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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1910. THE WRECKERS. Noble Lords, having taken the advice tendered them to throw out the Budget and let the consequences be what they may, are displaying some sort of anxiety about the muddle into which the finances of the country have been thrown and, further, they recognise that after the Budget episode the position of the Lords cannot be as it was before that unconsti- tutional plunge to defend personal interests, or the interests of their own class before all considerations of the nation's needs. So eager are the Lordly wreckers to reform themselves, that they have stolen a march on the House of Commons by proposals and declara- tions of mending their Chamber in a modest sort of way. The disdain with which Lords look down upon the House of Commons and the democracy is too amusing to be taken seriously in days of representative and self-government. To "hereditary Peers, the far off past is so near still that they might be living in feudal days, when to dispute the authority of the castle and its feudal lord was to commit suicide or invite a long period of residence in a dungeon. To minds such as these feudalism is still dominant, and though the" Divine Right of Kings" ceased to be with the death of Charles I., the divine privi- leges of hereditary Peers still remains. The members of the Commons were re- ferred to in the debate on Lord Rose- bery's reform proposals as the wreckers, and then a nice distinction was drawn by using the word Democracy," pos- sibly to exclude the Tories and Tariffists from the denunciation. The House of Commons has been deteriorating, since the days of the Reform Bill, and the House of Peers, presumably, has been storing up all the talents and the wis- dom. They even pretend to represent the people, and seek to defend their rights against the people's own represen- tatives. The Gilbertian situation of topsy fcurveydom is complete, and yet the Lords expect the country to take them seriously. So jealofcs are they of their superior position and talents that they will not permit the use of the phrase, "Second Chamber." The Lords is the Upper House of Parliament and the Commons the Lower House. And yet, with all this display of superior wisdom, position, and privilege, they fear the democracy and the power of the House of Commons because they know that that Assembly represents the will and the opinion of the people in a way which the House of Lords cannot claim to do, though the pretence of the protectors of the people was set up as an excuse for endeavouring to defeat a Budget in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer dared to tax land values and the super- rich. The Archbishop of Canterbury in- tervened in the debate to preach modera- tion. It would have been more fitting had the raving about moderation come when the Budget was being rejected. It is all a story of. moderation when reform is the subject, but never when privilege is defending its power and its advantages. The sneers of the Marquis of Salisbury against the House of Com- mons expressed a very general, opinion and attitude. No doubt the House of Commons is deteriorating," just as the locomotive was a deterioration as com- pared with the coach. Perfection rests with the Lords. The fight will be a prolonged struggle, but in the end the people must win, and the will of the Com- mons must prevail. The signal of the beginning of the end of the Peers' privi- leges was given when, by rejecting the Budget, the Lords claimed a greater power than is exercised by the Crown- the power to force a dissolution.

NAVY EXTREMISTS. No subject produces so fine an ex- ample of the extremes of opinion on a single subject like that of the Navy. The war-scare speakers demand the expen- diture of millions of money and clamour for more. The more there is spent the greater and more vigorous the demand for increased expendi- ture. On the other hand another section see in each million spent on de. fences so much money wasted that would provide better social conditions for the people if spent on local improvements and domestic legislation. One set of ex- treme advocates is as dangerous as the other. The war-scare speakers create mischief and mistrust, and the others would throw to the winds the precepts of defence. The Navy is the police of the seas for our commerce, and also our first line of defence, and men of an parties-- the country, in fact-are agreed that our undoubted supremacy at sea must be maintained at any cost. There is no choice in the matter. It is a first neces- sity of our existence as an Empire. In the House of Commons this week Mr McKenna made short work of the state- ments of Lord Charles Beresford, and found himself confronted with the neces- sity to regret the extreme attitude of the Labour leaders. The Government have a complete answer to all the scare charges of the Tory scaremakers. There is con- tinuation of a policy of defence, and of meeting the demands of defence year by year, leaving the future free of commit- ments to meet any emergency. The appeal of Dr. Macnamara against the derogatory statements of the scaremakers who delight in publicly belittling the British Navy should have its effect.

