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Imperial Parliament. INQUIRY INTO THE WAR. What an elusive thing this inquiry the seems to be. In the last Parliament and in the war session of this all general criti- cisms were disposed of by a reference to this grand inquisition. But since February 14 it has been somewhat slightingly referred to once or twice, and last night the Here- ditary House Lord Sandhurst brought the matter up. He suggested in a humble way that a general investigation would only raise party fights and fresh Wolseley v. Lansdowne duels, and expressed his own preference for a 8eries of minor Commissions, each with a special reference and a definite object. The Duke of Devonshire rose leisurely from his seat to remark that he had most certainly referred to the inquiry as a method of getting at the truth in the conflict between the vis- count and the marquess. "Of course," he pro- eeded, "whatever pledge we have given will be granted, unless, on further consideration, the Opposition as well as ourselves are con- vinced that rmch an inquiry will not he m the public mterest. and we are not desirous Of entering into a long rambling inquiry." Earl Spencer mildly observed that,ha pro- mise was made at the request of the Opposi- tion. "Under pressure from them," interjected the Marquess of Salisbury. "I rather 1hOlll;ht the noble marquess bad promised the inquiry," replied the earl, and the marquess said he should be glad to have the reference. Lord Spencer would not (rive it off hand: said he referred to the allusions to it during the general election, and to a speech of Mr. Brodrick's during the recess. Then the Earl of Morley said ditto to Lord Sandhurst, and presently the Prime Minister himself got up. He could not remember having gi-en a promise, and the Government had never been in favour of it, but they felt that after all that had been said to refuse one would be to throw suspicion on the Army. Then he went on to observe that if it was made it could not be an anodyne or imper- sonal in its nature. People would want to know who was responsible for this, that. and the other, and there would be a renewal of that species of discussion of which we have had some examples and foretaste recently. The Earl of Rosebery, who was "a simple rural person" on Friday, now said he was "a puzzled investigator." He thought that the Duke of Devonshire had given a promise. Now Lord Sandhurst had "turned out to be a Balaam," and had solemnly warned the Government against a wide .inves- tigation, and, following him. the Duke of Devonshire had 'showed a limited enthu- siasm." "I only referred to an inquiry which had been protmsdU; I did not promise it," retorted the Lord President. "You were only the last to promise it," observed Lord Rose- I bery, amid a laugh, and then he proceeded to ask in a plaintive voice, "When was this ) inquiry promised, and to whom?" i The Prime Minister half raised himself from his seat. and remarked, "Perhaps the noble earl would like a preliminary Commission to inquire into the point." and the earl rejoined, "So long as I'm not asked to serve on it, I don't know that I mind." There "the matter dropped." Business in the Commons. The business of the Commons was com- pletely disorganised last night, and all because of Mr. Balfour, who has managed to get our affairs into an almost hopeless tangle just because he would not call Parliament together sufficiently early to get through all the financial work that has to be done. On Saturday there was issued a revised esti- mate consolidating the other 21 votes into one. This, of course, means one main ques- tion instead of 21, and a similar reduction in the probable number of closure motions. Now this is almost a revolution in procedure, and, certainly, it withdraws very considerahly from the Commons the aright of discussing Supply. If Mr. Balfour had proposed the method as a sessional order he could have adduced, very likely, good reasons for it. Anyhow, it would not have put up the back of the House as this action on his part did. The Opposition leaders were, curiously enough, all away during questions, and when they were over it fell to Mr. Sydney Buxton and Mr. Edward Robertson, two very minor occupants of the benches, to raise the point They were, of course, backed by Mr. John Redmond, who moved the adjournment of the House, and a debate followed, which la.sted until the dinner hour, and was only finished by the closure. Naval Estimates. The Secretary of the Admiralty rose after the Speaker had returned, and in a very thin House. "aval ■estimates are an increase of £ 2,183,000 over those of last year. The increase of personnel will give us, he says, 118,652 on the active list, 28,650 Royal Naval Reserve and 7,300 Royal Fleet iteserve-a total of 154,575. He went at some length into the reasons which have led to the shrinkage of the Royal Reserve, and explained the measures contemplated to meet this difficulty, namely ■horter sea service devoted to the ord'inary routine of the bluejacket's life and a greater amount of gratuity or bonus. The new pro- posal, the establishment of the Royal Fleet Reserve, he went into in much detail, adding that eventually it was believed this force Would be raised to 15,000 men. The rating of electricians now to be established will rank as chief petty officers, assistants to the tor- pedo lieutenants. One of the important things he said was as to the desire of the War Office the Admiralty should release five batta- lions of infantry by taking over certain coal- ing stations. He told the House that no decision had yet been come to, but. to judge from his tone, it would seem that the Board Goes not view the request too favourably. His next point of interest was the statement that sixteen old-fashioned ships have been taken off the list where they figured, to the quieting of the fears of the ignorant; and then he spoke about the recent delays in construction. He was optimistic as to the future.

VICTORIA'S MEMORIAL The Press Association telegraphs:—A meet- ing of the Queen Victoria Memorial Com- mittee was held at the Foreign Office at noon to-day. There was a simultaneous meeting of the Civil List Committee at the House of Com- mons, and, consequently, Mr. Balfour was unable to attend the memorial committee [ Meeting.

STOP PRESS .cJr.. Latest Telegrams. "ticT* HOTEC°5Sg <5 ° P'm')' BOTHA REFUSES KITCHENER'S TERMS. OFFICIAL MESSAGE. An official message says tha.t General J5j>tha ias refused Lord Kitchener's terms. PELICAN POUNCED ON ALLEGED DISORDERLY HOUSE. Severs! defendants were remanded at ItarlJta roush-st rce t Policc-court to-day, charged with keeping the Pelican Club. o. 11. Dejaman-strcet, as a disorderly-houge. Toe police raided the club early this morning. SOW IN LANCASHIRE. A fiuce storm commenced to rise io fcoutiv-eaet. Lancashire shortly alter one o'clock this afternoon. 4.0- WCllbope. 1; Sarai, 2; Cfcrietiaa, 3. ;) r v ■:

Chinese Troubles. QUESTION OF FRENCH TROOPS Paris, Tuesday.—A Peking telegram says: — The state of the negotiations will shortly permit of the French force being reduced. The matter is in the hands of competent authorities. About 10,000 men will be sent home. M. Pichon will leave for France at the beginning of April.—Reuter.

A Lady's Will. QUESTION AS TO VALIDITY. The case as to the validity of a will of Mrs. Edith Alice Briscoe, a widow, who had resided at St. John's Wood and Cla-cton, which was opened on Friday, was continued to-day in the Probate Division (before Justice Barnes and a special jury). The plaintiff, Mr. Henry Adaiir Richardson, claimed the revocation of the will under which the deceased left the bulk of her property, about £5.000, to the defendant, Mr. Tom Wood, who had been a. brnk maaaager. Counsel for Mr. Idchardson now opened the case against the will. He characterised as grotesque the description which had been given of Mr. Richardson, that he was an eccen- tric old man of benevolence, who visited the lady on platonic grounds, in order to amuse himself with a chess board in her presence. Mr. Richardson was not old or eccentric—he was under 50 at the time referred to. He had been engaged in India and other places. In 1885 he met the lady and took her from the life into which she was drifting. He had kept her and maintained her, and settled £3.000 on her, and encouraged her to save, and in 1893 advanced her £1.000 to enable her to build a house, and all the money she died possessed of had come from Mr. Richardson, and she made a will leaving £1.000 to him in case she died. So f?r as he knew. she remained faithful to him, except for a lapse with a man in 1887. of which he forgave her. When he discovered Mr. Wood at the house, the explanation was that Mr. Wood had been concerned in deceased's investments. He told Mr. Wood he had been keeping the lady as his mistress, and would not allow any man to interfere with her, and Mr. Wood gave him his assurance that he had had no improper relations with her. He contended that, under the circumstances. Wood's conduct was not that of an honourable man. With regard to the will in dispute, which, it was said. was signed by the direction of the deceased, counsel contended that it was not shown that the deceased directed the signing of the will and acquiesced in the signing by another person was not sufficient. Evidence was given to prove a will of 1893, and to show that the deceased was not competent when she made the will of 1899, which was now in dispute. Mr. Richardson was called, and spoke to his relationship with the deceased. He had settled money on her in 1893. He discovered a lapse on her part, but he forgave her, as she was so miserable and threatened to commit suicide. He gave her £1.000 on condition that she made the 1893 will, leaving it to him on her death. He had intended to marry her, and had bought a ring. and he at one time made a will leaving her £5,000. Cross-examined: Mr. Richardson said he had been a director in the Anglo-Egyptian Bank, and the Agra Bank. He did not bring this action for the money, and if he succeeded he should give the money to charity. He brought the action as a duty, and it was a very painful duty to him. Mrs. Briscoe was about eighteen when he made her acqcantance. She had once told him she would not live a respectable life if he gave her up. He had desired her to live a respectable life with him, and latterly to lead a moral life. He had given up immoral rela- tions with the deceased some time before she died, because she came to the conclusion that it might be good for a man, but it waa bad for a woman. This concluded the evidence. (Proceeding.)

