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LONDON LETTER.,
LONDON LETTER. [SPECIALLY WIRED.] [BY OUR GALLERY CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, FRIDAY NIGHT. There was a great gathering both inside md outside the House of Commons to-night, n anticipation of fresh scenes. The Prince )f Wales came down, accompanied by his brother, the Duke of Edinburgh. Sir Robert Peel dropped in at a place where lie himself formerly created scenes; and Mr Toole coming a littL while after Mr Irving, at- tempted for some time in vain to get a seat in the gallery. St. Stephen's Hall, where •trangera having orders and failing at the £ rst ballot await an opportunity that rarely comes, was crowded. A long double line of =1 Waiters upon providence filled the octagon hall. The Irish members came in much as usual, except that there were t quite so many of them. Mr I "V lgar wa3 there, looking a trifle subduea, probably with a night's meditation over hIs perilous position. Mr Parnell was not present till six o'clock; and in the meantime fcll aorts of rumours were afloat touching lS absence. The simple fact is that he had been over to Millbank to endeavour to sse Davitt, an enterprise in which, I under- stand, he failed. Those who were very early their places were not without some reward of excitement. As soon as the Speaker a(l.Uken the chair,he rose,and addressing the onse, not yet full, lie expressed his profound *ense of the responsibility imposed upon jnm by the order agreed to that morning, ll proceeded to the first exercise of authority by promulgating a mandate which will, during the present period of urgency, pre- vent the recurrence of obstruction in the shape of moving the adjournment of the Jlouse at question-time. This is the most ^miliar of many practices of the Obstruc- .tlO tionists, and if any means could be devised J. y which real interests should not suffer. ii pouli be well if such restriction were made Perpetual. After this the questions, which i were unusually few, ran their course, jand at five o'clock Mr Forster was "&n his feet moving the second reading of the Prote ction Bill. The ap proach • the orders of the day at so early an hour is of itself a great triumph. I do not remember any case since the Session opened •When the real business of the evening began I;t five o'clock. Mr Forster had nothing :particular to say, and his speech was listened to with the sort of languid interest peculiar ,to a crowd drawn together to hear or see (Something exciting, and confronted by tome dry details of business. The Irish ^embers who had been accustomed ■•'j?0. interrupt every other sentence fronI the Treasury Bench with contradictions (and enquiries, now sat silent and dejected. j-Once Mr Finegan rose to interpose a ques- i&?n, but was met with such an angry shout ^hat he subsided, and his example did not I Prove sufficiently encouraging to bring up '^Qy of his colleague?. ■Mr Bradlaugh moved the rejection of the •in a speech which had a very hollow ring about it, and attracted little attention, Jj1 was whilst he was speaking that the fgince of Wales entered, and his Royal <j|*ighnes3 regarded with some curiosity the ,a1 whose preference for Republican insti- tutions has never been disguised. Lord ltandolph Churchill followed in a speech of igreat length, and therefore not a success, ■^ne Leader of the Fourth Party has his House of Commons triumphs hen he is content to interject little speeches, perhaps rather more spiteful than brilliant, but which serve to amuse an audience always thankful to those who can make it laugh. To-night Lord Randolph was overweighted with the sense pf his own importance, and was laughed at Instead of being laughed with. By this jime the conviction began to spread through the crowd of spectators that the House was in for a dull evening, and their Royal High- nesses left, and with them a long train of peers. The strangers in the gallery had 'fought too stoutly for their places lightly to (give them up, but members who might enter '5he House at will could not bo induced to stay. When Mr Dawson presented lumse with the evident intention of making a long speech, they all cleared out, leaving^ the House in an empty state, in WhlC11 it remained for the rest of the night. It hlled UP a little towards the hour of adjournment, but when members learned that no division was expected they sauntered away, and the proceedings were more than once imperilled by the prospect of a count. It is not the intention of the Government to press the debate on the second reading to all early conclusion. It is evident, from the Condition of affairs to-night, that the only Which has virtually been discussed since Parliament met is talked out. For all practical purposes the House miht have divided to-night. This will be still more true on Monday. But even on that ( night if any disposition is shown by the Irish members further to prolong the debate, the plea of delay will not be met by an answer of urgency. But the division will certainly take place on Tuesday night. f There is a rumour about to-night pointing to complications that are like-y to arise in unexpected quarters from the arrest of Davitt. It is said that some members of Parliament are not very easy in their minds, not being sure how much the Government knows this is doubtless a mere rumour w iap is true is that the spirit of resistance in Iris l members is for a time at least utterly broken. They are convinced now of the tremendous error they made last night. If the Govern- ment had spent untold sums in purchasing t their allegiance the effect could not have been more conclusive. What they did was aim ply to be good enough to put themselves out of the way whilst the House passed a resolution that entirely fetters their future course. When the period of j their probation was over, and when they 2ame back to the house, they found them- selves absolutely helpless to obstruct. The only thing that is now left to them is to ttiake long and dreary speeches. But that is a. very dispiriting exercise when it is unac- cOUlpanied by permission to interrupt people who differ from them, or to abuse Mr Forster. An attempt is being made by the Irish mom- bc-ris to enlist sympathy on behalf of Davitt. They have drawn up a memorial praying the Premier to place him in the position of a iirst- class misdemeanant. This, of course, would mean that he might be able to receive his friends write his letters, and, in fact, from "not uncomfortable quarters, provided at Government expense, direct the future movements of the Land League. This is a yiew so strongly taken by members who have been applied to that the memorial bears very Jew names, though Major Nolan has been Indefatigable throughout the night endea- vouring to obtain signatures. Several of the Irish members sat up -all night, and were at Euslon to meet the train in which the pri- I soner was expected to arrive. But the ruse *f Inspector Williamson, who landed at ^illesden, and thence proceeded by the branch railway to Broad-street, defeated their ?.bject. They subsequently went to Bow- fctreet, where permission to see the prisoner refused. Nor was Mr Parnell any -^ore successful when he went to Millbank |9-night. The Princess of Wales was in l- laciies' gallery to-night, having come ?wn, fired with curiosity by tne narratives by th° Duchess of Connaught and the °f Edinburgh of the great scenes add t °°^d Upon Iasi 1 "eea liarJly fiderahl T* Roral Highness Buffered con- visitora apP°intraent. Amongst other place of ° *3 110w t'lo most popular Cr^nrnent in London were the Cuuntsss Granville, and J
THE RISING IN THE TRANSYAAL.
THE RISING IN THE TRANSYAAL. e 'GENEI'TAL COLLEY'S POSITION. ALL WELL ATPRETOIUA. The following telegram has been received at the War Office:— From General Officer Commanding, Natal, 4t.i Feb.. All quiet. Post telegraph lines uninterrupted. Convoy of wounded sent in to Newcastle arrived safely. Heavy jainci; rivers Foodecl. Telegram from Governor Sir Hercules Robinson to the Colonial Office, received on Friday, dated 3rd .Feb. Commissioner Kimberley telegraphs that he has information from Lanyon, dated 23rd January, reporting; all well :.nd in good spirits in Pretoria.
SINKING OF A STEAMER.I
SINKING OF A STEAMER. SIX MEN DROWNED. HAMBCBG. Friday.—A collision occurred this mornintr between the steamers Kronprinz Fried- rich Wilhelm and the City of Dublin off Cnxhaven. The latter sank, and six men were drowned.
----_-FLOODS IN SPAIN.
FLOODS IN SPAIN. SnYLLE r, riday.-Over 100 houses are flooded by the inundation7. The town is nearly sur- rounded by water, and the country round Murcia is inundated.
GREECTTand TURKEY.
GREECTTand TURKEY. CoxSTANTlNOPE, Friday.-The Albanian chiefs have declared their readiness to support the Forte against any attack by Greece.
DEATH OF LORD ORMATHWAITE.
DEATH OF LORD ORMATHWAITE. Lord Ormathwaite died at Worfield Park on Friday, in the 83rd year of his age. Deceased, as Sir John Benn Walsh, was created a peer on re- 8jgnin his seat for Radnorshire in 1868. He is succeeded in the title by his only son, Colonel the Hon. Arthur Walsh. Sir John Benn Walsh, Lord Ormathwaite, of Ormathwaite, Cumberland, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was so created on the 16tli April, 1868. The baronetage v/aa created in 1804. He was sheriff of Berkshire in 1823 member for Sudbury from 1830 to 1834, and again from 1838 to 1840 member for Radnor from 1840 to 18G3 and lord-lieutenant of Radnor- shire from 1842 to 1875. He was born on the 9th December, 1798 succeeded his father as baronet on the 7ih June, 1825; and married on the 8th November in that year, Lady Jane Grey, youngest daughter of the Earl of Stamford' and Warring- ton she died in 1877. The Hon. Colonel Arthur Walsh, who succeeds to the peerage, is J.P. and D.L. for the county of Radnor, and has been Lord-Lieutenant since 1875. He represented Leominster in Parliament from 1855 to 1868, and Radnor from 186S to 1880. At the last general election he declined to stand.
THE CONDITION OF MR CARLYLE.
THE CONDITION OF MR CARLYLE. Upon makinar inquiries at Cheyne-iow on Fri- day morn"ng, it was stated that there were signs that Mr Carlvle's condition was exhibiting some improvement. The bulletin issued, however, affirms that Mr Carlyle has had a quiet niglit, but his general condition remains the same.
ATTEMPTS TO UPSET TRAINS.
ATTEMPTS TO UPSET TRAINS. SEVERE SENTENCE. Richard Davies, labourer, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude at Shrewsbury on Friday for two diabolical attempts to upset trains on the Shrewsbury aud Hereford Railway on Decern- ber I. I.
MURPEHTTND SUICIDE AT DARWEN.
MURPEHTTND SUICIDE AT DARWEN. The bodies of Margaret Whittle and her son were found with their throats cut, at Lower Dar. wen, on Thursday night. Murder and suicide is conjectured.
COUNTY COURTS AND MONEY LENDERS.
COUNTY COURTS AND MONEY LENDERS. With a view to future legislation, the Lord Chancellor has issued a circular to county-court* iui'ei asking their opinion, infer alia, on the rate of interest which money lenders trading a3 private bankers should legally enforce when they are secured by bills of sale.
-----SETTING REFORMATORY SHIP…
SETTING REFORMATORY SHIP ON Ff ItE. At the Liverpool assizes, on Friday, a boy named Mannion, 14 years of age, formerly on board the reformatory s ip Clarence, in the Mersey, pleaded g ilty to setting that ship on fire. It was stated that Mannion was incorrigible, and the reforma- tory authorities refused to take him back. Jus- tice Step) ens said he agreed as a general rule it was undesi: able a boy of 14 should be subjected to Ion, impris uunent, but this was an exceptional case and it was for the boy's own interest?, those of t, I- public, and the interests of justice that ho should be subjected to a punishment ill-suited in n.ost insane a to persons of his age. He must be imprisoned for 12 month?.
