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SAD REVELATIONS IN COURT. — m AN ACTRESS'S LOVERS: CAN- DID STORY. b In the Divorce Court Mr. Albert Hte,ry. Paperhanger and painter, of Cannock. tit •^lordshire. sought a divorce by reason of ij e; alleged misconduct of his wife, Hannah a8 n<* Derry, with Mr. John Le Hauf, whom damages were claimed. ^Pondent, who also sought a divorce, ''•jKod cruelty and misconduct on the part .jl "er husband. Ui -y' Dei'y- ^e petitioner, said the marriage place at Lichfiold in 1895. In 1896 there tes8 a separation deed. A year later he saw Bondent, who asked him to find a home for 11l r. He took her to Walsall, and got apart- for her. Subsequently his wife went lhe stage at Birmingham, her theatrical llle being "Madge Snape." On one occasion Mrs. DEBBY. > thft8aw respondent walking arm-in-arm with Itj £ 0-re«pondent. He had her watched, and, h0ll e company of a detective, went to her s?,at Edgbaston, Birmingham, and saw JuJ7*1 w>"resPondent. that-? Private inquiry agent, stated L -™r- Le Kauf, who was engaged in the Wj1** paper trade, lived at Moseley. He jr6s a Tery rich man. Witness said the co- Rodent had, since the proceedings, set the tr in a, millinery business, add ?<l]aently visited her. fain t?" clar'ie> now living at Wolverhampton, s" £ wag formerly a Miag Barber. Peti- jw er had been accused of misconduct with <l}k • hut this charge witness emphatically "led. ^°Uhsel for Mrs. DerrY accepted itre. rke's statement. jhe respondent, in cross-examination, .that in March, 1897, she had lived ai, *1 ^r. Arnall. passing as Mrs. ArnaU." She tre8ed that her hhsband knew of this, and i he continued to pay her the allowance. left her in November. 1901, and then Mr. v Kauf came upon the scene. She was iiow a millinery business in Birmingham, Viiji ^tr. Le Kauf took it for her. lie had lted her there. 1 Mr. DEARY. JHr o Miriam Snape, mother of the respon- se! corroborated her daughter as to the S^^tions of cruelty during the married life. 'WgH w from her daughter's letters that she ^t various places in Birmingham, and ^*UaT8.. a^dressed the answers to "Mrs. \»er She knew from the petitioner that \y- fighter was living with Mr. Arnall. '•Md am Snape, a brother of the respondent, W that on one occasion the petitioner bia sister about in the presence of 4. es?- <e?^itness named Brooks, who had been a I i to Mrs- SliaPe» deposed to misconduct Jl,. Petitioner. Francis Arnall said that he made the ^rs- Derry at £ 6, Bath-roW, December. 1898. at which tfme Jcjjjj she was performing in the pan- He was then introduced to her as ti]| j^e Snape," and he lived with her down ^si6 °vpmber, 1901, when he heard that she Ti°* 11 K'rl?J'e woman. In 1899 he first saw Jife erry at i?4. Bath-row, at which time his ^a3 r>3#?R;ns: as "Mrs. Arnall." Witness J*^ohrtht''>nec' waB l'viig with the anil told petitioner not to blame LMtpr on rcli'ioner called on him. the ;t' house all night, and all three ^rpakfastPd together in the mornihg. h^nTrri^ S3'^ aPPpi,re(^ f°r the co- an(' '1e n°t intend to call his \tr. t\ t\ ?>! th at1r t'1Pn addressed the jury on behalf ► r"sp^fident, and Mr. Hammond PrR follower) and replied on the whole d V V0(>l'pf. ^r- Derry was granted a f'V ntl's' of the misrondnct, of his Ksi, »n,nl1 Holland Derry. with Mr. John r*e cross-petition by the wife was Silifj -t"hp .jury assessed the damages j the t'o-reapondont at £ 150.

^{PI VERONICA TRAGEDY. *1\Tj C^' AND SMITH TO BE EXE- U'RED: MONSON REPRIEVED. Horne Secretary has notified the °f Lancashire that his Majesty had commuted the death sen- J(°Ilaon upon Otto Ernest Theodore f00li8on at Liverpool Assizes on the 15th inst. f^ong with two other seamen, was jj^^ty of the wilful murder of the cap- Q ~s61 and five seamen of the British ill* ^)o^Ctl^ca, on a voyage from a Hj ^Onth to •^IonS;e Video- On acoount of Hj8 is only eighteen years of age— 0trong'ly recommended Monson to tllls recomrnenciation has met *it e hn<BUiTa^ie consideration. Monson's sen- ftLV(le f commuted to one of penal ser- 'h hn^t. l^e* execution of Bau and th^°l next ^Gen to ta^e Pla°e at Walton J'o^ Cfjnt'r. u"S(1ay. and despite rumours to eive(j jfrjp 510 intimation hai been re- l- intimation has been re- ft^ re-tri'1, °aicial quarters that there will °f one Prisoners owing to the ill- °f the jurymen at the recent trial.

