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Bill Banter's Budget. As I hinted some few days ago the Liberal party in Swansea has proved to be too disunited tr. selec'. its Parliamentary candidate. The Radical party organs are curiously silent or. the subject. "Everything," they say significantly, is to be gained by time and by honest en- deavour on the part of all loyal Liberals to sink personal feelings and prejudices, and to join cordially in the task of smoothing ovefr difficulties. This is the counsel which has pre- vailed." A neat but thin method of disguising the unpleasant- fact! The bald fact is that Swansea Liberals are thoroughly disorganised by internal dissen- sions. The party numbers some ambitious men and determined talkers amongst iEs leading members, but not one of these can find it in him to set up a candidature which will produce a seething whirlpool out of the savagely antagon- istic forces working quiet destruction just at present. Mr. Burnie is the bravest of the ambitious ones, but even he, except upon the ^'ood^excuse of an emergency, declines to be formally ackncwledged as the Liberal candi- date. He has had enough of it. as the Liberals work it. He has not forgotten hi* treatment by the Liberals after his defeat at the last election— the fashion in which those who had been pro- fessing to support him as a Liberal turned and bo!dly save him to understand the full effect of their personal antagonism. His cool re- ception at the club—the bad ta"te (or worse) which allowed him to walk home almo.se un- attended on the night of his defeat the evilly- rtended criticisms within his own party, which did not even xpare his private business—were likely to give any man a sen-se of Liberal in- gratitude he would not easily forget. The wonder is that Mr. Burnie is willing even to assist the party again in an emergency." It is no wonder that men, aware of the internal affairs of the party in Swansea, excuse them- selves by waiting for LiberaJs to sink personal feelings and prejudices and join cordially." etc. That day is too far distant to lead any willing candidate to believe it within right. Jubilee treats ara not yet nvfr in Cardiff. I hear from members of the S;inbeam League that they are on a particularly good thing. Dr. Lynn Thomas and Coun ——. I mean, Mr. J. W. Courtis, are giving the children f the League a Jubiiee treat at Penylan. If I understand ihs Sunbeams rightly, the pic-nic is on foot to-day- real tall business, for I do not crre t.) calculate how manv the children's league actually num- bers. There are hundreds of Sunbeam* in it. Good luck to their hosts—it is a graceful act to give thii useful League a little practical encouragement. The comments of my old friend Carr from the summit of the Penarth bench yesterday ought to commend themselves to justices. Mr. Carr and Mr. Valentine Trayes agreed in dismissing sum- marily a charge of keeping a disorderly house. The reason for their decision ventilates a very important matter. The Penarth police, it seems, entered the house under the powers of a warrant to search for illicit beer. They used thp warrant for raiding the premises as a disorderly house—a purpose for which the warrant was not granted nor designed. So far, so good. In common fairness, all men will agree, the justices could not but quash the case. This is the point: How many convictions have been gained by the police under wrong- fully-used search warrants? Perhaps, this may be the only instance. We shall suspect that it is not—we cannot heip suspecting. Why? Be- cause I have never yet heard any justice demand to see the warrant under which a police raid has been ma:le. "An Englishman's house is his castle," as my friends of the "Mail" very ap- propriately say, summing up the whole morality of the justices' decision and the official strata- gem in a headline. The case proves that magis- trates in general have been omitting an impor- tant part of their duty—the examination of the warrant. in order to make sure the powers they themselves granted the police have not been used to evade the spirit of the law. I must perform an act of justice-with better grace, inasmuch as the performance brings an item of interesting new; Mr. W. Read, of Nesta-road—well known to all who put a bit in literature-takes courteous exception to al- lusions suggesting awful things of the obok- canvassing profession which have, I allow, crept in. But never acain. Mr. Read points out that great men have been book canvassers. and is able to produce an authenticated list, which is certainly interesting. A Traveller in Literature," says Mr. Read, is. properly pursued, an exceedingly useful and elevating calling. It does not merit the new jokes you have recently invented. It has supplied jokes enough—and can boast to be the origin of as many of these as the medical and scholastic and journalistic professions can." I quite agree with our old friend Read. Bonaparte—when a lieutenant, unemployed at the capital, and too honourable to duplicate his pay accounts—took the agency for Boulan- ger et Cie, the noted publishers of the Por t Neuf. for a work entitled "L'Histoire de la Revolution." Bonaparte tried to secure from tlie publishing compnnv the whole depart- niptit of La Vendee, but he was only given a suburban Parisian arrondi.«sement. In the fryer of the great palace of the Louvre, amid countless bric-a-brac of the reign of Louit*. can be seen to-day under a glass case the little can- I vasser's outfit of the great emperor, and within it the long list of names which his assiduity secured. The next famous book agent is no less a. person than George Washington, who. "while surveying Fairfax County, Virginia. in his youth canvassed for By dell'a 'The Lon- don of Stoke-on-Trent Squire' 'Amer!(',Hl Savage, How he may be tamed by the Wea- pons of Civilisation." Washington, it is stated, sold ever 200 copies in and around Alexandria, Virgida. Then, coming to our times, "General Grant, subsequent to his resignation from the army. before his venture on the Dent Farm, took part of the territory of a general agent of Putnam's to dispose of Irving's 'Columbus.' Blaine began life as a humble canvasser in Washington County, Pennsylvania, flailing a "Life of Henry Clay, the Mill Boy cf the Slashes. Bismarck, when at Heidelberg diiring a winter vacation, having had his allow- ance cut short by his father, the baron, canvassed for one of Blumenbach's handbooks. Jay Ctould sold books as an agent. Mark Twain sold hooks as an agent. Longfellow sold books as an agent. Daniel Webster paid his second term's tuition at Dartmouth by acting as local agent in Merrimac County. New Hampshire, for De Tocqueville's "America." Bret Harte was a book ardent in the fall of 1349 or spring of 1850. Among others deserving, perhaps, the epithet '"famous, but less known that the foregoing, were Tames Lack- ington, who from canvassing John Banyan's works for Messrs. Rivington, in 1770. became one of the largest publishers in England Thomas Kelly, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1834, i nd died worth half a million and Thomas Guy, the founder of Guv's Hospital. ——————

