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Passing Pleasantries. I HIS PUNISHMENT. I Colonel: Sergeant, exclude Private Jones for I a week from the canteen for slovenly turn-out on parade. "Beg pardon, sir," replied the sergeant, that's no punishment for him; he's a teeto- taler." Oh, then, see that he gets no meat for dinner for a week." Sergeant: Bag pardon, but that ain't no punishmeiA for him either, because he a a vegetarian- Colonel: Oh, hang it! Prohibit him from smoking for a week. Sergeant: Beg pardon, but that ain't no punishment for him yet, for he don't smoke. Colonel (in desperation): Oh, then, make him drink and smoke and eat meat for a week. THE TALE OF A TEXT. There is a cruel custom prevalent in cer- tain communities of dog-fanciers, and a minister who was addressing a Sunday School class on kindness to animals thought it a splendid opportunity to point a moral. Now, which of you little girls can tell me why it is cruel to bite off puppy-dogs' tails ? he asked. For a moment there was no answer then a small child at the back put up her hand. "Well, Mabel, can you tell w ? "Yes, teacher," piped a email voice, because of the text." Ah." said the gratified teacher, busily revolving in his mind those texts which might apply to puppy-dogs' tails, and what text, dear ? Back came the answer :— What God hatn joined together let no man put asunder

Go by the Book It is folly to boil your wash. That question was settled several years ago. You know it shrinks woollens; we know it shrinks cottons and linens, and injures fibre and texture of everything. Rubbing is worse. Fels- Jiaptha saves half the rubbing. MrJTaottarao Witscn itreet London EC

I MISCELLANEOUS. I ENTERTAINING AND OURIOUS CONDENSATIONS, Coffins at Auction 1 Twenty ready-made coffins are advertised to behold by auction at Newbury. Regiment of Out-of-Works. Manchester Corporation labour Bureau contains the names of 3,017 men who are out of work. Protecting the King. Extra police protection for the King and the Prince and Princess of Wales during their recent visits to Earl Cadogan at Cnlford Hall and Lord Iveagh at Elveden-hall cost £3 18s. 3d. and 13 10s. 6d. respectively. Elections and Seaside Resorts. The town council of Morecambe is protestr ing to Parliament against elections taking place in seaside resorts during the season, and has enlisted the sympathy of the council of Folkestone. Mr. Rhodes's English Estate. The will has now teen proved in this country of the late Mr. Cecil Rhodes, the English estate being entered at the gross value of X461,409 14s. 4d., including net per- sonalty £ 169,695 8s. ld. I Laughs in Vowels. A French review says: Frank, hearty folks laugh in a phlegmatic chuckle in E; children and simple souls express their mer- riment in 1; the bold and reckless laugh in 0; and the misanthropists in U. I Silk from Seaweed Efforts are being made to revive an old- time and profitable industry, that of pro- curing fine silk from a certain gathered sea- weed. which was formerly carried on by St. Osyth and CI acton country folk. Motor-Car for War. I Boris Sarafoff, the young Bulgarian chief of the insurrectionary movement in Mace- donia, has ordered a light, strongly-built I motor-car for next season's campaign, to en- able him to move about rapidly on the rough roads of the plain. Embryo Sharpshooters _I four youths who have just been arrested by the Pittsburg police, and charged with maliciously shooting at cart-drivers and horses, were playing at soldiers, and fired their air-guns from a convenient ambush, near a ooal company's yard. Veteran's 1000-Mile Walk I Yesterday "Dr." Deighton, of Durham, who is sixty-one years of age, began his walk from Land's End to John O'Groats, which he pur- poses completing on March 26. The route will be nearly 1,000 miles in length, and the veteran hopes to walk thirty-eight miles every day, except Sundays. Name Wanted I The directors of the garden city to be founded in the Hertfordshire hills, between Hitchin and Baldock, are anxious to find a suitable name for it. Initially the estate will be called "New Letcbworth," after an old- world hamlet situate midway between the north and south extremes of the property, but eventually some nice new name will, no doubt, be found. The "christening" ceremony, expected to take place this summer, will be in every way worthy of the ideal that has occasioned it. Red Cap's Cricket Cup The Australian cricket team which visited England in 1867 undei the management of Charley Lawrence, a Surrey player who had gone to the Antipodes, comprised Bullocky, Cuzens, Dick-a-Dick, King Cole, Mullagh, Peter, Sheffy, Mosquito, Jim Crow, Charley, Tiger, Twopenny, and Red Cap. They were badly beaten by Surrey at the Oval, but nearly defeated M.C.C. at Lord's. Their first victory was over a Lewiaham team. which presented Red Cap with a silver cup in recognition of his brilliant play. King Cole died at Brighton before the tour was over.

I EXPLOSION ON SWANSEA-LADEN SCHOONER. A telegram from Nantes says an explosion occurred last evening on board the Russian sohooner Beinrich. Magdalene, from Swansea for Nantes, with coal. The deck and the crew's quarters were blown up. Two sailors were seriously injured, and are in a critical ] condition. The crew were picked up by other vessels. The schooner foundered shortly afterwards.-I«!u ter.

