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LOCAIj & DISTRICT. MOBEISTON. CALFARIA BAPTIST CHAPBL.Last Saturday evening; a very successful entertainment was held at Calfaria We!sh Baptist Chapel, under the presidency or Mr. Tlios. Hill. There was a crowded gathering. Capital songs and 50:03 were rendered by Misses Hannah James, Elizabeth vans, Mrs. M. J. Thomas, and Mr. John Davies. organist; recitations by Mr. David Evans. Wychtree; Robert Thomas, David Evans, Banweil-street; Miss Mary A. Evans and a dialogue between J. Davies and R. Thomas. Then the well-known drama" Die Shon Dafydd was performed by 24 members of the chapel in good style, and Mr. J. Thomas sang Hen Wiad fy Nhadan."

A WELL-DESERVED H0N0UB. & ISAAC PITMAN, OF PHONO- GRAPHIC FAME, KNIGHTED, This (Tuesday) morning Mr. Isaac Pitman, of Bath, the veteran shorthand writer a.nd inventor of phonography, received a letter from Lord Rose- bery, saying the Queen had knighted him. -The row knight is over 81 years of age, and possesses deeidediy advanced views on the advantages of vegetarianism. His first treatise on shorthand appeared in 1837, and the system was renamed "Phonography: or Writirg by Sound," in 1S40, which name it still bears.

TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. -(> THE FIEST YOLUNTEER. The Queen has offered a knighthood to Dr. J. C. Buokniil, F.R.S.O., Bournemouth, father of Mr. Buekniil, Q.C., M.P., for the Epsom Division, in recognition 0: his services in the Volunteer movement, Dr. Buekniil being regarded as the originator of it in this country. Dr. Bucknill is in his 78th year,and yet enjoys excellent health. MR. GLADSTONE'S EYESIGHT. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone will reach Lord Rondel's London residence to-morrow (Wednes- day). and will remain at. least a month. No date has yet been fixed for the operation upon one of the ex-Premier s eyes: but it will take place shortly. HONOURING A STURDY LIBERAL. A Bath correspondent telegraphs that Alderman J. Mureh, who his been seven times mayor of this city, and is 84 years of age this (Tuesday) morning, received a letter from lord Rosebery stating that the Queen had conferred upon him I tho honour of knighthood. Alderman Murch, who has been identified with every public move- ment in Bath for many years is to-morrow (Wed- nesday) to be presented by his fellow-citizens with his portrait, lninted by Mr. Solomon. A RUNAWAY BANK CLERK. Lawrence Wright, empioyed by Messrs. Rankin, cork merchants, was sentenced at Glasgow to-day (Tuesday) to six months' imprisonment for em- bezzlement. He was sent to a bank to deposit money, and decamped with £ £ 00, but was caught at Ardrossan after squandering £ 100. FIFE MINE-OWNERS AND THE IMPENDING REDUCTION. The Fife miners' officials have abandoned the idea of a conference with the owners on the wages question, the masters having intimated that while willing to confer they ca.nnot withdraw or modify the 12i per cent. reduction to take effect next week. LORD COLERIDGE PROGRESSING. Lord Coleridge is progressing favourably but slowly to-day (Tuesday). GENERA MEBWAY. The Lords of the Admiralty have decided to expend JE20,000 at once in deepening the channel of the Medway, so au to facilitate the passage of the largest ironclads to and from Chatham. KILLED ON THE LINE. Three men named Conroy, Larken, and Cusidy were yesterday run over and killed by a train at Blantyre, Scotland.

A TERRIBLE FALL. J.1,4 An inquest was held yesterday on the bodv of George Ray Gould, 14, son of Edward Blackburn, of St. Bees Lighthouse. The boy met with a ter- rible death the previous evening. He and two sisters went for a walk on the cliffs towards St. Bees village, and about five hundred yards from the lighthouse he was trying to reach some sea- gulls' egg*, when he slipped, and fell over the cliffs, a distance of about 300 feet. A fisherman found the lad's body on the rocks below. Part of his skull was gone, his back, shoulders, and one leg were broken. The body was carried to the lighthouse to await the inquest. The tide was out at the time, othewise the body would probably, have been washed out to sea, as the tide runs out very strong from this spot, a.1..b.

