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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ! 0
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. 0 RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. PROBABILITY OF WAR. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times says :-M. Aksakolf, in his Panslavonian journal tinss, has published .n article of the most violent ultrvpatriotic type, calling for revenge and war on a country with which Russia is friendly and even said to be in alliance, and, as I informed you. the ether clav, it was fully believed here that the liuss would receive a warning from the censor. Xo such warning has yet been given, nor wili now bo snven publicly at ail; but we ara asked to believe that 31..Aksakcff will receive private representa- tions on the subject. A private remonstrance to an editor for having done what others in different circumstances would be warned or punished for publicly is only a proof that such aa editor is either too powerful to be touched or i not so much opposed in his writings to the views of the Gov rnment as people would be inclined to sup- pose. This -rLicie of M. Aksakoff is generally spoken of as almost a declaration of war against the Austrians. When we put together the speech of General Skobeleif and the violent article of M. I tile vi Aksakeff, untouched by the censorship, on the one hand, and note the severe punishment of the Golos, the only paper which does not, share the opinions of the present IvJinister of the Interior, nor the doctrines of the Pan-Slavonic party, on the other, the importance and meaning of such facts are clear and in^tructiv • enough. Telegraphing from Roma on Sunday night another special correspondent, of the :-arr.e journal states:—The Opinionc, reviewing the Pansiavist manifestations, says :—" Though Russia is at pre- sent precluded bv interna! conditions from be- ginning war, it is impossible to doubt Russia' purpose of fighting Germany and Austria ao an early pessibili
-----THE PERSECUTIOX Of THE…
THE PERSECUTIOX Of THE JEWS. A -.Rented" telegram, dated St. Petersburg, February 11. says:—The following official com- munication is published here to-day :—" The report of British intercession being contemplated in favour of the Jews in Russia is so incompatible with the friendlv relations existing between the British and Russian Cabinets that it would not be worth contradicting but for the fact that such reportfjjtend to the tension between the Jews and the Russian masses. It is, thereiore, useiui to sttite the real facts of the case. The Jewish question is one of those internal matters n which no State would ever permit Lt (, n interference or counsel in any 'oim whitever. ii infraction of interim usages in this respect would be all the -ess admissible on the present occasion, seeing that mr intercession would create discontent and irri- .ation among the masses, and injure the position jf the Jews who, as Russian subjects, enjoy the protection of the Government. The measures taken to repress disorder are by no means wanting in vigour, since in the south of Rus. zia 3,675 per- sons have been arrested. 2.359 of whom have been punished. In Warsaw there have been 3,151 ai re sts, and legal proceedings have been taken against 2,302 persons. The Government is seeking the means of definitively averting the possibility of any renewal of disorder. The question is now receiving consideration from :1 committee specially appointed with that object, but in order to ensure a satisfactory result it is essential, before ail things, that the quc-stioh should not be envenomed by foreign iniluences or false reports." The Daily Xctcs published on Sat urday the fol- lowing letter from its special correspondent :n Warsaw respecting the outrages against the Jev.s which recently took place in that city. 'ihe unanimous opinion is that during the riots the authorities displayed the utmost inefficiency. The military did nothing, and when the police were applied to they said they had no orders to make arrests, and resumed their position as passive spectators. It was not until the third day of the riots that anything- was done. About 3,000 persons were then arrested, many of whom were liberated the following day. The riots at once ceased. Very few Jews received personal injury, and no out- rages similar to those reported from Odessa and Kiefr were committed. In the opinion of the Jews themselves, the only n:f::n of improving thoir condition is emigration.
THE PiUSSO-PER SI AX TREATY.
THE PiUSSO-PER SI AX TREATY. A "Central News" St. Petersburg telegram, j dated Wednesday, says:—I am informed officially-\ that since January 26 the British Government have been in possession of an unofficial draft of the new Russo-Per-ian Treaty, em which they have based their rep esentations to the Russian and Persian Ccvernrents. The treaty cannot be ratified for. three months and in well-informed circles here it is believed that, if concluded its provisions will ce considerably modified through the action of Lord Granville.
-——- -! THE IXSLTiKECTIOX…
-——- THE IXSLTiKECTIOX IX BOSNIA,1 AXD THE HERZEGOVINA. A Manchester Guardian telegram, dated Udine. February 9, states:—The Herzegovinians have established a provisional Government, consisting of one chief, an adlatus. and a council of four. The revolt is increasing. The whole country, from the borders of- Koiashine to Fo.:a and Ljubimin, is in the hands of the insurgents. Sixty blockhouses are reported to have been destroyed,"in many cases with their guards. The Standard correspondent, telegraphing from Agra on Friday evening, says:—Three of the leaders c.f the insurgents, including Toma Byelich, were executed yesterday at Tusla. These men, with 42 confederates, including two popes, were captured recently at Byeiina, between the Rivers Save and Drina, close to the Servian frontier. The popes or priests connected with the Revolutionists are said to be mostly Servians, and they are accused, not only of arousing rebellion, but also of supplying arms, ammunition, and leaders to the rebels. Two popes who had been sentenced to be Ranged have, owing to the intervention of the Belgrade Patriarch, had their sentences commuted to twenty years' imprisonment. A Cattaro telegram, dated February 10, states: —Orders have been given for the permanent occu- pation and the partial fortification of Ledenice, Greben. TJbalac, and Orohovac. The capture of these places was effected yesterday by three bat- talions oc infantry and half a mounted battery, with great vigour and praiseworthy determination specially displayed in overcoming the enormous difficulties of the ground. The ascent of the troops up the heights was effectively supported by a can- nonade from the men-of-war on the coast, bur loss was two men killed, and two officers and fourteen men wounded. Bakoci and Repaj were occupied yesterday without resistance.
PANSLAVISM IN GALICIA.
PANSLAVISM IN GALICIA. The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Vienna telegraphs :—Intelligence comes from Czernowitz tha.t several persons have been arrested there within 'he last few days, charged with taking part in the Russophil propaganda. Amongst them are the priest of the Greek Oriental Church and the master of the Greek Catholic School. There is some question of sending special commissions of inquiry to those localities in Galicia regarded as centres of the Panslavist agitation.
I THE SITUATION IN EGYPT.
I THE SITUATION IN EGYPT. The correspondent of the Siandai-d. telegraphing from Constantinople on Tuesday night. says:— Lord Dufferin has not yet handed the Porte the responsive Note ot the English Cabinet to its re- cent communication protesting against the action taken by that Government in concert with France in handing the Khedive the now famous Identic Note. The British Ambassador has, however, in- formed the Porte that the document contains the most formal assurances en the part of his Govern- ment in regard to the maintenance of the sovereign right." of the Sultan over Egypt. Lord Dufferin, I understand, is only waiting for instruc- tions tc reach the French Ambassador from Paris to hand in the reply in question jointly with his French colleague.
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN FRANCE.
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN FRANCE. Several serious bank failures are amounce. Bills are posted on the splendid mansion of M. Riant, in the Rue du Rocher, announcing it for sale at the upset price of three and a half million of francs. More suicides are also reported. Among them is that of the Marquis de Jocas, who was in- volved in the Union Gt-nerale to the extent of 600,000f. He left his wife and children at Carpen- tras, and blew his brains out in the park of his Mormoiron chateau, where the gardener found his body. He was a scientific agriculturist, and tried various experiments to combat the phylloxera.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY. A Router's telegram, dated Paris, February 10, states:—The banquet of the Eftglish Commer- cial Community in Paris was given this evening at the Hotel Continental. After the usual toasts of The Queen," and "The President of the Re- public," pruposed by Mr. Pollock, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Pilter, the out-going president, drank to the conclusion of the Anglo- French Treaty, the extension of international commerce, and the cessation of the present military system, which, he said, laid such heavy burdens on the whole civilised world. His views were supported by Mr. Harding, and in reply M. Paul Lerov Beaulieu urged the political and intellectual importance of the com- mercial relations which have bound England and France together for the last 22 years. The numerous prolongations of the treaty were in themselves a proof, he said. that the two nations, united as they were by friendship, found it diffi- cult to dissolve their engagements one to the other, and afforded reason to believe that, after all, a treaty would be concluded.
AFFAIRS IN BASUTOLAND.
AFFAIRS IN BASUTOLAND. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. The Times correspondent, telegraphing from jurbn on the 13th inst., says:—I hear from Cape fown that Lord Kimberley "has assented to the proposal that the Basuto award, unless complied with, shall be cancelled, and leaves the Govern- ment free to enforce order and confiscate the territory. Masupha is said to be preparing for war. The Natal Legislature has summoned a racial session for the 23rd inst. for the consider-a- ,ion of the tive tenders for tha railway extension tQ Ladvsnaitii,
i THE STATE OF IRELAN-II).…
THE STATE OF IRELAN-II). ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A MAGISTRATE. A POLICEMAN KILLED. On Sunday night six shots were fired from a ditch, n^ar Bodyke, at Mr. Lloyd, a magistrate, and two policemen, who were driving along the road. One policeman received a bullet through the IU!1g. Mr. Lloyd is brother- to Major Clifford Lloyd. Six arivsts have been made. viz., James Michael, O'Callaghan, Michael, Bolton, John Malonev, and a farmer's servant boy. Sub-Commissioners Reeves, O'Keefe, and Rice resumed and concluded their sitting at Cork on Saturday by delivering judgment in nine cases wherein application had been made before them during the week to have judicial rents fixed under the Land Act. In every instance the rents were suostaniially reduced, the average being 25 per cent. The Commissioners having come to the or,(-i o, their circuit without having been able in any district to deal with all the business for dis- posal, will on Monday resume at Limerick, and go over beaten ground. A scene of great excitement occurred in Kil- kenny on Friday night. On the arrival of thirteen suspects from Loughrea the people groaned and hooted and pelted the police with stones. The constabulary charged the mob, injuring some few persons. Tn consequence of the Queen's letter to Lord ALerdare on the mutilation of cattle in Ireland, the Dublin Sociétv for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on Friday considered the matter, and, b. lieving that an appeal to those guilty of such barbarities would be useless, resolved to ask the Protestant and Roman Catholic archbishops to fix a day on which a remonstrance shall be made in the churches against the cruelties which bring dis- grace on the Irish people. A return was issued on Wednesday morning of the number ot agrarian outrages in Ireland, specially reported in each year since 1354. The number last year was 4.439, as against 2,535 in 1530, and 863 in 1379. There were seventeen agrarian murders last year against eight in 1380, and 66 cases of firing at persons against 24. The Irish IVorld contributions to the No Rent," Fwtllast week were again heavy, being £2,763.
