Evening Express

A NORMAL SPRINGTIME. I That doctors differ is as true in the prac- tice of horticulture as of medicine, and a representative of the "Morning Post," in search of expert opinion as to the effect of the late brief spell of sunshine on vegetation round London was enlightened by views the most diverse. One florist in the Windsor dis- trict boldly averred that everything except I forest trees and conifers was quite a fort- night in advance. On Wednesday, he said, buds were swelling wisibly" and young I leaves expanding perceptibly. On the other hand less optimistic observers declared that (almost everything was normal though mak- ing good progress. Personal observation showed that it was only in the way of flower- ing shrubs and bushes, such as lilac, and well-established clumps of roses that marked development was noticeable. The almond tree, which forms such a charming object in early spring, was everywhere displaying its 'bright pink buds, and here and there were noticeable sprays of expanded blooms. There Was certainly little sign of undue advance among the fruit trees, whether Large or email, though an apricot on a sunny wall was reported to be in flower. The -general 'aspect of the parks and gardans of the Metro- polis is certainly onl £ formal. Hyacinths, oiarcissis, tulips, and' other autumn-planted bulbs are well up and showing for bloom, but scarcely in advance of the season. In email sheltered gardens open on the sunny side bulbs are quite forward, and early daffodils, such as the Tenby (N. obvallaris), and hyacinths have been plucked from the cpein ground.

LIFE LOST FOR SIX MARBLESI I Despite all accounts of British degeneracy, the sporting instinct in our race dies ha.rd, as demonstrated in a melancholy way by the death, of James Wilgon, a nine-year-old boy, of Somers Town. It was explained at yesterday's inquest that Wilson, with some companions, went to the Regent's Canal, and there one of the boys said to Wilson: "I'll give you six m,arbles if you show me how you can swim." Wiilson accepted the challenge, took off his Clothes, and dived in-to the water. He had nearly reached the other aide when he sank, and, although a lad named Sulli- van bravely tried to save him, the poor boy was drowned.

GIRUS STORY OF MYSTERIOUS I BURGLAR. A servant girl, named Florence Trsbble, aged nineteen, told the Barnstaple polioe a strange story of a burglary at Hazehurst House. In the absenee of her master and' mistress, she said, the house was entered by a. strange man, who frightened her to death. He told her that if she said he had been in the house he would stab her. Subsequently it was found that £6 and a jewel case, con- taining rings, a bangle, Ac., had been taken from a. bedroom. The girl gave a vivid description of the burglar and his attire, and identified a man as the culprit. Later she confessed that her story was an invention, and that the articles stolen were concealed in the garden, where they were dug up. She .\vas charged at Barnstaple Police-conrt yester- day and remanded.

MEANNESS EXPOSED. I Oefraudrng the Railway Company I Before Mr. Curtis Bennett, at Westminster, 'William Sharrard Gilbert, gas engineer, of Grove Villa, Woodlands, Leieworth, was sum- moned by the London and South-Western (RaiIway Company for travelling without payment and intent to defraud. There were two charges against defendant for consecutive days in January, when it was noticed, as it had been on many former occasions, that he had taken short-distant tickets from laleworth Station—either to ■Sew Bridge or Brentford. Ioone instance, -at the collecting station, Vauxhall, defen- dant, according to the evidence of the com- 'Pa,ny's servants, offered to pay from Wandsworth, and in another he gave up the return half of a Chapham Junction ticket. 133Y these devices he defrauded the company of a few pence when he arrived at his City ^destination. Mr. Conway, on bis instructions, cross- examined the witnesses, and suggested that the collector had made a mistake. Defendant's case waa that on the first day he pa;id the collector the full fare for the journey he made. On the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Conway said he would not put the defendant in the witness-box because he oould not get over the fact that it was an awkward position due to defendant's false- hood. Mr. Curtis Bennett said a very wise discre- tion had been eserctoed, because he had quite made nip his mrind, if defendant had sworn to the defence foreshadowed, that he would thave committed him for trial for perjury. These systematic tricks to cheat and defraud railways companies even by persons posing I as respectable showed the meanest and most j paltry mtinde. A11 sorts of deviees-getlting out of one train into another, loitering about the stations, and deliberate lying were j adopted by these mean, contemptible people just to save a few pence, but when they were detected, as they often were, it became I rather expensive. In this case he imposed penalties and costs amounting to Xlo 3s., or two months' imcMSonmsnt in default of dis- tress. I

The Canton Viceroy ga-ve a, banquet in honour of Bear-admiral Train, commander 4 the United States Asiatic fleet, and th-e following day the Viceroy and a number of High offtciaAs attended a reception at the American O&nsulate in Canton. This was the flrst ocoaekm for some months on which the Viceroy condescended to exchange am«nitya with tho. American represent: Jfcww&s#iteajte»v

iDlED ON THE WAYI TO CARDIFF INFIRMARY. I Canton Man's Singular Fate I A somewhat curious case was received at the Cardiff Infirmary on Friday. A man named Thomas Itickard, of 264, Cowbridge- road, was very ill, and his relatives sent for a doctor, who found that be was suffering from abdominal trouble, and said the best thing that could be done for him was that be should be taken to the infirmary. Hia removal was arranged, but he died on the way.

——————————— Fighting Round Tangier Paris, Saturday.—The Tangier correspon- dent of the "Petit Journal" telegraphs an account of severe fighting which took place in the district round about that town yes- terday between the followers of Raisuli and the Andjera and Benimeasaour tribesmen. Ten men were killed and forty wounded. The correspondent aatLs that the Sultan's repre- sentative in Tangier has no longer any real authority, and renewed disturbances are feared.—Central News. Foreign Policy of Spain. I Paris, ga,.turda.-y.-T-he Spanish Premier's denial notwithstanding, the Algeciras corre- spondent of the "Journal" still maintains that a treaty is on the point of being con- cluded between Spain and Great Britain. The correspondent further declares that it will be preceded by a Hispano-Portuguc.-e treaty. The Duke of Almodovar, he states, will leave Algeciras for Madrid to-day with the object of signing at Madrid, in conformity with the wishes of King Alfonso, a treaty of alliance with Portugal, which is to be brought to the Spanish capital by King Carlos.—'Central News.

Strange Fire Tragedy. WOMAN WORKER DIES IN ARMCHAIR I The busy life of one of London's women workers was cut short in a. estrange aDd tragic way yesterday morning. Helena. Mitchell, aged 49, had for some time carried on the business of a, hairdresser in a* first-floor flat above Messrs. Nash and Austin's fruit shop in Glasshouse-street, Piccadilly. When work was pressing she would some- times spent the night in an arm-chair in front of the fire in her business premises, so as to save the time that would otherwise have been spent in going to and from her home in the suburbs. This she did on Thursday, and at ten p.m. was seen disposing heyself for the night. At 7.30 yesterday morning an employee, on opening the fruit-shop, found smoke coming from the flat above. Firemen from the Marlborough-street station were very soon on the spot in response to his call, and burst their way into the flat. They found the room filled with dense smoke and the body of the unfortunate woman, burnt almost beyond recognition, in a sitting position in front of the fire. Little c'ama^e was done to the room, as the fire was of a slow, smouldering character, and people slapping in the flat above' had no -idea, I that anything was the matter. The cause of the outbreak is unknown, and it is supposed that the victim, overcome in her sleep by smoke, which stupefied without- awakening her, fell on to the fire in the grate, and never completely recovered con- sciousness. An officer of the fire brigade c'escribed the case as one of the strangest in the whole of his experience.

FIGHTING FOR PLACES. New Tube from Baker Street to I Kennington. The Baker-slreot and Waterloo^ Railway— the latest of tiirderground tubes--opened for traffic. At five minutes past one th? first traiin left Baker-street. There was a, big craush aAt the booking-ofiioe, hundreds of people fighting for places. Everything ran smoothly, especial]y the trains. They pro- gressed and without oscillation. A three- minute service was at once put in operation-. The stations on the route are Baker-street, Hegenit's Park, Oxford-circus, Piccadi'ily- oircus, Trafalgar-square, the Embankment, Waterloo, and Kemvingtoit. Prior to the opening for the public ait twelve minutes to one a train left Kprenington Station, for Bakeir-gtreet with a large wain-bar of the ¡ London County Council on board. The journey took fourteen minutes. ConiStor.it [ rehearsals have been in operation, for three weeks, and to-day trial trains have been j running from six

I WAR TAXES. I I Mr. Asquith and the "Trade." Mr. Asquith on Friday evening received a deputation representing aU sections of the licensed trade on the subject of the remission of war taxes on beer and spirits. Mr. Asquith said that he could not promise any immediate change in taxation affecting the trade, but if the time ever came when a.n ,alteration was possible it might be jjossible to give effect to their wishes for the relief of taxation. He was of opinion that the law Tegarding clubs should be more stringent.

