the pro- cession. All uie grave-diggers and corpse- bearers have left work at Bhandara.

THE CORNWALL DISASTER. FOREMAN AND GANGER COX- MITTED FOR TRIAL. At Liskeard on Friday the foreman, Blewett, and the granger, IVcIrie, against whom the coroner's jury returned a verdict of "Man- slaughter" in connection with the Coldrenich Viaduct fatality, were formally committed for trial and released on bail. The funerals of most of the m-an took placo on Friday. Three were burled at Liskeard, where the funeral was of a public character.

THE TRANSVAAL INDEMNITY. The Central No'-vs Agency, tek*g;r.phing from Cape Tow n on Wednesday, says :—Pri- vate advices from Pretoria state that the in demnity claim of the Transvaal Government was handed to Mr. Conyngham Greene yester- day. It is stated to amount to £ 3"?2,!j00.' Lady Greene was presented yesterday to Mrs. Kruger, upon whom her ladyship made a favour- able impj es^ion. With reference to the above report, th<? Press Association is officially assured at the Colinial Office that the Department has no information to that effect. I

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LATEST NEWS. DESPERATE ATTACK ON A WOMAN AT CARDIFF. ATTEMPTED MURDEB. Thomas Hacked bear& a name well-known in Mary Ami-street, and, in spite of kis agH (tie is only 21), he is fast acquiring notoriety; in a street with a unique reputstio(i in yw* police-court records. Haukett was charged d% lhursday at Cardilf Police-court (before Majaf ttioper and Mr. Lome ttamuel) with bavin# seriously hacked a young woman, named ElJe. Me) niour. about the heau and face with a. itnifi in St. Alary-street on Wednesday. Miss Sey- moor appeared in an ornate-picture hat- of showy grass-green and pink. This headgear however, did Lot improve tho appearance of her face and head, which were mutilated ard plastered to such an extent tha-t only her friends could have known her. The girl said: —I live at 8, Mary Ann-street. 1 was in tit. Mary* street on Wednesday night at eleven o'clock. 1 6:LW the prisoner, and spoke to him. He was crying, and I asked him what was iiio natter. He said "I am looking for you," fcud stabbed me with. a. knafe in the eye and the ear and the bask of the neck-five iim-9 m ail. The Chairman (Mr. Louis Samuel): Did he do it with the knife?—Yes, sir; and he then topk off his coat and vest and threw them into tire road and his knife after them. He then went to two policemen, standing by the Royal Hotel and gave himself up. Prisoner: She bought the knife for me. Progecutlix: I had no knife. Wera't you fighting last night?—No, I was not. You'll send me to gaol if you don't speak the truth r-l am speaning the truth. Didn't you have a knife in your possession} —No. Mr. Samuel (after a pause): Anything elset Prisoner: No; she is a liar, that's ail. Prosecutrix: I live with his mother. Prisoner: And she lives with me. Prosecutrix: I live with your mother, uai have a furnished room with her. Lawrence Maddgi, (shoemaker, Ml, Bute- street, was an eye-witness of the affair* He saw prisoner knock the woman down twict with his list. She fell, and on getting up h* hit her four op times with some ''instrument," but what the instrument was he could not say, prisoner being 60 quick in his movements altd the locality dark at th&t hour of the night. By the prisoner: I cannot tell whether you and the prosecutrix were drunk or sober. Did she "cheek" me?—She was standing by herself. You came out of a public-house. Polioe-surgcoui Penrose gave the results of his examination of the injured woman rfwrtly after she had been attacked. The injuries he thus described:—Incased deep wound two inchcs long on the left side of the neck, extend- iug- downwards; another over the left eye- brow a. quarter of an inch long, and extending i early to the bone; small punctured wound OÐ. the left side of the head, reaching nearly to the bone; one behind the left ear, and yet another three-quarters of an inch long and half an inch, deep in the nape of the neck. The Clerk: How were the wounds inflicted* —With some sharp instrument—a knife I should ey--a,ud considerable force must have been used. The wound on the top of the neck was very deep. Prisoner: Might the nuno outa ha.ve been inflicted with a. sharp broken aloover?" Dr. Penrose: No. Polioe-oonstable Evan "Da-vies, one of the twt constables referred to, said the prisoner gave himself up for cutting and wounding. "Cuttinj and wounding?" asked the officer. Yes, replied prisoner. I dug the knife light intx her, wnd throw the knife away with the coat. On the way to the station ho added, "I in- tended to kill her right off." Major Sloper (to accused): Why, you have ha.d a narrow escape of not killing the woman. The oaea was put down for the attendance of the other constable, Polioe-oonstable Jackson, who, in rcpuv to the prisoner, said the latter had been drinking, but was not drunk. Prisoner: I was so drunk I didn't see any- one. The woman was drunk. She called me names, and I struck her with my hand four or five times. Mr. Morgan Reea here appeared, and, addressing the bench, said he bad just been in^t n oted to appear for prisoner, in whose be- half he applied for bail. Mr. Samuel said the beich must decline, the oase being a serious one of attempted murder. Hacke-tt was then formally committed to the assizes for ajttempted murder. He left the dock with a jump, and a. defiant look at tha mutilated girl.

