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Passing Peasantries. I **Why a<re booths the best oompanims?" **Beca<oaowh<!n they bare you you cam aJwa-ys ahot them ojp witihod. ofFenoe." Daughtiar- Fa<ther, my taaoher says I'm &etttmg mape Hke momimia, every da.y. IWJler: WeU. you mustn't taJj: ao mo<di in eehjoaL, deo-r' "nia<t. Mas Beverley, to whom I bowed just tM-w, is a. re,ulax KJtondyke," reanafrked a. mtamt<)bis<XHnTMUu.oTi. "Rtch, I sappcee?" Ye&&nd co!id amd djeta.nit'*I "Tell your mistress I have torn the atir taaai." aa,id a gamd.'ema.n to the wrvazvt a<t & tod.gTing-house. "Very well, aM* waa the reply, "imatireaa ttT.H put it down as reTit!" "My wT.fe haa a remwksbde ooHteotMmt of otm-ti ow'.ties," aadd a. ma.n proudly. "Was she coueotimg when she married yon?" asked one of the mmpan7. "Tea." "Itiboog-h.i.oo.

MOTHER SUED BY HER SON I Mrs. Pa<wty. am aged lad7, who seemed gread7 diatresBed whi!st giving evideooe a.nd ehed tea-rs when. amewen7ig queatioBB, was etoed Ni Westamimst'ea* County-oanT, yosterda.y by her eon, Mr. Oha.Nœ L&wtra.nce Fa.wty, fctr .6100, two hnmdred weeks' rent &Neeed to be due from her to him. The pla.mtifF sw;ed th.a.t his father (Ned m 1901, leavmg property va.l'o'ed a.t je2,000. ThM property was divided, a.od he reoefved as pa<rt. of his sh-a" tbe boaiTioas he now ca.med on in Grea.t' St< A;n<Irew-&tre€'t. His motiheT agreed to take the upper etoir&y of the) prenuaes, at a weekly remt of 10a., tpom SeptenDtber, 19C1, bo,t had never padd a=7thing. He had exptaiTied to her that the ata<te of the bumnees led to his asking her to pay renit. Mrs. Fa.wty denied tihaA ehe had ever p'romaaed to pay ajiy rent. She had not tbe ineajis. she aa.id, to p&y. Hia Eoootir ea.id the ca&o was & pamifnl dipnufte between imotJier and Boil. He tih<m?ht the pla.Mtt'Hf had not fuNy proved tha<t there WQ8 between ho-m and the defeon.cta.n.t, a;nd aczoa-&ncly ?a.ve judgment tor her, wTfth costs.

HANGED THREE TIMES I It waa ata-ted In a. case he&rd at Dudley in a man Damael; Pugh Wtas ohArsFed witfh a<tit'emptLng to! eoanBtift euicide. 'hha.t the p.riaoTi'er had tried! to M'Dgb!i:xœe1! on thfree occaaMM's. At lus last .a<ttempt he wa,3 plucbity cat down by a. woma.n.

HUSBAND TOO LOVING A divorce was granted yesterday in France to a woma-Q on the gronn<l that her hrtab&nd was too affeetionate. She cMmplajned tha.t he oontinually Irugsed and kiesed her, ajid declared that she aed to her mother to oca.pe his attentions.

"WASTE :s-O't'. WANT NOT." If you take care to buy ENGLAND'S GLORY MATCHES y<m WMte notMn?. ETety m&tch Ligllts and Barns wati to the end. You wMt" no othera alter tri&L AN KttgUeh made. Made at Taglaad's Gtory" M&tch w.äI. CHontMtM- I ?

