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STOP PRESS —'— LAtE CBIftKif. LtMttMM V. -Lancashire all t&e 156. k^4^^ksii?e r. ^tirrfeT*A^core: ^arwi £ k»hirt, 9 far tiak Vicltetg. S"<Hti.«.5IirrleWiii«, 163 tti flirffct tektti. ? E

i — L toaodels of ooal-ahippio-g and other appliances 1 of the most modem description. The Great p Western Railway Company's show is the fhæst ever shown at any previous exhibition in the country. They have sent down the celebrated engine Lord of the fcles, one of the finest sanxplee of the broad-gauire *n>'ines «Pr built, which ran. 800,000 miles during her life. I This is an example ot magnificent collection that coIWl'!1des W'lt¡h photographic illustratiu¡c IliSf of mUr^ cn this gi'caifc Th5. wSk*S- »»' » il.»t of the I ont] i mechanical engineer at filwlw to<i»th Western Company model <5p* He exhibits th« Dr>>adnouglit, a slo+ tk in ^,>0 n. by putting a penny in the Krachs nf^uv re • *s a **ne se"es photo- n_ A. various classes of engines used v „ orth extern, with rolling stock. _i j V, this stand is a beautiful model of the -r,1 Great Western broad-gauge engine. The Emperor, lent by Air- J. G. Robinson. At o next stand is an extremely fine series of orking models, sent by Mr. Wilson Wors- 5™ North Eastern Railway (Company. J-iien there are two or three models of the j| "real Northern celebrated 8ft. express passen- ■ g&r engine. The next exhibit is the original rl model made by Mr. Blenkineopp of the road engine which bears his name. Then there are a great many local models of stationary and other engines from exhibitors in the hill dis- tricts, many of them being of particular inte- rest- At the Taff Vale Stand Mr. Riches is exhibiting a model of the coal-boring machine ■which he specially designed for reaching the 1 entombed miners at the Tynewydd Coliery disaster in 1877, and one of the original tubes used for conveying refreohtnents to the im- prisoned men will be on view. There is a -series of models of the Lancashire and York- shire Railway. The London and North Wes- tern Company also exhibit a model of a mail trai^, and the Postmaster-General lias sent Irdm South Kensington a fine set of postal VvIlfi" Ther8 are other railway exhibits, from the Great Northern, the Great Eastern, and the Caledonian. Railways. A couple of dynamos have been utilised for supply'ng the motive power for a fine carpet-weaving machine, and also for working the moded dairy. Mr. Goulding, the chief draughtsman, of the Taff "Vale Railway, has sent a fine, model of the first public lifeboat ever built. Outdoor Attractions. > Oathays Park is a charming spot, where every prospect pleases and the landscape gardener's art reaches its highest pitch. Apart from this, its proximity to the town offers advantages and lucidities for exhibiting purposes whien cannot b« excelled in any part of the United Kingdom. Nothing impresses the intelligent spectator more than the judicious manner lin which the Park has been utilised; the facile, one had almost said natural, intrusion of the exhibition -buildings, out-door structures, and all must be appreciated by everyone. The grounds are half a mile in length. Once inside the pa-k wall all trace of tlie town i* ios,t) unt,i t^e visitor rives into the recesses of ancient Cardiff the town as our ancestors knew it manv gene- rations back. Nature and the council have helped each other. The woodland is Nature's but the gravelled walks, the beds of bright flowers, the immature river, and the artificial lake are contribution* of art. The lake and boating stream is said to be the greatest work of the kind accomplished at any exhibition. There is more than half a mile of water, on which two gondolas can luove abreast. line river opens from a lake, survuarly protected with sheets of lead, in front of The Great Spectacle "Santiago." At night the banks are illuminated by a double row of gas-lights, enough to turn night literally into day. Other out-door features are the eroitehbaek raiilvirtay, the bicycle track, the panorama, the sports, arena, and a number of kindred amusements, all in a cluster. But the most striking feature of all is the water spec- tacle, "Santiago." The brightly coloured Oriental sceae which bursts suddenly on the view does not seem strange; it fits so happily. First comes the lake, its further shore rising in apparent hills, adorned with truly Oriental Wealth of verdure. From this blaze of green V peep creamy Moorish houses, like square blocks yellow marble. To the right and left rise formidable forts 'and <t<wverM; immedliately in front the richly-coloured city of Santiago is *een. Snow-clud mountains range back and Jrsa(ppear on the horizon, so naturally they take "e spectator against his Jaetter knowledge by OQaviction into another land. ft, fe ^le mu?ice^ drama, "Santiago," with he attack upon and tlie destruction of tlxe lortresses of the c'ty. is produced. Here the concerts are held, listeners having a grand stand i prepaied for their convenience along the near sJ<le of the lake, and immediately in front of the spectacle platform. "The Siege of Santiago," will, undoubtedly, ?o be the chief of the outdoor attractions. A pre- e T^w of the wonderful attraction was given on Friday might, and everyone was delighted. The Performance and the bam bardment were ad- mirable. After witnessing the first public per- formance to-night, we hope to give fuller Particulars of this marvellous spectacle on Monday. Art. The collection of works of art is the finest ever seen in Wales, and the committee have crowded on to the 9,600 square feet at their disposal something- like £ 150,000 worth of pictures, many of them by the premier artists of the day. "TIle Bath of Psyche," by the late Lord Leighton, is the leading work. It is worth something like £ 5,000, and is a nearly life-size picture of the nude. Psyche, a con- ception which is the personification of feminine beauty, is depicted standing at the side of the marble bath in the act of casting from her the light muslin-like robe. There is beauty in every indication of line from the head to the feet; the tiesh tints are of delicate, ravish- ing beautv and the figure is strongly brought Out by a dark background of purple curtain, ibove which is obtained a glimpse of the blue southern sky. To the left of "The Bath of Psyche'' is a picture of "Marianine Leaving the J udrmumt Seat of Herod." Mr. J. M. Maclean, M.P., was instrumental in .securing the loan of this splendid work by T. W. aterhouse from Mr. Cuthbart Quilter, M.P. '1'he picture, which exhibits master! drawing Trj? ^e< hnir]ue, was on the line at the it-A. in r~°7> and one of the principal attractions of that year. It it) WOI,t]l £ 2,500. The unique *ork of Mr. T. S. Sargent, A.R.A., "Carr.a- *ou Lilv, Lily Rose," stands out in a startling lier from the other painting, "The Open- r.B of the Tower" is an important realistic hei Hre by W" L- W>'llie- R.A., full of sh .'ene^ colour, excellent in perspective, and °^ing how a feat of modern engineering can dt.p-.cted with artistic ^kill. A popular v-^ture, '\Diana or Christ," bv a popular Mi Long, R.A.. is close at hand. u theVc^ tifSUl;e' a beautiful girl, is depicted *•»»"vms the room will be dis- covered a portrait of lady Windsor, by Sir )Tn BUlnP;'JfIirf-. H illustrates the mar- ud of *lus great master in colour grea jnd teduMcrae. Alma Tadema, has a picture Melody, and for a 8raall work it ]s ,)f i UOt pictu'e, but it xceUeut a.s reveling essential detail and -cliffioicg^ correctness. Prof^ol. Herko. -ers^ portrait of Lord Bute ha, .empora,rily vbt,. i!0n,e ?? tlie l'a 0,mr'^l Chamber, U5ViaLy occl,iplt' r!ie Prominent ioh^T* he l ron"'« of a. stormy Night," bv S £ o?rctt',K'A 'i' «f ►rat: » 8. picture by Lady Butler illus- ;rom18: bringing back of the w<.undecl tvorjj. t A. on a gim carriage. A striking »ite hls B«ia« artist is that on the opr.o- OiaiLf, Of the room. "The Review of the btaa Mleclary Corps." Mr. Jameri Sant, R.A., Pastoral at.c^arming country sceae, "The ^^ddini t, Melton-Fisher's "Venetian ?ittl cor.t\jreparin^ -lis Bride," will meet LainpS)» ^derable favour. "Cleaning the *0:' appth 0r Tuke, is a picture which stands cplour and qorrectness of drawing Arethusa" ialn ^e exhibition. "The Haucy by Edgar B 11 the left as you enter, It is Academy. Th11 r a'n<:l l'as figured in the work makes a ligiit colouring of the wood- Kennedy has centrepiece. 