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PARIS 1900 EXHIBITION- BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO rA-BTI- CIPATE OFFICIALLY. The London correspondent of the Pans '"Figaro" state* Art the Bn^h Government; has decided on official participation of England in the exhibition of 1900. In conveying that decision to the French Governmen the corre^ b ondent adds, the Secretary of ^ateJX^ the hope that the result would be to tighten and strengthen the bonds of friendship unite the two countries.

SWALLOWED LAUDANUM. A WOULD-BE SUICIDE TOOK TOO MUCH. A Paris telegram say,A well-know demi" mondaine, Mdlle. Liane de Pongy, on Friday tried to commit auiecde by swaUowin a quantity of laudanum. On the previous day Khp had received a letter threatening personal violence unless she sent the writer 3,000 francs. She sent the letter to the police, who at once instituted inquiries, but before the result of these could be known Mdlle. Pongy left her house, leaving a note behind, in which she sa-id she was about to die. She was discovered in the apartments of a female friend,having taken laudanum, but in such large quantities a.s to -have the effect of only making her very sick.

MOSCOW DISASTER. THE CZARINA'S BAD DREAM. Superstition reigns paramount in Russia, and all sorbs of legend# are afloat with rega.rd. to the disaster. The Czar, arording to a. *»« cent by the Berlin ecrr.esflxmde.nt of the Da~y News," is said to hare received the fiist in the following way. The C7.a..rina had a bad dr-am. She mNv an old pilgrim, who saui to hEr, "1 have come from Siberia, young Czar.f. a, to -see your day of honour, and noWU your Cobalts have killed me." The vision was so real that the Czarina hastened to tne »"* a^vked him whether any misfortune happened. 'Phe Czar inquiredYH^r°"d from the Minister of the Imperial Rou^ hear dthe dreadful truth.

MYS'fERIOUS PLAGUE. AFFLICTED CANADIANS CAN'T THIOTC ITS °F °°ly ,<* iietTby locwt,, tat ■'<»' Canada, has been visited uy So d&4. there is a perfect plaguo c jt was tructive did they become t i* plaCe oaly ^ibie to cut one icado^ ^1 where fourteen loads had I tll;m tained. Last year t is swept in ever. The insectscotnd bucketifuie from 11 e '^tliese locusts upon a The sudden appearance oi the* ,0 nr^vioi'slv Without such insect. P MHeTfrom «>» many miles 'ln {J n,av ort-i- IHP.i-kable. It »* ^°:nl t| Liinn(l in Buull r-ully have b««. l for »o more than prooa.jl- to the Llaud. their powei ol fb0Iit great. «

( i t;a uKV.H.r. BEBELS BLOW~ii A TRAIN WITH DYNAMITE. » Banter-, lrieSr„>, <»» M.J.W received from Havannal. J rlU te, tl« tlic to* btovm 8" 5k dvnamite. Onc *« s. tram 'l*11 -ilIed- trnrn Was-!iin?t^ on -i Rpu^r$T ti« Hor^n Friday says :-»n the Senate n>ade3 !ong ™ ™ortaJkiion i, rega-rd reaestang ti^e pr^ei'1 ;.h gcil0oner I'om- to members oi the cvw < jeath by a pe^, who were K'lrgan )ut h;ivin, ta«cen of congress to adjoin ^e^, citiBWn5. any action to release tne Cm deela,, CongreHe, ivh.ch a-lone had h _• po',v.r WR". should rise without Ainerif,aas if In tilie event not being released, the Presu en • n authorised to make wiu- a-t lea.-? ° wou'd secunJ their releaa SiUerman ic.»j»ediately intervened, an 1 ora< ti»e proceedings i.ad become oi ,js d'arai-ter as to coma wuhin the feena reuiving secrecy, the-eupon the doors vv ordered to be closed. H was subsequent y Ascertained that the f.tting with closed too* was devoted entirely to the question oi The refoiuiiun was -iitiuuitely remitted to Caieniar. t M —

There is much excitement in France OvE," teles—having more or le.-s of veri.~iniilituu fcl tk„ effect ihat the ex-Empress Eugenie i- villi/ to eifct a. f^ion of the Bourbons and 4o force the Bona^vites -to lay aside th-ir pi tensions to tne rhrono lof i" rancx in favour of \he Due tPOrleans. A large and representative gathering of th« Tieiiarrib inhanita-nts met at the Public- on Friday night to present Police-serge; m .John David with a beautifully illuming uddress, on the occasion of hw severance with the town, and well deserved promotion to » larger sphere of labour at Mountain Ash.

After Divorce I CAPTAIN MARRIED THE LADY RUT REGRETS IT. Pram being a Co-respondent He Now Becomes a Peti- tioner for Divorce. Captain George Stanley Williams, of the 8th Hussars, petitioned on Friday for a dissolution of his marriage with Adelaide Elizabeth Williams, the co-respondent being Alexander Myburgh. The respondent filedl answers denying the adultery, and disputing the validity of the marriage. Mr. Bar grave Deane, on behalf of the re- spondent, said he had agreed that petitioners counsel should place before the court me evi- dence upon which they relied. He aid not himself propose to take any part m it at all, but would ask his lordship to ^aspenil his decree until the respondent, vho WAS at pie- sent away, returned. As her counsel he, having regard to the effect upon tlw r-inldien, declined to take the legal point ra.;azi on the pleadings without first consulting her. Mr. Inderwick then proceeded to open ttie petitioner's case. He said the respondent was ftrst married to a Captain Foster, and went with him in 1879 to India. In the early part of 1881 she and Captain Williams left together, and, the result of that was that Captain Foster sued in the High Court of Bengal and obtained A Decree Nisi. Damages were awarded against Captain Wil- liams and were paid. Directly the decree was made absolute, in November, 1883, Captain Williams and the respondent were married, but petitioner's solicitor being of opinion that tlie marriage was not valid, inasmuch as suihcient time had not been allowed to, permit of an appeal from the decision, they were again married in 1884, and there had been several children. In 1891 they made the acquaintance of Air Myburgh, a young gentleman several years respondent's junior, and from that time to the date of the separation he was a constant visitor to the house. He would show that from 1891, when the parties were living near Taplow, down to a few weeks ago this young gentleman and lady had been together under highly suspi- cious circumstances. In August, 1894, owing to eorne monetary dispute, there was a deed; of separation, under which respondent. wius allowed £ 500 per annum. Captain Williams, llOwever, did not desire a. permanent separation, and placed great confidence in his wife. In the autumn of that year they met in Wales and lived together for a short time. After that they again separated, the respondent joining I Mr. Myburgh. The respondent and co-respon- dent left England together, the respondent staying at Madeira, and the co-respondent pro. ceeding to the Cape, from whence He Had Not Returned, Captain George Stanley Williams, the peti- tioner, was then called, and stated that he had no reason to suspect l-is wife until in 1893 he saw a love letter. There was no name inside. He spoke to liiu wife about it, and charged her with carrying on an intrigue. She denied it most positively; she said the letter was in- tended for her sister, who was engaged to My- burgh, and that she was receiving the letters for her as her mother was against the engage- ment. He accepted the explanation, and him- self forwarded the letter to her sister, from whom he afterwards received a letter of thanks. Mrs. Laren, of the Royal Hotel, Portree, deposed to respondent and co-respondent occu- pying the fame room at the hot^l on August 5 la&t, and Miss M'Dougall, chambermaid, gave similar evidence. Stewart M'Laughlin, steward, and Mary Col- ville, stewardess, of the steamship Clydesdale, paving between vStoraoway and Sfcromferiy}, spoke to respondent and co-respondent occupy, ing the same cabin. Mrs. Williams passed As Mrs. Myburgh. Evidence having been given of the visits of the co-respondent to the respondent when living all Taplow, the case stood over until the re- turn of the respondent, his lordship remarking that he had heard sufficient evidence. 0 Mr. Deane said lie would inform his friend on Monday or Tuesday whether he proposed to go into other matters contained in the wife's answer, so that in the event of his not doing so petitioner might allow his witnesses to go. 0

AT A TOURNAMENT. "FINEST SWORDSMAN IN THE ARMY" LOSES AN EYE. A serious accident has befallen Sergeant B. Foersfcer, first-class instructor of gymnastics and fencing, at the Military Tournament. The sergeant, who is officially described, as "the tinest swordsman :n the Army," has become the Victim, so to speak, of hie own art. He was standing watching the sabre play between two swordsmen, and had silently advanced to the close left reaf of one of the cambatants, when this combatant, in throwing back his blade over his left shoulder to talcs a cut at his antagonist, Stuck its Point into Foerster's right eye, quite destroying it. It was really the sergeant-instructor's own blame, as he had given the gwordsmon at whose hand he suffered, no sign of his presence on the fencing ground. Foerster was at once re- moved to a hospital in a very collapsed state, and the damaged orb is to be completely re- moved. Provided tlic other eye does not suffer from sympathy with its destroyed1 companion, it is probable that he will be preserved to the Army, of which he is so distinguished an orna- ment; but, in any case, he will be well provided for, as he is a married man. Before joining the Army Gymnastic Staff, Foerster— a Baltic Province man by origin—had been in the L-ifs Guards.

