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1;- MEDICAL. [Conducted BY a Physician and Sena;:on.] Rhkumatism (Werwee).—Tike the following: — Potassii bromidi, 120 grains; tincture gentianoe. two drachms; water to eight ounces. Dose, one table- spoonful morning aud evening, (2.) JESuxiou would suit you best. •' H. L." (Fishguar,I),-Thos6 piils taken so constantly are injuring your constitution. Try careful dietiug. Take brown bread, vegetah'es, and porridge, plenty of fruit, and a little stout with your dinner. Avoid meat suppers. IBAVKLLKR" (Newport).—Take one teaspoonful three times a dav (at meal times) of Fellow's Svrnp of the hvpophosphites in half a wineglassful of cold water. (2) Not so long. (3) Your employment does not suit you. J. W. T." i Cardiff). -It is a meilicine that does not suit, all constitutions; so often does more harm than good. (2, Take cod liver oil twice a diiy. A. R. E." (Llandaff).—Follow the directions of the mfdical man who examined you he should know It will be some iime before you get quite well from what you state. Asxtous" (Meithyr).—Paint the joints three times weeklY with tinct ure of iodine; take plenty of nourish- ing food and open air exercise. (2) No avoid stimu- lants at preGent, 1 111. F. J." (at. Pagan's.) -C-n.t'iiue the treatrnent for at le ist one (2). Yes. (3) It is quite harmless unless you allow it to collect. S. J." (Abevavon), —Bathe the parts with col t water, to which should be ahled as much Cuudy's Fluid as will make it a bright, pink colour. (2; No.

LEGAL, CONl-VCTKD BY A .BAP.RISTKR-AT rAW. MISTR»ss AND HlmVA:"iT. 11. M: (C.ild'cot) is dvised that if « servant by her negligence or want ol skill breaks any article belonging to her mis'-iew she may be sued for the value of ÍI. Ixoome-xax—■" L. A. D," may deduct Income-tax from the ground rent, and also from the interest, which he pnys to his mortgagee. Ho mint mak-s these deduc- tions from the next payments which lie makes to the ground landlord and moi tgxge* after he has paid the • tax, or he will forfeit his right to deduct the same. A landlord refusing to permit the deduction, if claimed at the proper time, is liable to a penalty and a moitRagee to forfeit trebie the amount of the principa and interest. I Pknaliy IN Buii.pixs Contract.—" T. W. J." (Neath) is advised that the person for whom he contracted to build some houses c»nuot enforce Ihe penalties for the delay in completion of tile building unless he can prove that he has actually suffered loss to the amount claimed. Our correspondent has not been released f from the agreement by reason of the owner of the property having failed to pay at the times and in the manner stimulated. Agrkkmbnt as to Lodgings.—" F*irp!ay (Pontypool) has no remedy agalusi the person who "ltree.! to take bis rooms and afterwards changed his mind. As there was no written "K ceril,ut, aud tlie man never look possession of the rooms, he cannot be made to pay any rent or compensation for the tiouble to which our correspondent WliS put, Rrturn OF Deposit. W. \V." (Irehania) is advised that lie is entitled to have returned to him the money which his wife paid as a deposit on all agreement to take a public-house, which she signed without his. knowledge or consent. He may sue for it in the Bristol County-court." Promissory Note.—If W. T." will be guidtd by our advice he will not le d the moucy. ihe stamp will be two shilings. A promissory note and a note of hand are both the The note m iy be in i he to,lowing or some similar form "£::00. "Cardiff, March 2\ 1392. I- One month after demand in writing! tHomi- to pay to Mr. W. T., or order, the sum of two hundred pounds, with itilerest,iii the meantime at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum,' payablu bl\lf-Y8l\rly, for value received. "J. J." A promissory note is not a security, and in eve of the bankruptcy of the borrower the hold; ret I he note gets no more than any oilier unsecured creditor. Mistress and SIŒV.liST. J. P.' (Ciiepitow) is advised that if the servant I roke the pane of glass wilfully or through carelessness or want of skill she is liable to pay for it, whether there "1 any si ipulal 11011 about breakages at the time the enga^eiiient was or not. Landlord and Tbnant—"Piopfrly Owner" is in- formed that the answer to (lis question depends entirtly upon the e*act stipulations contained in the lease, and not upon any general rule of law. PrA.,ici, t.in t" (Llarylly) is advised that a married worna" Can assign a pfclicy of life assurance taken out by her just as freely as if the were airgle. A donatio imrtis causa is a gift in anticipation of death, woiiis inter vivo," mean between living person*. BILL OF iiALK.—" W. T." (Cardiff) cannot put the bill of sale Into force if it has not been registeied einne 1883. A bill of sale which is not registered within live years from the date of the original registraiion becomes void. Incoms-tax —" E. (Caerphilly) is advised that. Income-tax is not payabla iu respect of void and unproductive property. Mas ■TRR AND SIo.1tVANT, fex (Pontypool) is advised that a domestic servant can be required t-i give one calendar month's notice before leaving. If slin refuses to do this, she may be summoned for a menth's wnges as damages for the breach of her agreement. As our correspondent has got a month's wages inllalld. he has got all he is ent itled to. Making Mark to Will.—"Fro Bono" (Pontardawe) IS informed that the form of ati.es'ation clause of ivhicli he,ends us a ropy is quite correct. BKCSIPT Stamp.