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1 The Man About Town. j It is not tlways one's hap to fall upon scenes of thrilling adventure in a country I so civilised as ours, and at but a few miles from the home of progress. There is nothing suggestive of pathetic scenes | in the announcement of a mere I pleasure trip acrOS3 the Channel, and yet the experiences which I shared yesterday with a thousand or so of pleasure seekers were really of a startling and impressive character. I had often bsen told of the delays which attended the excursion service to Weston during holid-ty time. Romancing is a favourite art, and the stories told were touched with such graphic colour, that I always retained a little temple of incredulity where I hung these "nnrine yariis, "to the honour of the god of invention. But repeated tales had stirred my blood: with zeal no less fervid than that of Don Quixote, I desired to 30 forth and see these wonderful scenes myself, and bear back to unbelieving stay- at-homes an Rccurato version. There is a glow of satisfaction in-a public service ren- dered at great personal inconvenience. Were it not for this there are many, reasons why I should deeply and profoundly regret a step which I solemnly warn ali'.jiligasure seeker3 from taking at holiday times. The experience which I obtained had this ex- cellent result, that it threw a strong if not flattering light upon tho character of ship- owners, who, as long as they can sweep in I money for passage across, are very little troubled as to the means of bringing the good folk back again. During Tuesday boats of all sizes and shapes brought visitors over to Weston from Bristol, Newport, Cardiff, Penrvrth, JUra- combe, and other places. From Cardiff alone the Lady Margaret made six. journeys, carrying each time a large number of country people and others who wanted to have a brief sniff of sea air as a. digestive to the two months' hard labour which lay before them. As might be expected, by far the greater number intended staying until the last re- turn boat, and nothing could have been easier for the several proprietors than to havo arranged for the pressure at night-time. At half-past seven, however, there were fully 2,000 people on and around the pier at Weston awaiting the boats, quite ignorant of the wretched times in store for them. About eight o'clock a dense mass surrounded the gates leading down to the landing stage. It appeared that there were several small steamers in, such as the Queen of the Bay and the Merrimac, waiting for their burden. Nothing could be more pitiful than the scenes which ensued. As the crowd panted and puffed in a. dense mass before tho gate, solitary passengers for these diminutive boats were ¡ detocted and handed by main force through the mass of people and over the gate. In all directions could be seen delicate women, sometimes with little children, fighting with painful difficulty their way to their boat. More than an hour was thus consumed in selecting the passengers for two or three little boats, which could well have been served by some more scientific plan off tlie larger ones. This long and tedious wait was regarded with the utmost good humour by the crowd. Some repaired to the refreshment room, others made use of the switchback railway and the other amusements provided. But as nine o'clock approached and there was no sign of departure, they began to surge once more around the gates. Suddenly an open- ing was made, and there followed one of those sickening crushes which live long and painfully in the memory. The night had now closed in. The pier was not wide, the throng was immense. By some instinct,! many had guessed there would be difficulty in returning, and selfishness prompted an attack by the vigorous. The dense ¡ pack became squeezed utuil there was scarcely breathing room. As the mass of struggling humanity swayed onwards to the lights which marked the pier-head, the cries of children, the shrieks of women the curses of men were so frequent as to lose their significance. One 1\ began not to care. Here a mother would plead for her little boy who was fainting, there a father for a child who seemed in imminent danger of suffocation. But by blind force the end was reached and the long line began to turn— or rather slide—down the iron steps. It would be difficult adequately to describe the scene here. A. few foot only above the I level of the water, with but a small chain