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SCOTCH DIVORCE ACTION. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST TEA- PLANTER'S WIFE. In the Court of Session, Edinburgh, on Friday Lord Low heard an action for divorce brought by Mr. Ian Forbes, tea estate manager, Oey- lon, against his wife, Katherine Macdonald Forbes, of Chorley Wood, Herts, Mr. William Herbert Sinclair, living at a club in Piooa- dilly, being cited as co-respondent. It was stated that the question of damages and costs had been arranged. Evidenoe was given that Mrs. Forbes and a gentleman, other than petitioner, took roome at a houee in Castle-street, Regent-street. London. The gentleman slept there one night, occupying the saine room as Mrs. Forbes. Petitioner deposed that he was thirty years of age, and was son of the late Colonel Forbes, of the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders.. He became acquainted with the oo-reepon. dent in Ceylon through belonging to the same football team. His (petitioner's) wife went home to England in the same boat as the co- respondent. Later the petitioner had a letter from his wife, making a certain confession, and a day or two after he had a letter from ,the co-respondent alluding to the same matter. Decree of divorce was granted, but by re- quest co-respondent was not entered in the decree, and it was stated that the parties desired to marry.

THE NARESE DIVORCE SUIT. The President of the Divorce Division on Wednesday commenced bis snmming-up in the caae in which the King's Proctor sought to have rescinded the decree nisi obtained by Captain George Narese, master mariner, because of his wife's alleged misconduct. His Lordship said the case involved on one side or r other the commission of gross perjury, with I Mr. TOM JOKES (die OHespondeat). I the deliberate intention to deceive the court. Putting the matter broadly, it was said the whole thing was A fraud on the part of the petitioner towards the court. That was the real issue before the jury. They would see what a mass of machinations, of arrange- ments, fraud, and perjury was involv(d in the case. The president then examined the details of the case. The jury found that material facts had been withheld, and that the petitioner had been guilty of collusion. The decree nisi was accordingly rescinded, and the petition was dismissed with costs. The documents in the case were ordered to be kept in the custody of the court.

MANUFACTURER DIVORCED. In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice (before the President, Sir Francis Jeune) the case of Smith v. Smith was heard. This was a suit of Mrs. Florence Smith for a dissolution of her marriage with Mr. John Smith, described as a sewing machine manufacturer, of Birmingham. The suit was undefended. Mr. WillocK appeared for the petitioner, and explained that the marriage took place on May 24. 1890, at Trinity Church, Birchfleld, and there was one child. The petitioner was a sewing machine manufacturer in a small way of business in Birmingham. The wife alleged a number of acts of violence by her husband, and as to the misconduct it was alleged that he had gone to Bewdley with a young woman in his employment, and stayed at a house there. The petitioner in her evidence said her maiden name was Danks. Shortly after the marriage her husband began to knock her about. In 1891 he struck her and blackened her eye. On another occasion he turned her out of the house. Onoe he struck her in the face. She left him, but' she subsequently returned to hipi. His conduct for a time improved. Finally she left him after he had struck her in the face again. Eventually she got information which led her to bring ,these proceedings. Mrs. Eliza Danks, of Birchfleld-road, mother of the petitioner, gave corroborative evidenoe as to the cruelty, and a witness from Bewdley stated that the respondent had stayed in apartments a/t her bouse with a young woman. His lordship granted the petitioner a. decree nisi with costs.

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BLASTING FATALITY AT I CAERPHILLY. -■i ■ r. inquest was opened at the police-court, rpbilly, on Wednesday (before the Coroner W E. B. Reece), on the body of David l^mas, Windsor-street, Caerphilly, who sus- fatal injuries during some blasting "Rations at the new reservoir, Caerphilly, V*he 19th inst. •K^vid Daniel Thomas, the deceased's Bon, K ev*dence °' identification. ^J.r' Bo-wen, the manager, upon being called, be had advised Mr. Dyer Lewis of the dent, but that gentleman had called upon J/0? and said the case was not one for him dea,l with. e Coroner regretted the manager had not d the proper inspector, and adjourned inquest until the 29th inst., so that a j&resentative of the Home Office might be at the inquiry.

BILLED BY A FALL OF COAL. orA.. Workman named James Barry, 21 years HsAee> working as a collier at the No. 1 New tan Pits °f the Powell Duffryn Com- 0jQy. was partially covered by a huge fall j1). COal on Monday. He was terribly in- fg and expired in a few minutes after vJr^ing his home, in High-street, Troed- "kwfuweh.