OUTBREAK BET WE JIN RIVAL…
OUTBREAK BET WE JIN RIVAL TRIBES IN AFRICA. A Router's telegram says :—Tiie steamer corisco arrived lULl verpoOÁ Irom rne n est Coast of Africa on Monday, bringing news of an out- break between two rival tribes at a place called ItlInford, on the Gold Coast, in which several natives were killed. It appears that between the tribes in question great rivalry existed, and re- centlv the head of one of them died. According to custom the remains of the deceased chief were interred in the yard of his own house, there being buried with The body a quantity of treasure. The burial place shortly afterwards bore traces of being disturbed, and on examination it was discovered that thieves had stolen the treasure. The sus- picioDs of the followers of the deceased were turned to the rival natives, upon whom an attack ^vas made in force. A fierce conflict eusued, the principal weapons employed being hatchets, used for cutting brushwood, and several persons were killed. The British authorities, being informed of the matter, sent, a foi;ce of Hmissas to the scene of action. The disturbance was suppressed, and some twenty of the ringleaders were arrested and brought up to Accra.
FATAL AFFRAY BETWEEN ! AMERICAS…
FATAL AFFRAY BETWEEN AMERICAS EDITORS. A telegram received from New York on Satur- day morning says ■—Much excitement was caused in Washington to-day on account of a fracas in the National liepuNican newspaper office last night. Tl;at paper having published articles reflecting upon Mr. A. M. Soteldo, formerly its editor, he. with his father, visited the editor* Mr. Barton, de- mantling retractation. A quarrel ensued, and shots were exchanged between Mr. Barton and Mr. Soteldo, jun. The former sustained'some slight llesh wounds, but the latter was fatallv wounded.
THE NEr LINE TO AMERICA.
THE NEr LINE TO AMERICA. The Philadelphia correspondent of the Standard telegraphs: — The joint meeting of the House Committees of Commerce, Naval Affairs, and Tost Offices lias decided that it is advisable to provide sufficient compensation for the carriage of foreign mails in American ships bearing on Milford Haven. This, of course, implies a subsidy scheme
THE CORONATION OF THE CZAR.
THE CORONATION OF THE CZAR. A Central News" telegram from Moscow, (lateti Sunday night, says :-Ureat. preparations are being made hem for the Czar's coronation. The Kremlin will be re-decorated, and the throne room restored as much as possible to its appearance in the time of Ivan the Terrible. During the festivities the inner courts will be illuminated by Siemens' electric light.
GERMANY.
GERMANY. The Berlin correspondent of the Chronicle says:— The case of Professor Mommssnj prosecuted for haying insulted Prince Bismarck, is creating intense interest here. Professor Mommsen admits having made the observations attributed to him, but denies that they were in any way intended as an insult to the Imperial Chancellor. The JVord- devtsche accuses the Liberal press with deliberatelv writing of the case in such a way as to influence the judges who will try it, and adds that it con- siders it its duty to draw attention to such an attempt at public corruption.
PANIC ON THE MADRID EXCHANGE.
PANIC ON THE MADRID EXCHANGE. The Madrid correspondent of the Standard, tele- graphing on Monday night, says :—Exaggerated rumours of various kinds to-day produced a very serious panic on the Madrid Exchange. The Funds, Exterior and Interior, fell fi-oni 29 30 to 27 35 the Shares of the Bank of Spain from 451 to 442; New Four per Cents, from 83 to 80. An equal panic occurred in Barcelona; but after official hours shares rallied, in consequence of official in- telligence that the new taxation was being quietly collected in Barcelona and every capital of the 49 provinces of the Peninsula.
A BRITISH OFFICER ATTACKED.
A BRITISH OFFICER ATTACKED. A Constantinople telegram,' dated Wednesday, says :-Commander Selby, of her Majesty's gun vessel Falcon, has been seriously wounded at Aktaki by an Albanian, who struck him with an axe.
THE PIMLICO MYSTERY.
THE PIMLICO MYSTERY. Esther Pay was again brought up at the West- minster police-court on Wednesday, charged with the wilful ijaurder of Georgina Moore. Evidence was given as to the finding of the child's body in tha Medway, after which George Bradley was called, and said he .remembered one ni-ht, -tbout Christmas time, hearing a child's cry or scream, which appeared to come from the hop gardens facing the house and near that part of the rivet- where the body was found. He opened the door and saw nothing, and thought he must have been mistaken. Mrs. Clarke, of Pimlico, identified the scarf found in the river as one she had seen pri- soner making. After some further evidence, the prisoner was remanded. During the past few days the police engaged in this mysterious case have procured a number of specimens of twisted wire, with the view of matching that bound round the body of the unfor- tunate child, Georgina Moore. They have reason to believe that the wire found was obtained from a place not far from Mrs. Pay's houso, and that the brick was also got not far from the same spot. They are also endeavouring to ascertain with what the child was strangled. A number of other inquiries are also going on for the purpose of trying to discover whether the child was murdered in London and then taken in a box or hamper to Yalding, and thrown into the water there. It may be further stated that such additional par- ticulars ha.ve come to hand as to lead to the sup- position that if there was no accomplice in the murder t here was an accessory after the fact. If the prisoner charged should be proved guilty of the murder, the motive which is said to present itself is that in all likelihood she wished to do away with the chief tie Moore had at home. It may be remembered that at the adjourned inquest on the body of the little girl, last week, evidence was given that a dark woollen shawl, covered with mud, had been found in the Medway, close to where the remains of the deceased were found. The shawl has since been thoroughly cleansed, and has been identified as belonging to Mrs. Pay by a woman who saw her making it, and who was con- sulted as to the colour of the wool.
THE FORTHCOMING VISIT OF "PATIENCE"…
THE FORTHCOMING VISIT OF "PATIENCE" TO CARDIFF. Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's aesthetic opera, entitled "Patience," will be produced by Mr. IVOylv Carte's specially selected company at the Theatre Roval, Cardiff, on Monday evening next and every evening during the week. So great has been the demand for reserved seats, that Mr. Fletcher, the lessee, has taken this opportunity of sweeping awav the boxes on either side of the proscenium thus opening up the house, and affording accom- modation for a large number of extra spectators. What is still more important in respect of this alteration is that an uninterrupted view of the stage will now be obtained from many of 0 the seats formerly almost useless owing to the obstruction created by the private boxes. Daring the run of "Patience" the prices to the dress circle will be increased to 4s.. and to the pit stalls to 3s. The attractions of this-in the opinion of many persons the very best—part of the house will be increased by the opening of the old entrance through the dress circle, so that visitors to the pit stalls will be spared the inconvenience of having to elbow their way through the back of the pit. The pitites themselves will be allowed, on payment of an extra 6d., to enter teyjthe stage door, which will be opened half an hour before the opening of the front doors. For the convenience of country theatregoers a day performance will take place on Saturday, seats for which can be booked at Messrs. Thompson and Shackell's music shops, in St. Mary-street and Queen-street, which, for the con- venience of the public, are connected by tele- tI!J.¡\D'"
SIX MEN KIILED.
SIX MEN KIILED. (BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) A little after eight o'clock on Saturday night intelligence was received at Pontypridd that a terrific colliery explosion had occurred at the C'oedcae Colliery, which is situate in the Khondda Valley, close to the Hafod Station 01 the Tafi Vale Railway, and within three miles of the town 01 Pontypridd. On proceeding to the place I was informed that six men had been killed, two having been burnt to death that three others had been blown down into the pit by an explosion, and one disembowelled by a large piece of timber being blown upon him, but that there were no other men in the pit. It was feared another explosion might occur, and all operations had been suspended for the night. I, therefore, retraced my steps, and this morning again commenced my journey, and though there are around the pit's mouth hundreds of men, there is, as usual, the greatest decorum, and absence of excitement. The Cotucae Colliery is a steam coal pit, owned bv a company, and Mr. William Davies, Coedcae,"is the agent and colliery manager, colli,,ry sunk to the steam coal in 1876, nd it was about the 5th of August, 1830, that co'tl was first raised, so that coal has been workeu in it now for about a year and a half. It is an ex- tensive colliery, worked by this company in con- junction with the Hafod Steam Coal Pit, and the Coedcae House Coal, which are within a short dis- tance. There are connections between these three pits, but each has a separate system of ven- tilation. The downcast, shaft is 17 feet in diameter, 360 yards in depth to the four-feet seam which is at present being worked; and the up- cast, which is situated about 14 yards lower down the valley. 14 feet in diameter, and sunk to the nine-feet seam, a depth of 405 yards. About 350 men are employed here in day and night-shifts. The ordinary out- put of coal at the colliery is about 3,000 tons a week, but the quantity is, of course, continually increasing. The works have been singularly free from acci- dent, both in the old pit (No. 3), which was opened in 1862, and in this new steam coal pit. The manager states that there never had been such a pit worked in the Khondda Valley, for they had gone down 500 yards before getting a ventilator, and without a furnace—simply working. as he said, by the natural air. The day shift worked until two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when they left, and, it being j pay-day, there were none in the works after that, though it is rumoured that a few went in for some hours, but had come out again before the explo- sion. At seven o'clock, George Warlow, pitman, and Jacob Thomas, hitcher,' proceeded to do some repairs in the second kerbing, which is a little over ten yards from the iop of the pit, just below the engine archway. They stood on a wooden plat- form placed upon the top of the cage," and had to light them in their work comets," naked lamps, in which paraffin oil is burnt. They had not long been at work wiien the carriage was discovered by those on the top of the pit to be on fire. The banksman, James Manning, gave to the engineer, Meyrick Williams, the signal to raise tiie c,sge. The engine was started, but The carriage would not come up, and it was found that a plank which the men had placed across the "byetts," on one side of the pit to the other, prevented it. Men went down through the engine archway and got the plank oil', when the body of Jacob Thomas was found lying on the top of the cage, fenrfuliy burnt, while Warlow's head was "jammed'' between the cage and the "byetts," or woodwork, placed along tiie shaft to hold the guide-rods. It appears that a single crv was heard, and flames ca.me up through ttie pit when the tire broke out but it is supposed the paraffin lamps must have been upset and so ignited the men's oilskin clothes and The woodwork of the pir. The poor men were literally roasted alive, for every particle of clothing iil)on ttiet.