Evening Express

THE PEACE COMMISSION. ( A Reuter's telegram from New York on Wed- irs%dav says .—Tha "Journal" publishes the fol- lowing from Manila, to-day. Ag unaldo has ordered th," rebels to lay down their arms. General Merritt has assumed the duties of Governor. According to a telegram from Washington, Mr. M'Kinley will instruct the Peace Commission not to accept less than Luzon Island. The "Journal" announces from Washington that President M'Kinley has com- pleted the Pea-ce Commission, selecting Mr. Edward White, of Louisiana, Associate Judge of the United States Supreme Court, and Mr. Tracy; ex-Secretary 01 the Navy.

Polling at Southport. The Press Association special correspondent st;:tes that polling for the Southport Division opened on Wednesday morning. The more f Populous district outside the borough area are IHrkdale, Great Crosby, Churehtown, and Waterloo, the electorate comprising not only a residential population, but agricultural and fishing industries. With a view to test, so far as possible, the feeling of Liberal Unionists, the reports of a separate canvass were brought at a late hour on Tuesday night to the Central Conservative Committee-rooms, and it was off!- cially stated that in a given proportion of their numbers there were no defection. That pro- portion to the whole, however, was relatively n n large. An early call at the Central Liberal Committee-rooms disclosed that confidence in the result is far from showing any measurable abatement. Each candidate has mapped out a. tour which, straggling as the division is, will enable him to visit everyone of the eight dis- tricts before the close of the poll. » At the general election Mr. Curzon (U.) defeated Sir H. S. Naylor-Leyland (L,) by 5,163 to 4,393. NORTH DO VACANCY. The address cf M; T. L. Corbett .C.i to the ejector., of Morth Dawn has bc?n issued. He oj.cribes himself as a Scotchman and a Pres- byterian, wiD object- to iteing stop-gap nominee, and. believing that Horns Rule is dead, is in favour of the crcation of an Irbh Agricultural Department, c011111nl-or:; land Purchase, improvement of harbours, and light railway extension.

ENTANGLED IX IlIGGIXG. SAD BOATING FATALITY OFF THE IRIbH COAST. While her Majesty's- ship Hawk was proceed- ing on Tuesday night from Carricktergus to Lame, one of the seamen saw a boat lying on her side off Blackhead. The Hawk bore down upon the overturned boat, and found four men in the water with their feet entangled in the boat's rigging. They were speedily brought on board, where il was found two of them were dead, while the other two were almost lifeless. The usual efforts to resuscitate the two unconscious men proved successful, but one of them is still unconscious, and his name is unknown. The two men drowned are Henry Bart ett, coachman to Mr. R, G. Danville. D.L., and John M'Keown, boatman, Culfra, the other man. who recovered consciousness, being Edward M'Cullough, Craigavad. It is believed the accident was due to mismanagement, as the wind was almost dead culm, and the boat, which was an 13ft. centre board, is fitted with a lug and jib. The Haw:, afterwards put into Carrickfergus with the survivors and the bodies of the two drowned men.

COLLISION WITH A BRIDGE. The Central News Richmond corespondent telegraphs:—The Thames Steamship Company's boat, Cardinal Wolsey, came to grief on Tues- day night when returning from Hampton Court. Parsing through Eichmond Bridge about nine o'clock, she collided with the stonework, and one of the paddle boxes was so badly smashed that she could proceed no further. The pas- sengers, who were a good deal a.armed. were Soon landed, and went back to London by ttil.

FIRE AT MILEORD HAVEN. FOUR STOREHOUSES BURNT. Agreat fire took place on Wednesday morning at 8.30 at Milford Docks, when four workshops were burnt to the ground. The fire, it is reported, originated in the atarehoiue of Mr. j Peter Hancock. shipbuilder, and spread with lightning rapidity. Mr. Hancock. in his efforts to save the books and other valuables, was seriously burnt about the face. The fire, at the timo of wiring (ten o'clock) is still raging, but is under control. The total loss must be heavy.

THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Central News says:—The Prince of Wales's cruise to the west will include a visit to Plymouth, in order that his Royal Highness may have an opportunity of witnessing the series of annual regattas which commence on Monday next and last throughout the week. The Prince will be the guest of the Earl of Mount-Edgcombe, who has specially hired two steam launches for the Prince's use.

The Coal Strike, DERBYSHIRE MINERS AND WELSH BLACKLEGS. A STRONG LETTER, The workmen's provisional committee on Wednesday morning received the following letter from Mr. Haslam, agent for the Derby- shire miners, with reference to a number of men who left Merthyr a few days ago to work at Shirebrook;— Derbyshire Miners' Association. Miners' Office, Saltergate, Chesterfield, August 23, 1393. Mr. Lewis Miles. Dear Sir,—We have a body of men on strike at Shirebrook Colliery. I am sorry to say we are troubled with Welsh blacklegs. We have already paid for nine men to return, when lo! yesterday 55 more turned up. Mr. Harvey has gone with money to pay their fares, as they say they would go back if money is found for them. and, as a matter of ordinary practice, whatever it costs to send them away will be taken out of the donation to Wales this week. One way or another our men pay about 200 per week to help the starving poor, and it is black ingratitude for these beggars to come blaeklegging. I shall inform Mr. Ashton, and I think if ih is not stopped it will be for the federation as a whole to re-consider its posi- tion about granting money at all to South Wales. I do not blame you. but desire that an exposure bo made throughout AVales at once of the dastardly conduct of these men. The two Evanses are stumping the country, and we are helping- all we can, and this is the return we get for it. Set the thing going, and denounce all such men.—Yours, deeply hurt, J. HASLAM. The sub-committes (Messrs. T. Eichards, Onions, Beynon, and Milesi, sitting at Ponty- pridd on Wednesday, have replied to Mr. Haslam strongly condemning the action of the men and promising that the committee will do an in its power to prevent any more men going there. They also ask Mr. Haslam to induce the men to return home, and to send the bilt for their fares to the provisional committee. I LEWIS-MERTHYR COLLIEEIES. On Tuesday a meeting of the workmen employed at the Coedcae Collieries and at the Havod Pits was he'd at the Britannia Hotel. After some discussion it was decided —(1) to ask the provisional committee to take steps with a view of re-opening negotiations with the employers; (2) to accept a sliding-scale with a minimum to be decided by the provisional committee; (3) to forego the questiou of umpire lor the present.

CARDIFF HORSE SHOW. PROSPECTS OF ANOTHER SUC- CESSFUL EXHIBITION. The ardiff Horse Show this year promises to be e\en mere succsasful than on former occa- sions. The schedule of prizes contains 55 classes, and. in addition to £1,250 in prize money, a number of gold and silver medals will u:, awarded. In each of the champion classes a tbiid prize has been added, and, for the benefit 01 tradesmen in South Waies and Monmouth- shire, a single harness class has been added. This class will enable tradesmen to compete without causing any difficulty in their business during the two days of the show, for it has been arranged in this, as well as in the dray or cirt-horse class, that the horses shall be judged at the show ground at one o'clock on Wednes- day, September 14, and that immediately after the judging they will be allowed to go away again. In both these classes the substantial prizes of £10, £5, and £2 are offered, whilst tl: > entrance fee is 10s. These clashes, being confined to tradwmen, they should prove popu- lar, arid a liberal entry result. It iswelllmown that the tradesmen of Cardiff, as a class, keep a better standard of horse than those in any other part of the country, and, by raliying to the aid of the committee, they will be able to piove the truth of this statement. No horse kept for show purposes will be allowed to com- pete. The .«pecicxi prizes include a silver medal iioin the Hunters' Improvement Society for the be-t hunter filly under three years old which has not previously won th^ medal; ,1 gold mulal, or a bronze medal and £5, from the same society for the best hunter brood mare in foal or with foal at foot; a gold medal. value .£10, from the Hackney Society for the best mare or filly exhibited in the hackney and pony classes; and a silver medal from the Hackney Society for the best hackney or pony stallion. Entries close on Saturday neJH. The secretary is Mr. C. 1I. Berkeley, Park-place, Car- diff The committee hope that this year the tenant farmers of the district will give more suprort than they have at past exhibitions. They have three special c asses, and all a "e restricted to the tenant farmers, so that they are relieved from competing with horses kept solely for show purposes. The show will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, Septem- ber 14 and 15.