on THE COWELL STEPNEY PETITION.-See Page 7. ¿

TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS: SIX L'BBSONS KILLED. A gigantic crowd, estimated at more than 300,0c>j persons, was spread along the first few miles of the ronte to witness the start of the Paris to Madrid :;ioto"-c;ir race. Nvhlcli took place at a quarter to four on Sun, day morning. The cafes in the Bois dd Boulogne were brilliantly illumi- nated. A crowd of 2,000 spent the night in the open air. No. 1, the first car to start. was driven by Mr. Jarrott, of London, who drove a De Dietrich car. No. 17, belonging to Mr. Kirk of Leeds, did not start, but the Hon. C. 8. Bolls, No. 59, started at 4.17? Mr. Yander- bilt. No. 60, made a very bad start, as his motor got out of control among the crowd, but no one was injured. Between a quarter to four and ten minutes to six 127 large cars started, 23 light cars between 5.50 and 6.15, and s,7 motor-cycles between 6.15 and 6.45. Out of 25 Englishmen who had entered their names for the race fourteen started. Messrs. Sydney Girling and Harvey Porster drove Woleelcy cars; Messrs. Pair, Ribcs, Rolls, and Heath. Panhard-Levassors; Mr. Gaders was on it. Pipe machine, Mr. Mark Mayhew on a j Nnpier, Messrs. Ball and Leonard rode Hulll- brJrt motor-cycles, and Messrs. Hackiqg and Wright Ormond motor-cycles, while Mr. Gail- dry rode a Rex motor-bicycle. Serious accidents occurred on the run from PariA. M. Hout Vast's car caught fire at Angoil- leme, but, having extinguished the fire, he con- tinued the race. Near Syrophorion (Indre et Loire) the ehaffeur of Baron de Catcn'" No. 27 was thrown into a ditch and cut about the face, but his injuries did not prevent him froiii proceeding. Ciir No. 5 (M. Loraine Barnow) ran over a dog near the Bon Sol Estate, in the commune of Arveyres. The machine ran off the road, and dashed into a tree. Of the two men in the car one was killed, and the other so severely injured that I no hope is entertained of his recovery. The one who wae killed was hurled six or seven yards by the force of the shack. The car was smashed to atoms. People flocked to the scene of the accident. M. Rivierre's car, in trying to avoid running over a woman, col- lided with the side of a bridge near PoitieriB, and brvke a wheel. Messrs. Fournier, Van- derbilt, and Forest abandoned the race at Chartres, owing to accidents to their cars. M. Jenatzy states that M. Marcel Eenault was thrown into a ditch, together with his car, and appealed to be very MSly hurt. The competitors are unanimous in complaining of the great inconvenience caused by the specta- tors, who, in their desire to view the race, got out of the way only at the last- moment, and thus considerably^ impeded the progress of the cars, which were frequently obliged to slacken speed in order to avoid serious accidents. One of the chaffeurs asserted that in this way he had lost half an hour.

ENGLISH RIDER BURNT TO DEATH. A terrible accident happened at the level- crossing over the Paris-Tours Railway line, about a mile from Boiiheval. Car No. 243, a Wolsley, driven by Mr. L. PQrter, was over- turned, nnd took fire, and Mr. Nixon, who was caught underneath, was burnt to death. STATEMENT BY MR. PORtER. Mr. Porter has made the following state- ment to the judicial authorities who are in- vestigating the circumstances under which his car was wrecked And burned and the chauffeur Nixon killed in the Paris to Madrid race near Bouueval. I was so curtain that as the actual driver of the car I was exposM to the greater danger that previous to the race I handed to Nixon £ 280 in bank-notes, saying that if I should be killed the money would defray the cost of sending my remains for burial in Ireland. The accident was due to the carelessness of those in charge of the arrangements for keeping the course. At dangerous turnings a man. with a blue flag, Should hate been stationed, with another man carrying a yellow flag 200 yards from lie point of danger. When my car reached a pottit 3C0 yards fromthpspotwhere the road turns to f'rn?s the railway line neither blue nor yellow flag was to he seen. The men bad. I am told, gone quietly off to lunch. Consequently I was only a few yards away from the dangerous turning when I 8JW it. I turned my machine towards a ploughed field as the only alternative to dashing against the side of the cottage of the railway- crossing keeper. Unhappily, the back part of the car did not clear the wall, bnt crashed against it. Nixon and I being hurled out. of the machine. Nixon struck the wall, and, re- bounding. fell underneath the car. which had by that time caught fire." The rharttd renihaiitfc of the bank-notes re- ferred to by Mr. Porter were found oil the body of Nixon. ADDITIONAL FATALITIES. After passing the check station of Sillao, near Aiigouleme, No. 23 car, driven by M. Tourand, met with an accident In which M. Tntmtfld toaii killed and the mecaiSicien and two spectators were injured. A telegram from Angouleme states that the accident to M. Tourand's car happened about two miles outside that city. Two soldiers and a child, into whohi the car rati, were killed, as wel! as the machinist of the car. M. Tonrand himself was seriously injured. It iB announced from Aries that a car ran into a woman who was crossing the road, in spite of the notice forbidding this. The woman was killed on the Apot, The latest. casualty list shows that six were killed and six badly injtirsd. THE HON. C. S. ROLLS ABANDONS THE RACE. The Hon. C. K. Rolls wits fifth at Montglyon, but a broken cylinder-head put him out of the first flight. He afterwards abandoned the race

