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WEDNESDAY'S POLL. 4 UNIONIST GAINS. CARDIFF—28,723. Lord Ninian Stuart (U.) 12,181 Sir Clarendon Hyde (R.) 11,882 U. majority 299 1906. 1310. Hon. iTor Guest ..B 12,434 0. A. Thomas .R 13,207 Bir F. Flannary, T,d Ninian Stuart.C 11,652 But. ,.U 9,429 J,005 1,355 J,005 1,355 DUDLEY.-17.483. A. G. Boscawen (U.) 8,260 *A. G. Hooper (R.) 7,900 U. majority 360 1906. 1910. A. G. Hooper R 8,296 A G Hooper R 8,348 G. H. Claughton ..U 7,542 G Boscawen ..TJ 8.155 754 193 LANCASHIRE (Newton).-14,803. Viscount Wolmer (TJ.) 6,/07 *J. A. Seddoa (Lab.) 6,5o2 U. majority 145 1S06 1 1910. • j^ r v 47* J A. Seddon .Lab 7,256 J. A. Seddon .La>b 6,434 it-m* TT a snd. CcL E. Pilkington U 5,893 Lord v"olmfir u 6,504 541 752 541 752 LEICESTERSHIRE (Melton).—16,873. Colonel C. E. Yate (U.) 7,599 Major E. M. Dunn. (R.) 7,257 U. majority 342 ianR i 1910. TT ita R. Walker ..R 7,800 H- do R- Walker.R 7,748 Sir A. G. Hazlerigg tJ 6,033 CoL C. E. Yate —»U 7,625 1.767 123 PLYMOUTH (Two Members)^8,085. W. W. Astor (U.) 8,113 A. Shirley Benn 0'- (U.) 7,942 *C. E. Mallett (R.) 7,379 I *A. Williams (R.) 7,260 U. majorities 734 and 563. Double Unionist gain. 1906. 1310. Thomas W. Dobson.R 9,021 C. E. Mallett .R 8,091 Charles E. Mallett.R 8,914 A. Williams .R 7,961 H. E. Duke Waldorf Astor U 7,650 Herbert G. Smith..U 6.234 Sir u M. Durand..U 7,556 2,474 • — 441 CUMBERLAND (takdale).-11,014. C. Lowther .0 (U.) 4,581 *Hon. G. Howard (R.) 4,211 U. majority .— 370 1906. 1910. Hon. G. W. A. Hon. Geoffrey Howard Howard R 4,504 C. W. H. Lowtber..U 4,230 LowthM 4,470 83 341

RADICAL GAINS. TOWER HAMLETS (Sfpney).-4,653. W. S. G. Jones (g-) J'|n \V. R. Preston —- x'a11 R. majority 115 1906 I Mar. 10, 1907. On Sir W. w Evans'-Gor- E. Gordon resigning. wl«n TT 2,490 F. L. Harris .U 2,102 purham Stokee .B 1,853 B. Cooper B 1,350 637 752 1 r 191 I F. L. Harris TT 2,102 W. S. Glyn Jones.. R 1,886 236 HADNO RSHIRK.—5,971. Sir F Edwards (R-) 2,224 ♦C D V. Llewelyn (U.) 2^82 R. majority .————— 42 1901. 1910. 7. Edwards B 2,18# C. T. V. Llewelyn C. V. XJewely* .U 2,011 U 2,222 Sir F. Edwards .B 2,208 175 14

