South Wales Echo

Annual Licensing Session at Caerleon. the License of the King's Head Refused. The annual licensing session for the district of Caerleon was held at the police-court, to-day Major Mansel and Mr R. F. Mitchell were the licensing magistrates present. Supt. Bosanquet in his annual report to the magistrates stated that since the last annual licensing the parish of Llan- gibby, with 463 inhabitants and two licensed houses, had been transferred to the Usk division. The population of the Caerleon district, according so the recent census, was 6,044, and tiiere are SO alehouses, 15 beerhouses, 2 grocers, and 2 off licenses being at the rate of one house to each i87 inhabitants. Seven license holders were pro- seeded against during the year 4 were convicted three dismissed, against six summonses and five convictions in the previous year, No notice of application for a new license had been received, and only one notice of objection was served that being in the case of Albert Sadler, landlord of the King's Head Inn, the license of which was opposed on the ground that the license was unnecessary, that the house had been badly conducted, and that the present holder was not a fit person to hold tho license.—Mr Mitchell, in addressing the license holders, warned them to take special precautions in the conduct of their business, as it would be the duty of the magistrates to refuse the license of any houdu at which it was proved excessive drinking had taken place. t Mr Gardner, solicitor (Gardner and Herbert), applied on behalf of Albert Sadler for a renewal of the license of the King's Head Inn. Mr Gardner submitted that the testimonials produced by the applicant showed that he was a suitable person to hold the license. He asked the Bench not to take away what was practically a vested interest. On the statement that the house was unnecessary, he (Mr Gardner) asked that if the Bench considered Sadler an unsuitable tenant a temporary license should be granted to the secretary of Searlo and Herring, Limited, who are the owners of the house.— Albert Sadlor, the landlord, was then called, and produced testimonials in answer to Mr Horace Lyne, who appeared for the police. Wit- oess stated that he was sometimes absent from the house during the day. He had heard of aomplaints having been made as to the conduct of the house. No complaint had been made, how- aver, against the house since the license had been transferred to him.—Mr Lyne, who appeared to oppose the application, said that the management of the house was practically the same as when the license was held by WiNiam Sadler, during which time the house was very badly conducted. The applicant had never kept a licensed house before, and was absent from the house during half of the day. The house was situated next door to a fully licensed house, the Hanbury Arms, and there were twelve other licensed houses in Caer- leon, the population of which, excepting the Caerleon Schools, was 1,203, and he submitted that the number was in excess of the require- ments of the town. Supt. Bosanquet and P.S. Lewis proved that there had been complaints m to the conduct of the house. The Bench after a consultation, stated that they had decided to refuse the license.— Mr Gardner then asked that a temporary license should be granted to the secretary of the company, but the Bench declined to accede to this, and it was intimated that a fres h application would be made at the adjourned aesBioas.

Public Opinion. To CORRESPONDENTS.—No LETTER can he inserted un- less written on one side of the pa.per only, and ac- companied by the name and address ef the writer as a guarantee of good faith. RAILWAY SIGNALMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SOUTH WALES ECHO." SiN -The letter which appears in your columns this afternoon under the heading Railway Signalmen's Responsibilities and Their Low Wages" reveals a state of things utterly and shamefully discreditable to the age in which we live. Indeed, with so much appearance of Chris- tianity in this superlative land of ours, one can soarcely credit that we, who instigated the eman- cipation of slaves in other countries, have yet to read so pathetic a letter, signed Rail- way Slave," in a British newspaper, which, alas, is but too truthfully so signed, if the contents are even semi-reliable. In one respect I feel sure this man is quite right-the remunera- tion of railway officials is most unfairly appor- tioned, nor is responsibility sufficiently taken into account by those upon whom devolves the duty of apportioning ii. The position of a signalman speaks for iteelf, and so does his pay. The latter is simply disgraceful, and the former, that which calls into action the best mental and physical resources of an intelligent and courageous man. Many of us who, in our trivial round, feel the worry of ordinary anticipation can quite understand the feelings of this man with his fifty levers, upon the cautious handling of which depends our bodily safety, when he has upon his already too heavily bur- thened mind the sad and anxious reflection that his loved ones are short of brefctd. Yet when dis- aster, which ought not to surprise us, does happen,how many are ready to hang this poor over. Worked fellow-creature, whose hard-earned wages are clipped to increase the dividends of his em- ployers, numbers of whom have scarce a care in the world, and who too eften resent being re- minded of those whose lives are made up of toil and misery ? But worst of allr this railway enterprise is for public convenience—lands and property must be sacrificed to further it. And the public comfort and safety are allowed to be of so little importance that individual profit must take precedence to both. Why should not necessity so absolutely national be nationally controlled ? Let the nation possess what is strictly speaking its own property and pay a fair interest for a safe investment. Above all, let us insist upon all honest and will. ing workers being adequately provided for. Let them return to a well-furnished home, when their day's work is done, and tee their wives and children comfortably clad, well fed, radiant and happy. This is only their due, and those who are too selfish and mercenary to rsspect it should be comnelled to do o.-I am, etc.. Penarth, Aug. 19th, 1891. F. B. JOHNSON.

THE AMERICAN GRAIN CROP, [REUTKK'S TELEGRAM.1 NRW YORK, Wednesday. President Harrison arrived at Bennington, Vermont, yesterday. He will be present to-day at the dedication of the monument in commemo- ration of the Battle of Benhington. On the journey the President was received with salutes and cheers by the crowds at the various stations in New York State, for which he expressed his. thanks in brief speeches. At Albany an immense throng greeted the President and continuously cheered him as he was driven to the City Hall through the street", which were decorated with flags and bunting. At the hall the President was welcomed by Mr Hill, the Governor of New-York State, and Mr Manning, the Mayor of Albany, whom he thanked for the cordial reception extended to him. Referring to the extraordinary grain crop of the present season, President Harrison said It happens that, just with this great surplus, we find a great scarcity in all countries of Europe. This is our opportunity, and I cannot see how it is possible but that these exports of grain which are now reaching the limit of capacity of our railroads and ships shall soon bring back to us the lost gold we sent to Europe, and more that we did not lose."

CARDIFF LIBERALS, READ. To-day is the day on which all objections to voters for parliamentary and muneipal franchise have to be made. Any Liberal receiving a notice of objection should call at the I,'bfcrp.l Offices, 53, Queen-street, to-night, in order that, if possible, nis vote may be saved by a now claim being made for him.

I Execution To-day. I I SPEECH FROM THE GALLOWS. AWFUL SCENE ON THE SCAFFOLD. 1 A Confession. I TOO LONG A DROP. I OULPRIRS HEAD NEARLY SEVERED I FROM HIS BODY. John Conway, the Liverpool murderer, was this morning executed at Kirkdale Gaol for the murder of the boy Nicholas Martin, in the house which the murderer occupied as an office of the Sailors' and Firemen's Union, of which he was a branch secretary. The culprit was condemned under the name of Conway, though he bad since declared that his real name was Owen Giblmth, that he was 61 years old, and that he was born in Gal- way. The executioner was Berry, of Bradford. He Had Something to Say. As Conway was brought to the scarf old and Berry was drawing the white cap on Conway, who was staring wildly about, said, Hold on, hold on, I want to say something." Berry: You can't say anything now." Father Bonte stepped forward and held Berry's hand, whereupon the executioner said, Then say what you have got to say quickly." Conway then (when the white cap had been slightly iaised by Berry) said, I want to speak of the officii" of this prison. They have been very kill" 'o me; likewise my father confessor, who has be c;1 very kind to me, and I wish all my prosecutors to be forgiven by me and by my God. Lord have mercy upon my soul; oh, my God, my God. The Confession. I "Immediately after the drop had faller., Father Bonte, addressing those present, said Gentle- men, before we leave I want to read you a declaration which he has made this morning. It is as follows :— I accept the sentence that has been pronounced against me as just, and I now offer my life in satisfaction to all whom I have otfended- to God, to my religion, to my coun- try, to the parents of the 'victim, to the victim, himself and to society. In confess- ing my guiJt I protest that my motive was not outrage; such a thought I never in all my life entertained drink has been my ruin, I not lust. I was impelled to the crime while under the influenceof drink by a fit of murderous mania and amorbid curiosity to observe the process of dying. A moment after the commission of the crime I experienced the deepest sorrow for it, and would have done anything in the world to undp it. May God in his mercy forgive me. JOHN CONWAY, 20th August, 1891." The signature and date were in the condemned man's own handwriting. Father Bonte, continuing, said It was only yesterday I tried to impress upon1 him the neces- sity of this. He resisted considerably to make this public declaration, but be eventually con- sented to express this sentiment through me. A Sickening Spectacle. I During the whole of the time Father Bonte was speaking the blood from the dead body was heard streaming on to the floor. It was then found that the condemned man's head bad been almost torn from his body and was hanging merely by the muscles of the neck. As the Press repre- sentative stepped forward to observe what had happened more closely, Berry shouted out Va the warders, Take them out take them out and they were at once hurried out of the scaffold-room, although at previous executions they have been allowed to remain until the doctor had des- cended the pit and pronounced life to be extinct. The Executioner's Explanation. I. This morning Dr Barr, seeing what had oc- curred, did not even go into the pit while the I Press remained. Berry afterwards said to tile reporters, whom he followed into the warders' apartments, "They would have given him another eight inches drop but for me. If I had bad my way I would not have given him above four feet six inches; he weighed list. 21b., and stood 5ft. 7in. without his boots. He is only hanging now by the muscles of his neck. I would, I tell you, have only given him 4ft. 6in., but they have given him a six-foot drop, and would have made it 6ft. 9in. It was Dr Barr who allowed this drop; he believes in a long drop." A Reporter But Dr Barr is only acting under instructions is not this drop fixed in the new Government regulations Berry Yes, that is right enough, but this is the fruits of interfering with my decision; but for me they would have decapitated bfm al together. The Hoisting of the Flag. The immense who crowd assembled outside the gaol to witness the hoisting of the flag little ima- gined the intensely horrible nature of the ordi- narily horrible tragedy enacted within. THE INQUEST. Extraordinary Statements. At the inquest held in the gaol at 9.30, after Major Knox, the governor, had given formal evidence, a juryman asked why Berry was no present, saying he had been at inquests there previously, and that Binns was once carpetted before the jury. The coroner replied that the govferiior had said that everything had gone off as usual, so there was no necessity for Berry to be present. Dr Barr said that the execution was carried out n the usual way. The Coroner t Was there no bitch at all ? Dr Barr: Not so far as the execution was con. cerned. The jury returned the formal verdiot "That judgment of death had been carried into effect." The reporters expressed a desire to see the body of the deceased man with the jurymen, but they were informed that the governor had directed that they could not do so.

