Evening Express

QUEENSLAND'S- PATRIOTIC OFFER. ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. A Reuter's telegram from Brisbane on Wed- nesday says:—The Governor of Queensland has received the following reply to the offer ° troops for service in the Transvaal:—"Her ■Majesty's Government highly appreciate the local, patriotic offer of Queenslannd. They hope that the occasion will not arise, but, if it should, they will gladly avail themselves of ol the offer."

THE RE-FLOATING OF THE 'PARIS. A Falmouth telegram states that the situa- tion this niornina; of tJp American liner Par-s, *hieh wa< got off the rocks on Tuesday' night w?t?r belli;- nearly eight weeks ashore by the -Janaclis extremely favourable. Th divers have ascertained that is fully afloat and clear of the rocks.

i, ST. PANCRAS ELECTION, POLLING TO-DAY. Polling to fill the vacancy in East St. Pan- das, occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Grant Webster (R.). opened on Wednesday horning, in fine weather. The candidates are i!\t:r. T. Wrightson (U.) and Mr. Costelloe, L.Q.C. (R.), who unsuccessfully contested the con- stituency at the general election. Mr. Web- ster's majority then was 2S9. The electorate numbers 7,264. The result will be declared to-night.

FILIPINO PRIVATEERS. A Central News telegram from Washington on Wednesday morning says.-—It has been decided that transports proceeding to Manila With troops and stores shall in future be armed with quick-firing guns. The reason is not definitely known, though it is hinted that intelligence has reached the authorities declaring that the Filipinos are arming vessels to attack unarmed United States transports on the voyage to Manila.

A COWARDLY CROWD. At the City Cnrontr's Court on Tuesday Mr. STRIPS? Taylor, aged an at ?s,ssc"s°?N« MI sii; ^Fra^cif James Taylor, the father, said that i 'Whilst sitting at dinner he heard tnat his son ..n. "tT ,1" F.A q 'Was drowning in ths 1 names, nt I <Á I fast as he could to the river, and found a large crowd, and his son being recovered by the pier- :man. The Corener: Had anyone dived in to save bov? j Witness (crving)* Not a soul. I cannot under- Stand It I would have <U«d l» l»d '« my worst enemy, let alone a granger. I never saw such a cowardly crew. W€re A Jnrnr Do you mean the crow a were Watchlng the boy drown and not attempting ^VSnei^Not a living soul bar the piermen tried. My God, it was awful to believe. A Juror: Did you ever hear such villainous Cowardice? (Hear, hear.) John Dodridge, of the Thames Police, said he and two City constables were kept on Special duty at the pier during tne dinne hour. Day after day boys went m and were rescued, but occasionally one was drowned. The boys were the pests of the Embankment, and 40 policemen couldn't save them. The jury, in returning a verdict of cci dental death," added a rider that it should he made a criminal offence to mount the Embankment parapet, and that the Ci y or foration. the London County Council, and the Governors of the Temple be requested to use their endeavours to prevent the ° these deaths." They further suggested anotw- mental spiked railing along the Kmbankme t para-pet to prevent boys climbing on to the ledge.

NATIONAL BANK OF WALES. In re the National Bank of Wales, Limited, On Tuesday, before the Master of the Rolls, e president of the Probate Division, anfi °' Justice Eomer, the hearing of the al>P ^r. John Cory from the order of Mr. "right was proceeded with. Mr. Warmington, Q.C., continued his argll- toent on the part of the liquidator, ai ferred to the directors' minute book toi Purpose of showing that overdrafts were p fitted to continue after attention had ute called to the impecunious position of the debtors that wholly insufficient security Accepted, and that bad debts were not wntte^ off as bad long after the directors knew ttu they were irrecoverable. Dealing with Question of 'he date of Mr. John Cory's resig- nation, he questioned whether there was any Solution of acceptance on the 18th of Decenl- 1890, which was the date at which tn defendant claimed that his liability for ai y transactions of the bank ceased. The meeting at which this resolution was said to have been Passed was held, not at Cardiff, but in a bel- room at the Savoy Hotel in London, and It Was entered not in the regular minute >*00 hut in a so-called private minute book, which it was the only entry. Moreover, one o the persons pre&ent on that occasion sal e attended it for the purpose of discussing a Question of amalgamation with another con- C ril; cern; that it was a conference and not a hoard meeting, that he saw no writing mate- rials about, and that no resolution was pro- posed or carried. The learned judge in the h w found that there was evidence enough to show that the defendant knew or was .responsible for the inclusion in the balance sheet from time to time of assets which were bad. and which, if they had been put at their true value, would have prevented any declaration of dividend out of Profits. But it w—. argued that, taking the facts as so foiuui. the defendant was not liable, because he might have dealt with the figures in a different way to that in which they were dealt, and the proposition was put forward that where trading had resulted in a loss it was competent to charge the loss against capital, and begin the next year with a new Profit and loss account. That, however, he submitted, could not be done in the case of a bank whose capital was osculating. The liability of the defendant for advances to directors without security which was the sub- let of a cross appeal, depended upon the con- struction of the articles, and his contention Was that the prohibition of advances without Security referred to such security ^nds debentures, or mortgages, and not to the lien Which the company would have «P< £ shares held by the person to whom had been made. n,lf5 Mr. Buckley followed on the sai • argued that the defendant was liable Payments of dividends out of capital on the ground of ultra vires, for the P advances on the ground of negligence, and for the advances to the directors oh the g hoth of ultra vires and negligence. The learned counsel had not concludec the court rose, and the further hearing adjourned until to-day (Wednesday).

On Sunday and Monday the opening services the new Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel at Senghenyda were held. The business at Barry County-court on Tues- day was quickly disposed of by his Honour Judge Owen. There were only four contested V «ases—all of a minor character—and a number r judgment summonses.

MORE TROOPS SELECTED FOR SOUTH AFRICA. SIGNIFICANT ORDER AS TO ARTILLERY. LOYAL OFFERS FROM THE COLONIES. STATEMENT BY MR. CHAM- BERLAIN. The Press Association Woolwich correspon- dent, telegraphing on Tuesday evening, states that another battery of Royal Artillery, the 73rd. has been selected for service in South Africa. This makes the fifth battery under orders for the Cape, the others being the 18th, 20th, 62nd, and 75th. Before leaving next month the gun carriages, limbers, ammunition, cart- ridges, and store wagons of the various batteries are to be painted with the Kirkee colour, those of the 20th Battery having already arrived at the Royal Arsenal for that purpose. This is done with the object of making the vehicles as nearly as possible the colour of the roads and soil of South Africa, and, with smokeless powder, their position will not be easily dis- covered by the enemy, the latter being pre- cluded thereby from replying to the British fire. On Tuesday thirty machine gun carriages were despatched from Woolwich Arsenal to Nine Elms Station for conveyance by rail to Southampton for shipment to South Africa. The ammunition for the machine guns will be the bali cartridge (Mark IV.) used in service rifles, and which expands on impact, and of which about four hundred rounds can be fired per minute. WARSHIPS IN DELAGOA BAY. A Reuter's telegram from Lorenco Marques on Tuesday says:—Her Majesty's cruiser Doris, with Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Harris, com- mander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, aboard, and the gunboat Widgeon have arrived here. LOYAL OFFERS FROM THE COLONIES. A Reuter's telegram from Brisbane on Tues- day says:—The Queensland Government has cabled to the Secretary of State for the Colonies offering 250 officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Mounted Infantry, with a machine gun section, for service in the Tra.nsvaal in the event of an outbreak of hostilities. The Press Association learns officially that Mr. Chamberlain has duly received the offer from Australia to send troops to South Africa in the event of a collision with the Boers becoming inevitable. At the time of inquiry the Secre- tary for the Colonies had not replied to the offer. As to the reported offer by the New South Wales Lancers, now training at Aldershot, it has not reached the Colonial Office, and was probably made direct to the War Office. CABINET COUNCIL YESTERDAY. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office at a quarter to one on Tuesday, Lord Salisbury presiding. Mr. Balfour went to the Foreign Office some considerable, time before the Council met. Mr. Chamberlain was engaged at the Colonial Office on State busi- ness during the morning. He received a number of Colonial dispatches.

