Evening Express

CONGO ATROCITIES. t PROFIT OF E200,000 ON CAPITAL OF I 240,000. Two meetings were held in Liverpool on Wednesday to protest agamst Con?o atro- citMS amd to adopt a petition to Lord Lans- downe. Mr. 8a.m??I Smith, M.P., who pre- sided over one mMti?g, &aid the land and property of the Oongoese had been confis- cated to satisfy the rapacity of the King of I the Belgians, and that in face of the under- standing that he would allow freedom of trade and rule with justice. He was told that one company with L40,000 capital divided a profit of £ 200,000 in one ye.r. the share capital being now worth two millions. The King of tihe Belgians was the chief share- holder.

SOUTH WALES ENGINEERS I INSPECT THE POWELL DUFFRYN I ELECTRICAL PLANT. 3Lembers of the South Wales Institute of' Engineers inspected the electrical plant and washery oi the Powell Duffryn Company at Aber dare on Wednesday, at the invitation 1 of the chairman (Mr. Joseph Shaw) and directors of the company. Mr. E. M. HaDÐ, general manager, showed the visitors over t.he premises. The electrical plant is situated at Middle Duffryn, and is in a cen- tral position for the supply of power and light to seven collieries, the aggregate, amount of horse-power of motors at the various pits being 4.650. Adjoining the power station is a washery, which is capable of washing 160 tons per hour. The small coal from all the collieries is brought from two collieries by means of aerial rops-ways. Upon their r ev urn the party were enter- tained at luncheon in a building adjacent to the offices at Aberaman. Mr. Joseph Shaw presided.—Mr. T. H. Deakin (chairman of Messrs. Vipcnd) proposed the health and prosperity of the Powell Duffryn Company. Subsequently the Aba- raman and the j Fforchaman Pits were visited.

LABRADOR EXPLORERS SAFE. I The Labrador mail boat which arrived a.t1 St. John's (Newfoundland) on Tuesday reported that Messrs. Dillon Wallace and Clifford E as ton, the Labrador explorers, whose death was fs-avpd, safely reached Ungava on October 16, being the first whitei men to traverse La,bra.dor without Indian guides. They propose to return along the .O?aet over enow drifts during the wiater.-i Beuter, I.

MANCHESTER. i i r —The FLYING HANDICAP of 150 12.15 sovs; winners extra. Five furlongs, straight. 5 6 10 Mr C cun.ult.m'5 Be Very Wise Templeman 1 3 6 8 Mr A Bowen's Slip rp Vivian 2 5 7 12 Mr R J Bannaiii's Gun Club Vheatler 3 6 8 6 Mr Alierton's Kearsage .A Siiarptes 0 5 7 1 Mr G Freeman's Kowinp Stone Kiadet. 0 3 7 0 Mr J Dufsdale'e Lowiaad Laay Trigs 0 3 6 0 Lord Chcimondelev's Captive Howard 0 3 6 0 Mr D Jardins's Sea Cover Ftaoaga* t;>: Wina?.r trained by M'Culi. Betting—3 to 1 agst Be Very Wiee, 100 to 8 agst flip Up, and 9 to 4 agst Gun Cluj). LowJaml Ladr went 3WajT clear rri Be Wry Wise, Stewing Stcm-a, Gun Club, aid Step Up, but baiow the distanae Be Very Wiee shot to the front and won ill a tunur by five lengths; two lengths divided the Gecond and third. Lowland Lady was fourth, Captive fifth, Blowing SWne sixth, and Kearsa^re iaei. -«? C?—'Tbe THURSDAY PLATE of 103 sove; J.?.OL' weight for age; winner to be sold for 100 eovs, Six furlongs, straight, CKAOOKXAC, 1; AJOAD'EMIOIAS, 2; JSPAEK. 3. Also ran: Clwyd II., Lr&nc.isUr Gate. Peudral, John Sli3.rk, Littls Dolly, Mtnijiin. Buoyantly, Goryiae, Gal. loping Ivy solt, Ma Charie. Riviere, .iA Tarpkta, &ttjng-E\ tû 1 -¡>t Clh-o?xnw, and 100 to 7 each agst Academ iciaa and S;a,k. The RACKLEY HANDICAP (wel- 1.A..iU ter) of 200 &ovs; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. LAKEI-KYD, 1; tnVAXNIKGTON. 2; R1P0N, 3.

Starters and Selections MANCHESTER, Thursday Morning. Thanks to the glorious weather and the favourable character of the results, the pro- ceedings at Warwick yesterday were pre-emi- nently enjoyable. The winner of the War- wick Nursery, Ignorance, was the longest- priced winner during the afternoon, but there was not lacking evidence that she had been well backed at the starting-price offices. In Mauch-ester there hae been a pronounced tihaw, and unless the old enemy, fog, should make its appearance there is no poeeijjility of the final meeting of the sea-soil being inter- fered with. Tbe chief item to-day is the Lanca- shire Nursery, and for this there are already fifteen horses on the spot. Of these Faraisi is practically certain to represent Mr Wynd- ham in preference to Cabal, who holds an easier engagement in the Cuerdon Maiden Pdate. The Cydaria colt, who shares with Cra,thorne the distinction of heading the handicap, is, unfortunatefy, addicted to breaking bloodvessels, and on this account I am compelled to paas him over. I think Kolo will be stopped by his weight, and I expect the issue to be confined to Crathome, Bock- minster, and Love Song. The Boveridge party were greatly disapnointed with the first- named when he failed to get a place in the Free Handica-p at Newmarket, won by Flair. Previous to that race it was rumoured he was not much behind Bill of the Play, but as a general rule it is safer to trust to public form than to hearsay and private trials, and, accordingly, I assign my vote to LOVE SONG, although it certainly is not a raoe to plunge on. Appended are selections for we remain- ing events: — Flying liaidicap-KEA.RSACR Thursday Plate—LITTLE DOLLY. Brack ley Hancli-oap-RED AGKES FILLY, De Trafford Selling-DO Q. Caerdon Plate-CABUL. Rothschild Plate—CONHAM.

PROBABLE RUNNERS FOR TO- DAY'S RACES Flying Handicap.—Keareage, Grm Club, Blowing Stone, The De 'ill, Princess Saga-n, Lowland Lady, Be Very Wise, Slip UP. Boee- market, Laughter, Captive, Stand Off, and Sea Clover. ThurEday Pl&te.-All ready. Bnaokley Handicap.—Love Charm, Peter's Pride, Wild Alarm, Wild Lad, Prince Royal, Red Warrior, Schoolmaster, Whinblom, Vin- cula. Lakeland, Whipsnaae, Filippo, Red Agnes, Sw&nniugton, Napper, Eipon, and Mint Tower. Laaicasfliire Nursery Handicap.—All (but Cabal, Bridge of Oanny, Gala, and Zilpaih). De Tr afford Selling.—Persian Garden, Brownist, Santa Claus, Mey, Lydhnotaite, Scotch Daemon, Aura, Red Rush, Don Q„, Koord Kizi, and Appleth-waite filly. Cuerdon Two-year-old Madden Plate.—Oabul, Gala Wreath, Aeteria, Qhalice, Nobleite, and Bonny Nancy. Rothachild Mate.-All qbut Gun Club amd FUljppo).

"EVENING EXPRESS" FINALS MANCHESTER MEETING. 12.15.-GUN CLUB. 12.50.—SPARK. 1.25.—WILD LAD. 2. O.-SUGAt. 2.3ó,-BRQ\VNIST. 3.10.—CHALICE COLT. 3.35.—AVEBURY.

NEWMARKET NOTES. (FROM OUR OWN COiRRESPONDEOT.) NEWMARKET, Thursday. LEFT FOR MANCHESTER. Mixed Dance, Karakoul, Koorbaan, Grey Green, Evergreen, Charis, Nurang, Doola, Lyoidas, Airship, Glenaanoy, Roseate Dawn Dying Duck, Boycot, Copper King, Csardas, Ooroomb, Spanish Orphan, Brother Bill, Gold Coin, Sir Edwy, Light o' Day, Craigellaohie, Crowning Mercy. Chioot, Monsieur Bea-uoa-ire, and Ghalice ooit .MA>. CHESTER. MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR TO DAY Flying Handicap—ROSEMARKET or CAiP- TIVE. Brackley Handicap—PRINCE ROYAL or LAKELAND. Lancashire Nurpory-KOLO or BUCKMTN- STER. Rothschild Plate-AVEBURY or DE TRAF- FORD. Selling Pl-ate-DFOW!iIST or MEELAGffi. Guerdon Maiden Plete-CR-ALICE OOLT or GALA WREATH. Thursday Selling—LANCASTER GATE. Vary wet morning. JUMPERS' WORK. Sadler's Maiden Blush (A. Gibbons), good mile and three quarters; and Cadwal, Econo- mical. Cambo, and Adonis III., good mile. Beatty's Kilglass, Centre Board, and Duart Bay, six furl?ng? sbarply. Dewhuret'e Wild Willow, 8!eep. Decorated, Outsider, and Aidance, good six furlongs. MANCHESTER NOVEMBER HANDICAP. Catseradle, ,good stripped mile and a. quarter. MANCHESTER, MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR FRIDAY; Egliwton NurFery-rrOLD OQTN. Pendleton Platt-KARAKOTTT,. Elleemere Handicap— CHACORNAC. Ca.st.!e Irwell Handicap—ROSEATE DAWN. Oounty Handicap—CPuAIGEItLACJUE cr R06EMARKET. OR.PRAX. Ordsall Nursery—.SPANISH ORPHAN. Jennings may ride Ferment in the Manchester Haadi- oap. Cottager wm be ridden in the Manotrester Novembw Handicap by A Vivian. Considerable annoyance was occasioned to visitors to the Warwick Race Meeting by the free use of stoole and boxes which was p&rmitted the fielders in the reserved enclosure. An unwarrantable report being circulated at Warwick on "Wednesday that the owner of Gun Club intended an appeal agaipgt the decision IIf the Warwick stewards dL-.qu'aiifrjn" hie horse for the Emscote Handicap, several bookmakers refused to settle upon the race, aaa many accounts remain unpaid.