The Eisteddvod. I TO-OAY'S EVENTS. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ECHO."] The Eisteddvod opened to-day under more favourable auspices. The weather, though dull, was ifne, and the pavilion was in better condition, but not so well filled. Excursionists are arriving in great numbers. The proceedings opened with a meet. ring of the Gorsedd and a meeting of the Cymrriro- dorion Society. At 11.30 Sir Hussey Vivian took the chair and delivered the presidential address. Enthusiasm at Llanelly. Upon the arrival of the successful choralists at Llanelly on Wednesday night a tremendous throng surged outside the station gates. A procession, headed by the town band, was formed. The streets were brilliantly illuminated, and the enthusiasm of the townspeople knew no bounds. Arriving at the Cambrian Hotel, the conductor spoke briefly in Welsh to the vast assemblage, and thanked them for the magnificent reception given that night to him and the choralists, whom he had just led on to victory. A Correction. I The winner of the tenor solo at the Swansea Eisteddvod was inaccurately stated to be W. Richards. It should have been Mr Richard Evans, Cardiff.

TO-DAY'S MONEY. I [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] STOCK EXCHANGE, LONDON, OPRNINO, 11.20 A.M. There is a moderate business doing in the Stock Markets, and prices show undecided ten- dency. Consols dull. Rupee Paper is also dull. In Foreign Bonds Cedulas A 1/2 lower do. B and j) 14. Home Railways are firm, being l/g to higher in several instances on the continued scar- city of stock. American Railways are irregular Lake Shore and Northern Pacific Preferred better Union Paci- fic Vs other changes of Ys to V4 evenly balanced. Grand Trunk Stocks steady. Mexi- can Railways firm, being to better. Oceana Land in demand, being better. Tintos lower. Discount Market quiet, but rate firm, at 1% per cent for three months' bills, under influence of gold withdrawals from the Bank. Short loans in limited demand at per cent. NOON. The Stock Markets are firm. Foreign Bonds are well supported Portuguese and Spanish better Italian and Egyptian Unified, Homo Railways are firm—South Eastern Deferred higher Chatham Preference, several others, to. American Railways are weak, on reali- sations Union Pacific lower most others, to. Mexican Railway First Preference have risen 11/2 ditto Second Preference, South African Mines firm, at a slight advance. 1.5 P.M. Buenos Ayres Gold Premium unaltered at 298 per cent. Bankers' paid clearing return shows a total of £ 155,866,000 decrease, £ 31,856,000. Both Indian Exchanges, Is 5d. The Brighton Railway passenger traffic receipts yesterday showed a decrease of £ 54. The Central Argentine Railway weekly traffio decreased £ 6,109. 1.10 P.M. On the Stock Exchange, Consols are weak, being lower. Rupee Paper 4% per Cents, are lower. In Foreign Bonds, Argentine 1886 Loan is better; Italian and Portuguese, Home Railways are firm—North British Ordi- nary V2 better several others, to Ameri- can Railways are dull—Northern Pacific Pre- ferred ]/, lower; few others, ? to Grand Trunk Preferences are weak, at to lower. Oceana Land ? lower. Vienna Bourse is weak Jaris firm. 1.30 P.M. The Bank of England weekly return shows a total reserve of £ 17,020,368 decrease £ 85,848 proportion of reserve to liabilities has rijen to 4-5% per cent. iO-DAY'S PRICES —BUSINESS DONE. I,A, fivuree in parentheses art yesterday a closing prices BRITISH STOCKS. To-da,ils To-day Prtces. Prices Conaf? 2pc Moii(d6i)5f| India 3A pc. (107i)~ ConsdU 2? pe:Act(?)6-5? Ditto 3 p c (96?)- <lC2i)— Metro Bd Wks3(111)- Localj Sdtoitctk o .(95i)— Dltto3pc .(101^)— B nk Eng Stk(340)- India RPIp e..(77? Ditto do ?..(75?)i BRITISH HA.1LWA.YS. Bright,(ill Ry Ord(156)— London & S W.. 156)— Ditto Pef .(147)S-i Manch, Shelf Ord(70) Caledonia °rd..(113i)H Ditto Pref -(llo),- Do Chat & Dover Or(16:I)H.¡ Ditto Land.(71)- Ditto Prof (105)4.1 Metro Dis Ord ..(282)9-i Glasgow A S Wn(98)— Ditto Pref (6g)- G Eastern O'd..(89.1)5 Midland Ord.(156J)7 G Northern Ord(ii,q)- Nlkitish Pref ..(661)7-^ G Northern Def..(71)- N'Britigli Ord G Northern A ..(74)— N Eastern Ord..(156^)|-J Great West;etji..{162i) £ -§ North Stafford-.(124)— [!¡¡ll & Bal"¡lsleY(35)k )1-1 S Eastern Ord ..(116)— Lane & Yo^li..(111,1)— Ditto Def (81w-,21-i Londontfc N W London (8i ti Taff Vale Act'8Sv764)— Durness .1..C;6)- united STATES RAILWAYS Central Pacilic..(30HH Noifolk Pref ..(514H-M ChicagoMila^ukie(6'. i)9J IN Pacific Prefer (63)i-8 Denver Onl"(16)5:i' .Ohio <fc Miss'ipi(20-i)0 Denver Ord A)5-4j-5A Ditto Preference (87i)— Ditto Prefel'ted(44 )5-4j-pkDitto Preference (87)- Pensylvania Ord(51i)2 Ditto Preference^6)— Phil & Heading (15*)* Ditto 2nd Mo}t\103}4 Do. First In. (54)— Illinois Central(99)—- Union Pacific ,(37g)8i-7j Lake Shore (11)5 Wabash Prefer" .¿5M Louisvle & NaslÍ(73;)H-H Ditto Gen Mort pmH Missouri & Kau (]5sH- Atlantic & G W N York Central(luW)4 1st Mort (32i)— N York Ontario(i7i)A Atchison other RAILWAYS Ca.'cHan Pacific (86ý)!- H-6 I Mexican Ord". (34 1H Buenos AyresGS(lJ9i)— I Do 1st Prel -(1161)7-81 0 Trunk Ord.(?i),?e Do 2nd Pref ..(56.1)7-84 Do Guaranteed(? J|y2 Lombardo Ord.. (8|)— Mex Cen 4 pc..(73i)i^ Do 2nd Pref „.(44iVi Mex 1st In Bnds(."5i)— Do SrdJPref .(a3¡¡) BAyres&Kosario(81)— Cen Argentine..(55i)— FOREIGN STOCKS 1 Chilian 1886 (77)— Peru Corn Stock(9i)i Bunos Ayres, 1882(35i>_ Do Pref ( £ 2±> £ Do, 1883(39)- Portu 3 p cl869 (396)1-40 Argentine 1886..(62)- Greek, 1881 (61;— Do Treasuryf..(37J,)_ Greek, 1884 (BL)- AgtneCed A.(194)9 ussian 4 p c Con(95i)- Do Cedulas B..(19 £ U Spanish 4pc ..(70{|)J-li% B unes Ays Ced 1(10)1 Turkish 1871.(35f>— Do do do J(9i)—- Do OttoDef..(92i)- Brazilian, 1889..(71)— Do 1st Group(421)- Egypt Unified. (961)1 Do 2nd Group(23)- Do Gov New.. (914)— Do Do State Dom(102.i)3 ¡ Do 4t,h Group(l?i)— Do DairaNew (96AH- Ottoman Banks(12)- French 3 p c Reii(24,1- Uruguay 1.37)- Do 4 P c.(lü4)- Do 6 p c .(40)— Hungarian 4 p 0(88^— Honduras Gov..(7)- Italian 3 p c.. kbli)i-i par8,e;uay.(22)- Mexi MISCELLANEOUS. Canadian 4 p C.. (107)- ,3;tn.Torge Do.(5i)— an Pablo Nitr..(2i)- New Zeal'nd Con(I04)- Dublin Distlllets(2)- New S Wales 4pe(109)- Bell's Asbestos..(9)- Victoria 4 pe (105)- Oceallit Land (4,kji-i South Australiall(107 )- N. Explorations Queensland 4 p c(106)— (Rothschild) ..(If 4 London St K Dks(32)— Moxica-i Explo (lscd)— E & W India Dk(15>- Cape Cop'r &2 pd^g U PandO Pref.(129)— Hiol'intoShs P and 0 Def .(195)- Mason <fc Barry(5)- Canard £ 20 paid(13;~ Gen Steam Nav(6i)— Do 5 p c Pref(lO)— Mysore Wold FiUf g Do 5 pc 1387(9|)— Paiinareios ,(9s6d Anglo-American Indian Con GoliH^od)— Tel Pref .(b4)- Montana's (7s)— Do OrdAm can(<6;— De Beers New..(12J)fVi-^ Direct US Cable(10|>— S African Kxplor(llij— N Ja&ersfOflteiii('1 £ )— Eastern ]xtell..(141)- (Sold Fields s Brazilian Africa .(lil| NationalIelepnii(4§)— Salisbury Blinea6*6d;8» Guinness Ord (3294)- Ci ty & Suburban^3* H Allsopp 0rd .(26)- Jumpers (2,Vg-A L,ryaiib and Alay(14)- CousetIron ,(X8)— Jubilee .<3A-3 Ebbw Vale Stock(4j)- .simmer & Jh.ck(ZS — Hudson's Bay ..(154)— Wemmers ( £ 4! Ilotchkiss (lsj— Crown Beef .(4 — DeccanLand—(64)— Langlaagtes ..(2 Suez Canl Sh;ire.s(1104)— 1)0. Block H (— bs r,It t's Patent.. (71)- Aus. Bro. Ifill .(4)2i-32 Eastman's (54)4 Went. Priority (II)A Leed's Forge (2i)— l'arapaca Bank., (2 ,— Lister & Co ..(9±)— Do. Wat0rwik*m)— Salt UnionOrti (6h)- BritishWateiGa^3s — Elmore Copper..(3Jg)-ft North's Nav Ooi(,4 Nitrate Railway (324)— Coats 13| — PdmitivaNitrate!.7:i

