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EARL'S COURT JEWEL ROBBERY At the West London Police-court, on Monday, Joseph Mullinder, aged 22, an ironmonger, and a Hungarian subject, giving an address at 5, Eustace- road, Walham-green, and Julius Rosenberg, aged 34, a Hungarian porter, living in a common lodging-house in Drury-lane, were charged with being concerned together in stealing on August 14 from a showcase in the Queen's Hall,Karl's Court Ex- hibition, a diamond tiara, a diamond bracelet, six diamond brooches, four diamond pendants, one diamond necklace front, and one diamond buckle, valued together at f.3000, the property of Ernest Paltslho, a jeweller of Vienna, who has an exhibit at the Austrian Exhibition. Formal evidence of arrest only was given. Mullinder was arrested at Clapham the previous night by Inspector Stockley and Detective- Inspector Badcock, while Rosenberg was caught in Soho by Detective-Sergeant King. Both men denied the charge. The property has not yet been recovered. Prisoners were formally remanded. The robbery, which created considerable sen- t e sation, took place on the previous Tuesday from & collection of gems belonging to Herr Paltslho, valued at £ 120,000. It must have been effected with remarkable alacrity, for the showcase was untouched at 8.30, and in less than an hour's time it had been denuded of the gems mentioned in the charge.

DEATHS ON THE RAILWAY. From the report of the Board of Trade on last year's railway accidents in the United Kingdom it appears that in 1905 there were more fatalities to passengers than in any years since 1889. During the year 1099 persons were killed and 6459 were injured in accidents due to trains. Of the killed, however, only 39 were passengers, and 38 of these were accounted for by four big accidents. The number of passengers injured was much below the average. Electric live rails now figure as a cause of accidents in these returns. Last year they ac- counted for the deaths of two persons and injuries to eighteen. Of these one of the killed and five of the injured were trespassers on the lines. There were five electric railways in use last year; but in the previous year. with only two railways in use, eight persons were killed and twenty injured. Out of every 100 casualties, states the report, thirty-two are due to want of caution or mis- conduct on the part of victims. The numbers of railway servants killed and in- jured were far below the average for previous years. Accidents caused by the movement of trains and trucks, exclusive of train accidents, re- sulted in the deaths of 100 passengers, 393 railway servants, and 551 other persons, and injuries to 1972 passengers, 3688 servants, and 283 other persons. The average of those killed in this way for 25 years ending 1904 was 106, and of injured for the nine years ending 1904,1589.

I "ENCOURAGING THIEVES." A turf accountant, named Benson, made a very reasonable complaint to Mr. Paul Taylor at the Marylebone Police-court, when he appeared to prosecute William Williams, of Kilburn, who was committed for trial on a charge of stealing from Mr. Benson's house at Maida-vale a quantity of plate and clothing, valued at £ 76. Several pawn- brokers, said Mr. Benson, had taken in clothes, which were valued at six or seven guineas, and most of which had never been worn, and advanced upon them such ridiculously small sums as four shillings. He suggested that thieves were encouraged to steal when they could get rid of property so easily. Five pawnbrokers produced the articles pledged, and, questioned by the magistrate, said it was a common practice to advance small sums on really valuable property. Mr. Paul Taylor expressed his astonishment at the practice.

I CHILD PATIENTS RESCUED. There were a series of exciting rescues of child patients from a burning block of the Throne Hospital near Belfast on Saturday. The insti- tution is the convalescent home in connection with the Royal Victoria Hospital, and the fire was discovered during the afternoon in the children's wing, in which there were 30 patients. The flames spread so rapidly that the entire building was soon in danger. The first thought of the staff was for the suffering children, and the doctors and nurses and other officials soon removed them to a place of safety. The work of rescue however, was attended with much danger, and there were many exciting incidents. The children's wing was almost demolished, but the firemen were successful in their efforts to prevent the flames spreading to the rest of the building.

