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MOCK FUNERAL. RAID BY POLICE DISGUISED AS MOURNERS. A funeral procession at Forest-gate, London, one day last week underwent a transforma- tion so startling that the bystanders rubbed their eyes and wondered if they were awake. The procession consisted of two indisputable child's funeral coaches. On each box sat a solemn driver, and inside the vehicles were visible a little gathering of sad-faced mourners in orthodox black. Under the first driver's seat was what seemed to be a little coffin. The procession wended its way slowly into Parliament-place. There one coach drew up as near as possible to the front door of a hairdresser's shop. The second coach stopped opposite the back entrance to tho same Premises. A signal was given, and the mourners dashed out of the two coaches and into the hairdresser's shop. Once inside they closed the doors, announced that f ey were police- men, and had a search-warrant, and that everyone present must consider himself under arrest for using the pi ice for betting purposes. Seven persons were arrested, and took part in the mock funeral procession's triumphant return to the police-station. Six were let off on Wednesday at West Ham Police-court, but Thomas Hont, the hair- droner, wato dated JEM in all

SINGULAR AFFAIR AT FERNDALE. FIRING A REVOLVER AT A HAT. A singular accident, which, unfortunately, had serious consequence*, occurred at Fern. dale on Saturday evening. The facts are simple. An assistant timberman employed at the No. 2 Pit of the Ferndale Collieries, named Frederick George Brown, who was lodging at 2, Taff-street, Ferndale, was in the garden with a revolver, and was, it is believed, engaged in practice. Near the garden is a railway, and when the accident occurred a Taff Va.le Railway engine was passing. On the engine were the driver, stoker, and yard foreman and these persons upon approaching the garden heard a shot fired. The yard foreman, a man named Wannacott, held up his hat, and the assistant-timberman, who had the revolver, took the hit as a target and shot. The bullet, however, struck the stoker, George Eyre, who resides at 4, Zinc-street. Roath, Cardiff, in the forehead. Eyre fell off ihe engine, which was then in motion. Subse- quently he was oonTeyed to the Cardiff Infirmary. Dr. T. W. Parry, JP" Ferndale, who attended Eyre, also accompanied him to Cardiff. Brown is 28 years of age. Lately he was employed on the Taff Vale Railway as brakes- man. He has worked at Llandaff, and is a native of South Molton, North Devon. BROWN BEFORE THE MAGIS- TRATES. At Pontypridd Poiice-court on Wednesday (before Air. Ignatius Wnuams, stipendiary, Dr. E. Nauntou Davies. and ar. W. Lewis; iienry George Brown, an assistant timber- man, lodging at 2, Taff-street, Ferndale, was charged with doing grievous bodily harm to George Eyres, a, stoker employed on the Taff Vale RaJiway. Eyres was shot on Saturday afternoon, while on an engine at Ferndale, the bullet entering his forehead, and he is now in a serious condition at the Cardiff Infirmary. The prisoner was undefended. Superintendent Cole, replying to the stipen- diary, said that Eyres was still Unconscious. The first witness was Thomas Waonaoott, a yard foreman in the employ of the Taff Vale Uailway at Ferndale. He said that at half past ttiree on Saturda.y afternoon he was on an engine with Eyres, the stoker, and Oliver Blake, the driver. The engine was being shunted to a. siding. He heard a shot, and asked Blake what it was. He said, It's Brown practising with a revolver." Wonaa* cott then saw prisoner in his garden, which runs on to the railway. Those on the engine were leaning over the side, and wit- ness held out his hat. He did this in a jocular manner, and did not think a, shot would be fired. Brown, however, raised lis hand, and the revolver went off. Eyres fell off the engine to the rails. Witness raised him nl), and saw he was bleeding from the forehead. The defendant jumped over the railings to the railway, and Wonnioott said. "Fred, you must have been a fool." He said, "Oh, Tom, it went off." The accused 'was then despatched for bandages, but he did not return. The defendant, addressing withese, asked. "There was never any ill-feelintr towards one of us?" Witness: No. Addressing the bench, defendant ffiaid: It was all done in a second, and no one regrets it more than I do, sir. I did not know it WtM loaded. Waxmaoott, further questioned by the Bench. said he stood between his hat and Byres. The engine WM just starting after having been stepped when the accident took place. Brown remarked that, in fact, he did not point the revolver at anybody in particular. It went off in a second, and he was from twenty to twenty-five paces from the engine. Wannacott also said that Brown did not appear to be taking any aim. The stoker had laughed at Brown, and Brown had laughed back at him. He then raised the revolver and it fired. Asked by the stipendiary if the revolver was fired accidentally, witness said, "Oh, yes; it went off accidentally." He did not aim at all, but just raised his hand. Police-sergeant Williams, Ferndale, said that at three p.m. on November 30 he received the prisoner into custody at the chief-constable's office at Canton, Cardiff, where he had given himself up to Superintendent Thomas. Wit- ness conveyed him to Pontypridd Police-sta- tion. and charged him with doing grievous bodily harm to one George Eyres, by shooting him with a. revolver at Ferndale on the 28th of November. In reply the defendant said:- On Saturday afternoon last I was out in the garden practising with a revolver. I had fired some shots at some old jam- pots After I had finished, up comes the Ferndale shunting engine, with three men on it. viz., George Erres (stoker), Oliver Blake (driver), and Thomas Wannacott (yard manager). They all spoke to me aa they were passing over the points, and spoke to me in a joking manner, and laugh- ing. Thomas Wannacott spoke to me, and held hie hat up. as if to be a target. I pointed the revolver to the ground to see if it was loaded, and it went off snick. Then I pointed at them, joking all the time, wh-n it went off. He had his hat still up. I was horrified to see the stoker George Eyrcs fall off. I ran up the garden and over the railings to him. and found him bleed- ing from the forehead. I ran back to the house and said to the landlord, My God, Bill, I have shot a man! Go out at once with water and bandages!" I was eo texri-1 fled I did not know what to do. I went to I Cardiff. After I recovered from the shock I went to Cardiff Oounty-police office and reported myself. We were all the best of friends; no ill-feeling whatever between us; we were always chums. I think I have got nothing more to add to it. Police-sergeant Williams added that ae received the revolver and cartridge (pro- dnoed) from William Phillips, Brown's land- lord. wrannaoott was re-called, and said: that Phillips brought out the revolver from the house after the accident. The firearm was in one hand and a cartridge in the other. Superintendent Cole applied for a week's remand, stating that Phillips would be called. This was granted, the defendant being let out on bail. THE INJURED MAN. The injured man is still lying in a semi-con- scious state at the Cardiff Infirmary. He is in a precarious condition.

