The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

STEALING 15 BY TRICK AND FORTUNE- TELLING AT YHYSYBWL. At the Pontypridd police-court on Wednesday (be- fore Mr Blandy Jenkins and Mr Bassett) Johannalt Evans, ft gipsy, was charged with stealing £ 5 by trick and fortune-telling.—Mary Jones, wife of Maurice 0. Jones, mason and coffee-tavern keeper, Ynysybwl, said on Wednesday last she saw prisoner in their house be- tween one and two o'clock- She asked for a cup of tea. And she asked for a fire to warm the child. She went inside to the private room. Amy Lewis came in. Defendant said You go in there, I want to talk to this girl." She had before given the girl blme. Witness left the room. The girl came out to her and asked for a shilling and went back again. Witness went into the room and told the girl to go on with her work. She did so. After that she asked defen- dant w hat she had been saying to the girl. She said sbe had been telling her fortune, and added I've got something to say to you." Witness asked her what was coming to the baby in her (defendant's) arms. Defendant replied She will be very lucky like her mother." She then said there would be lots of trouble coming to her (witness). It would be about money. It would be a lot of trouble between her and her husband. She said If you da as I tell you, you will go through this trouble." She asked How much money have you got ?" Told her she bad none to spare. She said I do not want money from yoa, my good woman. I don't want it only to make good to yourself. Witness took the purse But of her pocket in which there was 95, and took the five sovereigns out of it. Defendant then asked her If she had more, for the more you have the better for yourself." Defendant told her to wrap the money up in a piece of newspaper. She then said Dear, me, what's the matter with the woman. You are too faint-bearted to do good to yourself." Defendant then took the paper and money out of her hand. Just then some knocked at the shop, and witness went there, leaving the money in the paper in defendant's hand. After two minutes She returned to defendant who gave her a parcel in a ailk pocket-handkerchief saying, Here's your money, good woman." She felt something hard and defendant said Oh, they are right enough." She told her to go upstairs and put them in a place that nobody should know about only herself, and to mind not to tell anyone about them." She went upstairs and put them in a box, between some bed-clotnes, as she gave it to her. Sbe "then' came downstairs and defendant was sitting where she had left her. Defen- dant said Mind don't open the parcel before Satur- day, and then I shall be here." She asked her if she would want any money before then ? Told her she thought not, bat she should want them on Saturday, to pay her rent. Defendant then asked her for money. Told her she bad none to spare, and defen- dant then said You will give me a present when I come here next." She then left. On the following Friday she (witness) went up to the box and found the parcel in the same state as she had put it there. On taking it out she examined it and found twopence. She and her hasband then went to Pontypridd and saw defendant on the road. Her husband went and asked if she knew witness. She said Yes." Wit- ness then asked her what had she done with her money ? Sh" said 11 I've not seen them they have not been in my hands." She then gave information to the police.-Cross.exs.mined by Mr Morgan, who appeared for the defence She had not seen defen- dant before that day. Defendant told her if she did not put the money away the trouble would come. She told defendant that 25 was all she had, but she had more. Amy Lewis said she was wasaing at the Coffee Tavern. She came up from the cellar and saw defen- dant sitting in the back room. She told her fortune for which she paid is., Defendant produced cards, shuffled them, and told her. to cut them, which she did. Defendant asked her for 2s 6d, but told her she had not got it, but would give her a Is. She then said she would tell her a few words for that. She borrowed Is from her mistress to pay defendant. She told her she would have 10 children. P.C. Guy said he apprehended prisoner on Friday I %t the White Horse public-house. Told her she was charged with stealing £ 5 by trick and fortune-telling. She said No, my dear sir, I never seen the woman." Afterwards, at the police-station she said "I saw the money in the woman's hand, but I did not have it in mine. I told her her fortune, and she gave me 7s 6d. .L —Mr Morgan said prisoner distinctly denies all about the five pounds.—Sentenced to six weeks' imprison- ment with hard labour.

