The Cardiff Times

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DOCTOR AND H!S F!ANCEE. CHARGE OF 8TEAUNG RtNGS. Case at Penarth. Before Thornley and Councillor W. L. Morris, at Penarth Police Court on Wednesday, a person of gentlemanly appearance, describad on the charge sheet) as Dr. Hugh Finlay," was brought up in custody charged with stealing two engagement rings, value 14s, the property of Mr Charles Webtip, jeweller. Penartb. At the outset prisoner desired sn adjournment of the pro- ceedings to enable him to instruct counsel on his behalf, bat it was decided to hear sufBcient evidenceto jostify a remand. MrWehtIp, who was the nrst witness called, said prisoner visited his shop on Thursday lastandwanted to see some engagement rings. At the time he to)d witness that he did not know the size of his young lady's Snger, and on the following day he again enter<*d the shop with a card indicating the size. He handed witness his card (produced), toM hnn that he had only recently returned from la lia. where he had been in the service of the Government, and that he was going to establish a medical practice at Peunrth. The addresa on the card was No. 64, Windsor-road. He selected two rings in the shop, and asked witness to deliver them at that address in order that the young lady might have the choice the other ring should bo returned that evening. Witness went to 64, Windsor- road, and on being told that Dr. Finlay resided there left the nngs. He bad not seen them since. One of then! was, however, produced in court, and he now identined that as bis property. It was worth JS7.—Major Thornley: You trusted him with the rings and you now charge him with stealing them?—Witness: One of the rings was to have been returned that same evening.—Prisoner said ho would like to be privileged to ask witness a question, but Major Thomley advised him not to do so if ho intended instructing a solicitor.—Philip Phillips, jeweDer, 24, St. Mary-street, Cardiff, deposed that prisoner pledged tha ring identified by Mr Wehrle at his shop on the same day as it was alleged that he had received it from the latter for the sum of 25s.—Inspector Roberts deposed that he received prisoner into custody from the Card)S police that (Wednesday) morning, he having been arrested the previous night. Mr Wehrle accom. panted witness at the time, and prisoner denied that he had ever seen him before. Prisoner made no answer to the formal charge.—Prisoner: Are you aware, oSicer, under what ciroumatances I came to be arrested last night !—Witness Yes. —Prisoner What are they ?-'Vitness: That lias nothing to do with the present charge.—The Magistrates' Cierk Please state them if you know them.—Witness: He went to the station and wanted a lady arrested for stealing a ring from him. — The Clerk: You were not there ?—Witness No. That was what the police told me this morning.— Superintendent Giddtngs said that there were two further charges against prisoner, viz., of obtaining f'wd and lodging from Mrs Clare Soule, 64. Windsor.road, Penartb, and also of stealing a letter as a bailee, the property of a Mtss Pratt. The Bench agreed to remand prisoner for a week. and in rep!y to Major Tbornley aa to whether he could obtain sureties he said that he would 6rst of all be obliged to communicate with bis relatives. SMART ARREST BY A CARDIFF DETECTIVE. The arrest of Dr. Finlay was made in an exceedingly smart and clover manner, and renecta the greatest credit upon Detective Rankin, of the Cardiff Police Force, into whose charge the case had been given. The "doctor "called at the Central Police OfEce, CardiS, at midnight on Tuesday and gave the name of James Griop, son of t.he late Mr E. Grice, the manager of the Nu'- and Bolt Works, Newport), and stated that he had been robbed. Detective Rankiu at once recognised him as the Dr. Finlay wanted at Penarth for false pretences, and promptly arrested him. On making further inquiries, the detective found that ho was also wanted at Bath for obtaining coods by false pretences under the name of Edward Hugh Dick, a solicitor of Trowbridge, and that he bad also beeu defrauding several hotse) keepers in the name of the Hon. H. W. Bedford, of the West Indies. He had also obtained a gold lever watch, a cluster diamond ring, diamond brooch, a turquoise and pearl bracelet) and brooch to match, and ether articles from a firm of jewellers at Newport in the name of Grioe. Most) of the property has been recovered, some of it being found buried in the back garden of a house in Mary Ann-street.

BOY BURGLARS AT NEWPORT. A Penchant for Housebreaking. At NewportTown Hallon WednesdayT. Green, 12 years of age, son of a sea captain, was paraded in the gangway near the defendants' stand, with his mother in c)ose attendance, on the charge of breaking into the dwelling of Alfred Frost, 91, Chopstow-road, and stealing a. sovereign, a half- sovereign, five crown pieces, 2t 6d, and several old coins. The house was broken !nto on Sunday evening, as was elicited, by defendant and hts elder brother, Edmund Green, who has a pen- chant for housebreaking, judging from the state. ment made by the clerk that the lad insinuated that he was got into mischief by his elder brother. This brother was before the Court some time ago, and was defended by a solicitor. To bis (the magistrates' clerk's) m<nd the Court was very much misled and humbugged, it being represented that the elder brother was of weak intellect; and he was allowed to go on the promise by bis father that he should be taken away.—The Mother He has been away, but now the vessel is laid up, and that is the reason why be baa returned home.—The Magistrates' Cterk But there ia nothing the matter with him!—The Mother Oh, yea every change of the moon we notice that he does something wrong.—The Magistrates' Clerk Every change of the moon he goes wrong ? (Laughter.)—the Ex.Mayor Has the moon anything to do with this lad ?— The Mother No he is all right.—-The Magis. trates'Clerk: Where is this othnr lad?—The Mother: I don't, know.—The Clerk: He must be found.—Detective James said he apprehended defendant in a garden in Duckpool- road, where he was hiding. He said his brother went into the house and had got the mouey. The ofncer asked for a remand, which was granted.

SINGULAR DEATH FROM LOCKJAW. Oa Monday Mr Wynne E. BaxLor held an inquiry at the London Hospital respecting the death of John Wade (55), a dock labourer. lately residing at 109.HiKham-road.East Ham. IJizabeth Wade, tha widow, deposed that last Thursday week the deceased was building a fowl house, and a storm came on, and begot soaked through wtth the rain. He afterwards complained of a stiSneaa of the jaw, and on Sunday he got wet again. A doctor waa called in, and he advised tbedeceased's removal to the hospital. Deceased had had no injury to her knowledge. Dr. Charles Edward Sparks, house surgeon to the hospital, deposed that the deceased was admitted on Friday last sun'ering from lockjaw, and death ensued before midnight. The wetting was not the cause, nor was there any sign of injury. The lockjaw was purely the resutt of disease. The Coroner remarked that this c&se was clearly & contradic- tion of the old idea that lockjaw was produced only by an injury. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the mediea! testimony.

PROPERTY D<SPUT& AT LLANELLY. At the Llanetly County Coart on Monday and Tuesday—before his Honour Judge Bishop—Mr Lloyd, a collier, applied to the court for an order to restrain Mr Anthony, another collier, from allowing waste water to run over his !and. It appears that the parties reside in the vtllagc of Pwll. near Llanelly, and both own their own howses. The defendant, Mr Anthony, lives in a house on slightly higher ground than Mr Lloyd, and it ia alleged that ho allows bis slops and waste water to run over plaintiffs property. The case b2.d been heard twice previ- ously at the Llanolly Court, and once in London. Defendant was represented by Mr Glascodine (instructed by MesM-g Johnson and Stead), and Mr S. T. Evans, M.P. (instructed by Mr W. Howell), represented the plaintiff. On Monday evening the special jurymen were ordered to visit the FwH with a view of seeing the hoasea. They were met here by & large crowd of villagers, and a great deal of stone- throwing took place. Eventually the police restored order, and the jury having concluded their examination, consulted the defendant and plaintiff, and a settlement was arranged on the spot, and the judge was informed of thts at the Court on Tuesday morning. It) is alleged that both the properties will be swallowed up in !aw oeate.

SUtCtDE AT SWANSEA. At Swansea Police Court on Monday. Mary Streat. 6, Grove-street, was charged on remand with attempting to commit smotdo by hanging herself from a clothes post under circumstances already reported.—The Bench decided to again remand defendant so that she should be under further observation as to the state of her mind. Annie Price, 5, Hill-atreet, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by banging herself in a w.c. with a towel. Rs already reported. —Prisoner, who oSared no defence, was com- mitted for triat.

SER!OUS P!RE AT NEWPORT. Shortly before 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening a nre occnrred in Mountjoy-road, Newport, in aa upholstuer's workshop belonging to Mr Durant. Enormoua crowds of people assembled to watch the names, which got nrm hold of the building. which was entirely gutted. The damage is not ya6 ascertained, but is expected to be considerable.

SUPPOSED SUtCtDEAT LLANGYFELACH. At Llangyfelach, near Swansea, on Tuesday, a coroner's inquiry was held into the c'roumstances attending the death of Eteanor Bowen. aged 52, whoae body WM found m a pond. No motive could be given for an allegation of suicide, and thua the opea verdict) of Fonnd drowned waa returned.