J EGYPTIAN PRINC E KILLED. As a passenger train, proceeding from Bernay to Corroeilles, was crossing the Paris-Cherbourg road, a motor car in which was the Egyptian Prince, Ibrahim Mohammed, dashed into the loco- motive. The collision was very violent, the motor car being smashed to pieces. The Prince and his chauffeur were both carried in an unconscious con- dition to the Bernay Hospital, where the chauffeur succumbed almost immediately to his injuries. Th.0 Prince died a few hours later. According to evi- dence given at the inquest the accident was due to the imprudence of the Prince and :his chauffeur IJI. travelling at an excessive rate of speed.

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YAPOURER MOTH. I The caterpillars of this moth are harmful to forest trees, fruit trees, garden plants, and even to pot plants, and in some seasons are very de- structive. The food plants are very numerous, and embrace pear, plum, apricot, sloe, haw- thorn, apple, strawberry, mountain ash, roses, bilberry, laurel, mahonia, elm, willow, poplar, birch, alder, hazel, hornbeam, beech, oak, ash, lime, while there are records of severe infesta- tion on pine and spruce. The caterpillars may be found from May to September, and the adult moths may be taken any time from the Eu2 of J nne ao to r1 September. The Vapourer Moth is found in Europe, N. Africa, and "Western Asia. In Europe and over Britain and Ireland it is common, and is to be found in towns as well as in the country. There is a marked difference, says a Board of Agriculture leaflet, between the male and female moths. The male measures from lin. to ljin. in expanse of wings. The body is 4 brown: the wings are ochreous or chestnut brown, the fore-wings having dark markings. Near the hind angle of each forewing is a some- what crescent-shaped clear white spot. The an- tennae are double combed. The female is yellow- grey in colour, hairy, and unable to fly, the wings being reduced to mere stumps. The antennae are saw-like or single combed. The eggs are whitish-grey in colour, and are laid in great numbers. Examined with a lens they are seen to be round, but somewhat flattened on the upper side.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES. I The 16-footed caterpillar presents a very gay appearance. It is very hairy, long light-coloured p 11 hairs springing from reddish warts all down each side of the body. Tufts of yellow or brownish hairs are very conspicuous on the back on segments 5, 6, 7, and 8, two tufts to each segment. Conspicuous also are two dark- coloured tufts springing from behind the head and pointing over it; similar tufts project one from each side of segment 5, and also a long slender one at the tail end. The under side of the caterpillar is yellowish. The full grown caterpillar measures up to 2in. The chrysalis is yellowish, and lies under cover of a somewhat cval-shaped yellow-grey web cocoon. Mixed in the web are the hairs of the caterpillar. The best way to fight the pest is to destroy the egg-masses with 0 the cocoons, especially in winter. It should be remembered that as the females are wingless, attack may be expected to repeat itself in the same locality and with an increased number of enemies. When the caterpillars have got to work they should be eliaken off the plants and destroyed. Spraying the plant, where practicable, with Paris green, in the proportion of lib. of Paris green to 200 gallons of water, would poison the food of the caterpillars.

DIFFERENCES OF BREED. To name the best beef breed is not an easy task. No one breed can be distinguished as best for all conditions and circumstances. If milk and beef combined be the object, the shorthorns and red polls possess superior qualifications. If milk is not considered, the choice will pro- bably lie between the shorthorn, Angus, and Hereford. Though all of these excel in beef quality, they possess some well-marked points of difference. The Herefords, says "Rural World," are capital graziers. They are also responsive feeders in the lot, and finish into high-class beef. The Angus possess a thick, round, blocky form, and great symmetry and uniformity of type, and a marked superiority of carcase on the block. The well-known short- horn is the cosmopolitan breed of the world, and is more widely distributed, and probably pos- sesses greater power of adaptation to varied con- ditions and surroundings than any other breed iu existence.