A MISCHIEVOUS PENNY. f A correspondent living at Meiford, Mont- gomeryshire, posted to an Oswestry gentle- man recently an envelope containing such matter as is usually allowed, if the envelope flap be tucked in. for one halfpenny. After the posting of the letter, another Meiford letter-writer, having no stamp, dropped hie letter iuto the box unstamped, and at the same time dropped a penny in to square matters with the Postmaster-General. By some cruel fate the penny happened to fall into the tucked-in letter addressed to Oswes- try, and when the box was cleared some kind-hearted official, no doubt thinking he was doing some one a good turn, fastened down the tucked-in flap to make the pre- cious penny quite secure. The result was that the rêccive-r had to pay fivcpeuce on the letter. True, there was something in another penny nestling inside I like a surprise packet, but even that left him fourpence to the bad, and the Postmaster- General scooped in not only the Oswestry gentleman's fivepenoe but aleo twopence from some other person to whom the unstamped letter (to pay for which the penny was dropped in the box) was addressed! Thus his Majesty's Government stood to gain sixpence all through that mischievous penny's trick at Meiford. It should, how- ever, be added that the postal authorities, with their usual courtesy, did not hesitate to refund the fourpence charged on the Oswes- try letter by which the recipient would have been out of pocket. The Postmaster-General, therefore, makes twopence on the transac- tion!

VILLAGERS SOLVE A PROBLEM. f The question of old-age pensions has been solved at Wratoness. There are 54 houses in I the village, and the heads of 30 of them belong to a provident society, which pays 58..a weak for life to any member attaining I the age of 65, whether he be ill or well. There are at least three members who have I been drawing this pension, for fifteen years.

CARDIFF PASSIVE RESISTERS. I Half-aedoacn passive registers from the Cathays district, kneluding four pastors (the R-evs. David Bavies. H. M. Hughes, John Williamson, and Thomas Hughes), were sum- i .moned at Cardiff Police-court thia afternoon. None of tihe ministers appeared, but two other gentlemen attended the court, tind very | Mildly dispensed with tine orthodox tirade. They merely said they wished to make a public protest against the education rate. In each case a svaanatit was issued. I

The wedding aillUiVBrsary of the Kin.g and Queen is being celebrated, at. Windsor to- I day. At an early hour the belle of St. ] George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and St. John's Chuirch were JM0€.

DOWIE'S DISCI PLES. 1 PRAY FOR FINANCIAL DELIVERANCE. Disappearance of the "Prophet." I Dowie's City of Zion is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the "prophet" has dis- appeared. Ho was last heard of in Jamaica, where he had gone for the benefit of his health, but cables sent there urging him to return have been undelivered. The deacons are in the meantime engaged in praying for deliverance from the financial crisis, while the business members of the community who have staked their fortunes in the enterprise are discussing the situation in Elijah-avenue. Mr. Voliva, the overseer (says the Daily Express"), is extremely angry at the in- difference of his chief, and is reported to have declared that Dowie is no longer the head of the Zionists. Dowie's private secretary is not to be found, and the safes in which the list of subscriptions and other financial transac- tions are recorded have had to be broken open. The "prophet" is known to have mortgaged his fine house for but sums he raised thus and others raised by the Zionists themselves are quite insufficient- to meet the demands of the creditors. The lace factory a-nd the printing works are being run at a loss, and other similar' organisations in the city are in a. bad way. At present Dowie is a. very secondary figure in the community, if ho has not!bee;i actually deposed.

Earthquake in India, MANY PERSONS KILLED OR INJURED Lahore. Saturday.—An earthquake, equal in severity locally to the great shock of last April. has occurred in Bashaair, one cf the Simla Hill native States. Two persons have' beoni killed and 24 injured at Ra.mpur. In the town the law-court, poet-office, and' polico- fc.-t-a.tion a.re destroyed. Six persons have been killed and two injured Kakoola., on the Hindustan-Tibet ncad, near Rampur.—-Keuter.

Federation Fees. I THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN I CONTRIBUTIONS. A meeting of colliery workmen was held-at" Tredeg-ar on Friday to consider the proposed increase in the Federation contribution and the other matters to be brought forward at the conferen-ce on Monday. Mr. Onions, miners' agent, said if the members of the Federation were of opinion that the time was inopportune to increase the contribu- tions the leaders would have to regulate the expendituro according to the income. At any rate, there must be an end to the present state of affairs, or bankruptcy was in front of the Federation. In reply to a question, Mr. Onions said that about a fortnight's genena-1 strike wenid exhaust their funds. A workman suggested retrenchment in regard to the management expenses, and Mr. Onions replied that if the whole of the cen- tral work was done free of cost the fund Vvo'nld benefit to the extent of only about l-3d. Asked as to whether a ballot was intended if the conference was in favour of the scheme, Mr. Onions eaid the conference would have to decide the matter. Person- ally, ho favoured a ballot. A long discussion ensued, it being evident that the men were almost unanimous against the scheme. A resolution opposing the payment of an extra, shilling was passed on the ground that wayes did not warrant the increase. With reference to the salary of the general secretary, it was decided to instruct the delegates to vote in favour of that official being paid £ 50 a year for his services as sec- retary in addition to the X350 paid him out of the Parliamentary levy fund. EEBW VALE AND lIiR. T. RICHARDS'S SALARY. A meeting of minors was held at Ebbw Vale on Friday, Air. John Ga,1e, presiding.— Delegates were appointed to attend the con- ference a.t Cardiff on Monday.—The Chair- man reported that at a meeting of nighit- men hold that morning it was decided to send delegates to the conference. They were instructed not to vote, but to hear the argu- ments, and to report to a further meeting of the district. A long discussion ensued upon the remuneration to be given to Mr. Thomas Richards, M.P., general secretary of the Federation, in view of t,ho8 salary paid out under the Parliamentary fund. It appeared to be the general view of the meeting that J the joint salary as general secretary and Parliamentary representative was too much and required re-ad j u~t-me nt.

STARVING CHILDREN. Another Burden on Ratepayers, j At Mcrthyr Baard of Guardians to-day, Mr. D.?, i d Evans (Merthyr) moved— Taat while we do not object to legislation making provision to feed starving children oompulsorily sent to school, we regret that the present position of legislation tends to inflict a farther burden upon the poor-rate to the rplease of certain values at present contributing to that rate. We, therefore, urge that no measure of legisla- tion having for its object the providing of free meals for children will be considered satisfactory or equitable unless the oost- of providing such meals be made chargeable to the State. Mr. David Davies seconded the resolution, which was carried, and copies were ordered to be sent to the Prime Minister, Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., 1If Keir Hardie, M.P., and Sir Alfred Thomas, I P.. with the ri?w of sup- portin? the same when the Bill next CGmes up for discussion in the House of commons,.

Infirmary Out-Patientsj At a meeting of the Cardiff and District Friendly Societies Council at the Oddfellows'- hall, Cardiff, on Friday eiv-iing. Bro. M. Fletcher presiding, Bro. Hollow'a.y (representa- tive on the Cardiff Infirmary Board of Management) gave a detailed report of the circumstances attending the publication of the new tickets for the cut-patients' depart- men-t of the infirmary. It had got abroad, he said, that the board of management of the Oardiff Infirmary was trying to do some- thing to interfere with the privileges of the working classes generally in connection with treatment a.t the infirmary. He was satisfied that the new ticket interfe>red in no way with the concessions the Friendly Societies had obtained, and at the December meeting of the board of management he voted in favour of the new ticket. But at the January me3ting Councillor John Chappell, on behalf of the railwaymen, pointed out th:1t a declaration which had to be made on the new ticket deprived the railwaymen of the whcele or a Port-ion of the privileges they had from their own companies. The speaker, with most of the other members of the board of management, wa.s convinced, and they reversed their decision as to the new tickets. There were some members of the board of management, said Bro. Holloway, who were trying to m.ake it as hard as possible for the working man to find relief, but they were very, very few. (Hear, hear.) The grm, t majority of the members were in favour of making it as easy as possible for the working class, to get proper treatment at the infir- mary. (Applause.)

