The Cardiff Times

VICTORIA INSTITUTE, $ABEIiAVON. ^^Urday afternoon tho industrial population districts of Aberavon, Cwmavou, and lnjj lalbot celebrated the completion of an caj ftakiufir which is calculated to become an in- boon in their midst. The occasion was coa of the Victoria Institute (so named in \vi IInernor&.tion of the Queen's Jubilee), together %stribution of tbe science and art cert.ifi- tjj. "• The movement which has culminated in i ei'ecti°n of a substantial and commodious a* half-way between Port Talbot and Aber- j.L^haditsorigin with thelateMrT.D. Daniel, who "out four years ago, seeing the desirability of I'tOviding for the social wants of the people, £ j*ierously devoted a couple of cottages in Ty ■^awr-screet to the purposes of A working man's ^ding-room. This place quickly becoming iu- *?equate to the demands made upon it,more capa- premises were taken in the Market-place these have now been abandoned for the new Gilding which was auspiciously opened on Satur- .afternoon. The substantial structure, which brick with Bath-stone facings, has a SD of 55 feet. There is a very lofty and feg, i.0l>8 entrance-hall 35 feet in length and eight re, ,fn breadth, on one side of which is a spacious loci *"room' the best London and ^L- papers and on the other a smoke-room, in be Ie Kamea of cards, chess, draughts, &c., may iftel Upstairs there is a library, tb elUding many valuable works relating to Hid 8c'ances an<i 'he arts of drawing h0? music, whilst history, biography, and *hel literature are also represented. The afford space for many additional volumes, tion 'a hoped that people with a surplus collec- IjK °* books will not forget this fact. Near hold ^u18 a 55ft. by 23ft., in which to *taw- j science and art classes, which were <VSJ« fiT about three years ago. Mr J. P. Wilson Hfcd architect of the building, and Messrs J. Rees, of Aberavon, were the builders, Ir work has given the utmost satisfaction. The t«Jr has P*»t £ 1.150, and is erected on a site rously leased by Mr O. R. M. Talbot, M.P., g a nominal rent of £ 1 per annum. Messrs R. hi Eyass and Co. have given to the institute the contribution of £ 100, and have also t?D1: £ 500 at reasonable interest. At J*9 same time due recognition must be •pade of the highly creditable efforts of the iu- trial classes themselves in the way of pro- J^ding for thQ cosfc 0f the building. The institute about 570 members, who fonuei..y owed Id per week to b" v.^uc ed frov» their j .*rnijiKS to pay for -.vothiag expenses, but who, t.j ujop't the ;iost of tht new building, e'sed to raisf their tubsoription for a period of th'° ^ea,rs to 2d p'sc week. The conKcqueuce of ti^,Prai8eworthy action is tha.t or'y a compara* JLy smr>ll debt remains upon the institutijo. ;I(^. fc5. H. By.s, rising to dec we the ob '.4fcutlw' f.markoii that its mam J^ct was ta unite *e workiag taeu m t, ;Wir hours in y building where they W'at obtain ruentai iinpr>vemeac. Mr Eiiwi r, j^|deroiaa Evans, Mr T. Rees (" Qaradoe"). Dr I aniejj, iL Howell Davits -i-. workman), md «poke and in tae course of an interval 1 lower d-fitriouttd the science and art Certmcates.

CAKDIFF AND THE JUBILEE, At a meeting of the jubilee festivities com- wuttee, held at the Town-hall on Monday evening, W. J, Trounce presiding, it was resolved to the co-operation of the local papers in invit- .M.tbe inhabitants and tradespeople to decorate of u ^ouaos an^ business premises on the occasion the jubilee celebration. A cheque for £ 80 was received from Mr W. L. Peace, to be applied io the expenses entailed by the holding of athletic *Porta. Messrs W. J. Trounce and Gierke Burton appointed a deputation to wait upon Sir William Thomas Lewis, in order to ascertain how the arrangements for opening the new Roath J^ock could be made to tit in with the general festivities. Subsequently the programme of the promoted by members of the Old Cardiff Jjwjwing Club was submitted and approved ot. J-he programme is made up of seven events, five Confined to amateurs and two open, and is as *ollow8 -The Ladies' Plate, lor two silver enps, ^alue £ 7 7s, and coxswain's prize, value £ l iSf JlJ* pair-oared boats for amateurs, with coxswain. he Xiady Margaret's Plate, for four silver cUps, value BIB, and coxswain's prize, for four- Dared inrigged boats, for amateurs, with cox- *ain. Sculling race, for amateurs, in outrigged T prize, silver cup, value £ 5. The Cardiff jubilee Plate, for four silver cups, value £ 28, and Coxswain's prize, J32, for amateurs in four-oared JJUtrigged boats, with coxswain. The Mayor of Cardiff's Plate, fur four silver cups, value £ 12, and coxswain's prize, J61, for amateur juniors in *our-oared inrigged boats. Cardiff Corporation "fize, open to four-oared inrigged boats first tjfize, £ 5 second ditto, £ 2 third ditto, £ 1. Cardiff Pilots' Punt Race first prize, £ 1 ¡eCond ditto, 15-! third ditto, 10s fourth ditto, s. Eutrieij close on Tuesday, June 14th, and should be sent to the hon. sec., Mr S. Marks, 56, j*5idon-road, Cardiff. The regatta will take place between the Cardiff and Penarth-road Bridges, *»d, as the evening tide answers extremely well, there will be ampie water for the first race to start about half-past live in tit:) evening.