ROMANCETOF THE SEA S. STRANG-S STORY OF A CAPTAIN WHO CLAIMS £ 10,000 I Captain Carpenter, the hero of the Costa Rica Packet case, is the British tar whose wrongs have been so vigorously espoused by j Mr. J. F. Hogan, M.P., and whose claims to compensation for the outrages inflicted upon him by the Dutch authorities in the Malaccas are nOW being adjudicated upon by an arbitration tribunal nominated by ihe British and Dutch Governments. The Costa Rica Packet was a whaling barque, fitted out by a syndicate of Sydney merchants, and Captain Carpenter was placed in command. CalLino at Ternate, a port in the M^iaccfies, Captain Carpenter wa.s summarily seized and arrested bv the Dutch authorities, virtually kidnapped," deported 1,000 miles away from his ship, thrown into a horrible dungeon, detained'there for ten weeks under insanitary conditions of an appalling character, and eventually bundled out of tne prison in the most unceremonious fashion, Without Trial or Apology, and left to find his way back to hi.s ship as best he could. The Dutch Government has offered him JC2,500 compensation for this o-ross ill-treatment, but he has declined it. claims £ 10,000, and will be content with othiu" left- The owners and the crew also "aim "compensation, for the whaling cruise was ruined and brought to an abrupt ter- Tphiition by the; idegal arrest and protracted i liWi^nment of the captam. It ,s a curious nident to have occurred in our pr< saic '-1 Tt is more reminiscent of £ ir l<'runc:s Drake the Spanish Main, p.ad the old buc- j caneering

A i,!r-s^in^ the tearued oouuse! at the. f° the Cardiganshire Assizes on 5Tvfr justice Wright said that acilli- Iridav. ■ about the quarter sessions cully „1, at Cardiff. The Cardiff quarter and ne on by statute at the end of wfflOWhSno ol the 50th, and the June, » two or three days before. He assizes occasion to look up the point, had Tww that the arrival of her Majesty's but he knew^ th^ %)f judg<* ^sions. The difficulty was this: — quarter So s ,(j the sessions for small cases Could j1 ey 6;z,,e were goinsr on?—-Counsel when the beet) done, and poiated^m^1' <ie lv0U]d consider the

The Transvaal THE EXECUTIVE AND THE REFORM LEADERS. Pinal Decision as to ifh& Release Postponed Until Thursday Next. The 'Pall Mall Gazette," in a late edition on Friday, said a. telegram had been received in London from Pretoria stating that the reform leaders had been released on parole, and that a rumour prevailed that the ultimate punishment of the respited leaders would be a fine of £ 1,000 each. Just a, we arc going to press, however, the following telegram has reached us from Pretoria, dated Friday (2.15 p.m.): — '•The Executive, aifter a long discussion, decided to postpone its final decision regarding the release of ithe four reform leaders until Thursday next. The following special cable has been re- 'ceived at ihe London office of the Johannes- burg "Standard and Diggers' News": — "Pretoria, June 5, 12.50 p.m.—The executive council has unexpectedly postponed the con- sideration of the sentences of the leaders of the Reform Committee to next Thursday. The delay has been caused by legal formali- ties, and an objection raised to the proxy vote of the executive, members. Wolmarns, who is absent from Pretoria. Captain Lngard. A Dalziel's telegram from Buluwayo says: — Captain Lugard has arived at Paiapve. His draft of animals is quite used up, but tihe men of his party arc welt. Captain M'Farlane ie-it on Friday morning in a column numbering 5GO men to attack the rebels in the Imyati district. Captain Piumer, With a command, ieit hero travelling in a westerly direction on Thursday. Speech by 1€r. Rhodes. A Dalziers telegram from Buluwayo says: —A banquet was givi'ii here on Friciay nigiit at which Mr. Cecil Rhodes was the principal speaker, with the object of affording him an opportunity of expressing his views on the situation. Mr. Redrup was the chairman, and the guests included Earl Grey, Mr. Rhodes, Major-general Sir F. Carrmgton, and Sir F. Martin. The proceedings were marked by much enthusiasm. Mr. Rhodes made a long speech upon the situation. Referring to the .subject of railways, he said that arrangements had now been. made to push forward the Beira line, which would feed Eastern Rhodesia. He also recognised the necessity of a line between Buluwayo and the Oaipe being rapidly constructed. The money had been raided to build it, and the railway would reach Buluwayo in about two years from the present time. He did not think it possible for such a line to .be constructed sooner. It would be constructed as fast as the material could be landed at the Chpe. He knew that a raiiwav was indispensable to the progress of the country. The Chartered Company would use every effort to push forward the con- struction of the railway, and the prospect of it justified the expenditure which would be en- tailed by the undertaking. He was pleased to greet Sir F. Carrington in Buluwayo, and said that ail in that town would be relieved at his presence, for Sir F. Carrington's reputation in South Africa augured veil for the complete subjugation of the rebels and the suppression of the rising. The first thing, he said, that was noticed was that all the States of South Airica had been discussing the future of Rho- desia, and settling the form of government for that country, and never asking the opinion of the residents. He considered that the Rhode- sians had a voice in the question of the future of Rhodesia, and that it should be a self- governing colony, with the fullest measure of self-control when there was a large white popu- lation in the country. Then the people would demand and get self-government. The country would never be amalgamated to the Transvaal or absorbed by Cape Colony, but would rank as one of the States of South Africa. His policy would never change- While he had any- thing to do with the policy of the country he would favour self-government. He would not alter his views of a lifetime on account of recent troubles; but, at the same time, he would always remember that the end in view was the establishment of an African Federa- tioll. Sir F. Carrington said he was determined to finish the rebellion as quickly as possible and thoroughly. Earl Grev, who also spoke, expressed his sense of the great honour which fell to those whose duty it was to pull this country through its troubles. Sir F. Martin believed that the mining and commercial interests (of the country would make Rhodesia. a gem of the British Crown, and it was h's duty to assist in the development of the country aud safeguard ita interests. ■I II ill lawwm

ESCAPED LUNATIC. THE KIEBO OFi AN EXCITING SCENE IN AN HOTEL. An exciting adventure with an escaped lunatic has taken place at Annan. It appears that on the previous night a yojng man of genteel appearance, dressed in a suit of navy blue, entered the Quee.nsberry Hotel, and engaged a bedroom. He ordered an early breakfast, and said he required lunch to be served at eleven o'clock. He told the waiter his name was Exley, and tha.t he expected a telegram, which was to be brought to hit! room on its arrival. Subsequently a commotion was heard in his bedroom. The matI had commenced to smash the windows, and he pitched every article of furnituie in the. roojn out of the window. On the police arri ving-(they found the door barri- caded with the bed, and the man calling out in a loud voice that he would blow the brains out of the first perscn who entered the room. After considerable trouble the officers forced an en- trance and secured their prisoner, who was brandishing the pillar of a large mirror, the glass of which he had smashed to pieces. He was leaked up, and two doctors pronounced the man to be dangerous lunatic. It is thought fiorn certain marks on his clothing that ho lias escaped from an asylum somewhere in the North oi England.

SALVATION AND SINNERS. OFIICESS THROWING OUT TITS OLD MAN DEFEND THEIR ElSTERCJY At Southwark Police-court (before Mr. Slade) William Totterdale, cook and "lieutenant," and James Graham, "lieutenant,1' werd chtiigod an remand with assaulting John Smith, and Peter Glem, head night wntchman, and Charles Davis, second night watchman, were charged 0n remand with kicking Arthur Shep- pard and breaking three of his ribs on May 3. The four m.-n charged are officers in the Salvation Army, and the alleged assault, took place at the Salvation Army Slituter in Blaclc- friars-road. The two complainants are both labouring men, and frequently used the shelter. Both men were seriously injured, and it was stated at the previous hearing that. a considerable number of complaints of violence at the shelter had been communicated to the police. Police-constable 97 M was called, and stated that he found t'he prosecutor lying just outi-ide the shelter, insensible. When he recovered his senses he commenced raving, and witness took him into custody. Cross-examined: He took the man into custody because he thought he was drunk. The prosecutor was, in fact, charged with drunken- ness. Inspector Crawford, L Division, stated that he was in charge of the police-station when the Prosecutor was charged. The man groaned a. great deal, and witness sent for a. doctor. Later ll) the morning witness intended releasing the mau on bail, but when he went to the cell he discovered the prosecutor could not walk. He had to be carried out. and the. doctor who waa sent for ordered his removal to the infirmary at once. When the prosecutor was able to le:n'3 the infirmary witness attended with him at the '-■ourt and obtained a. warrant for both the prisoners' arrest. The Defence. The case for the prosecution having ended, Mr. Frost addressed the magistrate- He wished to point out that the strict question of law which governed the case was not whether M|.V violence was used, but whether unneces- sary violence was used. The shelter was not a. registered common lodging-house, but reallv a Private house kept by General Booth, who agre-ed that anyone who paid 2d. should be flowed to receive the benefit of the shelter during the night, dependent upon orderly con- ■uct. Directly an inmate became disorderly also became a trespasser, and General '•coth was entitled to deal with lum as such. *f when asked to leave such trespasser refused, jt was perfectly within (he right of General Booth to use such necessary vioknce towards that, poison as to eject him. Mr. Frost then I r?viewed the evidence of the prosecution, criti- -■sing various pad, of it. Mr. Sydney asked the magistrate if he wished to hear him as to the point of law raised. His Worship notified his intention to commit the case to a jury, and Mr. Sydney said he IYould not prolong the case. Witnesses were then called for the defence with a view to rebut the evidence of the prose- cution, and to support Mr- Frost's contention. Eventually both cases were again adjourned. 1

