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WALES' PROSPECTS. I "FORWARD GIVES HIS VOTE FOR A WELSH VICTORY. Writing from Swansea on Friday evening, "Forward" says:—Never on the eve of an international match has the outlook been more depressing than it is to-night. Bain is falling steadily, and coming down from High-street Station to the Boyal Hotel-the headquarters of the Welsh team-the glitter • of the mud in the street caused one's eyes to blink. But it is fortunate that Swansea's streets and the Swansea. football field hold different reputations when there is any wet about, St. Helen's being justly reputed as one of the most porous or spongy grounds in the country. Water falls on this famous meadow just as it tails on a duck's back, except that instead of rolling off it soaks through into subterranean regiors. 'Tis a pity this was not known to the writer of the paragraph in which it was stated that the ground was under water. That paragraph has brought trouble upon my unoffending head. The ground is high and dry above the water, and there is no suggestion of one single minia- ture lake from goal to goal. In some parts it is perfectly firm, while in other. it is nothing worse than slip. pery. No rain and a little wind' during the night will aooomplish the needful, and it most be regarded as a stroke of great good fortune that the Welsh Union, 1.fi their far-Beedng wisdom, fixed upon St. Helen's rather than any other ground in Wales. The final word, then, in regard to the ground is that it is perfectly playable, and that there is, practically, no possibility of the match being abandoned or postponed. Naturally, Swansea people are sad over the news that Dick Jones cannot torn oat. and his defection makes an opening for Llewellyn Lloyd, as the first reserve. When I aek my- self the uitent to which this will handioap or strengthen the Welsh team, I an brought to the broader issue—"What are our prospeatop-, Let me ea.y at once thai an analysis of the relative strength of the two teams on strictly logical lines is an extremely difficult, if not an impossible, task. One must be guided by impressions rather than by a knowledge. We all know that there baa been a great awakening in the English Rugby world this season, and, inspired by the influence of that awakening, the selection committee of the English Rugby Union have left no atone 11.11- turned in unearthing the very best available talent. Wle know, too, thiat they hlV, been eminently successful in the dis- charge of their reaponailble duties, and that their choice has given such general satisfaction that the English oritic are looking forward with confidence to vic- tory. This season's Saxon brigade is stronger --on paper—than any other team that has been selected during the past five or six years. The supremacy of Wales in four successivc matches against England has not only stirred the envy ol our antagonists from aoroBs the border, but also the spirit of determination to challenge a further sequence of that supre- macy. Having lost our captain—Gwyn Nicholls-we are not in a position to meet that challenge at our full strength, and we have to fall back upon a player who would In more fortuitous circumstances be only on the reserve list. It may be argued that two the re*er vohlave also to be filled in England's three-quarter line, but Brettargh and Forrest 1° not make a Gwyn Nicholls, and so far rom the team being weakened it is my con- tlon that the substitution of Spooner and ""?'?her adds to England's strength. To dell with the two teams in sections I am ?id the confession must be xnade that at ???rter the advantage of speed will be I" Aland's favour. The two Ire in P?Mcutar, Simpson and Miles, eive fliers of the first water, and can give 80vae f« to both Jowett and Pear' ESve ?  faster tban either Taylor or OOner, WhIle Dan Rees caJl XPntaJ TSur "th both So that the advantage in this connee oth.. So that t e fhl two wv. (??Uection iB confined to opportnnit. of t'l.. y WIll have the Opportunity of utilising that superior ?eed a matter which ca n only b?e?rmE by ttruS rf'tt ? play. Honours will, probably, be found to be fairly easy at full-back. Gamlin has not shown thus far that he has recovered last season's form, and would not have found his way into the English team on his display in the trial match at Blackheath. The Somerset man's credentials, however, are not of this season alone, and for an international match there is not a better custodian in England. I have faith in Strand Jones as a man who can rise to an occasion. His resource was demonstrated against England and Ireland last season. Not another full-back would have made that memorable run which found its culminating point in the scoring of the first try by Gabe, while I have yet to see such a marvellous display of ability and pluck on the defence as that given by the Llanelly man at Dublin last season. Hitherto Strand Jones has proved himself a man to be relied upon, and I hope and believe that he will not let his side down to-day. To be perfectly honest, I must say that I wel- come the advent of Xilewellyn Lloyd. Dick Jones is a lever player, and, what is more, he is a good sportsman. Popular as he is at Swansea, it was no small sacrifice for him to give up his place in the team to the New- Port oaptain, and his action will always be remembered to his credit. Lloyd played with Owen in two of last season's internationals, and so well did the two hit it off that Owen was justified in his remark to an interviewer: It won't affect me much; I have played with Lloyd before." What is more germane to the issue." aa the intelligent policeman put it. is that the change might hamper the play of Dan Rees in the centre. We shall see, and it is no use anticipating failure. In Owen and Lloyd the English halves will, given equal opportuuities by the forwards, find more than their match. Oughtred must be a wonderfully improved player to what he was last season to be entitled to all the praise so lavishly bestowed upon him in the English press. And now I come to what I consider to be the key to the situation—the front rank. Will our forwards hold their own against the opposing eight? If they do. then Wales will win: if they don't, then England's ohance is one which we can only contemplate with mis- giving. I have met some good judges of foot- ball who shook their heads and said, "We want a few more young bloods in our Pack; there are two or three who are getting stale." Judged on thei club form, the aged ones are entitled to the renewed confidence of the committee, a11d: I do not believe that I am straining ri,y optimism in looking to the senior membèsl of the pack for a re-production of that form Which made them masters of the Znglioj4, in ■iniA iii ■■■iiirii Scotch, and Irish forwards last season. in plain English, I llav,5 faith in the Welsh for- wards, and, basbtra thougb the English eight may be, let it not be forfiTOtteu that our men are of a stamp that ca.n accommodate them at their own it was lut season, 80 it mU8t be this—Scrimmage! Bcrimmagen F3crimmage! ,za=t be the watchword of the Welsh pack to-day The shirker will be a man unworthy of his "^Utry. I have, I say again, faith in the Welsh eight, and I give my vote for a Welsh victory.

