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POLICE UNEASY. Scotts' Non-Appearance is the Cause. WILL THEY FIND HIM ? Mr. Maclullich, procurator fiscal, and Mr. JIacnoughton, deputy fiscal, have returned to Inverary from Ardlamont, having completed the precognitions and examinations of the locality where Lieutenant Hambrough met his death. The number of witnesses which will be sum- moned to attend the trial of Monson on behalf of the Crown will exceed the number in any case hitherto set down for trial from Argyllshire. The precogni- tions taken are voluminous. Several articles are lying labelled in the County-buildings at Inverary, and these are expected to be of importance as evidence against the prisoner. Those include the photograph of the person alleged to be Mrs. Monson's brother. The counsel for the defence have also precognosced witnesses, and have taken down very lengthy statements from them. Exhaustive experiments will be made by experts on behalf of the Crown to show the result and nature ef the gunshot wounds. The authorities are beginning to feel uneasy over the non-appearance of Scott, though a diligent search is being prosecuted by the detectives at Scotland Yard, in London, and elsewhere. As yet he is at large. Whether this man Scott is arrested or not, the case will go before the High Court. Monson has a strong, opinion that the case against him is bound to break down, and his opinion is said to be shared by his agents.

GROSS IMMORALITY. Singular Allegations Against a Mother at Tredegar. Samuel John Davies, of Polar-place, Tredegar, young man of eighteen, described as a haulier, was charged with carnally knowing Mary Ellen Williams, a girl under sixteen, who now resides with her father in Highfield-lane, Aberga- venny, on the 2nd of September and other dates. His mother was also charged with ibiding and abetting in the crime.-The girl's evidence tended to show that some six weeks ago, in consequence of some dissension at home, she went to the house of prisoner, whom she had previously known through having lodged at his residence, with her parents, some time last year. On the occasion alluded to she proceeded to bed in company with prisoner's mother. She had preceded the mother to the bed which they were to occupy, and whilst the mother was in the act of undressing the son came up and went into the same bed with witness, and they cohabited together for a fortnight, the mother being aware of the fact.- Edward Williams, the father of the girl, who is a tailor by trade, said his daughter left home on the Bank Holiday in August. Making inquiries about her he was told at Brynmawr on the 5th of this month that his daughter was married. He went to fetch her away. Both prisoners were aware of her age, because when he and his wife lodged there this point had been debated several times. The girl had been a hard-working girl, and had never given trouble before. — Police-constable Humphreys, now stationed at Risca, gave evidence as to arresting the prisoner on a warrant in Tredegar, and charging him with the offence. He at first made •no reply, but subsequently said that the girl was a'consenting party. The girl had told him that she was eighteen years of age, and he went to put in the banns for them, and they would have been married had it not been for the strike. The constable also said he arrested the mother and charged her with aid- ing and abetting her son. A certificate as to the age of the girl T^as produced from Bangor, North Wales, the place at which she was born, which proved that the girl was born on the 15th of December, 1878.—Both the prisoners were committed to the assizes, bail being allowed to the extent of JE20 each and two sureties of JE10 each.

THE HEATH ON FIRE. A Military Encampment has a Narrow Escape. Great alarm and excitement arose in the military camp on Crookham and Greenham Commons, where the First Infantry Division, under the command of General Davies, was ei-camped, on Sunday, by the outbreak of heath fires on the outskirts of the lines of tints occupied by the different regiments. The gorse and herbage being very dry, the flames spread with extraordinary rapidity, and the fires quickly assumed dangerous proportions, threatening the safety of the encampment. Consequently, the troops were called together, and with shovels and pick- axes they set to work, making a division in the furze, and cutting trenches to prevent the conflagration extending further towards the tents. In this they succeeded, but altogether 1 gorse covering some fifteen or sixteen acres on Greenham Common was burned. The ex- citement was intensified when it became known that the military police had arrested a civilian named Charles Allen, who had been em- ployed by an engineering firm at Newbury, but he had latterly been out of work, lie wais handed over to the custody of the Uerks Constabulary, and on Monday was placed in the dock at Newbury, and charged with unlawfully and maliciously setting the to the furze on Greenham Common. Mr. Bennett. the divisional superintendent, ap- plied for a remand, as an officer's servant in the 4th Hussars, who had gone to Alder- shot, could give important evidence. The application was granted. Ot

STRUCK WITH A CHOPPER. Some Lad had been Saying Something About his Gal. v Amtber murderous affray between youths can 1 or the notice of Mr. Colmore, stipen- eli. • .-lfeistrate. at Birmingham on Monday. Jo-1 II Gould, 18, printer, was charged with Ull1;, yily wounding Thomas Hug'hes, also a boy. The affair took place after dusk at a street corner where a knot of boys had congre- gated. Without an apparent provocation the prisoner- struck Hughes a severe blow OIl the side of the neck with a chopper, causing a tvouri'i three inches long, three-quarters deep, and severing several muscles. Prisoner's ex- cuse was that some lad had been saying some- thing about his. gaL" He was committed for arial at the sessions. ———■MM—MtmmmmtmBm