CARDIFF DIVORCE CASE..
CARDIFF DIVORCE CASE.. In the Divorce Division of the High Court of II Justice, ou Friday—before the Right Hon. the President and a common jtiry-tlle case of Fair. burn v. Fairburn was heard, which wa the 'petition of the wife for a judicial separation on tiie around of the respondents^ adultery. Mr "Havford was counsel for the petitioner, aac< there was no defence. The parties were niarrie l h 1855, the husband being gitted with some ideas in respect of inventions for compressing coal, and beine now consulting engineer to a large colliery near Swansea. The wife was a Londoner, but the respondent resided in Wales. In 1879 she received an anonymous letter, stating that her husband was keeping up a separate establishment in Carliff. She accordingly went there, saw her husband, and was told by hiin that it was false. She accordingly returned to London, and upon receipt of a second letter, containing additional fnctsC she broke open a box belonging to respon- dent, and disc .vered a receipt for rent for a house in Cardiff. Upon inquiries it transpired that the respondent had been at a house in Rose-street, Cardiff, belonging to a Mr Llewellyn, with a woman, under the name of Mr William?, Upon discovering this state of things, the petitioner iu- stituted proceedings for a separation. Corrobora- tive evi iei.ee having been given, the jury found for the petitioner, an 1 his Lordship pronunced a decree for a. judicial separation as prayed for.
-------LOCAITli NIDATIONS.
LOCAITli NIDATIONS. FROM FRIDAY NIGHT'S "GAZETTE." F Houells, High-street, Penydarran, near Mer- thvr-Tydiil, grocer. W. Trimnel, of Broadway, Roath, Cardiff, iron- monger and furniture dealer. BANKRUPTS. John R'chards, Edwin Eglmg Glaskin, and Deci- imn Fitt, of the Lritannia Ironworks, and the Britannia Iron loundry, Newport, Monmouth- shire, engineers :.nd ironfounderg. trading as Richards, Glaskin, and Co.
WEATHER FOUECAST I
WEATHER FOUECAST Tile following forecasts for This Day were issued from the Meteorological Office last evening, at 8.30 o'clock :— 0 SCOTLAND, IN.— very ngnt freezes, suDse- queutly shifting to N.W. cloudy; colder, I qCOTLAND as No. 0. 2 ENGLAND, N.E. — Westerly breezes, light; cloudy showers. 3 ENGLAND, E. — Westerly to X. W. breezes, moderate or fresh moderately fine, but occa- sionally, showers. 4 MIDLAND COUNTIES.-Sau;e as N>. 3. 5 ENGLAND, S. (London and Clialinel). -.Saiue as No. 3. C SCOTLAND, W,—North-westerly breezes, moder- ate fair on the whole some shower?. 7 ENGLAND, N. W, (and N. Westerly aud north westerly breezes, moderate; cloudy some showers. 8 ENGLAND S. \Y.) AND ROUTH WALES.— Wcstcrlii winds, rather cloudy, sw sh01fcrs. 9 JBLXAND, N. — North-westerly and westerly breezes, moderate and fresh; cloudy, and some showers. 10 IRELAND, S.—Same as No 9. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (WISED AT 9 O'CLOCK LAST IGHT ) RI.TMOUTH,—Although indications favour the belief that to-morrow may be somewhat les3 showery, and probably colder than to-day, no assurance of fair weather can be given. Barometer 90*47 rising slowly, \\ind, W. Force, 4. Sky [Showery. 'lemperature, 47 to 52. WoJerite 8sa! decreasing. —— v
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The tides in the Shannon have been higher than have been lcnovvu for the past twenty years. 1he Carcan lands have suffered severely from the tides and the high wind. The emuaulnnent 13 des- troyed in places. The North Metropolitan Tram vay Company bave decided to adopt the Beaumont compressed air engine for use in their system at Stratford. A trial of the engine is also shortly to be made on the t) nderground Railway. Owing to the action of the thaw, n enormous block of lanJ, near Blackgang Chine, in the Ida of Wight, has given way, and slipped a consider- able distance. The rocks were rent asunder in 'n .1 tl,c. ilill. The turnpike road in t e vicinity has bern closed to traffic, and mauy houses we le. I ygjrt&il to te o tdattffetti
. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FIIIDAV.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—FIIIDAV. Their lordships met at five o'clock. NOXIOUS GASES. The Marquis of IIUNTLY. in reply t.) Lord Middleton, stated that he proposed, on behalf of the Government, to bring forward a. Bill de ding with the subject of noxious gases next we?k. THE IMPORTATION OF CATTLE. Earl SPENCER, referring to a notice of motion placed on the paper by the Earl of Airlio, stated that the correspondence between the veterinary department of the Privy Council and the com- mittee of Lloyd's on the subject of the impu tation of cattle into this country was not yet complete, and with regard to America there had been no correspondence with the Government of the United States on the subject of cattle disease but there had been a good deal of correspondence on the subject of the cattle trade, which he had pre- sented last night, and he trusted the noble earl would refrain from raising a discussion 011 the subject until after the Blue-book had been printed. The Earl of AIR LIE assented, and the motion was withdrawn. HIGHWAY BOARDS. The Marquis of HUNTLY, in ieply to the Duke of 'St, Albans, said the Government were prepared to move for a committee on the subject of the working of the highway boards under tiJe Act of 1S78. but he understood that the noble earl ¡ o posite (Earl Delawarr) intended to move the appointment of such a committee, E al DELAWARR said lie would take an early opportunity of naming a day on which lie yould move for a committee oil the question. The House adjourned at 5.30.
. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -FKIDAY.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. -FKIDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'cl ck. LOCAL PETITIONS. Petitions in favour of an inquiry into tin sub- 18] ject of Perpetual Pensions were presented by Mr Richard trom Pontypridd. THE APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE. There was a marked contrast to the excitement which prevailed yesterday. Everything was,, apparently, as quiet as usual, as far as outward appearances would indicate. The attendance at prayers was below the average. The only Home Rule members present at four o'clock were Messrs McCoan, Finegan, and Nelson. They NNere soon after joined by Messrs Dm son, Daly, and T. P. O'Connor, and others dropped in in the usual manner,
THE SPEAKER'S MANIFESTO.
THE SPEAKER'S MANIFESTO. The SPEAKER made the following announce- ment:—By resolution passed this day the House has conferred upon me great and unprecedented powers, which I accept with a grave sense of the responsibility imposed, but I shall endeavour to carry them out in such a manner as to preserve the freedom of debate, which is one of the most cherished privileges of the House, and to prevent any abuse of that freedom. I am deeply sensible of the confidence which the House has reposed in me during a time of unexampled emergency, and in the discharge of the arduous duties now entrusted to me I shall rely upon its generous support and indulgence. (Cheers.) In a few days I shall lay before the House the new regulations for the progress of public business whilst the state of urgency continues. In the meanwhile I have framed a new rule for what appears to me to be necessary for the progress of the important measure now before the House, which has been declared by it to he urgent That no motion for the adjournment of the House be made before the'orders of the day or the notices of motion have been entered upon," RUSSIA AND INDIA. In reply to Baron de WORMS, Sir C. Diike said that there was not the slightest foundation for the statement referred to by the lion. member. Her Majesty's Government had no reason to believe that Russia was advancing upon India, but that belief was not in consequence of any negotiations with Her Majesty's Government. No such negotiations had taken place. EOUNTIES ON FRENCH SHIPPING. In reply to Lord SANDON, Sir C. Dilke sail that he had just laid on the table a further despatch from Lord Lyons, together with the Bill for conferring bounties on French Shipping, as finally adopted and promulgated. No particulars as to a similar proposal made in the Congress in the United States had reached Her Majesty's Government through any official channel, but Sir E. Thornton would no doubt forward informa- tion on the subject. CONVENIENCE OF MEMBERS. Mr JAMES HOWARD, in a question to the Commissioner of Works, suggested that for the convenience of members a number of small private rooms in the House should be let by tender at the commencement of each session. Mr SHAW LEFEVRE, in reply, could hold out no prospect of carrying out such a proposal as that suggested there were no rooms available for the purpose. (Hear, hear.) NEW EDUCATION CODE. Mr MUNDELLA, in reply to Mr John Talbot, said that the New Education Code was laid on the table of the House last night. No changes would be found to have been made in it., except in the article relating to half-time, which had been modified to meet the requirements of the Act of last year. In accordance with the provisions of that Act they had made the necessary alterations to meet the large annual grant. Owing to the early meeting of Parliament thev had not been able to avail themselves altogether of the Act, and it would be necessary for the department to satisfy themselves by experiment before obtaining the sanction of the Treasury to an alteration in the mode of conducting the annual grant. Later in the Session he weuld lay on the table a minute embodying the changes the department proposed, I of which members would have ample notice, and Parliament an opportunity of discussing then).
PEACE PRESERVATION BILL.
