Rhyl Record and Advertiser

INQUEST AT ST. ASAPH WORKHOUSE. A FATAL FALL. On Tuesday Mr. R. Bromley held an inquest at St. Asaph Workhouse, touching the death of an inmate named Lydia Jones. Owen Jones, farmer Llansannan, Abergele identified the body as that of Lydia Jones, who had been a domestic servant with him. Deceased had met with an accident by falling downstairs and struck her head against the skirting board. He eaw that she had been bleeding a little at the back of the head. On the Wednesday following the accident he sent for the Relieving Officer and the deceased was removed to the St. Asaph Workhouse. Edward Jones, Relieving Officer, Denbigh said that on Friday he removed the deceased to the hospital. He was told that she had fallen down- stairs. Deceased had been to the workhouse many times previously as an inmate When he went to the house he ascertained that the deceased had got up that day and had eaten some broth and she was dressed to go out. He, however, saw that she was f very ill. and he made a kind of sham bed for her in his trap and made it as comfortable as he possibly conld for her. He had to drive along a very bad road but be drove as carefully as he could and at Xilanefydd be gave her some brandy. He arrived at the Workhouse about 3.30 having left the farm a little before one o'clock. Deceased complained on tbe way of her feet being cold. At the work- house two men helped to get her out of the trap. Be thought deceased was about 46 years of age. I Dr. Lloyd deposed that he flaw dece&sed at the Workhouse on Friday afternoon. She was in a very bad way and her pulse showed that she was in a state of collapse. There was a wound about two inches in size at the back of the head. He tried to pull her round but she died next morning. In his opinion death was due to laceration of the brain and bemorage caused by the fall. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the Medical evidence.

THE NEW WAR LOAN. NOT TO EXCEED £ 10,000,000. We learn, says the Daily Telegraph, from a well-informed source in the City that, in spite of all rumours to the contrary, it is believed to be the i intention of the Government to raise but a very I small sum by way of a war loan when the new Parliament meets at the beginning of next month. At the outside figure it will not exceed £ 10,000,000. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has six millions in hand, and he need not raise more for the moment, pending the creation of a Trans- vaal stock, of which the war loan will naturally form part. The idea, therefore, that authority will be asked from Parliament to cover at once the total cost of the war up to date is erroneous, and no more will be done than to pro- vide for the immediate necessities of the hour. Probably the Government can at present form no better opinion than outsiders as to how much of the total may be saddled upon the two new colonies. Our informant inclines to the view that not more than thirty millions can be expected from this source, allowing for the heavy annual ex- penditure which must fall upon them for the up- keep of the largd force of constabulary and the military measures necessary to eniuro the tran- quility of the country.

THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER IN FLINTSHIRE. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. On Monday morninie. at the Flint Railway Station, the t'uke of Westminster wan the recipient of an address of welcome from the Mayor and Corporation of F int. Tbnre was a crowded tttend- ance of the leadinir townspeople. The xidress WitS as followsTo tie M""t Nobln Hugh Richard Arthur, Duke of Westminster. Mlii it please your Grace,—We, the Mavor, 61dermen, and burgesses of the borough of Flint de^ e to tender our warme t congratulations to your GraCe on the attainment of vour majority and atf" return t.. vour native land. We avail ourselves of yonr visit, to our -neio-nt. borough on your j-mrney to H lkin to express tho hfartv wish of the burgesses hf }our Grice rony long be spared to maint 'in the high traditiiins of your family and to follow the nobte character of your beiov,-d wrtindfatbe,, tbt- iite much -awnpnted Duke, a landowner, a neighbour, Hud a friend to whom Flint and its inhabitant -ere much indebted for very many acts of kindt e"l'. MOt, we venture also to remind your Gran th,t our ancestor. Richard L'Engennnr (the founder of the BelgrltvA fttmilj), was in 1277 the archi ect. o our nucient castle, the erection of which tress brought thi. town into existence. (jive" u^der the rommoo scat of the boronllb of Flint, this 17th d". ,f November, 1900 -E J. Huf/hes, Mayor; Rei.r, T-lior,Towil Clerk." The DukA, by the ut,tetis Grosvenor, Ladv Lettice Urn^vn or, and Coloue' Wilford Lloyd, arrived by the 10 22 train. and on alighting was received bv th.. Vi i or. the Town Clerk, members of the » orpor ti, n, &c. The Mavor welcomed his Grace to the «n<>ent b rough of Flint, congratulating him upon having attained his ■unjoiity and having exitered upo tn a career -o full ot possibilities and renponsiMliM'-fi. Th., people of Flint hoped that he would iong be sp-red to toliow in the footsteps of his illustri us »? rami tether, wh had many connecting linkf wiih this old borough and who was a more 7 hiiii generous f. ielld o Flint in the rlllrk days of a fpw yefi,go. rbe own = !erk then reid thea idre*s Hnd pn-sente! it to the Duke. 10 replj, hi Grace ext,res.i h"pt that he vtnuid bei-p-red 'O f<>il>w in th, f'»otsieps of 1 ii4 grandfather, to who, the a' d es h"rl tluded 1U such touching terms. He hoped titit the tie* which bound him and hi* t.-ttniSy to • t>■<t t-vvn m b'i' be still further strengthened in his b lid.. ( pptauaf) Afterwards the Duk. via ted Holik., t..r ibe pur- pose of receiving tn address of .,t- from 1.1/4 agiiculturui "n,1 rdlrerlil t»-n-in*s 'he H lkin Castle estate H glktu is ce tlit- lead-uiiniiig indusuy. Tt-e l'nke a fe t, H.ikiv-- C.stie, is a rt odern buil(iidg, c'o e h is the beautiful chur,iii erected at a <.f 8 trie -420.000 by thp. late I uke Th« presentation f th- ad .r»-*<8 took place at the Public H II » « iMre^ i--id f#jllows: We, your Glare's agi i(iul-ur;ti "d mineral tenants on the H, I in t' stio eat hl, defir" most sincerely to give vou a v 0 -rt wel'me<>n year return from South Afric. It w u'd he need less to remind >ou how i.e-p • sit, i terest the Welsh t' na° t- of t'e H use o- Grosvenor fate in the jo> -< -n row.- of your illustrious fa-uily It is. The f1 I with special ple"ure th.it, we addrf- you "><>• in c ni .ii n.nd coug,-atula,e you ?%. tt)e in t of v"ur ,j"Ji'v and nucoession to iour tit e an a We "eel ,isoured tb,,t the int m:te. #,Sal,, Y()ut* t),,ble House with the .■■'rinoipaliiy, win t. (.a- exis"d foi uea-r .tnu s. W' 1 b* uout I.u i • v^r K o I C'U*e It is our earnest wish that > lue vtl%lo,i my be attended bv 6v.ry bie«wi g, .,tti tt.ii.p,,r I at,d eternal, and that ic raty 'otig b* ooLtinued to maintain the nllol" tradltior.s ,f u mIll -t ?t ..taud"rd s, worthily upheld b, v ur iiliihirious grandfather whose ex^mi le we -m- su>e will n-ver ce-ise to animate y*>».' Th a Jdr."¡- WIi.. -itrned b Mmthew Franris. ch ii <n .1 m ■» ti .tern n vitrw- chairman John Williuns, r. e «urei tJ. te v ns, seoetarv. Captain H-tih- w Faucis (Hnki>. Mines) presided. A. t.W re, I k" h VIO", he", m de by the Obairman inl Air I(H r.y. ir (the tartest farmer ou tbe estate) Ar Th mts >S nit.h spoke Ih representing the Duke'fi mineral ies^ees nd w rker- iu the mines. At ali times he dde,, the Duke ot Westminster was welcome at ilaiko-, ai d ttis feeling was accentu,ted that d"y when th" rehliseo that his Grace has ju-t retur -d ir, ctive service in support of his Queen id e.ouu'i- in 6-xith Africa (cheers) Mori th .n to io Mj..it* of gr»at attractions, be ftayed in South Africa uudl the wir was practically over, and ilb liia own hand" hoisted the flag ot Gre..t Britain ov- th.. w.,lll4 ot Pretoria (cheers). -rbe Se-jnt^iy (Mr feter Kv^ns) then read the address and liau jeo II to the Duk- amid great cheeriuor.rtie Duke, in replY, th^nke i his teu4Dtiy to-- the cordial wen-nrne thet h d iriven him Le had always beam that the Halkiu ten-intry had taken a ver> deep io.ere^t m his family, both in sor ow atid in joy, aud it w djld be his aut to t"8ter and increase tbis friendly feeling, lied to emulate as far ad he could the trt.iitio.is kept up b his 1 .mented grauafather (-»ppl use). A vote of ttianks was afterwards aoooroed to Cou' tecs Grosvenor Ilnd Lady Lettice Grosve or for theii presence, and the githerin« couclnded with cheers for all the metxibl-rs of the family.

WEDDED AT FIGHRY-FOCR. OCTOGENARIAN SUES HIS WIFE FOB JEWELLERY. The hearing was concluded in the Queen's Bench of the action brought by Dr. William Grove Grady, a retired physcian, eight-four years of age, against his wife, who is many years his junior, to recover a diamond ring and a diamond and sapphire brooch. After I marriage settlement had been made it was revoked by plaintiff, who paid E5,000 to his wife and withdrew all imputations. Mr. Bray, in opening the case for the defen- dant, said his client was not a nurse, but a lady of middle age, residing with her mother at St. John's Weod. The plaintiff was infatuated with the de- fendant, and was anxious to marry her. Plaintiff gave the defendant as an engagement ring the diamond ring in question. The defendant's mother took the brooch in question in part payment of a debt, and the defendant purchased it of her for 925, the plaintiff giving her E20 in cash towards the amount. Mrs. Grady, the defendant, was called, and stated that when plaintiff came to reside with her mother at St. John's Wood, he followed her (de- fendant) about and worried her for some time with offers of marriage. She bore out counsel's statements regarding the ring and brooch. Defendant, in further cross-examination, said when the plaintiff gave her the ring he said he had left off wearing it himself because he thought the stones were unsafe. When the plaintiff wrote on Feb. 3rd, 1898, asking for the return of the ring she did not write back and say that he had given it to her as an engagement ring. It was danger- ous to write to him. On one occasion the plaintiff gave her 95 to enable her to buv a silk-dress. She purchased one for a little over E4, and when she handed him the change he was very pleased. The plaintiff never bought her any articles of attire. She ceased to cohabit with the plaintiff in May, 1897. The jury found a verdiot for the defendant. Judgment accordingly, with costs.

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER SUFFOCATED. SHOCKING DOUBLE FATALITY. About six o'clock on Tuesday evening Mrs. and Miss Matthews, mother and daughter, living at Ebley, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, were dis- covered in their bedroom dead, suffocated by gas. The road outside the house was rolled by a steam roller on Monday, breaking a gas pipe, and the gas finding its way into the house through an old drain. The mother and daughter occupied one of two detached houses, the neighbour being a single man, who on returning from work on Tuesday evening and finding the next house dark gave an alarm. Both Mrs. and Miss Matthews were found in their nightdresses on the floor, as if trying to find the door. They had been dead many hours when discovered.

THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. The Queen has been pleased to approve of the following appointments in her Majesty's Diplo- matic Service: Mr. Ralph Milbanke, C.B., secre- tary of the Embassy at Vienna, to be promoted to the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary; Mr. Charles Des Gray, second secretary at St. Petersburg, to be secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Teheran; Mr. Reginald Thomas Tower, second secretary at Fekin, to be secretary to the Legation there.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA. The Orient liner Ophir (a steel twin-sorew Steamer of 6,910 tons register, built on the Clyde in 1891) has been engaged by the Government to take Duke and Duchess of York to Australia. She will be commissioned by a captain of the Royal Navy, under the white ensign, in readiness to em- bark the Duke and Duchess and their suites some time in March. The Ophir will have as escort two cruisers, and is expected to arrive at Mel- bourne about the beginning of May.

PRESTATYN PETTY SESSIONS. TUESDAY: Before Dr. A. Eyton Lloyd (in the chair), Messrs. M. A. Ralli, John Foulkes, and J. H. Ellis. WHAT WAS THE AGE OF THE DOG. Wm. Williams, Brynyfelin, Dyserth, was charged by P.C. Cheeney with keeping a dog without a license. P.C. Cheeney said he saw the defendant in company with another man with a dog on Graig Fawr land on the 3rd of November. He asked the defendant who the dog belonged to, and he said it belonged to him, and in answer to another question, he said he had no license. For the defence it wa? said that the dog was only five months old, and that the defendant had only had it about two hours before the officer saw him. P.C. Cheeney said that a dog five months old would not hunt in bushes like this animal did. John Williams, 21, Sisson Street, Rhyl, said he gave the dog to the defendant on the day he was seer, with it. Witness thought that the dog was not six months old, but he had only had the dog in his possession a fortnight before he parted with it. The Chairman said that the onu-; of proof ot the dog's age laid with the defendant, and hf had failed to satisfy them that it was under six months old. He would therefore be fined Is. and 8s. costs. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CASF.S. John Jones, butcher, Dyserth, was fined 3s. for neglecting to send his child to school. Thomas Parry, School Attendance Office- proved that the child had only made 48 atten- dances out of 93. William Evans, Ffynnongroew, was charged by Mr. T. H. Savage, School Attendance Officer for the Newmarket district, for a similar offence, and was fined 3s. In this case the attendance was 61 out of 88, but the parents were habitu- ally neglectful. THE NANT HALL HOTEL. The license of the Nant Hall Hotel was tem- porarily transferred to Mrs. Thomas, widow of the late tenant recently deceased. A DISHONEST RHYt. ERRAND BOY. Edward James Radcliffe, son of John Rad- cliffe, carter, Rhyl, was brought up charged with stealing certain money from Messrs. Foulkes and Son, wine merchants, Rhyl. Mr. John Frederick William Foulkes said that in consequence of complaints about missing I money he placed a marked a 5s. piece and a shilling in the desk in the office. Prisoner, who had been in his employ for some months as errand boy, had occasion to go to the office ) to attend to the fire. On Monday he unlocked the desk, and a few minutes later missed the coins from it. He had previously sent the bev from the store to the office to attend to the fi.r:. Later he sent the boy to the store, and then opened the desk and found 6s. missing. From the suspicion he had he sent for the inspector of the police, and he, in the presence of the inspector, told the boy that the officer was there to search him. The inspector induced the bJY to empty his pockets, and when he did so the marked pieces were found among other monev. The coins now produced by Inspector Pearson were those he had missed. Inspector Pearson said that at about a quar- ter to four on Monday he went to Messrs. Foulkes' Vaults, High Street. He saw the prisoner there, and asked him if he had any money on him. He said he had not. He asked him to turn out his pockets, and the prisoner did- so. He found among the money the marked 5s. piece and the shilling, which were identified by the last witness. Witness told him that his master had also lest two pack- ets of copper, each containing 5s. The boy said he took one packet on Wednesday, the 13th of November, and the other on the previous day. Prisoner took him to Clwyd Street, and under some leaves in a gateway he found 3s 6d. in copper wrapped in brown paper, and the boy said he had spent Is. 6d. before putting the money there. The other packet was found in the coach-house, and containing 2s. 6d. and 9s. 6d. in silver were found in the same place, all of which the lad pointed out, and said he had taken the silver on the 10th inst. When formally charged prisoner admitted that he had taken the money. Prisoner now pleaded guilty. The prisoner was severely reprimanded by the Chairman, who said they had the power to send him to prison for three months. But as this was his first offence they were going to give him a chance to retrieve his character. He would be bound to come up for judgment if called upon within the next twelve months. If he misbehaved himself during that period he could be punished for this offence. He, how- ever, hoped that he would not be a naughty boy again. THE VICTORIA HOTEL, TRESTATYN". Mr. Churton applied for the transfer to Mr. Witnall of the license of the Royal Victoria Hotel, Prestatyn. A schedule of the sanitary alterations required was put in, and Mr. C. W. Bell, Surveyor, was called, and he deposed that they had been carried out to his satisfaction. The license was accordingly granted.