BOY^STERRTBLE^END. Drinks Boiling Water from a Kettle. A farmer's son. aged three, James Bea-ttie, met with a cruel death yesterday at Peter- eulter. The boy took a drink from the spout of the kettle on the hob. and died in a few minut.

"THINGS HE'S LEFT BEHiND HIM." How Newport Tommies Work. AXewport Tommy Atkins has devised a novel way of sending home money to his wife from South Africa. Postal orders are out of the question where he is stationed, 80 he placed a sovereign between two pieces of cardboard stitched it round, and sent it home in an ordinary letter. Another Newport item about a sovereign from the Rand is that of a man who sent home a Kruger gold piece to his wife, which fetched her in 25s., out of which she was able to get more satisfaction than she could derive from gazing upon the whiskered features of Qom Paul.

ATTEMPT TO CORNER FOURIE. ("TIMES" TELEGRAM.) XOORNSPRCIT (fifteen miies east of Bloemfontein), Monday. The combined operations from the south and west for the purpose of cornering Piefc. Fourie's 800 men have practically proved abortive. Half the Boer force which it was hoped to enclose broke back night. Those who got through to the south-west were prevented from crossing the railway oy an armoured train. The latest information is that Vourie is ntill within the cordon, which is now very narrow, but the enemy leak through our picket lines. The correspondent adds that the neit few days will see combined movements on a larger j scale than has hitherto been attempted in the Orange River Colony. The more enpghtenecl burghers state that as 1 ong as a 'ew fanatical leaders keep the field they will find a follow- ing. Train Wrecking. ("DAJLY EXPRESS" TELEGRAM.] LOURENCO MARQUES, Monday. Last Sunday a train containing hospital comfort, &c.. was wrecked by a. commando of Boers between Belfast and Middelburg. The driver was injured, and the Boers fired, killing a private. The remaining five troopers surrendered. The Boers carried off a quantity of food- stuffs. They also wrecked an ox train in which were a number of Boer female refugees. The enemy tried to derail a train from Wonderfontein, which went to render assist- ance. Oil the following day another train was derailed. Since the British occupation of Komati Poort twenty-one trains have either been wrecked or derailed. Boer commandos are reported at Nel- spruit. Six Britishers, while trying to enter the Transvaal, were arrested by the Portuguese,

REBELS IN THE KENHAR0T DISTRICT. (PRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL.) KENHARDT. Monday. A man who was reported missing after the Koejap fight has been released, and arrived here on Saturday. He stated that Comman- dant Froneman tried to exact an oath of neu- trality from him, but he refused to take it, whereupon he was told if he were again caught he would be shot. Froneman also sent an insolent letter to the commandant of Kenhardt. The number of rebels at Kakamas is esti- mated at 200. There are only 30 Free Staters among them. A detachment under Lieutenant Birbeck engaged a patrol of rebels at Rateldraai on the 15th, killing one and dispersing the others. Nine loyalists are prisoners in the hands of the rebels at Kakamas, having been arrested for refusing to join their ranks.

SITUATIONIN COLONY. (PRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL.) CRADOCK, Monday. Colonel Crewe's column left here for Diving- fontein yesterday, and Colonel Herbert's force for Elands Drift. Colonel Gorringe has moved Up the Daavians River, and is expected at Elands Drift to-day. Colonel De Lisle is returning to Kroonsta.d. It is reported that seven rebels have joined Kritzinger from Elands Drift. Some fighting is reported to have occurred at Raasfontein, beyond Divingfonteim, yester- day. One mian, it is said, waa wounded.

SHOOTING OFTRISONERS AT WOLMARANSTAD. (PRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL.) PORT ELIZABETH, Monday. A private letter has been received here from Klerksdorp, dated the 14th inst.. describing how the four Englishmen were shot by the Boers at Wolmaranstad on the 9th inst. The Boers, says the writer (who is a lady), have 40 of our men prisoners here. Eight out of ten have been condemned to be shot. They were tried by the late landdrost of Klerksdorp, a man named Neethling, in conjunction with other members of the court. The sentences were confirmed by Generals Smuts and DeLarey, who sent the men to carry them out. The four who were shot were Mr. Theunissen, his son, his son-in-law, Mr. Mac- lachlan. and Mr. Boyd. From first to last they were most brutally treated. The execution was a sad spectacle. The prisoners, on being taken out of gaol, grasped one another's hands. They were placed in a row and shot down one by one. Mr. Boyd received three bullets, but was still alive when put in the grave. The Boers then fired again and all was over. "It was nearly being my husband's fate, but, thank God, he escaped." Mr. George Savage was also condemned to be shot, but he has been insane since his trial. His wife has gone with Mrs. Pienaar to try to get the sentence commuted. Mrs. Pienaar. being with her, may possibly have some influence. Mrs. Maclachlan, who lives at Bartebeest- fontein, has made statement narrating how she took coffins down to bury the bodies. She was nearly out of her mind, after losing her father, brother, and husband all in one day in such an awful manner. She was unable to reach the place of execution until the Wednes- day morning following. Mrs. Maclachlan had been married only two years.

THE RIOT IN ST. PETERSBURG St. Petersburg. Tuesday.—It is officially stated that a Cossack officer and a commis- sionary of police were wounded in the riot rear the Calgan Cathedral on Sunday. Twenty police, four Cossacks, eighteen men, and four- teen women were bruised. Altogether 769 arrests were made: of those arrested 339 were students.—Central News.

THE STOLEN CHAFFINCH. When Mr. Cluer took his seat on the bench at Worship-street yesterday a constable re- moved a cloth from a cage, and the dull court was filled with melody. The cage contained a chaffinch, and being in the witnese-box he insisted on giving evidence. "What is the charge?" asked the clerk. The chaffinch replied with an indignant song of woe. Breaking into the melody, a bricklayer from Walthamstow explained that the bird was his, and e took it to a contest en Saturday night, and it won the second prize. The bird was worth £2. Cheap, cheap!" twittered the chaffinch, and followed up the remark with a trill which ex- pressed an opinion about the judges at the show. As the bricklayer was going home a man, one Henry Warner. snatched the cage from under his arm, and ran away with it. Warner explained that he was drunk at the time. The chaffinch whistled a long note of deri- sion, and the sergeant corroborated. Warner was remanded for a week. The bird sang a few lines, which were said to represent: "He'll be so very happy when he goes to do his time."

—— BREVITY" The following ie an announcement in the advertisement columns of the latest number to hand of the "New York Herald":—"As useful Companion. Daily or Perman. Wanted, sit. by thorough oomp. sup. yng. pers. gd. Fr. Germ. Eng. scholar; typewr. gd. seamstress and pack." Evidently our contemp. charges its advtsra. accord, to amt. space, occupd. in sttng. up thr. annncemta. The effect is dcddly. plsng., and mt. with advntge. (thnks. "Dly. Nws.") be intrded. into other depts. of the paper.

"WEARY WILLIE" CHAMPIONED. Rather strained relations exist between the magistrates and the workhouse guardians of the city of Winchester. For some time past the former have declined to punish "casuals" who refuse to work, and on SÜnrday, a tramp having pleaded guilty to this offence, the presiding magistrate declared that the workhouse rules were mite brutal than in the time of Eliza- beth. when it was the practice to gave a tramp "a couple of dozen" and send him into the next parish. The prisoner was ordered to be liberated, and was advised to keep away from the wark- house.

