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15Írtb:7, ittamages, & BIRTH. SIIAPLAND-—January 30. at Foundry House. Upper Boat, the wife of W. Shapland of a daughter. DEATH. VA TTHEWS.- A t his residence. Thornhill, Thomas Matthews, Grocer, in his 77th year. Funeral Wednesday, Two o'clock, for Groswen. Friends please accept this invitation.

in iWrmonam* In Loving Memory of William Powell. Cayo Farm, Raglan, who entered into rest February 1st. 1890. Gone to that heavenly home above. That home prepared through a Saviour 's love."

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—. CHURCH, STAGE, AND PRESS. Canon Thompson has plunged into the con- troversy anent the Church and stage, so we discovered when the canon entered the pulpit yesterday. His idea appears to be that a triangular disel, between the Church, staye, and press, would afford the most interesting material to etiliven a season of stagnation which has affected our reformers. We cannot quite discover the canon's reason for endeavouring to keep a lamentable attack open, more especially when he sees the attacking party beat such a hasty retreat when challenged by the stage and by the press, which alwavs endeavours (so far as we are concerned) to take the side of right against might. The canon surely needs no advertising. He should be above the methods adopted b) the ordinary clerics to keeD their names before the public. If the canon needed any advertising he assuredly got it over the question of theatrical posters. But we cannot admit he needs it. His broad-minded work has brought its own success; his presence at the banquet given to Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry at Cardiff proved that he was not one of the antagonists to the stage as the stage. The attack upon the stage is not conducted upon fair lines. The pulpit has been used to assail a body of men and women who have no effective means of replying to the attack, and are. accordingly, the weaker party. Surely, when through the press those members of the stage in Cardiff at the time issued a direct chal- lenge to their reverend traducers to prove the pulpit statements, and the challenge was not accepted, the time is not well chosen to work the press in. Neither has the canon chosen exactly the right party to attack if he is earnest in his criticism and wishes his argument to be successful. The press, unlike the stag:, need not be silent. The canon says he honoured the man who. in the face of the public, spoke what he conceived to be true, though it was hard to say it." The canon, at the outset, con- tradicts himself. In one breath he claims to honou- outspokenness; in the other he jumps with both feet on 1he press for being outspoken. But, can the canon really be in earnest when he makes suc.i a reservation as we notice in bis words when dealing with pulpit attacks? He would honour a man who spoke "what he conceived to be true" from the puipit. Is this sufficient to warrant a minister in delivering a diatribe upon any body of fellow-beings ? Surely, the pulpit should deliver nothing but what it KNOWS to bo true. If the nialigners of the stage had proof sufficient to assure them knowledge of the truth we should surely have that proof placed before us In its absence the sheltering platitude of the canon is no defence of men who only speak what they "conceive to be true" when their conception is based upon frivolous deductions. POWDER AND SHOT. Miss Florrie Robina takes her benefit next Thursday at the Royal. The poet Higgins has let his feelings go, and given birth to the fol. lowing rhapsody in honour of the occasion: — Oh. Florence—Miss Robina! My soul-lit eyes have seen 'er; I needed no subpoena! No form more fair. or cleaner; No face more sweet-serener; Tones soft as Adelina; Glance just as keen, or keener! The Muse has virtues meaner Than Florrie-Miss Robina. Oh. mv fteleatial Queen! 'Er Fair charms are my subpoena. Higgins is turning out a great deal more of this It leaks out of a broken heart. Higgins, sweat songster. Dost thou wilt to hang thy lyre in Taraa halls when thy dolly daydream's over? 8 8 This is the last week of Robinson Crusoe at the Royal. Cardiff. 'then must we face the bitterness of a practical world for yet another year. 8 8 8 8 Here are a lew February birthdays^—On Feb- ruary 1 we have the Duke of Beaufort; on Feb- ruary 11 Lord Swansea; February 19 Madame Patti and Lord Llangattock; on February 20 the Earl of Pembroke. The Marquess of Salis- bury will receive birthday congratulations on February j. 8 < < Has this fact anything to do with the easy victories of Cardiff over Rhondda teams? The Treherbert players were carefully instructed before setting out last Saturday to be gentle with the Cardifflans, and not to rush or tackle too vigorously in case Cardiff took offence. This is not a new exhortation. Llwynypia had similar instructions, and the boys got a bit at sea. Why did not the Llanelly Committee lecture their lot upon the necessity of dealing in a motherly manner when they last met the delicate Taffsiders? • 8 • '• Something needed to be said," was the excuse Canon Thompson gave last night for the minister who denounced the stage in terms which the canon describes as "strictures too extreme and too unbalanced." Oh. Mr. Thomp- son! Is it then according to the Christian ethics, to malign wholesale and wantonly be- cause something need be said" ? The canon accuses the press of pursuing a course of exaggeration on the other side. Mr. Thompson. bach! Can't we smile back and murmur "some- thing need be said," and get your absolution? Something was needed on the stage side, you admit. < A man with cigar-durt in both eyes last night found his hat blown off by the gale in the same instant. His first blind dive brought him up sharp against a lamp-post, and he got iron in ÙÍ3 brain. His next took him over the kerb into a pool of Cardiff road-making material, and he got mud in the lung. His third fetched him up with a twist against a pillar box, and gave him subsidiary inflexion pf the diaphragm. No one who heard the langwidge imagined he had just come out of service, and was the new deacon. < 8 The correspondent of a contemporary, signing himself "Church Member," hopes that the Church will pledge the children to abstain from attending theatres in the same manner as the children pledge themselves to abstain from strong drinh." People with children will dis- oover it necessary to tie the little ones up soon, out of the reach of "Church Members," other- wise the little innocents will find themselves pledged to all sorts of things they don't under- stand. and know nothing about, before their days of wisdom come. It is a mean advantage t< take of the young. But they make up for it when they get old enough to think. ■ 8 • When the Cardiff Corporation get wedded to Cathays Park they may make a trip of inspec- tion to the new Merthyr public offices, just to get a lesson in furnishing and house-keeping. • • • It is understood that the International Board are willing to resume matches with Wales on certain conditions, one of which is a guarantee that Arthur Gould shall never more be selected for his country. The Welsh Committee on Saturday were disinclined, on the principle they have maintained, to submit to these frivolous attempts at censorship; hence their deputation to the board, and the hidden resolutien which the deputation carries. The suggestion of our contemporary that the fire at the Queen's was caused by the langwidge of the members has no foundation in fact. The fire occurred just as the international question came on, and was put out by the watery coolness of the Rugby Union. 8 « The High Commissioner for Canada says that his country gives better opportunities than Wales for providing for growing families." But are Welshmen going out there with the object of growing families? That is the question. There is no room in Wales for a growing family, that is one fact. Canada. has this advantage: that the Welshman with the family can turn them out of the nest as the sparrows do in summer, and the place is wide enough to let them pecka. bit. • 8 < King Oscar of Sweden was present at the banquet of the Swedish Press Club in Stockholm f on Saturday night. That's nothing. We have a card up our sleeve which we are not going to say anything about just yet. We are invited to-— but stay! The man with his mouth most open catches the early cold. 8 "F. F„" from Dowlais, writes to ask why there is so much fuss between Mr. Storrie and Mr. Chesterman about water-finding. He says it is ridiculous. He can find water with any man; it is too stupidly plentiful. What humanity really wants to know is how to find the whisky. Will Mr. Storrie oblige? • « » • "There is no report!" said the secretary of the Welsh ltugbv Union to our man on Satur- day. How could that have been when the Uniou fnembers had just burst with indignation at the news from the International Board? • | » • • Treherbert men in Cardiff knew of Gloucester's defoa.t at. Llwynypia on Saturday before the earliest telegram arrived. They heard the cheer that rose when the winning point wu scored. • 8 » Old inhabitant* re-call stories of their fathers to the effect that all South Wales used to make pilgrimages to the Well of St. Denis, at the Llaouheu extremity of Roath Park. It was tha local pool of Siloam. We described thf< well and gave its history ten months ago. Strange that our contemporaries are only now *>.wak;u- iug to its existence! • • • The Rhondda Glee Singers are not. super- I stitious. They may be invited yet to join the Thirteen Club whilst up in London. They have thirteen items on the programme of t heir Royal concert at Windsor—generally conceded an un- lucky number. They will make the mselves im- mortal now if they practise upon Fvidays, and wear peacock-feathers in the buttonhole, and walk under a ladder on the way to Windsor. How is this? Mr. T. Marchaœt Williams's inquiry into the administration of local charities at Llanstephan and Llanybri states it as a regrettable fact that a large number of Noncon- formist chapel endowments have been lost in Wales owing to the negligence of deacons and other officers. Have they been so intent upon Church disendowment as to absentmindedly dis- endow themselves?

