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C,TRF$INTENTIONS. MR. KENSL" Z. ,eSrns that Mr. Kensit has The Central News tiOn he may have had of abandoned any inteflltitualistic service at St. protesting against *Vjjjigton. Mr. Kensit will Mary Magdalene, ?a notice to the bishops continue to give ^°rIfgi'.l practices are an- whenever alleged gentleman has offered nounced. A Nvell-Ittlo ;t,:i election expenses if to defray v. 11 Mr. K^^ent. so that the agita- <he will stand for Parliaices in Church may be tion against the pr*0 j commons. pursued in the House 0

/vt) EXPORTS. 131 PORTS A*> — jjurns show that the The Board of Runted 1° £ 45,332,608, imports for December the corresponding compared with of £3,998.072. The 111 nth of 1897, an mcl ete £ 20-978-408' against exports for last month a the previous year, £ 19.320,156 in December ifiie imports for 1893 an increase of il.6b8.252- -g compared with awouiKoii to JB470 60^ efeHse oi £ 19,575,238. £ 451,028,960 for 1897, ail f233.390.792, against •The exports last year £ 828,916. £ 234,219,708 in 1897, a dec-f^ „

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INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL, FIRST OF THE SEASON'S FIGHTS. ENGLAND V. WALES. AT SWANSEA. I Results of Previous Matches. [BY "WELSH ATHLETE."] Poraibly it is owing to the fact that out of the three matches we have won azainst England two have been secured in IVares tnat we are entering upon the present engagement with the most sanguine of hopes. The fact of playing on one's own ground has admUtedly much to do with the result of most matches. It is a try at least in favour of the home team; and try at least in favour of the home team; and when there is added to that the opinion that we are quite as strong individually and a bit more so collectively than England, our hopes that to-day may add another win to our small list are undoubtedly justified. It is usual on these occasions to give a resume of past matches. There i8 a good deal of the oft-told tale about it, maybe; still, of the younger gene- ration that swell their ranks of local players ■and enthusiasts every year there will probably will be interesting reading i k in 1880 that, after const im aWa5' part, England descend^ £ £ »hoatl°n ou,ou,r pedestal, and condescended tJ ir sentative fifteen. We we olir either in club matches at that ri \n? 60 ba y is the case now. the area from Ut" as eTen choose was very limited, »hi&t Hrt*6 ^"fh the number of clubs she had -it 1r"firland. Wlth could pick almost as good a flftp^r ca°",m;ind' Of course, it was a. rf.-w slle can game altogether. In those days w^piav^j16 °f forwards; England played ten *$eajT T* couple of fuU-backs^ three-quar\:r eve^rdnJ^'lay the same Ttyfof how- Se -7trtrm s attached to tn „ c case. The halves and «»lS men, more anythin2 i Can ent"day Itwa/TSht between the forward? p^ simple, 'and their W^ "gj "deuce and all" with ^e»nd /n^ ra" over us, rushed the scru^- and knocked tlJe Welshmen about all {oxwardSj and al1. their scoring1 was done by t*1 j state thaf be better realised ^hree and Fpr r^°n .cored tour tries, V«J* ^o™ Stoke"?? and Rowley one each- %ne\iah footballs heid by the old school of ,nd hag eVftr s to he the grandest kick EnS lg Hunfc k ad- placed sis out of the eight g there were fit one and dropped anotjicr, Twelve timl* tries that were not conve t^e kind of ganfs England went across our li» tjia,n described6 it was can be better ho represent d" I don t suppose the Weishi»e» ^U1 fefil their country on that occa*10 .,blished still proud of having their names P«°us « £ as it was memorable in-i3mlicl1 l-i| T +>, first international Pn«, *vpk I am justified "n bl ™6 W€ them iorth t0 tlle world. There is onlvnrlng nf tbein' tleheve, who takes anv promf in present-day football—that i« -J5 "ent part flf the Car. diff Committer.' r, D..Phii ^nt of the Welsh Huo-hv' V- a vice"preS<,a»ie remark practically Lnion. The players, for Mr. 6urj^1'es 'be ^jguiber of the Engllsv, °"> :l prominent the only one left ♦„ Kugby Union, part in English foothiii a really follow: —WaJe3: g., ,11- The teams we^e p0rt) and 11. H. g '"CkS| c H. Newman three- quarter ba i mmer« 'd j. a. Beavan, P;>C s; E- Peake (Chepstow) g j Lewis (Lj Ptam (Grosmont); half" .andaff); forwards n^°very) and J. Watkins g. F. Harclin„' J- Pnrdon' (NTeWporW' g k. Giriing ^ND A. Rees (Llandovery' W. b 'Cardiff), B. B. Mann ^elja.rne (Cardiff), F. „d K- G' Mrii!- '• Darbyshiue (Bangor).. ]und; Buclj rj, 'lanis (Brecon and Newport). aarter backs i L'>y (Queen's House); Ld B- ,{L. Stokes, captain (BlackheatW. ^yior .Manchester); half-backs, H. ri-mond); foi>a„. Uh» -'1'kJ H. T. Twynam <Rlf W. A- p- James (Blackheath^ 'ndez ^ed (Rlackheath), C. "W. L. v. T. H. Fow'er (WalthamstowV nd), W. (Richmond), C. Gurdon l^lC ya3sali (O^f -Hewitt (Queen's House), H- (\fan- c*iestrcl University), H. T. B°wle,y \jni- and C. P. Wilson (Canibridg that 0cc'ty)- The thrashing we sustained ° ttcr> ^lon was rot the worst part of the u ^at S(1 Ute Englishmen, evidently thinking tlienl a a poor display hardly warranted tQ favouring us with fixture, refu» ^v- us in the following season. In ^'tu of U,er, we obtained a fixture with the JN° ,and ,ngland, and did so w^ll that in 1883 ° tch ■U'oured us ^ith another fixture, the t f?eing then played at Swansea, En?la,"Cbeiug being £ °wn a powerful team, the thvee-qtJar,ra llts oolton. Wade, and Evans on. These were 1g truly in those days. I doubt if such a Jether three-quarters has ever been brought tog since. might have been expected, we beaten, but there was suoh a great imP inent visible that England only w°n. in all goals and four tries—a score big enough, i conscienc-3, but still distinctly encouragi«'= those who had taken the fearful any 1880 to heart. Besides this, it was not ny means the runaway match the score rk. seem to indicate. Our forwards did r -ng ably well on that occasion. We «ere Prt ?n repeatedly, especially towards the close. the English forward? appeared to their bolt. Thsir defence was, rable, and, aitliough we had several escapes, we never hid lufk enough to nd In 1884 we went to I-ads to try our l«c £ ^yer perhaps, it would be interesting to .Q the names of the r.layers who took P-' hfi). practically the first match. Wales fa" P the formidable opponents on their mettle- English side was Tristram, the px0' Ji for bably the best back that ever Bol. England. Theu there ware the n at ton and M'ade, and the Cantab. chaf™ were tnree-quarter. Rotherham and Tw> 1',t lot. the nalves, whilst the forwards were a ■' °n the Vv'elsh Side C. P. Lew.s of L^ove was Jjack. Allen, of Cambridge; « ever Cardiff, one of the strongest runner^ Played for Wales: and C. G- Welsh Euabon, the sheet anchor of tne t]jo Committee for many a season. f°"" nn trio of three-quart.ers. W. H. u the late secretary of the Welsh Union, and Charlie Newman, who 18 1 wlf. ■somewhere up in Durham P^yed ba^ -the Wted, r~ Waies—every man a scrinynapr, and equal ..o „r m»rk >n the loose. It was a >ny amennt bifc of ]uck we si10ul(1 bard fig'^• rj.Il3 Welsh halves excelled tbem- T-es Newman never let a n an pass him, and hroneM Bolton and Wade down every time hey came near him, and W-de wanted some stopping, too—:n fact, in the ordinary run of hings. half a dozen men were required to bold 'vm. JOtlt Gwynvi fiurly pulverised Rotbe-hun r.ho was then at his prime, and »Ci lhP i«ii oat to his tnree-quart«rs tim. iifte Allen got some beautiful p;.SSes b«- l,J i I them slip, until he at last mn<ia' r mistakes by scoring a hnn ,f Ur> r Lewi, rhif1' two tries, the Welsh line h^[ a g°ai and Rotherhtm, Wade and Tw, "g crossed by the cne • Li /l wyr,m' Bolton kick- mtrrow one «» o„v a •lint day. and h,d it io! "naE°'f'ce"t «am« tabling he n„f' j 0t been for Newman's retrograded thl t V6 g0t over' In 1885 in front and f W* Weaker and trii ?o Tin lg 1 WO" by a SOal and f0«r brth (i, V ° i An OEe try. Jordan scored l'ul' ba k ,T Wales. Arthur Gould played Ck,m llegarae' andvery wel1 Played, 8torH-.n* *•" am no^ mistaken, that was also tlire^r ? .ln'einati°nal debut. Two champion about' !V"rlers thus came ont at somewhere se^n out 6o 8aiJJe time. Of the. thirty players in harne n that occasion not a single one is them. jje "°w- Arthur Gduld was the la«t of Bether, but i" ,°ddart rose to prominence to- at least, the °f ii ^asted 'on8fer- f0 Gould, friends of tho °. w'ng list will re-call some °ouJd (N'.wpo, Jays-"—Wnlps: Back, A. J. Jordan ivp„„ • three-quarter backa, H. M. F. E. Hino ,r^' C. G. Taylor (Cardiff), and Gwynn (cjvi;06 Cardiff); half-backs, \V. H. bridge Tjni! ?a) and c- H- Newman (Cam- port), T j e!?UyJ; forw;wds, E. Gould (New- (Nevpcrt) T u Clapi> (Newport), H. S. Lyne (Cardim o Jones (Newport), L. C. Thomas Richnrd; rf' Goldsworthy (Swa.nsea), R. D. M Dnni yiansea). -T. o. smith (Cardiff), and Kowlaajd ^uapetw}. In 1886 we really ought to have won at Blackheath. Wales had a grand team all round. Harry Bowen, of > Llanelly, was back, Gould centre three-quarter wifh Taylor and Douglas on the wings. Stadden and Newman were at half, and the forwards were a ckver lot. with plenty of weight, which they did not forget to use in the scrimmage. Wade gOu a try for England, \\hich was not converted, and Wilkinson also scored, but no goal was kicked. Wales, on the other hand, thanks to Stadden. wet. leading. Stadden had taken the ball from the line-out and had scored a try. after running over half the length of the field. Taylor was successful with the place-kick, and everything was looking rosy for the Prin- cipality. when Elliott made a mark in the centre of the rield, and Stoddart kicked a mar- vellous goal, and won the game for England. Our next fixture was at Llanelly in 1887. there being an enormous crowd present. Owing to the football ground being frozen, the game was played on the cricket ground, temporary goal- posts being rigged up. A lot of amusement was created by the collapse of the cross-bar—at the sea-end, I think it was—Gould being deputed to climb the posts and execute necessary repairs. Wales had all the best of th,game that day, and should have won easily. Dicky Lockwood, who. by the way, opposed Wales for the first time on this occasion, and Roberts saved Eng- land that day. undoubtedly. The Welsh for- wards carted the Englishmen all over the- field, but it did not avail, and we were left to console ourselves with whatever comfort we could extract from the score of five minors to one. In 1887-8 England played no international matches through some unfortunate dispute re- garding'the constitution of an international tribunal, which, it was suggested, should be based on a numerical equality from each country, although they selected a team and presented caps to its member In 1869 they played their only inter-country fixture with the Maories The Australians also visited South Wales, but got decidedly the worst of the argu- ment. The vear 1890, in which the international difficulty was amicably arranged, saw our next game with England. England had beaten both Scotland and Ireland, and, alth«igh we sent a pretty hot lot to Dews'oury, we were not by any means sanguine of securing a victory. Inaee we had considerable doubts about holding our M?nV Same is memorable, not only from | lct that we for the first time beat England, fo, a!l° that this was our initial effort at the croft'* «e"quartei' system. It wa.s also Ban- r>lav»ri appearance for his country. Wales no?hil maf"Gently, and won by a try to a trv ri»v.t adden vyas again the scorer, getting t'f Bradford-?11**6' tbc nose of Jinun->' the previous m preference to whom he had, in Sire ooS,«rk- "I" b>- «» Y"k- with F. Bonsor aSL. ilaIt back for Yorkshire next year, when a+ ^Tngland had her revenge two goals and cm» t port she defeated us by- next year at BlarVv one S°al, whilst the up with defeat to th eath we also had to put one try to nil. There tune of three goal, and ing incidents in thi^WCre' llowever. exoi.crat- James were unable to^i^f^'11' Tlle hroihers whilst the passing of our k f at half back' fully erratic. In addition IT WaS ^right' tackling was of the most nal r,cund our tion. Forward, we were Dl Dy"paml).v descrip- Fn^iand's nine, and were i>?'ns eight men t0 be=a of the argument, y(?t a l''f decidedly the advantage of the many <5pportun?