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BIRTHS,MARRIAGES,& DEATHS. BIRTHS. ATKINSON.—On October 13th. at Elmsfield, Roath Park, the wife of Louis E. Atkinson, of a son. 91 ELLIS.—Oct. 14th, at Bryn Ivor, Mountain Ash, to the Rev. and Mrs William T. Ellis, a, daughter. 265 EVANS.—October 16th, at 91, Wood-road, Tretorest, the wife of T. Charles Evans, of a daughter. 350 HARRY.—On the 13th inst., at Sunnyside. Beach- road, Penarth, the wife of William Harry. a daughter. 98 EML.-Oct. 12th, at 26. Buruaby-street, the wife of Wr C. W. Hill, of a daughter. 225 PRIEST.—On October 17th, at 41, Hamilton-street, the widow of the late E. Priest, Taff Vale Iron Works, late of Kina's road, Canton, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. CULLEN—CLAKE.—On October 14th. at Tredegar- ville Baptist Church, by the Rev. James Baillie, Andrew Fulton, fourth son of the late Thomas Cullen, to Emily, eldest daughter of Francis Clake, of Cardiff. FRIER-CHURCH.-On the 19th inst., at Llan- dough Church, by the Rev. Frank Williams, assisted by the Bev. J. Barker. Frederick Frier, fourth and youngest son of Mr John Frier, of South Shields, late of the Royal Engineers, to Maud Blanche Church, daughter of Mr William Edward Church, of the Station Hotel, Cogan, Cardiff. 619 IiEWIS—JOHN.—October 20th. at Saron Chapel, Port Talbot, by Revs. T. F. Jones, Pontardulais, and Morgan Jones, Llanelly, Rev. Joseph Tewis, Pontardulais, to Mary, daughter of Mr William John, Cwmavon. No cards. 8308 PHILLIPS—LEWIS.—On October 14th. at St. Barrwg's Church, Bedwas, by the Rev. G. Thomas, Rector, assisted by the Rev. B. Mathews and Rev. Sydney Thomas, Joseph Henry Phillips, eldest eon of Mrs Price and of the late Edward Phillips, •Caerphilly, to Laura. Mary, daughter of Mr G. G. Lewis, J.P., Bedwas. 105 PHILLIPS—REES.—On 14th inst,, at Saron Chapel, Treforest, by Rev. J. M. Jones,Cardiff, and Rev. D. Hughes, Pontycymmer, Tom R. Phillips, son of Phillip Phillips, Gwaelodygarth, to Lizzie, daugh- ter of Benjamin Rees, Treforest. No cards. 85 DEATHS. ANDREWS.—On the 12th inst., at York-villa, Porth- cawl, Thomas B. Andrews, late of the Institute, Treorchy, aged 48. ADAMS.—October 10th, George Frederick, beloved son of John and Elizabeth Adams, 110, Crwys-road,' aged 24. DAVID.—On October 16th, suddenly, at 44, Connaught-road, Roath, Morfydd Frances Alice, youngest daughter of the late Edward David (lorwerth), aged 37 years. DEAN.—On October 17th, at 7, Glamorgan-street, Canton, Tom Dean, the beloved husband of Sarah Dean, deceased. EVANS.—Oct. 17, Mrs Evans, wife of Mr T. R: Evans, Cwmirfon, Llanwrtyd. Funeral on Friday, 2.30. EVANS.—On Oct. 17th. John Evans, Tonyrefail (late of Tylcha Fach Farm). FITZGERALD.—On the 13th inst., at 13, Bedford- street. John, beloved husband of Catherine Fitz- gerald. R.I.P. GRIFFITHS.—On the 14th, at 24, Llanmaes-street, Edward Griffiths, Blacksmith, the beloved hus- band of Elizabeth Griffiths, after 'a long illness. HURLOW.—On the 13th, at 12, Evelyn-street, Docks, James Hurlow, aged 32. JONES.—On the 18th October, at Clytha," Cam- bridge, New Zealand, Thomas Jones, late of New- port, Mon., in his 59th year. x982 LEWIS.—On Oct. 17th, Anne, youngest daughter of the late David Lewis, of Pantglas, Mydrim. LEWIS.-At 118, Park-road, on 16th October, David Lewis, Manager of Dare Pits. Cwmpark. MORGAN.—On October 12th. at 11, [Caroline-street, Cardiff, Sarah Gwendoline (Gwennie), only and dearly beloved daughter of the late David Morgan, Clothier, Penarth, and Mary Morgan, aged 17 years 9 months. PARKER.—Emma, the beloved daughter of Evan Parker and the late Jane Parker, of 1, New-street, Ferndale, aged 21, after a short and most painful illness. PRICE.-Oct. 14th Edward, beloved son of Joseph and Annie Price, 270, Bute-street, aged 1 month. ISTOODLEY.-October 12th inst., at 11, Eleanor- street, Docks, Winnie, the dearly beloved twin daughter of H. and M. Stoodley. 923 WILLIAMS.-On Sunday morning, the 18th inst at Glenview, Aberdare, Wenona," the dearly- loved baby of Edith Frances and Thomas Walter Williams, barrister-at-law, aged 7 months. "WHITE.—Oct. 17th, at 30, Station-road, Penarth. Sarah, the beloved wife of Samuel White.

"THE ORIGINAL WOMAN." The title of our new story, which is novj appearing is The Original Woman," and the writer F. Frankfort Moore. Don't miss the opening chapters 4f this magnificent new serial by a charming writer. Also the opening of a new Serial by F. M. White, entitled THE CARDINAL IOTH," together vrith the Neu),geries of SHORT COMPLETE STORIES from the pens of Flora Annie Steel, J. MacLaren Cobban, William Le Queux, Geo. R. Sims, George Griffith, Jean Middlemiss, Torn Gallon, Curtis Yorke, John Strange Winter, and other popular I authors.

