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-----_.--THE WELSH IN PATAGONIA.
THE WELSH IN PATAGONIA. AN ENCOURAGING REPORT. The latest information from the Welsh colonists in Patagonia is somewhat encouraging. Senor A. A. Conesa, the new governor of the colony, and his chief secretary, Scnor F. D. Bas^lduu, seem to be anxious to develop the resources of the settle- ment, and are held in high esteem by the Welsh people and the Argentines. The river Gainan, which runs through the Welsh settlement, is re- ported to be in high flood, but no fears are enter tained this year of its overflowing its banks, owing to the great improvemtmts recently effected by Government aid. Nearly aU the settlers who suffered in consfqaenco of the last flood have built new homesteads for themselves, and there is every hope for a prosperous season. The oolonists, however, complain of the tack of postal facilities, and for seven wepka they had been kept without communication with the outside world, owing to an unfortunate accident which befel the mail boat, which grounded on a sandbank. "Gwyi y Ghniad," the 35ili anniversary of the settle- mellt, was celebrated with much poru> and cere- mony. The deaths are reported of Hifljh Hughes, a native of Cerrigydruidion, Denbighshire, and of Mrs David Bo wen, who emigrated from Pentre, RiioncldK Valley.
----------.--MONMOUTH BOROUGHS.
MONMOUTH BOROUGHS. THE PETITION AGAINST THE TORY MEMBER'S HETUBN. We nnderstand there has been lodged in the Royal Courts of Justice, linden, a petition against the return of Dr. Rutherfoord Harris, M.P. The petition which ia presented, and which n.1Icge!! general illegal practices, "nd claims that the election should be void on these gronndsj was presented at a. iate hour on Monday night. The customary deposit bas been made. The petition is sigusd by Mr Christopher Swee ing tud Mr Thomas Embrey, two burgesses of Newport. £1,000 bus to be deposited on behalf of the petitioner witbin the next few days. In tbe vent of the petition going to trial it will be heard before two JodKOs within the constituency, but probably not before next Jannary. The petitioners allege that at the election there ware published false statements as to character and conduct of Dr. Harris's opponent, Mr Albert Sp'eer, that theie were payments through other authorities than the election agent, whilst con- tracts are reported to have been made for con- veyance of burgesses to the poll.
- -_+-----------_--ASTHMA…
-_+- ASTHMA CAN BE CURED. A NOTED PHYSICIAN WiLL PROVE THIS TO ALL SUFFERERS IN CARDIFF ON FRIDAY. The progress of modern medical science has led to the dissovery of succcasful methods of treat- ment for most of those maladies once regarded aa incurable. Astbma haa always been regarded as belonging to this obatinate class, baffliog the skill of the greatest physicians. Thousands of suffer- ers know by their own experience thKt little if any relief bas been afforded them by the methods heretofore employed. Dr. Rudolf Schiffmann, the noted physician, ban, after a Jife-loug stady ot Asthma and kindred diseases, discovered a remedy which nt-t only gives iostant lelief III the severest cases of Asthma. Hay Fever, and Bron- chitis, but haa actually cured thousands whose cases has been pronounced incurable. So com- plete is his confidence in his remedy that, to over- come the scepticism of tbe pubhc growing out of tbe failure of other remedies, Dr. Schiffmann re- quests this paper to announce tbat all day next Friday November 30th, he offers a liberal sample box of Schiffmann's Astbma Cure" free of charge to all persons applying at Jesse Williams and Co. Park Hall-building*. He believes that an Ectual teet will be the moat convincing, and in fact the only way to overcome the natural pre- judice of thousands of Asthmatics who have tisie- tofore sought relief in vain Persons Jiving out of town can obtain a packet free by enclosing name and address and a. penny stamp to Dr. R. Schiffmann, "British Depot, 31, Snow-hill, Lon- don, E.C., before December 1st, as no free flftmnles 9. ha obtained after thG i
SCHOOL PRIZE DAYS.
SCHOOL PRIZE DAYS. HOWELL'S, LLANDAFF. Following an ordinary meeting of the House and Finance Committee of the Howell's Glamor- gan C"in!v School for Girls, Llandaff, on Tues- day, Mr O. H. Jones presiding, the annual dis- tribution of prizes and certificates to pupils took phtee. The chair was taken by the Rev. Aeron Davies. D.D., :ind lie wns aupp-irted by the I Right R-v. the Bi°!.op of Lbn.'daff, Mr 0. H. J.uies. General H. H. Lee, Mr Hopkin 8. Divi(m, Miss Watson, Mrs Virianiu Jones, &c. Having explained that that meeting was convened for the purpose of making the midsummer prize distri. bution the Chairman called upon the Bishop to give away the prizes and certificates. We Sip- pend the prize list Scripture.—Form VI., Elsie Moseley Form V., M. Olwen Jones; Form Lower V., Madeleine Downs; Form IV., Alma Th"mas. English.—Form VI., Eisie Moseley; Form V., Amy Cule; I"orm Lower V., Gladys Noel; Form IV., Phoebe rennant. Mathematics.—Form VI., May Forrest; Form V., Annie C. Davenport; Form Lower V., Elizabeth Morgan Form IV., Dora Williams. Prerell.-Form VI., May Forrest; Form V., Gladys Mullin; Form Lower V., Winifred Harris Form IV., Dorothy Edwards. German.—Form VI., Cecilia Bidgood. Latin.-Form VI., Cecilia Bideood. Botany.—Form VI., Amy James; Form V., Annie C, Davenport. Form Prizes.—Form III.—1, May D'aeth 2, Glady David. Form II-1, Florence Morgan; 2. Isabel Davenport. Form I.-I. Phyllis Richards. Musle-Pianoforte Playing. Senior 1. Agnes Duncan; 2, Dorothy Read. Junior—Winifred Harris. Drawing.—Junior—Enid Moun^joy. Needlework.—Senior—Martha Vauglian. Junior1— Nina May. Tennis Prize.—May Morgan. Cecilia Bidgood and Agues Duncan had passed the Welsh matriculation examination, Division I. Thirteen scholars secured senior and 26 junior certificates of the Central Welsh Board. Cecilia Bidgood gained one of the scholarships of iE30 a year for three years awarded by the Glamorgan County Governing Body on the result of the Central Board examination, and also an exhibi- tion awarded on the results of the entrance examination of the University College of South Wales, Cardiff. ABERGAVENNY. The annual priz" distribution in connection with the Girls' Intermediate Sohool took place in the Town Hall on Monday, the chair being taken by Dr, S. H. Steel, J.P., supported by Mr A. C. Humphrevs- Owen, M.P., Miss Houliston (headmistress), Mrs D. M Stoirav, Rev F. W. Whitfield, Mr T. Huedland Sifton, Mc D. Howell James, Mr L. Baker, Mr J.B. Walford, Allevman John DavieE:, Mr J. Webber, and Mr J. Baker Gabb. Mr A. C. Humphreys-Owen, M P., chairman of the Central Welsh Boird, datributed the prizes and certificates, and afterwards delivered an address. He congratulated the governors and headmis- tress upon the high standard of efficiency attained during the short time the school bad been in existence. Votes of thanks were carried, and the scholars thun rendered, nndft the conductorship of Mr W. R. Carr, A.R.C.O., the cantata The Hours," and couoluded with a school song entitled Forty Years Ago."
CARDIFF COTTAGE HOMES.
CARDIFF COTTAGE HOMES. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. At a neetirig on Tuesday of the Cardiff Union Cottage Homes Visiting Commit'ere, the Uev. R. Buckley presiding, a notice of motion in the name of Mr F. J. Beavan relating to the question of discipline in the various homes pro- voked a long discussion. Tbe present regulations stipulate that no corporal punishment shall be administered by the foster-mother. Mr Beavan, in bringing the matter forward, "ii he had no new method to suggest to the committee, but be thought that unnecessary restriction was at pre- sent imposed on the foit r-mother in the manage- ment of the children. Mr Watton (superinten- dent), in answer to the chairman, said the present regulations worked very effectively on the whole. Miss Bleby said in these days of Hooliganism it was very important to show the children that they could be bronght up without being knocked about.—Mr F. *). Beavan A very good thing in theory, bat did yon ever see it in practice ?—Father Brady We repoae every confidence in the mother, ttnd yet we withhold from her the power of discretion in the matter of inflicting punishment.—Mr Price Jones thought the best article of furniture in those homes would be a cane, to be used, of course, sparingly. It would have a. wholesome influence. Mr C. F. Sanders, while agreeing with much that had been said, questioned if they could improve the regula- tions. The matter then dropped. At the same meeting Mrs Amelia. Gardner, Newport, was unanimously elected foster mother at Brighton House, Cardiff. Mrs Gard- ner had previously held a similar ap- pointment uoder the board, but was obliged to resign owing to the ill-health of her mother. The Chairman, in acquainting Mrs Gardner with the decision of the committee, said her post would be an important one, inasmuch at the board was experimenting at Brighton House in putting elderly boys there.
---------HEALTH OF THE LARGE…
HEALTH OF THE LARGE TOWNS. LOCAL STATISTICS. The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday last (24th ITovomber) shows that in 33 of the largest town's of England and Wales, which include Cardiff and Swansea, and contain eaeh upwards of 89,000 persons, there were registered 6,323 births and 3,923 deaths. The deaths corresponded to an annual rate of 17-6 per 1,000 persons living. The rates of mortality in the several towns, arranged in order from the lowest, were as follow:— Norwich 10 0 i Sunderland 18-0 Cardiff 105 Bradford 182 HuddersflelcL.„ 11'5 Blackburn 18-5 Croydon 13*1 Plymouth 18'4 Croydon 13*1 Plymouth 18'4 West Ham 14-1 Wolverhampton 19 2 Leicester 14-5 Gateshead 20-0 Birkenhead 15'1 Burnley 20-l Portsmouth 15-2 Derby 20.3 Oldham 15 3 Swansea 20 3 Newcastle-on-Tyne.. 158 Nottingham 20'4 Leeds 16'0 Sheffield 20*4 Halifax 16'1 Manchester 21-0 Bristol 16 4 Preston 21*0 Hull 16"4 Liverpool 21-9 Hull 16'4 Liverpool 21-9 Brighton 16'8 Bolton 23-2 Birmingham 17'f Salford 24'3 London 17*2 To the principal zymotic diseases 351 deaths were referred in the towns, and gave a rate of 1-6. No death was referred to any of these diseases in Wolverhampton, and among the other towns the rates ranged upwards from 0'3 in Cardiff and 0*4 in Newcastle, to 4'6 in Blackburn and 5'4 in Swansea. The highest rates from the several diseases were :—From measles, 1-9 in Gateshead and 35 in Swansea from whooping sough, 16 in Preston and 1*9 in Derby from fever, 1-5 in Plymouth and from diarrhoea, TO in Swansea and in Gateshead, nnd 1'5 in Biackburn. The rate from scarlet fever did not reach 1-0 per 1,000 in any town. The deaths from diphtheria numbered 76, and included 22 in London, 12 in Sheffield, 8 in Leicester, 6 in Leeds, and 5 in Liverpool. No death from small-pox was registered among the towns. There were registered in the borough of Cardiff last week 99 births, as compared with 95, 111, and 102 in the three pre- ceding weeks, ti.e 99 births last week comprising 53 boya and 46 girls, and corresponding to an annual rate of 26 5 per 1,000 of the population, estimated to amount to 194,247 persons at the middle of the year. The dentiaki, which had been 50, 45, and 45 in the previous three weeks ftfi last week to 39. and included 19 of males and 20 of females they were equiJ to an annual rate of 10-5 per 1,000 persons Jiving, against 176 during the same period in the thirty- three towns. Among the 39 deaths in Cardiff there were included 11 of infants under one year of age, and 12 of peirsons aged upwards of 60 years, the former being 2 mora and the letter 4 more than the corresponding number in the preceding week. One death from diarrhes* was regisiteied dusing the week, and gave a zymotic de« cn-rat? of ().3 per 1.000, as com- pared with 1-6 per 1,000 in the aggregate of the 33 large towns. One violent death was recorrlsd, and 1 inquest was held last week in Cardiff 3, or 7'7 per cent., of the deaths occurred in public institutions. In Swansea there were 50 births (23 boys and 27 girls), equal to a rate of 24'7 and 41 deaths (26 utiles and 15 f.;inr!Jea), equal to a rate of 20 3, or 9-8 more than in Cardiff. The deaths included 8 of infants and 14 of persons over 60 years of age. Seven deaths from measles, 2 from d'arrbcea, 1 from fever, and 1 from whooping cougii were recorded, and gave a zymotic ieath-rate of 5'4, or 5'1 more than in Cardiff. No violent death was registered, but one inquest was held during the week 5 deaths occurred in public institutions.
