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ANSWERS FOR ALL. MEDICAL- OONDUcrwD BY A PHYSICIAN AND STTR. 6SON OF TWENTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE. [Medical article crowded out by answers.] Elm. -The cleft palate may possibly be curable by an operation. "Brookes."—We do not think that any applica- tion can cure this deformity. Lennox.You would do wisely to defer the vaccination for another month. H. E. C."—We decline to treat the state ot disease from which you are-suffering. X. Y."—We make rt a rule never to give gratuitous advice in cases of venereal disease. Esther Fry.—Give the girl some small doses of l cod liver dit twice a day for at least a month. Alana. Jones.—Let the tumour alone for a time unless pain occurs, or else some ulcerationj occurs. C; Turner. cure of blushing is beyond our power. "Onty quacks pretend to cure such a peculiarity. C Marsha—Let him try rubbing some liniment of belladonna (poisonous) into the leg between knee and ankle. L. Turpin.—The symptoms you describe are all serious, and you ought to be under regular medical attention.- F. P.fCbesterl.-YOtJ must apply to a I Barber. "It is nd part of a surgeon's business to eolour brown hair M(<ck Orange."=.Of "course Trot: No self- I respecting surgeon would advertise himself under such a name. Constant Reader (Wollaston).— Go to the doctor about the children's heads at once, and he will show you how to cure them most quickly. Breunon."—No surgeon would dream of any operation. From the description ve should operation. From the description ve should think the mind is going wrong. See a physician at once. "A. W." (Bucks).—Try some decoction of sar. gaparilla twice a day for a couple of weeks. combined with occasional doses- of purgative me d: cine. Jabez J. "—The ipecacuanha wine is a very good remedy, but. as the complaint is a dan- gerous cne. it is not wise to rely only on donestic remedies. "Jackey.—We do not treat disorders of the nature you mention. Any doctor can treat the case successfully, but possibly the cure may take a long time. S. T."—Possibly the insertion of a little pea- ehaped and sized bit of soap might cause the action of the bowels with less pain than that caused by medicines. W. Foster.—Bathe the feet often, at least every night, with water and carbolic soap; dry them carefully. and then dust over them some finely powdered oleate of zinc. E. P." (Richmond).—You may rub on the affected parts some compound chloroform lini- rotnt, wherever there is any tendency to cramp either in the calves or neck. ",T. J." (Fulham).-lt is very dangerous to apply remedies to the inner parts of the ear unless the actual state of disease is known. Get the ears examined at a hospital. H. E. Greener.-We never name a specialist physician, because the medical profession would condemn it as a form of advertisement if the name were published in a weekly journal. W. N."—We do not think that anyone with a rupture ought to cycle, because there is always a, danger of strains, any one of which might cause strangulation of the intestine. "Constant Reader" (Tottenham).—We do not think there is any certain cure for corns' or any other ailment. They often disappear, however, after being painted with strong acetic acid. Nervousness."—Wa agree with your doctor that the symptoms described are not uhose of disease, but only' absurd "self-consciousness. Such nervousness is only to be forgiven in delicate Ktris. J. M."—If the bunion be a real enlargement of the joint of the toe, which has gradually crown. we do not think that any remedy wiU cure it. You can only have boots suitably fitted. Matilda Bowden.—Rub into the lump on the child's neck every night some iodine ointment diluted a little by a chemist, so as not to make the place sore. Ten Yeats' Rea-der.Taraxacum, or extract of dandelion root, is used in medicine, but we never beard of anyone using a dandelion wine. The effects are purgative. A. J. R. B. —A shortness of breath con- stantly produced when you run shows a weak- ness or a fault in the heart or the lungs, and should warn you that running is not a suitable occupation for you. E. D. W, "-Try a draught every night at bed- time cortsisting of ten grains of brcmide of potassium in water. If this does not give a good night's rest add five to ten grains of chloral to th3 previous medicine. F. W. B.We fear that she is far advanced in consumption of the lungs, and if you cannot afford a ~>rjvate doctor she ought to be attend- ing regularly at a hospital or seme other public institution. Banks. "Your ailment appears to be chronic bronchitis. It might be treated by inhaling at bedtime some steam coming off from boiling water in a jug. to which you have added seme twenty drops of turpentine. A Forty-five Years' Subscriber."—There is no simple remedy for freckles, nor any arug nor application which will prevent them. So far as is kiown, we have never found that any adver- tised remedy ever removed them. Leyland."—It is quit-? a common niiment for the winds of spring in England, to .set up inflam- mation of the throat and bronchial catarrh. We know of no means of preventing I,his beyond ample warm clothing and good food. Bob.The mucus you refer to may Le a sign of intestinal disease, or may be due to internal piles. No one can decide without an examination, and no valuable remedy can be chosen until the disease is discovered. Reader (Shrewsbury). -NVhatever may have been the reason, if the ailment is really a vari- cocele and not a rupture, you might be cured by ap operation for tying the veins, but per. Bonal investigation by a surgeon must be nuide. C. H. Davis.-The appearance of spots floating before the'eyes is quite commonly the result of congested. liver, but no one could tell you whether- there is also some disease in the eyes ■without air, examination with special instru- ments. "A. J. E.The red spots of dry, scurfy skin disease are rather suggestive of syphilitic blood poisoning, especially as they do not cause irri- tation. If, however, you nave not been infected, try carbolic ointment applied every night. Smith (BermudaL-Wè do not think that the electric belt worn for a short time a f .:w years ago can be in any way the cause of pain in the loins now. You may have some kidney or liver mischief, or only lumbago; we cannot decide wheh. Scarlet. "-Such a rase of chronic disease of the internal far. with destruction of the mem- brane of the drum of the ear, is very difficult to cur<<. and long continued treatment is necessary. Go to the ear department of the Swansea Hcs. pttal and have the "ear examined once a week. Nev-Plus Ultra. '—Such a case of long stand. ing disease, combined with many abscesses, is not at all a case which can oe successfully treated by correspondence. All the personal attendances of a surgeon v.hich can be obtained are necessary to bring such a case to complete recovery. H. G. A.We fear that your letter dees not explain properly. You complain of a red Bv.elling in the groin, and yet you My some doctor called it piles. This must be 11 correct. But in either case the subject is not one which we could write about freely in a public news- paper. B W."—It is quite easy to write a descrip- tion of eczema, but it is quite another matter to cure one particular case which we cannot see, 'and we do not wish to undertake sveh a responsibility. The ointment or lotion for such a disease requires frequent changing, according to the appearance of the sore places. J. H"—Some out-patients are seen there every day. You would have to get a patient's case paper, and on. it you would find the days fixed for your particular case. The muscles of the leg may remain small and weak for a long time. Cold baths, gentle exercise, and friction of the akin with soap liniment will all help the cure

