Evening Express

TO-DAY'S WEATHER. I The forecast of tho, weather throughout the West of l'ln»iand a./t Sontli Wales for to-day (Tuesdar) is as foll..w :-N. W. to N. u-incis, falling moderate r light; Jitir.

WEEK'S TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. The following table gives the temperature and rainfall at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth, for 24 hours, as read at 9.0 a.m.. and entered to the preceding day: TEMrKR.VTUP.K. J>ATR. JBILMFALL Min. Mean Tuesday .1 U: 70 54 62*0 "00 VV'edu'sdny 13 69 J4 615 "03 Thursday 14 68 48 58 0 *00 Friday '5 85 55 70'5 *ii5 Saturday 16 69 52 60*5 'CO Sunday 17 70 55 6 "5 "00 Monday 18 6b 53 59'0 "02

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v 3B M & ttftB M M P0WD £ RANDSH0T. If the war fever continues the publishers of the Express" will need to apply for a battalion of Volunteers to aid them in their duties. There were bitter words spoken in our publishing department yesterday, when an important Transvaal edition was nearly left upon the publishers' hands because a dozen or more of the principal street distributors were missing. Great Kruger! Where are the Boers?" howled the man at the counter as the riotous printing machines piled up the newspapers before him. Where are the Bore?" he cried in his excitement. He meant to have said boys," but in a crisis of that sort the best are guilty of a lapsus linguae. A minute later a steady tramp was heard outside, and a dozen youths marched in. They lined up at the counter, and saluted our man in mili- tary fashion. They were attired in full Militia uniform. They were the biggest of the news- paper brigade, and behind them trooped the remaining urchins in a juvenile, admiring, enthusiastic crowd. The twelve, saluting, turned on their heels and marched for the door again, in Indian file. with exaggerated military tread. They left behind them a disconsolate troop of street-sellers, at war with Providence because they were not also big enough to be Militiamen. When our startled man woke up his boys and heard the shrill cry of Express again in the streets he had time to discover the meaning of the visit. The twelve had read the Transvaal crisis in the newspapers they used to sell, and had straightway banded them- selves together and left the trade," and marched to the barracks and enlisted. This visit, then, was their melodramatic farewell to the Express." Good luck to them! We have heard from Express" boys who have joined the Army in years past, and they have written from posts on foreign service and con- fessed how in their new sphere they re-called in playful mood the days when their shrill cry of Here ye are, sir! Latest war!" was heard in Cardiff streets. unless the Cardiff Militia be ordered to the front, though, some young warriors will be disappointed. • •••«• We are in receipt of a cheering note from the Cardiff Workhouse, signed by a man describing himself "Naturalised Inmete." After expressing the usual thanks for the publicity given the workhouse question, he sums the, resulting changes up thns:We have changes for the better. Now we have no small worthless selections of potatoes, as has ap- peared for years; and on certain days there is, in accordance with dietary table, a fair supply of vegetables. This was formerly a matter of chance. Formerly the gruel party occupied seven benches of six or seven men oach. Now we have four benches to accommo- date from twelve to sixteen men, so we have about 70 per cent. of the gruel party trans- ferred to the tea party. Amongst these is a Turk, a Yank, some crippled and deformed, who have had the luxury of this gruel for years. The small batch remaining consists of men variously afflicted-some. it is hoped, only temporarily, two deaf and dumb, and a few who may be put down as migratory. If the Almighty afflicts these as the result of their own imprudence the guardians or their repre- sentatives do right in keeping them on gruel, but where is the guardian who can point to these men and say, 'Your evil imprudence brought you here ? How did these humane gentlemen come to the conclusion that it is the d-eserts of these unfortunates to be paupers? Of the men on gruel only one man gets the great extra meal (6oz. bread and 2oz. -cheese) mentioned. The other men getting an extra meal (about fourteen in number) are on tea. Of the women I know nothing. The visiting inspector did not introduce himself publicly, nor did he speak of complaints when in the dining-hall. If your commis. sioner is ever obliged to come here again he may notice many improvements The dormitories that. contain twenty, accord- ing to the inspector, are only to have fifteen, and in the lavatory he will find towels, as formerly, but what! He will find hairbrushes and combs, and in the dining-hall more time for food and a second supply of water. The same old grace and prayers, but clean spoons instead of the terrible old ones." These poor folk are easily pleased—that is very evident. But the reform is not complete. Like the Boers, the guardians wait for an ultimatum, and see little yet except their own case. The poor Uitlander in the workhouse wishes him- self still in Johannesburg for preference. • • • » • • Official figure3 relating to immigration show us that up to the end of the last month over 10,000 aliens have come into Great Britain to stay. The general average is given as a thou- sand new invaders every month. This steady and rapid increase of our penniless population would ere this have led to terrible results but for the fact that under our wise home system the nation fairly balances itself. We already enrol a mighty army of foreigners (mostly the riff-raff of the Continent) amongst the British nation-and still they come in a steady stream. They would fill the poorest quarters of our cities to overflowing, they would lie dead and dying in our streets, but for the excellent facilities of re-placing Br'tieh men provided for them. Every month a thousand of our own race are starved out of England to make room for them. Thus it comes that Britain I most look to r Colonies. < We do not see the gradual changing of our nation at home, for the process is spread over I such a wide field that the result is impercep- tible except to the victims themselves. Yet I the insidious movement is progressing surely. It is but a matter of time. Though an indi- vidual may say lightly, "My turn has not come!" he will scarcely feel so happily on the matter when he reflects that his turn passes to posterity, and may fall upon his children or his children's children. During a pros- perous season, when the swarm of aliens is the greatest, the bread they take out of British mouths is not quickly noticed. But let the tide of prosperity turn-as it has turned time I and again, and will turn yet-and what will the victims do then? Great Britain is the Canaan of the foreigners. How long can it last? We see the effect of alien immigration very plainly in the deplorable condition of the British seaman's occupation. The evil that it has wrought in one trade is just as easily wrought in every other. It is a mere matter of time. To what extent are we prepared to give this foreign army power and dominion over us? When the day arrives on which un- checked immigration shall have filled our land with foreigners, shall the British Parliament then be dominated by the alien voice? British are treated in the land of the Boers as foreigners, and so fearful is the Boer of a state of things in his land which wa carelessly contemplate in ours that he keeps down the Uitlanders with an iron hand. Whatever the issue of our quarrel with the Boer may be, the day will come for our future generations when Transvaal history will repeat itself in our own land. This may seem a far-fetched and idle prophecy. This is a careless genera- tion in Great Britain. But let any man work the thing out in figures from the immigration statistics just issued, and the result will be a revelation. It is pleasant to turn from the forebodings forced upon us by our latest foreign problem to the merriment which knew no Transvaal trouble in the Cardiff Theatre Royal last night, when one of the largest Monday night audiences of the year laughed time away over the vagaries of the Trip to Chinatown." It is a long day since this merry musical farce con- vulsed London at the Strand and Toole's. The Strand—the home of farcical comedy—has since given us such merry masterpieces as Whatr Happened to Jones," but the old Trip to Chinatown is ever new. Its rejuvenation waa evident from the laughter which rang through the house from the first rise of the curtain to iff final fall. The freshness of the piece wai due to the colouring given it by Mr. Gilbert Tate's special company—one of the brightest companies the Royal has seen this year. The programme announced new eongs, new dances," new duets, everything up to date and right well was the promise fulfilled, even up to the topical Transvaal and Dreyfus allusions. The company proved a large one (there are fourteen characters in the piece), and the sing- ing abilities of the fourteen were of a high order, and brought a greater demand foi encores than playgoers have heard for a long run of musical comedies. The trip is made principally merry by the I exquisite humour of Mr. Wilfred E. Shine as Weiland Strong," the American, who believc3 his days of life are numbered, and who counts the cost of everything by a table of health rules. He was the hero of the evening with his quaint song Don't you know "-a song pheno- menally rich in humour and correspondingly rich in calling down no less than four encores. The Trip to Chinatown is rich all through in the hands of the present company, in fact, and its fame, going forth from the lips of last night's attenders, will draw big houses this week to the Royal. Mr. Harry Fischer made ar, excellent Ben Gay," and his half hour on the hot brick (a splendidly-worked conceit) kept the house in roars. The piece boasts one of the funniest "waiters" in the range of comedy- or at least the part was made so by another star, Mr. Tom J. Morton, whose fun permeated every scene and never flagged for an instant. The company possesses in Mr. Morton and in Mr. O. E. Lennon (" Jones, of Chinatown ") two phenomenal dancers, who, with the sparkling Miss Ettie Carlisle (" Flirt," the French maid), provided the audience with many a treat in that departnent. The company has so many talents that single ones are difficult to enume- rate. Miss Edith Vane, as the widow, "Mrs. Guyer," made the most of a capital singing part, and in solos, trios, and duets with Messrs. Wilfred Lyndon, Percy York, and Wil- fred Shine the ladies filled the piece with fresh and charming numbers, comic and "sen- timental." The impressions of last night at the Royal would not be complete without reference to the presence of that ever-welcome little Cardiff favourite, Miss Nellie Sheffield, the well-remem- bered "Topsy" of the big pantomime two years ago. Miss Sheffield's visits have been very few and far between since then, but her "Topsy" in "Robinson Crusoe" earries her a long way in the memory of local playgoers. By the way, she furnished a very pretty little interview at that time in answer to some local attacks made on the stage, for the topic opened by Mr. Clement Scott was hot, and his line found local imitators, whose happy impudence was breezy. Miss Sheffield has not very much to do in the "Trip to Chinatown," but the pre- cocious stripling, "Willie Grow," was pour- trayed with all the piquancy there was in the part. Those who would go to hear her once again in the coon songs and dances she made locally popular, or in her humorous ditties in "Lord Dunnohoo" more recently, will be di.gappointed-but the piece is so crammed with good things that it would be difficult even for a greedy audience to find room for more of them. Another Cardiff favourite looms large in the Empire bill this week-Miss Millie Hylton, the Gaiety songstress and the "Mrs. Drivelii" of "Circus Girl" fame. Miss Millie Hyiton has chosen to take her talents to the music-halls, and the halls are the richer for them. She brought a trio of her ditties last night, and II met with a big reception at the hands of her play-going friends. The hall was crowded, as usual, and the bill of fare was particularly great. The prime novelty was the bicycle polo team, from the London Empire a, troupe of crack cyclists who illustrated the fun and excitement to be got out of the game of polo played on bicycles. They proved another fact, however- that bicycle polo is only a game for cyclists of phenomenal cleverness—and, of course, the team is composed of such phenomenons. It was a rare good novelty. Then we had that screamingly funny trio of burlesque artistes, Bunth, Rudd, and Barnard, a pair of South Wales favourites in the Sisters Preston, the quaint and clever musical concerts of the three Albions, the pretty songs of the three Sisters SlaW, a couple of good ballads from Miss Lizzie Williams, and Fred Williams's humorous ditties—a programme which should please the greediiest this week. The patrons of the Cardiff Grand have a return visit from that rare character actor and comedian, Mr. Charles M'Oarihy, this week. As "Larry Howard," an eccentric member of the New York Fire Brigade, he kept the fun going right through a. capital sensational drama, entitled "One of the Bravest," as a relief to the tragedy and pathos of a strong piece dealing with the firemen's life. In th's part of his duty he had an able coadjutor in Mr. W. Cronin, the female impersonator, w; o played "Mrs. Grogan," a widow with a JhÙt heart, who—as widows do on the stage-kept life going merrily with song and dance. One of the Bravest" should be seen in the amusement-round this week, for it is a piece full of freshness and origi- nality; it depicts novel phases of life amid novel scenes in which move original characters, not the least original of them being Baby Florence, with her songs and dances, as Little Mary Heath," the pride of the firemen, and Mrs. Heath, a w dow of the persecuted type. The light comedy vein run- ning through the piece is admirable.

-4_- BttoTees' Fine Bread. Stevens' Fine Cakes. Stevens, Delicious Pastry. Stevens' French Bread, crisp and nutty. Van will call. e7000 A smoking concert was held by the postmen of Cardiff at the Grand Hotel on Monday even- ing. Mr. William Knott presided. The meet- ing was addressed by Mr. Wm. Thomas, presi- dent, and Mr. Fisher, secretary, of the Cardiff Trades Council, both speakers extending a hearty invitation to the Postmen's Federation to join the Trades Council.