,---------,,-------.--MIDDLESBROUGH…
MIDDLESBROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. SUOCESS OF A CARDIFF STUDENT. Another student who was trained at University College, Cardiff, has received an important appointment, Mr William Edwards, B. A., headmaster of G'jwerton County School, having be*-n appointed headmaster of the High School for Boys at Middlesbrough and principal of ths evening technical classes, There wire 108 candidates, and the competition was very keen. The post is worth R450 to start with, and will probaoly be worth much more. The school, which was formerly conducted by trustees, haa been bakett over by a budy of governorb appointed by the Town Council, Sohool Board, &e., in accordance with a scheme of the Charity Com- missioners. Mr Edwurds's career at the Gowertou County Sohool has been very success- ful. The numbers have practically doubled in four years, and now amount to 123, being three in excess of the accommodation. At the last Welsh Central Board examinations the school secured four honours certificates with six distinctions, seven senior with 12 distinctions, and five junior. It obtained tho first and third of the county technical scholarships (each of the voltio of JB50). the first open scholarship at Cardiff University. College (235) for chemistry and physic-, and two open exhibitions of Ell at Cardiff for history and literature. Mr Edwards has recently devoted much attention to the systems iu use in the schools; of Paris and Berlin, and this helped him greatly, as well as the fact that he has always tatton a keen interest in the sports of his scholars.
- YARMOUTH MURDER.
YARMOUTH MURDER. The Lord Chief Jastice (Lord Alverstone) will be the presiding Judge at the trial of Herbert ctithii Bonnett, who dtands committed to the Norwich A.8siiae.s on tho charge of murdeting bis wife AC Yitmputh in September.
--It ANTICIPATIONS.
It ANTICIPATIONS. In weather that was like a late spring day the Nottingham Steeplechase Meeting was ecn- cluded in the presence of a large number of spec- tators. The sport was fairly interesting, and backers d d very little harm, as Lord Fopping- ton, who carried off the Plodders' Steeplechase, was a very warm favourite, and not more than 5 to 4 waa obtainable about Mies Royston for the Castle Selliusi Handicap, in which race First Foot was disqaalified for second place on the grounds of insufficient description. Orty- gian was very little fancied for the Three Year Old Hardie Race, which be won by a length and a half. Curiously, the succeeding event, the Midland Steeplechase, the chief race of this class at the meeting, was won by an own brother to Ortvgtan, Alpheus, whose path was made clear by misbaps to Model, who fell at the water, aod Zodiac, who came to grief at the last fence. The Trent Selling Steeplechase fell to Heron, who, if not favourite, carried E- lot of money, and then Beniia and Aulaf ran a dead heat for theBentinck Hurdle Race. In the decider Benita. won with the utmost ease, Waadington, the rider of Mr H. Finch's representative, thus carrying off three of the six races, as he had been on the back of Mr Vyner s pair Ortygian and Alpheus. AI: Folke- stone to-morrow I shull rely on the subjoined Dover Handicap Hurdle Race-ClondaWn or Marauder. Maidstone Handicap Steeplacbmse-Desert Flower. Three Year Old Hurdle Roce.-Dsuoing Boy or Serfglove. Foord Handicap Hurdle Race-Hadame DaDglaxe. Brighton Handicap Steepleebase-The Sapper. SborncliCfe Steeplechase—Hill Green. Tuesday Night. VIGILANT.
-----NOTTINGHAM MEETING.
NOTTINGHAM MEETING. COLWICK PARK( Tuesday. 1.0—The PLODDERS' STEEPLECHASE PLATE of £40, and iElO to the second. About three miles. Mr E. Woodland's Lord Foppingtou, 6y list 101b P. Woodland 1 Mr R. C. Dawson's Zelie. 4y list 31b O'Brien 2 Mr Reid Walker's Radmore, 5y 10st 121b Acres 3 Mr G. R. Dawson's Blondin 11. 5y list 51b Mr Bissill 0 Mr P. Watkins's I'alsestitch, 5y lOst 121b T.Watsoil 0 Winner trained by owner. Betting-Evenfl Lord Foppington, 5 to 2 agst Zelie, 4 to 1 agst Radmore, and 10 to I agst others. Lord Foppington made the running from Radmore and Falsestirch, with Blondin II. in the rear, until five furlongs from home, when Zelie assumed the command, but was challenged at the final fence by Lord Foppington, who won easily by three-parts of a length; three lengths divided second and third Falsestitch was last. 1.30—The CASTLE SELLING HANDI- CAP HURDLE RACE of £ 80; winner to be sold for iPM. Two miles. Mr D. Mann's Miss Royston, a 12st Hassall 1 Mr Colwyn's Margaret II., 4y list 31b .E. Driscoll 2 Mr F. White's Church Maid, 4y list 31b Lawlor 3 Mr Shedden's Dargas, a 12st 51b Bliss0 Mr Wedge's Spring Dew, 5y list 121b .Stanton 0 Capt. Hughes's Draco. 6y list 121b Waddington 0 Mr E. Davy's CarrreL) ta, a list 81b Garrett 0 Mr R. Taylor's First Foot, a list 121b Taylor 0 Winner trained by owner. Betting-5 to 4 agstMiss Royston, 7 to 2 agst Draco. 4 to 1 agst Marparet II., and 8 to 1 agst others. First Foot cut out the work from Carmenta, Miss Royston, and Draco, with Margaret II next and Church Maid in the rear, until between the laqt two hurdles, when Miss Royston drew to the front fol- lowed by First Foot and won by two lenerths five lengths divided second and third. Church Maid was fourth, Draco fifth, Carmenta sixth. and Gentle Dew last. The owner of Margaret II., who finished third, objected to First Foot on the ground of insufficient description, and the protest being sustained Mar- garet II. was placed second and Church Maid third. Miss Rovston was bought in for 751:(1). 2,O-The THREE YEAR OLD HURDLE ItAl E PLATE of £ 40 winners extra. Two miles. Mr Vyner's Ortygian,lOst 71b Waddington I Mr J. Shepherd's Marten, lOst 71b Acres 2 Mr Leybuck's Odran, list O'Brien 3 Mr Brockton's My Pretty Jane, lOst 71b A. Lake 0 Mr Maxwell's Blue Grass, lOst 71b .Mr A. Gordon 0 Mr Reid Walker's Hugh the Heron, lOst 71b Doyle 0 Mr J. S. Wallev's Kames, lOst 71b Mr Garnett0 Mr J. McKie'a Early Purl, lOst 71b Latham 0 Winner trained bv J. G Elsey, Wadding worth, Betting—7 to 4 on Odran, 9 to 2 agst Hugh the Heron, and 10 to 1 agst others. Early Purl led from Kames, Marten, and Ortygian, with Blue Grass next and My Pretty Jane in the rear, until two hurdles from home, when Marten took up the running from Odran and Ortygian, of whom the latter won by a length and a half a head dividing second and third. Blue Grass was fourth, My Pretty Jane fifth, Early Purl sixth, and Hueh the Heron last. 2.30 The MIDLAND HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE PLATE of 1:250; second to re- ceive E26. Two miles. Mr Vyner's Alpheus, a list 111b Waddington 1 Mr H. S. Persse's Blue Mint, 5y list 111b Mason 2 Mr Spencer's Gollan's Opae, a lOst 91b Keogh 3 Mr Tunstall-Moore's Fanciful,5y 12st71bMrCullen 0 Mr E. Woodland's Model, a 12t i)b.P. Woodland 0 Loro Dudley's The Tramp,a llstglb Hon. R. Ward 0 Mr F. Bibby's Zodiac, 5y lOst lllb .E. Morgan 0 Winner trained by J. G. Elsey, Waddingworth. Betting—9 to 4 agst. Blue Mint, 5 to 2 agst Model, 9 to 2 agst Zodiac, 7 co 1 agst Alpheus, 100 to 14 agst Opae, and 10 to 1 agst others. Opae made nlav from Alpheus, Zodiac, and Blue Mint, with The Tramp last, to the water, where Model fell. Little change then occurred until five furlongs from home, when Alpheus took up the run- ning from Opae, Zodiac, and Blue Mint, but when fairly in the straight Zodiac fell, and Blue Mint challenged Alpheus, who however won by a, neck; fonr lengths divided second and third. Fanciful was last. 3.0-The TRENT SELLING STEEPLE. CHASE PLATE of 150; winner to be sold for £50. Two miles. Mr J. Brook-Wood's Heron, 51 list 81b .W. Pullen 1 Mr Askham's Brown-Prineez p. a list 111b Birch 2 Mr Woodland's Fool's Paradise, a list IlIb Bushell 3 Mr W. F. Shedden's Crispnette, 4y lOst 71b .Bliss 0 Mr E. Woodland's Advocate, a. list 41b .Brown 0 Mr Lyle's Glendinning, 6y list 4lb E. Ward 0 Mr D. Mann's Lord Grosvenor, a list 41b Stanton0 Winner trained privately. Betting—5 to 2 agst Brown Princess, 3 to 1 agst Advocate, 7 to 2 agst Heron, 6 to 1 agst Crispnette, and 8 to 1 agst others. Heron settled down in front of Brown Princess, and making all the running won easily by five lengths; the same distance dividing second and third. Glendinning was last. Advocate and Crisp- nette fell and Lord Grosvenor refused. 3.30 The BENTINCK HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of £ 80; second to receive .£5. Two miles. Mr Finch-Hatton's Benita, 6y list 3Jb Waddington H Mr Stewart Freeman's Aniaf, a list 31b Ha« sall 12 Mr Moffat's Sunday II.. 6y list 31b Calton 3 Mr DepHdge's Gold Paint. 