SURVEYORS AND THE TESTING OF I STEEL-PLATES. In the King's Bench on Wednesday Mr. Justice Channell gave judgment in a claim made by Messrs. John Birch and Co. against Lloyd's Registry of British a.nd Foreign Shipping for alleged negligence of their surveyors in regard to the testing of certain steel-plates made in Germany and sold to the Japanese Admiralty. Messrs. Birch alleged that Lloyd's surveyors' negligence allowed themselves to be defrauded by German work- men ÍI. the testing of the plates, and the result was that the Japanese Admiralty refused the p]t.œ as of inferior quality, Evidence having- been given, his Lordship said the case must bf decided on the ist-ate of knowledge at the time the occurrences in Queetaon happened. It was always formerly understood that an expert surveyor could detect when a plate had been tampered with, but now it had been discovered that tamper- ing could be done so cleverly that it was im- possible for the most expert to discover if a plate had been tampered with. Under those j circumstances, the gave judgment in favOlttrol Lloyd's.

FOOTBALL l PONTTKOILE AMOCTA-nON FOOTBALL CLUB I' want Sxturef far MMOc; good t?mf,.—Sctw&y. Tcwa Mill, Pontypool. e4209tK3

Last week 401,903 travelled by the Cardiff electric tram6, and the receipts totalled m compared with iCl,731 for Pe oorrospondang week,of 1904,

To-morrow's Racing. MANCHESTER MEETING. -The FRIDAY PLATE of 103 EiOVE, for two year olds and upwards; weight for age; maree and .geldings aJlowed 51b; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. One mile. —The ORDSALL NURSERY HANDI- CAP of 105 sove, for two rear olds; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Five furlongs, straight. —The ELLESMERE HANDICAP (wel- ter) of 150 sove; winners extra. Six furlongs, straig-ht. • ye si ID Lord Westtrarv's Holme Lacy G Moore5910 Mr ? Hill-Wood's Gkrrerlsy Ciscemt? & 91u )D- E.eswic £ 's Csarda^ J Caainon 6 b 13 Mr W H MBI?rd's ChiLDTY Lowe 4 8K Mr W G Sieve's Deewpotr .0wner 3 8 9 Lord Wes»tburr's S,-ncorate G Mocro 3 8 9 Mr F 'l"yior'f' Mvrcaa" Hobbe a 8 7 Mr L F Craven's Sir Daniel Bobtoaoa 086 Mr H E EaadaH'e Borehsse Sadier, jun. 3 £ 6 Lord Hamilton of Rav,,U'6 Ash 3 8 51 B&btMon 586 Lord Herbert Vaue?TempeE?,'& Boy col 4 4! P;c?<M'ing- 464 Mr A Caheji's BKnnrwt H Cnandler 4 8 4 Mr L B Besuchamp's Gilbert Orme E Hunt 5 8 4 Mr J C'ra) :f1etmg Lo?e RO( & 8 Mr J 6 C?toc-Fox's ni'? D'jl Br<uire 6 8 2 Mr RC?auty Bav M'Or?I 6 1 Mr ¡l1e" FMr?ax Armstrong 3 8 0 Lord 11-a G L&mCKon 3 8 0 Lord Cn?mond?ev'e .SaJirte J CMmoc 5 7 11 Mr R J King's Chacomac Le-cli a 7 13 Mr L A Wiener's Qkiogmprh Armstrong = 7 12 Capt B w :-R' roieliytiry HtJ?h Pormsr 4 7 i2 Mr J L Dupialey Hester S-keiter G Ecwartis 4 7 11 Major J D Ferita 0"wner 3 7 11 Mr Strattiera's Feattoer Boa.E15'P! 4 7.l\. Mr John aaminond's Sta1 Breiyn Betters 3 7 10 Mr T Hail's Don Peuez grnderson477 y- E Caiiiiintr's Grey Green C YV&uetjI 4 7 7 Mr L d, Eothec'iiJd's Ccapeao Onxsoc, Jan. 4 77 Mr J Ktce Grouse Mena:es 4 7 6 Mr J Barrow's GslUii'i.g'o J Dawson 274 Mr A E Clerk'6 K-= M'Kie 3 7 3 Mr A E derk-'6 K&z<tn .JM:f..ie S 7 3 A T.?lor4 73 Mr T E Li<idia«i's Rg Gun .oLOwe ¡ '1 2 O;.pt J G R ray's Jotrn Shirk R Sierwood 3 7 1 Mr John O?borM's Crund?! Hill O?iT 370 Mr Mr W E IQsey'e Let CHmesr 5 7 C .Mr ? R Wyrwham'e Doola —E sbemood 3 T 0 Mr W I'AMon's PtfiUtm Owner 3 7 0 -The COUNTY HANDICAP of 150 SOTS winners extra. Five furlong's, straight. 3,G st lb Mr P Jteike's Aspc-ndale Pickering 4 9 0 Mr Alterton's Outberwipe Armstrong 4 8 10 Mr P Kcike's St. Luke Pickering 6 8 2 Mr L F Craven's Sir Daatel Bobmson 3 7 13 Mr H J Kæg's Craig-ellactiie Leach 5 7 13 Mr T P Kind's Ambr- ,G Edwajtis 4 711 Mr J Musker's Lord TcZdi??'' G Ld,?axds47 11 Mr F C G MeCZTee's Ohvyd II Botni&3n 6 7 10 Mr R Craig's C-Dty Ray 0" M'O!l.lI 7 I Mr R Event's Jcpsrn Mr D J Pulimper's Copper King Marnes 4 7 9 Mr 2C C Cockt'jm'e PoS-t Karte Elsøy 3 7 9 Mr J S "V>!ton-Fox'g T £ te De'il Braime 6 7 8 Mr i Buoh-c. ii'e Eachelor'a Faaicy Major Edwards 6 7 5J Mr J Cra.ig-' 8 SiUford TObson375 Mr J L Dugdale's Lowlan<! Lady G Edwards 3 7 3 MT A E BOTKE'B Slap Up H Chandler 3 7 2 Lord Marcus Derosfod's Bosemarket M3r5h 3 7 1 Lord Darhal. CVrus P Pck369 C&pt Bewioke'e Pont eland. Hugh powueya66 Mr R Owmingy Evè W&u:¡"h 3 6 5 Mr F Bibty's Monaiewr Bea-ncaire T Wauci 3 6 6 —The CASTLE IRWELL HANDICAP of 500 eovs; winners extra. One mile. ? ? It i? W Dtmae's Earla. MOT 0' 0 Gilpin 4 E9 11 Mr J Duhan"n's Santry M^or Edwarde 4 9 6 T C Smith's Charcot 0.. Hon G 1.,antAm.S 4 m? Sol J-"s \Vlritechai>eJ 0"" C Peok 5 6 12 Lard We.stbury's Holme Lacy G Moore 5 8 9 Mr Lkm&I Robinson's Roseate. Dawn ,Brewer 4 8 9 Mr J B Joel's Dean Swift. 0 0. Morton 4 8 8 Mr M J In Ireland486 I j! m:}'7er BID Sadler, jut 5 82 Mr J C Su?ivan's The Page Owner 5 7 131 WJ E &lUler5 OoxcMnb Guyy 4 7 1? Mr E Queaaad's Great b.vinc 0" ,PrjvlI 4 7 12 Major Eustace Gold Look ..J Pon-ney 5 7 11 Mr Misa's I ';>é;t& Esoott 4 7 10 Mr H J King's Esquire Loach 4 7 8 Sir John Thureby's Park Reaper G Edwards477 Mr Richard Croker's Blakestowm "In Ireland 3 7 4 Mr Richud Cr??er's Jens-tzy In 'Maud 3 7 4 Mr D J Jaxdine'e Bed Warrior Peae-jck 4 7 4 Mr Nichas J Wood's WhaWoom "HsJ.lJck 4 73 Mr A Ea.mbHn's Voddm? Ring- ..t ;) 7 1 Duke of Devonshire's g by Caaipam—B'? W? 11 Gooav.in 4 6 13 Lord Eiksmere's Koorhaaa J Dawson 3 6 12 Mr E A Wiener's SkiogTaph o..A rrr..s.t10ng 5 6 n A rillt,r, g56 ]-?i Mr R aran '"p" .Mënzif'E 5 611 Mr A Belmont's Lord Hastings Watson 3 6 11 Sir R Waldie Griffith's Charts .B Siierwood 3 6 9. Duke of Devonshire Quick Goodwin 3 6 6 Mr Imber'e Scotch Demon -365 Major Cautious Waiter 3 6 5 ?Mr S B=s'¡¡ Traitrees .Mmmif 8 6 5 -The EGLTNTON NTJESEEY HAN. DICAP of 300 sovs, for two year olds; winners extra. P\ve furlongB, straight. at lb Mr H J King's L?,ht o' Dav ,Læ<'b 9 8 Mr A Stedall's Gold Co?n Sadler, j n88 Mr W R Wyadbam's Numng ?. _R 64n<rwood 8 8 Mr J WMan's Suacro'ft Ia Ireiaad S 8 Mr PWtni, K neke?tW86 Mr J>4"?d Fa.œrt! G?l&dFOme Baker 8 6 Mr W Caiinj's Cuiunock Lad II 6 Mr Wtilmm WKson's Feej-iuue Private II 5 Mr P Nelke's Wisetan PSckeria; 8 Mr Owl 4,ey?ils Dyiac D?Mk Pickericr 22 Capt Seetre? s Giulan .Bobinson 8 1 Mr G W Smith's iB-.?itjive • 8 1 .MaMtnfr 8 1 Lord Chirtmondel^'s Boibo A S-d1er 7 12 Mr W R¡¡¡:¡hae:'s Harwrait .D Wvugb 7 i2 Mr J T Whippy: c by Gsnljpin? Lad—Erelyn O'1U Mr W G Stev8 c by CMnfFey-Eaie Ho??? ? U O%Mer 7 la Mr N J KeJJy's KobK.? .pr?? 7? Loird DurhalT;'g Mxed Dar.oe j> p»jck 7 g MT L de Rothsohild'e Chicot Watson 7 8 Mr H E Randan e %ir E-dwy Sadlar. jmL 7 7 Mr CB?-ickp-'s Pti\c<5 £ ul Ejia Hngii Po?-n? 7 t Mr E FœteJ"B Relandine j Dawiwii 7 6 Mr ?trf?''? T??''? .J Daw!<m 7 6   O??e Ki?ptn?Sf .? .M-(S 6 ?3 MT B Wjudta^a's S2iiioe .?.B 6 i —The PEFTDLETON" PLATE of 1tn SOTS. for three year olde and np- rl,'Xr4dS; weight for a  wards; weigiit for mares a.nd geldings allo-weid 31b; winners extra. One mile and a half. 9t 1l- Capt Bewick*'? CliftoohsU Rugb Powmey ys95 Mr Edward Clark's Persian G-arten .M'Oall 4 9 6 w G H Pre-an's Santa CSaue JTKie 4 9 5 S ? n T J"* 1 E-aTeaaropper Petsn 4 & 5 ? ? S ? ? ? ^r; ? ,"T ?"??1 Jarvis 6 9 5  I ^"ca!^ Wwdeawm ,b¡ lre.lM? 5 9 5 Mr J B Rc?taca? Atbos C-wnor 9 5 Mr 0 P B Wo?'e F?li3l? R)oveJ .1'de.rmg 5 9 5 M?cr J D Bdwanis? St Keiin 'C? 595 MT D?vM FaT' V1ncul& 4 2 f? i £ Cansoe 5 9 2 M.as "Souog-s Ctofl-nvaal Youne 9 £ Mr R-mh?d Cro*,er'iB imatzy In3 Mr J ? Jl*; eJ>rl™w W Efeey S 812 Mr Loetes s Mr Whist!er 0?-D.r 3 8]S ?r  Lady Hawker —■ ..Manning 3 8 9 53}l! r <; 1 Mr ACI,l p a?,.d?si'y5 8 c Mr GMrs. rite's Argent Cbmptant M?Ke 4 6 9