Official Starting Prices. I STOCKTON. RACE. WINNER. PRICE. j Grand Stanrl Plate. Fleetfoot. 9 to 4 agst 1 Middlesbrough Linthorpe 6 to 4 agst. 1 St.a wards'Handicap Rameltin Lassie 3 to 1 alsf Billingham H'cap.. Macintvre 2 to 1 on W CLVERHAMPTON. Bradford Handicap Tudor. 4 to 1 agst Wrotteslev Welter. Piobectionlst. 5 <0 4 on Maiden Plate. Mopfair 5 to 1 agst The above prices are identical with those published in the RACING CALF.NI AR t

LONDON BETTING. I EBOR HANDICAP. (one mile and a half. Run August 26.) 6to 1 agst Buccaneer, 3y 7ot 51b (t & o) 8 to 1 Madame Neruda, 3y 6st 81b (t & 0) 8 to 1 Vasistas, 5y 9sL (t & o) 10 to 1 Bosebery Despatch, 4y 7st 71b (t) 10 to 1 Swift. 5y 1St 61b (t) ST LEGER. (One mile and three-quarters. Run September 9.) 5 to 4 ags Common (t <& o) 6 to 1 — Reverend (t) 9 to 1 Mimi (t) 16 to 1 — Gouverneur (0) 16 to 1 — Bosphoms (o) LEICESTER ROYAL HANDICAP. (One mile and a few yavds. Run I,-pt. 23.) 9 to 2 agst Unicorn, 3y 6st 121b (u) 8 to 1 Amphion, 5y lOst 7ib (,t & o) 10 to 1 Gouveneur, 3y 8st lllb (t. & 0) 1

PENARTH FLOWER SHOW. The second annual show in connection WJtl the Penarth Horticultural Society, which wat opened at the "Windsor Gardens en Weanes- day, proved the wisdom of dissociating it from the dog show, there being nearly a hundrfèd more competitors. Unfortunately unpropitious weatber militated much against thft attendance, but while financially the success, seems not likely to be great, the quality or the exbibits left little to be desired. 1 avoured in- deed were the committee ir. obtaining permission to hold the show in so picturesque a snot as the Windsor Gardens, and during the fitful gleams of sunshine the view from the hill across the channel was charming. A large propcrtion of the competitors m the open classes are well-known local exhibitors, and the standard of quality may be gauged from the fact that some of the successful at recent shows were beaten. In the cottagers' cia,sses the competition was. if anything, keener still. and both judges pioiiounced the exhibits to be quite equal" to those shown at the more important gather. :gS. Special mention must be made of the wild flower section, there be no fewer than 70 entries received from local children. The nosegays, without ex- ception, redounded to their credit. Almost every wild flower known to the district was repre- sented, and when it is nid that the neighbour- hood, in th's respect, is one of the richest in the country, it will be acknowledged that the prizes provoked a useful competition. It seemed a pity that, owing altogether to a rrha- understanding, the prises OlTLreà to members of the Penarth and West Cottages Allotment .societies failed to attract a single ent-rv. How- ever. many of the holders competed in the open cottagers' class. The secretarial duties were admirably discharged by Mr J. J. Picktord. whose efforts were well seconded by Mr R. Cross- ling, the chairman; Mr E. Curthors. treasurer; and the following committee :—Messrs Ashford, Carrick, Court, Craig, Davies, Evens, Fargher, Farr, Ford, Guy Hodder, HJGg Jones, Kuhlke, Meazey, Moore, Morgan, I'.L Parsons, C. Payne. G. Payne, Phillips, H. Snell, S. Thomas, A. Williams, C. Williams, and Dr Moss. Mr Lougher, Pontypool-park (Mon-- mouth), and Mr Wright, Talygarn, were th6 judges, and so well did they acquit themseives that their decisions created general satisfaction. During the evening the band of the Penartt Artiiiery Volunteers discoursed a choice selectioi of appropriate music. Tne large marques which the tin)bits were displayed were crectec. by Messrs Fred Morgan and Co., Cardiff. PRIZE LIST. PLANTS (open to all).—Croup covering no more that 80 feet.—1, R. Crosslink. Penarzh 2, Colonel Page. Llandaff 3, Llewellyn W Qod, Penarth. Collection ot tuberous begonias.—2, F.. Crossling. Six fuehsias.— 1, T. Hiiliarrt, Cardiff 2, T. Hilliard, Jun., I'anlift.. CUT FLOWERS (open to all), section one -Aose.- 12 varieties, three blooms of each—I, Stephen Tieseder, Cardiff 2, n. Crossling, Penarth. Roses, tea scented, L3e?-, te? sce!lt" l 12 varieties—1, Stephen Treseder 2, R. Crossling. Pahlif .s, 24 blooms, distinct—1, William Treseder. Car- diff; 2, William Phillips, Llanishen. Gladiolas, 12 distinct-no competition. Geraniums, twelve bnnches, distinct, three trusses-I, Mrs Rous, Court-v-raila 2,' W. B. Ctibbs, Penarth. Carnations, 18 blooms .listmct —1, William. Hill, Canton 2, R. Crossling. CUT FLOWERS (decorative).—Collection arranged in vase for drawing-room—t, John Mauleton, Barry 2, T. Morel. Penarth. Bouquet for the hand- W. Treseder 2. T. Morel. PLANTS AND FLOWERS (amateurs and gentlemen's gardeners only).—Group of stove and greenhousepiants in bloom, four distinct kinds (named)—T. Hilliard, sen. single specimen plant—1, Col. Page 2. George Parker, Penarth. Exotic ferns, six distinct, kinds—1, Col. Ppge 2, Ll. Wood. Six fine toI. table plants in 6-inch pots—1, CoL Pate; a, W. B. Gibbs. Zonale geraniums, four pots, clistinct-l, T. Hilliard, sen 2, T. Hilliard, iun. Tuberous begonias (six variede.-)-I, W, B. Gihirs. Roses (12 named varieties)—1, William Hill; 2, Gen. Lee, Dinas Powis. Roses (fcea-scented, 12 named varieties>—1, William Hill; 2, J. W. Pymau, Penarth. Collection of cut flowers (12 bunches)—1. Mrs Rous; 2, J. W. Pyman. Dahlias (12 distinct blooms)—1, CoL Page 2, William HilL Asters (12 bloomsV—1, J. Crry, Penarth 2, Col. Page. Carnations (12 blooms, si* kinds)—1, William Hill; 2, George Parker. Pansies (12 biooms, distinct)-l. J. Urry 2, William Hill. PLANTS AXD FLOWERS.—Confined to residents of Penarth, Cogan, and Llaudough. Gentlemen not em. ploying a gardener regularly eligible.—Fuchsias (three kinds).—No entry. Geraniums (three distinct varieties); —No entry. Asters (12 varieties)—1, J. P. Jones, Penarth 2, George Parker. Coleus (four distinct kinds) -No entry. FRUITS (open to aJI). -Collection of frnits (nine dishes)—1, Col. Page 2, Mrs Rous. Grapes (white, three bunches)- 1, T. Morel 2, J. W. Pyman. Grapes (black)—1, Mrs Rous 2, C. A. Heywood, Penarth. Melon (any kind)—1. R. Crossling; 2, Mrs Rous. Peaches (dish of nine)-l, Col. Page 2, Gen. Lee. Apricots (dish of nine)—1, Gen. Lee 2, Mrs Rous. Plums (dessert, dish of 12)—1, Mrs Rous 2, Col. Page. Plums (culinary, dish of 12)—1, Mrs Rous 2, Gen. Lee. Apples (dessert, dish oi 12)—1, Col. Page 2, Gen. Lee. Apples (culinary, dish of 12)—1, W.B.Gibbs 2,Mrs Rous. Gooseberries (best dish)—1, The Misses Rous 2. T. B. Thompson, Penarth. Red cur-ants (best dish)— Gen. Lee 2, Mrs Rous. Black currants (best dish)-I:W.IL Bowen, Ely 2, The Misses Rous. VEGETABLES (open).—Collection of vegetables (nine dishes)— Col. Page 2, Edward Bailey, Penarth. .J.W.Pym;o,n 2, Misses Rous. Potatoes (71b round)-l, J. W, Pyman 2. Misses Pous, Cauliflowers (three heads)—1, Henry Bourne, Penarth. Celery (three sticks)—1, T. R. Thompson. CrrotA (bunch of six)-I. General Lee 2, Misses Rous. Tur- nips (bunch of six)—1, Wm. Hill 2, Colonel Page, Spring onions (bunch of six)—1, T. R. Thompson Z. General Lee. Peas (single dish, 25 pods)—1, Rous 2, General Lee. Beans (runners, single dish, a pods)—1, Colonel Page, 2, Misses Rous. Beans (broad, single dish)—1, General Lee 2, Misses Rous Brace of cucumbeno-l, the Misses Rous 2, J. W Pyman. Tomatoes (dish of nine)—1, W. Treseder 2, ll. Griffiths, Clarence Hotel, Cardiff. Red cabbagt (two heads)—1, Henry Bourne 2, T. R. Thompson. Summer cabbages (two heads)—1, the Misses Rous 2, T. 11. Thompson. Vegetable marrow (two}-L tiis Misses Rous 2, General Lee. Collection of potatoes (six dishes)-I, the Misses Rous 2, J. W. Pyman. LOCAL COTTAGERS' PRIZES (no one employing help in his garden or growing vegetables, for sale or a jobbing gardener admitted as and flowers Collection of vegetables (six kinds)—1, John Brown, Cogan 2, William Deacon, Cogan 3, W. J. Leaver, Cogan. Potatoes (12 kidneys)—1. John Brown; 2. Arthur Redwood, Cogan 3, G. N. Hoder, Penarth. Potatoes (12 rounå)- L W. J. Leaaer 2, John Brown 3, Ar- thur Redwood. Cauliflowers (two beads)—1, John Brown 3, Arthur Redwood. Celery (three sticks)—1, George Hicks, Penarth 2, Arthur RedwooCi 3, Wm. Deacon. Carrots (bunch of six)—1, Arthur Redwood 2. Thomas Thomas, Penarth 3. George Rick¡;. Pars- nips (bunch of six)—1, E. J. Morgan, Cogan 2, George Hicks 3. Arthur Redwood. spring onions (bunch of six)—1, George Hicks 2, Wm. Deacon 3, E. G. Morgan. Peas (25 pods)-I. Wm. Deacon; 2, W. J. Leaver; 3, Charles Michaelson, Cogan. IT.eans (runners. 25 pods).-I, John Brown 2, William Deacon 3, Arthur Redwood. Beans (broad, 25 pods). -1, George aicks 2, John Brown 3, Arthur Red- wood. Brace of cucumbers.—1. George Hicks. Red cabbage (two heads).—1, George Hicks 2. John Brown 3, William Heaps, Penarth. V\ hit-e cabbage (two be:-ds).-I, Arthur Redwood 2, George Hicks 3, E G. Morgan. Turnips (six).-l, E. G. Morgan 2, Arthur Redwood ;-3, W. J. Leader. Leeks (six).—1, George Hicks; 2, W. J. Lcauer. Lettuce (two heads).—1, E. G. Morgan 3. Charles Michaelson. Vegetable marrows—1, John litlxt, Penarth 2. John Brown 3. George Hicks. Calceolaria (one pot frrown in the window)—1, G. K. Hodder, Fuchsias (ditto)—1, John Brown. Geranium (d;ttc)—1, Georpe Hicks; 2, John Brown. Petunia (ditt.0}-l, George Hicks. Musk (ditto)—1, George I-licks 2, Mary haw, Windsor- gardens 5, Join: Brown. Collection and arrangement of wild Hovers in basket (open to children under 14 years)—1, Maud Howe. Penarth 2, Minnie Howe. Bouquet of wild flowers, with leaves and grasses confined to childreu under 14)-1, Martha Rees, .F erm1'tn 2. Gertie Williams, Penarth. SPECIAL PHIZES.—Best 12 bunches of cut bloom (dis- simila.r)-W. J. Leader. Best, bouquet of wild flowers, with leaves and :;r3eE -1, Col. Page 2, John Staple ton, Barry.

