Evening Express

HER BEAUTIFUL HAIR I The court missionary said at Willesden yesterday, that he could not, as he promised, find a situation for a young girl remanded by the court. While under remand her nair had been cut "all ways," aind a hairdresser said that ten months must pass ere it became sightly.. She had beautiful hair, too, it was stated. The clerk was told to intake inquiries of the governor of the prison. i

LINGFIELD PARK. I A — The GB.OOMBRIDGE" 6TEEPLE- 1 2.0 c R A E of 7u &OV!, for four-yeax- oias and upwards. Three miiee. & 12 Mr DeL?aroes H&Ugale .A Cole 1 j 5 11 M Mr E GwiK's Bush Hoee .FreeJIle.lWe 2 ¡ a 12 3 Mr H Bottomley's Swesi Dixie iiarilgaii J a 12 2 Mr A GorhAnfB Ulster Boy D Mu"ia0 a 12 3)1.r F C Webb's Celeoraiiou B Gordon 0 j 6 11 10 Mr W S'ivers Thanet Ownere tîi W oodland's Minting L«sg Bollaeon g ¡ 5 11 10 Mr W Chaplm'E Bu) ai Blaw Paliner 0 I Winner trained by A C?ate. Batting—S. t:n t:s -weet Dix. ud bLh Rose, 7 to 1 agst fialjgate, £ to 1 ag?t Ulster Boy, 10 to 1 I agst CelfchTaajan. and 100 to ó agst any other. Ttizoiet went away With a clear lead ot Ulster Boy, :UnC'ng Last. Swoet Dtxre, ijia 1:>0)&1 Blaze, but at the entrance of tue strajgtit the first time he ran out I and left sweet Dix-ite in front of UlSter boy and Hall- gate. At the stands Hidfrate went OIL and, maitwg; the remainder off tht running, won by iour leagths: ax l«-n^ths between the second and thircL Ulster Boy wae j 1ounh, lr&iOIl afu, &DC ?w.ii ?az' who tW t shmped his jockey but was l-e-iuounted, was sixth. I (Pace started at 2-0.) j 2 •O0U fv—The GUEST H?T. SELLIG I .0 HURDLE RACE of 70 sove, for four- year-olds and upwards. Two miles. over eight hurdies. 4 10 9 Mr C lioap^m's Eavon d'o, .P Woodland 1 a 12 0 Mr ChristioMilier's Bigo -Mr VV Bulteal 2 5 11 1C Mr sx Bomas's Ronald .Freamantte B a 12 0 Mr C Ktbbert's Pomfret Sightingall 0 all 7 Mr T Wort-ao's Heart's Deti-ght ..Mat-thews 0 > ii 7 Mr E Woodland'e Velo Mx C Haoin 0 5 il 3 Mr H Bcttcmley's Sea Log HafUgM C 4 10 9 Mr J Jfcste'e Gwalia G Morris 0 4 10 S Mr G Hyde's Marlborough Swell Ov.-nei0 4 10 9 Mr H. Randall's Mise Blucher FbiH kplz0 4 10 8 Sir C Nugent's Jour .B M-argan 0 4 10 9 Mr H .i:I.plE'Y'6 Winnpole .Owner 0 v\ inn ar trained by E i ■ oodland. BeUing—7 to 4 atdt Bavon d'Or, 6 w 1 agst BonaJd, 7 to 1 each agst Heart's Deli-gin, Sea Log. and Mtes Blucher, 10 to 1 agst vnmpoie, and 100 to E a gist any other. I Sea Log a good pace to xiavon d'OT. R4o, Mies Ble"\t Heart's Delight, in Pomfret last, til! six arlongs *ro.±. home, when Rayon d'Or and Kigo drew out 2tie by atde m front of Mjas Blucher and ) Boaahi. and fc-ught out a pretty fimafa, ifl&yon d'Or 6oor-t,g by a necu: 8:X lengths separated the w-mud and thhd- Miss Blucher was fourth, Jour fir-?t, ,¡m-I pol, sixth. Heart's Delight next, &nd Velo last. Bayon d'Or wae> ao;d to Mr A Yates for 145gB. (Kace started at 2, 32 ) 3•(U \—The SOUTHERN HANDICAP STEE- .0 PLEOHASE of 100 8OVS; wmoera extra. Two miles. a 11 11 Mr A Gorham's Wolf's Folly T Fitton 1 a 11 11 Mr L S Denny's Golden Wedding .Owner 2 5 11 5 D Faber's Devaiopar .Rarwgan 3 6 12 7 Mr Hodgson's John Denais R Morgan 0 a 12 5 Major Tristram's Shaun A boo owner 0 5 11 11 iLr H Headman's The Clown IL..Hathaway 0 a 11 S Mr HBmtomley's Admas? F Cole 0 a îi i:; !f 1={eie"Q'hJi?;: g 6 10 11 Mr H Bonae's Visionary Freemartle 0 a 10 9 Mr B Woodiand'6 Dam W Hopkins 0 4 10 4 Mr A M Singer's Walt In .DoimeHy D 5 10 2 Mr Bow-swell's Chelsea Bob Pamer 0 a 10 0 Co-1. Cum.beriege's Murllo.Mr Cum bene ge 0 a 10 0 Mr H Maddick's Unaesired Ftulkner0 Winner trainsd by A Clement. Betting-7 to 2 ag-st College Queen, 9 to £ agst Walk In, 5 to i agst Developer, 8 to 1 each agst Shaun Aboo. John Dennis. Goldtsn Wedding, and Wolfs Folly, and 100 to b agst any other. At the first fenoe John Dennis fell, and Golden Wro- dmg settled down clear of Mur.r:io. College Queen, V.>E!ar>, aik In. Dcun, oW., Folly. Developer, and Shaun Aboo. H*K way Wolfe Foilv became second and challenged Golden Weridmg on the flat, and won by two lengths; a bad third. College Queen was fourth, walk In fifth, Chelsea Bob sixth, Sixaun Aboo next, and Dam 1a.st, Muriiio fell thre. fences from home. (Race started at 3.3.) Ri S FL lo? G 3 .OOU A—The GEEEXHUBST SELLING O.OU STEEPLECHA&E of 70 SOVS, for fonr-year-olds and upwards. Two miles. 5 11 10 Mr C R Hodgson's Tuscan P WoodlaEd 1 4 10 5 Mr Hugh Owen's Fly by Sight II..T Towlan 2 a 12 3 MT5 Arthur's Didn't Kov Mat,he a 12 3 Mr H Bottoreley's Oobdon .Hartiga.t1 0 a 12 3 Mr F P Lyeaght's Partridge Freemantle 0 a 12 3 Mr E Woodland's Oleaster "Mr C Habin0 a 12 3 Mr L6 Deanv's "iit?haven Owner 0 i {\. Brutton's ¿; ,M; G 'x: 0 5 11 10 Mr E Woodland's Woallashi-ll Bollasom 0 511 3bir S E Baker's Zac II ..Owner 0 4 10 5 Mr P Gleeson's Taleteller G W Dickenson 0 Winner trained by E Woodland. ADDITIONAiL ARRIVALS THIS MORNING. Sweet 1 >, Haligatp- Ulster Boy, Busr, Kose. Pam. fret, Bon.a. Sea Lop, Marlborough Swell. Miss Blucshr, n iir.polc Golden VV edding, Tne Clown II., wolf's Folly, Adamsi, College Queen. Visionary, Chelsea Bob. CobdeiL, Queen Bee, Whstehs-veii. Partridge, Zoe IX., Tale- teller. Sabot. Anxious. K: ;-r, Carr;.¡ràown, Tried by Sight, Upper Out, A.K .R,. RavenhiU, Bridal, Santa M aria. Proud Bt>a*rty. Ethelwulf. Le Blizon, Mister GIP.Ilt,ly, Cl^nctan Lad, Chilperic, Free Breeze, Snaffle, Pizarro, King Bonby, Minting 1/at-s, and Tube Buse.