SARASATE ON THE VIOLIN. The great Spanish violinist has been talking about himself to a Writer in the "Musical News," who was anxious to know what" hygienic measures" Ser.or Sarasate took to husband his strength. Witb such matters he netver concerned himself, was the reply. 1-1 drink beer like a German, smoke cigarettes like a Spaniard, and find myself nono the worse. I am nearly fifty years of age, yet never felt my hand steadier on the finger-board than now. Of course I get very tired sometimes I am tired not; for instance, having played at tiro corcerts this week, but a little rest soon put» mo right again. Fortunately I ean gleep when travelling at night, and it is sleep which mini- mises the fatigue more than anythuig. I practice very little, except when studying new pieces. It 1. c ;riou8 how in that respect artists differ. Take pianists, for instance, Saint-Saens, who played his own concerto at the Philharmonic on the occasion of hill last visit here, had not practised for twelve months, having been too much absorbed in com. tiohition; yet how magnifientlcy he played, with what dignity, ease, and unerring technique. M. Paderewski studies for seven or eight hours daily, so as to keep his fingers lissome. There Bis the secret. I believe my hand is lissome because the bones are sninll, and rehearsals and concerts are almost enough practice for me. Now, large finger joints must require more movement to keep them flexible. As I said before. I nsver felt my hand more certain than now. Formerly I had always an hour's practice before playing in public, but now I do not even need that." Answering the question cs to his ideal violinist, Sarasate aaid" Without hes.i.Lion I reply Henri W ieuiawski. Ho waf equally perfect in all the styles, in classical romantic, or virtuoso music. I run proud to be- loig to his f:4iool of playing, the Latin schr)()1 the school 'sliich insists above all on the vioiin. Heing r.vado to sing. W< play without undue pres- sure of the bow on the string, with the violi" held in fro.r,, not hnuged by the left cheek, nor scra]>vj by the beard, with the head up and the wrist freey aiid so the tone comes freely, naturally, easily." HOW SAVAGES HUNT. In the"'pursuit of game the savage is a master of the art of deception. Deerstalking among the Dogrib Indians is managed by a skilful counterfeit of "the animal. Two hunt-era walk together, the man behind with bent body, the one in front carry- ing a stag's head. The legs of the men serve vw Y well for the fore and hind legs of the animal. b this way the hunters ge-s simost in the midst of a jiard of deer before these KJ-e aware of danger. The "ostrich is hunted in a s.imilar way by the bushmen of South Africa; and the Eskimos sometimes come to olose quarters with seals by dressing themselves in sealskins and dexterously mimicking the style of swimming and "Hopping" so characteristc of the animal. The Indians of th! Central Plains (North America) get airxmgst a herd of bison by _«:>vering their bodies with the skin of the prairie wolf: whilst, by the Hottentots, the buffalo has himself been trained to hunt, being guided by a string attached to his horn, the hunter meanwhile crouch- ing behind him. In Australia the natives bring th £ wallaby cr young kangaroo within the range of the spear by suspending a small bird's skin and feathers from the end of a. long rod and imitating the bud's cry. The artfulness of the Australian is also si-own by his methcd of taking waterfowl. The coa-st people are usually excellent swimmers, and they will got amougt't a flock of ducks by swimming long distances under water and breathing through a mcd. or they wiU merely cover the head with weed -and swim, without causing a ripple, until tney at' within r(-xn!L of the birds, which the? quietly pull iieaer one by one without giving alarm to the rest of «fie tiock. This latter is perhaps the aimplcst form duck-hunting, and seems to have been noticed in <er parts of the world.—"Chaaa* t.GTs's JaurijaJ

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EXECUTION. 1) THE~MUKD ER "OF A PARAMOUlt JEALOUSY AND DRINK. THE MANCHESTER CRIMINAL PAYS THE PENALTY. John Langford, a foreman baker, was executed at Walton Gaol this (Tuesday) morning for the murder of Elizabeth Stevens, with whom he was cohabiting. Langford was a married man with a family, but separated from his wife. He was very jealous of Stevens, with whom he had lived for three years, and they fraquently quarrelled, both being addicted to drink. On the day of the tragedy Langford found Stevens drinking in a public- house, and struck her in Ihe face. She ran away and he followed, overtook her, and stabbed her in the breast with a clasp knife, afterwards cutting his own throat. Both were taken to the hospita', where the woman died in a few hours, Langford recovering. At the trial the jury found prisoner guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The petition was forwarded to the Home Secre- tary, but he declined to interfere. Since his con- demnation Langford has been visited by his three children and some personal friends, and has expressed great penitence for the crime. Billington was the executioner. Reporters were not admitted to the -goal, but were informed that everything had passed off in a most satisfactory manner.

III8S: THE F-A.TAL GLOVE I;I.Gi!T. PRISONERS SENT FOR TRIAL. Eleven persons were committed for trial at Aberdare to-day (Tuesday) charged with being Z, concerned in the glove fight in which David Rees was killed.

THITMUKDERNEAR J-ONDON^ THE ASSASSIN INSANE. The man Davies, charged on his own confession with the murder of Mr. Wells on Barnes Common, was brought before the magistrates this (Tuesday) morning. Davies, while under remand, was medically examined, and the prison doctor to-day certified that he was insane, and he was handed over to his father with instructions to see that he j w»^i properly looked after. While in prison Davies wrote to the magistrates declaring his confession was a lie from beginning to end. His name was, 10t Walsh, he did not commit the murder, he did not know the murdered man, and was not a bookmaker. Why he fabri- cated such "abominable lies" he did not know except that he was temporarily insane.

BABES IN GAOL. PRECOCIOUS YOUNGSTERS. A remarkable escape from prison on the part of two children named Violet and Samuel Todd, aged eleven and nine respectively, has taken place at Peterborough. Ihiy were placed in the gaol on remand, charged with stealing money from a school, and on Saturday were missed from the exercise yard. It appears that they got through an unglazed window Z*1 into the Quarter Sessions Court, which is under- going alteration, and so effected their escape. The police searched the district, and on Monday the children were ap rehended in a field near the river. In the meantime they had broken into and ransacked one of the town schools, taking away a number of articles of small value in a basket. Previous to their first apprehension they slept two nights in a bacon box, taking sacks from a factory to cover them. The boy has already been convicted of stealing a watch and chain.

TRAPPING THE NIHILISTS. A POLICE RUSE. The Russian police had for a long time held suspicions of a number of persons living in a lodging-house in St. Petersburg. They kept a fire constantly burning, so that whenever the police made a raid they had time to get rid of any in- criminating printed matter by shutting the door on the staircase and throwing all the papers into the flames. General Wahl, the prefect of police, conceived the idea of laying a trap for the printers by secreting a body of police under the staircase this week, and then sending the fire brigade with their horses and engines to the house. The sudden arrival of the brigade during the night so alarmed the clan- destine workers that they imprudently opened the outer door of their apartments in the belief that the premises were en fire. This was the moment awaited by the police, who rushed in just in time to suateh from the flames the fragments of the revolutionary pamphlets which the woman, in whose name the rooms were rented, was in the act. of placing on the fire. Six persons in all were arrested.