-ii. except their boots and thl) feet of their stockings, was burnt. The bodies were at length got out and carried home. The byetts were still on fire, and Mr. Davies, the manager, gave orders to get lamps rea.dy for him- self, W. Timings Griffiths (the overman), and tiie four firemen to go down to extinguish it. While the lamps were being got ready the carriage was pulled to the upper landing or pit's mouth, after three men, Thomas Williams, hitcher of No. 3 pit; Joseph Rowlands, master haulier, of the steam coal pit; and another, whose name has not yet tran- spired, had got the plank loose. These were on the carriage, and had only just started down to ex- tinguish the burning byetts, when the explosion took place. A ioud report was heard, and all was in uartcoess tile next moment, whlle the cries and groans heard on every side were fearful. The banksman, Thomas Williams, and the other men were lost, and have not since been seen. Joseph Rowlands was blown up higher than the pit's mouth, and again fell, but by and bye was seen, it is said, climbing the guide-rods, and heard crying for help. A voice from the crowd on the top was heard saying" Keep up," tut as the place was in tolal darkness, aul the people were afraid of a second explosion, no one could for the moment render assistance to the poor fellow, who was climbing for life, and the after-damp overcame him when almost within reach M the top, and he fell back into the pit. As I have stated, the place was plunged into darkness by the explosion, and there were fearful cries and groans. The engine-house was damaged, and men were blown in every direction. The poor fellow, Benjamin James, who was standing at the pit's mouth, was literally cut in two, and his body nndontrails had to be carried home separately. The carriage blown to the top was doubled up and thrown upon the fans. Assistance was soon obtained, Mr. Davies arranging that none but safety lamps should be used on the top of the pit and in the engine-house. Mr. Superintendent Mathews, Sergeant Jones, and a posfe of police arrived from Pontypridd to keep order. It was soon, however, discovered that nothing could be done that night; consequently the mouth of the pit was covered over, and operations suspended. Mr. W. Davies, the manager of the colliery, states that the ventilating fan of the colliery had been stopped for an hour and a quarter, for the purpose' of changing the engine, when Warlow and Thomas went on the top of the cage to clean the gar- land." He understood that two of the "comet' lamps were hanging to the bridles of the cage, and that another was kept in the men's hands. Whether the oil had dropped from the upper oneornot lie did not know, of course but he thought the lamps had by some means got upset, and the inflam- mable oil set the men and the woodwork of the pit on fire. He did not believe there was any explo- sion then; but, when an attempt was made to get the two men up, and the fan was put on, the sparks were probably carried down, and the gas which had accumulated naturally in the facings ex- ploded. The scene about the pit was frightful. One woman who stood near me was screaming terribly. Her husband was blown towards the screen, but not injured, and his head was covered with coal dust. James Manning, the night banksman, said: I live at Xo. 1, Union-street, Pontypridd. I came to work on Saturday at two o'clock in the afternoon, and was on duty up tothetimeof the explosion. The two men, George Warlow and Jacob Thomas, had gone to the archway to do some repairs, when very soon afterwards we saw a flash of fire-the pit appeared to be full of fire. We heard the men scream once. Water having been thrown on the fire by men who were sent round to the archway, the two dead bodies were got up, whilst a party was on the carriage endeavouring to extinguish the flames. I heard a great report, and was blown ten or twenty yards away, and was stunned. When [ recovered consciousness I found the place in total darkness. In reply to questions put to him by a represen- tative of the press the man said the men, Thomas and Warlow, were in drink when they went to work. He said they had had a drop of beer, but nothing to hurt, and there was no danger on that score. Meyrick Jenkins, the engine driver, who was on duty at the time, said: The first explosion did not make a report as far as I could hear. I only saw a flame coming up the pit. The banksman having given me the signal I gave half a turn to the engine, but found the carriage would not come. It was about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes before the carriage could be got. up owing to the obstruction. Joseph Rowlands, Thomas Williams, and another went to put out the flames, and when they were in the carriage, and had gone about ten yards down, the great explosion occurred. I heard a terrible report, and the force of the explosion was such as to hurl two men who were standing by me some yards away, pitching one of them right against the cupboard, all the way from where I was standing by the levers, 15ft. off. I stuck to the levers, or I would have been blown away too. A number of persons were blown down. The carriage shot up fully ten yards, and was doubled up, and the three men were blown down the pit. We re- mained in the dark some time, all the engine- house lights being out. Then, after putting the engine safe, I and the others ran for our lives. The engine-house windows and the outer door were damaged, and a hand-rail blown down. I have never seen men go down the pit before when the ventilation was stopped. One of the ropes of the winding gear was blown off-one coil of it. The smoke and sulphur were suffocating. Police-sergeant Johns, who is stationed at Hop- kinstown, said: I was on duty at the top of the pit to keep people away from the pit's mouth after the fire first mentioned. I kept people back-all except Mr. Phillips, "the con- tractor, whom I allowed to stop. When the explo- sion happened I was blown right over two trams, and to a distance of fifteen or sixteen yards away, and would have fallen a depth of fifteen feet but for a hand-rail against which I was blown A plank fell over me, and that saved me from being crusned by the huge fragments, pieces of iron, stone, and wood falhng all around me. The re- ports were immense. One followed another just like all the artilleries in the world. It was rumbling like a storm, one report following another. It was like a battery. Poor Benjamin James was blown in two pieces^nd portions of his body have been found about here this morning. Police-constable James, stationed at Hafod, had his log partly hanging over into the pit, but fortu- nately he was pulled out quickly. f On Saturday night and all dav Sunday Dr. H. N. Davies, Cymmer, the medical officer of the collierv, and his son, Dr. Evan Davies, and assistant, Dr. Vachell, were in attendance, and the first-named gentleman savs :—There is no doubt that Jacob Thomas and Warlow were burnt with paraffin. The men at the top of the pit state that they heard no report when the first fire occurred, and an ex- plosion to have burnt those men to the condition thaw are in must have been a terrific one. There- fore circumstantial evidence seems to prove con- clusively that they were not killed by an explosion of gas." A little before mid-day on Monday, an exploring party, con sisting of Mr. W. Galloway, Mr. W. Davies, Coedcae; Mr. Rees, deputy-inspector; Mr. Curnow, Mr. Richards, Clydach Vale; Mr. Herbert Kirkhouse, and Mr. Henry Abra- ham, seated themselves in the bowk and descended the shaft. I should have sa.id that previous to this some workmen made an examination as to a supposed blower on fire in the lower part of the shaft, and they found that it was only tiie reflec- tion of the light of lamps on the surface of water at the bottom. They proceeded along the main roadways as far as the end of the bottom pillar of the Coedcae workings, and there they met with gas. They turned back, passed through the sta- bles, near the bottom of the Coedcae downcast pit, into the return airway from the Coedcae workings, where they again met with gas. There were four dead hovses in the stable, all apparently burnt bv the explosion. They then passed across the bottom of the Coedcae downcast, and went through another stable into the return airway from the Hafod workings, and were able to reach the bottom of the Coedcae upcast shaft. They found a number of dead horses in the stable, apparently suffocated, not burn:. One horse was got out alive, and is now at the bottom of the shaft. The party then went, to the bottom of the Hafod downcast shaft, through the return airway, passing through some doors on the way which had not been injured jby the explosion. They returned through the intake to the bottom of the Coedcae downcast shalt and ascended. From their state- ment the explosion does not appear to have done a great deal of damage to the workings, and hopes are entertained that work will be resumed shortly. The explosion appeared to have come from the Coedcae workings, as timber, beams, arid other movables were lying about, blown in the direction of the Hafod Pit. The cause of the explosion has not yet been satisfactorily ascertained. The fan was started Monday afternoon, so that the ventilation will be restored to its usual state. Two of the deeeaseJ men were members of the Miners' Permanent Fund, viz., Joseph Rowlands and George Warlow. Rowlands leaves a widow and four children under thirteen year. of age. Mrs. Rowlands will receive a funeral donation of £ 5, and a weekly donation of 5s. for herself and 2s. 6d. per week for each child. Mrs. Warlow will receive a funeral donation of £5 and a weekly pay- ment of 5s. lIIr. E. Owen, the generafsecretary of tiie Provident. Society, visited the bereaved families to-day, and made arrangements for paying the sums due. OPENING OF THE INQUEST. The bodies lie in two districts, so that Mr George Overton and Mr. Grover, coroners, deter- mined to hold a joint inquest, which was opened this afternoon at the Vaughan's Arms, tyaen-yr- Eirw. After the bodies had been viewed by the jury (who elected as their foreman Mr. James l-dwards, retired colliery manager), George Overton, senior coroner, said there was a peculiar feature in this explosion, viz., that the bodies had been very much burnt, and it was L matter which required thorough investigation by the jury. Mr Wales, the inspector of mines, had been consulted and it had been decided to adjourn the inquest, until next Thursday fortnight, when the pro- ceedings would be resumed at eleven o'clock at the New lun Hotel, Pontypridd.
! TUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS.
TUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS. On W(ti.ln( sclav afternoon a multitude, calculated at 7,000 in number, 1:1 tended the funerals of five of the unfortunate men who lost their lives at, Coedoae Pit on Saturday night. The remains of the sixth victim of the disaster, Jacob Thomas, were conveyed by the early train to Llanharry, ale of Glamorgan. Work was entirely suspended for the day at the Coedcae, a.nd most of the other collieries of the neighbourhood suspended operations in the afternoon, to enable the men to attend the funerals. The thousands who gathered to Hafol: on Wednesday afternoon wore deep mourning. There was a considerable number of women interspersed through the vast, multitude. Nearly all were on, foot, and marched slowly down the valley. As is cu-fomary among- the Welsh people, a religious service was held in each of the cottages where the dead was lyin. At the conclusion of the service at the house of Benjamin James, the coffin, borne by friends, was taken towards the chapel. A similar service took place at the house of the Warlow family. Outside, in their black scarves, were members of the local court of Foresters, of which Warlow was a mem- ber. After the religious service was over, strong- men lifted up the large black coffin and moved with it towards the door. At this moment one of the children cried out in tones of deepest, anguish, "He is going! Ho is going!" This brought a rush of tears to the eyes of everybody. Waiting on the road were the vast throng, four of whom carried Ben. James's coffin, and the moment Warlow's coffin reached the middle of the highway fhe throng moved forward. The next moment the whole multitude commenced singing the well- known hymn, Bydd myrdd o rhyfeddodau." The singing was touching in the extreme. As the multitude approached Trehafod a large throng was seen in front of a row of cottages with a black coffin on a bier in their midst. This was the funeral of Joseph Rowlands, whose death it will be remembered was so tragic. Near it was tiie young widow—the de- ceased himself was only 2G—and a little son and daughter, weeping bitterly, while between the drawn blinds and the glass in ah upstairs window was a four years old little son of the departed, looking down with wondering eyes at the scene below. Close bv, the coffin of Thomas WiHiams was brought into the vast. stream of sympathisers, then that of James Lewis, a young lidorllv seventeen, who was on the top of the pit as a spectator, and who was found at the bottom of the pit. on Monday with coils of the signal wire round his neck and body. The Vicar of Llanwyno accompanied this. The four coffins, each of which had wreaths of flowers lying on the lid, were then taken down the valley. That of Joseph was carried to Siloam Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, where the Rev. Mr. Thomas officiated. A mile lower the Khondda Church was reached, and the remains of James Lewis were received by the robed vicar at the gates. The three other coffins were conveyed to the burying-ground of Hopkins- town Baptist Chapel, where the Rav. G. Williams, the minister of the said chapel, and the J. Williams officiated most impressively. The throng, after singing the hymn, "Ffarwel gyfeillion anwyl iawn," dispersed slowly to their homes.