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ALLEGED INHUMANITY AT NEWPORT. A Mistress Charged wtth Beating her Servan! w!th Stick and Peker. At Newport Town Hall on Wednesday-before the ex-Mtyor (Mr F. PhtHipa)—a shocking case of cruelty to a domestic was brought under the attention of the Court by the Society for the Pro- vention of Cruelty to Children. A warrant was taken out by Inspector Coates, the society's agent, against Mrs Kate Young, wife of James Young, foreman engineer at a large engineering and ship- repairing worka, and residing at Energ!yn, CardiN-road, on the charge of having on the 17th inst., and for six months previously, unlawfuliy and wilfuDy ill-treated C chorine Mahoney,a girt 15 years of age. The giti was servant in the defendant's house and the defendant surrendered when she heard that a warrant was out for her apprehension.. < Mr F. Lewis, who appeared for the defen- dant, said he had been only jugt instructed, and asked for a remand. Mr G. H. Liewellyn, who appeared on behalf of the soc!ety. said that the defendant was charged with the continuous HI-treatment of Catherine Mahoney, who was in her employ. The defendant for a penod of six months had systematically ill-treated the girl, and this treatment culminated last week in a brutal and ferocious attack on the child. Her body, he behaved, was aimp!y* & mass of bruises, and the back part of -her head might properly be described As in a state of pulp, she having been brutally iU-treated with a sttck and a poker by her mistress.—Defen- dant Not a pokor.—Tho girl was not in a position to appeal to any relative her father was doMi and her mother was away from home, but the case had been watched on behalf of the society. The girl was now in the Wcrkbouso Innrmary, attended by two doctors, and he would call one of these to speak as to her condition. He had no objection to a remand, but in regard to bail he should like to point out that this was not the first time the defendant had been before the Court on charge of wiitully ill-treating a child, and on that account it wculd be his duty to resist such application. ? The Magistrates' C!erk Defendant, I see, was nued B10 on the llth January. 189 for cruelly ill-treating Harnet Powel). Then this is Mother girl, and you SI\Y that a" poker, and stick were used ?—Mr F. Lewis: TSat is simpty an ex parte statement.—The :Mait'ratetl' Ctork: But the results are not ex parte. Dr. McCormack, surgeon at the Workhouse, said he saw the girl on the 17th inst. She was then very much collapsed and hardly fit to speak to anyone. He found that she was covered with bruises and had cuts over the head and body. She was so sore that she was not able to be hftod out of bed.—The Magistrates' Clerk h she likely to collapse ?-Witness: There is a great danger, because the whole of the scalp has been lifted from the bone by Mood, and we have had to open it to let out some of the blood.—The Mag'atrates' Cterk Is site likely to recover, debtor ?—Witness Well, there is a possibility that she might not.- Defendant: Why d'dn't she complain to me ?--In reply to Mr Lewis the witness said that ftom the character of the injuries some had been innicted a week or two ago and others within the 2t hours precedmg. because the whole of the braises did not appear until she had been in the Innrn)ary a short time. The injuries were such that tt would be dangerous for her to work he shotilcl way she was physically inca.pah)c of doing work. The Magistrates' Cierk The doctor says there is a possibitity that she a?y coUapao. Mr F. Lewis (to the wttness): Can you say by whom these injuries were occasioned ?—Wit- ness No. except by the girl's evidence.—Mr Lewis There is no scrap of evidence ag;nnat the defendant at all ?-The Magistrates' CJerk: Yea, there is the sworn mforjMMtion that she committed this crime. (To the ch): The question is whether, considering the',&arious condition of this unfortunate human being, you are justified in admitting defendant to bai). Mr Lewis sa)d the strongest argument he could uae in favour of the Bench granting bail was that defendant had vo!nntari)y surrendered. Defen- dant's husband (present 'n court) was a respect- able man, as the Bench would see. :The Bench granted a remand unttt Friday week and allowed bail. the husband in B50, and one other surety also in JB50. Mr F. Lewis asked that a medical man might be allowed on defendant's behalf to examine the gtrl, and this was sanctioned.

NATIONAL BANK OF WALES. Forest of Dean Cot<!er:es,—Arbttrator'8 Aw&r<t. It will be remembered that in consequenM of the valuers representing the National Bank of Wa!es and the Metropolitan Bank of England and Wales not being able to arrive at & satie- factory conclusion regarding the value of the 10 ct TitIoweU, Howbeach, and other collieries in the Dean Forest district property taken over from the National Bank of Wales by the Metropolitan BMik, Mr R. Bramwell Davies, Q.C., was appointed arbitrator in the matter. The hearing toot: place 6rst at Cardie, and afterwards in London, and extended over a. considerable period. We leam that the arbitrator on Wednesday gave hia award in favour of the National Bank of Wales for the sum of jH13,000, exctnstve of rait. way waggons. The capital expenditure relating to the property referred to is JB27.000. Through. out the proceedings Mr Thomas Williams, of Neath, acted M valuer for the Nations! Bank of Wales, and Mr W. 8. Nasb, general manager of the Metropolitan Bank, was valuer for his bank. Mr Ivor VacheU appeared on behalf of Mr C. K. Dovey (the liquidator), and Messrs Johnaoa. of Birmingham, represented the Metropohtao Bank.

STREET FATALITY AT NEWPORT An ioqueat waa hold at Newport on Wedne-s. day. before Mr Lyndon Moore, borough coroner, on the hndy of Elsie Martha Ellen Bayltss. 2Y2 years of ag<\ the daughter of a mechanical engineer. living at 35. Morden-road, Newport, who was killed in the roadway outside the house on Monday afternoon. The child had been anxious to get out all the morning, and 10 minutes before the accident her mother had got her back from a neighbour's, whither she had gone. Being just big enough to unlatch the Klass door, she again got out. Mtd appears to have gone into the roadway either, as the Coroner sug?ssted, to pick up a toy. or to slip in front of the path of a broad wheel of a h&uUor'a cart descending the road full of earth. David Jones, the haulier, waa at the horse's head on the near side. and saw nothing of the child until its head was crushed beaeath the off whee!. The haulier was sober and, as the police officer amoned, saecoed much arrieved &t the untoward occurrence. The father asked the haulier no questions, but explained to the jury how the child goc from its mother s watchful care, and broke down as he finished the statement. The Jury found & verdict of Accidentally killed by being run over." and, in a nder, attached no biame to anybody. biame to anybody.

An. ts NOT GOLD THAT GUTTERS may be stud stbout nMj'y brilliant prospectuses that are frequently Msned to Sn:tneiers they often herald the formation of companies which go up like the proverbit4 rocket M)d come down like a stick. MoHow&y'a Pills a.n(t Ointment, unlike such shaJty ventures, are the soundest investments in which people suffering from diseases can entrust their money. They h&ve the re- putation of over ha.!f a. century. &nd every day they return aubstantta.1 dividaada in the form of good health. No dixeMe hM yet disputed their innuenee when a fMt tnal hM been given. They cure dysentery. diitrrhce, weakness, nmd Tiver Mtd kidney diitcMes, w..ilst for skin disetHtes they httve M eqaaL SMd by

SHEBEENtNG AT CARDtFF. At Cardiff Firat Police Court) on Wednesday- before Mr T. W. I,')wis (atipendiary)—George Henry Corbett, 20, Angelina-street, was sum- moned for unlawfutly aelhag a pint of beer by retail at 55, Angolina.street, on Sunday, the llth mat. Tha evidence of Sergeant Isaac Morgan was to the effect that he watched the house in question—which was ah empty one—with another constable, and nuding evidence of an illicit trade being carried on. In the middle room were eight met), three of whom were drunk and two women. He saw defendant receive money and a drinking vessel from one of the men. Mr Lloyd Meyrick, for the defence, said his cheat held a wholesale bfor dealer's licence on premises adjoining 33 and 34, Angelina-street, and was in the habit—as be was entitled to do-of selling ale both on week days and Sundays, It was perhaps regrettable that people were allowed to aetl in that way on a Sunday. It might have a pernicious eSect upon the people surroundtng, but defendant only acted within hia rights. H)s explanation was that on the Sunday evening in question a man named Martin Murphy came to hia bouse and bought a four and a hatf cask. for which he paid 4a 6d. Murphy and a friend then went out of the stores, and the laat time defendant saw them was when they were going down the street, and what became of them afterwards he did not know for some time. Defendant did not live in either of these houses, but at 20, Angelina.- streot, and after the sale be went. The transaction was in the ordinary way of business, and defen- dant subsequently returned to the stores. Hearing a noise in the other house defendant said, Holloa, those fellows have my cask." He went to claim his empty cask, and while he was in the act of demanding it the police arrived. The man (James Napper) who accompanied Murphy 1)0 proposed to call to corroborate this story and to prove that Murphy bonght the cask and paid for !t. They would say that. passing the empty house, some people invited them to bring in the cask. They did so, thinking it to be a lodging bouse. The house was not defendant's, he was not charged with being the occupier, and there was no reason why he should have been summoned any more than either one of the seven or eight other men who were in the unoccupied house. True he posseaaed licensed promises adjoining, but his presence did not show that h< had tIlegaHy sold beer. Other evidence would be called to show that defendant was only upon the spot to claim his cask and to fetch a jug and the giass be held in his hand. The mere fact of money passing was not sumcient. All the defendant had was his legitimate 4a 6d, and he admittedly had a glass in his band whilst ha persuaded the people to go away. James Napper was then caDed. He stated that it was their intention to pMt&ke of the beer in & boarding- house, but on the way a lady outside the unoccupied houae accosted him with the remark, Where are you going, sonny Come in here and drink it." He went in and found two chaps like navvies" there drinking. When defendant camf in he claimed the cask, wrestled with them for tho jug. and ordered them away. The sum of 4s 6d was paid for the CMk. but DO money passed in the unoccupied house. Without hearing any more evidence the Stipendiary mulcted defendant in a fine of J650 and costs, or one month's imprisonment with hard labour. M'chaet Conway for selhng beer without a licence at 10, AngeHna-street. on Sunday, the llth tnst.,wM upon the evidence of P.O.'s Dredge and Arthur Wheeler, fined JBlO and costs, or one month's imprisonment. Three simitar cases were proved by P.C.'s John Wootton ?nd Daniel Thomas ag&inst Wm. Pitoock, of 2, Garth-court; Thomas Taylor, of 17, Buzztrd.,stroob and Beatrice Smciair, of 12, Buzzard-street, each of the defendants being tined S10 and ooatf, or one month's imprisonment.