SA TURDA Y, OCTOBER 2J,, 1903. THE WAIL OF NATIONAL RUIN. Mr John Morley, speaking in the Fre Trade Hall, Manchester, described the new Birmingham campaign as the backwash of the war." It is an effort to turn public attention from the cost and the blundering mistakes of the war by the Government When Mr Chamberlain is beaten witb. figures, as he has been, he turns about and appeals to national vanity and hatred of the wicked foreigner and beats the drum against Germany. He is going to hit back" at the foreigner, but this is a costly and a dangerous game to play, and as the figures show it is possible for the wicked German to give a blow twice as heavy as Mr Chamberlain can swing with his retaliatory tariffs should he persuade the country to follow him into a costly war of tariffs and high prices with dear food. When he starts to hit Germany he will be hitting one of our best customers, for our exports to Germany have gone up in the last ten years from sixteen million to twenty-six million pounds in value. They can hit back with interest, for whilst they took £ 26,407,000 worth of manufac- tures in 1900, they only sent us £ 15,000,000. The hitting will not be all on one side. Against Mr Chamberlaia's pessimistic cry of the ruined industries and a crumbling industrial nation are ranged official statistics and the experience and teaching of history. Mr Balfour has ead the figure of our national prosperity aright, and four ex-Chancellors of the Exchequer are against Mr Chamberlain's alarmist ideas and his hasty policy and ill-digested schemes. The cry of our doomed manu- factures cannot be supported by facts, though it is perfectly clear that some of the trades which are successfully run by reason of cheap raw materials due to our open markets would be the first to suffer under Protection or retaliatory tariffs. In the competition for the world's markets science and the application of modem machinery and scientific investigation and processes play a most important part. It is just here where this country has lagged behind Germany, for that country by a wise expenditure o public money in edu. cation and scientific research and display- ing a readiness to seize upon every scientific discovery has been able to build up a huge and valuable chemical trade. But it was the discovery of a British chemist which first laid the foundations of the aniline dye industry. There are signs that education and scientific research and a more modern spirit of adaptability are to characterise our manufacturers, and wherever they have roused themselves to the new conditions of competition they have succeeded. That has been the case in our iron industry, a fact which the Economist has been pointing out with advantage. Our ruined industries do not exist except where certain trades have suffered through the failing of manufac- turers to adopt modern and scientific methods of manufacture. Protectionist Germany has passed through industrial crises more severe than they are known here, and though the boot trade has been reported as ruined by American competi- tion, our exports of boots increase, whilst imports decrease. Without the taxation of food Mr Chamberlain's great scheme fails, and he is met with the growing opposition of statesmen, Unionist and Tory alike, who join with Liberals and Radicals in opposing a wild scheme which is playing with our greatest interests and our national life. ———— ,„

In addressing the Grand Jury at Glamorgan Quarter Sessions Judge Gwilym Williams expressed his horror at the story of cruelty unfolded in the depositions against defendants who were Welsh. He was distressed to think that such cruelty could exist in the county, and though he had some ex- perience in criminal work he had never before read anything so appalling in its details. It was a case brought into the courts by the instrumentality of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and Judge Williams's feeling of horror that the defendants should be Welsh, or that such a case should be possible in the county of Gla- morgan, represents the chief difficulty which the Society experienced in its early days. But it is a difficulty no longer, except where the work is taken up in new districts. Towns and villages resented the interference of the Society, and repudiated the suggestion that the inhabitants of any town or district could be guilty of diaboli- cal cruelty to children, and least of all could the charges be true against parents. It was uphill work at first when police and magistrates were out of sympathy with the work of the Society. But all that has been changed, and we have to admit that the work of the Society is very necessary, and that there are cruel and vicious parents and guardians of children who need the attention of the preventive influence of the Society which is known as the Children's. Much as the local committees nave done in certain districts of South Wales, there is still need for greater and more extended activity, and the Society is deserving of sympathy and practical support, which is best given by a contribution or a yearly subscription.

Mabon's warning to Welsh colliers against the blandishments held out to emigrants to America came not a day too soon, for it transpires that some hundreds have already left this country to meet the cruellest of disappointed hopes and un- fulfilled promises. There is ample evi- dence to show that quite a large number of Welsh colliers have been persuaded to leave their homes tor America under the promise of large wages and ideal condi- tions of life and work—which exist, of course, only in the promises and blandish- ments. It is all the more extraordinary that these men should fall easy victims to such trickery, seeing that the miners' leaders are in close touch with each other in all parts of the world, and that informa- tion as to emigration possibilities is readily obtained through the Emigration Office, whose monthly circulars may be obtained for the asking from most Free Libraries. However, the mischief has been done, and Mabon's prompt warning has probably saved many more from sharing the bitter- ness of deception which the Welsh colliers have already tasted in Pennsylvania.

The disfigurement and destruction of the beautiful gorge at Cheddar is receiving attention from the West of England and the National Trust. It is surprising that public attention has not been aroused to action long ago, for the quarrying which has been carried on there for some time past has been an eyesore, and threatened destruction to one of the finest and most impressive of the beauty spots which the country can boast. Quarrying for stone and road metal has been commenced on the. cliffs of the gorge, as though the Mendips did not contain stone enough for that purpose. The grandeur of these fine and impressive cliffs is nearly unique in the country. It would be a lasting dis- grace to the country if the cliffs were per. mitted to be permanently disfigured by the mere quarrying of stone. The National Trust has asked the local bodies likely to be interested for an expression of opinion on the desirability of taking active steps to secure the cliffs from further damage, an if need be there are many private indi. viduals ready to support any practicable scheme for saving the cliffs. As it is a 'I matter of business the subject will call for delicate handling, but whatever difficulty may arise there should be found a way out I in such a case as this. Cheddar Cliffs be- I long to the whole country, and should be preserved from the devastating liand of i the quancyoaaa. Arrangements. or the next Gorssdd degree examinations have been completed, and enthusiastic Eisteddfowyr who are eager to enter the charmed circle of the Ovates and Bards should note the fact and send at once to the Gorsedd Recorder, Car- narvon, for details. Many enthusiastic aspirants for Gorsedd honours decide to compete when under the excitement of the Eisteddfod meetings, but their ardour cools down again and the examination is for. gotten. The examination for the degrees will be held at a number of convenient centres, aad the successful candidates in. vested with their degrees at the Rhyl Eisteddfod.

We have heard so much against the evils of athletics spoken in Wales that it comes with a charming novelty to find a preacher speaking up for the uses of athletics and commending games to the young people. The Rev. Ceitho Davies had the courage of his convictions to preach the gospel of athletics to the members of the Youn-, People's Christian Union of W ales at the I annual meeting held at Morriston. He .quoted the opinion of the Rev. Uriah Thomas, of Bristol, ex-chairman of the Congregational Union "If I were chal. lenged to indicate those who spend most hours in manifold Christian work I should have to point to those who cycle and boat, play cricket, hockey, and football, and all this not merely sometimes for mutual gain to their own health, but most often for the purpose of exercising influence over those whose lives are just being uplifted by the Gospel, or who; hovering near the border line, are apparently waiting for the touch of sympathy and the close contact of bro- therly and sisterly care that shall help them over the line." It needs no great amount of observation or penetration of character to see how great a part football plays in keeping young people and the working classes from spending their Satur- day afternoons in a much worse manner than watching a game of skill on the foot- ball field. A lively discussion followed, and the opinions of the paper were repudi- ated. Unreasonable opposition to all athletic sports puts Churchmen out of sympathy and touch with the young people, who are estranged from Christian work and public worship, and herein may be found one of the replies to the constant query at church gatherings, How to keep j our young people in the Church ?