YESTERDAY'S LONDON BETTING. n A lent?by i18* w? oomp?t'?p on the ??fbes.er Y-bei Ihi,-Ih ( )UT tIblk "-9 "ril fUppot9d &t 9 to 2. -nd both Man-^ £ d proved ?ood b?,tnom t 1)0 to l? 3ud I'DO to 11. Of tne N':J1ajMr mQ8t mon-?v went to MMa^rR^I, i ime and Lciigp Tom. Pric?? .— ? ^^°?:"rEStEK KO^AfBER HANDICAP. (BUU &turday. ^o\en)c?: 25. Dif;t" out m.?e an? a 9 to 2 afst Outbreak, t lOi) to 1.2 MLtillaton. t IDO to 11 t 10 to 1 — Mark Time, t 1Q to 1 — Long" Tom, t 10 to 1 — Aiiship, t 10D to 8 — Cottager, t 100 to 6 — C*tf»eradte, t I Cl) to 8 — SpianiDg- Miuuovr, e 100 to 6 p t 100 to 6 — Yril, t 20 to I lrralf, o 100 to 3 cl-fftc-ulisil, t to 1 a?st M?k Time, t LATU. 9 to l—L?tirTom.t 1M to 9 = .f'nlmMjn(7W. t

OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. I The '?portMM-n has been omen?iv tn?fomed bv  eatherby of lh^ foiiowiiig scratchrniT6 I N'??w-m IA'e?ther,?,y Of t'a,, -cT?tchingfi:- Warwick engagements un«er National Hunt Rules— ?t Mcdoc. Midland Ooantiee, Warwick, and Castle Inreli HMI- I d,cap. Manohefter—Dinneford. Flnr.1 Plate, Manchester—AImeciiff. I Ail published ::a.nd;oapv—Lawrence. I

BLAINA PARTNERS FAIL. I The statutory meeting of cyv-iitol-6 to t1:e estates of Car&y Dyer, of Als-xandra-road, Blaina. and Sidney Arthur, 189, Chepetow- road, Newport, trading in partnership at BLaina, as plumbere, was held on lTodnee4a.y at the offices of the Newport Official Receiver. Both Aehtors j are under 40 Y2.1rs of a,ge, and three years ago started in busiifeee at Blaina, Dyer contributing the capital ( £ 30). The business was not latterly prosperous, and in July last their solicitors called a meeting of crsditorg, amd informed them that if debtors oontinued i trading they would eventually be able to pay 10s. in the E. At the time of the reoedYing order the firm was being sued. The unsecured liabilities of iC175 4s. &d., owing to nine credi- tors, were, with the exception of legal chaj?ee. wholly for goods purchased in the way of trade. Three bad debt- amounted to zE82 14s. The melancholy feature was that death had visited both households—Dyer lost two childr3n and had a sick wife; Arthur's wife became ill and died. No resolutions were adopted, and the Official Receiver remains trustee.

LITTLE GIRL'S CRUEL FATE. The inquest on the child, Elisabeth Peers, ,a.;red ten, who,e body was found in a back p<aa&ag« on Sunda y, October 29, was ooin eluded at Liverpool on Wednesday with a verdict of "Witful murder against some person un- known." The child was sent on an errand shortly before midnight on the Saturday aud never returned. It was proved teat she had been vic?ently a&&a.T).H?d and suffocated. The parents, who were b?th drunken, were oen- eured. Tne polioe have no olue. )

CARDIFF DRAPER'S RENT. I A meeting of the creditors of Richard j C-oonnbe, of 20. Dumfries-place, carrying on business at 117. Queen-stroet. Cardiff, as a fancy draper, wae held on Wednesday at the Official Eeoeiver's Office, The groes liabilities are estima.ted at £ 425 6s. 7d., of which £354 16s. 7d. are expected to mnk ae dividend, while the assets show a. deficiency of £ 325 68. 7d. Insufficient trnwle to warrant I the beaovy rent and expenses are the causes of faaiure alleged by the debtor. He set up business om March 1, 1903, with a capital of LZW. g-v.&-n hiim by his mother, ajid which he alleges ho spent on fitting up the &hop and obtaining his first lot of goods. The bankrupt's wife carries on a separate buoineBB as dressmaker, and olaims the household effoota. The public emmiu4t4oo was fixed for Deoeaaber

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS AND IN W.EMOPIAM, Notices appearing under these headings are efcarged at the following rates:- If inserted in the EVENING EXPS'S^S," "w;E.S- TERN MALL." and "WEEK-LY HAIL," OS. for 30 tVords. anc id. j.:7J" eacii 3d<h tlQ11a.1 Word. "1: 'nselte<i in the "EVENING EXPRESS" aDd. WEEKLY j\TAn. only. Is. tor 30 Words, and Id. for every Two Esira Words. No notices cf this description will be inserted unless authenticated by the name aod aodress 01 the sendee. Telegrams an-d telephonic messages canxtot be aciefi 08 until confirmed in writing. imATHS. CEESSWELL.—On 22nd November, at HiSside, Dotr- lais, PiBaream Bobert Croseweli. C.B., F.R.C^ ]E[0v6 Colonel 3rd V.B. Welsh Regiment, in his seventy- seoond year. No flowers.

AUGUSTINE J. STONii FUN5RAL FUGNISKEB it FTTNItliAL DUUV-WIL. Personal Supervision to All onIerL Nat. Tel.: Cardiff, No. 704: Pact ofim ToL o. 612, Caldafi. Telegn.ma; AT7GQSTIKB STONE, CABBHT. AU&PSTINB &MlM BAJiHV DOCKS. 5, WORKING"ST., CAKDiry- 102.. HOI TOY-BOAD, BAB-RY DOCKS. rrrw mi n ■ ■ n niiiinniiwji—iIIB..H

LONuON FlNANOfc, B1L"\K .!lATE. isaxie n&tp, 4 pta* ocnL, change. rFOOM oua LONDON CO&FIESPONL>EXT."J riltwday. 1-0 p.m. Ifoney is in good Demand at 31 per csenC Disoonnt rates—short bills & 1-16. three montius' blue 4 per cent. Consols doll. f-kik Money and the Acconirt Lri&ii and Tr- zo. VcUil Loant unahangtid. Home liails and Americans irregular. Trauke easier. Fail: Ordioairy 1-16, Third Pt ofi Mexican Ra.i.Ie lower. Faal: .Second PTef i. Foreignoi-s and Mines sveadj PRINCIPAL CHANGES. East London, Metropolitan. Qruh Westei* Deferred i, Cba.tjjojn i up; fcsouiii rt'-estern i, GreAt Eastern, District i, Ivc-rth British De- ferred g down trie li, Atchi«»n, Norfolk i. Kansas Cianadian Pacific, W'aba^ii Praf à. Baltimore, Steels k up; JjoaisviUe. srilwatikee. New York C-ertirall Iteading, Union Pacific Denver Pref, Sontliern Pacific i, Southern À down. Brazil 1S95 4, Argentine Rescission, [ Japan 8cri-p J, SpaniBh and Tarkish UDified i up; OedulaB "P g down. DaggaloDtem Gold, Associated Gold, -orownhili, V, a^iai Grand i-16, Aniaoonda j. Bast Hind, Heodesr- son 1-32 trn; Qolcfields Deferred, Steyn 1-16, Ooeajxa, iTaneviiaJ DeveloJJmnt, Pro&ress 1.JI down.