THE MIDLAND IRON TRADE. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The market was steadier than last week, owinc to the mol", settled condition of the Cleveland market and the more favourable prospects of settlement in tiie Mast furnacemen's dispute. Big sellers were mo willing to do business, but buyers declined to operate for forward delivery. Northampton pigs were quoted at 43s to 44s Dcrbyshires, 448 to 45= Lincoln,?, 47s Staffordshire cinder pigs, 56-s to 3Ss and pare mines, 44,s to 47s. Finished iron said slowly at F,8 for best bars, £ 7 second, and 25 15, to £ 6 common sheets upwards was asked for doubles.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT. This morning John Conway, 62, marine fireman, was executed' at Kirkdale Gaol, Liverpool, for the murder of the boy Nicholas Martin. He passed a somewhat restless night, and rose at five o'clock, after which he heard Mass, and received the Last Sacrament from the priest. Berry was the execu- tioner, and representatives of the Liverpool papers were admitted to the gaol. When he emerged from the pinioning room the prisoner looked dazed, but walked firmly the few yards to the scaffold. When he had been placed on the drop he requested the cap might not be put on him for a few minutes. This was complied with, and the culprit then spoke of the kindness he had received in gaol, and hoped God would forgive his persecutors. The lever was then touched by Berry and Conway fell into the pit. Immediately a sound like water was heard, and when the reporters looked into the pit they saw that the convict's head had been almost wrenched off and blood was pouring to the bottom of the pit. Death, however, seemed in- stantaneous. Conway weighed eleven stone two pounds, and received a drop of six feet eight. Berry repudiated the responsibility for the bungle. Conway left with his priest a confession of the crime, which, he says, was caused by drink, not lust, and by a morbid curiosity to witness the process of dying. SENSATION IN LIVERPOOL I An Inquiry Demanded. I The publication of the painful details connected With the execution of Conway has caused a feeli, of horror in the City of Liverpool. On all hanGs expressions are hea.rd that the cause of t bungling ought to be fully inquired into. \Vh'n the drop fell, and the reporters heard the sound ts of a sudden rush of water, they instincti Vy stepped forward aid looked into the pit, white j thev saw the sickening sight of the culprit's head almost wrenched from his body, the two members being attached only by a few of the muscles. The blood continued to pour down into the bottom of the pit until the floor of it had the appearance of a shambles. Seeing what had occurred, the reporters were ordered by Major Knox, governor of the gaol, in a peremptory manner to leave the place. This they were only too willing to do, as they had witnessed a scene which they will never forget. Speaking to Berry a few minutes afterwards in the warders' room on the subject, one of them said, You have made a mess of it this time, Mr Berry." Not J I," replied the hangman; "I am not to blame for anything that has occurred all is left to the doctor now, and this comes of not taking my advice. They would have given him another eight inches' drop but for me. If, I had had my way I would not have given him above four feet six inches, but they have given him a six-foot drop,and would have made ib 6 feet 9 inches, but for me. Dr Barr believes in a long drop." The reportot then asked whether Dr Barr was not acting under instructions, and whether the drop was not fixed by the new Government regulations. Berry replied, Yes, it is right enough, but this is tte fruit of interfer- ing with my decision but for me they would have decapitated him altogethet" Berry seemed anxious that the reporters woild say nothing about the matter, and from wlab transpired as the inquest there is no dcubt the bungle would not have been made public excep for the pre. scence of the reporters. Dr Barr dd not go down into the pit as usual. Death must hge been instan- taneous owing not only to the fractire of the neck, but to the bursting of the blood veapls- Looked at from the brink of the scaffold tIe rope wa3 hidden deep in Conway's neck, pd his flesh seemed to have given way like a rottfn garment underthesudden strain. Berry left theaol as soon as he could. It was observed by t\e reporters present that Berry was less collected than usual, and he seemed anxious to have the mjfiter over.

The Executioner's Levee, I Berry as a Comic Singer. I Berry arrived at the gaol last niot. Be- fore entering the prison walls he bettfk him- self to a neighbouring hostelry, where he held a levee of his admirers. The execu- tioner (says the Liverpool Post) wai in a humorous vein, and was the lion of the eteniig. He sang several comic and character songs, which were immensely enjoyed by the audience. SJortly before ten he took his departure for the prison, and was followed by a large crowd. Nearing the gaol a friend took the hangman's bag and olked rapidly in the direction of the gate, whil0 the executioner got on to the greensward and Pre- tended to be a mere curious onlooker. Thetuse, however, did not succeed, for Berry was too well known. He was followed to the doorway by a numerous crowd, who were apparently deeply interested in the hangman's movements. During the evening several rushes were made as strangers walked up to the prison, and the warder on duty* had several times to scatter the crowd. The Murdered Boy's Parents. I Writing last night a LIverpool reporter says In consequence of the excitement she under went during the trial cf the man since condemned for the murder of her boy, Mrs Martin has since been lying very seriously iU in her house, in Bridge- water-street. Happily, however, she has now been pronounced out of daiiger. As she ex- presses it, she now feels much more contented since the doomed ininseelilsto have got into a frame of mind better suited than formerly to the solemnity of passing into eternity. She can also now more heartily forgive him for the bereave- ment and the grief he has caused her and her household, and to which she ascribes the illness of an elder son. The last-named, who has been following a. seafaring life, has been laid up for some weeks through shock to the system, and is still an inmate of the Southern Hospital.