\ THE EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT…
THE EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT AT CARDIFF. ENTHUSIASTIC PUBLIC MEETING, A crowded public meeting was held on Wednes- day evening at the Cardiff Town-hall, under the auspices of the Cardiff Early Closing Association, for the purpose of promoting earlier closing in the town. The Mayor presided, and among those pre- sent were :—Revs. C. J. Thoppson (president of the association), W. E. Winks (vice-president), A. J. H. Russell, Vincent Saulez, W. G. Kirkhani, G. A. Jones, N. Thomas, G. A. Russell; Alderman D. Jones, Councillors R. Cory, and Thos. Evans Messrs. Lewis Williams, E. Roberts. Mason, Haker, S. Hall, W. H. Thomas, W. P. Price, and J. A. Stacey, deputation from the London Early Closing Associa- tion. The shop assistants of the town attended largely, and there was a fair sprinkling of young women and employers. I The MAYOR said, in the course of his intro- ductory remarks, if the hours were shortened it would give the shop assistants more time for self- culture. The Rev. C. J. THOMPSON, president of the Cardiff Early Closing Association, moved :—" That in the opinion of this meeting, the hours of business at present observed in the retail trades of Cardiff are unnecessarily prolonged, aud might be curtailed with advantage to both employer and employed." He said that, what was proposed was, in his opinion, to the mutual interests of both employers and employed. They were not there for agitation, but for the ventilation of grievances. He thought they would all agree that the business hours in Cardiff were unnecessarily prolonged, and he contended that the assistants' now asked for nothing unreasonable, and nothing that would interfere with the course of business or the profits of the employers but, on the contrary, he argued that what was asked for would result in mutual advantage, as more time for rest would enable the assistants to do more work. He mentioned that a large employer of assistants in the town had spoken to him that day with reference to the desi- rability of a club for the young men, and he had expressed his willingness to coiltribtiteE2O towards such an institution in Cardiff. (Applause.) Mr. THOMAS RERS seconded the resolution, which was at once,carried with unanimity. 'He Rev. W. E. WINKS proposed:—"That this meeting strongly urges the employers of Cardiff to unite in reducing the unreasonably late hours at present in operation, and at the same time earnestly appeals to the public to cease shopping after eight o'clock in summer, seven o'clock in winter, and two o'clock on Wednesdays throughout the year." Mr. J. A. STACEY seconded the motion, and spoke at length on the objects of Early Closing Asso- ciations, and referred to the fact that in Cork and Dublin the shops were closed at six p.m. The resolution was then put and adopted unani- mously. Mr. R. Cony, junr. proposed: That. tliismeetiria binds itself to further the objects of the Cardiff Early Closing Association by every fair and legiti- mate means in its power." This was seconded by Mr. W. SOUTHWELL. Mr. LEWIS WILLIAMS supported the motion, mentioning that his father was one of the first to put early closing into force. He spoke earnestly in favour of the hours of work being lessened on Saturday nights, not only on account of the physical strain upon the constitutions of the assistants, but in order to give them an oppor- tunity to attend more satisfactorily to religious matters on the day following. As to the practice of the working classes doing their shopping on Saturday nights, they only needed, he believed, to be shown that it was unfair, and there would be a remedy. The resolution was carried nelll. con. On the proposition of Mr. LEAL, seconded by Mr. W. R. ASHTON, a vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to the speakers on behalf of the assis- tants. Mr. W. P. PRICR proposed, with the greatest cordiality and sincerity, a vote of thanks to the mayor, both on behalf of employers and employed. He observed that if the public of Cardiff refrained from going to those shops that kept open after time, depend upon it there would be no necessity for calling public meetings in favour of the shops being closed earlier. Mr. THOMAS EvANs seconded the motion, which was carried with acclamation. His WORSHIP briefly responded, and the pro- ceedings closed.
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At a meeting of the Glasgow Chamber of Com- merce it was agreed to memorialise the Postmaster- General for the reduction of inland telegrams to the rate of 6d. per message of twelve words, with a uniform charge of a halfpenny per word beyond the first twelve words.
ITHE BIRMINGHAM ! IADVENTURESS.…
THE BIRMINGHAM ADVENTURESS. STRANGE LOVE STORIES. NARRATIVE OF THE PRISONER'S MOTHER. CONFESSION OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. IMPUDENT REFERENCES TO THE PRINCE OF WALES. Our Birmingham correspondent, telegraphing on Sunday night, says:—The further the investigation proceeds the more startling does the career of the Liverpool and Birmingham adventuress appear, but until to-night the Birmingham detectives had no idea of her astounding hypocrisy. The frauds, as already discovered, exceed £ 15,500. It is believed that the woman has a large amount of the proceeds of her marvellous frauds Invested, and great efforts are being made to ascertain the places where the money has been placed. So far as the investigation of the case has proceeded, nothing which can give any clue has been found out, but the police state that several weeks will be required to read through or even glance through the mass of correspondence found in the boxes of the adventuress. On Ttiesday the police announced the receipt of a letter from a near relative of the late Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton, giving full particulars of the deceased nobleman's death. One result of the mass of correspondence seized by the police has been, so far, .to exonerate Gething, and to cause the authorities to intimate to his relatives that no further opposition will be offered to an applica- tion for his release on bail. His statement that he and all his relatives have been ruined by their confidence in the impostor finds ample corroboration in their piteous letters found in the possession of the female prisoner at Liverpool, and his release on bail will probably be speedily followed by his restoration to liberty, and his exoneration from all complicity with the per- sonation frauds. The charges of conspiracy will, therefore, fall to the ground, and Furnieux will be prosecuted for obtaining money by fraud, the graver aspects of the extraordinary case, namely, those of forgery and perjury, being emphasised, in order that she might, be dealt with at the county assizes instead of at the ordinary sessions for the borough. A most affecting scene ensued at the gaol on Saturday. When Gething was informed of his prospective release, lie burst into tears and called: upon heaven to bless those good friends who had stood by him in his great trial, and were oflering themselves as his sureties. He implored that kindness and considerate respect with which the gaol authorities had treated him should be acknowledged. He declared that he had been almost driven mad by his apprehension upon the charges made against him, of which he was as innocent as :t child. In utterances broken by emotion, which it was impossible to witness un- moved, he told the story of his connection with the imposture. He admitted that he was respon- sible for introducing Miss Furnieux to Mr Bevr.on his old employer, from whom she 'obtained C2,000, but he knew nothing more, for after the introduction they conducted their own trans- actions without the slightest reference to him Some months before the introduction Mr. liey. non mentioned to him that he was about to invest several hundred pounds in house property, and he repeated this to the woman. It Was not until she had complexly exhausted the loan societies in the town, for which loans he reluctantly became security, that Beynon was applied to at the sug- gestion of the woman. 1 hey met in his bedroom for purposes of secrecy, and there the first- money was obtained. He simply introduced her as Miss Furnieux, her pretensions to the Clinton estates being already known to Ileynon. All his subsequent applications tor money were maJe direct to Beynon. and he was allowed his simole travelling expenses for taking it to her at Liver- pool ar.d elsewhere. The first reward he obtained was a promissory note tor £ 200 signed bv Lord Coleridge lie wanted money so bally soul afterwards that he wrote direct to the Lord Chief Justice, asking for an advance upon the document, and received a reply from Mr, Cooke, his lordship's chief clerk, repudiating it, and Miss Furnieux took the paper from him, though it was replaced with another of greater value. He was sent to London upon one occasion by the persons who were finding monev to ascertain from Lord Coleridge whether the documents which Miss Fur- nieux was supplying in such quantities were genui. ^a. gentleman in Lin- coln's Inn, who represented himself to be the Lord Chief Justice, and showed one of the documents to him, receiving the assurance that it was all right. He reported the result of the interview, and two days after a letter arrived purporting to come from his lordship, reassuring them as to the identity of Miss rurnieux. Gething confirmed the story that he attended the trial of Fowell at the Liverpool Assizes for sending threatening letters. They all went to Liverpool at the special request of Miss Furnieux, to see her vindicate her character, and punish the man who, by pursuing Lord Coleridge about the country, had, she asserted, almost, ruined her prospects of obtaining the Royal pardon and the restitution of the Ciinton estates. There was not the slightest suggestion at the trial that she was a woman of doubtful antecedents. Gething added, with the strongest emphasis, "Atthat time we looked upon her as an angel from heaven;" and Fowell's assertion that she was" the blackest she devil upon earth appeared like blasphemy to them. Mrs. Ward, the sister through whom the family originally became acquainted with the adven- turess, was on Saturday induced to furnish the sad story of her daughter's engagement to Furnieux, while she was uiasquerading as a. man at their house. The subject was introduced one afternoon by Miss Furnieux remarking that her daughter wanted but one thing to make her complete, and that was a wedding-ring. She offered to supply the deficiency, and the girl, who was of age, nr^pn!ft.1 t offer with some h pQif^.tinn. hnrvmcf* ,.f the difference in their positions. Miss Furnieux banished her scruples byassprting that he should never again marry a lady of position. The wed- ding ring was purchased for f,2 14s., but the wed- ding being impossible unlil,, his lordship's period of hiding was at an end it was pledged again. The poor girl was led to believe the Prince of Wales was taking a deep interest in the engagement, and Miss Furnieux produced numerous letters from the Prince, in one of which the Prince was made to announce that he had placed a monument over the grave of Lord Clinton's first wife, Annie, who was drowned in the Serpentine, and to express the hope that the lady lie had arranged to marry was neither poor nor ugly, and would make him a wife* equally as good as the one he had lost. The pseudo lord wrote a reply to this epistle assuring the Prince that Miss Ward was neither poor, nor ugly. The letters to the Prince, which were often entrusted to the Wards to post, are described by Mrs. Ward to have been so saucy at times that she often rebuked "his lordship for his impertinence." Upon one geca-ion, when Miss Furnieux returned from a pretended visit to the Queen, for which purpose she had assumed man's attire, she showed them a will formally drawn up on parchment bearing immense seals, and having her Majesty's name boldly written upon it as attesting to its provisions. Bv this document the sham lord bequeathed £ 5,000 to Mrs. \Vard and "his" intended wife, with various other legacies to members of the Gething family. Miss Furnieux complained that the neighbour- hood in which they were then living was not sufficiently fashionable, and Mrs. Ward was persuaded to relinquish a lucrative business and remove elsewhere. Her finances soon became exhausted when her business ceased, and the loans for which she had become surety falling due a distress was levied upon her property. Miss Furnieux became unable to meet the bills of exchange she had negotiated with a. Birmingham builder^and was compelled to leave the town. She removed to Liverpool, whither Miss Ward accompanied her. The adventuress