ABERGELE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. A meeting of the Abergele Urban Distric Council took place on Monday evening, Mr T Williams presiding. The Chairman moved a vot° of condolence with the widow and daughter of the late Mr. James Copping, tor many years a member of the local authority of Abergele, and for two years the Urban Council's chairman. Mr. Evans seconded, and Messrs. Williams, G. Perkins, and Pierce supported the motion, which was carried unanimoutly. A discussion occured as to the best means of protecting the district against fire. and it was decided to consider tenders for an engine escape, Ito, at the next meeting. The Clerk submitted for sealinc the title deeds of the land to be presented to the Council by the Countess of Duudonald for the widening ofPentre. mawr Road. Mr Thomas Evans moved ,that the common seal be attached to the document, fand that the thanks of the Council be tendered to the Countess for her valuable gift Mr. E. Will ams fleconded the proposition, which was carried unan- imously. Mr W. R. EvanF, clerk to the' Denbighshire County Council, sent copies of resolutions passed by the Countv Council with respect to the Abergele main roads. In the first resolution, tho County Council offered f113 4s. 3d. in full discharge of i their claims against the Countv Council in respect of the maintenance of Towyn Road, which was not a main road. The Clerk (Mr. Crabbed explained that the total claim of the Council against the county was X346 18s. lid., or X233 14s. 8d. more than was now ottered. On the motion of Mr. Pierce. seconded bv Mr. Evans, it was decided not to enter- tiin the offer. In the second resolution the County Council proposed to enter into a contract with the Abergele Council for the repair of the main roads in the urban district for £ 120 per annum. This also was rejected, the Clerk pointing out that two years ago £250 per annum was offered for the same purpose. Dr. Wolfetenbolme was elected a representative of the Council on the Court of Governors of the University College of North Walei, Bangor, and Mrs Parker Davies and Mr J. R. Ellis upon the governing body of A.bergele County School. On the motion of Mr Pierce it was resolved to support a petition to the County Councils of Flint and Denbigh in favour of the Foryd Bridge being acquired and maintained as a public bridge by these authorities.

Considerable consternation has been caused in Church circles in the Rhoudda Valley by the secession of the Rev. E. Treharne Jones, curate of Treherbert, to secularism. The Hanseatic Supreme Provincial Court, Hamburg, has quashed the order of the Lower Provincial Court directing the seizure of the 30 chests of gold taken from the Bundesrath. The colonists in Zululand who were raided at the beginning of the war have been con- pensated. News from Durban, however, states that their re-stocked farms have again been raided. The Canadian Government have decided not to disband Strathcona's Horse on its return to Canada, but to make the regiment the nucleus of a mounted infantry corps in the North-West Terri- tories. The Prince Edward Island Legislature has been dissolved, and a General Election will take place on December 12th. Parties are now very equally divided, Mr. Farquharson's Liberal Government having onlv a small maioritv. )

WILSH NEWS IN BRIEF. The dellth is announced of Dr. Roger Edwards, of Colwyn Bay. The death is announced of the Rev. William William*, the oldest Calvinistic Methodist minister in &outh Wales. Sir Horatio Lloyd, in the Bangor Bankruptcy C(iu-t ,n Monday, nade an order for the compulsory winding up of the Anglesey Trading Company, and th-, Official Receiver was appointed provisional liquidator. The Llandudno justices at their meeting on Mondty imposed fines upon a number of person8 who were charged with attempting to defraud the London "nd North-Western Railway Company by travelling without payiLg the fare. The annual conference of the Incorporated Society of Musicians i- to be held at Llandudno on the first four days of the npw year. An interesting pro- gramme of meetings and musical entertainments has been arranged. The Board of Trade intend to apply to Parliament ib the ensuing t-ession for an Act to autborise them to transfar to the London and North-Western R«i!wa» Company the Holyneid Old Harbour, &c and to construct a pier and railway arld carry out other works. A milkseller named Hugh Jonep, living at Taly- bout, was remanded at Bangor Police Court on baturd^y on a charge of breaking into the Talybout post-uffice and I'tpliling therefrom postal orders to the value of L5 158. An outbreak of small-pox is reported trom Llanberis. Hitherto the patient* have been treated I at the Carnarvon Infectious Hospital, but it wan stated at the meetiug cf the Gwyrfai District Council on Saturday that no further cases could be received there The Council decided to prooeed with the erection (f an isolation hospital at Llan. beris without delay. Mr Josiah Thomas, of Liverpool, has been elected treasurer of the Forward Movement of the Welsh Congregational Union, in succession to Mr Alderman Thomas Williams, of Merthyr Tydvil. Whilst Lord Dynevor was taking riding exercise in his pirk at Llandilo on Saturday his horse stumbled Had threw him, with the result that he fractured his leg and was otherwise severely ii> jmed. Inquiries were made in tipper Radnorshire on Saturday by a representative of the Central News as to the reported escape of a tiger from a menagerie travelling in that district. The correspondent says that the story is now believed to be a hoax. On Saturday evening Elizabeth Jones, otherwise Lizzie Bonce, and another woman, accompanied by several men, put off from Holyhead in a small boat to go on board a vessel lying in the harbour. The boat capsized, and the occupants were thrown into the water. Elizabeth Jones was drowned. TL e Festiniog Urban District Council at their meeting on Tuesday aanctioned arrangements under which it is calculated that the whole district will be supplied with electric light within three months. On behalf of tho Local Government Board an inquiry was held on Tuesday at Colwyn Bay respecting an application by the Urban District Council for leave to borrow money for improvements of the Weit Promenade, new water mains, and other public work". No oppoisitiorl was offered. The Llandudno Urban District Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution protesting against the employment of the military force iu connection with the Penrhyn Quarry troubles. It was stitted that the North Wales Conference oa Crown Lands would be held at Conway on December 1, and that Mr Herbert Lewis, M.P., had consented to preside. Mr Humphreys-Owen, M.P., presided on Tuesday at Newtown over a special meeting of the Mont- gomery County Council, at which a long discus.ion took place on the question whether the Council should vote money towards the extension of the juiut a-ylurn at Bicton, near Shrewsbury, or make air ingements br dissolving the existing union witti Shropshire aud erecting a new asylum for Montgomeryshire The result was that the question was referred back to the Committee alrtady appoint- ed to consider the subject.

