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The Man About Town. I A few days back I spoke of Shakespeare and his treatment of Welsh characters. It forms an interesting literary question becauso it is not at first sight easy to under- stand his evident and pronounced partiality for Wales. A mere general sympathy with a country which was united with the kingdom in which he lived might have been expected. But Shakespeare's feelings were strong and almost biassed, and it will remain for us to seek some explanation for the phenomenon. Several curious points are involved in the evident partiality of Shakespeare for the Welsh character. Not only do we find him drawing largely upon that little Principality for some of his most carefully elaborated characters, but it is clear that he was 1 at considerable pains, amidst all the temptations of caricature, to express his admiration for their genius. It is the more striking because there is no reference of any importance to the Welsh race in the plays of his contemporaries. If we except the Welsh captain who makes a brief entry into Marlowe's Edward II. and is no more than a lay figure, it may be asserted that I Shakespeare alone of the Elizabethan dramatists gave Wales a place in literature. He had a peculiar affection for the race, and it is, at first, a little puzzling to account for it. Glendower, for instance, is not altogether an engaging being, with his portents and earthquakes and all the other dread portents at his birth. Hotspur ridicules him with hearty goodwill, and it would seem natural to the dramatist to set a trap for his overweening vanity and bring his vaunts to scorn. If we still further remem- ber that, after all this tall talk, Glendower does not in the end arrive upon the scene at the battle of Shrewsbury, it would seem almost inevitable that the poet would im- prove upon the occasion by timely references to his former arrogance, and hint of cowar- dice. » But it Is curious to note how careful Shakespeare is, amidst all the laughter at his irregular and wild Glendower," to make emphatic excuse for him. Mortimer, for instance, says, in reply to Hotspur In faith, he is a worthy gentleman, Exceedingly wel] read, and profited In strange concealments, valiant as a lion, And wondrous ntfable and as bountiful As mines of India. There was no historic necessity for this defence, nor does the play require it, for the gallant chieftain disappears forthwith. Shakespeare evidently had other motives for his friendly feeling toward a Welsh rebel. There are the same temptations to ridiculo in Henry V., where Fluellen appears. He has many foibles and eccentricities which might lead to an appropriate nemesis. He possesses even some of the arrogance of Glfindower, for he grumbles at the orders of war, and threatens "By Cheshu, I think a' will plow up all, if there is not better direc- tions. And although he thinks Macmorris to be "an ass, as in the world," and declares that he will verify as much in his beard," yet when the Scotchman appears he forgets his boast, and would have him stay to argue. He wants a few disputations with you, as partly touching or concerning the disciplines of the war, the Reman wars, in the name of argument, look you, and friendly communication." Later on, Mac- morris fancies there is a slight intended for his nationality and flies into a rage. What becomes of Fluellen's eagerness to hurl an ass, as in the world at his beard ? He mildly retorts Look you, if you take the matter otherwise than is meant, Captain Macmorris, peradventure I shall think you do not use me with that aff-ability as in dis- cretion you ought to use me being as good a man as yourself both in the disciplines of war, and in the derivations of my birth, and in other part iculari ties. This might very easily be mistaken for discretion and it needs a strong artistic self-restraint to avoid accentuating the situation, but Shakespeare is here as before at pains to insist on the courage of his hero, and Henry himself observes, as if to make the poet's intention quite clear: Though it appears a little out of fashion, liiero is much care and valour in this Welshman. Indeed, the King specially marks him out for distinction by giving him Alençon's gage, a trust of which he is clearly worthy. • In this case,too, it