separating them from it, and in many parts no- thing at all, the panting multitude struggled, regardless of consequences, to the gangway which led to the promised land. That many of the passengers were not drowned is to me a marvel. That a certain selfish section of the crowd made it probable is absolutely certain. For half an hour, huddled up and reeking with perspiration, the crowd waited whilst Bristol passengers forced their way into the Waverley and the Lady Gwendoline. A miserable tug was then announced for Cardiff. A terrible rush wns made, and in a few minutes it was crowded, some jumping off the higher pier upon tho paddle-boxes, and some risking a tumble nto the rising tide by jumping across the yawning chasm. Thencame a cry "Boat full," and quite three hundred people turned round to stare at each other in blank astonishment. They had waited two hours beyond time, and now no boat would reach them for an hour or two; Sullenly at first, but afterwards with much good humour, these dis- appointed and stranded people retraced their steps to the saloon. Dimly lit by a few lamps, it soon became animated by the hosts of people drinking, eating, and smoking m every direction. The spectacle was strange and worth seeing. A little colony, as it were, inhabiting an island e,ch a Robinson Crusoe peering to the horizon, broken by th. just visible lights of Cardiff, for sign of a boat some standing through despair in the cold, careless which way they went, some dancing in the saloon or playing kiss in the ring by the moonlight upon the turf. There was a curious abandonment. Ladies, utterly fatigued, laid their heads, without a thought of conventional opinion, upon the shoulders of lovers and husbands. Most of them wero unprepared for a cold night, and had brought insufficient wraps, Pro- minent amongst all were the drunken men, who rolled from side to side, swearing, cursing, blaspheming whilst here and there a little group would endeavour to cheer its drooping spirits by a song. Most appropriate was tho rendering of The Anchor's Weighed," in chorus, and hardly less so the refrain, Do not forget Me "—a sentiment, which tho visitors from the hills avowed was scarcely worth enunciating from its very apparency. Thus between walking, eating, drinking, singing, lolling, swinging, and racing, two hours and a half were spent. Suddenly, about 12.30 p.m., one cf the party descried the light of an approaching steamer. "A sail! A sail!" No—that cry was nothing to it. Swiftly the fortu- nate who had detected it first hurried down to the pier-head. Behind rushed the general crowd, late but energetic, and the scenes of a few hours before were repeated. The tide was now high and it was no easy matter to get aboard. Despite the difficulty, the tug was speedily filled, and, with a snort, plunged into the waves and here I ob- served a fact so wretched as to deserve a paragraph to itself. At nearly a quarter to one o'clock on a cold, almost icy, morning at least 150 people were still left stranded on the pier at Weston 0 The return journey of an hour—for my patience was exhausted, and I left by this boat-I need not describe how the cold, cutting wind swept along the decks upon scantily-clad pleasure-seeker3 how women in every state of exhaustion could not obtain shelter of any kind how drunken louts lurched too and fro, disturbing every- one who endeavoured to huddle himself up for the hour's journey. Suffice it to say that Cardiff was reached by a quarter to two o'clock. Whether tho boat returned for tho remainder I do not know. Even if it did, they could not reach Cardiff before half- past four. We ourselves were landed five hours and a quarter after time; they-poor souls '—would suffer more than seven hours' delay Tho story I havs told has little vigour, I am aware, about it. It is not easy to describe one's adven- tures an hour or so after they are over, when one's eyes will scarcely keep cpen, and writing appears a vanity. But the facts are eloquent of themselves. I accuse these public caterers of deliberate carelessness; of announcing times which they knew they couid not keep; of making provision ludicrously inadequate of acting with cruelty to their passengers by stranding them thus on a cold evening without note of warning. It is in the interest of the public security that such a scandal should be exposed and brought home. I have no doubt th-it tho testimony of many readers will add force to my own comments.