SENT HIM A CHEQUE. Cowbi'idge People Make a Present to a Station-master. Some months ago Mr. Oscar Hurford, who had hi?ùl1 station-mast el' at Cowbridge for over eighteen years, was promoted to the charge of the Walnut Tree Station under the same com- pany. At Cowbriage Mr. Hurford has been held in high esteem by the inhabitants, for he was ,d ways attentive a.nd obliging to those with whom he was brought in contact, and great regret was expressed when it became known that he was to he removed. In order to show their esteem and respect for him in a substantia] and practical form subscrip- tion list was opened, which was beaded by Lady Wyatt, of The Dimlands. with £.5. A large snni was subscribed, and it was intended to publicly present Mr. Hurford with the money, but in consequence of the death of bis parents'it was decid' i to send him a cheque for the amount; subscribed, which reached him at Walnut Tree Bridge on Saturday last. ".1

Terrible Death of R Girl. On Monday at Trisfetowrj, near ui ogheda. a pirl. iiAjneri hmihb. who assisted to feed a. threshing itlii!, was: c.a.ught. by the machinery tore one leg aw»y. The girl succumb^ t'tortily afterwards from exhaustion.

FUEL FAMINE. j English Coal War Forced Prices. FACTORiES ARE CLOSING The fuel famine is making itself felt in a?» acute form in Birmingham. Several firms in the metallic bedstead and brass-founding industries have been compelled to close their factories owing to the stoppage of their contracts with collieries in Warwickshire and Derbyshire and inability to obtain supplies from local merchants except at ruinous terms. If the famine is pro- longed another fortnight many other works will be closed, and manufacturing fuel will reach phenomenal prices. South Staffordshire fuel is in extraordinary demand for all parts of the country. and Earl Dudley's forge coal is selling at 15s. per ton at the pits to merchants, an advance of nearly 7s. since the strike commenced. Slack, which at one time could be bouglft for half a crown per ton, now realises 8s., and some descriptions command 10s. per ton. Birming- ham merchants are contracting for Durham coal for the eastern and southern counties, and several thousand tons have been consigned to Stockport for the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. Derbyshire coalowners refuse to contract for manufacturing coa lunder 20s. at the pits, a total advance of 12s. About 2,000 Pelsall colliers resumed work on Tuesday Support for Strikers. A conference of boot and shoemakers at Leeds on Tuesday approved of the miners' strike against the reduction of wages, and denounced the shooting of strikers. Outraging Generosity. On Monday nine colliers strayed from Shep- bridge to Worrall, some fifteen miles away, begging. They collected about £3, and in the evening, after dividing it, went to a public- house. When turned out at eleven o'clock they were all more or less drunk, and the police arrested the lot. On Tuesday the magistrates at Sheffield fined each of them 10s. with the alternative of seven days. Highway Robbery by Colliers. At Alfreton on Tuesday a highway robbery with violence was committed in broad daylight. A gang of colliers met a man driving a horse and cart in a narrow road leading off one of the most frequented thoroughfares. One of the gang seized the horse's head, the other men dragged the driver from the cart, and, after beating him, made off with his watch. The police succeeded in capturing the man who held the horse, and he was taken before a magistrate and remanded.

PARLIAMENT. Yesterday's Proceedings in the House of Jommons. HOUSE OF LORDS,- TUESDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at three o'clock. BILLS ADVANCED. The Standing Order having been suspended, the Metropolis Management (Plumstead and Hackney) Bill and the Light Railways (Ireland) Bill were advanced all their stages. The Expiring Laws Continuance Bill was brought up fvorn the Commons and passed through all its readings. The Savings' Bank Bill and the Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Bill were read a first time. The House adjourned at 3.25 to Friday at eleven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. THE INDIAN CANTONMENT SYSTEM. It had been understood that Mr. Stansfeld (G., Halifax) would ask leave to move the adjournment of the House in order to discuss the cantonment system and the administration of the Contagious Diseases Acts in India, but Sir RICHARD TEMPLE (C., Surrey, Kingston) pointed out that a motion on the subject stood in his name, and the SPEAKER ruled that the latter proposition must have precedence. WINE AND BEER LICENCES. Mr. HERBERT LEWIS (G., Flint) brought in a Bill to amend the law relating to the licensing of beerhouses and places for the sale o1 cider and wine in England and Wales. THE LOCAL VETO BILL. Mr. STUART RENDEL (G., Montgomeryshire presented a petition from 1,200 inhabitants o Newtown, Montgomeryshire, in favour of the Local Veto Bill. TEMPERANCE MAGISTRATES. Mr. ASQUITH informed Mr. Alpheus Morton (G., Peterborough) that a magistrate was not disqualified from acting on the licensing bench at brewster sessions because he was a subscriber to the United Kingdom Alliance or a member of other temperance associations. VACCINATION LITERATURE. Sir WALTER FOSTER, in answer to Mr Hopwood (G., Lancashire, S.E., Middleton), said a pamphlet, called" Facts Concerning V accina tion For Heads of Families," was issued by the National Health Society, but he did not know that it was still being circulated bearing the words, "Revised by the Local Government Board, and issued with authority." Those words did not represent the facts of the case, although it was true that an official of the board made corrections and additions. JUDGES' ALLOWANCES. Sir CHARLES RUSSELL, in answer to Mr. Hanbury (C., Preston), said that since 1884 it had been the practice to make to judges and commissioners going on circuit a daily allowance of J37 10s., the reason being the increase in the number of circuits, and the desire to make uniform the remuneration of common law and Chancery judges. Part of the cost was met by the fact that the judges had given up their claim to the services of second clerk's lodgings, and travelling expenses were provided for the judges at the public cost. TRAINING SHIPS AS ARMY RECRUITING GROUNDS. Mr. ASQUITH, in answer to Mr. Crcmer (G., Shoreditch, Hagge-rston), said it appeared to be the fact that a boy sentenced to detention in the Shaftesbury Training Ship had, at his own request, been enlisted into the 1st Warwick as a bandboy. This was done under the provisions of a recent Act, 24 and 25 Vic., c. 23, by which managers of industrial schools were empowered, with the consent of the boys themselves, to place them 10 any trade or calling without refe- rence to the parents. He had no knowledge of the allegation that the boy had complained of having been entrapped into the Army. In his opinion, the Act should not be put into force in the case of young boys, and he also thought the system under which an Army bandmaster re- ceived a fee for each boy who entered the band under him was open to grave objections. (Hear, hear.) In reply to further questions, Mr. Asquith said he would gladly receive further information regarding the case, and would make additional inquiries. The Honse adjourned at eleven o'clock. h-

