Papurau Newydd Cymru
Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru
19 erthygl ar y dudalen hon
THE COGAN OUTRAGE.
THE COGAN OUTRAGE. Committal of the Prisoner. At the Penarth police-court, on Monday— before Mr J. S. Corbett (in the chair), Mr Valen- tine Trayes, and Mr T. Morel—John Davis, driller at the Penarth Slipway, of 37, Dock street, Cogan, was charged on remand with criminally assaulting and outraging Margaret Elizabeth Donnelly, aged 16, on the 3rd January, at Cogan.—Mr Heitzman, Cardiff, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr Belcher for the defence.—On the applica- tion of Mr Belcher all the witnesses on both sides were ordered out of court.—The prisoner during the hearing of the case remained standing with his hands clasped in front of him and his elbows resting on the front of the dock. The prosecutnx, a bright, intelligent girl, was then called and sworn. Her depositions, taken before Mr J. S. Corbett shortly after the outrage was committed, were read over by Mr Morris, the magistrates' clerk, and confirmed by the girl. She added to her former statement,- I called in at a paper shop on the way up to get a paper." In answer to Mr Heitzman, she said she could not say which house it was she ran into, but it was one that had the tiles on. The hat, dolman, shoes, and other articles of apparel preduced by the police and smeared with mud were worn by her on the night she was assaulted. Cross-examined by Mr Belcher: I remember giving my evidence in my bedroom. I did not then know that the clock in Mrs Rowlands' bouse was fast until she herself told me. I had been .bout seven weeks with Mrs Rowlands, and during that time knew that the clock was always a. little fast. It used to be put fast for me to go out on Sunday morning". Mrs Rowlands used to put it on a little, but I do not know whether she had touched it that day. I made a mistake when I said that I had a drink at the fountain opposite the police-station, as it was frozen. Prisoner did not say anything to me when he struck me. I did not notice anything strange about him, or that he was not sober. He said nothing to me when he struck me. I had the basket on my arm when he struck me and a parcel. I have no idea whether I had the parcel and basket when I ran towards the empty house. John Davies ran after me. I cannot say whether I screamed or not. I cannot say which house I ran into, or what patt of the house it was, but I thought it was the coal-house. fAt this point in the proceedings the prosecutrix (who had showed signs of weakness) was seized with faintness, and could not continue her evi- dence. She was removed from the witness-box in a helpless state by the police, under the direction P.O. Herbert Evans was then called. He con- firmed his deposition gi \Ten before the magistrates when the prisoner was first charged. He added At ten o'clock on the night of January 3rd I saw Richard Barnett with a light by the railway bridge on the Penarth-road. He was searching for something on the road. When I got up to him, in consequence of what he told me, I began to look, and found the shoe produced about 50 yards this side of the bridge on the road. I then went to the girl's parents' residence, at 33, Hewell-street, Cogan/ Barnett picked up a presentation almanac with a piece of blood- stained paper round it, and a packet of lard. I saw the girl in her parents' house ly- ing on a sofa in the middle room downstairs. She was unconscious, and I told them to send for the doctor. Dr Clapp arrived shortly after. I received from a Woman, who was in the room, the girl's drawers, which were covered with dirt and stained. After I had arrested the prisoner, and was removing him (the same Monday morning) to the police- station, he said to me on the way, "lean easily Prove where I was on Saturday night. I bought some meat in the American meat shop for one thing." On Saturday last the girl Donnelly showed me the house she said she went into We went to the back of the new houses in New Plassey-street. She pointed out to me the •ast house in course of erection with the tiles on. I asked her te point out the exact one, and she said, "It was one of these two." The distance from the seat on the roadside to the house is about 85 yards. There is only a rise of six inches 111 the bank of the field at that part. # From the seat to the lamp-post lower down is 17 feet 6 inches. By the Bench I was in the house of the pro- secutrix at 10.30 on the night of the 3rd January. The seat is about lOOyards from the urinal. Cross-examined The place pointed out to me as being that where the girl was found was on a *ery steep bank near the railway bridge. The distance between the empty house and the place In question is about 300 yards. The whole of that distance is along a public road. I had been at the railway bridge indicated at about 20 minutes '0 10 on the night of the 3rd. I came up the hill the brickyard gate and then turned back. I did not come to the Penarth side of the bridge. met several persons. The 'buses were running a.t intervals. I heard nothing from the direction of Penarth to excite my suspicion. I do not Remember seeing prisoner on the road that night. ■The bank where the girl was found bore no traces a scuffle or struggle. I could only see there footprints. It was a cold night, and •feezing a little, but there was mud on the girl's shoes. There was mud her outer clothing. I saw her taken off when she was UncenseioUB in the house, and there was dirt on the back of ifl. It was covered with red marl. Thursday, January 6th, I examined the houses in Plassey-street stated to have been entered by the girl, and found that there ^ere no floors in the rooms. The dirt in the wnnoored rooms was red marl. There were at *|at date no back doors to the houses. There is the rear of each house an unfinished outhouse. e slates were on, but the floor was untouched. The p"°und there is red marl. The outhouse is about 4 square. There were no steps to the back ?°°r then, and the bottom of it was about two above the ground, I have known the pri- soner for some time, and never heard anything gainst him. I know that he has a family of eIght children, seven of whom are daughters. The prosecutrix was here re-called to complete cross-examination. She remained seated in box. In answer to Mr Bebher she said I ynt to a paper shop before going to Mrs Hay- s's, and bought a copy of the Budget *■ thought I ran into the coalhouse of the house, two or three minutes after I got there the Prisoner followed me. I do not remember him eoming into the coalhouse. I last .remember seeing him a good many steps from the back door. I do not rememher anybody touching me or carrying me home. Mrs Rowlands stated that she was a married ?oman, living at 43, Pill-street, Cogan. The girl ■Connelly was in her service, and on the evening of the 3rd January she sent her to Penarth. Mra Susan Hayter said she lived at 13, Arcot- street, where her husband kept a grocer's shop. one served the prosecutrix with groceries on the hight of the 3rd inst. .William Rowles, boilermaker, said on the light of the 3rd he was going along New Plassey- street with James Richards to Cogan. Near fcheurinal he said "good night" to Richards, and he met a man named Mark Hill. This was He heard a cry from the direction of to new houses in Plassey-street. He did not go "° ascertain the cause of it. Richard Barnett, brickmaker, Cogan, said on e night of the 3rd he was going down the Penartb-roa.d to Cogan at about 10 o'clock, when he saw a parcel on the footpath near the railway bridge. He picked it HP and then heard a groan from the direction of 'he wood on the left. He went up and found the prl on the path leading to the wood, She was tying three yards from the gate leading to the wood, partly cn the bank and partly on the Path. She was unconscious, and when asked her and address merely moaned. "Man, man." e carried her down into the road, where some People collected, and a little girl recognised prosecutrix. There was blood on her face and was covered with dirt. Her clothing was not *hen disarranged. She was helped home by \\1itnel!s and his nephew, and she occasionally ^ruggled to get free from him, and occasionally to him. She remained unconscious while «e was with her, and when he saw her last in the house she was in the same state. Cross-examined: After taking the girl home he teturned to the path with a lantern and made an examination ef the spot. There were no signs of struggle or of the girl having been dragged there. Mary Barnett, wife of Richard Barnett, said: I at Clive-crescent, Cogan. On the evening of 3rd January last I went with my husbtod pom Ccgan to Penarth, and returned with *?lra about ten o'clock. When going the road I heard a scream near the road. My husband's brother-in-law and his wife were with us. The scream came from the Taction of the bridge. It sounded as if soma- had had a knock, and I thought it was some beating his wife. I saw a parcel and a j y'et on the footpath near the bridge, and ~J"So found a girl's hat, and some provisions in a about ten or twelve yards from the path fading up the bank, but nearer Penarth than yoRan. The hat and the basket were close •oðer. The basket was full of things, but I did Pot pick it up. I remained while my husband and brother helped the girl down the bank. We Btruck a light and found her covered with blood and dir,t.. Dr. Clapp was then called, and the evidence Previously given by him was read over and con- firmed. He examined her at about 11 o'clock en the night of the 3rd, and found a Bruise on her face, and several lumps on the back of her head caused by blows or falls. She had outraged quite recently. Cross-examined After the outrage the prose- cutrix was suffering from slight concussion J* the brain. On the Tuesday following, Jho day on which her depositions were taken, she began to recover. About a week ago she completely regained her faculties. Under oircurristances like those in this case, the l^rsons violated had been known to suffer **om hysterical hallucinations, and the prosecu- might have been suffering from the same until a week or so ago.. He "*d known tho prisoner a long time, *°d he used to collect subscriptions for his (Witness's) sick club. Prisoner was a usual visitor witness's house on Saturday night, and on •he night of January 3rd he came to the IRlrgery about money matters. Witness did not ^^ember the precise hour, but it wouldbebetweell 9.90 and 9.45 p.m. Hereceived the prisoner's cash and statement, this business occupying about a quarter of