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:=::=:=:===--===. A WELSH DIVORCE CASE. Iu the Divorce Division on Friday, before Mr Justice Butt, the case of Wilson _v. Wilson and Bennett was commenced. The petitioner, a butler, sought to obtain a divorce OIl the ground of the adultery of his wife with Mr Hugh Bennett, a surgeon, practising at Builth Brecknockshire. Mr Lockwood, Q.C., and Mr Ssarle appeared on*behalf of the petitioner wilil- Ilr Inderwick, Q.C., and Mr H. B. Deane represented the co- respondent. Tiie petitioner gave evidence, and then the respondent was called. On Monday, the respondent again went into the witness-box on th6 re-assembling of the court, and continued her evidence. She said that on one occasion when sua went to Dr Bennett's houae the doctor was at tea, and he gave her some grapes. In reply to Mr Jushce Butt, wituess said she was giving her evidence voluntarily, Mr Justice Butt: If she oojecta to answer certain questions as to adultery she has the pcuver to do 80. but I take it, from wnat she says, she is » witne-s who gives her evidence voluntarily. Mrs Wilson, continuing her evidence said she went to the co-respondent s house again on the following night, and she was shown into the sur- gery, where Dr. Bennett was, by the housekeeper, Miss WIIHOU. GLha doctor took her into tbe consulting-room, and there they settled about the medicine, but that was all that took place then. co-respondent, liovever, said he would like to see her again, She laexfc went to his house on the baturday in the following week. Tiie day oefore that <he co-respoudent had met ho);, and she had arranged to cali on him at twelve o clock the next day. She called at that hour, and the doctor let her in himself, and showed her into the consulting room. Witness believed she TfV "ss Wilson iu the kitchen as she passed by. After that she wont upstairs with the co- respondent to his bedroom, where he committed adultery with her. I le showed her a photograph of Sir William Gull, which was on the mantel-piece, and likewise all antimacassar, which sh admired. He told her he had won it in a raffle. Then, again, the doctor showed her some chiua ware in a cupbpard on the right-hand side of the mantel- piece. The chest of drawers in the room stood next to the washstand behind the door. I As one entered the room, the bed was on the left hand side. After he had committed adultery with her he offered her some money, but she refused to take it. He said be would send her a present at Christmas. She was with him upstairs for about half-an-hour. On that occasion she was let out of the house by the doctor himself. She did not consult him pro- fessionally at any time in October, 1886, nor did I she undergo any examination in that month at his hands. =-- roc .12 a uross-axaminea Dy Mr Inderwick: ¡:jlle now living at Stonehouse, and would remain there, she believed, till August next. Her bus- band paid the expense of her being there, She supposed she was placed there for the purpose of being cured of her intemperate habits. When she left Stonehouse she did not know where she would go. She might return to her husband and children after a time if she was cured of her intemperate habits. She had never told her hus- band that he was not the father of her last child. The reference to packmen was a joke between her and her husband. He used to joke witn ner about the last three children that were born. She assured her husband that the child born in 1884 was his child, and not that of a packman Petitioner had never accused her of anything with regard to any man. She did not tell her husband that men were always "trymg it on with her, and had done ever since sbewasachtM Witness first saw Dr. Bennett at Btulthin 1882.. He was then called in to attend her child. On the first occasion that the co-responaent tried to do any- thing, he attempted to push her on to the bed which the child was in,butjustthen the child woke up, and he desisted. That was at Mr Morris's house, where they were staying. She was not in good health at the time, and she asked Dr. Bennett to examine her and treat her. In Sept., 1882, she got a letter from the doctor, commencing, "My dear little Mra, Wilson." She did not know what made her keep a copy of the letter she wrote to Dr Bennett. She wrote letters twice to him in 1886, but did not keep copies of either of them. Dr Bennett never spoke to her seriously about her drinking habits. She might have altered copies as wail as originals of letters by striking put" like" and substituting love." In 1886 she did not know her husband was taking down a detective to Builth with them. She was not aware of it until the previous day, when it was stated by him in court. She had not then said anything to her husband about the doctor. She and the petitioner had been living unhappily together in consequence of her drunken habits. When Dr Bennett ex* mined her he committed adultery with her. On the two occasions when she went to get medicine for the child, the assistant, Mr Evans, was in tbe surgery. Mr Evans was not there, however, when she went to pay for the medicine. She wrote to him in October to the effect that she was going to London soon, and that she would like to see him on the following morning. She went on the Saturday, at 12 o'clock in the morning. Ho opened the door, and led her into the consulting- room. She did not on that occasion describe to him her symptoms, nor did he make any exami- nation of her. Hot water was taken up into the bedroom by Dr Bennett himself, and not by one of the servants. She did not have any medicine that day. That was on the Saturday before she came to London. Before she made this statement as to her adultery to her husband, on the 20th of October, she had not told him of her relations with the doctor. Her uncle John wrote to her on the 16th of October a letter in which he spoke of revelations" that had been made to him. She did not know what those revelations referred to. He did say in that letter, What is to be the result of such a course of sin and shame ? The wages of sin is death. Tell him of all the wrongs you have done him, and do not try to screen the wretch that has brought such disgrace on you, but make a full confession to your husband and throw yourself on his mercy," So far as she knew, her husband then knew nothing against Dr. Bennett but those two letters which he had found. Her husband brought her uncie's letter down for her to read, and then she made a statement to him as to her adultery with the co-respondent. She wrote a letter in pencil to tho co-respondent in November last. It was to the effect that her husband had opened her desk and found a copy of her letter to him and of his letter in reply to her's. Mr Inderwick Did the letter from you say— I told him I had been unduly iutimate with you three times, but I have not told him that I was at Llanfair House He is furious, and says ho will ruin you, and drive you out of Builtb, if you do not settle it privately." Witness: I never'said anything about I!Att,n'" it privately. I said if it could be, it would bl settled without bringing i* into court. Cross examination contiuuad; She got no an»wf>r -io that otter. Her hnshand «aid :•» would he veiling I --tie it privately without into pgart, f.nd that was the reason of her writing this ctter to the docior. by Mr Lockwood: Her husband I had old her he would settle it wilh„;ift coming into -jurt if he could. Thj petitioner, r«c»!ied, said hie wife tu,M ¡ exV?39 hei m Builth. He toiu her he would not expose her there th a he would take her back either on the Allowing day or the one succeeding that, but that he would proiTiise her nothing. He never said thf matter should be settled without being brought into co-iri. Mr? xilna Morris, the wife of a hairdresser at Builth, gave evidence to the respondent and her family lodging at her house in 1882, and again in 1886, and the co-respondent calling there. On one occasions, he said, they were in a room alone from half to three-quarteis-of an hour. This was the case for the petitioner. Mr Inderwick, Q.C., then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the co-respondent, and at the outset pointed out how difficult it Was for a medical man to refute such a charge as that which was now brought against Dr Bennett. No such charge as that made by the respondent could be accepted unless there was strong corroborative evidence, and here in this case they had none. Furthermore, the doctor would go into the witness-box and swear that there was not one word of truth in the statement to which she had sworn. The whole case made out against the co-respondent rested on two letters found in tho respondent's drawer and ou the wife's own evidence, and, in considering that, they had to remember the fact that she cams from i1 home for inebriates where she had been placed m tbe hope of curing her from her drinking habits, ihey must bear in mind, too, that Mr Wilson, iu his evidence, did not in any way corroborate the charge of adultery made bv him against his wife. On the occasion ui October, 1886, to which Mrs Wilson had especially alluded, he should prove thatsilewasup.In Dr Bennett's room for the purpose or examination an(j g^e had on the previous day written a j^ter to the doctor to the effect that she should like to see him again before returning to London, ag [,e }iacj done her so much good when she was in BuUtfa befol.6t An eutiy was made m the doctor « book and th^t was the last he saw or heard of her uutil he receiveci whiJh h °f remfr *ble character, in which he was charged with having th« confession of the respondent, cotomifcte|' adultery with her on several occasions. What IJe should have to submit was that the cha^1^ Bennett was either the hallucination .J „ of drunken habits, or that it was thQ J "u attempt on the part of man and »ife to extort money. Dr. Bennett would go into the witne « box and deny on oath the charges that kafi u brought against him, and he might fiuaUv out that the co-respondent was a prof^y" man who had practised for twenty years i- j.v district in which he resided without the slighted blemish or suspicion being cast upon his repute The further bearing of the case was then adjourned.

FOUL LANGUAGE AT TREDEGAR On Tuesday, Honorah Keefe and Mary Ann Keefe appeared it the Iredegar Police-court in answer to a charge of assault preferred by one Mary Price.—Complainant said that on the 17th inst. she was proceeding down CommerciaUroad when she met tbe defendants. The mother com- menced hostilities by spitting in witness's face. She then struck her. Complainant was about to repeat the language used towards her, when Dr. Coates interposed with the remark that such vile language ought not to b« repeated in presence of persons of refined minds.—WiHiam Roberts pave corroborative evidence as to the assault, and said that the younger defendant was encouraged by I the mother. The language used by botr: defen- d was o' th- most co,»rse ucscripliun,A W'tncbji called f >r the defence deposed that com- P'ainaat lirci spat in tlH' face of Mr-t Keefe.— T-'io bench lined each defendant 2H 6d .nid coats j in default, 14 days' imprisonment. Both women | *> "nt co ol. I

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A SCUFFLE IN LLANOIT-O CHURCHYARD. An assault cage, which aroused gi'eafc iu teres' iu the neighbourhood, was heard at the Liandiio Police-court on Saturday. The complainant was Mr Evan Jones, tailor, Church street, and the dei end ant Mr John Boweu, tbe parish cierK. Tho dispute which culminated in the appears to have had its origin m »• ™ l~ vernation respecting a coal-house nvilrJ. erected in connection with l&a,nti Church, and the material used in the construction of winch has given rise to some comment, i being stated, but apparently ^r.Sutflized authority, that old gravestones had been utiUed. Mr W. Howell, LlaaeUy, apP^red f< the com- plain. ,„d lilt T O. W. the defendant. —Mr Howeii, in openn s r.«l« « » CO- unsecmiy proceeding in. » cjiur^ bfl tended that if his c i against as such.— ongntto have been Suu'iaV afternoon, lhe complainant said that chul.cljyardi the 1st of May, he gt0 g ,lt the back of the After he had gone up <• uiet defendant, fho church, near the vestry.1 hc would throw fhm told .m toretum atone hpid up hig hUff) auJ over the wall. C (9 him, but defendant warned defendau agaiust the rail- rusne,. at him, arj t ciutcl)ed at them to save (coU> Hin^ dovvn. Defendant then himself in_ Witness took up a stone pushed him t made no use of it.—In cross- after the he knew that what examination, coim coal-house" had lately Wi Cui R behindthe vestry. He had not been oeen on"1 ti)ree times since it had been budt ^e scraped one of the walls with his stick. i!1,' discussed the coal-house question with ev ery one in tiie tow0- Mr Sit.1811, ealjitict-maker, y\uL in Church-street, deposed to seeing com- lai .ant and defendant struggle for a few P merits. Complaiuant was then thrown vio- !no Both men were excited, complainaat the ore so. J°ho J°nes, Lamb Inn, Handdo, cor- roborated complainant's evidence. He was in his company when the assault took place.—Air Will'ams> *or t'rte ^e*ence» ti,Kt Bowen re- quested complainant to leave, in pursuance ot strict orders from the vicar (Kev. Lewis Price), and he was justified in using sufficient force to eject him. As to the coal-house, it bad been built, not at the vicar's orders, but by the church- warden's, of some spare stones in the churchyard. Mr Williams contended that no conviction could take place in that court. The vicar bad the free- hold qualified by certain rightaof the parishioners. The right of ejectment was claimed, and that re- moved all responsibility from their worships in dealing with the case.—Mr Howell denied this, and argued that even if the man was a trespasser, they could not use violence ill ejecting him.—Mr Bishop said that inasmuch as Mr Williams, on behalf of his client, claimed the right of eject- ment, the magistrates' jurisdiction was ousted.— Mr Howell said he suspected that the question of right would be the red herring drawn across his path.—After a long consultation, Mr Peel said the magistrates were uuanimous in thinking their jurisdiction was ousted.

