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CREECE, ? ? ?, ATHENS, IF.it. UL.—Aaii i'aeiia, tue Turkish Jlinister for Foreign Atl'airs, lias issutd a circular fowplaining of occurrences arising out of the pursuit of brigands on the Uneeo-Turkish frontier. Aali Pacha's assertions are spoken of litre as inaccurate and calumniatory, and it is paid that M. Christopulo. the Greek Foreign Jlini.-ier. is drawing up a detailed reply, pointing out the fads of the case, and declaring Turkey to lave acted badly ill the matter.

WEST INDIAN AND PACIFIC MAILS. PLYMOUTH, FEU, lo.—The bhauuon, with the IVest Indian and Pacific mails, has arrived here villi treasure to the value nf :!I: dots, She landed passengers and mails, and proceeded for Southau,pt"n, The Valparaiso market was dull. There were Bo transactions iu copper produce; there were f, ,'1';d cargoes of nitrate in the markets, through lie advance ill the freight. The Chilian Government has sent a Bill to Congress for exempting copper ore £1\'111 import duty, and for permitting it only to enter any port declared open to trade, although not the port of i-iitiy. At Callao there was nothing duillg in guano, find no change was expected. The Peruvian Railway, from Mollendo to Arc- (juipa, had been opened Very heavy rains at Costa Rica threatened damage to the eatl"e crop. The rainy season was Tery heavy at Guatemala, though beneficial to grain. The Crusader, from Liverpool to Aspiuwall, had 1'Cen wrecked on the Zamba reef. Passengers and crew saved, all else lost. At .Jamaica the weather •was favourable. The Porto Rico Cable parted from the Paeia after it had been repaired; it can, however, be easily recovered. The Bolivar arrived at Jamaica Oil the 11th of January with machinery disabled

THE WAR. (RSUTEK'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. I i>oi;PEAU\, x kb. I-.—General Clian/.y has telegraphed from Laval that he left Paris yester- day morning, perfect tranquillity prevailing. Among the deputies elected were several 111U -who are prisoners in Paris by the capitulation, one of them being Ill. Casimir Perrier, who has been sent as a hostage to Germany. PAKIS, FEU, 12.—The journals of to-day ex- plain the slowness of the enumeration of the votes 'by the great number of candidates who exceed three thousand, and also by the great difficulty of counting, in COUSCMuence of the dispersion of the -votes. The conclusion of the enumeration was only expected by Sunday, notwithstanding the large additional number of clerks which had been engaged for that purpose. I' Many of the journals believe that a second Ixiliot will be necessary. Trains uf provisions are arriving without inter. ruption in large quantities, and the help of the soldiers is necessary to unload them. A commission is sitting at Versailles to arrange certain details not foreseen by the Convention of the 2-^th nit. The commission is composed of iottr German and three French members. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. I BORDEAUX, FEU 12.—The National Assembly met to-day at p.m. for a preliminary sitting. i.'oO tu 3vu members were present. M. Benait d Amy took the chair, and said the present circumstances ought to cause the imme- diate constitution of the National Assembly, al- though the full members were not yet assembled. These words were received with great applause. M. Emmanuel Arago said that the definitive constitution of the Assembly could not take place for several days, as the oificial returns were only now beg inning to arrive, and the results in or :I departments were still unknown, more espe- cially those of Paris and of the invaded de- partments. The President lJut it to the vote whether the Assembly should be constituted immediately, "which was carried unanimously. M. de Lucy, deputy of the department of the Gard. proposed that the president and secretaries should be at once definitively elected. He added iurther that the gravity of the present circum- stances did not allow of the usual rules being fol- lowed The President proposed that the four youngest members of the Chambers should be elected as secretaries. M. Dupont said the country ou?htat once to know that it has at its head a (!(,n' power. M. Giraud (la Vendee) supported the previous speaker, and urged the immediate appointment of the secretaries. Consequently M.M. de Castel- vaiine, Fauneguy, Du Chantit, and Yilleaon de Acmllspl were elected secretaries. The National Assembly adjourned until to morrow at one p.m., when they will meet in the .locality which has been appointed for them. C,IFT OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS TO PARIS. BRUSSELS, FEU. 13.-The KIn? has given 10,000 francs for the ?victualling of Paris. Prince Napoleon has arrived here from London. General Duerot has resigned his commission. I THE PARIS WAR INDEMNITY. VERSAILLES, FEB, of the city of Paris for the payment of the war contribution of two hundred million francs, was completely pro- vided for yesterday by Paris bankers. The final result of the Paris elections is not yet .made known. A prolongation of the armistice has been pro- posed by the French. M. Jules Favre is expected back here to-morrow. GERMAN REQUISITIONS AT DIEPPE. UIEI'IA- FEU, U>.—The Germans have imposed a contribution of Vmjm francs on this t ,vn. :In-.t trancs on each of the surrounding villages, half to he paid at :noon yesterday, and iiutt to-morrow. The local authorities are unable to c('lUply, Dieppe having already contributed tio,000 francs. The total 0f the contributions imposed, in the K.eine ??':?"M M ?.<? ? ? ? ?. francs. <t ?.? Germans but have left Dieppe, but ^n a day"jr twa ntS Y?illcsare ?e?ed In a day or two.

AUSTRIA. THE FLOOD. I N IENNA, i'EB' 13,-The Hood subsided yeiter- ? ?.v  considerably, The blocks of ce till <?? eupth<.nvcr,b.<t no accidents hUN t ?ken pala* ce. The ditn?r is not over yet. It is said that Baron Pretes will be appointea Governor of Trieste,

LAT ETOs*IN'^ Corporation of Wol?rlmmpton, on rfVry0r' much enthusiasm, an addres< i„?°Kr"l,"lat'0n to the Queen and the PriacQs Louia?  I)U tb.e fQrthcQmmg marriage, j