HtGHER EDUCAT!ON IN WALES. Estimates in Aid for 1895-96. The estimate of the amount: required in the year ending March 51s< 1896, for grants iu aid of the expenses of certain nntversities and coUeges, includes 24,000 each for the three University Colleges of W:t)ea, being the same :M fast year a grant of B5,000 in aid of thn building fund of Aoerystwyth UoUegf (J610,000 has been promised on cn'<d)tion that JSS.OOO be subscribed locally), and .6500 in aid of expenses of a Central Welsh Intermediate Education Hoard, when formed or otherwise, for exam'naoon and inspection of schools claiming grants, the amount for 1894-5 being £250. The present estimates do hot appear to provide fjr the JB20.000 conditionally promised by Sir Wm. Harcourt in aid of the buildmg fund of the University College of South Wa!pa and Monmouthahirp. Iu the supplementary estimates the sum of JB5.000 is set apart as a grant in aid of the initial expenses of the University of Wales, being the same aa that allowed in 1894 5.

THE K!N6 OF SAXONY. The King of Saxony has this week been the honoured guest of the Kail'<'Ir. who had to urge the HohenzoHern acrosa the NurthSea ffom Leith at futi speed in order to bo present m Berlin at the solemn ceremony connected with the memorial of his grandfather. The Emperor was bearttly congratulated by everyone on his healthy ap- Dettt&nce, the pen and sun having bronzed his face KING OF SAXONY. to the condi. tion of a wea ther beaten veteran'e. The Kiogof Saxony who, by the way, is to be a ?nestiof Her M?esty'a nex.t month, is crow- iag an o!d man now, and is, in appearanot.not .,it all untike hha Duke of Cambridge. He fought with great distine- tionh)th-;catn- p<)ngnofl870. and receive the personal thanks of the Emperor WtDiam. who, previous to the coronation scene in the Marble Hal! of Versailles, !'e)ech"d hitn for a. high post at tha eeremoniaL The K)ngr of Stxony owns more n-iilitary dpeorations than any monarch or soldier in Earope, and the lny:Ut)y which he showed the HohenzoHern fahiili iu the dark days before t3ed%n ht,- been repaid by a iifek-ng friendship.

GREAT WESTERN RAtLWAY. !MPROVEMENTsTr NEW M!LPORO. Proposed Outlay of .6250,000. The directora of the Great Western Railway Company have for some time past had under consideration the desirability of making very extensive improvements in the facilities for carrying on the passenger and goods traQic between New Milford and Waterford. The steamers which are at present running between the two places named are paddle boats, and the company, having a few years ago caused four twin screw steamers to be built for the passenger service between Weymouth and the Channel Islands, have been so satis- fied with their superiority in all respects over paddle steamers that they have decided to replace those now plying between New Milford and Waterford by twin screw steamers. The new steamers will be fitted with the most modern type of machinery, and their boilers will be designed so as to reduce to a minimum the consumption of fuel while steaming ttt maximum speed. They will be 310 feet long, and will have every convenience for the accom- modation of passengers. In addition to these new boats, two jn number, the latest built and the largest of the company's neet of paddle steamers, which has been for some months past in the bands of Messrs Laird Bros., Birkenhead, who are fitting her with twin screw engines, will be employed on the traf&c between this country and Ireland. As the new steamers are larger than the old ones, and will have deeper draught, the company contemplate making arrangements for dredging the bar and harbour of Waterford, For that purpose a ateam-dredgerj will be: kept constantly employed. At New Mtlford, it is proposed to do away with the existing pontoon, alongside which the steamers now he while landing passengers and discharging cargo, and to BCILD A SNA WALL, which will commence at or near the boat'slip, and run parallel to the nothern end of the railway station to a sufE- cient distance to ensure the ueoesaary depth of water for the new steamers. From that point it will be continued parallel to the railway and the pontoon for some distance northwards m Neyiand Pit), thus forming a jetty of considerable extent, the two sides of which will be at right angles to each other. These propoeala in their entirety have not as yet been finally approved of by the directors of the company, but it is considered probable by some ot the com- pany's omoials, who are, presumably, in a position to form a tolerably accurate estimate of the probabilities of the future that the work as outhned above will be put ia haad at no distant pariod. Its total cos!) has been estimated at, approximately, B250,000. As we!! as improving the faculties for passenger and goods tramo with Ireland, it baa been decided to BUILD A NEW BNQUtB FACTORY on the site of the company's stores, which will be removed. This determination waa taken as the result of an inquiry, following the rent of the company's paddle tug Thames, from Porth- cawl, which was completed recently, the total cost being considerably in excess of the estimate, a circumstance which was attributed to the remoteness of the present factory from the gridiron on which the tugboat was placed for batng refitted, and on which all the steamers are placed periodically to be over- hauled and repaired. The new factory will be immediately adjacent to the gridiron, and will be partly built on piles driven into the beach. For the purpose of carrying out this latter improve- ment, the directors have decided to spend JB12,000. and tt is understood that the work will be com- menced shortly.

FREE TRADE AND PROTECTtON, Mr T. Bayley Potter presided at the National Liberal Club on Saturday afternoon over the annual meeting of the Cobden Club. Lord Farrer. in an address, expressed nu opinion that as regards the general position of mutters, it was more favourable than could have been ex- pected a short time ago; in fact, on the whole, the posttioa WM very favourable. There was a move in Australia and 6he Colonies in favour of Free Trade. There had been great depression and it had not been found that Protection had ob- viated ib. He hoped that eventually they would come round to something approaching Free Trade with the Bnt:!ah Empire and other countries. Prospects were aldo promising in the United State?, and if they could get rid of their currency difficulties 1)6 believed there was a great period of prosperity before the Americans, and they would find th,%t the modifications which were made in the M'Kinloy tariff had not ruined them. He warned his hearers against the ex- travagant opinions of Labour leaders, urged ou by the great progress of Trade Unions. Turning to the question of alien immigra.tton, he said that this country probably sent more emigrants into other countries than any other nation therefore we had much to lose if we stopped emigration and immigration. The report for the year was read by the secretary, and having been moved and seconded, was adopted.

WARNtNQ TO YOUNG CYCU8TS. Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, M.D., points out some of the dangers to be avoided in cycling in an article contributed to the 2VbW& American NeyK!t). Young people, whose bodies are not yet properly developed, should not. he asserts, carry on cycling with any ardour. The skeleton is not completely matured till the age of 21 is reached, and if pressed into too rapid exercise before this period the growth may be prematurely urged, or deformity is caused. The heiurt is moro exercised m cycling than in any other form of motion. Dr. Richardson has known the heart-beats to rise from 80 to 200 iu the minute, and while the organ is undergoing its development this becomes a. serious matter. The muscles, also, are unfavourably affected by exseasive riding which develops one set at the expense of the others; those of tho lower limbx being used out of all proportion to those of the chest, the arms, the back, and the lower part of the body. Another danger to be feared from cycling is the heavy tax it lays upon the nervous function, the senses of touch and hearing being liable to be much strained in the endeavour to avoid collisions. The boys who ply the commercial cycle in crowded streets are particularly liable to such ill- eQ'cots, which are often, unfortunately, of a tasting kind; and many people who have no necessity to overdo it indutge in the pastime out of pure enthusiasm, but with 'equally disastrous consequences. It is Sir Benjamin's opinion that a good flying machine will ultimately be the oat- cotne of th'< cycle. Mhry. fetich tny tiv6rcoat out of the hatt, and bnng me an eapy chau into Lhe gMden, I've just: spotted my mother-in-law coming up to the house, and when she rings you can tell her I'tn OHt. I don't mind spending my evening with Mars, but I bar my wife's."

WBDMNO. KmtPBB, AlfD EN&AGNOMT &MOS.— CH-aa.t V?<<«?-< ??T*d?th'' Nt. ATa.ry.jttKiet CMdi9.