ABOUT THE HORSE. The horse is so constituted by nature, savs Barey the famous horse tamer, that he will not offer resistance to any demand made by man to instruct him in a manner suited to his nature. The hor&e is a timid animal, but easily becomes familiar with objects and sounds that are at first disagreeable or frightful. We must, therefore, accustom him to such as he will be apt to meet with in daily service. To do this effectually he should be allowed to examine closely and leisurely such objects as would in- spire terror, and to smell them and touch them. A log or stump by the roadside may be, in the imagination of the horse, some great beast about to pounce upon him; but after you take him up to it and let him stand by it a little while, and touch it with his nose, and go through his process of examination, he will not care anything more about it. And the same principle and process will have the same effect ■with any other object, however frightful in •ppearance, in which there is no harm.

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THE KINGS HOLIDAY. King Edward spent a quiet day at Marienbad on Sunday, and was much less troubled during his morning promenade by the curiosity of visitors, which is gradually abating. After lun- cheon his Majesty drove to the Cafe Bellevue for the afternoon Wagner concert. The King was only accompanied by Sir Stanley Clarke, instead of the usual party of twelve or fifteen friends who formerly accompanied him. It is stated King Edward will visit the Em- peror Francis at Schoenbrunn about Sept. 7. King Edward attended Divine service in the morning in the English church. The building was crowded, many standing outside. On Saturday the King attended the special service held at the Catholic church in honour of the Emperor's birthday. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg were present. After the celebration of Mass, King Edward arrived. His Majesty wore his Austrian Hussars uniform, and was attended by his suite and Sir E. Goschen and Mr. Scott, of the British Embassy. The King was met at the side entrance of the church by the Abbot, Herr Pezellen, District Prefect, and Dr. Dietl, the Burgomaster. After the service the King drove back to his hotel, the route to which was lined by crowds. His Majesty afterwards appeared on the balcony, acknowledging the salutations of the people and of a corps of veterans which passed by with bands playing. Subsequently the King received a number of Austrian officers. On Saturday night his Majesty entertained at dinner Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg, Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman, Sir E. Goschen, Mr. Scott, the Abbot, Herr Pezellen; Dr. Dietl, Dr. Ott, Cap- tain Frankl, and General Markow. In proposing the toast of the Emperor Francis Jeseph, King Edward said: "We celebrate to-day the birth- dav of the beloved Emperor. I raise my glass to the health of his Majesty, the Emperor Francis Joseph, and trust that he may yet be spared many years to reign in full health for tVe happi- ness and welfare of his large Empire." It was raining on Monday morning when King Edward left his hotel for his walk along the promenade to take his second glass of water, but his Majesty, who was wearing a grey suit, was without overcoat or umbrella. The King had a long conversation with Prince Ferdinand of Bul- garia. His Majesty paid his first visit to the theatre in the evening, and remained until the close of the performance. He spent the entr'actes in the foyer, which had been specially decorated for his use.

I DUSTLESS ROADS. J Nottingham Has solved the dust nuisance to such an extent that although hundreds of motor- cars are daily driven through or about the city, they now spee dalong without the suspicion of a dust-cloud in their trial. The corporation, after three months of ex- periments, has found that calcium chloride, dis- solved in the water with which the streets are sprinkled, keeps the roads perpetually damp. One dressing every three or four weeks is quite enough even in the hottest weather. The cost of keeping a road free from dust by this method for a year is about E60 per annum, but as there are several months when no sprink- ling is necessary it is estimated that the expense will not be greater than was entailed by the old method. For ceuntry roads, however, the cost is prohibitive.

I STABBED WHILE IN BED. The little Norfolk parish of Saham Toney was on Friday the scene of what appears to be an attempt at murder and suicide. A bricklayer and a young woman, both natives of Saham Toney, has been tramping the country together, but had recently settled again in Saham, the girl living with her parents and the man at the village inn. Early on Friday morning the man watched the girl's father leave home, and then entered the bedroom, where the girl, her child, and her mother were sleeping, and it is alleged attacked the girl with two knives. The mother fled shrieking from the house, and help was soon at hand, but meanwhile the man had fled, after inflicting serious wounds on the girl, which has left her in so precarious a condition that her depositions have had to be taken. A search was made for the man, and he was soon found, and placed under arrest. He had apparently made an attempt to commit sui- cide, for there are two wounds on his throat, and he had apparently been in some water.

