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

==-- MISCELLANEOrs. Tiie apprehension? or famine ill Bengal are increaa- tng. There is no rain, and prices are rising' rapi'-Ily, Relief has been organised, and the Viceroy h:i? pointed a Commission. The shipwrecks on our shores in 1872 exceedeu uhuse Df thè previouB year by 060. ThA death is announced of Mrs. Fulford, the wi-iovi it the late Bishop of Montreal. The yellow fever in Memphis is decreasing 411 deaths have occurred within the last fortnight. The 13th Hussars, under the command of Lieut. Col. Miller, will shortly embark for India. The Bank of Prussia has raised the rate of discount Jor bills from 41 to 5 per cent. Father Beck, the General of the Jesuits ih Italy, las re301ved to proceed to Belgium. The Royal Agricultural Society are to be invited ;0 visit Taunton next year. A good site has been ob- tained. The vessels captured by the Insurgents off alen- sia had on board 1,800 packages and specie to the'value if 20,000,000 reals. In consequence of sudden illness, Mr. Roebuck had, an Monday, to disappoint his friends at Dewsbury, who expected an address from him. Sir Sydney H. Waterlosv, Bart., Lord Mayor if London, has been appointed to the Pommission of the Peace for the County of Londonderry. Lord Carysfort, the owner of extensive estates in the counties of Wieklow and Dublin, has given £3,000 towards the improvement of Arklow Harbour. The Corporation of Dublin have resolved to promote a Bill in Parliament next session giving them power to raise money for the extension of the waterworks. The Italian original of the Pope's letter to the Ger- man Emperor has been published, and it corresponds, exactly with the German version which has already appeared. Eaward Hunter, a gasman earning 31s. a week, has been sent to prison co for four months by the Scar- borough magistrates for gross neglect of his four chil- dren. The site for military winter quarters at York has been selected. Colonel Belfield, R.E., has been in- structed to negotiate for the purchase of about 100 acres. Lord Napier of Magdala is about to compile a hand-book for the use of British officers serving with the native army. Mrs. Arthur Arnold, wife of the editor of the Echo newspaper, has consented to become a can- didate at Chelsea, for a seat on the London t'ch .1 Board. Mrs. Arnold is a strong advocate of religbos training. The hills round Balmoral were on Monday thickly Coated with snow to their base. Notwith>taiuI. the coldness of the weather, the Queen drove out in the forenoon in an open carriage. The Oriental Congress held ia Paris this year Was such a decided success that it has been deter- mined to'continue the movement, and the next will be held in London. The statement made in some of the newspapers that Mr. M. P. D'Arcy, M.P., had lodged £100.tOO frith Cardinal Cullen for the erection of a new Ro- faian Catholic Cathedral, is authoritatively contradicted. Whittington Heath, about two miles from Lich- field, has been chosen as the site for depot and camp for the annual training and exercising of militia and "Volunteers of the midland and surrounding counties. Prince Bismarck has written to contradict the re- ported interview between himself and a correspondent of the New York World. He .ays there are many lies abroad at his expense, but this last fabrication is extreme enough to betray itself. If Henry V. becomes King of France, there will, it is said, be a complete change in the fashions. The ladies will be deluged with, white, blu., and silver; lilies will bloom on half the bonnets, and everything be ornamented with jieurs-de-lis, from a bonbon box to an umbrella handle. The America-i Emigration returns for the year end- ing June 30th 157:3, when comp:1red with those of the previous year, shew an increase of 13,217 in the British arrivals, and of 8,502 in the German. England is now a close competitor with Ireland in the number of emigrants sent out. It is anticipated that the roll of students at the Glas- gow Cniversity this year will be exceptionally large In all departments, owing to the fact that many of the old alumni are matriculating again in order to be present at the inaugural address of Mr. Disraeli, which is looked forward to with great enthusiasm by the whole body. The Melbourne Argus states that the Governor of Queensland has released Captain Booth, of the schooner Jason, who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for kidnapping in the South Seas. Hi has only served two years of the time. The tine of £50 has alto been remitted. Archbishop Manning made a speech in favour of temperance to many thousands of people in Trafalgar- square, on Monday evening. Dr. Manning also referred to education, and said he wished to ha ye every Catholic child sent to a Catholic school. Madame Patti has appeared at Moscow. Amongst the tributes of admiration which fell at her feet vas a bouquet of dimensions so enormous that three men were obliged to come forward and