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I BUSINESS ADDRESSES. TO GIVE TUDOR WILLIAMS' gALSAM OF JJONEY TO MY CHILD] EN BEFORE THEY RETIRED TO BED. I AM certain they will Cough nli N'ght ?. Without it. There is nothing on the face of the earth equal to it; thoroughly up to date. NO Mother should neglect to koep thia Infallible Remedy in the house ready for any emergency. Remember that it is wiser t^eheck a. slight Cough at the commencement ttran to allow it to develop into a lingering com- pla;nt. Ask distinctly for Tudor Williains' •lalsam of Honey, and see that you get the right article. Persons suffering from Difrtculty of Breathing should give it a. Trial. LARGEST SALE OF ANY CO' GHAND t J LUNG 1\'1 EDICINE IN THE WORLD. 20,000 OF TESTIMONIALS TO HAND. A BAG of LETTERS in Every Day, and what they say about TUDOR WILLIAMS' JJALSAM OF JJONEY IS SOMETHING MARVELLOUS. "A Magistrate" states :—I find your Balsam of Honey most effec- tual for Bronchitis. "A Lady," Mr* West. Felix-place, Stroud, writes —Your Balsam of Honey cured my little hon of Whooping Cough. Send me on another Supply. I have a daughter .«ub;«ot to Croup that I find it very benefieial. "The British Army" report* highly of it. Sold by 0.11 Chemists and Stores in Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. bottles. Sample bottles sent (post paid) for 15. 3d., oi., and 5t1.. from the Inventor— D. rjMJDOR ^yiLLIAMS MEDICAL HALL. ABERDARE. E5692 WOOLLEN GOODS DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY. HOSE. Good fend shapely. Finn and wearable. Alisorbent. Elastic. Comfortable. Manifold virtues UNDERWEAR. Healthful in Irghest degree Go id appearance. GREENOCK KNITTING WOOLS ?J<T Knit furthest. Wear longest. Knit furtlwo",t., Best for every style of wcrk. I QCOTCtf WOOL AND HOSIERY iO STORES (FLEMING, REID, and Co., Greenock). Agents: — 26. HIGU-STREET AKCADE CARDIFF. 7. OXFORD-STREET. SWANSEA. 9. 0 HE A L'-BTRKET, HATH. 24. AUiJUSTINE'S PARADE, BRISTOL. 37. STOKES CROFT, BRISTOL. We combine good quality with low prices. We do not manufacture low-priced güadø in order to o1uote row prices, hut 1m:' are made up only of standird and reliable makes, which we sell at VERY MODERATE prices, because OUR EXCEPTIONAL POSITION of SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURE1W DEALINIJ DIRECT WITH THE PUBLIO enables us to do eo, Price-list, containing much useful information, free on application to above address, or THE WORSTFD MILLS, GREENOCK 4 E52J& ESTABLISHED 1850. BEVAN AND CO (LIMITED), REGISTERED AS THE CAKDIb'F ILivNIoHEHS Are without doubt far and 3"" THE T ARGEST, BHST, AND CHEAPEST FURNISHERS I IN THE PRINCIPALITY. I SAVE TWENTY-FIVE PER CM-NT. BY DEALING WnH THIS WEIL- KNOWN IIRM. DELIVERY FREE. CATALOGUES GRATIS. I BRANCHES: — 21, DUKK STREET, 97. ST. MARY STREET CARDIFF. I 169, COMMERCIAL-STREET, NEWPORT. 7, WIND-STREET, SWANSEA. HANBURY-ROAD, PONTYPOOL. I CLARENCii-STREET, PONTYPOOL. tl876 i ELECTION" ADDRESSES. ROATH WARD MUNICIPAL -t? BYE-EIjECTION. TO THE BURGESSES OF THE ROATH WARD. I.VD1ES AND GENTLEMEN,^ Having been invited by & very numerous and infturotial body of Roath Ratepayers to offer myself for the \aeancy in the C'ardin Town Council caused by the rlevMJon of Councillor Ramsdsile to the Aldermanic Bench, I have pleasure in allowing myself to be nominated. I'eing a. resident in Roath. whose daily life ;5 spent in your midst, I have obtained a. piacrical knowledge of your requirements. Should you do me the honour of returning me as your representative. I shall devote myself mainly to improving- the Condition of our Sheets. Better Sanita- tion. providing the most Economical and Suitable Sõte for our proposed Xew Town-hall, and pressing- oa the proposed New Railway Station for Roath. Hoping to be favoured with your confidence, I am. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, J. LYNN THOMAS Green Lawn. Penylan, Roath, 20th January. 1897. e5948 Telephone. National, 502; Post-office, 95. Telegrams. "Express, Cardiff. ^1

