Evening Express

I FRENCH SATYR. Remarkable Career of a Murderer. STRANGE STORY OF A SLAYER OF WOMEN. The murder of an officer's widow reported wort £ -Ja--Beine turns, out to be the 1W a notorious satyr, who, for the last a m°nths, had infested the neighbourhood, made it unsafe for women to be out of rs after dark. The monster, who is as ysterious a criminal as was Jack the Ripper. hail made no fewer than seven attacks on etencelegs women since June last. Hia vic- tims are respectable women, and his methods ( b|e 1Pvar^a,^ly the same. He rushes up to Y»nLh^1Ct*m' an<* clutches her at the throat, hp a chloroformed handkerchief under virt-n°8e' then robs and maltreats his La hi I?'* ^ane last he attacked a Mme. whn a maiden lady, sixty years of age, Was returning home at dusk. As she r Jiear her house in a lonely part of the stran l j ^fortunate lady was seized, half- nrti™ chloroformed, and used in a most inma i1In8I"lW' was f°nnd in the street ant • Urs later, and described her assail- tur«^S 3 thick-set man, with dark fea- j "nd Btrangely brilliant, eyes. He was Bonr i -a wor^man- At the end of Jane lJourg-Ia-Reine was startled by a second out. Th» ^nder Precisely the same circumstances, feevpnt superior of » local orphanage, Krpat i i years of aKC- and enjoying siHie • esteem, was found lying insen- too l >n,i u6 street °ntside the orphanage. She, In Trlf been dealt with in a similar manner. 0D 'two sisters of charity were attacked. th«* knocked down and nearly killed, but *niI screamed loudly and attacked the off Teant ^ith her umbrella, and he made —a 1^1° ca8e the local schoolmistress forrerf6* Anc°t—was thrown to the ground and maltr» ? 9waHow a narcotic, and robbed and ?irl f a Another case was that of a younj off ^rteen years of age, who was carried scream (her mother's eyes. Happily, the drei f». 0 t',e m.°ther prevented the scoun- case t?111 acc°mplishing his purpose. In every sam» rle ^eacription of the assailant is the widow aQF as t'ie case of Mme. Mercier, the discos .a l'ren"cl1 officer, the victims were torn „„o 011 their backs with their bodices These an<* *n'nns their boots and stockings. commitf11!168, i,; ^as been noticed, were always iiig dav 6?4vU a Thursday, which is the visit- It is Lr neighbouring prison of Fresncs. death ved to-night that Mme. Mercier's by •iirf-i^8 caused by strangulation, but by :Udden failure of the heart's action pro- by fear.

PRIZE FIGHT AT BUINA. Principals Arrested by the I Adu Police. ketnreeiwtir^086. 'Q Bla'na on Saturday night 'ecided to "fi rL8'^en';a °' and it was nomine fop 5 matter out on Sunday rot wind of th >take £ 1 aside. The police tog Sergeants r^ffail"- and in the early mora- Ing Sergeant¡¡ Jones and Banks, together with Hen in a holT dl?covered a large crowd of Blaina and Wa^M111 the mountain between crowd were ♦ y< the centre of the *nd fifhtirif, « ° men- stripped to the waist two princina i«erCuly% The arrested the Police-station °m they took to the Blaina, The^°''ce-court Proceedings tilieryP1T^i^al9 were brought up at the Aber- to^^d on bairS F*dlym°rniUS'

EXCITING BULL-FIGHT Itamillea^hnn1^ lnc|dent8 occurred in the lhriiiin~ yeatot<iay. After a most inring. which Spanish matador?, farroivlv u Guerrito. the famous matador, riw>in2 i,i» v,a udeath* the horns of a bul1 Byht follr™,0^reuC aD(l grazing his Bkin, a With between amateurs and a bull ferocious T^18' proved exceptionally While a jrnn ing over several amateurs, fix a dart in^ ^arseHlai« was attempting to caught him J'fck °f the bull the animal shrieks of the°n horns, and, amid the in the air. several yards him again, an^ caught him and flung heavily to the »P aa t^le ^^Ipless man fell before being driv°Unci c'larSed him repeatedly to the hospital The man was taken terribly injnred. ===-

f DEATH AT A FOOTBALL MATCH. During a football mat u Saturday a youth namert n at. Blackllealb on eighteen, fell nnconaeion eniaJn'n Atkinson, *ith another player. plV»,'afier a collision to restore consciousness bm was 1)1 a^c pronounced life extinct, death t .medical raan k'iury in the region of the heart dUG t0 an -=:i

HOCKEY. 4 NewpSW]P0RT V' BR1ST°L. Newport Final BC°re: Goals. Bristol 5 "SS.ii.Sf*2- ssastriSasaSr,.«

STOPPRESSl ..I. Latest elegrams. 2.10 p.m. rOLLljx At ErA. I.lrA'oi r report t; tho giesmer Aftaisci?. of Aberdeen, with^ig for St. Brieux. pilt into damage to stem. rins been in collision nhmif nine o'i'Un'liSj nisr'n, oJT Brarhy TTf-n;3• wjîh ihe Snicv Cnnrtf."1<1. of London. 1.4?—The YAEBOEQH PLATE. Mr A jiis« V. ;i Own« • s Mr Mi!> s Otlu=ry ..BnrXsliaw a 61' Mr Ernes' Dresden'; :X}II;;i H Mars!: 4 j Iran. I i -AVAL SHIPjiLT)I5G- XHe Admiralty hafipacd £ notiftca- tioc to private eliipbuilig executing naval worl< that the penalti^ror late delivery will be -tringontly cnf4d. In the c^se ol th»- iifthird-clasB UicCrs given cat, the penalty fur late delily is fixed at £ 40 per day and £ 2j per for excess time over the ten weeks alHed for running trials Ect'-liig—15 to i^agst 2.<C—The GAUlBY SELLt-J. ,r B iWP'* 5 .•• llr E E EJBdall's Am'Uigm- Mr aUer s Mmima > ZP-

LORD METHJen AND g.W. BOiDERERS Lord Methuen, it spring It the public reception given to 4. at pCvi%8 last week. gave high praise t the South Wales Bor- derers and their <hcers who serTed with him. The South Valej Bord(rerg Militia referred to returns frofll the Cape gome months ago. A .g°°°deal t»as ^«ard aaid his lordship, regarding te regiment41 officer. All he could say was Ji8^be took men be found them. If mistake been com- mitted in the war. the blame.on thb right shoulders. Do not iy it on the regimental officers, but upon te ^eral. the regi. mental officer was u so good a8 he ou„ht to be—and he (Lord £ thuen) said he VT £ t(g good—dp not lay th%jame on the regimental officer, but give hinmen gufSci^t to make bis command worthy hiIn; give him ground over which he mightractise with a command worthy of him. and iey might so the whole world through. ut aere was utt a more loyal or a more nobljejloW in Engiantj than the regimental offi;r That oiri.stn,ulme- force of ours, the Miiia> had SiKS to contend with. T\y had not had men enough, and. to be nnk> we had Uot taken interest enough in Um He re8retted uot having had the V iit^0unty Eegittlent itll him, but he was pro, Qf the tw0Tnder his command—the Bedfo|8 and South Wales Borderers. (Cheers.). here, again, he said. as the officer is so isue ma.n. 0fflce Militia regiment weiraDd you hJe a good regiment. Office^ badly, and you will make nothing of it.

french3l STRIKE A combined meeting i Arraa on Saturday of the colliery owners of te pas de Calais and delegates representingthe strikers lasted eight hours. The colliy ownerB evinced a conciliatorr disposition ,n most of the ques. tions at issue, but declah that the sale price of coal did not allow of ay jncrease of salary to the hands, and the Ilegateil expressed a hope that the questionltculd be settled by arbitration. Arother message say*~Aiter considerable discussion it was found^ tho8e ent were in agreement upon n the points in dis- pute with the exception otile queetion of the rates of wages. In or,r to prevent a reference to arbitration ad the conseqcent delay in the settlement I the conflict, the representatives ot tne pUiery companies offered to make imP?rtan^oncessions in the matter of wages. Thedelegates wgre unwilling to accept these ince88ionH believ. ing it to be their duty to \Ve the di its entirety referred to .bit ti » a complete agreement tral News. The strikers' delegates representatives of the Companies du Nor<ad an interriew on Sunday afternoon, at wh;h the companieg agreed to the principle of lrbitration. The question of reduction of wi]] be b. mitted to arbitration, bu(fnot thal Qf a minimum wage, the colpaIlie8 having declined to accede to this. ^he deciBion of the arbitrators will be nnaI "^eater.

