Evening Express

Little Chiid Ablaze FLANNELETTE i.I JHTDRESS AGAIN Yet another flannelette burning faitality was inquired into by the Newport Coroner (M". Lyndon Moore) to-day. It was an inquest re.i»sc<t«m,g the death of Elsie Slay Clayton, five, of Kogerstone, who was so severely burned on Monday moruimg that she died at the Newport and County Hospital a few hours later. William Clayton, an iron worker, John- street, Bogerstone, the father, eaid he was in bed on Monday morning, about seven o'clock, when be was ett/artled by screams, and on going to the landing found the deceased coming upstairs, with her flannelette night- dress in flames.He wrapped s .me bedclutihes -round her, and thus extinguished the lire, but in doing so burned one of his hamds. No One s&ems to have heard the child go down- stairs. An older brotlie of the girl lit the firtl in the kitchen before going to work- It was an open fire, without any guard. lbele was no one about the house a.t the time, and he could not say how theohild's nightdress caught fire. In re¡,[y to the coroner, the witne-ss said he had thought of getting a fireguard, but had not seen one in any of the shops about the district. The Coroner, in summing up, said in all these cases thoy found the absence of a fire- guard or the presence of flannelette, and sometimes the combination of both, which made a. fata-lity almost inevitable if a child went near the fire. There were, no doubt, extenuating circumstances in this case, where the father, in addition to his work, had to superintend the care of the children, his wife having dierl some time ago and leaving only a daughter, sixteen years of age, to act as housekeeper and foster-mother. The jury retu riled a verdict of "Death from ahocli following accidental bums."

How a Cook Won 11,000 SOLUTION OF A MURDER MYSTERY A cook named Porthault, employed in a Paris club, has been paid the reward of £ 1,000 offered for information which, would lead to the arrest of the murderers of Mme. Gcuin, widow of the late president of the Bank oi France. Two soldiers of the Melun Garrison, named Graby and Michel, were arrested. for the crime, and confessed that they killed Mme Gouin in order to secure her jewellery. The story of how Porthault was able to help the police is a curiows network of coin- cidences. He is a bard worker, and had not taken a holiday for six months before the day of the crime. But on thet day he went to Fontainobleau to see a frick friend with vrhom he had done Jus military service. At the station on his return Porthault saw four soldiers of his old regiment. He spoke to two of them, but the other two, Graby and Michel, he avoided, as he had never liked them » Graby's father is a prominent member of the Paris detective force. When the dis- covery of a bloodstained soldiers' ticket among the tickets used by travellers on the Pontainebleau line that day caused inquiries to be made at the Melun garrison, the elder Gra.by brought his son to the police prefec- ture. "If you suspect my son," he said, "arrest him." But the youth stated that he had been in a cafe at Fontainebleau at the time Mme. Goain was murdered. Porthault, the cook, had been interested in the case because he travelled in the train in which Mme. Gondii was murdered. He ■had quite forgotten meeting Graby and Michel, but on reading in a newspaper of G ruby's alleged alibi, he realised that the soldiers' story was untrue, and he at once told the police that he had seen them travelling in his train, in a second-class car- ria-ge instead of third, as soldiers usually do. This information resulted in their imme- diwte arrest.

FRENCH PENNY POST I The introduction of the penny post in France for letters has greatly increased the number of such letter passing through the poNL-office. The Gfficiel states that for the voir 1908 the number of letters dealt with v.-u« 1.180.977,501 against 884,596,449 in the year 1905. This shows an increase of 296,381,052 letters, or 35 per cent. But, on the otehr h3.nd, the postcarda have had more tha.n a corresponding dimiirution, and it is paid that they have practically disappeared. The real i:recuse in the number of objects carried Ï8 and the postal revenue has declined by 9,000,0&J francs, or £ 360,0C0.

MARRIAGE A QUALIFICATION Dr. Robinson presided at a special meeting of the Cardiff Health Committee to-day, at which the Chief Inspector of Nuisanoes (Mr. Samuel Evans) reported that of 276 application for licences for seamen's lodging houses received during last yea-r, 174 were granted. Of those licensed 23 were fined and four cautioned, while no fewer than 127 persons wer warned not to lodge seamen without being licensed by the local authority. Numerous applications- for licenses for seamen's boarding-houses were now con- sidered, and the commitee had before them several applicants who had been previously refused licenses because they were cohabiting with women to whom they were not married. In some of these cases the parties had since been married, and, after the committee had examined the marriage certificates, the licenses were granted. Where it was reported that the parties were still unmarried, the committee adhered to their previous decision to refuse the licenses. A number of lodging- house keepers, who had been reported for various breaches of the bye-laws, appeared before the committee, and were cautioned by the committee, the licenses being renewed subject to an undertaking that (as the com- mittee put it), they would keep to the Straight path."

I COLLIERY BLAST. SEVERAL MINERS BURNT In the early hours of this morning an coal gas occurred at Berthilwyd Colliery, Benclawdd. One man-John Wiiliamj, of Bryn Row-vvaa severely burnt about the arms and face. Several other miners were alao injured by the flre. The colliery is owned by M r. D.William?, Oefngolan Park.

I Mutiny on Warship ENTIRE CREW IMPRISONED ROME, Thursday, According to a telegram from Bari to the Meesaggero," the crew of the warship Volta. mutinied because they were refused leave. As a result 39 petty-officers have been degraded and eleven of thean imprisoned, while all the, men have been ordered a month's confine- men.t.C,entT-al News. m ,.HWH

I Cashier in the Dock CONFESSES TO STEALING MONEY At Cardiif City Quarter Sessions to-day Daniel Jones (35), clerk, of superior appear- ance, wia.s charged with stealing on July W XIDO, and on August 9 £ 50, the moneys of his employees, Messrs. John Ha.rrison and another, trading as Harrison, Tidswell and Company. Mr. St. John Francis-Williams appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ivor Bowen far the defence. Mr. St. John Francis-Williams, in opening, said prisoner at the time was cashier and bookkeeper, his canployers carrying on busi- ness as shipDrokers at Cardiff Docks. On July 30 a cleTk in the same employ went to defendant as cashier and asked for a sum of money to pay over to the captain of a snip. Prisoner handed him £ 300. It was 'dil?K'Ov?red that the captain only wanted £ 2C0, leaving a balance of 110, which accused put into his own pocket, instead of crediting the firm with the amount. Exactly the same thing happened in respect cf the £5{). The same clerk got £ 250 for the cap- tain of another ship who wanted only £ 200. and prison-it mad eentries in the bowk s to account for the transactions. The firm had no desire to press the charge, but having a large number of clerks in their employ they felt bound to bring the case into court. Air. Ivor Bowen said prisoner wished to xprss gratitude to his employers for not tak- ing extreme measures. It TO really a sad case. This wa si. he first time he had been in trouble. He had been in the same employ ten years, and previously wa.s for many years with another well-known firm. He na dcharge of the petty ca-ah, and took the monoy. hoping to replace it. His father, a well-known builder, became bankrupt, and since the failure prisoner had been the sup- port of his father, his mother, and the family, lbi orro rto carry on the home, he purchased from the official receiver or trus- tee, the furniture and some effects that had hlonged to his father. He undertook too great a liability and borrowed money, and was pressed He had never made any excuse. On. the contrary, the had made a full and frank confession. 'l'Í1e Becorder (Mr. B. Francis-Williams, ICe.) said he would take time to consider, and ipass senfte-nce to-morrow morning.

Platform to Stage MISS AMY EVANS AND HER FIRST APPEARANCE Yes. I did feel nervous, and perhaps it is not to be wondered at." This confession—made charmingly, with a flash of anaii, of expressive brown eyes-came from Miss Amy Evans, the young soprano who has left the concert platform, and, at the Savoy Theatre, as Queen of the Fairies, has appeared for the first time on the stage. There is a great difference between sing- ing at concerts and in opera," the new Savoy soprano went on to tell a press representative on Wednesday- What H is exactly I cannot describe. For one thing, you reel less lonely on the stage, and I found this fact very helpful. The presence of the people immediately about me seemed to give me strength and to act as a sort of tonic in my nervy' condition. Although T thoroughly enjoyed my first appearance on the stage, I do not propose to desert the concert platform. I have several months' engagements yet to fulfil. But my principal object in embarking upon light opera is that it is regarded as a good training for grand opera, which is my ultimate aim." I I'!

