South Wales Echo

Terrible Tragedy in I Berlin. MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN. I Suicide of the Mother. A telegram from the German capital brings the stitrtling news of a terrible domestic tragedy which has occurred at Berlin. The wife of a stone cutter having hanged her three children then killed herself. We have at present received none of the details of this shocking affair.

I A WEALTHY STREET" ARAB." Yesterday, an Arab, who gave the name of Yusuf Abdallah, was charged at the Preston police-court with begging on Saturday night. When searched by the police the sum of Ell 9s was found concealed in various parts of his cloth- ing. On promising to leave the town he was dis- charged. Two other Arabs, a man and woman, were in the court awaiting the result of the charge.

FALL FROM A SCAFFOLD AT I CARDIFF. This motning a boy 14 years of age, named Francis Henry Davies, of Wellington-street, Cantou, was taken in a cab to the Cardiff Infirmary suffering from injuries to his left leg and foot, caused by his having fallen a distance of 10 or 12 feet from a scaffold on which he was at I work at the Wyndham Arcade.

RABIES IN CHESHIRE. I At Altrincham Sessions, yesterday, a number of persons were again summoned for having their dogs at large. Superintendent Leighton reported that a valuable mare belonging to Mr Scott Dansell, Dunham Mass^v, had gone mad and bsni destroyed. It was supposed to have been t oitten by a dog destroyed at Old Trafford three weeks ayo,

I Latest Scratchings. Dalmeny was struck out of the Donca ster Spring Handicap at ons o'clock to-day.

CARDIFF. '1 T JTO* ttler CLASS GKCCEBT AND RRONSIOJRS at v I*w prices, go to the Bute Store, 206, Bute-st. 98e GREAT arrival of Prime English Stilton Cheese from tije finest dairies in England at Ashworth's Market, Bridge-street. The public are kindly invited to inspect tbe window, CHILDRENS'S MILLINERT, also a large assort- j Went of newest things in Pelisses and Costumes, Mr* Williams'. &, Royal Arcade. Inspection solicited. 287e 3 LOOK: AND LIVH !—Tndor Williams Patenli Balsam of Honey cures Coughs Colds, Whooping j Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, >1 mi heals up that soreness 1 felt op the Lung*. It cur,, wnen all other remedies fil. It cures thousands of children. It cures for one -hilling when pounds hare been spent in vain. Do try t. SoTdbyaM chemists 44«

The cbfsf match between Messrs Blackburn* and Zukertort hap been progressing at the British Cbesei Club, aqd has expited much interest. Four games liava been played, of which the first was ilia wn, the second and tii ird wop by Blackburne, and the fourth drawn, so that tb. mstab looks like ending io tarom of Waokbqgiii4

A YOUNG WOMAN SENT TO I PRISON. "Psnient with a Married Man 4l, Prevented, I ^^ylishl 6S^m^ast:er yesterday, Emma Banks (22), a *6^ ^ressed young woman, was charged on tyearj6w before Mr D'Eyncourt with stealing the .if appare), value about £ 7, in of ar^e of her landlady, Mrs Gantlett, »teajj ^'th-street, Chelsea further with to .Qk^10 and some hosiery goods belonging r kte employ &r, Mr Payne, hosier, of tocjj 6r8In' Early in .April the prisoner ho^jga *Urt*isbed apartment in Mrs Gantlett's tep^' ati^ a young man who came with her "geited that she was his sister, and that she tit rema*n a ^ew week? until she obtained Ho^. u^ion. He frequently visited her, and 'n^ transpired to discredit the story until toy ^riSoner was leaving, when the landlady dis- '-hat a box outside h*r room belonging to hQ(jS ^fice, another lodger, had been broken open arttcles of wearing apparel abstracted. These ^°«nd in Banks'* trunk, with other things Uli.ea from Mr Payne, in whose service she was gjQ1 ^e end of March, when she absconded with j, » taken from a locked desk in the shop. °ner told the detective that she had arranged \vjj ° to Western Australia with the young man taj^ Vlsir^d her, and that their passages were This person was summoned as a witness, aUd ^eP°sed that his name was James Tucker, Rlft he lived at 33, Redan-road, Hammer- • He had known the accused about two Hot and paid her attentions, but had Uj Promised to marry her. He was at ried> ^ut thought of leaving his wife thi '>0rne an<^ going to Australia with sRirl.—The clerk supposed his wife was not a party to this arrangement.—The wit- Rav 8ai^ 8^a was no^' ^Pr'^ prisoner n'ne Suineas towards his passage money, v Paid it to the shipping aerents on her Mr D'Eyncourt told him he had bdhaved V/ y badly, and had deceived and led the young an into trouble. As two felonies were proved could not sentence the prisoner to less than six hard labour.

A MESMERIZED LADY IN THE LION'S DEN. Th g iatest development of lion taming is to be Paris, at the Eolies-Bergferes. A. M. G. tjj ruy njesmerizes the lady, Mdlle. Lucia, in _aQte-chamber leading to the cage. Mdlle. 121ag baving been mesmerised, walks into the r*e at M. de Torcy's sugarestion, the latter j. 0tnPanyinf her. The animals are, meanwhile, 'n c':iec^ by M. Giacometti. Follow- M. de Toroy'a suggestion, Mdlle. Qc,a> clothed in white, then throws herself the back of a lion. After this the mesmeric b3ect is gent, into an acute cataleptic state, and, er head being placed on one steel, her feet on another, she lies mctionless. M. Giacometti then tk e's animals jump over her. Then comes e last and perhaps the most exciting part of the ri°rin:«ice. Some squibs fastened to the cage over \r -n AiaLe. Lucia are lighted, and a shower of PRrks fall upon her, the animals being made to 0V6r jier an(;j ti,e fjery rain. Mdlle. tKUCIa ^len brought round again and led out of °e cage by M. de Torcy.

ALLEGED OUTRAGE ON A GIRL AT TREDEGAR. TSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE "ECHO. A-, 't) oQ.¡¡ the Jirynmawr police-court to-day—before r. Brown and the Rev. Mr Griffiths-James Jakley, travelling draper, of Brynmawr, was J-aarged on remand, with criminally assaulting j arRaiet Hopkins, at Vale-terrace, on the 11th ^tant. Mr Piews defended. The eridence of e STirl, who is not twelve years of age, was in detail.—Dr. Fulhamj who had examined ^er» said she had been tampered with.—After other evidence, Mr Plews put prisoner in ie box. He declared he had not touched the 1:1. The bench, however, committed him for rial at the next assizes.

SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT ST FAGANS. A Cardiff Boy Run Over. ,I A tay, named Bowden, aged 14 years, residing 18, Daisy-street, Canton, was brought to the nfirm«ry, at ten o'clock this morning, suffering trOtn severe injuries occasioned by his being run ^ver by a railway truck on the the new line at St aRan's. The unfortunate lad was engaged as a O'illtarnan on the line, and, while following his location, be accidentally became entangled by a Passing truck, and fell on to the rails, the wheels P the truck passing over his right leg, and mati^ lnf? it in a shocking manner. He now lies in a ery Drecarious condition, and it is feared that amputation of the injured limb above the knee will be necessary.

A UNIONIST FIASCO AT BELFAST. The Liberal Unionists of Ulster having ^Tanged to hold it demonstration in the Ulstev- "all, Belfast, in favour of the Crimes Bill, on the th inst., invited Mr Chamberlain, M.P., and r Vinlay, Replying to the invita- tilli both write regretting their inability to be pre-ellč ¡)., oc-Msion, but if renewed in 6 avuuum ..j come to Belfast and address hoi' Ulster Liberal Unionists may

Funerals in Spain. SHOCKING SCENES IN A CEME- TERY. A correspondent, who writes to us from Bar. celona, after describing the mode of burying, which is by putting the coffins in niches or shelves in vaults above ground, thus proceeds:—But the crowning scandal of all was the last burial. I saw a group following a coffin, which, by its appear- ance, bad already been buried. They were chang- ing the body from one niche to another where the wife was interred, and the relations were lifting the coffin cover (the body had been buried 15 months), and I afterwards did the same. In it was the body of an old man, dressed in his clothes —as is the custom here-with features all changed and unrecognisable. Meanwhile the gravedigger, or rather niche-opener, was opening the niche. In it were twofcig coffins and one small one, and a quantity of odd bones. The man pulled the coffin to pieces, and dragged out the body of an old man by the legs. Thate, my father," said a grinniug ycung woman, who was one of the relatives look- ing on. "Mind you don't knock his head off," she added. Then she looked admiringly to the rest, and made sundry observations upon the ragged skeleton before us. Fancy," she said, his head still holds on he was a strong fellow." Last of all, the wife of the waiting corpse outside was dragged out, still lying in the bottom part of the coffin. Her face was covered with a transpa- rent mantilla, through which the half-decomposed features could be seen. What did the men do ? Of course the niche was already full, and the coffins would not nil go in. The fellow, with main force, rammed down the bloated body of the deceased wife and then, one at the head and another at the feet of the lately deceased husband now brought for burial, they lifted him out of his coffin and laid him upon his flattened wife, some of the women present splitting with laughter. One on the other, they could just put them into the niche. The aforementioned skeleton of the father of the young woman present was then run in on ^one side, his head dropping outwards and grinning horribly at his laughing daughter and last of all, the remains of the little coffin were rammed in, together with sundry bones, legs, &c., besides.

WHEN WILL A CARDIFF STIPEN- I DIAHY BE APPOINTED? There is still no news of the appointment of a successor to Mr R. O. Jones as stipendiary magistrate of Cardiff. The appointment has now been vacant more than six months, and considerable inconvenience to maritime business has been the result. With the exception of those Board of Trade inquiries which Mr Rothery has held at Cardiff, all such inquiries which should have been taken at that poit, have been transferred to London or Swansea. There are now two Board of Trade inquiries waiting to be held at Cardiff, and they have been postponed from time to time with a view to the appointment of a stipen- diary but it seems that the investigations must take place elsewhere because Cardiff, the third port in the kingdom, has no properly constituted tribunal. Some of the principal firms of shipping solicitors have their offices at Cardiff, and the greatest inconvenience to them, as well as serious additional expen-e to their clients, results from the fact that Board of Trade inquiries into Cardiff vessels have to be held at some other port.

A GIRL DECOYED FROM HOME. Last week, while Mrs Poole, of 8', Grange- walk, Bermondsey, was away from home—at work-her daughter, Rose Lilian Poole, aged 12, was, so a correspondent says, enticed away by a woman, who offered her a "good home" and "plenty of fine clothes." On Friday morning Mrs Poole received a letter from her daughter, which was dated Redhill, in Surrey, and in which she stated that a lady had taken her into the country, and she was to mind the baby." She had plenty of food and a good home. By this letter the child was traced by the police, and has been discovered in a caravan at Sutton, in SHnAY.

I KILLED BY A CLOTHES BRUSH. I At Gleaston, in Low Furness, Thomas Park, about 17 years of age, was engaged in shaving himself, when his sister, a girl about nine years of age, commenced to tease him. The lad, who is very irritable and of somewhat unsound mind, picked up a clothes brush and threw it at his sister, hitting her on the head. She ran away and went upstairs. Nothing more was thought about the quarrel until another sister, a few minutes afterwards, found her lying on the top step of the stairs. She immediately told her mother, but as soon as the injured girl was removed to another room she died. The boy is now in custody.

STRANGE DROWNING CASE. An inquest was held at Pendleton, concerning the death of John Edward Sinclair, 53 years of age, late of 15, York-street, Pendleton. On tho evening of the 4th instant (the occasion of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Manchester) the deceased left home, saying he was going to see the illuminations. He did not return, and nothing mora was heard of him until Friday night, when his body was found floating in the river Irwell, at Pendleton. There was no evidence as to how the deceased came to his death, and the jury returned an open verdict of Found drowned."

A MAN FOUND DROWNED. I Yesterday morning the dead body Qf a man was found in the sea near Paston-place, Groyne, Brighton. From the papers found in the deceased's pookets it is believed that his name is Charles L. Wallis, of 2, Serls-terrace, Hhxley- road, Leyton, Essex. A black hat and umbrella were found oo th? bead) earlier ip tbe morning.