S^WYER'S DEATH IN MERTHYR INFIRMARY. man, who gave his name as Henry James, 65 j^ko described himself as a sawyer, aged jj* died on Tuesday at the Merthyr Union W^y from burns, sustained on Sunday, returning home from work at the on Sunday morning two fitters, Francis and Miles Evans, °*bhi i°Toana proceeding from a trimmer's 1 °°lliery' an^ upon going to ascer- tlj6 0 cause found James lying in front of e are. He was very badly burned about the Wt, the waist upwards, and after he n a^tended by Dr. Allen he was con- Police-constable Hooper to the inflr- where he succumbed to his injuries on <*ay as stated. The deceased had no fixed of p aD<i he is believed to have been a native (oj, embroke. He wac not able to give any ta.t rfnt account of his history, but he stated lo(i8ed at one time with a Mrs. Wil- ran' °* ^"rtenydd- He wore a bowler hat, vUwaymau's coat, and a pair of moleskin' ~vo8ers.

EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AT BABRY *ent on Tuesday to her motw. ^7 ^o' Barry Docki 8 ^ousework. taking h^r two-y^^dmri^ George, with hep^e ohild w^ft Wortly afterwards missed from the kitchen /)n search being made lie was. found in TBkbacky&rd head downwards in a tube of Medical aid was summoned, and Dr. Afi^Pstone was immediately in attendance! Wflcial respiration was resorted to, bttt ^Out avail, life being pronounced exttaet.

ANF, ACCIDENT AT LANDORE. an inquest held on Tuesday afternoon at W^sea on the body of Jeremiah Jones, who tfy*killed by a travelling crane at the Hema- y, Works, Landore, as already reported, Jury agreed that the affair was a pure indent. They, however, suggested, that a ^Oh ekould be utilised on the crane in addl- ing*? to the whistle.—Mr. Last, the company's ag.er, expressed his own and the com- th Y'ri regret at the accident, and promised J; a bell should be used in future, whether any good or not.—The jury gave their to the widow.

ENVELOPED IN FLAMES. t the Drill-hall, Neath, on Thursday, ^•.Howel Cuthberteon, county coroner, held lOquiry touching the death of Lily Marian boh, aged 23, daughter of Mr. Walter Swash, tt" and shoe maker, Wine-street, Neath. fcj. 0 father of the deceased said he was not at time of the accident, but, from Hei?,t hia daughter told him subsequently, Nothing oaught fire when she was remov- a blower from the parlour fire. ijj Coroner: Are you aware that she was tbe habit of taking &Iorodyne?-Yes, sir, liortli,nately. ^-Charles Swash said that at about 10.30 IrQ^OesSay morning the deceased rushed the Par,our into the shop. She was eloped in flames, and was crying out, "SAVE ME, UNCLE CHARLIE." threw his coat around her, and in ertin- ns t*ie ke was badly burnt. He ^er into the parlour, where she jSj^Qed off, and he then sent for Dr. Davies. izabeth Sutcliffe, of Wine-etieet, said she the deceased shortly after the accident. deceased was not able to tell how the idptlt took place. ( Navies, having described the injuries sus- by the deceased, said that death was to shock following the burns. In his evi- >i^Co it transpired that Miss Swash was ter- about the lower limbs, and also burnt about the body and arms. 'Ury returned a verdict in accordance the medical evidence.

OTHER^ERIOUS MISHAPS. tlnoimas J. of 1, Byrcvm-terrace, Hen "cl, employed on the Rhymney Railway admitted to the Cardiff Infirmary on suffering from injuries as the result Hy paving been run over. He was attended to r. Timms, and later in the day one of his /Ts had to be amputated. ^M°rge Braily> living at 11, Cyfarthfa-street was on Friday afternoon admitted to lnfirmary, suffering from a fractured leg. Sq ^as employed under Messrs. King and the contractors of the new Cardiff q l,Wn at Whitchurch. 11lb 11 Friday afternoon George Furnish, tlrer, living at 70, Railway-street, Cardiff, d Employed at the new dock, met with an dent. He was taken to the Cardiff Infir- ry, where it was found he had sustained "fra.cture. He was attended to by Dr. vjrOis, but was not detained. ijaK* Robert Holmes (43), who lives at 103, to> 8ii°n-street, Cardiff, and is traffic of the Cardiff Railway, was injured erHally between buffers at the yard on He was taken to the infirmary, ^nded by Dr. Brownlee, and detained. Joseph, 33, a steward on board the V^'Hship Campinas, now lying at the East Cardiff, met with a singular accident on Tuesday. He was opening a bottle of wine bottle buret, and a pieoe of the Hv *0(* £ ed in his right thigh, inflicting a >ere wound. The ship's medical officer, Dr. G-^tt, attended the injured man, and sub- m^^ently advised his removal to the hospital1 Ollason, 30, a seaman on board lj,j. Norwegian steamer Sjogruntten, now at the east side of the East Dock, Car- d,own the hold through the bunker tv' distance of 15ft. He was conveyed hospital ship, where it was found he Sustained two scalp wounds, a wound on risht ear, and a sprained wrist.

