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Alleged Dyrrmlte Plot COLLAPSE OF THE PROSECU- TION. THE GOVERNMENT WITH- DRAW THEIR CASE. BELL SET AT LIBERTY. Edward Bell, alias Edward J. Ivory, again appeared in the dock at the Centra Criminal Court on Wednesday, )ut a dramatic termina- tion of ihe proceedings took place, the Solicitor- G'ral announcing to Mr. Justice Hawkins that the Crown had decided to abandon the indictments against the prisoner. The learned crentleman followed up this intimation by a brief statement. The case, he said, had been opened for the Treasury as though the explosive found in the house at Antwerp were there at the time prisoner himself was in Antwerp. That was not so. The prosecution definitely ascer- tained on Tuesday that the delivery of thesa explosives in Antwerp took place after Bell had left that city. There was no legal evidence to how that prisoner was o ignisant of the r delivery Eventually Bell was set at liberty.

THE WEATB Eli. The weather to-day (Wednesday) bodes ill for skating prospects. Although excessively raw, the thermometer has at no- time fallen below 33 degrees, a,nd the indications are all lor enow. The wind is easterly.

DEATH OF MADAME CAR NOT. A Reuter's telegram from Paris on Wednes- day says :—The death is announced of Mdme. Carnot, mother of the late President Carnot. ———w—

BOMBS NEAA BARCELONA. DISCOVERED :BURIED IN THE GROUND. A Renter's telegram firom Barcelona. on Wednesday says:—Two bombs ehairged with dynamite have been found in the suburb of Gracia, buried a short distance below the level of the ground. An investigation has been opened.

"A STRAIGHT BLOKE." -7 A laboure" was sued at Shore ditch County- court on Tuesday for 28s. 3d., rent due.—Judge IJdcoln Wti^t w the defence?—Defendant: Defence! G-arn—(laughter)—I don't owe no blooming rent. I'm an honest man, I am. I pays as I goes.—Judge French: Have you a rent-book ?—Oefendant: I tell your honour I'm a straight bloke. If I has a pot I pays for a pot, fourpence or sixpence. (Loud laughter.) If I has a room I pays my resit. I *iad no rent-book giv me, that I hadn't.—Neither plaintiff nor defendant producing a rent-book, Judge French ordered a non-suit.

CARDIFF GYMNASIUM. TO BE PUBLICLY OPENED. At a meeting of the Cardiff Property and Markets Couiinittee, held on Wednesday at the Town-hall, Alderman Dr. Edgar Jonet- presiding, it was resolved, on the motion, of Mr. Henry White, seconded by Mr. James Munn, to signalise the opening of the newly. loimed public gymnasium with a public gymnastic display.

SUICIDE ON THE STAGE. A Central News telegram from Vienna on Tuesday says :-A terrible tragedy has occurred It the theatre of Arad. in Hungary. The actor, Koloman Balla, who was taking the role of a. young man who shot himself dead after a wasted life, did so in reality upon the stage. TVta audience, not perceiving the grim earnest- ness of tfie act. apj lauded to the echo while the actor's life-blood ebbed away. Balla, who was formerly an officer, was a public favourite. He had specially invited all his friends, saying he should play that evening better than ever be- fore. It is believed, he was unlucky in love. I

MR. MACLEAN AND THE GOVERNMENT. INDIAN FINANCES AND THE REFORM PRISONERS. Mr. Maclean will on Thursday ask the Govern- ment iherher, in view of the extraordinary dram upon the Indian finances caused by the famine and the plague, they propose to atik Parliament to sanction a grant in aid of the Indian Ex- chequer. He has also given notice to ask the Colonial Secretary whait steps he has taken during the reeess to obtain the release of the two persons still imprisoned at Pretoria in con- nection with the Jameson raid.

THE GUILLOTINE AT WORK. M. Deibler. who corresponds with our I'illingt on, is just, now a busy man. Hardly had he finished a bit of work in the North of France when he had to take the train for the svesb, arriving on Monday evening in Nancy, where he guillotined a felon named Harsch. Hars h was condemned at the Meurthe et Moselle Assizes last November for the murder of a girl of fourteen, whom he took away from her parents on the pretence of finding a place for her as a, servant in a chateau. Some days afterwards the child's duad body was found in a wood. Harsch was arrested by the gen- darmes, and, being questioned, admitted his juilt.

ALLEGED ILLEGAL OPERA- TION. DISAPPEARANCE OF ONE OF THE ACCUSED. John Henry Phillips, an Australian herbalist, ami Edwin Alfred Ccirmack, described as a. doctor of medicine, who was recently com- mitted for trial charged with murdering Jessie OInes, a domestic servant, were to have appeared on Tuesday before the Storehouse ■magistrates on the charge of performing an illegal operation on Edith Hobbs. Phillips, however, left home on Monday, and has not been seen since, and the governor of Plymouth Prison has refueed to produce Cormack without I; a. writ of habras corpus. The magistrates eschewed Phillips's bail of JB200 and two sureties of £ 200, and "-sued a warrant for his arrest. Steps will be taken to secure Comack's presence. U\- -t **i-

