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THE HOUSEHOLD. HE afternoons are drawing in, and we begin to think how to shade the light necessary to our convenience in the beat possible way. In all towns it is better that the lamp- shade should be of the most ephemeral natnre, the more labour and money that is expended on it the less willing are we to undertake the trouble and expense of renewing it from time to time as it fades and becomes dirty, consequently designs that can be carried out in paper are to be especially recommended, and the other day I came across an exceedingly pretty kind, which I have copied here for my readers' benefit. The lower part of the shade was of green ciinkled paper, above which fell in two rows long white petals cub out in cartridge or very thin cardboard, or, still better, tracing paper wired to the proper shape; the frill standing up above it was of bright yellow, thus introducing all the THE MARGUERITE LAMPSHADE. colours of the large field daisy with a very happy effect. Green being one of the most restful colours for the eyes, its not too becoming shade was mitigated by the white petals and yellow top. Here are a group of fanciful pincushions, which deft fingers may set to work to construct for Christmas presents or bazaars. A little tin kettle is purchasable at most ironmongery shops from sixpence to a shilling; a bottle of metallic paint can convert it into the appearance of being of more precious metal—gold, silver or copper, as taste prefers. Then instead of the lid a stuffed cushion is inserted covered with velveteen, this material looking far better against the metal than [' any other; some pins are stuck in and the little knick-knack is complete. Backs of old brushes should never be thrown away, as they make an exoeHent foundation for what is known as the hair brush pincushion, They should be washed in hot water and soda, and when dry covered care- (jtfAlNT PINCCStUCN. I fully fwith two coats of enamel; a cushion, very securely glued on taking the place of the bristles, and a loop may be attached to the end of the handle to fasten it up with. The other pincushion is formed out of one of the little wooden Dutch sabots, which can be bought for a very small price indeed, and either left in its pristine plainness, decorated witlipoker work or enamelled in any case its aperture is filled up with a cushion, and it's a most saleable article, I can assure you. A knitted baby's bonnet may not be as smart a construction as that of a stiff muslin shape oovered with-Rilk or satin, but it is infinitely,more comfortable for baby, and at the same time its warmth and ventilation i a far superior to the wadding and laok of ventilation of ita more expen- sive prototype. So in the hope of converting others to my belief I give the following very accurate and excellent recipe for the knitting of a baby's bonnet. As some people prefer colours I have given this in pink and KNITTED BABY BONNET. I white so as to show where the colour should be introduced. Double Berlin wool. White and pile pink, if the largest skeins, two of white and one of colour; for a plain white hood three ekeina of wool. Two. wood pins No. 5, and two smaller ones. No. 8. With white cast on the large pins 36 stitc&F)0. This is for theorown. Knit and purl alternately 4 rows, then make a stitch twice duritog the row by knitting one at tbe baok and FRONT. Purl • back, knit a row, PORTA row, thftn make 4 more stitches. Purl back. 1st pattern row (do notj break off the wool) with pink. Knfb the first j stitch, then knit 2 together to the end, knit the < last. 2nd row, + knit 1, pick up the stitch between and knit it, knib 1. pick up.I, repeat from +. 3rd row, knit. 4TH row, puri. 5bhrow, take white and re|»at these 4 .rows. 0BH row, j pink. Repeat again. 13bh row, white, knit4 plain. 14th row, pur}. 15th row, + knib 1, wool4 twice round the pin, knit 2 together. Repeat from +. This is for holes for ribbon. 16fch row, purl. 17th row, pink, knit plain. 18th row. purl: 19th row. knit plain make a stitch at each end of this row. 2Qbh row. pari. + 21st row, white, knit 1, knit 2 together. 22nd row, knib j and pick up. 23rd row, knit. make a mtitch- at each end of the row. 24th row, purl. 25th row, pink. Repeat from + three times, changing the, wool every fifth row the last pink stripe is not 1 inoreased. After the purt row of pink, knit the lining of the hood with white, ALTERNATIVE rows of plain andpuri. When 10 rows are done, knit 2 together. 4 times during the row, but not at .the! edges. In the 16bh row take the smaller pins,, knit 4 rows, decrease again three times. Continue this lining till it reaches to the raised stitches at the edge of the crown then knit 14, turn, slip the first stitch, purl back. Kuit the next row. Purl 14, turn, knit back. Knit the last Tow upon the large pins, and run a narrow ribbon through all the stitches to draw up the lining at. the crown. The curtain. With white wool and the large pins cast on 61 stitches, knit and purl alternately 6 rows (knit the last tow and the next 4 loosely for the edge of the curtain). 7th row, knit the first stitch, then knit 2 together to the end. 8th row, knit 1, pick up 1 to the end. 9th row. knit plain. 10th row. purl. 11th row, pink. knit 1, then knit 2 together to the end. 12th row. knit 1, pick up 1. Repeat 130b row, white, knit plain. 14th row, purl. 15bh row, knit 1, knit 2 together. REPEAT. 16th row, knit 1 and pick up 1. Repeat. With another pin take up all the 61 stitches casb en, put the two pins together and knit together 1 stitch from each pin, then knit 2 together from both pins to the end. In the next row knit I and pick up 1 to the end then with pink knit 1 row, purl 1 row. Take tbe smaller pins and white wool, knit 1, then kntt 2 together to the end. The next row. knit 1, pick up 1 to the end. Repeat these two rows three times more, then knit 1 row, purl 1 row, oast riff. Finish the hood by making it np neatlv. With finer wool draw up the stitches cast on for the crown, and sew the two edges together, continuing the join to include the first row of raised stitches at the back of the neck. Next, slightly fasten the edge of the lining to the edge of the hood, then sew on the curtain. Run ribbon through the holes across the bead, and tie a double-looped bow. Make a little bow for the back where the crown joins the curtain, and add strings of thg ribbon. ETHEL.