Bill Banter's Budget Oh v hat 'haa become of the fro.sI ? The prospects of late were delicious; Each pond with the "glassy" was. crost- Could aught be more brightly auspicious? But what has become of the frost? We were talking of late about skating. -Ala/ J ow our chances are lost. With the thaw they are quickly abating. But what .ba8 become of the frost? What led the blamed thing to decamp, sirs? It is not eternally loat, 'TWILL BE FOUND IN THE LIBERAL CAMP, SIRS! IiRIS. JUot Fo. No Liberal nomination was ever a n.ore hearty frost than the present cue in the Park Ward. Frozen Trades Unionism comes to the "Express" for warmth, and the "Express," which haa ever been in the fore- front of ;he battle for the principle of honest trades combination, has once again the infinite pleasure of upholding the cause. The ruddy glow of moral and political health shines in the Progressive oheek; whilst the Liberal nose is blue. and the Liberal body trembles at the knowledge that its shi3 have found the party out. Our old friend Courtis carries everything before him, and he deserves to. Whilst the Progressive and Trades Union cause sweeps on to victory, Liberalism in the aude, shorn of its tinsel, caste about for some little covering for its bald head. The Vigilauce Society surely ought to take some notice of the dis- gracefully improper condition in which Cardiff Liberalism appears before the public at this moment. Talk of the "Artist's Model" poster! Liberalism is not covered even by a palette this cold weaith er. The frost has eaten into the marrow cf the insincere parry and its leaders seeking after political self-aggrandise- ment. Liberals recopnise that a crisis in their his- tory has been brought about by the nomina- tion of Mr. Henry Jones. There never was a better moment for them to steer the straight course. Will they do it? Alas. I am afraid1 not. for those wiio carried the caaididiate's nomination must have been previously aware of his position in regard to us HH Trades Unionists. They hoped to hide it, but the folly of the hope must have been apparent on a moment's thought. The Progressive party makes r.o boast. It has striven all along for the protection of work- ) iig men, and has succeeded in its aim. It has nominated, in Mr. Courtis, a candidate whose generosity as an employer has never been called ir. question, and whose name can never be re- P,'02 died. The party has been long assured of the earnest support it would receive from Mr. Courtis in its bènencent work upon tiie ccuiicil. Mr. Courtis is a pronounced advo- cate of the rights and the dpmandt of work- ing men, and thus we hail him with acclamation. But the Liberal party has been talking instead of working. They have induced Labour representatives to come out under Liiberal auspices, and boand them in this manner as pledged allies of the party. But, when in the council, these same Labour workers have found their backers in the combined young Tory party, and their opponents universally sailing undar the Liberal flag. The hitufttion is a very serious one for the Park Ward Liberal Association. They announce Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P., Alderman David Jones, Alderman Richard C'ory, Mr. Lewis Williams, and Dr. Buist to address the public meeting in support of Henry Jones and the Federated antagonists to the Seamen's Union. The handbills announcing the meeting were printed and dis- tributed before the disclosures in yesterday's pink Expie. It remains now to be seen whether these men will in earnest support the Liberal candidate. I am pretty certain that they will, for they are pledged to Liberalism before Trades Unionism. But they cannot get round :he facts publiehed from the mouths Df the secretary and officials of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union. The interview with Mr. Carey was of a startling- nature. Mr. Carey hlUl facts and figures which prove beyond dis- pute that Mr. Henry Jones pays the lowest wage rate in Cardiff; that he refuses to reccgnise the claims of his employes to unite for the maintenance of the wags rate; that he employs foreign lalxur deliberately when British seamen dare to at-t-ert their right to demand a living wage. Will the Liberal party uphold the principle that; Britishers shall work a.t the price of a Lasoar or not at all? Will :t aid in the policy of employing foreign labour to force British workmen to the wall? I am confident the party leaders will not withdraw their support now they have the facts before them. They are pledged to Henry Jones, and nothing but Henry Jones. Will they defy the working-men who hav9 been their allies? Yea! We shall see. The facts camiot be denied. They are the accurate facts supplied by the seamen them- selves. They back an eloquent appeal from our ill-paid toilers on the sea to their fellow-men ashore. A number of Park Ward working men have sent the Trades' Union questions in formal form to Mr. Courtis, and. of course, th y have been answered satisfactorily and entliu- .-iynti'cally. It is not the principle of a moment. Mr. Courtis, all his life long, has worked on the same principle, and the excel- lent policy pursued towards his employes will naturally be carried out upon the municipal beard. The working men who asked the emo- tion have set Mr. Courtis up, with their Con- servative brethren, as the Labour candidate. All hail to myoId friend! He is a truer Labour candidate than the Liberal party in Cardiff will ever put in the field. That \va<= a sweet wheeze worked at the St. Peter's Guild hall, Roath, last night. This is a hall not let for political purposes, yet the meeting held there is descrilied as "a meeting in support of the candidature of Mr. Henry Jones." Ah. ha The gentlemen who let the hall are severe in the ceru=ure of "hoe means by which the "meeting of supporters" grit possession of the hall. It was originally applied for <xn behalf of Irishmen who wished to discuss the municipal""candidates in private." Lo, and behold, Mr. Henry Jones was invited to attend, agaimrt the wishes of the Catholic gentlemen who allowed the use of the hall, and ,th. meeting was converted int, one for his support. It was :t small one, but no matter. The principle pursued in tha letting of the hall waa disobeyed. It is instructive to note how energetically the young Progressives are endeavouring to infuse some practical activity into the slow- going members of the health committee. George Dsuvid and Veaii at yesterday's Corporation meeting successfully concluded the agitation at which they have worked for some time. As soon as the frost is out ut the ground we sihall be ankle deep in mud, but, thanks to George David and Co., we shall have a special corporation committee engaged in doing away with the nuisance, and bringing pedestrians soma comfort. Iiet me see—where was I on Monday "night ? Ah, I remember the courteous driver with whom I had a. pleasant chat upon the election. He was a. Gladetoniani eaibbv, going dead for Courtis. He has a. grievance which should certainly be remedied — Dear Bil1,-Now that the cold weather is upon us, I would like to call your attention to the need of a cabman's shelter at Bute- terrace. All through that long, dreary period of wet weather just over, the cabmen, who collect in considerable force t-hetre, were obliged to seek shelter in private doorways and passages, to the great inconvenience of the inmates. ■Many of the houses near the cabstand and the terminus of the bus service to and from Splott are lodging-houses, whose occupants are j oontinually going backwards and forwards, so that it must be a dreadful nuisance to have people Btfljiding1 round the doorway like guardian am?ele. I cannot see a.ny difficulty in the way of putting up a. properly equipped shelter at thaf. particular spot, to the lasting benefit of a hardworking class of men. Perhaps, this note will move the powers that be.—Yours, &c., YOUR MONDAY NIGHT CABBY.