LOCAL WEDDING. PRICE-SHEPHERD. A large congregation assembled at St. John's Church, Cardiff, on Wednesday morning to witness the wedding solemnised between Mr. Robert Price (son of Mr. and Mrs. Price, of the Tudor Hotel. Cardiff), and Miss Millie Shepherd (daughter of th? late Mr. Frederick Shepherd, of Cardiff). 'His chancel of the church was prettily decorated with white lilies and other flowers. The Hev. La',1l1ce:ot L')wis officiated. Mr. L'ew. Thomas, of Peterstone-super-Ely, acted as best man. The bride, who was given away by her mother, wore a bridal costume of rich white satin; the demi-trained skirt was enriched with two narrow flounces; the bodice, of white satin, drawn to the waist, was prettily made with a V-shaped front and back of frills el' narrow gathered white ribbon: the sleeves were trimmed with diagonal narrow tucks, between frills of gathered ribbon. The veil, of plain tulle, was fastened over a spray of crauge blossom. Her bouquet waf of white exotico. She was attended by four briùemaids —Miss Ada and Miss Florrie Shepherd (sisters of the bride), Miss Kate Shepherd (cousin), and Miss Gladys Beer (of the Victoria Hotel). They looked well in white spotted muslin, with lace- edged flounces, bodice and sleeves trimmed with alternate groups of tucks and Valencienne lace frills. They carried bouquets of white and yellow, and wore hats of white fancy straw, trimmed chiffon rosettes, edged white satin, baby ribbon, and silver sequin-dotted quills. Mrs. Shepherd wore a rich black silk, with vest and collar cf heliotrope, the bodice handsomely trimmed with jet. the sleeves of heliotrope, veiled i.n. jetted lace, and toque en suite; bouquet, white and heliotrope. Mrs. Price wore black silk, with a relief of white chiffon, and toque to match; bouquet, white and mauve. After the ceremony Mrs." Shepherd received a numerous circle of friends at her residence in Neville-street, the bride and bridegroom leaving during the afternoon for London. Her travelling dress was a smart fawn coat and skirt, the revers of the coat braided in silver and fawn braid, white lace and muslin vest, and white sailor hat. Mrs. Evans and Miss Price, sisters of the bridegroom, wore fawn skirts and stylish mauve bodices. The wedding presents were ex- tremely handsome. Among them were, I noticed, a h:,md6:Jme oak salad bowl, given by I the firm of Basker and Co., and' a set of silver- mounted carvers by the outdoor staff, and a silver card bowl by Mr. Crowley, traveller for Messrs. Basker and Co. On Thursday Mr. A. Shepherd will entertain the staff at a supper.

ACCIDENT IN THE SEVERN. Sidney Lucas, nineteen, single, a farm labourer, in the employ of Mr. William Jenkins, of Mails Farm, Oldbury-on-Severn, was drowned in the River Severn, on Sunday night, whilst endeavouring to cross the river in a small boat. Deceased, with George Till, James Eugman. and Rpubpn Nelmes, went over to Beachley, and remained there till nine o'clock. when they endeavoured to return. The storm was then raging at its fiercest. They soon found that the boat was drifting un the river, the tide running so strong that it was impossible to make headway; and gradually the boat drifted on to the Beachley shore, where deceased let down the anchor. Still the boat dragged anchor, am. deceased several times let it down with the same result. Then deceased suddenly fe.l overboard, and, owing to the fierce- ness with which the storm raged, deceased's companions were upable to render him any I assistance, and he was sfton lost sight of. The body was recovered on Monday, and conveyed to the Stroat Ion-

On the Road to Khartoum FURTHER ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH FORCE The advance of the Anglo-Egyptian force in the Soudan continues, and the transport column was on Tuesday only a day's march from the point of concentration. The whole of the country traversed presents the same horrible picture of desolation. Though the troops are suffering somewhat from the excessive heat, their health generally is good, and a day's rest has served to still further improve matters. MEN AND HORSES STANDING THE STRAIN WELL. The Central News special correspondent at Wa t Hamed, telegraphing on Tuesday at five lUll., says:—The Mounted Column arrived here to day. They found the marching over the deep sand very arduous. They had halted at Nasri Island en route, and found the rest beneficial. The 7th Regiment march to-day for Shabluka. The road south from here is better than that we have come through. The men are rapidly becoming acclimatised. They are standing the fierce sun better, and the sick list shows a diminution daily. The horses are also standing thJ strain well, and the transport arrange- ments continue to be carried out in a highly satisfactory manner. All ranks are in high spirits. [PRESS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL TELEGHAlLJ WAD HAMED, Tuesday. The transport column is now only a day's march from the point of concentration. The strain which was first felt has been much lessened, the animals having been worked into condition, although day marching in the desert is necessarily severe work. When the column was at Metemmeh I found close to Mahmud's huts the brass top of a time fuse belonging to a "2-pounder, showing that the gunboats last year had made good practice at long range. This dispatch is sent from the spot to which the field telegraph has now been carried. ATBARA CAMP, Tuesday. The second half of the Rifle Brigade left here yesterday, and the last of the 21st Lancers are now following. Major-general Rundle, Com- mander Keppel. and Prince Christian Victor leave this afternoon to re-join the Sirdar's headquarters at Shabluka. A WELCOME REST IN THE DESERT [CENTRAL NEWS SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] CAMP MAGAWYA, Saturday. (Via Wad Hamed, Monday Evening). Colonel Martin, in command of the Lancers and the transport column, thought it advisable to give the men and beasts a rest to-day, and we have halted here. The heat and fatigue have proved too much for spveral men, and the British troops generally have suffered some- what from those causes. But a brief rest will put everything right. The very few men unfit to continue the march have been sent back. The whole of the second British brigade have passed south in the steamers, except the Rifles and part of the Guards and the Northumber- land Regiment. DESOLATION AT METEMMEH. METEMMEH, Monday (Via Wad Hamed, Monday Night). Yesterday's reot completely recuperated the whole force, and the sick list is now pretty well blank. The march from Magawya was over ground much better than tnat of the pre- vious days, when we met frequent insets from the flooded Nile, which retarded our progress. It rained heavily at Magawya yesterday, and the bivouac was full of scorpions, which did not add to our comfort. Ths utter desolation of the country over which we have passed to- day was most striking, and exceeded anything seen in the earlier marches. Everywhere are villages wantonly ,-azed to the ground, the graves of fighting men and the whitened bones of women and children lying amongst the ashes of their burned homes. As we neared Metemmeh, the former capital of the 2'reat Jaalin tribe, we found the ground covered with the bodies of long dead beasts, over which flocks of vultures hovered. Here was the scene of the heroic stand which the Jaalins made against the pitiless Dervishes. The countless graves show that the Jaalin fighting meli were practically exterminated. I rode over these graves, and over thousands of bodies of beasts, half eaten or half covered by sand. The sight was awful and nauseating. There were Dervish as well as Jaalin bodies, showing the fierceness with which the Jaalins fought for their existence. Evidences of the ruthless hands of the Dervishes are visible at every step. It is impossible to exaggerate the horrors of the scene. The once flourishing town of Metemmeh is in ruins and full of corpses of men and beasts. To-day I have been over the straw huts and entrenched camp built near the town by Mahmud, now in prison at Wady Haifa. The camp was pro- tected on all sides by trenches and rifle-pits, all still intact. The walls of every building are loopholed. There aI' three banks of rifle- pits, and at the strategically weak points they are doubled. Considerable military skill is shown in the manner in which the camp is entrenched, and it would have been ..o light tas- to capture it in the face of determiasj man. I have also inspected to-day the old camp of the desert column of 1885 at Gubat, where Stewart's little force withstood the fierce onslaughts of the Dervishes. An officer who fought his wa> across the desert from Korti with the column accompanied me, and, gazing upon the sad scene, re-called the incidents of the fight. The trenches constructed around the improvised fort, within the shelter of which General Stewart lay dying, are still to be seen, and all round are the graves of the British sol- diers who fell in the battle. My companion was able to point out the tall palm tree which they used to climbs in the hope—never realised —of seeing Gordon's steamers coming down the Nile from Khartoum to join them, with their hero safe and sound. The whole district, once a perfect garden, is now uncultivated and deso- late. The rapid advance of the two British brigades has apparently decided many of the wavering tribesmen. They are coming in and proffering sendee against the Dervishes in con- siderable numbers. A curious fact has been noted on the march, viII., that the men most used to the sun have been the first to feel the effect of the extreme heat. A CHAT WITH MAHMUD [CENTRAL NEWS SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] WADY HALFa. Augast 11. With some difficulty I yesterday obtained permission to see the Khalifa's captured general. Mahmud. One or two officers went with me. We entered the fortified gate of the prison at about half-past five in 1he afternoon. Th' court-yard was filled with men in chains. nearly all murderers and sentenced to life- long imprisonment. They were mostly Soudanese. Crossing the yard, we entered a narrow passage, and proceeded until we reached a doorway where there stood a sentry with loaded rifle. At a call from the prison official a. thin white figure hurriedly rose from a cell beyond the sentry, and walked quickly in front of us into the court-yard. Here he turned round, and, looking us straight in the face, laughed quite pleasantly. At first glance Mahmud, for it was he, strikes one favour- ably. He has the mouth of a negro, but the forehead, eyes. and nose are those of the Arab, though his nostrils are broad like those of the black. In height h<* stands nearly 6ft.. and he is unchained. Whea he frowns there comes across his face such an expression of ferocity as If have rarely seen. The same expression may be observed on caged and dangerous beasts. His figure is supple, and he walks j like a King, going with his head thrown back and with easy. bold strides. His hanus are small, with long pointed nails on his fingers. The latter are thin and strong, but his hands are not those of a race used to work. He wears the white turban of the Emirs, whilst upon his feet are red Turkish slippers with nointed toes. There was no cringing about him. He looked us fully in the eye as he answered every question, and one could recog- nise in him a born fighter. It was difficult to realise that this man was guilty of the fearful atrocities that had been allotted to his charge. But there is no doubt that inhuman cruelty and unbridled lust are his leading characteristics. To lop off the limbs of a prisoner and expose him to the sun to die was only sport to Mahmud, and to tie wild cats to the clothing of an enemy seemed to him the only way of obtaining his revenge. To watch a mother's agony as her babe was brutally murdered before her eyes was another of.. his pleasurable excitements. And this was the man who came forward and smilingly saluted us in the prison yard. One of our number, who had the misfortune to suffer imprison- ment in South Africa during troublous and not long distant times, told Mahmud that he had a great deal better prison quarters than the speaker had in Johannesburg. Mahmud: "What! Have you been in prison, too, and in time of war with your enemies?" Then he looked admiringly at the officer in question, and for a moment looked as though he would compare experiences with the whilom Transvaal prisoner. Then he turned round and said, "I have learned something since Atbara." Mahmud next asked the oiMcer. "Did you think Atbara a good fight?" "No, not particularly. Did you?" Mahmud: "I should think not. I was not prepared. We were disagreed and disorganised. It was no fight at all. You wait and see what you will get at Omdurman." "Your people are very foolish. You will all be killed. Why not submit npw, and save the slaughter?" „ Mahmud Some people—your people—love life. We don't care for life. Death seems better to us." (This was evidently swagger.) "Will the Khalifa's men fty?" Mahmud: Fly? Whither can they fly? They will have no homes. Where can they rest?" "How many men has the Khalifa got?" Mahmud: "In the great mosque at Omdur- man at prayers there are 47 rows of fighting men, and in each row there is 1,500. The South African: "Those who pray much don't always fight much." When this was translated to Mahmud it was easy to see that he disliked the reference. Although possessed of the most vicious pas- sions, and acting frequently as a ferocious beast, Mahmud can bear no disrespectful allu- sion to his religion. Nearly the whole of his life has been spent at Omdurman, and he used to attend the mosque daily five times. Then the prison officials sent for Mohamed Zain, the Emir of Abu Hamed, who was cup- tured at the fighting at that place. He moved with grace and dignity, and looked at us with the bold gaze of the fighter. He was proud and self-contained. He has had some luxuries allowed him beyond ehe ordinary prison fare, and occasionally his wives are permitted to visit him. Both En irs were interested at the idea of being photographed, posing quite natu- rally, and laughing all the time they were being taken.