carry it away. This Was presented by the Prince Dolgorouki. In Japan there is a missionary difficulty pending^ Several persons who went out under the auspices of missionary societies and afterwards entered into the service oÎ the Japanese Government, have had their civil employment withdrawn. The Americans teach- ing in Yeddo College hav" also been dispensed with. The Melbourne Press represents the political condi- tion of Fiji as demanding instant attention frv.il Lord Ximberley. It is affirmed tbat in v: ;w of the open rebellion declared against the local Government there is no longer a. middle course between annexation or complete recognition. i In referring to the outbreak of cholera at Xaples, a writer in the nmes observes that eVl!lry epidemic that visits the city reveals the fact that there exist in the streets and under the streets, and in lllltIly uf the private dwellings, all the elements for tne genera- tion and propagation of disease. Asto the ultimate triumph of the Carlists, it w .uld be unwise to attempt to predict anything. All 1 can say is that the -Madrid Government will find it has far greater obstacles to contend with than its jour- rial. lead one to suppose, and the day is more distant when the country will be left to a career of peace and properity than mrmy of its well-wishers at thi" moment imagine.—Daily Neics Correspondent with the Carlisti. Mr. Harmon, M.P., and Mr. Holker, M.P., the members for Preston, addressed a large meeting in that borough on Monuay night. Mr. Holker contrasted the various speeches which had been made by members of the Liberal party during the recess, contending that the "great united party" is really falling to pieces. Mr. Hermon warned his constituents that he Ashantee expedition would be a very costly affair, and he criticised the manner in which we had acquired the Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast. At the meeting of the subscribers to the univer- sity College of Wales a few days since, it was stated that the interest which the working men of Wales \vcre taking in the College was very encouraging to its pro- moters. The quarrymen of Festiniog had subscribed towards a scholarship fund; and tne men of the Bethesda quarries were doing the same. The com- mittee, Mr. Owen said, hoped to raise afundof £ 50,000, to be devoted towards permanently endowing the Col- lege. Mr. Bradlaugh delivered his third lecture in New York on the 11th Oct. The New Yui k Tribune of the 13th, speaking of Mr, Bradlaugh, says :—" lie makes an earnest but by no means violent plea in favour of land reform, and gives a definite plan for re- storing to cultivation the waste lands of the aristo- cracy. The :r:jsent lecture was not less remarkable than those which have preceded it in its skilful and compact statements, its evident sincerity of purpose, and its unfailing tact and discretion." The Liverpool School Board has adopted a report from a special committee recommending the introduc- tion of elementary scientific instruction among the "extra subjects into all the Board schools, and the establishment of science classes of a more advanced character, wherever possible, in connection with the Board's evening schools. Although this report has re- ceived the sanction of the present members of the Board, it rests with their successors to say whether or not it shall be carried into effect. The Society of Artd are trying to impress on the G0Ternment; the policy of encouraging museuniB like that of Bethnal-gruen, and of making them part and portion of a national system of aiding technical in- struction and secondary education. Their memorial sets forth that the Museum has been visited in less than eight months by more than a million of visitors, a number which probably exceeds that of the visitors to all the other metropolitan museums and galleries during the same period." M. Lacroix in the continuation of his work "Manners and Customs of the Middle Ages," says that from the establishment of the Franks in Gaul down to the fifteenth century inclusive there were but tw 1 meals a. day people dined at ten o'clock in the morning, and supped at four in the afternoon. In the sixteenth century they put back dinner one hour and supper three hours, to which many people objected. Hence the old proverb — "Lever a six, diner a dix, "Souper a six, coucher a dix, Fait vivre l'homme dix fois dix." The Bishop of Gloucester spoke on the attitude it was desirable for the Church to maintain towards Nonconformity, and the possibility of ultimate reunion, in his charge to the clergy of Stroud on Monday. His lordship saidhe did not believe in reunion, hut though they might never bring it about, nor ever hope to see corporate return, they might do much, by Kindness and Christian courtesy, towards those who dissented from the Church, but whomightlove, honour, and adora (jurist cruciiied as earnestly as themselves. The announcement that the Jockey Club have re- scinded a rule prohibiting two-}'tar-< .Ids from running until the 1st of May is received in a serious spirit; by the limes. The decision thus adopt L it ob- serves, bears directly upon a quesr',>n aiieJfcmg the breed and quality of horses in this country—a subject of such urgency as to awmest a Parliamen- tary-inquiry only the other day. xu France and Ger- many great efforts ha>'o been made of late years to encourage a. good breed of horses, and with this view early running has been expressly forbidden. Such legislation- appears to us entirely conformable with reason, and, we must needs add. Ill' re adapted to na- tional interests thl.:i that which has iudt been a,n- Jj»QUnc#d from Newmarket, :?