THE ATTEMPTED CHILD MURDER. At the Mertbyr police-court on SaturdaY-be- fore Mr W. M. North (stipendiary), Dr Probert, Mr Smyth, and Dr Dyke—Miriam Jones (17), was charged on remand with attempting to kill her infan' child Mary Ann Jones, by throwing it down au old trial shaft at Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Valley, on the 12th iusfcant. Great interest continued to be mani- fested ia the proceedings by the public, a large number of whom were admitted to the court, though many more remained outside. Prisoner was allowed to be seated. Inspector Rodman first called Charlotte Elton, an elderly womau, who said prisoner brought tho child to her at her cottag# in Jjlanbister Parish to nurse seven months ago. Last Wednesday week prisoner took the child aw^y, saying she Was going to take it to her mother at Toedyrhiw, who had sent for it. The child. witness had seen in the police-station that morning was the identical one. Jane Price, wife of Rees Price, 23, Lower Mount Pleasant, said the prisoner usou to live next door to her. On Thursday the 12i,h inst., about 11 a.m., she met prisoner on the train road that passed Mount Pleasant-street. She was going in the direction in which the child was found. She bad the baby with her, and the prisoner hid her own face with her gown. Hy. Roberts, collier, 35, Mount Pleasant-street, Troedyrhiw, said he was uut for a walk, on tho day referred to at about half-past two o'clock. No path went to the shaft. There was no fence round it, only some brushwood to prevent sheep falling in. He went to the mouth of the shaft and heard a cry! He then went to the police-station and informed P.S. Owen of his discovery. He returned with that officer, and the child was subsequently rescued.- JamesRudge, engiueman, Troedyrhiw stated thathe went to the pit about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He was lowered down by a rope and he found the child on her back lying on a'dead dog. She was crying and rubbing her eyes. She held her hands up to him, and he took her up. Next day he again went down the pit and found a dead dog and a dead sheep there. Sergeant Owen said he went up to the pit ohaft, Henry Roberts having given him certain informa- tion. It wr,s 320 yards from the nearest house, and a pathway passed 42 yards from it. The diameter of the shaft was ft. 6in. The child on being brought up was ound to have a small cut on the top of the head, which the doctor stitched up, and there were a few bruises. The evidence of P.C. Thomas Thomas, who arrested prisoner in Radnorshire, was recapitulated, and the prisoner was committed to take her trial at the next assizes.

A BABY ABANDONED. A young girl named Jane Knight, aged 19, was chaiged at Bow-street police-court, London, on Monday, with abandoning her child under extraordinary circumstances. —Police-constable N lcbolson, 41 D R, deposed that on the evening of the 9th instant he found a female cluia on the doorstep of 14, Bloomsbury-square. A piece of paper was pinned to the clothing, on which the following was written:—"Whoever tindlS this baby I hope will take a fancy to her. She is a dear little thing. I do this act because I am in deep trouble. Perhaps before she is found I and my other three children may be in the water. Don't, forget a mother's last wish." The child was taken to the workhouse. It was well dressed, and healthy.—Detective-sergeant Khurt deposed that he saw the prisoner at Hunter*street police-station (where she had surrendered voluntarily). She handed him a letter acknow- edging the act with which she was charged.— Detective-inspector Corey next deposed that he s-awtho accused. She said, I will tell you the truth if you let me have my baby." The witness said, You had better tell me all about it." She repeated that she was to be married to a man named Payton. She was living with her aunt, and was vory unhappy. She added My aunt slapped my lace, and I left her bousii. I had nowhere to go, and walked about 1;he streets all night, I went the next day '^another aunt. She has also a baby. She to take me in if I could get someone to nnn^ my baby. I took it out, and after walking about u ionf, time I pUt it on a doorstep, and watched till a policeman took it away to the station, I touched the little dear as he was carry- wg "a-ve had no rest since. I am ashamed of what I have done, but I don't care what you do as long aa I get my baby back, as I am sure it will die in the workhouse." She was then charged, but made no answer. Mary Ann Fulby, the wife of a porter, living inWilson-street, Gray's Inn-road, and aunt to the accnsed, deposed that her niece had lived with her for some years prior to her confinement. She left and returned with the baby. She said she had been staying with Payton's mother, but that they had quarrelled.—-Mn. Paytoa said tha prisoner w^s confined at her house. Her son, ageu ninetElGu, "kept eo;in.;}ay with tho prisoner,—The prisoner was remanded. j r—:

CARDIFF SMASHERS IN CUSTODY. At Newport police-c.w:, on Saturday, three young men named Will,am Ivens, Thomas Hopkins, and John J< tynn, all of Cardiff, were charged wi;.h having in their possession nine souri- ous sovereigns and 32 spurious half-crowns with intent to utter them. rfhejr v,ere nlso "ha geS with uttering the same —,Fimp Poot-o n V Mff Councillor Hurley tramway manager, Car- diff, said that "ii Tuesday morning, in Pccurdanca '«ade the preceding evening! Hopkins hned a trap, saying that ho and another young man were goin? to Cowbridge He knew Hopkins from having lured tr^a on prior occasions. The prisoners drove to Now port, stopping at the King Willhm the Fourth k«Pt by Wm.S,„„.2S 1Thi)^SS/t™S the prisoners, and received from eithlr Flynn or pUrP"rbed he a sovereign, which she iq am ? her master, and received the change, -V' Irom ''Jin. Afterwards the coin lb- on'y skm ttl h»d h's posses* sion, was marked and handed over to P C. James. —Mrs Noma, widow TCMIO'* A ».» T TI TYiamaA n ^ow, i^,ng § Arrus Inn, Llanvanr ? °1' ,f;HU' mLls3 Ksmeys, said kenthv '}?! aIr° Cil'ew th/ house bread and n|S°"' eila m good money for t-pndprort aud afterwards, for lemonade, ?i,?puri<ms wvereigu, and received 19s 8d Pa«. £ r" i- IieX' P'au6 visited was tbe Ship Inu, 4( fin j two miles further ou, where another sovereign was changed in payment for three g asses ot beer, and good money received. At the losswain Inn, Peniiovv, another base sovereign vas exc-tanged, and prisoners appeared to be doing a roaring trade. But at the next place • Visit.ed. the grocery store kept by Rachel Colhngbourne, in the same village, they received a check. The bad sovereign winch was tendered for three lemonades, wculd not pass the little sovereign scales, and it was refused. Her son noticed that, although the coin was brand new, it was dated 1873, and wanted to try it, but the prisoners would not Kitow him to disfigure it. They got it, they said, I either from the shippiug company or the owner of at ^a''? and must return it. After they left, Mrs Colliugbourne thought all was not right, and went to P.O. James, who lives next door, and gave bim information which led to the prisoners' arrest.—Mr William Henry Ler- will, silversmith, Newport, said the four u sovereigns," consisted of Britannia metal gilded over. They were all of the same die (1873), and, of course, worthless.—Mary Paignton, single woninu, living in Irwin-street, Cardiff, deposed that Ivens and Hopkins bad been staying at ber house. She had seen Ivens with gold and silver coins in his possession, but she had no reason to suspect they were not genuine. One day last week Ivens sent her to fetch a bottle of pickles, and on a. subsequent day sent her again on a similar errand. He took the precaution on this occasion, however, to tell her not to visit the same shop. Prisoners were all stated to bear bad characters. Ivens had been three times convicted, once for housebreaking; Flynn had been engaged in a burglary; and Hopkins, wbo looked the leading spirit and was evidently the smartest, was an associate of thieves.—The bench committed the prisoners for trial. They compli- mented P.C. James on his smartness in capturing the trio.

RETURN Or A LOST HUSBAND. At the Cardiff Police-court on Monday- before Dr. Paine and Major Sloper-an extraordi- nary affiliation case was heard. The complainant was Catherine Borgwardt, residing at 19, Roll- street, and the defendant Thomas McQuaide, a violinist, of 24-, David-street.—Mr Morgan Rees, said that his client was some time W married at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Canton, to a man named Borgwardt, They lived together for a few months only, and theu the husband went to sea. She did not see him again, but some time after he left she received a letter from a hospital at Shield, stating that he was dead. The letter bad. howeve. been dnst.fnvad. She re- mained a. widow—or, rather, a supposed widow- about two years, and about twelve months ago she met the defendant in the present case, and was married to him on the 26th May, 1886. They lived together nearly eight months, and at the end of that period the former husband turned up with tho result that there waa considerable disturbance, and they separated. On the 7th March last a child was born, the father of the child being the defendant, and under those circumstances he (Mr Rees) should ask the magistrates to make the usual order. Complainant gave evidence in support of these statements, and on being cross- examined admitted having been married in a wrong name, but explained that she did not know the banns were in until she heard them given out in the church. In the publishing of them her name was given as Tobiu, and that was her maiden name. She added that the defendant was a musician he played the violin and earned from 8s to 12s par day during the summer. On Wednesday the bench ordered defendant to con- tribute 3 s 6d a week for a period of 16 years. -Defendant (addressing the bench in an excited tone): I tell you, before you, I won't do it. Dr« Paine: That is a matter we have nothing to do with.—Defendant (loudly): You may do what you like; I won't pay It.