STORY FOR TO.DAY.i Victor's Wife. I "Pair as the nora.1 goddess herself!" Agnes Ha.vita.nd dropped the wreath of clover bloasoma she wae weaving, and looked op to eee a da.rk, handsome face smiling 'down upon her. Mr. LofBUa.rd!" extending her hajid in frank welooTne, while a. bright nush roBe to her cheek. "How in the world did you hap- pen to be in this out-of-the-way place?" "I did not happen to be—I came." A bird, swooping down suddenly into the bna-nohes overhead, showered a fragrant drift of snowy apple blosao'ms on Agnee's un- covered head. "Agnes," mmrmured Victor Lorilla.rd, as he gemiy brushed the fragrant petals from her bronze-brown curie, "can you not guess what has brought me here?" One swift, questioning glance from her brown eyes, and then the snowy lids drooped again, and the nosh grew brighter in each crimson dheek. I tmed to paint," ooTi'tinued Victoir, ae he sought to read her shy, averted gaze, "but my nngerB had forg'otten their art. Whenever I sat down at the painting I am to finish for the Academy, a-nobber face came between me and the canvas—a sweet face, with a rare emile on tihe innocent lips, a.nd tender, brood- ing eyes—a face that is de-arer and fairer to me than all the world beside. Look up, Agnes, a.nd tell me t-hat my love is not in vain." "Good-night, my Agnes," aaid Victor, when they rose from the rostic seat where they had been sitting. He passed out by the gate and m«ie for the railway station without posing a form that crouched down by a hedge only a few feet fro<m whore he had pa-rted from Agnes. When he had passed, the stooping ngure ro9o to a sta.n.ding posture, and a dark, angry 'face, a. womans faoe, with evil eyes and a mocking ammo, looked a.fter him in the gloaming. The faLcon soars high," abe mattered between her white teeth, but I can bring nun down with a word. The snare is set, but the hour is not yet come. I bide my time. Victor Lorillard." Agues oa.me slowly down the road, awi-nging her etratW hat in her hand. *Hhe woman came forward and made a motion as if to detain bar. "SoTnat-hing for my fatherless children. mias," she pieade'd, assuming a beggaj*'s whine: "three down with the fever, and not a morsel of bread in the house." The faM of Agnes beamed with tender pity amd compassion as ahe put her purse in the outstretched ha.nd. I wish it was mere for your sake," she said, in her gentle tones; youra must be a. hard lot in life." The wonLan made ito reply, but started off in an opposite direction at an eager pace, a.nd when out of sig'ht of Ag-n-es sa.t down, oa.nthig liike some nerce a-nunal. "Fool that I was," ehe exclaimed, "to feed one moment's pity for her!" and threw the half-dozen shillings on the ground and stamped them in the dust. Why should I teU her," she said nercdy, "his love carries & curse with it? Let her suSer as well as me"; and she started off a,& a. rapid pace on the London road. Great was the family pride of the Ha.vi- la-nda of Hertfordshire. To be a, Haviland. to tarm the Haviland acres, to ait in the Havilacd pews, and be laid in. the Haviland vault, was the height of Adam Haviland's ambition. Great, therefore, was his conster- nation when his sister, Mrs. Cam-eron, with whom Agnes was spending the winter in London, WTnote home of Agnes'a con- quests, and hinted that the greatest of these was likely to be the ha.n)deome and popuLar artiist, Victor LorHlard. A cursed, beggarly set," he wrote in reply. I am surprised at you, Elsie, for permitting a-nything of the kind. No daughter of a. Haviland ever eo degraded herself as to marry an artist, a.nd I hope it wiji not be mine who sets tthe exajnple. Break oC the an'air innnediately." Mrs. Cameron smiled. She had outgrown ima-ny of the Ha.viland notions of caste, and contact with the world œd rubbed oS much of the peculiar Havilajid pride. Tb hea", the fervent, manly yoang a<rtist, Victor Lorillard, who had turned the heads of the young ladies of her set, seemed a most desirable husband, for her pet niece Agnes. I perfectly adora & mystery," said a. pert young lady to Agnes Haviland one day; ajid Mr. Lorillrrd is such A mystery." Who is your friend, with the Madonna. face a.nd wonderful eyes?" he asked the pert voung lady on& tbay, when tihey met a.t a party. "T!h)at girl witih tbe hrown ouTia?" la.ug'hed Mies Annintt&. That's Aggie Ha.viland, Mrs. CtMnerom'a coo.mtry maee, acd tIhe little d'a-rling 'tha<t evar grew a.mo'ng cabbages. Ootne aJong ajMl I'll introduce you." The acquainta-noe thus began ra.pidly. Her womanly reotdtude and lofty aime, her ohildiah innocence, and trust wove a charm about heir au'btio and powerful, and Victor Lorilla.rd, who bad. forsworn failih in and looked upon ber sex as a beautiful, dangerous snare, found himself beHeving in and p.aying homage bo the country-bom beauty who had seldom left her father's farm. There oa.me a day when temptation over. came his scruples, and he left town With hia mad. hopeless love surging up in hia heart, drowning all commune cations of hOIWur and conscience. And when at last ho came to the Haviland Farm and saw Agnes sitting in the old orchard, he cleared the gate at a bound, and, standing besde her, read in her nuahed cheek and averted. baahful eyes the story of her innocent love. "She sh-aH. never marry you, sir!" and old Adam Haviland brought his cane down with a peremptory thump that gave emphasis to his words, "A daughter of a Haviland marry a foreigner? Never!" May I ask if that is your only objec. tion?" said Victor, with increased anger, but determined to keep hia tempar within control. No, air; I despise your profession and aJl relating to it. Artist, indeed! A vicious, beg'garly craft, whose beat virtues are smokirrg and painting low, shameless women, whom it would be an insult even to najne in the hearing of my daughter. Agues shall never so disgrace herself as to marry such a man." So he believed. But t:h.a-t nigfht. whe<n the Btetm oM maol slept, there was a little group standing a.t tthe gate, and Mrs. Havilamd, a øa.ded woman, on whœe patienrt. Íia.Ce the t;r.a.oee of Adam Ha-vHjand's temper were written in Unas of care, cla&ped her daughter to her bosom, and pressed teafrfuJ Tosses on luer pa.Ie young face. "Be kind to her, Victor," abe sobbed; "ahe 19 loving and gentle, haj'shness a.nd cruelty wouM break her heart," and she pressed a laat passionate kiss upon her darling's lips. May God so deail with me at the judg- ment as I with her!" answered Vic.tor, ac-lemnly, aa he lifted her to the cthrria.ge wll;ch W38 waiting with Mrs. Cameron ï.nside. Waa the oa<th recorded cm high? Viator IjorHlard sat in his studio. AU ajwind were scattered tihe cireaAions of his brush and penoti, raj'e gemp, whose beauty deIfig'Tited connoisseurs, a.nd pointed the maJ:iaioœ oomment.s of envrioUB cI1"i1ics. He was at work on a landscape, a. country B<"e'ne, with a river winding' in and out between willow-fringed banks, and an orchard wi'fh a ;1J..ed.ge it. A hafndsome farmhouse, wTtih tihe ngures of a. m'an and wom'aTi standing .a<t tthe gate. and the amiTe ou his face deepened as he rapidly retouched Hhe bars'h outlines of one of t)hem. wMdb you oou'M net fail to reoogTiise as the fa/oe of Adam is Ms gTi-m face to perfection," he said to-hTmsetI'f. "I wonder if I could con- trive to make t)he old fe'Ecw smile? It would 'pi'eaae AgTiep. pooT child, longing as she does for a g'limpse of the h'OOllMacef! A shadow fe'H acrosa hT8 canvas. He tujTied to eee the malicious sneer of a tia.ce fram whose mocking smile he had ned yaars 3I f'3iOO of Louise Lorillard. A deadly faintness overcame Mm. at t'he sig*ht; his brush dropped from his ha.nd. ehe came forward a.nd g'la.nced curiouslv at his WOY<k. That portico should be a little MgTier," she oareleeS!y cntdcised. Yom oaed to be Toofpe exact." "Fiend! demon!" Dont oa'll na-mee. Should anyone chance to hear they would know at once that a nram never speaks thua to anyone except to bis wi'fe." "Oh. my imnocemt darling!" gjoaaied Victor; "to th'i:nk that I should nave placed you in the power of this cruel wretch!" Be lees complimentary in your epithets," sneered Louise, or I nxay lose my temper, my love. The consequences might be un- pleasant, for bigamy is an ugly word, and the Emglish law makes no aRowance for the temptation of such a baby-faced ea.int aa your Agnes. I a.m come to take you with me. My uncle is dead at last, and the money amd title a.ro mine now. I would not think of entering upon possession without you, my love. Fancy being the husband of the rich Countess EoohevHIe!" Victor starred at her wtrtih a look of ha.plePe miseTy mora touching tihaji amy words. WiJI money ——" he began. My dear, I a-m m riches. AH I want is your d-evotion to make me entirely happy. We will go a.t once aj!d seek the sunny shores of la balle France. The Cha.te.au .Roche'vMIe waits tea" its nMstreaa, and I am in haste 'to be gone. Each moment spent hero bat adds to my impa.trence, ajtd I hope you .) I must see Agnes." 'Victor groaned. "Where is the e<nd of one si.n?*' he cried. Where is the end of one sin ?" He bad ned from the incarma.te demon long since, when but a boy m years. He had placed the aea, between himaeM and the fa<oe whose faJae smtHes amd w-ary luraa had inveiigled the boy into & loa-thaome and bated ma=iage; amd when, recklessly abjuring the which him, he had begun to dr-eam bappineffi, here were his fetters conking in his ears, and hj8 must weaj" them to his life's end. Louiie atood m the doorway, beckoning b)im oa. He cast a lingering look azound the waJIs, but they dwelt longest on the face of Agnes amdiing down wt him from a. niche over a marble dytie. Night a.t the Theatre I.mTteriaJ, in Pams. Behind the scenes there is the usual ajrMMint of hurry, bustle, ajid gossip. atnd the orchestra. a.re Inning their instruments p're- pa.ra.t-Otry to the gfajMl overture. The prima dorna-a, ready for her part, sits in a. listless attitude, eoajcely cooecious of tthe noiBe and chatter vhi<& go on about her. Pr(ya'd amd reeerved, She holds aJoof from her companions, ween end herselif there is no congeniality of taste or feeling. The Baviland pride is not entirely obliterated even by years of contact with care and sor- row, and she walks among her assoedates- among them, but not of them. "La. Belle Anglad&o M in a. most ungrtaciorB mood to-tnight," said one of the iba-Uet to a companion, who was touching up her cheeka with oarmine, and adding the Last strokes to a. pair of very jetty eyebrows. We ahaIL s&e the famous Rochetille diamonds to-n'ight; the countess has taken a box. a.nd they say her jewels are the finest collection in Europe. How madame does dress, to be sTire! But, then, she can afford it." What a devoted husband she m-ust have!" remarked her companion. They say be never allows her out of his sight." "Jealous, more likely," was the response; and just then the ringing of the bell announced the rising of the ourta-in. The first act was over, when a Uttle'stir was created by the entrance of a. gentleman with a. lady on his arm, robed in a drees of costly mtagBi&cence, and radiant with jewels. A tLajta. of dia-mondg gleamed Mke stare in the midnight, of blackness of her hair; and an opera cloak of rich, white 'velvet dropped carelessly from her shoulders, and trailed on the floor as she swept a.Long with the step of an empress. 'Dhe maji had tihe restless, furtive look of <m'o trying to esoa-pe from has keepers—such a look aa some of tthe patient of a. madhouse had which I once visited. The Cree, p)roud step amd kindly beajing were gone, a.nd one would scarcely recognise the bandso'me artiat, Victor Lorillard, in the a.ttend)ant of this haughty lady, who created such a sensation as they slowly made th'edr way to their box. And yet it is he. Night a.nd day his )t<eper never loees aight of him, the gleam of her piercing eyes are ever upon him, and the smile he has leaj-ned to fear upon her lips. In short, so demoted is madame, that in ail the years that ha.ve dragged their slow tor- ture hours along he has not taken a stop or drawn a brea-th unfeered or unwatched. The second act began; the el-ear, warbling voice of the prima. donna rose a.mid the silence of fhat va&t maltitude, and swelled into a passionate, plead'ing w.a;il. thwt was Hke fhe utterance of a aon!l in the deepest agonies. With the last note upon her lbs, she cast her eyes upwards to tthe box of the Countesa Boc'hovil'le. Her song ceased; the yea-ming, tender eyes grew dim; she stood witfh outstretched 'arms, atill aa if turned to atone. The audience applauded; her attitude was perfection: th'e tenor, inrpa/tien't to begin, grew embarrassed; and Victor, Ms eyes fast- ened upon hers, felt a. deadly fadntness creep- ing over him. His memory went back to the days he had passed with Agnes. He &aw Khe old oroha-rd wTfh its wealth of a.PqAe-blo6sons. The eager hum of exited voices came to 'hia dull ears like the hum of bees on Khe clover Moesoms. as they did on the sweet spring day so long ago, when in the wisd-u-I bro-wn eyes h-3 read the aon.1 of his Agnes. In that long, yeclrning gaze tboir souls met; he moved his lips wit)h an inarticulate cry an-d ieil forward; the aou.1 of Victor Ijoi-Tllard was out of bondage.