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A BITTER SECRET. BT THE AUTHOR OF "A Yu» TMUMPH," "Tiin HIQHEST BIDDEK," "TWBMTT STRAWS," ETC. CHAPTER ii.-Co"tinued. Havo you a hasband ?" The reason I have to give would humiliate me without doing you any good." Won't you allow me to be the best judge of that ?" How could you be ? said she, with growing impatience. "Oh, St. John," with a sudden burst "No," shuddering, whilst the frightened look in her eyes gave place to one of urgent appeal. Will yon swear this ?" "If you wish it; but what would it matter to you if I had ? I would not marry you, St. John, if you waited twenty years." Then you must have a reason. I ought to know for I am wasting my life on this chance. It is your own fault if you are. I refused you four years ago, when you were very young, and would have found it easy to attach yourself to sonic one else and I cannot help it if you went on hoping. You will remember that I never even sent you a message when my father wrote, I was so afraid I might mislead you. Therefore, it can hardly be called my fault if you have wasted your life." It is your fault now, at any rate, if you with- hold the truth." I am not bound to tell you why I refuse you." Not actually bound, of course; but a woman with any heart would naturally save the lover she resne-ts all the pain she could." of candid resentment, how can you be so very di., agreeable ?" "I beg your pardon," he answered stiffly. "I had no idea I was annoying you." lie walked along silently for full five minutes, whilst she cast sidelong glances at him, troubled more than she would have thought possible by his displeasure, and longing to see his sombre eyes brighten. At last she drew a little closer to him, and said, in a soft. coaxing voice, "You are not angry with me, St. John?" -1 If I answer yes, you will demonstrate to me that I have no riglit, Gwendolyn; and I don't care to be always made out in the wrong." I thought men were never vain." "Did you also think they had no feeling?" he inquired bitterly. •• St. John." slipping her arm through his, am! looking up at him pleadingly, I, ,in he just to me. It is to save you pain, beliew- me, that J speak so plainly, If you asked me to he your si.-ier and friend, I should answer, "Nes" only too gladly; but indeed, indeed, J can never he your wife. Give ilie a good reason, and I will never trouble you a pa in," he said, lifting the hand resting against his coat-sleeve to his lips, as if from a sudden im- pressible impulse. Under those circumstances, cruelly as I shall suffer, J will leave Yoxford t"- morrow. and you shall not see nie again ou this side of the grave, unless you summon me to your pre- sence. Surely this is getting rid of me upon very easy terms," he concluded bitterly. Why do you hesitate ?" "J don't want to get rid of you, St. John." "And you don't want to keep nie. What incon- sistent. delightful, tormenting, cruel, kind creatures you women are! You stab with one hand and caress with the other, smiling all the while. I sup- pose the explanation for it all is that you are just: coquettes, and can't hear to lose a single victim." I have just told you that it is a friend I want. not a victim, St. John, if I had been a coquette I should have played with you, and kept you at niv side by evasions and provocations, any'thing rather than tell you the truth, as I have just done. Yoit ought to be fair to me I do deserve that." I doubt if even Aristides was just when he was m love, said St. John, coldly. Passion perverts reason, as a matter of course." J'assion is such a mistake," she replied, in a tone of deep conviction that surprised him. It never lasts long but while it has possession of you it leads you into all sorts of follies." •'Possibly," lie replied; "but you can't love a beautiful girl in exactly the same way as you love your grandmother." Lady Gwendolyn was lured into laughing, but she grew very grave again the next moment and then they arrived at the lodge, and she had so much to say to the coachman's wife about her rheumatism inil her children, St. John had no chance of resum- ing the conversation. CHAPTER III. The next morning, when Lord Yoxford and St. John went down to breakfast, Lady Gwendolyn's place behind the big urn was vacant—a circum- stance so unusual, as she was the soul of punctuality, that the Earl said at once to the head butler, Go and ask Marie if her ladyship is ill there must be something the matter." The man returned in a couple of minutes to say that Lady Gwendolyn was quite well, but had gone out. Gone out! repeated the Earl, in an accent of unfeigned surprise, "this wet morning, too I hope she had a close carriage." '"1\0, my lord, she went on foot." Is any one ill in the village ? "I have not heard of it, my lord; but my lady went very soon after Marie had taken up her let, ters." then, that is wioat it is, no dpubt," observed the l-.aii. •' Alary ])ale may be much worse, and has asked to see her. Gwendolyn has the tenderest h< art iu the world, and would have gone at any in- convenience to herself, at a mere hint of this sort. She will he back before we have done breakfast. I dare say. Keep something hot for her, Simmonds aim tell them to have fresh coffee the moment she conies." Very well. my lord." Hut breakfast was finished, although ttiey had lingered too, and still no of Lady Gwendoline. St. John waited about the hall fora while4 and tl en he lighted a cigar' an 1 strolled up and down the sunny side of the cloisters, keeping a wearv eve on the lodge gate, tllrough which Lady Gwendolyn must return if she had been to the village. But the morning passed away, and the luncheon bell rang. aiul still there was no sign of Lady Gwendolyn. The Earl began to get anxious. "Jt is so strange her being away so Jong," he said, as they sat down to table. i have sent to the village to inquire, and she is not there." St. John began to look alarmed in his turn. It certainly is strange, then," he replied. "You would think she could not have gone very far on foot." "Gwendolyn is a pretty good walker," returned the Earl. I wish she would come home. for one can t s-eiul about in every direction for her unless one wants to give the impression that she has run away." o, I don't think that would do. Besides, you arc not quite sure there is not nothing wrong? She has probably been detained longer than she ex- pected." Ao doubt; but she ought to have given Marie a message for me before she started." It slic went off in a hurry it was easy to forget," answered St. John, who was making all these ex- cases for her to pacify her father, but was feeling very suspicious at heart. "She is sure to be back soon now Immediately after luncheon they went for a drive. and were absent about two hours and a-half. Lord loxford's first words on entering the hall were, fell Lady Gwendolyn I should like to see her." "lIr ladyship has not returned yet, my lord." The Earl turned pale to his lil)s. -1 What do you think of this, St. John? "he said, addressing his kinsman. I)o you understand what it means ? It is ge tiug dusk, and she has not come back." "I will go and see if I can hear any tidings jof her, shall I t" lie said. "It is just possible she may have gone somewhere by train. 1 wisli you would, St. John; but take a carri- age, pray." "1 think I should be more likely to miss her if I did, as she is on foot." l'erhaps you are right; but don't delay in any 1 am beginning to feel seriously anxious." (To be Continued). I