0. XT. }vith a masterly W ,rtle Mermaid" on canvas help in lending /a". Leeds came to Cardiff's »>•"«# familiar with « '8 picture. Visitors who ^"■?ore David Ar Wart will stop a while Harbour." j^tujTa5r'-i jicture, "Dartmouth BSatation of "Ti ^anc^ is a pictorial repre- AUe tf the Birkeaihead," by T. M. Henry, a dramatic picture of the popular sort. John Charlton's equestrian por- trait of Lord Tredegar, presented to the Balaclava hero by the Tredegar Hunt, will be .sure to attract, attention. It is hung near the entrance. One of the finest works ever painted by H. Clarence Waite, P.R.C.A., haiigs at the other end. It is a splendid painting of a rocky gorge, and is instinct with realistic genius. 'the popular Gustav Dore sends a characteristic landscape, beautiful in its breadth of tone. The Right Hon. Lord Aberdare has sent the portrait painted by H. W. Wells, R.A., of the late Lord Aberdare. Among the pictures which will create considerable interest is an excellent portrait of Mrs. C. J. Jackson, the wife the indefatigable chairman of this section. The Musical Programme. The sum of £ 3,000 was allocated to the p'uaical committee, of which Mr. S. W. Allen its chairman, 1\11'. Tom Evans, hon. secretary; and Mr. W. A. Morgan, impreesario, to enable it to provide a programme of instrumental music worthy of the exhibition. We under- stand that, although the programme has not yet been completed, its chief items have been arranged as follows:- May 2 to 15 inclusive—Band of the 9th Lancers. May 16 to 23 inclusive—Band of the King's Shropshire Regiment. May 25 to 30-Band of the Royal Marines, Chatham. June 1 to 13-Band of the 1st King's Dragoons. June 15 to 20-Band of the South Wales Borderers. June 22 to July 4—Either the band of the 2nd Life Guards or the Horse Guards Blue. October 12 to 23-Blue Hungarian Band. The Maritime Section. Taking the exhibits in order from the entrance, we come to fuller detail of the section which, appropriately, has been awarded the place of honour—the maritime. The most eminent shipbuilders, dock contractors, a.nd shipowners of the oountry have sent exhibits, showing in many cases the comparative changes and improvements which have from time to time been made in maritime matters. The spaoe allotted to this section is 8,400 square feet, and the position accorded to the exhibits is one of the 'beet in the whoile of the buildings, being in the main corridor facing the entrance. The well-known firm of Sir William. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co., have sent a fine display of models of steamers, battleships, ironclads, gun carriages, steam launches, &c. The American Transatlantic Lme exhibit a beautiful model of the steamship St. Paul. Mr. T. Ainsley, of Cardiff, shows a, collection of nautical instru- ments and charts. The exhibit of the Barry Railway Company is a fine model of their dock and harbour. Messrs. John. Brown and Co., of Sheffield, the Bristol Corporation, Messrs. Bucknall Bros., of T<cndon, the Clyde Naviga- tion Company, ot Glasgow, all send large I models of submarine excavators, dock works, ferry ;boat», swing bridges, photographs, &c. Messrs. Donald Currie and Co., of London, have sent niodeLs of the Dunottar Castle and) Arundel Castle. The Darlington Forge Company and Messrs. Doxford a.nd Son (Limited), of Sunder. land, show every modern improvement in armaments and ships. Mr. John Dure, of Barry Doaks, has a model of hydraulic dock Apparatus, and Messrs. Eitringhajn and Co., of South Shields, exhibit photos of marine boilers. The Fair- field Shipbuilding Company, Mr. Leonard Kemp, of Whitstable.the London and South Western Railway Company (Southampton Docks and Harbour on a. scale of 50ft. to one inch), the Londbn and India Docks Committee, and Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping have I sent down models of various types of vessels, from the very first wooden ships up the present cla"s of fine ocean-going steamerw, thus showing the progress made in maritime matters during the last fifty years. The Mersey Dock and Harbour Board are represented by models of iauding pontoons, vessels, &c., and Messrs. Morel Bros., of Cardiff, have also sent in models of the steamship Penarth and the steamship Llandaff. Models of marine engines, evaporators, &c., are shown by the North Eastern Marine Engiieering Company, Wall- send, and Messrs. Siemens Bros. and Co., of London, have on view a fine model of the his- toric steamship Faraday. Messrs.. Simons and Co., of Renfrew, the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, Messrs. J. L. Thompson and Sons (Limited), of Sunderland, and the Thames Iron- works and Shipbuilding Company, of Black- wall, have a. collection of models. The Tyne Improvement Commissioners have contributed models of the entrance to the Tyne, piers, &c., Newcastle Harbour, and the Albert Edward Dock. Messrs. Laird, of Birkenhead, have sent a Large number of models of mail, war, and merchant ve«els, showing the various types of steamers built during a eeries of years for British and foreign Governments. The River Wear Com- missioners of Sunderland are represented by large models of the harhcur and dock, dredger, barges, hopper, &c. Second Day Magnificent weather favours this the second public dJay of the Cardiff Exhibition. At about eleven o'clock the main thoroughfares of Cardiff began to wear an animated appea- rance, the movement being exhibition wards. This being "Mabon's" Da.y, a grea.t attendance was anticipated. During the morning a large nunilber of people came into the town from the hills, and throughout the day a constant stream of visitors poured into the ground*. During the afternoon the splendid band of the Lancers and the cycling races on the track were the principal centres of interest. TODAY'S CYCYE RACING. "lae liiiii.w Ld: 1Jl ei>i;U.'iai v uu tue txjnbi- tion track was favoured with beautitul weather, but only a. small attClldance was prestJl1t, Details: — One Alile Bicyele Handicap.—Finst heat: 1st, S. T. Meager, Catfoni/ (55yite); <snd, U. A. Stephenson, CUtiord (I20yda). Time, 2mm. 26sec. Second heat: 1st, W. H. Matthews, 100 M'lle Club (lOOyds); 2nd, W. Leojaniin, (Jatford (138yds). Time, 2min. 23 2-5 eec. Third heat: 1st, E. Jaines, (Jatford (30yds); 2nd, F. Kennard, Harlequins (95yds). Time, iftinn. 18see. Fourth heat: 1st, H. (J. VrickeU, Jockeys (68yds); 2nd, H. buuth, Harlequins (lSoydsj. Time 2nnn. 19 3-5 sec. Fifth heat: 1st, M. Weeks, Oat- ford (85yds); 2nd, S. E. S. Baker, Harlequins (68yds). Time, 2u)in. 23 2-5 sec. Final heat: 1st, E. James-' 2nd, W. H. Matthews; 3rd, M. Weeks. Weeks led for four laps and a. half, when James shot away and, getting on terms in the straight, won a. fine race by lialf a length. Time, 2mm. 1tl 1-5 sec. Two Miles Bicvole Handicap.—First heat: 1st, J. Oiwmbeiliam, Bristol Jockey CUOydfc); Said, .Vf. Weeks, Catford (175vds). Time, 5min. 26sec. Seoond heat; E. James, Ultlocd (40vds), walked over. Third heat: 1st, 8. T. Meager, Caifiord (120yde); 2nd, S. Jenkins, United C.O. (lbOyds). Time, 6min. 42atc'. Fourth heat: 1st, W. T. Benjamin, (Jatford (275yds) • 2nd, W. H. Matthews, ICO Milen C.O. (235yds). TilnV tain. 55sec. Fifth heat.: 1st, S. E. Baker, Harlequins (140yds); 2nd, R. Hooper, Catford (286yds). lime 4min, 44sec. Final heat: 1st, E. James; 2nd i Chamberlain; 3rd, S. T. Meager. Benjamiu made the running until three-quarters of a mile from home, wheu Meager made the pace, and, James getting the l>est of the sprint, won a fine race bv a foot. Time, 5min. 32sec.