I Courtship. v r HINTS TO YOUTHFUL LOVERS. [BY PROF. SFAKK, F.S.,So.] Some say that courtship is the most critical step that a paraoa c&u take, marripjp not excepted. I don't quite believa that. It may justly be called tho entrance to matrimony, but: a man may turn back when be is on the doorstep of the house of V enu, so that it is not as critical as beinp: caught—that is to say, as boiug wedded. Still I think that when a man has entered the sacred shrine of courtship, and regaled himself in its sunny bowers, it is mean of him to lift up his heel, shake the (iustoff his feet, and ieave the hallowed courts, unlets be has a very good reason for doing so, instead of going into the inmost temple of supreme felicity-marriig, of course, I mean. It is important that courtship be continued until 1 both parties have got a thorough kuowletige of each other. Unless you know one another's tastes and disposition thoroughly you sbould beware. It is hardly possible for two persons unacquainted with phrenology to understand each other at once. Many people live together eight years or more without understanding each other. PRELIMINARY RULES, In courting, couples should meet at other than the appointed time. Drcp on one another unex- pectedly. and you.youug gentlemen will see what your intended looks like in her mother's house, how she goes about bar work when, for all she knew, you might have been 20 miles away,and you will also see whether her personal appearance, dress, and habits are as orderly as at the times when she has arranged to see you. Notice atten- tively how she speaks to her parents, brothers, and sisters, especially when unaware that you are about, and you will then know what sort of a body you haye got to live with. Young ladies are far more sly 10 hiding their faults than youcg men are. Smart young fellows think they know all, and cannot be taken in, but they often find themselves deceived after all. You had better take your sweetheart to a phrenologist and have a proper delineation of character, or (failing that) take the lover's pbotc, or learn phrenology yourself. By doing so, you may save innoli unhappiness and disappointment. Courtship is the time for comparing notes as to each other'a suitability, and, when satisfied, the wedding should immediately come oft. A few months ara as good as a few years for getting to know each other properly. Besides, the proper time to bask :n each other's favour is after marriage, not before. In long court- ships unpieasaut questions may turn up, as in the case of a couple who had been courting for eight years. While on their way to the church to go through the marriage ceremony, the pros- pective husband asked his prospective wife if she would clean his boots whea they ware married. No," she indignantly replied, I will not." Well, then, I'm off back again," he said and ho left her to go through the cere- mony by herself. Long courtships are unjust to both parties, but especially to the female portion of the community. If young men don't see any chance of marrying for sometime, they UU\ no business to court. By doing so you spoil the younjf ladies' chances of good marriages, and that is both unwise, cruel, and selfish. Thiuk of that, friends think of it. Those of you who hitherto bave been remiss, turn over a new leaf, and resolve to do your duty. If a lover finds his lady making excuses to put off the wedding, be should give her a week or two to make up her mind about it, and keep away from her during that time. If she has been making unnscessary t'xcusoa this treatment will bring her to a sensible appreciation of her position. If she is still unwilling, it is an indicatiou that she doss not love him, and should therefore think no more about him. HOW TO HAKE IWRR. Care should be fakon 10 ascertain whether the hdy me;1D N v" or "Y e'l "when "be saYi! IJO. Many from ."hyaena havo said" No" when they meant Y ea." Their lovers have taken them at their word, and they have had to repent their foolishness a lifetime. There are many ways ia which a young in iu may learn the true faalings of bis young lady. If she has refused you commission some lady friend to work the oracle for you by testing her feelings. Give your interlocutor ail information uacess iry, arm her with all essential equipments. She should ack your beloved why she refused you, if sbo really lucmt it, and throw out some hint as to your taking up with 80n.e one else if sbo was per- sisteut ill her refusal. Tha beloved may try to extricate herseif from tho dilemma he has fallen into. Some your» £ ladies won't give you an answer one way or tha other. They will haug thair bends, heave a deep sigh, and give your hand a gentle pressure. You m-iy then take it that silence means consent, and publish the