«'rc-ral coal pits are idle in Leicestershire, owin, to a strike. The Belgian Minister of Public Works has resigned TIle jt-rnperor of Germany made a large purchase t- guns at the Vienna Exhibition before leaving. An exhibition is to be held at Peel Purk,"Maneh'« ter, on the 18th of December, of appliances fur savin' .8,1. The London Coal Market raised its prices on Sa., turday morning to 42s. per ton. There is a break in the direct cable between Eng land and Lisbon. Telegraphic communication is stopped betweev Shanghai and Amoy, except by way of Russia. The death of Dr. Grace Calvert, of Manchester the eminent chemist, is announced. The moving bog has been partially turned into th Carrabet River, but it is still likely to submerge th town of Dunmore. The Dowager Duchess of Athole has had a sever fall from a horse at Dunkeld. Her right arm wa br0k<ôn above the elbow. A plasterer named Whitely, apprehended, as \1. supposed, in a drunken condition, has died in the In- firmary a.5 Lev's. The Jo/r, Ty'l hears that Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., liafc b ■ asitcd to reconsider his determination not tl; t-uuid agam for Bath. A requisition is being influentially signed in the City of London asking Canon Gregory to stand foi tne ."chool Board. .ihs Constantinople journals state that General Jg- na'jeii ia the first ambassador who has ever receive the insignia of the order of the Osmanli set in dia monds. The Swiss Government has requested Germmn and Italy to appoint agents to officially inspect the works of Sc. Gothard tunnel executed this year. Air. Salisbury hali retired from the candidature for the Flintshire boroughs, in favour of the sitting member. Air. Ellis Eyton, however, actively continues his canvass. Captain Gilbert Stirling is engaged to be mar- ried to the Hon. Norah Westenra, youngest sistei of Lord Rossmore. "My Dear Grey" has been suggested as a happy specimen of nomenclature for the two-vear- old lilly by Lecturer ortof Reaction.—Sporting Gazette. The post of Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-Gene- ral of Royal Artillery, at head-quarters, will fall vacant early next year, Major Traill's period of ser- vicx terminating at the end of January. It is stated that Colonel Gordon has accepted the post offered to him of euocjssor to Sir S. Baker by the Khedive, and if so, the Khedive is to be very much congratulated.—Army and Navy Gazette. /U'-ry Williams, the victim of the murderous assault in Richmond-park, has been discharged from the luc'r.uond Infirmary, where she has been a patitut. ever billce the occurrence. x fcim.vuieut is to be asked to authorise the formation of a new road round the northern and western sides of Finsburr Park. At present it is kept open all night for the benefit of two gentlemen who have a right of road. There js 110 charge in the relative state of parties at "V ersailles. M. Dupanloup has requested all the cures of h]5 diocese to utfer up prayers for the monar- chical restoration. The separate reports of Mr. Bright's speech, and the descriptive articles referring to it, telegraphed from Birmingham to numerous journals, conveyed a quan- tity of matter equal to 8u columns of an ordinary newspaper. The American journals announce the death at Kewhaven, in Connecticut, of Dr. Stockmann, one of the leading members of the general republican movement of Germany in 1848. The hides thinks the news which reaches us f-iom Calcutta, respecting the threatened famine, is of very serious importance, and there should be no delay in preparing to deal with it. It isreported that the Comte deChambordwill issue a manifesto, but the beneml impression is that he should have come forward at an earlier period if he intended to influence opinion. The last sitting of the Left Centre ha3 produced & very great impre¡;jjj'H1. Mr. Fox, private secretary to the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, has expired rather suddenly. His loss is niudj fait by hit ilifhness, to whom he had been a faithful adherent through the Nazim's troubles v» ith tne British Government. The keuor.