—"Alliens" ought to have sent us a copy of the document referred to in his letter. If it is simply a receipt, a penny stamp is sufficient, it it is an agreement for the sale of the business, Ac., it ought to have bee. stamped with a duty of .£1, If it is not properly stamped, a penalty of £ 10 would have to Ue paid before the error could be rectified, as the time for stamping without penalty has now gone by. Rights OF YICAR.—"Cliaicliman" (Abeiyotwith) is advised that, although the fresh ld of the church and churchyard is vested in the vicar, ha Lias no light to cut down trees growing in the churchyard, sell (hem, and apply the money to his own uses. Money so acquired is the property of the Church, and must be applied for Church purposes only, BII L OF SAL*.—"One In Trouble" would do well to consult a solicitor with a view to stopping the sale or getting someone to pay the lender aud take an assignment of the bill of sale. We thiuk !he descrip- tions of the articles in the schedule are sufficient. If OUT correspondent has a copy of t he bill of sale lie ought to take it to some solicitor immediately. Bills of sale are very unsatisfactory securities, a d the slightest fliiw will cause one to be set aside. CLAUl tlwan Wii.L.—"B. It," (Newtown) is advised that his grandmother, being only tenant for life, had no power to dispose of the cottage by her will, There- fore, the will 3he made as t.o the cottage is of no effect whatever. There is duty to be paid in respect of the succession at the death, f I he tenant for life. KOTICK to Quit.—" D. W, P," (Newport) is a yearly tenant, and is entitled to half a year's notice to quit,, to expire at the same time of the year as the tenancy commenced. Fltlt FOR CtRTiFiCikTK.—" Yicar(Lampeter) may sue in the county-court f,.r the money due to him for fees in searching for au entry of baptism and IIlakinlout a certificate. He should apply at ti,e onice of the registrar of the county-court of his district lor a sum- mons. wliioh will coet, him a s!JiI;il><T. FOR KENT.—"Salvnga" ought not to have left the good" oil the premises where lie bought them. The landlord was quite within his rugbts in seizing the in. A landlord in *.y seize any goeds which he may find 011 the premises in respect of which the rent is due, no matter to whom such goods belong. Our cor- respondent is not liable for the mans rent (i.e., he could not be sued for it), but so long as his goods remain upon the premises they are liable to seizure and sale whenever any rent is in LANDLORD AND Tknakt.—" Inquirer Is that lie is not entitled to remove the fence whicu he erected on the land of which he is tenant. I' {'"d obtained the written consent of his landlord before erecting the fence he would have been able to get compensation for it under the Allotments and Cottage Gardens Act, 1837 bufcas lie neglected to take the precaution of getting consent in writing, be has no choice but to loave the fouce on the land without jompensation. 4-

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SOCIETY. Mil, RUSKIN'S HEALTH. Mr. Rualdn has, it is said, been better .if late than for some time past. LORD RANDOLPH AND PADDINGTON. Lord Randolph Churchill has declined to coma forward as Conservative candidata for Northamp- ton at the general election. He considers him- self closely bound to the electors of S-juth Pad- dington. EXPECTED VISIT OF THE EMPRFSS FREDERICK. A London CO-ret-pandent understands that Em- press Frederick anil her daughters will accompany the Queen on her Majesty's return to England, and that after a few dtys* stay at Windsor they viii go with the Queen to Balmoral. NHW PROFESSIONS FOR WOMEN. Several women have been peimiited to practise dentistry in Denmark after having pHsed the regular examinations. New York bus a woman entbatmer of the dead. She is one of four in the United States and of six in the world. Her nmne is Miss Heaton Dart, and ehe makes abuui five dollars on each body she emb ihns. SIR W. uarcouht's eyesight. In spite of nil contradictions (<ays the London correspondent of the Manchester Courier) 1 am eorry to have to reiterate the statement that tLe stale of Sir William H ircoui t's eyesiol r. is causing grave anxiety to the right, hon. gentleman and his friends, and that it would be must advisable if he would take some weeks' complete rest. Thi. however, he is unwilling to do, and in public he makes very light of the affair. wou SIR, A. HARK IS AND A NEW '!cOUX Si ASOV. Speculation as to whether Sir Augusius Harris will carry on an It han opera season in New York may now be dirmisxed. It was understood that he was williug to do so on cndilion that he was offerej a guarantie of £ 1,0C0 a night.. Mr. Abb y has accepted L200 less than (hit sum as a sun-ty, and has signed for a fuither three yeais. Hi" engagements include M. Jemi de Rcs-zke. VARIETY AIlTISTo' SALARIES. The success gained by Miss Lottie C llius in a p"pu'ar song which is now on the lips of eveiy street urchin has ditec ed public attention to the high salaries paid b variety ariisis. In this con- nection the Jjaih/ Alios is credibtyinfomcdttmt for a series of matinees which it is intended to give during the gr,trid si ason fit a West End theatre, a P..ri-ian variity aitist has been offered no less than X300 per week, and has declined it. EMBLEMS OF WOE, The habit of sending wreaths on the death of a friend or a meie acquaintance has gained such pro- poriions that it hils lost much of its moaninsr. The beautiful simplicity of the flower is littlo thought of, and what was originally an act of love or sym- pathy has become a kind of social regulation, and is looked on much in the same light as leaviog or sending visiting cards. One