I BRITISH OFFICER SHOT DEAD. A dispatch from Am Rigi states that Cap- tain Warnfoxd, assistant to the Politica-I Agent at Aden, was shot dead on Thursday last by an Arab. A police sowar who was with him at the time escaped.

UNREST IN MOROCCO. I A telegram from Melilla reports serious un- rest among the Kabyles in Morocco, near the Spanish frontier. The sound of firing was heard yesterday. The chiefs and their ser- vants and families have sought refuge in Melilla. A serious rising is feared, and the Spanish troops at Melilla are preparing to repel a possible attack.—Central News.

STRANGE RESULT OF PATENT FOODS I The practice of eating prepared breakfast foods, grain maahes, and similar prepara- tions now so widely advertised under various names. is having the result of largely increas- ing the prevalence of indigestion. An expert states that the human stomach, being designed to digest meat and strong nourish- ment, becomes unfitted for its proper duties when quantities of these mashy foods are taken. Experiments on birds have shown how this is. An owl, the stomach of which ia designed (like man's) to digest meat, was fed for a time on grain foods only. It was then killed, and upon examination it was found that the inner coat of the stomach had become quite leathery through the improper food; and the liver had become enlarged. Grain foods and mashes may do for fowls and horses, but if human beings indulge in them they must take the consequences, which are indigestion and liver complaint. Wherever these occur, whether arising from improper food or not, Chas. Forde's bile beans will prove a cure. Miss Nancy Bartlett (of Trevenson, Westley-road, Boscombe) says:- "Some time back my stomach had become so weakened that I was unable to digest meat. For six months I had to leave off taking it. because the least bit caused me such pain. I became low spirited, had acute headaches, and at times felt so dizzy I could hardly stand. At night I couldn't sleep, and alto- gether I felt I was reduced to a very serious condition. Seeing bile beans mentioned in a paper as being a safe and reliable cure for all digestive troubles, I gave them a trial. Before I had taken many boxes I found my- self wonderfully better, and I am glad to tell you that I am now quite cured. I never have headaches now, no longer feel depressed, my appetite has quite come back, I can again digest meat, and I am altogether in splendid health." Everywhere medicine vendors now stock Chas. Forde's bile beans. They are the widest used of all medicines. E 9550.

UNITED STATES SENATE AND MORMONS. It is believed that Mr. Reed Smoot. of Utah, will not be allowed to retain his seat in the United States Senate. The revelations of Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon Church, have turned the tide. and one, Senator after another on the Committee has deserted his cause. Whether or not any poli- tical compact with the Mormon Church was ever made by men who thought themselves Authorised to speak for the Republican party, h e Republican party. the question is now much broader and deeper than one of mere politics, and strikes directly at the root of government. The prediction was made last night that before the hearings were concluded the entire Committee on Privi- leges and Elections would be opposed to the retention of Mr. Smoot. Senators Foraker, Dillingham, and Beveridge are the only members of the Committee who, in the last few days, have indicated, by their questions, any sympathy with Mr. Smoot. All the Demo- exaue members and other Eepublicans are supposed to be opposed to him, in view of the

I A BOGUS STORY I SEQUEL TO A WORCESTER SENSATION. On January 31 the Worcester City Police were informed of a serious case of robbery with violence said to have been committed at East Comer, one of the outlying parts of the city. The story of a Mrs. Turner, whose hus- band is in the employ of the corporation, was that in her husband's absence in the early morning two men entered her bedroom, and after subjecting her to some violence tied her to the bed-post and proceeded to rifle the contents of the room. In a box was between 130 and 140 in cash, which belonged to the Hallow Court of Foresters, of which the woman's husband is treasurer. This money the burglars made off with, and when she re- covered sufficiently she raised the neighbour- hood with her cries for help. Sympathising neighbours hastened to relieve her from her uncomfortable position, and the police inquired into the matter, without any satis- factory results. The sequel to the sensation was witnessed yesterday at the City Police-court, where the husband, George Turner, pleaded guilty to unlawfully withholding JE32 11s. 2d., moneys belonging to the Hallow Court of Foresters, Pride of the Heath. Mr. A. A. Maund, who prosecuted, said defendant had been treasurer of the court for 33 years, and until within the past two years had correctly kept the accounts. It was necessary that he should keep a considerable sum of money in hand to meet claims. and hitherto his balances had been found correct. At the audit in January defendant was unable to produce his balance, and proceedings had to be taken. The trustees of the court asked only for a small penalty, and expressed sym- pathy with the defendant under the special circumstances. The Bench ordered defendant, who earns only 16s. per week and contributes towards the maintenance of his mother, to re-pay the amount by instalments of 10s. per month, or I two months' hard labour.