PLOT AGAINST A KING. ITALY'S RULING MONARCH Ufi DANGER. A telegram from Naples says:—According to a. rumour current in this city, a plot against King Humbert's life has been. discovered, the conspirators being Anarchists.

FELJLi OVERBOARD. SEAMAN DROWNED AT CAiBr diff docks. About, half-pa^t eleven o'clock on Monday norning James Ccrran, a.n able seaman on board the Stanley Force, discharging a.t the Cardiff entrance channel, slipped over a rope and was drowned before assistance could be rendered. He wa.5 aged 22, and. belonged to Dcuglas, Isle of Man. ?? -?-

BARKY RAILWAY BILL. CONSIDERATION BY THE LORDS' COMMITTEE. The House cf LorJfe' Parliamentary Bill Com- mittee, under the precidenoy of. Lord1 Clinton, resumed its sittings at Westminster OIL Monday morning, when the consideration, of the Barry Railway Bill was continued. The first witness called was Mr.^ John An- drews, commercial manager to the Troedyrhiw Coal Company. He objected to. the Rhymuey coal being carried to Barry for the same gross rate as his coal was carried, because the dis- tance, in the first case, wa.s four "miles longer. Mr. J. B. Ferrier gave similar evidence. If the Ithvinney coal was c&rriecj at 36d, per ton ,per mile he woif.d expect his rate to be re- duced to that figure. The Barry Company, by making the gross toll from Khynmey the same as from the Rhondda, those coalowners who were near the port would lose the of their geographical position, which chej had purchased in their royalty. Mr. Prosser, assistant- manager of the Khyro- ney, stated that no complaints of delays by the existing route had been made. Mr. Beasley, general manager of the laff Vale Railway Company, then entered the wit- ness box, aiid eta-ted that there v.'a.s uo difii- culty in sen-ding coal over the existing route. The sinking of a. farthing on tlie Barry rate would enable the Ocean Company to send coal from Harris's Navigation Colliery to .FT, a* the same rate as to Cardiff. He denied that the Taff lines between Walnut Tree and Cogan were crowded. They oould carry two or three times the traffio which now passed over those lines. The Bill Passed. Eventually the Bill wM passed, with the exception, of the r unning powers opposed'.

New Shah of Persia MUZAFFER ED DIN EN- THRONED AS KING. I Religious Quarrel Started by Turkey Thought to Have Lead to the Jbate Shah's Assassination. A Teheran telegram says:—Muzaffer«ed-l)in was on (Saturday morning enthroned at Tabriz, under the style and title of Muzatfer-ed-JUin Shahiushah, or King of Kings. HIS Majasty is leaving for Teheran. The body of the late iShah had been embalmed, and will be taken to Koom for burial after the arrival of the Shah. The New Shah, Muzaffer-ed-Hin, who succeeds to the throne of Persia, is the second son of the late Shah. The new Shah is 43 years of age. He is much loved by the people of Azerbaijan, the province from which the Persian military forces are chiefly drawn, and he is held in affection throughout Persia for his kindly and gene-oua disposition. As a keen sportsman, he « his father's equal. Zill-ee-efouitan, who is '«/ree years older than Muzaffer-ed-Din, cannot reign, because he is the son of a. slave. It is said that for a long time past he hag not concealed his determination to contest his brother's succession at all costs. It is even asserted that he lias had engraved upon his f-word these worde "It is with this sword that I will cut off the head' of my brother." Teheran Quiet. A dispatch, received from Teheran by tlhe Foreign Office on Monday states that perfect tranquility exists there, and that the country 1" likely to remain. undisturbed by the Shah's death.

LABOUR DAY. GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT BIRMINGHAM. Labour Sunday was observed in Birmingham by a great demonstration on Gosta Green, the trades' organisations of the city forming fix large processions, headed by brass batids.

BOAT CAPSIZED. ONE MAN DROWNED AND THREE NA{RROWLY ESCAPED. A boat, in which four young men belonging to Norwich were sailing near Wroxham Eroad, capsized on Sunday. Thi'ae we're slaved in an exhausted condition, but the fourth Bernard Hall, was drowned. The body has been recovered.

CHILD DESERTION. PALMER SENT TO PRISON FOR THREE MONTHS. Arthur Ernest Palmer, who was discharged at Reading on Saturday for complicity in the child murders, wasbrought up at Devonport on Monday morning for having abandoned a four- Year old child, na.med Queenie Baker, in May of last year. Prisoner pleaded guilty. The evidence Vas given that prisoner and his wife occupied apartments at Devonport for a few day.; last May, during which time they re- ceived numerous parcels of things on approval ihe child was not kindly treated. They gave up possession on May 17, and the same evsning the child was found wandering about the sticets cold and hungry. Palmer was identified r* • ^an^a<^3r of the house and her son.— Chief-constable Matters said before leaving Reading priscner told :\11', Tewsley he had never been to Devonport—Prisoner was sentenced to t'hxee months' hard labour.

TRANSFER OF LICENCES. THE LICENCE OF ELLIOTT'S HOTEL. On Monday morning at Cardiff Police- court, the Stipendiary (Mr. T. W. Lewis), Couineallor.? Edward Thomas and Eibenezer Beavan sat to hear applications for transfers of licences. No objection was made by the police in any case, but before the magistrates conceded to the temporary taking over of the Cross Keys Hotel, Queen-street, by William Warren from George Rushe, the Head-eonstabki (Mr. McKenzie) in- timated that at the nexit annual licensing sessions the police would oppose on the ground of the conviction against the pre- vious tenant, Rusihe, for permitting betting on his premises. Among the transfers granted was that of the licence of Elliott's Hoel, St. Mary-street, which, on tlhe application of Mr H. Cousins, was made over from Edmund Jones to Fred William Short. —CEB————■——

BARRY RUFFIANS- GET EXEMPLARY SENTENCES FOR ASSAULTING THE POLICE. At Barry Police-court on Monday (before Mr. O. H. Jones, Major Thornley, and Dr. Treharne) Percy White and Henry (3. Wilson, labourers, were placed in the dock charged with being drunk and disorderly and assault- ing the police. Police-constables Angus and Thomas said om Saturday nigilt they were called to the Royal Hotel to eject the prisoners. This, they did with difficulty, but on getting outside the police were surrounded by a. crowd, who pulled the men away. The accused, who were drunk and very riotous, were arrested, and on the way to the station the constables were kicked several times and were obliged to use their staves in self-defence.—Wilson was sentenced to two months' hard labour, and White to one month's Ihardi la'bour, both with- out the option of a fine. Sidney Gready and Joseph White, also labourers, were sent, to prison for fourteen days each for interfering with the police on the above occasion, but Robert Sealey, on the same charge, was dismissed.

CARDIFF'S FINANCES. MEETING OF THE CORPORATION COMMITTEE. A meeting of the finance committee of the Cardiff Corporation was lield Ion Monday afternoon, at the borough treasurer's office, Cardiff, Mr. S. A. Brain (chairman), presid. ing.—The town-clerk (Mr. J. L. Wheatley) reported as to what had transpired at the recent meeings of tlie Municipal Corporations Associations in London, with reference to the duties of elective auditors, and advised the committee generally with regard to the audit, and the proposal to do away with borough auditors, and amend the law in reference to the duties and remuneration of such officers. —N.o satisfactory result was obtained, there being a strong opposition to move in the matter, or attempt any alteration in the law. —The Borough Treasurer (Mr. Greenhill) 111- formed the committee that the auditors had applied to commence the second half-yearly audit on the 5th inst. It was resolved that such facilities as a.re available be afforded in the borough treasurer's office for the due per- formance of the woi-k. Some routine business having been transacted, the committee ad- journed until Thursday next, to go through the vacancies and iirrelooverable.

LEEDS PIT DISASTER. HOW VICTIMS OF AFTER-DAMP WERE REVIVED. The bringing back to life of lialf-dead or half- bUttocated persons In colliery explosions makes demands upon the doctors in attendance 111 such a case as this; a.nd on an emergency it is well that a colliery like Mickleiield, the scene of the recent blow," is within reasonable dis- tance of a large business centre. Messrs. Reynolds and Branson, the well-known chemists, of Leeds, were telegraphed to 011 the morning of the disaster, and within a. few minutes of the receipt of the telegram they had despatched, to the colliery two of their cylin- 0xyg(-'u Sas. The promptitude with which th«y were sent off reflected much credit on the firm.. They were sorely needed, and °.t least three persons now living, who were brought) to the Surface half-dead, owe their lives to the application of this apparatus. These oxygen cylinders are included in the ordi- nary equipment of the police-stations of France and Germany, and are ii'dispensable in cases of poisoning and suffocation, especially if the latter be caused by sewer or marsh gas. or fire- damp. Then* use was illustrated in the restora- tion from semi-consciousness to clear-headed strength and vitality of some of the rescue party, who went down the mine, and suc- cumbed on' reaching the surface Inquest on Whitaker. The Leeds coroner opened an inquest on. Monday afternoon respecting the death of Nadnn hiitaker, aged sO years, the man, reecwed alive at Meoklefield Collierv on Saturday, who was subsequently brought to Leeds Infirmary, and died there ait a late hour on Sunday night. Evidence o-f identifica- tion having been given, the inquiry was ad- journed. Funerals' of Victims. Eleven additional interments took piece this afternoon at Mickleield Parish Church. Four bodies are still in the pit, but cannot be found.

