... A Dyspoptio lnebri,,itc- Plea. The Magistrate's Advice. At the County of London Sessions, Clerken- well, yesterday (before Mr McConnell, Q.G., chairman), a big po-verful-looking man, named John Thompson (37), labourer, was put up for sentence, having at the last Sessions pleaded guilty to maliciously damaging a plate-glass window at a West End public-house. An inspector of police stated that ...

... Ten Per Cent. Dividend Recommended. We have received the following letter from the secretary of the Rhymney Railway Company TO THE EDITOR. Rhymney Railway Secretary's Office, Cardiff, July 20th, 1899. Sir,—I am de3ired to inform you that, subject to audit, the directors recommend that a dividead at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum be paid on the Ordinary Stock for tho half-year ending 30th ...

... [ Gossip and Incidents. SUSPENSION OF JOCKEYS. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ECHO.) Leicester, Tuesday.—Visitors had scarcely arrived on the coun at Leicester, or rather at Oadby, than ram were heard to the effect that the Stewards he Jockey Club had sus- pended Sloan, Nat Robinson, and Dalton from riding for some time. -is a consequence of these jockeys' disobedience to the starter at Sandown ...

... A PLUCKY BOY'S DEATH. An inquest was held at Newnham on Wednesday touching the, deaths, which occurred on the 17th, of Victor Thomas (9) and Reginald Louis (8), the sons of Thomas Phillips, the keeper of the ferryboat on the river Severn at Newuliam. The verdict was That Reginald Louis Phillips died from drowning, having got out of his depth, and that his elder brother sacrificed his life in ...

... I Llandaff Fields. I OUTRAGE ON A WOMAN. Desperate Struggle with a Policeman. I MAGISTERIAL PROCEEDINGS. At Llandaff Police Court this morning (before Sir John Gunn, Colonel Woods, and Mr Davnj^ Albert Smith, a navvy, wa.s charged with assault ing P.C. Marwood Chant in Llandaff Fields itt the early hours of Saturday morning. In his evidence the constable deposed that while on duty in the ...

... SCORCHING IN THE RHONDDA. Heavy Fine, Griffiths hf at the P°ntrePolice Court John Hotel Penl the ^oodfield a bicy'cfe ln n'T WUh furionsIy riding Inspector M eet* Treorky' 0Q U>e 8th inst. deftodlnt Ck' Pentre' statad that the to 14 In' WaS tlavellin« at the rate of from 12 cfcild £ n Yfi hT^aQd nearly lan over twoi A^fine of £ 5 and costs was imposed. ...

... Probate of the will. dated Mar?. ; 37. a codicil made the 27th of April. ^, - John Charles Boothby, of the HoEii:es. Brt road, Stockport. cheese factor and resd rnert who died on the 27th of Apri ?? age-. 56i c% has been granted in London to his w-dcw. il Sarah 'Mellor Boothbh-. his daurlzer Boothby, and his son Genrge Bcettihr - nerley, Stockport, cheese factor, and ts- estare haa been valued ...

... ACQUITTED. At Durham Assizes, yesterday, Samuel Mit- chell, a groom, was found not giilty and was dis- eharged on the charge of murdering a woman with whom he had lived at Durham. TWO BOYS DROWNED. Two boys, so-s of a ferryman at Newnham, in the Forest of Dean, were paddling about in shallow water in the river Severn, yesterday, close to where their father was working. After some time they ...

... TIgE FUTURE OF THE BLUECOAT SCHOOL. ADND NEW SITES. CATHEDRAL OR RAILWAY DEPOT ? gfeaie fnr the rb uilding of the Liverpool ; te~crnp;trl SrCpidlY taking shape, the ' , ?? c Etcadily growiing. Happiiy, ressL .fle voice has arisen anong itn; ^ D-:, : they must knov the incon- -iet' eeD d ,00-'i;nlings of the old site, this -3;3C5 Z oCrLV ,Iatuzal. -Not only are the Sllta1\ c~fl ?? on the ...

... TO THlE EDITOR OF IRE BRA. Sir,-The letters you published last week sufficiently disposed of Mr Thomas's claims to rights in an unauthorised dramatization of For the Term of His Natural Life. As solicitors acting on behalf of Messrs Macmillan, the owners of the copyright in the novel, we have written to Mr Thomas's solicitor, and await his reply. Meanwhile, as Mr Thomas has, through the ...

... BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIA- TION AT BUXTON. Tie annual congress of the British Archreologica Association was opeced at Buxton on .11 or. day. The first day's programme was confined to a recepticn in the afteincon iv the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, and a conversazione in tbe evening. There «as a good master of members of the EBSOciation, i-.nd general and deep regret was expressed nt ...

... AX INTERESTING OPE RATION: BUDI)ING. I learned how to bud many years agfo from a working gardenerwwho, taking a deep interest in his laboprs, seemed to me to take quite as much interest in imparting his knowledge to others. Besides, he was in the habit of taking prizes for the all-round excellence of his garden stuff when anything like shows were held, which, of course, were rather few and far ...