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I-tCHB LElCESlHgR S&OQTING…
The Conciliation Board of Northumberland coal trade has agreed that miners' wages should be advanced by 81 per cent. tCHB LElCESlHgR S&OQTING CAM At Leiesster Assizes, on Saturday, Sidney Jams* Kirby (46), dairyman, was charged before Mr, tfustloe Channell with attempting to murder Dr. Julius St. T. Clarke, by shooting him in the back back in the public street on October 8th. The evidenoe showed that the accused had been insana for a considerable time. The jury found him to be insane, and he was ordered to be detained during her Majestj's pleasure.
TRAGEDY NEAR OXFORD.
TRAGEDY NEAR OXFORD. ADOPTED SON'S CONFESSION. The village of Yarnton, about four miles from Oxford, was the scone of a terrible tragedy on Friday evening, when a farmer named Mr William Savage, aged 72, of Paternoster Farm, was shotwith a gun. His adopted son, Richard Hopcroft, and he had been into Oxford together during the day, and upon their return to the farm the housekeeper heard them quarrelling. She left the farm at about four o'clock, and when she went back two hours later she fell over the body of the I < deceased, which was lying in the kitchen. A por- tion of the head had been blown away, but the gun could not be found in the farmhouse. It is stated that at about five o'clock Hopcroft went to the Grapes public-house in the village, where he bad a pint of beer, and he was then carrying a gun. On leaving, he proceeded in the direction of Oxford, and upon a railway bridge near he had a conversation with a woman whom he met, in which he expressed the wish that an express train would come along and he would throw himself in front of it. Later on the same night, he walked into the County Police Station at Oxford and stated that he wished to give himself up as he be- lieved he had caused the death of Mr. Savage, of Yarnton, and that he had thrown the gun away. The accused is about 29 years of age. The prisoner was subsequently taken to Woodstock and re- manded upon the charge of wilful murder.
A BARONET DROWNED.I
A BARONET DROWNED. A Nairn correspondent states that Sir Alex- loader Dunbar, Bart., of Boath House, near Auldearn, Nairn, was found drowned in the harbour at Nairn on Saturday afternoon. Sir Alexander, who was twenty-nine years of age, was last seen alive on Thursday night, in Nairn, when it was supposed he left tor Boath about six o'clock. The night was very wild and pitch dark, and it would appear that he at- tempted to cross the river by the lower footbridge, and in the darkness missed his footing. The River Nairn was at high flood at the time, and by the direction of the currents his body would have -,eon swept down to the harbour. It was found in the lee of a boat which had been shifted on Satur- day morning. The deceased was the fourth baronet of Boath, and was son of the late Sir James Dun- bar, a lieutenant of the Royal Navy. He is suc- ceeded by his brother Frederick, who is 25 years Of age, acd married.
■VSBTSZSTZ TlftST -AmËTIN(J.
■VSBTSZSTZ TlftST -AmËTIN(J. The first meeting of the new Cabinet was held at the Foreign Office on Saturday. The Marquis of Salisbury came up from Hatfield to preside. In spite of the inclemency of the weather a crowd assembled near the Foregn Office to witness the assembly, several being provided with hand cameras. All the Ministers, with the exception of Mr. Chamberlain, were present. The counoii broke up at half-past two, having lasted just under two hours.
OUTRAGE ON A GAMEKEEPER.
OUTRAGE ON A GAMEKEEPER. In the Shire Hall, at Shrewsbury, on Saturday, John Amphlett, gamekeeper, of Glebe Cottage, and Frederick Healey, collier, of Longden Com- mon, were charged with an assault of a brutal character upon Horace Gowing, gamekeeper, of Thresholds. It was alleged that Amphlett knocked prosecutor into the ditch without any provocation, and Healey kicked him till he became insensible. Assistance arrived and Gowing was taken to the infirmary, where he remained nearly a month suf- fering from a fractured leg and ribs and a wound on the head. The Bench committed both men tot trial at the Assizes.