FALL OF HOUSES IN HOLLOWAY. IIVE "PERSONS KHABD. Au alarming accident occurred about half-put two m Saturday afternoon in Holloway-road, N., where- ay five persons lost their lives. It appears that Not, 131, 233, 235, and 237 in that thoroughfare, which were imall dealers'shops, were in oourse of being pulled down by a contractor. His men had taken down the back part of the buildings, working from the inside, and when they left off work at lo'clock in the after- noon they left the front walls standing. The walls abutted on the main thoroughfare, and were covered by a hoarding,but the usual provision does not appear to have been made for the protection of the public by the erection of a barrier putting out that portion of the footway which was in front of the houses from the use of loot passengers. The wind was, it appears, blowing with some velocity at the time. At half-past two, the people of the neighbourhood were startled by the sudden collapse of the whole length of the wall, which fell across the footway, carrying the hoarding with it. Five persons were passing at the time-three women and two boys-and they were all buried in the ruins. The pohce were immediately informed of the occur-reiice,j.nd, with the assistance of bystanders, they began rapidly to clear away the fallen rubbi-h under which the unfortunate victims were buried. By the time this was accomplished, however, four of them were dead, and the fifth, a boy, named Albert Stannard. was so injured that he died before a our- geon could be brought to his assistance. One of the victims was an Italian woman, who for some time past had stood upon the pavement with a cage of performing birds. One of her birds escilped, althougli the cage and the rest were crushed. James Webster, a boy 10 years of age, whose parents had formerly lived in one of the fallen house- as killed, and besides a woman,about 40 years of age, who was not identified. Mrs. Caroline Taylor, who lived in the vicinity, was a victim of the disaster. This poor woman was on her way back to her husband, who was ill, having been to purchase a sole for his dinner. When found she was still grasping the shilling change she had received in ht'r hand. The poor boy Stannard was similarly returning home with the bread and provisions he had been sent for. The suddenness of the occurrence is evidenced by the nature of the wounds which have been the causes of death. The back parts of the skulls have been smashed in, as if, startled by the noise produced by the first yield- ing of the wall, the victims had turned their faces towards it, and had, in that attitude, been stricken down on the pavement by the mass of brickwork (ailing upon them.