The Margam Murder. o ô STRANGE CONDUCT OF THE CONVICT. The South Wales Daily Post" says:—"The conduct of Joseph Lewis after his doom was pronounced by Mr. Justice Wills on Wednes- day, August 10, may be attributed to insanity or to the sheer bravado of a perfectly reckless man, but in any event it has been singular in the extreme. Fresh from the so.eijin scene in the Nisi Prius Court, he was cheerful and plea- sant. He continued so during the days that followed, one day dancing a jig in the cell, which could be plainly heard outside, and bursting out into song. Inmates of the cells near that where Lewis lives day and night, with a couple of warders, have heard him more than once singing, 'Yr Eneth ga'dd ei gwrthod' ('The Rejected Maiden'), a love ballad not generally known except in the rural parts of Wa-es. He seemed to talk incessantly. 'Well, they've done for poor Joe Lewis: he said, soon after the trial; 'I did think once on the second day that I might get off, and one thought came to my mind. I know what I shall do—go straight to Mr. Howells, borrow 10s., and get back home at once. Then, if I can get the money, I'll be out to South Africa in a jiff, and begin life over again. But—with a smile and a shrug—it's a fine Sciith Africa 1'.1 get now.' On other occa- sions he has discussed quite freely the murder itself. 'Those tecs,' he said, 'would never have found me out if only I had held my tongue, but when I told Griffiths I thought it was to a friend I was talking. Why, those fools of 'tecs pass the missing coat and boots every day, and can't find them.' He has promised a friend that the public shall hear more about the crime some day, something that will surprise everybody. His impending fate on the gallows does not appear to cause him the slightest concern. 'Give me a bit of 'bacca!' he told one man, 'and then you'll be able to brag that you gave it to Joe Lewis, who was hanged in Swan- sea Gaol. That'll be something for you.' FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE CONDEMNED MAN'S INSANITY. To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir,—Knowing' that your columns are always open in the cause of justice, I will thank you to insert the following in your valuable paper at an early date. I have known Joseph Lewis for many years, and, as I was so friendly with him in his boyhood, I visited him in his cell in the Swansea Prison before his trial, and as soon as he saw me coming he commenced to lang-h heartily, which would hardly be the act of a sane man, knowing the terrible position in which he was placed, on meeting one of the associations of his happy boyhood. I sincerely hope that the extreme sentence will be remitted, as, should it be carried out, I have no doubt whatever but that an insane man will have been hung.—Thanking you for the way in which you have interested yourself in this case. I am, &c., D. JONES RICHARDS. Nantybask Farm, Llanegwad.

NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. MEETING OF THE CARDIFF AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY. The inaugura' meeting in connection with the Cardiff and District Choral Society was held on Tuesday evening at the Town-hall (Crown Court), by kind permission of his wor- ship the mayor, anû there was a good attend- ance representative of the various musical leaders of the town. Councillor Edward Thomas, J.P. ("Cochfarf"), was voted to the chair, and commenced the proceedings by reading the circular convening the meeting, and commenting upon the desira- bility of Cardiff being represented in the chief choral competition at the National Eisteddfod to be held in the town next year. He felt that it was not merely the duty of the' inhabitants of Cardiff themselves to spare no effort by way of promoting the interests of the National Eisteddfod and securing its success, but that upon the singers of the town especially the dutj»devolved of popularising the competitions. He believed that little difficulty would be ex- perienced in raising a choir worthy of the metropolis of Wales, and the excellent attend- ance that evening was a good augury for the success of what was being aimed at. He trusted that there would be no Jack of harmony on the part of the singers of the town in forming what, ought to become the premier choir in Wales. (Cheers.) Several gentlemen present having spoken enthusiastically of the movement, Mr. T. Lovell proposed:—"That, this meeting pledges itself to do everything in its power to organise a thoroughly representative choir in Cardiff to compete for the premier prize at the National Eisteddfod. 1899, to be held at Cardiff'—Mr. IV. Williams, Cowbridge-road, seconded, and the resolution was carried unanimously.— Mr. Joseph E. Deacon then proposed: "That Mr. D. C. Davies be requested to accept the con- ductorship of the choir. In submitting the proposition Mr. Deacon spoke in the highest terms of praise of the abilities and experience of Mr. D. C. Davies, who had with his old Cardiff choir given admirable performances of a number of the great oratorios, including Gounod s Redemption" and "Mors et Vita." Dvorak s Spectre s Bride," Mackenzie's Rose of Sharon." besides many works of Handel, Mendelssohn, and Haydn. Mr. Deacon was glad to know that Mr. Davies was returning to Cardiff, and that there was a prospect of his services being given again to the town of Cardiff. (Cheers.i — Mr. Samuel Hosgood seconded, and several gentlemen supported the resolution, which was carried with enthusiasm. —Mr. D. C. Davies arrived at tho Town-hall at a later stage and accepted the post of con- ductor conditionally upon his receiving general support, of which he was assured.—Mr. William Harris, F.R.G.S., was unanimously requested to accept the chairmanship of the general committee; and Mr. F. S. Turner, 39, Tudor- road, was appointed secretary pro tem.—It was decided to advertise in the local press, and to summon the first meeting of the choir towards the end of September.—The meeting of the general committee was then adjourned for a. fortnight.

RECTORSHIP OF PRESTEIGNE. The Rev. H. L. Kewley, who for the past four years has been curate of Presteigne, has been appointed rector of the parish. The living is of the value of about £1,300 per annum, and is in the gift of the Rev. E. Fowle, of Falfield Lodge, Weston-super-Mare.