an hour, Witness t^en sent prisoner Messrs Fulton and Dunlop's. He left at ten Dobek, and returned at about 10.25. Witness gave prisoner a piece of cake and a glass of whisky, and he left at about 10.25. There was Nothing unusual in his appearance. Re-examined He was quite sure about the tunes he had specified. It was quite possible for *be girl to remember all that took place before she received the blows. Julia Maggs. who was in service with Dr •lapn am nook, said on th. 3rd -Ta.nua.rv nrisoner U came to the house at 20 minutes to ten and went away on an errand at a quarter to ten. He returned after a short absence with some whisky. She could not remember when he went finally Dr. Clapp was present when he returned, and he said to the prisoner, Where have you been to ? You have been gone a long time." Prisoner made no answer, althaugh the question was asked him twice. She did not notice how he was dressed, er whether there was anything unusual in his appearance. Cross-examined: When he returned he was carrying a bottle of whisky in his hand. He might have had two bottles, but she did not notice. He looked rather white when he came back, but his complexion generally was pale. Louisa Bryant, wife of Henry Bryant, 3, Dock-street, Cogan, said on the 3rd January she saw the prisoner in Glebe-street, crossing the road between the lamp and Stranaghan s, at about half-past nine. She afterwards saw him going into Fulton and Dunlop's at ten minutes to ten. Cross-examined At a little after nine she saw a man standing a few yards from the railway bridge over the Penarth-road. He was on the Penarth side of the bridge, and was a very rough- looking and suspicious character. He appeared to be a navvy. He was dressed in dark clothes and had a cap on. She turned and looked after him, and he walked away under the bridge towards Cogan. Her niece, Nellie Jerome, was with her at the time.. Elizabeth Jones, mother of the prosecutrix, or 33, Hewell-street, Cogan, was called to prove the age of the girl. She stated that her daughter was 16 years of age last birthday, but she did not know the exact day of the month. This completed the case for the prosecution. The Court then adjourned.. Upon the court re-assembling Mr Belcher addressed the Bench at considerable length lor the defence, his speech occupying three-quarters of an hour. Witnesses were then called. Ellen Carr, wife of James Carr, 34, Hewell- street, said she lived next door to the prosecu- trix's mother. On the night of the 3rd January she was returning from Penarth to Cogan at 9.15. When she got to the second lamp from the police-station she noticed a man, who was walking slowly up towards Penarth. She at nrst took him to be the prisoner, John Davies, and was going to speak to him, when the man turned his head. and she found she was mistaken, bhe then drew back. She knew the prisoner well. The man had all the appearance of John Davies. She did not know the girl's parents, and attended the court on subpoena. James Porter, mason, 50, Dock-street, Cogan, said on the night of January 3rd he was in the St. Fagan's Hotel at nine o'clock. The prisoner came in a few minutes after nine, and remained about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes. He went out and came back in five minutes, and remained on the premises another ten minutes, finally leaving at about half-past nine. Evan Morgan, 24, Pill-street, Cogan, a porter on the Taff Vale Railway, said on the night oi January 3rd he walked home with the prisoner shortly before 11 o'clock. Witness met him in the Windsor Hotel, and saw nothing unusual in his appearance. This concluded the case for the defence, and the magistrates then retired to consider the evi- dence. After an absence of ten minutes their worships returned, when the Chairman said this was a case in which there was a great deal of doubt about the evidence. The girl had sworn very positively that the prisoner was the man who attacked her, and the casewasthereiorea very serious one. They therefore felt it was their duty to commit the accused to take his trial at the assizes. They must leave the responsibility of dealing with the case to a jury. They were prepared to accept bail in prisoner's own surety of £50 and two others of JB25 each.
!WALES AND THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
WALES AND THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. After an interval ef eleven years, the British Association for the advancement ofscienceis again about to visit the Principality, and Cardiff has this year been selected as the place of not- ing. The two previous Welsh sessiOM wer.held atSwansea-tne first in August, 1848 and the second in August, 1880. The Marquis of North- ampton occupied the presidential chair at the former meeting, an amiable nobleman, whose fitness for this high distinction consisted less in actual scientific achievement than m a smcere love of learning-and the learned. The friends of the British Association—amongst whom Sir David Brewster took foremost rank, for it was he who conceived this magnificent project of giving corporate expression to the scientific intelligence of the kingdom -were naturally anxious at the outset to guard against the possibilities of secular failure. In England and in Scotland science had emerged from 4ts ancient cloistral and academic seclusion, had stretched forth her hands to\ ar the multitude, and succeeded in arousing an en- larging degree of interest. But the fires of enthusiasm did not yet burn with such intensity as to make the new experiment a certain success. Brewster and his illustrious colleagues, with the selflessness of true greatness, were solicitous only for the success of the schemes and utterly in- different to its auxiliary honours. They readily assigned the presidential office to men who were far their interiors in capacity, but who, neverthe- less, were in proved sympathy with the exalted objects which the association was intended to serve, and who, by means of their influence, would, it was apparently assumed, impart stability to the mechanism of the movement. Apart from Sir Richard Owen, whom Wales claims, but England grudges, two notable Welsh names appear on the presidential roll-those of the Rev Humphrey Lloyd, D.D., who presided at the Dublin meetings of the association in 1857; and Professor Phillips, who presided over the Birmingham meetings of 1865. Then there is Sir William Grove, who presided at the Nottingham Association meetings of 1866. Sir William was then simply "Mr" Grove. He had been an ardent votary of science from his youth, but his extraordinary exposition of the correlation of physical forces lifted him into immediate pre-eminence, and he became one of the celebrities of Europe. His disquisition gave lasting impulse to the idea which had been faintly foreglimpsed by Mrs Somerville in her pages it shone forth with full- orbed splendour, and enabled the stuaent and the thinker to grasp afresh the majesty and the unity of the laws which govern the universe. But slight special interest attaches to the Swansea meetings of the association in 1848. The Marquis of Northampton, in his opening address, was not disregardful of the historic prestige of the Principality. "Wales," he said, "comprehended a people to whom at one time the whole of the island belonged; a people speaking a different and more ancient language than ours, and civilised when the Saxon ana Norman ancestors of the proud London and Oxford and Cambridge of modern times were heathens and barbarians; a people who had seen among them a Julius Caesar and a Constantino." Whether the assembly cheered these libations to the tutelary deities of the Welsh Celt is not recorded. The remarks were courteous, and-frem the marquis—not apocryphal. A gentle and "gentlemanly" dulness reianed through the rest of the presiden- tial thesis, which closed m a strain characteristic of the man, and maybe of the transitionary epoch as well; but strangely reminiscent of other days. The subsequent papers and addresses dealt mainly with the technique of science. Archdeacon Williams discoursed on the Gael, Breton, and Cymry," and Mr Joseph Fletcher, London, sub- mitted comparative statistics, which demonstrated to his own satisfaction, and that of the associa. tion, that even at that time Wales was remark- ably "deficient," as he styles it, "in crime." A meteorological paper was read by a Mr John Jenkins; Mr William Price also addressed the asssociation on "The great anti-clinal line of the mineral basin of South Wales." Mr L. L. Dillwyn, F.G.S., was one of the officers of the sectional meetings; so was Mr George Grant Francis and one who bore a greater name—Dr Whewell. Mr Dillwyn, we are told in the official report, was "eminent in the pursuit of natural history, and this was a great inducement to us to visit Swansea he has greeted our arrival with a volume on the fauna and flora of the neighbourhood."
LAST OF THE NEWPORT .t.FREEMEN.I
LAST OF THE NEWPORT .t. FREEMEN. Mr William Williams, the last of the freemen of the borough of Newport, expired at his residence, Corn-street, on Sundiiy morning. Deceased was in his 91st year. He was born and bred at Newport, and lived in the borough all his long lifetime. He came with the century, and was, perhaps the oldest of all Newport's sons and daughters. He held a humble position under the Corporation and was the recog- nised and official exponent cf its wants in the old days when a town-crier was an important and necessary official. He lived to see his occupation usurped by daily and evening papers, publishing editions with a celerity almost astounding to men of his generation. To the last he wore the official blue coat and brass buttons, with the heraldic device of the town arms emblazoned thereon. Before the last long snap of Arctic weather, which no doubt hastened his end, he frequently sunned himself and rubbed elbows with people on the pavement below the Town hall steps. Formerly deceased was employed by the father of Mr Arthur Evans, J.P., of Llangibby Castle, and latterly, besides being crier, he was Corpora- tion bill-poster. He was the first bill-paster in Newport, and lived to see a powerful rival's busi- ness converted into a limited liability ccmpany, which has since its formation pictorialised every bit of hoarding, bare wall, or tumbledown frontage. In common with the other freemen who predeceased him, he had a beneficial interest corporate estate known aa the Marshes. Altnough he was the last man, there are several widows of freemen who are still borneon the fund.