FIRE AT A GIRLS' SCHOOL I Porthcawl Poticeman's Timety I Discovery. In the <o<rly hoars of this morning PoJioe- consta.ble Eva.06 diacovered emoke iæuing from underneath the fromt door of the Moor- La,nd High School for Girls. Porthca-wl. Fall- ing to arouse the inmates, he burst open the door, and fonnd the onrtaina, ch&irs, and other a.rtic!ea on fire in one of the rooms. The constable quickly extinguished the nre. The timely diaooTery by tlie polioema.n was foTt.Qna.te, as w'hen he entered one bedroom, in wiliich Bi.x children slept, it was full o< smoke.

HOUSEBREAKING AT LOUGHOR I At the (Majnorgan Assizes to-da.y William John Eughes, farm la-bcmrer, was charged with breaking and entering the ahor of Mr. Charles na-rriea, grooer, loughor, and ate&l. ing 'two pairs of boots a,nd & laAly's wa-tch. Several witnesase spoke to seeing the pTisoMr wearing one of the pairs of boota. When spoken to in regard to t3iem he made various atatemectta as to how they came urto his poeaossion. Prisoner was found g'aiHy, and eemt to gaol for six months. Mr. L. M. Richards prosecuted.

THE NORMANTON VACANCY I The :r€suj(t of tibe 'ballot of miners of Yotrk- aMrc as to wthofthew Mr. Fred RMl, agent for tibe Yorkshire Miners' ABaoed.a,ti<Mi. or Mr. H€!rbefrt Smii-tth, vlc,-preEddent, ahould be Pa.r- (lbanQ€itajy 'ca.n<iida.te for the v.ac.a.'Doy 'iai the Norma.nton Divisioo w)aa made known to-day at BajTteJey. Mr. EafLl Ih-,vi been cihoeen by a snbatiajittiaJ maj'or'i'ty, t-hou,-Ih tlie jftgures ha.ve not y€)t been ma.de pTibUc.

CHiLLS AND COLDS. I HOW BILE BEANS WARD T3E-M OFF. 1 LONDON WOMAN'S TESTIMONY. I No season is more prolinc of cold and chiUs than the pre&emt. The damp, muggy days, the biting winds, and the sharp a.ir soon discover the weakest part of the system. If the Hver is weaj: then fellows livsr chill; if the blood is poor the cold chills it, and it is unable to nourish the body, which faHa a victim to prevailing ailmects. Bile Bea/ns ward off colds by strengthening the liver a.nd digestive organs. How eS'ee'tive they are is eeen in the case of Mrs. Mary Ann Popely, of 142, Lota-road, Chelsea., London. S.W. She sa-id: Aa eoon as the cold weather came, I should be ill, and this would continue on and off throughout the whole winter. My chest ached, I lost my a.pp<<.ite. could not. take my usuaJ food, and felt weak, listless, and dejected. I was so run down that as e<xm as innuenza. begaji to a.ppea.r, I contracted it, and was prostrated for some time. When I got over it I rema-ined atill weak and a.iling, and all the remedies I tried proved useless. I could not get my strength back. One day I read &bou.t Bile Beane. I thought they might do me good, ajid tried them. I beg&n with them when I thought I had the usuaJ winter's illness before me. They quiekly strengthened me, and I went through the whole winter without ailing once —a. thing I hadn't done for years. I am now well and no longer <ea,r the approach of winter." Bile Bea-na. besides warding off colda, chilJs, neuralgia.. a.nd influenza, are a. permanent cure tor biliousness, indigestion, constipation, piles, a.!Msmia, nerves." female ailments, weakness, dizzines?, rheuma-tism, pains in'the back and side. insonmia., loEa of appetite; congested liver, headache, natnience, pimples other eruptions and ailm-ente having a origin in impaired 1LCtion of the stomach and liver. Of all chemists, or post free from the Bile Bean Manufacturing Co., Red Crosa-street, London, E.G., on receipt of prices. Is. l;d. or Zs. 9d. (2a. 9d. box contains .tJhTee times the Is. ild. size). e9551

ATHLETtCS MB. CHARLES BLERBEBT INJURED. Mr. Charles Herbert, who haw held the position of hon. Mcreta.ry to the AmaAetxr Athletic Aeeocia/tion for the past twenty-two ? yea.rs, met with a; serious accident <m TTM&d<a-y njght. H? fell down the steps of a.Ti oimM- bns. and had to be ta.kan to St. Thomas' Hospital, where he still lies, suffering from a severe wound on the hea.d. The oon-ductor, whom Mr. Herbert struck in his f&U, was aJao oat-pa<tiena?tn. d is attending the hospital ae ajt injured,

TO CORRESPONDENTS I Otea.—StiH too long. Cfumot you put wth'att yc'a wioih to say imto a<b&n.t 200 words ?

CLARKE'S l BLOOD MIXTURE. Thi< famous Me<Hctne w)Q c1œ.nee the blood from &11 impu- rities from wh..tever cause Mtstoc A s&fe remedy for Eczemt, Bt<t Le-?9, -"oful& Blood Polson, of all kinds, Boils, Erup- tiona, CleMa, G:&ndni&r, Swel- Ungs, to. Ot all tttoMt, &c. Fafty Yesni, BceoMt. 118,411 ?tnt???

PUBLICAN AND GtRL] I Gabalfa Sensation. I STARTUNG STATEMENT MADE J AT ASSIZES When William Roderick, formerly of the Thi,ee Hoo'se Shoes Inn, GaJba-Ifa., was oaJIed to eurrender to Me ba.il ait the Glamorgan Assizes yesterday on a ch.a.rg'e of criminajtiy asea-ulting Grajee Ellen Byng, under sixteen yea-ra of age, on the &rd of Ja.nua.ry last, he did not ia-newer. This morning his name waa a.g'aAn ca-lled and 'ho suirrandared. Mr. Ivor Bowan (instructed by MesBra. George Do,vid and Bvans, on behalf of the Treasury) a-ppeajed for the prosecution, and Mr. St. John W.niKune (LnBtraicted by Mr. F. H. Gar.ball) defended the prijaoner. Mr. Bowen said there w&re eome fagots which he desired to put before his lordship, which would Show that there had 'been & serious and ecocessful interference by the priaoner with the administration of justice. This man was o.r'Lg'inaJly troug'ht before his lordship (Mr. Justice La-wnamce) E,t 'tfhe March Assizes at Swansea, On that occasion the bill was car- ried over to the next assizes on the ground <&Latt the 'ptro&aeu.triix had dTBa'ppeajed. Inquiries were made by the police between the Majch ajid the Summer Assize without a,vadJ. In the meantime the case had been taken up by the Director of Public Prose- cutioM. Since the Summer Assizes the prisoner, as his lordship knew, had been commdtited fof trial on a charge of assaulting anotJier little girl, najned Ha.Uett. It had now been discovered tha,t previous to the Ma-roh: Assizes at Swajisaa. the girl Byng was taken to Ha.ver- Tordweot. T'ro.m there Efhe was ta&em by the prisoner to .Liverpool. a.nd sent to America., where she was taken care of by prisoner's brother. It would be proved that a. laj-ge earn of money was pa<id to the father amd mother of the girl. These facts had only just come to the knowledge of the prosecu- tion, a<nd, haAdnjg regard to the circom- sta.nces, ihe aehed that priBoner s!hoctLd be kept in custody umtaj his trial. Mr. St. John Williams objected to prisoner being kept in custody, and pointed out that he had pot in am appeaa-amce on every oocar eion. Prisoner was then oba.rged with committing an aasa-ult upon the girl Ha-UeM. on the 15th of September of this yeair, and pleaded not guilty. Baa LordsMp ordered that the prisoner be detained in custody until his trial.