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LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. .—I
LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. — Mr. John Burns has been taking tha reform «f the Hooligans into his own hands. The other day he was riding through Tooting on his bicycle when he saw four young ruffians molest- ing a couple of ladies. Mr. Burns, who is, as the Hooligans say, slippy with his hooks," dis- mounted, laid two of the scoundrels on their backs, and sent the other two scurrying for safety. Mr. Burns is said to have remarked that if every self-respecting man did like- wise, Hooliganism would be extinct in a few hours without the needfor mediaeval tortures. Cricketers will learn with regret that Mr. P. F. Warner, the well-known Middlesex ama- teur, is about to sever his connection with cricket in England, for he leaves for South Africa on December 8th in the Tautallon Castle. It is Mr. Warner's intention to practice at the Bar either in Cape Colony or the Transvaal. Since Mr. Warner left Rugby he has figured pro- minently as a batsman, and has on many occa- sions captained the Middlesex eleven. He comes of a family well known in the West Indies, and his brother was one of the West Indian team which visited England in the [ summer. Mr. Warner has already visited South I Africa, and had the temerity to interview Mr. Kruger during a visit to Pretoria. 1 The City Corporation and the County Council have been negotiating for the joint working of the Thames steamboat passenger service. This co-operative project was an idea of the Council, but that body has not shaken itself free of its old jealousy of the governing body of the sacred square mile that lies like an entrenched enclave in the heart of the metropolis. The Council being unable to rise to a just conception of th« consequences of its own proposal, its condi- tions of the proposed partnership were thai the City should pay half the cost and have • very great deal less than half the representa- tion. Had an equal half of the representation been offered, I think the City would han I agreed, or would have been equally ready tc pay a third and accept a third of the repre- sentation. The Corporation was nearly throw- ing out the one-sided proposal altogether, but il has resolved to make one more effort to bring 1 the County Council to a juster arrangement, « 11 The most contradictory statements are stil current as to the decision of the Bishop of London in regard to the Ritual prosecutions The impression gains ground, however, that h< will allow the case against the incumbent of St .Michael's, Shoreditch, to proceed. It does no( seem to be known, but it is nevertheless fact, that proceedings have also been opened against a clergyman who is not beneficed in London diocese; but for some reason which it is difficult to fathom, no in. formation is forthcoming, although the name of the parish in question is pretty generally known. There is a feeling now growing that when the party of no persecution see the ex, treme dissatisfaction with which the Churct Association and the Laymen's League rea II) regard prosecution whilst the Liverpool Bit! is still asking for fresh powers, they may have some doubts as to whether the more politic course would not be to let things go on. V The rumour that the Marble Arch is about to be removed lacks confirmation. It is difficult tc conceive any good grounds for such a step. It has stood in its present position since 1827. when it was moved from its old position, shown in many old engravings, opposite Buckingham Palace. It was designed by Nash, and on that account deserves to be treated with respect. Nash's master work undoubtedly was the plan- ning of Regent Street, almost the only successful attempt to lay out a London main -thoroughfare on a consistent plan, Carlton Terrace, the Haymarket Theatre, and All Bouts' Church, Langham Place', and a great part of Buckingham Palace are among the other remaining specimens of Nash's style. It can hardly be said that the Marble Arch is a thing of beauty, although the central gates are fine, and the structure contains some good work. It lacks completeness, for the architect intended that the equestrian statue of George the Fourth, now in Trafalgar Square, should be placed on the top of the Arch. The average Londoner, to whom the Marble Arch is a land- mark, would vote for its completion by the -erection of a statue to Lord Roberts rather than for its demolition. < The possibility of laundries spreading contag- ious diseases, and especially typhoid fever, has been brought prominently to notice by a report prepared by Dr. Priestley, Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth. The report shows that a recent outbreak of typhoid in that district was distinctly traceable to infected mangles. The outbreak was practically limited to three streets forming an area of about half a square furlong. No fewer than forty-one cases occurred in twenty-four houses, and four deaths resulted. Dr. Priestley found that many of the people living in the area after washing their clothes took them to some neighbour who pos- sessed the necessary machine to have them mangled. He states that the outbreak shows conclusively such mangles were the means of spreading the disease by reason of the germs coming from infected patients. Four definitely infected mangles were traced. So far as is known by sanitarians, this is the first outbreak