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LORD ROBERTS AND THE YEOMANIIY. — Lord Roberts, commander-in-Chief, on Saturday paid a visit to the camp of the North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry at Cjhepton Mallet. Addressing the men, he remarked that he had got a belief m jeomanry because he knew what they could do when they were properly trained and properly commanded, in the Soutu African campaign lie found how useful the yeomanry were tor scouting ami reconnoitring. lie urged the importance of learning to mount and L dismount quickly, stating that on many occasions 111 bout-h Afnoa, when men were dismounting in the orthodox manner, the Boers poured voile.) s into them before they covJd return tne nre. liiPKiUAi, Y KOiiANKY Traimm,.—The Com- mander-in-Chief, in instructions just issued for the training of the Imperial Yeomanry, makes the following observations :—"Camp duties will not be carried out on the system ot the legllJar cavalry, which assumes that otlicers and lion-uommissioneu Officers are already fully trained and competent to instruct. This system is not applicable to i eouianry regiments, whose officers and men are brought into contact tor a very short period, with the result that the woik must be carried out at high pressure. Thus, it will not be sufficient to detail one orhcer as orderly officer to superintend the work at stables, &c. all officers should be present at that and at Similar duties..Again, camp guards wiif not be mounted as 111 cavalry regiments, as tile men on these duties lose a day s training. It should. generally be sufficient to detail two policemen to look alter the camp. The quaitermaster, assisted by regimental police, will take charge ot the camp whenever a regiment is absent from its lines. One troop per squadron should be told oil as squadron line guard and sq adron m-lying picket, tu be Vomited at eight p.m., and to una one or moie sentries. The sentries might be relieved hourly, so that no man would have more than one hour s 8entry duty, and consequently would be tit to under- go training on the tohowmg day. The atJOve are quoted as cxaiupies of the manner in which duties Should be effected, and are not to be understood I hard-uno-fast rules from which no departure may be IUade."

THE UilURCiiiiS. THE LATE lJEAX HOWELL. Last week, a meeting ot the committee respon- Sible for the cailying out oi a memorial in the lexham J/arish church, in memory oi the late v^u Howell, was held under the presidency of the ^H'pr, Mr. F. \V. Soames. The hon. secretary, R* T. O. Bury, said the committee wished to erect "tainud glass window in the north aisle at a cost of anH^" "^le sum promised up to date was £ 225, j expenses would come to about £ 20. It was f.fv.ed that a final appeal be made, and that the be closed on .June 30th. LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL SCHEME. A UKSICX ACCEITEI). (i. Meeting of the executive of the Liverpool p^thedral Committee was held on Tuesday at the Church, uiider the presidency of Sjii- William Norwood. After a long discussion it was resolved, the ixotion of Mr. Hampson, seconded by the Hon. Arthur Stanley, M.i' that .Mr. <j. I- «H>dley, R.A., and Mr. Gilbert Scott be approached with a view to their appointment as joint architects the proposed Liverpool Cathedral, and that the design submitted by Mr. Gilbert Scott be selected, ?u'->ject to such alterations and modifications as may be advised by the architects and approved by the CI)rainittee. Tliis is a reversal of the decision come 0 in the lirst instance by the executive. The pro- twsional advisers—Mr. G. I'\ Jiodley, R.A., and r,|' Norman Shaw, R.A. — recommended Mr. dbert Scott's design, but when their repjrt was J**st considered by the executive that body decided to accept either of the five final designs sent in. T DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE Eo bishop of London, in a statement just issued, t0 "its out that a clergyman is under no obligation in t'lu marriage of a divorced person who, AofU cluoree, )vas the guilty party. The Divorce r.equires an incumbent to allow his church to be ot a in such a case, provided it is the parish church aut;Pne of the parties, and provided a clergyman jlsecJ to ofiiciate in the diocese is willing to act. v e Act is silent as to the obligation ot an lncum- r^tit to proclaim the banns ol such a marriage. he law does not exempt an incumbent from his Ordinary obligations with regard to the marriage of own parishioners in the case of a divorced person "o is not the guilty party. It is doubtful whether clergy man can be made liable, in damages ot- herwise, in the civil courts for refusing to Cfe the marriage of a parishioner, but pro- v edmgs in respect of any ecclesiastical offence can th t L^1C Church Courts in any case which bishop deems proper. The Bishop of London bound to condemn re-marriages m church of tb 180ns divorced for their own fault as being against e clear and unanimous voice of the Church m all Vifu' anc' exhorts his clergy to have nothing to do 'J-'he Bishop further desires to dis- rage all re-marriages in church of divorced as in l,ls personal view, even where &r divorced person is the innocent party, open to v"e objection. HA WARDEN "PECULIAR." ''AY iler ^his i1L'a<ling end above the signature tf. B. Whit-takcr," appears the following 111- £ article in the '"Hawarden Parish Maga- tv Vair to the year 1849, there appears at the ftQ a great many of the documents emanating the clergy of the parish of Hawarden, the Jul°wing phrase: "We [name of Rector] Clerk, {jpster of Arts, Rector of the Parish and Parish ^irch of Hawarden. in the County of Flint and e Peculiar and exempt jurisdiction of the same «i'Qiiiary. It is w.tli the meaning of the words of the peculiar and exempt jurisdiction of the t^Ue ordinary" I intend to deal in tins and some flowing papers. The word comes the Latin peculium, meaning, among other v''hgs, tlir. private and personal property of any ^&r^on. In the ecclesiastical sense it indicates a freedom from episcopal control. The tr^ P of a diocese was the "overseer," vvith power t}u.?nforcc t'lc performance of certain religious les< but in some cases, of which Hawarden was t¡ « parish was exempt from this supervision. OcllDary cases the patron of a living "presents 1" (P.