NO CHANGE. PADDINOTON (North)-10,945. *A. Strauss (U.) 4.251 L. R. Franklin .——. (R.) 3,662 U. majority 589 1906, .1910. LL.PI°!?4„Dey"TT Strauss TT 4,892 toELrBwdeU..i»dU *U Chkcza Money .B 3^999 1,406 *93 PADDINOTON (South).-6,415. *H. B. Harris (U.) 3,210 F. T. H. Henle (R.) 1,274 U. majority 1,936 1906. 1910. Sir T. P. FardeU ..TT 2,919 H. P. Harris TT 3,677 C. D. MUne B 1,502. T. H. Henley .B 1,419 C. D. Milne B 1,502. T. H. Henley .B 1,419 1,417 2,258 ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER-SQUARZ- 8,954. *Rt. Hon. A. Lyttelton (U.) 4,398 M. Bell (R.) 1,189 U. majority 3,209 1906. fie. Col. the Hon. H. A Lyttelton TT 5,333 Le?ze 4,264 Mackenzie Bell .B 1,469 ji. C. Mallik .-JL-B 2,191 — 3,914 2,073 1906. <June 15. On Colonel Legge's retirement.) » P.t, Hon. A. Lyttel- ton LU Unop j (June 15. On Colonel Legge's retirement.) I » P.t, Hon. A. Lyttel- ton LU Unop j TOWER HAMLETS (Limehou«e).-6,405. f *W. Pearce — @-> P. Rose-Innes (U.) 2.126 R. majority 431 1906. 1910. W. Pearce B 2,981 w. Pearce 2>826 Bir H. S. Samuel ..U 2,007 q. Borwick —TJ 2,395 "#74 ~H1 Sir H. S. Samuel ..U 2,007 G. O. Borwick U 2,395 974 rn TOWER HAMLETS (Mile End).—5,464. *Hon. H. liawson (U.) 2,178 B. S. Strauss (R.) 2,176 U. majority 2 1906. 1910- B S Straus 2,295 Hpn. H. L. W. Law- Hon.' H. L. W. son IT 2,353 LawBon D 2>169 B. S. Strauss R 2,276 126 Hon. H. L. W. son IT 2,353 LawBon D 2>169 B. S. Strauss R 2,276 126 57 TOWER HAMLETS (Poplar)-8,857. *Rt. Hon. Sydney Buxton (R.) 3,977 F. A. Bartlett (U.) 2,148 R. majority .m. 1,829 1 1906. 1918. Bt. Hon. S. Buxton.B 4,546 S Buxton B 4,172 G. Borwick TJ-2,235 Capt. L. Wilson ..TJ 3,115 2.3H 1,057 2.3H 1,057 TOWER HAMLETS (St. Goorigele).-3,133. *W. W. Benn (R.) 1,410 Captain C. Brown (U.) 1,022 R majority 388 1906. 1910. Mr. W. Wedgwood Mar. 1, 1910. On Mr. Benn (R.) 1,685 Benn's appointment as Mr H. H. Wells (U.) 1,064 Junior Lord of the —— Treasury. 521 Wedgwood Benn ..R 1,598 11910. P. C. Simmons ..TJ 1,089 Mr. W. Wedgwood —— Benn (B.) 1,568 609 Mr. P. C. Simmons <U.) U34 ~«1 j B Mr. P. C. Simmons <U.) U34 ~«1 j 1: TOWER HAMLETS (Whitechapel).—3,986. *S. Samuel — — (R.) 1,732 Captain E. M. Browne (U.) 1,192 R. majority .4 540 1908 1 aic. Stuart M. Saaaud.-B 1,925 S. M. Samuel R 1,965 1908 Stuart M. Saaaud.-B 1,925 s Samuel .R 1,965 Dw H. Kyd 1,569 Greeolees TJ 1,402 lei WANDSWORTH.—3 8,5 23. Of Sir H. Kimber (U.) 15,168 J, Fairbairn (R.) 10,554 U. majority 4,614 1906. 1910. Sir H. Kimber .-TT 12,433 Sir H. Kimber — TT 18.188 A. E. Bead B 11,888 w. Warren B 13,749 545 4,439 645 4,439 CHESTER.-8,102. *R. A. Yerburgh (TJ.) 3,787 E. Paul (R.) 3,681 U. majority 106 1906. 1910. Alfred Mond .R 3,524 « TT 5th B. A. Yerburgh ^TJ 3,477 l^V.V.E 3,776 47 202 47 202 PENRYN AND FALMOUTH.—3,215. "'C: S. Goldman (U.) 1,585 W. Burt (R.) 1,291 U. majority 294 1906. f 1910. Jchn Barter R 1 345 c s. Goldmaa .u 1.685 UaU U Sir J. Baker B 1,412 87 181 HANLEY.-16,543. *E. Edwards (Lab.) 8,343 G. H. Ruttner. (U.) 4,658 Lab. majority — 3,685 1906. 1910. Enoch Edwards ..Lab 9,183 V" Edwards Lab 9,199 A. H. Heath TJ 4,287 G- H. BJttner TJ 5,202 4,896 3,997 KINGSTON-UPON-HULL (East).—14,687. I *T. R.. Ferens (R.) 7,196 R. S. Monteilore. (U.) 5,387 I R. majority 1,809 1906. 1910. T. R Ferens R 6,B81 T. R. Ferens R 7,627 L. R. Davies TJ 4,519 1 R. M. S. Montefiore TJ 5,691 2,362 1,936 KINGSTON-UPON-HULL (Central),-8.181. •Sir H. S King (U.) 3,625 Dr. R. W. Aske (R.) 3,418 U. majority 207 1906. 1910. Sir H. S. King .TT 4,345 Sir H. S. King .TT 3,606 G. J. Bentham.B 3,167 Dr. B. W. Aske.B 3,586 1 17R 20 G. J. Bent, Dr. R. W. Aske.B 3,586 1 17R 20 "'J" KINGSTON-UPON-HULL (West).-22,609. *Hon. G. Wilson (R.) 9,236 A. L. Ward (U.) 7,943 R. majority 1,293 1906. < 1910. Hon. C. H. W. Wil- I Hon. G. G. Wilson son B 8,652 R 10,005 Sir Jchn Sherburn Sir John Sherburn L U 6,405 L U 8,288 2,207 1,717 1907. (Mr. Wilson succeeding to peerage.) Sir G. T. C. Bartley U 5,382 Hon. G. G. Wilson R 5,623 J. Holmes Lab 4,512 241 LANCASHIRE (Accrington).-16,297. *H. Baker (R.) 8,129 E. Gray (U.) 6,461 R. majority 1,668 1906. 1910. D. m^r.Soc 47;852 R 8,968 S. M. Holden .Lab 619 H- Vessel TJ 6,455 2,367 2,513 LANCASHIRE (Ecclea).-l 8,786. Sir G. H. Pollard (R.) 8,467 J. G. D. Campbell (U.) 7,676 R. majority .— 791 1906. 1910. Dr. G. H. Pollard B 5,841 (j. H. Pollard ..R 7,093 T. Stuttanl TJ 5,246 G F Assinder TJ 6,682 Ben TUlett Soc 3^985 G> H> stuart ,Lab j.551 595 411 411 « I LANCASHIRE (Middleton)-15,391. *W. R. Adkin, K.C. (R.) 7,071 Prof. W. A; S. Hewins (U.) 6,284 R. majority 787 1906. 1910. W. R. Adkins R 7,66*3 Ryland Atkins ,B 7,018 ^kins R 7,669 Cyril Potter U 5,485 P. Eose-Innes .U 6,266 1,533 1,403 PORTSMOUTH (Two Members).-33,666. *Lord Charles Beresford (TJ.) 15,125 *B. Falles (U.) 14,857 E. G. Hemmerde, K.C. (R.) 13,146 H. D. Harben (R.) 13,013 Unionist majorities 1,979 and 1,711. 1906. 1910. T. A. Bramsdon ..R 10,500 Lord C. Beresford U 16,777 Sir John Baker ..B 10,236 B. G. Fajie TT 15,592, W. Sanders ••••LalL Sir T. Bramsdon .B 12,397 Major Hills if7 g. c. Lambert R 9,965 #JaneaWSlNavS W. S. Sanders ..Lab 3^9 2,064 4,380 SHEFFIELD (Atterclitre).-16.483. •J. Pointer -/tt W M ) 5 354 S. Walker (U.W.M.) 5^54 Lab. majority 1,178 1906. 1910. Batty Lan 6,523 J. poynter .Lab 7,755 A. Mulr Wilson -TJ 5,736 Krng tanow j 787 1,676 iog. M. Pointer Lab 3,531 King Farlow J 3,380 R. C. Lambert R 3,175 Muir Wilson.1 U 2,803 151 SHEFFIELD (BrightBide).-12,564. *J. Tudor Walters (R-> ^,766 D. Vickers 3'092 R. majority 2,674 1906. ,1910. W. Tndoi Walters..B 5,409 j T Walters R 6,156 J. Fltzalan Hope ..TJ 4,992 D yickers TJ 4,200 1,001 C. Lapworth Soc 510 1,956 SHEFFIELD (Central).-8,684. *T F. Hope (U.) 3,455 A. J. Bailey (Lab.) 3,271 U. majority 184 1906. 