GREAT WYRLEY OUTRAGES. WALSALL CLERKS SEVERELY PUNISHED. At Stratford on Tuesday two Walsall clerks, Arthur Sale (20) and Edwin Whitehouse (15), were indicted for sending a. letter to a constable threatening to murder him, and Walter John Leonard (19) was indicted fbr' sending a similar letter to John Howell at Smethwick. The letters were among the series which have been received in connection with the outrageis on cattle in the Great Wyrley district. Prisoners pleaded guilty. Lord Hatherton said the court had a painful on duty to perform, but the public must be pro- tected in consequence of what had happened in the neighbourhood. Whitehouse was ordered to receive ten strokes, and Sale and Leonard were sentenced to one month each in the second division.

BAYLISS V. COLERIDGE. MR. COLERIDGE, NOT THE SOCIETY, PAYS THE COSTS. It was stated in a London contemporary on Monday night that the two thousand pounds damages assessed against Mr. Stephen Coleridge have been paid by the society with which he is connected, and that their funda are practically depleted in consequence." This is absolutely untrue. On seeing the para- graph re-produced in our columns yesterday, Mr. Coleridge rang u-j up to say that Mr. Bayiiss, on the morning after the trial, inaisted on the immediate payment of the money awarded to him by the jury, and Mr. Coleridge promptly handed over his own cheque for the amount. Mr. Coleridge has no intention of allowing the society to bear the cost of the Action. j.