^est to the Bishop, who has the power of re- <tll1g to "instit,ute" and "induct" him. In the °f a "peculiar," the Bishop must install the i^'Syrnan presented by the patron, tor the try- d i ecclesiastical offences, etc., the Bishop has (jft-oiinal called the Consistory Court. j.he c'al who presides is termed the ordinary. In <K garden parish the Rector was the ordinary, < £ Cl held his own Consi^torial Court. Before this the offenders against Church law, such as *t?l3l»aties, people leading an immoral life, 11011- V;^tiders at church, and disturbers of Divine ser- Were brought up, tried and convicted. Wills '■tV Vv'ero proved and marriage licences granted, i ^!>° favourite method of punishment, after tnat. of ituf3' Was by the infliction of penance. On turn- the Commination service, we read at the hiencement the following words:-—'Brethren, Ik primitive Church there was a godly disc p- that, at the beginning of Lent, such persons Vtood convicted of notorious sin were put to Penance and punished in tliis world, that ';°u's might be saved in the day of the Lord K" that others, admonished by their example, da'^nt ba the more afraid to offend' and m the Iti naratrrapli we notice a wish for the restora q{ penance. At the end of the s.xteenth cen- thm me! hod of punishment was revived and r^tihued with more or l^ss vigour for over tvyo roasin"- within the first twenty OF'the nineteenth century. The penitent C* Ordered to appear bare-legged and b»ie ihMed, attired in a white sheet, and to proct ed 'C the chancel before the beginning of the morn- service. After the conclusion Oi the prayers W; before the beginning of the sermon t.ie Al^er read a paper confessing his sins before f^^hty God, imploring forgiveness, and begging P'aveis of the congregation. A refusal to ^titonn the above penance resulted m cxcommuni-

A^SERVATIVE ORGANISATION IN XOETH^VAT;™:Z >5 V Of the leaders of the, Conservative pai tj Denbighshire will be held at the I^«nal St1, Wrexham, on June 10, to decide upon the XJ^eans to be adopted for strengthening and v-^}ng the organisation of the party. 1 he UK,(- probably bo presided over by Lord —— 1 —— 1

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AMUSING BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION. — « In the King's Bench Division, on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Walton and a common jury, an action to recover damages for breach of pro- mise of marriage was brought by Miss Lily Bard- well, a dressmaker, now employed at Brighton. against Mr. Harry Hammond, who kept what counsel described as the "Whiteley's of the vil- lage" at Great Hormead, Buntingford, Herts. Mr. Clarke Williams and Mr. Shewell Cooper appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Herbert Smith and Mr. Shearman Turner represented the defendant. Mr. Clarke Williams said that the plaintiff was about twenty-four years of age, the daughter of a farmer at Great Hormead. The defendant was about twenty-nine, and kept the principal if not the only shop in the village, being also the post- master, and having a posting or jobbing business On September 2, 1900. the defendant proposed and was accepted. Pie asked at first that the engage- ment should not be made known in the village, and shortly afterwards, when the girl went to a situation at Luton, he gave her an engagement ring. She was not very comfortable there, and he wrote suggesting that she should return to the village and help him in the business, staying with Miss Warren, from whom he had purchased it. The letter went on: If things work well we will have-a further change for the better. I went up and saw your dad this evening. He quite falls in with it. I did not mention it to your mother, but told him to ten her. If I was you I would write home and tell your mother all; perhaps it will be best, t.h.n it will cause no unpleasantness. If you want any monev write and say, don't be afraid. What's mine will be yours. From your loving Harry, x x x. Plaintiff fell in with the proposed arrangement, nnd in the following April defendant went to Lon- don to buy the wedding ring. While he was away he wrote: My dearest Lil.-I would rather have a talk with you than write. If I return earlier than the 9.30 to-morrow will wire. All the news then. You can come and meet me with the cart a.nd black pony. Be careful and not let him run away with vou," and don't let Mr. Kinglako (the^yil- lag^ constable) cop you for furious driving. (Laughter.) I fancy I can see you coming full tear it-,) Bell lane with him, hip-hip, stop the motor. (Laugliter.)-Witli fond love, from your own Harry. Good-night, God bless you, dar- ling. XXX. On his return, June 29 was fixed for the ceremony, and thr-y went to Buntingford to see the registrar. They both belonged to the Countess of Hunting- don's Connexion, and the pastor who was to unite them was selected. Defendant did up the house, bought the stuff for the plaintiff s wedding dress and tho gifts for the bridesmaids, and arranged to go to the Isle of Wight for the honeymoon. The plaint ff left the shop and went to her aunt s to get ready for the marr.age, when suddenly, and without reason or warning, he declared. Ln will have to walk up the aisle of the chapel alone; I shall not be there." Two days ktcr he told the girl's mother and aunt thit he did not intend to ni-u-ry her. The girl could not remain in the vil- lage 'and after some months obtained a situation iit London. In the May the defendant sent a mes- sage that he was engaged to a Kose Barker. After evidence by plaintiff and others tne hear- ing was adiourned. LOVE AND A TEAPOT. When the hearing was resumed on Wednesday, plaintiff, recalled, admitted receiving a letter from the. defendant after the issue of the writ. He addressed her as "My dear VI," and after telling her how he had had toothache and had had "the whole jolly let out," he went on: I feel a bit larky now, just had a drop of ginger wine. (Laughter.) No news to tell you, only to wish you every success. Some go up and some come down it will be so in this case, you will be up in the w-orld^and I shall be down, but not for over, I hope. Good-bye, Lil, with best love from your Harry. P.S.