Turf Talk. GOSSIP AND CH ATTER OF THE COURSE AND FIELD. SPECIALLY SST FOR THE EVENING EXP fit S3. Chair of Kildare pulls as hard as ever he did. If it were understood that Hermiston was meant to run at Lincoln he would have a greali following. Mr. Harry Bull has offered to match an un- known boxer against Akers, at catch weights, for J6200 a-side. Manifesto's friends have become rather doubt- ful of his ability to win at Aintree since the publication of the weights. The French horse, Beato, now doing mile work in J. Cannon's string, is a good-looking horse, with plenty of weight-carrying power. The opening in January of a. market on the Two Thousand Guineas is almost sensational. It has been for some years practically a post-bet- ting race. Norton was a good favourite in last year's Grand National, with 71b. more than he has to carry now, and was not running badly when he was knocked over. No's victory in the Walsall Handicap Steeple- chase entails a 31b. penalty for the Prince of Wales's Steeplechase at Sandown Park on Fri- day, February 11, making his impost list. i'b. If the estimate of Voter given by the Lin- colnshire liandicapper is correct, he would have won last year's Cambridgeshire to a certainty had he kept well after crossing the Atlantic. The National Hunt meeting is held at Gat- wick on March 8 and 9, and the money to te won in stakes will be no less than £3,3.50, which must be nearly a record for a meeting conducted solely under these rules. Northallerton, having; been purchased by a patron of F. Lynham's establisinuent, has ldt Newmarket for Ogbourne. He is a horse ttut should not be lost sight of, as he appears to have made considerable improvement. F. Webb's Moss Hag (Sharpies riding) accom- panied Full Gallop on Saturday in a tast pace gallop one mile and a half, both going free and well. Moss Hagg will be bad to beat in the Kempton Park Hurdle Handicap on Friday. With regard to the rtmoval of Mr. Rucker's horses to the stables of Sir J. B. Maple, who is said to have taken them over, there is nothing in the "Racing Calendar" so far to confirm this, but it would not be necessary if there has been a'1 absolute sale. The followhg horses, engaged this week, are favourably reported on from their training quar- ters.—Bach, Ben Roe, Bolton, Craig Lee, Dcuner, Ebor, El Batidor, Fossicker, Fairy Queen, Full Armour, Guardsman II., IOU, Josephus, Loppy, Leader, Ludgershaf), Mani- festo, Montauk, Mob, Regret, St. George, St. Antoine, Winter, and Wilhelmsbad. It is to be feared that the "classic" prospects that the Prince of Wales should have first claim on John Watts, with second call conjointly lield by the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Wolverton. O. Madden is the stable middle-weight, and the brothers Reginald and Herbert Jones are avail- able for the lighter weights, with a good appren- tice coming on ill William Madden. In spite of the extremely favourable season for winter ijport, the small share of popular favour which is bestowed upon steeplechasing, as ccirpared with flat-racing, has never attracted more attention than this year. No doubt, when of two forms of nearly allied sport, o"e monopolises the pleasant summer season and the other has only the winter, it goes without saying that in the matter of popular attendance the latter will go to the wall. But there is more than this in the decline of steeplechasing in genuine popu- larity, at the same time that the passion for attending flat-racing fixtures has become almost a national epidemic each summer. The explana- tion, of course, is that hunting and steeplechas- ing, which once went together, are now widely separated. Steeplechasing was once a sport for genuine hunters with a turn for speed, and then it had practically all the sporting gentry of the land among it;; supporters. Now, however, th course between (lie sticks has been invaded by the flat-racer, and it is manifestly impossible for the unfashionably-bred but ex- tremely useful kind of liorse that is in the first flight at the end of a hard day's hunting, to hold its own over a measured course with horses that carry in their veins the best racing blood. Thus, between the two stools of flat-racing and hunting, the steeplechase has been allowed to fall almost to the ground, but it is hoped that the attention which has been drawn to the condition of this once fashionable sport may lead to measures for ;ts restoration. At any rate. it is certain that with one-half of the popularity of flat-racing and one-half of the care which is bestowed upon the breeding of Derby winners. we could produce strains of highly-bred animals, of magnificent utility for the production of speedy, staying, and weight-carrying horses for our cavalry and for the hunting field.

THE LATEST INVENTION. ENABLES THE SENDING OF TYPE- WRITTEN TELEGRAMS. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. The electric telegraph was a marvellous revela- tion then came the telephone to show us some- thing more marvellous still; and presently the typewriter came into use as vet another means of facilitating intercourse. The latest triumph of invention is a combination of all three. It is apt;) opriately named the telescriptor, and, from a demonstration given at the Royal Institution, one learnt that it will shortly be possible to-dic- tatii a letter to the typist, to have it transmitted simultaneously to the person addressed, and to pKcc in his hands a printed copy of it, a copy also remtining in the hands of the sender. Of course, telegraphic type-printing machines have long been in use, but the telescriptor for the tint tniK- places their advantages at the service ot private persons, to whom this means of com- munication will be just as available as the tele- phony is now, and far more satisfactory in its' practical working. Instead of the eternal "Are you there?" and '"Who are you?" which forms the staple of telephonic conversation, you simply despatch your "telescript" to the person you want to reach, and if he does not happen to be in, the printed record of what you want to say awaits his return. It is said that the instru- ment will cost no more than an ordinary type- writer (which it very much resembles in appea- rance), and. as it possesses manifest advantages, not only in convenience and facility of operation, but from a business point of view, over an appa- ratus that very imperfectly conveys many oral communications, it has an assured future. Not the least of the services it promises to render is that of dealing a speedy death-blow to the existing telephone scandal.

WELSH TERRIER CLUB SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. An informal meeting of the Cardiff Dog Fanciers was held recently, when it was decided to form a club for the encouragement and improvement of the Welsh terrier in Suutb Wales. Among those present were Messrs. W. Herbert, Fred Roberts, F. Hinckley, T. H. Harris, S. Clode, Parry Thomas, and Robert Hartley, all of whom agreed to become members, with the object. of holding local shows for the Welsh terrier only, allowing the use of stud dogs at reduced fees, the sale of brood bitches, and to in every way en- courage the small, as well as the large, fancier to produce the best possible type and character of the Welsh terrier. It must be distinctly understood that the club will in no way be anta- gonistic to any other club, but it is felt that there is a real need locally for a club of this kind. A meeting for the election of officers and the constitution and formation of a standard of points will shortly be held, to which all in- terested are cordially invited.

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England v. Australia i THE FOURTH TEST MATCH COLONIALS OBTAIN A BIG LEAD. DISAPPOINTING DISPLAY BYSJODDARTS MEN. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. [COPYRIGHT.] A Press Association telegram from Melbourne oh Monday says: —The fourth test match between England and Australia was resumed at the Melbourne Cricket Club's ground this morn- ing. At the outset the conditions were less favourable than on Saturday, the weather being oppressively hot and the atmosphere distinctly sn oky. The wicket continued in good condi- tion. Although Hilliwas dismissed without materially increasing his big score, the last Aus- tralian wicket did not fall until just before one o'clock. Hill was caught by Stoddart in the slips off Hearne for 188, and Kelly, the other not out man, was caught, by Storer off H. iggs for 32. With the fall of the ninth wicket the Aus- tial'an total was 303. Jones (not out 11) was the i joined by Howell, and 20 runs were added for the final wicket. Towards this number each of the batsmen contributed nine. Howell carried out his bat, Jones being caught. by Hayward in the slips off bearne for 20. The Englishmen then began their first innings, Wainwright accompanying MacLaren to the wickets. Less than half an hour remained for I' play before lunch, and just before the interval was taken MacLaren was bowled by Howell for 8. The first wicket fell with the score at 14, Wainwright being not out 6. On the resumption of play Wainwright and Ranjitsinliji faced the Australian bowling. The second wicket was even less, productive than the first, Wainwright only making two more runs before he was beautifully caught by Howell at point off Trott's bowling. Hayvsrd then joined Ranjitsinliji, and something of a stand was made. The batsmen scored at an equal rate, and the 50 went up as the result of good all-round cricket. Shortly afterwards there came a series of disasters. With the totai at 60 Ranjitsinliji was caught by Iredale in the slips off Trunible. His contribution was 24, Hay- ward being not out 22. The next two wickets only produced seven runs. Ranjitsinhji was sent back as nearly as possible at three o'clock, and before half-past Hayward ind Storer were both dis- missed. The former after losing Ranjitsinliji was joined by Druce, but, with his score un- changed, he was caught by Gregory off Noble's bowling. Druce and Storer then came together, but the latter was caught and bowled by Trumble for 2, and five wickets were down for 67. Druce was not out 5, and with him and Mason in part- nership the collapse was stayed for a while. Another wicket, however, fell before the adjourn- ment, the Surrey amateur, who had played with great care for 24, being given out leg before wicket to a ball from Jones. Mason, who also treated the bowling with much respect, was joined by Stoddart, and during this partnership the hundred went up. The batsmen were not separated at tea time, when the total was 106 for six wickets. Mason was not out 17, and Stoddart not out 31. There was more life in the English play after the re- sumption, and, except for Hearne, all the re- maining batsmen got into double figures. Stod- dart was caught by Darling off Jones for 17, and Mason was partnered by Briggs. The score rose rapidly, and shortly before five o'clock nad been taken to 145, Mason being not out 27 and Briggs not out 15. With addi- tion of three runs, however, two more wickets were disposed of. Mason was bowled by Jones for 30, and Hearne, who followed, was dis- missed without scoring. He was caught at point by Trott off Jones's bowling. With only one wicket in hand, therefore, the Englishmen were 175 runs behind their opponents, but a useful stand was made by Briggs and Richard- son for the last wicket. Both played pluckily, and the English total had been raised to 174 before Richardson was bowled by Trott for 20. Wainwright and Briggs opened the second innings. The former was caught by Macleod at mid-on off Jones's bowling when he had made two. The score at the close of play was: — A USTRALIAFirst innings. Macleod, b Hearne 1 Darling, c Hearne, b Richardson 12 Hill, c Stoddart, b Hearne 188 Gregory, b Richardson 0 Iredale, c Storer, b Hearne 0 Noble, c and b Hearne 4 Trott, c Storer, b Hearne 7 Trumble, c Mason, b Storer 46 Kelly, c Storer, b Briggs 32 Jones, c Hayward, b Hearne 20 Howell, not out 9 Extras .oo. 4 Total 323 ENGLAND.—Firsr, innings. A. C. MacLaren, b Howell 8 Wainwright, e Howell, b Trott 6 Raniitsinhj; c Iredale, b Trumble. 24 Hayward, c Gregory, b Noble 22 N. F. Druce, I b w, b Jones 24 Storer, c and b Trumble 2 Mason, bJonfs 30 ^Jtoddait, c Da ting, b Jones 17 B;iggs, not out 21 Hearne, c Trott b Jenes 0 Richardson, b Trott 20 Extras 0 Total 174 ENGLAND.—Second innings. Wainwright, c Macleod, b Jones 2 Briggs, not out 4 Extras 1 Total (for one wicket) 7 AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT. While stopping an exceedingly swift ball, Storer, the Derbyshire wicket-keeper, smashed the first finger of his right hand, and it is feared that the accident will leave it permanently stiff.

AMEBIC AN ARISTOCRACY. REPRESENTED BY THE BLUE BLOODED SEVENTY-FIVE. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. A highly entertaining account of a recent revolution in New York society is detailed by the Washington correspondent of the Daily Chronicle" of Saturday morning. We all- remember how, some ten years ago, Mr. Ward MacAllister, the whipper-in oi society in the Empire City, laid down the dictum that New York's "really fashionable set" consisted of only 400 people. Some of the 400 have always thought their numbers too large, and at length Mr. MacAllister bowed to the inevi- table, and cut the number down to 150. The rest, he declared, were the fringe, to be recog- nised or scorned as occasion dictated. During the past year, while New York has been extend- ing its boundaries and increasing its popula- tion, the social lines have been drawn tighter, and now many of those who were wont in the old regime to bask in the rays of exclusive social favour have awakened with the birtb of the new city to find themselves outside the social pale. From 150 the list has again been cut down, until now it numbers but 75. A few of the really exalted leaders put their heads together and picked the eligibles with extreme caution. A week ago semi-official announcement was given of the new era by the publication of the list of these 75 people who constituted the. creme de la creme of New York society, and a brilliant ball was given at the Waldorf Hotel to celebrate the birth of the new aristocracy. This ball marked the abdication of Mrs. Astor, who has long been recognised the social dictator. Mrs. Astor's abdication was not entirely voluntary. While her counsel will be as weighty in the new regime as in the old, it was. recognised that her court was growing weak because of its numbers, and that in a republic aristocracy can only be strong when it is small and extremely select. Of this exclusive coterie the shining lights hereafter will un- doubtedly be Mrs. Henry Payne Whitney end Mrs. Ahneric Hugh Paget. Mrs. Whitney (nee Venderbilt) is the daughter-n-law of Wil- liam C Whitney, who was Mr. Cleveland's first Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Whitney married a daughter of Colonel Payne, of Cleveland, and Colonel Payne was one of the chief owners of the great Standard Oil octopus. These four young people are popular and powerful, but, like all rulers, both liberal and despotic, they will rely upon a Cabinet for counsel and advice. At tha right hand of the throne will sit the former ruler, Mrs. Astor; at the left hand will be Mrs. Ogden Mills, who is well- known in London society. It is to Mri. Ogden Mills that the definite establishment of the "75" is really due. Mrs. Mills carries her eic- clusiveness to such an extent that she even objects to having the ocean profaned by the proximinty of the common herd. "Some peiple," she said, "who ought to know better. imagine that, because they have large houses and an ocean- front, they can entertain large crowds, but it is a mistake. Nothing Spoils the ocean like the proximity of a few common people."

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I Football Notes & News THE INTERNATIONAL DEAD- LOCK. A HOPEFUL NOTE. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. The "Athletic News" says: —It may be ac- cepted as a fact that the International Board meeting has been adjourned until Saturday morn- ing next in order to enable the Welsh Committee to consider the conditions under which they n.ay re-join the board. If Wales are prepared t) return b) the board under i he exact condi- tiaiis which prevailed when they retired, they wih be accepted. It will then be within their p* evince to wave any motion they may desire with r-gard to the establishment of a general cede of profession?! laws, and take the vote of the majority as to whether such a code is to be adopted. So, far as the International Board are concerned, Arthur Gould is regarded as a professional, and wiil not be permitted either to play or officiate in interna- tional matches. What status he may enjoy under the Welsh Union is not a matter in which the board are likely to interest themselves. We believe the upshot of the whole matter will be that on Saturday morning next the state- ment wU) be made that matches between Wales and the other "nations" have been arranged to tak3 place on suitable. dates this season.. Such an announcement will be welcomed by the whole of the football world. Mr. Arthur Budd, writing in the "Athletic News," says :—Saturday next will be an eventful day, for on it we play Ireland, and the resolu- tion of the International Board as to cutting or tightening the Gordian knot of International dilemmas will be made known. Regarding the latter all that can be written has long ere this been said over and over again. Some people who should know better have lately striven to import into the discussion a spirit of acrimony, when the only hope of a reconciliation was one of moderation and a calm consideration of both sides of the question. The matter has at length arrived at its final stage, and is at this moment "sub-ju.lice." To my mind, this is eminently a time for hope, and not forensic argument. We are, I take it, all of us conscious of the fact that a full statement of the case has been laid before the International Board, and that the pros and cons urged in speeches and the press cannot have escaped the board's notice. It vould be not only inopportune, but wrong, at this juncture to interfere with their calm delibe- ration in any way, and I purpose, therefore, leaving this question in the hands of the judges. FOOTBALLERS MOBBED. A disgraceful scene took place at Dover on Saturday in connection with a football match between Dover and Nortlifleet, in which the latter team won by two goals to one. It is stated that the referee, who had been most fair in his decisions throughout the game, failed to notice an alleged foul by one of the Northfleet men towards the conclusion of the second half. After the game about 150 roughs mobbed the Northfleet team, and what threatened to be a serious disturbance was averted by the prompt action of the police. PROFESSIONALISM IN SPORT. Dr. Gerald Joynson, of Northwich, delivering a lecture on athletics the other evening, touched upon football as a matter of course, and had something to say about professionalism. He stated that "as soon as a local athlete exhibited marked abil;ty he was induced to sell his ser- vices to other clubs. For a few years he re- ceived big wages, but in the long run he was the loser, and was physicallly worse than if he had remained an amateur. Though profes- sionalism had, perhaps, resulted in football attaining a very high state of perfection, it had been the means of ruining the wholesome local interest which the game had aroused when p:r>,«ed b-, purly amateur teams. A few years ago Northwich could boast of a really good football team; but, mainly owing to profes- sionalism, it had deteriorated considerably. He greatly regretted that local players should sink t"icr love c" the game into a question of money, and should lend their services to the monopoly of large clubs." STRIKE OF PLAYERS. The Press Association Glasgow correspon- dent telegraphs that it has transpired that the professional football players who represented the Scottish League in the international league match against Ireland on Saturday struck five minutes before the kick-off, refusing to play un- less they got £1 each. The players were in re- ceipt of their usual wages from their clubs, and were not entitled to extra pay. Rather than have the international D)at-ii stopped the league committee granted the extra pay. SELECTION OF GLAMORGAN TEAM AGAINST GLOUCESTERSHIRE. After the Welsh Rugby Union gathering" meeting of the committee of the Glamorga County Football Club was held at the Queen Hotel, Cardiff. Mr. G. Bowen (Swansei presided. over a full attendance, the only absei tec being Mr. M. Rees (Penygraig). At the dol Mr. A. J. Davies, the hon. sec., supplied t following particulars; c GLAMORGANSHIRE V. GLOUCESTER SHIRE. 1 For this match, which ill be played on Cardiff Arms Park on next Mabon's Day (M s day, February 7), the following fifteen v J1 selected to represent Glamorganshire —B W. J. Bancroft (Swansea); three-quarters g Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff), J. Driscoll (Cardiff Hussey (Cardiff), and H. Alexander (Penal half backs, J. Elliott and Sglwyn Biggs diff); forwards, Tom Dobson (Cardiff).- Vigors (Neath), D. Evans (Penygraig), R. s (Llwynypia), W. Alexander (Llwynypia)^- Bryce (Aberavon), J. Price (Treher^rt.'d Hopkin navies (Swansea). COUNTY FIXTURES. It was officially intimated that the fong fixtures had been arranged: — Glamorgan v. Cumberland, at Swanseeb- ruary 21. Glamorgan v. Yorkshire, at Cardiff MJ. Glamorgan v. East Midlands, at Bedfororch 17. THE LEAGUE LADDER. Thi order up to date in the league coition ia as foltov's ■2 fl a < i £ a § '•> PH > Q H JBr. A, Elheftield 17riited 21 12 7 2 5 31 Suuderland v. 21 11 4 1i.:2 26 WestBromwich Albiou 20 9 7 4 ¿7 25 Everton 20 9 6 5 29 24 Aston Villa 22 10 4 g 39 24 Sheffield Wednesday 22 10 3 9 29 23 Notts Forest 20 8 6 6 28 22 Wol'kampton Wand'rs 21 8 6 7 k9 22 Derby County 22 8 6 8 41 22 Blackburn Rovers 20 6 7 7 38 • 19 Bolton Wanderers 21 8 3 if 28 19 Liverpool 21 W 4 32 38 Preston North End 22 5 5 1" 32 17 Stoke 23 6 5 1. 45 17 Bury 18 4 5 33 13 Notts County 20 3 6 1 35 12 A win counts two points and a dralJO'ut.

ANECDOTES OF THEUSE, BE-CALLED BY AN OLILBITUR OF THE LOBB SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVE?xpf>ESS. Mr. Frederick Gale, who was-bitue of the tobbiesoftheHouseofCor for forty years, narrates some of his c experiences in the February number of "Fortnightly Review." Referring .t.o Bell kitchen, so vividly described by Charleys, and to the members who were wontecluent it, he says:—"You got the besP and steak and cold meat and salad in orld, and the parrot, who called 'Order! and 'Chair! chair!' and all tho cries of .ouse, and ihe immortal 'Jane,' who cl everyone-as described by Dickens-weil there; and members of the Governr^i&ht be seen eating their dinner at a ree kitchen tab!e. 'Give you a kiss?' Jane. Of a young member who was chaffing you, a younger son and only a borough me Why, I boxerl a duke's ears for asking an impertinent ue,, question yesterday.' Tliei'a very different House of Commons fror present one m those days." An amusing story is toword Palmerston, who had just had a stlnterview with a deputation which came Serialise him 011 the subject of the wijos- Just as they were leaving the room On thought struck him, and he called them nd said, "Perhaps, gentlemen, a recollecti'tlly boyhood nay help you. When a bo grandfather took me with him to stay atPembroke:s. After dinner, his lordship sll"ope you liked my wine. I did my besplease you. As 1 member of the Goverl^ ought not to tell you that I get my cla< champagne diroct through a smuggler, answerable for the P°r'j> 38 I made it rc Old Pam had hit the bull's-eye, and thtation retired, with much laughter." The reminiscences intre in John Bright are equally amusing*" example, "I call to mind hearing him, ir»n the House of Com- mons, on the appoi a new Bishop of Manchester. Quotii0 memory (as I do throughout), he saidwallted a new Bishop of Jersualem a gliol ago- How did that holy mango out? staff and his scrip, like one of the Ap< Not a bit of it. He went out in her 113 steam frigate Retri- bution, and landed a salute of eighteen guns, not far fron.,ot where Simon lodged with the tanner." <

At a Sixpenny Hotel. STRANGE STORIES AND EX- PERIENCES OF A TISITOR, An Interrupted Game of Chess, One Player In "Which Was Possibly An Anarchist. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. "Sketches in a Sixpenny Hotel is the title of a very readable article in the February num- ber of "London Society." That happy haven of the "hard-up," Rowton House, is the inn alluded io, and the characters, doings, and history of the inmates who come and go would of a truth (ill an interesting volume, and occupy tlie .neciuie of a' Dutch artist. Chess is often played there, and this is one of the writer's experiences: "We 011 a certain occasion, encountered a German, who, during his sojourn, enjoyed the reputation of being a 'paster,' and we lost five games running wich him. A mile later we sougtii to have our revenge, and, at the end of an hour's Struggle, the contest looked about even. Suddenly there seemed to be a bit of a stir in tho room, and everybody appeared to be dis- cussing or reading an interesting item of news in the evening? papers. Ff»m the moment that a couple of his conipatrits came up and whis- pered to him, the 'mister' seemed to go to pieces, and presently resigned, refusing to begin a second battli. When we bade him good-night, he was so taken up with the 'extra special' that he hardlynoticed our exit. It was startling to read a few minutes afterwards, that there had been terrible explosion on the Underground Railwa, but it was still more startling, subsequenty, to discover "it this man and his assocites were Anarchists, and that the former "Ss editor of a rabid sheet called Lije 'FiAbrat.' Their stay in Rowton -touse was brief eaigli, but we could not help associating it with t1 horrible outrage at Alders- gate." Wrapper writings, it woutd seem, a popular way of earning a relihood with the inmates of the Sixpenny Hot. Here is an amusing story of the perfectioJ to which it may be brought by practice and 1 strong will: "There is a tradition lingerin/among th-j elder brethren of the wiapper-wting profession to the effect that (7)c upon a time, when the work as better paid than now, a young in from Australia turned ifp and ventured as last resource into their sphere of labour. He id spent his all and found him- self stranded uil funds should arrive from the Antipodes. on the suggestion of an acquaintance I applied for a job at the world- fauted firm ofchmidt ard Co. On being duly installed and ipplied with five hundred" enve- lopes and sot pages from a directory, he i looked roundnd asked for a pen. 'Bttt you Ave one tdready,' said the young lllHU in auth/tv. 1 "'I want o,' answered the Australian, and 1 an interestf and obliging fellcw-scribe sup- < plied his t The scene which thereupon] ensued baff description, for the Colonial. < separating e pile of envelopes into two equal lots, begaicopying the addresses by -writing n simultaneoly with both hands. So runs the legend, atast, and. furthermore, it is averred that his pidity was such as to put the '^loggers' sliame. Fifty pens dropped from the nerves grasp of tl-ose who but a minute before b been writing against time and as 11 if for delife. A hundred eyes were fixed in I- astonishnt 011 the unknown or.e. Presently, f the you overseer, who superintended the labours many old enough to be his g and- father, e, and timidly said he would consult 1' 'the gcno»\ The latter arrived, and the u 10 situatio being explained, the Australian was turned to a loose-box all by himself and fed I with aher thousand or so envelopes. At this rate warned enough in two or three weeks to ens him to last out comfortably till his remitces arrived, then he went-home, and Schin's knew him no more. We asked the eld sleman who told us this yarn to fill his pipe have another cup of tea, for we thought B he drved both." gJ w

PAIS MURDER MYSTERY' P ——— si HALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. hI h, Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chicle," says:—The murder of the woman n_ R'got, in the Rue Pierre Legrand, is likely ie 'J10 ,rench police plenty of occupation ie ap"!rplexity. Tin. ex-datective named Pierre ie ,ias been arr-sted as the assassin. He ve avows that he was the murderer of q- Jouiu, in July, 1873. This crime is e_ red by prescription," which, according to id French criminal code, frees a murderer from in consequences after a lapse of ten years. Ie onging to such a category, it is scarcely sur- sing that M. Cochefert, the chief of the ect5.ve service, should presume, from certain cumstantial riata, that this self-confessed ( iniir)al may be the author of two other murders ] viz., those of the girl Steen, in the Rue Ber- i gire, and another named Louise Lamiere, in 1 ltae Rue Saint Lazare. M. Mace, one of the s predecessors of M. jCochefert, is of opinion tha* s ate dot is imposing ttpon the police. His dis- i ,nissal has soured his temper, and his dominant idea has been ever since to bring ridicule upon r his former masters. Rodot was forced into the aetective service by President Jules Grevy r oecause lie came from a village near Mon Sous b Vaudrey. His antecedents were so unsatisfac- tory that the authorities at the Prefecture re- iisted the upplicatian. In the end M. Voisin fielded reluctantly, and placed Pierre Rodot in ;he brigade of detectives specially told off to rtillrd the Elysee.

SOME GREAT LOVERS. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING t XPRESS. Byron was foolishly jealous of every woman he ever loved. His ioves ran well into two figures, and he managed sooner or later to make every one miserable. Heinrich Heine, the poet, was also terribly jealous. One day he poisoned a parrot belong- ing to his lady love, for fear it should claim too much of her attention. "The Rivals" is a true story of Sheridan's courtship, the character of Lydia Languisn" in the life play being taken by Miss Lindlev, who afterwards became the author's wife. -Thomas Moore was always in love. If or.e looks through his poems one may find the names of some sixteen different ladies to whom lie swore eternal fidelity. It is said that when Goethe was first in love he carved upon a tree in the neighbouring forest a couple of hearts united by a scroll, tnd a little later received a sound thrashing from the forester for thus damaging the bark.

A LODGER'S APPETITE, I SPECIAU V SET "OR THE EVENING EXPRESS. Mrs. Perry, a lady living at 23, Dulka-road, Wandsworth-common, appeared at the South- Western Police-court on. Saturday to answer a summons for unlawfully detaining two tin boxes end three flag ins of Tintara wine belonging to Eli Ingram, living at 11J3, Leathwints-road, Bat- tersea-rise. Mr. G F. Bell supported the sum- mons. « The Complainant, an elderly gentleman, said he was a bachelor, and used to lodge with the defendant. He paid her 29s. a week, includ- ing everything. Mr. Bell: Including wines. Complainant: No. (Laughter.) For certain reasons he decided to leave, and he gave her notice. Defendant: No, you didn't. Complainant: I told her I was going to get ether rooms. Mr. Bell: Whet did she say ? Complainant: She looked surprised. (Laugh- ter.) I then paid her my weekly money. Mr. Bell: I suppose she didn't smile that rent day. (Laughter.) After he left, complainant said, she detained his boxes and the wines. Defendant: Because you owed us over £2 for coals. You offered to settle it for E2. Mr. Francis: You can't keep his things be- cause of that. Defendant: Besides, your worship, he eats double any other man. (Laughter.) Mr. Francis: Ah! you made a -bad bargain-. You should have discovered what sort of appe- tite he had before you accepted him as your lodger. (Loud laughter, in which the complainant himself joined.) The Magistrate made an order for the goods to be given up, and told the defendant she could go to the county-court if she had a claim against the complainant.

A MONOTONOUS MATCH. SPECIALLY SET FOR IHE EVENING EXPRESS. A cricket match vwhich has been in progress for about three months is a decided novelty. Yet, if we are to believe a Sydney journalist who has been visiting Samoa, such a match was taking place at Apia, in aid 0f the church funds, when he was prospecting that locality. The duration of the encounter will be more understood when it is mentioned that there were close on 100 players on each side. As these corf- stituted most of the male inhabitants of the small viHa^e under ordinary circumstances, almost j spectators would pass through "on the nod, but to cover this drawback each player had to put down a shilling-perhaps these coins were imported from England on this special and ( august occasion-before he went in to bat and when bowled could go in again by stumping up I another shilling, so that the church funds would not lose by the fact of all the spectators being t players. Here endeth the story. ———— a