The Cry of the Children A PITIFUL TALE FROM: CHELSEA. N.S.P.C.C. Officers Bring a.n Accusa. tion Ag-ainst a Pather and a Stepmother. Mr. Sheil, the Westminster magistrate, was engaged on I riday afternoon, in investigating a charge preferred by the National' Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children against George and Susan Wheatley, of 23, Claboll Mews, Cadogitn-^qu-are. They were summoned for wilfully ill-treating and 'neg- lecting their children, Maud and Albert, aged respectively fourteen and tweivei, in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary auf- ftring or injury to health. The male defen- dant is a gentleman's coachman, and the woman is his second wife, and she is much younger than her husband. Mr. W. Morecon Phillips, the National Society's solicitor, said the man Wheat-ley was in recvipt of 50s. a week, in addition to free retit:, gas, and coal. The children Maud and Albert were two of four borne h.m by ius first wns. The charge against the defendants was, that they practically starved the boy and girl, who were the subjects of the inquiry, that tuey confined them in an almost naked condition in a.n ill-lighted room, that the father beat them with a p.ece of harness that had been a horde's belly-band, that they had tied up the children by their hands to a nail in the wall, and kept them in that position from morning till night. Mr. Philiips was Unable to draw any distinction between the conduct of the two defendants the one was as bad as the other. • Inspector George Roberts, N.S.P.C.C., de- pcsed that he visited 23, Clabon-mews, at about three o'clock on the afternoon of May 23. The defendants were there- He informed the man that he had received information about the treatment of his children, and asked to see them. Wheatley said that Maua .and Albert were away with friends in the country, but witness, on pushing his way into the back room, saw a naked leg sticking out from underneath a bed. The female defendant tried: to prevent the officer going in. He pushed .by, however, and saw the two children under- neath the bedstead. They both came out a.t witness's 'bidding. "What are you there for?" asked the officer. The boy replied, "Mother told us to hide here. The boy had on an old shirt, while the girl had on a eiitunise which only reached to her waist. The chdtA-tii could scarcely j-tand or speak froan weakness. Witness went on to say that ha noticed a large bru.se on the girl's shoulder. A.-ked to account for that, the writer said, "I hit her yesterday with a leather srra.p." Furthermore, lie stated that th.? children were thieves and dirty. T'ne woman repeated that statement. The room was very dark having no direct light and in a terrible state of tilth. The bedroom occupied by th" defendants was comfortably fucnished. Dr. Evans. assistant- divisional surgeon, exa- mined the girl Maud in the presence of the mother. The child was much emaciated. She was pale, the eyes were sunken, and the skin pale. The girl was in a very exhausted con- dition—weak. There was a bruise on the point of the right shoulder, and another on the blade. She was fairly clean. At the time of witness's examination the child was fully dressed. Witness found no signs of organic disease to account for the emaciation. —Mr. Sheil: Then tc what do you attribute her condition?—The only conclusion that 1 could come to was that it was caused by de- privation of food.—The boy Albert TO also nvuch emaciated. There were four rather severe bruises. There were no signs of disease. He attributed the boy's state to want of suffi- cient food. Mr. Sheil: And perhaps to imprisonment? Dr, Evans: Y e". The standard weight of a ,girl of fourteen was 90J)b., that a bov of twelve 801b. At, this point, Mr. Phillips put in as evi- dence two photographs taken of Maud and Albert as they appeared on May 26. They are ghastly nude pictures, the children's bones ■no joints fctmdiug out in bold relief, with the rikin hanging xoosely about their little frames. The aims and legs appear "o thicker !-Ka p p, broom h«r.dle, while the features of the girl are ,0 drawn a»d distorted that the face might b- taken for that of an old woman. Inspector Roberts stated that the female de- fendant told liim that Maud aid Albert were not rude children, but they were given to steal- ing. The woman further said that Maud had not been out for five weeks, and Albert for three months. Maud, when weighed at the home, scaled 53jb. 40z,; that day she weighed 661b. Albert, at the home, weighed 50ib. lOoz.; to-day he weighed 601b. At this point the Magistrates adjourned the further hearing of the case until Thursday next. At his request, the children, Maud and Albert, were brought into court. Though much im- proved by their treatment at the Society's Home, the poor creatures seemed to be still very feeble and distraught, their sunken and vacant eyes and pallid cheeks giving them, an that day be weighedl 601b.

CARDIFF DOG SHOW. PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AS EXHIBITORS. His Royal Highnesw the Prince of Wales, president of the show, has made four entries for this "how. and lie? Royal Highness the Princess of Wales 'has made three, a fact which will interest all loverg of dogs, and will go far to secure the success of the venture.

TO RIVAL THE ROSEBEEY. NEW PUBLIC HALL FOR CARDIFF. Mr. Solomon Andrews has been responsible for suppying many public wants in the town of Cardiff. His latest idea is that of buildino- au immense hall, in proportions equal to the famous Rosebery-hall. The site of the con- struction is to be at the rear of the arcade built by Mr. Andrews in Queen-street, on the piece of t.aud at present occupied bv Mr Henry Studt's roundabouts. The architect for the t-w structure is Mr. C- Webb, of Queen-street who, in the counse of a few days will begin, to prepare his plans. At present the exact size and shape has not been decided upon, but it h intended tha.t the hall shall be built of brick with an iron fire-proof roof.

CARDIFF PROPERTY EX- CHANGE. Mr, Morgan Morgan conducted a sale of property at the Roya't Hotel. Cardiff, on Fridav ?ven:rsg. Lot 1, a- dwelling-bouse, 18. Alice- ;rpct, Bute Docks, Cardiff, let at 12s. p<?r week, and held on a 99 yea.rs' lease from 1858 hi the annual ground renrt of £2; 1s.. was sold no ,1: Thomas ■Sor £300. Lot 2, a dweiling- lionse. 88, .Idverncss-place, Ron.th. held 0" "a 39 years' lease, was sol d'to Mr. Evans for £210. CiOt 3, a dwelling-house, 23, Weilingion-sttee-t, 3ID ton. let m 7s. pes? weeik. held or> a 99 y/?arsJ lease from 1858. at an annum ground rent of £2, was sold to Mr. John Smart for £137 10s. sjO' 4 and 5, two similar houses, 2t ;1,nd 25, WtfUinjyton-istrest, Canton, let at a weekly rent ot 6s. fed. ea^h, held i'o* similar terms as tne last lot, at the annual ground rent cf £ .115s. Su.. ivere also sold to Mr. John Smart for £127 10s. ind -612 10s. respectively.