In the course of a compensation apportionment application this week in the Pontypridd County Court it was men- tioned that the widow of a collier had spent f31 on a monument. Judge Bryn Roberts described the action as absurd, and it recalls the frequently-made pro- tests of the late Judge Gwilym Williams against the fashion of running into debt for costly mourning trappings and dresses. This same absurdity of the poor spending excessively on funerals and monuments is carried out to the observance of Flower- ing Sunday. Hundreds of pounds will be lavished on perishable flowers to decorate graves—money which would be put to far better uses if spent on clothing and boots for children. As in decorating graves, in funeral expenses, and in monuments, the spirit of rivalry and competition enters and reduces a commendable observance to an absurdity. A lavish waste of money by the poor on mourning displays is no sign of sympathy or sincerity, as the revelations of the County Court fre- quently show. Refreshment for Man and Beast "was the boast of many a country inn sign, and the landlord rarely refused it when the traveller or customer demanded it. A moderif race of landlords conceived it to be their duty to supply intoxicating liquors under their sign, and in the in- dustrial centres of South Wales it became difficult to obtain more thgn drink at the licensed houses. Travellers raised many complaints and protests, but the simplest request for refreshment was refused, and sometimes not with respect. After the storm of protest came the re-awakening of the publican, and there was an extra- ordinary eagerness displayed to provide food as readily and as freely as drink. Some of the more wide-awake landlords discovered that there was profit in the supplying of food, and others feared the possible effects of objections and re- fusals at the Licensing Sessions. There are still complaints against licensed vie- tuallers in South Wales who refuse to provide refreshment other than intoxi- cating drinks, and at the Bridgend adjourned Licensing Sessions on Saturday last the Chairman of the Bench said they must have an understanding that the landlord would provide reasonable re- freshment whenever asked to do so. In a second case the Bench insisted on the obligation by the licence holders to supply refreshment when requested. It is amazing that the licence holders should consider that they can take all the advantages of the monopoly which the licence gives them and refuse the simple obligations for which the house primarily exists.

Fifty Years Ago. FROM "CARDIFFTIMES/' MAR. 17, 1860 The municipal bye-election in the South Ward, caused by the resignation of Alderman Alexander, aroused a considerable amount of excitement. Two candidates contested the seat—Mr H. North, brewer, and Mr W. Smart, temperance advocate. The poll was an open one, and the polling returns were posted out- side the polling place every hour. At the close Mr Smart was elected by a majority of 79." The Leader,' a paper published in Lon- don, in an article on the slaughter in col- lieries,' states that the wages of the collierg in the South Wales coalfield averaged 25s per week." The foreign coal shipments from Cardiff last month reached 84,013 tons, from Newport 13,366 tons, and from Swansea 18,476 tons. For February this year the quantities were Cardiff 1,304,107 tons, Newport 343,908 tons, Swansea 255,410 tons. A letter this week passed through the Caerphilly post office with the following ad- dress Mr Thomas Morgan, Derry Newdd Farm, by Horse and Greyhound Inn. A Mason by trade, but a labrer now. A tall, dark man. He is Cwm Ysgwyddgwin Gelli wged Glamor- ganshire." The letter was delivered. That portion of our treaty with France by which England undertakes not to impose a duty on the export of coal been regarded with a jealous eye by some persons in this country. The objectors affirm that in the event of a war weshalfplace France in a position to carry on the war to the injury of our own servic/e. Besides, we shall deprive ourselves of an article of daily consumption, and finally enhance the price of the article at home far above its present value." .J;f The cottietfe at Messrs Ntxon afld Co.'s Col- liery, Mountain Ash, are out on strike. The cause is the action on the part .of the masters not to pay the colliers according to the original weight of theoal as registered by the machine at the works, but according to the weight of the coal at Cardiff after it has undergone the operation of screening. Both masters and men appear "to be very firm in their respective opinions." Business at the docks is stagnant. There are, however, a few engagements for Australia, King George's Sound, Sydney, or Melbourne 47s 6d coal. General cargo rates are E.3 15s to jE3 17s 6d. Coal freights to India are rather better—Shanghai 49s 6d, Aden 51s 6d- For Hong Kong 62s 6d is asked, for Panama 45s, San Francisco 51s, and Valparaiso 37s 6d.

IMPRESSIVE SCENES. The burial of the six victims of the Clydach Vale flood disaster took place on Wednesday amid manifestations of deep sorrow. Thousands of people lined the streets along the roote to-ihe Llethrddu Cemetery at Trealaw, where the bodies were interred. The cortege was the largest ever seen in the Rhondda Valley, being nearly two miles in length. All-the business premises along the route of the procession were closed for a period of two hours, and the col- lieries in the immediate vicinity ceased work for the day. The coffins, which were borne on the shoulders of stalwart workmen, were covered with floral tributes. All the childdren at the school were present in charge of the headmaster, Mr R. R. Wil- liams, the headmistresses, Miss Harries and Miss Williams, together with the teaching staff of the three departments. The officiating ministers were Revs. T. G. Jones, Noddfa, and W. E. Davies, Calfaria. Other rev. gentlemen present included the Revs. M. H. Ellis, E. W. Davies, Ton John Morgan. Llwynypia T. Morris, Saron W. S. Jones, Tonypandy Dr. Waldo Jones, Porth; J. Nicholas, Moriah J. Walters. Gosen S. B. John, Clydach Vale. Impressive Hymn Singing. Impressive Welsh hymns were rendered by the massed chapel choirs of Clydach Vale. One Hundred Guineas te Relief Fund. A latter was received by Councillor R. S. Griffiths, chairman of the Relief Committee, from Messrs Foster, Brown, and Rees, solici- tors to the estate, expressing sympathy with the relatives of the victims and regret at the disaster, and enclosing a cheque for 100 guineas towards the fund.