ADJOURNED SITTING AT CARDIFF. BARRY'S RESTAURANT GETS A LICENCE AT LAST. ANOTHER FUTILE APPLICATION FOR THE EMPIRE. The adjourned general licensing meeting for the borough of Cardiff was held at the Town- hall on Monday. The Stipendiary (Mr. T. W. Lewis) occupied his seat at eleven o'clock, accompanied by Alderman David Jones, Alder- man E. Beavan, Messrs. R. Bird, Morgan Mor- gan, and T. Andrews (licen:ing justices), together with Messrs. Robert Hughes, T. H. Stephens, and F. J. Beavan. The attendance was almost exclusively confined to gentlemen professionally engaged, and who occupied the seats usually allotted to them in the well of the court. The case for the temperance party was in the hands of Mr. George David and Mr. R. Edwards James. ROTHESAY CASTLE, BUTE-STREET. The landlord of the Rothesay Castle, Bute- street, was objected to at the last meeting on the ground, of harbouring a. police-officer, for which offence he had been convicted and fined £5. ihe final disposal of the case stood adjourned until Monday.—In the absence of Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., Mr. Lewis Morgan appeared for the applicant, and. in a brief address, said that in the police-court he admitted the offence, which was that of har- bouring a police-inspector, who had since been dealt with by the watch committee, and reduced by ihsni to the rank of an ordinary constable. Applicant had borne a good charac- ter with the exception of this one offence. The house was his own, as the result of a life's savings, and he undertook to conduct it care- fully in future.—The justices i-etired to con- sider. and, after ten minutes' absence, the Stipendiary returned alone, and, addressing Mr. Lewis Morgan, said: In the event of our deciding to renew will you undertake to trans- fer to another holder?—Mr. Morgan: The pre- sent applicant is the owner. I have not con- sulted him.—After (at the suggestion of the stipendiary) consulting privately with his client, Mr. Morgan answered the question in the affirmative.—The other magistrates having also returned, the Stipendiary said: The licence is renewed subject to the undertaking given, viz., that at the next transfer the licence will be transferred to another holder. BARRY'S HOTEL, ST. MARY-STREET. LICENCE GRANTED. Mr. Arthur Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Ste- phens, Danid, and Co.) supported the applica- tion of Mrs. Mary Ann Barry for a licence to hold all the Excise licences that may be held by a publican for the sale by retail for con- sumption on or off the premises at Barry's Hotel and Restaurant. Mr. John Sankey (in- structed by Mr. Morgan Rees) opposed for the holders of licences at the Royal Oak and Anchor Hote's. and Mr. Phoenix (Messrs. Cousins, Phoenix, and Botsford) opposed for Elliott's Hotel. This wrs the sixth application Mrs. Barry had made, and last year he was given a wine licence.—Mr. Lewis, in renewing the application, referred to the difficulties expe- rienced by Mrs. Barry through having to send out for drinks for consumption by cus- tomers. who complained and often went away. The application, therefore, was not a selfish one, but was made in the interests of the people who daily visited the hotel, which con- tained 37 beds, while in the restaurant as many as 400 meals were daily supplied. There was no intention if this application was granted of erecting a bar, and Mrs. Barry was willing to give an undertaking that a bar should not be erected. Elliott's Hotel and the representa- tives of other hotels opposing were not on the same footing as Barry's, and supplied an entirely different class of customers.—Mrs. Barry was called, and said her rental was JS803 a year, and this, with the expenses, amounted to an annual total of £1,000. The applications for beer had increased since last year, and she sent out for ale on an average 100 times every day. She specially employed two boys as mes- sengers for this refreshment, and in times of pressure three were so engaged. As it was, many who complaineclwent away disappointed. —By Mr. David: My lease has 35 years to run. I have no thought of retiring.—Mr. Sankey con- tended that neither the applicant nor the public suffered at present. They were anxious that this place should be preserved without the accessories of drink.—Mr. David urged that the circumstances were not more favourable to the applicant than last year, when a similar appli- cation was refused.—The justices retired, and, after an absence of nearly half an hour, the Stipendiary, on behalf of his confreres, said: This licence is granted, subject to an under- taking on Mrs. Barry's part to continue to carry on the business as a restaurant, and subject also to an undertaking to bind herself and. as far as possible, her successors, not to open a public bar. CARDIFF EMPIRE. Mr Oswald Stoll, 29. Park-place. managing director of the Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea Empire Places (Limited), applied for the pro- vis;0nal grant of a licence to sell intoxicating liquors, to be consumed on the premises of the Empire. Queen-street, Cardiff. Mr. Arthur Lewis made the application on behalf of Mr. Stoll. Mr George David opposed on behalf of the Rev. Canon Thompson, the Rev. J. Morgan Jones, r. Walter Price (secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association), and 23 tradesmen 111 Queen-street. Mr. T H. Belcher also opposed as representing the Victoria. Hotel, Queen-street, and the Licensed Victuallers' Association.—In making the application, Mr. Arthur Lewis made allusion to the fact that the Empire, erected at a cost, of £38,000; had been conducted by Mr. Stoll without any reproach or complaint. The Empire was largely frequented by residents of Cardiff and visitors from the surrounding districts, and, in the absence of saloon bars, people who wanted alcoholic refreshment had to go outside, and they did so to a very large extent, as many as 495 on Saturday night last obtaining "pass out" tickets for that purpose. Taking the whole of England and Scotland. there was not a single town cd the size of Cardiff without licences attached to their music-halls. Cardiff, with a population of 182,950, had but one mufri, end that without a licence. Liverpool held three music Hall licences. Hull two, Notting- ham one. Brighton two, Bradford two. and other towns he enumerated followed suit. Mr. Stoll was the holder of the Nottingham music- hall licence, and the argument he anticipated. that something objectionable might arise were tlrrs application granted, had no substantial basis in fact. When Mr. Stoll applied for that licence he was met, as he was now, by the strongest opposition on the part of the tem- perance party and clergy and ministers. The licence was granted for six months as an experiment. At the expiration of that time Mr. Stoll applied for a renewal. The opinion of the justices had by that time completely changed, and they compli- mented Mr. Stoll upon the faithful way in which he had discharged his undertaking. The bare at the Cardiff Empire, if their worships acceded to the application, would be entirely separate from the auditorium. They would be only for the convenience of people who patron'd the performances, and no inducements would be offered to drink—a system which was less cal- culated to cause mischief than if the audience flocked out. as at present, to neighbouring houses.