CARDIFF FREE LIBRARY. MEETIN2. OF THE MUSEUM COM- MITTEE. A I1 :1, meeting of the muse-urns committee, ieid on > riday night at the Town-hall, Cardiff, Alderman T Rees in the chair, Mr. F..1. jfiive;" brought up <ifie question of the hono- rary members or curators of the committee, ivho were we'd qualified to take a great and •bercefieial Jnterwl; n the conduct of the museum: but in the Museum and Gymnasium Act of 1891 no provision was made for anyone -/■eing a, member of the museums' committee unless he was also a representative ^f the rate- payers, or a member of the corporation. That, ? thought, wis an oversight, and a very un- lappy one, because, the same did not appertain ;o the Technical and Intermediate Education ,\cts. He moved that the corporation be bnt't-od to bass a resolution in favour of unending the Act, a.nd also stated that the jorough member (Mr. J. M. Maolc.an)

BLIND JUSTICE. 3UFFERS ALSO FROM OTHER DE- FORMITIES, NOTABLY IDIOTCY. They have a somewhat remarkable way of lispensing jUBtic.(3 in the North of London, )n one memorable oeca-sion the HIghgate sentenced a starving wa.sheIVYOma,1! o six months' imprisonment for »toylin,g a crap of bread. And now at the Wood-green ?etty Sessions they have inflicted a fine of 5s. ipon a savago whose exploits read like a page rom pandemonium. This is Charles Moi-reli, b labourer, of Acacia-road, AVood-Green. It appears that Morrell some time ago bit off he ear of his brother Charles, and the other I light, in the mkUt of fearful language, he vas threatening to bIte the other ear off loing his best to accomplish that end. He' uceeeded, however, only in blai-king his >rother's eves, and otherwise maltreating him. -Police-constable Clarke said that he had Lnown Morrel for five years eus a violent and langerous fellow. 0 n one occasion last year le had to take him into custody, and the •uflian threatened to "split him down" with shovel, being prevented only by a vigorous Ise of the truncheon.—Morreil's defence was hat. he did not bite his brother's ear off—the r/owd prevented h.m.—And it was hear- ng all this that the Bench conci'osb#$iat a. ine of 5s. waa adequai*. I

Late Mr Daniel Owen HIS EARLY DAYS IN ADS- TRALIA. (By "Morien.") It is with very deep emotion one pens the very painful tidings of the death of our friend Mr. Daniel Owen. Ash Hall, one of the proprietors of this journal. It is with genuine heartfelt grief we reflect that we shall never again behold that slightly stoop- ing figure and whitened head visiting the office of this newspaper. His place knoweth him no more for ever! We shall miss his voice from amiung our people. Slightly irri- table in temperament, his very irritability I bore the character of self-amusement, and in the midst of what a stranger might regard as fits of temper he would exhibit indications of latent iun. To illustrate this I may mention that little more than a month ago he manifested towards the writer a petulant disposition because the writer had failed to pay a visit to Ash Hall in com- pliance with his invitation for him to do so, conveyed by letter. Shortly after, while with him in his library at Ash Hall, I said to him, "Although you *re occasionally 'rough,' I felt extremely sorry to learn you were poorly." He replied, with a smile beaming behind the smoke of his long wooden pipe, "I thought you had more sense You ought to knowl by this time that what- ever irritable observations I made to you, they were never meant." I ca.n testify, after a pretty close intimacy of twenty years, that, under a brusque aud proud exterior, his heart was tender and sensitive as that of a young maiden. With me he seldom put ou any restraint, and we chatted familiarly ion all kinds of topics, but chiefly about purely Welsh coun- try vife~ami;sing stories about men and circumstances of the past, and when, amoug our intimate acquaintances, my story hap- pened to be unduly prolonged, he would put: his pipe out of his mouth, and cry out, "Cut it short!" This "Cut it short" ex- pression was a play upon what a certain spinster, well known at Wenv-oe, addressed to a clergyman, now no more, while he was engaged in prayer in the long room of the lynewydd Hotel, Porth, with the miners who had been rescued alive after an entomb- ment of ten days without any food. Mr. Daniel Owen was a self-made man. He was born in a cottage on the south of the Great Western Railway between Llan- harran and Pencoed, and the view of the oottage is suspended on a wall at Ash Hall. Whiie he was a young cMd his parents went to live at Mert-hyr. They did not stay there long, and the furniture was brought by canal to Iraihvng, Pontypridd, and Mr. Owen once, with some degree of emotion, pointed out to me the spot where he recol- lected his parents, both dead at the time, were busily engaged among their few house- hold goods. Then, brightening up, he indi- cated a point in the pavement between two roads, and said, "it was on that spot I first met Mr. Daniel Thomas, now of Pwll- gwaun Colliery." His mind was curiously retentive of the minutest incidents of his early life. The next home of the family was in Mill-street, Pontypridd. There his little sister died, and there, too, subsequently, his mother passed away. Near their home in Mill-street, Mr. Evan James ("Ieuan ab lago'), the immortal a-uthdr of 'lien Wlad fy Nhadau" ("The Old Land of My Fathers"), was the owner 01 a woollen factory, and, at a very early period, Mr. Daniel Owen was apprenticed to Mr. Evan James to learn the art of weaving. Mr. Owen's parents were Independents, having from early life attended the Llanharran chapel of the Inde- pendents. Naturally, on going to dwell at Pontypridd, the parents attended Sardisf Inde- dependent Chapel, of which the Rev. Griffith Jones, the father of Mrs. Owen, Ash Hall, was a. popular minister. A member of Bardis Chapel, and acting as local preacher, was the Rev. Evan Davies, afterwards known to fame as "Myvyr Morgan wg," the Arch- druid, who, on the death of "T&iiasun ab Iolo" at Merthyr in 1847, succeeded to tfca position, which, since the year 1300, had been regularly filled up. Thus Pontypridd became the headquarters of the Gorsedd of Bardic Britain, "Yn ol Braint a Defod." It was thus the home of the venerable chair of Tir Iarll, and, therefore, 0f all Esyllwg between the Rumney and the Neath Rivers. It is stated that from a period immediately following the withdrawal of the Romans from England, in A.D. 409—they had then long withdrawn from Wales, as being untenable, even before the time of Carawn (Carausius of Roman history)—the motto of the chair had been "Da yw y Maen gydar Efengyl" ("The Stone Pillar with the Gospel is Desi- rable"). But at Pontypridd the new Arch- druid "Myvyr" left Sardis Chapel, and aban- doned what he called "the Jewish Chris- tianity," as being a creed having its founda- tion in the blood of the innocent. A great scandal was the result of this extra- ordinary view of Christianity entertained by an ex-preacher of the Welsh Independents. In those days theology and poetry were almost the exclusive studies of intellectual Welshmen, and the earliest departure, or rather additional stuoy. was the question relating to King Alcohol. Thus Pontypridd I in Mr. Daniel Owen's earliest yeaivs, was agitated by Judaism, Christianity, Bardwm, Druidism, and Total Abstinence, or Teetotal- ism, as the old school still love to term it. ism, as the old school still love to term it. Among other tuings, the seething fermem resulted in imparting much mental activity in the town and district generally. But i believe that "Myvyr" alone had the courage to publicly announce that he was a Druid and nothing else as regards religion. There was no question as regards "Myvyr's" since- rity. Lying reports were circulated to the effect that he became a Druid simply because, on the withdrawal of the Rev. Griffith Jones, he was not appointed to succeed him as the regular minister of Sardis Cnapcl. I have deemed it necessary to place before the reader the foregoing sketch to afford an idea. of the surroundings of Mr. Daniel Owen during his early days and most impres- sionable days. He himself was then too young to take an active part with either party. He was an enrolled member at Sardis, c. was a Sunday School student-, and, like Mrs. Owen, was a member of the sinpinu- class. I have an idea that he occasionally led the | congregational singing at Sardis. To the t last, I can personally testify that the words r of a Welsh hymn seemed to touch his heart like the strains of ancient music falling unexpectedly on the ear- Eatoly the words of the following hymn seemed to haunt his waking hours: — "Disgwyl pethau gwych i ddyfod, Croes i livnv maent yn dad: Meddwl 'fory bydd gorfoledd, t lory'r tristweh lH wya. Meddwl byw, ac eto mm-w c Yw'r lleferydd dan fy niron11 Bob yn ronyn mi ro'f ffarwel—- Ffarwe] glau i'r ddaear hon." I have recently heard hua murmuring that h wonderful hymn. I recollect- it was on hear- ing it sung at Eglwvswyno, at the funeral of his friend the late Mr. Thomas Williams, Glog, that the old hymn came back with much force to his memory. When I was last with him at Ash Hall he reverted with much feeling to the last words uttered before her death by the late Mrs. Hamlen Williams, Fairfield, namely, "Great eternity He repeated the words tearfully. This led us to converse on the subject, and, referring to the marvellous poetry of Welsh hymns, I repeated the following — "Grawn sypiau yno sydd, Y n hongian nos a dydd, Ar winwydd pur; I ddisychedu v rhai Fu n gruddfan dan eu gwae o gystudd a phob trai, Mewn anial dir." The lines seemed to afford him great plea- sure. Looking back and re-calling our last talk, it appears to me now that he had a kind of presentiment that the end was not far off. He said that he had not spent a dav free from pain during the last forty years— pain in the lower part of his right side. But he was blessed with wonderful business capa- city, and his mind was quick as lightning. Down to 44 years ago he worked at the loom in the Pontypridd factory. He was then, I am told by people who remember him in those days, thin and delicate looking. In 185^ the news spread that gold in rich abun- dance had been discovered in Australia. Mr. Daniel Owen and Miss Jones were already married. The delicate-looking young weaver resolved to risk the great voyage in a sailing ship to the Antipodes. Leaving Mrs. Owen with relatives, he went forth to seek his for- tune. He described to me recently the efforts his father made to persuade him not to go. "My father," he said, "accompanied me to Cardiff, and, as a last effort, and pulling out of his pocket a purse containing 70 sovereigns, and offering it to me, he said, 'Stay, Daniel, and if you will do so I will give you all It was, literally, the father's "all" in the world. But no the son was fully resolved. When relating the story to me he had to stop several times owing to huskiness in the throat. "At last," he said, "I was compelled to go down to the steamer Jenny Jones, ply- ing between Cardiff and Bristol. As the steamer—then called 'packet'—was going through the old, narrow way towards the Channel I could still see my father on the edge of the pier wall"—here Mr. Owen's emotions became uncontrollable, and he wept for several minutes. Raising his head and applying his handkerchief to his eyes vigorously, he said, "I had no idea that 1 could be so weak." "Weak!" I cried, "Never in your life have I seen you manifes- ting so much strength as in shedding those tears. They prove that your heart has not suffered much in your fights with the world." He lived some eight or ten years in Australia, and during that time made his "pile." He and Mrs. Owen, who had fol- lowed him to Melbourne, returned and settled at Ash Hall. There Mrs. Naunton Davies (their on'Iy daughter) and Mr. Tudor Owen (their only son) were born. Mr. Daniel Owen's father lived until six or seven years ago at Forest Uchaf, near Ash Hall, and the Rev. Griffith Jones, Mrs. Owen's father, in another residence near Ash Hall. The two old parents spent the evening of their days in peace and comfort, under the fostering care of the son and daughter, and the de- lightful visits of the two grandchildren were the joy of their latter days. Mr. Daniel Owen had a strong literary bent. His well-stocked library of English and Welsh classics form a standing monument of that fact. But in late years his reading was almost entirely limited to the newspapers of the day. -There, seated in his library, on the left side of the fireplace when one faces it, with a window affording a view of a charming green nook, and with pipe in his mouth—for he was very fond of smoking— he listened to Miss Hunt, his faithful private secretary, reading the morning papers. Now a speech by Mr. Lloyd-George would be the theme, and when he disagreed with the sentiments of the Cymric infant Hercules a growl would escape from the listener's lips. Mr. Chaplin was a favourite, and Mr. J. M. Maclean his admiration. He seemed to feel a kind of parental pride in Major Wynd- ham-Quin. Mr. Daniel Owen was an earnest Conservative, but had not in late years taken an active personal part in party struggles. He had, in fact, thrown his personal energy into business, and in that way he served his generation probably more effectually than he would have done had he spent his time over thilmidnight oil. He pubÚshecka. small work, called "Teaant Right," dealing in a very interesting manBer with the ancient customs of the G-amorgan farmers, customs which had their origin in the remote p&3 £ His "Tenant Right" is the only book in existence in which those customs have been summarily and clearly stated in either English or Welsh. It is to" be regretted the little work was not issued also in the Welsh language. So im- portant and valuable is the work that more than one judge, in daaling with disputes between landlord and tenant, lias referred to Mr. Daniel Owen's "Tenant Right" as a safe guide when dealing with the old land customs of Glamorgan. The latest land purchases of Mr. Daniel Owen were Ash Hall and the large farm associated with the ancient palace, and also lands which Sir Joseph Spearman, late of Llansanor Court, sold by public auction. On his recently-acquired landed estate, and < £ oseto Ystrad Owen Parish Church, is a re- markable relic of the past in the shape of a Druidic mound, called "Istraed Da-wen." This Mr. Daniel Owen had fenced with haw- thorn twigs, and the mound itself planted with ornamental trees. The writer was sent for by him to plant an oak sapling on the centre of the mound in memory of the great of old who were wont to assemble there for Divine worship. That was done accordingly. All the trees are full of life and activity, but. alas, and in the words of the Patriarch Job, the man .'—where is he ?