T. V.R. HEROES. Mr A. G. Carroll, Tonypandy, writes in eulogy of the services rendered at the Clydach Vale flood disaster by W. A. arker, Tony- pandy, and W. A. Parker, Treherbert, both employed on the Tafl Vale Railway. He says it is estimated that they gallantly helped to save over 50 of the school children, and were at times nearly washed off their feet. Mr Parker rescued a man, carrying a child in arms, just as he had been swept by the flood to the mouth of a culvert; and both men, after all the children within sight had been got away, waded waist deep for a long time in search of bodies below the waters.

THE AFFLICTION OF FATNESS. TRIUMPHANTLY SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT. Obesity is one of those afflictions which are endured by many people who do not know what may be its terrible consequences, of which fatty degeneration of the heart is the most menacing and by many others who, desr pite lavish expenditure, have failed to dis- cover the true, natural, modern remedy for the stubborn disease. To both elapses the follow- ing plain, straightforward prescription is earn- estly recommended Take one half-ounce of Marmola, one ounce of fluid Extract of Glycyrrhiza B.P., one ounce of pure Glycerine B.P., and mix well with peppermint water to make up six ounces in all. Take a dose of two teaspoonfuls after each meal. Any chemist will make up this prescription or, if desired, supply the ingredients named. This simple and harmless remedy effects an amazing re- duction of weight, clearing away from the system both the disfiguring excess of fat under the skin and the useless internal deposits of fatty matter-that have so baneful an effect on the vital organs. With the restored digestive powers strength and vitality are restored through wholesome nourishment. No fatiguing exercise is required. The treatment is thor- oughly re-fortifying as well as re-beautifying. 19885

The death of a man named Trer, of Chichester, is stated to have been caused owing to his having swallowed whole sultanas. Seventy sultanas were found in his stomach, and they had caused pressure on the heart.

Famous Ruin for the Nation. Richmond Castle, Yorkshire, which has passed into the hand? of the Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings through the generosity of the Duke of Richmond and (fordon, is undoubtedly one of the finest histo- rical monuments in the country. Richmond itself is among the most str-ikingly situated towns in England. It is built upon a rock, and on the summit overlooking the River Swale are the ruins of what was one of the strongest castles in England. A kinsman of William I. is supposed to have been a founder of both the castle and the town. The castle has been in ruins for many centuries. For a long time after its erection the castle was probably un- rivalled in England either for extent or strength. The principal portion of the building now remaining is an immense square tower on the nor-th side, said to have been built about the middle of the 12th century. At the south- east corner of the castle is the' ruin of a srflalJer tower, in the bottom of which is a dungeon about 14ft. deep there is also another tower at the south-west comer, round and narrow, and of considerable height, to which there is no entrance except from the top. A part of the ruins passes as the ban<mctting hall of the castle, and, though roofless, affords a very good idea of what such an apartment was. It measures 72ft. by 27ft., and its most striking feature is the corbelling, which is almost intact. ♦ RICHMOND CASTLE, YORKSHIRE.