IN PARLIAMENT. MR. CHAMBERLAIN ON THE NEGOTIATIONS. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, in answer to Sir H. Campbell Bamrerman (R., Sterling Burghs), after referring to the non-success of the Bloemfontein Conference and the fact tnat private and unofficial discussion had since taken place between the Government of the South African Republic and Mr. Hof- meyr, of the Cape Ministry, and Mr. Fischer, a member of the Executive of the Orange Free State, and had resulted in fresh proposals being submitted by President Kruger to the First Volksraad, continued:—Sir Alfred Milner's pro- posals were, briefly, the franchise after five years' retrospective. Under the President's. original proposal not a single Uitlander would get the franchise immediately. Those who came in before 1890 would get it in two years and a half; others already resident for two years would have to wait file years longer; those coming in the future would have to wait seven years and a half; all would have to undergo the objectionable naturalisation period. Under the latest proposals the natu- ralisation period is removed. Those who came in before 1890 get the franchise at once, and those who came in in 1890 and subsequent years, get it as soon as they have completed nine years' residence. There will thus be a small immediate enfranchisement of alien4 who are already resident in the country, and additions will be made each year until five years from the passing of the Act, when all aliens who have been seven years in the country at that time, and who possess the conditions, may be enfranchised. New-comers will be entitled to the franchise seven years after they have given written notice of their desire to become burghers of the State. The number of members allotted to the goldnelds will be increased by four. In the absence of fuller information, i', is impossible to be absolutely certain of the practical effect of the whole scheme. So far as we are able to judge from the information before us, the new scheme will have no imme- diate effect on the representation in the first Volksraad of the alien population, and it is certain that they could not carry any of the seats allotted to the rand until a much later period. MESSAGES FROM SIR A. MILNER. The COLONIAL SECRETARY, in reply to Mr. Lambert (R., Devon, South Moulton), said: I do not know the number of Tjitlanders in (ho South African Republic now entitled to exercise the franchise. I have received the following telegram from Sir A. Aiiiner:- "8th July.—Trustworthy statistics nre un- obtainable; only roughest possible estimate can be given. British Agent in South African Republic has obtained, through Vice-Consul at Johannesburg, estimate on two points, viz.- (11 What number would have franchise, pre- suming conditions same as in Orange Free State?—Answer: Approximately, 44,000. (2) What number would receive it in a reasonable time under my proposals?— Answer: Highest approximate estimate is 35,000." I do not know how these figures are arrived at, but I have myself gone somewhat elaborately into the figures, using such scanty oiiicial niate-ial ir, exists and taking account of the proportion of persons under age to those of full age in the different classes of tlrs population, the average death-rate, &c. Using 2-II the statistical data I can get, and bearing in mind the extremely fluctuating nature of the population—especially miners—I think that the male TTitlanders of flill age domiciled in the country for five years do not much exceed 30,000. But, of course, many do not possess the property or income qualification, and of those vho do a certain number would not desire to become citizens of the South African Republic. I believe, even if the conditions of admission were as liberal as possible, not more than two-thirds of the number would become citizens immediately. Two independent esti- mates I have heard of from well-informed persons, familiar with the conditions in the Transvaal, put the number at about 15,000, but I do not know the bases of ttreir calcula- tions. As regards the President s scheme in its original form, it would have admitted very few people, indeed, at once-I think, about 1.000. In a further telegram Sir A. Miiner reports the following conversation wnn Mr. Hofmeyr — "I inquired of Hofmeyr whether the Govern- ment of the South African Republic had any Idea how many UitJanders would be admitted under this or any scheme. He replied:- Esti- mates vary greatlv, but nobqdy really knew.' r. was one reason why the propor- tion 0f Uitlanders to the total s-eats could not. be finally fixed at once. would be necessary to wait and see how many obtained the franchise. It would take at least six months to complete the lists. The election could not be held till next year. He has advtsec four npw foJ. the mining rnnn ^S tU oncs" This was what the executive council intended to grant. The general scheme ° TTr piti i?Utiorl would be postponed till later. s £ H^BliRLAIN. in answer to Mr. John N°tts. Ruslicliffe), denied that any commutations had been made t0 the respon- sible Ministers of the self-governing Colonies of the Cape and Natal with respect to tne despatch by the Government of special service officers to South Africa to organise the resi- dents, as^ well as the police and local forces. Mr DAVITT <N.. Mayo, E.) aslced if any further papers would be published at once. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN replied that as to that be was in the hands of HottSfc would uecessarily be incomplete, but he could give those affecting the suzerainty question and the report of the Bloemfontein Conference. The position of matters had altered by subse- quent developments.

THE NEW PROPOSALS. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE AT CAPE TOWN. A Reuter's telegram from Cape Town on Tuesday says:—Mr. Schreiner, the Prime Minis- ter, and Mr. Hofmeyr had interviews yesterday with Sir Alfred Miiner, without doubt on the subject of the new franchise proposals. It is understood that a petition to the Queen will be presented by the Dutch Reformed Church praying for a peaceful settlement of the diffe- rences between the Imperial Government and the Transvaal. A meeting of the Cape Town branch of the Afrikander Bond will be held on Wednesday, when Mr. Hofmeyr is expected to make a state- ment on the situation. "BOERS PREPARED TO TAKE THE RISK OF WAR." LPRESS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] CAPE TOWN, Monday. All the newspapers published in Cape Town, Johannesburg. Durban, and Pietermaritzburg which support the Imperial policy unite in condemning Mr. Schreiner's letter to the "South African News," and in declaring that no settlement will be satisfactory unless it is accompanied by guarantees that the rights conferred by the Volksraad in the new legis- lation at the present juncture will not be in any way impaired by fresh enactments here- after. Mr. Hofmeyr, who has been inter- viewed on the subject, stated that regarded the Transvaal proposals as just ana equitable, and considered the conditions offered liberal. He remarked that the Boers were under no illusions as to the outcome of a possible war nor did they expect any armed assistance from the Afrikanders. Nevertheless, they preferred to take the risk of conflict rather than yield up their independence. Mr. Hof- meyr denied that President Kruger desired to neutralise the extension of the franchise by largely extending the numbers of Boer dis- tricts, and added that when the redistribu- tion scheme again came before the Volksraad, the enfranchised Uitlanders would find that they had the same rights as the old residents. CAPE TOWN, Tuesday. In connection with the visits naid to Sir A. Milner yesterday by Mr. Schreiner and Mr. Hofmeyr, it is believed that great pressure is being brought to bear by Cape Ministers to obtain an acceptance of the revised Trans- vaal proposals as an adequate settlement of the franchise question. Of Sir A. Milner's attitude in regard to these proposals no indication has been given so far in official quarters, but in unofficial circles it is held that it would be absolutely impossible for the Imperial Government to approve the latest scheme, unless it were cer- tain to result in securing immediate and sub- stantial representation for the Uitlander popu- lation; and this is a point on which grave doubts still exist. [PRESS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] PRETORIA, Tuesday. A deputation of Rand merchants waited t<J- day upon Mr. Reitz, Secretary of State, asking that in the event of hostilities, the fort should not be used against-dohannesburg, and that they should be allowed to police the town. They were informed that the Executive would consider the resolutions passed by the merchants' meeting, and that a polite reply would be sent to-morrow. The Volksraad Commission and the Execu- tive hope to complete the franchise law amendments to-night. It is stated that President Kruger, in accor- dance with the forgive-and-forget policy, is endeavouring to make the dishonouring sen- tence clause such that reformers shall not be excluded from political privileges, A deputation of Jews waited to-day upon the President asking that the law should be altered so as to enable Jew3 to stand for the Volksraad. President Kruger replied that they must give him more time. Hie had already allowed Jews to vote, a privilege which was not accorded in Russia. At the same time the other matter would receive the earnest consideration of the Government. It is reported that three British cruisers .have arrived at Delagoa Bay, and that the flagship is expected there hourly. RESOLUTION BY JOHANNESBURG UITLANDERS. [PRESS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] JOHANNESBURG, Monday. The Uitlander Council met to-day and passed the following resolution:—"Having examined the latest franchise proposals in the earnest hope of finding in them the basis of a satisfac- tory settlement, the council is compelled, with deep disappointment, to record its opinion that the suggested amendments fall far short of the 'irreducible minimum.' The council regards the redistribution proposals as ambi- guous, but considers that on the most favour- able construction they are entirely inadequate, and that the scheme fails to satisfy the requirements of the principle of equal rights to all white inhabitants. The council refrains from criticism concerning the changes to be made in the qualifications or mode of elec- tion of the President and Commandant-General. The council desires to re-affirm the principle that all the rights and privileges of old burghers should be accorded to the newly- enfranchised. The council re-affirms its assent to Sir A. Milner's proposals, and expresses its regret that the Transvaal Government should display rooted distrust of the new population, and the grudging spirit in its proposals to grant representation to the unenfranchised; and it is of opinion that no settlement will be of value, effective, or acceptable unless its per- manency is guaranteed by an understanding between the Transvaal and the Imperial Governments."

THE AMERICA CUP. The Shamrock has been ordered into dry dock at Southampton, as it is found she leaks. It is believed she disturbed a plate when she went aground on arriving in Southampton Water. The Britannia has not yet bent her sails, her mainsail being still at Rathys. She will probably be ready for a spin before the end of the week. The 18th is the date fixed for the trial between the Britannia and the Sham- rock. The Shamrock's racing colours are green and gold. Sir Thomas Lipton authorises the Central News to state that there is no foundation for the report that the Shamrock has gone into dock because she sprung a leak..The yacht has been docked simply for the purpbse of polishing her hull in preparation for racing with the Britannia.