Bull v. Bear. ?— -»jO ■ ■ Dispute Settled. ENGLAND TO CONSTRUCT THE SIDING. The Central News is enabled to state tha.t I the difficulty at Tientsin has been practically settled. The misunderstanding has, undoubtedly, been due to Chinese duplicity in granting two concessions for the same object. The arrangement arrived at enables Great Britain to proceed with the railway siding, without any opposition from Rusria, provided that if it. be shown that the concession granted by the Chinese to Russia. ante-dates that given to England. The English Government eliall acknowledge Russia's prior claim. From information that has been furnished to the Central News, it would appear that tho original concession was granted to Russia. The communications between our own Government and that of St. Petersburg have been of the most cordial and friendly charac- ter. The misunderstanding has arisen through' China's double dealing in the matter. Russia, however, will not oppose Great. Britain's proceeding with and using the siding provided that Russia's position when estab- lished is accepted. Exaggerated Reports. INTERVIEW WITH. A RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT. Authoritative Statement. A representative of the Central News had an interview this morning with a leading Russian Diplomat on the situation at Tientsin. He said:—It is one of those unfortunate incidents that crop up from time to time— the sort of incident, you know, that the press delight in exaggerating. Both the British and the Russian Govern- ments view it with the utmost calm, and it is regarded by neither in a serious light. The communications that have been passing between St. Petersburg and London have been of the most friendly nature, and have practi- cally led to a settlement of the matter. Russia has no desire to disturb the peaceful relations that have characterised the opera- tions in China. She only wishes to have her rights retspetcted. Tha disputed territory is, undoubtedly, in the concession granted to Russia and the

HONOUR FOR A NEW- PORTONIAN. Mr. Albert Williams, the bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards, who has been presented by his Majesty King Edward VII. with the Vic- torian Medal, is a. na.tive of Newport, and received all his early instruction there, includ- ing his first musical tuition.

TO-MORROW'S SONG. George Robey's, Without a Word," will appear in the "livening Express" To- morrow,

DIFFICULTIES OF LICENSED I VICTUALLERS. At Cardiff Police-court this afternoon (before Messrs. R. W. Williams and T. H. Stephens), Mary Ann Osborne, landlady of the Stag's Head Inn, Evelyn-street, was summoned by Police-sergeant Ben Davie a for permitting drunkenness on her licensed premises on March 5. Mr. Board (deputy town-clerk) conducted the prosecution, and Mr. George David defended. The police-sergeant said that at 4.15 p.m. he went to the Stag's Head, and in the bar saw live men sitting down, one of whom appeared to be drunk. Mr. Williams asked what was the difference between that man and the other men. The Police-sergeant: He held his head down, hi8eyes were partly closed, his moustache ail wet, and he had all the appearances of a drunken man. Mr. Da.vid: Was it raining? Witness: Not then, sir. He called defendant's attention to the drunken man, and she said, "He won't have any more drink here. He came in with the other four, and they Me going to take him home. Witness replied, You had bitter get him away," and to that the landlady said, He is going directly; he has not been here very long. On the table in lront of the men were four sleevers and a glass partly full of beer. At 4.22, seven minutes afterwards, one of the four men "helped out" the man, who was quite drunk and incapable. He staggered to the other side of the street, and put his head and shoulders against the wall. lIe then ran acrOSf; the street, as if to keep himself up. and, stumbling over the coping, he fell on his face ani rolled over on his back. He helped him- self up by the wall and the window ledge, and "hugged" the wall all-down the street.. He was detained in Bute-street Police-station, and then witness, with Polioe-constable Dimery, who was with him, returned to the defendant and told her the man had been locked up, and that she would be reported for permitting drunkenness and supplying a drunken person. She a-nswered, "He has not been served here." Mr. Williams: You said just now mat said, He won't get any more here." Witness: That was her reply. She said. He had only been here ten minutes before you came in, and I was trying to get him out when you came." Cross-examined: She did not say, "I have not served him. I was trying to get him out and his mate was trying to get him home." The police-sergeant refused, on jeing asked by Mr. David to show his note-book containing the evidence, and Dimery, when he was called, handed his book to the learned advocate with- out any demur. llimery's evidence was also the same as Davies s word for word, but the police-con- stable, still answering Air. David, swore that he had not talked it over since with the police- sergeant, or made up his book by the police- sergeant's. Mr. David: I should like to see Daviea's book to compare the two. Mr. Williams pointed out the almost exact similarity of the evidence might show how correct botb witnesses were. Mr. David: It may be different reasons. His answer was a complete denial of the charge of permitting drunkenness, though he did not attempt [0 deny that the man was there drunk. Licensed victuallers often had a difficulty with drunken men who got into their houses and Tefused to leave. This was the first time in his experience he had known a policeman refuse to produce his book in which he had entered a conversation immediately after it had taJren place for the purpose of refreshing his memory. He had seen the stipendiary frequently ask police- constables for the book, notwithstanding the l'act that it had not been referred to, and he hadi known it to be asked for by advocates over and over again, and had never known the police refuse. He could put only one construc- tion upon the refusal, and that was thai, there was something in the book which Davies did not wiunt the court to see, and that there was something withheld pertinent to the issue. | The fact that the two officers had given prac- tically the sa.me evidence was one, to put it mildly, of considerable suspicion. Mr. Williams: There is always a. sameness I in police-constables' evidence on the same sub- ject. It i« a way they have. David: It is a way they had in this case. When they get out of the beaten track they don't confirm. The defence, Mr. David went on, was that the men went in together, and, the landlady, seeing the condition of one of the refused to serve him. She was outside the counter when the police came in persuading the man to leave. Davies said she was talking behind the counter; the otehr police-constable said she wa-ø outside the counter—which wa.s just what defendant herself said. Defendant was called, a.nd said she had' kepo the house three years, and prior to that was licensee of another house in Cardiff. She swore that she refused to serve either of them. Henry Jones, boilermakers' help, and Alfred Partridge, labourer, two of the men, gave cor- roborative testimony The Bench decided that the case had not been proved, and dismissed the summons. Picturesque Evidence. A second case followed of prohibited hours. The beer alleged to have been clandestinely purchased was contained ill four pint bottles, placed in bold relief on one of the court window sills. The case was dismissed.

THE QUEEN. The Central News says:—The Queen will leave London on her way to Denmark on Thursday morning. Her Majesty will travel by way of Dover and Calai*.