is clear that Shakespeare is at pains to emphasise the virtues of the Welsh character even when tempted to make ic the butt of his satire. In the jhwj Wives of Windsor there is small occa- [name] for partiality of this nature. And yet Sir Hugh Evans cannot be said to shine inconspicuously. A comedy that is through- out somewhat wild might offer licence denied to loftier drama; and there are occasions in which the discreet knight is in peril of his good name. But he is tenderly treated, and, on the whole, plays a conspicu- ously honourable part. Welsh critics have sought to find in this work strong evidence of Shakespeare's partiality for their kinsmen, and one of them has, in good faith, sug- gested that Sir Hugh, by nearly discovering disguise, his claim to a higher degree of intelligence than the other persons of the drama! This is a sanguine view which may be excused by patriotism. This, however, is clear enough, that despite all manner of temptations to the contrary, and urged by no necessity or exigencies of plot, Shakespeare has evinced a remarkable tenderness for Welshmen. The explanation of this forms an interesting literary question which has, so far, been very imperfectly answered. The unusual sound of a string orchestra attracted me last night to an upper room in Frederick-street, where a strange sight transfixed me. In the languid and oppres- sive heat of an unendurable July evenintr were thirty or forty young persons, inter- spersed with their elders, violins in hands, attacking with great relish and remarkable success one of Mozart's Symphonies. It was Mr E. T. Roberts's pupils, I heard, who, by the kind assistance of some of the veteran players of Cardiff, are enabled to accustom themselves to orchestral work and learn the value of time, measure, and expression. Nothing could be more aamirable. There are many young players in the town who are wasting their energies by devoting what scant skill they may boast to the edification of evening parties and afternoon callers. It needs a very excellent performer to make a violin solo endurable and is it not clear that those scattered musical forces should be garnered in and put into orchestral training where their strength would be better disposed and where they would be doing solid work for the musical advancement of the town ? We need a clever body of young orchestral players, carefully trained as Mr Roberts trains them, able to read quickly and accur- ately, capable of a vigorous tone, and expert in the ordinary necessities of execution. Such classes are admirable. Would there were more of them To those at the Docks I suppose there is no one more familiar than Mr R. P. Cully. He has only one weakness. He has got into the habit of opening new places of business every year and inviting his friends to meet him. When Mr Cully lacks excitement he says, Let me arise and start a new hotel," and behold it is started. The Avondale is the latest, a well-designed and handsome I building, close to the Clarence Bridge, and I promises good beer and uoble entertain- ment. Too many poems on Cilfynydd would scarcely do but I have received one so far above the average that I cannot forbear printing it. Thus it runs Give me a mighty block hewn from thy deepest deep, That I might rear a monolith to thine, ■- wl:-> sleep, Cilfynydd. Let it be void of form, bearing the mandril' trace Save in one spot, and there, write on the polished face Cilfynydd. Not in the vale below, nor on the mountain's breast, But on the highest peak their monument shall rest, Cilfynydd. There shall the night winds moan a requiem to thy dead, There shall the storm cloud burst over thy hoary head, Cilfynydd. Help for the widowed wife, help for the lone ones all, Into the lap of grief fast may the offerings fall, Cilfynydd. Bat from thy deepest deep hew me a coal black stone, Bearing the mandril's monogram Over thy own. Ciifynydd. This is dainty and decorous, and admir- ably sustained. I compliment the author on his success. What is Providence ?" asks a correspon- dent, and sends a long letter to argue it. It is a pleasant, light, and airy subject, is it not, for a Saturday ? But if anyone desires to struggle in the throes of a theological controversy, let him do it in the privacy of his back garden, not in the open arena of a newspaper