ELECTION INRELLGENCE LORD DALKEITH, M.P.. Vj RESIGX At a meeting of the Koxbuihsh.rc County Unionist Association at fct. Boswell's on Saturday afternoon, Lord Dalkith. M.P., inti- mated that he could not see way to con- test the constituency at the ukt election. At the last General Election Lvd Dalkeith,s majority over Sir John Jardmi the Liberal candidate, was 359. =- -L.

PERILOUS JUMP FROM NEWPORT BRIDGE Persons pasaing along Newport \ridge about noon on Saturday were alarmed Ind shocked at seeing a well-dressed man, ab,ut 30 years of age. mount the rulings and j%p Qvep bridge into the waters of t^ j^ ebbin Kiver Usk. He disappeared fm view striking the water, but ?%ute later appeared again and, part wadi^ ])an swimming, madehis ^•V^eaat bank, near Messrs. Davies Br-tbers W\&rt where he clambered up through the m«^ '|je wa/g quickly rendered assistance. ^nd %en to thc house of the gridiron, attendant (3^. WiIliam Bin), where he was warmed■"Vied with dry ciothes. His friends aft«ward( iittended> and it waa found that he itas tti, Watts, of Wingate-street (near the Ale^ndj-a ^(>(ks)i thf) son of Mr. William Watts. a ^eV>rt pilot. He bad been ill for about six m«^he, wilh influenza, pneumonia, and their tier effecLg (including depression of ^l4r]^s, unci ner- vousness). and told his friend3 t a Something absolutely impelled him to ium* oyeJ. th{j bridge, and that there was 4 feeliiu of great dietress in his chcst. watts, 10 «l^d served an apprenticeship with his father r iloti was driven to his home in a cab, ^d r;nose- av ently put to bed. =--

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Signor Marconi arrived at Table Head, Nofa Scotia, on Friday on board the Italian cruiser Carlo All)ertc.. TIc attempted to land his before the ship entered the harbour, but the ^astoms offi- cials prevented his doing so urfil Petrnimion had been received from Ottafa- This was Bubseciuently obtained. 8icnor garcotki then came ashore, but refused to maie anj. state- ment as to the result of the testa inade by him while crossing the AtlantIc.,

STATE OF IRELAND Judge Moms and the League, IRISH PRESS DISAPPOINTED WITH ROSEBERY'S SPEECH. At Sligc Quarter Sessions on Saturday Jtulge Morris, in delivering judgment in a case in which a horse belonging to a boy- cotted man had been maliciously injured, said the case illustrated very plainly the operations of the League for a considerable time in Ireland. About two years ago he adjudicated in County Sligo on fire. These crimes might all directly or indirectly be traced to the working of the United Irish League. He did not mean to say that the League instigated such crime, or that it openly agitated its commission, that was not its policy; but what it did was this, and he hoped the attention of the authorities would be directed to it. the United Irish League established a system of terrorism in the coun- try. It brooded over society, and when it established its system it was human nature that crimes should follow, whether it was the crime of boycotting, assassination, burning, '1' mutilating domb animals it was all the !aJ1le thing. There woald always be found >eople to carry out the dictates of a society hat practised terrorism. It was prostitution )f the word to say the country was crimeess. I was mockery. The country was not crime- less, and there was no man but knew that the Government, after long delay, were carry- ing out the law and punishing these offences. His lordship allowed £6 to the owner of the horse which had been mutilated. IRISH VIEWS OF LORD ROSEBERY'S ADDRESS. A Dublin telegram states:—The "Dublin Daily Express" expresses disappointment at Lord Roaebery's references to Ireland, and says he merely preached vague generalities about that country. The "Irish Times" thinks Lord Eosebery's remarks about Ireland ex- cellent in themselves, yet doubts whether they will help the Liberal party to regain shore of office at the present moment. Will his declaration that the Home Rule Bills of 1886 and 1893 bear no practical relation to the present condition of Ireland win over the Nationalist vote to the Liberal candidates in Scotch constituencies? The "Irish Daily Independent" says Lord Rosebery grossly mis- represented Mr. Redmond when he perverted certain words of the chairman of the Irish party into what would be practically an aban- donment of the Nationalist demand for Home Eule, and the substitution for it of the land purchase question. Mr. Redmond never said anything even remotely capable of bearing the interpretation adopted by Lord Rosebery. The "Freeman's Journal' says, in discussing IrelandLord Eosebery is clearly more con- cerned to invent an apology for his own recreancy than to face frankly the situation as it stands. He knows nothing about Ireland of the hour. or he is hopelessly incapable of dealing with the issue of magnitude presented by the Irish situation.

ATLANTIC SHIPPING TRADE. Conference of the Officials of the Shipping Trust. The Belfast correspondent of the Central News says that a conference will be held in London this week of some of the officials of the Shipping Trust. Mr. Carlisle, manager of Messrs. Harland and Wollf's skipyard, has been summoned to the Metropolis to attend it. It is understood ti.at considerable altera- tions are to be made in the liner Cedric. now under construction, and improvements in other vessels of the combine, to enable them to cope with all competitors.

A FIRST-CLASS BABY. An Abandoned Boy Travelling Without a Ticket. A carriage-cleaner at Broad-street Station, London, on examining a first-class compart- ment of the Willesden train, found a well- clothed baby beneath one of the seats. The little boy had been well cared for. and was evidently in good health. He was removed by the City police to the workhouse. He was dressed in a pink flannelette frock, white pinar fore, two cambric petticoats and one white flannel petticoat, calico stays, white shirt, flannel binder, and brown chest flannel. The child is about nine months old.

CZAR AND SPIRITUALIST For some time a certain Mr. Philipp, u hyp- notiser and spiritist, has been playing a great part at the Russian Court. Nothing is done without his advice, whether of a. political or private nature. It is said this modern Cag- liostro understands how to conjure up the spirit of Alexander III., and has gained a mastery over 'the very susceptible nature of the Ozar. There is much speculation as to what length this adventurer's influence may lead the Czar.

————— i GREAT FIRE AT ST. PIERRE, Halifax (Nova Scotia), Monday Morning.— An appalling fie broke out at the town of St. Pierre. Miquelon, yesterday. The main portion of the palace has been devastated. ortunately. there was no loss of life. but the damage, it is feared, will reach halt a million dollars. Hundreds of people are in a deplor- able condition, having lost everything.—Cen- tral News.

COUNT TOLSTOY'S WHIM Count Leo Tolstoy is stated to have derfded that his new novel, Chadehi Murat," shall not be published during his lifetime. It had been Tolstoy's intention that a popular edi- tion should be issued by a well-known Eussian firm of publishers. The reasons for the altered decision have not been made pablic.