Earl & Countess Cowley TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice on Wednesday (before Mr. Justice Barnes and a special jury) the hearing of the case in which Counter Cowley sues for a dicrvoe from Earl Cowley was resumed. The petitioner alleges desertion and ;>diilterv with Mrs. Charles Charrington, of Pont-street, Lon- don, and Burton Hall, Malmesbury, under cir- cumstances reported on Tuesday. The peti- tioner'^ allegations are denied. The same counsel appeared as on the previous day. The I LADY COWLEY. I court was again crowded. Both the counters and the earl were early. in attendance, and occupied seats with their respective solicitors at the table in front of their counsel. Evidence of a. Footman. The evidence of Charles Long, a, valet in the employ of Captain Sinclair at Government House, Canada, which had beea taken on commission, was read by Mr. Barna.,d, one of the petitioner's counsel. The witness stated that he was formerly footman in Mr. Charring- ton's employment at 45, Pont-strest, Cadogan- equare, and at Burto.1 Hill, near Malmesbury, for two years, from 1894- (Proceeding.) YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice on Tuesday (before Mr. Justice Barnes and a special jury) the case of Cowley v. Cowiiey came on for hearing. This was a suit in which Violet Countess Cowley sued for a divorce from Arthur Henry Mornington Wellesley Earl Cowley, for a divorce, alleging desertion and adultery with Mrs. Charles Char- rington, of Pont-street, London, and of Malmes- bury. Answers were filed denying the peti- tioner's allegations. Mr. Lawton Walton, Q.C., and Mr. Bar- nard appeared for the petitioner; Sir Edward Clark", Q.C., Mr. Bargrave Deane, Q.C., Mr. A. Gill, and Mr. Willoeks for the respon- dent; Mr. Inderwick, Q.C., and Mr. Boxall for the intervener (Mrs. Charrington), and Sir Frank Lockwood, Q.C., and Air. Rose Innes for Mr. Charrington. The Countess Cowley took a seat at the solicitors' taible in front of her counsel shortly before th.e sitting of the court. Earl Cowley occupied a position at the other end of the table. The court was crowded. At the outset, by the order of the judge, the witness.?*; were ordered to remaia outside the court during counsels' statements. MR. WALTON OPENS THE CASE. Air. Lawson Walton, in opening the case, stated that this was a petition brought by Countess Cowley for a- dissolution of her mar- riage with Earl Cowley. He was charged with deserting her in May, lo93, und with com- mitting adultery from the winter of 1892 down to the w inter of lay5 habitually vith Mri. Charles Charrington, the lnterV'i.aer. Lady Cowley ivaii one of the daughters of tne Marquess of Abergavenny, and she was -iiarried to Lord Ccwiey, who was then Lord Dangan. in the month of September, ib89. After the marriage Lord and Lady Datigan passed, the honeymoon in Paris, and then returned to this country, where they visited, first, Lady Cowley's home, and then Lord Cowley's home, and for the Lonoon season of 1890 they took a haute in Howard's- squaj-e. Towards the end of the year Lord Cowley purchased a residence in Sloane-street, and they went to reside there in the autumn of 1890. A child was born in 1890, who was the present Lord Dangan. Lady Cowley soon had reason to complain of her husband's neglect. He evinced a preference lor the society of other ladies. lie left the countess a great deal alone. He was often absent without giving any address, and this conduct led to an enstrangament between them. Lady Cowley at that period could not understand the reason of this neglect, and she had no reason to suppose that he was transferring his affections to any other lady. In the spring of 1893 matters reached a somewhat acute stage, owing to Lord Cowley's constant neglect of the responsibilities which attached to him as master of the household. The domestic finances got into a confuted condition. Bills sent in were not paid, and considerable difficulty arose. Lord Cowley would stay away to breakfast. When he took a Turkish bath lie used to remain away to luncheon and to dinner, and occupied separate rooms in his own house. He practically ignored Lady Cowley's presence, and withdrew himself from her soc.ety. Lady Cowley was prepared to submit to this course of treatment, thinking it was her duty, but it was necessary to settle the financial arrange- ments, and she desired to be allowed a certain sum to meet the bills. While the financial arrangements were being discussed Lady Cowley went into the country, and on her return she found that Earl Cowley had aban- doned the house, and from that period she alleged desertion. The evidence would dis- close the motive which caused the desertion. His absence continued from 1893 until the pre- sent hour, and he had never resumed cohabi- tation with his wife. The adultery with Mrs. Cfi aides Charrington was alleged to have takesi place from 1892 down to 1895. Wlierever Mrs, Charles Charrington was there also was Lord Cowley to be found. Her home Mas ia Pont-, street and at Birkenhill, near Malm^bury, and she visited Scotland, stayed at ISalfoiir House, Fife, and fecavanenge. When she was hunting i-i the country Lord Cowley was aiso hunting in the neighbourhood. When she was in Pont- es nee t he was living in the vicinity. When she as at Sea van enge, Lord Cowley was also a visitor, tnd stayed at the tame hotel, pud when she was at Balfour House, Scotland, Lord Cowley was staying at Wemyss Castle, six miles distant. As to the adultery, the servants of Mr. Charles Charrington's household would be called, and if they accepted their testimony it wouki establish a conclusive case against the respondent and the intervener. lIe was in the house at Font-street almost daily. When Mr. Charrington left the hou<<e ct luncheon time, Mrs. Charles Charrington found tome means of communicating with Lord Cowley. It is believed that messagas were sent by a cabman. Mr. Charrmgton's disap- pearance was coincident with the appearance on the tcene of Earl Cowley. Mrs. Charrinc- ton took paiiw to prepare for his visits. She instructed the servants that she was "at home" to no one when Lord Cowley was there. She t"ed to retire to her room, take off her dress. and appear in a tea-gcwn. She received Lord Cowley in a email boudoir at the back of the dining-room, and a card in her handwriting was put on the door inviting people to knock before entering. Almost habitually Lord Cowley was closeted with this lady for hours together. In the country they used to hunt together, and, after the hunting was over, Lord Cowley was received by Mrs. Charrington, after she had changed her dress, in a small room at Scavan- er.ge. For a, period of seven or eight days Lord Cowloy w,as her constant companion. The servants would also speak to acts which com- promised them. On three occasions they were seen together under circumstances which could admit but of one explanation. A maid, who. on two occasions, had to eintsr the boudoir where Earl Cowley and Mrs. Charrington were closeted, on both occasions saw them on the pnfa together, she in the act of rising from the sofa, with her clothes in such a condition that there could be no d'-uht at, to what had taken place. There was, further, the testimony of the butler, who, though he nad received instructions to admit no one, had taken in the card of a gentleman who called amd would insist upon sending in his card. The butler entered the boudoir, and I' eaw these two persons in similar circumstances. Another witness would epeak to a similar inci- dent. They had been, seen kissing each other at Staavainenge, and on one occasion Lord Cowley wae seen to carry Mrs. Charrington un to har room—be (Mr. Walton) did not thank LoTl Cowley found her a. very heavy-weight .-and then place her on the bed and kiss her. On other occasions he had entered her bedroom with all the assurance of having a. right to do so. Counsel went on to say that the intimacy was brought to an end by the action of Mr. Char- rington, who would tell them he had received a letter from his wife. Mr. Inderwick (interposing objected to his friend disclosing anything which had taken place between Mr. Charrington and his wife during their married life. Mr. Lawson Walton said he was in a position to call Mr. Charrington, but he would leave that matter for the present, and bring it for- ward ait a later stage. COUNTESS COWLEY EXAMINED. Countess Cowley was then called and examined by Mr. Lawson Walton, but gave her evidence in somewhat inaudible tones. She said .she was one of the daughters of the Mar- quess of Abergavenny, and she was married to Lord Cowley on the 17th of December, 1889. The honeymoon was spent in Paris, and after several visits she and Lord Cowley went to reside in Howard'e-square, and eventually in Sloane-street. The present Lord Dangan, their only child, was born in December, 1890. She lived with the respondent until he left her, in 1893. In the spring of 1892 she noticed a change in Lord Cowley's conduct towards her. He frequently left her alone. She spoke to her father about his neglect, and of the state of the household affairs, and her father, the Mar- quess off Abergavenny, wrote to him on the subject, making a suggestion that Lord Cowley should make his wife a proper allowance. Al- though she and Earl Cowley lived in the same house at the time, she had very little of his society. He usually breakfasted at the Prince's Club. In 1893, after her visit to the country, she found that Lord Cowley had left the home and had taken pictures and other articles and his clothing away. From that day he had not cofiiabited with her. She never consented to his leaving her, nor to his remaining away. She did not know Mrs. Charles Charrington, but had heard her husband .speak of her. At that time she had no reason to suopose there were guilty relations. She suspected her husband's relations with Mrs. Charrington a short time before he left her. She still occupied the house itt Sloane-street, and before her husband left her she had been at his house at Draycott. Lord Cowley had taken no interest in the child. Cross-examined by Sir Edward Clarke, Lady Cowley said it was not a fact that after the birth of the ohild marital relations ceased between her and Lord Cowley. They ceased about the end of 1802. Although they con- tinued to live in the same house for some time, they had meals separately, except on a few occa- sions, when friends came. In April of that year there was some unpleasantness about a visit of Colonel Fred Wellesley, who was Lord Cowley's uncle. She had complained of .1118 coming to the house without giving her notice, and he replied that "Toby," ac Lord Cowley was called, had invited him to occupy a room, as the rooms that were to have been taken m St James's-place were engaged. Her husband had objected to her leaving her brother, Lord Henry Neville, to settle her money aft aim. Counsel put before Lady Cowley a number of letters relating to financial affairs, with the object of showing that she had assented to the separation. Lady Cowley admitted that eigh- teen months ago she had written to Lord Cowley about meeting him, and that she wrote that she would like to shake hands. She had einoe written about the ohild going to live with him. In cross-examination Lady Cowley said ehe was not responsible for her husband ceasing marital relations. It was entirely at his own instance. She was always willing to treat him as a wife, Mid if he had come back to her she was quite prepared to have lived with him. She wished for a meeting with him, and it was entirely her husband's wish that they should not meet. He wrote a letter to her solicitor, Sir George Lewis, offering t.o live with her on certain terms. He wrote:- I have come to the conclusion that I would rather not be free for the sake of the child. I am willing to shake hands over our disagree- ments, she continuing to live in Sloa-ne-street. I will always lunch or dine with her when she v ants me, or go to any place or party or to a. Court bell with her. but I shall ret-am my present house in London and live there." She intimated that she considered Lord Cowiley's proil^sals were not practicable. MONEY ARRANGEMENTS. Mr. A. Drake, solicitor, gave evidence as to a communication between the parties with the view of arranging that Lord Cowley should get apart a sum of lawey for Lady Cowley to enable her to meet the household expenses. MR. CHARRINGTON TO BE CALLED. It being proposed to call Mr. Charrington as a witness, his counsel, Sir Frank Lockwqxi, said Mr. Charrington attended upon a subpoena. He ha.d great reluctance to give evidence in a suit in which his wife was prac- tically one of the parties. Mr. Charrington would, unless his lordship ordered him, decline to answer or to disclose any communication that had passed between him and his wife. Thu statute provided that no husband was com- pelled to disclose any communication made to him by his wife during marriage. It was arranged that Mr. Charrington should be called after luncheon. His Lordship held that Mr. Chalrrington was not bound to answer questions disclosing any communication made to him by his wife. Mr. Charrington was called by Mr. Lawson Walton, in reply to whom he said he knew his wife was visiting Scavemenge, but he was not aware that Lord Cowley was staying at the same hotel. He did not, when his wife stayed at Balfour House, know that Lord Cowley paid her visits. He knew that Lord Cowley visited frequently at Pont-street, but not that he came when he left. He had noticed on the door of the boudioir, "Please knock before entering." It was removed at his wish. His place near Malmesbury was Burton Hill. Air. Walton: Are you now living apart from your wife? Sir F. Lockwjood objected to the question. The question was allowed, and, being re- peated1, Mr. Charrington said he was living a.part from his wife, and had been since April. He had received a letter. The question as to whether he should produce the letter was objected to, and was not pressed. There had, he said. been a deed of separation. EVIDENCE OF A SERVANT. Ada Bray, who had been in Airs. Charring- ton's service, stated that at Burton Hill, Mal- mesbury, during the hunting season in 1893, Lord Cowley, after hunting, visited the house. Mrs. Charringion received him in her boudoir, a little room near her bedroom. He remained an hour and a half. In 1894 he was again a visitor there. On one occasion witn-ese said she had occasion to go to the boudoir to take Mril. Charrmgton's pearls, and she found Lojrd Cowley and Airs. Charrington lying on the sofa. Mrs. Charrington's clothing was disarranged. On another occasion she witnessed a similar thing. Where did he take her?—He put her on the bed. What did he do before he left her?—He kissed her. Had you neen that occur before ?—Yes; in the drawing-room at Burton Hill. Further examined, witness said she had noticed the condition of Mrs. Charrington'? clothing. Cross-examined by Air. Inderwick, witness admitted that Airs. Charrington had given her notice to leave her place. The boudoir was a place wher3 Mrs. Charrington dispensed tea to private friends. Earl Cowley had sPiept in the house at Burton Hill when there was a meet of the hounds next morning. He was then living with his father at Draycott. Witness did not know that Mrs. Charrington was (suffering in health at the time she was carried upstairs, or that Earl Cowley carried b3r upstairs at the request of Airs. Lane, who was with her. In re-examination, witness said that Earl Cow- ley passed under the name of ATornington or Harrington at Scavenenge. During the examination of the witness Mrs. Charrington entered the court and took a seat beside her solicitor. A FOOTMAN CALLED. Thfomas Ashbv. formerly footman to Mr. Charrington, spoke to the visits by Lord Cow- ley in Pont-street. He said Airs. Charring-ton sometime* told him she expected Lord Cowley, and she would be at home to no one else. Mrs. Charrington received Earl Cowley in a. little sitting-room. On one occasion witness went into the room to take a. gentleman's card. He saw Airs. Charrington lying on the oouoh, look- ing very confused, with her tea gown dis- arranged. Earl Cowley appeared to be sitting down suddenly in a chair, Mrs. Charrington wa." confuted when she gave her reply to the message. At Burton Hifll he bad also seen them alone in the boudoir, Airs. Charrington lying on the couch. In 1894- Mrs. Charrington went to Balfour House, in Scotland. Two or three days afterwards Lord Cowley came to the house. He called on several occasions, and remained all the afternoon in the drawing-room with Mrs. Charrington. Lord Cowley at that period was staving at Wemyss Castle. At this si age the further hearing was ad- journ-ed unt.:l to-day (Wednesday). I. II..I n .III. l'