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W LAST WORDS FROM ENGLAND I DOUBTS AS TO THE APPEARANCE OF J. T. TAYLOR. [BY '< EBOK."] 11 '¡;:j' I An artiole on Engiapd's yrospects at this late hour may appropriately be headed "Last Words from Engird." As a matter of fact. this article is being written late on Thurs- day afternoon, and when the possibilities oi further changea in tbp England team have not been removed. The bulk of the England team are dravv,, this time from the North- the poor, r-,valtd poverty-stricken North, so lowly recently In fact, as to find no Eugby Unionist elseWbere go poor to do it reverence. Incidentally, I may remark that only the members of the English International Selec- tion Committee with the president, Mr. Alark Newsome, are entitled to accompany the team on a journey of this kind, unless a general committee Meeting is being convened on the eve or moriailag of a match. No such meeting has been aUn0unced, hence I suppose the English Ulliou will be represented at Swan- sea on the principle of fit men and few. This is by no 4Iea-n. a. popular arrangement, and in their quiet conversational moments the members of the English Rugby Union will confess thpt they like the Welsh system of more SeHerous representations at these big match functions best. It will be understood, therefore, that these last "Ollde are necessarily subject to any alteration that may be made at the last moment ill the constitution of the English team. Thwe has been some doubt all the week in the public, if not in the official, mind as to whether J. T. Taylor will be able to play- T'&yior has this season had many foot- ball vicissitudes. At the commencement of the ca-Q]paigQ it was stated that surgical advisers had told him he ought to retire from the gaill,, or risk permanent injury to one of his knees Then came a sojourn in a certain hospital where footballers with spavined hocks, twisted joints, alad broken fetlocks are understood to be cured. While there he was a^'duonsly booked for a certain Northern Union club by irresponsible paragraphists. Before the North team was chosen Taylor, to my knowledge, wrote to a member of the selecting body asking that he should not be cbossn for the reason that he was out of fOr-14, and if be played he was more likely to be in the way of others than of real ser- vice to his side. The fact remains that Tay- le'l' neither played for the North nor the tampion county at West Hartlepool last vreek and he is thus placed in the English team without having flayed in a single first. cIa! match this season. Is it any wonder, tlaerefore, that doubts as to his appearance 111 the team at Swansea and as to the wisdom of the selection committee in calling upon him have been held? Yet we hear of him havin? run In tries and kicked goals for his club in his old sweet way- 80 the inference I draw i8 that the selection committee know a little bit more than they are disposed to acquaint the outside world with. The eighth forward wa4 chosen, but his aani3 was not published. As a matter of fact, the man's name is Cartwright, one of the best forwards now up at Oxford. He with. drew from the South team owing to the death of his mother, and it was purely a matter of personal delicacy that caused the selection committee not to publish his name among the chosen eight. It was assumed that & I place had been left open for the one and oolg1 "Prophet," the modern Daniell, but I regret rery much to say it is improbable that the old English captain will be fit even for the match with Ireland, and that the game with Scot- land is more likely to be the only one in which he will lead the English team this The withdrawal of Forrest does not, in my season. opinion, weaken the English three-quarter line. I may be wrong, but I fancy some of my Welsh friends will look upon the substitu- tion of Miles much in the light ac they used to regard the la-st moment inclusions of Ernest Fookes. I have personally very melancholy recollections of the ease with which little Llewellyn got past Forrest when we were last down at Swansea, and I know all Welsh officials regard Forrest as an excel- lent three-quarter back on all possible occa- sion"ave when a Welshman happens to be his vis-a-vis. Miles will be known to many Welsh Players from their matches with the Leicester Club. He is the ftTlt player that this organisation has ever sent into the inter- national fold, a fact which seems very strange when one considers how high a posi- tion Leicester has occupied in the football world, particularly in the last eight or ten years. Miles is a man of good physique, seeing that he is within half an inch of 6ft. and weighs 13st.. while being only 22 years of age, he is not likely to be short of vitality. Leicester folk consider him a greater player than A. E. Hind, whom we know was able to show a pretty clean pair of heels when he was at Cambridge. Now, in my opinion, the constitution of the English three quarter line—assuming that Taylor is a starter-is the best we have seen- that ig on the English side—since the four tkr* e-qoarter system was adopted. There may not be the inspirations of geniua-I like to borrow the high-falutin' verbiage of some of my co-Welsh quill-drivere-whioh enable passes to be made with the flash-like accuracy which Welshmen have perfected; but there is resourceful and resolute centre play, and Mileg and Simpson are the two fastest wings that England has ever put into the four three-qnarter line in one match. Perhaps, some of my readers may think this an exag- geration, but if either Simpson or Miles has a chance they will find that what I say is true. Even the speedy Jowett, if he has a long way to travel, may find himself hauled down from behind, should he previously pass his wing. I 40 not think Gamlin would have been selected to play for England in this match had the side been chosen after the North and South engagement. The reason is that Walker, the Cheshire full-back, played such a wonder- fully fine game on that ocoasion. Walker, however, is dropping out of football, as he ie going to Egypt on business. Gamlin is chosen again because of his wonderful tackling. At Blackheath Simpson, on facing him for the first time, dodged him quite easily and scored a, brilliant try. The next time—and it was only a little later in the matoh-Gamlin got hold of Simpson with the tentacles of an octopus, and at night in the hotel the young Northumberland three-quarter back told me he never wished to be tackled by Gamlin agflin. Welshmen will find our half-backs, Hulme and Oughtred, a smarter pair in combination than they have met in any match with Eng- land in the past half-dozen years. Both are slim, but slippery, and while I should give the palm to Ougbtred for his untiring work from start to finish, the Cheshire lad is, perhaps, the cooler and more artistic player. Give him the ball near the line, and the opposing tacklers need to be wide-awake. I do not think we shall see in this match a repetition of last year's misfortune at Blackbeath, when, ae the English players and officials very well know-though, perhaps, it is asking a little too much from my Welsh friends to expect them to agree with m-e-a. penalty kick was given against Oughtred that won Wales the match, but that ought to have been allowed to England for Owen first picking the ball out of the scrimmage and then shoving it back again and appealing for off-side against the Durham youth. Regarding th-e forwards, Welshmen will find them good scrimmagers, hard stayers, and quite fast enough to do any bustling if the Welsh three-quarters are found at all given to unsteadiness. It has not by any means pleased all English critics to find two Durham men introduced after the champion county's match last week. Yet Bradley, who is a tall, powerful man, has been specially supported in the North-east, and I know that J. T. Tay- lor, who plays in the same club. has spoken very highly of his abilities. Duthie is a lesser man, of the keen. strenuous, worrying type. I should like to have seen, however, another Southern forward, or Whitehead, the yun Old Dewabnrian. in the team; but. y<??.n? it is a good, sound side as it stands, and Wales will have to work very hard from start to finish to master it. I may mention that some Durham folk sadly wanted to get Lewis into the English front rank, but for more than one reason the selection committee 'r.r", ,1 not have it. Lewis. I may remark, is :1\ ¡êaman, and he was once tried for Yorksinre on the strength of his qualification as a professional cricketer in the Middlesbrough district. Now, if I were asked to say where England are likely to shine most in this great match I would, strange though it may seem to Welsh eye, ;:J,y that, given an equality forward, the visitors will be able to win the match by their back play. This may appear to be con- trary to all sense or reason-that is. to a Welshman. But I am inclined to the opinion that not even an enthusiastic Welshman quite realises what his team have lost by the injury to Gwyn Nicholls. Personally, I think it terribly hard lines that a man of the bril- liant powers of Gwyn Nicholls should be laid aside just when the international campaign lommences. Where the famous Cardiff centre three-quarter has shown himself to be head and shoulders above all the other three-quar- ter backs turned out for their matches witt) England has always been in his splendid reliability on the defence. On the attack, of course, we know be has been facile princeps in Wales since the retirement of Arthm Gon1d, but it hai been his defensive work against England, to my mind, that has done a great deal more to cause the downfall )f in, Oiri Country so frequently in recent years than his wonderful smartness on the attack. Of course. Wales has a great advantage in that two of the half and two of the three quarter backs have been drawn from the Swansea Club, and will be playing, therefore. on their "midden." Yet. while recognising the possibilities of combination under sucli circumstances, I do not alter what I have said as to England's three-quarter play. It is nieaeant to see T. W. Pearson not only in harness again, hut acting as captain for the Welshmen: for Englishmen have always found him one of the heat and one of the most gentlemanly of players. I re-call that the last time Pearson played against Knglanl was at Blackheath in 1898, and I may take the liberty of reminding those Welsh sup. riorters who are troubled with fatalistic ten- dencies that on that occasion England won by a gaol and three tries to a dropped goal and a try. It foHows from what I have said that I think England possesses a fair chance of suc- cess. It ought to be a grand contest, and, by way of postscript, I may add it is a matter if the keenest disappointment to me that ill health and the doctor's embargo will prevent me from seeing it.