LOCAL FINANCE. fBY OUB FINANCIAL EDITOR. 1 CARDIFF. Thursday. 1.0 p.m. The local Stock Market wae again quiet in tone in all departments thi £ rooming. ith the exception of Rhymney stock aaid Breoon a,nd Merthyr Pref, whioh was still firm, rail- way stocks were easier. G.>iory shares we irregular, and ot-her departments vit4iouti special feature.

SPORT OF THE DAY F. B. Black is expected to arrive at Malton with hie team shortly. J. O'Brien, the steeplechase jockey, has had a good season in America, but -was lafcterly in hospital for some weeks wutii a broken shouidesr. Higgp's left foot vras eo painful yeeterdsty as the result of his being thrown by Gilbert Orme at "Warwick on Tees-day that he could not get down to the course. East, ,who was injured by the falling of Goldruali SIt Warwick, wae conveyed borne oa Tuesday nig-bt. He had a bad nigint, and his father informed an inquirer that be was I&e » lump of joitr all down tie left side. Not"withst«;n,din g his attepenfqon art Warwick, Wheiatley starts the I*wt LIire,- dayc of the flart-racirg season with am advantage of eight over Madden in the winning jockeys* list, a.nd as Eisey has a fa.ir!y strong h--nd to play at Manchester iit- ie good odds on ths Beumber jockey topping the liet at the Soish. By her toll at Warw,ick on Tuesday GoM. rush was so .severely injured that she is not likely toO run again. Juft at the spot where the aocident to her happened, and for winch WTieatley was hung up," several ep.ilte have occmrred, and it ig time something was done. in the shatpe of better railing of the course, to misim;ise the clm-noee of disagter.

LOSS OF THE SS. ROSALIE SUSPENS-JON OF THE MASTER'S CERTIFICATE. Judgment was givsn at the Town-hall, Car. •diff, on Wednesday dm tlbe inouiry ordered by tihe Board of Tirade into tlhe cdncum eta-nceo ajfetendiing tlhe loee of the steamship Boealie, of Oardaff, in Ooroubioa Baty. Spade, on the 7th of Ootobea- last.

Sergeant-major Nunnerley, one of the sur- vivore of the Six Hundred, died at OrmekiTk, noar Liverpool, on Wednesday at the ag<e o4 74

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FOR THE ENGAGEMENT RING AND THE WEDDING RING GO TO THE BEST AND CHEAPEST "FIRM IN THE cirr," SOL PHILLIPS. JEWELLER, 43, CAROLINE gTREET, (Off St. Mary-street), CARDIFF. Rare Bargains in Gol-d and SilveT Watebea, Ohiains, Rings, Pine, Brooches, &c.; Ciooq" Ornswnente, Plate, end Outlery. SEE WINDOWS. GAS Swker wanted at onoe for the Whiter mon th s.—Steady mm only apply Qae Works, 1'OT? tvclun. c £ 3?7 'í _NTED -immedi&£ë¡y-hir-good' Seccnd-hand H 'ing E?winw; lf-in. eybudev, 5ft. drum, geared 5 to J.—Full particulars to 0 60, Evening Express, Cardiff. e540B JOINERY, Timber.—Windows, 7E fed.: pane: dooia, 4s. 6d.: newe' ]! istble lec». to., 2B. 6d.; lialugt, ekirticg, id.; baad moaidinpe. id.; rafters, tc-ards, .<1. loot; barrows, 10&. 6d.; carriage paid 20s. ordais; lists.—Tllcey, caw Mills, Abertillwy. C1719 JADY Doctor wanted imtnediatelj-, cDUirrj- district. .1 —Give terms, salary, details, 0 59, ^Evening Exjjreas. Cardi^. e4?i3<!29 "TX7*AXHiD, Hooè.Vorkmr Ciarieaer; ix.t under T 35.—particulars JS. P., JIamayron Ciliaa Ayrofl, South Wales. e452M25 }~>XPER1KXCED Pr!eA. '?!?'.u&te,b:in?uist, exœl- J lent references, sæl<s Curacy; sle char" pre- ferred.—O 58. Bveninfr Express, Cardiff. »42 £ ls6 Jf5, Metai-street ^off Kewport-pcad).—DweTlinr-ltouaa O and '1Øp. 10r.—Apfly R Penrose Kerntck, Agency OfBoe^ H, Bridie-stppet, Cardiff. e4222d25 I' CCAL P?eacherq or SunC?7-scho<? Workers J re?q??r? to Act L0MJllopl'E'fl0I11Æt1væ for well- known London Firm in IW 6?istrieu where not Already represented; -pbi, -en can oc,m from £ £ to £ 4 per weok.—Address full parttoidars, stating az-e, per- vioms occupation, Ac., Caxto 2i, B»,cre-i=i Bristol. e4225d2o L ADY, of good business ability, wanted to Manage firat-class Umbrella Jhop, Swansea..—State age, experience, salary, eiiolose photo, Ktndtdl. Sons, Leiceater. ert 214(126 RANTED. "S'tuatioii ae Barmaid; need to bus-i- > t ness; some bar ei perten ce. —LAIU bort,, J osv- office. Brit tan ia, Porth. e4..5d28 WANTED, yornr I^ady Millinery Sales: know- ledse of ladies" outfitting; good saleswoman and stock keeper.—lid. Harris and Co., 1&4. Oojnmer- cial-road, Nevpor., Man. c4226d29 xr A1I"'TED, Lipht Hauling; dr? amd central waM- ? V houst: i.focliS tept.—Ap?y 56. C&:mreet. Cat hay 6. e4240d5o ROATH Park.-Best and healthiest '?-.ctLti&t Rpoeiti.Rai?d-ome Sew Villas: four be&ooms; n?M-ty 19ft. tK'ntape.—.fit?cuI&M 4-D, WeUSeM-'oadf rANTED: single Man (live iJl) Look After Motor, t Pony and Can. and Make HATmmd Generally Cseful; abeta:ner.—State foil p&rtlcidaie and wasee to Tjt.-Col. Jones V, illiamt, Cay Pa-c, TialyboiU-oa- U8k. e4&Z7d29 'Y?yA.NTBD. smaxt. fthe?y Lad. ttbc? 18. for i' Stable and Housework; most be a good harn^«« oieaner.—Wr.ite. stating full PMt-icul&rE and wages (outdoors; to S. Tout, RUiwderin, Kewport. ed25 CLEY G"s EngHle; cylinder 13iir.. diameter, Lwo fiy-wheeif (6ft;; weigiit over seven Ume; vor);in? o:-dw; f?C.—2, TMveth.ie-?tne?t, R-ars.de, Cardiff. e4229d25 C?ydiff. e42 = HARNESS M&bM wutt 8ittM?<? w OoM?jE. -tjL "'addie. or Cothery Work.—O 55, fvetun? ExrTess. Cardiff. eo4231d25 XTTAJCTED immediately, ?ood Geneml ?-crv?.t? V from 2.7 to 25.—App? MM. Parn-, Beaufort Arms, Rhymoey Bridjre, Rhynrner. Mor. «d'^S A K experienced General Servant; plain oookinffj A small family.—Address Pox V, PO!;I -o1!i ce NeafU, c1¿329 "X,A.NTED," Goven?,l by Decemt)?" 7th: ~earir r?e)?- rfieronce required.—0 57, Evening Exprœa, Cardiff. »<ri4d2e STEEL Eiig;rarin?. Smoking the Bobbter by ifthenton, for Sale.—Apply u 56, Evening BH'presq,  _?_ M236d25 WANT1B2D, Cook-G€)?a? M once'-lATm?' Mr? ? V Harold Lioyd, Woodiaods, Beet on-, road. Pen- Becton,.m-,d. Pen- arUI. e42d26 COOK-General Warned; wa?ee £ 18.—fi»ate ape ?r, \? n&t?, ?jdress of xeterenoc, 0 62 Nve?ttt Kxpiese, Cardiff. e»M7d2? L°*™. £ dinburjtb, and Gtesgov.' fimt-cw. £6 _LJ Dehit for Sale. Barn- district cheap to good Canvasser with c reooid. Part-time Ageutg Appouvted -^ones, IDirtfict fiuperiateiKiact. u, JSOWAJU-AERRAOE., CWDIFF. ea.Iedü