4y 10t 121b Mr J. Sharpe 0 Mr H. Huut's Prince Tuscan, a 12st 61b .Owner 0 Mr J. S. Steward's Christina, 4y list Owner 0 Mr Coulthwaite's Not There, 4y 10iit 111b Acres 0 Winner trained by J. G. Elsey, Waddingworth. Betting—7 to 4 agst Anlaf, 5 to 2 agst Gold Paint, 6 to 1 agst Benita, 7 to 1 agst Christina, and 10 to 1 agst others. Prince Tuscan settled down in advance of Benita Sunday II.. and Gold Paint, with Aniaf and Chris- tina in the rear, for nearly half the jonrney, when Sunday II. drew to the front, but was challenged after jumping the last hurdles by Aniaf and Benita, who ran a dead heat, with Sunday Il. beaten one length. Gold Paint was ioarth and Prince Tuscan last. Decider.-Benit-t beat ADiaf. Betting Evens. Benita made all the running and won in a canter by twenty lengths. FOLKESTONE NOVEMBER MEETING. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. 1.20 — The BRIGHTON HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of £50:; second to receive MO. About three miles. Capt. Eustace Loder's Mena. Ireland a 12 7 Lord Dudley's The Tramp Swattcn a 12 7 Mr W. H. Tawson's The Sapper Halsey a 12 6 i Mr J. E. Barnett's Dodor Gore 5 12 3 Capt. H. L. Powell's Craddoxtown Swatton a 12 0 Capt. R. K. Price's Bala .Priva,te a 12 0 Mr A, Kemp's Lnmbel Thirlwell a 11 11 Mr I-T. M. White's Seaport II Owser a 11 10 Mr E. n. Brapsey's Faith Swatton a 11 7 Mr R. Gore's Martano Owner 6 11 7 Mr Caversham-Simonds's Three Star Private 5 11 3 Mr Oliver Dixon's The Orphan III.Private 6 11 2 Mr A. Wheatley's Astronomv Private 6 10 12 Mr H. Richardson's Councillor Private a 10 10 1.45—The FOORD SELLING HANDI. CAP HURDLE RACE of JMO; winner to be sold for450. Two iviiles. Mr A. Gorhanvs Lord Bob .Hackett a 12 7 Mr R. Mowbray's Last Gift Pri\ate 4 12 5 Mr E. Woodland's Madame Danglars Owner 4 12 E Mr J. S. Curtis's Mucins II C. Hunt 4 12 2 Mr H. R. Pape's Organ Grinder Parkes 4 12 1 Mr F. Kitchener's Faith Cure .Private 4 12 1 Mr Best's Berrow Hill .Private 6 11 10 Mr R. Gore's Kendal Grove Owner a 11 10 Mr C. A. Seal's St. Mallard Private 511 7 Mr C. Agar's Wise Morgan Eyears 311 0 2.15-The DOVER HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of £100; second to receive £20, and the third £10. Two miles. Lord Wm, Beresford's Harvesting .Escott 5 12 7 Mr J. G. Bulteel's Snarley Yow Collins 5 12 2 Mr L. J. Shirley's Heathvoe Private a 12 0 Mr J. Hare's Teviot II Batho 5 11 13 Mr W. Harris's Olondalkin (71b ex) .McKie 6 11 13 Mr J. North's Rontgen Fitton 511 7 Mr H. 1. Highani's Marauder Russell 4 11 6 Mr E. H. Pol<jhampton's Outpost.Butchers 6 11 6 Mr C. Agar's William the Fourth .Eyears 6 11 5 Mr F. Bolland's Goldfinder Private 4 11 4 Mr W. H. Pnwson's Latin III. Halsey 5 11 3 Mr MacCulloch's Monotype Swatton 4 11 3 Mr Sydney Loder's Tyro Gore 611 3 Mr T. Sherwood's Mai ta Santa Owner 4 11 3 Mr J. S. Curtis's Courtier II C. Hunt a 11 0 Mr E. H. pole-hampton's San Lacar B-.itchern all 0 Mr J. M. Walpole's Chekoa C. Waugh a 11 0 aMr H. M. White's Louis Owner 4 10 11 Mr F. Low's Vesta Swatton 6 10 Mr W. Thompson's ^-ais Swatton 4 10 2 Mr A. Jeapes's Snowden Private 4 10 0 2,45 — The MAIDSTONE SELLING HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of £ 40; winner to be sold for ;£50. Two miles, Mr A. Kemp's Lambel Thirlwell a, 12 7 Mr H. Richardson's Battalus .Privat a 11 10 Mr B. Gore's Argonaut .Owner a 11 7 Baron Von Trutzschler's St. Elmo .Pullen a 11 2 Mr E. Woodland's Desert Flower Owner 5 11 1 Mr MacCulloch's FitzJohn Swatton a 10 12 Mrs D. Thirlwell's Windowsill Thirlwell 4 10 5 3.15—The THREE YEAR OLD HURDLE RACE of £ 40; second to receive X5. Two miles. Mr J. G. Bui feel's Ragged Cripple Collins 11 0 Mr G. Armstrong's Space .Private 10 7 Mr W. K. Burbidge's Rose Gift Owner 10 7 Mr W. Catling's Margaret Hall Private 10 7 MrCaversham-Simond'sLady Hintoa.Private 10 7 Mr P. Chaloner's Mirate K. Chaloner 10 7 Mr H. Clifford's Dunlavin .Priva,te 10 7 Mr J. S. Curtis's Tristano C. Hunt 10 7 Mr W. Downes's Gasparilla Owner 10 7 aM rA. Flavell's Arigeleake .Private 10 7 Mr A. Gorham's David Harum Hacliett 10 7 Mr J. F. HaJlick's Feddal Owner 10 7 Mr J. Hare's Serfglove .Batho 10 7 Mr L. W. Humby's Dancing Boy Private 10 7 Mr G. Parrott's May Skelton Riste 10 7 Mr H. Sundgate's Havant Hobbs 10 7 Mr F. White's Uedhampton Private 10 7 aMr H. M. White's Serlo Comic Owner 10 7 3.40—The SHORNCLIFFE STEEPLE. CHASE of 940; weight for age, etc. Two miles. Mr M. Plazoy's Hill Green .Owner a 12 3 Mr H. P.i''hf,.rclR ••n'.s Battalus Piivate a 12 3 Mr 1:. Cui'divss: buur Grapes .Private a 11 12 bwdfiewley'BttiAttelag Swtfton Iii U 9
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LATEST MAKiiUTS. .
LATEST MAKiiUTS. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS. Liverpool, Tuesday. Brocoo American cable advices give little support, and a quiet feeling con- tinues here, trading in most departments being discouraging. With the small spot supplies, how- ever, the market rules firm, and holders repeat yesterday's quotations for Irish and fancy cuts. Waterford and Continental bacon remains firm on scarcity, but moves slowly into consumption. Shoulders-New Yorks in moderate request and held fur late rates. Squares sell quietly at unchanged prices. Hams—long cuts steady bat quiet; light short cuts scarce and firmly held other sizes sell quietly at former currencies. Lard, following lower I c i f. rates, is again easier, refined showing 3d per cwt. decline, and only a quiet sale is experienced. Cheese In better request, and a steady tone prevails. Butter—a (,'ood demand has again been experienced, and arrivals were quickly cleared at previous quota- tions for Dw.nish and Irish sorts. Eggs—Irish dearer on scarcity, but slow of sale. Bsef moves quietly nt former quotations. Pork steady on small supplies. CURRENT QUOTATIONS. Beef, extra Indian mess,per3041bs. 66s 3d to 72s 6d Pork, prime mess Westen, per 2COlbs 70s Od to 733 9d Biicoii, perll21bs. W.ite d 60s 0<1 to 628 Od Continental GOs Od to 62 Od Canadian singed sides 55 Od to 57s Od Aineric,tii- Long clear, 35-'151bs average 46s 01 to 18s 01 Short clear, ditto 40s 0 to 40 On Short rib, 18.231b ditto 47s fid to 49s Od Cumberland cut, 26 38lbs ditto 44s Od L. 49 01 I StaJfordcut, 36-10Ibs dittr, 47s O i to 49 01 Clear bellies. 14-201 hs ditto 55s 6d 57 Od Short clear backs, 16-20iba"ditto 43 6 i to-46 6 Shoulders, N.Y. out, ll-13ibs 32; 6,1 to 35 01 Ditto square cut 12-161b 31 Od to 40 0' Ditto pronic, 5-121b 31s 6d to 34 6d Hams, per Jl'lh. Long cat, 14-16 average 44^ 01 to 50- O Short cot, 12-16 44s 01 !■■■ 51-; 6d Short cut skinless, 14-16 49s Od to 52s 0.1 Lard, per 112Ibs.-Prirne Western Ste in 38. 6.1 39s 9d. American Refined Lard, 281bs, pai;i;, 39s 3d to 393 9d 1121b. firkiri'. 38s 6d to ;'9s Od. I Choese, par finest, 49,4 Od to 52s Od Septembers, 53s Od to 54 s Od. I Butter, per lJ2lb—Danish choicest, 128s to 130s; do. choice, 1203 t.o 124 < Russian ane, 94s to 91s Oltnltdlau creameries, 100s to 1068; States, —s to —s Irish c-eimtfries. 116s to 120s*; ao. factories, 100s Od to 104s Od. Finest margarine, 57s toGOsOd medium 47s to 52s; low, 32s to 10s. Etfgs, per 120.—Irish hen, 12s Od to 13s Od Conti- nental, 6s 6J to 8.; 6d; fresh, 8s Od to 9s Od preserved, 7.. 6d to 8s Od. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE. Liverpool, Tues(lay.-Sugar- Cane sugar has R quiet demand for Peruvians at steady rates, but sun- plies continue bmail; yesterday's import. 26 tons. Messrs Tate's quotations :—Crystals—No. 1, 14s 9d small, 14s 7jd No. 2, 14* granulated—standard, 13s 101' d coarse, 14s 7id tine. 14'7; 9<2. Coffee idle, with little offering. Cocoa — African descriptions meet u,ithag-,iettradpatlpte rates. Rice—cleaned on sp j% contJrnes very steady but quiet. Sago flour is steadv at 7s 9d to 8s per cwt. ex store, as in quality, with October-November and November-December shipments offering at 7s 9d. Tapioca flour steady— fine Java to arrive quoted at 13s 6d per cwt. Cotton- seed steady—prompt Egyptian, £ 6 15s per ton; yesterday's import, 208 bags Peruvian. Canaryseed continues firm but quiet at B to 338 6d per 4641bs. Lineed-;here is no inquiry, and but little to offer, and the market continues inactive. Castor oil-Calcutta. continues steady, at 3Jd per-lb. for cases, and 3%d for barrels ex store, with sales at the former, and shipments quoted at 3 15-32d for November-Decamber, and 3 5-32d per lb. for B ebruary- April. Tallow continues quiet, and values are nominal; yesterday's import, 1,361 casks. Palm oil idle. Olive oil firm. Linseed oil dull, and Liverpool makes in exports nominal at Sir, 6d per cwt. Cotton- seed oil steady at 23 to 23s 6d per cwt. for Liver- pool edible in exports. Lard oil—English tirmly held for 39s 6d. c olza oils low, with sellers at 34s per cwt. in barrels. Petroleum arm with a fair trade-Amc-rican. 6%d to 71d; and Kussian, 6%d to 6id per gallon. Turpentine firm and 6d dearer spot quoted at 31s 3d per cwt. Resio steady at 4s7Jdto7s9d per Liverpool, Tuesday.—Wheat moderate trade about Fridav's rates to the turn easier—No. 1 Northern Spring, 6s 3d to 68 3Jd No. I Northern Duluth, 6s 5d to 6s 5Jd No. 2 Kansas, 5s 10id to 5s lld. Beans- Saidi, 28s 6d to 28s 9d. Peas, 5s Sd. Oats-new white, 2s 5d to 2s 7d old, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Maize fair trade at the quotations—new mixed, 4s 2d to 4s 27.