appears to have been so severely pressed that she was afraid to go outside the house, but Miss Ward was despatched every morning to a post-office in the neighbourhood for letters, Miss Furnieux professing to be in daily communication with the Prince of Wales. Mrs. Ward ultimately was unable to find a penny to support them. and being unable to weather the storm alone she ordered her daughter to return. Miss Furnieux took the situation of attendant at Prestwich Asylum, notwithstanding their denunciating llis conduct in going among a number of women. Mrs. Ward and her daughter were almost starving in the meantime. Bishop and Gething fetched Miss Furnieux from the asvlum, and she went on to Bristol, Hyde, and Oxford to see'Lord Coleridge, afterwards acting as governess at Preston Bissett, and eventually set- tling down at Liverpool. Miss Furnieux here made the acquaintance of MissHoran, a lady of property, and. Miss Ward was very much slighted in consequence. During a visit they all paid to Liverpool Miss Horan de- clared that Fred, by which name Miss Furnieux was generally addressed, had never cared for the girl. This was repeated to Miss Ward, and subse- quently mits Furnieu-, wrote announcing that she was married. Miss Ward, who had been so firmlv devoted to her lover that she had even pledged her trinkets and clothing to find the adventuress- money, became affected in her mmd. She was painfully excited by the impression that Fred was taking awav her character, and at last her reason entirely gave way, and she has since been an inmate of the Hill Asylum. Miss Furnieux expressed the greatest concern at this afflic- tion, and promised always to see that she was provided for. The mother pathetically states that this promise has been her only coia, tion in her lonely old age, but now that has been removed.. The revelations of the hypocrisy of the woman concerning the poor girl are sickening. No letter to Mrs. Wardhas not contained the best wishes for her daughter's recovery, and Christmas, New Year, and birthday cards have been showered upon her victim at the asylum. At the commencement of the present year Miss Furnieux forwarded wishes of "Good fun, good fare, fortune, and good friends," and inscribed a costly card with the words," You get well, poor, but dear, Jennie." The heartless woman even posted to her a touching letter with a tract belonging to a series entitled The Mountains of Bread." The habits of the prisoner Furnieux are described as extraordinary. At home she always wore a black skirt, a jacket being substituted for a bodice, her usual attire including a man's shirt collar and necktie, tha latter, neatly fastened in a I bow at the throat. Her outdoor costume was 1 ompleted with a man's ulster and a deerstalker I hat, and her figure was invariably padded. While upon one of her numerous railway journeys the guard of the train had his suspicions aroused by her remarkable appearance, and watched her closely from Stafford to London, intending to comm-unicate his suspicions to the officials at the terminus when the train finally stopped. He discovered that she had succeeded in evading him. Although possessed of a passionate temper, which would lead her at times to upset the breakfast-table into the fire- place, and smash its equipment with the poker, she appears to have been strangely fond of pets. Her apartments always contained numerous fancy cats and dogs, of which she made the greatest fuss, even requiring her special pet animal to occupy the same bedroom. She always appeared to live in constant fear, and the visit of a stranger would cause her the greatest apprehensions. She would always extinguish the gas in her bed- room with the greatest reluctance, and was in the habit of secreting quantities of coal beneath her bed in order to provide a roaring fire after the family had retired to rest. Frequently she preferred laying on the hearthrug before the fire to going to bed, and this she explained was a habit of her barrack-room life during her army experience. Among her numerous photographs was one picture of her in a military uniform, and others in male attire complete, even to the hat and walking stick. Her woman's dress was generally supplied from the clothing of the people with whom she was living. When the Prince of Wales visited I'ackington Hall a few years ago Miss Ward was taken there bv Miss Furnieux, who borrowed the best articles of dress the family could find her. The woman pretended to have an interview with the Prince, and returned with the news that Jenny pleased him very much, as he could see honesty written in her face. Miss Furnieux is said to possess brilliant conversational powers and unfailing power of amusing raillery. The boilermaker Screen, of Oldham, who has lost quite £ 5,000 by the frauds, is indignant with the police for arresting the woman, and with Mr. Beynon, of Sellyoak, for instituting the proceed- ings. On Saturday Screen went to Bevnon's house in a terrible state of excitement, and accused him of betraying them all by having Lord Clinton apprehendpd before he came into his estates. It was in vain that Beynon endeavoured to persuade his fellow dupe that the woman was a swindler, and that he had acted only in the public interest by appearing against her. It was at first thought that Screen's losses amounted to no more than X3,000, but it now transpires that they exceed that sum by £ 2,000. He takes his loss now in a more philosophical way. I know my money 13 lost," he said. when interviewed veKtfirrf.iv. "and it is no use grieving over it." Poor Screen, who is a ruined man, cannot yet realise his loss, indeed he dare not. Beynon, it seems, has sold thirteen houses to provide the pseudo-nobleman with money. He says he was thoroughly convinced until a day or two ago that the repre- sentations of the woman were correct. Screen, it is said, has parted with literally every farthing, and people who have seen him lately say he has aged ten years within the last few months It is nothing short of marvellous how he has retained confidence in this palpable impostor. One of his letters addressed to the prisoner is as ollo hope you will give that William Fowell the full length of the law as far as ever you can as to ine the joking words, as you said, seemingly, will be true, for we ought, to have had the first payment made this week. I have been three times, and have not had one pennypiece. It makes me very ill to think if the firtn should fail, of which there are many rumours it would ruin us. I am a little better oil, having Lord Coleridge at my back. My part- ners are miserable about it. I have found a friend to lend me £ 5, which I enclose to you." Thus the poor fellow, after parting almost with his last penny, borrowed money to supply the sham lord with money. A letter was received on Sunday from a Liverpool gentleman named Pettitt, stating that he is also a victim of the frauds. Miss Fur- nieux had reported herself to be all heiress, and had nearly ruined him and his family. It is rather remarkable that among her papers was found a comic song en- titled, On the look out for an Heiress." What the woman has done with the immense sum of money she has obtained cannot, be at present ascertained. Some think a great part of it has gone in the payment of accomplices, but the opinion of one of the principal victims is that she has a large sum invested. I The case becomes much more startling, from the statements made by the pri- soner's mother, Mr. Averbach, a Liverpool money-lender, Maria Bravery, and other pei-sons, who were interviewed at Liverpool this afternoon. It appears that the prisoner is not at all of humble birth, as was believed by the police, but is of aris- tocratic descent, being, according to her mother's assertion, great granddaughter of the Hon. John Butler, brother of the Karl of Lanesborough. More cleverly has Miss Mary Jane Fearneaux, alias Lord Clinton, deceived her own mother than the other "nobleman" now languishing in Dartmoor managed to deceive Lady Tichborne. Mrs. Fearneaux this afternoon appeared amazed at the magnitude of her daughter's fraud, and asserted that she had never seen her in male attire. She had, she said. brought her daughter up respectably, and pitifully exclaimed that her daughter was now a disgrace to the familv. So certain was she of the genuineness of the prisoner being entitled to CI30,000 besides vast estates that just before the arrest she wrote to Lord Coleridee, whom she believed to be the trustee, with the view of inducing his lordship to expedite tfie settlement of the affairs." The following reply was received and shown by the mother to the in- terviewers to-day St. Vincent Hocks Hotel, Clifton,Feb. 9,1832. "Madam,—I am sorry for your trouble, but I have no means of interfering, nor have I any acquaintance with the business of your daughter. A letter was sent to me from a person who said he held a paper from me promising to pay him a large amount of money. As I had nothing whatever to do with him, and had never signed a paper, I simply enclosed the letter to the Birmingham policc, and that is all I know of the matter.—Your obedient servant, COZ^ERIDGE." Mrs. Fearneaux has given the following interesting narrative:—My maiden name was Sarah Harriett Butler, and I am the daughter of the late Lieut. John Hutchinson Butler, of the 22nd Regiment. My grandfather was son of the Hon. John Butler, brother of the Earl of Lanesborough. I am niece of General Bowes, who was mv mother's brother, and who left my mother an annuity while she lived. The annuity was received for some time from her nephew, the Rev. Mr. Boles, oi launton, afterwards from Nil'. I-Julroyd, rnfna,er of the Exeter Bank, and subsequently from a Mr. Coleridge, but whether it is the present Lord Chief Justice I cannot say. My husband was, from 1835 to 1839, in the Custom-house, London, when he quarrelled with his father, and joined the Artillery, where he re- mained four years. He then became a member of the Wolverhampton police-force, but left after ten months'service. This greatly annoyed my rela- tions, as also did my marriage with him. When my mother died, in 1858, and the annuity ceased, my daughter told me that we were about to come into possession of a large amount of property in my mother's right, and until she was taken into custody I never dreamt that she was not speaking the truth. All along I thought that the letters she was in the habit of showing me from Lord Coleridge were genuine. I have been as great a dupe of my daughter as any of the victims. I should say she is an enemy to herself and a disgrace to me. She never passed as a man in my presence. I wrote to Mr. Gething on different occasions asking him to let me know what was owing to him, so that I might communicate with the proper authority, meaning by the "proper authority" Lord 'Coleridge The Liverpool money-lender says he was heavily duped under the belief, up to the time of the arrest, that he would be rapaid with interest. He has in his possession letters purporting to come from Lord Coleridge, many being replies to his own written inquiries. The letters always impressed him with the absolute necessity of secrecy, and all correspondence with his lordship was transmitted through Miss Fearneaux. He never knew Miss Fearneaux as Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton, and had never witnessed her use of male attire. She repre- sented herself to him as a great heiress. and he states that his faith in her representation is chiefly attributable to the influence of the Birmingham dupes, who assured him his advances would be perfectly safe. Screen, who has lost S5,000, and Bishop also told him that lie need not have the slightest fear. Among the securities he obtained a bill of sale upon the furniture of the prisoner's house at Liverpool, and immediately she was arrested he put in an execution and seized the whole of the property. The goods talcen included two large coloured portraits of Mis^ Fearneaux in military attire with a bushy moustache, both the pictures being in handsome gilt frames. He can scarcely realise that he has been defrauded, and the marvellous credulity of the original victims surprises him. He intends to attend the trial at Birmingham, when he will un- fold a strange story. He has made a remarkable discovery. Amongst the prisoner's possessions several papers were found in one of her boxes, bearing evidence of having been placed on tombstones for the purpose of obtaining tracings of the monumental inscriptions and armorial bearings. These are supposed to have been the preliminary steps of the inauguration of another series of frauds. Several papers were seized relating to the ancestry of the Butler family, to which the mother claims to belong. It appears that immediately after the Liverpool