The Merthyr Telegraph and General Advertiser for the Iron Districts of South Wales

THE WIG AN ACCIDENT. Captain Tyler's report on the Wigan accident haa atlastbeenissuedbytheBoardofTrade. It minu- tely describes the scene of the catastrophe, sum- marises the evidence taken at the inquest, and then sets forth the general conclusions of the inspector. These, as anticipated a short time ago, set up alter- native theories of the points having been moved dur- ing the passage of the train over them, and of the near wheel of carriage No. 123 having slipped and left the main line. Captain Tyler deci- dedly iprefers the latter explanation, and deduces as a moral from it the necessity of a limit being placed on speed in passing such dangerous {places all Wigan station. In conclusion, he say, there is a grave responsibility attaching to tthe company on whose line the accident occurred, and also to ithe other companies actively competing with it, unless they adopt reasonable precautions, not only in pre- scribing moderate speed, but also in having their re- gulations carried out under proper discipline.

THE LAKE ALBERT NYANZA. Mr. Stanley—the discovererof Livingstone—write9 to the Daily Telegraph correcting the views lately put forward by Sir Samuel Baker with reference to the lake Albert Nyanza. He says, I am very sorry that he should have advanced anything upon the mere report of an ignorant native to throw doubt upon the very thorough work performed by Livingstone and myself at the northern end of Lake Tanganika":—"The head of Tanganika is imprisoned between two range. of lofty mountains from 1,500 to 2,000 feet high, whieh meet together in a point about a mile or two miles wide. There is no deep break or cleft in thtfse mountains on either aide, save that by which the Rusizi enters the lake. We did not meet with a single Usigs who had ever heard of any lake to the north of Usige." He complains that Sir Samuel Baker has no right to set against this "knowledge obtained by personal exploration of the north end of the lake," the report of any number of natives to the contrary. He dwells upon the fact that, according to Sir Samuel, the lake, Albert Nyanza, has an altitude of 2.700 feet above the level of the sea, whereas, ac- cording to Livingstone, the lake Tanganika has an altitude of from 2,880 to 3,000 feet, and he contends, therefore, that "the Albert cannot flow into the Tanganika and he pledges himself that if the Eng- lish Expedition, now on its way to Ujiji, finds that he is wrong he will pay the cost of the expedition. L

PUBLIC MEN ON PUBLIC MATTERS. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, the Under Secretary for the Colonies, in addressing his constituents at Deal on Monday, defended the Government from the charges of incompetency that had been hurled against it. He said there might naturally have been errors in the policy of the Government with which he was connected; but he contended that its general ten- dency was of a most beneficial character as regarded the financial position of the country. He contended that Mr. Dtsraeli's Government left the Liberal Government to pay the balance of the Abyssinian war expenditure, and they had since had to pay largely for education, military organisation, the abolition of purchase, and the purchase of the telegraphs, as well as to meet the Alabama claims. They nad, nevertheless, met all these matters, and had taken on twelve millions of taxation; they had reduced the national debt by twenty-six millions, and the income tax to threepence in the pound. If, therefore, they wished the latter tax to be abolished—and he personally did not agree with such a burden -they must keep men in office who were prepared to endorse the sneers ,of those who called them "economical." He referred to colonial ^questions, and dwelt at eome length on the difficulty with Ashantee. The Government, ? said, had been charged with hat- ing, by their mismanagement, caused the war, and it was stated that itjmight have been avoided if we had chOHea to pay to some native prince a ridiculously small sum which he had been in the habit of receiving annually. It WM further alleged that the Govern- ment, seized with a fit of ecenomy, would not pay the paltry amount, and the result was a serious Ashantee war. His answer to this statement was simple and complete—there was not a nford of truth in it. Those who had read, the pfcpers presented to Parliament on the subject—and those who had not done so had nO right to make looee assertions- -would nnd thit the Dutch had been in the habit of paying a certain sum of money annually to Hie King of Ashantee, and that he regarded this as a tribute. They would find that thereupon declared that we could not receive the Dutoh forts from the Dutch Government until the nature of that payment was fully cleared up, and the King of Ashantee had fairly renounced any right to the fort and town in question. They would find, moreover, that he did renounce in writing any such claims, and owned tliat the payment made to him by the Dutch was only to insure friendship and goodwill. On the 20th April, 1873, the representative of the King of the Netherlands informed the King of Ashantee that it was the earnest wish of the British Government to continue to his Majesty the stipend which the Dutch Government had hitherto paid, ana to crown all, in a lettef of the same date, Mr. JPop# Hennessy, representing the British Government, thtti wrote to the King of Ashantee :—" In the letter to the Dutch Governor brought by M. Plpnge, dated at Coomassie, August 19,1871, your Majesty refer. to the annual payment made to the King of Ashantee bl the Dutch government to ensure friendship and good- will. With the same object, and as an additional proof of friendship, the British governor of the Gold Coast will pay your Majesty double that sum nert year." He would ask those present whether it was possible to have a more triumphant refutation of the statement he had; quoted, and which had beeit made without one single fact to justify it ? Anothet chargejagainst the Government was, that they foolishly wished to shut out the Ashantees from the s&a; but he could multiply quotations to shew how untrue this charge was. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen con- tended that the Government were not to blame, and he hoped that, as the war hadlbeen forced upon them, it would (end in carrying the twin sistirs, Clfetianity and civilization, into a heathen land. Mr. Dixon and Mr.tMuntz spoke on Monday at Birmingham at a meeting held to consider the subject of the Ashantee war. Mr. Dixon confessed his ig- norance of the origin of the war. but said he was in- clined to think there was a great deal of truth in what had been said by certain Conservatives, that her Majesty's Government ought to call Parliament to- gether in order that they might know what kind of a war Government was engaging in before the neces- sary supplies were voted. He had, however, very great faith in Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright. He was sure they would not have entered into the war without the great possible determination that it should be as small in extent as possible consistent with the English interest involved. Mr. Dixon de- precated the system of political treaties, and! con- demned among others the treaty protecting the neu- trality of Belgium. Mr. Muntz also condemned the treaty system, and especially the Belgian and Lut- emburg Treaties. We hadjundertakeji to defend, in the latter case, a small territory not so large as Wai4- wickshire against all the Powers of Europe. Mr. Muntz also said he should be very much surprised if any war would arise if Mr. Gladstone could possibly avoid it. A petition was adopted, praying the Go- vernment to use all reasonable means to settle existing differences before sending an army into the interior of Ashantee.

AMERICAN NEWS. The Westphalia, arrived at Plymouth, brings details of the great fire ofJChicago on the 17th instant. The locality of the fire and the direction of the high wihd prevailing were nearly the same as two yfeiirs ago but happily, promptitude and efficiency on the part of the firemen reduced the calamity to more mode- rate proportions. The fire originated in a spark lodged in some hay stores by a passing ,tra.in, It swept on- ward before the gale irresistibly for half the day. Large £ vmbers have been rendered homeless. The monster Dttlloon, with Professor King and five others, started for Europe or elsewhere on the 17th inst., but owing to the balloon being overweighted, less then two miles high was attained, and after one hundred miles had been traversed at slow speed the party de- scended. Mr. Bradlaugh, who is derisively described as the future President of the British Republic, had been interviewed by a Herald reporter, but his reve- lations were not remarkable.

OUR FOREIGN POLICY IN SPAIN. The Pall Mall Gazette asks on what principles, or what absence of principles, the Government have adopted their disastrously vacillating course of conduct in Spain; and we will ask too—for that is an even more important (juestion—What is the line of con- duct, if any, which has been marked out for the fu. ture ? At present matters stand thus, that we have given to a friendly Power fair and reasonable ground for saving to us, "You don't know your own mind, and yóur want of acquain- tance with it is operating to our infinite damage. We have a right to demand from you an announcement of consistent policy for the future. If you think it your business to interfere on oiir behalf in our internal disputes, do so. If you think fit to ab- stain, do so. But do one thing or the other. Do not prevent us from acting and then remain passive yourselves. Do not withhold out weapons from UI, and then refuse to use* your own." If it concerns the interests of Spain to ask this question of our Go- vernment, it concerns the dignity of tliis country that it should be answered. What is it to be for the future-intervention or non-intervention! If the latter, what ate our ironclads doing at all Joff the coast of Valencia, dogging Intransigente ironclads and "keeping the ring" at bombardment* of Spanish port*? There is neither prudence nor dig- nity in such a position. If we are Inot going to in- terfere, for Heaven's sake let ns give up this sort of nibblimj at the small end of intervention, turn our backs on t'he whole business, and give the comba- tants a wide berth. If, on the other hand, it is to be intervention, let it be intervention with a will. If W8 are really going in for the" police of the seas," for keeping the maritime peace of the world," and all the rest of it, letlus accept the full responsibilities of the position, andiernember that a policeman who re- mains" neutral in a street row is not only a contemp- tible but a pernicious person.