THE GEISHA GIRL AGAIN1. The case of Duncan v. Crabbe, in which the plaintiif, an actress, seek* to recover £ 10,000 damages from Captain Crabbe for I)Teacii of promise of marriage, which was adjourned last week, with a view, it was understood, to a settlement, will be in the paper for hearing agailJ to-morrow.

A meeting of Irish Catholic electors in the Park Ward was held on Tuesday night in H'. Peter's Guild-hall, Roath, in support of the candidature of Mr. Henry Jones, the Radical candidate for the ward. Thoge present repre- sented the two branches of the Irish National League in Cardiff, the Catholic community, as distinct from those bodies, being conspicuously absent,—Mr. Thomas Callaghan, sen., presided, and complained that some few Irishmen were canvassing for and supporting Mr. Courtis.- Air. Henry Jones, in the course of his remarks, said that he had come to the conclusion 34- years ago tha-t Home Rule was the only remedy tor the ills of Ireland, and he had never changed his opinion.-A. vote of confidence was carried in the candidate, in seconding which Dr. Buist girded for some time 2,t the "Western Mail" and Express."

The Abernant Disaster RESUMPTION OF THE IN. QUEST. Air. R. J. Rhys, coroner, returned his in- quiry at the Police-court, Aberdare, on Wednes- day morning touching the death of the six men recently drowned at the River Level Pit. Mr. Griffith George was foreman of the jury; Mr. Woodfall, barrister, represented the Home Office; Mr. Thomas Phillips appeared for the proprietor, and Mr. David Morgan, miners' agent, attended on behalf of the relatives. Air. Robson, chief inspector, and Air. Gray, assis- tant-inspector, were present, and Air. James Lewis, owner of the colliery, also attended. —The Coroner intimated that before calling evidence he might sa.ve time by telling the jury the scope of the inquiry. People had very crude ideas of the value of a coroner's court; but with that they had no concern. Their duty was to ascertain the cause of the death of the deceased—whether from drowning or other- wise- That had already been given. They had to consider whether anyone was responsible for the deaths, and, if so, to what extent, the only point affecting them being a criminal one. They had nothing to do with civil actions, whether as liability for damages under the Employers Liability Act or otherwise, unless it was closely connected with the fatality. If there was any neglityence they had to consider whether it was- so gross and wicked to amount to manslaughter. Mr. Chas. Gregory, surveyor, having proved the plan prepared for the inquiry, Air. H. A. Phillips, surveyor, pro- duced plane showing the workings in the sec- tion where the deceased men's bodies were found. A further diagram was submitted shew- ing the boundary between Yscuborwen and Abernant Collieries, at the point where the water broke in. The intervening distance was about 4-ft, on each side, t'he breach being 12ft. wide. From the broken barrier to the de- ceased's working plaœ wae ahout a mile, and from the latter point to the pit shaft 800 yards. Until the day of the accident no indication had been seen of water coming from the disused workings. Edward Alorgan, general manager, produced the working plans of the colliery. (Proceedings.) ¡