A DASTARDLY ACT. THEFT FROM AMONG THE DEAD AND DYING. A painful sequel to the railway catastrophe at Welshampton to a Roytin excursion train came before the magifirates at Ellssmere Police-court, when a labourer named \CharIeg Evans, of Ellesmere, was charged with the theft of an umbrella, on the 12th of June, at Welshampton, value 10s.. the property of Sarah Walsh, a single woman, living at 96, "iddldon, road, Roy ton.—Superintendent Edge and Police-sergeant Morris gave evidence to the effect that about two o'clock on the morning of the 12th of June, while they with others were engaged in the work of rescuinig t')p injured and recover- ing the dead from the wrecked train .Welsh- ampton, they saw the prisoner behaving in a suspicious manner in one of the broken, car- riages. They ordered him to leave the Tehicle, und he did "n. Noticing his awkward gait as he walked away, they followed him, and on searching hIll found an umbrella. concealed under his ccat and down the inside of his trousers. Trey took his address, and ordered hnnoti the ground. The umbrella was Nfter- wards sent to Inspector Jump, at Royton, an vas eventually identified by Sarah Walsh, of Royton, flu belonging to her, and loat in the wrecked train. by which she was a. paasei:g?r.— Mr. W H. Bott, of Oswestry, who a;>earsd for the defendant, put in a plea of previous good character on behalf of Evans, who had a discharge from the Royal Artillery, marked "Cood." after seyen yeira and eleven monrhs' service.—The Chairman of the bench, however, said they considered the cose a verv bud one, the dpfemlant having been guilty of the dastardly act of committing theft among the dying and the dead in the late sad disaster, and they could not do less than sentence him to fourteen days' imprisonment, with hard labour.

A THEATRICAL DISPUTE. At Bow-street Police-court, London, Harold Allerton appeared to a, summons charging him with ubtnining credit by means of false pre. tences.—Mr. Geoghegau, who supported the summons, said that the complainant, Mr. Frede- rick Howcroft, held the provincial rights of two niays, "La Cigale" and "Little Christopher Columbus," and engaged the defendant as his business manager. Subsequently he leased the plays, with the scenery and dresses, to the de- fendant, who also arranged that he fhould have the services of two artists, Mr. Harry Cole (who was under contract with Mr. William Greet)" and Miss Nelson, who was under contract to the complainant himself. The defendant was not a man of means, but he produced a guarantee, signed "Stanley Mortimore," who, he said, was his partner, a wealthy man, connected with a large firm of leather merchants, and then travel- ling in Egypt. The defendant's tour was not a financial succef!8, and the complainant had to reimburse Miss Nelson out of his own pocket for three weeks' salary. It was then found that the signatory to the guarantee was not Mr. Mortimore, but the defendant's brother.-Evi- dence was called to this effect, but Mr. Shad- Jück, defendant's brother, when in the witness- box, explained that he had dropped his surname for theatrical purposes, and stated that he was quite prepared to carry out his guarantee. He added that with the guarantee he had deposited £100 in Parr s Bank, and he and the defendant had put about JE500 in one of the plays.—At this point Sir James Vaughan adjourned the he.ir- 1 insc, 3aying that a", the gentleman professed him- self capable of paying the money it seemed to him that if the money were paid the matter should be put an end to.—Mr. Meyers, who de- fended, said that he would guarantee that the £12 paid by Mr. Howcroft for salary should be re paid to him within the week. together with £ 3 3s. costs on ihi I summnns.-Si!" James Vaughan said that if this were done there would be no need for the parries to appear again.

TWO TOWN COUNCILLORS. ONE USES HIS FISTS AND FEET ON THE OTHER. At Hyde (Cheshire) on Wednesday the hear- ing was resumed of the case in which Amos Per.'ival W!:itehad, a member of the Hyde Town Council and Liberal agent for the Hyde Division of Cheshir?, summoned James Shenton, a master boilermnker and member of the town council and a county magistrate, for assaulting him at a m^etiig of the general purposes com- mittee of the corporation on June 16. The C3..e was adjourned last week in conse- quence of the defendant's counsel being taken suddenly il! in r-ourt. The alleged assault was that during a disturbance in the Hyde Town- hall, at a meeting cailed to make recommenda- tions for J.P.'ships for the Diamond Jubilee hot ours, the complainant addressed the defen- dant. who, thereupon, went round the table, and, it is alleged, struck complainant on the left temple with his clenched fist, and went on striking him. Complainant said defendant a=snuHed him a second time, striking him with his drnched fist on the jaw and about the body, and kicking him and making a matk on his leg. Cross-examined, complainant denied that he Wa.03 attempting to deprive the defendant of his honour. He admitted having discussed the matter at his house with the mayor, but he could not hpeak for the mayor as to whether the latter desired the defendant's honour to lie taken from him. The mayor never said to him, "You must stick to what you have stud to your I solicitor. The case is clear." He admitted having u^ed strong language- The mayor did not say to him they ought to send Shenton to Knutsford, but that the complainant should give him a d good hiding before he went. The May.'r, next called, told the court what he saw en the occasion in question, and his evidence bore out in effect the complainant's statement. During witness's examination Mr. Langdo.i told the mayor not to be rude. Wit- ness admitted having had trouble with the defen- dant oyer the presidency of a local political club, but denied hfc\ing urgxl complainant to do his berot to damage the defendant. The borough medical officer described complainant's injuries as swelling on the jaw. contusion on the left temple, and three bruises on the leir. Several borouarh justices, councillors, aldermen, and the town-clerk g^ve evidence. Mr. Langdon, for the defence, did not deny the assault, but submitted complainant habitually abused his fellow-councillors and townsmon. and bore malice towards defendant. After a hearing which lasted five hours the magistrates fined deferdant £3 and £2 coats.

KEN NAB D V. JAMES. To the Editor of the "Evening Express. Sir,—Having noticed in your Tuesday it issue that A. E. Kennard accepts my challenge, [ am quite prepared to cover his deposit of £ 25 if he is agreeable to ride me, one, two, and five mills (unpoced). on the County Grounds, Llaneily. or Saturday, July 17, :t. I have no other date open at present, having several engagements to attend to in different parts of the country. If Kennard is agre:ablte to the above and can make it convenient to meet mp at the Greyhound Hotel any time on Thursday next artiolos can be drawn out. Awaiting his reply.—I am, &c.. 10M JAMES. Lianelly. July 7. ——————

f Custom of the Ancients. SUICIDE COMMITTED lTXDER ORDER OF THE COURT. A Licence of Self-destruction was Applied for, and, if Granted, the Deed was Quite Legal. "Lippinc itt's Magazine" contains the follow- ing article upon the above subject:—During the centuries immediately preceding and those following the opening of the Christian era, voluntary death wa*s at its worst in Europe. Broadly peaking, the teaching of all the philo- sophers, orators, and poets of the time was that suicide was not only justifiable, but was a noble and couragaoud act. Among the propagators of this doctrine may be mentioned Plato, Cicero, Seneca. Epictetuc, Cleanthes, and Marcus Aurelius; and it can be truthfully asserted that many of the greatest men of p.:gan Europe died by their own hands. In this way Aristotle, Demosthenes, Zeno, Cato, Brutus, Hannibal, Mark Antony, 2nd many others, met their death. This popularity of suicide must have been due, to a certain ex- tent, to the teaching of the learned men of the time, which has, as a rule, a powerful in- fluence upon the educated classes. And, as dIe actions of great, men are usually followed by numbers of inferior men who wish to rank with those they ape, the frequency of suicide among tile hoi poiloi must be in part attri- buted to the example ot the philosophers, Nevertheless, it would not be correct to class even a majority of tllO suicides of this period ftiiiong the Grt^ks and Romans as the result of any teaching, although many were undoubtedly due to this cause. it ia certain that the bulk of the voluntary deaths, occurring as they did among markedly degenerate people, who were deteriorating with every generation, were, like the suicides of to-day, due to insanity (u.sing the word in its widest sense), disgust of life, and that uncontrollable deeire to die which is .-o marked a sign of decay, and which no alienist has yet fullv explained. When vice and dissipation were at their height in Rome, self-destruction was most common; and, as has already been mentioned, ^uicide was most fre- quently met with among tho Greeks after, they had been contaminated by Roman manners and customs. In a few words, the prevalence of suicide WJ\8 a disease, produced by a depraved condition. As vi?e and de- bauchery increased, crime, immorality, disease, and self-destruction also increased. Indeed, with the Humans under the empire, suicide seems to have been one of Nature's most active and effectual methods of stamping out a people who had become too degraded for continued national existence. When the Greeks and Romans recognised the impossibility of pre- venting sucide. they decided to establish tribunals whose duty it should be to hear the applications of those persons who wished to die. Ludicrous as this idea may appear to UII, it is almost identical with the system suggested by Sir Thomas More in his "Utopia." published in 1516. If the applicant succeeded in showing what the tribunal considered good cause for quitting life his prayer was granted, and he destroyed himself under the authority of the court. In S0m,) instances the court not only sanctioned the suicide, but mpplied the means of self-destruction in the 8hape of a decoction of hemlock. If anyone applied for permission to end his life and was refused, and in defiance of the decision committed suicide, his act was illegal, and such punishment was inflicted as could be meted out under the circumstances. The Romans, for example, confiscated the property of the deceased; the Greeks held his memory &1 dishonoured, and tretted his body with indignity. The Roman law, as laid down in the institutes of Justinian—a Christian emperor— about the middle of the sixth century, held that suicide was justifiable if it arose from disgust of life or from grief at loss of friends, or when it was desirable to escape bodily suffering from disease. It was also considered pardonable when it arose from insanity. and a distinction was drawn between the suicide who was, in the ordi- nary snnse, responsiblt for his act and the one wno w-s not. Under the Roman law suicide wa" illegal when it was committed to shield cime, or in disobedience of the order of the "ourt. or when no sufficipnt reason could be dis- covered. But the act ir) itself was regarded as enmintd onlv when. as in the above cases, it affected the State injuriously. The theory was that the suicide by voluntary death evaded that just punishment which his acts deserved. If a a accused person voluntarily put an end to his life. the law held that he had pleaded guilty by refusing to meet the indictment. Nevertheless the law was just, for if the accused were proved innocent, no injury fell upon his estate or his memory. The pror>?rtf of a person who com- mitted suicide while under an accusation of crime was confiscated for the time being; but the heirs were at l'bertv to have the case tried in the 8:1me manner as if the 8rcuse<1 were alive, and if the charge were not proved, the heirs took the estate all if the deceased li >d not l>een nnder any accusation at the timfl of death. Even soldier* and slaves were. I rder the Roman law, pvtUled to ¡wt nn enrl to their lives like ordinary c ti^ens. If ? soldier successfully attemnted s'lic'rle, he was forgiven the net if he could show that he had been driven thereto by some great sorrow, >ni.fortur,e, or d:=ease, or if he could nrove whaf- we unw call "temporary insanitv" hut. if hp. fpiled in thi" his "ff»nce wn« C'lIpih I. nd, »s a rumishment. the State carried out the act which he had attempted.

LITTLE WIFE'S COMPLAINT. SHTE SAID SHE WAS ALWAYS RECEIVING SLY PINCHES. It sssms to be a well-estnblighed rule for little women to have big husbands, and little men big wives. It was a little wife who com- plained to the Westminster Magistrate on Wednesday that her big husband starved her and did nil Bort., of "sly things" to her to make her life miserable. She said her husband spitefully pinched and nudsred her, and left her to go to his mother. She had only been married eleven months, and now she wanted a reparation with some mainte- nance for the baby fhe carried in her arms. Mr. Marsh am When were you last hnrt? Applicant: He nearly choked me last night, and he is always giving me (lb- pinches. Mr. Marsham You have lJefn living together. Try and make it up. In the end. however, the little lady took a summons which she was allowed to have for nothing. But Mr. Marsham means to act as peacemaker. He would havfe a talk to the big man when he appeared and try to make it up between them. ONIONS, THE POET."

ALWAYS READS TO THE MAGI. STRATES A RHYME. William Onions, better know aø "Spring Onions, the East End poet," was among the applicants before Mr. Dickinson, at the Thames Police-court on Wednesday.. This individual ha*< been convicted at several courts of dis- orderly behaviour, and on each occasion has attempted to read to the magistrate "a little poem," which he had composed in the magistrate's honour. Mr. Dickinson: Well, Onions, what do you want? Onions: Well, I want to thank your worship for your leniency the last time I eaw you. Mr. Dickinson: I hope you will not be brought here again. Onions Well, we won't say nothing about that now. Mr. Dickinson What do you want ? Onions r I beg your pardon, but can you let me have a copy of my committment order when your colleague, Mr. Mead, put me away for six months? Mr. Dickinson I cannot. It is an official document. It is in charge of the officials at Holloway. Onions: Oh, you don't know, then. It wae to Wand*worth I went. Mr. Dickinson It Ls not here. You can- not have it. You say that 1 dealt leniently with you. Will you keep a way from the drink in future ? Onions: I can't, your worship; I can't. Mr. IJiekimon: I warn you. It will be six months :he next time you are brought here. Onions: Six months Yes, I have had six monthri. Mr. Mead and the police got .1 up nicely for me. He call himself a justice of the peace! Magistrates, indeed — Mr. Dickinson: Go away. Be careful, or yon will 1)° brought here ni/ain to-day. Onions became very excited, demanded in a loud voice a copy of his commitment, and used stronT lai)._run<re about the conduct of the police and the magistrates. He was removed from the court.

"PECULIAR PEOPLE" AGAIN. At Poplar Town-hall on Wednesday an In- quest was held on the body of the five months' old child of a labourer named Adams. The child died of convulsions, and from the evidence it appeared that no attempt was made to save the child's life, the mother, who belongs to the "Peculiar People," simply sending for an elder and annointing the child with oil.—A verdict of ""Death from natural causes" was returned, the jury reouesting the coroner to censure the "Death from natural causes" was returned, the jury reouesting the coroner to censure the I mother and elder eevereb

Cardiff Public Works. TEMPORARY ASSISTANT SUR- VEYOR APPOINTED. A Ship Chandler's Grievance.—The Allegation against Messrs. Symonds —A Weedy Question. At a meeting of this committee on Thursday, Alderman Daniel Lewis presiding, three candidates for the appointment of temporary assistant surveyor were in- terviewed, and in the result Mr. V. B. W. Powel, of 3, Glynrhondda-street, Cardiff, rsceived eight votes, the other two (Messrs. A. Sinw, of Penarth, and J. E. Bach, of Barry) receiving one vote each. A SHIP CHANDLER'S GRIEVANCE. A deputation of ship chandlers from the Docks waited upon the committee with refe- rence to the threatened removal of the ririLrs in the roadway used for letting casks into cellars. The change was proposed in view of wood paving being substituted for macadam.—After di-cusjion it was agreed to sanction the con- tinuation of existing rings on condition owners indemnify the corporation from any possible damage. 4 THE ALLEGATION AGAINST MESSRS. SYMONDS. The Town-clerk leported, in reference to the charge of sub-let'ing in connection with a con- tract brought against Messrs. Symonds, that under the terms of the contract, unless the stone was dressed on the site of the contract, there had been a breach on the part of the contractor. In the course of the discussion it was conceded that the stone was hand-dressed, but the point was that the stone was not dressed on the site.—Mr. Mildon said it would have been impossible to dress the stone on the site of the contract; the guardians would not have allowed the contractor on the workhou.se grounds, and he coulcKnot do the work on t.he roadway.—Mr. F. J. Beavan said the town- clerk's opinion did not touch the principal point, that as to sub-letting.—Mr. Mildon. Suppose he had dressed the stone in hi. own yard, would there have been any objection?— The Town-clerk It wculd be a breach of the contract, but the committee would probably say Mr. Mildon: All contractors are in the dark about it. I would have signed that contract without contemplating the dress- ing on the "pot.Aldennan Carey: The COIll- mittee would not enforce the rule if the con- tractor dressed his own stone.— Alderman Ramsdale They would be very foolish if they did so.—Mr. Veall said thev ought to proceed asrainst Mr. Symonds.—Mr. F. J. Beavan moved that the town-clerk be asked to give an opinion on the other phase of the question, Whether the contract had been broken by sub-letting.— Mr. Crossman, as representing lalxiur. said it was not intended that the clause should work so ridiculously as to require stonp to be dressed on the site of the contract. He wanted the point cleared up.—Mr. E. Thomas declared that the phrase "on the pile" in the clausp was a very necessary safesuard, and should not be (struck out.—Alderman Carey moved that the Master Builders' Association and the Cardiff Trades' Council be invited to a friendly discussion of the point with ;1 view to securing an amicable arrangement.—Mr. W. H. Allen seconded, arid the motion was agreed to. A WEEDY QUESTION. The health committee wrote that it was not their work to weed the streets, and it was re- solved to raise the question at next Monday's meeting of the council. BRIDGE PAINTING. Tenders for paintine corporation bridges ranged from J674 to £273. The committee asrreed to do the work themselves, careful note being taken of all the expenditure for future reference.

WAR CORRESPONDENTS LIBEL. JUDGMENT FCm £1.000 DAMAGES FOCRMALLY ENTERED. In the Queen's| Bench Division on Thursday Mr. Juftice Hawkins entered judgment for plaintiff in the case of Atteridge v. Knight, in which the jury awarded plaintiff £1.000. for libel after the judge had left the court on Wednesday. Judgment was now formally recorded for plaintiff with costs.

CAMP MURDER CASE. THE LIBELS ON MESSRS. STONE. On February 18. 1897, the Press Association circulated various statements associating the names of Mr. J. J. J. Stone, of Hounslow, and his son, Mr. Thomas Stone, with the murder of Miss Camp on the South-Western Railway. Such statements originated in the neighbour- hood in consequence of the action of the police in detaining Mr. Thomas Stone, pending in- quiries which resulted in clearing him from all suspicion. It has since been ascertained that the statements in question were without foun- dation, and the Press Association expresses its deep regret at having circulated them. and at having thus unintentionally aspersed the charcters of Mr. J. J. J. Stone and Mr. Thomas Stone. The actions for libel commenced by the Messrs. Stone against the Pre-* Association and various London and provincial newspapers have now been settled by mutual agreement-

THE GREAT HAT QUESTION. THE MEMBER FOR WIGAN SITS ON HIS HEADGEAR. The "Daily Telegraph" says:—Once more the great hat question—not the matinee, but the ordinary silk hat of commerce-wa, before the Ileuse of Commons, owing to a sad misadventure which befall the "tile" of Sir Francis Powell, member for Wigan. Our legislators are sadly hampered with their hats. If they leave them in the vestibule they may find themselves in the predicament of Mr. Gladstone, who on one occa- sion felt hinwelt" obliged, "after question put," to address the chair. In such a contingency it is imperative that a member desirous of speaking should be covered. Mr. Gladstone never brought his hat into the House, and the consequence Wiif that he had to borrow the Solicitor-General's (now Lord Herschell) for the occasion, and, as it was much too small for him, the then Prime Minister was obliged to balance it on his head I:ke a juggler while he explained his views to the Speaker. But if to avoid such a predica- ment memben carry their hate with them to their seats, there is always the danger that, in the excitement of their speeches, they will tele- scope the articles by sitting 011 them. The late Mr. Beresfcrd Hope and Sir George Campbell were good friends to the hatters in that re- spect. for nearly every oration they made en- tailed the collapse of one hot and the purchase of another. On W ednesday Sir FranciB Powell was very eloquent, but, fortunately, forgot that he had left hiB brilliant "chimney.pot" OIl 'he seat. So after his peroration he sat down heavily, not on the seat, but on his hat. which gave a "scrunch, and then assumed the form of a windless concertina. The House cheered the hon. member's accident, and Sir Francis con- soled himself with the reflection that- his speech had placed the arguments of his opponents in the same condition as his hat.

PUBLIC EDUCATION. A Parliamentary paper issued on Thursday stdafl that a supplementary grant is required of £785,713. This includes £710,865 for public education in England and Wales..618.000 for public education in Ireland, and £40.000 for the Pent Office. There are also-some small miscellaneous items.

A LIPE FOR A CRICKET BALL, On Wednesday morning, write a number of clerks employed at the Sowers-town goods station were playing at cricket, the ball was knocked on to the glass roof of the station. A man named Charles Reubythorn, aged 27, went on to the roof in search of it and fell through the glass roof, a distance of 50 feet. He was conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital, but on arrival was found to lie quite dead. His fikuIl had been fractured by the fall.

ROYAL SYMPATHY. A sad incident of the Jubilee season was the loss experienced by Rear-Admiral Miller, who caihe to English waters with the American cruiser Brooklyn, to represent the United States. During the stav of the Brooklyn at Portsmouth, the admiral's only daughter was taken ill with typhoid fever, and died on Saturday last. The funeral took place at Woking on Monctay afternoon. On the admiral s return to his ship he received a gracious and sympathetic message from her Majesty, condoling with him in his sorrow,

Deal Carriers' Strike. THE MEN RESUME WORK CONDITIONALLY. For if Their Demands Are Not Allowed They Will Strike Work Again on Monday Next. A meeting of the Cardiff deal workers was held 011 Wednesday evening at the York Hotel, when Messrs. J. H. Wilson and Henry Orbell addressed the meeting. The Union representatives pointed out to the men that, although their demands were perfectly just and reasonable, they had placed themselves in rather an awkward position by coming out without due notice. This had been fully taken advantage of by the employers, who, in reply to the men's demands, said they did not know that the men wanted anything, and until the strike they had not known that the men had any grievances, and even now did not fuliy understand what was wanted. The manner in which the men had come out, too, had placed the Union in such a position that it would be quite unable to help them, it being their prin- ciple not to strike until every other means of settlement had been tried and failed. As it was, it would be impossible for tfi9 men would then be perfectly justified incoming to work. and ar pointed delegates to confer with the masters and lay before them clearly the men's demands, they would then be complying with the rules of the organisation. If the masters met the delegates and refused their demands, or declined to meet them, the men would then beb perfectly justified in coming out.—After a. considerable discussion, the Union representatives carried their point, and the men agreed to return to work on Thursday morn- ing.—A deputation was a.ppointed to meet the eirployers, and it was decided that a. meet- ing of the men should be held on Saturday even. ;ng, when the report of the delegates will be teceived. Should no concession be made, there is no doubt but that the men will again come out on Monday morning, when, with the whole of the Union at their back, they will be pre- pared to make a prolonged fight, if necessary. The organisation has ample funds at its com- mands, and also, judging from the fact that on Wednesday evening n.) fewer than 50 applica- tions for membership were received, the full sympathy of all ths workers in Cardiff.

CARDIFF CONSERVATISM. THE CATHAYB CLUB TAKE THEIR ANNUAL OUTING. The annual outing of the wives and children of the members of the above club took place on Wednesday, when they were taken to Caerphilly Castle. The Mechanics' Band attended at the club, and the procession started for the Rhymney Station at half-past twelve, where a special train wa% awaiting their arrival, and conveyed the party, numbering óOO. to Caerphilly. After games and sports of various descriptions, tea was served in the banquetting-hall. At intervals the hand played selections, and dancing on the green was indulged in. When the time for departure came the party met at the entrance to the castle, where the Vice-chairman of the club (Mr. A. Gower) said the. committee were extremely pleased to find that such a large number of the members' wives and children had respnded to their invitation and hoped the outing would be continued in the future. Mr. Gower then asked Mr. Councillor Hughes, who was present, to address the meeting.—Mr. Hughes congratulated the management committee of the club upon having been so successful in organising such a splendid treat, which was the best he had ever attended. The excellent conduct of the gather- ing, in fact, had so impressed the natives that they had asked, "What Sunday School is this? It is the best behaved Sunday School treat we ever saw." A large number of the members and friends of the wives and children met the party at the Cardiff Station, all of whom marched in procession, the band leading the way to the club premises, outside which the whole company con- gregated. when Mr. Councillor Hughes a<jain addressed them, and the proceedings wound up with the National Anthem.

MISTRESS AND MAID. A CASE WITH A GOOD DEAL OF WASHING IN IT. At Bloomsbury County-court on Wednes- day (before his Honour Judge Bacon, Q.C.) Katherine Bates, a. domestic servant, sued her former mistress, Mrs. Salmon, for 3Os.. one month's wages in lieu of notice.—Plaintiff said 8he was engaged by the defendant at 308. a month on a Wednesday, but on the following day, in the afternoon, she discharged her for no appa- rent reason.—For the defence, Mrs. Salmon said she could not help discharging the girl, as ehe was unclean in her habits. She caught her washing some things in coffee grounds.—Plain- tiff You knbw you are speaking falsely; every- thing was clean.—Defendant How you can stand there and say what you are doing, I don't know. Do you recollect me finding you wash- ing the parsley garnish in the coffe grounds?— Plaintiff: You know I made a mistake and apologised.—Defendant: Made a mistake There wasn't much mistake about it; it was your "new womanish" ideas. (Loud laughter.) —His Honour Does the new woman wash pars- ley garnish in coffee grounds?—Defen- dant Besides all that, she got up late and kept us all waiting for her. (Laughter.)—It's only because I had to sit up till two o'clock in the morning waiting for you to come home from the theatre, and I was tired. (Loud laughter.)—But I didn't keep you waiting for you were not washed then. (Laughter.) —His Honour Let us have the facts of this case. I am tired of this washing question. This Is neither a public bath nor a laundry. (Loud laughter.)—Defendant: Well, it does not matter. I am entitled to discharge a servant within 24 hours.—His Honour: Is that so? I was not aware of it. Perhaps you know, and I don't. (LaughteV.) I can say this, that you did not give the girl sufficient opportunity in 24 hours of displaying her washing capabilities, and I shall, therefore, give judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs.

COLONIAL PEMIERS. SIR W. LAURIER ON THE ATTRAC- TIONS OF CANADA. A banquet was given to the Colonial Premiers on Wednesday evening by the Worshipful Com- pany of Fishmongers in Fishmongers'-hall. The Prime Warden was supported by the Earl of Jersey and a distinguished company.—Sir Wilfred Laurier, responding to the toast of the "Representative^ of her Majesty's Colonies," said when he looked upon the congested dis- tricts of England he wished he could convey some of the surplus population to Canada, and give them abundance. Canada had determined to open a new railway to British Columbia, and the men who went to make that railway could afterwards chose a plot of Jand wherever they liked. If fdnsrle ladies went out to Canada, their single blessedness would soon be at an end.

BAD DEBTS AGAIN. The first meeting of the creditors of Francis Raikes, haulier. 59. Torma-road, Maesteg, was held at the offices of the 0 cial Receiver, Queen-street, Cardiff, on Thursday morning. —The statement of affairs presented showed that the gross liabilities were £97 Vs. 4-d.. and the assets JE54 Os. 9õ., leaving a deficiency of £634s. 2d.—The cause of failure was alleged by debtor to be due to bad debts in butchering.— No resolution wa* passed, and the Official Re- ceiver remains trustee.

Service Between Dublin and Milford. Regular steam communication has now been established between Dublin and Milford by Me**™. Tvynock and Co.. proprietors of the Arklow Cordite Factory. It is announced that tliR steamer Kyncck. belonging to the company, will henceforth ply regulaily between Dublin and Milford. calling at Arldow en route, taking :1. general cargo from Ireland to Wales at specially low rates of freight.

School Accommodation at Swansea. On Wednesday afternoon the members of the Swansea School Board laid the foundation stone of the new wing to accommodate 600 children, Mr. Christopher James officiating. Mr. Law- rence fLondon). the architect, handed to Mr. James a silver and ivory trowel, and Mr. Bennett, contractor, a mahogany mallett, with which he laid the stone. Mr. James then invited the company to luncheon.

Subjects of the Sultan. LIVE: BY THE ABUSES ENG- LAND SEEKS TO REMEDY. And Prefer tha Hand that Caresses their Plague Spcts to the One which would Apply the Knife. The situation in the East and the light in which England is regarded by the subjects of the Sultan is well summed up by the Constanti- nople correspondent of the "Standard," who says:—A diplomat of the old Turkish school, himself most friendly to England and the Eng- lish, lately gave me the following sketch of feeling in Ottoman official circles:—"We think that a really cordial understanding with England is impossible. As long as the present clique of young and ambitious servitors surround the per- son of the Sultan—men brought up mostly in Paris and Berlin—it is almost beyond expecta- tion. If you were to ask any Moslem to-day, from the oldest khodja to the smallest boy at school, what and who was at the root of all the present difficulties of Turkey, he would answer you 'England.' This idea is so rubbed in by all the Palace folk that it 1:s become as familiar to every Turk as his Koran. Besides which, Tur- key has for the laet twenty years been following a policy which no Euroj>ean can understand. She expects friendship and services from every Power in turn, all asked for, without an equiva- lent. If you ask for an equivalent you pass at once into the category of an eueuiy. England asks us, and sticks pertinaciously to her request, for reforms. She does not, or will not. compre- hend that the Turks are a ruling and domineer- ing race who live only by the abuses she seeks to remedy. To clear away the abuses is to take away their daily bread. England wishes to give us good administration. We are not canable of it, and, therefore, it means handing over to Christians our birthright, gained by the sword of conquest. This we cannot brook. We are covered nationally, perhaps, with leprosy and sores, but we prefer the hand which caresses our plague-spots to the one which would apply the knife. The one we kiss, the other we are ready to bite." I have just heard a circumstantial report of an interesting conversation which iook place recently between the Sultan and a high official of his Household. It is worth quoting at length, as giving a good idea of the sentiments pre- vailing at Yildiz, while it is seldom that authentic versions of his Majesty's remarks find publicity. Those conversant with Tur- kish methods will readily distinguish the most important passages. Referring to the war, the Sultan spoke in the highest praise of the Army, saying, "I am pleased to see that the new generation of offi- cers are true sons of the old stock. I wished for war in my heart, but hesitated to declare it, for fear of a European conflagration. From all sides it was being urged em me, but I curbed the ardour of my councillors until I had suc- ceeded in isolating Greece, and making sure tnat I should have her alone to fight. Then my hesitation ceased, and I ordered an advance. Now Europe refuses me, when victorious, either r (luey or territory but I will resist to the utmost. What need I fear? The S:x Powers failed to coerce Vassos and his 2,000 adven- turers what can they do against 309,000 vic- torious troops iu Roumelia? Supposing they vished to coerce me who would undertake the task?" Placing his hand 011 a heap of papers on the table, his Majesty added, con- fidently, "1 have information here from all the capitals of Europe. When coercion was sug- gested, one Power replied that it had done enough; another objected to go any farther in the dark; a third had only advanced in com- pr,r,y with õhe rAat, but refused to shed a drop of it's people's blood on behalf of Greece and so on. Who will turn the Turks out of Thes- saly? I repeat the question—I am there, and will remain." In answer to a remark concerning Edhem Pasha, the Sultan ejaculated, "Edhem was a fool to waste time in storming mountain tops. He ought to have advanced through the passes over the plains; thrice over he ought to have surrounded the Greek Army, and he should have bcMn in Athens long ago. But he may go there yet. I ani resolved to wait a few days, and then. if no concessions are made, I shall give the order to advance and dictate my own terms ftom the Acropolis. Everything is ready for immediate action." Changing the subject, he remarked that two of the six Powers were ill-disposed in earnest, but he was ready to meet them, and taking a small envelope, dated from Berlin, he went on to detail the various move- ments of the German troops 011 the Russian frontier. He then proceeded to describe the improvements in his own Army, especially in the Light Cavalry, in which he professed great; pride. For obvious reasons I refrain from giving more than the foregoing sketch of the conver- sation, which may be accepted as entirely authentic. It is 801Ilewhat interesting, as show- ing, if not the actual state of the Sultan's mind, at least the view which he wishes others to take of his sentiments. So far as I can learn, nothing important resulted from Tuesday's private Ambassadorial meeting. The impieosiont is still further strengthened that, so long as the present Vizier and Ministry remain in power, the policy of resistar.ee will be adhered to unflinchingly, the more so as submission would be instantly fol- lowed by disgrace, if not worse. THE FRONTIER QUESTION. A Renter's telegram from Constantinople on Wednesday says:—The circular despatched by th(1 Porte to Hie Ottoman representatives ahroad adduces no fresh arguments, but merely re- capitulates the Turkish contentions against the abandonment of the whole of Thessaly, pointing out the strong current of Mussulman public opinion in favour of the retention of the pro- vince and the dangers which might result from a disregard of this feeling. The circular is con- sidered to be a final appeal to the Powers to make some concession with regard to the delimitation of the Turco-Greek frontier, but it is not believed that the European Govern n.ents will depart from the principle of a strategic frontier laid down by them.

PILGRIMS AT CANTERBURY. The Roman Catholic pilgrimage to Canter- bury, organised by the Guild of Our Lady of Ransom, took place on Wednesday, the un- usually large attendance being doubtless due in some measure to the commemorationa connected with the mission of St. Augustine. Father Fletcher was at the head of affairs, being as- sisted by Mr. Lister Drummond, by whom the marshalling of the 500 or more religionists was accomplished. Representatives of the Dominicans, Benedictines, Servites, Augustin- ians, and others were present, and a note- worthy feature of the procession through the city was the presence of fifteen young girls in the Lourdes peasant costume. The cathedral —where only the ordinary facilities were offered —St. Martin's Church, and other places venerated by the pilgrims were in turn visited; and in the evening the Bishop of Southwark preached at St. Thomas's Roman Catholic Church. He denounced any form of State influence or control over the Church as a rendering to Cifsar of one things belonging to God, and urged his hearers to pray for the con- version of England.

THE "IRON HORSE." From "Turf. Field, and Farm" we learn that Logan, known in the United States as the "iron horse," who has been raced upon nearly every race track, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from New Or'can3 to Toronto, was decorated with a floral collar between the third and fourth races at Detroit, Michigan. June 19, in honour of his one hundredth vic- tory on dune 18. The floral piece was the gift of the Highland Park Jockey Clulv Logan, we may state, is a nine-year-old bay horse, by Voltigeur out of Pert, by Pantaloon. His one hundredth victory was gained in a mile race, for which there were five competitors, and the time of the winner was Imin. 43jsec.

A KANGAROO FO? THE QUEEN. The Queen has accepted Daisy Belle, a four-months-old kangaroo, from the detachment of the Victoria Mounted R'fles on dutv in England. Warrant-omcer Algie and Private M'Lellan took it from Chelsea Barracks to Windsor on Wednesday afternoon. The collar .i the animal bears a suitable inscription. .1.

An Old Man's Crime. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. He Strikes His Daughter with a Chopper, and, when She Escapes, Cuts His Own Throat. The respectable neighbourhood of Aldebert- terrace. South Lambeth-road, was thrown into excitement by a tragic incident at three o clock on Wednesday afternoon. At No. 14 resided Mr. G. Dicks, aged 65, and his daughters, one of whom, Miriam, he sud- denly attacked with a chopper as she was en- gaged in washing dishes. Miss Miriam had all the strength and activity of seventeen in her favour, and, although she received some severe wounds, she was able to make her escape into the street, where her screams and her bleeding condition quickly brought assistance. By the time the kitchen was reached, however, by Mr. Halliday, a next- door neighbour, Mr. Dicks had already given himself a fatal wound, having severed his jugu- lar vein with a knife. He was lying on the kitchen floor practically at his last grasp. It has been stated that Mr. Dicks attempted a few days ago to snatth the chopper, with which he made Wednesday afternoon's attack, from his daughter's hands, that the head of it came away in the struggle, and that he secreted it in some undiscovered place until he re-pro- duced it on Wednesday. Of that story, how- ever, a "Leader' representative was unable to obtain any confirmation on Wednesday night at 14, Aldebert-terrace. He learned, on the other halld, that Mr. Dicks had been strange in his ways for quite a year past, but not so seriously M to lead the doctors to mggest more than that he should be carefully watched. He was of no occupation, being supported by his daughters, who have resided at Aldebert-terrace for some time. The dead man's recent revelations of irre- sponsibility can leave little doblt that his mur- derous attack upon his child was entirely due to in-ano frenzy. Miss Dick's injuries are not expxsted to be fatal; her wounds have been care- fu.'ly Grossed. and late on Wednesday night she was progressing as well as could be expected, having regard to the terrible shock the had un- dergone.

ACCIARITO'S CRIME. EIGHT OTHER ANARCHISTS ARRESTED. The Central News Agency correspondent, telegraphing from Rome on Thursday, says: — The police have arrested eight Anarchists who are suspected of being accomplices of Acciarito. < -—————

RAOECOUKSE BETTING. DATE OF THE APPEAL TO THE IWUS-tS OF LORDS. The "Sportsman" is in a position to state that, while a decision has not been formally arrived at, it is practically certain that the case of Powell v. the Kempton Park Company will be carried on by appeal to the House of Lords, where, however, it would not be likely to be heard before November at the very earliest. SUMMONSES DISMISSED. The summonses against three bookmakers for betting at Hurst Park were dismissed at Kings- ton on Thursday because of the recent decision in the Appeal-court. An application for defendants' costs was refused. mm—mmimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmma

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S BIRTH- DAY. t On Thursday the Right Hon. Joseph Cham- berlain, M.P., received many congratulations on nis sixty-first birthday the Secretary of State for the Colonies having been born on July 8. 1836. Since Mr. Chamberlain entered Parlia- ment in 1876 his experience has been not only varied and exciting, but highly honourable, and to his unwearying and inexhaustible energy was largely due the final and irretrievable defeat of the Separation Bill. He is one of the few men who suddenly leaped from the position of an unofficial representative to be a Minister of Cabinet rank. Few have passed through a thicker cloucl of calumny and "detraction rude," and fewer still have issued from it like Mr. Chamberlain, unscathed and unsullied. His birthday this year coincides with the complete vindication of the right honourable gentleman's action in the South African imbroglio.

TELEPHONE BIRD-TRAP. AN OWL CAUGHT BY THE LEG AMONG THE WIRES. A unique spectacle has attracted attention in Upper Clapton. A large brown owl, which has its home in one of the big elm trees in Com- berton-road, has been caught by the foot between two telephone wires within a hundred yards of its dwelling-place, and hangs sus- pgnded in mid-air, although it now and again regains its balance, and makes vigorous attempts to By away. The bird's frantic efforts to escape have twisted the wiys together and thus tightened its bonds, and it seems as if the friendly gun will have to be employed to terminate its agony.

COMING CAUSE CELEBRE. ARISTOCRATIC MATRIMONIAL SUIT PENDING. The "Daily Mail" says:—A cause celebre which is bound to create much interest in society circles has been entered in the list of casea to be heard in the Divorce Court, and if the present list of matrimonial actions is speedily disposed of it is not improbable that the case in question may be reached before the long vacation. The petitioner, \10 seeks a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights, is a lady of title and daughter of a late right honourable mem- ber of Parliament. She is related to a duke, and is connected with a number of distin- guished families. The respondent is a well-known Yorkshire baronet, a member of the Carlton Club, and a personal friend of Royalty. Counsel have already been instructed on behalf of both the parties, and it is understood that the respon- dent will defend the suit.

BOOKS AND BUTTER SCOTCH. A TAILOR'S APPRENTICE WHOSE CAREER IS CUT SHORT. The Westminster County Court judge lizard a claim on Wednesday for dBlO for breach ef contract, made by the Strand Union against a Brighton tailor. It appeared that the union apprenticed a boy to the defendant, paying J610 premium and £4 10s. for clothes. His wages started at I 6d. per week, and after about fifteen months the- defendant sent him back to his relatives in London, whereupon the latter again handed him to the union. The defend-mt said the boy was a success at first, but a trip which he made to London spoiled him, and he came back a different boy. He took four times too long to go messages, he said a nasty word to defendant's wife, and bought Aweotstuff at the family grocer's for his own consumption, gettinsr ,t. charged on the bill. A collection of startling halfpenny books was found under the floor in his room. I HIs Honour said in the good old days a I master was entitled to correct an apprentice by giving him a good hiding—the right way of dealing with a boy. He must not now. There was no great harm in getting the butter- scotch, brt it was wrong, and the boy had no right to read novels when sent on errands; but defendant should have applied to fl. magis. trate to have the indentures cancelled. He had no right to send him away. Judgment was given for tha guardians for 40s. without costs.