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. Their lordships met at five o'clock. riWi NAJt.STY S RKTM.V T< 1 IPUV, I IheKarlofUKSSBUHOUGH, LordSteward of the Houso- hold, brought up her Majesty's gracious reply to the address upon the openiEf? of Parliament. Her Majesty thanked thtir lordstipB for their loyal address, and tor the oxpres- non of then-Rood vvhhes on the approaching marriage of the 1 ri- DcetB Louise. She did not doubt that the measures to lie submitted to Parliament would receive their lord- Mups full consideration, and they might rely with confi. Uence on her cordial co-operation in any effort to promote tt-C welfare, prosneritv. and spnurftv nf tho nnnn"" ? IHK APPROACHING ltOY A I. l\f A K'f?f iiii,' EariGBANVlLLK moved an address thanking her JHajesty lor her gracious message announcing tho approach. ing marnnge of tho Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne, and m?uring her Majesty ihat their lordships were ready to concur in any measures that might be necessary tor making suitable provision for tho Princess and pre- Beninl:( the dignity of the Royal FnmJy. On proviousoe- elisions similar addresses had been agreed to unanimously, and he hoped there would be no departure from that rule in the present instance. The DUKE of RICHMOND, on seconding the address, said he thought the Houso would cordially agree in the motion made by Lord Granville, and would cheerfully con- cur in any )rovisiLti which the House of Commons might think e?e? ?,?'r y and suitable to the ¡hgmty of the Crown. This course had on previous occasions been taken unani. mously, and he saw no reason why it should be departed tloin now. Anything calculated to add to tho happiness of tliu l'oyal Family must find a hearty response in the breasts oi the whole oi her Majesty s subjects. Lord OMANMOHH had no wish to disturb the unanimity of their lord sbips, but he thought that upon an important occasion of this kind there should be something more than II formal expression of loyalty and attachment to the Crown, lhe enthusiasm with which the appearance of her Majesty in public the other day was greeted gave an assurauce that her more frequent appearance amongst her subjects would be haileu with great delight. The address was then agreed to. IvHllUOlS EDUCATION AT THE IINTVERSTTTKSI lhe Marquis of SALISBURY moved that a committee be appointed to inquire into the best mode of providing pro- per safeguard* for the maintenance of religious instruction and worship, and for the religious character of the education given in the Universities and the colleges thereof, in any measure for enabling persons, not now eligible, to hold cihci's therein. He moved the appointment of this com- mittee in accordance with an understanding arrived at last cession. He betteved an examination of witnesses mi.'ht be concluded before Easter, and that the deliberations of the committee would be completed before it became neccnsary for their lordships to deal with the Bill just introduced in the House of Commons. Earl GliAKMLLE woultl not oppose the motion, but he guarded himself against expressing any opinion as to the advantage to be derived from the deliberations of the com- mittee. The motion wn aereed to. THE RESIGNATION OF BENEFICES. He of 'MNCHESTEB laid on the table a Bill for fltcilitlltiug the resignation of benefices by incumbcuts »gnl ami incapacitated oy infirmities. The Hill was read a first time, Illld or(lered to be read a second time on Monday next. lheir lordships adjourned at twenty minutes to six.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four I Str J. I). HAY gavo notice that on the Kith March lie uould I',k whether It declaration, sai,1 to hltvo beell wade by Mr. Odo Russell to Count Bismarck in November last, that on any infraction of the Treaty of March, 18.(j, this country would have to go to war with Russia with or with- outallies, was authorised by the Government. .w^ ii' C. W, llILKK gave notice that oil tho earliest possi- Me duy after the publication of tho papers he should call attention to the proceedings of the Conference, and move It resolution. COMPENSATION FOR RAILWAY Af'f'TTH''Jl' M'.C.tUl!Tt:SCUM,ian.p)ytoMr.Head)am.aaid that he was not himself prepared to bring in a bill to carry into cfl'ct the recommendations of the" Select Committee ?iLh rc'pet to comprmation for railway accidents, but he was to make ini|uiries oiffcial aud unofficial with r," ?l. eiiee to the ljill of which Sir H. Selwin Ibbetson had given notice. CONSOLIDATION OF THE SANITARY LAWS. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Sir Charles Adderley, said that the report of the Hoyul SlIuitury Commission, recommend- ing a consolidation of the Sanitary Acts, was uuder the consideration of the Sanitary Department of the Home- office. and if the right lion, baronet would wait for three weeks he would tind that its labours had not been in vain. | SIR SPENCEll ROBINSON. Air. GliAIJSIOAL, in reply to Mr. Kinnaii'd, said that a paper had been dmwn up in reply to the minute of -Mr. Childers, by Sir Spencer ilobiuson, and, if moved for, it would be laid on the table. There were special circum- stances in this case which ho did not wish to be drn.wn into a precedent; and in reply to Lord H. Lennox, Mr. Gladstone said the pciiod of service of Sir Spencer lvobinson, as Con- troller of the Navy, had expired, but he was superseded at Third Lord of the Admiralty. Government had not taken this step without great consideration. SELECT COMMITTEE ON VACCINATION. I Mr. FOKSTER, it, reply to Dr. Lyon Playfair, said that HwSrlect Committee on Vaccination, whbh be intended to move for that night, would consider the subject in all its BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mr. HUGLSSEN, in reply to Lord Saudon, stated that her Majesty's Government had nothing to do with the r armngemcnta for tàc union of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada, which rested with the legislators of I the colonies, beyond giving them an auprovaL Ho was not ttivitio tl.at any proposals had been laid before the i (. anadian Legislature, but he believed that the inhabitants nthcr who were animate!.1 by a most patriotic of either colonwye, ll disposed towards a union, and in time, no uoubt, both the union and the construction of a railway across the continpnt wonl,1 he affected. THE FKNIAN PRISONERS. Mr. BR I CE, in reply to Captain llaw.son Darner, said that by an order dated May, 18G8, the Eenian prisoners were kept separate from other prisoners, and special in- struetions were issued in respect to their treatment and the work which they were to be put to. The result was that Tery little work could bo got from them. They were allowed to receive more letters than other prisoners, but in other respects their treatment was identical. Oil the dis. charge of any prisoners, sums of money varying from C I to tG were given them to take them homo, and atford them the mc-nns of livelihood until they could obtain it for themselves, and this was done either by instalments through some safe person, or through the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, The Feuian priso- ners received a second class passage to America, and X5 each. THE ENGLISH EMBASSY IN PARIS. Lord ENr IELL), in reply to Mr. Goldsmid, said, that after consulting with M. Favre, it was considered desirable to remove the British Embassy from Paris during the siege. Before it left, the strongest persuasion was applied to the British residents to induce them to leave, and tern- I orary powers hnd been given to Mr. Blount, a gentleman who made the greatest exertions in their behalf, and he believed that Sir. Wodehouse, one of the nltache's of the embassy, had alreadv returned to Paris. I'ALSH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Lord Eustace Cecil, said that a Bill to remedy the law with respect to false weights and measures would shortly be introduced and the Licensing Bill "fould lie found to contain very stringent and, ho hoped, tr,ctual provisions against the adulteration of (irinki but he was not prepared this session to legislate with respect to the adulteration of other articles. THE REVICTUALLING OF PARIS. Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to Mr. Beckett Denison, said that he hud heard with great regret that diiffculties had been interpowl with respect to the import of provisions into Pari, but in the absence of official information, be could not say the reason or how far it rested with the P,,??,ian I t::I/Itb:W,r b'rhea/]I ¡e n:!ssh present state of the French railways and their rolling stock. THE PAYMENT OF JURORS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply to Mr. Lop-a, I said that he had doubts as to tho policy of paying jurors, but as the Act of last session had caused great inconvenience, and would cause still more on circuit, he would bring in a Bill to repeal the first section without delay, and take the subject into further consideration. LOCAL TAXATION. Mr. GOSCHEN, in reply to Major Dickson, said that a Bill dealing with local rating would be introduced as early os possible. It would provide for the rating of Government property. THE TERMS OF PEACE. Mr. AUBERON HERBERT asked if the Government was acting in concert with other powers to secure such terms of peace as might insure the permanent tranquillity of Europe. Mr. GLADSTONE replied that the papers laid on the table disclosed all the proceedings of the Government to the 20th January, but, subsequently, another despatch had been sent, suggesting that, as the terms of peace were a matter of great interest to the neutral powers, the German Government should make known what terms it was pre- pared to suggest. THE REPLY TO THE ADDRESS. Lord O. FITZGERALD brought down her Majesty's reply to the address of the House, in answer to the Speech from the Throne. It was as follows I thank you for your loyal address and for the good wishes which you have expressed on account of the marriage of the Princess Louise, which adds another proof of your loyal attachment to my throne and aftection for my person. I have received with much satisfaction your concurrence with my earnest prayer that the present armistice will result in a durable and lasting peace between the two Powers now unhappily at war, and I earnestly trust that your efforts for the pros- perity of my people and the security of the empire may be directed to a prosperous issue." THE DOWRY OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE. The House having gone into committee upon her Majesty's message, asking Parliament to provide a dowry for the Piincess Louise on the occasion of her marriage with the Marquis of Lorne, Mr. GLADSTONE expressed the regret with which he had been given to understand that the vote he was about to propose might not meet with unanimous acceptance, and added that he had no doubt the whole nation would regard with surprise and dissatisfaction any hesitation on the part of Parliament in agreeing to such a vote. Not only had the Princess gained for herself the warmest wishes of the people, but there had been felt throughout the country the strongest feeling of satisfaction that in her approaching union the bridegroom who had been selected for her was a British subject. (Cheers.) In the resolution taken by her lIlajsty respecting this marriage, she had not acted without the advice of her responsible ministers. He presumed that with the precedents before the House, it was not the amount of tho provision proposed to be made that would be called in question, the sum it was intended to ask from Parliament being a dowry of .930,000, and an annuity of iO.OOO a year. In the case of the daughters of George III., £ 13,000 a yearvias voted to the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, X14,000 a year being given to the Princesses Elizabeth and Mary. It might be contended by some that it was not right to make the proposed provision because a sufficient sum had already been voted for the support of the Royal family, but he contended that the provision made at the commencement of her Majesty's reign for the main- tenance of the royal dignity did not contemplate such eases as the present, in reference to which it had always been the practice to come to Parliament and ask for sepa. rate grants. In the reign of William IV. the civil list was fixed at k435,000 per annum. In the present year the sum to be paid to the Queen was X385,000, while the sum to be paid to the Exchequer from the proceeds of the Crown lands surrendered at the commencement of her Majesty's reign would be JE38"\000 also. He trusted, however, that the House would not regard the question from this narrow point; but that, as on former occasions, the provision asked for would be cheerfully voted. If this were not to te the case, and if a contrary policy were to prevail, the result would be a state of things that must lead to a change in the system hitherto adopted, and it would be found necessary, at the commencement of a reign, to make the provision lor those distant contingencies which many private persons made in their own families, and which was now made as the contingencies arose. He trusted, how- f v< r, that the resolution he had to propose would meet with the ready acceptance of an overwhelming majority of the House, The resolution was then put by Mr. DODSON, and amidst cheers from both sides of the House, was agreed to without dissent. PUBlIC BUSINBSS. -I Mr. GLADSTONE moved for a select committee to con- sider the best means of promoting tho despatch of public business in the House, The subject was one requiring the consideration of a committee, and if the resolution were agreed to, the whole question would undergo a most thorough investigation. Mr, C. BENTINCK moved, as an amendment, that in the opinion of this House it is not expedient to restrict further the privileges afforded to private members. After some discussion, in which Mr. Newdegate, Mr. G. Gregory, Mr. Horsman, Mr. F. Bentinck, Mr. O. Morgan, and Air. Anderson took part, the amendment was with- drawn, and the motion ogreed to. MINES REGULATION BILL. Jtlr. liiitct obtained leave to introduce a Bill to con- solidate and amend the Acts relating to the Regulation of I Mines. EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. J The LORD ADVOCATE, in asking for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and extend the provisions of the law of Scotland on the Bubject of education, stated that there were at present on the school rolls in Scotland 424,300; and as it was calculated that there ought to be school accommodation for 500,000, there were 75,040 children at preent unprovided for. With regard to the system to be udopted in the management of the schools it was felt to be un ge.,?rable that there should be a double system. The scheme he had to propose was that, iu the first place, the area of rating for the support of schools should be extended to nlllands and heritages, abolishing the value of the rental as to the rule of rating, and substituting the rule of rent. As to the management of the schools, it was proposed that the ratepayers in each parish and district should elect the School Board in the same way as under the English Act, and this applied to boroughs as well as to rural districts. Each board, when elected, would have to ascertain the educational wants of its own district, and to make arrangements for the supply of those wants. With reference to tho Government grant, the present amount of which was jeSO.OOO a year, but which would be largely increased by this Bill, it was not proposed to take away the administration of that grant from the Govern- ment, but it was intended that her Majesty should be asked to nppoint a committee or privy council for Scotland, and that that committee should have, under the name of the Scotch Education Department, the administration of the grant and a general supervision and control over the local boards. It was proposed that the grants of p::fc money should be continued to all existing schools, and that a? schools should be subject to undenominational inspection. Mr, GOHDON would bestow but slight criticism on that portion of the Bill. He said it would have the effect of practically destroying the existing parochial school system, and complained that it was about to create new schools without giving any recognition to the subject of religion. Dr. PLA YFAJH cougratulated the Lord-Advocate on having at length obtained an opportunity of grappling with this important subject, and expressed his intention to give the Bill ju1 laid before the House his best considera- tien, in the hope of seeing it adopted by the House in its IIJI,in features. The discussion was continued by Lord R, Montagu, Mr. Anderson, Sir T. E. Colebrooke, Mr. Carnegie, Sir J. Hay, and Mr. Mndie, and, after a few words from the Lord Advocate in reply, leave was given. THE VACCINATION ACT. Mr. W. h. iOUSTER moved for the appointment of a Selcct Committee to inquire into the operation of tho YOle. cination Act (1867), and to report whether such Act should be amended. Sir E. ADDERLEY objected to the Committee as being calculated to ellst a doubt on the efficacy of vaccination. Altera brief di.-eussion, the motion was agreed to. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. C. FORTESCUE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to Consolidate and Amend the Laws relating to Merchant I Shiwing ollll Navigation. Sir W. LAWSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to enable owners awl occupiers of property in certain districts to prevent the common sale of intoxicating liquor3 within such districts. A] r. JACOB BRIGHT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to Remove the Electoral Disabilities of Women. Mr. WHEELHOUSE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the Elementary Education of Blind, Deaf, and Dumb Children. Cbildr,(.(-)LDNEY cbtained leave to bring in a Bill to Amend the Law relating to the Election and Office of Coroners. Mr. GLADSTONE, in moving a vote of thanks to Sir Denis Marehant, on his resignation of the office of Clerk of the House of Commons, expressed his grateful sense of the services that had been so long and so laboriously rendered by that officer. Colonel AVILSON-PATTEN gave his cordial support to the motion, which was agreed to. Mr. BONHAM-CABTEB obtained the appointment of a Committee on printing executed by order of the House. Leavo was inven to Mr. DODSON to bring in a Bill em- I I Cummitteea on Provisional Order Bills to award costs and examine witnesses on oath. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. GLYN, a New Writ was ordered to be issued for Norwich. NEW BILLS. Mr. JS1 MiiHON obtained leave to introduce it Bill to aFFimiJalc the Law of Union Rating in Ireland with that of England. Sir. M'LAGAN obtained leave to bring in a Bill to Amend the Game Laws in Scotland, and Mr. H. R. BLAND ohtained leave to bring in a Bill to Amend the Laws relating to the Registration of Parlia- mentary Voters. T he House adjourned at 10. 1.) p.in.