Matricide Charge. STRANGE EVIDENCE AT ASSIZES. At Birmingham Assizes on Tuesday, before Mr Justice Darling, John White was indicted for the wilful murder of. his mother, an old woman, who lived alone in Howard-street, Coventry. The case should have been tried at Warwick Assizes, but by consent it was re- moved to Birmingham. Mr Ryland Adkins, M.P.,in opening the case, explained that the prisoner lived at Coventry, without employment, for the greater part of his time. The old lady had enjoyed very good health but inNovember the prisoner went about telling people that his mother was in a bad state. He also told them that his mother had made a will in his favour. On the strength of this he borrowed various sams of money. In December be said that his mother was dying, but the same day she was seen in the street. Evidence would be given, said counsel, that the prisoner bought some cyanide of potassium, a deadly poison, which he said he wanted for hardening tools. He took this to his mother's house, where it was placed in a cupboard. If it was required for tool-hardening, counsel suggested, there was no reason why it should have been taken to his mother's house. On Christmas Eve the old lady was found in her house very unwell. She was very drowsy, and neighbours had to walk her about to keep her awake. The prisoner said be would fetch a doctor, but he did not return and no doctor came. She recovered, and was seen about her dutief again as usual, but on Sunday evening a neighbour went across to her house and found it in darkness.. Another neighbour was fetched, and the house was entered, and Mrs White was found lying on a sofa in the kitchen dead. On the table in front of her was, in addition, to other things, a glass, which was three-parts foil of some liquid. It had a peculiar smell, and the medical evidence would show it to be cyanide of potassium. When prisoner came in he said. J know what that is. It is cyanide of potas- sium." Wtoe*i asked how it. came to be there he replied. How should I know^'t" Counsel mentioned that on one occasion the prisoner admitted in his mother's presence and in the presence of others that he had given her laudanum to do her good. He also added that he could treat her as well as a doc- tor. This appeared greatly to uOset the bid bkdyJ After the death of Mrs White a post- mortem examination was made, but it revealed no reason why she should have died. I do notsay," Mr Adkins continued, that- she died from taking cyanide of potassium. A quantity in the glass has been analysed, and it reveals the fact that there was cyanide in it, but not inasufficientlylargequantity to causedeath. What did-cause death?" According to th' medical evidence it was not due to aarythim- that was the matter with her. There was n, cause for death in her condition. In the opinion of the medical men deat, was due to some fright or external cause. Mr Haddocks, who defended, expressed hi" astonishment that at that stage quite a new feature of the case should be put forward. Up to now the case had been that the old woman died from cyanide poisoning, but now that bad been abandoned. The doctor gave evidence to the effect that the symptoms were not inconsistent with death from cyanide poisoning, but said the post- mortem revealed no traces of such poisoning. The case was adjourned. On Wednesday, on the resumption of the case Mr Justice Darling stated that he should tell the jury that on the evidence they must not find prisoner guilty of murder. What he left to them was whether he was guilty or not of attempted murder. There being no witnesses for the defence, counsel ad- dressed the jury on behalf of the prosecution. Dr. Love. scientific adviser to the Home Office, said on Tuesday the absence of certain signs was not inconsistentwith cyanide poison- ing. When cyanide of potassium came into contact with the gases of the stomach it be- came prussic acid, a very volatile gas. He was of opinion, however, that death was most probably due to fright or some other external cause. At the suggestion of the judge Dr. Rigby left the court in order to mix a solution similar to that discovered in the glass found on the table by the dead woman's side. I want you to be able to judge of the smell of the stuff, just as it was when the old woman picked it up," he remarked to the jury. When DK Rigby returned with the mixture his Lordship first smelled and then put his lips to the liquid, which was then passed on to the jury. "Y ou had better taste it, gentlemen," he advised, amid some laughter. The consequences would be terrible, my Lord, if all the jury died of fright," commented counsel for the defence. u Oh, we know what- it is, and that it would take five grains to kill," replied the Judge. After the members of the jury had sipped from the glass, the counsel in the case fol- lowed suit. The suggestion of the prosecution was that- when the deceased put the cyanide of pota ssium to her mouth she received such a shock that it led to syncope. Summing up, the Judge said if the jury be- lieved that the prisoner put the poison where Via Vnew it, would he found, and with the inten- tion of someone taking it, and if they believed- the mother died from that, they had the ele- ments necessary to convict on the charge of attempted murder. Verdict and Sentence. The jury found prisoner guilty of attempted murder. Evidence was given that the prisoner was charged at the Warwick Assizes with attempt- ing to murder his wife, but was acquitted. He had since lived with a young woman by whom he had two children. On one occasion he threatened her with a revolver. Evidence was also given that the deceased had said she was quite sure her son meant something. The Judge passed the heaviest possible sentence of penal servitude for life.

ENGINEER'S SUICIDE. Painful Story at Cardiff. Mr W. L. Yorath (Cardiff Coroner) on Wed- nesday conducted an inquiry into the circum- stances attending the death of William Thomas Roskelly (54), first engineer on the ss. Berwick Castle, who jumped into the s4 when thajt vessel entered the Queen Alexandra, Dock oh Monday night. Evidence of identification having been given by Chorlton. Grant and Oswald C. Roskellv, the deceased's son, both of whom said that Roskelly had no domestic or financialtrouble, was a total abstainer, and of a cheerful disposition. Frank Fraser, the third engineer, described how, when he was leaving the engine-room on Monday night, he saw deceased vault over the rail, and fall into the sea. The body was re- covered from the water in about 20 minutes, but artificial respiration proved futile. Captain Brown Dyer, master of the Berwick Castle, said that he found a post card on the table in deceased's cabin on which was written, Cardiff, Tuesday Morning. Dear Emily.—Arrived safely. Had it smooth all the way. Feel stronger to-day. Had a hard and anxious time Saturday and Sunday. Love to all." In blue pencil there was written 10.15. Monday night. Going mad God forgive me." Lower down in different coloured ink, Done my work now running to death." Tho jury returned a verdict of "S uicide whilst suffering from a fit of acute mania."

SUNK OFF CARDIFF. SCHOONER CREW'S ESCAPE. Swift and Sudden Disaster. Disaster swift and sudden overtook the schooner Joljin, Clark, of Fowey, off Layeroock Buoy, in Cardiff Roads on Wednesday night. Inward bound to Cardiff from Topsham, in the river Exe, with burnt ore, the schooner made a, fine passage from Sunday morning until Wednesday night when she came nicely up Channel in clear weather with a following wind from the W.S.W. As Captain Richard Solt. and his little crew were at 10.15 preparing to take in sail. the steam trawler Lucania, out- ward bound from Cardiff to Drogheda, crashed into her amidships, the stem of the steamer cutting right through to the coamings. The fate of the schooner was at once appar- ent to the startled sailors, and Captain Solt gave the Word to swarm L. up the rill,ging and board the steamer. Within two minutes the four men comprising the schooner's crew were aboard the Lucania, and that vessel having gone astern the John Clark went to the bottom with her cargo of 165 tons of ore and all the effects of the crew. The Lucania; which is one of Messrs Neale and West's fieet-of steam trawlers, was under command of Captain William Willians, but at the time of the accident the mate was in charge on the bridge. She was put back to Cardiff, and in little more than an hour from the time of sailing she had landed her un- happy passengers and was moored in the Roath Basin, with no apparent damage. The captain and men of the John Clark, cons of C. Clawson, mate A. Budders, A.B., both of Fowey. and J. Stephen, A.B., of Ferryden, Scotland, were accommodated in the Sailors' Home. Their vessel, which was a stout ship. was owned by Mr C. Isaac, Liskeard, Cornwall- It was a clear night.