sispeet of the craZ", for such it may 1:0 tV fairly bi termed, is the enor- mous amount of money that is annually spent on tlie.se emblems of woo. A aLo t time ago a sugges- tion was made that instead of sending a wreath, tho money that would have gone to the purchase of flowers should ba sent to some clarity. Tne idea lias been taken up, and tile inevitable society farmed to give it effect. WOMKN AND TRiDl'S DN'IOK. riitre is (says a London c>>rre-p indent) at this moment a his;nincint movement in operation whose purp se is to secure the election of repre- sentative women to the labour executives—that, is, to the trades councils—of the principal industrial centres. In London the effort has ?o for b, en suc- cessful that two women workers have been eiected to the trades council, and an endeavour is now be'ng made to secure the return of a ramber of others. Tlie contention is that in London the women workeis ard entitled lo at lefist a doaen re- presentatives on the council. The movement has the sympathy of llie leaders of both the old and the new unionism. sir A Sullivan's WORK. Ri.. A'thnr Sullivan has rehi( tant!y b en obliged to relinquish any idea of composing a new cantata for this years Leeds Festival, and, indeed, he is now not likely to unde. take such a work for a i considerable period. Ho is at piesent engaged | upon tho comic op;-ra to Mr. Grundy's libretto, which will be produced at the Savoy in the Hutumn and, despite many conflicting rumours, tlure is the best reason to f-tate that this will be followed by a new comic poia from the joint pens of Sir A. Sullivan and Mr. IV. s. Gilbert. The sue-1 cessor to "The Gondoliers'' cannot, however, be read—nor, indeed, is it likely to be want- d—until far into next year. TICK DISSOLUTION ST 11 L. There is still (says the Daily Chronicle) the greatest doubt as to the date of the dissolution. More than one L betal wirepuller has inmirlicted his suu'.rdinatf's to put the finishing touches to the campaign inatiticpationof an election after Kaster. On the other hand, a deputation of Unionist members who waited on Mr. Akers. Douijlas in order to get from him some hint a" to the likely mom-nt were told by the Conservai iva Whip that 110 had no information on the point. In fact, there hns been a good deal of soreness in the t'onservai ive ranks in const quence of the extreme re, iceiico of I he leaders. However, Mr. Balfour1 will prohabiy address a meeting of Conservative Agents in May, and in that ease tite dissolution is safe till Whitsuntide at the earliest. STORY-ENDINGS. In a ncsnt, conversation with Mr. 1-hrdy (according to the Bookman) the novalist was a.kml why lie gave Teas so sad an eliding. For the simple reason, he i-el,lied, that I could not help myseif. I hate tlia op1 imistic grin which ends a stnry happily, merely to suit convention >1 ideas. It raises a fur greater horror in me than the honest sadness that coines after tragedy. Many people wrote to me begging to end it well. Oue old gentleman of 80 implored me to reconcile Teas and Angel. Butlcoulii not. They would never hive lived happily. Angel far too fastidious and paiticulir. He would inevh ,h:y have thrown her fall in her face. But indeed I imd little or uothirg to do with it. When I got 10 the middle of the story the characters took their fntos into t) eir own hands, and I literally had tie power." LORD SALISBURY AND LORD R CHURCHILL. According to the London correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury, a very simple sentence in the I f ishiooabie papers has set ail tongues agog about tlte fuluftl leadersll ip of the liou^e of Commons. The simple sentence in the fashionable papers runs to the effect that Lord Randolph Churchill on Wednesday night dined with Lord Salisbury. Theie is more in this, the correspondent is assured, than, as Lhe reporters used to say, meets the eye, It means all that i; may be taken to mean. It did not involve a mere formal recognition of each other between host and guest. It was not even so li t e as a rapprochement. It was a reconcilia- tion. Since Christinas, 1686, Lord Salisbury and Lc'rd Randolph Churchill have not spok n to each other, SIR FRANCIS KNOWLKS. Sir Frarois Knowles. just dead, was almost the father of the baronetage. He would have entered his 91st year in June. At one time he Went the Northern Circuit and had a good chamber prac- tice, but his henrt was always 00 the sea. For many years he had lived at Hyde, whure his prel ty plsce, Ma> field, was kept lively with naval visitors. No one could tell naval yarns oetter than the pre- cise, intolerunt old gentleman, and his reminis- cences of the judges and barristers on the Northern Circuit in the early psrt of the century would make a lively volume. Ail yachtsmen knew him, and to the end he kept up his dr light in the water. Ihe new bnronet ia matuip, retired rear-admiral of 60. Miss Gladys Knowles, who recovered £ 6,000 damages iigainst a matrimonial newspaper proprietor for breach of promise, brought her family into notoriety a y,'ar or so ago. THE ACrCESS AND THE LOVE-SICK YOUTH, A certain well known actress has recently had reason tob9 soiry for a young man of copious and bejewelled shut front, who not only appeared night after night in the front row of the stalls of the house at which she has been playing, but left missives of endearment for her at the stage door, and even bouquets of llowois. Now, the heroine of thia tale is a lady of modest aspirations in her private life, and betook herself one cay last week to luocll off the frugal but wholesome s-iusnge and mashed potatoes for which a ceitain