TO-DAY'S WEATHER 4.30. P.M. TO-DAY S FORECAST FOR ENGLAND, S.W., AND .SOUTH WALES. Light breezes; ehiefiy south- westerly changeable some sh )Wors thunder locally. GEN KRAI,.— Changeable showery weather seems likely in many parts with local thunderstorms.

According to a recent decision of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, women cannot pvactise as attornevs-at-law in that State. WHAT CAUSES PIMPLES ? Clogging of the pores. The little ping in the centre of the pimple is called a blackhead, grub, or coraedone. The only preventive is CUTIOURA SOAP, the most eifective skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world, as well as the purest and sweetest for toilet and nursery. It is the only preventive of pimplos, blackheads, red, rough, and oily skin, red, rough hands with shapeless nails, dry, thin, and falling hair, and simple baby' hlcmishss, because the only preventive ot mthrllmntlOu and clogging of pores, the cause of minor affections of the skin, scalp, and hair. Srdo greater than the I combined sales of all other skin and complexion soapa.

<II It's proud I'd be to call myself a Welshman if I hadn't had the good fortune to ba born an Englishman. This is how I felt when I first heard the news of "Jimmy" Michael's marvel- lous hundred mile ride at Herne Hill last Satur- day. It was too much to take in all in second. But there it was in black and white, and in every decent newspaper tha.t saw daylight last Monday morning. How the townsfolk in Aberaman received tha news I can't imagine, but they are surely nowbeginning to realise thatasacommnnity they are somewhat distinct from ordinary every- day folk, when it comes to sending forth champions in the cycling arena. Having brought into the world such a team as Linton, Michael, and Tom James, it is but natural that cyclists should be asking, Who's to be the next?" and What is there in Aberaman to account for such a trio of wheeling champions ?" Is it something in the air peculiar to their native soil that inspires the lads of Aberaman with such dogged perse- verance audpluck, or is it that spirit of determi- nation and resolution which grows the more determined and tho more resolute in proportion to the difficulties to be faced and the obstacles to be overcome ? The latter solution la, I think, the most probable. THE "LITTLE HERO." But a weok ago "Jimmy" Michael's public form way scarcely worth apeaking about, though it is only fair to say that ho was always well to the front in local racing circles, and was never to be lightly estimated as an opponent on the track. Generally speaking, however, he was simply one amongst the thousands of rank and file riders, yet now his name is on every wheelman's lips. He has not only won the "Surrey hundred," but has pedalled himself almost to the very pinnacle of a cyclist's ambition. The cyclingPress simply rav&s over his astounding performance, and refers to him as having made a horrible exhibition of London's speediest riders," and as one who knows not the meaning of such terms as cracking up," and who simply blazed away at both rivals and records from start, to finish In a manner thai* sent the spectators wiid with excitement and wonderment. Bub far and away the best account of Michael's performance is given in tho current issue of Cycling, along with a. photo of the little hero," as he is called, which was taken 1 immediately after the race. Here we are told that no matter what the pace, no matter who thought they would liko to sprint, Michael was always there, riding as easily 'is if on a club ru ii. When one remembers that his rivals in the racp. included such powerful and speedy riders as C. G. Wridg- way, G. V, Soanes, M. B. Fowler. S. F. Edge, R. T. Ils1ey. J. G. L. Bates, 0. W. Shafei, the sprinting Hortons, and G. Dance, and further that Michael is a in-ra youngster who is not yet out of his teens, such praise conveys a world of meaning, and the fact that he broke the fifty miles world's record by lmiu, and 3-:ee., having covered the distance in 2lirs. lmin. 42 4-5sec., and finished exactly ten minnte3 inside the 100 miles record, which he has now established at 4-hrs. 19min. 39 l-b^ec., it is easily understood that no allowance need be made for exaggeration. A s -t matter of fact he purely and simply romped away" from everybody and everything, and I couldn't put it more accurately or plainly than this if I were to devote a whole column to it. The very day before the race, in response to a note from me, Michael wrote how glad he was to meet Jack Element at one of the race meetings li(,Itl near London. To put it in his own words, he wrote I can tell you it is very nice to have someone from your own country to ride with you up here." Then modestly referring to this big- race which has made his name famous, he wrote There are twenty-six going to ride in the 100 miles here to-morrow, the favourites being Wridgway and Dance. I hope we shall make some show, although the pice will be made very hot from the start. Wridgway thinks of going for Linton's record, but I think it will stand some beating." In his postcript he adds, "I am in a lot better form than I was last Saturday in the 25 miles championship, and hope to do much better this time." Michael's letter-writing, like his conversation, is short and to the point. There is an utter absence of conceit or boastfnlness in either, and at the time of writing the above letter to mo I am confident that no ouo thought less hopefully of his chance of success than himself. In the 25 miles championship he rode a Welsh- made machine, a Defiance, weighmg 17^41bs., built by Mr Williams, of Glanaman but whilst training during the week's interval between