MR CHAMBERLAIN AT TYNEMOUTH. Mr Chamberlain was in better fighting trim on Wednesday at Tynemouth than on the previous evening at Newcastle, and in his speech he brought out severallfresh points. Apparently some of his colleagues did not expect him to resign his position in the Cabinet, but (with the King's permission) he declared that he had distinctly avowed at the now historic Cabinet meeting his intention to resign if the policy of prefer- ential tariffs was not accepted as the policy of the Government. The Colonies, he proceeded, had ap- pealed to us, and were willing to give more than they received. Between this and the General Election he was going to work and to make his opponents work too. I "—we emphasise the I ask for a mandate from the country," he pro- claimed, to negotiate with the Colonies," and he proceeded to declare that as soon as that mandMe was given he should recom- mend that a Commission of experts should investigate the whole subject of tariffs and preferences to the Colonies. Throughout his important speech Mr Chamberlain emphasised the claims-all too long ignored, he alleged, by this coun- try—of the Colonies and confessed that the scheme he had already propounded was merely a broad outline, subject to revision after the earnest I y -sought-for mandate from the people.

A COURT FAVOURITE. Colonel the Hon. Sir William James Colville, his Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. who has been laid to his last rest this week, was 76, and had suffered from congestion of the luogs. He passed away peacefully in the presence of the members of his family. During his illness inquiries were made as to the progress of the patient by the King and Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales. Colonel Colviile was a brother of the late Viscount Colville of Culross, who predeceased him about three months ago. The deceased officer was appointed Master of the Ceremonies in 1893, the appointment being The^Late Sir W. J. Colville. 1 continued at the accession of Kins; Edward. Like his brother, Sir William was a general favourite in Court and official circles, and will be keenly regretted and missed. His knowledge of Court ceremonial waa probably unrivalled, and his charm of manner and his ignostentatious abilities were proverbial. Few men were entitled to wear more orders and decorations—British and foreign-than he, and his full dress figure was as imposing as it was well known at Conrt iunctions and State ceremonials. Hia duties had brought him into contact with practically every foreign potentate who had visited these I shores in a long course of years. He was a great favourite with Queen Victoria. He was educated at Sandhurst, and entered the Army in 1843, served with the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade in Canada and the Crimea, and was on the staff I of General Sir .James Simpson. commanding the Army at the fall of Sebastopol. He afterwards served as Assistant Inspector of Volunteers, and was in 18 72 appointed Comptroller of the House hold of the Duke of Edinburgh.

FEARED LOSS OF A WELSH SHIP Chief Officer an Aberystwyth Man. It is feared that the Portmadoc schooner Polly Preston has been lost with all on board on her voyage from Bremen to Palnackie, Scotland, with a cargo of salt. She left Bremen on Septem- ber 3rd and Was due on or about September 16th, but nothing has been heard of her since leaving port. She is now out to date 47 days, and under ordinary circumstances the passage is made in 10 days. She was under the command of Captain D. Nicholas, of Portmadoc, and car- ried a crew of five men all told. Her chief officer was Mr David Jones, of Aberystwyth. She was a wooden three-masted schooner, of 131 tons gross and 98 tons net register, built in 1863 by Thomas, of Nevin, and owned by Mr D. Nicholas and managed by Mrs E. Nicholas, 43, New-street, Portmadoc.

FIRE AT A NEWPORT FOUNDRY. A few hours after the workmen had left the Phcenix Foundry, Pill, Newport, on Saturday the nail department was discovered to be on fire. I The Borough Fire Brigade, under Lieutenents Boucher and Coulman, promptly responded to the summons for their services, and succeeded in confining the outbreak to the:nail Workshop, the whole of which was practically destroyed. The damage is estimated at about £ 200.

The annual installation banquet of the I i Loyal Wye Lodge of Freemasons took place at ] the Lion Hotel, Builth Wells, on Friday even- ing. Bro. Thomas Lant. Dolgarreg, was in- stalled worshipful master by Bro. Marmaduke Tennant, D.P.G.M. | Apiol and Steel Pills superior to Penny { royal and all other remedies. Price 4a fid, post feee. A —MarttoiEbamaceatiical Chemist. Southampton, I