I PRETENDED TO BE DEAD. I John Gillard, a labourer, was remanded at Bristol charged with attempting to murder his wife by cutting her throat, and with attempted suicide. Mrs. Gillard, who looked very ill, was in court, and before the, hearing off the case was seized with a hysterical'fit. She said her husband visited her one evening to induce her to return to him. At eleven o'clock she asked him to go, and shortly afterwards he at- tacked her. She fell to the floor through loss of blood, and the prisoner put his foot on her waist. "I seemed to have enough sense to close my eyes," she continued, "and pretend I was dead. He stepped over me. I heard groans, footsteps, and then a thud. When I opened my eyes he was lying on the floor. I managed to get on my feet, and walk outside into the street. There I crawled to a house and rang the bell, but I got no answer, and fell, and lay quiet till a policeman came."

FOOD FOR COWS. It is not generally known that t'ne sprouts from the potatoes, grown in the dark, are poi- sonous, and as the growth is, of course, at first in the substance of the tuber, or at least this changes during the keeping, and the genus to which the potato belongs (solanum) has some especially poisonous species, it may easily be seen that the tubers are not desirable food for cows on account of the effect on the milk, and are to be avoided. As a steady food for cows milking in the winter, and one entirely free from all objectionable quality, there is nothing better than good, clean clover hay. A daily ration of salt, one or two ounces daily is con- ducive to good digestion and health. The quantity of the grain food depends on the ability of the cow to dispose of it. Ten or twelve pounds a day may be easily turned to good ac- count by any good cow. As to the other valu- able foods, the various meals, it is quite pos- sible their condition may not always happen to be exactly right, and their high content of proteine may easily have such an effect on the animal, as to produce this fault in the milk, through disturbances of the overtaxed digestive organs, if they are fed in too large quantity.

BITTER MILK. Bitter milk has given rise to much study and experiment. There are, unquestionably, several 1 causes for this special foreign flavour. One is the presence of bitter plants in the food, as ragweed, and, doubtless, some others, and we may be sure that the special function of the milk organs of the cow favours the acquisition by the milk of the peculiar flavours of the food. Another cause is the condition of the health of the cow, as to the presence of bile in the blood, and to disturbances of the liver. We must always consider the physiological cha- racter of milk, which is a product of the blood of an animal, and, of course, must partake of the consequences of the state of this important organ. Professor Arnold, says "Farm Life," was right when he said the udder was one of the drains of the system of a cow, for we find it so in many ways that are unquestionable. This is the first thing to be considered. The food may be the cause, or the state of the cow's health. Potatoes are not considered a good food for cows, especially after they have been stored for some time, -when changes occur in them which might undoubtedly cause this de- fect in the milk.

From the year's profits on the Salford Corpo- ration tramways, £ 13,000 has gone to the relief of the rates. Two of the biggest herring catches this year were landed at Scarborough by vessels named Kestrel and Provider, of Lowestoft. Each had from 100 to 120 crans, or about 120,000 herrings. They realised from 18s. to 20s. per cran, so that each vessel earned about £100 for the night's •jfishinff.

I JUDGE AND SPORTSMAN. I It is understood that Lord Justice Romer will not resume his seat in the Appeal Court in October, as he is expected to resign his ap- pointment shortly. Lord Justice Romer, who was born in 1840, was educated at private schools, afterwards proceeding to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he greatly distinguished him- self. He was afterwards elected a Fellow of Trinity Hall. For a short time he was Pro- fessor of Mathematics at Queen's College, Cork, before being called to the Bar at Lincoln's I LORD JUSTICE ROMER. I Inn in 1867. In 1881 he became a Queen's counsel. In 1890 he abandoned a huge practice when he was appointed a Judge of the Chancery Division. He soon gained a high reputation for rapid work and profound knowledge of patent law. In 1899 he received his appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal in the room of the late Right Hon. Sir Joseph Chitty. Lord Justice Romer has always been a keen sportsman, his chief recreations being shooting, cycling, and rowing. Formerly he used to play cricket a great deal.