1910. ci» c B. Howard J F. tT 3,829 ""Vincent H ?'SI A. J. Bailey .Lab 3,440 Stanley Udal« 11 927 3S9 1908. (On death of Sir Howard Vincent.) J. Fitzalan Hope.. U Unop SHEFFIELD (EcCiesWI),-13,961. *S. Roberts (U.) 6,039 J. Derry (R.) 5,849 U. majority 190 1906. 19!0- S. Boberts 5,858 g Roberts TT 6,407 B. C. Lambert .B5^3s2 8 6,196 464 SHEFFIELD <Hallam).-l3.52 7. Tw.—* TJ. majority I95 1906 1 1910. Hon. C.' B. Stuart Wortley ••■•^6,181 Stuart Wortley A. Neale B 5,965 Alexander Grant .B 5^465 81 216 TYNEMOUTH.—10,12 /R.) 4,106 *H. J. Craig (U 3 929 C. Percy v J 177 177 R. majority 1906- t J tt t praig B 4,4«7 H. J. Crai? 4,286 H. • chuxchUl Leverton Harris .TJ 3 £ 22 E. Spencer 03,995! 764 494 DORSETSHIRE (NOrth.rn^B.ei«. *Sir R. Baker g'gj A. W. Wills d-88' 00 U. majority — 1906, -onwlsir B. Baiter U 4,093 A. W. Wills B 4,153 B 3,944 Sir B. Z. Baker .TJ 3,506 -a- "• 645 148 BERKSHIRE (Abinirdon).-9.255. *Major H. G. Henderson (TJ.) 4,677 M. Sands («") 3,32a IT. majority 1,349 1906. | 1310- A- Strauss B 3.94J ^derso, ..U 4 8M Capt. H. Hendersen.U 3,767 E- A. Strauss B 3,776 TT. majority 1,349 1906. | 1310- A- Strauss B 3.94J ^derso, ..U 4 8M Capt. H. Hendersen.U 3,767 E- A. Strauss B 3,776 "pi* XflO, CHESHIRE (NORTHWICK). *J. T. F. L. Brunner (R.) 6,071 J. J. J. de Knoop (U.) 5.740 R. majoritv 331 No change. DUBLIN (St. Stephen's Green).-7,909. *P. J. Brady (N.) 3,594 Lord Herbert (U.) 2,722 N. majority .— oil 1910. t- A. WaJdron .K 4,055 l' Ireland TT 2,581 H- CoBner u 3j0 1,474 1 662 Ireland TT 2,581 H- CoBner u 3j0 1,474 662 DEVONSHIRE (Tiverton)-9,660. *Hon. L. Walrond (U.) 5,033 A. E. Trestrail (R.) 3,455 U. majority 1,578 1906. 1910. Hon. L. Walrond ..TJ 4.45S w- Walrond TT 4,945 W. H. Beed B 3,970 Heathcste-Amory ..B 4,153 ~485 792 DUBLIN (Harbour).—9,038. *W. Abraham (N.) 3,244 J. Brady (Ind. N.) 631 N. majorit 2,613 1906. 1910. T. Harrington .N 3,616 T. C. Harrington ..Unop J. L. Mahon U S66 1910.—Bye. 2,750 W. Abraham S Unop ESSEX (Epplng.) ESSEX (Epplng.) *Lieut.colonel Lockwood. (U.) 5,990 I J. A. Symmons (R.) 3,361 U. majority ^,629 HERTFORDSHIRE (Watford)—17,710. I *A. Ward (U.) 8,043 N. Micklem (R.) 7,160 U. majority 983 1906. 1910. 7'6U A. S. Ward U 8,782 Kl. ixOO. X. r. iul- p 7 oTi »ey U 6,136 Micklem 1.411> 1,551 HUNTINGDONSHIRE (Huntingdon).- 5,175. *J. Cator (U.) 2,287 Hon. O. Brett (R-) 2,193 U. majority 94 1906. I91"- S. H. Whitbread ..R 2,426 Cst°r John Cator U 1,957 Hon. O. Britt B 2,083 469 i67 KENT (Tunbridire).-17,116. *Capt. S. Clay (U.) 8,286 A. P. Hedges (R.) 6,1.59 U. majority 2,127 1906. 191°- A. P. Hedges R 7,170 A. S. G. Boscawen. U 6,887 A- p- Hedges B 6,030 1,283 5.210 1,283 3,210 LANCASHIRE (Chorley).—14,347. *Lord Balcarres (tl.) 7,523 J. P. T. Jackson (R.) 4,887 U. majority 2,636 1906. 1910. Lord Balcarres .U 5,803 Lord Balcarres .U 7,735 B. C. \Tilllam» B 8,416 w Blease E 5,523 ~lII 2,212 311 2,212 LIMERICK.-4.686. *0. M. Joyce .u. (N.) 2,452 J. H. Rioe (Ind. N.) 682 N. majority 1,770 :sio. 1906. M. Joyce K 2,137 M. Joyce N Unop Donnellaa ..IndU 973 I I 1.10. 1,164 LINCOLNSHIRE (Gainsboroua^).—13,164. *G. J. Bentham (R.) 5,825 Capt. Weigall (D.) 5,745 R. majority 80 1906. 1910. Ma]. A. L. Benton B 5,922 G- J- Bemtham —R 6,175 C. A. Moreing .U 5,071 Capt. R. B. Henderson U 5,66a 661 1_ 515 LINCOLNSHIRE (Horncastle). 10,508. *I.,ord W. de Eresby (U.) 4,705 Alderman Linfield (R.) 4,181 U. majoritv 524 1906. 1910. Lord Willoughby de Lord Willoughby de Eresby U 4,256 Ere8by U 5,161 A. Adams B 4,100 a y. conybeare 150 B 4.292 I 369 NORFOLK (Northern).-11,169. *N. Buxton (R.) 5.187 H. D. King (U.) 4,491 R. majority 696 No change. 1906. 1910. Sir W. B. Gurdon..B 5,155 F. T. T. Klpplngall U 3,628 H- D- K"1? u 4,064 1,527 1,125 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (Mid).-14,189. *H. Manfield (R.) 6,281 G. Paget (U.) 6,031 R. majority 250 1906. 1910. M. Manfield R 6 307 Manfield R 6,559 R. F. Peel 'u 5*067 '• G. F. Paget .U 6,003 1,246 556 PEMBROKE BOROUGHS.—7,338. Major Guest (R.) 3,357 J. L. Phillips (U.) 2,792 R. majority 565 190$. 1910. 2",°C: fhUlpp^.B 3,576 81r Owen Philipps B 3,582 Pole-C^ew xj 2,527 Armstrong.. U 2,877 1.049 705 SOMERSETSHIRE (Frome).-I 3.16 S. *Sir J. E. Barlow (R.) 5,994 C. T. Foxcroft (U.) 5,366 R. majority 578 1906. 1910. J. B. Barlow B 6,297 Chas. T. Foxeroft U 4,552 S!r J E- Barlow ..B 6,248 C. T. Foxcroft U 5,469 1,745. 779 STAFFORDSHIRE (West).-12.197. *G. A. Lloyd (U.) 5,602 W. Meakin (R.) 5,123 U. majority 479 1906. 1910. H. D. Maclaren B 5,586 Sir A. Henderson .U 4,706 Lloyd TT 5,892 H. D. Maclaren B 5,327 878 878 565 SURREY (GulldfOrd).-18.020. U* E- ^T11^ G?) 8,463 Hon. A. J. Davey (R) 4332 U. majority 3,631 1906. 1910. W. H. Cowan B 6,430 w „ „ a Bt. Hon. St. Joh» W* E- Home U 9,264 Brodrick U 5,630 s- Methuen B 5,033 800 4,231 800 4,231 SUSSEX (Grinstend).-ll,562. *H. S. Cautley (U.) 5,926 H. N. Spalding (R.) 3,531 U. majority 2,395 1906. I 1910. C. H. Corbett .B 4,793 g- Cautley .U 6,563 E. M. Crookshaaks.U 4,5311 C, H. Corbett .B 3,660 m I 2,90J I WARWICKSHIRE (S -r-tford -n-Avon).- 10,835. *P. Foster (U) 5,147 W. King (R) 3,462 U. majority 1,685 1906. Capt. K. Smith ..B 4,3ti Philip S. Foster ..U 4,173 1910. P. S. Foster .U 5,505 148 Oscar Bo wen B 3,838 1909. —— P. 8. Foeter U 5,374 1,667 Hon. Joseph Mart in. B 2,747 Cpt. Kincaid-Smith.I 479 2.627 WESTMORLAND (Kendal).-6,548. •Col. J. F. Bagot (U) 3,041 W. H. Somervell (R) 2,733 U. majority 308 1906. 1910- P. Stewirt-Smith ..B 2,899 ^'s^mith^KLc'fi 2't26 Capt. Bagot U 1,647 D. S. Smith, K.C.B 2,Tib L252 £ 52 Capt. Bagot U 1,647 D. S. Smith, K.C.B 2,726 L252 552 WILTSHIRE (Chippenham).—9,17 5. *G. Terrell (U.) 4,139 B. Bryn-Freeman (ft:) 4.113 U. majoritv 26 1906. 191°- Sir J. D- Poynder. B 4,937 Terrell U 4 408 J. B. Bandolph ..U 2,971 Cecil Beck B 4,120 VM* »

