South Wales Echo

U <'I SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE AT GIBRALTAR. (CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.) .GIBRALTAR, :\Iùnday.-A very slight shock of earthquake was felt this morning at Gibraltar., No damage was done.

GALE ON THE NORTH-EAST COAST. A'severe north-easterly gale, with snow 8he, prevails off the Tyne to-day, and a by* tunning. Large quantities of wreckage n^7 %y- ■, washed ashore near North Shields an4 1 u including many large baulks of 1 16 some casualty has occurr

HEAVY GALE THE MERSEY. A heavy gal.. prevailed off the Mersey during night, and the Leyland Line steamer Venetian, from Boston, got ashore on. Bur bo Bank while entering the port. The Liverpool life boat was towed to the scene, but broke adrift, and could not be got alongside. When the tide rose this morning the Venetian floated, and came into the river under aer own steam, having evidently .J sustained little if any damage from the accident.

LORD LYTTON'S LETTERS. In the Chancery Division to-day, Mr Methold moved in the action of Lord Lytton v. Miss Devy, who is sole executor of the Igte Lady Lytton, mother of the plaintiff, by consent of all parties, for an order making perpetual the injunction restraining the defendant from publishing the etters of the late Lord Lytton to his wife. The defendant agreed to pay the costs of the action, an<* the order was made.

ALLEGED BUBBLE COMPANIES. At the Central Criminal Court to-day the five persons charged with conspiracy to defraud by the establishment of fictitious public companies were again brought up, the case having been ad- journed from the 2nd inst. owing to the illness of it juror. Mr Wareham, the present manager of th# Grosvenor Bank, who was under examination when the case was adjourned, was further exa- mntM as to his transactions in relation to the prisoners Pope and Prior. The trial was, again adjourned.

WRECK OF A BARQUE OFF RAMSGATE. Early this morning Ramsgate smack Nelson brought in the crew, 12 all told, of the Liverpool barque Canosse, bound from London to the River Plate with cement. The barque had gone ashore on the Kentish Knock during a fog on Sunday morning, and when abandoned had eighteen feet of water in the hold. The rescue was accom- plished with difficulty. The Harwich lifeboat has been forced to put into Ramsgate. The life- boat has been on the Kentish Knock since last night.

1THE BIRMINGHAM TRAGEDY. Henry Kyberley was brought up at the Bir- mingham police-court this morning charged with the wilful murder of Emma. Palmer, wife of the landlord of the White Hart Inn, Paradise-street, by shooting her with a revolver, a fortnight ago. The coroner's inquest not being completed a further remand for a, week was granted. The prisoner seemed much distressed; he trembled nervously and cried bitterly. He told an officer he wish he had shot himself instead of having to be hanged. Mrs Steward, prisuner's paramour, whom he also shot, is recovering.

THE REPORTED SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT. Our special correspondent at Dublin tele- graphs: The sensational report that a Dublin newspaper reporter had eloped J*0 ^America with a rich heiress,'? leaving "ehind him two wive3 and several children, is Pure fiction. This remarkable canard has been woven out of the following commonplace occur- rence. It appears that a clerk in a sporting news- Paper office was discovered by his wife to be cotirting a young lady in the country, and to avoid unpleasant consequences he at once threw up his situation and proceeded to America, not, however, before he had declared that his wife had been the victim of a sham marriage.

COLLISION OFrr" DUNGENESS. I Supposed loss of a Schooner. I In answer to signals of. distress on Saturday evening, the Lydd Lifeboat was launched, and found that a steamer and schooner had been in collision off Dungeness. The crew of three men of tblatter vessel, who had found refuge on the steamer, were taken into the lifeboat and safely lailded. The mate of the steamer got into the schooner, which it is feared has gone down. A later telegram says :-The vessels in collision off Dungeness were the schooner Margaret, from Gijon for London, and a steamer supposed to be the Grantham.

FALL OF A STABLE NEAR BATH. Two Men and Six Horses Killed. A fatal disaster of a singular character occurred ^Linipley Stoke, near Bath, yesterday morning, a stab?tal'fcy was caused by the sudden falling of merchant*5*011^11" to Giles Holbrow, timber i:„- „ India-rubber manufacturer, which acnonis tnt Railway StaEj8 o £ Great Western -one alterations' This yard has lately under- was at the time ot *n consequence the stable below the level of tht saster some twelve feet boundary wall and premises. The with the result that the both gave way, molished with a loud crash! Wf c°mPle<*ly de" Morment and a labourer nameu^ ^rter named „ „f., hip wpr« Ust:y» who were -Wping in the stable, were ^8tant i killed, as were also six horses. y

I MRS WELDON AGAIN IN CÔT. la the Court of Appeal this morning" before the Master of the Rolls and Lords Justiees Cotton and Lindley, the case of Weldon v. Johnson was "flentioned, in the shape of an appeal on the part of the defendant from the decision of Justices Stephen and Day refusing a new trial. The P-aintifF, Mrs Weldon, had recovered damages, mounting to £ 500, for libel against the defendant, the London correspondent of the Paris Figaro, and appealed against the finding of the j 'y in the divisional court on the ground vce8aive damages, but the court decided gainst him. It was noW stated that notice had been giver. to Mrs Weldon on the 7th inst. ',at the case had been abandoned. Mrs Weldon omitted this, but said the defendant had given 'Ier so much trouble she had come there to avoid future dispute as to costs. Mrs Weldon was ^owed the costs of the appeal to the notice of ^donment, and the appeal was struck out.