TWO NATIONALIST LOSSES. The Irish party in the House of Commons has 1osttwo of the most activemettl of the early dew of the Nationalist movement by the death of Mr James O'Conuor and Mr Timothy Harrington, both of, whom went to gaot for their connection with Fenianism. Mr James O'Connor, though not a conspicuous flgujo like Mr Harrington, had enmCf. I experiences. Born in Wicklow 14 years ago, he was elected representative for the West I Mr J. O'Connor, M.P. Division of his native county in 1892. As a young man Mr O'Connor was associated with O'Donovan Rossa and the other Fenian leaders in the conduct of the Fenian organ, the Irish People," and in 1865 he shared the fate of those with whom he was politically associated and was sentenced to penal servitude for seven years. After his release he was associated with Pigott, the Times forger of a later date, in the conduct of the Irishman and other publications, and afterwards joined the staff of United Ireland," where he remained until forcible possession was taken of the offices of the papers by Paraell when, for a brief period after the split, it was run on anti-Parnellite lines. Mr T. C. Harrington, who was born in Cork in 1851, was in the eighties one of the doughtiest of Paraell's lieutenants. Originally a schoolmaster. he commeced journalism as editor and propri- etor of the Kerry Sentinel." From journa- lism to politics was a short step, and while a I Mr T. Harrington, M.P. prisoner in Mullingar Gaol in 1383 he was elected M.P. for Westmeath County, in which the gaol is situated. In 1885 Mr Harrington was returned for the Harbour Division of Dublin City, which he represented until his death. As one of Parndl's counsel he was a strong figure fin "The Times" Parnell Com- mission, which resulted in the exposure of the Pigott forgeries. Mr Harrington became pro- prietor of United Jraland, Parnell's organ, after the death of his chief, and he was also prominently associated with the founding of •' Irish Daily Independent." Three times Lord Mayor of Dublin, he enjoyed an unusual popu- Mayor of Dublin, he enjoyed an unusual popu- larity in his adopted city.

YOUNG WOMAN ASSAULTED, A question of identity occupied some time at Newport on Wednesday, when A. Williams, of Lewis-street, was charged with assaulting Mary Ann Harrington. It appeared that com- plainant and a friend were on the Cardiff road, between 4 and 5 o'clock on Tuesday,whan it was alleged that prisoner assaulted her, in pass- ing, by pinching her'legs. Complainant turned to hrrriend and said, Did you see what that man did ? I will give, him into custody." She went after him, but he was ultimately lost. About 9 o'clock, however, complainant said that she again saw the man, and gave him into custody. She said she recognised the man by his back, but since Tuesday night he had had his hair cut. Further evidence was brought, and a fine of 21s was imposed.

GHARGES OF PILFERING. An illiterate youth, Thomas Davies, of Aber- tillery. who could not read the new oath, and repeated the formula with great difficulty, was before the Pontypridd Bench on three charges of theft. He admitted stealing a loaf of bread from a baker's cart, and that be was concerned in carrying away 351bs of meat from Councillor Dd. Evans's stores. On the second charge, he implicated another lad, Watkins, who, however, denied any association with the prisoner. To the third allegation of pilfering articles of clothing Davies pleaded not guilty. Previous convictions were put in and Davies was sentenced to a month's imprisonment in the second division for taking the bread. and committed to tb(- Quarter Sessions on the other cbaiges.