Matabele Revolt I EARL GREY TAKES OVER THE ADMINISTRATION. One Hundred and Twenty Men and Seventy-five Horses Set Out for Buluwayo. A Reuter's telegram from Cape Town says — Lieutenant-general Goodenough. commanding the troops at the Cape, has arrived at Mafeking. Mr. Rhodes, with the Salisbury column, has reached Gwelo. Colonel Plumer has arrived at Malcloutsie with three 'hundred men. Earl Grev has taken over the administration at Buluwayo, and the Pviiodesian, Public Committee 'has been dissolved. One hundred and twenty troops, with 75 horses, left Cape Town on Saturday for the north. A Reuter's telegram from Cape Town* on Saturday says:—The Salisbury column has had an engagement wiih the enemy on the Quique River, near Gwelo. The rebels were defeated with a loss of 80 men, and are re- treating towards Maven's kraal. The British force had no casualties. SBLOUS'S HOUSE BURNED, A Dalziel's telegram from Buluwayo says: k—The natives have evidently become siok of fighting, for they have retreated on all sides away from the town. No fighting is going on in the neighbourhood ait present. Mr. Selous's house, together with his furniture, was burnit some days ago. The French Press. The Paris "Gauloia," in alluding to the re- opening of the Volksraad in the Transvaal, on Monday, says: —"The most effective safeguard the Transvaal can have against England's un- scrupulous ambition is not the valour of its burghers, but the sympathy of Europe. It is for President Kruger to encourage that sym- pathy, which is particularly ardent in France, but it will not fail to fall off if something be not done soon to give satisfaction to the Uit- landers." Everything Quiet." The following telegram from Buluwayo has been received by the Bechuanaland Exploration Company, dated Sunda,y:- Things are pretty quiet here just now. The impis have withdrawn from near the vicinity of the town awaiting re-inforoemertfcs before morn- ing. The Hon. Maurice Giffard is doing well."

MUSWELIrHILL MURDER. FOWLER AND MILLSOM INTER- VIEWED INi GAOL. Mr. H. Pierron, the solicitor who has up to the present defended both prisoners— Millsom and Fowler—who are charged with complicity in the Muswell-hill murder, had an interview with them on Saturday in Hollo- way Gaol for the purpose of deciding what course should be adopted in view of the con- fession of Millsom. The interviews were very lengthy and somewhat painful in character. Fowler, who was the first to be seen by Mr. Pierron, was conducted into the solicitors' room between two warders, and heavily hand- cuffed. Mr. Pierron pointed out to Fowler the entirely difficult position he (Mr. Pierron) had been placed in in consequence of the con- fession of Millsom, and that it would be in the interests of both prisoners if something definite were decided with reference to the defence of the prisoners at the subsequent hearings of the case. He strongly advised Fowler, seeing that he (Mr. Pierron) had de- cided to continue to represent Millsom., and in view of the conflicting interests of the prisoners, to instruct another solicitor to watch his interests. Mr. Pierron, therefore, asked Fowler to withdraw his retainer, which, with great reluctance, he consented to do. Al- though it has been stated that Fowler attempted to commit suicide by means of his necktie, he was, when seen bv Mr. Pierron, still wearing the same article of apparel. As the result of the decision that has been arrived at, Fowler will be represented by another solicitor. After Fowler had been taken back to his cell MiUsom was brought into the solicitors room, also in charge of two warders. Millsom was very cheerful, and expressed very sanguine hopes as to the ultimate result of the la The identity of the third man men- PH.ttmS UP the job" i« known to tSnM W Se !n old, convict, who ob- th^L jL knowIedge oi Muswell Lodge wmrihi?eingue-Ilgaged Mr- Smith to do se^r^m3 aDd *ePaira- Tfcs is the T £ ssfc"B =

May Day Show THE ANNUAL PARADE AT CARDIFF. Fifty More Entries than Last Year and an Impoved Standard of Exhibits. Considering its long establishment and the interest that has always been manifested in its success by Cardiffiana generally, it is needless to say anything concerning the ob- jects or general chaa-acter of the May Day Horse Show and Parade, which took place for, the fourteenth time in Cardiff on Monday afternoon. The weather was glorious, but, owing perhaps to the superior attractions of the exhibition, the interest aroused in the earlier portions of the afternoon's proceedings was not so keen amongst <the townsfolk as has been the case in former years. Soon after noon t'he long string of wagons, water carts, milk carts, &c., that has become, so familiar a sight on previous similar occasions, began to wend its way towards the Sophia Gardens, where the judging was to take place. Mr. J. Woosey, as honorary secretary, undertook the duties of marchal and general superintendent, he having this year, as in former years, been chiefly connected with the arrangements. His aidei5<-de-eainp, in the form of a committee, were Alderman T. W. Jacobs, Alderman D. E. Jones, Councillors Joseph RamsdaJe, S. A. Brain, T. Andrews, S. Robinson, Messrs. J. W. A. Stevens, W. M'Keofcie (chief-constable), and Mr. C. Moir. Year by year t'he standard of the show has been showing signs of improvement, with the result that exhibitors now seem chary of showing, unless their horses are in very good condition- As Mr. Woosey explained 'to our representative, the show is becoming every year more and more of a horse show, and unles3 carmen and drivers generally have got a really good animal no put between the shafts of their wagon, cart', or other vehicle, they will not exhibit. However that may be, the entries this year number some 300, or 50 in excess of last year's entries. Shortly after ttwo o'clock judging commenced, the follow- ing gentlemen being in charge of this some- what onerous duty —Classes 1—7, and specials 1?- and 20, Mr. Williams, Stormy Farm, Bridgend, and Mr. William Thomas, Hayes Classes 8—17, and specials 21—25, Mr. J. W. A. Stevens, Mr. Henry Lewis, Green Meadow; Mr. H. Lewis, solicitor, Church-street, and Councillor Sidhey Robin- son. The following gentlemen officiated as stewards:—Messrs. D. Sperrin. W. J. Travers, R. Lambert, George Came, and George Earl. The following is the PRIZE LIST :— Class 1.—Cardiff Urban Authority. Horse, harness, and turn-out, srrooming and general appearance. Horse (heavy) in van or wagon: let, B2, J. Williams 2nd, £1, J. Moore; 3rd, lOll" E. Fry; h.c., C. Cox. Class 2.—Brewers, merchants, or contractors. Horse (heavy) in wagon, or trolly, or. cart: 1st, £2, Robinson and David; 2nd, £1. Grimes Bros.; 3rd, 10s., Ellis and Davies; h.c., Bute Dock Com- pany. Class 3.—Brewers, merchants, or contractors. Horse (light) in wagon, or trolly, or cart let, S2. E. J. Howells; 2nd, £1 A. Lewis; 3rd, 11); George Hayward; h.c., G. F. Couzens. Ólass 4.—Hay, corn, flour, or potato I1!erehants. Horse (heavy) in wagon or cart. 1st, B2, Koah Rees and Son; 2nd, £1, Mr. J. Moon; 3rd, IDs., Noah Bees and Son; h.c., Cardiff JJillinfr Company. Class 8.—Horse and 113,usom, Driven by licensed dl'.ver and regularly worked on stand: 1st, B2, E. Giliard; 2nd £1, Oxford Mews; 3rd, 10s., G. Xciley; h.c., John Marks. Class 9.—Mi-k. Horse and cart or trap 1st. B2, J. W. Stark, Royal Milk Establishment; 2nd, £1, F. G. Allen, Wholesale Supply Company; 3rd, 1!:S., Da.vid Rees, IJwynygrant; h.c., J. Sperrin, Tynycoed. Class 10.—Bakers. Horse and cart cr trap: 1st, B2, W. J. Travers; 2nd, £1, C. Merritt, 3rd, 10B., A. Lewis; h.c.. H. Thomas. Class 11.—Grocers. Horse and cart or trap: 1st, B2. C. Karagtanis; 2nd, £ 1, D. Bees and Co.; 3rd, 10s, W. J. Travei-s- h.c., J. W. Heal. Class 12.—Butchers. Horse and cart or trap :1st, £2, U. Batten; 2nd, £1, j. Buckajr; 3rd, 10s., F. Brown; b,c., Fantham Bros. Class 33.—Drapers, house furnishers, and others. Horse and cart or trap. 1st, £2, W. Morgan; 2nd. Bl, J. Thomas; 3rd, 10s., T. Wills; h.c., S. Hall. Class 14.—Fish merchants, poulterer, or green- grocer. Horse and catrt. or ta-ap: 1st, £2, M^s. Hancock; 2nd, £1, j. Hawkiua; 3rd, £1, Mrs. CridJaiid; h.c., George Jelf. Class 15.—General hawkers. Horse and cart or trap- ist, S2, C. Hopkins; 2nd, £1, J. H. West; 3rd, Kk., U. Pyne; h.c., E. J. Lewis. SPECIAL PRIZES. Class 21.—Horses and hansom, tandem, licensed, and regularly worked on stand, which has not won this prize before, the property of a tradesman for six months: 1st, £1 Is. (given by, Mr. Wm. Weaver), W, C. Chick, Augel Mews. Class 19.—Pair d cart horses in wagon or trolly, which has not won this prize before, the property of a. tradesman for six mouths: 1st, B2 2s, the Bute Docks Company. Class 22.—Pony, under 13.2.—1st, £1 Is., A. Mil- lard, h.c, The Dock Suppy Company. Cob over 13.2 and under 14.2:1st, £3 3s., Mr. Gouge; 2nd, £2 26., Mr 0 Hopkins. Class 5.-Hay, corn, flour, or potato merchants. Horse (light) in wagon or cart: 1st. E2, The Glynn Mills Company; 2nd. £1, and 3rd, 10s., Spillers and Bakers; h.c., J. Tucker (Limited). Class 6.—Wine and spirit merchants and others. Horse in crank-axle cart or wagon: 1st, £2, escond, iil, and h.c., Hellfer and Co.; 3rd, lOs" T. Jenkins. Class 7.—Coal merchants and dealers. Horse, in cort. or wagon: 1st, £ 2, and second, £ 1, Rhvmney Coal Company; 3rd, 10s., F. W. Stone. -?- -?'-