AMERICAN SUCCESS IN THE I PHILIPPINES. News from Manila has reached the autho- rities at Washington of a signal and com- plete victory gained by a force of American troops and Philippine Constabulary near Jolo over a body of Moro outlaws, who were exterminated. Tho casualties among the troops and constabulary were eighteen killed and 52 wounded, including five commissioned officers. A Renter's message from Manila states that the fighting began on Tuesday, and went on until Thursday. The operations involved the capture of Mount Dago, which is 2,100ft. high, has a crater on the summit-, a.nd is extremely steep, the last 400ft. being at a general angle of 60degs., with 50ft. absolutely perpendicu- la.r. The ridges are covered with timber, and were strongly fortified. A Central News message says the fighting I continues, and a general outbreak of tike natives in the Mindanao, the largest of the PhiliPBine -Igl^jiis,

FIREDAMP FiEND.I FRENCH MINE IN FLAMES. Appalling Loss of Life. I Lens (France), Saturday—An- explosion of firedamp in the Courrieree Mines hae re-, suited in several deaths.—Reuter. An Exchange telegram states that there are 1,800 men in the mine, which, is situated near Calais. Paris, Saturday. — A telegram to the Ministry cf Interior states that it is impos- sible even approximately to estimate the number of killed in the disaster at the Cour- rieres Mines. Eighteen hundred men went down in the morning, but it is hoped that a large number of them have been able to take refuge in the lateral galleries. The cause of I the disaster is unknown. The three galleries where the explosion occurred have become I one vast furnace, and flames arc leaping out at the pit-mouth. 1,800 LIVES LOST. I Paris, Saturday afternoon.—A frightful disaster, due to an explosion of firedamp, is reported to have occurred this morning m an extensive colliery at Lens in the Pas de Calais. The loss of 'iife is known to have been very serious, and some reports place it as high -ay 1,890. Over 2,000 miners were at work at the time.—'Central News. i

Tinworks Closed ( I The rolling mills at the Treforæt Tin- works have b&en closed owing to shortness in demand. About 100 men are affected. In the wash-houee the employes are working off .the etoek.

BANKRUPT'S SUICIDE, I An inquest was held at Liverpool to-day on th-e body of Edward Penny, a master tailor, carrying on business at Bradford. Deceased's remains were found on the rail- way outside Liverpool, having been run over by the London express. How he got on the line is not known. His hat, coat, and stick had been left on the embankment. Deceased's brother said he had-recently been made bank- rupt, and that upset him.—A verdict of "Sui- cide whilst in a state of miud not known" returned.

RELIEF OF CARDIFF POOR. 1 Speaking at the meeting of the Cardiff. -Guardians to-day Mr. F. J. Bea.van said he supposed the relieving officers had power to I, give food, and to help in kind, in cases-where- distress was undoubted. People came to his .Iktuss continually; one poor man called that morning, who dec.ared, that he had not "broken his <fast since some time the day .before. The- Chairman (Mr. O. H. Jones) said the. -officers had.power in urgent oases. Mr. B-eavan: Notwithstanding that there- is a husband and father? The Chairman: Destitution is the test. It must be reported at once to the board. Mr. Ames said the relieving officers had the power and exercised it,-and reported the •facts to the committees. The Rev. J. R. Buckley: It is done week after week.

MERTHYR BOARD OF GUARDIANS. I The ordinary weekly meeting oi the Merthyr Board of Guardians was held to-day, Mr. John Rogers, chairman, presiding. A special committee appointed to define the duties of their female visiting officer, proposed to he appointed for the Merthyr Uupper district, presented their report, and it was arranged that the question of making the appointment, should be taken up at the next meeting. Authority was given to the assessment com- mittee to engage the eervioes of &,n, expert valuer to value the new Taff V-ale brewery, the new post office at Merthyr, the extensions; of the Merthyr gas works, and the extensions of-the brewery of Messrs. Giles and Harrap.

TRANSVAAL GOLD OUTPUT. I A cablegram from the Transvaal Chamber of Mines to-day states that the total gold output, of the Transvaal for February amounted to 407,66B ounces, of the value of £ 1,731,654, being a, decrease of 20,970 ounces, vialu-e £ 89,075, as compared with January. The output in Fete-nary last year was 363,811 I ounces, va-lile £ 1,545,371.

SWANSEA ACTRESS'S ENGAGEMENTS Miss Marion Evans, Swansea, has baen engaged by Mr. Boerbohm Tree to play her old part of "Lady Mortimer" in "Henry IV." at the forthcoming revival of Shakspearean plays at His Majesty's Theatre, London, during the Shakspeare Week. I

UNPLEASANT INCIDENT ATA BAZAAR At the third day's opening on Friday of a Wcsleyan bazaar at Barneley, presided over by Colonel Mitchell, a man rose in the audience and impressively said, "I rise to utter a most solemn protest against this godless bazaar. Marionettes, cafe. shooting j an glee—are these the work of God or Vani ty Fair? What would John Wesley say? You will breed corruption. I warn you." The man, who gave the name of Greenwood, was removed from the hall by the stewards.

MESSRS. CAMMELL & SOUTH I WALES. We are officially informed by Messrs. Cammell, Laird, and Co. in reference to the frequent- rumours of their intention to start works in South Wales that they have under consideration for the extension of certain sections of their works sites in South Wades and also on the East Coast. Our Sheffield correspondent writ.ee :-It seems to be taken for granted in South Wales that Messrs. OammII, Laird, and Co., of Sheffield, contemplate the removal of their works from Sheffield to the Swansea district. This is absurd. What is true is that there is some ISllall schome for including South WaJes in the company's far-reaching tentacles. At. Sheffield the company are in the heart of the various industries with which they are con- nected; were they not so, it would almost be necc-ssary to arrange for a considerable foot-l ing here. At the present time enormous extensions are in progress, and some of the most expensive machinery in the world is being laid down. Our correspondent points out that the firm already have branches at Pewistone, Birken- head, Coventry, West Cumberland, and Glas- gow, with collieries at Rarnsley, and adds:- The company have paid dividends as high as 17i per cent., but the last two announcements were only at the rate of 7h per cent. It is expected, however, that the declaration to be I made during the coming week will be at 1 least 10 per cent., with evidences of a stronger financial' position. ,„,

Illegal Consideration I In the City of London Court on Friday Messrs. Curtis and Brooks, Fleet-street. LOll- don, sued Arthur W. Pask, 20. Gordon-road, Cardiff, for 110 on an agreement. Mr. Curtis one of the plaintiffs, said he supplied the defendant's younger brother with JE21 worth of clothes. F-ip-ding he could not get the money the defendant entered into an agree- ment to pay zEl5 in settlement instead of suing the brother. Mr. Lander, defendant's solicitor, said the plaint iffs threatened to prosecute the brother for obtaining goods by false pretences. It was in terror that he signed the agreement sued on, and, therefore, as the consideration was illegal, plaintiffs could not recover. Plaintiffs said they did not threaten to prosecute the brother. Tha.t had been done by someone else, and the brother had been sent to Canada. Judge Eentoul, K.C., held that the agree- ment was made in fear of a. prosecution, therefore the consideration for it was illegal. Judgment for the defendant, with costs.

Brest, Pridty.-Tite court this afternoon passed sentences varying from one month to forty days' imprisonment (with the appli- cation of the Berenger laiw or First Offenders Act) on five fishermen of St. Pa-bn, who, with about 2"0 otb-r fishermen, pillaged the British steamer Umzumbi which went ashore off Bannec Island in the autumn. Other man impliqatt could not bo,,Iiscovered.- I