Miners' Leaders & Mabon Letter from Mr David Morgan. TOTHEBUH'OE, Sitt,—I see that my friend Mabon makes a cuoujng effort to make away the idea of explain- ing bts serious ChMI{6S against us, the oSicials of the new Minors' Union fur South Wales. His J<Mt short rep!y proves that the fox is stiil true to Mature. He Snishes up by hoping that I win not forget that cenfygen a ladd pberchonog, before it is too late. The readeri should know that the word cenfygen" means envy. This proves that Mr Abraham is under the impression that 1 am envtous of him being in a higher lJOsitjon than myself, and that the last assertion of rntne about b<8 conduct lately towards the ofBcia!a of the new organisation arises entirely from the said jealousy. Mow for the proof of the above assertion or other- wise. The South Wales soiners know that Mr Abraham hasheld his position of M.F. for the last tO years, and the postUou of president for the aiding Scale organisation for the last 18 or 20 years, and every miner in the district knows that te is considered higher than me, and there ia no Me that knows it better than myself and had I Seen envious of him I would not have addressed three or four meetings in favour of returning him <o Parliament. When Councilor Richard Morris Btended to oppose him about three or four vears ago, and I would not go and address a meeting with him at Ton-Ystrad. when the men were in a rage against him, suroiy I had no need to go and support him to be returned to Parhament or to sooth tho rage of hit men and tny man wilt see that Mr Abraham's allegation M to my attacking turn at present from an envious spirit is a cunning way of his to get out of the thSiculty or the pit which he digged for others by insinuating that some of us (who are bettor in sharacter than him) were defective. Permit me to My that I would much rather be in nay insfgnih- \'nt position to-day than an imaginable ex..lteù posttion upon wooden legs and crutches. (I wii! mplain the wooden )egs and crutches fgatn if necessary.) So much for the envy. Mr Abraham alleges in his short paragraph that, ''hadhethewish.hocoutd prove ail my asser. tions about his conduct to be false." I don't UE:lieve that many that know him wou!d believe nis statement, But I will here further vcotitate ØlY assertion, viz., that ho wag eagel' to get cause agamst us—the omciats of the new organisation—when he asKed thu BwHfa delegates orheoher it was true that they hatt not recoived tupport from the ,.aid society. I may say here that sufactent has come out through the Press to prove that only two of these men wero tinancial members, and that they were paid according to futf. Further, no one knew better than Mr Abraham that the branch or district: that they were members of had to support 10 per cent. of its members without) .'ppeahng to the executive of the Amatgamnted Society therefore it ts plain to bo seen th<tC the question put by Mr Abraham waa cut and drtpd, and that the ouly object m view waa to try and prove our weakness before the South Wities mmers, and that the result tvouid dmnnich our success as a society. Now tor n)y other assertion, viz., that Mr Abraham d)d try to show a defect in our :hitraotCM as leaders in his speech )n the Cam. br'an district ntoeting on the 25th of last March. The following is the part of thespoech delivered by Mr Abraham of whtch we complain, and the teader may judge for himsetf whether he bad a bad intention or not when uttering the sentences feterrodto, when we witt exp!ain that we as a Councit seat two or three totters to him through aur secretary asking for an explanation, and that %e has not relied as yet. although be has been ornCten to nve months. Mabon said in the tpeech comptained of :— After att the professions of building up orKajusa- tiona. tet them remember thn.t uo orgaDia.tion ever r8IM:heù a. IJlgller altit.ude t.ha.n the moral cha.racter 0 ttt anft iut organisation which put moral ua.si()n a¡f its intruJ!lellt of power, tbat needed mOl".d as its tnu.msLi.y. wonlft never succeed upon such herb:s a. a.rroga.nce, a.uùa.city, aad falsehood. Let ttlena be bonest,. <toll trith ¡\n hon,sty of purpose there waa .omc hope fur them to Uve aud to thrive. (Loud eheert.) Now everybody must admit that the above remarks were made after a careful and cunning atndy, and that it was intended to damage some of our moral characters, and uitimatoly destroy oat innuence with the workmen to build up the new organisation in South Wales. But Mr Abraham intimates that it did not; may I <Mk Mabon, )f it did not, why did he not repty during the four months, and explain to as what he meant ? But he did not. and the whole object ia ptain, vtx., thab he had succeeded in spitting on our ctothes as it were, and he intends to leave it) there aa long as he poaaibfy CM. The reader wt!t ttsk the natural question—if my ec!ieagues and myself are under the impression that these remarks compiamed of are Hbehous, why not take it before a judge and jury for libel ? My reply is, that we know who the juries wou!d be, viz., the upper and middJe c!aas, who hate TradtM Unionism, and who have every extreme tympathy with Mabon, seeing (as they put it) abaa he m tha man who keeps the South miners in peace, and consequently keeps the trade roing. to delight, which I witt admit to be 75 per cent. of the truth. But he does it by the sacri- 6ciog of the men's wagap. which amounts to 10 per cent. to-day. But some of the tradespeople do not look at this peace-at-aay.price policy in the proper hght. They don't consider that they lose the transaction of this 10 per cenr. of the men's wages in their trade, which means in South Wates and Monmouthshire about JB520.COO per aimum they get this sum of money <n business every year, as they are bhnd to tbeir own interest. As to the upper class, viz iandowners and Tories, who, as a rule, SH the benche; they would not go against MaboH, for BO M P. in this country did a better turn to them than Maboa did when he signed the report cf .he ever to be remembered Royal Commission npon Mfning Royalties and Way!en.ves and upon Mining Produce, viz., to leave it alone, betng (as he puts it) that they were not injurious to the trade at aiL" To leave it alone, though the iand- &w"w in South Wales to-day receive something «ke JMOU.OOO every year from our produce which they have no just right to at alt, but ouly a little compensation for the damage to the Mrface, and I am positive that £100,000 would Mfipiy covet that. If justice were to be done in this CMe I have no hesitation iu stating that thi" would bring in 10 per cent. more wages for the tnen, hence 10 par cent. more business to the tradespeopte. which means in round numbers something hke J6520.000, or jei,040.000 per anautn more business every year between the two. May I ask why shoutd not trades. peopte support Trade Unionism ? The only reply that can be made hy them is that they are btind to their own interest. And what about the iack of justice which is done to those poor feUows, the workmen, who have to suffer the wants of the eomfortw that the .81,040,000 would bring them ? [tet Mabon answer thi..btter question.—I am, &c., Aberdare, August 16. D. MORGAN. LLANTWIT VARDRE COLLIERY DISPUTE. The arbitrators appointed to determine the price iist at Ystrad Barwig CoHiery met on Monday at the New Inn Hotf). Pontypridd. Mr David Abraham, Cyiarthfa C,,¡heribs, Merthyr, Md Mr S. HotlMter, manager of the coitiery, repreMnted the owners, whIle Alderman David Morgan, Aberdarp, and Mr Ben Davies, miners' tgent, Rhondda, represented the workmen. Faiting a settlement the case wilt now be referred to an umpire. Sett)ement of the Abergwynf! Co!Hery Dispute. On Monday evening, Mr Isaac Evana attended t meeting of the men employed in the collieries aow out on strike, owing to a dtspute which bad been referted to arbitration. Mr Brynmor Joaes being umpire. Mr Evans presented thtt award, which although not being exactly what the men would have liked, ts on the whole tery satisfactory, aod in some cases quite equal <o any anticipations on the par!) of the men. The MMtrd is really an advance of '1% per cent. <m the terms oSered by the company. The report was accepted by the workmen, who tre now in honour bound to commence work, but theM were a few item;; which required to be tettlod which did not come within the pale of the arbitrator's award, and the men resolved not to resume work until these items had been settled. Therefore the meeting was adjourned until raesday evening.

THE TtNPLATE TRADE. Position at H&neUy. It h td been arranged that a mo?stre demoa- ttration of the tiupiate operatives of U?ncHy tbould proceed to Dafeu on Saturday morning as )t protest ;,¡ga,lOst the men at that works con- tinuing to stiit further extend the reduction agreement. Upon the Hanelty men meeting on Saturday morning, however, it was found that the Dafen Works would be idle that day, and that it would be useless to bnng the demon- ttration off at that juncture. The demonstration has been adjourned until Wednesday. lo conversation with a leader of the men, one of our teprMtentativea was assured that the Dafen Srm would return to the 1874 liat aa soon aa the HaneHy masters led the way. Should this prove to bp correct, it is improbable that the Dafen workmen will be called out to join the strike. Au tmportant n:eeting of the tinplate opera. )ive'; iu che LlaneMy district waa held on Wednesday morning to con-tider the present state )f i<asur.-t. The representatives of tho Press were excluded. It was decided to forego the demon- ttratiou to Dafen, inasmuch ?s the proprietors have resolved to give the 1874 list wbca the Llanelly masters lead tha way. An important .ugg-estlon WM made by Mr Thomas Phillips that the masters should be approached wtth a wiew of a settlement, a suggestion being made that the men should give a turn for nothing pro- Vt<l<'d this waa foUowed by the granting of the M74 list. The feeling of the meeting waa that .,&bj. waa better than worktog six weeks at a 1IOROD of 12% per cent., &cd the genera! pr. tnsttuoted t'1 QIO,.Jcso ton., tr masters, and a meeting wiU be beid to-day (Thursday) to consider the situation, shoatd it have altered in the meantime. Thosubsorip. tions for the support of the idle men have come in freely, and already a sum of somettung like Bl.COO is in hand, the greater part of which wi)l be distributed as strike pay to the LlaneUy men to-day (Thursday). There can be no doubt that there is a. great deal of suSering in the town, and the townspeople are earnestly yearning for a settlement. There is a rumour current to the effect that Mr Thoa. Phillips is so anxious that the Ltanelly:men should succeed that ho has forwarded a portion of his salary as a contribution to the strike fund.

COM!NG TRADES CONGRESS. As the time for the assembling of the delegates geta nearer it is becoming more certain that an incident of the General Election wil) force its way to a foremost piace )n the deliberations of the Workmen's Parliament. We allude to the part i phyed by the Independent Labour Party. It. j is true tbet two or more of that party have seats on the Congress Parliamentary Committee, but the outspoken condemnation of the electoral I tactics of the "Independents" by Mr JohnBurns, M.P.. Mr J. H. Wifson, M.P.. and others also on the Parliamentary Comnuhtee indicate that the onicial report to the congress of a majority of that committee will not spare the "Independents." Locally, influential Trade Unionists denounce the Independent: party as betrayers of the cause of Labour at the election, and some of them have announced their intention not to walk in the procession on September 7ch if any of that party :tre permitted to take a share in the demonstra. tic!). That the Independent Labour Party anticipate an adverse attitude on the part of the congre"a is indicated by the visit of Mr S. Hobson to Cardiff to arrange, if possible, for a separate gathering of hiscoUeagufs with their local friends—if there be any in Cardiif. The Trades Council here is solid ty adverse to the "Independents." from winch fact we infer that the president-designate of the congress wit! share that feeling. Aa a number of the coming delegates belong to the Independent party, a warm discussion may he expected at an ear!y sitting. Broad)y. the line of cleavage is thn same as that which a while "incc divided Trade Unionism in the "old and the new sections. The novelty of the pending conflict is in the fact that, for the iirat time, the otd Unionists will be the aggressors, putting the new upon their defence. Additional subscriptions have been received by the Local Reception Committee from the Right Rev. Bishop llediey, Mr 0. H. Jones, J.P., Fonmon Alderman David Jones', J.P., Council- lors Tucker and Gerhold, Messrs W. Price and Sons. St. Mary-street David Duncan and 80nl', South Wales Daily 2Ve!M; E. F) etcher. Theatre Roya! Edwin 8eWi\rd, UardiS Edward Turner and Sons, J:unesA)!an. HenryGibbon (three fums of contractors), David Janes and Co., J, Lipton, 0; Empire Theatre of Varieties J. Dankley. and Mr Atfred Thomas. M.P.—Mr Goodyer, of the Tr.tmway Company, ottered to p!ace tramcars a.t the disposal of the delegates to the Pierhead on I' September 2nd, and from there on their return from the Channel trip, free of cost. He also very kind)y oners the free use of for any local excursions by the delegates. In 'etters accompanying subscriptions, the Mtowicg friendly sentiments are expressed :— Bishop Hedley is much obliged for the invita- tion to the meeting of the Congress; and, if at home, he wii! try to attend." Atderman David Jones, chairman of the Master Builders' Association: "I have much pieasure in contributing. I intend, if possible, attending some of the meetings." Messrs W. Price and Sons, Cardiff Houae "Best wishes that the congress meeting at Cardiff may be a very pleasant and satisfactory one, and that yon may be favoured with nne weather for the gathering." Mr James Allan, contractor I have pleasure in sending my cheque." i Mr Edwin Seward, architect Some of the ) subjects discussed may probably have some bear- ing on bui!diog topics, and if I can know when they may be dealt with I should be glad." Messrs E. Turner and Sons :—" We trust your meeting wiil be profitable and conduce to a better understanding between employer and emp!oyed." Councillor J. M. Gerbold :—" I am in full sympathy with the movement, and hope it wiH reautt in great practical good." Mr T. J. Masters :—" Trust the reception to the delegates will be worthy of the town of Cardiff, and that the whole of your meetings will he a great success" Mr A!fr<-d Thomas, M.P.:—"Mr and Mrs P.ckard will be my guests during the time they wit! ba m CardiS. I hope to be present at one of the meeting?." The Cardiff Unions are continuing to subscribe largely to the reception of their co.workers who foregather at Cardiff from every industrial centre in Britain and Ireland.