Haydock Park Meeting. 1 A 'rhe FL1XTON HANDICAP STEE- a PLECHASE of 70 nots; winners ex- tra. Three miles. a 13 4 Mr J Jidwands's Yenifcale H Tivlor 1 a 10 5 Mr J ? Kiev's Moraine C Wailey 2 î 7M? C l-?" ?O? 's X-ec: E-ia?n Taylor 3 all 5 Mr S M'Morran's Bathgowan W pes- 0 5 10 4 Mr ui Ethtlstcn's Patrick's Saint .Goe-weil 0 Winner trained by H Tsrlor. Betting-6 to 4 each agst RathgowaE and Patrick I SaiDt, 5 to i agst Moraine, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Patrick's Saint cut out the work from Morame aad I Bathrowan, until seven, furlongs from home, when tr. f.rjt-mr ed fell into the rear. Moruine them took it up, 'rut at the last hurdle was hea-doc by lenikaie, who won easflv by five lengths; a bad third. (Bact started at 1.47.) 2-i pT—The OVERS1GHT SEI?LJNG HUB. a DLE RACE of 70 8ovs, for four year olds and upwards; winner to be sold for 50 sovb. Two miles. 5 11 3 Mr T Coulth waite'e Express Mr Fergusson 1 a 11 7 Mr H G Garactt's Quassia Mr Biesill 2 6 11 7 Mr C Chapman's Caatlefinn Mi Payne 3 a 11 7 Mr J J Co-wap's "Volatile M-on 0 6 11 7 Mr Peareth's Queen of Co*.ne Gmhajn 0 a li 7 M G Dodds's G-a.llia. H Taylor 0 6 11 7 Mr M'Oaith's La Vaierie ,A Waddington 0 a 11 7 Mre Campbell Russell's Veiled Queen Mr Ferguseon 0 4 10 7 Mr W Murphy's Odor B Bleteoe 0 Winner trainffi by owner. Betting-3 to 1 agst O-as'.i nn, 7 to 2 aget Express, S to 2 each agst Volatile, Odor, and Quassia, 10 to 1 each agst La V3lnie and Gallia, and 10D tc 8 st un.v other. After Veiled Queen had cut out the pace for half the journey, Express went to thine fore, followed by OAo-r, Volatile, Ca5"tle1inn. an<3 Quassia. Soon after- wards Odor was beaten, and Express, resisting a pre I icnged challenge down the straight by Quaassia, won I by a length and a half; six lemgths separated the second and third. Volatile was fourth, and Veiled Queen lan, (Race started at 2.17.) A r—The FEBRUARY HANDICAP HUB- ?':<3 DLE RACE of 200 60ve; winners ex- tra. Two milee. a 11 0 Mr Ffnis's Puerto Mason 1 5 10 3 Mr H Striker's St. John's Wood.G Wilson 2 4 1-0 1 Mr J F HaJlick's Ravenshoe Dunn 3 Õ 11 0 Mr G A Prentice's Spinning Minnow G Williamson 0 6 10 5 Mr Bower Ismay's Westralis Ctewiwick 0 5 10 2 Mr T Tyler's lAairbird Waddington 0 6 10 1 Mr A E M'Kinlay's Atrocious D PheJan 0 Winner trained by Colling. Betting—7 to 4 each agst Puerto and Si-iinning Min- now. 8 to 1 at Westral1"i. 1 to 1 ouch apH St John's i-rod a»3 and 100 to ? megc any otlie-r. Werrtralia cut out the work for nearly thne.pa.rt8 of the journey, and, coining round the final bend, Fuerto, who had aJ1 along been in the rear, cane through his field and enter:ng the stra-ipht assumed the com- mand. fo'lowed by Spinning Minnow. At the last hurdle but one Spinning Minnow nn out. and Puerto, stalling off a challenge by St. John's Wood, won by three-parts of a length; a bad third. Vestralia was fourth. (Bace started at 2.51.)  fT—The FRIDAY SELLING STEEPLE- a CHASE of 70 sovs, for four year olde and upwarde; maidens allowed olb; winner to be sold for 50 BOVS. Two miles. a 11 12 Mr C Chapman's Organsdale ..Mr R Payne 1 4 10 2 Mr C P.'?'s T?oT A T?-;cr 2 6 if 12 r:r':st ¿Úe :ÁF Tr 3 a 11 K Mr T Mason's Menelik M, C Piggctt 0 5 11 1 Mrs Campbell Russell's Soman Fruit Mr Murphy 0 Winner trained by Martin. BetUng-7 to 4 on Organsdale, 7 to 2 agst Fast Castle, 7 to 1 agst Menelik, and 10 to 1 agsl any other. Orgr.nsdale went away in front of Troy, and this was the order to the end of the pnece, the former winning by five lengths; a bad third. Meneliir fell at the second fence. The winner was sold to Mr Coulthwuita for 170gs. (Race started at 2,E.)  A J?—The CLUB MAIDEN HURDLE 3.43' RACE of 70 eovs, for four year olds and upwards; winnere extra.. Two miles. CHRISTIAN DE WET, 1; NORTH DEIGHTON, 2; LOVE POTION, 3. Also ran: Viper, Lelv, Goldfindcr III. 80Dd Flam- boyant. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS THIS MORNING. Ecolef«chan !I., Yenikale, 8t John's Wood. Viper, Butterfiower. Gaidficder In" Glentyre, Kani, Cler. mont. Cheriton Belie, North Deighton, Arabi, Folke- I stone, Turbulent, Loiy, Look Out, Love Pcvon. Ohft Chat, Donna Soma. Quassia, C-inopi. Semateur, Thr<»?p- muir, Wes-tralia-, Whipsnade, Pat ric k's Saint, Bath- gowan, Pride of Bree, Flamboyant, Triplands, Atro- cious, Bightwell, and Sunnydale.

OFFICIAL SGRATCHINGS. The "Sportsman" has been officially informed by Messrs. We&tbe1"by of the following scratching — HHT Hurdle, L-ingfield—Funchal. Groombridge Steeplech-ase, Lingfield—Mark Over n. Earistown tianaicap, Haydock—Thremhail. All engagements—Prington.

TO-DAYS LONDON BETTING. I The only transKCtians upon the Lincolnshire Handi- cap which came under notice to-day related to St Bmilioo. snc Housewife, 1000 to 70 having been taken about the former and 1000 to 50 about the other, That the preparation of Boyal Drake for the Grand Nth¡Rreg: tr:;¿ um:tkJorOftb:heGr I posed match with Desert Chief will be generally ) regretted. )

NEWMARKET NOTES. (FROM OUR OWN COR RESPONDENT.) I NEWMARKET, Friday. Spinning Minnow and Christian De Wet will be G. Williamson's mounts at Haydock Park to-day, and both are expected to win. Gibbons hae been aaked to ride Lady Mac- dona-ld a.t Lingfield, and the mare's trainer fancies her chance THIS MORNING'S GALLOPS. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Proffer and GaUangal went a good mile and a, quarter. Chaoomac, good mile. Hon-eewtitfe, good 6ix furlonge. Silent. Friend, half-speed mile. Sanaovino, useful mile. JUMPERS' WORK. Centre Board, good mile and a Quarter. KilgQiaes and Marozro, good m-ile over hurdiee. Gambo and Eileen Aetthore, good mile and] ft hailf. j Shellmartin and Venerable Bede, ubdul mile and a half. H VYDOCK PARK MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR SATURDAY. Railway Selling—SINOPI. G-lazebrook Maiden—HAZdJL SLADE. Wynnetay Eurdlc-CEERITON BELLI. Ea>rletown Hurdle—CLERMONT. LINGFIELD PARK MEETING. Hever Hurdle—CORONA. Lingfield Steeplechase—MAHRATTA. Amateurs' Steeplechase—-GLENELY. Gobharii Hnrdle-WORLD'S DESIRE.

31RTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS AND IN MEMORIAM. Ncttoae VvmrRg alitor thto* bmatopm an dw" at the foh*win? i»t«»:— If kMOfed Is tbe svr-YING sxrxEsg. wm- TEBN MAIL," ted WBKLT MXIL," la tar > Warfe ao4 14. moIi «d4UioMl Wort. It ir."rtd 18 the ZTKKING i-Li-rhme- WSEKLY WATT. oaly. k. for to war& 8" III. for every Two lrxbol Words. Jr. aotkMK of dt8 drtcny.ion wtfi to lewwei make a.th_19"i toy the &,m. wd of tm oemojw. TW»sT*m» and teliC momwft MMtt bs IIOMd on inttil eaantmod Is wn+iac- DEATHS. .EOK ARD.-On the £ 3rd. at the Torbay BotA Docks, Sarah JlIile Lrpocarc, widow of the late J()iJ8 Leonard (Boar's Head. CantorO. Funeral Monday, at Two p.m. for Lla-cdaf MARRIAGES. •IBSkON—NOKIE.—At St. John s Church, Canton, sa Wednesday, February 22nd, 1800. by Bev. E. J. Bichards, William (BlllyV Farq'-irar Gibson, elceat son of John F, Gibson, contractor, to MargarA Emslie (Madge) Norit, only daughter of Thomas IL Norie, Canton.

AUGUSTINE J. STONE (Late eTONE BROS.), rRirniL furxtskke IrtTKERAIL Drucrn. P8hIOn& PuptrvitioE to All Ordn. Nat. 'ttt CRTd'ff Ko. 7DA: Barry Docki, No. ST. rest Offige T"¡, K. SIR. Cardiff Te\&D8: STOITB 8001.. CARDIFF. STONE BROP., lUrry Steaks 5 \^r0KKTNG-8T QARDOT. 111. HOLTOK-BOAD. aAltBY bocxa. J. MARSH <& CO.. FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, REMOVED. 9, FREDERICK STREET, wd 41, WESTBOURNE-PLACOE. Price List on Application. NtttMM) Tel. No. WIS.

TOPPING AND SPINDLES, FLUSHING, ROI.LAND. Th* oldest-Mtablirhed and most ext«ns-T« Arm of Turf Oonimmion Agerti In the World. Lincoln Haadloag, Orxcd National EtaepleehaM, City and Suburban Han- dicap, The Derby tc., Jkc. The Continental Spurt*- man, oontainine latest market movamanM H abort, alao our Ynar Book and Baady Backonar, ten. free on receipt or Foreign PoK-caro bontairlng name and addraai. All Lettan to be Addreaaed—Topping aad 6plndler, FltMfcUg, Holland. Pe, a; Boat- oarta. 14 am

A GRUESOME DISCOVERY While excavating a trench for drainage U Easebourn, neaa' Midhtmst, yesterday, the workmen came acroet an oak ooftm, contain- ing a human skeleton, whtch had been buried in the oentne of the highway, six ieet below the surface. The ",ku 1] was separate from the body, and lying betweeu the shoraldens. The remains were in a fair stttte of preservation, the teeth especially being perfect.