_& SCOTLAND. GREENOCK.-7,853. *G. P. Collins (R.) 4,338 S. Chapman (U.) 2.913 R. majority. 1,425 1906. 1-910. famw £ idatt ""u I'm Godfrey P. Collins R 4,233 James Bern u 5,254 j. Parker Smith.U 2,632 342 1,601 ♦-

IRELAND. CORK (Two Members).-13,797. *W. O'Brien (I.N.) 5,384 M. Healy (I-N.) 5.269 W. Redmond (N.) 4,746 *A. Roche (N.) 4,743 I.Ts. majoritv 638 INDEPENDENT NATIONALIST GAIN. (Polled on Tuesday, declared Wednesday.) 1906. 1910. W. O'Brien N Unop w. O'Brien .Ind X 4 535 A. Roche N UNOP A. Rochg N 4:438, IC9.. Maurice N 4,229 (On resignation of Mr. w. ^aur'Ce !™ly 4,229 ( O'Brien.) Dr. Murphy N 3,776 Maurice Healy .IN 4,706 Sir E. FitzS€rald George Crosbie N 3,547 Ind N 2,061 1,158 97 GALWAY TOWN.-2,306. *S. L. Gwynn (Nat.) 1,062 J. J. L. Wanklyn (F.H.R.) 203 N. mijority 859 1906. C. R. Deveiin .N Unop :906.-Bye. 1"10. S. L. Gwynn JT 983 S. L. Gwynn N Unop Capt. S. Taylor Ind U 559 424

LONDON UNIVERSITY. Polling for London University, which was represented in the last Parliament by a. Unionist, began on Monday, and will be con- tinued until Friday night. At the close of the poll on Wednesday the figures were:— Sir P. Magnus (U) 1.774 Sir V. Horsley (R) 1.322 Unionist majority 452