THE EXPEDITION TO TIBET. A REPORTED AGREEMENT AGAINST RUSSIA. A Tifcn-tfiin telegram says:—According to information derived from a private source, the British military authorities are making arrangements for the engagement of foreign interpreters from Sze-chuen for Tibet There appears to be an understanding between Great Britain and Chiaa to hold Tibet against Russia should occasion arise.-Reuter. Renter's Agency learns that, while no defi- nite date is officially given for the advance of the British mission into Tibet, Colonel Mac- donaJd, R.E., who will command the force, is busily engaged in making the necessary pre- parations. Immense quantities of transport are being collected, and stores and warm clothing are being despatched to the Sikkim frontier. It will be remembered that Colonel Macdonald was employed with the allied forces in China, and it is, doubtless, at his suggestion that the supplies of Canadian fur coats which were purchased for the troops in China. have been sent for from Tien-tsin. The present base it at Siliguri, some thirty miles south of Darjeeling, and as soon as everything is in readiness Colonel Mac- donald's force will cross the frontier. Major Iggulden, who has been appointed staff officer to the expedition, has considerable knowledge of this portion of the frontier, and was with Mr. Claude White, the political officer on the Tibet Commission. When everything is in readiness Colonel Younghuaband will proceed to Sikkim, and go with the expeditiex. which will march direct, to Khamba-jong, and join the Commission, which is still there. All will then proceed to Gyang-tse, which. after Lhassa itself, is the most important town of Tibet, and on the'main road to the capital. At this point Colonel Younghusband. the British Commissioner, will endeavour to re-open negotiations with the Tibetans-it is hoped, with a successful result. There is no question at present of a permanent occupar tion of Gyang-tse or of an advance to Lhassa itself. With regard to the attitude of the Tibe- tans, it is probable that when they realise that a large British force is in their country they will abandon their dilatory and hostile attitude and discuss with the British Commissioner the questions at isaue. Although it is not generally anticipated that the Tibetans will actually fight, the extremely difficult character of the country to be traversed, the question of transport. and the remoteness of the destination of the mission from the frontier, with passes closed by winter in their rear, render necessary the employment of a force strong enough for any emergency. For many weeks no communications have passed between the Tibetans and the British. Trade over the Jelap Pass is entirely stopped, and the Tibetans have deserted the frontier posts. It is rumoured from Nepal that the priests in Laaaea desire to oppose the British mission, but that the population want peace. .La.ffan.

THE GREAT FINGALL CASE. SECRETARY'S ALLEGED FORGERY AND MISAPPROPRIATION. The action brought by Messrs. Ruben and Ladenburg, stockbrokers, against the Great ¡ Fingall Consolidated (Limited) and Messrs. Bewick and Moreing, mining agents and ■ managers of the company's mines, was further heard on Tuesday in the King's Bench. The plaintiffs claim £ 20.000, which they said they had lost in consequence of their pro- curing that sum from Lazard Bros., bankers, and advancing it to Anthony Stanley Rowe, former secretary of the company, and a ANTHONY STANLEY ROWE. I member of the firm of Bewick and Moreing, on the securtty of a. certificate for 6,000 Great Fingall shares, which, it was alleged, was forged by Rowe. After some discussion the parties agreed to admit that the certificate was not a. valid document, that all the signatures except Rowe's were forgeries, that plaintiffs made their advance believing the certificate genu- ine. and that Rowe acted fraudulently for hia own benefit. Messrs. Bewick and Moreing were dismissed from the action, and it was agreed that the legal arguments on the question of the Fingall Company's liability should be taken on Thursday.

(C SLEEPING IN THE WAVES." SAD STORY OF DOMESTIC TROUBLE. There was an exceptionally large attendance of the public at an inquest held at Eastbourne I on Wednesday on Mrs. Beatrice Mary Wor- mald, 39, wife of Mr. Victor Augustus Wormald, a resident, well known in musical circles. The lady's body was found on the foreshore, and death was due to drowning. Mr. Wormald said that he and his wife had had disagreements and could not get on together, and negotions had been in progress for a separation. His wife left the house on the previous Wed- nesday and returned to Eastbourne on Sunday, and saw him twice. He refused to see her home, because he thought it would weaken the position he had taken up with regard to a separation. She cried a good I deal and was much dirtreased. The statement she made about sleeping in the waves he regarded as an idle threat. He offered to provide her with money, and left her at the residence of her cousin. The disagreements had reference to trifles. I The witness admitted there were faults on his side, and desired to make no reflections on his wife. They did not get on together. Mr. Charles Durtnall (Mrs. Wormald's brother), residing at Forest-road, Dalston, London, said on the previous Monday he received a letter in which she said, When! you receive this I shall be dead. Will you act for me? Things have come to a very serious climax between Victor and I. He locked the doors against me and refused to take me home. In consequence he has driven I me to desperation." The jury returned a verdict of Suicide whilst temporarily insane" and expressed deep sympathy for the family on both sides.

