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ROW IN A CARDIFF MARKET. MANAGER'S ASSISTANT ROUGHLY TREATED. KNOCKED DOWN AND RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. At Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday (before Messrs. T. Andrews and T. n. Stephens) Bertram Partridge, 18, Canal-street, was sum- moned for assaulting William Holmes, assis- tant in the fish market, on January 3. Mr. Halloran (from the town-clerk's office) prosecuted. In opening, he said that on Friday afternoon at five o'clock complainant, in pursuance of his duties, was clearing out the place which was used as a. fish washing room. He had another man with him, and heard someone turn the handle of the door. He went to see who it was, and aaw defendant, and told him he oould not be admitted, as he had no business there, and, besides, he (witness) had not finished his work. Subsequently, complainant went into tha open market, and saw defen- dant leaning against one of the stalls. Defen- dant asked. "Does the b- market belong to you?" Holmes replied, "No, it don't; nor to you." Defendant remarked, "For two pins I'd give yon a punch on the jaw." Holmes hardly had time to say, "Yoa had better not," when defendant struck him a violent blow in the eye, and knocked him down and rendered him unconscious. Defendant. Mr. Halloran added, was one of several young men who loitered about the market and made them- selves obnoxious to the officials and others. Complainant, who appeared with liis eye badly blackened, said the blood "went all over the market." and a lump was also raised on the back of his head as the result of the fall. Defendant alleged that complainant shut his fingers in the door. He added that he was employed every Saturday in the market, and had as much right there as anybody else. He was annoyed by complainant saying he didn't want any "Cardiff tykes" there, and he (defen- dant) admitted striking the blow. Salesmen Charles Phillips and John Collins ani Tom Sheppa.rd corroborated. Mr. Thomas Molyneux (market manager) also gave evidence. He wa« engaged in his office, and was called to the fish washing- house, where he saw the witness Sheppard bathing complainant's face. Defendant asked if the washlng-housa had not always been kept open.—3 £ r. Moiyneux replied in the negative. A month ago keys were provided to keep the place private, and now aamiaeion could only be obtained by those who had flsh to wash, or had received direct authority from himself. Defendant: Didn't you send for Holmes to chuck me out. as you didn't want any "Car- diff tykes" there?—I had no idea. you were in the market. I was engaged on business with Mr. Giller, the auctioneer, and had been there more than an hour when I was called out to find you in that condition. Defendant pleaded that he was sorry for what he had done. This was hie first appearance for assault, though he had been up eleven times before for other offencca. Ho was now fined 40s. and COJte, or one month.

LICENSING REFORM. A CONFERENCE, TO BE HELD AT MERTHYR. At a meeting of temperance workerg, held ni-der the presidency of the Rector at St. David's School, iferthyr, it was resolved, after hearing an address from Air. A. F. Harvey, secretary to the Central Tem- perance Legislation Board, to hold. on some convenient date to be hereafter fixed, a. con- ference and public meeting for tha purpose of considering the proposals of Lord Peel for licensing reform, the following gentlemen being appointed a committee to make the necessary arrangements:—The Rector, the HeT. David Jones, the Rev. John Tiiotmas (Zoar). the Rev. David Price (Tabernacle). Mr. D. Daniel Williams. Mr. William Morgan. J.P. (Pant). Mr. Isaae Edwards (Dowlais), the Rev. J. W. Price (Trosdyrhiw), and Mr. William Morgan (Cefn). The Rev. J. H. C. Smith and Mr. D. Daniel Williams were chosen joint secretaries.

FOOTBALL. ENGLAND V. WALES. Mr. G. Rowland HiIJ, hon. secretary of the Bugby Union, informs us that so far the only couple that have failed to accept places in the England team are J. Daniell (captain) and S. F. Coopper (Blackheath and Devon). The latter is almost a certainty, while, after all, it ia sincerely to be hoped that the old Cantab will be prevailed upon to lead the side. Both teams will leave Charing Cross Station at 12.15 p.m.. and lunch on the ground. RUGBY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. AURREY V. EASTERN COUNTIES. A fair ivtten.'ianc.! of spectators assembled at Richmond on Wednesday to w.tress this county match, which was played under favourable conditions. As was expected. Surrey won easily, bnt they did hot give a. satisfactory diap!ay. The fnal score was:—Surrey, three gcalsand three trie1 (22 pointsl; Eastern Coun- ties, one goal and < ne tty (8 points). -=

OBITUARY. THE REV. DAVID THOMAS, CWMBACH. The Baptist caUJIe has sustained great lose by the death of the pastor of Bethania Chapel, Cwmbacb, who has just parsed away at the early age of 39 years, after two years' continuous ilineas. Deceased was a. native of

FOOTBALLERS Are requested to send in queries arising out of disputed scores and referees' deci- sions. Thest queries will be authorita- tively answered in the Evening Erpress." Address Editor, Evening Express," Car- diff.

PROPOSED NATIONAL OPERA HOUSE. The Central News has reason to believe that the anonymous offer to give £10,000 towards the building of a national opera house comes from the Earl of Dysart. It has naturally aroused much interest in musical circles, but the scheme is not likely to meet with strong support unless it is designed for the benefit of purely English opera.

BARRY WATER DEFICIT. Under the auspice3 of the Barry Rate- payers' Association, a public meeting was held at the Regent-ball, Barry Dock, when the chair was occupied by Mr. S. R. Jones, president of the association. The object of the meet- ing was to consider means of assisting the district council out of the present difficulty in connection with the council's water under- taking. It was pointed ont that the council were using the profits on the gas to meet the deficiency on the water. This, however, the Local Government anditor now declined to allow, and the council were proceeding to obtain a Provisional Order, so that they may be able to take the profits on the gas to meet the water deficit. The meeting decided to sup- port the Provisional Order.

CARDIFF BARBERS AND SUNDAY WORK. A meeting of the Cardiff and District Hairdressers' Association was held under the presidency of Mr. G. F. Dyer. A number of letters were received from the secretaries of various branches of Trades Unions enclosing resolutions oordially sup- porting the association in its endeavour to abolish Sunday trading and improve the con- dition of the trade generally, it being reported that in the case of some unions specified fines were being imposed where any of their members were found in a non-asso- ciated hairdressers' saloon on a Sunday. -+-

,LL A "GIBBY HOUNDS. One of the best meets which, the Llangibby Hunt has had for some years took place on Tuesday. The ifelure was at Slnvat Farm, near the New Inn. About 150 horsemen and armething like 300 followers on foot were present. A capital day < sport resulted.

HOCKEY. Pontypool v. Chepstow A.—A very interesting match took p'tac<! on the Recreation Ground, Fontypool. on Wednesday afternoon. P.I:; was of an even character, and the game resulted in a draw of two goals -eich. The scorers for Pontypool were T. P. H. Watkins and B J. Willia:ns, and for the visitors Wintle and Sutton.