DENIALS OF A WIFE. NEVER KISSED ANOTHER MAN. Some remarkable evidence was given at Rochdale Police-court on Wednesday, when Mary lewiti Holden applied for a. separation order against her husband. Mr. John Ernest Holden, secretary to the Rochdale Education Committee, on the ground of desertion. The defendant is extremely well known in the town. The applicant said she was married to defendant on November 19. 1904. at Liverpool. Mr. Rycroft: It was what is popularly called a secret marriage? Applicant: Yes. She added that the parents on neither side knew of the mar- riage. They stayed at Liverpool for a few days, and afterwards she resided at various places in the Manchester district. At that time her husband was working in Rochdale, and he used to spend the week-ends with her and- visit her on other occasions. There was one child, which was born in July, 1905. LITTLE TIFFS. About March. 1903. she went to live in Roch- dale with her husband. She had had little tiffs with her husband during that time. She complained that he did not give her proper house-keeping money, and he used to go away for week-ends, and neither gave her any address, nor did he correspond with her in any way. On October 29 she went to visit her brother at Burnley. and at Bury she met a Mr. Holmes in the train. Mr. Holmes was a per. sonal friend of her husband, who ha,d several tunes invited him to stay with the-, and they had all gone to church together. On one occasion when she was visiting London her husband wrote Mr Holmes, in which he said: The missus is going to London arrive at Manchester at eleven 0 Clock, and will have to fool about for an hour. Will you meet her and look after her for that time? 1 will be grateful. HUSBAND'S LETTER. I Proceeding. she said Mr. Holmes accom- panied her to her sister's at Burnley. and about an hour later Mr. Holden turned np. refused to shake hands with Mr. Holmes and went back. Her husband sent a tele- gram asking her brother to keep her ait Burnley for a few davs. She returned home on November 1, and her husband told her over the telephone that she was to leave the house immediately, but she replied that she should do no such thing. The same day she received a letter from her husband which contained the following:— Emmie, I cannot come home so long as you are there. I have tried to make arrangements for you elsewhere. You decline to leave the house. I, therefore, formerly instruct you to go away, and ask you to see a solicitor upon the course you think best to adopt. LEFT UNDER PROTEST. The letter proceeded:— I shall not supply you with any money. I shall give Miss notice to leave, and shall endeavour to starve you out. I prefer to do this rather than use physical force, which is the only alternative which pre- sents itself. I hope you will see the undesi- rability of trusting your presence upon a person who tells you he will not have it, even though he is in the eyes of the IF& still you husband. She (applicant) replied:- Ernest,—I'lease understand that I leave my home under strong protest. She then left the house. She denied most emphatically that she had ever been guilty of misconduct with Mr. Holmes, and said she should never have been in Mr. Holmes's society if her husband had not neglect-ed her. APPLICANT IN TEARS. In cross-examination, she denied that Miss Matthews had ever caught them in the dining-room in each other's arms and kissing one another, or that they jumped apart when Miss Matthews entered. She had never told Miss Matthews that she hated children. She denied that she stayed in bed while her hus- band made the breakfast and dressed and fed the little boy. "It is most untrue," she declared, weeping, and added, "I don't know how he can for shame to sit there and hear ltShe also denied that after having returned on one occasion from the theatre with Mr. Holmes, her husband said the people were gossiping about them, and asked her to be careful. Mr. Atkinson: Did you also say, l aont care what the people of Rochdale say; and whatever you do I shall not give him up? —No. SPYING ON HER." Mr. Atkinson read a letter written by the applicant to her husband's brother, whom she thought was spying against her, in which she said she thought she had written rathea too hastily, but she could not find words in I which to write her disgust at his conduct. As you were only the tool, pernaps .1 ought not to have been so cutting. Why could not Ernest have faced it out in a proper way instead of getting you to spy on me? I may as well tell you this, Mr. Holmes has been just like a brother to me, and I have looked on him as such. Neither you nor Ernest will make a bit of differ- ence. I shall go on in the way I have been doing. I have nothing to fear from any- body. When.1. do do anything deceitful, I then you may try your hand at detectives. CONTEMPT. The concluding part of the letter said: "I shall treat it (meaning the brother's conduct) with the contempt it deserves. I do not know what Mr. Holmes will do. He is a man, at I any rate. I only wish I could have changed places with him for about ten minutes this last week." The applicant said she sent that reply because she was disgusted and hurt at her husband putting his brother to spy upon her In further cross-examination she denied having met Mr. Holmes near Middleton in February, but a month later she went by car to Middleton and there saw her husband, and there was a quarrel. The hearing 'was adjourned.

SWEDEN'S DEFENCES. —- ■ t A LARGE ANNUAL EXPEN- DITURE RECOMMENDED. STOCKHOLM, Wednesday. The Commission which was appointed in September, 1907, to examine the defences of the country has issued its report. it recommends an expenditure of £5,180.000 yearly for eight years for defence purposes. the construction of four battleships and four torpedo-boat destroyers, the extension of the period of colour service, and the develop- ment of the coast defences. Renter.

2d. IN £ ON THE RATES. REDUCTION IN NEWPORT LICENCE1 ASSESSMENT. In consequence of an arrangement having 1 been come to to allow a reduction of 60 per cent. on the assessment (so far as the increase under the Finance Act is concerned) of licensed property in Newport, there will be a reduction of £2.916 per annum in the l amount received in ratea, which is equal J to over 2d. in the A

MINERS' DELEGATES ON THE STRIKE. CARDIFF CONFERENCE ADJOURNED. EXTREMISTS DEMAND RULE 20. It cannot be said that any real progress towards pea-ce was made by the official con- ference convened by the executive council of the South Wales Miners' Federation which wa.s held at the Cory-hall, Cardiff, on Wed- nesday. All sorts of extreme and moderate views were uttered by the delegates in advo- cacy of the workmen's cause, and many fan- tastical notions for thwarting the coalowners were put forward. There were many who thought that this could only be accomplished by a general down tools" policy in South Wales, and still others who appealed for a national strike. On the other hand, it was obvious that those who held moderate views were in strong force at the conference, and there were frequent appeals for a policy of conciliation and reasonableness. It was expected that the pro- ceedings would be of a somewhat tempes- I tuous character, and as the delegates dis- cussed the position in little groups outside the hall before the conference began it was freely asserted that some of the members of the council were in for a very severe heckling. The conference came about as the result of the two unofficial conferences recently held, t'e first of which passed a recommendation in favour of a general "down tools" policy, and the second rejected it by a small majority. Ostensibly called to dis- cuss affairs in the strike areas, it was fully expected that much of the debate would be directed upon the Question of the down tools policy, although no drastic step in that connection was for a moment antici- pated. Mr. W. Abraham, as president of the Federation, occupied the chair, and most of t;ie members of the executive council were present. Mr. William Brace, looking well and happy after his American tour, was an early arrival, and Mr. John Williams and Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, two other Parliamentary candidates, appeared about the same time, having come over from the Federation offices, where the council had held a preliminary meeting. Mr. C. B. Stanton wore a gorgeous a.nd resplendent rosette of red. white, and green ribbons, and when chaffed by a press- man about not being afraid to wear his colours he replied: "Ah, that is the Labour colours." The first motion placed before the confer- ence was as to the admission or non-admis- sion of the press. It was decided by a moderate majority that the proceedings be conducted in private.