BREAKING INTO A SCH00L,- Jos»pl> Xhhrane (10), Gilbert aud a small boy named Turner (7) were o « g at Aberdare police-court on Tuesday „ p R. H. Rhys, Mr D. E. Williams, Mr • Davies, and Mr James Lewis—with into the British School, AberainaU, a'ld a pistol on the 9th inst. Turner was at charged on account of his tender yeais. • • King said on the morning of the 18th 'i._n received information that a pistol had been taiwen from the museum at tiie school refer*• arrested Edevene at his house. said, "I'll tell you where the is; Whitcombe took it and hid lfc,in Witness took Edevene to the school, and fetched Whitcomb and Turner out of the class. He charged them with entering the school, and break- in» the museum case and stealing the putol, Edevene said, •« Whitcomb went in through the ventilator, and opened the door for me and Turner to come in. Ha had a key with him, aud he broke the glass of the museum case with the key. Whitcomb took the pistol from the case, and we took it up to the wood behind Major Howell's house, and hid it ia the hedge."—Defen- dants, who now said they found the pistoi by the plantation wall, were each ordered to receive six l strokes from the birch rod.

A BURGLAU AND illS VACHT. The Cheshire police are busily engaged in investigating the antecedents of a fellow who gives the name of William Moody, and who has been arrested, charged with burglariously entering the premises of Mr Peter Davies, known as the Pioneer Stores, Seacomb. Mrs Davies saw the man enter her bedroom, aud screamed out, awakening her husband, who leaped out of bed and seized the burglar. An in- vestigation revealed that the prisoner had poisoned the watch dog, and secured some valuable pro- perty, including j650 actually taken from Mr Davies's pockets. He was furnished with a com- plete; set of housebreaking implements. Now comes the remarkable part of the story. The police, continuing their investigation, discovered the prisoner was occupying a luxuriously- fitted yacht now at anchor off Iraumere. There was on board au extraordinary collection of valuable property, including dressing-cases, jewellery, and articles of, vertH, which it is believed are proceeds Mf previous burglarious raids. One curious find was a South-Eastern Railway Company's dividend for J341, payable to Joseph Beaumont Stockwell. The prisoner, it appears, bought the yacht from a Cheshire gentleman, a short time back, for a considerable sunt of money. He has been remanded.

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LONOON, Thursday Night. DEAR PINAFORES, I have been asked so many THB questions about dress that I can- JASHIONS. not answer all and everyone in- dividually, but I shall tell you something about the newest fashious, and then each cousin and aunt can choose for herself. Plain silks, black and coloured, are much worn, and will continue to be worn for afternoon and visiting toilqttes, but they are not now made aa formerly the skirt is invariably combined with velvet or lace, or a panel of striped silk, for garden parties and very dressy occasions. The silk under- skirt is often covered with a deep flounce of cream or white embroidered muslin or lace; a narrow box pleating,just shows under the flouuoe and preserves the edges from the dust or da.mp, which would soon take away the fresh, clean luok of the embroidery or lace; over this there is a very full- puffed back and one-sided tunic of the silk, and the bodice is trimmed with either face or em. broidery to match the skirt. Sometimes the upper dress takes the form of a long polonaise with the front of the bodice fastened slantways, and a beaded clasp holding loops of ribbon and long ends which fall over the muslin skirt, at the left side. A newer form is to have the fronts of the polonaise drawn to a point and finished with a pendant gimp ornament similar to the mantle fronts. The bodice is then either laced or fastened with a few buttons over the guimpe or chemisette of white or coloured silk (others have a vest front), and the polonaise does not meet at the waist, but must be securely fastened with invisible hooks, or buttons, to the sides of the vest. A good many plain skirts and polonaises are being worn, either in contrasting colours or in two shades of the same; and the same colouring must be observed in the bat or bonnet worn with the dress. A very pretty combination was seen the other day in the park, where the very newest and sometimes the most absurd costumes can always be seen. This particular one had the skirt, vest, collar and cuffs of old rose (which is nearly the same colour as the popular crushed strawberry of two years ago), and the polonaise of tfolden brown tint; the bonnet was in straw of the same colour, trimmed with old rose ribbons. The same dress would look well in navy blue, with skirt collar and vest in the new Gobelin blue, though why it is called by the name of the old famous tapestry I cannot understand. Some years ago I happened to GOBLUX visit the Gobelin Manufactoiy in TAPKSTRT. Paris, when some hue specimens of the tapestries were in progrees for the foyev of the Grand Opera. In one of these a. great deal of the blue colour was used, but not in the least like the grey blue so extensively patronised by milliners this season. You are probably aware that the name of the tapestry comes from the fact that it was originally made by two brothers of that uame, who established the celebrated manufactory where it now stands; and another on the same lines as regards the beauty of workmanship has been founded in the Royal Windsor Tapestry Works. Thote who are curious to see very early specimeus can see a copy of the famous Bayeaux tapestry in the museum at South Keusiugton, along with rare relics of the oideu time in lace aud all kinds of embroidery. Some of these have been very successfully .copied by the pupils and workers of the Kensington School of Art Embroidery. Aiuoug the many lovely dresses KKLLS at the last Drawiug-room, there XMBBQiDJiEX. was one unique specimen of modern needlework, worn by Mrs Ernest Hart, whose name is widely known in con- nection with the Irish needlework known as the Kelis embroideries. This lady has taken an active part in founding this new school of embroidery, and the very beautiful dress sue wore at Court proves that the Irish girl is an apt puPil. for the Kells embroidery is but the revival of an ancient art. Tho dress worn by Mrs Ernest Hart showed the perfection of work which can be earned out in Ireland. The skirt was of white silk, veiled with the new polished flax thread, Kells lace, of cream and blue, while the train was of hand-spun linen, covered all over with a desigu in blue flax thread, like hoar-frost on glass. The bodice was white silk, draped with Monaseline de soir; the tunic was caught up with antique silver clasps, and the lovely embroidered linen train came from the shoulders, where it was fastened with loops of ribbon and feathers. The state ball at Bucking- ham Palace was the means of bringing into notice many beautiful dresses. Tulle is again in the front rank of bail costumes, the young ladies having bodices iu satin velvet and brocade. One young debutante wore a very pale green tulle, with ciatw. bodice of toe same shade, profusely trimmed with lilies of the valley on skirt and bodice-the satiu matching tùo colour of the leaves exactly. White beaded tulle and white satin were worn by many. There is a difference in the shape of the bodice this feasou, it coming well off the shoulder, more like the ball bodices of former years. The Royal Institute fancy ball DANCING THE was a great success, aud the four GAVOTTE, historical tableaux must faith fuiiy carried out in every detail of costume and grouping; but the dancing of the gavotte was considered the great success of the evening; the young ladies were so pretty, and the gallants so Kay with tueir swords and hats, which they held on the point of their swords at one part of the dance, forming glittering archways for the ladies to glide in and out of with stately measure. The gavotte, pavane, minuet, and other old- fashioned dances are now taught in London, and may in all probability be danced at all the balls after a time. At preseuc we are ringing the chauges on quadrilles, lancers, and valsa; only one polka was entered on the Royal programme aud invariably two valses followed each other. It is the fashiou to valse the waltz is dauced, but not pronounced; and the soui-stuxing galop is nowhere uow-a-days, although it is dauced as a fast or quick valse. Another theatrical success in NKW London is the new play adapted AJIOSEMKSXS. from Mr Pbjlips's novel, "As in a Looking Glitss;" and Mrs Her. nard Beere's acting as the heroine of tho novel is superb,and her costumes are magnificent. Mrs Ber- nard Bcere never appeared tosuchadvantage, and is able to win the entire interest of her audience for the heroine by her marvellous command of the passions by which Lena, Dtspard is actuated.. It is the most finished and thoroughly artistic piece of work that Mrs Bernard Beere has ever yet presented to the public. We are-to have three Italian opera houses in London in the month of June, and no end of concerts and new plays already announced. A wonderful child-musician is coming to astonish us, Nothing like him has been known since the boyhood of Mozart, but I must reserve any musical gossip for next week, when I may be able to tell you more about him. The two stars of the musical world have arrived in Londouj but whether the Countess de Miranda will again appear ou the stage is not yet announced. The Count de Miranda baa accom- panied his wife (Madame Christine Nillson) to London. At the recent gathering of the BOITAM) Coaching Club in the park, BILL. Buffalo Bill was the observed of all observers, seated on the box seat of Lord Charles Beresford's coach and Bill admired the show of English beauty there as- sembled more than the show of well-groomed horses and smart coaches. Sombrero* are likely to be in high favour with both ladies and gentlemen for seaside and country wear, as the broad- brimmed bat worn by Bill in the park was greatly admired by the fair sex, numbers of whom daily fill the grand stand at the American Exhibition, to see the sports of the Indians and Guachos, and also the famous jaarkswoman, whose record of shooting would' surprise the quiet stay-at-home ladies and gentlemen* I wonder if Miss Oakley j will be invited to try i. ct tkjh at Huriinguiirn. j G'-nifin Kr&ppel.—Take oue a NEW poui.d of flour, tires ouncts of BWEFr DISH, b'jit^- ■ threo ta'ie-sp^nfQis pf: goof yeast, a little *»Itt and one table-spoonful of sugar, five eggs, Ly^n one after the other in <ho mixture, winch i&uafc be weli stirred after the ISMSS .JG is broken THEN MULCT i~ into balls, put littfe preservi .a tue middle of I each, and roll the balls in flour till amcotit let them rise in a warm place, kept covered with a linen clotu thrn place them separately in a pan j of boiling lard or fat till they are crisp, let them drain on paper before the fire, and thickly cover them with castor sugar mixed with ground cinna- J mon send them to table hot, dished on a folded napkin. YOURS EVER, LOTTIE,