-l states that Mr. Gladstone has been stay- ing for about ton days, and it is said as a self-invited visitor, at Garendon Park, Leicester, the residence of Mr. Ambrose de Lisle, the well-known pervert to Rome, and one of its most ardent proselytyzers. The steamship Great Britain, under the command of Captain Chapman, ?ailed on Saturday, from the Jersey, for Melbourne and Brisbane. The Great Britain takes out about SCO passengers, 95 being saloon pa vitiigers and she carries also an extensive general cargo. Mr. Woolrych, the London magistrate, lias imposed a. nne of £4 on a policeman for neglect of duty, by getting drunk and going to sleep when he ought to have been patrolling his beat. Drunken- ness is said to be increasing in the Metropolitan police foroe. Captain Speedy, who, aa lieutenant, distin- guished himself in tho Abyssinian campaign, and was recentlj tutor to Priuca Alain a vn, son of the late King Theodore of ..Abyssinia, ha* entered the service of the Rajah of Larut up jn the handsome salary of £ i:'J00 per month. A Portsmouth correspondent writes :—"It is now the practice in Stokes Bay, just outside our har- bour, to explode torpedoes one* or twice a-week in about twenty f?fh-"ns of water. The fish, from a smelt to a lass, come to tns surface and areeasily captured." —liruud Arrow. The answers received at the Admiralty from officers on some of the foreign stations, enable the Lorcr. of the Admiralty to grant the applications for retireImwt under the tenDS at the recent Orela in Council, of a further number of 11 commanders and 72 lieutenants, but ad replie-4 have nut as yet been received from all foreign stations, it is found necessary to iteep in abeyance 3ft vacancies for commanders, and 35 vacancies for lieutenants. Sir Walter Crofton, in a letter to the Times, Rays the treatment of prisoners in our county p.ml borough gaols is not by any jo* 1 -i *.i .» • resses a hope that when }al- muois, W- will be thoroughly investigated. At present with a sentence of two years' hard labour a prisoner in one gaol may w pla<ed on the crank daily for ten hours during the whole of his sentence, while in another he ma.y only be there for six hours daily during the first three mouths. The now Vienna \Vaterworks, the largest in the world, have been inaugurated, in the presence of the Emperor of Austria and the Imperial Court. The water comes from the Alps, a distance of fifty-four English miles, by means of tunnels and aqueducts. The inauguration took place at the giant fountain, in the middle of Vienna, which throws up water ISO feet high at full power. The cost of the works has been t or.ty millions of florins, and they have been finished in three years and a half. THE AtJTHOH. OF THE "DUTCH REPUBLIC" IN DUMFRIESSHIRE.—Mr. J. L. Motley, the histo- mn, accompanied by Mrs. Motley and Mrs. lves, have joined the party btaying at Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, as guests of the Duke and Duchess of Bocclfiich. Sn Michael Costa, who has been to the In- terna /inal Exhibition at Vienna, Las passed through Prussia on his return. While at Berlin Sir Michael was, by her imperial highness's command, received ill private audience by the Crown Páuces3 ll1 the new palace at Potsdam. It may eurprije many who suppose th.it the legal profession is already very much overcrowded by practitioners that there are so many as 15J original ap- plicationson the roll for next term for admission as attorneys, besides a number of renewed application.3-- London Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. A facetious senior asked a freshman to tell him the difference between a. fac-simile and a &ick family; but the laugh was on the senior, for the fresh- man instantly replied: No difference. A sick family is a family that is sick, and a fac-simile means the same."—Student's Journal. The Spectator Relieves that Mr. Bright's spceeh Will give a new popular impulse to the Gladstone < Go- vernment. It says it is a. happy thing wlui near laying down his armour, that Sir. Bright is able to feel that he has always displayed strength and mode- ration, and that he 11:1." now crowned them both with t rich display of wisdom. The many friends of the indefatigable Conser- vator of the Hunterian Museum, Professor Flower, F.R.S., will regret to learn that his health has been so seriously affected by close applicatIOll to his duties, that at the Ia»t meeting of the Council of the College of Surgeons it was unanimously resolved to relieve him at once from work by giving him leave of absence for six months. Professor Flower will leave in a few days for K_ry nt, where it is to be hoped he will regain his ..ealth.—Medical Times and Gazette. MEAT VERSUS CORN.—The Field thinks we may look fonvard for years to come to a steady increase in the demand for meat. Various obstacles n'e in the way of the imputation of live stock, and tr.e invete- rate prejudice oi those who are likely to be the chief consumers of the futitre forbids them to avail tncm- seivps to any great extent of the best foreign supply of dealt meat; so that the former rrcd net dread w the meat market the competition which has driven him from the corn market. If, then, he can meet the anticipated demand by home-raised produce, fed and fatted perhaps upon that superabundance of grain which the foreign grower find3 it in some cases difficult to dispose of,^he vwli at once better his own position, help to utilise tue sur- plus corn supply of the world, and lower the price of an article oi consumption which goes to make the bone and sinew of the nation, and which L now very much dearer than it ought to be.. A SiNK^.va TOWN.