LESS bWEETsT Better to Give Children Delicious Food than Sweet Stuff. Some foods will cure dyspepsia. and other foods will cause it. The safest way to get well is to use the food that agrees with the stomach and permits Nature to go along in a thoroughly natural way. A lady says. "I have at last found a true way to get well and keep well, and that is by the use of Grape-Nuts breakfast food. "For six years I suffered with indigestion and palpitation of the heart so that I could not sleep at night. I tried a great many diffe- rent kinds of medicines and a lot of different kinds of cereal foods, but none of them helped mC. and I seemed to get worse and worse. "I became very despondent and was at a lOES to know what to do. One day I read in the paper that Grape-Nuts breakfast food would cure indigestion and build up the body. I wondered if it contained any medicine, but learned that it did not. but that it was only a food prepared so that the stomach could easily digest it. "The next. time I went out I bought two packets. This was on Tuesday, and it waft all gone on Saturday, for we all liked it so much tha.t I sent down and got three more packets, and from that time I nave been using Grape-Nuts steadily, and my indigestion has entirelv disappeared. "Sometimes when my little girl has been playing extra hard during the evening she will climb on my knee. pat my cheek, and whisper in my ear, 'Mamma, please give me something nice.' I say (knowing all the time). 'What is nice, dear?' She says, 'Grape-Nuts with cream on t.Ol) and there is nothing, sweets or any- thing else, that she enjoys better than this good, wholesome food. She eats it for break- fast every morning, and prefers Grape-Nuts pudding for dinner. At night she has Grape- Nuts for her supper with a soft boiled egg. and she thrives wonderfully on thi3 kind of food." Name given by Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Temple chambers, Temple-avenue, London, E.C. Grape-Nut ready-cooked cereal food is used < by lawyers, ministers, doctors, and invalids ) alike, and should be used by all brainworkers and athletes. el0654

A DEADLY METAL Results of Arsenical Poisoning. HOW THE HUMAN BODY IS AFFECTED. The public can buy arsenic only in small quantities, and then not in its pure state. When purchased, this irritant poison is either a greyish tint or a blue colour; if the former it has been mixed with the 16th part of its own weight of soot. and if the latter then a. 32nd part of indigo has been added Arsenic being, of course, scheduled poison, the chemist usually sells it in the mild form of Fowler's solution, which is really arsenite of potassium, and the taking of which has been known to account for only one death. Comparatively speaking, discovered murders and attempted murders by means of this virulent metal are few. but many people have been accidentally poisoned by the innocent-looking white arsenic, and it has even been mistaken for flour! The action upon the victim is awful. There is an intense burning pain in the stomach, which becomes more and more severe, and is almost invariably accompanied by vomiting and diarrhoea. There is a burning heat in the throat, breathing becomes difficult, in turns the body is cold and clammy and feverish and dry, while usually the calves of the legs are attacked by cramp. Often there is an eruption of the skin, and this has more than once led to arsenical poisoning being mistaken for scarlet fever. When arsenic is discovered mixed with food in the stomach it does not necessarily follow that the poison haa been administered in the particular article of food in which it may be found. for in Taylor's "Medical Jurisprudence" it is stated that food taken after the poison may require arsenical impregnation. The noto- rious Maybrick case demonstrated to the public the fact that some "fly papers" contain arsenic, but it is not generally known that an ordinary-sized fly paper contains as much as five grains of the deadly metal—more than enough to kill the average mortal. Certain makes of gaudily-coloured wall-papers have been known to contain 59 per cent, of arsenite of copper, and this noxious matter could be scraped off the cheaper material. Some fabrics, too, have been coloured by means of arsenical pigments, and these have been known to produce poisoning cases. As to the arsenic habit, it is certainly true that the taker may begin with very small doaes and gradually increase them. In referenofe to the Styrian practice of arsenic eating. Roscoe pub- lished particulars of a case where a Styrian took one day 41 grains of white arsenic and 5J grains on the following day. crushing the mineral between his teeth and swallowing it. He seemed to feel no ill effects whatever. A Bristol woman in 1872, meaning to commit suicide, managed to swallow two tablespoon- fula of arsenic, equal to 1.000 grains. Needless to say, death was swift and awful, while in the stomach 4oz. of metal were found. Large doges of this terrible powder usually prove fatal in from eighteen hours to three days, the average being 24 hours. Dr. Thomas Stevenson, the analyst to the Home Office, and who is conducting the examination of the organs of Maude Marsh, in his edition of "Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence," states. "If a person has died with arsenic in the body there is scarcely any limit to the period at which it may be detected."

SMALL-POX SCOURGE Epidemic Spreading in South Wales. AN OUTBREAK-AT CLYDACH VALE REPORTED. An outbreak of small-pox is reported from Clydach Vale. A man named W. Jenkins, of 17, Evans-street, was removed to the Ystrad isolation hospital. Two other persons, to whom Jenkins is supposed to have communi- cated the disease, were also removed from Marion-street on Saturday to the hospital. Jenkins lodged with them up to Monday la,%t. MERTHYR RE-VISITED. Merthyr proper has been free from the scourge for some time past, but the disease has now reappeared in the town. a case having been removed on Saturday from Bridge-street. At the weekly meeting of the board of guar- dians on Saturday Mr. D. T. Morgan, vacci- nation officer for the Merthyr district, reported thirteen fresh cases of small-pox during the week. one of which had proved fatal, twelve having occurred at Dowlaie and one at Penydarren. A letter was read from the Local Government Board suggesting that vaccination stations should be opened for the convenience of the public. and the clerk was directed to write to Dr. Oresswell, the public vaccinator for Dowlais, requesting him to open such stations if he considered it neoessary. PENDERYN ISOLATION HOSPITAL At an adjourned meeting of the Vaynor and Penderyn Rural District Council held on Satur- day to consider the question of providing a temporary isolation hospital a letter was read from Mr. Meoll, saying that he could not advise Major Vaughan Lee to let the council the site suggested on Ffrwd Isha Farm. The further consideration of the matter was again deferred for a weèk. PREVENTION AT PONTYPOOL. At the monthly meeting of the Llantarnam (PoutypooD Council, held on Saturday, the Medical Officer (Dr. Murphy) in his report, called attention to the necessity for maklnf provision for the isolation of small-pox.—It was referred to the sanitary committee, with power to make any necessary provision. TWO MORE CASES ATCLYuACH VALE Two more cases of sanall-pox have occurred at Marion-atrect, Clydach VaJe, and the patients were removed to the isolation hos- pital on Saturday. They contracted the diseaas from the man who was isolated on Friday, he having lodged with them up to laet Monday. All persons who came into contact with the patients have been re- vaccinated. and other necessary precautions have been taken.

PRISON CRUELTY. Russian Officials' Horrible Barbarities. A St. Petersburg telegram states:—The Court of Justice at Ekaterinburg has sen- tenced a. man named FOBS to three years' imprisonment, together with loss of civil rights, privileges, decorations, and medals, and. in addition, four years' police super- vision. for committing horrible barbarities while employed as director of a house of detention and correction in that town, and also with embezzlement. Fosa exploited the prison labour for his own profit, and had the prisoners beaten with rods dipped in salt. He treated his subordinates with such seve- rity that, not only warders, but also the prison doctor and chaplain, were afraid to resist his orders. In the course of the evi- dence it transpired that Foss repressed a revolt on the part of the prisoners wtih such ferocity that the room in which the punish- ments too place resembled a slaughter house. His cruelties "extended over several years, thanks to his enjoying' the favour of the local administrative inspector. At the trial it was stated that a prisoner who attempted to escape was terribly beaten by the warders and by Foss, and before the wounds healed they beat him again. Other prisoners were subjected to brutal punishments, and the prison employes who refused to carry out the director's cruelties wehe dismissed.

GIRL'S PLUCKY ACTION AT GRiFFITHSTOWN. An inquest was conducted at Griffithstown Police-station on Saturday by Mr. W. J. Everett (deputy-coroner for South Monmouth- shire) on the body of the five-year-old son of Charles Anatole Depoix, 88, Haliiday-terrace, Griffithstown, an engine-driver on the Great Western Railway, over whose head passed a wheel of a heavily-laden cart. driven by William James Bowen, and belonging to Messrs. Williams and Co., mineral water manufacturers, Newport. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." and recom mended that the coroner make application to the Royal Humane Society for a medal for Pollv Clapham. aged 12, for her bravery in attempting to save the child being run over. In doing so she was nearly drawn under the wheel of the vehicle herself and sustained an injury to the eye.