PEACE PRESERVATION BILL. Mr FORSTER, in mo ving the second reading of this Bill, said that he would detain the House but a short time. He desired, however, to remove some misconceptions as to the nature of the Bill. Some members of the House did not seem clearly to re- member that the offences for which the Lord Lieu- tenant might make arrests in a prescribed district were confined to crimes punishable by law, or to inciting to vioieucs, or intimidation tending to interfere with the maintenance of hw and order, All tlie Bill did was to give the power of arresting and detaining for a limited time persons who were reasonably suspected of being either the planners or the perpetrators of outrage. It would not, as he had heard it was supposed, apply to public meetings. Some misconception also prevailed as to some langua--e-stroug, lie admitted, but not too strong for the occas.'on—whic'i he used in his speech. He described those who were parties to outrages as being mauvaissujets,village tyrants, and generally speaking,dissolute ruffians. But he never intended to apply those words to the people of Ireland, still less to the Roman Catholic clergy, and although he had stated that the speakers at the Land League meeting were too often reckless as to the effect of their words, ha must say that he had no proof of any members of that House actually exciting to the perpetration of any special outrage. The Bill would not interfere with the speakers °at Laud League meetings, but only with those who perpetrated, abetted, or incited to positive out- rages. A good deal had been said as to the retrospective character of the Bill. They had in this respect taken exactly the same course as was followed in the Weptmeath Act, but their reason for doing so Was that they brought in the Bill not for the purpose of vengeance, but of prevention, and its character in that respect would be impaired if they did not retain the power of preventing the commission of more outrages by arresting those whom they reasonably supposed to have been concerned in past outrages. As to the clause of the Act which made it applicable all over Ireland to persons suspected of treason or treason felony, he must ask the House to trust the Executive Govern- ment when they said that they had reasons which, however, they could not explain, for takin^ that course. A fact, however, which would show what was going oil was the extensive posting up in Scotland and Ireland of the treasonable proclamation just before noticed by the Home Secretary, in which people were advised to remain quiet for the present, in order that they might resort to rebellion in the near future. That the proclamation proceeded from an extensive or.s'ani- sation was clear, not merely from the fact that it had been largely posted up, but that those who had posted it had hitherto escaoed detection. In re- spect to the provision requiring the names of those rrested to be laid on the table, that was acordin^ to the precedent of the Westmeath Act. The Bill did not 'however. attempt to secure or provide tha the ^notion of Parliament should I be required for any particular arrest. The House would perhaps expect him to make some remarks upon the objections which had been taken to the returns of outrage.. These returns were made in the form which had always been followed by the Constabulary, and he was himself so far from haying given any direction, on the point, that lie did not even see the returns until they were prepared. He maintained, however, t ,it the?e returns did not exaggerate, but under- estimated the oufrages which had taken pla"e. The light hon. gentleman then proceeded to examine several cases of outrages entered on the returns, in order to show that the same results would have been arrived at whether they had followed the plan adopted by the constabulary of counting each offence as a separate outrage or have reckoned each offence against an individual as a separate outrage. In concluding his remarlcq on this part of the subject, lie expressed stron" confidence that he had vindicated thp com,,1 ahulary from the charge of exaggeration. He next pro- ceeded to say that a good de..} of doubt had been expressed as to whether the lawlessness which prevailed in Ireland, or rather the submission to the unwritten law of the Laud League wa, not confined to disputes about rent or between land- lord and tenant. This was not fW, nor was it likely to be so. When the la v of the land was violated in one case it was likely to be also violated in another. That this was actually the case might be gathered from the fact stated the other day by the Chairman of the Vialway Quarter Sessions, that whereas there were generally 300 civil bill cases to be tried, there were as hA°= "\i a 3i0 at tlle rece"t sessions, because, e afraid to go to law to in issmntr 3 .S'- ,ucause there was no use Tiie Counf^eTrWiilchcCTlld not served. Xlie bounty-court Judge of Longford also stated on a recent occasion that a large number of civil n,L ,reW1.iQe l ^efved on nocount of the system of terrorism carried on against nroceis servers, and the secret outrages against v hich it was impossible to protect tllom and both the j ldge anù the couuty inspector of constabulary staled that the processes thus unserved were not confined to those issued for rent, but also related to those issued with respect to ordinary debts, such as those due to shopkeep. rs on bills of exchange. There wts, indeed, the natural or certain effect of allowing the loan to be defied, and it was these things, and othera like them, which ha I brought himself nod his colleagues to the conviction that this Bill was ncecBsary. The lion, and learned member for Dundalk (Mr har.es hapawCEW ijttteucttoa W8«4t WM fidt by fac'-s such as the33,but Ly the opinions of a uurn- ber of landlord*, that lie had been influenced. He (Mr l'orstci) felt sorry that his hon. and learned frienwi ll his great ability, had talce:i to such an argument astnat. The Prime Minister ask^d why crime was greater in the last quarter of the year, while distress and evictions were less. That a question that had not been answered yet, ac least, by the hon. gentlemen opposite (the Irish members.) lie was not now going into the question, woetuer the people ought to hold their harvest or no-. It was a curious kind of morality that men should not pty their debts when they could do so. lIon, geutlemea opposite know there were occusioiH without number where men re- fuse 1 to pay who were perfectly well able to pay. He knew of c:¡,e5 where men held the harvest when they were on visiting terms with the gentle- man to whom they owed rent. Word went forth that this unwritten law wa3 to be obeyed, and that it was possible for them not only to hold their harvest, but to retain a bit of the rent which they owed their landlord. That wa3 a question int.) which lie would not now enter. Tnis Bill was not directed against that state of things, lie did not see how that in any way accounted for the outrages which hall been perpetrated, They did not arrest a nun because he refused to pay his lent and broke his contract. That was only done when lie co limnted an outrage. The hon. mem- ber for Mayo, jwith his very remarkable abiiiiy, could not, when addressing the House, help making observations which struck home, forgetfulof tl e effect on hisarguments on his friend The hon.member said that outrages were falling off. Now that seemed to him (Mr Forster) reasonable, because there were so many Irish members in the House of Commons instead ol in Ireland at the present moment. (A laugh, an,1 hoar, hear,from a few Home Rule members.) He, however, would not t: ink that at all. The real reason of the oat- rages in the last three months of the year was that it had been brought home to the minds of many men in Ireiand that they could defy the law successfully. He would state emphatically that they had now a diminution in the number of these outrages. An 1 why ? Because this Bill had been brought iu. (Htar. hear; and "No, no," from the Home Ruler.) Because those who planned the perpera- tion of those ou rages were now afraid to plan them. When they saw that the country and Par- liament were in earnest—(hear, hear)—they knew that tiiose who broke the law no longer enjoyed the immunity which they had obtained for them- selves by the very fact that they had struck terror around them which prevented evidence from being brought against them. This was the state of things which had brought the Government to the sorrowful conclusion that they must take the power of detention iuto their own hands. But let not the House suppose that because those crimes are diminishing, therefore, this Bill was not neces- sary. If the House should look back for its con- victions and determination, he was quite sure that the only law in Ireland would be the unwritten law. (Cheers.) Mr BRADLAUGH rose to move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. He submitted that no offence had been shown to exist which the ordinary law was not sufficient to punish, and in many cases had succeeded in punishing. They were not entitled to deprive a country of its liberties because panic existed which was the result of an organised system of terrorism, and he reminded the House that there had been times when the Irish landlords, themselves en- cumbered with debt, had set the example of resist- ance to the civil law. This measure would not ensure that persons should prosecute, that wit- nesses should testify, or that juries should convict. All it would do would be to give to the Govern- ment or to some individual the po wer of super- seding the functions of prosecutor, witnesses, and jury. He did not believe there would be any over-readiness to put that power in force. He h.;d confidence in the Government to redress Irish wrongs, and not to punish too severely Irish offences, and he did not believe they had taken any step otherwise than with the best intentions, but in guarding the liberties of citizens good intent was not enough. They ought not, because pauic had arisen, to empower a man to supersede the ordinary process of the law. He had seen in Ireland men living in hovels ill which an Englishman would not kennel a dog or stable a horse, yet for this shelter these men were rentell to the highest amount that could be exacted, ami they were now asked to take away the liberties of the people, because the landowners had been left for a long series of years to do mischief, ond if the law had not been successful in punishing offences, it was because the magistrates, taught to depend upon exceptional legislation, had not chosen to put in force the ordinary powers of the law. lie trusted that if the measure passed, it would not be made retrospective, or, at all event: that its retrospective action should be limited to the 1st of January iu the present year. The reason why he moved the rejection of the Bill was because he could see clearly that the measure of punishment would pass, and he saw no certainty that a measure of redreis would follow it. If the Prime Minister could only say that the lj overnment, in taking these powers,would pledge their existence as a Govern- ment upon tho passing of the Bill for the reform of the land laws. then much of the misgiving he had with regard to the present Bill would be remove Lord B, CHURCHILL expressed satisfaction that the Government were at length dealing ener- getically with the question, but felt profound sorrow and indign tion that c:ime and anarchy should have been allowed to reach such a depth in Ireland. lIe was convinced that if it had not not beeu for the change made by the last general election, the House of Commons would not then be considering a measure of coercion. The figures of the eturn on which the Bill was supported had been clumsily put together; they had been subjected to no intelligent revision, and very trifling offences had been put side by side with very serious ones. The Irish landlords had been charged with a desire to exterminate the tenantry, but if that had been their wish they could have given effect to it with impunity in 1879, instead of which they supported and assisted them iu the day of their distress. It should be remembered also that it there were harsh and cruel landlords there were also harsh and cruel tenants. He was glad to find that the Government rested their case, not on the amount of crime, but upon the existence of a reign of terror, which made life precarious and property insecure. As the Land League had prepared the way for secret socictie-, the speeches of -Mr Gladstone and Mr Bright before the last general election had pre- pared the way for the Laud League. By exaggerating the wrongs of the peo, le and the injustice of the landlords, they had sowed the seed of which they were now reaping the harvest. The Tories had been charged with having exhibited a taste for government by coercion, but the reverse was the fact, aId while the present Prime Minister had never belonged te a Government under which a strong Coercion Act had not been in force, Tory Governments had done much to mitigate the severity of these measurc-i. He suppoitedthe Bill, with reluctance for he regretted deeply its necessity. He considered that the Bill might bo advantage- ously modified by giving it retrospective action only to the 1st of January last, and by limiting iLs operation to the 1st of April, 1882, He was also of opinion that there ought to be a Commission six or seven months after the passing of the Act, to try the prisoners arrested under it. Mr DAWSON examined the figures in the published returns for the purpose of showing that the prove I outrages were few, and such as could be dealt with by the ordinary law. Except as regarded such intangible crimes as threatening letters and incendiary fires, the Government had made out no case whatever for suspend- ing the entire liberties of the Irish people. The Council of Ten was memorable for its power and tyrauny, but the people of Ireland were to be at the mercy of a council of two. Let the Government introduce a measure to remedy the injustice of the Land Ltw:, and there would be no need for coercion, but while the wrongs of the Irish tenant remained unre- dressed all coercion bills would be useless. MrBfjAKE, having the greatest confidence in the Government towards Ireland, regretted that they should have been betrayed into the great mistake of bringing in the Bill. Mr MACDONALD regretted that he could not support the Bill of the Government. There never, in his opinion, was a Government more willing to do right and justice to Ireland, but he warned them that it was not the way to remove one wrong by inflicting another. Did thePrimeMinister think lie could stifle the aspirations of a whole people by a Coercion Bill ? Miuisters"might put down the 0 n" Land League, but it would come a,tiii-not from Ireland itself, but from elsewhere. They could not denationalise sentiment by driving the Irish people from their country. Mr E. COLLINS designated as utterly incom- prehensible Lord R. Churchill's opinion that Mr Gladstone and Mr Bright were accountable for the Irish difficulties. He could well under- I stand the strong opposition on the part of the Irish members to a measure which their countrymen could not but regard as a menance, but in the hands of Mr Gladstone and Mr Forster, there was no danger of its powers being hastily used. At the same time he thoug'iit the Government h&d made a great ITUS* take in not directing their attention in the first instance to the subject of land legislation. Mr CORBET analysed the returns, and gave as the result that there had only been six agrarhn murders illlline months, no case of manslaughter, 13 instances of firing at the person, 5 of assaults on the police. 42 aggravated as-saults, 7 cases of endangering life, 17 assaults on bailiffs,and 4 cases of maiming. The whole number of offences against the nerson in that period amounted to 91, or one in 5G-.3GO of the population. Mr BIGGAR, on rising to support the amend- ment, was intevrupted by an hon. member, direct- ing attention to the fact that there was not a House, when, li •• er, the Speaker proceeded to count 4f) members ere found to be present. Mr BIGGAll, continuing his observations, sub- mitted that the retrospective operation of the measure was unfair and untenable, and that some provision sho dd be made to prevent the detention for many months of persons arrested on charges for which ii; might turn out there wi-, no founda- tion. The Chief Secretary had spoken of the number of letters lie had received with reference to the state of Ireland, but it seemed to him that the right hon. gentleman was made a fool of by irresponsible persons, in addition to being im- posed upon by a combination of landlords. Mr W. EW AIT. as a Conservative Irish mem- ber, considered that the Government had made out an inevitable case for their Bill, and he ia- (en led to give it his cor iial support. Ireland was in a state of terror, black mail was levied on behalf of the Land League, la v was set aside,; crime was perpetrated with impunity, and in the greater part of the country civil and religious liberty WHS unknown. Mr J. COLLINGS felt pained to differ fro:n a Government he much admired, but could not conscientiously say that such overwhelming evi- dence had boon a iduced as would alone justify I the House in entrusting to a Government the very severe coercive powers contained m the Bill under discussion. They might depeud upon it that when agrarian crimes existed there were unjust pgricuHural and they had only to correct the laws to cause the cinleg to disappear. He advocated the speedy introduction of the promised re medial legislation, as he believed that if that was done the Govern- j ment would take nw ay the ou which the Lr\nd Le 'gue agitators have their grievance?, and pootidarius 41*9 te«VK £ ja fef icwh c lords l e wonderel that there w-re not T!ra rages committed by a do-.vn-trodden tenantry i.adbeenreported. Mr G ILSON said that the Bill asked for great powers to accomplished supreme objects, and those who declined to furnish the Government with such power as they considered necessary to deal with the gravest passible state of things incurred a very heavy responsibility. The figures in the returns had been nibbled at, biit they must look at the broad significance of the statements, aud if a hundred cases could be questioned, still thousands would remain. There wa3 an almost complete paralysis of the jury system in trying the classes of ciime referred to in the returns, ;I!1d in parts of the country insurance companies ret used to take risks. Mr A. M. SULLIVAN, remarking upon the marvellous interchange of compliment and affec- < tion between the front benches, observed that the two great parties fought over Irelaud when the proposal was to reduce her grievances, and em- braced one another when the proposal was to coerce her. England had been generous to his country only in the matter of the Coercion Bill. Ireland ought now to be allowed a iittle constitu- tional breathing time. The only chance of puttiug down agrarian crime in Ireland wes by stripping it of popular sympathy, and it was his conviction that if a thorough land reform Bill had been introduced w hen this Coercion Bill was brought in, that class of offence would by this time have ceased to exist. n .1 On the motion of Sir ROWLAND BLENNER- HASSET, the debate was adjourned. The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time, and The House adjourned at a quarter past 12 o'clock.