I Cardiff House Rents I CORPORAT)ON COTTAGES TO LET I A sub-committee reoomjn<mded to the' Oarddn Public Works Committee to-d&y (Mr. J. RajnadaJe presiding) that the rent of the .atrMsams' oot'tJa,gæ erected by the ooa'pora.tion, n'eaj' the elpotxicaj station at Cajitom, be 7s. 6d. a. week. It was sta<ted tthaA there were ten houses Mjd some thirty-two a<pplioain!ts for them. The renit would bring in a.bcut 5 per cent., a.fter 'mafkmg aJlowanoo for repaMf a-iid Bi,rLkuig fund, but mat voies. Ea<ch house ha<d coet JE217. Dr. J. Botbda!son said he would not oa.re to buy a. house at jE217 amd let ift aA 7s. 6d. It would mot pay 4 per cent. Thœnas om that tthey had to build the houses in a<?corda.nce wi,h the frequiremente of the Local Govern- ment Board, to taJ:e tihe pla<oe of othera pu'lted dowT!: iti the city. They were not, therefore, in the aaim;e poaitioa. as the ordiijnaj'y tafvestor. Mfr. J. Robmson cited the caee of the houses behi-md Gladstone Spools, whicfh were let at 8a. 6d. a week, and oouM be purchased aA .8210. In reply to Mr. Cha.ppall, he aaad they had ba.throoms. Mr. Cha,p.peH: TheEe have not bathrooms. Mr. Vea<M euggcated 8s. as tibe rent. A.Lderma.n Mjidon tihought the houBea were not woTUh more tiAlll 7s. 6d. ra. week rent. It wa-s them sibo'wm 'thaA the oost of budMIng ea<Qh house was JE217, the vaJ.ue of the Lamd JE70—totaJ, J5287. If the fhottaea were le.t. a. 7a. 6d. per week, less )ra.tee, taxes, repairs, a-nd water (£6 196. 4d.), the rent would reaJ-iee .E12 IQs. 8d .par amnnm, <M' 4.37 !pe<r oentt. Let aot SB. p-ar week, tees £7 78. &d. for ra<te&, ta.x€e, ropadjs, <md wa.ter, 'tihe remt wcrdd reaJise. JE13 89. 4d., or 4.67 per cent. It was decided to Ax the rant aA 7a. 6d. a. week.

"C!TY-ROAD" IN FUTURE. Dr. J. Bo'buiaMijn'ttTodTM'ed a dcpTitar tioo of tra-desmen and propeirty owners in Castle-road this 3norninc to the Cardiff PnbUe Works Oojmmittee. They desired the Otatme of CacMe-road to be a-ltered to "Otty- roa<L." Aniong the reaaona pot forwatpd for the ohange WBEo tha.t '6b€ir ilett-eTB were often delivered to people in Castl<&etreet, while they frequently got letters beloagdng to Castle- etrpe't resideTita. Ottt of 250 residents in the road, 187 bad signed the petition in fovow of the aJteration. Thoeo w<ho objected oooa- pi;ed pmva'te residences. T!he oonseiit of inoat of 't&e 'La.n-downeirs !ha<d been obtaanefl to the cihange, uidTrdiLng the M-atkintosh and HM B<oa<th Oom't Esttates. M'r. 'Majider aeked the deputation iif it won-Id nMet their wishes if the naane o< Castle-street was cna,nge.-d and Castle-roebd retained its name. Dor. Babtinso'n ea-id 'fhe'y would paA<her have it City-roaxi. Cutle-street was near the castae, while Cb-s-tle-roaA was not. Ao emendmient to defer the <mestion W!M lost, a.md, on the Tnotion of Alderman E. T'TKmMta, eeoonded by Mr. VeaJ'I, the a-pplicar ttiott of the depoitation was granted.

IN WANT OF WORK I A letter waa traad aA <<he mi&ebmg of the Oard'iSPoMMWoTks Committee t2ua moinndng from the Masons' Socdety stealng 'tihai mia-ny TBta-aona amd ]ELbo!OTers were being ddadbojnged oftviag to the wia.n.t <tf work, amd ouggestmg that tihe oorpomtaou should proceed wiijthsoimoof iiheir undertojon-gs, so aa to provide Hiem w:i.tth eTmploymemt, ajid tJiTM prevent the (increase an tne number of Mie Ttmemployed. Mr. OroaanMhn: Now 'titisub tbe work of pull. mg dowm the,waxo ronnd OaAhays Park haa been decided upon, there wiU be & deaJ of curbing and,ethamnelhng .rexpiired. Would it be possible 'to .g'ive tn-oee men the work ? 'Chey were enti.t1ed to it. Mr. Naj'pnr aa&d he bad given the order to the puhLic wo<rka contajctta* for that work. Mfr. V eaaI: If the public works conftrajctar d!3 not do dt ihia men would be out. Mr. M.a.ntder 'pointed o'n)t tiha<t, as there weire mta.ny str4eete,where level <xpossimgB were still wa<mt)od, for dnata-nce, OomoteEvAlon-gtreet, tthtia woTk nnigfht now be proceeded witai. It was decided tihja-t Mr. Ha.rp<tr sihotild treport 'upon tihe qlleaion to <!he next meet- Mig, a;nd iim the meanwhile 'pfpooeed w<tth Con- atelia"on-street amd ednplcy men to the ertent of 'the a'mo'QB't voted.

I STABBED IN THE BREAST I At Œam()1"gan Assizes to-day Vinceiito Fd.da.lgo, an ?ta)lia,n bT)a<C)k3mitIh, was c.ba.rged w-ita woomd.i.ng a. labourer na-med. Jofhn Jonee, aA DoWJais, cm tha 2.3.rd of October. Mr. I-vOtF Bowtm ;p¡roeecu1ed. jou,m staged !t.haA, as he was leaving the Cub& Arme Hoted ppiaomea* rushed aoroes ttia road a.nd stubbed MjQ in the breast. This statemieut was ocm&nned by witnesses, and pmaoner, ibeing fonind STiiLty, was sentcmced to auc momttlts* umprisomment.

I WRESTLING I A wrestling match has been ajTa-nged between Bert Wiokh-, champion of Wales, a.nd P. Murray, of the Midlands, for a stake of fAO. The contest will ta,ke place ahorMy, either in Wa.les or the Midla.nds.

AFTER FOUR YEARS. R. P., of Wey bridge, wrttes:—"After I bad taken tb9 second two I felt better ttmN I had d<me for over four The in my back haI8 entirely gone." Hotdroyd's Gravel Fills aje a positive Cure for Gravel and P&ins in the Back, Dropsy, Diseases of the Xidneya, Gout, Scixtica. la. nd.. &ll Chemt.t& pott free. 12 ttMtpa.-iHCUtBOYtya JD!3>.IC.A.L P.AZJAR CAd6bomUgL. ?