ôd. Flour unchanged. Weather fine wind, S.S.W. CATTLE. Roath, (Cardiff), Tuesday. —A very largo supply of very high. class quality cattlf v. ore on offer to-day in our ir.ariuit, cvi.<j)v. y choice Irish steers heifers, and cows; also a very good con- I eigomeot ol GtyQwestaBbire steera and cows ot j I exceptional quality, the right sort for the butchering I trade at present. Trade, however, was very dragging throughout the day, only the very top quality being wanted. A large number of butchers and dealers were present. Prices were very firm at late rates. t Some very exceptional quality heifers were quoted a trifle higher per cwt., consequently they were left unsold. The quotations were as follow :—Top quality steers and heifers, 60s; secondary. 58s; rough, 56s; cows, 50s to 54s bulls 50s and upwards per cwt. The trade all round was extremely quiet, considering this is the best time of the year for beef. A large number at the close remained unsold. Only a limited supply of sheep and lambs were on offer, the smallness of the supply being made up by the quality. The supply was, however. ample for the cieiiiaud, quotations being as follow -.—ewes, heavy weights, 6Jd to 6%d ewes, lisht weichts, 6id to 6%d Irish lambs, 7%d to 7%d choice wethers, nd to 8d per lb. a clearance was not effected at the close. No calves of any description were on offer. A very fair supply of pigs were on offer, and trade was fairly good small pigs were still very scarce. Quotations as follow for Welsh pigs, and only a few fiit and rough sorts sold at a trifle less per score in each instance Sown, 7s to 7s 6d; baconers, 8s 6d to 9s 3d; choice middles, 9r; 6d to 10s 3d best porkers, 701 bs. to 100ibs., 10s 6d to 10s 9d. A clearance was not expected. A very large supply of very choice quality beef was on offer in our carcase market by the various wholesalers, trade being very quiet throughout the day. The supply consisted of some very choice home-killed steers and heifers, ijood enough for the Christmas markets any- where. quotations being Sides, steers or heifers, 5Jdto 5gd secondary, 5;d to 511 cow sides, 5d; mutton, 5%d to 6fd; lamb, 7d to 7id per lb. A clearance not effected at the ciose of the market. Chepstow, Tuesday—iieef in good supply, but mutton scarce. Fat cattle fetched from 0£4 to X20 each; fat lambs auu wethers, 25s to 43.; ewes, 30s to 44s. Porkers from 30s to 45s baconers, from £4 to X7. Store cattle made fr,'m jEl6 to X27 per pair, and store pigs frr.m 10s to 30s. Messrs Davis, Newland, and Hunt disposed of most of the stock by auction. Salford, Tuesday .—At market-Cattle, 3,026; trade dull. Sheep, 7,884 all but above a ualities sold s owly. Calves, 116 bet.ter trade at higher pricts. Quota- tionsCattle, 5d to L-Izi d sheep, 6d to 8Jd calves. 5id to 7fd per lb. Birioitignam.Tuesdav.—Short snDplies and demand very quiet. Herefords, 6d to 7d shorthorns, 6d to 6id bulls and cows, ^d to 5Jd; calves, 7d to 7jd; wethers, 8d to 8%d eweo aud rums. Sd to 7d per lb; bacon pigs, 9s porkers, 10s to 10s 6d sows, 7s to 7a 9d per score. DEAD MEAT. London, Tuesday.—Fair supplies and trade con- tinues slow at the following prices English beef, So 8d to 4s; Scotch Ride, 4>1 to 4s 2d shorts, 4s 4dto 48 6d; British mutton, 48 2d to 4s 8d foreign, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d port", 3" 4d to 4s 4d per 81b. PRODUCE. London, Tuesday.—Sugar—at pnblic sales 388 tans grocery crystallised West India offered and met slow demand at about late rates, prices ranging from 14s 9d to 16" 6d Trinidad syrupy sold at 12s 3d a larger business done in honfe refined at late rates foreign cubes steady—German granulated again iu favour of holders K.A.V. ready sold at Us 2d. Beet firm- December sold at 9s 8d to 9s 9d March, 9s ll; August, ICs 3d. Coltee-sniall sales passed off slowly futures—Santos lower March sold at 34s 4d to 34s. Cocoa sales met very slow demand, and prices mostly Is to 2s lower; fine Ceylon aud Granada, however, realised steady prices. Tea sales-24,000 packages Ceylon offered met good demand at steady prices. Rice slow. Jute ste tdy, but quiet. Ifemp-Manils dull. Turpentine guiet-spot, 31s. SUGAR, Glasgow, Tuesday.—Demand more active; good business done at fully steady prices. The official report states :—Improved demand large business done at steady prices. BUTTER. Cork, Tue-,day.-Ordinary-firsts, 90s: second?, 86s; thirds, 79s fourths, 76s. Mild-cnred—-superfine, 104s; fine, 94s. Choicest boxes, 101s choice boxes, 90s. Fresh butter, 100s to 30s. In market, 84-tirkina 53, mild 31. FISH Grimsby,Tuesday—About 45 vessels; good catches brisk demand. Soles, Is 6d to Is 8d i nrbor, Is 2d brilis, Is per lb; plaic-. 6s to 7s; lemons, 7s 6d whitches, 5s; live halibut, 10s; dead, 8 to 9s per stoue live ling, 6s dead, 5s iive cod, 9s to 10s dead, 8s to 9s; live skate, 4s dead, 3s each hake, 80s live coalfisli, 35s dead, 25s roker. 20s kit had- docks, 16s to 18s Fibbed, 18s to 20s live, 25s to 30s live codlings, 14s per box. HAY AND STRAW. London. Tuesday. Fair supplies and tntdt steady at the following pricesGood to prime hay, 80s to 92s 6d infmior to fair do., 50s to 7Ss; pood to prime clover, 85s to 100s inferior ta fair da.| 75s to 80s: mixture and sainfoin, 70s to 90s; straw. 28s to 38s per load. METALS. London, Tuesday.—Copper firm— £ 73 cash 173 159 three months. Tin firm-SI28 2s 6d cash S127 10s three months. Spelter, £19. Spanish lead. JE17 5s to X17 7s 6d spot; English do, XL7 to .£17 2s 6d. Scotch pig iron 68s lid cash; hematite. 76s 3d cash. Closing report :-Copper easier at f72 l1 s 3d cash X73 10s three months. Tin firni-Straits. L128 cash; JE127 5s three months English ingots, X133 to JEI34 Speller, £19. Spanish lead, 417 to 917 2s 6d spot* English do., £17 5s to A:17 7s 6d. Scotch pig iron. 68s 6d cash. y 5 Glasgow, Tuesday.—Market flat; small business. Scotch done at 68s 7d and 68s d cash; 68s 4id twenty-four days 6Ss one mouth buyers, 6&a 4d cash sellers, 68s 5d cash. Cleveland done at 61s 9d one month sellers, 63s 3d cash. Hematite done at 76s 3d cash; 7Ss 3d and 76s one month buyers, 76s cash; sellers, 76s 2d.
TRADE REPORT.
TRADE REPORT. CLEVELAND IRON. Middiesbroagh, Tuesday.-The pig tnetal mar- ket continues to weaken, and there was a redac- tion of 9d per ton in No. 3 Cleveland iron on the week, bringing the pri-a to 64s, while hema- tite declined Is 6d, and was quoted 77a 6d. The other qualities were also lower, No. 4 foun- dry being 62s and grey lorge 60s. Those lower rates do not attract buyers except for limited quantities to meat present wants. All forward business is entirely at a discount, the future being regarded with distrust and uncertainty AS re" rds prices, and also in some degree in the matter ot demand. It is believed that with 16 000 tons less iron shipped th m last November to date makers' stocks are ptowir.g, while there has been a largo addition made during the last week to. the Cleveland warrant stock close npon 3,000 tons. Both producers of pibz iron and manufac- tured material are looking for purchasers more than lias been c-u-tainarv for some years. Steel and manufactured iron are very dull, with a weaker tendency. Steel s^ip plates and iron and. steel &ogles are 17 common iron bars, 28, iesv discount. Coke unchanged.
WAIFS' AND STRAYS' SOCIETY.
WAIFS' AND STRAYS' SOCIETY. BAZAAR AT CARDIFF. A bazaar, organised by the local committee of the Church of England Waifs and Strays' Society, WAS opened at the Town Hajj, Cardiff, on Tuesday by the Afayor, Councillor T. Andrewff. His Worship, who was accompanied by 'ho Misses Andrews, • said he always held it was the daty of the National Church of this country to look after the waifs and strays, and be was delighted to assist them in tfc/it work. Wben as a magistrate he saw little children brought before him he thought it was much cheaper to save those waifs than to maintain kii.i in their prisons and asylums. The Rev. A. R. Nunn- Rivers proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor, which was heartily accorded after Mr Thatcher had seconded. A small stall holder, having presented Miss Andrews with a b"quet, a serier of Irish dances wern givc-n by soma pupils of Misa Day. The. first dwy's takings was as under Variety Stall—Mrs Westyr Evans, Packing Stft l (including subscriptions collected)—Mrs E. liernf,, k22 19s 4d Chiidren's Stall—Mrs Simpson, X16 7s 6d St. Mary's Stall—Mrs Fletcher, £ 15 3s 6d Fruit Stall-Mrs A. H. Mules, 110 2s 6d; Mower Stall —Mrs Arthur LewiF;. X? 18s 2d All Saints' Stall-NJrt, Hyslop, £7 13s Ticket Bureaa-Mr Brown, JE7 12< lid Red Cross Stall-Mrs Jabez Jox)ep, ifi 18s ljd; Roath Stull— Mrs Sheen, £ 5 15s 3.1 Miscellaneous Stall-Ladies in fancy costume, t5 6s 8Jd Gentle men's Stall—5?r Grant, £ 4 6s Refreshment Stall- Mrs Gower, £ 4 6a Provision StAll-Miss Dingle. Ð 4s ld Entertainments. Ac., jm 8s 10d total igi4t 19s 9d.