on record in which the medium of infection was mangled clothes. By rigid isolation and thorough disinfection of all the premises, and of the suspected mangles, the outbreak was stopped. M The Post Office has tested and approved of a machine which is intended to save the face of gentlemen who are unable to keep their appointments, and to prevent those with whom they have appoint- ments from getting exasperated. About 10 of these machines have been ordered, and will shortly be placed in the railway stations and at popular resorts in the Metropolis. A man who finds himself unable to keep a business engagement (near one of these machines) sends a telegram addressed to his friend, which is placed by the messenger in the apparatus. The friend sees that the ap- pointment is not kept, goes to the machine, puts a penny in the slot, and receives the written explanation therefrom. If the inven- tion is successful it will prove a boon to busi- ness men, saving both time and temper. Of course, its success largely depends on the acumen of the Post Office authorities in plac- ing the machines in places at which business engagements are most likely to be made. The Coroner for Westminster confesses him- self wholly unable to explain the detestation many of the poor entertain towards the work- house. He had to hold an inquiry as to the death of a woman of 60, and it transpired that, although she was destitute of a home, she would not enter the pauper's asylum. She would rather, in fact, if driven to straits by hunger, smash somebody's window, and herself a term of im- prisonment. It is evident that this foolish creature knew nothing personally of the insti- tution she feared and hated, and her prejudice must have been engendered, like a disease, from others similarly infected. The existenoe of this delusion has puzzled a great many men. Every year a number of friendless wretches die in London from sheer starvation, and the relieving officers only hear of them when they are dead in some cellar or garret. They shuffle about, picking up crumbs here and there, until at last, too weak and famished for further effort, they crawl into some corner to die. It is difficult for well-balanced mind$ to understand this curious phenomenon. The work- houses were established for the needy, who have an indefeasible legal right of entry, and it is a marvel that resort to them should, in this age of the world, suggest social or moral degra- dation to anybody.
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An excavator while blasting a sewer at Leeds was totally blinded. At tha County Court his employers were ordered to pay him lis. a week. MR. -GOSCREN'S*&DlkU. Mr. Goschen on Saturday took his final de- parture from the First Lord of the Admiralty's official residence in Whitehall. Previously he in- dividually took leave of all the head officers of the Admiralty, thanking them for the assistance he I bad always received from all ranks of the office The official residence of the First Lord ig now to be thoroughly done -up for Lord and I Selborne, who will not enter into residence before Christmas. .8""
.. IA PARIS TRAGEDY:
A PARIS TRAGEDY: The sensational murder of the Countess de Cornulier-Luciniere by her husband stands out r prominently amongst the love tragedies which have of late been so frequent in Paris. The vic- tim, who belonged to to the aristocratic Pineau de Vionnay family, had been married 15 years, and was the mother of three children. She brought •her husband a large dowry, with further expectations. The Count resigned his captancy in the army, and for the first years of married life the couple appeared to be thoroughly happy. Unfortunately this state of things was disturbed by the Count's misconduct and extravagance, which were so flagrant that the wife petitioned for a divorce, and eventually succeeded in obtain- ing a judicial separation, with the custody of the children. The legal affairs of the Countess were, at the request of her paoents' placed in the hands of M. Leroux, an elderly widower living in the Rue de Provence. The visits of his wife appear to have excited the Count's jealousy, and after watching the house for two or three days, he on Sunday met her coming down' the staircase, and shot her three times with a revolver. He then implored a neighbour to send for a doctor and a priest, and gave himself up. M. Leroux affirms that the Countess de Cor- nulier was a thoroughly virtuous lady. The sole purpose of her visits was to save him the trouble of going to Auteuil and to arrange the details of a power of attorney for a bequest left to her by a relative. The victim died on her way to the Hospital Lariboisi6re, and her body was then j taken to the Morgue.
GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN TEXAS.
GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN TEXAS. About 100 bodies of the victims of the great flood which recently devastated Galveston, Texas, have been found in a swamp in the neighbourhood of the town.
THE HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY.
THE HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY. The Washington Administration is determined to push the ratification of the Hay-Paunchfote treaty at the eomiug session of Congress. From statements made by Senators to the President, the belief is entertained that the treaty will be ratified before the end of the session.
THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS.
THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS. Sir Charles Tupper, in a speech to his IUP- porters, attributed the defeat of the Conservatives to the Liberals stirring up race- feeling in the Province of Quebec. The day will oome," de- clared Sir Charles, when the Liberals will be sorry that they are being kept in power by the French against the wishes of the British ID Canada."
LINER IN COLLISION. I
LINER IN COLLISION. The liner Waesland, which left Philadelphia on Saturday for Liverpool, has returned to pert, having a 10ft. hole in berside above the water line, having been in collision with a schooner. Several days will be required to repair the damage. The passengers will be transferred to other vessels of the same line sailing from New York.
SHARP FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINK8.
SHARP FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINK8. A dispatch from Manila states that the Ameri- cans are undertaking aggressive movements on the island of Samar, on which they only hold three coast towns. The coast will be patrolled by gunboats. Last week the Americans drove 200 insurgents from a stronghold 35 miles to the north of Manila, and captured immense quantities of stores and a considerable amount of ammunition. The Filipinos lost 50 killed and many wounded, while the American casualties were 11 wounded. One Macabebee was killed. —————————————.
THE CZAR'S ILLNESS.¡
THE CZAR'S ILLNESS. The Dix Neuvieme Siecle publishes the follow. 109 telegram from St. Petersburg The doctors in attendance on the Czar, having stated that his Majesty's illness will last for some time longer, the appointment of a Regent who will act as Chief of the State until Nicholas II. has completely re- covered is under consideration." It is said that the Grand Duke Vladimir will be appointed Regent. President Loubet has received very reassuring news regarding the Czar's health. The French Charge d'Affaires in St. Petersburg has conveyed the President's wishes for his Majesty's spesdj recovery to the Czaritsa.
THE FRENCH DECORATIONS 9CANDAL
THE FRENCH DECORATIONS 9CANDAL At Monday's sitting of the Chamber, M. Rivet asked leave to interpellate the Government with regard to the reported bestowal of decorations through the intermediary of a Government official. M. Walbeek Rousseau proposed that the matter should be discussed at once. M. Rivet having pressed for an immediate explanation from the Government, M. Decrais, Minister of the Colonies, replied: The charge is a most serious imputation affecting the honour of a public man. It has been said that decorations were obtained through the intermediary of a person who is very nearly related to me, and that they were awarded for money. This imputation is false; I declare this emphatically." M. Milleraund, Minister of Commerce, amid re- newed applause gave his own aecount of the con- ditions under which deoorations were conferred. M. Drumont, a well-know leader-writer of the Libre Parole, who sits for Algiers, then declared that the articles on the decoration question which had appeared in his newspaper were not by him. He added that the best way for complaining parties to obtain satisfaction was to go to law. He himself proposed enquiry into the matter. N. Millevoye, a prominent Nationalist, suggested that M. Decrais ought to be in a position to bring his accusers before the Assize Court. M. Waldeck Rousseau, the Premier, then ad- dressed the House. He contradicted the report that an individual had lodged a complaint with the judioal authorities because he had paid 25,000 francs for decorations. He (the Premier) had been looking for the individual in vain for three days. He denounced the campaign of slander which was being carried on against the Gov- ernment in the hope that something or other would come of it. It was the Government's policy which was disliked. Certain events and cer- tain discussions were forthcoming. It was not in vain that the point of the sword had been shown to others. The Government might now be shown the point of a stiletto, but they would not be frightened. The general debate: was then closed amid pro- longed cheers, and the Chamber adopted by 879 votes .against 31 a resolution of confidence in the Government, proposed by M. Rivet, and accepted by M. Waldeck Rousseau.
BRITISH TRADE IN PERSIA.