The Park Ward Election MR. H. JONES AND THE IRISH CATHOLICS. Apparently the Unionists are to have pretty much their own way in the two wards in Car- diff now requiring representatives on the council. Mr. Courtis, in the Park Ward, is pur- suing his candidature with vigour, and success, and the Roa.th Unionists are naturally elated because they have induced Dr. Lyn Thomas to champion their cause in that profoundly Unionist quarter of Cardiff. It is not yet known whether the Radicals will make up their minds to seriously challenge the return of Dr. Thomas If they dc, they will probably take rather more care in selecting a candidate tha.n they have shown in bringing Mr. Henry Jones out in the Park. It is now regarded as a grave mistake to have selected as a party candidate a gentleman who has evoked such strenuous and persistent opposition of the Trades Unionists, for the manifesto officially issued by the secretary of the Seamens and Firemen s Union was last night placed in the hands of every burgess in the ward, and the result must, <of course, be damaging in a. consti- tuency which thinks so much of Trades Unionism that it rejected a. gentleman like Air. T. H. Riches because of his connection with the Taff Vale Company. But Unionists should take nothing for granted. They must put ijorth every effort to ensure the return of Mr. Courtis, and good, honest, hard work must be put in every day from now till Saturday. It is not good enough even to count on the fact that the Radicals realise their own misfortune in being tied to Afr. Jones; elections are only to be won by persistently keeping at the work from first to last, and the more decisive the victory the better. Meeting of Irishmen. A meeting of Irish Catholic electors in the Park Ward was held on Tuesday night in St. Peter's Guild-hall, Roath, in support of the candidature of Air. Henry Jones, the Radical candidate for the ward. The proceedings were timed for eight o'clock, but were deferred for half an hour until a decent crowd had assembled numbering about 70 all told. Those present represented the two branches of the Irish National League in Cardiff, the Catholic com- munity, as distinct from these bodies, being conspicuously absent. Mr. Thomas C'alla.ghan, sen., presided, and in opening the proceedings expressed regret "that Mr. Jbnes had been maligned in certain quarters, and that some few Irishmen were canvassing for and supporting Air. Courtis. Air. Jones, he said, was not unknown, and the reforms he initiated thirteen years ago when in the council chamber were in the interests and ?r,progress of 1I'e town. (Applause.) the candidate (Air. Henry Jones) emphasised the tact that he and his father and grandfather were all born in Cardiff, and, that being so ho i ;.turally felt a great interest in the welfare ot the town. The question nearest to their hearts was, he said, that of Home Rule for Ireland, and, confining his remarks to that subject, he repeated his speech delivered on Sunday afternoon in the Gladistone-hall, Cardiff, ihirty-iour years ag-c> he came to the conclu- ^at Home Rule was the only remedy for the ills of Ireland, and he had since then never changed that opinion, what had been said to the contrary in the Western Mail and the Express being a malicious lie, and an attempt to bamboozle and insult them In conclusion he impressed upon his hearers that every victory at municipal and other con- tests brought them one step nearer to Home Rule for Ireland. Ar^r" Louglrlin, in the absence of ^nVl a r i Proposed a vote of confidence in Air. Jones, pledging those pre- sent also to support, the Radical candidate. Ihe speaker criticising the policy of the "Even- ing Express and the reports that have lately appeared in it. said, in renly to the ehswre of manoeuvring a ttlie Irish meeting in the Gladstone-hall on Sunday, that the bills an- nouncing that meeting were distributed before Mr. Jones was selected as a candidate. The frr m sajd tl!e Tr!sii: d'2(.tor,'J could never forget what Air. Jonee said thirteen years ago --above all what. he said at the declaration of the poll m the West Ward. Weil, he (t,he speaker) had read all the speeches made at that time, and the only allusion Mr. Jones was re- ported to have made to the Irish question was thai*- of God oave Ireland," at the foot of one of his placards. (Laughter.) Dr. Buist, in seconding, also girded the tor some time at the "Afnil" and the 'Express," saying also that 101*^r. Pa-fcy had adopted dirty tactic.? at this ejection. Ithough many Conservatives had given no sanction to this policy. Mr. J. M'(Jarthy. in supporting the motion, strongly condemned the policy so Ion? pursued, of trying to coerce Irish vote* in a Tory direc- tion. The resolution, on being put, was carried unanimously, a .gentleman, who had made per- sonal inquiries, gating at the close that Air. Jones paid on his steamers the same rate of wages as other firms, and also provided his men with food of equal quality. The Rev. Father Havde, replving to a vote of thanks for the use of the room, though not attached to either political party, expressed warm adherence to Home Rule principles and the candidates who support them. ROATH WARD, ADOPTION OF A UNIONIST CANDID ..TE. A meeting of the Roath Ward Conservative Association was held in the Assembly-room a.t the Roath Conservative Club on Tuesday even- ing for tiie purpose of selecting a candidate for the forthcoming municipal bye-election. Air. E. G. Williams, vice-chairman of the ward, presided, and supporting him were Messrs. Geo'. David, J. Owen Conway, E. J. Burn, J. Hinton, J Eynon, W. Bale, P. Knight, C. Rodd, S. J. Sherman, A. Lovell, W. G. Dykes, F. Pring, See— Councillor David said that he had, with All*. Leon, done his best to secure a suitable candidate to fight the forth- coming election, and he wae glad to say that they had arrived at a satisfactory result. After a great, deal of persuasion thev had been able *o induce Dr. Lyn Thomas to become their eanaiciate. Dr. Thomas was for many years house surgeon at the infirmary, and since then had been a consulting physician in the town. He had attained to a position of threat eminence in his profession, not only in Cardiff, hut for many miles around. He congratulated ihe party in Ronxh upon obtaining the services of such a gentleman, and had great, pleasure in Drojxfling his adoption.—Afr. E. J. Shearman seconded, and, the proposition having been supported by a large number of those present, was carried with great enthusiasm.—Dr. Lyn Thomas was then called into the room, and informed by the chairman of the decision which had been arrived at. He met with a most gratifying reception, and returned thanks in a few well-chosen words. He stated that he could not understand why municipal elections should be fought upon political lines, but ho n ight gay that his political convictions were ert;rely Conservative. (Applause.) He lived in Roath, and he thought he knew the require- ments of the town, and he promised them that if elected he would do all he could to enhance the position of the town and the comfort of the inhabitants.—"Votes of thanks were parsed to Dr. Thomas and to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated.

eBW——BOW——————————— Dislike to the Bath I A FRACTIOUS TRAMP ATj CARDIFF. Robert DIy, 61, was brought up at Cardiff olice-court on WePdnesday (before Aldermen Sander.s and Ramsdaie) charged with being an idle and disorderly person, and refusing to observe the regulations prescribed at the Cardiff Workhouse, on January 19.—John Hawkins, superintendent of the Casua lWard at the union, said that the prisoner entered the ward on Tuesda yevelling. He was taken to the bath room, and ordered to undress and get into the bath. He took off boots and stockings and got in the bath, but refuged to take his clothes off, saying that he did not require washing. When the superin- tendent insisted upon his having a bath he rushed at him and struck him. The police were sent fior, and Detective Kelle-tt took Daley into custody. On the way to the police-station the prisoner kicked and tripped the officer several times. When asked what he had to aay the piisoner said that the superintendent treated the inmates of the casual ward very harshly. As he had only left the workhouse on Tuesday morning he was quite clean, and did not require a bath at night. He also said that, through so much hot water being used in the bath" of the casual ward, the inmates of the other wards ctould not get sufficient hot water for their domestic purposes. Then from the dock he challenged the superintendent to un- dress. and he would prove that his skin was as clean as his.—The magistrates said the re- gulations of the unijon must be enforced by its officials, and that the prisoner had behaved in a violent manner towards the superintendent and detective. They would, therefore, send him to prison for a mpnth.

The Ferry-boat Disaster RECOVERY OF THE BODIES. LATEST PARTICULARS. Up to the time of going to press no further bodies had been recovered. The inquest will be opened this afternoon, when formal evidence will be taken. At an early hour ov Tuesday morning six bodies had been recovered of victims of the terrible ferry-boat accident at Newport on Alondiy night. The names are — John Windsor, married man, with a wife and family at Bristol. Henry Latchell, married, living ot Coldra- road, Newport.. Joseph Webber, 4, Hoekin-street, Newport. William Rodway, living at Pont/mister, a _married man, with three children. Joseph Arundell, 19 years of age, 8, Temple- street, Newport. George Atkinson, 21 years of age, living at Water's-lane, Newport. Serious Condition of the Man Copp. Up to four o'clock, no further bodies, other than the six already mentioned, had been I recovered, but it is believed that there are two, if not three yet to be found, including Charles Fowler, the boatman. John Copps, black, smith, who wag landed in an unconscious con- dition, still lies at his house in Chapel-street, in a precarious condition. Pleurisy has set in, and it is feared that pneumonia will supervene. He is being attended to by Dr. Bassett. It has been ascertained that the man found on Monday night, who went by the nick-name of "Bristol Jack" is named John Dindson. His age was 43, and he was a native of Bristol, in which city he at one time served in the police force. Hiø wife and ohildren remained in Bristol when he removed to Newport to work at the Union Dry Dock. Work Suspended at the New Dock. Work has been temporarily suspended at the new dock about to be erected for the Union Dry Dock Company by Mes-srs. Linton and Geen, and 120 men are now idle. Our Newport reporter, writing on Tuesday evening, says Up to a late hour C(1. Tuesday night there had been no further recovery of bodies beyond the six whose nam3s sre given above. It was rumoured about four p.m. that another body had been seen near the Old Dock, but upon search being made this v/m found to be devoid of truth. Charles Fowler's (the boatman's) body was amongst those still vnrecovered, but how ira.ny others there are— if any--camllot definitely be ascertained. The general opinion on the riverside is that there are two others beside Fowler. Young Roberts, the shipwright's apprentice, who was amongst those saved, states (as already -published) that there were seventeen in the boat when she was pushed eff. All the bodies, with the exception of that of Atkinson, which was taken to his home in North-street, remain at the mortuary adjoining Temple-street Police-station, to be viewed by the coroner's jury to-day (Wednes- day) before the opening of the inquest. Atkin- son, who was 21 years of age, was a son of a former foreman at the dry dock. There had been a melancholy scene of mortality in his family ror some yeare pacit, including the death of ,Jus mother, father, and three of their chil- dren. Charles Fowler, the boatman, who v,as 31 years of age, and lived at 72, Dolphin- street. had only been married about six months. An elder brother wa.s drowned at the Aluni- bles some years ago. William Rodway, who lived at Pontymister, used to walk to and from that place every day—a distance of five or sixmilea. Opening of the Inquest. The coroner (Air. W. Lyndon Aloore) pro- poses to open the inquest thi" (Wednesday) afternoon. Only formal evidence of identi- fication, however, will at that time be taken, and the inquiry will be adjourned to some con- venient date, when the whole of the evidence can be adduced. The co-oner has communi- cated with the Board of Trade, pointing out the serious character of the ca.o, with a view. if the board so desires, of being represented at the inquest.