AN ABSCONDING RHONDDAi BUILDER.…
AN ABSCONDING RHONDDA BUILDER. /W* bankruptcy-court, on Tues-j 5* S&tt. registrar—a 1^red«r°nTthe application of the J official receiver (Mr W. L. Daniel) for the arrest 1 of Thomas Alfred Limbrick, described as a buuder, carrying on business at Edward-street, Perth. Limbnck had been adjudged a bank- rupt, and was to have appeared on Tuesday for his public examination. He did not, however, put m an appearance, and the belief is that he has absconded. Mr W. R. Davies, solicitor, appeared for the creditors. A large number of the debtors' workmen appeared in court, and handed in their claimsjfor wages due,
THE DAVYDD AP GWILYM SOCIETY…
THE DAVYDD AP GWILYM SOCIETY AT OXFORD. The first meeting of the Davydd ap Gwilym Society for this term at Oxford was held on Saturday night, the 24th inst., in the Bursary of Jesus College, where the members assembled as the guests of the president of the society (Pro- fessor Rhys). There was a large attendance of members, including Professor Rhys, Mr Gwenog- vryn Evans, M.A., Messrs Edward Anwyl, B.A., Oriel College J. Young Evans, B.A., Corpus Christi; A. E. Thomas, B.A., Merton R. J. Rees, B.A., non-collegiate Lewis J. Roberts, B.A., Exeter (secretary); David T. Griffiths, R. E. Owen, D. O. Marsden, John Davies, all of Jesus; T. Jones, non-collegiate; and several guests, including Mr W. Williams, B.A., D. T. Davies, J. H. Davies, and others. A few members were absent, including Mr Owen M. Edwards, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln, who was unavoidably detained by a pressing engagement. An ex- cellent spread was provided, and it would be superfluous for us to say that the members did full justice to H, and (in the common-place expression) satisfied the inner man." Having thus fortified themselves, they sat down to hear the usual "cywydd" read from Davydd ap Gwilym, although we do not mean to imply that to hear the works of old Davydd was any infliction to bear which required fortifying. After some songs had been rendered, and a discursive con- versation on various topics had followed, Pro- fessor Rhys read a paper dealing with the "Arthurian Legends," the subject of his forth- coming book. These Arthurian legends have for centuries been the theme of poets and bards, and story-tellers, of all nations, from Geoffrey of Monmouth down to Tennyson; and Professor Rhys, in a learned and critical essay, traced the origin and genesis of these romances. We can give here but a very brief and very imperfect summary of his views; and for a full account we can only recommend our readers to obtain the book which will be shortly issued from the Clarendon Press, Oxford. The learned professor showed vast research and erudition m treating with the subject, collecting evidence, not only from the ancient poets of our own country, but from ancient and modern writers from the continent. Professor Rhys began by summarising the principal views as to haw the stories about Arthur reached the Normans. The first view taken was that of M. Gaston Paris, a celebrated French professor, as expressed in the Histoire Litteraire de la France," vol. xxx, who says that these romances about Arthur first appeared in a French dress about the middle of the 12th century, and that this species of French litera- ture was known in France as "la matiere de Bretagne," a term which he construes' with exclusive reference to Great Britain, and not to Little Britain or Brittany, as we now more briefly call the country of our Armorican kindred. M. Paris thinks tliac the lays and stories devoted te Arthurian themes reached the continent as one of the results of the conquests of the Normans in Wales, and that it was only after these had stimulated the literary appetite of France, and, through it, that of cultured Europe generally, that Brittany began to be invited to contribute her share of the entertainment. They were first popularised through Wace, a Norman trouveur, who in 1155 published a rhymed translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae." Wace tells his readers that the fableor or story tellers had so elaborated their stories about Arthur that they had succeeded in making what might be true seem to be of their own fabling. As to who these story-tellers were, M. Paris maintains they were Welshmen, who not only crossed to England, but even to the continental courts. Among the French romancers who elaborated these romantic tales, the most important was Chretien de Troyes, who flourished in the 12th century, and whose style became the model and standard for all subsequent romancers. Of the Welsh story-tellers at the continental courts, the most famous was Bleddri, who is de- scribed by Giraldus Cambrensis as "famosus ille fabulator Bledhericus, qui tempora nostra paulo praevenit," and who is to be identified in a French poem as Breri.' Two German professors, Prof. Foerster and Prof. Zimmer, have opposed these views of M. Paris as to the Welsh origin of the Arthurian romances, and contend that the terms lais Bretons' and la matiere de Bretagne' had nothing to do with Wales, but everything with the Bretons and Brittany. Professor Rhys went on to discuss these various views, and incidentally quoted many interesting specimens of very early Welsh poetry, in which Arthur was introduced. Of these a series of Triads in which Gwalchmai, Drystan (Tristram) and Arthur con- versed with one another were of special interest, as denoting a peculiarity of Welsh poetry, where the third line was of much more importance than the previous ones, and in fact conveyed the whole meaning. Thus the opening one in this case:— Trystan, gyfaill rhianedd, Cyd myn'd yngwaith gorfedd, Goreu dim yw taugnefedd." Drystan, the friend of the fair, Before thou go to the grave The best of all things is peace." Numerous instances cf this kind were quoted from the lied Book of Hergcst and the Black Book of Carmarthen (which have been reprinted so handsomely by Mr. Gwenogvryn Evans) but Professor Rhys pointed out that it was remarkable that hardly any instances of this triplet measure are to be found III the Book of Aneurin and that of Taliesin both manuscripts belonging to the 13th century. The official bards were inclined to cultivate more difficult metres, stricter rhymes, and greater obscurity of speech, while the triplet in its commonest form was simple, smooth, and intelligible. Professor Rhys proceeded to treat of the growth of other metres in Welsh, illustrating from ancient manuscripts, such as the 9th century manuscript of the Juvencus Paraphrase in the university library at Cambridge. He finally concluded by demonstrating how supreme an influence Celtic ideas had exercised on English literature—in Shakespeare, Spenser, Tennyson, and Swinburne —and said that Any attempt therefore to throw .light on the genesis and history of the Arthurian legend may be expected to appeal not only to those who have an interest in Celtic, but also to some whose interest clings chiefly to the English language and the grand literature which is the re- flection of her fairest features." This brief and crude summary of the Profes- sor's able article will show what interest his forthcoming book may excite, not only among patriotic Welshmen, but among scholars on the contment-whe refer in all their writings to Pro- fessor Rhys as the authority on such questions—and in England. Welshmen are too prone to forget that England owes something to lis, and that the benefit is not all qne-sided. In even such an elementary work as Stopford Brooke s "English Literature primer we find ample proofs of what England owes to Wales in this respect. He de- scribes how every one who read it was delighted with the work of the Welsh priest, Geoffrsy of Monmouth it made, as we should say, a sensa- tion, and as much on the continent as in England. In it the Welsh, as I have said, iAvaded Euglish literature, and their tales have never ceased to live in it. They charm us as much in Tennyson's Idylls of the i £ ing as they charmed us in the days of Henry I." John Richard Green, again, in his popular and charming History of the English People," says, how "the Welsh language had, at a far earlier date than any other language of modern Europe, attained to defi- nite structure and to settled literary form how "no other mediaeval literature shows at its outset the same elaborate and completed organi- zation as that of the Welsh;" and how "the Celtic genius, revelling in a world of pure phan- tasy, attain its highest perfection in the legends of Arthur." Mathew Arnold, too, has borne testimony to the value of Celtic lifeeratuie; and surely Welshmen ought k- be proud of the Arthurian legend, which has thus given such world-wide prominence to our literature. Now that Professor Rhys has devoted his time and ability to write a work tracing the origin of these charming tales, we hope that they will be better known than ever. At this meeting the Rev Charles Plummer, M.A., Fellow, Tutor, and Chaplain of Corpus, was elected an honorary member of the society. Mr Plummer has, as some of our readers are aware, previously attended some of the meetings, being an able Welsh scholar, and he will contri- bute a paper this term. On the words "aelod mygedol" being mentioned, Mr Gwenogvryn Evans humorously objected to such an ugly epithet being applied to him as mygedol': he had understood that he was an "aelod anrhy- deddus cf the society. All the members agreed that the:wcrd anrhydeddus"—was a much more suitable one than the artificial "mygedol;" and be it known then that the Davydd ap Gwilym Society have disowned the comed-word "mygedol." The singing of "HenWIad fy Nhadau "—was it disloyal of us ?—terminated the proceedings.