DEATH BY MISADVENTURE. ENGLISHMAN'S END OUT AN ATLANTIC LINEAR. A Central News telegram from New York ..ays •—The steamer St. Paul brought with her the body of Mr. C. Murray, of London, who is believed to be -a- wealthy Englishman. He died on Wednesday OIl board the vessel from. tbe effects of poison, suppoised to IJ.a:-¡e been taken in mistake for mcdieine.

A FATAL LEAP. THRILLING SCENE AT A LONDON Finis. Fire broke out about one o'clock on Satur- fay morning in a house in Spitf"t-street, Spital. lields, occupied by Abraham Pollock and his family, and Mrs. Pollock, in jumping out of I he window, was killed. Mr. Pollock and isther Pollock, aged nineteen, were so seriously mint that they were removed to hospital, and hree young children were partially suffocated, rhe fire., the cause of which 1* unknown, was oon got under, and the damage to property was anqjaratively small.

A MAD FATHER. TRfaOWS HIS THREE CHILDREN THROUGH THE WINDOW. A Dalziel's telegram from Fans says:—A elegram from Auch .stateis thafc a gentleman of adepeudent means, uamed Troy, who has rB- ently shown signs of insanity, on Friday went iad and threw his three daughters, aged two, I our, and six years respectively, out of the irst floor window- calling out as he did so, Go to heaven." The eldet-t child was seriously lurt. but the others escaped \Vitl1 tii^nt biuiSes.

TURF TALK And Paps for Lovers of Athletics There was a dead silence when Canterbury Pilgriau won the Oaks on Friday. It was not because -Lord Derby, the owner of the winner, is unpopular; on the other hand he is a I genuine sportsman. The reason was btcause everyone hoped to s.-e the Prince of Wales bring off the double event. Had Thais passed the post first there would have been another scene, but it could rujver have equalled the one which followed the victory of Persimmon. However, the Prince cannot grumble, and he would be the last man to complain. He is a sport,sman to the care and has learnt to take defeat as a sportsman should do. While Lord Derby may well be congratulated upon his success, we are sorry the Prince could only g.st second. It would have been a glorious thing for his Royal Highness to have captured the One Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and the Oaks in one year, and then stand a chance of succ-ess in the S.t. Leger. Wheki you come to think of it, Thais, a courtesan, ought oertainly to have been well beaten by Canterbury Pilgrim. What does the Nonconformist conscience say about it? It is not generally known who Thais was, and the fact that she wa.s 2-n Athenian courtesan mistress of Alexander the Great will occasion some suiiprise to the goody^-goody .sort. Thais is said to have instigated Alexander to burn the royal palace at Perseopolis. She afterwards was married io Ptolemy, the great King of Egypt. The Prince of Wales t-huck hands with Lord Derby and congratulated him on his success. Say what you like about the scum of the racing world, that world still holds the Prince of sportsmen. Several books were opened yesterday upon the Royal Hunt Cup at the London sporting resorts, and Quarrel left off favourite at 10 to 1. Odds of 100 to 6 were tendered bar one, Gliiidaine being second in demand. At the Maisons Laffitte Meeting on Friday some wagering took place on the Grand Prix de Paris. Although very little was done, the following rates will show the position of the market:—2 to 1 agst Champaubert (taken), 5 to 1 agst Earwig (offered), 6 to 1 agst Kerym (offered), 6 to 1 agst Champignol (offered), 10 to 1 agst Trebans (offered), 10 to 1 agst Shannon (offered), and 16 to 1 agst Liane (offered). Canterbury Pilgrim bumped Thais badly just before reaching the distance, but the Prince aoeepted this as nart of the fortunes of war and laid no objection. Nenemoosha was not herself on Friday, and will see a better day. Canterbury Pilgrim is engaged in the Royal Hunt Cup, and her success on Friday carries a. 51b. penalty, making her weight 7st lib. A heavy thunderstorm broke over Middle- ham on Thursday afternoon while the "spares" in F. Bates's team were at. exercise, and Red Erjiign, one of their number, was struck dead by lightning, but. happily the boy in charge escaped injury. The horse was a six-year-oid son of Paradox and Red Rag, the property of Sir R. Jardine, and will be remembered as running a dead heat with Shancratha for the Manchester Cup in 1894-, Dick Burge, or rather one of his supporters, is not satisfied with the beating he received at the hands of the American boxer, Lavigne, the other night, and is prepared to fight him again for £ 1,000 subject to the following con- ditions :—To box at 10st., give or take 21b., and weigh at twelve o'clock mid-day. The matcli is to take place, if at all, in November. Canterbury Pilgrim had failed in all four of her races last- season, her only judicial placing being when third in the Knowsley Nursery, at Liverpool, when she was quite 7ib. the inferior of Imjiosition—form that waa exactly fur.her confirm ed subsequently at Derby. Robinson evidently imagines his recent Irish I purchase, Lord Drogheda, is speedier than any of his timber-topping displays suggest, for the horse has been entered in several falr-c!a_-tf handicaps on the flat. When the jumping season comes round again the clever Foxhill trainer will once again turn his attention to "lepping," and will have a few horses under his charge that will carry the white aad blue cap of that astute turfite. Captain Mac-hell, who js a frequent visitor at Foxhiiil. Wiiilt lie was temporary resident at Walnut House, Winchester, eight ten months ago. it may be recollected that Robinson turned out Mome I winners tinder National Hunt Rules, among others the champion four-year-old 'ohaser.Chair of Kildare, who was subsequently hold to Mr. Rose. There is every facility for training jumpers at Clorane's home, and Robinson will most likely lay out a .two-mile course on per- fect level, n(4ht in front of his own windows, 11 at the foot <-r ihe hill, UfJOll whidl the house built and foimeiiy occupied by Captain Cook- son stands, and is named after. In the West End on Wednesday last an in- fluential assemblage of sporting men discussed a match between Jem Carney and "Xid" Lavigne. Carney was present, 'and consented to the proposal with one specific condition— the match to be with "t' fistes," and not the gloves. Jem has always had a special liking for the noble art in its native simplicity. One distinguished sportsman clinched the matter by offei-ng to back Carney for any part of the £ 500 against Lavigne, and post money then and tiiere, but nothing came of the proposal. The parties then fell back upon the Plimmer and Corfaeid match, and so generouslv was this subject treated, that there is great probability of articles being signed within ,a few days. Both Plimmer and Corfield were present.