the 25 and the 100 miles event he was run into by Millar, of Ciapham, and had to borrow a Wiiit- worth racer, on which he rode and won the 100 miles race. He has naturally stuck to his Whitwoitb, but doesn't keep it in a glass cas, to be riddon only on a track. No the stony roads of the Aher- dare Valley have been his only training ground, and he's not to forsake them out of tender- ness, even for his beloved hike. On the contrary, on Thursday I !t ha rode, it down to Cardiff from Aberaman. Having overcome his innate bashful- ness, I enticed him into the Echo office for a smoice and a chat. I ought just to mention that 1 did the smoking and most of the chatting, for Jimmy is not a great talker." He was just as unassuming and as boyish as ever, and didn't seem to realiso how brilliantly he had smashed up the reputations of some of the best long distance riders in the world. Yet it was surprising to hear him say in response to my queries as to how he felt in the thick of his ride, Well, sir, I don't think I ever had an easier rids. You see, sir, I only had a week's real traininff for it on the track, and didn't know for certain whether I could last out for a 100 miles, so I had to keep something in hand all through." It might have been merely a prelimi- nary canter bo was talking about, and I had a struggle to recover my breath. At last I gasped out, Then you think you could beat Linton's Paris record for the 100 ?" I feel sure I could," said the lad simply and without the slightest affectation, adding very reasonably, I'm bound to ride better next time, for I shall feel more at home in a big race now than I felt before." In the long chat which followed, and which want of space prevents my entering upon in these notes, Jimmy told me that Mr G. LiIocy Hiliier was delighted with his performance, and begged him to be sure and enter for tin forthcoming 21 hours race at Heme Hill. A" regards this he was rather doubtful, but ha has arranged to compete in the 50 miles champiouship, which will shortly be contested on the same track. Let me add also that I am glad to note the townfolks of Aberamau are going to do honour to their champion by holding a banquet on Wednesday nt-xt, at which I hope there will be a arood muster of wheehneu. Jimmy's Whitworth weighs 22lbs., and is geared to 72. I understand Mr Harry Wheeler, the genial host of the Griffin Hotel, is taking up the sugges- tion to organise a big sports for the benefit of the widows and orphans now suffering through the recent lamentable colliery disaster. I don't know whether a committee has yet been formed, but if there has it will interest them to bear of the very generous offer forwarded to rne by the Nimrod Cycle Company, of Bristol. Writing on the 2nd instant. Mr Walford, the managing director cf the company, states If a prize of L3 3 will assist your clubs in getting entries for your proposed sports to aid the widows and orphans we shall be pleased for you to put oar name down for this amount." This offer is all the more creditable seeing that is purely volun- tary, and I feel sure that if the attention of other cycle manufacturing firms is but directed to the object we havo in view the majority of tliem will bo equally willing to assist in a similarly practical manner. I was; not able to witness the racing at Ponty- pool last Monday nevertheless a large number of complaints have reached me concerning the dangerous condition of the track. I am i told that about seven or eight riders fell and that several of them were badly cut about, that tin scratch men were almost afraid to j attempt a finish, George Barrett, of Newport, beiug the oaly rider of tiny distinction who ventured bis neck so far as to win the half-mile scratch. W. E. Kennard fell in this race, and though badly hurt managed to win his heat in the two miles handicap, and judgmg from the sketch sent in by my special artist it would ap- pear as though there had been a few funerals. The third qualifying run held in connection with the Cardiff 100 Miles Ciub for this season tool: place on Wednesday last, when out of 25 who had entered 12 faced the starter. A start was made at 9 II, m. from the barracks. Mr E. Lewis punctured his front tyre at Tredegar Park, but succeeded in repairing samo and proceeding. The day was almost a perfect one, although rather a strong breeze sprung up later in the day. The men rode well the whole of the distance, and artived home in the following order :—1, Arthur James 2, W. Cox 3, E. Lewis; 4, W. Hill 5, Wyndbam Lewis and Wm. Giffard 6, C. Beele 7, J. Pring. The following officers and members of the club assisted :—Messrs W. R. Long, W. Pedler, C. St. Ledger, G. S. Ware, and W. H. Hill. On the same day as this qualifying run was lifld one of the members of the club—Harry Jones- made his second attempt to break Angle's record of 100 miles on the road. Jones made fairly good time the first half of the journey, but bad a puncture and a fall coming back. At the finish he was twenty minutes behind Angle's time, having covered the 100 miles in 7 hrs 1 min. At the Llwynypia, sports on Monday last the 1% mile bicycle race proved a keen contest, there being 21 entries, divided into five heats. The track was in capital condition, and some good times were recorded. The scratch man unfor- tunately collided with another competitor in the final, otherwise he would certainly have been in at the finish. Gwilym Griffiths, the second man, rode well, having to give the winner, H. Young, 120 yards start, which, however, he failed to pick up. The third, Charles Foster, of Hafod, is quite a novice yet he rode remarkably well, and will surely make a better mark with a fittle more experience. _—