—Northwich, in Cheshire, nas long been sinking, owing to the many hundred thou- sand tons of brine pumped from beneath by local salt- works. Now, we learn from the Norlhieicb. Guardian, it is proposed to arect saltworks capable of prolucmg 200,000 tons of salt per annum, and also to supply brine to the Widr.es alkali manufacturers, 13 miles away from iNorthwich. The company's p]an;of conveying brine would, they allege, save three shillings per ton of 8a.lt now paid for carriage and River Weaver dues, Is. 4d. a. ton on the cost of conveying slack to North- wicb, and 2s. a ton, of salt, we presume-, at Liverpool. This saving, the company affirm, they can effect by an outlay of ii'o0,000, and out of the balance of savings they promise JI, handsome dividend to their shareholders. Thii, then, is the company's scheme. It is further stated that the landowners,, through whose estates the pipes would pass, have given their consent, and that the London and North-Western Company have also come into the company's scheme. The Guardian si ys the ,yery existence«f tqrinito uageiiUsd^

-> F\TIIER HYACINTHE. The installation of the new cure at Geneva was celeb., t- s 01l Sunday and was witnessed by an i.-uai(v.e crowd. All the neighbouring streets w- re throi,go 1 with people, bid the proceedings passed "if quietly and without any incident of importance. The inaugual address was delivered by M. lleverchon, the delegate of the Council of'State. Father Hya- ciiithe said mass and preached a sermon, taking for his text the parable of the Good Shepherd (from St. John.) He said there were two distinct powers, the State and the Church hi reminded his hearers that Peter and Paul recommended Christians to obey the authorities under the reign of Nero, arguing that a fortiori in the present age people should respect the established authorities, save when dogma is at stake. Father Hyacinthe spoke of the disinterested and self-sacrificing ministry of Jesus, the only true Shepherd. Father Hyacinthe's sermon created a great impression.

THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO. —ccording to a New York journal, there is a grand Bcheme on foot for the cOllrtUest of Mexico, and its annexation to the United States. The promoters hope to be able to put the plan into execution on the com- pletion of the Texas Pacific Railroad. When this line is completed fifteen thousand men will be thrown out of employment in a conntry where it will be impossible to obtain ordinary work, and a society has been formed, with head-quarters at New Orleans, the memherR of which are exclusiYely omcersofthearmy. Their object will be to endea- vour to enlist and organise the discharged and needy labourers into an army, and then march into Mexico. The next step would be the annexation of Mexico to the Union by vote of the people, as was the case with Texas. The New York paper states that Presi- dent Grant favours the scheme, which has the support of many prominent and wealthy citizens of Mexico and a number of capitalists in the Cnited States.

THE REV. DR. PARKER ON AMERICA. The Rev. Dr. Parker, who has just returned from America, commenced his sermon at Exeter Hall on Sunday night by stating his views with regard to the position and prospects of the United States, and the question of increased union between Christians of different religious denominations in England. The rev. gentleman said:—"It is not very agreeable to my patriotic impulses to say—and yet I must say it--that America iOl, in my olJir:ion, on the point of laying its hand on the supremacy of the world. England has a magnificent history, but America has & still more magnificent future." Dr. Parker warmly praised the generosity, hospitality, and religiousness of the people of the United States. With respect to the conference of the Evangelical Alliance, which he had attended, Dr. Parker said:—Incalculable good has been done by the meeting. Men separated from each other by the widest ecclesiastical distances have looked each other in the face, have bowed in common prayer at the same altar, and extended to each other the right hand of Christian recognition and fellowship. From that advanced line of brotherhood there must be no retreat. The good vow has been spoken, and must never be recalled." The rev. gentleman went on to say that he would hail with joy the appearance of the Dean of West- minster, or Dr. Vaughan, or the Dean of Canterbury in his pulpit, and he hoped and believed that in less than seven years he should preach in \17 estminrster Abbey or in St. Paul's Cathedral.

THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER AND MR. BRIGHT. The "Bishop of Manchester has been the first public man to attempt a criticism on Mr. Bright's late speech at Birmingham. Dr. Fraser, having described the new Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as a great statesman, of whom we in Lancashire were proud," observed that although Mr. Bright implied that the present system of education was a failure, he (the Bishop) wac; of opinion they would not improve the condition of things by substituting a secular national system for the prof!ent religious denomina tlonal system, for the failure did not attach to the present system because it was religious or denomi- national, but for other reasons of a different kind. It Wén tJw irre:1:hrityof attendance of children and their early withdrawal from school that caused the very sad results at the end of the year pointed out by the Birmingham League, and unless they cUl1ld bring to bear npon the education question some power to compel children to attend school more than at present, it did not seem to him that by getting rid of religion or denominationalism they ¡\-nuld add one jot or tittle towards the solution of the great problem with which they had to deal. The Bishop expressed his belief thar. the question to lJe solved was how to apply C"n!pul.»i.i in the matter Clf attendance at school. The present system was utterly ineffective. He was an advocate of education being thoroughly goed, 1"th in the secular and religious depart- ments, and he had every hope that under a wise and earnest course of action —if every child in the country between the ages of five and thirteen was gathered into school, disciplined, and taught the duties be- longing to him as a citizen of a great free common- wealth and a citizen of the kingdom of God. the tace of the country would be changed in less than a genera- tion.— The Sun.

CANON BARRY ON CHURCH UNITY. The Rev. Canon Barry preached on Sunday night at St. Paul's Cathedral on the apostolic description of the unity of the Church contained in Ephesians iv. 4-G. In the course of his sermon the preacher said:—In those days, despite the strife and division seen r.j m among the Apostles, and the schism over which*d. Paul sorrowed, and the heresy 'vnich he condemned in such startling words, the Church of Christ was substantially one body, the rents that existed did not touch the heart, and she went on COIl, ¡ \1ering awl tu conquer. There was, in fact, nothing of irony in the words of the text; they truly described the Church as it then stood. But to us how widely different does it appear—split up into frag- ments, divided into parties which are not only sepa- rate but antagonistic, not only ceasing to love but actually learning to hate. Even in our own England we see far too much of this evil, too much of the spiritual life of the nation existing apart from the Church, nay, even using its energits against her while in our own communion there is schism too, until we can scarcely wonder when men tell us that unity is only a dream, or when educated heathenism declines to enter a house so divided against itseif. Hav- ing thus contrasted the Church of Apostolic times with the Church of the present day Dr. 1 'arry pro- ceeded to point to the marks of unity wh'eh are to be seen amidst all the prevailing signs of division the recognition of the om. L ml Jesus Christ hy all Chris- tian bodies, the worship of a common Father, and the spiritual life flowing from the" One Spirit." Referring, in conclusion, to the duty of Christians under the pre- sent condition of affairs, the Canon summed it up in two phrases—first, realise what you have; and, secondly, strive for what you have not. Fir.it, realise what you have, awl act as if you realised how great is the amount of unity still left, instead of exaggerating divisions, and thus not only putting a weapon in the hinds of infidelity, but disheartening individual believers. But, secondly, strive for what you have not, remembering that division is a constant waste of spiritual strength; that if only Christians were united it would hardly-need a generation to con- vert the world that if only England were converted it would be an isle of saints anù that if only the Church of England were one she would indeed be the tower and the bulwark of Christendom.

The Duke of Augustenburg, formerly a pre- tender to the sovereignty of the duchies of Sleswick and Holstein, is selling all his properties in the north of Germany previous to his taking service in the AusLrian army. The broken telegraph cable between Jamaica and Aspinwall was spliced on the 9th ult., and through communication open;,d. The Panama Star and Herald hopes that the troubles with regard to this cable are at an end, and that a direct and daily com- munication with the United States and Europe will be effected. Out of the 0,000 camels which accompanied the Russian expedition to Khiva, 4, SCO were lost be- fore the expedition reached the bank of the Amou- Daria, Of the remainder, 300 were sent to Alty- Koudouk to bring up the stores left there, 300 wers considered unfit tocroas the river, and only 600 reached Khiva. The vacancy caused at St. Thomas's Hospital, by the promotion of Mr. Wagstaffe to assistant-sur- geon, has been filled by Mr. McKeIler, late of the Royal Free Hospital. Mr. McKeller served through- out the Franco-Germ an war, and we may congratu- late ourselves upon bavin? so eiTIcient it resident as- sistant-surgeon. Mr. R. W. Reid has been appointed demonstrator of anatomy, vice Mr. W. Anderson, who is appointed professor of medial science at Yeddo, Japan. —Student's Journal and Hospital Gazette. IMPERIAL FKATEUNITY.—It is remarked with a good deal of force on the Continent that there is a striking resemblance in the warmth of the late greeting of the Emperor by his brother Emperor at Vienna with that shewn at the first famous meeting of the same two august personages at Toplitz in 1800. Smce then they have several times been together, but always, as at Gastrin, on somewhat uncertain terms. Now, however, there has been a perfect abcm- d'/n in their friendship; and it is no doubt France, though beaten in this instance, which is at the bottom of all thi" fraternity, as it was France, then trium- phant at Solferiuo, which caused the mutual warmth of Francis Joseph and William of Prussia (then Prince Regent) at their first historic meeting. BELGIAN BUSINESS.—A Brussels correspon- dent writes :—The leading German papers speak very unfavourably of the Belgian school department at the ViennaExhibition. The Liberal papers'here attri- buta this to the prominence given by the Govern- ment to the exhibition maele by the brothers of the Christian doctrine, and to the neglect of the lay schools. The Belgian Minister of linance has invited a number of competent per- sons to a conference for the purpose of examining with h'm the currency question from a practical point of view. The principal subjects to be discussed will relate to the partial or entire discontinuance of the coinage of five-franc pieces, the adoption of a uniqua standard and its consequences, the mode of transition to it, and the reforms with regard to the nickal and copper money.