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NEWPORT HARBOUR BOARD. DOCK COMPANY'S ENTERPRISING POLICY. INCREASE IN MISCELLANEOUS IM- PORTS.. Alderman H. J. Parnall presided at the monthly meeting of the Newport Harbour Commission on Wednesday. The Chairman alluded to the statement of shipments for December, and said there was an increase in some items as compared with December, 1900. There was an increase in the foreign '.jiport of pitwood, an increase in the miscellaneous imports, and an increase in the foreign export. of coal of nearly 60,000 tons as compared with December, 1900. Alderman M. Mordey said, as a commercial man, apart from his membership with thic commission, he was glad to see that efforts were being made by the Alexandra Dock Com- pany to deal with the question of facilities for trade. A circular had been placed in his hands which: was a, great credit to those who had compiled it, and he hoped that it would be circulated freely, in order to show the facilities 'which were given at Newport. The falling-oif in shipments was not due alto- gether to the dock company. The merchants and shippers were aleo to blame. Alderman D. A. Vanghan endorsed the statement that the Alexandra Dock Company was making excellent arrangements to deal with the import trade. In bringing up the report of the harbour works committee. Alderman M. Mordey said that after the meeting was over there was an informal discussion upon certain statements which had recently been made detrimental to the interests of the port. He would not men- tion any firms, as it was not desirable that names should be mentioned. But authority had been given to the harbour-master to take steps to refute the falsa statements, and it would be necessary for him for that purpose to go to different parts of the country and see large .shipowners whose minds had been poisoned by the statements made. Unfortunately, the port had been a good deal injured of late by the statements to which he had referred, and he was sure the board would allow the expenses of the harbour master in visiting shipowners to refute them. Mr. T. E. Watson said he had thought whether it was not possible for a port to bring an action for defamation of character in the same way as an individual, but, per- haps. in this case it would not be wise, and the best thing would be to send the harbour master to see the shipowners whose minds had been poisoned against the port. The adoption of the finance committee's report was moved by Mr. G. F. Colborne and seconded by Mr. T. E. Watson, who did so. as he said. for the purpose of asking a ques- tion. He wished to know how it was that, whilst there was an increase in the tonnage exported, for December, 1901, as compared with December, 1900. there was a decrease in the harbour dues received. He had an awu- ward habit of looking at the £ s. d. side of matters first, and he saw that there was a decrease of twopence on the harbour dues, although there was an increase of 25 per cent. in the shipment' of coal. The Clerk said he thought one of the things to explain it was that there was a. big decrease in the iron ore imports. Mr. T. H. Mordey drew attention td the large increase in what were called miscel- laneous imports. There was an enormous quantity of steel bars now being brought into the port. Within the last week hi. firm had brought. 3,000 to 4.000, and they had 10,000 to 12.000 tons to come in the near future. It was well that, the works of the neighbour- hood should take this matter to heart, for, whereas they need to export these bars, now German bars were imported to take their place. Mr. T. E. Watson thought it was a matter which affected not only the works and the shippers, but the whole town. The import of nearly 100,000 tons of these bars in a. year meant that manufactured goods, which had paid nothing towards the rates, Imperial or local, were coming in to compete with manu- factured goods which were rated to an extent which would surprise people if the full degree were known. He thought it was full time that the Question óf this rate-bearing capa- city altogether should be considered by the country at large. Mr. E. Gething: Do you mean that we should have fair trade? Mr. T. E. Watson: You can draw your own conclusions. You have the facts before you. Alderman M. Mordey said one firm in the neighbourhood now purchased 25.000 tons of these bars for a Place where they used to make them themselves. It was agread to request the clerk to sepa. rate the items now included in "miscellaneous imports," and to specify the more important of them each month in the return of ship- ments. The Clerk said he had received an intima- tion from the Great Western Railway Com- pany that Mr. John Dunster. the marine superintendent of the company, had been appointed a member of the commission, in place of the late Mr. John Lawrence. ===== -== i

BILLIARDS. DAWSON V. DIGGLE. The match of lS..m up between C. Dawson and E. Diggle for a prize of £100, the latter being, in receipt of a start of 2,000 points, was continued at the Argyll-hall on Wednesday. ) When play ceased on Tuesday night the scores stood at ;Diggle.4,666; Dawson, 2v970, the former thus holding a lead of 1,696. For a while on Wednesday afternoon Diggle practically monopolised the table, Dawson's play b-ing so much below his usual standard that, as the reault of thirteen attempts, he could do nothing better than 37 and 34. Diggle. on the other hand, showing the same brilliant form that had characterised hie efforts on Thursday evening, steadily increased his advantage with runs of 116 (from 72 unfinished). 73, 26. and 54. Then came what proved to he the finest display of the afternoon. Getting the balls nicely together, Diggle gave a superb exhibition of the top of the table game, and when at length a thin cannon off two cushions brought him to grief he had made 209. A period of quiet play ensued, and then at last Dawson settled down. Starting with 96. he put on a finely-played 175, 65. and 123, but he was afforded 110 further opportunity, as with 91 (unfinished) Diggle reached his points, and brought the afternoon's proceedings to a close. Going on with his incomplete break in the evening Diggle. by all-round billiards of a very high order, increased it to 205 before fail- ing at a red winner. Subsequently Diggle made a run of 82. 96, 108. 59. and 67. Dawson's best breaks in the eveuing were 120, 81, 84. 154. 57, 87, and 36. At the close the scores stood at: — Biggie 6.001 Dawson 4,409 STEVENSON V. MACK. The game in which H. W. Steveuson is con- ceding J. Mack a start, of 300 in 9,000 up was continued at Messrs. Thurston's billiard-hall. Leicester-square, on Wednesday. Overnight Ma-ck had reached his full points, 5,000. while Stevenson, at 2,900, was 100 behind hie proper position, and for some time on Wednesday afternoon Mack continued to increase his lead. He made breaks of 97, 99, 26, 110, and 53, and reached 5,440 to Stevenson's 3,112, the latter's best runs so far having been 47 and 40. Then, however, Stevenson played finely, putting 10 147, 123, 133, and 98. and at the interval he had slightly the better of the position on the handicap, his score being 3,716 to Mack's 5,459. At night both men showed excellent form. Stevenson making 186. 101. and 1R2, and Mack 48, 53, 112. and 221 (unfinished). Closing scores: Mack 6,000 Stevenson — 4,248 —' — 1

NEWPORT HEARTS OF OAK MEDICAL AID ASSOCIATION. The twenty-third annual meeting of the Newport Hearts of Oak Medical Aid Associa- tion was held at the Co-operative-hall, New- ( port. on Tuesday evening. Mr. S. R. Whiting 11 presided. The annual report, which was sub- ] mitted. showed that the year's work of the 1 society was a record one, financially and with membership. Messrs. W. Garland and S. B. 1 Whiting were unanimously re-elected as the 1 delegates for the Newport district. Mr. Gar- j land was congratulated upon his re-election on the executive council of the Hearts of Oak. Society. The following officers were elected J for the enouing year .•—President, Mr. K. C. j Baultcr; secretary, Mr. W. Garland; trea- < surer, Mr. Orchard; auditor, Mr. F. J. Lewis. Mr. Garland presented some interesting < statistics relating to the work of the Hearts j of Oak Society during the past year. The < new members admitted last year totalled 18,186, and the total membership on December 31 was 258,000; the approximate income during the year was £580,OCO; total reserve fund; (approximate). £ 2,490,000; addition to the 1 reserve for the year 1901..S163.000; sick pay i disbursed iu 1901. about £ 252.600. The total 1 claims paid since the foundation of the society to December 31, 1901. amounted to an approxi- 1 mate sum of £6,301.6<17. 1 n in m