EDINBURGH ELECTION. The polling for the Southern Division of Edin* burgh, the seat vacated by the death of Sir G Harrison, reu ted M follows Mr. Childers (L) 4,029 Master of Pol war th (C) 1,730 Majority 2.299 It will thus be seen that in a constituency number- ing 8,754 electors only 5,7iíU votes were recorded. At the general election the number of votes recorded amounted to 7,147. Sir George Harrison, the late member, pol'ed 4,273 and Mr. Kuloiiih, his oppo- nent, 2,874 the majority then being 1,399.

DEATH OF A THEATRICAL MANAGER. Mr. Alexander Henderson, the manager of the Avenue Theatre, died on Monday morning at Caen, in Normandy. Mr. Henderson, who hnd been in infirm health for some months, recently broke his ankle at Boulogne, and he has never recoveied from the stock occasioned by that accident. The deceased was for many years lessee of the Comedy Theatre, and, in conjunction with Mr. Fiaucis Fairlie, at one time managed the Globe Theat re, where were pro- duced the successful musical pieces, Lea Cloches de Corneviile and Blue B«'»rd. Mr. Henderson was married to Miss Lydia Thompson, the celebrated burlesque actress.

AN EXTRAORDINARY AVERSION. The death is announced of Count Emeric Sommisch a Hungarian magnate, who was knnwn, a Vienna cor- respondent i-sys,in society for his extraordinary hatred of horses. This aversion amounted to a real hippopho- bia, and it obliged the count many years ago to throw up his commission in the army. The count died at an advanced nge on his estate in Sclavonia. He was a distinguished agriculturist, an excellent landlord, and on all subjects but that of horst-g, asses, and mules, a man of oound judgment. He would not allow any animal of the equine kind to come upon his lands, so that visitors who rode ( r drove to see him had always to alight at his park gate's. He himself for many years used a vehicle drawn by trained deer, but latterly he went about his estate in a carriage with a team of oxen. His horror of horses is said to have been innate, as there was no accident in his li'e to account for it.

AN "EVIL EYE." A tall, sickly-looking man entered Wandsworth police- court on Thursday and addressed the magis- trate, saying that be wished to speak of his past life. He complained of an evil eye which had disturbed hiin for years.—Mr. Paget: Who has got the evil eye —The Applicant: I don't know. Disasters have occurred where I have been. I understand if you have an evil eye it ought to be taken out.—Mr. Pageti Whose eye do you wish to take out?—The Applicant: My own eye. I am led to suppose that other people suffer through me.—Mr. Paget inquired whether any one. had complained.—The Applicant: No, only my own conscience.—Mr. Paget questioned the applicant, who said he was married and lived on Lavender-hill. He had been teaching music. The magistrate advised him to speak to a doctor if he thought there was anything the matter.—The appli. cant then left the court.

