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NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEWS IN BRIEF. A News Agency "!ays that a workman engaged in repairing the roof of the Central Lobby of the Houses of Parliament. on Thursday afternoon was suddenly attacked by a huge bird, which dashed in his face, and before it was captured it tore a piece of flesh out of his hand, and with its talons and beak inflicted other injuries to the face and arms. It turned out to be a young eagle of considerable size, and was taken to the watchman's box near the Chancellor's Gate, and placed in an improvised cage. Mr E J Lonnen, the well-known comedian, died on Thursday night at a sanatorium near Goring-on- Thames. Mrs Pelly, widow of the late Captain Richard Wilson Pelly, R.N., died on Friday at her residence, Ruckhurst-hill, Essex, at the age of seventy years. The deceased lady was daughter of the late Mr John Gurney Fry, and granddaughter of the late Elizabeth Fry, members of the well-known family belonging to the Society of Friends. Thomas and Fredrick Lawson, carrying on business at Sunderland, as the Danish Butter Com- pany, were at the local Police-court on Friday con- victed of selling margarine for butter, and were fined £50 and costs. The Municipal elections for England and Wales took place on Friday. In forty-four cases no contests took place, and in some twenty instances the elections were non-political. In the political contests, the Liberals gained fifty-four seats, the Conservatives twenty-eight, the labour Party eleven, and the Independents eleven. A party of about 50 British pilgrims arrived at Rome on Thursday night. The Mayor of Winchester sailed from New York for England on Thursday He has been cordially received in America. He has visited Mr Roosevelt and Mr Hay, and the Mayor of New York ordered V letor Etiraanuet is busily erhpioyeir his great work, "CorpusNTimmorum Italicoium, which (says the Pall Mall Gazetti correspondent) is to be a monumental history, literary and pictorial, of the diverse coinages proceeding at different epochs from the 250 different mints of ItalY. There have been rumours that the history is on the point of appearing. The labour, however, involved in cataloguing and illustration is enormus, and the King, who devotes himself to it personally, with the aid of Colonel Giuseppe Ruggero, himself a distin- guished numismatist, spares no pains to secure the utmost accuracy and completeness. A boat race which created great interest and was witnessed by thousands of spectators took place in the Devonshire Dock, Barrow on Friday, when selected crews of the gunboat Hazard and the Japanese battle-ship Mikasa contested a half-mile race. Strict training had been undergone by both crews for a fortnight. After a desperate race the Japanese won by two lengths. Mr J Grant Lawson, M.P., Parliamentary Secre- tary of the Local Government Board, was thrown in the bunting field on Saturday whilst following the York and Ainsty hounds, and received such severe injuries as will prevent him from doing work for some time to come. A Reuter's telop i > ui from Norfolk (Virginia) says that the British steamer St Enoch has been libelled and claimed as forfeit to the United States in con- nection with some cases of smuggling tobacco at Newport News from Antwerp, for which several persons are in gaol there awaiting indictment. A Reuter's telegram from Barcelona says that Princess Elvira, of Bourbon, daughter of Don Carlos and her husband, the painter Folchi, who returned about a year ago from America, are living in great seclusion under an assumed name at San Gervasio a suburb of Barcelona. Large and representative detachments of Indian troops will be present at the Coronation next year. It has been officially announced that amongst those attending the Coronation will be a large contingenl of the Native Army and of the Imperial Servic troops under Sir Perdab Singh. Besides the tron there will also be present numerous native Prince*. These will include the Maharajahs of Jaipur, Gwalior, Kolhapur, and Nabha, and the Nawab of Bahawalpur. I Seven convicts belonging to a gang of over a hundred working on Dartmoor attempted to escape on Friday afternoon. As they would not cease running when called upon, the warders in charge fired on them, and four were wounded though not seriously, and fell. Two others were