BALFOUR TO RESIGN, LIBERALS TO TAKE OFFICE. Startling Report. The Times" suggests ttoat Mr. Balfour should decide at once that he cam no longer count upon the hearty support of a united party, and should at some early date place this resignaltion in tfue hands of his Majesty. The Liberals would then be called upon to form t/hat Government for which they have pined so long. They could dissolve as soon me the new registers are lavailaible; aind, of the Tesult of a general election Should prove as satisfactory to tlhem ae they anticipate, they would have a. normal session in which to propound the frewt measures so long suppressed by unto- ward oircumstauc.es. Mr. Balfour is no longer hampered by the understanding at which his Whips arrived witlh the party that be would not dissolve in the autumn. With a Liberal Government in office, and with a general election inevitable at an early da.te, t-he attention of Unionists wiU be diverted j from their mutual bickerings to the tasi. I retaining a powerful voice in the direction of national policy. Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain will both be private members of Parliament, and will not be compelled by the exigencies of their positions to regard affairs from a different standpoint. "A STRONG HrNT." The Press Association le' egrapLhs:-Consider. &ble interest is being evinced in political oitclee in consequence of the strong hint con- veyed this morning by both the Times and the Daily Telegraph tha.t Mr. Balfour will take an early opportunity of placing his resignation in the hands of the King. If this be the case, tihe LiBenale wdilil be sent for to form a Government. Parliament will meat for a short session, and a general ejection will ta&e plaice early in the New Year on the new register. The "Daily Telegraph" says:-One thing ia certain: the party is split up, and it would be waste of time to endeavour to force measures through another session. The diffe- rences of opinion, fatal as they are to a party in office, can be no bar to close and oonoerted action in Opposition. From every point of view, therefore, it would seem desi- rable that 'Mr, Balfour should tender his resign-ation early enough to allow the Oppo- sition to convert themselves into a Ministry, and to dissolve Parliament in time to have a foil session at thoir disposal. TO FACE.THE MUSIC The London "Star" says that Mr Balfour's resignation is imminent., but that the Liberals will not convert themselves illto a Ministry. "On the contrary," says that journal, "they will compel Mr. Balfour to face the country that he has fooled for two years and a, half." IMPORTANT CABINET MEETING The Press Association says:-Wit-h refe- rence to the meeting of the Cabinet to be held at the fureign Office to-morrow after- noon, seldom, if ever, have so few Cabinets been held art. thi-s period of the year, and the view is entertained in some quarters tfh&t the fact points to the imminence of dissolu- tion or resignation. Imminence of General Election. I The Council of the Western Division of the I National Union of Conservative and Constrtu- tional Associations met wt Bristol on Wednes- day, under the presidency of Sir Charles Cave. Mr. A. E. Southall, secretary of the National Union, and Mr. Pearson, secretary of the Western Division, were present. On the proposition of Sir George White, seconded by Mr. Imbert-Terry, it was unanimously resolved, "That this council of the Western Division of the National Union of Conserva- tive and Constitutional A-wociat-ions (com- prising the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dor- set. Gloucester, Monmouth, Somerset, and Wilts) deprecate any action tending to the. division of the party such as is indicated" by the continued use of the terms Ball- fourism,' and Ohamberlai-nism: and, in view of the imminence of a general election, they must urge upon all their associations- throughout the seven counties that the time has arrived when aH members of the party, of whatever shade of opinion on the fiscal question, should be prepared to range them- selves loyally under the leader of t-he Unionist party, and to accept whatever may be declared the policy of the leader of the party, supported, as he must of necessity be, by a majority of his Cabinet." Divided Upon All Policies. I Mr. Akers-Douglas, speaking at Salisbury OIl Wednesday night, said it did not require a great deal of foresight to see that a general election would shortly be upon us. He claimed that the Unionists were not a descredited party. It was true that they were divided upon one point of policy, but their opponents were divided upon all poli- cies and upon all principles. Some Unionists considered that the party might go faster a.nd further, but on the general question of a desire for fiscal reform there was no difference of opinion.

Dismissal of a Consf able I REMARKABLE DISCLOSURES AT MILFORD A few days ago the Liverpool tug, Knight I Templar, was lying in Milford Docks. The l men going ashore late in the evening, four of her crew got into the hands of the county police, and next morning were brought before the magistrates charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting the police. The four men pleaded guilty. The bench took a serious view and sent the men to gaol for fourteen days. The unexpected severity of the sentence came as a surprise and loosened people's tongues, with the result that the magis- trates held a private inquiry, and six respectable independent witnesses gave evidence. The facts elicited were (it is said) laid by the magistrates before the Home Secretary, who promptly ordered the release of the four men. Chief-constable Webb Bowen had also instituted inquiries, and the result was seen in the dismissal of Police- constable Evans, who has seen six years' service. Four Charges Withdrawn At Milford Haven Petty-sessions on Wednes- day four prosecutions by the police were with. drawn, the chic f-cons table sent an intimation that notice bad been given to the de-fen,dants that they need not appear. Nothing was said by the Bench, but dt was understood that the dismissed constable was oonoern.ed in the oases.

NO TRUE BILL At the Glamorgan Assiaes at Cardiff to-diay the grand jury returned no true biil in the oase of Bmily Buxton, who was charged with wounding her mother, 3targaret Ball, alt South William-street, Cardiff, on the 7tih inet. Prisoner was discharged.

TttE BARRY TRAGEDY The statamewt that Mr. Lloyd, the farther of the young rnaa who met his death, under encli sad oiiroumBfiances at Barry on Tuesday might, is ia licensed boaaxkng-hoiise keeper, is inoon-real. MEr. laoyd is an ironKtoesaer au IS-. Gould's foundry, Baatry Dock, wtoere he, has been emxAovod-:IoT ishe past^fifteen yearB.

PUBLICAN AND GIRL Gabalfa Sensation, I STARTLING STATEMENT MADE AT ASSIZES When William Roderick, formerly of the Three Horse Shoes Inn, JQabsvlva, was called to surrender to his bail at the Glamorgan Assizes yesterday on a charge of criminally assaulting Grace Ellen Byng, under sixteen years of age, on the 3rd of January last, he did not answer. This morning his name was again called and surrendered. Mr. Ivor 'Bov%,en (instructed by Messrs. George David and Evans, on behalf of the Treasury) appeared for the prosecution, and1 Mr. St. John Williams (instructed by Mr„ F. H. Gaskell) defended the prisoner. Mr. Bowen said there were some facts which he desired to put before his lordship, which would show that there had bean a serious and successful interference by the prisoner with the 'administration of justice. This man was originally brought before his lordship (Mr. Justice Lawrence) at the March Assizes at Swansea. On that occasion the bill was car- ried over to the next assizes on the ground tha.t the prosecutrix had disappeared. Inquiries were made by the police between the March and the Summer Assize without avail. In the meantime the case had been taken up by the Director of Public Prose- cutions. Since the Summer Assizes, the pri- soner, as his lordship knew, had been ¡;Ai.>It Ii on a charge of aseauiting another little girt, named Hallett. It ha7d now been dis- covered that previous to the March AsSiizes at Swansea, the girl Byng was taken to Haver- lordwesit. From there sine was tatoetn by the prisoner to Liverpool, and sent to America, where she was taken care of by prisoner's brother. It would be proved that a large sum of money was paid to the father a.nd mother of the girl. These facts had only juet come to the knowledge of the prcsecur tion, and, having regard to the circum- stances, ihe asked that prisoner shoudd be kept in custody until his trial. (Mr. St. John Williams objected1 to prisoner being kept in custody, and pointed out that he had put in an appearance on every occa- sion. Prie,mer was then dharged with oommitting an assault upon the girl Hallett on the 15th of September of this year, and pleaded not guilty. His Lordship ordered that the prisoner be detained in custody until his trial.

FIRE AT A GIKLS' SCHOOL I Porthcawl Policeman's Timely I Discovery. In the early hours of this morning Police- constable Evans discovered smoke issuing from underneath the front door of the Moor- land Higlh School for Girls, Porthcawl. Fail- ing to arouse the inmates, he burst open the door, and found the curtains, chairs, and other articles on fire in one of the rooms. The constable quickly extinguished the fire. The timely discovery by the policeman was fortunate, as when he entered one bedroom, in which six children slept, it was full of amolke.

CITY -ROAD" IN FUTURE. Councillor Dr. J. Robinson introduced a deputation of tradesmen and property owners in Castle-road this morning to the Cardiff Public Works Committee. They desired the name of Caatle-road to be altered to "City- road." Among the reasons put forward for tihe change wias that their letters were often delivered to people in Castle-street, while thoy frequently got letters 'belonging to Oastle- street residents. Out of 250 residents in the road, 187 had signed the petition in favour of the alteration. Those who objected occu- ,pied private residences: The consent of the landowners had been obtained to the change, including the Mackintosh and the Roath Court Estates. Mr. Mtander aeked the deputation if itwmM meet their wishes if the naime of Castle-street was changed and Castle-road retain eel its naime. Councillor Balbinson said they would rather •have it City-road. Castle-street was near the castle, while Qastle-*road was not. An ame-ndment to defer the question was lost, and, on the motion of Alderman E. Thomas, eacond.ed .by Mr. Veadl, the applica- tion of the deputation was granted.

IN WANT OF WORK I A letter was tread IaJ, the Cardiff Public Works Committee tlhiis morning from the Miasms' Society starting that many masons and labourers were being diisciharged owing to tlhe want, of work, and suggesting that the corporation should proceed v.ii.fe some of their undertakings, so as to fxrovido them with employment, and thus prevent the (increase dn tnlenumber of tlhe nmemployed. .Wx. OiK),ssnian: Now tilivA the work of pull- ing down the 'wa-l'la round Cathays Park has been decided upon, there will foe a deal of curbing and channelling required. Would i t be possible to gave those men the work ? They are entitled to .it. Mr. Harpur said he had given the order to the public works oorntanacUxr for the work. Mir. Veall: If the puibli,, works contractor eLm not hris men would be out. I Mr. Ma-nder pointed out that, as there were many streets where level crossings were still wanted, (for iinetance, OonL-tolOmAjon-staeet, tihlis work might now be proceeded with. It was decided that Mr. Harpur should .report upon tihe question to the next meet- ing, Pnd lin the meantime proceed with Con- stellation-street amd employ men to the amount voted.

STABBED IN THE BREAST I At Glamorgan Assizes to-day Vincento F.idalgo, an Italian 'blacksmith, was charged with wouindiing a labourer named John Jones, at Dowlais, on the 23rd of October* Mr. Ivor Bowen .prosecuted. Jones stated that, as he was leaving the Cuba. Arms Hotel prisoner rushed across the road and istaibbed hiimi dn tihe breast. This statement w,as confirmed -by witnesses, and prisoner, toeing found guilty, was sentenced to six motntlhs' imprisonment.