FASHIONS. (From the Queer.") Pointed bodice and side panels in Romanesque brocade draped tunic in tea-gi«en Sicilienne, to harmonise with the velvet bands and bows on tbe bodice; sailor's collar and sleeve ruffles in coloured lace.

FASHION JOTTINGS. An artistic hat that is really becoming is not easy to obtain we English are so apt to run into comical extremes when we attempt to be what in modern parlance is called sesthetiu. Some frame the face, developing its beauties and concealing its defects, and have been chosen from the best examples handed down to us in works of art. One especially notable was entirely covered with ecru lace, the crown pointed, the broad brim lined with velvet, a bunch of roses on the top. A straw with a broad b, im and a more decided crown, by no means so pointed, was surrounded by a broad sash of cream ribbon, the under part of the brim iintfl with dark greeu velvet. Bat the majority of the crowns were pointed as in an example of fancy Tuscan, lined with velvet, and trimmed with cotton crepe. It is not easy to convey to the mind in descriptions with what art the desired effect was produced by turning up the brims at the righl. place of the front or sides. A brown liat turned up at the back gave just the touch of originality needed, while another white one, with high crown, bad the brim turned upwards by bands of ribbon, ending in bows. Some of the black lace bats were particularly stylish, especially those which were of the toque order, with large upstanding bows of ribbon, posed at the front or sides. The brims are of great variety in all the new hats some are turned up wide at the back in double points. The red coarse nut- meg straiv hats often have the bind on the brim, continued by a bias fold of velvet round the hat. Terry ribbon is introduced on many, and red hats are at the present moment, and are likely to con- tinue, in fashion. Where a woman's dress is well carried out, its adjuncts correspond with its leading features. Now that the Louis XVI. style is being so much adopted for evening wear, the fan is assuming the peculiar shape of that period, and appears to be modelled on the form of a geranium leaf. Examples of these shown by the Crown Perfumery Company are painted in the neutral tints aud delicate tones of the old style, with lace inserted as a sort of framing to the crapa foundation, while a tiny posy of well-simulated flowers veilnd in tulle is placed on one side of the frame. The representa. tive one of the year presents the rose, thistle, and shamrock in a spray, entwined with the regal crown and monogram, while the posey of these symbolical flowers has that easy, natural grace which is art's best disguise. The Order of the Garter is expressed both by the colour of the stirrup aud its motto. Fans of this nature can, of course, be painted upon foundations of any tint to match the dress.

AT THE MILLINER'S. Miss Montmorency Oh, bere is a lovely hat— ju^t perfectly beautiful! How much is it? Milliner Ouly • sovereign. Miss Montmorency Only jBl! That ugly old thing I Now show me something real pretty— about five or six guineas.

I man iu .ll:w, iiiii.t* t ..strph Sicyrez- ynczyuski h."? been foonu f;uut,y. we kmw what hie crime ir, but there j# euoiifh material in ihe cajf.0 t rumish t;3 rope h:-i. HAT PJUBLS M*A3i.First Gerf Yh«,y ".Y I r-earis taear. tears:, but I f'.1F-ti n'e »i! hmnbug." j Sf-copd Gent-. "No, is'- ij.it." "How no v vi ,,1\: ,,?;J "My v *wanted some aud I d;.au't got then. foi., her, x'ou bet pear^ iinjau t«»rs. evt»

VERSES WITH A HISTORY. Writing in the June number of tbe "Sunday at Home on Verses with a History," the Rev H. Elvet Lewis saysNo story of the Welsh hymns would be complete without a note on the influence of single verses. The hymn-book in the pew is an innovation—quite within recent years-of Welsh church-life. The hymn book used to be the private property of the pulpit. Consequently the people bad to learn their favourite hymns by heart, and a very profitable exercise it always i*. A hymn in a book, however admirable its composition may be, is at best only a work of religious art. A hymn within the heart is life. But in learning hymns a special verse of each often stands out from among its sister verses. The letter may be forgotten; the one clings to the memory. This single verse of Williams, Pantyc.tyn, has been the password of many a powerful revival, the last two lines being doubled and trebled over and over aga.in, as the hearts of the congregation were moved by the breath from Calvary, Jesu's biood can raise the feeble As a conqueror to stand Jesu's blood is all-prevailing O'er the mighty of the land: Let the breezes Blow from Calvary on me. It is an old funeral custom in country districts of the Principality to sing on the road from the house to the churchyard. The funerals are mostly public, and there is generally a large con- course of people. The procession moves slowly on, singing here and there, as it moves, some measured, mournful melody, with a wondrously toiichiug effect. It anyone has ever heard this music of the dead coming with muffled fai-off tones from some narrow, lonely glen, he will never forget it. It is a minor melody that is sung but the words are probably the language of hope triumphant, such as the following verse: There shall be thousand wonders. At break of day, to 838 The children of the tempests From tribulation free All in their shining garments, Possessing perfect state: Upon their Saviour's likeness, They leave the prison-gate. But no single verse has such a romantic incident in its history as the one given below, written as it was by Williams on the occasion of the memorable Lisbon earthquake: If Thou wouldst end the world, 0 Lord, Accomplish first Thy promised word, And gather home with one accord From every part Thine own Seud out Thy word from pole tc pole, And with Thy blood make thousands whole, I Till health has come to every soul, And after that—come down In February, 1797, the French effected a landing I, near Fishguard, in Pembrokeshire. Napoleon was then a name of terror to England, and tbe news of tbe landing spread through the country with the rushing violence of a prairie fire, bringing with it wherever it went an overwhelming sense of doom. Muunted heralds posted through the length aud breadth oi Wales, without waiting to ascertain the force of the enemy. In every village and town the terrible message was left, and people generally made ready for the bitter end of all things. One of these fiery heralds happened to pass by the Independent Chapel at Rhydybonf, Cardiganshire, where a preaching service was being held at the time. Mysteriously be whispered his wild message to some one near the door, and away be went again to scatter broadcast tbe seeds of a storm. From one to another in the chapel the news mysteriously flashed-the curiosity of those who did not know being almost as tragic as the consternation of those who knew. The preacher was confounded, and he was compelled to stop and ask for the cause of such unseemly commotion. Someone s.bouted- "The French have lauded at Fishguard Bad before, it was worse now. Had a lightning struck the house, the panic could scarcely have been more overpowering. No one durst move or speak; the preacher hunc-elf sat down in the midst of his sermon utterly overborne. Only one soul was found equal to tho occasion—and that a woman s souu Let the name of Nancy Jones not be forgotten in the chronicles of noble women who have dared and endured. She \ll3ver for a moment slackened her hold of tho Higher Will. She was a true daughter of the Great Revival: a neighbour, too, of David Jones, of Calo. At many a service before that day her voice had been sweetest aud fullest in the fervour of song. She called to the preacher when he stopped— ¡ Co on: if the French are at Fishguard, we have God to take care of us." But the preacher still declined. A neighbour of bers—David John Edmuud by name—was present, remarkable for his gift in prayer. To him she turned next, and asked him to pray. But even be was not one of five that could chase a hundred that day. "Well, then," she said, "give a verse out fot us to sing." No; David John hart no heart for so much as that. "Very well," this mother iu Israel added, I shall give out a verse myself, and you start the tune." Calm and solemn and sweet echoed the words through the building— If thou wouldst end the world, 0 Lord, and so on to the end of the verse. Great was the fall of David John; even his tunes had taken unto themselves wings. Sbe had to start the tune herself; but scarcely had she struck tbe first notes before her courage, with an electric thrill, restored the congregation to spiritual con- sciousness. They joined in the soug of their new Deborah faith grew more steady aud clear the French were well-nigh forgotten in the glorious inspiration of the promised word." A woman's faith has often in it something of a miracle.