INTERNATIONAL CHESS CON- GRESS. LADIES DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES AGAINST LASKER. The closing scenes of the international chess tournament took place at Westminster on Tues- day evening before a brilliant assembly. Lacker, playing simultaneously against all comers, had 2'i opponents, and he won twenty-one games drew two, and lest three. It is necessary to say that two of the fortunate winners were ladies. The consultation game, in which Jan- owski and Tchigorin were opposed to Pillsbury and Cohn. was a Vienna developing :nto a Four Kts. game. It did not conclude, and will be resumed at the British Chess Club.

SOUTH WALES WEDDING. PRICE—KONSTAM. On Tuesday afternoon, at St. George's Church Hanover-square, London, the quiet marriage took place of Mr. Thomas Phillips Price and Afist5 Florence Cecilia Konstam. The bridegroom is the only son of the late Rev. William Price, canon of Llandaff. barrister of the Inner Temple, J.P. Monmouthshire (sheriff 1882), and sat as M.P. for North Mon- mouthshire, 1885-95, of Triley Court, Llantillio- Pertholev Abergavenny, and Marks Hall, Essex, and the bride is the daughter of the late Mr. Berman Konstam, merchant, and Mrs. Konstam. of 142, Ebury-street, Pimlico. She is better known in literary circles as "Eff Kaye," the author of "Virtue's Tragedy" and "A Drawing Room Cynic."

DEATH OF THE OLDEST I CARDINAL. A Central News telegram from Rome on Tuesday evening says :-Cardinal Teodelfo Mertel died to-day. in his ninety-fourth year. He was the oldest member of the Sacred College.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT PENY- GRAIG. On Monday evening a most distressing fatal accident occurred at the Penygraig Colliery Siding. It appears that two boys, named Brewer, aged eleven. and Dyke. aged nine. were playing on the siding amongst the coal trucks whilst the Great Western Railway engine was shunting to make up the usual evening load. Somehow or other the boys got under the wheels, and Brewer was killed in- stantaneously. His body was frightfully mangled, and the boy Dyke was also severely injured, and had to be taken to the Port-h Cottage Hospital to have one of his legs ampu- tated.

At the United Methodist Free Church Assembly at Sheffield on Tuesday, the Rev. Jabez King, of Burton-on-Trent, was elected coimexional secretary, ana the Rev. Dr. Brook, of Bristol, corresponding secretary.

TO-I)Ars COMPETITIONS. BIgLEY CAMP, Wednesday. — Rain fell heavilyduring the night, and at gunfire this morning the sky was overcast. The heat was not so oppressive as yesterday, and, on the whole, the atmospheric conditions were almost ideal from a markman's point of view. A large number of additional competitors arrived by the early trains, and the camp lines are now well filled. The principal con- tests to-day are the Bass and the Albert Com- petitions, both for match rifles, open to all comers.

YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING. CAMP, Tuesday. With the opening of the Volunteer competi- tions, the Bisley meeting of 1899 may be said to have begun to-day in earnest. There were several events on the programme, to say nothing of the "unlimited" class. By the time the sun had reached the meridian the heat was so intense that even the most hardy of marksmen would have gladly retired to some "cool grot," had such been available, but the National Rifle Association rules are as inexorable as military! precision can make them, and "gunfire" is unfailingly followed by the ping of the bullet. All marksmen must feel much concerned, not unmixed with regret, at an accident which this afternoon befel Lieutenant Bonhour, of the Royal Engineers, while shooting in the premier bicycle competition. It ii an all comers' event, and the conditions are seven rounds at 600 yards. Lieutenant Bonhour had discharged three shots, getting two bulls and a miss. He challenged, but without any result, and on the fourth round the cartridge exploded backwards in the barrel. The bolt /head of the weapon was blown off and passed through the lieutenant's hat. His escape from death was little short of miraculous. His injuries are scorching of the face and cuts. The unfortunate occurrence was at once reported to the council. The presumed cause of the explosion was the lodging of the case of the third round in the barrel of the rifle. The ammunition is Mark 4, and the opinion that it is dangerous is being generally expressed by the Volunteers, who are hoping that it will be withdrawn. A quantity of the same ammunition has recently been sent out to South Africa. For the principal Volunteer event of the year-the competition for the Queen's Prize- nineteen of the Guernsey men had entered, but the general officer commanding the dis- trict has refused his permission, and although the Guernsey ctnip at Bisley was ready for the men's reception, they will not be seen here this year. This prohibition, which is understood to be connected with certain recent events in the island, will, of coursi, prevent the Guernseys competing for the Kola- pore Cup, in which event th:y were last year the winning team. The Waldegrave competition with the match rifle opened at nine o'clock. The conditions are ten shots at two distances of 800 yards and 900 yards. There are twelve National Rifle Asso- ciation prizes, of the aggregate value of £ 40. Major FremanUe. 1st Bucks, secured, the first prize with an aggregate of 93, which happened also to have been the winning total of Major Mellish at the 1898 meeting. The major used the Lee-Enfield, with canonite. Following immediately on the Waldegrave was the Regular and Volunteer Omcers' Match. open to one team of eight officers (actually serving) of the Regular (including Naval and Militia) and the Volunteer (including Yeo- manry) Services respectively. The distances are 800, 900, and 1,000 yards (aggregate), fifteen shots at each range. The highest possible aggregate at the three distances is 1,800, and last year the Volunteers won the tankards with 1.516 points, as aga.inst the 1,384 of the Regulars. In the team which represented the Regulars on this occasion there was no change, except that Captain Savile, of the Rifle Brigade, suc- ceeded Major Molyneux Seel, King's Liverpool, but the only officers in the Volunteer team who participated in this event in 1898 and re- appeared to-day were Major Edge, 4th Notts; Major Dalglish, 3rd Lanark; and Major Per. kins, 2nd West Surrey. At 800 yards the Volun- teers were far and away in front of their rivals in placing their shots, and completed the distance with 509. The Army team made a belated finish with 523. At the second range they both added 491. At the end of the final stage the Regulars' was the better a.ggregate- 1.528 against 1,480—and they were, conse- quently, the winners. The following are the I individual scores and grand totals:- REGULARS. 800 900 1,000 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Captain J. Savile, R.B. 63 63 71 197 Capt. J. Hopton, H.L.I. 70 65 62 197 Major J. Cowan, R.E. 65 63 68 196 Major T. Lamb, 1st Lanes. 69 58 66 193 Capt. Lander, Seaforth H. 63 66 64 193 Capt. Grant, Hythe Staff. 71 63 59 193 Maj.J. Millner, 8th K.R.R.C. 69 59 63 191 Capt. J. M"vne Lake, R.I.F. 53 54 61 168 523 491 514 1528 VOLUNTEERS. 800 900 1.000 yds. yds. yds. T*. Major Edge, 4th Notts. 66 66 66 193 Lt. T. Rankin, 6th V.B. R.S. 66 64 66 196 Col. Lord Deerhurst, 2nd Worcester 68 65 57 190 Major Perkins, 2nd V.B. Queen's 58 69 61 188 Lt. Richardson. 2nd Nor. F. 66 60 60 186 Capt. Reid, Hh Lanark. 65 58 59 182 Lt. Wood, 2nd V.B. Liverp'l 61 59 55 175 Maj. Dalglish, 3rd Lanark 59 50 55 164 509 491 480 1480 The Humphry Challenge Cup was another match rifle event, open to one team of four members from the corps of the Universities of Oxford and Oambridge, fifteen shots at each distance of 800, 900, and 1,030 yards. Oxford won with 42 points to the good, bettering its aggregate of 1898 by three. The principal events in to-morrow's pro- gramme are again restricted to competitions in which match rifles are used at the long ranges at Stickledown. THE QUESTION OF AMMUNITION. IMPORTANT DECISION BY THE COUNCIL. After evening gunfire the council of the National Rifle Association held a meeting, at which it was resolved that no more Mark IV. ammunition shall be served out during the present meeting, but that Mark II., the ammu- nition used at the last two Bisley meetings, shall be employed exclusively.

A FATHEirS~DREAD. A^ Tottenham an inquest was held on Wil- liam Ernest Borers, aged eight years, the son of a, commission agent, lately residing at 10, Black Iforsa-roati, Walthamstow. William Bowers, the father, deposed that on Thursday last the deceased went out to play about two o'clock. Later on witness and a frind were fishing in the River Lea when they heard that a boy had bsen drowned about 400 yards farther up the river. Witness had a horror of looking at a dead body. so did not go to the spot where the bdy was dragged out, but on arriving home he learned that it was his own son who had been drowned. Mary Jane Collins, the wife of a police-ser- geant. said she saw the boy struggling in the v-ater and tried to reach him with her ui ibrella, but cou'ld not. 'She asked a man who was parsing to help her, but he refused, cnft wall.ed away, and the boy sank whilst she was running to the lock-house for assistance, verdict of 'Accidental death" was returned.