THE BRISTOL FESTIVALS. PRESENTATION TO THE CON- DUCTOR. Mr. George H:sek>v, conductor of the Bristol Fes tivals, has been presented with II. te;rtimh!1ial to the pretty tune of £500. Xo gift wae ever more deserved.

CYCLING. LADIES' SIX DAYS' RACE. The seeond stage in this competition was started 01\ Tuesday at the Koyal Aquarium, before a large num- ber of spectators. An alteration was made in the starting of the two divisions. Section B riding first in. stead of Section A as on previous occasions. Mdm?. Fischer was again competing in Setion A. despite her overnight fall, but Miss Shelton did not take part in the day's ride. From the start Blackburn and Har- wood kept up a good pace, but Lutrieile left the track after riding 8 miles 7 laps, the scores at the end of 8e?tion B's first ride being as foHow: -Blaekbmu, 95 miles 7 laps; Harwood, 95 miles 5 laps; Lutrieile, 64 miles. When Set.ion A was started Farrar adopted Blackburn's tactics, aud dashing away, gained It lap on Anderson in the first mile. The scores at the end of this division's first ride were :—Farrar, 83 miles 6 lllps; Anderson. 89 miles 5 Ia.ps; Tj'ier, 78 miles 5 laps; Fisher, 59 miles 6 lape. Only Blackburn and Iiarwocd turned out for Section B's second ride, but these riders travelled at a fast rate throughout, the closing scores in this division being:—Blackburn, 132 miles 6 (ape Harwood, 132 miles 4 laps; Lutrieile, 64 miles Shelton, 23 miles 7 laps. The final scores in Section A's second ride were —Farrar, 125 miles; Anderson, 124 miles 9 laps; Tyler, 107 miles 4 laps; Fischer, 88 miles 6 laps. i I

Councillor C. M. Williams directed the attention of Aberygtwitli Town Oounüil at theIr meeting on Tues- day to the prolonged delav of the promoters of the local Volunteer coqJ6 in making a fkfillite offer lor the premi8tS which they sought, from llie corporation for armoury purposes. Councillor John Watkins replied that the promoters were 110. jlJ & position to make any arrangement, pending ø. survey 01 cine structure by an Atmy officer. Having secured the official'* aiprovskl of the building, ti»« corporation would be approached with a definite offer. I

Turf Notes. The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race has been fiyed for Saturday, April 3. During the year 1896 no fewer than 64 ob- jections of one sort and another were lodged against horses. One of these yet remains in abeyance, fcur were withdrawn, and thus. just the majority of 31 were over-ruled. It is noticeable thajt of the above, number only eleven were under Jockey Club rules. Probably no stable theltered more thoroughly disappointing hordes last year than Falmouth House, Newmarket. The names of the unsuc- cessful Sorcure, Saras, Restored, Yorker, and Palaverer may be mentioned. It is a coinoi- dertce that all of these, excepting Restored, are by Sara bend. IOU rested yesterday, and maybe the horse will go for smaller fry in the home circuit, in the little handicap at Wye to-morrow, which he carnot well lose. Our predicted "good thing" of the day came off when Hawkwood won at a nice price. He is a very useful, if lazy, horse, and was con- ceding second and third 71b. although the favourite. Napoleon the Great, had also won. A penahy was not imposed on him, because of his victory being in a maiden hurdle event thare had a selling clause attached. This is an absurd condition, a, prima facie the horse is not a maiden. As we stated, trainer Alills expected to have three wiuncre. The first of the expected coups came offff with Hawkwood. 'ihe other two hcrses run to-day. This afternoon's card at Alanchester seems rather the better of the two, containing the January Huidle Handicap and the Trafiord Park .Steeplechase. It cannot escape observation how Owick is simply thrown into the latter event, and he must have degenerated quite 211b. from his Sandown (winning) form to only be entitled to such poundage. The "good thing" of the day, however, is Wild Alan from Borneo, for the Cheshire Steeplechase. lu contradiction of ;Ie rumour tha." he has so entirely lost all form that Air. Widger will next year ride him tohoivrds. his owners actually had a thousand pou ads on him at Wiueor that is a. "monkey" each. The WiicLscr gallop and exercise since will have done the old Naticr.al wincer gcod, and i: is victory can be anticipated. As with Hawkwood on Tuesday, Mr. De Atontmorency, who owns Pink Domino, resigns the handling to Air. Widger, and now barok again in the class whetioe he emerged, the horse, who runs in the Selling Hurdle, •<? well worthy of support. Life, who goes int to-day's Salford Steeple- chase, is a and pretty certain to win a race very soon, if not this afternoon. This Day's Racing OLD SAM'S FINALS. MANCHESTER MEETING. 115—WILD MAN FROM BORNEO (nap). 1.45—PRAGUE. 2.15—ID ALUS or BARBAItOSSA. 2.45—SWALEDALE or PRIESTHOLME. 3.15—ALPHA. 3.45—ONCE MORE fnap). DOUBLE EVENTS- WILD MAN FROM BORNEO and ONCE MORE. ALPHA and ONCE MORE.

INCUBATORS FOR BABIES. A FRENCH DOCTORS OPINON. According to a very interesting article by J. W. Smith in "The Strand Magazine, a new new institution is shortly to be added to those already existing in London for the preservation of child life. in other words, an incubator for babies is about to be established in the capital of the British Empire. Babies who need to bo incubated are babies who are born before their time. T'lle number of children who arrive prematurely on this planet is very much larger than people imagine. According to Dr- Lion, who appears to be the founder of the system of incubating baies, there aire no fewer than 150,000 infants who arrive at varying inter- vals of one, two, and even three months before they are due in France, as against 27,000 who arrive to time, i.e., that one baby in every seven makes a false start by beginning to live several weeks before he ought to have ventured out into our uncertain atmosphere. When thev arrive, however, whether they be mnay or whether they be few, there is to be an iiieu- ba.ting establishpient to take charge of them. This, the latest device of modern scientific philanthropy, consists of something like a small hen-coop, in which there is placed a mattress upon spring wire suspenders. On ,[,.Ùs the baby in laid, and is kept at uniform tempe,ra,ture by a spiral pipe through which a current of warm water is continually run. The water ic heated by a, lamp placed under the boiler on the riciu- band side of the baby-coop, while the thermo- meter inside regulates the atmosphere. Every two hours the babies are taken out of their little coops into the feeding-room, where they are supplied with their necassary allowance of womiiic milk. Children that are two or three months before their time are fed through the no-e by a silver spoon. The temperature of the baby-coop, and also cf the feeomg-room, is very high. In the incubator the temperature as kept to 37 degrees Centigrade, but in the feeding-room it is reduced to 25deg. Other- wise the nurse could not stand it. Babies who are full grown bfore birth should weigh 61b. or 71b., but the baby hatchers reckon tlm they can bring the child forward so long as it doe* not weigh leg" than from 21b. 3oz. Babies only weighing lib- rarely survive, even with the utmost care. The system of baby-hatching was invented by Dr. Alexander Lion, cf Nice, and his first hatching establishment was founded at Nice, He took 18.5 children in three years, reared 137 of them. Without the incubator the whole 185 of them would have died. The Paris establish- ment was opened in January, at 26, Boulevard Poissonere. It has received 62 babies; of these eleven died. All the children are ad- piitbted free and gratis: but the cost of the installation of the anpa.raus. which is in Paris 50s. a, motih, will in London be £ 4 a month. Baby hatchers are now in full working order ,in Bordeaux, Alarseilles, Lyons, and Nice. In Pans the cost of the institution is met bv charging inquisitive visitors 5d. per head, a.nd since January no fewer than 50,000 women and men have made the run of these establishments. TIIhe incubator is Dr. Lion's patent. He in- vented it in 1891.