Accident to a Newport Cyclist. Mr. 0. Barrett, of Newport, a well-known cyclist, met with an unfortunate accident whilst riding through Blakeney, Forest of Dean. Mr. Barieft had been away from home for some days, having gone on a tour along the south coast, and lie was rettirniug via Gloucester, Chepstow, &e. On Sunday be had reached the neighbourhood of Blakeney. and was descending' the steep lull at the Newnbam end of the town when the spindle of the fore wheel of his pneumatic machine gave way, with the result that the rider was thrown heavily to the ground. No serious injuries were, however, sustained. -h

On Tuesday evening William Keating, a labourer, living in Love-lane, Cardiff, was un- loading a, timber-laden ship at the "Bute Docks when some deals fell on his right foot, crushing it badly. He was conveyed to the infirmary. J

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MORE DEATHS. Cholera Scourge Still ¡ Claiming Victims. I OFFICIAL REPORT. I The following statement was issued on Tues- day afternoon by Dr. Thorne :—" Two deaths, due to either cholera or choleraic diarrhoea, took place yesterday in Hull, one being a patient whose attack was recorded some days since. One death is also reported this morning from Grimsby.. The two persons admitted into St. Bartholomew's Hospital yesterday are appa- rently recovering. Nothing definite can, as yet, he gtated as to the true nature of their illness. Isolated attacks which have terminated fatally, one at Battersea and one at Newington, are still under investigation." Fatal Case at Leeds. Another fatal case of cholera, making the fourth, has occurred in Leeds. The sanitary officials have taken possession of the, house. A Suspected Vessel. A Black Sea vessel lias brought a. suspicious case of illness to Southampton, but an official report on Tuesday states that there is no cholera, and that the patient is recovering from a severe illness which might have been cholera, but of this there is no evidence. Strict precautions are being observed at the port to prevent the intro- duction of cholera. Cholera and the Commons. A Central News telegram says :-Another charwoman at the House of Commons (Mrs. Moon) was seized on Tuesday with suspicious illness whilst engaged on ordinary work. She was removed to the hospital. The Press Association telegraphing on Tuesday says :—Up to 4.30 this afternoon the Local Government Board had not received any official intimation of another person connected with the House of Commons being attacked with cholera. A Strange Epidemic. A Central News telegram from Brussels on Tuesday says :—An epidemic with symptoms closely akin to those of cholera has appeared at Dampremy and at Marchiennes, near Charleroi. The disease was first notified on Monday. Thirty-one cases have occurred, five. of which were those of miners working in one mine. Eight deaths have taken place.

THE BRAZILIAN REVOLT. Heavy Bombardmedt of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. A Renter's telegram from Buenos Ayres on Tuesday says :-The insurgents' war vessels off Rio de Janeiro kept up a heavy bombardment on Sunday last. Three of the rebel gunboats have left the bay to attack Santos. Provisions are scarce at Rio. Several shiploads of cattle are leaving La Plata in order to supply the in- surgent squadron. A Dalziel's telegram from New York on Tues- day says :-A dispatch to the New York Herald from Montevideo via Galveston, Texas, states that at the former place it was not yet known whether Rio de Janeiro had been taken by the rebels. Passengers who arrived here from Rio de Janeiro on the steamship Magdalena report that when the steamer left the city was in a state of panic, the rebel fleet attacking all the fortified points along the shore of the bay. The forts, including that of Santa Cruz, were either neutral or in 'favour of Admiral De Mello. The ammunition and provisions of the garrison of the Fort of Santa Cruz were exhausted. Admiral Gama, in command of the Naval Academy, refused to obey an order of President Peixoto's, and other Naval officers ashore, who were offered commands by the President, declined, saying that they did not care to bear arms against Admiral De Mello, their old com- mander. The general opinion among the passengers of the Magdalena, including Senor Ruy Barboza, who escaped from Rio on her, is that Marshal Peixoto must succumb, unless the foreign Powers interfere on his behalf. Senor Barboza says that he had to fly for protec- tion to the Chilian Legation in Rio. On board the ironclad Aquidaban Deputy Seabra and Lieutenant Martinez have been shot by order of the rebel admiral for an attempt to discourage the crew with prophecies of defeat, and that punishment would afterwards be meted out to the rebels by the President. The rebels in the State of Rio Grande do Sul are mobilising and concentrating their forces for a final effort. General Castilho, Governor, has asked the Pre- sident for aid, but to this appeal under the pre- sent circumstances the President must neces- sarily turn a deaf ear. Scenes of Horror. A Dalziel's telegram from New York on Tuesday night says :—A special dispatch from Monte Video states that a passenger on board the steamer Magdalena, which arrived there to- day, gives a graphic description of the scene at Rio de Janeiro. He says the horrors of the situation baffle description. After the revolt of the Navy, Admiral De Mello's house, which had been closed, was sacked by the mob, the furni- ture, clothing, and other effects being thrown out of the windows. The family of the captain of one of the rebel vessels were assassinated with great fury, two men and three women were whipped almost to death, houses were pillaged, and scenes of violence were enacted in nearly and scenes of violence were enacted in nearly every street. President Peixoto endeavoured as far as lay in his power, to protect property, but he was powerless to restrain the mob.