BREACH OF PROMtSE. SHER!FF AND PARENT'S DUTY At the London Sherin's-court. yesterday (before Mr. UiMler-sheriS Burchell and a special jury) the case of Stredder v. Stan- B)age—remitted from the High Court for the assessment o< damages—cajne on for hear- ing. The action was one for breach of promise of marriage, the plaintiff being Miaa Alice Mand Stredder, residing with her father, a baker and confectioner, at Hoxton, and the defendant Mr. Herbert C. Stann.age, a farmer a.nd butcher, living at Croxton Eerrial, near Grairtham, Lincolnshire. The case was undefended. Mr. T. W. Moore, the plaintiff's solicitor, said that the parties became acquainted in the beginning of 1903 at the wedding of the plaintiff's cousin at 't<he 'Tillage of Exton, Rutlandshire. Plaintin was frequ<en'tly stay- ing at Croxton Kerrial, and an anecti'Mi spraalg up between :her 'ajid defendant, from which the engta.ement resulted. Up to July 10 there was no q'neatMm of breaki'c.g off the engageimemt, bTj-t. on that day plaMitiif reoeitved a letter from defendailt asking her to set him free. He expressed a. desire to do what was right, but &dded, "I am a. po<M' man mow, a.nd shall be all my life." He Married Another young woma.n on the 25th of the same montih. In one of bTS Tetters defendant ea-id he h.ad bad a. great deal of tirou'ble with his mother, and a. quarrel a;bout cer'ta.i'n pi3 ha had bought. He contJm-ucd: "I am going to do as I like, .but I itold 'her (his moth<:f) that I aha-H nob wamt to -be there Long, a.iLd not a day tong.ar thani I am forced. I toM them Last. Sutiday week I would mot do another stroke on the pL, but I would go &wa.y a,nd ta<ko my ahaj'e with me." In anothetr letter he spoke of eeHing the atook amd the pigs. Defeudaat aloo had a butcher's ghop at a pla,ce neaa' Leiceater. Plainft.in wenft i'mto the box amd gave evidemoe in 6'upport of her eoLioitbar's sta.t)&- nMn't. She received a le-Mier from defend&Tit on the 14th of Septennber, 1903, in whiich he said tha.t it -was her birthday on the follow- ing day, a<nd thoped tha.t abe would Live to spend more time with him tha<n she ha<d epent at home. Pla.imtin'3 father a-Iso .ga.ve evidence. In reply to tfhe Under-aherin, he said that he had not made uKFuiries as to the dofenda.nt'a means. He understood that he was in a position to marry; he took it from his daughter eo. The Under-sheriff: You took it from your da.u'ghter. She wao engaged to be married, and she would, of course, wish to make it aa favourable as possible for him. You were her parent; .had you your daughter's inte- reata so little at heart that you made no inquiries as to the young man's means? Moore poiDlted out that the parties were connected by friendship between their families. The Under-shenn (to witness): That only proves that you had the opportunity to make inquiries and did not do so. ln 8UIIlmiUtg up, the Under-gheriff oom. mented on the slender evidence as to means. The jury assessed the damages a.t ;E20.

Merthyr New Post-Office MAYORESS POSTS THE FIRST LETTER The. new post-oSice at Merthyr was opened this afternoon by Mr. Waiter Webber, sur- veyor to the GeneraJ Pest Omce, on behalf of the Postmaster-General (Lord Stanley). A large conoourso of people witnessed the ceremony, and among those accommodated upon a special platform were Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., the mayor (Alderman E. Morrell) and the Mayoress, members of the corporation and of the chamber of trade, together with other prominent townspeople, including several ladies. The proceedings having been inaug'urated by the Mayor, the postmaster (Mr. Phillips) gave imteresting statiBttica of tihe progress of post-onice work since 1870. The senior member. Dr. Biddle, the charter mayor, and Mr. Gomer Thomas, on behalf of the chamber of trade, spoke, after which Mr. Webber unlocked the main door of the building with a golden key, presented by Mr. Phillips a,nd Ms staff. Mrs. MorreH ('the mayoress) posted the nrai latter placed in the box, and the mayor sent a telegram to Lord Stanley expressing appro. oiation of the new post-oSIce by the bar- gesaes. The building is situate in John-stree-t, directly opposite the exit of the arrival plat- form of the Great Western Rthilwa-y Station, and it covers a total area of 8,286 aqua-re feet. The new post-omce is reckoned to be one of the beet equipped of its size in the ,oountry-everytL!iag being thoro'ng'hly uptc- date—and Mr. William Phillipa, the post- master, is certainly to be congratulated upon over euoh 9Plendid liahmemt.

"Oath of Loya)ty." EVAN ROBERTS WANTS PURE HEARTS. Mr. Evan Roberta did not attend the arter- <n<xm services at Kenftg HiU yesterday, but visited a. number of octogenarians con- nected with plaices of worship in the place. For the evening meeting the doors of the chapel were thrown open at nve o'clock, and by 6.30 every inch of standing room was occu- pied. The meeting did not end till 11.20. The time previous to the a-rrivaj of Mr. Roberta was spent in the singing of Welsh hymns, and a rousing address was given by Mr. PaoJ Graham. The Rev. David Evans also tested the meeting before Mr. Roberta arrived. At 7.30 Mr. Roberts and the Rev. T. J. Wil- liajna came in. The revivalist remained in an attitude of prayer for some time, and then scrutinised tJM congregation. After some hymn-einging Mr. Roberta said they must have silence. Thouaanda went daily to destruction ajnid noise. Many people last year had the Light, bnt they were now back again in darkness, and il thjey loved darkness they would go to etemod destruction. The oongregatioTt sang at Mr. Eioberts'e request "Lead. kindly Light," and after mamy prayers someone started the hymn, Maddeuant, 0 M<adde!U- ant." While thja waa being sung the Rev. T. R. WiUiams rose the pitch higher, and it was then repeated very mamy times over. Rising at ten minutes past ten, Mr. Roberts said the singing was flagging, and there was something wrong. It was no use singing like that. Speaking very deliberately, he said:—"I should bo aorry to leave this building like this. Cannot our spirits be re-kindled?" He then asked for one wa<ve of patafyefr For the Sake of the Btood I The Rev. T. J. Williama led the oongr& gation in prayer for a pa.rting blessing. Then cattne a. number of o&her prayers, and Mr. Retorts eaLid if anyone waited to leave the brnldm? he should co, 60 tLiaA they could ha.ve tlio doors closed. If they couM have five nnnntcs true worship the Tictory over the enemy would be ooniplete. He a.ppea<Ied for eilemt pra.yer, a<nd later for teetimtonies. Seve.ra.1 confessions were made, one by a. ma.n who caJled himself a. fifty-nine boy." The revivalist eadd a, great burden waa already rolling off his soul. Singing was not the only thing they waited, but pnre heajta. In oonclosion he asked the congregation to take the oath of loya,lty by stamding on their feet. New Hymn by Evan Roberts I Mr. Ev&n Roberts has written a new hymn, which opens &s follows:— 0 Tsbryd 6a.ncta,idd, tyr'd i l&wr I ogoneddu'r lesu mawr; Plyg yr eglwysi wrth Dy dra-ed, A golch y byd mewn Dwyfol waed. Transla-tioa by the Bev. D&vid Eva-ns, Her' mon, Bridgend:- 0 Soly Spirit, come from high The Saviour now to gloriiy; Bend a<U the OhurcheB at Hds shrine, And purge the world in blood Divine.

SALE OF WOHK AT WHtTCHURCH I A snooessful saJe of woTk toak plafce on W,odnegdzy .aft MefrrivaJ'e, Chu.roh-roa-d, Whit- chmrah, t<he Teaidenoo <xf,Mr. D. W. Edwajda, 'in '3ád ct the Dr. Ba<rn)a.pdo Mem-orial Fund. Two roama thad been eeft .aaide for the saJe e-nd en.'teŒ"ta.inmen:ts. A large mnmber of pretty and 'naetfTil arUc,es had been artis- tica.lly a.rraaged, the whole of which had been &&nt gna.tis for sate. Ajnoag th-cso who Lent thcdr o.id besides Mr. and Mrs. Ed:warda were Miss Powlcy-t Mrs. Yattorke, Mis. Rigg, Mrs. Ta-Titmiamn. and Mrs. Treseder. The move- ment was initialed by Mjes KathJcen FAWa.ro s (Hie little dlQ.ught.er of Mr. and Mrs. BdwaiTdB), &nd she was assisted in the arraaige- ments Iby Mias Dorothy W<hlters a.nd MNse B<esie Wniiaima. The Baae MaJieed the .øt ?U?.