MONEYLESS MONEY-LENDER. I King's Lynn possesses a citizen named Henry Cozens, who combines the professions of sandwichman and money-lender. The latter fact was brought out at the local police-court yesterday, when Cozens was charged with assaulting a customer. It was stated th-at he is a registered money- lender, his clients being people who are as poor as he was himself supposed to be. It was alleged that in some instances the interest charged by him worked out at nearly 2,000 per cent. Cozens, it appeared, lent a mar- ried woman, who lives in one of the meanest yards in the town, a sovereign, she agreeing: to pay six shillings and eightpence a week. When the first instalment was due and was tendered he was alleged to have asked for the sovereign back as well, saying that he would lend it to the woman again. She could not comply with the request, and Cozens thereupon knocked her down and smashed a jug about her head. 'When informed that he must pay a fine of 30s., or go to prison for a month. Cozens said he would go to prison, giving the extraordinary reason that all his money was in shares. He waa allowed until Saturday to find the amount.

PENALTY OF A FAMILY. I At Southwark County court, London, j yesterday, Elizabeth Turner, Walworth, sued, a tailor, named Luke, late of Shepherd's Bush, to recover £1 8s. 6d., three weeks' rent. Mrs. Luke declared that when only one week's rent was owing the brokers were put! in, and she was ordered to clear out by noon next day. She urged that she could not find another place immediately, because of her family. The bailiff told her Mrs. Turner did not want her money, but to get rid of her, because she had so many children. Witness managed to leave on the fifth day of the third week. The plaintiff said actual distress was never levied. The tenant was only warned. Mrs. Lake: We were told we should lose all our furniture unless we got out by the next day. You cannot get a place in Shepherd's Bush if you have children, and I have six. Judge Addison gave judgment for only two weeks' rent, and said he should not allow the plaintiff any costs except court fees, adding to the defendant, If you have six children you cannot pay more than 2s. 6d. a month."

I ALLEGED EMPLOYMENT FRAUDS. At the Guildhall, London, yesterday, Frede- rick Gray, 28, alias M. W. Kersey, Wainwright, Snell, and Griffiths, described as a clerk, residing at Forest Hill, was again brought up before Alderman Dr. Crosby, upon charges of obtaining sums of money from young men in London, Coventry, York, and other provin- cial towns, who were anxious to emigrate to South Afrioo., by false pretences. The prose- cution alleged that the prisoner advertised cntion alleged that the prisoner advertised in the daily new&papers for clerks and cashiers in South Africa, offering to pay half passage rates. He had many applicants, and having engaged them at high rates of wages, ob- tained from them money to pay the other ha.lf passage. He had several addresses in the City and West End, and well-appointed offices. In some of the cases, it was stated, he had deprived young intending emigrants of the whole of their savings. The magistrate committed him for trial at the next Old Bailey Sessions upon four specific charges.

SOLDIER IN TROUBLE. I George Bardesley, aged 36, attired in khaki uniform and wearing the South African War ribbon, and whose visiting-card was inscribed "Lieutenant Bardesley," Wait convicted yester- day at Gravesend of theft. Prisoner, who gave his address as The Hollies, Hounelow, called upon the vicar of Holy Trinity, Graves- end, and begged his fare to London. Whilst the vicar's back was turned he t-ook a silver match-box and diary out of the pocket of a coat hanging in the hall, and belonging to the Rev. Duncan Standfast, of Heading, who was a visitor at the vicarage. Subsequently he was traced to the St. James's Vicarage, where he had offered the box for sale. Two previous convictions of theft were admitted by him, and he was now sentenced to a month's hard labcuT.

A FORTY-TWO YEARS' DEBT. I At Wandsworth County-court, London, yes- terday a young man, named Kecvil, residing in Wandsworth, was ordered to pay 5s. a month in respect of a. debt of L120 16s. 4d., incurred in a. Chancery suit, in which the plaintiffs were Messrs. Jame 4 Pitcher and Co., printers, of Newman-street, Oxford-street, W. At the rate of payment defendant will be 42 years in paying off the debt.

AFTER THE WEDDING. I John Glenholmes was remanded last night a,t Ballymena, County Antrim, charged on suspicion with causing the death of Robert Preston, of Glaryfonr, on or about January 22 last. Accused and deceased were at a wed- ding party together, and deceased's body was subsequently found in the River Main.

MASTODON FOUND IN ALASKA. i News has been received in scientific circle-a in New York that a Mastodon in perfect con- dition has been discovered in Alaska. The body is complete, even the hair and skin being in an exoeUent state of preservation. The animal was found frozen rigidly.