THE TARIFF WAR Causes British Goods Stopped on the Russian Frontier. Information has reached. Bradford that owing to the tariff war between Germany and Russia, all British goods sent overland have been stopped at the frontier, and will not be admitted unless accompanied by manufacturers' certificate in addition to the usual merchant's declaration. This is alleged to be due to the attempt on the part of German merchants to smuggle through German goods as English, there being a difference of 50 per cent. in duty in favour of the latter. A telegram and letter have been despatched by the Bradford Chamber of Commerce to Lord Roseberry protecting against the stoppage.

Reckless Colliers. At Tredegar Police-court on Tuesday (before Messrs. H. A. Birrell and H. W. Lewis) Richard Bevan and Thomas Richards, two young men, employed at the Rhymney Col- leries, were charged with an infringmeent of the colliery rules on the 4th of August last The former, it was alleged, was found with matches I n his possession on this date, and the latter with a pipe. Hath pleaded guilty to the charge, but urged in mitigation that it was purely an accident that this had happened. Defendants were fined the maximum penalty of X2. with cost5!, amounting in the aggregate to R2 8s. 6d.

Local Consular Appointments. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Leonidas Metaxas as Greek Consul at Cardiff; and of Mr. W. E. Heard, Mr. J. Burke, Mr. M. Whitwill, and Mr. G. S. Kelway I as Uruguayan Consuls at Newport (Monmouth- shire), Belfast, Bristol, and Milford Have resnectivelv. resnectivelv.

NEW BLOOD May be Found on the Park on Saturday. PROBABLES v. POSSIBLES. The Probables v. Possibles match on the park on Saturday next ought to turn out fairly inte- resting, as the teams are strong ones. The men chosen are as follows Pi-obables Back, Smithson three-quarters, T. N. Pearson, Elliott' D. Fitzgerald, and Alexander; halves, R. B Sweet-Escott and S. Biggs; reserve, Bellamy; forwards, A. Lewis, R. Davies, W. Davies S. Cravos, R. Guinea, J. Burke, Smith, and Ramsay. Reserves, Dobson, Justyn Williams, and Elsey. Possibles Back, H. Hughes three-quarters, C. Williams, A. M. Hill, A. J. Rooney, and G. Nicholls reserve, W. Howells halves, Francis and Merritt; forwards, T. Mur' ray, Elsey, Wynde, Buicchi, E. A. Hybert' Palmer, J. Smith, and Coslett. Reserves, Mill A. Sweet-Escott, and Cecil. On Tuesday night the committee of the Cardiff and District Football Union met and selected the following fifteen to meet Cardiff on the Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, September 30 :—Back, W. Francis (Grangetown); three- quarters, C. Mills (Cathays), W. Harris (St. David's), S. Spilland (Star), and T. Evans (Grangetown); halves, O. Ryan (Grangetown) and F. K. Wheeler (NotherR' forwards' T. M'Carthy and W. James (Grangetown), C. R' Harding (Canton), J. Spavin (Grange), J. Casey (Star), T. Gunstone (Northern), G. Woodman (Grange), and W. Waters (Star). Reserves Back, W. Davies (Northern); three-quarter backs, E. P. Jones (Canton), and D. Dwyer (Northern); half-backs, G. Carthy (Grange) < forwards, E. Emery (Cathays), and J. Taylor (Grange). Gloucestrians are already recompensed for the loss of Jackson by finding W. Pearce, a Chel. tonian, who for some years has been in the East of England, where not only was he the finest centre three-quarter in the Ipswich United, winners of the Eastern Counties' Cup, but was good enough to play all through last season for the United Counties. He is at the present time residing only a few miles from Gloucester and it is hoped he may fee induced to turn out for the city team. Last Saturday's match against twenty colts was far and away the most open inaugural game ever seen in Gloucester. The colts, who, however, appeared to be in one another's way, picked a very formidable lot, including Ballinger and Cowley, the ex-Cumber- land players, neither of whom, however, showed form at all above the average-perhaps due to nervousness. The Gloucester pack did excel- lent work, and, with Witcombe and Jenkins—both of whom, although absent on Saturday, intend to turn out later on—tha Wesrerners' front ought to be quite as strong as ever. Hauman is a clinking captain—one of the silent, hard-working sort- and that he has the entire confidence of his men has been already proved over and over again. Bagwell was just as lively as* ever, and had a l;iiid inthc- -s^ariiig liit Ikri tiy ct li.* o&asesc, whilst, with the exception of Cromwell, who winged a little, the whole of the old brigade worked splendidly. The Bristolians are waking in matters sport- ing, and at the meeting of their Rugby Union the other evening they decided to take up the refereeing scheme and settled upon the following qualifications That a candidate for the post of an official referee must pass a theoretical ex- amination before the referee committee, and, to qualify himself, must referee in two matches appointed by the committee. Both clubs in such cases must report upon, his refereeing to the hon. sec. of the Bristol Rugby Union. The committee will then decide whether the candidate be considered efficient." The following scale of charges has been adopted for the remuneration of referees :-Not exceeding six miles, 2s. above six and not exceeding twelve miles, 4s. above twelve and not exceed- ing eighteen, 5s.; above eighteen and not exceed- ing twenty-four, 6s.; above twenty-four and not exceeding thirty, 9s. above thirty and not ex- ceeding thirty-six, 10s.; above thirty-six and not exceeding fifty, 15s. "I submit this to Mr Gwynn with a suggestion that his society might do a lot worse than follow on the lines laid down above. The Grangetown Club hold a practice on the club ground to. morrow (Wednesday) evening at 5.45 sharp, when all members and intending members are cordially invited to participate. Headquarters, Baroness of Windsor Hotel. • 1 The Harlequins and Stars also hold a practice match this afternon, when the team to repre- sent them in their match with Swansea will be chosen. The Penygraig Club are to be congratulated on the promising team they are able to put on the field this season. Not since the club started have they possessed such a good all-round lot. The back division are smart, as was proved by their show on Saturday. Frank Reynolds played a really magnificent game. His first try was one of the best ever seen on the field. Rowlands, considering that it was the first time he handled the ball, was nearly as good, and wil ere the season is over, be a mainstay of the team. Stoddart and Thomas, on the ".ring's, were in capital form. Emlyn, at half, was first- class, and is a most promising man he was ably assisted by Granville. The forwards played well; there is at present not a shirker amongst them they played the game required, and did it well, and with a little more practice they will be diffioult to beat. Davies was suffering from a blow received last week at Ferndale, but his dribbling was capital. Jim Moyle was one of the best forwards on the field. Sam Thomas, Prosscr, and Evan Jones vrere Iso noticabl e. WELSH ATLETE. «