RIVALS TO DR KOCH.
RIVALS TO DR KOCH. PARIS, Monday.—Two members of the Nantes medical faculty, Doctors Bertin and Picq, yesterday gave demonstration in presence of their Paris colleagues of a new system for treatment of tubercolosis, which they have for a long time been earnestly investigating. The treatment is based upon the fact that goats are incapable of being infected with tuberoolosis, just as rats are exempt from attacks of diphtheria, and rabbits from those of titanus. The theory of the Nantes doctors is that, inasmuch as the blood of goats must possess prophylactic properties which protect them against tubercular disease, the transfusion of the blood of those animals into that of human sufferers from tubercolosis must give the latter power to resist the attacks of the malady. Yesterday two consumptive patients were successfully inoculated with 15 grains of goats' blood, which was injected into the muscular tissues of the thigh. Both opera- tions succeeded perfectly. The result remains to be ascertained. MM. Bertin and Picq furnished their professional brethren with full explanations regarding the genesis of their method, which they said had nothing in common with the laboratory experiments previously carried out with lymphs or serums. Injection under the new system must, in order to be efficacious, be renewed every ten days.
SADDEA TH OF A COMPOSITOR.
SADDEA TH OF A COMPOSITOR. The death occurred on Monday at Gloucester Infirmary of Mr Richard Earl Roscorla, who had been engaged at the SotUh I Wales Daily News office as a compositor for several years. Some time ago he had the misfortune* to contract an injury to his right foot, and I shortly before Christmas he went to-Gloucester Infirmary, where, it was deemed necessary to amputate the foot. Three other very painful operations were subsequently performed, and the, weakness which supervened resulted.in his death, as already intimated. He was a. native of Truro, Cornwall, and was only 21 years ef age. He was a. very competent workman, ancL':WSW. much re- spected bj? <
MONMOUTHSHIRE CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE.
MONMOUTHSHIRE CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE. The annual meeting of the members of the above chamber was held at the George Hotel, Chepstow, on Tuesday, Mr Henry Clay pre- siding. The annual report, read by Mr R. Stratton, one of the hon. secretaries, referred to the improvement in the number of members, there being 34 life and 158 annual members, or an increase of 15, but considering the unquestionable advantages which such institutions had proved themselves to be to the agricultural interests, the council were of opinion that the membership should be largely increased, and urged farmers to suggest subjects for discussion, and to take a more active interest in the proceedings of the chamber. The appointment of a Minister of Agriculture had been of great value, and it appeared likely that the wishes of farmers would at length be realised, and that agricultural questions would henceforth receive adequate consideration from the Govern- ment. This had been shown by the manner in which pleuro-pneumonia had been dealt with, and the efforts made to rid the country of the scourge. The various subjects which had occupied the attention of the chamber during the year were then briefly re- viewed, and, on the question of railway rates, Mr T. Colborne, one of the delegates to the Central Chamber, read a separate report, which dealt exclusively with the new rates fer the carriage of live stock and milk. The other dele- gate to the Central Chamber also presented a brief statement of the work done, and eulogised the value of the organisation.—The reports and state- ment of accounts, which showed a balance in hand of JBI4 3s, were adopted. TECHNICAL EDUCATION. After luncheon, Mr S. C. Bosanquet. the deputy-chairman of the county council, presided, and Mr Henry Williams introduced the question of technical education as applied to agriculture.— The Chairman read a tetter from Mr E. Grove, chairman of the county council, in which he pointed out that after deducting the sum which would be appropriated to Newport out of the total grant of £5,602 to the county under the Local Government grant, there would be available £4,300. The committee of the county council had decided to recommend the granting one half to intermediate education and the other moiety would be given in aid of technical instruction. He rejoiced to see that the question of such instruction was being taken up with earnestness by the agriculturists of the kingdom, and suggested the weather, drainage, the climate, the chemistry of the soil, artificial manures, water supply, selection of seeds, horti- culture, fruit-growing, the damage done by insect life, &c., as presenting boundless and important subjects for investigation by agTiculturists. (Hear, hear., Mr Grove, in conclusion, suggested the formation of a committee to propose centres where such; technical inrtruction could be afforded. —The Chairman explained that under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act there would be the schools at Monmouth, Usk, and Abergavenny, together with the new school to be provided on the west side of the county. The difficulty in dealing with the subject of technical education was to get the greatest advantages to the agri- cultural portions of the county, in consequence of their being so scattered. The giving of tech- nical instruction would, he hoped, be worked in a much easier way than the Welsh act, and sug- gested that something might be done at the elementary schools by encouraging school teachers to take up agricultural subjects, so that they may give instruction afterwards, and the giving of lectures at certain specified centres.— Mr Williams, in his paper, glanced at the way in which the agricultural interest had suffered in the past from want of adequate aid in technical in- struction, pointed to the way in which agriculture had been affected by foreign competition, and said that in France not only had a system of technical instruction been in vogue for some time but that improvement had been made on the experience gained. For a long period school in- spectors had discouraged the teaching of agri- cultural subjects in schools, but he was glad to observe that a reversal of this had now obtained, and that now in Scotland there were no fewer than 3,000 children receiving agricultural educa- tion. Nearer home, in Shropshire, it had been decided to spend £6,000 upon technical instruction, and the question had been taken up [with much enthusiasm. in Somersetshire, where a. large sum was to be>: spent. In Herefordshire it had been decided to spend only £1,000. It might be said that practical agriculture could only be learned on the farm, but it was equally true that carpentering could be acquired only at the bench but technical educa- tion in this and other trades was of inestimable advantage. His suggestions were to provide objects, pictures, and diagrams in elementary schools, to instruct teachers, to aid the capitation grant, and to give scholarships; to offer manual instruction in daily schools, and to employ lecturers on agricultural Chairman observed that the North Wales University were offering aid in scholarships and exhibitions, and suggested that the South Wales College should give assistance in a similar way, and by sending out lecturers on agricultural topicsmtothedistnct. Mr C. D. Phillips spoke of the anxiety which the secretary to the Bath and West of England Society expressed to promote the establishment of dairy schools in Monmouthshire.—Mr T. Col- borne proposed that a committee be framed to suggest a scheme for the application of such portion of the grant as might be appropriated for technical education purposes, and to confer with the committee of the County Council appointed for the purpose. There would, doubtless, be other competitors for the JS2,000, such as the science and art classes in the iron working centres of the hills, but doubtless the agriculturists would get a moderate share, and he suggested that as a begin- ning a dairying school should be started In the poultry-house at Newport Cattle Market. Mr R. Stratton, in seconding the motion, advocated the giving of a thorough scheme of dairy educa- tion, together with instruction in horticulture and gardening, as well as in matters purely agri- cultural.—The resolution was carried, and the following were appointed on the committee Messrs S. C. Bosanquet, T. Colborne, E. Davies, T. Dutfield, C. D. Phillips, Dewdney, Henry Williams, W. Till, S. Baker, and R. Stratton.
DESTRUCTIVE SNOWSTORM IN AMERICA.