The Cardiff Town Clerk's Office. -¡p.- MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE. I A Sitting in Camera. I Resignation of Mr Newbury. A meeting of the committee appointed by tbe* Cardiff Town Council, on the motion of Alder- man Taylor, to inquire into alleged differences in the town clerk's office, was held in the council chamber to-day. The members of the committee assembled in the council chamber at twelve o'clock, where the representatives of the press had also gathered. The com- mittee, accompanied by the town-clerk, then adjourned to an ante-room, where they car- ried on in camera a discussion which occupied three-quarters of an hour. On the return of the committee to the council chamber the following were present:—The Mayor (Mr Morgan Morgan), Aldermen Taylor and Carey; Councillors Beavan, Boulanger, R. Price, Ramsdale, Reynolds, and Lougher. The following councillors who were not members of the committee also attended :— Councillors Sanders, Trounce, Mildon, Oliver, and Vauglian. Alderman TAYLOB moved that the mayor take the chair, which was duly seconded and adopted. Alderman TAYLOR, in allusion apparently to his late arrival at the private conference,apologised for his inability to attend earlier. The TOWN CLERK then read the motion of Alderman Taylor, in accordance with which the present meeting was called. Thp MAYOR said he proposed to explain the position of matters that was the reason why they had met there that day. It seemed that two of the clerks in the town clerk's office had some little dispute—some quarrel. Perhaps he ought to say at once that it did not affect Mr Wheatley of Mr Collingwood (bear. hear); but two of the other clerks had some dispute, and it arose to some extent in consequence of one of the clerks taking some documents which belonged to the other clerk. This caused a good deal of ill-feeling from beginning to end; and the question of property in these docu- ments was in dispute. After some little trouble Mr Beavan interceded between the two clerks, and it was arranged that the documents in dis- pute should be handed over to him in the presence of the two clerks, and that was done. He (the mayor) burnt those documents, and put an end to the whole dispute. He thought that probably it would not be necessary for the corporation to take further notice, because it really did not affect the town clerk's office or public business in any shape or form. (Hear, hear.) Had it affected the public or a public office in the smallest degree, it would, quite clearly, have been the duty of the committee to investigate the whole thing, but it was merely a squabble between two clerks in the town clerk's office, a thing which occurred perhaps in nearly every office in the town from time to time, and which could not be helped. The whole thing was finished, but there had been a feeling in existence that when such matters arose in the town clerk's office, the work of the department was not calculated to go on smoothly. That had been explained to the clerks, and the result was that one of them at once said, "If you think that is the case I will place my resignation in your hands this morning, if that will help the town- clerk's office to work smoothly. That resignation —the letter-had not been actually placed in his hands, but the clerk had told him, "If you desire it, I will resign," and he (the mayor) thought that the clerk was prepared to resign. That being so, he (Lhe mayor) thought that the committee would think probably that everything was satis- factory. There was nothing they need go into. The whole thing was at an end, and he thought, perhaps, satisfactorily at an end too. There was now no further dispute, and everything would work smoothly. He hoped this would put an end to the matter altogether. Mr RAMSDALE I take it that on the under- standing that the resignation will be tendered there will be an end to the whole thing. The MAYOR Yes. One of the clerks will re- sign at once, and that means that peace will be restored, and the quarrel will be at an end. This affair in no way relates to the public business; but simply to a private document, and also doubt- less to the owner of that document. Mr BEAVAN: Will we not need a formal resolution on that point, Mr Mayor, that the resignation of this clerk be accepted ? Alderman CAREY This is not before us, Mr Mayor, yet. It has been stated here that we were called together in pursuance of Alderman Taylor's notice of motion, and it has become a public matter. The press are entitled to be present at any meeting in regard to corpo- ration work. Therefore, during the conference just now in the town clerk's room, I declined to remain there any longer. I felt that a public charge had been made against some of the chief officials in the town clerk's office, and I think it was nothing but fair to the entlemen who are innocent that the names of the real culprits' should come out before the public. Consequently I am in perfect ignorance in regard to any resigna- tion that has been sent by any clerk, or by one of the offending clerks, during my absence from the room. We ought to have that resignation in writing from the clerk who has so offended. I also hope no pressure has been brought to bear upon him. The MATOR: Not the slightest, I assure you. Not in the smallest degree. Alderman CAREY: Then it was simply a volun- tary act without prejudging the case? The MAYOR: Yes. Immediately I said to the clerk that things were not working smoothly, he at once replied, I will place my ;resignation in your hands." After a short interval, during which Mr Beavan left the chamber, a messenger entered with a communication, which he handed to the Mayor. His worship, after scanning it, said I have received a letter, and I will read it. It is as follows:— Town ClerVs Office, Cardiff, May 17. 1287. To the Mayor and Corporation of Cardiff. GENTLEMEN,—I beg respectfully to resistn my position as committee and managing clerk in your otEce.-I remain, Gentlemen, yours respectfully W. J. NEWBURY. Mr REYNOLDS I beg leave to propose that the resignation be accepted. Mr BEAVAN seconded the motion. Mr TROUNCE Although not a member ot the committee I presume that the affairs of the town have in no wise suffered by the conduct of the clerk. The MAYOR: Not in the slightest degree j it was simply a quarrel between two clerks. Alderman CAREY requested that Alderman Taylor's notice of motion should be read, and that having been done by the town clerk, Alderman Carey went on to say that be presumed there were no charges against any persons in the town clerk's office before them. The MAYOR replied in the negative. Alderman CAREY: There is no char as to the management of the town's affairs. The MAYOR: Not at all. The motion was then put to the meeting, and the Mayor, in declaring it carried unanimously, remarked that he believed the whole thing was at an end. Although some sensation had been caused with respect to the matter he was glad to say it was at an end and satisfactorily so. The proceedings then terminated.

TO-DAY'S MONEY. STOCK EXCHANGE, LONDON, 3 p.m. Very quiet demand for money. Discount, 1 to 11-16 pr cent. Special Allotment Transfers on Bombay, Is 4jd. Consols unchanged. Foreign 11 1871 Tribute, 74; Uru- enays, 65|. Home Rail-vays generally quiet. Americans very dull—Lak' Shores, 100^ Louis- villes, 75k; Norfolk Preference, 46,1 Wabash Preference, 37J Canada Pacifics, 65g. Trunks flat.-Firsts, 821 Second 69. "Mexicans weaker -Firstp, 1301 Seconds, 87. Paris Bourse weak. CLOSING PRICES: Consols Acct 103A 103± New <fe Reducedl02i 102^ Caledonian 9H 98 Great Eastern.. 6"i 68 Hitil & Barnslev. 231 24i Great North. A.lOSj- 103f Great Western.. 139A 139 j Lancash. & York Lon. & Chatham 255 24i Ditto Pref.100;1 101 Brighton Def.121 121i Soutb-Eastn DefIO81 10:3j I,on.& N.Westn.165,i 166 Metropolitan .113J 114i Metro. District 42t 42 Midland.126 126 Man.,Sbef,& Lin 76j 77 Ditto Def 43j 43 North-British..In3j 10.3J North-Eastern .I54j- 154 Italians 961 97 I Spanish Fours 654 651 Turks 3ds <fc 4ths 13 £ isi Egyptian Pref 96. 97. KgyptianUnified 73J 74 Mexicans 31| 31, Peruvian Fives 13^ 14 4 Peruvian Sixes 16; 16| Russian 1873 Ln. 97| 98 Peiuisylvanias 57 j 68| Readings 22J 23 Atlantic IstMort 49 49k ErieS 364 351 Illinois 140, 114bi New York Ctrls. 116 117 Gr.TrunkCanada 15i 15 Lombardos Anglo-American Zb} 37i Suez Canals 79 79* Hudson's Bays —~ Ottoman Banks 10 10k Mexican Ralls. 64 tH Telephones 13j 13Íj