(RKVTKR'S TKIIKTRUAMS. I THE TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH I ENGLAND. BOR?ALX. F?. U.-Tbe G?c</<- 1,? France M?tt?t "The Tivaty of Commerce with ?'?- 1.?11?- u?t yet bccu ?m'Hufcd us proposed by M. ?n. ? It stin .cnKun. m toiw until tho ttli of V'hru try 1?-7?. Tho U.-vn'mncut lms refused m twe ?'t?' ?? ?'thd.aw.d. bc.?usc to do 8Ù now odd be to vopav with nm?Htt'dc Eti?.uid who ?,.?s..ut \i.< has coH.?.d. by means of l.ublic subscription, I,, of mo? than two mil- I'Atb l i,, ,f ill')I.o thin two iiiii. fi-atic. tol, tl"? )f I)VO?-isi ,)U,; for th')

ITALY. I Ftut't'\<r FKM. U.E\?'<?'-—mthe?na!u- ier of Deputies to-day. b.or L?a defended ;Lrti,-I,, 7 tile ?tud opposed the amendment of the commission, em- vowem.fr the supreme judicial authority m cor- t iin cases to ijive the right to a public otheial to ?n(<thct?"t't'?. !?'?? discharge '-?? ?"?'? ,f his 'otliee. Sijjuor Lun/.a said that it was ??'??MJchty the bin. out of respect for the consciences of the Catholics, who 1niht SUI)PÙè that there wouU be no longer ,UYfc"]I? intmsiùn for the Pope "? ?t,Jm:t'[siu.'onc)aYe. Tim Government vvuidmoreover. be accused of bad faith if ??y ?d Hot keep th?r promises to ?'.mt his Holiness r 'd .nous "iiarantees. In conelitsit)n tile vl»\H.r that be it L Cztbink,t ?ltiestio,i. ■The members of the commission fuUy exphuned their amendment, ?"'? '? that "?'' ?"' •Ministerial declaration of the question they left it to c tch deputy to vote aceordmg to his own convictions- The Minister of Justice conteuded th it Art?,,Ie 7, as ,hafted iu the Government Bill, iuTotYcduodau?erof the re-establishment of the jight of asylum. Several deputies spoke for and gainst the ?'l, Tiie debitte will be eon- jinued on Monday ueÜ,