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BELGIAN SCANDAL. COUNSEL'S APPEAL TO KING LEOPOLD. The Court of First Instance again sat yester- da,y in Brussels to hear the adjourned action brought by the creditors of Princess Louise of Coburg against her father, the King of the Belgians (says a Brussels telegram to the Daily Mail "). His Majesty oontenda that his matriag,d contract with the late Queen at Vienna did not stipulate for community of fcrtnne, while the creditors claim that half the King's property belonged to the late Queen, and should be shared among her daughters. Yesterday's hearing waa opened by Me. Janson, oouneel for Princess Stephanie, who contended that the declaration made by the husband and wife at Vienna clearly showed that it was subject to the Belgian law. The contract was void, to commence with. It could not in any case be ratified, and ought to have be5n remade. The disinheriting of children," said coun- sel, has ever been condemned by good men. Do you neatember Moliere's 'Tartuffe'? In the Iaft act the police officer says, 'We live under a, prince who is the enemy of fraud.' I await the police offioer. (Sensation in court.) I wait for the Royal wisdom to put an end to this tTial before sentence is de- livered. When the Princess entrusted me with her defence, I begged my colleagues to persuade the King to avoid a trial-to do that which his dignity and honour demanded. (Load applause from the paMic gallmes, dur- ing which the presiding judge threatened to I clear the court.) Our hopes were deceived. "King's Justice." I We have right on our side. There are I principles which should never be =o,t?d. Pericles said that the greatest glory of the Athenian people was the equality of its citi- zens before the law. If the court pronounce for coramunity of fortune, the King will re- main in possession of a vast fortune, the creditors will be satisfied, and the children of the prineessee will aA a later date be free of debt. Formerly the King's Justice' had precedence of the common law; to-day your just verdict will be the true justice of the King. Me. Weiner, counsel for the King, argued that BpeciaA laws existed for reigning fami- lies, sanctioned by usage in the law of nations, and that the court was not com- petent to pronounce the nullity of a deed passed in conformity with this law. The Oivil List was granted to the King by the country to keep up his Royal Tuition and establish, useful institutione; not in any sense to be saved for his children. Counsel considered the intervention of Princeas Stephanie (Countess Lonyay) to be an act of aggression against the King. Aa for the contract of Vienna, it "as a political Act, concluded for the future welfare of two States, as in the case of the marriage contract entered into by Leopold I. The King could not be regarded as a simple citizen. Counsel then proceeded to examine the marriage contracts of the Emperor Maximilian and Princess Charlotte, and then that of Princegs Stephanie herself vn-th the late Archduke Rudolph, both exe- cuted on the same principles. The law of nations, he urged, could be confused with the civil oode.

NEW GUN FOR THE ARMY. I In the course of hie statement on the Army I Supply Administration in the House of Oom- mons yesterday, Mr. Arnold-Forster stated that a new heavy field-gun had practically been decided upon-a Royal Horse Artillery gun, which he believed stood practically with- out a rival, and oertainly without a superior, in Europe. The projectiles for these weapons would be of 12ilb. and 18ilb. The guns would, it was added, be supplied to India, the otily possible point of contact with a great Euro- pean Power.

A BARRISTER UNROBED. r An unusual incident occurred at Notting- ham and Notts Assizes yesterday, occasion- ing some merriment. In a. civil action brought under the Employers' Liability Act, Mr. H. Y. Stanger, K.C., who was retained for the plaintiff, appeared before the learned judge without wig or gown, explaining that, by accident," he was uupjrovided with I either. Mr. Justice Wills allowed the learned counsel to proceed with his case.

SHOT THROUGH THE HEART A young married woman was found dead in bed yesterday morning at her husband's resi- dence. n Wood-green, London, under circum- otances which point to suicide. She was shot through the heart, and a. revolver was lying beside her. Investigations show that the de- ceased lady had lived apart from her hus- band, but on Sunday visited Wood-green to see him. and at night occupied a. room alone. No sounds of a shot were heard by the other occupants of the house.

THE FIGHTING IN URUGUAY The following message has been received at Buenos Ayres from Monte Video:—"The report of General Muniz on the fight at Paso del Parque states that the number of Govern- ment troops which confronted the Revolu- tiona-ri was 4,500. The Insurgents lost 100 killed. 300 wounded, one cannon, and 280,000 cartridges."

SCENES IN A HOSPITAL The Skibbereen Guardians are seeking leave to dismiss a hospital attendant who is alleged to have attacked a patient with a knife and a chair. The master knocked him down and ran for help, and he was eventually over- powered by the matron and a patient and pinned to the floor.