DESTRUCTIVE SNOWSTORM IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, Monday.—A. snowstorm, accom- panied by strong winds, visited New York and its vicinity on Saturday night. Although the fall of snow only amounted to six inches, the storm in its effect upon telegraph, telephone, and electric light wires was the most destructive that has occurred here since the great blizzard of 1888. The snow weighed down the wires and brought them and the poles to the ground m great num- bers. New York was practically cut off from telegraphic communication with the rest of the, country. Fallen poles and wires crossed the surface of the ground in all directions, and in some cases, where they had fallen across the tracks of the elevated railroad, almost stopped the traffic. There were no electric lights in the; city, many quarters of which were left m dark- ness. Most of the Fire Department telegraphic circuits were broken, and patrols of firemen had to be established. The Police Department issued an order enjoining the men of the force to exercise extraordinary vigilance. A number of fires were caused by broken electric light wires, but were all: extinguished before they had caused any serious damage. One wire fell upon a horse attached to a street car, and the animal was immediately killed by the contact. The destructive effects of the storm extended over a comparatively small area, a short distance beyond Philadelphia. being the southernmost, and Boston the most northerly point, visited. The storm was practically con- fined'to the coast. Much damage was caused in the upper part of the city by falling poles, but no fatal accidents have yet been reported. The damage done in Brooklyn is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. All the overhead wires there are down, aad the same state of things exists all over New Jersey, where hundreds of poles, with wires attached, have been thrown down, and the disorganisation of telegraph service is complete. NKW YORK, Tuesday.—Further intelligence has now been received of the damage caused by Saturday's snowstorm. The Western Union Telegraph Company, at ten o'clock last night, had fifteen wires wrong to westward, but pos- sessed no direct communication with south. They expected to be able to clear off all business on hand before daylight. The telegraph service m New York. Jersey, and Long Island remains paralysed, but all submarine cables are working satisfactorily. Advices from Wilkesbarre, Pemi- sylvania, where a disastrous flood was threatened, ^,state that the Susquehana River has fallen three feet, and it is believed that all danger is now past. The ice gorge at Plymouth, however, still causes some uneasiness, and railway tracks in the neigh- bourhood are deeply flooded. The snow at Wilkes- barre and in surrounding districts has been very heavy, causing much damage to telegraph wires. At Lancaster, in the same State, many of the wires blown crossed each other, and balls of fire ran along the streets following the broken wires, great alarm being caused. A telephono des- patch from Harrisburg states that with a single exception all the wires connected with the town are down. According to mail advices from Phil!uie\pbia, dated noon, yesterday, the telegraph service there is entirely crippled. "he storm was especially severe between Philadelphia and Harnsburg, great numbers cf poles being broksn down. Much time will be required to repair damage done. The seaside lesorts in New Jersey have suffered severely, but no wrecks have been reported. New England coasts have also been visits by heavy gales, accompanied and rain. -c:
MR GLADSTONE AND THE LIBERAL…
MR GLADSTONE AND THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP. The Centra] News says :—The Chester Courant on Tuesday states that it learns from a very sure source that it is Mr Gladstone's intention, unless public events take a turn which is not at present anticipated to retire at once from public .fife, and that communications have been going on during the last fortnight between Mr Gladstone and his political friends, the upshot of which is that dissensions broken out in the Glad- stonian ranks, which nothing but Mr Gladstone's .withdrawal can possibly heal. The Gowram adds j!iij is not unlikely therefore that we .shall •receive from M1. "^dstone. before many days an intimation of his retirement, and that he has .handed over the leadership, of his party to one of jiis lieutenants. T-hsse statements were brought j under Mr Gladstones notice at Mr Stuart: Renders house on I uesday night, but thexight i hon. gentleman declined to make any statement = thereon. He was dining at the time with Sir George Trevelyan, SIr William Harcourt, Lordl Herschell, Mr H. Fowler,. Mr S..Whithrftad^ and .¡:
THE SEASON OF SALES
BY A LADY JOURNALIST. THE SEASON OF SALES Is nearly past, and I have not written to you about those that have been going on, because I do not altogethej believe in the wisdom of getting things this way, particularly wearing apparel. This purchasing epidemic, recurring as it does, at stated intervals, is looked forward to more or less by the fair sex as a grand oppor- tunity, despite its attendant dangers. How often I hear my girl friends say, I want such and such things, but I shall wait for the sales, as I know I shall get them so much cheaper." Possibly, but it is a doubtful economy, for what you gain in lowness of price you lose in freshness and often in quality, as well as in newness of fashion. I am aware that this does not apply to household requisites; table, bed and chamber linen are none the worse for having been tossed about somewhat on the counters of a shop. Lace curtains also, if soiled, are capable of renovation, but clothes are not improved by frequent handling, and for a newly- worn garment to be put on for the first time shabby is fatal to a neat and spruce appearance. Gloves, hosiery, underlinen, house linen, iace curtains, and pieces of material—especially bits of velvet, brocades, or rich silks—answer very well te get at sales, but made-up things of any kind are generally very unprofitable, because their style and cut is past and out of fashion, and their chiffonne appearance is an added objection. I find that real economy is best consulted by purchasing the best when you require anything special, for it will look well as long as it lasts, even though it may be worn and rather shabby. .JUVENILE PARTIES Are so often given just before the holidays come to an end that it may not be inappropriate to tell you a little of what children, and particularly little girls, are wearing in Paris. Our. "little women," except for their shortened skirts, follow very closely the forms and fabrics of their elders, with the clever adaptation to childish require- ments and characteristics for which the French are so noteworthy. Here is a sketch of two dresses that are pretty models. The first is of cream poplin, with a front of rose and cream pikin (striped silk), this framed in by ehicorge ruche of cut or pinked out silk. The little toilette is completed by cream silk stockings and pink silk shoes. The other has a little plain skirt of white faille, with upper dress of white silk, flowered over with a pompadour design. It is drawn to the back in little paniers that lie quite flat to the hips, and the neck is finished off with a. frill of white chiffon round the neck. With this black stockings and white kid or silk shoes are worn. A USEFUL WALKING DRESS. Is the subject of my second illustration, and has the fntvst touch of a more spring-lite style. It was composed of heliotrope habit cloth and dark velvet of a rich purple heartsease shade. The bodice is extremely simple, and naust be made to fit like a. glove, with the waist pointed. It is opened on the right side to show an interlude of the violet velvet, and the two sides of the opening a.re caught together for a short distance by straps of gold galon that button across sn to a double row of gold buttons. The skirt follcws suit, both in its simplicity and its trimnnng. It has two rows of the narrow gold galon that marks out the line of the waist, and also on the velvet under* panel in straps, as on the bodice and sleeves. Of course, if desired plainer, the gold galon may be replaced by cords, or bands of passementerie in the same, or a darker shade of the cloth, but the gold looks the most dressy. IRISH DISTRESS is a thing of which we have almost become weary of hearing the name, sa surrounded has it been with humbug and exaggerations. Real distress thtite certainly is amongst the very lowest classes, but it is that hopeless poverty that originates in ignorance and unthriftiness, anQ is always indigenous to Roman Catholic countries. A sadder form of distress which is full of suffering and poverty exists chiefly amongst the landlords, and those who are dependent on them for their means of support; this is wonderfully '111 uncomplaining and silent in its pain and trouble. There are numbers of poor old ladies in Irish workhouses, who are too old to work for their living, and, who have lost the small pittance derived from male relatives who own land, the tenants on which either will not, Or are afraid, to pay their rents. THE ILLNESS OF PRINCESS HENRIETTE D'ORLEANS Is one ot those cases which give occasion to mem- bers of the medical profession to show their animus against any of a different cult to their own. It appears that the allopathic physicians refused .to meet Dr Martiny, the head of the homoeopathic, medical men, and that the poor young princess's. life r 'ght have lost had not a clever young army doctor, too well drilled in military obeffienceind common-sense, taken her case inlia-ad. With the Test of a medical man's ordinary training he is, taught that so-called "medical etiquette" obliged him to become a trades unionist ■•of the mostj bigoted type, and that however reason-1 able or liberal, may be his views cn other subjects, he neither knows him- self, nor allows to others of his faith, any liberty ofithpufjit thali wars lievopdjiha limits of what has been laid down as the canons of his medical creed. Therefore, the first object of the modern physician and surgeon is not the cure and relief of the patient, or the advancement of science, so much as the strict maintenance of an attitude of professional trades unionism. The .life of a fellow creature, unless of a very exalted station—and not always then, as in this instance —may be, and constantly is, sacrificed to the boy- cotting that one leech receives from another who dees not happen to think his opponent is hall- marked in quite the orthodox manner, no matter how skilful or scientific. That this is true I defy any medical man to deny. From time to time there comes before us these unedifying and unworthy squabbles, even inside the charmed circle of the Profession itself, as between two brothers in arms, making it a house divided against itself. It is a struggle in which all is forgotten, the sacred mission of the healer, the humble endeavour to advance science, the charity that hopes to find, and the courtesy that has, the liberality ef mind to acknowledge good in every- thing, though it may not be brought about in exactly-the way that has been dubbed orthodox— all is ignored, and nothing but a contemptible jealousy is apparent to the unprejudiced outsider, which disgraces the individual and the profession he professes to belong te. With the word quackery the orthodox physician will mow down as with a scythe every kind of treatment that IIK/B not come within his own personal ken, and crush the life out of any that does not travel on his own limited and conventional lines. I have alw&ys deplored, after a close and life-long study of medical men, that mecbers of my sex should so often be the victims of a blind and unintelligent faith in doctors, who are as liable to error as any of us. I should like to see universally more of hat great man whose name is yet a household word in the "Profession," and who never went to a case without an inward prayer for Divine help. When may we hope that common-sense and enlightenment will bring about a thorough reform of the practical working of "medical etiquette," by which thousands of valuable lives may no longer be placed in unnecessary jeopardy. FROM DOCTORS TO NURSES Is but a small step, and in speaking of those who are professional, I am very glad to find that they have at last struck against the institutions that supply them to medical men and private cases. Could anything be more tantalising than to find their services estimated so highly by those who employ them ? To know that they are earn- ing at the rate of £104 a year, and only to get £20 out of it, must be, to say the least of it, ex- asperating, and I do not wonder that at last some of them are banding themselves together to found a Nurses' Co-operative Institution, so as to work for their own benefit, and to pay seven and a half per cent. only towards the ex- pences of the office. I know it will be said thit the institutions keep the nurses whilst out of work or ill, as against the small salary they re- ceive, but then the institutions take very good are that they are hardly a day out of work, so that their keep in the year is a mere nothing, the proprietors of the institution pocketing the sur- plus. They are not always allowed time to rest even. A nurse once came to me in anything, but a fit state to attend invalids, having given herself a severe wrench lifting a patient. BUSY BEE. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Correspondents will please address Busy Bee," care of Editor, enclosing stamped envelope if a private reply is required. BETA.—For an every-day cloak I should advise your making your roúmde of a light kind of cloth, lining it with one less good. LADY D.—I think you will find that white chiffon over white satin is as graceful a costume as you could possibly have. The skirt and bodice should be made very simply, and a corselet worn round the waist of gold, studded with turquoises or other gems, is very correct just now. ETHEL.—I am so glad ypu wrote to me, for I think I can be of uso to you. Let me know how much silk you have, and then I will tell you the best way ti make it.