RETURN TO WORK FIRST. It is a. known fact that, the executive council. alive to the seriousness of the situa- tion, tried hard on Monday to smooth matters over, but the owners' representatives insisted upon the resolutions of November 14 being carried out, which meant that the Powell Duffryn men in the Aberdare Valley should present themselves for work, and that only those required would be engaged. The men insisted that before this was done the com- pany's notice relative to firewood be with- drawn and that all the men be allowed to return. In the case of the Combine men the owners insisted that all the men should return, while the workmen's representatives suggested that all with the exception of the men in the Bute Seam of the Ely Pit be allowed to work. The executive again conferred in camera. on Wednesday morning ere the delegates assembled. Mabon and Mr. Tom Richards then explained the owners' demands to the dele- gates, and said the executive could do nothing unless the terms of the Conciliation Board agreement were carried out. Mabon invited his hearers to state their views on the subject, and the delegates there- upon gave reports from their districts.

REQUEST FOR GENERAL STOPPAGE. Some expressed the view that a general stoppage would be useless unless the men of England and Scotland joined the movement. and they asked that "missionaries" be sent from South Wales to the Scottish and English coalfields to point out to the miners there the grievances which the South Wales miners sought to have redressed, ind to urge them to press upon their executives the deeirabiiiim, of having a general stoppage throughout the country in order to force the abnormal place question. The speeches were somewhat temperate in character, and although an occasional spirited attack was made upon the prominent leaders, in the main a friendly feeling prevailed.

THE OFFICIAL REPORT. The following official report was issued to the press by Mr. Tom Richards (general secretary):— Thisr was a general conference called for the purpose of considering matters in dis- pute at the Cambrian Combine collieries and at the Aberdare collieries. Mr. Abraham was in the chair, and those present included Mr W. Brace, Mr. John Williams. Mr. Tom Richards, Mr. A. Onions. Mr. C. B. Stanton, and Mr. Vernon Hartshorn. The following gentlemen were elected as tellers for tke conference: Mr. T. Davies, Anthracite District; Mr. T. Thomas, Dowlais; Mr. E. Baker, Western Valleys; and Mr. William Ray, Rhondda Valley. The business and credentials com- mittee appointed were:—Mr. J. Phillips, Aber- tillery; Mr. J. Davies, Abercarn; Mr. Jabez Jones,' Eastern Valleys; Mr. Ben Davies. Skewen; Mr. John Harries (Anthracite), and the general secretary'(Mr. T. Richards). The General Secretary gave.,a report on the attempts that had been made by the execu- tive council to secure a settlement of the disputes in the Aberdare and the Rhondda districts, and also put before the conference recommendations of the executive council for dealing with both matters. On the Aberdare dispute the following was the recommendation of the councilThat the Aberdare workmen be advised to return to work as recommended by the executive council on November 14, and that the execu- tive council put forth every effort to secure the re-employment of all the workmen, and that the members of the Federation who may not secure immediate employment shall be paid strike-pay from the central fund. Upon the Cambrian dispute the council recommended the following :-That having failed to secure a satisfactory settlement of the dispute at the Cambrian collieries, the Federation members be urged to pay their levies promptly in support of those work- men. and that an appeal be made to the Federation of Great Britain to render assist- ance in fighting the Daixie. Mr. Stanton addressed the conference upon the subject of the Aberdare dispute, and was followed by Mr. Noah Tromans. The president (Mr. Abraham) further reported upon what had been done by the executive council, after which a general discussion ensued upon the recommendation of the council and other methods that might be adopted in order to try to secure a satisfac- tory settlement of the dispute at Aberdare. Strong expressions of sympathy with those workmen were uttered generally at the con- ference, and a desire expressed that some- thing further should be done to assist the relief committee in relieving the distress pre- vailing there. After a full day s discussion, it was ulti- mately decided that lhe whole matter be adjourned to another conference to be held on Wednesday in next week, December 14, at the Cory-hall at 10.30 a.m., and that in the meantime a further sum of £ 2,000 be sent to the Aberdare Relief Committee. the Aberdare Relief Committee. A resolution wa6 carried condemning the action of the Home Secretary in refusing to grant an official inquiry into the conduct of the military and police officers in the Mid- Rhondda and Aberdare districts, and inti- mating that the Federation would still press any future Home Secretary to hold an inquirv. A resolution was passed protesting against the sentence of death passed upon M. Durand, the secretary of the French Coal Hewers' Union in Havre, for the alleged murder of a blackleg, and urging upon the authorities the necessity of revoking the sentence. The conference ultimately adjourned, in order to give the delegates an opportunity of putting the position before their lodges. Altogether there were 284 delegates present, representing 152,559 workmen.

POLICE AND STRIKERS. A proof of the good feeling now existing between the police and strikers at Aberaman is forthcoming from the fact that Superinten- dent Gill, of the Glamorgan Constabulary, and Inspector Rees (Merthyr) have made a collection among the officers on duty at Aberaman, and their efforts resulted in the sum of 14 15s. 6d. being handed over to Mr. William Kenshole, high-constable, for. the relief of the strikers.

SWANSEA POLICE IN STRIKE AREA. Strong objection was raised at a meeting of the Swansea Watch Committee by Mr. Miles, on behalf of the Labour party, to policemen being despatched from the borough to the Rhondda for the strike dis- turbances. The Head-constable said the work of the town had not been hampered, and other constableo had done extra, duty, »■ J