PONTYPRIDD ACT ION SE TTLED The action of the Attorney General T. tAb. Pontypftdd Urban District ^Ccfunoil was men ticned to-day to Mr. Ju&tice Swinfeo Bad; ii the Chancery Oourtf- as being settled. It wat st,a.t,ed that a draft agreement had beer. approved by the parties, with the exception of one clause that would be agreed to, adx it was? asked t:iat the case might be pogtponec until the 25th of iMiarch. The application vrew acceded to.

NEWPORT GIRL STRUCK-IN THE MOU IIH A ma.n named Rioha-rd Fry. of 84, Marion* etfeet. was summoned before the Newport magistrates to-day for an assault upon a young woman named Lily Cocomarly. He did not appear. The complainant's state- ment wae that whilst she was at her sister's houee, 96, Dolphin-street, on Monday night, someone oame to the door and asked her to come out. She went out to say that ehe would not come. when defendant -came up and struck her in the nix,th, knocking her down and hitting her teeth out. A man named James Dyer remonstrated with him, and defendant than pitched into Dyer, and tihey fought. The beoncl1 fined defendant 406.

SUCCESS OF THE WEATHER PROPHET The Meteorological Cffice keeps a record of its successes and failures in forecasting tbe weswher, and during the laet ten years, according to a writer in th month's "World' Work," it has been far more often right thia-n wrong. In no one of those years have the complete euc- oests-efc," fallen below 50 per cent., and the average of "completoe and partiaJ uo- casees is 83 per oont. Ln the matter of storm weum-ings despatched to various pointe about the coa,t--emounkaug to five or six hundred a year-we average for ten years shows thait the weather prophet is right in a.U about 6 per cent.

;¡¡¡¡¡; For having savagely beaten a oow about the head and back with a heavy stick, Joseph Mortimer, a farm labourer, of Oiay- ton-le-Moors, was at Church, Lancashire, sent to gaol for a montn. His excuse was that the a.nimal had tried to run away.

I TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. GREAT SALE. JgARGAlNS QALORE. The whole of LOUIS BARNETTS JEWELLERY pLDGE STOCKS I From 6, Caroline-street, and 49, Buie-etreet, have been PURCHASED by I SOL. boon PHILLIPS, PAWNBROKER and JEWELLER. 43, CAROLINE-ST CARDIFF. See Windows. EXTEAORDINABY BARGAINS. PURE English Bob-tail Sheep Dog; 22 months; ia good health and condition; used to children; prioe 50s—Oriddle, Madely, Hereford. «622u2 T if 7" NTED, House-Parlourniaid been general pro. W ierrred; small family—State wages, age, MM. Kelt. Wenvoe o62Jp27 WAKD Maid wanted; £ 11.—Apply, any mermir.9, t' Matron, Cardiff Infirmary. e781 WAJS'TED, & House-Parlcurm&id?—Mt? Pmchard. ) ?y Crumlin Hallo Orumlin. o2820 Tr AUND.RY?—SortersacdPacker:w&nted.—Apply L X?&nWeress, Boath &mtary lAundry. Man- borougii-road, Roath Park. e62&n2 SALE or Let. iarge Shop, Dwelling House, Holton- s road, Ban-y.—Evans, Island Cottage, Whitchurch e62iM2 HOUSES for S?le, &?d L.dy'? Bi('yc¡f,p¡q Meadows, 5, Cyril-cresoent, Boath, Cardid eu2 I NO. 16, VictoriaF&rk-road.C&nton.C?!d)<7 N beautifully situated, overlooking Victoria Park.— Apply 15. e627u2 Tt?ILLINE&Y.—WMT?d. MyitshMminer? tmeU JVJ husinew; execute own orders; serve in show- ?<)&.? Welsh.^Apply, full particulars, J, T Owen, Compton House, Ystalyfera. e619p27 PEKABTH.—For Sale, good House, Wood-street.- P Apply 92. Windsor-road. e620u2 ANTED immedmteJy. Barmaid; used to colliery W d?stri??t; personal application; merencœ W quired.—Commercial Hotel, FerndaJe. e62427 APAK TM EN TS Vt for Gentlemen fWelA Aexoepted); central; 9OW OOOking; every conveci- "N 59. Evening Express, Cardiff. e617p24 '"(TANTED. Hotel B?Tn&i6: experienced goo< W reft-n" required.—A. Daley, A nmdale Hct?t. Docks. e614p2T INFANT'S Nurse wanted, to acoompany lady and I infant to Argentina; must be thoroughly conw petent working nurse; good references; agreement; liberal terms.—Apply Mrs. Runciman, 55, Stan well-road, Penarth. e€15u2 FOUNDKY Plant.—The whole of the Plant of a FFoundr?- at Pcngam, working up t« & recc-'ntt data, l for Sale; no reasonftble offer refused.—Thomas and livau. Portk.

THE STOP-DAY ACTION I To-day's Proceedings in the Lords. CASE FOR THE FEDERATION RESUMED. The Lord Chancellor, Lords Macnangliten, Lindley. and James resumed in the House of Lords to-day the further hearing of the ttppeed of the South Wales Miners' Federation versus the Glamorgan Ooial Company and others. The case raises the important ques- tion whether a Union ordering certain etop- days renders itself liable for damages at the instance of the employers for unlawfully and BDaiiciously interfering with their mode of carrying on their work and inducing their workmen to break their contract. Mr. Justice Bigham took the view that the Union had not been guilty of any actionable wrong, as the stoppage was ordered, not with any malicious intention, but for the purpose of mam-taming the price of ocual on which their wages were baaed. The Court of Appeal, by a majority, reversed tihda finding and ordered judgment gm the respondents. Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K.C., coutdnuing has argument an behalf of the appellants, referred to a number of oases which, he rnain- Aaaned, supported his oortftentioii ttaaA what ,was done in this case did not aanouut to am actdoneible wrong because the workmen had no intention to injure the employers, but rather to benefit them by keeping up the price of coal. It was, for instance, wrong to kill a man, but if there were circum- stances which constituted just. cause or ex- cuse, it was no longer murder, because there were circumstances which removed the crime from that category. The Lord Chancellor: I entirely agree with the lappositeness of your illustration, but I am afraid I do not draw the same inferences. Mr. Isaacs cited among other cases that of Allen v. Flood. In that case the difficulty was that there was no contract. It was a case of malicious inducement not to enter into a contract which was the cause of the action, and the queatkm was, Did that create a cause of action? The case of Quinu and Leatham, it wtas contended, was a develop. ment of Allen v. Flood. In the latter case it was held that there was no evidence of conspiracy, and the question was whether an aot done by one person was an illegal act. In tuirm and Leatham there was conspiracy, but there was no contract. Iu thart. case the House of Lords held that there was oa.use of action because of the malicious intention. to injure. Lord Macnaughten: What does malicious mean? Can you have a Benevolent Intention to Injure P Mr. Isaacs: I think the pireeent case is a very good illustration of what may be called' a benevolent intention. Talke adso the case of a dentist. He had an intention to injure, but it was with the view of doing ultimate good. The Lord Chancellor: Injury means some- thing more than merely doing harm. Mr. Isaacs admltted that thart was the case, but the present case was a good illustration of what he meant. In one sense this might be said to be a breach of contract, but a breach which was for the "benefit of the masters as well as the men. There was no intention to injure or to vent auy. ill will against employers. The Lord Chancellor: Would a council be justified in advising a. client to commit a breach of the laiw? Mr. Isa-acs: NQ, certainly not, if the advice was to do an illegal act. Suppose, for instance, a father took strong objection to the marriage of his daughter who was engaged to some young man who he thought unsuitable for her, aitliought there was no legal bar to the Union. The father persuades the daughter to break her contract, and the man is told that the marriage is off. In such a case would the father be liable for an action for maliciously inducing a breach of contract. Of course he would not. His contention was that if a person acted in pursuance of a duty, honestly, and in good faith, then the law said that the person wae excused from what otherwise would be an untruthful act. Lord James Take the oaee of a man who had strong views on the question of bar- maids, could he go into a public-house and, eay to the barmaid that she was filling a position involving grdaot danger to her morals, and she ought to leave Would he be excused for his part in the breach of con- tract if the barmaid acted on his advice? Mr. Ieaccs: I do not think such a person would be protected. In the present case there was the duty upon the appellants to give advice to the workmen. The learned counsel, continuing his argument, saiid it was urged that by aiding and abetting the Act in question, they were adding and abet- ting a person to commit a wrong. In one sense a breach of con- tract was a, wrong, but he submitted it was not the kind of thing which was usually Pefered to as a wrong. If a person, induced a. breach of contract no action lay ag-um4 him for the breach, because they bad not the nexus which was necessary between the parties. The Lord Chancellor: If you assist a person who is bound to a contract to break it, is it not rather a jump to say that there is no such relation between the two as would give Upr to an action for wrong. Mr. Isaacs: That is exactly toe position we are discussing. The Lord Chancellor: You aeem rather to assume, as a matter of reasondn,g that it fol- lows that because there was no contract between a euppo&ed wrong-doer ajid the per- son who has a contract there was no Inability. Mr. Isaacs replied that he was not saying that it followed from it. The Lord Chancellor: All I mean is that if the contractual relations between A and B is established by contract, and if the inter- feren,ce by C is an interference of what rights A and B respectively possess, the question may be not how that right origi- nated, whether by contract or not. The right exists, and it may be that C is liable because he is interfering with a right, how- ever, that right hiaE been procured. Mr. Isaacs submitted that one had to bear in mind the different considerations that might apply, because they certaiinly had a nMstnuicrtnon between the two classes, between the toft and the contract. With the tort tihey made both the person who committed the act amd the person who induced liable for the same thing, but with the contract, the case they were discussing here, the person iwiae Idmble under the agreement which imposed no penalty upon him at all. He became "ble under the contract for dia.mœ but the person who induced him bonam? liable for something far greater which was the tort compl&tned of. He submitted that there must be some Idmdta.Uoik of the paxxpoeii- twa that a man committed a toat who with a knowledge that there was a contract induced a person TO BREAK THE CONTRACT. I The Lord Chancellor saddan act magihlt be malicious even, although there was no sprite car ill will, if something bad been done for which there was no just cause. Mr. Isaacs did not dispute that proposition. In the Mogul case Lord Justice Bowem eaad the violation of contractual rights would be one of the acts which would be illegal if done wiftihout just cause or excuse. His lordship said if an act was done honestly and peace- ably with the object of enjoying of your own, a t of cajTyainjg on your Partficuliair trade, there was no cause of action. If they applied itiuait to this oaee where the men were entitled fto do the best they could, if they honestly and peaceably came to the conclusion to atop work to maintain theiir wages, that was within the principle laid down by Lord Jus- tice Bowen.. If the act wiae nofcjdone honestly then there was no just cause or excuse. If the men in tixis case had resolved to restrict the output with a view to puniah the employers for engaging a man, eay, whd was ull-popular with the union, then the question of motive would have to be considered, and the admitted there would be a complete caiuse of action. If his contention was not right, why wtao it that in all these cases there was always discusrion as to the motives. If malicious meant intentionally in the sense of knowingly, there was an end of the ma/tter, and knowingly inducing a man to break a. contract was aobionaible, whatever the motive. The Lord Chancellor: Does not malicious Include every- "wrongful act unlawfully I (Bwjcmediiwt.) J