FAITHLESS WILLIAM JOHN. ——— Vj88 Violet Warne, of Kentish Town, London, °n Wednesday, at the Sheriff's Court, V** £ 40 damages against William John V* '0r breach of promise. The faithless Jolm was absent and unrepre- fsi^?;intiff waa a nurse in an East Finchley for whom defendant was coachman. a long period of probation he obtained Hft,. consent in July, 1902, and she gave up tetn sItuation. The wedding was fixed for Sep- sb 'till bet'. But defendant went to Southampton, n°t Pit in his very necessary appear- at the wedding-that-was-to-have-been. It he waa courting a barmaid at Gently he «UBA in for a sum of over £ 100. {

KING EDWARD'S HINT TO RUSSIA- COUNT BENCKENDORFF'S MISSION TO THE CZAR. The London "Daily News" prints a statement from a correspondent, who, it states, is in a position to know the reasons for the Russian Ambassador's visit to St. Petersburg at the present juncture. In the course of his statement, the correspondent says:- "The sudden departure of Count Bencken* dorff, the Russian Ambassador to the Court of St. James', last Saturday was one of the causes of the panic on the Paris and Madrid bourses. It was at first stated that the count had gone to St. Petersburg solely to see his son before the latter left to join the Russian army now fighting in the Far East. Later it was averred that the count had gone to see the Czar at the personal wish of King Edward himself. "I am, however, in the position to state that, though the King took, of course, a special interest in the present journey of the Ambassador, his wish was, after all, not the only motive for the count's hasty visit to the Russian capital. The real reason was his own position as legitimate representative of the Russian Empire in Great Britain. "For some time past there have been other Russian representatives in London besides the Ambassador, whose powerful influence with the monarch of All the Russias has recently made the task of Count Benckendorff a very difficult one, indeed—I speak of the agents of the Panslavists-Madame de Novikoff, who is very well known in London by her articles on Russian politics, published in The Fort- nightly,' and Baron Wessilitzky, formerly belonging to the diplomatic service of the Russian Empire, and now London correspon- dent of the 'Novoye Vremya. Count Benckendorff and his predecessor, Baron de Staal, were the Ambassadors of the Czar, but Madame de Novikoff and Baron de Wessilitzky are the Ambassadors of M. Pobie- donoetzeff, who has. as everybody knows, perhaps a greater power in Russia than the Czar himself. Their duty is to watch the Rus- sian Ambassador at the Court of St. James'. Madame de Novikoff, who has a very great influence with the Czar, and Baron Wessi- litzky made the position of Count Bencken- dorff's predecessor sometimes very difficult indeed, though Baron de Staal, a very shrewd diplomatist, appeared always ready to listen to their advice. They made the diplomatic path of Count Benckendorff in London equally thorny. The official reports of the Russian Ambas- sador in London and the non-official reports of Wessilitzky became so contradictory that Count Lamsdorff, Foreign Secretary of the Russian Empire, was not always able to persuade the Czar that the baron and his political Egeria were in the wrong. Neither Baron Wessilitzky nor Madame de Novikoff believed that Great Britain would fulfil her pledgee to Japan, in case of a war with Russia. At the same time, their political friends in Paris and elsewhere who had the ear of the Czar all assured him that the Government of the Mikado were only bluffing. One of the first consequences of these Pan- elaviet intrigues was the public assurance of Mr. Balfctar that Great Britain would fulfil hjjjj^&bligations to Japan, if her treaty with the latter Power should demand it. These intrigues were brought to the know- ledge of King Edward by a very high French politician. The King, therefore, asked Count Benckendorff to make it thoroughly under- stood in St. Petersburg that every move or action of Frailce outside the limits of the strictest neutrality would bring England into the field ns the ally of Japan. UP to this moment the sncoess of Count Benckendorff'S mission, upon which may depend not only a limitation of the war in the Far East, but also European complica- tions in the Balkans, remains doubtful. There are even shrewd observers of the political game who believe that the count will have to give up his position in London after a short time if M. Pobiedonostzeff and hie clique maintain their influence over the Emneror Nicholas, and if Madame de Novikoff and Baron Wessilitzky continue in the posi- tion of nolitical guardians over the legitimate representative of the Russian Empire in the British Metropolis."