A BLACK LIST. ACTION" AGAINST THE LONDON" BUILDING TRADES ^FEDERATION. Justice Hawkins, on Monday norning, summed up in the action brought by Messm Trollope, the London builders, against the Landen Building Trades Federation, asking for restraint from publication of a black list containing plaintiffs' names. It was claimed that! (plaintiffs (refused non-Tinion workmen employment. The jury found for plaintiff. Justice Hawkins, after saying counsel might arrange what damages should be inflicted, granted an injunction restraining defendants from publishing the list. ?-"

GREAT WESTERN; RAILWAY. MR. ADYE'S SUCCESSOR AT CAR- DIFF.. We learn from Swansea that Mr. J. Leaning, t-he Swansea divisional superintendent of the Great Western Railway, has been offered and has accepted the position of divisional superin- tendent of the railway at Cardiff, vadated by Mr. Adye. Prior to his term of office at Swan- sea, Mr. Leaning was Mr. Adye's chief assis- tant at Cardiff. At Swansea he has proved himself most desirous of attending the public with every possible facility.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT. CHARGED AGAINST Ai GRENA- DIER GUARDS OFFICER. At Westminster Police-court on Monday Surgeon-Major Carte, of the Grenadier Guards, was charged with disorderly conduct with a female at Vincent-aquare.^—The police evi- dence was that defendant, when charged, ap- peared stupefied.—It was, however, stated that the officer could walk perfectly well, and that ho was merely stupefied on being confronted with such a charge, which was unfounded.- -The case was adjuurned for a week.

SHIPPING CASUALTIES [Lloyd's telegrams*.] The steamer Easby Abbey has docked at Suez. The British steamer Dalmailly, from Mobile, which docking at Liverpool, struck the pier- head, damaging her bows. The ketch William, cf Carnarvon, from Liverpool for Porthdynllaen with coals, beached on Dulas Bay on Are. She is a total loss, but the NeW were saved. The British steamer SupernaJ, which stranded on leaving Huelva, floated, and pro- ceeded on her voyage. The steamer Deerhound, of Cardiff, with iron ore, struck the entrance to Roath Dock, Cardiff, badly damaging her bows and stem. A Dardanelles' te'.egra-m says the Ruraian steamer Voronez, from Dumbarton for Odessa with general cargo, is ashore.

WAS AT THE CRIMEA. DEATH OF AN ARMY VETERAN AlT CARDIFF. Sergeant Collings, of the 20th Regiment, died in the Cardiff Infirmary on Saturday morning. Deceased was one of the old Army veterans, having joined his regiment in 1851, "and served through the Crimea.n Weir, being present at the Battles of Alma, Inkerman, and in front of Seb&stopol. He came to England' with his regiment in 1856, and wore the Crimean medal with three bars of the Turkish medal. Subse- quently deceased purchased his discharge, but some time afterwards joined the 3rd Battalion 6th Warwickshire Regiment, and served as master tailor for eighteen years. The funeral will take place to-morrow (Tuesday) afternoon, leavjkig deceased^ late residence, Platinum- stre^ off Constellation-street, at two o'clock. Norattommissjoned officers and veterans in the distysbt are kindly invited to be

Musical Festival MR. AUGUST MANNS IN CARDIFF. He Rehearses the Representative Choir at the Exhibition-hall To-day. The South Wales Musical Festival, to take place on June 1 and 2, will be a gigantic suc- cess;—that is, judging by the first of the le- iheaTsals, which took place at the Exhibition- hall, Cardiff, on Monday, Mr. August Manns, ilia famous comiuqtor, wielding the baton. Mr. Manna arrived in Cardiff ou Sunday evening, and on Monday morning was intro- duced to the members of the executive com- mittee a.t a meeting held at the Park-hall. Mr. l £ W. iVL. Cur be it,, who throughout has been the head and chief of the movement, lU- trouueed the distinguished musician in tHe ioüllowillg apt iipeech :—Gentlemen,— We are met this morniijg under most pleasing circum- stances, and under circumstances which cannot fail to be of the most interesting character to you, to make the acquaintance of the veteran conductor of the great Handel Festival, JVir. August Manns. Among musicians it is un- necessary for me to say one word more, livery- one knows who knows anything of the history of music in England how great a debt this country owes to -Vir. Mamie and his splendid orchestra, and to what an extent the improve- ment 111 musical taste is due to their eiioi-ts. /Gentlemen, I congratulate you most heartily on the fact that ior the first Welsli Musical Festival this great leader has been induced to marshail our torces. Under such generaiiciiip, and with the aid of such an orchestra as we have secured, with the unsparing work and trouble you leaders of Welsh music are devot- ing to this matter, and with the magnificent material you have to deal with, it will oe hard, indeed, if we do not have such performances as will wo^hiiir represent the musictu reputation of oul\ country. Mr. Alanns, tJhe gentlemeni you see rounu! you are ior the most part, leaders of Welsh choirs, men wno have had tew advantages, and have risen to be recognised leaders in their localities by their foroa of character, coupled witih superior natural gifts. They have thrown themselves into this movement with the greatest enthu- siasm and self-denial, and I am sure it cannot fail to be a satisfaction to you to know that 10 one and all of these earnest workers in the cause of music your acceptance of the ooice 3 ou are here to-day to disoiiarge has been hailed with the greatest delight. For everyone pre- I may say that we feel your coming to conduct our first great festival is a great honour, and we will do our utmost, by sparing no tpains, to make the festival a success, to give practical proof in the way you will most appre- ciate this feeling. Mr. Alfred l nomas, who was present, sup- plemented these woids of welcome, and Air. August Manns responded in a few well chosen words. An adjournment was then made to the exhi- bition-haJl, where the choir rehearsed "The Messiah." The contingents were from the following centres Aberaman, A bora von, jVbBr\id«rr., Aberdm-e, CuriufciirfcJitinj Oowbricfee, Femdaie, H!trwa/di, Llaneily, Mountain Ash, Neath, Newport, Pontypuul, Pontypridd, Porth, Swansea, Treharris, Tie- htrbert, Troedyrhiw, Tonypandy, and i-reorky Pentre. The total voices nr. mbered 730, this being 220 short of the choir's full strength. The balance .is very good, but, judging from to-day's re- hearsal, the altos need IStreugth-ening. Tha sopranos and basses are fine, but the tenors eclipse all sections. It is doubtful whether a finer selection of robust tenors has ever been amalgamated in the Principality before. The quality of their voices is superb, and their attack was incisive and accurate. The orches- tra, who were, of course, playing well-knpwn music, acquitted themselves creditably. In the afternoon, the choir rehearsed "Elijah." There are to be four concerts during the festival, including the performances of the "Messiah" and "Hiija-h," an orchestral concei t, and a miscellaneous concert. There is no doufat but that the conductors, who were well trained, and the conductors, who were present today, will learn some valuable hints from MT, August Manns, which will probably be put into practical effect by the time of the next rehearsal.

NOT PROVEN A CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO A DONKEY FALLS THROUGH. Lewis Lewis, a hawker, was charged a.t Llandaff Police-court on Monday with cruelty to a donkey.—Police-sergeant Morris stated that on Thursday, April 30, he found the donkey lying in a lane at Fairwaiter with one of its legs broken in two places.—Inspector Allen, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said that it was a cruel case, as it did not appear that the animal had been fed.—The magistrates inti- mated that they could not accept Inspector Allen's evidence as he had not been sworn. They were of opinion that the charge of cruelty was not proved, and dismissed the case.