[ SHOTS IN THE STREET. Intense excitement was caused in the streets of Petersfield, Hants, recently by the extraordniary behavious of a man attired in sailor's dress, and evidently mad. He had a loaded revolver in his possession, and suddenly began to fire ball cart- ridge with the weapon, creating the utmost alarm among the people in the street. Near the railway station Mrs. Trebel was struck by one of the bullets, and was so badly wounded that she had to be taken to the hospital, where she died. The man then made off along the Winchester road, still firing the revolver at frequent inter- vals. A number of policemen and others gave chase, but were chary of venturing too near the man, who was not secured until one of the pur- suing party fired a gun at him and wounded him in the leg. The sailor's name is Joseph Burbage, a stoker on H.M.S. Nelson. He went to the Tipnor ranges, class firing, left unob- served, and walked to Petersfield. He was not seriously injured by the gunshot which brought him down.

Among the documents destroyed by the fire at the Milan Exhibition are the pontifical bulls, with the leaden seals of the Popes Boniface IX., Pius II., Alexander VI., and Jules III. There were 1854 dogs received into the Home for Lost Dogs, Battersea-park-road, S.W., during the last month. On and after January 1 next the period of detention of dogs at the home will be seven instead of five days, as at Dresent. According to the balance-sheet of the Laboui Co-partnership Association for 1905, just issued, there is a decrease as compared with 1904 of three in the number of societies, but an in- crease of £ 32,577 in capital and £ 47,177 in safes. < An agricultural estate at Sporle, near King's Lynn, bought a few years ago for £ 6,000, and since considerably improved, was sold for £ 2,300. In the neighbouring fruit-farming dis- trict as much as £400 an acre has recently been paid. J Forty Birmingham slum children narrowly escaped in an accident which occurred at Sutton Park, where some 5,000 waifs had gone for their annual outing. While a batch of the children were at tea in the large hall about twenty feet of flooring collapsed, and forty of them fell through into an engine room below, a distance of twelve feet.