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CORRESPONDENCE. ROME AND.ANGLICAN ORDERS AND POPERY IN WALES."—We have received several letters on these subjects, but at present we consider the subjects had better be left in the hands of the original dis. putants. ADOPTION (loan),—The father can be compelled to maintain the child but in that case can keep him where he like. i EXECUTION (Claimant).—The sheriff must, as early as practicable, report to the execution creditor, or his solicitor, the actual result of the execution, and also transmit the amount obtained, less his fees and expenses. TBUSTEE (T.T.T.)—On the death of a trustee the duties of the trust pass on to his legal representatives. Therefore, in this case the son becomes trustee in the place of his father without any appointment being required. APPRENTICESHIP (Rex).—An indenture of apprentice- ship of au infant pauper, sanctioned by the over- seers and magistrates acting bona fide, is not avoided by its having been fraudulently contrived between the parent and nominal master, for the purpose of obtaining a premium from the parish and keeping the child at home. FALSE STATEMENT (Anxious).-Voii have no legal claim to either a written or verbal apology from the pe'son who made the statement, and can only appeal to hi good taste, if he has any. ABUSE (Cymro).—The objectionable word was apparently used only as vnlgar abuse, and in this sense an action for slander would not lie. Your wisest course is to treat the matte.- with contempt. DISMISSAL (Grocer's -Mulier).-You have been treated very shabbily by your employer but unfortunately have no remedy against him. MEMBER OF COUNCIL (One Interested).—The member's seat on the District Council does not become vacant by reason of the disqualification on the Board of Guardians, the disqualification in this case, namely, absence for more than six mouths, being one that applies only in the matter of the board in connection with which it occurs. DAMAGE (One in a Fix).—You apparently have a good action against the company, unless there is some fact in the matter that does not appear in your letter. You can 'bring the action in the county court: CONCURRENT (W.C.).—The meaning is that the sentences are carried out at the same time. Thus in the example you give, namely, two sentences of a month each, the total amount of imprisonment undergone would be one month. ELECTION OF PARISH COUNCILLOR (Rural). The returning officer is to be the clerk to the Guardians of the Poor Law Union in which the parish is sitnnte but if he is unwilling to act as returning officer, or if the office of clerk is vacant at the time when any duty relative to the election has to be per- formed by the returning officer, or if the clerk from illness or other sufficient cause is unabte to perform such dnty, the Guardians shall appoint some other person to actas returning oiiicer, or to perform such of the duties of thereturniiig officer as then remain to be performed,, as the case may be, but the same person shall in all cases be the returning officer at the elec- tion of the parish councillors and of any rural district councillors to be elected at the same date in the parish. COLERIDGE (Catllays), -There is no judge named Cole- ridge at present alive. The late Lord Coleridge was Lord Chief Justice of England until his death about three years ago. His son, the present Lord Cole- ridge, is a practising Queen's Counsel. BABY (One in Trouble).—" Marry in haste and repent at leisure" is a maxim that must come home to you very strongly just now. The birth of a child two and a half months alter your marriage gives you no right to either a divorce or a separation. You are bound to maintain your wife, and are also responsible for the baby unless you can prove that you are not its father, as by showing that you could not have had access to the mother, or did not know her at the time when she must have become pregnant. Under the circumstances, perhaps your wisest course is to make the best of a bad bargain, and treat the child as your own. Many a girl makes a slip, and your wife may yet turn out to be a good woman. You can always leave your property as you like by wilL LANDLORD AND TENANT (Cymru Fydd).—Your tenancy is apparently a yearly one, and then, since there is no agreement respecting notice, although you pay the rent quarterly, six months' notice is necessary. GOODS (A Friend).—Paper i3 very cheap now, and correspondents should write to us on clean paper. You have no right{to sell the goods. OVERSEER (Daft).-Ill small parishes the parish meet- ing has the power and duty of appointing the over. seers, and of notifying their appointment to the guardians also the power of appointing and revok- iug the appointment of an assistant overseer. UNDERWRITER (M.C.C.)—Whenever a loss is paid whether total or partial, the underwriter who has paid it acquires a right to whatever may be recovered by the assured from third parties with respect to the loss; but in the absence of abandonment, it would appear that the right is limited to the recovery by the underwriter of the sum which he has paid. HEARSAY EVIDENCE (I.itiganL).-Hearsay is not evi- dence that is, a witness may not relate a fact which he has heard from another, but of which he has no personal knowledge but on a second trial between the same parties the evidence of a witness examined at a former trial, in which the same question was at issue, and who has since died, may be proved by any. one who heard it. .TAxEs (W.H.P.)--The Queen's taxes, due at the time of seizure, to the extent of one vear's arrears, must be paid by the bailiff to the collector before sale or removal, except where the process is at the suit of the landlord for rent.
RESCUE WORK IN SOUTH WALES.
RESCUE WORK IN SOUTH WALES. TO THK EDITOR. SIR,—Christmas time is again drawing very near, and I remember with grateful thanks the kind help of friends, in the past. We have to report full homes, etc., and we want to make this Christmas the brightest and best. Some of our poor girls have never known much of the joys of home and reunion with friends, which Christoias.Jbrings to so many-; we are, therefore, anxious that every effort should be made to make it a time of good cheer," Will our friends Again rally to our assistance by sending anygifts of Christmas fare—provisions, fruit, meat, vegetables*, sweetmeats, etc. ? Any help of this kind, hpwever einallj WiH be grate- fully accepted. We are also muohlin- need of old clothes, boots,, etc. Wilt our lady-Zfriends please notethia, and send along any they may .HAVE ?—Yours, caring for the lost, F; GOLDSMITH, Hon; Seo.
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MEN OF THE DAY. SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY. Sir Matthew White Ridley, the Home Secre- tary, has been the chief objeoof interest among Ministers of late. His.attitude.towards various political prisoners has BEEN ■ carefully scanned, DID teriy criti- cised, or raptur- oosly applauded. His defence of the,action he-took in regard to the dynamite prisoners excited some atten- tion, and his action with regard to Dr. Jamesou has been tbesubjectof much propheoygf or Along time. The Hopie Secretary first ap- peared in the Hauseof Connpans in 1868 *3 ffinfflfier for North North- tintfierrandi H*> was educated AT Bar. ROW and at Oxford, where he GOT the usual fellowship. His first offioial experience was GAINED in the years 1878-80. when he acted as tjpder-Secretary In the Department over which he now presides.