—I have not received my writ yet." (Laughter.) Mr. Justioo Walton The question is whether or not the defendant was ready at the time of the writ to marry the plaintiff, and whether any previous broach had been waived. Defendant went into the box, and said that not a week passed without quarrels between him and Miss Bardwell. Mr. Smith: Was it your fault or hers, or a mixture?—I always gave in to her; I always let her have things her own way. (Laughter.) Defendant went on: We had arranged to be married on June 29. I had been to a sale and brought an old teapot home. I did not think it was as go-cd as it was, or I would not have parted with it. (Laughter.) I said, Will this do for us?" She -:aid, "Do you think I am going to have that nasty old thing in my house?" (Laughter.) I said, If you do not like it, do not have it." Her aunt came across, and I said, "Do you want to buy a teapot?" She said. "How much?" I said, "Three shillings." said, I'll give you half-a-crown if it don't run." (Laughter.) I said, It runs at the pout." (Laughter.) She said, I mean a hole in the bottom." (Laughter.) She gave me half-a-crown and brightened it up. and it looked like a new silver teapot. (Laughter.) Miss Bardwoll told me I ought not to have sold it without teKing her. I said, I offered it to you first." We got from one word to another. I was upset, and she was iipzet because she had not got it. She put all the blame on me. She called me a little devil. (Laughter.) She had called me a little demon before. (Laughter.) I said, "Look here, Lil, I shall put the wedding off; I shan't get married now." I thought it needed second thoughts. I thought if that was what she was going to do before marriage, what would she be I after? (Laughter.) Had she ever called you that before?—She had slapped my face in front of the customers. They said they wondered I had put up with it. I said it pleased her and did not hurt me. (Laughter.) Did you ever decline to marry the girl?—No, I never did so; I only put the wedding off. It caused a talk. Mr. Justice Walton: What, did ?-This teapot. (Laughter.) People were laughing about the teapot. Witness added that Miss Bardwell agreed to go away for a time, and did so, staying with friends. They continued on affectionate terms, and when she came back went for walks every evening. Did you behave to each other just as an en- gaged couple ?-Oh, we were courting stronger. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Smith: It had taught her a lesson. Witness said that in the following May Miss Breachley, the housekeeper at the shop, was going to Cheshunt., and knowing that Miss Bard- well would be there, she asked, Have you any message to send to Lil?" He replied, "You can tell her the latest," meaning' the news of the village. He never authorised her to tell Miss Bardwe'.l that he was engaged to Miss Rose Barker. That report was untrue. Afterwards he went to see her in London, and told her she was very foolish to believe it, and that he did not send the message Miss Breachley gave. He was then ready and willing to carry out the en- gagement. The next thing that happened was a solicitor's letter threatening an action. He did not take any notice of it; he thought it was a "scarecrow." (Laughter.) He expected that the little tiff would blow over. When he received a second letter from the solicitor informing him that a writ would be served he went to see the plaintiff. She opened the door, and he said, Weil, Lil," and they kissed each other. (Laughter.) Mr. Smith: That was a good beginning. (Laughter.) W itness added that he asked "What have you been doing this for, Lil?" She said, "You should not have sent me that nasty message." She asked him to stay to tea, and he remained with her for an hour and a naif or two hours. He told her he was quite willing to go on with the engagement, and on the way to the station she asked him to forgive her, saying, If you will forgive me I will withdraw it." He replied, "Lil, you had better have your own way about it; if you think it right to do it, do it." _L _J.. .3 V;d you consider the engagement at an ena:— You would not have thought so if you had seen us. (Laughter.) We went arm-in-arm to the station, and she kissed me good-bye, and after I got in the carriage I looked out of the window, and she was going like that (waving his hand). (Laughter.) When I got back to Great Hcrmead I was served with the writ. Were you quite ready and willing to marry the plaintiff?—I am ready to marry her now. Are you still fond of her -Yes, I still am. Cross-examined: He did not remember saying that "Lil would have to go up the aisle alone." After the teapot incident he suggested that they should not get married for twelve months, and she agreed. She wrote to him, signing herself God bless you. dear. your broken-hearted Lil." He suggested that she was broken-hearted be- cause the marriage was put off. She had not produced the letters he wrote to her; if there was anything against her in them she did away with them. (Laughter.) He did not ridicule her in the village. He never took any notice of village gossip and scandal. When the girl's mother took her things away, she gave you a bit of her mind?—Ah, that she s did. (Laughter.) Miss Rose Barker, a girl from a neighbouring village, denied that there was any truth in the story that was conveyed to the plaintiff that she was engaged to the defendant. Miss Bardwell, recalled, said that she did not remember kissing the defendant when she saw him off at the station. After retiring for three-quarters of an hour, the jury found for the plaintiff, damages one farthing Judgment was given for that amount, anl his lordship ordered, under the circumstances of the case, that each party should pay its owa costs.