Irish Invincibles. THE, ATTEMPTED MURDER AT NEW YORK. l, Extraordinary Disci-osures. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM. J Our Cork correspondent telegraphs mat Kooert Short, who has been arrested in New York for attempted murder of Captain Phelan, belongs to Cork, where he carried on a. butcler s business in the coal quay meat market, and in April, 1883, .left for America. He is about 47 years of age, and was known to be a most quarrelsome fellow and was regarded as a terror in the district where he resided. Although he was not known to belong to Any secret society Short was undoubtedly a man of strong Nationalist feelin7. life always carried a revolver, which it is stated Le would draw at the least provocation, and when under the influence of drink was regarded as a desperate character. He was disfigured by having his nose broken in a tight some years ago. His wife followed Short to America., but has since returned, and is now stated to be in the workhouse. It transpires now that Short's house was searched about the time of Featherstone s arrest for the dynamite conspiracy in March, 1833, and soon afterwards left for America, and the police have no doubt it was owing to his connection with the dynamite conspiracy that he disappeared. Captain Phelan twice visited Cork about that period, as also did Kearney, and Phelan was instrumental in getting Kearney away from England at the time the latter was suspected of the Glasgow explosions. The manager of the National Line of Liverpool and the United States steamers, states that the first information they had of the alleged attempt to destroy their steamer Queen, a related by the man Kearney, was contained in this morning's papers. Sometimeagoinfernaiincichines were found in some cement barrels in the steamer British Queen, on arrival in Liverpool, and this, no doubt, is the vessel referred to. The National Company further affirm that no dynamite has ever been discovered on any of their steamers, and that Phelan's story with regard to the attmept to blow up the steamer Queen was pure invention. A care- ful watch with regard to suspicious passengers or cargo has always been kept both here and at the American ports with which the National Com- pany's steamers trade. Inspector Marsh deelines any information as to the alleged interview with Phelan. [" TI51ES TELEGRAM.1 A Philadelphia correspondent telegraphs — The attempted assassination of Phelan continues to attract great attention. The press universally denounces tha dynamitards, and recommends their extradition and arrest. Rossa, with his confreres, is suggested as having been accessory to the crime. Phelan is somewhat better, and to-day made a statement to the effect that the report of his interview with a representative of the Kansas City Journal is incorrect in some particulars. Phelan believes that he was lured to Rossa's office to be killed. Various Fenians say that Phelan was a traitor, that he was stabbed in a fight which resulted from his drawing a pistol to resent Short's calling him a traitor, and that the fight was unpremeditated. The Irishmen in Cincinnatti have started a movement intended to raise 100,000 dollars as a fund for the payment of the Irish members of Parliament, by annual subscriptions of 5 dollars. The fund is confined to the support of constitu- tional methods, as pursued by Mr Parnell.

PROPOSED BRITISH ANNEXA- TION OF THE SAMOAN ISLANDS To-day's Standard believes that the English Government have been negociatilig with the Ger- man Government with a view to the adoption of an arrangement by which neither power should assume a, protectorate over the Samoan Islands In these circumstances it is expected- that the Colonial Office will decline to carry out the request of the New Zealand Government for the immediate annexation of the islands.

CHINA AND JAPAN. ["TIMES" SECOND EDITION TELEGRAMS.] SEOUL, Jan. 7th.-The conference progresses but slowlv. Japan hesitates to accept a French alliance, fearing lest France should settle with China, and leave Japan to finish the dispute, when Russia. miprfit seize the harbours and 'strategic points in Corea and elsewhere. TIENTSIN, Jan. Ilth.-Chint and Japan have agreed to submit to question of Corea to the mediation of the representatives of England, Germany, and the United States. Germany, and the United States.

PRINCE BISMARCK AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. This evening's Pall Mail Gazette finds no fault with Prince Bismarck's speech, but to speak of it as reassuring to the British Government is to talk nonsense. The first part recited the troubles new German settlements suffered from the intrigues of English neighbours and the supine- ness of the English Government, and the second is a plain intimation that if we did not mind he would support our adversaries. That, in plain English, is his speech, and it is very formidable.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY. The servants at Carthamartha House, near Launceston, the residence of Major Collier, brother of Sir Robert Collier, were startled this morning about eleven, to hear a report from the study. On a man-servant going to the door he found it fastened, and on bursting it open found the major's second daughter shot in the breast, and a gun lying across her chest.

ARREST OF A SUPPOSED TRIPLE MURDERER. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.1 Information has been received in Cork that W. Sheehan, who is suspected of having committed a triple murder at Castletown Roche, where three bodies were found in a well, has been arrested in New Zealand by the Colonial police.

u_- THE HEALTH OF MR GLAD- STONE. Oar special correspondent at Hawaruen tele- graphs :—Mr Gladstone is much better this morn- ing. He rose at his usual hour, and in spite of the keen frosty air, walked through the village to attend early prayers at the parish church for the first time since the commencement of his indis- position.

SNOWSTORM IN YORKSHIRE." •» /There was a very heavy snow fall on the "Xork- coasfc this morning, the ground in many The tr covered to a depth of eight inches. 8 anring the night was keen.

MR FORSTER, M.P. It is will announce himself as V*nd,,? £ 8 £ '°««*1 Bradford after the con- elusion o n ary Commissioners' inquiry on Thursday.