EXECUTION FOR A DOUBLE MURDER. John Horton, quarryman. aged 38. was hanged at Devizes on Monday morning, for the murder, at Bradford-on-Avon, of his paramour, Charlotte Lindsay, and his father, Edward Horton. Since his conviction the culprit has manifested but little concern at his position, rarely referring to his crime, and then only saying that he had not meant to kill his victims, but only to give both a good thrashing, and break the furniture, so iLe to prevent his father from making a home for Lindsay, with whom he BUspected familiarities. The culprit slept we 1, rose at the usual hour, and took a hearty breakfast. He was visited by the chaplain, the Rev. A. C. Devas, and shortly before 8 o'clock Berry, the executioner, entered the condemned cell and pinioned the convict. A procession was formed, the prisoner walking firmly to the scaffold contiguous to the condemned cell. Berry gave the cu:prit a drop of six feet, and death was instantaneous. About 200 persons gathered round 1 he gaol to tee the black liag hoisted. The last execution took place four years ago, previous to which it was 20 years since an execu- tion took place at the gaol.

A DISSATISFIED SCHOOL BOARD. A singular dispute has occurred between the Wil- laston (Cheshire) School Board and the Education Department. The board being dissatisfied with the annual reports of tLeGovetnmentinspector, addressed to the education depaitment a memorial, alleging that the examinations were not conducted with fairness, the chief cause of complaint being that the children were given two subjects at once. The board said that although they had increased their teaching staff the reports ot the examiner became even more unsatisfactory, and they asked that the school might be re-examined. The Education Depaitment declined to entertain the proposal. The board in a further letter stated that in consequence of the continued unsatisfactory results of the ex- aminations three of their teachers have resigned. The matter was further discussed at the last meeting of the board, when it was BUgtfesttd that the facts should be laid before the member of Parliament for the division. Ultimately, however, it was decided to address another remonstrance to the Education Department and say that if the next report is not niore sati factory the board will demand a re-exami- nation of the school. The last report gave passes in arithmetic at only 4 per cent.

A party of Moonlighters entering the house of a proce'-B-server named Giles Rae, who lives near Castle Gregory, .a village in the west of co. Kerry, cut off his ear and a part of his cheek. The'poor man, who is aged 70 years, has lost one arm. An important appeal, the first in East Yorkshire under the Agricultural Holdings Act, has been heard at the Diiffield county-court. The appellant, Mr. Jatson, a tenant farmer, wishes to set aside the decision of an umpire who had awarded £90 to the Itev. T., Ackland. the)rt-sp,,tideuti for alleged waste by the tenant taking two white crops in succession off the land, contrary to agreement. Twenty wit- nesses, practical farmers, upheld the practice, of taking two successive white crops, and after hearing arguments his honour reserved judgment.

DESPERATE FIGHT WITH POACHSRW- A desperate poaching affray has taken plaee r Newton Abbott. The head keeper of Stever Parkt the property of the trustees of the late Duke of Somerset, was on the watch early in the morning in company with an under assistant, when t attention was attracted to a covert in the high* 11 part of the park by reports of a gun. On pf oeeding to the covert the keepera discovered t-- poachers. A desperate struggle ensued. Stockieye the head keeper, was thrown to the ground, and h* 'pponeut murderously ill-used him, smashing iw "C several of his ribs. His cries for help brongl* » another keeper to the spot, and the poacher was secured. In the meantime the other keeper waS -1 struggling with his prisoner, who struck hi»' several blows with a heavy stick. This poacher J also was secured, and both were handed over to the police. A bag containing eight phea to$ i. was found where the struggle took place, and low, a double-barrelled gun and a quantity of powoer and It shot. The prisoners'names are Thomas Watts and' < John Clarke. They were brought before the magis- ':I trates and remanded. The head keeper has been W II seriously injured that he was unable to appear. ;:1