PRIVATIONS OF A SHIP'S CREW. SWANSEA MEN DIE OF SCURVY. Air. J. C. Gibson, of Gerald-street, Swansea; has just returned home after a terrible voyage in the sailing ship Serembank (Captain Han- r A m,a«y the crew of which were natives o Cardiff and Swansea. On the homeward- bound journey from New Caledonia the ship was becalmed, and provisions almost ran cut, the crew being put for eleven days on one mouldy biscuit and a. little dirty water per diem. Dropsical scurvy set in, and Captain anse 1, aged 38, a well-known Swansea copper ore captain, died. The next day Henry Jones, the cook, and Samuel Thomas, both Swansea men, died, and there was one other death. The ship eventually got to Barbadoes, where others of the crew went into hospital.

THE DEATH OF THE CZARE- WITCH. A Reuter s telegram from St. Petersburg on Tuesday says:-court mourning for three months has been ordered on account of the ^zarewiteh. By a joint decree of the Ministers of the Interior, Education, and Justice and the chief procurator to the Holy Synod, the publication of the newspaper "Rats- chalo has been absolutely forbidden. The Press Association is informed that the Grand Duke Michael, who is now in London, is not the brother of t,he Czar and successor to the Czarewitch, but it is the son of the Grand Duke Michael Nieholovitch, who is grand- uncle to the Czar. The error arose from t'e circumstances that there are at least ti&r&a Grand Dukes Michael.

'■EXPRESS' CARTOONIST AND THE BARONETS POSITION. VIEWS OF A COLLIERY SHARE- HOLDER. To the Editor of the "Evening Express." Sir —As a, constant reader of your paper and great admirer of your artist I hope you will allow me a little of your fpaw to refer to your cartoon of Friday last, wherein, greatlv to my surprise, your artist has delineated Sir William aS havi»" his head cut.off or :»s a tree cut down, &c. Clever as your artist proved himself in gauging the situation from time to time through the unfortunate I Pears to have been misinforms, as "O the present position of the various parties on the retirement of Sir William 1.JeWIS from the chairmanship of the Sliding yca]<1 Committee and I venture to suggest that after the surrender by his fiood-to ca1rteoTillna?d tfriends on Saturday would b^ ratlng "Firt Blood for 'Mabon ™l 'Ve bfen nlu«h more appropriate, as (present hy the *s^t of the owners m m e meeting) with their new chair- man, and confirmed bv Mabon's" boaitin, week" that U'l gatherings, this 4c. rCCmt •» UI'I'SR.'HCO-WHI,E "<• STI"I"1' ,cn la t °U"h Ule dipping S<r Willie iyear' ,,a,ural!v expected from 'ne pbJct weakn-e. exhibited by the owners -n pa*.t meetings of the Slici ng Scale :ommittee. Wh."ev„ Sir Wil„.m absent th?3 to be permane.itty able to workmen's representatives will be able to have all their own way-the resn t cheek Mabon'" with his^ongue in 1"S cneeic, describes as ,,lace, but at what price—submission to the Federation and TheV'?e South Wales co!industry. f Pi^chin *10118 °f th°S* who are so fMr1. of « Peace are rarely consistent, unless SampledPPuT"r a"w neighbours, and so when "t suits the Welsh tS £ v i?way8..wants "peace"; whilt insisting to-day for a living wag<» to-morrow eigat hoars from bank to ba^k and always encroaching Upon the Wtoms protecting the hoars from bank to baJlk, and always encroaching upon the Wtoms protecting the employers thus involving, unless resisted per- sistently as they were by Sir William Lewis, absolute annihilation of the many millions of pounds invested in the South AVales coal trade. 80 that it is not sur- p rising to hear on all sides that those who have invested in shares in South of11/8, €XPFeSS anxiety as to the future of their property, now that the manage- ment of the affairs of thft Coal Association has passed into the hands of a lot of weak-kneed employers, who a-re afraid of "Mabon" and Co. Having been professional^ connected with the iron and steel works and collieries of South "Waies for over 35 years during which I have been eng-aged in many a hard fight with Sir William Lewis, I know'something of him. as well as of the enormous improvement of the sliding-scale "regime" over the previous period, when there were constant strikes and lock-outs here and there all over the district,* with ruinous losses to all concerned. Whereas, thanks to the united efforts of "Mabon" on the one hand, and Sir William Lewis on the other, and the good understanding that continuously prevailed between these two leaders, the South Wales coalfield prospered for nearly a quarter of a century, during which trade increased by leaps and bounds, and all kinds of property enormously increased in value—which, in the opinion of those engaged in the trade, was due almost entirely to the ability and courage of these two man. and the confidence their respec- tive constituents reposed' in them. "Mabon," unfortunately for himself and for the district, lost his power last year, and brought the Miners' Federation to his aid. Now, owing to Sir Winiam Lewis declining to be used as an instrument, or be a party, to whip the workmen of non-associated collieries into levelling down their wages and prices, after their employers made fortunes out of them last »ar, Sir William resigns his position in the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Association. Sir William has had previous bitter expe- rience of some of these owners, who in the past, after using the association for similar purposes, left the association, as they will do again as soon as it suits them Hence his deter- mined attitude. Whereas some of the young members in the association, whose experience in the association, as well as in managing workmen, is but limited, and who are practi- cally only delegates to carry out the instruc- tions of their respective boards of directors (who have in most cases even less experience than their delegates), advocated admitting everyone into the association regardless of part experience, thinking that Sir William would again allow himself to be used and bear the brunt of all the petty 'strikes that must ensue in such an unfair attack upon the workmen. Of course, it was believed that Sir William, who was the founder of the association, was so attached to the association that he would do anything rather than retire, but, notwith- standing all the pressure repeatedly brought to bear upon him, lie, most unfortunately for the South Wales coal interest, declined to give way upon what he regarded as an important matter of policy, and he so persisted and per- sists in his resignation. It has been common knowledge to the mem- bers of the association that Sir William Lewis desired to be relieved of the chairmanship of the sliding-scale committee for many years past, as he has year after year begged the members to accept his resignation, and it was only in deference to the urgent representations of his friend, the !ate Mr. Nixon, and the other large colliery owners that he continued his services. I think I have now said sufficient to show that your artist has inadvertently mistaken Sir William's present position, and I venture to predict that Sir William instead of being cut down as shown in your cartoon, may be as powerful for good in the future as in the past, although he has been independent enough to act according to his convictions and declined being used as a weapon, to gratify the desirec of the non-associated colliery owners, to unfairly level down the prices and wages of their workmen. Hoping for the sake of all interested in the coal trade that the new rulers of the associa- tion will show themselves more competent in the future than their representatives did at the la-st meeting of the sliding-scale committee and that you will regard the importance of the subject as sufficient apology for t)le ien,tll of this communication.~I am. <«f.c 0 Cardiff, Jn,y1,C0LUERY 8HAE™°U>EE.

WELSH FIRE BRIGADES. ARRANGEMENTS ENTIRELY INADEQUATE. Mr. William Odyerne Hulm, town-clerk of Pembroke, was called on Tuesday before the Select Committee of the House 0f Commons appointed to inquire and report as to the existing arrangements for the provision of fire brigades (including both staff and ionliaf,, ces) in England and Wales. Mr. c. Guy Pym, M-P-, was the Chairman of the Committee Mr. Hulm, in reply to the Chairman out that there were two towns in the'borono-h of Pembroke—the old town and the 1W1. i district. The area of the whole w ° f 4,680 acres, the population of the old t° being 4,497 and that cf Pembroke Dock inw The ratable value of Pembroke Was £ m noc j of Pembroke Dock £ 23,044. Pembroke n 1 came under the town council. At Pom v. °f 1 itself there was a sort of nonde8c,-h^ ™ brigade, consisting of a dozen men wuu uniform, and no engine. The town (.mm^ had no authority over them, and helnpri ttT with neither money nor appliances Tb°m provided everything themselves by "Rllho tion. The brigade had done good Lv^nT withstanding that the water sunpjy ,lr"' lot'" menta were not satisfactory. tness, con- tmuing, said that at Pembroke Dock there was a voluntary fire brigade, consisting of Sixteen firemen, two subordinate officers, and one honorary captain. It was located in the dock- yard town. but had nothing to do With the Corporation of Pembroke, except that th poration subscribed to its support, j e c°r' dockyard they had two steam engines tile n:nual. Then there was one manual where the troops were. The brigade at the doolr, L? was very efficiently worked by their own poliee-constables. The Pembroke Council hd no objection to the Local Government ft j having some authority over them. oa-ra

--= WILL OF THE LATE HON IT HUSSEY VIVIAN. -C1- By his will of the 17th of June, 1897, the W Henry Hussey Vivian, of 4, Belgrave-pw ±10"' d»ed on the 11th of December, lagg, years, bequeathed to his brothers, the late i'iT Aubrey Vivian and Odo Richard Viviai1 £ a Plate and plated articles, and to his moth Avoril, Lady Swansea, £ 100. The bequeathed a sum of £ 10,000 in the busin„a °f Vivian and Sons, to which he was entiti°i under the will of the late Lord Swan .a trust for his sisters, and he left his reside' estate to his brother* Odo Richard, the exp^ tor of his will, by whom the testator's estn+'o has been valued at £ 13,331 15s. Id.