PROHIBITED 13Y THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. A Madrid telegram on 'Ilieitlay saysThe SpaniSh Governiiient lias sent to the frontier an order to prevent the aulomobiles from racing ill SpaniSh territory. Motor-cars arrivihg from France will be allowed to erosS the frontier, but their occupants will be treated merely as excursionists, and tfill be subject to the ordinary recitiatiohs of the roaA.

NEATH SOLDIER'S DEATH. I .———.0.———- VERDICT OF "WILFUL MURDER" RETURNED. At Rirkrla le Police-court on Tuesday morn- ing Mr. S. Brighouse, coroner for South-west Lancashire, conducted the adjourned inquiry into the death of Private John James, aged 29, of the let Battalion 110val Welsh Fusiliers, who was found in a dying condition in a ditch near Altear Camp early on Sunday morning, the 17;-i inst. The deceased was a native of Neath, and a week previous to his death came from Lichfield Barracks to act as cook t) a detachment of recruits at Altcar camp, and in connection with his death Private Arthur Wilkes, aged 21, a recruit of that detachment, has been irt custody since the 17th inst. He enlisted into the 1st Bat- talion Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Worcester in September last year. The Coroner intimated that the prisoner Wilkes had a few minutes previously asked leave to make a statement, and at that moment Inspector Hodgson was in the cell downctairs taking that statement. He tthb coroner) proposed putting Mr. Hodgson in the witness-box Lo tell the jury what Wilkes's statement was, and this lpight shorten the inquiry considerably. the jury retired for a quarter of an hottr, while the prisoner's statement was being taken. On the court resuming. Inspector Hodgson entered the box. and the prisoner was placed in the dock. He had a gloomy and worn appearance, though be watched closely the evidence and articles produced, which in- cluded a belt which Inspector Hodgson found the prisoner wearing, and which belonged to another man (Private Burke). Witness said he had jfaraded the detachment to which the prisoner belonged. and had examined the belt on each of the 66 men. A belt was missed by Burke. Private Wilkes also wore a hIde serge fatigue pair of trousers, and on being challenged why he had not his regi- mental trousers on, he stated they were in his kit, from which Sergeant Jenkins took a pair of regimental trousers which did not have prisoner's number, and which after- wards were identified by Private Bullen, who sold them to the prraoher on the Sunday morning. Witness found no marks on the prisoner's body eicept tattoo marks, which he had from his feet upwards. With regard to the prisoner's statement that morning, witness read it, and it was signed by the prisoner. This stated that he and the deceased had got drunk together in Formby. On the way to camp the deceased sought to get back t6 the village, and he tried to dissuade him, and deceased took hold df him. To loose himself he used his belt on the deceased, and left him, but he did not know vrhat he had done. Dr. Carter described the terrible injuries about the head and face of the deceased. The whole of the wounds could have been caused by the belt produced and found near thi- seeno. of the tragedy. The movements of the prisoner and deceased prior to the tragedy were nest traced, and the finding of th £ body and the ownership of the belt And the trousei-s found with the prisoner. Archibald Lyoh, newspaper editor, spoke to seeing deceased and prisoner on four occa- sions on Saturday night. They were both fresh. Private Burke stated he found the torn and mud-stained trousers of prisoner behind the stores in the store tent, which prisoner occu- ped. Robert JTorinby found the DtiSQher'g belt, bloodsialred, lting In the'fieUlTnfteen yards from where tb9 deceased Syas found. the prisoner had previously denied to Burke that the belt Was his. Private BUJlfen said prisoner bought a pair of trousers from him on Sunday morning. Private Shepherd found the deceased'^ watch and chain in the sand box of the latrine, which was between the spot of the tragedy and prisoner's tent. Dr. Collingwood Williams, piibiic analyst, said that. the tohgue and other parts of the belt bore targe blood stains. There were also undoubted blood spots on the trousers, but no blo^d was discovered oh the tunic. Private Hamer stated that the tunic, pri- soner was fonnd wearing on the Sunday morning was not the tunic prisoner had when he left Lichfield a week previously. Police-sergeant M'Lellan, who charged the '0 prisoner at Formby Police-station, said that he made no reply. A verdict of "Wilful murder" was returned against the prisoner. BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. On Wednesday Private, Arthur Wilkes, ot the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, appeared before the Birkdale magistrates on the chatge of murdering Private John James Superintendent Jervis briefly narrated the sad story to enable the bench to follow the eyidence. Prisoner was the last man seen in the company of the deceased on Saturday the 16th, both going toward* Altcar Camp. Two belts and a pair of trousers formed an impor- tant part in the evidence. Prisoner's omi belt, mud and blood stained, was found near where Privaie Jàmes was found uncohseibus, and next morning the prisoner was wearing another man's belt, which he had stolen during the night, and his trousers were found, torn and covered with dirt and blood-str.ined hidden behind stores in a tent occupied by the deceased. Beyond the statement the I prisoner had made, the chain of evidence was I complete. It was not always necessary to show the motive in the case of murder, but in this case lie wottld submit that the motive was robbery, the watch artd chain belong- ing to the deceased, which he was seen bear- I ing on Saturday night, feeing fouhd in a snr.d- box of the latrines close by prisoner's tent on Monday morning. Thfe evidence was then prdceeded with. wl lb the Statement made by prisoner, he said that, deceased being the stronger man. he Used his belt on him, but now two Witnesses gave it afe their opinion that prisoner was, Undoubtedly, the stronger. Dr. Carteh in his evidence, stated that there were in all seventeen wounds inflicted on the deceased, nirte of them being clfean cuts to the bohe. there was alga a frdfctUrfe of the basa of the skull. f Prisoher was committed to the assizet.