MONTAGU COURT-MARTIAL. I A naval court-martial was opened on Nelson's old flagship, at Portsmouth, as to the wreck of H.M.S. Montagu, which a few years ago was built at a cost to the nation of considerably over a million sterling. The officers on trial are Cap- tain T. B. S. Adair and his. chief navigating officer, Lieutenant J. H. Dathan. The charges against the prisoners are two in number, the first alleging that the prisoners, being persons subject to naval discipline, on the 30th of May, 1906, did negligently or by default hazard, strand, or lose H.M.S. Montagu, and the second that on the same date the prisoners negligently or by default suffered the said ship to be hazarded, stranded, or lost. The report of the captain of the Montagu to the Admiralty was read. Captain Adair stated in this document that on Tuesday afternoon, May 29th, the Montagu was anchored off Lundy carrying out wireless telegraphic signalling witii the Scilly Islands. As the trial proved unsatis- factory, owing to the distance being too great, he (the captain) decided to close in nearer. The weather was then thick, but he hoped to hear the siren four or five miles off. Soundings were taken at frequent intervals, and they showed 70 fathoms at 1.7, and at 2 p.m. 19 fathoms. At 2.12 the ship took the ground. He tried going astern, but the ship did not move, and as there was no room to manoeuvre he again stopped. He tried to go ahead, but both pro- pellers went wrong. Lieutenant S. P. B. Russell, Sub-Lieutenant R. M. Hall, and Lieutenant S. K. Mason gave evidence as to the movements of the Montagu during the six hours which preceded the disaster. All the witnesses agreed there was no reason to think she was off her course. Soundings were taken every half hour. Lundy Island appeared out of the mist with startling suddenness, and though the Montagu was steaming very slowly she grounded before her engines could be re- versed. No fog signals were heard from Lundy Island nor from Hartland Point, though the officer of the watch was listening for them in the inte-vals of sounding the Montagu's own siren. Twice during the hearing of evidence on Thursday the court was cleared in order that the President could privately consult with his colleagues. Evidence was given by Artificer-Engineer Ernest Marchant, who said from 2 to 2.10 every- thing worked sraoothly. At 2.10 he felt a slight bump, which was the first intimation he had that anything was wrong. Engineer Commander Baker was describing the damage to the engine-room and boilers when the Court adjourned. Technical evidence regarding the position of the Montagu before she struck was given on Friday, by Captain Oliver, the navigation ex- pert. He explained that the indicated positions where he supposed the ship came to rest after turning and losing her way were largely a matter of assumption. His reckonings seemed to show that at 2.lG on the morning of the grounding the vessel might be 4.9 miles from Shutter Point. Captain Adair, after a brief question as to how the expert calculated the amount of the Mon- tagu's drift (given as about 2iknots in lhr. 53min.), said the defence would like some time to study the witness's charts before cross-exam- ining. Commander G. E. S. Petch, of the Montagu, said he turned out from his bunk when the ship grounded, and was on deck five minutes later. Cross-examined by Captain Adair: Immedi- ately after the striking the bower anchor was got out, and the capstan manned by hand, as the compartment working the steam engine was flooded. By the Court: What was the behaviour of the crew when the ship grounded?—It was excel- lent in all respects. In fact, the grounding might have been part of the daily routine. Captain Adair and Navigating Lieutenant Dathan gave evidence on Saturday ih their own defence. Lieutenant Dathan admitted that he was several miles out in the reckoning. Some remarkable evidence was given as to the working of the explosive signals on Lundy Island.; One witness said the signals could not be heard except at close quarters owing to the peculiar formation of the island. Captain Adair was asked if any officers or men specially distinguished themselves. He replied I do not wish to make any distinction where all did so well. The conduct of Artificer-Engineer Marchant, who was the Officer of the watch in the engine-room, was admirable, but I do not consider it necessary to mention anyone else in particular. The behaviour of the officers and crew was in all respects what it ought to be." The gourt-martial came to an end early on Monday. After further evidence had been taken, the court was cleared at 2.40 for con- sideration of the finding. Shortly after four o'clock the public were readmitted in order that the Judge Advocate might state, in reply to a question by the Court, that there were no pre- vious convictions by court-martial against either of the prisoners. This was taken as a preliminary indication that they were about to be convicted, and experts also assumed the same from the fact that the prisoners' swords lying upon the table had been turned with their hilts towards the President—showing that they were not going to be returned to them. The court was again cleared for a further short interval, and resumed at half-past four o'clock, when its members were found to be all seated round the table wearing their cocked hats, whereas during the earlier part of the proceedings they remained bareheaded. After all the witnesses had been called into the room the Judge Advocate read the de- cision "The Court, having found the charges against both prisoners proved, orders Captain Adair to be severely reprimanded and dis- missed from the Montagu, and orders Lieu- tenant Dathan to be severely reprimanded, dis- missed from the ship Montagu, and to forfeit two years' seniority as a lieutenant of the fleet." The President: The Court is now dissolved.

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PEASANTS FIGHT POLICE. I I A vigorous battle was fought in the early hours of the morning on the hills round Ballin- geary, near Macroom, Co. Cork. A large force of Irish Constabulary went to the town to arrest the ringleaders of the men who resisted the sheriff at a recent eviction, but found that, with the exception of a few old women and decrepit men, the town was deserted. The police sent outscouts, and they found the villagers entrenched in force on the hills. A council of war wae held, and then the police, splitting up into two portions, moved to the attack. One body made a frontal attack, while the other, and stronger, crept round the hill to the back with the object of taking the enemy in the rear. Ten minutes afterwards the police fled down the hill. They had been ambuscaded by the young men of the village, who, armed with spades, reaping hoxsks, and furze cutters, had taken up a position half-way up the hill and lain there in the darkness. A second council was just being held, when, with triumphant cries, the villagers, concen- trating on the hill-top, prepared to attack in turn, but the police rushed up, and, after a short fight, captured the leaders of the rebel- lion. They were taken to gaol, and for hours the people listened to the strains of The Boys of Wexford and other Nationalist airs. The n rebels," still singing, were afterwards taken to Macroolh before a special bench of magis- trates. They sang at intervals during the hear- ing of the case, and when they learned that they were to be tried at the Cork Assizes their de- light was unbounded.