LOCAL tSlLl.S IN I'AHLIAMENT.
LOCAL tSlLl.S IN I'AHLIAMENT. On Friday the Rosebush and Fishguard Rail- way Bill was before the Exa miner, Mr Frere, for proofs under the Standing Oiders, and was post- poned until Thursday.
FERRY AOCYITENT AT BRISTOL.
FERRY AOCYITENT AT BRISTOL. TWO MEN DROWNED. On Friday evening, ns several workmen were crossing a ferry at St. Phillip's Marsh, Bristol, the chain, by which boat is worked, broke, and it was swamped by the strong current. The ferry- man, named Gill, and a workman, named Hamilton, were drowned the remainder of the party had a narrow escape.
THE ARREST OF MR PAVITT.
THE ARREST OF MR PAVITT. ARRIVAL IN LONDON. Alr Michael Daviit, who was arrested in Dublin on Thursday, ariived in London on Friday morn- 1"='ln the custody of Chief-Superintendent Williamson. Passage was taken from Kingstown to Euston, but, notwithstanding the fact that the weather was favourable, the mail train was nearly an hour late. There was a considerable assembly on the arrival platform at Euston, but, to avoid ai]?r ^e,"0I}stration, Superintendent Williamson, w-ii or ni°e officers with him. alighted at VV lllesden J unction with Mr Davitt' and pro- ceeded to Lroad-street, whence they drove to Bow- street, where the prisoner was lodged until his appealance before the sitting magistrate. A pilot Pfrecf,led, the train which brought Mr JJaviuu to London, Upon reaching Bow-street arrangements were made that Mr Davitt should 1 '• before the magistrate. Sir nrnp^riJ'r tatil 1Wa3 'J1 atteL>d uice, and at once proc.eu-d to hear the case. The inquiry was hifornfed tl't M\rV&n' hut tha ^ess Association is remZL nf l" JJ.avitt H as 'ordered to finish the 2 w i his sentence. He waa then removed police. escortetl hY a strong body of
SUICIDE 1NT PJNARTH ItOADS.
SUICIDE 1NT PJNARTH ItOADS. I Sn nine o'clock, Dr. j !1a' Bute Docks, Cardiff, it!if 'Santine Ariel, 0f Whitehaven, ■^r ° ^oada, to one of the crew, who was reported to Iia ve attempted his life. It ap- nf !l ,al!:au s nan'e was John Tamplin, f y?™ °pf¥ longing to East Appledore. At le had'l'wn o clock in the morning VIH (1 J,f Sp0,k-tn t0 ky the captain, and was then iu his usual state of health. be. theni»^aDn't-6S kier \,ie ma!e four'd him in his Bniinh-l ] ^vtrln°-fi iUi R11(1 the counterpane man 1 viti» r n T • ibIo,od- The doctor found fche man l}ing on his back in thp harMi l>i« rhest covered with blood, and thought" that the man th« doctor fon i'eSie1, but on ^hing him out with tliA rm a,n ordinary clasp knife with the little blade open, nnd his right laurl covered v. nil LloaJ. There f.o httle PCratches all the left side, and the larynx" as completely cut through. The vessel about half ni" I'6 ,e^ Eute Dock at Cardiff r>lao d mif ,e o clock, and the man was drvad •er' and taken to the Ilama- d j VP- a.1 deven o'clock, but he i) w, rJ'7 • er,i1S-3l-0n- '^he man had beeu U from caronic bronchitis an,1 asthma, and it is Lel evcd his recent sufferings had affectcclllls miiHi. An inquest will be hcid.
- THE PHOPOSED NEW PIER AT…
THE PHOPOSED NEW PIER AT PENARTII. The Provisional Order for the proposed promen- ade and low water landing pier at Penarth is, ac- cording to a notice to the n^istant secretary of the Harbour Department of the Board of Trade, to be opposed by the Penarth II .rbour, Dock, and Railway Company, who object to the propose 1 works for the following reasom :—(1.) On account of its being in the course taken by vessels ap- proaching the harbour and departing therefrom (2.) because it would interfere with the anchorage ground and vessels proceediJjgr to and from the said harbour, engaged in trad* connected with (ho harbour, and iu the pilotajja of vessels and (3.; that tolls would because of the proposed pier, be levied upon vessels deriving no benefit from it. The London agents of the promoters are Messrs Porter and bull.van, and the Cardiff agents Messrs Morgan and Sqott A of •: the public of l'enarth r T the churchwardens and ove-3ne, ILIH at Andrews'. Hall on Friday ? fwas 1 J! the opposition. Dr Nell was voted to thTchair an.l there was a good attendant • • Messrs 11. VellacottfR. Proctor, ft H. Suell, T. G. Price. S. Adams' t' LW" V W. L. Jones, M. Morgan, W. M. AlorVi, 11' ft —The Chairman, after remarking that t)i<» tion of the company might be factious and' not really intended, and that after certain renrwonta tions which might be made to them, the company might possibly withdraw the oppositioD c^.i upon Mr M. Morgan.—Mr Morgan, vv. o men- tioned that he was at the meeting by said there v as really nothing In the grounds of the opposition, because, from statements distinctly made by one who was thoroughly i c- quainted with the Channel, and \y;10 j^g^y almost every stone m its ti10 proposed pier would not obstruct any vessel ill its course to Penarth, and would not interfere with the auchorage, because there was none at the place. He thought that if a desire was exi>r<»*«prl by the meeting for the execution of the proposed works the opposition would be withdrawn It was proposed to conitruct an orntillent.1 pier at a cost of something like i-iu.vt). Mr Evans late chief officer of Coastguards, bore testimony to the fact that at a point called Black R0ck a ledee cf rocks ran out into the sea further than the proposed pier would do, and therefore lie thought if a vessel must clear the one there could be no obstruction made by the other. He also stated that there wf.s no anchorage ground within I,200 yards of the proposed pier. He further -»ave his opinion as a seaman that instead of disadvan- tages there would be distinct advantageg connected with the proposed pier. It would be a con- venience to pilots, and would allov of sea excursions being conducted) with comfort by Penarth people—Mr Denman pilot, corroborated these statements, mentioning that the only ob- struction would bs to pilots going close alono- the shore, and that could be obviated by a boat's tacking once by which it would be cleared Mr Morgan stated that lights would be affi-xed to the pier, and also life-saving apparatus, It would be I 640 feet long, and a small charge would be made for admission.—Mr Webb, who spoke from the bo.ly of the hall, after asking a question said in a jocillux ,t,nan-,ier,whiclicreitteci much laughter that he believe i the pier would be directly in th way of navigation. A resolution was, however carried imauunously, expressing the opinion of the meeting that there would be np obstruction caused by the pier, and it was stated that a memorial setting forth the opinion would be im- me liately forwarded to the Board of Trade A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded th" proceedings.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. |
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. MONMOUTHSHIRE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS, All who are interested in the study of music will learn with pleasure that an innovation "about t" be earned out in Monmouthshire which wTllbrirs Se Rov\?Acfl""triftin d^ect eonnecUon wit^ tion« whir'n «.m' f1, 8enes °f local examina- snocp-sfnl p 1 confer the same distinction upon cour!c of inTPe^01'3 hacl followed the Zhll i ^'0;1 afc that Institution. This attend at tf A°U I tlie- Etudents who cannot cSeld li tl Acf!e,r'/ ll«e]f, and, a9 may be t <n mlbythe.iidvertiiement iu another column, in MO? Sfme?ts ful; M,>nmouthshire could not be n s.- H. J, Groves, of Handel as acceded to the request of the Academy atthoritïe to arrange the preliminaries of the ieiLin? examination iu Lent, and it may he concluded, from the high standing of that gentleinaii in the profession, that the work will be rvnfa nr of lovp, and that it will be carried out in a manner which will command «mcce*s.