ia—B———P—M A TALE OF A DOG. "BAD SHOOTING BY A GAME- KEEPER." William Barrow, one of Lord Bute's gama. keepers, who did not appear in person, but who mq- represented by Mr. T. H. Belcher, was sued at Cardiff County-court on Thurs- day afternoon by David Howard, a gardener, of Leckwith, for the sum of £30, which plaintiff alleged was the value of a dog killed by defen- dant.—Mr. A. J. IKvid, barrister, appeared for the plaintiff, wlio stated that on January ♦ he was about 60 yards away from his house when his dog, a valuable two ycer-old Aeep dog, saw a rabbit, and chased it into Lord Bute's wood. A minute or two later be heard a shot, and at the same time heard his dog howl. A second and a third shot followed, and then plaintiff, who had made his way through the wood, saw his dog lying dead, and the defendant with a. f-moking gun in his hand.-His Honour: Bad shcoting for a gamekeeper—three shots to kill a dog.—Plaintiff, continuing, said defendant denied killing the dog, and whistled for another gamekeeper, who arrived a minute or two later. Then the defendant said that the howling was caused by his dog running against a tree— (laughter)—and proceeded to knock plaintiff about. He struck him a dozen times or tIO, knocked him down, tore his clothes, and finished up by threatening to re- load his gun, and shoot him. — The Judge: Whose keeper is he? — Mr. Belcher: Lord Bute's.—The Judge; Well, I hope someone from Lord Bute's estate is present to hear this evidence.—Mr. Belcher: This is an ex parte statement.—The Judge: If defen- dant dad half of what he is said to have done he behaved excessively bad.—For the defence Mr. Belcher said that the keeper aimed at a rabbit and shot the dog.—The Judge: Three shots. — Mr. A. J. David: If • keeper is so clumsy that he shooti a dog instead of a rabbit tin sooner lie is got rid of the better.—Mr. Belches pointed out that plaintiff was a. trespasser, and under the Grame Act a keeper had a right te remove by force.—The Judge: I have been acquainted with gamekeepers since I was a little boy, and consider the defendant's action a very nasty and cowardly one. I can only repeat that I hope someone from Lord Bute's office is present. The man is not fit to be a gamekeeper.—A verdict for plaintiff for the mini of £ 12 was returned, £7 being for per- sonal injuries, and £ 5 for the value of the dof,

PRESENTATION TO A SAILOR HEROISM REWARDED, Captain. Manasseh Angel attended the offices of the Cardiff Local Marine Board on Thursday afternoon for the purpose of pre- senting a gold medal, awarded by the Presi- dent of the United States, to David Grant. late an A.B. of the steamship Stag, of North Shields There were also present Mr. C. Baker (secretary of the board). Mr. C. Hughea (chief superintendent of the Board of Trade), and others representing the general public. From the circumstances stated, it appeared that the SAag (Captam Bruce), laden with ore, end; bourd from Pio Marina for Sparrows Point, encountered the schooner Unity (R.Dyer), Beaufort, North Carolina. The schooner had withstood terrible weather for twelve days, and was in a sinking condition. Captain Bruce immediately put out the lifeboat, which was manned by three volunteers, of whom David Grant v.-as otie. After several hours' exortion, the crew of the Unity were saved, at the great personal risk of the brave rescuing party, while the schooner heeled over and disappeared. Captain Angel, "n malrmft the presentation, warmly complimented the recipient, who suitably expressed his acknow- l«.Jgments.

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Brentford he took a, ticket on the same line as that on which deceased was travelling. When interrogated on this subject by the police he alleged that be went to Gunnersbury, and walked out with a girl who JS btrmaid at the Pilots' Inn, near the station. I his the police krew to be false in every detail, ana it has been ascertained that Stone s father has for many years kept a, sore of marine store at Hounslow, where is accumulated & variety of old articles, including pestles and mortars. A laster message says:—The pollee have arrested in conjunction with Stone, a barber, named Doman, of High-street, Hcnuslcw. Daman lives on premise* backing on to the hovse of Mrs. Haines, and has been an acquaintance of Stone since Mrs. Ila'iien went to Hounslow to live. It is not thought by the police that Domaa had any hand in arranging or perpetrating- the crime, but, being a rival of Stone's in the affectioos of the de- ceased, the police oonsider his evidence will be necessary, so that he will probably be only detained long enough to make a. piatenr.wii and to be kept from any communication from out- side. All access to Mrs. Haines's house is praotioally prohibited by the police, and the t-xcitement on Thursday at Hounslow was intense, for both parties whom the police have taken are well known, although not holding a very high social position in ilto neighbour- I hood. Though the polioe will make no statement, there is no doubt they attach much impor- there is no doubt they attach much impor- tance to the interrogation of Mr. Sheat, the husband of the sister of the murdered woman. Mr. Sheat was arrested at Hammersmith, on Thursday morning, and has been asked to ex- plain Ms movements. Xo definite charge lias been preferred against, him. A VALUABLE WITNESS: The Press Association wiring on Thursday afternoon saysi—Since the arrest at Hounslow this morning of Thomas Stone, the police have discovered a valuable witness in the person of Mrs. Ford, Twickenham. Mrs. Ford has bren well acquainted for years past with the father of Stone. This scquaintance caused ill-blood between Mrs. Ford and the son. In cinse- quence as is stated, of ill-usage fr<>m Thomas Stone, Mrs. Ford has been freely speaking to her neighbours about Stone s move- ments and the matter thus reached the ears of the police. Mrs. Ford, therefore, in conse- quence of an order from Detective-inspector Marshall, was at two o'dlock on Thursday afternoon taken to the Hcanslow Police-station and cxjnfrouted with Stone, but nothing has transpired as to what then occurred. Since the arrests Damans House has been guarded by police in placn clothes, and Inspector Marshall remains in attendance at the police-station. He has, however, taken m personal part in the examination of suspected persons, that being left to the local police on duty. Special pllilice provision has had to be made in the vicinity of the station to keep back the eager crowd thronging the street to get a. glim pee of those inside the building.