I DEAR PAPER. I An Attack on Shopkeepers. Since a decision in the High Court some tilnq ago, shopkeepers generally have included the weight of paper in the pound. The public control department of the London County Council, which recently investigated the subject, reports that "all but the most scrupulous dealers now serve their customers, not with a quarter of a pound of tea or tobacco, but with that quantity less three or four per cent, in weight of paper. As this paper is worth perhaps Id or 2d per pound, while the tea may bo worth 2" 6i. and the tobacco 6s, tho loss to the consumer imust be great." The report states that at a recent case in Glasgow it was shown that a London firm of tea dealers sold as quarter, pounds of tea packets which contained four drachms weight of paper, and that on this the firm prolited to the extent of some thousands a year. The result of the investigation in London was that oub of 585 bags of flour weighed ready for delivery 427 were found of: deficient weight, the deficiency amounting to over 2 per cent. in 409 packages of sugar, 377 were found to be short weight while out of 232 packages of tea 99 were short weight to the extent of over 2 per cent. In addition to the loss by the weight of the wrapper, it was found that in a number of cases the gross weight of the packets was short. No action appears to have been taken in the matter, as the county council has only power to see that the weights and measures are just, and, nob power to enforce their just usace.

I PULLMAN'S CAREER, I An Extraordinary Man. I Iu hits chapter on the Chicagoan Trinity," Mr Stead gives an interesting account of Mr George M. Pullman and his work?. The millionaire, who is now the centre of the American strike, has built up his fortune without resorting to the more ruthless methods of competition. Mr Pull. man has undersold no one. He has al.vays succeeded, not by producing a cheaper article, but by producing a, dearer but the higher- priced article was so much better that Mr Pall- man succeeded in establishing a monopoly of oue of the most highly specialised businesses in the world. This is the more remarkable because Mr Pullman was not originally a mechanic. He was merely a man of reflective mind, of native ingenuity, and of great persistence. The incon- venience of a journey on the cars before the Pull- mans were invented turned his attention to the possibility of making the sleeper as comfortable n the cars as in a hotel." The first Pullman car which he constructed cost 18,000 dollars as against 4,000 dollars, which was the price of the ordinary sleeper. Railway managers shrugged their shoulders, and declared the Pullman car couldn't possibly pay but Mr Pullman got them to run his cars together with the old sleepers, I charged balf-a-dollav more for his berths, and I made his fortune. I

FATAL ACCIDENT AT BARRY. A sbocking accident occurred this morning on the Barry Railway Company's lino at Barry, when Rowland Williams, aged 22, of Island- view, Harbour-road, Barry, had his leg com- pletely cut off. He was engaged shortly before one o'clock in uncoupling two engines while they were in motion, and in doing so he was knocked down, and one of the engines passed over his leg, causing the injury mentioned. Ho was conveyed to the Cardiff Infirmary with all despatch, where he was seen by Dis. Morland and Davies, who pronounced him in a very critical state. A couplEt of hours after his admission ho died.

I ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Exciting Scene at a Railway Station. The Dublin Independent says:-Eai-ly yesterday morning an Army pensioner nanied Whelan entered Bagnalston Railway Station, Carlow, and, mounting the footbridge,, threw himself on the line. A porter fetched the doctor and police, but in the meantime Whelan had got to tho platform, smashed the window, and gashed his throat from ear to ear. His recovery is impro- I bable.

DEATH OF A CANON. I I Canon Hoare died at Tunbridge-Wells Vicar- itge to-day, after a protracted illness. I