—Mr. Stoll waa then called, and re- stated the facte of the application. They had, he said, received many complaints of the present lack of facilities. In the application he made for a renewal at Nottingham the opposition disappeared altogether—By Mr. Belcher: The fact of. people having to pass into bars on the premises would not entail as great a nuisance as if they went out altogether. There were nine licensed houses in the vicinity of the Queen-street-.hall. The saloons would not be kept open in the day time—only during the performances. Mr. Belcher read out a list of towns in which music-halls were not licensed, and Mr. Stoll admitted that in some of the licensed places there was but one per- formance.—The Bench, without retiring, refused the application. A GRANGET0WN APPLICATION. Mr. John Sankey, B.L., instructed by Messrs. Stephens, David, and Co., made appli- cation on behalf of Mr. Charles Cook for an ale-house licence for premises formerly known as the Princess Royal Hotel. Hewell-street, Grange. The appli- cation was opposed by Mr. T. H. Belcher, Mr. Morgan Rees, and other solicitors, representing neighbouring houses. The premises were licensed as an ale-house until the annual licensing meeting in 1891, when the justices re- fused to renew the licence on the ground that the licensee on the 20th of April, 1891, was con- victed and fined 40s. and costs for supplying intoxicating liquor to drunken persons on the 11th of April, 1891." The holder of the lioence appealed to quarter sessions, subsequently to the Queen's Bench, and ultimately to the House of Lords, but in each instance the deci- sion of the justices was upheld.—Application refused. TEMPLE BAR INN. BUTE-STREET. Mr. Samuel Branton Williams, landlord of the Temple Bar Inn, 6, Bute-street, the licence of which he has held as a beerhouse-keeper for twenty years, applied for a spirit licence in respect of his premises. Mr. Arthur Lewis sup- ported the application, which Mr. George David oppoeed on behalf of Mr. G. P. Thomas.— Mr. Lewis said his client felt it 8. hardship that he should not be placed on an equality with the licensees of other houses in the vicinity, which in point of structure and accommoda- tion were far inferior to his own.—Replying to the Stipendiary. Mr. Lewis could not say there was any absence of facilities in that part of the town. but he pointed out that the policy pursued in many places Was to give the addi. tional licence to houses that were test adapted. —Application refused. GOLDEN CROSS HOTEL. This was an application by Mr. Lawrence Gardner Williaais, 20, Oharles-street, as agent on behalf of Mr. Nat Hurley, of the Golden Cross Hotel, licensed victualler, 283, Bute-street. for a full licence at the hotel. as re-built and re-constructed.—Mr. Arthur Lewis, for the applicant, put in a plan of the proposed exten- sion of the licensed area. Mr. David opposed on behalf of Mr. W. Ferguson.—Mr. Head-con- stable McKenzie had considered the applica- tion, and, in answer to the stipendiary, offered no objection from a police point of view,— Application granted. TERMINUS HOTEL. Mr. George Chamberlain, beerhouse-keeper and wine retailer, Terminus Hotel. St. Mary. street, applied for an additional licence enabling him to sell spirits on or off the pre- mises. Mr. T. H Belcher appeared for the applicant, and Mr. W. Sankey and Mr. George David opposed. Mr. Belcher said this wag one of the old beer- houses that existed before 1869. and which was situated on the corner of St. Mary-street. The Terminus adjoined Elliott's, and was similar to that hotel, in respect of which they granted a full licence at the last meeting. They had ten bedrooms, and proposed to make additions. Commercial travellers were in the habit of staying at the Terminus, and military parties passing through the town billetted there from time to time. It was proposed to entirely re- construct the house, with a view of including all the conveniences and facilities of a modern up-to-date business, though without adding to the drinking accommodation, the object of the enlargement being only to provide additional bedrooms. The circumstances being practically the same, and having granted a full licence to Elliott's, how could they refuse one to the Terminus next door? Mr. Cham- berlain. the tenant, had been a licensed victualler for many years, and might well be entrusted with the additional responsibility. Before Elliott's made their application the Terminus was in the field. For sixteen weary years they had persistently importuned the bench—(laughter!—and he now hoped they might be sent gladly and cheerfully away. (Laughter.) The plan of the re-modelled Terftiinus— a really pretentious and palatial building— was then handed up. Bird. after per- using it, asked, "Is that the Royal?" Mr. Belcher: I am not surprised at your mistake, sir. It is the Terminus. (Laughter.) Mr. Belcher went on to assure the court that there would be no new entrances, and repeated that no fresh facilities would be offered to con- sume intoxicating drinks. The rent was £520 a year. Mr. Chamberlain then gave evidence. He said he had been tenant for four years. They proposed to build nineteen additional bedrooms. The military when they were put up-and the commanding officer#—complained that they could not be served with spirits. He was asked for spirits 200 times a day on an average. The new premises would be substan- tially built, and a credit to that. end of St. Mary-street. Mr. David: You were very croes about Elliott's having a full licence granted? Witness: I think you were, sir. (Laughter). Further cross-examined, witness was not aware that any arrangement had been made between his firm and Elliott's. He (witness) held a sixteen years' lease under the Ely Brewery Company. Mr. Sidney Williams (architect) gave evidence as to the plans of the re constructed building, which would cost £6.000, and take about eight months to complete. Mr. Sankey (glancing at the plan): You have quite dwarfed Elliott's? Witness: Yes; it will be higher Mr David argued that, Elliott's licence hav- ing been granted, nothing could be said in favour of the present application. After a lengthy retirement, the Stipendiary said: The application for a full licence is re- fused. but we are prepared to sanction the pro- posed alterations and improvements. A few trifling cases followed, in which no point of interest was raised, and the proceedings terminated soon after four o'clock. NEATH. At eath adjourned licensing sessions on Monday Mr. Charles Cheeke. landlord of the Colliers' Arms, applied for an off licence in respect of premises acquired in the Rope-walk, Neath. Mr. W. H. David appeared for the applicant, and Mr. A. Russell Thomas opposed on bohalf of Mr. Hutchings, the holder of an off licence for premises close by. For the opposition it was argued that there were ten licensed houses within a radius of 150 yards, and that the additional licence was unneces- sary.—Application refused.