I'Wtvz -OF EARTH. I'Wtvz TATjIj_OF EXfcTH. A serious accident is reported from Trothowell Claypit, near St. Austell, Cornwall. While the pit was in work on Saturday morning a huge quantity of overburden fell, burying four men. A rescue-party met with considerable difficulty in extricating the men, two of whom were dead, the other two being badly crushed.

GENERAL BULLER AT WINDSOR, Windsor was en fete on Saturday in honour of General Sir Redvers Buller, who, with Lady Audrey Buller, had been commanded by the Queen to Windsor Castle. At Windsor Station Sir Arthur Bigge, the Queen's private secretary, was in waiting to receive them on behalf of her Majesty, and there was also present the mayor and corporation. After being welcomed by Sir Arthur Bigge, Sir Redvers was escorted into the Royal waiting room, where there were assembled the mayor and corporation. The mayor greeted Sir Redvers, and presented the deputy-mayor and Beveral of the corporation. Addressing the general, he said they gave him a most hearty wel- come. They congratulated him and his brave men upon the splendid work they had done in South Africa. The pioneer work was done," he con- tinued, in a determined manner. You laughed at impossibilities, and said it shall be done, and it was done. We are pleased to see you looking so well, and trust that you, sir, and Lady Buller may have continued health." General Buller, in reply, said—" Mr. Mayor, I am very much obliged to you for the reception you have given me, the more so as I confess it was etirely unexpected. I am afraid we are not the conjurers you attribute us to be. What we bad to do was a difficult job certainly, and done with considerable difficulty; but it was done because the men were determined to do it, and therefore I think that is the secret of getting over most of the difficulty." General Buller shook hands with the mayor, and then, with Lady Buller, entered the Royal carriage, in waiting, and was driven at once to the castle. After luncheon they left the castle in a closed Royal carriage, and drove to the station amid tremendous cheering from the inhabitants of the Royal borough. The death is announced of Prof. G. F. Arm- strong, who had held the chair of engineering at Edinburgh University since 1885. It is well known that the best place to buy Fancy Stationery and Goods suitable Presents is at Amos' 6, Wellington Chambers, and Ii, Snssex Street, Rhyl. The Christmas Number of The World" has always a distinct individuality of its own, and this year it makes a departure which amply maintains its reputation for cleverness and originality. In the Christmas Annuals, illustrations necessarily plav a prominent part, and The World has scored a de- cided hit in securing Mr Max Beerbohm as its artist. Mr Beerbohm's methods will perhaps on first acquaintance, be considered peculiar and his fancies as an exponent of caricature are allowed full play throughout the Number. It is, however, by the supplementary eight full-paged caricatures, all in Max's inimitable style, the subjects of which are Lord Kitchener. Lord Charles Beresford, the Bishop of London, the Solicitor-General, the Port- uguese Minister, Sir Benrv Irving, Mr Sargent, R.A., and Mr Stephens Phillips, that attention will be most forcibly attracted and held. Mr Motyn T Pigott leads off "ie Number with some of his well- known and widely popular vere, dealing humor- ously, under the title of ••The Messenger ftom Mars." with leading public men who, in supposit ions interviews, proclaim their hopes, theit fears and their ambitions in no uncertain voice Mr Athony C. Deane (familiarly known as Chaplain to "Punch") contributes spirited parodies, entitled ,The Bards of the Old Brigade," which are at, cleverly adapted as they are skillfully woibed out The prose is entrusted to Mr Cosmo Hamilton, a writer of repute for the Stuge, who, under the title of The Danger of Innocence." has contribnted an Extravaganza in three acts, of unusual brightness and vivacity. In it thoee vho are seeking for knowledge of the inner workings of present-day Society will probably dive for hidden truths, an t the knowing ones may even flatter th--Intelv,s that they recognise some of the numerous fictitious personages portrayed while for those within the pale the smart dialogue will uudoubtedly hive more than usual interest.