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I J HOME ltum MANIFESTO. |
J HOME ltum MANIFESTO. | [ AFIR-YISS TO THE HUSH PEOPLE. [MllS-i ASSOCIATION 1ELF.GEAM,] Tlie Home Kale members met in conference in a room of the House of Commons on Friday after- noon to consider the draft of a manifesto to the people of Ireland, drawn up by Mr Justin M'Carthy, Mr A. M. Sulltvan, And Mr T. P. O'Connor. The first-named gentleman presided, and the proceedings were somewhat prolonged. Mr Parneli's absence prevented a final decision on the precise terms of the document being arrived at, and the meeting was adjourned. When the conference met again at P.30, the following address to the Irish people at home and abroad was drawn up. mellow countrymen :— At a moment when too many acts of the Irish executive abrogate law, and tend to drive you from the positions of constitutional actions, the reign of force has been inaugurated ugainst us as your representatives here. On the floor of the House of Commons is a proposal to depart from the ordinary and legitimate procedure of Parlia. ment, and to suppress at a stroke the liberties of our country to impose upon us duties from which we could not Shrink. Strictly aud admittedly confining ourselves within the rules and laws of Parliamentary action, we resistel this flagrant proceeding. Only by a resort to open illegality could our efforts be defeated. On Wednesday last, in violation of the laws and liberties of Parliament, the voice of the Iiish representatives was arbitrarily silenced, not to facilitate any effort ot benenciallegislatioll for the English people, which has always received from us advocacy and support, but in order that a Coercion Act for Ireland might beforced through the legislature. .Last evening we, 35 of your representatives, for claiming our rights within the rules and prece- dent of th's assembly, were removed by force from the Chamber, and a scene recalling the worst days of the Stuarts disgraced the records of Parliameut. Advantage vva3 taken of an enforced absence to rush through House a resolution which, designed against Iteland, vests in an individual autocratic power, and deprives us of all guarantee of action or of speech. In the midst of such proceedings, the news which reaches us from Ireland daily grows in gravity. Meetings are illegally suppressed arrests arbitrarily made. Yesterday a man well known to us and to many of you during these recent events as a counsellor of tolerance, restraint, and prudence, has been'.seized without warning and flung back into the horrors of penal servitude, Fellow Countrymen,—We adjure you, in the midst of these trials aud provocations, to maintain the noble attitude that has already assured your ultimate victory. Reject every temptation to con- flict, disorder, or crime. Be not terrorised by a brief reign of despotism. If you be true to your- selves, your triumph is certain. To our countrymen in Great Britain we appeal to frustrate all endeavours to excite enmity between them and their English fellow-citizeus, amongst whom many generous voices are even now raised on our behalf. Fellow Countrymen,—In the discharge of our duties here our attitude and our actions have been, and shall be in every instance, guided by con- sideration for your interests. We ask you, by your orderly self-restraint, your unshaken organization, and your determined perseverance, to strengthen our hands in the struggle wo maintain. Signed by the 35 members suspended on Thursday night. The manifesto was telegraphed to America an 1 Australia on Friday night.
MR PARNELL INTERVIEWED.
MR PARNELL INTERVIEWED. HIS OPINIONS ON THE CRISIS. LONDO, Friday.—The Press Association has to-night been furnished with the following account of an interview held to.rlay between Mr Parnell and a member of the press in reference to last night's proceedings. The reporter asked at first, What is your view of the suspension of the Irish members last night?" Mr Parnell replied: It was necessary to make a protest against the arrest of Mr Davitt, a man who has done more to pre- vent crime and outrage iu Ireland than all the police and legal machinery of the Government, and who has been untiring in his exertions to persuade the people to adhere strictly to a policy of passive resistance. The Speaker refused to me to call the atten- tion of the House to the subject by a motion for adjournment in the usual way, and called on Mr Gladstone to proceed wish his motion. I then moved as wns done by Mr Gladstone himself last Session towards Mr O'Donnell, that the Prime Minister be no further heard. This the Speaker ruled to be disregarding the authority of the chair, and the only thing left for us by way of protest was to insist 011 one's right to be heard, and therebv incur, after the arbitrary conduct of the Spjake' the penalty of being susponded for the night's sitting. Then M r Speaker alloweJ Mr Giadstone to do last year what he suspeaded you for trying to do last night ?—Yes, certainly; and his conduct on Wednesday morning; in closing the debate and refusing to hear members who desired to speak, or to allow the member then speaking to conclude, was, I think, a distinct breach of the privileges of the House and of its standing orders. What are the powers of the Speaker ?—The Speaker b3 no original jurisdiction, though henceforth he will 'have under Mr Gladstone's resolutions. He is the servant of the House, and is only entitled to carry out its standing orders, over which he has no power at all. The standing orders distinctly limit his functions, and he is only entitled to act within them jby ruling that every attempt on the part of independent mem- bers to make themselves heard is a disregard of the authority of the chair. He makes himself practicaly omnipotent, and converts PadiÍtment into a mere register to record the opinions of the Prime Minister, with whom lie is constantly in consultation. • The American practice is different?—Yes, the refusal of Congress to let the Ministers have seats in the House is a very preferable one, as the ten- dency of receut years in the British Parliament is to subordinate everything to the will of the paid servants of the Crown, independent members being left practically nowhere. Respecting Davitt's arrest, did not the late Government prosecute him for his speeches?— Yes, a id the present Government withdrew the prosecution, thereby tacitly admitting that Mr Davitt had committed no offence. The late Government, of course, could have withdrawn his ticket-of-leave instead of prosecuting him, but the Tories are not so shabby as the so-called Liberals, and straightforwardly brought him before the ordinary tribu- nals. They charged him with sedition, which offence the Liberals said could not be maintained. By suspending Davitt's ticket-of-leave, the present Government, under colour of punishing a poli- tical offence committed ten years ago, and for which, like other political offenders, it was under- stood that he had received the Queen's pardon— are of course really punishing him for his stand against their friends, the landlords in the present agitation. Will he be treated in prison as an ordinary convict ?— Yes, so far as I can learn, he is remitted to all the horrors of penal servitude. If the Government, desiring to arrest him, had wished to act with some decency, they might have waited for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and then apprehended him, when, at least, hewoudhave had the milder prison discipline allowed to untried prisoners under the amendments which we introduced into the Prisons Act of 1877. What do you consider the policy of the Govern- ment as evinced on this and other proceedings ? A policy of intimidation in Ireland and Coercion in Parliament. Then the so-called protection of Life ana Pro- pertv Bill is rather an attempt to frighten the people than likely to lead to many arrests ?—The number of arrests I think will prove this, and show what little grounds there-were for passing the Bill. What they want is to frighten the people out of our organisation and out of agitation, and the threat of arrest which every policeman can make in every village and district in Ireland, that very person will be the chief instrument of action. The entire population will be exposed to a system cf private and personal terrorism of this sort, which, of course, will never come before the public eye. Do you really believe the Government will act in this manner ?—They will obey their masters, the landlords, magistrates and officials,rmd that is why we resist so bitterly these coercive proposals. We know, from our experience of the Irish police system, that the police-constables habitually in these far away Irish districts attempt to intimi- date the local leaders, and every person likely to influence public opinion in his locality. Everyone who takes a prominent part in the move- ment agJmt landlordism, will get a hint that lie had better refrain from doing anything distasteful to the landlord authorities. The Bill is meant to rut down the expression of public opinion, and you cau imagine whether such a thing would be tolerated in England by sup- posing that Lord Beaconsfield had prevented Mr Gladstone from holding his meetings against the Government in Midlothian last year, and had suspended the Hahe is Corpus to arrest the .mem- bers of the Birmingham leaeration of Libeiai hundreds v ho were successfully organisingr feuffj'■{» public opinion against the Tones. ■ Secretary seeks to avenge llimsfe' p" H became h. hi> tl,t IrTsli 3. that & »»d 'V Eng.1'1s!l ajd tfe^-|;?epeXntJWsh p^ in Parliament, are the chief obatacles m his path aud therefore he tries extraordinary means to rid himself of both the one and the other. Will your party go back to I arnament after last night's proceedings ? If we cousulted our own teelings aud our uersonal dignity, we should retire but we have been sent there by our people to do very disagree- able but necessary work, and we must do our duty in fighting this Coercion Bill step by step as best we can, with whatever threads of liberty remain to u« under the powers with which tlie already omni- potent Speaker «ill now be armed. What will be the policy of the Land League after the Coercion Act is carried ? We shall not deviate one inch from our policy. We shall carry on the agitation constitutionally and openly, and all fast as local leaders arc imprisoned others will be encouraged and obtained to take their places. The Government will trust much to their first swoop, and after the places of the men arrested are filled up the weapon of coercion will be broken in their hands, and there will not be much advautage in making a second coup. We have some fear that the peoplel either in Ireland or in England may be tempted to retaliate, and we are taking every mean's to prevent this, and to maintain the E>licy of jpasaive resistance which the Land eague initiated and as always preached. What offence was Davitt convicted of in:1870!- Treason felony, and be hàs"ni,a.ny-timés8nce his release told me that nearly every one of the wit- nesses who swore against him perjured them- selves, and as for the informer, Corydon, the chief Crowu witness, who swore he knew Davitt in the Fenian organisation, Davitt solamaly assured ine he had nQY& se$a bW uatU. ta fttoppedjatd!. (bo I dock, r
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HORRIBLE TRAGEDY" AT KIDWELLY. 4 SUPPOSED MUliDEP, OF-A BOY liV HIS PLAYMATES. KIDWELLY, Friday Afternoon.—The little'town of Kidwelly anJ its neighbourhood was thrown into a state of the wildest excitement this morn- ing by the discovery of what is likely to prove a most diabolical crime. Since Wednesday after- noon a lad, named John Thomas, 11 years of age, son of Evan Thomas, shoemaker, has been missing from his home, inthis town. On that afternoon he was sent by his father to a farm called Middlecwm, with a pair of boots ,for which he received 10s. On his return the lad was seen to enter a house called Stockwell, in the town of Kidwelly, inhabited by a tinplate worker named Mazey, his wife, and two sous, aged nine and twelve years. Subsequently Thomas was seen playing with these lads in the garden of their house, but after that lie was not again seen alive. A liae and cry was raised on Wednesday night concerning his disappearance, and search was then made at Mazey's house and elsewhere, but without result until this morning, when another search was made at Mazey's house, and then a horrible discovery was made. The attention of one of the searchers was attracted by a portion of clothing visible above what appeared to be a surface of loose weeds in a ditcli alongside the garden hedge. Here was found the body of the missing boy, turned face downwards in the ditch, and covered by a few scattered weeds only, thus giving to the spot an appearance uuiform v.ith the other part of the garden. The lad's skull was found cut open above the right eye, while the left cheek and eye were clean cut away, and have not yet been found. All the brains were missing and the inside of the skull was perfectlycleau. From the absence of any trace of blood it as evident that the murder—for murder it must be —was not committed at the spot where the body wa found. Tiie consternation caused by the dis- covery of so brutal a crime, surrounded by so many horrible circumstances, can be better imagined than described. Suspicion fell upon the t 0 Mazeys, with whom the deceased v as playing on the afternoon of his dis- appearance. The lads were forthwith arrested, and afterwards their mother was also taken into custody by P.S, Jones, The lads are known to have changed halt-a-sovereigu on Thursday, and every shilling of this sum—the amount which deceased received at the farm—has been traced to the various shops at which the boys spent it. There are the usual crop of rumours in connection with the affair. According to one, a quarrel arose between the lads as to the possession of a knife which deceased had the desire to possess, which is eiven as a possible motive for the crime. It is almost inconceivable, however, that two such lads as the Mazeys are, could, alone and unassisted, have committed such a crime, and so methodically have planned its concealment. After the arrest of the accused, the Mayor of Kidwelly (Alr D. Harries), who is also the coroner, who was from home oil business, was communicated with, and immediately returned. It was then decided to hold the iuquest to-morrow (Saturday), a post mortem examination of the body being conducted in the meantime. At four o clock this afternoon the accused were brought before the Mayor and Mr T. W. A. Evans, and formally charged with the murder, a remand being granted until Monday. The boys appeared utterly bewildered -at their position, while the mother seemed completely prostrated. The Town naIl, where these formal proceedings took place, was surrounded by a large aud excited crowd.