ACTION AGAINST MR. GEO. NEVNES. 0. ALLEGED LIBEL ON MR. H. S. FOSTER. In the Queen's Bench to-day (Tuesday), Mr. Harry Seymour Foster, M.P., sued Mr. George Newnes, proprietor of the Westminster Gazette, for damages for alleged libel. The defence put forward is that the statement complained of was true in substance and fact. Mr. Lockwoo), who appeared for plaintiff, said the action was brought in respeot of an attack on his client in the West- minster Gazette in reference to his connection with the trustees of the Industrial Corporation, of which Mr, Foster was managing director. Mr. Lockwood said plaintiff, together with I)r. Clark, M.P. and other gentlemen i became associated with the London and Colonial Finance Corporation, which was, in turn; ormed into a trustee industrial corporation, of which Mr. Foster was appointed managing director, at £ 400 per annum, with, ordinary direc tor's fees and fifteen per cent, on net profit. The I Jominion of Canada Breweries Company was floated by the Finance Corporation, but failed to acquire three breweries sought after, whereupon j the Finance Corporation agreed to pur- ] chase them, and floated the Ontario Breweries Company with a capital of £ 200,000. Plaintiff proposed to take £ 50,000 worth of debenture bonds, and his Corporation took and paid for £40,000 worth. Tha balance of £ 10,000 was set out in the balance-sheet as un- realised security. It was not treated as profit, and plaintiff did not receive one halfpenny commission. Mr. Murray, a shareholder, asked for and obtained a committee of enquiry. He also asked plaintiff to procure a loan, and but for Mr. Foster's refusal, the false and defamatory report of the committee would probably have been published. Defendant puMished the report, though it was marked private and confi- dential." Further, the committee wao appointed and reported that 'here was no justification for any imputation on the honour and good faith of any member of the Board of Directors. The libel imputed dishonourable and dishonest conduct to plaintiff, hence the present action. Evidence for plaintiff was then called. [Proceedinr. ]

PITH AND POINT. The Westminster Coantv Court Judge to-day (Tuesday) ordered Mr. J. F. Sheridan to pay £ 5 per week in respect of a debt due to Miss Hall, judgment for which was originally obtained in America. Defendant alleged that he held Mis? Hall's receipt for the money, and that the original judgment was obtained by fraud. According to the evidence debtor receives £ 75 weekly from an engagement at the Lyric, but he declared the salary was a joint one, and was practically swal- lowed by creditors. c

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMOKS. WESTMINSTER, Tuesday. The House of Commons met at three o'clock to- day. A NEW ESTATE DUTY. Sic NVu. courr, rephing to Sir G. Baden Powell, said he had received a memorial from the Council of the Royal Colonial Institute in reference to the proposed levying of the new estate duty on property situated out of the United -7 Kingdom, and he had received another memorial which took absolutely the opposite viow, and which e read to tha House amlti laughter.

-a SHOCKING FATALITY AT MERTHYR. A LAD KILLED. At Merthyr, last (Monday) night, a Mr. Perkins was carrying a gun, v.hich accident illy exploded, and k;lled Wiiiiam Phillips, a boy.

THE AMERICAN TARIFF BILL. THE END IN SIGHT. The Democratic Senators in charge of the Tariff Bill say that the end of the struggle is now in sigbt; that they have the votes necessary to pass it, and that they expect that the i evenues from the new tariff law will begin to fow into the Treasury at the opening of the .1ew fiscal year on July 1st. The Republicans admit that it will be impossible to defeat the Bill, and it is now thought that it will become law early in June. The who'e country is so clamorous for action that the Senate dare not delay much iongcr

THE LIBEKAJOPi SMASH. CLAIMS ON THE ESTATE. In the Queen's Bench to-day (Tuesday) counsel made application to Justice Williams in the matter of the Liberator Building Socie y now being wound-up in the court of Commissioner Kerr. He stated that there were five claims against Henry Wright, the late solicitor to the company. Three of tue claims, amounting to nearly £ ii0.000, were allowed, but two claims were disallowed by Commissioner Kerr, and it was now sought to appeal against this decision before the Divisional Court of which (appellants and re- spondent, arc not dissenting) Justice Williams should form a member. Justice Williams said he had no objection, but suggested that an appeal should be heard in the ordinary course. Counsel agreed to take steps with this object, but remarked that the parties desired that the appeal should he I heard by Justice Williams if possible.

TIE CORK CARD CASE. THE UP. Mr. Justice O'Brien commenced the summing up this (Tuesday) morning in the great Cork card scandal, stating that the p aintiff was at prei ent engaged upon an issue which involved, not his life, but his life of honour, and all a man could hold dear-fortune, fame, family, and all that could adorn a distinguished station and domestic happiness. He had to defend himself against a charge overwhelming infamy, a charge of such a nature as to poison tke stream of human happiness upwards and downwards alike, a charge of infamy bowing the honourad head of age to the grave with humiliation and sorrow, and stamping into the blood of his innecent children an indelible taint that charity could never take out. The jury would have great difficulty in determining the question before them, owing to the difference in the evidence as regards the foul play imputed to the plaintiff. The Judge then proceeded to review the evi- dence in detail, criticising the action of the parties who had witnessed the alleged cheating, and refrained from protesting at the tiiUe. He said his natural feeling and tendency would have been to'come out from the unhealthy air ef espionage and suspicion into the open air of straight- forward and manly conduct like a manly English soldier. Capt. Horfiblow, who had been examined, [Proceeding. ]