Green-room Gossip. G Again there has been a considerable and almost a sudden change, which has affected the greater number of Loudon managers. A few weeks age business was almost universally good the tw( or three theatres which really did badly werf quite uncomfortably conspicuous. And now, with a couple of weeks of steady hot weather, the theatrical barometer has fallen precisely a the thermometer outside and the hopes of the farmers have gone up. Last nights and last weeks are everywhere and runs of six nights or so are occurring at our theatres exactlj when runs by the century are being made in ever, cricket field. A score of West-end theatres art open this week, but in a month—unless th,/ wether changes its mind once again—it is doubi ul wh ether we shall have half-a-dozen. --0- When we remember a favourite story of M. Charles Coborn's, a legal decision pronounced thit week should spread terror and dismay in tbi music-halls. The story is that Mr Coborn having been asked to sing at a benefit, cam prepared only with "The Man who broke thf. Bank at Monte Carlo," and that, haviuf arrived early, he heard no less thau five imilia- tions of that song before his turn came. Th( legal decision is that Cupies of the title, words, or melody of a song are illegal, which ought, of course, to settle it but the law is sc innocent, and the deceitful are so wary Supposf —it is improbable enough, no doubt—that you compose a song called "Daisy Bell," who is to prevent an enthusiastic admirer from writing a sequel to it—"sequel" is an excellent word-antf, calling it Daisy Bell Married"? Or assume- though the assumption be wildly ridiculous—thai: you hit on a beautiful melody and christen it Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay," who are you that YOUL work should be sacred from the parodist, and why should he not entitle his parody "The Man Wh. Sang 'T:'ra.-ra.boom-de-ay ? We fear the law has yet a thing or two to learn. --0- Mr Bernard Shaw, like many another young playwright, is not satisfied with his critics, an4 he has written to the New Review to say so. It seems that some of them found fault with the character of Bluntschli, the matter-of-fact soldiei who is so neatly contrasted with the humbugs, military and feminine, who complete the cast. We discovered only a single false note in the character and, it being merely a matter ol detail, wo omitted mention of it so as not ta impair, by captious pedantry, the general effect of what we meant as a favourable notice. Mr Shaw makes Bluntschli describe an anxious cavalry soldier pulling at his horse in ordet not to be the first to re:1ch the enemy's ranks. Now, exactly the reverse is the Case in a real cavalry charge, the impulse to gallop the very hardest being almost irrepressible in the more nervous" rankers." "When a man 'rushes' his fences you may be sure lie 'funks, said ft great authority on riding to hounds. Oddly enough, after quoting his error with cheerful complacency on one page, Mr Shaw gives on the next an extract from the very chapter in King- lake's Crimean War," in which the tendency we allude to is most admirably exampied. Curiously, too, the opinions of the critics, whom Mr Shaw describes as utterly ignorant, were advertised by the Avenue management in the daily payers for weeks as weighty testimonies to the merits of the piece. We shall soon (says Mr Clement Scott) be sing ing with Praed :— Good night to the season, 'tis over; Gay dwellings no longer are gq y The courtier, the gambler, the lover, Are scattered iiice swallows away. III a very few short weeks the leading theatrOt of London will have closed their doors for the usual summer holiday, and placarded the announcement boards with the conventional unlettered posters of bright ultramarine blue. By the way, I wonder what was the origin of this English method of announcing that famous old unwritten play called iu France Rë- lache." What would happen if a theatrical manager who had shut up his theatre exhibited a green, orange, or scarlet bill? Probably some- thing very dreadful, for, as we all know, theatri- cal folk are the most superstitions in the world. Woe to the stage-doorkeepei if he does not dis- cover a black cat prowling about, the precincts of a playhouse before a new play is produced Anathema to the actor or actress who dares to speak the last lines or tag of a play on the stage at rehearsal, or who sneezes so awkwardly that it can be construed into a hiss Presumably the blue relaehe placard has reference to some aiict, quated theatrical superstition, of which there are thousands behind the scenes. -0-- After a few morning and evening performances at the Lyceum of the magnificent Becket, and one final and farewell revival of The Merchant oj Venice, Mr Irving, Miss Terry, and their com panions will be off on a short holiday before starting on their country tour, which will not end much before Christmas. The date of the produc- tion of Mr Comyns Carr's version of the immortal Arthurian legend will of course depend upou the state of rehearsals. If all goes well, the new spectacular drama will be seen between Christmas and the New Year, but it may be delayed until the early days of 1895. Meanwhile Mr Vanderfeit and Miss Genevieve Ward joic the Lyceum Company as permanent members, and Mr Sydney Valentine will be added. to it at the end of the- year. -0-- The announcement of the permanent engage. ment of Miss Genevieve Ward has, as usual, set the tongue of chattering rumour wagging. Now, it is said, we shall have the long-promised Goriolamis, with Miss Ward as Volumnia and Miss Ellen Terry as Virgilia. Now we shall see the Lyceum production of King John or Tkt Tempest or possibly Manfred. It is, however, far too early to speculate on any such matters, for prob- ably no one is more amused ab the reports con- cerning the Lyceum future than the distinguished acter who controls the destinies of the theatre.