/ nlTer take iiriue ,Tte sensational one m mruiy reSpectSi Tdff was a national games with England there 11 °,?' hlter' dread as to the appearance 0f that h- ys a of footballers, a hard frost. Thi* harder than ever, and it seemed*1 against the game taking place on the c °C d« a I« Park Swansea wrote down t„ Cardi £ f S3? S&4 «• -rotec.ee, %•■> fit The Eastern officials, however, j 0 USe ° rnake a big effort, and IV* detcr' mined to mak ,>Bin„ «nder the guidance of pc^ sufficiently roll.^0100 We'sf'S-street enclosure to allow themat^ Uke place How many of those who saw th! hundreds of ''dev.Ls^Wazmgaway on the Car! diff \rm» Park will ever forget the sightp Dicky Lockwood and Bradsnaw could hardly I be got away from them. Ah, mau, said Lockwood who was captain that year, 'bUt it's a grand sight." Bradsnaw did not say much. Probably, he was a)1 his energies for the next day. Goodness knows, they were not lacking during the match. we shall all remember what the English eight did *ith the AVelsh in the first half, lhej beat us "t scrimmaging, and ran over us m the loose, b^t in the second half they had shot their bolt, and then we began to have a look in. The *«teran Jim Hannan started operations by get- ting up to the half-way line. Kere.he handed to J- Gould, and the latter ran m be^"d the »°sts with a try, which Bancroft conveited Jfss got the nex point. Gould following with but neither of the.se was converted and, (.jj *JSland had also scored a couple o riea, theefid to the goal and try they obtaaneu -n to thPSt,hmft we were still .left with t^ Pomt fco Plav There were only a j6*,} jU8t at their 25* on thEtSla £ di WCre 'the ^grand-stand side A fc"e touch-line on the Ban"cronnhl!r Gou!d wanted to place the ba l the r6^,l*muuled him to let him aroP. '*ith he landed that is now a matter of, hl „ Wa'es the matou0, Magnificent goal, whicn won ^thusU^- and evoked the wildest scene of now in t~. n- Still, there wa« some doubt did not unt m^nds of many of the crowd, counted. ,rstand exactly how the points presa-bo'x mauy were the inquiries at the POintsalnongst the crowd as to what were was known ti°m tbe various scores. When i was terrific Wales had won the enthu3ias t °f hope to la '^le year after we went brirti u gav« almost rkenhead Park with a teal" t very badly k UniverSal satisfaction, and was one of ti*ate.n by ^Te g°ais to one try. had, that jsle bi?ge«t smashing^ we have ever the year befo Considering our performance of ward, but beh^ ^here was not a lot in -t for- run over. p!nd the pack we were complete'} halves that dirilrfitt was the only one of the Quarter line defeuce. whilst of the three- rose above moV-U*c'le0n was the only one *ho through u.s in tlIOc'rity. The Englishmen ran practically 6VeP e rn°st frightful planner, :-nd scored or were time they got the ball either being beaten f;e,ry" very near it. We admitted time, we did y a,ld squarely; at toe <.=11110 was our true f??' '^mk for a moment that it be the case wht>lUl' Such, indeed, was seen to a month later f We met Scotland at Newport sive defeat, th inflicted upon them a deci- siiortly afterwa^'i In turn meeting England following year w aud defeating ilium 1 our chances h" me^ at Swansea. We fancied cular midden, ,SeIy. and on our own paltI. anticipated reven a good all-round team, we inflicted upon „ "6.for the big defeat the.v had who saw the mat* 1, Birk«nhead Park. Those think, agree with 011 that occasion will. I fairly we.I in that we held our own none the best of half. although having interval was a trv luck- score at the tainly fancied th ^ac^' and the Welshmen cer- division of the ea F cllances. In the gecond pieces. Our forw"16' however, we went all to own, and I 9ilalJ ards could never hold their rushes down the fl^r remember those terrific Hopelessly beaten f" Woods and Bromet. to pieces, their d6frWard- our backs also w^nt to pieces, their d6frWard- our backs also went possible descriptj0 eUce being of the weakest Englishmen in the fi The on:y try by the been scored. Tbomn half never ought to have latter tackling jn ,fSon Sot past Pearson, the He started round t ve £ y half-hearted manner, catch the Blackhentv. e him, hut could not unmentionable odd.. lnan" Still. it seemed into touch. Thomsn°n Bancroft putting him I on the touch-lin<> l?;.n Was sailing down right the field to meet vCroft came right across although the slightes/11*1 at the angle, and. Thomson into touch charge would have sent somehow or other CJl: the Swansea custodian of soft tries was sc him. and the softest dilate 011 the second > 1 bave no need to were beaten at ever\ As 1 say above- we especially forward. point in the game. more victory for Enginn'd and the game ended in a to two tries, rt was v a f?oal and three tries never saw such forv ° on al1 bands that vve that of the English J'a £ p,a-v in our lives as to show the fallacv af, 0n this occasion; yet, eight forwards were tball form, those very m the season by tli» is?u\ed at Richmond later burgh practically +>.„ cot8me». whilst at Edin- feated the Scotch for*, sa™e Welsh eight de- th.'iig, but true, that wi,8' 11 is a Peculiu-- from England it is ^,„en We ^et a bad beating forwards. I have a^mn.T^8. by the aid of their way the English forw^rt1^ recollection of the South match- ,tn,1 in the North fo- comment in anothe7 Ve that m*tte' Blackheath. we had wha C°1UUln' 1,1 1896' at sent prominent position^t. considering our pie- consider one of if not tb football, have ever sustained L bj^est hidings we v is tli. • 0 goals alld five trieS rented W t ''Tl 11 real,y a«d truly repre- sented the state of the play. If Wale, made half- a-ao^en incursions mto the English half it was iw much as they ever did. Of course, at the out- 8..t we were beaten forward, and beaten badly, too; still, this, in some measure, might have been redeemed had Ben Davies taken a hand in the defence behind the scrimmage. The ma ten IS not one that provides an encouraging theme upon which to dilate. We were beaten a honestly as we were badly. For one » > did not quite understand those tactics as we do now. and that, made a lot of diffe'"en.<^t° "st decisive win Newport we •cored the va oar i0t to over England that it has goal arid two accomplish. The score » pearsoii and tries to nil infavouro firfit haUi and this. Boucher scored had had none the W r luck D. Jones (the Aberavon half) a !h« trr which Bancroft converted, in scored the t«7.f l fanoy thig re. s5° ™ a great surprise to the English crimes. For one thing, they had got the idea in their mind that the sticky ground was more sgainst England than Wales. Personally, I was of no such opinion. Neither, indeed, were the majority of the English team. Often enough it has been proved that a. sticky ball does not hinder the Welsh parsing. On the other hand, it doee play sad havoc with the dribbling of the English forwards, who invariably fast And their speed of very little use, for nine times cut of ten they over-run the ball. Last year at Blackheath we had a particularly big slice of bad luck. Wtt sent out one of the strongest teams that has ever represented Wales, and quite unexpectedly, bad all the best of the forward play. Where we \vere beaten, how- ever, was at half for Livesay, playing in par- ticularly good form, was always too smart for B:ggs, the Cardiff man not being in anything like tha form that he is just now Fookes played a sound three-quarter gume, and, with Huzzey neglecting him, the Northern man scored twice. Mr. Mages, too. had peculiar notions of refereeing, and allowed the English halves to do pretty much as they liked on the Welsh side of the scrimmage. Up to date the results of the game?, hetween Wales and England are as follow: — 1880.—At Blackheath. England won by eight goals am! five tries to nil. 1883.-At Swansea England won by two goals and four tries to iiil. 1884.—At Leeds. England won by one goal and two tries to one goal. 1885 —At Swansea. England won by one goal and four trie-: to one goal and one try. 1886 —At Blackheath. England wen by one goal and two trie3 to one goal. 1887.-At Llanelly. Drawn, neither side scoring. 18SS.—No match, owing to dispute. 1889.-No match, owing to dispute. ISM.—At Dewsbury. Wales won hy one try to nil. 1891.—At Newport. England won by two goals and cne try to one goal. 189?.—At Blackheath. England won by three goals, one try, and three minors, to three miiiorg. 1893. At Cardiff. Wales won by two goals and two tries (twelve points) to one goal and three tries (e'even points). 1894.-At Birkenhead. England won by five goaU—one from a mark-(24 points), to one try (three points). 1M5. At Swansea. England won by one goal and three tries to two tries. 1896-At Blackheath. England won by two goal. and five tries (25 points) to nil. 1397.-At Newport. Wales won by one goal and two tries to nil. 1898.-At Blackheath. England won by one goal and three tries to a dropped goal and a try. Of the fifteen matches played England has won eleven and Wales three, viz., at Dews- bury. in 1889-90, by a try to nil; at Cardiff, in 1892-3, by twelve points to eleven; and at New- port. in 1897, by one goal and two tries to nil. the game at Llanelly in 1886-87 being left drawn, without a ?eore on either side.