FIFTH TEST MATCH I Hollow Defeat of England. COLONIALS WIN BY 218 RUNS. Trumble Performs the "Hat Trick." THE WICKET IN A DREADFUL STATE. On the resumption of play in the test match at Melbourne this morning Kelly, the over- night not out, was accompanied to the wickets by Tramper. Hirst was bowling, and with his first ball, took Trumper's wicket, the fourth wicket thus going down with the score un- changed. Hill now came in. and in twenty minutes' play he and Kelly carried the score to 26, the latter having then made 11 and his partner 6. The partnership was dissolved at 43, when Kelly, who had made 24, returned a ball to Arnold. Hill, who at this point had made 10, had only added another six when he followed Kelly back to the pavilion, being caught at mid-on off Hirst, Who had now taken three wickets for seven. Duff and Noble were now together, and suc- cessfully held their own till the luncheon interval, by which time they had raised the total to 92. Almost throughout the morning the scoring was slow, but Kelly, who was bat- ting forty-two minutes for his 24, at one time ma.de matters brighter. Altogether he hit five 4's, and when Arnold went on in place of Rhodes at 23 he made nine off his first over. The 50 was reached in an hour and seven minutes. Hirst and Arnold, Tailing to make any impression, Rhodes again took the ball, and his first delivery should have disposed of Noble, who was badly missed by Relf at slip. The Australian captain had then only made 8. A little later the play was once more enlivened by eleven runs being made in one over off Hirst, and at 89 the latfcr was relieved by Braund. Of the ten overs he had hitherto bowled, however, four had been maidens. Noble and Duff were now getting set, and playing an attractive game. At the interval the former had scored 19 and Duff 21. The weather was still showery and the wicket wet. The public interest in the match appeared to have largely diminished, the attendance being very poor. On the resumption of play after lunch Duff and Noble continued their innings to the bowling of Rhodes and Hirst. The morning's showers had caused the wicket to further deteriorate, and by now it was very sticky and difficult. Rhodes's fifth ball tempted Noble out of his ground, and the Colonial captain was unable to get back before Lilley put his wicket down, with the total standing at 92. The seventh wicket had put on 43 runs. Hopkins now joined Duff, but before he had scored he sent up a difficult catch towards long-on off Rhodes. Bosanquet dashed in, but failed to secure it. Afterwards Duff, when he had made 26, returned a ball to Rhodes, which that bowler failed to hold. Finally, however, Duff hit up a catch off Rhodes to Warner at mid-on, and was dis- missed, the game then being 115 for eight wickets. Duff, who had been batting an hour and three minutes, had played an all-round game, hitting five 4's. Gehrs was now with Hopkins, who was playing a forcing game. When the score stood at 133, however, Gehrs was caught and bowled by Hirst, the partnership having produced eighteen runs. Trumble then came in ninth wicket down, but with the score un- altered he was dismissed by a clever catch at mid-off by Arnold, the innings terminating for 133 runs. Critics on the ground were heard to remark that neither Arnold's nor Rhodes's bowling was up to the usual standard, and that they did not take full advantage of the condition of the ground. Hirst, however, was excellent. At about a. quarter to four the Englishmen went in for their second venture, an almost hopeless one, on a dreadful pitch, and with over 300 wanted to save a defeat. Warner put Braund and Foster in first, while Noble and Cotter, as in the first innings, bad charge erf the attack. The innings opened badly. Ootter sent down the first ball, and Braund, with a bad stroke, tipped it into the slips, where M'Allister held it. Tyldesley then joined the amateur, and a stand was made for the second wicket. Tyl- desley did not appear to adapt himself to the bowling, however. When he bad made 11 he got a severe blow from one of Ndble's de- liveries, which broke in fiercely and prostrated him for a. few minutes. Foster, however. was more confident, though he made an awkward hit to leg off Cotter When be had made eight, but Duff, owing to his mis- judging the flight of the ball, missed the catch. Then, with 24 runs UP. Tyldesley snicked one of Cotter's deliveries high into I the slips, where Hopkins held it. The Lan- caehire man was out for 15, and Foster had then made 9. Knight then joined Foster, and things looked more hopeful. The Worcestershire man was in fine form, and knocked up ten in one over off Cotter. At 35 Nobte put on Trumble instea.d of Cotter, and the change was attended with mar- vellous soccers. Knight was caught behind the wicket, off Trumible, before he had scored, tbree wickets being down for 38. Foster and Warner were then together, but the partnership had not lasted long before Foster drove Trumble rather high and hard to Ion gone, and Tnxmper, stretching his right hand up above his head, brought off an almost miraculous catch, which called forth load cheers from the spectatore. Foster had been at the wickets forty-six minutes, and had made an attractive and vigorous display. His 30 included four 4's. Trumble had then taken two wickets at a cost of three runs. Hirst joined the captain, but tho.innings rapidly degenerated. When he had only made 1 the last comer made a dangerous hit to leg off Trmnble, and it was held by M'Allister. Warner had then made 3. Bosanquet was the next man in, but he had only scored 4 when he waa caught at long-on by Gehrs, off Trumble, six wickets being down for 61. Rhodes then joined the captain, who, however, returned Trumble's next ball into the bowler's hands. Trumble, who was quite unplayable on the bad wicket, dismissed Lilley, Warner's successor, for a duck, leg before, and in so doing accom- plished the hat trick. At this point he had taken six wickets foT 11 runs. The seventh and eighth wickets had been captured for no runs, the game then being eight for 61. Arnold a.nd Rhodes were then together, and brought the score up to 71. when play was delayed for a short time, owing to a heavy shower. Play was resumed after a quarter of an hour's interval, and Rhodes and Arnold, despite the disheartening circumstances, played vigorously until the latter was caught at long-on by Duff, off Trumble. Hayward being absent, ill, the innings then closed for 101. A nsif i n.n« Htt 1)1 J Rhodes and Arnold, despite the unfavour- tible conditions, had made a splendid stand of 40 for the ninth wicket. At the cleae of the match Trumble was cheered for his splendid performance with the ball. He took seven wickets at a cost of 23 runs. Cotter took two for 25. Noble and M'Leod had 19 runs hit off them respectively, and took no wickets. The attendance at the close was 4,000. In view of the exceptional interest taken in the visit of Mr. Warner's team, a picture in oils commemorating the final test match is to be I painted. Complete scoi-e:- AUSTRALIA.—First innings. Duff. b Braund. 9 Trumper, c and b Braund 88 Hill, c Braund, b Rhodes 16 Noble, c Foster, b Arnold 29 M'Allister, st Lilley, b Brannd. 36 Gehrs. c and b Braund. 3 Hopkins, c Knight, b Braund. 32 M'Leod, c Rhodes, b Braund 8 Trumble, c Foster, b Braund. 6 Kelly, not out. 6 Cotter, b Braund 6 Extras 8 Total. 247 AUSTRALIA.—Second innings. M'Allister, c Foster, b Arnold 9 M'Leod, c Bosanquet, b Braund 0 Kelly, c and b Arnold 24 Cotter, b Hirst 0 Trumper, b Hirst 0 Hill, c Warner, b Hirst 16 Duff, c Warner, b Rhodes 31 Noble, st Lilley. b Rhodes 19 Hopkins, not out 25 Gehrs, c and b Hirst 5 Trumble, c Arnold, b Hirst 0 Extras .— 4 Total. 133 ENGLAND.—First innings. Hayward. b Noble 0 Arnold, c Kelly, b Noble. 0 Rhodes, c Gehrs, b Cotter 3 Warner, c M'Allister, b Cotter 1 Tvldesley, c Gehrs, b Noble 10 Foster, b Cotter ft Hirst, c Trumper, b Cotter 0 Braund, c Hopkins, b Noble 5 Knight, b Cotter 0 Bosanquet, c Noble, b Cotter 16 Lilley, not out 6 Extras 2 Total 61 ENGLAND.—Second innings. Braund, c M'Allister, b Cotter 0 Foster, c Trumper, b Trumble 30 Tyldesley, c Hopkins, b Cotter 15 Knight, o Kelly, b Trumble 0 Warner, c and b Trumble 11 Hirst, c M'Allister, b Trumble 1 j Bosanquet, c Gehrs, b Trumble 4 Lilley, I b w, b Trumble 0 Rhodes, not out 16 Arnold, c Duff, b Trumble 19 Hayward (absent, ill) 0 Extras 5 Total (all out) 101 BOWLING ANALYSIS. AUSTRALIA.—First innings. O. M. R. W. Hirst 19 6 44 0 Braund 12.3 6 81 8 Rhodes 12 1 41 1 Arnold 18 4 46 1 Bosanquet 6 0 27 0 AUSTRALIA.—Second innings. 0 M. R. W. Rhodes .— 15 2 52 2 Arnold .——. 8 3 A 23 2 Braund 4 1 6 1 Hirst 16.5 4 48 6 ENGLAND.—First innings. O. M. R. W. Noble 15 8 19 4 Cotter 15.2 2 40 6 M'Leod 1 1 0 0 Noble bowled a no-ball. -Prees Association Cricket Special. Cable from Warner. The Westminster Gaaette" publishes the following cable from Warner:— Melbourne, Tuesday.—The toss decided the match. The pitch was easy at first, but difficult during the rest of the game. The Austra,liana played better cricket than we did. Our bowling in the second innings, with the exception of that of Hirst, was below the usual form. Trumble in our second innings was absolutely unplayable. It is admitted here that it is a mistake to play two test matches one immediately after the other.