SWANSEA BICYCLE THEFT I At Glamorgan Assizes to-day a. Frenchman named Maurice Bim.band was charged with stealing a bicycle, the property of Mr. John Gale, Ow-en-etreet, Swansea. The prosecutor missed the machine from the passage of bi.9 house, amd it was after- wards found In the house where prisoner lodged. Prisoner had handed it over to his landlady as security for moruey he owed for lodging. Rumbaiid, in addressing the jury, said he ha.d "bought the bicycle from a. man whom. he did not know. Prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

COAL HULK ON FIRE I A are occurred this morning on his Majesty's coal hulk Forte, in the River Med- way. Two thousand tons of coal are well alight. The ship-keeper and his wife and two chil- dren hurriedly escaped on board a collier alongside with blankets around them. The fire will have to burn itself out. An immense volume of flame rises from the ship and presents a brilliant spectacle.

j NEWPORT COUPLE'S DIFFERENCES I Tom Fisher, a dock labourer, of 6, Robert- ebreet, Newport, was summoned before the Newport bench on Wednesday for assaulting his wife, Georgina Fisher, who exhibited a black eye. She oomplaaned that there had been a series of assaults all through her miatrried life of eighteen years, and she was now no longer willing to forgive her husband or five with him. The husband admitted striking his wife, bUJt eaiid she had a basin in her hand to strike him. The Bench acted the part of conciliators, and, in spite of the persistency of the wtife l tha 't she would not make it up w.i,tJ1 her hus- 1 band, the Magistrates adjourned the case for a fortnight, to "o if l'entente matrimouiale oould be arrived at.

CARDIGAN MYSTERY ONE PRISONER DISCHARGED I The Cardigan tragedy is continuing to excite public curiosity, and the surrender of the one-legged pedlar, John Daviee, after a week iin hiding, has added to the interest. The four prisoners, Ma.ry Evans, lodgimg- 'house-keeper; Viincenzio Cenroni, Italian organ-grinder; John Davies, the pedlar; and Elizabeth Taylor, were brought before the Oardrtgan bench this morning and charged with having caused the deatih of Hannah Jeremiah. The court was crowded. Mr. W. F. Rooh, solicitor, Cardigan, appeared for the police. At the out-set Mr. !t(}c.lllSP.lid tlhwt there was no evidenice to sup- port any dharge agaiinst tlhe Italian Cerroni, ,and be tasked thtaft he he dtiseftiarged. This was agreed to, and Mr. Booh then proceeded to present evidence against the other three. Maria Morgan, living next door to the lodging-house, said she saw the deceased in a idnunikexi estate at the ihouoo of M'aria Phillips at 10.45 on tihe Saturday night. Although all the prisoners said the deceased was during that time lying drunk on the floor of the ilodgiing-house, she afterwards heard a iloud disturbance at the lodging- house, and recognised the voride of Elizabeth Taylor, who was crying. (Proceeding.)

I Cardiff House Rents I CORPORATION TO LET I CORPORATION COTTAGES TO LET A eub-ooiaimiMifto itec-omme'ntdoci '00 the Card",ff Public WŒkto Oaanmitteo to-day (Mr. J. Jaiajnsdale presiding) thaii the TO!?, of the artiisaiis' -cotiag-es erected by the corpora-lion, near t-be electrical station, ait Canton, foe 7s. 6<L a we-ok, It wais stated itha(i (there were ten houses and some thirty-two applicants for thorn. The roni would bring in tub?t 5 per ;cont, ?f?er m?khxg allowance for repairs ?yad gLn&iug fund, but xuoi. vacancies. Each bouse, had. cost 4;217. Hr. J. -Robinson said he wouM not, to buy a house 131t. Z217 and let it Kit 7s. 6d. •It would not pay 4 per cent. Alderman Edward Thomas pointed out tihart t'iiey had roo build the houses in accordance with the requirements of the Lcx? Govern- meat Board, to take ftiiio place oS o?ara pu'lled down in the city. They wor-i not, tharefore. fai. the same position, rs ordinary iniv.as.tor. Mir. J. Uohkisou cited the case of the hooises hc11,illld Gladstone Schools, whsdk •were let at 8s. 6CL and courid be purchased cut! to Mr. Cbappell, he said they had bathrooms. Atr. <ChappeU: These have bal, Mr. Veall suggested Be. as uiie eillt. Alidefma.n Miildon 'ihouglut the houses wepe -woerth rtlc.ve tihan 7s. 6d.. a week rexut. It wa then 4,iown )tbiga. Uie coat of building each house w?e £ 217, the value of the land £ 70—total, £ ?M. If the houses were let Ot 7s. fid. per week, less rates, taxes, repaÓJrs, WIld i water ( £ 6 ISe. 4d.), the rent would realfce j £12 .1? 8d p?t?z animin, or 4.37 pes' 0--DL Let i a.t 8s. (War week, .loss £ 7 7a &d. tor rates, "asee, rRpair?-- and w.M?r, 4!he Vn?' would realise 23 S.3. -?d., or 4.6? per oant. | 1t w?e decitded t. ioa t'? icai !i,' i's.. & week. j

.==-o; I Merthyr New Post-Office I MAYORESS POSTS THE FIRST LETTER I Th. iJtos4>r»aicie ni, Meiii-hyr tvos opened I this F.ft.erncoD. hy Mr. Walter Webljar. sur- veyor to t!i« <Jo3«raJ Poet. Office. <xn behalf of tfco (Lord. Stanley). A lge coucourse of people witnessed live ceremony, and a.mong those s.ccommodjrted upon a special platform were Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., the mayoj- (Alderman E. Morrell) and the Mayoress, members of the oot.pora,tion and of the eba,m-Der of trade, together with other prominent townspeople, mchiding several ladies. Ttoe proceedi.nga having been inaugurated by the Mayor, the postmaster (Mr. Fhilli.pa) ;l,V{<I iaiterefittine sciatica of ,nle progress dl ifce post-office work sines 1870. The senior member, Dr. Bid die, the olia.rt.er mayor. and Mr. Gome: 'j'homas, ou behalf of the cha-mber of trade, spoke, after whicl/ir. Webber unlocked ,tho main door of the building with a golden kay, prefented by 14-r. Phillips and his sialf. Mrs. Morrefl (the mayoress) posted the first latter placed in the box, and the mayor sent a totogram to Lord Stanley expressing appre. elation of the new poc.office by the bur- gesses. The building is situatte in John-etrert, directly opposita the exit OIl the arrn al plat- form of the Great Western Hallway Station, and Vu oovera a lotal area of 8,236 square feet. The new post-oftlce is reckoned to be one of tha best equipped of its size in the oaun,try-eTor.vith-iiig being thoroughly up-to- date—aud Mr. William Phillips, the post- master, is certainly to be congratulated upon presiding over ruch a splendid estab- '1ishmeJI!t.

HOUSEBREAKING AT L0U6H0R I At the Glamorgan Assizes to-day William John F-ugbes, farm labourer, was charged with breaking and entering the shop of Mr. Charles Harries, grocer, Loughor, and steal- ing two pairs of booite and a, lady's watch. Several witnesges spoke to seeing the prisoner wearing one of the pairs of boots. When spoken to in regard to tham he made various statements as to how they came into his possession. Prisoner was found guility, and sent to aoaol for six months. MT. L. M. Richards prosecuted.

MOTHER SUED BY HER SON I MiDB. Fawt-y. an aged lady, who seemed ereaitly distressed whilst giving evidence and shed tears when aneweriing Questions, was sued to Weston/meter Couxwty-court yesterday by her son, Mr. Charles L/awramce Fawty, for -p-loo, two hundred weeks' rent alleged to bL, due from her to him. I The plaintiff started that his father died in 1901, leaving property valued at £ 2,000. This property was divided, and he received as part I oil his share the business he now carried on in. Great St. Andrew-street. His mother agreed to ta-ke the upper1 storey of the •premises, at a weekly rent of 10s., from Setp'tem'ber, 1901, but had never paid anything. He had explained to her that the rtatte of the business led to his asking her to pay rent. Mrs. Fawty denied that she had ever promised to pay any rent. She had not the means, she said, to pay. His Honour said the case was a painful difipute between mother and son. He thought the plaintiff had not fully proved that there was any agreement between him and the defendant, and accordingly gave judgment for her, with costs.

"POOR" LOVER'S PLEA j Courtship Began at a Wedding It was at a pretty little country wedding that Herbert C. Stannage, >?• .butcher, of Coston, Kerriel, near Grantham, met Mies Alice Maud Stredder, whose oaroiite X at, Hoxton. The acquaintance developed into an ang,ge, ment, and all went well for a time. One day Stannage wrote to his lady love reauesting her to release him. I am a poor trail now." lie pleaded, and shall be all my hfe," but '-this dismal prospect did not deter him from marrying ajiother woman a f-ew days later. In the London Sheriff's Court yesterday Mr. Stannage was ordered to pay L30 damages. I

REMINDER FOR HOUSEHOLDERS. I A meeting of the Cardiff Health Committee was held on Wednesday, when Alderman T. Windsor Jacobs briefly thanked the members for re-electing him chairman. The Medical Officer (Dr. Walford) stated that the town was new free from small-pox. It was resolved, on the suggestion of Dr. Walford, to issue leaflets calling the atten- tion of householders to the bye-law which states:—"The occupier of any premises front- ing, adjoining, or abutting on any streetshall once at least on each day, Sundays exoepted, cleanse the frontways and pavements adjoin- ing such premisee." It was remarked that those who neglected to carry out the bye-law were liable to a penalty of £ 5.

DISASTROUS GAS EXPLOSIONS. I By a gas explosion at a tnement house at Dais ton on Wednesday tlhree pea-sons--a Mrs. Sotherley, her father, and d-aughter-were suffocated. Two others, Mr. Sotherley and his son, were removed to the hospital in a serious condition, but they are expected to recover. As a result of a gas explosion which occurred in the upper part of a house at • •Coopers-road, OM Kent-road, London, one dhHd ?st its hfe, &nd am other was removed to the fh<)spiw bMHy biMH?d. The eolokon wrwked and set Are to the room.