THE NEW EMPIRE. OPENING CEREMONY TO THE PRESS THIS AFTERNOON. At the invitation of the directors of the new Empire, the doors of which will be opened to the general public to-night for the first time, the press and members of the theatrical com- mittee of t'he Cardiff County Council were regaled at a luncheon and private view at one o'clock to-day. After a perambulation of the magnificently- appointed theatre, with its tiers on tiers of splendidly-equipped seats (upholstered in pea- cock green, plush, and gilt), Mr. Alderman Carey called on Dr. Taylor, who said the ball reflected the greatest credit on the direc- tors and the architect for its magnificence and real 'beaut}". It reflected credit, not only on the directors and Mr. Stoll, but also on the town itself. The convenience to the public was of the finest, and the arrangements for the artistes were most satisfactory. While further extolling the beauties of the decorations of tlie theatre, he gave the toast of the directors and company. This was received with great enthusiasm, "three times three" cheers being given for the "Empire," coupled with the name of Mr. Stoll; and an additional cheer was given, to the architect. Alderman Carey, on behalf of the directors, mentioned, amid great applause, that, had not the pressing engagement in. Town in con- nection with certain Bills before Parliament taken Lord Windsor from Cardiff this morn- ing, the Empire would have been opened to- night under his personal presence and patro- nage. Mr. Moss, the chairmton of the directors, was demanded, and, under great pressure, he came forward and recorded his thanks for the manner in which the "Empire" had been re- ceived, coupled as it was with his name and that of Mr, Oswald Stoll. Mr. Stoll amusingly deprecated the way in which Mr. Alderman Cary had relieved him of the necessity of addressing the company. He trusted that in the future, as in the past, he would always put before the public of Car- diff an exhibition of superlative merit, and one that would not in any way be calculated to offend the wte of the most fastidious. With the singing of "Hfe's a. jolly good fellow, the "private view" terminated-, and the orchestra prepared themselves for the first) rehearsal due to take place at three o'clock.

LATEST N EWS ITEMS. The Prince of Wales on Monday morning con- cluded his visit to Warwick Castle and returned to London. The death is recorded at Caran, County Donegal, on Monday, of John M'Cool, agc-dj 106 years. The Rev. W. H. E. Macknight, rector of the Lincolnshire paridh of Silk Wiiioughby and chaplain to the Earl of Suffolk, died very sud- denly on Sunday. Mr. George S. Coe, the president of the American Exchange, Bank, died on Sunday from an attack of paralysis. A Reuter's telegram from Simla says:—- Lieutenant Stevens, of the 20th Bengal Infantry, who was stabbed by the Shinware tribesman, at Peshawar Railway Station, has succumbed to his injuries. A Central News telegram from Rome says — The "Don Ohisciotti" publishes a statement, reported as official, declaring that Lieutenant- general Ferrero will be re-called from the London Embassy. George Grant, a seaman, was brought up at Barry Police-court on Monday charged with wilfully making a false statement as to the name of his last ship, was fined 10s., or seven days. A Central News telegram from Berlin says: —A despatch from Belgrade announces that King Alexander of Servia, will, after his visit to England this year, be betrothed to a German Princess. The Mayor of Guildford,, on behalf of the Princess. The Mayor of Guildford,, on behalf of the French Gov'<"n1ment, on. Monday morning presented Captain Robinson, of" the Asp, with a binocular for kindness to two French sailors, who had drifted about foodleas for five days in. a fog off the Newfoundland Coast. The arrival at Londonderry on Sunday of a large steamer, the Tremayne, from a cholera- infected port in the Black Sea, caused con- siderable alarm in that city. The vessel was flying the yellow flag, and, on the port sani- tary officers boarding her, a seaman was fr.-md to be suffering from diarrihees* Tlie ruB*«nayne has been detained in the riven

Bill Banter's Budget II' AMBITIOUS-PROGRAMME FOR I THE EDUCATIONAL SEASON.. Marvellous Discoveries of Local Lore to be SuI mitted at the Banteries. "Avvey voo bin dans Ie Cbntinong this summer?" "N qn, Madamm, mais je vu Santiago a 1'Exhibition, don't you know Which are the style of conversation we shall be hearing in our boudcors and, At Homes now the Cardiff Exhibition has took the place of Gay Paree. It are a sign of the attainments of the times, as the general peruser will be saying upon taking note of the improved orthography which yours thoughtfully is able to submit this morning. Tliit' are an intelligent age, as the school- master observes whilst patting John Ruskin William on the head, he having brought his pa's new bottle tof Old Scotch to the brain works as a present. It's about time, blank me, that I adds my wliack, a.3 M'Guffin remarks prior to raising an Epic of Hades for John Ruskin's benefit, when he heard of it.. Nothing is impossible to an intelligence suffi- ciently acute, as a man reading a Franch novel after three days in Paree says to the friend who told him he had the volume upside down. All of which remarks, apparent'.y discursive, are intended to introduce a feat of lightning learning which yours orthographieally have been enabled to accomplish. There have been trouble with the staff. Speeches of an anarchial and revolutionary character were delivered at a meeting held only three days ago. "What are this paper?" says the chairman, who had made an attempt earlier in the day to bring about a fatal accident whilst yours Providentially were ascending in the lift. What are this here blanked paper?" ho remarks, bringing down, t'he paste-pot on his answers to correspondents heavy. "A happy hunting ground after printers' errors," I replies, seeing he were looking straight at me. What are it?" he pursues, not noticing. Can't any of you tell him, being on the staff," I inquires, anxious, for I could see they didn't §eem to know, or was afraid to say. "He's coming to it, Banter, if you'll let him," cries the staff, each drawing a pair of soizzors he had armed himself with, and snip- ping them nervous in the air. "Hair cut or shave?" I asks, oracking a joke, which I am always sorry for doing after. No, throat-cut for disorderly persons," replies the editor of the home and fireside department, turning very white next moment, for I pulls out a crow-bar as 1 keeps always down the right leg of my—bloomers—for help- ing to silence such. This journal," says the chairman, signing to the office boy to keep the door open, it goes amongst the happy families of our citi. zens. It meets the eye of young and old. It are an educational inflooence as we'll as an item of delicate lightness for the relief of the mind. Therefore, for a long time past, the staff have regarded with feelings of melancholy, amount- ing oftimes to despair, the presence of ortho- graptiical horrors in a column which shall he nameless." "Hear, hear," I cries, thinking it were the editorial column he intended. "The evil have become too great to bear," the speaker continues. "The production of a crowbar at a peaceful meeting is an act only to be expected from the perpetrator of suoh awful libels upon the English language and spelling, as it is acknow- ledged by the college men I am proud to see around me." "Scizzors, not a crowbar," I exclaims, cor- recting him. "Crowbar, I reiterate," he replies, and then, somehow, the meeting wias broke up. Sorry I am his evident nervousness should have led him into the mistake, for tthe only [crowbar there belonged to yours education- ally, and I was naturally bound to argue that little point. Since then I have been waited upon by a deputation of the school board, who en- treated me to make an attempt to conform with present customs, -even at the sacrifice of modea of spelling adopited through my better knowledge. Always willing to meet friendly requests in a philanthropic manner, I promises to do my best. That generous resolve were strengthened by a deputation of the staff apologising for the mistake about the crowbar, which they ad- mitted they had discovered, upon hearing of my arrangement, with the school board. Nothing were easier. Whatever may be the faults of our modern education, it has one excellent feature—its modes is uniform. It have departed from the methods of our an- cestors. the Anglo-Saxons, and have presumed <to change the modes of presenting the lang- widge in vogue when I were young. Thai are a matter for the modern conscience. It were a feat ov lightning learning, though, as (taxed yours trooly somewhat considerable. We heaj-s of many havin' learnt the Conti- nenttal langwidge wonderful swift, durin' a few hours of a Cook's excursion to the Conti- nong. What had been done by them was easy in this case. Two days wrestltin' with a dictionary as the søtdff give me have done it. This comes of listening to school boards, which we dona without, and were the better for Dot havin', when we smoked our brown paper cigars in our days of happy childhood. To-day the noospapers 'ave published de- scriptions of the- O'ardiff Exhibition as will take a month to read. I have been looking carefully for a special section as with all their writing they seem to have omitted. Why, I ask, have not fthe Banteries been treated with the consideration they deserve* It are entirely duo to a little misunder- xilinF had Wlth thte council about a spottted horse contributed to the art section. Of which more anon, if I am forced to make unpleasant disclosures of the press in mainte- nance of my rights. I Bill Banter's sections are os important as any. Talk about your maritime and models' What about the Banteries? Talk o £ vour arts and manufactures! What about vcfir .history and literatcor? I have prepared rqore start- ling rews for this here section than any in the common or garden poisons of this paper One portion of the Banteries consist* of historical documents hitnerto beiieved to be inaccessible. Dating from the time of Noah '^e.seiu da5 tfie" Presents a history of Cardiff in fuller detail than any to be dis- covered in the archi e of the borough. I ha,ve been learning V.ngv idge very hard of have been learning V.ngv idge very hard of late, and hope to make the Banter Section one of the greatest educational features of the exhibition. I 1 ?-.