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WEDDED HIS MISTRESS. NOW SEEKS A DIVORCE. ASTOUNDING REVELATIONS. In the Divorce Division on Tuesday—before the President and a common jury-a case came 'on for hearing in which Mr George Lewis J fOutram Davidson, stated to be in business in the City of London, sued for a divorce ifrom his wife, Mrs Wilhelmina. Alma Davidson, an Austrian lady, on the ground of her alleged adnltery with an unknown person. The wife ■ denied adultery, and alleged cruelty, desertion, t neglect, and conduct conducing to adultery and -connivance, which the petitioner denied. The President, when the case was called on, said that the respondent bad written him a long- Uetter, which he had nob read, and which it wa wrong for her to have so written to him. Mr Bargrave Deane, Q.C., who appeared for the petitioner, stated that the facts of the case *were very peouliar. In a supplementary 'answer the wife had made allegations against her husband of such a character that she could not have been entirely herself when she made them. Mr Davidson, the petitioner, in 1886, went to Monte Carlo, and there he met the respondent, who apparently then was living in a not very respectable way. She lived with him as his mistress for some time, and .1 in 1889, being really attached to her, he married ,her on the 19th July, 1889, at the registrar's office, Paddington, and they lived together until respondent herself wrote and told her husband not to come back to her. In 1893, the petitioner being then in employment, which p.evented his going away, the wife told him that she wanted to go to Monte Carlo. She insisted upon going, and he found afterwards that she had gone to C-tnnes. After she had gone he found she had disposed of some jewellery which belonged to him, and while she was at Monte Carlo he broke open her desk and found she bad been carrying on a correspondence with a man at Cannes who was a masseur. The letters were of a very amorous description. He also found she had deposited £ 5.190 in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, and had £ 4,500 to her credit in Prussian 4 ner Cent Stock. He was very much astonished to find that she had all that money, and when she returned later in the year he spoke to her about the correspon. denoe with this man. Then she stated that the I money had been given to her by some of her- former gentlemen friendsbefore they were married. With regard to the masseur, she said that although they were friendly no impropriety had. taken place between them. He accepted her statement, and they lived together for some time in Ebury-sfcreeb. They had frequent quarrels, and eventually she told him be must leave her. She wrote to him I am going for a walk, and then I expect I will buy myself a ticket and go in some theatre. I will be thankful if you will take this opportunity and be off as you wanted to do with Mr Beresford a week ago. Your behaviour I cannot stand any longer" The petitioner had been guilty of no bad behaviour to his wife, and he went on living with her. Later on she wrote another letter, which she leh at Ins club. They were then living in a flab, and the note ran Do not enter my flat to-night unless you keep your word and return my jewellery and letters. I am too ill, and I am obliged to avoid a scene. I have another tooth tu'I i uUj y°u-" was a0 absolute fiction that he had ever knocked out his wife's tooth. She wrote a letter to the secretary of his club, abusmg her husband in a most abominable way, and she used to write abominable postcards about him to his friends. On one occasion she attacked UIi.f 'ore ^'s.^ace>an<! was with difficulty she 00 i restrained. Then she summoned hinr at the Police Court for assaulting her. She made statements there that he bad grievously assaulted her. but there were no marks of violence on her, while her husband appeared with his face all torn The magistrate dismissed the charge against him. Mr Davidson did not see her again for some time. She went to the South of France, and in October. 1894, when she returned the husband was in business in the City. She continued writing scurrilous postcards and letters about him. In 1895 it was proposed they should live together again, and while he was looking for a house she started for Monte Carlo again. When she returned he found her at the Grosvenor Hotel. Toliis astonishment he found her in a man's silk night jacket. This aroused his suspicions, He accused her, and she eventually gave the names of several men she had misconducted herself with. Mr Davidson made inquiries, but could get no corroboration ofiber story, and she had since made written statements contradicting what she formerly said. Eventually he found she was going to have It child. This was bomohthe2lst February, 1896, and as Mr Davidson had not cohabited with her for 12 months itcouldnobbe his child. PETITIONER IN THE BOX. The petioner was oalled and said he met respon- dent at the Casino, Monte Carlo, AND was married to ber at Paddington in 1889. Her, name was Wilhelmina Alma Stolmeieu When he made her acquaintance she was living unprotected, and," added petitioner, VI protected her." Was she living a loose life ?-I cannot say that as a fact. Apparently she was. Witness added that when they lived together in London he was in employment, and was also a member of a club. In 1393 his wife insisted upon going to Monte Carlo, although he was opposed to it. Petitioner gave further details stated by counsel, and said that after the wife went to. Cannes, he found the letters from the masseur and from documents in A despatch box he learned that she was possessed of £ 10,000. He lived with her as before whim she assured him that there had. been no impropriety with the masseur. Petitioner said that on one occasion the respondent had gone to his mother's house and smashed the window, and he believed a policeman had to be'sent for. He had lived with her in Ebury-atreeb and Porchester.gardens and St. Petersburg-place. After the separa- tion he had ocoasion to go to her house, and she flew at him ana tore bis face. He got bold OF her by the wrists, and there was a violent setae. When he found her it the Gros- venor Hotel he found she had a. man's nfghtsbirtJ and jacket on. He accused her of misconduct"' and she could hardly deny it. She refused to give him any name. He afterwards saw her in a restaurant. and ascertained that a gentleman", was thero at the time. The gentleman had admitted being intimate with her. The President: Why is he not a co-respõndenll. petitioner.: I could notgeb any proof .beyond his own admission. Petitioner denied that he had used violence to his wife beyond what was. necessary to restrain her. Therewam notruth,in the filthy charges which his wife had made, against him in that supplemental answer. I^IR Kays (for the respondent); Will you give me the name of the person mentioned in the letter produced that you thought might be a 00- respondent ? Mr Ueane: Is there any advantage in it if it is" only to annoy people not parties to the suit—— c. The President: Whatris the object of asking the question ? Mr Kays There is alot of correspondence with the name mentioned in il. The President,: If you do.not like to give your reason I cannot deoiae in your favour. Mr Kays; Are you a member of the Junior; Carlton Club ? Fetitioner YES. Tbe President t 1 presume you have an object nn asking the question ve is SL90,i Mr Kays The co-respondent I belie a member. ThePrtsidenti Listen, listen You must apeak-to me properly about this case. I rely upon counsel toask only, such questions as are proper. Petitipner, further examined, stated that he believed his verife was a Saxon, not an Austrian. She was bortf in.1859. At the time he married her he understood she was au aciress &t one time. Did you know she was actress of the Court of the Grand Dacal Theatre of Meilailigen ?-I believe so. She told me her N^CNE was Stdlmeier, and$HIRI MOTHER DWD whfn phe Was 15, and THAFR&HA^AKEFHROWN up6n the world to gain 4ier livehhoa., AnsWerlftg other questions, petitioner said he had greatly -admirea her, and she had lived with HHN as hfs mistress on and off for three years,. And then he married bar. Duiihg the three years qhe had other adrnireys. He married her to prtfteot HEIR from them. He understood one of them made her a present of money. He once found one of the ACQUIRERS in HER bedrctom. He did not marry her- U ,ause he jealous of the other admirers. HE WAS not &IJR £ RE that-she had since been on tbe stage. He; WAS a*bankrupt in 1895. He bad not asked his wife for money. Under great provocation he had used bad words to her. You told her to go to the devil ?-X'should, think so- (Laughter.) Petitioner said he had lif tod his hand jn self-defence against his wife, but did net Strike her. T Keptythg to another question, the petitioner said be had fotlnd love letters from Mr Libley. Mr Deane: That is the masseur at Cannes. He was a Norwegian. Farther cross-examined, petitioner said that, when the love letters were found be bad said to his wife, If there is anything wrong with you. I have done wrong myself." He said tbat merely to make it up with her. He had told his wife that they could not live together unless she contributed to the expenses. He denied that he said he would leave her for someone else. Did you say this to your wife, I am not going to "aTe anyttnng to do with you in case you are with child by anybody, If you know any man, ten me, and I will divorce you or allow you to tfhjorce me, and he shall marry you V'*—somethihg to that effect. I said if I caught the co,relmudent I would make him marry her. Petitioner repeated that he got no indication from bis wife AS tJ", who committed adultery with her until the 9th of May, 1895. Then he got an admission, but could not get sufficient evidence. At the Grosvenor Hotel witness said it was a man's sleeping jacket that his wife had on. He did not cohabit with her there. He took her to a restaurant to dine. She refused to give the name, of the person she bad b eu with. The following day he saw her in the same restaurant. While there a member of his club came past, and he said to respondent, That is a member of the CLRTB. purely it cannot be that little blackguard." 0n ftnothefcooeasion his wife had a telegram, and! as he wanted to see it she created a scene and knbeked him with, a parasol, and he got turned onb of the hotel. She showed the manager hotel bbe, "Itim: .u:i) On various occasions during their married life his wife bad confessed adultery, but he never knew when she was lling the truth or when she was not. On August 8th, 1895, when te was lodging 'in Pall Mall East,his wife oalled and said she was enceinte. His family, out of kindness, paid all the expenses of the confinement. Counsel put before witness a lot, of correspond- ence relating to the latter, containing inquiries as to the father's name. MEDICAL TESTIMONY. In the case of the letters, Mr H," was referred to, and Counsel said this was the gentle- man whom the petitioner would not make co- respondent, upon which The President said it was not shown that he ought to be co-respondent. A medical witness was here interposed to prove that the respondent had a child on the 21st of February, which was, he said, full grown. It was stillborn. Other medical testimony was called on behalf of the respondent in order that the witnesses might be relieved, and the further hearing was adjourned until to-day.