BRITISH TRADE IN PERSIA. The Secretary of the Association of Chamber* of Commerce has received an important communi- cation from the British Consul-General of Persia respecting the development of trade with that country. He refers to the commercial rivalry existing between Russia and England, and goes on to say that English goods are universally more appreciated by the people than Russian goods, but Lliat British goods are hampered in Northern Persia by the difficulty of transport from Southern Persia. A new and easy road (he says) has lately been opened from Quetta to the Persian border touching Persia in Seistan, at the only spot where the borders of India are co-terminous with those of Persia. Nearly half the distance of this route is within British territory, and over this portion of the road no obstacles exist for the construction of a railway connecting at Quetta, and landing the merchandise at the very border of Persia, from whence easy roads could distribute it in Northern and Eastern Persia. Reports from Canton state that from 200 to 800 aouses have been destroyed there by a big fir# which has j ust occurred,
LEEDS STRANGLING^ cÃIB.,
LEEDS STRANGLING^ cÃIB. The police at Manchester on Tuesday arrested Frederick Furley Dawson, wanted at Leeds in connection with the death of his wife, who was found strangled. Dawson, who is about 25 years of age, is well-known in local racing circles. The inquest was opened at Leeds, and adjourned. It was said that, the Dawsons had been married about nine months. The husband was described aa a retired butcher.
, | NOTES OX NEWS.
NOTES OX NEWS. SIR CHARLES BRUCE, who has been the Gover- nor of the Mauritius for three years now, appears to have come to loggerheads with the important French population of the great sugar island. His predecessor, Sir Hubert Jerningham, who was educated in France, was for that reason able to get along pleasantly enough at Port Louis, but doubtless the war in South Africa is the cause of the acrimonious discussions now going on in the local Press, and Sir Charles is hardly vigorous I enough to deal with the trouble in a masterful way. As is usual in British communities, the f greatest license is allowed, both in the Press and on the platform, but it has now become a question as to whether steps should not be taken for the suppression of some of the scurrilous sheets that have for so long been permitted to circulate ia Port Louis. THE proceedings taken by the London and North-Western Railway Company against a passenger who was detected travelling with the return half of an excursion ticket of which he was not the original purchaser will possess a personal interest for a considerable number of people. Human nature being what it is, those who have a return ticket which they cannot use themselves will give or sell their right to others notwithstanding the fact that the ticket is described as nontransfer- able. It is notorious that this violation of the conditions laid down by the railway companies ia of frequent occurrence, and the object of the prosecution at Chester was avowed to be the sup- pression of a common practice. A REMARKABLE group of Sons of the Empire stood on Friday before the Queen in St. Goorge's Hall at Windsor. For about a hundred colonial troopers, drawn from the various corps which were formed in the Colonies for service in South Africa, and invalided from the front, were the in- vited guests of the Queen in her royal residence. The invitation was a gracious and thoughtful tribute to the magnificent loyalty of these men, and the privilege of a special audience of the Sovereign is one which will certainly never be forgotten by those who enjoyed it, and will as surely awaken a grateful echo in the hearts of their fellows in all corners of the Empire. It is to be hoped, however, that the gallant colonials will not be killed by the kindness of their welcome. Invitations of less exigence than that to Windsor pour upon them, and travel in an English Nov- ember is scarcely the best thing for men in un- certain health. FRANCS has brought the great Exhibition to a close, and has forthwith opened another political scandal. It concerns the payment of bribes to an influential Minister or his relative for procuring the Legion of Honour for certain persons. There were three who paid heavily for this distinc- tion, and two got it, having thus glaringly manifested their unfitness for it. The third, enraged that his dishonourable payments had not procured for him the honour he coveted, immediately denounced the perfidious friend; and so the scandal begins. It promises to be a second Panama. Nor does it stand alone. An- other scandal is to be the subject of an inter- pellation at the next meeting of the Chamber of Deputies, and arising out of that the Legion of Honour business will be discussed. The nation will thus have its love of excitement sustained. I RARELY has a railway accident reaped such a harvest of distinguished names as that which happened to the Paris express on Thursday, the victims including the Peruvian Minister and his wife. The explanation of this peculiarity of the accident is that the company was small,but select: the express was atrain de luxe, and 30 out of the 34 passengers were assembled in the restaurant- car at the time that the engine feU on it. Thus the distinguished company has little more chance of escape than the unfortu- nate cooking staff, who were all crushed to death in the adjoining