SULTAN CRINGlNG.1 -0 A WIRE TO THE CZAR Movements of the FleetI CUSTOMS HOUSE TO BE SEIZED. The Porte has rejected the proposals of the Powers for the international control of the finances of Macedonia.—Reuter. The Ec'ho de Paris" states that, in the event of the Sultan persisting in his resis- tance to the Powers, the international fleet will be despatched to Mytilsne, where a force will be lamded to seize the Customs House. So far there has been no question otf a blockade of Smyrna. The joumal adds thart. no official confirmation has been received of the report eme-maoting from Vienna that relations between Turkey and Bulgaria are very strained. i A Wire to the Czar. I Paris, Thursday.—A telegram from Vienna to the "Petit Pariaien" stia/tas that the Sultan yesterday telegraphed to the Emperor Franz It Josef and to the Czar œlling ,alttentio.u to the situation in which he wat; placed as the .result of the demands made by the Powers relative to the Macedonian question, and ask- ing as a personal favour for a brief respite, together with, .a postponement of the naval demonstration. Abdul Earned, however, received a negutive reply i.n both instances, laud was .informed that the decision arrived 1 art. by the Poweia allowed of no further delay. II --C,eatral News. Movements of the Fleet, I Athens, Wednesday.—The warships of the I Powers which axe to take part in the demon- stration against Turkey have assembled at I the Piraeus. Admiral von Ripper, of Austria, is in com- mand. It is believed that the Customs of Mytileme I' will first be seized, and if that fails in its object a similar course will be ta-ken at the Island of Xiemno^, and a blockade of the Dardanelles t will follow. Great BrAttaji will be represented in the demon strat-icn by the cruiser Lancaster and the scout Sentinel. HOW THE TROUBLE AROSE I The crisis which has arisen had its origin in the Austro-Ru^sian scheme of 1903 for the reform of Macedonia. So chaotic had the administration of Macedonia become that the Powers forced the Sultan to agree to the appointment of a.n Austrian and a Russian civil aæesor to assist HUmi Pasha, the Turkish Inspector- General. to establish some control over the application of the reforms by the local Ottoman authorities." It was also agreed that an Italian general should reorganise the gend,armerie with the assistance of Belgian, Norwegian, and Swedish officers. But 'the plan failed to realise the antici- pations of its f ram era, and it was found necessary to demand international control of the finances of the country. The Powers, therefor, proposed that the revenue;' of the three vilayets of Mace- ,donia should be paid .*nto the branches of the Ott-omaii Bank at Salonika, Uskub, and Won atitir, amd that payments for adminis- trative purposes should only be made through the bank. The Sul-tan replied by proposing a echeme of his own. He suggested increasing the CtHOOm3 duties tand earmarking the money thua provided for the regular payment of I official salaries and other administrative expenses. The Powers held out for international •comtro'l by etix delegates, and, in spite of the j protests of the Sultan, appointed the mem- bers of tlhe Commission and despatched them to Macedonia. At the beginning of October the Sultan definitely cleolined to recognise the autho- rity of the agents. Then the Ambassadors asked him to receive them in collective audience. As this was an unheard-of pro- posal, his Majesty de-coined to receive them. A niaval damonetration w.as then decided upon by the Powers.

DISTRICT COUNCILS. I EBBW VALE. r Mr. J. D. Jamas presided. The clerk notified I tha.t the Ebbw Vale Company had asked z675 per acrfe for land for a oemetery at Owm, and LZOO in respect of damages to adjoining lamd, the total cost, for the site being £ 950.— Several members considered the price exorbi- tant, and it was pointed out that this price did not include the purchasing out of the tenants.—Mr. R. H. Williams said it was com- mon knowledge that the company let this la.nd for 21 years for 2s. 6d. per mre.-It was decided to defer further action pending inquiries as to the terms asked by the tenants.—The council discussed the applica- tion of the Tredegar Council to be included in the Western Valleys sewerage scheme, and It was decided that if Tredegar could be included without additional cost to the other constituent authorities that the aipp'McatHon be favourably entertained. —Replies were received from ad joining ooiHicils agreeing to a joint confer- ence relative to am improved train service in the Western Valleys, which conference will shortly be held.-With refer- ence to the installation of street electric lighting it wm intimated that Ebbw VaJe Company, from WhOolD the current ie being purchased, would not be prepared to supply until February next. Surprise was expressed at this delay. The company also informed the council tha;t a rental would have to be charged by theni for poles erected in their private streate. The olerk was instructed to write to the company pointing out that no rental should be charged, as the oomp,amy were allowed to lay pipes in the public streets without a rental, the council purch?««ed electricity from the company, and the charge of a rehtal viotildop-erate againet the private J roads in which poles were fixed being taken J over by the couucil. J PONTYPOOL. t IMPROVED WATER SUPPLY. I Mr. NtM-maton made tne announcement ai. i the Po-ntypool Council meeting on Wednes- j day that there were not likely to be any j further complaints as to shortage of water in the district. The Pontypool Gas and Water Company had discovered a. big leak in the I main under the river, a.nd since this had f been repaired there had been a plentiful supply of water in the high level districts, where things had assutneda serious aspect I on aocount. of scarcity of water. It was not a desirable thing that they should have their II wateif polluted with the sewerage flowing into the Avon Liwyd, and for their future pro- tection he thought they ought to get an assurance from the water company that no mains were laid in the river. j' Tha council decided to back up the efforts of the Abersychan Conncil in requit-itioning j the Great Western Railway Company to run j a, supplementary and later service of motor trains between Panteg, Talywain, and Aber- j sychan (low level). Permission was given the B Company of the 4th V.B. South Walce Borderers to ereet an outdoor miniature rifle range in the oattle m arket.. I RISCA. I Councillor V. Hartshorn presided. Messrs. T. Daviee and W. G. Edwards were appointed as representatives on the University Board of South Wains and MOnmoutbi?Wre.-A letter was read from the Ebbw Vale Council asking the Bisca Council to appoint representatives to attend a conference with regard to the advisability or otherwise of approaching the Great Western Railway to ask them to run a motor service through the Western Valleys. -Councillor Pritchard gave notice of motion that lie would move at the next meeting that the council take steps to erect a market-place. -Mr. Benson also moved that the clerk be instructed to make a report as to whether the interests of the council would be affected by the various railway schemes for tapping Monmouthshire coal.

CARDIFF UNIFORMS EXPERT. A meeting of the Cardiff Corporation! Uniforms Committee was h^ld on Wednesday, when the chair was occupied by Aid. David Jones. A little while ago Mr. F. H. Jotham, who has for years acted as hon. expert to the committee, expressed his desire to resign that position. The committee, how- ever, asked him to re-consider his decision and offered him an honorarium of £7.5 per annum. In a letter which was Tead Mr. Jotliam expressed hie warmest thanks to the committee for their appreciation of the services he had rendered in the past, and said that, knowing how difficult it was to obtain anyone to dcvot-e the necesf-^ry time and attention to the duties, he would con- tinue his services. He was reluot.ant to accept an honorarium, but would leave that in the hands of the committee. The tenders were then opened, and, with title samples, were referred to Mr. Jotbam; for bAs, roperft [

ENGLAND'S TEAM tO — AGAINST THE "ALL BLACKS'' At Bristol last evening, after the West v. Rest of South match, the following fifteen was chosen to play for England against the New Zealanders at the Crystal Palace on Saturday week, December 2:— Backs, E. J. Jackett (Cornwall); Three-quarter backs, T. Imrie (Durham), R. E. Godfray (Middlesex), A. K Hind (Midland Counties), H. Shrewing (Somerset), and J. E. Raphael (Surrey); Half-backs, J. Braithwaite (Midland Counties) and S. Gent (Gloucestershire); Forwards, V. H. Gartwright (Midland Counties), B. A. Hill (Kent), C. E. L. Hammond (Middlesex), J. L. Mathias (Gloucestershire), j E. W. Roberta (Devon), J. Sununerscales (Durha.m). and R. F. Russell (Mialaud Counties). New Zealand v Ireland The All Blacks" are playing Ireland at the Lansdowne-road football grounds, Dub- i lin, on Saturday. All the stand tickets have been sold. The Irish Rugby Union will make a. bit" out of this fixture, the Irish Independent- I of yesterday say6. "The match has not been advertised, and the expenses cannot be much," the journal adds. They are to give the New Zealanders Lloo and half the profits. The Irish players will not even get caps for the occasion." The Irish Union, it is sa-id, have already over £ 4,(XX) invested in stock. | There are seven changes in the New Zea- land XV. against Ireland from the team which beat Scotland. Wallace plaYfi back vice Gillett, who goes wing-forward.Harper and M'Gregor come in at three-quarter vice Deans and Wallace, Mynott plays vice Hunter at five-eighthe, and Newton, Johnstone, and Glenn come in forward vice CiMinrngham, Casey, and O'Sullivan. Alleged Colonial Roughness Flaneur" writes in tho" Leeds and Yorkshire Aterfury Some Scots men seem, to have talken the defeat at Inverleith with rather bad grace. I notice, in an article signed" Anglo-Scot" in one of the London papers, an insinnuatioti tha-t the New Zealanders developed some roug'hness and unfair tactics when they appeared to be beaten. This is not the first time a, complaint h-as been made from a Scottish source of roughness on the part. of .the opposition in = international mat-ch at Inverleith, for only a year or two ago the Welsh team came under the lash. Well, the Scotsmen have never been regarded as parlour footballers, and the players themselves neither ask norgivecluar- ter. They pliay a. robust game, and their supporters must not. cry out if vigour is-met by vip-oiir. As a matter of fact, the New Zealandors played a game at Inverleith entirely free from a.ny suspicion of undue roughness. A Seotsmaai was accidentally kicked on one occasion, but so also was a New Zealaoider.