CONSECRATION OF A CATHOLIC CHURCH. The new Catholic Church of St. David, in Charles-street, Cardiff, was solemnly consecrated by the Right Rev. Bishop Hedley ou l'uesdiy morning. The Bishop arrived at the church at an early hour, and having inspected the interior, directed the doors to be shut, uo one remaining within the building except a single deacon, in white dalmatic. Having recited with the attendant clergy the seven "Penitential" Pt-altns, his lordship made a circuit of the exterior of tbe church," aspersing with blessed water the founda- tions and walls. After the Litany had been recited outside the principal door, the bishop knocked with his crosier, calling upon the princes to lift up their gates, and the eternal doors to be lifted up, that the King of Glory might enter in." The procession of clergy then paused into the church, the people not yet being admitted. The mysteri- ous ceremony of writing diagonally across tbt floor the Latin and Greek alphabets followed, this being a symbol of the uuion of the Greek snl Latin churches. The interior walls and the floor having beeu sprinkled with blessed water, the Litany was again said, and then the consecra- tion of tbe altar was begun. With many 80lewn prayers the altar was anointed with the oil and chrism, the relics of martyrs were re- verently brought aud cemented in the stone, and incense was burnt upou the incised crosses on its surface. Theu the bishop sigued the sign of the cross with chrism upou twelve places marked on the walls of the church—four on each of the longitudinal walla, two in the sanctuary, and two near the entrance. These places were distin- guished by brass crosses inserted in the walls, each with a lighted taper burning in a branch before it. This done, the vestments and altar ornaments of the new church fffji blessed by the bishap, the altar was draped in white linen cloths:, thy eross was placed upon it, and the candle lighted. Then the bishop and cletgyretu-ed t. thesacristy, where the bishop assumed the eucfaarwfcic vest- ments, and returned to the sanctuary, accom- panied by his ministers ana a large number of clergy. High ncass followed, the chanting beir.g executed by a small bo ly of priests, accompauied by the organ. The bishop was assisted by the Rev Can<»ns "iwd¡¡, Richards, Wilsou, Doyle aud Eager. The Rev G. B. Kengelb&cher, of DowUis, led the chant,and the Rev G. B. Cox, of Abergavenny, was at the organ. Lord and Lady Bute were present, and a considerable con- gregation gathered into tbe newly-consecrated c!lurch when the bell announced that the cere- mony of conseeration was complete, and that mass was about to becin.

RESCUED BY A CARDIFF STEAMER, Oø Tuesday, the e.s. Redbrook, of Cardiff, from Bilbao to Newport with iron ore, landed at New- port the master (iYh Richard Lewis) and five of the crew of the 1>.8. Estella, of Liverpool. The EiStella foundered iu tbe Bay of Biscay during a gale, on the 14th inst., but the crew were saved, »nd landed at Bilbao. The six shipwrecked men, who lost everything, the vessel founderiug within nve minutes of their being taken off, were given a passage home by Captain Williams, of the Red- brook. They speak in terms of high praise of tbe kiudness they received at bis hands, and at thoee of the rest of the officers and crew. On iraing brought ashore, Mr T. Porteou< the local 1I,(1'pn't, nE fiiA Rh;Y"IoU!8"IA.r..ll-.rl AlovinuMo' once provided fur tbpm, &nd they weff conveyed to their homes by rail at the expense of the 1 society.

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Musical and Eisteddfod Notes. By Maelgwyn. My notes this week will, I am afraid, be very doieful reading for those readers who, iike myself, are fond of good choral singing. I was abie to state last week that the D'witus Harmonic Society wa3 not likely to take part in cfte chief choral competition at the London Eisteddfod, and this week I have to record the melancholy fact that the choir no longer exists. Almost imme- diately after the triumphs of Easter Monday, Dr. Dyke, of Merthyr, forbade the conductor to take part in any work for at least six months, and everyone who saw Mr Davies at Poutypool will admit that be looked fearfully pale and haggard. He has been unable to attend the rehearsals for some weeks past, and on Sunday last a letter was read from him m which he asked the members to suspend their practices for about four months, as his health would not warrant his undertaking the responsibilty of taking the choir to London. So the champion eisteddfod choir of South Wales has been broken up, thus following the fate of the five choirs which successively and successfully bore tbe name of the Dowlais Harmonic Society. The history of the Dowlais Harmonic Society is a melancholy one, relieved here and there by some bright memory of glorious victory. The first harmonic society was formed ab ,ut six years ago, and the working committee was then all that could be desired. Tue choir's first achievement was a performance of "Judas Maccabas.is which was admitted to be the very best thing e.vor heard is the district. But the time of disso- lutions came. To my mind these reduce eisteddfod competitions to little more than raffl- s, where people risk their m'mey (their expenses) upon the chances of winning a prize. If the Dowlais Choir cannot be established on a permanent footing likt the English choirs, I hope it will never be re- formed. Since the Pontypoo] and Abergavenny competi- tions the Dowlais choir has been growing small by degrees and beautifully less. The members bave unfortunately always had to put up with wretched mismanagement on the part of the so-called com- mittees. Committees were formed on the sectarian principle-so many from each church and chapel instead of according to the business capabilities of each factor. The result in every instance has been disastrous. The money won on Easter Mon- day, together with the receipts at the rehearsals, must have totalled close upon £280, and as each of the 210 singers received 18s, something like £90 must have been left. Of this sum the conductor received £30, and the rest, £ 60, must have gone to pay expense. Since the distribution of the money the choir hat practically ceased to exist, notwithstanding the resolution passed to the effect that it would taks part in the London competition. The second chorus, I wrestle and pray," was put into re- hesrsal, but the illness of Mr Davies, coupled with the disgust of the members at the shabby manner in which tbey had been treated, have at length done their work. I have dwelt upon this matter at some length, so that the experiences of the Dowlais singers may be taken to heart by other choirs. Next week I'shall have quite another picture of choral management to set before the public. Mr Joseph Williams, 24, Berners-sfreet, W., sends some good music this week. U Royal Princes" and "RoyaJ Princesses are two very good polkas by Henry Klussman. The first- named is the more pleasing, but the other is more original (28 each); Silver Star is a delightfully fresh waltz ,by Conrad Huber (2s) Piano Album" coutains five charming pieces (of which perhaps the first is the best), by Henri Roubier (Is 6d) "Pavane de Valois," by the same com- poser, though clever, is rather dreary in some passages (Is 6d) "Caprice Espagnol," by the same composer, will be found very useful in the school- room, and it ought to be learned by heart (2s). Fantasia upon "Martha," far violin and piano, is a very scientific and agreeable work (2-). This is but one of a large number of similar operatic fautasias which Mr Wil'iiams is publishing. Two sketches for violin and piano by J. T. Lightwoad" No. 1, in G, is a melodious andliveJy trifle, very easy, and being throughout in the first position, is just the thing fo.r a beginner M a relief from the mouotony of scale practice, No. 2, in C, is a good melody in marching style, aud rather more difficult than No. 1. It would suit a player who has made some progress in second and third positions. Lullaby," for violin and piano, by Ernesi. Claude, is a short pretty piece which is not very difficult, although it contains a few passages in second and third positions. The piano parts of all these pieces are as pleasing as the melodies themselves (1.. 601 each). "Slumber Sung," by Wilfred Bendall, is a short, plaintive piece for violin and piano. There are a few chromatic passages which would require care to produce good intonation (Is 6d). "Erminie Gavotte," for the same instruments, is a vigorous and pleasing arraugement by Henry Farmer (Is 6;1). "Album of Twelve Songs," by F. H. Cowen, contains some good things, but there are also twe or three works of that laboured chromatic style, which I admit I do not like. Mr Cowen, it seems, is drifting into the maze of Wagnerianism, ia which there is plenty of sound, but little melody. Nevertheless, the first seven songs in this book art really beautiful and refined compositions, of which it would be difficult to speak too highly (5s). My Blue Eye'd in a very fascinating waltz by Percy Reeve (2s). Echoes of ISrin is a brilliant and clever trauscription for thv piano of some favourite Irish airs. It is not easy, i'-nd has been carefully fingered throughout (2s). to, Tell Me is a sweet little song by Emily Sinclair and F. Rivenbail. (211), "CYlDbla," a comic opera by Florian Paa- cal, is one of the very best works I have ever Been. The libretto by Harry Paulton is humo rous and original, whilst the music is tuneful and melodious to a fault. The opera has already been received with unbounded applause in London, and no work ever more richly deserved success. It is impossible to speak too highly of the songs, choruses, &c., for they are all very pretty and charmingly fresh (6s).