restaurant not for from Shaftesbury-avenue is famed. The restaurateur also1 deila in post-office ordets and stamps, and as the lady jn fcor jl0meiy garb in the act of raising a °t the hottest of sr usages to her mouth in walked hw importunate admirer to purchase a stamp-possibly for a letter addressed to herself. The pungent odour of the viands attracted his attention to her table. In a moment he recognised in the sausage-eater the lovely skirt-dancer, and with a sharp cry of pain turned and fled. She has aeTgf seen or beard ot him since,— Woman, THE WfBlTPET CALL." "The Trumpet Call" reached its 200th perfor- mance at the Adelphi on Tuesday evening. THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES." Mr. Buckle, the editor of the Times, is younger than most of the men on his staff. MR. WATTS, R A. Mr. G. F. Watts, R.A., has painted a large and fine picure of "Eve" for the Academy. LORD PKNRHYN. Lord Ternhyn has arrived nt Wicken Park, his seat in Northamptonshire, from Penrhyn Cistle, Carnarvonshire. THE BEST CURE FOR INDIQ'STION. An amusing lady correspondent in a contem- porary tells us th-it the best cure for indigestion is Lent. Pity it only comes once a year. THE QUEEN AT HYEBES, The Queen's bedroom nt Hyeres is hung with plain drab cretonne, with a tasteful stmiped design of ruses or pinks. THE BFDShT. The Press Ass ciation fays tint Mr. Goschen's Budget statement will not be made until the end of April, after the Easter recess. HARRY FUHNISS'S CONFESSION. Mr. Harry Furniss makes a cynical confession :— I read the sporting papeis for their politics, and the political papers for their lit.rary and attislic notes." QUEEN MAIiGHERlTA'S PEARLS. Queen M iigneiita of Italy wears a necklace of numerous rows of peaiJs, which is increased by the row the King gives her every year. The chain is too large to be pretty. LORD B. CHURCHILL'S B OK. Lord Randolph Churchill's book on his travels in South Africa will be ready about the middle of April. Men, Mines, and Animals in South Africa" is his lordship's own title. MR. IRVING AND CHICAGO. The London correspondent of the Mar.che<ter Guardian says it is quite on tiie cards that Nii. Henry Irving and his company niuv pay a profes- sionnl visit to Chicago in the course ottheconiing summer. 25 CENTS. A IO-S It, is said that la;r Ametic nniaidons at chari- table bazaars sell il e'r kisses for the benefit of the chaiity 25 cent?, b ing the modest price set unin each s»lute. MR. T. SALT, lr.T" TO RETIRE. Mr. T. Silt, M.P., who has represented Stafford with short interval.?since 1859, has announced that, owing to il!-l.e*lth and pressure of public busi- ness, he shall retire from Parliamentary life at the dissolution. TA-RA-Ri BOOM-DE-AV. Fraulein Emma Miillflr, a young- nctreps of Berlin states (so Woman says) that about nineteen or, twenty years ago her father took her to a tea garden at Potsdam, where one of the grent attrac- tions was a comic singer. He sang Ta-r i-ra Boom-de-ay" as Miss Lotlia Coilingo ijitigf, it now, C.UV DE MAUPASSANT. M. de MaupaasRuV's state contiuuaa to o.iu<o the greatest anxioiy 10 his friends. It is feared that the best ti-at, can be hoped for is that the outbursts of fvlte fnricv.se way eventually cease. But few 1 ope ever to seo his brilliant ronson rest, rid to its throne. SARAH BERNHARDT AND I' i,itit VEIL." Whether or not Madame Jiernhnrdt's remark ah»ut her spending her hit r yetrs in a convent was meant seriously, Paris has taken it up in characteristic f.ishirju, and the catchword there for the expression of the unlikely is, Oui, when Bernhardt takes the veil. SHAKESPEAREAN REVIVAL. The next Shakespearean production at the Flay- marker, London, will p obably bl! "Twelfth Night." it, this (says a London correspondent) the accomplished m imiger and his wife will play Malvolio and Viola respectively, as Mr. Tree's his- trionic method is speci;¡.I! y adapted for the por- trayal of the fantastic Steward's idiosyncracies. THE FOOTMAN'S OCCVPATION IN DANGER. A writer in the Getitleweiiian says :—Whether it is tint women in the long run are found to be belter servants than men, or that, tho limes being bid, their m u'e slender wnges preve alluiing to the careworn housekeeper, the fact le nains that footmen are being discarded in many houses, the reign of tho parlour-maid becoming supreme. A ooon JOKE. Mr. Lucy (" Tobv, M.tV') met nt dinner Ja notable Metropolitan M.P., to whom his Jijjure was "I know your; hce quite well," quoth the M.P.; "prav I eil mo: what place you rcprsbtit.—lea t)t:o",c.i!) it, to I mind," 1 am the member for Baik- said ''Tobv, M,P, and his fello w-gues', uucoriscious of tLe, joke, was satisfied. THE PRIKn: OF W.SLKS'S COURIER. Mr. Htfner, the Prince of Wales's courier, is;, next to tire I)y far tl)e iii,st important personnge at the Hotel Cup. Ho is a smail, dark- complexioned Austrian, with a slight blticlc mous- tache, arid has b:jen the Prince of VVaies'e body servant for eight ye^irs. Most telegrams and letters piss through his hands, and he is the chief medium of communication tletween flln Pnncf' and tlt9 outer world. He is statiooed all day chsc to tho Prince and Piincess of Wales, and is in pivtty con- stant icque.st. Mr. Haftier is au extremely urbare | and discreel parson, MR. s. POPE, Q n. Mr. Samuel Pope-tile wittv, genial, and fam >us Queen's Counsel, who leads the Pariiamenlaiy b ir, and dlviJI'f:! with Mr. It D, 1\L Li: tIer thfJ (11 iet's and honours of "railway'' law—well-nigh suc- cumbed in youth to the attractions of the sock and busttin, and, according to a Manchester i.gend, once appeared on the stage of the Theatre