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M EN TO WITHDRAW NOTICES? SUGGESTION FOR SECURING PEACE A suggestion is made in the "Western Mail" on Thursday that, in order to pave the way for a peaceful adjustment of the dispute, the men should withdra/w their notices, which expire three weeks hence, March 51. Following this suggestion is the statement that the paper named has the strongest reason for believing" that in the present crisis the owners will not look out the men. Our contemporary adds:- If terms of peace can be at once, or within a week, arranged, all well and good. But the parties have been negotiating for many months, and they are no closer together to-day than they were when the negotia- tions began. It stands to reason that it ia impossible in the three weeks that are left to arrive at a mutual agreement on the difficult matters in dispute. At aJI events, it looks impossible. More time is wanted to negotiate. Otherwise the South Wales oooJ. trade will drift into a catastrophe. More time for negotiations can be gained by the withdrawal of the notices. Unless the parties are prepared immediately witfl the terms of a mutual settlement, this, and this alone, is the way to avert the calamity vfliich, if the notices are allowed to run their course, will come upon us in three weeks' time. AN APPEAL BY THE CHURCHES. The Rev. J. Morgan Jones (Cardiff) presided over the East Glamorgan Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, when the following resolution was unanimously agreed to" Our monthly meeting being held in a. colliery district, and our Churches being so closely connected with the coal market, we cannot help but feel anxious about the misunderstanding which prevails between masters and workmen; and aJthough impartial to pronounce judgment on the question in dispute, and whilst acknowledging that we have no right to inter- fere, yet we express our most earnest hope— because of the alarming, consequences which result from strikes and lock-out&-that both parties may see their way to oome to an understanding without violating the rights of the one pa/rty or the other." 'l

LATE DOWAGER LADY KENSINGTON. ♦ IMPRESSIVE OBSEQUIES AT ST. BRIDE'S. The funeral of the late Dowager Lady Kensington took place at St. Bride's (Pem.) on Wednesday. The body had been lying in the church since Monday, a constant vigil being kept day and night. The coffin, of polished teak, was made in India, the plate bearing the inscription:— Grace Elizabeth, Widow of the Fourth Baron Kensington, Born January 28th, 1843. Died at Calcutta January 19th, 1910. As it #tood in tibe church it was covered with a purple pall, emblazoned with a cross and crown of silver, while a large cross of arum lilies extended the whole length of the ooffin. Holy Eucharist was celebrated each morn- ing. On Monday the celebrant was the Arch- deacon of St. David's, on Tuesday the Rector of St. Bride's (the Rev. H. E. Hingeston Randolph), and on Wednesday morning, when the whole family were present, the celebrant was the Vicar of MSltford Haven (the Rev. E. J. Howells). The officiating clergy at the funeral on Wednesday were the Lord Bishop of St. David's, the Ven. Archdeacon of St. David's, Archdeacon Hilbers (the new rural dean of Boose), the Rev. H. C. ton Randolph (rector), the Rev. E. J. Howelte (vicar of Milford Haven), the Rev. A. Baring Gould (St. Martin's. Haverfordwest), and the Rev. J. H. Davies (St. Mary's, Haverford- west). A full choir from St. Mary's, Haver- fordwest, was also present,. its impreasivs singing adding to the solemnity of the service. A feature of the service was the singing of a hymn written by one of the bereaved daughters, the Hon. Mrs. de Winton, beginning with the words, The peace of God which passeth understanding." The procession left the church as follows. —Mr. Woodfield, late £ ead-gardener; two of the oldest employes on the estate (Harry Hooper and John Walters), followed by House-carpenter William Lewis; the ootHn. on a wheeled bier, headed by the coachman, Mr. Pollentine, and the head-keeper, Mr. Pillans; six bearers chosen from the oldest employee; Lord and Lady Kensington, Cap tain and the Hon. Mrs. Drummond Massey, the Hon. Mrs. Bairrett and the Hon. Mrs. Lane. Mr. and the hon. MTs. George Edwardes, the Hon. Cecil Edwardes, Mr. W. S. de Winton, Miss Evelyn Edwaaxles, and Ldeutenant-oolonel the Hon. C. E. Edwardes. They were followed by Mrs. Underwood, her ladyship's old nurse, and Mias Merritt, her maid, who between them have a service of nearly 60 years spent with the late dowager. At the church and graveyard were many county people, a large number of tenants, and the principal residents of the country around and from Haverfordwest. The body was placed in the family vault, where already rest the deceased's husband and son, who gave his life for King and country in South Africa. Mr. Young, the head-gardener, had lined the sides of the grave, and the oburch was one mass of lilies and other white flowers. Wreaths were reoeived from the late dowager's sons and daughters, her twenty-one grandchildren, the Hon. Mrs. Newenham, the Hon. M ra. Vincent, the Hon. Elizabeth Edwardes, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Edwardes, the Hon. Sylvia Edwardes, the Hon. William Edwardes, the Hon. Owen Edwardes, the Hon. David Edwardes, the Countess of Ellesmere, Mrs. Charles Kerr, Miss Nellie Kerr, Mr. Basil Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. B. Stewart, the Hon. Mrs. de Winton, and Lieutenant the Hon. Koe. A memorial service was simultaneously held at St. Peter's, Eaton-square, London. Among the large congregation attending were Earl Cawdor, Sir Edgcumbe and Lady Venning, Lady Mabel Egerton, Lady Swansea, Admiral and Miss Moore, and Mrs. David Rioardo.