DRAPER & HIS WIFEI ————— 0- ————. Painful Disclosures at Newport. MARRIED AND SEPARATED IN A YEAR. A Scene: Witness Removed in Hysterical Condition. An extraordinary story of unhappy married I lif3 was told in the Newport magistrates* court to-day, when an adjourned sutumons was heard in which Edward John Christmas Williams, a draper, of 47, High-street, was charged with persistent cruelty to his wife, Emily L. Williams, which caused her to leave and live separat-e and a.part from him, and she was now desirious of obtaining an order against him. Mr. Lyndon Moore appeared for the complainant, and Mr. L. H. Hornby for the defendant. Mr. Moore, in opening the case, said the complainant was the daughter of a well- known tradesman. The parties were married in February, 1904, at St. John's Church, Maindoo, and she left him on the 13th November of last year, so that their married life was a short one. According to his instructions, the treatment of the husband had been such as to cause her health to suffer. Cruelty in such cases had been defined as consisting either of the rougher and more brutal form of assault, which the magistrates were fairly f-amiliar with, or a succession of small and constant incon- veniences and persecutions which tended to make life miserable and affect the health of the person making the oomplaint. They were awy about a month on their honeymoon, and this iU-trea/tment began almost imme- diately afterwards. It might almost, in view of the things which took place, be a ques- tion as to the sanity of the defendant, but, according to his instructions, he was man of I Ungovernable Temper I and was also apparently very jealous. He would not provide his wife in the ordinary every-day conveniences that a married lady in her position would expect. Though the furniture was the wife's, he did not give her any money (though he provided her with food) and compelled her to go to the shop and atop in the cashier's desk. If he heard a person whistling outside the window he rushed to the conclusion that it was some one trying to make an appointment with his wife. with his wife. The assaults Wad taken this shape. He was a mam of great physical strength, and regularly practised physical culture. If he heard an organ outside the house he would rush upstairs and, with his cluhe, accompany the music with his exer- cises. A pinch from his hands would leave marks upon his wife's arms for two or three weeks. He also hit her whilst in bed, and on one occasion he told her at the shop in front of the assistants tha.t he would "break her in, or if she wouldn't be broken in he would jump on her. The furniture belonged to the wife, but the defendant took the oppor- tunity off removing it at one o'clock in the morning from the private house to the shop. The wife felt bound in IJovember to go away from her husband and look the house up. An agreement had been drawn up between the solicitors on both sides for a separation, but the defendant withdrew from it, and it became necessary to bring the matter before the magistrates. The Mayor asked the parties on both sides to adjourn to the magistrates' private room and see what could be done in the matter. The solicitors returned, and the magistrates consulted with them in private. r WIFE IN THE WITNESS-BOX. I No agreement, however, was arrived at, amd the wife waa called as the first witness. She said that her father (Mir. Owen, draper, of Maindee, who was sitting in the well of the court), would produce the marriage certificate. She said that she left her husband on November 13, as the result of his cruel ill-treabnentt, consisting of threats, assaults, amd the way in which he spoke to her before the and ser- vants. His treatment was such that at times she could not sleep at night. On the Mon- day before they went awuay to Malvern on a holiday she had gone to her parents' house a.t Maindee, and whilst they were in the drawing-room someone was heard whistling outside. Her huebaaxd suddenly jumped up and told her to go home with him. He Dragged Her to the Tram Car I and spoke loudly to her all the way home. When sh egot home she went upstairs and locked herself in a bedroom, to stay there IIaWlaly from him. Her husband afterwards went up and corded the door up so that she could not get out. At ten o'clock the next morning she heard him out the cord. He had gripped her by the arms several times, and once, after he got in bed, he bumped her with his elbows. A fortnight after the honeymoon she had occasion to get some extra things in from a grocer, 1lJnd a bin came in for s 2s. Tho aggravated him, and he threw her down on her back and ahook her. She complained to his mother about his conduct, and his mother told her that the matter had dis- tressed her to such an extent that- she could not sleep at night for crying. In oposs-examination by Mr. Hornby, the complainant said she had not exaggerated anything which had happened. Mr. Hornby: I suggest to you that all you had to complain of was that his treatment wounded your vanity? The Wife: Wounded my feelings, Mr. Hornby, and it was not only that but his threats and his violence. Henry Williams, now of Abertillery, Miss Gordon, Ebbw Vale, Miss Lowe, and Miss Elizabeth Davies, spoke to hearing the defendant say to his wife in the shop that he would jump on her. The first of these witnesses (Henry Wil- lia.ms) said the way in which defendant treated hia wife was such that if she were a sister of his he would thrash him. Defendant: I'll take you on then. Elisabeth Da vies, the cashier at the shop, had to be assisted out of the court in a hysterical condition. DEFENDANT'S EVIDENCE. I Defendant was called, a.nd said his home at I t'he Bryngwyn-road was as nice a home as anyone could wish to go to. He denied gripping his wife, but acknowledged that he had smacked her arm, and thait on one occasion he may have said something about jumping on his wife at the shop, but there was no intention of doing it. The day that his wife left him there was no quarrel or unpleasantness between them. When he went out of the house to go to business there was the usual morning salute, and he was astonished when he got back at lunch time to find the place locked rap. Agnes Fletcher, who had been servant at the house, said she had not seen any violence on the part of MT. Williams to his wife. The Bench in the result found that, the case bad been proved, and made am order for separation. MJr. Mooire said the complainiamfc ddd not ask for an ordex for maAnteance, but as the defendant was a rnon of means he thought he ought to be called upon to pay the oosts-ea-y fifteen guineas. The Bench, ordered defendant to pay the count cases, the coats of witnesses, and tlhree guineas towards the fee of the complainaaBt's solicitor.