Married 60 Years BUSY LIFE OF CLERGYMAN AND WIFE Not often does a diamond wedding anniver- sary find a couple with so firm a grip on life's pleasures and activities as the Rev. Charles and Mrs. Holland, of Shottermill, Surrey, possess. Mr. Holland, who is aged 93, was for nearly 40 years rector of Petworth, Sussex, and is a former prebendary of Chichester Cathedral. Mrs. Holland is 53 years of age. It was on New Year's Day 1850 that Mr. Holland, then rector of St. Stephen's, Ipswich, married Miss Emily Torlesse, daughter of the Rev. C. M. Torlesse; and: yesterday congra-t-ulatory messages were e,tilll reaching The Watchers," their picturesque old house near Haslemere, whose name is a survival of the old smuggling days. The old clergyman, who has had nine children and 39 grandchildren, besides a host of friends in many parishes made during his 70 years in Holy Orders, always attends to bis voluminous correspondence himself. When he found with increasing years that writing became laborious he learned type- writing. and now clicks off his letters with ease on the keyboard. i ■

STORY OF THE HOUSE-FLY The audience of ohildi-en assembled at the Londcn Institution yesterday to hear Mr. Henry Hill's lecture on "The Story of the Flies" learned more about the common house- fly in an hour than, most of their elders have dreamed of in a lifetime. Very early Mr. Hill dissipated 0110 popular delusion. "As a fly," he said, "the ulsoot never grows. All the growth is affected while it is in the grub stage. The small flies and the large fli-e-s seeii about the house have never been smaller and will never be larger than they a.re. Then he told the children that whereaA3 a horse can shift a weight three times as i heavy as itself, a fly can move sixty to seventy times its own weight. Its compound eye, too, hais 2,000 facets, about which there are two theories. One is the "mosaic" theory, which argues that a fly can is,etoilly a part of an object with each fat; the other theory credits the insect with the I ability to see the whole of an object with each facet of its eye. The pad of the fly's foot (beautifully illustrated on a. screen) has 1,24)0 hairs, each of which exudes a sticky gum. Thus the fly is able to rest on the ceiling1 and crawl up perpendicular objects. Another interesting falet mentioned by Mr. Hill war, that a fly never walks down a clean window pane, but always up. On the other hand, a fly at rest on a wall is always seen to be head downwards.

A PRISONER'S ESCAPE Joseph Halliday (36), was committed for trial at West Ham to-day, charged with breaking out of a cell after having been committed for trial on a charge of felony in Deoombar 1907. It was stated the accused forced the ba.rs of the cell lavatory apart at the West Ham Police-court, "d, getting on the roof, slid own a drain pipe into the yard and walke dout through the open gates. The accused said he went to America, after his escape, and while there he married and had a child.

BARONET'S HOTEL BILL I At the Surrey Sessions at Kingston on Wed- nesday Sir Edward Robert Murray, Bart., D.S.O., was indicted under the Bankruptcy Act for obtaining credit over £ 20 without disclosing the faot that he was an undis- charged bankrupt. It appeared that defen- dant and Lady Murray, with their ohild and a maid, went to live a.t the Southampton Hotel, Surbiton, in February, and remained until August last, the amount of their bill being £ 210, which waa not paid. In the latter month it was found theat the defendant was an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudicated bankrupt in May, from which da.te his indebtedness to the hotel was 1165, the amount stated in the charge. Defendant said he expected the bill to be paid by a friend who owed him money, and t,hat the hotel proprietor knew of his posi- tion. He was found guilty, and sentenoed to six months in the second division.

The Fight at the Polls POINTS FROM ALL SIDES The issues of the present Parliamentary contest form the chief topic of conversation nowadays, and they are worthy this con- cern, seeing that they are probably the most momentous and far-reaching ever pre- sented to the decision of the voters. Readers of the "Evening Express" will, therefore, no doubt be glad to have in brief form, all of the most telling of the arguments used on all sides by the parties to the contest. Inviting Invasion Mr. John Bums at Walsall last night said the Opposition were inviting invasion by talking stupidly about the unguarded con- dition of our shores. Who were these seare- mongers? They were the unemployable of commerce, the dullards in finance, they were duffers of trade, who asked for doles for their industry to make up for lack of brains ability, and adaptability and by taxing our best customers and the food of their fellow- citizene were trying to impose upon this country a, fiscal disability wfeich all men ought to regret. Shriek No Argument Mr. M'Kemna, the First lord of the Admi- ralty, says the Government's "opponents, unable to face the constitutional issue. are endeavouring to divert public attention by a.n oniery in the country that our naval defences are inadequate. But how can we reason with rumour, or argue with a thriek? Theee ridiculous fictions are spread a.broad at this time solely for electioneering pur- poses, and have not the smallest foundation. So long as I retain my present office the Board of Admiralty will not shrink from its duty of advising the Government to take whatever measures may be necessary to maintain the Navy in adequate strength for the sure preservation alike of our Empire and our trade." Deferred Liabilities" Lord Charles Beresford affirms that the Navy's deferred liabilities in ships, docks, stores, and men for the last four years amount to about £ 60,000,000 over present com- mit ments. The Prime Minister's claim that the Government is maintaining the two-Power standard, and that the fleet is unassailable, was completely opposed to the Premier's statement in January, 19G9, which was, of so alarming a nature that the Dominions immediately cabled offering assistance. "On the face of it he says, "the Prime Minister's statement is incorrect. The Empire may find this out too late. For the first time in British history, the construction vote is less than that of a single Power." lJOrd. Charles, in conclusion, gives figures to ighow that the Navy lacks small cruisers and destroyers, and declares that it is 19,000 men short. How to Vote The Earl of Rosebery says that on three o'u.t of four ifigueo on which the general elec- tion wiU be fought he is at variance with the Government. He is against the Socialism which he "recognises as inherent in the Budget," in favour of a reformed and efficient, Second Chamber, and opposed to anything in the nature of an Independent Irish Parlia- ment. A Terrible Risk" Lord Crewe, speaking at Ryde last night, said if the action of the House of Lords in rejecting the Budget was confirmed at the election they would claim the power of amending finance, and their grip upon the country would be permanently fixed. To embark on a system of protection in this country would be a terrible risk, an could not fail to he detrimental. Ignorant Lords I Mr. Alexander Ure, at Southaippton, said it was in order to gain mastery of the purse strings of the nation that oar fore-fathers suffered and died. Whilst the Government were dealing with social evils they were inter- rupted by the House of Lords, who were ignorant of the causes of the suffering and sorrows of the people, and alike ignorant of the remedies which ought to be applied. Revolution Lord Lanedowne last night in Liverpool charged the Government with having in mind a revolutionary change, the eubetiturtion for King. Lords, and Commons of a single- Ciiam'ber demination. Whatever the people of this country thought about the Budget or the House of Lords they were not going to allow any Government a free hand to turn them over to the intemperate meroies of a chance majority in the House of Commons. He believed in the preponderating power of the House of Commons, and suggested the constitution of a House of Lords within the Upper House. The Lords opposed the Budget on its own account, and also because they did "not Wiai^t the country to be switched off Tariff Reform and switched on to another policy which they believed to be suicidal. Tariff Reform I Mr. Churchill at Dandee argued that import duties, besides being objectionable on other grounds, -woTjM not yield more than a third of the revenue required to meet our new liabilities. Though some slender advantage might be obtained over the foreigner at first by the sudden imposition of import duties, it would only be temporary, and the whole of t/hese taxes, together with the coet of collection, would be (paid in the end by our own people, It would be rather a Btaxxng order to pass a law saying that the funds of a Oon serva-ti ve, 'l,i ber al, or Socialist trade- unionist should be taken against his wis*! to return a member of a paiticular political party. That was not the way to deal with democratic representation. The payment of members wa-s the proper way. Visoount Milner at Wolverhampton last evening said the more Tariff Reform was attacked the more it grew in strength, ajid that the effeetive answers made 0.0 the criticisms directed against it were the strongest weapon in the armoury of itg advocates. Colonel Seely, M.P., at Liverpool said Tariff Reform would reduce the amount of oversea trade, and lead to a reduction in the total volume of shipping in the Port of Liverpool, the lessening of foreign exchange would result in a reduction in the number of men employed, in a great loss of profit to employers, and ruin to those who traded on a small margin with borrowed capital. "Enemy in Milford Haven I Sir George Armstrong at Pembroke Dock last night said the time might come when they* would hear the enemy's guns in Milford Haven. He had heard two men arg-ulng, and one asked what did it matter if a Ger- man Billy ruled over us. It would mean we had lost the proud heritage of a thousand years, and the war frSemnity of a thousand million pounds before the enemy left theee shores. Working-men will be ground to dust if ever this country falls before the foreigner. As Englishmen they should sit down and think it out. If the Radical Government had realised the situation in its true light, Pembroke Dockyard would not be in the situation it was at this moment. Safe From Any Combination I Sir Edward Grey at North Berwick last mdght said conscription was a great burden, from which in this country, owing to our special situation, we ought to be free. Because by our navy we can protect our- selves from invasion. (Cheers, and a. Voice: "Not presently.") "Oh, yes we oan," reite- rated Sir Edward. "The navy has boon fully maintained in a position to protect this country from any probable combination of fleets that can be brought against us." "Most Mischievous Things I Dr. Macnarnara, at C,&mberwall-In this party struggle mo«t mischievous things, in the interests of the Empire at large, wore being said, and he earnestly prayed they might not inflame international bitterness. The least they could do without ill-wiil was to see that our BOO. forces wjt»- kept in a position of supremacy. In April 1912 wo should have twenty Tiroadoougiit aW,4 Germany thirteen. That Irresponsible persons should dra-g the White Ensign into a party struggle was bad enough, but when distinguished statesmen* who had held positions of high responsibility in the Empire lent their great names and positions to a furtherance of the campaign, he con- fessed he found himself beginning to look apprehensively to the future of his country.