A RHONDBA WIFE'S JOKE. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE TO FRIGHTEN HER HUSBAND. At Ystrad Police court on Monday Mary Ann Kendal, 30, Upper-row, Stanley- town. was charged with attempting to commit suicide on the 15th inst.—Defendant's husband, Alfred Kendal. said he came home about three p.m. on the day in question. His wife was intoxicated, and he remonstrated with her. but she only cursed and swore. Shortly after he sent the little girl upstairs to see what she was doing, and the girl came down immediately and said her mother was hanging herself. He went up and noticed his wife in a stooping position. She had tied a canvas apron round her neck and round the bed-post. She was quite black in the face. He was obliged to raise her up before he could get her loose. He took a razor from her six weeks ago, as she then threatened to do away with herself.— Replying to the bench, he said his wife had taken to drink for the last eight or nine years. He thought she would have strangled herself had he not gone upstairs in time.—Sarah Ann Kendal (defendant's daughter) spoke as to the condition her mother was in when she went upstairs, and Police-constable Aldridge deposed that when defendant was charged she said she "would do it again."—Defendant pleaded not guilty. She only did it for a bit of sport, because her husband was always grumbling. Referring to the accusation that she was intoxicated, she added. "Drink, indeed; most of everybody in Stanleytown keeps a drop in the house. Look at the fevers that have been there." Her husband was always grumbling about her—this was wrong and that was wrong. There was no such thing as to please him.—Mr. T. P. Jenkins: You are enough to try an angel leave alone a man.— The Bench committed her to take her trial at the next quarter sessions.