NOTES FROM RHUDDLAN. 1 [BY IEUAN CASTELL.] Some of the Liberal members tell me that we are going to have a grand dinner very soon, in the Liberal Club Room. —o— The Night School seems to be increasing every week. Mr Bob-rts the schoolmaster is to be con- gratulated on its very successful issue. -0-- The Calvinistic Metbodistf, held a social tea in the vestry room on Thursday night in aid of the Children's Club, and I hear it turned out a great success. --0- Mrs Pritobard, Castle Street has received a very touching letter frem her youngest son Corporal Hugh Pritchard, who is out in South Africa serving his Queen and country. He says in his lettert hat it will be very long befure the war comes to an end. -0- They tell me that I lost a good match through not being present at the one on Saturday between Rbuddlan and Rhyl P otsprrs. The game was of a very fast and exciting character and ended in a win for the homesters by 4 goals to 3. The feature of the game was the magnificent play of Bob Twist, on the out-ide left. The football committee have secured a room in the King's Head as fkdreraing room for the foot- ballers that visits the town. The proprietor has aleo been asked to supply the players with hot coffee on the field at half time -0- At Last! At Last! The lamps in the town has been lighted since Tuesdav night, except the one on the King's Head, bnt that was the only one lit up when the town was in dnrkneps. There is Ii splendid lamp attached to the Fire Station. _no-- I don't think there is anything worse than to set a lot of young men standing at the corner of th< streets on bunday, smoking and passing remarki when the people come from the different churchei in the town. I think they ought to put a stop t( it. Rhuddlan is noted for that soit of thing. The temperance meeting held last week doe" noi seem to have bad much effect in Rhuddlan I have seen more nnder the influence of drink this last wevk than I have eince a long time. The way ic which two or three lads behaved last Satur- day in High Street was something disgracefu The language they were using was shocking. If P. policeman happened to have been on the spot at tbf time 'hey would have been fined for being diuni and disorderly. -v- I h4ve never seen a rowdier lot than some of those that come out of the Conservative room after closing time. They are exactly like a lot of men turned out of a public house. only the other night I saw about half a dozen of them going up the xtreet singing and making the most horrible noise anyone could imagine. People say that there is nothing for a policemanto do in the place. Why, if they were without one ic would be ten times worse than it is now. —o — Mr Philip Evans the late Rhyl Football back who is a native of Rhuddlan, has been transferred to the Holyhead United Football Club and will take up his position as forward against Rhyl to.d"y Saturday in a North Wales Coast fixture, at Rbyl. -0- The Fire Brigade have lest three good men in Messrs S. Corev, W. Habberley and J Taaffe, but they have been successful in replacing them by three other smart firemen. -0- It is a very funny thing that they should always hold committee meetings at an Inn. For inst-n-je the one to-day (Friday; which is to be held in the King's Head in connection with the Rhuddlan Cricket Ciub. —0 A meeting of the Parish Couneil was held at the National School on Monday night to consider the advisability of lighting up the town. It was decided to have several uaw lamps put up in different parts of the town, and Mr Robert Evans accepted the post of lighter. Two young men have been appointed to go around the town to collect towards the expenses. When this is done it will come as a boou to many who have experienced grellt difficulty and exposed themselves to no little danger in finding their way about these dark nights.

IIPORTANT EDUCATION QUESTION. THE POWERS OF SCHOOL BOARDi On Monday, in the Queen's Bench Divisional Court, composed of Justices Wills and Kennedy, an important question was raised affecting the maintenance and teaching of science and art classes in Board Schools. It came up in the matter of the Queen v. S. B. Cookerton, auditor of the London School Board (ex-parte Hamilton and others). The auditor had disallowed certain items in the accounts for the half-year ending September, 1898, three of which were selected as of a representative character. One was the salary of a drawing master, another the salary paid to the teacher in chemistry, and the third disallowance had reference to an amount paid to the Polytechnic for science and art examination papers. An order nisi was made by the Court in December, 1899, calling upon the auditor to show cause against the issue of a writ of certiorari, removing the dis- allowances into Court. The Corporation of the City of London and Camden School of Art and Science Corporation obtained leave to be heard. The Attorney-General stated that the question raised was whether the School Board had power to expend money in connection with evening con- tinuation schools and science and art schools, and charge the same against the funds of the School Board. After taking time to consider his decision, the auditor disallowed certain items, and sur- charged them against members of the London School Board, the reasons being somewhat the same in all cases. The question which the Court was asked to decide was whether it was within the power of the Board, as a statutory corporation, to provide science and art schools or classes, either in day schools, or in evening continuation schoola; whether it was lawful for the School Board to pay the expenses incurred in maintaining such schools or classes out of the rates or School Board funds; and whether the rule nisi should be made abso- lute in regard to any such surcharges. The Attorney-General's arguments were directed towards proving that the teaehing of science and art did not come within the elementary education code. The case was adjourned.

A SECRET MARRIAGE. DUKE OF MANCHESTER WEDS MISS ZIMMERMAN. In the quietest possible way the Duke of Man. chester, on Wednesday last, married, at Maryle- bone Parish Church, the American heiress Miss Helena Zimmerman, daughter of Mr. Eugene Zimmerman, the railroad king of Cincinnati. The marriage, which was formed without the know- ledge or consent of the parents of either party, was the outcome of long and romantic attachment. The bride is a tall and beautiful blonde, one of the most charming American women who have visited this country. A fortnight ago Mr. Zimmerman was expeoted in London, and the duke and Miss Zimmerman decided to see him and get his consent. But he did not come, and Miss Zimmerman, who came to London with her aunts, agreed to marry the duke at once. So they were married by Canon Barker, who years ago christened the duke. They arrived at Tanderagee Castle on Monday, and will start for New York immediately. Mr. Zimmermen cabled to London that he re- fuses to believe his daughter is married. The duke wishes it to be known that he and Miss Zimmerman married for love, and that he has not asked and does not hope for a dowry with his bride. The duke's friends lately agreed to pay 8s. 6d. in the pound on the duke's debts of £ 15,000. The duke and duchess will settle 86 Tauderagee.