DIARY OF POLLING DAYS Nomina- tions. Polling. Jan. Jan. Sw-ansea. Town 14 17 Swansea District. 14 17 Cardiff Boroughi 15 19 Merthyr Boroughs 19 Monmouth Boroughs — 19 Pembroke Boroug]u — 19 Radnorshire. 15 19 Glam,orga,n-Gower 15 20 Ca.rmarthc,nshire-F,ast — 20 Breconshire 17 20 Herc-fordshire-North — 20 Carmarthen Boroughs — 21 Carnarvon Boroughs — 21 Monmouthshire—South 21 Monmouthshire—North — 21 Cardiganshire 21 Pembrokeshire. — 21 Carmarthenshire—West — 22 Gl,%mc,rgan-E,ast 24 Glamorgan—South 17 25 Glamorgan—Mid 18 25 Montgomeryshire — 25 Carna,rvonshire-Arfon — 25 Monmouthshire—West — 26 Carnarvonshire—Eifion — 27 Gloucester—Dean Forest 20 28

Chancellor & Boer War. MR, LLOYD GEORGE AND LORD SAVILE Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, ha,s called upon Lord Kavile to substantiate or withdraw his statement— That Mr. Lloyd George was sitting com- fortably in the House of Oammons cheering at the top of his voice at the news of each fresih "disaster while those peers were gal- lantly fighting for their country, and while England was mourning, a. las! for mamy of her SÔTIS. The Chancellor adds that he had already contradicted publicly this albo-minablie accusa- tion. Lord iSavile replied that he had not seen such contradiction, and adds— I can only regret tha.t I should have made, believing it to betrize, any statement which was not strictly accurate. To be perfectly frank, however, even if I had seen your contradiction it would not have provented me from reminding the meeting t-hiat during the Boer War your sympathies were avowedly on the side of the enemies of England. The speeches made by you at the. time leave no possible room for doubt on that subject. To this Mr. Lloyd George writes, accepting Lord Savile's expression of regret, and adds— The remainder of your letter is scarcely relevant, and, if I may eo, borders on the disingenuous. I have never concealed my opinions on the late war. I did not conceal them when one expressed such views at the peril of one's life, and I certainly shall net conceal them now, when I am confident that the va £ t majority of my countrymen take the same view of that horrible blunder. But the expression of such, disapproval is a very different thing from the exhibition of a reckless and indecent joy at any disaster which befell my country. To say that I rejoiced at such disaMers is a. dis- gusting calumny. It was rather the news of the«e defeats and of the tragic looses inlveó in them among our gallant soldiers who had been ænt to their death becatt?e someone had blundered which stfengthened my opposition to the war and made me the more indignant against those who were responsible for it.

Arrested in Court SENSATIONAL ABERCYNON INCIDENT A serious case of alleged wounding was beard at Abercynon to-day before Sir Marchant Williams, when a collier named Morgan Evans was charged with cutting and woumding Edward Wall is, also a collier, of Park-etreet, Penrhiwoeiber. Prosecutor, whose head was swathed in bandages, said he went to see a friend at No. 1, Towy-terrace, Penrhiwceiber, last Sunday. Prisoner and two other men were in the kitchen, one of them being asleep in front of the fire. He touched the latter with his foot, telling him to get up or he would burn. Prisoner then got up and struck him in the face. A struggle ensued, and prisoner's mother ran out and hit witness on the head with a bottle. Six or jseven wounds were in- flicted. The mother then picked up a pokerand while he was struggling with her prisoner produced a knife. Then he struggled with prisoner, and in the melee his throat was out. He, however, managed to wrench the knife from Evans's grasp, and threw it on the floor, but defendant's mother picked it up and returned it to her son. At this point Sir Marchant said the mother ought to be in court, and on being informed by the police that she was present, his worship ordered her immediate arrest. Sir Marchant, thereupon, remanded both till next Thursday at Mountain Ash. On the application of Mr. W. Thomas, ber- dare, badl was allowed.

MIDNIGHT STRUGGLE Francis Fry (21), was remanded for a week at Cardiff Police-court to-day on a. charge of stealing a silver watch value C3, the pro- perty of Clement Garrett from a bedroom in the Tresillian Hotel, Penarth-road, and also with assaulting Police-constable George Jones. The officer told a rather sensational story. He said that at 1.30 this morning he was called to the hotel and found prisoner in a bed on the second floor. He was fully dressed with the exception of his hat and boots. Searching the room, witness found the watch on the dressing-table. When told he would be arrested, the prisoner said All himself on the ground and said, You are not going to well take me" At the Eame instant he kicked witness in the a.bdomen and on the hand, and broke a-way, but wit- ness subsequently caught him and locked ihim up. Witness vas still suffering. Superin- tendent Hayward &aid he had another charge to prefer.

UNIVERSAL SERVICE MOVEMENT The London correspondent of the Birming- ham Post'' writes:—A movement is being' started here with the object of bringing for- ward again the much-debated question of conscription. The organisers think that the present time is particularly opportune, since "the gelf-cori,,ciA,,iisn,es of the nationa," as they express it, is now roused by election feeling. But they wish especially to emphasise the point that they are an abso- lutely dispassionate body, and do not reek in any way to influence voters by their argu- ments. At present they are getting together a body of professional men—not necessarily public men—to assist in the movement, and to endeavour to get a census of the country's opinion on the matter. As regards their pro- gramme, they lay down no hal-d-aiid-fast rules, preferring that all details should bo left to Parliament to settle; they advoc-ate a modified form of conscription, not necessarily on Continental lines.

LECTURES AT NEWPORT Professor Anwyl on Wednesday lectured in a most interesting manner at Newport Town- hall (under the auspices of the local Welsh Society, with Mr. J. H. Roberts, the president, in the chair) on "Wales in Roman Times." He dealt with the three interesting historical features of the Roman occupation p-ertttining to Oaerlleom ar Dyfrdwy (the Welsh Chester), Oaerlleon ax Wyk (Caerleon on Usk), and Uriconinm, the modern Wroxeter in Shrop- shire. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the professor, on the motion of Sir Arthur Mack worth, Bart., seconded by Dr. Garrod Thomas, and supported by the Rev. Dewi Bevan Jones (Oaerleon) and Mr. A. Morris.

THE MEASLES MICROBE The "Medical Review" of Munich announces an important discovery by a German doctor, Profr Sittler, who claims to have dis- covered the measile3 microbe. According to the doctor the microbe develops in the throat, the nose, the buccal glands, and the bron- cliial tubes. The treatment accordingly will be strictly in-ternal with the object of destroying the microbe.

A oomfereoee of representatives of Newport Corporation, the St. Mjellon'6 Rural Council, and of the Power Estate aroti Pixntihero Estate has been suggested to deal with the flooding of Malpas-road, i-ris-ide and outside the borough of Newport, due to the overflow of "Malpas brook in times of storms. lila,e recurd pa-doe of JM 10B. was realised yenlvn--i,icv at Meewre. Hermer, Rooke, and Co. 'B anrtion roams Coir a block of four 2d. blue 1840 Girerjt Britain stamps--Vae flxist stamps issued in tMit. country.

UNKNOWN MAN ATTACKS MR. JOHN BURNS As Mr. John Buroo was leaving the Town- hall at Wednesbu>ry last night he was attacked by an unknown man. The right hon .gentleman was entering a motor-car, and the man gripped him and shook him and pulled him about the car until the police arrived on the scene end interfered. Mr. Burns was luniniared in the scuffle. The man escaped.

RECORDER AND THE NEW OATH The Epiphany Quarter Sessions for the cit.y of Cardiff commenced to-cftiy at the IJaw Courts before AlT. B. Francis-Williams, recorder). The Lord Mayor (Mr. John Ghappell) wa-s foreman of the grand jury. THE CHARGE. ,In his aharge the learned Recorder sa.id the number of prisoners against whom bills would be presented was 32. There were in all 41 names, but of these nine were not to be tried, but had been sent there to be dealt with. None of the caEes called for amy com- ment. There were 24 cases of larceny, three of wounding, two of embezzlement, and three of breaking and enrtering into premises. What he had to say, he remarked, would take much less time than ha,d been taken in administering the oath in the new form prescribed by the legislature. HAULIER'S EMBEZZLEMENT. Frederick John Reed (21), haulier, pleaded guilty to embezzling the sum of 14s. 2d. delivered t.o him on the account of his employer, Frank Douglas, coal dealer, on the 21st of October last. Prisoner was previously convicted at Swansea in April, 1907. He was now sentenced to two months. Proved an Alibi Patrick Began (14), newsvendor, was charged with stealing a case containing jewelle-ry from Clare Parsons, on the 27th ,of November. Mr Wilfred Lewis appeared for the prosecutrix who is a young girl, liv- ing with her parents in Clare-place. She said that on the day in question she was in Sanders-road which is the approach to the Great W estern Eailway station, when pri- sone r carac, up ar.d sr.atched the case, valued at E5 10s., and ran in the direction of St. Mary-eti-et. An alibi was set up, and pri- soner was fCT?nd not guilty and dischaT'.