LEGAL. Three Years' Agreement. -"F. F,yes; the lapdlord can act upon the covenant to which you refer. Burial of Child.—"Kate 1tI.Thé father of an illegitimate child is under no liability to pay the expenses of burying it. Arrears of Rent.—"Elizze."—The landlord can d'strain for the arrears, but cannot sue you for the amount. The only p erson whom he can sue is your husband. Accident —You would appear to be entitled to compensation under the Workmen's Com- pensation Act. We should advise you to consult a solicitor with regard to the matter. Workman's Accident.—" F. T. C."—The work- man. shcald make his claim against you now. Tho extent of his claim will depend upon the ler gth of time he was disabled from work. Purchase of Land.—"Murch."—As you appear to been in possession of the land for the last seventeen years we think that you are entitled to treat it as being your cwn property. Divorce.—"M. T."—Your proper course is to consult a solicitor in your town; it will not emi you any more than if you instructed a solicitor in London, unless you determine to come and live there. Attendant on Wife.—"C0nsta.1t Render. J. H." —The orfy thmg you are entitled to do is to (ue'the young woman for a week's rucney'in Iteu of notice. You are not at liberty to retain h«r box in the circumstances. Sortence for Twenty-one Years. G. S."—If a convict behaves himself well he gets a certain remission of his sentence, but not as icuch as three months in every year. It depends ei.tirely upon the circumstances. Maintenance Order.—"Hopeful. "—You have done all, that is necessary to find yeur husband. The police will take ail proper steps to arrest him. The fact that ho is in prison will not release him from the liability to pay the debt. Aunt's Money.—"AIberdi."—We must repeat that we cannot answer either the question you now put to us, or the question you put to us before without having an exact copy of the words of the will you can obtain a copy of the .wij.t from Somerset House. Daughter-in-Law.—"Anxious."—You can take the opportunity when she is out of the house to lock her out and to prevent her coming in anJO more, or you can take proceedings before a magistrate to obtain an ejectment order, which will take you about three weeks in all. Nuisance.—"Smoked Out.We hardly think that this matter is within the jurisdiction of the inspector of nuisances. Your proper course is to proceed against the man in the county- court. We should advise you to consult a solicitor in your immediate neighbourhood. Yearly Tenant's Rent.—"H. T.The only way in which the rent of a yearly tenant can be increased is by giving him a proper notice to determine his tenancy, with an intimation that after the expiration of the notice he can, if he chooses, stay on at an increased rent. Maintenance of Father.—"Clara."—The son can be compelled by the guardians to contri- bute a share towards the maintenance df his father. Of course, the amount which he would have to oontribute depends entirely upon the view which the justices take of his circum- stances. Sale of House —"Bob."—If the sum for which you have sold the house to your son is its full value your creditors will not be able to take the house from him, but the trustee iii your bankruptcy would be in a position to compel your son to pay the balance of the purchase money to him. Co-Respondent.—"Foolish." The co-respon- dent will probably be sued for the coste and damages; the whole of his property will pro- bably be realised by the petitioner; and if the whole of his property is not sufficient to pay the costs and damages the co-respondent would probably have to face the consequences of a judgment summons. Carriage Shed.—"Normandy."—We gather from your communication that the outgoing tenant has not yet used the shed in question. and if we are right in this we do not see how you can charge him anything for the use of it. If we are wrong you must direct him to pay you a reasonable sum for use and occupation, and. if necessary, sue him for it. Intestate's Sister.—"Constant Reader. X. Y. Z." -As your sister died in America and your nephew has been constituted her administral or, yoa will-have to take proceedings in America. The English courts of law have no jurisdiction over that country. You had better see a solicitor about, it at once, and take his advice as to instructing a lawyer in America. Brass Band.—"Wind."—You, no doubt, have a list of the persons who subscribed for the purchase of the instruments in question., ahd we think your best plan would be to conswt them as to what they would wish done vith them. Your best plan seems to us a very reasonable and proper one, but the question is rather one of good feeling than strict law. House and Shop Agrearaent.—"Tradesman."— It you leave your present house and shop before you are entitled to do so, your landlord can distrain for rent due, and can sue you for your rent. If you want to secure the new place you can only do so at the risk of being compelled one way or another to pay the rent of the old up to the end of your agreement. Mother's Money.—"W. G. R" (Camberwell).— If your mother dies without leaving a will your step-brothers and sisters, who are the children of her second husband, are not entitled to any share in her property; it will all go to yourself and your brothers and sisters,. her children by her first husband. There is no legal necessity for an executor or executrix to be a non-interested party. Lodgers' Rent.—"Perplexed Tenant."—It is not necessary to give notice before twelve o'clock noon. On such notice you should state that unless they quit you will double their rent. If a lodger removes without giving a week's notice you can distrain upon his goods as long as they are on your premises, or you can follow them within thirty days; or you can sue for the amount. Distraint for Rent.—"B. W."—The landlord is entitled to collect from your lodgers the rent payable by them, as the value of the goods seized under the distress is not sufficient to pay the arrears due to him. He cannot, how- ever, insist upon receiving more than sufficient to pay the actual amount for which he dis- trained. If you wish to leave the house you will have to give notice in accordance with the terms of your agreement. Copyhold Property.—" J. J., 40 Years' Sub- scriber."—We do not understand your question. According to the will, as you stated, the pro- perty would go to the widow of the testator (the mother of the son) absolutely. If we are wrong in the interpretation of the will we can- not tell what would happen to the property, seeing that the descent of copyhold property is regulated by custom, which varies very materially in different manors. Pawnbroker.—" G. J. W.A wife is entitled to pledge her husband's credit for necessaries. A tradesman, therefore, is entitled, unless he is definitely told not to deal with the wife, to treat the husband as being his creditor. If you have warned the pawnbroker, you should pro- ceed againsc him under the provisions of the Pawnbrokers Act. You will have to consdlt a solicitor with regard to this. If your wife bor- rows money from a money-lender without ycur authority the money lender cannot recover from you. Warranty of Horse.—Syntax."—You bought a horse warranted sound, but after working him for four days his legs gave way and he became useless. Your remedy is an action for breach of warrantv against the vendor in the county-court, which should be brought as sioon after the discovery of the breach as possible, as the facts are more easily proved. Infant Shareholder.—"J. H.An infant pos- sessing shares must, within a reasonable time after coming of age, elect whether he will hold them or not- In your case, several years seem to have elapsed, and you may. therefore, be under the same liability as your co-share- holders. We should strongly advise you to make no delay in consulting a solicitor in your neighbourhood. Conversion of Business.—"Limited."—Space will not permit of our informing you how a business is formed into a limited liability com- pany, as the proceedings are of a very com- plicated nature, and full of possibilities of a possibly unpleasant nature. Palmer's "Com- pany Law" is all instructive little work on this subject.. Our advice to you is to consuit a solicitor in your town. Deduction from Rates.—"W. B. T." (Griffiths- town).The abatement to which you refer appears to be that which is allowed to the owners of small property by way of inducing them to pay the rates of all the property them- selves, and so save the vestry the trouble and expense of collecting the rates. Probably fresh arrangements of some sort have been made by which you have ceased to be entitled to the abatement. Gates on Roads.—"Dewi Dyfed."—Your ques- tion as to whether an owner of property on both side of a public road can place gates across iL depends on whether he has a prescrip- tive right so to. do. If. having no such right. he has put gates across the road he has committed a nuisance, which ie an actionable offence at common law. Your communicat on, however, gives us the impression that the prfblic is entitled to no more than a right of way on the fields in question subject to the existence of the gates, and we fancy that it would be found that the landowner is fully entitled to maintain the gates. Redemption of Pledge.—"Anxious One."—"tfour statement somewhat exaggerates things. The state of affairs is, no doubt, bad enough, but the 400 per cent, to which you refer must have spread over twelve or fourteen years, which makes some little difference. You must remember that the contract was not entered into blindly, and we think you will probably have to pay the amount demanded in order to release vour security. We do not think that you can insist upon the pawnbroker giving you the information for which you have asked. If you find that the pawnbroker endeavours to exact any illegal payment, you can take very strong proceedings against him.