DOWLAIS WORKS EXPLOSION HOME- OFFICE INQUIRY TO BE HELD. Mr. J. H. THOMAS (Lab., Derby) asked the Home Secretary whether his attention had been oa-lled to the recent explosions at the Cardiff-Dowlais Works, and whether he would institute a special inquiry into the causes of such explosions. Mr. MASTERMAN said the Secretary of State had received a report on the recent occurrences at the Dowlais Works, and was directing an inquiry to be made with regard to them. Mr. THOMAS said he hoped that special instructions would be given to inquire into the foundations of the furnaces.

CARDIFF GIRL'S PLIGHT. Looking very dejeoted, Beatrioe Heath (19). was charged on remand at Cardiff Police- court on Wednesday with attempting to oommit suicide by throwing herself into the canal at the Hayes. Inspector Bingham said the girl had been before the court fourteen times. She was the daughter of a man who had exer- cised no control over her, the mother had committed suicide, her uncle had committed suicide, and she had been living with a man who was a poacher, a thief, and a robber, and who had lived on her earnings for years. The girl was now anxious to go to the Salvation Army Home with Mies Foote, missioner. The Bench discharged her on condition that she would BO to the byine. J

PRESIDENT OF DIVORCE DIVISION. PEERAGE FOR SIR JOHN BIGHAM. MR. RUFUS ISAACS MADE SOLICITOR-GENERAL. TWO BYE-ELECTIONS CREATED. The following 'official announcement was issued from 10, Downang-street, on Sunday evening The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, K.C., to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, in the place of the Right Hon. Sir John Charles Bigham. The King has been further pleased to confer the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom upon the Right Ron. Sir John Charles Bigham, on the occasion of his resigna-tion of the position of President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division. The King has been pleased to approve the a-ppointment of Mr. Rufus Daniel Isaacs, K.C., to be Solicitor-General, in the place of Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, K.C. The foregoing appointments involve two bye-elections, Sir Samuel Evans relinquishing his seat in Mid-Glamorgan, while Mr. Rufus Isaacs will have to seek re-election at Reading. SIR S. T. EVANS'S CAREER. The latest distinguished addition to the list of his Majesty's High Court judges. Sir 8. T. Evans, wae born at Skowen in 1859. and has won his position purely by force of character «ER SASTOEL EVANS. (The new President of the Dtmwee Court.) and intellectual ability. As a. boy be attended Skewen village school, and mixed with the working class; but even in those days he displayed the intellectual superiority whioh has framed his career. He left Skewed school for the Swansea Collegiate School, and then advanced to Aberystwyth College. ^en he took his degrees in arts in the London University. Had he foUowetd the initial desire of his relatives Sir Samuel would probably to-day ha-ve been known ae the Rev. S. T. Evans, a distinguished Nonconformist minister; but the youth had a keen love for law, and he slhowed independence in has choice. Everi- tually he was articled to Mr. Martin Scale, solicitor, Neath, and progressed with rapid s-teps until at the age of 24—in 1883—he was admitted as a solicitor. For about eight years the young lawyer practised on his own ax>oouut at Neath, a.nd he became widely known ae aai advocate of unusual brilliance. He became a member of the Neath Town Council, and his oratorical skill and sound commonsense in the business of that body was so pronounced that when, in 1890, a Par- liamentary vacancy occurred in Mid-Glamoiv gan, through' the dekth of the Squire of Margam, Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, who was at I th8lt time Father of the House of Co/means, I Mr. S. T. Evans was enthusiastically cham- pioned by the Liberals, and had the honour Of being returned unopposed. A year later Mr. S. T. Evans was called to the Middle Temple, and, becoming attached to the South WeJes Circuit, increased his fame, taking part in the nws prominent cases. For tern yesit be worlted as a junior, and established a high repute- tion. When he took sdlk in 1901 he had th-, distinction of being the last O.C. appointed in the reign of Queen Victoria- With the success of the LiberaJs at tb e 1906 election it wae recognised that Mr. S. T. Emns was one of those whose claims to P motion could not be overlooked, and tn same year he was appointed Recorder Swansea, whilst in 1908, the same he was made a benchetr of the Temple, he became Solicitor-General. was knighted. At esoch of the ble6tioIlS occasioned by tihese appointments he was returned unopposed. Indeed, in the twouty years during which Sir Samuel biw 9-1-t In Parliament he has only been opposed on four occasions. Sir Samuel was .0 ■ married in 1887 to Ra«feel, daughter of Mr- William Thomas, Skewen. died two yeans later, and in 1905 Sir Sa-mnel wedded Blanche. the youngest daughter of the late Mr. Charles Rule, of Cincinnati, U.S.A. He has one son and one daughter. Sir Samuel is. a. justice of the peace for Breconsihire and Glamorgan, and was thia year given the honorary degree of LL.D. cf the University of Wales. The following were the results in previous elections GLAMORGANSHIRE (MID). 189(2. 1900. v S. T. Evans (B.) 5^<1 S. T. (B.) 7,027 F. C. Grove (U.) 1,725 H, ptoilllps (U.) 2,244 B. majority 4^16 B. majority 4,783 1895, 1906 and 1906. S. T. Etojis (R.) 5,612 Sir S. T. E^»s (B J. E. Vaughan (U.).. 2,935 unopposed. R. majority 2,677 1910. ,T Sir 6. T. Evans <B.) Godfrey Williams (U.) 3,382 R. majority 9,783 THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL. Mr. Rufus Isaacs has also had a notable career a.t the Bar. tIe wa,$ born in London in 1860, and was educated at University Col- lege School, Brussels, and ifanover. He first went on the Stock Exchange, but left that voca-tion for the Bar. He was called in 1887. and took silk in 1898. He has represented Reading in the Radical interest since 1904. His wife is a daughter o( the laJe Mr. Albert Cohen. Cohen. READING. 1802. 1904.-Bye,. G. W. PalmCT <B.).. 5,990 IL D. K-C- (R.) 4,770 C. T. Murdoch (U.).. 3,700 C. E. Keyser (U.) 4,54(1 R. majority 290 E- mtzj(>rity 230 1386 Iwo. C. T. Murdoch (U.).. 4,278 Buf™ Isaacs, K.C. (R.) 5,407 G. W. Palmer (B.).. i.927 < S- Johnstone (U.) 4,7io U. majority B. majority &97 1900 1910. 1900. 1910. G. W. Palmer' (B.).. 4,592 Bufus Isaacs (R.) 5,264 C. E. Keyeer (U.) 4,353 Major Kenton (U.) 5,057 B. majority R- majority 207 CONSERVATIVES NOT^TO CONTEST THE A r.ew writ was issued in the House of Commons on Tuesday for the election of a member for Reading, rendered vacant by the appointment of Mr. Ruf-us D. Isaacs as Solicitor-General- The R-eading Conservative Association on Tuesday night adopted the recommendation of the executive committee not to contest Mr. Rufus Isai&cs' re-election. The Labour party met on Tuesday night to consider the question of running a candidate, but no decision has yet been arrived at. The election has been fixed provisionally for Monday.