This Days Racing A busy week's racing will be brought to a con- clusion at Kemptoa Park this af:ern'){'I1, when some of the following selections nwy prove successful: — Sheen Plate—VEltDAXT GI? EES. Hampton Plate—ORPilETAXE. Koyal Handicap—THE iNIVl'Ett. Staines Selling-LETHE Surrey Stakes-BAXTRY BAY, Scurry Handicap—IVANi THE GREAT. 1 11 egula tion Plate—-LO LLAIMX VENATOR. ]

OLD SAM'S FINALS. ] EEMITUX PAUK MEETING. I ] 2.0-CASTLE MAY or VERDANT GKEEN. I !j 2.30—VASOU VIANA COLT or DONNA MARGERY. I, 3.0—THE STR1D. 3.30—LETHE. ] 1-0—VASO U VIANA 00LT or CASTLE rflLL. j 1-0—VASO U VIANA 00LT or CASTLE rflLL. j 4.30—LANTWIT (nap). 5.0—NOUVEAU lUCHE. II TltEULB EVENT— > THE STB 11), LETHE, and LANTWIT. < d

LONDON FINALS. I KEMPTON: "A.PK MEETING. "THE STAR"—"CAPTAIN COB." CALLAGIIAN, DONNA MARGERY, THE STRID, FLOOD, BANTRY BAY. LANTWIT, NOUVEAU RI CErE. "EVENING NEWS"—"MILO." VERDANT GREEN, SARDINE, THE STRID, iXTHE, FERNERY, LANTWIT, NOUVEAU RICHE. I "BEE BFE." t'EP.PANT GREEN, DOXNA MARGERY, THE STRID, 'l.OOD, MORNING, PORTE BONHEUR, and NOUVEAU RICHE.

PROBABLE RUNNERS AT KEMPTON PARK. » Slieen Plate.—Lord Droglieda, Castie May, Verdant { -Sreen, Moutou, and Rampant. Hampton Piute.—Ail ready to run. Royal Handicap.—The Nipiier, Toreador, Vites, [A Masquerade, Clipstone, anil The Strid. Staines Plate.—All ready to ran. Surrey, Two Year Old.—Ban try. Lav, Letcowbe, I iame Eye, Castle lliil, Mornino.. Livoruo, VaeJU- II iana colt, Sardine, and Fernery. Scurry Handicap.— Ports BouSieur, Castle May, loideu Rain, Lantwit, Saxon Prince, Bonnie Lena, Vazanora, Laxly Charity, and Ivan the Great. Regulation Plate.—Nouveau Itlehe, U'Uaid, and Vi.lbourne Chimes. I

KEMPTON PARK FIRST JCNE MEETING. I PROGRAMME FOIt THIS DAY. Houses marked "a." have arrived. 3.0-The ROYAl, HANDICAP of fi00 -SOVR winne/a j extra. One mile, i.n the. Julnl-v Coiuse. Mr J1 I Bainato's The Cotviean J Cam.on 4 9 0 I j.Pmiee Solrvkoff's The Nipper C Waiigii 4 8 7- Sir ft W (S-.tii's Toreador Ji Shetwood a 8 6 ail" J Barrow's ,viLe;; J Daw-s-on, jun 5 8 o i lI-lr BeanchampV Marton Pickeriug 3 8 0 aMr T B Miller's La Masquerade « Cannon 3 7 12 aMi R Crest's C'lipsione H Bates 3 7 10 aLord Derby's The Strid Mr Lamhton 3 6 7 3.30—The STAINKS ALL-AGED SELLING PLATE aMr A M Cardwell's Minerval Watcrer 4 9 10 aMr Hablm's L'Abbe Ncir luge 4 9 10 aMr D R Aikmau's Quebec Raisin a 9 10 aDuke of Devonshire's Bayreutii Marsh 3 9 1 aMr Straus's Lethe .1 W Stevens 3 9 1 aCapt A de Vere Smith's Flood Peace 3 8 12 aMr B S Cooper's Ciooii Holt 3 8 12 aMr E C Turner'? Daisymere Pickering 2 7 3 aPr.iKe SoltykotfVs Orpheiine C Waugh 2 7 0 aMr W M Clarke's Swindon r:ivate 2 7 0 aMr 11 Saiulgate's Proposal Hobbs 2 7 0 4.0—The SURREY TWO YEAR OLD STAKES of 500 sovs, for two year olds; colts 9st, liillies and geld- ings 8st 111b; winners extra. Five furiongs, on the Straight Course. Mr Fairie's Eager Ryan 10 0 the Straight Course. Mr Fairie's Eager Hyall 10 0 Mr T Corn's Baslow Lvnliam 9 0 iir 11 Croker's Albany Morton 9 0 aMr J Gubbins's Banti v Bay Darliug 9 Ú Mr Hùulm,t;r't!1's Brian Ryan 9 0 M) H M'Caliuont's Captain of the Boats Jevvitt 9 0 Mr G Watson's Biacktord Private 9 0 aCapt. Greer's Moving Darling 8 11 aMr It Monro's GaniS Eye R Sherwood 8 11 Mr J Porter's Edie ilopson W Stevens 8 11 Mr W T Robinson's Avouwick tillv Owner 8 11 Mr T Stacey's Silent Watch Taylor 8 11 Mr J Dawson's Tees Lily Owner 8 11 aMr Bankes's Livorno Waiters, SMI 8 4 aMr F Lynlium's Vasouviana colt Owner 8 4 aSir J B Maple's Sardine J Day 8 4 aMr A J Sclnva.be's Letcomoe Pickering 8 4 aMr H M'Calmont's Fernery Jewitt 8 1 aMr It Marsh's Castle Hill Owner 8 1 Mr W G Marshall's Va,pour Jiliv .J Waugh 8 1 4.c0—The SCURitY HANDICAP of 103 sevs winners extra. Five luriongs, on the Stniigbt Course. Mr C J K Fawcetts Ranald McEagii Peace 6 9 7 Mr W A Gaviii's Newmarket Andrews a 9 0 aLord Shrewsbury's 1'orte Bonlieur Webb 6 8b Mr Hyums's Queen of the Chase Nightii.gull 4 8 5 aMr J Gubbins's Custle May Harling 4 8 3 M R L-ebuudY'8 I'et of the "Fancy.Go'dmg 6 8 0 Mr J Gubbins's Spinning Boy Darling 480 aMr K J Percy's Golden HH-lll Raiedn 4 8 0 Mr A Calvert's ] outwit C Peek 3 8 0 Mr C J Merry's Absentee Biaime 5 7 13 Mr J A Miller's Kadoo Gurry 3 7 13 Mr E Foster's Agnes Galliard J Daw soil 3 7 11 Mr J Freeman's World's Mart Owner 4 7 10 Mr T Cannon's Murthly Owner 4 7 10 Mr W Johnston's Saxon Pruice Owner 479 Mr H Headman's Blue Tint Prince 3 7 9 Mr 1' Ralli's Gwynue T Sherwcod 5 7 8 Mr H Sandy;ate's King Tartar Hobos 376 Mr K Barrat's Ladv Dorset Po!i .Owner 3 7 6 Mi G Maclaehhm's Lo Ken W E Elsey 376 Mr W Marshall's Bonnie Lena Vinev 3 7 6 Lord Radnor's Wazongora 7 6 aSir W Ingram's Ivan the Great W Stevens 3 7 1 Mr F Lynhnm's Dutch Girl colt Owner 3 7 1 Mr Cresswell's Laily Charity Jtt.wnpv 5 7 1 Mr W Q Marshall's Silver Ore J Waugil 3 6 10 5.0—The REGULATION PLAT}; of 103 sovs; weight, for age; winners extra. One and a quarter miles, on the Round Course. agir H Farquhar's Noveau R'che Mr Iambton 3 9 10 al.ovd Rosebery's Lollard .Walters, jun 3 9 0 Mr Bell's Aldbourne Chimes Private 390 aLord Derby's The Strid Mr Lambtori 3 8 11 Mr W R Marshall's Erne W E Eisey 3 8 11

ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS THIS MORNING. Mouton, Rampant-, Toreador, Lantwit, Bonnie Lena, Wazongora, Ivan the Great, LaJ): Chanty, and Aid- bourne Chimes. Canterbury Pilgrim, the winner of the Oaks, is engaged in the Royal Hunt Cup, and a 51b penalty raises her weight to 7st lib. Copious rains have fallen in both the Northumber- land and Birmingham districts, and we learn that the racecourse at Gosforth IVrk and Birmingiiam are now in perfect condition for racing purposes. Hydrants have Wen in use at the last-named enclo- sure day and night throughout the week.