-r- TO-DAY'S MARKETS. CORN. HULL, Tuesday.—At our market to-dav, there was a f*ir show of English wheat, which was iirmly heW at f><il' show of English wheat, which was iirmly held at fnlly last week's prices. Foreign wheat in demand, at at an advance of 6d per qr. Barley, beans, and peas each met a retail sale, without change in value. Oats quiet, and slightly in favour of buyers American maize tirin, at late prices and round 3d to 6d per quarter dearer. Wind, S.E. cloudy. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—Wheat, firm, but inactive, at Friday's quotation. Californium, 7s 2d to 8s 2d Chili, 7s ód to 7s 8d red winter, 6s lOd to 7s lOd Canadian, 7s 4d to 7s 6d Bombay, 7f. 5d to 7s 6d. Flour tirm, but quiet. Maize steady—new mixed American, 4s 2(1 to 4, 2,1,-t. Beans steady-Saidi, 27s. Peas steady, 58 1,1. Oats better demand-fine sorts, values unchanged. CATTLE. BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday. -Beef, 4rl to 6d few, 6d; mutton, 6,1 to 74d lamb, 10d to lid veal, 5d to 7d ner lb.; bacon piss 8 9d to 9s Od sows, 6s 9d to 7s 3d porkets, 9s 3d to 10s per score. SALFORD, Tuesday.-Larer supply of both cattle and sheep, but trade slow for both, at late rates be ter demand for Jambs at last week's prices. Smaller supply of calve, and tiade slow, at late rates. Cattle, 4d to bilt; sheen, 6d to lid: calves, 4d to fcjd per lb; lamb*, 25s to 42s. At market—Cattle, 3,367 sheep and lambs, 11,3*1 calves, 513. BUTTER. CORK, Tuesday.—Firsts, sSs seconds, 65s thirds, b6s fourths, 51s. Kegs— thirds, b3s. Mild-cured firkins-superfine, 90s; tine, 82s; mild. 61s do ke?s, —. In market-1,250 firkins, 70 mild, 11 kegs. SUGAR. GLASGOW, Tuesday.—Good business done, and rather more disposition to buy at yesterday's prices. The official report states :—Good business done at steady prices. HAY AND STRAW. LONDON, Tuesday.—Fair supplies, and trade quiet at the following quotations :-Inferior to good hay, 45s to 70s; best do, 75s to 90s; interior to good clover, 70s to 85s best do, 90s to 100s. Straw, 30s to 44s per load. METALS. GLASGOW, Tuesday.—Market opened stronj, but closed easier, and a good business was done at 4ls 8d and 41s 5,fl cash 4 i 8 lod to 41s 7;,d one month buyers. 4ls 5d cash; sellers, 41s6d. Middlesbrough done at 34s 4 £ d to 34s 6d cash 34 M to 34s 9d one month buyprs. 34s 4.d cash sellers, 34s 6d. Hematite done at 44s to 43s lOd cash 44s 2d to 44s one month buvers, 43s 9d to 43s 8d cash sellers, 43s lOtl to 43s 9d. PRODUCE. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—Sugar firm and quiet. Beet unchangpd. Coffee quieter. Cocoa steady. Rice quiet. Linseed, steady sal"s ordinary Calcutta, 33s. Castor oil slow. Lard, 35s to 35s 3d. Palm oil, rather more doing at prices favouring buyers. Petroleum, good American Qid. Turpentine, 29s 3d. Rosin unchanged. Nitrate dull, lis 6d to 12s. Coir yarn, 33 dhods by auction at £ 12 10s to B14 10s being full prices. 2

I TO-DAY)S SHIPPING. Lloyd's Casualty Telegrams. 0 The United State, ship Hamilton Fish, and the British barque Excelsior collided at Philadelphia. The former is uninjured, but the latter lost her bowsprit and jiliboom, and damaged her cutwater and stem. The Uranus, pr -viously reported aground at Henlopen, has been surveyed and condemned A part of the cargo will be saved. The steamer Fulda gronnded on the mud bank at New York. She expects to float at high water, after lightening. The Cecile, from Mexico, with wood, arrived at Val- paraiso leaky. A Quebec cablegram states that the Zulette is not lost, out only damaged by ice. Cardiff Arrivals. ROATH BASIN, May 17.-Prince Soltykoff as. 893, Decido, iron ore. Shakespear, 1240, Duukerque, light. EAST BUTE DOCK, May 17.—Mayo ss, 1294, Bilbao, iron ore. Khyl ss, 883, Bilbao, iron ore. WKST BUTE DOCK, May 17.—St Joseph, 55, Canal, WEST BUTE DoC", May 17.—St Joseph, 55, Canal, light. Capt. Cook ss, 153, Liverpool, sundries. A itze, 144, Corunna, pitwood.

A RAILWAY BRIDGE ON FIRE. A bridge on London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, at Leigham Lane, West Norwood, was fonnd to be on fire this morning. It is supposed to have originated from a spark from a locomo- tive. The fire brigade were soon in attendance, and although the bridge was then burning fiercely, the flames were speedily subjued.

A NEW STEEPLECHASE MEETING IN SOUTH WALES. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE "ECHO."J At a meeting, at which Lord Tredegar presided, at Newport, this afternoon, it was decided to establish a steeplechase meeting in connection with Llangibby and Tredegar Hunts to be held near Caerleon on Friday in the cattle show week in November each year.