HAVERFORDWEST There were no prisoners for trial at the Haverfordwest Quarter Sessions, which were held on Wednesday before Mr. Marlay Sam- son and other magistrates.—The Chairman alluded to the late Judge Owen, who had presided over that court for many years. He was a native of the town, a.nd a man who had reached a very high position in his profession. He had worthily discharged the duties of chairman for majiy years, and by nis ability and skill had added to the high level which had been reached by that court. The Chairman moved a resolution express- ing sympathy with the relatives of the deceased judgle.-Tliis was sieconded by Mr. Howell Walters, and carried in silence. COMPENSATION AWARDS The licensing committee reported tha.t after the compensation awards had been paid there would be a deficiency of zei9. The report was adopted. The following justices were appointed on the licensing committee .-—Sir Charles E. G. Philipps, MewTs. T Rule Owen, E. Eaton-Evans, Joseph Thomas, Isaiah Reynolds, E. Marley Samson, T. R. Daw k ius, Hugh J. P. Thomas, H. J. E. Price, T. M. Puulips, and C. C. Saies.

I Lost Their Balance I I PEOPLE CUNG TO RAILINGS AND LAMP-POSTS NEW YORK, Thursday. Owing to the thaw, followed by a rapid fall in the thermometer, the city of New York yesterday presented an extraordinary appear- ance, the previously wet and slushy pave- ments and streets being suddenly converted into long vi&tas of ice, to traverse which required the greatest care, and which for horse traffic proved almost impas&able. The scene presented last evening when people were leaving business was remarkable, and but for the dangerous element would have been ludicrous. Everywhere men and women were to be eeen making their way cautiously along the streets clinging to the railings or to the friendly lamp-post, while others less fortunate were eliding about the pave men ;ts, many losing their balance and coming heavily to the ground. D,u,i,in;g the evening and last hOiUTs of the day no fewer than 200 persons were taken to the hoepital suffering from injuries received by falls, while the number of those who re- ceived bruises and sprains, but were able to reach home, can only be surmised. One man in falling fractured his skull and died on the spot. The unfurtun.ate horsee had even a worae ex- perience, scores falling and breaking their legs and having to be killed. The motor-cars off better, but t-h-e utmost caution had to be exercised in driving, and numerous accidents occurred. A large number of drivers withdrew their vehicles from the stieets. At nigihit thousands of people coming out of the theatres and music-halls were marooned for hours owing to the lack of \emc!es. Many well-known society leaders had to sub-it to this inconvenience throu^h their being unable to reach them, —Central Nwwt

Universal Peace AMERICAN GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL According to the Washington correspon. dent of Mr. Hearst's newspapers (wires the New York correspondent of the "Daily Teie graph"), Mr. Knox, secretary of State, took an important step over a month ago toward eniistimg the sympathies of the leading nations of the globe for the realisation of universal peace." Mr. Knox, so I am iu- formed, has addressed a Circular Note to the Powers, sugg-essting an aagreenienit to estab- lish what is called a "Court of Arbitral Jus- tice, with power and fuuictions sufficient to settle all cases arising in peace, as well as those luoident to war. Neither Mr. Knox nor the State Department alt Washington is so sanguine as to suppose that the establishment of such a court will immediately secure "universal peace," but that it would be in the drirect line of the civilising fcro" which axe working together to herald the dawn of peace n the world is the hope expressed by officials of the state, Department. These officials—I quote now from the Washington correspondent of the "ew York American"—say they are confi- dent that favourable answers will be received from a sufficient number of the Powers addtreased, and that ne,it-her MT. Taft nor Mr. Kcox is sparing any effort to assure accept, anoe by the Powers. Americans are optimists, and they believe, as I have indicated in a previous dispatch, that there are special reasons why the United States should take the inibiative a-Tid address to th-e Powers substantial proposals for universal peace." It is claimed here in this connection thait the itague Conference adopted the American idea of an inter- national priae oourt, and before it was sub. mitted the United States had secured the adhesion of France, Germany, and England. It is proposed by the State Department at Washington in the Circular Note to the Powers to o!othe that prize court with "the jurisdiction and function's of an Intecrnatiionail Court of Arbitral Justice." The language cruotod is practically the same as that of the Note of the U nti ted St ates asking the Powers to aid in the formation off sucth a oourt. ? —?—  

Panto Boy's" Coat A SINCUlAR CHARGE OF THEFT Strange evidence was heard on Wednesday when Alfred Hammond, of military appear- a,nee. pleaded not guilty at the Newinffton Sessions on a charge of stealing a valuable far ooat belonging to Miss Violet Titcombe, who is the principal boy at the Kensington pantomime. In the summer of last year Miss Titcombe was living in a flat at Fulharn. She was intro- duced to the defendant. She arranged to go on tour, and allowed him to use the flat on payment of 25s. a week. The actress left her jBoO fur ooat in a cup- board at the flat. The defendant, it wa-s alleged, made the acquaintance of a. girl dancer, who kept the flat clean for him. He told her he was keeping the flat for an actress who was living under his protection, and who was away. Counsel said there was not a word of truth in this suggestion. The fuir ooat was pawned for JM. %'he defeadant waa -bound -over.