LITERARY KOTiCES. THE JUNE MAGAZINES. [FIRST NOTICE.) To the "Cornhill Magazine" Canon Overton con- tributes an article on "John Wesley in his own Day," in celebration of the bi-contenary of the great preacher's birth. Science is represented by an article on the new element, Radwin, in which Mr. W. A. Shenstone, F.R.S., brings forward the very latest. discoveries as to its naturo__and pro- perties, and the series "Prospects in the Profes- sions" deals this month with medicin? — The avenue to consulting pract-ce, with few exceptions, is a position on the staff of a hos- pital, and particularly of a hospital which is as- sociated with a. school, and such positions are in consequence eagerly sought for, without reference to immediate remuneration. Thanks to the compet.tion that exist.3 for has pital positions, they are able to command from vear's end to year's end the assduous and de- voted services of their large staffs of highly- trained visiting physicians, surgeon; and special- ists, and of a brigade of junior oHiccrs waiting for promot.on and eager to prove their parts, practically without paving anything at all for them. It has been plausibly estimated that the existence of the medical schools, most of which are in themselves self-supporting, virtually add, the value of £50,000 a year to the charitable resources of Loucon, and the estimate is prob- ably within the mark. "The Windsor" is a capital number. Among the contents ars a survey of the Finsen Light cure and the wonders it is accomplishing; an account of tho renaissance of the Soudan under the title of "The New Khartoum"; and the first of a series of articles by W. T. Stead on "The Money Kings of the Modern World" — "One hundred years hence," said Cecil Rhodes the last time I met. him. "when I look down from the sky at this littla planet. I shall find that it has passed into the hands of a Hebrew financier. It is a prophecy deserving to be classed with a similar confident prediction by a still more famous man, which has not been ful- vl I filled. "In a hundred years," sa d Napoleon. "th9 world will either be Republican or Cos- sack." More than a hundred years have passed since Napoleon s prophecy, and although both the Cossack and the Republic have extended their sway over a considerable por- tion of the area of the planet the world is still far from recognising the sover- eignty of either, or even of both combined. No one. not even Mr. Rhodes himself, were he still here, would claim anything more for his fore- cast than that it summed up in a striking phrase the probable issue of the tendency of our times. The date fixed is not of the c-sence of the prophecy, and although more importancs may be attached to the nationality of the future world-ruler, that also is a detail. The one essen- tial point about the remark lies in its frank recognition that the sceptre of the world is pass- ing from the hands of emperors, monarchs, soldiers and politicians into those of the financier. Money is the coming k:ng. and the American dollar w; 11 be the emperor of the world. As the Egyptians had their dynasty of shepherd kings, so the whole wide world is to pass under the domination of money kings. Such, as least, was Mr. Rhode -'s forecast, such the suggestion which lias inspired the present series of studies of the Money Kings of the Modern Woild. "Cassell s" is an entertaining number. Chief among the contents are articles on "Royal Lon- doners," "Piccadilly and some of its famous Houses," "The- Imperial German Navy," and "Prince Ranjitsinhji at Home," from the latter of which we take the following:- Kanji considers William Guiui to have been the best proiessional batsmsn ever produced by England, and Arthur Shrewsbury our finest ox- ponent on sticky wickois. Me ;s a great advo- cate of back play in contrad.stmction to lorward play, claiming that in the making of forward stiokes tnere must always be the fraction of a second in which the batsman loses touch of the bail. Talking to me on this subject of back play, lie remaikeu: "Tne whole seeiet of it rests on three things—tnorough watching of the bowler's arm, lingers, and the ball, proper placing of your ieet and body ni your stroice, and correct timing of the bat with the ball. Just as ihe 'puli is the natural stroke for every- I loll body, so, to a certa.n extent, is the inclination to play forward at a bail. Hence it is that both playing with a straight' but and playing back are acquired possessions m the repertory of a batsman, and consequently take t-iiie aid care- ful coaching to master, To piay back J\IU must take a step towards the wicket with tne rigni leg, and tnen bring the bat in fiont of the wicket in a line w.th the ball—i.e., assuming the ball to be straight and the batsman defend- ing his wicket. Do not carry the bat behind the right leg or your body to strike the ball, because then you run the risk of knocking your stumps down. The right leg should be a guide to you for your bat not to trespass beyond it in the f direction of the stumps. Some people face the opposite w.cket wnen playing back, others pre- I w' for a sideways position; the former method u better and safer, though the latter enables you to use more power when you strike the bail. In playing forward the batsman has to move his left leg as far forward as possible without over- balancing himself, and smother the ball by keep- ing the bottom of the blade nearer to his bouv than the handle. The force with which lie wnl propel the ball mut depend upon lii £ correct timing. The budding batsman must master both back and forward play for defence before he can do so for offensive and scoring purposes.' "A Thousand Miles in a hcirigerator," by Ralph Stock, is the story occupying the place ot honour in this month's "VV.de World Magazine. All out-of-the-way experience which beieli a young "tenderfoot" while on his way home to Kngiaua. Not being over-burdened with casn, he decided to travel across Canada tree by stow.ng himsell away on a freight train. Tnereupon followed an adven- ture which nearly ended m a double tragedy. In the June number of the "Lady's iViagazine" there are articles oil tasiuon to iic-.p everyuouy. "Uur bummer .brocks" will appeal to everybody, for at this time we all want new and charmuig lh;- signs in which to fash.on the de- lightful materials prepared in sum re- quisite colours by the manuiacturers. A delightful materal is tussore silk, aiiu a remamabiy pleasmg design tor a summer gown in this material is given, l'nere are also illustra- tions of a blue and white iinen gown, a nopsack dress, a girl s dress in voile and a, pongee s.ik gown, and many invaluable hints oil lasuions in general are given, "lqasitiolis lor tile Lalit' Unes" will please all the motners, and ready, so fascina- tmg are the designs the artist Has sKeurned ior tne tiny people, that many aunts and elder bisters will be tempted to set to work on pretty garments lor their baby relatives. "Lingene i& a most impor- tant part ot every woman's outfit, tor in this sec- tion ot her dress can she give full scope to her love of dainty and pretty things. Leagowiis, breakfast gowns, nightgowns, camisoles, under- skirts, and various otner garments are treated most exhaustively, and many designs are. given, so that every woman is sure to tiud soiiieiii.ilg to suit her. The article "On Packing Hats is tnoroughly practical, and as it is illustrated with photograpiis snewing the actual process or the packing it cannot fail to help. Lute many otner things, the packing of hats is easy enougn to uo if one knows the proper way to set about it, and after reading this article mere need be no ex- cuse for not knowing. Lieut.