loon recaptured, but the remaining prisoner eluded pursuit. A correspondent states that there is at present no prospect of a settement of the dispute at the Halkyn Lead Mines. The management contend that the Company cannot afford to pay the old rate of wages owing to the low price of lead ore, and the miners refuse to accept the proposed reduotion of 10 per cent. President Roosevelt has issued the following proclamation :—"The season is nigh when, accord- ing to the time-honoured custom of the people, the President appoints a day as an especial occasion for praise and thanksgiving to God. The thanks- giving finds the people still bowed in sorrow for the death of their great and good President. Yet, in spite of this great disaster, it is nevertheless true that no people on earth have such abundant cause for thanksgiving as we. The past year, in particular, has been one of peace and plenty, and therefore I designate November 28th as a day of general thanksgiving.Renter. In a case which came before him recently Judge Lloyd held that the London and North-Western Railway Company in their capacity as common oarriers, were bound to stop their goods trains at the station nearest to the destination of the goods. Notice of appeal was given, but the Company have now intimated to the plaintiff that they accept the decision and will not enter an appeal. At the quarterly meeting of the Shropshire Council on Saturday it was decided to apply to the Board of Education for leave to include infant hygiene in the list of subjects to be taken in even- ing continuation schools in the county. The Nsw York Evening Post" prefaces an account of an attempted highway robbery in Bowery on Thursday morning with these words:— This story would be hartly worth printing but for its commonplaceness. Hardly a morning passes that the police reports do not contain stories of hold-ups in Bowery. The police in that tr- rif-ory except newly appointed men, are not doing any. thing, seemingly, to suppress the Thugs." Mr Justice Cozens-Hardy has, it is understood, been appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal. At the Abergele Police Court on Saturday a number of farmers were fined for breaches of the regulations for the prevention of sheep scab. A magistrate pointed out that the by-laws on the subject were not known to the upland farmers. The posting of bills was not a sufficient notice, and he thought farmers should be made individually acquainted with the regulations. At the usual weekly meeting of the quarrymen formerly employed by Lord Penrhyn, which was held at Bethesda on Saturday night, a vote of sympathy was passed with the families of the men sentenced to imprisonment at the Carnarvon Assizes. Not much reliance should perhaps be placed as yet upon announcements as to the intention of certain Royal personages to be present at the Bangor Eisteddfod next September. It is certain, however, that the Bangor Committee will make an effort to induce the Duke of Cornwall and York to attend the Eisteddfod. As the people of Carnarvon are equally anxious to have the Duke proclaimed Prince of Wales within the walls of their historic castle, it is suggested that His Royal Highness should visit the Eisteddfod on his way to or from Carnarvon. The marriage of the Archduchess Elizabeth, daughter of the late Crown Prince Rudolph of Autria, with Prince Otto Windischgratz will take place on January 25th. The skeleton of a huge animal has been found in a deep ravine near the village of Stavrova, in the Ananieff District. A portion of the lower jawbone, the bones of the extremities, and a tooth have been placed in the Archaeological Museum at Kherson. It is believed from the shape of the tooth that the remains are those of a mastodon or sivatlierium. The Christiania Aftenposten announces that pre- parations are being made for the despatch of a new Maclaren's cricket team has arrived at Adelaide all well. In pursuance of the recent order of Sir John Woodburn, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, pro- hibiting the employment of European barmaids in Calcutta, the Board of Revenue at Calcutta has ruled that the following condition shall be inserted in every licence in Bengal, whether held by European or native That in the place for which this licence is granted no female shall be employed in connection with imported wines or spirituous or