MR. LEATHAM ON THE LIBERAL PARTY. Mr. E. A. Leatham, M.P., in speaking at the inau- fural meeting of a Libera,! Working Men's Club, at iuddersfield, said they had been so frequently tola of late that a Conservative reaction was upon them that possibly even some of those who were not Conser- vatives—and who were, therefore, not bound to be. lieve it—might begin to wonder whether there might not be some truth in the statement after all. Now, with every desire to look the truth in the face—for there was no greater mistake than to shut their eye. to facts—he must say that he was unable to see any symptoms of a Conservative re-action whatever. What he did see was something which, although he was by no means an aged politician, he had seen on more than one Occasion before—something which oc- curred periodieally in the history of their party, and, when it did occur, immediately preceded a great march forward in the policy, and a great triumph for the principles which they professed. The hope of the Conservatives was the breaking up of the Liberal party. They said, The Liberal party is going to pieces, and when it is gone Mr. Disraeli will dome to restore all things." Whenever the Liberal party was going Ito achieve something Igreat, it always firet^went to pieces. It did before it achieved household suf- frage, before it repealed the corn laws, ftnd the party was nearly as well used to goinj to pieces as a. Dutch clock, and, like a Dutch clOck, it kept bad time unless it was unfastened pretty frequently. It was being taken to pieces at this moment, and this is why it does not go. The party was now being taken to pieces—not in order that it might be put by upon the shelf, but that it might become more effective, or, as the Tories would Say, more destructive, in or ,i that it might record upon a dial which never looki backwards, hour after hour of defeat and disorder ;ti. dismay for the time. He didn't, as some croakers might, think that involved a. change of leaders; but if it should/what then ? There never was a political party since the world began less dependent upon its leaders than tho Liberal party in England. Its greatest victories had been when its reputed leaders were nowhere to be found. In regard to the disesta- blishment of the Church of England, Mr. Leatham went on to say that he did not despair of seeing Mr. Gladstone in his right place, and devoting his energies, which tiixie only seemed to, augment and re- kindle, to the work of abolishing a monopoly which he was of opinion was more revolting, more full of in- justice, and more pernicious to our social life than any of those he had hitherto removed. It was quite truo that for the moment he appeared to cling to the last rags of a system of which he was the champion in his youth—he meant the supremacy of one creed at the ex- pense and to the disparagementof tho other. lIe thought that in Mr. Gladstone's recent utterances, in tho midst of an apparently dogged resistance, no one could help observing that he had taken care to leave himself a way open for retreat; but whether that were 80 or not, the course of the Literal party at least was clear—with their leaden or without them they must advance. He had no doubt that Whig histo- rians would, with all the advantage of glowing pe- riods and pointed antitheses, record the disesta- blishment of the Church of England as the tip- top achievement of Whig policy. They were getting among real questions now—a free church, a free school, free labour, and free land. Depend upon it, everything that was obsolete and antiquated,, which smacked of exclusiveness and monopoly, which .as- serted the right of one man to domineer over another man, whether spiritually or temporally, nevef stood injsuch peril as it now did, and this was the time at which the rival leaders of the-party were scrambling who should have the credit to give household suffrage to the remaining householders of England. This Was the time, forsooth, which was selected to prate about Conservative reaction! Some would say that tbt Liberal Administration was going down; if it were so it was because it had not been true to the principles with which it started, because it had stopped to parley^ and compromise with the enemy; DI» the principles the Liberal party professed were inde- pendent of the fall of Administrations. They gathered strength in opposition it was in opposition that tBA seed was sown' which bore such splendid fruit vehen the party came back to reap it. Whig Administrators had never initiated reforms; they had alwayli been initiated below the gangway. It was there the sgad had been sown broadcast, on the increase of which in due time the Whigs gathered and flourished, ;i

A new club, to be called tho Brighton Re- gency, is about to be opened at this favourite w4» fering-place. The site selected is in the King's-road, nearly opposite the West Pier. Some excitement prevails on the Bourse in Constan- tinople, in consequence of the alarming flaws f/ofii America and the non-arrival of despatches from Lon- don and Paris, the line from Vallona being intef* rupted. The Rev. Father Paolo Grassi, the incumbent of the basilica Santa Maria Maggiord, in Rome, on Sunday made a public recantation of his former faith. He was then baptised by the Rev. Janies Wall, Baptist minister. A telegram from St. Petersburg announces that the Duke of Edinburgh has been appointed Com- mander of the 2nd Battalion of Marines of the. RussiaA Black Sea Fleet. The battalion will bear the nMne of the His Royal Highneas.the Duke of Edinburgh's Second Black Sea Marines." The Secretary of the United States Navy hall received from Commander Belknap, of the United Stat«s'*teamer Tuscarora, specimens of the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, secured by him with the patent sounding apparatus. Some of these specimens wetw taken at a depth of 1,950 fathoms, or about 21 miles. Elias Neel and Philip Ahier, chairman and ex-manager of the Jersey Joint-Stock Bank, were placed at the bar of the