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GENERAL NEWS. A COUHAGEOUS VICAR. Among the members of the Cadgwith lifeboat irew who rendered assistance to the Norwegian ■ftarqae wrecked on the Stan Rooks, near the Lizard, was the RJV. H. Vyvyan, vicar of the parish. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. The direct telegraphic communication between Blagovestcbensk, Khaborovsk, and Vladi'/ostock, which has beeu interrupted since October 6th through the ice and injury to the cable, has been restored by means of wireless telegraphy across the ice. BLACK MARIA DOOMED. The Home Office, a corresponded learns, is considering plans of an entirely new form of prison vans. Black M^ria," which would now seem to be doomed, is a, survival of the times when prisoners were treated more like animals tha.n hr.mas> beings. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS A SERVANT. Mrs Elizabeth Alsop, of Guildford, who has just celebrated her hundredth birthday, wns for naarly tbiee-quarters of a. century in the service of one family. She began as children's nurBe with Lady Audrey Ridsdale, sister of the fourth Marquis of Townshend, and afterwards remained With one of her charges, Miss Ridsdale, until the jay of the latter's death at Gosden last May. INTERESTING CONTRAST. An officer of the Artny Service Corps, who has returned from Sooth Africa, contrasts the ireatment of the Cronje f imily with that of our 9wn countrywomen. British ladies, who at the commencement of the war were packed into open 10øJ trucks by the Transvaal Boers, and to whom Water was denied at the point of the line, woald Aave willingly changed their experience for that 5f the Cronje family. THE NEW DUCHESS. Mr Engene Zimmerman, says a New IcrreRpoudent, is not overborne by the fact that tifi daughter ie the Duchess of Manchester. At the Lotus Club he said that a second ceremony was quite unnecessary, "nd that he vronli give Ibe bride a very substantial dowry. A palatial railway carriage has been chartered for a six peeks' tonr of the country. The first stage the local progress will be to Cincinnati Where a gorgeous reception will be given the Duke and AiB bride. A BEAUTIFUL MELODY. A composer's memory is proverbially treacher- ous. On this head Sullivan told an amusing itory. His best melodies, ho said, frequently Jame wbile he was trying to get to sleep, One to persistently haunted him that be got up and wrote it down. Next day he played it over to a Irien wbo admitted that be thought it one of the most beautiful melodies ever composed, and always had thought ao. It was the Power of Jjove" from" Satanells." And Sullivan bad eertainly not beard it for something like thirty years. A LEGAL ANECDOTE. Deputy-Judge Pitt, Lpwís. Q.C.. illuminated a gloomy argument at tbe CÜy (.f London Court with a pertinent legal anecdote. One day a friend of his was walking along the street, accom- panied by a valuable pet dog. The owner stayed to examim- some fi-h, when a lobster snapped at the tail of the dog. The dog walked off with the Jobber on his tail. Oh," said the fishmonger, call your dog off." No," retorted the gentle- man, call your lobster off." Whether the lobster answered the call or was ever paid for was not Kiated. GETTING THERE FIRST. The managers of the big ocean Jiners the Oentscbland aud the Kaiser Wilhelm, now run- ning nip and tuck on the eastward trip, of course Seny that it is a race. They are like the coloured pilot on one of the little steamboats that used to can up the famous crooked river in Florida. Look. ing over his shonlder at the puffing rival close aBtern he yel ed down the pipe for more pine- aoder the boiler, and then said to a nervous Ob, no, not xacin —aattinly oot. But if we makes most steam and inns de fastest, we jest nacbelly gits dar fust. t CURRENT PHRASES. The origin of certain pbrases which have passed into the language is never without interest. Here are two, for instance, of which the authorship has never beeu known. The Queen was first called ■ Emptess of India" in an official document pnt forth to the natives of the Malay Statss by Sir Andlew Clarke, Govel nor of tbe Straits Settle- ment, in 1872. The same gallant officer coined and used for the first time the phrase the living wage "in a speech which he made when contest- ing Chatham in 1892. THE QUEEN AND HER SOLDIERS. A story is told which confirms the Queen's interest in her servants and her wonderful power )f remembering nl!.me". WhUe taking her usual exercise in Frok more grounds last week her Majesty came across one of her old lodgekoepers. Remembering that his son-in-law had been to the war, the Qaeen asked after bis welfare, men- tioning him by name. The man was greatly touched by his Sovereign's sympathy, and aurad her Majesty that bis son was quite welt. NOW and had returned home. DIVORCE BY EMIGRATION. The Italian Court of Cassation, sitting in j rurin, has JON given a momentous judgment on the marriage question. In Italy divorce is not legal, and extraordinary evasions are practiced to defeat the law. The favourite procedure is for the injured parties to emigrate to the Italian- speaking cantons of Switzerland, or to Franca, live there long enough to qualify for naturalisa- tion, and to remarry after securing divorce. They then return to Italy, reassert thoir citizenship, and claim to have the alien remarriage acknow- ledged. A test case in the Appeal Court went In favour of the marriages, but the Court of Cassation has this week declared them invalid. THE ONLY ENGLISH POPE. In connection with the pilgrimage of English Roman Cutbolics to Rome, which starts on the 17th of December, a proposal is on foot for the erection in St, Peter's of a monument to Pope Adrian IV.. the only Englishman who ever wore )he triple crown. This Pope was originally Nicholas Brkespeare, son of a humble servitor of the Abbey of Sf. Albans, who was madePope in 1154. His most remarkable act in this office was to grant the Ball authorising Henry II. to con- auer Ireland on condition that he held the coun- try as a fief of the Church and required every Irish family to maks a contribution to the Holy See. THE PENALTY OF GREATNESS. Apropos of Mr Chamberiain's progress in the Mediterranean, an amusing story is told; At a certain hotel, M. Joe de Birmingham, as the French papers often call him, discovered that be was being fleeced. His secretary, who was also spokesman of the party, remonstrated with the hotel proprietor, who explained, If the Prince of WaleB's Chamberlain does not choose to travel incognito he must pay for the honour and glory of bis position." The astonished secretary ventured to explain that Mr Chamberlain bad nothing to do with the Prince of Wales. Xben how comes he to live in the Prince's gardens ? he aaked triumphantly, pointing to the labels on the Chamberlain luggage, on which the perman- ent address in South Kensington Wall clearl, printed.
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THE CHURCHES. The aam of nearly £ 64,000 has been received at the office of the Baptist CJnion on behalf of its Tweo leth Centery Fund. _u„„f The Bishop of Worcester is apparently abont to move in the direction of the permanent diaco- uate. MrG. F. Burr, a country gentleman in Worcestershire, is to be ordained a. deacon, ana have charge of a mission church in his own neigh- bourhood of Halesowen. Mr Burr ha1* be-n one of the most active laymen in the diocese for many years. It is stated (says the "Pall MaIi Gazette that the Bshopric of Exeter has been accepted by Dr. Forrest, Dean of Worce-ter since 1891. The new bishop, if the report be correct, had a great reputation as a preacher when in London. Dr. Forrest is an Irishman, was ordained by the Bishop of Cork in 1855, and was formerly incum- bent of St. Andrew's, Reaahaw-street, in this city. The annual report of the East Glamorgan Congregational Union gives the number of churches as 81, an increase of 1 mission rooms, 12 manner, 11, an inctoaseof2; ministers with charge, 58 ditto without charge, 7 students in the various institutions, 23 local preachers, 19 church membership, 13,823, agaiuBt 13,359; deacons, 557; children under 13 years of age, 9,927. against 9,457 on Sunday xenon' registers, 16,525. against 16,219; teachers, 1,702 hearers, 13,029, against 12,667 hearers and children, 22,956; while settings are provided for, £ 2,900. The total amount collected was £ 21,835 9s0'».i, against £16648; debt pid, £4,956 10.. 3d, against £3,499; inteiest paid :1,585158; dsbtremaiuing £39,137 8s, a-ainst £42.023 10s colleges, £298 fa 6ii; foreign mis ions, JE581 2s; Twentieth Centary Fnnd. £456; while the valae of church property is £ 139.000.
IRISH SOLDIER'S BRAVERY REWARDED.
IRISH SOLDIER'S BRAVERY REWARDED. On Monday all the troops in the Cork Garrison Were paraded at the Royal Victoria Barrack* to witDess a. presentation of the Royal Humane Society's certificate to Private John O'Shea, of the 3rd Bxtt. Royel Muunter Fusiliers The preaentation was made by Msjor-Geneiai Sir Hugh McCalsoont, K.C.B., commanding the district. O'Shea, who had been invalided home from South Africa, rescued a lad from drowning in t e Lee at Cork. The resci e was effected at great personal risk, and the brave deed, which wa. witnessed by very few persons, would probably have passed unrecognised were it not that a visitor from Cardiff, a representative of one of the Welsh collieries), happened to be present, and brought the matter under the notice of the Royal Humane Society.
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LORD TREDEGAR'S SHOW.