CIIAJIBEU OF SHIPPING. The annual report of the Chamber of Ship- ping of the United Kingdom reviews the pro- jected legislation of last session affecting ship- ping, and records the steps which were suc- cessfully taken by the chamber and by the Shipowners' Parliamentary Committee to resist such cf the measures as were considered to be iir.mical to the interests of shipowners, Copies are published of a series of letters which have passed on the subject of Isgisla- tion in British Colonies concerning British shipping. The chamber had urged that no i Colonial Legislature should be "allowed to impose upon British shipping (other than ship ping registered in such Colony or dependency) any further burdens and restrictions than those imposed by Imperial legislation. Mr. Chamberlain replied that her Alajesty s Government had "not the power to impose Government had "not the power to impose such restrictions upon Colonial legislation as tha Chamber of Shipping desires" but The council report that the right hon. gentleman had written to the Governor of South Aus- tralia inviting his Ministers "to consider the expediency of preserving uniformity as far. as possible in legislation affecting merchant shipping throughout the Empire." The Board of Trade had also written concurring in the view that, wherever Colonial legislation proposed to go beyond the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, British shipowners should .have an opportunity of expressing their opinions upon such pro- posals before the Bills were confirmed, and promising that, as far as their own action was concerned, the board would be prepared to give effect to that view. An account is given in the report of the final action taken by the council on the subject of the new rules of the road at sea. and all responsibility is dis- claimed for the two new sound signals which. on and after July 1 this year, are to be used at saa duelg fog. such signals having, they declare, be?n adopted "in opposition to the expressed opinions of certainly nine-tenths of the entire steam and sailing ship tonnage owned in Great Britain." The council report that the documentary committee of the cham- ber bare socnired the insertion of a "negligence clause'' in the Admiralty form of coal charter, and say that they trust the new charter will pave the way for the adoption, of the clause in the India and War Office forms of chavter- party—in fact, in ail forms of Government charter-parties, freight engagements, and bills of ladinj. I

Yesterday's Racing I "SPORTING LIFE" AUTHENTIC PRICES MANCHESTER MEETING. I Horse. Jockev. Sportirg Life. PEXDLETON STEEPLECHASE (5). C&rab&e (Turvit) 4 to 1 ag SELLING STEEPLECHASE (4). Day Stax (Mr H Woodland) 2 to 1 ag "HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE (dead heat—4). Castle Warden (O'Neil) 2 to lug SELLING HANDICAP HURDLE (12). Lorry (G Wilson) 10 to 1 *g MAIDEN HURDLE (11). Hawkwood (Mr T J Widget) 4 to 1 ag ELLESjILKK HANDICAP HURDLE (5). Aldbourne (Latham) 5 to 4 on These prices are identical with thoee published in the "liacing Calendar." j MANCHESTER MEETING. MANCHESTER, Tuesday. The vagaries of the climate were once more demon- strated thus morning, when, afteT the severe trost ol vesterdav, the weaklier had become mucsi nukler. Though "a thick fog prevailed in the early hourt. this had lilted slightly at noon, but still the fax side of the course could not be disunguiahed when racmg started. When the covering was removed the gonig was by no means bad, and there was a capital atten- dance. Details:— 1.15-The PENDLETON STEEPLECHASE PLATE of 40 sovs, tor four year olds and upwardfl weight for age winners extra. Two miles. Mr Stark's Carabas, 4vrs, Iftit 131b Turvit ilr Cunningham's Keelson, 5yrs, list 91b 6 Mr ierguseon 2 Mr Goodall's Nerval, aged, list 121b .Latham 5 Mr Jones's Fittieworth, oyrs, llat 9it> S J Uliamso.n 0 Mr Mason's Tettenhail, 4yrs, lOst 61b Waddmgtoa 0 Winner trained privately. Betting-—11 to 10 on Keelson, 7 to 2 agst Fittieworth. Winner trained privately. BettiNc-11 to 10 on Keelson, 7 to 2 agst Fittieworth. 4 to 1 agst Carabas, and 100 to 8 each agst Nerval and Tettenhall. vun„ Carabas toon drew out with a clear lead of l ittle- worth, and the pair were followed by Keelson, with Tettenhall last. Little change occurred until reach- ing the last fence, where Keelson took second mace, but C-rabas, increasing hie iead, ;nade t-U the runnnig, a.ad won by six lengths; a bad third. Tettenhall WAö I tailed off. 1,45-The SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 100 SOYS, for four year olds and upwards weight for age win- ner to be sold for 100 aovs. Two miles. Mr E Woodland's Day Star, aged, 12ft Mr E Woodland's Day Star, aged, 126t Mr H Woodland 1 Lord Cowley's Spoonbait, 5yn, list 10lb F Hassall 2 Mr Hibbert's Headingley, 5yrs, list 101b R Nightmgall 0 Misa A Nicholson's Freddie, 4yrs, lOst 71b Mr W Cullen 0 Winner trained bv owner. Betting—6 to 4 agst Headingley, 2 to 1 &gst Day Star, 5 to 2 agst Freddie, and 8 to 1 agst Spoonbait Headingley settled down in front of the fence be- fore the stand, where Freddie refused, and s.![er the first fence after turning out of the straight Heading- ley came down. Day Star then made the remainde r of the running, and won by twelve lengtlit-. The winner was sold to Lord Cowley for 130gs. 2.15—The MANCHESTER HANDICAP STEEPLE- CHASE of 2DO sova; winners extra. Three miles. Mr Dawson's Caetle Warden. ón- ll^t Neil1 Lord Sbrewëbury's Ballyohara, aged, llst 61b G Williamson 2 Mr Coate's Athelfritto, aged, list 8tb Thompson 3 Mr Hibbert's Ardcarn, aged, list 31b .Donnelly 0 Winner trained privately. Betting—5 to 4 agst Ballyohara, 2 to 1 agst Castle Warden, 4 to 1 agst Ardcarn, and 6 to 1 ag-st Athelfrith. Ballyohara was followed by Athelfrith. with Castle Warden last, for a mile, when Castle Wa.rden assumed the command, and went past the stand the second time in front of Athelfrith and Ballyohara, with Ard- carn a long way last. Along the far aide Caetle War- den increased his lead, but after jumping the wt ience Ballvohara gradually closed up the and. getting level in the very last stride, made a deAd heat of it; a bad third. Ardcarn wait tailed off. Decider.—Oaetle Warden beat Ballyohara. Bet- ting: Evens on Castle Warden, who waited until a quarter cr a mile from home, then drew to the front, and won by a length 2.45—A SELLING HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of 100 sots winners extra. Two miles, over eight hurdles. Mr Scott's Lorrv, 4vrs, lOst G Wilson 1 Mr E Woodland's Northern King, 4vre. 10st_'71b 1. Mr H Woodland 2 Mr Brown's Tours, 6vrs. 13st 9ib .H Smith 3 Mr Hibbert's Everton, 6yr«, list 71b R Nightingall 0 ili- .M Kinlev's Domineerer, 5)Ts, list 41b Mr Fergueaon 0 Mr E Woodland's Eamptcnian IT., aged, loet 121b Stegell 0 Mr Martin's Redhead, 5vrs. lOst 121b .Turrit 0 Mr Riley's Kilmallock, 6vi*. 10«t 111b Knox 0 Mr Steel's Levden, 5yrs, lOst 91b R Clarke 0 Mr Hassall's Mull, 4vrs. lOst 71 b Owner 0 Mr Percy's Usquebagh, 5yrs, lOst 61b Mr J M Bell 0 Mr M'M&ho't lun's Mistral, aged, last 31b L Hooney 0 Winner trained by Marrinre. Betting—7 to 2 agst Leyden, 4 to 1 ag-st Everton, 6 to 1 apt Domineerpr. 7 to 1 each a.Vt Kilmallock a!,d Tours, 100 to 14 agst Redhead, and 10 to 1 agst. any other. „ Lorrv was attended by Redhead, Everton, and Domineerer. with Hamptonian II. and Mula. next, until well in the straight, where Tours and Northirn Kinif became the nearest attendants of Lorry, who made all the running, and won by two lengths a oad third. Mulit was fourth. Hamptoniaji II, fifth. Leyden sixth, and Domineerer last. The winner was bought in for 180gs. 3.15—A MAIDEN HURDLE RACE of 70 sovs. for four year olds and npwa-rde; weight, for age; win- ners extra. Two miles. Mise Norris's Hawkwood, 4yrs, lOst 131b Mr T J Widger 1 Mr Hibbert's Napoleon the Great, 4yrs. lOst 61b R Ni$rhtinirall 2 Mr Marsh's Furze Hill. 4rrs, lOst 131b ..Mumford 3 Mr Scott's Ali, seed. 12st Ownfr 0 Mr Moslf-.v s Pilot, aged, IM CJ Willianvon 0 Mr Scully's Thorax. 5VTS. list 81b .Mr J Scully 0 Mr Craig's The Russian. 5yrs, list 8ib Collins; 0 Mr Alexander's Trade Msrk. 4yns. lOst 61h Turvit 0 Mr Mason's Kypie, 4yrs. lOst fclh Waddinsrton 0 Mr Platt'a Kelhani. 4vrs. lOst 61b A Lake 0 Winner trained by Miller. Betting—2 to 1 agst Napoleon the Great, 4 to 1 '2:I't Hawkwood. 6 to 1 agst. Pilot. 100 to 15 agst Carriden. 7 to 1 asrst Trade Mark, 8 to 1 agst Furze Hill, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Pilot made the running from Napoleon the Great, Kelham. and The Russian, with Hawkwood and Thorax next until after passing the stand, where Napoleon the Great headed Pilot, and the pair were closely followed by Kypie. Kelham. and The Russian, with Thorax next. At the last hurdles Carriden fell, end II2wkwûod. closing with Napoleon the Great, won by two leneths: eix lengths divided ilip H'c:;nd and third. Ali was fourth, The Russian fifth, Thorax sixth, and Trade Mark last. 3.45—The ELI.ESMERE HANDICAP HURDLE TMCE of 100 sovs winners extra. Two miles and a half, over ten hurdles. Mr Bland's Aldhoume. 5yrs, lOst 51b .Latham 1 Mr B!et«ce'.s Tribune, aged, lOst 121b Mr M Bletsoe 2 Mr Piatt's Royal Douglas, aged, list 6)b A Lake 3 Mr Dfplidge's Aminte. 6yrs. lOi'o Mumford 01 Mr Harper's McMahon II., 4vrs, list Owner 0 Winner trained privately. I Bettinsr—5 to 4 on Aldiwurne. 4 to 1 aget Tribnne, 5 to 1 agst Royal Dour'as. and 10 to 1 agst any oilier. Royal Douglas was followed Ivy Aldboume and McMahon II until well in the straight, where Ald- houme drew to ihe front, and won easily by three lengths; five lentrths divided the second and third, Aminte was fourth. I