AN IRISH DOCTOR'S DIVORCE SUIT. Yesterday in the House of Lords was introduced a bill to dissolve the marriage of Mr Ringrose Atkins, a doctor of medicine, of Lower Grange. in the county of Waterford, in Ireland, with Mary Ellen Atkins, his wife. The parties were married on October 25th, 1884, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of Ireland, at the parish church of Kilrossanty, in the county Waterford, the wife being Mary Ellen Hunt, spinster. After that they lived together until Feb. 15, 1885, but there was no issue. Shortly after the marriage the petitioner became seriously ill, and liable to attacks of extreme nervous excitement and prostration, coupled with mental depression, and by the advice of his medical attendants, it was arranged between him and his wife that they should live apart pending his restoration to health. Accordingly about February 15th they separated, and ever since he had not lived or cohabited with her, and his health, it was stated, was now completely restored. On Sept. 15th, 1885, his wife wentto reside with her sister, Mrs Margaret Packford, wife of William C. Packford, at his house at Eakring, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and she con- tinued to live there until January 31, 1886. During that time it was alleged that Mrs Atkins committed adultery with William C. Packford. On August 31, 1886, at Dorset-street, Old Rad- ford, in Nottinghamshire, Mrs Atkins was de- livered of a female child, of which the petitioner was not the father. Upon a petition filed in September, 1886, in the Probate and Matrimonial Division of the High Court of Justice in Ireland, the petitioner obtained a final decree of divorce from bed and board jind mutual cohabitation :igainst his wife for adultery. He had also brought an action in the Queen's Bench Division in Ireland against William C. Packford for criminal conversation, in which he obtained judgment in default of the defendant's appearance; and subsequently a jury assessed the damages at R500. The petitioner now sought by this bill to dissolve his marriage, and to make provisions with regard to property and other matters.—Evidence having been given on behalf of the petition, their lordehips resolved that the preamble of the bill had been proved.—The bill was then read a second time. A provision of ;0700 was made for the respondentia

I TO-DA_X'S ORIKET. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. KENT. LORD'S, I p.m.—Play was resumed to-day at half past eleven. 4.30 P.it.-The second Kant wicket fell at 53. and • then George Hearne and Mr Wilson played finely together, sending up the 100 just before four o'clock. The weather is cool and overcast ZENT. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. F. Hearne, c Hornby, b Raw- F. Hearne, c Hornby, b Raw- lin 14 c Pourher, bGrace.. 4 J. Tonge, b Chatterton 40 b Rawlins 23 G. Hearne, c Davebport, b Chatterton 18 not out 44 L. Wilson, C Davenport, b Grace 16 not out 23 Capt. Friend, st Davenport, b Grace. 18 W. B. Pattison, c Russell, b Grace 13 A. Hearne, run out 35 W. Hearne. c k b Chatterton 0 Martin, calexander, bchatter- ton 6 Wootton, b Eawlin 11 Pentecost, not.. out 0 Extras 4 Extras 6 Total 173 Total 100 M.C.C. AND GROUND. A.'N. Hornby, c F. Hearne, Total. 173 Total 100 M.C.C. AND GROUND. A.'N. Hornby, c F. Hearne, b Wootton 105 W. G. Graee, st Pentecost, b Wootton 15 Chatterton, b Hearne 11 Davenport, c Pentecost, b Hearne 37 Vernon,c Pattison,bWootton 36 Wright, b Wootton 4 Rawlin, b Wootton 0 Attewell, c Pentecost b Wootton 7 Russell, c and b Wootton 8 Alexander, c Wilson, b Wootton 10 Pougher, not out 0 Extras 12 Extras Total 225 Total SURREY v. HAMPSHIRE, OYAL, 1 p.m.—The weather was misty at Kennington Oval to-day, so that this match could not be resumed until a quarter to one, when the Hampshire innings-in which two wickets bad fallen for 92-was continued by Wynyard (53) and Jones (i}1. 2 p m.—The bad light was all in favour of the bowlers, and the visitors fared very disastrously. 3 p.m.—Ten minutes play after luncheon sufficed to bring the innings to a conclusion, and Hampshire being 121 behind had to follow on. A good deal of excuse could be made for the visitors, who had to play Lohmann an J Beaumont in a very bad light all the morning. 4 p.m,—Wanting 121 runs to save an innings defeat Hampshire started their second innings at 3.13. Lacey and Bonham-Carter played very good cricket for 50 minutes, and put on 37 runs before the latter was caught in the slips. SURREY". 1st Tnnines. 2nd Innings. Abel, c M. Jones, b Roberts 19 Brockwell, b Roberts 12 W. E. Roller, b Young 11 W. W. Read, o Young, b Armstrong 65 M. Read, b Roberts 32 Lohmann, c Currie, bltoberts 2 J.J. Shuter, b Armstrong. 57 Wood, b Young 26 Jones, run out 4 Rowley, b Roberts 8 Beaumont, not out 4 Extras 13 Extras Total 253 Total fHAMPSHIRB. 1st Innins3. 2nd Innings. Lacey Wood, b Abel 24 not out 27 Powell, o Abel, b Beaumont 1 c Beaumont b Bowley 3 Wynyard, c Abel, b Lohmann 15 Meyrick Jones, bBeaumont.. 6 Gerds, c Abel, b Lohmann.. 10 Jionhara Carter, b Lohmann 0 c Brockwell, b Roller 14 Armstrong, c W. Read, b Beaumont 1 Dibble, b Beaumont 0 Roberts, cWood, b Beaumont 0 ]" Young, not out 6 Currie, b Lohmann 0 Extras 0 Extras Total 132 Total. 44 CAMBRIDGE FIRST XI. v. NEXT XVI. CAMBRIDGE, 1.30 p.m.—Overnight the Eleven made 251, and the sixteen scored 13 for no wicket. Play was resumed at five past twelve. Two wickets fell in 26 overs. 2 p.m.—Mr Cox kept wicket well, and was instru- mental in dismissing three batsmen. CAMBRIDGE 1st XI 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. F. Marchant, b Parry 16 W. Greenstock. b Parry 10 W. C. Bridgman, b Parry.. 8 C. D. Buxton, c Mackinnon, b Parry 0 A M. Suthery, run out 105 H. Hale, 1 b w, b Milles 55 F, G. J. Ford, b Barnard 30 H. E. Crawley, b Barnard 0. J. S, Robinson, b Barnard 0 N. K. Stephen, 1 b w. b Mac- kinnon 5 A. R. Cox, not out 0 Extras 22 Extra* Total 251 Total. NEXT SIXTEEN. L; Martineau, c Cox, b Hale 23 C. C. Mott, c Ford, b Hale 4 H. Orr, cCox, b Hale IS Goulby, b Buxton 13 W. Young, st Cox, b Sutthery 12 L Ford, 0 Buxton, b Stephen 21 P. Humphrey not out 8 C. W. Parry, not out 5 Extras. 13 Extras. Total 117 Total. YORKSHIRE XI v. XXII: COLTS. SHEFFIELD, 1 p.m.—Play was resumed at e'even, over ni- lit not out Shepherd and Carlisle. being op- posed by Ullyett and Peel. Shepherd succumbed to Ullyett's second ball, and MMsey was despatched in the same over. Thirteen wickets for 324. Dixon fol lowed, but Carlisile fell a victim to Hunter directly after. Fifteen for 330. The remaining seven made nothing of a stand, and the innings closed at 12.20 for 356. Bates and Hall opened at the wickets for the County to the bowling of Cuttle and Crighton. 2 p.m.—After three quarters of an hour sound cricket Rates was caught, after making 37. One for 52. Harris followed, but failed to score. The Colts proved exceed- ingly smart inthe field. 4. p.m.- At 3.15 the score was 144 for two wickets the not out at luncbeon-Hall and Ulyett-were still together despite changes in the bowlieg. Duthoit, D son, and Massey all being tried without effect. Uiyett, 44 Hall, 46; OOLTS. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. W. Jubb (Chickenley), c 4 b Peel 25 A.Tin«ley (Malton),c Hunter, • b Wade 13 E. Robinson (Honley), 0 Peel, b Bennett 59 J.Yeadon(Yeadon),b Preston SI WCuttell(Sheffield),stHunter, b Emmett 16 H. J. Tinsley (Malton),cPeel, b Peate 13 i Tunnieliffe(Ptidsey),b Peata 6 J Denton (Wakeifeld) b Harris 33 H. Hirst (Armitage Bridge), b Peel 19 W. Aksher (Londesbrough), c and b Peel 7 J. Redfearn (Lascelles Hall), c Hunter, b Uiyett 47 T. C. 8hepherd(cap),cHnnter, Uiyett 28 J. L. Proctor (York), st Hun- ter, b Peate 4 H. Carlisle (Rodley).fcHunter, b Peel 5 G. S. Massey, b Uiyett 0 T. Dixon, 0 and b Peel 7 J. A. Duthoit, c Peel,bUlyett 4 T. E. Ellis, b Uiyett 4 J T. Brown, b Peel 1 E. Cj- hton, b Peel. 7 W. Shepherd.cKmmett.bPeel 3 G. W. Oldfield, not out 0 Extras i.. 2! Extras Total. 356 Total YORKSHIRE. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. Bates, c Asher, b Hirst 31 Hall, not out 39 Harris, b Tunnicliffe 0 Uiyett, not out 16 Extras 5 Extras Total 95 Total OXFORD FIRST XI. v. NEXT XVI. OXFORD, 4 p.m. -Play was Tesumed this afternoon In beautiful weather. When stumps were drawn over- night the score was 293, Wreford.Brown (3) and Coch- rane (13) being the not outs. Cochrane was soon bowled, Scare at present: 390 for nine wickets. THE ELEVEN. 1st Inning*. 2nd Inniccs. F. H. Gresson, bRawlinson.. 53 A. W. Forster, o Bradby, b Rawlinson 60 W. Rashleigh, c Glennie, b Lester 52 J. H. Brain, b Lester 24 K J Key, o Watson b Croome 20 E. A. Nepe, c Lester, b Rawlinson 12 H. Philipson, st Dauglisb, b Croome 16 Wreford-Brown, b Rawlinson 20 A. Cochrane, b Rawlinson 16 L. D. Hildyard, not out 6 Bromley-Martin, not out. 0 Extras Extras Total 319 Total