REASON OF GAtETY I SEASON F GAI,ETYI FOLLOWED BY CHARGE OF BtGAMY. A well-dressed m<m, who for aeveral months past has ngured promineaDt.Iy in the scxsLaA life of Scaj'borou'sSi, was brought before the local ma.gistra.te yesterday on a. charge of bigamy. His name is John Cass Charles- worth, with & string of aliases, and he was accused, of ha,ving contracted a biga-mous marria.-o with Elizabeth Abney Dawber, a lady of good social position. Early in the Scarborough season Charles. worth took a large bouse in the to'wn, and after his marriage with Miss Dawber secured introductions to many leading townsmen, inoDnding 13/11 aMemxan, councillors, and ma.g,istm&tes, repxe&enting tLimseIf, it is stBtted, as 130 weatLtthy o'wnc.r of collieries in Wot. Ycfrkshire. He rented the shooting on the Brompton estate of Sir G. Everard A. Cayley, Bart. and enterta<ined large parties of his Scar- borough friends. Afterwards he suddenly made his departure from the town, leaving, according to the prosecution, Large Debts and Worthless Cheques for substantial su-ma. A short wihile a.go lie wa,s arrested and commLtted for trial at Grimsby, charged with, obta.iTu.njg money by means of a ncti- tious cheque on a. Scarborough bank, and he wa3 brought up yesterday under a writ of Habeas Corpus, effected in Hull Gaol. Formal evidence showed that the nrsrt mar- riage, solemnised 31 years ago at Hunelet, Leeds, was b€'tweem "WHIiam Lancaster, widower," and Ann Pope, widow. The second oepemony was performed at Scar- borough Pariah Church, between John Ca&s Oharle&worth, aged 54, widower, and retired engineer, of Broughton. Yorke, son of John 'Oharlesworth, gentleman, deceased and Eliza- beth Abney Dawber, spinster, aged 47. Mi He Da-wber failed to attend the court, and the pr&aecuting solicitor stated that though every effort had bean made to secure her attendance, she had evaded personal service of the subpoena by leaving her lodgings. Oc the understanding that a &ubpcena should be obtained from the Crown Of&oe to compel Mies Dawber'B sbttendance at the triaJ, the magistrates committed Charl-esworth to York Aasizes. The accused reserved hia defence, &nd did not ask for bail.

Ears, Eyes, and Faces TESTING BABY'S MENTAL CAPACITY Dr. Francis Warmer, physician to the Lon- don Hospital, gave an intereetrng <a<ddr€as at a meeting of the National Aseociation for the Feebleminded, yesterday, on some points to be studied in children with a view to gain- ing do&nite knowledge as to their mental condition. The absence of the pleat ridge from the outside eaj, said Mr. W-a-rner, was a sign of a. defective child. Among 100.000 children whom he had examined, he had noticed that defective ears were nve times more numerous in boys than girls. The small mouth, so oft&n pradsed by nove- lists, was also, said Dr. Wamer, a sign of a. defective child. The movements of the fingers and toee of a week-old child are eponta.neous, and cann..>t 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 doll failed to arrest the movements for a few seconds, then there was reason for anxiety. The face, and after that the hand, afford the best 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 muscles. Gro into the monkey-house at the Zoo," ea.id Dr. Warner, "and you will see the frontal muscles of the monkeys working in the sajne way, and the same thing ca-n be seen in aji asylum for idiots." A well-balanced hajid, level from the wrist to the anger-tips, indicated a well-haJa.nced mind; if the hand'dropped at the wr!st or if the thumb dropped, it showed some degree of mental weakness. The power to imitate well is an indication of a healthy, normal mind, because imitation involves some considerable memtaJ effort on the part of the imitator.

WESTERN SEWER TENDERS At the meeting of the PuiNio Works Ocammitteo thda morndng, Mr. J. Rtaans- daDle ptpesidifiLg, tfhe question bf the oontrajc-ta for the Oa-rdMfF WcatetriQ S&wer c.a;me up. Mr. Rjmttar. w<h)o had been gav--n t'he cmtwact prodded theut Tic could And soiretties cwoolyt,,jble to t)he ooainDittee, wrote stiaAing 'tiha.t !he could obtain STireti.es if 't&'e coTniDfittee womid ijiseirt dn tCie oo'ntr'a<3t a clause zld<>wing .tlJe auxec, es to oompLete the wor]< if he failed to do so. The oom-mrttae refoaed to accept. this cLa,ase, and decided to aiooept the tenders of Mr. Saan uell Wood, BrMo.1, fof eontpa'cts Nos. 5 aaid 6, the tctoJ a.monntt of hda two tenders bein,F JE47,858. Thope wfho 'had fotmeirly ten- dered for No. 4 OOllltracl were malted to send in new ten'decns. It wtaa ajn.ti<'d)pa.ted thaA the work wooM be oomuBemoed aA m early da<t<e.

SWANSEA BtCYCLE THEFT Ai €Ha.nMN'ga.n ABsizes to-dtay a< Frenchman). na.med maurioe Rhnbamd was cihafTBed wiith stoaJti-ng a. bicycle, the property of Mr. John €haJ)e, Owein&tireet., Siwaataea.. The Pl"Of!oOOtLtor miæed the IDJ3¡Ohill1e fIrom tihe peawge of Ms house, amd it was axter- WTtfpds foTUMi in the house where priaoncr lodged. Prjao-ner liad ha-nded ift over to his TfajidJady <aB security for money be owed foa" lodgiimg. Bifmbaond, m addressing the jTiry, Ba.id he ha.d bought. Uh& bicycle from a. ma-n whom he did 'not know. PriacmeT was foumd guilty, amd sentenced to Un-ea imp1"Ïs.oIlJIIlenot.

SPORT Ot THE DAY F. B. Black ia expected to a,rriT.e a.t Ma.Mon with his teajn shortly. J. O'Brien. the steeplechase jockey, haa had a. good season in America., but was la-tterly in hoapita.1 for some weeks with a. broken shoulder. Higgs's left foot waa so painful yesterday aa the result of his being thrown by Gilbert Orme at Warwick on Tuesday that he could not get down to the comae. East, who was injured by the faJlimg of Goldrushwt Wa.rwdck, was conveyed home on Tcteaday night. He had a. bad night, and his fa-th&r biforined &n inquirer that he was MM a. lump of jeHy aH down the left aide. Notwitbgtandimg Ms suspension aft Wa-rwick, Whea-tley sta,rta the last three days of tbw Sa<t-ra<cmg season with aji advan,Iage of eight over Madden in the winning jockeys' list, and as EIsey has a. fairly strong hand to pla.y a.t Manchester it is good odds on. the Baumber jockey topping the list a-t the finish. By her <fa.ll at Wajwick on Tuesday G!old- rush was so severely injured tha.t she is not Likely to run a-gadn. Just at the spot where the aooidemt- to her happened, ajid for which Whea-tley waa hung np," severa.1 e.pil.la ba.ve occurred, aad it is tune a&mettbing was done. in the sha-pe of better railing of the course, to mnninuaa the chances of disaster.

To-days Markets. MEAT. LONDON, Thojs., Nov. 23.—Beef slow- Scotch long sides 3s lOd to 4a, short sides 4a 2d to 4s 4d; English sides, 38 3d to 3s 5d; United States Bides—Liverpool ktHed 2s lOd to 3s 3d. Deptford killed 3s to 3s 4d; American hind- quarters 3a 2d to 38 6d, forequart.ers 2a 2' to 25 4d. Mutton slow—Scotch wether 4s 6d to 4s 8d. ewe 3s 4d to 3s 8d: English wether 4s 2d to 4s 8d, ewe 3a to 3s 4d; New Zealand, 2s 8d to 2a 10d. FISH. GRIMSBY, Thnns., Nov. 23.—Poor supply rpom 54 vessels. for which there was a. good demajid. QUDtations: -Soles and turbot 6d to la, briHa 6d to 7d, lobsters Is 8d per lb; pla.icc 5s, lemon aotes Ss, live haubnt los, dead 4s 6d to 8s per stone; live ling 46, dead 26, live ood 4s to 5a 6d, dead 2s to 3s, live sitate 4s 6d, dead 2s 6d €Q)eh; hake 35s, rober 303 per score; kit høJdodocks 20s, gibbed 28s, live 32s per box; whitohes 5e 6d, wMtinga 2s 6d per stone. BUTl'ER. BUT__TER. CORK, ThTtre., Nov. 23.—Seconds 99s, thirds 9Sa; supernne, 108s per cwt. In maTket: 10 arkins. SUGAR. GLASGOW, Thcrs., Nov. 23.—The oSctaJ report sa?ys: Good basincss djone a,t arm prices. The private report saya: M.air'ket oontinoes firm; g-ood baain<*ss done. POTAII,OE-S. LONDON, Thura., Nov. 23.—Supplies of both English a-nd Scotch were ls,rge, and iaet with slow support. Quotations: Royal Kidneys, 55s to 60s; Britijsh Queens. 60s to 65s; BIack- lands 50s to 55s; Up-to-Da.tes, 65s to 70s; Scotch Up-to-Da.tca 65s to 70s, Queens 6Qa to 65s per ton. HAY AND STRAW. LONDON. Thurs., Nov. 23.-La.rge supplies to ha.nd, which met with a fair demiand. Quo- ta.tions:—Best doveT 72s to 80s, inferior 60s to 70s; specially picked ha,y 756, grocd ddtto 638 to 72s, inferior 45s to 60s: Ti?1:4?gxoe cd ditto 63a foin. 67s to 72s 6d; and straw. 27s to 36s paa load.