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MIDLAND COUNTIES V. AUSTRALIANS. As on Monday, some light showers fell at Birmingham 011 Tuesday morning. but the forenoon turned out brilliantly fine, and there was a fairly gooji crowd present when the Australians started their second innings at 11.35. It will be remembered that each side completed an innings on Monday, and that the Australians only led by seven runs. M'Leod and Trumble went in to face Wilson and Hulme, and the last-named bowled M Lead in his first over at 5. Trumble lost his wicket in attempting what should have oeen an easy tmra run <*>. <nm Gregory was caught at short leg at 37. The 50 went up in fifty-five minutes, and runs came slowly, there being few big hits £ <nd much fine fielding. Santa 11 displaced Wilson at 65. Trumper was missed off Hulme, who gave way to Arnold at 93. The 100 appeared at 1.15, and Noble completed his 50 a little later. Trumper was bowled at 108, having assisted to put on 71 for the fourth partnership in sixty-five minutes. Noble was well caught at slip at 126 after batting over two hours. At luncheon the total was 139 for five wickets. After lun- cheon play was continued in the presence of 7,000 spectators at 3.48. lluime and Wilt-oli bowl- in0-. Twent1 -eight runs were added m twenty minutes before Iredale was, caught at '-hort le- at 167 Kelly followed in, and some ex- ceedingly careful play took place. As Darling and Kelly looked like giving a lot of trouble, Santill and Arnold superseded the other bowlers and at 192 Kelly was easily caught at slip while at 197 Darling was out in similar fashion. liie ZOO appeared at four o clock. Jones drove Santall for 4, but at ^94 he wa--> bowled off his leg?. Howell gave a lot of trouble, but was ultimately bowled, and the innings closed at twenty-five minutes past lour for 234. The Counties wanted 242 to win. tham- pain was out to a fine catch at 12. but Arnold and Quaife stayed together. Quaife and A. U. Jones became partners at 50. Score:— AUSTRALIANS.—First innings. M'L-lo(f, c Stntall, b Wilsoi-i 0 Trumble, c Lilley, b Arnold 50 Noble, c and b Hulme 7 Gregory c Hulme, b Wilson 11 Trumper, c Lilley, b Arnold 25 Darling, c and b Arnold 33 Iredale, c Lilley. b Santall 0 Kelly, c Jessop, b Arnold 3 Laver, b Wilson 10 Jones, c Cliampain, b Wilson 47 Howell, not out 6 Extras. 0 Total 192 AUSTRALIANS.—Second innings. If'Leod, b Halme 5 Trumble, run out 2 Noble, c Santall, b Arnold. 63 Gregory. c Santall. b Hulme 7 Trumper, b Santall 34 Darling. c Santall. b Arnold 35 Iredale, c Wrathall, b Hulme 25 Kelly, c Santall, b Arnold. 16 Laver, not out 8 Jones, b Santall 7 Howell, b Wilson 23 Extras. 9 Total MIDLAND COUNTIES.—First innings. W. G. Quaife, 1 b w, b Jones Champain, b Jones 22 Arnold, c and b Trumble 21 Jessop, c M'Ieod, b Jones 22 Diver, b Jones Jones, b Trumble ° Lilley. c Darling, b Laver 37 Wrathall, c Howell, b Laver 19 Santall, not out llulriie, b Trumble Wilson, b Trumble 0 Extras Total 185 MIDLAND COUNTIES.—Second innings. Champain, c and b Jones 6 William Quaife, not out 21 Arnold, 3 and b Jones. 22 Jessop, c M'Leod, b Jones. 8 Jones, not out 33 Extras 3 Total (for three wickets) 98 GENTLEMEN V. PLAYERS. Tremendously hot weather prevailed in London on Tuesday when the Gentlemen, who on Monday had scored 373 for six wickets, went on with thir innings. Mason (41) and Grace (33) having Rhodes and Mead agains them. Grace played in much finer form than he did on Monday evening, getting the ball in the middle cf his bat and punishing Rhodes for ten in one over. With Trott bownng he com- pleted his 50 after batting two hours, and at one time scored 26 to Mason's seven GENTLEMEN.—First innings. A. C. MacLaren, b Lockwcod 31 Frv, b Rhodes ™ Ranjitsiiihji, c Kayward, b Rhodes ~8 Tcwnaend, c Trott, b Brockwell 46 Jackson, b Mead 21 Poore, 1 b w, b Trott Grace, run out 7[) Mason, c Brown, b Lockwood 72 Jenhson, not cut j' M'Gregor, st Storer. b Brown 12 Bradley. c Brown, b Lockwood 1 Extras _J Total 480 PLAYERS.—First innings. Brown, c and b Bradley 15 Abel, c M'Gregor, b Bradley 14 Havward. c and b Jephson 77 Ward, c MacLaren, b Ranjitsinhji 35 Brockwell. c Jackson, b Jephson 4 Storer, c Grace, b Jephson 12 Lockwood. c M'Gregor, b Ranjitsinhji 8 Trott, c MacLaren, b Jenhson 4 Hirst, c MacLaren, b Jephson. 0 Rhodes, not out 7 Mead. c Poore, b Jephson 0 Extras 20 Total 196 PLAYERS.—Second innings. Brown, b Bradley 12 Brockwell, c M'Gregor, b Jackson 29 Hayward, not out 2 Extras 1 Total (for two wickets) 44 SOMERSET V. YORKSHIRE. SOMERSET.—First innings. Bernard, c Wilson, b Haigh 88 Stanley, b Brown 0 Robson, c Lord Hawke, b Haigh 74 Tra-sk, b Brown 4 Woods, c Haigh, b Wilson 42 Griffin. b Brown 4 A. E. Newton, c TunnicblTe, b Brown 0 G:ll. b Brown 5 Bucknell. c Tunnicliffe, b Brown 29 Tyler, b Brown 12 Cranfield, not out 0 Extras 17 Total 275 SOMERSET.—Second innings. Stanley, c Hunter, b Brown 31 Bernard, not out 39 Robson. c and b Haigh 0 Trask. c Hunter, b Brown 3 Extras. 5 Total (for three wickets). 78 YORKSHIRE.—First innings. Tunnicliffe, c Woods, b Gill 29 Mitchell, c Bernard, b Tyler 24 Denton, b Griffin 74 K. R. Wilson, c Stanley, b Griffin 55 Wainwright, 1 b w. b Tyler • 6 Lord Hawke, b Griffin 37 Haigh st Newton, b Cranfield 31 Whitehead, c and b Tyler 15 Brown, jun.. c Woods, b Tyler 2 Hunter, c Stanley. b Tyler 6 T. H. Hirst, not out 5 Extras 5 Total 290 LEICESTERSHIRE V. LANCASHIRE. LEICESTERSHIRE.—First innings. De Trafford, c Webb, b Hollows 75 Knight, c A. N. Hornby, b Webb. 82 Pougher, b Cuttell 67 ■R..Joyce, b Webb 1 King (H.), c A. N. Hornby, b Sharpe 31 Whitehead, b Cuttell 6 Brown (J.). b Cuttell 3 Geeson, c Smith, b Cuttell 5 Ag;ir run out 0 Whiteside, not out 0 Grewcock, b Cuttell 0 Extras. 11 Total 281 LANCASHIRE.—First innings. Hartley, c and b Geeson 32 A. H. Hornby, b Geeson 18 Tyldesiey. c Brown, b Whiteside. 249 Cuttell. b Grewcock 44 Eccles, b King 30 Sharpe. b Joyce 72 Hallows, c sub., b Grewcock 60 Smith, not Out 4 A. N. Hornby, not out 49 Extras. « Total (for seven wickets) 554 SUSSEX V. HAMPSHIRE. SUSSEX.—First innings. Brann, c Hill, h Baldwin r? Marlow, b Baldwin K'ilick. b Baldwin Vine, b Wynyar.l °fi Newham, c Steele, b Soar ..■• ° Smith, b Soar Collins, run out Tate, c Steele, b Hill 6 Butt, c and b Hill q Humphreys, not out Bean, b Baldwin 2 Extras 217 Total *2.17 SUSSEX.—Second innings. Brann, b Soar oq Marlow, b Soar 0 Ktllick, c Bennett, b hoar gg Vine, not out 07 Newham. b lleseltine 3 Smith, c Wynyard, b Heseltine Bt an. b Heseltuie 21 Collins, c Hill, b Steele Butt, not out 16 Extras Total (for eight wickets) 157 HAMPSHIRE.—First innings. Wynyard, b Humphreys « Barton, c Collins, b Killick English, b Humphreys C. II- Palmer, c Bui/t, b Vine 1<> Hill, not out 1? Spens, e Butt, b Humphreys n Bennett, b Collins 2 Heseltine. b Humphreys Soar, b Vine g Steele, b Humphreys. Baldwin, c Tate, b Vine Extras Total 262

CARDIFF LIBEEAL EXECUTIVE. A meeting of the executive of the Cardiff Liberal Association was held on Tuesday mgh, at the office in Queen-street. Councillor IV. H. Allen presided.—On the motion of Mr. T. L. Powell, a resolution was adopted protesting against, the introduction of the clerical Tithe Bill so late in the session.