TO-DAY'S MATCH AT BELFAST I Points of the Game. I THE TIME GIVEN IS IRISH TIME. ] 3.15.—Ireland kicked off. 3.18.—Thrift scored for Ireland. 3.Z0.-GlardÎ11er converted. ;32-Morgan scored for Wales. Try uncon- verted. [By FORWARD. ] I BELFAST, Saturday Afternoon. One thousand Welsh football enthusiasts sailed across the Irish Sea during the eight, and made a descent upon the city of Belfast between the hours of eight and nine this morning. Having debarked, the large majo- rity of them raided the nearest green- I grocery shops. Soon after they were 6een parading the principal streets of the Ulster capital, wearing huge looks in the lapels of their coaus. Some of the emblems were quite balf a yard in length, a.ud the enthusiasm I of the vvelsii visitors was in equal propor- tion. Quite two hours before the match panties of them were observed making their way towage the football ?rou?d, m&ny of T.nem having engaged jaunting cans. But- no matter how they travelled, the -B sionist spirit was always manifest. Thus it was that the earUer spectators on the field I were NEARLY ALL WELSHMEN. u<pr>K place ?? the enclosure of Ile Royal Ui&ter Agricultural Society m,d no ground in the country is more pio- tthhIe 3?0\y s^^&d. The stands run along the fuJU length of either eide, for the enclo- sure is used as the big ring for the "great horse and cattle shows. The Welsh spec. I taltors congregated in the staii-d on the cheaper side of the ground, and all through the period of waiting they were noisv and democsLraftiva. it was most grat-ifying to finü the turf in, guch excellent order. Up tili F-rv ri-dj ay night, rain had fallen heavily w 1 iteuast for some days, but the ground at .ttailmoral is a qudek-drying one, and, .taough t.ne .turf was a trifle on the heavy > side, it was Yet in splendid condition- for a taat and open game. The weather ouitlook ■this momung was net at all promising. The sky was heavily beclouded, and even when the afternoon approached there was no evidence of a clearance. Thus we had the undortuimto Prospect of a threatened down- ipour all the time. The brilliant band of tho West lorksih'ire Regiment played ccn- tiniuoaisliy during the time of waiting, and ,ti?ea.t?ed the audience to & number of Welsh GJ'TO, magnificently rendered. In the stand, of course, -bh? W?Ish visitors Rang loudly .and often, making "Sospan Fa-ch" their most .popular tune. -1 Highly pleasing was it to find thIS morn- ,jg th?"t .1?l the Welsh players had recovered from the effects of Thursday's ?ea. trip, with (the one exception d Owen. The LITTLE SWANSEA MARVEL I still felt somewhat upset, but he told For- wa-rd that he was feeling very much better,, a.nd that he fully hoped to do himself justice. There were soiae others who suffered just as badly as Owen from mal-de-mer, but they had all recovered w.ithin 24 hours. F&w Irishmen could be found who were really hopeful of winning the match. Despite the rational optimism, in the realm of sport there appeared to be some betting on the match, and the odds were 2 to 1 on Wales. The Irish supporters felt that the.ir chances had been greatly iluPToved by the reversion-to the old formation, The teams will be as follow — WALES. I BACK. H. B. Winfield, THREE-QUARTER BACKS. E. T. Morgan (London Welsh), E. G. Nicholls and •R. T. Gabe (Cardiff), and H. T. Maddoeks (London Welsb), HALIF-BACKS. R. M. Owen (Swansea) and R. A. Gibbs (Cardiff). FORWARDS. Joseph (Swansea), A. F. Harding (London Welsh), C. M. Pritchard and J. J. Hodges (Newport), G. Travers (Pill Harriers), T. Evans (Llanelly), and D. Westacott and J. Powell (Cardiff). IRELAND. I BACK. G. J. Henebery (Garryowen). THREE-QUARTER BACKS. H. J. Anderson (Old Wesley), L F. H. Casement and J. C. Parke (Dublin University), and B. M'Lea.r (Cork County). HALF-BACKS. E. D. Caddell (Dublin University) and W. B. Purdon (Queen's College, Belfast). FORWARDS. C. E. Allen (Derry), F. Gardiner (North of Ireland), H. J. Knox (Lansdown), A. Tedford (Malone), M. White (Queen's College, Cork), H, G. Wilson (Malone), J- J. Coffey (Lansdown), and J. Wallace (Wanderers).

PLAYERS' RECORDS. J I 'tm-e foUowung 13 a record of interuationuu j lappdanances cf members of the te=, given I ?dn the Welsh Union Handbook :— f H. B. Winfield. I, 1903; E, S, and T, 1904; X.Z., '19C5, and E and P, 1905. Gwyn Nicholls, S and T, 1P-9&: E. 1S97; E and T, 1538; E. S, and I, 1899; S and I, 1200: E, S, Mid I, 1901 and 1902; T, 1S03; E, 1904 and 1905; N.Z., 1305, -sod E and .<?, 1906. R. T. Gabe, T, 1201; E. S, and I, 1902, 1903. 1904, and 1905; N.Z., 1905, and E, 1906. H. T. Haddocks, E and S, 1906. E. T. Morgan, E, S, and I, 1902; T, 1903; E and S, 1901 a.nd 1905; N.Z., 1905, andE and S, 1906. 1 R. M. Owen, I, 1301; B. S, and T, 1902, 1903, 1984, and 1905; N.Z., 1905, azid E and S, 1906. R. Gibbs, S, 1906. J. Hodges, E, S, and I, 15.99 and 1900; E and S, 3901 E, S, and I, 1902 and 1903; E and S. 1904; li, S, and I. 1905; N.Z., 1905, and E and S, 1S06. W. Joseph-, E, S, and T, 1902 and 1903; E and S, 1904; E, S, and T, 1905; N.Z., 1905, and E and -S, 1906. C. M. Pritchard. T, 1904; E Md S, 1905; X.Z., 1905, and E and S, 1906. G. Travers, E, S, and Y, 1903 and 1905; N.Z., 1905, and E and S, 1906. A. F. Harding, .E, S, and I, 1902, 1903, 1904, aid 1S05; N.Z., 1905, and E and S, 1306. t T. Evans, new "cap." D. Westacott, new" cap." J. Powell, new cap."

RESULTS OF PAST MATCHES. I Wales Won 12; Ireland 7 Drawn T. 1832-Dubliil. Wales won by 2 goals 2 tries to nil'. 1634—Cardiff. Wales wan by l goal 2 tries to nil. "1387-Liverpüol. Wales won by 1 goal to 3 tries. 1SE8—Dublin. Ireland won by 2 goals 1 try to nil. 1P89—Swansea. Ireland won by 2 tries to nil. JSM—DuMir;. Drawn, 1 Sos-1 each. 1891—Llanelly. Wales won by 2 goals (1 dropped) to 1 goal (dropped) l try. 1692-Dublin. Ireland «'G" by 1 goal 2 tries to nil. -1893—lyla-neTly. W-ales won by 1 try to nil. 1994-Belfast. Ireland wen by 1 goal (penalty) to njl. 1895—Cardiff. Wales won by a goal to a try. 1896—Dublin. Ireland won. by ] goal 1 try to 1 goat. 1397—No mtcll, owing to dispute. 1S33—Limerick. Wales won by 2 goals (1 penalty) to 1 goal (ponaJty) i try. 189?—Cardiff. Ireland won by 1 try to nil. 190.0—Belfast. Wales won by 1 try to nil. 1301—Swansea. Wales won by 2 goats to 3 tries. 190Z—Dublia. Wales won by 2 goals (1 dropped) tries to nil. j 1903—Cardiff. Avaies won by 6 tries to nil. I 1904-Belf.st. Ireland won by 1 goal 3 tries to 4 trias. 1905—Swansea. Wales WCll by 2 goal3 to 1 try. I

CARDIFF V. NEATH. I Half-time s-core:-Cal'difI, 1 try; Neath, nil. I

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL MATCH. t WALES V. ENGLAND. j AT CARDIFF ARMS PAJRK. I MONDAY, MARCH 19. J KICK-OFF, FOUR P.M. Admission, li; Stands, extra. Grsnd Stand Tickets and Ring Tickets (2s.) can be obtained from Mr. H. Williams, 13, High-street, Pontlottya; Mr. C. Artell, LJantwit Vardre: Mr. J. Jarman, 12, Rees'- terrace, Llanbradaoh; Mr. E. W. Wathen, 1, Easicli- street, Cnrdiff; Mr. T. D. Jones, 24, Albert-street, Aberdare; lIlr. W. J. Hood, 12, Lower Morel-street, Barry Dock; or the Secretary, Public-ball, Wrexham. e2056

STUPENDOUS INSURANCE TOTALS. I A Bine Book was iasaed on Friday contain- ing returns relating to life assurance com- I panies and a summary of the assurances in force based on returns deposited for the most pa,rt during the past five years. The figures are, therefore, merely an opproximation to- the amount of the contracts in force at the present time. The figures of the Colonial and foreign companies are not included. Under the heading, "Ordinary Business," the num- ber of aesur-anoes is returned a-t 2,303,422, the total amount assured being £ 737,380,494. The "Industrial Business" (not including sicknees and Friendly Society contracts) totalled £ 241.893,649, the number of aesroranoes being 24,660,532.

DR. JOHN PUGH'S ILLN'ESS I Dr. John Pugh (Cardiff), superintendent of I the Forward Movement of the Presbyterian Church of Wales, is now &t Alexandria taking I a short rest after a period of illness. I On arrival at Cairo he had a. serious j relapee. Subsequently he sailed up the Syrian coast, and bad a severe attack of bronchitis, which necessitated his returning ¡ to Alexandria. He is expected to start home from there about the 14th inst.

NO BREWING COMBINE. i At Allsopp's Burton-on-Trent offices on Friday the suggestion that the company is j included in a contemplated extensive cjnalga- j station sofceme, as reported ■.7

BODY IN THE CANALI LANDORE WOMAN'S DEATH. t Disappearance of the Husband. I The body of a married woman, named Sarah Jane Cutler, of 26, Byng-street, Lan- dore. who had been missing from home since the afternoon of Thursday, March 1, bae been found in the Swansea Canal, near the MiLl- brook Ironworks, Landore. The body was found owing to the brother of the deceased going to the polioe and asking them to drag the canal at the spot. The polioe are said to ba in possession of a letter found in the- pocket of the deceased woman. The inquest was held at Landore on Friday afternoon. Mrs. HotohkW, mother of the deceased, said  deceased was 28 years old. She knew that she I and her husband used to quarrel, and that i her daughter uood to go into fits afterwards. She had not seen her daughter for eighteen months, because of jealousy between her and her sister. Rces N. Pearne, brother of the deceased, said he met the husband on Thursday, who told him his sister was missing since Wednes- day, a nd that he thought she was in the water." The furniture in the house was com- pletely wrecked. This was apparently done by the husband. The husband told him that he had chased his wife about one o'clock in the morning down to the Mill- brook Works gates, and had fetched her back to the house, but after they had lain down on the clothes she said: Steve, let's be friends a-gain," but be did not reply. He afterwards missed her, and went down- stairs, but she had left the house. They used to quarrel, said witness, over the merest trifles, and once the deceased laid across the Shondda- and Swallsca. Bay Railway line. They were passionately fond of one another, but both were very hot-tempered. One would smash one thing, and the other would smash another in the house. In reply to the coroner, witness said the man had disappeared since the previous day, and had not since been seen. Police-constable Northcote said the man had told him that if his wife was not soon found they would have to grapple for his body as well as hers. The Coroner said a letter had been found on the person of deceased, but it was private to her friends, and had no bearing on the- j case. The jury returned a verdict of "Found, j- drowned."