CUSTOMS OFFICER'S FRAUD PHILANTHROPIC AT THE NATION'S EXPENSE. At Galway on Wednesday T. W. Banks, at one time a. Customs official at Sligo, and who was arrested at Ilfracombe, pleaded guilty to a charge of having within the past three years stolen money to the extent of about JE6,000, the property of the King. It was stated that the prisoner did not spend the money viciously, but gave to charitable institutions and local industries. The prisoner had signed a deed to return £ 2,500. He was (Sentenced to thrqe years' imprisonment. i

SHOT IN A LONDON FLAT- < SENSATIONAL AND EXCITING AFFAIR. Smith-square, Westminster, London, has been the scene cf a sensational and exciting shooting affair, in which Mr. Pierrepoint, the representative of a well-known solicitor, got a. bullet through his hand and a lady had a narrow escape. In a flat at St. Stephen's- mansions in this square lives Mrs. Thomas, a young married lady of distinguished and pre- possessing appearance, whose maiden name was De Fleury, and wh) COnlee of a very old French family, the present head of which is her brother, the Comte Gaston de Fleury. She was married nine years ago, when very young, to Mr. Walter Meredyth Thomas, who was then an officer in the Army. The mar- riage turned out unhappily (says the "Star"), and for the last twelve months the couple have been living apart. Mr. Meredyth Thomas has repeatedly annoyed his wife by calling at her flat, where she was obliged to obtain the protection of her brother, the Comte Gaston, who, on a recent occasion when Thomas came there, dealt with him in a summary manner, which led to a charge of assault at Westminster Police-court. When the owe was called Mr. Thomas did not put in an appearance to prosecute, and, on the application of his wife's solicitor, a summons was granted against him for threatening to shoot her with a. revolver. The summons was granted, and was due for hearing on Tuesday. Defendant again failed to appear, and as it was proved that the summons had not been served upon him per- sonally, but had been left at his father's house in Gloucester-street, Pimlico, a fresh summons was cranted. Later in the day Mrs. Thomas ifceived at St. Stephen's-man- sions a letter which purported to come on her husband's behalf from a firm of solici- tors in Lincoln's-inn-fields. It asked for an appointment to meet her and her solicitor to discuss their differences, and come if pos- sible to an amicable arrangement. After consulting her own solicitor Mrs. Thomas agreed to grant the interview, arranging with Mr. William Pierrepoint to be present on behalf of her solicitor. Between six and seven o'clock in the even- ing a perfect embodiment of the respectable family solicitor presented himself at St. Stephen's-mansions. There was nothing in his appearance to arouse the smallest sus- picion, but as soon as he began to talk Mrs. Thomas began to suspect that he waAt her husband in disguise. Mrs. Thomas challenged him, and he made no further attempt to deny that he was her husband. An altercar tion ensued, and it is alleged that he then whipped out a revolver from the left pocket of his jacket, and, with an exclamation, fired at his companion. Whether the bullet was intended for his wife or for Mr. Pierrepoint is not very clear, but it is certain that the bullet struck Mr. Pierrepoint in the hand, and then embedded itself in the wall, where it was afterwards found by the police. Mr. Pierrepoint closed with his assailant, and Mrs. Thomas raised an alarm. In ths struggle which ensued the revolver was taken away from T omaa. but he succeeded in breaking away, and for the time made good his escape. His ba.g and gold spectacles were left behind him on the floor, and Detective-inspector Fuller on Wednesday morning found the white wig in a neighbouring area. On Wednesday, at Westminster Police- court, a warrant was iswed fry. his arrest, and the police are scouring London for him.