GLAMORGAN ASSIZES. To-Day's Trials. CROWN COURT. THIS DAY.—(Before Mr. Justice BRUCE.) OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE Prior to the criminal business in the Crown Court Mr. B. Francis-Williams and Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., both the late Queen's Counsel, with Mr. J. Plews, took the oath of allegiance to King Edward VII. Mr. B. Francis-Wil- liams was sworn in as a magistrate for the county of Monmouth and Mr. S. T. Evans for the county of Glamorgan. FELONIOUS THEFT. John Thomas, 30, collier, pleaded guilty to ( the felonious theft of a gold watch, a silver watch, the property of Kate Bennett, Swan- sea, and of a tin box containing £1 10s. in money, the property of Louis Thomas. The offences took place on February 15 and 17. Mr. D. Lleufer Thomas prosecuted. Several previous convictions were recorded, and his Lordship said he could not allow a man to prey on soci-ety as the prisoner had done, and he, therefore, passed a sentence of three years' penal servitude. THEFT AT SWANSEA. Thomas Vaughan, twenty, labourer, also pleaded guilty to three separate charges of theft at Swansea, the articles being an over- coat, a pair of boots, and a shirt. The prisoner pleaded to be let off .'ightly, saying that he had been led astray in his youth, but that some friends now had offered to send him to Canada. "You have led a very irregular life here," said his lordship. "You may go to Canada when you come out of prison." Sentence of six months' hard labour was passed. Pa COMPLICATED CASE. William Pritchard, 40, collier, and Evan Edwards. 26, haulier, Williamstown, Ystrady- fodwg, were indicted for stealing from the person of Richard Davies, a sinker, the sum of £1 19s. 6d. and for using personal violence immediately after the robbery. Mr. Rhys Williams prosecuted. Evidence was given that on the night of December 2 Davies requested a friend, named Morgan, Cornwall-road, for sleeping-room, as he was unwell. He was accommodated with a share of the prisoners' bedroom, but was awakened after a time to find that Edwards had a hand in his pocket, while Pritchard was blowing smoke into his face from a pipe. Just as Davies was brightening up he heard Pritchard say, He's got another sovereign somewhere." When the men were accused of the theft Edward struck him several times and kicked him while he lay on the floor, but, with a peculiar kind of generosity, Edwards pre- vented Pritchard also striking the prosecutor. Pritchard said, in defence, that he did not steal the money, and, as for smoking, he con- fessed he took a whiff" in bed that night. Edwards admitted the striking, but denied robbery. In summing up, Mr. Justice Bruce pointed out that so far as the actual robbery was con- cerned. Davies's statement was uncorrobo- rated. The jury found both men not gnilty of the robbery, but added that prisoner Edwards wa,s guilty of a violent assault. His lordship pointed out that the jury could only dexl with the robbery. Pritchard was. consequently. discharged, and Edwards was further indicted for wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The whole of the evidence was repeated, and the jury returned a verdict of unlawful wound- ing. Sentence of three months' hard labour was passed. JUSTICES SWEAR. After the luncheon interval Colonel P. R. Cresswell and Mr. W. W. Benson swore alle- j gia-nce to the King as justices of the peace. CLEVER MAN SENT TO GAOL. John Micba«l Connor, alias Johnson, Peter-1 son, and Wilson, was indicted for stealing a silver watch and appendages from John Floyd on November 27, 1900. at Cardiff, and also with uttering a certain forged document, knowing it to be false, thus fraudulently obtaining from Mrs. Ellen Meadsen, Bute-road, j Cardiff, the sum of He. on March 20 and 21. 1900. Mr. Ivor Bowen prosecuted, and, in opening, stated that in March, 1900, prisoner called at the boarding-house kept by the Madsens, and represented that he was a Dane. He asked for accommodation, telling Mrs. Madsen that he was an able-bodied seaman on board the ship Tarant. which was. he alleged, then lying in the Roath Dock. He also showed her a docu- ment purporting to be a, seaman's account of wages duly made out and signed "P. Sveall, master of the Tarant," and showing a final balance of £10 odd. He further said he. would be paid off next day. On the strength of these representations Mrs. Madsen lent Connor 13s., believing the document to be authentic. Mr. Bowen said there was no vessel named the Tarant known to the British Mercantile Marine authorities; therefore, no master! thereof bearing the name of P. Sveall. A subsequent search was made, and a seaman's wages account book was found in the prisoner's possession, with several foils mis- sing. Several witnesses were called to prove the above statements, and the jury found prisoner guilty of the second charge. He confessed the theft of the watch. Previous convictions at Newcastle were also proved, and his Lordship, in giving judgment?* characterised the case as a sad one, inasmuch as prisoner was evidently a clever man, but perverted his gifts. Connor was sentenced to three years' penal servitude.

CIVIL COURT. THIS DAY.—(Before Mr. JUSTICE MATHEW and a jury.) ALLEGED SLANDER. Sensational Allegations. Case Withdrawn. Elizabeth Morgan, wife of David Morgan, Tre- cynon, Aberdare, was the first plaintiff to go into the box. Her grievance was that a neighbour, namsd Mrs. Lucy Daviee, had said in the presence of a number of people that she (plaintiff) had killed seven out of her nine children by givng them drugs in their infancy with the object of getting insurance money. Mr. Sankey (instructed by Mr. J. W. Evans) represented the plaintiff, and Mr. S. T. Evans, K.C., M.P. (instructed by Messrs C. and W. Kenshole), was for the defendant. In her evidence, which was given in Welsh, plaintiff sa.id that if the defendant had made a proper apology the case would not have been brought into court. Ruth Samuel and Hannah Jajnes confirmed: the plaintiff's story, aife the defendant, Lacy Davies, an elderly woman, went into the box. She denied having ever said anything about j the seven children being drugged. Defendant's statement was corroborated1 by a couple of witnesses, and another witness was being called up, when his lordship stoppjsi. the case, and counsel on either sade agreed that the issHe should not go to the jury, but that the case should be withdrawn, the plaintiff's solicitor agreeing to pay JE5 towards the defen- dant's costs. The slander action of Evan.g v. Evans aaid "wife was also withdrawn, the parties having agreed to pay their own costs. ALLEGED BREACH OP COVENANT. H. H. Clarke, a retired ship-broker, of Car- diff, came into court with a claim for JS59 against Mrs. Elizabeth Hannah Langhton, who was for fourteen years the tenant of business premises belonging to him (the plaintiff) in Salisbury-road. Cardiff. The action was brought as a breach of covenant to repair, Plaintiff claiming that defendant ought to place the place the premi in a tenantable condition at the end of her tenancy. Mr. Bailhache and Mr. Sankey (instructed by Messrs. Waldron and Son) were for the plain- tiff, and Mr. S. T. Evans, K.C.. M.P.. and Mr. Ar Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Merriles and Ede) appeared for the defendant. In his evidence the defendant gave a detailed explanation of those parts of the premises which required to be repaired and the schedule of items in respect of which the claim was made, those items numbering about 150 in all. In cross-examination by Mr. S. T. Evans, the plaintiff was pressed for separate explanations of most of the charges made, and was in the box for over an hour. Alderman Jones was called as an expert wit- ness, and he said that, without, having actually made an estimate of the oost of the necessary repairs, he would suggest that it would be fair to make a deduction of 40 per cent cn the amount claimed. Mr. George Thomas, architect and surveyor, also gave expert evidence, as well as Mr. George Cousins, but the latter had not made any actual estimate of the cost of repairs necessary after making allowance for fair wear and tear during the tenancy. Mrs. Laughton (the defendant) said that during the time she had been in the hou"e she had spent JE50 in repairing the premises according to the requirements of the lease. Her husband, now deceased, took possession in 1886. but it was not until six years afterwards that the lease was taken over by him. Alto- gether they had paid £2.000 in rent. On account of a defective roof the rain camp D, and the dampness damaged the house. Mr. E. W. M. Corbett was an expert witness called by the defence, and he stated that, look- ing at the covenant and the condition of the premises, the covenant, in his opinion, had been substantially observed. He conside-ed that the items in the plaintiff's schedule were due to fair wear and tear, with few exceptions. The premises were badly built, and the cracks in me wail might be due to faulty construction. Mr. Edwin Seward, architect, gave evidonce to the same effect. Plaintiff produced doors, skirting, and a window for the purpoee of proving to the jury the defendant's neglect as tenant of the pre- mises. These portions of the house were shown to Mr. Corbett by plaintiff's counsel, but Mr. Corbett maintained that if they were washed and cleaned they would be in a- good enough condition. There was a counter-claim- for £ 10 on acoullt of the alleged neglect of the owner in not repairing the roof. Learned counsel having addressed the jury and the judge summed np, the jury retired for a few minutes and returned with a verdict for the defendant, with costs. fr. S. T. Evans said that he would withdraw the counter claim, and his lordship assented to this course, the sum of £10 paid' into court to be returned to the defendant. TO-DAY'S CAUSE LIST. Evans v. Evans and wife, sland&r. Clarke v. Laughton, breach of covenant. Cornwall and wife v. Morgan, slander. Hurlow v. Brown, personal injuriee.

Fidei Defensor. WHO OWNS THE TITLE ? Willie Redmond and the King's Right The following appeared in our Pink Edition last night i — In Parliament last evening, Mr. WILLIAM REDMOND (X.. Eaat Clare) asked whether the title "Defender of the Faith" is to be retained on the new coinage, and what particular faith is referred to. Sir M. HICKS-BEACH said the hon. member was asking him what the Royal title should be. He was unable to answer the Question. Mr. W. REDMOND asked to what gentleman he could put the question. Sir M. HICKS-BEACH said he presumed the only person who could answer it would be his Majesty. Mr. W. REDMOND: I beg to give notice that I shall take an opportunity of bringing to his Majesty's notice the fact that he has no earthly right to this title. (Laughter and Irish cheers.)