CRiCKET -= The ST?rtsma.n" is in & poeition ?o of?ciaJly state that three-da.y marches of ?he West Indmn oriohet teami against &rstro!?asa J? "¡¡eà.8éUOD- -wiit\:mt-01ue.

? —————- e AGAINST THE "ALL BLACKS' I At Bristol Last evening. after the West v. Best of South matah, the following &ftcen was chosen to play for England against tho Now 7,eadanders at the Crystal Palaze on Sa.turda.y week, December 2:— Backs, E. J. Jaekett (ComwaJl); Three-quarter baoks, T. Imrie (Durham). R. E. Godfray (Middlesex), A. E. Hind (Midland 0'ouTities), H. ShrewLng (Somerset), and J. E. Raphael (Surrey); H.%If-ba,eks, J. Brn.ithwaite (Midland Ocmnties) ajid S. Gent (Gloucestershire); Forwaj'da, V. H. Ca.rtwright (Midland Counties), B. A. Hill (KeTit), C. E. L. Hammond (Middlesex), J. L. Matthiaa (Gl<mcestershipe), E. W. Roberts CDevtm), J. SumunerscaJes (Durham), end R. F. Buasell (Midlajid Counties). New Zeatand v iretand The All Blacks" are playing Irclamd at the Ija.nsdowme-road football grounds, Dub- lin, on Saturday. All the stand tickets have been sold. The Irish Bugrby Union will m&ke a. bit" out of this iixture, t(ha Irish Independent" of yesterday says. The match has not been advertiBed, a.nd the expenses MUin.ot be much," the j<?urnaJ adds. They axe to give the New Zeadandc-Ts .ElOO and half the pron'ts. The Irish, players will not even get ca<pa for th'o occatai<m." c.iP'hs e Irish Union, it is ea?d, have already over .S4.0UJ Tjivested in stock. Thero are seven chajigee im the New Zea- land XV. against Ireland froni the team which beaft &coUa<nd. WaJJa-ce pla-ya bal.Jk vice Gillett, who goes wiug-forwa.rd.kwrp.el" amd M'Gresor com-ein at tJiree-qua.rber vice D:a.ns and Wallow, Mynott pla,ys vice Hunter at nve-eighthe, a.nd Nekton, Johnstone. and Glenn coine in forward vice Cunninghtam, Ca&ey, a.nd O'Sullivan. I A))eged Colonial Roughness Flameur" writes in the Leeda a-nd Yorkshire Mercury":— Some Scottgmen eoem to have taken the defsa.t at Inverledth with rather bad grace. I notice, in am article signed Anglo-Scot" in one of the Lon'doa. papers, an inaimmatioal that the New Zealamdera developed &am<3 roug'hitas3 and unfair tabetics wh-en they appeared to be bea.ten. Thia is mjot the &rst tune a- com.pla.int haa b'een made from a. Scottish &orurce of roug'hnesa on the part of the opposition in an internptional match at Inverldth, for only a year or two ago the We!sh teaTn ca.me umdeo' the lash. Well. the Scotsmen have never been regarded aa p&rLour footballers, and the Pl:zyers themselvea neither ask nor give orua.r- ter. They pliay a, robust gajme, a.nd their supportej's must not cry out if vigour is met! by vigour. As a- matter of fa<ct, the New Zeala<nd€Ts pla.yed a game at Inverleith entirely free from a.ny euapioion of undue roughness. A Scotsman was accidenta.IIy kicked on one ocoasiom, but so aJeo wae a. New Zealander. Chaffing the Biacks" When the third New Zea.la<nd try against Sootla-nd was scored, the Colonial who was to take the kick took an Timosna-lly long time to ma,ke a satisfactory hole in the ground for the kick at goal. After he had bored .aw!a,y with his heel rIor som-o consider- a.ble time a ga.ll.a.nt member of the H.L.I.. losing all pa,tience, roared out, "Hi. reTnember tha" the Union's 6eld." Still the New Zea,lander continued to dig deeper and deeper into the turf. when the soldier, still addrffl- sing the men from down under," added. pleasa-ntly, Coin' home. hoys?"

TOM REASON'S SUSPENSiON To the Editor of the E,vood.ng ExpresB." STiT,—At Liat week's meeting of the Welsh Rugby Football Union it waa decided to suspend Tom Bea&on, the cLever Newh for- wa.rd, for thLree mon't.ba for kickun'g a. pLa-vsr, whdoh tha.t p'la,yer emphaticadl-y detiies. To tfhoee wlho know Raaeon it aoTnids 'm<His)br<yus, be.oa.use, without a. doubt, lie M the meet gørutil'eman¡}.y forwajrd that has ever re.pra* seTLted Nea<th. Why did mot the Welsh Footr baJtl Untion ha<Ye the pJay.ar up before 'tibeim to give an explama.tion? I cam. say, without ajiy douibt in my 'mi'nd, if Reasctn was paying for S.wa.nse'a., Ca<rdiS, or Ne!wp<xnt, 'his euspeaaiom would only be a week or so; ùu:t aa he is from <yn)e of the small clubs he has got to &uB'€T. It is no womdeT pla-yers go to the Northern Uidon whon. they aTe trea-ted .as Rea9c''ct has been. Nea-hh 'has never had fa.irp'La.y w'ith.the Welsh Foo't.ba-ll Unio'n, amd if the.pe is a. gcod plauyer there tihe hTgheat honour he ca.n' expect is to piLa-y for his town. I ItOtve v&-Aons of Nea.tjh'a grvat forwards, Charlie PoweH, a.nd Joe Da-vies, a-nd the honours 'tihey hafve had from the WeJsh -FootbAll-Undon.-I ann, Ac., JUSTICE.