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A MARIIIAGE PROBLEM. Vn extraordinary case was brought to a con- elusion at Richmond Police-court on Monday. A few weeks ago a woman named Gibson, living in Richmond, summoned her husband, a mechanic, for some arrears of maintenance under an order. Gibson set up as his defence that he was not the real husband of the woman, because, although he had legally mar- ried her. a first husband, who had left her and disappeared more than eighteen years pre- viously, and was afterwards reported to have died in France, had recently been seen alive. At a subsequent hearing he cai1ed as evidence Samuel Boxall, a brother of the woman's first husband, who said that he bad met his brother Joe, the husband in question, last year. At the time it was not known where he had again disappeared to, but on Monday, when the case was re-heard, a man claiming to be Joseph Boxall, first husband of the woman Gibson, appeared in the box. Having been sworn, he said that when he and his wife came out of the Richmond Union Workhouse, nearly twenty years ago, she said that, she would go her way and he could go his. He did so accordingly. went to France, and had been there nearly ever pince. Mrs. Gibson was then confronted with Joseph Boxall. when she vigorously affirmed that he was not Joseph Boxall at all, but Joseph's brother Tom. who, she said, went to Australia about the game time that her own husband went to France. They were, she said. very much alike, but her own man was taller. The magistrates closely cross-questioned the man, who admitted that, though he had spent so many years in France, he could not speak French at all. He was also unable for some time to give any account of what occupation he had followed there, though he said at last that he was "in the ginger-beer department." He admitted that, whereas his brother Samuel had described him as being able to write letters, and the marriage certificate produced by Mrs. Gibson appeared to bear his own signature, he could not write at all. On the other hand. several witnesses were called who gwore positively to their recognition of him &s Joseph Boxall, whom they had known eighteen or twenty years ago, and Samuel Boxall said that their brother Tom did not go to Australia until several years after Joe dis- appeared, was living eighteen months ago in Western Australia, whence he had written to himself, and had a. wife of his own now living in Battersea. The Bench declined to make the order asked for by Mrs. Gibson against her second husband, but they did not otherwise express any opinion on the case.

GRADES IN CRIME. The scheme for the segregation of prisoners, prepared by the Home Office with the objeet, of providing that the habituaj. criminal and the amateur in cnme shall not be brought into contact, particularly where the latter is a juvenile, is said to provide for the removal of all the latter to an institution which is half- school, half-prison, at Bedford, the practice being when they are delivered in the usual course at Holloway or Pentonville, under sen- tence. to remove them in batches. No official information, however, seems to have been afforded to the courts of the course to be pursued, and at Worship-street on Monday Mr. Cluer had before him a boy named Cohen, whom he fined 40s. for a particularly gross assault in the street on another boy. The magistrate remarked that he was in doubt to which prison to send the lad. who could not pay the fine. He certainly thought Pentonville was not now intended for such prisoners, and he intimated that. unless they were sent right off to Bedford, the very intention of the framers of the scheme must be frustrated, as juvenile delinquents would have to be sent away In a prison van with thieves, &c„ for even a. temporary detention in Pentonville. He remanded the boy until the Home Office should be communicated with.

QUARRELSOME SOLDIERS. Considerable commotion was caused at the village railway station of Charlton Kings, just outside Cheltenham, on Tuesday night. A number of discharged soldiers belonging to the Lancashire Fusiliers were journeying home from Southampton to Manchester. Stockport, anu other places in that district, and had reached the station named, when a quarrel arose concerning the possession of a bottle of whisky. The men were nearly all drunk, and came to blows. One was kicked and rendered unconscious and severely injured, while the others left the train and indulged in a free fight on the station platform. Assistance was obtained from Cheltenham to end the quarrel, and five soldiers were taken into custody by the police.