OLD JUDGE" PREDICTS A VIOTORY FOR ENGLAND. "Old Judge," who has been remarkably suo- cessful in hia predictions this season, has sent t,he following brief message to "Forward," in which he predict6 a victory for England Dear "Forward,"—My previous forecast of the coming tussle and want of confidence in the capabilities of tbp Welsh fifteen has not changed sines the publication of the selected teams. To my way of judging the relation form of the two tift(fts, I fail to see just cause for the overwhelming confidence of the supporters of Wales, notwithstanding the fact that the Welsh team oontaina lit) less than five Swansea players, well accustomed to the tricky shape of their enclosure, which is-perhaps, not generally known—of considerable advantage to Swansea playeTS In particular, but a Fierious drawback even to the best-claee visiting three-quarters. I allude to the plarlng ground being inside an elliptical-shaped on closure Summing up briefly, I consider the Welsh three-ni-arters will be found sadly wanting in defence, and that Nicholas absence will, I think, help to demonstrate the high pedestal on which he stands an the champion three-quarter, and that his name will be written in bold relief on Saturday evening wh,, regeetinlr on the ffame. Again, th cbances of Vales would in my humble opinion, have been rosier had there been an introduction into, the teem of two or three new bloods forward. In conclusion, I may say I fully expect Eng- land to win by a small margin of points.-I ara, Ac., OLD .mnnv. I rSTTRlOUS INCIDENT ON THE FIELD. During the storm of Friday one of the goal- posts at the lower end of the field waa snapped off by the wind. Men during the afternoon duly re-placed it. The occurrence was noted nA somewhat remarkable, occurring as it did on the eve of the great match. RECORD OF PAST MATCHES. England won 11; Wales 7; drawn, 1. lS80-Blackheath.. England won by 8 goals 5 tries to nll. 1383—Wales, playing the North of England, lost by 1 goal to 1 try. 1883-Swansea. England won by 2 goals 4 tries to nil. 1884-Leed,s. England won by 1 goal 2 tries to 1 goal. 1885—Swansea. England won by l proal 4 tries to 1 goal 1 try. 1886-Blackheath. England won by 1 goal 2 tries to 1 goal. 1B87—Llanelly. Drawn game; neither side scored. 1888—No match, owing to dispute. 1881-No match, owing to dispute. j 1690-Dewsbury. Wales won by l try to nil. 1891-Newport. England won by 2 goals 1 try to 1 goal. 1892—Blackheath. England won by 3 goals 1 try to nil. 1893—Cardiff. Wales won by 2 goals 2 tries to 1 goal 3 tries. 1894—Birkenhead. England won by 5 goals 1 try to 1 try. legs—Swansea. England won by 1 gosll.3 tries to 2 tries. 1896-Blackheatl1. England won by 2 goals 5 tries to nil. 1897—Newport. Wales won by l goal 2 tries to nil. M-Biaokheath. England won by i goal 3 tries to 1 goal (dropped) and 1 try. i IM-Swames. WaJee won by 4 Mis 2 tries ? to 1 fV* 19OO-G10uoeater. Wales won by 3 goals (1 penaJty) to 1 try. 1901-Cardiff. Wales won by 2 goali i try to nil. 1902-Blazkheath. Walet won by I jjeiiaHy goal 2 tries to 1 goal 1 try, I THE REVISED TEAMS. The reviaed teams are now as follow#;— WÁLZS. *J. Strand Jones (Usnolly) <b»ok)i I E. Jowett (Swansea), •D. Bees (Swansea), -ft. T. Gabe (Llanelly), Mid *T. W. Pearson (Newport) (Otptftift) (tun"ulrtof backs); OR. M. Owen (Swansea) and •G. Ll. Lloyd (Newpert) (hgt-boob)) •6. Boots (Newport), *J. Hodgee (Newport), *A. Brice (Aberavon), •A F. Harding (London WoIà), *W. W. Joseph (Swansea), *D. Jones (Treherbert). -W. T. Osborne (Mountain Ash), sad F. Travers (Pill) (forwards). ENGLAND, *H. T. Gamlin (Deronport Albion and Sommet) (back); J. H. Miles (Leieeatpr and Midland Counties), *J. T. Taylor (West Hartlepool and Durham), R. H. Spooner (Liverpool and Lancashire), and *T. Simpson (Hookliff and Northumberland) (three- quarter backe); •B. Oughtred (Hartlepool Bovers and Durham), and F. C. Hulme (Birkenhead Park and Cheshire) (half- backs); J. Bradley (West Hartlepool and Durham), *D. Dobson (Dovonport Albion and Devon), J. Duthie (West Hartlepool and Durham), •G. Fraser (Richmond and Middleeex), *R. F. A. Hobbs (Blackheath and Kent), •P. Hardwick (Percy Park and Northumberland), *R. Dudley Wood (Liverpool Old Boye and Lanca- shire), and V. H. Cartwright (Oxford University and Midland Counties) (forwards), 'An old international, Referee: Xl. B. Welsh (Edinburgh Witttoittaus), Our reporter, wiring M ono o'clock, 604YO the weather is fine and the ground is all right. There is no water lying on the our. face. The team op to the present remain anchanged. Taylor is the only doabtfnl player.

PRESS OPINIONS I It is hard to compare the relative merits of the players, but we shall do oar best under the circumstances, and, man for man, give our opinions. Gamlin is better than Strand Jones; their powers are about equal, but the Englishman has experience on his side. The third lines must be oritioised "en bloo," and any criticism we have to make is not un. favourable to England. Taylor and Simpson are tried men, and the new players, Spooner and Miles, know the game. The Leicester man, though a youngster, has all the makings of a great player. Fast and fearless, his attack is as good as defence. In Oughtred England has a great half-back, who is playing a very different game to that he showed at Black- heath a year ago. His partner, Hulme, is a man of whom the Welshmen should beware. Of their opponents they are more tricky than sound, and if only the English forwards will do the right thing from the start the English pair shoud be able to turn the game, always a thing within the province of half-back play. On the English forwards we can thoroughly depend. One and all they are good workers. Dobson, Fraser, Hobbs, and Oartright are all clever to a degree, but there is only one thing we are afraid of, that they will not start quickly enough. To get off the mark at once is the secret of success, and unless England get away with the initial blow of the whistle they will have all their work cut out for them to win. It is usual to tip the winner (more generally the loser) in our introduction to an international match, but our Welsh correspondent haa declared for Wales, and 80 let it stand. Were the match played in England, we should not have the slightest hesitation in plumping for England, but it is a far cry to Swansea from the North of England, whence most of the representatives have to travel, and a long journey tells. Still, it will be a great game, one well worth the journey, and we have a sneaking regard for the chances of England, in spite of every- thing.—" Sporting Life." WHAT ABOUT THE MEN? I "AatraJ." in the Morning Leader, writes:—It is generally agreed that England has picked a. powerful side. Even in Wales, where the methods of selection are naturally simplified, this fact is recognised. The crux of the whole business lies with the forwards, and Wales has the happy advantage of hav- ing to make only one alteration from the pack that played for them last season. The Welsh backs are not the same, owing to a set of unlucky circumstances that keep men out like Nicholls, Llewellyn, and Morgan, but the advantage of being able to turn out practically the same lot of forwards that won the championship last season must not ba under-estimated. England has only two forwards left over from last year's match against Wales, namely, Dobson and Frasre, but it must not be inferred that this is by reason of poverty. Better forward play has not been seen for many years than has been shown in the English trials this season, and, good as the Welshmen are, I am inclined to think that the Englishmen-strong, resolute, dashing, clever with the feet, and, above all, speedy-will prove to be the better lot. I fancy they will he quick enough to spoil the combination of the Welsh backs. If they can do this England ought to win, for, given a decent number of chances, I think that the English backs are clever enough to score. Oughtred and Hulme are splendid in defence —a quality which is not specially claimed for the Welsh halves—and, behind a superior pack, they are just the men to make things hum. On the whole, the English backs are strong in defence, and, with a fair oppor- tunity, should prove themselves efficient in attack. Gamlin, the last line of defence, is the best we have for the position, and he is not likely to let us down. It is a very striking circumstance that the Welsh fifteen does not contain a single Cardiff player, and in the instance of Gwyn Nicholls this may cost Wales dearly. Generally speaking, however, the team has given satisfaction, and there is hardly a Welshman so base as to think for a moment that his country will be defeated. We have a very powerful side to overome-- well versed in the science of the game, and inspired by self-confidence. That goes a long way. The half-backs are parti cularly smart, and the three-quarters as a four likely to be superior to our own. Pear- eon, a twelve-year-old international, is the wonder of the team, and he is said to be play- ing more brilliantly than at any time of his career. Gabe, of course, we know, altlwugh he has not been seen much in London this season. He is a strong runner, difficult to stop, and exceedingly good in defence. Strand Jones is again the full back, and Englishmen will remember that he was practically respon- sible for the first try scored by Wales last year at Blackheath. England's course is quite clear. They must beat the Welsh forwards-- that is a necessity—and in so doing prevent the backs from putting their machinery into motion. It will be a gruelling fight, but I think the forwards, if they can only stay the course, will just be able to turn the scales [-in favour of I ENGLAND. I The opinion is given with some misgivings, admit, and perhaps the wish is father to the thought. Anyway, may the better side win, I t,bought. Anyway, bme ai l ra. and may that one be ours. I CARDIFF S HOOLS LEAGUE SEVERN-ROAD V. RADNOR-ROAD. Pinal score: two goals; Radnor-road, two goals. RWl*roWN LANSDOWNE-ROAD. Final score:-Grange, three goals; Lans- downe, ntl. ALBANY-ROAD V. SPLOTT Final score: -Albany-road, one goal; Splott, one goal. ROAD PARK V. HIGHER GRADE. Final soore :-Park, one goal; Higher Grade, one goal.

