Evening Express

f TEBBIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER. A Central News telegram from Boston on Monday morning:—A terrible railway accident occurred last night a.t the town of Sharon, in this State. A local train was standing at the depot when an express train dashed into it. The local train was wrecked completely, and a long time elapsed before many of the victims were extricated. The scene was most affecting. Ten persons were killed and 30 injured.

SOUTHPORT ELECTION. MR. CHAMBERLAIN ON THE DUTY OF LIBERAL UNIONISTS. The special correspondent of the Press Asso- ciation at Southport states that a letter, ad- dressed to an elector, reached the division on Monday morning from Mr. Chamberlain. The following is the text: — "Highbury Moor Green, Birmingham, "August 20, 1898. "Sir,-In answer to your inquiry, I beg to say that I have no hesitation in urging every Liberal Unionist voter to-support the candida- ture of Lord Skelmersdale. To do otherwise wou would be simply to stultify the policy by the patriotic adoption of which the Liberal Unionists have hitherto succeeded in saving the Empire from disruption. The danger, however, still re- mains, and will remain, until the leaders of a political party formally repudiate the doctrine 'of Home Rule for Ireland, and admit the gigan- tic mistake they made when British and Imperial interests were sacrificed to secure the support of Mr. Parnell and his followers. Up to the present time no such confession and promise of repentance has besn made by any of the leaders who went astray with Mr. Gladstone, and who are responsible for breaking up the Liberal party. It is true that they remain silent, while some of their followers declare that, Home Rule is dead, but they will give no pledges themselves. and nothing is more absolutely certain in politics than that they will be forced once more to take up this question by their Irish allies, if, from any slackening of zeal on our part, they should secure a majority at the next election. In vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird, and I hope that, so far as Southport Liberal Unionists are concerned, every effort will be made to prevent such a re.ult.-I am yours faithfully, "J. CHAMBERLAIN." The correspondent adds that the letter of Mr. Holden, Liberal Unionist chairman, to Sir George Pilkington. telegraphed on Sunday by the Press Association, and which appeared in Monday morning's daily papers, is causing no little surprise in Southport in view of the tacit understanding that its contents were to be first disclosed at the Liberal mass meeting on Mon- day night. The Conservatives will probably issue a reply.

RESCUED FBOM THE JIIXE. A Central News telegram says. that at thre'3 o'clock on Monday morning the three men injured in the St. Hcflens Colliery explosion were got out. Their names are Bell, Hartlier, and Grieveson. the last named being more seriously injured than the others.

THE PBINCE OF WALES. The Central News has received the following from Marl borough House: "Royal Yacht Osborne, August 21, 1898. "Fourteen days have now elapsed since the ast bulletin was issued concerning his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The progress made during this interval has been very satis- factory. The joint swelling has all but dis- appeared. and there is not more than a quarter of an inch of separation between the frag- ments. The daily massage has greatly con- tributed to a healthier condition of the limb and a limited amount of passive movement of the joint has been practised with marked suc- cess. Both as regards his general health and the progress of repair at the seat of fracture, the condition of his Royal Highness leaves little to be desired.—William M'Cormac Alfred D Tripp, Alfred G. Delmege."

KILLED BY ROUGHS. Thomas SCollins Vestry, cart driver, died in the hospital on Monday from injuries inflicted by roughts at Hoxton, London, on Saturday evening. The police have no clue of the assailants.

DEATH OF A JUDGE IX JERSEY. The death is announced from Jersey of Sir John Henry Fawcett, a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Constantinople. Deceased who was in his sixty-seventh year. was the son of Mr. John Fawcett. of Petternl Bank, Cum- berland. and was a barrister of the Middle Temple. I —

THE STRANDED MARGUERITE. The Central News learns that the stranded pleasure steamer Marguerite was floated off uiknjured at Margate on Monday morning, and will proceed on her trip as usual.

QUICK DESPATCH AT CARDIFF. The new steamship Deansgate, built by the executors of T. A. Walker at their shipyard, was towed from Sudbrook on Friday morning's tide (24 miles), and went into the Roath Dock, Cardiff. She was then put under the 70-ton crane, and received her boilers and heavy machinery, and left Cardiff by the afternoon's tide, and was afterwards towed back to Sud- brook, where she docked the same evening. The boat was in the hands of Mr. G. J. Beetle- stone, who received every attention and assis- tance from the Bute Dock. officials.

A woman, named M'Cabo, on Saturday suc- cumbed at Carrickmamacross, County Monag- han, from injuries received in a railway acci- dent near Dundalk a few weeks ago. I

MARGAM MURDER Confession of the Crime by Lewis. Condemned Man Writes to Mrs. Scott. r '0 ] All doubt, if any existed, that Lewis, the man at present awaiting his execution in Swan- sea Gaol, was guilty of the murder of Game- keeper Scott at Margam has been removed by a letter written by the condemned man to Mrs. Scott, the woman made a widow by the crime. The letter is extremely brief, and runs as follows; "H.M. Prison, Swansea. "Pear Mrs. Scott,—I want to say to you that I sympathise with you in the sorrow I caused you to be in. What I did I did in self-defence. I hope you will try to forgive me. I am pray- ing for him. I have no ill-feeling for anyone in the world.—Yours truly, Aug. 17, 1898. JOSEPH LEWIS." Though the letter is dated on Wednesday last, Mrs. Scott did not receive it till this morning. The cause of the delay is easily supplied. The governor of the Swansea Gaol, to whom the letter was handed in the first instance, did not know Mr*. Scott's address, and he sent it, with other letters, to Inspector RuMer, of Maes- teg, who. it will be remembered, took a very active part in bringing the charge home to the accused. Inspector Rutter in turn sent on the letter to Mr. Stubbs, the head gamekeeper on the Margam Estate, and he delivered it in person to Mrs. Scott on Monday morning. The letter, while admitting the writer's guilt, makes an insinuation which is not at all justified by the evidence given at the trial. The sentence referred to is that in which Lewis gives as an excuse for the murder thnt he only acted in self-defence. The fact that Scott was unarmed and that Lewis carried a gun, together with the facts that a wall lay between the two men from the time they came within speaking distance of each other, and that Lewis bore no mark of injury, all prove that any necessity for the deed from a motive of self-defence was purely. imaginary on Lewis's part. The rest of the letter is plain, with, perhaps,^ the exception of the sentence, "I am praying for him." and goes to show that the condemned man is satisfied of the justice of the sentence paused upon him, is sorry for the woman whom he bereft of a husband, and intends, in the short time left doing all he can to prepare himself for his end.

Advance on Khartoum. [PRESS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] THE CAMP AT MAKAWIYEH. August 19 (via Atbara. August 21). The Army transport, under Colonel Martin, reached this camp, which is four days' journey up towards Wad Habaihi, after most trying marches, owing to the heat and the rising Nile. which made the belt of vegetation fringing the bank of the river unsafe going. The whole countryside presents a nightmare-like aspect, every yard showing signs of the destroying hand of the Dervish rule. The villages have been deserted, the walls are crumbling, and everything suggests misery and decay. This is the country of the unfortunate Jaalin whom Mahmud massacred last year. If any feeling of loyalty towards the Khalifa ever existed it must*have been destroyed by his pitiless anni- hilation of the whole province. Those of the inhabitants who remain are practically desti- tute. living in grass shelters of the rudest possible construction, but, behind the march of our troops, some fugitives are returning to the scene of desolation which was once their home. The horses are feeling the effect of the heavy day marches, and several cases of laminitis have occurred. There nave also been a few cases of sun exhaustion among the British troops. A halt will be made to-morrow. [CENTRAL NEWS SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] MAKAWIYEH (on the Nile), Friday (via Atbarar Sunday). The bulk of the transport of the Anglo- Egyptian Army has arrived here after four trying desert marches. Our immediate objec- tive is the Sirdar's advance post on the Nile bank, opposite Nasri Island. As we are ahead ot the telegraph, dispatches have to be sent back by native messengers to Atbara. The escort for the transport is furnished by the 21st Lancers and the Horse Artillery, and the 32nd Battery of British Field Artillery. Each day we have marched in the following order— first, a screen of light horsemen and friendlies, then the advanced guard, the main body of Lancers, the Horse Artillery, the 32nd Battery. and finally the transport animals, over 2,000 in number. We have kept throughout in the desert with the river on our flank. Each night the whole force has bivouacked among the trees on the river's bank. The ground is rich. and could support a considerable population, but it is dotted now with deserted villages. whose burnt and devastated huts mutely tes- tify to the cruelty and rapacity of the Der- vishes, whom we are seeking in their strongholds further south. All around are wide fields, which were formerly under cultivation and yielded abun- dant crops, but which are now desolate. There is/ much more ground unmistakably fertile, which could be easily cultivated. It is evident that this part of the Soudan has been harried to the very utmost. One cannot go far without meetmg with the whitened honee; of what were once men. and graves, and burned huts. The scene of devastation, is, indeed, grim and striking. The tribe which formerly inhabited til's district has, to all appearance?, been utterly exterminated. Not a man is new to be sefn, savs a L'w Jaalins, alert and armed with Remington rifles and swords, which they w:ll use ere lon^ against their former oppres- sors. All the troops are bearing the hard, hot work well, particularly the Lancers. They have had a long experience in India, which enables them to stand the desert marches splendidly, and with the utmost good humour. They know they aro doing good work. I heard one of them say on the march, as he mopped his brow: "This ain't no blooming pic-nic. There is a large Dervish entrench- ment near this place. »It was deserted by the enemy last March. A hot wind is blowing now, and the ground here is more "feverish" than lower down. Steamers are regularly passing on the Nile, taking troops and supplies to the advanced post, probably near Shabluka. where the Sii^ar is awaiting them. The Lancashire Fusiliers passed us to-day.