WANTED, A MOTOR-WHIP.
WANTED, A MOTOR-WHIP. STREET GAMIN IN HIS ELEMENT. The next and most necessary invention to be evolved from the brain of a genius is a motor-whip. The want of such an article was sorely felt by the engineer of a parcels delivery motor-oar which made its way down the Strand on Monday The London "gutter snipe" considers motor riding, to use his own words, "a fair barneye," and when this parcels car, looking for all the world like a bathmg machine on the spree, came along the Strand, the gamins playing leap-frog at the months of the courts that tap the Strand between the Gaiety and Holywell-sireet caught sight of it the moment it hove within eyeshot. The news ran with the lightning rapidity of a straight tip, and scores of ragged urchins came flying out of the courts and rushed amongst the traffic to watch the procession go by. As they gazed wondermgly upon the motor-car they noted with amazement that the helpless man had no whip. When the first spasm of astonishment fled, with a "whoop" the gamins swept down upon the machine, quickly outflanked it, and, delivering a spirited attack, swarmed over the sternworks and carried the place by storm. How many the vehicle was licensed to carry there is no telling, but in a very few minutes the boys were occupying every spot, out of reach of the driver, that offered a foothold. The care. worn motorman, between his spasmodic endea- vours to keep his machine from losing itself in a tangle of 'bus horses' legs, remonstrated with the boys, and begged them to step down and off, and to leave him and his oar alone. But he was told, in the polite phrases that obtain Claremarket way, Shut 'is 'ead, and 'old on to's 'orses," and when he threatened they assumed defiance, and mildly inquired of him 'oo 'e was a-gettin' at." The good man, seeing he had no Sunday- school class to deal with, gave up the attempt to argue or cajole, and focussed his attention on preventing his car from running over St. Clement's Danes Church. Another motor-car, carrying a load of handsome women and undoubtedly brave men, bad a similar experience in the Strand late in the after- noon. The boys swarmed all over the rear of the vehicle, but the rightful occupants wisely saw the uselessnass of expostulation, and took the chaff of the boys good-naturedly, and tried hard to appear oblivious of their presence. There can be no doubt whatever. Some genius must arise to invent a whip worked by eleetricity, or the future of the motor-car rests ia the hands of the sbreet mln.-Daily Mail.
THE OXFORD LYNCHERS.
THE OXFORD LYNCHERS. EDITOR CRIES 41 COME ON." To this week's Isis, Mr Mostyn T. Pigott, the editor, contributes an article dealing with the recent disturbances. He says the article on Dr. Paget, when he read it before publication, "did not appear irresistibly mirth-provoking, nor did it seem to be exactly an epoch-making pro- duction from, a literary point of view it did not suggest) venom, its flippant criticism being, I considered, ampiy atoned for by the candid commendation of the concluding sentence. It just seemed, in fact, to 'do;' and it has done—a lot. I am solely responsible for its production. I cannot for the life of me see anything in the article to justify all this infantile fuss. I have only to say that I emphatically re- pudiate I any connection with the apologetic rigmarole extracted from the assistant editor by force. I allow it to be inserted in order that his promise may not be broken; that is all. If the new taste for paper-cbasing has not palled, the House may be interested to hear that I am trying to arrange to be in Oxford on Monday night, when I shall be quite at their disposal." The writer of the article, the son of a well-known West of England knight, has taken his name off the books of Christ Church, and Mr March Vaughan has severed his connec- tion with the Isis.
I DISAPPEARANCE OF A FARM…
DISAPPEARANCE OF A FARM G IRL SPOORING THE FOOTPRINTS. Sarah Alice Fletcher (18), whose parents reside iu Scarborough,,and who is engaged as a servant at Mill Farm, near Scarborough, mysteriously disappeared, on Saturday last. The girt was engaged at the recent Martinmas hirings, and it was her duty to go daily to a spring for water for household purposes. 8 On Saturday she went as usual, but as she dId not return her mistress grew alarmed. and search was made without success. From the spring to Seal by Beck, which is muchtboded with the heavy rains, her master was able to brace the footprints of the girl. At the water's edge the footprints were much deeper, giving the impression that the girl bad stood there for some moments, and than got into the beck. The footprints clearly showed that she had not retraced her steps. It was not necessary for her to go to the beck, which is twenty yards further from the mill than the spring. For a week the girl had been continually crying, but had declined to teU her mistress what was the matter with her. The parents are much distressed and have apparently taken it for granted that their daughter is dead, as the blinds of the house are drawn down. Her step mother says that the girl has been disappointed In love. Throughout Sunday the beck was dragged, bub it is feared if the girl was drowned that the body may have ^been carried into the sea.
ELLA STAUNTON'S "CURTAIN."
ELLA STAUNTON'S "CURTAIN." SAD END OF A TALENTED ACTRESS At the Fulham Workhouse Infirmary Mr' C. Lu,more Drew held an enquiry with refer- ence to the death f Elizabeth Ann Nye, age 57 years, who died in the Infirmary on Wednesday. Henry Nye, a cabinet maker, of PahcS-road, Bromley. Kent, identified the body as that of his sister. She was Ella Staunton, a well-known actress of years ago. Mrs Elizabeth Morgan, of 50, Queen's-street, Hammersmith, said that on the 16th ULII. deceased oarad to her house covered with mod. She was apparently very ill, and said she had slept in a doorway all night, and that whilst crossing Ham- mersmith Broadway she was knocked down by a cyclist, receiving án, injury to the knee. Witness took her to the Infirmary; Dr. William Steer, medical superintendent .be Infirmary, said that beyond having bron- chitis the deceased had an injury to the knee and A swollen thigh. Tfrere was no fraodnre. She recovered from the bronchitis, but expired on Wednesday irom exhaustion caused by disease of the legs AU6 to some injury.. She told him ibe,i fell against some railings, and was afterwards knocked down by A cyclist; but he did not-think the injury was of quite so recent a date. The jury retnrned an open verdict.