THE DEMAND tOR WELSH COAL. In an article by Mr. D. A. Thomas on "The Demand for Welsh Coal which appeared in our Saturday's issue it was stated that the average selling price of South Wales coal- shown by sliding-scale audits—for export to the principal foregn parts during 1901 was 6s. 0.75d. This should obviously have been 16s. 0.75d.

FOOTBALL NOTES. The Newprt and Cardiff Victories.. i i fBY FORWARD."] There are two more records to be broken. and Saturday at L'skside will be a great oppor- tunity for the mourning-card monger. One of the two-barring a drawn game—is bound to go. Which? We shall see. By their per- formance against Leicester Newport fairly captivated their supporters, and even the stoicism our Newport critic melted into an exuberant enthusiasm for once. Swansea's dis- play against Aberavon did not give quite th$ same measure of satisfaction, and it was not until the closing stages of the game that the whites managed to get their passing maohinery into working order. While the Usk- siders showed greatly improved play Swansea's form fell below that exhibited -against Car- diff. The effect of this is to give pause to those of us who felt a week ago like going naD on _bertawe. and the istiue now is more in doubt than ever. There is every indication that the struggle will be one of the keenest ever seen between the two best teams of the season. October was a disastrous month for Llanelly. Out of six matches played in that month they lost three, and opened November with a fourth defeat. The effect of four matches within seven days was palpable in the poor form shown by the scarlets on Saturday, and ought to be taken as a salutary lesson by the committee in their future arrangement of matches. Pad they come up to Cardiff less fagged than they were the probability is that they would have averted defeat, if they would not have actually won. for nothing told against them so much as their want of fitness. Swansea, as I have already stated, were slow in getting into their stride at Aberavon. but still they won by the substantial margin of sixteen points. By so doing they exceeded popular expectation. Aberavon being recog- nised as a difficult lot to beat on their own ground at any time. In the Glamorgan League tournament Llwynypia came a heavy cropper at Maesteg, where they scored only a try against the two goals and three tries of their opponents. Pengraig climbed up another rung on the league ladder by beating Treher- bert by a single point, and although this suggests but a slight superiority it appears that they were clearly the better team of the two. I am promising myself a visit to Belle Vue one of these days. Nea.th had a stiffer game than they antici- pated with Pembroke County, and a peculiar feature of the match was that. whereas the victors scored five tries in the first half. they failed to cross the county line once in the second portion. Penarth satisfied their sup- porters by an eight point victory over Bath. but Bridgend sank deeper in the slough of despond through their defeat by Whitchurch. This stands as the unkindest cut of all, and is quite out of Joint with the brighter tradi- tions of the Bridgend team. Treorky had very little the better of the argument with Cil- fynydd. and. judged on their performances in the aggregate this season, it is hard to under- stand how they triumphed over Treherbert. But they did it. Cardiff's victory ought to have the effect of making the outlook more hopeful than it was a week ago. They will have to play better than they did against Llanelly to win their most important matches, for they scarcely deserved a lead of ten points on the general run of the play. I have every confidence that they are capable of playing a better game than they did, but before the team can be considered to have settled down to their best work it will be necessary for another centre to take the place of Wiufield. He is out of his proper position, and cannot be expected to hit it off with his co-centre and his wing as well as a player who has been trained as a centre three-quarter. The Cardiff forwards on Saturday played with any amount of robustness and determi- nation, :ind were better than the Llanelly eight in the loose. But tlicy have yet to learn the trick of smart, clean heeling of the ball. The Llanelly haves were better served than the Nortons. and had White and Roberts been equal to their opportunities the Llanelly three-quarters might easily have been in a position to score on more than one occasion. Without attempting the making of an opening they passed the ball to Gabe nearly every time thty had it. and Nicholls spotting the weakness of such tactics, made it im- jMMaibLe by bis fine tabkling .for Gabe to become dangerous in attack. Of course, it must be remembered that this was the first time for White and Roberts to play together in the Llanelly team, and under the circum- stances they did not make such a bad. show. Roberts is rather a clever lad. who ought to acquire without much difficulty the knack of breaking through after receiving the ball from his partner. A marked improvement was noticeable in the play of Cecil Bigg8> who showed more cleverness and resource than in any previous match this season. Thomas, on the other wing. showed a disposition to hesitate, and had he swerved instead of checking his speed and trying to dodge the Llanelly fall-back he would have scored more than one try. With experience he may easily get out of this fault and prove himself a serviceable player. Nicholls did not have many chances in attack, but his defence, as usual, was great, and Gabe would probably be the first to bear testimony to this. Arnold played prettily and pluckily on the Llanelly left wing. and was unlucky in failing to score. Harry Jones did very well in the centre, but neglected his wing on the few occasions the ball came into his hands. Llanelly, like Car- diff. had better make up their minds to settle upon one permanent centrc to play with Gabe. The Llanelly pack can be improved by the inclusion of D. L. Bowen. Phil Keenan, and Ike Lewis. I am told they are available. Dan Walters worked hard to rally his men by force of example, but the seven others made only a half-hearted response. I have no doubt that the spirit was willing, but that tour had taken all the steam out of them, and their play suffered accordingly. With two good halves, a few changes in front, and a capable substitute for Alewyn Jones, Llanelly can be made as strong a team as they were at their best last season. There is nothing to be said- of the forwards individually on either side. Some were not so good as others, but none showed anything above club form. Cardiff deserved their win. but once. "Uel not twice, across the lino would have sufficed as a reflex of the general trend of the play. Four games in a week iR too much of a good thing (writes a Llanelly critic), and the effect could te seen plainly in the play of our men to-day. They were halt-hearted and indiffe- rent, and did not seem to care whether they won or lost. The forwards were stale, and were nearly always flurried when they got the ball between them in the loose. Dan Walters did hir: best to rally his men, but there was not much of a response. Our half-backs did not make many serious mistakes, except in occasional wild passing, but cue could have forgiven them for many errors if they had only made a few openings for the three-quarters. They are young and inexperienced, and unless better men turn up suddenly the committee will be justified in giving them a further trial, rather than fall- ing back on G. Davies and R. JOUei4. Gabe had no chance in the centre. Nicholls watched him too closely, and it is sheer bun- kum to condemn a centre three-quarter who plays under similar iircumstances to those which handicapped Gabe so much to-day. The Nortons ars very little, if at all, superior to our youngsters at half. They did not bring off the Dick Jones and Llewellyn Lloyd trick once throughout the whole game. and I must say, as a Llanelly man. that I was disappointed not to see better passing by the Cardiff backs. Nicholls did practically nothing beyond kicking and tack- ling well. He is not the man he was in attack. Winneld is not a centre three-quarter, and I should say that tho sooner a good partner can be found for Nicholls in that position the better will it be for the Cardiff team. Llanelly cannot complain of their defeat. but Cardiff were not ten points better than them. The referee's decision in awarding Thomas a tiy was a very questionable one. in my opinion. He did not tonch the ball down at aJ1. and i>he ManeUv man who pushed him over the bull as he was failing was quite justi- fied in doing so. Anynow, it makes no dif- ference to the actual result, as it is nor as it ought to be according to the play. I did not think much of Thomas on the wing. He did not play so good a game as tho much-abused Cecil Biggs. He may be fasC but he has the fault of most sprinters—he docs not make the best use of his speed in going for the line. Young's play at full-back was very fine, and Bob Richards for Llanelly was just as good. The play from the spectators' standpoint was not up to the average level of prettinesa and interest. Cardiff were lucky to catch the scarlets on an off-day. On their normal form they would not have lost on Saturday an" might easily have won. Newport are still purouing their victorious way. By beating Leicester on Saturday they are sharpening the public appetite for the battle of the giants which will take place next Saturday—the meeting of Newport and Swansea on the Cekside ground. Newport have already accounted for, probably, the best representa- tives of English football by beating the Old Merchant Taylors, Gloucester, Blackheath. and