LOCAL & DISTRICT 0$ Mr. Ley son Andrews has resigned j#. 011 the Llansamlet Guardians, to enab1 to qualify as a candidate for the vacaD' trarship of Llansamlet. A successful eisteddfod, organised by colliery workmen of the Long Work 'n Wl held on Saturday afternoon and evening 1 Oddfellows'-hall, Dowlais. jjp The financial result of the recent eisted at Carmarthen was a surplus of £66. fo sum will probably be used as a nucleus <"J similar gathering next year. The dead body of a young lad wag TV ashore at Ferryside early on Whit-Monday-^ it body had been a long time in the watC' was decomposed beyond recognition. tit At a reccnt meeting of the Dean and t- ter, of St. David's Mr. R. T. P. Williams, *>l of Haverfordwest, was appointed chapter fi, 'in the place of Mr. Mortimer D. solicitor, resigned.. On Saturday, at Cardiff Police-court Messrs. F. J. Beavan and R. W. Williams). Boatman, 37, wa3 fined £ 5 and costs or a for assisting in the management of a disor house at No. 30, Peel-street. ø,' Under the auspices of the Pontypridd distro of Calvinistic Methodists, the sevent«^,f-. annual musical festival was held at the Town-hall, Pontypridd, on Monday, iincier yj. conductorship of Mr. John Thomas, LlaUw The two men, named Davies and Edoi^ charged with attempted robbery on Fa' Common 011 Sunday, were brought Penmaeu magistrates 011 Tuesday. The trates decided that the evidence was 111 cient, and dismissed the case..> A special meeting of the Llangyfelach Council has been called to consider a worded communication from the Lo Ve ilo, ment Board, complaining of the delay of elll1. council in carrying out sanitary impr and asking for immediate explanations. In the list of candidates who have passed^ preliminary examination of the IncorPOr to t- Law Society held on the 3rd and 4th 105 (of the name appears of Ivor William The College, Clifton), son of Mr. William of Cardiff, solicitor. Number of caud1" 'j 155; passed, 98. James Pike, able seaman on board yj. steamship Aline, of Bristol, while loading the vessel in the East Dock, ji» on Saturday, suddenly complained of P3ill A, his breast, and then fell on the deck, de- jury subsequently found that syncope waS ;• cause. A, At the weekly meeting of the Newport p _rf. of Guardians on Saturday, Mr. M. Wheeler^j#( siding, it was reported by the deputy (Mr. Rees) that the clerk (Mr. John P owel still too unwell to attend to his duties, tB he was a little better when he saw Friday night. The Marquess of Bute, accompanied b-I Marchioness, the Earl of Dumfries, Lady garet Stuart, and Lord Ninian Stuart, at Cardiff by the 6.58 train from Londo .jfli Friday evening, and drove direct to the c The visit, which is not connected in any j wiVi business, is expected to last a fortius At Saturday's meeting of the Cardiff cf Guardians, a letter was read from tep, Davies, resident assistant medical officer' dering his resignation, to fill a similar Pf8 Middlesborough. The board accepted l signation, and congratulated the doctor V his appointment. jfk On Tuesday a middle-aged man. 71jit William Vernon Woodcock, was found degl bed in Inkerman-street. Llanelly. The dece 111 was a. bailiff. and had been sent to Llanehy p a Newport firm to take possession of if ))1 monger's shop. It is stated that for er y it kept a hotel at Newport. He leaves a. wl and four children. The "London Gazette" on Friday stated j,, the Board of Trade had, after modiDC31t.sJI' confirmed an order made by the Light )f,r, ways Commissioners, and entitled "The thyr Tydfil Light Railway Order, 1899," /J¡ 8 jtf-7 rising the construction of light railway the counties of Glamorgan and Brecon bet Vaynor. Dowlais, and Merthyr Tydfil. According to present arrangements. Lord. borne will pay a visit to and make a s"J in Dowlais during the middle of next &° V The non-occupied portion of Dowlais IE[Ogfr being rapidly prepared for his lordship's recf » tion and residence, under the supervision jj, batch of servants, who arrived early last The interior of the building has been thorow ( renovated and elaborately decorated. A meeting of the members of the ishen Church Choir was held in National Schoolroom on Thursday, Mr. J. 0. Jones (schoolmaster) wa £ recipient of a purse of gold presented to by Mr. Robert Williams on behalf of th« y on his resigning the post of organist parish churon. The vicar (the Rev. W. also presented Mr. Jones with a beautif^ stand as a token of appreciation of his able services to the church during the thirteen years. • At a meeting of the health committee Cardiff Corporation on Tuesday, under sidency of Alderman Jacobs, Dr.$ reported that in the four weeks ended *tf there were 409 births, equal to a rate of 28.6 1,000 of the population. There were 186 ° '} giving a rate of 13 per 1,000, against an of 17.6 per l.OCO in the 33 large towns. a5eV* vere niuetecn deaths from zymotic giving a rate of 1.3 per 1,000. These fifteen deaths from whooping cough, diphtheria, and three from diarrhoea. p1 The North Wales coast just now is the hunting ground of a gang of burglars. content with pilfering private houses. 1 enterprising cracksmen have broken Colwyn Bay and Carnarvon railway sta^.i^a,' Luckily, strong safes resisted all their for they decamped without any booty- "4 Friday they visited the quarry district. g¡g,tØ raiisacked the offices of the Dinorwic. Quarries. Several pounds in silver were but, as an illustration of the old adage, change is no robbery," a couple of rev, were left on the floor. At the Shire-hall, Haverfordwest, on day morning a young man named :■ Webster, a gunner, who recently des«\ from the Royal Artillery at Pembroke was brought up charged with a number 0 ber. of petty larceny. The Bench prisoner to short periods of imprisonme^j/, each offence, the terms to run wncurr the result being that he will have to fro six months' incarceration. An officer the Royal Artillery appeared, and stated ø." he couJd say nothing in prisoner's favoof- ¡,'iI, was such a character that he would rdly taken back into the Army again The Rev. Lewis Price, vicar of Llandyfeisant, has been appointed, "y too Bishop of St. David's, to be rural dean Llandilo Deanery (consisting of el% parishes), in the place of the Venerable pj-C deacon Pryce, who vacated the post on ic motion to the Deanery of St. Asaph. Mr- K gt- who is a scholar and Hebrew prizeman/V. 0' David's College, Lampeter, was a meW15 that institution previous to its recei charter for the conferring of degrees. ordained as far back as 1857. The ne* ■■ dean is a fine scholar, a powerful preacher, and in every way a strong m&n. tIS' An inquest was held on Monday at P" Police-station, Abergavenny (before Mr- tjj 0'- Walford. coroner), as to the cause of Edith Jane Morgan, aged 53. who had missing from home since the 6th inet: er qC1 her body was found floating down the river O'i,i, the 17th inst. by James Higgius, who dence as to his getting tho body out water with assistance.—The Coroner c mented this witness on the fact that h~ go&. not, as many did. run off for the police e ter. as he saw somebody was in the water. diet of "Suicide whilst of unsound returned. An old man of 74, James Burns pol^ stood in the dock at Newport County court on Saturday to answer a charge 0 of some clothing from a clothes line He had only been arrested at a c lodging-house at Abergavenny late on JJý tlJØ, night, so a remand was granted. 0< description of the police Burns was tatto^ffoOj his body and limbs, the subjects rangi^f pagan mythology to the C cr including navigation, botany, and among the sciences, while the "little b^ ppe^ and lord of all—Love," illustrated by ^0 maid, found a prominent place oU i man's bosom.

NOVEL DUEL AT PETERBOROUGH. A curious duel has been witnessed in Milton Park, at. Peterborough. A heron went fishing in the pond near Milton House and captured a fish, and another heron, which had been watch- ing affairs, immediately tried to take the prize away. The result, was a desperate combat. Both birds were full-grown, stately,: and majestic. They fought with bill and wing, uttering shrieks of anger, punctuated with war whoops at intervals. The battle wagild so furiously that the combatants seemed to be in the midst of a cloud of feathers, when suddenly one rolled over. and the other, with a victorious frank," stretched its long legs behind it and soared to the trees. An exami- nation proved that the other bird had been killed outright, and it was the would-be robber, too, which had fallen in the fray.

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FUNEBAL OF THE LATE LORD STRAFFORD. The funeral of the late Earl of Strafford took place on Saturday in the burial-ground attached to Potter's Bar Church. The late earl's first wife was buried at Potter's Bar, and he had left a request that he might be buried beside her. The funeral was conducted in a heavy downpour of rain. The coffin, which was covered by a purple pall, was followed to the grave by the late earl's agent and the ser- vants of his household. Her Majesty sent a wreath bearing in her'own handwritinggthe inscription, "A mark of sincere friendship and regard for faithful and devoted service.— j V.R.I." Among those present were Major- general Sir Henry Ewart. Crown Equerry; Major-general Sir John M'Neill, Colonel Car- rington, Colonel Davidson, and Colonel Legge, Equerries-in-Ordinary. Prince and Princess Christian were represented by Major Evan Martin, the Prince of Wales by the Hon. Sid- ney Greville, Princess Henry of Battenberg by Lord William Cecil (who took a wreath on ] behalf of her Royal Highness), and the Duke of York by the Hon. Derek Keppel. Colonel Thynne, the Earl of Normanton, Lord William < Paget, R.N., Sir George Stirling, the Hon. e George Jolliffe, M.P., Mr. and Lady Mary Ark- wright, the Earl of Lucan, and the Earl of 1 Clarendon were also present.