REFUSED TO GO TO CHURCH. CAUSE THAT LED TO SUIT FOR BREACH. AMUSING LETTERS READ IN COURT. An amazing situation occurred at Birming- ham on Friday, when both parties in a breach of promise case claimed damages from one another. The lady, who was plaintiff in the first action, was Miss Marie Newey, of Moseley, and her counsel said she was twenty-two and an assistant in a chemist's shop. The defendant, Mr. Frederick Cobb, is a merchant's clerk. After being introduced by a cousin defen- dant went with the young lady for a cycle ride, and told her he had been watching and admiring her for three years, but had been too shy to speak In the correspondence that followed she told him she would not encourage him because he was not a Roman Catholic. Mr. Cobb replied that that was a very easy matter-lie would soon become a Catholic. In one letter, he wrote:— Marriage is a most serious matter, which should be most carefully considered, being that it affects the happiness of two lives. You are a good, pious girl, kind and tender. MARIE, AN ANGEL. Defendant afterwards received religious instructions from a Catholic priest, but not long afterwards a scene took place at the young lady's bouse when another young man was present. Later he wrote a letter com- mencing Marie, my angel.—From the deepest depths of my heart I imploringly ask you for forgiveness for causing you such horrible pain In another letter he said:— You are my ideal. I would give my life for a girl like you. The young man's earnestness satisfied the girl. said counsel, and their engagement was announced. They met daily, and defendant was once heard to say that he was longing for the day when he could call her iiis darling wife. The wedding was fixed for September last. A month before Mr. Cobb made some refer ence to religion in the presence of the girl's mother, who had occasion to call him a hypocrite. A quarrel occurred, and in an interview with the girl's uncle, the young man said that if his employer knew he had anything to do v- ith Catholics he would get the sack. BANNS PUBLISHED. However, the banns were published at two Catholic enurches. invitations were sent out. and the carriages were even ordered. Defen- dant then offended the girl by refusing toi go to the church at night. Words followed, and Mr. Cobb said the engagement had better be put off. He objected especially to j being married in a church, a.nd his bride to be refused on any consir>ration to have the knot tied in a registry office, as the latter I' is not recognised as legal in her religion. Eventually the lady told him to stop calling on her. At this stage counsel for the defendant said his client was willing to marry. His Lordship: Is it too late? If this young couple are really fond of each other-this, their first love—cannot they forget their little past and be ha.ppv? Litigation is a very bitter thing. If they want to fight they have all day long to do so. There is nothing else to do in fact. Counsel said the young lady wanted to make defendant go regularly to church. JUDGE SPEAKS AS MARRIED MAN. His Lordship: That is very unreasonable. You may depend that if a man does not want to go to church it is no use making him, or. for that matter, a woman either. I speak as a married man. The case must go on. Plaintiff then went into the box. It was seen that she was exceptionally pretty. After the engagement, she said. they quarrelled because he said their children should not be sent to a Catholic school. Mr. Cobb refused to take back the ring, and said he would smash it up and burn it. The hearing was adjourned.

"ACTOR NAMED JACK." YOUNG DRESSMAKER'S DEATH, i. I- The clor-;ng stages of the Manchester coroner's inquiry into the circumstances] surrounding the death of Grace Geddes (25), a dressmaker. of Elgin. Scotland. were reached on Wednesday, when the jury met for the fourth time to consider the case. On Tuesday Detective-superintendent F. U. Heath, of the Salford Police Foroe, who arrested the young man Walter Speak, deposed to having previously called upon him at his home in Radcliffe. After being cautioned, Speak made a. long statement, in which he described how ne casually met the deceased at Macclesfield, after which they corresponded. He did not see her again for fifteen monthe. but early in August she wrote to say she was coming to Manchester, and would be arrange apartments for her? He did 60. and she came on the 27th of Septem- ber. He met her at Victoria Station, and they went to the lodgings in Cheetham Hill. After tea they went to the Ardwick Green Skating Rink, but as she did not feel well they returned. WAITED DR. PRESTON. He occasionally visited her, and eventually, at her suggestion, they got the lodgings in N urserytreet. Pendleton. He did not see her again until Wednesday, October 5, at Harker's, between 7 and 8 p.m. She was then ill in bed. He asked her what was the matter, and she said she was not feeling matter, and she said she was not feeling well, but would be all right in a day or two. She asked him to go to Dr. Preston's and tell him to come and see her, and if the landlady said anything about any other doctor he was to say he knew Dr. Preston. He left word at Dr. Preston's, and when he called on Miss Geddes later she told him she had a tumour and would have to undergo an operation. I He nert saw her on the 7th, when she told 1 him that the father of child was an actor named "Jack," whom she had met at Inver- ness. He suggested to Dr. Preston that he ought to write to her people, but the doctor did not think it was necessary, although later on be said, "I think I would write to her people," as she had to undergo a slight I operation. He went to see Miss Geddes again on the Friday night, and found that she was dead. DEATH CERTIFICATE REFUSED. Afterwards he went with Mary Geddes to see Dr. Preston, who said he had refused a death certificate because of the telegrams saying that the matter was in the hands of the police. Miss Geddes said that was a mis- take. and he then said, "Tbere is no reason why I should not give you a certificate, then." Speak added that he had never taken the deceased any drugs, nor had she asked him to do so. He had never previously heard of Dr. Preston, and did not know where he lived, except from what Miss Geddes said, that he lived down Church-street. Mrs. Annie Partington, Old Trafford, said she remembered a couple coming to her house before Whit-week of 1909. It was a Saturday, and they wanted apartments for the lady, who said she was staying with her sister at Macclesfield, and wanted a change and some work. She gave her name as Geddes. She said, in answer to the witness, that the young man was her cousin, John Jackson, chemist, at Radcliffe. Witness had since identified the prisoner Speak as "John Jackson." At first she was not surb, but she was quite sure now. CARELESS OPERATION. The jury returned a verdict that" Death was due to septicaemia, not due to natural causes. They found that Dr. Preston, in the course of an illegal operation, carelessly per- formed, was the cause of her death; that Walter Speak was an accessory to the com- mission of the offence. Walter Speak was committed for trial on the charge of manslaughter on the ceroner's warrant.

NEW YORK SNOW-BOUND. NEW YORK, Wednesday. Snow has been falling heavily here for 36 hours, and still continues. Traffic of all kinds is disorganised, and many accidents are reported.—Central News.

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CRASH IN THE DARK. 4 TERRIBLE NORTH SEA DISASTER. 32 PASSENGERS & CREW MISSING. The mail steamer Blackburn, of Grimsby, from Grimsby for Antwerp, at three o'clock on Thursday morning, when off Sheringham, was in collision with the steamer Rook, of London, in haliart. The Blackburn sank, and the crew of 27 and 29 passengers took to the boats. Seventeen of the crew and seven passengers were picked up and landed at Yarmouth. but the remainder of the crew and the pas- sengers in two boats, with the captain, are not yet reported. The Rook. reported to be in tow of another steamer, is coming to Yarmouth. NEWS CONFIRMED. Upon inquiry at the Great Central Railway offices on Thursday. a press representative was informed that that company's steamer Blackburn had been in collision, but that details had not yet come to hand. The vessel was on the company's Grimsby- Antwerp service. No news had been received of any loss of life in the accident. THE PASSENGERS. A Central News message states that two lifeboats were damaged in the collision. With one exception. the passengers con- sisted of Russian and German emigra.nts on their way from Grimsby to Antwerp. The Blackburn had a valuable cargo. THE SAVED. The passengers landed at Yarmouth are all I foreigners, and are namedj Hansen. j Smal. | Bancoss. | Ristos (3). J Sobon.. f With one exception. all the Blackburn pas- sengers are believed to be foreign immi- grants. Tiis Biackb irn was laur rhed two months ago The vessel left Grimsby at 10 o'clock last night for Antwerp, with a crew of 28 and 30 passengers. It is believed there has been no loss of life on the Blackburn The Blackburn is a. steel screw steamer of jj 831 tons net register, and iB classed 100 Al at ) Lloyd's. She was only constructed in the present year at Messrs. Earle and Co. (Limited), Hull. The owners are the Great Central Railway Company, and the vessel was engaged in their Continental traffic.