I MORO CAN [IEVOLT. I The Sulian Again Imprisons His Brother. Most serious news has Just arrived at Tan- gier The Sultan, jealous of the growing poularity of his brother, Prince Muley Mohamed, the chief of the Army, has again ordered his imprisonment. It seems that the people in Fe. had already begun to salute Price Muley as Sultan. It is agreed that the position of Abdul Aziz (the Sultan) is very critical, and the gTavett possibilities gge looked foZ-

STOLEN BANK NOTES Distressing Suicide of a Clerk. FOUND IN A ROOM LITTERED WITH NOTES. A remarkable and pathetic story was told in the Battersea, Coroner's Court yesterday, in connection with the tragic death of a young bank clerk. named Robert Armstrong Evans, who, whilst temporarily insane, shot himself in his home at Battersea Park. The deceased, aged 22 years, was identi- fied by his brother, Ferdinand Herbert Evans, who stated that he had been doiag nothing since March last. He la-boured under the delusion that the police were after him, but beyond calling in a doctor the family did not consider it necessary to have him mentally examined. Some time ago, in the bank where he was em- ployed, a robbery was committed. It was the deceased's duty to put iel,ooo worth of bank- notes into an envelope after business hours, seal it with wax, and put the bank's impres- sion on it, and, after doing so one evening, he put the envelope on the counter and went downstairs to wash his handa and get his coat. Upon his return he found the envelope there just as he had left it, and took it to the post-oftlce and registered it. Next morning a telegram arrived from a Lombard-street hank, to which it was addressed, saying that the envelope had arrived all right, but not the --c deceased was shut op all day with detectives, but no actual charge was made agaiaet him, and after some inquiries had been completed the thief was discovered, and witness's brother remained in the service of the hank for twelve months afterwards. The theft upset him very much, however, hence his delusion: Police-constable Luke, 479 V, who was called M 1,30 Oil Wednesday morning) described the position of the deceased, and staled that he found a mmoal drawer an the floor, and near it £4?tO in banknotes, When witness entered the gas, Mrs. PfftW told him that her fou had between Rad £ 600, but she thonght it waa under the bed, The mosey belonged to the debased, Tbe eprofler eemme&ted on the curious nature of the page, and the jury returned a I verdict of eiiieide daring temporary insanity,

IN A SNOWDRIFT. -0 Postman Buried Two Days. MARVELLOUS E80APE FROM DEATH. A Norwegian rural postman has had a narrow escape from death, having been buried under the snow for 48 hours. It appears that in very bad weather he started on his rouonds, aooompeaied by a boy, A fearful snowstorm came on which overwhelmed the man in a deep gully. The boy, however, escaped and reported the accident. Eight men went out to search, and attempted to dig out the body of the postman, wiho heard them at work, but could not make his position known, and he had the harrowing experience of bearing them desist from their work in despair. By a strenuous effort he succeeded with the help of his post-horn in cutting a passage out of the drift in which he had been overwhelmed, and 48 hours from the accident he made his way home. He had been given up for lost. Next day he was able to mume his work again,

CARRIAGE ACCIDENT. Mr. David (Pendoylan) Seriously Injured. On returning home from a Liberal meeting I at Llanoarvan last night Mr. David, the presi- dent of the Glamorgan Liberal Association, met with a serious accident. Mr. David, who was accompanied by Mr. Morgan Thornes, the Liberal agent of the division, had attended a meeting of Liberals at Llanoarvan, and drove back to Pend-oylau. When within 300 yards of Mr. David's resi- dence the horse shied at a heap of stones a.nd bolted. The coachman failed to keep his seat on the box, and was thrown into the roadway. Mr. David, on seeing what had happened, jumped ont and ran to the horse's head. In stopping the horse he fell, with the result that the animal kicked him on the forehead, inflicting two serious wounds. Mr. Morgan Thomas also jumped out of the car- riage, but escaped without injury. Mr. David was attended by Dr. Millward, of Oowbridge. Mr. Thomas is confined to his bed suffering from shock. Mr. Lewis Williams, J.P., and Mr. George Dobson were also to have attended the meeting, but they were unavoidably absent.

A HOTEL SCENE. I The Touchy Captain and the I Manager. Mr. W. H. Witherington, manager of Long's Hotel, Bond-street, was summoned, at Marl- borough-street Polioe-conrt, London, yester- day, by Captain Ronald Monorieffe, staying at Avondale Hotel, Piccadilly, for assault.— Captain Moncrieffe stated that on the even- ing of December 31 he went to the buffet of Long's Hotel to see some friends. The defen- dant ordered that he should not be served, called him a "dirty little cad," and struck him twice in the chest. The blows did not hurt, but lie was grossly insulted by such con- dmct.-In answer to Mr. Blanchard Wontner, who defended, complainant said that he had a few words with defendant as far back as last June and had been forbidden to come to the hotel. He used no bad or insulting lan- guage. He did threaten the defendant after the latter had struck and insulted him, but not before. He called him an insulting little brute, but did not say at any time, "You —— cad, I'm going to have you out of this." The defendant, on oath. said that the com- plainant had been in the hotel several times after having been forbidden to come. On the day in question he came in and said, "You dirty cad, I am going to have you out of this. I want to eee the proprietor-" He afterwards heard Monorieffe Complainant (interrupting from the witness benches): Oaptain Moncrieffe, please; not Moncrieffe. Mr. Arthur Newton (supporting the sum- mons): You must not interrupt. Captain Moncrieffe. Resuming, witness said that the complainant was walking about the hall talking loudly. He called him into the office and asked him what he really wanted, whereupon com- plainant said, "Oh, it's you, you hound. 1 want this licence taken a-way," and raised his sti ;k, and said he would like to put it across his shoulders, and would bring several men to punch his head. Witness never in any way struck or attempted to strike him, or used bad language. Mr. Denman said that such a, case ought never to have been brought into court, although it had been fairly stated on both sides. There was nothing to support the alleged assault. The defendant was justified in ordering complainant to leave the hotel. Because complainant felt insulted it was not the right course to take out the summons, whch would be dismissed. Mr. Wontner aeked for costs, and Mr. Den- man allowed jB2 2s.