WEALTH TO PENURY. -
WEALTH TO PENURY. AND PENURY TO FRAUD. A Paris correspondent says:-A sad and. wretched, story has just been rounded off by the oblivion of the prison. M. and Mme. MQur&ahx;.a oouple whose combined fortunes had amriunted to more than 2,000.000 francs— £ 80,000—alter a dozen years of married life found, themselves penniless with seven children" on their hands. The man died in hos- pital, after having writkei a drivelling letter to his wife asking her to be energetic for the sake of the children, and blaming himself for squandering their fortune. The wife for A? time lived on tbe bounty of her friends, but they tired. Two children died and two were taken-in a convent. With the retraining three Mme. MoureMx, who could not give up, her expensive tastes, started all through France, stopping under high-sounding names at the best hotels, but never paying a penny piece. She was prosecuted and convicted severat times. During this cartter a friend of former years lent her some money, with which she went to Monte Carlo, only to lose it. Back to, Paris, to Brussels, and again in the provinces she plied her old trade; butaO Rbeims she was laid by the heels, getting two Yesre iinPrisonmAnt, which has just been reduoed on appeal to 18 months.
GYMNASTICS BY THE BLIND.
GYMNASTICS BY THE BLIND. At Exeter Hall on Monday night a musical and gymnastic entertainment of unique interest was presented by ARTISTES, students, and select choir from the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind." The most Interesting part of bhe-show was the gymnastics, which were taken part in by teams of 16 ladies and 12 gentlemen, all in neat uniforms. So neatly, so alertly, so oleanly were the feats executed, that it wu indeed difficult to believe that the gymnasts were sirbt- less. Parallel bars, the vaulting horse, and dumb.bell exercises were gone tbrongh in a style which many seeing athletes would find it hard to equal. The exercises were conducted by Mr Guy N. Campbell.
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MR MACLEAN, M.P.'S REVOLT.
MR MACLEAN, M.P.'S REVOLT. WILL HE RESIGN? The World says:—"It remains to be seen whether the member for Cardiff, who has more than once shown a dispositron to foster mischief > between the two wings of the party to which he belongs, will profit by the mild and friendly remonstrance which was addressed to him last week by the Liberal Unionists of his con- ,stituency. When a Government commands a majoriry of 150 there is a certain amount of room for independence, and even for eccentricity, among its supporters. But Mr Maclean's almost fanatical anti-Chainberlainism, and bis repeated manifestation of an apparent desire to set Liberal and Conservative Unionists by the ears, have been so notably defiant of the obligations of party loyalty that the protest against bis most uncalled-for references to Liberal Unionists generally, and to individual members of the Government,' is fully justified. If Mr Maclean wants unrestrained liberty to abuse his political leaders, he can easily obtain it by resigning his present seat and securing election elsewhere as a member of the Radical happy family.'
MR MACLEAN AND THE LIBERAL…
MR MACLEAN AND THE LIBERAL UNIONISTS. THE TWO VOICES. TO THE EDITOR. SIK,—A Liberal Unionist, and still a Liberal on every point but one, I attended last night's meeting with the intention of publicly resenting the gross iusuit offered by the member for Cardiff to the not inconsiderable party winch may fairly claim to have cast the decisive vote that secured his election. The views I should have seb forth, however, were so much better expressed, and with so much more contemptuous emphasis, by Mr John Gunn and Dr. Wallace, that I.saw no occasion to raise my voice or'add to their indignant protest agains1: a line of conduct, nob only puerile and impertinent," as Dr. Wallace remarked, but, to my mind, in. the' highest degree ungrateful as well. What I had proposed to call attention to was the extraordinary difference between the two voices of Mr Maclean —in his assurances to our party on the eve of the election and his subsequent dia- trib&s against our trusted leaders in the Government and Parliament. And it is not only that Mr Maclean and Westminster" present a Janus face to the constituency. The same two voices were heard from, the journals he, is supposed to control during the recent munici- pal elections, the morning paper making a great' profession of independence, while the evening edition went in hammer and tongs for the Tory candidate in every ward. I read with interest this morning yotir report of the speech o £ Mr D. A. :Thomas, M.P., at Llantrisant. His ad. mirable epitome of Mr Maclean's vagaries, not to say tergiversations his cogent contrast of the two and antagonistic views Mr Maclean has committed himself to-in his capacity as Unionist member, and in his capacity as journalist-were, I confess, more startling to me than even Dr. Wallace's tobusb epithets. I suppose that I must have been familiar with the extracts before but to have them presented in a concrete form, with all the accompanying inconsistencies fresh in my mind from the Andrews' Hall meeting, constituted something like a repulsive revelation. There came to my mind an apologue in verse which seems to me to represent the present situation of Mr Maclean &s the man with two voices, and the position of his newspapers with their -1 "Jorkins and Spenlow" division of responsibility. The verse is that of an Irish, patriot, though I do not think be could be called a Home Ruler. The poet who satirised tC Mr Orator Puff" was Tom Moore. Can you spare space for the enclosed copy, which seems to me te- be singularly apt tp-day?—I am, &c., A LIBERAL UNIONIST. Penartb, Dsc. 5th. j The "satire "our correspondent encloses is as, follows :— Mr Orator Puff had two tones in his voice The one squoaking thus, and the other down so In each sentence lie uttered, he gave you your choice For one was B alt and the rest G Mow Oh oh Orator Puff One voice for one orator's suiely enough. But be still talked away, spite of coughs and ofjf frowns, So distracting all ears with his ups and his downs That a wag once, on hearing the orator say, "My voice is for war," asked him, "Which off them, pray Reeling homeward one evening, top-heavy with" gin, And rehearsing his speech on the weight of the Crown He tripped near a sawpit and tumbled right in Sinking Fund the last words as his noddle came down. Help, help he exclaimed, in his he and she tones Help ine out Help me out I have broken my bones Help you out said a Paddy who passed,, what a. bother. Why, there's two of you there can't you help one another?" .i.