FOU-R BIGAMOUS MARRIAGES I At Balfast to-day an electrical engineer, named Woolfriee, alias Woodward, alias Russell, was remanded for a week, charged with committing four bigamous marriages within the past four years. Mr. Oarr, sessional crown oolicitor, sair that prisoner, who was arrested in Birkenhead, was alleged to have married a lady in Liverpool in 1898, and another in Bath in 1301, one in Belfast in the following year, and two at later dates in London; and a more serious charge awe also pending. _0

The Cardiff mnnnary couecwou-oox wmcn was fixed on the mantelpiece in the bar of the King's Arms Hotel at Caerphilly was dis- covered to be missing, as also were three new ivory balls from the billiard-room. Mr. W. Thomas, the proprietor, believes the robbery to have been done by one aind the same person. "QUAUTT" Is the Direct Trading Oix-a Quest SUwly. and QUALrff to the main feature at «rarytttl&c tbe; IEIL olun KNGLAJfD'8 GlyOItY VAVCHSS am made entirety by BRITISH LABOUR. Send tar mrtleaiajs of com- petitions.-RA-)t&nalu Glory Match Works, Glemontoz BBVKLiATXON to the appettto omes about by aatint [ puyeaw HAmrl.-id bi*a«U ,Ti» will oali. tUTZt I

RUSSIAN TURMOILI State of Terror in the. Caucasus HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DONE TO DEATH. An Exchange correspondent's message ata.tee -Cauoasia.n towns terrorised; hun- dreds of people murdered; communication cut; troops unable to oppose insurrectionists. MOB LAW RAMPANT IN TIFLIS Hundreds of Killed and Wounded Dispatches from Baku fitate that for several days past Tiflis has practically been in a state of civil war. Incessant shooting con- tinues, and the killed and wounded number several hundreds. Dead bodies lie in the streets where they fell unattended. All Government institutes, schools, and shops are closed. Private houses have been turned into fortresses, and panic prevails. The rail- way staff at the station remain on duty night and day, being afraid to venture into the streets. Hundreds of armed Mussulmans have arrived in the city by tra-in from dis- tant places, and they commence firing as soon as they get into the streets. These trains are now detained at Tifiis Station. Malefactors are robbing the dwellings of the peaceful inhabitants, and the soldiers and police, being small in number, are practi- cally powerless to prevent disorder. The bishop of the diocese, at the request of the Armenian Patriarch, has addressed an appeal to the Maho mined an Sheikh of Trans- Caucasia to come to Baku and calm the pas- sions of his co-religionists. A later dispatch from Baku states that the ahedkh promptly responded to the bishop's appeal, with the result that a joint proces- sion of Mussulman and Armenian clergy, the Governor, members of the nobility, and citi. zens of both denominations was carried out. This action of the clergy has already had an excellent effect, and the town is calming down.-Oentral News. It is reported that the Caucasian provinces are in insurrection. At Batoum the insur- gents are said to have seized two forts and massacred the garrison. The municipal authorities have appointed a provisional Governor and proclaimed the independence of the Armenians. Other towns are reported to have joined the iusnrreotion.Oentral News. I Robberies at Batoum, Batoum, Th-ursday.-The city is quiet in the day time, but the number of robberies com- mitted during the night is increasing. The factories are working, but the Russian Steam- ship Company has had to suspend business. Strong pat-rols march through the streets, and the garrison has been strengthened owing to the fear of further trouble. There is a general feeling of apprehension. Disturbances have begun at Adjari, about 40 versts from Batoum, where 2,000 Mahomedians, ae a protest against the continuance of the district administrative offices, established some years ago, forcibly closed several of them. The Turkish employers of labour here are trans- ferring their business to Turkey, apprehend- ing further disturbances. The Turkish. Oonsulate, acting on instructions received from Constantinople, is affording them every assistance to leave the port. I Father Gapon's Escape. Father Gapon, says the young Russian author who escaped with him, in an inter- view with a correspondent of the "Peat Parisden" in Paris, was shaved and dresses, like his companion, in peasant's clothes. He left St. Petersburg in a sleigh, lying on straw, and pretending to be drunk. The travelers reached Constadt, and then Viiborg, being stopped several times by officers and police- men from Viborg. They went to Helsinglors by sea on an ice sleigh. They then gained the little port of Abo, where they embarked for Sweden. Thence Gapon reached Pa,ria, and Then Geneva, but he will cer- tainly return to Russia. Counit Tolstoi in a "Ma/tin" interview declared that he regajrdoo the soldier who fired on an unarmed crowd and the man who threw a bomb under a carriage as equally abominable. I am," he said, a Christian. Personally, I hate both autocracy and Social- ism, which produce GcNerxrmentr. one as de&potic as the other. A epublic differs little from an Empire, since it has armies, like the latter, and a police of spies." j I The Funeral of the Grand Duke Sergius. The remains of the Grand Duke Sergius, who was murdered in the streets of Moscow on Friday last, were on Thursday consigned with all the pomp and ceremony due to his Imperial rank to the temporary resting-place in the vault of the Chudoff Monastery, Moscow, where they will lie until the tomb in which the body is ultimately to be buried is prepared. All the ceremonies connected with the obsequies were performed within the precincts of the Kremlin, but this dad not prevent large crowds from assembling out of doors. Ail were orderly and well-behaved. --Prese Association Foreign Special. Memorial Service in London I In memory of the assassinated Grand Duke Sergius, a solemn requiem was sung at the Russian Ohapel in Welbook-etreet, London, on Thursday. The Very Rev. Eugene Smirnoff, chaplain of the Russian Embassy, officiated. The King was represented by Lord Kenyon, who cam,, in company with the Russian Ambassador and occupied the poet of honour on his Excellency's right. He and all the other gentlemen attending were in full uniform, and wore their orders and decora- tions. Among those present were the United States, Austrian, Turkish, and Italian Ambas- sadors, the French Minister, Sir Eric Har- rington (of the Foreign Office), representing Lord Lansdowne, the whole staff of the Russian Embassy, Madame No-vikoff, and representatives of all the Embassies and Legations in London. The service was of a very solemn description, and all the sur- roundings were of a. most picturesque and impressive character. A solemn requiem mass for the Grand Duke Sergius was held at the Russian Embassy in Berlin on liliureday.-R-tor. M. Witte and the Czar. I M. Witte ventured to ask the Caar, says a St. Petersburg correspondent of the Paris "Aurore," iif he was to proceed with the drawing up of the Imperial manifesto pro- mised for March 4. The Czar requested ham to wait. M. Witte, irritated by this reply, told his Majesty that under those conditions it would be impossible to check the revolu- tionary movement, whereupon the Czar coldly dismissed him, saying that he knew what he was doing.—Central News.

DUKE OF MANCHESTER SUED Mr. Justice Kenny at Dublin heard an action by Mr. John Carroll, land agent, against the Duke of Mjanchester to recover £750, commission for obtaining a Loan of Lio,ooo. The defence was tha.t the commission was subject to the conditions taaft the loan should be procured within a reasonable time, thait it should be procured in terms reason- able to the defendant, and that none of these oonditions had been fulfilled. The hearing was adjourned.

CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES I A supplementary civil service estimate for X75,930 is issued this morning. Among the items included are Mr. Adolf Beck's E5,000, an additional L3,500 for the Whitaker Wright prosecution, £ 4,500 for counsels' fees and other expenses in sundry oostly cases, and zE9,000 for the relief of the National An a ^Expedition.

JEFFS' DIVORCE CASE Investigation by the Church. COMMITTEE'S DECISION "NOT PROVEN." In the Divorce Court to-day the President (Sir Gorell Barnes) and a common jury further heard the case in which Mr. Edwin Jeffs, an insurance agent, of Mexborough, seeks for a dissolution of his mairria-ge with Mrs. Ada Jeffs, nee Brooke, against whom he alleges misconduct with Mr. Jesse Wilson, a Primitive Methodist minister, of Mexborough, and superintendent of the circuit. Miscon- duct is denied, amd the wife alleges cruelty against her husband. The evidence for the defence was continued. Akce Jeffs, a girl of fourteen, who had been in Mr. Wilson's service, gave evidence to corroborate Mr. Wiison's statement as to the Tuesday's proceedings. She took a note from him to Mr. Cliff about three o'clock in tihe afternoon. Mr. James Easton CldfF, a fishmonger, of Mexborough, vice-chairman of the district council and a member of the education com- mSttee, spoke to Mr. Wilson being occupied during the week in question with the elec- tion. The girl brought the note to him aboiit mnrotes past three. Witness was one of the dhapefl committee of fifteen members selected to investigate the ailegations against Mr. Wilson. The oom/mittee sat three da ye. Mr. Wilson toad been invited to continue twelve months beyond the period of his appoint- mentt as the superintendent of the circuit. Witness spoke to a conversation with Mr. Jeffs, in which he told Mr. Jeffe that it was his duty to make a definite allegation, and Uhat Mrs. Jeffs had dended that she had made a confession. Mr. Jeffs then said, I don't care What my wife denies, I can make her say just wftaat I want, and I mean to." Witness said, You seem to tli.iak I You Can Mesmerise Her," Cross-examined by Mr. Priestley, K.C., wit- ness said he told Mr. Jeffs that he thought it was a foul plot against Mr. Wilson. Witness did not ask Mr. Jeffs what had induced him to conspire against Mr. Wilson. The committee passed a resolution which ran — That we have gone carefully through the evidence given, and find it to be of such a contradictory character that the same prevented us from coming to any decision with regard to the case as either proved or otherwise. The Rev. F. Jeffs and his wife and Mrs. Tregoning did not give evidence before the committee. Do you suggest that the Rev. Frederick Jeffs and his wife are parties to this plot against your minister?—I do not understand it at all. Then you do not suggest they are parties to any plot?—I suggest nothing. You do not wish to suggest it?—No; only remember that the Rev. Mr. Jeffs is a brother of the petitioner. Mr. Priestly: I do, and you are a. friend of Mr. Wilson. Witness: Although he had made up his mind that there was a foul plot, did not think it inconsistent with his position to sit on the committee. Mr. Chip, a gardener, and Mr. G. Squires, a grocer and baker, were called to prove that at the time Mr. Wilson was said.W,have been with Mrs. Jeffs on the Saturday, he was engaged in election work. Mr. B. Adkin and Mr. W. Brown gave evi- dence to show that on the Saturday Mr. Wrll- soj was at the polling booth about a quar- ter to two o'clock. Mr. W. Barney, a-n auctioneer, said that he mai Mr. Wilson new the poJfling stataon at twenty minutes past four and walked with him along the street, and ait 4.30 be entered Mrs Elliott's shop, this being the time when it was alleged thait Mr. Wilson was seen to be leaving Mr. Jeffs house. Mrs. EOliotit gave similar testimony. Mr. Ralph Laidl&r, a Primitive Methoodist, minister and Eecretary of the Mexborough Circuit, said he had an interview with tAe Rev. F. Jeffs, who said that the respondent was A Very Unreliable Woman, and was not be believed, and that eihe was hysterical. Witness saw the petitioner and told him 1.Ih.a.t the sitory was incredible, a.nd petitioner asserted that his wife hiad made the statmsenit, and sruid Of course I cannot get a. divorce, but I shall be content. with a separation." At the interview at the brother's house Mi-. Jeffs gave the time when the misconduct was aJleged from half-past two to half-past four o'clock on the Saturday, and aJso on th e Tuesday. -Afr. Wilson au tihe interview denied misconduct. (Proceeding.)