ON THE GROUND. The Weather and the Attendance. [BY "WELSH ATHLETE."] Swansea in a new guise-that is, existing in brioh* sunslrinv weather-is guite a novelty, bright. sunsluny rised the many Easterners who travelled down by the packed excursion train- I don't suggest, mark you, that Swan- never ha. «»« «a«her- « » 'h« «"<*• r „t inv rate, that the sky rs on football days at any vti« faHen. Possibly, I am overcast and rain om ia.ui •fnn soon now, for three* writing even too s an hour before the quarters 01 an 1 commencement t'me h.,ek cloud, itre ereep- of the match, tlle black cm and a wind that ing 111 Irom the Fortunately, how- smelis of rain is blowll>p nd that, so far ever, the morning was' d was the main as the attendance is concern thing. The Excursions. The excursions from London, West of England, and the whole of the ^str ct^ were all packed to excels, and<>,r1fT tbe gates were- opened at one ^ite » big crowd had assembled. An hour before the match there were at < 10,000 people on the field. The slope on the *ar side, which is one of the most neural erand stands imaginable, was a seethui. mass 01 humanity. A. Becord Attendance. stanrf kard to calculate how many peopie ca" aud h .,°U t^e sope. I have often wondere any imagined at different peribds that niodatprt1^r from 4.000 to 8,000 can be accom- was the re- I have never seen it so full as sayin" of^K on Saturday, and thus the old barrel* a.^i- ns Packed like herrings in a comes to ?o t1 in. this instance. When one enclosure th at *t. Swansea is a much larger end, for in«.t^n ot^er-s in South Wales. At the there is a vm-vC\ eipecialIy at the road In club matches t Is sweeP round the track, filled, whilst ev» have never seen th.tt sweep played England" °n tile last occasion that we was not packed the 8l" Helens Gr0UI,d the railings, as ;^r and five deep all round grand stand, raserVL. Was 0,1 8a,turda.v- The present an auim-it 1 and numbered, did not fore the time set V appearance much be- closure below it kick-off. but the en- right and 16ft. hand w tlle enclosures 011 the deep, from the railin^6 Dacked eight and ten desperate effort to a^S j^ack> and it took a either of the enclosu through the crowd to estimate the dimension 8ates- It is hard to enclosure like thi^ butS crowd auy general way, and' look'i I>Utt'n° it down in a people still rolling in t the crowds of not be less than 0/,°^' say there would ^,uoo people present. Condition of the QrounH The ground itself Was in Wround- and that despite the heaw condition, hi the district of late. Fo/tu1 tllat liad fallen ever, the St.. Helen's Field is t. matter' how- for getting rid of the wet it ■arly adapted shore, and, A?onsequentlv its Uear tlle sea" whichever one chooses to call subsoil- wet down from the surface aim™/ ams the it falls. The surface was beauti I1"mediately level, and covered with plenty' ot were bare spots in odd places ^laSb-. There grand stand, for instance, where on°"te the tight scrimmages had evidently been ? °l tW° St, UK. # «. it I"" condition as even the most captiou, L.k n a could wish Indeed. I question if any i^nd in the country is m such perfect condin~?. A d the heavy rain as the Swansea groa^;0'1 after Arrival of the Teams. of being photographed. There was no change on either side, and the whole of the thirty mfu looked in the pink of condition. MEETIN OF THE ENGLISH COM- MITTEE. The Torquay Club Case. During the early morning there was a •nofitiMg of the English committee, but .wi inortant transpired that affects „s i' ''1" exrepting. Perhaps, that the date was fixed f*' t „onpral committee of the Eii"li<i, tt ^ef"S r„»rt o. the Brtsto^J 1 decide upon the length of th» r„ ee- suspend The date, I believe, is^t o^Tet rnarv 24. In the meantime, however tI stand' suspended after their match uZlT? such an immense crowd it was difficul t t anv notabilities. The Welsh com Pick cmst.sutrf well leprae,« Sf trSLrpSe/Voi' < £ £ "at Bri,,oT^^ rress Present in Force. The prcs«^ scats v. tre fuh. v representatives of the newspapers of thf p paUty present, but the other cooaSfJ T'' of course, in prenr„,i Uies~ Lng- others from Scot 1;Vnd and ifa,nce- and contributed their share of reprp an.d-also the case of the last two couutrief tlvcs' iu .,u *jie object of arriving at u 0(ioubt, Tdea o ^)at their ch^e wTt SOrt of an ,t-Jective engagements wUh k,^ in tbeir Wak" For a big crowd it wasE"giand a"d hut all through the spectators wJr'fy orderly- e U1d did not appear to L v e atraugely q t\ the strains of the exc^ii Ulu°h atten- S^eS "■ »*■>* ""eh j ht nixious as to the resiiu hey were, no that anxiety in a much inorfe a»d displayed manner than is usuahy the case of course, the usual buzz; of ^here was, the teams entered the encl0SUr *citement when plent/ of criticism of t}leni and there was their places to be Phot0grap^eu they took Prevailing. opilxi As to opinion before the m dealt with, pretty fully in' "'tt('h, that has been the week. Apart from th c°lumns during who are still as undivided^ pressmen, spectator was very uncert^ ever' the general The Welshmen naturally » ln his thought, of the leek, whilst EnglishaV°Ured the wearers especially, and Mr. Arthur committee o-n old-fashioned forwarri "udd-with liis ideas idea that 011 the firm « ay still held to the forwards would prove' an "d tarf the Euglish our front rank, and together too good for destroy our c<yiih;y ^eak«ning that down, men, on the other h The Welsh- the members of the m ai?d> and especially love with their pick** )rQniittee, were quite in thought of how our t team- Evidently they Blackheath twelve m °^Wards performed at that there was no rp°U ae°" They urged just as good to-dav l8?11 they should not be faith in the power th'1',1 ^y had un,imited Five minutes before division- crowd was "ettin™ advertised time the On the slope on W' impftient" cour^ft r, lar S1^e vast con- like reeds Z yi"? backwards and forwards Passing Th/ Wh0se heads was tho tt" i- v Parted a song, bht immediately n/ft "1 men came out- followed by Ban- ° the song changed into a roar of en- tnusiasm. To look at the men on the field the Englishmen were a long way the bigger body of men, but then the white jerseys generally make them look bigger than is really the case. The Teams. At the advertised time the team-, took the 1 field as follow: — ENGLAND. Ba-k. H. T. Gamlin, Somerset; H. T. Gamlin. Somerset; Three-qaarier backs, R. Forrest. Somerset, *P W. Stout, Gloucester. *Percy Royds, Blackheath, and *O..C Robinson, Northumberland; Half-backs. *R. O'H. Livesay, Blackheath. and *A. Rotherham, Richmond (captain); Forwards, *11. W. Dudgeon. Richmond, *F..Jacob. Richmond. Gibson, Northumberland, *R. F. Oakes, Durham. W. Mortimer, Marlborough Nomads. C. Harper, Oxford University. J. Daniell. Cambridge University, anif Joseph Davidson, Cumberland. WALES. Back. *W. J. Bancroft, Swansea (captain); Three-quarter backs. •V. Euzzey, Cardiff. *E. G. Nicholls, Cardiff. R. T. Skrimshire. Newport, and W. Llewellyn. Llwynypia; Half-backs, *David James, Swansea, and *Evan James, Swansea; Forwards *W. H. Alexander, Llwynypia, W. Parker, Swansea, £ ). J. Daniell, Llanelly, *T. Dobson, Cardiff, F. Scrines, Swansea. A. Brice, Aberavon, J. Hodges, Newport, and J. Blake, Cardiff. THE PLAY Oakes started play for England. Blake made his mark just on the twelve yards' line, and punted straight for touch, and then the game started with a line-out. From the first scramble England looked like getting the best of natters, but Huzzey 011 the right wing soon checked them. Then, when they had settled i°Za \° scrimmaging just inside the English naif, the Welsh forwards put their heads down and soon had the ball out, but D. James was penalised. England gained no ground by the free, however, for they got in front of the ball. and again scrimmaging was commenced. Twice in succession the Welsh scrimmagera heeled out. The three-quarters did not get a 'r a!lce at it. however, until a minute a er. Then the ball was called back, when ;ja ,1'es -"ad got it fairly away. Yard by yard, ,e result of hard scrimmaging and despe- rate tackling, Livesay Believes. Live^v t0v'English 25. Here, however, ami w 1 1 ba'l behind the scrimmage ball d 'ked down to Bancroft at his 25. The todian 5>1>T awkwardly for the Swauiea cus- 8crinim„a" went to touch. There was some some l™'J18L-llf3t a:° the Welsh 25. and then and G»™i^ klcklnS between between Huzzey the hpst «nj-° wlli°h the Somerset man got best" ftndlri& touch at the Welsh 25. Penalty for England. grornld ^nd%e Engrlish forwards gained England w» JU!lt to the home 25, where ham placed na Penalty kick. Rother- wind behind1 him f°r 8t0Ut' Wh°' with the goal whif.ii made a beautiful shot fro Bancroft conced?