KING THIBAU IN EXILE. The residence selected by the Madras Government • foir King Thibau is close to the Government I < distillery carried on by Mr. H,nry G. Morrison, at r >81 Arcot. The house was built about a dozen years- a«o by a judge in the Indian Civil Serviee, at cost of tr. in £ 2,000 to £ 3,000. Having stood | j unoccupied for some time, it was purchased as » speculation bv one of the managers at the dia- till-ry for 2100. The new proprietor, however, could not tind a us* for the property, and after "S losing interest on his investment for two < r thre*' t years, he made terms with the Madras Govern- « n.ent, who took over the property for £ 120. Th» *i house has been renovated and decorated at som» coat for the reception of his Majesty, with his two" wives, his mother, and their suites. In accordance- with Burmese Court taste, the rooms have been,. painted each in a different colour from all the others. There are two or thi ee acres of garden ground rounet the building. There is not much sport or entertain- ment to be had in the locality, and the only -*] incident to break the monotony of the day •s the occasional arrival aud departure of th»- distillery omnibus, which runs to and fro between 11 the place and the railway station four miles o.ff,. oit ,I the main line between Madras and Bombay. Hia- i Majesty has with him 30 or 40 of the ftmooa Pivrou ponies, a very exclusive breed, of which, t *1 a mare was never allowed to go out of Burmab. > ,11 They are remarkably hardy, running from 11 to m 13 hands high. The breed is likely to become better- i -4 known to the barbarians of the West than heretofore- f It is understood (writes a correspondent) that th» } Queen-Moiher succeeded in removing from the royal palace in the crisis a good many bricks or ingot* of I gold, and some bai.n of very valuable emerald*- f and rubies. The barracks near by have been put i in repair for the accommodation of the British guard.. The members of the Burmese Court are noted for i '4 their or at delight in perfum> s, and there is said to- t < be a keen competition amongst the agents of the,, ] rival perfume manufacturers of Europe to supply th» | house of exile at Aicot with multitudinous sweet i '1 scents, even though the circulating medium should r I present itself in the primitive shape of ingots- emeralds, or rubies.