TO-DAY'S CRICKET. The Cheltenham Week: Gloucestershire v. Middlesex. CHELTENHAM, 12.3U P.M. In this return county match at Cheltenham to-day Vernon and R. S. Lucas appeared for Middlesex, in the place of Scott and >1 epean. Gloucestershire, who played Sainsbury for Murch, went in tirst, the brothers Grace being opposed by Hearne and Rawliu. 1.10 p.M.-At 19 E. M. Grace was bowled, and Moon. the wicket-keeper, having his faca cut, had to tem- potarily retire, O'Brien taking, his place, and Murch tielding substitute. The Old Westminster, however, returned half an hour later. liadeiiite and W. G. Grace batted capitally, bringing on Hadow for Rawlin at 43, 2 P.M. Xladow change d oiuls and Hearne resumed, but? no purpose, and 75 was reached before R?d- was bowled, the ?cond wicket h?vmg added 56 fUllS. At 77  Was cau"ht at the wicket, the int^.7nS?ta\r W. ou^^f ? Innmp, W. a, Grace, not out 39 E. '8 gl:' o; g' 39 Radcliffe, b Hadow E Sainsbury, c Moon;"¡) 23 Hearue HE:š t ""E'xtr&s'? Total 77 Total. Notte v. Kent. NOTTINGHAM, 12.30p m—RX'HE return match between these counties commenced at Nottingham in dull weather, in the presses of a small company. For Notts Mr Dixon was hnab]e to appear, his place being taken by Mr Walter ??rshaJI. Notte won the toss and went in. 1.10 l>.M.-Shrewsbury and Flowers made a capital start,   PI"Yed good cricket, the latter scoring ????.?? partner. Several changes were tried wIthout  a-nd the total at the end of an SaW1±play was ?) For Kent Mr Braybrooke is aPJJa1g ? Mr Leslie Wilson. now?edf??y' who h?begnn very slowly, now played with mor Io freedom, and made several good hits. Flovr?rs completed his 50 after being at the wIckets w )¡Our and fifty minutes. Despite the elvort,i of tile Ke4t bowlers no separation had been oflwtpffiin S ^beon tii??, w Tn NOTTS: 2nd Inn' Shr.?y. S otu NOTTS; 2nd Innings. Shrewsbt °llt 39 FloÉ7ras  66   0 Extras ToU1 • æ Tot? .? ?rey v. Lancashire. ????????AL, NooN.-Thoueh the weather wa? very shove y at J{enington' Oval this morning there ???  ?' t '%I ?"S of spectators round the ground by WaSL to the opening of the return match between Surrey and ?a?caehire. Each county made 01? change in i the ) team ?yed earlier in the week. 1?.6UF.M.?? took his ?? place behind the wi• e1 ke(t • lfoi ftuj" f^ ?? ?ornby disp?eed Baker on the "?'?? ?- Hornby won the toss and sent in Sug and Ward at five minutes past 12. Lohmann and Sharpe sha.r? tJje bowling, and carried all before them. bliaipe s ?? easily caught at cover-point, in bhaipes nibt o? at g ? ??,.? was taken at g}}?? from ? ? "? at ?'ce, at 18 Ma?tM-en wa? mgniticent1y ??""??id-on at 24, and Bnggs dismissed at 26. wit the to at 30, rain stopped pi?y for a quarter of an hour fro^ one o'clock. J'iL'u ,At 38 Yates was neatly caught at slip, but on Smit.h,%4??' Crosheld getting together the batting fmnrnved 44(1 three 4'" being hit in quick succession, Lockwood the ball from Sharpe. Still the two Lockwood tool the ball from Sharpe. Still the two had reache|}^*leir own, and by lunch time the total bad ret\cheu 77 e..?? ??s. LANOAsmRE. 6nd Innings. ?o?er.bSh?rpe. 5 .3 A,. 1, bhma,,n ??. ???ood. bUh-  's^ b 1 11 Vhma^n.cn>e, Smith,not 25 ??.?et.b'LohmaM. 4 .J.?".?'.??'? ?"?tout 23 Lxtrai 4 Extras Total. 77 j

TO.DA V'S MARKETS. CATTLE. .NN, Thursday.—Very small supply of beasts &nd ?tremelyslow. Sheep and Iambs a shade Srmer. ? °!?"? sheep have arrived from Canada. Calves ? tfN? dearer. Beef, 2e lOd to 58 mutton, 38 M to K! ?? v?. '? 4d to 58 pork, 2s 6d to 4s lamb 6s to 6s Be?sts, 70 sheep and lambs, 5,120 calres, 9O B;llg?, 50 including foreign-sheep, 1,(M. "?nNGHAM, Thursday.—Beef, 6d to 7%d mutton, bd 8y2d lamb, 7d to 8%d per lb. Bacon pigs 9$ to SCJ sows. 6s 3d to 7s porkets, 8s 9d to 9s per R«' veal, 6d to ?%?- Good supply,but trade quiet. 3SML, Thursday.—There was & lar?e supply "'?f, and trade slow. Best qualities made 65s per :J inferior. 56s to 60s. Sheep %nd lambH were I. yti'iil, and prices easier—wethers, 71;2d to 7%d per ewes, 6d to 7d lambs, 8d. There were 1,200 store pte ) the better lots were sold at last week's pn- ees. 9 I moderate supply-choice bacon pigs, 9s 3d to q per score porkers, 8s 9d to 9s 3d. SUHA.)!. LASGOW, Thursday.—There was a good business e at steady prices. Tile 0facial report states :— doi i, ig at steady prices. BUTTER. ORI; Thursday.-Firsr,I, qSs seconds, 91s 88s fourths, 80s. Kegs-seconds, 92s. Mild- red 135s fine, 98s mild, 92s. <6gs—rriilil, 88s. Cools-superfine, 105s; fine, 96s. In 1\¡trktJt. 956 firkins, 380 mild. FISH. .?R?tSHV. TIiumd?y.—Some 50 vessels have come in 'his mornms. bringing a good supply of Hsh. The jcrnand was brisk, and prices still remain iirm. Plaice. fos to 30s lev (,i, 20s to 248; lemon, 358 to 45:? so?s ?"'S to 160s haddock, 4s to Ss whitches, 28s to 348 Per box i uriiol, 63 to 1; live "()' I 4.; 10 6s each ?).kp. 24s to 30s dead cod, 40s to 60s ? salmon, 10d to is per lb fresh hernn?, 4s to 5s bait do., 28 to 2a 6d Per 100. I DEAn MEAT. LONDON, Thursday.—Moderate supplies, and trade More active at the annexed prices Beef, 2s 4d to 4s 4d prime Scotch do., 4s 4d to 4s 6d; mutton, 2s to 5s veal, 2s 6d to 4s 6d large pork, 3s to 3s 8d 8ma do., 3s lOd to 4s English lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d per 81bs. HAY AND STRAW. LONDON, Thursday.—Moderate supplies on offer, and trade remains quiet but steady at late values. Good to prime hay, 50s to 90s inferior do., 40s to 55s good to prime clover, 80s to 105s; inferior do., 45s to 75s straw, 20s to 40s per load. MF.TALS. LONDON, Thursday.—Copper quiet, at £ 52 8s 9d to P53 7a 6d done cash, and f52 18s 9d three months; :(;\J tons carried three months at jg52 10s per ton. Tin steady—* waits, £81 17s 6(1 eash, and 28t.tl August £ 9117s 6d to £ 91 15s three mon> lis. 6d sellers. Spanish lead flat—sellers, £ 12 2s 6d Eng. lish, B12 zs 6d to S12 7s od. Scotch pig iron quite nominal. I

Ortegal (2 yrs), by Bend Orout of Lizzie Agnoa, I and Oran (2 yrs), by Bend Or out of Strathfieet, have been turacd out of training, and have left Porter's stable at Kingsclere.

LOCAL LAW CASE. WHITE V. THE SOUTH WAIKS COLHERY COM- PANY. Mr Justice Collins, sitting as vacation judge, was applied to on Wednesday for leave to serve notice of motion for next Wednesday ¿or an interim injunction. The company, it was stated, had passed a resolution which- the plaintiff complained of as ultra vires, and ? the meeting to confirm the resolution was,: ap- pointed to be held at three o'clock on Wedniday next, counsel by whom the application was fClade asked that some arrangement might be ade so that it should be heard early in the dio— His Lordship said the difficulty -&vas that there might be other equally pressing matters entitled to priority. He asked wh3re the meeting was to be held.—Counsel replied at Cornhill, in the City of London.—His Lordship said there would be no difficulty then in com- municating his decision as soon as it had been given. He would hear the application at It,2 o'clock on Wednesday, subject to anything part heard.

MR E. BOWEN ROWLANDS AND WEST SUSSEX. 1 r Letter from Mr Gladstone. The Press Association states that Mr Er. nest Bowen Rowlands, Liberal cendidate for South West Sussex, has received the following letter from Mr Gltdstune I beg you to ac- cept the assurance of my best wishes in thei arduous contest you have undertaken on behalf of the Liberal cause. You will be, I am Per- suaded, a valuable ally in the performance of work which was never more urgent than when it directly contemplates, together with the content and happiness of Ireland, the harmony and strength of the empire, and the unfettered progress of legislation for the benefit of Great Britain.

FOOTBALL. THE DINAS POWIS FOOTBALL CLUB will be glad to arrange ma,tches with junior teams. Average age 17.— David Miles, Sec. SP-,