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SPORT OF THE DAY. J. Reiff has been refused his licence by the I French Jockey Club. The Prince of Wales's Gold Paste has foaJed a bay filly to Persimmon. Racing at Cheltenham on Thursday will commence at 1.15, and terminate at 4.30. Lord Falmouth has secured second claim on the services of J. E. Watts for the coming flat-rascing season. W. Lane will most probably ride Clonmell in the Derby, and he haa been secured for Santry in the Two Thonsand. Mr. H. Sidney, the new owner of Bobsie, has gent him to F. R. Hunt at Wylye to be trained for futnre engagements. Mason will ride Benvenir in the Grand National. Last year, ridden by an amateur, the mare finished fifth to Drnmcree. G. M'Oall has ta&en up his abode at Foxhill, and will ride as first jockey to Robinson's stable in the forthcoming flat-racing season. F. Lynham has left Whitsbury, the stables and gallops ha.ving been taken over by Mr. G. Thursby. No horses have arrived as yet, as the new boxes which are being erected are not quite completed. Through claiming to be sold for JB50 in the Cheshire March Steeplechase of 500 sova at Hooton Park next Saturday, Benhead, the winner of the Grand Military Handicap Steeplechase at Sandown Park, escapee a penalty, his import remaining at ICtet. lOlh. Various statements have been made regard- ing the late Mr. Whitney's stud of brood mares and foals in England, but the report that they were to be sold has been contra- dicted. The question of the disposal of the horses in Anierica and New York has not yet been considered. We are withiu a fortnight of the Lincoln- shire Handicap, and jockeys, with more or less authority, are being Sappertioned to likely runners. W. Lane has boen spoken of in omnection with Schnapps, but it is now said that he win be on the back of Switch- cap; J. H. Martin, who will be attached to R. Sherwood's stable during the coming racing season, will in all probability ride Salute; Butchers is to pilot Pure Gold; and Dtkker. Mr. T. JetLningWg; apprentioe. is to take the apprentice allowance ~on Holme LoW.,