Royal, though, perhaps, oniy as an umateur super Mr Pope, who is now in his sixiy-sixth vear| was a Manchester lad, and tho son of a calico piinier. He tried commerce himstlf for a. time, but found it unsuited to his Uste. FROM PHILADELPHIA TO PIMSTOL. A L,)-don evt.niiig paper says that the Earl of Radnor and his fiiends are negotiating in New Yorkfor the establishment of a line of steamers t,o run between Philadelphia and a harbour near Bristol, It is proposed to build in America four vessels like the Mnjestic, with which to initiate the service. Assuming (says a Bristol contem- porary) the information to be correct, this is probtbly one of the piyp^sed new lines between Avonmouth and America to which reference has been made from time to time. The Majestic belongs to the White Star Line, running between Liveip ol and Njw York. She is twin steamer of the Teutonic, and the two are repot ted to be tho ltntgeat vessel in the world. HONOURING AN EX-LOBBYIST. An unprecedented function took place contiguous to Fleet-street on Wednesday right, when the lobbyists of the House of Commons entertained at dinner Mi. Uulziel, the youngest of them all, in recognition of the fict that he is the first journalist who has proceeded direct from the lobby to the legislative chamber. More than one inembsr (says a London correspondent) has been in the reporters' gallery previous to becoming a representative of the people, and notably Mr. Justin lWCuthy, while the Solicitor-General and Sir Chsilos Russell were reporters before being legislators; but Mr. Dalziels is a "que instance, wliich it was thought by bis Professional brethren to be well to recog- nl?0;j' J'l? the doyen of the lobby, p fading lobbyists, representing h n~l*\rn ,ery 8',a<^° pf opinion, were present, airon »ii ein8.so absolutely non-partisan that n°l'x « -mvW^ J"uriiali3t ic member of Parliu- !•" hod of a v i6?t tl,e balance might b3 dis- turbed of a very ple^ant evening. THE LATE MR. BLrISKy AND LORD PALMERSTOSf. In the ("t-a now journalistic venture-the 0I. 0 -n Wcl1 known among reporters is S,IVen' no w6 y concerns the late Lord Pulmer- ^n^Roirlmrn8^' 8 ^"tribution of volunteer prizes to° t !t ,0wn" U ^me known to the re- PfSi,- JnLh° Wonlli not sPeak. Thereupon one h « lb !fM 8<aled lhe Platform aud p- liiely but firm y,nfotmedlheaobpe jori Uiat mu V '/n'll?6 U'e l«P°r'ei'8 t'ad come down from London on purpose to report him. Lord Palmer- ston good-naturedly promised to see what could v, be done, and ultimately delivered a spoech bothu.tere.ting,.ndimporta..t.Tii< man who bearded him was Mr. Bussey, who had the felicity °,f,a Pe™°°a} .fr,8nd6hip with the great "Pam." That fuendslnp Wa, onjy an jncijent jn R career which was marked by the cordial acquaintance of Mr. Gladstone, Lord John Russell, Lord Bcacons- held, Lord lddesleigh, and other well-known states- men. Mr, lJussey was also famous as one of the journalists who commenced the reporting of Par- liamentary committees for the press, and the reporting ot important speeches in the provinces. The latter undertaking was found so profitable by the corps of reporters who worked with Mr. Bussey that they were sometimes able to run themselvl's. to azid from the place of meeting in a epeciat.tram. » A MANY-SIDED JOURNALIST, Eagflr, strenuous, industrious, resourceful, of indefatigable perseverance, brimful of ideas, a conversationalist alive to his finger-tips, a helpful friend, Mr. Lucy may bo described (says a writer in the World) as a type of the many-sided journalist of the day. He came to London two- and-twenty years ago, after a probation at his native Liverpool and at Shrewsbury, and almost immediately began to make his mark. In Ashley Gardens, and at his lovely seaside house at Hythe, happily christened "Whitethorn," irregularly built, all angles and gables, to which almost invariably" Tohy, M.P." and his wife resort for the finest ozone in the worlcl-titat of the Straits of Dover-for a too brief Saturday morning to Sun- day evening holiday, he has surrounded himself with crowds of friends, political, literary, artistic, some coming from across the sea, others uld Lan- castrian and Salopian comrades and allies. His countless readers know him not, except, in rare instances, even hy name; but l'oby, M.P." repre- sents a constituency far beyond the borders of his adopted B-irkp, and is regarded almost, as a per- sonal friend wherever a new, p' per of Mr, ranch can penetrate. POLITICS AT THE DINNFR TABLF. London society (according to the London corre- spondent of the Bradford Observer) was greatly amused by a misfortune which recently befel a well-known hostess. This lady likes to have at her dinner psople of the most opposite ideas, opinions, and beliefs. When she can have Con- servatives and Radicals, Cluistians and Free- thinkers, actors and clergymen, sitting round the same table, she is .supremely happy. Recently she invited nil eminent and distinguished member of the Government and a distinguished member of the Radical paity to dinner on the s'une occa- sion. The Radical member had been for years attacking, in the House and out of it, the member of the Government in question, and the experi- ment of asking them to meet together was one which few hostesses wou'd have risked. On this occasion it was destined to signal failure. The minister and his wife suvived be- fore the member and his wife, and, though the company wis mixed, was in radiant good humour. As soon, however, its the names of the eminent Radical and his wife were announced, a change came over the scone. The Minister was highly indignant, and declared that lie could never sit down nt table with his assailant. The hostess was naturally greatly pained, but her Ministerial guest got out of the difficulty by plead- in, sudden ipness. He was thus enabled to with- draw without creating marked unpleas witness. 11