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Hidden Treasure at Castle I Coch Wood. I THE PIRACY OFTHE "FERRET." A Strange Narrative. "A tale founded on fact," is a very comnion addition to the title rages of works of fiction, and, no doubt, many incidents in the ordinary life ot an individual serve as a peg lound which ars an individual serve as a peg round which are woven a chain of events, more or less romantic in in character, according to the skill or imagination of the writer. Probably the incidents which fol- low might, with a little expansion, form the chief episode in a three-volume novel of the modern school. It is not, however, intended to give any ting-e of romance to this narrative, the facts connected with which have been long known to the writer, but they were given in confidence, and were consequently withheld until circumstances should arise which would render it no longer necessary that the confidence should be yressrved. The circumstances at one time were peculiar, still there was nothing very unusual in the fear that they should be divulged, as at t: at time the knowledge ot the incidents was confined to a few persons they were also surrounded with a good deal of mystery they were only revealed to the few after considerable caution and it was ap- prehended that possibly he who divulged the secret might, from the vindictive character of some of the Spanish people who were concerned in it, become a marked man and find himself in an awkward position. Whether there, is any vast treasure hidden in some quiet spot within the precints of the wood surrounding Castle Coch is not the province of the writer to prove, but io show that state- ments were made some time ago that such treasure was hidden there, that j there we e then many collateral circumstances to support those statements. and that lately other circumstancestend to show that there is a proba- bility that they are true. It was only sometime after the first incidents were made, known tiiat the property deposited there was admitted to have been stolen, and when that vvas revealed any- further dealings with the parties by whom the statements were made ceased at once. With the first part of the narrative hundreds of persons, whose business engagements connect them with the docks, are perfectly familiar, and require little to bring up all the details to their remembrance, but this part is only, by an acci- dental circumstance, connected with the main ssue. In October, 1850, an iron screw steamer, called the Ferret, entered the East Cardiff Dock. Her -tst Card the Ferret, entered the East Cardiff Dock. Her reputed owners were the Dingwall and Skye E-tilxvay Company, who had, it was said, chartered her to a gentleman in London, and he again sublet the contract to another. She was a steamer of considerable speed, and had been fitted up as a passenger vessel. Messrs Short and Dunn were the brokers, and she was soon loaded with a cargo of coal by Messrs Cory Brothers consigned to their agent at Marseilles. The captain was a gentleman who did not reside at one place during his stay at Cardiff, but for a part of the time lodged at the Cardiff Arms Hotel, or frequented it often. He spent money freely, and when the vessel left the docks, on the 23rd Oct., she had received on board an enormous quantity of provision, and the steward's cabin presented the appearance of a victualling apartment belong- ing to a gentleman's yacht, and not the cook's pantry for a cargo-carrying vessel. There vvas a profuse supply of wine, spirits, &c., and every- thing ivis of the best quality. There were certain things also about the vessel, which to the matter- of-fact people at the docks, excited their suspicion that all was not right, and when the pilot, who took the vessel down channel, returned and spoke of the good cheer and the jolly life all were leading on board that suspicion became strength- ened. At this time there was staying at the Cardiff Arms Hotel, a gentleman said to be a Spaniard. He became acquainted with the captain of the Ferret, and when she left ostensibly for Mar- seilles, ha sailed with her as a tnper-cargo. The Ferret never wept to Marseilles, but landed her super-cargo at a small jiort on the south coast of Spain. Then at a distance from land, she was repaintsd, her name altered two or three time", and the fcargo was consumed as bunker coal. Her seisure by those on board became known to the owners. She was chased from one place to another, but was eventually captured and claimed for the owners in Australia by the proper authorities, the captain and crew were tried before a proper tri- bunal and sentenced to long terms of imurisoi>- ment for an act of piracy. The circumstances connected with the chase and seizure of the Ferret gave rise to a good deal of interest at the docks. She was the subject of conversation for some months, but, like all simi- lar circumstances, she ceased in time to be re- membered. A long time afterwards a gentleman holding a distinguished position in the town, a borough magistrate, and also a man of considerable pro- party, received a letter, purporting to have been written by a prisoner in one of the carceras, or prisons, at Madrid, asking, in some vague kind of way, whether the gentleman would assist in the recovery of treasure of some considerable amount deposited in a secret place near Cardiff. The letter was show to the head constable, who regarded it, as a hoax. The stipendiary, to whom the letter also was shown, came to a different conclusion and eventually a reply was sent, which resulted in a correspondence being commenced, and main- tained almost entirely on one side, but in the course of which a somewhat singular narrative was developed. The writer of the letters was a prisoner, but as everything in Spain vvas to be purchased, oven in- dulgence to prisoners could be procured by means of bribery. The prisoner, after a time, admitted that he was at one time the private secretary of a Spanish nobleman who entrusted him with pro- perty to a considerable amount to bo conveyed to England. He came to London with it. but from the first he evidently intended to appropriate the property to his own use. He left London, went ;o Bristol, and stayed for some time Lt an hotel 'here. He then came to Cardiff and stayed for a still bnger period at the Cardiff Arms Hotel. During lis stay there his friends in Madrid informed him that his employer had discovered his duplicity, aid agents were sent to England to arrest him.' learing capture he deposited the valuable trea- stre with which he had been entrusted m a secret pace, not far from Cardiff, and then left in a steamer bound for Marseilles, but was landed on tie coast of Spain. He was discovered by the agents of the nobleman, arrested, and tried at Mtdrid for feloniously disposing of property en- tnsted to him by his master, and sentenced to a log term of imprisonment in one of the carceras ia Madrid. "o support this story official documents were endosed, bearing the seal of the court, and duly sig.ed by the proetor. These documents staed the nature of the crime coni- mited, which was that of misappro- prifting or stealing property entrusted to him, the nane of the owner of the property, the person chaged, which was the same as the writer of the lettr, and the sentence passed upon him. The I writer was anxious for an interview from the genteman at Cardiff, to whom he sent the letter, at tb Carcera, Madrid, when all details would be givei. Inthe later letters it was made known that the treasure had been deposited in the wood surround- ing Qstle Coch. A plan of the castle and wood was sint. A line was drawn from the castle at a certah angle, and this, if continued for a certain distane, that distance to be given at the inter-, view, ,vould indicate the precise spot where the treasire was deposited. This plan was cut in two ina zigzag and herring-bone fashion the one half wis retained, and on the gentleman present- ing tie other half to the prisoners agent at Midrid, whose name and address were given, the gentleman would receive the nt-hpr b'df and lather information wnicii nvuid lea,; to the discove-y of the treasure. The letters were written partly in Spaia^h and English, but the details diowed that the. writer wa.< acquainted j with tht Cardiff Arms Hotel, and also the direc- tion to Castle Coch, Oastla Coch itself, and the wood sinvunding it. Several telegrams were sent., bv,: a.- no reply to them was received at Madrid, the cc-r^'c-poiiO once cased and the sub- ject gra< ually faded fixiu memo:-j-. The time for which the man was imprisoned has expired, and a few weeks ago, three gentlemen, speaking English very imperfectly, were seen in the wood, and were also observed attentively looking at the castle. In the summer time, when visitors are frequent, such a circumstance would not have excited any suspicion, but, during the winter months, visitors are scarce, and strangers arc almost certain to attract attention. They may have had no object but curiosity in view in examining the castle and traversing the wood in various directions, but it is possible there may be truth in the prisoner's statements, and that these men are in some way connected with it. That such a crime was committed that such a man was tried and sentenced, the official documents of the court prove, and these, with the plan and letters, remain in the custody of gentleman in Cardiff, oo whom they were sent.