Leicester. The engagement with Leicester on Saturday was in every sense a most magnifi- cent game. Fast. brilliant, stylish—it was, in a I* word, everything that the meeting of two f really first-ciass teams should he. At the out- f set a very generous meed of praise is due to the vanquished. They were a great team. without doubt. After seeing them play. no one on the Newport ground could feel at all surprised how it is that Leicester have done so well this season. They most nearly approach of all the English teams the true ideal of the best Welsh play. But. great as their game was. Newport rose in trne style to the height of the argument and ouite eclipsed themselves in this encounter. They were better against Biaekheath on the former Saturday than thr\y had been at all this I season from its start, but in this game against Leicester they went one better than ever before. There is no mistaking their great prowess now. Of coarse, stiffer-things yet await them. Next Saturday they have to meet Swansea, and then —well, those who live longest will see most. Now, the average spectator would be rather at a loss to tell a friend exactly why Newport won. Perhaps, the true position was that indicated by a few of the Leicester men, who when leaving the ground candidly enough admitted that Newport beat them in the loose. There was certainly nothing to give away in the tight packs, but when the ball was given fresh air the home pack showed that they were rather the cleverer set. Leices- ter were strong and beefy in front, and could hold anything in the way of Uskside pushing, but their footwork was not so skilful. They were well served at half. Foreman especially being a tower of strength. Their three-quar- ters were by no means a one-man show. They were all evenly good. Perhaps. Hind. the triple Cambridge "Blue," on thc left, wing. who is the flyer of the team, hadn t quite so many clear fields given him as he would like, but he did well, as also aid Jones in wonderful kick- ing. Newport played with splendid organised ability. Lloyd's openings and Hillman's tackling were great. The three-quarters worked smoothly and evenly, and the two tries which they obtained showed that they made at the critical time rather better use of their opportunities than Leicester did with the chances which went to them. Gould scored his first try of the season with a fine. determined effort. He set his teeth and went for the line with both vigour and judgment -judgment which led him to swerve inwards and evade the more dangerous tackle which threatened him. and vigour enough to heave himself over the line when other men would have gone down. The other try was by Pear- son, who played ajain a grand game. It seems almost a pity to be compelled to say a word of adverse comment upon what was, generally speaking, so meritorious a display. But the truth must be told that on the day's form D. J. Boote. the home custodian, was occasionally weak in the matter of fielding and touch-finding. The game between Swansea and Aberavon at the latter place was a splendid open one. It aided the coffers of the 'Bravon Club and gave them a sight of good football. This was rendered possible by the evident determina- tion to adopt no do-or-die tactics, but to play an open game—at any rate. when in open territory. The result was a splendid game. in which the home team, although beaten rather more severely than I expected, showed to considerable advantage, and proved themselves once more to be one of the best teams in South Wales. Swansea I have seen in better form. They were not eo brilliant as against Cardiff, and the real effective machinery did not get to work till late in the game. The team will, in my opinion (says my Swansea correspondent), have to 'ware Newport next Saturday. It was difficult during the greater part of the game to eay that Swansea were holding any advantage over Aberavon at all except among their backs, and these were slow in scoring. Whether it was superb defence by Aberavon, the unevenness of their rank, unmown ground, or the substitution of George Davies for Gordon in the centre, it certainly was a fact that Swansea's efforts at scoring were very frequently abortive. Several splendid things were baulked one after the other, and then 'Bravon were seen ruehing the leather away-just when Swancsa promised to get to business. At the same time, the Swansea team showed splendid form at times, and they gradually re- gained all their old brilliance towards the end. When a team puts on nineteen points to four it is. perhaps, unnecessary to grumble, and it is much pleasanter to reflect, on the splendid efforts .by which Jowett. Trew, Dick Jones, and Rees (especially the last, although Geo. Davies deserved at least as much credit for his tricky run and pass) scored their tries. The Swansea forwards, led by Serines and Syd Bevan, showed better form against the Aberavon eight than a month back. For Aberavon. Lewis Thcmas. Edwards, and Ogley Harris were easily the best of the backs, and Brice and Buller Rees of the forwards. Aberavon deserve every praise for their excellent effort, and., if I may be allowed to say so. they taught Cardiff a lesson of fortitude and per- severance under difficulties. Tredegar disposed of Machen in the Mon- mouthshire League competition by four tries to nil. and this about represented the merits of the two teams. Machen showed up very well in the earlier portion of the game, but they were outweighted early in the second half, and their defence, good up till then. was completely broken down. It was almost entirely a forward game. the home team being unable to bring off their usual effective back play on^acconnt of the disorganisation of the threepmiarter line. Hares, who played in the centre, scored a remarkable try, running right through from the visitors' 25. Watkins. who went on the wing, showed excellent dodging powers, and is rapidly becoming a class player. Vaughan. on the wing. did well, while T Jones, a junior, by no means let the team down, although he has to g8;- experience.. Bowden was the best of the Machen backs, and has fine speed. ———— • Williams and Evans did capitally at half- back for Tredegar, and got the ball away smartly, and Davies and Smith for Machen played a very nice game. Davies in particular being very nippy. Both teams were well served at full-back, Davies for Tredegar and B^riT for Machen doicj a lot of hard work effectively. The Machen forwards were good in the loose, kicked capitally, and in the earlier part of the game got the ball out well. but they were outplayed by the Tredegar pack once they got into their swing. It was in this department that Machen were badly beaten during the second half. One of the best Rugby games seen in the Rhondda for a ion? while was that played at Treherbert between the home team and Penygraig. As a rule, matches in the Valley are characterised by strong forward play, the three-quarters seldom showing to any great advantage. But Saturday's game was in many ways a pleasant exception. Play was fast from beginning to end. and each team did its very utmost to win. The absence of several regular players from both teams somewhat reduced the interest taken in the event, but it stenied to have no great effect on the play. and the enthusiasm of the spectators was in no way diminished. Penygraig' clearly deserved to win, and their superiority lay in the back departments. Good three-quarter play was especially noticeable in their team. They experienced some mis- fortune on several occasions in not crossing the Treherbert line. and but for Marchant's drop-goal it is quite probable that the home team would have been !uckily victorious. Tre- herbert also p'ayed very well right through, but if they mean to keep ahead of Penygraig in the struggle for the League cup they will have to improve upon their display of Satur- day. Penygraig's prQspects for first place are now very bright, they having obtained nine points out of a possible ten. Treherbert, the present cup-holders, have got two out of four I points. Treorky, who had an open date, gave a guarantee match to Cilfynydd. The match was of the most uninteresting character, being wholly confined to the forwards, in which department no brilliancy was exhibited. Play amongst the two packs in the tight was about even, whilst the superior speed of the Treorky forwards gave them a distinct advantage in the open. the most prominent being J. Thomas. Attwood. and G. Evans. For the visitors Hyan. Williams, and Lloyd were con- spicuous. Of back play there was none. This was owing to the slowness of the halves, who failed to feed their three-quarters. Towards the close of the second half Jones and Evans got into their stride, and the try by the former was a pretty bit of individual play. The smartest back on the field was Bayliss, who Seems to be developing into a fine centre, and will prove a great acquisition to the Trcorky team. After the lapse caused by the inter-league contest matches were again resumed in the Monmouthshire League competition. PilJ Harriers, with a strong team, visited Cwm- bran. and despite the fact that the home for- wards got the ball repeatedly, the halves made little use of their opporcanities, and this. coupled with the fact that their backs used bad judgment in kicking to the Pill full- back, wore the pack down, so that after the interval the Dockers' three-quarters were con- tinually on the move, and the fine defence of Penn saved more than one score. Pill, how- ever, fully deserved their win if by Seer's smart try only. Travers, Tstmplin, and Thomas were a trio of fine forwards, whilst Buckley, Ryan. and Seer were alike iood in attack ana defence, the latter being a very much improved player and a. glutton for work. ;i¡