THE REMOVAL OF THE VICAR. OF SWANSEA. The Mayor of Swansea (Mr. Griffith Thomasj has consented to preside at a meeting to be held at the Guild-hall on Thursday, the 30ih I. inst., at four p.m., for the purpose of taking into CO!lIli¡1eration the eminent services ren- dered by the Rev. Chancellor J. Allan Smith, ) D.D., to the causc of religion in Swansea and the district for upwards of seventeen years, and deciding whether any practical recogni- tion thereof shall be made

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CARDIFF COUNTY COURT. INTERESTING DISPUTE BETWEEN BETTING MEN. ABORTIVE CLAIM AGAINST A RAIL- WAY COMPANY. At Cardiff County-court on Wednesday (before his Honour Judge Owen) the following were among the cases heard:- SEQUEL TO A LIBEL ACTION. Walter Henry Cole, of Longcross-street, Car- diff, appeared in answer to a. judgment sum- mons issued by the Anglo-American Zither Company. Mr. Joseph Henry Jones appeared for the plaintiff company, and said th&t the amount in question was JE51 5s. ICd.. due upon a. ver- dict for damages in a libel action. Defendant said that he could not pay, aa he had no means. Mr. J. H. Jones: Do you get anything from the Vigilance Society?—No. Mr. Jones: Is this your pamphlet?—No. Didn't you distribute copies of this pamphlet yourself-thin pamphlet which con- tains the libel?—No, I did not. His Honour: Well, you did not defend the action?—I was away in London, and had no money. Mr. J. H. Jones: But you appeared?—No. You appeared—you were represented by a solicitor?—Not in the last case. Didn't you appear by a Cardiff solicitor, Mr. Harold Lloyd?—No. Didn't you instruct him to appear?—No. His Honour: You have had two actions?—It was a case of spite againBt me. Mr. J. H. Jones: Where do you lire?—In Longcross-street. With whom?—My father-in-law. His Honour: How long have you been in that happy position—earning nothing and being kept by your friends ?—Since last Octo- ber. His Honour: What do they keep you for? Not for nee, evidently. After further examination, his Honour made an order for £a per month. RUNNING DOWN CASE. Frank Burrell, clerk at Lloyds Bank, Cardiff, sued Arthur Bishop, saddler, of Duke-street, Cardiff, for damages, alleging that his daugh- ter was run down by defendant. Mr. A. Par- sons (instructed by Mr. A. F. Hill) appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Sankey (instructed by Mr. W. H. Lewis) defended—Plaintiff alleged that he was riding on his bicycle home from St. Mellon's, accompanied by his two daugh- ters, when he met defendant riding in a gover- ness car. Defendant was running along on the wrong side, and one of plaintiff's daughters was knocked down. He spoke to defendant about it at the time, and defendant said that the girl had "wobbled" into the car, and put the lamp out. Ha saw defendant on the following day, but was met with a volley of oaths. Hia Honour: Which did not hart you. (Laughter.) Witness: And he told me to go to a certain place. His Honour: But you didn't go. (Laughter.) In cross-examination plaintiff said that a man riding in front of him got past the defen- dant's car. Plaintiff and one of his daughters also got past, but with difficulty. The esti- mated damage to the bicycle was JE4. Alice Burrell, the daughter knocked down, said that she did not "wobble" when riding past defendant's car. They were going down hill at the time. The other daughter gave evidence as to the narrow roadway that defendant left for the cyclists to pass. Arthur Bishop, the defendant, said that he left plenty of room. The girl ran into his car, and the handle of her bicycle struck his lamp out. Judgment was given for plaintiff. BICYCLE V. 'BUS. Eli Gordon, a tailor, Eldon-road, Cardiff, brought an action against the Cardiff Tram- ways Company for damages. Mr. John Sankey (instructed by Mr. A. F. Hill) appeared for plaintiff; Mr. George David defended.—Plain- tiff's story was that on the evening of Septem- ber 14 he was riding through Qaeen-street, and was going about a yard from the pavement. An omnibus overtook him. and he was knocked down, and severe injuries to himself and the bicycle resulted. He claimed £6 10s. Other evidence was given by Michael Hol- lander, Barnet Massimo, and Joshua Williams. The defence was that plaintiff overtook the 'bus and tried to get past it. A foot passenger got in the way, and caught hold of the handle bar of the bicycle, which caused the accident. Several witnesses were cailed to prove this, and judgment was given for defendants. A "COMMISSION" TRANSACTION. Messrs. Jukes and Flooks, commission agents, brought an action against W. F. M. Hawkins, of Cardiff, for money due to them in respect of certain betting transactions. The amount in dispute was £50, and plaintiffs alleged that defendant (who is a provision merchant, residing in Richmond-road, Cardiff) owed the money to them on certain commis- sions. Mr. John Sankey (instructed by Mr. A. F. Hill) appeared for plaintiff; Mr. Ivor Bowen (instructed by Mr. J. H. Jones) appeared for defendant.—In answer to the judge, Mr. Ivor Bowen said that the defence was based on the Gaming Act of 1392. His Honour: Well, Mr. Sankey? Mr. Sankey: We have paid the money when he has won, your Honour, and when we apply for it when he has lost, this is his defence. Judge Owen: It is a. very dishonest defence, I admit, but you cannot get over it. Mr. Sankey admitted his position. His Honour: Very well. It is something like the Statute of Limitations, and I cannot give costs.—Plaintiff is non-suited. A COMMERCIAL 8 LUGGAGE. T. Dorthwaite, commercial traveller, of Ca.r. diff, brought an action against the Taff Vale Railway Company for £2 IDs., damages for negligence in sending his luggage away to the wrong station. Mr. Hill appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Ingledew for the defen- dants.—Plaintiff's case was that he went to the Great Western Railway Station, and in- structed a porter to get a ticket and label his luggage to Treorky. The ticket was obtained all right, but the luggage was labelled and sent to another station.—The defence was that commercial travellers' lug. gage was taken on special terms and at owner's risk, and his Honour gave judgment for the defendants. A HORSE DEAL. Charles Sees sued G. Gunning, jobmaster, of Cardiff, for breach of warranty on a. horse. Mr. Sankey (instructed by Mr. Hill) appeared for Rees and Mr. Fraxicis for Gunning. The story told by Rees was that he bought a horse from Gunning, and defendant said that it was a good worker. When he put it into j a. cab it proved to be a jibber, and would lie < down in the road He called several wit- nesses to prove that the horse was not a good t goer, although defendant had said it was. t Gunning said that he wanted JE12 for the < horse, but Rees offered £8 only. They went « to a. hotel and had a few drinks. 2 Mr. Francis: Things went smoother then? r Defendant: Yes, sir. (Laughter.) f Mr. Francis: They usually do. s Defendant added that afterwards Rees e "sprang" 159., and they agreed to that. The t money was paid and the horse taken away. I Afterwards the horse was sent back while he was away, and he sent it out again. Mr. Sankey: Now, didn't you warrant this I horse to be quiet to drive in single or double I harness ? e Defendant: No. I would never give a war- I ranty on any horso that was sold for £8 15e. 1 Defendant admitted, in the course of further I examination, that he bought the animal with- t :mt seeing it whilst ridin«r home in the train i from Caerphilly Fair. He denied emphati- v Rally that he ever said to plaintiff, "I have a had you, and you must have someone else." I Judgment was given for plaintiff, with costs. « IS A CROSSED CHEQUE NEGOTIABLE? ° In a case of considerable importance that came up William Perch and Co. sued W. Vaughan Dabb and Co. for JE12 10s. Mr. Sankey instructed by Messrs. Ingledew) appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. A. Parsons (instructed by I Messrs. Moxon and Lean) defended.—A year or c two ago the defendant firm commenced busi- c aess with plaintiffs, and a large number of f :ransactions had taken place between them. 1 Upon the first account the amount due to t jlaintiffs was £12 10s. (after the deduction of c v discount percentage that plaintiffs had not a allowed). Defendants drew a cheque and t crossed it "and Co." and gave it to a clerk, with < nstructions to pay it to Messrs. Perch. The ] ;Icrk had an account with the plaintiffs for ( i private supply of coal. amounting to £12 's. 8d.. and when he paid in the cheque he nstructed Messrs. Perch to place it to bis credit, which was done. The plaintiffs now sued for the £12 10s. due on defendants' account, contending that the clerk had acted Js defendants' agent, and defendants were, k therefore, liable for his action.—A large c lumber of cases were quoted by counsel on 1 jach side.—In the end his Honour ruled that ,he law was clear. When people entrusted negotiable papers, Ac., to an agent they I were responsible for the agent's action. Judg- I ment must be given for the plaintiffs. I MR. RICHARD MULLOCK SUED. I An action was brought by A. J. R. Hooper against Richard Mullock for £3 for goods sup- I plied.—Defendant said he was formerly a. J commercial traveller, but left off travelling two years ago. He now did a little black and white work, getting sometimes 5s. and 0 sometimes £1 for his drawings. He earned, perhaps, £1 a month. He had a wife and r six children, and it was a. mystery how he ji lived.—His Honour made an order for 5s. a e month, which was the amount defendant S offeredj to pay. S fi