ALLEGED ILLEGAL OPERA. TIOX. DISAPPEARANCE OF ONE OF THE ACCUSED. Jthn Henry Phillips, an Australian herbalist, and Edwin Alfred Cormack, described as a doctor of medicine, who was recently com- mitted for trial charged with murdering Jessie Olner, a domestic servant, were to have appeared on Tuesday before the Stonehouse magistrates on the charge of performing an illegal operation on Edith Hobba. Phillips, however, left home on Monday, and has not been seen since, and the governor of Plymouth Prison has refused to produce Cormack without a writ of habseius corpus. The magistrates estreated Phillips's bail of JE200 R¡1,W two sureties of '£200. and issued a warrant for his arrest. Steps will be taken to secure Cormaok's presence. ——M—IM—a——mm

THE GUILLOTINE AT WORK. M. Deibler. who corresponds with our I'.illn;gt m, is just now a busy man. Hardly had he finished a bit of work in the North of I FVanee when he had to take the train for the west, arriving on Monday evening in Nancy, where he guillotined a, felon named Haisch. Harson was condemned at the Meurthe et Moselle Assizes last November for the murder of a girl of fourteen, whom he took away from her parents on the pretence of finding n place for her as a. servant in a chateau. Some days afterwards the child's dead body was found in a wood. Harsch was arrested by the gen- darmes, and, being questioned, admitted hit guilt. -? ? -?- ?--

"ALBERT FUNNYDOG." Michael Moran. a tall, slim-built old fellow of 75, with half-a-dozen aliases, one of which was Albert Funnydog, was brought up at Westminster, on a rerra-nded charge of refractory conduct at St. Georgw's Workhouse. Owing to the exceptional circumstances connected with the case, Mr. Dutton appeared to prosecute for the guardians, and it seemed from his opening an dthe evidence, particularly that of Coultman, an officer of the Mendicity Society, that prisoner had been convicted between 70 and 80 times. He has been in prison 33 times since tl860, and ten of these have been for periods of twelve months, in consequence of his having been dealt with as an incorrigible rogue and vagabond at the session*. He is regarded as one of the most apt of the many military impostors in the ¡ metropolis, having represented that he took part in the famous Balaclava Charge end was I a veteran < the Mutiny, though the War Office records altogether negative these statements. For the past 25 years he has been a perfect nuisance to militar yofficers in town, and has been repeated rmniahed for breaking the windows of their houses. On the oc-easion in II question lie indulged in ?- little window-inashinc; at the board room of the workhouse, whither he was conveyed after disobeying the orders of the master. When called upon by the magistrate for his defence, he devoted a long speech to a most malignant attack upon the master and matron m the institution mentioned. The maaistrate committed him to the Sessions. -1- --?-i.

MATRIMONIAL AMENITIES. Mr«. sued heT hWlband on Tuesday at Bloornbury County-court for £ 5 arrears of maintenance under a deed of separa- tion. Judge Bacon: Is this your wife? Defendant: It was. (Laughter.) Judge Bacon: Have you been divorced? Defendant: Well, not exactly. You see, its like this. We agreed to live apart, and I gave her a whole house of furniture. [ Judge Bacon: Yes; but you have a180 agreed to pay her IDs. a week. Defendant: Yes, but this creature has I worried my life out of me. She is living with ariother man now. She has ruined me. Mr. Piowden was quite wrong in his judgment. (Laughter.) Judge Bacon: You should have pleaded misconduct on the occasion of the trial. She haa got judgment against you, and I must see that enforced. Defendant: She is known as the Sporting Duchess." (Laughter.) Plaintiff: Yes; and you are known ai the Leathern Apr >n. (Renewed laughter.) You j 808, he's living with another woman now. Defendant: Don't believe her, your honour. She's a horrible liar. Judge Bacon You should not abuse him. He is your husband, and you may have to live I with him again. Plaintiff I had rather be hanged. He could have paid this money long- Pgo. Judge Bacon: £2 a month.

A DENTIST AND HIS GUN. At Southwark Ctountv-court "n Tuesdayy (before Deputy-Judge Sills) Mr. Henry Pratt, dentist, of 2, Poland-street, Oxford gtreet, sued the South-Eastern Railway Company for £ 5 5s. for damage done to a gun.—Mr. Willis, bar- rister, aefended. Plaintiff said that on October 3 he was out shooting- at Etching-ham, and on his return to Charing Cross Railway Station he left his pun in the cloak-room. On the following Mon- day he sent his office boy to fetch r., and received it broken. His Honour (examining the gun): I see the stock is broken, and the trigger-guard ie all thttt is holding it together. How much did you pay for it? Plaintiff: Well, I bought a pair. I paid B15 in cash and gave a set of teeth. (Laugh- ter.) His Honour: How much were the teeth worth? Plaintiff Sixteen guineas'. I bought the guns socend-hand, and I would not part with one of them for £ 45 now. His Honour: I have a similar one myself. I bought it for £ 12 12s. second-hand, but I would not part with it for anything like that rvmn. Mr. Willis pointed out that on the tickets issued fo people depositing goods in the cloak- room the company distinctly stated that they would not be responsible for packages nbove thf" v:llnø, of £10. His Honour said he would consider this ques- tion of law, and give a decision on Thursday. The printing on the tickets was so small that he had to usa a magnifying glass. Certainly nobody could read it in the obscure light of a cloak-roonu