THE DIVINE SARAH. Story of Madame Bernhardt's Parentage, j GERMANS CLAIM HER AS A COMPATRtOT. | The "Lokalanzeigrr," a German paper. slates that Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will be granted an audience by the Emperor. The -anti-Semitic "Staataburger Zeitung" furnishes the following wonderful particulars regarding the extraction of Mme. Sarah Bern- hardt. alleged to have been supplied by a mys- terious artisan of eighty-two, from Frank- fo rt-on-th e -Ode r: — Among my acquaintances." says the octo- genarian. was the horse-dealer Feibel Bern- hardt, who had come over from Krossen, and was engaged in procuring horses for the cabs. Feibel Bernhardt had several crildren. The youngest, a small, thin, black-Laired thorough Jewess, named Sarah, frequently played in front of my door. Whether she was born in KroBsen, or later, in Frankfort, I don't know. As a small child she showed a certain talent for acting. "The stage manager of the Frankfort Theatre was at that time Herr Bach, who would let the little Sarah play in child parts. Sarah developed, and then came to Berlin through the mediation of Bach, where she played child parts at Mother Graberten s, Weinberg's weg. "Subsequently I was -employed on board a ship plying regularly between Stettin and Copenhagen. For a long time I saw nothing more of Sarah, but as often as I saw her father he would say, 'Sally (Sarcheni is a' good child: she sends money on the first of every month." He also told me that she had gone abroad, but where she was staying he would not say. "In the year 1875 or 1876 I landed at Copen- hagen. My road Jay past. the Hotel d'Angle- terre. before which was a crowd of people. At that moment a person stepped out of the hotel and got into a cab, and I immediately recognised her as Sarah Bernhardt, of Frankfort-on-the-Oder. I resolved to call cn my fellow-countrywoman the next morning. I went into the hotel, and was led to Sarah by a maid in short ekirts. When I addressed her in German she looked at me with surprise, and gave no answer. "But. then. what I said. 'You have, doubts less, forgotten me; but when you were still a tiny thing and ran about the Roaengasse in Frankfort-on-the-Oder, you knew me,' something flew over her face. She answered in German. at once ordered a bottle of wine and a cold collation to be brought, and held a long conversation with me over her native city. As I went away she gave me two tickets for the evening performance in the! theatre, and said to me. 'Do me the favour not to tell anyone that you knew me in former times-that you have spoken German with me

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G )d Tr i G"l>e & Ph'x iw r'qn'ft Atr.s 16 Gd.Ct. Araal 2A Trans. Gold 71 Heriot HI Do. Develop JagersfVtein — S L. Rhodesia 3,It .Toh. Invest 8? fit. Main reef 5? Jubilee St; 41 Jumper* 1 Willon by ua — -It. dlt". Xole.—When no figure* appear opposite a stock or thare in either of the cotimns of the above lfst it Is to be understood that the last prices (yesterday'* -losing or to-day's opening) rules the market. The warrants in paj'ment of the interim dlr.dend on the ordinary shares of Lipton (Limited; have been posted. r 1 Local Finance. [BY OUR FINANCIAL EDITOR ] CARDIFF EXCHANGE, Monday (1-0 p.nO NoMiinc has tnuifpired since Friday to materially alter the condition of the local Stock Market. Business opened exceedingly quiet this mominc <TiP rnenf! Bailwav Stocks are steady, and Colliery Shares arc firm. The "other departments are without special feature.

TO-DAY'S MARKETS. SUGAR. Glaseow Monday.—The official report says*. Market stSdT a 'fair business beiw? done. Ihe private report says: Market steady, a fairly ?ood business being done at Saturday's prices. FISH. imsbv Monday.—About 80 vessels arrived with a „nnn'iv for which there was a moderate demand. Ouotations '—Soles, Is Id to Is 3d; turbot, 7d to lOd; brills 7d: lobsters, Is 6d per lb.; plaice, 4s to 4s 8d; live halibut. 8s to 9s 6d: dead ditto. £ s 6d to 7s; lemons. 7s 9d per stone; live lin*. is V> 6d; dead ditto 2s to is 6d; live cod, 4s to 6s; ae«l ditto, 3s each; hake, 22s to 28s per soore; kit haddocks. ns to 191; gibbed, 22s to 288 pet box.

RACING: LATEST. Lincoln Meeting. SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY BY "RED ROVER." Brownlow Nursery—RATHER WARM. Chaplin Nursery—LA.MGERICK. Maiden Plate-CARO.

NEWMARKET NOTES. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEWMARKET, Monday. LEFT FOR LINCOLN. Exaltation. Zeptuna, Ambiguity, Grandchild, Bowery, Hampstead, Yidame. Princess Jessie, Marcus Aurelius, Doncaster Belle geidmg, Cai man, Perfectionist. No Denial. Nahiband, MiFs Witty. Tudor King, Veneration, Game Chi .k, Anneath, Affinity, Burses. Mininit. Para- phrase. Chamois, La Mortola, Conventicle, Ormah, Wistaria, Black Mark, Pindar. Briar Patch, Potamia, Frank Ash, Fair Penitent colt, and Rougham Inn. LINCOLN MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY. Great Tom Plate-TUDOP. KING or PERFEC. TIONIST. Brownlow Nursery-ORMAH or AFFINITY. Chaplin Nnrsery-DONOASTER BELLE GELD- ING or CHAMOIS. Yarborough Plate—NAHLBAND or EXALTA- TION. Gautby Plate-LA MORTOLA or GRANDCHILD Doddington Plate—HAMPSTEAD or ARMEATH. THIS MORNING'S GALLOPS. LIVERPOOL CUP WORK. King's Courier went a good mile and three- quarters. First Principa and Florilorm, useful mile. St. Uncomber. useful mile. The Bishop, good mile and a quarter, Sinopi, good eleven furlongs. DERBY CUP. Over Norton, good mile. St. Maclou, half-speed mile. Velee Rood, mile. MANCHESTER NOVEMBER HANDICAP. Servitor, good two miles. TRIAL. Day's CLAIRETTA beat Jacquatin and Mus- tapha Aga over live furlongs. LINCOLN MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR TUESDAY. Autumn Handicap—CAIMAN or ARABIA. Blankney Handicap—CAPOT or CLAIRETTA. Weibeck Plate-ÂRDEER. Elsharn Plate-MARTABAN.

PROBABLE STARTERS FOR I 0-DAY'S RACES. Yarborough Plate-Deuce of a Daisy. Scarem, Longy. St. Bernard, and Othery. Additiona.l-Burses, Nablband. Exaltation, Frank Ash, and Miss Witty. Gautby Plate-All ready (except Dalmy). Brownlow Nursery.—Rather Warm, Babra- ham Belle filly. Love Philtre, and Lady Craf- ton. Additional—Briar Patch, Affinity, Princess Jessie, Glentula colt, No Denial, and Ormah. Great Tom Stakes.—Vidame. Game Chick, Perfectionist, La Mortola, and Tudor King. Chaplin Nursery—Sarotb, Herald, Lamge- rick colt, an Winter Rose filly. Additional—Veneration II.. Doncaster Belle gelding, Wistara, Palestine, Potamia, Neptuna, Paraphrase, and Chamois. Doddington Plate.—Miss Brand colt. Additional—Grandchild, Rougham, Marcus Aurelius, and La Mortola.