40.- WOULD-BE M.P/S DIVORCE. EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS. In the Divorce Division to-day (Tuesday) Mrs. Whitaker Dunhill sought a judicial separation from her husband, Mr. Wm. Henry Carter Dunhill, of Newstead Hall, Yorkshire, and at one time Parliamentary candidate for one of the divisions of Yorkshire, because of his alleged adultery with Baroness Jeannie Grericks. The adultery was denied, and respondent put in an alternative plea of connivance, and urged that petitioner was a woman of violent habits, and had refused him conjugal rights. Petitioner said they made the acquaintance of the Baroness at the Hotel Metropole, London, in 1890, and she and the Baroness became as sisters. She and her husband were married in 1881, and there were two children of the marriage. Petitioner had no suspicion until 1892 when her husband said he was obliged to visit Goole, in Yorkshire. She found, however, that he had gono to Monte Carlo, and stirting thence at once, found Mr. Dunhill and the baroness lunch- ing together at a Monte Carlo restaurant. Her husband .and the Baroness subsequently lived cogether at various places. Cross-examuicd, petitioner den'ed that she had not cohabited with her husband since 1888. She went to America in 1889,but l.er husband did not objeet, She did not know when she introduced the Baroness to Mr. Dunhill that that lady's husband was seeking a divorce, 'I he Baroness had bad breakfast in Mr. Dunhill's room at Newstead while she was abed. Petitioner, however, was also in the room. She did not frequently express a wish that the Baroness should kiss her husband; neither had she told the Baroness she might stay in Mr. Dun bill's room all night. hill's room all night. The Baroness had slept a t the petitioner's house since the proceedings com- menced. Petitioner sent for her to tell her that if she would give up Mr. Dunhill she would abandon proceedings. The Baroness promised faithfully to give up Mr. Dunhill, but the latter joined the Baroness the same night. Petitioner denied tell- ing the Baroness she disliked her husband, and that she took the divorce proceedings to worry him, and run him into expense. Her husband settled £ 10,0?0 upon her at marriage. Mr. Kiscu, who appeared for the Baroness, said ahe denied the adultery. Evidence was called to show that Mr. Dunhill and the Baroness lived as Mr. and Mrs. Dickson at Nice. and that Mr. Dunhill had lived at tha Baroness's house in London a considerable time.. Mr. Bingham, opening the case for the defence, said ordinary relations hied not existed between the petitioner and the^respondent since 1888. Mr. Dunhill, the respondent, deposed that h's wife had refused cohabitation since 1888. His wife had repeatedly asked the Baroness to kiss him. and this occurred also whan he was confined to bed with' a bal leg. It was an almost daily occurrence. c The case was adjourned. I

STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS. THE LONDON CAB STRIKE. The strike of London cabmen continues to-day (Tuesday). The London Labour Conciliation and Arbitration Board have offered their services with a view to the adjustment of the matters in dispute, and have written to the men's Union a jd masters' Association on the subject. Arrangements are being made by the Union for a deputation to wait upon various members of Parliament at the House of Commons to-morrow (Wednesday) with a view to ventilating the grievances of the cabmen. CABMEN FINED FOR INTIMIDATING. At the Westminster Pouee-cour;, to-day (Tues- day), two cabdrivers were indicted for grossly in- timidating drivers plying for hire, and were each fined £ 10 or six weeks imprisonment. The magis- trate said that in future there would be no fine for gueh cases,

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MR. JOHN MORLEY AT NEW- CASTLE. The Chief Secretary for Ireland addressed his constituents at Newcastle last (Monday) night in a masterly speech, in tie course or which he clean exhaustively with all the measures which the Gov- ernment has introduced—Registration, Evicted Tenants, the Fiuflnce Bill, etc.except one—the Welsh Church Bill: and his re orenee to this was a lesson in the art of how to talk an 1 say nothing. There were, he said, many of them to whom it was a matter of the deepest conviction that to associate a particular spiritual faith and a particular organised church with the civil and secular State, to instil that church so favoured upon a throne of specia: privi- lege in return for the acceptance of Parliamentary and political bonds, was not a eain, but a hindrance to moral, religious, and spiritual efficacy, and was at the same time a hindrance to the full sense of an absolutely equal citizenship in a united eommunHy. The Government were aske d to deal particularly with THE WELSH CHURcn, specially because 21 out of the 34 Welsh member's were pledged t., disestablishment, and so over- whelminga majority of tha.t kind was in the opinion of t' e Government decisive of the wishes and desiies oi the people. The Church in Wales was a small minority, and was associated with a long record of very painful national and social recollections. An aggressive ee tarian body was sing e l out by the State for the special enjoyment of what the Welsh justly regarded as the property and patrimony uf the' whole of the people of Wales. The archbishops and bishops had issued a manifesto. That manifesto was not unworthy, he was glad to recognise, in gravity and dignity of tone. He did not complain for a moment that they eared for their endowments, for privilege and for their ascendency, and they were in their right if they were so advised in lighting for all the-e things.