Royal Court, Jersey, on Saturday, on charges of issuing false reports concern- ing the state of the said bank. Both of the accused pleaded not guilty, and they were committed for trial at the November assizes. "We learn with fgreat pleasure," saya the Paris rigaro, "that Sergeant Hoff, whose exploits we have narrated tOJl several occasions during the siege, haB been appointed guardian of the Venddmfc Column. This post of honour could not be entrusted to anyone more worthy, and we sincerely congratu- late the authorities on the selection they have made." Panama has been the scene of a tragical oc- currence, which has caused considerable political ex- citement. Colonel Uscategui, a nephew of the Pre- sident, refusing to allow the police to arrest him, was fired at by them,(and wounded. He then gave him- self up as a prisoner to a gentleman who begged the police not to fire again. They, however, took no no- tice of this request, but discharged their weapon! at Colonel Uscategui, who fell to the ground and died almost immediately. A bystander was also killed. A man named William Mansfield now lies in the Calthorpe Ward of the Royal Free Hospital in, it is believed, a dying state. He has for two years Salt supplied the cabmen at the Great Northern Railway with water for their horses, and he states that on Friday evening a rival in his business, nick- named The Gravedigger Jetruck him several tre- mendous blowllon the head and face with a large gra- nite stone because he declined to give up his employ* ment. "The British frigate Niobe has bombarded Omoa, Honduras, because British subjects had been impri- soned, the flag insulted, th« Consulate gutted, and British warehousea sacked. The authorities were obstinate. The Niobe being challenged, the bom- bardment wae a necessity. The prMonert were deli- vered, and compensation has been guaranteed, Tht honour of England ha* fcefc alaintalned, I

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LOCAL RAILWAY TIME TABLES. NOTIOR.-The Railway Time Tables are published with as much care to ensure correctness as possible; but should they contain any errors, the Publisher does not hold hunself responsible for any inconvenience that may arise therefrom, as change oometimes take place in the arrival and departure of trains without the knowledge of the Editor. BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY. BRECON, MERTHYR, DOWItAIS, RHYMNSY, AND NEWPORT. UP.—WEEK DAYS 1,2,3,1,2,3. j 1,2,371,2,3. 1,2,3. FROM a. m. a.m a. m. p.m. p. m. i Newport (Dock-st.) dep. 8 5 10 35 2 0 6 15 Bassaleg Junction 8 17'10 47 2 12 6 27; Rhiwderin 8 22 10 52 2 17 0 5S2 Church Road 8 27 10 57 2 22 6 37 Machen 8 34 11 4 2 28 6 42 Bedwas 8 44 11 14 2 33 6 51 Maesycwmmer 8 57 11 27 2 40 7 4 Pengam 9 5 3 1 35 2 50 7 14 Pengam dep. 9 15 11 40 2 51 7 16 White Rose 9 25 11 50 3 1 7 26' Rhymney arr. 9 36 12 0 3 8 7 36 Bargoed dep. 8 10 11 40 7 21 5arren 8 161156 7 27: Fochnw 9 30 12. 0 7 41 Dowlai? Top 9 40 12 10 7 611 Dowlais 9 35 12 18 758 Merthyr (V.N. Statn) 7 45 9 30 12 0 5 20 7 36 Cefn 9 40 12 10 5 30 7 45' PontsticillJunc. arr. 9 62 12 22 6 42 8 01 Pontsticill June.dep. 9 57 12 27 8 3 Dolygaer 10 2 12 32 88 Talybont 1030 1 0 8 88 Talyllyn JO 40 1 10 8 48 Brecon arr. 10 55 1 30 9 Q1 DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3.1,2,3. 1,2,3. FROM a.m. a. m. p.m. I p.m. p. m. Brecon dep. 7 20 1 46 4 40 Talyllyn 7 30 2 5 6 0 Talybont 7 40 2 11 6 10; Dolygaer 8 10 2 40 6 43: Pontsticill June. arr. 8 16 2 45 6 48- Pontsticill June dep.: 8 23 2 55 5 53: 7 25 Cefn 8 30 3 7 6 6; 7 37 Merthyr (VNSt.) arr. 8 40 3 17 6 15! 7 47 Dowlais 8 5 2 40 6 42 Dowlais Top. 8 28 3663 Fochriw 8 38 3 15 6 16 Darren 8 60 3 27 6 32' Bargoed S 66 3 32 6 4lj RhJShney .dep. 840 6 31 Whiterose 8 48 1 6 11; Pengam 8 0 1 6 23) Pengam dep. 9 6 3 37- 6 64 Maesycwmmer 9 13 3 46 7 4 Bedwas 9 26 3 68 7 18 Maehen 9 35 4 8 7 27 Church Road 9 40 4 1317 32 Rhiwderin 9 45 4 18 7 37 Rhiwderin 9 45 4 18 7 371 Bassaleg Junction .I 9 60 4 23 7 42; Newport (Dock-st.) arr. IIP 2 4 35 7 541 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—MIUOBB HAVHN, CARMARTHEN, SWANSEA, CARDIFF, NEWPORT, CHEPSTOW, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTER, AND LONDON. ( PP-WEEK: DAYS. I SUNDAYS. DOWN.-WKEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS. I 1'2,3- 1>2- 1.2.3-1.2,3.1,2,3 1,2. Mail. 11,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2. 1,2,3.1,2,3, 1,2,3.1,2,3.1,2,3.11,2,3. E^p. 1,2. I Exp. 1,2, Exp. 1,2. Exp. 1,2. 1 2,3. 12. 12 M-T3.W „,2k • am' a,m* a,m* am- p,m P-m' P-1*- P'01- xm- a-m- a.m.1 p.m. from a. m. a. m. a.m. k m.a. m, a. m. p. m. a. m. p. m. p.m. p. m. p. m. a! m. p. m. p.m. NEW MILFORD 2 0 LONDON 6 0f7 20 9 1511 15| 2 0 4 50 „ 8 10 156 Pembroke, I •• Swindon 8 15 9 13 1 8511 24 1 23 4 30 7 2 1114 .2 Mlfrd Haven, &c 8 35, 5 0 6 20 11 0 5 0 Stroud 9 1810 12 2 5012 9 2 501 5 58 7 54 11 44 2 5 41 9o? 5 2416 45 11 23; 5 14 CUVaTPR f arri. 9 4510 3S 12 33 8 Oj .8 0 12 15 7 45 1 2 Narbeth Ro*d 9 28, 712 11 49j 5 50 <*L0 STER (dep. 8 15 9 5511 10 3 2312 38 3 20 6 5 8 22 12 35 20 7*10 JUD0 fi 99 I 3l\°n S 6« 6 27 I 5t 8 0 r CHELT'NHAM 8 3010 1511 30 3 3012 55 3 30 4 5 6 13 8 3<>lo'io 7*2512 4510 30 6*25 3 25! 7 15 Ferryside 6 22 9 5 10 35 9 5 8 7 12 511 8 15 Lydney 7 22*11 34 1 15 4 42' .9 6 1 31 9 0 4 is! « 9 40,10 57, 9 40 7 6| 8 41 1 23; 8 48 CHEPSTOW 10 35 7 45|U 53 1 30 4 40 5 40 8 5 9 21 1 49 9 18! 4 33^ 8*20 SWANSEA -(5 •' I 7 *6; 9 20 •• •• 2 5, 9 27 Portskewet 10 451 7 55,12 4 5 0 5 50 8 15 7 40 9 35! 4 49! 8 31 T U 7 80,10 Ojll 1010 20 4 30 7 20 9 25 1 45 NEWPORT 8 2512 35 2 10 5 37 9 5418 13 2 21 10 10! 5 2$0 5 7 qq JQ 07! •• 9 30 2 0 7 34 CARDIFF 8 50 1 7 2 35 0 10 ,• 10 20 8 40 2 45 10 39 5 49 9 30 NEATH 7 46,10 37 II 3919 37 4 56; 9 50 2 22 Llantrissant 9 14 1 42 0 45 10 44 11 10 6 15 j I onlJ0 66 56l 5 12i 10 3 2 34^ Bridgend 9 37 2 5! 3 10 7 12 11 0 3*20 11 31 6 43 Bridgend 8 32,11 2512 1411 31; 5 40, HO 32 3 3, Port Talbot 10 5 2 35! 