fermented liqaors in any capacity whatsoever." The Tribune publishes from Beaumont, Texas, a telegram announcing the discovery cf the greatest gusher ever known. For the first time an eight- inch pipe has been got into the oil-sand. Ordinary pipes are four-inch, and some are six-inch, giving twenty-five thousand barrels daily, with sixty to to seventy thousand as a maximum. The new well gives two hundred thousand barrels daily, spouting three hundred feet high, and surpassing alone the entire oil product of the United States. A special meeting of the Council of the Uni- versity College of South Wales, Cardiff, was held on Monday to consider applications for the Princi- palship of the College, vacated by the death of Principal Viriamu Jones. Twelve names were selected for submission to the Senate, who will report on the subject to a mecii •••;• to be held on Tuesday, November 19. A young man armed with a re< olver entered a branch bank in South London on Monday and demanded money from the cashier and the clerk. Upon a refusal he fired two shots. One struck the cashier, who died immediately, and the second inflicted a wound on the face of the clerk. A desperate struggle followed between the murderer and the clerk, in the course of which the former was hittself killed by a bullet from his pistol. During the dense fog which prevailed all over the country on Monday, four persons lost their lives, and a railway accident near Todmorden resulted in several passengers being injured, two it is feared, fatally. There is no foundation for the statement that it is settled that the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York will do Lord Penrhyn the honour of staying at Penrhyn Castle on the occasion of the National Jiiis jeddfod at Bangor next year. Sir M H Beach was on Monday night the guest of the Horfield and Bishopton Unionist Club, Bristol, and in responding to the toast of His Majesty's Ministers" referred to the cost of the War, and said he wished he could have said that its close had arrived, and that he could hold out hope of affording the taxpayers of the country some relief from their burdens. The war still dragged on, however; but the people were none the less determined to continue their sacrifices until it bad been concluded on terms satisfactory and. honourable to this country. It might be that next year he would have to call upon the taxpayers to bear even greater burdens than those already imposed upon them. A Bombay paper states that the Grand Duke Boris, second son of the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, uncle of the present Czar, will shortly visit India. The Queen has sent two signed portraits of her- self and the King to the men of the Red House a large public-house without beer that is to be opened shortly at St Augustine's, Stepney, London. John Henry Coram, steamship owner and con- tractor, of Pembroke Dock, and Charles Ewart Davies, corporal in the Army Service Department were on Monday, at the Central Criminal Court' convicted of forgery and conspiracy to defraud the War Office in connection with the transport of army stores at Milford Hayen. Coram was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and Davies to nine months' imprisonment in the second division. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS, — Approximate return of traffic receipts for the week ending November 3rd 19C1. Miles open, 250. Passengers, parcels, horses, carriages, dogs and mails, £ 2,138; merchandise, minerals, and live stock, £ 2,943; total for the week,' £ 5,081; aggregate from commencement of half-year' £ 138,450. Actual traffic receipts for the correspond- ing week of last year Miles open 250. Passengers parcels, &c., £ 2,095; merchandise, minerals, &o.' £2,742; total for the week, £4,837; aggregate from commencement of half year, £ 132,593. Increase for the week, passengers, parcels, &c., £ 43- increase, merchandise, minerals, &c., £ 201 • total increase for the week, £ 244; aggregate increase, rcjssengers, parcels, &c., £ 4,093; aggregate increase, merchandise, minerals, &c., £ 1,764; aggregate in. crease from commencement of half-year, £ 5,875, |
MARKETS