11 MR. T. E. ELLTS INTEIIVIEWEI), Mr. Thomas Ellis, M.P., the Liberal Whip, [ was interviewed last night with refcren ce to the position and prospects of the Welsh Disestablish- ment Bill. The hon. member says he feels assured of the sincerity of the desire of the Government to pass ihe Bill through all its stages in the House of Commons this session, and they arc certainhr not disposed so early in the year to throw any of their legislative cargo overboard or to admit prematurely that their expectations are impracti- cable. He belifcves that the second reading of the Welsh Bill will shortly be taken, and that stage would indeed b3 ALREADY EXG.iGIXG IHH ATTENTION of the House were it not for the imperative neces- sity of bringing forward a large Budget to meet the heavy liabilities pressed and undertaken by Parliament for education, naval defence, and other Imperial purposes. Interrogated with refer- ence to the complaint of the four independent members that the London Equal sation of Rates Bill and the Scotch Local Government Bill have both been interposed before the Welsh Dis- establishment Bili. Mr. kllis added that the former measure bad not yet taken up any appreci- able portion of the time of Parliament. With regard to THE SCOTCH BlLJ., it was supported by the Welsh members, and for one of their debates there was a motion standing in the name of Mr. Lloyd George that it should not only be supported, but ex- tended to Wales. However, the motion did not come on. as it was ruled out of order. It was, added Mr. Ellis, too early yet to assume that the Welsh Bill could not be carried beyond a second reading this session, but should anything arise to prevent it passing this session he had no doubt it would rank as first measure for next session, A REMARKABLE EPISTLE. One of the mouth-pieces of English Noncon- formity, the Rev. J. Guinness Rogers, writes to the London Daily News on Welsh Disestablish- ment:—Sir—As a strenuous Nonconformist, and one who carel more for Welsh Disestablishment than for any other measure in the Ministerial programme, I am anxious to support the appeal to Mr. Lloyd George and his friends in your valuable leader on Saturday. While doing this, however, I am bound to express my strong sympathy with these gentlemen in some points of their contention. I have no doubt that the Government are honestly desirous to carry out a Disestablishment policy both in Wales and Scot- land. To think otherwise would be to chargethem with political idiotcy. The manifesto of the Bishops alone is sufficient to show the fierceness of the opposition they have provoked by the intro- ducan of THE WELSH BILL. If in this action they have only been firing with blank cartridges they must be of all politicians the most besotted. But while I fully believe iti their sincerity I cannot think that they have handled the subject wisely, and yet, knowing the difficulties of the position, I am reluctant to censure. I can only say that the time spent, appa- rently to little advantage, upon the scheme for a Grand Committee for Scotch measures might have been better utilised for the second reading of the Welsh Bill. Of course, there may be reasons for the course taken unknown to outsiders, but t.hey must be very strong if they are sufficient to justify a procedure which has done much t. produce the present difficulties. It would, however, a< 1 thinK, hardly, have awakened so much suspicion but for THE UNFORTUNATE SENTENCE of the Prime Minister at Edinburgh. In my judgment it has been too severely criticised. It did not exhibit a true appreciation of the Nonconformist position, but as Lord Rosebery has reached our conclusion, though by a different path, I am not disposed to cavil. I prefer even an Erastian who will free me from a State Cbnrc'i to a professed Nonconformist, who, for some fantastic reason of his own, refuses to join in tho movement for religious equality. Mr. As^uith's speech in Be. wickshire was indeed much more disturbing as coming from one trained in Noncon- formity. There can be no doubt that both those deiiver.mces have increased the strain of a diffi- cult situation. But while saying this, I am quite UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND the aims and hopes of the independent Welsh members. I heard Mr. Lloyd George expound and defend his action in an extremely able speech at the recent meeting of the Congregational Union. I agreed with very much that he said, but I was not a point nearer to his conclusions. He seemed to me to have for- gotten an essential factor in the case. Underlying the whole a 'gument was the assumption that the Liberal party and the Government as representing them, are free to do whatever they please. Need- less to say, this is far from being the case. Their majority is small and is composite in its character. It has different sections, each of which is desirous to securc priority for its own special measure, but it is clear that if each urges its own claim without regard to tie interest of the whole, the iesult must be collapse. What gain that will bring to any but HiE COMMON ENBMY THE COMMON ENBMY I fail to see. I do not complain that the Welsh members press their demands, and I earnestly hope they will continue to do so. As I have said, I admit they have grounds of complaint, and I hold them fully justified in insisting that the question be not trifled with or unfairly postponed. But I cannot h?lp thinking that it would be a grave tactic-al blunder wero they by separating them- selves from the L beral party to bring about a Tory victory. The Government have been roughly handled of late. They are not per- fect, but they are tbe best Ministry we have any prospect of seeing in power, and their defeat would be a heavy blow and great discouragement to the cause of progress. It would assuredly be a curious way of advancing: the cause of Disestab- lishment to. get rid of a Ministry who are pledged to Disestablishment b(,th in Scotland and Wales, and who bv the Local Government Bill and Mr. Acland's courageous administration of the Education Department, have done more than is as yet perceived to shake the old domina1 ion of par- son and squire in our villages. 1 feel assured that the Welsh independent memb rs, some of whom arc personal friends, would be the last to adopt such a policy.—Yours, Malvern. J. GUINNESS ROGERS. MR. LLO STATEMENT OF.* THE CASE. Mr. E. Lloyd-George, M.P., writing to a Ponty- pridd correspondent on the question of the Welsh revolt, says:—" Many thanks for your letter. The facts seem to be grossly misrepresented by our critics down there. Our protest never had any reference ,to the introduction of the Bill. We have all along based our act on upon these three facts :—1. That Ministers have utterly refused to give us any specific pledge that they mean to press our Bill through this Session, even although the abxiQxui&vee of suck »ledg« inval**d. "s- I moning of an Autumn Session. 2. That they also declined emphatically to undertake not to give pre- cedence over our measure to any Bills except the i, Budget or Registration. 3. That in the pro- gramme of the Session they have actually given to three other Bills, besides the Budget and Regis- tration, precedence over Disestablisl ment. The mere introduction of our Bill may mean nothing. 'Scores of Government Bills have been from time to time introduced into the Houseof Commons merely t ¡ fili waste baskets. -———o

CRICKET. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v. YORKSHIRE, The above match was resumed to-day (Tues- day). The weather is still cold and dull. An innings each was completed yesterday, Cam- bridge leading by eight rune. This morning Cambridge started well, Mitchell and Douglas especially playing finely, but the latter left at 54. The sccre having reached 74, Field was bowied, and with Latham in rain came down and the players left the field for 35 minutes. Rain delayed a eta-1 after lunch till 3.30, but on resumption Mitchell made several grand strokes, being especially severe on Hunter, whom he drove six times for four. Rain drove the pla; ers to the pariiion again at 3.45. Play was resumed after twenty minutes. When Yorkshire captured both Latham and Mitchell, the latter was batting two hours, and among other hits obtained fourteen 4's. At 4.25 ram again fell. 8core:- CA1TB RIDGE. 1st Innu1p; 2nrl Innings. Douglas, c Hunter b Hirst 19 b Wainwrighr 23 Mitonsll, Ibvr, b Peel 75 b Whitehead 92 Fiekl, c Wis wright bMoorhouse 13 b Wainwright 8 Lattiam, c sub. b Wyimviight. 2 b Peel 39 N. F. Druec, c Peel b W'n'right 0 not out 5 Perkins, c sub. b Wainwright. 15 not out 3 Hearing, c Whitehr-ad b Wain- wright 1 W.Q- Ui'ucc, c TunnFcfl ffe T5P0ST Kobinson, c Wainvvi i^rht b Peel 8 Osborne, c Hunter b Hirst 1 Burroughs, not out 9 Extras 3 Extras—„ 6 Total. 155 Total ™1S6 YOKKSHlRE. 1st Innings. 2nd Inuings. Wardall, run out 16 Tunnicliffe, eMitehell b(>»born.-j 1 Brown, eX. F. Druee b Osborne 42 Wainwright, bHobin-on 11 Peel, IbiY, b Burroughs 20 Motwsev, c AV. G. Djuce b MitehoU i *r;; F. L. Woodhoad, c ltobmson b ¡" Douglas 7 Whitehead,e Osboilrw b I)ougUs 22 Hiiet, o R.'bmson 19 Hunter, not out 5 MoorIiou=e, ab<rnf 0 Er.tras 3 Extras 'JVfti! K7 Total,.