^ tha »ost only by iuches' out for Wales minor- Huzzey dropped return, found' t with a magnificent scrimmag^i *ookUC,h in the Welsh 25' Here started pacing mlace' and the En-lish backs mechanically aiiri p bal1 went slowly and shoulder, the yd3, hitlul^ Sioufc on tbe came back to w? was stopped. Then they round and kick^f h ay' where Livesay ^ot pulled down in hi n 10 Bancroft. wlio was here, an dlooked 1 i,°Wn 25' Wale3 sot a free made a ma?k cjJl l clearin=' but Bobinson Stout itried a shot .y haIf'way- and again at goal. It ha^no^beS?^ ^h EN«LAND' however, and Bancroft than the first time, Huzzey spoiled his d concsded another minor, was ordered at the \\r°P",0Ut- and scrimmaging the Welsh goal Wai 26, rigllt in front of here, but overran thS ,w^eeled a scrimmage forwards took it Un e and the English by Skrimshire. aud wei'e well stopped WELSH BAr.T<-a Then there was w0rn A FAULT, the Welsh backs, and T £ pas>in» between in each other's way ?ls and Huzzey got were upset. When t'hev t > resu,fc that they maging, however, tlie vied down to scrim- up to close upon hn)f f°rwards wheeled JSicholls found touch i, • om where Gwyn Nlf. Wales got the bast ?nside the English moved up to the Engiish °+ the line-°»t. aud where D. James passed o,lt k lV8 yards' li.ne- shire recovered, and ag-a.'n r d^y' b"t Skrim- up towards the English 1 Und touch well here the English for-rvard"arter fla?- From again, but were checked vlf So°" °ame back the half-line. Then thev 6 ,!ley got over scrimmaging again, but bav'Httlecl down to out very slowly to Nicholls James passed man had to kick to touch. Th a'ld tlle Cardiff saw England get the ball and next scrimmage Wales rushed them right Gff ? to wbee]- but lost ground by holding on Evan James and Livesay upset him a rfi.1 to° longr' forward took it up again, lbs English the Welsh half Huzzey \hey got into making his mark, and then T1?* „ theni by ing up a kick from Skrimsh,r' We%n. follow- down with the ball, and causod'' Forrest to start close up to the English Welsh backs tried a round of Here the was very slippy, and another }mt ft later saw a pass from the hah! a m,nufce Skrimshire. Nichoils recovered -lnH '"° beblnd to Gamlin. He made no mistake !,u,T1.tecl.1,13 which had fine length\and found touch Play in Engiand,s Then the teams settled down to again. David James got throne*1?lma8ri»S checked by the referee. A. minutf. 1 ,was ever, Huzzey gained a lot of ground fn^- if-' 0,W" From the next scrimmage the Ivelsh forwards wheeled beautifully, but when they got away »» a line the whistle called them back next scrimmage was wheeled by ti, 'j .7, b*t Nicholls checked them clev^ ^'1, f«u«d touch close up to the Fnli" u *0? Here there was seme passing that » I to the left wing. a8d Wales m^jG acr°s8 eflfort to get over. Llewellyn, desperate just stopped and then Nicholls and shire were each held up j„8t outsiL ^till they fought away right on the v ,■ h"e, and eventually Evan James English the corner with a beautiful try that t» °VCr i.u against the wind just failed to coiivph^tv. Points ahead and the cro wdchelri^' u? mad. the Welshmen settfed down t!T rate game. The forwards were J-ri^ P€" "i fine style, and time the ball was coming out to thi' w backs. Evan James was holding hls fh if, however, at this point, .and it S ^°ful;'er; the old injury was affecting him. The Eng- lish, too. were plavmg a desoer-.in although they had the wind in thpir t they could not get outside the half Wa'^s were given a penalty kick, blJt further than the English 25 Hel'ld "ot pet' Evan James slipped through but h ,however- to support him. Settling down the WelA 25. the red forward^ heeded out again. Svan James s pass went 1 back, however, and. although T* back and saved by kicking to touch Ti n'n ment had lost Wales a goTd S' 1™°*? Another bad bit of passing betwe«n °n James brought Wales back i f,? T Here play settled down to scrimmaging, Great Dribble by the Welshmen. On this occasion instead of heeling out, the Welsh forwards brought off a. fine dribble; In a nice, combined bunch they came right away up to Gamlin who Was pul]efJ do|vn in. S 2°-, ."f1;6 the,:e( a penalty kick to Enghuid, which brought them back just inside the 25 and a minute later a forward dribble brought them exactly to the centre. So far, there was no question as to where our weakness was. and that was at half-back Their forwards had played splendidly, and the backs ought to have had pknty of opportuiiitias The ball, however, was never sent out to them in any- thing like decent shape. From a scrimmage right at the centre the English forwards came right through, and dribbled to the Welsh 25. Here they were checked by a penalty kick. Huzzey took it. but his forwards were not able to get up under it, and Forrest found touch just on the Welsh quarter flag. From a scrimmage here David James got away, but did not attempt to paM. DAVID JAMES GAINS GROUND. He, however, gained a lot of ground fAr his side by punting into tonch just inside the Eng- lish half. The Welsh backs were given another opportunity, but on this occasion the passiii" from Skrimshire to Nicholls was a bad one, and again the movement was stopped. There was a verd hard fight between the forwards just in the centre of the field. After this Wales got a bit tbe best of the play. Thev did not gain half a dozen yards, however, before thev kicked to Gamlin, who sent back a fine return Another scrimmage was well wheeled by the Welshmen, and then Evan James and Blake were conspicuous with some passing up the left wing. Then, on the right, Huz-' and Nicholls looked like scoring, but at the last minute the pass back into the centre went astray. Nicholls had a kick charged back after this, but Bancroft got it, and. running round a group of English forwards, came well inside the Welsh 25 before being pulled down. Then a ptnalty to England drove play back a few yards, but immediately afterwards Huzzey got the ball on the right wing and punted across to the centre. His forwards were up, but they in the rush, unfortunately, knocked the ball ) on. and a fine chance was lost. J LLEWELL SCORES FROM A PASS BY D. JAMES. There were a fe.v minutes of loose work between the forwards directly, and play came out .iu"t outside the English 25. There they settled down to scrimmaging, and David James, popping round oil the short side of the scrim- mage. ran right up to Gamlin, and threw to Llewellyn, who, chased by a couple of English- men. scored the :ecoiul .try for Wales. Time was called immediately after Bancroft had failed. The half-time score was: — [",Hed. 'fhe half.time score G. T. M. I WALES 0 2 0 ENGLAND 0 0 2 COMMENTS BY "WELSH ATHLETE" AT HALF-TIME. In the tight scrimmages the Welsh forwards are beating the Englishmen to blazes, but we ought to have had five or six more tries. The Jameses, however, are failing woefully at half, and giving the three-quarters absolutely Ill) opportunity. At the s irae time, it must be said that the Brothers were responsible for the two tries scored, which ought, according to the play, to have been mere. THE SECOND HALF. There was nOè much wind, but what there was was now in favour of Wales, Bancroft, although having won the tos6, having adopted in the first half the tactics that he did at Limerick last year, choosing to play against the wind in the intiial portion of the game. Bancroft re-started the second half for Wales, and, with a long kick, forced a minor. From England's drop-out Bancroft got the ball again, and, with a beautiful length kick. sent out to Forrest, who just turned the ball into touch well inside his 25. From here Gamlin got possession, and punted out to Llewellyn, whp replied, and Wales forced their second minor. From the next drop-out the ball went into touch. From the line-out England got right to the centre line. Just inside the Welsh half the first scrimmage was fought out. Then England got a penalty kick, but they made nothing of it. for at the finish of some loug kicking Bancroft got in one of splendid length. POINTS OF tHE GAME. TIMED BY THE TICK. 2.50-0alte;¡ kicked off for England. 253-Amidst cheers the Welshmen rush the scrimmages. 2.54—English 25 reached, but Livesay relieves. 2.57—England given a penalty kick, and Stout just misses a goal—minor conceded. 3.G-From a mark Stout again misses. Second minor for Englamd. 3.3—Mistakes bv the Welsh backs lose ground. 3.5-Play in the English 25. 3.10—Evan James scores in the corner. 3.12-Bancroft just misses. 3.15—Evan James' arm paining him. 3.20-Play in the centre. 3.22—England penalised. 3.23—Brilliant run by Bancroft. 3.2E-JJlewell:rn ecores for Wales, and Bancroft fails. 3.27—Half-time. Wales leadingr by two tries. 3.3C-13ancraft re-starts with the wind. 3.33—Mino:- for Wales: 3.35—England get to the Welsh posts. ^■37 Huzzey stored, and Bancroft converted. 3.40—iJavidson injured, and leaves the field. o.45—Llewellyn col hired by Gamlin on the point ct. scoring 3.46—Englishmen beaten to biazes. 0.47— Huzzey tries a shot at goal, and just misses. 3-50 Another try for Wales. Bancroft converts.