3 32 7 43 11 26 3 44 12 0 7 1& Llantrissant 8 56;11 50 tH 57 6 2j 10 54 3 26j NEATH 10 26 2 5Q* 3 45 8 2 11 39 3 57 12 16 7 38 CARDIFF 5 45 7 30, 9 30|12 2712 4712 31! 6 33; 8 1511 25 3 56! Lindore 10 43, 3 14! 3 69 8 20 1 '*4 16 12 35 8 0 NEWPORT 6 13 7 5710 35 1 40 1 13 12 55 7 0 8 27 11 55 4 23 s ,|a. 7 35 10 50 3 51 4 10 i 80 12 0 4 30 12 40 8 10 Portskewet 8 2511 3 2 10 2 10 7 80 8 40,12 21 4 50 SWANSEA j d ..10 35 3 25 3 45 8 10 4 5 9*15 l— 7 55 CHEPSTOW. 6 40 8 3s!ll 17 2 25 1 41,2 35 8 5 9 51 12 33 5 o| 9 51 Llanelly 8 1411 181 3 53 4 29 8 55 4 46 9 51 8 33 Lydney 6 55 8 5811 37 2 45 1 57 2 55; —, 12 51 5 2410 9 Ferrysida 8 4S'll 54 4 31 5 2 9 23 10 11 8 52 CHELT'NHAM 8 3010 1512 55 5 5 2 5j 5 5, 5 8011 4012 15 1 £ 10 0 6 4512 10 Carmarthen Juncn 9 512 111 5 21J 5 2ll 5*25 9 90 GLO'STFR larr^- 7 33 Ill 5 12 25 2 25! 7 10 5 45 !12 30 1 3510 15 6 2012 25 Narberth Road 9 47/ 1 0 6 10i Q 1&' 10 7 GLOSTER |dep 7 38 11 20 12 50 2 35 7 18 12 43 1 40 6 25 12 40 Haverfordwest 10 13 1 25: 6 34 6 34 1034 Stroud 11 50 1 29 3 0 7 46 1 5 2 7 6 52j 1 5 NEW MILFORD Swindon 9 37 1 18 2 48 3 50! 9 10| 2 20 7 35 8 20 2 20 for Pembroke, LONDON 11 15i 2 451 5 5 5 4510 15' 4 35 3 35 11 10 4 35| MlfrdHaven, <fcc 10 40 1 55 7 0; 70 6 50 11**5! SIRHOWY" RAILWAY—Nanttbwoh, Tredeqab, AND NEWPORT. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. I Sttndays. NantybwJh!f. «• «»• »• [»• m. a. m.,a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p.m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. m.ip. ijp.a. sirhowy 7y :12-25 sJ sWiol 4*io'7i TEEDBaAE{»™S™ Jlfi.U. Sg •• "3^881815 7 M Argoed 7 53! j 12 49 5"2 s'oJ J ?^nrood ■ £ •• 8 °j •• •• i2^ 5 a IIs 2 Tredegar Junction < 5™r •• •• •• i r. 2S; 1 ,S ;• •• IS •• •• |» •• jg 2 Risca 8 301 120! K qq •• •• I •• t Newport, Dock-street 8 50' f 1 40! 6 55 9 30 5 30 UP.—Week Days. | 1 FROM in, m.ia. m. a. m. a. m. a. m.ia. m. a. m. in m. n. m m q m a m i Newport (Dock-street) .I ..1 9 0' .7 23 P 7 0 Vfi Risca .1 9 20! 2 60 7 20 7 « 2 Nine Mile Point | 9 30! 3 0 7 30 .5 0!* TBgdegar Junction]^ j «•• 10 30 6 30 t,. Caep J 4s 3 13 7 45 10 41 a 41 Blackwood 9 52 3 18 7 52 1047 6 47 ^Soed | 9 58 3 27 7 69 lo 54 ii fig ~W, ,« ,-k ,v» «•»,» All TruM on thi Railwayare 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class. Runs on Tuesdays only. sw VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY. SWANSEA, NEATH HIRWAIN ABERDARE AND MERTHYR DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAY "1,2,3.1,2,3. 1,2,3.1,2,3.7 ..1^X ^2,3. 12 3 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 'm m a m n'J. Quakers; Yard no lli 2 59 6 41! g 53 P7 3 Mountain Ash 8 010 21; 3 9! 6 62 9 3 7 Aberdare 8 1110 31j 3 18 7 4 0 15 <f 25 Merthyr 7 50|10 5| 1 25'i 2 65 6 J 9 « 7 10 ^.be™ant. 8 2; 10 16 1 37 3 6j 6 61 9 10 7 20 Llwydcoed 8 710 21 1 42 3 11 0 60( 9 15 7 ok Huwamarr 8 15(10 27 1 50 3 17 7 2* 9 23 7 o? Hirwidn dep 8 26jl0 46 1 62 3 33 7 21 9 30 7 40 Glyn-Neath 8 4511 5 2 10 3 61 7 10 9 60 8 0 ?tSOlr?, 8 53| 11 13 2 18 3 69 7 48 9 6S 8 8 berdvlais 9 811 23 2 28 4 9 7 68 10 8> 8 18 ^th 9 2011 37 2 42 4 20 8 6 10 20 8 TO Llansamlet 9 2ftll 46 2 61 4 29 8 15 10 *Q £ andoro » 37 11 45 2 69 4 37 8 25 10 37 8 47 Swansea 0 45|l2 0 3 5 4 46 8 35llO in ek UP- WEEK DAYS. I Sundays 1>2'3-] fi,2,3.li>2,3. 1,2,3. i,f,2.i,2iu 2 3 FROM •• a.m. ip.m p. m. p. m. a.n>.Jn'm. Swansea 7 45 ll 15| 2 56 6 0 7 46 8 85 ^fndore, 7 51' U 21 3 1 6 6 7 51 8 2d 6 41 Llansamlet 11 L9, 3 9 6 14 7 29 8 3(2 6 49 ,*•; dep. 8 6j 11 37 3 17 6 22 8 7 8 4» 6 67 Ti^fnl 8 191 •• 11 53 3 ?c 6 36 » 23 8 67| 7 12 rf™ *rn; 8 29 •• 12 3 3 6 46 8 38 9 71 7 22 Gl.yn ^eath 8 58 12 13 3 56 0 5^ 8 43 9 lflt 7 30 5}™ljn %n- S i •• 12 38 4 22 7 16^ 9 3 9 41 7 66 2 12 43 4 27 7 17 9 13 9 40 8 1 Llwydcoed 9 l»l 12 48 4 32) 7 22 9 18 9 61 8 6 2 III 12 66 39 7 27 0 2510 ol 8 18 9 8° •• 1 8 4 61 7 39 9 37 10 1<M 8 85 ^berdfr? » 14 12 49 4 33 9 19 9 61 8 6 Mountain Ash 9 24 12 69 4 43 9 2910 8 13 Quakers Yard 9 38j 1 14 4 69J 10 14j 8 29 TAFF VALE RAILWAY. DOWN. WEEK DAYS. | SUNDAY 1'2'3- •• 1^2,3.11,2,3. 1,2,3! „ 1,2,8. 1,2,3 »«•_«. raoM •* a.m.: p.m. p.m. a.m. p. m Merthyr 7 63 10 56i 3 30 6 40 9 6 15 Troedyrhiw 8 5 11 3 3 38 6 48 9 13 4 23 Quaker's Yard J. f or G. W. Railway 8 14 fll 14 3 49 7 0 9 2* 4 34 Aberdare 7 66 10 55 3 29 6 39 9 4 4 14 Treaman 7 69 10 59 3 33 6 43 9 8 4 18 Mountain Ash. 8 7 11 7 3 41. 6 62 910 426 Aberdare June a 8 17 11 17 3 61 7 3 9 26 4 36 Aberdare June, d 8 22 11 22 3 57 7 9 9 32 4 42 Treherbert 7 41 10 41 3 15 6 24 8 45 3 66 Treorky 7 46 10 46 3 50, 6 29 8 60 4 0 Ystrad 7 62 10 52 I 26 6 85 8 66. 4 6 Llwynpia 7 69 10 69 3 33 6 42 9 3 4 13 Pandy 8 5 11 5 3 39 6 48 9 o" 4 19 Forth 8 11 11 11 3 45 6 5# 9 16 4 25 Hafod 8 16 1,2,3. 11 16 3 51 7 01,8,3 9 21 4 81 Pontypridd J. a 8 23 a.m. 11 24 8 69 7 8 p.m. 9 28 4 88 Pontypridd June d 8 34 8 48 11 34 4 9 7 22 7 28 9 44 4 54 Treforest 8 38 8 52 11 38 4 13 7 27 7 33 9 49 4 69 Llantwit 94 7 4$ Cross Inn 9 11 7 50 Llantrissant • Cowbridge 9 19 8* 6 Walnut Tree J. for Rhymney Ry. 8 501 11 60 4 25 7 39 10 1 6 11 Llandaff 8 59 11 59 4 34, 7 47 10 9 6 19 Car(Uff 9 7 12 7| 4 <B1 7 65 10 17 6 27 HanMssant. • Cowbridge 9 19 8* 6 Walnut Tree J. for Rhymney Ry. 8 501 11 60 4 25 7 39 10 1 6 11 Llandaff 8 59 11 59 4 34, 7 47 10 9 6 19 Car(Uff 9 7 12 7| 4 <B1 7 65 10 17 6 27 UP.—WEEK DAYS I Sckpats (1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,8. 1,2,3. l,2,i 1,2,3.1,2,3. FROM a.m. a.m a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Cardiff 8 2011 0 3 86 35 9 6 4 16 Llandaff 8 2911 9 3 64 46 9 16 4 25 Walnut Tree j. for Rhymney Ry 8 38 11 18 4 8 6 66 9 26 4 35 • Cowbridge .dep m i( Llantrissant 8 0 6 30 Cross Inn 8 5 6 40 J Llantwtt 8 10 6 47 Jreforest 8 30 8 40111 2$4 11 6 53 7 7 9 3ft446 Poiftypridd J. arri 8 34 8 66 11 36 4 21 7 7 7 14 9 43 4 63 Pontypridd J. d 8 56 11 41 4 2T 7 29 9 60 5 • Walnut Tree J. for Rhymney Ry 8 38 11 18 4 8 6 66 9 26 4 35 • Cowbridge .dep m i( Llantrissant 8 0 6 30 Cross Inn 8 5 6 40 J Llantwtt 8 10 6 47 Jreforest 8 30 8 40111 2$4 11 6 53 7 7 9 3ft446 Poiftypridd J. arri 8 34 8 66 11 36 4 21 7 7 7 14 9 43 4 63 Pontypridd J. d 8 56 11 41 4 2T 7 29 9 60 5 • Hafod 9 3 11 49 4 29 7 37 9 67 6 7 Forth 9 7 11 64 4 36 7 43 10 3 5 13 Pandy 9 12 12 0 4 41 7 49 10 9 5 19 Llwynpia 9 1812 6 4 47 7 65 10 15] 6 25 Ystrad 9 25 12 13 4 54 8 2 10 22 6 32 Treorki 9 31;12 18 5 0 8 8 10 28 8 38 Treherbert 9 35 12 23 6 4 8 12 10 32. 