IMPOSING FTJNEBEL AT { NEWPORT, t One of the most imposing funerals seen of ] late years .n Newport took place on Sunday afternoon on the occasion of the obsequies of @ Mr. Henry Attwood, of Chepstow-road, who died on Thursday. Thp deceased had been c interested in many public movements in the town. He was an old-slanding non-commis- sioned officer in the 4th Volunteer Battalion i Scuth Wales Borderers, was one of the early I pioneers of the Boys' Brigade, a member of t the fire brigade, and for some years past was in charge of the Maindee branch of the free library. All these public features of the town t turned out in memoriam. There was a very ( large muster of the 4th Volunteer Battalion I South Waloes Borderers, whose band played the "Dead March" as the cortege moved off from the Maindee Free Library premises. A firing 1 party, with arms reversed, followed, together with the Newport companies and representa- f tives of the free library. The coffin was borne. Oil one of the fire brigade vehicles, and was draped with the Union Jack as a pall. It was surmounted by many beautiful wreaths, and [ also with the deceased's military and fire r brigade accoutrements. Officers and members ( of the fira brigade walked as bearers. The non- commissioned officers of the 2nd Volunteer ] Battalion South Wales Borderers and the 1st ] Monmouthshire Volunteer Artillery, the ambu- 1 lance section of the Boys' Brigade, and a con- ( tingent of police brought up the rear. The ] mourners rode in four coaches. At Newport 1 Cemetery the funeral service was conducted by the Rev. D. Hywel Wigley. Three rounds of I blank cartridges were fired over the grave. i

( DEATH OF A WELSH SECTOR, j The suciuen death took place on Saturday < morning of the Rev. Elias Owen, M.A., F.S.A., rector of Llanyblodwel, for many years the St. 1 Asaph diocesan inspector of schools. He was 1 authforof "Welsh Folk Lore" and "Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd," And was editor of the la.te Rev. Griffith Edwards's biography. At the j time of his death ho was engaged in writing 1 the history of the holy wells of Wales. He was a contributor to many antiquarian publi- cations. < The death took place at Llanelly on Tuesday night of Mr. William Harries, who was a well- known litterateur. Mr. Harries, who had been in failing health for some time, was an atten- dance officer under the school board. I Albert Young, aged 21, of 124, Merthyr-street. Barry, was knocked down and run over by a I horse and cab in Bute-street, Cardiff, on Mon- day afternoon, and sustained serious bodily injuries. He was conveyed to the infirmary. 1 The death of Mr. Evan Jones, of Troedyrhiw J Cottage, LIandovery. occurred on Friday even- ing. The deceased had attained the great age of 101 years, and was the oldest person in the neighbourhood. The deceased had always enjoyed excellent health, and up to about a month ago was able to go about wherever he liked. The deceased was an inveterate smoker. The Earl of Malmesbury died at Black Tor- rington, Devon, on Friday morning from aPO-" plexy, after a few days' illness. The deceased- 1 earl, who was 57 yelra of age, is succeeded to the title by his eldest son, Viscount Fitzharris,' a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Hampshire Regiment. Viscount Fitzharris was called to Elack Torrington on Tuesday, and was present at his father's delth. Mr. Alexander Stephen, senior partner in the great shipbuilding firm of Alexander Stephen and Sons, of Linthouse, Glasgow, died during Thursday night at his residence, Keely, Wemyss Bay. His firm was first established in Dundee, but many years ago the yard was transferred to the Clyde. They first introduced water bal- last tanks, and, having a protected patent, made vast sums thereby. Messrs. Stephen have built some of the largest and finest steamers afloat.

SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WIFE. On Monday, at Fulham, Mr. C. L. Drew held an inquiry with reference tp the death of Emily James. 31. wife of a scaffolder, of 26, Mulgrave-road, S.W., who committed suicide under strange circumstances. The husband said that since her confinement, six weeks ago, his wife had been strange and depressed, being afraid that her baby would die, her two other children having died in infancy. In 1393, after one death, she attempted suicide by cutting her throat, and was then confined in an asylum. During the past week she had had strange sensations, and had called out in the night, that her two dead children, Flcrrie and Freddie, were flying past the win- dow.. On Friday she went to bed with him as usual, but about two on Saturday morn- ing he was aroused by the child crying, and discovered his wife was missing. A search was made, and her dead body was found in the water cistern on the leads, access to wbich she had gained by the landing window. He identi- fied the letter produced as being in her hand- writing. It was left on the dressing table, and read: — "To my husband and dear brother and sister,—I am so tired of pain and suffering. My darling, look after the baby. I am always ia pain, night and day." James Salt well, a lodger, said his window was close to the cistern. Soon after midnight he heard a splash in the water, but thought it was the cat. He knew the deceased was strange, but did not expect it was her.—Mrs. Rayner, a neighbour, said the deceased was always wor- rying about her children. Police-sergeant M'Carthy said the deoeased was in the cistern in two feet of water. She was in a kneeling position, with her head under the ball cock.—Dr. Pattison said that death was due to drowning. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind."

"PITY POOR MARY." Mary Coase, the lady tippler with many con- victions, is still giving trouble to the police and the police-court. The mandate has already gone forth that she shall be confined in an in- stitution under the Inebriates Act, but the arrangements, it seems, are not yet complete. At the court on Tuesday morning (before Alder- man E. Beavan and Messrs. E. W. Shackell and J. Jenkins) Mary was charged on remand with carrying too much liquor in Cowbridge-road early this month. Informed that she would be again remanded for a week, she protested vehemently, and said, "For God's sake, don't do that. I shall starve there; I shall die." (Laugh- ter.)—Alderman Beavan Die and go to Heaven. (Laughter.)—Mary; And then you will have to come after me, Mr. Beavan. (More laughter.) I want a good dinner or I t-hall starve. (Laugh- ter.) God forgive us all.—Mary jwas, by this time, out of sight, walking down "the stairs for another week of involuntary total abstinence, but she could be heard keeping up a running commentary upon the hardship and injustice of the situation. The last complete sentence to reace the press gallery being the query—And when you die where do you go—to Klondyke?