MARKETS WELSHPOOL GENERAL, Monday.—Wholesale price Butter, Od to Is 2d per lb; eggs, 0 to 9 for Is fowls, 3s Od to Os Od; chickens, Os Od to 4s Od; ducks, 4s 6d to Os Od; rabbits, Is 4d per couple geese, 5s each. N EWTOWN GENERAL, TUESDAY.—Eggs 9 to 0 for is; butter Od to Is 3d per lb; fowls 3s Od to 0s Od chickens 3s 6d to Os Od ducks 4s 6d to Os Od; rabbits, Is 4d to Os Od per couple; geese, 5s each. LIVERPOOL CORN, TUESDAY. — Wheat, quiet trade, full Jd over Friday's. 1 (Northern Spring, old, 5s 10d to 5s to lOid; 2 Kansas, 5s 8jd to 2 5s 9Jd Red Winter, 5s 91d 5s lOd. Beans, Saidi, 30s 6d to 30s 9d. Peas, 6s2Jd. Oats, new white, 2s 6d to 2s 8d; old, 3s Od to 3s 3d. Maize. moderate trade, checked by advance, new mixed; 5s lfd 5s 2d. Flour, 6d dearer. LONDON HAY AND STRAW, TUESDAY.—Prices;— Good to prime hay, 1COs to 117s 6d inferior to fair, 80s to 95s good to prime clover, 95s to 110s; inferior to fair ditto, 80s Od to 90s mixture and sainfoin, 90s to 105s Od straw, 28s to 40s per load. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET,MONDAY.—Numbers: Beasts, 1,822; sheep, 6,347. Quotations :-Best beasts, 51d to 6Jd; seconds, 5d to 51d; thirds, 4^d to 5d; best Scotch sheep, 7Jd to 7Jd other sorts, 5id to 64d; lambs, 6d to 71d per lb. The supply of cattle was larger than last week, showing an increase of 129 beasts and a decrease of 99 sheep and lambs. Demand fair for all classes at about late rates. BIRMINGHAM CATTLE,TUESDAY.—Moderate supply but demand slow all round. Prices ruled as follow Beef, Herefords, 6Jd to 6fd shorthorns, 6d to 6|d; bulls and cows, 5d to 6d; calves, 6d to 74d; wethers, 7Jd to 8d; ewes and rams, 5d to 6d; lambs, 7d to 8Jd per lb. Bacon pigs, 9s 2d to 9s 6d porkets. lis Od to lls 8d sows, 8s Od to 8s 3d per score. OAJJJP U.EV17 Ort.ti.xjAa, Cattle, 2,832, prices tending in favour of 's^liers^ sheep and lambs, 9,348, a better demand, with prices slightly against buyers; calves, I45' with trade rather dull. Quotations Cattle, 5d to 6id • calvee, 5d to 7Jd sheep, 6d to 7M per lb CORK BUTTER, Thursday.—Primest, -15; orlme s firsts, 97s; seconds 81s kegs, -s; thirds 80s kegs -s fourths 72s; fifths -s; choicest -s; choice -s; superfine 99s; kegs -a; fine mild 93s mild TV, choicest boxes 99s choice boxes, 91s; 98 cwt of fresh butter A, 101s to 99s • B 90s to 88s factory seconds, —. Total number of firkins, 171. OSWESTRY CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY — The following were the quotations:—White wheat ("old) i'L whlte wheafc (new), 0s Od to 0s Od per 751bs red wheat (old), 4s Od to 4s 2d • red leTni °d to 08 0d per 7blbs; old'oats> ann.S 5 T10W oafc8' 10s 6d t0 6d per 200 bs; malting barley, 16s Od to 19s 0d; grinding barley, 13s Od to 14s Od per 2801bs. OSWESTRY GENERAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.- Quotations :— Butter, Is 2d to Is 3d per lb • ™ 1 t(K 8oi°r beef> ?d to 8d mutton, 7d' to 9d •' amb, 9d to lOd; veal, 7d to 8d pork, 6d to 8d per lb fowls, 4s Od to 5s Od per couple ducks, 5s Od to 6s Od rabbits, 2s 2d to 2s 4d per couple geese, 7d to 8d per lb; potatoes, 9d to 10d per r,rei/arr°^ ld t0o^d per banchJ cabbages, 2d to 4d; cauliflowers, 2d to 4d each watercress Id celery, 2d to 4d per stick apples and pears, 9d to 2s per 100; damsons, id to 1d per quart; Walnuts, 6d per hundred filberts, 6d to 9d per lb cob nuts, 6d per quart; hedge nuts, 2d per lb. I OSWESTRY WEEKLY CATTLE FAIR.—There was a capital supply of stock at the Smithfield on Wed- nesday, the sales being large. Sheep and pigs secured better prices, but store cattle were down. Other stock realized about the same prices as last week. Messrs Whitfield and Sons sold 232 cattle and calves, and l,024sheep; Messrs HOtII, Wateridge and Owen sold fat cattle and a number of sheep; Messrs Whitfield and Rogers, sold a large quantity of stock, as did also Mr T Whitfield Junr Prices ruled as follows :-Beef, 6d to 6di 71H i' V!al^7d to, 7^d per lb mutton, 6id to In L k t0 n pfr lb pork P'S8' 10s to 10s 6d; bacon pigs, 9s 6d to 10s Od per score KLLESMERE TUESDAY. -Quotations as follows: A heat (new) 12s Od to 12s 6d per 225 lbs • malting barley, 17s Od to 19s Od per 280 lbs; oatsTnewf 10s Od to 12s Od per 200 lbs; butter, Is Od to Is 2d per lo; eggs, 7 to 8 for Is; fowls, 3s Od to 4s Od ducks, 4s Od to 5s Od; rabbits, Is 8d to 2s Od per couple; apples, 4s Od to 7s Od per 90lbs. WHITCHURCH, FRIDAY. Wheat, 4s Od to 4s 3d "r 'n?arl6&S 9d b° 48 6d Per 70 lh* 5 oats, 2s 8d to 4s Od per 50 bs eggs, 6 to 7 for Is butter Is Od to Is 2d per 16 oz fowls, 3s Os to 3s 6d; ducks, 4s Od to 4s 6d per couple potatoes, 7d to Os per score; beef, 6d to 8d; mutton, 7d to 8d amb, 7cI to 9d veal, 6d to 8d p>rk, 7d to 8d per lb rabbits, Is 6d to ls8dpei couple; apples 3d per quarter. F BRABFORD WOOL, THURSDAY.