-Colonel Newnham-Davies contributes a bright paper on the fashionable sport of coach.ng to the June number of "Pearsons Magazine." Discussing the etiquette of a fasmonable meet of tho Coaching Club in Hyde Park, lie writes: — At half-past twelve the lirst ot the coaches drives up, with no twanging of horn. for tha music ol the road is reserved lor the stage coaches, but quietly, as betits the most ar.sto eratic equipage that the bra.n of mail has con- ceived, and soon, from nortn and south, come greys and bays, anct browns and roans and blacks, their harness shining, the dresses of the ladies who are on the roof seats being admirably shewn up by the quiet colours of the coachei-- deep blue, or black, or green. Most of the nxen on the box seats wear the uniform ot the club, dark blue coats with gilt buttons and a bun waistcoat, and a flower m the buttonhole .s not held to be out of place. Turee abreast the coaches form up, a groom standing to the wheelers and another to the leaders, greetings aie interchanged, men cLmb down nom the tops of the coaches and stroll over to talk to the ladies, privileged people from the sides of the road are allowed into the reserved space, and. there is everywhere a hum and a buzz of talk. The horses stand motionless, except that now and again one will toss its head and another paw the ground; the burnished brass and silver rings and buckles on the harness twinkle the panels of the coaches shine like mirrors under the rays of the summer sun; the stoutest of the policemen takes off his helmet, and mops his brow with a crimson handkerchief. There is abroad the sleepiness of noontide, a sense of repose, and an absence of all hurry or fuss, which is pleasant and soothing. It is difficult to judge the merits of the teams as they stand massed, so let us move down the path by the Serpent.ne towards Hyde Park Corner, and we shall see the horses and coaches to perfection as they pass us. By the Corner there are almost as many carriages as at the Magazine, and, as the clocks strike one, the riders in the Row—the smart young, men on polo ponies, the '-liver brigade" on their cobs, the ladies on their perfect man- nered hacks, the boys on long-tailed pomes, the ladies' school, with the attendant riding master- canter down and form up at the entrance to the great stretch of tan. "Here they come. the president of the club leading and driving a fane team of btowns. In "The Idler" there is- an article on the Macedonian question, dealing more particularly with the career of Boris Sarafoff, the president of the ReTolutaonary Com- mittee, who in a. remarkably short time has made of the organisation "a maohine terrifying to Mos- lem and Macedonian non-sympathiser alike, work- ing noiselessly under cover, striking for liberty hera and there, swiftly, no doubt cruelly, with the very weapons of its medievally minded enemy." Referring to the Turkish rule, the article says:- When the Powers gave Macedonia back to Constantinople, for fear that the Muscovite might take her, the Turk was logcal enough to see that the gift was a loan. Therefore, he rides the nag to death, in the Oriental manner, by a savage- system of extortion through corrupt officials and brutal gendarmeri?. Nature made Macedonia very beautiful and very fer- tile, but the Turkish brand has scarred the countryside to the bone. Its towns aie plague spots, where scavenger dogs and unclean birds gorge on carcasses in th;) gutters and where men j are shot down in blood feuds before the doors of Consulates. Moslem oppression has ground out industry in its valleys, the latter lying with all their fertility at waste, their people prefer- ring hunger to extortion. The peasantry, almost entirely Bulgarian, cannot know in the morning what manner of avarice, or lust. or re- venge may not bring in the so-called Govern- ment or its rivals in brutality, the Alban an brigands, around their ears by noon. The Christian Macedonian with a little land or money, or-a handsome wife and daughter, or a hidden hope for liberty, may see all these things torn from him any day and himself wrecked by torture and thrown into prison for possessng them. When the foreign Consuls gathered data of Turkish misrule through Macedonia, they drew up a tremendous list of atrocities. The list is made of colourless facts and no clearer idea of Macedonia's condition could b? offered than by quotations from it. Many writers have of late essayed to give prac- tical advice on motoring. One of the most usefully informing article-; on the subject we have read is that by Major C. G. Matson in the current "Br.d- mrnton Magazine It is really a continuation of his article on "Economical Motoring, which ap- peared in the May number of this excellent sport- ing magazine. Men of moderate incomes and an inclination for motoring will find here some useful hints. The June number also contains an ai-t' cle,, on "Trainers and Tra'ning," by "A Trainer," de- tailing the daily experiences of a trainer's life, th's being the third instalment of "The Racing World and its Inhabitant, Tli? Marquess of Granby, under the title of "Famous Homes of Sport." writes on racing, shooting and other sports practised at Belvo'r. Lovers of polo will read with interest the Hon. Lionel Lambart's article on "Polo and Polo Ponies." To suit other sports- men there are al-o included articles on "County Crcket." "The Amber Fish." "Pigsticking in Morocco," and "A Trip to the Disputed Terri- tory"—between Canada and the United States. NEW BOOKS. THE CKNTURT BOOK OF GATINKNRXO.—Messrs. George Newnes, Limited, are re-issuing in twenty- six weekly sixpenny parts, "The Century Book of Gardening," edited by E. T. Cook. The first part was issued on April 15th. The work has com- manded a large sale in volume formu Th" illus- tration- in the new od t on hav" been considerably strengthened, and the publ cation promises to be a u-seful guide to horticulture. The amateur of limited means—and the bulk of us are of this 'lass—should had w;tli (icliffbt the little book. "The Possibilities of Small Lathes" (Gilbert Pitman; Is. 6d.). It does not give directions for the turning of numoroiv- articles. but rather shews how, by of simple home- made contrivances, many operations may be per- formed which are usually considered only possible to those who possess expensive apparatus. WHAT A "BUSINESS MAX OUOHT TO KNOW. (London: Gilbert Pitman. Cecd-court. Charinrr Cross-road. W C. Is ) is a little book which should be in the hands of all jun'or clerks. It gives in a few words and in a simpln style a full system or business routine. It wouM m&W* co.T)ita1 hfinn- business routine. It would maJrp a cir)ital hfinn- book for the class in Business Methods which is a feature of the Chester Technical School. That it. is thoroughly up-to-datt- is sl-ewn by the fact that the new system of card-indexing is thoroughly explained. <>