I NO EXPECTATIONS. I During his examination at Croydon Bank- ruptcy Court, the Hon. Hubert Ernest Valen- tine Duncombe, D.S.O., eldest surviving son of the Earl of Feverrfiam, said he had no ex- pectations. He admitted going between Sea- ford and London frequently in connection with previous bankruptcy proceedings. Asked whether it was necessary to travel first- class, debtor explained that by coming back the same day, and taking a certain train, it was possible to ride as cheaply first-class as it was to ride third-class. Some of the creditors had ibeen paid by his wife. He had not put the creditors to any unnecessary expense or trouble. Not at Seaford?—Well, I naturally did not want to go to Seaford when I knew there was very likely someone there wishing to put me into prison. The Registrar: You mean you only wanted to avoid unpleasant interviews? (Laughter.)- Debtor: That is so, your honour.

I QUESTION OF AN HOUR. At Marlow, Captain W. H. Darell, of the Coldstream Guards, the well-known amateur sculler and oarsman, was summoned for driving a motor-car at 26 miles an hour, near Marlow, on July 22. Police-sergeant Crook and Police- constable Young both swore they "trapped" him at 3.15 in the afternoon. Captain Darell said the time was 4.15, and the police books, produced by order of the Bench, showed the captain's statement to be correct. In the Clrcumstancesz the magistrates dismissed the case.

A gentleman called at Blackpool Police. station and complained that his purse, contain. ing money and two railway tickets, had been stolen from a pocket. Next day he called again to say that purse and tickets had been restored together, and the thief had sent a polite note saying he only wanted the money, and that the tickets were useless. One of the delegates to the recent Foresters' High Court at King's Lynn was on a visit to his native town. At the age of two he was placed in the local workhouse, and subsequently the guardians apprenticed him to a Lynn sweep. He is now a prominent citizen and a magis- trate.

TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE. -0 A terrible disaster similar to that which hap- pened at San Francisco a few months back has now visited South America, half of Valparaiso, the whole of Los Andes, a large part of Santiago and thousands of buildings in many towns and villages in Chile and Argentina being laid in ruins. One report states: "The dead will number thousands '—but this is probably an exaggera- tion. It will be remembered that the victims ol the San Francisco disaster which this much re- sembles, were considerably fewer in numbei than might have been expected from the magni. tude of the disaster. It is to be hoped the same in this case. The earthquake extended over a zone ol nearly two degrees, and there were two distinct disturbances, the first lasting three and a hall minutes and the second twenty seconds. At Valparaiso the earthquake brought instant death to hundreds, and left many hundreds more imprisoned in the ruins, many of whom were burnt to death before aid could reach them. Fire started immediately after the firsi shock, and every branch of business was para- lysed. Indescribable panic and consternation ensued, and those who escaped death became frenzied with fear. They could render little assistance to the victims. As night came on the city was everywhere aglow with unobstructed fires. No trains have arrived or left the city since the first shock. All the railway tunnels are filled up, and miles of the track are twisted and rendered useless. At Santiago de Chile many houses fell, and the streets were filled with hysterical people. The telegraph lines are down. The electric light supply failed. Everywhere the people can be heard wailing and praying, and many are tc be seen kneeling down in the streets. Numer- ous public buildings, private houses and churches have been seriously damaged. Mosi of the fatalities occurred in the poorer quarters, where the small houses collapsed. Many per- sons, including more than one high official, suffering from heart disease, died as the result of panic. Los Andes has been almost totally destroyed. Government House and the hotels and public offices are completely wrecked. The towns oi Quillota, Vinodelmar, Limache, Llaillai, Illipel, Vallenar, and San Felipe have been wholly 01 partially destroyed. Quillota is a mass of ruins. Every bridge and tunnel in the Andes has been wrecked, and the railways are torn up. The shock is supposed to have originated in the eruption of a volcano near Junin de los Andes. At Talca eight persons were killed and many injured. Several were killed at Rengo and San Fernando, and many were injured. The vil- lages of Quillota, Melipilla, San Antonio, Ran- cagua and Llaillai are in ruins. A violeni shock was felt at Concepcion, but no one was killed there. The village of Casa Blanca was razed to the ground. Business at San Felipe and Los Andes is entirely at a standstill. The damage done in Santiago was extensive. Among the buildings which were badly shaken were the Parliament buildings, the Town Hall, the Normal School, the Law Courts, the residence of President Riesco, the central markets, and the Prefecture of Police. The chief telegraph office was so seriously damaged that the officials bad to leave. bad to leave. Valparaiso, the chief seaport of Chili, is a city built in terraces, and contains nearly 200,000 inhabitants. Although its name signi- fies "Paradise Valley," Valparaiso is anything but beautiful. The narrow strip of beach which skirts the bay is occupied with quays and fortifi- cations, and in the heights above are the villas of the wealthy residents. Some of these heights are reached by lifts, while winding parts mounl to them from the business part of the town Englishmen predominate among the foreign ele. ment in the town. Electric lights and electric ,trams are in general use. The last great earthquake at Valparaiso was in 1835, when 400 houses were destroyed. Thir. teen years previously the coast of Chill was per- manently raised by a volcanic upheaval-