Late Colonel Rees Lewis MILE LONG CORTEGE. Military Honours & Masonic Rites Never, possibly, in its whole history has Merthyr witnessed such an imposing funeral as that of the late Colonel D Rees Lewis, V.D., colorael commandant of the 5th Battalion Welsh Regiment, which took place on Wednesday afternoon. He was buried with military a.nd public honours, and the tribute of respect paid to his memory will be for ever remembered in the alina-Is of his native town. And it was not the people of Merthyr only who joined in signifying their desire to demonstrate their eense of his worthiness; from far and near came men who were anxious to show how great was their appreciation of his noble character. No national hero oould have had a more splendid funeral than the modest colonel, for the procession which accompanied his remains to the cemetery at Cefn was in itself considerably over a mile in length, and its progress from Plas Fenydarren was watched by many thousands of persons, the whole line of route being densely packed; whilst every other point of 'vantage was utilised by those who did not care to occupy the streets. There was a general suspension of business in the trading establishments during the time of the funeral, and in almost every private house the blinds were drawn. Before the cortege left the residence there was a short service in the house, conducted by the Rev. Daniel fewis, rector of Mer- thyr, and the body was afterwards carriod out by the sergeants of the Merthyr Detach- ment of Territorials, and depoeited upon a gun carriage brought from Cardiff, drawn by six horses, the team being in com- mand of Sergeant-major-instructor Sealy. The cofiin was co .T-ed with the Union Jack, upon which were yliiced the gallant officer's sword and helrcet. It was of polished oat with massive brass fittings, and on the plate, which was en graved by Mr. David Evans, wa.s the following inscription: "Colonel David Bees Lewis. V.D., J.P., born 28th December, 184,3; died 31st December, 1909." Then a procession was formed, the chief marshal being Mr. J. A. Wilson, the chief- constable of the borough police, who was assisted by Mr. T. Elias, Mr. J. D. Parry, Mr. Washington Morgan, and Mr. T. Gunter. Three mounted mo-nbers of the borough police rode at the head, and then came the firing party, consisting of about 95 officers and men of the Merthyr Detachment, in charge of Captain D. C. Harris. The band of the 5th Battalion Welsh. Regiment and the band of the Breconshire Regiment of Territorials followed, and on the way to the cemetery the former played Beethoven's Funeral March," and the latter alternately Chopin's "March Funebre" and the "Dead March from "Sa I, The gun carriage came next. Colonel Banfield, Colonel M. Mor- gan, Colonel J. J. David, Colonel Wilson. Surgeon-colonel Thompson, Major Phillips, Major Da ,iN;, Major Gittings, and Major Dyke acting as pall-bearers. Behind strode the colonel's horse, with the jack boots slung reversed, the animal being led by Corporal Poles and Private James, the late colonel's orderly. Then marched the officers and men of the 5th Battalion, under tho command of Colonel A. P. James. and those of the Brecon- shire Regiment, under the command of Cap- tain Ruthven, there being present several officers and men of other regiments, the names including Major Gaskell, Major Prit- chard. Major Bramwell Toneq, and Captain F. Jones. In the absence of Captain Richards Lieutenant H. H. Southey fulfilled the duties of actins- adjutant. Succeeding the soldiers came first the borough police, about 60 strong, under the command of Chief-inspector Phillips. the other inspectors present being Inspectors Roberts and Lamb, and then the county police. over 80 in strength, commanded by Captain Lindsay, the chief-constable, Superin- tendent Gill and Inspectors Nott, Canton, and Morris being also on parade. The borough ambulance brigade and the Boy Scouts were along wit.h the constabulary. The mourning carriages came after, and they were thus occupied:- First carriage: Mr. L. F. C. Lewis. Mr. W. T. Rees, and Sir W. *T. Lewis, Bart. Second carriage: Mr. H. C. Lewis. Mr. Trevor Lewis, Mr. Robert T. Rees, and Mr. Herbert Rees. Third Carriage: Mr. Daniel Rees (Solly), 1fr. IN-or RF-L-s, -lir. B. FranC4 Ivor Rees, 1fr. B. Francis-Williams, K.C., and Mr. Cecil Williams. Fourth carriage: Mr. H. L. White. Mr W. L White, Mr. E. T. Richards, and the Rev. C. Green. Fifth carriage: Mr. Parry de Winton Colonel Forrest, Mr. Salmon, and Mr. W. S. Corbett. Sixth carriage: Sir Marchant Williams, Colonel J. J. Jones, and Mr. Sutcliffe. Seventh carriasre: The Rector of Merthyr the Rev. D. Jones (curate). Dr. Ward and Dr. Ernest Ward. Eighth carriage: Mr. E. P. Martin and H W. Martin. The clerks and employes of the colonel marched next, and members of the magis- traey and the corporation and various other public bodies and institutions followed, the general public bringing up the rear Magistrates' Last Tribute. Among the justicef; present were rs. J H. Thomas, C. H. James, w. L. Daniel. A. Daniel, M. Truran. J. Plews, A. J. HQwfield, John Evans, J. Price. D. Prosser. W Jones L. N. Williams, D. W. Jones (Aberdare) Dr. Webster. Dr. Brennan, Dr. Cromwell Jones, Dr. S. Cresswell, and Dr. Biddle. The -cor- poration and their chief officials were repre- sented by the Mayor (Councillor P. T. James), wea.ring his chain of office; Aldermen Enoch Morrell, T. J Evans, A. Wilson. Ivor Abra- ham, D. W. Jones, and J. M. Berry, and Coun- cillors J. W. Lewis, W. Lewis (Penydarren), W. Lewis (Treharris), John Davies (George- tQlwni. Da.n Thomas. David John, H. M. Lloyd, and N. F. Hankey, Mr. T. A. Rees (town-clerk" Mr. J. E. Biddle tdepnty-towa-clcrk), M r, W. Harris (borough controller), Mr. Harvey (borough engineer), Mi* Thackeray (deputy- surveyor), Dr. Duncan fmedical officer of I, health), Dr. Walsh (medical inspector of school-children), Mr. E. Stephens (clerk to the education committee), Mr. Probert (deputy- clerk to the education committee), and Mr. J. T. Owen (chief sanitary inspector). The Merthyr and Aberdare Incorporated Law Society was represented by Mr. Reee Wil- liams, Mr. Llywarch Reynolds, Mr. W. M'Lure Phillips, Mr. G. C. B. James, Mr. John Davies (of the firm of Messrs. Gwilym James, Charles, and Davies), Mr. T. W. Griffiths, Mr. W. R. Edwards, Mr. J. D. Thomas, Mr. G. T. Davies, Mr. J. A. Daniel, Mr. Pulliblank, Mr. W. P. Nicholas. Mr. A. T. James, Mr. Aneurin Jones, Mr. W W. Meredith. Mr. P. L. Thomas, Mr. W. R. Edmunds, Mr. Martin Evans. Mr. J. B. Davies. Mr' E. P. Hughes, and Mr. W. Griffiths. Representing the various denomi. nations were the Revs. Ll. M. Williams (rector of Dowlais), J. Davies (Llanfabon), Ll. Jenkins (rector of Penderyu), T. Lloyd (Llanfechan), Llewelyn Davies (Merthyr), Father Hind (Mer- thyr), Father O'Reilly (Aberdare), the Revs. Isaao Aarona and E. Bloom (of the Merthyr Hebrew congregation), H. Kirkhouse (Cyfarthfa), John Thomas (Zoar), D. G. Evans, Jaooh Jones, a.nd H O. Hughes (Merthyr). Mr. A. Young, with others, represented the Young Men's Christian Association. In front of the memoers ot the Merthyr Constitutional club were Mr. A C. Fox-Bavies, Unionist can- didate for t.he Merthyr Boroughs, and Mr. W. Griffith, president of the Merthyr Borough Conservative Association. Hr. W. B. Edwards and Mr. James Davies represented the Breconshire Conservative Association. Following were several Buffalo Lodges, including the Prince Llewelyn, the Sir W. T. Lewis, and the Mortals Castle Lodges. A number of Lodges of Oddfellows and insur-, anoe societies also sent representatives. Mr. A. J. Perma.n, M.A. (headmaster), headed a larg-e number of the old and present boys of the Merthyr County School, in which institution the deceased took great interest. Mr. H. Green represented the Merthyr and Dowlais Licensed Victuallers' Association, a,nd there were aleo present Mr. Propert (dis- trict auditor), Mr. Ellis Owen (official receiver). Alderman R. Hughes, J.P., ciardiff; Mr. L. lllewelyn, Cardiff (manager of the Glamorgan Canal), Mr. Daniel Jones (Mar- quees of Bute's Colliery. Hirwain), Mr. Tudor Lewis (engineer, ditto), Mr. S. T. Lev..• (Bute- Merthyr CoUiery, Treforest), Mr. Williams (chief constable of Breconshire), Dr. Llewelyn Jones, Mr. R. T. Phillips (of the Cardiff Rail- was Company), Mr. Tudor Williams, Aber- dare, and a host of other gentlemen whose names it was impossible to collect. There was a very large attendance of the masonic fraternity. Scene at the Cemetery I A tremendous crowd of people gathered at the cemetery to await the procession, and upon arrival at the chape] the ooffin was taken off the gun-carriage, put on a bier, and carried into the little sanctuary, where the first portion of the Burial Service was con- ducted by the Rector of Merthyr, the Rev. D. Jones, and the Rev. C. A. H. Green, the hymn, "Saints of God, their conflict past," being sung, led by the St. David's Church Clioir, under Mr. Percy Birmingham. At the grave- side, to which the body was shoulder-borne, the same rev. gentlemen officiated, and after the hymn, Now the labourer's task is o'er," had been sung, the firing party discharged three valleys, and the buglers sounded The La?t Post." The Masonic ritual, c -iducted by the Rev. Peter Williams, was subsequently carried out, darkness setting in as the final rites concluded amid a moet impMeeive and affeotanc scene*.

A FIERCE BLIZZARD Fishing Boats Missing FEARED LOSS OF 76 LIVES I HALIFAX (Nova Sootia), Wednesday. Seventeen fishing boats. with crews totalling 76. are missing from Canso, and it is feared all have perished. These vessels were caught in a fierce blizzard yesterday afternoon and blown off the shore. They spent the night at sea. with the temperature ten degrees below zero. Altogether 25 boats were blown off, but eight have been a-coounted for. It is regarded as impossible that any of the men on the others can have survived the rigours of last night's icy gale. The Government is sending steamships in search of the missing vessels. A North-westerly wind is blowing to-day. and snow is falling heavily.—Reuter. Two HundreJ Excursionists Wrecked Reuter's Agency has received communica- tion of the following telegram which has reached the High Commissioner for New Zea- land in London:— WELLINGTON, Wednesday. "The Union Steamship Company's steam- ship Waikare, with 200 excursionists and a crew of 70 on board, struck a rock in Dusky Sound yesterday and sank. All th passengers and crew were brought safely ashore. His Majesty's ship Pioneer proceeds at daybreak to the scene of the wreck to bring the passengers to Bluff Harbour. The Prime Minister will accompany the Pioneer." HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Thursday. Later reports state that 42 men belonging to the fishing fleet perished in the blizzard off Whitehead. The rest of the crews of the 25 fishing boats are safe after terrible expe- riences. Brilliant feats of courage, endu- ¡ rance and nautical skill enabled the sur- vivors to escape from the storm.

Split Amidships FATE OF THE STEAMER SHANDON I Fourteen members of the crew of the Cardiff steamer Sliandon (Messrs. W. J. Tatem a.nd Co.), which ran on t,he rocks near Heligoland whilst on a voyage from Odessa to Bremen with barley, arrived at Cardiff to-day. The captain, J. H. Shotton, of .Sunderland; S. Cottle, of Bristol, and two of the crew have remained at Heligoland to render assistance, Unnecessary, in 'the salvage operations. A fireman, soon a.t a Bute-street boarding- house, said: "The Shandon first struck a rock ITr the neighbourhood of Heligoland on December 29 as dusK wa," approaching. The gea was very rough, and the vessel, which afterwards ran. -on t-he sands, cOillmeruoed to leak ego rapiCtly that distress signals were hoisted and lights 'burned for assistance. In responiSe t,wo lifeboats put out from ii-eligo- I land. Preparations were then immediately made to leave the vessel, and the crew were taken off by the lifeboats without difficulty. The following morning the weather moderated sufficiently to allow them to return and col- led their effects. When they got aboard atsain they found the Shandon ihad split. amid- sihip, and had 18ft. of water in the hold. Tugs ehort-ly afterwards put off, and salvage opera- tions were commenced, but the storm broke out afresh, and caused them To abandon the a-ttempt until the weather moderated. Matters are now, however, proceedinl-s Quietly, ibut little hope is held out of saving the steamer." The crew, except those named, were again put ashore, and sent on from Heligoland to Hamburg, thence to CTlmsT-y, arriving at Car- diff this' morning.