6 42 Aberdare June, ar 9 911 48 4 33 7 26 9 66 5 5 Aberdare Jnc. d. 9 oil 48 4 33 7 2Q 9 63 5 6 Mountain Ash 9 19 11 59 4 44 7 38 10 6 5 16 Treaman 9 27 12 7 4 62 7 47 10 1# 6 21 Aberdare 9 31 12 11 4 56 7 5110 18 6 28 Quaker'sYardJ.for G. W. Railway. 9 14 11 64 4 39 7 89 10 1 6 11 Troedyrhiw. 9 2418 4 4 49 7 4210 11 5 21 Merthyr 9 3112 11! 4 56 7 4910 18 6 28 Trains leave Pontypridd Junction every Sunday at 9 53 a. m. and 4 49 p.m. for Cowbridge, calling at all intermediate stations; and trains leave Cowbridge for Pontypirdd Junction at 8 29 a.m. and 3.39 p.m., also calling at all intermediate stations, and arriving Pontypridd at 9 8 a.m. and 4.8 p.m I GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. MERTHYR, QUAKER'S YARD, PONTYPOOL, ABERGAVENNY, HEREFORD, AND LIVERPOOL. UP.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS 1,2,3. 1,2,3.1,2,3 1,2,3. 1,2,3.11,2,3. 1,2,8, FROM a.m. 1a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m p.m Merthyr 9 1512 45 4 25 j Troedyrhiew 9 24 12 64 4 33 Quaker's Yard ..a » 43: 1 14 4 43 'Uancaiach 9 46 1 20 6 2 10 23: 8*37 Rhymney Junctn 9 44 1 29 6 11 10 32 8 47 Tredegar Junct 10 0 1 35 6 17 10 39 8 64 Crumlin 10 7 1 42 5 26 10 491 9 4 Pontypool Town 10 26 2 4 5 44 11 8l 9 2l Pontypool Road 10 32 2 9 5 49 H 13! 9 27 Abergavenny 11 IS 2 37 6 31 10 12I 6 3i Hereford 12 45 3 42 7 45 11 36} Liverpool J I ( DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. ) SptfDAYN Liverpool^ 1 Hereford 7 20; 9 4012 10 3 36 9 40 7 60 Abergavenny ..a 8 20 10 41 1 30 4 44 10 401 8 60 Pontypool Road 9 15; 2 6 6 45 7 6» 6 9 Pontypool Town 9 22; 2 12 6 62 8 3 6 13 Crumlin 9 401 2 23 6 9 8 21 6 31 Tredegar Junct 9 48 2 36 6 17 8 29 6 39 Rhymney Junct 9 54i 2 42 6 28 8 85 6 45 Llancaiach 10 2| 2 50 6 31 8 44 6 54 Quaker's Yard d 10 20; 3 15 6 68 7 3 Troedyrhiw 10 311 8 27 7 6 Merthyr 10 38i 3 36 7 18 LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY MERTHYR, TREDEGAR, AND ABEROAVERITY BRANCH. "5C1..J" UF.-WMIC DAYS j SUNDAYS 1,2,3. 1,2,3. l,2,3,/l,2,S. i,2,3.r FROM a.m. ip.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Abergavenny (Brec.Kd.) 8 16 10 35 fl 26 4 37' 8 29 Brynmawr for Nantyglo 8 681 1 84 4, S 15 16, 9 2 Brynmawr 8 59; 1 86 4 10 6 1 9 9 Beaufort 9 4 1 41 4 15 6 24. Ebbw Vale. 4 35 Trevil 99146420629 Nantybwch. 9 13! 1 51 4 26 6 34 9 14 Sirhowy 9 25' 2 6 4 39 6 48 Tredegar 9 30 2 10 4 44 5 48 Nantybwch 9 14 11 34 2 13 6 43 9 21 Rhymney Bridge 9 25 11 46 2 25 6 66 9 35 Dowlais Top 9 33 11 63 2 33 6 3 9 43 Dowlais 9 40 12 6 2 40 6 10 9 60 Merthyr (by coach) .♦ 10 12 35* 3 10 6 40110 20 DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. FROM a.m. a.m.a.m. p.m.p.m. p.m.A Merthyr Iby coach) 6 55; J.. 9 15 12 40 4 36 6 20 Dowlais 6 30 9 60 1 15 6 10 6 66 Dowlais Top 6 87 9 67 1 22 5 17 7 2 Rhymney Bridge 6 69 7 10 10 20 1 36 6 81 7 20 Nantybwch. 7 4 7 16110 24 1 40 6 3tf 7 24 Sirhowy 7 20 10 28 2 6 6 43 Tredegar 7 24 13 33 2 10 6 48 Nantybwch 7 7 7 20 10 20 1 46 6 86 7 25 Trevil 7 11 7 25 1 60 6 40 7 39 Ebbw Vale 7 10 10 6 1 30 6 16 Beaufort 7 16 7 30 10 27 1 65 6 46 7 35 Brynmawr for Nantyglo 7 21 7 36 10 32] 2 1 6 49 7 40 Brynmawr 7 26 7 40 10 33 2 2 6 60 7 41 Abergavenny (Brec. Rd) 8 0 8 l&|u 16 2 30) 6 30[ 8 16 t Market Train (on Tuesdays only. RHYMNEY RAILWAY. RHYMNEY, HENGOED, CAMPHIELI, AND CARDIFF. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. | SUNDAYS 1,2,3. 1,2,3.1,2,3.11,2,3., 1,2,3. FROM a. m. p. m. p. m. a m. p. m. Rhymney 927 2 6 685 9 86 6 6 Pontlotttyn 9 31 2 9 6 39 9 39 6 9 Tir Phil 9 38 2 16 6 46 9 46 6 16 Bargoed 9 48 2 21 6 64 9 64 6 24 Pengam 9 63 2 26 6 69 9 68* 6 28 tj- ( N., A, A H. > arr. liengoea | Junction /dep 10 3 2 31 7 3 0 6 6 85 Ystrad 10 7 2 85 7 9 10 9 6 39 Caerphilly 10 20 7 46 2110 20 6 Walnut Tree Bridge Cardiff (Adam-street Station) 10 361 •- p| 7 50 10 36 6 UP.—WEEK .DAYS. | SUNDAYS 1,2,3.1,2,3.1,2,3. 1,2,8. 1,2,3 FROM a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m Cardiff (Adam-street Station) 9 0 12 30; 30 8 80 4 6 Walnut Tree Bridge Caerphilly 9 1612 46 4 42 8 46 4 10 Ystrad 9 27 12 67 8 67 4 26 j. ,fN..A.,&H jarr 4 Uengoed| Junction Jdep 9361 3465 8 4435 Pengam 9 40 1 7 9 8 4 38 Bargoed 9 46 1 12 6 6 9 12 4 42 rir Phil 9 66 1 20 5 12 9 19 4 49 Pontlottyn 10 s! 1 28 9 26 4 60 Rhymney 10 W 184J 5 25 9 30 5 0 WESTERN VALLEYS RAILWAY. NEWPORT, EBBW VALE, AND NANTYOLO. DOWN.—WMK DAYS. I SUNDAYS. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2.3. 11,2,3. 1,2,3. £ 1,2,3 FROM a.m* p.nit p.m« p.m. &»m« %>.m. Ebbw Vale 8 25 11 15 2 20 7 25 10 66| |7 10 Victoria 8 33 11 23 2 28 7 33 11 3 .7 18 Aberbeeg June. 8 47 11 37 2 42 7 47 11 17 u7 32 Nantvelo 8 25 11 15 2 20 7 26 |l0 63 7 10 Blaina 8 32 11 23 2 28 7 33 11 3 7 18 Abertillery 8 41 11 31 2 36 7 41 11 11 7 26 Aberbeeg June. 8 47 11 37 2 42 7 47 11 17 7 32 Crumlin 9 0 11 54 266 8 0 11 30 7 45 Ahercarne 9 10 12 4 3 6 8 10 11 40 55 Kls^ 9 22 12 20 3 17 8 22 11 62 "7 Bassaleg Junct. •••• •• 9 34 12 34 3 29 8 34 12 4 8 19 9 45 12 46 3 40 8 46 12 15 8 30 UP.—WEEK DAYS. | SUHDAYS 1.2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3 _,nw a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. pjni „ *5° 7 0 11 15 3 0 6 46 9 16 6 16 SSSj™ 7 11 11 26 3 11 6 66 9 26 £ 5 261 R 7 20 11 37 3 25 6 7 9 87 6 871 S, 7 32 11 60 3 41 6 20 9 60 6 60| 7 41 12 0 3 61 6 80 (10 0 6 0 SorbeegJu'nc .i! _7 63_ 12 13 4 8 6 43 10 18 _613: Abertillerv 7 69 12 19 4 14 6 49 10 19 6 19 Klaina 8 8 12 27 4 22 6 67 10 27 6 27 Nantygio"s is 12 35 4 30 7 510 85 Aberbeeg June 7 63 12 13 4 J 6 49 10 13 | 13 ^vaie: I ill'II **> 7121035 [6 35 Printed and Published by P«T*R WILLIAMS, at the TELEGRAPH Office DM £ h-rtreet/ in the Town and Franchise of Mertbn Tydft in tho Coot 0& GIamOrnD ITWDAY, Qcxwfi* 10th, 1673.