Her Body Found in a Park EVIDENCES OF SUICIDE. Boys' Gruesome Discovery. As briefly announced in our first edition yester- day, the mystery of the missing lady doctor has at length been solved after a lapse of over two months by the discovery of the body of Miss Hickman in a plantation in Richmond Park. There appears to be no doubt that death took place upon the very day of the disappearance— August 15th—and that the body has lain in the sequestered spot on which it was found on Sun- day eveninsr ever since, exposed to the disin- tegrating action of sun and rain. As must have been expected after such ex- posure, the body waa in a condition which rendered identification in the ordinary sense of j the term absolutely impossible, bat fortnnately, as is elsewhere explained, there were articles on the corpse which clearly established the identity of the person who in life had owned them, while he clothing also told a similar tale. How the unhappy lady reached Richmond and the remote spot upon which she died and the circumstances which led her to take her own life -for that she comitted suicide there is appar- ently no reason to doubt -may perhaps be cleared up at the Coroner's inquest, which will be held in due course. Those who knew Miss Hickman in life have no doubt whatever that something occurred upon the day of her disappearance which affected her so deeply that her mind became temporarily unhinged, and it is hoped that the Coroner's investigation upon this important point of motive will be open and exhaustive. The police almost from the first cherished the theory of suicide, and as the weeks passed and no trace of Miss Hickman could be found, despite the enormous amount of publicity given to her case by means of the newspaper reports and the printed descriptions and portraits which were scattered broadcast throughout the land, that belief became a matter of certainty to the minds of the trained investigators who had charge of the case, but that has not prevented the police from continuing to follow up every clue which promised to place the fate of the missing lady doctor beyond doubt. It is a curious fact that one of the earJiest claes which the police took in hand led them to Richmond and most exhaustive inquiries were made in that town and its vicinity. Whether the park itself was thoroughly examined is not known, but most of the park-keeper3 were questioned and the men themselves were placed on the alert at the pro3- pect of earning the large leward which had been offered, but Monday's gruesome discovery has proved almost beyond question that there was never any chance of findiug Miss Hickman alive, for she evidently went straight to Richmond on the afternoon of Saturday, August 15th, travel- ling unnoticed among the thousands of returning business men and women and week-end holiday- makers and that she lay dead in the recesses of the great park long before the hue and cry com- menced. The fate of Miss Hickman thus solved by the discovery of her dead body in Sidmooth Planta- tion, Richmond Park, on Sunday afternoon, I clears opone of the most sensationaland dramatic I disappearances of recent years. The circum- stances surrounding the unfortunate young lady's disappearance from the Royal Free Hospital and the subsequent tragic discovery of her decom- posed remains in a lonelyspot within a few miles of her home, stands unparalleled in the long list of similar cases which have been reported to Scotland Yard. But for the fact that a few Richmond boys in a venturesome spirit made an unauthorised excursion into the prohibited part of the park, it is doubtful whether the fate of the missing lady doctor, which has aroused so much sympathetic interest throughout the whoJe country, would ever have been satisfactorily de- termined. FINDING THE BODY. Since Miss Hickman disappeared on August 15th many sensational theories were put forward as to her whereabouts but nearly all these thus sadly have been dispelled. On Sunday afternoon, just after dinner, three little boys living in Richmond, whose names are John Mackenny, 10 years of age, son of a waterman, James Watkins, and Tom Fennel, set out to gather chesnuts in Richmond Park. They rqamed about the grounds for some time, and ultimately by some curious chance their footsteps were directed towards an unfrequented plantation, The Fence3 Plantation wherein Mias Hickman's body wa; found. lying about a quarter of a mile from the Rich- mond gate of the park, and between the road- ways leading to Sheen Gate and Kingston. The plantation, comprising an area of about 50 acres, is enclosed by a wooden fence 5ft. 6in. in height. Although this portion of the park is strictly private and closely guarded by vigilant keepers, the youtbful trio climbed the high fence, and made their way into the thickly- wooded interior of the plantation. What occurred after this may be described in the words of the boy John Mackenny, a bright and intelligent lad, who was immediately responsible for the sensa- tional discovery. Simply an-I frankly he told his story to an interviewer. About half-past 3 on Sunday afternoon," he said, I and two other boys, James Watkins and Tom Fennel, went to Sidmouth Plantation to get chesnuts. We knew we were not allowed to go there, but we got more chesnuts there than anywhere else in the park. We climbed the wooden paling on the side nearest Richmond gate, and made our way into the middle of the plantation. We were running about laughing and whistling when I suddenly came upon what I thought at first was a bundle of old clothes. I ran away at once, I was sc frightened. Coming up to my two companions, who were some dis- tance away, I told them what I had seen, and we thought we would return and have another look. It was then that I saw a head, and looking more closely I saw among a lot of rotten leaves what I took to be the body of a woman. The body seemed to be covered with a long black cloth, and the head was lying a short distance away. We aid not stop a minute, we were so terribly fright- ened, and hearing the keepers coming after us we took to our heels and made for the fence. We ran home as hard as we could. I told my father what I had seen, and he and my uncle later in the evening told the police. That is ail I can say about it." Acting upon this story the police went to the spot indicated by. Mackenny, and after a short search fonnd the body lying at full length in a marshy spot in the plantation. Thick shrubs almost concealed the body from sight and de. cayed leaves and broken twigs were strewn upon it. One giance at the remains was sufficient to indicate to the officers that life had been extinct for some weeks. Procuring an ambulance from the police-station, the officers lifted the body, and placing it on the ambulance conveycd it to the mortuary. This wa9 a difficult and delicate operation on account of the condition of the remains, but the body was handled reverently and carefully, and was deposited in the mortuary with the least possible disturbance of its general appearance. Dr. Gardner, the divisional surgeon, was immediately summoned, and made an examination. He expressed the opinion, which is amply bcrne out by the state of the body itself, that the woman must have been dead at least six weeks. As the body lay on a long g::ey slab in the mortuary it presented what can only be described as a repulsive appearance. The bead, almost devoid of flesh, had apparently been eaten away from the trunk by rats. The features were entirely unrecognisab!e. The brain was gone, and only a bleached skull remained. The body itself was decomposed almost beyond recognition. The clothes huncr limply from the bones, from which the flesh had been almost entirelv gnawed away. The clothing showed ample signa of the depredations of the wood rats, while thousands of insects still clung to the be- draggle-iskirts and petticoats. The body was fully dressed. The skirt was of blue alpaca material, and covered a dark-coloured petticoat. Under a light bodice she wore a linen under- vest, and white linen underclothing. The blue stockings and low-heeled shoes, which apparently had been covered by the skirt during the long ex- posure to the weather, were in a remarkably good state of preservation. r MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION. There were no corsets on the body, and this fact helped later in the identification, because it was known that Miss Hickman did not wear corsets. Close to the spot where the gruesome discovery was made the police picked up a black straw hat with a black ribbon. There was no pocket in the skirt of the dress, bnt a few articles which were important factors in deter- mining the identity of the woman were found I clinging to the clothes. These were a silver watch (which had stopped at 7 o'clock), a tiny silver chain, a fountain pen, and a cross of the St. John Ambulance Association. No letters were found which would elucidate the mystery of her death, and the first hint of the woman's identity was given to the police through the medium of the little ambulance cross which the woman had been wearing. On this was engraved the name, Frances Hickman," and the evidence of identification was further strengthened by the finding on the clothing also the name of Frances Hickman. This Dame was eewn on ewry wtictaJevutf on the woy. The shoes (size 10) also played an important part in satisfying the police that the body was that of the missing lady doctor. Mr Hickman was at once communicated with by the police, who requested the presence of some of her friends at the mortuary who could establish beyond doubt the identity of the body. Early on Monday morning one of Mr Hickman's maids, Bessie Blackwell, visited Richmond, and positively identified the body as that of her late mistress. Miss Blackwell, who has been in the service of the Hickman family for many years, was greatly distressed when taken into the mor- tuary by the keeper and the police, but she re- covered herself sufficiently to be able to examine minutely the clothing. She assured a Press representative afterwards that unfortunately no doubt wa9 left in her mind that the body was that of Miss Hickman, as although it was impossible to gauge anything from the features, there was no mistaking the attire which her late mistress wore when she bad last seen her, and which she knew were included in Miss Hickman's war j robe. Chief Inspector Fox, of Scotland Yard, who has had charge of the case from the commence- ment, went down early to Richmond. Along with Inspector Cleave he visited the mortuary and afterwards proceeded to Richmond Park, where they made a minute examination of the scene of the discovery. The officers covered the spot with large branches of trees to prevent disturbance, and instructed a number of police-constables to i search the immediate neighbourhood with a view I to finding any other property which might have belonged to Miaa Hickman. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. In the afternoon, during the search by the police of the plantation, a discovery was made which may have an important bearing on the question as to how Miss Hickman met her death. Underneath some shrubs, below which the body had lain for so many weeks, a police-sergeant found a small medicine bottle and an ordinary ginger beer bottle. Both articles were imme- diately taken to the police station, and in due course will be submitted to experts for examina- tion. Both bottles were uncorked and were without labels, and gave forth no perceptible odour. Later in the day two friends of the deceased-Dr. Annie McCall, under whom she served in the Battersea Maternity Home, and Dr. Mary Rorke-went down to the mortuary at Mr Hickman's request, and made a short exami- nation of the remains and clothing, which left no doubt in their minds that the body was that of their unfortunate colleague and friend. There is a considerable quantity of game in the wood, and the shooting rights belong to the Duke of Cambridge. About a fortnight ago there was a, shooting party in the wood, but the non- discovery of the body then may be explained by the fact that it was almost completely hidden from view by shrubs. A difficulty is likely to arise over the allocation of the reward of S200 offered jointly by the hospital authorities and Mr Hickman for the recovery of the missing lady. The point is likely to be raised that the way in which the body was found does not entitle the discoverers to the reward. Nothing will be done until application has been made for the money, but the bills circulated offering the 'I reward state positively that C200 will be paid to any person or parsons who shall first give I information as will lead to the discovery of Miss Hickman. A number of letters were received at the hos- pital as late as Monday morning stating that Miss Hickman bad been seen at various places throughout the country. One letter from Glas- gow said Miss Hickman was professionally en- gaged at a hospital in that city. A postcard contained the follOwing: It is very good of you to search for me so, but I am all-right thanks.—S. F. Hickman." An Uncanny Disappearance. The search for Miss Hickman in all parts of the world is now a matter of history. She disap- peared with almost uncanny suddenness on the afternoon of 16th August. At lunch time she was seen in one of the corridors 41 gazing ab- stractedly at nothing," and swinging a stetho- scope in her hand. Nobody saw her leaving the hospital. M She was 29_ veat3 of age, tall, strong, and masculine-lookinsr. Her home was in Courtfield- gardens, South Kensington and her father was in business in Fenchurch-street as a Spanish merchant and a dealer in house property. Hue and cry was immediately raised. Large rewards were offered for information which might lead to her discovery, Scotland Yard was put on the track, and thousands of placards bearing her portrait and description were circulated over the country. She was to be identified -among ot!Aer signs—by the fact of her wearing a long brown waterproof. As a result tall ladies wearing brown waterproofs were seen in all parts of the country and identified as the missing lady. Nearly a month after her disappearance her mackintosh was found in the ladies' dressing- room at the hospital. This killed the principal clue—to the effect that Miss Hickman, dressed according to the first official description, had been seen in a shop in tho Clapham-road, where she bought an oil-stove. Before the waterproof was discovered Clapham was searched, unavail- iug-b. from end to end. Then came two reports of undoubted accuracy. On the afternoon of her disappearance the lady doctor had been seen in the Gray's Inn-road, and later on during the same day the postman who delivers letters in Courtfield-gardens saw her out- side her father's house there. Further Interview with the Father. Mr Hickman made a further statement to a Central News representative on Tuesday with a view to throwing some light upon the death of his daughter. About 10 or 12 years ago," he said, my daughter thought of taking up her residence at Holloway College and going in for a London University degree. Rooms were accord- ingly taken for her, and other arrangements made for her entry into the college. Just about that time I went to Spain. Before my daughter could enter the college as a student it was neces- sary for her to have a medical certificate as to her physical soundness. The students at that college devoted themselves very much to athletic exercises, and it was essential that a student above all things should have a sound heart. h Dr. Duncan, of Richmond, where I was then living, was called in to examine Fanny and give the necessary certificate. When he looked at her he said, Oh, you are well enough. I might at once sign the certificate, but,' added the doctor, let us have a pro forma examination.' The doctor then proceeded to examine my daughter, and was startled to find that she had a weak heart. He arranged to come on the following'day to make a further examination, and having again examined Fanny he declined to sign the certificate. She was consequently unable to go into the college. After my return from Spain she was taken by her mother and by myself on two occasions to see a specialist at the West End—a gentle- man at the head of the Hospital for Diseases of the Heart, in Soho. That gentleman said there was certainly something the matter with Fanny's heart, the result doubtless of influenza, but he thought there was not much amiss, and said she might scull or walk eight miles at a time, but should not play tennis. Three years ago she went to live for three months with Dr, Annie McCall in order to study maternity, and doubtless she overworked herself there. After returning home-and feeling unwell she consulted a lady physician of fiarley- street, who told her she was suffering from her heart, and told her to give up cycling and take rest for a little time. She soon seemed all right again. I have this morning heard for the first time," continued Mr Hickman, "that she had influenza six months ago, when she was at work in Battersea, and possibly this attack of influenza brought on heart weakness, as it did before. My daughter concealed the fact from me as I had two children ill at the time, and was in great trouble about them. She was always desperately fond of fresh air. Summer and winter she had all the windows of her bedroom open, and she would even sieep all night in the garden in the summer at Battersea. It is quite possible that, feeling a sense of her great respon- sibiJityat the Royal Free Hospital, and feeling much alono there, this, coupled with the heart weakness, would explain her taking her hat and going out to get fresh air; as the atmo- sphere of the hospital would be oppressive to her. Her bedroom there too was a very small one, and with a great deal less ventilation than she had been accustomed to. Probably she in- tended returning to the hospital imme- diately, but went on to my residence in Courtfield -gardens, and as we were not at home bat in the country she might have come to the conclusion that it might do her good to go to Richmond Park via Wimbledon Com- mon and Coombe Wood, as she used to do almost weekly on Sundays. It is quite likely that she got over the railings of the enclosure where her body was found so as to enjoy the privacy of which she was so fond. She would think that a few hours' perfect quiet on such a spot would restore her to her usual health. But she might have been overcome with heart disease there," pursued Mr Hickman, and have succumbed, or, as her lady medical friends think, she may have been attacked by some poachers or other bad characters, in which case sue would certainly have defended herself most thoroughly until she was overpowered by them and murdered. I- The women doctors, who examined the bodv yesterday are of opinion that there has been foul play that could account for the separation of the head from the body. They feel quite certain that there has been murder."

EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST. The inqueit on the body of Miss Hickman was opened Wednesday at Richmond, Surrey. Great interest was taken in the proceedings, qnd -a large crowd gathered round the Sessions House. The jury were greatly relieved after they had I gone through the trying ordeal of viewing the body. The first witness was a maid in the service of the Hickmans at Kensington. She identified the articles found on and near the body. She said the shoes worn by the deceased were larger than usually worn by ladies. She last saw de- ceased on August 14, when she seemed very cheer- ful and left home for the Royal Free Hospital, where she was to take over another lady doctor's duties. Miss Hickman told witness Bhe might Icome home on the Sunday night following. Miss Hickman seemed always pleasant. Evidence was then given of the finding of the body. Divisional Inspector Cleve said a, search was made, and the body found under some rhododen- drons beneath a large chestnut tree. They came upon a very much decomposed body of a woman lying a few yards inside the fence. The body was on its left side, partly facing towards the fence. The left arm was stretched out straight, and the right arm was acrosEI the breast. The legs were slightly drawn up. the right resting on the left. The body was in the easy position of one who bftdJUiu down to gtoep. The skull was detached I from the body, and lay about six or eight inches away. The under jaw was separated from the head. The hat and hair had fallen from the head, possibly after death. The clothing was in no way disarranged..Everything pointed to the suggestion that deceased had crept under the bushes, and had gone to sleep. Nothing had been disturbed previous to the arrival of the police. After examination the body was placed, on an ambulance and taken to the mortuary. There the clothing was examined, and the watch, fountain pen, and other articles found in the pockets. She was dressed in a dark blue alpaca skirt. dark blue lining, black satin waistbelt, with yellow buckle, set in blue stones in the shape of the Prince of Wales feathers, light blue blouse, light underskirt, combina- tions, and bodice. She wore no corsets. The stockings were black, and she wore low laced shoes and a straw hat. In order to get the body out a way had to be cut through the bushes and undergrowth. Sergeant Truelove, who assisted the previous witness in the search for the body, agreed with Inspector Cleve that the position of the bodv pointed to the possibility of Miss Hickman kr having selected the place in order to sleep. On the morning following the discovery witness, after searching the place where the remains had lain, found a 6oz. medicine bottle uncorked about 9ft. from where the body was found. Wit- ness also found a ginger beer bottle 15ft. away, 'I though this had probably been thrown into the plantation by a visitor to the nark. It took six men to lift the ambulance with the remains over the fence. Sergeant Rodwell said he found the St. John amouiance meaai, cearing the name Fanny Hickman," and another medal belonging to the deceased. Dr. Gardiner, police divisional surgeon, said he was summoned to view the body in the plan- tation in Richmond Park. The clothes were in no way disarranged. The hands ani feet of the corpse appeared to have been gnawed. Such ex- amination as he could then make showed no signs of violence. No bones appeared to have been broken, and the position of the body was as if the woman had laid down naturally as if to sleep or rest. The bushes formed a thick screen around and above. The body appeared well nourished, and to be that of a large and power- fully-built woman. There was a plait of hair on the ground. As the result of a post-mortem ex- amination held subsequently in the presence of Professor Pepper, Home Office expert, he found no parts of the body bore marks ot violence. The skin in many places was absent, apparently gnawed away. The skull exhibited no fractures and no wounds. The face was long and oval. Many of the teeth in both jaws had dropped out. The brain waa gone. Excepting a part of the middle finger the fingers of the left hand were missing. On the right hand all the fingers were missing. Only the contents of the stomach were reddish, and clung to the walls. In his opinion Bliss Hickman had been dead two months. There was no evidence that death was due to external violence. The result of the post-mortem was entirely negative as to the cause of death. He had preserved parts of the internal organs including the uterus, which was virgin. At this stage a voice from the body of the Court asked was death due to internal violence ? The interrupter was promptly ejected from the Court. Witness, continuing, said he had not the slightest doubt the detachment of the head was due to some animal agency and natural dissolu- tion. Ho did not think thedetaching of the head was due to any violence of any kind. Dr. Pepper said he could add nothing to Dr. Gardiner's report of the post- mortem, and he agreed with Dr. Gardiner's conclusions. In reply to a query whether he thought any good "purpose could be served by a further ex- amination of the parts of the organs preserved, Professor Pepper said whatever was consumed by the deceased could not in all probability be traced, owing to the exceedingly advanced state of decomposition of the bodv. At 7 o'clock, after a sitting^lasting three hours and a'balf, it was decided to adjourn the inquiry till Thursday, November 5th. Before the jury separated the Coroner said it was necessary to clear up one point, namely, whether in the opinion of the jury they were satisfied, from the evidence they bad heard, that the body was the body of Miss Hickman.. The jury, after consultation, rephed that they were unanimously of opinion that it was the body of Miss Hickman. The question of the rewards offered for the finding of Miss Hickman is occupying the minds of the fathers of the five Richmond boys who were present in or about the plantation when the body was brought to light. One hundred pounds had been offered by the Royal Free Hospital, and a smaller "amount by Mr Hickman. How the amounts will be distributed is not quite clear. The total sum is to be claimed on behalf of the lads Mackinney and Watkins. These two were actually in the plantation when the body was found. The other three lads had been there, so it is stated, but bad scampered over the fence iu advance of their comrades.