Early Betting on To- days Races. EARLY BETTING ON TO-DAY'S RACES. YARBOROUGH PLATE 3 to 1 agst Burses and Deuce of a Daisy 4 to 1 — Nahlband 5 to 1 — St. Bernaql II. and Cream 6 to 1 — any other.- GAUTBY SELLING — 3 to 1 agst Pindar 4 to 1 Conquering Hero, Minima, and Armeath. 6 to 1 — any other. BROWNLOW KrRSERt :— 3 to 1 agst Rather Warm 4 to 1 — Rosedale 5 to 1 — Swift Cure 6 to 1 — any other. GREAT TOM PLATE: — 2 to 1 agst St Beurre 3 to 1 — Game Chick 4 to 1 — Vidame 5 to 1 — Cloverley 6 to 1 — any other. CHAPLIN NURSERY — 4 to 1 agst Saroth 5 to 1 — Chamois and Siva colt 6 to 1 — Herald a 8 to 1 — any other. DODDINGTON PLATE:- No betting.

"EVENING EXPRESS" FINALS. LINCOLN MEETING. I 11.45-FP.IAR'8 WASH. 2.1o-ARMEA TH. 2.40—RAi £ i_ER WARM. 3.15—VIDAME (if absent, ST. BEUBBE). 3.45—SIVA COLT (nap). 4.10—CARO (if absent. MARCUS AURELIUS". Best Thin gof the Day-SIVA COLT (nap).

ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS THIS MORNING. Burses. Deuce of a Daisy. Nahlband, Exalta- tion. Frank Ash. Langy, Othery, Miss Witty, Briar Patch. Affinity, Princess Jessie, Glentuia- colt. No Denial, Sterling Blue, Vidame, Game Chick. Valenza. Perfectionist, La Mortola, Tudor King, Veneration II.. Doncaster Belle gelding. Saroth, Wistaria, Herald. Palestine, Potamia. Neptuna, Chamois. Grandchild. Rougham. Marcus Aurelims. Helenopont, Blue Hat, Oerag, Tamar. The Ooon, Miss Garnet, aud Miss Brand colt, and all in the frautby Selling (except Dalmay).

Saturday's Official Scratchings The "Sportsman"' has been Qjficially informed by Messrs. Weatherby of the following 6cra.tchings;- Knowslev Nursery, Liverpool-Lady Euterpe. All engagements-Rap, Splash Point, Cherry Park, and Sir Balahad. All engagements in Captain H A Johnstone's naai»— Charles Martel and Toulon. Brovi-nlow Nursery Handicap, Lincoln-Blact Mark. All published handicaps—Jubal. Leicester November Handicap—Khiva Pass. Harborough Handicap, Leicester—Loch Doon. Olldby Nursery, Leicester-Floors. Outsider should have appeared amongrt the forfeits for the Great Lancashire Handicap, Liverpool.

CARMARTHENSHIRE HUNT STEEPLECHASES. A meeting of the promoters of the Carmarthenshire Hunt Steeplechases was held at the Boar's Head Hotel, Carmarthen, on Saturday afternoon, Sir Marteine Lloyd, Bart., Bronwydd, presiding. The accounts showed that the hon. secretary (Mr. W. V. Howell Thomas; had at the bank £ 14 6s lOd in favour of the fund. That amount excluded the outstanding a<-MUBt—On the motion oi Major Glascott, seconded by Mr. R. H. Harries, M.F.H.. the secretary was requested to write to all who had not paid their entrance fees, and defaulters were to btj reported to Messrs. Weatherby and Sons.-The accounts weIe passtd, and.the fixing of the <1atfii of the meeting so as not to clash with any other was carefully con- sidered.-It appeared that the Carmarthen Raoes are, according to agreement, to be held before those of Tenby in 1903, Major Glascott incidentally remarking that the xenby people desired the days to be so arranged as to make it possible to have the Tenbv Hunt Week, the Carmarthen Race Week, and the Tenby Race Week all in succe.s'on. Consequently, it was derided to hold the l.arn.arifcsn Races on Wednesday and Thursday, January '•"le Llantlawke Steeplechase fund of 30 sovs, ^hicli had been offered by Mr. T. J. Harries, Oxford- street, London, before his death, and which was paid cy his executors, will not be renewed: therefore, the Carmarthen Town Sports and Attractions Committee are to be invited to sire a plate for this, the only Banking event. The Secretary suggested that all the ,-ten races, except the two locals—thc Tallr-ho and the nanxing race, which were of JC sovs. with a' £ l fee each— be raised to 40 foOVS, with a L2 entry fee, and that five fc^VS to sec°nd horse. The suggestion was aaop.ed, and it was also decided that £ 5 be given to the second horses in all races exoept the selling race; J he nret OHV'S programme will consist of the steeple- chase ovtr bankf, tlie Carmarthen Town Selling Steeple- chase DVGr bankf, the Carmarthen Town Selling Steeple- ulsIT; lj}r Harkforward Hurdle Race, the LHnelly Hurdle Race, and the Derllvs Hurdle Race, while the raccs for i he second day will be the Tally-ho Steeple- cha.se. the Sarnau Steeplechase, the Towv Maiden teeplechasc, the Carmarthenshire Bkirdie Kacc, and the Stewards' Selling Hurdle Race.

NEWPORT ATHLETIC GROUND. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8tb, 1902. SWANSEA V. NEWPORT. Kick-off at Three p.m. Admission: Enclosure, Is.; Field, 6d. A limited number of seats reserved inside the popes at Is. Early application necessary JItotb&ll Hfln. Sec, Cambrian-cham be" Newport. 810187 TOPPING A SPINDLER, FIXSHlITG HOLLAND. Liverpool autumn cup, derby GOLD cup, MANCHESTER NOVEMBER HANDICAP. Double and Treble Events, S.P. Accunautators, &c. The "Continental SportemM." published twice daily, free 011 receipt of addreaa. Tetefraphic Instructions can be sent to London for S.P. All Letters to be AadiMMd— TOPPING &' SPINDLE*, FLUSHING, HOLLAND.. P oat age 2^d.. Poetcarda Id. «100W NEWPORT (MON.) STEEPLECHASES. At Caerleon, November 13 and 14. Excellent Entries. Special Train* and Special Fares- eiOM8

THE LONDON PRESS Examples of Their Views To-day. BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM LEADING ARTICLES. "C.-B." AND ROSEBERY. E-dinburgb. if we may say 80 without offence, represented quality, and the Alexandra Park stood for quannty.—"Daily Telegraph." INNOCUOUS! Such a conference in the present distracted condition of the party can hardly be thought likely to produce the effects which Lord Roee- bery desires, but there can be no particular harm in trying 11—"Times. A SORT OF LEADER. If we come down from the clouds to the earth it appears mere profitable to listen to Sir Henry C&mpbeII-Bannerman. who is leader of a party—of Eorts-in the House of Commons. than to the more poetical essays m romance of the President of the Liberal League, the chief function of which so far seema to consist of "dining and going to the theatre."—"Daily Telegraph." EFFICIENCY IN CRITICISM. Though the Opposition has no chance of proving its efficiency in administration. it can display efficiency in criticism. An apostle of efficiency like Lord Rosebery ought certainly to show accuracy thoroughnest. and a sense of proportion. Now. Lord Eosebery's criticisms are not of the grave, solid, well-thought-out kind called for in the circumstances. They are rather a mixed lot of small cavils aad hasty suggest !(jDs.Times."