police arrested her, Miss Fearneaux wrote to her mother as fol- lows Pray bear up as well as you can, and have the poor cats done away ,with, rather than have them left to the mercy of anyone else, for, no doubt, the holder of the bill of sale will seize the goods. Then, where will you go, poor broken- hearted mother, unless Mrs. Pettit (another victim) will take you with her. Ask Miss Horan to see after Rover, the dog, that is being stuffed. Let Mrs. B. have the fowls and the stuffed dog, that is the only reparation I can make for all the wrong I have done. God bless you, my dear mother." The letter is signed Fred. The money- lender states that for a long time past he has been expecting an interview with Lord Coleridge, having several letters in which his lordship is made to promise to grant him an interview as soon as possible. He was completely disarmed by the readi- ness with which every person was willing to find money for Miss Fearneaux, or to raise it on their own security, and by every possible means. One of the latest of the Coleridge" letters is dated from Maidstone, immediately after the trial of Lefroy, and "his lordship" savs, "I am very pleased that I have just finished this laborious work, by the grace of God. I hope Miss Fearneaux got into court. I told my son Bernard to get you a ticket." Among other documents found was a cause list for the High Court of Justice, dated December 16. On Tuesday another dupe was discovered, namely, Mr. Wm. Bravery, 83, Church-street. Deptford, Kent, who wrote to the male prisoner's son, stating that he was also one of the poor victims, and was in possession of several letters awaiting the adven- turess. Miss Bravery, the daughter of the above- named, who accompanied the prisoner's mother from Gregson-street after the furniture was seized, to Auldry-street, which is adjoining, said she lad beien servant to the adventuress for the past three years and a half, having come from London to take the situation. She (Miss Bravery) gave evidence at the trial when Fowell was "convicted at the Liverpool Assizes, but she simply testified, she added, to receiving from the hands of the postman the threatening letters. She always thought the woman's stories about Lord Coleridge were true, but had never seen her in male attire. On many occasions she had seen her mistress smoking cigars and cigarettes. She did not know of the "Lord Clinton affair until the arrest, though she knew a man dressed in *oman's clothes had once been in the company of the adventuress at Liverpool. She was extremely sorry for the prisoner's mother, who was, she was certain, as honourable a lady as ever lived. The prisoner's house at 4, Gregson-street, is described as having been most lavishly furnished; the collection of old china and ornaments being very valuable. Though she did not play either instrument, she had in her house a piano, a harmonium, and a musical ship." She used to represent that Mr. Gething. the male prisoner, was her .solicitor, and Mr. Beynon her solicitor's clerk. Musical evenings and suupers were of common occurrence at 4, Gregson-street, the company being almost ex- clusively made up of victims. On the night before the arrest one of these merry meetings," or victims' suppers," was held. All persons who know the adventuress describe her as being the "life and soul" of a dinner-table, being able to talk on any subject which might arise. On one occasion, when at St. Nicholas Church, Liverpool, attired as a lady, though of rather masculine dress, the minister asked her to take off her hat. She replied, "I am not a gentleman, but a ladv," whereupon she received an immediate apology. In the neighbourhood of Gregson-street the ad- venturess was looked upon as the" essence of cliarity," frequently giving shillings and half- crowns to the poor. Lord ColSridge and Lady Dickenson, she informed her friends, were about visiting her a few months since, and to give the illustrious persons a suitable reception," she had her house re-decorated, in addition to obtaining better furniture. I must have everything quite new; he is so particular," was her remark, and she extracted further sums from different dupes. An extraordinary letter was on Saturday discovered giving particulars of an attempted suicide by Miss Fearneaux, at a time when she was being hard pressed by Fowell. She writes:—" I have suffered much this last fortnight, so much that I attempted my own life, and there would have been no Fred now had not. a miracle saved me. I am greatly suffering from the effects now, but let my troubles be as they ma}7,1 will never attempt such a, thing again. One moment more and I should have been asleep not to have awakened. I shudder and tremble when I write or think of it. I must have wone in neii. i was irigntenea to rnat degree that I was made as mad as ever a lunatic was, and a bottle of'the lotion I had for my side, and which is chiefly composed of chloro- form, laudanum, and hydro-chloric, acid, being on the shelf in my room, I swallowed about two tea- spoonsful, when the bottle was smashed out of my mouth on to the floor. It has burned the boards and caused holes in the carpets. Then where should I have been ? Oh, merciful Father, in tor- ments for over and ever! No redemption no hope for the long, long weary future no hope of meet- ing those who have gone before. What I suffered God only can tell, but never again will I do this bad, wicked crime. I hope I have fully acknow- ledged Heaven's goodness by sending timely rescue. A second more and I should have been n beyond the help of human aid. I will live and bear it out, with Christ for my armour. As He is our ready hope, He will steer me out of all th"se troubles, and bring me clear before the eyes and face of one and all who doubt me." An explana- tion of her signature Fred is furnished in this letter. She says:—" Aunt Sarah called me Fred' always, for my father's sake, and I like it better than any other so now let me be Fred' to all in your house." Whilst, Miss Fearneaux was staying at Aston as Lord Clinton the postman delivered a letter purpor- ting to come from the Prince of Wales, saying that his lordship must go to London, and that there should be one of the Royal carriages, with four greys, in waiting for him at the station. She borrowed funds for the journey from the people with whom she was living, and before her return wrote as follows from London :—" I was met by the Hon. A. Leigh at Brandon Station, and have had the pleasure of a short interview with the Prince. I do not know whether I shall have to go to Balmoral or not, as he does not know the all Royal commands reacliingwind- sor about four o'clock each day. The carriage met me, but instead of four greys as named there were six roan horses. The Prince has promised to breakfast with me in the morning. The place is beautifully kept, but all my servants have been re- moved. I give up the title deeds to-day, when I hope to know my doom. As soon as ever I do so I will telegraph direct to Uncle Jordan. I feel lonely, yet it is a serene consolation to hear those whom you never before knew speak with tears in their eyes of you, yet not know to whom they speak." Writing from Mornington House, St. James's, Lon- don, she says in another letter:—"I a.m going to the opera to-night with a lady named the Duchess of Westmoreland, and have a deal to do to get my dress ready." Again she writes-" I am free-free never to be wicked again. You said some day I should not care for you. Well, I do not care for you with the careless contempt or the careless abuse of ingratitude. I want your account. May my Father in Heaven forget, neglect, and curse me and mine for ever if ever I do neglect any- ono who has been a friend to me in the depth 9f distress and misery. At last I receive all my own, and take my place in the world as I should do. It will be three months, however, before I can do as I like and defy my slanderous, wicked, unbelieving creditors. Friends they cannot be. I never did deceive anybody, and they should be certain before they take away the character of anyone, even of a sand boy who crosses their path." Messrs. Burman and Rigbey, the Birmingham solicitors who are prosecuting Miss Fearneaux, alias Lord Clinton, on behalf of one of the dupes, namely, Edward Beynon, of Selly Oak, are in com- munication with the Treasury, and they have no doubt the prosecution will be undertaken bv the Home Office. Upon searching the papers handed over by their client they found on Wednesday a "security for £ 500 bearing the forged signature of the late Lord Justice Lush, in addition to the names of Lord Coleridge and the Earl of Lanesborough, whose forged signatures appear on so many of the fictitious documents. The document containing the forged signature of the deceased judge is headed "Crown Court, London, October 4, 1877," and sets forth That the lords of the Crown recommend that von do Dav to one Edward Beynon, of Selly Oak, "Birmingham, the sum of Y,500 as compensation, which sum we hold ourselves responsible to pay on, before, or after the 7th November, 1877, as weil as all moneys due to the said Edward Beynon. Given under our hands, and sealed by us severally this 4th day of ev October, 1377." The document bears three seals and the signatures mentioned. The solicitors also discovered a promissory note for X6,000, given by the adv aturefes to their client. The considera- tion puid by Mr. Bevnon for the promissory note did not represent more than £ 2,000, the extra £4,000 being, Shylock-like, interest the dupe fully expected to receive. The love letters of the adventuress to the young lady she courted when personating Lord Clinton," and who now, through the heartless deception, is confined in Rubery-hill Asylum, were produced for the first time on Wednesday afternoon. The letters, two or three of which often came in the same week, are commenced, "Jennie dearest," or "Jin. dearest," until after she gave up the old love, and, while still personating Lord Clinton, became engaged to a Liverpool young lady, the daughter of the landlord whose house "his lordship" "rented." After the second engagement the letters to her first love cooled down to "Mv dear friend" and "Dear friend." Writing to the lady after her removal to the asvlum, "hig lordship says:—"I was very much put about when I found you had gone from home, and I shall come to see you, but I shall have to know that you are trying to cheer yourself up, and then I will do so. The poodle has been bad, and just fancy me trotting to the dog doctor's with the little poodle under my arm. He sends you a nice little kiss, and poor Blackman Rover is very well, and he misses you so much he tells me to whisper, Come back, dear,' &c., well and happy. God sends trials to us all, and we ought to try and bear them. Oh, my dearest Jennie do, my dearest Jennie, try to cheer up, for my sake. Be well, love, and, with" my best love and kisses, believe me, I am, yours affectionately, FRED." The vounfi- lady was faithfully devoted to her strange sweetheart to the last, and even sold her few lover's trinkets to provide the adventuress with money with which to take her rival about in proper style. There is abundant evidence to show that this feeling was exhibited in her letters. Miss Fearneaux on one occasion writes in reply, "You torment me by bothering me with such questions as whether you can go and see anyone to get money for me; you cannot get any if you wanted it ever so badly. Who is there you could procure it from, let me ask you ? I do not want to send you to anyone, and please the good God we will be all able to help ourselves shortly. I shall be thankful to have all the devils paid. Lord Coleridge does not allow me or anyone else, not even the Queen of England, to dictate to him when, where, or what he is to do. I must wait, and you must wait, and be thankful that God is so good as to soften people's hearts to our trouble? when the delay is no fault of ours." At- the com- mencement of|the New Year Miss Fearneeux writes from Liverpool Another year departs this night, and a new one dawns upon us. Whether it will bring us health and, above all, peace, I cannot tell, and who can but God ?" The Central News Manchester correspondent telegraphs:—Inquiries are being made to ascertain whether the documentary evidence upon which Benjamin Fowell was convicted of threatening to kill the adventuress Fearneaux is still in existence. Fowell's solicitor visited Manchester on Wednes- day to this end, but failed to elicit any definite in- formation. It is believed that if the two letters produced at the trial can be found the more serious one will be proved to be one of Fearneaux's for- geries, and steps are being taken to obtain sub- scriptions for the immediate needs of Fowell and his family.