MISCELLA NEOUS. The Marquis of Bute states that he is .iS.nit ap- plying to Parliament for powers to enlarge Cardiff Docks. The variegated aloe is growing at Torquay in the Open air. The cholera is diminishing at Naples. Coal fields have been discovered at Panama. The Pope is said to be in excellent health. The Cape gold fields are yelding large returns. The price of coal at the pits at Grangemoor, nee Huddersfield, has been increased 2s. pt r ton. A boy ha^i died from taking ether, while undergoing an operation, at South Hants Infirmary. A youth of 15, while jumping off an engine at Staf- ford, has been killed. The Spanish Government is now in great hopo that the Carliata and the Intransigentes will speedily be put down. A corporal who had deserted to the Carlist sid" has been recaptured and shot. The Old Catholic Bishop Reinkena has taken the oath of allegiance to the German State. A great Home Rule meeting was held at Dun- dalk on Sunday. All was quiet. Miss Emily Davfj does not intend to offer hersell for re-election for the London School Board. The indisposition of Mr. Macarthy Downing, M.P. for Cork, still continue*. The late Sir Edwin Landseer will be buried next Saturday in St. Paul'« Cathedral. The colonial mail steamer Edinburgh has arrived from the Cape in 24 days. The Catholics of Hull have determined to erect a new altar at their chapel, to coat £200, in memory of the late DeanTrappes. Two priests of thel Church of Rome were on Sun- day ordained at the Cathedral by the Bishop of Ply- month. There were imposing ceremonials. Morton, Rose, and Company have been appointed yinancialAgenta of the United States Government in London. A vessel from Riga, said to have cholera on board, has arrived at Moville, Lough Foyle. Due precau- tions will be taken. For the year ending the 1st July last the dock rates and tonnage dues received at Liverpool amounted to £643,88.5 lis. 5d., the total tonnage of vessels being 6,571,742. At Sheffield, a discovery of coal has been made while deepening a sewer. A crowd with baskets, buckets, and lacks noon made its appearance. Charles Williams, the militiaman who shot a com- rade at Carnarvon, ha* been discharged, on the ground that the occurrence was purely accidental. Accident* are not confined to railways; a carrier's van, while returning from Dorchester to Winfrith, was run into by a waggon, and one passenger killed pnthespot. Local taxation in Ireland during the past year has amounted to nearly £3,000,OOu, or about 10s. 9d. per head. The steamer Lorely, which was detained in the River Meney, has been lightened of a portion of her Cargo and allowed to sail. In the River ThiJle has been fished up a chest four feet long, full of iron and gold pieces, belonging to a vessel sunk in 1388. On Sunday, after High Mass at Kensington, Arch- bishop Manning preached, and referred to the Paray- te Monial pilgrimage. Jay Cooke, and Co. expect to be able to resume business shortly. They have placed all their private property < in the hands of their creditors. The railway at Richmond was blocked on Sunday for several hours, owing to three empty carriages get- ting off the rails. A London Co-operative Wine Association hall been formed for the purpose of securing the ad- vantages of co-operation for subscribers. The body of a man has been discovered in a cesspool at Birmingham. He had evidently been in aix weeks, and had probably fallen in while intoxi- cated. The Rev. A. D. Wagner, of Brighton, has again announced that he will hear confessions and give ad. Yice on certain days. The West African mail steamer Ambriz, with Sir Garnet Wolseley and officers of the Gold Coast ex- pedition arrived at Grand Canary on September 21; all Well. Statistics made up to the end of June this year mhew that tliere has been a decrease in the output of West Cumberland coal during the first six monwia of this year. The Ulster Peat Fuel Company tested appliances lor compression of peat fuel on Saturday, at Cal- tan, in presence of a large assembly. The result was most satisfactory. Iron has been discovered in the vi- cinity. The 12th brigade Royal Artillery, after eight years of home service, embarked on Saturday at Devon- Jiort for Malta, amid the cordial |regrets of numerous riends. Not one man was found to be absent without leave. After the present October sessions, criminal cases will cease to be tried by the chairman ui the county of Limerick at Bruff. In future the Kirriste* of that town will only dispose of civil bill cases, A boiler burst at Moorvale jute works, Newry, on Friday, killing one man, and setting a large quan- tity of jute and waste on fire. The fire waa promptly got under, the damage done being estimated at £700. A serious collision has occurred off Cape Breton, in a fog, between the steamer Precursor and an American schooner. The schooner sank, and twelve of lier men were drowned. A difference has arisen between the executive ci tli. Labourers' Union and the Gloucester district {Which is likely to lead to the secession of the latter, prith its 19 branches and 1.500 members. The Morning Advertiser thinks it ominous that the yice-President of the Council of Education, Mr. W. E. f orster, was the only Minister absent from the Cabi- net Council on Saturday, at which the 25th Clause tras discussed. In East Surrey the final result of tho revision is a iieti Conservative gain of 530 votes. There were fill J>ut on against 13ti struck off, while the Liberals had jDnly 116 put on against lot) struck off. On Sunday morning, the gev. Ernest Rowland Wil- fcerforce, son of the late Bishop of Winchester, Recently appointed to the incumbency of Seaforth, formally took possession of the living by reading iumself in." ■ In closing the business of the Glasgow Circuit Court, Lord Deas remarked that four or five charges t;f murder had been tried, and in all of them, he waa fcorry to say, the crime was attributable to Indulgence In strong drink. On Sunday, at Newcastle, a pitman named Wil- liam Thompson cut his wife's throat from ear to ear iduring the absence of her father to get some beer. trhe murderer could give no reason for committing the crime, and the vromaii had died without a struggle. At Limerick, on Friday, John Connor, the cele- brated fishing cot builder of Castleconnell, pro- ceeding to execute a decree from the Mayor's Court Bar 7s. due by a professional angler, waa drowned Ithfbt carrying off the angler's cot. At Cork, the Municipal Council are about to get the cons eat of Parliament to purchase their gas works, br to orect new works themselves, as the Cork Gas Company find they cannot continue fid supply gas At the present price of coal, &0. i On Sunday afternoon two eases of poisoning, through eating toadstools, in mistake for mushrooms, recurred in Birmingham. The sufferers were in both Instances children, and. prompt measures having fceen taken, they happily recovered. < Great sensation 1VU created a few days back at ylenna by thp suicide of the Baroness Pino-Friedent- nal, an aged member of the aristocracy, the mother Of the Governor of the Bukovina. The deceased poi- Xoned herself in a fit of melancholia. MR. BRAD LAX'OH.—American papers state that ?)€ Rev. Dr. Brindley, yrho follows Mr. Bradlaurfi bo Controvert his assertions, has arrived in New York with that object in view. He bears letters of intro- ihiction from many eminent gentlemen in Europe. On Saturday night a huge flame was seen, supposed to be a vessel on fire, apparently about seven miles S.W. of the Longships' Lighthouse, Land's-End. Sud- jBanly a volume of sparks flew up the names quickly ftnbeided. Afterwards a steamer was seen' moving about the root where the blaze had been seen. ? On Saturday, two errand boys in the employ of an ironmonger at Camboume, surreptitiously procured A cartridge charged with shot, and loaded a breach- loading fowling-piece. One then discharged the gun tat the other, the charge entering the arm, and tearing KWay a considerable portion of the flesh. £ On Saturday afternoon the annual festival of the Choral Union of the Prestwich rural deanery took griace in the parish church, Radcliffe. The sermon ■waa preached by Bishop Alford. During the course Of his address he remarked that music was present at the creation of the world, and that music would be present at the close of its existence. The Mahomedanj of Calcutta have subscribed to perpetuate the worthy memory of Judge Norman, who was assassinated by a Mahomedan in Calcutta some two years ago. It has been resolved, aa the JHost suitable appropriation of the money, to esta- blish a number of memorial prizes, to be competed lor by students in the Calcutta Madrlssa. k An Irish contemporary says it hag reliable autho- rity for stating that the Right Hon. John Bright, jChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when addressing 3iis expectant constituency at Birmingham, will not 'touch upon the causes, real or supposed, of the Skshantee war, neither will he undertake to defend the Cabinet or the preparation of the enormous arma- ment now partly on ita way. Justice Fitzgerald granted a conditional habeas cor- pus to produce Reardon, accused of the murder of the unfortunate Kate Pine. The condition was that no- tice should first be given to the coroner, who had be- fore refused to let Reardon be present when the wit- nesses on the inquest were being examined. The coro- ner adjourned the inquest, only taking evidence of identification. The whole question of the coroner's Tighta and prisoner's privileges will be solemnly ar- gued before the writ of kabeas corpus will bo granted. A pewon, who gave the name of Thomas Curley, and claimed to be a resident student of Trinity Col- lege, Dublin, WM sentenced to five years' penal ser- vitude for stealing a coat on the 15th of last month. 