A GAY PRETENDER. Adventurous Career of a French Adventuress. The history of Mile. Jeanne Febvre, to which a Paris police magistrate has no written the word Finis, sets forth what the "Morning Leader "alls a stirring series of adventures. Daughter oi a highly honourable tradesman ft Dijon, Mile. Jeanne early decided that home life was too tame for her and her beauty, and one day. having abstracted 28.003 francs from the parental cashbox. she levanted. Under the name of the Comtesse Roma Ma-riani, she visited Italy. Germany, Russia, and Holland, broke many hearts, received many superb presents, took for herself, so it is 6aid, where she did not receiva, and was always off to the next town before the police could catch her up. Finally, after robbing a Belgian officer of 10.000 francs, she' came to Paris, where she found a fresh victim to her charms. In three daYiI he laid at her feet 7,000 franca. But finding this a meagre sum for her needs, the pseudo countess, when her lover refused to disburse further, persuaded a garde munici- pal. who she had also enslaved, to give the recalcitrant lover a thrashing. But this ilt-advised violence brought the three persons in the Paris act of the drama to the police-court, where the countess's exciting antecedents came to light.

1 FROM DRAPER'S CLERK TO JUDGE. Judge Willis, lecturing at Wisbech on "My Personal Reminiseences," told a large audience that instead of being reared in the 1a.p of luxury and sent to Oxford or Cambridge, as some people imagined, he had passed six years in business before he was 201 years of age, doing every kind of work that came within his daily calling. In a basement he had entered £8,000 worth of bonnets, hats, and ribbons in one day, and for nights in suc- cession heard the bells of St. Paul's strike twelve as he turned out to walk three miles to his house. On leaving school at fifteen he studied Latin and Greek, and afterwards matriculated in London University in the first division. A year later, in 1858. he passed into the Tnner Temple, and began the study of law. With the exception of £100 a year he received for his maintenance and for books, his education for the law cost about £10, as they could attend all the best lectures at the Inner Temple for JE5 per annum. He secured his B.A. degree in 1859, and in the next year, having read law day and night without anyone to help him, he came out in the examination first.

CENSUS STORIES. The census of 1851 (gays the "Evening Stan- dard,") furnishes two amusing anecdotes. One of the collectors in Manchester received a blank return from a man who kept a lodging- house, and he was asked why it was not- up. The reply was that nobody had slept in the house the preceding night. "Was the house empty, then?" he inquired. "No," was the rejoiner, "but my wife was confined of twins for the third time about ten o'clock,and nobody has ever slept since!" The following specimen of womanly assump- tion was given in Portsmouth:—"Jane wife, head of family, mangling woman; John husband, turns my mangle."

USEFUL CONGREGATION. There was last night a curious and interest- ing scene at St. Cuthbert's, Millwall. This is an unendowed church, situate in one of the poorest parts of London, and hidden in a maze of factories and docks. But what the congregation lack in wealth they, under the Rev. Richard Frere, make up in energy, and last- night they were engaged in the annual Lenten renovation. Sidesmen scrubbed' floors, elders of the congregation mounted ladders and cleansed the walls, while "Junior Bees" and "Senior Bees" worked with a will in the cause of the cleanliness of the church.

A DEEP-LAID SCHEME. [" Mr. Yerke*. of Chicago, has secured a con- trolling interest in the Underground Railways. Yr. R. W. Perks, M.P., had a large stars in the operations; he is Yr. Yerkee's solicitor."— —Daily Paper.] Said Mr. Perks To Mr. Yerkes: A fortune in these t.unnela lurks"; — Said Mr. Yerkes To Mr. Perks: "I guess I'll boss them, in the circs. So Mr. Perks For Mr. Yerkes Cornered the Sewer," and all its works. —"The World."

ALLEGED THEFT OF A LAD. At Oxford to-day Henry Morris, a tramp. was committed for trial charged with stealing James Lea, aged seven.

DEATH OF MADAME JACQUES STERN. Paris. Tuesday —The death is announced to-day of Madame Jacques Stern, of the Theatre Francais.—Central News.

ACCIDENT TO A BATTLESHIP. Whilst undergoing a preliminary trial along- side the jetty at Devonport Dockyard to-day the new battleship Bulwark sustained a serious accident to her machinery. After steaming some time. both low pressure cylinders cracked, and the trial had to be abandoned. It will be necessary to fix new cylinders before the vessel can resume her trials, and this will occasion a delay of about two months.

BOXING. BANTAM-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. An enormous attendance wi1.neseed the oon. test at the National Sporting Club on Monday night between Pedlar Palmer, the English bantam-weight champion, and Harry Harris, Chicago. The conditions were fifteen rounds for £200 a-sid2, and a £250 purse at 3st. 41b. and the world's bantam-weight championship. Harris was favourite at 6 to 4. Palmer at first took a. long lead. but after the fifth round was sent down five times in succession. Harris at the end of the fifteenth round won eaeily en point*.

The Police-courts. CARDIFF. THIS DAY.—(Before Alderman DAVID JONES and Mr. JAMES ALLEN.) ASSAULTING THE POLICE. George OShea. 26. was charged with assault- ing Polioe-const-able William Gooding in St. Mary-street on the 18th inst. Prisoner kicked the police-constable and hit him on the nose. He was &ent for fourteen days. ADEX. Alice Webb, 22. was charged on a warrant with keeping a disorderly house at 1. Allen's- court on March 16. Evidence of the alleged offence wae given by Poiice-constable Evan Davies and Police-ser- geant Ben Davies. Chief-inspector Duraton said defendant's was a terrible house, situated under an arch. It was difficult to get at. Robberies of all sorts and kinds had been committed there, and the house it-self was scarcely fit to live in. Fined £10 and costs, or two montbs. I

DEATH OF MR. SIMON SHORT, OF BRISTOL. Father of the Coffee House Movement Gone. At the ripe age of 75 years Mr. Simon Short. who has been called the Father of the Cocoa Room Movement in England—a movement which was soon followed by the Coffe Tavern and Coffee House C-ompanie;—died at his resi- dence, Ald'ersyde. Horfield. on Sunday last. Following the efforts of Mr. Hinde-Smith at Leeds, the "British workmen's without drink," and the efforts offjphilanthro- pists in the establishment of working-men's clubs and refreshment rooms, Yr. Short enthu- siastically joined in the movement for cocoa taverns for the supply of refreshments a.t the lowest price to the people all over the country. Mr. Simon Short was born in Bristol in 1825. Subsequently he went to sea. and thus learnt to have a strong sympathy for sailors. In 1853 he became missioner to seamen under the Bristol Seamen's Friend Society, Together with two well known Quakers. Mr. Short estab- lished cocoa. "shanties" for the navvies work- ing at the construction of the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway, with very gratify- ing results. Meanwhile Mr. Short was trying a further .development of the system for the benefit of the general population, which proved imme- diately acceptable and profitable. He wa in- duced to take the general management of the new establishment, the Liverpool British Work- man Public House Company (Limited). This cocoa room movement was now fairly launched and spread rapidly. Mr. Shirt's three sons and son-in-law (Mr. A. A. };yan, now of Cardiff) joined in the work and became general managers at various large cities. At length Mr. Short was wooed back to Bris- tol, the scene of his earlier labours, and he conducted a large coffee tavern in High-street, and was for come time chairman of the Cen- tral Tea and Coffee House (Limited), of Man- chester. Mr. Short also took a deep intere-si in city affairs, and (or many years was a pro- minent member of the board of guardians. Mr. Short was well known in Cardiff, and was a frequent and welcome- speaker at local temperance meetings.

SMALL POX AT GLASGOW. Eight fresh cases of small-pox and one of death were reported to the Glasgow authorities to-day. Thirty patients have been dismissed from the hospital. The number now in the hospital is 397.