THE OXFORD TRAGEDY. VERDICT OF "WILFUL MURDER." A verdict of Wilful murder" was returned on Monday night by a Coroner's jury against Richard Hopcroft. On Friday afternoon Mr. W. Savage, a farmer, of Yarnton, near Oxford, was found shot dead in lus kitchen, and the same night Hopcroft gave himself up at the County Police Station at Oxford, stating he believed he had killed his uncle by accident. Numerous wit- nesses were called at the inquiry, which lasted several hours. These stated they had heard Hop- croft threaten the deceased, by whom he had been adopted, and say he would not mind hanging if lie ilIed him,

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INDIAN FAMINE. CENTRAL PROVINCES IMPROVING, BUT BOMBAY STILL BAD. The Secretary of State for India has received !¡ the following telegram from the Viceroy on the subject of the famine:— Numbers declining rapidly in Central Pro- vinces, where relief operations will be brought to an end shortly. Less rapidly in Bombay, where relief must last to December, and latec. should no rain fall. Number of persons in receipt of relief: Bom-1 bay, 337,000; Central Provinces, 269,000; Berar, 82,000; Rajputana Native States, 7,000; Central India Native States, 8.000; Bombay Native States, 26,000; Baroda, 24,000; Punjaub Native States, relief discontinued; Central Provinces Feudatory States, 9,000; Hyderabad, 14,000. Total, 777,000. The Secretary of State for India has received the following telegram from the Governor of Bom- bay: Following are the figures for week ending November 3rd:—Famine-stricken districts; 16 cases of cholera, of which 60 were fatal. Total number of deaths among numbers on relief works and gratuitous relief 79.8, or 2 3-10 per mille. Beneficial showers in parts Decoan, Karnatak. Rain is generally much wanted for the rabi crops, and without it the unirrigated crops in many districts will be deficient. Usual sowings greatly retarded. Water supply defici- ent in parts.

UNITED STATES AND MOROCCO. Morocco has again declined to accede to tho de- maud of the United States for payment of an in- demnity as compensation for the murder of a naturalised American subject named Essagin by a Moorish mob. The refusal is accompanied by an intimation that the Shereefian Government holds isself free from any liability under the conven- tion between Spain and Morocco. The State Department is of opinion that the representations of the United States Consul-General at Tangier will be more effective if supported morally by the presence of an American warship. It is probable the Consul-General will sail as a passenger on the vessel to be selected by the Navy Department en route to Fez, again to present the American claims to the Shereefian Court. The warships, it is added, will proceed to the port nearest to the Moorish capital.

GERMANY'S CUSTOMS POLICY. About three hundred representatives of indus- try, finance, and commerce from all parts of the empire assembled on Sunday at the Kaiserhof at Berlin for the foundation of a temporary associa- tion of manufacturers and financiers, the object of which is to maintain the present Customs policy. Among the speakers were Herr Herz, president of the Board of the Berlin Mercantile Community; Herr Adolph Woermann, of Aam- burgh and Dr. Siemens, director of the German Bank. The last-named observed that it would be the task of the new association to combat the ex- aggerated claims of the agrarians for nearly pro- hibitive Custom rates, For agitation purposes a sum must be raised equal to that annually expended by the Agriculturists' League-namely, 300,000 marks. The meeting adopted a resolution approving this proposal. The provisional con- stitution of the association provided that it shall last for three years. A central committee was elected comprising delegates from thirty large towns.

ROYAL MATCH BROKEN OFF. It is reported that the betrothal of the Princess at the Asturias to Prince Charles, son of the Count of Caserta, which was fixed for January, has been indefinitely postponed. This news die* .^oses of a threatening situation, for the marriage^ hO it been announced to take place, would havt ..litn. to tempestuous Parliamentary debates,

SHIPPING DISASTERS. A WILSON LINER ASHORE. The Wilson liner Angelo, which carries the Norwegian mails between Hull and Christiauia, went ashore on Sunday night on the Holderness coast, and still remains fast. She went on about an hour after high water, and when left dry the passengers were lowered on to the beach and taken to Hampton and then to Hull. Attempts made on Monday to Boat the Angelo failed, there being a heavy sea with a strong south-east wind. The vessel is being further lightened, and hopes are entertained of getting her off. The mails were dispatched by the first train from Wildernsea- VESSEL LOST WITH ALL HANDS. The lifeboat Charlie and Adrian, stationed at Hayling Island, was launched on Monday, to go to the assistance of a vessel that had gone aground on Chichester Shoals, at the east end of the island. At the time a gale was blowing, and the lifeboat had a narrow escape from being driven on shore as it was launched. The lifeboat, un- fortunately, arrived too late to be of any service, the unfortunate vessel being literally dashed to pieces about 20 minutes after she had gone aground. She is believed to be an oyster dredger returning from the French coast for Emsworth. The crew must have been drowned, the nearest shore being a mile away from the spot where the vessel sank.

DISASTROUS FIRE. THOUSANDS OF POUNDS DAMAGE. The most disastrous fire in the Stourbridge dis- trict for many years occurred on Monday, when it was discovered that the main buildings of the WoUaston Mills, belonging to Messrs. Isaac Nash and Sons, spade and shovel manufacturers, were in flames. Fire brigades were summoned from Stourbridge and Brierley Hill. When the Stour- bridge manual, followed quickly by the steamer, arrived, attention was devoted to preventing the flames reaching the offices. After a few minutes the roof fell in, and the flames rose to a height of a couple of hundred feet. The engine-house was involved, but the men were able to prevent the destruction of the fitting sheds. Mr. Isaac Nash and Mr. Boulton were on the scene, but were unable to gauge the extent of the damage, which must amount, however, to 912,000 or 915,000. On Monday night both brigades were still engaged in preventing the spreading of the flames, while the fire was burning itself out in the main buildings. Fireman Smart, of Brierley Hill, had a very nar- row escape from serious injury. In getting the fire engine into position he slipped down, and one of the horses stepped upon his head and arm, but beyond denting his helmet did no further damage. The cause of the fire is unknown. The most likely supposition is that a match may have been care- lessly thrown down by one of the employes. The buildings and stock were inaured. -r <.# THE RHYL MATRIMONIAL CASE. The matrimonial case in which Mr. and Mrt. Hubert Remington, of Birminghom, were the chief actors, was decided by the Rhyl magistrates on Tuesday. Defendant did not appear, but was represented by counsel, who denied that Reming- ton had deserted his wife. The Bench, however, decided otherwise, and made an order, defendant to contribute XI per week towards his wife's maintenance, she to have the custody of the children.