THE A MERIC IN (Ic, kl,KEf"s A very bad impression has been created by the proceedings of the Anthracite Goal Com- mission at Philadelphia. on Thursday after the vague assertions made by the labour leaders to the effect that they had always dis- courAged violence. Judge Gray elicited the information that, so far a £ the witnesses knew, there were no instances in which I=b tewoi Umiona had been expelled or disciplined for joining mobs or engaging in violence. At 1 yesterday's meeting counsel for the non-Union men oalled evidence showing that members of the miners' Union invariably become bonds- men for the men arrested for lawlessuesB &t the time of the recent strike,

I BIG HAUL of THIEVES. Five Captured on a Football Train. WITH PROPERTY STOLEN FROM PASSENGERS. An excursion from London to Swansea passed through Cardiff this morning, and brought with it news of a series of unpleasant surprises passengers experienced on the way down. The first chapter of surprises was at Swindon Refresh mei t-room, where a number of passengers were relieved of gold watches and other articles of value. The second chapter was at Gloucester, where five of the light-fingered gentry (also passengers) were hauled out of the train with the e'olen pro- perty in their possession. Naturally, a great I deal of excitement was caused by the double incident. Thereafter, on the way down, the word was Take care of your pockets." Our Gloucester correspondent states that four passengers by the London excursion to Swansea, tor the international match were arrested at Gloucester Great Western Station early this morning charged with picking pockets. Their names are Edwm Bush, Home- stead-road, Fulham; Edwin Smith, South^ate- road, London; Arthur White. 4. Vickeridge- lane, London; and James Morgan, Harrogate- road, Highgate, London. Several complaints of losses were made at Swindon Station, and at Gloucester Police-constable Birt and another official, while on the look-out, saw, it is alleged, one or more of the prisoners slip two watches under the cushions of the seats in a compartment in which they were travelling, while another watch, subsequently recovered, was thrown out on the line. Several watches were found in the prisoners' posses- sion. It in stated that the watches were taken out of the pockets and the chains left hang- ing loose. The train is supposed to have taken many bad characters to Wales.

THE LONDON PRESS. Examples of Their Views To-day. BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM LEADING ARTICLES. Alien Immigration. An alien, in the terminology of British offi- cialism, is a person imported from the Conti. nent, whereas in Australia, as we know, an English hatter, if he arrives with a contract of engagement in his pocket, is juet as much an alien as a Hamburg Jew or a heathen Obinoe.-HDallr News." Denaby Miners. Workmen, like other people, must learn to behave reasonably. Credit is given to the Dent by minere for orderly behaviour during the eviotions, but trouble is. we are told, ex. pected if outsiders are brought in to work. It is to be hoped that the authorities will know how to deal with any attempt to use force.— "Standard. Venezuela. There is at last a. prospect of the curtain being rung down on the dreary and squalid comedy of the Venezuelan blockade. Presi- dent Castro has come to the conclusion that nothing is to be gained by a prolongation of hie confiibt with the European Powers, and, since their terms to him are reasonable, or, at any rate, proportionate to his resources, he has resolved to capitulate. — Daily j Graphic." Motor Cars and the Law. The law of this country relating to motor vehicles is admittedly both absurd and mis- chievous. No one defends it; it is-it has to be—habitually disregarded even by the most considerate and law abiding of men: and it is become a mere engine by which those who are frightened at every new invention may extort fines from their more courageous and enterprising neighbours. — Morning Adver- tiser." "■

I BILLIARDS. j I Inter-County Championship. The Billiard Association of Great Britain and Ireland are "promoting an inter-oounty amateur billiard championship open to Eng- land, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. The com- petition will be contested by teams of three players representing each county entering, j the selection being left to local committees appointed by the association, the games neces- sary for selection of players being played at a convenient place or places in each county. The semifinal and final rounds are to be 1 played in London, under the management of the association, who will pay all expenses and present a perpetual challenge trophy to be held by the winning county, a gold medal to each of the winning team. and a silver medal to each of the members of the team beaten in the final heat. Each game for the championship is to consist of 500 up, the aggregate of each team deciding the resnlt. There ought to be little difficulty in selecting a very capable team to represent Glamorgan, as there are plenty of capital players in the county. The Billiard Association has already appointed Mr. 0. E. Jenkins, 49, Plantagenet-street, Car- diff, as one of the committee for Glamorgan, but two more gentlemen are required to act. Mr. Jenkins in the meantime is prepared to give all information, and to receive the names of amateur players who are willing to enter the preliminary trial heats for the selection of a county team, and he also will look after suitable places for playing off the ties.

I Told in Tabloids. Manchester and Windsor hold the record as regards the number of objections lodged in races held there last year, with a total of five each. Kempton, Northampton, and Newmar- ket provided three instances; Lingfield, Gat- wick, and Hurst Park two each. His Majesty has subscribed to several im- portant races to be decided at Ascot next June—namely, th. Coventry Stakes, All-Aged Stakes, Windsor Castle Stakes, and Rous Memorial Stakes, in the latter of which Mead is among the three horses entered. Mr. Ord wiU frame the weights for the Lin- colnshire Handicap. Mr. Mainwaring will ma-ke the handicap for the Grand National, Mr. Dawkine will act for the Chester Cup, and Messrs. Dawkins, Keyser, and Lee, as a. com- mittee; will frame the handicaps for the Great Metropolitan, the City and Suburban, and the. Jubilee Stakes. Fancy the Chester Cup failing to fill! A race worth a clear L2,000 to the winner, with CSW for second, and .£200 third; and all for a sub- scription of LW, with a forfeit of only R5. Yet the fifty entries asked for are not forthcoming. In 1852 forty-four horses were weighed out for, and forty-three actually ran, the horses rang- ing up at the starting-post in three lines. The Cardiff Sailors and Soldiers' Rest, which Mr. and Mrs. Cory, Duffryn, have recently erected in Bute-street, was the scepe of enthusiasm yesterday evening, when a party of friends entertained "Jack" and "Tommy." The hall was packed with soldiers, Blue- jackets, and men of the Merchant Service. The artistes included Miss Gibbon, Miss Annie Davies, Miss Kate Sawle, and Mr. Wonnacott. Mr. E. Stanley Jones, A.R.C.O., presided at the pianoforte.

I A meeting was held at St. John's School- room, Cardiff, in support of the Church of l England Waifs and Strays Society. Dr. T. G. Horder presided. Mr. Aubrey Macauley, lay organising secretary from London, gave an address. After some discussion it was agreed that in order to Msist the funds of the society a basaar be held in Cardiff, next autumn. —

WELSH COLONISTS.] Another Settlement Proposed. MIGRATION OF CHUBUT PEOPLE. Bonwr T. G. Pritchard, of Gaiman. Chubut, writes to the "Drych," the organ of the Welsh people in the United States Of America, a letter in which he states that, in addition to the company of Welsh people that has left the Welsh Colony at Patagonia for Canada, a company numbering over 100 has gone to one of the islands at the estuary of the Rio Negro, a distance of about 350 miles from Chubat. If they do not like the place they are to be allowed to return to the Chubat district. One of the leaders of the company is Captain Rogers, formerly of Hyde Park, United States of America. He had previously been inspect- ing the place, and reported most favourably on it as the most suitable of all the places proposed for a Welsh Colony. The land given by the Government of the country for the Welsh Colonists is a large island, and the land will have to be watered, the same as at Patagonia, but the Government has offered to give a sum of money equal to between X4,000 and E5,000 to open a canal for watering the land, and the work of opening the canal is to be given to the company of Welshmen that have gone there from Patagonia. They are to be paid for work similar to the work which they had to do on their own responsibilty without a Government payment in Patagonia. Every settler is to receive a farm of about 240 acres free on his arrival in the island.