LORD TREDEGAR'S SHOW. A SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION. The annual fat cattle show, open to all Eng- land, which has been held cow for 70 or 80 years under the promotion of Lord Tredegar and his forbears was commenced in beautiful weather on Tuesday at the Cattle Market. Newport. There were the mual additions of the horse and poultrv sections, but thesw were not avallabê, the horses beiog elsewhere, and the judges being closeted in the poultry shed with the roosteta a.nd their variants of winged farmyard denizens. The show followed traditional lines there wan no innovation or improvement to be noted even in the details. The bovines of the two famous breeds, shorthorn and Hereford, were honsed in the permanent shedding, which seems to grow more mean and inefficient with esch recurring season. It was next to impossible, in the dimly- lighted places, narrow and inconvenient as they are, to see the good points of the really first-class animals which had been drawn, and are drawn annually, to the show by the liberally constructed prize scheme, and one longed to see the practices, or one or two of the practices, which prevail at other first-class shows, such as putting the prize- winners iu an enclosure to themselves, around which locomotion by visitors of both sexes would he safe and possible. The shedding has, however, been condemned by no less an authority than a Government official, and it is fair to hope that not many years may elapse before Lord Tredegar's show is held in better environment and made more attractive to the general public. A glimpse around the shedding indicated that shorthorns consented a. grand section, being stronger, fuller, and of finer quality than even last year, when a. decided improvement notice- ably sdt in. There have been times in the recent history of the show when the favourite shorthorn seemed to suffer eclipse, and when the stalls were but sparsely occupied by exhibits. Perhaps no breeder has done mora for the shorthorn in South Wales than Mr R. Stra' ton, of Tho Duffryn, aud it is gratifying to not that he is the winner of the tirst award in tbe first claws, for bulls above two yeara old, with his splendid Alto, a winner all round, and comprehending 11.11 the tine points of the breed. Mr C. W. Brierley, BrimfieJd, achieved second bououtB, and Mr G F. Klog, of Cbenton Keynshum, had hie exhibit reserved. This, too, in a class of ten fine animals, representative of the tther noted breeders of a district stretching from Cardigan to Wilts, accentuates the honour which the judges have decreed for The Duffryn herd. In the next class, for bulls above one and under two years old, a. dozen lively bovines gave the adjudicators some amount of consideration. Lord Tredegar showed a beauty in Priuce Alto, a son of The Duffryn winner, who evidently is destined for honours to come. For the preaenc season, however, Colonel Makins, Rotherfield Court, Henley on Thames, was the lucky owner of the first prize winner, and Lord Fitzhardinge, Beikeley Castle, was second. That noted shorthorn breeder, Mr J. Deane Willi*, Bapton anor, Wilts, who in past years has awept the board, this yemr is be- giuing at the bull calf diss, in which he was successful against Earl awdor, Lord Lilford, Lord Moreton, Lord Tredegar, and Lord E'itzhardinge, and a. host of dommoners, whose 14 exhibits were all a fine level lot of calves, with almost endless poten- tialities of prize winning at the shows of the next century. In the cow and yearling classes pre- miums went more afield, but Lord Tredegar was first for yearling heifers, and Mr J. Li. Morgan, Elhiwfelin, near Carmarthen, second for two year old heifers. The Herefords were scarcely so redundant as last yetr, and did not se«m to tower above or overwhelm all else, as the experience has been of late. There were some remarkably fine exhibits of thie breed, as is customary in a locality so near the Hereford country, and in the aged bull class the half-dozen entries were all of good average merit. Singularly enough, tbe first prize on Tuesday was given to Sir J. Pulley, Long Baton, Hereford, for his Protector and Mr E. Farr, Pembridge, was placed for second honours. At the recent Bath and West of England Show this order was reversed, bat there was now little queB tion as to the relative merits of the two bulls Local exhibitors fared badly, although there were new ones—rotably Dr. Harris, M P., who showed his bull Llewellyn in the aged class. Mr D. Evans, of Ffrwdgrech, Breoon, was lucky Amidst the general non-reeognition of local herds to get first prize for his two year old heifer. The sheep classes were poorer than ever, and owing to the sheep scab regulations' more attenu- ated. There were, for example, four classes of ona exhibit each, all made by Mr W. Thomas, The Hayes, Sully, and tbe judges gave the award in eacbtcaae-probably a state of things without parallel in the long history of the show. Welsh mountain sheep of the black variety have now dis- appeared from the pens, owing to the prize given for so many years by the lfvte Lady Llanover having been discontinued. Pigs were also in smaller numbers than usual, a.nd those shown called for no special mention. The two champion awards both went to the Hereford section, the piece of plate given by tbe Corporation of Newport for the best male horned animal going to Sir J. Pulley's bull Protector; and the piece of plate given by Lord Tredegar for the best female horned breeding animal to Mr D. Evans, Brecon. Two shorthorns, the first in their respective classes, were reserved. For several years past these honours have been divided between the two breeds, and the decision of the judges is therefore all the more noteworthy. The'poultry department was as redundant, and many of the birds were well deserving of inspection. The best bird in the show wass. red- black gamecock, exhibited by Mr C. W. Btierley, Brimfield, Herefordshire. The premiums offered to tenants of Lord Tredegar for Caerphilly cheese produced 11 competitors, a.nd tbe first prize was given to Mrs T. H. Christophers. Rbiw deryn 2, Miss Edith Jones, The Wa.lk, Castie- ton b.c., Mr D. Baker, Groes Faim, Marsh- field. The piizes for culinary and dessert apples grown on the estate were divided as follow :— Six dishes of culinary and dessert— 1, Mr T. Baker, Bassaleg 2, Mr W. Jones, St. Mellon's. Dish of culinary apples—1, Mr W. Jones, St. Mellon's 2, Mr T. H. Christophers, Rjbiwderyn. Dish of dessert apples—1, Mr W. Jones, St. Mellon's 2, Mr T. Baker, Baasaleg. The display of implements was nearly as large as usual, Mr C. D. Phillips, M J. 8. Stone and Sons, Messrs Dutfield and Frost, Messrs Gwat- fcin, Mr T.. Plummet, ana Messrs Knight and Davis being exhibifors. Mr C. D. Phillips's exhibits were specially interesting to the builder and contractor, yaw miH and colliery proprietor, estate agents, a.nd others. They included port- able engines and boilers, mortar mills, saw benches, stone breaker, hand winch, grindstone, and. blacksmiths' sundries. Noticeable too was an 8-n.h.p. Marshall engine and a 9-n.h.p. Ransome, and a new Atlas oil engine a new light haulage engine of 3-n.b.p. by Brown and May also a tracion waggon suitable for same (the engine being specially suitable to a.n agriculturist) or for hauling light merchandise of any sort, or the haulage of furniture vans) hand road scraper and tar boiler, suitable to Corpora- tions. There wore also appliances for acetylene gas, which light is largely used at country resi- dences and in places where coal gas is not ob- tainable. The judges were Shorthorns, Mr C." W Tin- dall, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, and Mr H. Butler, Badminton Barm, Chippenham Herefords, Mr F. Evans, The Weston, Bredwardine, Hereford, and Mr Rees W. Bridgwater, Llangorse, Tal- tjarth sheep and pigs, Mr A. C- Skinuer, Pound, Binhop's Lydeard, and Mr P. A. Evans, Sherlowe, Wellington, Salop haulers, cobs, and thorough- breds, Mr H. M. Wilson, M.F.H., Upper Hull, Ledbuty, and Mr Donald Fraser, Tickford Hall, Newport Pagnell cart horses, Mr H. Butler and Mr Rees W. Bridgwater; poultry, Mr J. W. Ludlow, Erdington, Birmingham, and Mr John Martin, Claines, Worcester pigeons. Mr Frank Macbioj MoseJey,.Birmingham. THE PRIZE LIST. V- CATTLE. Shorthorn.—Bull above two years-I, R Sfcratton, The DnlTryn, near Newport: 2, C W Brierley, ugO Herefordshire. Bull, under two years -1, i-rtinnel Makinw, Henley-on-Thames; 2, Lord Fitz- hardmReV Berkeley Castle, Berkeley; r.. Lord Moreton Chipping Norton, Oxon. Bull calf-1, 3 Dean Willis, BapLon Manor, Codford, Wilts; 2, W wanton Thorneybolme, Lostock Junction, near •' r a F King, Chewton, Bristol, row iu calf or in milk—1, Colonel Makins; 0 PW RriTlevt., Lord Tredegar. Two year ola heifer—1 J Deane Willis; r„ G 1> Wovd. Uosselt, Herefords.—Bull above iwo ye^rb -1, Sir J Pulley. Bart.. Lower Eaton, Hereford, 2, k rair, £ e* Herefordshire; r. A R FiMins. Bihhops-Froin^ Herefordshire. Boll, under two yeax.-l, CaptniD fc L Heygate, Leominster; 3, J. Arms; r, Sir J Pulley, p 1. A R Firkins 2. Captain P A Uive, M.P.. lreville, Herefordshire; r, W Tudbe, ^urt- low. Cow in calf or in Caddick, LedbMy. 2 and r., j Tadge. Two-year-old heifer-—1, D Kvans, Ffrwdgreacli, Brecon 2, A E Hughes. Leominster r., R Green, Kinsrton, Herefordshire. Yearling hetfer —1 and 2, a Green r., W Tudge. Heifer calf—1 and 2, R Green; r., J Tadge. Without regard to breed.—Fat ox or steer-I, J Thorley; 2, P Coats, Clifford, Herefordshire; r., Lord Tredegar. Fat cow or J D Allen, Bhepton Mallet; 2, J Joicey, F&irfovd, Gloucester- shire r„ H Chambers, Otherv Bridgwater. Fat ox, steer, cow, or belier -1 J -8 Hale, Nash, New- port. Dairy cow, in calf or in milk — 1. G Gerrard, Hindlip, Worcester; 2 A Hiscock, jon., Shaftesbury. Dorset; r., a F Cullimore, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Pair of two year old steers—P Coats. Pair of two-year-old steers (tenant farmer farming not more than 150 acres)—1, T J Cox, Liswerr; 2. W Lewis, Tregrwg Farm, Llangibby r., F Carter, butcher, Cambrian-road, Newport. Pair yearling steers-I, Lord Tredegar 2, Captain E 8 A Heygate; D Evans. Two-year old breeding heifer (tenant farmer farming not more than 150 acres)—1 and 2, J Tudge r.. J H Bale. SHEEP. Lons Wool.—Three shearling ewes—W Thomas, The Hayes, Sully. Ram lanb-W Thomas. Three ewe lamoo-W Thomas. Three fat wether lambs- W Thomas. Short Wool (Southdown. Shropshire, Hampshire, or Oxfordshire).—Three shearling ewes—A Tanner, Shrawardine, Shrewsbury. Ram lamb—T Fenn, Ludlow r., A Tanner. Three ewe lambs—J Mat- thews, Winterbonrne, Bristol. Three fat wether lambs—J, J Matthews; r., H Fridgman, Downeud, Bristol. PIGS. White breed.—Boar—1, Lord Sherborne, North- lea.ch, Gloucester; r., Rev W Booth Corlield, M.A., Abergavenny. Sow and litter of pigs, the litter not to exceed three monllls old-Rev W Booth Corfield. Fat pig-J A Flicker, Burton Mere, Wilts. Black breed.