FRAUDS BY COUNTESS. OBTAINS CREDIT EOR £ 2.000 BY MEANS OF HER TITLE. Before Mr. William Robert M'Conneii, K.O., chairman, at the Middlesex Hcssiohs on Wed- nesday* tmra Coiintess a Htingariau subject, was placed in the dock to receive fefetlfcettce upon a charge of having incurred debts and liabilities to Nina Clare,, a Weat- end dressmaker by meatis of false pretences, to which she pleaded guilty on April 23 last! According to the evidence of Detective- itippecstor Fuller the prisoner wan the wife of a- notorious Hungarian criminal, by came Count Radny. She citmc to England with him in October, 1900. and for two or three months they lived together in a fashionable hotel. runnL g up a heavy bill there, and incurring debts of several hundreds of pounds with I tradesmen in the Wcst-eitd. Then Count Radny was arrested, extradited to Switzer- land. and sentenced for fcit-gery. The countess thereupon continued the fraudulent opera- tions commenced by her husband on too- trusting shopkeepers, living at expensive hotels and boarding-houses aud paying no one L The countess was alleged to have obtained credit to the extent of £ 2,030, and she was "wanted" in Hungary for forgery. Con- cerned with the countess was a man. named Robert Schey, who posed as a "baron," and a lady's maid, of the name of Holaer, who, Detective-Inspector Fuller said, was under the hypnotic influence of the countess. In sentencing the countesa to three months' imprisonment in the second division, to date from April 23, his lordship said that West-end tradespeople seemed to have looked upon her ti'le a a security in supplying her with goods. They were themselves much to blame for the readiness with which they parted with pro- perty. But for that fact his lordship said he should have de&lt with the prisoner with some severity.

WELSHVESSEL^STRANDED. Lloyd's agent at Biierta telegraphs that the steamer Glantivy, of Aberystwyth, from Barry to Port Said with coals, stranded two miles from Cane Rocks. Nos. 1 and 2 holds are full of water. Men have been sent out to lighten the shin- t

PASSENGER BOAT RUN DOWN. TWENTY-TWO EMIGRANTS PERISH. A Grimsby correspondent telegraphs t-hat the Great Central Railway Company's steamer Huddertifield collided on Tuesday night with :m unknown steamer near Ant- werp. wshe was bound to Grimsby with a. large number of emigrants, and of these about twenty are reported missing. The Hudders- field was run on to the mud to prevent her foundering. All the crew are reported safe. An official message which reached Grimsby iater announces that the liuddersfleld collided with the Norwegian steamer Uto, off Bats, in the River Scheldt, and rapidly sank, the information that she had grounded being erroneous. The Hudders- lield carried 29 emigrants and five steerage pasaeligers. Twenty of the emigrants are missing, but the remainder of those oh board, together with the crew, took to the boats and got ashore. It is believed a heavy fog pre- vailed. A Renter's telegram from Antwerp on Wednesday cays: -The British steamer HudderefleJd, Captain Beals, which left here at eight o'clock last evening foi" Grimsby, came into collision with the Norwegian steamer Uto, from Rotterdam, off Buoy 48, at Sheftingen. The Huddersfleld is reported to have foundered. The crew were saved, but the passengers, numbering from fifteen to twenty, were drowned. The bows of the Uto arc damaged. The passengers of the Huddersfleld are stated to have been for the most part seamen returning to England to draw their pay. It is believed that they were crushed in the collision. A later telegram from the same agency says that 22 persons perished in the disaster, and that the victims were Austrian and Italian emigrants. This is the first occasion In the history of the Great Central's Continental traffic that they have ever lost a passenger. A tug has arrived at Antwerp with the crew and twenty emigrants who were saved. Another tug has left for the scene of the colli- sion to attempt to salvage a portion of her cargo at low tide. It is officially stated that there are no English among those who perished in the collision.—Renter. The Hudderefield had oh board forty pas- sengers, emigrants bound for Canada by way of Livbrpool. The collision was so sudden and violent that the captain of the Hudders- field, who was in the chart-room at the moment, had no time to get the boats out, Cl.nd when he reached the deok the water was already tip to his knees. The tito's bows crashed into the Huddersfield on the port aide. The emigrants were nearly all asleep in the fore cabin, and. according to the sur- vivors, 22 of them perished. Of the victims sixteen were Galicians (including one child), five Italians, and one Pole. Thoee who suc- ceeded in escaping rushed on deck in their night attire. All the crew and the surviving passengers were nicked uo by the Uto's boats. The latter vessel was able to contirtuo her voyage to Antwerp, and ip now moored in the Vieot Basin. On landing the @titt!vm,+,tn1åJ!.t of whom utterly broke down, told twttble stories of the d matter. They say thitt those Who were I lost wpre for the mofet pfcrjfc crushed in their berths. One Gallcian iii trying to save his I child, whom he saw dieaprteariit under the water, perished himself before Ms wife's eyet. Another man saved his entire jjtmily of five persons. At present the di*-at«"1" attribute:! to th« presence of <* dred^^jga ;yie rai J 'le of the river, the electric light or which daezled the pilots and prevented their seeing each other's Vessels in time to avert the disaster. —Renter.