STOLE A WATCH. I tt'SHEEHY SENT TO GAOL FOR THREE MONTHS. At Llandaff Police-court on Monday (be- fore Colonel Page, Colonel Woods, and Mr. Jonas Watson) a man named M'Sheehy was charged with stealing a silver watch, valued 40e., the property of Henry Andrews, 2, Llan- daff-road, Ely, on the 22nd of April.—Pri- soner was sent to prison for three months.

bkthbsda quabries. ONisi THOUSAND MEN SUDDENL CEASE WORK. Our Bangor correspondent telegraphs: — It M reported that the quarrymen, to the num- rer of nearly 3,000, who are emploved at the Ponrhyn St-ite Quarries, Betliesda, Carnar- vonshire, have, with very few exceptions, ceased work on Monday without Jeave and without gmng any reason to Mr. E. A. Young, the chief manager, for .their absence. Serious con- sequences are bound to fellow. The slate loaders are at their usual work, and the slab- sawing mill aud fitters' department are tuiiy cinnloired.

To-day's Parliament 0 PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OE COMMONS. A Big Attendance to Hear Ur. Cham- berlain's Statement in Regoid to Affairs in the Trans».«»!, The Speaker took the chair in. the House of Commons at 3.5. Notice had been given of 4t questions. On the motion of Mr. J. W. LOWTHER (Chairman of Ways and Means), Standing Order 171, relating to Tramway Bills, was suspen- ded for the remainder of the Session, so that municipal corporations would be enabled to come to Parliament and ask for powers to work their own trams. SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS. In view of Mr. Chamberlain's anticipated statement regarding South African Affairs, the floor of the House was unusually crowded on both sides. A number of peers were also present in the gallery set apart for members of the Upper House, including Lord Loch, Vis- count Peel, Lord Llandaff, Lord Knutsford> the Duke of Leeds, and Lard' Connemara. Mir. LABOUCHERE (R., Northampton) had placed a question on the table asking the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action was proposed to be taken in view of the com- plicity which has been disclosed between offi- cials of the Chartered Company and members of the Reform Committee. At the request of Mr. Chamberlain the question was postponed until Thursday. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, in reply to a ques- tion by Mr. Labouchere, said there was a re- cord in the Colonial Office of the conversation between Lord Loch and certain gentlemen in Johannesburg in June, 1894. This record made no mention of armaments. He would lay on the table such papers as he had referring to the matter. Lord Loch had already stated in the press that no communications took place between him and President Kruger as to any possible action by the Imperial Government with a view to protect the Uitlanders in case of danger to their lives and property.

To-Day's Cricket MXRYJJ5BOKE V. KOTTS. The season at Lords was opened with this match. The weather was brilliantly tine, but there was only a small attendance at the start. Notts played their selected eleven, while the vacant place in Marvle- boue" side was tilled by C. Stone. Winning the toss Notts went in first, their jnnings being opened at five minutes past twelve by Jones and Shrewsbury, the bcwling being shared by Martin and Davidson, and a quiet start was made. Four runs were ob- tained in ten minutes, end then Jones was taken at too wicket without scoring. Gunn joined Shrews- bury, and runs came more tieely. Forty-six runs were added in 35 minutes, and then Hearne, who had gone on for DaviJson, got Gunn well caught at third man, and clean bowled Flowers first ball. At 74 Dixon was dismissed. With Wright in, 100 waa reached at 1.35, and five minutes later Shrewsbury was caught Armstrong and AtfceweJl wi-re soon rii?tn:pned, and at lunch time eight wickets were down for 134. Play was resumed at 2.45, and with 2 runs added, Pike ran himself out, Stone fielding smartly at cover point. With the score unchanged H&rd- staff was bowled, and tlie innings, which lasted two hours and five minutes, closed for 136. Marylebone's first innings began at 3.15. De Trafford till vigo- rously, and 29 were scored in ten minutes. Grace was then bowled, and at 43 Davidson was dismissed. The 50 went up after thirty minutes' play. Witu Atfcewell bowling weE wickets fell quickly, seven being down for 91. The century went up after seventy minutes' play. Scire; NOT'lH—First iin*n:rs. Shrewsbury, c Davidson, b Mead 46 Gunn, c 1}';b6on, b Hearne 19 Flowers, b Hearne 0 Dixon, c Peacock, b Hearne 16 Wright, c Davi-lson, b Mead 28 Armstrong, c Dandson, b Mead 12 Attewell, b Hearn 5 f Pike, run out 4 Hardstaff, b Hearne 2 Pass, not out 0 Extras 6 Total 136 MABYLEBOXE.—First innings. Grace, b AtteweU 4 De Trafford, b Wass 44 Davidson, b Attewell 1 Maude, b Attewell 26 Peacock, b Attewell 1 G-ibson, b Attewell — 4 Storer. not out 13 Stone, b AtteweM 0 Mead, I b w, b Attewefl 2 Hearne, not out 0 Extras 8 Total 103 SURREY V. WARWICKSHIRE. I In bright cold weather the opening match of Sur- rey's season commenced, before a fairly large com- pany, at Eennington Oval. Warwickshire, who had thetr full strength except Glover, went in at tive n iuutea past twelve, and made a sensational start, Walter Quaife being bowled first ball of the match. Hill and young Quaife took half an hour to make 16 runs, and then the professional was caught by the wcket keeper. Diver was howled at 21, and Hiil at 29. Lilly and Bainbridgc played very well to- gether, and 50 vent up at 1.3D. At 64 when the partnership had yielded 35, Bain bridge was unluckily run out when well set. At luncheon time the total was 62 for five wickets. On resuming after the inter- val Lilly was caught behind the wicket, with the addition c £ a single, and SonteH, after making 4 was boated by a slow ball at 87. PalJett was the new- comer. The 100 went up at 3.20 after two hours and 25 minutes' cricket. Frcm that point runs came fairly fast, and Braun, who displaced Richardson, was rather freely punished. In turn be gave way to Smith at 131. He, too, was fairly expensive, the batsmen being well set. Richardson resumed at 140, but the batsmen were thoroughly set and played by far the most attractive cricket of the day. The third 50 only occupied forty ntnutes in making. From one over 01 Richardson's 15 runs were scored, and Abel was tried instead at 127. Scor<* — WARWICKSHIRE. —First Innings. WMter Quaife, b Kvcli'iirlson 0 Hill, b Richardson 18 Willie Quaife, c Wood, b Richamlton 6 Diver, b Locfcwood 1 Lilly, o Wood. b Lockwood 31 B&mbridge, run out 19 Law, not out 49 Santell, b Lockwood 4 Pallett, not out 45 Extras 6 Totfc.1 179 LANCASHIRE V. YORKSHIRE. The cricket season at Old Trafford opened on Monday with no less important a contest than Lancashire and Yorkshire. Naturally, at so early a date, the public appeared scarcely to realise that cricket had seriously commenced, and not more than 2,000 people were present at the start. The weather, too, was dull. Lancashire played Benton instead of Tvldesley, while Lord Hawk's absence from the Yorkshire team gave Mounney a place. Hornsbv beat Jackson in the toss, and began batting for Lancashire at 12.5 with Ward, aga i^t the bowline of Peel and Hirst. Hornby played the ball badly, and at 9 was caught at the wicket. Paul joined Ward, who, settling down, showed excellent form! Ward and Paul stayed together for forty minutes adding 29 runs, by careful cricket, before a catch at the wicket dismissed Ward. Sugg followed m l off Wainwright, who had relieved Hinst, Paul was smartly stumped. Sugg hit freely. Thanks almost exclusively to Sugg's brilliant cricket, 34 runs were added for the fourth wicket. Baker then leit and Benton was bowled at 89. Sugg completed his 50 in as many minutes, playing a grand game. Score; LANCASHIRE.—First inning. Hornby, c Hunter, b Peel 1 Albert Ward, c Hunter, b Peel 13 Paul, st Hunter, b Wainwright; 16 Sugg, c Denton, b Hirst 74 Baker, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst 1 O. H. Benton, b Jackson '? 1 Briggs, c Milligan, b Jackson B Smith, not out u Outtell, 1 b w, b Pee) .7.^ 2 Hallam, b Hirst 0 Mold, not out 3 Extras 11 Total (nine wickete) 138 Sjiloit v. St Saviours.— Played cn the ground ot ^ejoriner on Saturday, «nd resulted in a victory for Splott by twelve runs, St. Saviours making 23 against jBaTTy v. Wxxlvi tract. — Tltis irmitel. was played on the Canrfiir Arms Park on Saturdav last and lesulted in a win for Barry i,v 61 runs. 'Wool- street could do nothing; with the bowling of West and Lit well vn. who were in grand form. West cap- turea 4 wickeU and UewelJyn 5. ^nitended are the so;ws:-BMTy, Ashmore. 3; Westall, 19- Stoker 4; Williams, 12; Wiilett, 2; West, 14; Bennett, 'o;' Llewellyn, 8, not out; Sanderson, 0; Davies 9: iVu-y- ,9 5 '• 73- Wood-street C. C.: Haskeli, 0; Thoniss, 0; Stickler, 0; Davies, 0; Jones, °;lf 1 u.rkei' °; -Ncwtoti, ?; Young, 0; Watts, 4, not Vr f 'r> rV' i, Wll,:i8' 2 '» extras, 2; total, 12. Water Rats v; Llanishen.—This match was played at I.laivshen on Saturday. Water Rats: V. A. Hek- ley, 1 b w, b Smith, 7; S. Biggs, b Ifarrv, 5; J. B. K'eSV,U ir' p$*-v' 21 i J- c- tJrahain, b q J' „ Thomjtsou, b ,Ciav, 17; R. B. Sweet Escctt, e t. Lewis, b Ciav, M. Ingle- i « t J uckridge, 28; A. L. Boucher, b H. lewis, 6 1. W. Pearson, c Blesly, b Clav, 2; H. Alexander, b Harry, 2; S. Swee-Escott, not out, 0; byes, 7; leg byes, 4; total, 220. Llanishen: H. N Lewis, c. CJ-rihai.i, b S Biggs, 3; C. Clay, b i?'*?11' °,i Harry, o Thompson, b S Bisres, 7; G. Clark, c Thompson, b t> Bij?gs, 0; It. Simth, b Ihoiuiwon, 5; W. H. Puckeridge. b Thompson, 3; A N. Lewis, b S Biggs, 0; H. Wain, not out, 5; W. Lewis, r, and b Thompson, 5; H. Blcsby, b licoinpson, 0; E. Lewis, b Thomoson, 0; byes, 5: total, 40.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE "Old Sam's" Tips for last week included 27 WINNERS, 18 SECONDS, 6 THIRDS, and 26 NON-RUNNERS. TO-DAY'S LONDON BETTING. I CHESTER CUP. (Run Wednesday, May 6. Distance, nearly two miles and a quarter). 4 to 1 agst The Rush, 4vrs, &t 51b, t 11 to 2 — Rockdove, 5yrs, Bst 91h, t 15 to 2 — The Russian, 4yrs, 7st 4ib, t 8 to 1 — Baddiley, 4yrs, 7st 71b, t 8 to 1 — Tyranny, 4yrs, 8st lib, t and o 16 to 1 — Glenaimond, 4yre, 7st 71b, t 16 to 1 — Newcourt, aged, 7et 9lb, t JUBILEE HANDICAP. f (lLun Saturday. May 9. Distance, one tntfe). 4 to 1 aot, Victor WUd, 6yrs, got 71b, t ■■■MM—————————■» 6 to 1 — Clorane, 5yrs, 10st, t 100 to 15 — The Lombard, 4yrs, 7st -3lb, t 10 to 1 — Whittier, 4yrs, 8st 101b, t & 41 14 to 1 — Clwyd, 5yife, 7st 91b, t 16 to 1 — Mistuil, 5vr. 7st 31b. t and o 16 to 1 — Avilion, '3nl', 6st 71b, o 20 to 1 — Ccylton, 3VTS, 6st, t 20 to 1 — The Tup, 4yrs. 6et 111b, t and 41 25 to 1 — Court Ball, 5yrs, 6st 131b, t THE DERBY. (Run Wednesday, June 3. Distance, one mile aad a half). 5 to 4 agst St Frusquiu, 6 9 to 2 — Persimmon, t 6 to 1 — Regret, t 100 to 12 — Teufel, t and o 25 to 1 — Gulistan, t