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LORD SHEFFIELD'S XI. V. SOUTH AFRICANS. The Earl of Sheffield with his well-known generosity entertained the South Africans in their opening match at Sheffield Park. The home team I started the batting to the bowline of Middleton andSeccull on a dead wicket; the seoring wag .!ow, and a bowling change was made at 28, Johnson superceding Soccull. With the seore at 40 Mills superseded Middleton. After an hour's ba.tting Went worth was clean bowled with the score at 51, of which Payne had only contributed nine, Murdoeh filled the vacancy, but the scoring was painfully slow, and at 69 Rowe superseded Mills, and at 75 Seccull resumed vico Johnson. Score:— LORD SHESflKLD'a 1st Innbigs. 2nd Innings. B. Wentworth, b Johnson- 41 A. Payne, not out. 35 Murdoch, s Halliwell b Jiowe Z1 Brann, not out 12 Extras* Extras Sfrtal (for two wickets) 109 Total. WARWICKSHIRE v. NOTTS. There was not a large attendance when this match was resumed at Birmingham to-day (Tues- day). Warwicksb re made a disastrous start, Bainbridge and Walter Quaife falling to fine balls from Attewell, while Diver was clean beaten by one of Sharpe's deliveries. After this disastrous start matters looked very dismal for Warwick- shire, but on W. G. Quaife and Law getting to- gether they put an entirely different complexion on the game; commencing carefully they gradu- ally got thoroughly set and then played excellent cricket; Quaife, in particular, made some grand cuta. After Quaiffe and Law had added 19 for the fourth wicket the former was bowled by Attewell for an invaluable innings of 58. Law and Docker were then associated and the amateur scored rapidly, but had a lot of luek being repeatedly missed in the long field. Law and Docker made another long stand, Law playing steadily and well wLile Docker scored with great rapidity from all the bowlers tried, but had a tremendous amount of luck, being missed at least five times before he bad reached his 20. The 200 was sent up without further loss at 4.15. Law's fine innings came to a close at 210, and the innings closed for 248 or 10 runs on. Seorec NOTT3. "nl 1st Innings. 2nd Innings, J. S. Robinson, c Lilley, b Whitehead 10 J. A. Dixon, b Whitehead 106 Gunn, b Whitehead 25 Flowers, c Bainbridge, b White- head 36 Dait, b Whitehead 5 I!arn.js, c Lilley, b Whitehead. 0 Attwell, b Shifton 16 Bagguley, c Lilley, b Pallett 5 Pike, not out 18 Sharpe, b Whitehead 1 Hardstaff, c Law, b Whitehead 11 Extras. 5 Extras 0 Total.238 Total. WABWICKSKIBE. Istlnntngs. 2nd Innings. W. Quaife, b AtteuelU^ 14 Bainbridge. b Attewell 7 Diver, b Sharps 3 W. G. Quiife, b Attcweil 53 Law, c Bagguley, b Kiirdst'iff 68 L. C. Docker, c "Gunn. b Barnes 70 Lilley, run out 0 Shilton, b Bame. 0 Pallett. b Birnes 10 Whitehead, not out 8 Knctton, c Daft, b Hardstaff 4 Extras. 6 Extras 0 Total 2,3 Total M.C.C. AND GROUND V. KENT. Tbis match was resumed at Lords to-day. Vartm and Walter Hearno finished off the Maryle- bone first innings in twenty minutes for :\0 addition of 14 runs. The total was 261, or 194 to the good. Kent cut up most disastrously at their second attsmpt before the bowling of Pougher and J. Hearne. In an hour and half the whole side were disposed of for £ 2, and at ten minutes to two the Marylebone Club won by an innings and 132 the Marylebone Club won by an innings and 13Z runs. Score:- KKST. 1st Innings. 2nd Inuings. Mason, b J. Heariie 26 b Pougher 8 Alec Hearne, b Pougher^ 15 retired hurt 0 Geo. Hearhe. b J. Hearne 1 b J. Heame 0 Weigali. b Poughet 1 b Pougher 13 Martin, c and I > J. Hearne. 5 c-and b J. Hearne 1 Birch, c and b J. Hearne 3 f tStor'r b J. Hearne 0 Marchant, b J. Hearne 0 c Pough'r b J He'rne 21 Taylor Jones,Si StorerbPough r 5 bj. Hearne .11 Wright, c H:iv.ke b J. Hearne 8 c Heseltine, b J. Hearne 2 Walter Hearne, not out 0 not out 6 Nuttall, c Storer bj. Iieame 0 c Da.vrW)!i b J. j, v Hearni1 0 Extras 3 Ext.ras. Total 67 Total 62 M.C.C. Stoddarv, c Taylor Jones b Heame 81 Lord Hawke, e Alarchant b W. Hearne 54 DoTrafford.c Mas .n b Wright 2S Chat tcrton. b Martin 18 Carpenter, b Wright 6 Davidsr-n, c Martin bW. Hearne i:2 E. J. Kev, c G. Hearne b MarCa 42 Pougher, b Martin 0 Storer, b Martin 0 Heseltine, b Martin 6 J. HeariK', not- out 0 Extras. 6 Extras.. Total 261 Total. BRCOKLAKDS v. BBTNMILL.—This match was played on the Recreation Gronnds on Satrrday | and ended in an easy victory for the Brooklands by 102 runs. Seore :-Brook L-L., ds, 124 for 9 wickets Brynmill, 22. AMMANFOED V. Sr. JCI>K'g,lhis match was playc I at Ammanford on Saturday last in beauti- ful weather.. Bolitho took seven wicl-ets for 18, and Gibbs two wickets for 22. S ores: Amman- ford-G. D. David sou 2, G. W. Davidson 14, — Cooke 2, D. Johns 4, W. N. Jones 0, D. Elias 1, J. Lewis 8, D. Davies 0, G. Elias 1, T. Morgan 4, D. H. Lloyd 4. extras 1, total 41. St. Judes A. Merry 5. F. Bolitho 9, W. F. Whyatt 7, A. L. Davies 1, W. Roderick 3, J. S. Davies 11, J. Prescott 1, F. Orchard 5, J. Owen 8, extras 5, total for eight wickets 60. W. C. Jenkins and A. GiiOw did not bat. j