To-day's Programme. L NEWMARKET MEETING. Stewards- The Earl of Durham, the Hon. H. W Fitzwilliam. the Earl of Crewe. Keeper of the matchbook and stakeholder; Mr. Weatberby. Handicapper: Mr. R. K. Main- waring Clerk of the scales: Mr. W. C. Manning. Judge: Mr. C. E. Robinson. Starter: Mr. Arthur Coventry. Q r\ -A FIR-ST FOAL STAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds; CO > 9st, fiilies 8st 101b; breeding allowances; winners extra. H.M. (one mile). Mr Fairie's Matoppo, 9st a Mr Wallace Johnstone's Torpilleur, 9st M R Lebaudy's Forget. 9st aPr'nce Soltykoff's Concealment colt (3lb), 8st lllb M R Lebaudy s Batswing. 8#t 101b a Prince Soltykoff's Black Vixen (3yrs). 8st 81b .) 1 —The TWO-YEAR-OLD SALE STAKES V of 5 sovs each, with 200 sovs added; colts 9st, fillies and geldings 8st lllb; auction allowances. New T.Y.C. (five furlongs 142 yards). aLord Farquhar s St Gall (31b). 8st lllb aMr W M Redfern's Wolf (31b), 8st lllb aMr A L Duncan's Lucania (31b). 8st 8!b aMr H J King's Sou'Wester (61b), 8st 8ib aMr C S Newton's Evasit (61b), 8st 81b aMr Russel's Emotion (61b). 8st 51b a,Mr Dobell's Saxilby (101b). 8st 41b Lord Durham's Tacit (101b). 8st 41b Mr A Eccles's Braganza colt (101b). 8st 41b aMr A B Sadler's Merry Boy (101b), 8st 41b aMr Barrow's Westmoreland (101b). 8st lib aCount de Bc-rteux's India (101b), 8sl lib aMr J Cannon's Adosinda (101b). Sst lib Mr A Eccles's Swag filly (101b), 8st lib aMr T Jennings, jun.'s Poivrette (101b). 8st lib aLord Farquhar's Bobette (101b), gst lib Mr A Johnstone's Shilling Fare (101b), 8st lib In the Two Year Old Sale Stakes Lucania and Bobette claim to be sold for 300 sovs, and Sailby. lJo<vrette, and Evasit for 100 sovs. TRIALS.—Cunningbame beat Le Feu, St Avcnicus, and Sou'Wester. 5 furlongs. Mis- management beat LUCANIA, 5 furlongs. ») r) ( —A SELLING PLATE of 400 sovs, for three year olds and upwards; weight for age. Suffolk Stakes Course (one mile, four furlongs, twenty-five yards). aMr L Brassey's Merry Buck. 4yrs, 9st Mr C A Brown's Roughside, 6yrs, 9st aLord Durham's Tophet, 4yrs, 9st aSir Maurice FitzGerald's Worksop, 3yrs, 7st 121b aMr H Barnato's Latheronwheel. 3yrs, 7st 91b aLord Cadogan's Sargasso. 3yrs, 7st 71b aSir D Gooch's White Squall, 3yrs, 7st 41b a,Mr H Barnato's Illogic, 3yrs, 7st 41b TRIALS.—Fiorenza beat Macheath and SAR- GASSO, 1 nrle. 8/ 1 —The JULY HANDICAP of 10 sovs" each for starters, with 500 sovs added; winners extra. Exeter Course (six furlongs). aMr L de Rothschild's Fosco, 6yrs, get 71b anir J S Curtis's Courtier II., 6yrs, 8st 121b aMr J B Leigh's The Wyvern, 4yrs, 8st 51b aPrince Soltykoff's Woolsthorpe, aged. 8st 4ib aMr J H Houldsworth's Greenan, 4yrs, 8st 31b aLord W Beresford's Chinook, 4yrs, 8st 21b aLord Durham's Dubuque, 4yrs, 8st lib aMr H Barnato's Sir Geoffrey. 4yrs, 8st aMr E I'.Ielly's Bewitchment, 5yrs, 7st 131b aPrince Soltykoff's Leisure Hour, 4yrs, 7st 71b aMr B Gottschalk's Lexicon. 5yr. 7st 71b aMr L de Rothschild's Gay Lothair, 4yrs. 7st 71b aMr II J King's Fiorio Rubattino, 4yrs. 7st 6'b aMr L de Rothschild's Sacripant, 4yrs, 7st 51b aMr H J King's Wild Irishman, 3yrs, 7st 51b aSir E Cassel's Chon Kina, 4yrs, 7st 41b aDuke of Devonshire's Vara. 3yrs, 7st 31b Mr E C Clayton's Simonburn, aged, 7st 31b aMr D Seymour's Sapling, aged, 7st lib aLord Derby's Weybridge, 4yrs. 7st lib aCaptain Machell's Vira, 3yrs, 6st 101b aMr A L Duncan's London, 3yrs, 6st 101b aMr T R Dewar's Joe Pluck, 3yrs, 6st 91b Lord Decies' All Scarlet. 3yrs, 6st 8Jb Mr E C Clayton's Sir Michael. aged. 6st 81b Mr J S Curti='s Indlau Chief II., 3yrs. 6st 71b Mr D Seymour's Clarehaven. 3yrs. 6st 71b aMr Arthur James's Aboyne, 3yrs, 6st 61b aMr R 11 Combe's Pisa. 3yrs, 6st 21b Mr T Simoson Jay's Madame Roberto, 3yrs, Cat 21b TRIALS.—Dynamo beat Santa Regale and PISA, 7 furlongs. SACRIPANT beat Flavio Gioia, Trid-ant, Excepcional. and Ophrys. 7 fur- longs. Murthlv heat MADAME ROBERTO and Melanyl, 6 furlongs. INDIAN CHIEF II beat Tristano and Lammas. 5 furlongs. GREENAN beat Carbiston, 14 mile. 3qA -The ZETLAND BLATE of 500 sovs. •OU added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. h ft. for three veaf olds; colts 83t 101b, fillies and geldings 8st 71b; winners extra. B.M. (one mile). aLord W Beresford's Caiman, 9st 61b aMr L de Rothschilds Trident, 9st 31b Mr AV R Marshall's Damocles, 9st lib aMr Martin D Rucker's Wild Irishman, 9st lib aSir M Fitzgerald's Sister Angela. 8st 121b aSir R Waldie Griffith's Landrail, 8st 121b aMr L Brassey's Umbrosa. est 71b M R Lebaudy's Forget, 8st 51b aMr Fairie's Basuto. 8st 51b Sir W Ingra-m's Courser. 8st 5Ib roMr L (le Rothschild's Mabrouk, 8st 51b Mr W M G Singer's Franklin. 8st 51b Sir W Ingram's Gilded Feathers. 8st 21b aMr F H Jennings's Gamecock, 8st 21b Mr W R Marshall's Orierne. 8st 21b TRIALS.—Sacripant beat Flavio Gioia, TRI- DENT Excepcional. and Ophrys. 7 furlongs. Cromlix beat Otterden and BASUTO, 1 mile. 4f\ _A TWO-YEAR-OLD SELLING • l_/ PLATE of 103 sovs; colts 9st, fillies and geldings 8st lllb; allowances. New T.Y.C. Mr Combe's Imogene filly aMr E M Owen's Miss Sclim colt aMr Stedali's Anlace gelding aCount Berteux's Investric aMr Wardell's Clontra aMr W Gardner's Mirth fillv aMr Walker's Beverley Buck aMr Hayhoe's Miss Gold aMr Rothschild's Evander aMr Gurney's Betty Doxy aMr Gurry's Music Hall aLord Durham's Mozne. aMr Barnato's Swears aMr Houldsworth's Petriolo aSir J Miller's Szanto fillv aSir M Fitzgerald's Angeline aMr Brassey's Lictor aMr T Jennings, iun's Caerleon aSir J Blundell Maple's Heel and Toe a OA -The SWAFFHAM WELTER HAN- i«OU DICAP PLATE of 200 sovs; the second to receive 30 sovs; winners extm. B.M. aSir J Kelk's The Baker, 4yrs, 9st 91b aMr Dcbell's Sligo. 5yrs, Pst 41b aLord W Beresford's Doric n. 4yrs, 9st 21b Mr Jersey's Malnma, aged, 9st 21b aMr Covington's Wax Toy, 5yrs, 9st 21b aSir S Scott's History, 5yrs, 9st aMr R H Combe's Dynamo, 6yrs, 8st 121b Mr B Gottschalk's Lexicon, 5yrs, 8st 10'b aMr H Frederick's Waterhead, 4yrs. 8st 81b aMr H C White's Form, aged, 8st 51b aMr Baldock's St Fort. 5: rs, 8st 31b aMr W Ward's Dunlop, 4yrs, 7st 121b aMr L de Rothschild's Excepcional, 4yrs, 7st lllb aSir J Blundell Maple's Hall Caine, 4vrs, 7st 91b Mr J Maclachlan's St Maur, 4yrs. 7st 31b aMr Richard Croker's Bowling Green. 3yrs, 7st TRIALS.—Sacripant beat Flavio Gioia. Tri- dent, EXCEPCIONAL, and Oprhys. 7 furlongs. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. HANDICAP PLATE. Mr Horatio Bottomley's Northern Farmer, 5yrs Mr Horatio Bottomiey's Le Blizon, 3yrs Prince Soltvkoff's Arimaspian, 3yrs Sir J Blundell Maple's Air Gun, 4yrs Lord Stanley's Lisbeth, 3yrs Mr W Cooper's Edmee, 3yrs Mr H Barnato's Sweet Story, 5yrs Mr II Barnato's Le Buff, 4yrs Mr E J Rose's Escurial, 4yrs Lord Cadogan's Sargasso, 3yrs Lord Wolverton's Ugly, aged Mr A James's Aboyne, 3yrs Duln of Devonshire's Claque, 3yrs Mr J E Piatt's Chloris II. 3yrs Lord Carnarvon's Dark David, 3yrs Mr Dewar's Perthshire, 4yrs Mr A Stedall's Ocsano. 4yrs Mr L de Rothschild's Little Bob, 6yrs Mr Le de Rothschild's Allegro, 4yrs Captain E W Baird's Tawthorn, 3vrs Mr L de Rothschild's Erimurus, 3yrs Lord Howe's Rose Shoot, 3yrs Mr Redfern's Hampton Prince. 3yrs Mr G P Reynolds's Vendetta, 3yrs Lord Durham's St. Vaast, 3yrs Mr Croker's Geurgiana, 5yrs Mr T A Roberts's Holt Castle, 5yrs Lord Penrhyn's Gereon, 3yrs Sir R Waldie Griffith's Chaffinch, 3yrs Lord Duim.ven's Sea Fog, 4yrs Mr H J Kings 4yrs Mr HT Kjner's Florio Rubattino. 4yrs H.R H. the Prince of Wales's Even tail. 3yrs Sir M FitzGerald's Sister Angela, 3vrs Mr A Covington's Organ Pilot, 5yrs Mr A Covington's Wax Toy. 5yrs Lord W Beresford's Meta II., 4yrs Mr G Ridnath's Tovaros, 4yrs Mr W H Manser's Orontes II. colt 6yrs APPRENTICES HANDICAP. Lcrd Farqubar s Fiddlcstring, 4yrs Lord Stanley's Birnam Wood, 3yrs Mr G Lambt-on's Ethelred, 3yrs Mt' H Barnato's Illogic, 3yrs Mr H. Barnato's Lord Danvers 4yrs Mr J Waugh's Lady Macheath, 3yrs Duke of Devonshire's ClaoUe 3yrs s iT T W,00^8 Flavio Gioia, 3yrs Mr L de Rothschild's Allegro. 4yrs „ ,A-1,^ri £ yiS s Ethel filly, 3yrs Mr Dobell's Fiorensa, 3yrs Hr d? Rothschild's Ophrys, 3yr3 T JvrN(Trnan's Blend, 4yrs Lord Cowley's Seagry 3yrs cfr ? C Clapton's Simonburn, aged a'r t 5';vtnuftll Maple's Anchorage, 5yrs e-r J Bmudell Manle's D<>von, 4,vrs ?ir RViaidie Griffith's Chaffinch, 3yrs TT°w wD"'lraIen's Sea Fog, 4yrs M M Tthe prince of Wales's Lucknow, 4yrs Mr T JT"nni.nS3. jun'8 Jupe, 3yrs £ I WEIGHTS FOR THE HIGH-WEIGHT 0 Golden Rule, evrf^t^lbYaiithis. 5yrs, M?ddtetonB3^84^ M8!bLatSeronwhe^'3>p, fetS'l27lb;2St.; Ken5m'. 3yrs. est 'l21b St^Lundi, 3yrs- >st3 Qtuinade, 3yrs, 6st 71b; Loodiana, 3yrs, t>st lib. SCRATCHINGS. July Handicap-Greeilan. Two Year Old Sale Stakes-India. Zetland Plate-Trident and Mabrouk. owaffham Welter—St% Fort. Chesterfield Stakes—Zobeyd«. Torque, Rotha, and Goblet n ADDITIONAL ARRIv -^s- Bobette, Simonburn. a a^aclise, Damocles, St. Maur, Holt Castle, and Joe Ulmann. YESTERDAY'S LONDON BETTING. feature of the Liverpool Cup was the r^+Vianceuieilt of Merman to 5 to 1. Suc- in aext best in deU1?^ 8T1t'.) !• just in advance of Alt Mark and Sligo. Prices: — LIVERPOOL CUP. i? to 1 agst Merman, t and o to 1 Suceoth, t 100 to 12 siigo. t 100 to 12 AJt Mark, t n £ 0 1 — Grodno, t inn 1° 1 la. inn — Hawfinch, o to 7 Quassia t