FRUS s RATED ELOPEMENT AT NEWPORT. A Partner's Flight Prevented. 6 The Lesson of the Blotting Pad. .11 At Newport borough police-court to-day, Wil- ha3n, ^dale, partner in the firm of Dawson Rl'd aie'"rassfounders, Watchhouse-parade, ]S-ewporj., was charged with stealing a quantity of tools belonging to Thomas Dawson, rr appeared, resided in P1'0, fome Wlth his wife and cbild' i o-iri s an improper association character named Price, T i° rnnw-t"! Baneswell district. The two i to elope together, and had taken «el.„r„i i-nnP* ailin*' dipper bound for Australia, trot away to property had been safely vomoI u-i tn OD» from which port the { -rw.v b\/Ue' aud was decided to begin the ]OLI -y j one of the late train leaving New- port on batui day evening ^le other partner, by an accideii stance, became aware of the intended an hour or so before the time ai/ w.u^ u'le train was to start, called in the services o t ^"dern Nemesis, in the shftps of Detective -n&pector dCnes, and the accused was arrested on the charge theft. Mr Barrett, solicitor, who appeared for the prosecution, asked ior a, remand. Mr Parker, solicitor, who defended, said he had no to the application, but he siiouid IiKe know something about the charge. —. Mr Barrett: x iere has been hardly time to get any evidence.^ accused vvas arrested only on Saturday nignt. Mr Parker long as the prosecution will let me know the n e of the chargc before the case comes on a?aal'-a7 the bench grant bail? Mr Barrett. ^object to bail. Toe prisoner has already eiin-ne-j. a paseage ln a ship for j^evv Zealand. Mr 1'arkei. xo cut the story short, I do not apply for bail.. Mr Jje.re is one entry in the cash book that moneys have been paid into the bank, but this had not been dl)!1e, -18 far as we can learn. YvTe have ha ime to get evidence. Some of the goods are m London, The es ^erk It is a curious case. I understand t Prosecutor is prisoner's partner? Mr Parker: /es, that is so. The IVtag1^ l')Ve £ Cierk Embezzling the goods of his partnei-eti Mr %Le 1 "jj. to the goods, they are in Londo -s sufficient, 1 suppose to send a con < ihe passage has been taken at the shippin„ of Messrs Sewell and Crow- ther, Cockspur-stieet, Alport. Ine magis-ia ea c erk The police will follow the goods.. ^Supfc. femci< a^re will be no difficulty about Mr Barrett: We have telegraphed to the ship- pers to stop the goods. s Prisoner vvas then reminded in custody until Wednesday. The matter was di^coveiied in a curious wav. The prisoner wrote a letter to the firm of London shippers, with a view of engaging two passages to New Zealand. J-1 letter was written at the office, and when g was iinoshed prisoner pressed it on the blotting pau beneath. This pud hap- pened to be nearly ciean, and the handwriting being what is known as bold and full, a very distinct impression was obtained of the contents of the letter. Mr X^yso^ happened to look at the pad, and having nis curiosity aroused by one of two words, lie d^'phered the whole, and so obtained full knowledge 0f t]le intended elope- ment.

-=- THE BATCHELOR MEMORIAL STA-I U E. At a meeting of he Cardiff Town Council to- day. a deputation^consistingr „f Dr. Edwards, Mi- Lewis William^, doha Duncan, the Rev N. Thomas, Mr i^obl. ^avle,?) and Mr Ed. Pryne, vvas received, on t-cci subject of the Batchelor Memorial Statue. UIQ deputation asked the corporation to grant a site for the statue on the Hayes, and thisapphcation was granted. .==

POLICE-STATION FOR CATHAYS, CARDIFF. At a meeting of the tn council to-day the watch committee proposed that a district police and tire-engiliest,.itioii be established at Cathays, and that the committee ba given the necessary power to carry out the same. It was mentioned that the cost would be about £ 2,000. The report was adopted.

CARDIFF THE COKPOKATION OT' LO^OX having required the premises of the tankrupG Agency Association, 29, Ludgate-biU. 'y fnjirovenients, the Alliance Clothing J?fc; .Mary-street, beg most r- spectfuUy to infoim tli( inhabitants of Cardiff snd neighbourhood ihat tftey have taken over tim wlKie of the above company s stock, comprising Hobs'" a-1'1 Oo.'s stock of clothing .eoige Oliver's stock o'bowery and ties, and htrauss bros. stock of fancy for immediate sale at a tvitia over one-lialf tha jrijmalin- voice cost, kale now proceeding at the Al'lanse Cloth- ing Company, 3. s,t. Mary-street, CardiF- 2qq EXPEKIEXCKD V ETwitrNA.tjy SWTfr (Joseph Peare) shoes 9 SA V,°i'S« at the Cardiff Horse tixciianre ueartae CustomHouse. Atrial solicitcd.232E FIRST CHRISTMAS How.-The Model Clothing Company are now showing, at i5? Bute-street, a GRAND «.f (:i.0UiUN"G, aoj;; KRY, Hats, AC. Christinas C&i'is ot ail th0 latest for Chme«nas. AT 79, Sr, MANRS-STKKKT, CARDIFF, for the next few days, good woollen T merino socks may be hud at Is 24 pair, three pairs for 3s. Seving and ki, itting machines as usual.

.-=-. I It is stated that St. Liaise has fully recovered from the accident he tnns with in his own stable. He is said to Inva tilled gut, u;iri to be now «.t his "best c. £ cuii.