LARCENY AT HOOLE. -4 THE LODGER'S SUDDEN DEPARTURE. A smartly-dressed young man. named Henry Montgomery, who looked about 30 years of age, appeared in custody before the Bench at Chester Castle Petty Sessions this morning. He plead?d guilty to stealing a silver watch, a gold chain and a gold pendant, the property of John Edward Jones. Hoole, value f.9 on the 23rd May. He was further charged with obtaning by false pretences food and lodg;ngs fiom Hannah Jones, on the 14th May and other days. John Edward Jones said he was a passenger guard in the employment of the L. and N.-W. Railway Company, and lived at Faulkner-street, Hoole. He recognised the prisoner as the man who came to his house on the 14th May and re- mained with them until the 23rd May. On Satur- day evening, the 23rd May, witness missed his ,IV-iteli and chain (now produced). Hannah Jones, wife of tha previous witness, said her s'ster took in lodgers from Bradley's, and on the 14th May prisoner was sent to her by her sister. He stated that he was employed at Brad- ley's, and she took him in as a lodger. He agreed to pay her 15s. a week and extra for washing. On the 23rd May prisoner came home to dinner about one o'clock and went upstairs about two o'clock. When he came down he said "Good afternoon" and left. The watch and chain were on the wash- hand stand in one of the bedrooms when prisoner went upstairs. Subsequently the watch and chain were missed. Prisoner owed her 19s. for food and lodgings. She took him m on the understanding that he was employed at Bradley's. Charles Harold Davies, manager at Mr. Brad- lev's draperv establishment, said prisoner was em- ployed there for three weeks, but was discharged on 'the 12th May. Supt. Hicks said prisoner, who hails from Bel- fast, had been convicted four times summarily for larceny this year. He had previously stolen 3 Thf Bench sentenced him to six calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour for steal- ing the watch and chain, and one month for false pretences, the sentences to run concurrently.

AUCTION SALES THE VIVIAN ESTATE. On Saturday, Messrs. Cunnah and Roberts sold bv auction, at the Blossoms Hotel, Chester, the Vivian freehold building estate, Hoole, con- taining altogether 50 acres, 1, &) 0 square yard. The whole was offered in one lot. The bidding started at C3,,000, and rose by bids of C500 to £ 8,000, after which bids of £ 2o0 were accented. The estate was eventually knocked down to Messrs. Walker, Smith and Way at £ 12,000. The solicitor for the vendor was Mr. J. Shakespeare Smith, 3, Lord-street, Liverpool. SHREWSBURY STORE STOCK. Friday week was the date of Messrs. Preece, Everall and Waddington's May auction of store cattle at Shrewsbury. The entries numbered 1569, being 300 short of those at the April sale, as Lord Sligo's were not forward owing to an accident, and two other large entries were cancelled at the last moment. These are being kept back for the next sale, when an extra large Irish entry will be for- ward. The sale included a large proportion of good cattle in forward condition, the Irish entries numbering over 800 head. Among these a con- signment of 160 Polls attracted much attention, and made satisfactory prices, the black polled bullocks making up to 917 7s. Gd. lieifeis up to 15 guineas polled shorthorns up to S16 5s.; and yearlings B13 7s. Gd. Another lot of 60 Irish shorthorn cattle made from £ 12 17s. 6d. to £ 15 10s 30 three-year- old shorthorn bullocks in forward condition made jE15 15s. to 917 15s. 58 good shorthorn heifers sold from £ 13 17s. 6d. to E15; 50 Angus heifers made £ 11 15s. to B13 10s. 30 shorthorn bullocks in low condition 912 17s. 6d. 40 three.year-old shorthorn heifers made £ 14 7s. (id. to £ 15 17s. tki. 30 two- year-olds £12 7s. 6d. to £13 10s. 138 polled bullocks and heifers sold well, the oldest bullocks making £ 13 15s. to S14 10s. each, and the smaller ones r>.¿), O-t.) 00 c,t. +h- ,.1J I £ \) ()8. to l;:¡ ZS. UU. i fcinve-jwar-oia shorthorn bullocks made E12 15s. to S17 12s. Gd.; two-year- olds made up to £19 each 20 others made £ ltf 5s. younger steers B13 17s. 6d. 40 yearlings made kll to £ 12 10s. shorthorn barrens from P,12 10s. to £13 15s.; home-bred shorthorn heifers £ 10 12s. 6d. to £ 13 15s. Welsh cattle sold equally well. A large company of buyers attended, and large numbers of stock went into the midland, southern, and eastern counties. PROPERTY AT WHITCHURCH. Mr. Frank Lloyd, of the firm of Messrs. Frank Lloyd and Sons, of Wrexham, offered for sale by auction at the Victoria Hotel, Whitchurch, on Friday, in the presence of a large company, two small farms, known as "Mile Bank" and I ''Broughall Villa" respectively, together with accommodation and other lands, situate close to Whitchurch. The result was that the lots changed hands at satisfactory prices. Lot 1, "Mile Bank," containing 34 acres. 2 roods, 15 perches, in the occupation of Mr. John Grestv, was sold to Mr. Edwards, Cheater, for £ 2,640. Lot 2, three accom- modation fields adjoining Lot 1, and in the same occupation, and containing 15 acres, 3 roods, 26 perches, was sold for £1.245 to Mr. Edwards, Chester. Lot 3, an accommodation field or building site, situate opposite lot 2, was knocked down at £ £ 00 to Mr. J. W. Churton, Whitchurch. Lot 4, a small holding containing 5 acres, 33 perches, and known as "Broughall Villa, with house and buildings, was sold to Mr. Jos. Weaver, Broughall, for COOO. Lot 5, two accommodation fields, with an acreage of 9 acres. 3 roods, 30 perches, was knocked down to the purchaser of the previous lot at £ 800. The same gentleman secured lot 6, com- prising four accommodation fields, contacting 19 acres, 3 roods, and 30 perches, at gi,loo. Messrs. J. W. Cburton, Whitchurch, Ernest Brassey, Chester, and J. H. Bellyae, Audlem, were the solicitors for the vendors.