Cats in the Courts. j ONE HAS A TASTE FOR PIGEONS. j The domestic oat balked Largely in two; poilioe-courtQ yesterday. A pretty yomag girl asked the Wiilesrlen magistrates for advice in the matter of her Persian pet, which had come by its death at the hands of a fellow-lodger. Its death, which occurred some weeks ago, II was shrouded in mystery trnt-il the *er\ant' confessed that- Ehe had seen, the lodger take it.tato the back yard at midnight md-, rwjl-,ou ft. I Magistrates and clerk alike were uncer- tain how to deal with the application, and sent an ofiicial to the office to collect all the law-books which were likely to throw a light -on t-he subject. While the books were being consulted the girl said timidly, "There is something else." "What?" the clerk asked, eagerly. "There were two little kittens only a. week old," said the sorrow-stricken girl, "and they died of grief when they had no mother." This complicated the legal problem, but the clerk promised to hUllJt for an Act of Parliament under which it would be possible to grant a summons. l Mrs. Coker's cat—it lives in Berinondsey- Ithas a, taste for pigeons, and this was the cause of Mrs. Coker summoning Mrs. Wbit- mall for assault at Tower Bridge Court. Mr Whitnali explained that the cat stole, two of his pigeons, which drove him to say, "Your cat ought to be killed." This, he said, enraged Mrs. Coker, and she began to a.buse him. His wife asked her why she called her husband names, and the result was .that each woman had a black eye. The oat, he said, had stolen two of his, pigeons previously, sixteen belonging to a neighbour, and some rabbits. r If the cat kills your pigeons you arc. justified in killing the- cat," said Mr. Rose, the magistrate. Mr. Whitnali was grateful. "Thack you, sir," he sa.id. "I didn't know that,. I think as much of my pigeons as I do of myself." A very modest appreciation of yourself," said Mr. Rose, as he diemissed the summons.

I CARDIFF CORONER'S INQUIRY Sequel to a Pontypridd Tipip, I The unfortunate fajtal accident that hssfel Samuel Edie, in the employ of Messrs. W. Hancock and Co., brewers, was investigated by the coroner, Mr. E. B. Reece, at an inquiry held at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Friday. Mr. F. H. Gtaskell appeared for the owners of the steam wagon; Mr. W. B. Francis was for Mr. Evan Jones (British Coal Company); and Mr. Hughes (Barry) represented the rela- tives. George Whitworth, drayman in the employ of Messrs. W. Hancock and Co., said that deceased was driving, and witness and another man were with him, and between nine and 9.30 at night they were returning home to Cardiff from Pontypridd. At the top of Holly Bush Hill they stopped for firing purposes. Deceased went to put on more coal, and got off the motor, and was stoking when two furniture wagons passed in the same direction. The first van passed all rigffi, but tho second caught Edie by the heel of his boot and knocked him against- the coal bunker of the motor. He was knocked down. The vans passed cn the right-hand side of the road, and the motor was on the left. As soon as he saw Edie knocked down he jumped down and picked deceased up. He was conscious, and was very much hurt about one cf the legs. Deceased was carried to the side of the hedfje, and a doctor was sent for. By the Coroner: There was room in the road for the van to pass Edie. By Mr. Hughes: The road at the-spot was between 13ft. and ZOft. wide. The Coroner: Were you all sober with the motor? witness: res, sir. Henry frets, drayman, 85; Olive-road, said he saw the vans coming. The second van- was about eight yards behind the first,, and they both passed at a walking paoe. There was plenty of room to pass. Charles Hardy, a vac-driver, of 65, Crwys- road, in the employ of Mr. Evan Jon-ee, said I on the night of the accident he was return- ing from Abercynon. He was driving the second ran, and when near the top of Holly Bush Hill he sa;w the 6team motor by the side of the road. The Coroner: Did you see any man by the- ;side of the motor when you passed?—No, I did not. Witness (continuing) said aifter they had passed he heard a man shouting. He sent his mate back, and he told him tha.t a ma,n was hurt. The man was taken to the infirmary, and they went on. The Coroner: Were you sober?—Yes, sir. William Sanders, 13, Crwys-place, who was with the van driven by Hardy, corroborated his evidence. The medical evidence showed that the man was admitted to the infirmary abeit 10.45 on the night of the accident suffering from-; a Lacerated wound on the right calf and severe contusions on the right a.nd left hip. The injuries might have been caused by his I being run over. He was dead when admitted. Tho jury returned a verdict of "Accidentali J doath."

1- Scaffolding Collapse I Information has come to hand of a serious aocidemt at the Government harbour extension works a.t Cape Clear Island, Ireland. It appears tha.t a large staff, under the sttper- vision of Govemmmt engimae^s, were engaged in sinking some huge logs of timber in con- neetkm with the harbour extension, when a. quaaathty of scaffolding and other erections collapsed, crushing six unfortunate workmen. A retired naval carpenter, named O'Sullivan, only eeoaped instant death by jumping into the wator and swimming, and many others had miraculous escapes- The injured men, some of whom it is feared are fa/tally hurt, were for a. consklerable time without medical relief, the medical officer for the island living o>t Skfbberieen, which, is sixteen milas away. They were, ho wever, removed to hospital at Skibbereen with all possible speed.

ANOTHER ANGLO-AMERICAN MARRIAGE j New York, Saturday.—The American new. J paper announces to-day that Mise Adelaide JI Raiidolf, the stepda«ghter of the late Mr. W. ] C. Whitney, has been formally engage&.toi,

TO-DAY'S LOCAL CHARTERINGS1 CARDIFF EXCHANGE, Saturday. The outward freight market was idle, and rates generally marked but little change. The followin.g include the fixtn.res reported; OfUlIWARD-$TEAMER S. Cardiff to:- Algiers, 7f, 62Je, Algreba, -,300 tons, (Moxey, Savon A Co.) Naples, option Leghorn, 7s 3d, Assimina, 3.80C) tons, ready 19th (Krieger and Sohermann) Marseille.?, 8f, 2,500 tons (Worms & Co.) Buenos Ayres or La Plata, 13s, F. S. Crampa,. 4,700 tons, end of April.

CARDIFF ARRIVALS. ROATH DOCK. 1 March 10 (a.m.).—Industry, s. 2,616 (Milna), Avonmcuth, water ballast. Knight of the- Garter, e, 4,295 (Sta.nhope), Dunkirk, water; ballast. Eliza, s, 47 (Gower), Roads, satwi. BUTE EAST DOCK. 1 March 10 (a.m.).-Borrowdale, S, 682 (Laven- der). Southampton, water ballast. Automaat, 1 s. 646 (iBa-rends), Dieppe, water ballast. I BUTE WEST DOCK. I March 10 (a.m.).—Lynwood, 175 (Walsh). Waterford, pitwood and oats. John and. Margaret, 44 (Humphries), Glamorganshire Caiiul, nil. CHANNEL PONTOON. i

IMPORTS. f Maroh 10 (a.m.).—Maroon, e, 908 (Mont- gomery), Ayr, water bailaet. Cardiff Sa;nds, Leopard, s, sand, W. H. Tucker A Co. New Ross, Grace, oats, W. K. Clements & Co y> aterford, Lyuwood, pitwood, Budd A Cla. Liverpool, Bass Rock, s, wheat, Spillers and Bakers (Limited) Santander, lihio, s, iron ore, Guest, Keen,, and Nettlefclds (Limited) Cardiff Sands, Eliza, s, sone, Prostate "and'' Holway

MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. Iddesleigb left Buenos Ayres for Hamburg li) Wellington carrived Port Said 9th Gwlalia .arrived Cadiz 9th Inver left Neath Abbey for Trouville 9th Roche-fort left Havre for Oardiff 9th Blaenavon left Huelva. for Tyne 9th Barry left Leghorn for Almeriia 9th Gardepee left jiordeanx for Barry ICkh. Pomaron arrived St. Naza.irc 10th Trodegar left Bordeaux for Bilbao 10th Alton pdfesed Beacliy Head for Cardiff 9th Cangaman arrived Bristol 10th Coraniau arrived Liverpool 10th Frederick Knight left Odessa, for Eotte-rda-m- 9th Groeswen left Sulina for London 10ib Bosehill arrived Biltao 9th Hawnby arrived Ms-lta 9tii Trunkby left Glasgow for Bio-de Janeiro 9. Newby arrived Phila-delphi., 3th Dunraven passed Constantinople for Nico— laieff 9th Wimborne left Odessa for Rotterdam 9th Clarissa Radcliffe arrived McolaiefF 9th Ll-a-ndziniiod -arrived Rotterdam 10th

SHIPPING CASUALTIES. (Lloyd's Telegrams.) Satu/Viay. ScTQ'plB.—'Kildoimn t?e?raph?: Glasgow steamer Serapis, Clyde fcr Genoa, lying off station- uncontrollable signal Bym? off st,ti !,Mie'Ld surface condenser ont of order; since proceeded, outwards. Molene telegraphs: Since three a.m. sound of firing and steamer's whistle have been heard to north-west of Molene; presumed vessel in dist.rss; lifeboats gone out; thick fog prevents seeing. Later: A large steamer has stranded to the north- west of Molene; name not yet know; i?j considered lost. (BY OUR OWN REFORTEE.) Sir W. T. Lewis, steamer^. entered Car- i diff Dry Dock with bottom plates i damaged, having stranded near Ve-nice. Also sustained extensive sea. damage to i decks, ei-c. Haffie.lmere, steamer, at Cardiff, will enteri 'dry dock after discharging cargo, having grounded at Corenbian. Ituna and City of Berlin.-The steamer It-una, reports at Newport this morning that while leaving the Cnmberland Basin, Bristol, light, for Newport the steamer City of Berlin, proceeding up the Avon, loaded, for Bristol, collided with her, doing con- i f?iderable damage to a number of bow plates. On arrival ei Newport sbe diI7 decked at MeEsrs, Mordcy. CarLey a!ld Co's. The damage to the City of Berlin, if any. is unknown. GRAIN AFLOAT. Cargoes were quoted at lower prices, but buyers hold aloof, and no sales were reported. Plate wheat, 621bs. March aDd March-April, offer at 28s 10id. For Australian, afloat. 3s 10id is wanted and, 338 for arrived IWoH8, and 33. 3d for Blue Stem in similar, position. Maize rules easier—Plate steamers, March-Anril, offer at 21s 7;d. Barley, dull- I Oats weak.

LONDON FINANCE 1 (BY OIEF. LONDON OOPTTBSFONDEJTT. 1 J LONDON, Saturday. 2.0 p.m. Money is in fair request at 3i per cent., fthree months' bills o3 to 3 7-16. Lombay and Calcutta holiday, Hong Kong 2s Did, Shang- hai 2s 9d, Singapore 2s 4 l-16d, Rio Ex- change 16 7-32d, Valparaiso 15id. The Stock Markets generally show a good: r t.enoonc..v. buti burfin^a continues within very narrow limits. Consols are dull -at 9ót for Money and 90s for the Account. Home Rails maintain a firm tone, although there is not much business passing. Berthas' and North Western are both S up; Dorae J,, and F-overal others record an improvement of "4. Americans are firm on favourable crop reports land-in expectations of better New York ltoirk statement have advi-netd 1 over yester- day's closing. Unions iï, Denvers 5, Ontarios- LooisviUes, a.nd Southern Pacific i, a-D ,otherf; mostly i to g. Trunks have rallied, .from their worst points, but the Ordinary is. i?till 5-16 down. Third Pref 4, and Cuaranteed? 1-on the new is6ue of stock. Foreigners remain in an idle condition, ian-d prices show little movement. J-apeuiese'' r issues are slightly firmer and Spanish Bonder -have improved a. South Africans have met with fair support, and the tone is good, most descriptions show- ing au advance of 1-16 to Ii. FREIGHTS. I A fair week end inquiry far boats was, recorded. Easterns, Black Seas, Azofs, ore freights and Qutwardooal tonnage are in more, request at steady rates. Mediterraneans, Americans, River Plates, and coastings axe quiet. FixturesBilbao to Stockton, 1,800 tons, 5s, Maroh; Cardiff to Malta, 3,000 tons, 5s 9d, prompt; Rice port, open charter, 5,5DOr tons, 23s 6d, April. PRINCIPAL OHA-NGES. I District A, North Western, Midland De- ferred, North Eastern, South Western De- ferred J, Dover "A" a UP: Illinois ii. Louis- ville 1, Denver, New York Central, Union Pacific a., Pref 1, Ontario 8, Atchison, Sou- thern Prefs, Chesapeake, Reading i, Kanea-s, Steels a up; Baltimore, Norfolk i, Atchison, Canadian Pacific Southern, Steel Pref i. Erie J down. Columbian, Peru Debenture, Rus- sian FOIlTS i, Japan New I down. Anaconda ¡ a. Montrose, Diamond 1, Van Ryn, Steyn, Goldfields Deferred, Gold Trust, East Rand, Modder, Rand Mine, Fingall. eh-art,(-4a 1-16 up'; Mason to, Kalgurli 1-16 down.

LOCAL FINANCE, I [BY oca FTITAiroiAL EDrrON-1 1 CARDIFF, batnrday. There was a fair amount of business pass- ing for a Saturday, and the general tone of the Stock Market was cheerful. Among rail- way stocks Taff Yale Ordinary changed bands at 79 15-16, and Midland Deferred at 6n, while Cambrian "B" Debenture rose a point to' 104. In the Coal and Iron Section Cambrian Ordinary were done at 61, and Nevrport-Aberearn6 again rose g to 83. Guest, Keen, and Nettlefolds, however, were weaker, the Prefs declining 1-16 to 6. and the Deben. ture stock J to 1051. London Coliseums re- covered 1-16 to 1J, South WaJes Powers fell i to 54. and Spillers OrQiUary i to 14.- BUSINESS DONE. Railway. Taff Vale Ordinary 79 15-16. Midland Deferred, "n. ,Coal and Iron. Cambrian Ordinary, 6!. Miscellaneous. London Coliseums, 30s. Minos. &c. Chartereds, 34e. Goldfields, 5. H.E. Props., 47s 3d. FLUCTUATIONS OF QUOTATIONS. Rise. Cambrian "B" Debenture, 1 to 104. London City and Midland Banks, i to -491. Newport-Abercarn Colliery Ordinary, i to 81. London Coliseums, 1-16 to H. Fall. Guest, Keen, & Nettlefolds Pref?, 1-16"to 6J. Guest, Keen, & Nettlefolds Debenture. £ to 105J. South Wales Electrical Power Ordinary, i to 5i. Bpillers & Bakers Ordinary, t to 14.

MINE UNDER THE SEN. I Considerable alarm has been caused at Levant Mine, on the edge of the cliff seven miles from Penzance, by the inrush of sea water. The mine is ramarka,ble not only through the fact of its richness in tin and copper, but in that its chief workings run under the bed of the ocean for a distance of over a I mile. It is due to this f-act that the presence of salt water in the mine arouses such alarm and fills the miners with such grave appre- hensions that tbey have now refused to work. It w&a not until Thu''?ay that the miners refused to go underground, although dis- quieting rumour? had he?n circulated for many days past. Every CŒort i.? being made to restore confi- dence in the-mine. It cm p Leys 6M men, b?j?s,. and sirle.