-This market has to a considerable extent recovered from the depres- sion of last Monday. The course of the Liverpool sales has strengthened Itopmakers in their disposi- tion to maintain rates, and, indeed, in some cases to-day values have been fractionally advanced Users buy very sparingly, but holders say that with the present price of the raw material tops cannot be produced for less money. To-day the prevailing quotation for 60s botany tops is 191d, or id more than on Monday, and 60's ordinary and 60's Buenos Ayres have moved id to 18gd The latter are firmer than ordinary sorts on account of the smallness of the supply. Fine crossbreds have recovered themselves, and 08 sand 56's are as dear as they have been this year. There is, however, no improvement in 40's and 36 s, and 32 s remain stiff at last quoted figure. There is no furter depreciation in English wool' Thare is some sale still for the best bright hoses for use in mixture, but half-breds and demi-l.™^ wools are about as cheap as they have been this year. A few holders have been out with a view to see what they could do in the country, but have returned disappointed. Values away from Bradford are altogether beyond reach. Transactions are of a purely retail character. In mohair and alpaca there is no new business of consequence, but prices are quite maintained In yards the export trade is slow, ibut there are indications of increasing confidence in Germany, and, although the recovery may be slow, the prospects are re- garded as more encouraging. At present trans- actions are few and mainly for special things. Lustre spinners are very busy, and so are spinners of the fine mohair yarns, and prices keep firm. Thick counts, however, are neglected, In botany spinners are fairly busy on fine counts, and prices are steady. New business ig, however, not coming forward too freely. In pieces, there is not much new to note, although a good number of merchants' houses are working overtime. The recent sale in one of the big home-trade houses is said to have gone satisfactorily, and other houses are also adopting somewhat similar tactics in order to lighten their stocks. Manufacturers of alpaca twills and linings for America have done fairly well, and there is some trade in lustre figures. ♦
FREE CHURCH FREE FIGHT.
FREE CHURCH FREE FIGHT. AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. The split in the Free Church of England at Great Harwood, near Blackburn, which resulted in a free fight in the sacred edifice, and the barring out of the minister on Sunday last came before the Black- burn Magistrates on Wednesday in the shape of summonses issued by the Rev Henry Francis Gordon, against seVen Defendants, named Taylor, Hall, William Edmundson, John Edmundson, Duch- worth, Birtwhistle, and Nuttall, for riotous behaviour in a place of religious worship. Evidence was given by church officers to the effect that the congregation had decided, by a large majority to have a plainer service. The new order of service was used on Sunday week. Great confusion ensued John Edmundson loudly objecting, his brother, the organist, demanding that he should be allowed to play. The solicitor for the trustees mounted a bench and tried to speak, seyeral people were pushed about, and the choir, after three times attempting to sing, left the church in a body. John Edmundson, it was stated, called the minister a hypocrite, and his son William knocked Miss Gordon violently away from the organ, and two laU!v,» J ji v_ • D Hall shnnf«fT «7. 'named Garner said that ±lali shouted, Im master here,- head down, and butted people as if he was playing in a football match, while Nuttall took off his coat to fight. For the defence, it was contended that the defendants were justified in interfering, because the complainant had violated the trust deed relating to the church. All the defendants denied on oath that they were guilty of brawling, putting the blame for the disturbance on the minister's party. John Edmundson, however, admitted calling the minister an old Methody." After a hearing ex- tending over six hours, the Bench acquitted Taylor Birtwhistle, and Duckworth. The other defendants were each fined 10s and costs.