TIIE WAR. I (REUTEE'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FREKUH ELECTIONS. I Bordone lias arrived here. In the department of the Alpes Maritimes, General Garibaldi and Messrs. Dufaure, Bur- goudie, and Ileceon have been elected. In the Puy de Dome list, the nominations of the Republican Committee, who took as their motto Order by Liberty, have been entirely successful. At Crenoble a conciliatory list, containing the nttmei of MM. Paul. Breton, diaper, Eymard, and Casimir Perrier have been successful. The following are the results of the elections in pome departments occupied by th-j enemy iu the Mamc where eight deputies are to be elected. l'ive have been returned, among whom are Jules Simon and M. Lcblalld, Procurator-General of Paris. In the Aube out of five candidates to be elected three have been returned, viz.—MM. Amandee Guyut. Casimir Perrier, and Parigot, the Mayor of Troyes. In the Yonnc, where six nominations are to be made, live candidates have been elected, among whom arc MM. Eeharton and Leopold J aval, the former obtainim;tive thousand votes. One elec- tion is doubtful. In the department of the Haute Loire, of the Conservative list—General Vinoy, ;31,1.ill1 votes, and Playtray have been elected. M. Guyot Moiitpayroux has been unsuccessful m the Aube and 1 Ulllle, The wheat which had been frost-bitten is again springing up. n ¡ PARIS, FEB. 11, 9 P.M.—The following arc the results of the scrutiny of the ballot-boxes :— M. Louis Blanc. Ui'J.nOO; Gauibetta, W,000; Vic- tor Hugo, Garibaldi, M.Henri liochefort, S:'>,t.iUt.»; Edgar Quinet, 8;000; Deles- eluxe, 81,0W>; Admiral Saisset, 7,lIÙll; M. Scluclcher, T-oot*; M. Dorian, T2,00i>; Toig- neaux, 71,000; Admiral Potliiau, GSjOOO; M. Lecroy, 08,0(10; Bernard. ti(i,000; Felix Pyat, 57,000; Brisson. 57,000; Flo- quet, i',1,00(1. PARIS, FEn, 12.-Tlie final results of the Paris elections will be published to-morrow. The ap- proximate number of votes is as follows Louis Blanc, 111,000; Gambetta, Victor Hugo, and General Garibaldi, lUO.OOO; Quinet, Delescluze, Admiral Saisset, Dorian, Henri Martin, and Scluclcher, i'0.000. As far as it is at present known, in the provinces men of moderate views have been returned. Paris is perfectly quiet, and is exclusively en- gaged in revictualling. The Government is now buying more provisions. tor B or d canx. .1\1. Jules Favre has left for Bordeaux. BORDEAUX, Feu. 11, EVENI.NO.—I'p to •") p.m. to-day the results of the elections in -7 depart- ments have not been received by the Government, of which are occupied by the enemy. The eleetiun uf a certain number of notabilities for several departments render o0 or 10 re-elections lU'oe.-i>ary. Up to the present time M. Thiers has been already elected in IS departments, General Trod,u in seven, General Changarnier in four. M. Gambetta was elected at Marseilles and at Oran, in Algeria; M. Jules Favre in the depart- ments of the Rhone and Aisne M. Dui'aure four times; General D'Aurelles de faladine and Admiral Jaurequiberry twice. The Government lias not yet received any iuf mation of the results in the department of the Seine. VIOLATION OF THE ARMISTICE BY THE GERMANS. BORDEAUX, FEU. 1J.—M. Jules Favre and G^eneral Garibaldi have arrived here. Advices from Clamacy state that ill the district of the Yonne the Prussians, notwithstanding the armistice, continue to make excessive requisitions, and annoy the National Guards, whom they sus- (,f iti?r uizirched tliein. The inha- bitants of Yilleneuve and Blaiseau refused to comply with the requisition, and the country for several hours was given up to pillage. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. -1 PARIS, FEU. 0.—Mr. Washburue and his dip- lomatic colleagues have left fur Bordeaux. It is stated that the Government has prepared to CUIll. municate to the National Assembly a report of its acts and administration sine the 4th of September. This document will contain the re. purtscf several generals, and will embrace the various services administered by the Government, and finally will conclude with an account of the armistice, about which very minnte details will be g iven. I M. GAMBETTA'S PROSCRIPTION DECREE. CARLSRUHE, FEB. 11.—The Bftlen Gazette pub- lishes the following as the terms in which M. Julee Favre replied on the !th iust. to Count Bis- marck's remonstrance respecting M. Gambetta's decree of exclusion:- You are right in appealing to my honour—in that yon will never find nie to fail. It is true that you uracil aie to accept, as the only possible combination, the re-assembling of the fo,.??r Corps l??gi?l,tif, a proposal which I de,!Ii" I "(""i"l to you that [ felt perfedly safe in auirming that the country desired only free clectiom, You may there- fore rest assured that if ilic decree 'OU mention ha? been issued it ?b.11 be annulled. EXTENSION OF THE ARMISTICE. BITUSSELS, FElJ, 12, EVENING.—The Echo dit Park mint of this evening states that travellers from Paris aftirm that the Republican list of can- didates is in a majority. It is announced from Versailles that the amus- tice is prolonged until Feb, :!>(, All the detachments of cavalry and artillery in Belgian-Luxemburg are now leaving that province. Thvlnib'peiulonccBelgvot this eveuing publishes Lyons advices of the th. stating that M, Valentin has been replaced by M. Challemel. According to the SHcle the Prussians im- posed the contribution of loi>,tjtx) francs on St. Germain. General Duerot is seiiously ill. THE REYlCTrALLIXG OF PARTS. PARIS, FEU. !I,l'bú Journul Offiricl publishes a decree annulling the decree of M, Cremieux concerning the dismissal of magistrates. The Prt'&se believes that in the interview which M, Favre will have this morning with Count Bismarck, the question of the conditions of peace will be discussed. All the officials of the former Legislative body have left for Bordeaux. The Vnivcrs says that Prince Napoleon has come forward as a candidate both for Corsica and Charente Inferieure. In consequence of the large arrivals of provisions from England, Rome great bankers, who had ob- tained important contracts from the Government for the provisioning of the city, have announced to M. Magnin that they intend to relinquish all pecuniary advantages which they might derive from the execution of the said contracts. The papers, in announcing this fact, add: England has thus rendered a double service to France by sending us provisions, because seven million francs is thus saved to the treasury. Delayed in transmission. MEETING OF THE CONSTITUENT I ASSEMBLY. BORDEAUX, FEB. 12.-The Government here is still without information concerning the Paris elections. An official communication has been made to the journals, stating that in consequence of the slow- ness of the communications, and the actual circumstances of the situation, delaying the arrival of the representatives, and the despatch of the official declaration of the poll, only a preliminary meeting of the deputies will be held to-day, to decide the day and the object of the first public meeting. The members will assemble at 3 p.m. in the Hall of the National Assembly. Upon their arrival at Bordeaux, the members are requested to proceed to the Quastor, and ac- quaint him with their names and addresses. BORDEAVX, FED. 13.-Tlie preparatory sitting of the National Assembly was held at three o'clock this afternoon. Between two and three hundred deputies were present. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE DE JOINVILLE I AT BORDEAUX. ("DAILY NEWS" TELEGRAM.) I IJORDEAUX, JT EB. 11.—Prince de Joinville has I arrived at BordeaWx with General Changarnier. I They are at the Hotel de France. PROSPECTS OF PEACE. (" TIMES TELEGRAM.) I I- I DERLIN, I; EH. l, b,31 P.M.—It is confidently expected at head-quarters that peace will be shortly concluded. At the same time military and financial preparations are being made to con- tinue the war if necessary. The Prussian Parliament has just been called upon to advance 50,000,000 thalers to the Empire. If actually expended, this sum will have to be re. funded by the German Parliament, which meets in March. The cities of the Grand Duchy of Baden will (Irect a monument to the Prussian General von Wei-dei-, whose victory over Bourbaki prevented the invasion of Germany,

THE PARIS RELIEF FUND. The following amounts have been received sinee our Collection at St. John's Church, Cardiff, 1-th iust., per Mr. William Woods JJ16 0 0 Air. Richard Cowen, Docks, 5 0 0 Mr. David Evans, Fei-ryride 1 1 0 The Rev. W. Bruce, of St. Nicholas, near Cardiff, has forwarded to London for the Mansion House Relief Fund the sum of i8 5s.

THE LATE GALE. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. -? The late fearful gale at Yarmouth caused the loss of the following vessels belonging to that port The brig Peace; crew saved. The brigantine Caroline Garson three hands perished. The brigantine Terminus, with all hands. The broadside of a three-master has been washed ashore at Yarmouth, and the coast is strewed with masses of wreck and seamen's clothing. No doubt is entertained that many other casualties have occurred. The French transport lost off Havre was the Sevres, not the Lecerf. Ninety-six of the crew perished, but no mention is made of the loss of the troops on board.

BOAT ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE. I The following announcement was made by the Admiralty on Saturday :-A lamentable accident has occurred by the upsetting of a boat belonging to H.M.S. Ringdove, on the 7th December, in Yokobllnu1. Bay, whereby Commander E. J. Brooks and Jolm Walsh, ordinary seaman of H,lII,S, Ringdove, and Alr. James Bowles, assistant paymaster additional of Ocean for Manilla, who were on a shooting ex- pedition, have lost their lives.

SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF FORTY LIVES. By the arrival of the Bombay Mail we have particulars respecting the foundering of the steamer General Outram on the Bombay coast, off Rutnagherry, on the 15th of January, and the loss of forty lives, as nearly as can at present be estimated. The General Outram was well known as one of a line of steamers which conveyed cargo and passengers from Bombay every week to various ports. She sailed from Bombay on the 5th of January and arrived safely at Cochin, which port she left on the 11th on her return voyage. She proceeded from Goa to Bombay in stormy weather, and the next informa- tion received by her owners was that she "plunged" near Jeytapoor at three o'clock on the morning of the 15th. Seventeen of the crew, the captain, and two pas- sengers out of nfty were saved. The captain and crew I :rerri b :yph:etosG:" i:ec following telegram was received by the owners from the captain:—"Outram foundered; cyclone off Rutnagherry yesterday morning. Thirty-five passengers and sixteen crew missing, including wife and child. Phlox picked up me with a few others :f:htb:uilte:d b\t u h:r:t80:)eÑ: saved." It seems that the vessel went down after twenty minutes' warning. Of the passengers missing, and it is feared lost, one is believed to be Major M. W. Carr, of the Madras Staff Corps, who had obtained privilege leave for a short period; another, Mr. G, S. Clay, was of the firm of Messrs. Lawrence and Co., merchants in Bombay; and Mr. D. Turnbull Stewart was an engineer well known in India. Twenty-nine of the missing passengers were natives. The vessel was fully insured.

STORM ON THE IRISH COAST. A very severe storm prevailed along the south coast of Ireland on Saturday night. Our correspondents report the tollowing shipping casualties:- The Cork Steamship Company's steamer Halcyon, on her passage from Cardiff, rescued the crew of the brig Anne, of Waterford, which was abandoned, the captain having been washed overboard and drowned on Sunday morning. The schooner Stranger, with a cargo of salt, bound from Gloucester to Waterford, was driven ashore at Tramore Bay, the crew having with difficulty been saved by the lifeboats. The Content, of Chester, Matthews, master, was driven ashore at Queenstown, and became a total wreck.

THE Leeds Express says that the Naval Estimates will exceed by £ 400,000 those of last year. MB. G. A. CAYLEY, of Brompton, near York, is a candidate for Ripon in the Conservative interest. IT 19 UNDERSTOOD that the son of Lord We?lo?k will offer b¡m=Jf:rS1ha;b ::ptlfky: I caused by the retirement of Mr. Westhead. THE South Londoit Press says that in one local union the vehicle which carries the workhouse bread is also made to do duty as an ambulance for smallpox patients. MDLLE, NILSSON, on clit, will return to London with a troupe from America to perform Italian Operas, so that a third company may possibly be heard during the approach. ing ndon season. A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION has oeeured in Brooklyn, New York, by which the city gas works were partially destroyed, and one man was killed. A terrible conflagration resulted, which destroyed property amounting to 150,000 dols. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT-BROWN Cop LITER OIL.- It is now conclusively established tU»t no other oil can possibly produce the same beneficial effc?ets a- Dr. & Jongh's oiron the consumptive invalid. Allen G. gh-tt??-y, E.q" Surgeon of L- minster, in recording its efflemy in ?nsam t' writes:- Having for some years extensively used Dr, de Jonah's Li"ht- ?.,?,?,eod Liver Oil, ?th in public and private practice, I have no hesitation in stating that ito effects are very far superior to those of an, other Cod Li?r Oil." Sold only ii cap?ulw Impe- rIal Holf.ptnts, 2a, 6d.; Pints, 4s. 9d.; Q?,t? 9? by H chemists. Sole Consignees, Ansar, Harford, and Co., i7, Strand, Loudon. Caution.—Resist unprincipled attempts to substitute Other kinds. 9 sa 3 t u e

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A CLERK AT MERTHYR. At the Mertbyr pobce,court yesterday (before Mr. J. C. iowler, chairman, and Mr. E. J. Davies), Morgan Thomm, a clerk in a responsible position at the Cyfarthfa Works, was charged with obtaining the sum of £ 1 7s. 3d., tho property of Mr. Robert Thompson Crawshay, under falbO pretences. Mr. C. H. James prosecuted, and Air. W. Simons defended the accused. The first witness called on behalf of the prosecution was John Daniel, who said I am a wasteman at the Cyfarthfa Works. Mr. John Eynon sent mo on Saturday week to the Cyfarthfa office for money (£6) to pay some hauliers. I took the note he gave me to Morgan Thomas, who gave me another note to take to the office for the .£6. He (Thomas) loo gave me two cards (produced) numbered 'Tbo"a "??a and asked me to take them to the pay office. I took them; this produced is one. At the pay office on this number 133 I got 27s. 3d., and 6d. on the other. Mr. John Morgan paid me. I took the money and gave it to Mr. MorganThomaB. He said "All right," and I went away. The next witness called was John Morgan, who said: I am an accountant and pay clerk in the Cfarthfa Works. Morgan Thomas kept the book (produced). The figur,?s ad wor are all in his writing. Our practice of paying is this :-The cards are given out to the overman the ,.k after the pay, and the overman gives the cards to the men. Every man would not get the same number on his card every month. The overman every Friday brings the list of draws to Morgan Thomas, who enters them. When we prepare for pay everything due to each workman is shown in the pay-book; the pay for colliers occurs every eight weeks. The coal is got from the coal day-book, the dead work from the agents, who measure the work, and send in lists, and the" mine" from the mine book; that would be tke total coming to each man. In this book is entered 11 133, Daniel Lloyd, 3 tons 14 cwt. from i mine, and, according to the mine book, no such mine has been raised. There is an item of "Dead work," 19s. 3d. in this book. The lih. 3d. should have been 9s. 3d. This is the original account (produced) of John Eynon of the dead work for that mouth. The forming 1" preceding the 9" in the 19., 3d. appears to be of paler ink than the 9s. 3d" a like ink to that which made the 3 tons 14 cwt. This account should have contained coal 3s. &1. to Mr. Crawshay's credit. Prisoner should not have entered the mine in the pay-book from any other :ceen:bd :t: :innk"pa::dimtoantJ: i account there appears to be 4 tous at Is" equal to Is., which in the pay-book is entered as Us. at Is., equal to Us" as payable to Daniel Lloyd, 133. By Mr. Simons: We find sometimes at the conclusion of the pay that mistakes occur-mistakes that we have been unable to explain. We make notes of all errors we dis- cover when balancing the books. Money not payable, and entered in the books, is carried on to the" unclaimed" pay- book. This book is in the handwriting of Wm. Edwards, and Thomas would have to make out his pay amounts from that, and not from the agent's rough sheets. Edwards makes out the book from the weighers. Thomas prepares his book from the lists given him by Edwards, who takes them from the 11 mine weight book." Sheets are pre- fented to Thomas for the "dead work," prepared by the agents of the several departments; the sums only he copies into his pay-book, leaving out the measurements. There is no check of the books by way of examination made before the pay, but there is afterwards. This check goes back to the list containing the dead work. The result of this check is that any error is sure to be de- tected. This list of "dead work" shows Us, The 19s. 3d. is inclusive of the error. The draft of list (produced) is prepared at Thomas's office, and sent out to agents to fill in. Thore parts of it which the agents left unlillod would be completed in Mr. Thomas's office. The first 1 is. written in this pav off" order is in a different handwriting to that of other Us, I can't say whether the check clerk, in cheeking this list, would have the "pay off" order. The original way in which Air. Thomas gets his amount for mine payments would be a sheet copied out of the mine- book that sheet is not here. After Mr. Thomas passes these sheets through his book they are sometimes delivered to the master man. There is 110 scrutiny of those shcets with Thomas's book made before the pay, but there i, a very careful check of them afterwards made by the cheek- clerk. Particulars of cash advanced and debited to the men at the pay Thomas would obtain from his own sheets. He gave orders for the coal supplied to the men out of his own office, and a book is returned to him showing the de- livery from the coalyard. There is no check oYer the supply of coal at the office, except the yard book. We take it for granted that all the debits in the men's ac. counts are correct, unless the men themselves complain. There have been instances where it has been overlooked to charge the men with coal, and this has been afterwards dis- covered and also instances where the men have been over- credited with day work, which have also been discovered; also where the men have been credited with a greater ton- nage of mine or coal. Prisoner has himself pointed out instances of such errors. All errors discovered are carried info the books of the next pay. and a note made of them on a loose sheet, a copy of which is given by the check clerk to the clerks of the several departments for correction at the next pay. In the next pay, where a man has been overpaid in the previous one, the sum or error.is deducted from his earnings in the current pay, and under payment is corrected in the next month by an addi- tion to his earnings. In addition to being book-keeper I am forge pay clerk." I won't undertake to say that no errors have been discovered in the cases of men who have left the works before such discovery. J'jhu Eynon said I am uuder-viewer at the Gethin pits. Remember having a man, Daniel Lloyd, 13: in our works, lie left on the 24th December, during our working month ending 28th January. I gave Dauiel Lloyd this note of his" dead" work amounting to 9s. 3d. He left the work at that time. The office clerk 3 send me a dead work sheet at the end of the month, SJ that I can fill the work in. With regard to men who have to be paid at the pay," I fill the dead work III, As to a man leaving the works in the middle of the month, Thomas fills the dead work in the sheet himself before sending it to me. In the sheet (produced) when sent to me there was only "4" down, instead of the 14, and the 9s. 3d. has been altered into 1(18, 3d. The result of that would be that it would show IUs. 3d. due to the man instead of 9s. 3d. There was no mine in the district where Daniel Lloyd worked, so that if 3 tons 1I cwt., or any other quantity, of mine has been put down to him he didn't work it. Thomas usually gives the sheet showing the mine work to the overman, By Mr. Simons: I am quite sure the 1" only wa3 in the second column when the sheet came to me, aud not "14" as it now shows. I had a particular reason in look- ing over the sheet, for I was suspicious there was something wrong, I was not suspicious of one labourer's account more than another, but of the whole of them. I cannot say what number of hours David Lloyd worked on that dav. I have my own memorandum of his work, I believe. I have known of mistakes found out in the office. I don't know that any mistake of mine was found out in the oflice by Mr. Thomas. I never put down more money than I ought to have done. I once misplaced 2s., but I carried out the total all right. I never heard that Mr. Thomas detected that blunder. I don't remember Mr. Thomas pointing out blunders to me. That did not make me in any way suspicious of Mr. Thomas, as I was suspicious of b in in log before that. It might be that T = had found ont many blunders before that. I don't remember ¡ 'a:ki'hfi[ai'hBl X:ede::r for a man than wm due to him. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. James and Mr. Simons intimated, in reply to the Bench, that an adjourn- ment to Saturday would be convenient for all parties; aud his Worship remarked that as it was impossible to finish the case that day it would be better to at once adjourn. This was agreed to. The liveliest interest was manifested in the proceedings, as lair. Thomas has been connected with the Cyfarthfa Works for the past eighteen years, and is a person in very comfortable circumstances.