AN INNOCENT ABROAD j The new French 100 francs bank-note has now been issued by the Bank of France, and has led to keen rivalry among collectors to obtain a number of the first issue (writes the London correspondent of the "Daily Dispatch"). Among the many incidents the new note has occasioned was one in which an English visitor figured. By some chance he obtained rhange early in the day one of the unfamiliar rainbow-coloured notes, and intJle course of his wanderings through the gay city he developed an eppetite, which he satisfied in a small, out-of-the-way restau- i-a,n,t. When was presented the Eiig- 1i&hman in a casual manner tendered the n'ote in payment. The garcon took it to "madame." "Madame" showed it to "mon- sieur," and "monsieur" sh-owed it to the agent de police. The Englishman, protesting all volubly as an imperfect knowledge of French would permit, was hcseeched to give himself the trouble to render himself to the police- station. There the superior knowledge of the officer in cha.rge resulted in apologies of the most profound character and in the clinking of glasses to the continuance of the entente cordiale.

MET IN A PAWNSHOP Florence Thomas, 12 Evelyn-etreet, was sum- moned before the Cardiff stipendiary to-day for an alleged assault upon Mary Allln Morgan. -Nir. Sydney Jenkins defended. The complainant stated that the defendant gave her a black eye, but Mr. Jenkins asserted that it was all due to the fact that a man had left complainant to lodge with his client. The two wormen met in a pawnshop in lioujisa, street, and complainant, said Mr. Jenkins, spa.t in his client's face. The Stipendiary ordered a.n adjournment for the attendance of witnesses.

HORSE DROWNED AT CARDIFFI One of the Cardiff Corporation horses was drowned this morning in a ditch at Sloper- road. It was at-tached to a wagon filled with refuse, and when this was being tipped the bank ga.ve way, and the wagon and horse fell into the diitch, which was filled with water. Before the horse could be unharnessed and detached from the wagon it was suffocated.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKET I MELBOURNE, Thursday. A cricket match between Victoria and South Australia, which was brought to a conclusion to-day, resulted in. a victory for the former State by 81 runs. In their first innings the Victorians made 206 runs, to which the South Australians replied with a total of 360. Clement Hill contributing 185 and Crawford 75. Going in a second time Victoria knocked up 453. ivnith scoring 146 and Armstrong 124 The South Australians were unable to rnakj, the total required to win the game, thei? innings yielding only 223 runs.-Reute.-r. INTERVIEWS ON THE RESULT. JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday. After the match the Press Association s representative interviewed Mr H. D •> Leveson-Gower, captain of the M.C.C. tea;Y and Captain E. G. Wynyard. The former said that his natural disappoint- ment was tempered by the fact that in the game there was little to choose on either side. He was of opinion that the rout of the Englishmen yesterday was due to over-anxietv to obtain runs. The South Africans kd played wonderfully well, and Vogler was evan better to-day than yesterday, while the field- ing was mag-nificent. He considered that Faulkner ranked among the first all-roMid cricketers in the world Captain Wynyard remarked that there fas absolutely nothing in it, as the result only indicated a difference of 19 in over 1,' 000 runs. The South African's bowling was slightly superior to that of the Englishmen on the I Wanderers' wicket. Thompson and Leveson- Gower had played splendidly to-day. The strain and stress of the match had been I relieved in a ma.rked degree by the amicable relations existing between the two races.— Presa Aæoeiation Special Telegram. Plr" -kssociation _ial Telegram,

THE SECOND TEST. JOHANNESBL RG, Wednday. The South African team for the &eo ??-d-Y d 1,? match, which commcncM! on- Lord's ground, I D!1rœn, on the 21st inst., has been cho?n M I follows: — S. J. Snooke 'Transvaal), captain, G. A Paullincr (Traiw-vaal), A. E. Vogler (Transvaal), J. H. Sinclair (Transvaal). R. O. Sohwarz (Transvaal), J. W. Zulch (Transvaal), L. Strieker (Transvaal), G. C. White (Transvaal), T. Campbell (Transvaal). A. D. Nourse (Natal), and H. Commaille (Western Province). Reserves: Floquet and Carter itraris a 1, Bisset (Western Province), and Cook (Border). -Prees Association Special Telegram.

WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED I The Local Government Board has been asked as a matter of urgency to deal with the application to borrow £ 5,000 for the purchase and lay-out of the new recreation ground on the east aide of the Uek, so f; to give employment to men as soon a £ .pass ■

I GATWICK. IThe CLAYTON SELLING HA?DI- -1.U CAP STEEPLECHASE of 100 eovs; the second to receive 5 sovs. Two miles. a 12 2 Mr C A Brown's Rooin M, Brown 1 a 11 8 Capt Denny's Perdicw Smith 2 3 a 12 7 Mr C rreer's Poulbuov Clancy 0 &11 4 MI P Glee<?on's Kcnao" .Wa!Ji:lngton 0 a 10 8 Air A i.ues's H.T Walwyn 0 5 10 4 Air It Gore'? Ann Chute Feehan 0 Vunner trained bv Bletsoe. Betting-ll to 8 agu-t, .Robin. 6 to 1 tach ag&t Poul- ■luioy, Pvrdicut-, H.T., and Renzo, and 10 to 1 agwt any cuter. Won easily by four lengths; a bad third. li-T. was fourth, a-nd. Renzo last, started a-t, 1.0.) .Kcoin was? fold to Al.r Croft for liOg*.  .MAXOR STEEPLE CHASE 01 70 1 L*'3?/ sov?; the second to receive 10 sovs. Two miles. a 12 1? Mr A B Walker's Bound D&noe COWIVY1 511 12 Mis.^ E Woodland's ilaid Marian R Morgan 2 6 12 10 Mr R Tyler's The Whelp alkingU>n 3 j 6 12 5 C'jpt AI Hughes'«? llalinjjU .Keily 0 5 11 7 Mr J Borougti Marsh RoilaM>ii 0 6 11 4 Mr Ma-ndey's Bouonaleeii ItIlu But,,b.r.0 5 11 OMr B RJeLeoe's Lady Avjt* Murphy 0 5 11 0 Mr H Dvas's Kejls Figgott 0 511 OMr H I'.vM's Ke?I? .Ft g g o t t 0 Betting—9 to 4 on j??tind Dance, 5 to 1 agst The Whelp, t to 1 agst lIlaid Marion, WS to b agst BainslB, and 20 to 1any ot);¡er. Won by sax lengths; the come distance between the second and third. Lady Avis was fourth, Bouchaleen fiiiii fifth, with Rainhill he .only other to finir-ht Uiaee started at 1.1., ? O-The CATERHAM SEILLIKG HAN- 2. DICAP HURDLE RACE of 70 BOVS; the second to receive 5 sovs. Two miles. 5 11 10 Mr 1) Clarke's liarou 1 611 3 Mr 2S \ioodiand's Hadijeh Keil,y 2 410 3 Mr A .^teven^'s Present Rclla.son 3 i 12 7 Air F C Gruinard Walkington 0 all 11 Mr J Hac?ett' ganta. Ciau? .KeUy 0 617NJr I' Selke's t<t O'toiau Dri?coU 0 5 10 12 Mr Cole.r.an's Ya,ller Gal Taylor 0 4010 Mr Giggs's Woman .Eseott 0 a ID 10 Mr .Kenny 0 inner trained by Gore. Betting-6 to 4 ugst Present, 5 to 1 Raxoa., 7 to 1 each agfct Hadijeh and Mauve Woman, 8 to 1 each a.g><t Gruinard, Santa Clous, aDd Yallar Ga,l and 10 to 1 agst any other. 2qn—'The GRANGE STEEPLECHASE •OU (handicap) of 100 &ovs; the second to receive 10 sovs. Three miles. a. 1-2 7 Mr R Cartwright'e Wvchwood pigmtt1 6 10 10 Air Bletsoe's Middle March .Murphy 2 611 7 Mr J D Cohn's Alusignv Jones 3 611 4 ?tr Bra?sey's Barbed hpad Dr?coJl 0 i Ii -1 rAlet?aife'4 Bcunie }1n "¿.: g a 10 7 Mr Stern's .Springtime II Kelly 0 Winner trained by Cartwriglit.. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS THIS MORNING. Robin, Perdicus, The Farmer. Hcnzo, Ajm Chute, The %,help, RBinhiU. Bouchaleen Rhu, Ladv A Yis, KeII6, St kj Brian, Alcinoue, Fly by -NighL, Ya-Har Robin. help?, 'Brian, A)cinout=, FIv by Xifrht,Ya.UaJ U.U. Mauve Womar!. Ya.nke<- Tnv, Wrphwood Musigny Barbed Head, Springtime 11., Tibet Chief, Enth?ia?tic Lad, PNer Parley, Retrenchment, Putchamin, ports- maji VixiK, Pacha, Saady Aci.id, Koul, Cinder King, Myrtle Queen, Mochrum, Quarrv, Conundrum, FIeury JL, Lady Brenda, BamWlng Eector. Fits and IS, Cu?rmtes, and Merry £ tart.