SEVEN LIVES LOST. I DISASTROUS FIRE AT A LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE. A fire in which seven persons loet their lives broke out about one o'clock on Thursday morning at a small coffee shop situate in Duke's Head Passage, Paternoster-row, London. The passage is one of the many narrow little thoroughfares with which the Oity abounds, and the firemen had the utmost difficulty in dealing with the conflagration, very limited though it was in area, the whole premises being completely burnt out within twenty minutes. Seven employes-five women and two men —were sleeping on the premises, and when the outbreak was discovered one of them was heard shouting, "We are making for the roof," the usual means of egress, apparently, having already been destroyed. The firemen found it quite impossible to use the ordinary fire escape, and when entrance to the building was effected the bodies of the seven inmates were found on the top floor. They had evidently been overcome in attempting to reach the skylight opening on to the roof. The remains of the following have so far been identified:- Ada Faulkner, cook, 32. Florence Faulkner, 17. Daisy Simmons. 19. Sarah Anderson, 26. I William Fordham, 22. Two other persons-one man and one woman -who lost their lives remain for the present I unidentified. The bodies were discovered huddled almost in a heap. The shop had been passed only a very few minutes before the disaster, when it presented its usual appearance, and the first intimation the people living around had that there was any thing wrong was the loud banging at the shop front of a constable, who had noticed smoke curling through the holes in the tops of the shutters, and heard an ominous crackling within. By his instrumentality the sleepers must have been apprised of their danger, for it was at this point that voices were first heard. I Almost simultaneously the whole lower part of the building burst out into a. mass of I flame, and it was seen at once that the pre- mises were doomed. By the time the firemen arrived the place was a roaring furnace. which it was quite impossible to enter at any point, and the little knot of onlookers, who stood half-clad and shivering in the alley, knew that the unfortunate inmates were beyond human aid. At last. when the firemen were able to enter, they at ouce saw that the entrapped occupants had tried to reach a skylight opening on the roof, and had perished in their despairing efforts, not a soul surviving to tell the tale. It is under- stood that Fordham was a son of the pro- prietor, Mr. A. G. Fordham, who was away through ill-health.

MINING DISASTER. SEVEN MEN KILLED AND ONE INJURED. A terrible accident occurred yesterday at Messrs. John Brown and Co.'s Aldwark Main Colliery, Rotherham A rope holding a cage containing eight men broke when the cage was 40 yards from the bottom. Seven men were killed and one was badly injured. The dead men are:— Mark Dyson, Victoria-road, Parkgate. Peter Rockett, Ashwood-road, Parkgate. William Downing, Pottery-street, Rawmarsb Albert Kent, Foljambe-road, Rothernam. Thomas Ramsden, Nottingham street, Rotherham Henry Wright, Peartree-road, Parkgate. Martin Nash, Shaftesbury-square, Rother- ham. The injured man is:- Arthur Ramsden, Nottingham-street, Rother- ham. The news spread rapidly, and within an hour scores of weeping women were at the pit- head. The shaft was tited exclusively for lowering and raising worlaneii, and not for lifting coal. All the men, except Arthur Rama- dan. were married.