TRADES UNiONtSM. The seventh annua! report by the chief Labour correspondent to the Board of Trade on the subject of Trade Unions waa issued on Saturday. The returns are for 1895, a.nd it is noted that the early unwillingness of some of the Unions to aupply information aa to their operations has now nntirely disappeared. The number of Unions from which accounts have been received was 687. The number of mem- bers at the end of the year was 1,270.789 (for 678 Unions only) the year's income amounted to Bl.996,971, and the expenditure to JB2,246,515. reducing the funds in hand with which the year was begun from Bl,902,597 to Bl,655.068. 1895 waa a bad year for these organisations, due chie9y to bad trade and the large number of trade dia- ptites, chief amongst which was the prolonged dispute in the coal trade.

COLUERY ENTERPR!SE tN SOUTH WALES. Another very importaa: stage was reached on Saturday in connection with the development which has been proceeding for several years p1\t under the practical superintendence of Mr H. W. Martin, the eoHiery en¡J}eer, and the genera! management of Mr E. P. Martin, general manager of the Dowiai? Works, of the Dowlais Company's steam coal Peking at Aberdaro Junction. The enterprise bt the agents of Lord Wimborne at Aberdare Junction has been of <t dogged description. Obstacles occurred over aud over again in the ecurse of the operations at thid virgin part of the coat field, and water troubles upon one or two occasions put a stop for some time to the sinking. AH these obatac!es were at length overcome, and successive relays of capable workmen have been at work in two shafts for some time. with the resutt that nist the 2ft. 9in. seam was proved and after that the 4ft. Since then the 6ft. vein lias been cut through, and to-day the 9ft. seam WM tapped. Th(-Te are fijw therefore four excellent se<tma of steam coal found in this sptendid property, which, roughly speaking. lies midway between Dowlais Works and the port of Cardin' The nine feet which was come upon on Saturday in the South Pit is at a depth of 740yards. and will consequentiy constitute the deepest workings in South Wa!es.

ONERS' PROVIDENT SOCtEtY. The ordinary quartetly meeting of the board of management was held at the Institute of Engin- eer?. Cardiff, on Saturday. There were present: Mr Louis Tytor (iu the chair). Messrs Ed- ward Jones, G. W. Wttkinson, M. Roberts-Jonea, Henry Thomas, J. J. Daviea, Jenkin Jonea, John Lewis. David Morgan, Thomas Davies, W. H. Magor, T..Screen. W. Hughef, J. Price, L Ltewelyn. Jenkin Howell (auditor), G. L. CampbeU (Parliamentary secretary), and Evan Owen (genera! secretary). The quarterty state. ment of accounts which was submitted by the secretary showed that the members' contributions for the quMter amounted to S12.761. proprietors' percentages JB2.795. The following payments were made :—t\mara! aHowances, JB470 re!ief of widows, £2,660; relief of children, £2,404 disablement pay, JE6,736. There have been 48 fatal accidents during the quarter, by which 48 members !oat their fives. 839 widows, 3,505 children, and S.421 disabled members had been reheved. 1,461 children were in receipt of an- nuities. Toe question of old age allowances WM discussed, and it wa.sdecidd to print 20,000 copies of Mr Tyior's scheme for old age allowances, and to circulate them. A large number of special cases was dealt with, and tha proceedings terminated with a cordial vote of thanks to Mr Tyior for his services in the chair.

D!SCOVERY OF COAHNTHE ABER VALLEY. Our Rhondda correspondent writes :—A splen- did seam of coal, described aa the six feet vein, waa struck oa Tuesday in the Songbenydd Pit, the property of the Universal Colhery Company, Limited, at a depth of about 520 yards. The new pitt are situate about 12 miles from Pontypridd, in a coaHield which will, when property devetoped, contain a large popuiation. About 200 workmen's cottages and three targe hotels hnve already been built in the district. The 2ft. 9in. seam and the 4ft. seam were found in the pita several montha ago. The quality of the coal atruck on Tuesday is excellent and the '«:am is of noimal thickness. It is stated t.!)!it two other pits will bo sunk shortly in the "nme district by another company.

MtNERS' PERMANENT SOCIETY. promises to be an important conference having relation to movements for the relief of distress caused by mining Mcidenta. is the sixteenth annual conference of Mtbontiea of Miners' Permanent Societies, to be held at the Mansion House, London, on Fnday, the 50th inst. Amongst other subjects on the agenda ia that of old age allowances, to be introduced to the conference by Mr Louis Ty!or, chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Manage. ment of the Monmouthshire and South Watea Miners' Permanent Provident Society, and to receive reports concerning the matter from the I hoards of management of the various Permanent Kf)ief Societies in the United Kingdom.

A ReuLct's telegram from St. PekwabtLrg states I thn. M. Scbroetter. the weH-koown btokor, !s reported to have been set upon by Ohieves on his eamte and severely injured. To THE DBAf.—A GeotIeaMn who oared hmMtM of Dea.fneea amd Noises in the Hettd after 10 yetmfsnifMint; wUlgiadty aend fullpa-rtienhu-softhe remedy post free.—Address H. CtMtea, Neriatk HoMe, NtM?Mtx? shMmd, ?<—<?o? WJC. ?aSTQ