OFFICIAL SCRATCH!NGS. The "SpotfUmaa'' has been oliicially informed bjf Messrs Weather by cf the following scratching* ;J~ Ormonde Plate, Chester—Kgeiia. Motftvn Badminton Plate—Kath Ucodeye Plate- Ruimelstolle. Eaton Plate—Castle Ore. i Stamford Plate—CaoUua of the Boats and Fer- nery. ) Wynustay Handicap—Stonebow. liclgrqave Welter sud Earl ct Chester's Plate—Ctael* ford. Chester engagements—Evelyn, Arline, Simla, En- counter, JXameter, Gelhendall, Lmswprtk, Devil- nny-Care, all Lord Derby's hordes (except San Ste. fano), all Sir H Farquliar's hOrHe8 (except Nouveau Hiclie), all Lord Stanley's horses, all Lord Penrhya'a horses, and Peopletoii. — Hmnpton Mid-weigbA Handicap, Kempton—Pet ofr the Chase and Prose. Jubilee Stakes—Worcester and Encounter. Hanv.orth Park Weter—Biroh Red, Dumbarton^ and Royai Blade. Kempton Stewards' Handicap—Iiish Car. Ivempton May Auction Stakes—Kath All hurdle liandicape where weights have appeared —Small Mint Eginont Plate, Epsom, and Royal. Stakes, EpsOOl-o reciiletcn. All engagements in 1696—Balweary. All engagements—Filly by Hakkstone—Lady Hestee (2yrs).

JUBILEE HANDICAP TRIAL. Piatt tried Hebron, one of his Jubilee Handicap candidates, on Monday uftmoon, when h efinished about a length in front of Bradtvardine, Master Bar- caldine, and Prince Barcaldine, who finished in the order named, over a mile ou the 1 imekiins. Mr. li. Peek was present to see the gallop.

JUBILEE STAKSSrD £ RBT7 &c. Mr. ALFRED CROOK, OSTENDE. Alfred Creek will forward, iiee, on receipt ef a^drciL "CROOK'S PRICE RECORD," Containing Entries and Jjatasfc Market Msveaanta loa abeve. Letters posted !>v the Night Mail arriva in Gctende the following day, and answer«4 by rec- turn of past. Letters must be prepaid. Address: —ALFRED CROOK, Osteade. Postage. 2 id f "Bells Life," 1850, says: "You will be suite safav in the bands sf Mr. Orook.'

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MR. STOKES'S DEATH. AN APPEAL AGAINST MAJOU LOTHAIRE'S ACQUITTAL. The Press Association learns that an appeal to Brussels against the verdict acquitting Major Lothaire of the murder of Mr. Stokes is being, seriously contemplated, and will probably he made within the next few days.

ITALIANS IN ABYSSINIA. THE NATIVE LEADER DEFEATED NEAR ADIGROUT. A Central News telegram iron Roiruc says: --General Baldisscra lias attacked Ras Sebath, near Adigiout, with five battalions of troops. inflicting a defeat upon the Abyssinian leaders 111. -?--

DASHED INTO ROCK. TERRIBLE DEATH OF A CYCLIST IN SCOTLAND. A Central News correspondent report? « shocking bicycle fatality near Largs, Ayrshire. The town is approached by a zigzag declivity, along which a young man, named Wardrope, of ''|J Glasgow, was riding on Sunday, when his 3»j machine became unmanageable, owing to the steepness of the descent, and dashed with such terrible violence into the solid rock througo. which the road is cu* that the rider's neck was broken and his body otherwise much lacerated. Death was instantaneous. This steep is recog- nised as so dangerous that the Cycling Tourists* Club some time since had a warning board erected near the scene of Sunday's accident. ,,??

CUBAN REVOLT. REBELS CONCENTRATING THEIB FORCES. A Reuter's telegram from Madrid says —' telegram from Havannah to the "Heraido"' states that a movement of wnceatratio-i is observable among the insurgents in the central distracts eund Eastern Cuba, their apparent object being to aid Maoeo. The rebels con- ticue to burn the sugar plantations. REBELS DEFEATED. ? Havannah advices to the "Impareial" state that Lieutenant-colonel Saboya- Iras defeated' s«a insurgent band in Matanzas, causing them a less; of twelve killed. ?

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