THE FEDERATION OF MINERS. APPOINTMENT OF A NEW PRESIDENT. A special conference of the Miners' Federa- tion of Great Britain was held at the West- minster Palace Hotel, London, on Wednesday, to consider the proposals for the re-establish- ment or otherwise of the board of concilia- tion for the English federated districts. The lamented death of Mr. Pickard, M.P., also caused a vacancy in the office of president, which had to be temporarily filled until the next annual meeting of the conference. The greatest interest was, consequently, mani- fested in the proceedings, and every district was represented. Mr. Albert Stanley presented the following report of the pnxeedings:-The first business was the election of a president, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Pickard. M.P. It was decided to temporarily fill that office until the next annual conference, and Mr. Enoch Edwards, North Staffordshire, treasurer of the Federation, was elected to the office. The remainder of the sitting was com- pletely taken up with the discussion of the proposals which have been laid before the various districts and counties of the Federa- tion for the re-establishment of the English Conciliation Board. The proposals provide for the re-establishment of the board for a period of five years, the holding of quarterly meetings, the restriction of future advances or reductions of wages to 5 per cent., and the fixing of a minimum wage of 35 per cent. above the standard wage of 1888, and a maxi- mum of 60 per cent. above the same standard. The only proposals remaining unsettled are MR. ENOCH EDWARDS, New President of the Miners' Federation. the period over which the agreement shall extend and the wage standard. The men ask for the agreement to extend over only two years, and the further raising of the minimum to 40 and the maximum wage to 65 per cent. above the standard. A third point which was at issue between the parties at the earlier meeting has been conceded by the coalowners, who have agreed that the I selling price of coal shall not be the sole determiiiing factor in the fixing I of the wage rate, but that volume of trade and profits shall also be taken into consideration. THE NEW PRESIDENT. Mr. Enoch Edwards, of Burslem, who was to-day elected president of the Miners' Fede- ration, as successor of the late Mr. B. Pickard, M.P., is one of the ablest, as he is also one of the moat respected, of the leaders who have built up the most powerful of our Trades Union organisations. The choice which has been made by the miners to fill this most responsible position ,is justified alike by the long service which Mr. Edwards has given to the Federation and by the taot and judgment which he has shown in the conduct of difficult and delicate wage negotia- tions, both for the North Staffordshire miners and for the Federation. Mr. Edwards has acted as treasurer of the Federation of Great Britain from its formation in 1889, and it says much for the confidence which he enjoys with his colleagues, that his re-election has always been unanimous. A further proof of the confidence which the miners repose in his services is proved by the fact that he has been president of the Mid- land Federation since 1886. Mr. Edwards has taken an active and useful part in the muni- cipal life of Burslem, has been a member of the town council for eighteen years, and is now an alderman and a justice of the peace. In 1889 he was elected mayor, being one of the first working men to occupy the civic chair of an English borough. He is also a member of the Staffordshire County Council, and for ten years served on the Burslem School Board. At the last general election he unsuccessfully contested Hanley as a Liberal-Labour candi- date, and he has again been chosen as candi- date for Hanley at the next general election.

YOUNG LADY'S SUICIDE. DISTRESSING SEQUEL TO AN EARLIER TRAGEDY. At an inquest at Chippenham on Wednes- day on the body of Miss Helen Lovell, who was found drowned in the lake at Captain Spicer's seat, Spye Park, on Monday night, a verdict of Suicide during temporary mental aberration was returned. It was stated that Miss Lovell on Monday afternoon expressed a wish to go out by herself rather than take a drive with Lady Spicer. As she did not return to tea and dinner, search parties were formed. The body was not found until eight o'clock next morning. In her room was found an undated letter. taking farewell of Lady Spicer, and saying that when the letter was found she would be dead. The medical evidence was to the effect that she was'mentally and physically weak. She had received a severe shock some years ago by the death under distressing circum- stances of her fiance, and a severe operation afterwards still further shattered her health. One of the witnesses at the inquest, was Mr. Charles King Francis, a Metropolitan police magistrate, who said that the deceased was his sister-in-law. Her father was a retirfed officer of the Life Guards. The friend to whom she was engaged to be married died about four years ago. Captain John Spicer, who found the letter left by the deceaeed, did not attach much importance to it, and destroyed it. The Coroner said he felt sure that if Captain Spioer had taken time to consider he would have preserved the letter. It would have removed any suspicion of foul piay against anyone.

THREE PERSONS MURDERED.' A GHASTLY DISCOVERY AT MAID- STONE. A shocking tragedy was discovered on Wed- nesday at the residence of Mr Charles Tootell, Maidstone Mrs. Tootell and her two daughters did not make their appearance at the usual hour in the morning, and on the servants entering their bedrooms they found all three dead, with their throats cut. Mr. Tootell, whose whereabouts are unknown, is in part- nership with his brother as land surveyor and auctioneer, and he also holds the appoint- ment of surveyor to the Maidstone Trustees of the Poor, for which body he has just made out a fresh valuation list, on which he has been engaged nearly two years. He has long been connected with the Maidstone Volunteer companies of the Roval Wast Kent Regiment, and little more than twelve months ago retired from the corps with the honorary rank of major. Mr. Tootell was engaged at his office in King-street on Tuesday. Up to the present the affair is shrouded in mystery. A later telegram adds that the police found two blood-stained razors in one of the pockets of Mr. Tootell's dressing-gown. The doors of the bedrooms of the deceased were found locked. Mr. Tootell appeared in a cheerful j frame of mind on Tuesday night. His sister spent the evening with the family, and left about ten o'clock. Mrs. Tootell was a prepos- sessing lady of medium height, and about 45 years of age. Thepe were ghastly wounds in the throata of alf three. The police hare j obtained a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Tootell. TOO LATE. t There was a little man, And he had a little gun— And his bullets were made of lend. He went to the brook, Where he hoped to shoot a duck. I But he only scratched his head! (Mr. Lloyd-George has allowed the Address to the Throne to pass without bringing forward his amendment to the Education Act.)