NEWMARKET NOTES. > (FROM OUR OWN COiMtE.SPO N DENT.) >iLu MARKET, Thursday Morning. A wet, dull morning, and little doing. Jarvjci's Bedgrove, ^ymboije. and L\ntourie, a good six fur;ongs. Cannon's St Di^tsff, a steady mile and a half, l Anson's Purser, a steady mile a.id a quarter. LEFT FOR HAY DOCK. Kya. Laini and San MiniaTo. HAY DOCK PARK MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR FRIDAY. Make-meld »tceplecnaj>e—HlOSTEI'. Culcheth Steeplerllase—VALKNTINE VOX. Friday Hurd C DE, It. arriiigton Hurdle—PA RLKUR Aehton ilurriie—SAX M .vi a IO, W iga.n Steeplechase—VICEROY". PM'MFTON MEETING. Huretpierpoint Hurdle—LUCIFER. Streat Kaid:e—BLUE SAND Sorthover Steeplechase—THE h HELP, Moderate HurrTe—SANDY MARIAN. liroolifide .Steepleciia.sc—-Tile; -^jIEsSS.

To-dty's Finance. Bank rate 4 per cent. LONDON, Thursday. 1.0 T,. Tile.e i a quK-t de)?!ctDl(d> 'lr}I:t'3 lr2,r !t.. subject to the Ba.nk Kate, short b !I ?, thrfe months dms 35-16 per oent., the iss-iie of seven and a haM millions of India Three and a Half per Cllt. at has seri.Hi.slv disturbed the equilibrium of the Gilt- ed?er Market this rnornng, and other departments are inclined to give way to the depression. Lndia Three Halfs are J down a.t 3, and Consols have lest at 827-16 for Cash and 82g for the Account, Home Rails have maintained a fairly steady tone, but Americans experienced a sharp hrea.k in \Vail-st<-eet last night, <-nd nocks, although above the worst are generally weak as compared with the London chsing. Roell Island? are 3 lovdr, and Atchisons are 2 <i",wn, Unions and Southern Pacifics were among the \«>rs" t' but are roow recovering. Trunks are dull, but Foreign Rails continue to im- prove. Internationals hold steady. Mines are weak, with the exception of Jungles. CARDIFF, Thursday, 1.0 p.m. The local Stock Market this morning was again irregular in tone. Among Rails Port Talbots con- tinued to advance, and were quoted up to Ell 3s sd, on rumours of closer alliance with the Great Mes-tem Railway. Colliery shares were easy. South African Mines steady at a bout prices.

INTERNATIONAL GATE." The receipts at the W ales v. France match at Swansea last Saturday amounted to JB350. gibc Christmas holidays and the fore- gone certainty of the result accounts for the poor attendance. I

STIPENDIARY'S WARNING I In imposing a fine of £ 5 and costs, in default a month's imprisonment, at Aber- cynon to-day, upon Edward Levenson, pawnbroker, for having taken a pledge from a boy under fourteen years' of age, Sir Marchant Williams said if the Act was allowed to be broken it would encourage thieving among boys. He would impose the maximum penalty of £ 10 in similar cases in future.

ENGLAND AND ISLAM The foundation of an educational centre for Moslems in London was advocated yester- day at a meeting of the Moslem Brotherhood of Progress, held in Caxton-hall, Y.. t'-st- minster. England was the greatest Mahom- modan Power in the world, &aid the chair- man, Syed Abdul Majid. The Moslems had the same political ide-als as the English, and all entente between England and the Moslem peoples was greatly to be desired.

DEVASTATING FLOODS. j The following letter giving details of the disastrous floods at Oporto has been received by Messrs. Ba^hforcl's', Limited, wine and spirit brokers, of London, from their Oporto correspondeijt: As already advised you, the rains have become torrential, and the river IXiuro has overflowed its banks, everything having been swept before the terrible force of the current. Nearly all the sJiips and steamers in the harbour are lost (including the Lon- don steamers Douro and Gascon), and out of eight hundred barges tlie re are only about 40 left As we have no Quays, everything must be d-one in barges, and this will delay ship- men-ts terribly. The slips (Prancheo), where the wines are transferred to the barges, have all Wen swept away. The market place is gone, electric light, and eleotric cars are all stopped, also ,he gas works, and the city is without even wa-ter. Opo-rto has nevl" had such an appalling loss, it being the biggest since 1739, but, of course, in those days the trade here was insignificant. Now there are hundreds of factories using coal, and all the coals are sunk or -washed out to sea, which will throw thousands out of employment. All the warehouses along the margin of the river have suffered terribly. The wines are usually stored in three tiers of lodge pines, and these, besides being all stripped, etc., hava in mary cases burst through the roof a? the river was passing over the roofs of all the low warehouses. Fortunately, our lodges are situated much higher up tlw-n the highest flood, but our shipment, will be stopped unless barges can be obtained. No foreign letters have arrived for some days as the Douro rail- way is also partly destroyed, and will take twelve months to be thoroughly repaired. The course of the river is altered. The pandbank which used to protect the har- bour from the open sea has been entirely washed away, a thing unknown in the his- tory of Oporto, so that when a storm comes the waves of the Atlantic will come rigiit into the harbour.

ELECTION DAY BY DAY. The Admiralty have directed that all possible facilities are to be afforded the officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines stationed at naval establish- ment.s and ships in the Nore command to record their votes at the approaching elections.

VALUABLE GIFT TO THE BARRY MTTSDUM. We understa.nd that, as the iwult of repre- sentations which have recently been made on behalf of the Barry Public Library Com- mittee to the Earl of Plymouth through Mr. Robert Forrest, J.P., has lordebip has generously consented to the whole of the valuable antiquprian relics, which wore dis- covered some years a^ro during the progress of certain excavation works at Barry Isla-nd, being Landed over as a gi.ft to the Barry Town Moeeum. The collection includes a lanpo quantity at Roman remains and other articles of rare hiatoiric value, and accom- modation will be provided for their reread,ion and exhibition in the museum section of the Barry Public Library.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS AND IN MEMORIAM. Charge for insertiiTg advertisements under this h d 119: is. for 30 ??da and Id. for Hvery Two Lxtra Words. No notice of this dosr?-ii,tion will be inserted unless authenticated by the name ajtd address 01 the sender. grams l!:d telephonic messages* camiot be acted an until confirmed in writing. BIRTHS. BA TrE.-on January 5th. at S8, SaJifburv-rood, Car. ah m, to M.T. and Jire. T. Batten, a daughter. January 2nd, 1310, at 90, i ■ x luOtith-road, the if-, of Tbomaf! Re-, of a son. January -I. ;<. Biackwood-ruad, Pont- jja.ntr:jU,) Moa., to Mr. :mà M[8. D. J. Thomas, a daughter. Mola., to -Nt,. a.,Id M-ro- D. J. l'bc,.mw,, a MARRIAGES. ETAX^.—At St. Michael's Church, Lower JiacixM), on January 1st, 1910, by the Hev. T. G. ■morgan. George, youngest son of the late Mr. ■tsenjamin .Simmonds, of Worcester, to Snrah Jane, oujigcta daughter of Mr. lidward Evans, Michael- stone-j'-Fedw, Cardiff. DEATHS. Monday, 3rd January, 1810, at BrtBtBt unc-h;, beloved daughter oi T. and Ft <™-i ,i,> *'?rm<\ri? of Cardiff5, from meningitis, aged Xt jeajB. Her lsvouri. te iiynui was, "There's a Iriend lor jjttje c.hildren Above the bright blue skv." GRYLL.-on 4th January, at The Pines, iianishen, Joan Lea man, widow of the lite William ti-ylle, aged 75 yeajs. Funeral on Friday, 12.30, for LJaniehea Cnurcii. Jaauary 1-t, Edmund David Ilowell, Mining; Engineer, of Gelly isaf, Aberdare, in hta s?enty??t y€M. after H jo? and painful ill- ua6ral 1 -hursaay. Three P"?' ?? Aberdare Gentle men only. X? Powers, by requt. buTfm J?uary 5Ui, at ?. M?rt-.?reet, TTMn?. i. HoweU, Pharmaceutical Chemist, aged M )c?. i.u;ie-a.I Saturday, u.30 p.m KtU ??'?°" DecemtK!r 31. suddenly, in London, Ethel Mary, a.ged 24. ?''lY-?icvod daughter of C? Cheltenham, formerly  Cardiff and Barry JA'fE.-On 3¡d jnt.. ? tllp Hospital, Wnvcock-?ad. "1 bt;,0Ve*rt } h"???? ? E;iMb<-th James, Liter^^ )-O&x?. Public f.mer? F?rida-y: iwS'wJ H'n ospital '? Ba?y Cemetery 2.30 pjiu ''?? this ? ? onjy intim?tiM M.\LTBY..Ja¡¡uary 4th, 105, Ca a v a- W. rraoe? M r\tT T M,tl v th 4tll> «■<■ Cat '.ava-terrace, dearly-. beloved husband of M;rid MrJtbv fVWk «»•«. taturdav, Thr^ th iDTimat i,,n.  :\X.-Ün J ?, at 74, John-strMt, Bar- «<*d.*wni £ m 0? M.o?-&n. ?te Hiodrnw^Fic^ ?hoo aged 63. I?.Mic funeral ?turday at 2-45; wo. l° Pant, '?"? Barsoed £ t 3.30 r oclll i W 3.40. REES.—January 3rd. ??'?'' B?' '?? T.V.R. Abw- dare. 1-i.nerMl leaving 433, ??'?-?. 2..M Th?M. day. Gentlemen onh. WILLIA??—At Hawttx?n Hou?, Ho!]y Bwh. »l*>n jus; Monday. Ann Williams, wife oí hor William*! Funerai on Saturday, 3.50 p.m.. for Llanfabon. ACK OWLE DG MEX TS.  a/ld Dav'es' 2°. Brithdir-sttoet, ?arjtfT. bM; to tha.? thmr numerous friends for kiu4 expressions 01 sympathy in their recent hd tarefcve- ment. it R9, C?-zd"ff, BAIXES.—The Family at 89, IVprne55-pice, Cardiff dof-?eh to sinceieiy thank ?1 the frinds for tLe ];ind sympnthy nd Sowers sent hi their recent sad bereavement. IX MEMORIAM. Dr?I/01"if., memory ?f Gcor?f, Wiaved Husband of ?euy Da^v, of (?-A-ddc?x-h, Pcjidfyian w?o departed this life At ?-ditt Iniimiary, on January 8ta, 1SCS, after a painful operation, patiently borne. fl ey death was slid and sudden, I grieve to think of thee, But hope thy happy spirit is wiih Jesus for ever free. a.d¡v miaiod by his lonUv Wife. HAXX"—In Eve* living Memory of our <le^r Father. James Hann, of 152, Cowbridge-road, who QMIG January 6th, 1900.—Gone, but not foi-gotton. Bi>KERTS.—"In LQ?in,? Mmory o' mv dear hnshand, Edwin Roberts, late Schoolmaster, who fell aeleep in Jesus January 6th, 1907.—Xan.