AN ELY CHILD'S DEATH. THE MOTHER CHARGED WITH MAN- SLAUGHTER. Agnes Hayes, 30. who. it will be remem- bered. was committed on the coroner's warrant for the manslaughter of her child on the 7th of September, was on Monday brought up at Llandaff Police-court. At the outset it was stated that only sufficient evidence would be taken to justify a remand. Inspector New watched the enne on behalf of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren.—After evidence of arrest had been given. Dr. Charles Campbell Jenkins, resident medi- cal officer at the Cardiff Union Workhouse, said that the child was brought to him on the evening of the 13th of July. It was about five and three-quarter months old, and weighed 71b. 2;oz.. some 51b. less than it should have weighed at that age. It was very emaciated and dirty. The usual treatment was applied, and it seemed for a time to rally, but about a week afterwards it fell into a state of coma, in which it remained t'.1I its death on the 7th inst. He was of opinion that death was due to inanition.—Prisoner interrupted several timeg during the evidence, declaring, "I will have the rights of the law. though I am poor." and "You killed my child between you."—At this stage a remand till next Monday was granted. RH CHAPEL DISPUTE

SUMMONSES WITHDRAWN. At Ystrad Police court on Monday Mr. W. P. Nicholas, Pontypridd, mentioned the case of John Williams and others against the Rev. Beynon Davies. Trealaw, and the cross-summons against John Williams and others. He was glad to say that through the good offices of certain gentlemen the cases had now been amicably settled, and they desired to withdraw the summonses.—Mr. W. R. Davies, who represented the Rev. Beynon Davies, con- curred.—Mr. T. P. Jenkins: I am very glad to hear it. Let us say nothing more of the matter.

CLERKSHIP OF BARRY SCHOOL BOARD. A special meeting of the Barry School Board was conducted in camera on Monday evening at Holton-road Schools. Barry Dock, Mr. J. Lowdon, J.P., in the chair, when the situation consequent upon the resignation of Mr. W. H. Lewis, solicitor, Cardiff, as clerk of the board, was considered, and it was decided that the vacancy be filled at another special meeting to be held on Thursday evening, by the elec- tion either of Mr. R. Treharne Rees, the deputy- clerk (who has performed the duties of clerk practically for the last eight or nine years). or Mr. Gwyn Morris, Cardiff.

A conference took place on Monday evening at the urban district council offioes, Barry Dock. between a deputation of the Llandaff and Dinas Powis Rural District Council and the Barry Public Works Committee with reference to the scheme for the drainage of Dinas Powis. The proceedings were conducted in private, but we understand that after a lengthy con- sultation a satisfactory understanding was arrived at with reference to the outfall sewer and other points of difficulty. The carrying out of the scheme will involve an outlay of I about £4.000.