FAITHLESS WOOERS. 1 At the Leeds assizes all action for breach of prmniza. I has been heard, brought by Miss Sarah Barker, the daughter f a lodging-house keeper at Harrogate,. < against John Scott,the Harrogate and Knaresborought. I superintendent for the Prudential Insurance Com- pany. Early in 1884 defendant called at the home of plaintiff's ptfrenta in order that M>s. Ba1 ker mipht fill:. < up an insurance policy. He called several times alter- 1. wards, and an acquaintance sprang np between him. and plairitiff, which resulted in their becoming- -en- gaged. They attended church and chapel together, and acted as affianced lovers. In November it was.- '• arranged that the marriage should takM place- at Giirietmus, and under this promise defendant suc- ceeded in seducintr the plaintiff, and she ultimately I' gave birth to a child. I)etei)datit had writtn many letters to plaintiff, several of which were read in court. On June 18 he wrote: "I must loofeto* the future, more especially as I am in earnest about- the preparation of a happy hom for my darling be- loved one By sacrificing a little now I hope for abun- I dant, pl,-atue and tia|ipin«>« ouBW^iMat gg glorious day when I am able to call you my own.fVTrat. I do you sny, loveThn, after havins? spoken of a, ) party where the knell which struck 9.45 sounded thw kneli of passing timn, he wrote on June 23 in the fol- lowing strain I wish you WK-re mine and though, my landlady is very kind, Ilot hilllt can compare witbl-, our own little cot where, dove-like, we can bill and. coo the evening long. Balmy sleep, may that happy day soon dawn M, s. Scott Fancy that Do you. like the sound? 1 hope with use it will grow familiar- toy our ears. You know you told me yourself youi. 1 would not object to the change." In another letter h* I wrote: "You are all that I could desire-affectionate, I gentle, kind, and true. Therefore, if need be, I will i fight valiantly for the prize, namely, your hand iu I wedlock, my dear. I Across the ou sw of life wn will staer our barka, ■ Amid that peace, tranquillity, and sunshine, 'fl Which makos the truly cili-istiat, home.' W I am weary < f having to move from one place to i another. Are you quiteready to launch with me your future with mine upon the silvrry stream of time? In you, my darling, I find what I have never founcl before, a combination of qualities I most adaure. Therefore, I am glad I have won your promise to bo my wife." After receiving plaintiff's promise, to marry be thus wrote In black and white I shall preserve it—[A letter from Miss Barker promising to be his wife]-until the bridal knot is tied—(laughter) —and I can say you are securely mine. Remember, I shall have you up for breach of promise if you fliuch — £ 1,000 dam"ges. lovey. How do you like the ring- of that?" (Loud laughier.) He subaequently wrote:: But love, dear love, be true This heart is wholly thiue, When the time it o'er we will part no more, But love in(I love the whule long day." V The marriage was postponed, and defendant After- ] wards treated her very coolly,and in ne of his letters,. 4 said "I offer to many you, but I plainly tell you I a have not one particle of affection for you." Aftertha • plaintiff, a" prepossessing young lady, had been examined, the jury awarded her 2150 damagef- 1 A painful case of a similar character ha3 been heard at Chester assizes. The plaintiff wa* Elizabeth. Griffiths, recently in business at P^n maen pool, DolgelJy, and the defendant a farmer, naIU"" Evan Roberts, oi Bala The parties met At Bala m October, 1883 They agreed to correspond, and defendant, visited plaintiff once a month. He con-tunt y pressed her to name the day. In June he quarrelled with her about the unnecessary delay ana asked for his letters, and threw them into the fire. The quarrel was, however, made up, and de endant then sue- ceeeded in seducing plaintiff under promise of mar- riage. He theii absented lilindelf, and it transpired that he was courting another girl. A child was born prema- turely. Subsequently plaintiff, finding herar-lf still neglected, wrote: "My dear Evan, — Can you for- get all you have said to me ? One ttimg Wali that you had been thinking of mt, for 15 years. (J-od forgive you, don't you remember when you said I was your wie and that going to church was hut a formality, and iv w you, of all person*, are the i:e So rradcce me. You proved how little you lovfd me when you. held aloof like a stranger when I w is 30 near unto death, all through you." Jone. with whom plaintiff lived, sa d that on « ne occasion when* L defendant was visiting Miss Griffiths he took the baby and said he would like to 8tH the plaintiff with r halt a doaen of them. (Laughter.)—The L .rd Chief Justice: I do not know that we n ] sort of I corroborative evidence. (Laughter.) !lislordship*' de- | tecting the similarity to the English p: omuiciation in•. i the Welsh word for flirting,' a-ke i tlie interpreter if there wss a Welsh word f<>r that meaiiir.g, and Mr. M'lntyie, Q.C., said there was Mor i,ut that the Welsh Bimply added "io" to the English word, if there wss a Welsh word fur that meaiiir.g, and Mr. M'lntyie, Q.C., said there was Mor ),ut that the, Welsh Bimply added "io" to the English word, making it "flirtio."—Defendant dec aivd that when. he was ready to fuliii the fngagt-.tnent plaintiff re- peatedly refused to marry him, and lie received a. letter to that-, effect.-Plaintiff, a-ked if she wrote; that letter, answered, sir; I n niy dyingf s bed at the time." (Roars oi laughter.)—Th<- jury ulti- mately awarded the plaintiff 4:100 Illld csts.

A strong shock of earthquake has un'n felt at Valez Malaga, Spain. I Lord Cranborne, -NI-P in respoi;dny to a vote I of thanks passed to the Marchioness, ol b tli.-uury for I having pre-Olated the prizea at the Herl in;;} (:hool of ■ Art, said the advantages of the art education now ■ given- in this country could not possibly h<i ev irated, B .for in thel-a days when it wae to strain every nerve to preserve the commercial t'llPr'j,r.,tcy of Eng- land, the artistic education of the p?<> would A certainly react upon the excellence nf h secommer- S cial productions which it is matter ot life and dtaUa ) W for ua to produce. m