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NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING ¡ MEETING JtiUN AT 2-0. |JMARKE r HANDICAP of 10 sovseach with ivU aaaed winners extra; teeand to receive 50 sovs „ ??" tne stakes.—One mile aad a distance, 7 lo Jir Dubai's Glwyd, 3 Finlav 1 6 11 Mr Manton's Contract, 5 'Bradford 2 8 I Lord Ellesmere's GlengaU, 4 M Cannon 3 9 0 Mr balosehm's Patrick Blue. 6 A White 0 ( Lord Stanley's Hettie Sorrel, 3 T Loates 0 J yapt Lambton's Dalzura, 3 H Toon 0 6 to b ags Contract, 9 to 2 Hettie Sorrel, 5 to eack Blue and Clwyd, ami^G toDnizura.—Hettie Sorrel cut out the work on be left Contract, with Glengall on the right in front of Clwyd, and Patrick Blue in the centre. So i e] ruaa.t0 *e ^Ush £ s whem Contract assumed tke eac, bat gave way in the Dip to Ciwyd, who won by half a kugth six lsngths separated second and third, liulzsra *.v;ui fourth, snd Patrick BtUbiast. Th? added to „ sweep- stages ol 10 sovs each, for two-year-olds; penalties and allowances.—l ive f nrlongs. 3 9 Mi Rose s c by Gulliver—Monotony.,T Leat$s 1 8 9 Mi Rose's c by Gulliver—Monotony.,T L"t;eo 1 r io ^°r'l M'Neii J Watts 2 8 r K ^etlat^d tSeaholm Allsepp 3 8 6 H Ephrussi's Komgane Finlay 0 o ? r fchcr's Koynsham J Woodbura 0 a o Lord Penrnyn's Elf f>ong G Chal.ner 0 o ™ ^a™'Jlona,s Launnda S Loates 0 8 9 Mr Houldswarth's Hazy M Cannon 0 8 951r Jacobs s Contentment A White 0 ™0:^ liludHl''s 1J°v-lck 'Bradford 0 o il Mr I Jennings's Sauteuse II W Pratt 0 > Betting 9 to 4 agst Monotony colt, 5 to 1 M'Neil, 7 1 Sauteusc II, 100 to 14 Hazy. 8 to 1 Laurinda, 10 to 1 Korri^ane, and 100 to 8 asst Contentment. Won by a length and a half half a" length separated second and third, RUN AT 3-0. The BURWELL STAKES of 10 sors each for starters with 200 adlca, for tkree-year-jids penalties and allowances. -OAL, mile. 8 11 Lord Cailogan's Ssirana M Cannon 1 i IS 10 Count Lutzow's Vitez T Loates 2 Betting 11 to 4 on Sarana, who waited on Vitcs un'il about a quarter of a mile from home, wheat she drew to the ft-ont and won easily by two lengths. RUN AT 3-30. The BREEDERS' PLATE of 500 sovs (400 sovs to the owner and 100 to tne nominator of the winner,), added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each for starters, for two-year-olds penalties and ailawances -Five furlongp. 8 9 Sir J Miller's La Saresse S Loates 1 8 12 Mr S wan wick's Diplomat Finlav 2 3 9 Lord Rindiip's Penfeathcr .Bradford 3 8 9 Mr Combe* Petriua Kickaby 0 8 6 Mr Lacey's Camparia Rumbcld i 8 9 Prince Soltykoft's Sequin G Chaloner 6 Beiting 3 to 1 on La if a/esse, 7 to 1 agst Diplomat and 10 to 1 others,—Won verv easily by two iengtht; a neck separated second and third. RUN AT <-0. A SELLING PLATB of 103 sovs, for two-yeaf-olds.— Five fur;ongli. 8 11 Mr Hammond's Livonia S Loates 1 8 11 Mr Wilson's Isande Finlay i, 8 11 Capt Lambton's Una Boat F Pratt 3 8 11 Mr Johnstone's Dutichoue AlisopD 0 y 0 !t, Nesbitt's Four Crosses.TLo&tes 0 9 11 Herr Oluf's Wild Marion A lvhits 0 8 11 Mr Sadler's f by Craftou—Merrie i^a&s e ..Rickaby D 8 11 Mr Wallace's f by Kendal—Tournurc. W Pratt 0 9 0 Mr T Jennings's Franeoise G Chaloner 0' Betting 11 to 4 agst Four Crosses, 5 to 1 Livonia, 9 to 2 each Una Boat and Wild Marion, 8 to 1 Merrie Lassie filly, and 10 to 1 otliers.-Livonla led through- out, and won clevfrly by u. neck; two lengths sepa- rated second and third. Four crosses was fourth, Merry Lassie filly fifth, Wild Marion sixth, and Pmfi- cois last. RUN AT 4-30. The SOMERVILLB STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 500 add-d, for tno-year-olds; penalties and allowances.—Five furlongs. 8 2 Mr J Cannon's Ariette T I.»ate; 1 8 2 Mr Duncan's Miss \'i Fialat 2 8 7 Mr Peck's Word of Lioneur Bradford 3 8 10 Mr T Jennings's Saateur G Chaloner 0 8 7 Mr Miller'r f by Petrarch—Tke KelT Magdalen S Loate* 0 Betting: 13 to 8 agst Arriette, 2 tj 1 Word of Hoaour, 9 to 2 Sauteur, and 10 to 1 each Miss Vi and the New Magdalen &Hy.—Won by three lengths; a head separated sacoud and ihird. RUN AT 5-0.. The VLSITOMI PLATE (a Welter Handicap) ef 150 sovs; winner* extra.. -Five furlongs. 7 10 Mr Hammond's Prince Milan, 3 T Loates 1 7 7 Prince Scltylroil's Persona. 3 J Woodbura 2 8 0 Mr Jennings's Marguerite II, 3 W Pratt 3 9 2 Baron Hirsch's Government, 3 J Watts 0 8 7 Lord Dunraven's Ha-ha, 4- Utting 0 8 4 Mr Sherwood, jun's Hawkweed, 4 .Kumbold 0 84Mr Cristo's Ccelus, 5 C Loatcp 0 7 6 Lord Eilosmere's Flaminia. 3 Kuxtable 7 b Mr Miller's Printe Hal, 3 S Loates 0 7 0 Mr J Dawson's Tennis Top, 3.Allsopp 0 Betting 9 to 2 alst Prince Hal, 11 to 2 Prince Milan, 7 to 1 each Persoua and Tennis Top, 8 to 1 Marguerite II, and 10 to 1 others.—Prince Milan made ail the running, aad won in a emter by four lengths a length and a half separated second and third. Cteluj was fourth. Government lifth, Hawkweed sixth, amA Tennis Top last. ADDITIONAL ARRIVAL. Contentment, Campania, Four Cro ses, Misa Vi, Poorbox, Profit.