NEWMARKET MEETING. NEWMARKET. Tuesday. Fine weather was associated with the open- ing day of the Second July Meeting. and there was a very fair attendance. The course wa.s in ajood condition, and racing realised expec- tations. My selections for to-morrow are: — First Foal Stakes—MATOPPO. Two Year Old Sale Stakes-EMOTION. Selling Ptate-LATHERONWREEL. July Handicap—VARA. Zetland Plate-CAnf AS. Swaffliam Welter—FORM. Twe Year Old Selling-SZANTO .,¡,

OLD SAM'S FINALS. NEWMARKET MEETING. 1.30JMATOPPO. 2.0—EMOTION. 2.3D-LA THF.Rü1\"WHEEL. 3.0—LEISURE HOUR (nap). :30-DAMOCLBS. 4.0—CAERLEON. 4.30- EXCEPCION AL,

PADDOCK FINALS. (LATEST FROM THE COURSE). 1 VIRA. SZANTO FILLY, HISTORY, and CAIMAN. The Champion's one-horse selection for to-day is TOPHET (nap). SPORTING LIFE—"AUGUR." 1.30—Matoppo. 2..0-Emotion or Bobette. 2.30-Latheronwheel. 3.0—The Wyvern or Joe Pluck. 3.30gCaiman or Damocles. 4.0—Szanto filly or Imogene filly. 4.30-Hall Caine or Form. MAN ON THE SPOT. 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—-Emotion. Z,30-Tophet. 3.0—Bewitchment or Chon Kina. 3.30—Caiman. 4.0gLictor or Swears. 4.30-Fofm. NEWMARKET CORRESPONDENT. 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30—Tophet. 3.0—Chon Kina or The Wyvern. 3.30—Caiman 4.C-Sza,ndo or Lictor. 4.30-Dulllop or Form. SPORTSMAN—"VIGILANT." 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30-LatheronwheeJ. 3.0|Vara or Bewitchment. 3.30—Caiman. 4.0—Szanto filly or Lictor. 4.30—Hal! Caine. MAN ON THE SPOT. 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30—Latheronwheel. 3.0—London or Vara. 3.30—Caiman. 4.G-S7.ant{) filly. 4.30—Doric II. or Dynamo. ( NEWMARKET CORRESPONDENT. 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30-Worksop. 3.0§London. 3.30-Cairoan. 4.0—Szanto filly. BIRMINGHAM GAZETTE—"TIP." 2.0—Emotion. 2.30—Latheronwheel. 3.0—Vara or Leisure Hour. 3.30—Caiman. 4.0—Lictor or Imogene filly. 4.30—Dunlop or History. "STABLE BOY." 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30—Roughside. 3.0—Leisure Hour. 3.30—Caiman. 4.0gBeverley Buck. 4.30—St Maur. SPORTING CHRONICLE—"KETTLEDRUM." 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion (if absent. Lucania). 2.CI-Roughside or Latheronwheel. 3.0-Vara or Clarehaven. 3.30—Caiman* 4.0—Imogene filly or Szanto filly. 4.Han Caine or Dynamo. "CLIFDEN." 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30—Roughside. 3.0—London. 3.30-Damocles. 4.0^—Beverley Buck. 4.30—The Baker. DAILY MAIL—"ROBIN GOODFELLOW." 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0|Emotion. 2.30—Tophet* 3.0—Vira. 3.30—Caiman. 4.0-Lictor. 4.30—Form. MORNING LEADER— UNO." 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0gEmotion. 2.3G-Illogic. 3.0—Chon Kina* 3.3O-Caiman. 4.0—Lictor. 4.30§Hall Caine. LONDON FINALS. The Star and Sun-Matoppo. The Star and Sun—Emotion. The Star—Tophet; The Sun, Latheronwheel (nap). The Star—Chinook (nap); The Sun, Vara. The Star and Sun—Caiman. The StH-Swears; The Sun, Moyne. The Star and Sun—Doric TI.