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• Drowned at the Falls. SAD FATE OF TWO LOVERS AT NIAGARA. 5 They were Drawn Into a Whirlpool and Each Died Trying to Save the Other. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. 1 One of the saddest stories emong the mary tragedies of Niagara Falls is that of a calamity 1 that occurred (almost at the very spot where Terriss met with his accident) in the autumn of 1875. It has a moral which one often sees pointed in the hunting field, at bathing stations, and in the history of sports and pastimes; it is often the expert who risks his life beyond redemption, for the reason that he is an expert. Miss Phitpotts, her two brothers, a sister-in- law, and Miss Phil potts' lover, Ethelbert Par- sens, wsnt through the Cave of the Winds and. climbed over the rocks towards the American Falls. They were residents of Niagara, rnd ('ro knew the ground. The sheltered eddies in the lighter currents under the Falls are pleasant bathing places. The Philpotts' party took advantage of them.. Miss Philpotts was ven- turesome..She bathed near one of the strongest currents. Mr. Parsons, seeing her danger, went to her rescue. Seeking for a firm foot- hold for both of lliem, the girl slipped and fell. yParsons sprang for her, and both were carried into the current. He caught her round the. waist. The young lady, was an expert swimmer, .md Parsons was quite at home in the wa ter; they made for the rocks on the other side of the current. The torrent carried then' out. Presently Parsons swam on his back, the girl cleverly supporting herself, with her hand upon his shoulder. Then, suddenly, she pushed him from her, the inference being that she had realised the impossibility of thr-ir both being saved, flung up her arms, and sank. Parsons turned and dived after her. They were seen no more until some days afterwards, when both bodies were recovered at the whirl. pool.

A KING AND THE PRESS, SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. King Oscar was present on Saturday evening at the annual banquet of the Swedish Press Club in Stockholm. Replying to an address of welcome, his Majesty dwelt upon the priceless privileges possessed by the country, which, like their own, profited by a long period of peace to carry out its development on the basis of con- stitutional freedom. "Such a people," said the King, "is worthy to have a free Press, and is able to make use of its mdny-sided powers without fear of possible abuses. I cherish the wish that in its efficiency the Swedish Press mav ever show itself worthy of the people, and I heartily thank you for your friendly invitation to-day."

THE N.S.P.C.C. IN CARDIFF, SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. A well-attended meeting of ladies and gentle- men interested in the National Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Children was held on Saturday at Mr. Newman's Queen-street, Car- diff, Mr. H. Woolcoot Thompson presiding. It was decided to hold a cafe-chantant on February TO at the Town-hall, Cardiff, the use of which has been granted by the mayor. The proceeds are to be given to the funds of the local branch.

CATCHING A TARTAR. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. Sometimes one can be a bit too smart. William Hibbard tried to terrorise little Lottie Jones into giving him sixpence. But she pluckily refused whereupon the cad caught hold of her. and sa d' 1 m a detective; you must come to Bishopsgate Police-station with me if you don't give it me." She told him not to handle her so roughly when ie struck her a nasty blow in the face, and tore ler cape. A real Simon Pure then came up,-and H'.bbard mendaciously told him .that he had setter look out, else he would get "run in as he prisoner) was an officer !-The detective that Scotland Yard knows, however, promptly irrested his counterfeit presentment, and, at the mild-hall, he was fined 60s., with 5s. damages Ir one month's hard labour. °

CANDID CORKER. SPECIALLY SET FDa 7HE EVENING EXPRESS. „ Two errand boys, named respectively William Corker, sixteen, and Williiiiii Stone, fifteen, of HoIlowa,), were charged at Highgate with steal- ing six mineral water syphons, value 12s., and a beer bottle, value 2d.; further, with having two sacks in their possession, supposed to have been stolen Corker was further chirked with steal- ing- 5s. and a glacier's "frail," value 3s. William Harley, manager to a wine and spirit merchant, at Crouch-end, said on January 20 he saw some lads near h;s employer's bottle racks, at the rear of the premises, fee threw a brick at them, and they disappeared. Mr, Glover: Oh! (Laughter.) Witness: Stone was one of the boys. Mr. Glover: You gave them a warm recep- tion P r Witness- We have Ipst such a lot. Mr. Glover: And you had some bricks handy? (Laughter.) Witness: Yes. Corker.- I never "stole anything from there be- fore; (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Glover: You had better say nothing. Robert Sadler, glazier, of Crouch-end, said he asked Corker if he wanted a job, and sent him to change, a half-sovereign. He brought the change all right, and he (witness) then sent him with 5s. and a frail (a frame for carrying glass on) to buy some glass. He next saw the lad in the hands of the police. Mr. Glover: Was it Corker? Corker: Yes, it was me. (Laughter.) Evidence of arrest was given, and the pri- soners were remanded.

SIK ROBERT PEEL SOLD UP, e s SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. e The sequel to an action brought locally against e Sir Robert Peel, Bart., by a person named Hop- f kins, was provided on Saturday by the sale at 1 Drayton Manor, Tamworth, of the defendant's personal effects, under a sheriff's execution. The execution, it was stated, was for over JE200 but some 50 lots realised only JE126. The articles disposed of under the hammer were of a most miscellaneous character, and included wearing apparel—suits, trousers, dress shirts, overcoats" boots, and hats—of Sir Robert's; also a quantity of live stock, embracing fancy pheasants, breed- in°; pheasants, swans, fowls, canaries, and gold fish. Much local interest was manifested >n the proceedings.

STREET HYMN SINGING, SPECIALLY 8ET. FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. The Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Mat- hew formed a Divisional Court on Saturday to bear appeals in the cases of Brownscombe v. Johnson, -and Kruse v. same, which raised the "ame point, and were argued together. They were appeals by way of special case from deci- sions of the justices of Bearsted, sitting at Maid- stone, the appellants having in October last been convicted and fined under a bye-law'made by the Kent Council for singing within 50 yards of a dwelling-house after being required by a police- constable to desist. The information was laid by a superintendent of police with regard to two Sundays, one in regard to each appellant, who on successive Sundays conducted religious services within the prescribed distance from a dwelling-house. They sang two or three line* of a hymn and were told to cease by a police- constable, but refused to do so, and then were proceeded against. Mr. Robson, Q.V., sub- mitted that the bye-law upon which the bench had acted was invalid and bad, and the learned counsel had not concluded his argument when the hearing was adjourned till next Saturday week.

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