ALLEGED SUICIDE AT NEVERN The second suicide by hanging within a week in the parish of Nevern, situated at the foot of the Pembrokeshire Hills, caused a great seIMation this morning. It was discovered that John Daniel, a well- known farmer, who was highly-respected throughout the northern part of the county, had taken his life. Deceased was 42 years of age, and was un- married. It appears that he went to bed last night as usual, and was heard by his sister, Miss Daniel, to get up this morning about half-past five and leave the house. Half an hour later his body was discovered by a servant girl. named Martha Jenkins. hanging by the neck to a beam in an out- hOWie. His head was not more than four feet from the ground; his knees were touching the eanh. He was immediately released, and every means taken to restore life, but in vain.

UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. In a strong and cold north-east wind. snow tome t,ime falling and then sunshine. Cam- bridge this morning went up on the flood to Hammersmith in though water, only short pieces of rowing being done. They then re- turned to Pumey. Oxford soon after rowed the full course from Pnine.v to Mortlake in the Broca3 boat. but it was very rough to Ham- mersmith, and they kept- close under the Middlesex Bank. The stroke was only 30 almost all the way, and they rowed longer and better than they have done before. Times:—Hammersmith, 9min. Seec Chiswick, 13min. 31sec.; Barnes, 17min. 49aec.; Mortlake,' 20min. 50sec. Juet at the finish they were rowing 35. and the work was well done, all covering their blades much better than they have done before. The tide was not a very too

THEATRE ROYAL. CARDIFF. Bright and lively are the key-note words of The Messenger Boy," and when the piece was performed at the Theatre Royal, "Cardiff, on Monday evening jt. wa.s soon found that Mr. Geo. Edwardes had sent a company well able to uphold the traditions associated with his name. There was no stint. Every- thing was up to concert-pitch. The piece is full of pretty numbers, whether the libretto or the score be taken. In construction there is something of a. family likeness about some-of the numbers, which is natural considering that J. T. Tanner. Adrian ROSiS. Ivan Ca-ryll, Lione; Monkton, Alfred Murray, and Percy Greenbank are concerned in the authorship. The company are strong in number, and several of the leading players a.re already well known in Cardiff.

GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. A variant, on Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist" is staged at the Grand Theatre, Car-1 diff. in "A Little Yagrant." Most of the per- sonalities in the popular story are retained in tLe dramatic version, though there is some- thing strange to the true lover of Dickens in the absence of old "Fagin" and "Bumbie." The members of Mr. Harry Iloxbury's company axe of all-round merit, and. as the scenery and effects are carefully selected, the result is a play that is brimful of 'nterest.

THE EMPIRES. CARDIFF. There is something remarkably interesting in the premier turn at the Cardiff Empire this week. Signor Jacques In-audi is an Italian calculator who does his mental work in a way that suggests all the unaooountableness and celerity of wireless telegraphy. As to solving his methods, one might as well expect to elucidate the mythical message from Mars, There are four other star turns, and the com-! pany altogether is an exceedingly p-jwerful one. NEWPORT. O'Gust, the greatest of musical mimics— even the best English talent in his particular line won't grudge that description to be clever Parisian—is the star par excellence of this week's programme. The other artistes are an up to high-water mark.

THE LYCEUM, NEWPORT. Although it ha had a run of over 12,000 per- formances. "The Private Secretary" set-mea as fresh as ever when produced at the Lyceum, Newport, last nigbt. The "Rev. Robert Spald- ing," with "all his goods and chattels." was depicted with delicious quaintness by Mr W. Cathbert.

BAKERS AND THEIR WAGES. Newport bakers have decided upon joining the Cardiff bakers in the movement started some little time ago by the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers and Confectioners for an improvement in both wages and the hours of labour. A joint meeting of the New- port and Cardiff man was held on Saturday evening at Cardiff, and the matter will be placed before the district committee of the executive council, which body will decide what future action may be taken by the bakers to secure better conditions.

FOSTERING INDIAN INDUSTRIES. The Bengal Government has formally agreed to grant an annual subsidy of 50,000 rupees, for three years, for further chemical and scientific researched wit-hrecard to indigo cultivation—Benter.

On the Stock Exchange I LONDON. Tuesday i1.30 p.m.). Money Market firm. Ca-il loaiaii 3. Three months' bills 3 9-16 to 3J. Bombay transfers 15 23-32d.; Calcutta. 10 ID-,6d. Gold premium. 128.70. The feature on the Stock Exchange is the firmness of American Rails. though some sorts are weaker on realisations. Consols are firm at a rise o! |. lobo? political outlook being more re-assuring. Bear closing helps to strengthen. In Home Bails Gre-at Northern "A" are up. Great Eastern and Metropolitan i. Brighton "A" i. and Dover "A" À. but. the Scotch stocks and Chatham and District are dull. Americans were bid for at the opening. Eries. Louisville. Missouris. and Alchison Preferences marking a rise of 1 to 2L while most others are i to 4 up. but Baltimore, Chesapeake. Nor- folk. and Wabash are weaker. Trunks i to f ap. Foreigners steady. Mines inactive. Few changes recorded, but steadier tone in West Africans. AUSTBALIAN, INDIAN, *C. Op. Cl. Op. oi Asso. GM W.A. 2ft IStmdydroop 4,srT BrokenHill Pro. 47'6 Oorept'm Ord. Brilliant St. Geo. 2% I Do. Pref 5. Champion Keel. 6-fc PiLriioga Consols 4>9 Gldeu HoT-esSl1 ce 95 Pealt'nill Go''lfis 33r Do Links 1* iSons of Gwalui.. 2% 2-l. Great Fingal 5% W. Ans. GldftA* Urea* Honldei. 23/9 fiiioTiiitn. 57 5751 Do P'R*ve'iiee 6% 6% iBossland Gt. W. ? Do Mainreef. i Au.-icoufiu 9% 9 I.- flannan's ii. Hill 3% 3§ jMoun'.T;ye!i 48 4% Hanuaii's Oroya 1 Do North. 2^# 2fe Ivanhoe 8 Boston Cojiper.. £ Kalgnrli 3% ICopper King -IS Do South jUtali 7 Kootenay 2 ILe Roi 7 L»nIte View ron, 8 no 502. 4 Kn. &: G1. Fin.. 19 Tharsis 8% Mason undBarry 3% Str»ttons 1% Mysore 5^ 55 iWaihi Gold 9fe 9-fo SOUTH AND WEST AFRICAN. Op. Cl. OJ). a. Angelo 7% 7 Jumpeis 6% Apex 7& 7%!Knight 5 5 Ashanti SW& 24ft !L»u«?w»a<rt.<» 3f» Bn.rns.to Consols kv, Do Block B 1 Bibiani 3 iM'sUoaald Agcy Bonauza, 4% !M»» 4% British-. Africa jiMat'beleGoldK 4* (Cbn.rtf-re(li 3& Meyer ACharltn 5% British Gold C't 4 £ "<Tod'l«-r!onteui. 11% 11 City* StibnrWn 6 5-» Mozambique 3% Claudes Ashanti lrir -Nevv Ilrimroae.. 4,7,it Consd Gldfidt; of jNie-el 3It S. Africa. Def 7 IVt j Do Deep 1% CrJWU Eeef 15& 15 .OcetMi:> Consd.. 21 De Keers 30% P,,Lndfoi-tein. 33Si Dunraven 1% i'iand Mines 42 411 D'rban R'odep't Sir ,Rhodesia Ltd. J EaatRand 7io 7-g.Hobiuson 9% 9;C8 FantiCons' 2%pr Rose Deep Ferreira.. 21ft {Salisbury 2-% G-eelone Vm IN igelulzwe 2& Geldenh-Jis 611 6% iSimraer 4c Jack. 6/f. 6 Y, Do. Deep lOfe |S. Afric GoidTs 7 £ 7% Globe & Pbflenur 5% lTrauRval Go',(I. 2/i 2% Gold CoastAmal 135B 13% 1 Do Develo'm't I Heriot 6% tuii United Khodesia Ji Jagersfontein 1734 [Village iMamref 8-% Jonanesbrg Invt Vk ■■■ Wass&u 6& 6}j Jubilee 6i 6% WillouffhbyCo, 1. *Ex div. TRAFFICS. Highland Railway.— £ 123 increase. Grea.t. Northern. Scotland. £ 203 increase. South Eastern. JE983 decrease. Lancashire and Yorkshire. £1.915 decrease.