THE VALKYRIE. Has Not Yet Arrived, But May Still Race for the Cup. A Reuter's telegram from New York this morning say s -The Valkyrie has not arriveds The America Cup Committee, atLordDunraven'. request, has postponed the first race till October 5.

STARTLING REVELATIONS Are Expected to Result from the Triai of Australian Bank Directors. I A Dalziel's telegram from Melbourne on Tues- day says —The hearing of the charges against Sir Matthew Davies and Mr. F. MUlidge is pro- ceeding before the citv magistrates. The prose- cution promise to produce entirely fresh evi- dence implicating the accused, who are charged with issuing a false balance-sheet of the Mer- cantile Bank of Australia in February of last year. The proceedings, it is anticipated, will result in startling revelations, involving promi- nent individuals not mentioned in connection with the previous prosecutions.

PARS ON SPORT. ■ 0 Preparations for Coming Events. MUST MAKE MEMS. Mr. Douglas Baird will probably run St. Florian in the Middle Park Plate as Sem- pronius is a non-stayer. During the last 25 years only seven New- market trained horses have won the Cesare- witch. For the Cesarewitch Amandier is doing the best preparation of anything at Newmar- ket. Government has been well tried for the Lancaster Nursery Handicap at Manchester on Thursday. It is stated on authority that La Fleche will not run for the Cesarewitch, and Buc- caneer, who is suffering from a sore back, will also be an absentee. The Duke of Westminster intends to run Bullingdon at Newmarket, both in the Bos- cawen Stakes and in the Rous Memorial Stakes. Bullingdon is then to be put by for the season, and his next race will be the Derby. Mr. M'Calmont will not keep open house to the inhabitants of Newmarket, as reported, but the fete next Thursday at Cheveley will be the subject of a big invitation list. Accord- ing to the present arrangements Isinglass, in whose honour the gathering is given, will be paraded, with "Tommy Loates" in the saddle. A good man and true has joined the majority in the person of the Rev. Robert Cobbold, rector of Ross, and Prebendary of Hereford. Twice did the deceased sky pilot represent Cambridge in the boat race, besides being a good all-round athlete, and a stern supporter of muscular Christianity. The report which has found its way into the sporting papers with regard to the with- drawal of Baron Schickler from the French turf is (says the "World") wholly unfounded. Baron Schickler has no intention of oiving up racing, and he is merely going to sell Chene Royal, the winner of the French Derby, and FitzRoya, the winner of the Grand Prix in 1890, because they have ceased to be of any use for racing, and because he has their res- pective sires at his stud. Isonomy at the present time heads the list of winning sires this season, and should Isin glass land the Lancashire Plate he will re- main at the top till the end of the season Seventeen races, of the value of 92.3,504, have fallen to the lot of the lsonomys, whilst 29 wins, worth £ 17,224, have fallen to the 1"- of the offsprings of St. Simon, who eon.(- second on the list. If, however, La Flecb wins, St. Simon will be at the top with n advantage of about £ 2,000.