THE SUFFRAGAN BISHOP AND HIS CAB, As I stood talking outside the Athenseum the other day," writes a humorous correspon- dent, I saw a bishop—a humble suffragan -dri ve up in a hansom and bid the (unpaid) cabman wait while he went into the club. A minute or two later out came a 'real bishop, who guilelosalygot into the waiting hansom,' and, beiug mistaken by the cabman for his original face, was straightway driven off. Then ssued the suffragan, whose inquiries for his cab led to his being informed by a second cabman that it had been taken by another geqt in leggins.' Piqued at this ribald allusion to the episcopal garb, the snffragaa turned ou his beel. But as be replaced his parse in his pocket I marked the frown pass into a smile of resignation as he I realised how the wind was tempered to the shorn Jamh."

I Enterprise Reported Lame. The Press Association says it is rumoured in London sporting circles to-day that Enterprise, the prominent Derby candidate, pulled up lame aster his gallop at Newmavket this morning. The Press Association is officially informed that Enterprise met with an accident at Newmarket I this morning. Mr Ryan, as trainer, however, does not take it serious enough to prevent the horse running for the Derby.

I York Spring Meeting. j I YORK, TUESDAY. The GLASGOW PLATE (handicap) of 150 sovs win. ners extra the winner to be sold for 100 sovs. Six furlongs. Mr l.ambton's Mischief, 4v 9st 41b C. Wood 1 Mr Hibbert's Eight Bells, 3y 7stl01b,.J Woodburn 2 Lord Durham's Broderie, 3y 7st JOlb Chandley 3 Governor Waller (Finlay) an,1 Aztec (Connor) also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst, Eight Bells, 2 to 1 agst Mischief, 6 to 1 agst Broderie, and 6 to 1 agst Governor Waller. Eight Bells came. on with a slight lead of Broderic and Aztec, with Mischief lying off to the bend, then she took second piace to Eight Bells, whom she headed opposite the stand, and won by a head; a bad third Gove-nor Waller was fourth. The winner was sold to Mr Hibbevt for E300. The KNAVEsMDiE PLATE of 100 guineas, for two year old: colts 8st 12ib, fillies and geldings 8st 9lb penalties and allowances. T C. Mr Sanderson's Cherrystone. 8st 51b Bruckshaw 1 Mr Craig's Lord Harry, 8st 7ib E. Martin 2 Mr Vyner's Scope, 8st 41b J E Jones -3 Graphic (J Woodburn) also ran. Betting—5 to 4 on Cherrystone, 3 to 1 agst Lord Harry, 7 to 1 agst Scope, and 8 to 1 agst Graphic. Scope made the running to the distance, where the favourite drew to the front and won hy: a length four lengths separated the second and third. The SCURRY STAKES (handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 100 added the second receives 20 sovs out of the stakes. S x farlowjs. Mr Crest's Tommy Titllem mse, 5v 9st C Wood 1 Mr Whipp's Good Night, by 8st 81h Finlay 2 Mr Cholmiey's c by Lowlivuler—Kitty, 3y 8st 41b Fagan 3 Shy (Fiiilay), Horton (P. Barrett), Wenlock Edge (J. Woodburn), is 1a pIlIIlen), Glenlass (Tomlinson), and Thorpe (Davis( also ran. Betting-Evens Kitty colt, 4 to 1 agst Tommy Tittlemouse, 7 to 1 agst Horton, 10 to 1 farh agst Say and Wenlock Edge, and 100 to 8 agst Good Night. The GREAT NORTHERN HAL NDICkP4 of 500 sovs winners extra. One mile and three-quarters. Mr Crest's RENNY, 5y 7st 91b (car 7st 101b.. Wood 1 Mr Stevenson's NIGHTCAP, 5y 7st 51b Glover~2 Major Stapylton's SCOXILLA, 4y 7st 41b A J Taylor 3 Nine ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE THE DERBY. b to 4 on The Baron (t) 9 to 2 agst Enterprise (t) Very little doing' Additional Arrivals This Morning, Governor Waller, Soldier's Love, Cherrystone, Belle Mahone, Kenil worth, Nut tie. Reverie, Prince Rupert, Waterford, Lady Florenc. filly, Sanctuary, Azcec, and Mischief,