ASCOT STAKES. ROYAL HUNT CUP, AND NORTH UMBER LAND PLATE. Mr. ALFRED CROOK, OSTENDE. Alfred Crook wiil forward, free, on receipt of addreM, "eROOEiS TRICE RECORD," Containing Entries and Latest Market Movement* os. abvl'e, Letter* posted hy the Night lfaJI arrive in Oneode the following and answered b:9: re- turn of pose. Lettem rauet be prepaid. Addies*; —ALFRKJ> CROOK Ostende. Po«|ta £ C- 2id '"Sell's Life," 1856. says: "Tsu will be quite sale 11 the laaar's of Ilr. Crook.'

WIFE DESERTION. A DISTRESSING CASE HEARD AT DARNSTAPLE. At Barnstaple Police-court on Thursday Mr. Seldon, solicitor, applied for a maintsnance order for Mary Jjiizabeth Howe Douglas against her husband, Arthur Douglas, described as of 22, Montague-place, Russell-square, Lon- don, parties were married at Baln. staple in 1875, defendant then living with his mother, a lady of independent means, at Braunton. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Dou- glas resided in London for a time, and then went to Birmingham. Mr. Douglas did not work for twelve months after marriage, "wi his mother came to Birminghrni to reside with her son. and lived there until her death in 1891. Mrs. Douglas, sen., had all income of £ 120 a year, and upon tins defendant lived. There were eight children of the marriage. After ten or twelve years of idleness, Mr. Dougias decided upon going in for the medical profes- sion, his father having been a doctor, and spent about eight or nine years at the hospitals. Afterwards he took the degree of M.D. at Ghent. Twelve years ago an affiliation order of 4s. per week was made against defendant at Birmingham. In November, 1894, a Miss Smith, a hospital nur-se, called at Mrs. Dou- glas's while one child was lying dead and I another was down with scarlet lever, and ten- dered her sympathy. Mr. Douglas said Miss Simth was to be invitetl to the funeral, remark- ing that it was A Dull Affair, and he wanted to enliven the proceedings. Mis. Douglas refused, and would not invite her again, after what elie had seen. In December, 1894, M-J- Douglas .spent a day away, as his wife inferred, with Nurse Smith. One morning in 1 ebruary, 1895, defendant- informed his wife that lie was going to Cape Colony with a medical friend for his health. Mrs. Douglas said she should like to see the medical friend, and there was unpleasantness. On February 22, 1895, defendant packed up and left the house. From that time she had not seen him, nor had he written. The affiliation arrears had accu- mulated, and defendant had written across the paper that his wife was to settle it, place it with the other accounts, and forward it to his son. Afterwards defendant wrote from Peddle, near Port Elizabeth, for two of his eldest boys, aged twenty and seventeen, say- ing they were to take the youngest boy with tll-lli. Mrs. Douglas parted very reiuoianllv with the youngest, and then discovered that Nurse Smith was with her husband, and that the name wats iioiitious. Defendant Had Written Letters to her father and mother of Miss ''Snrth One of tiie-e, dated East London, Mar-li 23 lobo, was es follows:— "Sir,—I am not surprised at the contents of your, which your daughter read to me—or p.ut of it—as i declined to open it or have any- thing to do with it. Regarding your threats, pray do as you like. It is not at all likely to ariec,t me much either way, as I decline (government employ now. Don't forget that it is your daughter that would be the chief I suiterer, not me. Personally, I don't care a cai a Straw wnat you do or tjiimc, but i do care when it touches her, and 1 assure you that if anything « said or done that gives htr pani and makes her unhappy, 1 .shall resent i: to the bitter end, quite regardless of «nv conse- quences. It is possible you might r^grjt it to the day of your death. She is, and has been for many months, far more to me than you can possibly imagine, and I repeat i stick at nothing where her welfare ana happ ness are concerned. Do not misunderstand. She came of her own free will entirely, and kne.v full^- ery ilcrail about and coining away. I am fully of opinion that divorce pro- ceedings will be instituted, in which case all would end well, but I dare not do anything if I did it would be 'connivance.' Had I not thought that this would free me from a miserable hell of many years' duration- I should never hate taken it. I am only too anxious to he soon united to my poor children again. W ithout them and Maud my life would not be worHi keeping. They are absolutely my only tie. If anything happens to either, God help me. I repeat, carry out your threat—I don't ask you not, mind—and take the consequences that will most assuredly follow in a way you 'I little dream of. If we are left in peaee aH will, I trust, go well soonei or later. if you can t write eivdly don't write at all. If you do, any further communication will be destroyed unope.ic" and address withheld. ,slie shall not worried, even by her own father," Continuing, Mr. Seldon said that if the letter hid been written by a young man of nineteen it would not be surprising, but to be written by a man of 50, who had an affiliation order against him, was unim-doli- able. Mr. Bosson, for the defendant, Objected to the Jurisdiction of the b?neh. The desertion began at Bir- I mingham, and proceedings ought, therefore, to h3 taken before the Birmingham magis- trates.— Ihe Bench over-ruled the objection. Mrs. Douglas gave evidence bearing out her solicitor's statement. From the time her husband left her for ihe Cape in 18-35 lie had i. noL written a line to her. For some tone- j after ner husband left she received £ 7 ^>er I month, which fell to £ 6, and was ultimately stopped. In September, 1395, her two eldest j irnd the youngest boy went out to the father. :tn«?s at that time was not aware that I I^urse Smith wa.» bring with her hus-ba.nd. I In a letter to the brother of witness in J?e- j r-emher last defendant admitted that his in- j come from tlie property was £ 105 per annum. | Mr. Bosson said there were two sides to t the case, and it should be noted that the boys who went out to the father willingly and anxiously knew a'd-the circumstances of the care. —'The Mayor remarked that they would not know of the affiliation order, or that-the father know of the affiliation order, or that-the father was living in adultery.Mr. Bosson said it was a case which ought tc be sent to the Divorce Court.—The Mayor: You want to npnd this woman somewhere, else, so as to meet her husband's wishes. After further argument the Bench found there had been desertion, and t'rwt- Mrs. Douglas was no longer bound to live with hej husband, allowed her 30s. per week, and r'"ve her the custody of the three younger children, aged thirteen, eight., and five. j

| o-Days Cricket GLOUCESTERSHIRE V. AUSTRALIANS. j 1K1 Austraii'tos who, on Fridav niji-ht, b:,d scored 378 for nine wickets, against tiiou^es-i.e^siiire's total of 110, finished oft' their innings on Sainrdav moiv.- ing iu about seven minutes P-r 382, their highest sro>e during the present tour. This left tliem 272 ahead. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—First innings, 110. AUSTRALIANS.—First innings. Darling, e Townseud, 1) E. M. (;raee. 35 ¡ b Roberts 25 Graham, b Roberts 3 Gregory, 1 b w, b W. G: Graoe 64 Drmian, st Beard, b W. 6. Oi~J.ce 87 Hill, c. Roberts, b Mureh 33 IredaJe, c Towiwend. b K. M. Grace 34 Trott, b Muich 4 Tiembie, e Penal], h W. G. Grace ZS Kelly, c Luard, i> Pepall 27 Eady, not oni 0 Extras 32 Total.. 532 CRICKET FIXTURES. MONDA YAXD FOLLOWING DAYS. W arwicl,s-li:iv v. Gloucestershire, at Edgbasten. An England Eleven v. Australians, at Wemblev Park )LC.C. and Ground v. Kent, at I.cid's. Yorkshire v. Surrey, at Bradford. Notts v. Cambridge University, st Nottingham. Derby v. Lancashire, at Derby. Hants v. Sussex, at Southampton. THURSDAY AND FOLLOWING DAYS. M.C C. and Ground v. A -1 ;r;-i.s, at Lr)rd'a. Sin rev v. Hants, at the Oval. Yorkshire v. Essex, at Bra it.d, CiunUidg^ University v. Somerset, at Cambridge Warwickshire v. Lancashire, at iv.lg'raston