LATEST SCiiATCHINGS. We have bee* officially informed this afteraoen of the following scratchings:- Payne Stakes, Newmarket—Full Steam. Bomerville Stakes. Newinurket-Isonde and Aber- deen. Newmarket Second Spring engagements—All Lord Newton's horst-'s. Welter Handicap Plate, Kompton Park—Platter. Park Plate. Kamptoa-Lady Minting. Hamilton Park engagemeats —Ali Mr Bracbin's horses. British Dominion Stages, Sandowu Park First Summer Meeting—Girdle Cake and Sily^r Hock. All engagements — Haddon, Katerfeito, Anne Boleyn (dead), and colt by Childetic—Lowland Belie. 2- yrs.

THE DJUATH OF PENSIONER. DISCOVERY OF POISON. The result of a post-mortem examination of Pen- sioner, who died Immediately after finishing third in the De Trafford Handicap at Manchester on Saturday, leaves no doubt that t.ie horso w.5s poisoned. 9

HURST PARK SUMMER VtEETING. SATURDAY, Jvi-x 14. The HURST PAKK CLUB BUMMKB HANDICAP of 2000 sovs winfers extra second to receive 100 sovs and the third 50 out of tho rdCe.-One mile. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales's Florizei II., 3 r Marsh Duke of Portland's Ami .bla, 5. G lJawson Mr Blake's Do!hos. 3 Jewitt Sir W Throckmorton's Arcano, 3 Chandler Mr Manton's Shiinr, a J Day Mr Blunton's Jauetta, 3 J Day Mr T Cannon's Melanie. 3 T Cannon, juo Col North's Lady Hermit-, 5.R Sherwood, jun Col North's Quickly Wi.se.R Sherwood, jun Lord Dnnraven!6 Ilium, 3 R Sherwood Lord Duntaven's Molly Morgan, 5 ,It Sherwood- Lord Howe's F am dale, 3 .R Sherwood Mr Low's Profit. 4 Porter C I Hey ward's Marnovia, 3 .Cowley Mr Scruby's Levallon, i Lukie Mr Scruby's Mouton, 4- Lukie M R Lebaady's Barbary, 3 Golding. Mr Master in an's Comic Opera, 3.— F Webb; Mr Worton's Victor Wild, 4 .Hornsby Mr W Cooper's Rose of Hampton, 3 .Blackwell Mr S Piatt's Portland, b Humphreys Sir J B Maple's Maeready, 5 P Peck Sir J B Maple's Clarence, 5 ~C Peck ■ Sir J B Maple's Siffleuse, P Peek Mr Dugdale's St David, 6 W Leader Mr Dugdale's Tanzmeister. 5 W Leader- Sir Ii Jardine's Llar.thonj% 5 F Bates -? Sir R J:rdine's Canning, 4 FBaiea S r J Thursby's Dornoschen. 4 Humphreys Lord Durham's The Coroner, 3 ..i.Sadier Mr Lowtber's Workington, a Enocl^ Mr Barclay's Simon Fraser, 4 Braime Mr M'C.dn:out's Irish Car, 3 Jewitfk Mr M'Calmont's Be Cannie, 3. Jewitt Mr Johnstone's best Mnu, 4 „J Dawson, sell Mr Dougali's Lndy Halle, 4 Wedgewood Gen Wiiiiams's El Gaucho. JM, Jewitt Gen Williams's Priestholme. 4 Jewitt Lord Cailogan's Prisoner, 4 Waugh Lord Cadop*«'s Court Ball, 3 Waugh Mr EOJM'S Bssildn,, 3 J arris Mr Jones's M'Graukie, 3 Duke ot Ikvonsmrl(>. WherwcJ^ — Marsh. Dukt yt Hamiitoa'*iwacwW aeau, 3-KaII11 .tI -'—