TO-DAY'S FINALS. 2.0.—Bradford Handicap-SVELTO. 2.30.—Village Nursery—STREET SING Kit 3.0.-September Handicap-VICTOR WIL. CHATEB. 3.30.-Camp Nursery-PRINTEMPS. 4.0.—Kegworth Handicap-GOLF JUAN. 4.30.-Mile Plate- LAODAMIA. DOUBLE EVENT. STREET SINGER AND LAODAMIA. VENATOM

YESTERDAY'S STARTING PRICES. SPORTSMAN AND SPORTING LIP"- AUTHENTIC PRICES. Leicester Meeting. HORSE. EIDER. Sportsman. SpjJ'fg" MAIDEN PLATE. Sir Michael. I Allsopp .) 4to lag I 4 to la; GOPSALL MEMBERS PLATE. Overcast I M Cannon.. 'J to 2 ag-1 11 to 4 A MIDLAND NURSERY. Kittens H Toon 10 to 1 ag 10 to 1 ae WELBECK PLATE. Eyrefield ) M Cannon.. 5 to 1 ag 5 to 1 PJJ BANCLIFFE PLATE. Queen Light A Nit'iiead j 5 to 2 ag I 11 to 11. MELTON PLATE. Flare Up I Rickaby 4 to Ion 4 ta 1o,

HER LATEST TROUBLE. Strikes goes out at the Door, whilst Typhoid comes in at the Window. -.1- 'T" REVISION COURTS. I Extraordinary Lodger Claims at Usk. Mr. Acland sat at the grand jury-room of the Sessions-house, Usk, on Tuesday morn- ing for the revision of the borough list. Mr. W. Claypole-Smith appeared to represent the Conservatives, Mr. W. H. Brown the Liberals. The Liberals made objection to the joint claims of Mr. W. Stafford Gustard and Mr. Evelyn Waddington, soli- citors, for their offices at Usk. Mr. Brown said the ratable value \w £ 25 for the whole premises, but the stables were sub-let at £7 10s., and there were offices sub-let to the Clerk of the Peace, the Clerk to the County Council, and to the Registrar of the County Court in additions to the partnership, so that there was not sufficient value left for the two qualify; Tl«r he was gone into at the court last year, and the votes were disallowed. The barrister said he could not allow them this time. A good votes were disallowed. The barrister said he could not allow them this time. A good deal of interest was centred in the lodger claims, especially in the matter of the value of the premises in respect of which the quali- fication was claimed. The first disputed case was that of Philip Clift, who was stated to be a rural postman living with his mother, and who, in his declaration, stated that he paid 5s. per week for his lodgings. Mr. Brown objected to the vote being allowed, as he said it was impossible for the claimant to pay 5s. per week for his lodgings (apart from board) out of the wages allowed him, viz., 8s. 9d. per week. Mr. Edwards, grocer, Usk, who appeared to support the information which Mr. Brown had given, was sworn. He declared that he knew Clift's wages were only 8s. 9d. per week. Pressed by Mr. Claypole-Siuitli to say how he knew it, the witness said he could not divulge how he knew it, because the information WAS private.—"What else does Clift do?" asked the revising barrister.—"Well, be is mostly >u' with his gun," replied Mr. Edwards, 'though I don't say he is a poacher."—The barrister thought the evidence was notsumcient :0 upset the declaration, and allowed the vote. He was bound, he said to accept the declaration, except where there was vidence to displace it. The Liberals also objected to the claim of George Edmunds, but the objection was not sustained. In the case of Edward .r ones-a lodger claim ,acked up by the Liberals—it was found that the house occupied by his father, William Jones, where lodgings were situated, was mly rated at £6 per annum.—" How asked the barrister, "am I to believe that one room in a £ 5 house can be worth BIO ?"— Mr. Brown urged that in a town like Usk, roung men had to take what lodgings they ould get, and the true criterion was what he value was to them. The vote was tot allowed. In the case of Walter John "weet of Bridge-street, the applicant stated ti his declaration that he had paid 7s. per ,veek for his lodgings, but on being Called ipon, he was sworn, and examined as to his arrangement during the whole of the ..velve months from July 15, 1892. He itated that he worked for his uncle and was paid a salary and allowed his board ind lodging. The barrister said that was in direct conflict with the statement in his leelaration, and lie had had so many lying ledarations before him on both sides during he revision, that he had decided that the .cry first good case he came across after that day, to send up to the Public Prosecutor. *uid he hoped a prosecution would be or- dered. He advised Sweet to be more care- ful when he was signing a declaration, and J old him he had rendered liiinself liable io a year's imprisonment. Sweet stated hat- he thought he meant the same thing, whether he took what was due to him partly salary and partly by board and lodging, \f he took the whole in cash and paid certain portion for board and lodging.