compartment; out of the diners more than half were killed, and the re- mainder injured, and the only fortunate exceptions seem to have been the four persons who for some reason were not in the dining-car. The oause of the accident does not yet appear to be definitely known, being variously ascribed to the excessive speed of the train, an insufficient railway staff, and a subsidence in the permanent way; but whatever the reason it will certainly be a blow to railway travelling in France for some time to come. THERE is no deep mystery in American politioi. They can be understood by anybody who will give the subject serious study; but one thing will always remain unintelligible to him who has not studied the conditions on the spot—and that ia> the stupendous local asoendenoy of Richard Croker. This remarkable dictator, holding no official position, without education, with a youth- ful record as a prizefighter and Bowery tough," spending the income of a prince derived nominally from a real estate business," carries in the palm of his iron hand the administration of a great city of three and a half million people, the finan- cial and commercial heart of the richest nation in the world. An Irishman, his power derived from the political activity of the Irish-Americans, he lives in England, a country which his followers hate, and engages in an aristocratic amusements- racing-whioh they despise. His career is the most striking example of power without responsi- bility which democracy can show. Professor Pryce might go to Wantage Road, study this unique and sinister personality,and add » Oapter ta The American Commonwealth." ACCORDING to the latest arrangements the wed- ding of Queen Wilhelminia of Holland is to take place at the end of January or the beginning of February-the exact date has not been fixed-and the loyal Dutch people are making vast prepara- tions to celebrate the oocasion fittingly. Not only is the last member of the House of Orange greatly loved by her subjects, but the Prince upon whom her choice has fallen has won their approval and es- teem. There is consequently no question of the popu- larity of the marriage, and the ceremony, though long and trying, will be made one of joy for the celebrants. A civil contract will first take plaoe in one of the drawing rooms of the Palace then, with a brilliant military escort, the Queen will proceed to church, and when the religious service is over will return to the Palace, where the wedding breakfast will be served. For a fortnight the bride and bride- groom will spend their honeymoon at Hot Loo. The wedding dress is to be of surpassing richness and beauty, and is being designed, as it will be made up, in Paris. White satin is spoken of as ita chief material, but its great feature will be its magnificent hand-worked embroideries, carried out at the School of Art Needlework, in coaaaetioB with the Rijiks Museum at Amsterdam. THE owners of self-propelled vehicles tiave formed themselves into a body for the protection of their interests. The Motor Vehicle Users' Defence Association has for its objects the pro- tection of automobilists against what they con- sider unreasonable or vexatious criminal pro- ceedings or civil actions at law, the commence- ment of proceedings or actions at law in defenee of the rights of users of motor vehicles where it is deemed advisable, and generally to protect the interests of automobilists. A strong committee of management has been got together, under the chairmanship of Mr. Roger Wallace, Q.C., who also presides over the Automobile Club. Major H. C. L. Holden, R.A., F.R.S., an expert at Woolwich Arsenal, who has been instructed on several occasions to represent the Government at the trials of heavy motor vehicles, is on the com- mittee, as are also Mr. E. R. Shipton, of the Cyclists' Touring Club, and the Hon. C. S. Rolls, Lord Llangattock's sou, a well-known "chauffeur" and a winner of many speed tests on theContinent, The reason given for the necessity of the associa- tion is that common action is required by auto- mobilists to defend themselves against the preju- dice or lack of knowledge of automobile matters among those responsible for the administration of the law and of those who put the law into motion.
DEATH OF AN IRISH PEER.
DEATH OF AN IRISH PEER. The death is announred of Lord Oranmore IDeI Browne, of Castle MacGarrett Claremorris, co. Mayo, at the advanced age of 81. He was the second holder of the title, and had been « repre- sentative peer for Ireland for the last 30 years. Deceased is succeeded by his son, the HoD. Geoffrey Henry Browne, who was born in 1861,
DRINK AND DIVORCE.
DRINK AND DIVORCE. In the Divorce Court on Saturday, Sir Francis Jeune had before him the undefended divorce case of Stafford v. Stafford and Smith.—Mr. Willock stated that this was the petition of Mr. Stewart Stafford, first officer of the steamship Lindisfarne, for the dissolution of his marriage with his wife on the ground of her misconduct with the co-respon- dent, Thomas Smith, whose station in life was not stated. The parties were married in Sunderland in August, 1890. Two years afterwards the re- spondent took to drink. She pawned everything she could lay her hands on, and ran petitioner into debt. He could not live with her, and finally it was discovered that she gave birth to a child bl Smith, with whom she was still living in Sunder. land.—Evidence having been given, his lordshig granted a decree nisi.