In the article on the important development about to take place in the tinhouse depart- ment of the Castle Works, Llanelly, which appeared in our issue of the 20th inst. it was stated that the patent tinning machines which are to be put down in the works mentioned are known by the name of the inventor. Mr. Thomas, of Lydney. This we find is inaccurate. as the new machine is called the "Wyndham Thomas patent tinning machine." and was invented by Mr. Wyndham Thongs, of the I Abercarn Tin-plate Company (Li^viteu), Mon- mouthshire. which company has also f" interest in the new labour-savins: auparatu/f

In the Courts. NOTES AND NEWS OF THE SEAMY SIDE, CARDIFF. Mr. Rhys Williams, B.L., of the South Wales Circuit, sou of his Honour Judge Gwilym Wil- liams, on Wednesday took his seat for the first time in the first court, in place of the stipen- diary (Mr. T. W. Lewis), who is in illheulth, and is staying quietly at home, Gileston Manor, near Cowbridge, for rest and change. Mr. Edward Thomas ("Cochfarf") was also on the bench with the stipendiary's deputy. COOK'S LOSS. John Donoghue, 28, fireman, was charged on remand with stealing an American silver watch, a black silver guard, and watch-key, value in all jBl, from the person of John Thomas, in Bute-street, on the 20th of August. He was further charged with using personal violence towards the prosecutor. Prosecutor is a young Welshman, a, cook on the schooner Elizabeth and Jane, lying in the West Dock.—Police- constable Handcock on the night in question came across prosecutor, who was holding pri- soner by the coat. and complained that another man had run away with his watch and chain. Police-constable Handcock at the last hearing gave evidence to the effect that, upon the prcsecutor's information he took Donoghue into custody, and charged him at the police-station, where he said he knew nothing about it. The officer now said he had failed to find the watch or the other man.—Prosecutor told the court that he was standing in Bute-street, outside a public-house, when prisoner and another man came up. They entered into a conversation, ani invited him to have a drink. He declined, being an abstainer, and then they asked him if he had any money, and he said, "No," Prisoner snatched his watch away, and handed it to. the other man. who made off. Prisoner, who had been in trouble several times pre- viously, was committed for trial at the assizes. assizes., DOCTOR'S GREENHOUSE ROBBED. Albert Kingdom, 26, was charged With break- ing into Dr. Hier Evans's greenhouse, at the back of 80, Richmond-road, and stealing certain growing plants and pots on the 23rd inst.—Upon the evidence of Police-constable Snook and the doctor's gardener, prisoner was committed fof a month. PONTYPRIDD. THE DENTISTS' ACT. At Pontypridd Petty-sessions on Wednesday (before Mr. Stipendiary Williams and other magistrates). Mr. C. R. Charles, dentist, Ponty- pridd, was summoned for a breach of the Dentists' Act. At the previous court Mr. Charles was summoned for using the word "Dentist." implying that he was so registered under the above Act. and the case was dis- missed. Mr. W. P. Nicholas, solicitor, Ponty- pridd (of the firm of Walter Morgan, Bruce. and Co.). prosecuted on behalf of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Dental Association, iiiui Mr. W. R. Davies, solicitor, Pontypridd, defended. In opening the case, Mr. Nicholas explained tha'. the present summons did not say anything about "implication," but the defendant was simply charged with having on the 20th of July last made use of the word dentist. The third section of the Act provided that, after th? 1st of August, 1879, a person shall not be entitled to use the name of a dentist alone, or in combination with other words, or dental practitioner, unless he was registered under the Act. He contended that use of the word "Dentist" constituted an offence within that section. He did not know whether Mr. Davies would again put forward tHe defence that Mr. harles possessed a diploma from an American university, but even that would be no answer to the charge. It was the duty of the defendant to get himself registered if he did possess such a diploma. Since the proceedings had been instituted the letters "U.S.A." had been inter- posed with the letters "D.D,S." but he under- stood that since last week the words dentist and the letters "U.S.A." and "D.D.S." had all disappeared. Replying to the stipendiary. Mr. Nicholas and Mr. Davies said they had found out that the defendant was not a competent witness. The Stipendiary remarked that the question wa-s if he had been registered. Mr. Davies said he did not sniggest that the defendant was registered under the Act, and contended that there was no offence disclosed in the summons. The third section stated that not only must the word "dentist" be ,used, but must be taken and used as implying that he had been registered under the Act, not that he had been practising without being regis- tered, but for nsing name to imply regis- tration. He argued that the summons did not disclose any off2nce. The Stipendiary: We think it does. :Mr. Davies: In that case I ask your wor- ships to state a case. The Stipendiary replied that it would be better for Mr. Davies to apply to the proper court, and not give him the trouble of doing so. The Bench fined the defendant the sum of £5, ALLEGED WOUNDING. At Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesday (before Mr. J. Ignatius Williams, Stipendiary. Dr. R. C. Hunter, and Councillor Gowan) Emily Bates, a single woman, was charged with wounding Elizabeth George, another young woman.—George appeared in the witness-box with her head bandaged up. At first she was unwilling to give evidence, but afterwards did so. She.atated that on Saturday night she went with the prisoner for a walk. When near the com- mon lodging-house, Coedpenrnaen, they met two young men, who had two bottles, of whisky, which they (the prisoner and the pro- secutor) drank a good deal of. The prisoner became quarrelsome, and struck her. Other blows followed, and the prisoner then struck her on the side of the head with a bottle and a piece of shute, William Evans, a engine-driver, said he saw the prisoner strike George across the head with a piece of shute. Dr. Evans, assistant with Dr. R. C. Hunter, said the prosecutrix was brought to him she was bleeding profusely from three wound" on the left side of the head. There were also several scratches on the same side of the face from which she was suffering. The head .bad been very properly bandaged uii before he saw .1. Mr. Porcher (magistrates' clerk); Could such injuries be caused by a blow from a bottle or a piece of shute? Witness; Yes. The Stipendiary: I suppose that if those wounds had not been attended to the woman would have bled to death. Witness: The wounds would have bled verv freely. The Stipendiary: It had been treated before you got there? Superintendent Cole: Yes, sir. by Police-ser- geant Evans, who is an ambulance man. The Stipendiary: Here is an instance which shows the, advantage of it. He may have pos- sibly saved this woman's Jife. We don't know. Police-sergeant Evans deposed to be called to Foundry-place, Coedpenmaen, where he saw Elizabeth George being held un bv two women. She bled promusely from wounds on the head, and witness im- mediately sent for a doctor, and. in the meantime bandaged the woman's head to stop the bleeding. When he arrested the prisoner she quarreled with two other women, to whom she said. have done it. and it is your mouth has given me away." The prisoner became abusive, and it was with great difficulty that she was taken to the central police station. When charged with the offence at the police- station, she said. She (the complainant) has notchargedmewithwoundinghervet." The prisoner was then committed to take her trial at the next quarter sessions. She was further charged with assaulting Police-constable Niclioll and doing wiful damage to windows in the cell she was confined in at the po ice-station Police-constable Nicholl deposed that in assist- ing Police-sergeant Evans to convey the pri- soner to the station she kicked him several times. Police-inspector Evans said the prisoner had broken twenty panes of glass in the cell, which would cos 10s. to re,p,ace. For assaulting the police the prisoner was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, and was fined 15s. for breaking the windows. MOUNTAIN ASH. TRESPASSSNG ON THE RALWAY. At Mountain Ash Police-court on Wednesday (before Mr. W. M. North, stipendiary; Dr. R. W. Jones, Mr. Morgan Morgan, and Mr. John Powell), six boys, named Thomas John Rees, Robert Griffiths, Thomas Sulivan. James O'Brien, George Peters, and Evan Jones, were summoned for trespassing on the Taff Vale Railway between Matthewstown and Penrhiw- ceiber. Mr. Edwards, the company's detective, conducted the case. tt was stated by Mr. Car- penter. the stationmaster at Penrliiwceiber, that considerable trouble was experienced with boys going upon the line, and he mentioned that on two occasions recently trains had had to be stopped to avoid some of them being run over. The defendants were fined 3s. each, in- cluding costs. A VIOLENT THIEF. John Mothey was charged with stealing a bottle of whisky, the property of Mr. Isaac George, proprietor of the Tynte Hotel. Mat- thewstown. He was further charged with being drunk and disorderly and with assault- ing Police-constable Chinn whilst in the execu- tion of his duty. The conduct of the prisoner after his arrest was stated to have been of a most violent character, and the officer was obliged to use his staff. There were 24 pre- vious conyktions recorded against the prisoner, who was committed for a month with hard labour. COAL TEALING. Richard Gardner and Hugh Lewis were fined 10s. each for stealing coal, the property of Nixon's Navigation Colliery Company, both defendants having been caught coming from the direction of the boilers at the Deefi Duffrvn Pit.