THE NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL TO…
THE NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL TO MR GEE. WHAT IS SOUTH WALES DOING? The date for closing the national testimonial ] fund to Mr Thomas Gee is fast approaching. For the convenience of intending South Wales sub- scribers the date has been extended until the end, of the year. An esteemed correspondent, writing to us under the nom de plume of "Cymro," states It is with feelings of profound dismay that I read in one of the papers this week that only B700 had been collected throughout the length and breadth of Wales towards a testimonial to the noble patriot, Thomas Gee, of Denbigh. I: find that Sir Wm. Harcourt has generously forwarded j35 to the funds, but where are the great majority of the farmers and the workmen of the Principality, whose cause Mr Gee has always. championed with so much ability and enery 1. To have a testimonial of only -2700, sad to call it; a national testimonial to our premier politician, the pioneer of Welsh Radicalism, and the Grand Old Man of Wales, is simply a fiasco. To everything that tended to uplift nis beloved. Wales, voice and pen and strength Mr Gee has given without stint and often atgrp,at sacrifice, < The flame of patriotism has been struck thousands of times from the flint of tyranny. With his, Baner uplifted Thomas Gee has nobly led the van of progress. To-day, after 40 years of spirited work, he is still true to the noble motto, "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." The remarkable and far- reaching changes which culminated in a united Italy under Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, were effected principally by the sword of Gari. baldi, At the same time, we must remember that the mind. of the country had been stirred by Mazzini a ,a political writer of extraordinary genius, and by poets of fervid eloquence, so that the good seed of civil and religious liberty had been sown and had become ripe for the sickle, which one of the noblest of' men wielded for his countrymen and for mankind. I maintain that Mr Thomas Gee is the Mazzini of Wales. We are just com- mencing to gather in the fruit, but the seed was sown long before the Welsh Garibaldis of to-day were bom. All bonour and glory to the latter, but do not let us. forget the yeoman service rendered,,and is being rendered, to'his party and country by the,noble octogenarian, Whose years, I am gladly to understand, sib. lightly upon him, and whose step, heart, and hopes are as buoyant 1 and as jubilant as ever. Born in Waterloo year, it is not to be wondered that the martial spirit is strong within him, and that he fights so bravely for his cherished ideals. That he may be long spared by a gracious Providence, "i godi'r ben wlad yn ei hôJ, Q is the heartfelt hope and prayer of thousands ot Welsh people to-day. Tbe question has already been asked—Where are the Welsh members of Parliament at this junoture ? With the single excepbion of Mr Herbert Roberts, they have been singularly apathetic, considering the "tower of strength Mr Gee is to them at election times. Seemingly. the fact of the General Election coming in the dim and distant future" makes all the differencs in the world. To all patriotic men and women in North and South Wales I appeal most earnestly to see, immediately that something is being done in their respective localities, to give an opportunity to the masses to contribute their mites to the testimonial, and thus help to make it as truly national as possible. If this is not done-it will be a lasting and a burning disgrace which, I think, the demooraoy of Wales incapable of, were this important matter rightly and faithfully placed before them. My principal object in wrking is to make a strong appeal to the promoters of this movement not to close the. accountsfuntil the spring of the New Yeau Winter months are by far the best for successfully organising a movement of this kind. Mr Gee himself is in no need of honour or of money. As Welshmen, we simply honour ourselves when we witoh to pay our redoubtable champion a tribute of respect, worthy of himself and of the Welsh nation."
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INVALIDED CIVIC FATHERS AT INEWPOKT. His Worship the Mayor of Newport (Councillor Goldsworthy) began the monthly meeting of the Newpotb County Council by a vote of congratulation at the prospective reoovery of two of the members of the Council (Alderman Sanders and Mr W. H. Brown), who had been invalided since the last gathering. He was sure he was expressing the sympathy of the Council with these gentlemen in their illness, and they were all glad to see Alderman Sanders with them that morning. (Hear, hear.) He hoped be would continue to improve. (Hear. bear.) The Council would also be pleased to know that Councillor Brown was improving, and he hoped he would soon be well enough to take his place again amongst them. (Hear, hesir.)-Aid--an Sanders was in bis accustomed chair, with a velvet skull cap as a head covering, to averb,any vagrant cold blast or draught which might have intruded. Even a December sun, brief, fugitive, andJoeffectual. was also rigidly excluded, because its beams were slightly in the eyes of a Council. man, and be could not catch the Mayor's eye when it was a question of a show of hands.
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BRANDY AND DEATH.
BRANDY AND DEATH. STORY OF A WIDOW'S WILL. A strange case came before Mr Langbam at the Soathwark Coroner's Court on Monday, when the death of Mrs Caroline Feck, a widow, 62 years ,old, living at 135, Southwark Bridge-road, formed the subject of inquiry. Elizabeth Tees, of 26, Fore-street, Edmonton, identified the body as that of her eldest sister whom, previous to last August, she had not seen for three years. When her husband died Mrs Peck was left with money, but how much witness ,never knew. OnJy £100, however,' was now left, ,while three gold watches and a diamong ring she had three years ago could not now be traced. Mrs Peck had been a great brandy drinker, and her illness, which commenced last August, was the result of excessive spirit drinking. Witness was caned on August 17, and f6und the deceased attended by a young woman, who gave the name of Kate Smith, but whom witness subsequently heard passed as the deceased's only daughter. Witness at once had the relationship r explained, and directly afterwards Kate Smith disappeared. Witness called Dr. Paton to attend the deceased, who ordered the brandy to be stopped. Evidence was given by other witnesses to the effect that Kate Smith was always thought to be the deceased's daughter, and that she used to fetch pints of brandy at a time and give it to the deceased. Dr. George Adams Paton, of 10, Marshalsea- road, deposed that when he was called in he found the deceased suffering from spirit poison- ing. Witness then understood Kate Smith to be the deceased's daughter, and the old lady asked him to witness her will, which she made out, leaving everything to the young woman. Subsequently Mrs Tees appeared on the scene, and the false position of Kate Smith was dis- covered, whereupon witness odvised the deceased to destroy the will and make auother in favour of Mrs Tees, and this was done. The Coroner Have you any reason to believe i that Kate Smith plied her with brandy ? Witness I cannot say but undoubtedly during the time Kate Smith was with her she Consumed an enormous quantity of that spirit. Witness added that he attended tho deceased ,every -day, but she ultimately died on Wednes- day. A post-mortem examination showed that death was due to poisoning, the result of excessive > brandydrinking. The Coroner said the case was one which for tuuately very rarely occurred but without doubt there was a strong suspicion as to the conduct of -the missing young woman. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, and expressed their gratifi- "cation at the fact that the supposed relationship had beejrexplained in time.
lA CLERGYMAN'S DOWNFALL, j…
lA CLERGYMAN'S DOWNFALL, j NOT UNFROCKED-SUSPENDED. The Rev. William Thomas Wilson Lang, aged 53, lodging at 116, Judd-sbreet, W.C., was charged 'on remand at Marylebone Police Court, London, with stealing a blanket, worth 10s, belonging to William John Souter, a lodging- "house keeper, of 6, Molyneux-streeb, Maryle- bone. The accised presenbed a somewhat miserable appearoude, being thinly and inade- quately clad. The evidence of the prosecutor was that the prisoner had lodged in his house. In reply to the magistrate, a constable said he had discovered that the accused was the vicar of Thornton-with-Nash, Stony Stratford, Bucks, and had lost his position through misconduct. He had been in several lodgings of late in London, and at one place he borrowed two separate sums of 5s from his landlady's son, and had not repaid "him, and 91 from another person.-The j prisoner having heard his position described, turned the collar of his coat down, and it I .could then be seen that he was wearing clerical attire. In his defence the prisoner said be was ( ^suffering extreme privation at the time he took the blanket. He had intended returning it as soon as he could. He had never been in trouble .Ufore.-Mr Curtis Bennett: How came you to ;be unfrocked ?—The Prisoner I am not 'unfrocked, but suspended for three years.— ;Mr Curtis Bennett: What was it for 1— .The Prisoner I bad some friends, and it was aid I took too much to drink. The period of suspension is nearly up, and I am expecbing to •return. He added that he had written to a friend, who had redeemed the blanket and. returned it. The prosecutor added that he obtained the address of the prisoner—where he fhad'had letters addressed to him-through the ;sect-blary,of the Bishop of Oxford. A fellow lod. iger had lent the prisoner money, andhad got into, debt himself. Mr Curtis Bennett dealt with the ;caseasone of illegal pawning,. and fined the prisoner 10s. 216d the amount of the pawning, 'and 20s costs, or in default 21 days' imprison-, ment.