I THE CARDIFF MEETING TO-DAY. I Descriptive Sketch. The President's address last evening broke the pleasant indolence of gossip, and to-day the members of the British Association are hard at work. There is a lack of excitement, an absence of that strain upon the feelings which comes from strong emotion, but, in the language of the contry reporter, the papers are most interesting and instruc- tive." One could defy even the Ptychoptera itself to be violently interested in its own existence, and the affection one has for Pterosaurian Reptiles in the Cretaceous of Brazil, tender though it doubtless be, is eminently temperate with its expression. It is even to be feared that many of the ladies cannot ante-date their feelings of regard so far back as the formation of Archaean Gneiss, or, it might be better to say, arc experimentalists rather than dreamers. There are numbers of them still dawdling in the stately magnificence of the Drill-hall, despite the attractions of Seven Sections, and the posters pointing the several paths to virtue, which with silent severity meet the eye wherever it may glance. There is but one opinion on the address delivered by the President. It was a masterly effort. In dealing with a subject that does not lend itself kindly to popular exposition and with phenomena which convey little to the popular mind, it could not be expected that the paper would absorb the attention of everyone. There were even those who heard with inditl'erence of the nebula in Andro- meda, and only yawned when radiating photosphere was mentioned. No one is expected to follow a learned address on a night of State display. There was too much in the Hall to admire, its chaste and becoming decorations, the goodly array of savants in evening dress, Lord Bute with his mayoral robe, his ruffles, his glittering cross of silver, his coat of ancient cut, or the ladies lending to science the charm of feminine grace, and resplendent in line apparel. The President's voice, though clear, was not heard throughout the Hall, but his delivery was excellent, and he threw as much animation into his manner as the subject and the occasion could permit. He obtained a better reception, perhaps, than on his first rising, when Sir Robert Ball sang his praises and pointed out that the modesty of the man had prevented him from naming himself, as truth allowed, first amongst the great scientists who have developed the spectroscope and read anew the heavens with its aid. Most courtly of all, however, was Lord Bute, who has the art of turning a magniiicent compliment I wltwer he chocses. His gratitude to the genius of the man who could send forth rays 11 even to outer datkness" pleased the audience, and the President himself might be pardoned for the smile of pleasure with which he heard all the good things thab everyone said of him. An eloquent peroration is a literary sweet- meat, pleasing event to learned palates. Doctor Higgins did not forget to serve the sweets after the solids, and aerved them very well. One point, however, is of intrinsic interest. In one part of his address he re- ferred to a theological bias which had led him to adopt a hasty and erroneous opinion. In concluding his remarks he said :— Since the time of Newton our knowledge of the "henoinena of Nature has wonderfully increased, but man asks, perhaps more earnestly now than in his days, what is the ultimate reality behind the reality of the perception ? Are they only the pebbles of the beach wiwh which we have been playing ? Does not the ocean of ultimate reality and truth lie beyond ? This is how it reads in his printed copy. But, curiously enough, in delivering it at the Hall, the President supplied an answer to his question, and added the words Surely it does," thereby declaring himself to be on the side of the angels. But why should, to to the civilised world, the question go forth seeking solution and beating it ineffectual wings in the luminous void in vain ?" Does the worthy President think that the answer is intarestxng only to a local audience ? To-day has been a little lazy. Sections that are weighty with learning require a little pushing and a certain slowness in motion before they can roll on their way with speed. No meetings were held in the afternoon which was devoted to confer- ences of delegates and to anxious preparations for the evening's dissipation. All the sections met in the morning, and were addressed by their respective presi- dents, and were seriously attended. Bio- logy, fer instance, has not a strong follow- ing, and it was noticed with regret that little interest was taken in the formation of Spores in the Desmidise. But fashion rules even in science. It is a law which no exception can be taken that large bodies attract atoms by their party. It was so to-day. The President and the Marquis being the weightier masses, were speedily the centre of a large stellar sys- tem which traversed its orbit in West Grove. Other systems of lesser magnitude were to be found elsewhere, in chapel school-rooms all more or less near the Reception Room. It cannot be claimed that the papers were suitable to the general reader. The man who hastily glances at current news feels out- raged when bodily carried to pre-historic periods. So far, science has found no way of writing its discoveries in a light and discussive style, of kicking them out with badinage, or giving them the thrilling interest of the shilling shocker. What, for instance, is to be done with such a statement as the following, perpetrated by Mr A. J. Jukes-Browne at the Geological Section :— The author suggests that monoclinal flexuring is a structure impressed upon a horizontal series of uncompressed strata by the displacement of a subjacent mass of faulted and flexured rocks, the lateral compression of the deep-seated mass result- ing in the vertical uplift of certain portions of the 'cover.' If a series of stratified rocks rests in a horizontal position on a mass of ancient rock, which has been com- pressed, indurated, flexured, and faulted before th, deposition of the upper series, it is supposed tk it the lower series of rocks would givaway under lateral pressure along the pre existing faults, and that the blocks which lie between upward diverging faults would be forced to move upwards, carrying with them those tracts of the cover which rests on them. It is convincing, if not perspicuous, to the lay mind, and he would probably prefer to take it for granted. It is indeed a necessary outcome of the work done by the Associa- tion and the value of the papers read before it that they shall all be marked by concise- nest and severity. Such, naturally, were the papers delivered at the Mathematical, Geological, Biological, Chemical, and Geo- graphical Sections. I- There were several fpapers, however, which are of the deepest interest to South Wales. Who can question the benefit which will accrue from the discussion of economic matters in a town which is the theatre of so many labour struggles, or the scientific discussion of mechanical problems? Probably I ot all the sections, that on Economics was the most interesting. Professor Cunning- ham is the president, and his observations, though of a discursive and geneeal character, were of great value. Deoling broadly with the English system of Free Trade he reiterated the assurance of those who have special knowledge in economics that that policy was a wise and just one. I don't regret," he remarked, that England led the way. We no longer contemplate isola- tion from the rest of the globe we only grumble because other people interpose barriers which check free commercial intercourse between all parts of the known world." And then the President proceeded to point out how self-sufficiency" was a national cry which no longer bore any relation to truth. America was self-sufficing, and she would and was suffering. For England there is the honour of having been the first to in- augurate a cosmopolitan economic scheme."

-isection A-Mathematical and Physical Science. M. The presidential chair was taken ab 10 o'clock 11 t the Unitarian Free Christian Church. West (nrove, by Professor J. Lodge. The attendance, W- hich was very large, included the Marquis oCl Bate (Mayor of Cardiff) and the Mj archioness of Bute. The President, in his ad- dr>\j?ss, advocated the establishment of a permAnent an.VI publicly "supported physical laboratory on a 1 lar&je seal as a natiunal matter. He asked what was* freer and how could livinsr beings exert it in the f.,Way they did ? As automata, worked by preo edingcondiiiions—that was by the past—said the 1. materialists. But were they so sure that J they were not worked by the future too ?-J— Professor G. Carey Foster proposed a vote of thinks to the president for his address, and expressed the belief that a national in.,tilulion such .'is had been advocated must receive very carefi. I attention before long.—Dr Johnstone Stoney, who seconded the motion, observed that the theory that the present flow of causation did not arise at the present phase of the universe from the past merely, but from the future also, was a new thing and required to be carefully scrutinised.—-The motion was carried una- nimously, the president being requested to allow the address to be printed and circulated.— The President mentioned that the idea. of controlled by the future had emanated from G. F. Fitzgerald. (The Marquis and Marchioness of Bute left tho eainc^ at this stage. )__ Siibse- quently Professor li. A. Newton read a-paper On the action of a pbnet upon small bodies passing near the planet, with special reference to this action of Jupiter upon such bodies," which he illustrated and exemplified by blackboard and other diagrams. Mr W. E. WILSON gave an interesting paper on the Absorption of He?t in the Solar System," and illustrated it by photographs, and apparatus. Professor G. E. Hale, Chicago, followed with a paper on the" Photographic Investigations of Solar Provinces and their Spectra." Section C.-Geology. ) Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., the presi-P dent of this section, read an instructive address to [ a numerous attendance. He said had it been that the stone axe found in Monmouthshire by J'jdward Lloyd was really associated with the outcrop of the coal there, and if truly belonging to the Stone age, and used in hewing coal, it would, indeed, have been one among the few known evidences of prehistoric coal-mining, and would tend to show that South Wales was among y the places first made to yield this useful mineral. At the present day, South Wales and Monmouth- shire yield coal in greater quantity and of more value (by over a million pounds sterling a year) than the coalfields of Northumberland and Durham, or of Yorkshire and Derbyshire and considerably more (by nearly £ 5,000,000) than that of the Clyde D. asin and associated coalfields of Scotland. Indeed, the annual value of the coal produced in South Wales with Monmouthshire may be' said to be; about eleven millions out of the whole forty-five millions sterling estimated as the value of the coal at the pit's mouth throughout the United Kingdom. In 1881, Prof. Hill calculated that there remaÏned; a.bout 32,166 millions of tons of available coal in South Wales, which might possibly last for more j than 1,000 years at the present rate of consump- tion. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the President for Ins address. Sir Archibald Geikie (Director-General of the Geological Survey and President-designate of the Association) spoke on the discovery of tho Olenellus-zone in the North-west Highlands, and on some recent work of the Geological Survey on the Archaean Gneiss of the North-West Highlands. The discovery j of portions of Olenellus was made in Dundonnel Forest, in the west of Ross-shire, and more recently, in a renewed examination of the ground, there have been found other pieces of Olenellus, including a fine head-shield with eyes complete. Sir Archibald promised that the Geological Survey would spare no pains to bring to light all that can be recovered in the North-west High- lands of a pre-Cambrian fauna. Mr SMITH-WOODWARD snbmitted the report of the committee on the registration of type speci- mens, according to which severa l of the larger museums in the country had decided to publish separate lists Ol the type and Sgured specimens in their respective collections. The curators at Bristol and York had already published lists, and those at Bath and Cambridge were nearly ready. Separate lists were also promised for the museums at Edinburgh, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Brighton and it was hoped that a catalogue would result of type specimens of British vertebrate fossils. Section D.—Biology. The meetings of this section are held in the Congregational Schoolroom, Charles-street. The proceedings commenced this morning with the address of the president, Mr Francis Darwen, M.A., M.B., F.R.S., Fellow of Christ Col- lege, Cambridge, who took as his subject, Growth Curvatures in Plants. At the outset he discussed two very interesting points- the recognition by plants of the vertical line, and the manner in which curvatures which bring them into the vertical line are executed. He then dealt with his subject under the heads of Irritability, Mechanism, and Circumnutation. The address throughout was listened to with great atten- tion. It will, undoubtedly, prove a valuable contribution to the literature of this difficult subject, in which there is still room for research. The fourth report of the committee, with Prof. F!ower as chairman, appointed for the purpose of reporting on the present state of our knowledge of the zoology and botany of the West Indies,was re?d. From this it appears that Mr Sherring's collection of ferns at Grenada now consists of nearly 6,000 specimens.—Professor Forster's com- mittee, appointed for the purpose of taking steps' towards the establishment of a botanical labora- tory in Ceylon, reported that during the greater part of the year a room in the official bungalow at Peradeniza was placed at the disposal of Mr Brentland Farmer (Magdalec College), who was making a thorough investigation in the Royal garden. Section F-Economic Science and Statistics. The Economic Science and Statistics Section met in the school room of the Bethany Baptist Chapel, at eleven o'clock this morning, under the presidency of Professor W. Cunningham, D.D., D.Sc., F.S.S., who opened the proceedings with an elaborate paper on "Nationalism and Cosmo- politanism with Economics." There was a fairly large attendance, seats on the platform being occupied by Sir C. W. Freemantle, Mr J. B. Martin, and Professors Brough, Bastable. Gounen, the recorder of the section, and several ladies were present. A vote of thanks having been accorded to the President, a paper was read by Mr C. H. Per- kins on "Labour and CLtl)it-al-tlieir differences and how to reconcile them." In concluding his paper, Mr Perkins remarked that Cardiff had derived much benefit from a sliding-scale system adopted in the collieries, whereby the principle of co-operation was to some extent carried out but while immunity from strikes was thus to a large extent obtained, the sliding-scale was by no means perfect in its operation, and in many instances it was very far from being uniform or just in its effects. Moreover, it only applied to collieries, and thus that great theatre of labour had fully participated in the general difficulties that pre- vailed, and consequently all who met there and were connected with that district and its local in- dustries, woifid hail with peculiar satisfaction any encouragement that the British Association were willing to give to the discussion of plans for reconciling the differences that now unhappily prevailed between two interests upon whose har- mony and cordial co-operation the welfare of the country and the prosperity and happiness of the whole community so materially depended. Discussion was continued by Professor Van Sittert Neale, Mr Rhodes (of the London County Council), and others. The Marchioness of Bute's Garden Party. Given fine weather on Tuesday next, one of the most pleasant gatherings in connection with the meeting of the British Association in Cardiff will be the garden party of the Marchioness of Bute in the Castle Grounds. All holders of Association tickets are invited, and members will be admitted on presenting their cards of membership. No special invitation will be given to holders of these cards, but a large number of invitations have been sent out by the Marchioness to residents in Cardiff and district.