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SHOT IN THE DARK. I -0 SENSATIONAL MURDER OF A POLICE- MAN. DRAMATIC RESISTANCE. The sensational murder of a police-man—fol- lowed by a long and exciting siege maintained throughout the night-by two young men, who confessed to being the murderers, on Tuesday created a thrill of horror in the village of Sileby, Leicestershire. The victim is Polic-Constable Adie Wilkinson, who, with Police-Constable Hall, has lately had considerable trouble with poachers in the village. Just before eleven o'clock on Monday night he was standing near the gates of the parish church, talking to a man named Middleton. They heard a noise among the tombstones. "Who's that?" shouted Wilkin- son, as he flashed the light of his lantern into the churchyard and shewed two men peeping from behind a tombstone. The reply was a rifle shot, after which Wilkinson cried, I'm shot," staggered forty yards, and then dropped dead. Middleton ran for assistance. In a short time the whole village was assembled at the gates of the church. Police-Constable Hall, for whom Wil- kinson had been waiting, was among the first to arrive. He telegraphed t-o Chief Constable Holmes and Superintendent Agar, and they, with other members of the couniy lorce, were quickly on the scene. Two men, named Thomas Porter and Thomas Preston-were suspected of the murder. Porter is a notorious poacher, and a married man. Preston was a Reservist, and served in the late war. The police went to Porter's house, where it was known that both men were waiting. The superintendent knocked at the door, and as it was not opened voluntarily he forced it open. Porter appeared on the threshold with a double-barrelled gun, which he pointed straight at the officer. "You had better be careful," Porter is reported to have said. I have no respect for anyone, and I'll shoot the first that enters here." The superintendent and his men deemed it advisable to retire, and oon- tented themselves with surrounding the house and seeing that neither of the men inside escaped. The door closed, and the men went upstairs and appeared at the bedroom window. Porter held a gun in his hand, and threatened to shoot if anyone approached. Porter lolled on the sill puffing at a briar pipe and looking down at the watching crowd. At intervals he talked to the superintendent and the chief constable, who had now arrived. "They have driven me to it; it was too good for him. I don't care if I am —— well hung," he said. If you rush the house I someone else has got to come under the hammer." I Preston, too, was almost as communicative and quite as unconcerned at Porter. It is a bad job we didn't do them both. We meant them." When the dawn broke the men were still at the windows. The chief constable ordered them to come down. "Not till eight o'clock," replied Porter. Then his wife came forward, and, with I tears streaming down her face, implored him to be a good lad and come down." Porter was unmoved. He merely toyed with his gun, finger- ing the cocked triggers, as though undecided whether to fire or not. Then Preston's father went forward. He begged his son to surrender, but the young man replied that he could not leave Porter. Porter's grandfather also joined in the appeals, but Porter refused to alter his decision. Eight o'clock," was all that he would say. The surrender, how- ever, came earlier than was expected and with dramatic suddenness. Porter raised his gun as if to fire. The police and villagers promptly sought shelter. Porter burst out with a sardonio laugh. He raised his gun in the air and fired. He pulled the second trigger, but the cap would not act. He reached for a hammer, broke the gun at the lock. threw the pieces at the police. and then he and Prezton walked downstairs and quietly submitted to have the handcuffs fastened on their wrists. It's hard lines," Porter re- marked when charged; "it's done and can't be helped." Preston made a similar remark. The men were later taken before the magistrates, and remanded pending the inquest. It is a pathetic circumstance that the inscription on the tomb- stone from behind which the fatal shot was fired is:—"Man is a thing of naught. His time passes away like a shadow." AN OVER-HEARD CONVERSATION. STARTLING EVIDENCE. The coroner's jury at Loughborough on Wed- nesday returned a verdict of wilful murder against Thomas Porter and Thomas Preston. There was little evidence, but it was very dramatic. The two men were present at the inquiry at their own request, and behaved callously, Porter coolly eating an apple while the jury were considering their verdict. New and startling evidence was given by a shoe finisher n'lmed William Clarke. He heard Porter and Preston discussing the murder half-an-hour before it was committed. They did not see him because it was very dark. We will both be hung for the together," said Preston I'll shoot." No," said Porter, I'll shoot." The scene of the tradedy was described by Herbert Middleton, a butcher, who was: talking to Wilkinson at the time. They were standing near the gates of the churchyard when they heard a noise among the tombstones. The eon- stable asked who was there, and then the shot was fired, and he fell with forty pellets in his body. Superintendent Agar said that while the" men were holding the police at bay during the night both men made admissions of the crime. "I don't- care if I hang," said Porter. "We ought to have shot them both"—meaning both Wilkinson and P.C. I-lall. "I am the man who shot him. I meant having two with the shot, then I should have died happy." I was there," said Preston, and I will take my share." To the coroner Porter remarked "I don't know n-owt about it. I wa-s drunk." A subscription has been started for the dead oonstable's widow and children.