A TRAIN RUFFIAN.
A TRAIN RUFFIAN. An extraordinary case was brought by the London and North-NVbstern Railway Company to the notice of the Abergele magistrates on Satur- day, when a labourer named John Davies, of Penyffaidd, was before the Court on three sum- monses. A young woman, whose name was not made public, stated that she was a domestic servant. On November 9 she travelled from Birmingham to Colwyn Buy. At Abergele the defendant very rudely entered the carriage, which was occupied by five ladies, and seated himself on the same seat as four ot the ladies. He sat partially on one of her knees. After the train started he closed the window, and touched her with a stick. She remonstrated, and defendant then misbehaved himself. All the ladies screamed, and witness rushed to the opposite side of ftie compartment crying with fright. Defendant followed her, but was pushed into a corner by two other ladies. The defendant did not speak, And was handed over to the railway officials at the first station the train stopped at. He was perfectly sober. The Bench committed the defendant for trial.
DIVORCE MADE EASY.
DIVORCE MADE EASY. SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES. The great divorce mill of the United States, which used at one time to be Chicago, and was afterwards changed to one of the little towns in Dakota, appeares to have been transferred to the town of Topeka, in-the State ot Kansas. The chief reason for this change is that in that state annulment of marriage may be obtained for mere incompatibility of temper. One result of this condition of affairs is that the officials of the charitable instItutions of the town have been overrun with applications for aid from divorced women who are in straitened circumstances, and who either beg to be provided with work or to be assisted wjth money in order that they may buy food for themselves and their children. The number of women appealing for help after being divorced or deserted is more than 1 per cent. of the population, for Topeka has 35,000 people within its limits, and there are between 400 and 500 divorced women.
CLUB RAID IN LONDON.
CLUB RAID IN LONDON. Ab Clerkenwell on Monday JamesBucknell (32), elub manager Edwin Lewis (36), cabinet-maker, of Barnsbury-road; Edward Ravfield (33), printer, of Muriel-street, Barnsbury William Peck (31), barman, of Clephane-road, Islington; and Robert Upton, pianist. of Eversliot-road, were charged before Mr Bros with keep. ing and using the house, No. 252, Goaviell., road, as a gaming-house, and 85 men and women were charged with being found on the premises. Wm. Hammond. superintendent of the G Division, said that in consequence of com. plaints received and information obtained, he made a report to the Commissioner of Police, who issued a warrant directing him to enter the premises known as the Battenberg Club, 252, Goswell-road, and to arrest all persons found therein. Shortly after 2 o'clock on Sunday morn. ing he and a number of other officers entered the premises. There was little resistance at the entrance, and an alarm was raised inside the premises. On getting inside he went uptairs to a room on the first floor. There he found about 30 men. The room was in great confusion, chairs were turned over and some of them broken. Some cards were scattered on the tables and floor. Downstairs, uv a large dancing saloon, there about 40 men and 19 women. Some wera dancing, others were drinking. All the persons on the premises were taken into custody. -The defendants were remanded.
A SHIPLOAD OF BRIDES.
A SHIPLOAD OF BRIDES. It seems that there is a plethora of marriage- able girls in Ceylon, and that the question of their disposal is being much debated. A Colombo paper says that the beauty and charm of the daughters of Lanka are too well known to need recital; but the sons of that ilk do not seem to appreciate them. A correspondent has now suggested that a bevy of the fairest Cingalese belks should be exported to America, where the supply of marriageable women is far below the demand. The first shipment is intended as a sample, and the correspondent is of opinion that their arrival wonld create a furore and lead to large orders being immediately forthcoiriing for brides. In that way the mutual deficiency of Ceylon and America would be rectified.
LEGISLATION FOR LITIGIOUS…
LEGISLATION FOR LITIGIOUS PERSONS. The Vexatious Actions Act, passed last Session, was put in force for the first tune this morning, when the Attorney-Geueral applied to Justices Wills and Wright lurati order against Alexander Chaffers, who has frequently instituted proceed. ings in various courts. The Act enables the High Court, where a person has persistenbly instituted Texatious actions without reasonable ground, to make an order preventing his bringing actions in future save with their leave. Mr Chaffers, availing himself of a provision of the Act, make an order preventing his bringing actions in future save with their leave. Mr Chaffers, availing himself of a provision of the Act, applied for and had counsel assigned him, and the hearing of the oase was adjourned till next sitting, Mr Chaffers undertaking to institute no action in the meantime. sitting, Mr Chaffers undertaking to institute no action in the meantime.
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BAGGAGE MAN GOES TO PRISON. At Doncaster on Tuesday George C. Payne, baggage man for a theatrical company, was sent 1 to prison for six months on three charges of stealing articles belonging to members of the company. All tibe stolen property has been recovered.
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WAGES OF CARDIFF SCAVENGERS.
WAGES OF CARDIFF SCAVENGERS. OLD v, ABLE-BODIED MEN. THE ALDERMAN AND THE COUNCILLOR. At Tuesday's'meeting of the Hoalth Committee of the Cardiff Corporation, held under the presidency of Alderman T. W. Jacobs, the question of scavengers' wages was raised by Councillor John Jeqjcins. He argued that the sweepers, whose wage was now £1 a week, should be placed on the same level as the ashmen, whose maximum salary was 249 per week. Alderman Rees objected, remarking that he bad seen these sweepers at work, and they moved about two yards 1U three minutes. It would be most unfair to place these old men on the same footing as the others. Aid. Carey thought it advisable to divide the men into two sections, viz., those who were able-bodied and those who were uot. Councillor W. S. Crossman pointed out that there were men taken on by the department who had only been in town a couple of months, while the claims of old inhabitants had been rejected. There was a great deal of feeling on the matter. The Chairman did not know that such was the case, but if it was Li so he was very sorry.—Dr. J. J. Buist said that be had heard the same thing, and moved that the Health Department prepare a return containing the names and addresses of the men employed. their ages and period of residence in the borough. This was agreed to. Councillor John Jenkins thought that a little more pity should be shown these decrepit old men instead of going about the streets and watching them,—Alderman Rees: That reference is meant for me.- Councillor J. Jenkins Yes, it its.-Ald. Rees That is a reffecticn upon myself which 1 resent. I am as humane as anybody, but I will not sacrifice the mtepests of the town for the sake of sentiment.—Councillor Jenkins Say they are not worth the inouey.-Ald. Rees: I do say they are not worth it.—A sub-committee was appointed to go into the matter. There were about 40 applications for the post of disinfeotor at a salary of 25s per week, and ultimately Towyn Thomas Price Jones, C. W. Stone, and Wm. Fisher were selected to appear before a special meeting of the committee on Friday next,
NEWPORT'S OMNIBUS BILL.