BRECON AND MERTHYR TYDVIL JUNCTION RAILWAY.. The 64th ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held at the London officos in Palmerston-buildings, Old Broad-street, on Wednesday, when Mr H. F. Slattery, chair- man of the company, presided.—The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and ac- counts, remarked that, considering the excep- counts, diiffculties the company had to contend with during the past half-year, the board thought that the report was not one than was otherwise than satisfactory. In the early part of the year they had to contend with a very heavy snowstorm, which practically stopped all traffic on the line, and, of course, that could not be remedied without some increase in their expenses of the working of the line. But the most serious reason which accounted for the reduction of the net profits during the past half- year had been the closing of the ironworks at Rhymney, which had been a, matter of grave consequence to the Brecon and Merthyr Railway, but the directors trusted that this depression was only of a temporary nature. The effect of the closing of the Rbymney Works was that there was a decrease in their merchandise receipts of £ 2,4-30. From Rhymney to Newport alone there was a decrease during the half-year of 25,854 tons of iron and steel, representing £ 2,234. Mr W. Bailey Hawkins seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. —This was agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the chairman ended the meeting.

WILL OF SIR R. N. FOWLER. The will and two codicils of Alderman Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler, M.P.. late of 50, Corn- hill, and of Gastard House, Wiltshire, whe died on May 22nd, at 137, Harley-street, were proved on the 15th inst., by Mr Alfred Edward Pease and Sir Thomas Fowler, the son, two of the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of £ 113,000. The testator devises Gastard House and all his freehold and copyhold property in the county of Wilts or elsewhere in trust for his son Thomas entail. The furniture, plate, books, pictures, horses, carriages, live and dead stock at Gastard House are to go therewith to his son, He bequeaths £ 1,000 each to his daughters, Lucy Charlotte Fowler and Mrs Caroline Flynn £ 1,000 Midland Railway Stock and £ 1,000 North-Eastern Rail- way Stock to each of his unmarried daughters. The deceased recites that he has by deed poll appointed his said son to succeed to his share of the partnership banking business of Messrs Dims- dale and Co., and lie now bequeaths to him his share of the reserve fund. The residue of his personal estate he leaves upon trusts for accumu- J<thon until his youngest child attains 21, and then for all his children in equal shares, the children of any deceased child to take their parent's share.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION'.—One of the ino.-t in- teresting features of tho week is the intriMlnctiou for the first lime of a newiy-improvcrt T;, Y'¡]¡i1: Bag, entirely doing away with the heavy ]Ki..111 uileau and troublesome GhJtnne la. Caiuint £ *•; out of order, n.nd pack.;(! in Jess time. "Special pocket for shirts. The B.A. Bag is made, invented, and stamped.— Bishop, Saddler, 24, Duke-street, Caidilf. 380

RACING ANTICIPATIONS. I One of the most successful meeting held at I Stockton for some years past will be brought to a close this afternoon, and if the fields for some of the races will not be large, the spoit should prove fairly interesting. My selections are as follows :— Grand Stand Selling Plate—TOTTENHAM. Middlesbrough Ha!ldic?.p-LAm's WOOL. Stewards' Handicap—WORKINGTON. Billingham Selling Handicap—ERNEST. Elton Juvenile Plate-GOLDEN ARROW or THK HEIB. Zetland Plate—PATRICK BLUE. Stockton, Thursday Morning. VERITAS.

ZETLAND PLATE I I Patrick Blue. 1 I InniskiHeii 2 I Kirkbtii'i 3 I St J' t' I Stockton Meeting. STOCKTON, THURSDAY. j From a racing point of view, the present meeting at Stockton has been the most successful held on the Mandale Bottom fcr some years past. One or two slight showers fell during the morning, and the down- pour commenced again directly after the first race The attendance, however, was (luÜe up to the average for the last day. Grove Hill was made favourite for the Grand Stand Selling Plate, but he was easily beaten bl Fleetfoot. Details :— 1.30-The GRAND STAND ALL-AGED SELLING PLATE of lC5 sovs weight for age, etc. the winner to be sold for 50 SOTS. Five furlongs. '-Ntr P. -Ieetfoot, 4v lOst Thornton 1 Sir C. liar.opp's Grove Hill, 4y 9st 111b..G. Barrett 2 Mr J. T. Whipp's Tottenham, a lOst, Weldon 3 Mr T Holmes's Royal Shot, 3y 9st lib ..S. CTiandley 0 Winner trained by Green, Beverley. Betting—11 to 8 agst Grove Ilill, 9 to 4 agst Fleet- foot, 5 to 2 agst Tottenham, and 20 to 1 agst Royal Shot. Grove Hill led to the distance, when Fleetfooi closed, and drawing away in the last hundred yards, won by two leiztbs three lengths divided second and third. The winner was bought in for lOOgs. 2.0—The MIDDLESBROCO H HANDICAP of 150 sovs winners extra the second receives 15 sovs. Five furlongs and 70 yards. Mr R Weighell's Linthorpe, 6v 9st 101b.. G. Barrett 1 Mr It. C. N vii,-r's Lam, b's-v., ool, Sy7stSlb G. Chaloner 2 Mr Roberts' Fringe. 4y 7st 31b 11. Chaloner 5 Ch:Ll,)ner 3 Lord Zetland's Retribution, 3y 8,;t 41b. Finlav 0 Mr W. Dodgeon's Spriugbeck, 5v 8st S. (Jhandley 0 Mr R. Crest's Clever Alice, 5y 7st 121b (car 7st 131b) Fagan 0 Sir R. Jardine's Bulmer, 4y 7st 3Ib. Allsopp 0 Mr Whipp's Lilile Don Cesar, 3y 6st !Zlb.. -,t. Watts 0 W inner trained by Watson Richmond. Bettine;-6 to 4 agst Linthorpe, 9 to 2 agst Lamb's- wool, 6 to 1 each agst Fringe and Little Don Cæsar, 7to 1 agst Springbeck, 8 to 1 agst Clever Alice, and 10 to 1 agst others, Bulmer made play from Clever Alice and Fringe, with Lamb'.s-wool and Linthorpe next, until fairly in the straight, when Laihb's-wool drew to the front, but Linthorpe headed her in the last. few strides and won a fine race by a heaii three lengths separated second and thirJ. Retribution was iourth, Bulmer and Little Don C?nr hat. 2.50—The STOCKTON STEWARDS' HANDICAP of 200 sovs winners extra; the second receives 25 sovs. One mile. Mr Joicey's Ramelton Lasse, 3y 7st IJb.. R Chaloner 1 qsL c l b J Watts Mr J. Lowther's Workington, 5y 9st 91b J Watts 2 .Mr <T. Martin's Lady C&snier, 6y 7s: 41b.. S. Chandlev 3 Mr W. Stevenson's Rosens, 4y Sst 41b Weldon 0 -.Colling 0 Sir P. ,I,J\1e s Bondage, 3y 7st 5"1. AUscpp 0 Mr W. Sandprr-on's Estella, 3y 6sc 41h Hnrrison 0 j Winner trained by T. Leader, Newmarket. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Workington and Ramelton Lassie, 4 to 1 agst Lpdy Cashier, 7 to 1 agst Dark Beantv, 100 to 8 agst iloseus, anu 100 to 7 agst E^tella. • Lady Cashier cut out the worx, clearing W orkington, Ramelton Lassie; and Roseus, with Dark Beauty next: and in this order they ran into the distance, where Workington took a light lead, but immediately gave way to Ramelton Lassie, who won by three lengths a sininar distance divided second md third. Estella was fourth, Roseus fifth, and Dark Beauty last. :S.O-The BILLINGHAM SELLING HANDICAP PLATE of 105 sovs winners extra the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. One mile. Mr W. Winn's Macintyre, 5y 9st 101b ..S. Chandley 1 Mr Besen's Mainbeam, 6y 9t 3lb Weldon 2 Winner trained by Hall, Middlehaia. Betting—2 to 1 on Macmtyre. Macintyre made all the running, and won by six lengths. The winner was sold to Mr Besens for lOOgs. 3.30-The ELTON JUVENILE PLATE of 250 sovs. for two-year-olds penalties and allowances the second receives 25 sovs. Five furlongs. Mr J. Bibbv's Fair Margaret,8sl 71b G. Barrett 1 MrS. F. Petrie's Golden Arrow, 9st 31b S. Chandley 2 Mr Egrement's Drumlina, Sst 31b R. Chaloner 7, Lord Ellesmere's Fota, 8st o'b Allsopp 8 Lord Rosslyn'SSchool for Sealdal,Sst 31b.G.Challoner 0 Mr W. Stevenson's Bonny Colleen, 6st 31b Colling 0 Mr It. Gladstone's The Heir, Sst lib Piatt 0 Lord Basting's Circlet, 8st. lClb Finlay 0 Major Stapyhon's Syra, 8st 101b Welùon 0 Mr L. W. Arnoll's Callina, 8st Fagan 0 I Winner trained by Bates, Middlehaia. 1