SIP. GEORGE GREY. The Daily New* observes that Sir George Grey's recent announcement of his intention to retire from public life at the expiration of the present Parliament appears to be regarded as one of those incidents which mark the close of a political epoch. The generalisation is, perhaps, a little fanciful. Sir George is not quite the last of the hereditary Whigs before or behind the curtain. Natural causes at some time or other invite men who have worked hard all their lives in the public service, whether as Whig or Tory Ministers or as independent mem- bers, to the well-earned repose that becomes old age. These may really, as Sir George himself states, have persuaded him to relinquish his seat for Morpeth to a younger competitor. He has for some time past taken leave of official life, and, the Daily News ventures to believe, without repining at the inevitable law of human destinies which in public as in private life allots to each the hour of duty and the hour of relief and rest. Only those who "go before" are never superanuated." Sir George has lived long enough to see the old order change, giving place to new parties and new states- men. This world," it has been somewhat cyni- cally said, is for the young;" but it will be a worse world than it is when it has lost respect for the old. Sir George Grey belongs to a family and to a political federation to which, though they had their infirmities, a later generation of Liberals can never bo ungrateful without shame. Sir George was no doubt a. Whig and a Whig Minister, to the manner born. Withouti achieving any remarkable distinction as a legislator) or administrator, he was always useful, efficient, and, laborious in the departments over which he presided; a ready and fluent, if not a forcible, speaker and, above all, whether in olfice or in opposition, a man who deserved and enjoyed the esteem of all. His political principles and party doctrines, like those of most veterans, belonged, in some degree, to the past but an example of honour, fidelity, and good sense is never out of date.

THE TRAGEDY IN WALWORTH. On Tuesday, Mr. Carttar, the coroner, held an inquiry at the Nelson Tavern into the death of John Peacock, who it was alleged had committed suicide at 97, Trafalgar- street, Walworth, whilst in a state of semi-lunacy. The deceased was a follower of the sect called Southcottians, and for some time his cooperage is said to have been the place where "Johanna Southcote and her followers held their meetings. Owing to illness, Peacock's shop had been shut up for some time past, and he (Peacock) had been con- fined to his bed, labouring under the idea that the devil was seeking him, and that if he left his room he would fall into his clutches. James John Loveday said he was a cooper, and resided at 97, Trafalgar-street, and that he had worked for the deceased, who was a master cooper, and was 50 years of ag-e. On Thursday, the 23rd inst., he was present in the room occupied by the deceased and his wife. There were also there Mr. Gibbins and his wife, and in consequence of some wrangling going on between deceased and his daughter, he (witness) left the room and went into the yard. In about ten minutes after deceased ran past him, and went into the closet. He had nothing in his hand. Gibbins followed him, and with a piece of wood battered at the door, and then returned to the house. Witness after that went to the door, and, finding it tightly jammed in, procured a crowbar, and wrenched it open. He then found the deceased with his throat cut. A razor was found near him in a pool ot blood. Peacock was then alive, and he was removed to his bed. Police-constable All way proved finding the razor. Mr. Wright, surgeon, said on Thursday last he was called to too I¡r!lde 97, Trafalgar street, by the police, and foulJ" massed with a deep wound in his throat, which cjoscd his death. He had no doubt that it was a Inlcjd3.1 injury. The witness Lovtday was here recalled, and in answer to questions from the coroner, said he be- lieved the deceased was not in his right mind. There was no truth that he attacked his wife with a chopper. Ho thought that the excitement of the quarrel with his daughter was the cause that led to the suicide. Frederick Peacock, a brother of the deceased, said he thought his relative's mind was disturbed by a religious mania. The deceased be- lieved in the Pr< f.itant faith and the Bible under Johanna South'"te. They had a chapel of their own in which th".v used to discuss religious matters. The witness never had any argument with his brother as his views did not suit him (witness). Deceased was an inoffensive man, and would not hurt a worm. Ha never heard him talk about the devil. He believed he was in great fear of Mr. and Mrs. Giubins. His brother could not call the place his own, and he (witness) anticipated something would happen sooner or later. A witness a ned Hetcher also expressed his opinion that decode for some time had been in an insane state of mind. Mr. Gibbins said he married deceased's daughter, and it was only to protect his wife from the ill usage of her father th.Lt he interfered on Thursday last. The jury eventually returned a verdict that the deceased causer! ins own death, he being in an un- sound state of mind at the time.