SAXONY SCANDAL. The Reconciliation Rumours. GREAT SURPRISE BELIEVED IMMINENT. A gTeat surprise Is believed to be imminent in the case of the Crown Princess of Saxony. Giron's family in Brussels affirm that Andre Giron has parted definitely with the Crown Princess, and that her Royal Highness mani- fests a. desire to return to her husband. Nego- tiations, it is said, are going on between bel and reprementatives of the Saxon Court as to the oondition. under which she would go back. The demand made by the Crown Prince of Saxony for a separation from his Ooneort will be supported (says a Berlin cor- respondent) by an allegation of conjugal infidelity only. No other charges will be pre- ferred. Consequently, Canon Law, which dissolves the marriage tie only when the mar- riage can be proved to have been invalid, cannot recognise this dereliction of duty aa a ground for divorce. Hopes, however, are entertained that the lady, now that she is withdrawn from the influence of Giron, may be induced to waive her right of demanding a complete severance of the marriage tie. The lady is practically devoid of means of support, and while the Saxon Court is pre- pared to settle some £ 2.000 or C3,000 a year upon her for life, and also to grant her facili- ties for seeing her children once or twice a year, it is highly probable that one of the con- ditions will be that she foregoes her right to claim a divorce. The rumour of the pardon of the Archduke Leopold Ferdinand is unfounded. Y esterday at Salzburg the property of the Archduke remaining in the Toscano Palace was sold by auction. This is to signify absolute and irre- vocable separation on the part of the family, and the measure was resolved upon at a family council. Yesterday appeared thia year's Austrian Court Calendar, and the name of the Archduke Leopold Ferdinand is nowhere mentioned as a member of the Imperial Housq. The Archduke's Fortune. Salsburg, Ut-ardw.-Iccording to reports in the looal papers, it was decided at the family oouncil of the members of thcGrand Ducal House of Tuscany, held here on the 7th inst., that a. liunp sum of three million kronen should be offered to Archduke Leopold Ferdi. nand in satisfaction of all claims, on condi- tion that he signs a declaration renouncing his rights of inheritance of the family estates. —Renter.

I TURKISH OUTRAGE. I Perpetrated by Taxgathers in Macedonia A Vienna telegram saysAn atrocious act of Turkish tax-gatherers is reported to the Bal- garian Foreign Office from Chiflik in the vilayet of Uskub, in Macedonia. A peasant, named Tasa Sindrash, having refused to pay the tithe twice over, the Turks threatened him with revolvers. Sindrash's daughter-in-law, who was in a pregnant condition, rushed for- ward, and was brutally ill-treated. In her death agony she gave birth to a dead child. The help of the Russian Oonsul, Mash-koff, of Uskub, was invoked. He took the case Straightway to Hussein Hilmi Pasha, the Inspector-General of the Sultan's Reforms in Macedoaia. Hussein listened, but refused to see the child's corpse, fearing to desecrate the feast of Ramazan.

VENEZUELAN TROUBLE. I Defeat of the Revolutionists I Caracas, Friday.—The report that France is going to join the co-operating Powers in the blockade of Venezuela, is officially denied here. The Venezuelan Revolutionists have been near Quique. The Revolutionist army, which was defeated at Guatore on the 4th, was dispersed. The Revolutionists suffered another defeat near Ooro, 180 prisonere being ta-ken.-Reuter. I Castro and the Ban R igh. Paris, Saturday.—The Matin publishes the following message, of yesterday's date, from its Caracas correspondent:—Mr. Bowen will embark on Saturday at La Guayra on board the American cruiser Albany for Wash- ington. He has been furnished with complete instructions concerning the grievances of Venezuela againnt Great Britain in regard to the protection accorded to the Ban Righ by Trinity House, and points upon which con- cessions might be made to the Powers. Mr. Bowen is said to be empowered to pledge the Customs as a guarantee for British, Italian, and German debts. On the other hand, it is said President Castro absolutely refuses to make apologies for the outrages on the Ger man Legation. The Government troops have returned from Guatira. The insurgents have retired to Rio Chioo, where they are reported to be awaiting supplies and arms.-Reuter.

KILLING A NATIVE CHIEF j News brought by steamer to Brussels from the Congo State confirms the reported sen- tence of ten years' penal servitude passed by the Court of Boma upon a State agent in the district of Lomani, who had been convicted of killing a native chief.

NATIONAL SEAMEN'S FEDERATED I UNION A meeting of the seamen and members of the Cardiff Boarding Masters' Protective Union was held at the George Hotel, Bute- road, Cardiff, yesterday, Mr. E. P. Lutze in the chair, for the purpose of putting before the eeamen the object of the Union. A resolution was moved by Mr. S. Allen, pledging support to the Union, and this was carried. There was a large attendance, and arrangements aro being made for a maes meeting at an early date.

THE PEASENHALL MYSTERY I The report that William Gardiner, who is oha,rged with the murder of Rose Haraent at Peasenhall, has bad brain fever in Ipswich. Gaol is contradicted. It is asserted, on the contrary, that he is now in excellent health, and sees his legal adviser regularly with a view to the preparation of his defenoe at hit { M-trial 08 ma"aw W8Ñt

I DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. A Jealous Husband's Crime. SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Yesterday morning a shocking drama was enacted at Clichy. A few months ago an employe of the Western Railway Company, named Marecaiile, 45 years of age, married a &ervant, who had contrived to save a fa.ir sum of money. The wife's conduct was above reproach, but the husband, who was addicted ta drink and of a very jealous character, was in the babit of returning from his work at odd hours in order to spy on her. On Thurs- day evening the poor woman rushed in a state of panic into the concierge's room. and begged her to accompany her into her dwell- ing, aa Marecaiile had a loaded revolver and meant to kill her. The concierge acceded to her request, and found the husband holding a revolver and trembling in every limb. Owing to the concierge's threats he was induced to unload the weapon, and the night passed without further incident. About half- past eight o'clock yesterday morning, how- ever. the teport of shots was heard, and a neighbour hastened to the concierge, with the grim announcement that a female was standing at a window covered with blood. iie police, who were promptly on the spot, discovered Marecaille lying on his bed with a horrible gash in his throat, and a severe wound from a bullet, which he had lodged under his chin, after having fired thrice at his unfortunate wife, each shot taking effect. The unhappy pair were conveyed to the nearest hospital, where they are in a very critical coudition. Madame Marecaille has. however, been able to relate that, after she had risen, her husband, who had returned home in a condition of intoxication, had fctched his revolver, and, without uttering a word, had attacked her. When the premises were examined upwards of 30 clasp knives were found on the kitchen table.