Disiike to the Bath A FRACTIOUS TRAMP AT CARDIFF. Rotbert Daly, 61, was brought up at Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday (before Aldermen Sanders and Rainsdale) charged with being an idle and disorderly person, and refusing to observe the regulations prescribed at the Cardiff Workhouse, on January 19-— John Hawkins, superintendent of the casual ward at the union, said that the prisoner entered the ward on Tuesday evening. He was taken to the bath room, and ordered to undress and get into the barth. He took off hie boots and stockings and got in the bath, but refuled to take his clothes off, stiying that he did not require washing. When the superin- tendent insisted upon his having a bath he rushed at him and struck him. The police were sent fVJIl", and Detective Kellett took Daley into custody. On the way to the police-station the prisoner kicked and tripped the officer several tifnes. When asked wha.t he had to say the piisoner said that the superintendent treated the inmates of the casual ward very harshly. As he had oniy left the workhouse on Tuesday morning he was quite clean, and did not require a bath at night. He also said that, through so much hot water being used in the batiM of the casual ward, the inmates of the other wards cDuld not get sufficient hot water for their domestic purposes. Then from the dock he challenged the superintendent to un- dress. and he would prove that his skin was as clean as his.—The Magistrates said the re- gulations of the union must be enforced by its officials, a,nd that the prisoner had behaved in a. violent manner towards the superintendent and detective. They would, therefore, send him to prison for a mionth.

Michael v. Linton Fiasco T A MATCH THAT DID NOT COME OFF. A Wilkes Barre (Pennsylvania) correspon- dent writes :—Here we are among the colliers. As I look out ot the hotel window, I can scarcely realise that I am among the "Huns," and the Welshmen who have cut such a big swath in the coal-mining industry of America. Our stay in Washington has been much longer (ban I had intended it to be. Jemmy Michael was ^sponsible in the main for this. He and his manager, Tom Eck, had promised to make a match with Tom Linton, and we had to wait advices from the people in Fiorida, j who were hanging up the purse. These l people were in just such a. quandary as I was. They had announced that the Linton-Michael match was to take place at Jacksonville, I iorida, on January 18. It looks to me very mucn as though both Tom Eck and Jimmy Michael were both in for a peck of trouble. Mr. Hiake, the manager of the Florida Amusement Company, is not the man to be trilled with. He is sure to take the matter before the League of American Wheelmen, and it is quite possible that a civil suit will be the outcome of the tangle. The L.A.W. will be rough on the manager and man. This fooling of people and the breaking of con- tracts with impunity will be dealt with in a very summary manner. After waiting for Eck and Michael until my patience was worn out, a move wa.s made to Wilkes Barre. Quite an atlecting leave-taking was enacted at the station. The Peach family, which had looked after us during our stay in Washing- ton, turned out en masse, and gave the boys a rousing send off. Miss Fannie Davidson (sister of Mabel, now in London), the Cana- dian skater, was also on board. It looked more like a family parting than a simple ex- change of adieux of comparative strangers. The trip between Washington and Wilkes Barre was a momentous one. The main features of it were the innumerable changes that had to be indulged in these, of course, necessitating as many awakenings as there were changes. Eventually the journey came to an end, and we arrived in time for a sub- stantial breakfast at the above-named hotel. After that meal had been discussed a move was made to the "Armory, where the races were to take place on Monday and Tuesday evenmgs. This place, like all of its kind, is used for drilling of soldiers, and has a splen- did floor surfaoe. It is not quite as large as some of the same structures in New York City. Measuring the floor, I found that an eiguteen-to-the-mile track could be laid down. The boys kicked a great deal against riding on such a track, but they eventually bowed to the inevitable, and got ready to ride in the different races wh.ich constituted the pro- gramme. Just what these things will be like I dreid to think. It will be a grand jumble, or I mistake my guess. In my next Setter I will tell you aH about it. but it is more than probable that the cable will have given you the summary whi:e this letter is somewhere in mid-ocean. It was intended to have had a second meeting set Scrantoi. but, as this place is little more than a suburb of Wilkes Barre, it was deemed advisable to concentrate the interest in this place. The next move is to Rochester, the city of lager bepr. From there we go to Buffalo. showing in the latter city on Friday and Saturday. While at Rochester the boys will be taken to the Canadian side of the river and shown Niagara Fa,1'ls. After the 18th inst. we shall be on the fence again. It may be that the Florida people will insist on seeing Tom Linton. If they do. then the whole party will be taken to Jacksonville to help the champion make some new records. He will have a trv to do thirtv-fwo miles in the hour and also lower the mile figures. In deference to Mr. Simpson's wishes Linton will try and make a new record for the kilometre.