NEWPORT HAnnOUn. COMIIS-SIONEHS.
NEWPORT HAnnOUn. COMIIS- SIONEHS. Col. Lyne presided at the monthly meeting of the Newport Harbour Commissioners on Friday, when there were also present — Admiral Foote, Messrs H. J. Davis, T. Beynon, H. Bejnon, 0. Goss, T. Latch, J. Murphy, Wyndham Jones, W. G. Cartwright, J. E. Ward, J, Colquhoun, and T. Pugs'.ey. REVENUE. The revenue account for the last month showed the following results :-By harbour dues, £ 2(34 2s 9d, compared with k261 13s G I in the corresponding month of 1880, decrease 10s 9d. Gridiron dues, £ 2d 10s 8d, compared with £ 11 3s 2d, increase E14 17s GJ. Ballast dues, E36 2s, against 239 2s 9d, decrease £3 Os 9d. Hospital dues, E35 10s 6d. Balance in bank, ICI,297 17s 4J. Mr Murphy urged that this statement of accounts should b printed, and placed before the members at each meeting, but it was decided that this Was unneces- sary, it being arranged, to meet Mr Murphy's w ish, that the clerk should prepare a written copy to be placed upon the table each mouth. HARBOUR MASTERS' BEPORT. In the report of the harbour master (Mr TI, Gething) it vva3 stated that, in consequence of the severe frost, work with the steam-cranes at the ballast wharf was suspended on the 23rd of January, the frost doing some damage to the cranes, w hile the gridiron was completely blocked by the ice. This had since been remedied. The East Usk buoy, which broke adrift on the 23rd of January, had been replaced by the Triuity House authorities. It was recommended that permission be given to Mr Mitchell, of the Screw Steam Packet Company, to make temporary use of the Commissioners Landing bfcage and it was also pointed out that the usual time had arrived for the annual donation of 210 10j to the infirmary. Upon thb motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr T. Beynon, the report was adopted without comment, it; being resolved to allow Mr Mitchell the use of the landing stage, and to renew the donation to the infirmary, THE IMPKOVEMEATS AT PILOTS' PILL. The Pilots' Pill Committee reported that they had been in communication with Mr Carlisle and Mr Justice, who had confirmed the 'letter of Mr Palling, to the effect that Lord Tredegar would allow the alterations and improvements to be made at Pilots' Pill for the mooring of the boats and the shelter of the pilots, in consideration of a nominal yearly rental of fls. The committee were informed that Lord Tredegar had no po.\ er, under his arrangement with the Alexandra Dock Company, to grant the privilege except ou a yearly tenancy. The coiAmittee re- commended the carrying out of Mr Lansdown's plan, and the completion of the proposed scheme, if the cost were satisfactory to the Commissioners. —The chairman stated that the tenders had been opened on the 4th inst for the execution of the work in accordance with the plan, the architect's estimate of the cost being 9429 10s 3J. The ten- ders were as follow:—J. Linton, C421 J. Fir- bauk, £ 519 13s 9d; Thomas Thomas, £ 441 j and W. Jones and Son, 9461. The committee recom- mended that the tender of Mr J. Linton be accepted. Upon "a motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr Ward, it was resolved that the thanks of the Commissioners be given to Lord Tredegar for granting them this privilege, the Chairman re- marking that Lord Tredegar had acted in the most handsome manner.—The Chairman moved, and Mr T. Beynon seconded, that the report and recommendations of the committee be adopted.— Mr Murphy objected, and said that, considering the experience he had in such matters, he could not sit there and consent to the spending of 2400 or £.300 upon what must be considered as only a temporary measure, and up)n a plan that was badly engineered, badly conceived, and very inefficient in its consequences." He would never sanction tne expenditure of money upon a plan which be knew must prove entirely inoperative, and which could not answer their expectations, and he therefore proposed as an amendment— That before any tender is accepted, the plan of the alterations proposed to be executed be submitted to Mr Abernethy, or some other competent engineer, for his opinion there- on." Mr PeOSLEY seconded the amendment, because he thought it was a necessary precaution for them to take, and that it was better to spend £10 in obtaining good practical advice before entering upon an expenditure of £400 or £ 500, which might prove to have been spent to no purpose in a few years. The CHAIRMAN (in reply to Mr Pugslev) stated that the committee were informed by Lord Tre- degar's agent that, though the spot where it was proposed to carry out the improvement was within the limit of the Alexandra Dock Company s extension scheme, it was not likely that the cany- ing out of that scheme would interfere witli the pilots' accommodation, for the Dock Com, y themselves were auxious.that the pilots should be bettel- provided for. it being compla-inca that the want of suitable moorings for their coats now obstructed the navigation of the river. Mr DAVIS expressed an opinion that it would cost them £ 100 to get Mr Abernethy's opinion in the matter, as at would necessitate his coming down to inspect the spo. Mr T: BEYSOX strongly supported the recom- mendation of the committee, whose scheme, lie mam tamed, was as perfect a one as they could decide upon after long and careful consideration, and, moreover, in proof of its merits, it had the formal- app,oval of 30 out of the 35 pilots of the port, it was well known that for many years the pilots had beeu compelled tr) impede the naviga- tion by anchoring their boats in the fairway of the river, and the Commissioners had agreed with the pilots and the dock company that no better plan thai this one could be found to meet the require- ments of the nort in this respect. It was to the interest of the Alexandra Dock Com- e, panv to keep a first class body of pilots here, and it was highly i improbable that the extension of the docks could interfere at all with the proposed new accommodation for the pilots. The plan had been drawn up by a thoroughly competent person, and he (Mr Beynon) contended that there wa3 no reason why it snould not be adopted, and carried out. Upon a show of hands, only the mover and seconder voted for the amendment, and the report with the recommenda- tions of the committee were accordingly adopted by an overwhelming majority, Mr J. Linton s tender being accepted. BALLAST LAND COM31ITxicies KEPORT. £ Iu the report of this committee it was slated that Mr Francis had beeu appointed ballast manager at 30s a week, and that Messrs^ 1 ooley had agreed to supply the two weigu-bridges at B71 each, and that the- necessary steps had been taken to erect them under the supervision of the architect. The report was adopted. The Berth Accommodation Committee reported their action with regard to obtaining tenders for the erection of the new offices, a recommendation with regard to which would ba made by them in due course. This conoluded the business.
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CAUUIFF.