MONEY MARKET. I Latest Prices To-day. 1 LONDON, 1.20 p.m. There is more enquiry for money to-day at 3i¡ 4 to 3 per cent. Discount is also firm, 4 per cent. being the general rate for three months' paper. A small special allotment of bills on Calcutta was made at Is 7 3-16d per rupee. On the Stock Exchange attention is chiefly directed to the arrangement of the account-, and business otherwise is very limited. The rate on Brighton and South Eastern Deferred stocks was about 5 Contango Districts and North Easterns arc even, and a backwardation of about i is charged on Midlands and Westerns. Mexican Railways about even. Trunk Firsts, to i back Seconds, i back to even Thirds, even to § Ordinary, 6d to Is Reading General, i back; Illinois, 6d back to even York Centrals, about even. Foreign Stocks range from 4 to 7 per cent. contango. Consols remain at 99 Jo 100 for the account New and Reduced, 99 to 100 New Two-and-a- 4 half, 91f to 91|. In the Foreign market Argentine Bonds have fallen on a reported financial crisis in the Repub- lic Dollar Loan, 79g to 80; Uruguays are weaker at 51 to 51A, and Mexicans are dull at 20 to 20^ Egyptian firm—Unified, 6'f to 64§ 4 a 1871 Tributes, 63 to 69: Spanish, 594-t to 59i Turkish Fives, 71 to 8. In Home Railways Brighton Deferred has receded to 103 Eastern Deferred is firmer, at 101 j to 10U; Easterns have improved to 69 to 69j North-British, 964 to 96?; 4 North Westerns, 165 to 166k. Districts are weaker at 59 to 59 £ North Easterns, 156J to 157 Caledonians, 93g to 98^. American Railways are quiet, but firm. Eries, about 15 do. Second Mortgage, 61 to blp, Reading General do., 75 to 76; Wabash Prefer- ence, loi to 14. Trunk of Canada Preferences are depressed: Firsts have fallen to 75 to 75g; Seconds to 45k to 45-21 Thirds to 21 to 21 Guaranteed about 71. Mexican Railways are dull.at 32i to 33 First Preference, 87 to 88 Seconds, 45 to 45. Telegraphs are quiet. Rio Tinto Mines, 13g to 13. Brighton Railway week's passenger trafn-e — £ 1,132 decrease. Pans Bourse opened firm.

TO-DAY'S MARKETS. COKN. LONDON,liOnday.—A tirm market for English wheat at last Fridays prices. Foreign corn als film, with an upward teadvuey fur fine white simples on the spot, r lour steady at previous values. Grinding barley 3d. and tine samples malting barley Is dearer on the week. Oats ti.im at 6d to 9<l advance since last Moadav Maize- nominal from scarcity. Beans steady. Peas is dearer on the week. Weather cold and tine. Arri vals -Eii,lisli wheat, 3,051 qrs barlev. 2,054 oats, ISO Maize, nil. Foreign wheal, 49.119qrs; barlev, 25,185 cp-s ..ats, 21,119 qrs maize, 10,373 (jrs. Kurdish malt, 21,618 (ii-s. beans, 523 qrs.; peas, 361 qrs. flour, 15,931 sacks, Foreign malt, nil: beans, 1,135 ors. peas, 2,321; fioiir. 27,545 sx k.s and 100 barrels. GLASGOW, Monday.—->mall attendance at to-day's market. Wheat anti flour met a, steady sale at last Wednesday's prices. Fine Scotch and Irish oats main- tained extreme rates, while barley was unchanged. Beans and peas v\ere in retail request, the nrices realised showing no alteration fr. in Friday. Maize was ] jd per 2801bs. dearer, 4s 3d being asked for good American mixed. CATTLE. LONDON, Monday.—Beast market slow and dull, an,l last week's rates barely supported. A clearance will be made. British arrivals comprise 230 Scotch, 200 Irish, 460 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, and 1.2:0 Mid- land and Home Counties. Over supply of sheep, with only a moderate demaml. The subjoined rates were difficult to obtain, and a bad finish was expected, with doubtless a lessened value at the close of trade. Less demand for English calves. Pis trade particularly bai (ow market lower, at S18 to £ 25 each. Beef, 4s to 5s 8d; mutton, 5s to 6" 2d veal, 4s 8,1 to 5s lod; pork, 3s 4d to 4s per S lbs. Beasts, 2,660; sheep, 9.210; calves, 150; pigs 20, including foreign beasts, 490 sheep, nil; calves, 10. LIVERPOOL, Monday. — Beasts, 1,674; sheep, 4,684. Best beasts, 7 £ d to 8id seconds, 6d to ?Jd; sheep, 7d to 94d. Supply of cattle about the same as last week. A larger supply of sheep. Both cattle and sheep are in good demand at full quotations. Country buyers are numerous. BUTTER. CORK, Monday. — Seconds, 137s thirds, 84s; fourths, 53s Fifths, 35s. Kegs—Thirds, 81s. Mild cured firkins-mild, 120s. In market-160 firkins, 10 kegs.

TO-DAY'S SHIPPING. i- Lloyds' Casualty Telegrams. The British baroue Abbey Gowper was totally lost in Shoalvvater Bay on the 4th January. Crew saved. The steamer -Hect 1r has beau towed to Hong Kong with her shaft broken c The schooner Margaret, from Gijon for London, with a cargo of nuts, has been towed into Gravesend aban- doned and damaged through collision. Crew saved. The British steamer Sarah Ann is ashore at Aquilas. Assistance sent. The barque Canossa, from London for Rosario, is ashore near Ramsgate. Crew saved. The barque Carmarthenshire, from Bankok for Bremen, with rice, is ashore at Terschelling, near Amsterdam. Grew not heard of. The steamer Venetian, from Bos;on, grounded at the entrance to the Mersey, but afterwards flouted and has arrived at Liverpool. The steamer Douro, from Cardiff for Cadiz, is at Fal. mouth with boat chocks damaged. The steam: lioibein, for Monte Video, has returned to Liverpool with a hole in her bow and her fore peak full of water, caused by the anchor when the vessel was leaving Moelfra Bay.