LADY VIOLET BEAUCIIAMP, SEQUEL TO A RECENT DIVORCE SUIT. The Court of Appeal on Tuesday gave judg- ment in an appeal by Lady Violet Beauchamp from an order of the President of the Probate and Divorce Division, who had, on the motion of Sir Reginald William Proctor Beauchamp, directed that eaoh of the daughters of peti- tioner and respondent in the action of Beau- champ v. Beauchamp and Watt, should receive L500 out of what was known as the Roden property, representing a sum of £ 1.000( per annum, which had been formerly payable to Lady Violet Beauchamp as pin money. The President further directed that the sur- vivor of the two should receive RL,UOO per annum, but that if both should die unmarried then the income would be payable to the respondent, Lady Violet Beauchamp. The Lords Justices now .reduced the C500 allowed to the daughters by the President to ZCZOO per annum, which. on the death of Sir ReginaJd, would be increased to L500 a year. They, however, stated that in any event the £20() would continue during the joint lives of the daughters. I

A WIFE'S UNFAITHFULNESS. In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice before the President (Sir Francis Jeune), the case of Pearman v. Pear- man and Coulson came on for further hear- ing. The petitioner, Mr. James Pearman. of Welsh House Farm., Harbornc, sought for a I dissolution of his marriage with the respon- dent, Mrs. Mary Jane Pea,rmSi on the I ground of her misconduct with Yr. Alban Ooulson, who had resided at Brighte n and at I West Smethwick. The on-it was undefended. I According to the petitioner's case, the mar- riage took place at West Bromwich in 1884, and there were two children. At the end of 1887 the wife left her husband, who then went to Australia. He returned to this country in 1899, and in 1903 he discovered that his wife had been living with the co-respondent, first at Brighton, and latterly at West Smethwick. The case had been adjourned in order that further evidenoe as to the identity of the respondent and co-respondent might be obtained.—A witness who knew the parties now stated that to his knowledge Mrs. Pear- man and Mr. Ooulson, the respondent and co- respondent, had been living together latterly at Holly Green, West &oethwiok.-His lord- ship on this pronounced a decree nisi for the dissolution of the marriage with oasts.

WHILE THE WIFE WAS AWAY. Sir F Jeune, in the Divorce Odort, granted a decree of judicial separation to Mrs. Clara Jameson on the ground of the miscon- duct of her husband, Mr. Francis H. Jameson, who was stated to be an auctioneer in a large way, residing at Lancaster-gate, London. It appeared that the parties were married at St. rle George's, Hanover-square, in 1883. the peti- tioner being a widow During the absence of the petitioner in Egypt, where she had gone for the benefit of her health, the respondent, against whom she had reason to complain before, was seen to go to Eastbourne-terrace, Paddington, on his bicycle, and there speak to a young woman, who subsequently fol- lowed him home to Lancaster Gate. Mr. Grazebrook proved these facts, with the result as stated above.

GRANVILLE GORDON APPEAL. The AppeaJ Court on Tuesday allowed the appeal of Lady Granville Gordon, formerly wife of the petitioner in the divorce action Gordon v. Gordon and Gordon, who appealed against an order of the President of the Divorce Court so far as it directed that the costs of the case should be paid oat of her separate estate.

CARDIFF SENSATION. The gossips in Cardiff have been circulating rumours, which, we understand on reliable authority, are true in substance and in facts. A sensational case, in which the parties occupy good positions, and are well-known in Cardiff and district, will come on shortly for hearing in the Divorce Court. The petitioner is said to be a Oardiff wholesale merchant, and there are three co-respondenta, namely, a trades- man at Barry, a Cardiff licensed victualler, and the son of a prominent tradesman I carrying on business in Cardiff.