THE ADOPTED BABY CASE I MRS. GUNNING BEDFORD FINED TEN POUNDS. Mrs. GUnning Bedford. br New Tork, was again brought, up at Bow-street, London, on Monday, charged with making a false declara- tion to the St. Pancras registrar regarding the birth d a child. Mr. Mnir, in opening the clise. said defen- dant was charged under a statute which was remarkable, inasmuch as the magistrate might deal with it as a summary offence, with a maximum punishment of a £10 fine, or he might send it for trial, when it could be dealt with by a maximum punishment of eeven years' penal servitude. Counsel stated that defendant was tiie wife of Mr. Ghhnin £ Bed- ford. who died in Patis last Feb- ruary. He was a merchant in that city, and was entitled to the use durin,- his lifetime of an income of a very large sum of money, left by his father, Mr. Frederick Bedford, of New York. In the event of Mr. Gunning Bedford's death, the income of the residuary estate was left to his lawful issue, if any. If, however, he had no lawful issue, then there was a gift over to another mernbef of the family. The estate was said *111111 I I I MRS. BEDFORD. i to be worth from £ 60,000 to .CMO.coo. A few days after the death of Mr. Bedford, the rlc- fendant oalled upon her husband's solicitors in Paris with a baby. and represented that itl was her child. Inquiries showed that she had registered the birth of a baby in Lundon, f and that she had pmctired the child from a young womttn with the object of passing it. ofT alMier own. Counsel added it was quite obvious this was not a carefully-thought-out scheme of fraud, and that it must have been known it would fail. He, therefore, asked the' magistrate to deal with the case, m the rela- tives did not wiah to punish Mrs, Bedford. Mr. Marshall Hall, who dff ended, said iVrs. Bedford withdrew her plea, and now admitted- making a false declaration. The facts were practically as Mr. Muir had stated. The late. Mr. Bedford, however, had desired his wife to adtfpt a child, and it was in accordance with- her husband's instructions that prisoner had acted. The Magistrate agreed to deal with the caac summarily, and imposed the maximum fine of £ 10. c .4>-

THE MISSING ENGLISH GIRL. 1 A Workman when digging in the sandbanks of the River Moskva near Mosco came upon a human body. He at once informed the authorities, who proved the remains to be those of a young English girl named Rose Whalley, who disappeared last January- She was the daughter of Mr. James Whalley, (manager of the tulle manufactory of Messrs. (Fletchers at Moscow. Her father recognised the body immediately, for upoh it were the clothes which the girl wore on the day of her disappearance. In her dress was found a. letter, and In her pocket nineteen kopecks. The corpse bore no mark of violence, and its position seems to bear out the tbcory that the girl fell through a hole in the ice while [ croMiae the river at dusk,-Rea.ter,

A PROTEST OF NO IMPORTANCE. Miss BALFOtJR: Hush, Pi do; you know you are no judge 1"