ILADEN WITH JEWELS ARRESTS FOLLOW A Y,9,000 I BURGLARY. Smart work on the part of a police-con- oon'stable in Bond-street early yesterday morning resnlted in the recovery of P9,000 worth of jewellery, and the arrest of two out of four men, who are supposed to have been confederates in a daring burglary. The soone of the robbery was the establish- ment of Messrs. Asprey and Co., jewellers, 165 and 166, New Bond-street. The premises stand at the oorner of Grafton-street, and the doorway and lelrge plate-glass windows are veiled at night by heavy iron shutters. One of these shutters was forced up by iron bars in the early hours of yesterday morn- ing, an entry was effected, and a great, amount of jewellery packed in bags and taken away. Two men carrying the bags were followed along the street by Police-con- stable Rólwn, and were subsequently arrested. The constable's suspicions were aroused at about a quarter-past six, when he saw two men loitering in Albemarle-street, one of them glajicing in the direction of Grafton- street. A little later the officer, when keeping a sharp look-out in New Bond-street, perceived two other men, one carrying a large brown bag, and the other being suspiciously bulky about the body. • Smart Capture. I At the point where Conduit-street joins Regent-street. one of the men dropped the bag lie carried and began to run, but another constable, arriving on the scene, seized and arrested him. Meanwhile Police-constable Bawn dashed after the other man, who had aJso started to run, and suooeeded in captur- ing him. His swollen appea-rance was due to a cloth bag, filled with jewellery, being slung round his neck. Subsequent examination of Messrs. Asprey's premises showed thait inside the shop jewel- lery had been scattered about in all direc- tions, and tha.t a great amount was missing. The manager estimates the vaJue of the stolen articles a.t £ 9,000. Yesterday the two men captured were brought before the magistrate at Marl- boroughrstreet. Their names are Walter Sands, 28, plasterer, and John Slade, 27, labourer. They were charged with being con- cerned with othera not in custody with break- ing into Messrs. Asprey's shop and stealing therefrom 223 watches, 192 bracelets, 107 scarf- pins, f8 rings, 40 necklets, 43 pendants, 29 whistles, nineteen pencil-oases, some chains, I F,ea, I L,. brooch- eeale, brooches, studs, earrings, and other articles. Pol ice*-con»ta-ble Rawn said that when he arrested Sands the man commenced to struggle, bnt afterwards went quietly to the police-station. The whole of the jewellery mentioned in the charge was found upon the prisoners. Both men were remanded for a week.

STOCKBROKER'S FAILURE Gross Liabilities Over £ 9,000. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. William Evans, stockbroker. Cardial, was called for this morning, but there was not a quorum, and the debtor's affairs remain in the hauda of the Official Receiver (Mr. George David). The gross liabilities amounted to E9,121, of which z64,708 is expected to rank as dividend. The assets are put down at JS85, leaving a defi- ciency of £ 4,713, Claims were put in by London stockbrokers for L2,984 19s. Id., but there are no claims by local stockbrokers. The amount owing to clients is only £ 40— nearly all of which is due to the debtor's brother. There is now a liability to Mr. Evans's father's estate of X4,020 lis. 9d. for guaranteed overdraft and other advances.