A "CHURCH OF BACCHUS." THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD AND THE LIQUOR LAWS. The Bishop of Hereford has written to Mr. J. Glenelg Grant, stating his inability to attend a lecture to be given by that gentle- man at the Park-hall, Cardiff, on Saturday, on the subject, "To Right the Wrong." The lecture is to be given in support of Lord Peel's proposals for liquor trade legislation. The bishop Bays:—"The brewera and publicans, who in the great majority of cases are now the same persons, are becoming very bold in their demands, and the Prime Minister has thrown out some vague and eminous promises which I hope he will never be in a position to carry into effect. If, by some insidious com- pensation clause in an Act of Parliament the present li^erce for one year, and one year only, is unhappily changed into a permanent or perpetual licence, who can estimate the mischief of such an Act, or the money value of the gift to the brewers aad the publicans at the expense of the people ? If such an Act, were passed, the value of brewery shares and public-house property would doubtless go up by leaps and bounds. I wonder if taxpayers generally understand this? It would mean nothing less than the establishment and endowment by an Act of Parliament of every public-house as a sort of Church of Bacchus in our midst. If a proceeding so barefaced in its disregard of every true interest of the nation is permitted, there is an end of our hopes of progressive temperance reform. "Two things will, I hope, be insisted upon by every honest, good, and patriotic elector before giving his vote for a-ny candidate for Parliament: (1) That the licensing justices must be left absolutely free, as hitherto, to refuse renewals of licences whenever, in their judgment, such refusal is in the interest of the people; and (2) that a time limit of five or seven years, after which no compensation shall be given, be a preliminary condition to any proposal for compensatory payments, i Within that limit of five or seven years some consolation—a much better and more exact term than compensation—might be awarded to a publican to whom renewal of licence was refused solely on the grotmd of public interest, but only on condition that this is paid by the remaining licence-holders. The amount of such consolation-payment, might be assessed by two valuerø-one representing the justices and the other the publicans who would ha.ve to pay. The amount of the con- solation-tax might be spread over the years which had still to run out of the five or seven within. which compensation was allowed by law. Should any of the remaining publicans object to his share of the tax, his remedy would be simple—he need not apply for a renewal of his licence."

THE POOR MAN'S DRINK. THE USE OF ARSENIC IN BEER. The final report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into arsenical poison- ing from the consumption of beer and other articles of food or drink, was issued to-day. The Commissioners urge the necessity for more extended administration by the Local Government Board, the necessity for official standards, and a board of reference of a con- sultative character, available on the applica- tion of the Government department concerned, to pronounce on specific points which are referred to them. The findings of the board of reference in relation to standards and other matters should be carried into effect by order of the department concerned, whose action should be subject to the control of Parliament. The Commissioners consider that the powers possessed by medical officers of health to obtain condemnation of unsound or unwholesome articles of food should be extended. The report adds that the evidence taken fully, justifies them in piranouncmg certain quantities of arsenic in beer and other foods as liable to be deleterious and at the same time capable of exclusion with com- paxative ease by the manufacturer. The Commissioners recommend the imposition of penalties when one hundredth of a gTain or more of arsenic is found in a gallon of liquid or pound of solid food or gallon of beer.

LORD MILNER DEPARTS. Lord Milner left London on Saturday after- noon far Southampton, to embark for South Africa. He was accompanied by his private secretary,, and others joined the small party at Southampton. Mr. Lyttelton (Oolonial Secretary), Mrs. Lyttelton, Ifr. F. f. Hawk-: sley (solicitor), and Mr. Boyd, both of the Chartered Company, were present with a large crowd to see Lord Milner off. Hearty cheere were raised as the train. left. J

WHICH WINS? With apologies to Mr. A. J. Elsley.