S FORTING. R dlesby will af.cr all lun for the Grand National. Had Anna got better away she might li-tve won ihe Batthyany Plate. Lord Rothschild has bought for 11;1; stud at Tring Park the four-year-old shire-horse Carbonic, which was a pi ize-winner at tlie recent show, for 1,100 guinaap, from Mr. Green, of Welshpoo'. The veteran Rugby footballer, W. E. Maclagan, cannot forsake his old love, as lie was seen at his place as three-quarter back the other day for the London Scottish against the Old Merchant Taylors. Harry Barker, who was very sevii- ly knocked about and shaken through tho facing of Partisan in Grand National, is very much belter, and hopes to leave his quarters at Aintree for New- market at once. Clarence, the Lincolnshire Handicap winner, is engaged in the Leicestershire Spring Hindieap next wiek, in which it 1411, penalty ii;,tir-s his weight 8) 5 b, and his impost in thcUabnham Pinto at New market become.- 8, 2.b by an extra"' of 101b. Mr. F.O.BalJ, who owns The rmt-ato, is a young officer of three yeais'service in the 15 h Hussars. Captain Bewick", who will ride the horse, has a troop in the sa;no regiment, and the senior major is a cousin of the burly recorder of Southampton. Mr. Wisdom, of S uithsea, socur, d Messrs. Ormrs Amateur Bilhard Championship on SatuiJay by deafenting Mr. Osborne" by 406 points. He has thus won a l three heats iu tlie tournament, which for the nr;t time has been coaducted on the American principle. The layer of the £ 30,000 treble event bet taken by Colonel N"ith, tho first 01 which has come (,ff, has backed the lot, for the C ity and Suburban to win £ 10,000. Wit II this money, shouid one of ihcm win at Kpsom, he will ba able to go to market, ov-r the Jubilee. Should they lose he will be just L700 out of pocket hy the transaction. M. F. Sieber, the French sportsman, who Fold off his racing stud iast year, has si.own a uisp sition to return to tho turf. Ho coined a filly, Veng. line, by Kir-rgy, out of a selling nice at Vincenues on Monday last, and has sent her to E. Price, at Maisons Lalfitlp, who was formerly his private trainer, and who may again p, epure a number of winners for him. Mr. Blundell Maple, who hub en vety lucky all the week, scored three races off the ieel on Thurs- day at Liverpool, gaining the {'lJiOI! Jack Stakes with Scarborough, the Piince of Wales's Piate p 1, with Prince Hampton, and the Motyneux Stakes with Cadoby. J. Woviburn had the leg-up in each instance. The lpit miles' athletic cl ampi mship of Scotland, dscided at the Powderhall Grounds, ii linburgh, on Thui sday evening, ended in a win for P. Addison (Edinburgh), who bait J. Hunter (IMi' borgh) by oOvdf. in 56 nin. 6 2-5se<\ The holder, Hannah, and H10cross-country champion, l'o/1/lyc')ck, were unable to compete. The time occupied by Clarence in covering the Lincoln Mile, though s'ower than Lord George's, was an improvement on the records of 1889 and 1890. Since Bendigo, in 1885, covered tbe course in lmin. 36 4 5 <ec, the times recorded have been :— 1886, l'uhn 111, lmin. 41sec. 1887, Oberon, lmin. 42 2-5scc.; 1888, Veracity, Imin. 42 2-5sec.; 1889, Wiseman, lmin, 47 2-5scc.; 1890, The Rejected, Indn. 50sec.; 1891, Lord George, lmin. 44 1-5 s' c.; 1892, Clarence, lmin. 45 3-5sec. Though only eight out of seventeen have been left in the Lingfield Grand Military Steeplechase, the proportion of acceptances in the Lingfield Grand National Steeplechase, the more valuable race, is much better, only nino having paid the minor forfeit out of 28, though Why Not has since been struck out. The weights in the Grand Mili- tary Steeplechaso have had to be increased 121b all round, owing to the withdrawal of the Midship- mite and Bedouin, Hollington now leading the handicap. Cloister holds command in the Ling- field Grand National, and the weights consequently remain undisturbed. Tho well-known bookmaker Mr. William Peech had a fancy bet with Mr. Bhllldeli Maple at Liver- pool on Thursday. He laid the gentleman in question 20 to 1 against his winning thres events in succession, those being the Union Jack Stakes, tho Prince of Wales's Plate, and the Molyneux Stakes. Needless to say now, the amateur had the beat of the deal according to the result, in addition to which he had all the best of the prices, as Scarborough started til 3 to 1 on, Prince Hamp- ton at ev. 11*, and Cadeby at 5 to 4 against. Joseph Kendall, who was some years ago a. well- known jockey, died on Monday last after intense suffering. As long since as 1851 ho rode Nancy, winner of the Chester Cup, with 4st, 12ib, and ten years later he rode Jealousy, the winner of the Liverpool Grand National. He was in poor cir- cumstances at the time of his death, and was in receipt of £ L5 per annum from the Bentinck Bene- volent Fund. He leaves a widow, two dauqlrers, and two sons, A subscr.ptiou list h*a been o^entd on behalf of the widow. Several coursing matches will shortly take place at Caerphilly. I homas E ;ves backs his dog, Sweep, against.