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AN ENJOYABLE DAY OF BUSINESS AND PLEASURE. Although a large number of delegates arrived in Cardiff to take part in the Band of Hope Union conference meetings on Saturday and Sunday, the bulk of them were not due until Monday. Accordingly, there was a gather- ing in the morning at the Cory-hall, when the hospitality committee and other local leaders of the movement were present to welcome the delegates. They were astir in the hall as early as nine o'clock, and, as a goodly number of the visitors came in. it was not long before the conference programme was being followed out. The morning was devoted to sight-seeing, and several parties were formed to visit places of interest in the town and neighbourhood. AFTERNOON SITTING. The Cory-hall was well filled with delegates and visitors in the afternoon, when several papers were read. The president of the executive committee of the Union (Mr. Lionel Mundy) occupied the chair. In the course of his opening address he said that during the past year the Union had made steady pro- gress, for there had been addel to the rolls 955 societies and 120.000 members. When the Union met in Cardiff last, fifteen years ago, it comprised 11,000 societies and 1,324.000 mom-, bers; now they had 27,836 societies and three and a half million members. The growth in the Cardiff district was from 39 societies and 7,000 members in the year 1836 to 143 societies and 23,000 members at present. PAPERS ON PRACTICAL TOPICS. Mr. Chandos Wilson (Lancashire and Cheshire Union) gave an address on "Our Senior Members and Evening Continuation Schools." The Band of Hope had found the same difficulty as the Education Department had found, which was the difficulty of retain- ing the senior members. During recent years the Education Department had offered facili- ties for combining continuation school work with Band of Hope work. This movement had been carried on in his district, where they held continuation classes under the Education Department code, and it had been a great success in every respect. A number of questions on details were asked by various delegates and answered by Mr. Chandos Wilson. "The Better Utilisation of Temperance Sun- day for Band of Hope Purposes" was the title of a paper read by Mr James Roberts (Brad- ford Band of Hope Union). The paper was mainly historical, but Mr. Roberts advocated a few improvements in the existing organisa- tion for Temperance Sunday work, mainly in accentuating the purpose in hand. The Rev. Armstrong Bennetts described the methods adopted by the Wesleyan body. Mr. Arnison (Sunderland) advocated Tempe- rance Sunday work, but said that ministers and local preachers who were not total abstainers should be asked not to preach tem- perance sermons. (Laughter.) The sermons preached on Temperance Sunday by some of the non-abstainers were simply outrageous. Industrial exhibitions were the burden of a paper read by Mr. A. Jolliffe, who discoursed under the title. "How Industrial Exhibitions May be Made to Assist Band of Hope Work." The main idea of the paper was to impress upon Band of Hope workers the desirability of adding to the ordinary temperance work more general efforts, for the purpose of maintaining the interest of Band of Hope members by giving them opportunities to exercise their faculties, mental and physical, in crafts as well as in arts. ADDRESSES OF WELCOME. An address of welcome to the conference was presented by the officers of the Cardiff District Tents of the Independent Order of Reehabites (read 11t Mr. T. Saniey, secretary of the dis- trict). and Mr. R. Guy, D.C.R., spoke in support of the address. Bro. Emery presented an address on behalf of the East Glamorgan District of the I.O.G.T— Bro. Redway, representing the Grand Lodge I.O.G.T., also presented an address of welcome. —Mr. David Shepherd and Principal Edwards spoke on behalf of a deputation from the Car- diff Total Abstinence and Prohibition Associa- tion.—Mr. Tertius Phillips also spoke as repre- senting the United Kingdom Alliance.—Mr. Very read an address from the Cardiff Branch of the Sons of Temperance.—On behalf of the British Women's Temperance Association. Mrs. Evans ("EgJwysbach") presented an address of welcome.—A telegram from the secretary of the Church of England Temperance Society ex- pressed good wishes to the conference, and Alderman W. Sanders brought up a resolution to a similar effect from the Cardiff and Swansea District Wesleyan Synod.—Mr. Frederic Smith spoke in reply to the addresses. The conference then adjourned to the lower hall to take tea, at the invitation of the officers of the Cardiff District of the Independent Order of Reehabites. RECEPTION BY THE MAYOR AND MAYORESS. In the evening his Worship the Mayor (Alderman Sir Thomas Morel) and Lady Morel gave a. reception at the Free Library. The museum and art gallery were thrown open, and the reading halls were decorated by Messrs. Howell and Co. A string band, conducted by Mr. J. Matthews, performed a programme of music on the flat roof, where refreshments were provided, as well as in the ground-floor read- ing-room. the catering being in the hands of Mr. Stevens. The reference library hall was used as a. concert-room, where Madame Nellie Asher, Miss Morfydd Williams, and Mr. J. F. Proud sang several songs each, Madame Hughes-Thomas acting as the accompanist. About 1,000 guests attended, most of them dele- gates to the conference. At an interval during the evening Sir Thomas Morel gave a short address of welcome to the guests. The mayoress and himself recognised the value of the Band of Hope Union, which was doing so much for the welfare of the commu- nity by inuclcating the principles of sobriety in the minds of the young. Their Union might be regarded as one of the strongest pillars of society. He hoped that the conference would be the means of encouraging more considera- tion upon the aims that the Band of Hope workers had in view. Canon Thompson in the course of an address welcoming the delegates to Cardiff said that the closing century was distinguiQhed for pro- gress in the desire to lift mankind to higher attainments. It was true that there were divisions amongst men which led them to mis- understand each other, and. instead of stand- ing shoulder to shoulder, they were almost compelled to act in opposition to and with distrust of each other. But the temperance cause had the effect of bringing men of all creeds and denominations to work side by side for the furtherance of the greatest of all causes, for temperance was a religious cause. (Applause.) It gave them a common watch- word. and led them to march under the same banner, and that was a grand thing. Principal Edwards and Alderman W. Sanders also addressed the meeting, the latter express- ing thanks to the mayor and mayoress for their kindness in giving the reception. Canon Barker leturned thanks on behalf of the delegates, as one of the vice-presidents of the Union, and the Lord Mayor of Sheffield (Alderman Glegg) expressed thanks to Sir Thes. and Lady Morel and also to the local com- mittees for the reception accorded in the town.

J, THE ROYALIST PLOT, OPENING OF THE TRIAL. A Central News telegram from Paris on Monday evening says:—The Senate met to- day as a High Court of Justice for the trial of the prisoners charged with sedition. The call of the roll showed that there were 265 Senators present. After some preliminary skirmishing be- tween the various groups, the Public Prosecutor was admitted, and proceeded to read the indict- ment, which was a very violent attack upon the prisoners for their plotting with the Monar- chists -against the Republic. It vehemently denounced three Republican Senators—Mes- sieurs Buffet, Sourires, and Marquois-for their intrigues with the Due d'Orleans. Thereupon M. Halgan, a Conservative Senator, loudly pro- tested, and asked the Senate not to allow these reflections upon the honour of absent col- leagues. It transpired that of the forty or fifty men against whom proceedings were origi- nally taken by the Public Prosecutor only about twenty will be actually indicted before the Senate, amongst them M. Paul Deroulede and M. Guerin. At the conclusion of the Public Prosecutor's address the Senate, by 234 votes to 32, sent the dossier of the case to a Commission of Instruction of the High Court, and reserved the question of competence. On the application of counsel for the prisoners, it was decided to throw open the proceedings to the public. At eight o'clock the Senate sat in open court, and, after some discussion, a decree was approved appointing a Commission to consider the procedure to be followed in the trial.

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THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF. There was a crowded house at the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, on Monday night to welcome Mr. Gilbert Tate's special company in that most popular of musical comedies. "A. Trip to Chinatown." The company on its previous visits has always been heartily received, hence the large attendance on Monday night, and hence, also, the three hours of incessant laughter which had been rightly anticipated from this piee?, so full of life and movement to the tune of pretty and sprightly music, accompanied by touches of whimsical humour and grotesque situations. Mr. Harry Fi°cher as "Ben Gay" was exuberantly funny, and Mr. Walter E. Shine, as "Welland Strong," was irre- sistible in the comic situations in which he posed as a dying man with a great stock of vitality. Miss Edith Vane. as "Mrs. Guyer," the heroine of the piece, played with charming effect as the bewitching widow with two strings to her bow. Miss Vane was suffer- ing somewhat from indisposition, and for that reason her acting was all the more praiseworthy. Another artiste one easily recognised was Miss Nellie Shvffie'd, the little lady who a couple of years ago was so markedly successful as "Topsy" in the Theatre Royal pantomime. Mr. Tom John Morton was a born waiter, while Mr. F. Bouslield in his old-time character of "Ben Gay's" faithful ser- vitor g,tve a very clever representation. Miss i-ittie Carlisle, as "Flirt," infused much life into her acting-, while the crowning success was achieved by Mr. O. E. Lennon in his original character of a Chinese serving-man. The first n ght's popular verdict augurs well for this week at the Royal.

GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. "One of the Bravest," after an absence of some years, made a, welcome re-appearance at the Grand Theatre on Monday night, and was produced by Mr. Chas. M'Carthy and an excel- lent company of artistes, including Mr. W. Cronin, who is described as the prince of female impersonators. The drama is a sensational one, and at the same time provides endless amusement. The story relates how "John Heath" (Mr. Thcs. Herbert), a prosperous mer- chant, is murdered by "Rufus Ward," his partner, over a love affair, and the misery of the widow because she refused to marry "Rufns." "Larry Howard," the fireman, who repeatedly comes to the rescue of "Mrs. Heath" (a character ably undertaken by Miss Florence Chase), was sustained in a manly manner by Mr. M'Carthy, -who had full scope to display his talents, and well did he avail himself of it. The comedy characters brought forth peals of laughter, and the villain was equally well received with indignant hisses. Little "Mary Heath" (Baby Florence), a very pretty little girl, did exceedingly well, her acting, singing, and dancing being one of the features 6f the evening. Mr. M'Narney gave an able and per- fect portrait of "Tiger," who is fond of "thing.. exciting." and who did all the dirty work for "Rufus Ward." The remainder of the cast is filled by capable and well-chosen actors and actresses, and the drama ought to attract large audiences during the week.

THE EMPIRES. CARDIFF. The Bicycle Polo Team from the Londoh Empire introduce a good spectacular show at the Cardiff house this week. They are four in number, two on each side, and they play a game which is more like Association football than polo. At two opposite corners of the stage are miniature goals, covered with wire netting, and into these the ball must be sent in order to score. The ball is propelled or passed by the wheels of the bicycles, the front one being often turned iiound in a circle to secure a good shot. The game is certainly an exciting one, but could only be indulged in by xpert. bicyclists, and then on a very even surface. The match on Monday between the blues and reds created a good deal of interest. Messrs. Bunth, Rudd, and Barnard, whose "make-up" is sufficient to cause any amount of laughter, gave a varied entertainment, in which grotesque dancing, bone duets, and old- fashioned conjuring tricks (all of which were exposed at the end) played a. prominent part. They possess a dog which is a trained klepto- maniac, and his numerous and barefaced departures from the ordinary code of honesty evoked continuous laughter from the crowded house. Miss Millie Hylton still personates the male thing caned man, and. although her three songs were well received, there was not one of them which was new. The Sisters Jessie and Josie Preston sing a couple of interesting duets, and the Three Albions, as well as being able to produce good music out of anything that appears handy, such as a stool, or a table, or a walking-stick, are clever acrobats. Miss Lillie Williams gave a classical turn to the entertainment with a couple of songs which she sang, the second. "I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls," being exceedingly well received. The Sis3 Slator are a trio of bright artistes, and Mr. Fred Hallam is an exceedingly comic vocalist. NEWPORT. The bright, particular star of the Uskside hall this week is Miss Minnie Cunningham, who sings pretty, pleasing ditties in a light and dainty method of her own, which straightway goes to the core of all hearts. Mr. J. H. Mil- burn has an old fame of high standing, but his oomedianism" has all the freshness and purity of truest art, increasing in youthful charm with repetit:on. As an actor-vocalist he wins ready applause. The Bros. Dare are American gymnasts who introduce not a few novelties from that resourceful bontinent, and Mark Melford's Company, in a sketch called Desperation," also have several novel items to display. The high-class music of St. John and Dwight has been heard before, and is as good as ever. while Miss Nelly Martell's turn of song and dance and Drew and Alder's ver- satility are equally attractive. SWANSEA. The Swansea hall is this week favoured by the appearance of such popular artistes as Bonnie Kate Harvey, Cora Caselli, Fred Lincoln, anct others. The programme is strong, and one which the patrons of the Empire will appreciate. Monday night's per- formance was a success, and the public will do well to attend this week.

GRAND THEATRE, SWANSEA. On Monday night Swansea playgoers were favoured with a re-visit from "The Royal Divorce" Company. This celebrated drama, dealing with the domestic fortunes of the first Napoleon, was never more adequately repre- sented. Mr. Fredk. Moyes as the "Emperor" and Miss Laura Hansen as the unfortunate "Josephine" could, we should say, hardly be improved upon. The stirring action, the pathos, and at times the comedy of the scenes were all as heartily enjoyed as they were strikingly presented.

THE LYCEUM, NEWPORT. Mr. Wm. Bourne's company give a praise- worthy presentation of "The Voices of Lon- don at the Lyceum. The piece has many intrinsic merits, but, perhaps, one of the best features of the production is the vast amount of scenic skill shown in the mounting. There are thirteen scenes all told, and each is care- fully thought out and arranged.

CARMARTHENSHIRE RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The thirty-first annual report of the council of the Carmarthenshire Rifle Association has just been issued, and showa that there is now an adverse balance of L-8 15s. 10d., whilst last year, for the first time for about twenty years, the association, although not having any money to its credit, was yet out of debt. Daring the year £ 40 16s. 6d. was received in subscrip- tions, P,70 13s. 6d. in money prizes, and X27 14s. in entrance fees, whilst the chief payment was E97 los. 6d. in prizes. The object of the associa- tion, of which the Lord-lieutenant of Carmar- thenshire (Sir James Drummond, Bart.) is the president, is to promote rifle practice by the Volunteers of the county, and this has been attained to a degree that merits increased financial support by the public. No mention of the work of the association is complete with- out a word of praise and encouragement to the secretary (Lieutenant James John, Carmar- then). for his indomitable perseverance in his efforts on behalf of the society. This year's meeting will take place on the Danyrallt Range on October 3, 4, and 5. The annual meeting of the Carmarthen detachment (H and I Com- panies) of the 1st Volunteer Battalion Welsh Regiment will take place on the same range on the 28th inst.