banns at cnce. It your suit should be utterly rejected, don't go ruad ever it and marry someone else out of epite. The reuound, as it is called, when a persou has been rejected is a very critical time in anyone's life. Then they are in serious danger of marrying the first at nil likely parson they meet. A friesid of mine who was rejected suffered in this way. Ou hir« rejection he came across another youug iady, kept constant company with her from the time of the first meeting, aud in three waeks was married. He married in haste, and has lived to repent at leisure. His wife is a good housekeeper and a kind mother, but not a congenial companion. She cannot take any pleasure in his mental worlc, is not at all given to mental culture, aud cannot talk with him except on household matters, dress, and enjoyment. He cannot take her into the society of julailectu.1 pe,)pie, ,%s their conversati(,n is no, interesting at ail to her, and the love which might have stirred her up to self-improveineut, and to un attempt to bacome the glory ot her husband, is wanting in her. Wheu should lovers take THE FLU ST KISS? iins depends 00 persons and circumstances. If I you make the acquaintance of a lacy that you think very suitable, and are dhpo3ed to make advances to the youug lady, and by duty will be cailed way the next day for aome time, with tact you might take a kiss at the first parting, but this is prematura and ooiy on extreme occasions allowable. It pays better not to be too suppliant. Be courLMU, but diguified, and you will find it pay better. Ladies despise men who make themselves too I cheap. If you have ample opportunities of meet- iug, keep your tender feelings to yourself for a I tfme meanwhile keep ynur weather eye open, and before your heart is led captive, be sure that you will not make an advance from which you might afterwards wish to beat a retreat. The youug lady wiil appreciate the first kiss ever so much more if sure that you are not ready to lavish them on every fresh girl you meet. The third or fourth time of meeting would be CLuite soon enough. After that take them reguiarly and at proper times but don'& be too free with them,as a careful bestowal enhauces their value and appreciation to the receiver. The joys of anticipation are ofted far greater than tha reabz ition, and if with loving, gentle attentions you prepare and look forward to the moment of ecstatic bliss when your lip-i meet you will tiud it a moment of supreme enjoyment, of pure distiiled sweetness,and of rapturous pleasure. Soma lovers are much at fault from extreme bambfulnes8. It is not advisable to keep 1. ,ig heart pining for want of those tender endearments which makes woman's lot so happy. The firet kiss. to the bashful is ahnsst an insurmountable barrier. These should take something to bring their cour- age to the assaulting point. The Rev John Browa of Haddington was one of these very bashful wooers. He courted his lady-love for seven years for six and a half years of this period he bad got no fur- tbet than on theiirstsix days. This state of things became intolerable, and be determined to bring the matter to a crisis. Summoning all his courage after sitting a long time, as usual in silence, he exclaimed t Janet, we have been acquainted now for six years ao-i mair, and I've never gotten a kiss yet. Do you think I might taka one, my bonnie laasie?'' "Juat as you like, John; oniy be becomiug and proper wil it," was the reply. Surely, Janet, we will ask a blessing." The blessing was asked, the kiss taken, and the worthy divine, overpowered with the blissful sensation, most rapturously exclaimed, "Oil woman, but it is good. We will return thanks" Six months afterwards this pious couple were made mau and wife. The lesson to be learnt from the story is that, if you wait too loug in taking the first kiss, court- sbip is lik- ly to be unduly protracted therefore sharpen up, you bashful love-swains. Don't thiuk it rude to take the first kiss with- out asking for it first. Modesty prevents the lady love from responding to such a request. There is sure to be a flcdn., but the excitement will add to its enchantment for both parties. THE EXPl'NSKS Of COURTSHIP- Courtships are often unnaCeasariiy expensive. This is a strong argument against long courtships. When courtiug, many think they must do the 11 high and fly." Running about in hansoms, frequent attendances at theatres, balls, and con- certs, railway and other incidental travelling expenses, make a big hole in a man's purse, especially when be is got a millionaire, making many a fellow wish he was quietly settled dowa in tnbtttqke, when he would be able to keep his Wife comfortably, if net extravagantly. From three months to twelve is quits long nnongh tn consummate the nuptial