MR. HARTSHORN SELECTED BY MINERS. The formal selection of Mr. Vernon Harts- horn as the Federation nominee was made a.t the meeting of the delegates of the Soutn Wales Minera' Federation in London ontues- day. Peeling was strongly expressed that on the present occasion, whatever the Liberal party in the division mig'ht do, any com- promise conditional on the withdrawal of Mr. Hartshorn could not be entertained, and that, in any event, that gentleman's candida- ture should be prosecuted at all costs, it being co-n-tended that hitherto Mr. Hartshorn had shown quite sufficient ooilsiderati-ou for other sections in allowing his candidature to stand in abeytanoe on previous occasions. Mabon, in a oonvernation with a Weekly Mail" repreefo-ptwte, gave an empthatic I approval of tb oowve taken by the meeting. "Mr. Hartshorn," said Mabon, "has stood aside on in any occasions so as not to emha,rras.s the position of the late member for Mid-Glamorgan, and I think now that the Federation has a cLa.im upon the considerar tion of aU progressives in that division, under whatever name they go. Whatever may be said as to the views of our candidate, no one can say that he is not progressive enough, and he will in future, as in the past, be guided by his older colleagues. I think, there- fore, we can safely ask for the cooperation of all progressives, and this I think is due to TBS." "Them I may take it that Mr. Hartshorn will now get your support?" Yes, decidedly," replied Mabon. Any- thing I can do to support my friend or, if necessary, to act as intermediary 'to bring the progressive sections together I shall be prepared to do in the limited time at ray disposal." Messrs. Brace and Richards heartily sub- scribed themselves to this view. "My intention is to go on," declared Mr. Hartshorn. "If there is to be a fight we shall go on with it. From the commencement I have been disinclined to go on with the fight unless I could secure the united and hearty oo-operation of my colleagues, and having on two previous occasions fa-'•led to secure this co-operation I have allowed my name to stand in abeyance. I always recognised that, as long as Sir Samuel Evans held the seat there must of necessity be considerable division of opinion among the electorate, and that division was shown in the executive council. There is no question as to my going on," added Mr. Hartshorn confidently, "and certainly there is no question as to the result, as an overwhelming preponderance of the electorate are miners."

LIBERALS DECIDE TO CON- TEST. Liberal representatives from the various polling stations of Mid-Glamorgan met at Aberavon this afternoon, and decided to oon- test the division, several naanes being selected for submission to the constituency for ap- proval or the addition of other names. A meeting for finad selection will be held at Aberavon on Wednesday next. MR. GODFREY WILLIAMS. Mr. Godfrey Williams, who contested the seat in the Conservative inte.re,st at the last election, is still on the Continent, and until he has been communica.t-&d with it is not known whether the Conservatives will bring out a candidate.