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TO-DAY'S MARKETS. CORN. Liverpool. Tuesday.—The market for wheat on spot has been steady at occasionally lid advance on Friday's rates, but the demand has ruled slow. only a quiet consumptive trade resulting—hard Kansas, 5s lid to 6s Id per cental. Maize also moves less freely-new mixed at 3s lljd to 5s iljd. Flour: Fair trade at full rates. CATTLE. Salford. Tuesday.—There was a lrgr supply than last week both of cattle and sheep. A fair trade for cattle and a good demand for sheep. About the same number of calves. with a. fair trade at- last week's prices Quota- tions Cattle, 5d to 6jd; sheep (in W'oo]), 8d to 93d; ditto clipped. 8d to M: calves, 6d to 9d per lb. FISH. Cardiff. TuesCay.-Very large supplies. Fish sold for the first time by English auction, and sales brisk. Quotations:—Scotch salmon, 2s 4d; Canadian salmon. Is; turboi. lOd; soles. Is 2d; lemon soles. 4d: halibut. 8d; and brill. 8d per lb.: cod, Is 2d to Is 9d; hake, 2s; live plaice. 2s 6d to 4s; whitcbes. 2s 6d; gurnet, 9d; skate. Is 9d; haddock, 2s: conger. Is lOd whiting. is; and finnons. Is 9d to 2s 8d per stone; mackerel. 6s per score; kippers. Is 8d to 2s; and red herrings. Is 9d per box of 50; oysters. 3s 6d to 4s; bloaters. 7s 6d; and her- rings, 5s 6d per 100. Grimsby. Tuesday.—About 45 vessels arrived with good supplies, for which there was a strong demand. QuotationsSoles. Is 8d; turbot. 1M to Is 2d: brills, 7d per lb.; plaice, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lemon soles. 6s 6d; whitches. 33 3d; halibut. 8s; dead ditto. 5s to 6s per stone; cod. 48 to 6s; dead ditto, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; ling. 38 to 4s 6d; dead ditto. Is 6d to 2s 6d each; hake. 3s to 9s per score; smelts. Is 3d per box; live codlings. 8s to 14s per box. SreAB Glasgow. Tue-eday.-Inle official report says: —A good business was done and yesterday's prices fully maintained. The private report says:—A good business was done at fully yes- terday's prices. BUTTEP. Cork. Tnesda Y .-Firsts. 98s per cwt.; seconds, 96s: thirds. 86s; fine, gas. In market: 39 firkins. POTATOES. London. Tuesday.—Moderate supplies, which met a fair trade at steady prices. Quotations —English Reading Giants, 80s to 90s; Professor Maerckers. 80s to 90s; British Queens, 80s to 100s; Up-to-Dates. 80s to 1108 per ton; Belgian and Dutch Imperators. 3s 6d; Magnums, 3s 6d to 4s: French and German Magnums, 3s 9d to 4s 3d per b,a g. PRODUCE. London. Tuesday.—Sugar: Home refined good business at opening prices; foreign cubea steady; German granula.ted ready sold at lis Hd: beet finn-May done at 98 2i and August 9s 5d; cane sales small and 6d dearer. Coffee: Auctions passed off steadily; futures fiz-mc-M.ay sold at. 31s nd and September 32s 7jd. Cocoa sale. heavy supply; Grenada raled firm, although easier at opening; Trini- dad steady; Ceylon neglected. Rice dull and unchanged. Meal steady. Jute and hemp steady. HAY AND STRAW. London. Tuesday.-Fa;r supplies, and trade ruled steady. Quotations:—Best clover. 85s to 100s; inferior. 80s to 87s 6d; specially-picked hay, 92s 6d; good ditto. 80s to 85s; inferior, 50s to 60s: mixture and sainfoin, 70s to 90s; straw. 25s to 36s per load. WOOL. London. T-nesdaT.-At to-day's sale Messrs. Jaeoimb offered 8.777 bales, and Meagre. Willans and Overbnry 4.000 bales. The comperition was good. and prices for merinos showed a harden- ing tendency. METALS. Glasgow. Tuesday.-Orenirg: Scotch firm; a small business was dofte at E"8 Oid cash and 53s 2d and £ 3s 3d month: buyers. 538 Id cash and 53s 3d month; sellers, 55s 2d cash and 53s 4d month. Cleveland }dle; hayers. 45s 9d cash and 45s 11 Jd month: sellers. ,1: 1(} cash and 468 Oid month. Cumberland irlle; sellers. 57s 10id cash. Middlesborough idle.

Barometrical Indications. The following are the readings since six o'ciock last evening, as given by the barometer in the vestibule of the Evening Express." St. Mary-street. Cardiff. which is 33ft. above mean sea, level. Temperature and Rainfall. As registered at Castlfr Gardens. Cardiff, by Mr. A. Petticrew. The instraments are read at nine a.m.. and the returns entered to the pre- ceding day. DAT*. » DAT*. » Max.. iMin. iMean FJLLI" max. Degs. acheis Sunday 17 51 40 45*5 '00 Monday 18 46 34 40*0 00 = 1 L -J

To-day's Racing. SHEFFIELD MEETING. 2.0 The 8ELLIXG RAXDICAP STEEPLE- CHASE PLATE of 50 sovs. 'Iwo miles. a 11 5 Mr Longworth's Rugby Owner 1 5 11 10 Mr Trenholm's Revival H Taylor 2 a. 11 11 Mr Southall's Sot Elmo Griffin 5 AlJO ran: Mr Piatt's W.aterperry J Wilson). Bet tin 2—7 to 4 agst St Elmo. 9 to 4 aglrt. Waterperry. and 4 to 1 each agst Rugby and Revival. IN-on by a length and a hall; a length be- tween the second and third. Rugby was sold to Mr Leng for 50ge. 2.30—The SHEFFIELD HANDICAP STEEPLE- CHASE PLATE oi 5C sovg; winners extra. Three nutes a 11 12 Mr Bentley's Sequel Mr Hunt 1 5 11 2 Mr Paterson s Scamp H Taylor 2 a 10 9 Lord Slingsby ..Metcalfe 3 Also ran: Mr Longworth's Rustic Beauty (OwnerL Betting—5 to 4 on Sequel, 6 to 4 agst Soamp, and 100 to 8 agst any other. Won by five lengths: a bad third. 5.0—The MAIDEX HrRDLE RACE PLATE of 40 SOTS. Two miles. 4 10 10 Mr Hassall's Ænea-R Owner 1 4 10 10 Mr Cunningham's Freebooter n. Mr W G Knox 2 5 11 11 Mr Striker's Ivierry Shields .aBnner 3 Also ran: Mx Piatt's Timely Warning and Mr Sidney's Wallasey (Owner1. Betting—5 to 4 agst Merry Shields. 5 to 2 agst Æneas, 11 to 4 agst Freebooter II.. 10 to 1 a Wallasey. and 20 to 1 agst Timely Warning. Won by three lengths: a bad third. 3.30—The WOOLKOUSK SELLING HANDICAP HURDLE it ACE of 60 sovs. Two miles, OTer hurdles 5 12 2 Mr Weardale's Novi Kennedy 1 4 11 4 M'r Beardsley's Benlovit Hassall 2 4 11 0 Mr W Walker ? Port Erin Williams 3 Al-o ran: Mr Walkers Baron Lumley (Rail', Mr Bee's Royal Douglas (Sharpe), Mr Whitt-a- ker's Crispnette (Owner. Mr Griffin's Ethelred Mr Hunt), and Mr H eardale's Osculation (Johnson). Betting—6 to 4 agst the winner. OFFICIAL STARTING PRICES. As published in the "Racing Caienuar" and the "Spcrt,sman." Selling Handicap \4i.-Rugby. 4 to 1 agst. Sheffield Steeplechase <4i —Sequel, 5 to 4 on. Maiden Hurdle (5i.—tineas. 5 to 2 agst. OFFICIAL S€ HATCHINGS. The "Sportsman" 11: been officially informed by Me ssrs. Weatherby of the iollowing scratch- igs:-Al1 engagements—Full Flavour. Grand National. Liverpool—Alpheus, Cathal, and Freebooter IT All engagements in Mr A E Trowsdale's n&me -Luin (oyrg All engagements in Mr J Bowring's name- School Bell. Glazebrook Handicap Hurdie, Haydock Park—Strangford. Grand Steepiec-ha se de Paric.-Strelma. Grand Hurdie Race. Auteuil-Strelma. Leicester engagement?—Merry Monk II. NEWPORT ATHLETIC CLUB SPORTS.- Easter Monday.—Entries close March 30. For ertrj- forms apply SPORTS HON. SEC" eS926 Cambrian Olambe-s. Newport.