-Boar-I. A Henderson, M.P., Faring- don; r., J A Fricker. Boar and sow, under » year old 1, A Henderson, V.IJL\ r.,J A Ficker. Sow and litter of pigs, the litter not to exceed three months' 0lcl—1, Henderson, M.P.; r., J A Fricker. Fat pig J A Fricker; r., Dr F ltutherfoord Harris, B £ .P. POULTRY. Game, black or brown breasted reds, cockerel or cock—C W Brierley. Pullets or heu-C W Brierley. Game, any other colour, cockerel or cock-i, 2, and 5, C W Brierley. Pullets or hen-J., 2, and 3, C W Brier- lev. Game. Old English, cockerel or cock—1 and 2, T C 'Heath, Newcastle, Staffs. Pullet or hen—1 and 2, TCjUoath. Indian game, cockerel or coçk-J Kit. chin, Cardiff. Pullet or hen-J. Kitehia. Malay or Aseel, cockerel or cock—R de C Peele, Ludiow. Pul- let or hen-R. de C Peele, Dorkings, any colour, cock or cockerel-Viscount Deerhurst. Pullet; or hell- Viscount Deerhurst. Hambnrghs, any colour, cockerel or cock—W Smith, Rawtenstall; Pullet or hen — W Smith, Uawteustall. Cochins, buff, cockerel or cock—-K A Felt on, Solihull, Pullet or hen-D Roberts, Alorristou. Cochins, any other colour, cockerel or cock-Miss M. Rouse, Lust- withiet. PuHetorhpn—SJSoutho);,South!tmptC.u. Brahmas, light, cockerel or cock—G W lten:-bull, Urmqtoll. Pullet or hen-S J Southon. Brahmas, light cockerel or cock-l and 2, C W Sfenshail. Pallet or hen -1 and 2, C W Henrll;tll. Laugshaus, cockerel or cock-Joiies Brothers. Porth. Pullet or -Dr. F. Rutberioord Harris. Houdans, cockerel or cock— J Hill, l.ostwithiel. Pnllet or hen—J Hill. Auv other French variety, cockerel or cick-I and 2, P Lee. Pullet or fien-I and 2, S W Thomas. Lesliorns, any colour, cockerel or ecck--P Miller, Penarfch. Pullet or lien-J Hurst, Glossop. Minorca, any colour, cockerel or cock-T Fawkt.s, Stroud. Pullet or hen— A G Pitts. Hishbridffe. Andalasians, cockerel or cock -W H Bourne, Chester. Pullet or hen-W H Bourne. Wvaudottes, any colour, cockerel or cock—W A and R F Spencer, Banbury. Pallet or lien—J Farmer, Troedyrhiw Orpinctons, black, eockere! or cock- T Barrett, Llanpumpsaint. Pullet or hen-It de C Peele. Buff, cockerel or cock—Miss Edwards, near Darsley. Pullet or hen—Han. LUian Deverouux and Mrs Crawshaw Ralston. Ludlow. Plymouth Rocks, cockerel or cock—J Coe, Desberough. Pullet or hen— T C Heath. Anconas, cockerel or cock—1 and 2, E P Chance, Edgbaston. Pullet or hen—G Rogers, Cireu- cester. Any other distinct variety, cockerel or cock -G Doble, Bridgwater. Pullet or hen-G Doble, Ducks.—Pekin—J Swales, Richmond, Yorks. Avles- bury—H G Weston, Aylesbury. Roueu-V G Hunt- ley. Any other variety—Viscount Deerhurst. Selling class for fowls of any age. not to exceed £ 1 103-Mrs E Griffiths, Nantmel Vicarage, Rhayader. Selling class for ducks of any age-F Read, Aston Clinton. Geese, anv vtriety-L Forestier-Walker, Michael- stone-y-Vedw. Turkey, cock or hen—1 and 2, Dr. F Rutherfoord Harris, M.P. Game bantams (any variety), cockerel or cock—E Walton. Rawtenstall. Pullet or hen—1 and 2, E Walton. Any other variety, cockerel or cock-E Walton. Pullet or hen—E Walton. Local Classes (for exhibitors residing within a radius of six miles of Newport).—Game, any variety, cockerel or cock—1 and 2. A Golledga, Caerleou. Pullet or hen-Messrs J Francis and Son. Leer- horns, any colour, cockerel or cock—T B R Wilson, Methven, Newport. Pullet or hen—Miss Dackham, Gaerfach, Newport. Minorcas, any colour, cockerel or cock-J Herbert, 9, Clifton-road, Newport. Pullet or hen-P Thorn, 5, Watchhonse-parade, Newport. Anv other variety, cocuerel or cock—Mrs FS Wil- liams, Bryn Glas, Newport. Pullet or hen—W J Edwards, 34, Anneslcy-roail, Maindee. Ducks, any variety-J Davies, The Maypole, lihiwderin. Special Poultry Prizes —Special prizes oi £ 2 2s each were won by C W Brierley, T C Heath, H VV Biddle- combe, Viscount Deerhurst, W Smith, W H Bourne, G W Henshall, S W Thomas E Walton, and Mrs F S Williams. The prize for the best bird in the show was won by C W Brierley. Pigeons—Carrier, Pouter, or Barb-R Winstone. Jacobin-J F Harvey. Swansea. Draeon, any colour— R Woods, Mansfield, Hatched 1900, to be rnng-R Woods. Short-faced tumbler- W J Green, Ton Pentre Long faced tumbler, clean legged-H H Powell. Shrewsbury. Long-faced tumbier, muffled legged—, H H Powell. Fan tail—H Scott, Chesterfield. Magpie, black-I F Harvey. Swansea. Any other variety—A Stevens. Workine Homer—H Moore, Maindee. Show Homer-J H Houghton. Maindee. Pigeon of any other variety—W J Green, Too. Pentre. Selling class for pigeons, ccck or hen-J F Harvey, Swansea. Exhibitors Residing within a Radius of Six Miles of Newport-Show homer-R Baker, 31, Albert- avenue, Maindee. Show home", hatched 1900, to be rung-W Price, 25. Durham-road, Newport. Working homer—M Walsh, 11, Marion-street, Newport; hatched 1900. to be run g-Mi., Hockey, 68, Dolphin- street, Newport. Magpie (black)—A C Vaughan, Dan-y-rhiw, Maindee. Any other colour—Weston and Brownscombe, 13, Capel-street.
TRIALS OF HUNTERS.
TRIALS OF HUNTERS. JUDGING AT COEDKERNBW. Exceptionally fine and mild weather for an interesting event, which haa had the bad lack to be held in one of the bleakest spots of the dts- trict, and generally on the col lest day of the year, llttraoted So much larger gathering than usual to the practical trial of hunters over country on Lard Tredegar's exoellently-appomted stud farm, Coedkernew. In number and quality the trials com- pared well with the average of previous meetirsg", and the attendance was thoroughly representa- tive of the beat families in Gwent as well as Morganwg. The jndges wore Col. Maclean, of Brook House, Bracknell, Bedfordshire, and Mr Donald Frazer, of Tickford Hall, Newport; Pag- nelJ, two acknowledged expert assessors of ser- viceable a3 opposed to merely show bnnlern. There were few falls, and only petty mishaps at the water jump, so to the non-hunting crowd the sportwas not particularly exciting, bnt the big proportion of monnts and riders pleased even the captions among the many good judges present. Beet class animals as a lot were the weight carriers, among which Mr Fred Phillips's aged grey gelding, ridden well by the owner, gave an almost perfect performance over country of a natnre likely to prove a seveie test. Some surprise was shown at the failure of Donorhail to win for Mr Nixon Gray more than a. reserve card. Donorhail is a ollLsy animal purchase 1 for £ 700, and has won champion prize at Islington, and firsts at the Great Yorkshire and Bath and West of England ShowR. Its greater beauty of aym- metry, however, was not sufficient to counterbal- ance the big lead in points put on by the winner after due allowance was made for its inexperience through juvenility. In the second and only other class, that for light weights, Mr Gray scored well with Merthyr Gill. The contest for second place was very keen, and Mr W. H. Brain's Gipsy, a winner at the Hentb Gymkhama, would have been seen to even greater advantage bad she been ridden by her owner. The awards, which gave general satisfaction, were as follow ;— Weight-Carrying Haulers.—1st prize iE20 2act prize £10-1, Mr F. Phillips, Nantygoch, New- port, grey gelding, itged 2, Mr W. Cufcitt, Rumney House, Cardiff, President, 8 years; Mr J. Nixon Gray, St. Bride's, Cardiff, ch g Donorhail, 4y, r Mr J. Nixon Gray, br g Mar- quis, 4y, b u Mr V, F. Bosaaqnet, Aberga- venny, grey g Lavender, 5y Mr W. H. Brain, Sb. Mellon's, br g Merlin, 6y. Light-weight hut"it,-rs-lat prize S,20, second £ 10—Mr J. Nixon Gray, St. Bride's. Cardiff, b.m. Merihyr Girl, aged, 1 Mr J. W. Bsynon, Castleton. Cardiff. black br.g. King of Meatb, aged, 2 Mr W. R. Brain, St. Mellon's, br.m. Gypsy, age3, v.b.c. Other competitora were Captain Lionel Lindsay, Cardiff, ch. g. Jester. 5 years Mr R. T. Maun, Bryn Gias, Newport, b. m. Biddy, 8 YHlrrs; Dr. F. Rutherfoord Harris, M.P., Uak, b.m. Burnett; Mr E. M. Linton, Woodlands, Newport, eh. g. Jerry, 6 years; Messrs Blttckbnrn Pud Co,, Newport, gr. m. Queen of the Plain, 7 years Mr W. Morgau, Cardiff, x;h. g. Mr H. B. Cory, Druidstone, br. m. Satis- faction, 4 years Mr R. Emanuel, Griffithstown, b.m. Lady Trehale, 5 years Mr J. Nixon Gray, b. g. Sportsman, 6 years off Mr R. T. Mann, Newport, b. g. Tommy, 6 years.
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LATE DR. W.H. THOMAS. J.P PUBLIC MEMORIAL AT MAESTEG. A drinking fountain in memory of the late Dr. W. H, Thomas, Bconygarn, was presented to the public of Maeateg on Tuesday. The structure cost over j2200, and stands in the most central position in the town, near the Town Hall, North's Memorial Hall, and the railway stations. Flights of steps in Porest of Dean stone lead to a ending eight feet square, upon which stands the fountain proper, which is of solid granite (aw6do red). Sur- mounting the structure is a standard for three lamps. The whole work reflects the greatest credit unon Mr J, L. Jenkins, the contractor, and Mr W. H. Bees, There Are two drinking basins fitted with aluminium oupa and chains. On the eastern side of the fountain is the following inscription :—" Erected" by ipubHc sub- scription as a memorial of William Hopkin Thomas, J.P., M.D., M.R.C.S.. Maes teg—a man valued by all for his professional skill, respected for"his integrity and uprightiieLF, beloved for his geniality and kindness uf heart." On the oppo- site side is a similar inscription in Welsh. At the ceremony of presenting the memorial to the public there was an exceedingly large gather-, ing. The Rev. Stephen Jiickwn, vicar ot Llan- gynwyd, the Rev. Iorwerth Jones, chairman of the Executive Committee, Mr Thomas Raes (Hen BIwyf), and Mr Rees Reee, D C,, spoke of the srood work done by the late Dr. Thomas. The Vicar of Llangynwyd then, on behalf of the com- mittee, presented the drinking fountain to the public. Mr D. Bsynon, J P., chairman of the District Council, formally accepted the gift, and the assembly sang Hapfts Dyrfa to the tune St. Garnon, Mr S. Daviee, G. and L conducting. Mr Stephen Lewis acted as clerk of works gratui- tously,
-_._-_-WAREHOUSE FIRE IN CORK.
WAREHOUSE FIRE IN CORK. EXCITING RESCUES. Alcook's Tea Warerooms and Lipton's Pro- visicm Stoiesin Cork were destroyed bv fireontneis- day morning. Some thrilling scenes 6f rescue were witnessed. Mr and Mrs Flaming jumped from the second floor to the balcony, thence to u, policeman's overcoat, ht.13 by four of the con- stabulary. The m^n, servants, and four children occupying the third floofi had to await the fire escape whilst the flames plaved around them. A fireman rescued four acaidat a scene of in- tense excitement, the hose being played on the rescuing party Ii; save them from the flames. One boy was lost.
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Sir Adriano Dingli, formerly Chief Justice of Malta, and President of the Cours of Appeal, haB just died at Malta. Some 400,000 Londoners are living to-day in one room tenements. Of these 9,000 are living seven in one room, and 3,000 eight in ooe room. Orders have been issued at Sheerness Dock- yard directing estimates to be prepared for re- fitting her Majesty's cruiser Fearless for foreign oervice.
| A FAMOUS REVIVALIST.