Cardiff Reserves have Januarv 14th vacant away.—Arthur. 53, Queen-street. Cardiff. e7286 Schools' Football Leagues.—Swansea v. Cardiff Harlequins Ground. Newport-road, Saturday 14th January, at 3.0. Admission, 3d.: Grand Stand, 6d. 3915110

RAILWAY COLLISION IN NORTH WALES SEVERAL. MEN INJURED. A most alarming accident occurred on the Wrexham. Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway on Saturday morning. It seems that a luggage train was being shunted at Penyffordd Junc- tion, when a light engine and tender ran into it. The drivers and stokers in charge of the two engines were all injired, as well as a guard. All the men were conveyed by special train to Wrexham and taken to the surgery of Dr. Drinkwater. where they were attended to by Drs. Drinkwater and Worrall. The names of the men are J. Tudor, Rhosddu; Arthur Jones, Connah's Quay; W. Jones. Pentre; E. Williams, Rhosddu; and D. Lloyd, Peel-street Wrexham. It is considered a marvel that none of the men were killed, as the collision was a terrible one. One of the engines was wrecked, and the lines were blocked. The morning was a very foggy ,one.

THE VACCINATION ACT. To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir.-You will be loin? a public service it you will call attention to the regulations for carrying out, the provisions of the Act of last session. It is useful to emphasise the fact that in future no vaccination will be performed at the public stations. If nare-its wish their children to be vaccinated at the public expense and before t'ley have reached the age of four months, they must communicate with one of the public vaccinators. If children are not. vaccinated at the age of four mouths, and if their parents have not obtained a cerfificnte from the magistrates stating that thuy (the parents! have a conscientious beiief that vacci nation will be injurious, then t becomes the duty of the public vaccinators to call at the homes of the children and offer to vaccinate them with glycerinated oalf lymph, after havin°- given the parents at least twenty-four hours' notice of their intention. Ilit point w'licli seems to have escaped the notice of roany parents is this—that, after their children h-'ve attained the age of four months, they are rot entitled to go before the magistrates and get a certificate of exemption.—I am. Ac A PUBLIC VACCINAROR.

ON A WELSH MOUNTAIN. The "Carnarvon aud Denbigh Herald" on Friday evening contained details of the remark- able experiences of four gentlemen from Llan- dudno who were caught in the great storm of Monday last on Moel Siabod. The party, composed of a well-known Llandudno medical man, a Manchester merchant, an undergraduate from Cambridge, and a Britannia cadet left the Conway Valley to climb the mountain Snow lay on -the lower slopes, hut as they approached the summit, over 2,000ft. high thev found it much deeper. When directly under the cairn which crowns the top they encoun- tered a heavy hailstorm, which drove them to temporary shelter under a rock. The wind blew with great violence, while the cold was so intense that their trousers became froz«-n as hard as boards. To add to their difficulties and dangers the hail changed to snow, and it became so dark that in aruggiiii- over the shoulder of the mountain they became selJa- rated. Two of the party had been blown away. and for protection they tied their hand- kerchiefs over their ears and faces. Another member showed signs of exhaustion. and liad twice to be rescued from deep snowdrifts They were three hours in fighting their way down to Capel Curng Hotel, where they arrived with their garments frozen upon them and all sen sation beaten out of their faces by the awful hailstorm. The medical man. who was the e lteader, and is an experienced mountaineer declared that it was a hard struggle for life' for the cold was so intense that to have gone down for only ten minutes would have mL.,1 certain death. At Cape'. C'urrig Hotel they were supplied with complete changes of rai- dudno *by mail.1 ^d to Llan- dudno by =.:

UEPKESENTATION OF KOATH. STRONG UNIONIST CANDIDATE TO CONTEST THE SEAT. Those Inembers of the Radical party who have been cuinforting themselves with the Idea. that their candidate for the Roath Ward, Carnin- (Mr. Bird), is likely to have a walk- over, will have a rude awakening. We under- stand that a gentleman, who is a. large employer of labour, and whose relations with his workmen have always been of a must amicable character, has consented to fight the Unionist cause. His address will, probably, be issued in a few days. As certain formalities have to be gone through, we are precluded from giving the gentleman's name, but when it is announced it will be found that he will command both the respect and the confidence of the ratepayers.

TO-DAY'S MARKETS. BUTTER. Cork, Saturday.—Seconds, 96s per cwt.; thirds, 88s; fourths. 68s; fine mild. 93s. Number of firkins, 36. MEAT. London, Saturday.—Beef ill quiet demand- Scotch long sides, 3s 8d to 3s lOd; short sides, 4s to 4s 2d; English sides. 3s 6d to 3s 8d; United States sides (Liverpool killed), 3s 2d to 3s 4d; Deptford killed, 3s 4d to 3s 5(i; American hindquarters, 3s to 3s 8d; forequarters, 2s 2d to 2s 6d. Mutton trade quiet-Scotch, 4s 2d to 4s 6d; English wethers, 3s 8d to 4s; ewes, 2s 8d to 3s; New Zealand, 2s 2d to 2s 8d.