CLERICAL DIVORCE SUIT. ALLEGATIONS OF BRUTALITY AND VICE. In the Divorce Court on Wednes- day (before Mi Justice Barnes and a special jury), tht case of Mitchell v. Mitchell came on for hearing. This was a suit of Mrs. Amy Mitchell Taylor for a dissolution of her marriage with Mr. William Henry Mitchell, formerly a clergy- man of the Church of England at Elberton, Gloucester, and at Clifton, and now a member of a Roman Catholic community, by reason of his alleged cruelty and miscondmct. ÅIJIrWtn8 werw Akod denying tit* wife's- tions. Mr. DeMte, K.C., in opening the case, said it was a. shocking caae, because the respondent at the time the acts were attributed to him was a clergyman of the Church of Enchmd. j Since then he had resigned his living, and within three weeks afterwards, he went over to the Church of Rome. The marriage took place at Babbacombe, Devonshire, on the 28th of January, 1888, and there were five children, MBS. MITCHELL. I The respondent was then a curate, and about I five years afterwards he became rector of Elberton. He seemed to have been a. man of violent temper, which was sometimes uncon- trolled, and he then behaved in a violent manner to his wife, used bad language, and made his wife's life miserable. On one occa- sion at dinner he was carving some meat, and she asked him to give her some that was underdone, and he said, "Confound it," and j ttruck at her with the knife, and cut her hand.) After the birth of the fifth chikl he told her he could not afford more children, and from that time they occupied separate rooms. He became morose in 1901-2, told his wife he had I had enough of her, and that she had better so to her own people. They had two servants in the house, and he behaved in such a manner to them that they left the house and told Mrs. Mitchell the reason. She spoke to her husband about the matter, and the churchwardens also spoke to him, but it had no effect. A month later they had a servant named Luker. The respondent told his wife that he had a strong desire to go to the girl's bedroom. The wife protested against it, and asked him to return to her bedroom, but he said h. would have nothing more to do with her. In the month of June their little girl, who was sleeping i* a room near to the servant's bedroom, saw her father at the servant's door. It seemed that be seduced Luker very soon after she went into his service, and from that time onward had treated her as if she were his wife, constantly going to her bedroom. Mrs. Mitchell herself watched him, had seen him go in the direction of the servant's room, and afterwards heard voices there. On the 20th of June her husband told her that he would not have her watching hint, and be fetched a hatchet. He lifted it up and said, "If you don't leave off watching me I will hit yon over the head." She was very much frightened. She waited till he had gone to bed and then let herself down out of the window on to the lawn and ran away to the house of her medical attendant, whose wife found a bed for her. Soon after tbat the respondent went to a Roman Oatholio home in the neigh- bourhood, and afterwards became a member of the Roman Catholic community. The matter got to the knowledge of the out- side world, and the Bishop of Bristol, in whose diocese it was, ordered an inquiry. Then Mr. Mitchell pretended to be mad. Owing to the respondent resigning his living and joining the Church of Rome the inquiry became un- necessary. Counsel explained that the wife would have been content with a separation, but she brought the suit for divorce for the sake of the children, whom the husband wanted to bring up as Roman Catholics. The petitioner was then called, and bore out counsel's statement. In reference to the two servants leaving she spoke to her hus- band, and he showed her a book, "Roads to Rome," and called her attention to some passages in it. Witness described the carving-knife incident, and how she had watched and heard her husband in the servant's quartern Once she saw him standing there in his pyjamas. When she spoke to him about it he sald, "Surely this is a free country." She asked if he had been unfaithful to her, and his only reply was that he had told the girl he was mad." With reference to the hatchet incident, she said her husband brought a hatchet into the t house after a dispute about some books, and I told her that he might ha18 a we for It. She went to lie on the sofa. one evening, and at eleven o'clock he came to her, and said, "Have you not gone to bed yet? I will not have you following me and fepying after me like this." lie raised the hatchet, amd said, "I will give you a. knock on the head with this if you follow me about." She was very much aJarmed and went to her bedroom, and after her husband had gone to bed, tied some sheets together and let herself down from the window on to the lawn, and then went to Dr. Irwin's, In cross-examination witness denied that she had ever been guilty of nagging," or that there were financial troubles. She had an income of £50 a your. Her husband had a«n allowance of £ 120 from an uncle. In 1897 he began to think of giving up his living in the Church of England. He was at the time they lived at Clifton diocesan secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and that invoived a great deal of work. lie I had complained of his health and of head- achov. Be oiice feU from a. bicycle, and after* wards complained of his head. He wm ordered away for five weeks. lie had also had to consult a nerve specialist. Once she had to go up into the palpit to help him to and his place in the book. She once went down on her knees to him and begged his pardon for having called him a "contemptible cur" when he spoke of going to the servant's bed- room. She admitted he had been greatly worried by his work. She asserted that he threw the carving-knife at her and cut her hand. A brother of the petitioner was called to give corroborative testimony as to the cruelty. Ellen Luker, who had been in the service of Mir. and Mrs. Mitchell, was examined, and said tha.t there had been impropriety between her and Mr. Mitchell. Mr. T. M Carter, a medical gentleman in practice at Clifton, said he had attended the children of the parties when they lived at Clifton in 1900. Mr. Mitchell then seemed con. cerned about the strain which the nursing involved to his wife. The Bishop of Bristol said be had been waiting at great inconvenience to his diocese, and he proposed to wait no longer. Mr. Young: I do not propose to call you. The Bishop: Then I ought to have been told long ago. I have been pat to great inoon- venienoc. Police-constable Willis, of the Glou- cester Constabulary, said that on the 21st of June he went to the vicarage Mr. Mitchell did not appear violent then, and it was not necessary for him to remain at the vicarage. Mr. Mitchell was not to his knowledge a violent man. Cross-examined, witness said he went to the! vicarage in oonsequence of a complaint made by the wife. Mr. Mitchell said to him, j "Everything would have been all right if she had not followed me about. I wanted to get some bread and butter, and my wife followed me, and I said I would give her a tap on the head." He said that he had said that he would give her a tap with a packing tool he had in his hand on the head. Frederick Leach, a gardener, of Tiverton, Devonshire, said he knew the parties when they were at Waahford Pyne. He then saw a ttood deal of Mr. Mitchell, and did not con- sider him a violent man. Then he appeared to be a fond husband. He never heard any complaint %bout Mr. Mitchell's treatment of his wife. Elizabeth Jane Jones, a. servant, said tha.t while at Clifton Mr. Mitchell always behaved properly to her in every way. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell appeared to live ha-ppily together. Mrs. Mitchell once said to witness that she had MARRIED A POOR MAN." Two other servants gavct similar testimony. A deposition of Dr. C. J. Mitchell, a brother of the respondent, was read to the effect that the wife had not complained to him of ill- treatment. Mr. Hugo Young, K.C., for the respondent then addressed the jury. He said he did not propose to call the respondent to give any denial of the facts alleged against him, be- cause he did not dispute the act of miscon- dact which was alleged against him. With re- gard to the allegation of cruelty he did not go into the box to give his answer because, having admitted misconduct, was it likely the jury would be inclined to act in any way upon his denials? He did not dispute the incident as to throwing the nutcrackers, but- with regard to that and other matters he con- tended that they had been over-coloured by the wife. and there was nothing which really justified a charge of cruelty. As to the alleged throwing of the carving-knife that took place six years ago. and he asked the jury to bear in mind that women, sometimes, had not the sweetest of tempers, and were irritat- ing to husbands. He suggested that the re- spondent simply threw the carving-knife to his wife for her to carve for herself, and that it happened accidentally to hit her hand, As to the hatchet with which it was alleged the respondent threatened his wife, it was not such a formidable weapon, but simply a packing tool, and there was no evidence that the respondent had any intenti J. of carrying the threat into effect. He asked the jury to bear in mind that at the time of the alleged cruelty the husband bad his mind troubled with religious doubts, and that and a breakdown of his health tem- porarily upset him. From time to time he had to consult doctors. He was unstrung, though he didn't suggest that he was not accountable for his actions, but the jury should, under the circumstances, take a mer- ciful view of his conduct. Mr. Deane, K.C., having replied, the JUDGE BRIEFLY SUMMED UP. the case, remarking that it was an unplea- sant one. and he was very sorry to see a person who had been a clergyman brought into charges of this kind, one of which he had admitted. He had not chosen to go into the box to deny any of the charges, and had only called servants as to general behaviour, THE VERDICT. I The jury found that the respondent had been guilty of cruelty and misconduct. His Lordship granted petitioner a decree nisi, with costs. The question of the custody of the children wtta reserved for future con-1 sideration. j