bond. Grfttaerniiy it in best for a daughter to ask her parents5 consetttwhen she is receiving the advances of a young gentleman. This of itself is a marriaga dowry, As a rule, parents aro much better able to judge (apart from love) of a young man's fit- news than the young iady herself. Many young ladies with a predominance of the vital temperament, average intelligence, small, cautious, and weak wills, are liable to fall in love with almost aoy^oung man, and to get iuto trouble through so doing, These need some one to thing for them, and should be guided iu their choice by the more mature judgment of their parents. Parents like their children to marry weil, and are too particular oftentimes as to a youug man's position financially. lie may ba clover, but because bis banking account is 113t large they cut him. In this they make a great mistake. Better marry your daughter to a man who can make a fortune than one who has one and cannot keep it. THE RIGHT AGE TO ARRY is not until the body is tuily set, which usually in this part of the world is about the aga of 24 in a man. At 21 many are constitutionally well able to marry, while others develop much more slowly, All young men able to bear the responsibilities of married lifo should, as a rule, marry before thay are 25. Young ladies should not marry | until tbpy are 21, though soma make good wives at 18. It is b!3tter for lovers to marry at the time suggested than when older, as, when married, young people harmonise much morn readily in their disposition and tastes. Their angularities or differences rub off much more easily. Thera should be a skght DHPETERENCE OF AGIC between mau and wife. The husband should be 25 and the wife 22, as women take on age more rapidly than moil. If a man be 25 or from that to 20 there may '03 four or live years' difference ano if he be 50 then :» difference oi 15 years wouid not be serious, but 20 should be the limit. It is not advisable that old age bo uuited to youth- that May should marry December. Do you wish to know should you m.,trry? Listen to what an old Loglish writer says If you are for pleasure, many; if you pr re ro.y health, marry. A good wife is heaven's last, best gift to man bis angel of motcy minister of graces innumerable; his gem of many virtues his casket ot jewels her voice his -sweetest music her smiles his brightest day her k ss tha guardian of innocence her industry hit- surest wealth; bar economy his safest steward; her lips his faithful counsellor; her bosom tha softest pillow of his cares; and her prayers the ablest advocates of heaven's blessings cn his head." Never marry ou tho sly, for, though romantic, it is less honourable. Secrecy is likely to be misconstrued, and be the, mother of un- pleasajjt surmises. .1 .i.

Cowardly Affair at Solihull. Throwing a Boy into the Canal. A man whoso whereabouts are being- inquired after by the police was guilty of cowardiy conduct towards a boy named Francis Proud, at Solihull, on Monday night. According to the state- meat of Proud, it 3eems that he, in company with three or four companions, had been spending the day in the neighbourhood of Solihuli, and between half-past ten and eleven I., C,IOck they were making their way towards Birmingham J along the towing-path of the canal. They had not gone many yards before they were stopped by three men, who were accompanied by women, and who upon seeiug the youths accused them of iusuiting their males. The accusation wasdenied by eaei1 of tha youths, and there was :v wordy altercation. Suddenly olle of tha men picked Proud up from the grouud and threw him into I the c-inal. Tha lad's companion*, fearing that they might receive similar treatment, took to their heels, and one or then), named Albert their iieel,, ,ii d one A,, I Restali, of 29 Court, 14 house, Darwin-street, m&da for tti E) railway station, and tra- veiled to Bordeslay by the ia2. tram. He went straight to tha Moseiey-street poiice-stasion and informed the police of what had occurred, adding I that he had loft Proud in tha water, but that he was able to swim a little. Supt. Hervey at once despatched Police-constabie Crreeu to inform the county police, in whose district the affair happened, of the occurrence, and on tha way the officer met Proud, who was drenched to the ekiu, though warm from the loug run he had had. He stated that with difficulty beescaped from the canni ou the o'.her side, and had run all the way to Birmingham. In his wet condition lie did not favour the Idea of pursuing the matter further that n'ght, and at once returned to his home in Unett-strear, Hockley. Tha youths deny having said anything to the women, and suggest that in the dark they must have beau mistaken for an- other party. The police are investigating the caee.

ASSAULTING A GAttDlFF POLICEMAN, Strange Conduct of an Irish Cattle Dealer. At the C ardiff police-court this morning Patrick Toiney (50), cattle dealer aud farmer, was charged with being drunk aud cnusiug an obstructiou in Bedford-street, find also with assaulting Constable No, 42 (Aipin) by striking him on the head with-a *tuk while in the t-xecu- tion of iiis duty ou the 21th May. The prisoner, a burly Irish cattle dealer, was driv- ing a. cow and calf along Castle- road, when he fell into a dispute with some persoue. He was very drank, and the con- stable requested him three or four times to go away. He refused. The constable then cried to arrest the prisoner, when the latter struck him with a walking-stick on the temple, which rendered b:m iu- ) sensible. Oa the way to the station he also I kicked him several times. On behalf of the prisoner, Mr Belcher pleaded guilty, but in extenuation urged- that be was excited under the chaff which was being directed against him by the ivood foik cf Castle-road. Mr Belcher, in his pe::uliar!y r;:¡.cefllr -tyle,ru-,tnagedinsotiie way or other tf)" Itit in the Irish questiou,an(i referred to prisoner's mission of peace in this country, which consisted of selling COWtl and their attendant calves. Before the audience bad time to recover from the flood of- emotion which this touching appeal evoked, Dr Paine remarked that, beyond all doubt, be severely beat the policeman so as to ren- der him insensible. He would, therefore, be fined 40i and costs.

EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING ALONG i THE SOUTH HUSH COAST. LSPEOIAL TKLEGRAM TO THE KCHO. "| For weeks past, two schooners flying the Dutch < S'g have been observed off the south Irish coast, apparently engaged in the fishing industry, along with several hundred Euglisb, Irisb, Scotch, Manx, aud French vessels at present thus employed. It is, however, beyond doubt that the supposed Dutch fishing vessels are two daring ismugglar. and they have | been carrying on for the past month a most entensiva smuggling trade in tobacco, cigars, brandy, rum, gin, and sau do Cologne, and other dutiable goods. The two vessels are exceedingly fast sailers, and daily intercept all fishing and other craft proceeding up and down the coast, supplying the articles at a cost one-fourth less than they could be had for in the United Kingdom. Under cover of night also a considerable quantity of contraband goods have been lauded along the coast. Strangely enough, up to the present, the Dutchmen have managed to keep the nature of their business I comparatively secret, and have completeiy bnffl;d the authorities. H.M.S. Hearty has airiveu at Queenstown, and it is rumoured that che is to be sent in pursuit of the smugglers.

A CHEPSTOW MYSTERY. Strange Disappearance ef a Girl. On Tuesday morning a young girl, the daughter of Mr Haggar, the proprietor of the Theatre Royal, on the Meads, near Chepstow, suddenly left her parents' house and has not since been heard of. Sho took off her hat and boots, and walked through the mud nbout half way down to the edge of the Wye, but as she made tracks in a return direction, her father concluded she bad not pot into the water, and is of opinion* that she has procured other boots and a hat and Rone to Bristol, wf^re she has some friends. Tha girl is but 13 years of age.

D. JONES and Co.'s Celebrated Bacon is now sold by the hi do at 4d per lb. BUX4KFAST IS KKAAR I'll take a cup of Maza wattee. HeUuceU prices Is 10J, 2s, 2s 4d, 2s lOd per lb. INDIGESTION NO LONGER IXCOKABTK.— Weaver's Kadical Cure for Indigestion will cure the worst case of this distressing diseass, the forerunner,of I lIearly all other dissaseg- Pries Is 6tl and óLi of Chemists, or Is 9d and 2s 9.1 post free < H. WEAVEII and Co., Worcester,

Wr Gladstone and the > I Amateur Photographer* 11 1 1 I (SPKCTAL TELEGRAM TO THE "E:OHO:'?. I The story told at Hawardell nm?tsur photogfnph"r stopping Mr G!?"?" ?? the viiia.?e and appealing to hinl 3. 3't to stand one second wbile be took a SD!lP piC it of the right hon. ?ntlemaa is quite correct b. t. haS 11 them is a very appropriate sequel which lot been recorded. Mr GlaG,tùne shook his be2tdlsmiled pleasautly,and w?k?d oa towards the ue? stotiot6 ReturnicK later on he still found tl he eiltbtl- Mustic amateur stand¡n near the I pot Io"km? (Jesp?ir<n?!y uD¡appy afc failure of bis negotiatIOns. Nothing aoas^ ha made a second appeal, alld 9t GIad?ton?, good humouredly entering into the s??ation, &t,ood in the village street wb' 6 camera WM adjusted and he w!? take Tbf artist was del gnted be expressed his t',aD^S the most profu-e way for the honour done -0. I and went on his way rejoicing.

I Public Opinion. I l AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT. I I TO THE KDIIOB OF THE SOUTH WALES KCITO'-i I, fclil,—Having undergone a very serious II operation in the Glamorgan and IOnIJ) outbsblre Infirmary, I beg to express my sincere thank, and gratitude to Dr Wallace for the clever skill and kindness in performing the operation, to Dr Thomas, house surgeon, for his kind attentlOO at all times also to Sister Forrest and all the nurses, making special mention of Nurse for her very kind and careful nursing during t e most serious Lirue.-I am, &y,, O. LLEWEL.?*?"  31,, Rf,ath,Ca r(liff. THE POET ON THE SOPHIA GARDENS. I TO THK KDITOK OF THE "SOUTH WALKS KCTFO. 1 r I I oik,—Eiaviog reau rue critic.am t>r ina *"■ Abouc Town on the poetry upon the Sopbla Gardens, permit me to state that they were panned by a female. I am not surprised tba your editorial desk is free from so-called poetry* The dissectiug kuiio of criticism you so freely use is the cause, aud is the scarecrow which imp3'9 the "peat" to fold tho wings of Permit iiip to say A word about tile fouotaiu. N_ ow au iilla fountain is an inestimable boou to mothers, whose little ouos deady love tbf vicinity of a working fountain. T. the m it I)al the cllarm of a candia to a moth. A chlldzl keenest sense of enjoyment is awakened by oab. biing in water. I need not add that a coutrarf sentiment is felt in the bosom of the mammll, who well knows what wet and mud-stained garment4 mean.—I am, &c., A LOVER OF NATURE. PiTCH-AND-TOSS PLAYING. TO THE KDITOK OF TUB "SOUTH WALKS ECHO. I SIR,-I noticed, a week or 1\0 ago, m the EfIIII that a member of your staff, Tha Man About Town," ridiculed the action of the Stipendiary with regard to the prosecution of certain youtbfol misdemeants charged with tha above offanca- Allow me to say that if "The Man About Town" lived in this part of Canton he would very soon find reason to change his tcllo tor a more sensible one. Let him tf-ke a walk some Sunday afternoon, not ioto thn aristocratic tiuburb of Roatb, or "Sweet Penyian," but into the regions lyl"g beyond Lhuidnff-road, to tha right—namely» Market-road, Giamorgan-street, Kad uor-roado Cardigan-street, &J., and lie will discover^ perhaps to his SIUpfllJe-that here every stree" cornar forms a rafuge for gangs of idle youlig rofifans of the buliy type, who delight in disturb" j ing the peaca of all rospactabie dwellers in vicinity; that every pare plot of ground, aud thtJ centre ot almost every street, is utilised for tile iuduigencfr) in that syecies of gambling which 1;6 treats so lightly, and that the neighbourhood resounds from morning to evening with the shouts, the laughter, aud the obscer.e talk of groups of good-for-nothing loafers. To obtain peace and quiet in this place is impossible to arrest any of the delinquents while engaged ia this kind of disturbance is almost