Ears, Eyes, and Faces TESTING BABY'S MENTAL CAPACITY Dr. Francis Warner, physician to the Lon- don Hospital, gave an interesting address at a meeting of the NationaJ Association for the Feeble-minded, yesterday, on some points to be studied in children with a view to gain- ing definite knowledge as to their mental condition. The absence of the pleat ridge from the outside ear, said Mr. Warner, was a sign of a defective child. Among 100,000 children whom he had examined, he had noticed that defective ears were five times more numerous in boys than girls. The small mouth, eo often praised by nove- lists, was also, &aid Dr. Warner, a sign of a defective child. The movements of the fingers and toes of a week-old child are spontaneous, and cannot be arrested by a sound or anything held up before its eyes. If, however, at the age of five or six months, the sound of a voice or some object such as a red doU failed to arrest the movements for a, few seconds, then there was reason for anxiety. The face, and after that the hand, afford the beet index to the state of the brain. Horizontal furrows on the brows of a group of loafing boys can often be seen, formed by the working of the frontal muoolæ. Go into the monkey-house at the Zoo," said Dr. Warner, "and you will see the frontal muecle3 of the monkeys working in the same way, and the same thing can be seen in an asylum for idiots." A well-ba.lanced hand, level from the wrist to the finger-tips, indicated a well-balanced mind; if the hand dropped at the wMst or if the thumb dropped, it showed some degree of mental weakness. The power to imita.te well is an indication of a healthy, normal mind, because imitation involves some considerable mental effort on the part of the imitator.

ATTACK ON THE CHURCH. I "WORLDLINESS, PAGANISM, AND HEATHENISM." The half-yearly meetings of the eastern, division of the South Wales and Monmouth- shire Free Church Council kledera-tion were held on Wednesday at Barry Dock under the presidency of the Rev. J. Glyn Daviee, New- port. On the proposition of Mr. J. W. Mayne, Penarth, seconded by the Rev. E. I A. Charles, Newport, a. resolution condemn- ing the Education Act and its policy was unanimously pa. A suggestion to elimi- nate the word illegal" with reference to the action of the Board of Education in regard to the attitude of the Barry Educa- tion Authority towards the Roman Catholic; School, was rejected. Mr. R- Y. Evans, Barry, read an interesting papeir on Why Young Free Churchmen Should Combine." The Federation sermon was preached Dy the Rev. Thomas Phillips, B.A., liondon, and in the evening a largely-attended public meeting was held at the Bible Christian Chapel, when the Rev. J. Glyn Davias again presided, and addresses were delivered by the Rev. Thomas Phillips, B.A., London, and the Rev. Parry Williams, M.A., Pontypridd. Mr. Williams said that attempts had been made t) make the Bpiwopali-&n Church the only Church of the State, bü they had faHed miserably through the heroism and courage of the Nonconformist leaders. (Applause.) It was time this old, obsolete, pagan idea of a national Church—State religion—should be swept out of existence. Episcopacy had sold its liberty to the State for prestige, rank. eocml position, and power. It had bewme the tool of the State, aristocracy, and landed interests. In selling its l?srty the Angliœn Oh arch had lost iU spiritual inauence. Its bishops eat in the House of Lords, but they had no spiritual or moral influence upon their folicvr peers. By becoming the tool cf the State and Conservative party the Anglican Church had been paganised and secularised more th.a.n Chri.<V"ni8eà, and worldlinoss, paganism, and heathenism had crept into the Church, whilst the clergy were becoming State officials. On the other hand, Nonconformity relied on the arm of God! alone. The religious revivals and combina- tion of the Free Ch jrches showed that State religion was an impossibility. When the Government of this country would disestab- lish the Ohuroh, then would they hasten the I Kingdom of God.

ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE. I GENEROUS GIFT BY ANONYMOUS I DONOR. As briefly reported in yesterday's! Western Mail" the principal of St. David's Coll-cge, Lampeter, has receired from a donor who wishes to remain, anonymous a promise of £ 2,500. This money may be used either for post-graduate scholarships or for a, new chapel. It is for these twol objects in particular that the principal has been appealing. St. Davrd's College bias also bemofi-ted recently by the creation of a trust by Sir John Llewelyn, who has assigned the sum of E5,000 for various purposes, including the provision of zClOO a year for students pro- ceeding to Oxford and Cambridge under the affilia tion scheme. The college has for some years received tlhe interest on this sum, bUtt the creation of a special trust has only recently been effected. Wit'h a liberality not always found in such trust deeds, Sir John Llewelyn has inserted a clause enabling the trustees, should it hereafter be found desirable, to vary the objects to which the money is to be applied in any way which may seem advisable for improving he educational advantages and opportunities of St. David's College.

CARDIFF MALE VOICE CHOIR. I The annual meeting of this choir was! held at the Odd fellows'-hall. Cardiff. MT. D. J. Jones presided over a full atten- dance of members, and, after the report and balance-sheet of the working of the past year had been presented by the secretary and adopted, the following officers were re- elected for the coming year:—Conductor, Mr. Rod-ariok Williams; deputy-conductors, Mr. D. J. Jones nnd Mr. Tom Thomas; ohairman of committee, Mr. D. J. Jones; general hon. seoratary, Mr. H. T. Joseph; hon. treasurer, Mr. J. D. Griffith; assistant hon. secretary,! Mt. J. L. Leech; and librarian, Mr. J. J. Meurig. )

Thomas Hayes, 21, was charged at Card-iff on Wednesday with stealing fifty sacks, vilue 16s. 8d., the property of Henry Leatham a.nd Son (Limited), from a warehouse on the east side of the West Bute Dock. Mr. F. G. Forsdike prosecuted, stating that prisoner took the sacks and sold them. The facts were simple, and were amply borne out in evi- dence. Prisoner eald he wae very eorrjr.—I: U- wae committed for two moutba. 1

LOSS OF THE HILDA.1 BURIAL OF THE STANLEYS. t The special boat conveying the bodies of the English victims of the Hilda disaster so far recovered will not arrive at Southampton until Monday. It was originally 6tated that the steamer would arrive to-day (Thursday). The inquest will, therefore, be opened on Monday instead of on Friday, as previously announced. ST. MALO. Wednesday Afternoon. No more bodies of the Hilda's many vic- tims have been cast up to-day. The work of obtaining the identification of the Breton onion men is proceeding very slowly. Seaman Grinter and some of the onion men were taken over to St. Cast to-day to render general assistance, and more particularly to see if they could identify the bodies washed ashore thEre. The remains of Dr. Stanley, hie wife and daughter were interred at Dinard to-day with solemn and impressive ceremony at the Anglican Onurch. Each body was con- veyed to the cemetery in a separate hearse, covered with the Union Jack and smothered in beautiful floral wreaths and crosses. Hundreds of the local British colony and- others attended the service. The funeral of Mr Grindle will take place to-morrow, and the remains of six other victims will be interred at Dinard on Satur- day. The bodies of the remaining English victims will be taken to Southampton on the London and South Western Railway Com- pany's steamer Ada on Saturday. The bodies of the onion men found at St Oast will be removed to-morrow to Eoscoff, where they will be accorded a Pit-L-lic fiirLera,l.-Cential News. ST. MALO, Wednesday Evening. The bodies of Mrs. Eckford, Miss Denbam, and Miss Curz-iatt, of St. Brieux, have been, identified. The body of Miae Voes will be con- veyed for interment to England. The bodies of 22 out of the 28 persons composing the crew have now been identified. Representatives of the London and South Western Railway Com- j pany have just returned here from the scene of the disaster on board -the steamer Villa de Paimpol. They found it impossible to board the wreck as a heavy sea was running. The bow of the Hilda is completely stove in, and only the after part of the vl remaids intact. The repræentatives of the company, with the assistance of the naval anthQrities, wwill endeavour to have the Teeeel examined by divers. The wreck constitutes no danger to navigation. I The funeral of Mrs. Rook and her two daughters will take place at half-past three to-morrow afternoon at Dinard. They were well known in the English and Ai?e!?-?e colonies there, aitd the news of their death, has caused a most painful impression. The 6ea has given up no more of ite dead to-day, but it is expected that in two or three daya the bodies of the victims who were not provided with lifebelts will rise to the sur- face. The examination of the wreck will also, it is believed, result in the discovery of fur- ther victims of the disaster.—Reuter. I The Relief Fund. I Ma.ny members of the crew leave eon- stMer?bIe families, ajrd the temporary measures of relief adopted will need to be tangibly implemented. The mayor's fund now amounts to FA50. Mr. Taaikerville Cham- berlayne, M.P. for the borough, has sub- scribed JB25, and Mr. John Aird, CcnservaAive i candidate for Southampton, has contributed I' a similar amount. Performaaices are also to be given at the local theatres in aid of the fund. The Lost Onion Men PARIS, Wednesday. Telegmms from Bre? say that aJI th? 82 onion sellers on board the Hilda, 77 of whom perished in the wreck, came fr<ym the department of Finisterre, no less than 41 being natives of the small commune of Cleder. It is announced from St. Malo that the j bodieg of some of the English victims wbicll have bean recovered have been placed in the ca,tiiedral of St. Brieuc prior to their removal to England.—Reuter. Grinter's Wife's Dream I An extraordinary story is related by the' Father Superior of Wood Barton Monastery, near Kinesbridge. Some of the sisters of the Congregation of St. Thomas of Villain ore, who are settling in Eingsbridge, arrived, from France on Tuesday. The Father I Superior went to Southampton to meet them, and went into a Catholic place of I worship there, where the priest's eervant is the daughter of Grinter, the only English survivor. She told him that her mother dreamt on Saturday night that the Hilda. had gone down, and that her husband had been saved. The sisters were to have tra- velled in the Hilda on the return journey.