ORDERED TO QUIT RUSSIA. "TIMES" CORRESPONDENT EXPELLED. We have received a telegram from onr correspon- dent at St. Petersburg- (says the" Times") stating that he has been ordered by the Russian Govern- ment to leave Russian territory The order, as originally signified to him, was that be was to quit St. Petersburgon Thursday, but by the good officesof his Majesty's Ambassador he has been allowed three grace to make domestic arrangements before leaving.

MOAT FARM MYSTERY. PRISONER PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE. Samuel Dougal was again charged at Saffron Walden on Friday with the murder of Miss Holland. Evidence was given to shew that the furniture which had been stored by Miss Holland in London was afterwards, upon her instruct'ons, sent to Clavering. The mother of one of Dougal's ser- vants spoke to taking the girl away owing to a complaint about his conduct. towards her. Other evidence having been given, the case for the prosecution was closed. The prisoner was then formallv charged with the murder of Miss Holland, and a long list of charges of forgery was also preferred against him. After being duly cautioned, he replied, "1 am absolutely innocent." Dougal's solicitor addressed the court on his be- half, and complained of the prejudice aroused against him. He also took exception to the ac- tion of the police. After a few minutes' consultation, the Bench committed prisoner for trial at the next Chelms- ford Assizes on all the charges. Dougal. who heard the decision quite unmoved, walked with a firm tread on being conducted from the court, and maintained his composure through- out.

A LONELY SCOT. — MR. WYNDHAM'S ANECDOTE. Mr. George Wyndham, M.P. (Lord Rector of Glasgow University), presided on Friday at a dinner of the Glasgow University Club of London, held at the Trocadero Restaurant. In proposing the toast of The University and the Club," the right hon. gentleman said he knew of no portion of the Empire which yielded so many servants to it as Scotland, and, above all, as the Scots Universities. (Cheers.) He remembered once, in 1896, after leaving the late Mr. Rhodes in the Matoppo Hills, riding with a companion from Bulawayo more than 400 miles to Pietersburg, and thence to Pretoria, and, in what was now called the "illimitable veld (laughter), be came to a place called Whitklip, to a small farm, with no other sign of civilization or humanity within a radius of 80 or 90 miles. Being tired and ex- hausted he went into the farm and was received by a man who told him that he had been there for 25 years, and had never been at the pains of seeing what Rhodesia was like in the north, or the Transvaal in the south. Might he say that that solitary man had an accent. (Laughter.) But let them look at his patriotism. On the walls of his farm was a lithographed portrait of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort in Highland tartans, and his hospitality included for its spice and refinement Scotch whisky and home-made marmalade. Although he had not been often in Glasgow, he had been there often enough to know that that man had been born there before he told him so. (Laughter.)

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ALLEGED FOWL-STEALING. + A NEWTON CASE. The Chester Castle magistrates on Saturday had before them Wm. Hy. Ainsworth, railway labourer, residing at Commercial-court, who had been appre- hended on a charge of stealing fowls, the property of Mr. Geo. Dickson, Springfield. Newton-by- ice t Chester.—Supt. Hicks said the police were not prepared to complete the case, and he would call only sufficient evidence to establish the identity of the fowls. Wm. Sand, gardener to Mr. Dickson, said the two partially-plucked fowls produced belonged to Mr. Dickson. He identified them by the remain- ing feathers and a peculiarity about the claw. He saw the fowls on the previous night. At 6.30 o'clock that morning he missed them. They were of the value of 6s. Detective-Inspector Hoole said he received in- formation that morning about seven o'clock that the fowls were missing, and made enquiries on the spot and along the railway. He ultimately raided defendant's house, and found defendant on the, bed and the fowls under the bedclothes. When charged, defendant said "All right. Defendant was remanded to Knutsford for seven days.

INCOME TAX PAYERS. 4. In the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. Ritchie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to &. question put by Mr. Whiteley Thompson, M.P.. says: It is not possible to five the numbers of persons who pay income tax in any class, nor the amount of tax paid by them. But the numbers of persons who claim abatement of income tax can be given. The figures for the year to Slat March, 1902. are not yet complete; but the following figures for the several classes named in the question may be taken as approximately correct, the figures within parentheses shew- ing the number of taxpayers claiming abatement Class £ 1()0- £ 400 (555,000), £ 400- £ 500 (47,000), £ 500-600 (24,000), £ (>00- £ 700, (10,500); total t>3<»,500. The amounts of income tax at Is. 2d. in the pound allowed in the several classes were approximately Class £ 160- £ 400, £ 5,180.000 £ 400- £ 500, £ 411,000 £ 500- £ M)0, £ 168,000 £ 600- £ 700, £ 43,000; total, 5,802,000. The sums actually paid by each class are not ascertainable, but would have been increased by the foregoing amounts had no abatements boett allowed.

LOG-ROLLING ON THE DEE. CHAMPION'S VISIT TO CHESTER. Tom Barton, champion log roller of the world, will give his unique and marvellous exhibition I I g, on a "loc" composed of Bovril tins on Wednesday evening, June 3rd, starting from Heron Bridze at about 6-30 p m„ and proceeding along the river as far as the Suspension Bridge. Doubtless Tom Barton's novel and daring feat will attract big: crowds^at ionrnev He has already successfully voyaged on his log on the l names, uiyae, -iyne, and other rivers! H the Bovril tins sustain him in the same way as Bovril sustains tto human frame, he will no doubt have a successful trip.