THE ALDERSHOT TRAGEDY. Another Arrest. Mr W. Foster on Friday resumed the inquest at Aldershot on the body of Esther Atkins. The two soldiers in custody had been given the option of attending, but they did not appear. They were, however, represented by a solicitor. It was announced that the prosecution had not yet completed investigations, and the inauiry was adjourned till Friday. On Sunday Superintendent Hawkins, of the Aldershot police, arrested a labourer at Cove on a charge of being concerned with the two soldiers in the murder of. Atkinsll Private* John Dunbar and William Brown, 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, and William Cowdrey, a labouring man, were brought up at Aldershot Police Conrt on Monday charged with the murder of Esther Atkins, whose mutilated body was found in a wood in Long Valleys. Mr Mathews, in his opening statement, said Ccwdiey had been avrested upon the discovery being made that the trousers which he wore on the night of the crime were marked with human bio 3d. Cowdrey, he said, had made various statements all varying in detail. With regard to the case against the soldiers, it was partly based on direct and partly on circumstantial evidence. All the prisoners bad made statements which more or less implicated each other, and it had been ascer- tained that all three drove off with the deceased in a cab. Farther, they were the last persons seen in her company. Prosecution suggested that besides the sticks found some blunt instru- ment, such as the buckle of a soldier's belt, had caused part of the injuries. Subsequent to the discovery of the crime Cowdrey had in his posses- sion the woman's stays, and Brown showed her shoes to a comrade in the barrack- room. After- wards they were torn up and thrown into the ashpit at the barracks. Private Edmund McCleish said he saw Brown and Dunbar leave the barracks together on Oct. 6th. Both were wearing overcoats and dice board caps. Sergt. Lovelock said both were defaulters on the evening of October 6th. Police-constable Scottsaid on the evening of the 6th he saw deceased in High-street with some soldiers of the Wiltshire Regiment. Cowdrey was standing near. Later witness saw deceased in Crimea-road. Two soldiers in overcoats and dice board caps walked towards the woman, who was then being followed by Cowdery. Mrs Cox, wife of a cabdriver, said she was ior the Crimea public-house at Aldershot on October 6th. She saw deceased there. Deceased had a new pair of shoes similar to the pieces produced in court. Witness put the laces in the shoes for the deceased. After deceased had left two Scots Fusiliers came in, one with Brown. The soldiers left together. The hearing was adjourned.