PONTYPRIDD PUBLICAN AND HIS WIFE. Thomas Allen, of the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Ynysyngharad, Pontypridd, who soma weeks ago was fined £10 for violently assaulting his wife, and bound over to be of good behaviour, was on Tuesday afternoon delivered up into' the custody of the Pontypridd police by his two sureties, Mr. Gibbon, quarry owner, Far- mers' Arms. Pentrebach. and Mr. J. T. Jones,' fruiterer, who had become his sureties for six months. Messrs. Gibbon and Jones arrested Allen as he was coming out of the Ivor Arms and, followed by a large crowd of people, they took him to the police-station. Subsequently he was taken before Mr. Hunter, J.P., and released on his own bail to appear before the bench to-day (Wednesday). The bailees delivered Allen up because they did not wish to remain any longer responsible for his good conduct.

——i———a» MORMONS IN CANADA. A Reuter's telegram from Montreal on Mon-i day says:—Sir William Van Home, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, has returned from a visit to Western Canada, and confirms the reports of a large emigration of Mormons from Utah to the Canadian North West. He thinks that they are a most desirable class of settlers, and does not fear that their poly- gamous habits are likely to spread to Canada. 8i- W. Van H.orne also speaks highly of the Galicians as immigrants, saying that they make better settlers than even the Doukhobors.

DEATH IN AN AttlU LAME, POOR-LAW SCANDAL AT MARYLE- BONE. On Monday evening at the Kensington Coroner's-court. Mr. Drew held an inquiry with reference to tlfe death of William Salter, 52 years, au omnibus driver, late of 20, Harl-street, Lisson-grcve, who died in the Marylebone Guar- dians ambulance while being conveyed to the North Kensington Infirmary. The widow identified the body, and said her husband had been ill with bronchitis, and was getting very thin. He saw several doctors, and eventually she went to the relieving officer on Thursday. He sent the doctor, and then said deceased would have to go to the infirmary, and that .she could accompany him in a .cab. The same afternoon the ambulance came. There were no attendants, only a youth, who was driv- ing. Deceased was a heavy man, and he could not lift him, and a man passing in the street was aLShed to help. He was put on the stretcher, but on the steps the driver slipped, It shook the deceased, but he did not fall, as he was strapped on. He was placed in the ambulance, and when the driver started it shook "something dreadfully." Going over the stones the ambulance shook him from right to left, and he turned blue in the face, and she had to hold him to try and steady him. She implored the driver to go slowly as "it was killing him," and got him to buy some brandy. It seemed a long, long way they had to go, and before reaching the infirmary he was dead. Nothing was said about a nurse iccompanying him. A neighbour, living in the same house, said ihe called a carpenter in to help carry de- ceased, as he had fainted on the stairs, and the iriver could not lift him. Deceased was very JL Mr. J. W. Sivier. the relieving officer, said he issued the order for the deceased to be re- moved on the ambulance, after the doctor had said that he was fit to go in charge of his wife. They had two ambulances, but the one without rubber tyres was sent by the contrac- :or. The latter was supposed to send an atten- lant, and witness produced his receipt in which 1e had charged for assistance, the driver 'having got a man to assist him." Witness idmitted that this ambulance shook a little. rhe driver was supposed to carry stimulants. By the Coroner: He had no knowledge' of a similar death having occurred a year or two jgo, and did not know that the jury in that :ase sent à rider on to the guardians. Witness simply carried out the doctor's instructions in iliowing the wife to accompany her husband. There was no trained assistant he could have abtained to go with the deceased. John Brown, driver of the ambulance, said bis employer, Mr. R. Cripps, of St. James's Mews, Regent's Park. contracted for the ambu- lance work. Witness was sent to remove de- based. The best ambulance was in use, and he bad to take the old one. This shook and jolted rery much. Witness was supposed to take an assistant, but he could not find one, and on reaching the house paid a man Is. to help him. When he started the ambulance shock a great deal, and at Maida-vale the wife implored him to go steadily, because of the great jolting. He was, however, going as steadily as he could. On the way he stopped to buy some brandy, and it was only after reaching the infirmary that he was told there was some in a box under the seat. Corroborative evidence was given as to the jolting of the ambulance. Dr. J. R. Lunn said death was due to heart failure and bronchitis. This ambulance might shake a little, but he did not think the removal accelerated death. By the Coroner: He remembered the previous ease when a rider was sent on to the guar- dians. The Coroner remarked that a skilled person should be sent in charge of a patient, as was reeomroended by a previous jury. Even in this case the driver did not know that he had stimulants in his charge. A Juryman: I think it is awful. The guardians are to blame. They ought to exer- cise greater supervision over the contractors. Another Juror: It is surprising that he should be pent like that. Even if it did not kill him it did not help him. After further remarks of a similar character, The jury, in returning a verdict in accord- ance with the medical evidence, added the fol- lowing rider' "That in all cases a trained attendant 5houl(1 accompany a patient con- veyed on an ambulance. We consider that the ambulance in use is unsatisfactory, and should have rubber tyres, or the jolting otherwise prevented." The Coroner promised to send the rider to the Marylebone Guardians.

LYNCH LAW IN MEXICO. A Reuter's telegram from Cincinnati on Tues- day sa3rs:—The "Cincinnati Inquirer" publishes the following dispatch from Diaz. in the State of Chihuahua, Mexica:—'A Spanish negro attempted to assault the wife of a ranche owner, and afterwards fled. He was tracked with bloodhounds and captured, together with nine other negroes. The pursuers did not attempt to prove the guilt of any of them, but hung three, and shot four others who attempted to escape- The victims were labourers on the Mexican Central Railway. Four were Ameri. can subjects who had served. Mfntoa— in the, Texae Penitentiary."

HINTS ON COOKING CORN FLOUR. Notwithstanding the wide use of Corn Flour as a refreshing Blanc-Mange, many fail to bring out its true and deli- cate flavour. To thoroughly enjoy a Blanc-Mange — FIRST.—Make wholly with good sweet milk without any addition of water, and do not use too much Corn Flour. (21-ozs. of BROWN & POLSON'S "Patent" Corn Flour to two pints of milk is the right proportion.) SECOND.-Blend the Corn Flour with a little of the milk, bring the rest to the boil, take off the fire, and add the Corn Flour slowly. THIRD.—Then boil well, in fact, boil down to three-fourths of the original bulk, which will take about ten minutes' boil- ing. To use warm, turn out when cold, and reheat in the oven. FOURTH.—And above all, use only and always the recognised best- Brown & Poison's "Patent" Corn Flour. I It is more delicate in flavour and goes further than others. One pound of Brown & Poison's Corn Flour wig make twelve one-pint puddings. Thus the cost of the Corn Flour in a pudding is so small, that everyone c&I1 afford to have the best. Ask for BROWN & POLSON'S CORN FLOUR —"PATENT-" is their BEST QUALITY-and be sure that you get it. 628^