— o l'he NEW DOROTHY SPICED PRESSED BEEF 1 2s. per pound.

THE LIVERPOOL DISASTER INQUIRY INTO THE OVERHEAD RAILWAY ACCIDENT. NO DEFINITE EVIDENCE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. Mr. Sampson, the Liverpool coroner, on Wed- nesday held an adjourned inquiry into the cir- cumstances attending the deaths of Forbes Irvine Bingham, Jas. Beadon, Chas. Maloney. Robert Ashbee, Thomas Rendall, and Joseph Charles O'Brien, who were killed in the disaster in the Dingle Tnnnel of the Liverpool overhead railway on the 23rd of December. Bingham and Beadon were passengers on the train, which was burned, and the other vic- time were employed on the railway. There was a large attendance of legal gentlemen. A model of the motor, similar to that which is supposed to have set Are to the traio, was exhibited in the court. William Shuttleworth, booking-clerk a.t Dingle Station, said that three or four doors leading from the station were open. Two passengers were got out through the station windows, which were smashed in. Others might easily have climbed over the barriers, but the passengers were naturally excited, and the smoke was very thick. Inspector Cowan, Lark-lane Five Station, stated that intimation of the outbreak was received at 6.4 p.m. The brigade arrived in four minutes. The heat was then intense. and the smoke was fanned up the tunnel by the wind. After a considerable interval the bodies were recovered and the fire extinguished at two in the morning. The brigade could have done nothing more than they did. but, had the alarm been received immediately after the fire occurred he believed they could have coped with it. James Howard, a passenger, stated that he joined the train at Canada Dock at 5.10. All went well until in the tunnel, within a hun- dred yards of Dingle Station. The guard then came from his compartment, and said he could not stand the smell, and that he thought the train would stop. Smoke was rolling out of the compartment, and immediately after a flash came. Several passengers tried to get out, but were told there was no danger. Wit- ness was the last to escape. Chief Fire-superintendent Thomas stated that a fireman who entered the tunnel wearing a smoke helmet had the electric cable of his searchlight melted, and his boots burnt through. The fire extended over a hundred yards, and embraced two trains, a pile of 150 creosote sleepers, forty yards from the station platform, and all the station buildings. Mr. Cottrel, manager and engineer of the overhead railway, explained how the driver of a train could cut off the current in five different ways. Had the driver of the train that took fire extracted a plug from the switch, the fire, in witness s opinion, would not have occurred. Evidence was given by an expert that the accident was due to leakage from the pole piece, due to moisture. The train was so completely destroyed it was impossible to determino the origin of the fire. The manager of the railway, recalled, said the sleepers which caught firé were seven years old and contained very little creosote. The Coroner, summing up, said there was no definite evidence of the cause of the fire. The jury. after over an hour's absence. returned a verdict of "Accidental death," but expressed a strong opinion against placing sleepers in such a dangerous place.

UP-TO-DATE POLITICS. 1 ■ INTERESTING ADDRESS BY MR. E. WADDINGTON. Mr. J. Herbsrt Cory, JvP., chairman of the Cardiff Conservative Association, presided over a social gathering at the Splott Conser- vative Club on Wednesday evening. A large number of the members and their friends attended, a.nd during a musical programme, provided by the Splott Braes Band and others, Mr. E. Waddington delivered an address on up-to-date politics. He congratulated the club on its prosperity and excellent manage- ment. No less than 1,000 Conservative clubs were now affiliated to the Association of Con- servative Clubs, and no fewer than 25,000 affiliation tickets had been issued last year, representinsf an increase of over 25 per cent. on tho year previous. (Cheers.) It required considerable ability and tact to manage clubs successfully. The golden rale to follow, undoubtedly, was to be firm in maintaining the rules and to be conciliatory in all non- essentials. The party had reason to be proud of the fact that all their clubs had been successfully conducted and kept going, whilst so many Cardiff Liberal clubs had gone down. (Cheers.) tf the Liberal party, composed of so many factions, could not manage a club, how could they be trusted to manage an empire? The Liberal Imperialist Club had not yet been formed, but it was said to be on the tapis. He noticed that even the "South Wales Daily News" had declared itself Impe- rialist—(laughter)—bnt they took care to follow it up by saying, "We are not Jingo Imperialists"—whatever that might mean. They all remembered the time when every Liberal orator and every Liberal newspaper sneered and jibbed at the word "Imperialist" when Beaconsfield chose "Imperium et Libertas" as the motto of his party. (Cheers.) All would admit that by his grand strokes of Imperial statesmanship, and especially by the using of Colonial troops for the first time. Beaconsfield taught a grand lesson to England and the world, viz., that we were no longer little England only, but a mighty Imperial Power, prepared to use the whole resources of the Empire for the maintenance of British interests in every part of the world. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Waddington also dealt with the question of workmen's dwell- ings, redistribution, and the Compensation Act. Mr. Herbert Cory in the course of a brief address pointed out that, although large sums of money were spent on the war, a great portion of it came back to the people indirectly. Had it not been for the war they should never have seen coal reach the fabulous sum of 30s. a ton, and freights could not have gone up to the extent they had. On the motion of Dr. Corrigan, the chair-' man of the club. a vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Cory and Mr. Waddington.

PONTYPRIDD ATHLETICS, PROPOSAL TO HOLD CHAMPION- SHIP RACES. There was a large attendance of memhers of the athletic club at the Greyhound Hotel, Pontypridd, with Mr. Ack Llewelyn in the chair. The question of profeas;onal v. amateur cycle racing at the Eanter Sports was discussed at some length, and it was resolved to again give the professional riders a chance of taking out licences, and if a fair number entered the Easter Monday Sports that x series of professional meetings be held subse- quently.—The question of constructing a track for foot racing on the Taff Vale Park was again considered.—It was resolved to have an Estimate of the cost.—Attention was called to the proposal to hold the National Cyclists Union Profes?ional Championships at the Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd (mentioned in the National Cyclists' Union Review"), and the members deputed Messrs. Ack. Llewelyn and T. G. Lewis to wait on Mr. Noble, the general secretary of the National Cyclists Union, in London, with a view of conveying the club's iiearty invitation to the National Cyclists Union.—The secretary (Mr. T. E. Lewis) was ananyuously granted an honorarium of E10 ICs. for his services to the club.—A letter was read from the Pontypridd Football Club asking if the athletic club were prepared to let the Taff Vale Park for football next season.—The consideration of the letter was leferred.