CARDIFF WATER SUPPLY, RISK OF CONTAMINATION AT THE BEACON'S RESERVOIR. I Alderman Jacobs referred at a meeting of 1 Cardiff Corporation on Wednesday to an article which had appeared in that day's "Western Mail as to the water supply, and stated that some assurance was necessary, j He assured them that the committee would promptly deal with any source of contaxnina<- tion, however slight. The article in question mentioned thait on January 16 the borough analyst stated that— With regard to the samples from the col- lecting reservoirs, Oantreff and Beacons, the free ammonia figures cannot be regarded as satisfactory. Considered along with the microscopical examination of the suspended matter, the analyses of both samples show evidence of some contamination. The Can- treff is less satisfactory than the Beacons sample. The results obtained from the storage reservoirs indicate these samples to be of a higher degree of purity than those from the collecting reservoirs. The analyses of the filtered samples. Heath and Rhubina, cannot be regarded as satisfactory, and indicate inefficient filtration. At the last meeting of the waterworks com- mittee, the waterworks engineer drew the attention of the committee to the very insani- tary condition of the Storey Arms and the possibility of the pollution of the waters enter- ing the Beacons Reservoirs in consequence thereof. It was resolved that the town-clerk be desired to communicate with the Brecon authorities, calling their attention to the insanitary condition of the Storey Arms. and requesting that they take such steps as lie in their power to amend the present condition thereof, and that the town-clerk write the lessees (the Pontycapel Brewery Company), informing them that unless immediate steps were ta.ken to remedy the existing insanitary condition of the Storey Arms the corporation would oppose their licence at the next licen- sing sessions. Alderman Jones said that as far as he knew the contamination was very small. There was only one house upon the gathering ground. That house was about a mile from the head of the reservoir. About eighteen months ago they had occasion to call attention to the want of drainage, and some repairs were carried out, which at the time they supposed would do away with any contamination. Since then the house had been let to another tenant, and a manure heap had been allowed to gather on the line in the direction of the reservoir, but, as far as they could gather from the analysis, nothing very serious had happened, and the analyst was of the opinioa that they need not be afraid of wing the water. Alderman Thomas: No excuse for extra whisky. (Laughter.) Alderman Jones: We tried to negotiate forl the purchase of the house, but the owner refused to sell, and, until we get power by Act of Parliament, there is no chance of get- ting possession of the house. The matter then dropped.

LOSSES AND WINNINGS AT POKER. The "New York Herald" reports a game of poker in which Mr. Brady, & thea/brioal manager, after losing £ 17,000, won back £ 15,000.—Central News.

BODY WASHED UP BY THE TIDE AT PENARTH. Kr, E. Bernard Reece (coroner), held mm inquiry at Pena.rth on Wednesday touching the death of John Griffiths, of 15, Spencer- street, Oardiff, whose body was found on Monday morning on the beach near the Penarth Pier. James Griffiths (son), identified the deceased, and said his father was 60 years of age, and was a tin-plate worker, but had not worked as the trade for two years. When he (witness) last saw the deceased be was quite cheerful. Thomas James, of Ivy-street, Penarth, gave evidenoe as to the finding of the body. Police-constable Roberts said he found a new testament, a pair of spectacles, and a mem- ber's card of the Crwys-hall Choir, Cardiff, on the deceased. In the book the deceased had oopied Tennyson's poem, "Crossing the Bar." On open verdict was returned.

TOOK "MICROBE-KILLER" FOR CONSUMPTION. Mr. E. B. Reece held an inquest at Cardiff Town-hall on Monday evening concerning the death of Albert Thorne, a labourer, of No. 2, Agate-street, Roath, who died on the 19th inst.—The Father (Wm. Thorne) stated that for some years his son had suffered from consumption. Dr Legar Smith had attended him up to three weeks ago, but his son then left the doctor and obtained some microbe- killer from a Cardiff shop. Ernest Love, the vendor of the microbe- killer," deposed to selling a jar to the man. The Coroner asked Dr. Smith if he con- sidered the microbe-killer had accelerated the death of Thorne in any way. Dr. Smith: I consider it did him neither good nor harm. The Coroner (to Love): If the doctor had been able to say that the "microbe-killer" had acted in any way towards deceased's death you might find yourself in a difficult position. You should be careful in supply- ing that kind of medicine to a man who was in such a dangerous condition as Thorne wa& The jury found that Thorne died from consumption.

TONYPANDY MAN FALLS INTO THE CANAL Xr. E. B. Reece (district coroner) held an inquiry on Monday evening at the Police- court, Pontypridd, concerning the death of James Stephens (60), a miner, who was found drowned in the Glamorganshire Canal on Friday. He was evidently drunk, and eithet IHpped or fell into the feeder, which wae shallow at the spot. She went to his assist- ance, and helped him --n to the bank. He then continued to walk on, and she watched him until he passed the bridge, and thought be would then be all right.-Evidence of identi- fication was given by the son, William Stephen*, Mountain Ash.—Dr. E. Evans said that be had examined the body, and there were no marks of violence upon it.—A verdici was returned of "FDund drowned."