GLAMORGAN ASSIZES. The business of the Glamorgan Assizes was rc-umod at Cardiff on Thursday, Lord Coleridge presiding in the Crown Court, and Mr Justice Pickford in the Civil Court. Thought Her Husband was Dead. Rhoda Louisa Florence Hudson pleaded guilty to bigamously marrying Charles Lucas at Pontypridd on April 8th. 1909. Mr Hugh Jones, who appeared on behalf of the prisoner, said the woman was married in Wiltshire in 1903 to a man in the R.F.A. A fortnight after they were married her husband left her and went to India, with his battalion, and remained there until just before these proceedings com- menced. In the meantime she had had rather a bad time because very little money was sent to her. Some time in 1907 she was told by someone that her husband had died. She be- lieved this, and later married defendant, who knew all the circumstances. She was bound over in her own recognisances. Window Smashing. Patrick Slavin (28), labourer, of Bargoed,was found guilty of maliciously breaking a plate- glass window, valued £10, the property of Chas. Mutlow, and was sentenced to three months' hard labour. Sentence Deferred. Antonio Gonzales (34), fireman, and Louis Grasseto (25) fireman, charged with wounding Wilhelm Wrickmann on the ss. Reynolds in the Bristol Channel, were found guilty, but sen- tence was deferred until 10.30 this morning. Robbery with Violence. Arthur Claremont (27). fitter, was found guilty of robbery with violence at Cardiff, and also with being an habitual criminal. In sen- tencing him, Lord Coleridge said, You have set yourself to make war upon society, and you have and will get the worst of it. You committed this crimp while on ticket-of- ] leave." Prisoner was sentenced to three -years' penal servitude and penal detention as an habitual criminal for a further period of five years. Perjury Sentences. Albert Childs (28), collier, was charged with committing perjury in a County Court action at Bridgend. Mr Ivor Bowen said there was an action brought against Childs by one of his neighbours, who sought compensation for damages done to her fowls by defendant's dogs. The fowls were killed on October 16th, but defendant swore at the County Court that on that day Be went out early in the morning with the dogs on a mountain, accom- panied by a man named William Thomas. The consequence was that on this evidence the County Court judge found for Childs. Witnesses were called to show that on March 16th William Thomas was at work at the col- liery, and, therefore, could not have been on the mountain with Childs on that date. Defen- dant was found guilty. William Thomas (43), haulier, and Matilda Williams (25) were also charged with similar offences in connection with the same case and found guilty. The two male defendants were sentenced to six months in the second division and the female to three months in the second division. At Cardiff Yesterday, befoi e Mr Justice Coleridge. Lum Wai (24), a Chinese fireman, pleaded guilty to wounding a compatriot, Chan Chew, at Barry on the l&th February. Prisoner was engaged on the Galicia at Barry Dock, and prosecutor was quartermaster. The latter having occasion to admonish Wai about his duties, the fireman turned on him with a knife and stabbed him. Sentence of five months with hard labour was passed. John Peary (48), sailor, plea led guilty to forging a banker's cheque for E2 5^ and obtain- ing by that means E2 from Arthur Broom. De- tective Dicks said that up to 1906 Peary bore a good character. In November, 1906, he forged two cheques and absconded, returning again and forging five other cheques. When caught he made a clean breast and helped the police in every way. Justice Coleridge passed sen- tence of six months with hard labour. Michael Burke, fireman, charged with steal- ing a coat, waistcoat, and trousers at Barry on the 25th February, had a heavy list of previous convictions, and was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment. Thomas Evans (16), shoeblack, and Bertia Victor Oram (16), errand boy, were charged with stealing a bicycle from Charles Henry Lansdown at Cardiff. They pleaded guilty. Sentences deferred. Thomas Lane, a sailor, was sentenced for two months for endeavouring to obtain money and goods through a forged advance note from Emanuel Hanser, a Bute-street tradesman. Young Husband and Revolver. Arthur Ernest Bell (22), haulier, of Aber- tridwr, was indicted.for shooting his wife, Har- riet Bell, with intent to murder her,on,the 18th January. Bell pleaded not guilty. The parties had been married about five months. The husband was a sober man, and the couple were very happy. They had arranged to go for a walk on the 18th January, but about noon, while .thev were sitting in tbe Idtcfafin^fche wife noticed something bulky in B^lTs pocket, .She asked him what it was, whereupon he with- draw a revplver and pcrttited it at her. The weapon went off. and the bullet penetrated the woman's neck. She rushed out of the house, bleeding, and was assisted by a neighbour. Although the wound in itself was not very serious, Mrs Bell suffered gravely from shock. The man buried the revolver in a clay bank in the lane, but subsequently showed the spot to the police, all the time saying he never thought such an accident could happen. On these facts the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The Judge 'severely) Let me give you this piece of advice, Bell. To carry about revol- vers is a most pernicious practice. No one knows what use they may be put to. and what accidents may occur. My advice to you is to keep clear of all such accidents in future, and have nothing to do with firearms. Dangerous Man. Thomas Thomas (23), seaman, was arraigned on two indictments of having in his possession at night, a poker and glass cutter, being im- plements of housebreaking, and also of assault- mg P.C. Robert Welsher on the same night. He pleaded Dot guilty. The constable deposed to seeing Thomas near Claud place and Connaught-road. prowling about suspiciously. The officer ulti- mately caught Thomas in the act of trying the back-lane door of No. 8, Claude-place. You won't take me!" he exclaimed, and there! ensued a grim struggle. The poker (produced) was a heavy, formidable weapon, and P.C. Welsher' alleged prisoner belaboured him with it. One blow, which struck him on the head, knocked in the side of his helmet. It was going very hard when a civilian arrived, and the man, fighting furiously, was taken to the police station. "My eyes were blackened, and my mouth bled," added witness. Thomas Williams, the civilian who assisted Welsher, corroborated. Prisoner having been found guilty, the Judge said but for the courageous citizen who gave his assistance, it might have gone hard with the policeman. Sentence of 15 calendar months was passed. "Intelligent Anticipation." George Chester (20), steward, was indicted for stealing £ 1 4s, a gold watch and chain, be- longing to Samuel Buttle, at Llwynypia. Chester had previous convictions, and in a letter he wrote to a witness, which was read in court, he anticipated a three years' sentence. The Judge sent him to gaol for three years.