SAD ACCIDENT AT SWANSEA. A shocking discovery was made by a work- man at the Cwmfclin Works, Swansea. In the iarkness he kicked his foot against something :m the railway leading to the works, and found it was the body of a. child. An engine waa engaged in shunting operations close by at the time, and apparently it had run jver the child without the driver hearing any ilarm or cry of any kind. It was found that the body (which had been mangled) was that of the little boy. aged eight, of Margaret Morris, a widow living at 85, Symona-street, Dwmbwrla.

TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON. CARDIFF CENTRE. The result of the examination in musical snowlerlge held at Cardiff on December 14, in jonnection with the Cardiff Centre of the rrinity College, London, has been made snown — Senior division.—Honours: Gladys Ames. Pass: Claire Davies. Clara James, Samuel Penberthy, and Beryl Richards, Intermediate division.—Pass: Violet Dobson, Bertha Gwya, Mary Howells. Beatrice Jones, Eate.Mathew. and Eveline Jonee. Jnnior division.—Pass: John Bartlett, Agnes [>a.vies, Katie Davies, Lillic Heath, and Ivor renkins.

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LIBERAL MEMBER AND AN IMPORT TAX. Mr. Pease, Liberal member for the Cleve. land Division, speaking at an agricultural dinner at Stockton-on-Tees on Wednesday night, said lie thought under the special cir- cumstances of the hour and the need of the nation that it would be perfectly justifiable for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the purposes of war taxation, to levy a registra- tion duty of one or two shillings per quarter on all wheat imported into the country. This would yield an enormous revenue, and would not be appreciably felt by the working classes. It would be a tax which would fall evenly over the whole population, who, having supported the Government, should bear some share of the burden. ',H" II I. II

THE TRIAL OF DR. KRAUSE. Dr. Krause, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Dixon, arrived in London on Wednesday night from Berlin, where they have been spending Christmas with their relatives.

FOOD SUPPLY IN WAR TIME. Discussing the subject of food supply in war time, "Truth" says :What strikes me as our weak point is that we have often only enough corn to enable us to live for a few weeks. Supposing that we were at war with France and Russia, or that the Power with which we were at war had anticipated the situation by buying up the wheat in both these countries and in Argentina, we should be starved out, for obviously, be our Army what it might, we could not send it abroad to seize wheat. As it is we should have con- siderable difficulty in keeping the sea open to wheat ships, no matter what the strength of our Navy might be, even if we could buy it. I am no alarmist, but this wheat ditRculty lis a serious one. It is suggested that we should give a bonus a serious one. It is suggested that we should give a bonus on the cultivation of wheat at home, or that we should encourage its cultivation by a duty on foreign wheat. Neither would ever be agreed to. But I really do not see why we should not have public granaries in which there would always be wheat sufficient to keep us going for six months. If we had these we should be better able to hold our own against the panicmongers who are per- petually urging additional ships and addi- tional soldiers. A fortress is victtialled to sta.nd a siege. Why not an island?"

SIR WATKIN WYNN'S HOUNDS. Those who hunted with Sir Watkin Wynn'a Hounds from Bangor on Tuesday may con- gratulate themselves on having taken part in one of the grandest hunts known for a. long time. A spinney In Emral Park held a. brace of foxes, wh;¿.h hounds hunted together a-long the brcokside to Worthenbury. They killed one close to Mr. Craweliay Bailey's house. The other they ran through the village, and then. after crossing the brook, they pointed for the Sam, but short of it turned right-handed and raced up to Mule- ford Hall. The hunt was continued to Lord Kenyon's seat at Gredington. Hounds streamed along in beautiful style through the park, and. keeping well to the left of Bettisfield Park, finally pulled their fox down in the open, after running hard practically without a check for 55 minutes-a seven-mile point, and nearly ten miles as hounds ran. There were numerous spills, and not a third of the field were actnally present when the kill was effected.

LOCOMOTIVE CONSTRUCTION. The directors of the Eastern Railway of France, in a letter to the "Matin." admit that they have ordered twenty kocomotiveo from a Bavarian firm, but they explain that the order had to be sent abroad, as no French firm could undertake to deliver the engines by the beginning of this year. The Customs duty on the twenty engines will amount to 200,000 francs,-Oentral News.

SWANSEA FISH MARKET. It is understood that the wholesale fish market at Swansea Docks, erected by the Har- bour Trust, will be officially opened by the Mayor of Swansea (Mr. Griff. Thomas) on January 30 next. A coal shoot has been pre- pared for trawlers close to the wharf.

CHARGE AGAINST A MAGISTRATE. At Halifax on Wednesday Frederick W. Hadwen, J.P., and Alfred Ingham. partners in the Kelroyd silk firm which recently failed with a deficiency of £ 26,000, were charged with offences under the Debtors Act and remanded. Defendants were admitted to bail.

BIGAMY BY A YEOMAN. Corporal Alfred James Bisftop, or Whitbread, of the 65th Company Imperial Yeomanry, resid- ing at Leicreter. was at Dumfries on Wednes- day sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having Mgamously i ffi^rrjed Janet Little, domestic servant, of Hurluersfield. Whitbread. who hod lived on good terms with his first wife, became acquainted, under the name of Bishop, with Little. On thar latter 'becoming enceinte the prisoner, in response to her pleadings, married her. He afterwards joined the Leicester Yeomanry and went to South Africa.

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VOLUNTEER EFFICIENCY, LORD ROBERTS AND THE RECENT CIRCULAR. MS LORDSHIP'S INTEREST IN' THE FORCE. At the annual presentation of prizes on Wed- nesday night to the 1st Newcastle Artillery Volunteers at Newcastle a letter was read from Lord Roberts regretting his inability to attend. In the course of the letter the Com- mander-in-Chief saya new heavy guns are being rapidly turned out. and it would not be long, he trusted," before the 1st Newcastle Artillery Volunteers were equipped with them. They were powerful and wonder- fully accurate, and would be worthy of careful training on the part of the officers and men who were to use them. A Newcastle paper. Tie noticed, had nccnscd him of being, like most officers of the Indian school, an opponent of the Volunteer move- ment," a sweeping assertion for which he did nor, think there was any foundation. He was, and always had been, a firm believer in Volun- teers, and it was because he believed in them that he desired to see them as efficient as the conditions of their sorvice would permit. The recent circular about the training of Volun- teers would. he hoped, allay any feeling that might have been entertained as to the inten- tiotts of the authorities to wea-ken what he would prove to be a. valuable part of the defensive forces of the country.