BYE-ELECTION RESULT. ♦ COLONEL SEELY RETURNED FOR ILKESTON. (RO K>.2(tt Mr. ivatzherfoert Wright (U.) 6,871 Majority 3,333 Toe r«eult of the polling in the Ilkeston vf ^kyHhire, where a vacancy was oreat^ by the retirement of Sir Walter Foster (R.). in order to find a aea-t for Colonel SeeAy, who was defeated at the general eieo- 11011 "fJrti^^mby Division of Liverpool, M<^day night as above j excitement was manifested during the day aa the Polling proceeded. T^lberal favours rather pre- w itself, the Tnionists r display than previously. 2 Mr. Wright made i»++~- Six children of the„i^TA, ^tired in blue, also visited the DuriiS the last three hours polling wae very brisk. RESULTS. the last four elections were:— 1QAC 61,215 Sir W, Foster (B.) 9,655 lgOO01^" Radical majority-• 4,237 ? T' mr f'655 W. Fc^frV) • .10,632 H. F. wrisrm, <U.).. 5j698 j Morrow (TJ.) 6,432 BwHcal majority.. S55 major;ty.. 4,200 PETrriow AGAINST RETURN OF THE lION. F. GUEST. A Poole corresPondent says the Sheriff of Dorset (Mr. A. PBtt Rivers) has received a copy 01 Potion against the return of Oaptam Won. Frederick Guest, M.P. for East Dorset, and the hearing will probably take p at a-n early date at Dorchesrter. The petitioners aj-e Lieutenant-col-oitel W. M. Lambert, of ^^Jtsome Park, Poole, and Mr. G D. Bond, Of Holme. Wareham, two Promli-ynt "'d" Cf the Conservative party in the division, but the scat is not claimed by the Ocaiser\ atiVe candidate. The grounds of petition upon which the petitioners pray that the e lori of Captain Guest may be determined to be wholly null and void are tha,t pre, during. and after the eleotio Guest was, by himself and k • Guilty of the corrupt practices Voting, undue influence, and illegal practioeg ==

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES. ANOTHER GENEROUS ACT BY LORD RENDEL. tht* Tj0nidon meeting of the oouncil of r__j Vr°?a'l library of Wales Mr. Herbert from'u presided. A letter was read thank Godfrey Williams, of Aberpergwm, gTm the council for the expression of Mor^ a on the death of his father, Mr. 0t fran Stuart Williams, who was a member mu court of govenors of the library- sented ^dent and Principal Roberto Pr«- DermiTvf' written report with regard to the whinh *nt S1te for the National Library, the nr/ that after seeing the plans of Posed building, Lord Rendel had'gene- extent ^?reed to give further land to the total ar« a over an acre, making the The ovf" -°^ site about five acres. place r^Urman proposed that the council erea,t J** reooi"d their appreciation of the this J^<*ity of Lord Rendel in giving far hat* llal l £ nd, which would enable a m ree-aivf arTan gement of the building, both rds the structure to be erected imme- This i»ail<i turt'her extensions. hv fiir &&°°nded by Dr. Owen, supported „_j John Rhys and principal Roberts, ^e plans 1601 a report ui>on the permanent building, and a sub- °°nsmting of London members of arcbit Qcit' appointed to confer with the they arise aU^ sett^e Points of detail as it was db,-ided to lay the foundation-stone sumiiMi some time during the ooming to nialu> and a &u^>ooininii'tee was appointed jjr naH the necessary arrangements. r- L1oyd Lewis was re-appointed, T^ T 3urer- r^'surer reported that since the last r>f T. E. Ellis bad paid the sum towards the building fund, and other! amounting to £ 25 13s. had been 7" .^he subscriptions promised tov?ards building fund were now being steadily pan, and there was every prospect of prac- W ,tli0 whole amount promised—over th t ^ibrarian (Mr. J Ballingerr) rej>orted tna^, after conferring with the president, Mr. t>. Davi«s had purchased for the library tne rare work by John ,Penry, being his first book, published in 1587, and entitled "A Trea^ ti&t\, containing the equity of a humble sup- plication in the behalf of the country of » ales, that some oTder may be taken for the preaching of the Gospel among those people." ihifi was purchased at a sale in Anglesey for RZO 10s. The Librarian stated that it was "In exe-emivel-Y rare book, and that as the library already contained nearly a complete set of the writings of John Penry, it was an important addition.—The council nnajii- mously confirmed the action taken by the president. The LibraHan also reported that the work of cataloguing the printed books in the! library was making good progrebs. Proofs of three catalogues which it was proposed to issue at an early date were submitted,! namely, the catalogue of the C-elynog ii Library, a catalogue of the Civil War and Commonwealth tracts, and a catalogue of books relating to Wales and Celtic languages in 1909.

SHOOTING FACILITIES AT CARDIFF. GRANGETOWN RIFLE RANGES TO BE RE-OPENED. Owing to the lack of suitable rifle range accommodation in the district, the head- quarter (Cardiff) companies of the Cyclist Battalion of the Welsh Regiment were un- able to fire a single round of live" ammuni- tion last year. Having failed to complete negotiations for the acquisition of range accommodation at Pertgam, the Glamorgan County Territorial Association have fallen back upon the old rifle ranges at Grange. I town, antl on the representation of Council- lor H. C. Vivian, who wa.3 delegated by the association to approach the Cardiff City I Council on the matter, the civic authorities have oonsented to the removal of the refuse heap whirh obscures the targets from view at the firing point, and to abstain from 1 tipping any further refuse on the ground in such a way as will interfere with the viaibleness of the but J

A SWANSEA GIRL AND J.P. LIFE AT A LLANDRINDOD HOTEL. SEQUEL: AN ACTION TOR SLANDER. An interesting case of life in a Llandrindod hotel came on for hearing at the assizes at Cardiff on Wednesday before Mr. Justice Piokiord and a jury). kiss Mary hiiza- beth LaN,uture-known to her friends as "Bdih "-a slim, pleasant-featured young lady, attractively dressed, and wearing a picture ha.t of large dimen- sions, brought an action for damages lor slander against Mr. Jeffrey Jones, J.P.. Bryn- awel Hotel, Llandrindod. member of the urban distriot council ani of the Rad- nor County ikiuoaticn Authority, and hia wife, Martha Jonee. Plaintiff's case was presented by Mr. B. Francis-Williams, K.C., ana Mr. Griffith Jones (instructed by Messrs. Picton, Evans, and Jones, Swansea), whilst counsel for the defence were Mr. Abei Thomas, K.C., and Mr. Ellis Jones Griffith, M.P. (instructed by Messrs. Churchill and Ciapham, Llandrindod). Mr. B. Franoie-Williams stated that up to the year 1907 the' defendants owned a hotel and boarding-house at Llandrindod known as Brynawel. In that year the business was acquired by a oompany, Mr. Jones being one of the directors. Plaintiff was a waitress at the Brynawel in 1906, and again during the season of 1909. There was living at the hotel a Mr. Bo wen, who was chairman oi the directors of the Brynawel Company, and wa.s electrical engineer to the town of Llan- drindod. Mr. Bowen lived at the hotel as a guest from the year 19C4. He became engaged to be married to a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, but tne young lady, unhappily, died. Jr. Bowen was regarded by the servants in the light of a member of the family. He was in delicate health, and was