CRICKET. I THE THIRD SOUTH AFRICAN TEST MATCH I Johianneaburg, Saturday.—-The third test match, opened here to-day in dull weather. Rain- fell during the murmur?. Warner 1 omitted Wynya-rd, Board, and (lower, ana I the South Africans played the same team as dn the last ifcest matr-h. Sherwell, winning the toss, elfcfted to bat, and sent in Taucrbd-i oand sill-aidleri. ( SOTTTII APRilOANS (first innings). I Tancred, not ont 8 ShaJders, not out. 1 I 1 "WobA.&.4 -Vft x I Qt -1

HURST PARK. I 2-•AU —The TEDDINGTON SELLING STEE- PLECHASE of 100 eovs. for four year olds and upwards; winner to be void for 50 rove. Two miles. 6 12 0 Mr kt J Cove's Sena; tig .——- W EallaMjo 1 a 12 0 Mr R Core's Orpiogtoa Clancy 2 4 10 7 Mr G Siieppard's Empire ..Box 3 6 12 0 Mr F R Hunt's Suabumt W Taylor 0 6 12 0 Mr Delagardo's Mcnmond Roy Coie 0 Winner trained by HaJUci. Bettiin.g-2 to 1 each aget Sunburnt airi .Son.ning, 5 to 1 arrst Richmond Roy, 6 to 1 agst Empire, and 10 to 1 agst Orpingtju. tOsnn1; led from Orpingtc? 'Wd Richmond Roy, with Empire laet, to the stajKi, when Orpington drew to the trant, followed try Sojnirac', aid Sunburnt became the whipper-in. At tiie T.'arter Sunburnt fell, and Seri. ning resumed the eoianiaiLd. Six furlongs from fcoeie Orpington drew out clear, but gave way at the last fence to Soiming, who won by three lengths; toad third. Souning was bought in for HOgs (liaoe started at 2.3.) 2•OQfU |—The SELLING HURDLE RACE HANDICAP of 100 sovs; winners extra; winner to be sold for 50 eovs. Two miles. 5 II l Mr S Gollap's Macarthv Mor& -^». Jv O'Brien 1. 410 SMr D Claita's Endy-mion. G Clancy — > '6 1iJ 9 Mr P GTi»o Liaxi F Mason 5i 5 ,<; 7 Mr J F Hailickfe Addiestcne W Rollason 0" 6 11 9 Mr C Pulley's lmob CU<tnns4 -,C, A Butcher 0:' 4 10 13 Mr Hlbbert's Bpicasrw J NigfrtingaQ -03 4 10 7 Mr G Barclay's JShaxte Brady 0, 4-'lD 7 Mir T Cucnon's Mocn [Love c comem 0 Winner traaad by Batting—13 to 8 ag-7t Bpfcuruf, IM to 30 a"st Macasiiiv 6 to 1 escli a>g"t frrali Channel aad The Lmn. ,10 to 1 Moon Low, and 100 to 11 a?^t any Adilr-etone made the running from Enitv-mik-m. Th "I/imi, and Epiciims, wttI!1 Moon Love and Macarthy More and Btoacte last. So they ran to tile strafcgtit, when Epicurus becaaia third, but foil two iumnes from •'home, whan Macarthv Mor<- "Sumoo tlie Vaed, ftr'- tc.wed by The Linn, and wan hy throe tengttss: four lengths separated ths eacond aia2 Urind. Hondo WBoS", fourth, Irish Channel filth, and Moor. Loive lest. Maoartlxy Mora was sold to Mr R Gore for CSOgft. (Race started at 2.35.) ô) fk—The NEW CENTTJBY STEEPLE- t). CHASE of 500 eove, for four year olds and upwards: winners ei-tra. Two milee. J6 12 OMr C Garland's Oailaads 1 ■S.12 0 Mr T Clyde. Sachem 13 0 S'ir H RmdaJTs .W RtMJussrra 3" 2.11 7 Mr G Edwaraes's Bteoctoa .?. ?A Btrch 0 5 J 7 C&pt -U Hug!læ's Va?rfb}fa M HaTtv 0 48',2 W'alfcer-s Mr QnHp .F Maeen 0 ? 7 'Mr W ?'??r's B,?yn,, Tor 40 an, 0 f 7 AtrA ???n'6 H?rtSetd  J Dfiicn 0 'H ¿ jmi 0.  ? 9G,allwey'a Muster B? .TØM'iH 0 6 11 0 ]KrJq-A's 'Ade*a DriEcvtl O 4M O?t- J HM?mt?V AMMoe A NighttogaH 0 W.i.nner teu. ned j bv R. I'Amacn. Bsbtfeg—3 to 1 apst SaoJiem, 9 to ? agsit Frisky Bro. 6 -to 1 ag £ i Vlen. 100 to 15 agsi BtfJIwr 'Jùr, 100 -to 14 apst Cinders, lOO to 8 each s>gsv Mir onflrvanri. Kssmjt Ben, and 100 to 7 ajr?t any other. (Race piartfd at 3.S.) O OO—The OPEN STEEPLECHASE of 100 "•'J" BOYS, for four y?ar olds and 11»- wferdst; winners extra. Three miles -a 1? ? MT J S Morni6tm'6 John M. P. ? w 1?T]<n' 1 3.12 ?aTs?or ri},lnA:)(t: .¡ i' -D 8 'lk E V*,boKr,%nWv 4?,,mLatzpg?t B ET' ? 3' Winner tunned' Sir C Smg«at. A-IMWTIOIIAIj ARRIVALS THIS MORNING. 'Trish Cb-el, Regicide, Kngoblin Maid, MacarUiy • More, Ty-vf^rd Lad, EpSaums, The Ltnn, Btonde, Oai- iands, Hartfieid, The Chair, Big Gim, and Amabit.

OFFICIAL SCRATOHINGS. ] k G "SpoTtsvnan" has bean officially informed bl Meosw. Weatberbv of the foflawf-iw Ail OT?-.T5iements—The Gunner, fal d'Or, Mmwfc, 1, S1 Zealand. and Cot= Rufna. L-ittlaton Furdle. Maria. Slow and Sure Steeplechase, Derby—Lagan Doveridge Hurdle, ?-b??-Rapt. Hocton engagements—Kthrby. "'nh"" "tœp_, "h. n,

Mr H B Blcteoe, th? well-known stecpleoftase rider rPvuraeo. from South Africa t-hie taomin^ haTintr ful- filled tho most suct-essful engagaraent In tbe colony The" SportMnaa" Agency Itates that Vedas, who holds engasementa in the Liverpool Spring Cup, City and Suburban, and the Kempton Park Jubilee Handi- cap, pulled up lame on Friday morning, after &,gallop, ha.ving sprune a antb.

THE GRAND MILITARY GOLD CUB- I IU-ODnMc?Ction with th question of the qllalffMti?In of Rl Bbzc. the Grand M?htarv GoM Cap -warmer. 'r-X-v11 inaitjon that hit; sale to lifs present osvnej ior .SEOO earned with it a contingency ion. the ovam of t,um in the l-ace referred to, but the question Was, to a.11 intents and purposs?, deposed of by Uie National Hunt stewards at the time that Royal Blaze was entered. At the earoe time a strong opinion exists m racing circles that tb, oxistraic-e of the ctnitlopear*' precludes the horse being oonaidiered to be-uncondj- tiottaliy the property of his nomiiator.

TOPPING AND SPINDLER, FLUSHING, HOLLAND. The -oldest eetablished and most extensive firm or Turf Commission Agein the World. LUTCJDLN HANDICAP, GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, CITY fe SUBUBBAN HANXMCMP CHESTER CUP. &c., tc. Double and Treble Events, S.P., and Accttnutetives at 6.P., Itc. All letters to be addressed TOPPING and SPINDLEE, Flushing; Hoi land. Postavo 2W. Poet- cards, Id. C1919 CARDIFF RACES, Wedny. March 21st. First Race, 130; Last Race, 4.15. Prices of Adtnfesion- .Tattoraall)s (reduced to), 59.; Ladies, 3& Paddock (extra.), Ze. 6d.; Public Stand, ;)3.; Course, Is. -e2tJ30 EDDIE THOMAS, Turf Commiasion Agent, 21, ,Claie-road, Cardiff. Tel. Address, Merman. Cardiff." Net. Tolephone, 665. Limits (JD all races under Jockey Club Rules—33 to win, 3 to 1 place. No commission charged on any iaveetrcent. Business by Teiegi-I telephone, and letter only. Market prices, all big nces. —Send for terms and rules. om IT you wot some good infonn.-rtion regarding tho- "LinooJnsiiire Handicap and the Grand National, 4a. far the daubie esseot to s. Bloom, 128, Prtorry-road, 6t. I)eu.M-Svuthamptan. 02mulo

Sunday Trading. t mSCOOSED BY HOUSE OF LORDS. HOUSE OF LORM.-Priday. I The Lord Chancellor took his seat at 4.15. Lord AVBBURY moved a resolution affirm-i ing that the subject of the Sunday opening, «f shops demanded the 6eriotis and early -attention of the Govermnent. His lorkb-ip •said that thevil wae spreading. It affected, the vitality, the health, the welfare, and the character of the community. Resolutions in -favour of Sunday closing had been passed by various bodies-in all Darts of the coantry, and it had the earnest support of niany thousands of shopkeepers. He suggested. increasing the fine. Shop assistants were entitled to protection. The working classes, like the shopkeepers, were overwhelmingly in its favour. A day of rest was neceesary for the brain and body, quite apart from the religious aspect oi the question. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the Sunday opening movement vies pro- gressing with so much activity that he believed if they did not intervene now they might find it impossible to deal effectively with it a little time hence. At the same time, he did not forget that the question was eur- rounded with extraordinary difficulty, arising from the peril of attempting to legislate either too ma oh or too rapidly. Lord T ty hiJ^DMOUTH said that it was uni- i versally agreed that some effort should be made in the direction indicated by Lord Ave- bury. It was absolutely desirable, from CTery, point of view, that- there should be one com- plete day of rec-t in the week. It was very difficult to deal with the matter by Act of j Parliament. If they were going to deal with tho! question they ought to go into it ae a. whole, and that onght to be done in the mioat thADrough manner. The proposal he made was that they should accept the resolution, on his undertaking that the whole question of .Sunday trading should be referred to a joint Committee of the two Houses. The Govern meat believed that would be the most aatho, ritative body to deal with the whole ques- tion. The Marquess of LANSDOWNE expressed: [stbe sa-tisf action with which the Opposition had listened to the statement of the noble lord. They were all committed to the view that the present law required amendment. Lord AVERUBY doubted whether there was very much more evidence to be obtained. He: was prepared, however, to accept Lord Tweed- mouth's suggestion. The resolution was agreed to. A motion affirming that it was desirable that a joint Committee of both Hoases should 1>0 appointed to inquire into the whole sub- ject of Sunday trading was then, on the motion of Lord TWEEDMGUTH, unanimously agreed to. Their lordships rose at 5.35 p.m.