CAUUIFF. LLANDAFF CATHEPBAL. Fifth Sunday after I Epiphany.—Eisiht o'clock. holy communion j Eleven, service chants. Preacher, ltev. C-han- cellor Woods. 3.30 service. Par-ry in D anthem, O where shall wisdom (Bovce; preacher, Rev. J, 'J'. lloss, M.A., minor canon.— E. A, FISHBOURNE, Succentor. SALE OF HORSES.—A sals f horses, compris' ing a pair of carriage horses, a consignment of Irish an,l other animals, amounting altogether to about 40, was held at the Queen's Chambers Ilepositary, by Messrs StefJhensHI, Alexander, and Co., on Friday afternoon. Moderately good prices Mere readied; colts to and harness horses 30 to 45 guineas. LIOENSED "VICTUALLERS' k R. A. ake, president of t e above association, writes to say that by Mr Gladstone's last Bill liceus- ins duty is increased from 100 to 300 uer cent, not OO'J per cent as priufced, DOCK EXTENSION AT CARDIFF. -The j,.)iq,t com- mittee of the Cardiff Corporation and Chamber of Commerce held their adjourned meeting on Fri- t e I,toc^s offices, with the Maiquis of Bute s representatives,on the subject of provid- ing additional dock accommodation. The iiiatter was very tully discussed, but no resolution of ary definite kmd was arrived at. riie meeting was further adjourned. BICYCLE CLUB.-The annual general meeting of this club was held at the club-rooms, on Tnursday evening last, when the following officers were elected Mr W. H. Hutching, captaiu Mr John C. Morris, snb-captain Mr A. W. Thomas, hou. secretary Mr G. H. Cakebread, lion'. treasurer and Mr L. Strina, bugler. The com- treasurer and Mr L. Strina, bugler. The com- mittee consists of Messrs Moore, llogers, Nicholls, Goulter, Hate, and Harris. It is anticipated that with such a good working committee the club will be eveu more successful than it was last year. CHURCH OK ENGLAND WORKING MEN'S SOCIETY. —The third annual dinner of the Cardiff branch of this Society took place at the Bristol and South Wales Hotel on Wednesday evening. There was a good attendance of members and friends. After dinner the Chairman (Mr Heed) gave the usual toast of Church and Queen," to which the Itevs. G. A. Jones and C. A. Smythies responded. The Itev. C. A. Smythies, in proposing "Success to the Church of England Working Men's Society," said he did so with great pleasure, for, owing to the energetic action of the society, tie Church hatl been to a great extent preseived from being utterly oppressed by its enemies, more- over, it had done a great deal towards dissemin- ating church principles. The rev. gentleman concluded a spirited address by urging all present to continue earnestly and steadfastly the work they had in hand, Other toasts, viz., The Chairman," The Visitors," "Host and Hostess," followed. The proceedings were enlivened by songs, capitally rendered by members of the com- pany, who were accompanied on. the piano by Mr McAdam. Tiie dinner, which was supplied by Mr Giies, reflected great credit upon that gentle- mau's catering. THE INFIRMARY BALL.—The annual b ii iu aid of the Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire Infir- mary and Dispensary was held in the assembly room of the Town-hall 011 Thursday evening. Tne guests began to assemble about eight o'clock, and continued to arrive in large numbers until half. past ten, when the room was filled. The band employed was Messrs Roberts and Johnson's, and it fulfilled its dm ;s well in every respect, Mr Maggs catered equally well, and the whole aSair passed off in a satisfactory manner. The follow- ing names include most of the guests, and a, e printed in the order in which they arrived :— Mr J. U. Stephens, Mr Alexander Clarke, Miss Clarke, and Mra Williams (Allteryn House, New- port), Mrs and Miss Harrison, Dr. and Mrs Hardyman, Mr C. H. Williams,Mr Sewill, Mr A. Waldron, Mr W. Scrivener, Mr C. M. Beikeley, Mr E. Brefit, Mr G. L. Forester, Mr F. de U. Hamilton, Mr S. W. Jenkins, Mr Clifford Waite, Mrs 11. Grover and the Misses Grover, Mr C. Thompson, Mr F. Penn, Mr W. S. Stallybrass, Mr W. G. Jones, Mr W. II, Treaty Mr F. Perch, Mr Bird, Mr P. Do son and Miss Dowson, Mr B. B. Mann, Mr Theodore YacheLJ, Mr 1'. K. Heard, Mr Bernard King, Mr J. 1I. Wil- son, Mrs Wilson, and Miss Wison, Mr Alexander Morse, Mrs tuid Miss iMorre, Mr Hier Evans, Mrs and Miss Evans) Mr Charles O'Malley, Miss Joues, Mr A, lleavd, Mr W, Dallas, Miss James, Miss Bertha James', and Mi-s W. P. James, Mr G. C. Thompson, Mr G. F. Thompson, and Miss 11. E. Thompson, Mr Godfrey Clarke, Mr H. O. Fisher, tMrs and Miss Fisher, Dr. and Mrs Wallace, Miss Alexan- der, Mr G. Fisher and party, Mr J. P, Ingledew, Mrs and Miss Ingledew, Mr Lt B. lleece, Mr L, Tylor, Mrs and Miss Tylor, Mr C. Wightwick and Miss Wight-wick, Mr Dolii,ic Watson and Mrs Watson, Miss Thomas. Miss Lewis, Mr James Ware and Ware, Dr. M, Williams and Mrs Williams, Mr T. J. Allen and Mrs Allen, Mr L. T. lleece, Colonel Cardan, Mrs Reynolds, Captain Butler, Mr R. W. Williams and the Misses W illiams, Mr R. W. Llewellyn, Court Colmau Mr J. C. Reynolds, O'Jt-h Regi- ment. and Miss Reynolds Mr W. F. Cra -.shay and Mrs Craxshay, Mr 11. E. Bradley, Mr \V. Tapp, G9th Regiment Mr W. S. Sparlces, Mrs Wood, Miss Wuod, and M ;ss L. Wocd, Mr iI. E.Godfrey, Mrs Godfrey, Miss Godfrey, and Miss C. Godfrey. Dancing was kert rp until far into the morning. COLLEGE DEBATING SOCIETY.—This society held its first meeting for tiie term on Wednesday, February 2nd, when the He v. J. G. Monro pio- posed That it would be to the interests of Lng- land to grant independence to inr colonit?." The following fpoke:- For, J'ticv. T. G. Monro against, Messrs E. J. Nev.ell, Wilson, Davies, Skvrme, aud G. B. llughev. The motion was lost by seven to one. LANCLET LODGE OF MARK MASONS, No. 28.— I INSTALLATION OF W.M.—On Thursday the usual festival of the Langley Lodge of Mark Master- Masons took place at the Masonic II"II, Working- etreet. Lodge was opened in due form by Cro. Glass, after nhich the W.M. elect, Bro. Josh. Thomas, was presented to t!.e chair for installa- tion. The installation ceremony was admirably performed by Bro. fch Weichert, P. W. Bro. Joseph Thomas having been duly installed, in- vested the following officers to serve during the ensuing year:—S. W., Bro. Ro-ve J.W., Bro. John JJarris; S.O., Bro. Fabian; J.O., Bro. Dobbs S.D., Bro. Schilling; J.D., Bro. Batmen I.G., Bro. Chalk; treasurer; Bro. Weicheit, P.M. Prov. Grand ^Secretary, Bro. W. D. Marks, P.M., secretary Bro. John Rogers, P.M. stewards, Bros. Bowden and i'rice organist, Bro. F. Atkins registrar. Bro. J. O. Lewis; assistant secietary, Bro. llussey tyler, Bio. A. Jenkiu*. Before lodge was closed a vote of thanks was accorded to the visitors, which was respmded to by Bro. Watkius, G.S. of England, and Bro. Henry G. Groves, P.P.G.J.W., and Prov. G. Sec. (Mon.)i'.S. Organist. Lodge having been duly closed by the W.M., Bro. Jos. Thomas, t ie brethren proceeded to the Royal Hotel,where a banquet was prepared, presided over by Bro. Jos. Thomas, when the usual masonic toasts, in- terspersd with sought by the brethren, were gone through, and a most pleasant evening spent. STEALING A GOLD IVATClf.-At the borough police-court^on Fri.iay—before Mr R. O. Joues— Elizabeth Kemble, a young woman, was charged with stealing a gold watch, of the value of k7, fiom the shop of Mr Edwin Kaltenbach, watchmaker, etc., Caroline-street. The prisoner on Monday went to the shop of prosecutor aud enquired for a pair of earrings, which she said she had left there for repairs. The prosecutor had no recol- lection of having anything of the kind left, but began searching for them. While so engaged the prisoner took the watch fro;n a small shelf at the back of the counter on which he had placed it. Very soon after she left he missed the watch and gave information to the police. On Tuesday Detective Inspector Price made inquiries, and found that the prisoner had pledged the watch for £1 at the shop of Mr Bamett, pawnbroker. Prisoner denied stealing the watch, and said that some man in the street gave her the watch. Pri- soner persisted in her statement, and was commit- ed for trial at the assizes, CUTTING AND WOU.-Lil)]NC;. -Daniel Sullivan, a young man, was charged with cutting and wound- ing a young woman, named Julia Hayes. j- | complainant resides in Rosemary-street, on Thursday the defendant entered and asked her to go vntti asked glass of rum. She declined. He then^ked her to have a glass of whiskey. lh« l ealS° de clined. Defendant then left the iiojse, taut rifnrnVd in a few minutfij With a pint of beer. lie asked her if she would have a drink,_ but she still refuse 1 and he then struck her a violent blow on the side of the face with the pint mug, inflicting a severe wound on the face, the mug being broken by the force of the blow. She had, about two mouths previously given evidence against the defendant at the pohce-court in a ca&o for wilful damage.-Defendant alleged that he was first at. tacked by the complainant, and a number of women said that he ill self-defence struck the complainant a blow with the mug. This was denied, anu a witness w as called to corroborate complainant's statement.—Mr Ayre, assi-stant-surgeon to Dr. lame, stated that the complainant had a wound about an inch long on tje right'side of the face. There were also several small punctured wounds on other parts of the face. Prisoner said that he waa in driuk at the time." The bench sent him to prison for four months, with hard labour. STEALING TKOUSEKS AND COAT.—John Gill, a journeyman tailor, in the employ of Messrs Boyle and Co., tailors and outfitters, Ch'irch-street, was charged with stealing a pair of trousers and coat, the property of his employers. The prisoner re- ceived on Monday a pair of trousers to make, then another pair, and subsequently the material for a coat. On finding that they were not returned in time, the cutter found that the prisoner had left the town. lie had pledged one of the pairs of trousers at a pawnbroker's iu Canton the second in Bute-terrace, and the coat at a pawnbroker's in Bridgend, where the prisoner was apprehended. The prisoner was remanded till Monday for further evidence. J. -T. George, of Aberdare will preach at the Unitarian Meeting-room, Rotunda Buildings, to-morrow (Sunday) evening, Fehruarv 6th at 6.30 p.m. Subject, The Mind of Christ." 1;,41)4 BEDWELLTY Heuss, CROCKHEHBTOWN, for the only good assortment of fancy Shoes in Silk aud Satin of all colours, with beels aud i,o\vs, from Cs lid, and Morocco from 3s lid. 49680 ABBOTT & Co., Oxford-street. Swansea, for waterproof Coats. Thoir noted Guineft Tweed Coats are the cheapest in the trade. 4947S
PENARTH.
PENARTH. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETT.—At a meeting held at the Rectory, on Tuesday, it was resolved by representatives of several denomina- tions to form a branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society for Penarth, to be called Ihe 1 enartli Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society." The Rector was Appointed presi- dent, and the Rev. Messrs Nofrman and Turner were appointed vice-presidents. Mr T. Morel was elected treasurer, and Mr Boyer, secretary. A committee of ten, in addition to the above officials, was also appointed, The town was divided into 12 districts for the purpose of collect- ing subscriptions and distributing the Word of God amonR the inhabitants as may be found hecessaiy. It is hoped that a very ,>'r> ns b.auchof the Bible Society may be waiko t in this important town, fcnd valuable help ren t. d naS only to the Parent Society, but also to the circulation of the Scriptures in this locality. L 1 BAND OF Horr.A Band of Hope lias recently 1 been established in connection, with the Wesley an j Sunday-school. On Thursday, the inaugural I injaUiia WM hftid in the prodded o\'&r by the Rev. J. Turner; There was a large a dance of the scholars and friends, and upwards 100 signed the pledge an 1 enrolled themselves at members. The meeting WJ* addresse I by tht Kev. J, Turner, and Mes^a Shepherd and | Williams. Several interesting nrel^dies were suog j by tlie choir, Miss King sung a solo, and th« Misses Shepherd, Evans, aud ML JiVJkinsoii sanfl a (juarlette. The meeting was a most suocessfo one, and ereatly encouraged its promotero
! NEWPORT.