MORE OR LESS "CODDLED" at the hotel. The servants were in the habit of going into his room and taking a cup of tea. He treated the servants kindly, and allowed the plaintiff and others to borrow books, of which he had many, chiefly fiction. On July 21, 1909. Mr. Bowen was unwell, and was going upstairs to apply a plaster to his back. Plaintiff, who was known in the hotel as Edith, had on that occasion a night out She followed Mr. Bowen upstairs and asked if she could do anything for him. She stayed in his room for a few minutes, and when he said there was nothing she could do for him she went upstairs to her bedroom. When she ha.d dressed for going out she came down again, and out of kindness went into his room, sat on a chair for a fow minutes, Mr. Bowen then lying on the bed with a rug over him. During the time she was there the door was ajar. When she left the room she went out for a walk, and upon her return some time later she was proceeding upstairs with two other servants when she was met by the defendant, Mrs. Jones. Mre Jones said. "Edith, come along. Don't make it appear you have been out. You have been to Mr. Bowen's room. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, yon • To-morrrow morning I will see about this, and you shau go in the morning." Plaintiff replied, 11 that is what you think, I had better go at once." The following morning plaintiff left, and had been out of a situation since. Learned counsel said that it was not alleged that 31r. Jones took any part in the utter- ance of the words, but the law was that a man was responsible for the slanderous words uttered by his wife, upon the assump- tion, he supposed, that a man could control his wife's tongue—(laughter)—which the rolling ages proved he was unable to do. (Laughter.j Plaintiff, who said she lived with her parents at Swansea, gave evidence. She strongly denied the alleged impropriety. Under cross-examination wituess admitted having been discharged from the George Hotel, Mumbles, for* dishonesty. She al&o admitted being asked to resign her position a-s a probationary nurse at Swansea, but denied having been dismissed at a moment's notice from the York Hotel, Llandrindod, for having been found in the waiter's bedroom. Did you used to call Mr. Bowen "Jo-Jo?" (Laughter.)—In a jocuI)ar way, but not to his face—not personally. You used to say, "Givf my love to Jo-Jo"? We used all to say that. You were all in love with Jo-Jo?—I don't know. (Laughter.) By the Judge: The majority of the servants used to ask Maggie Wiiliams, the chamber- maid, who waited upon Mr. Bowen, "How is my young man-how is Jo-Jo?" Mr. Thomas: I suggest to you that you stayed in Mr. Bowen's room the whole of the evening of July 21 until ten o'clock?—No, sir. Was the door locked ?-No, sir. Plaintiff donied having said to another ser- vant after the alleged slander had been uttered by Mrs. Jones, "I don't care; I don't care. I was there, and Mrs. Jones knows." A BEDROOM SEARCH. A BEDROOM SEARCH. John Price Bowen, who said he was an electrical engineer, manager of the Llandrin- dod Wells Electric Lighting Company, con- sulting engineer to the Llandrindod Urban Counoil, chairma/n of the Brynawel Hotel Company, and chairman of the Steam Laundry Company, said that he lived at the Brynawel Hotel. On the night in question plaintiff came to his room as she had described. Some time after he undressed and went into bed. He became very ill and went down to Mrs. Jones's room and asked for brandy. Mrs. Jones said: "You have been with Edith—she is in your bedroom.' Witness assured her that plaintiff was not there, and told her to go and see. Mrs. Jones went to his room; he followed. She looked under the bed and in the wardrobe and other places. Then she went out and came back again. She then had another search and thumped the bed, saying meanwhile that plaintiff would have to go out of the house in the morning. He replied that Mrs. Jones should not call an innocent girl names, and that the plaintiff, was innocent so far a £ he was ooncemed. Mrs. Jones come to his room a third time, asked him not to lock hia door, and told him he ought to be ashamed of himself. He asked her tc kindly leave the room. Subsequently, when he was leaving Brynawel in November, Mr?. Jones eiaid that she never believed that he had done anything to the plaintiff, and that the girl was tempting him. He conveyed to Mrs. Jonee the result of a medica' examina- tion to which the plaintiff was subjected, and asked that a letter of regret should be written. He had never misconducted himeelf with the plaintiff. In cross-examination, Mr. Bowen stated that his engagement to defendants' daughter was kept private until she should reach the age of eighteen. He denied that consent to the engagement was refused on the ground that he was much too old for Mise Jones He denied also visiting' another lady while he was engaged to Mise Jones. He also denied that he had given as a reason to a lady for not getting married that he had been in bad luck with a woman in Man- chester. He had never talked about marriage with Miss Davieis. He knew a servant naILed Maud, but he had never thrown her on to a bed. He also knew another servant named Hetty Jones, but he ha-d never kissed her and been smacked on the lace for doing so. The plaintiff u.oed to come and knock at his bedroom door while he wsa in bed, open the door, and say Good night." The Judge: I don't understand why they should do this. Witness: Several girls had a habit of doing it. Mr. Abel Thomas: A nice, peaceful bed!room this must have been. Witness: I ha-d several times to get out of bed amd shut the door, and I got very annoyed about it. Mr. Abel Thomas They used to do this with the ehzirmai2 of directors? In answer to the Judge, witness said he had not complained to Mrs. Jones, but he had told the girls to stop it. In further cross-examination, witness said he knew the plaintiff oarn-e to the hotel with- out a character, and that she was alleged to be a thief and was being given another chance by Mrs. Jones. His view, as chairman of directors, wae that if the plaintiff had been in his room for an hour and a half, as alleged by MrSt Jones, she should be dis- missed. He had told Mre. Jones when she dismissed the plaintiff that she ought to dismiss all the girls. He had heard girls in gentlemen's bedrooms many times with the doors ehut. Mr. Abel Thomas: And you did not tell the manager?—No; I did not want to get them into trouble. I think they ought to take compassion on them. r Do you really mean that you have severaJ times heard girls in gentlemen's bedrooms with the doors shut?—Yes. Every waitress in the h.otel ?-No. How many of them?—Two. What do you think of yourself, ae chair. man of directors, staying at the hotel, know- ing that the girls were going into men's bed- rooms, and saying nothing to the manager? —I spoke to the girls. Mr. Thomas' elicited that, although witness was chairman of directors, he only repre- sented his relatives. and had no interest m the profits of the hotel. Dr. W. G. Williams, who had examined the plaintiff, gave the result of his examination. which was in favour of the girl. The further hearing was adjourned till Thursday.

THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE The plaintiff e case having oonoluded. Mr. Abel Thomas now addressed the jury for the defenoe. He said this wac undoubtedly a serious case for, the plaintiff and for Yr. Bowen, the chairman of directors, an inti- 1"lDaIte and old friend of Mr. and JOnep. and the last in the world they would have brought into a business of this kind unless compelled to do so by the promptings of duty. Personally, he was delighted at the evidence of the doctor, which, he submitted, made no difference to the case, because if the pair were in the room together as described their motives must have been in some way im- proper, and Mrs. Jones was more than amply justified in all that she said and did. His Lordship pointed out that it was for the jury to attach a meaning to the words the doctor had used. Mr. Abel Thomas: If plaintiff was there for improper purposes. I don't say what the purposes were. It does not matter in the least. The Jcdge: It is a. question for the jury. Mr. Abel Thomas: Even then, conduct of this kind would justify the words used. The Judge repeated that it was a question for the jury. Continuing. Mr. Abel Thomas urged that if the two were in the room as described- and now denied that they were there at all- Mrs. Jones was justified in using the lan- guage MES. JONES'S STORY, Mrs. Martha Jones, defendant, said that in June,last she told Edith she must not go so often to Mr. Bowen's room, and she replied that if Bowen didn't do worse than he had he wouldn't get into much harm. She made a communication to Mr. Bowen on the 2ist of July. The latter showed her a plaster, and seemed to be rather in a hurry. After he had gone witness went upstairs to the office. Plaintiff came and asked if she might go out that night, and fitness said. "Yes." Going upstairs, she met the maid, Maggie Williams, and sent her to Edith's bedroom. She returned and made a commu- nication. Witnesr. proceeded to Bowen's room, and found that the door was locked. She knocked, and Bowen answered, ".A.Y6." With- out saying a word witness returned to her room, and. from there she could see Bowen's door. At a quarter to ten Bowen came out in his night-shirt and dressing-grown. Maggie asked him what he wanted, and he said, "Milk." and she took milk to his room. Maggie then came to witness's room, and went to turn on the electric light, and wit- ness put up her hand and stopped her. Bowen came across to witness's bedroom in his night-shirt and pushed the door, and she asked him what he wanted. He replied that he wanted some brandy, as he felt very ill. Witness said, "Go back to your room; you can't have it here." He went to his room, and there the brandy was sent to him. He was standing in his night-shirt when she put the brandy on the wash-hand "talld. He took the brandy, and drank it, and went to bed. She told him he ought to be ashamed of himself for keeping the girl in the bedroom all that time. He said, "She wasn't there." "She was there, some- where," responded witness. ."NOTHING WRONG." Mr. Ellis Griffith: Did you look after her in the room?—I looked around, and under the bed, but I could see nothing. What was the state of the bedelotb"?-I saw the clorthes were down at the far e-nd. Proceeding, witness said she eaw Edith come from Bowen's room, and went down- stairs, where she called her "a dirty She returned to Bowen's room, and Bowen said, "She was here, but only for a short time, and there was nothing wrong." Witness went back to her own room, and in five or ten minutes saw the plaintiff on the top of the stairs. She was nearly out of breath, and witness passed the comment, You could have saved all that puffing and blowing if you had gone to your own bedroom instead of ooming downstairs." She said she did not understand what was meant. I told her." said witness, "that she had been in his bed- room all the evening," and she answered "No," adding she had not been there, and did not understand what she (witness) waa talking about. Witness observed, Mr. Bowen has told me you were there, and he will explain. You will clear out to-morrow. I have had quite enough cf this." 'Edith again said. I don't understand what you are talking about." Witness explained. "I took you without a character, and this is how you have treat.ed me, and you shall go to-mor- row." To yonr knowledge was Bowen engaged to your daughter?—No, sir. PWESRNTS RETTRNEIX She admitted having said when she returned the trinkets to him that he could not have thought much of her daughter, and he replied. Don't think anyone thought of her besides yourself." To that witness remlied. "You couldn't have thought ranch of her. or you wouldn't have kept company with that erirl." Bowen replied, "She is as good as you." Leaving the hotel in October. Bowen came to her and -a.id he could not go without coming to apologise. He ought (be ea-id) to have come before. end he honed sh* would forgive him Witness said, "I forgave von long ago, but you know you did wrong," to which he answered. "I didn't know the girl's character then." Mr. E. Francis-Williams: When did yon r to think she had done nothing wrong?— When I heard the doctor yesterday n't you know, madam, that she was I medica-llT examined in August last year?—My husband told me. ¡ Witn<v-s se.id she was sorry for wha.t she had called the girl. She was frightened so nuoh at the time that she could not help it '1 did not know what I was about," '11-9 ad "ed. When did your sorrow begin?