I AGAINST THE BAIL I Long Speeches Useless. A suggestion of a novel and revolutionary character was made by a juryman in the course of a case in a London Under-Sheriff's Court. A lady teacher of languages was suing a Chelsea dealer for damages, because while she was passing hit shop last December a large swing door took thfi opportunity of failing on her in a most unpro- voked and cowardly manner. The case was being presented in the usual way, and a barrister had risen to address the jury, when the startling inci- dent already referred to occurred. Said one ol the jury Is it necessary for counsel to make speeches when all the evidence is given by witnesses ?" To this question the Under-Shefsff replied that he did not see the use still, it waa a custom of the Bar." And the juror added, It is a very foolish one/' Perhaps these unpreoe- dented remarks may be excused, owing to the heat. But if counsel are not to be allowed to address speeches of one or a dozen hours' length to juries whenever they please, what is the British Constitution coming to ? In this case the learned barrister expressed his willingness to waive his right to speak. Let us hope he will not be die- barred for his temerity.

NARROW ESCAPE OF A TRAIN NEAR LLANELLY. Yesterday afternoon the engine of an up goods tram broke down and got off the line a few miles below Llanelly, shortly before the north mail was due. Fortunately, the accident was discovered in time to stop the passenger train, which contained a large number of excursionists, consequently delayed about an hour. The line was totally blocked for the rest of the day, and all subsequent traffic was worked by single line. Breakdown gangs and relief engines were despatched to the spot to clear the road. No personal injuries are reported.

I A STRANGE ACTION. I Sit. John Huitan and the Queen. I The conduct of Sir John Hutton, the chairman of the London County Council (says the Morn- ing), in regard to the recent vote of congratula- tion to the Queen on the birth of the Duke of York's son, confcinuas to be the subject of much comment. It is remarked that while Sir John Hutton was glad enough to accept the honour of knighthood at her Majesty's hands, he not only refused to propose the vote of congratulation himself, but used all his influence privately to I prevent the motion being brought on.

THE 'CUTE YANKEE. How He Fell. j Do Americans when they arrive in the old:coiin- try at once lose all their smartness and 'cuteness, and, if so, is it our atmosphere which produces this disastrous change ? In several recent cases of the confidence trick the victim operated upon has hailed from across the Atlantic. In New York he would not be such a greenhorn as to part with a greenback to a p2rfect stranger yet here in London he entrusts a banknote un- hesitatingly to some designing scamp. Two men, George Richards and Henry Palmer, were charged at Bow.street with cheat- ing Mr John Russell, a publisher from Boston; and as they have been remanded they may yet be able to prove their innocence. The prosecutor, however, stated that as he was walking along the Strand Palmer came up to him and asked him the way to Trafalgar-square. Said the Boston publisher, I don't know I have only just come over from America." On this Palmer said he was in the same case, and produced a card giving his residence as San Francisco. The natural resulb was an adjourn- ment to a restaurant, the appearance of a third man—also a supposed Aineric-,tn-ard a request by Palmer to be trusted with a L5 note. I am a pretty good judge of character," said the un- lucky Bostonia.n, and handed over the money. At the close of the transaction he found that ha had not only lost his note, but his gold watch as well. London is not quite such an artless place as sotne Americans seem to imagine. Americans seem to imagine. IM'.HItT1.4\A.

I SHIP SUNK. I NARROW ESCAPE OF 29 LIVES. I Alleged Heartless Conduct. During a deuse fog off the banks of Newfound- land, the three-masted fishing vessel Sully was run into and .sunk by an unknown steamer, and the lives of the crew, 29 in number, placed in great jeopardy, and it is alleged by the crew that the steamer afterwards steamed heartlessly away, not stopping to see if the unfortunate people wanted any help. Ic seems that the Sully was was Jying to fishing at two o'clock in the morning, when suddenly, the crew say, a steamer loomed through the fog going at full speed. She was a four-inasted vessel with two funnels, and crashed into the Suliy. The steamer, the crew allege, continued on her course westward, without stop- ping to see if the other vessel was badly injured, or if those on board required help. As it turned out, the Sully commenced to sink rapidly, and the captain ordered the boats to be lowered. The 29 men quickly got into the small craft, but so rapidly did their vessel siuk that they could only save what they stood in. However, all the men were saved by the fishing vessel Bayard, which landed them at St. Pierre, Miquelou.