A FAMOUS REVIVALIST. .MR IRA D. SANKEY AT CARDIFF. A REMARKABLE PERSONALITY. There are abundant indications that the Cariitian Church has not permanently lost any of its faith in the value and efficacy of revivals." A few years buck the revivalist had ceased to be in great request, and many a voice declared tha< I the ago of the evangelistic revival had passed away. The retnrD of Mr Ira D. Sankey to this country this year has shown the falsity of the prediction, for wherever he has gone the singing evangelist, who has won a world-wide reputation as the co-work-r with the late Mr Moody, has g"abbere<1 euormous an<heuc68, e*ger to catch tbe magic of the most popular evangelistic music written within the latter half of the century. Mr Sankey's unabated popularity is nob the only proof of the undimmed vitaity of revivalist methods, there being probably no more striking illustration of the faith in which they are held by tho Free Churches than the preparations now being made in every town in the kingdom for the celebration of the new century by the holding of simultaneous missions under the auspices of the constituent Councils of the National Federation of Froe Churches. Mr Sankey's return visit to England is a fitting preliminary to the new century mission, for in the nineteenth century there was no more remarkable or fruitful evaugelistic mission than the one in which for 30 years he was associated with the late Mr Moody. The two names are household words in two continents, and the globe over there is not a Free Church or a foreign mission whera the familiar verses set to the familiar tunes are not known. Their great English mission in the early seventy will rank in the religious history of the country as one of the most remarkable incidents of the Victorian reign. Mr Moody died a few months ago, and Mr Sankey came straightway from his colleague's grave in New England to revisit tho scenes where he and Mr Moody did the great work of their early days. Mr Sankey visited Cardiff on Tuesday, and attracted overflowing audiences to the Park Hall, the accommodation at the evening meeting beiug quite inadequate to the demands for admittance. No explanation of Mr Sankey's popularity can avail which omits to rscognise his devotion to evangelicai Christianity. A home'y singer* with none of the great gifts of the ou'tured artist, little address." and possessing few of the qualities which made Mr JMoody one of the most <»!< quont and convincing preachers of liis time, there is yet a magic in his jiersonality equal to fiiliug the largest halls in the country. The origin of the partnership between the two men roftfls like a romance. As Mr Sankey told his Cardiff audience, be spent his early life in one of the largest cities of Indiana as a commercial man, immersed in business, bnt always an active Christian worker. It was in the Indiana ciLy that Mr Moody met him, heard him siull, and pressed him into service as an evangelistic singer. Mr Moody has perpetuated his work in his great institution at Northfield, and though the person has passed away the cause remains. There is probably nothing corresponding in this country tL tho North field organisation, and a word may be permitted in respect of it here. as an eminent Welsh minister now oceupying » Metropolitan pulpit, the Rev. J. Cmmpbeli Morgan, has accepted an invitationfiom Mr Moody's son to co. ofnriite with him in the Norfchfield work. It was the great missioner's home, and thete he died and lies buried. Around his plain New England home be has built a number of schools for poor children, and close upon a thousand students are being educated there. It is nob only an educational estblishment, however it is a centre of Christian aotivity, to which for several months each year ministers and teachers repair for tho study of Christian truth. Mr Sankey's present visit to England is connected with a dasire to crystallise his work on hnes akin to those of Mr Moody at Northfield, for it is the aim of his closing years to raise a fund for the estab- lishment of an institution for tbe training of Gospel singers. The chief interest in Mr Sankey's platform appearances consists in his reminiscences of his work with Mr Moody and in the origin uf some of his songil His gossipy address on his tour through the Holy Land was a curious admix- ture of (dris a.nd ends, threaded with a vein of humour. His breezy Americanism in describing Samson's house, the grave of Lazarus, and his purchase of tba rings from lib" women of Bethany keptJ his audience in a ripple of l»ugh*ier, and bios of autobiography were equally amusing. For example, Right glad am I to be in Wales again. It is my wife's native country. Her father came from Swansea. He married an American lady many yeais ago aud I married their daughter. She was a. member of my ohoir, which I had the honour of leading in my native town. She was one of my altos. You know the vest." Mr Sankey's addresses, which were essentially uncon- ventional, were interspersed with selections of his popular solos. These he sang with much feeling, accompanying himself on a small portable organ. The organ, he reminded his audience, was indigpensable-he never sang without it. He had much to of tho origin of the well-known song There wore ninety an] nine that safely hy in the shelter of the fold." The lune, he said, was composed impromptu at Edinburgh in the seventies, the verses being uncovered in thfl Christian Ae" while he and Mr Mr>o'ly wore travailing froir. Glasgow to the Edinbuigh meeting, As an impromptu produc- tion before a large audience the effort wiis unique in his history, and God had abnnd i.n jy blesserl the hymn all the world over. Mr Sankey's arldresBe,5 did not excludo echoas of the South African War nnd contemporary polities. One example will suffice. Some time ago I was at Toronto, and in the largest hall of the Canadian city on a dull, dismal day. One of the songs was When the mists have rolled away.' When I was haif through the audience broke out in loud applause. I did not know why, but I kept on to the end. Then I asked the chairman why the audience had applauded, and he replied, When you were half through the clouds lifted, and a ray of light came through the window and lit up the Union Jack unfurled above the plat- form, aud the audiertcs thought it was a good omen for ono: boys who havfJ one to the war.' Mr Sankey was assisted by the Cardiff Blue Ribbon Choir. led by Mr R. J. Proud. Prin- cipal Edwards occupied the chair at the after- noon meeting, and Mr Alfred Thomas, M.P., at night. The former deplored that winners of eisteddfodau so often devoted their powers to the music-hall and the thoatre. He hoped the promis- ing singers of Wales would take some leaves out of Mr Sankey's hook, for it was a grief to many of them to see Welsh singers appearing in the playhouses of London and elsewhere.
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Mr V. Matthews's Workhouse Prhate 5 11 9 Mr A. Yates's Dutch Bil) Swatton 5 1) 9 Mr J. Best's Malvern Hill Private 4 11 1 Capt. Gordon's Nell,late Knell) .Private 4 11 1 Mrs D. Thirlwell's Windowsill Thirlwell 4 11 1 ARRIVALS. Angelcake. Louis, Tomtit, and Serio Comic. OFFICIAL STARTING PRICES. As published by Racing Calendar and Sporting Life. NOTTINGHAM. Plodders (5).-Lord Foppington, evens. Castie Hurdle (8)—Miss Royston, 5 to 4 agst Three Year Old (8).-Ortygian, 10 to 1 agst. Midlaud Steeplechase (7).-Alpheus, 'i to 1 agst. Trent Steeplechase (7).-Heron, 7 to 2 agst. Bentinck Hurdle (7).-Benita, 6 to 1 asst. OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. TsDlrei^lBD BT MEBsns W15A.THKRBT.1 All published handicaps-Quickstei) (Mr Hassall'sS. Sandown engagements-All Mr Monro Walker's horses. Town Selling Handicap, Leicester-Napoleon the Great, Coffee Cooler. Leicester Hurdle-Vie. All engagements—Colt by Childwick out of Semi- tone (dead). HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. LLANGIBBY HOUNDS. Frioay, Nov. 30, at Little Mill, at 10.30 a.m. YSTRAD HOUNDS. Friday, Nov. 30, at Gellifalioe;, at 9.30 a.m. PEMBROKESHIRE HOUNDS. Thursday, Nov. 29, at The Kennels, Haverfordwest at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Newton Noyes, at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, at Clarbeston Road, at 11 a.m. CARMARTHENSHIRE HOUNDS. Friday, Nov. 30. at White Mill, at 11 a.m. TIVYSIDK FOXHOUNDS. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Cenarth, at 10.45 a.m. SPORTING LUCK.—21, 37, 51. LICENSED VICTUALLER." MIBROK.—133. RACING WORLD.62, 60, 24, 28. Speci1-44. JOCKEY SPECIAL.— 18, 12, Jockey—89, 102, 120, 130, 131. SFOBTING WORLD. -17, 28, 41, 43, 56, 62. Sabs -Are. SPORTING SKETCHES says :-Ortygian yester- day. 8,10; T, 14; U,9; V, 9. RACING WONDEB, IS weekly, wired Heron nap gave Lord Foppiugton. won; Blue Mint, second. Ask your newsagent for tree copy to-day. E,16; F,12; H, 3. JOSEPH ARNOLD, Turf Commissioner, Middelburg, Holland. Double and Treble Events and Accumulators. The Middelburg Mail daily containing Latest Loudon Betting. Rules and instructions free on application. The most liberal terms of any Continental Agent No commission charged. Commissions executed from 28 6d and Deposit Accounts opened from 10s. upwards. 9393 upwards. 9393 It is now said that Mr S. B. Joel's horBes are to be trained by T. Cannon, jun.. next year. Mr Gottsohalk, who ia a Manchester man, backed his horse lexicon to win £3000 iu the Manchester November Handicap. There were uo fewer than 593 competitors in tha 45 races decided under Jockey Club rules last week. Tbis number gives an average of a fraction over 13 runners per race. The brothers Reiff rode every week without taking a rest, and by a curious coincidence each of tbem was successful in 15 and unsuccessful in 20 weeks. That Ray deceiver Argosy was drafted from tha Befiford Cottage training establishment, New market, on Monday, and bas gone to Captain Realty's otables at Kugby to be trained for hurdle racing and cross-country events. Long distance running seems as moderate as ever in Anstralia, seeing that in winning the Mile Championship of Queensland, at Biisbane, C. C. Sanderoon, under favourable conditions, required 4min. 11 3-5sec. J. Murphy pnt up a new Austra- lian record for the standing broad jump without weights, clearing 9ft. 8%in., or half an inch better than Boseingrave's (ienres, while in an exhibition leap be covered 9ft. 101in. Although the racing season of 190C has only jast concluded, the majority of the leading jockeys have already completed; beir arrange- ments for next year. Some of their intentions have already been made known, but the following claims are worthy of publication :—H. Jones for his Royal Highness tha I"r-Dne of Wales, M. Cannon for the Kingsclere and Eger: on Honse stables, C. Jenkins for Prince Sol'ykoff, the brothers Reiff for Lord Wm. Beresford's stab'o and Wizard's stable, F. Rickaby for Lord Dur- ham and Bedford Lodge, S. i oates for Sir J. B. Maple, O. Madden for James Waugh's stable, K. Cannon for Mr L. de Kothscbild and Mr T. Cannon, D. Maber for Blackwell's stable, and W. Lane for Mr R. S Sievier. The form between Kurvenal and Clansman II. at Birmingham and Nottingham respectively may admit of ready explanation, but on the face of it the reversal is of such a startling character as to warrant the stewards of the Nottingham Meeting in inquiring into the matter. At both meetings these animals met over two miles at a difference of 3ib in favonr of Clansman II., yet at Birmingham Kutvenal won in a canter by 12 length*, with Clansman If, beaten out of place whereas at Nottingham on Monday Clansman II beat Kurvenal easily by three lengths. But three weeks have el-ipsed since the horses met in the first instance, and, although Clansman II. has in the meantime changed hands, no harm would be done if the Nottingham stewards took such oction in thn matter as would obviate the charge af apathy which might otbe; wise attach t,) tbem.