CYCLING. LADIES' SIX DAYS' PACE. The second st»e-e in t-hir competition wax started on Tuesday at the Roya? before It larrce Dnm. hfor of jpectfttors. An a.1ten,t.ion was maiie in the starting of the two divisions, Section B riding first in- ftearl of Rrotion A. MI on previfHI6 1)('('I'1\;on1l. Mdme. Fischer W1R ao^in rojnpetinjr In flection A. despite her overnipht fall, but Miss Shelton did not take part in the day's ride. From the start Blac-kb11rn and Har- vood kept up a s-ood pace, hut Lutrielle left the track after riding 8 miles 7 laps, the scores at the end of Section R's first riile being as followBlackburn, 95 miles 7 laps; Harwood, 95 miles 5 laps; Lutrielle, 64 miles. When Setion A was started Farrar adopted Blackburn's Ulcli<'8. and. dashing away, gained a 'ap on Anderson in the first mile. The scores at the end of this division's first ride were :^Farrar. 89 miles 6 laps Anderson, 89 mile* 5 laps '1'yJer, 78 miles 5 laps Fisher, 59 miles 6 Iape. Only Blackburn and Harwood turned out for Section B's second ride, hut these riders travelled at a fast rate throughout, the closing scores in this division being:—Blackburn, 132 miles 6 laps Ha.nvood, 132 miles 4 lapis: Lutrielle. M miles Shelton, 23 miles 7 laps. The final scores in Section A's second ride were:—Farrar, 125 miles; Anderson, 124 miles 9 laps Tyler, 107 miles 4 laps Fischer, 88 miles 6 lape. ?-

THE BRISTOL FESTIVALS. PBESENTATION TO THE CON- DUCTOR. Mr. George Kiselev, conductor of the Bristol Fes- tivals, has been presented with a testimonial to the pretty tune of B500. No gift was ever more deservsd.

9TEPISEN CRANE ALIVE. The "Chronicle" has definite news that Mr. Stephen Crane is alive. It appear that on the fou/idering of the steamship Commodore those on board took to two boats, and both of these beats have now reached New Smyrna. In one of them Captain Murphy, of the Com- modore, and Stephen Crane were saved, land- ing at Onrond. .d?-

At the instance of the officials of the Bir- mingham Health Department. Thomas John- son Lipton, the well-known tea grocer and provision merchant, wais summoned at Bir- mingham Police-court on Tuesday for selling sugar adulterated with 25 per cent. of car- bonate of lime in crystals, being ground pave- ment stones. The case was proved by several witnesses, including the Birming- ham medioal officer of health, and tha magis- trates imposed a fine of £ 5 and costs. Sfotice of ap^jal was given.

Alleged Dynamite Plot {COLLAPSE OF THE PROSECU- I TION. THE GOVERNMENT WITH- DRAW THEIR CASE. BELL SET AT LIBERTY. Edward Bell, alias Edward J. Ivory, again appeared in. the dock at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday, but a dramatic termina- tion of the proceedings took place, the Solicitor- General armounoing to Mr. Justice Hawkins that the Crown had decided to abandon the indictment", against the prisoner. The learned yen tIonian followed up this intimation by a brief statement. The case, he said, had been opened for the Treasury as though the explosives found hi the house at Antwerp were there at the time prisoner himself was in Antwerp. That was not so. The prosecution definitely ascer- tained on Tuesday that the delivery of these explosives in Antwerp took place after Bell had left that city. There was no legal evidence to show that prisoner was cognisant of their delivery. Having considered very carefully with t'he assistance of his learned friends the question whether the admission of the evidence as to these explosives found at Antwerp should I be proceeded with, they had arrived at the con- clusion that they would not be justified in pressing that admission upon his lordship ard the jury. They had further to consider the effect of the exclusion of that evidence upon the case ais a whole. With regard to the evidence other than that relating to these expiosives his feeling was this—that, while the correspondence and movements of Bell gave room for the gravest suspicion, there was ruo evidence to justify the Crown in asking for a conviction in respect to the very serious felony charged in the indictment. Under these circumstances he did not propose, on behalf of the Oovcn, co carry the oase against the prisoner further. Mr. Taylor, leading counsel for the prisoner, roso, and briefly expressed his great obligations tp the Solicitor-General for the fairness with which he had considered the most serious case. He, then, asked his lordship to direct a verdict for the prisoner. Mr. Justice Hawkins, addressing the jury, said he was convinced the Solicitor-General had adopted a wise and prudent course. In an English court evidence which was doubtful would not be proved against a. man, and, under I all the circumstances, the course had been adopted which he (the learned judge) would have expected. It would be unwise in him to I state his reasons for absolutely concurring in the decision which the Solicitor-General, after consultation with his learned colleagues, had arrived at. Having complimented the police upon the intelligence they had shown in the discharge of a difficult duty, his lord-hip directed a formal verdict of not guilty, and this was instantly recorded. Mr. Justice Hawkins, in directing the prisoner's discharge, added a few words esrr.-estly advising Bell to dissever himself from doubtful company in the future. it might bring him into very great peril. He advised I him strongly to look carefully to his future. Bell smilingly bowed to his lordship, and at onco left the dock. He was met in the body .of the court by several of his friends, who shook hands, and congratulated him on the termination of the case. When passing out through the door into the dorridor the prisoner wis heard to remark to one of his acquaintances, I knew I should get out of it."