'There is no such name M Thomas Curley on the books of the Dublin University. The Irish 1\irne3 says that that is not the real name of the prisoner. He is very Wftll known to be the son of a distinguished English Kttolar, and is himself a graduate of Oxford Uuiver- ny. Statistics prove beyond controversy that railway havelling Is the safest of all modes of locomotion; Mtd though that forms no argument against the ne- »*sitT of its being made still safer if possible, yet figures are calculated to allay tho fears of the •iaBEnstts. Last year th? rail"ya carried, as we have JBfKO. nearly 423 million? of Passengers, and of th"se lbs comber Wiled from cau^ hoyond their own coa- was Qnl12\ being one in millioua. At Southampton a meeting ha.s just taken place be- tween Frederick Hecker and Karl Blind, the German popular leaders, who had not met since the stormy years of the Revolution. Lincolnshire rams have averaged BISlOe. this season. A woman 70 years of age has died under suspicious circumstances at Jersey. Mr. Proctor, of the Royal Astronomical Society, has gone to America. on a lecturing tour. On the 1st of November a set of new signals for use at soa will be introduced by compulsion. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington and variou8 others of the nobility have returned to town. Professor Jowett has returned from Italy quite ra. stored in health. The Bishop of Rochester has consecrated a new cemetery at Rochester. The German Government have forbidden the teach. ing of French in the primary schools of Alsace and Lorraine. Twenty thousand dollars are to be expended in improving the Baltimore Cathedral. The largest steamboat on the western waters, the James Howard, 3,300 tons burden, has been burned. The Ironsides, one of the largest lake tteamers, has beon wrecked off Grand Haven. The Florida orange crop is reported to be plentiful, and of excellent quality. One of the New York churches pays its tenor singer a salary of 3,000 dols. a year. The Bucks Chamber of Agriculture has indorsed the views of Sir Massey Lopez on local taxation. It is stated that the American Congress is to be asked to sanction a system of free banking. We regret to learn that Lord St. Leonards is seri- ously ill. His lordship is in his 93rd year. Captain Taylor has carried off the threo prizes offered to the London Rifle Brigade by Aldersgate Ward. Great interest is taken in the United States in the visit of Mr. Joseph Arch. A man named Gelling was killed at Douglas, Isle of Mam on Monday, by the falling of a wall. Mr. JohnVSiuith.run,'farmer, near Gainsborough, was killed the other day by falling from the top of a load of hay. Lord Leigh on Monday inaugurated an exhibition of art and industry at Rugby. Half a yard of gauze laid over the mouth while sleep- ing will prevent malaria in the jungle. There were over one million of paying visitors to the Vienna Exhibition in September. Captain Nolan has gone off in his yacht to watch the events of tho Ashantee war. A coupltf'of labourers have seriously mutilated a man at Sheffield. The supposed murder by drowning a woman in the Liffey turns out to be a case of suicide. The miracle of St. Jannarius took place at Naples aa usual a few days ago, cannon announcing the fact. It is again reported in 'Paris that General Man- teullel is likely to succeed Count Arnim as German Ambassador in France. The agency of the Navy Department in London remains in the hands of Messrs. Jay Cooke, McCul- loch, and Co. On Monday Lower Beaconcots Farm, near Southmol- ton, and the dwelling house and out-buildings were totally destroyed by fire. A marriage is^rranged between Sir Alexander Ban- nerman and Lady Katherine Ashburnham, the eldest daughter of the Earl of Ashburnham. The cost of timintenance in the ten convict prison* last year was jEljb.879 13s. Id. The average cost of each convict was £30 14s. 0d. The gentleman .who committed suicide at Margate on Sunday morning, was the son of a London clergy- man named Povah. M. lie nan's publisher at Prague has publicly, in the Austrian papers, expressed deep regret for the part he has taken in the publication of that author's book. Sir Bartle Frore spoke at a missionary meeting at Bristol on Monday. He had no hope of the permanent putting down of slavery without Christianity. The ironworkers in South Staffordshire on Monday refused to accept a reduction of 12! per cent. of their wages. A meeting of railway clerka was held on Monday in Broad-street, London, to consider their position and adopt the best means of improving it. At the Arcadian Club, New York, the famous prima donna Christine Nilsson and the popular aetress Miss Neilson, have met for the first time. Professor Huxley opened the winter session at the South Kensington ■ School of Art and Science on Monday by delivering a lecture on Biology. The Bucks agriculturalists have agreed to request the Lord Lieutenant to call a general meeting to from a benefit society for farm labourers. Tho Canadian and Pacific Railway Company has surrendered its charter into the hands of the Dom- inion Government. W illiam Thompson, charged with the murder of his wife near Consett, has had a verdict of wilful mur- der returned against him. Charles Tomkins, a gunner in the Royal Marines, has killed his wife by knocking her down and kicking her, at Southsea. It is said that on the Jews' day of atonement one- foiuth of the shops in Berlin were closed, shewing tho numerical strength of the Jews in that city. The Church of England Sunday School Institute held its annual meeting on Monday at Sion College, London wall. The too inquisitive wife of the postmaster in Wis- consin was recently held to bail for opening the letters in her husband's office. A valuable guano island, not marked in the chart, is said to have been discovered in Lake Minnetonlca, Minnesota. There are upwards of 5,000 Oddfellows Lodges in the United States. The members number about 400,000, and the revenue is four and <t quarter million of dollars. The Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings intend to distribute this autumn, among the working classesTind the poor inhabitants of London, the surplus bedding-out plants in the pub- lic parks. At the Greenwich Police-court on Monday, a young woman who, it was stated, had been 130 time. in cus- tody for drunkenness, was once more convicted and Bont to gaol for seven days. Dr. Branton Hicks and Mr. Erichsen, the two emi- nent medical men who were dangerously ill from blood poisoning by wounds received during dissection, are now both recovered, and able to resume their duties. Acoording to the Engineer, a serious blunder has been perpetrated already in connection with the Ash- antee war. The railway will have a gauge of 4ft. 8 £ in. The artillery train is provided with a 3ft. gauge. In the course of last year 116,223 tons of fuel, tll. cost of which, including the freight to India, amoun- ted to £ 361,094, were sent out from England for tha purpose of the Indian railways. Late on Sunday evening, a whale boat, containing iwven ship carpenters belonging to Passage, Cork, Ire- land, capsized in a sudden squall, and four of the oc- cupants were drowned. The boat waa under sail at the time. The next mails for Australia and New, Zealand will be despatched from London as follows :—Via South- ampton: On the morning of Thursday, the 23rd October. ViA Bridlisi: On the evening of Friday, the 31st October. A large number of handbooks in reference to every description of gun in the service have lately been is- sued for the use and instruction of the officers, non. commissioned officers, and men of the Royal Artillery. The Attorney-General writes to the Daily News ex- plaining, in reference to an article in that paper, that he has never taken part in any discussion about county court judges or their fees. The marble bust of the late Lord Chancellor West- bury, by Woolney, willed by his lordship to Wad- ham College, of which he was a most distinguished member, has arrived at Oxford, and will, it is expected, shortly adorn the college hall. Last winter an insurance company for horses was founded in several districts of Switzerland, which is in a fair way for success owing to the high price of horses. About 200 persons nave already insured more than 800 horses. A serious coUision has occured during a dense fog ► off Cape Breton between the steamer Precursor, of Hull, and an American schooner named Addie Osborne. The schooner sank within four minutes, and only three tmt of the fifteen men on board were saved. Frederick Blamforcl, master of the cutter Risk, ha* been fined JE28 10s. by the Jersey Royal Court for importing and landing seventy-eight gallons of spirit without reportingt he same to the Custom House Court. The spirits were ordered to be confis- cated. The new clerical law* in Prussia are found to be in. ade- quate, and at the opening of the next Landtag, a proposition will be made to enlarge their scope. The approaching elections, which commence in November, will chiefly turn upon the Church question. In the case of the ballet girl who died from in- juries received through her dress catching fire on the Btage of the Alhambra, the Jury have returned a verdict of "accidental death," with a recommen- dation to the manager to provide an additional sup- ply of blankets at the sides of the stage, so as to be better prepared for such emergencies. The fiorth German Gazette, a semi-official paper of Berlin, has resented the recent article in the Mlmorial Diplomatique of Paris respecting the policy of Germany. The Memorial declines to discuss the subject any further. It will be remembered that the Paris journalist declared that the military encroach. ments of Prussia had no counterpart in modern history. A man who had been sentenced to seven years' penal servitude on Monday at the Middlesex Sessions for stealing a cheque, asked leave to speak, and con- fessed that he had committed a theft for which a young man named Sweeney was convicted at these sessions eighteen months ago. Serjeant Cox promised the matter should be investigated. Count de Strzelecki, the distinguished Pole, who did good service by his Australian explorations, died on Monday, in London, after a long illness, at the age of 77. He was a member of several of our learned so- cieties, and was rewarded by the Government of the day with the order of the Bath for his services as Commissioner during the Irish famine. AMERICAN CATTL*.