An Actress's Career. CHAT WITH MISS AMY MCNEILL. Anyone might feel some doubt about fixing up Miss Amy McNeill's nationality. "My father was a Scotsman," she told one of our represen- tatives; "my mother was Irish; I was born in New Zealand, and was educated for some time at a school at Suresness!" Leaving the ques- tion there, we come to the fact that Miss McNeill is now playing the leading lady at the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, iu the great historical drama, "A Royal Divorce. "What led you to the stage?" the interviewer asked. "1 can hardly te.1," was Miss McNeill's reply, "except that I always had a liking for the work. I tried several other things, and could not get on with them. Then I took to acting, and have continued at it." "And do you like it?" "Yes. I am very happy and contented. We have a good play, and I have a good part; our company are a very nice lot of people, and the management is good, so that I have nothing to complain about. Besides, we get the whole day off, and the evening wOrli, when we get, successful times, is always very pleasant." "But how did you become an actress?" "ell, at first I joined an amateur company, all without my parents' knowledge. They used to wonder why it was that I did not go home until so late at night, until one day it all came out. Some time afterwards I answered an advertisement in one of the London papers, and was engaged to go on tour with a company. It turned out to be one oft those—what we call bogus affairs. I stayed with them for some time, playing in all sorts of places, but got next to no money from them, and at the end had to find my way home as best I could. In fact, if it had not been for the help that my parents gave me I don't know what I should have done," "You gained some experience?" "Experience! I had to play all sorts of parts, from old women to boys and young men; and the worst of it was, I had no wardrobe. We were all alike, but the manager's wife had a huge basket, out of which she seemed to be able to supply us all with costumes for what- ever was to be played. Of course, we went through a lot of pieces." "And had to trust to luck a good deal?" "Frequently, and it was all such fun to me then. I remember once we had to play 'Maria Martin,' and I was told to take the part of the old grandmother. All the books were lost, and very few cf the company knew their lines, so the manager told us what we had to talk about. I was told that I had to go on and say the best I could, and someone else was instructed to get me off somehow or other if I failed. My story when I went on first was that I had had a dream, in which I saw my daughter murdered, I got through that all right, but did not know, what to do next, and before I could realise what had happened I was bundled off, andj they would not allow me on again that even- ing. Every now and then we would go to a place for a week, play two or three nights, and then go down to find the hall in darkness— because the gas bill was not paid. Frequently! we opened the hall, and found that only a few- people came in, so the manager paid them back their money, and we had no performance." "Then you went into serious business?" "Exactly, and my first engagement was at the Islington Grand, where I played in the 'New Babylon Since then I have been very fortunate in being cast for leading parts. I have played at the Surrey, Drury Lane, the Strand (with Frank Les.ic). the Olympic, with Patty Rosa (at the Jodrell, usually known as the Novelty), and with Mrs. Langtry; at the Lyric, Hammer- smith (where we stayed for two years and a half a StOc1i company), as weil as on tour," "What did you think of Mrs. Langtry?" "I was with her for three tours and two London seasons, and understudied licr. She was a very charming woman when she liked, but very hard to please oil the stage. She worked very hard, and I learned a great deal under her management." "Some people think that she did not work?"j "I assure you that she did. She took a great deal of trouble with and gave a lot of thought to her work. As one proof. she engaged a French actor to train her in gesture alone, and I had the benefit of his teaching." "With regard to the stock company, do you agree with the system?" "It is a splendid school for youngsters who need to be knocked into shape, ><omething to sharpen them up and take away their nervous- ness, But for older actors it is not good, For one thing, we get no time for thinking out the parts that we have to play or to invent bus.- ness. At Hammersmith, for instance, we had 35 weeks' run each year, which means that during the time I was there I had to get up nearly 100 parts." "Some people think the stock company system would follow the State-aided or muni- cipal-aided theatre?" "I cannot say, of course; but we must remem- ber that in France, for instance, where they have the State aid, and give a great deal of attention to training people as actors, only the best are allowed to go on. If anyone is no good they tell them so, and weed them out. They look at it in France as a serious busi- ness; our people are more matter of fact." ness; our people are more matter of fact."

CLUB PROSECUTIONS AT PENAKTH. THE ALBERT CLUB'S APPEAL WITHDRAWN. Arthur Barnett and Nora Barnett. steward and stewardess of the Albert Club, 81, Mauglian- street, Penarth, were charged with selling beer without a licence on the 14th inst.—Mr. J. H. Jones, who appeared for the prosecution, said that this club had been proceeded against a fortnight ago, and the male defendant was fined £50 and costs. An appeal was entered against the decision of the bench, and now this appeal was to be withdrawn if the present case was not proceeded with.—The Bench agreed to the second summons being withdrawn on the defendant paying costs. THE COGAN CLUB COMPANY. A number of summonses were also heard in connection with the Cogan Club Company, Harriett-street, Cogan, several of the directors being charged with aiding and abetting William Bernard M'Guggan to sell intoxicating liquors on the 10th of July. The first case heard was that, against the secretary. William Hodge.— Police-consta ble Thomas, in answer to a" ques. tion by Mr. J. H, Jones, said defendant's resig. nation was accepted on the 4th of July, though the defendant continued to enter up the book till the day previous to the raid.—Mr. Carr said this case ought no have been brought into court.—The Bench dismissed the case. The cases against Charles W. Owen, Robert Cum- mings, and Robert Smith, which were identical, were also dismissed.

TO-DAY'S MARKETS. BUTTER. Cork, Wednesday.—Primest, 75s per cwt.; prime. 70s; firsts, 74s: seconds, 70s; thirds, 69s; fourths, 64s. Mild-cured: Choicest, 87s; choice, 71s; superfine. 85s: fine, 70s. Choicest boxes, 83s; choice boxes, 77s. Fresh butter, 81s to 71s. In market: 340 firkins, 177 mild, 13 boxes. PROVISIONS. London. Wednesday.—Butter trade slow— Freisland, 86s to 94s; Normandy. 86, to 100s; Danish, 9Js to 98s. Cheese in' fair demand- Cheddar, 56s to 62s; American, 37s to 38s; Canadian, 39s to 41s; Dutch-Edam, 48s to 50s; Dutch Gouda, 42s to 47s. Bacon market weak -Irish, 58s to 66s; Danish, 42s to 63s. Blad. dered lard unchanged at 46s to 56s. Grimsby, Wednesday.—Forty steamers and eight smacks brought good supplies; moderate demand. Quotations:—Soles, Is 6d; turbot, lOd; brills, 8d; lobsters, Is 6d; grilse, Is 7d per lb.: plaice. 4s to 5s; lemons, 7s: whitches, 5s: live halibut, 7s 6d; dead ditto, 5s to 63 6d per stone; live ling, 4s; dea ditto, 2s to 3s; live cod, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; dead ditto, 2s 6d to' 3s; live slfate, 2s to 4s; dead ditto. Is to 2s each; live coalfish, 18s; dead ditto, 14s per score; kit haddocks, 15s per box. Hull, Wednesday.—There was a good supply, but slow demand. Quotations: -Roles, 26s 6d turbot, lis; brill. 58 9d; lemon soles, 4s: hali- but, 5s 8d: plaice, 3 s lOd; whitches, 3s ld: dabs. Is lOd; cod, Is 8d; gurnet. b; finnies, Is lOd; whitings, Is 8d; large haddocks, lid: middle haddocks, 9d; small haddocks, 8d; salmon, Is 7d per lb. SUGAR. Glasgow, Wednesday. The official report says: The marker was firmer, and a good busi- ness was done at full prices to a slight advance. The private report says: A large bysiness was done at full prices to an occa- sional advance. I