THE ROYAL TOUR.
THE ROYAL TOUR. THE HOME-COMING. m, Saturday. 1 he King and Queen, accompanied by Princess Victoria and other members of the Royal family, yesterday morning left Portsmouth in the Victoria and Albert, and steamed to the spot off Yarmouth where the Ophir had been lying all night. As his Majesty went out of the harbour, the warships which were gaily dressed, fired salutes. When the Royal yacht came abreast of the Ophir, the King and Quean, with Prince Ed ward of York, proceeded in a steam-barge to the vessel, but the weather was too rough for them to get on board. The Duke and Duchess went down the companion-ladder and a conversation was carried on, after which the King returned to his yacht, and a procession was formed headed by the Innity yacht Irene, which was A IK°T fu t 0SBORNE AND THE Victoria and Albert,_the Ophir bringing up the rear. The ships of the Channel Squadron at Spithead fired a salute as the vessels passed, and the King and Queen aed Duke and Duchess were loudly cheered by the thousands ot spectators who lined everv point nf vantage on shore. The Victoria and Albert having been berthed alongside the Dockyard, the Ophir was also moored. The Duke and Duchess at once stepped ashore where the Duchess greeted her brother, the Duke of Teck. Their Royal Highnesses then proceeded to the Victoria and Albert, and at the top of the gangway were met by the King and Queen. His Majesty welcomed his son and the Duchess, whiIe the Queen kissed both. The children of the Duke and Duchess were fondly embraced by ,The R°yal family dined together on board the Kings yacht last night. The ships in P'thead were illuminated, and on shore there was a pyrotechnic display.
RECEPTION IN LONDON.
RECEPTION IN LONDON. ENTHUSIASTIC SCENES. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall S^ork had an enthusiastie reception on their arrival in London on Saturday from their Colonial tour Before leaving Portsmouth the Duke receivedTn address from the Corporation on Board the Ophir and made a suitable reply. Accompanied by the King and Queen and the Princes and Princesses the Duke and Duchess trayelled by special to Victoria station, London, which was reached a few minutes before one o'clock. Here a briliLi assemblage awaited them, including most of th? Eoya, relatives, Cabinet Mini.te™, I7u £ ,rd Salisbury, Mr Chamberlain, and Mr Brodrick and Representatives of the Colonies. The Wtf' presented addresses to the King and the Duke1" His Majesty, in reply, said he was fully repaid S the anxiety of his son's absence by the comnlSl _L! "I OUUWBB waicn naa attended the visit and hv h manifestations of devotion and loyalty which fl'6 presence of th? Duke and DuobeJbJ evoked. In his reply the Duke promised fn i, continue to take the deepest interest in all that corcerns the progress and prosperity of th« Colonies. On behalf of the Citizens of Westm.W the Duke of Norfolk also presented an Si1 The Royal party then left the station for Marl' borough House, the first carriage beine by the King, the Duke of Cornwall, Prince CharT of Denmark; and Prince Edward of York • and tlfS second from the Queen, the Duchess of Cornwalf Princess Victoria, and Princess Charles of Denmark Outside the station and along the route, by wav of Grosvenor crescent, Hyde Park Corner Pin™nfn and St James's street, a large concourse of person assembled and cheered enthusiastically "Wei™mf home being conspicuous among the decorations Jf prominent buildings. w«waoong of