ALLEGED LICENSING OFFENCE AT PENARTH. The Club Nuisance Again. At the Penarth police-court to-day-before Mr James Ware and Colonel Lee—Jane Blackmore and Sampson Biackmore were charged with sell- ing- intoxicating- liquors without a license.—Mr A. W. Morris prosecuted on behalf of the police, defendants being represented by Mr T. H. Belcher. William Dolman, a sailor, said he lived at 34, Arcot-strest, Penarth. On the night of the 30th December last he went to the Liberal Cinb, situate down by the dock. He entered the club between eight and nine o'clock, and called for beer. Several people were present, and amongst them being the female defendant. Witness was supplied with beer, as was also a man named David Middleton, who accompanied him. Previous to being served by the female defendant, the latter informed them that they could have no liquor without first signing a book. Witness complied with this condition. Two gentlemen present propotad him as a member. At this point the witness corrected his former statement that several peo[ ;e were in the room when he made his first entry, -aying that only a man and woman were there. He was net supplied until he had been pro; <eel, the men 1* whom this vvas done coming- in ubsequentlr Cross-examined by Mr Belcher, itness had had one or two glasses that day. He n°t certain that Airs Blackmore was the e'nale he saw in the club. His companion pau one drink, and he himself for anothe lIe was certain of this, though he couu n°fc say how much he put on the couwer- behind the bar took the uiouf- Asked as to whether he received any o'ange, witness replied that he could not rememW"' no £ could lie recollect that his money vvas Pickwick said he was outside the cl,-j at one in the morning of the 31st ult. About half-past twelve he saw the last itness and David Middleton, third engiiiee. of the s-s- Ascupart enter the club, the latlr carrying a jar. Witness went to the window and heard someone say, "Chips, are you goiiuto stand a glass ?' and then the answer came «'*es, I will stand for nil." The persons pres^it were thereupon served by Mrs Blackmore. on Middleton and another man came out, carrying a jar. Witness took them back, and asked the female defendant why she sent beer out at that time. She replied that the man brought it there with him. The sergeant went in and saw the last witness and two or three others. He asked the female why she snpp-'ted the men, and the answered "Be«"Jse £ are members." He examined the and found Dolman's name in it. M-rs isixckmore said they had joined that night. Witness told tier she was breaking the rules in letting them have liquor. Cross-examined, the sergeant said there was no blind on the window. Sufficient of the frosting hud been rubbed off to permit a vie-v of the in- terior b. ';ng obtained. Doling-.vis the mail alluded to as "Chips." VYitnes had oo search warrant. The club bad been under de?>n- ) dant's management for at >ut a month.— Dolman, recalled and exavo ned toy- Mr Belcher, said the j. "'of be: Middle*or and he were carry- i inff they procured the Royal Hotel.—On the! application of Mr Belcher c-acc was ih^u ad- j jourued for a wee'

TO-DAY'S SPORTING. I LONDON BETTING. I FIVE P.M. KEMPTON PARK CHAMPION STAKES. (Run Jan. 21 and following days.) 1000 to 80 on The Field (o) 0 WATERLOO CUP. (Run Feb. 18 allù followÜJg days.) 100 to 8 agst Mr Crosse's nom. (t) 100 to 7 — Mr Mayer's nom. (t & o) 2b to 1 Mr Gladstone's nom. (t) 25 to 1 — Mr Dent's nom. (t) 30 to 1 — Mr Stone's nom. (t) 30 to 1 — Mr Dunn's nom. ^t) 30 to 1 Mr Watson's nom. (t) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. (1 mile 17 yards. Run Wednesday, May 6th.) 20 to 1 agst The Friar (t) 30 t. 1 Angle-ey (t) THE DFitliY. (One mile and a half. Run Wednesday, Juue .3rd.) 100 to 7 aust Kingwood (t) 20 to 1 Royal Hampton (t) 50 to 1 The Friar (t)

SPORTING ITEMS. I Russley is now trained by Jair.es IIvan, at Green Lodge, Newmarket. Archer will, as he told a St Louis reporter, ride Archer will, as he told a St Louis reporter, ride Melton for the Derby. Dalmeny, who has recently been added to the list," figures amongst the Ciry and Suburban entries. Fulmen has not been entered for the City and Suburban, but he is to be found amongst the entries for a T. Y.C. race at Ascot. We learn from America that h Plunger" Wal- ton is going to take up his residence at St. Louis, and says he has done with the turf for ever. Mr E. Gtebhard, who has hitherto raced in America, has entered Eole and St. Saviour (brother to Eole) in the Gold Cup and Alexandra Plate at Ascot. Stakes are not the great end and object of racing, or it would appc-ar that Geheimniss was not well placed in running races of an average £ 300 in these days of great prizes. The proposed Billiard Championship tourna; ment will not take place. Roberts, Cook, Peall, Mitchell, and J. Bennett, who would have the best chances ot winning, will not compete.