NEWPORT'S OMNIBUS BILL. A ONE-MEMBER OPPOSITION. At the meeting ot the Newport County Council on Tuesday, the Mayor (Conn. Goldsworthy) pre- siding, the proposal to go to Parliament for new powers (as already published) was proposed from the chair, and seconded by Mr Liscombe. Mr Wilkinson wished the matter to go before the ratepayers. The Mayor replied that it would go before them on Friday week. Mr Greenland asked whether powers were to be obtained for working the tramway under Corporation control. The Town Clerk replied that such powers were to be asked for. Mr Wilkinson alone held up his hand against the proposition. Aid. Parnall, Aid. Lyne, and the Mayor appealrd to Mr Wilkinson whether he appreciated the full importance of his action. It might jeopordise the Bill when it came before the House of Commons Committee, and would greatly increase its cost.—Mr Wilkinson said be objected spending money to the Wentwood scheme.—Mr Canning thought the Council attached too much importance to Mr Wilkinson's action. (Hear, hear.) The remedy was to put Mr Wilkinson in the witness-box, and then perhaps he would have more difficulty in substantiating his reasons than he had in that chamber. (Hear, hear.) Another proposition to charge the expenses of promoting the Bill on the borough fund was carried with no dissentient. Mr Wilkinson then explained that he was unaware when he held up his hand what the proposal was, as he was engaged with Mr Pugsley.—Mr Clifford Phillips That is too late. —The Mayor invited bis colleagues to be present at the public meeting which was to be convened on Friday evening to obtain the ratepayers' sanction.
STRENGTH OF NEWPORT POLICE…
STRENGTH OF NEWPORT POLICE FORCE. At the monthly meeting of the Newport County Council on Tuesday, the Watch Com- mittee, through Sir Pugsley, recommended aa increase of four police officers to the police force, which now numbers 66 constable, seven sergeauts, four inspectors, and the head constable. Mr T. M. Lsttle demurred to this increase, pointing out that already there was one officer to every 850 persons, whereas the law laid down that the pro- portion should be one to every 1,000. These extra policemen would put an addition of a farthing on the rates and, coupled with the fact that there was so little crime, he could not understand the reason for the increase. He therefore moved that the proposal to increase the force be referred back. Mr Wil- liams, in seconding the amendment, said the proposed increase was a literal throwing of the ratepayers' money over Newport Bridge. (Hear, bear, and Oh.)-Mr Pagsley desired to reply, but the Mayor did not think it necessary.— Mr Libtle: No; our friend has replied once before.—The amendment was lost by 19 to 4. The report approving of the additional four policemen was then adopted. The committee added that in view of the impending development on the ease side of the river ib would be necessary to still further increase the strength of the force in the future.
THE RAGGED FRINGES OF NEWPORT.
THE RAGGED FRINGES OF NEWPORT. At the monthly meeting of the Newport County Council a chorus of complain about the condition of suburban and other roads, were made about the ragged fringes of the borough. Mr Williams grew eloquent about the awfulness of Corporation-road, and was observing that the Press had noticed it, when the Mayor interjected Never mind the Press, Mr Williams; come to the point.— Alderman Lyne: He thinks it a pressing ques- tion. (Laughter.)—Mr Cordey wanted the Works Committee to saunter out to Bryn- glas-road another gentleman desired a private road near the new Intermediate Schools ameliorated to some reasonable extent; whilst Mr Wilkinson, discovering that all the cry was in favour of the upper portion of the town, rose to plead on behalf of the lower part of Newport.—The Mayor Which side of the river ?—Mr Wilkinson Both sides of the river— (I atigh ter)- A] exan dra- road, Mond algipf-ron (I. and the lower part of Coramercial-road.-The Mayw: The cnmlfJltce will, tak note of what you say, gentlemen.
ASSAULTING A CARDIFF SCHOOLMISTRESS.
ASSAULTING A CARDIFF SCHOOLMISTRESS. IRATE MOTHER FINED. Mary Jane Richards, the wife of a Wood-street tradesman, was summoned by Miss Christina Kmgholme, an assistant teacher at the Wood- street School, Cardiff, for assault. The case was heard by Mr Stipendiary Lewis at the Cardiff Police Court on Tuesday, and only ocoupied a few minutes. Miss Kiugholme-for whom Mr George David appeared on instructions from the National Union of School Teachers—stated that as she was on her way home on November 21st defendant accosted her and charged her with beating her child, an allegation which had no foundation. Subsequently, when Miss Kingholme was returning from dinner to the school, she was again met by the defendant, who struck her a blow in the face. The assault was admitted, and his Worship, in imposing a fine of PS and costs, or a month's imorlsonment, said the offenoe was a serious one. If there was any provocation, which he did not believe was the case in the present instance, the defendant had a remedy. It was monstrous that school teachers who were fulfilling an important public duty should be exposed to violence, and he was inclined to send defendant to prison without the option of a fine. If he had another casa of that description before him he should adopt that course.
PREVENTION OF FLOODS IN CARDIFF.j
PREVENTION OF FLOODS IN CARDIFF. The special committee re floods of the Cardiff Corporation met on Tuesday at the Town Hall, Cardiff, Councillor John Jenkins being in the chair. The question of raising the embankments to prevent floods at Grangetown and the East Moors was gone into by the committee. The approximate estimate presented by tbe Borough Engineer is as follows:—Raising bank along eastern side of Ely River, 2565 15s 3d raising sea bank from mart bank to Ferry-road, iC27 10s 3d raising and extending sea bank on East Moors, j3155 13s 5d raising northern t side Corporation-road, £ 75 18s raising part of f Ferry-road and Avondtle-road, £ 488 16s 9d. t Total, £1,291 13 8d. On the motion i of Councillor Veall, it was resolved that the council be advised to spend a sum not i exceeding £ 1,350 in carrying out the above works, subject bo the consent of the landowners « and to their allowing the Corporation to obtain j the necessary clay from their land. The question of a breakwater at Bute Esplanade war 1i also considered, the Boroueh Engineer estimating that it would cost nearly £ 6,000. On the motion of Councillor Lewis Morgan, it was resolved to defer the question of the breakwater.
THEY SIMPLY SHED CIGARS. 1
THEY SIMPLY SHED CIGARS. 1 If acquaintance with Police Courts be av indication of advancing civilisation there is no doubt that the Chinese are rapidly reaching II high stage, for of late they have hgured in quite an undue proportion in the Metropolitan courts. OR Monday two Chinamen made their bows before the magistrates in the East End for transforming ) themselves into ambulatory tobacco shops. The first-mentioned was discharged with a suit- able lecture, to which the patient listened atten. tively, but was unable to understand but the two smugglers were more severely dealt with. Chen Kow and Ah Yang, sailors, were seen ji leavintr a steamer in the West India Docks, one f carrying a sack and the other cabbages. They 4 looked very innocent individuals, but when ( searched proved to be walking receptacles of the weed. It was in the sack and in the cabbages, ic J their jackets^ and in their pigtails, and they | seemej quite astonished that at every fresh shake | seemej quite astonished that at every fresh shake | given them by the officers more cigars fell out; of them. They were each fined 30s. with the alternative of fourteen days' retirement in at establishment where, as conversation is prohi- t bited, their ignorance of any lapguage but | Qhiqega will OQI be noticed. J