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£11.000 TRUST MONEY. SENSATIONAL NORTH WALES CASE. Once again Mr. W. p. Roberts, the Llanrwrt solicitor, who is charged with aiding and abet* ting his partner, David Jones, in the misap- propriation o ftrust moneys to the extent, a* stated in court this morning, of £11,008, sur- rendered to his bail oi £ 4,000. Mr. J. T. Roberts, who prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury, said that, owing to the latest developments of the case, viz., the arrest of Jones, he should apply for a further remand. to be formally extended weekly for two months, as it v.>uld take quite that time to complete the extradition aad preparation of the case. Mr. Roberts said Jones had boarded the steamer Noordam on its arrival at Bou- logne last Sunday weeq, and he was arrested on the arrival of the vessel at New York on the 1st inst. He did not deny his identity, and so there would be no trouble on that account, but, still. it would take all the time he had mentioned to get the case ready. Mr. R. O. Davies, for the defendant, agreed to the course suggested by Mr. Roberts, but asked that bail be reduced from £4.000 to £1.000. Mr. Roberts opposed, and said if Mr. Davies pressed the application he would be obliged to introduce other matters into the case, which he did not wish to do, in order too justify his opposition. Mr. Davies then withdrew the application, and Roberts was again remanded for eight days, to be formally remanded till January, bail being again fixed at £4,000, himself in £ 2,800 and four sureties of £500 each. Mr. Davies then called the attention of the bench to a paragraph in the "Goleuad" news- paper, which he considered prejudiced his clients' case whilst it was still sub-judice. and expressed the hope that, though the bench could not deal with the matter, the press might take notice of his complaint, and the Welsh papers especially should refrain from prejudicial remarks on the case. He could not yet say if his client intended taking action against the paper named. A Magistrate expressed the opinion that the remarks quoted from the paper named were highly improper.