MR. EVAN ROBERTS. Mr. Evan Roberts, the Revivalist., remains resting at the house of Mr. Rhys Jones, Neath, amd declines to receive visitors. He is bright and cheerful. ♦

GRUESOME FLOTSAM. Brest, Friday.—The bodIiee of eight mer- chant eailors, io an ad-vameed stage of decom- position, have ibeen washed up at different points on the coast in the neighbourhood of Brest. Prom marks on the clothing-, it is supposed that the men belonged to the crew of a British e,te.a,mer.-Reut.er.

SWANSEA LAW CASE I In the case of the Capital and Counties Bank v. Thomasl Ford and Oo. (Limited), upon a motion by the plaintiffs, who were first debenture holders, Mr. Justice Farwell to-day in the Chancery Division appointed a receiver and manager of the defendant com- pany, who were wine and spirit merhcants, of Swansea, and owned fourteen freehold and leasehold public-houses there.

CARDIFF LICENSED VICTUALLERS I The annual meeting of the above was held yesterday at the Queen's Hotel. Mr. George Chamberlain was re-elected for the third year as president, with Mr. N. Hurley as vice, and Mr. J. N. Gillard as treasurer. Councillor Mander, who is the oldest member of the society, amd has always taken a keen interest in its working, and Mr. Taliesin Morgan, the district agent of the National Trade Defence Association, were aJao present.

SIR HENRY IRVING I Sir Henry Irving's condition to-day is I favourable.

BREACHES OF THE MINES ACT I Ait Neath County Police-court to-day Joseph Lewis, Skewen, was fined 20s. for ha-viing two cigarettes (partly smoked) in his possession at Seven Sisters Colliery. Joseph Priltcihard, for possessing a pipe, and John Pa-yry a match, at t-he same pit, were fined snandlar amounts.

Shortly after midnight last night Chief Petty-officer Lorain and two bluejackets, named Bartlett and Hockaday, put off from shore at Dartmouth in a small boat to board the Britannia, when the craft was caught by a warp and capeized. All the men were thrown into the water, but succeeded in seizing a hawser. The tide was running strongly, and a fresh breeze' was blowing. After a while Lorain was swept away and drowned. The other two were rescued in an exhaal&ted condition. George Ford, a Cardiff oarter, was fined 10s. a.t Barry Police-court to-day for stealing an empty oil cask wt Barry No. 2 Dock. STEVENS' BREAD.—When you eat it you do not require any other relish for Breakfast or Tea. el2722 REVELATION to tie appetite comes about by eating steveaa' Bcoaehold Bread. V&u will call. GLIPIM IA8 raw tntclUKKica Ml t**t keep pace tagetbw Mat* 1M.. CHlzopodl*. 3, Cll41" tm

MARQUESS & WIDOW Breach of Promise Action Breaks Down. STARTLING ALLEGATIONS BY COUNSEL. Just before the rising of the courts yeeter- l day a case entered in the lists as Sheffield V. Townshend" was called on in Mr. Justice Grantham's court The strong array of counsel which filed into the K. C. and junfior bar benches betokened its importance. It proved to be the suit of Mrs. Evelyn Dian-a. Tumour Sheffield, a widow, againist the Marquis Townshend for breach of promise of marriage. The 3narquess denies the breach, and pleads that Mrs. Sheffield is not a fit and proper person to become the future marcMoness. The letter containing the promise of mar- niatge was written to the plaintiff by the marquess after about three months' acquain- tance. It was dated the 16th of September, 1903, and read as follows: My Dear Mrs. Sheffield,—Since I first had the pleasure of seeing yon and enjoying your kindness and hospitality, I haive not only looked gladly forward to every visit, but eaah time I have found a friend in you, and have now come to the conclusion that you are the friend I have always needed— warm-hearted, sympathetic, and sincere above ail, and will remain so tarougth life. This being the case I now write to a6k you if you will do what I am sure would make me a perfecftly happy man, and I •assure you I will do my utmost in return. Will you be my wife? I have thought very muoh of this, aiid if you will consenit I trust it will prove in every sense a happiness to us both. I should be very pleased to see you to-morrow, and unless I receive word tinaA my coming will be inconvenient to! you I will MIl.-Yours sincerely. Townshend. I Accepted The marquess called the next day, and Mrs. Sheffield aooepted him, and it wae mutually arranged that he should give her a ring, and she was to give him a present. This proved to be a horsewhip, with a fox's head in diamonds with ruby eyes. Do you know he has not returned it," remarked Mr. Abed Thomas, K.C., who was opening the case, to the jury, amidst much laughter. I suppose he forgot it." The broken-off marriage was fixed to take place on October 1—a fortnight after the engagement. Before telling the judge and jury exactly how the Promase came about, Mr. Thomas had opened with a romantic story. Accord- ing to this Mrs. Sheffield was 40 years of age and the marquess two years her junior. She was the daughter of Commander Edward George Turnour, Koyal Navy, who married a. Spanish lady named D'Aiva. She was born in Cadiz. At the age of eleven she came to Em gland with a governess, and stayed with a very old friend of her farther'e, Sir John Sebright, who was a trustee with a Mr. Garden under the will by which she was entitled to £ 11,000. I Secretly Married When she was fifteen she secretly mar- ried lItr. Sheffield, a man 33 years older iliam herself, at the Pro Cathedral. Mr. Sheffield lived in St. James'e-street, was a man of apparent wealth and some position. His sister was the Dowag-er Countess of Ilches- ter. Husband and wife travelled much abroad, .a.nd stayed at times at Jacksonville, Florida, where Mr. Sheffield owned some orange groves. He died there in 1888. Occasionally during her married life Mrs. Sheffield oame to England, amd geuerWJy resided with MAr. Garden, her trustee, at Wrensham Hall, Norfolk, and it was on those visits that- the defence based a charge of misconduct with JJy. Garden. Mr. Garden was living seiparated from his wife, but had his sister amd daughters with him, and MT. Thomas declared that the allegations rested on the words of a, dis- charged servant. On the deatlh of her husband Mrs. Sheffield was not so welil off as at the time of her marriage, but an allowance from a relative i.n Spain added j5400 aiMiuaHy to her income. In her widowhood she continued to visit Mr. Garden, and Whan he died in 1892 he left her £ 7,000. I Her Suffolk Residence She took the Bed Houee, Meteingfoam, Suffolk, where she lived on her means, keep- ing a carriage, a groom, and two eervaaxts, and entertaining peoiple af position. One of the visitors was Mr. Frank Goodall, who advised her as to her property, and with Tega-rd to whom it was alleged in tihe defence that he was guilty wiltfh MIs. Shef. field of all kinds of imp-ropriety. He was a gentleman muoh Older than the plaintiff, and the allegations of misconduct with him were absolutely untrue—absolutely Without foun- dation, repea-ted Mr. Thomas, emphatically. The next step in Mrs. Sheffield's caree. touched upon by the learned K.C. was beT connection wtith some hat-air batais in Wet- beck-eitneet, but thie only led to the mention of the naane of another discharged servanit. In December, 1900, Mrs. Sheffield took a house in Basseti-roao, Y, ortih Kensington. In tihe foliowiung May she was introduced to some weaitihy American's, who lived in a. "house ia/t Pa.rk-<lane, where elhe used to so to dinner panties. Captain Mordaunt Wibilst there one night she was introduced to a. "Captain" Mordaunt. He was no more a captain than the ma,n, in the moon (said Mr. Thomas), but, unfortunately, a great friend- ship started betiw4een the American lady fend the "captain," with the result that, having asked Mrs. Sheffield's permission, she took Mordaunt to visit her at her house in Bassett- at.reet, and he was almost always there with the American lady, but never alone with I Mrs. Sheffield. She hapipened not to like him (added counsel). Some women have instinctive donlbts about certain men, and in this case her doubts were very much, justified. The Americr^ns went to Lucerne and Sam Moritz. The captain went out, and Mrs. Shef- field joined the party a.t the latter place, and the defence alleged that immoral conduct took place between Mordaunt and Mrs. Shef- field there. That was absolutely untrue. While at San Moritz, Mordaunt was appre- hended by the police, and was sentenced to fifteen months as a lwgage thief, spendingi his i-PrdsOnmeut in WajM?swoTttt Gaol. I Mordaunt went twice to Mrs. SheTWd' I I house for letters addressed to him there, but.1 there was no foundation far the charge of mieconduot, and that ought to be known to the people conducting the marquess's defence. How They Met The next pa/nt of Mr. Thomas's opening dealt with how Mrs. Sheffield became acquainted with the marquess. On the occasion of the sale of the Town- shend heirlooms the Rev. Arthur Gerard Robbias, described by counsel as being, if net the caretaker, the secretary of the Marquees Townshend, got into communication with Mrs. Sheffield, who was the possessor of some valuable prints, which it was thought advis- able to sell at the same time. Eventually the marquess was introduced to the lady. After that, Mr. Thomas said, he was always ait Mrs. Sheffield's houee. Some- timee) they went to Richmond and sometimes to Earl's Court Exhibition. Wherever they went the person) who put the hand in the pocket to pay all the expenses was not the marquees, but the loalv. The defendant seemed to have paid for nothing, Two or three banal letters making appoint- ="to, with, only ozie- Wver-llke tocoh m them, were read, leading up to the matter-of-fact proposal of marriage, printed above. The amatory touch was this: I hope you have no more headache! Mr. Thomas had not concluded his introduc- I tory speech when the court adjourned. To-day's Hearing. UNEXPECTED COLLAPSE OF THE CASE. The hearing was continued to-day. Resum- i -4ng has narrative from September 17, 1903 when plaintiff had received a letter from defendant, proposing marriage and had aooepted him, counsel said at that time no mention was made of a settlement, but on Sunday, the 20th, the ma/tter was discussed, and next day piaintaff received a letter from the marquees saying — My Dearest Evelyn,—During our conversa- tion by our two selves to-day, in which you so kuidiy ajid gladly shared my moot earnest 6ac,?e to do the very best for Mr. Rob-bms's future (?r. Robhms was deifen- (iant'a friend aad secretary), you acxeod tnat it would be wisest to write to hun expressing our wish." The letter ended, It is aa intense relief and blessing to have found one who realises the situation, and it makes me feel hapPiler every day in the choice of a wife. Good-augbl.-I)udl-ey. Mrs. Sheliieid had been ou a visit to the dientis,t that day for severe toothache, and on her return she found the marquess, Mr. Bobbins, and a soliaiioir naaaeu Davis. There W¡1<j a discussion, in which plaintiff wae told, "Of course, you know the marquees can make no settlement." W hat they told her was rather surprising, bat what happened was suit more surprising. Davis sard, Wn&t do you propose to settle on Mr. liabbins?" It was Dot usual even when one married a marclues8 to settle sums oi money on a mar- quess's friends, iiis lordship chimed in, Of course, Bobbins' boy must not be lorgctten. Five thousand pounds must be settled on him and £ 1,000 on Mr. Rabbins." Thait Took Mrs Sneffle d s Breath Away I The solicitor wanted her to hand over her seouTJ-Ues. but she refused. Davis and Mr. Robbins went away, and plaintiff and defen- dant were left. alone. Defendant seemed to be in considerable misery, and what was rather eactraordinary fcr a rnaai of 38 was weeping, and saying, This will put a stop to our marriage." Then Dr. Kapodia, an Indian gentleman, and the medical atteuv. dant of the marquees, came in. Counsel pro- posed to read a letter from the marquess to Dr. Kapodia, which, he said, had bee-n dis- closed among the documents in the case. Mr. Gill objected that the letter was not evidence, and some discussion ensued. Eventually Mr. Abel Thomas said he need not press the point, because since he had been speaking certain advice had been given and acoepted, and, under the ciroum- sta/nces, he did not propose to proceed with the case. Mr. Gill at once jumped up and said he oould nort allow the case to be disposed of in that wa-y without making a statement. His learned friend opened the oaee yester- day, when, of course, he had no opportunity of contradicting him. he conld now say that all the sta'cemente his learned friend was instructed to maJi-a were I A Tissue oi Falsehoods I I with regard to this woman. His lordship would see wlbat the defence on the record was. The defence w-as that her statements ,about herself, her connections, her mar- riage, her birth, her parentage, were one a t.issue of lies from beginning to end. He had every certificate there reJating to her. She was the daughter of a woman who was a servant in a respectable family, and who, when she was married, kept a, public house at Southampton. Plaintiff came to London as a barmaid. Mr. Abel Thomas asked whether that was all that should be gone into. Mr. Gill replied he thought it was very important he should make the statement. He had all the witnesses and all the docu- ments necessary to prove his case. This woman actually had the audacity to make all theBe statements as to her identity and her parentage, knowing that there were all the certificates a.t Somerset House which would prove her identity. The first thing Mr. Davis, the solicitor, did when he began to make inquiries was to go to Somerset House. His Lordship: That will do, Mr. Gill. This terminated the proceedings, and every- one was leaving the court when his Lordship remarked that Mr. Gill had not asked for judgment. Mr. Gill smilingly apologised, saying it was such a blow to him that the case had ended in that way. Judgment was entered for defendant with costs.