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A leading American financier has been investi- gating the agricultural prospects of the country, and he finds the extent of land under crops to be 25 per cent. larger than last year. The Standard correspondent at Rome telegraphs —At a late hour on Tuesday evening the Scrutin de Liste Bill was voted in its entirety by 200 votes to 143. The Chamber then proceeded to discuss the question of the representation of minorities. and towards the close of the sitting there was a lively debate respecting the payment of Deputies. The Times Philadelphia correspondent tele- graphs :—The Postal Committee have agreed upon the Steamship Mail Subsidy Bill, appropriating $2,500,000 annually for subsidies to American- built iron or steel stoamers carrying mails to foreign ports. The object is to establish lines to South America and Mexico under contracts running ten years.
I CARDIFF WATCH COMMITTEE.
I CARDIFF WATCH COMMITTEE. The usual meeting of the Cardiff Watch Com- mittee was held on Wednesday, at the Council Chamber, under the presidency of the mayor (Mr. A. Thomas). There were also present:-Ai(lei-iiian T.Evans, and Councillors G, A." Stone, Thomas nc Rees, R. Enoch, T. W. Jacobs, W. J. Trounce, D. L. Lougher, Evan Jones, Henry Jones, W. Treseder, Thomas Evans, D. E. Jones, David Jones, V. Trayes, W. D. Blessley, T. V. Yorath, and J. Evans. The HEAD-CONSTABLE stated in the course of his report:—" I regret to have to report that Police- constable 4 (Rogers) misconducted himself, and was in a state of drunkenness at the police dinner on the 13th ult. By way of punishing him, and not reporting him to your committee, I ordered him extra duty. He replied that he would not perform it and would resign, and used very abusive and threatening language to me, stating that he would do me some injury. I then sus- pended him from duty, and intended to report' him at your last meeting, but two days prior to that he apologised to me, and wishsd me to look over the offence, as he was so drunk the previous night that he did not remember what took place. The affair occurring or arising from the police dinner, and being desirous of not marring it in the future, 1 accepted his apology and reinstated him, but deducted his two days' pay. It sub- sequently came to my knowledge that he was using threatening and insubordinate language to several of my men, and had stated that I had been robbing the corporation. With vour permission 1 will call several witnesses to corroborate this report, and I trust that, with a view of maintaining the efficiency and discipline of the police, you will dismiss him from the force. Rogers, smarting under the report against him, went to Mr. Councillor Henry Jones, and told him that I charged 4d. per meal for all prisoners, and that half of them had their food sent by their friends,' which is incorrect. Mr. Jones then went to Mr. Greenhill, who sent for the constable who is on reserve duty, and who feeds the prisoners. The constable explained that the prisoners were supplied with bread and butter, and bacon, coffee, tea, &c., from my house. Police-constable 34 (Jones) was reported for being drunk when on duty on Christmas Eve, and sub- sequently reported for stealing a bottle of brandy and a bottle of beer from a brothel kept bv Ann Tucker, 51, Diamond-street, on the 11th of January. He was suspended from duty, and would have been locked up, but the women did not proceed against him in consequence of his wife, who has been very ill for some time, and his small family. Jones, at his own request, and by permission of his worship the mayor, was allowed to bring in his clothing and resign forthwith. Two days afterwards Mr. Councillor Beavan called upon me and wished me to reinstate him, which I declined to do. It came to my knowledge on Monday, the 6tli inst., that a man representing himself to be a policeman went to Mr. King, confectioner, West- gate-street, who supplies bread for the prisoners, and stated that I had sent him for a copy of the account that I had paid for bread during the last two years. It was supplied to him. This man has since been identified as the late police- constable 34 (Jones), and the document given to him was taken to Mrs. King by Mr. Councillor Henry Jones and Mr. Councillor Beavan on tlw 8th inst. for the purpose of having it totalled. The amount is £31 odd paid for bread for 24 months, which appears small in comparison with the amount received for prisoners' food; but bread and butter, coffee, &c., is supplied from my house. Councillors Henry Jones, D. Jones, and Beavan de- manded my books from th-* town-clerk. I supplied them, and they were perused for several hours upon two occasions. I feel very much degraded and lowered in the estimation of the members of the force under my command. and my efficiency impaired, at the method adopted by these gentlemen to obtain their information. Had they applied to me, I should have readily given them all the information they required. I have nothing to conceal, liuowing- as I do that I have, since I have had the honour of being in com- mand of your force, performed my duties impar- tially, honestly, and fait hfully and I must respect- fully ask and beg or your committe to sup- port me in maintaining the efficiency of the police force, and which, I venture to assert, I have brought it to. I may add that, should any items appear in the prisoners' food book that are inaccurate, Police-constable f. (Rogers), who posted up the book until the last nine months, has made the mistakes." The head-constable also stated that £16 15s. had been received for special duty by officers during the year. He suggested that half the amount should be divided among eight constables, and the other half go to the superannuation fund. An applica- tion had been made by Police-constable yines for a weekly bonus from the superanntiatico, fund, in addition to his pay. The MAYOH suggested that the matter as affect- ing the head-constable should be gone into by the finance committee, and certain members of that committee. This course, Jie thought, would save an expenditure of their time, and would result more advantageously than if the matter were dis- cussed at, a large meeting like the present one. Councillor HKXHY JOKES said as he was referred to in the report he wished to make a. short state- ment. The MAYOR thought it was desirable first to ascertain whether the meeting wished to act on his proposition, viz., that the subject be referred to the finance committee, associated with Alderman Evans, Councillors David Jones, E. Beavan, Henry Jones, and Dr. Jones, for inquiry. Councillor G. A. STOE seconded the mayor's proposition, and it'was carried unanimously. With reference to a question as to whether the charges against Rogers should be gone into, Councillor HENKY JONES said he had a great and decided objection to the hearing of one charge and not the other. He did not think they ought to treat a private constable worse than any other. Alderman EVANS and Councillor THOMAS REES held that as there was a report against Rogers he ought to be called in. In the course of the discussion it transpired that Rogers's notice of resignation would expire on the morrow, and the MAYOR said he thought it would be unfair to others in the force if he was allowed to resign, and so be in a position to join other forces. After further discussion, it was resolved, on the motion of Councillor THOS. REES, seconded by Councillor T. EVANS, that the resignation of Rogers be not accepted, but that he bo suspended pending the investigations of the "committeo which had been appointed. On the motion of Councillor LOUGHER, seconded by Alderman EVANS, it was decided that the amount received for special duty by the police snouia DO apportionsd as recommended in the report. The application of Police-constable Wines was referred to the next meeting, the town-clerk to ascertain In the meantime what the officer (who had been in the force 29.1 years and was over 50 years of age) was entitled to. A complaint was also made by Councillor Yorath as to the extent to which Sunday trading was carried on in Canton and Castle-road. In the course of discussion, Councillor M. Morgan thought they snould leave the matter to the discretion of the head-constablo, and eventually Councillor Trounce gave notice of motion that the matter— which several speakers looked upon as a very im- portant one-be considered at the next meeting. This was all the business.
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SIR STAFFORD NQRTHCOTE ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Speaking on Wedight at Balham. at the Consei vative Association Banquet, Sir Stafford Northcote said every day added to the importance of the struggle to maintain the institutions of the country. He did not doubt when the time came, and it might come sooner than some of them thought, those who had won their seats would keep them. Nobody who watched impartially the language now used and the forces evoked could fail to see their danger. Referring to the pro- cedure rules, he said doubtless changes in the system were necessary from time to time, but proposals almost certain to limit the rights of minorities and restrain freedom of debate touched on very delicate ground. When they saw in- dependent Liberals threatened, almost coerced, by mandates from Birmingham, he believed it behoved them to consider whether they were really the servants of these gentlemen. The history of the lench Revolution showed the dangerous part played by such a band, but if the Conservative members did their duty they would furnish the c"?.un,.y with a barrier against wild democracy. Alluding to the government of Ireland, Sir Stafford commented severely on I Mr. Gladstone's recent language on Home Rule. they might depend upon it those words would bear evil fruit.
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W——MM—W— I CARDIFF AND NEWPORT TELE- PHONE EXCHANGES. We hear that the post-office Department has found it necessary to erect a second double wire trunk circuit between Cardiff and Newport, to provide for the additional renters who have joined the exchanges in the respective towns. This second telephone line was successfully opened on Wednesday, and it will, doubtless, be found to be of great service to those whose business relations in the two ports are sufficiently extended to induce them to avail themselves of this useful auxiliary.
MILFORD DOCKS COMPANY. I
MILFORD DOCKS COMPANY. At a special private meeting of the proprietors of the Milford Docks Company, held at the offices of the company, 122, Cannon-street, London, on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. J. R. Armitage in the chair, the Bill now before Parliament asking for' authority to create additional capital and to extend the time for the completion of the works, was unanimously approved of, and a ltsolution was also passed authorising the creation and issue as soon as Parliamentary power is obtained of further capital.
THE ABRAM: COLLIERY .EXPLOSION.
THE ABRAM: COLLIERY EXPLOSION. At the Abram explosion inquest on Wednesday, Thomas Taylor, certificated manager, said it was not the practice to examine pits nn the day they are not working. He had never seen gas in the mine. Mr. John Hyson, consulting engineer, who descended, said he never saw pits where better provision had been made to secure ventilation. In his opinion a sudden outburst of gas had been ignited—that the light of a Davy lamp had been blown through the gauze, so causing the ex- plosion. The Davy was not a safety lamp. He recommended the Muesler lamp-
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A telegram from the correspondent of the Daily News at St. Petersburg states that the Governor- General of Orenburg, General Kryshanovsky, was dismissed from his post on Monday, as well as Privy Councillor Holdodschovsky and Privy Coun- cillor Klimoff. They will not be allowed to re- enter the public service. For high officials to be punished in this manner is almost without pre- cedent. li
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Under this head questions on le,jal subjects at* answered by an experienced professional gentleman- Correspondents wishing for information or advictt are requested to observe the foll&winq i,ities.- 1. Thefacts must be stated fiilly and clearly; and the questions, if more than one, should be nurn*. bcred consecutively. 2. A fid7 copy must be sent of any doewment 011 which advice is wished for. 3. The real name and address of the icriter must accompany the questions, but will not be l'u hshed if a "pswdonym or initials be also sel£l for reference. 4. All communications must be addressed to Th* 1\ Editor, Legal Department, Weekly Mail Ofiietj Cardiff."
LEGAL ANSWERS.