PREACHERS FOR TO MORROW Church of England. St. Mary's:—Morning, the Rev- G..Arthur Jones (vicar); evening, the Rev. J. W Ward. St. Catherine s, Canton :—Morning and even- ing, tos ROT. J. Baker, incumbent. St. Stephen's, West Bute-street:—Morning- and evening, the Rev. A. G. Russell, incumbent. St. Michael's:—Morrnug and evening, tha Rev. F. L. Barbier. St. Dyfiigs Church, Wood-atreet:—Moraiag and evening, the Rev. H. A. Coe (vic&r). All Souls' (Church for Seamen), Bute DocVg —Morning and evening, tlie Rev. J. T. Wordi- wor-fk (chaplain). St. Andrews:—Morning1 and evening, the V icitr. Si. Teilo'rt:—Morning and evening, the Rer. D. K. -'ones. /CoTigregp.tional. Oharles-free-tMorning and evening, tha Rev. J. Williamson. :00.(1-. -jIm11Ïng and evening, the X?.v. >]. Nicholson .Tones (pastor). Wood-street:—Morning cna ev-fniag, tha Rev. J. Spurgeon (pastor). Aevilie-street:—Morning and evening, the Rev. J. liarrop Walker. Welsh Cons-resrs.tioiis.1. | ISWiszsr:—Morning and eVóIDing, ths per. B., M. Hughes (pastor). Minay-street. Cat-hays:—looming and evea- ing. tha Rev. T. Hughes (pastor). Mount Stuart:—Morning and evening, thi Rev. J. R. Davies (pa-stoi). Severn-road :—Morning Mid evening, tha Rev. J. Henrv (pastor). Bethlehem, ftplott:—Morning and evening, the Rev. T. C. Edwards, D.D. fCynonfindd.") Presbytsriaa. Presbyterian Church. Windsor-place :—Morn- ing and eveumg. the Rev. J. Douglas Waiter#. Welsh Wosleyan. C4e Irl Union-street:—Morning and evening, the Rev. >1. 0- Hughes (pastor). iEVigiish. Calvinistie Methodist. Plasnewydd Chapel, Kepl)Qch-street.: -R,:Vt J. Pulford Williams (pastor), morning and evening. Clifton-street:—Morning and evening, the Rev. R. J. Rees, B.A. Fredenck-istreet:—Morning and evening, the Rev. D. Jones (pastor). Baptist. I Bethany:—Morning and evening, the Rev. W. ri. Winks I pastor). Grtngct-own Chapel :—Morning and evening, the Rev. John Williams (pastor). Fldou-road Chapel :—Morning a.nd evening, the .Tt-ev. Lodwig Evans (pastor). B»tiiel, Mount Stuart-square:—Morninj and evening, the Rev. T. Davies (pastor). Llandaff-road :—Mondng and evening, the Rev Z. H. Lewis (pastor! Lati\"Tix>s.s--sOTeett:—Morning and evening: —'Ihe Rev. \V. T. Lee (pastor). Splott-road :—Morning and evening, ths Rev. C. H. Watkiiis. Cottrell-road Mission —-Morning and evea. iiig, Mr. C. H. Willi ams (student). Wels.'ii Baptist Mount Stuart-square -Moving- ard evening-, the Rev. D. E. Roberts (pastor). •Saie-ui. ca i-ii ii iig and evening, the Rev. T. Jones (pastor). i Primitive Methodist Connexion. Mount Tabor, Mousa-terrace:—Morninfl', the Rev. I-t.^Banham; evening, the Rev. J. P. Bellingham. Mount Hern-ion, Pearl-street:—Mornin<?. Mr. Yv. Gax-dner; evening, the Rev. R. Bn¡.h:1"m. Aberdovey-street: —Morning, the Rev. J. P. Bellingham; evening. Mr. J. Ramsdale. Salvation Army. Milford-street, East- Moors :—Morning aod evening, Captain Hankinson. Unitarian. AVest-grove:—Morning and evening thf 1-Rev. George St. Clair. ^Torwegian Church. Docks: —Miming and evening, Mr. I oresen. .Wo publish every Saturday a lifi c.i too prraohcrs for Sunday, Siiali ba glud of a card from all clergymen and n..aisterr. eaoh week, giving the preachers for hntll servjees. Thij information i.4 insertod j of ehfirge, except in such cases as whf"e ;t fj desired to notify the subject of the discourse. .thi'i adoitioual nPTrs-rriii-ttT. tlie '■hould bo accompanied with stamp,; is pro-payment at the rate of 6d. per line. To Minister and Secretaries.—Please stavci de^nitoly f>n card the name and denominatiou of tho chapel. Many cards arrive with no clius but the name of the! preacher.

N E'G L E CTIX G HIS FA 3IILY, HUSllAUD SEnT TO GAOL FOR ONE MON'IH'S HARD. -t",l oll acco,,iiit, of She'd give £ 100 to get me convicted." Snch we-c-ie words cf W'll urn J'Joyd, aged 31. who was charged on a w-ir-ant, at Cardiff Poiiee-couro e on Saturday morning, with neglecting to main- tain his wife and family, now chargeable to the Cardiff Union. Mr. Pritcha.rd, ndieviag officer, said tha case had come before the Car- diff Guarclians, ind tfiey had Coiisideifd it of so gross a character as to have instructed him (Mr. Pntohard) t.o bring it before tho 'uao-i«- trate;. Prisoner lived with his wife and family 01 five little children in lodgings at No 78 He had formerly been a grocer's asist.ad. but was now of too disso- lute habits, so witness aileged, to work. The nprrrtmcnb in which they lived were practicaliv bar," of all necessary comforts, and there had hc-nl no food m the house for two devs before r bread was sent to the family bv the guardians. Mr*. Elleii Kendall .landlady, gave corrobo- T'dive evidence, and the Bench, after hearing prisoner, committed him to gaol with hard labour for one month. I

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. Bovs Wanted to Sell the "Evening; Kxprms," it l-c.Lh and Cathays only.—Apply D. F. Morris 21S, Riehmond-read. comer of Crwy«-ro*rt, Cardiff. 'c99-3J Wanted at otice. experienecd""StewsjxTloTna^t'oK seivotive Working Men's Club.—State salary leanirerf to A 42, Western Ma;l, CawlilT. e.9442o6 Riaiberg's An^i<Ie.—Silver Alberts. Curb, 3s. 5d. Biaibery's Arcade.—19H Wetldin^TOiiyl Bhiii't-ig's Arcade.—22et. B1 ail iei-fr's Arcade. —3 £ dwE Hiaiteig's Arcade.—All sT^esl —' Diaiberg's Arendel—2,0Q0 Weddin<- Rk^7~^rl~ 2.000 ee.Rtcmers came to :>uy. BLAIBERG'S ARCADE. A. JEWELLERY BRANCH OPENED IN' "OLD CARDIFF (EXHIBITION). Prices same as *0 Advertise and Sell at Bute-street. B L A I B E it C S A R C A D E. 3 0 0 BOYS' SUITS, 2s. lid. Really worth ti, lid. each. RAPID C U HTET Packaged (Mixture, Pills, and Lotion), 4s. (jj. uov free, sealed. RAPIn CFHE for all C»nfsitu! ions. RAPID CURE for Kidnev Tr-(-.ul>i<-« RAPID ('I T II,F for Pains in Ihe Rne-k. RAPID CURE contains no M'<-r<nr\- RAPID CURE for R..3 acquired r>U-,s.w RAPID CURE oniv to be obtained 'frnr, Xlffi MKDIOAL IUU 59, Bl'TE-^RliET (ne.r 8p!l- lei s -"IJli, C'ARDIEF. e5425

STOP PRESS 6 j.V: £ \I' QVERTURJ^D AT EPSOM. Returning from the Oaks on Friday a pair of horses attached TO a brake driven by Wm. Waller of the Bakers' Arms, Hackney, became Unmanageable when descending Epsom Down

IU-- RISING IN CRETE. SIX THOUSAND TURKISH TROOPS EMBARK FOR THE ISLAND. A Reuter's telegram from Constantinople eaYd -Fow thousand Turkish troops em- barked on Friday for Crete at Alesanaretta and 2,000 at Medina.

MOSCOW DISASTER. DEATH-ROLL, 3,876; INJURED. 4,000. The special correspondent of the Paris "Eclair" at Moscow telegraphs that the number of deaths caused by the panictb Rhodinsky Plain is officially put at 3,3Tb. The injured are estimated at 4,000.