OFFICIAL SORATCHINGa. The Press Association has been officially informed by Mffts'-s. Weatherhv of the following scratching? — All engagement*—Yearling by Hawkeye—Girdle Cae Mead), Lucky Gift (dead), Grand Attack, and Diamond Star All engagements under National Hunt Rules-Sir Jacob.

THE HANDICAPPING QUESTION. NEW RULES CONFIRMED The Prese Association savs: — a meeting of the Jockey Club was held at Derby Houae, St James- square. London, on Tup winy m'tei-noon, when the new rule and alterations of rules jiassfd at the meet- ing held on the 7th ult were brought up for eon- fvrmtion. The proceedings were private, but the Press Association is informed by Messrs. Weatheirby that "At the Joekey Club meeting on Tuesdav all the new rules proposed by the stewards were con- finned, to come into operation at once The Press Association adds that thp<e include the following: • New rule, Xn. 27.—"Ni handieapner should hold any other office at a meeting, nor handicap at any other meeting held durni-g the same week, except by permission of IIw stewards of the Jockey Ciuo, He must attend the meeting either personally or by a licensed deputy. The name of the handi- capper attending the meeting shrl] appear ir the Cslemdar' containing the report." The present Rule 27 to be added bRule 52, "vhi^li will. therefore, read "The top weight to be allotted in a handicap shall not be less than M. If in a band'oap for which there is a minor forfeit declared by a fixed lime the highest weight accepting va/i originally lees than Nt., it shall be reised to that weight, and the other aceeo- tarcee equally. It, shall be in the power of the stewards, by notice in the programme, to extend this last-mentioned rule to the highest weight left in at ten o'clock the preceding evening in handicaps fo- plates and stnkes whet? there is no declaration ft forfcif, provided the weights are fixed the night. be. fore the running." Eule 71 to read —"Every entry e-ball OrFe, and every dedaralk.n of forfeit or acceptance shall he fixerl to be made at ten p.m.. and upon Tu««te.vF only, except in the ease of races closing wit.h:Tt four clays of their being ran. All entries for handicap* tor wn.oh the weights are tr. apnea- before the week in whiph a meeting is held must be in the sheet. C alendar'at least one week before the weights are pub- nt-ed. 3.nd for 1hroc handicaps for which the weights are to anpea.r during the work pi the meeting, "the entries shall close n.t -Us*?: 24 hours liefore the publi- cation of the weights. No declaration of forfeit shall fised to be made for raoe» for two year olds onlv • -etween the second Tu"1r" in October, v-hen thev are yearlings, ivnd the last Tue*fcy in March in the t< 'H-wmi* ypfir. RlIle 19 reads:—"The following officials shall he ?Pl">:nted for every meeting, unbiect to the ap- nrova! of the stewards, viz.. clerk of the <>urs». han- dic-ipne^. stakeholder, clerk of the scales, starrer, and judge, each of whom, as a qualification for h, olice. reoni-es a licpiw, to be granted annual'.v bv t11" stewards rj the .Tockev Cluo." Rule 55-—"All lads who while under age have of their own free will, and with the ronsent of their |)trents or guardians, bound themselves to a tminer a term of not lew than three vears. are permitted during their apprenticeship to eia'm iilb. allowance in all selling races which are not handt-nns prov no horse carries lem than 6st. Thev will be entit.W to this 5Ih. allowance for one rear for 265 days), aiter winning th°ir first race in any countrv. And Pule 97 •—"]n thp phsence of fiT)pr'j!u' £ rrw,lrwinf.j a jockey's retainer terminates at the fnd of the racing season. Half the agreed retaining fee must 101' paid ;11 cdvance, and the remainder at the termination of 0, jetainer." The above were the alterations for which the stewar<.» declared iirjr»nor. and ir is understood that Wssrs. Weatberby's official notification refers onjv- {o t ho*f» A iteration#?. J Tl^ePress Association leams t),*t the series r.f n,les suggested bv Lo,d Suffolk, bv whHi th» .Tock»v Club nrght miction weight for *ge races 'or f0„r vear oHs and upward* a dis^uce of two miles'snd unward*. wth a minimum we'ght of 9st. 71 h and of not, lew value than £ 2n0. fo 1v, n,n f of. thr Hunt TNW. were not br. ,t fnward at Tn*>dav's meeting of the Jockev Club as some formahbw hart to he gone through regard t,he,r publication in the "Calendar" and suhmffi tn the rules committee, and they were. tberefVTo^ pone,1 untal the next mating, in onler that these fCTTnahties might be gone through. OEORGE BARRETT I I*t«t accounts aneat George Barrett's condition are to fee effect that ne ma very much wo^ TuLSf! ntoramir. j

Football It THE CARBIFF-LLAXELLY DISPUTE. ME- WILKINS AND THE HEALING OF THE BREACH. Acting unofficially and entirely on his own account, Mr. Wilkins appears to have drawn around him a hornets' m-it. in his laudable efforts to bring about a healing of the breach bet-ween the Handily a.nd Cardiff clubs. Our Llanelly correspondent eaw Mr. Wilkins on Tuesday night, and found him but little moved by the tremendous outburst with which a Car- diff newspaper says the Cardiff committee met hk suggestion.?. Asked to give his views on the matter, Mr. Wiilkini? declined to say anything as yet. He told our representative he had heard ■niouunig officially from the Cardiff club. AN he.i he did receive that he would know what to do. In the meantime he would preserve a. diplomatic silence. Apparently Mr. Wilkins has a pretty g-ood answer ready, and he told our correspon- dent to ILZE prepared to see the matter carried further.