OOGAJ. MAN'S THROAT CUT. An old man, named James Hinna.m. a labourer, of Dock-street, Cogan, was brought before Mr. J. B. Ferrier and Mr. J. W. Pyman at Penarth Police-court on Wed- nesday on a. charge of attempting to commit suicide on the morning of the 4th inst.—Police-constable William Jones (189) found the accused leaning against some rail- ings near Cogan School. His throat was cut, and his hands and clothes were covered with blood.-Dr. C. Aitken said there were three cuts in the throat, and the windpipe was severed.—The Bench admonished the old man not to be so foolish as to try to take his life again, and discharged him, but their worships, each of whom handed the defendant a sum of money to assist him in setting himself up again, reprimanded the son. who was present, for his attitude towards his aged father. The young man appeared to be unwilling to take care of his father on hi. discharge, stating that he had quite enough to do to look after himself.

UNTIMELY END OF A NEWPORT WIDO W. Mr. W. J. Everett, deputy-coroner for South Monmouth, held an inqueBt at Glasllwch Farm, near Newport, on Monday afternoon touching the death of Cecilia Jones, aged 39. widow of Henry Jones, who was found dead in her house on Friday night last at 10.48. There was during the 'day an auction of the farm stock, and Mrs. Jones was about to leave the farm, which had been let. The evidence of those who had been in the house during the day was that after the sale was over Mrs. Jones was drunk, and was left alone sitting in the chair in front of her fire. Before that she had been playing the piano, and was spoken of by Mrs. Lloyd, a neigh- bour who had been in the house, as having been very excitable. She was the worse for drink as early as two o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Lloyd said she had seen the woman drunk on previous occasions.—Dr. Moiell Thomas, who made a post-mortem examina- tion, said the appearances were consistent with syncope, caused by an overdose of alcohol.—The jury found in accordance vwth the doctor's evidence that Mrs. Jones died from syncope, due to excessive drinking.

SUICIDE AT LLANGELER. Mr. H. Brunei White, deputy-coroner, heM an inquiry on Saturday into the eircunb. stances attending the death of Mrs. Mary Jones, of Olynllwyd, Llangeler, whose body was found suspended, with life extinct, that morning.—A verdict of Suicide whilst of unsound mind was found by the jury.

SUDDEN DEATH AT TREHARRIS. An inquest was held at the police-station, Treharris, by the coroner (Mr R J. Rhys), into the death of Wm Henry Cox, of 28, Pritchard- street, Treharris. who died suddenly on Satur- day. The jury returned a verdict in accord- ance with the medical evidence of "Death from natural causes." Cox was plaintiff in a compensation case against the Ocean Com. pany, and the case stood adjourned at Me* thyr County-court.

CARMARTHEN QUAY WARDEN DROWNED. Some men standing on the riveraide at Car- marthen on Saturday evening heard a cry for help in the direction of Spillers and Bakers' wharf, and on proceeding to the spot found a hat floating down with the tide. Inquiries elicited the sad fact that Mr. George Jones, the quay warden, who was about 70 years of age and a retired master mariner of long experience in coasting craft, had dis- appeared, and there is now no doubt that he fell over the quay wall and was drowned whilst the steamship Merthyr was being berthed. He leaves a widow and three chil- dren.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF AN ABER- DARE ENGINEER. At Abercynon Police-court on Wednesday, Samuel Bassett (22). working as an under- ground engineer at the Dullas Colliery, Llwyd- coed, was brought up in custody charged with attempting to commit suicide. In the course of his testimony; Police-con- stable Wellsby deposed that between five and six o'clock on Tuesday afternoon he was called to Gadlys-road, and afterwards saw the defendant at Watkins's Coffee Tavern. The constable asked Bassett what he had been doing. In reply, the defendant said, I've been taking poison, but I've had a glass of milk to kill it." Thereupon Police-, onstablf Wellaby administered to him an emetic, and then oonveyed him to the police-statiou. Miss Williams (the aunt) said that she eould not lodge her nephew as she was afraid ot him, while it would be inconvenient for hio) in view of the long distance which he would have to walk in order to go to his work. Finally, he was sent to the Merthyr Union for a week.

DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW AT BLAENGARW. William James, sixteen years of age. the son of Mr. George Jamea. farrier at the Inter- national Colliery, Blaengarw, died on Monday afternoon of tetanua. He had kis hand crashed under a fall of roof, and lockjaw, afterwards set in.