BRECON CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE. (l-ROM OliR OWN RIcrORTER.) BHECON, SATURDAY. The monthly meeting of the Brecon Chamber f Agricul- i tu;¡'oh:t::ii: :rl:¡o:i]::í :og;bl Wellington Hotel. The meeting, though an ordinary one, had, amongst other nJatters, business of special imporlalJee to consider, and that was to discuss the condition of the farmers in the occupied districts of France, and to ded.e measures for assisting those of them whose crops had been destroyed, or whose farms had been devastated by the wir. Tbe PoRV, Garnons Williams, the president, occupied the chair, and there were also present the following gentle- men Major Conway Lloyd (Dinas). Captain J. James (Alerclyn), Captain Braddon (Bronilys Castle), Colonel Bridgwater (Coity), Messrs. Cornish (Llanspyddid), W, Hall (Tynewdd), D, Downes (Maesmanr), H. l)e Wintoa Tyn-y-cae), J. Handley (Pontwillirnl, W. Perrott (J.I.in. gorse), G. Overton I.Brecon), C. Mordy (Brecon), Mr. N. C. Bendall (Abercyndrig), C. BendaU (Cantred), W, Powell (Pendre, Talgutb), J. LT. Bowen (Chaucetield, Talgarth), and H. Ximenes. After the disposal of some formal business, tha hon, secretary, Mr. W. H. Clark, read the annexed report, which was passed:- The council hw; to report that six chamber mnting- have been held during the year, at which the following subjects have been dis- cussed, viz."The management and treatment of grass lands," introduced by Professor Wrightson, of Cirencester College; "The bmisandimidcuceoftliepwr-ratl assessment," introduced by Mr. C. Mordy, of Brecon; "Commen errors conie-cted with veterinary medicine," introduced by Mr. J. Ferris, of Bte' It) The foot and mouth disease," introduced by Mr. J. Ferris ■ "The game laws and their effect upon agriculture," introduced by Mr. J. Garseu, The Moorlands, CowlJrit1e. The cOllucillUilca regrets that the publication in full of the various discussions— all experiment tried last year-is attended with nure expense tliau it fed. justified in again iucarring. Moreover, the reports of tbo meetings in the local paper, from whieh last year's book was re-printed, have not of late b ;en so full and accurate as formerly; hence the expens" 1J"CeETY would not have been justified on those grounds. An attempt was made at the early part of the year to establish a Corn Exchange in connection with the chamber, as a preliminary experiment to try whether or not such an institution woul.l succeed, but so man)" obstaclQS awl difficulties presented them- selves that the dlawbef was obliged to abandon the idea. Seal) in sheep having been very prevalent in the spring of the year, the matter was brought before the chamber, and representations were made by it to the eounty ami borough authorities, as to the necessity of precautions against infection. As a result, several prosecutions were instituted and had a very salutary effect. Nine- teen new members have been elected during the year, making a total of 13 now on the books. As compared with last year's ht, this, however, only howh- an increase of nine, the 'difference beintr caused by the names of several persons who repudiated their membership being struck off. The numerical strength of the chamber, though not large, is very satisfactory when it is taken ínto consideration that a vast quantity of the land in this county h: ill very small holdju¡:!8, aud the occupiers, many of them, fire 80 little acquainted with the English language that they call scarcely be expected to join a society of this kind. The council ()h5ervl with regret that so Urge a su as JM 15s. lid. still stands on the books as arrears of subscriptions due. While such contiuues to be the case, tHe chamber cannot be otherwise Hun ci ampcd in its ojierBtions for the benefit of the agricultural com- munity, and as all other classes in a district like this are moro or less directly interested in the way in which agricultural pursuits are ..rri on, it is to be hoped that others, m w, I as the f?irmer? themstl\"cs, will see the importance of prompt pl?ym??t of uh- scriptions, m a mean ? of utilizing to thefullcst extent the benefits ?i'? society is capable of conferring upon the district. The statement of accounts, which was also adopted, showed that the income of the chamber durirnj 1870 had Men, including las, Oil. arrears of members subscrip- tions still due, i £ 73 18s. C?d. The expenditure, including 108s by Rtoppa?e of Snead's Bar.k, amount in banker's hands, £10 10s. ld dividend received, JEO 6s. ld. left a balance on December 31st, 18,0, of .£38 15; 31d. The CHAIRMAN said that some fortnight ago a very in. fluential member ot that chamber, Major C. Lloyd, read a letter to him, suggesting that a special meeting of the chamber should be called for the purpose of considering how they could augment the French Peasant Farmers'Seed i Fund. He (the speaker) at once said that Major Lloyd had his fullest sympathy, and as there was to be a meeting of the chamber that day he thought it would best suit the convenience of members if the matter was brought for- ward upon that occasion. At the same time he wrote a letter to the newspapers on the question, and without in any way compromisin the cbamber, communicated with the managers of the Brecon Banks, and they had said they would gladly, and in any w,??- they could, 1 r,?eive subscriptions towards the fund, He had al?o point?d out to all how they could send seed and other corn to a warehouse in London, where it would be properly taken care of and sent over to France. The secretary of the chamber had likewise received a letter from the Committee of the Fund, and Mr. De Winton, too, he believed, had re- ceived a letter, which he had sent to the council, at their last meeting, and it was then resolved that the matter should be laid before the whole chamber that day. He misdit Eay that be received on Friday, as Chairman of the Board of Guardians, a letter from Lord Vernon, calling his attention to the existence of the fund, and asking him, in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Guardians, to bring the subject before the board. IJe was not able to attend the guardians' meeting that morning, and ithid occurred to him that it would be very much better for the matter to be considered by a chamberofcgricultnrerathprthan bya public body such as the guardians; at any rate, he thought that they might be acting at cross purposes if there were two bodies at the same time in that limited district doing the same work. He asked them would they not assist, in the way in- dicated, the poor peasant farmers in France Most un- doubtedly they would, for Brecon, he was sure, would not be behind other counties in that respect. Hereford had already collected a very large sum of money and a con- siderable amount of seed for sending out to France, and Brecon would, he was certain, soon follow the example. Let them remember that it was their own class iu France they were called upon to belp-their own brother-farmers, who were engaged in the same pursuits as they were. It made'the heart sad and sorrowful indeed to think of France as France now was. A few short months ago, and she ?as the gayest and the thst ar:gnt: hopie:f nations, tl::s;e: t to be the strongest of all, and now what was she ? In those districts where the crimson tide of invasion had passed over she was desolate. Her heart's blood was being poured out of her. The farmers in those districts—many of them—had lost all that they possessed, their homes had been ransacked and pillaged, and some of their villages had been burned down, even with women and children in them, and the land was utterly desolate, in parts even as a wilderness—deluged with blood, and torn u and harrowed with the passage of armed men and of war orses,and the implements of war! And they knew that the food of those districts hadbeentaken away for the use of the German armies, and if there had been no other reugn for pp?or?