Bath and Somerset Meeting, BATH, TuKSDAF. The SECOND YEAR of the THIRTY-FOURTH BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for three yearolds colts 9st, fiilies and geld- ings 8st 111b penalties and allowances. About one mile and a half. Duke of Beaufort's Belisarius II, 9st 51b..G. Birrett 1 Mr Cleveland's Don Jleriuo, 8^t 6!b A. White 2 Betting—11 to 10 on Don Merino. Belisarius II made the running for a quarter of a mile, and then gave way to D,n Merino. tialf a mile froni'home Don Merino bolted out of the course, leav- ing Belisarius II to come in alone. The BEAUFORT HANDICAP PLATE of 150 sovs winners extra. Five furlongs. Mr Joliffe's Scottish Minstrel, 3y bst 101b.T. Loafes 1 Mr O'Neill's Mallow, 5v t G. Barrett 2 Mr Paget'* Clarion, 4y 7sc 6ib (allowed HIb)Bradbury 3 Everitt (A. White), Resolution (Clemiuson), Gwen- draeth (allowed Sib) (Taylor), Wine Sour (Calder), and Castrum (allowed 5!b) (M Cannon) also ran. Betting -9 to 4 agst Mallow. 5 to 2 agst Scottish Minstrel, 100 to 15 agst Gweniiraeth, 7 to 1 each agst Wine Sour and Clarion, 8 to 1 agst Everitt, and lCD to 8 agA Cas- trnm. Wine Sour made p'ay with a clear lead of Scottish Minstrel, Castrum, Gwendraeth, and Mallow, with Resolution lyinbst until entering the straiiziit, where Scottish Minstrel drew to the front, and, stalling off Mallow's challenge opposite the stand, won by a length a head separated the second and third. Everitt w,s fourth, Gwendraeth tifth, Wine Sour next, and Resolution last. The JUVENILE SELLING STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, tor two v-aroldi, colts 9st 31b, fillies and geldings 9st penalties and allowances. Five furlongs. Mr Tyrone's Robert Bruce, 8sfc 121b S. Loates 1 Baron Tuyll's May Blossom, by Zeal-viiss May, 8st 12lb T. Loates 2 Mr T Calder's c by Pell egriiio-E:helreda, 8st 121b Calder 3 Aeolides (T. Cannon), Missy Baba (G Barrett), Nir- vana (Wauiwright), and Commissary (Robinson) also ran. Betting—7 to 4 agst Aeolides, 3 to I agst May Blossom, 6 to 1 agst Missy Bab&, and 10 to 1 agst Robert Bruce. Won by a neck three lengths separated the second and third, The SOMERSETSHIRE JUBILEE STAKES (handi- cap; of 400 sovs, by subscription of 15gs each win- ners extra. About one mils and a quarter. Mr Merry's c by Bertram or Wisdom—Enigma, 4y 8s t 21b G Barrett 1 Duke of Beaufort's Forio, Sy 8,t lllb .Booty 2 Gen. Pearson's Ruddigore, 3y 7st 91b S Loates 3 l,owdown (Robinson), Wedding Day (Calder), Wilhel- mina Waller (T Cannon, jun). and Attila (White) also ran.Betting—.3 to 1 aest Lowdown, 4 to 1 agst Enigiiiac LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PLATE. Currency 1 Frivolity 2 Minier 3 BETTING ON THE COURSE BEFORE RACING. THE DERBY. 6 to 4 on The Baron (o) 20 to 1 agst Enterprise (o) The latter is reported to have broken down badly. Additional Arrivals This Morning. Robert Bruce, Gwendraeth, Miss May c ilt, Trebbia colt, Excavator. Tiger Lily colt, Lady Frederick.

Official Starting Prices. [" SPORTING LIFE TlCLKGKAJt.1 YORK MEETING. RACE. HORSE. I PRICE. Glssgow Plate .„ Mischief 2 to 1 agst K 'avesmire Plate— Cherrystone 5 to 4 on Scurry T..Titllamouse 4 to 1 agst Great Northern. Ranny„. 11 to 8 agst BATH AND SOMERSETSHIRE MEETING. Thirty-fourthBiennial I Belisarius II.. 11 to 10 agst Beaufort Handicap.. ( Scot. Minstrel. 5 to 2 agst Juvenile Robert Bruce. 10 to .1 agst Jubilee Stakes ] Enigma colt 4 to 1 agst The above prices will be found to be identiCiol wikb those published in the RACING CALENDAR.

Newmarket Training Notes. I'v HVK NKWMARKKT CORRESPONDENT. I NEWMARKET. Tuesday. On the Racecourse side, J. Cannon's Cormeille and L'Orpheline colt.galleped six furlongs. Hayhoe's Middlethorpe went two miles Beaver going one mile and three-quarters. Waugh's Eurasian went nearly two miles; Aintree going seven furlongs. Brown's Gossip gelding and Peeler galloped one mile and a half. Bloss's Corunna and Isosceles were sent one mile, and a quarter. John Dawson's, jun, Felix and Somerton negotiated one mile and a half 'JSrandison galloped six furlongs. Enoch's Scot- tish King and Panzerschiff were sent one mile King Monmouth and Giesslmbler galloped six furlongs. Hopper's Old Gold, Flauerie, Roma, and Villeneuve galloped one mile and a quarter. Gurry's Kimbolton and Quilp galloped nearly two miles; Merry Hampton cantered six furlonas. ^herrard's Biillerton, Bard of Erin, Plantagenst, and Whitefriar galloped seven fur- longs. On the Bury side, Matthew Dawson's Adonis and The Baron traversed a mile and a half; Blanchfand went:the same distance. J. Dawson's, sen., Braw Lass and Hawthorn went one miie M P, Janicot, and Greenwich followed. G. Dawson's Cintra and Love- g:>ld galloped six furlongs. Ryan's Enterprise went a little over a mile. l eft for York-Essarius, Don, Pretty Face, Fleet- foot, Volscian Queen. For Bath—Lovely,