Wolverhampton Meeting. 2.0—The BRADFORD HANDICAP of 200 sovs win- xicvs fcxtTVi. One mile. Mr W. Sevens' Tudor, 3v 7st, ?:b (car. 7nt 101b)Wood 3 Mr W. Nic?iol's Favoro, ?y 7sb 41b Birch 2 Mr C?'J. F? F?'.?cett's P?nta.sruel, 3y 7st Ul,; ? Mr T. Wadlow's Secretaire, 4y b-t 51b ..M. Cannon 0 Mr J. A. Marshall's Meadow Browrv. 5y 7st 21b Wall C Mr Staveiey Hill's Dunsiall, 3y 6<t 41b G.Manser C Mr Netten's Miss Lilian, 3y 6st. 21b .Bedford (1 Winner trained by owner. Betting-3 to I -t Meadow Brown, 4 to 1 each agst Tudor and Secretaire. 5 to 1 each agst Favoro and Miss Lilian, and 6 to 1 agst Pantagrucl. Favoro came on from Dunsiall and Tndor, with Pantagruel next, and Miss Lilian, who was left at the o-t. last. In the straight, Dnnstall was beaten, and Tndor, jvinin Favoro as they approached the distance, won cleverly by a length and a laif a bad third. Secretaire was fourth, Meadow Brown next, and Miss Lilian last. 2.50-The WROTTESLEY WELTER PLATE of 103 sovs weight for age, etc. One mile. Mr Gottsehalk's Protectionist-, 2v 8st lib M. Cannon 1 Mr Abingron's Quicksand, a lOst Illb F. Barrett 2 Mr C. Lane's Pozzonpaitz, 4y lOst 71b Liddiard 3 Winner trained byT. Stevens, Chilton. Betting-5 to 4 on Protectionist, 7 to 4 agst, Quick- sand, and 6 to 1 agst Pozzonimny. Protectionist jumped oft In front, but wa.3 soon steadied, and followed Pozzonpanzv until half-way in the straight, when Protectionist drew to the front again and won in a canter by four lengths a bad third. 3.0-An ALL-AGED MAIDEN PLATE of 133 sovs weight for age, etc. Five furlongs. Lord Bradford's Mopfair, 3y 9st 2lb. Rogers 1 Mr G. F. Fawcett's Golden Shower, 2y 7st 71b.. Wall 2 Mr W eever Good Boy, 2y 7st 7Jb Birch 3 Mr W. G. Steven s Lichfield, 3y 9st 21b..M. Cannon 0 Capt. Cookson's Lady Carlton, 2y 7st 71b ..Bradford 0 Mr Coway's Earl of Chester, 2y 7st 71b Manser 0 Capt. H. T. Fenwick's c by Muneaster—Pink May, 2y 7st 71b Dawson 0 Mr W. W. Fulton's Doorga, 2y 7st 71b Ibbett 0 Mr R, Gladstone's Eastern Lady, 2v 7st 71b.. Bellew 0 MJ R. Morris's Honestv. 2v 7st 71b Axtell 0 Mr Robert,s's Red Rover, 2y 7st 71b Blake 0 Mr F. W. Taylor's Ottawa. 2y 7st 71b W. Wood 0 Winner trained by Wadlow, Stanton. 3.30— The HIMLEY JUVENILE PLATE of 103 sors. for two-year-olds; colts 9st, fillies and geldings 8st llIb; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs five fur- longs. General Magenis's Lenagh, 8st Illb M.Cannon 1 Sir J. Duke's Mamosa, 8st 111b W. Wood 2 Mr T. Hyde's Heart's Desire, Sst Illb P.Lowe 3 Mr A. Day's Optician, 9st Liddiard 0 Mr Hickman's Penn Duke, 9st Dawson 0 [ Mr Fulwell's Sir Josslyn, 9st -F. Barrett 0 7 ran. Additional Arrivals this Morning. j Quicksand. Mimosa, Lichfield, Ecuador, Keythorpe. Windhover, Favoro, Good Boy, Sir Josslyn, Tostig, Vendome, Carbine.

Newmarket Training Notes. ] [BY OUR NEWMARKET CORRESPONDENT.] I NEWMARKET, Thursday. On the Bury side, J. i Dawson's, sen., Greenwich, Plato, and Roberto gal- loped a mile and a quarter Sleive Donard going a mile. Evans's Foghorn covered a mile and a quarter Gravelta and Signorina went seven furlongs. M. Dawson's Buccaneer galloped nearly two miles; Wentworth galloped a mile and a quarter; Mimi was sent a mile. Je witt's Yean d'Or. The Deemster and Barbatello had a similar gallop Blavatsky", Killowen, Sweetest, Belmont, Dearest, Versifier, and Harpstring gallop, d a mile. Jennings's, 'I jun., Lusignan. Reveren1, Gouverneur, and Syriuga colt had a similar gallop. Jarvis's Magistrate and Charm went seven furlongs. Waugh's Quartus,Worldly | Wise, Court. Baron, Rain Lai, Mrypole, and Caliche I negotiated a mile and a quarter. Peck's Appenztll and Mounteagle galloped a mile Golding's Cafchurst and Chesterfield going 8 mile and a qua. tcr. On the Eacecouxsa side, Archer's Mak-v. Hunting Queen, HoJloway. Arise, and Miss Dollar galloped six furlongs. Ashby's Rusticus was sent a rille Brown's Crimea going a mile and a half. Bambridr.e's Royal Grace covered seven furlongs. Cannon's Ben Hur galloped a mile a,nd a half Greywell going a mile and a quarter. G. Dawson's Ciaiig, Memoir, and Koorali J went a similar gillop Eunciecroft aud Morillon covered 5i:x: ;urlong. Left for Ireland—Mistral.

The death is announced of AM?rmajt Ford, of Not"j tingham. father of Mr W. J. Ford, the well-kr'own J racing judge a id Iiandicapper. The deceased gentle- I man has been in failing health for some timCj aad was in his 83rd year. 11 THK ECLIPSE TURF COP.RESPOKOZIFT, (of Newmarket), Orville Orford. I gave a winner on the one-horse wires five days last week one oabiJer ony One-horse wires daily, 2s 6d; ono-horse wires weekly lO weekly letter, 2s 5d.— Newmarket 'House, Polity pridd. The aeed Australian-bred horse, Ringmaster, by First King out of Yardley, has loft Epsom for shipment to India. Ringmaster was a irequent jieri'ormer in this country during 1339 and 1890, but lifts not been seen in public since running third to I'ariington and Shall Wo Remember for the Manchester November Handicap last year.

SPORTING ITEMS. Orion will not be a starter for the Doncaster St. L'-ser.but may take his chance a week later in the Royal Handicap at Leicester, where imp>ria-n! concessions in weight are allowed him by Hever. end, Gouverneur, and Orvieto. No really "big bags of grouse were obtained in Scotland last ,eek, and the only notable re- port (says Truth) comes from Yorkshire, where Lord Ripon's party at Studley Royal (six puns' snot upwards of 700 brace in two days un the Dallowgil! moors, the greatest execution being done, as usual, by Lord de Grey. Leicestershire brought their season to a close yesterday at Leicester with a five wickets victory over arwickshire. The home county onlv re- quired 34 tc wm, but so well did their opponent* play that half the side were disposed of before the runs were obtained. The position oi Martenhurst in the Stockton. Hanoi cap does not enhance the value of the Derby form, as he wa; third on his merits in the great classic race, and here he was ten lengths behind Rosebery Despatch. Billy McCarthy, the well-known pugilist* arrived at Queenstown from New York on Tues. day night 011 the Vv hite Star Royal Mail steamer Majestic, after a rapid passage of six days 1 houl 4-Omin. He proceeded in the ship to Liverpool. The so-called trial of the Wroughton trio (Silver Spur, Swift, and Madame Neruda) was in reality iioihing more than a rough Yorkshire graliop, and it may be remarked that all three cairie under notice at the Victoria Club yesterday, 100 to 8. being booked to last year's winner by a gemJ, man not usually guilty of throwing his money away. From Truth !-I have reason to believe that it is not the present intention of the Duke of West* minster to start Orme lor the, Lancashire Plate at i\Ianchester.—I hear from Newmarket that it it very unlikely that CorstorRhine will stand a pre- paration, so it i[< probable that she will be rele- gated to tile stuo at the end of this season.-—Ivlimi has been going in beautiful style at Newmarket, and if she keeps wel: she is tolerably certain to come to much shorter odds than are now offered against her. but I have no fancy for her Leger chance.—The announcement, that Goldfinch has. been put by for the Middle Park Plate is not correct. Goldfinch is in reserve for the £ 5 000 stake at Kempton Park, which is run on the Fri. day before the Middle Park Plare, and in whiah he may meet Lady Hermit, Lady Caroline. Pe- trovna, and Gossoon.—There is a very poor ao- ceptance for the Ebor Handicap, only 18 horsew having been left in. It is probable that St. Leneoict will be favourite, as he seems to be a universal tip, but I prefer the chances of Loricula. or Herem on. TRKFOKEST RUNNING GF.OTNDS.—130 Yards Foot Itace for £4C between Ben Prothero (Treherbertf i?* Matllevvs (Maes; eg) on Mondnv. August 24^ } 391. J.Concannon. W¡Jues. Admission. Sixpence 4JO