—Directly vfter I oame to myself. Have you ever seen the "Vanishing Lady" a,t -NTP.,keli-ne and Cook's? (Laughter.^—No. Fidith was not ?n the !woO or under the bed or in the wardrobe. Where do you say she was?—T tboug-ht she was behind the bed. You mean the far side?—Yes. He said she was not there, and I went downstairs and didn't look any more. CHAMBERMAID'S OBJECTION. Maggie Williams (chambermaid) corro- borated, Mr. B. Francis-Williams: Do you object to waitresses going into gentlemen's bed- rooms ?- Yes. Does it affect the "tips"? (Laughter.)—No; it is none of their business. Why did you run after Edith? You --aid just now that people should stick to their own business. What business of it was Y,c,urs? -N<) business at all. Did you think to catch her doing some- thins* wrong?—Mo Had you a friendly feeling towards her?—I hnd nothing against her. Sarah Prepce. waitress, also gave evidence, and was followed by Mrs, Gladys Maud Jf\T!.kin8 (the witness known as "Ma-nd"), jo," Evans, waitress, and Hetty Jones, formerly a waitress at the Brynawel. Ifiss Jones said that on Edith (plaintiff) going to her bedroom after the bother with Mrs, Jones Polly Evans said, "Your Mttle 'Jo Jo' has been having it to-nisht. Poor little fellow. AVhat has he been doing?" Next morning, while dressing, witness said to Fdith, "Why did you go to Bowen's room?" tMith replied. "I don't care; I don't care. I was there, and Mrs. Jones knew I was there." LTfCF POETRY." MI1". B. Francis-Williams: Rounds like poetry! What they would call penillion (Laughter.) Why didn't you answer in poetry something like— "Your Jo jo has been Having Tow Tow"? (La-nghter.) Frnest Morris, architect, explained how he visited the room, and went through some experimental evolutions, and could Dot s&n anybody, although a yc-ung man was there in fact. A This completed the case. VERDICT. The jury retired a;t five o'clock, a.nd half an hour later returned a. verdict for the plaintiff for £ 100. e

STOP PRESS. CC; OF CAR ELECTION. Ths espenc-et ci Zlr. Taushari Davie*. rp .1, the recent ParLameutary el6é.h been retorned at .fl,OlQ, and tho^e "f Captain G. Fcc-iett Kobert, tlib Conser-a- t ive v-andidate. at JE-i.-j-lS, v-tth Ill unpaid J

MYSTERY OF GORSE HALL MURDER. 4 ACQUITTAL OF CORNELIUS HOWARD. Public interest was again manifested ou Friday, when Cornelius Howard, pork butcher, was placed in the dock at the assizes held at Chester Castle (before Mr. Justice Pickford and a jury) charged with the murder of George Harry Storrs, a Staly bridge contractor, at his residence, Gorse Hall, oa the 1st of November. Mr. Francis-Williams, K.C., and Mr. Ellis Griffith, M.P., prosecuted, while Mr. Trevor Lloyd was for the defenoe. Alice Doolan, a lodging-House keeper at 46, Boardman-street, Oldham, said that on the 24th of November she went to Dukinfield Police-station, and there saw a man whoa she now recognised in tIle dock. Mr Francis-Williams: Where did you 9W him before? Witness: On the night of the murder be came to my house, close on eleven o'clock tkat night, jed stayed till the morning. He had 3. sligh* moustache. James William Ogden, a hairdresser ag Oldham, said -that on the morning of the 2nd of November a man closely resembling the prisoner oame to his shop, between 9.30 and 10.30 and had a clean shave. Witneaa took a slight moustache from Howard. Counsel- You are not prepared to say. Howard is the man? Witness: I am net, but he is a man juat like him. Thomas Joyce, a lodging-house keeper at Httddersft&Ld, said the prisoner Howard cam* to his lodging-house about the beginning of October last, and stayed there till th« 10th of November, when he finally left. During that time Howard was away two nights, but witness could not remember the dates. During Howard's stay witness had occasion to put in two panes of glass, bat the prisoner did not help him to do so an either occasion. A labourer named William Wilson, a lodger &t Joyce's, said he saw the prisoner at Joyce's on Sunday, the 31st of October, at dinner- time, and did not see him again till the following Tuesday or Wednesday. During that time, asked Mr. Lloyd far the defence, had be a moustache? Witness: He was generally clean-shavWL JUDGE RKPJilMAjSDS WITNESS. James Henry Davies, landlord of the Ring of Bells, Huddersfieid, said he had known Howard for three weeks before the date of Uie murck. He remembered playing domi- noes with Howard for two-and-a-half gallons of beer. Counsel: Whst-day was that? Witness: It was on a Monday. The Judge: Are you sure it was a ICoadayf Witness: Yes, certain, the same night as the voting was. Counsel: Have you always been sure it W88 the 1st of November? Witness: Yes. His Lordship: Rave you told the police you were not sure? Witness: -No, not to tell them straight out. Cross-examined by Mr. Lloyd: He had na doubt it was the 1st of November. His Lordship commented on the witness's manner of giving evidence, and when Mr. Francis-Williams re-examined him the Judge sternly remarked to him, "Behave yourself, sir. You must answer that gentleman just as civilly as the other one'' (counsel for the dejenee). John Arthur Hobinson, replying to My. Fran die-Williams, declared that he witnessed the game of dominoes between Howard and the landlord at the Bing .of Bells. It took place on Tuesday, November 2. Witness was not at the Ring of Bells on the Monday. By Mr. Lloyd: You know a good deal about public-houses at Huddersfieid? Witness (laughingly).