A HEADLES BODY. A MODERN EUGENE ARAVIS TRIAL. One of the most sensational murder trials in the history of South Africa, concluded on Wednesday in a vcirdict of guilty against the Englishman named Hart, who was charged with the murder of his friend, James Arm- strong. in remarkable circumstances., Ana- strong, a native of Mooteith, West Perthshire arrived in South Africa early this year, Mid shortly afterwards myatieriously disappeared. In April his headless body was found on the shore of a lonely lake near Cape Town. Sne- picioo fell upon his friend. Hart, and at the inquest it came out hat he had told hit brother that he had been informed by spirits tha.t the body of Armstrong would be d1.to oovered near water. Later Hart was seen near the spot walking away with something in his hand, which proved to be a skull. This be threw away, but it was eventually die- covered, and it was found that the jaw WM broken. The trial proved a memorable one. The judge and counsel likened the case to that of Eugene Aram. Armstrong's body had ladn for month" by the shore of the laø. and had been visited daily by Hart. The prisoner gave evidence, declaring he was gifted with second sight, and had di* covered the body owing to revelations vouch* safed him from Heaven. The jury returned their verdict only after long deliberation, adding an unexpected rider that the prisoner was of unsound mind, though this plea was not set up in his defence. The sentence was that he should be detained during his Majesty's pleasure. The case has excited enormous interest owing to its era* some features.

"IT IS HEAVAN?" CAPTAIN AND ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE. In the Divorce Court on Thursday Mr. Henry Archibald Belleville, of Market Harboro, was granted a decree nisi because of the miscon- duct of Mrs. Phyllis May Belleville with a Cap- tain Walter Nielson. The suit was unde- fended. Counsel stated that the marriage took place at Alnwick in 1897. Petitioner and co-respondent had made acquaintance when they both entered for the army "crams." Except when Captain Nielson had been abroad on foreign service they had been great friends. They were hunting people, and saw a good deal of each other. A letter from the respondent to the co-respondent led to enquiries and the discovery of a. number of letters from Captain Nielson to Mrs. Belle- ville, showing they were constantly meeting. One letter began, "Phill. my own darling." In another he expressed the desire once more to receive her kisses, and added, Oh. Phyllis. it is heaven," and in further communication he .a..id:- I long for the day when we shall always -be able to be together, and not ha-ve to go on dodging and scheming to meet such other. To sin for one you love is no sin; and if it is, I do not'care. The Counsel said the wife in a letter to her husband confesed to misconduct. She also said:- Yes, I have sinned, as you say, with a man I have and do love, and I have been more of a wife to him than ever I have been to J'QL

LOVERS' QUARREL. ACTION TO RECOVER PRESENTS* FAILS. On Thursday, in the King's Bench Division. Mr. Baron Henry de Costa sued Miss Evat Harrison to recover certain articles of jewellery, which the plaintiff alleged were his property. The parties were engaged, and plaintiff gave presents which he stipulated should be returned if they parted. Sub- sequently they had quarrels, and on May 11 the lady wrote breaking off the engagement* and stating that she was returning hia presents. On this plaintiff returned a gold, cigarette case which the defendant had given him, but the young lady did not return his presents, as she had promised to do. Plaintiff, in reply to his lordship, said he did'not want the rings to present to another lady. His Lordship: You claim £100 for detention. It would be a good day's work if you got so verdict, but you have got no case. Judgment for defendant with coeta.

CHARGE OF BURNING A WOMAN., John O'Brien, 46; Thomas Griffiths, 21; a,n4 Walter Rice, eighteen, were charged, at the Thames Court, London, on Wednesday, with being concerned., with two others, in mali- ciously wounding Nelly Neuth by burning her on the legs and lower portion of the body.' It was stated that prosecutrix was too ill to attend the court.at present.—A police- sergeant deposed that early tQ.1i morning he went to 3, Silver Lion-oourt, Poplar, where he saw the prosecutrix in bed. From what she told him the prisoners wer arrested.— Elizabeth SmaJI, of 1, Silver Lion-court, stated that on Monday night she saw the prisoners and three other men in the front room. The prosecutrix was also there, sitting by the fire-place. A tall man dragged her into the back room, and Rice and another man foi lowed. They shut the door, and the lyn-AK cutrix called out to witness, who got her in' another room. The men dragged her out Prosecutrix afterwards complained of haviiy been burnt.—Mr. Mead ordered a rmowl