A REGULAR PEST." CATTLE STEALING AT RESOLVEN At Glamorgan Quarter Sessions at Swansea on Wednesday (before Judtre Gwilym Williams), David Moses t55), labourer Thomas Watkins (24), fireman; and Thomas Mullins (35), labourer, were indicted for stealing four heifers, worth X40, the property of John Rees, at Re- solven on October 7tb. Mr Redmond Davies prosecuted. Mr Rhys Williams defended Moses and Mi Ivor Bowon appeared for the others. The cattle were put to graze on Hendreowen moun- tain. They were missed, and subsequently found in a iield at Bryncoch, where the three prisoners had put them. Thomas Edwards, butcher, of Hi twain, said that when returning home from Glynneath he met the cattle with Moses. who offered them to him for sale, explaining that he made his living by driving cattle from place to place and selling them. William Bowen, butcher, of Bryncooh, said the three men came to his house with the cattle and asked permission to put them in one of his fields for the night, as they were on their way to Swan- sea Fair from Aberdare. The following morning they were claimed by prosecutor's son. The prisoners were arrested, and in answer to the charge Moses said," I am guilty these other two men are free." Mullins said he and Watkins were engaged by Moses at Cardiff to drive cattle, were taken by train to Bridgend, then to Hendre- owen mountain, where the cattle were found and driven to Bryncoch. The prisoner Moses said some days previously he met a man he had known for years namecT Davies, whose address he was not aware ot, and he took him to a mountain at Glyncorrwg and showed him seven beasts, sheep, and ponies. The cattle he told him to take to Swansea Fair. He went to Cardiff and engaged the other prisoners to help him. On October 7th they went to the mountain, and seeing only four beasts drove them towards Swansea down the main road to the Neath Valley, He was well-known in the dis- trict, and drove the cattle for 12 miles down the main road in the daytime. What he told the constable was that it was he who drove the cattle from the mountain, and that the other men were free that if there was any blame at all it waa his in taking the wrong cattle. In cross-examination he aaid he had been un- able to find Davies because he had been in gaol ever since. He admitted he had told Mullins he was going to drive eight bullocks, and yet he drove away four heifers in calt. Tho Chairman summed up strongly against Moses. The jury without hesitation acquitted Watkins and Mullins, but fonnd Moses guilty. Mr Rhys Williams asked that Moses should not be sent to penal servitude, as he had a wife and four children who were destitute. The Chairman said the Court could not take such a matter as that into consideration. The prisoner was a regular pest, and had already been convicted several times for sheep stealing, on one occasion receiving penal servitude. Pri- soner's sentence would now be seven years' penal servitude. His Honour hoped some charitable institution would take.ap the case of the wife and children.

Gloorny Feeling in Japan ¡ THE I- FIGHTING" ADMIRAL. YOKOHAMA, Wednesday' There is again prevalent a feeling that Jap is on the brink of war with Russia. ,11 Ministerial conference3 which have eloutly been held are regarded as significant, and is no doubt about the activity of Japan's na*" preparations. In this connection the appointment of Admiral Togo, who is known as the Admiral," to the command of the staD"lD^ sqnadron is exciting much comment. The steamship and railway companies reported to have been notitied to bold themselves in readiness for eventualities. A decided development of the crisis i9 vj pected shortly.—Press Association Spec) Telegram. TOKIO, WednesdaJ- Russian military activity on the Korean i'9 tier continues unabated, and the lead1'1 Japanese journals have gloomy views of situation, generally inclining to the belief t a, Russia does not intend to fulfil her repeate promises and declarations, and expressing t: opinion that in that case it will be incuxnbe f upon Japan to take decisive step3 for the sake 0 her vary existence. The instructions given for the gunboat Cbokai to winter at Niuchwang have now been counter- manded.-Reuter.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES AT WASHINGTON- Signs are not wanting that the Government.t Washington is inclined to takeupavigOrOue attitude with regard to Russia's continued occl" pation of Manchuria. It is evident," says the Spectator," the Russians, in spite of all pledges, intend CO keep Manchuria, to the indignation of tbo Americans, who consider this a direct preach of faith." The disapproval felt in the United States reflected in the following telegram (tbroof!B Renter) from New York — The World's Washington correspoo' dent says the General Board of the Navy baS completed plans designating precisely The ports at which American warships will be placed during hostilities in the event of 9r0 between Russia and Japan. Altogether tbere will be 49 warships on the Asiatic although many of them are small. It iq 101" dently the intention of the Government to preserve the integrity of the new treaty witJI China, which opens two Manchurian ports to the United States. Another agency reports from America that ij I is evident from what has been determined tbat President Roosevelt and his advisers are wIlIipg to go to extremes in maintaining the right to trade freely in Manchuria under the new co"' I mercial treaty. No halfway measures re contemplated. Admiral Evans will bo In- structed, in the event of hostilities breaking ont, j to proceed to Mukden, or Antung, which ttte treaty makes open ports, and to remain pending developments. Any interference arrangements made between China and tbe United States must be regarded as an act of un- friendliness. The instructions given to Admiral Evans indicate the earnestness of the Govern" ment to safeguard its interests in Manchuria.