.CHARGE OF SHOOTING AT r CARDIFF. Carrying a Revolver. At the Cardiff police-court to-day, Elias May (22) vvas charged vvith unlawiully shooting and wounding James Berry with a revolver in West Church-street, on the inst. —Mr Belcher appeared for the prisoner.—Com- plainant said that he was a labourer, 1iving at 14, Durfryn-street. At a quarter to ten o'clock on Saturday night he was at the corner of Peel- street. There were some boys in the street carrying an erf.gy of prisoners mother, and a crowd of about 100 people had assembled to look at them. He had nothing to do with the effigy, but stood among the crowd. The boys marched up and down ttie street, when a shot was fired. On hearing the report of the pistol he went to the spot from whence it came. The prisoner May was there with a revol- ver. Several of them asked him to give the revolver up, but he refused, and ran away. He went about 30 yards up South Church-street, towards the Caual Parade. The crowd followed, and prosecutor followed them. He was quite alone. Prisoner, when running away, threatened a man who went up cloèe to him, that if he followed he would take his life. Soon afterwards he heard three shots in succession. He did not see the prisoner, nor the revolver, but the shots came from the direction where prisoner was standing, about fifteen yards off. When cros-i examined, he said that he did not know that the prisuner's mother had given evidence at the police-court against one of his friends for assaulting the police. He went on a visit to a friend, and had no knowledge that the etiigy was that of the prisoner May, or in- tended to join in the "fun." The boys carried the effigy in front of, but on the opposite side of the street to,thehou.-e where the prisoner's mother lived. The people who formed the crowd did not carry sticks. P.C. Aplin said that about a quarter-past ten o'clock on Saturday night the prisoner gave himself into his custody, near Messrs North and Lavve's brewery. Witness was in search of him, and on coming up to him prisonersaid, I am the man you're looking for policeman I shot that man." He was charged at tiie police-station vvith shooting at Barry wirh a revolver. Prisoner then said "I did it in self-defence. They were after me with big sticks, and tried to set mv mother's house on fire." When cross-examined the witness said that the prisoner had frequently given assistance to the police, and had he believed in- curred the ill-feeling of the ruughs in the i neighbourhood. Dr. O'Donald said that he saw the prosecutor, James Barry, on Saturday night. He was suffering from a bullet wound on the outer side of the left arm, immediately below the elbow. He (witness) could not find the bullet. The bullet remained in it buried in the muscle, and the wound might or might not become a serious one. It was impossible to say in what direction the bullet went, but it must be there, and it might or might not cause serious consequences. P.C. Aplin was called, and said that the prisoner's brother-in-law gave him the revolver produced. It is a small toy with 3, barrel only about two inches long, and fitted with six cham- bers. Two had cartridges net fired, three car- tridges had been fired, and one was chamber empty. The brother-in-law vvas called, and said that the revolver belonged to his wife. The prisoner borrowed the revolver on Saturday night. When the revolver was returned on Sunday mornintr three chambers "had been emptied. When cross- examined, he said that the prisoner was set upon by a crowd, who threatened him. Prisoner told them to keep back, but the crowd pressed upon him, following him about a hundred yards. Prisoner retreated, and while retreating he (wit- ness) saw prisoner hold up his hand and then a report of a pistol fired off. Prisoner retreated into a boarding-house. Here the crowd attempted to break open tho door. Prisoner lodged at the house of his brother-in-law. Prisoner's sister, to whom the revolver belonged, loll said that the revolver was generally kept locked up in her house. How he came possessed of it she did not know. Prisoner was then remanded till Friday, for other witnesses to be called, bail being accepted for his appearance.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE AT CARDIFF. Assault emd Robber-y. I At the police court to-day—before Mr R. O. Jone.s-S.imi-I Perry, Amelia Morgan, and Jas. Bruton wtie charged with violently assaulting and stea111^ from the person of Andrew Knod- son, a -tsaman, a purse and £1 15s., a coat, and othc articles on the 7th inst. Complainant wp- walking down Bute-street on the I gllt of the 7th instant, when the female prisoner overtook him, and then asked him to ride with her in a cab. They went some distance in the cab on towards the Ease Moors, when prisoner Perry, who rode on the cab, called to the driver to stop. She got out. He followed, and when outside she wanted him to pay for the cab. He refused. Some words ensued and while this was going on, tJe prisoner Perry came and struck 1im a blow, knocking him down. The prisoner rerry then knelt on him, and rifled his pocke^- He at the same time beat him and kicked hi-u and then told him to get up and pay the coirnan. Com- plainant got up and ran away. Prisoner Perry followed, overtook him, beat iiiii again, took his coat from him. and tl,m all ran away. The other prisoner, Bruton .Ias the cabman who stood and looked on, but g:;}e no assistance to complainant, nor attempted to prevent the prisoner from robbing''dd assaulting him. P.C. Crocker apprehend the cabman Bruton on Saturday morninf" He denied that he was con- cerned in the rr-obery. He detailed all the cir- cumstances ronnected with the assault and the robbery of t-*e coat which he saw. He also saw the prosecutor knocked down several times without interfering with him. When the man went "t'f with prosecutor's coat, he followed, and demanded his fare. The man with the stolen coat paftl him. He subsequently informed one of the dock police. Witness subsequently apprehended the other prisoners on Saturday. They denied that they were in the cab, but when confronted with Bruton he identified them at once—one as the man who rode on the cab, and the woman as the one who rode in the c.tb the proi-ccuior. The ehan.-e against Bruton was withdrawn. He was called as a witness, and he now detailed ftil the circumstances, identifying the prisoners as the persons concerned in the loobery and assault. He saw the prisoner Perry with his hand •_>.i the complainant's shoulder, l ..t lie iici not see bin: rifle complainant's pocket- lie saw Perry take off complainant's coat, and walk off with it. P?r;y denied the robbery, ?nd attempted I to s' up ;>-i a'ioi, but vvei ? committed for trial at the