*iLting it, it had, in too man cases, been semed in the shape of requisitions. And the li stricts even which had not been polluted by th foot of the foe were in a very little better plight. They knew the cost of the war to France had been great, indeed; she bad had to maintain enormous armies, which had been swept down on the approach of the destroyer in a short time the food of those districts had been used for the sup- port of those armies; then the manhood of the nation had gone to the war, and if there had been any tillage of the land, it must have been done by oM men and women, and i:ilrui: .ee'nd awful thig to think of the ?tt,? of those districts where the foe had not yet entered. And peace, when it came-and, he said, may God Almighty grant that soon peace may reign in the land-would bring with it a long bill of cOits-indemnisy for the war. as it was called, and whether it was forty miuions or four hun- was c t10.8 or whatever sum it might be, it would be hard and almost impossible for the ruined people of France to pay it. He wished he could bring it home to his hearers, but it was utterly impossible for any of them to realise—to picture before their mind's eye- what the state of the farmers and the agricultural clases in France was. He asked them to recollect that he was speaking of those who were not soldiers, but agricultur- ists still, let them only think what bad been their condi- tion within the last few months. Many of them had joined the regular army, and many had become what were called free lances (Francs.tireurs). They had gone forth to the war to do what they could to save their hearths and homes. It had been declared by the German authorities that these free. lances were not soldiers at all, and did not come within the laws which ruled the treatment by the enemy of ordinary prisoners of war; and the consequence was that wherever they had been captured, they had either been summarily shot or hanged. As he intimated, it was said that this was according to the articles of war. He knew not whether it were so or not, but this he did know for a certainty, that it was a sacred duty to defend one's wife, and one's child, and one's country, and one's home. (Applause.) And he did say this again—that clergyman as he was, if the foe was uoon our shores, he himself would strike a blow for his wife and his child, for his Queen and for his country. For dong this the farmer class in France had m',t with their doa'h, and he mid all bonour and all glory be to thera for t'ns their good deed. But it called for stili more and substantia! sympathy from them, and there wa' one thing which 'l ev. j as ogiicultnrists, were especially able tod i. Thypi-t, ani the fiesent of France were fearful to think of, but the future was the worst of a! Th- Fr -i-'i had bad th excitcmer.t of the war, and hal hal tv ,r capital to draw upon, but how would they be ?,.t wi!l -V ?Lfy had nothing to M)W<hp!annw;th:aHdirOat? ft)i ',rlJU" ot this country let theia ,i forth b t'l .1:" tressed nfiehboNM ncros tbe channel the ,,i !h? v-,? ) so much w?nt. He did nt know that they WOUHV «.«.) to arert altc, :,etl, the id wl-W "'w-re "taring tbe Fr<neh in tL,- 1)?t t,v mig?it d, tl",g it-.t 'do th?-i:- d?t' t kan tb?y could do as they would be donebv T ie r.f' ntlen?ilb, from t?@ wa,- c It, 'nA of ?").. of that day. then went on to oe.ribe the coition and ',?w.rigbt D1ii'rry and .).-tr<M which existed in some I «.rts oi rra:.cc, lio kt-cw th.it thore had b?e» m inv ob- notions raised against the French Peasant Farmers' I ur.d, cue of which waq that if seel and other com v pre KCt over now it would be confiscated by the G, in the way of requisitions, and that it would, th,or2fore. b. of no use to the poor and suffering trench. But, h sail the committee of the fuuu had taken stens to prevent tV'it being the case, and bad resolved that not one batr of sooi corn or any other kind of coru should be sent i-ito any dis- tricts where there could not be obtained for it perfect security from both the German and l'reueh authorities, and that it should be u.-c d for the one purpose of sowing tho land. Poor desolate France, continued the rev, eentlemau, only think of he r France, which has not only this terrible war to contend 3¡:a:u"t, buthas noguiie.noleader. DO settle! Government, and that in thc> mirlót of this invasion bas had to pass through the throes of a revolution. France, however old a foe she may have been, whom we foui'ht aud COD- quered, and then made her a better and a faster triecd than ever we had boen fg France, he has boen our good ally for so many years; how bravely did thetorces of England tight upon the dav at AJUlS, and upon that awful day 01 Iukermann, aud wheft our troops could hardly bold their own, and when they were nigh being d^ riven into the sea, how grateful was the >i¡t}¡t of those 1-reneL warriors, wbo, figohting side by sde with the British, drove the Russians h4ck into Seba-topol ■ hether it woul,1 have been well for us to ti'Tht with tD"tII. on this occasion, and to have engaged in tb;, war, I wilt lot presume to say, but, in any case, we were not ready for the last few years we have not had an army aad navy such as would permit us to take part in a war like I1"t at present takiug place 0" the Continent. I don't sty it "on1,1 110: have he en right if we had been ready, for war is an awinl necessity but it is our du'.v to help them now, and to show them that we are not forget ul of our old olli. UECC, and I propo?@, therjore, that we do answer this appeal wl?i,?t, L., cto us, and tht as a chamber of agriculture in Brecan^iure we resolve to do what we can to tend out assistance to our brother farmers in France. I think the best way would be for us to leave it in the hands of the council ol this chamber. I may say the banks in Brecon will receive subscriptions, and Major C. Lloyd also has pro- mised to do so. Mr, Gibson, manager and agent for onp or two of the railways in this town, will gladly receive, until some other arraneeinent can be made, any contributions is kind, and keep them in store until the time for exporting. You know the matter is one which wili not admit of delay. Soon the seed-time will be hero, and, if we are to be of use, our motto must be Hi* tint <jn! rito dl-he who gives quickly gives twice, It is now or never, aud ) am sure that tbtre is no one here who will regret that he has done something at leaôt-never miud what he may think ab)ut the rights and wrongs of the war-to prevent, if possible, famine in France during the next wiuter. (Applause.) Air. OvEiiTCN asked what course had been pursued at Heiefcrd. The CHAIRMAN could not say very particularly, but he knew that there had been a warehouse establi.-hed in that place, in which they received ail the seed which might be contributed, Hnd tbe bankc there, too, had co operated. In the discussion which followed the opinion was ex. pressed that until the war was over it would be p;vm i'ar,i to send any seed com, illa:tL,ch as «bcre W3S this dirlbsisj- —tbey lmd no assurance that after suh corn ha 1 h "'11 smm; the land would not be fought on ever again, aud the future crop thereby ruimd, lhe proposition oi IhccLdrtsan \1:; seconded b," Olonel BJ: 1 IiG\AT:EE. Further discussion ensued as to various matters apper- taining to the details of working out^c scheme for raising- the assistance it was expec.i-. i.t to render. Uli.imat.5ly it was resolved, "That the present unfortunate position of 3;?ricnlturist, in France has a great claim upon the far- nfers in this country. erid it is the opinion of this chamber that all the fnrmcrs in this eouuty should be urged to con- tribute towards alleviating the prevailing distress and that which has to come; and that a special meeting of the council of this chamber be held on Wednesday and Satur- day next, to organise Will" mode of carrying out this obiect." it was also suggested (and the suggestion was favourably received) that a general committee, with power to add ta their number, composed of the most influential persons, and those holding oliicial appointments in thecoulity, should be f orllJed. Ultimately the following gentlemen were named on tbe eommittce .-Sir J. K. Bailey. Bart., M P.. Hon. G. C. Morgan, M.P., J. W. Gwynne Holford. M.P., Hev, Garnoaa Williams (president), Major Conway Lloyd, l\1cs,rR, Henry de Winton, H, Ximenes, Col. Bridgwater, Penry WilIiama (chairman of Q.S.), George Overton, Capt. Braldon, J. M. Bowen, David Downes, N. C. Bendall, James (Aberclyn), W. Perrott, R. Handlev, T. S. Cornish, C. Bendall, W. Hall (lynewyad), C. Mordy, and Gabriel Powell; chairmen of retty sessional divisions of Hay, Talgarth, Builth, Criekhowcll, Brynmawr,Defynock,Penderyn,YstrH ig'ynlais, county, and Bri con borough the chairmen 01 the baardi of guardians of Hay, Builth, and Crickhowpll Col. liiillwiVA i iiiiaove the adoption by that chamberof a petition to the House of Commons, the terms of which were as fo11ows The humble petition of the members of the Brecknocksniro Chamber of Agriculture humbly sheweth that the rate, collected for local purposes form a heavy aud annually increasiuj chirje upon the OWlll:rs nd occupiers of lauds and houses, in aidition to the general taxes for imperial purposes which they, iu common with others, have to pay. ibat til-si- rhar-es ar,. for th3 most part, in support of fuch OhjectB a !Hlioo, c-ira.or-, hllildin for 1,1 ,,a Fk ,n"" lunatic asylums, priùng. workhou=os, industrial ;.dJOol, the ¡miMing aud muiuttnaru;'e of SdlO01 for primM" iHincation, .,d other I,jct,, essr.jitiallv f(?, th, ctm- mon ?ml mth(r than for the bC1Wtit of one part1('wou cla s 0f the community. That whilst rtmif?im of Imperia1 taxation l?u I l?c-t maùe from time to time of late %-?m for the benefit of the whole nation tresh burdeus have becu cuutiiiualiy impo5P.d upon house and laud property. That, in justice to tho ratepav.irs. tins chambr-r piavs your honourable lIous to take into your early considratioll whether it lie not expedient to extend the area of local taxation, and to defray from the- Imperial exchequer the expense of a larger portion of such objects as have beea enumerated. .And :vour petitioners will ever pray, A-c. The CHAIRMAN seconded the motion, which, after some prolonged discussion, was agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting.