London Ao Finance. CARDIFF, Saturday. 11.30 a.m. Money in fair demand at 2i to 2]. Discount rates- short and three months' hills, 3g. Consols better-the Account 1-16 up. Rupee Paper unchanged. Home Balls irregular. Americans dull. Trunks steady. Mexican Rails lower. Fall: Ordinary i, Second Ilrof J. Foreigners quiet. Minis steady. Trunk Railway tr&Mo.-Tctel increase, 20,0194011. PRINCIPAL CHANGES. South Western Deferred 1, Chatham Pref, Metropoli- tan J. Bull and Barnaley i up; Great Northern Deferred, District i, Caledonian, Great Central Deferred i down; Atchison U, Baltimore 1, Union Pacific i. Atchison Pref, New York Central, Southern Pacific t up; Louis- ville, Milwaukee, Wabash Pref 1. Denver Pref, Norfolk Common i, Ontario 8, Erie, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Beading Finite, fiteels Pref, Wabaeh Debenture 0, Denver, Beading; Steels g, Chesapeake, Kansas and Texas, Southern 4 down. Trunk—Ordinary 1-16, Secoada 4, Thirds lUll. Argentine Besoission i up; Chinese BUver k down; Modder 4, Qoldfielda Deferred, Band Mines, H. E. Prop., Lace Diamond J, Gold Trust, But Band, Lom&Mda, Anaconda, Amalga- mated 1-16 up. BRITISH FUNDS. Y't'day's To-day's Tt'day's To-day's Clos. Prices. Clos. Pricer Prices. Op. 1.15 Prices. Op. 115 93i Con. N pc. IMS India 3 re 93?..Aco..?ew93< t? „ 24 pc 96tN.WMLn 65?Bn'ePr3;pc. 14 LootlLoanIO? ? I.n.C.C3pe ? FOBBIGN STOCKS. 97; Arm 1886 101 Hn. 4 pc 1881 ? 88 5feB. &. W lulj Italian b p c 100 '5i' 19 !?p IJ3: 711 ..ReMisMon 71; l00 Mcxn. 5 p.c 100 Bzt.F?5p.c ? Interne 861 W.M. 5 Pc. IPerti C. Pmf 42 #Cedul&4 iI:.77 DebR.. 41: F 774 Debx..  41tp 6? Portugue,e ?. 83?CB4tpcl89S P3 131 Feî:æ 89 Chi 8 7881 87 Spanish 4 pe 104! Gold 6p,'c 66!T?k.Gp2nd 1005 I8965C?? e ? 3H 3rd 108 K?yptn. Ud, 2? „ ?h ? 99 Frènch3p.o Ml New'94 ? 90! German 3 p.cOtto. 6 nk S?GreeMaM.. 66 ugy.0.3ip.c. HOlm BAILS. 117 Wedouln 0 99? mttcPMf.. 100 361 ? Def.K! 674 Do. 2nd Pre ?' 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IS n'7-4 Kmtrht I 74 Anireio <? Lanjrlaafrte 7? Apex ?Dn. Block B IA-I,anti MMhon. Ay :Z — i4no.StmnM. "<?aT 3. Damato Con ?g Hats G. R-fm 2 Bibiam 6Merr & Chwi 6Bonsne,?.IModderrtelu IOJ 3t1 Rh.S AMc* 3? J? MoMmbione — ? Bh. G' ("Oae 4 ?w Prljr, 6' \y £ 1:l. .0 X Claudes Anh. H OceMa Com 47,-?L -C. G. of S. 8& :? Randfontein 'HroEn Reef 11 RMidXinetlH 22t Oe Beers Def. 1& Rhodesia Ld 64 Dorban R'rt. 6t Do. Explo 8? EaBt RMa.. 81 — 1l?T)ROo. bE,*nxppolyot. 8 FantiCons. Rose Deep 4i Fe)-retM. 3 Saliibury I* (< eel one 2j( Se?we 7$GeMenhui* 1Z 3im & Jack lUno. DeeD 7S s. A. G'ld Tr 71 4 ?"betPh'x 1? f'qu'" Abo 76i..Gd.Ct.Am? 01 M rans. Gold Heri,ot 24 Do. Oeveiop J27i i Jamerafote:? ? U. RhodeM? 3; Job. Inveit. lT ViJ. Maimeef 61 Jubilee ?? Wastatk t Jumper* 1 Willou'byCd Pretn. FREIGHTS. I Chartering business is quiet to-day, quotations being praction-lly unaltered. There is not much doing in Black Seas, Easterns, or River Plates. Americans show no change. Mediterraneans, ore freights, and coastings are fairly steady. FixturesPensacola, United King- dom and Continent, 900 tons, 82s. 6d., January; rice ports, open charter, 5,000 tons, 22s 6d, February; the Tyne to Genoa, 2,500 tons, 8s 3d, prompt. Local Finance. I CARDIFF, Saturday (1.0 p.m.). Business has been stagnant to-day. Not a single transaction has been marked. The uncertainty in regard to the future of the coal trade has affected Colliery Shares. The rise in North's Ordinary seems to have spent itself. To-day these shares are marked down 1-16. North and South Wales Bank have advanced j; Hancocks Debentures and Guest, Keen and Co. 's Debentures t each. FLUCTUATIONS OF QUOTATIONS-ACTUAL: RISE. North and South Wales Bank, 341-35. to 351-41. W. Hancock's Debentures, 98-100 to 99—100. Guest, Keen and Co.'s Mortgage Debentures, lolir-2i to 102-3. FALL. Norths Ordinvy, ei-I to 6¡-¡. BRISTOL BREWERY. 1 Subject to audit, the directors of the Bristol Brewery (Messrs. Georges and 00.) have declared a dividend at tho rate of 15 per cent. per annum, together with a bonus of 5 per cant, per annum, for the half-year ended the 31st of December last, making a distribution at the rate of 181 per cent. for the year.

TO-DAY'S MARKET8 I FISH. Grimsby. Saturday .—Forty vmels arrived with a poor aappty, for which there waA a fair demand. Quot?tioM: Is 6d; turbot. Is to 1* 6d; brills, JOd per lb.; -4wes, 73 6d to 8s 6d; lemon foloo. Ke: wbtichM, 9s; pt?ce, Kv9 hoUbut, 18s pM stone; live Un?, 6e to 79; live ood, 7s to 9a; dead ditto? 36 to 6s; U?e ekate, 6* M; d.Z ditto. 4s 9d each; kit haddocks, 21s to 29s; ?bbf?d, :1* to 39s; Ure dabs, 14a to Me; live codUneB, He to 27a; rk*U, Be to 10* per bM. h?t. tA ibi ooaaù. Mt ? Mt got uw%

Plumpton Meeting. I,O-The ASHURST NOVICES' HURDLE RACE of 50 sovs; weight for age; winner to be (old for 60 sovs. About two miles and a half. 5 11 3 Mr E Woodland's Fairiight Glen P Wo dlaad 1 4 10 7 Mr Pape's Time Spinner Faulkaer 2 4 10 7 Mi Bottomley's Le Mioche Read 3 Winner trained by E Woodland. Betting—2 to 1 on Le Mioche, 2 to 1 apt. Fairiight Glen, and 20 to 1 agst Time Spinner. aFirlight Glen waited on Time Spinner until half a mile from home, and then assumed the command and won by a neck; two lengths separated the second and third. third. (Race started at 1.2.) 1.30 The SOUTHOVER SELLING HANDICAP ?TEEPLECR??E of iOO sovs, for four year olds and upward:: winners extra; wmner to be MM tw M eovs. Two miles. 6 10 8 Mr Coleman's, Tube Rose Mr D Ripleey 1 6 10 7 Mr E Woodland's Masonic Jewel P Wo dland 2 a 12 7 Mr Mason's Little Cicestrian .Acres 0 a 11 13 Mr Bishop's Irish Thistle. T Dolland 0 a 11 8 Mr Bradly's Katubasis ,Faulhller 0 a 10 13 Mr Thompson's Hobnob D Brown 0 Winner trained by Coleman.