LEICESTER MEETING. I Programme for To-morrow. I -The SYSTON SELLING HURDLE HANDICAP of 70 sovs; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. —The SILEBY SELLING STEEPLE- CHASE of 70 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winner to be sold for 50 80,S. Two miles. -The OADBY HANDICAP HURDLE RACE PLATE of 150 sovs; winners extra. Two miles. ys st lb Sir Peter Walker's Pure Joy Latham 5 lsil 7 Mr A Kyte'a Fits and Starts.Owner 6 12 5 Mr W A Jarvis's Zampa Owner 4 11 10 Major J M Gordon's Wolf Jarvis a 11 5 Mr B S Cooper's Arizona II C Brown 511 5 Mr A B Worthington's KHngsor Private 611 3 Mr C Bower IpTnay',g Nereue M'Gibt>on 61011 Mr C Hibbert's Salvador W Nightingall a 10 10 Mr C Sheppani's Little Teddie f R Hunt 6 10 10 Mr Raid Walkees Ciorind? Doyle 5 10 9 ei C Seymour's Never Say N;R 5 g 9 Mr B GottsohaIk's Beamish J Cannon 5 10 7 Mr W Westgate's Treachery Dav/kins 5 10 7 Mr A E M'Ki'alay's One Away Coulthv.'aitn 410 3 Mr J Muddimer's Thursday U PerkiE3 5 10 0 —The KEBWORTH OTEEPLECHASE HANDICAP PLATE of 70 BOVB; win- ners extra. Two miles. ys st lb Mr T Bater's Fairland Coulthwajte a 12 9 Mr Ferns's St. Hilarious Ambler 5 11 4 Prince Hatzfeldt's Ipswich.Mr Law 5 11 1 Mr N J Kelly's Min Cullen all 0 Mr J Hare's Netherland ¥ B Hunt 6 10 9 Mr H B Black's What Xerxt Lyall 6 109 Mr W E N?aon's Orpington.W NightiMiHl a 10 97?! J A Scorror's Miss Doods Chamberlain 6 îg Mr G Meczies's Mardi Gras Owner 6 30 7 Mr B B BcmUey'8 Smopi. C Brown a 10 6 Mr C Perklm's WHton Castle Coulthwaite 6 10 6 Mr Stanley Howard's Knoekaulin In Ireland 610 4 Mr C Kingswcll's Buck Palm Goby 5 10 1 Mr Raid Walker's Yarlet Doyle 5 10 1 Mr W H Stops's Dervish Owner 6 10 0 Mrs Trfetham's Royal Vintage Private 5 10 0 Mr Garrett Moore's Absant Friend Sentence 4 10 0 —The THURMARTON STEEPLE- CHASE of 70 sovs; list 71b ea-ch; winners extra. Three miles. y? stlb Mr T Bater's Fairland Cowlthwaite :<; l Mr H Sidney's Rathcannon Owner 6 11 13 Prince Hatzfeldt's Deajrslaver Mr Law a 11 11 Mr W Gale's Cinclunatus Owner a 11 11 Capt. H C Elwes's Gangbridgti Owner a 10 11 Mr F Watkins's False Stitch LyaU a 10 11 Mr Whitehead's Laplander Private a. 10 11 Mr Everton's Stephano Private 6 10 7 Mr C B Clutterbuck's Bonnie Prince Charlie Owner a 10 7 Lord Derby's St. Levan Capt. Dewhurst 6 10 7 Mr T E Gilbert's Kilworth Sticks Owner 6 10 5 Major J M Gordon's Bipartite Coulthwaite 6 10 3 Mr F G Haines's Hampton Lock Burbidge a 10 3 Mr Vivian Smith's EnmBcorthy Private a 10 3 Mr W H Stops's Laurie Owner 4 10 3 Mr J C Striker's Fairy Gem Green 5 10 o -The BELGRAVE MAIDEN SELLING HURDLE RACE PLATE of 70 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winners extra. Two miles. ys st lb Mr E J Percy's AdeUM.R?in &11 7 Mr HERsm?t's Wild Apple Hallick f 5 J11 1 7 Mr G Menzi' Scottish Archer Owner 5 113 Mr C S Newton's Bryant 1>rl^\e 611 ? Mr F R Fry, Visionary ..Hallick 5 T1T 1 i3 i n Mr P Whisker's Texas II Owner 5 11 3 Mr Whithead's Prince Jerry Private 5 113 Mr W h¡i:ft:il!r;: U Mr H Bee's Tweedlopunch Shedden. 4 11 0 Mr T W Btmturon's Marcl* W Ni&htiiig?l 4 10 7 Mr F R Fry 6 Sfb?go.H?l? 4 10 7 Mr E Gwilt's OriUon.Pr'vMe 410 7 Mr T Southall's Barograph M'Gowaa 4 10 7 Mr E C Tagg's Shenield Wednesday C Brown 4 10 7

BARRY LAW CASE. Mr. Justice Kekewich, in the London Chan- cery Division to-day, in the action of Milward v. Williams, which was for the specific per- formance by the defendant who resides at Cadoxton-juxta-Barry, of an agreement for a building lease to be granted by the plaintiff, gave judgment for the plaintiff in accor- dance with the terms agreed upon between the parties.

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I INHUMAN FIENDS. The following dispatch has been rereived in New York from Springfield, Ohio. A negro has been confined in gaol here, on a charge of shooting a woman and killing a, policeman. who was arresting him. At eleven o'clock last night a mob of 800 persons broke into the gaol and shot the negro dead in a yard of the gaol. They then conveyed the body to the main street, hung it on a telegraph pole, and riddled it with bullets for half an hour. The impact of the fusillades swayed the body to and fro, and the limbs moved convulsively, at which the crowd, which. had now increased to fifteen hundred, went wild with delight and joked while they were re-loading.-Reuter.

I THE TOWN8HEND HEIRLOOMS. A large and fashionable attendance again assembled at Christie's, in London, yesterday to witness the sale of the final portion of family portraits and pictures, known as the "Townshend Heirlooms," sold by order of the Marquess of Townshend, with the sanction of the court. The sale of the ninety-eight lots yesterday afternoon added E6,601 Is. to the total sums realised on the previous three days, which were, for the silver, L4,357, for the furniture and objects of art zE722, and for Saturday's selections of pictures 1'29,342. This made a grand total obtained for the whole of the heirlooms of over £ 41,000.

LAWN TENNIS. Boston, MoDday.- The United States National Lawn Tennis Association has cabled to the secretary of the English Lawn Tounix Association that it will not take part in the contest for the T. Daviee International Oup, to be held at the All-England Ground, Wimble- don, in july.-Re-uter.

ANGLO-SPANISH ARBITRATION. The King of Spain has signed decrees ratify. ing the Arbitration Conventions with Britain and France.

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