Clever Cockatoos. THEIR TR AIN ING AND DOMESTIC HABITS. One of the most amusing "turns" to be seen at the music-halls is that given by Madame Irma Orbasany's trained cockatoos at the Alhambra. On Friday (writes a "Daily Chronicle" correspondent) I had a chat with this lady, who was born in Salzburg. of Hunga- rian parents. Her father was a captain in the Army. "I have only been in London," she said in German, "a few days, and came here trom America. It was a. very rough passage, and my poor birds were terribly upset, for they were placed near the engines, so had but little rest. That is the reason why they seem so wild just now, but, fortunately, they are getting quieter, and next week they will be seen at their best." "How many birds have you?" "There are twenty. The oldest is a male, and is seventy years old. He, like the others, is an Australian cockatoo. The youngest I have is three years old. "Are they very difficult to train?" "One requires considerable patience, and must be a lover of animais. I have now been eight years training cockatoos, and perhaps understand their eccentricities better than any other music-hall artist in the same line of business. The public, however, do not seem to appreciate the difficulty one experiences in teaching these birds. In the first place they are terribly jealous. I must not appear more affectionate to one than to another. If I did there would be a battle royal. Then in thiir domestic relationship the wives are most strict. The husbands, however, are terrible flirts, and this naturally causes trouble. Of course, they must all be ke;)t in separate cages, or rather in cages for couples." "How ùo van cDrumence to teach them?" "They have to learn to walk along a plank, which is rather novel for them. as they always want to fly. The next step is to make them pick up a handkerchief or a piece of wood I which is placed in their path. They generally I want to jump over it! The most difficult thing my birds do is to fall down apparently dead after a pistol has been fired. The gymnastics and the riding of a tricycle are simpler feats. I But they all require an enormous amount of patience on the part of the trainer. You can- not beat them, and there is no means of punishing them, say in the matter of stopping their food. Kindness and patience are the chief and only nreans of teaching them tricks. "Are the young ones very docile?" "Cockatoos are like children. When they are young they seem to have no brain. They do not appear to understand anything. Now. my bird, seventy years of age. is most sagacious. I believe he comprehends every wore' I say. If there 's a stranger at hand he closely watches him until he leaves, and if thire is sny likelihood of danger the old boy always perches him-of in the safest corner' One bird I have is "ery fond of soft. daml) bread. If he finds a stone le will take it to his basin, and goes through a most amusing performance trying to soften if H.e. like the othaij, tal es his morning bath in tepid water. They keen themselves exceedingly clean." 'On what do you feed them?" "riley have plenty of proper seed, and twice daily they drink a cup of light, warm tea. without, milk, but plenty of sugar. Are they foud of exhibicing themselves? Yes. I think ihey are, for they are proud. And very muiical. Directly they hear the band there i8 a fluttering of wings and a movement of feet, mid some even attempt to sing, or, rather, screech. I think birds are the only animals a lady can undertake to train single-handed. For these cockatoos I Lave no assistants. I look after them myself, put them through their exercises every morning for two or three h JUTS by myself, and feed them myself after- wards. And my reward comes at night—it is tln applause from the elder spectators and the laughter of the children that pleases me."

A PAUPERIS PRIDE. SUICIDE BATHES, THAN HAVE HIS HAIR CUT. Siftli t\n tln^UeS> at HoIloway prison it was stated that the deceased, an old man named EJett, who died while under remand on a cnarge of attempted suicide, had left the Pop- lar Workhouse because he would not have his hair cut. • A Juror: Did he discharge himself Deceased's son: It was like this. The Taes- day hefore Christmas was what they call hair- cutting day m the workhouse, and my father refused to have his hair cut. Juror: But surely they would not turn a man out for that? (Hear. hear.) Witness: They told him he must have his hod tn l, %° OHt' and the folowing day he i f.° be e the committee about it, and day' tlle same' so he ieft the next Juror. Then he was practically turned out5 ohwt^rV iYeS" -He had'f niuch hair, and objected co have it taken off. a man upwards of seventy onght su.elj to be allowed to keep his grey locks however long they were. (Hear, hear WNIFRRR.^DID HP D« HE IEFT? Witness: I had him, and after the holidays he said he would not be a burden to anyone, but. saad_ he would rather die than submit to the workhouse order. drtvpn^v, 111 an aPPears to have been nippp of n«H 1 d'd for tlle sake of a stuPid mi officialism. (Hear, hear.) The jury returned a verdict of "Death from privation and senile decay."

ASYMTM DISCIPLIJE. At the instance of the Commissioners in Lunacy Alice Preece. a nurse in the Hoxton Ueuse Asylum, was charged at Worship-street Police-oonrt, London. with assaulting two lady patients in that institutions .Jr. Irayhnr, who prosecuted, said it was not necessary to mention the ladies' names, but he would call them "A" and "B." On October 6 last the defendant t-ook "A" from the ward whfeie she was with others into the bath-room and there whipjied her with a cane which she took from a cupboard. The patient's clothing was raised for the purpose, and the cane leVi murks wli.re it Was used. On October 13 the patient B was taken from the ward into the bath-room, and also struck with a cane. The prisoner was fined 40s. in each case.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. Before Messrs. Louis Samuel and F. H. Jotliam, at Cardiff Police-court on Saturday, Henry Hoyd. 38. was charged with drunkenness and with assaulting Sarah Ann, his wife, at 27. North Church-street, on the previous nigh^. Prosecutrix, a respectably-dressed young woman, presented a pitiable appearance, with her eyes blackened and her face swollen and disfigured. The husband made no defence. He had before undergone six week. for assau ting his wife. He was now sentenced to two months' imprisonment for aggravated as-^iilt. Complainant, who appeared with a Jitt!e girl, her only child, applied fot a separation order. She was instructed to renew the :tpplica.tioJ1 in seven weeks, when a summons will be issued accordingly.

FRANCE AND SIAM. A Reuler's telegram from Paris on Saturday says:—The "Echo de Paris" J¡1.ls received a tele- gram from Oran stating that, by order of the Minister of War. the colonel of the' second foreign regiment is making arrangements for .holding two companies in readiness to start from Saida for Siam. Two companies will go to Madagascar, and 200 men to Tonquin. Commenting on this news, the "Echo de Paris" observes that the preparations for sending half a. battalion of the Foreign Legion to Siam show our firm determination not to leave unanswered the conduct of the Bangkok Court's representa- tives.

THEATRE BURNED DOWN. Harte's Theatre, at Openshaw, Manchester. an old wooden structure, was destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning. Neither building nor contents were insured, and a travelling company, who were performing there, have lost all their property.

ALTERING SWORDS. Whether as a result of the many reported fanuies of swords to do their work in the recent Soudan campaign we cannot say, but orders have recently been given for all the swords of troops in the Home district to be sent to the pjntield Small Arms Factory for altera- tion, including reduction in the thickness of the edges.

The Mayor of Plymouth. Alderman Pethick. a Conservative, on Friday presided at a public- meeting in Plymouth in furtherance of the national Gladstone memorial, and was sun- ported by Earl Morley and Mr. S. F. Mendl, M.P. T'uore were no references to Sir Edward Clarke. M.P.—Earl Morley moved a resolution approving of Uie national scheme, and said in later years no one differed more widely than himself from Mr. Gladstone, but he had not the slightest hesitation in joining the general committee. A character so nobie and a life so devoted to the country's service waa a national rather than a party possession.—The resolution was carried unanimously.

Figure-Head Director. I I THE MAJOR GENERAL AND HIS SOLITARY DRINK. Major-general Alfred Tulloch was again the chief witness at Bow-street on Friday at the resumed hearing of the charge against Louis Henry Goodman. Sir Edward Lee, and Hugh Bernard, of conspiring to swindle the public in connection with the West Australian (Gold Dis- trict) Trading Syndicate and the West Aus- tralian (Gold District) Trading Corporation. The major-general (who is an ex-officer of the Bengal Staff Corps) was now cross-examined by Mr. Wiidey Wright, who appeared for bir Edward Lee. The witness said he did not see a letter from Grant (the company's agent at Coolgardie) to the managing director of the syndicate with reference to a suggested "bull" telegram to the effect that profits amounting to £2.5,000 were expected, and declining to send such a telegram. The Chief Clerk: Have you a copy of that letter? Mr. Avory (for the prosecution): No. for a very good reason. It has been destroyed. Mr. Muirv(counsel for Goodman): We say it never existed. Mr. Avory: We have got a copy of the letter in Grant's own letter-book, and a letter from the syndicate, acknowledging its receipt. Grant will prove this when he goes into the box. Mr. Caldicott (who appeared for Bernard"): Did you follow the rise and fall of the shares with much interest? Witness (folding his arms): Ah, I was pre- pared for that question. (Laughter.) I thought it would he brought against me. Will you allow me to explain? Mr. Caldicott: Were you interested in the rise and fall of the corporation shares? Witness: No; and I don't think the Question should be put to me. I was sitting in the office very quietly one day, when Squier (the company's buyer, who is on his way back from the Cane) whiskered to me. "Buy." I at once went out and bought 500 shares at 12 2s. 6d,. and afterwards sold them at 10s. Mr. Caldicott: Then you were interested in the fall of shares? (Laughter.) Witness: No: Ikmw nothing about gambling or the rps and downs of shares, and il is no use asking me. Questioned about an agency for the sale of Bass's beer in Coolgaidie, which Sir Edward Lee had got, Mijor-general Tulloch said he did not know whether the beer was to be impovted in bottles or casks. Mr. Avory • But you have been in the East. Surely you know that beer in the East is no good in casks. Witness (stroking bis waistcoat): Oh, isn't it, though? (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Wright: That's a grevt compliment from a total abstainer. Witness (confidentially): Now, let me tell you about 11;y one drink. (More laughter ) Mr. Avory- Don't. Witness I mnst tell you pbout that one drink -1 must. indeed. (Laughter.) I went to the East in 1882. In 1383 I came back on a pension. Since then I ^lave only had one drink, and it occurred in this way. (Laughter.) Mr. Avory: Now, don't, don't. Never mind your one drink. Witness: But they laugh and jeer. Mr. Avoiy: No one disputes that you are an abstaii er. Witness (in a relieved tone): Then it's all right. Mr. Avory: Do you know the difference between buying and selling? Witntss (thoughtfully): I cannot say that I di. (Roars of laughter ) Does anyone on the board?—Yes. Goodman. Does Sir Edward Lee?—I cannot answer for him. Do you know what a bill of lading is?-No. (Laughter.) The case was again adjourned.

ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 1.40 p.m. Money easy in tendency. Calls loans are quoted easy at 2 per cent.. and fixtures at 2i while Three Months' Bills are 2 9-16 to 2g. Bom- bay and Calcutta Exchanges 16 3-32d. On the Stock Exchange business has been ex- tremely quiet, and prices are rather dull in tone, though, with the exception of Americans, the changes are unimportant. Consols are 1-16 for Money, but unaltered for the Account. Heme Rails are steady. Chatham Seconds are i up, while North Western, Great Eastern, and Great Central are also fractionally up. but Doras and Coras are dull. Apart from Waba.sh Preferences and Southern Preferences. Americans are depressed. Union Pacific marking a fall of J, and other sorts J to 8. Foreign Stocks are steady, except Spanish, which are 1-16 down on the heaviness of Paris Trunk issues. Mining Shares irregular. WTe;Sbach issues are in request. MINING (AUSTRALIAN AND INDIAN). Aladdin bump. bake '^iew Con. 9'g Asso. Gold W.A. 6 £ Bo South. Do isod Ldn & Gibe Fin. 16/6 17 Broken Hill Pro. Vk Mimosa •% Burbanks Birtbd'y 1& Mysore 5 Burma Rubv 5s Od My.soreGoldfi'ds 9 0 8s Central Boulder 9sSd North Boulder TV b Chaffers 8s 6d Nimdydroog 3,\ 3 Chaffers 8s 6d. Nimdydroog 31'0 3 Champ 011 Reef. 4$. Ooreg-um Ord. 3% 3'j Glden Hrse Shoe 18% 39 Do. l'ref. 4% Jf, Great Boulder. 23 6 Weutw'th <ioId. Fs Hamilton Plaius W.Aus. Gldfids !•% Uaonaii'sB. Hill. 7% Do. Joint Stk 11/9 Great Boulder. 23 6 Weutw'th <ioId. Fs Hamilton Plaius W.Aus. Gldfids !•% Uaonaii'sB. Hill. 7% Do. Joint Stk 11/9 Ivajhoe 6 Hi 6* Itio Tinto. ;-2 £ Kalgurli 6% 6% Anucouda 6{g 6'" De. North -JJ Mount Lvell 2fi 2r Lady Shenton 2ft Ashauti Goldfb K-% 1 Do. Part Paid *9Jg .v MINING (SOUTH AFRICAN). Angel# 7 K.uigbt 4 £ Apex 34 Langlaagte 3-% 3% Barnato Consols 1-% Lisbon Herivti. Is 91 Bautjes London A Paris XJechuaunland. Ijuijj'rdsVlei Nw liu/felsdooru 8* .Vl.tsiiouald A gey ] British S. Africa !>lay (Chartered). 3 itfejer 4 Ohnrlt.u 5'v City A Suburbs)) 5& iModderloiitein 6'\t. Comet 3& |New L'rimrose. 4~ Consd Gldlidsof Nigel 2% S. Africa Def 56 5A !Oceana < onsd Crown Reef 14fc Pioneer 11 De Beers 26-jj 265 l'otebeft-troow. 5s0d Durban Roodep't 5?lr iUandfontein 2 2 EastKand 6; 6-Kaud Mines 34"v3}% Ferreira 24-'& ?S |Reitf(»iitein 1> Qeldeubuis 8/, jKobiusou 9 Do. Deep 11 Ibaliaburjr 2% Gleuciiim lf:e iSlieba 1, Goldtields r>eep — Siu;mer & Jack 5-4 5,V HendersonTrsv' |s Afrie.GolaTst 4;; 4^ Heury Noarse. 9% !fcj>es Bona Heriot 7 'Tati Cou cession. 7u Jagersfontein 9•% /J'ransvaa! Gold.. Jolianenbrg.luvt 1 £ !Vau Kyn 2^ Jubilee 5'^ .Village Mainreef 7^ Jumpers 5 £ 5% Wemra.:r 12:ríi Kleinfonteiu 2 itt'olhuter 4}* t' Kl-rsfloi-p. 2s Od Is^d'/ambesi lixpltn Prem. I

By the permission of the president Mr. Rees (Dowlais) brought forward a motion which was not on the agenda. It read:—"This conference is strongly of opinion that the further deferring of the adoption of a. decimal system of money, '.veigh.s, and measures is fraught, with cnnside- rable danger to the commrrcial supremacy uf this country, and urges upon the Government the. advisability of introuneing such a system without loss of time, seeing that the scholars in elementary :;chools for the last ten years have been taught its principles." Mr. Veitch seconded the motion, which was carried.

1:00 tpte for Classtftratton WANTED, thorouidilv good, Single-haiidt<r~B^ iiarinunuuid; alx.ut 26 to 30 years a^re; Wip envn: ±20 wap-s.—Mrs. Fowler, Druidstoiie, Litfw Hayeu It ^.O., Pern. 3968)11 GOO]) Dressmaker WouFd Like-to~Hear Lut3> s HequiriiiK Someone in to Sew; Is. 3d. daily, M weekly.— O 65, Western Mail. Cardiff. 3967iJ1 SMAKT Offl.-e Boy Wanted in Insuram-e Office: one «;tl; knowledge of ghmthaiid pieft-ried.- Applv. in own baiiUH-riting, statin? aye, fcc., C 67, Western Mail, C:1T<hfr- 3961m J-t-'t, Hnuw ami Shop, lately occupied by a X Ciro' tr, at 42, Tafl-stnn.-t, l\'iit>piklJ; 8ht*lvi'i £ 11, Ilortlk-street, Ilorth, oi 43, Ta4- street, VontypnM. 3980114 BAKEHS,-Y(¡uug- Man Speks" Situation; bread, akt\ lew <mallg; mijrle-hajidcd; px>d references. —-Vi'jiiy K. D., The Laurels, IMdorvilla, ltess, Here- a < WANTED, Garden Labourer; 13s. week <nd lodg- T V ings. Particulars to Barkwuj-, Crii-kliowell. ill COt)K-GeneraI Wanted immediately; experienced, c and an early riser.—Apply, with salary requn- Crump, Criterion Hotel, Jiarinoutli, North Wales, ill PJ-VMBKH ^experienced; Wants Job or Permanency; p six years' character and good references; distance mo ojbjeet.—J. Arthur, Quarella, Bridgend. 3976ill WANTED, Situation as Cowman, or Cowman aud Wife; both good milkers: aged 39; no family; or in manage miall farm.—Address J. Evans. Goitre Garth, BHreconshire. 3975i!4- WANTED, Houst-Parlouruiaid.—Apply, with refe- rences, Mrs. Harm, The Oaklands, Aberamau, Aherdare. 3974U4 WANTED, good Plain Cook—Apply, with refe. rentes, Mrs. Hann, Oaklands, Aberamau, Aber- <l"i". 3975 i 14 XXT ANTED at once, a thorough good Provision J V Hand; must state wages; outdoor —Apply .T, M. Davies National Stores. Barry Dock. 3972U4 Davies National Stores. Barry Dock. 3972U4 GltOCEKY.—Wanted immediately, Young Man, I G about 19 years old; one used to country; mixed irade prt-f'-rn-ii; must be able solicit; indoors—l-'ull particulars, 1'. James, Clydach, Aliergavenny. 3971 il4 SWANSEA.—Advertiser Iteqnires Comfortable Apart- ments, with Attendance, for Self aud Wife, .1—anuary 23 to 28; near Hi^-Iostreet Station preferred. —State term-, Insurance, Western Mail, Swansea. i9 BOY Wanted at once; one living ill Canton pre-' ferred.—Apply 1'ubliehuig Department, Evening Express, Cardiff. asoes WANTED, a Married Man Without Children as Groom-Gardener.—Address Brook-lands, Aber- raveniiy. 397Oi11 raveniiy. :970iU

Miners' Conference. DECISION TO JOIN THE FEDERATION. A (conference of miners is being held at Cardiff to-day to consider the organisation question. The proceedings are being carried on with closed doors," the press being not admitted. The whole of the proceedings in the morning were preliminary to the election of officers. The principal item on the agenda was the con. sidei-ation of the question of joining the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. Messrs. D. Morgan (Aberdare) and W. Brace gave a. report of the proceedings of the federation conference in London, which, it will be remem- bered. was u 1 ended by a deputation from the South Wales men. After listening to the report now furnished, the conference unanimously decided to join the Miners' Federation, and Messrs. W. Abraham. M.P. ("Mabon"), W. Brace, and John Williams were elected representatives to attend the forthcoming conference of the federation in Edinburgh.