AN UNNATURAL MOTHER AT NEWPORT.
AN UNNATURAL MOTHER AT NEWPORT. At Newport police-court on Wednesday— before Messrs R. G. Cullum and T. J. Beynon— the principal case was against a woman, 32 years of age, named Elizabeth Evans. She is the wife of a sailor in one of Messrs Burton's weekly boats, and get? 20s per week from the em- ployeis as lier snare oi the husband's wagas, waich were stated to be 23s. She was charged with wilfully neglecting and abandoning her three children—Willie, aged 5; Jane, 1% years and Maude, a two months infant. The evidence showed that the woman was a drunken slattern. and that early on Monday morning last she left her apartments, 51. Marshes-road, telling Mrs Grace, the landlady, that she was poing to pawn her shawl to get food for the children would the landlady look after the children whilst she was absent. The landlady did so, but prisoner was absent the whole day, and when she returned at midnight she was drunk, and bad a bottle of whisky in her possession. Last evening, shortly after ten o'clock. Inspector Brooks went to the house, and found the three children alone, with- out food or fire, and the bed and room in a filthy condition. There was a feeding apparatus consisting of a ginger-beer bottle and a tube, the landlady had mercifully prcvided some milk and tea, and on the infant being offered the tube it ate ravenously. Mrs Grace said the prisoner had been in the house only since Friday last, and the magistrates wondered how the room could have JgotOinto the filthy state described, but it was ex- plained that the children had not had a drop of "water near them since Saturday, and that the infant was all sorc-s beneath the wrappings.— Mrs Jane Hutin, 24, Arlington-street, with whom prisoner lived for the five weeks preceding, said she was so bad that her husband would not allow her to stay there longer. She took charge of the baby for three nights because she oould not endure to hear it crying.—Mrs Margaret Lee, a neighbour, said the baby weighed scarcely anything she thought about two pounds avoirdupois and Inspector Brooks said its legs were not thicker than his, forefinger. A fourth boy, aged seven, had been away from home since Monday morning. He had joined some other boys in a raid on some pigeon-houses at a villa at Goldtops. The police caught him about midnight on Wednesday and took him home. The prisoner was away at the time the police visited the house, but went to the station. When charged, she said, I did not do it wilful; drink is the cause of it." She now begged to be given a chance, and then she would reform.—The Bench regarded the case as a gross one, and thought that by sending her to prison she would be weaned from drink. They therefore adjudged her 28 days' hard labour, and hinted that the children should be taken care of at the workhouse.
ILL-TREATING A PAGE.
ILL-TREATING A PAGE. At Sheffield on Tuesday, Mr Percival Gerard Pochin, a gentleman of position and means, living in a fashionable quarter of Sheffield, and Matilda Pochin, his wife, were charged at the instance of tbi National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children with having systematically llltreated and ne- glected a lad named Wilkinson, who was in their service as page. The lad, according to the case for the prosecution, was taken from the workhouse by Mr Pochin, who said he wished to adopt him. He first lived with Mr Pochin for a month in a house-boat cn the Thames, and then went to his residence at Ranmoor Park-road, Sheffield, where he became a page in buttons. It was shown that the boy was thrashed by Mr Pochin with a horse-whip, and beaten by Mrs Pochin with a stick, and the lad declared that on one occasion he was tied naked to a- bedpost and whipped. It was snowing at that time, and the boy was turned out in the snow and kept out all day without food. At night a maid- servant took compassion on him and gave him half a slice of bread and butter. Several witnesses were called to prove habitual ill-treatment. Both the defendants gave evidence and denied that they had been guilty of cruelty. The stipendiary magistrate held the case to be proved, and fined Mr Pochin £5 and Mrs Pochin £10.
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GLAMORGAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The statement of receipts and expenditure ol the above society for the year ending December 31st last has been issued, and shows that tb* capital account in stock (2% per Cent. Consols) amounts to £747 2s 8d. The income for the year (including a balance in the hands of the treasurer of B316 odd), amounted to J31,570 38 Id, this sum including £214 19s contributed by local gentlemen and others as special prizes, J3193 5s 6d subscriptions, £173 entrance, fees, &c„ j3346 19s admission to the Aberavon Sbowya.rd, and JB170 received since January 1st, this sum being made up of J3100 from Miss Talbot (Margam Park) on account of the Aberavon local cemmittee, and JB50 from Mrs Llewellyn (Baglan Hall) on the same account. The expenses account shows a balance of J641 14s 3d due te the treasurer on the year. The principal items on this side of the account are jB755 6s for prizes at j the Aberavon meeting, JB254 lis 5d for sheding and fencing, £139 13s 7tl fer printing, advertis- ing, Ac., and ;875ior salary of secretary (Mr We- V. Huntley).
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COLUMN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
COLUMN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. By Maggie Symington. Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That, is known as the Children s Hour. —Lvntifiiltit. The boys and girls are all gone back to school now, and Jack Frost has ta Ken his departure for good, I hope, but I feel sure we shall none of us forget this marvellous winter of 1890-1 in a hurry. The old chroniclers tell us of hurry. Some Wonderful Frosts in days gone by, and of some curious doings to celebrate them. In the great frost of 1634, th3 Thames being frozen over, they had a. printing- press upon it, when people and ladies took a fancy to have their names printed, and the day of the year set down when printed on the Thames. This humour took so universally that it was estimated the printer gained £ 5 a day by printing a line only, at sixpence a line." It 1739- 40 there was another great frost. The Thames floated with rocks and shoals of ice, and when they fixed, representing a. snowy field rising in hillocks. Booths, stalls, and a printing press were erected, and a frost fair held. Coals rose to £ 310s a ton." In this season's great frost, which every boy and girl must fix well in their memories because it is hardly likely they will see such another in this country, there have been re- petitions of these doings of old time. The river Thames is said to have looked like the St. Lawrence when the ice breaks up, on a small scale; filled with numberless blocks and boulders of ice floating down from the upper reaches. The frost fair and the printing-press, too, came to pass. Notice was given out that, at Hampton, A sheepe, verrie bigg-e and fatte" i would be roaysted bye fyre, on ye icse, atte aboute two houres, thirty mynutes bye ye clock, should ye icse remavne." But "ye icse did not remavne,it became sloppy and unsafe, f so ye sheepe" was cooked ignominiously en shore. An Avalanche of Earth. Near to a little village in Kent a sad catastrophe happened a little more than a week ago. It was during ono of the partial thaws. Under a high hill nestled a little one-storeyed cottage, standing quite by itself, with no other dwelling within a quarter cf a mile of it. In this cottage lived a labourer, his wife, and four children. They were all in bed one terrible night, the wind blowing a hurricane, the rain falling in torrents. The three elder children were asleep in a room by themselves, Willie aged ten years, Jane eight, and little Walter barely two years old. Through the rain and the wind, with a." rush and a roar, a great portion of the earth from the hill above slid down upon the little cottage, carrying away the roof, beating down the walls. Willie says he was awakened by feeling the water trickling over his face. Up he jumped, astonished as you may suppose to find himself in the windy, dark night without shelter. His first thought was for his little sister; he shouted, and hearing her answering cry, searched among the ruins and managed to rescue her. Then he found little Walter, who escaped almost miraculously with only a slight scratch on his cheek. Nearly naked as he was, through the darkness and drenching rain, Willie contrived to take his little brother and sister to the cottage of their nearest neighbour. The children were at once taken in, and the neighbour went and got assistance to help him search among the ruins for the father and mother. They and their little baby were found crushed to death. The cause of the catastrophe is supposed to be that the rain and the thaw together had caused a body ot water to collect in a hollow at the top of the hill, and the weight of the water bad after a time forced out a large slice of the land which, falling, had