CATTLE MAIMING MYSTERY. SOLICITOR ON TRIAL. Strange revelations with regard to the Gte&i Wyrley outrages are expected at the Staffordsbire Sessions, where Edalji, the son of the tlfrseo vicar of the parish, took his trial on Tuesday. T Great Wyrley outrages began on February last, and between that date and the night °* September 24th nine animals, horses, cattl0- or sheep, were found lying in the fields horribly mutilated. Another outrage took place Edalji was in gaol, but for this the police a written confession from another young man. The prisoner's name is George ThompSOn Edalji, who is a solicitor, of Birmingham. ge was indicted for maliciously wounding a horse belonging to the Great Wyrley Colliery Company Defendant pleaded not guilty. Counsel's opening statement outlined the malll points of the evidence, which were that prisoner was seen in the vicinity of the crime late at night, that his boots corresponded with the trail discovered from the field where the &Ditnal was slam to the vicarage, and that prisoner 0 clothes were fonnd to be wet and stained with blood of a mammal. He alleged prisoner given an untme statement of his movements Oil the night in question. The Crown suggested that a number of documents in disguised handwriting to be put in were really in the handwriting Of the prisoner. In these it was suggested that the crimes on cattle, seven of which had been perpetrated in the district between February and. June, were the work of a gang of schoolboy?- Edalji's name was amongst them curl. ously enough, and the Crown sug- gested that the object of the letters wa3 to throw the police off the scent. Remarkably enough, while prisoner was in custody another horse was mutilated similarly at a neighbouritig farm. Presuming there was a gang at work. It would not be unnatural, counsel suggested, for a member of the gang to seek to weaken the case against the prisoner. Evidence to this effect was then given, horse in question, though safe in the field at on the night of August 17th, was discovered ne*» morning bleeding from a deep wound, and bad to be shot, Police-Inspector Campbell said during inter. views with the prisoner the latter showed bitØ self-addressed anonymous letter expressing the opinion that he held no connection with the crimes, and advising him to leave the distfictl so that should another horse be murdered he would not be suspected. Witness then detailed the result of the examination of the prisoner 8 clothes and boots, and said besides bloodstain* hair was adhering to the coat and waistcoat- Prisoner's explanations were unsatisfactory, and he arrested him, prisoner subsequently remarking be had been expecting it. A wet and razor was afterwards found at the vicarage, and a pair of discarded boots tallied exactly with the impressions left in the field. The case waI adjourned. The trial of George Edalji, solicitor, for cattle maiming at Great Wyrley, was resumed 6$ Staffordshire Quarter Sessions on Wednesday* Evidence corroborative of the events leading UP to the arreat was given by Police-sergeftB' Parsons,who stated that after the arrest priaono1 said, •' I am not surprised I have been expec'" ing this." Afterwards he said, This is a bi*°* the magistrates' clerk's work. I will make bico sit up before I have done with him." Some letters bearing on the case were read- a communication said to have been written by the accused to a scholar named Greatorex, tile writer said, I am sure no boys are concerned 1t1 this wretched business. When the truth is you will find it is somebody in a very differe" position." i Wilfred Guy Greatorex stated that he daily with other boys to Walsall. One morninP in June, when two horses had been defendant was in their carriage, and asked whether the animals belonged to Messrs Blewit*; and one of tbe boys answered Yes." None ° the letters produced, signed Wilfred Grea"^ rex." were in witness's handwriting, and he h»a nothing to do with them. Mr T. H. Gurrin, handwriting expert, said bad made a careful study of the handwriting certain documents connected with the cJloSØ' The handwriting of the anonymous iettem though disguised, presented distinguishing tures corresponding to those found in which were admitted to be in prisoner's writing. In two anonymous letters received the police since prisoner's arrest the handwrití was totally differeut in character to the bs writing in the other documents. Replying to the suggestion that persons wísb" ing to attach suspicions to prisoner might coP. his peculiarities of handwriting, the expert in that case he should have expected to find general similarity in style of the writing. e The letters put in were then read. were extraordinary. One, purporting to c from Greatorex and addressed to the P° inspector at Cannock, referred to tbe existeC of a secret gang at Wyrley. The several members were given, and the added, It is not true we always d"> it when • .j moon is yonng. The one Edalji billed on AP lltb was full-moon night." at 01 Another letter addressed to the serge thi police at Hednesford expressed defiance at efforts of the detectives, prognosticated times at Wyrley when tbey start on little and threatneed to shoot the sergeant *2^ father's gun in certain contingencies. epistle was full of abusive epithets. oø The evidence of Dr. Butler showed stains of the jacket and vest produced to be tb030 mammal, and the hair adhering to corresP exactly with the piecs of skin taken frOln mutilated horse. Police-constable Meredith deposed that dur^i a conversation with the prisoner in his cell 8^ committal by tho magistrates on September tb9 Edalji said he would not have bail, and wheO next horse was killed it would not be him..ot}l This concluded the case for the prosecU" and the court adjonrned.

DOWLAIS BRASS CASE. Store Dealer Acquitted. of At Glamorgan Quarter Sessions on Tue¡d"q'" Swansea John Harris, marine store dealer charged with receiving a quantity of property of Messes Guest. Keen, and •>> jytJ" folds, at Merthyr Tydvil in September 1^ tl«« St. John F. Williams (instructed by J appeared for the prosecution, and &L Bowen (instructed by Mr Harold Lloyd) fo ro. defence. Some heavy brass castings w,ereat9X^ duced in court stamped with the Dowisis w b4 Defendant had been found dealing in the having consigned them by rail to Newp lead. Tbe defence was that he bought £ 3 from two men whom he could not dej" tj,#l The reason he consigned them as lead tbe rate for lead was cheaper. The jury; — lengthy hearing, fonnd the prisoner not P and be was discharged.

pflfl Mr Walter Bond, who has resigned tJt<* tion of deputy surveyor of Swansea to bi r it, 0. of surveyor at East London, SOIILIJ Af ictiet been presented by his colleagues w,t a pOI7 books and field glasses as a tpken of too 1. in which he is held.