MOTOR CYCLES IN COLLISION. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT BRISTOL SPORTS. A shocking accident by which two persons lost their lives and several others were seriously injured occurred in the final of the five-miles motor-bicycle race at Bristol Post Office Sports on Saturday. The riders left ;n for the final were:—T. li. Tessier (London), G. A. Barnes (London). E. Efrckham (Bristol), and P. C. Bailey, Bristol. Kickham retired at the end of the first lap through his chain break- ing, but the three remaining corwet'tors went, ¡ ou without mishap until the middle of the third mile. Barnes, who had completed eight laps, was then about to pass Bailey, who Had completed nine. Bailey looked around. and in so doing swerved his motor on to the upper part of the embankment. Barnes managed to pass him on the outside, hat on descending I to the lower level of the track his machine slightly wobbled. Bailey immediately cut into him. causing Barnes's machine to Skid, and both men and motors were dashed amongst the crowd of spectators. Several people wèrp: rendered unconscious and severely injured Bailey, who was riding a motor of two ano a half horse power and hundred and ten pohnriS weight escaped with Slight injury to the face, but Barnes, who was riding a two and three-quarter horse power motor, was very badly hurt in the face and legs, and was taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary, as were also ten spectators, whose names and injuries were as follows: Sidney John Anthony Cower. fourteen, of 43. Melbourne-road, Bishopston, Bristol, frac- tured skull. Arthur Davis. 32, of 6, Cross Buildings, St. Philip's. Bristol, injuries to head. Joseph Larig. ten, of 11, Oak-road, itorfield, Bristol, concussion of the brain. Itenry Spragfrs, seventeen, of 3, Church-lane, Temple, Bristol, injuries to head. Charles Wfli&ms, nineteen, of 15, Water- street, St. Paul's, Bristol, injury to head and broken collar-bone Frederick Marks, four, of 9, Wells-street. St. Augustine's. Bristol, fractured skull. William Bradley. thirteen, of 146, Stapleton- rcad, fractured skull. William Tarr, 49. of 9. Cox-street-Biiildings, St. Phillips', Bristol, injuries to head. Arthur Lenthall. twelve, of 67, Sefton Park- oL road, Bibliopston, Bristol, slight injuries. Frank Thomas, fifteen, of the Lamb and Flag, Victoria-street, Bristol. The casee of Gower afid Marks were deemed hopeless from the time of their admission, their injuries being of a terrible description, and both expired on Sunday morning. The condition of the lad Bradley was on Sunday evening reported to be very critical. Barnea, Lenthall, and Thomas were able to leave hospital after treatment on Saturday night. p.nd Spraggs and TSrr were discharged from the institution on Sunday. Although the pro- gramme had not been completed, the sports, which were attended by about 8,030 people, were abandoned after the accident. Directly tt occurred there was a panic-stricken rush of people on to the track, and it is surprising that Tessier, the remaining rider, who con- tinued riding in ignorance of the event, met witli no accident. An inquest was opened at Bristol on Monday afternoon on the two victims of the tnotor- cycle accident on Saturday. Only evidence of identification was taken. Another lad is in a critical condition, and a fourth remains in an unconscious State. QUESTION IN THE COMMONS. In the House of Commons on Wednesday. ibfr. LONG, replying to Mr. Mansfield (lL Bpal ding), said the attention of the Home 'Secretary had been drawn to the sad motor accident at the Bristol Pcst-oflice Sports. The Question of introducing legislation to regulate motor racing would receive consideration, but it would seem to him that the question of regulating racing at sports and similar meetings was hardly one to be dealt with in a Bill relating to the use or motor-cars on high- ways. lIr, WALTER, LONG told Mr. Wtir (R.. Ross and Cwmart.y) that he had peen newspaper paragraphs relating to two recent fatal motor-car a one at Kew Bridge and the C, thrr at Hr hoped to intro- duce a Blil as to motor-ear* shortly after Whitsuntide, but, be could not cay what the provisions of the Bill would bla. • ACCIDENTS IN nnrWAIX AND BRECON- tnHU B. A slight accident occurred during the South Wales and Monmouthshire Autombtiile Clnb'n run to Brecon oil Saturday. A motor-car entering Hirwain Rot into contact with a cart a,nd one of the ladies in the motor fell out. Fortunately, she was not httrt, and no damage was done. Another motor-car now came upon the scene and pulled up, and a third arrived. and in swerving to avoid the others crashed into a lamp-post, which was demolished. The motor-car was damaged and had to be hauled to the station and sent ,back by train. Another accident seems tc have occurred on the return journey from Brecon, for between that town and Crick- howell a motor-car upside down on the road- Side was the centre of attraction on SUnday morning.

THE POULETT PEERAGE. It has been officially notified that the petition of Rosa Countess Poulett. the widow of William Henry, sixth Earl Poulett, as testamentary guardian of her son William John Lyd«ton (who does not come of age until September, 1904), claiming for him the titles, honours, and riignitle3 of Vi?eoitnt Hinton and seventh Earl Poulett, has been referred to the Committee of Privileges of the House of Iorda to consider and resort.