NEWPORT. BOROUGH POLICE-COURT. At this court of Friday—before Messrs H. Phillips and C. Le-n -31 cabman, named George Lewis, was charged with furious driving in Iligb-street, hut was let of? with payaellt of costs, rlefendàut explaining that he was trying to catch a train.—.Margaret Har* was lined 5, f"r using obscene language in Oana'-parade.— t wo lads, named Timiras Ryan and Dauiel Harriugton, were fined or iu de- fault seven days' imprisonment, for fighting and throwing stones in Skinuer-str^et,— .Mien \Vebb. summoned by Georgina Tooze for assaulting het by thro. ing a cup and saucer at her, was oidered to pay costs, and bound over to keep the peace.— Frederick Vickerv. of Nel«.iu-stiect, was filied 25 GÚ for aving his chimney on tire, in con. quence of which the fire briga le was c:illeti olit upon a false alarm that a house was on liie.— Eilen McCarthy, a middle-.ijjed wo nan, was con- victed, on. the evidence of P.C. Raw lings, o( J stealing three-quarters of a hundredweight, ot coal from the Ebliw Vale Coal (Company's xhip;>ii»u stage, and sent to goal foi seven d lads, named James Avery, Edmund Richaivs, and William Saviyrar, were placed in the dock c,i ir.!ed with stealing 2s Gd from the shop-tili of Mary Ann Hill, in Graham-street, Lolld RIMI with being concerned ill be theft "f a hox of cutlery from a shoji kept by Prudence Jones. The prisoner" were apprehended by Inspector Jones, with several of the knives atid some money in their po-sc-s-uon. I hey all declared that they had ii )t .itted the theft, and that tlie knives were given to them ,T bo7 named Taylor, whom another hoy named Xvicnards, c died as a withes. said he saw bring theiri out of the shop. Taylor had no; 'o.-en appteheuded. Ihere uas no evidence to prove the charge of stealing the money, and t: at wa» dismissed. With respect to the t-h.ft of the knives. Drey and Richards were also discharge I, the magistrates giving them a severe caution, and ad- monishing their parents, who were in court. The case against Savigar was adjourned for a week.— Thomas Collins, a Swedish seaman, was com- mitted to gaol for a month with hard labour, for stealing a coat from the shop of Aarou Joseph Jacob, pawnbroker, of Commercial-road. Ilareli Johannes, auother Swedish seaman, was fiued 5s for being drunk aud breaking a pane of glass, value 3s Gd, in the window of John Pemrce, 21, Capel-street. SAD CASE OF POVERTY AND CRIME. — Ann Harrny, a respectable looking elderly woman, was charged before the magis* trates on the same occasion with stealing boote from the shops of three tradesmen of the town, namely, Messrs D. W. Jams, D, E. Daviea, and Oliver and Cn: It appeared that the pri oner, who, when taken into custody by P.S. Hall, ad- mitted the offence, had committed the thefts in < systematic manner, and pawned the stolen goods, b-ing eventually given into custody by Mr Woltf u* a to whom she went with this object, and who suspected her. It transpired that she was the widow of a printer, formerly in business in the town, and that having f-alle-i-ints destitution she had at length resorted to crime.- The Chairman, in committing her to gaol for twis months on each charge (six months in all), cautioned her that if she persisted in thi, course she would be transported. ABBOTT & Co.— Iadia-rubbcr Slates, unbreafc ahie. Prices, 30., 4d, Cd, and Si each. Liberal discou n! to the trade and schools Oxford-street, Swansea. 4947d
nHYMNEY.
nHYMNEY. IN QUEST. -Yester,la),, at the Puddler's Armi Inn, an inquest was held by Mr Brewer, touching the death of Richard Francis, who met with hit death at the Maidy pit, R .vmney, of Jauuary 21st. Two v. itne»ses, named Evans and Davies, were examined by the coroner, and the latter 11M closely examined by Mr Iler Majesty*! Ins; ector of Mines, wheu the v,, rdiet of acciden- tally killed by a fall of clods was returned. MI Ric.iard Abraham, of the mineral agent's office, was present on behalf of the Rhymney Company. LOCAL BOAIUO.—The monthly meeting of this body w as held on ednesdav, under the presi- dency of MrMatheas, the chairman (Mr Evans) being unavoidably absent. There were also present Messrs F. Dixon, F. Hiley, J, W, Cross, 11. V. Trump, J. A. Shajdand (clerk), \V. Lloyd Week* tstir veyor, etc.), and Dr '1'. Hail Redwood (medical officer of health).—The finance committy having gone carefully through the bills, they rejorte i th. following amounts for payment :—Uhymney Gat Company, street hll1p, £ 20; Air F. Chenitt, scavenging, £13 10-1 10,1 clearing snow from highways, £ 22 Îs 6d and other sundry amounts, in all making a total of CO 9s Cd.—The collecto* reported that he had collected £ 2 10s Cd s-ince the last meeting of the boar.I, I;ic.i left £ 182 2s lOd of the general district rate made A' gu.-t 4th, 18SO. Mr Francis Hiley, in with a notice ol motion at the last meeting of the board, "Moved that the urinal at Cros--street should be m ved to a more convenient site, to he ppi.ived hv tl « board, near the Rhymney Ch ;r, ii Cemetery.— Mr^Dixon seconded the mutl.n, and it was car* ried unanimously.—1' ian<;is liiley spoke at (:0: siderable length with reference to the defective state of the streets and hi^h»\ys. and, iu the course of his remarks, stated that he considered the road, or rat or pat •, from the Cambrian Shop to Penvtel-road a highway w ithin the mean'ng of the Act, Oc> er members diife: e t fiom Mr Hiley. The Clc:k s ate 1, according to the terms 141tli section of the Public Hea th Act, 1875, it was i. >t a highway it v as a private road, and t.hU board could call upon the o.\ tiers to repair it.- ine ubject dropped, and t';e read ng 01 eouit correspondence was proceeded with.
MAESYOWM.YIE!!,
MAESYOWM.YIE! MUSICAL EKTKKTAINMEST. A musical and literary ente; tainment was given at Old Tabor WeL-.li Independent Cir.pel n Thursday ev ening. O ing Lo the very wet state of the weather there wa, lIüt a very numeious attendance, but every- tiling pissed off well. A well-arranged progr unni# of selections was executed in an admirable inanner-
LITTJJiDEAN.
LITTJJiDEAN. CHAR.E AGAINST A JfAILWAY PACK I.K.—At the police-court ou J riuay before Messrs Russell J. lv.err and Maynard W. Kemvss-Colchester—'1'hoa. Everett, residing at Littleileari, was charged hJ ln-spec-tor llickey with stealing K5 lbs. of coal, value Id, the i roperty of the Great Western Rail- way Company. I'.C. Curry, of iS'eivnham, stated that on ttie evening of the 1st instant, he saw de- fendant (who had just left the railway) in th< Littlcdean-iw.d, carrying the coal in lib ftail. De. fendant admitted that he picked up the coal from the railway, and now pleaded guilty. Inspectoi Ifickey stated that Everett had been in the em. ploy of the company 30 years, an I had borne an exceedingly good character. The company desired to leave the case in the Inaids of the bench, but had no wish to press the char^p. The justicoe acted upon that recommendation, anl the chair- man ordered the defendant to come up for judgj. ment when called upon. This was the only case of interest.
MOUNTAIN ASH.
MOUNTAIN ASH. SUDPEN" DEATH OF LORD ABKRPARK'S AGENT. -About two o'clock on Friday, Mr David Morgan, who has been Lord Aberdciie's agent for the list28 years, expired. He was enjoying his usual health on Monday last, and on Tuesday be went to Pontypridd, but on his way home he Wall paralysed. Mr Morgan «as highly respected throughout the whole district; he leaves a family to mourn his loss.
MEETHYR.
MEETHYR. CHEIJUV RIPE framed for, 3s., 4s., or 7s.by Harris ami Son, Portrait Painters, Iiiii-street, Merthyr.
SWANSEA.
SWANSEA. OLD SWANSEA BKEWEKIT.—This propeity, with the public-house attached, was put up for auction at the Mackworth Hotel, Swansea, by Mr Alfred Thomas, of the firm cf Thomas, Beyer, and Miles, the well known brewery auctioneers. The first offer which came from those nresent, whe. numbere 1 but a few, was 000" Mr J M_ Leeder followed with a bid of £ 10,COO, whilst" Mr Blake of INewport, offered £ 15,000. 'The reserved' price being £ 20,000, however, and there beiug no turther bids, the auctioneers put up the brewery without tile "five freeholds," but there were no oners. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—ALLEGED THEFT OF lROH.—Annie Woodwell, 2, William-place, single; Mary Elizabeth Webb, 78, Madoc-street Wm, John Herepatb, 10, Watkin-street; and John Win. Salmon, 80, Rodney-street, two boys, were charged with stealing a quantity of iron from the yard of the Burrows Lodge Goods Station, the property of the Great Western Railway Company, and of the value of Is 6d. Woodwell and Webb. the two girls, were each fined 5s, including costa6 a week being allowed them to pay. Salmon, wh* had beeu previously before the court on two occa» sions, was sentenced to 12 strokes with the birch rod whilst the other boy was ordered to receive six strokes. rATET HOUSEHOLD FUEL SPECIALLY PRB» rARLD FOR DOMESTIC PmroBrs.— Jn consequence of the grea.t ueminil for this fuel, Messrs Cory, Yell, and Co. are now inak-in., double the quiutitv, and undertake to deliver all orders the same day. In suite of the advance in price of house coals, they- have decided not to in- crease the price of the fuel, viz., 120 per ton, delivered free. Address II: II. Shaw, sole asrent, Fuel Works, fctrami, Swansea. 601 >9 ABBOTT & Ce., Oxford-street, Swansea.—The nest and cheapest Leather Mill Band Makers in the trade, bend for price lists. 49478 No FIRM IN THE KINGDOM doing such good work, at such low prices, as Mr CHAPMAN", at his Studiob High-street. 40701
LLANTRISANT.
LLANTRISANT. POLICE-COURT,—On l"ridHY before Mr G. Williams, stipendiary—Daniel Evans, landlord ol the Bute Arms, Llantrisant Junction, was fined Is and costs for keeping his house open aftei hours last Saturday This was (lefendanti first offence.—Six men to whom the defendant had served the liquor were also charged with it breach of the Licensing Act ou this occasion. They were cautioned and dismissed. SCHOOL BOARD.-The Rev. J. Powell Jones, vicar, presided over th monthly meeting of this body on Friday. There were also present Air Islnnael Williams, Mr J. P. Williams, and Mr Z. Cook. Gwaunyrergyd, Williamstown, near Dinae, was selected as the new school site. The building# are intendoi to accommodate 400 children, ami will cost, it is presumed, about £ 251. Mr Jeukia Evans, C.E., is the architectfor the schools.
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