SPECIALS. TURFITE SPECIAL. 3.0—Vara. 3.30—Caiman. 4.30—Doric n. OOF BIRD SPECIAL. 3.0—Dubuque. 2.0—Emotion. JOCKEY SPECIAL. 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.3GgRoughside. 3.0—Leisure Hour. 3.30—Caiman* 4.30—History. GALE'S SPECIAL. 2.0—Emotion. 3.0—Sir Geoffrey. 3.30-Caiman. RACING GAZETTE SPECIAL. 3.O-Vara" 3.30—Damocles. 4.30—Hall Caine. DIAMOND SPECIAL. 1.30—Matoppo. z.o-Emotion. z.La thE>ron w hl. 3.0—Vara. 3.30—Caiman. 1 ™ ♦ THE JOCKEY 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30La theronwheel. 3.0—Leisure Hour. 3.30-Caiman. 4.30—Excepcional. '.W ,T 4 SPORTING WORLD. 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion 2.30La the.rollwheel 3-0—Sir Geoffrey. 3-30—Damocles 4.30-Fonn. SPORTING LUCK. ^•30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30-TIlcgic. 3.0—Vira. 3.30—Caiman. 4.30—The Baker. RACING WORLD. 1.30—Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30—Tophet. 3.0gThe Wyvern. 3.30-Caiman. SPORTING WORLD SPECIAL. 2.0—Emotion* 2.30-Ronghside. 3.0—Vara. 3.30—Caiman. 4.30—History. CHILTON'S GUIDE SPECIAL. 1.30—Matoppo- 2.0—Emotion. 2.30—Tophet. 3.0gChon Kina. 4.30-Excepciona.1. MANCHESTER SPORTSMAN SPECIAL. 2.0—Erne :ion. 3.(}-ChinoClk. 3.30-Caimau. MIDDLEHAM OPINION SPECIAL. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30-T,cpbet. 3.0—Vara. 3.30-C.airn.-n. 4.30—Hall Caine. RACING WORLD SPECIAL. 3.0—Vara.. 3.30—Caiman. 4.30—Doric II. PADDOCK LIFE. 2.36-Roughside.. 3.0gThe Wyvern, 3.30-Ca.iman. 4.30-Sligo. SPORTING HERALD. 1.30-Matoppo. 2.0—Emotion. 2.30—Tophet. 3.0- Vara-. SPORTING MIRROR. 1.30-Matoppo.. 2.30-Merry Buck. 3.03Gay Lothair. 3.30—Caiman. 4,3,3-Excepcion,il-

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SPORT OF THE DAY. The amateur selection for to-day is "y Lothair. J aquemart has finished his racing career, and is to be sent to the stud. Contrary to report, Mr. D. Seymour has no intention of taking his horses from Sherrard, in whom-he has the greatest confidence. Chubb, by his victory in the Dullingham Plate ye-tsrday, has incurred a 71b. penalty for th? Liverpool Cup. which raises his weight for that race to 7st. 31b. The illness from which Flying Fox recently suffered was a slight attack of the gripes. The crack is all right, and had a capital gallop with Frontier and Calveley on IMonday. Mr. Richard Croker, who avowedly came over here to "knock the stuffing" out of Tattersa.il'■ ring, having signally failed in the Object, announces that he will return to the States next month. For taking his liorsss to Newmarket without first gaining the stewards' permission. Coving- ton, the South American trainer, has been peremptorily ordered to remove them-a very arbitrary piece of officiousness, seeing that Covington was not aware that official permis- sion was nectary. It is reported that T. Loates will ride Succoth and S. Loates Alt Mark in the Liver- pool Cup. After being on the easy for a week. Alt Mark now gallops as sound as she ever did in her life, and as Sam Loates has been re- tained to ride her in the Liverpool Cup, the filly should go very close. Mr. Horatio Bottomley was at Polegate on Monday, and witnessed several raeing-pace gallops, the most important being that over a mile and a half in which Hawfinch figured. The Liverpool Cup candidate acquitted himself satisfactorily, finishing a length in advance of Benedictus, with the disappointing Labrador third. When Tom Cannon, the father of the family of jockeys, made his own first appearance forty years ago. he rode in a race that was run in heats at Plymouth, and, his mount stumbling, he was thrown clean over her head, was ridden over by many of the horses behind him, and was picked up for dead. Happily, as is often the case, the thing looked worse than it was; indeed. on the following after- noon he rode a winner. There should be an interesting race at Son, down on Saturday for the National Breeders" ST,akes, as this is the most valuable two-year- old prize of the season, and the Prince of Wales's Fitzsimmons, if not reserved for Good- wood, might take some beating, as he will be in receipt of 91b from Democrat and O'Donovan Rosea, and then there is the possibility of Old Puck II., who is credited with being the best of Lord William Beresford's two-year-olds, taking the place of Democrat. S. Arnold, who had quite recently entered into possession of Waterford Lodge. Curragh. as private trainer to Mr. Gamble Orr, met with a terrible death on Saturday evening last. He formed one of a party of excursionists to Powerscourt Waterfall, one of the show places of County Wicklow, and in the attempt to climb the precipice beside the waterfall Arnold stumbled, and in his fall struck the projecting rocks with such force that he was instantly kilted, his body, when it reached the ground, being frightfully mutilated. With a view to testing the temper of Di&- mond Jubilee thoroughly, now that it has been found impossible to operate upon him. he ha-a been subjected to plerty of false starts in a thorough practice. J. Watts donning the colours and managing him without t-rouble. Perhaps, with a few more outings he will over- come his dislike to the racecourse, and should his bad b?haviour be the outcome of a shildish soit of waywardness which may be cured none would be more relieved than his trainer. Taking the line through O'Donovan Rosea, Dia- mond Jubilee is a really good colt, for at home he is certainly the best two-year-old in Marsh's stable.

MORE TROUBLE AT PENTON- VILLE PRISON. A strike of warders at Pentonville Prison has only been averted by an exceedingly close vote. According to the information gleaned by a Daily Mail representative, the cause of the discontent is the discipline said to be in force at the gaol, and the suspension of the secre- tary of the Prison Officers' Society for sending letters to the governors of 60 other prisons in England with respect to a petition which it was proposed to circulate in the hope of obtaining better conditions of employment. To add to the perplexities at Pentonville, two ir.ore serious assaults on warders have been committed within the past few days, and the cases will come before the Visiting Committee at the gaol. The names of the assaulted warders are Lupson and Danes. Both men were attacked while in the discharge of their duty. and had desperate struggles with ruffians, whom they only succeeded in overcoming with the assistance of the\ fellow offioei-s. There is considerable feeling among the warders respecting the suspension of Assistant- warder Willisford, the secretary of the Prison Officers' Society. Those who sympathise with him allege that the permission of Captain Johnson, the governor, to write to the prison governors throughout England was first obtained, but that offence was taken at the mention of this being made in the communi- cation sent out. The petition asked for an eight-hour working day, extra pay for Sunday and Bank Holiday duty, and time off or extra pay for evening duty.

RAILWAY COMMUNICATION TO DINAS POWIS. The monthly meeting of the St. Andrew's Parish Council was held at the National School Dinas Powis, Mr. J. Laac (vice-chairman) pre- siding.—The Deputy Clerk (Mr. W. D. Williams) read a letter from Mr. R. Evans, general manager of the Barry Railway Company, in answer to the council's request for a better service of train, in which it was stated that two trains had been added to the service calling at Dinas Powis, namely, the 8.17 p.m. from Barry, calling a,t Dinas Powis at 8.29; and the 9,5 from Cardiff, which arrives at 9.19. These trains, however, would be discontinued in the autumn. The letter further stated that a crane could not yet be erected at Dinas Powis Station, and that the landing stage and goods warehouse now being put up there were con- sidered sufficient for the present needs of the village.

BARRY TECHNICAL INSTITUTION. The science and art and evening schools com- mittee of the Barry School Board met on Tues- day evening at Holton-road Schools, Barry Docks, the Rev. W. Williams in the chair, when Mr. Paul Draper was appointed teacher of instrumental music, and a proposal to stab. lish evening classes at Barry Island Schools was referred to the management committee of the school board.—The Secretary (Mr. R. Treharne Rees) reported the results already to hand of the recent examination of the technical classes, which on the ivhole wcrt iiatiií4;:tor6.