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MATKIMQMAL AMENITIES. Mrs. Arrowsmith sued her husband on Tuesday at Bloombury Countv-court for B5 :.rrears of maintenance under a deed of repara- tion. Judge Bacon: Is this your wife? Defendant: It was. (Laughter.) Judge Bacon: Have you Lven divorced. Defendant: Well, not exactly. You see, its like this. We agreed to live apart, and I fcuve h<jL a whole house of furniture. Judge Bacon Yes but you have also agreed to pay her 10s. a week. Defendant: Ye3, but this creature has v aried my life cut of me. She is living with ai.cthtr man now. Sue lias ruined me. Mr. Flowden wa.s quite wrong in his judgment. (Laughter.) s Judge Bacon: You should have pleaded misconduct on the occastj<•< of the trial. She has got judgment against you, and I must see that enforced. Defendant: She is known as the" Sporting Duchess." (Laughter.) Plaintiff: Yes; and you nre known M the Leat-lferr) Api1>n. (Renewed laughter.) You see, he's living with another woman now. Defendant: ]>on't believe her, your honour. She's a horrible liar. Judge Bacon: You should not abuse him. He is your husband, and you maymve to live with him again. Plaintiff I had rather be hanged. He could have paid This mney long ago. Judge Bacon: £ 2 a month.

THEIR IMMORTAL SOULS. Judge French Believes it Incredible that Witnesses Would Sin About a Friend. At Shnreditch County-court on Tuesday a case was heaird involving the ownership of a piano. Counsel for plaintiff said it was; a case of oath against oatii, he sked that all witnesses be out of c-ourt. Judge French Do you suggest perjury? The Counsel: No. I d,on't think I do. Judge French: Would people imperil their iruncrud rouIs for the sake of a hire-system piano? (Laughter.) The Counsel: Still, I should like the wit- J ne.sse# out of court. Judge French: It is a want of common humanity. (Laughter.) Do you want the poor unfortunate witnesses to kick their heels in 1 draughty corridor on a morning like this? The Couudel: Your honour, 1 will waive the point. j Judge French No doubt the witnesses are ruueh obliged.

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Scotland v Wales THE SCOTS THIXK THE OUT- LOOK IS GLOOMY. An Irish Critic ITas Discovered tlxfct We are Playing: the Irish Game- The Scotsmen are not, judging from the tone taken by the critics, very much in love with their chances. There are too many old stagers abo t it, and a want of young and vigorous men in every division, save one writer. Dealing with the men individually, the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch" has much I the same opinion as that expressed a few days ago by "Modern Athens." At least hadf the men in the team seem, according to the critics, to have no claims to be there. It is not wife to pay much attention to these suggwtione. The backs may not be up to inernaioWIIl form, as a whole, but they are fairly strong indi- vidual men, and Wales cannot afford to despise them The Edinburgh IDispatch" sizes up the team as follows:—It must be admitted that the prospect is a gloomy one, although by no means hopeless. The team, if not the best, and we think it w far from being the best, 18, sup- posing the men all play to their best form, and are well and in good condition, a fairly rood one. It will be severely criticised, but it will be as well to recall the fact that last year, previous to the Wales match, everyone was loud in praise of the Scottish team, and every- one now kuowt; how that fifteen behaved. The Scotsmen on this occasion know that their tasK is no light one, and those who have had the confidence- of the Union bestowed upon them ll1u£t see that everything ù; done to wipe out laat year's disaster at Cardiff. The championship i:, wanted in Scotland this year." The "Evening- Herald," Dublin, referring ta the Internait-iciial football contest between Wales and England says —"Wales was afflicted with a continuous downpour of 30 days, which diG not even ce?r"e on the morning of the match. Snow, sleet, snd showers czmtinued throUØ1- out t.he whole day; but this atmospheric aspect, together with that of the preceding 30 days, only constituted a praotical celebration of the "'Longest Rain," in which her Majesty's motvt. loyal subjects of Cambria were deter- mined to be first. Wales beat England simply because its forwards were better than the Saxons t.he backs had very little to do with it We are not a bit dismayed at the result, because Wales cOould never play Ireland, al- though she did fluke a few wins. Then, strange to say. Scotland could never play Waleo. and after all this Ireland's toughest knot was always Scotland, and will be so again. I Now for the salient features of the match, ecarcelv one of which has been given in any Welsh or English paper. First, foremost, and above all others, is the fact that the We]«h are playing the Irish game. Imagine :his conver- tdoii coming from the apostles of the very; opposite creed But there ie no blinking' the fact that it has come, a.T.d that we will want to be aware of ft—and very much aware ag well. They have got hold of four Philistines, said to have come from the mountains because their residence the Rhondda ValLev, and these play the rushing Irish game wijs a ven- geance. Ir fact, they are very much Ipeia Hibei nicvs Hiberniores. The behaviour of the crowd was anything but exemplary, the hoot- ing- and hissing being most unpleasant; but we are told tha-t Newport folk are but M 'sucking I dove^' m comparison with what we Ulayexpeot t Swansea." I am sorry to find the Llanelly Cardiff disputa a.gain cropping up. So far as the Cardiff committee -are concerned, the matter had, of course .to be disc-used in the ordinary business proie&dingss re-fixtures. It would have been better had it beell sliowed +0 finish there. Further than this, the implied insult to Mr. Wilkin's was certainly unnecessary. From a Cardiff point of view. Mr. Wilkins may be an undesirable mediator, but why. because Mr. Wilkins who probably enjoys as much respect in footbal lcirdes as any of his opponents should be told that he has a short memory, and his I mediation would act as a dajnpner, it is impossible to surmise. The judged pro- minence given to the matter will do much towards stirring up a feeling of bitter enmity between the club? in question. A homing society has recently been formed a: Pontygviaith. The president of the society is Mr. B. Pritchard, whilst the duties of treasurer and secretary have fallen upon Messrs. Griffith Davies and S. Thompson respectively. A capital code of rules have been framed, and, with the present interest taken in the society, it is to be hoped that it will be brought to a successful issue. The first sweep takes place on May 22, from Ludlow, and the second on May 29. from Stafford. The following races h ave also been arranged —Old birds: June 5, from Sheffield; J to 12. from Ripon; and June 19. from Newcastle-on-Tyne. Youne birds: July 3, from Ludlow: July 10, from Stafford; and July 17, from Sheffield. The Sporting Life" tells us that this will probably he Bancroft's last season. The writer I' say.—"Another Welsh player who is fitting the retiring cap to his head is Bancroft, the famous full back. At the present time this player is the bast back in the British Isles, and in the match against England, at Newport, played as well a* ever he did in his life. But, in the course of a conversation before the New- port game. Bancroft expressed a doubt about his playing much after the close of this season for, :u¡ he expressed it, he had too many claims upon him now to run the risks of the football field with impunity. Since H. B. Tristram's day, the Welshman is probably the beet full back that has played, and it will be a. sad day for his club and the Principality when he retires. WELSH ATHLETE.

EETKAED'S FEAT AND FATB. The Liadeedaie Hunt had a most remark&bb finish to their run after their meet at Linhola They ian a fox to the extensive old ruin at* Mosspaul, near Langholm. The fox made 3 wonderful ascent of a smooth and nerpendiculai chimney, fully 20ft. high, and crouched on tlie top of the wall. He "1. eventually discovered and killed.

A. Reuter's telegram from St Petersburg on Tuesday says:—A caravan has arrived here with 6io poods of gold from Siberia for the Imperial Mint. The gold was conveyed part of the way by the Nicolai Railway. We are informed that an influentiaS syndicate has secured the enure righte of the celebrated P.udge-Whitworth Company tor the Continent of Europe and the United States of America. A oo-mpany is about to be formed for the con- duct of this well-known and highly-lucrative cycle business. The capital of the new com- pa.1¡rL-as, we understand, been fixed at £125.000, and a strong board is being arranged. It is proposed, subsequently, to float subsidiary com- panies to work each country. A Reuter's telegram from Antwerp on Tues- day say.?:—The "Journal ie Metropole" this evening gives currency to a report received from Brussels that Baion Dbaais, who was iu command of the Congo State forces operating in the Upper Comro. has fallen into an ambos- cade, while ou his way to the Upper Nile, and has. together with ♦weiity-one of his com- panions, been massacred by Mahdiste. The rumour is received with extreme reserve here. On Tuesday morning: Ashert Edward Warrea, aged 20, of 40, Garden Houses, Mrirthyr, d1('(l from injuries pust-Hiced at the Oyfartbfii Works 011 the 27th of September last. In the notice of motion given by Ministers the most noticeable points were that Mr. Bal- four is himself to introduce the Education Bill. and that when Mr. Gerald Balfour ga.ve notice of t.he Bill for creating an Irish Board of Agriculture he was greeted with derisive cheers from a section of the Irish members, among whom, if 1 mistake not, tile rasping voice of Mt. Swift MacNeiU led the music.