NEWS IN BRIEF. 2 At Blackburn on Saturday James Smith Watson, physician and surgeon, a justice of the peace for the borough, and a member of the town council, was fined 40s. and costs for being drunk in charge of a horse and trap on Wed- nesday evening last. Some excitement was caused on Saturday evening in Whitefriars-street, Fleet-street, London, by a. motor car suddenly bursting into flames outside the office of the "Evening News." After blazing furiously for the space I of a few minutes the fire was put out by a deluge of water. The negro Thompson, who fatally shot his I wife at Hartlepool, will now be charged with causing the death of Isaac Phillips, the lodger, who has died from stabs inflicted. At the inquest on PhilJips, held on Monday, the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Thompson. Early on Saturday—the Jewish Sabbath-a fire broke out at the Synagogue, 38. Trafalgar- street, Leeds, some candles having been left lighted the previou's night near the pulpit. The corporation fire brigade arrived, and the pulpit, hesides articles of furniture, being in flames, the entire building was in danger. The flame's, however, were extinguished by the chemical appliance. The first trial of a convict under the new Prison Act has recently taken place at Port- land Convict Prison. A convict had badly assaulted an officer, and the case being reported to the Home Office the new board of vi'sitors was summoned to try it. The convict was found guilty, and ordered to be flogged, but the Home Secretary's sanction is necessary before the punishment can be carried out. By a little official arrangement which her Majesty knew nothing of, she faced the biograph man's apparatus as she sat in her carriage at South Kensington on Wednesday for fully ten seconds. Consequently the bio- graph man got an excellent full-face portrait, which is of special interest because never before hai the Queen been "snap-shotted" by the moving picture camera with her face really in good view. A Board of Trade inquiry was held at West Hartlepool on Friday into the loss of the bri- gantine Tarifa, of West Hartlepool, near Flam- borough Head, in last March. The vessel had brought up. and was shortly afterwards run into by the steamer Boldon, of Newcastle. Three of the crew of the Tarifa were drowned. The Court found the mate of the Boldon to blame for the disaster, and suspended him for three months. The Central News says:-Nordby Hall. the country residence, some miles from Stockton- on-Tees, of Mr. Trechman, cement manufac- turer, Hartlepool, was destroyed by fire on Friday night. This fine mansion was entirely built of wood some years ago by Norwegian workmen, the blocks having been imported from Nojway. Most of the contents of the building were got out safely. The damage is estimated at about £ 4,090. At the Guildhall Police-court, London, on Saturday James Bryant. 27. clerk, of Manor Park, was remanded, bail being allowed, on a. charge of obtaining credit to the extent of £12,000 from two stockbrokers by fraud. It was alleged that the accused, using various aliases, had "worked" several stockbrokers, but that when the stock went down he failed to put in an appearance at the Exchange. He was said to have admitted his guilt on being arrested. An inquest was held at Bedford on Fri- day on the body of Colonel Sir George Larpent. Bart., who shot him- self on Thursday. It was stated that deceased took an exaggerated view of some financial trouble in connection with his Irish property— Lady Larpent said deceased had scarcely eaten or slept for a week, but walked about all night. She believed his trouble about the Irish property was a delusion.-The jury found that deceased committed suicide while temporarily insane. The anniversary of Mr. Gladstone's death was commemorated in Hawarden by a special ser. vice in the parish church on Friday morning. The Rev. Stephen Gladstone, the rector, offi- ciated, there being also present Lady Frederick Cavendish, Miss Helen Gladstone, the Rev. Harry and Mrs. Drew. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gladstone, and the Misses Wickham, daughters of the Dean of Lincoln. Mrs. Gladstone, who is recovering from her indisposition, drove to the ordinary morning service at eleven o'clock. Mr. Herbert Gladstone did not arrive till the afternoon. In the course of a discussion at the St. Olave's (Southwc rk) Board of V/orks with regard to the rate of pay .of aged night watchmen. Mr. Lafone stated that he had been assured by a local hair-dye seller that the enormous majority of his customers were workmen who dyed their hiir to secure employment and retain it when obtained. It was argued that if the watchman's pay was made too much the aged and partially disabled would be crowded onto A motion to raise the amount to 4s. a. night was carried. A Reuter's telegram from New York on Satur- day says: -Will Hoxie, the negro lying in gaol at Washington (Texas), has been respited from lynching by the white mob, and will be allowed to die of his wound. He resisted arrest, and shot Sheriff Coleman dead after the latter had wounded him. The whites surrounded the gaol and clamoured for the negro, but owing to the piteous pleadings of his parents that he was dying—which the doctors confirmed- the mob decided that it -vas not necessary to lynch him, and dispersed reluctantly. An amusing spectacle was witnessed on Friday morning in a square in the Bloomsbury district. A Frenchman was putting a bear through a performance when a lady cyclist appeared on the scene. She had but little command over her machine, and while trying t > pass Bruin ran right into him, the animal, •which was muzzled, being at the moment in a standing posture. The young lady screamed, but the bear was evidently the more frightened of the two. as he dropped on all fours, and re- treated to the full length of his leash. The lady hurriedly trundled her bicycle away. At Harlesden on Thursday Elizabeth Piper, 50, married, of Elgin-mews, Paddington, was charged with stealing a saw, value Is., the property of her son, a costermonger. The prosecutor gave his evidence with a great deal of feeling against his mother.—Mr. Bird (the chairman) mentioned this to him, and said his mother was in the cells all night, whist he. no doubt, was sleeping in his bed comfortably, knowing where his mother was.—Prosecutor began to make other complaints against liec, when Mr. Bird ordered him to stand down, and bound the mother over to come up for judgment when called upon. A Laffan's telegram from New York on Satur- day says:—The Supreme Court to-day granted the Hon. Mr. Burke Roche, M.P. for East Kerry. a writ of habeas corpus, calling for the pro- duction of his daughter, Miss Cynthia Roche, and her attendance before the court on Tues- day. Mr. Roche complained that he had crossed the Atlantic to see his daughter, but his wife, from whom he is divorced, persistently refused him permission to see her. It is announced that she is now absent from this State, and « that the writ of habeas corpus cannot be served. Miss Roche's present whereabouts are l no., revealed. Her father is a brother of Lord ) Fermoy. i The Press Association Richmond correspon- dent telegraphs:—A carpenter named Dunston 1 is alleged to have made a murderous attack I upon his landlady, Mrs. Wise, of the Seiwyn f Coffee House, at Richmond, on Saturday even- t ing. Two neighbours, who were attracted to 1 the house by screams, assert that they found s the man, who is 60 years of age, brandishing a hot poker and a knife. The police were called in and arrested Dunston, whilst the woman, who was removed to the Royal Hospital, had severe cuts in the throat, cheek, contused wounds on the scalp, and burns and bruises on the hands When taken into custody Dunston simply said, "I'll go quietly." The Limerick County Council at its meet- ing on Saturday adopted a resolution anani- mously calling on Parliament to introduce at the earliest opportunity a compulsory Land Purchase Bill, to enable Irish farmers to become proprietors of their holdings on equit- able terms for landlords and tenants.—The Earl of Dunraven supported the resolution, and said the present Land Act was altogether an imperfect one. The purchase clauses of the Act were exceedingly complicated, and to complete a purchase took too much time and money. In one case where he sotd one town- land it took him six years to complete the attrebaBe. The Earl of Dartmouth, Lord-lieutenant of Staffordshire, performed the ceremony of open- ing Tamworth Castle to the public. The historic building has been acquired by the corporation, at a cost of £ 3.000, as a memorial in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee. While a boat belonging to the German cor- vette Arcana, lying at Plymouth, was along- side the Barbican bteps on Monday evening a. pleasure boat, containing eight persons, cap- sized. The German sailors immediately plunged overboard, and succeeded in rescuing the whole of the occupants of the pleasure craft. At the Article Club Exhibition at the Crystal Palace will be shown an invention of Sir Arthur Sullivan's, which is called the "Sullivan Safety Shaft." It enables the occupant of a carriage to release a horse when the occasion arises. Sir Arthur was moved by the sad death of the late Lady Lathom to devise some means of preventing similar disasters. A small eleven-year-old boy, named William Woods, was remanded to the workhouse for a week by Mr. Denman at Lambeth on Satur- day on a charge of "being of such a disposi- tion as to be beyond the control of his parents." His father said he had punished him so much that he was, afraid to touch him any more. A Central News telegram from Paris on Tues- day afternoon says :-M. Cotulle Mcndes and M. Georges Vanar, the journalists, who had a quarrel in regard to the merits of "Hamlet," fought a duel this morning. The encounter was of an unusually determined character, and M. Merid-s ultimately received a serious wound in the abdomen. The opponents were reconciled on the ground. On Sunday evening Alice Higginbotham, ten years old, slipped and fell whilst gathering wild flowers on the top of Lover's Leap, Bux- ton. Ten feet down she was caught by a tree and a ledge, and in that awful position she lay still as death until the fire-escape was fetched, and rescued her. She was not hurt. Had she moved-she would have dropped 40ft. The event caused grea.t excitement amongst the visitors. A Reuter's telegram from Halifax (N.S.) on Tuesday says:—The Provincial Legislature of Prince Edward Island has been prorogued after a session of four weeks. The principal enactment during the session was the passing of a liquor licence law in place of the Local Option Act prohibiting the sale of liquor, which has been repealed. After the prorogation of the Legislature an address was presented by membeis of the Conservative Opposition to th2 Hon George W. Howlan. the Lieutenant- Governor, who is about to retire from office. At St. Denis, Paris, a young workman, named Louis Quillet, paid attentions to a servant girl, Linora Fernandet, remarkable for her beauty. Linora refused to listen to her admirer, and after many threats of shooting her. he ap- peared on Monday with a revolver in his hand. Linora. seeing that he was determined, fled into the kitchen. Her lover pursued her and fired three shots at her, but did not succeed in hitting her. The young girl, however, simulated death, and Quillet, believing that he had killed her, discharged two shots into his own head, crying out, "I loved her so much that I—" He died before he could finish the sentence. The rite of confirmation was administered on Saturday at Windsor Castle to Prince Arthur of Connaught, who is a student at Eton College. The service took place in the private chapel in the pre-ence of the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and the Princesses Margaret and Victoria Patrieia, of Connaught, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Henry of Battenberg, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince and Princess Christian, and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. The chapel was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and the Bishop of Winchester, assisted by the Dean of Windsor and the Rev. J. H. Ellison, vicar of Windsor, officiated. An inquest was held at Shrewsbury on Friday evening on the body of S. H. Juckes, rate col- lector for the corporation, who committed suicide by cutting his throat. Deceased sent a letter to the finance committee, stating that he had greatly deceived them by appropriating public money, which he was not able to re-pay, but which would be paid by the guarantee society. He prayed that his sins would not be visited upon his innocent wife and children. A letter to his eldest son gave a list of creditors and instructions as to the sale of household goods, while in a third letter to a friend he asked for a quiet burial in a village churchyard, as he was not worthy to lie with his father and mother at Shrewsbury. A verdict of "Temporary insanity" was returned,