POSITION OF THE GOVERNAIENT "■ '■■■■' /IIr ■" MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND THE COLONIES. Our London correspondent sends a signi- ficant statement on Thursday. He says that it is ilo longer concealed in official circles that the fiscal policy publicly adumbrated by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain is not in accoraance with the opinions of the great majority of Mr. Chamberlain's colleagues. If in the course of the debate on Bir Charles Dilke's motion in the Soars on Thursday Mr. Chamberlain makes a pronouncement thou i? regarded as definitely Protectionist, he will be repudiated by his colleagues. In that case," adds onir correspondent, there would certainly be a parting of the ways and a hew combination of parties. The situation is regarded as so serious that I have heard calculations already as to the composition of the new combina- tions. Mr. Chamberlain, it is admitted, would have a powerful following. His personal influence counts for much, and a errtaih rro- portion of Conservatives would follow him. On the other hand. many Liberal Unionists would remain Free Traders, ar.d the old Whig interest, which fit ill counts for something in politics, is the mast determinedly Free Trade of any group in politics." The foregoing message receives striking corroboration from the lobby correspondent of the Press Association, who wires: — Whilst an early appeal to the country cannot he authoritatively announced, there is, undeniably, a belief among experienced politicians on the Liberal side that a general election fannot be long delayed. This is based not upon any idea that the Governnlent would prefer the coming summer as their most convenient opportunity, but rather arises from an impression spreading among the Opposition that influences are at work in the front Ministerial ranks which may force a dissolution before many months have passed. Leading Unionists repudiate this notion, and hold that his Majesty would not be justified in dissolving Parlia- ment when the session's work is well advanced and whilst they are still in com- mand of a substantial majority. At the same time, some Ministerialiete freely admit that the Government have within the past few weeks seriously lost ground through the alienation of a number of their usual sup- porters with regard to the education contro- versy. and also owing to the remission of the corD. duties. Another element of dis- traction is the policy propounded by Mr. Chamberlain for preferential trading rela- tions with the Colonies, which, whilst eup ported by several members of the Cabinet, is considered in some well-informed quartern as likely to be opposed fcy the present Can- cellor of the Exchequer, as well as bs Sir Michael Hicks-Beach and Lord Goschen, two cf Mr Ritchie's predecessors in that ollice. These are among the considerations which lead some influential Liberals in the House of Commons to think that the general elec- tion is not so far distant as the rank and file of politicians have been apt to assume. Telegraphihg later, the Press Association Lobby representative says he is assured by an influential Ministerial authority that, what- ever rumours there may be to the contrary. the Government have not at present any in- tention whatever of dissolving Parliament this year. STATEMENT BY THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. In the House of Commons on Wednesdav, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER informed Mr. Lambert that he did not propose any modifications of the Finance Bill to afford preferential duties in the case of Colohial pro- ducts. "IN A STATE OF MUTINY." Mr. ,T. H. Cheshire, ex-mayor of West Brom- wirh, presiding on Wednesday night, at a meeting at the Birmingham Towh-hall. said Protestantism must he made the test, question at. elections. There was a serious revolt going on among the Birmingham members at prpsent. through Ihe action of the Govern- ment regarding the. Educatioh Bill. Mr. Chamberlain was in a Htate of mutiny. He was so dissatisfied with the blunders the Government had made on the Protestant. oAUestion thrtt it seeHicd likely he would do what he ought to do, and stand by the Pro- testant cauje. i.

THE MORGAN FORGERIES. MISSING COUNT ARRESTED AT ALEXANDRIA. About a. fortnight ago Alderman Burnett at the Guildhall, London, granted warrants for the apprehension of sc. eral City men in con- nection with alleged extensive frauds and forgeries in bills of exchange on Mr. J'ierpont Morgan and other shipping fivins. On Tues- day information was cabled to the detective department of the City Police at Old Jewry that an Italian, styang himself as a count, and who is well known in shipping circles and amongst the financial men in the City, had been arrested by a London detective- inspector at Alexandria. He was, however, on a French vessel that was in quarantine, and he i.sserted he was a French subject. Accused was accordingly handed over to the French 1),cticc. and is detained at Beyrout. The extradition papers have been forwarded to Rome and also to the Ottoman Empire, and witnesses for identification will be sent gst ont. The British, Italian, and French Ambas- sadors are-actint in ooncert.

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MURDER OF A POLICEMAN. SHOT DEAD FROM BEHIND A GRAVESTONE. A Leicestershire policeman, named Wil- kinson, was deliberately murdered shortly before midnight on Monday at Sileby. He was standing near the charchyard, talking to a tradesman, when a shot was fired from near a gravestone, striking him in the chest, and he died from the wound within a few minutes. Wilkinson had been in the force for sixteen years and warn a quiet and efficient officer. There has been trouble with poachers recently at Sileby, and after the occurrence the police went to the house of a man named Porter, where they found that Porter with another man, named Preston, had barricaded the doors. The officers were, it is alleged, threatened with violence if they attempted to make any arrest, and a. gun was fired in the air, the barrel of the weapon afterwards being thrown from the window. The men subsequently surrendered quietly, and were brought to Loughborough. PRISON BEFORE THE MAGIS- TRATES. Thomas Preston and Thomas Porter were charged at Loughborough Police conrt on Tuesday with feloniously killing Police-con- stable Wilkinson at Sileby on the previous day. Chief-constable Holmes narrated how the constable was talking to a man named Middleton near the churchyard, when, hearing a noiSe, the constable looked towards the churchyard, and, on shining his light, received a charge of small shot in his abdomen. He died within a few minutes. The prisoners were found in Porter's house, and, after per- suasion. surrendered to the police. Superintendent Agar stated that when. with his officers, he, arrived at Porter's house in Sileby he found the door locked and the two men inside. Forcing an entrance, he Was con- fronted by Porter with a double-barrelled fun pointing straight at him. He retired for a short time. The chief-constable came, and the men held a conversation from the window. Porter said:- They have driven me to it. I do not ctre if I am—well, hung. I have been drove to this, but has he done his dnty? I waA not half so nasty with him as with you. I have got nowt to bother about and nobody to live for. I meant to kill both the —— at oite shot (meaning the two village policemen). If you rush the house someone else has got to come under the hammer. Preston said:- A bad job we didn't do them both. Wis meant them. The Superintendent added that at seveik o'clock the men fired off one barrel, broke thfe | gun, and surrendered. The prisoners were remanded for three diys. They arc young men of 24 years of age. Porter is married, and Preston served as Reservist in the Boer War. They both pre- served a quiet and somewhat indifferent alti- tude during the hearing. Porter appeared to be the more sensitive of the two. THE INQUEST. An inquest on the body of William Wilkin- son, the Leicestershire constable, was held at LoughboroUgh on Wednesday. The two men arrested. Porter and Preston, were present. A shoe-finisher named Clarke stated that shortly before the tragedy he saw the prisoners near the church stile. Preston said. "We'll both be hung for them together." Later on he heard Preston say. I'll shoot," and Porter replied. No, I'll shoot." Superint.tndent Agar, who arrested the I prisoners, stated they remained at an up- stairs window through the night with a gun. They several times spoke as though they were sorry they had not shot deceased's colleague. Police-constable Hall. The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against prisoners, who were com- mitted for trial.