BOMBS NEAR BARCELONA. DISCOVERED BURIED IN THE GROUND. A Reuters telegram flrom Barcelona on Wednesday says:—Two bombs charged with dynamite have "been found in the suburb of Gracia, bui".#d a short distance below the level of the ground. An investigation has been opened. e VAMoiNMgnMMMiMaanMi

SUICIDE ON THE STAGE. A Central News tel»-grsm from Vienna on Tuesday says :—A terrible tragedy hae occurred at the theatre of Amd, in Hungary. '1 Le actor, Kolcman Balls, who was taking the role of a young man who shot himself dead after a wasted life, did so in reality upon the stage. The audience, not perceiving the grim earnest- ness of the act. apt lauded to the erho while the actor's life-blood ebbed away. Balla, who was II fojTcerly an officer, was a public favourite. He had apecnally invited all his friends, saying he should plav that evening better than ever be- fore. It is believed he was unlucky in love. I --?- u -u_

I THE WEATHER. The weather to-day (Wednesday) bodes ill [jr skating prospects. Although excessively raw, the thermometer has at no time fallen below 33 degrees, and the indications are all for snow. The wind is easterly. '?-?-

DEATH OF MADAME CARNOT. A Reuter's telegram from Paris on Wednes- day says :—The death is announced of Mdme- Carnot, mother of the late President Carnot. _?- .?

"A STRAIGHT BLOKE." A labourer was S'led at Shoroeditch County- court on Tuesday for 28s. 3d., rent due.—Judge Bacon: What is the defence?—Defendant: Defence! Gam—(laughter)—I don't owe no blooming rent. I'm an honest man, I am. I pays as I goes.—Judge French Have you a rent-book?—efendant: I tell your honour I'm a straight bloke. If I has a pot I pays for a pot, fourpence or sixpence. (Loud laughter.) If I has a room I pay., my'rent. I *iud no rent-book give me, that I hadn't. — Neither plaintiff nor de/enuawi producing a rent-book, Judge French ordered a non-suit.

I MOTHER-IN-LAW. A striking TJroof of the unwi^d'om of making general deductions from particular instances is I eeen from two mother-in-law cases before ihe London courts on Tuesday. One of them will rejoice the hearts of those husbands who regard the relative mentioned as synonymous with something Satanic. A man appealed to Mr. Fenwick, at Southwark, for protection against his mother-in-law. She was a terrible woman, he said, and he had no peace with her. "Does she live with you?" queried the magistrate. "No, sir; but she says she will never leave me until I provide for her. She comee and knocks at the door and uses language that would knock a coal-heaver down. Last aighit sh-s was knocking at the door for an hour and a half and upsetting the whole neighbourhood. She abused me fearfully." Mr. Fe-vviok said ne would send an officer to caution her, but was informed tkis had already be-sn done without effect. The magistrate, therefore, granted the son-in-law a summons againslt his marginal rela- tive. Look en that picture, and then look •on this:—An engine* named Sewell was sued in the Bloomsbury County-court by Messrs. Abbot for coals supplied. He pleaded that he was unable to pay bee;, use, in addition to per- fnrmiug- his '>tiher family duties, he nourished and maintained his mother-in-law. Judge Baoon remarked that the last-mentioned article is a luxury which should only be indulged in when just debts are paid. lie, thi rtfore, ordered the amount to be disbursed forthwith,' with the alternative of p committal for ten days. In the one case the mother-:n-!aw is regarded as a nuisa.ice in the other as an angel. The true character of the genius will, probably, be found between the two.

CARDIFF GYMNASIUM. TO BE PUBLICLY OPENED. At a meeting of the Cardiff Property and Markets Committee, held on Wednesday at the Town-hall, Alderman Dr. Edgar Jones presiding, it WM resolved, on the motion of Mr. Henry White", see ended by Mr. James Muiin, to signalise the opening of the newlv- g^"n*ll*u;'n whh » public gymnastic

Serious Gas Explosion AN ENGINE-TENDER BLOWN TO PIECES. A serious gas explosion occurred on Wednes- day morning in one of the engineering shops of the London and South-Western Railway at Nine Elms. An engine-tender, weighing several ton;?, was blown to pieces, the machinery scattered in aU dirootiolls, and the roof blown off. Several hundred panes of glass were broken. Seveial men were cut, and one lad, named Fuller, w.ts badly injured and removed to hospital.

Football THE CARDIFF-LLANELLY DISPUTE. MR. WILKINS AND THE HEALING OF THE BREACH. Acting unofficially and entirely on his own account, Mr. Wilkins appears to have drawn around him a hornets' neat in his laudable efforts to bring about a healing of the breach between the Llanelly and Cardiff clubs. Our Llanelly correspondent saw Mr. Wilkins on Tuesday night, and found him but little moved by the tremendous outburst with which a Car- diff newspaper says the Cardiff committee met his suggestions. Asked to give his views on the matter, Mr. Wilkins declined to say anything as yet. He told our representative he had heard nouiiKig officially from the Cardiff club. When he did receive that he would know what to do. In the meantime he would preserve a diplomatic silence. Apparently Mr. Wilkins has a pretty I good answer ready, and he told our correspon- dent to le prepared to see the matter carried further. ASSOCIATION. Grand C'up Tip. Semi-final, Aberdare v. Roger- Btcne, Qn Satllnhy. January 23rd, on Harlequins' Oround. Kkk-off at Three o'clock. LJround, 6,1.; Enclosure and Stand, la. 65940

THEIR IMMORTAL SOULS. Judge French Believes it Incredible that Witnesses Would Sin About a Friend. At Shoreditch County-oourt on Tuesday a case was heard involving the ownership of a piano. Counsel for plaintiff said it was a. case of oath against oath; he asked that all witnesses be out .of court. Judge French: Do you suggest perjury? The Counsel: No, I don't think I do. Judge French: Would people imperil their irimortal souls for the sake of a hire-system piano? (Laughter.) The Counsel: Still, I should like the wit- nesses out of oouri. Judge French: It is a wan t of common humanity. (Laughter.) Do you want tha poor unfortunate witnesses to kick their heels in a draughty corridor on a, morning like this? The Counsel: Your honour, I will waive the point. Judge French: No doubt the witnesses are much obliged. -?-=-