Festivities at Llangennech COM!N8 OF ¡AGE OF MR MORTOM EVANS. LIangenneoh Park, & country residence some six mitea cab of Llanelly, has been the home of many a distinguished Welshman who has left his mark upon the fortunes of his country. It has been the centre of more than one historic pageant, and its associations, stretcbiog back into the seventeenth century, em- brace two continents. It was the birthplace and home of Nellie Saitoris. who afterwards bacame the wife of Genera! Grant, one of the master minds of the Federal Army. and one of the purest; figures in American history and here, in his march westward to Drogheda, Oliver Cromwe)! is said to have rested on his way, and slept a few of the troubled moments of his Protector guardianship. On Toes- day, however, it was the scene of a more peaceful, if less historic, spectacle. Nowadays, the mansion is the home of Alderman David Evans. J.P., one of the merchant princes of Carmarthenshire. The eldest son of a Handovery tenant farmer. Mr David Evans, by virtue of a commercial intuition as remarkable as it is rare. has forged his way to the front. One of the shrewdest business men in South Wales, he has become what he is, holding the destinies of a score of colossal business enterprises in hia hands by his own indomitable perseverance. Some years ago he purchased the Hangennech estate, and as overlord of ita fertile acres, its undulating uplands', its tree-betted slopes, and sunttt p)ains. and as squire of the village, his relation with his tenants has been of that cordial hearty nature none too frequent) in the agricultural annals of the time. Here, radiant in the August sunshine, fair !adies robed in all shades, and srentlemen as brave and gallant as those of otd, were a company of alt but a thousand, of ait ages, from school children to baro. nets and members of Parliament, engaged in celebrating the coming of age of Mr Evans* son and heir—Mr Morton Gtyn Evans. The village was en fete the who?e day through, and the visitors as they arrived, by train and carriage, passed on their way to the mansion under a continuous canopy of nags and bunting. In the spacious grounds a number of huge marquees bad been erected, sandwiched between round-abouts and swings. The guests commenced to arrive at an early hour, among those putting in an appearance being Sir Arthur Stepney. Bart.. Mr David RandoH. M.P.. Messrs. E. Trubshaw. J.P., J. Maybery, J.P.. W. J. Buck!ey, J.P., Gwilym Evans, J.P., T. Thomas (Onicial Receiver), Major Bythway, A. Pollard Lewia. Ben Evans (Swan. sea). Dr. John. Dr. S. J. Roderick, and a host of others, representatives of the administrative, commercial. and professional Hff of the county of Carmarthen. PROCEEDINGS AT THE LUNCHEON. A company of three or four hundred guests assomb!ed in a huge marquee in the grounds to partake of luncheon, Alderman David Evans, J.P., the squire, presiding, supported by Mr Morton Evans on his right hand. The CHAIRMAN submitted t))o loyal and patriotic toast", which ware duty honoured. Mr W. H. LCDFORD submitted the toast of "Mr Morton Glyn Evans," and observed that tile company would join with him in drinking to the prosperity and tong life of their young friend. (Applause.) Young Mr Evans attained b)S majority that day. and it was hia (the speaker's) wish that he would preserve the exce)!ent qualities he bad already shown. Mr ERNEST TmUBSHAW asked to bo permitted to join in the chorus of congratulation with which Mr Morton Evans was being greeted on this auspicious occasion. He sympathised with him in the joy and pride he must feet in obtaining his majority. He baheved bis young friend was fully conscious of I the digmty and responsibilities of manhood, and be was sure be would redeem all his early promises and make a good and honour- able man. (Applause.) Mr DAVID RANDBLL, M.P., said tt afforded him the greatest poas)b!e pleasure to be present on such an interesting occasion. He had known Mr Morton Evana for many years, from hia childhood, and he could therefore speak with some experience ot his excellent qualities of mind and heart. He had made it a special business to be there that day, and he was g!ad he had come. (Applause.) He hoped Mr Morton Evans would !ive long to render such service—as he knew he would render—to those around him as would win for him the regard and aSection of all. (Ap- plause.) The toast was drunk with musical honours. Rising to respond, Mr MoKToN EvANS was received with loud applause. He expressed his gratitude for the hearty and cordial manner in which they had received him, and for the very kind words they had been pleased to say of him. Ho trusted that time would witness their fulSI- ment. It afforded him the greatest pleasure to know that his 21st birthday had been spent among his friends—those nearest and dearest to him. He was bound to say that so far hia father had been a jolly good fellow. He was pleased to see so many." tenants of the Hangennech Park estate present, and so long as his family had any connection therewith it would be his chief aim to do what he could in furthering the interests and prosperity of the viDage and its surroundings. (Applause.) Itwould bo extremely dimcult for him to redeem all the expectations they had made in respect) to bis future, but it would be his constant endeavour to retain their good opinion, and he would never forget their kindness. (Applause.) Mr T. JtNtlNS (ex-mayor of Carmarthen) sub- mitted the toast of "Mr David Evans, J.P. their genial host. Mt'MATBKBT, J.P.. supported the toast, which was received with musical honours. Mr DAVID EvANS thanked them for the kind way in which they had received his nan'e and done honour to his sou. Ho saw many friends about him who had started life with him, and be was gratined to Snd that they had come there that day to share with him the joy and pride he fe!t on the coming of age of his son. Ho thanked them for their kind expression in respect) of Morton, who had never given him f\ moment's anxiety, and who, he believed, never would. (Applause.) Mr T. R. LuDFORD submitted the toast of The Ladies," which was moat enthusiastically received. Mr THOMAS THOMAS (omeial receiver, Carmar- then) proposed the toMt of "Mrs Evans," and this was supported by Mor:en and Sir Arthur Stepney, and druuk with much enthusiasm, j* PRESENTATION OF AN ADDRESS. At this juncture the Rev. David Davtes (vicar) presented n. beautifuHy-iHuminated address and gift to Mr Morton Evans on behalf of a number of friends. Mr HKNRT JOHN delivered a speech in Welsh, and Alderman JosZFH JoanpH, speaking on behalf of the residents of Hangennech. hoped that the future of their young friend would be uniformly unbpclouded. Mr THOMAS THOMAS then came forward to present an address and gut on behalf of the tenant farmers on the estate. Speeches were also made by Mr R. N. Sampson. Mr Ben Evanp, Morion, and Sir Arthur Stepney, and englynion recited by a number of loonl bards, Mr Morton Evans suitably respondtng. The proceeding-* doted with the singing of Hun W)ad fy Nhadau," the solo being taken by Mr David L!oyd. LIST OF GIFTS. Silver salver, beekers, and address, friends and neighbours silver card case. MiM Richards, Wo!- verton silver-mounted nask. Mr J. Thorns:, Piasissa silver match box. Misa Batcher, London sitvcr match box and sovereign case, Mr and Mrs Basit Witson. London zp!d penci!. Misa Maggie Evans gold pencil. Mr J. WiHiamt silver cigarette case, Messrs Reynolds and Co.. Gloucester gold pencil case, silver guard, gold sleeve Hnks, and rug, sisters of Mr Morton silver-mounted ivory paper knife, Mrs Thomas. Plasissa gold pin. Mr Evan Evans. Penrose Kold and diamond tie ring. Mr H. B. ThomM. Danelly kit, bag and pocket-book, Messrs Tom, WiUie. and John Kvans; hantinz crop. Mr D. James, Aber- cavenny go!d pin, Mr Hawkins, Liverpool; clock, Mr and MM Evana, Do!auhirion; volume of Tennyson: Messrs Pridey, Metford. and Co. silver card case, Miss plan of Hangennech estate, Messrs J. Davies and Sons acrostics. Mr and Mrs David Paton "liver serviette ring. Miss Bessie Thomas; riding clock, Mr and Mrs D. James. Aber- j;avenny; dressing case, Mr and Mrs B. Evans, Swansea cigarette case, Mr and Miss James, Hwyn- jack gotd and ivory mounted walking-stick, Mr and Mrs T. B. Ludford; loving cup and address, tenant farmers writing case, Mr and Mrs Evanf, St. Cteaf's silver and ivory papEor knife, )lr a.nd Mr!1 Bla.ke; Mher.mounted letter case. Mrs and Miss Maynard ne!d classes. Mr and Mrs Walters. Uandovcry; marine ):la''s. Mr H. J. Maynard case of razor; Mr Thomas, Hangennech luncheon baskets, Handovery tenants umbrella, and Mrs MOIn, GroenSoM- viUas pearl and diamond breast p'n. Mr and Miss Gwilym Evans waJking-atick, Mr Arthur and Mr Ivor Samuel; portmanteau. Mrs Thomas, Hall.street; BiMe. congregation at Btyn Seion Chape!; cricket bat. Mr Luther Joseph writing set. Mr and Mrs W. Henry, UaneHy riding crop. Mr J. White. Swansea ridinc: whip, Mr J. Jones, Swansea.; saddle and bridle, Mrs Evans. Llangemnech Park opera glass, Llangentech tenants. ?

Rebuitding of Swansea Market. I OVER JE22,000'70"BE EXPENDED. The work of pulling down Swansea. Market preparatory to rebuildmg it. at a cost of B20.000, was performed with some ceremony on Tuesday. The proposal to have something done to this market, which was one of the finest in the Princi. patity but has by decay become a disgrace to the town. has been discussed for many years. Plans were selected about eight years ago, tha architects being Messrs Buckley, Wtlaon. and Glendenning Moxham, but still the matter bung fire, the Council being so evenly balanced between absolute rebuilding and restoring that only quite recently such definite decision was come toas would enable the work of rebuilding to be commenced. Then the contract of Messrs Bennett Bros. was accepted, and the contract being signed a few days a"o the work of demolition was othc'aUy begun "on Tuesday. Alderman Tutton (the chairman of the Matket Committee), and the Mayor joined in pulling down the first stone. Congratulatory speeches were delivered, and an official order was given the contractors to proceed with the work. Amongst those present were the Mayor (Alderman Edwards). Aldermen Tutton (chairman of the Markets Committee), A. Mason, R. Martin, and W. Lewis Councillors W. il. Spring W. Weatlake, David D.?vies, UeweHyn Davies? Roaaer Rosaer. Morgan Hopktns, Roger Thomas, W. We?rne. David Jones, J. Sktdnnore, Griffith Davios. J. Grinitbs and Messrs Fhtltp Rogers. A. W. Halden. Warmington (ropre. sentative of theleasee), F. Smith, W. Small, W. Edwards, Bennebt Brothers (the contractors), and G!endinninE; Moxham (one of the architects). DESCRIPTION OF THE MARKET. The proposed new market), the extent and appearance of whish may be judged from our sketch, is to be built from the dea'gns of Messrs J. Buckley Wilson and Glendinning Moxbam, architects. Swansea. The p!ans sent in were adjudicated on by one of the highest authorities in the architectural world, who, in awarding the prize to those of "Prosperity," said:—"The plan of the bunding is ingenious, and the difficulty of roofing -in irregular site has been skdtuHy overcome. The h?ht and ventilation are eSoctuaUy provided for. and the genera! effects, both external and internal, have been considered." We may say that the market hae imposing frontages to Oxford-street, which are, to be bnilt of red bricka with Bath-atone dressings. Theprin. cipat entrance will be opposite Portland-street and will be a pleasing feature, having a wide entrance door on each side. There are two minor entrances in Oxford-street and two in Union. street. The whole of the area of the present site is to be covered, and it is expected that by economising space the accommodation will be increased by one-ninth. The architects strove to give the greatest accommodation without) adopt- ing gaUeries, and have designed one m:nn imposing avenue. There are to be 80 butchers' staHs, a wholesale uceat market, a fish marker, three rooms for omcers, weighing paroe!s, refresh- ment and ratiritig rooms, etc. The contract islet to Messrs Bsnaetti Brus.. contractors, Swansea, for the sum of JB19,9t5, but this amount wiU be augmented by the lining of the staUs with g!azed bricks, and the whote of the work wiH be carried out: under the superintendence of Messrs Witaon and Moxbam. the architects.

BURRY PORT AND PEMBREY HORHCULTURAL SOCtETY. T!'ia exhibition was held at the Pansh Ha.Hand Grounds on Tuesday !M ap]6ndid we&ther. The uumbar and qu.*iity of the exhibits were exoep. bion&t, notwtthst&ndtng the prolontfed drought experienced duung the present seMon. The judges were Mr J. Wilkinson. Bhton Ferry ;Mr J. Davies, Aberamitn Gardeo". AberdMe. The president of the society ia the Earl of Ashbur! b:ttn, and the prmcipa.\ oiBcers of the coKjunttee, upon whont the burden fell most heaylly, and who have laboured so aasidnousty to bring about so signal a succes", are the foltowing :—Chairman of committee, Mr John H. C!atton vice-chair- man, Mr John G. Find!ay hoo. secretary and treasurer, Mr Fred Morgan with Messrs George Sweeting and William Meadows, aasistfd by a strong comnnttee. The committee deserve con. gratulationa on the sucoeaoful tMoe of their labours, C6peciaHy so the indefatigable secretary Mr Fred Morgan. Measra D. T. Wi!tunne and othera, and Mr Hoare tre?tted the pnMia to eome invio On Ida. -MO and TtoUt covegsively-