I MAN'S SKULL IN COURT. The skull of a murdered man lay on a table at Jersey Police-court on Saturday, when Thomas Connan and his sister, Mrs. Leguen, was charged with the murder of the woman's husband, Pierre Leguen, whose body was found in a cornfield on July 19 last by some English tourists. The skull was produced to prove the injuries inflicted on the man, and to corroborate, if pos- sible, the confession which has been made by Connan. It was stated that the skull showed traces of fourteen wounds and three fractures. His own confession and a broken watch-chain form the evidence against Connan, and the evi- dence against Mrs. Leguen, who strongly pro- tests her innocence, rests wholly on Connan's confession. The chain was found beside Leguen's body, and it has since been identified by a jeweller as one which he sold to Connan, although both he and his sister have sworn that he has had neither watch nor chain for six years. This statement was contradicted on Saturday by several witnesses, who swore that tliey saw the watch in Connan's possession, and one man gave evidence that he recently bought a watch and chain from Connan. The story told by Connan when he was ar- rested was that he and his sister planned to murder Leguen. Mrs. Leguen wished to be freoe to marry again, he said, and Leguen treated her badly and drank heavily. On the night of July 17 they met him in town, and decoyed him into a cornfield. The husband fell asleep, and Mrs. Leguen struck him on the head with a large stone. Connan then took the unconscious man's belt, which had a heavy buckle, and struck him several times on the head with it. It was stated on Saturday that a pair of Con- nan s trousers, stained with blood, were found at Mrs. Leguen's residence, and that one of her skirts was also stained with blood. Another witness told the police that Mrs. Leguen told her that it was not worth while getting a divorce, as her husband had not many days to live. She declared that they intended to "do for" her husband that night, and offered the witness 30s. to help her. Connan and Mrs. Leguen were remanded.

MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. Fears that a serious wreck has occurred on thE South Wales coast are heightened by the faci that wreckage continues to wash ashore in Car marthen Bay, and on Saturday a bottle waf found between Kidwelly and Burryport, contain ing a paper on which the following was written "Sunday, July 22.—King Cadwallon, hail fron Barrow to Naples, struck hard bows.—(Signed! S. Marten Sully. Total wreck." The captain of the schooner David Rees which has just arrived at Cork from Swansea reportrathat his vessel passed a large quantit3 of pitwood, flour barrels, and other wreckagE. about ten miles north of Lundy Island. Thil wreckage corresponds in character to that washed up in Carmarthen Bay. The King Cadwallon is a steel screw steam ship of 3,275 tons, registered at Glasgow, anc built in 1900. She is one of the vessels of th< King Line, managed by Messrs. Phillips, Phil lips, and Co., Limited.