I TO-MORROW'S FOOTBALL I I Continued from Page 4. I CABDEFF -CHOOLS' RUGBY, UNION. DIVISION 1. Court road v. WhKchurrh, at Sophia Gardens—Mr. E. Morgan. Grange v. st. David's, at Jubiiee Park-Mr. S. Auck- land St. Peter's v. Metal-street, at Roath Park—Mr. W. J. Pring. DIVISION II Tredesrarville v. South Church-street, at Roath Park. AdalllClWIl v. St. John's, at Roath Park. DIVISION III. St. Monica's v. Mount SUxart-squaic, at Sophia Gar- dens. Court-road Seconds v. Ely, at Llandaff Fields. ABEBDARE V. PONTYPRIDD. At Aberdare. Poaitypridd: Back, D. R. Seaton; three-quarter backs, F. Lewis (captains, W. 9piller, W. Thomas, and >>. G. Csher; haji-backs, E. Jones and C. Culverwell; forwards (selected from), C. Whiles, J. WajJow, F. Kellaad, J. Ryan, F. Amos, M. Griffiths, W. Lewis. F. Steele. P.C. Woods, and T. Yaughan. Roath v. Peaarth United.—At Peuarth. Kick-off at 3.50 p.m. Rmth: Back, W. Thmas; three-quarter I backs, E. Edwards, Fred Grey, Charl?e Hill, and J. fïim;' :8. FJ Mhy and l]. Wedfo: warde (-I?eted from), J. Brown, M. O'Brien J. Bat- stoo*" C. Thomas, J Aherne, Alf. Stone, J. M'Leod, Joe Ward, C. Hubbs. and J. Barrett.

SWANSEA v. DEVONPORT ALBION I Jenlane, the Nea-th T%ght contre, has beem approached by the secretary of the Swansea Club, a.nd has consented to piay at outside hJaolf a giainet the Devo n port Albion to-morrow. Jenkins formerly p;o.yed at half for the Swa-nwa Seconds. The match com- msr!>tee of the W.F.U. are visiting the principal clubs to-morrow, and if Jenkins comes off he may stand a. chance for his oa-p in the event of Trew being unfit. This infonruatAcxn was given our Neaith representative bv a gentle- main connected with the Welsh Union, today.

STORY OF MANY BURGLARIES I Employed as a plateman at the Grosvenor Hotel, which is Victoria way, Frederick Heinrich, Heineche alias Otto Evens, wae arrested on a charge of burglary and larceny that took place in Germany. According to the German "Police Gazette." the burglary was committed at a large stores in Oldenburg in 1902. The premises were broken into during the night, and about £ 450 mlS abstracted from a safe, the back of which was cut out. The Gazette" contains particulars of other burglaries carried out in exactly the same way at Hanover, Cologne, and Rotter- dam. A large reward hu been offered for the prusoner's apprehenzdon and yesterday at Bow-street he was remanded.

HYPNOTISM AND PENNY NOVELS I Employed by a butcher in the Broadway, I Stratford, Harry Jaanes Hardy was looked upon as a bright and steady lad. He had recently submitted to be "hypno- tised by a man, a fellow employe, for rheumatism. He also devoured with gusto fiction as DID- vided in penny novels and detective atoriee. He strangled himself with string. It was suggested that he might have put it round his neok to see what the feeding was like. Acci-den t.al death," said the jury yester- day, and thay added that they thought the act was done through, reading penny novels. I

NEWPORT RROSECUTION FAILS I A girl of aniart appearance, named Kath- leen Horgan, aged 29, of 16, Dolphin-street, deJ;(mbed as a domestic servant, was brought 'before the Newport ma.gistrMes to-day on a ? warM-ut charging her wiitih stealing a silver soarfpin, silver brooch, and a silk shawl, of the total value of 136., the property of Fnanoiso Biens, on or about Februa;ry 13. She had been employed in the house of the prosecutor, who keeps a lodgin-houee for Spanish seamen at 175, Commercial-road. Mrs. Biens said the defendant left the place without notice, and soon afterwards the articles were imseed. They were given to some of the defendamt's friends. Dafenœamt stoutly denied the theN, and seid Mrs. Biens gave her bbe brooch and pin, and the shawl was her own property. She gave evidence to this effect, and called a witness, wtho bore out the statement that the shawl i wae the property of the defendant. The Beach thereupon- dismiesed the oaee. t A

CARDIFF ARRIVALS I ROATH DOCK. Feb. 24 (em.).-Ashridge, a, 1.849 (McDonald), Glasgow, water ballast. BUTE EAST DOCK. Feb. 24 (a..m.).-Rawthorn, s, 701 (Ritdhings), Andorf (Germany), water ballast. Bavaria, 8, 1,113 (Hutchison). Bordeaux, pitwood. BUTE WEST DOCK Feb. 24 (a.m.).—Lark, u-, 16 (Altrae), Sea, fish. George, s, 58 (Kingston), Sea, fish. Wern, 161 (Myen, Dublin, burnt ore. Marquees of Bute, &. 132 (Moorei, Liverpool, general. Eliza, s, 47 (Gower), Roads, sand. CHANNEL DRY DOCK. Feb. 24 (a.m.).—Ma^-da, S, 1,5% (Himtyke), Odense, WBlteT ballast.