INCUBATORS FOR BABIES. I A FRENCH DOCTOR'S INVEN- TION. According to a very interesting article by J. W. Smith in "The Strand Magv-zine," a new institution is shortly to be added to those already existing in London for the preservation of child life. In other words, an incubator for babies is about to be established in the capital of the British Empire. Babies who need to be incubated are babies who are born before their time. The number of children who arrive prematurely on this planet is very muoh larger than people imagine. According to Dr. Lion. who appears to be the founder of the system of inc-ubating babies, there are no fewer than 150,000 infants who arrive at varying inter- vals of one, two, and even three months before they are due in France, as agaiinst 27,000 who arrive to time, i.e., that one baby in every seven makes a false etart by beginning to live several weeks before he ought to have ventured out into our uncertain atmosphere. When they arrive, however, whether they be mnay or whether they be few, there is to be an i.ncu- bating establishment to take charge of them. This, the latest device of modern scientifio philanthropy, consists of something like a small hen-coop, in which there is placed a mattress upon spring wire suspenders. On bais the baby ÍI3 laid, and is kept at uniform temperature by a spiral pipe through which a current of warm waiter is continually run. The water is heated ¡ by a lamp placed under the boiler on the risrnt- hand side of the baby-coop, while the thermo- meter inside regulates the atmosphere. Every two hours the babies are taken out of their little coops into the feeding-room, where they are supplied with their necessary allowance of woman's milk- Children that are two or three months before their time are fed through the nose by a silver spoon. The temperature of the baby-coop, and also of the feeding-room, is very high. In the incubator the temperature is kept to 37 degrees Centigrade, but in the feeding-room it is reduced to 25deg. Other- wise the nurse could not stand it. Babies who are full grown before birth should weigh 61b. or 71b., but the baby hatchers reckon that they can bring the child forward so long as it does not weigh less than 21b. 3oz. Babies only weighing lib- rarely survive, even with the utmost care. The system of baby-hatching was invented by Dr. Alexander Lion, of Nice, and his first hatching establishment was founded at Nice, He took 185 children in three years and reared B7 o.f them. Without the incubator the whole 185 would have died. The Paris establish- mont was opened in January, at 26, Boulevard Po'.sscniere. It has received 62 babies: of these eleven died. All the children are ad* mit-tted free and gratis; but the cost ol the instalQation of the apparatus, which is in Paris 50s. a month, will be in Lor.don be £4 a month. Babv hatchers are now in full working order in Bordeaux, Marseilles, Lyons, and Nice. In Paris the cost of the institution is met by charging inquisitive visitors 5d. per hep.d, and since Januniry no fewer than 50,000 women and men have made the run of these establishments, The incubator is Dr. Lion'spatent. He in- vented it in 1891. j Bl5iiall!(J

COMMITTED TO THE ASSIZES Elizabeth Payme, 21, was committed to the assizes for stealing a skirt, an npron, and 2s. 6d. in money from Alice Ccrei, of Russsel]- street, Cardiff.

SPAIN AND HETR COLONIES, THE ATTACK ON A TRAIN.—IN PURSUIT OF THE REBELS. A Renter's telegram from Madrid on Wed- day says:—A telegram from Havannah states that the pursuit of the rebels is being actively I continued. The band of marauders who robbed the passengers of the train near Guanabacoa has been dispersed. The report that a 8teamer had entered the port of Guelaria with insurgent volunteers appears to have been due to a mutiny on board an ordinary merchant vessel which had arrived there. The affair was of little importance. The Spanish Government has ordered sanitary measures to be enforced in the case of vessels arriving at Spanish ports from Bombay. A telegram from Manila says the insurgents lost 1-00 men in the late attack on Tguig- Numbers of rebels continue to lay- down thei rarms. t ,u i i ■

THE GEISHA GIRL AGAIN. The case of Dunca.n v. Crabbe. in which the I plaintiff, an actress, seeks to recover B10,000 damages from Captain Crabbe for breach of promise of marriage, which was adjourned last week, with a view, it was understood, to a settlement, will be in the paper for hearing again to-morrow-