PRIXCE BISMABCKS WILL. The Berlin correspondent of the "Observer" telegraphs on Saturday:—A Dantzig paper is to-day in a position to publish the main pro- visions of the late Prince Bismarck's will. It states that the total estimated value of the Iron Chancellor's real and personal estate amounts to twenty million marks, roughly one million pounds. Count William inherits the various Pomeranian estates of the dead Prince, with the exception of Rheinfeld, which falls to Prince Herbert. The latter also comes into possession of the dead statesman's valuables, deposited at Bliechroder's Bank in Berlin, and estimated at one million marks. On this head Prince Herbert hns to pay over to Count William a sum of 300.000 marks. The daughters of Count William, three in number, each receive 100,000 marks, whilst the Countess Frantzau receives 900.000. The local paper mentioned is responsible for the sensational statement that the amount of the heritage, though now estimated at the enormous sum recorded above, was sworn at 3,000,000 marks.

KAISEB'S TBOOPS, A Reuter's telegram from Mayance, Hesse. Darmstadt, on Saturday says:—The German En'peror reviewed the troops here to-day. Replying to the chief burgomaster's address the Emperor said the Roman Empire in Germany fell to pieces because it was not built on a national foundation. That decadence had its origin in a lack of patriotic feeling and of cohesion among its members. The German Empire arose out of an urgently felt need for union and a common head. It reared itself upon a basis of love of the Fatherland. I am firmly determined to preserve with all my strength the work of my grandfather and the peace which is so dear to us. This I shall only be able to do if we succeed in maintaining our prestige with our neighbours. To this end harmony a.nd co-operation among all German races—nay, among single individuals, including people of Mayance—are necessary. I shall remain mindful of the fact that it was from tha house in which I am to-day staying tha\ my grandfather started on his maroh to the west, during which he with a firm hammer- stroke welded together the German Empire.

iMORÉ DISCLAIMERS To the Statements Made by Mr. Hooley. TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT, A special vacation sitting of the London Bankruptcy Court was held on Monday (before Mr. Registrar Hood) to allow various persons referred to in the public examination of Ernest Terah Hooley, the well-known company pro- moter and erstwhile millionaire, to attend and publicly state their version of the tran- sactions which they had been concerned with the debtor. It will be remembered that Mr. Hoolcy's examination was commenced on July 27, and was continued on August 1 and other dates. The debtor was examined by the Offi- cial Receiver respecting certain of the com- panies he had floated, and in the course of hi | evidence he made some startling statements in connection with the floatations, one result being that Lord De La Warr, Mr. Broadley, Mr. Bradshaw, and Mr. Martin D. Kucker were duly summoned to appear before Mr. Justice Wright to show cause why they should not he committed to prison for con- tempt of court. After an exhaustivehearing, his Lordship mulcted Lord De La Warr and Mr. Broadley in costs to show the court's apprecia- tion of their conduct, and dismissed Mr. Bfadshaw from the summons. He declined to proceed with the case of Mr. Rucker, a director of the Humber Company, in the absence of an explanation of a mysterious telegram sent by Mr. Albutt, the secretary of the company, to Mr. Goddard, a director thereof, and ordered the hearing of that part of the action to stand over until after the holidays. In the meantime several gentle- men, who considered that their actions had been misrepresented by the debtor, appealed to Mr. Registrar Hood for an opportunity to make public disclaimers and explanations, and his honour, with that view, ordered a further sitting of the court to Ire held to-day, being regarded as tin lust of the number before the next law term. The public interest in the settling was only evinced by the usual army of pressmen who thronged the early door of the court shortly after eleven, the settling being fixed for noon. At that hour the general public were conspi- cuous by their absence, and when the reporters 'were admitted to the court at a quarter to twelve there was no appreciable increase in the number of spectators. Counsel also were somewhat tardy in putting in an appearance, and a few minutes before noon it became a matter fo rcojecture whether there would really be something to report. Any doubt on the yoint was set at rest, however, by the appearance of Mr. Martin D. Rucker, who was accompanied by his counsel, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Rucker being one of the gentlemen for wh«s-3 evidence the registrar had fixed the day's sitting. Mr. Bernard Wilkinson next entered the court, he being briefed from the "Black and White" Publishing Company. The public doors were thrown open just before noon. and the back of the court was even then not un- conveniently crowded, a welocme change from the former sittings. The other counsel in at- tendance were Mr. E. A. Jennings, for the Humber .directors; Dr. Hounston, represent- ing Dublin creditors; and Mr. Norman Cray, Mr. F. Terrell, and others appeared in various interests. At a quarter past noon the persons assembled in the court again became apprehensive that they had met to no purpose, but their anxiety was relieved by the appearance of Mr. H. Brougham, the Official Receiver, who was fol- lowed immediately afterwards by Mr. Regis- trar Hood. A Vague Charge. Mr. Norman Cray at once rose and stated that he was instructed by Messrs. Greenies, Stud, and ackson. who were not able to he present. The charge made against them was of the vaguest description, and whether or not they went into th-3 box was not very mate- rial. Mr. Hooley stated that he did not know what certain payments were for. The Registrar: I have given you the oppor- tunity you asked fcr. Mr. Norman Craig: I don't think it is neces- sary to put my clients into the box. I shall be prepared to put one or two questions to Mr. Hooley, and I don't think he will dispute the documents which I shall be able to pro- duce. Mr. Hamilton desired to correct a misappre- hension. Correcting a Correction. With regard to the evidence given by his his clier-j Mr. Currie. At a previous sitting of the court Mr. Currie came forward to correct a stuctement made by Mr. Hooley to the effect that he retained a sum of .£12,50::> as commis- sion for introducing the business of Bovril, Limited, to Mr. Holey. Mr. Currie stated that he received a sum of £13,000 for procuring a loan of £1.300,000, and he was reported to have said that that was all he received. He desired to explain that he had received commission for placing shares of other companies not con- nected with the Bovril Compaay, in addition to this £ 13,00. Mr. Rucker's Position. Mr. Jennings next rose and said that as pro- ceedings were pending before Mr. Justice Wright with regard to Mr. Rucker and the Humber directors he did not propose to call them to give evidence that day. His Honour said of course it would be im- proper to go into any questions hat- were before the judge, but if Mr. Rucker wished he could give evidence upon other matters. Mr .Jennings replied that as it was quite possible tlt.) I the whole iru*h of Mr. Booby s statement would be inquired before Mr. Jrstice Wright he had advised the Humber dinners not to make any statements at present. He presumed, however, that they would have an opportunity later to make explanatory state- ments to the court. His Honour: Certainly. It is understood that you only ask for the adjournment on that ground. The Date of An Adjournment. A discussion ensued as to the future arrange- ments for the hearing of the case. His Honour said it had better stand over until November, by which time all the materials ought to be in readiness. Mr. H. Brougham raid, as Official RBeceiver, he hoped to be perfectly ready by then. Of course, lie was unable to say exactly how long the examination would take, but he antici- pated that he would require a further three days. That ought to complete his part of the case, but, possibly, he might require part of another day to go back on certain points. His Honour: What about the trustee? Mr. Norman Craig said he understood Mr. Hamilton appeared for the trustee, but that counsel had left the court. His Honour said other people would have an opportunity of putting questions to the datotor, but he wouldn't allow the ground traversed by the Official Receiver to be gone over again. The examination necessarily must have a limit, and he certainly would not allow that court to be a means for fighting any of the various actions in which the debtor was mixed up. The Official Receiver said it was quite possible that he should deal with most of the questions to be raised by the trustee. He thought that six days in all would be sufficient to complete the examination. Eventually the hearing was adjourned to November 2, his Honour intimating that he would reserve two days in each of the three weeks following.

PRIMROSE LEAGUE. The members of the Cardiff United Habita- tion of the Primrose League may join the excursion to Clevedon Hall arranged by the West Wyndham Habitation for Wednesday next. The steamer leaves Cardiff at 2.0 o'clock, and returns at 8.30. The fare is Is. 3d. return. Members must pay for their tea, but will be admitted free to the grounds if they are wearing their badges. Tickets can be obtained from Mr. Peace. Bedwellty House, Queen-street. It will not be possible for the Cardiff United Habitation to hold a fete this summer, so it is hoped that the members will avail themselves of this opportunity for a Primrose League outing. >

Great interest was taken in a match at Llanishen on Saturday between the members of the Llanishen Club, and a team composed of ladies, captained by Miss Davies. The gentlemen had to bat with broomsticks, and bowl and field with the left hand. The ladies won by 31 runs, having made 100 against 69. A meeting of those interested in the Llandrindod Wells Convention, whose aim is to draw young people together and to deepen religious feeling and experience, was held at the Albert-hall. Llan- drindod, on Saturday. There was a fair num- ber present. After considerable discussion, in which some feeling was evinced, a committer of two from each of the following denomina- tions, being one from North and one from South Wales in each case, was elected, viz., Congregational, Methodist, Baptist, and Wetleyan, with the view of arranging for the coiwention to be held at the place next year.

Off the Goodwin Sands. BOATS IN COLLISION AND A STEAMEB DISABLED. The Central News Ramsgate ccrrespondent telegraphs on Monday:—An alarming collision occurred early this morning off the Goodwin Sands. The steamer Raima, of Shields, bound from London for Aden, came into collision with a cargo boat, the name of which is unknown. The collision took place just after midnight in a fog which had just begun to clear. Ths Ranza was struck with immense force on the port side of her bows. Fortunately, the Rams- gate fishing vessel Champion came alongside the disabled steamer and took off Mrs. Stan- hope, the captain's wife, and twenty of the crew, including the fourth engineer. One man, Mr. F. Fenster, was, unfortunately, drowned whilst being transferred from the steamer to the rescuing smack. The remainder of the crew of the Ranza took to their boats, and remained alongside the ship whilst Captain Stanhope and a few of his officers remained on board the vessel. The rescued persons were brought ashore and taken to the Sailors' Home, Rams- gate. Many of them were very scantily clothed. The Ranza was prevented from sinking by her watertight compartments. A tug has been sent, and an attempt will be made to tow her to London. The fate of the Dundee boat is un- known. The Ranza is decribed in "Lloyd's Register as a stee. screw steamer of 5,292 tons, built in 1894 on the Tyne, her port of registry being Liverpool. Her owners are the Ca.e- donian Steamship Company (Limited). The Central News later says:—The vessel with which the Ranza collided off the Goodwins was the Gloaming, of Shields. The vessels had been in close company during the greater part of Sunday, and the G-oaming appears to have suddenly turned across the Ranza's bows. The captain's wife was brought ashore in her night- dress. Some of the saved have gone in a tug in the hope of finding the Ranza afloat. Ostend Passengers Delayed. The Steam Navigation Company's steamer Swallow, from London to Osteud, with pas- sengers, was disabled off the Goodwins on Monday morning through the breakdown of her machinery. The passengers will be taken on to Dover by the London boat. and will be sent on to Ostend by the Ostend boat. Fog in the Channel. A den-clog still prevailed in the English Channel on Monday. Steamers which have reached Dover report that vessels are lying about in all directions unable to proceed. CARDIFF STEAMER WRECKED. The Crew Saved. A L.oyd's Fishgilard message states that the Cardiff steamer Baron Ardrossan has been wrecked near Porthgain. The crew were rescued, and the cargo may be saved.

Another Great Storm. A WOMAN KILLED AT GO WEB TON. Another terrific thunderstorm visited South Wales on Sunday, following upon heat of a very oppressive character. The lightning was extraordinarily vivid and continuous. At Gowerton a woman was killed by it. CARDIFF AND DISTRICT. One of the most terrific thunderstorms ever experienced in South Wales passed over Pen- arth and Cardiff on Sunday evening. A few minutes before eight o'clock dark clouds were observed creeping over the sky from the south- west. From these flashes of forked and sheet lightning of the most intense brilliancy lit up the sky. As, however, no thunder was heard, the storm at that time was miles away. The sky became more and more overcast, and the lightning, which, if anything, increased in brilliancy, became almost continuous. About a quarter past eight the first mutterings of thunder were heard, and as the storm drew nearer the thunder peals became terrific. The lightning, as viewed from 'the top of the Western Mail-buildings was awe-inspiring, objects even as far away as LeckwithrHill being distinctly visible for brief periods. About half- past eight rain began to fall, first in drops which made spots as large as five-shilling pieces upon the pavement, and then literally in sheets. In a few minutes the gutters in St. Mary-street were full, and the water flowed over the kerb- ing. The rain came down with such force that persons standing in the vestibule of the "West-ern Mail" were driven back to the stair- case by the splashes. The storm continued until after half-past nine. During its pro- gress hailstones fell, some being as large as marbles. CARDIFF BUILDING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. During the height of the storm on Sun- day evening the premises of Messrs. Nell Bros. and Co., hay and straw importers, Alice-street, Docks, Cardiff, was struck by the lightning, a large chimney stack being completely split in two and a portion of the roof demolished. HOUSE STRUCK AT NEWPORT. NARROW ESCAPE OF INMATES. About 9.30 the lightning struck a dwelling- house, No. 12, Eve swell, Maindee, Newport, occupied by Mrs. Green. The fluid struck the chimney, sending the masonry to the front and the back of the house, and wrecking the mantelpiece in the front sitting-room. There were a dozen persons in the house at the time, but, fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, though the women were very much frightened. A horse and trap standing outside were lifted from the ground and sent flying across the street. Next door å woman was so badly frightened that she was in a precarious condi- tion for a long while. NEWPORT. The thunderstorm, which was quite as severe at Newport as at Cardiff, commenced about half-past eight o'clock, and continued until eleven. The flashes of lightning were at times so frequent that as many as twenty-four per minute were counted. Rain fell heavily. A remarkable thing about the storm was the almost entire absence of thunder. Some of the few peals heard, however, were terrific. Hail as large as sparrows' eggs was mingled with the raindrops. WOMAN KILLED AT WAUNARLWYDD The storm broke over Waunarlwydd with ex- ceptional severity between one and two o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The thunder was, if anything, more terrific than on Thursday last, and the lightning more vivid and frequent. About four o'clock, while a woman named Mrs. Greenhouse was sitting down in her house at Waunarlwydd nursing her baby, the lightning struck her on the head, taking the hair clean off. It also seemed to have grazed th6 side of the face and body like the trail of a serpent. Her body was a sad spectacle. Deceased, however, was not killed instantly, but died a short time after in great agcny. It sqems miraculous that the baby in her arms escaped uninjured. Deceased was the wife of an ironworker, and leaves behind her four or five small children. The whole place was struck with fright, and much sympathy is shown with the widower and his little ones. BLAENAVON. On Sunday evening a thunderstorm of excep- tiona1 seyerity passed over Blaenavon, and con- tinued for a couple of hours. The flashes of lightning, which had almost a blinding effect were the most vivid and frequent remembered by many of the inhabitants, and the district around was as visible as in daytime ff r brief periods. The peals of thunder were net so numerous as generally, but the few that were heard were terrific. Though rain did not fall constantly there were a few heavy showers, and the drops were of a great size. At the time of writing no damage has been reported. SWANSEA VALLEY. A thunderstorm passed over the Swansea Valley on Sunday afternodh. The flashes of lightning were most vivid, and the peals of thunder terrific. It last from half-past two till four o'clock, and then seemed to pass off towards Carmarthenshife. WHITlAND. About two o'clock on Sunday afternoon quite a hurricane of wind and rain set in, which carried the dust and refuse from the streets high up into the air. This was immediately followed by vivid forked light- ning and deafening peals of thunder, which lasted over an hour. LLANDILO. About two o'clock on Sunday afternoon another terrific thunderstorm broke over the town of Llandilo. It was severer than the storm of last Thursday, but did not last so long. The heat during the morning had been almost unbearable. SHOPS STRUCK IN LIVERPOOL. During the height of the storm at Liverpool on Sunday night a block of three shops in the higher part of the city "as struck by lightning and the roof considerably damaged. Several pedestrians had narrow escapes from pieces of coping which fell into the street. 0* THE CONTINENT. A Reuter's telegram from Arras on Saturday says:—A violent thunderstorm raged in this district yesterday afternoon. Three young girls were struck by lightning at Courcelles-les-Lens. Two of them were killed, while the third is in a- serious condition. At Beaumont a young man, while out driving during the thunder- [ storm. was struck by lightning and killed.

In the Courts. — NOTES AND NEWS OF THE SEAMY SIDE. CARDIFF. EX-GRENADIER GUARDSMAN. William Rice, an ex-soldier of the Queen, who has undergone many convictions, ascended into the dock with a quick march step, ostenta- tiously saluted the magistrates, and coolly sur- veyed the well-known surroundings. A con- stable gave evidence, stating that he saw Rice begging in St. Mary-street on the 21st inst. He stopped several people, from whom he solicited alms, and upon being searched a sum of Is. 10d. in silver and bronze was found in his possession. Prisoner: The po. iceman was drunk. I could sme.1 his breath. (Laughter.) I don't touch drink on a Sunday. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Edward Thoma^.said he himself saw the man begging, and he had better be careful or he (Mr. Thomas) would go into the witness-box. Prisoner: I'll go out of the town and get work. Mr. Jotham: You have ntade that promise heaps of times. Prisoner: I only came out' on Saturday week after doing fourteen days. Gaol don't do me much good. I am as weak as a robin. (Laughter.) Give me a chance and I'll go further on. Mr. Thomas: I saw you yesterday afternoon in Queen-street, and when you saw me you cleared off. Prisoner: I have always respected you, Mr. Thomas, as a gentleman. I have tried hard to get work. If you will let me go I shaL be extremely 0 b.iged. Mr. Thomas: Your promises arc quite useless. Prisoner made a further appeal, but the bench sent him for seven days, with hard labour Rice looked steadily at the magistrates —partly in pity and partly in protest—blew a piece of fluff from his cap, flicked another piece off the coat of Officer Pitman, and strolled leisurely below, with the air of a martyr resigned to his fate, who was sorry for, but cou.d forgive, his misguided persecutors. LLANDAFF. A LUNATIC'S MAINTENANCE. An application of a somewhat unusual character was made at Llandaff Police-court on Monday by Mr. Pritchard, relieving officer of Cardiff. It was made under Section 299 of the Lunacy Act of 1890, which empowers magis- trates to administer the estates of lunatics, and was in respect of John Felix, a lunatic, charge. able to the Cardiff Guardians. John Felix was in 1894 found to be of unsound mind, and, as he was not under proper control, the guardians took charge of him. and he was still under their care. Several months ago property at Radyr, to the value of £380, belonging to Felix, was sold, and the application was that the magis- trates should make an order that this sum should be paid over to the guardians in respect of his maintenance. The magistrates, after carefully considering the matter, allowed the guardians £100, and ordered that the remainder should be devoted to the maintenance of a child of Felix's, which was being cared for by rela- tives. GRAPES AND CURIOSITY. George Powell, 29. and Thomas Stephens were charged with entering a greenhouse at Jligh- mead, Llandaff, the residence of Mr. J. H. Brain, and stealing 201bs. of grapes and a basket, value 30s. A borough police-constable, named Edwards, who was in plain clothes on Leckwith Common, met the two prisoners and another man carrying a basket of grapes. Knowing something of their past history, the officer was anxious to know how the" got the grapes, and questioned them upon the subject. The men refused to tell him anything, and he thereupon seized the basket. ;The men then set about him. and beat him severely. They then made off, leaving the grapes with the officer. Edwards made his way to the Canton Police- stationed, and telephoned the men's names and descriptions all around the district, and as a result the two prisoners were arrested. Thay pleaded guilty to the charge, and one of them said, "The gate was open and we went in out of curiosity." The other said they had no wilful intention when they took the grapes. Both prisoners elected to be dealt with sum- marily. Having very bad records, thev were committed to prison for three months with hard labour. GAMBLING IN A FIELD. Six youths—Arthur Morris, .17, Arthur Morri= 18, William Bagshaw, 16, Tudor Purnell. 18, George Muir, 15. and Svsth Ash, 19—were charged charged on a wararnt with playing cards for money at Llandaff Fields on Pan Holiday last. -Police-constable Toye stated that about eleven o'clocg 1\e observed a grouo in the fislds. He went behind a hedge and observed their actions for some time, and then took off his tunic and cap and walked towards them. Whan still some little distance a Way the youths, who knew him well, ran away, but he managed to catch Morns. He found a pack of cards and one shilling and fourncnce in money on the ground. Summons.^ were issued returnable for last Monday, but as the defendants did not ap- pear warrants were issued.—All the the defen- dants, except Morris, admitted the offenca,' and were tilled 5: including costs. Morris was fined 5s. and costs. BARRY. A FEROCIOUS DOG. Benjamin Bowen. Pyke-street. Barry Docks, appeared before General Lee and Mr. W W. Nell at Barry Police-court on Monday charged with having a ferocious dog in his possession at large. John Wil^ams. a scavenger in the employ of the Barry District Council, said the defendant's dog was a dangerous animal. About two months ago the dog sprang at him in the street, and he had to keep the animal at bay with a brush. The dog had afterwards attacked him. It was dangerous for the scavengers to go into the ba ?k to do their work.— Defendant • Witness owes me £3 for lodgings, and this is how he is paying me.—General Lee: The dog evidently has its master's interests at heart Defendant: I admit the dog is a ferocious one It is not very safe, and I will do' with the! animai whatever your worships please.—John Follett gave evidence to the effect that on the 8th in*t. he was at defendant's door on busi- ness. when the dog sprang at his head and hit him on the fore-head and hand.—Defendant: I admit, gentlemen, that the animal is a bit ferocious, but when he is out in the street he is as quiet as a lamb; he wiL not bite even a child. But in the house he is not safe.— General* Lee: The dog may be a good one, but it is not fit to be in a civilised town like Barry You must destroy the dog within a week and pay the costs.

TO DAY S JIABKETS. SUGAR. Glasgow, Monday.-The official report says: A fair business done at fully previous prices The private report says: The demand continues good, and prices steady. BUTTER. Cork. Monday.—Primest, 74s per cwt.; prime 71s; firsts, 74s; seconds, 71s; thirds, 698. Mild- cured: Choicest, 84s; choice, 73s; superfine 82s; fine. 72s. Choicest boxes. 84s. Fresh fcutt°r 80s to 70s. In market: 133 firkins, 75 mild 2 boxes. CATTLE. Liverpool, Monday.-All classes of stock in smaller numbers, and better demand, with but little alteration in prices. Quotations-H-efi 4sd to 6d; Scotch mutton. 5jd to 7^d Irish 5d to 7d; lambs, 6Jd to 7d per lb. At market- 910 cattle and 11,788 sheep and lambs.

FOOT RACE AT ABERAVON. On Saturday afternoon an exciting foot race took place on the highway between Aberavon and Baglan, the contestants being David Mcrt ( Abergwynfi) and James Jones, jun. (Blaenavon) The stakes were £20, and the distance 120 yards. There were fully 500 persons present when D H James started the men on their journey. Jones went smartly to the front, and kept this posi- tion, winning by nearly five yards.

BOAT ON THE ROCKS. Telegraphing at nine o'clock on Sunday night, the Margate correspondent of the Central News says:—A very dense fog prevailed here in the forenoon, and it was with considerable diffi- culty that several steamers plying between London and Margate coriJpleted their trip. All were heavily laden with passengers, especially La Marguerite. It was about two hours after the latter had landed her passengers that she went on the rocks at the east end of the jetty. It was then a little after high water. Mr Jephcott, of the National Lifeboat Institution, at once proffered the help of the two lifeboats on the station, but. as it was not a question of danger to life, the offer was not accepted. The Friend to All Nations, however, proceeded to La Marguerite, and took off a few passengers who had preferred to remain on board instead of landing. At low water it was found that the steamer had sustained no injury, and was in a safe position, both sea and wind being greatly in her favour. In all probability she will float off at midnight at flood tide. Most of her pas- sengers returned to London by the New Palace Company's other steamer, while the remainder were sent back by train. It is reported that the mishap was due to a defect in the telegraph between the bridge and the engine-room.

EWENNY BREAK ACCIDENT. An old man. named William Rudle, of Castell Talyvan, who fell from the box when th.; break overturned at Ewenny, as already rcr-crted, is now lying in a precarious condi- tion.

Mr. Toole, the actor, underwent a successful operation for a cataract in his left eye at Mar- gate on Saturday morning.

To-day's Cricket. MR. J. H. BRAIN'S ELEVEN V. MR. V. T. HILL'S ELEVEN. v Mr. Vernon Hill brought over abtrong amateur eleven, to the Cardiff Arms Park on Monday, picked from the Somerset county team mainly, and including the two Palairets, W. X. Roe, and Bonsanquet, to meet a team of local amateurs picked by Mr. J. H. Brain. Mr. Brain lost the toss, but Mr. Hill put him in, as the wicket was likely to prove extremely treacherous after the heavy rain. Iloanquet and L. C. H Palairet opened the attack against E. H. Buckland and G W. Ricketts. The scoring was slow for a few overs, ten being put up in just over as inr-ny minutes. Ricketts gave a chance at extra cover point, and then the scoring livened up a bit, both players getting boundaries. The deliveries were getting up very awkwardly every now and then, 'I he fielding of the visitors was extremely smart, Hewitt at point especially stopping some hot 'uns." However, the 30 was hoisted after as many minutes' play. One run later V. T. Hill took the ball from l'alairet. and sent down three maiden overs, in the last of which he captured Buckland's wicket with the score at 33. The retiring bats- men had compiled 14. H. B. Letcher followed in. After another run had been added Ricketts was splendidly caught at the wicket by Wick- ham, having made 18. Ricketts had played very steadily for his runs, and appeared well set w_en dismissed. Letcher made a fipe stroke to leg off Hil. and off the next ball was clean bowled with but 6 to his credit—49—3—6. The 50 was hoisted after an hour's play. Four runs later J. H. Brain was rather easily caught in the slips by L. Paiairet. Morres nicely put Bosanquet to leg for 3, and then the scoring i^ain slowed down until Phillips put the same bowler through the slips to the boundary MR. J. H. BRAIN'S ELEVEN. -Fil-st innings. E. H. Buckland, b V. T. Hill 14 U. W. Ricketts, c \\ickh;, m, b Bosanquet 18 H. B. Letcher, b V. T. Hill 6 J. H. Brain, c L. Paiairet, b V. T. Ilill 10 E. R. Mone-, not out 36 P. C. Phillips, c W. N. Roe, b Bosan- quet 36 W. H. Brain, c Captain Hill, b V. Ilill 47 H. Watson, no't^ut 0 Extras 15 Total (for six wickets). 184 CARDIFF WATER RATS V. EXETER. The Cardiff Water Rats continued their Devonshire tour by meeting a strong eleven at Exeter on Monday in a one day fixture. Tha weather and pitch were excellent, but the Rats opened rather inauspiciously against the bow- ling of I Ashford and Jennings losing four wickets fqr 25 runs. Biggs then collared the bowling, and made 43 before being caught, his score including half-a-dozen was also out before lunch. Score:- CARDIFF WATER RATS.—First innings. E. Morgan, b W. Ashford 11 V. Hickley, b Jennings 4 W. Hancock, c J. Ashford, b W. Ash- ford 4 S. Bicgs, c and b W. Ashfqrd 43 C. Winter, c J. B. Ashford, b W. Ash- ford. 0 J. Thompson, b W. Ashford 4 H. Alexander, b Jennings 39 Extras. 6 Total (for seven wickets). 117 SURREY V. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. This match was commenced on Monday at Clifton Gloucestershire played the same eleven that defeated Somerset, while Surrey were without Key, Crawford coming into the side, and Jephgon acting as captain. On Sun- day the Clifton district was visited by a severe thunderstcrm. The grounti on Monday morn- ing was found to be very soft. The shene brilliantly, and it was a nice pomt v hether or not to bat first. The Surrey captain, on winning the toss, decided to take the first innings, and the visitors began batting at noon, to the bowling of Townsend and Jessop. A bad start was made. Abel being stumped at three and Brockwell caught at short leg at five, After being twice missed Holland was dia- missed at 24, and at 42 Liockwood. who was never comfortable, played nil. With Hayward and Jephson together, the 50 was reached in sixty-five minutes, but the former left at 54. Score:— SuKKbl.—1-irst innings. Abel, st Board, b Townsend 0 .Brockwell, c Sewell. b Jessop 4 Holland, c Sewell, b Jessop 12 Lockv.ood, b Townsend 15 Hayward. c Sewell, b Townsend 13 Jel)hsan, b C-,r,ce, ,en 32 b Brown 10 Braund, b Brown 13 Crawford, c ana b Townsend 0 Wood, not out 11 Richardson, c Richardson, b Townsend 9 Extras. 1 Total 120 YORKSHIRE V. SUSSEX. At Brighton on Monday mornihg Yorkshire entered on the last of their championship matches, their team including C. Eo M. Wilson instead of Hirst, who took part in the game against Derbyshire. For Sussex =11and tool; J. Bean's place. The weather was dull, but a good company was present when, at five minute j past twelve, Yorkshire, having won the toss, began batting wit1;t Brown and Tunniciiffe, to the bowling of Kiluck and Bland. 'Hie wicket was in excellent order, and runs came readily, Tunniciiffe making a beautiful hit from Bland to the off boundary, and Brown cutting Killick for four, a stroke he scon repeated, out then, thanks to good fielding, the play slowe ddown. Still. 30 runs were scored in twenty-five minutes. Killick's breaks troubled Brown occasionally, but the 50 went up ifr fifty minutes, and five runs later Tate bowled for Killick. Parris having previously relieved Bland, changes which had the effect of quickening play. several maiden overs being sent down. Score:- YORKSHIRE.—First innings. Brown, not out 90 Tunniciiffe, st Butt, b Humphreys. 87 Jackson, not out 8 Extras 2 Total (for one wicket). 187 MIDDLESEX V. LANCASHIRE. The light was bad at Lord's on Monday at the ordinary time for commencing pby, and it was not till a quarter-past twelve that a start was made. By that time the weather had become quite bright. StoddarU owing to lameness, could not play for Middlesex, his place being filled by H. ii. Cobb. For the Lancashire side Mold re-appeared, and Frank Sugg displaced C. H. Hartley. Middlesex won the toss, and opened with James Douglas and Warner, to the bowling of Mold and !V:iggs. Ten runs were scored in about a quarter of an hour, and then Douglas played Ford went in first wicket down. By really admirable batting the score was carried to 50 by cue o'clock, Warner almost keeping pace with I'ord all the time. The first change wa.s tried at 59, Mold giving way to Cuttell. So far the game had been in progress fifty-five minutes. Score:— MIDDLESEX.-First innings. Douglas, b Brings. 4 Warner, 1 b w, b Mold 42 Ford, b Mold 76 R. N. Douglas, not out 8 Rawlin, not out 9 Extras. 3 Total (for three wickets). 142 KENT V. ESSEX. KENT.—First innings. Burnup, c Turner, b Bull 0 Hearne, net out 18 Patterson, not out 30 Total (for one wicket). 52 LEICESTERSHIRE V. WARWICKSHIRE. This match was commenced on a wet v.ieket at Leicester on Monday in the presence of a good attendance of sp3«tators. Warwickshire gave a trial to F. R. Lovett, the Coventry foot- baller, and II. R. Parkes, in olace of Walter Quaife and J F. Bird. Winning1 the toss, Leicestershire began with Wood and Knight, to the attack of Sautall and Whitehead. Both batsmen scored freely, but at 15 Knight was cauerht off Whiteside. Score: — LEICESTERSHIRE.—First innings. Wood, not out 47 Kniglit, c Diver, b Whitehead 10 Brown, c LiUey, b w hitehead 5 Marriot.t, e Lilley, b Whitehead. 3 Coe, not out 5 Total (for three wickets' 70

FOOTBALL AT BARRY. The prospects both of Rugby and Associa- tion football at Barry are very encouraging for the coming season. On Saturday afternoon the members of the Barry Unionist Association Club had their first "kick" on their new ground near the cemetery, and the players in most instances showed fine form. The senior team will incinde the pick of the old Barry District cup-winners, and the secretary (Mr. D. Thursby) has arranged a capital list of fix- tures. On Friday evening the annual meeting of the Barry Rugby F.C. was held at the Vic- toria Hotel, Barry, Mr. T. B. Rees presiding over a good attendance. After the adoption of a favourable report and balance-sheet for the past year, Mr. Robert Forrest, J.P., D.L., St. Fagan's, was re-elected president, and a number of prominent gentlemen are to be invited to become vice-presidents of the club. Mr. A. Jenkins was chosen captain of the first fifteen, and Mr. F. Bartlett of the second team. Mr. A. Williams was re-elected secretary, and Mr. T. Davies treasurer. The secretary (Mr. A. Williams) has secured good home and home fixtures for the approaching season.

Between a quarter past eleven on Saturday night and half-past five on Sunday morning Pembroke Railway Station, on the Great Western Railway, was broken into and a robbery committed. The thieves effected an entrance by smashing: a waiting-room window, and after breaking open several drawers and cupboards, and forcing Gladstone bags, par- cels, &c.. they broke a. window of the cloak- room, which communicates with the booking office, and through it removed a safe containing a large sum of money—how much could not be ascertained by our correspondent—and weigh- ing 2icwt. yp to the time of writing the thieves had not been traced. William Evans a Crimean veteran, died at Richmond on Friday in his eightieth year. Evans enlisted at the age of twenty in the 4th Battalion of the King's Own, and served 22 years. He was present throughout the Crimean campaign, and his wife, who survives ilim, was with him throughout the war, and was fre- quently in the trenches under fire. Evans also fought in the Indian Mutiny.

Father IgnatiusatCardiff EX-MINISTEBS AND BELIGIOX. STRONG CRITICISM OF THE BISHOPS. SUGGESTED "OLD CATHOLIC" MOVEMENT. Whether it was due to the threatening weather, the oppressive heat, or some other reason, we know not, but the congregation which Father Ignatius, despite the prominence into which he has recently become, attracted to the Park-haU, Cardiff, on Sunday evening was not nearly as large as usual. People began to assemble in Park-place an hour and a half before the service was timed to commence, but when the doors were opened at six o'clock there was practically no crush, and at seven o'clock, when the service commenced, the only portion of the hall which was crowded was right at the back, where no charge was made for seats. The balcony and the reserved seats were only thinly occupied, whilst on the plat- form there were not more than a dozen or so. By invitation, those standing at the back took their seats in front, but a large number of unoccupied seats remained. The rev. father had been announced to speak upon the recent ordination at Llanthony Abbey, and he selected for his text the thirteenth verse of the sixteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians:—"Watch ye, stand fast in the faith; quit you like men." In consequence of the heat, the lights of the hall were not turned up, and the resultant darkness added to the vividness of the flashes of lightning which every other moment or so illuminated the building. Father Ignatius dealt with the difficulties en-I countered by St. Paul, and incidentally men- tioned that when a young monk he (the speaker) was robbed of all he possessed, about £10,000, through trusting implicitly to those whom he thought were friends. He did not regret this, however, and whenever people came to sympathise with him he smiled, and said that people could not rob him of his really valuable possession—his faith in Jesus Christ. Continuing, the reverend father said there was a determined plot abroad to rob them of their Christian religion. He was no politician, and had no time to interfere with politics, and, therefore, whatever he said was said apart from any political feeling, but- he wished to draw their attention to words uttered by Mr. John Morley in public, and reported in the "Irish Eccesiastical Gazette." Mr. Morley said, "The great object which I and my friends ought to bear in mind is to endea- vour to make religion take a secondary place in the life of men; temporal interests will then quietly assume a position which will gradually obscure religious aspiration, and men will turn their backs for ever on the Christian system." He wished to ask the men and women of Car- diff-tho,e who had assisted to raise their beau- tiful churches and cathedrals—were they pre- pared to turn their backs, and to allow their children to turn their backs, upon the Christian religion for ever, to adopt Mr. John Morley's advice, and to make religion take a secondary plaœ? He thought it would be much better if Mr. John Morley kept to politics, and left religion alone. What he said was an insult to the nation, Soon after that Lord Rosebery became Prime Minister There was at that time a great plot going on through- out the country against the Christian Church. If the people knew what was going on there would be a tremendous fuss. He had on the table a scheme by one of the bishops for the entire reformation of the Christian religion, and in this the writer, who was Canon Free- mantle, said every single article of the Chris- tian creed was a delusion. Was that not enough to make the blood boil?, There was npt one single point of their religion that the canon did not haul over the coals and try to under- mine. He even said that no part of the Bible was perfect, and that they must only take it for what it was worth, and that for their ideas of God they were not to go to the Bibfe. but were to judge for themselves from their own observation. And yet Lord Rosebery made that man Dean of Rinon. and gave him a thousand a year! The "seheme" had been printed in a cheap form by some people who felt it their duty to do so, who had the spiritual welfare of their fellow-men at heart. and he hoped those present Avould procure copies and read for themselves. He wrote to Lord Rosebery and asked him how he dared appoint such a man a dean, and in reply he had a formal note thanking him for his letter. An appeal was then made to the bishops. One of the archbishops, it was true, expressed disapproval, but all the bishops were in the plot. and would not say a word. He wished to stir them up to look into the awful state of things for themselves. Canon Gore had said: "We want to meet the challenge with a pro- test so clear. ;0 broad, so firm that the verdict of the Church's conscience shall be quite un- mistakable. Without that. verdict we shall become accomplices." He could not bear the thought of becoming an accomplice, and he wanted to appeal to them to quit themselves like men. Continuing, Father Ignatius strongly criticised a new paper, called the "Church Gazette." which, he said. was a down- right infidel Church paper, and. continuing, he spoke at length of the visit of Mar Timotheos to Llanthony and his ordination. If there was no s-in in the Archbishop ofDnbIin going to Spain and consecrating a bishop there, surely there could be no reason for saying it was a sin that an archbishop should go to Llanthofiv and consecrate him a bishop of the old see of Wales. It was his stmding up to face Dean Fremantle that touched the heart of the old bishop, who crossed the Atlantic in order to see him. Cnnon Fremantle had said thnt tolprance made the nath simple, and that which they had dignified by the name of the new reformation was nast its "fage of con- tention. They :niJl;ht take it. however. that whilst God gave him strength and hreath flwre would be c0utention. for he thought, the plot to rob the country of the Christian religion ought tf) he exposed, and as far as he was able he would expose it. Nothing would be a greater regret to him than to start an Old Catholic movement. They did not want it. but there was a possibility of it bein<r forced upon them, and ir the movement did come they must remember that it had been forced upon thpm. Thev at Llanthonv had not heen treated with consideration. The late Bishop of St. David's left them 7?ionth after month ^racticallv desolate, anr) when ho was in America their nuns were driven from the convent heC:ll1Se tliev would not stav in tlw nositior. any longer. "'11en the new Bishop of St. Davià's came he (the speaker) wrote congratulating him. but no notice was taken of his letter until last week. That was unfortunate, because it was not, 311 ordinary letter. He diri not supple thft. the Irshnp received another like it, but still he forgot to answer it. But last week he received a letter. and he re- gretted that he C011.0 not let. them know what it contained, because it was marked "Private." He had. however. re111iert, marking his letter "Not private." and ho hoped a cony of it would appear in the "Western Mail" or the fn1Jowiu! dav. Thev ""111r1 read that, and i'T'e-e fir themselves. He eh] not rrav that faithful Christians might quit t.h« Church; he prayed that the bishops lr.irht be aroused to a sense of their full responsibility, and that thvir dear old Church might be aroused to a keen sense of its dutv. FATHER IGNATIUSS T/RTTER TO HIS » DIOCESAN. With reference to the Mter to the Bishop of St David's to which Father Ignatius nllnfed on Sundav night, we regret we are compelled to hold it over until to-morrow (Tuesdavl — Ed.. "W. M."

THE IMTIALISX CRI SADE. The crusade against Ritualism was prosecuted vigorously on Sunday at Liverpool, several meetings being held by agents of the National Protestant Union. Mr. George Wise (London), secretary of the movement, and i'everal hun- dred followers visited the Church of St. James the Less in the morning, where extreme Ritualism is practised. The ap- pearance of the vica. in ornate vestments led to cries of "Traitor!" "Judas!" "No Popery!" and "He should he hanged," and the service was frequently interrupted. At the close a rush wa.s made for the chancel, and several hassocks were thrown at the vicar, who was also spat upon. The police, who were present in force, intervened, otherwise the vicar would, undoubtedly, have been severely handled. Afterwards the protesters held a meeting outside the church, at which the deter- mination was expressed to continue the critsade at several Ritualistic churches. The bishop's pastoral was criticised, and his authority ques- tioned. There was no appreciable difference in the pract'ce; at any of the Ritualistic churches in consequence of the bishop's appeal. One High Church vicar said the bishop ought to bring them before the Consistory Court and not issue pastorals, and then they could appeal to York Convocation. The "Protestant" says the pastoral is not strong enough.

On Saturday afternoon Charles Robertson, a clerk, and James Ballantyne. a joiner, of Paisley, hired a rowing boat at Rothesay, and, accompanied by George -Fyfe, a young boat- man, proceeded to Port Bannatyne. where re- freshments were obtained. Nothing further was heard of the party until late in the even- ing, when the skipper, of the yacht Urchin found Robertson and Ballantyne clinging to the upturned boat. They were rescued, and later on Fyfe's body was picked up. It is not known yet how the accident occurred. I

Sporting Intelligence. r OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. Lonsdale Stakes, York. —Troloji and Turnkey. i-rince of Wa'iess Plate, lork.—Colt by Galliard-Alberta. convivial Produce Stakes, York-Trincomalee. Gimcrack Stakes, York.—FiUy by Galiiard— Devonia, and colt by Galiiard—Alberta. York Engagements.—Nenuphar. All Handicaps where weights have appeared. -Howanberry. All Engagements.—Mr W M Clarke's horses and Marius II. All Engagements in Mr C F Benson's name.— Filly by Sir Ben-s-Golden Dream. All Engagements in Mr Schwabe's name.— Azaliel. Packington Plate. Birmingham.—Radiant Lad. All Engagements.—Port Arthur and Tyranius. Yorkshire Oaks. York.-Thimhle and Grasseo1 Yigner Handicap, Hurst Park.—M.D.

OLD SAM'S FINALS. TO-MORROW (TUESDAY). PRIMROSE HILL. FRUCTIDOR, GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE. EILEEN A1GAS (napl. and DIAMOND (if absent, SWEET ?.URJORIE>. OPEN TIP FOR THE EBOR HANDICAP- DANCING WAVE (good).

lOBK AUGUST MEETING. Stewards: The Marquis of Zetland, the Earl of Durham, Lord Hastings, the Earl of Hare- wood, the Right Hon. James Lowther, M.P., the Hon F. IV. Lambton, the Hun. H. Fitz- william, and R. C. Vyner, Esq. Stakeholders and Keepers 01 the Match Book; Messrs. Weather by and Sons. Starter: Mr. A. Coventry. Clerk ot the Scales: Mr W. C. Mannin* Judge: Mr W. J. Ford, Nottingham HanuN capoer; Mr R. Ord. Clerk of the Course: Mr. Miles I'Anson. PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW (TUESDAY). -The BRADGATE PARK STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for two year olds and upwards; weight ten age; mares and geldings allowed olo. Six lur- longs, straight. -The ZETLAND STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 200 added, ior two year olds and upwards; weight for age; mares and geldings allowed 5ib. Aew T. i.e. (nve fur- longs) Mr A E Aston's Beano, 6yrs, 9,t 91b ►Mr t' W* Spruce's Dargas, byrs, 9st 91b Mr H Barnato's Primrose Rul, 4yrs, 8st 9ib Mr G Maclachlan's Lo Ben, oyrs, 8st 91b Air A E Trowsdaie's clt Antliony JI., 6yrs, 8st 91b Mr r Broug-h a Xeme, aged. 8st bib Mr P s Cadman s Cliapeitown, 5yrs, 8st 61b Mr i: Hardy s Little Red Rat, 4yrs, 8st 610 Mr H F Clayton's J Moerder, 3yrs, 8st 41b Mr R A Harperfs Eianoc, 3yrs. 3st tlb Mr Russeis Nenuphar, 3yrs, 8:L 4ib Mr \v' Taylor Sharpels Autocar, Syrs, 8st 41b Lord Carnarvon's Backbread, 3vrs, 8st lib Lord Derby's Weybr.dge, 3yrs, 8st lib Mr J G Mackie s Santa Mel, Jvra. 88"t lib Mr M Morrison's Hazlebun, Syrs, 8st lib Mr J A Miller's Heroaceous. 2rrs, '7st 61b Mr Bruce Seton's MicaH, 2yrs, 7st 41b Mr E Barlow's Philosophy II. colt. 2yrs, 7st lib Mr Geo Lambton's Ethelred, 2yrs, 6st 91b Mr H D Bates's Cynisca, 2yrs, £ st 61b Mr n: Bungay's Lilly Thorpe, Zyrs, tst 61b Mr C J Cunningham's Alibeck fillv, 2vrs 6st 61b MrC Hibbert\Lakota, 2yrs, 6st 61b Mr W R Reid]f 1'etrolia, 2yrs, 6st 61b Mr E J Percy's Draxsena gelding, 2yrs, 6st 61b —The LONSDALE STAKES (welter) of 300 sovs; winners extra. One mile and a Quarter. Mr R Peck's Bradwardine, 5yrs, lOst 101b 101b ;i^'e WrittittL's Hendersyde, 5yrs, lOst Sir R Waldie Griffith's Eileen Aigas, 5yrs, lOst 21 o »Jr A Booth's First Foot, 5yrs, lOst Mr H Monksliall's Beverini..3yrs, 9,st 91b Mr Pio Torterolo's Imperio, 6yrs, 9st 31b MrlbW E Oakek-y s Peace and Plentv, 3vrs, 9st lib %,ir'T ^iiler s Invincible IL, 3yrs, 9st lib Mr J Lowther's Queen's Gate. 3yrs, 8st 121b r r booth's Unseen, 4yrs, 8st 121b E.llesmere's Ultimatum, Syrs. 8st 121b M ri Hardy's Bonny Winkfield, Syrs, 8st 121b Mr C 1 erkins's Jenny Howlet colt, 3vrs, 8st 121b rA'Pf,' chnbb. 3yrs, 8st 91b H Hannam s Secret Service. 5vrs 8st 81b Chev E Ginistrelli's Trolop, 3yrs, 8st 71b Lord Durham's Tophet. 3yrs, 8st 61b Mr G Maclachlan's Sisyphus. 4vrs, 8st 51b Lord Rosebery's ructidor. 3yrs, 8st 51b ,1 ,^acI.achlan's Don Alonzo, aged, 8st 41b Mr J Martin's Main Point, Syrs, 8st Mr J Scott's Martin, 4yrs. 8st Mr Jas Snarry's Helen Leda. 3yrs. 8st -The MIDDLETHORPE STAKES (handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 200 vi -t> winners extra. One mile. V- H Combe's Dynamo, 5yrs, 9st 101b ».r Cockburn's Cardonald, 6yrs, 9st 31b »lr ) >"ner's Chack Bird. 4yrs, 9st 21b Mr \V Chat-terton's Grasp, aged, 9st 21b vi1F i JVaIdie Griffith's Eileen Aigas, 5vrs, 9st 21b Mr J Hope s Lammennuir, Syrs, 8st 51b Lord Carnarvon's Cyrenian, 4yrs, 8st 41b Mr D Seymour's Angelina, aged, 8st 31b T r J tassel's Toussaint. 5yrs, 8st lib Lord Durham's Lupin, syrs, 8st 1'' Fawcett-'s Co-respondent. 3yrs, 7st 121b Mr E C Turner's Outpost, 4yrs, 7st lllb Lord Rosebery's Tom Cringle, Syrs, 7st 101b Lord Decies's Blyth and Tyne. 5yrs. 7st 91b -f Clayton's Kendal Queen~ 6vrs, 7st 51b ir Maclachlan's Marthus, 3yrs, 7st 41b Mr .i Ryan's Cruiskeen, 3yrs, 7st 3ib Lord Ellesmere's -edge, 3yrs, 7-t lib T f nanbury's Lowland Beauty, 3vrs, 7st Lord Dunraven's Sea Fog, 3yr.s, 7st -The YORKSHIRE OAKS of 15 sovs ea(,h, with 303 added, for th"ree year old fillies; 8st 101b each: winners extra; maiden allowances. One mile and a quarter. Duke of Westminster's Lowood, 9st 31b Mr Douglas Baird's Simylla. 8st 101b Mr Douglas Baird's Grasse, 8st 101b Lord Crewe's Simple Aveu. 8st 101b Mr R C Garton's St Lucia, 8st lOPo Mr J A Miller's St. Patricia II.. 8st 101b Mr W R Reid's Heather Blend, 8st 101b Mr L de Rothschild's Pie Powder, 8st 101b Mr Russel's Thimble, 8st 101b Mr J^Snarry's Lilypink, 8st 101b Mr TV G Stevens's Brenda, 8st 101b Ml" Vyner's Bird of March, 8st JOlb Mr Vyner's Chance Medley, 8sf 101b Duke of Westminster's Orpah, 8STL 101b Lord Crewe's Ordinary, 8st 51b Mr J A Doyle's Brillante. 8st 51b Lord Derby's Weybrfdge, 8st 51b Lord Durham's Etincelle. 8st 51b Lord Ellesmere's Aspatria 8st 51b Lord Ellesmere's Fairmile, 8st 51b Lord Farquhar's Ruby Gill, 8st SIh Sir R Waldie Griffith's St la, 8st 51b Mr J Gubbins's Sugar Loaf, 8st 51b Lord Hastinjs's Fracas, 8st 51b Mr Wallace Johnstone's Airosa. 8st 51b Mr J G Joicey's Silver Sulver. 8st 51b M R Lebaudy's Her Ring. 8st 51b Mr J Lonsdale's Meldola, 8st 51b Mr E Melly's Blandishment. 8st 51b Prince Soltvkoff s Luciole, 8st 51b Prince Soltykoff's Panbula, 8st 51b Lord Zetland's St Veronica, 8st 51b Lord Farquhar's Geldie, 8st 31b -The PRINCE OF WALES'S PLATE of 1,000 sovs, for two year olds; colts, Sst 121b; fillies and geldings, 8st 91b; maiden allowances; winners extra. New T.Y.C. (five furlongs, straight). Lord Dunraven's Desmond, 9ST 81b Sir R Waldie Griffith's Landrail, 9sfr51b Lord Rosebery's Peterero, 8st 12tb Lord Derby's Ruritania, Sst 71b Lord Durham's Lambrequin, 8st 71b Lord Durham's Ark Royal. 8st 71b Lord Ellesmere's ^rantome, 8st 7lb Lord Ellesmere's Proclamation, 8st 7lb Mr Fairie's Basuto, 8st 7ib Lord Farquhar's Hadrian. 8st 71b Major Fenwick's Father Tom, 8st Tib Mr J Gretton's Allesby, 8st 71b Mr HQuld;;worth's Carbiston, 8st 7Jb Mr Wallace Johnstone's Cryptoscope. 8st 71b Mr James Joicey's Alberta colt. 8st 7lb Capt Eustace I.oder's Benula. 8st 71b Mr J Lowther's Patrick's Ball, 8st 71b Mr J Lowther's Chief Warder, 8st 71b Mr W R Marshall's Revelry colt, 8st ab MI W E Oakeley's Doddington, 8st 71b Mr R A Oswald's Scinfillant. 8st 71b Duke of Portland's Manners, 8st 71b Mr Russel's Stage Villain, 8st 71b Mr Russel's Turnkey, 8st 71b Mr W M G Singer's Franklin. 8st 71b Mr Theobald's Nectanebus, 8st 71b -Vir Reid Walker's Dunkettle. 8st Tib Mr Reid Walker's Simonsbath, 8st 71b Duke of Westminster's Good Luck. 8st 71b Duke of Westminster's Scimitar, 8st 71b Loru Durham's Novi, 8st 41b Lord Crewe's Cup of Assay. 8st 41b Lord Crewe's Saint Lundi, 8st 41b Lord Farquhar's Janonica, 8st 41b Mr E Foster's MarceIine. 8st 41b Sir R Waldie Griffith's Sweet Marjorie, 8st 41b M R Lebaudy's St Estelle,, 8st 41b Mr J Lowther's Sweetie, 8st 41b Mr W G Marshall's Salley in our Alley filly, 8st 41b Duke of Portland's Jessamv Bride. 8st 41b Mr L de Rothschild's Ophrys, 8st 41h Mr J W Smith's" St. Editha filly. 8st 41b Mr Vyner's Marcionite, Sst 41b -The BADMINTON PLATE of 103 sovs, for two year old-; colts, etst 121b, fillies and geldings 8st 91b; winners extra. New T.Y.C. (five furlongs). Mr J A Miller's Innocence, 9st 51b Mr H F Clayton's Fair Trade. 8st 121b Mr N C C ckburu's Hartsholme. 8st 121b Mr T Davidson's Assiduity colt, 8st 121b Mr B F Drage's Morlaye colt. 8st 121b Mr C J F Fawcett's Evius, 8st 121b Mr A Fawkes's Ya.in Glory colt. 8st 121b Mr W A Jarvis's Messene, 8st 121b Sir J Blundell Maple's Royal Whistle, 8st 121b Mr Russel's Gentleman of France. 8fet 121b Mr C A Sniith-Ryland's Pile on Face, 8st 121b Mr Vyner's Lac-onicus, 8st 121b MY A Bailey's Orbo, 8st 91b Mr Baird. jun's Victorine, 8st 91b Mr E Cassel's Jet, 8st 91b Mr BrodriCk Clocte's Isln de Cuba, 8st 91b Mr II S Constable's Londa gelding, 8st 91b Chev E Ginistrelli's Allouette, 8st 91b Mr T Hyde's Lady Dorothy filly, 8st 9lb Mr J Jewitt's Vira, 8st Sib Mr A Knowles's St Frida fillv. 8st 91b Mr F Lynham's Pentre gelding. 8st 91b Lord Penrhyn's Fly Trap. Sst 91b Mr J Rutherford's Calisto. 8st 91b Mr D Seymour's Sanpliire. 8st 91b Mr J Snarry's Massive, 8st 91b Mr Pio Torternlo's Miss Uruguaya, 8st 91b Mr T Wadlow's Isopod, 8st 91b Mr F White's Wisewoman, 8st 91b Mr W E Oakeiej 's Peseta. 8st 91h