Much opposition is being offered to the con- test between Jim Corbett and M'Coy, which takes place in the vicinity of Buffalo, on a date not later than the 1st of October, but Governor Black has declared that he will take no action in the matter should application be made, because he would not care to anticipate that the local authorities would permit the laws to be broken. The local authorities, it may be mentioned, are pleased, rather than anything else, that the contest should take place. r To-day's Cricket. SURREY V. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. DECISIVE VICTORY FOR GLOUCESTER- SHIRE. When play ceased at Clifton on Tuesday night Gloucestershire, set 133 to win, had scored two runs without loss. In dull weather Troup and Brown went on with the Gloucestershire task on Wednesday morning. Lockwood and Richardson started the bowling, but at nine the former gave way to Brockwell. The score was quicyy raised to 29, when Brown was caught at the wicket. Champain went in first wicket down, and started witli three 4's through the slips. Troup, who played with confidence, made some good strokes, including a four to leg. The 50 was reached in thirty-five minutes, and three runs later Hayes and Hayward took up the bowling. The score was raised to 86. when Champain was caught at cover-point, and Sewell was bowled. The second wicket added 57. Grace, sea., was caught in the slips at 97. Townsend left at 117. and then Jessop went in and quickly hit off the remaining run?. The game was all over at ten minutes to two, Gloucestershire gaining a handsome victory by five wickets. Complete scores :— SURREY.—First inninsis. Abel, st Board, b Townsend 0 Brockwell, c Sewell, b Jessop 4 Holland, c Sewell, b Jessop 12 Lockwood, b Townsend 15 Hayward, c Sewell, b Townsend 13 Jephson, b Grace, sen 32 Haye?, b Brown 10 b Brown Braund, b Brown 13 Crawford, c and b Townsend 0 Wood, not out 11 Richardson, c Richardson, b Townsend 9 Extras. 1 Total 120 SURREY.—Second innings. Abel. st Board, b Townsend 19 Brockwell, c Board, b Townsend 17 Holland, b Brown 0 Hayward, run out 7 Jephson, c and b Jessop 40 Haye" c Sewell, b Brown 5 Lockwood. c Board, b Townsend 8 Braund, b Brown 28 Crawford, not out Wood, c Chdmpain, b Brown 15 Richardson, c Grace, sen., b Town- send 17 Extras 12 Total 216 GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—First innings. Grace, b Richardson 27 Troun, c Hayward, b Lockwood 8 Sewell. c Brockwell, b Lockwood 8 Champain. b Lockwood 1 Jessop, b Richardson 3 Rice, b Lockwood 3 Townsend, c Richardson, b Hayward 68 Brown, b Brockwell 30 Grace, jun., b Lockwood 13 Richardson, c Abel, b Lockwood 4 Board, not out 31 Extras. J Total 199 GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—Second innings. Brown, c Wood, b Brockwell 15 Troup, not out 46 Champain. c, Jephson, b Richardson 30 Sewell. b Richardson 0 G. Grace, c Braund, b Brockwell 8 Townsend, c Abel, b Hayward 11 Jessop, not out 19 Extras o Total (for five wickets) 138 YORKSHIRE V. SUSSEX. Lovely weather favoured the final stage of this game at Brighton on Wednesday morning, but the attendance was smaller than on the nrevious days. On Tuesday. against Yorkshire's total of 428. Sussex made 311, after which the visitors scored twelve without loss. So on Wednesday morning they were 129 run, on, with all their wickets to fall. Haigh (9) and Hunter (3) were opposed by Tate and Bland. Both left at 14, but Brown and Tunnicliffe soon settled down and played finely. Bland lwiiiq severely mnished. The 50 went up when the innins-s had lasted 55 minutes. and at 58 Parris relieved Bland, and Brown left at 61. Tunnicliffe showed to excellent advantage, and Jackson stayed about twenty miuut-es before being bowled bv Biand, who also beat Milligan, half the side being out for 90. Soon after this Bland had to retire owing to an injured knee. Score:- YORKSHIRE.—First innings. Brown, c and b Humphreys 150 Tunnicliffe, st Butt. b Humphreys. 41 Jackson, c Butt, b Killick 50 Denton, c Parris, b Bland 24 Smith, b Bland 6 Wilson, b Killick 7 Miiligan, not out a Lord Hawke. c Latham, b Humphreys 35 Rhodes, b Killick 20 Haigh, b Parris 45 Hunter not out 29 Extras 15 Total 428 YORKSHIRE —Second innings. Haigh. c Humphreys, b Tate 11 Hunter, b Blan-.i 3 Brown, c Butt, b Parris 28 Tunnicliffe, not out 63 Jackson, b Bland 9 Milligan, b Bland 2 Wilson, b Tate b Denton. not out of Extras. 4 Total (for six wickets' 141 SUSSEX.—First innings. Fry, not out 179 Latham, c Haigh, b Rhodes 7 Murdoch, c Smith, b Wilson 25 C. L. A. Smith, c Hunter, b Wilson 1 New ham b Haigh 6 Killick, c Hunter, b Wilson 19 Parris, b Milligan 35 Butt, 1 b w, b Brown 5 Tate, b Milligan 3 Bland, run out. 19 Humphreys, c Wilson, b Rhodes.. 4 Extras 8 Total 311 KENT V, ESSEX. The game was resumed at Tonbridge on Wednesday morning in beautiful weather. Essex had all the worst o< the game on Tuesday, for, with only three wickets left, they were only 71 runs ahead. On Wednesday morning two more wickets quicltlv fe! but Young and Bull put on 38 for the last partnership, and Kent were left with 120 to make to win. Bradley took four wickets for 70 run-. and Martin three for 72. The wicket played much better than on either of the previous days. I'ent made a fine start to get their run- uld in forty minutes Burnup and Alec Hearne pvt on 50 runs. Burnup was then caught at mid-off. Patterson and Hearne played carefully, and by luncheon-time the score was 79 for one wicket. Score:- KENT.—First inninars. Burnup, c Turner, b Bull 0 I Patterson, st Russell, b Mead 49 Hearne, c Owen, b Bull 51 Mason, e Turn-?. b Mead 59 Day. b Mead 12 Rashleigh, b Mead 4 Martin, c and b Bull 9 Weigall, b Bull 15 Huish, b Mead 4 Wright, not out 36 Bradley, b Mead 17 Extras. 25 Total 281 KENT.—Second innings. Burnup, c M'Gahey, b Bull 25 Hearne, not out 30 Patterson, not out 14 Extras 10 Total (for one wicket) 79 ESSEX.-First innings. Owen, c Bradley b Martin 0 Bull, c Mason. b Hearne 7 Carpenter, c Huish. b Hearne 6 Perrin, b Martin 10 M'Gahey. b Mason 31 Turner, b Bradley 11 Fane, c Bradley, b Mason 4 Russell, e Huish, b Bradley 9 Kortriglit. b Martin 42 Mead, c and b Bradley 0 Young. not out 3 Extras 12 Total 135 ESSEX.—Second innings. Owen, c Huish, b Bradley 6 Kortright, b Mason 23 Carpenter, c Hearne. b Martin. 103 Perrin, c Hearne, b Martin 19 M'Gahey. b Wright 11 Turner, c Huish. b Martin 32 Fane, c Huish, h Bradley.- 12 Russell, b Bradley 5 Bull, c Weigall, b Hearne 27 Mead, b Bradley i. 0 Young, not out 16 Extras 11 Total 263 LEICESTERSHIRE V. WARWICKSHTRE. Play was resumed at Leicester on Wednesday in dull weather before a small attendance of spectators. On Tuesday, it will be remem- bered. Warwickshire had established a lead of 100 runs in the first innings, and Leicestershire had lost two wickets for 60 runs. so that the home county were still 40 runs in arrear. Wood (not out, 25) and Marriott (not out. 141 resumed the batting to the bowling of Dickens and Santali, but. with only one run added. Marriott was clean bowled. Coe ieft at the same total. Hnlf the side v ^re out for 91. De Trafford and Cobley wiped off the deficiency, but at 108 Cobley was bowled. Geeson and De Trafford put on runs more freely. Score: — LEICESTERSHIRE.—First innings. Wood, c Liliey, b Dickens 61 Knight, c Diver, b Whitehead 10 Brown. c Liliey. b Whitehead 5 Marriott, c Liliey, b Whitehead 3 Coe b Dickens 8 De Trafford, c Dickens, b Whitehead 9 Agar, 1 b w, b Dickens 0 Cobley. c Santali, b Dickens. 15 Geeson, rur> out 32 Stacks, b Kinneir l2 Whiteside. nr»t out 0 Extras 1 Total 156 LEICESTER-SHIRE —Second innings. Knight, c Whitehead, b Dickens 0 Wood, c Santali. b Whitehead 35 Brcwn. c Whitehead, b Dickens 11 Marriott, b SantaIl 15 Coe. b Santali 0 De Trafford, not out 89 Cobley, b Santali 2 Geeson, b Santali 1*. 32 Agar, c Glover, b Dickens 0 ¡ Stocks, not out 11 Extras 21 Total (for eight wieketsL. 216 W A R WICKS HI RE.—Fi rst i nn ii igs. William Quaife. c StocKS, b Geeson 39 Devey, c and b Geeson 4 Diver, c Cog. b Geeson 2 Kinneir, h w, b Agar 59 Liliey, c Knight, b Geeson 3 Loveitt, b Stocks 16 Glover. run out 7 11. R. Parkes, b Agar 1 Santali, not out 52 Whitehead, b Agar 24 Dickens, c De Trafford, h Geeson 35 .Extras. Total 266

DaifyRacingCompetition Again a iarge number of our readers have tried their skill in our racing competition, and yesterday the amount received in entrance fees reached £1 16s. 6d. The races selected, with the exception of that won by Auto Car, resulted" in victories for outsiders. oD-y two coupons giving Marthus. and about a dozen Imperio. There were but two competitors who predicted two winners on the same coupon, and they, therefore, divide the prize, taking 18s. 3d. each. Their names are:- Mr. C. WILLIAMS. 45, Tudor Road. Cardiff. Mr. J. MILLER. 18. Bute Terace. Cardiff. The races for to-day's competition, together with a coupon, will be found on Page 4.