A PAINFUL CASE. SEDUCTION OF A FIFTEEN-YEAR- OLD GIRL. In the King's Bench Division Mr. tldward B. Tooth, of Argyle-road, Ilford, sued Mr. F. J. Carter, of 51. Kensington-gardéhe, lIford. to recover damages for the Seduction of His daughter, Eva Maud Tooth. Mr. Ruegg, K.O.. >w EVA MAUD TOOTH. I and Mr T. ArtemUs Jones appeared for the plaintiff, and Air. E. Huhie WilliainB. K.C., and Mr. Ernest Pollock for the defendant. The plaintiff was a clerk in a City firm, and the defendant, who is now twettty-eiiht years of age, was a fellow clerk, and lodged at the plaintiff's r.oulpe. Defendant, it was r aid, made professions of religion, and played the orsan at a Congregational chapel, Plaintiir had three daughters, and, according CASTER (the Defendant). to plaintiff's case, the defendant, when hit daughter Eva v.aa fifteen years Of agl, seduced her, a child beihg born in December last year. The defendant went into the witness-box, and, although he admitted that he had kissed the girl, he emphatically denied that he sc-duced her. Several witnewes were examined on both sides, and in the result the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for JE200. the foreman saying thty wished to express their sympathy for the plaintiff. His lordship gave judgment for the plaintiff for that sum, with costs. .b.

BADENlpOWELl7s"VISIT. ,4 The Town-clerk of Cardiff (Mr. J. L. Wheatley). has received a telegram ffdttt Major-General Baden-Powell to the effect that the gallant officer must leave Cardiff on Saturday next by the 2.55 p.m. trttin for London. This, it is believed, will prevent bit proposed visits to the docks, the Cory Soldiers and Sailors' Home, and the infirmary, nnletS he can take the last-named institution ott his way to the Mansion Honse in the early xunrninp.

THE GORDON-BENNETT RACE IN IRELAND. A Dublin correspondent telegraphs that the Irish coittity councils concerned—those of Kildare. Queen's Courtty. and Carlow-with whom it Would rest to withdraw the permis- sion for the holding of the Gordon-Benhett race. Will not veto tiir contest. In the Hon sis of Coinntohs on Wednesday. Mr. TREVELYAN (fi., Yorkshire, Kilnhd) asked the Chief Secretary for Ireiand that precaiitioMs were being tttkert for the pre- servation of the lives of the motorists and of the population of Ireland. Mr. WYNDttAM said an Order had been made by the Local (Iovernmt-nt Board, in 1mr- Sttance of the Light Locomotives Act of this session, ciogitij the course on which the race Would take place to all jJerSonfe except thoSS employed in connection with it. A largo force of police and military, supplemented by the stewards, would guard the course. Mr. SCOTT MONTAGU lU., Hants. Ne.v? Forest) asked whether the right hon. gentleman was aware that these races would be run under totally different, conditions to those of the Paris-Madrid race. Mr. WYNDHAM: Yes, they will be of a diffe- rent character.

MR. KRUGEirS MISRULE. CLAIM FOR £1,000,000 AGAINST THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. The State Department at Washington has presented to the British Government the claim of thi late Mr. Charles Browh, an American civil and mining engineer, for jEl.OM.CCO for property confiscated by the Boer Government. Mr. Brown had located large land entries in the Transvaal, including mining property. The Supreme Court of the Transvaal upheld the legality of these entries, but the decision was ft aside by Mr. Kruger. Tho State Department was ready to take up the case with Mr. Kruger. when the Boer war began. Mr. Hay believes that the British Government can be held responsible. The Marquees of Lansdowne has forwarded the papers to the South African Colonial autho- rities for investigation and report.