CARDIFF. SrXDAY DKINKING.—At the police-court to-day —before Mr R. O. Jones, Mr G. Phillips, and Mr A. Hood—Mary Johns, a young woman of bad caaractsr, was charged with being drunk in West Church-street on Sunday. She was cautioned and discharged.—James Sullivan, a labourer, admitted that he was drunk in Bute-terrace on Sunday, and was cautioned and discharged. THE RElGX OF TERROR !—M.iry Morrissey (23), and Bridget Dacey (22), two women of bad charac- ter, were charged with fighting1 and causing au obstruction in Bute street, on Saturday night. From the evidence of P. C. Phillips it was proved that the street was blocked up owing to the crowd collected to witness the fight between the ueieodauts. iio.u prisoners had ooen previously convicted, Morrissey six times, and Dacey three tlmes, fur disorderly conduct. Mctrrissey was fined 10s and costs, and Dacey 5s and costs. Pl'BLic-HorsE ItoEBKRY. John .o'Brian, a labourer, was charged with stealing half-a- sovereign from the counter of the King's Cross Inn, Caroline-strte:, on the 10th instant. Prisoner went to the public-'uffixse on Saturday afternoon, and called for a blue" of beer. While he was drinking it another man came in, called for a p;nt of ioeer, and gave the landlord a sovereign. TL;e landlord placed the change on the counter, 19s 9d. Subse- quently a man the worse for drink entered tlll. bar the change was at this time on the counter., Aiter the drunken man had been ejected the half-sovereign was missed, the silver still remain- ing. The landlord's attention was called to the circumstance, and he accused both of them and sent for the police. The man Fitzgerald, who gave tie sovereign, stated that when the change was place i on the counter he did not take any special notice of it, and could not swear that the half-sovereign was with it. The prisoner was near the change, but he did not see him touch it. At the police-station, on the prisoner being searched, a half-sovereign was found in his coat pocket, although he denied that he had one about him. The bench did not consider the evidence sufficient, and dismissed the case.- John Ed wards (22) was charged with stea;, ing 6d from a till at the Lord Pal- merston Inn, Bridge-street, on th3 12th inst., the property of Mr W. Smith. Prisoner,was said to b-3 a. solicitor's clerk. He went to the public-house, called for a glass of ale, vvas left in the bar for a few minutes, and was caught with his hand in the U;, In his hand were some coppeis. He pleaded guilty, and was sent to prison for one month, with hard labour. STEALING IRON PIPING. — Sidney White, a labourer, was charged with stealing a quantity of iron piping from the yard of Messrs Andrews and, Bayley, railway wagon builders, at the Docks, on the 11th inst. The value of the articles taken vvas said to be 2s 6d. Prisoner pleaded guilty to taking the pipe, but as there seemed to nave been some kind of negotiations for the purchase of a piece of pipe, or a piece of iron beforehand, the bench gave the prisoner the benefit of a doubt as to whether he had any felonious intention. STEALING A SILK JACKET.— Jane Martin, a young woman (23) of respectable appearance, was charged with stealing a silk jacket and a fur tip- pet, of the value of £ 3 7s.. from 29, Patrick- street, the property of Jane George, on the 22nd ult. Prisoner, on the night of the 22nd, went to the house of the prosecutor with a trlend, who was also acquainted with the prosecutor. She,left about eleven o'clock at right, and on the following morning the articles were missed from tho front parlour. Prisoner was a youitg woman from Radnorshiie, out of employment, who had been sheltered from charity by Mrs Grant, the triend referred to. When prisoner left, Mrs Grant—who had allowed her to live at her house for live weeks without charge—missed some articles, and on subsequently meeting her she accused the prisoiler, w hoadlllitted having taken some articles f rom Mrs Grant, but denied taking the jacket from Mrs George. When searched, how- ever, the pawn ticket referring to the jacket was found secreted in the prisoner's dress. The jacket had been just pledged by prisoner at the shop of Mr Joseph. Prisoner now pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment, after which to be sent home to her frk-nds in Radnorshire. STEALING AN OVERCOAT.—Andrew Walker (22) and Henry NeUon (23) were charged with stealing an overcoat, of the value of 25s, from 177, Bute-street, the property of a French sea- man, named T. Bibara, on the 10th inst.— Complainant left the overcoat in the dining- room of his lodging-house, 177, Bute-street, on Saturday afternoon. On returning in the evening it was missed. Prisoners were subsequently apprehended. They lodged in the same house, and on Saturday evening Walker pledged the'eoat. He said that Nelson stole the coat and pledged it. Th# money obtained was spent in drink. They were each sent to prison for 14 days with hard labour.

PENARTH. YOUTHFUL OBSTRUCTIVES.—At the police-court, to-day, before Mr James Ware and Colonel Lee Edward Chappell, Alfred Pearce, Charles Brain, Thomas Bowen, and Richard Garwood, small boys, were charged with causing an obstruction in Glebe-street, on Sundny night. Chappell, who had appeared btore the bench on two pre- vious occasions, was fined 5s, and the others dis- charged with a reprimand.

NEWPORT. A RAID UPON OWNERS OF DEFECTIVE SHCTIHG. —At the borough poiice-court, to-uay, seven owners of property in various parts of the borough owners of property in various parts of the borough were summoned for neglecting to have proper shutes affixed to their premises. The evidence of the deputy-sanitary inspector was taken to the effect that in each case notices had been served by the corporation to repair, but that no notice had been taken of these. Messrs William Price, T. Ponsford, and R. Richards (who appeared or were represented) were each fined 5s Messrs D. Price, J. Littlejohn, P. Watkins, Mrs Ann Morgan, and Mrs Martha Holden (who did not appear) were each nne& 10s. Mr W. Price, on being told he must pay 5s, remarked that it was too bad.—The Town Clerk (who prosecuted): What amount of that will be fine ?—The Magistrates' Clerk None of it. The costs are 5. (To Mr Price): I do not think it is too bad you had a notice from the corporation with the Queen's Arms at the top of it, and you ought to have attended to it.-William Ric-aards, summoned for neglecting to fence and light an excavation over a drain in Church-road, was fined 20s,

THE MORTALITY OF CARDIFF. At a meeting of the Cardiff Corporation to-day Dr. Paine (the medical officer of health) was in attendance, and in renly to a request entered into a long statement upon the alleged excessive mortality at Cardiff. The doctor denied that the death-rate vvas really so high as appeared, saying that the basis of the Registrar-General's calcula- tion was not a correct one. He contended that Cardiff was a healthy town, and said that the in- crease in the y of late was owing to dis- turbing causes," one of which was measles.

CHARGE AGAINST A COMMIS- SION AGENT AT CARDIFF. At Card iff to-day David Thomas, a commission Agent, residing at Devonshire-place, Canton, was charged on a remand with obtaining two tons patent manures, and two tons super- phosphate, from John Williams and Com- pany, with ^intent to defraud, on the 14th April last. Mr Belcher appeared for the prosecution, and applied for the prisoner to be further remanded for a week. Prisoner was the agent of the prosecutors', a Liverpool firm, for the sale of artificial manures. He sent lictitious orders down, and when the manures were sent he obtained possession of them, sold them at almost any price, and appro- priated the money to his own use. When he was before the court last week there was only one charge against him now there were four or five. In some cases the prisoner had obtained manures of the value of £20. consigned them to auctioneers, and had disposed of them for 23 or £ 4. To prove the charges :t number of witnesses would have to be called. Prisoner had sent a letter to the firm admitting the offences. He. had, however, been previously convictod for a similar offence. He was then remanded for a week, bail being refused.

It has been decided that the bnildinff on the Thames Embankment, which has been specially erected by the Stanley C.C. for the cycling exhibition, and is: to he known as the WheeleriK," s(v- opened "V,dl'e" day, the 23th inst., instead of the 2otk rsjnairJng open proportionately longer. Charles Archer is selling oa most of his hoioes, the naPles of Dog Fox and Peace having been added to tiiocc i;or*us advertised to be sold %t Albert Gate on the 2bth inst. Abb tsford, wh" is the property of Lord Elle?m; >b. will be sold at tne same time. The sale pos^e^ses a significance f or it would appear thH the .lockfy Club isve riot yet granted o '(k(:e f-v CfeaWeR Arcner to tttUQoa vla"i. grounds. .o: