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.•FOOTBALL KOWDYISM AT CARDIFF."
.•FOOTBALL KOWDYISM AT CARDIFF." LETTER FROM MR. A. F. HILL. 70 THE ECJTOB OF THE WJiSTEBN MAIL." S:II.-My attention has been drawn to a para- ",Ph in Y., issue of to-day .d., the ?boye ?iB!. As t?ny Otmy friende&nd naiutsnces and th.?? k..w th.t I ? member of the C?rdtK F-tb.11 pjfteeu. "¡ as some of those whom 1 }øgemet this morning, a.s well a, piblt, fJ)II1J! whom 1 have not, are under the im. ;-1 eeeien th. I waS last ight among those t" whom your remarKs arc intended to refer, I will thank you to publish the fact that I wW not amongst thein. I went to the sniokinp ^Boeri at the Angel Hotel, but I wa. only there .bw five miuute., and left by myself while Mr. Brain ww still in the chair and before he Mttted ;t' aa mentioned in yonr report. After the room I neither saw nor heard of pother member of the Cardiffteamtbreugheut the e«eaing- aud know n.thig of what transpired. I quite with what you say as to coiuluot such a* y°" describe being likely t J make ene- jjiea te the game of footb.ill. and if tbe facts are aa stated in your paper there is no one who rerrets their occurrence more than I do.— A. FUANK HILL. zo. Uigh-street. Cardiff, Dec. 21. ;W# need scarcely say Mr. Hill was not (♦mected M any way with tLe rowdyism.—UD. IV, M,) jfEONG LETTER FRO SI THE CBICKKT CLUB SECRETARY. 70 TH* EDITOR OV THE WBSTBRN MAIL. $J&I was extremely gratified to finei in your isaue of to-day the paragraph calling attention to tie unseemly conduct of certain gentlemen members of the football club, The com- mittee express their regret to the numerous tod friends who attended with view of making tk« affair a success, and they now tender tbea their thanks, with the hope that if invited a,*n they will i,rlfft,r tht?ir services with the mine readiness as they did in this case. Your nnarks were hardly strong enough. If the eoucert was held at Bridgend Asylum the con- duct of the inm..tcs could not have been worse. I think they owe us an apology, and especially to oar chairman. 11r. J. H. Brain, for their very rii,"racefnl conduct. Such conduct if enacted b;.rsons in a 10" er walk of life would have tirie-i in an interview with our stipen- diary magistrate. I am. &-c., J. D. EVANS, Cardiff. Hon. Sec. Cardiff Cricket Club
SUNDAY CLOSING.
SUNDAY CLOSING. A NEW FORM OF EVASION. Amtter in the" Mid-Giuinorgan H..r"ld I in the iun'tnt week's i^sue:—" A '¡el\' phase 01 tvaoiou of rhe WoUh Sunday CWdUl At-t ba been brought u1Hlr In Tht- lumpy tiu ¡unitted UIl .-heix^iieiv have ujo A atop, in a great inea-uve. to their dis- graceful trafifc, and the Hotel de Marl raino to trrief tarly, as t'vt;>r."bot.ly txptcral; but th* ingenuity pi mankind ceasvth Hut. and w couple of wi, 111"11 irom the east (the Car. -¡iff end of this county) have devised l1 ntw method ro facilitate Sunday drinking. Tluy bn, 111 various par:s, .-tuftefl limited Hubilitv • »uip»nifs to cnablv thirsty o<:ml.. to slake their porchrd throat? by im>>ly joining the coinlmny. By e.^y oi preliminary. m-wu members fonu riie company, appoint a h"31'd "f directors, SMiil 'ssue shares in the Sunday Drink Facility tVsnpany (]imiH.d¡. The núHut lf each ,b.re is a mere ha¡:t..I1e--Z", 6d, a charts anù .,n1 a single ,¡,iilinc: called up. Put down .our bob' ami you can bt?(,o? a member forthwith, and ;UMTV>S Y.?,,If to h, t..k of ra,k emptying. 1 am t.ld that in of the Glanu.rganshire towns theiv is y. thrving trade •Jont < ;i Sum lays, and th i,rj-tor. are earn* ID large dl\'idnd" The only matter of sur, p,L7,? ?? that the Kezistrar of JointStfAjk Com- Jl3n; giv his consent to such a traffic, or that bbatarian* do not loudly complain. Who j»hall eay after this the Sunday Closing I A«Jt is not suroessful—in increasing the drink trolfi,' i mean."
THE LATE REV. W. DA VIES.
THE LATE REV. W. DA VIES. FUNERAL AT WAUNARLWYDD. On Thursday afternoon the funeral of the Rev. William Daviee, Baptist minister, who died on S..d.y morning, t.k place in the dat-,a?'l to Zion Welsh Baptist Chi?Mt. ,????,ation of sympathy and regret were vimb!e on aU bands, -d the large number of ministers and others who came to the bttrial wos proof of the respoct in which the departed Wall hold. Among those who atteflded the obsequies were the Revs. D. Thomas, Mount Zion W. T. Williams, bandore D. B. Richards. Brynhyfryd John Daries, Cadle D. C. Davie*, Resolvcn R. Lewis. Cefncoedparc D. Lewis, Llangyfelach Dr. Willia.1JI8, Memorial. Swansea; A. E. EYim. St. Barnabas, Waunarltvydd W. Headley, vicar. (,orHeinon: J. Davies, Kiilay D H. Hopkins. Pontardulais J. S. Hop'?L? OorlÔinl)n; E. Kdmunds. Bcthesda E. Ev¡.u, Baven Hill: W. D. Williams. Gowerton T. M. keed. Loughor J. D. Harries, Bonymaen; E. G. Davies. Dunvant D. R. levies, York D. O. Davies, Gowerton J. Beavan. Waunarlwydd In the ch&pel the service was conducted by the Rev, Iaaac Thomas. Caersalem Newydd. Swan. sea, and ,,¿¿reiseH were delivered by the follow- nig ministers :—Tne Revs. J. D. Harries, Lian- ilamlet; D, K. Williams. Gowerton D, H. Hopkins. Pontardulais E. Evans, Raven Hill J. Reed, lougoor R. Lewis. Llangyfelach J. Davies, Fforcstfach D. R. Davies. York Place t. Edmunds, Bethesda: W. Williams. Laadore and p. B. Richards, Brynhyfryd. The coffin, which w", of polished oak, mounted with bras* fittings, bore the following inscription :— WILLUM DAVIES, Died Deoembor 17th, 1893, Agod 59 years. The funeral procession was the largest ever in the district, and extended all the way irom the house to the chapel. A subscription list h., OOen opened to erect a tablet to the memory of the deceased, and it is understood the luneral expenses will be defrayed by the conere- pation.
THE LATH MR. OCTAVIUS MORGAN,…
THE LATH MR. OCTAVIUS MORGAN, OF NEWPORT. A beautiful memorial brass tias just been ereced in St. Wojios Church. Newport, to the mtmory of the late Mr. Octavius Morgan, of The Friar?. Newport, who represented the county of Monmouth in Parli ament for 30 years, and W[O Wa \videiy known B a mot eminent Mtiqa?ri?n. Th? br?s is surmounted by 'niamental work on which are engraved the A47?* of deceased, with full quarteringH, in Mdition to his motto- Si dens nohisium. quis and bears the following inscription :—" In memory of Charles Octavius Swinnerton lforgiLT). of The Friars, in this parish. Fourth •w -i Sir Cbarleo, Morgan, second Baronet of Teoegur. Bom at Kaling September 15 1803' Melted at 'S,!h.?l and at Chriat- ??. ?'ford, where he gr?du?ted M.A. in 1826- A M)ow of the Royal Society and of the ?'<ty ot Antiquaries. A Justice of the Pe?e '"d?D.L. for t')M county, ?served in i*M!HaiTnt fr?m February, 1341. to January, 1874 H,? ii,d at The Fr??,r., An?t 5. 1888, ?WMbnried in r°degar vault at, Ba-isal- ? 1, ¡Lonel(itbft bOr:¡?¡; ia":rt:,jy Th;, „ i°ne 't h m ? border of ).k te?vos. The wOl'k .< deig-ned and executed by Messrs. ?'? ?d'?o.?'o'f ''??str.e?''r?t 1-?,. w.. wb. h?e revived instrtieHons to ëhI:' Preli"?l? tablet in B?saite?
SLDDEN DEATH OF 'IMR. COUNCILLOR…
SLDDEN DEATH OF MR. COUNCILLOR R. BIRD, COWBRIDGE. '?"o'-?ird. ironmonger. &c., died \vSSa i • („. residence, Cowbridge, on J?*"?'?'-?"t! ??ppe?th?t'the oeco?ed genticm?n retired to bed at his nsu?t ho'll', Md on rad¡jng his room w&s heM'd to fU. and expired before assi?tunce could Mnve. ditL cau8 £ of il t?'?? to be he?rt ?d? ae. ?M, r. Bird, who w.? one of the oldest .d.t ^^pected t""le.men in the b"/n, WM °°?OTemberlrctumedMamemh(.roftl)e ?oag!t conhcit for the tirst t i me. He took ?n 'nter(.t in the we?are of the town and its ???'" ''?'y the Y.?g men, to whoo "t'tnt<. he "a a larc contributor and active ?'?''? ?'<'?° m.?th., ?o he placed h??'. ?=d, .? of a I committee the sum of ef:n;t n:J>tl oo:i:itr; \gnJ' ?-adin.- ?d recreation-rooma furh;nr.tiüe town." Mt?h'??' ?fy "exprJ"e<1 with the fricn"s R"Ù rlu.t: 7es crftk uecea"ed in their E&d bereavement, and hi« Y "the town, not only &R a kind aud In(;l"l'; inhabitant, hue also as a p.blic man, he lI"J.u\j1.
THE STROUD MURDER. I
THE STROUD MURDER. I EXECUTION AT GLOUCESTER. I .f At eidbt o'clock Th-.d.y, in the precincts ef her Ma j esty's pr son, Gloucester, tb, l?,t "eeuo of the notorious Stroud p-ri,,?de C"HO .?. enacted by the execution of Frederick Wynd- nam, 45 years of age, btitcher. Ilit. lin^ton, of Bolton, was engaged by the sheriff a" hangman, and, as on the occasion ot his previous visit to the city on a errand, be was accompanied by Scott, of Hud- derefield. They reached Gloucester from the North on Wednesday afternoou, and on arrival at the goal, where they stayed the night, com- pleted the preparations for the task before them. In the morning the usual crowd a; ambled outside FREDERICK WYNBHAM. the prison to scrutinise th" arrivals aua watch for the hoisting of the black ftav. The chimb and prison bells had commenced tolling when the officials and others whose duty it wa to witness the execution pased within th prisou wall". These included pressmen and a. dozen policemen, under Mr. Phillpott, who took lip positions a few pa';es from the drop. The scaffold, with rope depending from cross-beam and trap door in position, concealing the deep vaut, looked as awe-inspiring ns ever, while those whose unenviable lot it was to manipulate the instrument of death busied them- selves in making everything in readiness for the victim. A few minutes before eijvht the under- sheriff (Mr. Coren), the gaol chaplain (the Kev. J. H. Johnson^, and Billington procecded to the condemned cell, where the under-sheriff formally delivered its unhappy inmate over to the hangman, who pilliOlwd his arms, The funeral procession then descended the staircase leading to the gallows. First Cllme the chaplain in full canonicals, read- ing the burial service, then the under sheriff the culprit, warders, and the ban-man. On emerging into the yard Wyndham exclaimed to the warders. No then said. I wish you all good-bye. I should like to kill that before I die." As the rope was put round his neck he said, Ready." The white cap was pulled over his face, when he again ex- claimed, Good-bye." The bolt was then pulled, and the body descended into tho pit. Death appeared to be instantaneous. The cut- prit slept well, and refused to see the chaplain. After the execution the officials and pressmen signed n declaration as witnesses of the u-rying out of the sentence. The execution jard was then cleared, and after the body had hung an hour it was taken down and placed in acotfiu to await the inquest. CULPRIT'S LAST MOMENTS. it is pieasnig to lwar, writes our l-1-1()uester correspondent, that two days previous to the execution, a great change came over the wretched man and, thanks to the ministrations of and kindness shown by the Rev. J. H. John- son. tlw c;:i.1.ptlin and the Rev. Canon 11owcrs, diocesan missioncr -tho latter of Wh01U took a great deal of interest in the culprit 'Wyudham showed (!onziderabit appreciation of thir UHitcd efforts to make the 1.?t hours he had to ?pe??,t e.?i?th a little happi"r, Tlw Rev Canon Bowers was particularly impl'.seJ by the man's inteHig-ence and k??? perception of his terrible position, and in an interview b :n::¡ll; :l' :ll t'l':po;:rfl'i: I "Wednesday night admitted there was mach to admire in the mau's ehamctcr. Wyudham had expressed himself as being quite prepared to die and had not the least dread of meeting his fato. He freely admitted the truth of all that had been told him with reference to the preparations he ought to make before being launched into eternity, hut remarked the worthy canon did not appear to quite realise the fact that it was imperative on his part to beg for forgiveness. In con versa-tioll gbont his deceased mother he showed, with evident pride, a letter he had received from his sister Susan. in which she s1 ated that before her death his mother said, "Fred (the oalprit) was always a good son. and has never given me a JUG. ment's unhappiness." On showing this eloquent token of his mother's regard the poor fellow wept bitterly, and for some time refused to be comforted. His little danhter had sent him a written copy of the hymns" Jesus of Nazareth" and "Just as I am, without one ploa," a cir- cumstance he admitted had gone straight to his heart, so much so that, pointing to the paper, ho said, "Thi". sir. shall be placed next mv heart when 1 am put into the coffin." At the foot of: the paper were several crosses, denoting 1:i"ses, and the signature "Emily," On taking leave of the Rev, Canon Bowers he shook him warmly by the hand, and over and over again expressed his warmest thanks for the kindly counsel that gentleman bad given him. On Wednesday afternoon his si-ter Susan paid him a final visit, the interview being a lengthy one. | STEANGE CONDUCT. The case has from the first been remarkable tor the utter callousuess of the prisoner, an eccentric individual ,?ll. knowii in the f,;ttst f f?)r his strange conduct at election time, For years he has heen looked on aH a leader in all election procession, aucl demonstrations in his native town of Stroud, he, in 18S6, on the successful return of tbe jato Mr. George Hollo- way in the Conservative interest, being the individual who triumphantly led an ox round the district preparatory to its being roasted at the rejoicings in Lypiatt Park, the seat of Sir John Dorington, M.P. whilst, on the occasion of the funeral of the late Mr. A. B. Winter- botham, M.P., in September. 1892. he gained considerable notoriety by firing cam.on from an eminence near Stroud durin? tho funeral, and afterwards walked about the "t",)t, in a white sheet, with a Bible under his arm, and l'ceited severnl passages of the Burial Service. He also at one time applied for the post of public hangman, and was among a dozen selected for final selection for the gruesome post. These facts show what a remarkable character tho man vssos8ed, although up to thc? time he committed *• crime fhoEhP ¿, t11Sa;e bOemiJeI:u: penalty he wa never looked on as a man of violence. STORY OF THE CRIME. James YY yndham, the murdered man, wa. a farmer, living at Frampton-plaoc, a farm not far from the Great Western main line, between Gloucester and London, and near the Sapperton Tunnel. His farm. which was of considerable extent, reached to Oakridge, in tho direction of Bisley. His wife, the mother of the prisoner, and hi. brothers and sisters, had diell Home two or three years ago. and he seemed to have taken into his house, as a housekeeper, a mn.rri0lt woman of the name of Mrs. Mills, who was thought by the pris01ler, and very likely with justice, to have been living in immoral relations with the father. No doubt the prisoner felt that vory Mute1,v, At the time of the alleged murder the p?i employed b.Hti? to Mr. William P.vS ?n?o? mer chant, of Stroud, who also farmed the Abbey Farm, close to tiw town. The prisonùr hw.1 arranged with Mr. Farrar that they were to meet at Stroud, and drive over to his (prisoner's) father's place for some ehootiug on October 19. Accordingly Ir, Farrar met tho prisoner just outside the town, "niÍ they drove, accompanied by Mr. Farrar's brother, to Bisley, where they stopped at the New Inn, kept by Mr. Skinner, and where Susan Wyudham, sister of the nri- soner. was staying at the time. Mr, Farrar and the priEiOIWr got out of the trap ud had some rc- freshments. and prisoner had a conversation with his sister Susan, in whieh it appeared that reference was made to a circumstance which occurred some little while before; in which the father had attemptcdto drive over his daughter. • Mr. Farrar seemed to have been impressed with the dememlOllr of the prisoner after he had that conversation with his sister, and while on the way to shoot over his father's land some- thing wati said about a lawyer's letter whicb the si.sier had caused to be sent to the father, arid after that conversation prisoner seemed to he considerably irritated ..ith bis father. Mr. Farrar and the prisoner then drove through Bisley, having borrowed a gun of Mr. Ski1mer, and on t" Oakrifl^c. On the way to his father's house they s:< ;pad at the Butchers' Arms, Oakridge, where tony had a little more refr", limeri t. the trap at the inn, they went on the land of prisoner's father, and when near the upper part of the ground they saw Jaine<> Wyndham with some of his men digging potatoes in an open fi"l I is:n ;{ehfsi :>d fi:;)S"' the field near to whtre the father war., but the pri- soner did not acem inclined to speak t,.) hi. father. Mr. Farrar went and spoke to him, and asked prisoner if he were not going- to do the .same. and he afterwards went and bad fwn1C conversa- ti., with h;, father, appearing, so far a. Mr. Farrar conM ree, to he quite triond)y, and si):ue of tho words wi,i?l? heard, and the f.th(?r .?d to c harge tho .on with being drunk, saying, .Fred, you are drunk, I am sorry to seo you in this condition." and the f?n replied that ho was drunk. Reference appoarcl to b.,? been made t. Mrs. Mills, -,i ftF'(hiJ;thta'¿i¡':¿r :;{ -to time, prisori  r and bis f"tl, were coming to blows, an d h ?.t between them. TiuJleo s;:t.Cd:l:dC Mr. Farrar and Hlc prisoner went towards v, here tie trap "iti?g fof them, the former's brother h.?in,- fetched it from the But,hors' Arm.. TL, father opened tho gate to )"t them out, and pi!i?oner went back &&in although Mr. F.T. uw to ii,?Wi ?" PriMner said, "I will shoot the- aiiti cxpressed very violent feelings against Mr., Mille, Prisoner went back towards where his father was with the men, and as Wyndham senior eame through tho hedge to meet his son the latter was heard to say, "lwill | shoot yon," and with that he raised his gun to his shoulder and fired. Ho discharged the gun witiiin a foot or two, apparently, of his father, shooting him first in the collar or i neck on the right side, inflicting such a wound as in itself would have been enough to eause almost illstantauoou8 death. A Intm name d Stephens, who had been w.,ki.g ,ith 'I',l:t'l'la:n 'ei(\ï:.fn\t shot, jumped up on the "haft of a cart to see what it was, uu thou he saw deceased's hilt fall off. The father did not immediately fall, but there was another shot discharged, and the pri- soner, still aiming from the shoulder ut his father, and as close to him as before, discharged the other barrel right into hi, father's right dwst. inflicting seeond wound, which in itself must have been fatal. Mr. Farrar, horror- struck, did not go up to her. the dece!18cd was lying—he then being some twenty yards off—and prisoner almost immediately said, Now, I have shot lilY father, I'll blow my own brains out," He thell went into the road aud repeated the sentence to a womun, afterwards getting into the trap with Mr. Farrar and his brother, and asked to be driven to where his sister was stay. ing before giving himself up to the police. At Hish-y he met his sister and told her he had murdered his father for her sake, and expressed hi, willingness to die for her. The party then drove tu the police-station, where prisoner gave himself up. Ht) was, letter in 1he evening, taken to Stroud, where he signed H, confos- 3io1l of thu erimc. A pathetic incident in centledioll w lth the ""I.d1a;r W:18 the faith. fulness of tho man's sheep-dog who. 011 tho police going to the field were thc body lay, was fouud guarding the lifeless hodyof its master, and it was with considerable difficulty that it could be induced to leave the field. New. of the murder so«mspread, and that evening formed tho main topic of conversation in Stroud, a tremendous crowd assembling at the police- station awaiting prboner's arrival with Superintendent Harrison and two other oflicers. Recognising acquaintances in the crowd, Wyndham, on entering the station, turned round and said, Good night, all, I've done my duty." Next day he was formally remanded, and at the inquest, held two days afterwards at the Butchers' Arms, Oakridge, a verdict of Wilful murder" was returned against Frederics Wyndham, whilst at the subsequent magisterial inquiry, at which his conduct was, in the circumstances, very extraordinary, he was committed to the assizes. On being brought up before tho Stroud magis- trates for formal remand the day following the commission of the crime, Wyndiuun gave tixtrt- ordinary evidence of his utter iudiiierence by the manner in which he eonduoted hillle1f. On leaving the court, under escort, he chcerily bade all Good morning," and during the journey to Gloncester laughed aud joked with his guard. On the conveyance in which he bad been driven from the station being pulled up at tho county gaol he remarked, noticing several nuwboY8 I amongst the crowd, The papers will sell well to. night," whilst his conduct in gaol wa. considered little short of marvellous by those whose duty it was to look after him. He repeatedly told them that what he had done was purely a matter of duty, and nothing would induce him to ask for forgiveness, as it would be but cowardice on his part wore ho to do so, con- sidering that lie was not at all sorry for what be had done. On being taken by road to Stroud to again appear before the magistrates, he told hi" escort that he would ask the ouvhorities to allow hila to dig hi OW11 grave, and he was only sorry that the execution was not that morning. During the trial he asked permission to leave the room whilst the woman Mrs. Mills,'alleged to have been the cause of the crime, (ftYe her evidence, his request, of coursa, being refused. When iNIrzi. Mills came into the room he gave proof of the hatred he bore her by repeatedly hissing, aud at the con. elusion of lWf evideJ1"e exeitcdly exclaimed, Let me get at her for two minutes, and I'll tear her limb from limb, I could eut her to pieces. Nothing io too bad for her. She'd better jump into the canal and drown herself." He Wus committed for trial at the aSHize8, and sen- fenced to death by Mr. Justice Cave. His condnct on being sentenced was remarkable, he maintaining the ut."?,t composure, and l',Yil?l quite calmly, ?b,,?? ""ked by the clerk of arraigns, what he had to say why the court should not, according to law, gire sentence of death, "I should like to kill the woman, sir," His lordship then pronounced sentence of death in the usual way, and expressed a hope that during the time he yet had to live he would repent for what he had done. Prisoner defiantly interrupted his lorship by remarking that he should not repent of killing his father. Before leaving the comt he tlmnked hiH lordship, und, tnrning to the crowded gallery, said, *4 Good-bye, 1111 of you. Thedateoftheexecution Wit. fixed the same afternoon, aud Mr. J. W4 Corcu, the 1Iwlcr-sheriff,visited the oOHdemned eel1, allll told the wretched man that at eight a.m. on the morning of December 21 the sentence would be carried out. Wyndham coolly thanked Mr. Coren, and asked if it would not be best off a little e?lier, as three weeks was a long time to wait. His wife and daughters visited him on the following* Monday, the interview being a painful one. tbo prisoner ".king them not to t?om? again. After thi hiH deme?our bemm? much quieter, and he offered no objection to the daily presence in the eell of the chaplain, although for some time ho resolntely refused to express contrition. The rope used for the execution was from Holloway Prison, London, and was, to all appearances, of similar quality to the one used for the execution of Manning but nine months ago. Mindful of the question asked by lIIe, Vanghan Williams, M.P., after the last execution its to the truth of the report that the eondemncd man was hanged in full sight of his newly-dug grave—a statement open to the graypt doubt, liS wa" afterwards proved by Major Knox allowing a press representative to test the point by standing on the -caffold —• the authorities had boarded off the railingH separating the burial-yard from the enclosed ground iti which the scaffold was erected, the wretched man thus being unable to sec even the 1.?.lity f his future resting-place. PREVIOUS V-XLCUTIONS. Since the year 1786 no fewer than 133 criminals h.?, been hanged ?t Gloucester, the following being a complet" record of those hom St?.,?d Ii?,t,i,t :— os ru:: GA1.LOWS ,\1' OVEH. 1786. April 21.—W. Matthews, 45, stealing, Min cliinbanipton. 1789.- August 3.-C. Brassington, 22, m, Hftreecombe. August 19.-G Dalby, 20, rape, Stroud ON TH £ DttOl* OVER TBF. GAot. LODGE. 17. -J,,Iy 30.—J. Comock, 3-1. sheep-slealiug, N,u Nibl.y. 3800.—March 29.-J. Parsons, 27, shcep.tealing, llbley, August 16,-J. Stephens, 33, cutting cloth, Mhichinbiunpton. 1801. April 13.—T. Partridge, 36, sheep-stealing, Standish. 1827.—April 28.—R. Matthews, 21, shooting Rodborough; W, Birt, shooting, Hodborougfc. 1329.—April 18.— M. Pinnell, 34, and H. Pinuell, 28, robbery with \.iolcnce, Estcourt. ISSO.—Aprit 19.—T. Cox, 50, murder, Bisley. 1831. -April 16.—J. Bk)?ett, 22, attompM tunrder, Minehinlmmpton. 21 slioo in" Bi ley, }-Ihwhinhnmptou. I .Parsons, 21, burglary, Nùrth NiMey and August 30, Chu'lotte Lon, 33 AICKJD, North Nible.r. i835.-Ap?il 21.-1? N,,rd?., 2,3, ?h..ti?,g, Bi?ley. PRIVATE ONS INI.IJE THK GAOL. February 17, 1887.Edward Pritchard, 20. murder, Bisley. December 21, 1893-—i\ Wyudham, 45, parricide, Stroud. WILL OF THK MURDEHfciK MAN". The will of J. Wy.db.?., of Frampton- plac", O.k?:idg?, tbe personality being returned .t n66 0. Id., proves the suspicions of his son .reHtI,lt'ïill',e thSh:e¿'l hd induced him to make over his property to her to be groundless. The whole of the property is left for equal division between his children, and the Baine of Mr., Mills, alleged to be the cause of the crime, is not mentioned. The will was made "Ollie time after his wife's decease.
A TRAIN ROBBED BY MASKED MEN.
A TRAIN ROBBED BY MASKED MEN. A Keuter's t'leg' from New Y.,I? says :— A dispatch from Dayton states that the Southern Pacific Company's exprcss train was stopped by a gang of masked men between Dayton and Liberty. A man named Richardson in charge of the treasure car, refused to give up the key of the safe, and was immediately shot dea d The robbers then wont on with their work, and having secured all the booty they could got clear away. The actual amount they secured has not yet been ascertained.
A PRIEST'S MOTHER MURDERED.
A PRIEST'S MOTHER MURDERED. A DalzieTs telegram from Brussels say. :A horrible crime Wit" committed at the house of a priest named Dubois at Ronto, near Charleroi, on Wednesday, while Father Dubois was in the church celebrating Mas", On his return to his houise, which was next door to the church, he was horrified to find his mother had been brutally murdered. The perpetrator of the crime is unknown.
- - - -A NEW BANK FOR BARRY
A NEW BANK FOR BARRY Weare informed that the directors of the County of GloucoHter Bank Co (Limited) havo just, 8eCltrc.t nn extent of conveniently situated land iu Thompson-street, Barry Dock (nearly ?pp.,it Lloyds Bank), for the purpose of e??,?t- inc new and more commodious }mw"h premises t,g It is expected that the proposed new central post,o!!ico for the district will be erected em a 8it immediately adjoining
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IS THERE A WELSH STYLE I IN…
IS THERE A WELSH STYLE I IN ARCHITECTURE? THE ORIGIN OF THE CIRCULAR I METHOD. THE ARCHDRUID SPEAKS FROM HIS OWN CHAIR." TO THK EDITOR OF THE 14 WSSTERN HAIL," ME,lh9re is something so strikingly self- contradictory in Mr. Frank Bright s letter that it is well to call attention to it without delay. He admit, that I asserted the Wolsh stylo of architecture is "il'cl//<1/ and then, alwost in the same breath, aSMeris that I admit Wales nevJr had a style of architecture of its own." I am surprised that anyone sitting in the "Chair of St. Peter should utter such twaddle. It would be characteristic of St, Peter to utter impulsive nonsense, and immediately after to admit his mistake and to apologise for it. But St. Peter's own transparent honesty, even in the midst of conflicting ideas, is what endears him to us all. But here is one sitting in the chair of the Apostlo--o"e who is called both" Frank" and "Bright"—who condescends to do what Aristotle calls petitio jtrincdpii, or, in English, begging the question, to sustain his error! He asscrts that I admitted a certain proposition whioh I never admitted, and then uses his assumed proposition to establish his conclusion. That conduct on the part of Mr. Frank Bright i" unworthy of St. Pet?r's Chair! Mr, Frank Bright Htated that W.I?. has no style of architecture of its own. 1 "nrm that statement i. unfounded, and that the Welsh style of architecture is the earliest in the world. It is a tsacrcd style, .?id waH associated with tha earliest pious tenets of mankind. The principal speoimen of that extremely ancient Welsh circular style still standing in Britain is Stone- henge, the "Côr Gawr," or the Choir of Giants, Wiltshire. It is true that that particular struc- ture is almost oval in shape, so "a to some what reBemhle an egg split horizontally. That form of Stonehenge was, doubtless, the very earliest departure from the strictly circular structures of the early world. We know that the circular style of temples and human habitations was .ad, in imitation of the supposed shape of the :h btto:foIi h:¡:d Î:t1 Welsh straw beehive we have an exaot representation of the earlier style. It is customary among the Welsh to this day to place under a beehive, as a support, a threedegged stool, thus /| The circular beehive symbolised the round earth above the rational horizon, and the tripod supporting it, the Adiais or Atlas, of the Word of tV"C?li, ust.i??i,?g the fbri,? f the earth over the I,Y.s. This formation is what the Prophet I..ib alludes to in the words, It is He that sitteth on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as" grasshoppers: that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as It lent to dwell in." And King Solomon, personifying wisdom, puts these words into its mouth: *JWhen Ho prepared the henvens, I was the, when Ho set a compass (circle in Welsh) "upon the face of the deep." AVc) have Homer, 3,000 years ago, in his Iliad (Book X VIII.) describing the earth's circle, above the rational horizon, under the figure of the shield of Achilles, and the Creator completing the circular earth or shield is thus described h Thus the broad shield complete the Artist crowned With his hist hand, and poured the ocean round." Theil, describing the face of the earth ns an impression of the wisdom of God, the bard writes There shone the Image of the Master Mind! That" Image" or reflection of Divine wisdom, mirrored by the face of the earth, is personified by the face of Medusa, with serpents in her hair. That face is shown aft circular in shape. The, same circular earth is shown, symbolically, by the circular hollow seat in whkh the naked virgin sat. surrounded with laurel, on the tripod ascending out of the miraculous ?.?e at Delphi. Observe what Delphus ig.iti(?.. And, astound- ing to relate, the jaine circular seat and cave are Meen in the grotto or cave, clllled" stable" in our translation, and the "manger" at Bulhlehem! Thus the circle and the manger symbolbed 1he whole carth "s tho cradle of i% The W ord made flesb"! "What It sublime and amazing idea One of the symbolical cradles" still rocks" on Pontypridd Common Are our despised cromleaehs, on tripods still, symbols of that cradle, given to the forefathers of IlIlHlkiuù, and were those for fathers Kymry ? They were the Cimbri and Hyperboreans who are said by the Greeks themselves to have first founded the Oracle of Delphi. I ask the solemn quostloa in the character of successor in the line of Archdruids of tisyilwg, who presided in the Circle of Arthur at Caerlleon-on-Usk, and be(oro that at Abri and Stonehenge. In the foregoing I have endeavoured to show tho significance of the circular style of Welsh architecture, its extreme antiquity and its su.credne"s, I thought everybody knew the houses of the inhabitants of France in the time of Julius Caesar were circular. and that, inas- much as Caesar states the houses of the Welsh- Britons were built like those of France, and that the inhabitants of France were the disciples of the Britons, everybody would agree the houses in Britain were circular, and that the style origtruited with the British teachers. Mr. Frank Bright states correctly-and we thank him for condescending to be correct in something-" The rude Zulu and the Red Indian indulge in the luxury of a circular dwelling." We have also in Wales circular stone pig-styes—generally whitewashed—after the old circular style of Welsh architecture. But there is some difference between the Zulu kraal, the Red Indian habitation, and the Welsh pig-styes and the glorious architectual style of Stonehenge and tho index it affords to the leesons of history and 0: prc-histoncttimes. Let me, in conclusion, state the earliest circu- lar style in Britain is described as Cyclopean, and the later Roman, after General Agricola by kin itiethods did what the force of the whole of i«.L- Jioiuan Empire had failed to do, namely, toleiMi the Romans in Wales. Both the graves and HiO ll10unds of worship of the Ancient Britons are reund. Aye, in the stirring words of that glorious Welshwoman, Mrs. Hemans, Wales is Where the carnedd on the lonely hill B-. silent record f the ight3- tiLl!" —I a.m. &c., MORIEN. Ashgrove, Treforest.
SALE OF WORK AND CHRISTMAS…
SALE OF WORK AND CHRISTMAS TREE AT CARDIFF. On Wednesday aftemoon a sale of work (and in conjunction with it a Christmas Tree) took place in Mount Tabor Primitive Methodist Chapel, Cardiff. The proceedings were opened by Coiincillor Andrews, who wa. introduced by Councillor Ramsdale, and supported by Alder- men D. Lewis and David Jones, the ex-mayor (Mr. W. E. Vanghan), Mr, Sutherland, and others. Subscriptions and donations were sent by Alderman Richard Cory, and Councillors E. Thomns and Herbert J. Cory. The affair was a deoided success, and in the result a substantial sum will be handed over to the chapel funds.
CUSTOM-HOUSE MONEYI GONE.
CUSTOM-HOUSE MONEY I GONE. A GOVERNMENT AGENT GOING THROUGH THE BOOKS. A telegram from New York says :— It is stated that irregularities to the amount of m-Y million dollars have been disoovered at the N,?w York Cnstcms-house. A N el '?,1, agent of etl: lfndk s':eG-nthD for "orne time past, with a view to having the matter thoroughly investigated.
THE RICHARDSON DIVORCEI SUIT.
THE RICHARDSON DIVORCE SUIT. VERDICT OF THE JURY. I At tho resumed heating of Irs, divorce petition on Thursday Mr, Cohbett, hue. hand of Mrs. Cabbett, intervener, said that when in London his wife was never absent from bim without he knew where site was. This concluded the (.vidence, The jury found that Mr. Eiohardseu had been guilty of cruelty, bnt that he had not committed adultery with Mrs. Cobbett. The jury found the respondent had, however, committed adul- tery with a person unknown. His lordship granted the decree nisi.
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWNI LIVERPOOL…
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN LIVERPOOL SHIPOWNER. Information has reached Liverpool of the Inform..tion has reaohed Liverpool of the S), et} :;n E:iv:pofbf:p¡:: firm of Kichardson, SfhoIT:1 Company, managing di,?,t.r. f th..?d Inter- national Steamship Company, and owners of the Atl..ti? liners New Y.?k and P-i?-11 plying be- t:t¿Ÿr"1 suti; P:, Pg:d caught a chill while attending a launch at Glasgow, and was unable to return home. He was director of ntimerou? l1ubli companies.
I A CARDIFF VESSEL ASHORE.…
A CARDIFF VESSEL ASHORE. A Lloyd's telegram says The steamer Dewsland, of Cardiff, from the Black Sea, grounded in the Fle?t?ood Chaimel on Thu?.I day. She remains in a position considered dan- gerous.
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Annie Carney, of Barry Dock, was charged at Bari-y Dock Polioe-court on Thursday with damaging the window of a cell to which she was taken at tie Central Police-station.—Inspector Bees said the wom= was brought to th? police- Atation on the 16th inst. and placed in one of the mUs Tt was afterwards discovered that she had broken eleven panes of the cell window, value 6s.—Defendant, who is well-known to the police, was ordered to pay the damage, and also 10s. and costs, or seven days' hard labour. Rou,ù on Corn' for bard or soft co? Bd at .Obemixts. Buclifc-Pfcib." care* ftli Kidney comol*int«. -?.M.?Chtxt?t. *? ?&0 3 Sudtite&Ef Sttnrased. 0,#< HEBM Co MPANYS EXTRAer orBm FINEST MEAT FUIYOURI3NFG STOCK. M isjly| j FOR SOURS js.aUC £ £ JUtD MADE DISHES 40 ==- THIS SIONATURE IN BLUE ON EAC AR 1"he yal Beef..t. heralding fh, arrival = ofa cargo of W1 Liebig Company s Extractof Beef
GLAMORGAN COUNTYI COUNCIL.
GLAMORGAN COUNTY I COUNCIL. MEMORIAL IN SUPPORT OF THE NEATH TRAMWAYS COMPANY. The quarterly meeting of the Glamorgan Count.y Cù!1Ucil was held at Neath on Thursday, .,?dor the presidency of Lord Swansea. There was a full attendance of members. VOTES OF CONDOLENCE. Before tb. ordinary business of the ?ti.g C0:e Mr. wifii, willi..I. ) moved" vote of condolence with the family of the late Alderman William Jones (Ynysybwl).— The vote was carried unanimously.—A vote of condolence with the family of the late Councillor J. S. Gibbon (Cowbridge) waa also adopted. MEMORIALS FROn NEATH AND 8KETTY. Mr. J. 11. KOWLAND presented a memorial1 from the inha.bitnut8 of Neath, a.õkingthe council j to suspend the penalties imposed at Neath; County Policc-court on Friday laet upon the Neath Tramway Comp"n,V until April next. On his motion the memorial was referred to the roads and bridges committee for consideration. Councillor Wm, Sim« said that he had a memorial to present from the parish of Llansamlet in opposition to a proposal to aiter the electoral division, but he did not know that it w? nece8Hary to present it, because the Local Government Board had deoided in their favour.—The Chairman acquiesced, and the matter dropped. A memorial from Porth, praying for the ercction of apolice-courtatPortn, was referred to the joint police committee.—A memoriol was presented by Sir Robert Morris for the formation of road at Sketty at a cost of about £ 50, of which X15 had been locally subscribed, and was referred to the roads and bridges committee. MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY ROADS, Aiderm? MEGGITT took exception to the re- ,?.M.d.tio n of the r?ds and biidges com- a i tt£c that it ?.a desirable to ?oti..? the present system of management of the main roads by contracting with various district and local board. for another year, but after a long dis- cmsion the recommendation of the committee was adopted. CONTRIBUTION TO HIGHWAYS. It was decided after a short discneeion that the council should not contribute towards the Pontypridd and Hafod road until it was suffi- ciently widened and the tramway made safe for vehicular traffic. THE TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE. A protracted discussion took place respect- ing the decision of the technical instruction committee not to subsidise pupil teachers' classes held in connection with the Llanwonno and YBtradyfodwg Board Schools. Their decision was, however, upheld.—Ultimately tbL rwommendation wae adopted, as was the report itself. THE PUBLIC ANALYST. Mr. RICHARD MOURIS moved that a ?lau?(? of the local government committee the appointment of the public anaiy.t of the county to the ffi. of I r icaltu?.1 ly??t f the county, and the fee of Me. 6d. proposed to be paid him for mch analysis, be oin: ? from the report, with a view to t. h: ¡;íi:C:I;tt:ni; in 0 o: vi(?t? of tho council.-The amendment W.8 lost, and the report adopted. THE BUTE DOCKS BILL. The report of the sanitary committee was adopted, excepting the clause recommending the council to support any clause in the Bute Docks Bill that strengthened the law against river pollution, provided such powers were general, and not confined to a private company, which was referred to the Parliamentary committee of the council. This concluded the business, the notices of motion being postponed until the next meeting.
CARDIFF TRAMWAYS I COMPANY.
CARDIFF TRAMWAYS COMPANY. PROVIDENT AND SICK FUND. A meeting of the committee of the provident and sick fund in connection with the Cardiff Tramways Company's employes was held at the Tramway Office, Bnte-atreet, (??dift, wi Thursday, Mr. K. B. Goodyer presiding.—The annual balance- sheet of h sick fnnd, ubmitted by the treasurer, -bowed that dwin6? the year the receipts amounted to S407 4B. Id. and the expenditure R285 10s. 9d., leaving a balance of C,2, 13s. 4d. The provident fund balance- sheet showed that during the year the members had paid in zE551 5s., which, together with the interest accruing at the bank and t? interest pid by the ?..p..y, made a total of £574 Sa, 10d, During the same period £91 Is. 3d. had been re-funded to the members, leaving a balance of E483 48, 7d. for distribu- tion, each member receiving an average of xi 108. ——
MARRIAGE AT CARDIFF. I
MARRIAGE AT CARDIFF. OARDELL-CLODE, A very prilty wedding was solemnised on Thursday morning at St. Mary's Church, Car- diff, between Mr. George Cardoll. manager of the Imperial Restaurant (Barry's), Cardiff, and Miss Annie Clode, daughter of Mr. Fred Clode, West Bute-street, Cardiff. The contracting parties are both well known in the town, and there were, in consequence, a large number present at the church. The bride was given away by her father, and was attended by Alin. Edith Clode as bridemaid. Mr. Edward Cardell acted as best man. At the conclusion the newly-married pair left for Lon- don and the South Coaet where the honeymoon will be a nt. Among the presents was a j magnificent pair of bronzes presented by the I members of tt e st&if, both bearing on the bases an inscription.
ICARDIFF PUPIL TEACHERS'I…
CARDIFF PUPIL TEACHERS' I SCHOOL. ANNUAL SOIREE. The second annual soiree in connection with the Cardiff School Board Pupil Teachers' School was held at the Cardiff Higher Grade School on Thursday. Early in the evening a concert was given, .0..isting of contributions by Misa Elk. É=:r..eo;f::Wltï:eï': bi:: Morgan, and the gle? party, after ,hicha-fame, enti tled Ici on Parle Francais," was success- à:sb;a.;=vs.i. ebar&e+?ws be'm fully ?:?.. by Mesa.. S. H. Esoott, W. EF Kendrick, F. Wilde, H. A. 'Co&Us, the MiMM H. Grant, E. Bull, and S. MilBom. Dancing and games were participated in, while in the lecture- room a waxwork entertainment and a lecture on zoology was given.
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- -_- - -CARDIFF CABS COMMITTEE.…
CARDIFF CABS COMMITTEE. I A meeting of the Cardiff Cabs Committee was held at the Town-hall on Thursday, when Alderman Yorath presided. The other members present were-Councillor8 E. Beavan, Comley, Good, Troullce (mayor I, Cory, John, Lewis, and Mr. McKenzie,-A ypecial report, compiled by I the head-constable on the prcHcllt service of trams and 'busses and the times kept, was read by the clerk.—It was decided that the conside- ration and deliberation on the report should be put? off until tho noxi meeting of the committee. An extract from the minutes of the Tramways' Special Committee, held on December 14, was read by the clerk, and it resolved that the Car- diff Cabs Committee be requested not, to grant any privilege to the tramway company with re ppcet either to trams or '1)1\86eS until further communication from this committee.—It was d- ,aide:! that the resolutIon be placcd on the minutes. #
MAESYCWMMER.
MAESYCWMMER. THE SOUTH WALES SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. SUMMER FIELD Ii ALL. On Tuesday, despite the inclemency of the weather, there was a large gathering of the parents and friends of the pupils atteuding the above school, on the occasion of the annual dis- tribution of certificates and prizes. This school was primarily established to provide for the daughters of those who wished them to be edu- cated at a boarding school in the country, at a moderate cost, a thoroughly good English education, with the usual accomplishments and it is quite evident that its esU blishment has been fully justified, as is shown by the steady 1 increase in the number of students, and that the school is destined well to fulfil its aim by providing a good high-class education is not only evidenced by the result or outeide examinations, but was strikingly illus- trated on Tuesday by the very large collection of work which was exhibited in the school con- cert-room. Many of the specimens of drawing.. paintings, leatherwork, needlework. &c., were exceedingly neat and artistic, and the owners clearly show great promise in the future. I Pleasantly situated on the slope of the hill just Ple", atnh' village of Maesycwmmer, protected from the north ,?,d east winds, the school can justly claim to be situated in one of the moat healthy and picturesque spots in South Wales. And in this respect it may be noted that the whole school has enjoyed practical immunity from the influenza and other epidemics which have uo largely prevailed in so many district. On Tuesday morning the Rev, H. Thomas, vicar of Ystra.d Mynach, kindly distributed the certificates and prizes the students were entitled to, and in addressing the students aDd others present 31r. Thomas spoke very highly of the thoroughness of the work that was being done at the school. He had taken considerable pains for some years to ascertain fully what this thoroughness meant, and could seriously and conscientiously say that there were very few private or public schools where tbe quality of the work done was more thorough than that which was carried out there. As an illustration of this, he referred to the fact that last year a larger number of students passed the College of Preceptors' examination, in all stages, from Summerfield Hall than from any other school in the whole of WaleB and Mon- mouthshire. And last week, again, the only girls who had taken the first class papers in the Cardiff Centre were students from that school. Those were facts which, he thought, could not be too widely known. In concluding, he congratulated Mrs, Jones upon having succeeded in drawing- towards her so efficient and zealous a staff of assistant-gover- nesses—a staff which, he felt sure, would do credit to many a school of far greater preten- sions.—The following is a list of the pupils who received certificates and prizes;, after which 1.11", Thomas distributed a large number of valuable books to the girls who had excelled in the various branches of the school examinational! work:— THBO»Y.—ELEMSMTAKY.—Miss Katie Protheroe, Tonypundy Miss Hannah J. Williams, Llangynidr Miss 'Ay. E, Pontypridd; Miss Winifred Evans, Brecon Miss Jeesie Scott, Cardiff; Bliss I Winifred Eickard, Griffithscfown Miss Blanche Wii- hams, D.wl?i.; Miss Edith Protheroo, Tonjptudy Miss Hannah J. Lewis, Gly.?.,?,,g Miss Annie Simpson, Cardiff; and Miss Florence E. J?.ki. Llansamlet. T. -JUNIOR PASS.—Prize, Miss Tegwedd Evans, Caerphilly; Miss Lizzie A. Israel, P..ty, rlj' !):r111Y M. g:ViliZPnYlt;:hssP; I Jones, LI;?.,], I;-i-? Etta.Collings, Maosycwm- mer; aud Miss Rosie Cuthbevtson, F.rth?.wi. THEORY.— JOKIOK Hmouns.-Miss I'oDie D.,ie., Newport, Mon. Miss Rachel Williams, Merthyr; 3,1 i Edith P-b,?t, V.,tg; Mi.?; F-.y Jenkins, Cadoxton Mi.- J?..i. Grier, N(w Tr?d,?&; Mi.. Elsie Honnsell. Bridport 5 Miss Lottie D?ies, Pont. ardul.i.; ..d Mi,, Minnie Houus .H, Bridp?ti PIANOFORTE. JUNIOR. Miss Lizzie A. Israel, P..t3,.dd Miss Margaret M. Owen, T-?dyrhi?; MI. Kosie Cutlibertson, Porthcawl; DE. T??-?d(I Evans, Caerphilly Mi' "t", Collings, Mn8y.wm' mer; Mise Jessie 8?.tt, Cardiff; Mis. Blanche Williams, Dowlais Miss Mary Jones, LlandysBul; Miss Gwenllian Richards, Pontypridd and Master Idris Jones, J\úe.ycwmmer, PIAMOFPRTK.- INTKBMKDIATI:.—Priee, Miss Siua M, Davies, enygfaig; 2Aiss Pollie Davies, Newport, Davies, Mi.. Edith Pr.b.?t, V.rt?g; Mi.. Mary i John, Cymmer; Mis Btchel Williams, Merthyr; Miss Katie Jarvis, Swansea; Miss Gerty Yendo)l, IJlanhUicth; Mi,s Lizzie Seaborne, Hengoed; Mise Ett. ?.bert., B?.ry P.rt ;Mi.. Eli?! H-,?.11, Brid- port and Miss May Roberts, Cardigan. PIANOPORTE.—AnvANCBD B'EYIOR.—Miss Madge Hughes, Aberdare, SIKGlNu.-Mi.. Lottie Davies, Pontardulais; Miss Lal Price, Llanddewi-Brefi; and Miss Katie Jarvia, SwauGtm THE DIPLOMA OF A.L.C.M.—Miss Lucy Davies, The Glyn, New Quay, lyii, New $0 l?EGE, LONDON.—SENIOR T?ony.- Prize, Miss Annie Rees, Griffithstown • and Miss Lily Reeves, Tredegar Junction. FORM I.-A. S. Williams, Scripture; Pollie Davies, general intellit ce; Katie Jarvis, grammar .d leatherwork; Mary John, .?iih Edith Probert, lus??ry 'Lraud N-than -f- -d punc- tu.1ity ]: ]s:tt"¡Sllri:d £;: Euclid; S?ah A. Evans, alaebra; Annie Simpson, map-drawing; Maggie Owen,music; .Mwuje Reeves, I:tp and Lily Reeves, Shakspeare. F. 1I-Blanebe Williame. theory of ,i.; ,a?,?n Phillip., music Jennie PLiliips, ,.g Lily ::o)f:re:en;l;:l:' fl::itil: eiug;»g Maggie Thomas, grammar M. A. Beynon, drawing Zd neatness "iL. M. David, music Lizzie E. Bevnon, French ?nd ner-.tness Annette Lioyd, general improvement and theory of mit ic; Gla18 Evans, violin Edith Richards, theory of mUSiC; _painting; Tegw ad d L ?,st?.e intellig, Gerty Yendoll, geography; Edith I Mabel Evm., 11,?it Protheroe, music Martha Williams, leatherwork 5 Emily "v" arithmtjc; Lai P"' ''i' gi ?g. Edith Protheroe, map-drawing ed neatness; l?, Jones, ?r?th,.e?.?; and Etta Collings, history. FOB* IbJ;,nm. 30- Wu -hip; Bui. O??. ?-dig; Xswi. A? Powell, .th-ti.; 0-. Richards, penni?hip md 7ct?ti.. Gwen co? arithmetic; My XR. arithmetic Edith F. Jones, history Blodwen Evans, history; Pollie Herbert, arithmetic Rosie Goldsmith, gcoffr2hy; PoHi'! Davies, grammar; and llnic V. Jones, rea<i<a<r. A vote of thanks, proposed by Mr, J..i? ud carried with acclamation, to Mr. Thomas for P-id- and tbo singing of 1, Nli,-l r::ht Dfnre:án:h':ee! el4m. After tbo public proceedings wore over a r6wiia of st ana past pupils 0 the .obool was hud when congratulations -d pleasant gmtiw named to be the order of the -1.
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HUNTING NOTES. [BY COVERT-SIDE."] When the meet of the Glamorganshire was fixed for La lest on on Monday, December 3 8. it was understood that foxes could be found wandering at large over the neigh- bouring warrens. But it turned out, after ail, to be a case of "cats," where the thousands on the tiles, on invesi.gation, d,,j¡,,11..cI doH*u to 000. The weather is very prollJising for scent, and, with a handy tield of about 40, we look forward with unusual confidence to a good Inn, Hounds are first thrown in at Ht, Quentin's, and a few stray notes give us hope oi speedy tind; but it must be a stale drag that provoke, the sporadic "trains, and they ?-uh?ide ag"in, i",Ii with them the chance of a fox at this deserted covert. Foxes have lately been seen at Mer- thyr Mawr but they are not at home to- ,li,y, nd it is not until we get to King's \> ood that we hear the grateful whimper that heralds a challenge and then a find. ¡ Running once through the length of the covert, as if for Ewenny Park, Pug thinks better of it when he gets outside, and turns short back into the wood. Hounds swing round to the line, and make it at the top of the wood, where old sly-boots has ventured into the open, He crosses Ogmore Downs, runs through the gully on to the St. BrideVroad, aud breasts the hill for Old-C'astle-upon-Alum. A nice climb we have as we keep near hounds, and, making a .Meep to the left, get to the Alum Brook, and then to Ewennv Pari., where we check. The body of the pack come round to the left, hunting heel- way, while two couple of hounds make a lino towards Wallace, and are unfortunatelv i whipped off, the check thus becoming a fault. Aft.er casting about for cpiite ten minutes the sharp eyes of an old Blackmoor Vale whip get a view of our fox, and a halloo for- war d brings houn d s to their noses again. Tliev sink the park, get across the Alum Brook again, and thread their wav through the covert, on the Old Castle side, on their way to King s Wood, which they run through with beautiful music, and get forward once more to Ogmore Downs, when thev ring round to the left for Ewenny Park. Bv this time we b?Lgi?? to wonder ,dlther it i?y ti?i. while going on on the track of this ringing varmint, but the memory of how thev some- times have slipped away straight from the I top keeps us going. So up the atrocious lull once more, just in time to see hounds streftking over a better country as they leave the Fir Plantation, at the top of Ewenny Hill, for Corntowi!. A pictty bit of hunt- ing takes us past Long lands, and our fux, although pressed, keeps his head straight for St. Mary Hill, giving us a pleasant anticipa- tion of a real good run. But, woe is nie Just a.s he gets across the Cowbridge-road, the proverbial "header" ,top.; him in a gate- way, and he is forced back over the Ewenny Moors, where no man mav ride with safety. From near the Agent's House. Ewenuy, I watch the end of the run. An excited group of workpeople stand near, resting on their tools. A rustic friend grows elo- ow-ut (he ought to have been a preacher') he goes he cries. "Look Tally- ho, by Jiiigo If they don't have him now, he must be a tough 'un. He's got through the hedge, though, and makes for the corner of the held. And there are the hounds close upon lum—Vv hoo-hoop they have him (m a field by Hernston.) This is a graphic verbal picture of what I saw only I could see, a# well, Mr. R. K. Priehard ride up to the pack, first man in a.t the death, and lift the fox above his head with a scream, too. that did him (or somebody else) credit. An hour and three-quarters: an excellent run—if it had been a. better country, with soent quite good enough to keep horse and hound busy. With a, storm predicted aad the mercury '¡Y;llg down, hunting does not promise much to-uay (Wednesday) for the meet at Dun- r.iveii Lodge. But one never knows what may turn up, especially when that depends upon our fickle elements; so we keep the tryst and make a small gathering of seven- Itel:. CWITI Mawr does not hold one, but at Cwm Bach "Comedy" is the first to speak to a hnd, and a beautiful-looking fox he is. He does not go far, however, before lie doubles back to the Cwm; and now we get a vixen afoot, upon which hounds ring the changes for half an hour before they kill 9fox in covert, where he has hung too long for safety. Nash Cwm is the next order; and, as hounds work out at the bottom, a fox is viewed by the master going aWIt," from the top, or, rather, from the gorse lying on the outskirts of the wood. Using his horn, the master get., hounds to him. while Harry- rakes in the stragglers; and in a few minutes they open to a good scent, which they carry with ? capital head, racing past lynycina in grand sty)e. It was only t Uf-r. the find that the master reniarm, "If we find a fox now I think we ihall have goou scent and be able to hunt him." And now hounds race forward over a beautiful line of country, which Cox breaks just in front of me, doing his fences with a glow of ■Jiidt on his face as he watches his beauties stream over the pastures with just cry enough to temper the pace. Getting past Tynycaia the line crosses the main road and takes us behind Pencae Farm hard for Glue Pot,?. But our fox doesn't feel comfortable, an d cf"ing his d hground to riih: :dif. ;r:I¿u:.t:; he runs the road for a hundred yards before taking to the country a«ain. the scent and ta :in:b::U1ifu'1;in tbe scent sod carry it, cb.Ðting pi-ettil?, along the road until they jump a wall, strewn through a smail plan tion, and ram once more with their heads up when they feel the favouring pastures. Just in the foreground Dimlands can be seen every moment looming larger iiefore us; but we bend round until we find ourselves midway between this plaice and St. Donat's Vicarage, where hounds check for the first Nme, at the end of 25 minutes, in a field near the road leading from St, Donat's to Llantwit. Failing to recov on the road, Cox makes a pretty cast in 4e field in which we checked, and "Truly" has the honour of hitting it off, taking her gos- sips quikly for.. crossing the road a little further on, and going over the high wall, near Tresilian Gate, as if for the sea, whteh, it is needless to say, is skirted. The lea roars angrily against the rugged coast line, and we can hardly hear the music of hounds they plunge into the St Donat's grounds and br'i In their fox to hand in the old Bar- rack yard, is a little oyer half aa boor. A I fat, dashing run, whicb was thoroughly I wt.li worth the blowing about Ave got on on way llOme. HINTS ON HUNTING. rhe whips obey the huntsman's halloo.. ;u d encourage or rate as that directs. To "rate" iH to correct, and "Hwe a care frolll the whip or huntsman i, a warn- iiii< that is n ;t. wft n neglected • when ad- dressed to the o<ft;ihig hound by name, At the covert-side tl,, fit-ld tin care so Í-(> }lL;.c themselves as not to inter- fere with the effort of the fox to get ilway. For the 1 <mo reason tliev should not talk loudly, a ib;O:" fox is easily seared back. Xft 'hea d a fox" w h en he lias "broken oovet^S is an offence that no sportsman would wfi- tmgJy commit. The master ..ftt-n plaom 111' field at the covert-side. The huntsman dra \s up wind in a large covert, as if he Ill., with tlu* wind it would ^ive a fox too c-arly notice of the approa",h of hounds, and he would he able tiJ fjwuy long nefore they could draw up to him. 1f the overt is ,mall, IIp ought to dr.? down wind to giw the fox timely warning, 0" he might be -killed with- a run.
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A CARDIFF VESSEL IK DANGER. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES. The steamship Qwentland (Captain Jenkins), from Hamburg to Cardiff, in ballaet, put into Plymouth late on Wednesday night to ooaL When communication was established on Thursday it wad learnt that she was nearly driven ashore at the entrance to the harbosr. Captain Jenkins state. that the weather wat the worst he had ever experienced, and be never expected to reach Plymouth. The screw of hie veseel was quite out of the water on Tuesday evening, and he had to Hood tho after-hold to get it to touch the water. After coaling the Gwentland sailed for Cardiff, to which port Bile belongs.
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PLUCKY CONDUCT OF A CAPTAIN. The bria Mau.ice. of Nautes, from Newport for Redon, was seriously endangered while entering Padstow on Thursday afternoon. The lifeboat w,s launched and proceeded alongside, where she remained for two houra. The rocket brigade was also held in readiness. hut itaneiv rices were not required, the captain having bee%' in port before. Indeed, he refused all offers of assistance, even that of pilot, and eventually placed his vessel in a position of safety with hiff own crew. n_-
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