—The Philadelphia Ledger of September 20th tayf, Western cattle are being ex- ported in considerable nnmbera to England. They are sent out alive and gain in weight, by a few week's grazing, more than they lose by the passage. The profits from their shipment are considerable, and the business is growing rapidly. It is said that one of tna i ransatlantic steamship companies is now having built four large steamships, tapeciall, adapted to carrying cattle I Two permanent Hoard schools were opened atDept ford. A strike of coal miners is expected at Cardiff, en account of the discharge note being insisted upon. Mr. ] Israeli has been staying with the Earl of Brad- ford at Weston Park. Several remarkable pictures in fresco have been discovered in catacombs in the Crimea. The Brighton West Pier Company haye declared a dividend of 11 per cent. for the half year. More attempts have been made to find coal in the county Antrim. An attack upon Valencia is projected by the in- surgents. The Jesuits are getting into trouble in Austria. They will have to leave the University at Innspruck. Heavy rains have been falling in some parts of Ire- land, and the lands along the Shannon are inundated. The 19th Session of the Old Testament Revision Commission has been concluded. The foreign delegates of the Evangelical Allianea have met with a brilliant reception in New York. There were great rejoicings at Rome on Thursday, it being the anniversary of the plebiscite. The Gas Meter Company propose paying adividend of 7 per cent. for the half-year. Tin-plate has been materially reduced in price, owing to the American panic. The Rev. H. E. Trotter has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor vicar of Northam, itants. Another large co-operative society is to be opened at the West-end of London. It is proposed to establish swimming baths in the Thames, near Hungerford Bridge, London. Friday's Gazette contains an order proroguing Con- vocation until December 17. The screw-steamer .Whittington has been lost near Falmouth. The heavy floods in Scotland have done serious damage to the outstanding crops. The Assessor at the Mayor's Court, Blackburn, left the Court in a pet, and the proceedings had to be stopped. A ballet girl has been burned to death at the Alhambra. through the skirts of her dress becom- ing ignited. The Agricultural Labourers' Union at Shepton Mal- lett held a meeting by torchlight in the market- place on Friday evening. Ostrog, the Russian Pole, who has been commit- ting such extraordinary robberies in and around Windsor, is still at large. The liabilities of Tnppenbeck and Co., of Liverpool, aile over 1:300,000. The creditors have agreed to accept 10s. in the pound. The men refuse to accept, the reduction in prices proposed by the South Staffordshire iron masters. A mass meeting is to be held. The Times speaks of the Taunton election as a heavy, if not a fatal, blow to the Ministry, should Mr. James not be re-elected. During last year the 720 inmates of Salford Gaol earned upwards of j;8 each. Their maintenance cost £18 per head. The London City Guardians have refused the re- quest of the Local Government Board to send certain children to Roman Catholic schools. The Times' correspondent at Sierra Leone says that the authorities at homo have committed the mistake of underrating the power of the Ashantees. Rail. are being still delivered at Woolwich for embarkation to the Gold Coast. They weigh 40 tons to the mile. Some Liverpool wine merchants have been fined 20s. and coste for receiving a quantity of ardent spirits into a warehouse which was not fireproof. The leading High Churchmen of Birmingham'have passed a resolution that they ought to be represented on the School Board. The Hon. and Right Rev. C. A. Harris has been com- pelled by the failure of hishealth to resign the Bish- opric of Gibraltar. The Dean and Chapter 8f St. Paul's have appointed the Rev. George E. Oscar Watts, M.A., to the rec- tory of Kensworth, Herts. 1 he Liberal press of Berlin expresses indignation at the apathy shewn by the public regarding the pending selections. A contradiction is given to the statement of the Avcnir National that the Permanent Commission was to summon the Assembly for the 13th inst. Parliament has been further prorogued from the 22nd October to the 16th December, and the Convo- cations of Canterbury and York to the 17th Decem- ber. Lord Carnarvon has been speaking 'on the subject of labour and capital at Lincoln. He suggested better cottages and allotment of lands. 1 idele, one of the favourites for the Cesarewitch race at Newmarket on Tuesday next, broke his leg while being exercised a day or two since, and had to be destroyed. The existence of the Atlantic Cable is believed in the City to have greatly reduced the dangerous effects of the American panic. Captain Werner has demanded a court-martial, as he is anxious to vindicate his course in connection with the Carthagena ironclads. M. Thiers is preparing for the position of Repub- lican leader of the Opposition, whieh hejwill assume at the opening of Parliament. Dr.Cumming has delivered another lecture on the late pilgrimage. He wished all prime ministers were like Bismarck, who had expelled 4,000 Jesuits from Germany. The Hindoo society for the suppression of obscenity Is having great success. The most obscene works have hitherto been published by "respectable" Mahomedan presses. So many accidents have happened by the North Metropolitan Tramway's cars that the company are requiring deposits of £5 from the drivers to secure careful attention to their duties. I It is stated that Captain Richards will be appointed to the command of the Devastation, vice W. N. W. Hewett, nominated to succeed Commodore Commerell, V.C., C.B., at the Cape of Good Hope. AtBamatapIe, on Friday, the Barrister held that a man being included in the list of persons guilty of bribery at a previous municipal election is not suffi- cient to disqualify him. The cattle dileaseJ prevails near Leamington, and Is spreading in the counties of Oxford and Northamp- tonshire. At Mollington one farmer has lost nineteen animals. It is said that the British Chamber of Commerce At.Pans is taking steps to amend the regulations, under the new Treaty of Commerce as to the classification and value of goodl imported into France. "A Western Dissenting Minister" says the ballot now protects the Dissenting voter from the tyranny of Nonconformist priest or deacon, and many a Dissenter will now, for the first time, vote conservatively and conscientiously. At a meeting held at Oxford it was re- solved that the memorial of that city to the late Bishop of Winchester should be an addition to Cuddea- den College and the erection of a chapel. A German professor has started the idea of lay- ing tobacco smoke on to houses like gas. The tobacco is burned in large retorts, and the smoke is to pass through pipes, scenting the houses with the flavour of fine llavannah cigars. > On Friday the London Temperance Hospital, estab- lished in Gower-street for the treatment of diseases without any alcoholic remedios, was inaugurated by a public meeting. The limes says the seats gained by the Conserva- tives would make a great difference in the condition of the House of Commons if the present Parlia- ment were to survive; but if it does not, they are of very great importance, as success generates success. The prefect of Lyons has suspended six schoolmis- tresses and one schoolmaster for not having given religious instruction to their pupils. He has also, for similar reasons, interdicted three mistresses and six masters from exercising the profession of teaching. The Rev. A. R. Vardy, the now head master of King Edward's School, Birmingham, has volun- tarily surrendered a third of his income—conditional upon a grant of equal amount by the governors—in order to augment the inadequate salaries of the under masters. Mr. Bright has written to the Chairman of the Birmingham Liberal Association, stating that the new election will be announced in a few days. Ho intends to send his address to the electors in a day or two, and he will arrange when to meet hill consti- tuents. The Economist thinks that for the moment the pros- pect in the money market is firmer than it was, and it is possible no further advances in the rate may be at present necessary, but on the slightest appearance of a large real demand from any quarter, the rate must be instantly raised. A young man of the name of Glassup, residing at St. Mary Cray, Kent, while out gathering hazel nuts last Sunday in Orpington Woods, fell into a dry well over 40ft. deep. He remained imprisoned in it till Wednesday, when he was discovered alive, but in a delirious state. He had lived upon the mice which he found at the bottom of the well. The death of Sir Edwin Landseer was announced to the Queen by telegraph on Wednesday last. Her Majesty, who had always entertained a high personal regard for Sir Edwin in addition to her appreciation of his great talents as an artist (having known him for 35 years), was constant in her inquiries after his health during his long illness. The news of his death deeply grieved the Queen, who deplores his loss greatly. EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS. —The London Gazette contains a copy of the treaty for the mutual extradition of criminals concluded between the Go- vernments of Great Britain and Sweden and Norway on the 2Gth June last. MR. BRIGHT.—The Saturday Review thinks the fact of Mr. Bright not being personally unpopular ia in it- self a.n advantage to the Government. The Examiner, the organ of the extreme Radicals, declares that if any man can prevent tho necessity of a Tory interregnum [t is John Bright. It doubts whether even he can do to, but will be very glad to be disappointed. CHANNIL COKHUKICATIOK.—The Nautical Commis- sion to inquire into the practicability of making a new deep water harbour at Boulogne-sur-Mer, having reported in favour of the scheme, an administrative inquiry of commndo vel incommodo will be feeld tmaea liately at the Hotel VIll., Swlogne,