DEPRESSED AGR!CULTURE. Necessity fcr Prompt Act!en. la the House of Commons on Monday, The adjourned debate on Mr Price's amend. ment to the Address, in rep)y to the Speech from the Throne, was resumed, the effect of the amendment) being to submit the expediency of passing during the present year remedial measures for the existing depression in agricul- ture. MrCHANNiNQ said that the meaning of thia and other similar amendments which stood on the paper was that members on the Opposition side of the House thought that an autumn Session ought to he hold in order to consider measures for the relief of the present depressed state of agriculture. He denied that the late Government had taken no steps to initiate such legislation. Amongst other steps they had taken was thB relief of farmers making amati incomes from th& income tax. Nor was it tbor fault that tha light railways had not been passed. Further measures were, however, required, and the pre- sent amendment, whtch did not mvolve any censure upon the present Government, was merely intended to express the opinion that no time should be lost in dealing effectually with the griev- ances under which agriculturists now suffered. There was no panacea for agricultural distress, bat the Government might deal advantageously in an autumn Seseion w'th preferential railway rates, and they might also strengthen the law with regard to the adulteration of dairy pro- duce, and pass a real Agricultural Holdings Act which would protect) the capital farmers ex- pended upon the land. Mr BsooKHELD could not congratulate those who had spoken in support of tbia amendment in having thrown much li<;hb upon the difEcult problem under discussion. His constituents were con6dent)y looking to the present Government to come to their rescue, not only as regarded good administration, bat also as regarded wise and kindiy legislation. MR BRYNMOR JONES SPEAKS FOR WALES. Mr D. BMNMOB JoNns admitted that in mak- ing the appointment of Minister for Agriculture, her Majesty's Government had selected a gentlemen well qualined to deal with the dimcult problem presented by the present depressed state of agriculture, but he could not express his satisfaction with the perfunctory performance with which the right hon. gentleman (Mr Long) favoured the House on Friday. His attitude was in marked contrast to that he took up before he came into omce. In 18M the hoc. and gallant member for South Eaaex obtained)) leave to dis. cuss the question of agricultural depression, as a matter of urgent public importance," and on that occasion he was supported by the present President of the Board of Agriculture, who thoroughly agreed that the subject required immediate attention. (Hear.) A further con. trast to the attitude taken up by the Government was the spefch made by the Pristdent of the Local Government Board (Mr Chap- tin) so recently as February last, when ha said that the late Government showed no adequate sense of the urgency and gravity of the situation, and that it was impossible to exaggerate the gravity of the condition in which the great industry of agriculture was. (Hear, hear.) Adopting the words then uaed, he (Mr Jones) declared that the present Government showed no adequate sense of the urgency and gravity of the situation. (Hear, hear.) He warned the Government that the country was not to be put off with the procrastinating platitudes of the Minister for Agriculture to the effect that he would honestly, sincerely, and straightforwardly do his duty—next year. (Hear, hear.) He felt bound to say this in justice to his hon. friend (Mr Price), whose motion had been denounced as made without sincerity, but, more particularly, he rose to complain that the Presi- dent of the Board of Agriculture had made no reference to the disastrous condition of things in thp Principality of Wales. Without any polemical intent, but simply by way of appeal to the Government and members oppo. site, he declared that unless there was some great change in the economic situation, unless some remedial measure could be introduced by her Majesty's Government, the community would be face to face with prac- tical bankruptcy in the agricultural industry. (Hear, bear.) As a member of the Commission whose report had not yet been presented he would avoid the delicate question of the tenant farmers, but) he invited the attention of the Government to the position of the small freeholders to whom aUusion had already been made. He did this the more readity because public attention had been drawn to the subject by the hon. baronet, the member for Swansea town, in a speech ho made in Wales a short ttme ago. One of the peculiarities of the Welsh agricultural counties was that tenants were cbieny members of families connected with the samo estate not only from generation to generation, but) in some cases from centuries. There was one instance cited in evidence before the Welsh Land Commission where the same family had farmed a holding for a thousand years. That members should understand the question they must try to realise the passionate attachment of Welsh farmers for the place where they were born and bred, and which their forefathers worked. When an estate was broken up, the moat extravagant prices were offered by tenants for thetr holdings, and there were mauy instances mentioned in the evidence before the commission of men who had paid high prices in the last 20 years, and, cot being able to pay the purchase money in full, mortgaged their holdings at a time when agriculture was prosperous. The condition of these men was now such that in a largo number of cases they were face to face with bankruptcy, and sinking tnto the condition of labourers. For Welsh.apeaking farmers of middle age it was idle to talk of migration to Eng!and or emigration to our Colonies. The hon. member for Swansea town made a speech on the subject which attracted a great deal of attention, and hia views on the subject) may have influenced the votes of electors. Anyhow, immediate attentton by the Government was required, and, if anything was to be done, it must be done quickly. There men had to detd with mortgages, and it was very dtSerent dealing with a mort- gagee, who, perhaps, was trustee, to dealing with a landlord, and an equal amount of consideration could not be expected. He hoped that in the <nancial arrangements of next year they woutd consider and take into account the position of these small freeholders in the Principality of Wales. He did not intend to labour this point, but he should like to eay that in the evtdenoe givon before the Welsh Land Commission, by Mr Morgan Richard- son. would be found a very fait and reasonable scheme of relief for these suffering poisons. He should further like to have heard from the Government Benches a tittle about railway rates in Wales. In Wales, aa in other parts of the kingdom, they bad to complain ot the excessive railway rates upon agricultural produce, and they had also to complain than an undue preference was given to Ireland. It was not for him to suggest how the Government were to equalise the rates, but he would take this opportunity of calling attention to the matter, and, before the discussion closed, he hoped they would be given some indica- tion of the Government poJicy on the point. There was one other topic. Wales, owing to its physical condition, could not do nnuch in the way of arable cuttivation. and he should like to know whether the Government could not do something through the loct authorities to eccourago butter and cbAeSe-makingfactoriel!. Itwashard)yposaib!e to obtain any Welsh butter or cheese, and the Government, be thought, might assist the farmers who had not themselves sufBcient capital to establish these factories. If the Governmentwere in earnest in their desire to aasistagrioulture they must be quick. It was a matter which brooked no delay. It waajMid at the elections that a Liberal Govern- ment meant nun to the farmers, and Unionist Government meant balance at the bronk and si)k dresses for the farmer's wife, low rates, no cattle disease — (laughter) — and no un. duo foreign competitmn. In short, if the country would only send a Unionist Government to power, that Unionist Government would "scatter plenty o'ar a smiling land." (Laughter.) WeU, he asked the Government to do it. and not put them off by such a Rpeeoh as that delivered by the President of the Board of Agriculture. He. ab any rate, should vote for the amendment of his hon. friend. Mr RADOMfM CoOKR opposed the amendment as a mere political dodge to put agricultural members on the Unionist aide in a dimoulty. They all agreed that something ought to bn done for agriculture, but thi« was not an honest attempt to bring the question forward. Mr LAMBERT urged that the present Govern. ment with their larga majority ought to do some- thing for those who had done so much for them, and to provide an immediate remfdy for agricul. tur&l depression, hut it seemed that they were not so earnest in their desire to legislate for the benent of agriculture as they professed to be before the election (Hear, hear.) Where were the three acres and a cow ? That was a Birming- ham programme. (Laughter.) Mr JA8MR MOBE thought) agricultural constituencies would nnd it extremely incon. venient if their members were prevented by PM'hamentary duties from being with them in October. Those who wera sincere in the desire to assist the farmers could not do bettet than devote the autumn to endeavouring tu help the Government to devise measures for remedying the depression in agriculture. Sir W. WmDDRMURN wanted to know what the Government mb4tnd..d to do for the crofters of North-East Scotland. Mf CHAPMN could not help thinking that the debate had taken a somewhat pecn)ia.r turn, as it seemed to have been used as an opportunity for gentlemen opposite to explain why their party ought not to have lost the support) of the agricultural interest at the last election. The great specific that they had to propose for the depressed condition of agriculture was that there should be an Autumn Session to consider measures for its relipt. Was that a pEaottoat proposal! What was wanted was not more discussion, but that Ministers should have a htt!e more ttmt' to consider and prepare their measures. (Hear, hear.) SIR W. HARCOURT SARCASTIC. Sir W. HAROOCRT said that members of the Conservative party had constantly imputed to the late Government that they were indifferent to the condition of agriculture. That was a charge that was abso!ute)y unfounded. They did not, it was true, profess to restore instantly prosperity to agnoulturo—(hear. hear)—that was loft to gentlemen oppose. (Opposition cheers.) Under the late Government the farmers Wt-re largely relieved in respect of the income tax, and large eunM were expended :n making provision against awino fever, but gentlemen opposite who were continually bringing forward motions calling upon the Government to relieve agricultural diatroas when aMtea))Md wtmt <)hev would prooose said, Only put ua in omce and we will tell you." (Cheers.) Now they were in omee, the right hon. gentleman bad not been extremely anxious to ac- celerate thelabours of the Agricultural Commission, and the reason was that his education on the subject was nob complete. (Laughteraad cheers.) The first business of next Session was to be an Irish Land Bill, for it was the duty of the Government as soon as possible to terminate the period of arranged suspension. (Hoar, hear.) If the agricultural interest must wait until a Land Act had been passed it woutd have to wait long, and he should like to know what under those circumstances became of the promise that agriculture would be raised at once to a condition of prosperity if only an Unionist Government was returned to power. (Cheers, and cries of "Ob, oh.") A great part of the agrtcuttural dtskress arose from causes for which no Government could be held responsible, and this debate would bring the farmers to understand how baseless were the promises by which they had been deceived. (Cheers.) Mr BALFOOR denied that the Conservative party had spent the last six weeks in tolling farmers that a Unionist Govern* ment would bring them immediate prosperity. The present Prime Mimster just before the etection warned the country how little could be done by legislation to restore prosperity to agriculture, and it was not the fact that Conservative members had made such promises as had been attributed to them. He was not there to say that rash statements might not have been made by gentlemen on that side, but it could not be said that rash statements had not also been made by gentlemen on the other side. (Hear, hear.) Mr LoaAN supported and Major RASCH opposed the amendment. Mr STBACHEY did not wish unfatrly to press the Government to deal with that vast subject immediately, but thought they should promise that next Session should not be taken up entirely with Irish and Scotch business, but that their nrst measure should be one dealing with agriculture. The House divided, and the numbers were :— .bortthenmaadment! 105 Against: 256 Majority 131 The amendment was, therefore, reacted.