PROSPERITY AT DURBAN. REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN THE PORT'S BUSINESS. Official communications just to hand show that Durban is going through a process of expansion and development unparalleled in the history of the port. Building operations are proceeding at a great pace, and residen- tial villas. commercial premises, and erec- tion*"o £ varaeu* kinds are being run up on of the town as fast as men can execnte the "work- Nor are these bnildings of a temporary nature. Of substantial brick and stone, they promise to become a. permanent and important addition to the town. If the present development continues it will not, be long before Durban has donbled its eixe. The cause of this remarkable progress is the general business prosperity. Merchants at present are quite unable to supply all the demands made on them by up-country farmers and settlers, and at the harbour vessels have been anchored two and three abreast as they have waited their turn for loading. It is authoritatively stated that the last two months have been the busiest Durban has ever known.

THE PACIFIC COAL SUPPLY From the report of Lieutenant Burritt, it seems to be evident that the Americans may now be sure of having valuable coaling stations in the Pacific. The Philippines con- tain enormous natural wealth which has here- tofore been neglected. The Spaniards dis- covered coal m Cebu in 1827, and recent • analyses of surface coal from measures not properly developed show that much of it is free burning and of great value for making steam. Lieutenant Burritt. who is in charge of the Mining Bureau at Manila, says there is no r, on why it should not compete all through the Orient with the Japanese and Australian coals so largely used there. The samples already taken show a. coal suitable for many commercial purposes, and there is said to fce no doubt that the mines contain vast deposits far superior to the exhibits so far experimented on. The first coal con- cession was not granted by the Spaniards till 1853. so that, although they knew the coal was there, they did not get ready to mine it for over 25 yeara. They have since proceeded in only a half-hearted way, and their neglect to develop their possibilities in no way reflects on the quality of the coal, but limply reveals their unprogressiveness.

THE WAR OFFICE CANTEEN SCHEME. The War Office have iu contemplation a scheme which, under the nominal control of the Commander-in-Chief, proposes to set up a huge Army monopoly, which will necessitate central headquarters and district depots for the entire supply of canteen provisions, the Management of which i3 to be left to retired or reserve officers.

MYSTERIOUS ENGLISHMAN IN PABIS. An Englishman, having in his possession a revolver with all its six chambers loaded, was found on Tuesday night hiding in a. shed on the Boulevard St. Martin, Paris, and was taken into custody by the policeman on the beat. In reply to questions he declared that he was born in London, and that for several years be VTGg chief-constable at Shanghai. Pending inquiries into the truth of his state- ments the man has been charged with vagabondage and carrying prohibited arms. and he is being detained in tho district tramp dcpot.Cpntral News. Printed by the PrcpTtttort. Western Kail. Offices. St. Mary-street. Cardiff; at their Office*. Cottle Bailey-street. Swansea; at the Shop of Mr. Wesley Williams. Bridgend-all in ti. County of Glamorgan, at the "Western Ifoil'' Cffhee..Newport; at the Shop of Mr. J. P. Caffrey, MeniDOuth. both in the County of Monmcnth; at the Shop of Mr. David John. Llanelly. in the County of Carmarthen; and at the Offices of the "Brecon County Times." rhe Bulwark anU Lion-street. Brecon. in th* Count r M Brecknock. • THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1903,