SHIPPING CASUALTIES. I (Lloyd's Telegrams.) Frida. I Friday. Northern Empire.—Mobile telegraphs Italian barque Northern Empire, re- ported ashore Ohandeleur Island, been condemned. Laos.—Port Said telegraphs: French stea- mer Laos, Shanghai for Marseilles, been aerround five hours in Siding Gare. kil. 54. Bezvoi.—Port Sa.id telegraphs: Russian man. of-war Rezvoi reported yesterday ashore North Siding, kil. 146, floated; proceeded, apparently undamaged; was aground eight hours. Borrowdale, British steamer, Southampton for Goole, anchored Roads; machinery deranged. Lady Curzon, steam tug, struck pier at Dover, considerably damaging stem.

LONDON FINANCE. I [BY OUR owx cokkesponixekt.] I LONDON, Friday. I 11.3C1 a.m. Money is in good demand, at Zi to 3. Dis- oonnt. rates—short bills 2j, three montb- bili- Consols easier. Fall: Money and the Ac ut 1-16, Irish and Transvaal Loans un- changed. Home Rails steady. Americans dull. Trunks weak. Fall: Ordi. nary 1, Fimte i, Second and Third Prefs j. Mexican Rails unaltered. Foreigners dull. Mines quiet. Trunk Tra-Mc.-Total increase, 10,968dols. PRINCIPAL CHANGES. Great Western, South Western Deferred, District, Metropolitan, North British Pref i Deferred g up. Ontario é. Atchison Perf n Chesapeake U, Southern Pacific 6. Baltimore Milwaukee, New York Central, Noriolk, 81.eel Pref s, Erie, Kansas, Pennsylvania g, Read- ing Steels 1, Southern | down; Wabash Pref li, Illinois J, Denver Pref i up. Italian i u-p; Japan Fours and Fives, Spanish and Turkish Unified i, Portuguese t down. Wel- gedaoht 8, H.E. op., Gedulu. Lace Diamond. Frank Smith, Taquah, Tharsis 1-15 up; Ana- conda 3-16, Tinto, Premier Bibiani, Akro- kerri, Mason 1-16 down. Hudsons has risen j, Lyons é. Spiers and Pond have fallen J. 1.30 p.m. Call Money is in good request at 21 to 3. Discount market quiet, three months' bills 2 7-16. Bombay and Calcutta transfers 16 l-32d, Rio 13 29-32a, Valparaiso 16gd. Dulness has pervaded the Stock Markets during the mgrning, as theTe is a falling off in investment orders, while speculative buy- ing is also very quiet. Consols are i down at 90 11-16 for Money and 90P, for the Account Tranjsvaol Loan 108, Irish 931. Home R-ails very quiet. Dover "A," British Prefs i up; Caledonian Deferred g, but Lan- cashire and Yorkshire and Brighton "A" i down. Americans are mostly easier. Ontario 1t down. Southern Pacifics 1J: many others J to S, but Louisville are i up; Canadian Paoifice unaltered, but Trunks are i to j down, as the I trattic retprn was not up to expectations. Foreigners dull. Mines inactive and irregular. FREIGHTS. There a-re very few and unimportant changes to note in the freight markets to- day. Mediterraneans, rice boats, ore freights, and coastings are fairly firm. Americans, River Plate, and outward coal tonnage are quiet.. Fixtures :-Burmah to United King- I dom or Continent, 5,4? tons. 23? 9d. March; Bilbao to Cardiff. 2,500 tons. ?s. prompt; Car- diff to Genoa, 4,000 tons, 66 9d, prompt; the Tyne to London, 1,800 tons, 38. prompt. I

I LOCAL FINANCE. I [BY OPR FINANCIAL EDITOR.] ] CARDIFF, Friday. 1 The local Stock Market has shown little change in disposition to-day. The tone conti- nues firm in regard to investment securities, with comparatively little business passing. Colliery shares are very quiet., and other departments featureless.

To-day's Markets. I CORN. LIVERPOOL, Fri., Feb. 24.—There was a good attendance at the wheat market, and moderate to fair basiEetts ,-xmcluded -at id deaner; Indian lid per oental dearer than I Tuesday. Flour steady and unchanged, with moderate extent of business. Maize: Quiet to moderate trade-maed American, 4s ljd to 4e 2Jd; Turkish, none here; Plata, 4s lid per cental. Beaus steady and unchanged. Peas and feeding barley firm. LONDON, Fri., Feb. 24.-Limited attendance at Mark-lane this afternoon. Business in wheat impeded owing to bad light. The values nominally unchanged. Flour easier- Iron Dukes, 23s, ex store. Maize: Mixed I American (ooldj, 24td, ex ship; Plate now heia at 248 od, lauded. Barley: Odessa made 176 9d, ex ship. Oats steadily held, but quiet—iclbs 156, quay; Argentine shipments, 487,500; maize, 62.003. FISH. GRIMSBY, Fri., Feb. 24.-Poor supply from 50 vessels, for which there was a g-ood demand; halibut scarce. Quotations':—Solee Is 4d to Is 8d, turbot 10d to Is Id, brills 7d to Bd. lobsters Is 8d per lb: plaice 5s 6d. lemon soles 6e 6d, whitings 3s per stone; conger oob 3s 6d, live ling ^s to 46, dead 2s to 3s, live cod 4s 6d to 5s 6d, dead 3E 6d to 4s, live skate 4e bd, dead 3s each; kit haddocks 13s, gibbed 22s, live 24s, dabs 30s pei box. PRODUCE. LONDON, Fri., Feb. 24.—Sugar.- Home- refined steady and quiet; German granulated firm -ready firsts sold at 17s Isd. iiay-August 17s Aid; beet firmer—.May old at 1::s nd, Aug-rtst log 8id, October lie ild, October- December 118 9d; cane auctions postponed Coffee: Futures irregular—sold at 336e ld, September 376 lid. Spice, rice, and jute steady. Hemp stronger, fair current—Janu- ary-Marah sold at £ sg IQs. Linseed oil very firm; turpentine, 378 3d BUTTER. CORK, Fri., Feb. 24-Fir&t6. 102s per cwt- COItK, Fri., thirds, 906; fine, 100b. In market- 90 firkins. SUGAR. GLASGOW, Fri., Feb. 24.—The official report 6ays: Moderate business done at steady prioes. The private report says: Market quiatly eteady; fair business done. HOPS. LONDON, Fri., Feb. 24.—During The last few days a good demand for useful hops has prevailed on the market, aDd prices have hardened several shillings. Continental mar- Engli«hVe ??° a<hanœd in sympathy with English. METALS. GLASGOW, Fri., Feb. 2.-()pening: Scotch icile; sellers, :35 8d month; no buj ere. Cleve- lana steady; small business done at 48e licl 038 4& L(L seven days, and 4i»s 4d and 48 od month; buyers, 48s ld cash and 48s 4d month; sellers, Id more. Cumberland, Scotch o* standard foundry, and copper not quoted. Closing: Scotch not quoted. Ceve- land eteaay; small business done at 48s 2d and 4& Id cash and 46s 4d a.nd 48s 4,d month; 'buyers, 48s Id cash ana 485 4d month; sellers, 4os 2d cash and 488 4t,d. month. Cumberland. Scotch No. 3, standard foundry, and copper neglected. IRON. MIDDLESBROUGH, Fri., Feb. 24.-Market rather disappointing, it being expected that pig-iron prices would have moved up a little on good American reports, but they are lPtation>arj-. MakeuJ/ quotations for No. 3 Cleveland pig-iron range from 47s 6d to 48s but second-hands continue at 47s 3d, with only a small business being done. No 4 foundry obtainable at 46s 3d and No. 4 forge at 43s 3d. Hematite pig-iron rather weak in second-hands. some of whom accept 54s lid; others 54s 3d., but makers' minimum is 54s 6d, and leading firms are not prepared to take under 55s. More active business in most branches of manufactured iron and steel trades, and advanced quotations maintained more particularly for plates and angles. Out- look for rail makers -considerahly improved; inquiries repeated fairly numerous. Ooibie prioes tending downwards.