Scotland v Wales THE SCOTS THINK THE OUT- LOOK IS GLOOMY. An Irish Critic Has Discovered that We are Playing the Irish Game. The Scotsmen are not, judging from the tone taken by the critics, very much in love with their chances. There are too many old stagers about it, and a want of young and vigorous men in every division," says one writer. Dealing with the men individually, the "Edinburgh Evening Dispatch" writer has much the same opinion as that expressed a few day a ago by Modern Athens." At least half the men in the team Seem, according to the critics, to have no claims to be there. It is not wise to pay too much attention to these suggestions. The backs may not be up to international form as a whole, but they are fairly strong indi- vidual men, and Wales cannot afford to despise them. The "Edinburgh Dispatch" sizes up the team as follows:—"It must be admitted that the prospect is rather a gloomy on9, although ibJr no means hopeless. The teaim, if not the best, and we think it is far from being the best, is, sup- posing the men all play to sheir best form, and are well and in good condition, a fairly p-ood one. It will be severely criticised, but it will be as well to recall the faot that last year, previous to the Wales match, everyone was loud in praise of the Scottish team, and every- one now knows how that fifteen behaved. The Scotsmen on this occasion know that their tasic is no light one, and those who have had ihe confidence of the union bestowed upon them must lee that everything is done that is possible to wipe out last year's disaster at Cardiff. The championship it wanted in Scot- land this year. The "Evening Herald," Dublin, referring to the international football contest between Wales and England, says —Wales was afflicted with a continuous downpour of 30 days, which did not even cease on the morning of the match. Snow, sleet, and showers continued through- out the whole day; but this atmospherio aspect, together with that of the preceding 30 days. only constituted a practical celebration of the "Longest Rain," in whioh her Majesty's most loyal subjects of Cambria were deter- mined to be first. Wales beat England simply because its forwards were better than the Saxons; the backs had very little to do with it. We are not a bit dismayed at the result, because Wales could never play Ireland, al- though she did fluke a few wins. Then, strange to say, Sotrt-land could never play Wales, and after all this Ireland's toughest knot was always Scotland, and will be so again. "Now for the salient features of the match, scarcely one of which has been given in any Welsh or English paper. First, foremost, and above all others, is the fact that the Weigh are playing tho Irish game. Imagine this conver- sion coming from the apostles of the very opposite creed! But there is no blinking the fact that it has come, a.nd that we will want to be aware of ft—and very much aware a6 well. They have got hold of four Philistines, said to have come from the mountains because their residence is the llhondda Valley, and these play the rushing Irish game with a ven- geance. In fact, they are very much Ipsis Hiberniois Hibemiorea. The behaviour of the crowd was anything but exemplary, the hoot- ing and hissing being most unpleasant; but we are told tha"; Newport folk are but as 'sucking doves' in comparison with what we may expect at Swansea." I am sorry to ind the Lkmelly-Cardiff dispute again cropping up. So far as the Cardiff committee are concerned, the matter had. of cooirse, to be discussed in the ordinary business proceedings re 'fixtures. It would have been better had it been allowed to finish there. Further than this, the implied insult to Mr. Wilkins was certainly unnecessary. From a Cardiff point of view, Mr. Wilkine may be an undesirable mediator, but why Mr. Wilkins, who probably enjoys as much respect in foot- ball circles as any erf his opponents, should be told that he has a short memory, and his mediation would act as a dampener, it is impossible to surmise. The ill-judged pro minence given to the matter will do muot towards stirring up a feeling of bitter enmity .between the clubs in question. A homing society has recently been formet a; Pontygwaith. The president of the societ; is Mr. H. Pritchard, whilst the duties o; treasurer and secretary have fallen upon Messrs. Griffith Davies and S. Thompson respectively. A capital code of rules has been framed, and, with the present interest taken in the society, it is to be hoped that it will be brought to a successful issue. The first sweep takes place on May 22, from Ludlow, and the second on May 29, from Stafford. The following races (Hwe also been arranged: -Old birds: June 5, from Sheffield; June 12, from Rip m; and June 19, from Newcastle-on-Tyne. Young birds: July 3, from Ludlow; July 10, from Stafford; and July 17, from Sheffield. The Sporting Life" tells us that this will probably be Bancroft's last season. The writer says:—"Another WTeli-h player who is fitting the retiring cap to his head is Bancroft, the famous full back. At the present time this player is the bast back in the British Isles, and in the match against England, at Newport, played as well ag ever he did in hie life. But, in the course of a conversation before the New- port game. Bancroft expressed a. doubt about his playing much after the close of this season; for, as he expressed it, he had too many claims upon him now to run the risks of the football field with impunity. Since H. 13. Tristram's day. the Welshman is probably the best full back that has played, and it will be a sad da.y for his club and the Principality when he retires." Dear "Welsh Athlete,"—I see by Monday night's "Express" that I have again teen suc- cessful in winning the first prize in your foot- ball competition. Last year I won the £1 consolation prize. This makes in all the third prize I have won through your up-to-date paper, the "Express." Witi your kind per- mission, I think I can very well shake hands with myself, and try again under new I am, &c., JOHN F. POPE. A match that should attract considerable attention locally on Saturday i.s that between Aberdare and Rogers on at the Harlequins' Ground, for the semi-final of the South Wales Cup. The clubs in question are, perhaps, the best exponents of the Socker ganne we have in this district, and arc sure to give a good exhibition. If Cardiff had not been at home the gate on this occasion would, I fancy, have been a very large one. As it is, the interest in the Soaker code has Income rather wide- spread in some portions of South Wales. and I shall be very muoh surprised if a couple of thousand spectators are not present. A little knowledge is often a dangerous thin" yet the football sub-editor has so much to think about nowadays that an occasional slip or two may well be excused and treated with more leniency than some of the B.P. are in the habit of showing. Still, it is a trifle amusing to read on one page that "Cliff Bowen was unable to assist Devon Albion ui Satur- day owing to the effects of the kick on the left temple received in the international match," and on another that he was greatly in evidence for Llanelly against Swansea! "Wanderer," in the "Sportsman," writes:-— Complaints have been made that the Scottish fifteen is not so strong n > it might One thinks the forwards at fault, another the halve. yet a third the three-quarters. Where are Gedge and Gowans, writes one enthusiast? To save further use of her Majesty's Jhæive portrait and expenditure of unnecessary trouble, I may as well state that the >1lianfr football career of H. T. S. Geclge is in all pro- bability ended—on stringent medical advice— for he is said to be suffering from Bright's disease. Gowans has met wilth an accident in the hunting field, and has to be left out of the reckoning, though nossiblv he might be able to turn out against England. WELSH ATHLETE.