TIRED OF LIFE. O.ji.erm!ned Attempt at Suicide by a Servant Girl. A servant girl has made a most determined "tempt at suicide at Collindale House, llfra- ombe. One of the servants, named Alice Hntton, a girl about 18 years of age. went up- stairs before twelve o'clock and shut herself in a room. Hearing a bell ring, one of the ser- vants went up into the bedroom, and was shocked to find Hutton lying on the floor in a lool of blood. She immediately called her mis- press, Mrs. Hill, who found that the girl's throat was dreadfully cut, whilst a large table knife was lying near. Dr. Foquet was at once sent for, and with the assistance of Dr. Copner and the police Hutton was removed to the hospital, where she lies in a preca,rious condition. An open letter was found by her side wishing the r.vistiess, the servants, and a neighbour good :.ye, and spying she was tired of her life. bother sealed letter was found addressed to ) 1\iy dear mother." _—————

Local Post-office Notice. I Additional wall letter-boxes have been erected at Treharris, as under :—Near Treharris Rail- way Station, to be cleared at 4.30 p.m. and seven n.m. on week days and 3.30 p.m. on Sundays I at Pontsquire, to be cleared at yeven p.m, on vveek days and 3.30 p.m. on Sundays and at Susannah-place; to be cleared at four p.m. and seven p.m. on week days and 3.30 p.m. on Sundays.

At Pembroke on Tuesday Alexander Ellis, 80 years of a,ge, and described as an ex-master mariner, was brought up in custody charged with indecently assaulting' two little girls named Sarah .Ann Skone (thirteen) and Bertha Phillips (twelve), who. it appears, were gathering black- berries in a field at Angle. Prisoner was com mitted to the next »"«.rter sessions.

ROYAL NIGER COMPANY. Lord Aberdare Replies to French Pre- tensions. Lord Aberdare, writing from Duffryn, Moun- tain Ash, to the Times, replies to some of the statements in the Journal des Dfbats with refe- rence to the Royal Niger Company, in the course of which he says :—" Nobody in France, says the Debuts, believes the allegations of the French doctor and engineer. It is not said why the statements of two officers occupying respon- sible positions in M. Mizon's expedition should be disbelieved. The Royal Niger Company put faith in them the more readily that they con- firmed, only with fuller detail, the information already t"•^sroitteci to them by telpgra/nh. Does the Debats deny that M. Mizon joined his forces to those of Muri in the slave-raiding expedition to Kwana r There was and is no disputed protectorate over Muri. The dispute was entirely of M. Mizon's creation. Muri was within the limits of the British Protectorate agreed to in the Anglo-French Treaty of 1890, a fact never to this day questioned by the French Foreign Office. I have no doubt that when, in 1891, the friendly co-operation of Great Britain was asked by the French Government in passing through and beyond the Royal Niger territories this heavily-armed and richly-freighted pacinc ex. pedition, the request was loyally made, and that they never dreamed that M. Mizon would stop 150 miles short of his destination and occupy his time in violating British territory, using- the arms which were said to be necessary to the safety of the scientific explorers in assisting a slave raid, and their cargo in conducting an illegal traffic with goods which bad escaped paying- the ordinary duties on the plea that they were destined for regions beyond our control. But I am morally certain that M. Mizon, whose speeches before his departure breathed fierce hostility to England and the Royal Niger Company, had determined to deal with Muri as a region independent of both. The Debate affirms that M. Hoellc conveyed the order for M. Mizon's recall. This is a mistake. That order had been transmitted several weeks before M. Hoelle appeared on the scene. I dis- tinctly deny the allegation that the Royal Niger Company ever undertook to convey M. Hoelle in their vessels to Muri or elsewhere. On the con- trary, they steadily refused to do so while the French flag was kept flying in the Muri terri- tory. What M. Hoelle's instructions may have been I know not. The serious sugges- tion of the Debats of a disputed protectorate has an ugly. look. Is it part of his mission to collect evidence that the treaty of the Royal Niger Company with the Emir of Muri was a forgery and invention? The Debats affirms that the claim of the company to Yola is new and unfounded.' If the writer will give himself the trouble to consult his own Foreign Office he will find that this claim is at least as old as the Anglo-French Treaty of 1890, that it is perfectly well founded, and has never, as 1 believe, been contested by the French Government. The anxiety of the Debats for the free navigation of the Niger and Binue, stipulated in the Treaty of Berlin, is wholly superfluous. It has never been disputed, and, I fearlessly assert, has been scrupulously observed by the company. Spontaneous acts of courtesy and goodwill towards French and German travellers in con- veying them up and down the rivers have been frequently performed, and gratefully acknow- ledged. They were performed in a liberal and ample manner towards M. Mizon. How grossly they were abused by him is known to everybody whose eyes and ears are not closed by a per- verted patriotism."

Work the the Commons. The Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons for the session 1893 will, it is stated, be the largest that has been -rinted for many years. The documents showing the business done each day now number 160, and by Satur- day next 166, this being the exact number of days the House ha.s sat since Tuesday, the 31st of January. The total number of pages is 1,051. The notices of motion containing- the business for the day, questions, a.nd notices given num- ber 4,298 pages, and the private business in con- nection with Parliamentary deposits, plans, and documents 747 pages. The total number of divisions is 307, there being 1,030 pages of 1'1 nihers' names. The supplements to the which contain the amendments to the various Bills, occupy 3,635 pages.