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To-morrow's Racing. MANCHESTER MEEIING. —The ELLE8MEBE HANDICAP (wel- ter) of 150 sovs; winners extra. Six furlongs, etj'ajgrht. ytstib Lord Wotbury'a Holme Lacy .G Moore 5 9 10 Mr S EtH-Wcod'a doverley Cicmente a. 910 Mr Keawick's Csa.rdae .J Cannon 6 81! Mr W H M-aiard'a Chicory .Lowo 4 8M Mr W G Desespor .Ownœ- 3 8 9 Lord Syncopate .G Moore 3 8 9 Mr F Ta.y;or'a Myroia Hobbsa87 Mr L F Craven's Sir Daniel .Robtnaom 986 Mr H E RandaH's Borgbese Sadler, j un.386 Lord Hamilton of DaJzell's Baven'e Ash EobinMn a 5 LoId IleT>bæt Boyoot Piokell'mg 484 Mr A Cohen's BrownTst .H Chandler 4 8 4 Mr L E Bea.uchajiip'a Gilbert Onne E Hunt 584 Mr J Cray's FIeettn? Love Robson a 8 Mr J S Coiton-Fox'a The De'M _Bratme 682 Mr R Or3.ig's Canty B&y .M*Call 981 Mr Al100't0n's Armstrong380 Lord Dorby'e Braiiamcy .Hon G Iambtozx38o Lorù .J Ca.n.no.n 5 7 13 Mr R J King's Ohaoornao Ieacha7 13 Mr B A Wiener's SkiogT&ph (3apt Bewlcke's Rœobury Hugh 12 Mr J L Dugdate's Hetter Stetter G Edwajda 4 7 11 Major J D Edwird&'s Pertta.O-wnN- 5 7 U Mr Itmihmm's Featbree Bœ Elæy 4 7 10 Mr John Hammond.'s Str B?,elyn Butters37 W Mr T Halt's Don F?ez .?SMderson 477 Mr B Ca.nnimg's Grey Green .C Waugh 477 Mr L de Chapeau jun. 4 7 7 Mr J King Groœe Mr J .J Dawson 3 7 4 Mr A E Ctcrk'e Kaxsn .M'.Kie 573 Mr W Boss's f by Juggler-Red Agnes A Taylor 47: Mr T E LfddtMd'a B!? GUIl Lowe372 C'apt J G R John &hark B Sherwood 371 Mr John Osborne's Crundel Rill .OW11er 3 7 0 Mr Vynsr's Veroacope Matth-owsa70 Mr W E Bogey's I-<ot .Owner 570 Mr W E Wyn.č.hs.m'" DooJ& .B Sherwood S 7 0 Mr W I'Ansom's Pentiom .OmMc 970 —'rhe COUNTY HANDICAP of 150 eove; winners extrsh. Five forlongs, straight. ysstib Mr P Ne1k'9 Aspem<M< .Pichermg 4 9.0 M'r Alrtan's .A.rmtitrong 4 810 Mr P N<:kc'a St. Luke .P!ckehB? 682 Mr L F Cmven's Str DMiet -Itobhasm 7 13 Mr H .Lea.oh 3 713 Mr T P KhWs Ambrose .G Edwa.rda 4 711 Mr J Musker'a Lord Toddmgton ..G Enoch 4 7 10 Mr F C G Reonzies's Clwyd II.BobiBaon 5 710 Mr RCraJgt; Canty B&y 37 10 Japm Menzies57 9 Mr D J PaUinger's Ooppfr King. Marners 4 7,9 Mr N' C Conkbum't Pn't Knrt" Mr J S CMtom-Fox'a T!!a De'H -Bra.lme < t < Mr l; alley M<tjcr Edw.M-d3 575 Mr J Cra.)!T'a SaJford Robeom 7 5 Mr J L Dug'datc'a Lowland Lady G Edwa-tds 979 Mr A E Bcwem's S!ip Up .H Cha.ndler 972 Lord 3 7 1 Ixwd IXirha.m'9 Cyrus .P Peck 969 Q¡,pt Bewiotte's PoTtt«!o.nd .HagTi Powney 6 8 Mr R CMmtng'e EvergMen -C WAugh. 3 8 5 Mr F Bibby's Moneicur Beumire T Waugh 36 5 —The CASTLE IBWELL HANDICAP Of 500 S'OVB; winners extm. one nnle. ysstib Mr W Dunne'a Earta. Mor .Gilpin 4 9 ? Mr J Buchanam'a &a.nt!y Edwards 496 Mr C Smith's Chajcot .Hon. G Lambton & 9 4 Mr Sd Joel's WMtechapel .C Peck 5 812 Lopd \Vœtbu;ry' Holrne L4wy .G Moore S 8 9 Mr Lhmel RoNcson'6 Itoma-te Da.wn .Brew-er 489 Mr J B Jod'a Dean Swift .Mortom 488 Mr M J PurceU'a Carnegie. In IjataBd 486 Mr T&mpsou Jay's Brother BN SadJer, jun. 982 Mf J 0 Sullivan's The Page Owner S 719 Mr Bonner's .GuITY 4 712 Mr B Gant B1oano .Privllta 4 712 E116*.a.œ Gold Lock ,POW11V 5 7 11 Mr M:Ki'a T,bcl;t a.Kscot t 4 710 Mt H .T King's Eequtre .LNxh 4 T < Sir John 'l'l¡u.roso,y's k-ark .Iw" -1 Mr Croker's Blakc-stown ..In Ireland 3 4 Mr Croker's .In Ireland 3 4 Mr D J Toed .PE".&Crek 4 7 4 Mr NlclJolaf¡ WhinviooIIl ..R"1Jlick 4 7 3 Mr A Ha.mbHm's WeddiBg Ring .Eaoott. 971 Dulœ of 1; by Wing n.Goodwin 4 619 Lord .J Dawson 3 6 12 Mr E A Winier'a aMograph .Atmstron? 5 611 R Janan .Menziœ 5 611 Mr A Belmont's Lord Haetmss W&tson 9 611 Sir B \\3.ldi-e GriSth's Charia .B &horwood 969 Duke of Devoœhiro'8 Quiek *Goodwin 3 6 6 Mr Imbeeo Sootch DenaDa rjetbo36 5 Ca.utl-ou5 .Wa.1ler 3 6 5 Mr E Buj-ns's Traitreaa Manning56 5 —The EGLmTON NTTRSEBY HAN- DICAP of 300 sors, for two year olds; winners extra.. Five furlongs, straight. t-tib Mr H J Khig's Light o'Da.y .Loach 9 9 Mr A Stedall',s Gold Coim .Sadlej, jum 8 8 Mr W B Wymdham's Nuran? p Sherwood 8 8 Mr J .In Ireland 8 8 Mr P Nuke's Whnue K .Firker 8 6 Mr !)a.vid Fttbar'a Gladsome 8 e Mr W Cadrns'a CaiMMok Lad I.Mlcau86 Mr wmtem wnaon's Feei-tqtta .Private a S ? Mr CaaJ Mayer'a Dytng Duck .Pickering 8 2 C&pt Beetles's Gintam .Bobmaom 81 Mr Q W Smith's Incentive .Mamming 8 1 Lord ChotnMmdeley's BuJbo .A Sadlcr 712 Mr W Raphael's H&roourt .D Wa.ug& 7 12 Mj- J T WTupp's o by Galloping Lod—Evelyn Owner 7 U Mr W G Stov€!ns's c by Comfrey-Zdie Bopson OwBer 7 U Mr N J Ke.Uy'0 NobMto .——Private 7 M Lotd Durham's Mixed Dance —P Peck 7 8 Mf LdeBothsoMd's OhTCOt .Watson 7 8 Mr H E Ramda.U's S:j Edwy Sadler. jun. 7 7 Hr 0 BCWICW9 r&acpful Erin Hugh Pown<-y 7 6 Mr B Fester's Bojamdtne J D&wsan 7 6 Mir Stra.ih'B B<m Q. L'Iwy 61: Mr B Orait's KUspindie M'Call 6 13 Mr W R WyOOlha.n1's Nhiroe .tB 8'herwood en —Tbe PENDLE'ro-N PLATE of 101 sovs. for three year olds and np- wards; weight for age; DlJa¡1'ef! o-nd geldings allowed 21b; winners extra.. One mile a.nd & half. yastib Ca.pt BewiOks'a CttftontMtl .B Powney 6 9 5 Mf Edward da.rk'a Persiam Garden M'CAU, 495 Mr G H TtemMn'a Slmta. Claus ——M'Kie 4 9 B .B".W:j;¡Ot _u.fj, Mr G A ?TcaMo&'s Kar&konl .J&rvis & 9 S Mr M J Purcoll's Woodsdown .In 5 9 5 Mr B Athw Owmer 4 9 5 Mr C P B Wood's Prince BoyaJ .Pichering 595 Ma.jor J D FAwa.rds'e &t Kevin .OwBBr 99; Mr David Faber'a Vin,-ula BakeT 4 9 Z 81r S Scott's 6eries J Cannan 5 9 2 Mia; Yotipg a II 2 Mr Piclivrd C-,oker's Jenatzv In Ireland 5 812 Mr J G 'Elsey'e Ori<J Wmdow .W Elaey 3 812 Mr S L&ates'a Mr Whistler Owner 812 Mr E Bwns'a Lady Ha.wker ?&anning 5 8 9 Mr J B Jopr? The Grsek .Mortom t B 5 Mf Athol Thome's Gra.nada.Beajdeley 389 Goorge White's Argent MtcaJfe 4 8 It Printed by the Proprietors, Western Mail Limited, 1UIc1 published by them at their omces, St. ia the City of CMdtif; Castle BaUey-street, Swa%ftg; Glebeland-slteet, Merthyr Tydfil; at the ehep of Mr. Wesley WUlia.ms, Br:dsend—&H tn the county of Gla, morgan; &t their MScM, 22, High street, Newport;a4 the shop of Mr. J. P. CaSrey, M<nuMUth—both tn th< county of Monmouth; at the ahop of Mr. Davtc1 John, Llanelly, in the cotinty of Carmarthen; tna tt thetr omcee. The Balwa.rk. Brecon, tn the amatl eI Brocknock. TJIUFASDAY. NOVEMBER M. im

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