- Oh, yes, right there. The Judge: This evidence is not a jok*. Just give your evidence properly. Mr. Lloyd: Had you a good deal of drink on the 2nd? Witness: -No, my money wae running short then. Mr. Lloyd: Does that amount of Jiouor affect your memory? Witness: Not the leut. (Laughter in court.) The Judge (severely): If the oourt does not keep quiet I shall have it cleared altogether. Mr. Lloyd: Does it make yon at all muddled? Witness: No; I am just the same in the morning as in the evening. If I can get a pint of beer every half-hour I can last all day. Corporal William Harper, of the 146th Battery Royal Artillery, eaid Howard had been in his battery till April last, when he wore a slight moustache. PRISONER GIVES EVIDENCE. That was the case for the Crown, azfcd. Howard immediately went into the box to give evidence on his own behalf. He spoke in a low, clear voice, but looked somewhat paJe. He aaid he left the Army on April 3. and lived at Staly bridge till July 3. He went to Joyce's lodging-houee about the middle of October. He knew the man William ji,, maduke Thompson, and had backed horses with him. Describing the circumstances of his arrest, he saad be could not account for giving his name as Wall first to the police. His 6tatement that he reoeived the cut on his leg at Joyce's lodging-house was not true, as he did not want the real circumstances known, which were tha.t he received the cut while he was attempting to break into the shop of Tlajssey and Walker, at Stalybrid&e. He insisted that he was a.t Joyce's lodging- house at Huddersfieid on the night of the murder, and bad played a game of dominoes with the landlord of the Ring of Bells there thot night. Howard remembered making a. bee with Thompson's wife on a horse called Ra.sorbill on November 1 at the committee roomet between 8.30 and- nine in the evening. He was also at the Prince Hotel that night. "Is there any truth," finally asked Mr. Lloyd, "in the statement tha.t you were at Gorse Hall on the night of the murder?" Witness (quietly): No truth. Mr. Lloyd: So that people are mistaken if they say you were? Witness: Yes. Cross-examined by Mr. Francis-Williams: He remembered seeing the deceased twice. The last time was in G-rosvenor-street between April and July last year. I have never spoken to him," declared witness, "and when I passed him he did not recognise me. The same thing appeared on both occasions." Evidence was given that prisoner was at the Prince Hotel, Huddersfieid, at about eight o'olock on the night of the. murder. Other evidence in support of the alibi was also given. Mr. Ieah, the deputy-chief constable of Cheshire, re-called, said that he attended the coroner's inquest. At those proceedings Howard sat in an armchair at the end of a seat occupied by one-half of the jurymen. Mr. Francis-Williams: Was there anything in the position Howard occupied to 6how that he was a suspected person? Witness: There were no persons standing near him. I had purposely removed the oon- stables from his side, so that he should not appear in custody. AN ABSENT WITNESS. An incident at this stage occurred of somewhat unusual nature by the disappear- ance of a witness. The Clerk of the Court called on Edward Neville, deputy lodging-house keeper at Joyce's, to give evidenoe. There was no reply, and th-e clerk, at the direction of the judge, went through the legal formula of thrice calling out, "Edward Neville, come forth and give your evidence, or your recognisances will be estreated." There being still no reply, the judge formally estreated his recognisances. It was explained that Neville had left the Joyoes a week last Thursday. Mr. Francis-Williams said his evidence was not important. This completed the evidence, and Mr. Lloyd addressed the jury on behalf of prisoner. There was no shadow of motive put forward by the prosecution, and he pointed cut that evidence as to identity got more uncertain as time went on. All the women in the case exoept Miss Lindley at some stage were in doubt about the identity of the prisoner. Mr Williams, on behalf of the Crown, r pointed out that four persons had identified the prisoner. On the question of the relia- bility to bo attached to the evidence in sup- port of an alibi, he called attention to the contradictory nature of prisoner's statements as to his whereabouts on the night of the murder. PRISONER FOUND NOT GUILTY. The jury retired for twenty minutes, and found prisoner not guilty. The verdict was received in court with loud and prolonged applause, whica the judge vainly attempted to suppress. The Judge, in discharging the prisoner, characterised the scene as an indecent exhibi- tion, and told those in court that they ought to be ashamed of themselves.

CARDIFF CASHIER DIES AT HER POST. Fanny Amelia Waterfield, a single woman, living at 62, Marlborough-road. Boath Park," died suddenly on Wednesday whilst following her employment as a cashier at the shop of Messrs. Davie and Sons, house decorators, Queen-street, Cardiff. It appears that the deceased, who was about 56 years of age, proceeded to work in her usual health at 9.30 a.m., and, according to Miss Elizabeth Miller, another employe, she did not appear to be unwell at one o'clock, when she was seen in her room on the second floor of the building. Returning to the room, however, at 2.45 p.m., Miss Miller found Mias Waterfield lying on her side on the floor, apparently dead. Dr. Skyrme, who was summoned, pronounoed life extinct. Inquiries show that the deceaeed suffered from shortness of breath, and would fre- quently have to take a. Test when going upstairs- An inquest. will be held to-day