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AN APPKAL FOR AN OLD CARDIFF PL A Y L Jt I hear that Newport are not likely to be 9, weak this season as is generally anticipated They have a topping lot of forwards. I am told; indeed, they only require a couple of centre three-quarters to be something like the New. port of old. Still, centre three-quarters are hard to find, and, although practically the best men in Monmouthshire were pulled out on Saturday last, the Uskside Committee found nothing, I am told, that anything like approached their idea of a centre three-quar- ter. Still, they have the fact to be thankful for that in; all other respects they are pretty well up to the mark. The forwards, I believe, are a real red-hot lot, and if that be so they are bound to have a good chance, especially against Cardiff, for the Welsh Metropolitan forwards are nothing like so strong as they might be. Somehow, this has generally been the case with Cardiff—their forwards are not quite what they might be. that is. as compared with their backs. They don't seem to have quite the devil and dash in them that they might have, and, as compared with other sides, not quite so vigorous as they ought, to be. I shall never forget the Scotch forwards at Inverleith last season. They did not always play the game I will admit, but they were dashing and tireless, and somehow or other seemed to adapt themselves to existing circumstances better than our men, who were too easily disheartened. One trick they were very fond of was opening out and getting the half wit]: the ball in their midst. Then, by sheer strengtl and determination, they rushed him and thf ball on and gained a lot of ground. Bashint forwards broke up the Jameses' play on Satur- day. I note, and so it will most back combina- tions in a manner, although, if the oth?r eight are willing to sacrifice themselves, by getting their heads down and pushing hard, they can work the other eight out. Forwards that are made to push hard and often are none too fond of racing all over the field stopping the opposing backs after about half an hour's gruelling scrimmaging. By the way, I should like to make an appeal to my readers on behalf of the well-known footballer, Tommy Thomas, who, it will be remembered, was in the Cardiff Post-office for some time and assisted the 'Quins, and after- wards the Cardiff team. Thomas went down to Plymouth some few years ago and rendered valuable service to the Plymouth Club until he was, unfortunately, laid up with paralysis that will prevent him from ever play- ing football again, even if it does not prevent him ever earning his own living. At the suggestion of a number of his old friends and admirers a subscription list has been opened for Thomas, and is in charge of his old club- mate, Mr. Harry Marks. The men played to- c-ether in the old days of the 'Quins and were fast friends. Any admirers of Thomas who would like to contribute towards the list will please communicate with Mr. Harry Marks, Cold- stream-terrace. Canton, Cardiff, or if they choose to send their subscriptions to me I shall be pleased to hand them over to Mr. Marks. The English papers are rather down on the prowess of Wales as a water polo nation, and are, I note, suggesting that the fixture with the Principality could be very easily dispensed with. Certainly the big licking England gave us on Saturday at Warrington does suggest something of the kind. I am told, however, that there was not quite that degree of unanimity between the Welsh forwards that might have been desired. There was plenty of individual merit, a friend of mine who saw the match tells me, but it was not utilised, for the forwards appeared to be play- ing absolutely independently of each other most fatal tactics. Again, Rowan, he says, was aJmost useless, and nearly all the English I goals were scored over him. The English for. ward he was supposed to mark was simply swimming about as he liked. I notice for the team chosen to oppose Scotland Rowan has been left out in favour of his club-mate, Sutherland. Hellings, the Australian cham- pion, haa promised to be at Penarth on Mon- day next, I believe, to swim in the 100 yards Welsh championship. With the billiard season close on us, I would like to remind cueists that only a few days remain before the date of challenge to Mr. J. L. Perry, the Welsh champion, closes. Mr. Perry, it will be remembered, won the Welsh championship at. the Rummer Hotel, Cardiff, early in the year. The rules laid down by the committee, and approved of by Messrs. Burroughes and Watts, were to the effect that the holder of the championship was bouad to accept a challenge (providing the same is approved of by the referee) once in four months, or, failing to do so, forfeits the cham. pionship and challenge cup. The date of such four months has been fixed for September 30, 1899. Several challenges are already to hand, and any other player desirous of challenging Mr. Perry's right to the title must signify their intention to Mr. George Matthews, Rummer Hotel, Duke-street, Cardiff, on or before the above-mentioned date. All chal- lenges must be accompanied by the usual fee of 5s., which will include use of table. As previously explained, if more than one chal- lenges said challengers must play heats of 500 up amongst themselves, and in accordance with the draw. The winner to play the holder of the championship. Golf locally during the past week has been conspicuous by its absence. The majority of the players from both the Porthcawi and Glamorgan Clubs have been engaged in the championships at Conway, full details of which, by the way, have been given during the week. As anticipated, Mr. F. E. Woodhead won the Welsh amateur championship for the third year in succession. The meeting, however, was more interesting than in previous seasons. In both the semi-final and final heats, Mr. Wood- head was given very close matches; indeed, had he not shown great improvement on his form of the previous day, he would not have beaten Mr. T. D. Cummins on Friday. The club cham- pionship furnished a mild surprise. Rhyl, the holders since the institution of the event, did not survive their first match, and Aberdovey eventually won very easily. Several of the latter's "foreign" members, including Mr. S. H. Petre, of Romford, and Mr. P. V. Broke, of Royal West Norfolk, contributed to the victory. Although Mr. G. H. Peacock had the advan- tage of playing on his own green, he did remarkably well to beat a golfer of Mr. S. t. Fry's calibre in the final heat of the Sussex Union's Challenge Cup tournament at East- bourne on Friday. Mr. Fry was scarcely at the top of his game. From the tee and through the green he did not make many mistakes, and from even the few he generally recovered finely, but on the green he missed one or two wretchedly short puts. That was where he was beaten—an unusual experience for one of the most deadly putters in the land. A gclf match was played on the Barry Club Links, The Leys, Aberthaw, on Saturday last, with the following result:- BARRY. J. G. WILSON'S TEAM. Stewart C. Bird 5 W. H. Renwick • W. C. Gellibrand 6 H. E. Tilston 3 P. Carey Thomas 0 J. C. Kuhl 0 De Lancey 9 W. D. Darling 0 J. G. Wilson 4 W. Waddell 0 A. Gibson 3 D. Sibbering Jones 0 Walter Pyman 8 R. F. Illingworth 0 8. B. Reid 0 3 35 Win for Wilson's team by 32 holes. WELSH ATHLETE.

A trotting match took place on the Cadoxton- Toad, near Bridgend, on Monday afternoon between Mr. J. Davies's "Lady Oondymere," Llanelly, and Mr. B. Heycock's black pony, of Taibach, for E20 aside, the distance being one mile. The first-named received 25 yards start. A good match ensued, and tJ e black pony won on the mark.