FAMOUS CRIMINALS. No. 35.—The Cudham Murder. AN UNDISCOVERED MYSTERY. At Maidstone Assizes about thirty jears ago ft man named Robert Thomag Palin, aged 22. described as a shoemaker, was placed at the bar charged with the wilful murder 0: Jane Beagley. It maybe necessary to state that the transaction of which this murder was a part was a crime of a most atrocious charac- ter. and without any adequate cause. The main object of the perpetrators was probably plunder; but the cottage was the humble and poor abode of a labouring man. It will pro- bably never be known how the violence of the robbers rose from plunder to murder; but. af the evidence detailed, the wife of the cotter was murdered in her bed, and his aged mother so shockingly battered that, although she lived, she was unable to give any account of what had occurred. The prisoner was a ticket-of-leave convict, and was immediately suspected by the police, who made great exer- tion! to apprehend him and to trace the crime home to him. As will be seen, the evi- dence failed, and it will be. therefore, unne- cessary to go into those details. That part which explains the brutal outrage is alone given. Georgo Beagley. the husband of the victim, when put in the box. said tliat his wife was-44 years of age. Their cottage was on the roadside between Bromley and Weaterham. There was no other cottage less than 30 yards from theirs, and a wood was directly opposite. There were three rooms in the cottage, and they all faced the road. The rest of the story we give in his own words:—At the time of this occurrence I and my wife, my eon, and my mother occupied the cottage. I and my wife slept in the middle room of the three, and my mother tiepc in the inner room. The door of the cot- tage opens into the kitchen. On Saturday, the 25th of Augiut. I went out of the cottage t,) my work about ten minutes past live o'clock in the morning. I had to go three quarters of a. mile to my work. I do not usually return home to my dinner. I called my son-when I went out, and he was in the cottage when I left. My wife was in bed, but I cannot say whether she was asleep or awake. I returned home about seven in the evening, and when I arrived at the house I found the kitchen shutters closed, as I had left them in the morning, and the curtains of the bedroom were also in the state I had last seen. them. I found the front door was locked. It was open when I went out iu the morning, and the key inside the lock. I looked through the key-hole and saw that the key had been taken away. I sent my son. who was with me. to see if the key was laid up anywhere, and I walked as far as mother's bedroom window, and I heard her groaning in the room. I then went to my own bedroom window, tuid found its was not fastened, and I pushed it up and went into my bedroom. I did not see any- thing that attracted my attention at that time, and I went on to my mother's bedroom and found her siting on her bed in a. very distressed state. She, wa. all covered with blood. I asked her what waq the matter, and she said she did not know. I then went back into my own room, and saw my wife's shoes and stockings lying where she had pulled them off ¡he aight before by the side of the bed, and her dress waa hanging aero^s the foot of the bed. and the bed was not made I put my hand in the bed, and found something there, and pulled the clothes down, and saw my wife there, sadly ill-used, and the blood was flowing from several wounds in the head, and she was dead and cold. I gave the alarm and pro- ceeded to the house of a neighbour, and when I returned I ascertained that the key of the front deer had been taken away. Upon examining the house I found that a box in my wife* bedroom had been broken open and all the things in it tumbled out. My wife always had some money, and I had given her 15s., and my son 7s., on the Saturday night before. The pocket in which she usually kept her money was lying by the side of the bed quite empty. There was a. small money-box on the bed that had been broken open, and I found it with a piece cut out of it, and no money in it. L did. not jHicw how my wife had this small money-box. When I went out in the morning I left about lib. of ehecse on the table, and thia had been taken away. On the Monday after this I missed a jpair of trousers and a coat and waistcoat. This evidence having been given, William B?agley. the son of the last witness, said that on the morning of Saturday, the 2nd of August, he saw his father leave the eoltage. and then went on. with the story as follows;- I went. to my work about half-past five or twenty minutes to six o'clock. At this time my mother was in her bed when I went out. The key of the front door waa in the lock when I left, and I closed the door on the latch. I work with my father at Mr. Christie e. Aperfiold, and I waa at work the whole day. and returned home shortly after my father. I saw him get into the window and I followed him, and eawmymotho-deadonthebcd. I did not miss anything that belonged to me that night, hut on the Monday following I missed a. jacket, trousers, and waistcoat. I have seen them since, and they arc the same now pro- duced. The next link in the chain of evidence waa supplied by Sarah Tximmer, a neighbour and friend of Beagley's, who deposed to having found a pair of tongs on a mat in the cottage. They were covered with blood and "drove aU on one side." There were also short hairs ou the toogg. Mr. Edwards, a surgeon, exa- mined the body of the deceased. He said he found several fractures of the skull on both sides; on the right side the skull was depressed into the very centre of the brain. The injuries, I observed f witness continued), were such as would be produced by a weapon like the tongs produced. There were blood and hair on these tongs when I saw them. Death would have been instantaneous after the infliction of the blows. There must have been at least eight or nine blows, if not more. In the same cottage I saw the grandmother. She was sensible, but very excited. I have attended her ever since. I think she might have been brought here to give evidence. The deceased must have bled a great deal. There was an incised wound in the cheek, which could not have been inflicted by the tongs. I am of opinion that the head must have moved while the blows were being inflicted, not the body. Three labouring men who were mowing o:1l1 in a field at the back of Beagley's cot- tage on the morning of the 25th of August declared that about twenty minntee past aix they saw a man run across a clover field near to them. He appeared to be coming from Beagley's cottage, and was about twenty roods off. These witnesses declared very positively that the prisoner was the ma.n they saw. and on hat being put on his head again declared more positively than before that he was the man. It appeared, however, on cross-examination that when giving evidence before the coronor their declarations had been by no means eO posi- tive. James Hindley, superintending constable for West Kent, after stating that from informa- tion he received he went to Croydon on the 26th, the day following the murder, and met the prisoner about seven o'clock in the morn- ing, said:—The place where I saw him was two miles from Croydon. and proceeding towards town. He had a. bundle, which ha carried under his' arm. I stopped him, and aaked him where he had come from that morning, and he said, "Coptliorne." I asked him where Coptliorne was, and he said, "In Sussex." aud he added-that his grandmother's house 1U6 half in Sussex and half in Surrey. I asked him what time he left, and he said, "Abont two," and I fonnd he might have come the distance about the time. He then said his grandmother lived at Copthorue. and he had bMa ttoppiB: wii.h her aboat three weeks. I then asked him what was in the boodle and told him to untie it. and I found it contained a jacket, waistcoat, and trousers, and, as they were not. the articles I then suspected had been stolen from the cottage, I told him to tie the bund.e up again and allowed him to go on, and he said be was proceeding to London to seek for work. I believe that the articles that were in the bundle are the same now produced. After this I went again to Beagley's house to make a search, aad I found the street door key and a. small box ami upon examining it I observed a place as floor. Near to thp epot there was a. hedge, and upon examining it I ovseWed a place as if some person had been over a clump of rootil and broken through the hedge in a I meadow which adjoins the clover field spoken of by the former witnesses. I did not go in search of the prisoner, but another man. I first asked him where he came from, and then aaked him what he had got in the handle, and he told me at once that he bad jacket. waietcoat. and trousers, and he opened the bundle and showed me what it contained. I did not see any impression of footsteps near the spot or in the garden of the cottage. James Johnson, a police-constable, of the B I Division, who appeared to have a. special charge for discovery of the murderer, and who, in pursuance of that design, had wan- dered about the country for some time dis- guised in old clothes, aaid r-"From informa- tion I received, I went in the beginning of September to Whitfield, in Gloucestershire. I went to the house of a. man named Mark Wheeler about one o'clock in the morning. I found the prisoner in a bed upstairs, and I said to him. "Bobert, I want yor for that murder at Cudham." He became very excited, and I said to him that anything he might say I should take down, and it would be used in evidence against him. He then eaid he wou!d go quietly with me. After the prisoner had dressed I saw some clothes by the bed side on a stool. and I asked him if they were his, and he said they were. I then said, "Then I believe they are clothes that were lost from the cottage where the woman was mur- dered." The prisoner asked me if I could swear to them, and I said it was not my place to do so. He then said he bought them from a man. I asked what man. and be said. "I supposed the man they were looking for on Sunday morning wnen they stopped 1m! in Croydon." He afterwards said he had these clothes when they stopped him. The prisoner put on the clothes he now wears, and he had the hat that has been produced. On the morn- ing after the murder I saw that prisoner in High-street. Croydon, going in a direction from London. He had no bundle at this time. It was about half-past seven in the morning when I saw him. John Baxter, inspector of the' R Division of police, who took the charge, said:-LThe prisoner addressed me. and said, "I slept at a. public-house in the Godstone-road on the Fri- day night. I was at that houzc from nine o'clock until between eight and nine the next morning, and the landlady cooked njie a. steak for breakfast." I asked him if the land- lady would know him again, and he said, "Yes. if you will go down and ask her." I asked him what house it was, and he said he went down from Tatafield to the three cross roads, where there was a public-house shut up. and he went further down the road and turned to the right till he came to a. public- house known by the sign of the Bell, and, a, butcher's shop was ^posite where he bought the steak. I afterwards went to the place where the prisoner mentioned, and found a public-house called the Bell. It was five miles from Beagley's cottage. Anyone going by the foot road to Beagley's cottage to Oxted would pass through the clover-field where the mowers were. The next witness was Mary Anne Laura Mar- den. who said: I live at Copthorne, in Essex. I know the prisoner Palin. A woman named Harber lives in my house, and I believe she is the prisoner's grandmother. I have not seen him for several years-not since he was transported. I was at home ou Saturday night, the 25th of August. The prisoner was not at our house at any time on that day, and he has not, slept there for several years. I have not seen the prisoner either at our house or any other place during that period. Then came another police witness, William King, sergeant of the U Division of Police, who had charge of the prisoner, and who said he asked where he had slept on the night of the 24th of August, and he said at a public-house higher up the road called the Bell. He then said the landlady would know him by an observation he made about her notcharging him anything for cooking a steak. It would take a man an hour and a quarter to walk from Beagley's cottage to the Bell. Alfred Blaber. assistant to a butcher at Oxted. proved that his shop was near the Bell Public-house, and he remembered on the morn- ing of the 24th of August a man purchased a steak at hit master's shop. It was a little after eight o'clock in the morning, and the person was a young man. and he believed he had a bundle in his band. He could not iden- tify the prisoner, and he could not say posi- tively in which direction the person came, but he believed he went away in the direction of the Bell Public-house. Mrs. Susan Cockrell, the landlady of the Bell. proved that on the morning of the mur- der a man, whom she believed to be the priso- ner. was at the house about eight o'clock, and a steak was cooked for him. The man only came in the morning, and he did not sleep in the house. Other witnesses were called, who contradicted the prisoner's state- ment as to ;Iie purchase of the clothes and the places ^'liere he had been about the time of the yvurder. The court then adjourned until the follow- ing day, when Mr. Denman addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He parti- cularly commented upon the absence of any appearance of blood upon the clothes of the prisoner, although, according to the prose- cution. he was seen a very short time after the murder had been committed. He also observed on the discrepancy in the evidence of the witnesses who were called to prove that the prisoner was the man seen coming from the cottage after the murder, and said that if they were really satisfied that he was the man they saw it was very extraordinary they did not say so upon the time of their first examination, and that they should have waited till they were aware that the clothes had been found in the possession of the pri- soner before they expressed themselves posi- tive with regard to his identity. The jury, after a. long deliberation, returned a verdict of "Not guilty." Palin was tried at the next Gloucestershire Assizes for a burglary at Thornbury, and transported. Wheeler, the ticket-of-leave man who had harboured him, was re-committed under the Act to serve the remainder of his sentence. FAMOUS CRIMINALS. This series was commenced in the "Evening pxpress" of July 8. The following have appeared:— July 8 Troppman the Terrible. July 11 .William Corder. July 15 James Cook. July 18 FiescW and Hi* Infernal Machine, July 22 ltichar Singe. July 25 Theodore Gardelle. Aug. 1 i.r.r..Prancit .oavid Stirn; Aug. 8 John M'Naughton. Aug. 15. Patrick Devann. Aug. 22 The Road Hill Murder; Aug. 29 Sarah Metyard and htf daughter; Sept. 5 — Moses Hatto. Sept. 12. -William Dove. Sept. 19. Billoir. Sept. 26 The Folcy-place Tragedy. Oct.. 5 1.Prince 04, Wales's Nurse. Oct. 10.Sarah Thoipaj' the Bristol Murderer. Oct. 17 .James Barbour. who murdered a Brother packman. Oct. 23 LfreYpooI ltfurder* Oct 30 'Thai -Glinareath Murder. Nov. 7 ^Wainewright. the Poisoner. Nov. 14 Llewellyn -Harvey. Nov. 21 John Calas. Nov. 28. Charles Westron. Dec. 5 Elliott Bower. Dec. 12 Fanny Oliver. Dec. 19 Michael Carney. Jan. 2 Martha Alden.