EVENING EXPRESS" FINALS PLUMPTON MEETING. 1.0—BAKEBSFIELD. 1.30-TUBE ROSE. 2.0-MR. GORE'S BEST. 2.30-BIOLOGY (nap). 3.0—OUTPOST. 3.30^ROSE WREATH. Best Thing of the Day—BIOLOGY (oap).

ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. Irish Thistle, Critddoxtown, The Chief, Masonic Jewel, Garter Knigrht. Handshake. Podsoap, Uncle Henry, Tilchfield, Modest. Linkless, Pyperstone, Gillie II., Sans Atout, Ali II., Boxley, and Bakerafield. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS THIS MORNING. Le Mioche. Laurana, Time Spinner, Little Cicestrian. Gaffer Green. Katabaais, Hobnob, Tube Rose, Friar Back, Chiselhampton. Isaaa II., Yellow Cord, Saleratus, Bioloey, David Harum, Raveno, Gillie H., Rose Wreath, Wan- dering Minstrel, Cobden, Space, aad all in the Hurstpierpoint Selling.

KING EDWARD'S ITALIAN RACING. The Lombard Horse-racing Society (Societa Lom- barda per le Corse di Cavalxi), which Is domiciled in that city, and is under thepatronage of the Klnf of Italy, has resolved, in rder to enhance the importance and attractiveness of its meetings, to establish a new £ 4,000 race for three year olds and upwards of both sexes, to be run in June, 1904, over a course of about 2,100 metree (rather over limile). The race being an international one, invitations to enter horses were sent t all the best-known stables in Europe. The subscrip- tions closed on December 31. and the official list sup- plied by the society shows 114 entries, headed by King Edward VII. 's bay colt, by St Simon-Azeeza, foaled in 1901. This is the first time the Kine hM entered a horse lh5D stall race, and the event hM cMtsed gz*M interest.

I OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. The "Sportsman" has been officially informed by Messr3. Weatherby of the following scratchings AU engagements in Mr S K Gwjer's name—Domineer. Birminghair. engagements--Leonid, Decoy Duck, Drumcree, Vincent, and White Eyes. Middlesex Handicap Steeplechase, Hurst Park- Leinster. Novices' Hurdle Race. Hurst Park-Decoy Duck. All published handicaps—Forgetful and Abbeywood. All engagements—Trustee. Cheshire Hurdle Handicap, Manchester—Was trail a. Burst Park engagements next week—Old Patch. I BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASES. I Mr H M WUsoa'a Dodragh should have appeared am ngst the acceptances for the Grand Annusa Handi- cap.

I The receipts at Plumpton on Friday furnished a record, the takings being greatly in excess of any previous meeting at this enc osure.

GALE IN THE NORTH SEA. Steamer Ashore on Holy Island The gale in the North Sea. continues. A high sea is running on the northern and eastern coasts. The steamboat Bnmleigh. belonging to the Aberdeen line, and bound from Middlesborough to Aberdeen, stranded this morning on the stone ridge, Holy Island. The local lifeboat went to the reaeae, and succeeded in taking off the crew. The vewel is likely to beoome a total wreck.

NONCOMFOHMIST & EDUCATION ACT. The "Yorkshire Herald" to-day. states that a, committee has been formed to give effect to the policy of passure resistance to the new Education Act. It will be known as the National Passive Resistance Committee, with its headquarters at the Memorial-kail, Far- ringdon-street. Dr. Clifford is chairman, and all Free Churches councils have been invited to co-operate. The opinion of an emineat K.C. is that passive resistance is not illegal.

I tt INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS. The report of the Departmental Committee appointed to consider the present system of notification of industrial accidents was issued this morning. The general scheme which the committee suggest is that there should be three classes of reportable accidents in each of the industries under review, namely:— Fatal accidents, accidents from special cause*, and accidents causing more than a fortnight's disablement. The report states that in prac- tice the two most important changes which will result from the recommendations made will be that in mines; there will be a com- plete and uniform system ofreporting non- fatal accidents, now entirely wanting; and that in factories there will be a clear stan- dard of reportable accident, and reports of trivial accidents of an unpreventable charac- ter will be excluded.

GTZTXNSI FINE BREAD. STEVENS' FINE CAKE*. STEVENS' FINE PAØftT. BRIDAL CAKES from 10.. upwards. Gold NoW (London) for QuLUty.-THZ NEW DOROTHY, the Ked PMhionable Restaurant in Wales. ona-4 TOO LATE TOO CLASSIFY. SOL. PHILLIPS, JEWELLER AND SILVERSMITH, 43, CAROLINE-STREET, CARDIFF. SPECIAL REDUCTIONS rolt THIS WEEK. LAST FEW DAYS OF SALE PREVIOUS TO STOCKTAKING. RARE BARGAINS. SEE WINDOWS. • •ie«H

DEATH. FATTLK.NER.—On the 8th inst., at 87, ButO-Strsst, Car- diff (suddenly), Edward, the beloved husband of Emma Faulkner. Funeral on Monday, the 12th inst., at 11.30 S.M. Friends, please accept thia, the only, inti- mation-

WANTED, steady, single man as Ploughman and Wagoner, and to make himself generally useful.— Apply Llwyncrwn, Llanishen, near Cardiff. elOWl GOOD, rpecta.ble Shirt Ironers wanted at owe; good Gwages to suit?Mc girls.-Apply MM?ereM, NOLtn Steam Laundry, Cadoxton, Neath. elOB" SWEDES for sale; 14s. per ton on rail at Fortskewett; 0 cash with order.—H. Parsons, Portskewett. e4574116 ANTED, young Man; to look a?ter horse and W small garden amd make hisawt generally uwxg; live out: state wages required.—Apply, with referenees, Rhys, Hendre, Neath. 8437311. WANTED, an experienced Parlourmaid; must be f f tall; age not under 24.-Apply Mr*. Fytnaa, Rafthwaite, Penartli. 810838 OINERY.-For Windows, Staircases, Panel Doors, Bay Windows, Ac., cheapest in the trade. write Pill Bank Joinery Works, Newport. e4572t2J TO let, comtofttNe Apartments; suit feMJemM.-? TApr,ty 2, "ictorh-place, Newport. emilig WANTED immediately, Cook-General; not under 36; must be thoroughly clean; good wages suitable person.—Mrs. Roberts, Cornwall Hotel. Cardiff. 64361113 w ANTED, staid Giri for kitchenwork; able to waste and iron.—Apply, personally, Evans, Windsor Hotel, Merthyr Vale. e43S8il8 LAIN Cook or good Cook Oenval; small familyT housemaid kept.-Mn. Strawson, Oakwood, Lower Court-y-Vil-road, Penarth. e4386il6 ENTLEMAN wants immediately Sitting-room a?d GBedrwm near Radyr for about 2 months, with or without bwd.-W 57, Evening Express, Cardiff. e446bilo w ANTED. g-,t Plain Cook; p Wt to Mrs. Harries, Grosvenor aouse, Aberystwyth. e4364il6 TEETH. CONVENIENT TERMS t MESSRS, JOSEPH & BARRATT. OVER THE "WESTERN MAIL" OFFICES, 22, JJIGH-STREET, NEWPORT, MON. BINGLE fJlOOTH, 2/- EBONITE, DENTAL ALLOT, pel GOLD, 61., 10/ W, PER TOOTH. THPW SYSTEM: EXTRACTION NOT XV øABY IN ALL CUBES. TEN YEABS WRITTEN WA3W x