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At Canton Fair Mr. John Billman, of New- port disposed of, by auction. 35 pure-bred Oxford Down ram lambs. Twenty from the flook of Mr. H. Large, Malmesburv, sold readily from three guineas to four and a half guineas each, whilst tew Irom Mr. J. Addy. of Jsout-h Lodge. Brriord, made from tkree guineas to four guineas each.

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KISSED HER. « And then She was Rushed into a Cab. ABDUCTION UP TO DATE. Last week a singular application was made to the Birmingham Stipendiary with regard to a child performing at Curzon-hall. It was stated by Mr. Clayton, solicitor, that a girl, who is not twelve or thirteen years of age, was at the age of four years transferred to a man named Taylor, who had brought her up as a public per- former. The application was io have the girt restored to her relations. Her father and' mother are dead, but it was stated that her brother' a sailor, had seen her since he came back from the sea, and that she was anxious to leave Taylor and live with her own family her uncle, Mr. Bridge, of RTland-street, gasfitter, being willing- to take care of her. The applica- tion to the court was made under the Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and it was stated, though no evidence was given in suppor of the statement, that the child could neither read nor write, and that hor employers thrashed her. Mr. Taylor, it was said, had been asked to release her, but be refused to do so. It was suggested by Mr. Clayton that if a, policeman went with the brother the child Blight be allowed to come away. The solicitor signifi- cantly added that the relations did not want to take her away by forcible means.—The Magis- trates' Clerk )Mr. Barradale) pointed out that the child had gone into Taylor's custody witit the consent of her parents.—The Stipendiary said that if the brother had seen the girl ill- used the magistrates would grant a summons. Otherwise they could do nothing. Some question was raised as to whether the child was licensed to perform, but on this point the magis- trate referred the applicant to the police. Being unable to gain their object in any other way. the relations determined upon a friendly abduction,, and on Tuesday night the attempt was successfully made. The child is a member of the troupe described as The marvellous Zontos, champion cyclists of the world." who are not permanently connected with the minstrel troupe, but are engaged by them to take part in the variety portion of the pro- gramme. On Tuesday night Miss Bridge per- formed as usual on her bicycle, and gained great applause by her evolutions, Just as the enter- tainment was concluding- a cab might have been seen to draw up near the principal entrance to the hall, and a few friends of the Bridges, who were in the know," gathered round to see the fun, and probably, if need should arise, to lend a hand. The abduc- tion, however, was skilfully and quietlv per- formed. As the girl, accompanied by Taylor, came down the steps a yeung' woman came for- ward, took her hand, and kissed her. Mr. Bridge, the uncle, immediately seized the girl by the other hand, and, with the assistance of the young woman, rushed her into the cab. The girl, who seemed to be taken by surprise, screamed, but did not offer sufficient resistance to delay her captors, and the cu b had driven off before Taylor seemed to realise what was being done. The man turned back into the hall as though to ask for assistance, then came out again, and iooicea round as though ne would have raised a cry of Police." But, as a spec- tator put it, he seemed so taken to" that he could Hot speak. The success of the uncle's stratagem was greeted with a round of applause from the sympathetic spectators, among whom was the girl's brother. It was understood thafv the child was going to her uncle's house ii Ey land-street.

ARRESTED I N BED. And will now have to Take his Trial for Swindling. What is alleged to have been a cool attempt at swindling has just come to light at Aberystwith. About 2.30 p.m. on the 15th inst. a young man, about 24, and appa- rently respectable, went to Mr. John Jenkins, the Queen's stables, Aberystwith, and stated he had been sent there by Mr. Jones, of Plaspadarn, a young gentleman living in the neighbourhood, for the loan of a kori-e and a set of harness. Believing his statement Mr. Jenkins imme- diately lent him one of his best horses and a good set of harness. The offender then proceeded with the horse and harness to the Lion Hotel, and after finding the landlord (Captain Wemyss) said he had been sent there by Mr. John Jenkins, the Queen's, ior the loan of a dog-cart. Seeing the horse harnessed the captain lent one of his best dog-carts. As the horse was not returned at the time promised Mr, Jenkins sent a messenger to Plaspadarn about eight p.m. to make inquiries, from w hi a it transpired that Mr. Jones knew nothing of the affair. Subsequently it was found that he- trap from the Lion.had also been obtained in a. similar way. Ab6ut 9.30 p.m. the chief-con- stable (Mr. Howell Evans) was informed of the circumstances, and he, together with Sergeant Davies, took a horse and trap and started in search of the delinquent. He suc- ceeded in tracing him from Aberystwith to Goginan, and from there to Pontrhydfendigaid, where the horse, trap, and harness were found at the Red Lion Hotel. About six a.m. on the 16th inst. the chief-constable succeeded in arresting the prisoner in bed at a small public- house about 300 yards from where the horse, &c., were found.—On Monday the prisoner, whose name is Robert Humphreys, and who is a native of North Wales, was brought up before Mr. William Thon;: (mayor) and Mr. J. Morgan, J.P., and committed to take his trial at the quarter sessions.

FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED. The Body of a Man Found on an Irish Railway. The mutilated body of a man was found on Monday night on the railway near Rathmore, county Kerry. It is alleged that he was thrown from ■■ train during a drunken quarrel, but whether he nx t, with his death before being pitched out is unknown. The train was return- ing' from Kilkenny Races. )!

PANIC IN A THEATRE. People Killed and Injured in the Mad Rush for Life.