-4 MERTHYR HIGH-CONSTABLE. On Saturday, a deputation waited upon th*. magistrates in attendance at ti*s Mertbyr Police court for the purpose of presenting a memorial from, the townspeople sugge&tiu^; that Mr W. L. Daniel should be re-elected higls-constable. The deputation consisted of Messrs I'lioma. Thomas, Gibbering, Saudbrork, E. P. bidoHc, J.Vaugliau, J. Forrester, D. Evans, Phillip^, and Dakia, the Revs. D. C. Jones and Reeis Evans, and others.—Mr Thomas Thomas, ir. explaining the object of the deputation, spoke of V.he admirable way in which Mr Daniel had performed tbe duties of the office.—The Stipendiary (Mt North) ex- pressed his concurrence with the view# of the petitioners; aud, speaking 011 behalf of himself and the other magistrates, observed tfcat it Mr Daniel consented to nil the office again they bad not the least doubt fcbat he would acquit himself of the trust iu as* equally satisfactory a manner as he had done intkerasi. —Mr W. It- Daniel said be was much obliged to the stipendiary for his kind expressivu of opinion, in.common with a large numb&r of psople, he (Mr Daniel) was di^p.^ed to befeeve H tb? honourable office of high constable should H not be held by any person for more than one ye*r H unless there were special reasons for it. How- H ever, he would be only too glad to do what lay ia M His power to assist in the administration of public H attairs, and his services were at tiie disposal of his' fellow-townsmen.—After *om» Mr Smyth, Mr Daniel toow u»u«i affirmj;t:ji":« raspect u rforman. r.f tue u ues of h.*L testable jiiy H :gLer.

PEliAVBU £ iAT'K,S iSD BAB SUi SITItS,A 'lie ueiiveo of the pew* sty!»s i-eceivci veakK dur;\c .lie bol*- «.p:e»t tor <-4.utifl tad tns&rtr' Celebrated Etewia* Ma.hiaes. a sr«v* of wAmg, waging, .i:ag ■ sapenoi mush Cash, •' u* .ni,. The MohuU l^Hkfcv- i#OCla-Stlt'Ch MaCiiVV 1 6- 14* • ifcuifttkE, St. JQIISI.'S Cardiff

ACCIDENT IN A RHONDDA MINE. On Friday week an alarming accident oc curred at the Park Colliarv (Ocean), the property of Messrs D. Da vies and Co., which might have been attended with serious consequences. For- tunately, however, it only resulted in the injury of a valuable horse. It appears that shortly after the workmen had descended the pit, aud had gone to their various working places, a haulier, having in his charge a horse, proceeded down a "dip" which is of considerable length, Three other hauliers were about to follow, when tr.sv espied au empty tram overturned on the roadside. The tram was immediately placed on the rails and the three men jumped m. Finding that their }•: egress down the hue was impeded, one of them ex mined the wheels, two of which were found to be .ragged. The obstacles having been reM 'VCti, th& speed of the tram increased con- siderably. The haulier who had preceded his fellow-workr.iea down the dip, alarmod by hear- lBg. the ramble of the advancing tram, and rightly conch. that it had run wild, hurried on his horse as much as possible. Notwithstanding this, the tram was vapidly shortening the distance which separated him from It. He accordingly jumped to the side and crouched near to some timber, breathless with expectant anxiety. A moment afterwards the tram dashed past at a terrific rate and came into violent contact with the horse, which was frightfully injured. The occurrence occasioned cousiderable excitement in the colliery, and a large number of employes immediately arrived on the scene. Strange to say, the three hauliers escaped unhurt, but the horse, which was the most valuable inthecoltiery was so seriously injured that it had to bo killed on the spot. At the Ystrad police-court on Monday—before Mr Ignatius Williams (stipsndiary magistrate) and Mr Davie.. Bryofedtven—Daniel Matthews aud William James, hauliers, empioyed afcPark Colliery (Ocean), were charged with committing breaches of special rules 194- and 195, relative to the duties of hauliers and David Pearce waa charged twith committing a breach of the 274th special rule. Mr Rhys (Morgan and Rhys), Pontypridd, prosecuted. The evidence showed that on the 18th iost. defendants placed ou the rails an empty tram which was lying overturned on the road-side at the top of a dip," took out the sprags, jumped in, and allowed it to run wild. Matthews was fined £3 and costs, and the other two nafcu £2 and costs each.

Mus F. SIMMONDS, Laundress, }«k<st1iourne, ha.- used Messrs ReokiU'a Favu lilue lor the past six. years, an.; considers it unequalled for beauty and economy. Certainly superior to Thumb <K Mquid Blue, UJli

A CONDY'S FLUID AcnON. The hearing of the action of Condyaud Mitchell v. Taylor and Co., was commenced on Tuesday before Mr Justice Kekewich in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice. The suit is one brought by Messrs Condy and Mitchell, tha proprietors of Coudy's Fluid, to restrain the defendants, Messrs Taylor and Co., grocers, of Castle-square, Swansea, and Ilfracombe, Devon- shire, from selling as Condy's Fluid an article not of the plain tiffs' manufacture. Mr Aston, Q.C., Mr Warmington, Q.C., M.P., and Mr John Cutler appeared for the plaintiffs, while Mr Win, Barber, Q.C., and Mr Aston Cross represented the defendants. Mr Aston, Q.C., said that plaintiffs believed that the defendants obtained Condy's fluid legitimately from them. They knew that the defendants bad been selling in bottles a liquid called Coudy's fluid, and they had received certain information which led them to believe that the liquid so Bold, and called Condy's fluid, was not genuine. Analysis found this to be the case. Plaintiffs' solicitor wrote to the defendants, and got a reply to the effect that what they had sold was the fluid they had bought from the plaintiffs. Eventually, however, defendants agreed to pay the expense that had been incurred, and undertake not to infringe again, but when they found that the expenses amounted to £ 21. they refused to give the under- taking,—Mr Hoff Price, foreman to the pl&iatiff company, having given evidence, the case was adjourned.

A TERRIBLE NIGHT. At an inquest at Warrington, on tho body of J ohn Harrison, aged thirteen, who expired in his father's arms on the flat Hero, opposite Eastham, during the storm last Friday morning, a heart- rending story was told. The only witness called was the father of the looy, and he told how his flat had been loaded with sand near Eastham on Friday morning. A fearful night of wind aud hail followed, and the craft got into a kind of whirlpool, the water breaking. clean over her. AU his hopes were Rone, and he turned to bis son and said4 John, I will brave the storm I will rescue you." The child never murmured, but trusted to his father, who stood on the flat's gaff for two hours and a half with the boy in bis arms, until the lad expired from starvation and exposure. The father said, I held my child for ten minutes after he had died, and a strong sea came and washed us boHt from f.ivi gaff. Tu- Ljy slipped 'rom my arms, and I could hold bin; no longer." Tiie jury returned a verdicr of I> -a!i from starvation t'.rough expoiuie." The corc.uer artd the iry showed much eyinj atay for the distressed father, who severai tildes burst into tears while narratiug the sad circumstances the calamity. tJ

If all fle.^h is gcast, S«r* Bernhardt have fcsoa raised during a cJrouth,—PansviVe Brtac,

I BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION- Oa Saturday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, I Mr Baron Pollock aud a special jury had before them the case of Giliingwat-er v. Goddard. This was an action to recover damages for the breach of a promise of inai riage. Mr Finlay, Q.C., counsel for the plaintiff, in the course of [¡;Ij opening speech, said that the plaintiff, Mrs Rosa Ellen Gilliugwater, was a widow, between 30 and 40 years of age, and the defendant was a widower, a little over 60. Both of them had children, the plaintiff a. boy aud a girl and the defendant a daughter. He was an architect, engaged in what was called the compen- sation department of the Metropolitan Boarci of Works. In the course of his professional duties the defendant made tho acquaintance of the plaintiff. She at that tinio carried on the busi- ness of a perfumer in Upper-street, Islington, and resided in Canonbury Park. In Ju Y. 1884, the Metropolitan Board of Works served notice upou the plaintiff that they would take her businessjpremises foi the purpose of public improvements, and it was in the course of that business that the plaintiff was brought into communication with the defendant. The result of the interviews that the plaintiff had with the defendant wsts that the defendant took a great and a kind interest in her affairs, a.ud these rela- tions developed into those of a tenderer and a warmer character. A good deal of correspon- dence passed, and the defendant wrote many letters of an affectionate character, but it would only be necessary to refer to a few of them. He asked the plaintiff to beoome his wife, to which she agreed, and he promised to settle £ 400 a year upou her, and provide a furniahed house in which they were to be happy together. At that time the plaintiff and defendant were addressed by the children as "Papa" and Mamma," and letters were often sent which bore those words. On the 29th of October there was a formal engagement between them, and on the following day the defendant wrote, "God bless you; if I can do anything to secure your happiness and that of the children I shall be truiy gratified; and I have no doubt that if in the state of the departed they know ftnythiag of this state of existence, X shall have the approval of your lato husband in all I do and all I wish to do." (Laughter.) He addressed the plaintiff as My darling," and sub. scribed himself faithfully and affectionately yours." On the 10th November there seemed to have been a little quarrel between the plaiutiff and the defendant, and the defen- dant addressed tho plaintiff as "My dear angry pet," and said, "I think that I had something to say this morning, but I might offend her serene highness if I mentioned it, and I shall reserve it till I see her highness herself." (Laughter.) Another letter was to M My dear little angry pat," be appealed to her whether she had a whim or a fancy that he did not gratify, and said that ha would call to receive his well- merited punishment. There were other letters of a similar kind the defendant referred to their approaching marrriage, presented her with diamonds, which he said showed nothing compared with the sparkle of her eyes, which he liked better than the diamonds. In oue letter the defendant expressed the hope that by next Christmas he should see the plaintiff at the head of his table, called her My dear love," and appeared to be upon the most affectionate terms with her. The case was partially opened on Friday, but on Saturday morning, Mr Finlay said that the action had been settlea upon terms with which he need not trouble his lordship.—The Solicitor- General, who appeared for the defendant, said that was the case, althougn he was almost sorry to part with such a case. They would not ask the jury to discharge any duty except that of taking tho ordinary fee (laughter).—His Lordship said that notwithstanding the regret of the learned counsel he couid not help thinking there were two sides to the question. There might be others who might be willing to leave tho court without any further details. He did not entirely share tiie regret, Jilthaugh he appreciated it, (Laughter.) Ide Solicitor-General: There ia a gold side and a. silver side. (Laocbter.)-The jury were discharged.

A COSTLY TRIP TO SANDOWN. A At ■^Thorough-street police-court on Monday, Alfred Baoty, a mineral water manufacturer, appeared to an adjourned summona issued at the instance of Elizabeth Chapmau, a restaurant- keeper, of Bond-street, charging him with having' committed wilful and corrupt perjury in an action tried at the Westminster county- 00f j 1 jC thurst Norman, solicitor, prose- cuted, and Mr David, barrister, Conducted the defence. The complainant deposed that in July last she was indebted to the defendant's firm in the sum of m2 6s. At that time she was on fnendly terms vyub Mr Booty, and on the evening before the Eclipse Stakes it was arranged that he and a gentleman named Davis should escort |frr^ h" 6i^ t0 Sandown to witness the r ce. The task of making the necessary arrangements was entrusted to her, and it was agreed betweea the gentlemen that they shouid share the expe £ se8 0f the day be- tween them Her sister was unable to accompany them, as intended, so Wif„, il l v with the gentlemen, and on t! f -^° uo third jgeutleman WM added J0,urue>\a making up a bill for convnv party. On &c., she found that ?fc yi?ce' refreshments, 6d, of which Mr IK via ° to £ 14 13s his share. The defend,^ promptly paid ever, was not h™' her mentioDiDgthe sabiecttn (v°n wards he siwasted ft. l ,° hlm 801110 tunc aft,;r- waias. ne suggested that she should deduct the amount from the bill shQ J b.rn. She accordingly did so, but vi, > sued bv the detenaant for thfl *l debt. "She pleaded as a f, tF expenses of the trip to Sandown, bufc Mr Booty° m evidence, dented an f' matter, and asserted that- l! v, present on that occasion as h<»R t A f* keen b £ C JSr*S5 to the Pavilion. A number of 3ubseqae',t their party on the racecourse ^er persons j at lunch. (A laugb.) were invited by the defendant lime. • Mrs Chapman never left the 'no (witnes(s) was raining "cats and dogs" in were there. (Laughter.) He Vmlii i object ingoing out iuto the wetwv Bendigo in the ring, atld WM tot on leaving, to put a r1quefed b!m' (Renewed lau^itdr.) H.X&& £ the incidental expenses of theX^L^ adjourned the case for unless the prosecution adauced some much more conclusive evidence at the next i certainly dismiss the summon, g' fae8b0Uld

SINGULAR CHARGE QF MURDER .A trial involving a rB.ther tnysterious drama bas accused person was a young Af1Z3S' Tht> loTc-i° SETS- Greek soa caDtain the death of a the Greek Garofalo, in o^^th h"* bla dens of infamy in which was the resort of t place> >n f c » and mmopMUu £ £ £ b^'v 00 ,'le,Sirl Marshal on board in ihlSef u g' w^l°h lying at anchor in the harbour, and about midnight the Jof„cnes »«d groans proceeding thJV-!l Car °f vPtai"- There they found the girl with a penknife ia h d tha Greek was lyrng on the floor, blood flowing freely from a smaU punctured woUlld in the 'sLnach. Garafalo toW bis men that the girl wanted to murder him, but when the doctors who came to J" Pr.°nounced him ou6 of datJger he went back on his stateniont, and averred that he baa tried to la 11 inniaelf. \Vhu h m Ul# girl Mareohal nursed him, and ou his recovery he took her to sea with him Uurinir the voyage to Tunis, whither the v'essel was bound, a tempest arose, and, 0W(n t0 tlia work Inch he had to do, (iarofalo's wound re- pened, and lie was carried dying to ^b| r )HfrUthed his he toid the sailors to beat the girl Marshal, and to throw her mto the sea, as she was the cause of his death. Th. captains cousin, -however, who was among the crews put the girl ashore and had her arrested by the French consul at Sa.ssari. At the trial her counsel contended that the woman had defended bhebr. s. ewlt ara, gaaciqnusit ttteh edruuken brutality of thp. Greek. She was acquitted. J

LOVE AND SUICIDE. An inquiry has just been held at Topsham, near liixeler, concerning the death of Robert Denham, who had shot himself. Deceased was a naval pensioner, aged 66. He entered his bedroom a wut nine o'clock on Tuesday last. A noise was then heard, and on Harriet Fellowes, a widow, who lodged in the same house, entering the room, ki Denham 6tretched in a pool of blood. Dfc Botliwell said deceased used a revolver, and the bullet entered bis brain. A woman oamect Hail stated that she was a widow, and occupied a room directly over that lately used by the deceased. Sbe had beard tho aeceased say that the cause of his depression at times was the breaking off of all engagement between himself alia. a woman of 36. About a fortnight since (the witness added on being pressed by the coroner) the deceased j told her be had a mind to take the lives of the poisons who had been the cause of his unbappiness, and after that ho would take his own. The engagement was broken off by the deceased, and siuce then he bad cared for uothing. The witness Fell owes was recalled, and added that three months ,g'U sho beard the deceased threaten to take the life of tha young woman with whom lie kept company, as be had seen her walking with another man at Exetar. Ihe verdict was that deceased committed suicide whiist temporarily insane.

A GIRL'S FROCK. I This costume can be made in any soft; woollen materials, or in washing fabrics, zephyr, cambric, linen, etc. If washing material is selected, the trimming may be either an embroidered or printed galop, which is used for pointed waistband, collar, cuffs, aud side over-fronts. Tbe model is for a girl from six to eight years old, and is a good style for the fashionable embroidered frocks in white or cream over a coloured lining.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES. Colonel the Hon. W. E. Sackvilie West pre- sided at Chester, un Monday, over a meeting oi tbe committee appointed by the Court of Governors of the North Wales University College to consider the question tlf Welsh intermediate education. The meeting proceeded by resolution in preference to discussing tbe clauses of tbe Hon. George Kenyon's bill, and a, resolution was passed recording the committee c disapproval of the adoption of the system of payment by results applied at present to elementary schools, and recommeuding in piefereuce u system of payment for the general excellence ai the schools. The committee resolved thai an esseutial feature ol tbe Welsh Intermediate Education Bill should be the appointment of an aca- demic board to regulate it lie examinstiog and supar\ isiun of the schools, and to report from time to tune to tue board charged with tbe distribution of funds, such boards to be appointed for the whole of Wales and Monmouthshire, and to be composed of representatives of the three national college. The question uf tbe constitution of an administrative board said other minor questions were postponed. Another committee appointed by the same court of govecU<3r., ..fter, wards met, and resolved to enter iuto communica- tion with English and Welsh training colleges with reference to tbe establishment of closer con- nection between university colleges aud training colleges. The committer of the North Wales Scholarship Association mg.t, aud made arrange- ments for hold.ng au examination of candidates in elementary schools on tha 3rd;wd 4th of June at Baugor, Carnarvon, Wrexham, Denbigh, and Featiniog. The annual meeting will be held at Bangur after the reports of such examination* have been received.