THE WAGES AGITATION- IN L\XCAS;nllc-!llan, large employers have conceded the 10 per cent, advance in wages demanded by the miners of Bolton. IT IS expected that Mr. Cardwell will, on Thursday, an. nounce that steps have been taken for supplying the troops with large numbers of the Martini-IIenry ride during the presentyear. BARON LiEr.it; has so far recovered from his furunculoid affection as to be able to resume his lectures at the Univer- sity of Munich. He is conducting the presenL course on experimental chemistry with all his old energy and effect. AMONGST tbcarrivals from Xew York on Saturday hy the Cunard steamer 1\u>,io, were the Count and Countess Ester- hazy and suite; and also the secretary to the Austrian legation at Washington. THE MISSION TO AMEKICA.—The English portion of the American legation to inquire into the Alabama and fishery claims, left Liverpool on Saturday in the steamer Cuba. Tin: REPRESENTATION or RIPON .—The accounts of Sir H. Stork reception at Kiponarc of a very encouraging character, and his assistance iu Parliament attain moment will be of great service to lr, Cardwell during tho) approaching discussions on Army Inform. THE RESIGNATION- OF Loia> JOHN liky. The Olsov. r says: "As unfounded reports have been circu- lated about the causes of Lord John Hay's resignation of his scat for Hipon, it is worth while stating that the resig- nation was solely due to the fact that unless his lordship had resumed active service afloat by the middle of .t month be would, in virtue of the new regulations, have been placed upon the retired li,t." Mil. l'oizs-i i' it's BAI.I OT BILL.—Currency has been gi.ven to a rumour that Mr. Forster ,(la!d propose a com- promise on the ballot question, giviug a permissive character to the Bill which be is to bring in on Friday next. The Daily XCI". has authority to state that no such intentioa has been contemplated by the Government, and the rumour in question is consequently wholly without foundation. THI:(JI-EEN'.??PEE<-H was transmitted by Postal Telegraph to nearly 211(¡ towns in the l'nited Kingdom, The Speeen contained 1,780 words,-that is, more than double the number of words contained in the Speech of 1870. The transmission commenced immediafa-ly after the commence- ment of the delivery of the Speech, at 2.19 p m. Oppor- tunity was taken to test the powers of the various instru- ments employed by the Post-office for the transmission of messages. For the transmission to Brighton. Southampton, Portsmouth, and some other towns the Morse printing instrument was employed. The transmission to Brighton was completed in t3? minutes, the transmission to South- ampton in 45 mirute. The to rs in these two cases :o:e ::du::i ]:vr:hp:d" which they attained, of over 40 words per minute, is the eatest that bais ever been obtained for an equal length of time on the Morse printer. As an experiment the Speech was trans- mitted to Liverpool by the Hughes type printing instru- ment, which prints its messages in ordinary Roman type? The speed attained was between 'W and 37 words ?er minute, and as in working this instrument abbreviations are not used, the speech may be considered fully equal, if not superior, to the Morse, on which abbreviations are used. For the transmission to all the principal towns in the country, the Wheatstone automatic transmitter was employed. Messages for transmission by this instrument are, it is well known, punched out on a separate instru. ment, the punched ribands being afterwards passed through the transmitter. By the employment of additional punchers at one end and additional writers-out at the other end, the preparation and writing-out of the message are made to keep pace with the transmission. The speed attained varied with the length and quality of the wires employed. Tie highest speed attained was to Bradford, to which place the Speech was sent at the rate of words per minute. The Speech, as transmitted by telegraph, was sold in New- castle and Edinburgh at 3.45, in Dublin at 3.17. in Glasgow at 3 I). in Cork at 4, in Jersey, with two trans- WISHonp, at i; at Uarlington, with two transmissions, two minutes past 4 in Dundee, with two transmis- sions, at 4.U0; in Belfast, with two transmissions, at 1 28: in Inverness, with two transmissions, at 4.44); and in the Isle of Man, with two transmissions, at p.m. The length of the riband punched for the Wheatstone transmitter was upwards of 111 yards for a single copy of the message This is the first occasion on which a message of this kind has been transmitted on the Wheatstone automatic instru- ment. PH.8, The sligh1",t indisposition, so that it may not rapidly mn its disastrous course from bad to W01"F(-, should the immediate atkntlOn of the afflicted of all da- A few doses of the, thoroughly purifying and strengthening will always be beneficial when the least disorder reigns, or when nervousfoars oppress. Two or three Pills at bed time have the happiest effect in promoting per- fect digestion, whereby the muscles are rendenid more vigorous, the Bpirih more buoyant, and the entire fmm? more hardy Holloway*s medicine inerm? the quantity of nutriment dmv- able fro?n giv(,n ;r:t! a:,r.eti.u;,y of tha blood is improved, the tone of ?firy fibre throughout the bodv ia heightened, and the di.?po?ition to fall into dL? is rtaa?j t. a minimum. ?tTMOMINAET CCM OF A CoGB BT PownWe BtMAM or G-b-t, N?U?y, Wick, N.?th.t A, "Her N 'a? *4.;t ??tembpr, 18M.-Dmr Sir, -B?vbW had Co?t of Qtl?cl, i t a weA dMtreMmf and severe cough, which mused ? all?ny blecpl? t*bt% ?d mtlm days, I WM remmn"nded by hu lord?hip the?Ewl of OilithE? to try your mostinvalia" P-]— of Aniseed, and, I ? ?ure you, with 'he first ame I found i? :'n1tÎ, efn;=r:: o »nd the first rauOl bottle complete? cored me. Th.?for?, I hMe the p-tt ?fid-m is fully rwommwdiug it to the mmion.- Most r-p-uul Y. W. R.K.G.B. I N.U?y.To Mr. PoweU." PoweU'6 B-d- of A?,i?.d be had of al ch<.myt.. In boM? -t b. W. and i?.. 3d. W?h?. M: i B?kinMt'-nMMi, London, As? br ftw?,U P- 16, Wi