THE MONACO REVOLUTION. The Prince of Monaco, whose people have demanded a constitution and a voice in the government of their country, has approved a Commission of Inquiry, and it will be inter- esting to, see what becomes of the "revolu- tion of the Monegasques in view of the privi- leged state of the Principality, where there are no taxes and no national debt. The Prince of Monaco is, lord of, the Casino at the capital, Monte Carlo, and, the Casino .authorities pay him about £ 70,000 a year for permission to run that place. Prince Albert has been twice married, but has not found marriage a success. | The Prince of Monaco. The Princes* of Monaco spends a good deal of her time in London and Paris. She is an Ame- rican, the daughter of a well-known banker, Mr Michael Heine, of New Orleans. She was first married in her teens to the Duke de Richelieu, one of the proudest nobles of the Continent, and was left a widow with a son and daughter at a comparatively early age. Her second marriage with Prince Albert was a very unhappy one and was dissolved in 1902. after the Princess had fled from her husband's house and taken refuge with her friend, the Queen of the Belgians. The Prince's first marriage was with a daughter of the eleventh Duke of Hamilton, and also ended in a divorce.

ACTOR AND WIFE. LEO DRYDEN ARRESTED. There a Mnsatiomi charge at tt;7; Newport Police Court yesterday when Leo Dryden. the well-known musir hall artiste, wis charged on a warrant with assaulting his wife. who i- pro- fessionally known as Miss Ada Coilt,-v. the Australian nightingale." and irho bea,448 the bill at the Newport Empire this week. Mr Lyndon Cooper appeared to prosecute, and Mr T. Edgar Jones defended. The Magistrates' Clerk (to defendant) Yoa are charged with assaulting your wife. The Defendant So I believe. Mr Edgar J ones said that the alleged assault bad taken place that morning, and as he had only just been instructed he asked for a re- mand until Monday. Mr Lyndon Cooper said they ought to hear something about the case. He did not know whether it was advisable for the prisoner to be out on bail. The wife was at present not well. Mr Edgar Jones, glancingat. the complainaia. The lady looks all right." Mr Cooper The lady doesn't feel all right. The Clerk It might be as well to keep him under lock and key until Mondav. Mr Edgar Jones said there was a serious question of defendant's engagements. The Charman (Mr Cordey) He ought to be careful to keep his temper. Mr Lyndon Cooper said the assault com- plained of under which the man was arrested was committed between 9 and 10 o'clock this morning. Miss Colley was heading the bill at the Newport Empire this week. Mr Dryden had been performing at Manchester, and came down to the house when- his wife was lodging. He got in on the pretex that he wanted to take lodgings. He asked to see the rooms and was told that they were occupied. He told thlt landlord that he was the husband of Miss Ada Collev, and the landlord immediatciy went upstairs to acquaint the wife. When the land- lord came down he found the prisoner break- ing up golf clubs. He broke up a typewrite?' belonging to the wife. Prisoner (interjecting): And which was paid for by me. 50-Guinea Fur Coat Continuing, Mr Lyndon Cooper said that I prisoner tore up his wife's fur coat, which cost 50 guineas; also another coat. and umbrella. and nearly all the lady's music by which she earned her live- lihood. He made a fearful scene. He dragged his wife from the bedroom into the sitting room pulled her by the hair and pulled some of it out. The landlord stopped any further disturbance. Prisoner said that if he was not arrested then he would be arrested at the Empire to-night. Miss CoUey came before them with the greatest reluctance, but her husband was of ungovern- able temper. He said he would be at the Empire to-night. What he woulddo goodness only knows. Having regard to tbese facts, was it safe for him to be let out? And having regard also to what he had done that morning if they decided to grant bail he (Mr Cooper) hoped it would be substantial. Albert Allen Gibbs, Cardiff-road, said that Miss Ada Colley took rooms at his house on Sunday last. Mr Miles, her accompanist, at the Empire, also lodged at the house. They had two bedrooms and one sitting room. The husband called at the house that morning, and asked for rooms. At his request witness told him who was lodging in the house, whereupon prisoner said that. he was Miss Colley's husband, and that he wanted to see her. Witness's wife called Miss Colley, and he (witness) told Mr Miles that the husband was at the door. In the meantime the husband had broken up a number of golf clubs and his wife's jacket. He then went for his wife, got her by the haire. and pulled her towards the sitting-room. Wit- ness got hold of defendant, who was in a very violent mood, and tried to take him away. Prisoner called his wife all the bad names, and said there would be no show at the Eaxpirw that night—that he would be arrested. Said He Was Her Husband. Mr Edgar Jones Why did you go to fetch Mr Miles when the husband came to the door t Has he been attending her ? Witness The man came to the door and said he was her husband I did not know that. I thought I would tell Mr Miles, who I knew was her accompanist on the stage. I Mr Edgar Jones But you sent your wife to fetch Miss Colley, and tell her her husband had come. Did you doubt that ?-I was not sure. Mr Edgar Jones Did Miss Colley and Mr Miles occupy the same room ?—They had the same sitting room but different bedrooms. The bedrooms were not on the same floor. Miss Colley's Evidence. Complainant said she had been assaulted that morning, as stated by the last witness. Her husband had said that there would be no performance at the Empire that night. She was really afraid of him. He had assaulted her before some years ago. She had not been living with him of late, but bad always sup- ported herself. I'- I I Mr Lyndon Cooper (fortbe wife) said there had been a suggestion of a kind made bv the other side, but he would deal with that at the proper time. Whether that suggestion was well founded or otherwise, there was no justification for what had taken place that morning, and he asked the Bench not to grant bail if the case was adjourned. Mr Edgar J ones said that they would gather from his cross-examination that the husband's suspicions were wrightly or wrongly aroused. Whether he had any justification for the suspicions or otherwise there was no reason why the husband should be locked up until the adjourned hearing. The husband had given j him an assurance that he would not molest his wife in the meantime. The case was finally adjourned for a fort- night, and bail was granted the prisoner in his own snretv of 150 and another of £50. Mr 1£0 bryden then left the court with Mr T. Edgar Jones, and Miss Colley (who was fashionably dressed) left with her advocate and Mr Miles, the accompanist.