LONDON BETTING. FOUtBM A rumour That Enterprise had pulled up lame this morning drove him to 10 to 1, while 6 to b, 6 to 4,11 to 8, 6 to 4, and 7 to 4 were laid on The Baron. At the tinish, however, 4 to 1 was the best offer agst Enter- prise, and 6 to 4 was taken that The Baron does not win. Whistle Jacket and Merry Hampton were en- quired after, but they had no price. Quotations TUE DERBY. (Run Wednesday, May 25th. One mile and a half.) b to 4 tfn The Baron (o, b to 4 wi t6 1 — Knterprise (o, after 13 to 1 laid) 4 to 1 — Knterprise (o, after 13 to 1 laid) 100 to 6 Martley (t) 20 t<> I Blanchlarv,i (t t 2J to i — BlanchlaiKl (: o) 20 to I Aintred (i 20 to 1 Timothy(,), to I W) THli OAKS. 6 to 5 on Rave d'Or (t) 3 to I aggt Lady Muncitstqr (t) 100 to 6 — Freedom (t) 100 to 6 — Porcelain (t) MANCHESTER GUP. (One mils and three-quarters. Run Thursday, June 2. 9 to 1 agst Carlton 4y Sst 91b (t & n) 10 to 1 — Lady Castlereagh, 5y 7-t 121bit) 100 to 7 — Fullerton, 4y 8st 81b (t) <i0 t? i — WiUsferewn ,4y 101b (Q [ 100 to 7 Fullerton, 4y iit Bib (c) 40 to 1 — WiUsferewn ,4y 101b (Q [

I Reported Scratching of Whistle Jacket. I The Telegram a Forgery. Some little excitement yesterday was caused by a telegram being received at the Victoria Club and Tattarsall's announcing the scratching of Whistle Jacket for the Derby. The message had the appearance of the Julius Caesar "bogus busi- ness, and it yet remains to be seen whether Messrs Weatherby's announcement of the ecratch- ing of the colt by t,-],-gram has nob emanated from the same source. Messrs Weatherby announce this afternoon that the telegram received yesterday of the scratching of Whistle Jacket for the Epsom Derby was a forgery. The horse, therefore, re- mains in the race.

£ 20,000 OFFERED FOR BENDIGO. On Friday last Mr H. T. Barclay, the owner of Bendigo, received a telegram from Mr William Wright, the well-known Anglo-Parisian book- maker, offering him C20,000 down and other contingencies for his noble steed. The contin- gencies in question, says the Telegraph, are, we believe, that Bendigo is to remain under the charge of Jousiffs, his present trainer, until he has run out any engagements for which Mr Barclay may think proper to start him; that half of any stake that Bendigo may win shall be paid to Mr Barclay; and, finally, that Mr Barclay shall have the annual privilege of sending three mares gratis to his old favourite. It is a splendid bid for, perhaps, the grandest horse in the world—so splendid, indeed, that any man, however wealthy, would be well justified in reflecting many times before he responded to it in the negative. For a century, or more, there have from time to time been rumoura of magnificent offers made for famous thorough- breds, but we are aware of no instance in which a horse, either in this or any other country, has ever been sold for as large a sum as f,15,000 guineas. The biggest prices actually given for horses were about £14,300, paid by Lord Dupplin to Mr Gosden for Petrarch 214,000 paid by the Duke of Westminster to Mr Robert Peck for Don caster; 12,500 guineas paid by the Cobham Stud Company to the executors of Mr Blenkiron for Blair Athol; and a like sum paid by Lord Hastings to Mr Padwick for the worthless Kangaroo. It is al ways possible that Bendigo might prove an uncertain sire, like the Earl, or tnrn out a failure at the stud, like Coronation, Surplice, Gladiateur, and West Australian. The misfor- tune which has overtaken Ormonde since last autumn testifies that all thoroughbred horses are what the late Sir Tatton Sykes called them, "casualty stock." if from patriotic motives Mr Barclay declines the most mangificent sum ever yet offered for a horse, he will be setting an example well calculated to silence for a moment those confirmed pessimists who inveigh against the decay of patriotism in these islands, of which so many indications surround us on every side. The Press Association is authorised by Mr B. T. Barclay to say that be has not accepted the offer of 220,000 made to him, it is understood, by Mr W. Wright for the famous racehorse Bendigo.

DASTARDLY TRADE OUTRAGE AT BELFAST. Over three hundred men were to-day thrown out of employment in Messrs Macilwaine and Lewis's shipbuilding yard, at Belfast, owing to all the principal belting in the work", to the value of £350, having been maliciously destroyed last night. At the police-court, to-day, an employéoi the establishment, named McKeown, who WRS discharged yesterday, was remanded in custody on a oharge of destroying the belting. This was the only yard in the town where wages were paid weekly.

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT TO A RAILWAY GUARD. While the Dublin mail train was pro. ceeding at great speed this morn. ing between Portadown and Largan, On Great Northern Railway one of the guards named Walsh fell from the van. Another guard having observed the occurrence had the train immediately stopped, and on going back to where Walsh fell out found he had sustained terrible injuries. He is not expected to recover. It is lIupposed that the door of the van was not properly fastened when the train left PortadeWB.

MARRIAGE OF LORD CRANBORNE The marriage of Lord Cranborne, M.P., with Lady Cicely Alice Gore, second daughter ef the Barl of. Arran, was solemnized this afternoon at St1 Margaret's Church, Westminster, in the preeence ef a large congregation. The Bishop of St Alban's officiated, assisted by the Rev Lord Wm. Oèeil. brother of the bridegroom, and the Rev Charles Gore. There were eight bridesmaids, and the Prince and Princess of Wales and their three daughters were among those present. The newly married pair spend the honeymoon at Oranborne, Dorsetshire.

SERIOUS COLLISIONS IN NEW- PORT DOCKS. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE "ECHO,"] This afternoon, as the steamer Batley was proceeding to the Alexandra Dook, Newport, she fouled tbe schooner Annette, of Wexford, smashing in her quarter and causing her to part her moorings and swerve across the river. The steamer also fouled the Kate, of Duogarvao, another eohooner, lying near, and smashed her side. The collisions were owing to the Steering gear of the Batley getting out of order.

THE DISASTROU.S FIRE IN LONDON. We are informed by Messrs Edward Pink and Sons, jam manufacturers and fruit importers, of Staple-street, Long-lane, Borough, whose premises cover four and a haif acres, that the fire reported as taking place on Friday, May 13th, was on no part of their works, and that they have no ronuew tion with the premises where it occurred.

THE "HOME SECRETARY AND THE PIT BROW WOMEN. The Wor4a Secretary to-day received a deputa- tion from women employed at the pit brow ia Lancashire and South Wales. He warmly sym- pathised with the deputation, and promised to < oppose the amendments to the Mines' Regulation Bill, of which the women complain. d