MORMONISM IN E-N GIA-N D, Few people have any idea how much alive Mormonism is in England to-day. Mormon elders are going to and fro between England and America at the rate of twenty or thirty a weak. In Penton-street, Clerkenwell, a "Star" rcporter found on Friday morning a group of Mormon elders, three Americans and a Ger- man, and heard curious stories of the growing influence of the Gospel according to Joseph Smith. "We find it hard to make people understand who wo are," said one of the elders. "They won't believe that we are voluntary unpaid missionaries, corrung here of our own free will. There are to-day 350 elders in the British Isles, all of whom have left the plough, the counting- house. or a. learned profession at the. call of the Church to become elders and missionaries at their own expense in this country. Here is Mr. Anderson for example." Yes." said Mr. Anderson, "I was a lumber traveller at Logan City, Utah, for my father two years ago. Then one day I got a letter from a presiding officer of the Church asking me if it would be consistent with my belief and prospects to drop my work and go to England as a missionary. I accepted the call. and have now been here for 26 months, entirely at my own expense. In Auguet I expect to receive a letter bidding me return. Then I shall take up my ordinary business again." Do you expect a future for Mormonism in England?" We certainly believe we are here to stay. We have no churches at present, but intend to build one soon in the West End, or some better neighbourhood than Clerkenwell. We are not encouraging emigration as we used. We have over 520 members in London and the South of England. They become members by baptism. by immersion, and the laying on of hands." And how do you treat the question of poly- gamy?" Well, we don't practise it any more, because we are a law-abiding people. We believe it was a Divine law at one time, and that God has seen fit to repeal it because of the suffering and persecution it entailed upon His people. No more plural marriages are entered into now."

MINING REFORJtLS IN INDIA. A Reuter's telegram from Simla on Monday says:—Important new mining and prospecting rules have been issued, which afford marked facilities to all persons, syndicates, and com- panies, while the widely-increased powens granted to local Governments will prevent the delay which has hitherto existed. The revised rules, while based on the fact that the Govern- ment desired to facilitate and develop India's resources, do not undertake to protect the private interests of those embarking on mining ventures. The royalties are revised. Gold and silver will pay 71 and precious stones 30 per cent. on net profits annually. The reforms are regarded as the first fulfilment of the Viceroy's promise to encourage private enterprise and concessions. The permission to transfer pros- pecting leases is regarded as a boon.

CURRENCY REFORM IN A?1ERICA. A Reuter's telegram from Washington on Monday says:—It is understood that the House Republican Caucus Committee appointed to frame a scheme of currency reform has agreed to a measure on the following lines: Redemp- tion of all obligations by the Government in gold on demand; greenbacks when redeemed for gold to be re-issued only for gold; the National Banks to be permitted to issue notes to par value of their Government bonds depo- sited in the Treasury, instead of 90 per cent. as at present; and the minimum capital of National Banks permissible by law to be reduced by one-half. This plan was adopted because it was impossible to come to an agree- ment upon more radical measures.

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