AUGUSTINE J. STONE, FUNERAL L)ILRFklnlt Personal Supervision to All Order*. Na-t. Tel.: Cardiff. Kob. 704 and 1906. Post-oQce Tel.: No. 612, Cardiff. TBlegraras: AUOHSTINE SIXJJJE, Cardiff. 5) \Y0RKIXG'st" CARDIFF. _C"II-

PAY—OR PRISON At Bow-street. to-do-y the case a#a.in«at the A Hon. Mrs. Haverfleld, who was convicted in June last with Mrs. Pankliurst, on the occa- sion of an abortive attempt by the suffragists to send a deputation to the House of Oom- mratf, was mentioned. The appeal against. the magisterial decision was dismissed by the Hig-h Court, and Mrs. Pankhurft paid the fine, but Mrs. Haverfleld not having done so, applied to-day to the nuagiS'triaite to sign a. warrant for an alternative term of imprisonment, to which the magistrate acceded.

DIED AFTER BREAKFAST A ver4i»t of "Death from asphyxia duoe to a fit" was returned by a Cardiff jury tCHLay at the mq^eet. on Annie GriSta, wife.of Wiilitum Henry Griffin, 87, King's-road, Canton. The husband stated that the deceased got tip at Cfrht o'clock yesterday morning, and ap- peared to be in her usual health. After breakfast she rose from the table and went out, and ten minutes Later he found her on the floor apparently in a fit. Dr. M'Oa.ll said that when he arrived life was exoinct. Deaftih was due to asphyxia, probably through a. fit.

SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION Eeuter's Agency i.s informed that the British Government ha.s promised a, grant of cost of Captain Scott'e Antarctic expedition of 1910. The g-ubecrip- tions already received amount to between eleven aiiid twelve thousand, so that the ex- pedition is now in a position to oraure its starting in July next. Captain Scott's whole time is now taken up with the necessary preparations. Mr. C. H. Meare's leaves London on the sixteenth inst. for Siberia to get, the necessary odas and ponies.

BILLIARDS Cardiff Markers' Tournament The tourna.ment between the Cardiff markers was continued on Wednesday at the liumner Hotel, the players being George Tux- worth, of Fenarth, the winner of the last two tournaments (receives 3:3), and W. ptu, of Barry's Hotel (receives 15J). Both meii scored .steadily, and Tuxwoa-th went to the front at 477, when he failed, leaving his oppo- nent a nice position. Pitt, who wanted hut 53, played the balls cleverly, and ran the game out. Tuxworth was not seen at his best, and missed several easy shots during- the game. His best runs were 70 and 30, while Pitt put up breaks of 40, 36. and 30 unfinished. Scoxes:- Pitt (receives 150) 500 Tuxworth (reocives 35) 477 (rect."ve« 4,000), 6,402: Inman, 4,001 (best break, 201). 24,752 (best break, 255;; ELaverson (rrceivee (6,OOOi, 14.Ð.

GOLF. j GOLF. Only two couples entered for the first mixed foursomes competition of the year at Pe.-narth 011 Wednesday, the bes-t card, viz., one of 4 down, beint: returned by Arnold Uld H. Arnold, who received 16 strokes handicap allowance.

ST. MELLON"? R.r.C. require Home Fixtures January 6th aad 22nd.—Mnftli. O.VRl>IFF RESERVE* V. OEJÆY SECONDS Car- diff Arms Park, Sat., Jan. 8th, 1910. Kick-off at £ .45 p.m. &U42 _———————_ TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION 1910. NEW YEAR JEWELLERY BARGAINS 41 ST. SlARY-ST., CARDIFF. (Neaxly opposite Theatre Roval) ABSOLUTELY THE LOWEST PRICES IN CARDIFF. B- ÃKE-R:Wa,nted, a sU'cn? youg Man m Improver, not under 18 years of age; must œ able to make dougft and mould: wage? Us. per week Applications, stating age, when and copies o references, iVc., to be received by Tuesday next., addressed Bakery, Co-operative Society, Sengijeuvdd. cmn tTTfAKTEt), Colliery Surveyor, with experience in T theod-olite work and plotting by co-ordinata#; must be neat drtwiphtsmaii.—Apply, statins* age., expe- rience, and salary required, with copies of testimonial*, F 42., Evening Express, Cardiff. c4950 WANTED, -tmg Yotb. ah-4 M,?to?Mf)k 'and Deliver, and make himself generally uwfui; live in.—T. Lewis, l'encarpel Dairy, Caerphilly. e-4546 TWO Oottagae for Saie. near Goif Links, Usuntshea. —W. Wiliuims. Builder, 5, Otntrch-terraoe, Llaiab-. eii!2 EXhrnan w^nt? Stteiatioti to Look After and -tit Drive Motor.—Applv F 52. ETening Expneae, Car- diff. H_ WAJvTK D, Agent with torae<,tkn amot*" ahop- YV ?ee)?ry; ?ood pay.—9, l-ofU:md-roa?, Nott4ag IU1I. Ln4'.a. ?CAU Sale, Bedliagton Terrier.—Apply F. Webb, 52, J Machen-piuce, liivcnaid* t IR ESPFCTABLE 37oun?? Ldy, thorougMy^domertl- c4t w good needlewoman and macitotrt, me"s Daily {}(0u;>at.ion in any fmitable capacity; will aceept moderate salary.—Write Box F 5o, Efaniag ExpreSE. Cardiff. WANTED, ?xpcri-noed Grooiii-Clhffluiffeuir; williag I" to mke l>im1f jrenerrUly 1Ù; I\te age, wa-ges. arM reference.—Apply F 41, Evening Express, Cardiff. eei6 WANTED, exrxri-d. ecok-omermi ?h)e to w<M? and iron; two In family; aged about 24 to reference.—Apply KT& Mfa.m;??lLy; aved about 24 to 50; ELdy, T.uyWO.

Sitatis-tio-s jiwt oompiled by the authorities at ArcfbMfoope House, Westminster, give the ttiumlier of Reman Catholics in the British Bmpjox me .^iWCiCOO.

WEATHER FORECAST I The British Meteorological Office t.his mom. ing issued the following forecast of the weather likely in South Wales from 10.50 &.= to-day till 10.30 a.m. to-morrow:— Variable south-easterly winds, light, moderate; cloudy, fog; moderate tem- perature.