300 PERISH. STORM-DRIVEN CRAFT. ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. Graphic descriptions have Deen received here of the scene at Asthrakhan, when a caravan of barges with their tugs were storm driven from the river bank, and carried down the Volga towards the open sea. The Volga is now ice covered, and in flood. The hapless craft were dashed one against the other and were stove in by driving, ice floes. Most of them were soon mere wrecks, to which men clung until over- come by the cold. The thermometer stood very little over zero Fahrenheit. Splendid work was accomplished in almost pitch darkness by two ice breakers, and three other steamers. They succeeded in rescuing over two-thirds of the 1,000 workmen whose lives depended on heroic prompti- tude. There is very little doubt that the remaining 300 all perished. In a desperate chance of saving more lives steamers have been battling day and night against solid masses of ice, which have mean- while formed a-t Volga Estuary, barring access to barges which have partly survived their battering by ice. flood, and storm. According to the latest news three of the steamers have forced a passage to the open sea. The whole Astrakhan Coast and pro- vince have been devastated. The fishing in- dustry is ruined. The depots boats and nets are nearly all destroyed. Even the approxi- mate loss of life is not known. Thousands of horses, cattle, and sheep have perished in the universal floods. In many villages water reached the upper windows erf the cotta.ges, and the occupants have been | rescued from the roofs and even from trees. | Hundreds of dwellings have been swept | away. 1 A sailing, boat, containing some sixty Khirgizes, was wrecked in the Volga Estuary. Close by. embedded in ice, lay a fishing pier, j which had parted from its moorings. The j Khergizes managed to reach the pier, and remained on it two days and nights half frozen and starving before they were picked up by a passing steamer. An extraordinary rescue was effected near if Kamisik. The Government steamer Michael < was proceeding along the coast, when the '1 look-out man saw on the shore what seemed j to be a block of ice from which several human :■ head were protruding. |

DUPLICATE KEY? | AMAZING CHARGE OF THEFT. j 4 Porth Police-court on Thursday presented the appearance of a bazaar; round the dock and on the window sills were displayed quilts, J vases, boots, counterpanes, shawls, silver 1 ware, a marble clock, and bottles of spirits of various kinds. These were the articles 1 alleged to have been purchased from the s result of an alleged robbery at the Car- penters' Arms Hotel by Lizzie John, Dinas, a single woman, who had been employed there, and she was charged with stealing J L700 in money at different times from the same place between May and December this year, belonging to the lanlord, D. Jones. Mr. D. W Jones, Pentre, was for the prose- cution. and Mr. A. T. James (Messrs. Morgan, Bruce, Nicholas, and James) defended. Inspector T. Williams said he visited tha prisoner's house, 65, Dinas-road, Dinas, on December 3, and found the receipt from the London and Provincial Bank. Penygraig, for 'I X1710 deposited by the prisoner, a Poet-office bank book crediting her with £50, and in a tin box .£281 in sovereigns, together with the articles produced in court. On being charged after arrest prisoner informed witness that I she had a key of the safe of the hotel. She threw the key inthe river on Thursday last I. David Jones,' prosecutor, paid he was not aware there was another key besides the one 4n his possession. Prisoner slept in nis t mother's room, who died on May 13. and he was joint executor of her will. The amount missed was quite £700. He found out that money had been taken from the safe when he went to get gold to be changed for silver for silver for the Saturday trade. All moneys from rent, mortgages, and takings were placed in the safe, but no account taken of the sums so deposited. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was com- mitted to take her trial at the next quarter- sessions, bail being allowed.

SIGNATURE DENIED. LLANELLY MAN AND MONEY- I. LENDER'S BILL. Samuel Harris, registered money-lender, Cardiff, sued John Davies, Lakefield Yard. ■ Llanelly, at Cardiff County-court on Wednes- day for L30 on a bill drawn by P. Lawrence and accepted by defendant. The defence was the denial of the signature Mr. Gordon Wil- rl liams appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Clarke Williams (instructed by Randall, Saunders, and Randall, Llanelly, defended. In evidence plaintiff spoke to his transac- tions with the parties, and said Davies backed two bills.—Defendant swore that the signar tures were not his. and said he did not I. remember a letter written by his clerk and signed by himself on September 14 asking Harris for terms in connection with a loan of £ 200. His Honour Judge Hill Kelly: Did your clerk write all the letter, and you added the signature ?—Witness: I don't remember. It looks like my writing; too.-His Honour: Whose signature is it on the bills?—I don't know. I asked Lawrence who put the 6igneo ture, and he said it would be all right. Edwin Haines, clerk for eleven years to Mr. Davies, said he wrote the letters pro- duced, as well as the signature of John Davies. The signatures on the two bills pro- duced were not those of Mr. Davies. The latter was wrong in saying he had signed the letters, even the one asking for the EMO loan. His Honour, in giving judgment for -the plaintiff, said Davies in the witness-box had stamped himself to be a person of small business habits and of very poor memory It was clear he could not distinguish hand- writing, and, under the circumstances, he arrived at the conclusion that the signature was Davies's or was written by his authority.

GERMAN ESPIONAGE CASE. BERLIN, Tuesday. The trial at Leipzig of Captain Trench and Lieutenant Brandon on charges of espionage has been postponed from the 16th I to the 21st inst. A statement that the German Government j has refused to allow a representative of the I British Government to attend the trial is untrue.—Center- I

LABOUR GAIN. TOWER HAMLETS (Bow and wromley).- 10,330. G. Lansbury .——— (Lab.) 4,315 L. S. Amery (U.) 3,452 Lab. majority 863 1906. 1910. Stopford Brooke ..R 4,598 j Alfred Du Cros tr 3,695 A. P. Du Cros .U 3,974 G. Lansbury .Lab 2,955 ë22 S. W. Brooke R 2,167 740