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The Goal Strike. DOWL AIS IUOX AND STEEL WOBKS. IMPORTANT OFFER BY THE MEN. About 500 Dowlais iron and steel workers, who have had experience in the mines, have signified that. in the event of there being no indications by Saturday of the dispute being brought to a speedy end, they will be willing to go into the pits next week to produce suffi- cient coal to enable the works to be re-started and k,ept going. I PUBLIC MEETING AT THE BOCKING STONE. ADDRESS BY MR. J. HARVEY WATSON. Mr. J. Harvey Watson, of London, hon. secre- tary of the Railway Reform Association, addressed a meeting at the Rocking Stone, Pontypridd. on Sunday afternoon. There was t a large attendance of miners and tradesmen, but. unfortunately, the proceedings were cut short by a severe thunderstorm. In the course of his address, Mr. H. Watson said that the reason why the employers did not favour arbi- tration was because they had a very bad oase, and men who were c. pable of judging for them- selves could come t. no other conclusion. He suggested that a Royal Commission should be appointed to inquire into the workings of the pits, the same as had been appointed in other trades, notably the Seating system in London. The offer of mediation by Lord Dunraven had been refused. Lord Dunraven had done good work oil the sweating system, and there. was plenty of work tor .iim to do in South Wales. I He contended that colliers who worked like slaves underground ought to be treated as human beings, and the Government ought to intervene on their Llwlf. They ought to have a dinner hour for oue thing. He had made an examination of the pay-sheets of various col- lieries, and the resui s did not justify the asser- tion that the men were paid from 30s. to £2 per week. If Messrs. Pyman, Watson, and Co. paid their men 5s. 9d. per day he congratulated them, but he hoped that their books would be inspected, and the statement confirmed. Sir William Thomas Lewis and the coalowners' committee had sim ily overlooked the econo- mical side of the qi estion—that was to secure a reduction in the ccst of carriage. Mr. Watson took a great interest in the coal strike of 1893, and found out that ihe Great Western Railway Company were charging 2s. Id. per ton for coals from Ruabon to Birkenhead for home con- sumption, but if those coals had been for ship- ment abroad they would only have charged Is. 7d., or a reduction of 25 per cent: This question had been Lrought before the Board of Trade by his association, and a reduction had been secured of 2d. per ton. According to the Board of Trad- returns, the average price paid to colliers for getting the coal was Is. 9d. per ton, and a 10 per cent. advance upon that would increase the cost to the consumer of 2d. per ton, and no one would object to pay this extra. amount if they knew that the men would benefit by it. The Breaker, having strongly con- demned the contracting system, said his sym- pathies were entirely with the men. and he wished to appeal for support on their behalf.

WESTGROTE rXfTARIAX CHI RCR, CARDIFF. ELECTION OF A NEW PASTOR. At the conclusion cf the service at West-grove Unitarian Church, Cardiff, on Sunday evening a meeting of the Ch-irch and congregation was held in the schoolroom for the purpose of elect- in,7 a- new pastor. G. Carslake Thompson occupied the chair, and, after expressing the wish that the cone usion arrived at might accord with the ger. ral desire of the congrega- tion moved that t..e recommendation of the committee be adopted. This recommendation was that a ballot Le taken on the Questions, viz.:—(li The election of the Rev. T. Burgess; (2) the election of tha Rev. J. Tyssul Davies, of Dcvonport; and (3) postponement of election.- A lady inquired whether the Rev. Ceredig Jones, B A.. of Bradford, could be induced to accept the post. but was replied to in the negative.- The ballot resulted in the election by au over- whelming majority of the Rev. Tyssul Davies.— L is expected that the rev. gentleman will be inducted during September.

RAILWAY COLLISION. A serious collision occurred on Sunday after- noon. shortly before one o'clock, at the ter- minus of the Great Western Railway at Pad- dington. A train of empty coaches was enter- ing the station when it collided with bome standing carriages with such force as to tele- scope the first of the carriages into the loco- motive. the driver and fireman having narrow escapes. The telescoped carriage had to be sawn off the engine. The road was blocked for several hours.

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