Monsigoor Cordier, Bishop of Cambodge,b* diodatPuom-Penh. The Public Works Loan Board report tb*t thø1 advano&d ;S1,612,U3 to local authorities d'?? 189?-5, a alight increase oa the figures of <? previous year.. The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathode have appointed Mr Charles Macpherson. R.A. sub-organist of St. Paul's in place of the late B" William Hodge.. Estate duty has been paid on JM2.557 la ? as the vahie of the personal estate of OolOC* WiUiam Vigor Fox, of Cumberbach House, fJIIII Northwicb, who died on the 9th of April laat. A man named John Kavannagh commit* suicide on Saturday in a cell at the police depot* BaHybrack, co. Dublin, by hanging hiniae"' Deceased was 39 years of age, and unmarried. It is oSioiaHy announced that Dr. Henri. president of St. Matachy CoHege. Belfast. f been appointed Roman Ca.tholic Bishop of and Connor in succession to Bishop McAliø- deceased, j Etizaboth Creed (26), a servant in the empl of the Rev. J. Settick, Leamington, has found drowned in the Warwick Cana!. De went but to post a letter on Sunday afternoon f didnotretum. The omoial inquiry into the recent strandhW of the Warrimoo, near Carmanah Point, haa vealed the fact that the vessel carried *°? chart not containing the latest discoveries m?** in the vicinity of the accident.. It ia a very rare thing to hear of the price for a two-year-old hackney running into M*" figures. Mr S. Lofthouse, of disposed of his two-year-old hackney station, ?? Conqueror, well-known in the show ring, for M** sum of 1,000 guineas. A young man, unknown, was riding a bic1 in MoseIey-streec.;Newcastie, and in endeavonrfW to avoid some men who were standing in street became into collision with one of IIbe!, and feH upon his head. He waa taken to InSrmary, where ha died two hours afterward*. At Fontefract on Saturday WiHiam circua proprietor, at present ac Feathorstone, ?? nned B2 10? for having illtreated his child, ?°°? 11 years of age. by making her perform in circus. The girl was turning somersaults, dew the splits," and going through various co'* tortions. Mr John Burna'a election expenses, as sworD tØ oti Saturday afternoon at the South-Westef* Pohco Court, amount to JM72 Is 5d, of wb'0' £140 went to the returning omcer, and :£3 w- scheduled as personal expenditure. As the M*. member received 5,019 votes,'this works oat .tbout Is lid each. Lord Salisbury has forwarded to Mr Bob?* Yerburgh, M.F., the second of the sene" ? reports moved for in the House of ComtOOB*" the last Parliament on the subject of t"* RaiBeisen system of cooperative report deals with Austria, and shows thttt'" progress of the system in that country bM bf uf a most remarkable character. In the Rue de Paris the other fashion writer was shown the newest contriv imagined with regard to shoestrings, or f!°?? tags for the laces, and wee golden ctasps to *??* same above the instep. These, of course, for f: new-fashioned white doeskin shoes, ao smart, ? at the same time so fragile, but so eaaiiy refre*B<* with pipeclay.. The captain of the Persia, when about 30 CM*" from the Strait of Bonifacio, perceived a c< containing a single person, who, as the stoatC" approached, tried to conceal himself. He taken, however, and delivered up to the P<? capttun at Leghorn. He turned out to be prisoner escaped from Ajaccio, where he undergoing a term of live yeais for cattle ate* atTunis. There has been a decided incre<Me in depart" for the United States and the British bol during July. According to the latest emigr* returns, 22.100 persons left the United Kingdom 8,129 out of that number being foreigners, sboW" ing an increase over the corresponding month ?. year of 6,600 and 2,500 respectively. More II two-thirds of the emigrants went to the UDIP States, and 1,557 went to Canada. The reportedgroundingof theCarronCom1 steamer Grange in the Firth of Forth on B?"? was not of a serious character. The paaaea?*" were taken oS by a tug to enable them tocatch "? early train forGiasgow, and not because the v was in a bad position. Indeed, the Grange shortly afterwards got oK, and waa abte to 1" Grangemoutb at the advertised time on Sat afternoon for London, where she arrived on S* day evening. ?? The trial of Jabez Balfour and the other P?S accused of fraud in connection with the Libet? group wtll be opened on either October 2Sth'? 28th. The prosecution wilt be conducted by ? Attorney-Genera), who wit! be assisted by Robert Reid. Jabfz Baffeur will again 'g defended by Mr John O'Connor, tnd ? Atherloy Jones. M.P., has accepted a brief y behaIfofTheob&id. The blackcock shooting season opened in dale on Tuesday in excellent weather. sportsmen who had not gone to themoors f<?"?< raldays owing toinclemeat weather wereoutt?j morning. B)ack game are not nearly eo P?"?e as formeriy. It is believed that during the a?V? winter many hundreds of birds died on the °'?? moors, leaving but a small stock. There <s 0*" a moderate show of young b)rds. ? On Monday morning Miss Robinson, a ??? independent means, residing at Rose Cotfe? „ Birchover. Bakowelt. died from the eBeota? shookmg buma received eaiiy on Sanday Bft?*} whilst in bed. The lady retired to rest"? indulged in reading. She fell aaleep, leaVt candie alight, and the bedclothes became Igní Her screams brought assistance. The room found to be on tire, and Miss Robinson waa df< fuUy burnt. ? A sensational nying machine oatasfCt? occurred in Austria on Thursday. A sboe'n*?'? of Debreczin, named Simon Gomonkos, ??? invented an arrangemeut consisting of two '*? wings, covered with goose feathers, secured ??)?. shoulders and supported by a gig atoM"'? attached to the back. The poor fellow made?. trial from the roof of a house. He came to"? ground with a tremendous thud. He ia precarious condition. ? Within two days three bodiea have ?? recovered froul the River Lea. The first was of a young man drowned on Saturday white bathing in what is known locaHy as ?"jt Man's Hole," Tottenham. The second was t? of an aged boxmaker, who was disobJofJ¡ from his sttuation on Saturday; the third, recovered near Ctapton, middle-aged workman, unidentified, who ?" been in the water three days. t, Not every actress who marries a peer'a *?? as praetio?t as Lady Shotto Dongtas, ?''? applied for admission to the High Sob'"? A!am?dn, U.S.A., with a view to "self-imp?? ment." Her tadyship baa not yet been enro'*? as there (xiats a doubt in the mind of the P*? cipal as to the eligibility of a married wo0'?} the acMtemy, and Lady Sho!to'sM)plicat!on? been referred to the superintendent, who "? taken the matter under his consideration. An old man named Rodrigo in many Italian cities, and who bad for Oyer years exhibited an ingenious show of marjoø! has just committed suicide in Venice want. He uaed to trave! from city to city ?? his fautacini, all of which he made which he made to perform before an crowd. In bis otd age he could not man -1f gain any money, and in despair shot bJ through the heart with the pistol he had eo I used in the battte scenes ot his marionette sentations. b' There is no reason why letters should carried at a speed faster than it is possittl.L acquire with the ordinary express train. Io a model of a now postat car has already devised by an American. The vehicle ?"M at a speed of 200 miles an hour. In size it ?'? 33 feet long, and wit! run on a steel track 18 '<? abev thf ground. The cost of scch a road ?.? beJS2,000:nnHe. The tnventor's plan proV? for gathering up and throwing oS the ,"? pouches aut;omaticaHy at the various stattO? The motive power will be electricity, geoet?? from the immeasurable powar runmng to ?h!< at Niagara. Is England to be behind 'a matter ? That very enterprising weekly, (ffeGt which has been giving a railway insora.ncecou" for a !ong time past, has now gone one i than any of its r)va!g in thp matter of insora_Jo,j By the coupon published tnis week anyone ?? by simpty signing their name upon the ?? T'Aouo'M.'i insurance coupon, insure tbemseleø JB2,000 against accidents white travelling *'j? w.ty trains, cabs, 'buaes, or steamboats ??.t twelve months' subscription is paid in ?'?"?' either to the publisher or to the subscriber?'? ncwa?ent, ?id tho receipt registered at 'j,t y/Mu?? omcf, tt is not necessary for ?'t? subHCriber to s)gn the coupon at alt. which tht) poasibttity of tiho iusurance companY. validating the insurance through lack ot owner's signature. There is a pathetic !ittte story totd by ooe ._? has been investigating how some of our poor ?jr She was a book.fo'der. Thera was not DJÓtJi so!aoe to be found in her work it is and badly paid. Moreover, <.he whom she worked dealt only in Bibles and JJf i Book", and she thinks people mu<t have go" ??t supplied with these, for of late years bcenaad "slack timfs," during which DO ;J, was tn be had. "The on!y chance fcr time?," she sayf, would be if the Queen ."ere 01. die." Not that she is guilty of any disloy,.It1Ø1tf would wish anyone to die, however muc? < might benent by it; but the fact remains *? mere matter of business, that if the Queen <<?' die everyone wt<M< have new Prayer Booka. L, Mr James Payn ought to romances. This ia what he says in his '??h? in thia week's jf7!u?f<tted Zottdo??etp: :—" t<: is an amusing discussion in the .Authof'. whether a man who teHs atones profe8810"¡iøII, does not lose to a certain extent the perc<*P?? of truth,' and become a story-teHer in priv?t?? This reminds ono ot Dr. Jobnsnn'a dictum, <? drives fat oxen should himsetf be romancing in the study fof three or four you come up in the dtuwing-roon and roøj¡tll. there. Now, with the fxcfption of ø. of. exaggeration about their circulation and e1Ø ? i ments and a few other tarr?fUddlea which '"?t<? considered pfofess-iona!. one does not nnd "o?? ieas trostworthy m their statempnta people." And yet—and yet—perhaps rOR"anclng.