equally RO, for, when the constable is seen approach- ing, tho enemy disappears, and everything is changed. The pandemonium is queiledt only to break forth again with renewed strength when the official uniform has passed from sight. Yet, even when soine uiiu,uaily energetic police* man succeeds in arresting one or two of sucb disturbers, and the Stipendiary inflicts punish- ment—generally too light for the ctfance—" Tbe Man About Town" and others who know nothing of the real evils encouraged and clused by the absence of that energy wh ch they con' demn must step in and exhibit their want of knowledge and experience by uudua interference" Many readers will cordially uphold the action of the Stipendiary, and I hope that those Sunday nuisances will be uut dnwn with a sfron g hand.- lam, tc., REASON AND FACT. Canton, Cardiff, May, 1890. [" Reason and Fact." nas misunderstood the comments of Mall About Town."—ED., S. W.E.I

A CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE AND ITS RESULTS. An Irate Mother-in-iaw. Harold Davies and his mother, Mrs Davies (who reside at Punartb), were summoned at the Cardiff police-court 'to-iay, the latter far assaulting Richard Thorne and the for met for breaking his windows at Cilctuuf ou the 4 h May.—Mr Beichar appeared for the complainant, and Mr Morgau Roses for the defeoce.ftcr the opening statemeut by lith Bolcher, who said that the complainant's sisttf seemed to have committed the unpardcuable offnnca of having married the defendant's son, Mr Richard Thorns, architect, King's-road(, Cautou, atvid Mrs Davies' sou Maurice recently married clandestinely his sister. About a quarter past eleveu the defendant, Harold Davies and his mother drove up to his do.). in a cab. He was standiug at tlits door himself at the tima after seeing a friend off-. Mrs Davies used disgusting language, and de. llIalldtd if ba wera Tborue. On his acknowledg- ing the soft impeachment, she struck him scverar times with au umbrella. Her sou came to her aid and pu hed him about. Then loosing ali controlovet themselves they picked up stones and hurled their through the front windows, up and down. Some of the furniture inside was damaged. Ha esti- mated the damage at £ 8.—Mr Morgau Raes cross-examined the wituess as to the circum- stances under which the mar ringa (which really initiated tha whole difficulty) took place. Mr Rees also observed that. he admitted the window breaking, but denied the assault.- Walter Thorna was examined, and stated be saw Mrs Daviea strik.) bis brother on the arm with the umbrelift.- Dc Pxine gaid, without of going into this unfor- tunate case further, the magistrates believed a slight assault had beeu committed, but Mrs Davies was smarting under what she believed to be an injury. As to the damage committed there could be no doubt. The Bench would order Harold to be fined 1< and costs, and £ 5 damages, or in default be imprisoned for a mouth. The case against Mrs Davies was dismissed.

POCKET-PICKING IN CARDIFF. Suspected, but not Convicted. v At the C,tr. If poiice-court to-day, Wan. Con- nelly (41) was charged on remand by Detective- Sergeant Smith with 8tealin a purse ftoni the perroa or an aid woman named Martha Cliurcb. at Church-street, on tho 24th inst. It will be remembered that she felt a tug at her pocket, an-i immediately aftar missed her purse. Her handkerchief was banging out of her pocket. The dfendant was tho only persoc l close to "r at the time. She fol- lowed Lim, and demanded her purse, but he declared he knew nothing of it. Adittle x boy was now examined, and said he saw a man's j hand in Mrs Church's pocket, and the man was taking out something. He could not identify him, however. The prisoner was discharged witt: an iiijunction to be careful in future.

DROWNED IN A FOUNTAIN- TANK AT CARDIFF. A number of little children were playing ic Loudoun-square Gardens, yesterday afternoon, when one of them accidentally fell over the low wall into tha tank surrounding the fountain, and was drowned before assistance could be obtained. The deceased was tha sou of Mr Arthur llavyv who resides at 18, LouUouu-quare, and was call three yeare and lour months old.

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