TO-DAT'S RACING YORK MEETING. Stewards: The Marquess of Zetland, the Earl of Durham. Lord Hastings, the Earl of Hare- wood. the Right Hon. James Lowther. M.P., i the Hon F. W. Lambton. the Hon. H. W. Fitz- w illiam. and R. C. Vyner, Esq. Stakeholders and Keepers of the Match '3ook: Messrs. Weatherby and Sons. Starter: Mr. A. Coventry. Clerk of the Scales: Mr W. C. Manning. Judge: Mr W. J. Ford, Nottingham Handi- j capper: Mr R. Ord. Clerk of the Course: Mr. Miles I'Anson. | 4 —The WELTER HANDICAP of 5 J sovs each, with 100 added; winners extra. Six furlongs. Lord Durham's Dubuque, 3vrs, 9st 111b Rickaby 1 Mr Coehrane's Backhamton. 6yrs, 9:,t lib Allsopp 2 Mr Baird's Grasse, 3yrs, 8st lib Madden 3 Mr Snarrvs' Lilypink, 3yrs, 7st 71b H Luke 0 Mr Eccles's Archangel. 4yrs, lOst 21b Weldon Mr Alexander's Bob White, 5yrs, 9st 121b At Cannon 0 Lord Carnarvon's Riff Raff, 4yrs, 9st .Finlay 0 Mr Clayton's Boy of Egremond. 5yrs, 8st 131b Colling 0 Mr Hardy's Privado, 4yrs. S-.t Uib .Fagau 0 Mr Pickering's Necromantic, 3yrs, 8st 6Ib Trundley 0 Mr Vyner's Serapion. oyrs, 8st 61b .Black 0 Mr Cassel's Grassmarket, 3yrs, 8st 21b S Loates 0 Winner trained by P Peck. Betting—7 to 2 agst- Grasse. 4 to 1 agst Dubuque. 8 to 1 agst Boy of Egemond. 10 to 1 agst Bob White, 100 to 8 each ag'st Beck- hampton, Privado. and Necromantic, and 100 to 6 agst any other. Beckhampton showed the way to Grasse, Grassmarket, and Dubuque, to below the dis- tance. where Dubucxue drew to the front, fol- lowed by Beckhampton, and got the better of an interesting finish by a neck; four lengths away Grasse was third. Bob White was fourth. Riff Raff fifth, Necromantic sixth. Grassmarket seventh. Archangel eighth, and Serapion and Privado the last two. (Race started at 1,581. iy —The ROUS STAKES of 5 sovs each, md mm" with 100 added, for two year olds; colts 9st. fillies and geldings 8st lllb; winner to be sold for 200 sovs. New T.Y.C. (five fur- longs, straight). Mr J Miller's Galsara, 85t 41b Halsey 1 Lord Crewe's Oremau. 8st 71b .M Cannon 2 Mr Combe's Petrona filly, 8st 5lb .Rickaby 3 Mr Blake's Ethel filly. 8st 41b O Madden 0 Mr Greens' Lady Napsbi'.ry filly, 8st 41b 1": Cannon 0 Mr .1 Hope's Lady Adelaide filly, 3st 4ib F Finlay 0 Mr Phillips's Ecoutez colt. 8st 71b Robinson 0 Mr Ridley's Old Sarum. 8st 71h G Bell 0 Mr Maclachlan's Annarel. 8st 71b T Loates 0 Winner trained by Halsey. Betting—7 to 4 agst Ethel filly. 5 to 1 agst Orineau, 6 to 1 agst Galsara, 7 to 1 agst Old Sarum, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Galsara in the centre jumped off in front of Ecoutez colt and Ethel fillv, with Ormeau heading the others, and this order was main- tained until below the distance, when Ormeau took second place. However, he could never rearh Galsara, WJlO won easily by two lengths; half a length between the second and third. Ethel filly was fourth. Lady Nsvpsbury fifth, OldSaruin sixth, and Ecoutez colt la-t. (Race started at 2.27). í.) —The GREAT EBOR HANDICAP »« -•/ PLATE of 1000 sovs; winners extra. One mile and three-quarters. Sir J Miller's Invincible II., 3yrs. 7st 51b Madden 1 Mr Plummer's Carnatum. 4yrs, 7st 101b Harrison 2 Mr Houldsworth's Locarno, 3yrs, 7st 71b K Cannon 3 Major Fenwick's Barford, 5yrs, 9st Allsopp 0 Mr Torterolo's Cartouche III., aged. 7st 101b Torterolo 0 Mr Jersey's Dancing Wave. 4yrs, 7st 9Ib C Wood 0 Mr Hardy's Bonny Winkfield, 3yrs, 7st lib Purkiss 0 Winner trained by Blackwell. Betting—100 to 30 ae-st Invincible II.. 7 to 2 agst Barford. 11 to 2 agst Dancing Wave, 100 to 15 agst Carnatum, 7 to 1 agst Cartouche III.. 100 to 14 agst Locarno, and 100 to 12 agst Bonny Winkfield.

"SPORTSMAN" AUTHENTIC STARTING PRICES. YORK MEETING. Horse. Jockey. Sportsman. WELTER HANDICAP (12). Dubuque (Rickaby) 4 to 1 ag ROUS STAKES (9,. Galsara (Halsey) 6 to 1 ag GHEAT EBOR HANDICAP (7). Invincible II. (Madden) 100 to 30 ag The above prices are identical with those pub- lished in the "Racing Calendar."

ACCEPTANCES. DERBY MEETING. PEVERIL OF THE PEAK STAKES. Lady Ernie. Saint Noel, Sabine Queen, Grasp, Chinook. Kopeley, Cartuche IH,, Bride- groom II.. St. la, Neish, King of Thebes, and Chon Kina. The weights have been raised 121b. DEVONSHIRE NURSERY HANDICAP. 'I Yv-ild Irishman, Deuce of a Daisy. Musetta, Fifeshire, Fairyfield, Carlin. Bonian, DorianJ Stage Villain, Caiman, Pink Pearl filly. Futteh- pore, Mazeppa, Mittimus. Lorellzaeeio. Sapphire Stolen Love. Chaffinch. Politesse. Misunder- stood, Velieda colt. Dracena, La Uruguay a, Patching, Orontes II. filly, Efficient, and Red Riding Hood filly. CHATSWORTH STAKES. Le Samaritan. Amphidamas, Eileen Aigas, Jiffy II., Roughside, Cartouche III., Ultimatum, Athenais, Nikko, and Midsummer.

OFFICIAL SCR AT CHIN G S. The "Sportsman" has been officially informed by Messrs. Weatherby of the following scratch- ings: — August Selling Handicap, Hurst Park— Cccano. Duke of York Stakes, York—Warfield. Derby engagements—Unseen. Htrewood Handicap. Hurst Park—Cliviger. Stewards' Handicap, Hurst Park—Crooksberry llaiubc.in. lii.rst Park—Kenwyn. All engagements—Filly foal -by Macheath— Chcaiu ¡de:d.