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Short Cake, l 9 Play On. It is on the country circuit, and the audience is sadly lacking in appreciation of the efforts of the actors. Catcalls and groans. vegetables and egss are directed at the stage, but still the well-meaniog performer, who is in the midst of a long monolague, continues to re- I cite his lines. Finally a despairing spectator hurls a boot on the stage, nad the actor starts to retreat behind the soenes. "Keep on playing! cries the manager in the wings. "Keep on till we get the second boot!" Not the Watch. Graves: You remember that very handsome watch I lost five or six years ago? Smiler: Yes. I recall the occurrence. Graves: You remember how I looked high and low for it, and coald not find it any- where. Smiler: I ..ememoer your diligent and ex- haustive search. Graves: Well, yesterday I put on an old, waistcoat that I hadn't worn for years, and what do you think I found in the pocket?" Smiler: Your watch; let me congratulate you. Graves: No; I found the hole that I most have lost it through. Useful Information. Two sappers of the Royal Engineers, while ballooning. wishing to know over what part of the conntry they were passing, and seeing a rustic at some distance working in the fields, gradually descended. When nearly overhead, one of them called out, "Hi, there, Johnny, where are we?" The ruetio merely gazed up in much amazement. Thinking he had not heard, one of the sappers again shouted out louder I than ever. "Where are we?" Just as the balloon drifted past came the answer: "Whoy, ye be in si balloon, be'ant ye?" What the soldiers said is not worth recording. Electric Currents. She had heard of the electric light, and, a* she is growing tired of her paraffin lamp, re- solves that sho will teet the light for household purposes, so applies to manager of electric- lighting company. "Ah, say, maistur. 1121 do you mak that Art leet et you sell here?" Manager: Oh. it is roduced by a succession of electrio currents, ma.'am." Woman (in tones unsubdued): A man. ah sal livef) at Dawgreen till ah know now't; to think et a. v used curran's so long, an' niwer knew how t'legkick leet wur made afore. Weigh uz; a pund. lad; if they doesn't burn the'll cum in for puddin's."

Passing Pleasantries. P. "Doctor. I wish you'd prescribe for my com- plexion." "Certainly, madam," returned the doctor, and he wrote: "Let it alone." She: It requires money to get into society nowadays. He: Yes, and it requires brains to keep out of it. Briggs: I hear that Richard* is running in harness with that fat widow. Tiggs: That acounts for his (h)altered looks, then. Bert: Gus, I saw your young wife at the bail last week, but why did she wear a. mask- it was not a masquerade baJl? Gus: My wife did not wear a, m-aek at the ball. Bert (in surprise): Great goodness, was that her face? A Castlegate orator was holding forth last Saturday evening to a large audience, his subject being "Freedom." "Yes," cried the orator, "I stand upon the soil of freedom." "Nae." exclaimed his shoemaker, who was one of his hearers, "you stand in a pair of boots that have never been paid for." A prominent man was chaffing a certain town councillor the other day about the I doings of the council, and said. "I sooner pnt up as a candidate for a lunatic asylum than put up for the town council." "Welt you'd stand a much better chance of getting in," dri!y responded the town coun- cillor. A. B.: Bulger says things to his lady type- writer that he wouldn't dare say to his wife. C. D.: How shocking! What sort of things? A. B.: Well, only yesterday I hear him say to the girl, "Type that letter, please." TERRIBLY INJURED. Have you been up to see Brown yat?" No. What's the matter with him?" "Why, didn't you H¥W? He's laid up with braised and lacerated legs, a twisted knee, a wrenched ankle, swollen feet, broken- toe. sprained wrist, strained back, dislocated ahoulder, and smashed thumb; bis joints have atifffcned so he can t; move, be lj.ae a bad cold in his head, and is threatened with pleuro- pneumonia; his muscles are so sore and full of rheumatism that any position is a little more agonising than the last, and he has to stay in a darkened room because one of his eyes was nearly knocked out." "Great heavens! What terrible railroad C., wreck was he caught in?" Wreck! It wasn't a wreck. No wreck could do you up like that without killing you." What was it, then?" He played in a cup-tie football match last week!"

MARINE INSURANCE. The Lord Chancellon was on Wednesday night the principal guest of the Liverpool Under. writers' Association at their centenary dinner. In proposing the toast of "The Association," Lord Halsbury spoke of the civilising influence

ROUND THE CHURCHES. NEXT TUESDAY. BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH. CARDIFF, and the Rev. W. E. WINKS will be the subject of our Sketch.

HIGH PRAISE FOR THE ARMY. In "Truth" this week Mr. Labouchere deals with the abominable charges launched by foreigners against our forces in South Africa. He says:—"When the German Army and the German Government have cleared themseivoa of the charges of robbery and violence which they incurred in China it will be time enough for the German prcas to concern itaelf a.bout the conduct of Tommy Atkins and his officers in South Africa. It would be well if this matter could be cleared up authoritatively, and I see no reason why our Government should not invite some independent witness to do it. That an army of 250,000 men, drawn from all quarters and largely consisting of irregular troops, can have been in occupation of an enemy's country for two years without some CaBell of misconduct occurring would be absurd to expect. Soldiers, like civilians, commit thefts and offences against women when in garrison at home, and the aoldiers of France and Germany do not differ from those of England in this respect. It may be taken for granted that bad characters will not show more respect for the civil population in an enemy's country than they do for their own countrymen at home. But I believe it will be found that the record of the British Army in respect of such crimes has been better in South Africa, than it is at home, and that the general conduct of the Army towards the civil population has been im- measurably better in this war than that of any army that has ever occupied an enemy's coantry before.

St. Dogmeil's, near Cardigan, and received his education at Pontypool, which college he left in 1888 to undertake ministerial duty at Cwmbach. Mr. Thomas, whose wife pre- deceased him, leaves one daughter. For a period he served on the Aberdare School Board and was much in request at anniversary ser- vices, &c.

of commerce. He expressed his belief that what merchants desired was certainty in the law, and in knowledge of what the decisiona would be. He was most anxious to get his measure codifying the marine insurance law passed through Parliament, and believed other countries would accept Such codification as, at any rate, an excellent example.