overwhelmed the little cottage. I am glad to hear that brave little Willie and his brother and sister 11- Ye been taken into the Convalescent Home of the Samaritan Society at Sandgate until seme provision is made for them. Little Saint Agnes. I saw an account in the newspaper the other day of two white Iambs being presented to the Pope of Rome on Saint Agnes' Day, January 21st. I wonder whether you know the meaning of this ceremony, and who St. Agnes WPJ;. Long, Ion? ago, in the year cf Our Lord 304, there was a little girl of thirteen years living in Rome, and her name was Agnes. Her parents were Christians, and in those days, as I am sure you all know, that meant a great deal more than it does now—it often meant persecu- tion and death. A very rich Pagan youth wanted to marry little Agnes, but she refused to be his wife. This made him so angry that he got his father, who was the Prefect of Rome, to cause the child to be brought up before the judge, and ordered to burn incense to the heathen gods. To do this would be to be false to her own true faith. Agnes was threatened with death if she refused. The people who stood by looking on the smoking altar saw her stretch out her little hand towards the fire, and thought she was going to comply. It was all a mistake. Agnes put out her hand to make the sign of the cross and ask God to help her to be faithful. Her brave little soul bore all the taunts of the ignorant men, who cut off her hand at last. It is said that after her death her parents had a beautiful dream in which she appeared to them, and by her side was a little white lamb. She comforted them with assur- ance of her great happiness, and bade them not to grieve for her. Agues is a Latin name, and it means a lamb." The News Bag. Item: In India the Hindoos of high caste do not like to kill their old cattle, so they let them die of old age. An old cow or buffalo may some- times be seen lying near a village with six or eight crows on its back, peggmg away at its spine until the blood wells up and runs down the poor brute's sides. The N.B. would like to send out a deputation from the Round Table to talk to these crows. Item There is a snail, found on chalky soils, called the great apple snail, or Roman snail. It is supposed to have been brought to this country by the Romans, from the quantity of their empty shells found with Roman remains in all parts of England. The Romans kept them and fattened them, and made them into various dainty dishes which they thought quite fit te set before their kings. The bodies of the snails are cream- coloured, and quite five inches long when fully extended. The shell is pale buff. Item The N.B. has been informed thá.i; the New Year's gifts presented to the little sons of the German Emperor consisted of toy-soldiers, cannons, fortresses, and other warlike belong- ings even the baby had a sub-lieutenant's com- mission placed in his cradle. So the little princes of this great military nation are being trained to war from their babyhood. Item: The N. B. knows a spider who lives under water in a dome-like cell of silk, which is filled with air like a diving-bell The spider carries down globules of air between its legs until there is enough air to fill the fairy-like dome. This dome is the nursery of the baby spiders to come. It knows another spider also that collects a few dead leaves afloat on a pond and forms a kind of raft on which it sits and is blown by the wind hither and thither. Item An Indian buffalo, a striped hyena, two deers, a large Panama monkey, an eagle, several vultures, and the last Australian ibis have all been killed by the cold in the Zoological Gardens in Paris. The N. B. thinks it toe bad to shut u; poor creatures and leave them to die of Told in this way. Surely some manner of keeping them warm might have been adopted. Acrostic Competitions. There were sc few competitors for the Shake- sperian acrostic that Mr Mitchell kindly repeats his prize oFe- with a new and easier acrostic, as you will set by the following note iust received from him D?a Aunt Maggie, -1 have received replies to the Kent-Lear Acrostic from the undermentioned, but as the answers are nearly all correct, and call for no special notice as regards care taken in writing, &c., I shall be glad if you will ask my young friends kindly to compete for the prize bock again. I will increase its value to fivo shillings, and allow the winner to make his or hcr choice of a volume. I should like to limit the age to seventeen years, and if more than one satisfactory be received will divid* the prize.- Your faithful knight, CHARLES P. MITCHELL. Competitors :-Harry J. Hartley, Maggie Smith, Gertrude Constantine, Rosie Federer, Marian Linnell, Nora Cartwright, Frank R. Hartley, and Lilian Warren. Prize Double Acrostic. What a wonderful artist is sharp Master John As he works in the night! How clever the pictures his fingers have drawn, How clear cut, and bright! -j Scenes weird and fantastic our eyes .gaze upon In pale morning light. 1. Mysterious cement of the soul^" J Blair doth define it 3 2. Around about it wild WHTCS roll ] And e'-er confineit. 1 3. A very ancient, Scottish bard is told here. | 4. -To keep it. sometimes is most hard, 3 So we are told, dear. d 5. The birthplace of a noble Jew, j Grca f, save one, earth never ioMW. C.F.M,:) All answers must be sent to Aunt Maggie within a fortnight. Solution to Mr Cleere's Acrostic: Patience- Prudence: P-i-P, A-ndove-R, T-roch-U (French General), I-lia-D, E-velin-E, N-ou-N, C-yni-f) E-v-E. Dear Aunt Maggie,—In my prize acrostic I notice a printer's error which may cause our young friends some trouble. I refer to Light 3, which should read-" He was a soldier, not of English birth," and not as printed. If this cor- rection is too late I will make due allowance for it in the award. I send you a copy of my new song, "Our watchword," the sentiments of which, I think, are applicable to members of the R.T. I mean to send a copy, as a consolation prize, to the competitor who stands second.—H. LEONARD CLEEEE, Hon. Knight. I have only space to give you the last verse of this spirited song. It has a pretty musical accompaniment in march time :— A deed done in goodness is worthy of love, And renders our pathway more true For, rest quite assured, it is written above, And bears a good mark against you. For a heart that is kind is a token most sweet, And it serves to ennoble a man, It raises him high in this dusty retreat If he does all the good that he can." My Letter Box. Dear Aunt Maggie,—I wish you had time to write a few lines to me, just so that I should know that you had not forgotten me. I should like to hear from you so much.-LILLIE EVANS. Were I to respond to all the appeals similar to the above, I should never have time to tell you any stories or to attend to the Round Table: I have only one head and one pair of hands, unfor- tunately, and so once more repea,t that all members of the Round Table must take my weekly letter as addressed to each individually. I cannot reply through the post, except in mat- ters of great importance, and only then when correspondents are considerate enough to enclose a stamped and addressed envelope. I wish little people could be made to understand the great difference this small matter makes when there are hundreds of letters to be attended to. I am so much obliged to all the following young folks for kind letters and pretty cards :— 'Lilian Whatmough, Tally Bevan, Herbert Bevan, Richard Bevan, and Gwilym Bevan, Nellie Clarke, Hilda Leadman, Wilfred Lead- man, F. G. Livesey, Susie Lyth, Percy Green- halgh, Charles E, Gamble, Isabella Butler, Edwin M. Craven, William Hunt, Florrie Williams, Arthur Egglishaw, M. A. Bury, Bessie Daigarno, and Ethel Dalnargo. Dear Aunt Maggie,—I received Mr Mitchell's prize this morning. I should have written before but have come home for the holidays, and it has had to be forwarded. Will you please thank him very much for me ? I think it is a very pretty book, and also very interesting.—GEBTBUDE I CONSTANTIIFE. THE ORDER OF THE ROUND TABLE. NEW MEMBERS, 8463 Ivor J. Price, Merthyr Tydvil. 8464 Lizzie J. Price 11 8572 Albert E. Jenkins, 11 8573 William E. Willis, 8575 Benjamin J. Sanders, Glendovey. LIST OF TEN. The following list of ten has been procured by Kitty Jones (Damsel of 6 Ribbons), Gelly Frid, Black Mill, Bridgend, South Wales 8742 Tom Johns. 8743 David Daniel Johns. 8744 Albert Watford Johns. 8745 Oliver Walwin Johns. 8746 M. Annie Johns. 8747 L. Edwardine Williams. 8748 Richard Lloyd. 8749 Miriam Lewis. 8750 Myfanwy James. 8751 Muriel Irene Elliss. Address all communications to AUNT MAGGIE SYMINGTOK, Hunstanton.
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BEERHOUSE TROUBLES. A Man Kicked to Death. A Sheffield beerhouse keeper, named John Bagshawe, was kicked to death late on Saturday night. He had been at the market, and was going along Harvest-lane when he was set upon by five or six men, who kicked him until he was insensible. On his arrival home a doctor was sent for, but Bagshawe died from internal in- I juries yesterday. No arrests have been made. I
THE WEEK'S MARKETS.I CORN.