DOOM DRAWING NEAR BUTLER A CHANGED MAN, With only four more davs to live William Butler, who awaits sentence of death at Usk Prison' for the murder of the aged couple at Bassaleg in November last, still protests his innocence of the crime. He is. however, apparently a changed man. and unlike his attitude when he was taken to prison after sentence of death had been passed upon him, he does not treat I with indifference the ministrations of the prison chaplain. A fortnight ago, when asked I if he desired to see any minister of religion, he treated the suggestion more or less with coi* tempt, saying that as he was innocent of th6 crime a chaplain would be of no use to him. A few days later, however, he said he I would like to see the Wesleyan minister. Why he should choose" a Wesleyan is not at all clear, for there is no evidence he has ever been associated with that religious body. The prison officials, of course, granted his request, and, as there was no Wes- leyan minister at Usk. the Rev. A. Head, New- port, who is the nearest prison chaplain, has periodically visited the culprit. As stated, the last few days have seen a change in Butler's demeanour. He-often ap- pears to be in deep thought, and is more appre- ciative of the ministrations of the chaplain. He eats and sleeps well, and gives very little trouble to the two special warders who are in charge of him night and day. Up to the present Butler has received no visit from relatives or friends in fact. it is not known that be has any, for since'the de- tails of the tragedy have become known even t those persons at Bassaleg whom he counted as friends have not accepted his invitation to see I him.

"¡ Action Against Doctors. SWANSEA MAN AWARDED il25. The hearing was resumed before Mr Justice t Pickford and a special jury at the Assizes ( at Cardiff yesterday of the action in which David Lewis, Lynn-street, Manselton, Swan- sea, an-engine driver employed at the Cwm- felin Tinplate Works, claimed damages for alleged negligence from Dr. Hubert Thomas and Dr. R. J. Farm an, the works doctor and his assistant respectively. Plaintiff's case was that he was treated for indigestion when suffering from pleurisy. | and that as a result he was unable to resume work for a year. The defence was that plaintiff was properly treated for influenza, that plaul risy developed because he disobeyed the doc-, tor's order not to go out, and that it was not 'I' until then he called in another medical maa« Dr. J. D. Davies. Addressing the jury for the defence, Mr R, F. Williams, K.C., said Dr. Davies was at tba I back of this case. Apart from medical etiquette, courtesy and good feeling should have indnced Dr. Davies to have communicated with Dr. Far- man before he took on the case. Instead, he practically said, Here is an opportunity to get my knife under the fifth rib of Dr. Hubert Thomas, and to get a bit of my own back." The Judge, in summing up, said he was 6om £ >- what surprised at a remark made by so eminent a medical man as Dr. Griffiths. Per- haps Dr. Griffiths hardly realised whal his words meant, but he seemed to suggos* that a man attended by a works doctor wa* not entitled to expect so efficient an examina- tion as if he were attended by aprivate doctor. That was a dangerous doctrine, and entirely wrong. A medical man; who took the position of works doctor must apply his medical skill as he would when attending to privat* patients. He did not think Dr. Griffiths really meant what his words seemed to implv. The jury found for the plaintiff for Si,2rj, alu <