YORK MEETING. PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW (THURS- DAY). —The CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE '11' ZOO son'; lowest weight not to be under 7st; winners extra; winner to be sold for 100 sovs. One mile. —The STAND STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for two year olds and upwards; weight for age: mares and geldings allowed 31b; winner to be sold for 200 eovs: allowances accumulative. New T.Y.C. (five furlongs, straight). -The HAREWOOD HANDICAP STAKES of 15 sovs e'eh, with 500 added: winners extra. Six furlongs, straight, Mr D Seymour's Suppliant, 5yrs, 9st 101b Lord Stanley's Melange. 5yrs, 9st 51b Lord Durham's Hellebore. 4yrs, 9st 21b Mr D Seymour's Sjirdar. 4yrs, 8st 121b Mr Vyner's Sardis, 6yrs. 8st 91b Mr Leopold de Rothschild's Fosco. 5yrs, 8st 91b Mr E Meily's Bewitchment, 4yrs, 8st 3ib Mr Theobald's Ardeshir, 4yrs, 8st 3lb Air W Taylor Sharpe's Norah Sandys, 5yrs, 8st 21b aSir J Blundell Maple's Forcett. 4yrs, 7st 121b Mr R A Harper's Mack,_4yrs, 7st 101b aLord Durhamjs Lupin. 3yrs. 7st 81b Lord Ellesmere's Fortalice. 4yrs. 7st 21b Mr C J Cunningham's Amberite, 5yrs. 7st 21b aLord Carnarvon's Riff Raff, 4yrs. 7st 21b Mr A Eccles's Loyal Favourite, 3yrs, 7st 21b Mr F Alexander's Mandorla. Syrs, 7st 21b Sir R W Griffith's King of Thebes. Syrs, 7st 21b Mr C Perkins's Jenny IIowlet colt, 3vrs, 7st lib Mr C Hibbert's Mack Briggs, 5yrs,*7st lib Lord Rosebery's Ebb. 3yrs. 7st Mr R H Combe's Bianca. 3yrs. 6st 331b Mr W Sanderson's Purse, 4yrs, 6st 91b Mr W Sanderson's Cutler, 3yrs, 6st 81b Air Wallace Johnstone's Sir Francis Drake, 3yrs, 6st 71b -The GIMCRACK STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 500 added, for two year olds; colts 8st 121b, fillies 8»t 91b; winners extra; maidens allowed 51b. Six furl ongs, straight. aMr F Alexander's Wolf's Hope, 9st SIb Lord Dunraven's Desmond. 9st 51b Lord Dunraven's Morgante, 9st 51b Mr H M'Calmont's ■Hougoumont, 9st 51b Capt Macheil's Simonside, 9st 51b Mr Vyne,s« Cockcrow, Sst 51b Lord Decies's All Scarlet, 9st 31b Lord Decics's Queen's Message. 9st 31b aLord Kesteven's Ionia colt, 9st 31b aLord Kesteven's Ionia colt, 9st 31b Mr Wallace's Queen Fairy, 9st 21b Lord Rosebery's Peterero, 9st lib Mr L de Rothschild's Erimurus. 9st lib Mr J A Miller's Innocence. 9st lib aMr Jas. Joicey's Loendai, 9-t aMr F Alexander's Quassia, 9st I Mr F Alexander's Solemnis, 8st- 71b Mr G Blackwell's Camotop, Sst 71b Mr H B Boardnian's Disarmed, 8st 71b Lord Carnarvon's Dunsmere, 8st 7]b Mr N C Cockburn's Hartsholnie, S't 71b Mr It Devereux's Ga.lopin Lassie, 8st 7tb Mr Dobell's Tyndall, 8st 71b Mr J L Dugdale's Seafrot, 8st 71b .w- Lord Durham's Polycrates, Sst 71b Mr C J F Fawcett's Evius. 8st 71b Major Fenwick's Father Tom, 8st 7lb Mr W I'Anson s Ben "Morgan, Sst 71b Mr W I'Anson'u The Watcher, 8st 71b Mr D j Jardine's Heartsease colt, 8st 71b Mr R W B JanJine's Rose Noble, 8st 71b Mr W M Johnstone's Invermeath. 8st 71b aMr Jas Joicey's Ramelton Lassie colt, 8st 71b Mr W T Jones's Berida. 8st 71b Mr J Lowther's Patrick's Ball, 8st 71b aMr J Lowther's Ohief Warder, 8st 71b Capt Machell.s Lorme. 8st 71b Mr W R Marshall's Revelry colt, 8st 71b Lord Penrhyn's Cologne colt, 8st 71b Mr .1 Porter's Culverin, 8st 71b Mr Bruce Seton's Nibster, 8st 71b Mr J Tait. jun's Queen's Newsman. 8st 71b Mr Yyner's Glory Hole, 8st 71b '» Mr Wilson's Maid Marian colt. 8st 71b Mr J Abercrombie's Molly Darling, 8st 41b aMr E Clayton's Euphrasia. 8st 41b aMr H W Cooper's Sorcery. 8st 41b aMr E Foster's Marceline. 8st 41b Si R Waldie Griffith's Therese II., 8st 41b Mr J G Baird Hay's Rosemount. 8st 41b Mr T W Hornby's Lively Ladv. 8st 41b Mr J H Houldsworth's Multrue, 8st 41b Mr J H Houldsworth's Otterden. 8st 41b Sir W Ingram's Feverfew, 85t 41b Mr I'An"on's Apple Charlotte, 8st 41b Mr J l owther's Dressing Bell. 8st 41b aMr J Lowther's Reverend Mother, 8st 41b Mr J Lowther's St Barabra, 8st 41b Mr J Lowther's Sweetie, 8st 41b Mr J Lowther's Quaker's Wife, 8st 41b Mr H V Long's Miss Fitz, 8st 41b Mr Vyner's Marshalsea, 8st 41b aMr Vyner's Marcionite. 8st 41b Mr Reid AA'alker's Grass Moor. 8st 41b Mr Dobell's Lady Annvne, 8st 41b -The GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKE) of 1000 sovs, for three year olds colts Sst 121b, fillies and geldings 8st 91b; win ners extra; maidens allowed 51b. One milt and three-quarters, over the Old Course. Capt Fife's Airs and Graces. 9st 9lb aDuke of Westminster's Batt. 9st 71b Mr J H Houldsworth's Greenan, 9st 41b Duke of AVestminster's Ameer, 9st 4lb aMr J H Houldsworth's Lorcarno, 9st 41b Mr Jas Joicey's Queen of the Brine, 9st llb aSir J Miller's Galashiels, 9st lib aMr E C Clayton's Boy of Egremond, 8st 121b Mr Vyner's Docetist, 8st 121b Mr Vyner's Serapion. 8.t 121b Sir J Miller's Santhia, 8st 121 b Mr J C Sullivan's Winkfield's Dower. 8st 121b Mr John Cadman's Queen Bonby gelding, 8st. 91lJ Mr H Straker's Hartforth, 8st 91b Sir R Affleck's Derncleugh. 8st 71b aMr Douglas Baird's Brio, 8st 71b Mr R Botterill's Scuttle, 8st 7lb Mr R Botterill's Lowland Maid colt, 8st 71b Mr P Buchanan's Rockend, Sst 711) Mr John Coates's Reredos. 3st 71b Mr John Coates's Whitewave. 8st 71b Mr J Hope's Lord Hope, 8st 71b Mr AVallace Johnstone's Angus, 8st 71b Mr F W Lambton's Misprison, 8st 7Ib M R Lebaud.v's Lord Danvers. 8st 71b Mr R A Oswald's St Evox. 8st 71b Mr R A Oswald's Cynosurus, 8st 71b Lord Scarborough's Cube, ast 71b Lord Scarborough's Barry, 8st 71b Mr Russell Swanwick's Campliion. 8st 71b Mr A Taylor's Passez Avant. 8st 71b Lord Zetland's Red King, 8st 71 b Mr R Bctterill's Merryglen. 8st 4lb Captain Fife,s Myrto, 8st 41b Mr R C Harrison's Scantity. 8st 41b Mi J Lowther's Hagiolite, 8st 41b Mr John Osborne's Buoyant, 8st 41b Mr H Straker's Sylvestris, 88t 4lb Lord Zetland's La Fortune. 8st 41b —The LOWTHER PLATE Chand cap) of 200 sovs; winners extr One mile. Sir J Blundell Maple's King Hampton. 5yrs, 9sl Mr D Seymour's Sapling, 6yrs, 8st lllb aLord Carnarvon's Cyrenian. 4yrs, 8st 101b aMr W E Oakelev's Peace and Plenty, 3yrs, 8st 71b Sir J Miller's Santhia, oyrs, 8st 41b Lord Rosebery's Tom Cringle. 3yrs. 8st 21b Mr 1' Buchanan s Easthorpe, 5yrs, 8st Mr G Maclachlan's Martha III., Syrs, 7st t31b aMr C H Hannam's Secret Service, 5yrs, 7st 131b Mr A Jolland's Kendal Maid, 3yrs, 7st 121b aMr G Mactarhtan's Marthus, 3yrs, 7st lllb Mr G Davey's Romany Jack. 3yrs, 7st lllb aLord Ellesmere's Hedge, 3yrs, 7st 71b Mr J Martin's Main Point, 3yrs, 7st fib Mr T Leader's Sir Hew, 3vrs. 7st 51b (j —The MAIDEN PLATE of 103 sovs, for maiden two year olds and up- wards: weight for age. Six furlongs. Mr Wallace Johnstone's Sir Francis Drake, 3yrs. 8st 121b Mr J Law's Sheepish, 3yrs, 8st 121b Mr J Richdale's Pass the Pickles. 3yrs. 8st 121b aMr A E Trowsdale's Adversity, Syrs. 8st 121b aMr A Bailey's Little Brownie, 2yrs, 7st Mr E Barlow's Glitters, 2yrs, 7st aMr F F Cartwright's Chief Constable, 2yrs, 74 Mr B F Driige's Morlaye colt, 2yrs, 7st Mr T Hyde's Lady Dorothy filly, 2yrs, 7st Mr AV I'Anson's Leetual, 2yrs. 7st Mr IN-A Jarvis's Meisene, 2yrs. 7st aMr A Knowies's St Frida filiy, 2yw, 7st Mr F Lynliam's Pentre gelding, 2yrs, 7st Mr J Rutherford's Calisto. 2yrs, 7st aMr AN- Tavlor Sharpe's Frankie, 2yr«. 7st Mr E W Tinsley's Forcemeat, 2yrs, 7st

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