A DREADFUL OCCURRENCE. A young domestic servant, in service at a pri- vate house in Hampstead, gave birth to a child on Tuesday morning. It is alleged that she then de- scended to the kitchen and placed the child upon the fire. A portion of the trunk was recovered. The polioe were called in and also the divisional surgeon. The young woman now lies in a serious condition.

RESIGNATION OF VOLUNTEER OFFICERS. A Central News telegram says 20 out of 40 officers of the 3rd Lanarkshire Volunteers, the crack Glasgow regiment, have tendered their re- signations owing to Colonel Morton having had his services prolonged for two years. He was due to retire tbis year, but the War Office granted an extension, and his retention has caused the senior officers to resign. As the regiment is now officered by juniors, unless the War Office inter- venea disbandment must follow.

MRS. MAYBRICK AGAIN. The appointment of Mr. Ritchie to the Homo Office has, somehow or other, aroused new hopes of pardon for Mrs. Maybrick, whose friends are arranging to renew their elaborate efforts in her behalf. Sir Matthew White-Ridley was relentless in his determination not to interfere with the sen- tence of the Court in which MrR. Maybrick was convicted, but it is hoped by the prisoner's friends that Mr. Ritchie will grant an appeal for a pardon.

BUSHMAN WINS A V.C. Eight British scouts were ambnsbed in a rocky defile near Warm Bad, in the Transvaal, on Sep- tember lat last. Six were shot, and the horse of a badly-wounded officer bolted. Then, under a hot fire, Private J. H. Bisdee, of the Tasmanian Bush- men, dismounted, placed the injured officer on his own horse, mounted behind, and conveyed him to safety. This feat, it was notified in Tuesday evening's Gazette, has won for the plucky Colonial the V.C.

SHOULD CHARITIES PAY RATES? Bailiffs took possession of the premises of the Liverpool Food Association on Tuesday under dis- traint for payment of 1:14, Corporation rates. Mr. Lee Jones, honorary director of the association, which ia one of the most useful and poorest of the Liverpool charities, refuses to pay on principle, contending that such charities should be exempt from rates. Poor children and sick persons at 40 centres and schools are daily fed, the work being copied in several other cities. Sufficient furnitors was seized to satisfy the claim.

GREAT FALL IN SLATE. The greatest landslip in the history of the great slate quarries at Delabole, Cornwall, took place at midnight on Sunday, when 400,000 tons of rook fell from the head to the bottom of the pit with a terrible roar. The fall had been anticipated, and the plant and railways it would have overwhelmed had been removed.

NEW WARSHIP'S NARROW ESCAPE. The new battleship Glory, which represents about a million sterliug, narrowly escaped disaster by oollision with the Gunwharf wall at Ports- mouth on Monday. While steaming out of the harbour to oomplete her gun trials before pro- ceeding to China to replace tbe Centurian as Admiral Sevmour's flagship, she suddenly became unmanageable. This was caused by the steam be- ing inadvertently cut off from the steering-gear, but disaster was averted in the nick of time by the engines being reversed.

A THEATRICAL DIVORCE. Mrs. Rebecca Levy, known on the variety stags as 11 Flo Elvin," on Monday obtained a* divorce from her husband, professionally known as "Harry Day." They were married just a year ago. He quickly took to physical violence. As she would not give him money he put her into a cab and sent ber home to her mother. Since then he has lived with another, while yet others have taken tea with uim. SirJ. Willeocks has prohibited Cape Coast natives from carrying stores north in Ashanti for mining companies, as his troops in Kumasi have been threatened with starvation owing to the lack of carriers. A Calais correspondent writes that the lace- workers there have gone on atrike because the masters wish them to work on Saturdays in order to keep pace with the competition of the Notting- ham industry. Dr. Koch, the well-known bacteriologist, who is now in Egypt, reports that be has found malaria at the celebrated health resort of Helnan, near Cairo, and also at Wadi Natrun, in the midat of the desert. Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein has con- sented that the drill hall which the inhabitants or Windsor propose to erect in memory of the late Prince Christian Victor shall be called the Chris- tian Victor Drill Hall. The War Office notifies that the transport Britannic, with the Imperial representative mili- tary contingent for Australia, is due at Aden November 29tli, Fremantle December 14th and Svdnev December 21Flt. A rarls correspondent wires that the report ot the French War Budget Commission, to be pre- sented to the deputies, provides for an expendi- ture in 1901 of 6,000,000fr. for shooting-grounds 1.5,500,000fr. for coast defences. Cherbourg and Bizerta included and 2,300,000fr. for barracks. Lord Curzon has arrived at Goa, and WM re- ceived by the Portuguese Governor-General, Speaking at a banquet, the Viceroy said that Portugal opened the way to civilisation in the East, and the Portuguese must have been a great people to have produced such pioneers. Sir Francis Wingate, the Sirdar, has gone to Khartum for the winter inspection of the troops there. Lord Cromer and Mr. J. L. Gorst, the Financial Adviser to the Egyptian Government, will start for the Soudan on a three weeks' tour in the middle of December. It is understood that on retiring from the post of Commander-in-Chief and before taking up the quarters provided for him at Hampton Court Palace, formerly occupied by Princess Frederioa of Hanover, Lord Wolseley will make a prolonged tour through the scenes of some of his campaigns in Canada. South Africa, and Egvot.