The Rates of Cardiff I INCREASE OF THREEPENCE, NOT FOURPENCE, IN THE I. There is some slight comfort for the Cardiff ratepayers this morning. It is probable that after all the rates will only be increased by 3d. in the L-not by 4d., as announced a day or two ago. The improvement has been brought about by Mr. Lewis Morgan, the chairman of the education committee, who upon going through the education estimates on Friday discovered certain discrepancies, by which a reduction of over E4,000 will be effected in the education precept. This is equal to a Id. rate. Therefore, it is pro- bable that, whilst the borough rate will be increased by 2d. in the L, the education rate will only be increased by Id. in the C.

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AUGUSTINE J. STONE FUBBBAL FOKNISHMRA PtWERAL TARSCRM PMscoal SnpervisKm to AD Or^er*. lfsC. SaLi Cw diff. No. 704; Foot Ofike Ttt. No. 6J2, CanUS. Ielograus: > tiTONa. CARDIFF. AnODSTOI* STONE, BA8BY DOCKS. 5. WORKING-ST., (CARDIFF. lCl. IIOLTON-BOAD, barey DOCKS.

HOCKEY. WELSH Y. SCOTTISH LADIES, The first ladies' international hockey, match to be. played in the neigiiboarliood dt- Cardiff will take place this (Saturday) after- noon at WTiitehureh, when the Weteh will meet the Scotch ladies. The results of previous matches viere-: 1903.—At Edinburgh. Scotland won by 4. 1934.-At Newport. Scotland won by 8-1. There wae no match in 1905. The following arc the t-&Ms:- WALES. Goal: K. Stewa-rt vlenby). Backs: E. :KUOiVi nag CIVnby) and A. Lewm (WMtohurch). H-alf-backs: M. lritHehale (Pontypool), P. Mo.-gan (West Cardiff), and H. 'ihiulk (TennyV. Forwards: E. Dew (Chepstow). E. Stricfc (Svr-anaoai, M. Be.van kptain), Y. J-X'-ice tAber- ga-wnmLy). and B. Allen (Tenby). SCOTLAND. tjoadt lA. uaa-negie. Backs- H. Teacher (captain) and F. Tmcllar. Bbalf-bacfes P. Oairuegie. B. Mitchell, and Lu Jonee. Forwards: M. Grieve. V. Bromi* A. Jones. J. Carnegie, and C. Stevenaon. J. The mnpires wiR be Captaia Wiihxw and 'Mr. G. W. Evana. The Scotch team orrtwd at Cardiff oiv. Friday evening, and were the gaieats of various Oaaxiiii tBLdMS beLonging to the Oam.- diff and County P '10 Cluh. The Scotch laiist4 are proixubly the strongest thie year in inter- national hocke.v- They were able to beat Ireland by 7—1 with comi>a rative -age. They meet England cm Monday, and stand a very- good etaa-iiee of wiouing the triple down." Agailist euoh a team Wales hfiiw but little?, hopes of pnDiug off the match. Hockey hiiom-si. certainly imp-roved of late amongst ladies' olnbe in South Walee. 1:m.t there are,, not eo many clubs as in the other countries- However, with the coming-on of a large," aumber of girle frrarmed is the various' intermediate schools. there is every reaeoHf to believe tirait Wales in a ,seai><m or two wilf be able to put as good a team into the field as the ladies of the other purtg of the Britiahf". Islee. Three ex-irrtermediate ecbool girte bay8'y already obtained intern,aitsoniaj hon MØc F. Morgan (West Garthff), late of Cardj^- Ictermiediate School; iliss M. (Pontypool). a.nd M-isis FranoGA Prioe (Aber-, gaveronyV All the. ladios piay wry auM~a>of tive games and have proved decided ajcouisi-j tiome to tie inteirnationail team, although, ilL* tbeir ftrst international experience agaimafc. Irelamd on February 7 their play sulfered^ somewrhat from tiheH- nørvo. It was very enooMTta-gi-t^ to see the good form showDt. by many oth'Jr in.teo-medra.te school girts rrr theiT reoeat mot-ch agai!mst a picted WeJshl ladies' team. Of the Welsh team far tihis afte>moan'», taatdh. Miss Stewart will ftjmnc in goal for the third time, and is well worth her plsce. Both the backs played against Iretamd thas, year. The halves were t.he weak spo4 tn thai team. but with more experiefnee should b» able to make a better show this aftesroooTUi Among the forward, thore are four old itD-teX- niatio-nal.% Miss B. Aileji beiiw the new-ooroesv Under the expenenoltd leadership) of Misr, Beva-n they shonld be able to girve a, gooct •aocouTKt. of t.heir.selvee. The match will commence a.t 2.30 Speoial 'buses wi-U ram from North-road, Gajddffi.

BOXING. Jim Courtiipy. of Cardiff, the lôst.t"cl1,am-. psion of Wales, will meet Charlie Knock, tbe iipht-weigiht cihampion of England, in a six- round contest at Wonderland, Loodcm, to- niglrt (Saturday). Courtney will ateo hie> Bill Griffrths, of New Tredegar, fifteen r.vunrte for gb L50 purse at the Badminton Club, St. Mary-stwrwt-. Oardiff, on Monday night next. The "Sporting Iiife" will appoint the referee.

Anglo-Japanese Alliance i Viscount Hayashi, the Ja-panese Ambassador. 1 was exitertained to dejeuner att the Mafeioa Honse..bondon, by the Lord Mayor on Fri- day. Replying to the toast of bis hoaifcb, the Amliassador said thm t-fce firat Anglo- Japanese Treaty had proved an efficient; meaais of limiting tibe dreadful war in the 'Far Raet, and 00 felt that the (second* alliance would miaintaiiii peace in tIleA part of the world for many years to come.

MERTHYR RELATWESP smmsa. Empty Coffrn Brought to -the 'M the mce?n-g of the M?t.?r Board ot f fGüJato-d<a,y Kr. William Riley reIerrod « to t&e moiderut which took p?a?c?' last Batur- j d&y, wb&n &ome men carried from t-b-a woj-?k- | house mortuary an empty coaiB, under tb? ] supposition thot it contained tUe "pse c f a »j mans named W?s?, t.h? mistak??, u?A ?tue j dth?r?L-red until we c&Sc bad been taken | {o amd opened at the h<M&e of some relatives in Georgetown, Merthyr, aTxb foe suggested that, in justice to ail parties,, run inquiry ahouM be held so that the lEatiea" migirt- be tliorouBrMy investigated. Mr. Pearoy, the master, Jiowetser, gave, an ipxplanatdon- off birud showing tlxat the coflim was csrTied away by the men vohilat thet laibour msfeyr, vrfho bad. aceompHaiied tili>etnt to tihe ttnoa-tbuary. bad gone aiw»y to fietoh, souie stnaps and cards- to tie the coffin, to the-, bier, and the board accepting- the exjAa-u.-rtk n as sataaSaotiOis, su'bje«t was aTLowsd' ta drop.

CARDIFF UMVERStrt SETtLEMENT The eubje-ot. chosen by the C&Tdiff Unmvar- gity Settdcment Men's Defeating Society on Friday evemiug was tihe unemjAoyed problem, wheal Professor Burrows presided over a largo attendance. Mr. James Gmlham. of tà8 CardifiF Trades Oonroil, was tihe mcvar of the .proposition that the State should PI'OMø =X s'fo? the unemployed, and Mr. S E. ) Jenkins oppose& The g?tMr?I feclBo? seemed to be that- the Landlords of the emartry wero responsible for the large number OIl unem- I wloyied, and on the vote being taken. 33 were iu favour of Mr. Graham's proposition a.ud six aga-iuet- f

HEROIC FRENCH ONION MAN. j Brest, Saturday—The Mm.i?.t?r of Marine has just awarded a gold modal to Pa.nl Penn, am onaon man from Cieder, for heroic con- duct at the Hilda disaster.—Eeuter.

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