\V. Williams's dog, Boy, for £ 20 a-side, to course the best of 21 rabbits on Monday, April 11. Tom Jones, of Dowlais, and 1). Thomas, of the same locality, have matched their dogs to run the best of 21 coutses for JE20 a-side. The match will be decided on Easier Monday, April 18. A match between J. Phillips's Princo and W. Thotpas's Nip fort-25 a-aide will take p'ace on Monday, April 4. A match will be decided on Monday April 11, between W.Williams's Charley Peace and Tom Eaves's Dick for £ 25 a-side The Brockloaby Stakes more often than not fill to the first favourite, and backers scored on Tues- day. as not more than 11 to 10 could ba obtained about Minting Queen at the fall of the flag. There wtrj thirteen runners, Lady Kendal and Pink fill- ing lhe sccond and third positions, so that the fillips had the placings to themselves. The winner, who is by Minting out or Emprsss Queen, was sent up last year with Mr. R. Botterill'a yearlings, when Mr. Blundell Miplo purchased her for 600gil. At the first time of askiag she has more than earned her purchase money, as Tuesday's stakes were wcrih £ 975, and if her easy success affords any guide, she should prove more than usoful. Her engagements are numerous this season, but her only classic liability next year is for the Oaks. The value of the race shows a cons'derable falling off from previous records, as Katherine II. won £ 1,095, Simoniau £ 1,114 15' Semolina £ 1,064 15s., Donovan £ 1,034 15s., and Volcano £ 1,309 15s. The time registered on Tuesday was I good, being imir. 6 4-5stc Minting Qoeen is a good-sized liily, with capH^j length in lift- quartets and forearms, and doubtless grow into a very useful mare. The Kitzwilliam Hunt will cease to f'X;st. at tM close of the Dresent season, unless some generoUi stranger coines forward to take up the country. The teim of cricketers under the captaincy ot Mr. W. W. Read left Cipe Town for home ott Thursday mid-day on board the Donald Currifl steamship Dunottar Castle. Lord Sheffield's teaus sailed for Adelaide on the 30lli ult. At a meeting of English and Scotch water polo players held on Saturday at Liverpool it was re* solved by eight v,¡tes to four to adopt the English system of goal-keeping, in which the g* al and itS custodian are both in the same bath. J. Watts rode in three events at Liverpool (IS Saturday, and was successful on each occasion# Commencing the day by winning the Stand Sell" ing Plate on Aprer.zall, he followed this by getting home first in the West Derby Three Year Old Stakes on Esmond, and credited himself with bit third victory in the All-Aged Stakes on Hit or Miss. Robinson had practically won the Queen's Plafe on Bransdale, but eased his mount, who, nothing loth, took the tip that he had done enough. Before he could be set going again Ben Wvvis, whoffl chance fifty yards lower down the course was Dott worth fourpence, had been somehow shoved along- side by C. Loates, and stolen the race. That was bad luck indeed for Bransdale's backers. A striking coincidence in connection with the Lincolnshire Handioip and the Grand Nationa lies I in the fact that the field for both races numbered 25 runners and in each instance No. 23 on the card pruved the successful number. Curiou-Iy enough last season the two races were of the same nume- 1 rical strength, 21 competing buth at Lincoln and Liverpool. The opening week's training ef the rival Blues on the tideway has witnessed a 61 cady impruve- ment on the part of the Cambi i'go crow, while the Oxonians, who, as usual, were far in advance of their opponents in the matter of condition and being together when they arrived from the home waters, liavo well maintained their form and g..ir.od in pace. Judging by nppea'&nces the cle-0 and exciting tight of last your bids fair to be repeated. Father O'Flynn, tlie Grand National willnAr, is engaged in the Lingthud Grand Military Steeple- chase on Tuesday next, and the Lingfield Grand National Steeplechase the next dav. In each event he puts up a 14 b penapy, making his weight in the former 13=1 41b, and in the latter 12st. He is also in the Grand international Steeplechase, to be rlenrled at Sandown Park nn Saturday, April 9 (in this case an (xtra" of 12 b makes his impost llsfi 7ib), the Household Brigade Flat Race next Satur- day at Hawthorn Hill, and the Waitliam Efuldlfe Race at C oxton Park on Tliuisday, The fourteenth annual contest for the ten miles amateur championship was decide t at- the London Athletic Club grounds, Stamf-rd Bridge, on SaRur- day. W. U. Morton (SaJford Harriers), tho holder of the cup, did not appear to defend his title. Sid Thomas, 01 the KlIda, e A.C., who won this event in 1889, was successful for a second ti-Mp, winning by over 300 yards in 53uiiu 25 1-5:h sec. H. A. Heath, of the South London Harriers, was second, cover* ilg the distmco in 54min £ 7 4-5Ti s-c, and H.Wad<*j Lea Harriers, third, in 54iniu 40 3-5.h sec. We have received an early copy of the spring edition of the well-known work, Hull's Guide to the Turf. The bo >k is a most compaet and coau- prehensive compila ion, and wonder m iy easily be expressed at the enormous am unt of infornia- liin put into such small compass. Everything is arranged so that reference can be maun without tho slightest dinicul!y, and it cannot fad to be at tho utuu st value to those interested ill turf matters. In addition to giving a complete return of home and foreign racing dui ing 1891,1 ho salecof b'ood stock during that year have been and indexed. The nominal ions for 1892, which embrace all the r ,ces that have closed to datp, are included as well ns a racing diary for the present year. A useful table, the winning stallions on the ffat in 1891, will be found of interest, and in the miscet- laneous section the new rules of racing will itttr.tctfpccii.tta.tention. Ruff," which ought ta be in the lianda of everyone interested in rstcinf, is published fit 5s, and will be sent, free by post, fer 5 4.1., fiom the Sportsman Office.