THE WEEK'S MARKETS. I CORN. NEWPORT, Wednesday.—To-day's market was quiet, there being only a small attendance of buyers. Prices, however, were firm. There was no English wheat on I offer. Foreign wheat was firm, at last week's prices. Brown maize was 6d dearer black maize unchanged. Barley steady. Oats quiet. LONDON, Wednesday.—There was a very slow sale for wheat at barely late rates. Foreign was also dull, and country flour very dulL American the turn weaker. Oats 3d to 6d lower. Other articles quiet. Arrivals: British wheat, 340 qrs barley, 460 qrs oats, 100 qrs. ForeIgn-wheat, 14,720 qrs barley, 3,920 qrs oats, 24.200 qrs maize, 32.270 qrs flour, 52,890 sacks. (¡Lt.nH)W, Wednesday.—Maize raised 3d per 280Ibs price- 'itw. Y. ;}(..p t tnn, also flour. Oats unchanged, except for finest sorts, which are 6d to Is higher on the week. Bran maintains the 5s advance made last week. Canadian peas steady at 16s 9d. Barley and beans quiet. NEWPORT, Wednesday.—A quiet market, there being only a small attendance very little business was done prices, however, were firm. No English wheat on offer. Foreign wheat firm round maize 6d dearer flat unchanged. Barley steady. Oats quiet, and beans I advanced 6d per qr. above last week. CATTLE NEWPORT, Wednesday.—The supply of beasts was shorter than usual at to-day's market, but there was a fair demand. Top quality realised 6^d to 6%d second quality, 6d to frV4d and bulls, 5d to o'2d per lb. sheep were plentiful, and sold at full prices—wethers, 8d to 9d and ewes, 7J,4d to 8d per lb. There was a small were plentiful, and sold at full prices—wethers, 8d to 9d and ewes, 71,fd to 8d per lb. There was a small number of calves on offer, which sold at 8d to 9d per lb. Porker pigs realised 9s to 9s 5d and baconers 8s to 8s 6d per score. LLANDYSSIL, Tuesday.-A good supply of pigs. Bacon pigs, 5s 6d to 5s 9d score porkers, 5s 9d to 6s per t score alive stores from 12s to 24s each sheep, 41/id per lb alive cask butter, ll%d to Is per lb fresh j roll do., 12d to 13d per lb ducks, 3s 3d to 4s per couple fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per couple eggs, 9d per dozen. PRODUCE. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—Sugar —No. 1 crystals, 18s 9d; No. 2, 17s 6d Brazils—Maranham. 500 bags done at 12s beet—January-February, 12s S^d buyers, value; March, 12s 9d buyers. Coffee-50 bags African store done at 78s 6d. Cocoa—fair inquiry. Bice— 1,500 tons Ngatsein done at 8s 10y2d. Castor oiL— Calcutta, 3r^d. Linseeed firm. Hemp, £ 35. Lard, 30s 3d to 30s 6d. Palm oil firm. Turpentine, 29s 9d. Tallow, 25s 3d to 25s 3d. Resin, petroleum, and nitratre unchanged. unchanged. LoKDON, Wednesday,-Sugar-refined slow at yes- terday's decline foreign dull; beet-about steady, but dealings limited; January-February—sellers, 12s 9d; March, 12s 9%d April, 12s 10%d May, 13s, buyers, %d less June, 13s V^d, buyers, 13s cane, inactive and unaltered. Coffee, small sales at firm prices Plantation Ceylon full up to rather dearer futures, generally 3d to 9d lower RioJanuary, 77s 3d down to- 69s 3d September Santos, 78s 9d to 71s 9d. Tea—new black leaf sold at 6^^ green at very steady rates Indian in demand, prices showing on common sorts advance of %d to %d, and finest, fully Id compared with Monday's rates. Rice firm. A cargo of Bassein in steamer sold at 78 3d Siam sailing, 6s 41/jd. Spice- auctions firm for pepper and cloves; cochin jjinger deartr. Jute dull. Turpentine, 29s 6d. American petroleum 5%d. PROVISIONS. ,u LONDON, Wednesday.—Butter — quiet market at about previous rates. Friesland, 110s to 116s Kiel and Danish, 116s to 130s; Swedish same price Nor- mandy, 104s to 124s Jersey and Brittany, 98s to 108s American, 64s to 92s. Bacon—market quiet and unaltered. Hams dull sale. Lard very quiet. Cheese- American steady at 40s to 52s; Dutch without chance. BRISTOL, Wednesday.-From Francis Barnard's Cir- cular.—Bacon.—Contrary to expectations, the receipts of hogs still continues large, affecting both American and home markets, consequently importers are not so eager to contract as they were some days back. Cheese,—Without any active demand, but holders are very careless about selling, and great confidence is expressed in prices being maintained. Butter.—Stocks on spot are soil short, and anything fine commands a ready sale. Lard.—Quiet, at about last prices, to 3d easier. Flour--In sympathy with higher pricee for wheat. American official quotations have advanced 5s per barrel, and cables report a good home demand On this side trade is quiet, but late values are steadily maintained. BUTTER. CORK, Wednesday. — Seconds, 125s thirds, 106s fourths, 92s. Kegs—thirds, 103s. Mild-cured firkins- mild, 118s. In market—50 tirkins, 1 keg, 5 mild. SU.GAR. GLASGOW, Wednesdav.-Market slow, and prices tending easier. The official report states:—Market quieter. Moderate business done at rather easier prices. flan. GRIMSBY, Wednesday.—There has been but a poor supply to-day, only some 20 vessels having arrived. The demand is strong. Plaice, 24s to 28s; level, 21s lemon. 35s to 40s; soles, 85s to 105? haddocks, 8s to lemon. 35s to 40s; soles, 85s to 105s haddocks, 8s to 12s witches, 18s to 26s per box; tarbot, 6s to 13s brill, 2s 6d to 4s ling, 4s to 6s dead, 3s to 4s cod, I 5s to 7s skate, 3s to 4s; dead. 2s to 3s each hake, 40s to 60s; dead cod, 60s to 100s per score; halibut, 6s to 8s; dead, 5s to 3s per stone. SEED. SEED. L*NDSK, Wednesday.—Messrs John Shaw and Sons, seed merchants, of Great Maze Pond, London, S.E., write that an increasing disposition to hpv clover and I no- siiowp Some recent heavy pur- I chases of American red by Germany have strengthened values, whilst in the offerings of new Englisi. there is a marked fniling off. For Alsyke white and trefoil 'onner quotations are fully supported. The trefoil Ijrrner quotations are fully supported. The French are now asking 2s per bale more for ryegrass. In heinpseed the tendency is upwards. Canaj-y seed continued to quietly harden. Blue peas dearer, Haricots beans unchanged. POTATOES LONDON, Wednesday. —Good supplies, mid trade fairly active at firm prices for all good qualities. Risgents. P?s to 120s Hebrons, 70s to 120s: magnums, 80s Co 130s imoerators, 70s to 105? per ton. WOOL- WOOL. LONDON. Wednesday. — To-day's catalogue com- | prised 4,443 bales from New South Wales, 2,174 Queens- land. 821 Victorian, 3.297 Adelaide, 940 New Zealand, 313 Cape, and 1,398 Natal total, 13,486 bales. Sales passed off with good competition for most wools at the opening prices of yesterday. COAL. LONDON, Wednesday.—Owing to the continued mild weather there was a dull market to-day for seaborne house coals, last prices being nominally maintained. Lambtons, 20s; Wear, 19s per ton. Ships arrived, 7 sold, 2 gas contracts, 4 unsold, L METALS. LONDON, Wednesday.—Copper quiet, and a lair busi- ness done at £ 53 5s cash; £ 53 12s 6d nominally three months. Tin easy—Straits, B90 17s 6d to B90 15s cash; £ 31 7s6d three months. Spelter, £ 23 10s for- ward delivery £ 24 on spot. Spanish lead, £ 12 15s; English, £ 1217s 6d to £ 13. Scotch pig iron, 47s 3%d casn- 47551hd one month. Hematite, 52s lOdnet; 52s la cash. Closing report:—Copper quiet at RM Ss cash; :£53 12s 6d three months. Tin quiet- Straits done at £90 15s cash S91 5s three months; ^Australian. EW 15s to JE90 17s 6d cash. English ingots, B94. Spelter firm, at JE23 10s to JS23 15s February S2515s to B24 spot. Spanish lead dull, jB12 12s 6d to £12156 English, E12 15s to £ 13. Scotch pig iron, 47s 2d cash 47s 4d one month. ,1 (GLASGOW, "Wednesday.—Market steady, small busi- ness. Scotch was done at47s 3%d, 47s 4d, and 47s l^d cash 47s 5d to 47s-3d one month buyers, 47s Id cash sellers, %d higher. Middlesbrough—buyers,42s cash 42s 2d one month sellers, 42s l%d cash, and 42s 4d one mentb. Hematite—bnyers, 52s 7%d cash, and 52s 10%d cne,month sellers, mere.
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