LEGAL ANSWERS. PROPOSED GATE ON PRIVATE ROAD. Nemo" (Cardiff) ouglit to have an agreement in writing before he cott' jenls to the erection of the proposed gate. The acrree* ment ought, to be revocable on six months' notice beinS jjivtn by either party. it should be prepared by out correspondent's solicitor, and paid tor by the otheC •^ai'ty. VV e can see the advantage if having a inere, but care ought to be taken that our con-espon- deni, s rights are not prejudiced or his property detefiol fated thereby. MORTGAGE AMt PUKTHEB CHARGE.—V. A." (Loughor) HI stormed ;hat the further charge may be made either by an endorsement on the mortgage or by a aepariit deed. It will only be a short deed either WAY- The expense of sending the endorsed deed to 1.111 I "tamped will about equal the cost of the extra length of a separate deed. The mortgage must not ba altered. HUSBAND AND WiFr. Marion" (Cross Keys) cannot marry again during the lifetimeof herhusband, unle=3 she first gets a divorce. She would be entitled to have "he marriage dissolved if, being blameless herself, she could prove that her husband had committed adul crY; •'is he has deserted her for more than two years. do not charge for our advice. COUSTY COI RT COSTS.—" Bix (Bnilth) is informed Urat the plaintiff's solicitor's fees must be paid by the deiendant if the debt or claim exceeds £ 2. The scalo 's higher in cases above 4:5 than un de" that amount, and tilJ higher where the debt or damages exceed £ 20. ■>EATS_ OF 'JJAXULOI'.O,—" Enquirer (Cowbridge) I3 miormed that, the death ol' the landlord makes n" oirf°rence to the tenant,, who must pay his rent to new owner, and give the same legal notice as if liac. not had any changu of landlord. The apportion- ment of rent between the executors and devisee, or between the administrator and the heir-at-law, does JJO concern the tenant, who mu; t pay to the nel" owner th" whole rent due. There is an exception to the general rule in the cabe of glebe land on the death of .•>n incumbent in which case the new incumbent may require possession to be given to him at the end o.the current year's tenancy, although there i3 sufficient time for him to give a legal notice, but tba tenant must pay his rent DIET OF .EXCHANGE.— A Constant Keader (Swansea,* ir advised that, whether B could sue on the acceptance or not, which is doubtful, C might do so if he were* holder for value without- notice, and received it before 'twas due; but if he received it after it arrived a6 maturity, he would only have the same rights as B. VV assume that it is dated subsequently to th9 liquidation, otherwise it would be altogether worth'' less TENANT HOLDING OVT.R,—AS Roger" (Pontardawe) ave the notice, if lie should not gi\ e up possession oB iixe appointed day, his landlord could double his raIlLÓ or bring an action ag.iinst him to recover possessioD. J. he should have any difficulty in getting a house h0 ought "o 'arrange with his landlord for ? monthly tenancy, otherwise the continued occupation woulH create another yearly tenancy if the landlord were to waive his other remedy, and.- new notice would hav'tf to be served as before. NOTICE TO QUIT. A. Thomar. (Risca) a yearly tenant, and must give half-a-year's notice, expiring the same time of the year as his tenancy commenced- There may possibly be some doubt as to this, and If there be he should arrange with his landlord, or him to accept the notice. CLAIM BY SO, Enquirer" (Lisvane) is advised that the claim is absurd, and ought to be resisted to tM utmost. If an action should be commenced it ought) to be defended by a solicitor. INNKEEPERS' SPIRIT LICENCES.—" O. J. J." (Llandilo), informed that before 1830 the scale for spirit licence9 ranged from t2 4s. Id. to Lll Os. 6d., according to tha value of the licensed premises, but wine and beet licences had to be obtained in addition. The total costi however, was considerably lower than the present scale. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.—As "Tredegar" retained tba bills, he must wait until they arrive at maturity before suing for the original debt. RATING OF GROUND REXTs.-The letter of" D. E. W. (Eirwain) is founded upon an obvious fallacy, and nothing would be gained by the change which he pro poses. If the owner of the ground rent were ratedo the assessment of the occupier would have to be re" duced to the same extent; and thua it would becoII1 necessary to have an additional staff of collectors 0a large parishes) to get in the same amount as is col" lected now. Otherwise there would be a double assessment upon leasehold property, and surely ouC esteemed correspondent would not think this It would be contrary to the principle which ha4 always regulated the assessment under the Income-1 tax Acts, which we think is the only correct priW. ciple. ) LANDLORD AND TENANT.—If "Inquirer" (Cowbridge) wishes for possession he must give the usual notice* He is not entitled to take possession without this, :1 he could only take the land subject to the existin«| tenancy. The rights of the parties to a contract tenancy are correlative. A want of mutuality is fatal to any contract.. INCOME TAX.—"A. B. C." (Llanelly) is informed »ba the deduction is quite correct. The amount to be allowed may be recovered on application being on forms to be obtained of the surveyor of taxes. I*0 more than three years will be allowed at one time. sCJ that any allowance of a more distant date is now lost' RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE.—We regret that 1\ cannot add anything to the advice which we hav already given to "Veritas." Can he not arrange witlt his co-trustees to have the matter settled in the Way which we advised? LAPSED LEGACY.—'• Dubious" (Newport) has no caus for doubt. 11 a legatee dies in the lifetime of the tosa tator the legacy lapses, or fails to take effect, unlesj* the legatee be a child or other direct, descendant of t ¡J testator and leaves lawful issue, when such issue taua in equal shares the legacy intended for their parent.
GENERAL ANSWERS.!
GENERAL ANSWERS. G. 8. (Cardiff).— £ 768.703,692. PUHCMASK OF SKAF.»X X.» the, transfer of the shares dulv registered in the boo' of the company before he can receive the dividend3 thereon and for that purpose he must forward certificates to the company's office. d4 MASSES AND SERY A.W. Alpha's" right depend entirely upon the custom of the shop, of which he i-4 supposed to have been cognisant. t PATENT MEDICINE.—This term, though universally ^se J and adoptea in Acts of Parliament, is a palpable m** I nomer, no patent being required or obtained. J- h- (Pontypridd) must keep his own secret as to the con\ I position of his remedy. If he were to apply for ai'^ obtain a patent, the total expense would be nef.rly £ 200; and as he would have to divulge his secret inlfj specification, and his patent would expire at the en;* of fourteen years, anybody might make and sell h'- medicine after that time. He wili have to pay 5s. annum for a licence, in addition to the stamps. Bot^ licence and stamps may be obtained at Inland Revenue-office but if he has already a licelloe to sell patent medicines, that will cover the manufa"' turealso. The writer of this would be glad to have* supply of the remedy if it will GO what is claimed f"r it.
CARDIFF WATER RATES. |
CARDIFF WATER RATES. SIR,—Would you kindly insert the following correspondence in your valuable paper ? My son* Mr. James Edward Hopkin, applied to the Cardifl Waterworks Committee for a reduction of the rat0 on No. 5, Brook-street, from 7s. 6d. to 6s. 3d., on tlio ground that the clear annual value of the house was only 125 per annum, and received the follow- ing answer:— Town Clerk's Office, Cardiff, an..27, 882. ¡J Dear Sir,-Yolll' application for a reduction in L water rate chargeable upon your property at No. Brook-street, was considered at the waierworks c0flL mittee to-day, and I was desired to inform you that cannot accede to your request.-Yotirs truly, (Signed) O.L. WHEATT.KY, Town-Clerk- Cardiff Corporation Waterworks Offices, Town-hall, Jan. 28, 18 £ 2. r Sir,—Your application for a reduction in the rent, oi your house, Ko. 5, Brook-street, was yesterJ11' laid before the waterworks committee, and I have bee requested to inform you that they cannot entertain t'1 application.—Your obedient servant, (Signed) F. K. GREENHILL, Financial Clerk, Per F. J. Lewis.. Upon the receipt of these duplicate intimation9 I applied to Mr. R. W. Williams for advice. 8*? I' advised me to pay the amount under protest, give notice of appeal according to Act of Parlia- ment. I did this. In a few davs the wa-ter-rito collector called to repay the.overcnarge of Is. 3d., which I declined unless I had an official answer to my notice of appeal, when I would receive t-110 money with a pi-oper receipt,,ias I thought it ob-" jectionable to destroy this little "mouse m a mountain of corporation water." The result wii^ that I received the following letters:- Cardiff Corporation Waterworks, Collector's Office, Town-hall, Cardiff, Feb. 4, 1882. Dear Sir,—I am directed by the Waterworks Coin mittee to return to you Is. 3d. overcharge of water reiijj on your house, 5, Brook-street, which I shall have pleasure in doing if you will call at this office with receipt previously given to you, which will be cxch?.;ieie<1 for another for the proper amount. I am, moreover; instructed to explain that the refusal of the to reduce the charge on your first application a1'Ose frol a misconception of the gross annual rental entered p1* the rate book. They are now satislied that your claifl* is a just one. and have accordingly allowed it, witliol* giving you further trouble.—I am, dear sir, yours trulyt (Signed) N. D. MAIIKS- Town Clerk's Office, Cardiff, 7th February 188i. Dear Sir.-Re Water Supply 5, Brook-street.—Tn repv to your notice directed to me as to your water supply have to inform you that the committee have considereJ- the same, and have agreed to reduce the rate to what iif now the annual value.-Yours truly (Signed), J. L. WHEATLEY, Town-clerk. In consequence of these letters, I received tbtt overcharge of Is. 3d. with a proper receipt far t 6s. 3d. (which is the proper sum). Being a rate- payer for 33 years, I was annoyed with this manner of treatment, and resolved to publish tha correspondence for the benefit of the public of th town of Cardiff. On the 6th of February one of tb" members of this Star Chamber committee walked across the Cow bridge-road to inform me of the regult of my son's application, and assured me that thll committee were in the dark when they sent the first answer, and that when they received notie6 of appeal they set to work at once, and, to thell dismay, found there was a mistake on their part* after overlooking some old fusty rate-books. 0° j the 7th inst. I met another member of the above' s named committee, who told me the matter wsg settled, as he knew all about it. I begged him to inform me how it was settled. He told me thst the house was let at £ 35 per annum, and that water rate was reduced to 28s., whereas the reD" is 12s. per week, and I pay all rates and taxeSf gas and water paid by the tenant. How this meØl-- ber makes the rent £ 35 a year is a great mystery to me. He then informed me if I made much noi;la about the matter, the corporation had the povvee to cut off the water suoply. Knowing this inso is proud of hearing his musical voice in othe^ places, I at once put it down as bounce. In add." tion, I would call your attention to the following remarks.-The adjoining house in Btook-streo contains nine rooms, has eleven feet more fronta-gO and forty more backlet. The occupier's water-att1 is Ll 2s. per annum No. 5, being a house of eIgbJi rooms, is charged £ L 5s. per annum, thus showing that the committee have no basis as to the rate 0* the water supply.—I am, &c., JOHN HOPKIN. é3, Westbourne-crescent, Feb. 15.
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The Select Committee of the House of Common* on railway rates and fares met on Wednesday, and selected as chairman the Hon. A. E. Ashley, Secr^ tary of the Board of Trade. Representations made to the Committee that a number of railvv.%y companies whose rates were impugned last sessiooj desired to have witnesses examined, and it 1 understood that this application will be comply with. The committee also decided to hear e^' dence as to the workiDg of the Kailway Co01 mission.. 1 i