THEATRICAL. In all probability the title of the new to be l>roLSuoe<j at the Shaftesbury will bo The Maelsti öm." L is quite a mtsiake 10 suppose that Mr. Grorgs Ahxindfir has any intentioll to produce Hie Ruy ijlas'' of Victor Hugo yet awhile. Mrs. Bernard Boorc, and Company, on opening at the Opeia House, Melbourne, in of As in a Looking Gtas°," obtained an immense success. Mr. Charles Hannan, in collaboration with Mr. Wilson Barrett, has written a drama called" Out Pleasant Sins, which is to be tried at Leeds ea.r!y in May. Mr. Beorbohm Tree proposes, at no distant (fate, to revive' Perij," ill which hisperformimca of Sir Woodbine Gr f Ion is an inimitable sketch of senile character. Mr. Cartwrigl t will appear this week as Marie Cross in The Idler" at the Giand. Playgoers may be interested to compare his rendering of the role with that (.f Mr. George Alexander. Negotiations are. pending between Mrs. Langtry and Air. Arthur Chudleigh to enable the former 1;0 become the new directress of tiie Couit l'heatra on the termination of tho present tenancy. Mr. Heibelle-Basing desires it to be known that he lIaH no intention of producing lhe Hidden Terror." although the pi iy may possii If be per- formed at the Princess's for a sories of matinee# under a different management. In Mr. A. W. Pincro's pretty little play, "Daily's Escape," one of the authors first dra<naf,re ven- tures— Lawrence, the second son of Mr. Benry Irving, will make his first appearance in London at the theatre of his go;if<itlier, John Lawrence Toole. Under the direction of Mr. William Greets new p'ay, adapted by La ly Violet Greville from a French novel, is shortly to be produced ad a rnatit i,, probably at the Lyric Theatre. The principal characters are to be sustained by Miss Olga Brandon and Mr. Arthur Bourehier. Mrs. Cora Putter and Mr. Kyrle Bellew Rave arrived in London after a.safe journey from the Cape, where tlioy were tho utifortunate victims, of a disastrous fire. It, will, not bj Ion, howtiver before Mr., Potter, Mr He )<t-, and their cfovur company are ?6«n in Lori l ui in the live now pfoys in their repertoire. Whenever the popularity of A Fo 1's I'ar;t-ibmP at the Gar.ick sh^ws eigt s of exhalation—< although of that then appear^ to be little pro- bability yet awhile—Mr. Hare will replace Mr. Grundy's play by a now comedy in four acta written by Mr. Claude Carton, whose delicate wvrk in "Sunlight and Shadow" is sufficieti, in itself command attention for anything fn sh from hiis pen. „ L^st Monday week Mr. and Mrs. Kendal pVI- duced in New York" Katharine Kavauagh," a rosw play by Mrs. Oscar Beringer and Misa Clo Gravea, founded upon a novel written by the latter lady. The piece i.ppears to have been fan tysucMesfuf, although tho result must in great measure be laid to the credit of tlie actors rather than of the authors. If ono may judge fr„m the prospectus just issued the protnot rs of the International Musical and Theatrical Exhibition, which is to open in Vienna in May, are determined to do the thing thoroughly. So far the scheme appears lo have awakened little enthusiasm in this countty, and EngUnOt drairatic reputation seems likely to reet upon the presence at Vienna of Mr. Ben Gleet's company of pastoral player@. Lord Tennyson has paid a graceful comp'iaient to the younger members of Mr. Herlry living's Lyceum Company, who helpad him to secure the requisite copyright for his new play, The Foresters, by acting the play at ten o'clock in the morning to a seanty audience. The Poet Laureate lias piesented to each of the company, as well as to everyone concerned in this strange production, a coliec'.ed edition of his poems, signed by the \uthor. The new play which Mr. Wyndham intends shall follow the present revival of "Brighton" at the Criterion is an Anglicised revision of Dumas's Le Demi-Mondo." The phy was first performed just 37 years ago at the Paria Gymnase, where it obtained a marked success. At this moment it is interesting to turn back to the brilliant essay in criticism which the production of the play ex- borted from the pen of Jules Janin. To certain incidents—particularly those of the anonymout letter in the fourth act and of the duel in the fifth-the writer was constrained to take exception. "But, after all," he summed UP. success answers every objection, and the succeed of Le Demi-Monde' is unequivocal. Seldom bart an audience been more genuinely enchanted. Until the denouement is reached there is nothing in tbitf well-constructed drama that, is not at occe surprise a thrill, and a delight."