TRADE AND SHIPPING Local Charterings. CARDIFF EXCHANGE, Saturday. There was a very meagre attendaace on Change to-day, and business was Quiet in all the staple trades. Large steam coal lor ship- ment next week was in moderate request. and the same may be said of Monmouthshire semi- bituminous large. House coal quotations were firmly made, and there was no altera- tion in patent fuel or coke values. Closing prices -Best steam coal 158 6d to 16s. seconds 14s 9d to 15g 3d. drye 15s to 158 9d: best steam small 8s 6d to as 9d. seconds 8s tn 8s 3d. and inferior sorts 6s 9d to 7s; best Monmouthshire large 13s 3d to 13s 6d. seconds 138 6d 10 13e 9d; best households 16s 6d to 17s: No. 3 Rhondda large 15s 6d, brush 13e to 135 6d, small 10s 3d to 10s 6d; No 2 Rhondda large 12e to 12s 6d. through and through 10s 6d to 106 9d, small 7e 9d to 8s; patent fuel 15s 6d to 17s 6d: special .'& L foundry coke Z3s to 24s, good foundry 198 to 2r and furnace 17s to 18s per ton; pitwood 18s to 18s 6d per ton ex ship: iron ore-Rubio 14e 6d to 14s 9d. Tafna bs to 16e 6d, and Altaeria 14s 9d per to,, In the freight market chartering was mode- rately active, with rates ruling steady for the higher and lower Mediterranean, easier for the Islands, and without any material change coastwise. The following comprise the day's operatiuns:- OUTUAKDS—STEAMEBS. Cardiff to Rouen, 5s 6d (Zeup; Calais. é", (Mavwood,. Port Said, 5s (Sf. Bedei Port Said, 5s (Southport) Aquilas. 7c id fuel fSkulda) Genoa. 5s id (Somerford) bt. Nazai>e, 4f 50c (Tandioia) Las Palmas, Ten-ritTe 6" 3d Alexandria, £ 5 id, 700 delivery, 4,400 toil Swansea to Copenhagen, 7s. (Sif) Tunis. Sf coal. 9f fuel f. New York, 7s (Semantha) MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL STEAMEM. Xnver arrived Kouen 51st. £ Stofcesley arrived St. Serean 31st. Hawthorn arrived Methil let. .Jany left Lisbon for Hueiva. 31»t. Gwalia left Lisbon lor Cardiff 30th. Eaterpe arrived Hamburg 1st. Saltwick arrived Birkenhead 1st. Selby left Bristol for Bilbao 30th. Trutikby arrived Genoa 31st. Gadsbv passed Brenierliaven for Bremen 31st Tenby passed Fera for Gibraltar for order-* 30th. Westerby passed Pera for Gibraltar for orders 30th. Bed Jacket left Cape Verde? for Ergasteria 3tat. Vol age arrived Newcastle (N.6.W.1 50th. Free Lance arrived Hull 30tii. Fairmead left Licata for Messina 31st. BernaTi arrived Buenos Avres 31st. » Lri" left Antwerp for Barrv Lesreaulx arrived Xovoro»?'i»k bt. Blaenavon left Glasgow lor Barry 1st. Finian Stuart left Swansea for Arzcw 1st. Merthyr arrived Swansea 1st. G went land left Swansea for La Rochette let.

CYCLE CARNIVAL AT BARRY £ In aid of the funds of the Cardiff Infirmary a cycle carnival and town collection, orga- nised by the Barry Dock Unioniet Club and Institute, took plaee on Saturday afternoon, and proved a conspicuous success, the get-up of the many characters taking part being novel and «ttracHve. Alter the judging Ti. pro- cession was lormpd. and, headed by the Unionist Braes Ban-d. paraded the towa. The judges of the various competitions were Coun- cillors J. H. Jose and E. Williams, and Messrs. W. Kennard. Geo. TVareham, G. Davies, J. Price, and H. Butler, whose principal awards were ae follow: Champion prize J. R. Clianningg. Cycle team: 1st, Barry, Jockey C C.; 2nd, Kennard. Cardiff C.C. Decorated gentleman's cycle: 1st, No. 13; 2nd, E. Blainey. Female impersonator aad cycle: 1st, No. 4; 2nd, Phil Deere. Gentleman on horseback: R. Powell. Mau, liorse. and vehicle: 1st, J. It. Chanmaga; gad, A. 8. Adams. Best Novelty: Jst. Brothers Torrington; 2nd, W. J. Blainey; 3rd. E. Blainev. Neatest and cleanest in band: 1st, H. Palmer; 2nd, T. Bono. Neatest attired Durse: Phi] Deere. Prizes were also awarded to the collectors of highest amounts in aid of the caxnival fund and in classes open to unsuccessful com- petitors.

MAESTEG PAWNBROKER CENSURED Sarah Musgrove and Selina Bushbrook were charged at Bridgend Police Court on Satur- day with stealing a watch from the person of William Howells, of Colty, whilst he was at the York Hotel on the 30th of August, and Ebenezer Rnshbrook was charged with receiv- ing the watch, knowing it to be stolen pro- perty.—Inspector Evans proved tracing the w,aotch and arresting the prisoners. All three were sentenced to one month s, hard labour. At the close of the case the Inspector com- plained of the conduct of a Maesteg pawn- broker named Edward Kern. with whom the watch had been pawned. He had told the police on their making inquiries that he knew nothing about the watch. The last eaquiry was made on the day the prisoners were arrested, and he then denied having received it. Further inquiries were made with the result that the pawnbroker brought the watch to Bridgend, and the chairman of the justices {Mr. William Llewellyni severely reprimanded him, and said if he were not more careful he. too, would find himself in the prisoner's dock.

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. CLOTHIER.—Wanted, smart young Man; able to I measure for suits; soliciting orders in shipping. — m Hughes, Clothier. Dock View-road, Barry. J PRIZE Drawing, Andrew Keeg&n.—Winning Kun> b«s: 1st.. 273; 2nd, 13S; 3rd, 222; 4th, 2«6: 5th, 160: 6th, 700. eSlSldJ ENGINE Driver wanted Immediately.—Appiv Lent- ham, W». t Mills, West Dock, Cardiff. e £ 19M5 FIREWORKS.—Best shop in Canton for Fireworks is I' David's. 201, Cowhridge-road, Cardiff. e318Sd4 TXJ'ANTED «impdi*taly, General Servant; tw« ia f family.—Apply 62, Bichards-terrace. Card}*. j «5198d5 "TXTANTLD, a good Housemaid, November 1st; wages, t ? i-16. all found.—Apply sirs. Bryan Smith, V» Wills Private Hotel. Llandrindod Wells. esilea "VTJ ANTED, strong Girl; assist housework and bar, Vl as required.—Railway Hotel, Abcrgaroany. e3112d1 GRANDEST Brussels Hearthrugs; pair, oarraige free! 4s. 6d.—Messrs. Ward. S3, Bosebank-streeL, Dundee. HaWkers. shopkeepers wanted to sell hearthrugs. e3193dt EXPERIENCED General wanted; about 26; two in ramily.—Rectory, Abertiesg. Mon. e3191 £ S £ 1 Daily.—Easy evening employment anywhere offered anybody who writes legibly.—For terms send addressed envelope North (Dept. 8 E1, 6, York-buildings, Adclplii, London. • «3l89d8 £ 3 Woekly.-Per60ns wanted everywhere for addrecs- ing circulars.—Send addressed envelope for proposal Manager, 8 B. Elm Lodge, Soul hall, Middleeex. eSlWdt WANTED, in Cardiff, Stockroom on ground floor; within short distance of Great West«rn Station and General Post Office.—Kuil particulars to L 40, Even- ing Express Office. Cardiff eSlMdt MOTHER'S Help (experienced), also good General, wasted at once 32. Oonnaoght-road, Cardiff. eUMö IL TO THE BURGESSES OF THE .a. CENTRAL WABD.* LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.— I desire at the earliest possible moment 1 to beg your acceptance of my earnest and sincere thanks for your practical renewal of that confidence extended to me three years ago. I have the bonour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen. Your Obedient Servant, W. L. YOBATH. | Pftrk-thaiabers, Weetgate-streew i Nov. 1st, 1902. (gOM J