QUEEN REGENT'S CLEMENCY. I A Reuter's telegram from Madrid on Wednes- day says:—The Queen Regent has pardoned 103 Cubans, who will be allowed to return to 108 Cubans, who will be allowed to return to Cuba.

The Old C.oach in ga ys. A RUN ON THE "DANNIE DIY. MONT" TO NEWPORT. A Big Cycle Carnival to be Brought Off in Cardiff in Aid of St. Cuthbert's Building Fund Eriothon was the first who dared command A ohariot yoked with horses four in hand. So says Virgil, and I have no reason to doubt that what is written is true. It was a brave and daring deed a,t that time, no doubt, but in later years, even so recently ItS our grandiiires, it was thought less of than riding in a. railway train. But the progress of invention drove out the old ftagee. The coachmen fought hard for it. and made matches with the train, in which, I need hardly say, the modern con- veyance had the best of matters. For a little time the older generations hung on to coach travelling like grim death. Then came the rU8h of business—everything was worked at high pressure, and the days of the old stage ccach was, to all intents and purposes, gone for ever. From a business point of view. it was impos- sible for it to live, but in the course of oventa the custom has come back to us in the shape of pleasure. I fancy the Four-in-hand Club are more than any one responsible for the revival of the old custom, although, as a matter of fact, revival is hardly the term to use, for coaching has never really been entirely done away with. On Wednesday I thanked goodness that it had not, or possibly Mr. Drury might not have been inclined to risk a revival of a fashion qdite consigned to oblivion. A bright summer norning; nearly a cloudless sky, three grand browns and a bay swinging along through the country in front of you, and he who says life as seen from the seat of a coach is not enjoy- able must be the veriest of misanthropists. And the tootle of the posthorn as we run through the village at a swinging trot brings the country folks to their doors to gape and wander. To misquote Milton, for which, I hope, I will be duly forgiven: — "They were all ear, And took in .trains that might create a sore LTi:der the nbs of death." I trust I am not old-fashioned, but I mus1 corfess my Hking for this on a bright summery day in preference to the musty, dirty, cramped. up corner of a railway carriage. Mr. Drury, w'ho I mention above as having revived coaching locally, has named his coach the "Dandie Dinmont, after a famous whisky, the product of the firm for which he is the local manager. The entire season's programme has not as yet been decided upon, but Mr. Drury tells me 'hat, so far as arrangements can be made, he will run the coach twice or thrice per week to New- port, Cowbridge, and other places of interest in the neighbourhood. Due announce- ments will be issued shortly, however. On Wednesday the initial trip was made to New- port, and every seat on the coach was occupied. Before starting from the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, from where all future runs are to be made, Mr. Freke, of Cardiff, photographed the turn-out. A mighty hard job he must have had of it, too, for the street opposite the Royal was crowded with people. Just over an hour was occupied in the journey to the Uskside town, and then a start was made from the Westgate on the homeward journey at 4.30 to the minute, arriv. :g in Cardiff just before six. To some extent the Welsh Tennis Champion- ships at Newport lose interest by reason of the absence of the lady and gentleman champions. To the players, possibly, the absence of this pair will make the competition more open and, consequently, interesting. In the gentlemen's singles the few rounds witnessed on Wednesday point to A. W. Blake, who beat K. R. Marley, being thereabouts at the finish, whilst, after her decisive win over Miss E. Cochrane, Mrs. Valentin may be found in the final stages of the Welsh Ladies' Championship. From a spectator's point of view, however, I am afraid the finals in either of the rounds are likely to be as interesting as they were last year. Butcher, by the way, has got the courts in splendid con- dition. They are fast, and play as true as a billiard table. "One of the Llwvnypia XI." writes object- ing to the report of the fracas on the cricket field, and stating that the whole thing has been, misrepresented. He gives his version of the affair in his letter, but, independently of the fact that it would be unwiss to continue dis. cussion on so unfortunate an occurrence, I may point out to him that it would hardly be fair to insert either side's view on the n'ip-s n without the other's. The repori which reached us was, I believe, written entirely free from bias by our usual correspondent. Anyhow, the • matter seems to rest upon an umpire's decision. I That decision, being given, must, and ought to, be abided by. Talking will not do good one way or the other: so. in the interest of tloe game, the matter ought to be let drop. I think a cycle carnival is just about as pretty an object one can put a bicvcle to as can well be imagined. It has its useful side, more. over, for of the many cvclists seen dashing around nowadays there i, a larere percentage that for the life of them could not ride a bicycle slowly behind traffic or ciis- rnount cleanly and easily. One gtts practice of this kind of thing in carnival procession. A procession, I note, is to take place on the evening of Julv 19. finishing up in the- Sophia Gardens, which will be bril- liantly illuminated for the occasion. There is to be an open--nr concert, and Reveral band? will play during the evening. For the benefit of cyclists I may men- tion that several very handsome prizes will be given for the best costumes. The carnival is in aid of the building fund of St. Cuthbert's, and 5*s the object is such a good one I hope cyclists will turn up in force. The "glorious uncertainty" of cricket was • never better exainp'ified than in the recent 'Varsity match. On the first I'nnings Oxford held a slight advantage. Then. wlion Cam- bridge go to the wicket for n second time they • play ducks and drakes with tihp bowling and hit up 336. Oxford, instead of following the example set. appear to have 1)cen fairly beaten from the start of their second innings, and lose by no less than 179 runs. I should like to haw, seen Jessop make his 42. All balls seem to have been alike to him, and mnnv a good length one that would have bowled plenty of good batsmen he hit up to the boundary. Glou. cestershire could do with him very well at present. I am glad to see Steeples dointr so well for Derbyshire against Nottingham. He ha.l three of the Nottingham wnckets. I see, at a. fair average. 1 am more than glad, too, to see that Monmouthshire have thought better of the matter and let him off. I quite understand that a. club engaging a professional expect to have the use of his services. Still, there is a sort of unwritten law that a profes- sional—a none too lavishly paid person—should, if not engaged in a. big home match, be let off to assist his county. It is the one thing ihat professionals have to live for nowadays—to play for one's county and get a benefit. I mentioned yesterday that Swansea wnulft be a bit lucky if they got off without a liidia? in their water polo match with Penarth. I did not. at the same time, anticipate that they would get beaten so badly as five to one. Doherty in the early stages of the game put on a goal for Swansea, which Williams replied to, this leaving matters equal at half-time. In the second half Penarth seem to have taken the bit between their teeth. Wallace, who I men- tioned yesterday as playing well for Oxford, put on three goals for Penarth, whilst Sketch finished up with another. Truly, Penarth m -at be in ^r«at form just now. I WELSH ATHLETE.