To-day's Racing. LINGEIELD PARK MEETING. Stakeholders: Messrs. Weathcrby and 8ons. Handicapper: Mr R. K. Mainwaring. Judge: Mr C. E. Robinson. Starter: Mr A. Coventry. 1 Clerk of the Scales: Mr W. C. Manning. Auc- tioneer: Mr H. A. Stevens. Clerks of the Course: Messrs H. R. Fowler and Co. Secretary to Lingfield Park Club: Mr Robert R. Fowler. -I —The HAMMER WOOD STEEPLE- 1. U CHASE of 40 sovs. for four year oids and upwards; weight for age; willnenl extra. Two miles. Mr Headman's Chesterton, 4yrs, lOst- 3Ib Williamson 1 Mr Tabor's Abcrfovle, 4vrs, 10st 31b Steynham 2 Mr Kirk's Abbeyhill, 5yrs. list 31b Armstrong 3 Mr Adam's Induna. 5yrs. list 31b O'Brien 0 Mr Goddard's Wag Eldririge, byrs, list 31b Hopkins 0 Capt Eustace Loder's Dargai, 5yrs, list 31b Anthony & Capt Reis's Horse Chestnut, 5yrs, list 31b Barter 0 Mr M'Micking's Pleader. 4yrs, lOst 31b Webb 0 Winner trained privately. Betting—6 to 4 agst Chesterton, 9 to 4 agst Induna. 9 to 2 agst Dargai, and 20 to 1 agst any other. Horse Chestnut fell at the first fence, and Aberfovle led. till turning out of the straight, when Chesterton and Pleader drew away to- gethere, aud with Pleader falling three fences from home. Chesterton won easily by six lengths; a similar distance separating the second and third. Nothing else completed the course. (Race started at 1.5). 1nr\ —The TOWER SELLING HANDICAP »0\J STEEPLECHASE of 40 sov»; winner* extra; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. Mr M'(.'t.nloc!' s Chilcombe, aged, 12st 71b Owner 1 Mr Kite's Skipper II.. a&ed. list lib Clay 2 Mr Goby's Gladness aged, list 131b Acres 3 Mr M'Micking's Burnett, aged. 12st J Clark 0 Mr Swan's Briarwoo.d, aged. list 111b Makepeace 0 Mr Russ°li's Celer, 5yrs, list 91b Mr H Nugent 0 Mr Hibbert's Glaring, 5yrs. list 81b Donnelly 0 Mr Thirlwell's Pink Domino, 6yrs, list 71b D Morris 0 Mr Asbmore s Knockadoo. 6yrs, list 71b Hoy 0 Mr Christie's Mob, aged, list 31b Owner 0 Mr Scott's Cast Iron, 6yrs, list 31b Darke 9 Mr Lukie's Ringabella, aged, list 31b Ebe Hunt I) Mr Goddard's Fussy, aged, llet W Callaghan 0 Winner trained by Wheeler. Betting-5 to 2 agst Gladness, 9 to 2 agst Bur- nett, 7 to 1 each agst Chilcombe and Ringabella. and 10 to 1 agst any other. Gladness led until two fences from home, when Skipper II. drew to the front, but was challenged by Chilcombe, who won by two lengths; four lengths separated the second and third. Pink Domino was fourth. Mob fifth, Bi-iarwood Mxtli, Fussy next, and Ringa,bella. tailed off. Burnett. Celer. and Glaring felL Chilcombe was sold to Mr R Thiriwell for 185gs. (Race started at 1.33). o n -The WEALD HANDICAP STEEPLE- £ U CHASE of 80 sovs; winners extra.. Three miles. Mr Yates's President, aged, list 41b Dollery 1 Mr Gore's Senlac, aged. list 111b Mason 2 Capt E Loder's Covert Hack, 5yrs, lOst 91b Anthony j Mr Gorham's Misanthropist, aged, lOst 131b Mr Escott's Longchalks, 5yrs. lOst 71b Trickle 0 Mr Harris's Corner, aged, lOst Kavanagh 9 Winner trained by Swatton. Betting—9 to 4 agst Covert Hack, 3 to 1 each agst Longchalks and President, 8 to 1 agst Son. lac. 10 to 1 agst Misanthropist, 100 to 8 agst Model, and 33 to 1 agst Corner. Corner settled down in front of Longfchalks, Covert Hack, and President, but coming down the hill for the first time, Longchalks went on. from President. Covert Hack, and Misanthro- pist. Passing the stands President assumed the command, and Longchalks fell. Five furlongs from home Senlac challenged President wbelll well in the line for home, but was beaten by a length and a half; a bad third. Misanthropist was fourth. Model fifth, and Corner last. (E-Ac;, started at 2.2). O Qr\—The EDEN VALE HURDLE HAN- „.OV' DICAP of 70 sovs; winners extra. Two miles, over eight hurdles. Lord Cowley's Pardalo, aged, list 121b Owner J Mr Gubbins's Glenmorgan, 6yrs, lOst 121b Gourley 2 Mr Williamson's Plaintain, 4yrs, lOst 71b Acres 3 Mr Hibbert's Sicily Queen, 6yrs, list 21b Nightingall 0 Winner trained by W Leader. Betting—7 to 4 agst Pardalo, 2 to 1 aøt Sicily Queen. 9 to 4 agst Glenmorgan, and lOG to 8 agst J'laintain. Glenmorgan led until two hurdles from hone, when Pardalo assumed the command, and woa easily by three lengths; separated the second and third. (Race started at 2.32). 3(~\ —The SUSSEX SELLING HANDICAP • HURDLE PLATE of 40 sovs: win- ners extra; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles over eight hurdles. Miss Kellog, 1; Virginian Rose, 2; Cheery Bob, 3. n'en ran. Also ran: Hawker, Tiger Tim, Monkshood. Bareombe, The World's Mart. Aspinall, Tinder Box. C '.trt Gallant, and Silver Gilt. Betting—3 to 1 agst Miss Kellog. -j —The BLINDLEY HEATH MAIDEN *>.OU HURDLE RACE of 40 sovs. for maiden four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winners extra. Two miles, ovei eight hurdles. Kendal Mnid. 1: All Round, 2; Adversity, 3. 5raJ

"SPORTSMAN" AUTHENTIC STARTING PRICES. LJNG FIELD PARK MEETING. _n, Horse. jockey. Sport* man^ HAMMERWOOD STEEPLECHASE (8K Chesterton (Williamson) «. 6 to 4 ag TOWKJ; SELLING (13). Chilcombe (Owner) 7 to 1 ag WEALD HANDICAP (7). President (Dollery) 3 to 1 ag EI)' N VALE HURDLE (4). Pardalo (Owner) 7 to 4 aj The above prices are identical with tnoet pah* lisbad ia the "Racing Calendar."

The programme for to-day's racing at Ling, field gives promise of some fairly interesting .port. Selections — Hammerwood Steeplechase-INDUNA. Tower Steeplechase—CELER. Weald Steeplechase—MODEL. Eden Vale Hurdle—GLENMORGAN. 't Sussex Hurd). AF.PINALL. Bhndlev Katli Hurdle-W AGRAM. VENATOB.

OLD SAMS FIN ADS. LINGF1FLD PARK MEETING. 1..0-DARGM (napi. 1.30—CELEK. I 2.30—GLl'NMORGAN (nap). 3.0—ASPINALL. 3.30-ALAS.

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ALAHMNG ACCIDENT AT CELYNEN COLLIERY. A LOADED TRAM PRECIPITATE301 1,200 FEET. Early on Saturday morning work had tol be suspended at the No. 3 pit of the Newport. Abercarn Company's Celynen collieries, Aber- earn. A loaded tram, which had been con- veyed through the -haft to the surface, was, by some inexplicable means, precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 1,200ft. I Fortunately all the workmen on the pit bot- tom escaped injury, taking precaution to absen tthemselves from the bottom of the shaft when they were apprised of something wrong by the noise occasioned through the descending tram and its contents. The day. men who assembled at the summit of the shaft on Saturday morning far work were acquainted of the accident, and subsequently returned home. Mr. Evans, the mechanical engineer of the colliery, was immediately on the top of the pit, and descended the shaft, to ASCERTAIN what 'damage had been done to the shaft and to supervise the necessary a-p* rangements to repair the injury as expedi- l tiously as possible.