—— Football. ,a •% CATHAYS STAB V. CANTON CRUSADERS. At Cardiff Arms Park on Wednesday. Stars —Baok, G. Caple; three-quarter backs, E Amott, B. John. W John. and A. Hayes; half backs. J. Grant and Brown; iorwards, F Wheeler S. Jones, P Lamey, W. Adams, Bond J. Foilett, J. Downey, and F. Vickery. CantoR: Back. W. Beddoee; three-quarter backs. S Bailey. D. Martin (captain), J. Thomas, and W. Richa.rds: half-backs. Creedon and Spicer; forwards. E. H. Edwards. C. Moore, J. Manaer- son, S. Morgan. G. Trenchard. G. Thompson, W. Dow. and W. Wiiiiams.

RESULT OF THE SCAIFE COURT-MARTIAL. The sentence on Captain G. S. Scaife, D.S.G.. 4th Border Regiment, who was tried by court- martial at Devonport last month for Jeserting from his regiment at Vonghal, and disobeying an order, was promulated on Monday. The court found Captpin Scaife not gnilty of deser- tion. but guilty of absence without leave nd disobedience of orders. They sentenced iii-ii to be dismissed his Majesty's service, bat recommended him to mercy on account of his distinguished service on the field.

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. SOL. PHILLIPS r The OK Fir*, JL A PAWNBROKER JEWELLER, AI\'1) SILVERSMRTE, ( 43-' CAROLINE STREET, ^0* CARDIFF. A BARGAIN. —Surer English Leve: (Benson, l/«Bdan), 50s.; cort £ 5- I.. RAnG-AI:" -Gent 's strong Genera Watck, 5s. 9C; warranted 5 years; sent- on approval. A. BARGAIN —opt. Gold Horseshoe Peari pin, 4&. 6L Also Diamond Pin, 6s. 6d A BAItG-A rK.—JLaUy'e lSct. Gold 5-stone Dismimd Ring, 19* worth double. A. BARGAIN — Geut.-g g,t. Gold Albert and Locket, 30* fill- MI approval. A BAIL kll-kz -Gent.*t Silver Genera Watch, Albert included, 10s. 6d warranted 3 years A BAiitiAlN.—Gent 's 9. Gold Signet RiAl:, 46. tilL Also Lady'. 9et. Gold ELgaceuoent Kins, real stones, 4« 6d. "TT7"ANTEL» immediately, Yuuus Housemaid^"reit^ TV rent* required.—Apply, stating ape, experience, aDd wages. to Idrf. Bilvei. 11, Handsworrh Woo6, Bir- mingbam. l808u26 COOK \gvKid) Wautt-d fur Business klou., -.ALDPLY MIll. Le.i.<, Edit,!J H ■iisc, Malvern. 1807u22 COKKEB-Hoom aite>r. tliorouslily expeneneed, Bie- ensa?«d Immediately—H Goiwe Cottape Tup- sly, 1806u26 ,ILJ,T-N,,ERY -Wanted, stylish Milliner: able to All trim "ell.-Apply Phill,im, London House, RiN.. 1805u26 (.kjok-Genera!. Also Genera! Servant T t Apply Dobson, Ivor Hael Hotel, Llwynrpia. u22 "¥^J"ANTED. Situation as Ooavliman or Gio- m-Gar- V? denei pood references; ar-e<l 25, married Charles S'flithcott, Bapian, Briton Perry. 1803»26 WANTED, good Baker; liread, smallf: married or W single; indooH or out Apply, statinc wapea required. Martin, Grosvenor Stores, J.landrmdod U ells. 1802u26 -(itT_5TED.f'l1ar Biler at on(. pply personally, w 11 JI0&?11>1< tH'livtiMd and boil. Mf-rlhyi. u22 REtiTT-BJSP. a ¡:IOO General Housemaid as Hall- niair. —fSi.-nd full particulars, age, references, Maua^r<?ss, Esplansde Hot.e!. Portht-awl. 1810u22 WANTED. ?ood Flam Cook; no kiubenmaid; sniaii dairy: good wases Oaetjeford, Chep- fit 1809n26 VOCNti Mau. 18. Requires Situation as Light X Warehouseman: no objection to book-keeping — David Phillips. 19. Swansea-road, Llanelly 1812u22 WANTED, Useful Gardener Also Boy.—Apply, with references and particulars, Mrs Edmondes, Old Hall. Co""i>Tid 1813u22 HOUSEKEEPER Desires immediately Re-enfrage meut, bachelor or two KenT-ieaieii: tiooc cook; 'domesticated; experienced household management; trusnvurtliy. reliable; highest reference*.—Miss Lewis, 5. Poplar-street. Troedyrhiw J> s O 1814n26 "VTURSEKY Governess W miteU immediately for Girl ,»AI and Boy, undei 7; »cil educated; tfooc needle- woDoan musical; salary, £ 20-—Apply. a.¡.;e, experienGe, references. P 84. Western Cardiff. 1817u22 \\J ANTED, reliable ilan a# Ostier, to t&ke charge V <>f y;i;d and m»ke himself generally useful. Also ilan 1" Drive '.Bus.—State a^es «Jid wage* to Davies, "Y1"Ta Hotel, Machynlleth. 1815,126 WANTED immediate!?, General Servant; lii> 7u family; good wages—7. Conway-road. Car- diff. 1829,126 WANTED, a good General—A|»iiiy Housekeeivr, PaTl. Hotel, Cardiff 1830u22 WANTED, a sharp Youth, about 16, for VauItsT to live in; eiperienoe not necessary —Apply MaDaH. Park Hotel. Cardifi. 1851 u22 XX^ANTED, a Kitchen Porter, about 20; to live in; Tt fXpsnence not necessary.— Apyly MaeI, Part Hotel. Cardiff. 1852u22 -Plt -Age, CHkirheid-ecfreet, nice I House; seven betiroonis; large garden; £ 900 — Knapp. W est, Bu'.e-efrTeet, Cardiff. 1833u26 rpwo 1'n'uriii^ne<i I{o.,ms to Lei; no children.—2. J_ Wifidlacid-plact. Wordswortii-aveuu*. Cardifi. u 26 WANTED, sharp youth for Office: must be food writei, quick «t figures.^Apply Naish, Dulc.ia. Factory, Hajpur-street. CardJtt IMu22 TOt Let iLlanishen' large Family B*aideace: splendid condition lar<re frardens and stables; rent, £ 100 — Knapp. t'est. Bute-street, Cardiff 1827u26 \\T A3*TKr». smart Lad. able to ride: look after T V horne and make himself seneraHv useful 1' 89, Western Mail. < V,i diff. 1826u26 DliAPERY—Wanted, experienced Xoung Ladies; outdoors.—W. Huehes. Hish-street Arcade. Cat- d iff, 1825u26 TI]rAMl-,l). trood Sitting and Twe Bed Kooms for V T Two GpiitVeine-n near Great Western Station; bailinxim essentia! P 88. Wea*eru M»;l. Cardiff u22 ANTED at -nice, 92 Newport-roS, Cardiff, -rood Cock-General: housemaid kept 1819»26 f-tk" Eastei, Nnrwrj Governs for VV MOMIIUKS for Chiton-n, aged 3 and 4- Appk P 86, Western Mail. Cardiff. 1820"22 CATHEDRAL-BOAD.—Good House; 3 recuptiwa and 6 bed rooms; rent, £ 45—Apply Mor.-an, 7. Corh<-tt-ioad. Cardiff. 1823u26 T7TOITND, Whippet- Dog on Friday, utiles? claimed JP within three days will be soli. —■ V>. William^ I Caidil-street. Trcoita. Mae&