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A BARRISTER. At Bow-street, on Tuesday, Mr. W. J. Belt, Bar- riste:at-Law, residing in Gower-street, was charged with being intoxicated and causing a disturbance in Bedford Row. Police-constable George Washington, E 368, deposed that his attention was drawn to a crowd assembled in Bedford Row, on Monday after- noon, and on going to the spot he saw the defendant in a great state of excitement, shouting and waving his umbrella in the air. Witness begged him to desist, and to go away quietly, but he became even more violent, and refused to leave. Witness was then compelled to remove him to the station. Sergeant Clifford, who took the charge, said that the defendant appeared to be suffering from a fit of excite- ment, and certainly had the appearance of being the worse for drink. A member of the Bar, and one or two other friends of the defendant, assured the court that the constables must be mistaken as to the de- fendant being the worse for drink. The defendant then said that he left his chambers at Stone-buildings, with his brief-bag in one hand and his umbrella in the other, and proceeded through Gray'e-iun, towards Bedford-row. Two men dressed as gentlemen accosted him, and staggered towards him in a rude way, and because he did not get out of their way they pushed against him in an insulting manner. He desired them to behave them- selves, but they persisted in their disgrace- ful conduct, and he then attempted to give them into custody. A mob of 30 or 40 persons assembled, and the two men said, "He is drunk!" and this cry was echoed by several persons in the crowd. When the constable arrived, he desired him to take those two fellows into custody, but instead of this the officer threatened to take him (defendant) to the station, and refused to make a note of the addresses of the two men who had so shamefully misconducted themselves. The officer, 368, then took him by the hand, and literally dragged him away, ignurant, no ¡¡"ubt, that he was suffering acute pain from having his hand lately bitten by a. dog. On being brought to the Hunter-street Police Station, he asked for the police doctor, or other medical office to be sent for, but they refused to comply, and when the sergeant entered him as drunk and disorderly," he asked the constable, Washington, if he did not also prefer a charge of assault, to which the officer replied, with some evident hesitation, that he would. He could get no one to go to his friends, and therefore he could not be bailed out, but after be had been de- tained three hours the sergeant came and liberated him on his own recognizances, shewing that he did not consider him intoxicated, although he had so described him on the charge sheet. The sergeant, on being recalled, said he had no doubt the defendant was suffering chiefly from a lie of «x:ite- ment so violent as to impress one with the belief that he had been drinking. Defendant said he had only taken a Klass and a half of champagne, and that was by medical advice. Air. Vaughall said he was satisfied the defendant v not intoxicated. Such a charge could not be sustained. The defendant, however, probably through great provocation, had become very excited, and caused a crowd tf) aSRemhle,land it was the duty of the police to disperse it, and to take into custody any one who persist.-d in remaining on the spot. The case was then discharged.

Madame Rattazzi writes from Paris to the Gatzeta di Milano that she has kept her late hus- band's papers, and will follow the example of Mrs. Grote, by publishing, when her grief will have some- what subsided, a work entitled, Rattazzi and his Time, by a. Witness of tbelast Ten Years of his Life.' The iVettes Fremdemblatt states Prince Bis- marck to have remarked jocularly to one who ex- pressed regret that Count Herbert, the Prince's son, had not accompanied his father to Vienna—Herbert! oh, I have sent him on to Rome to make my peace with the Pope. Among ourselves, Herbert is the rudest of us ail." The American papers state that Miss Bunker, a daughter of ring, one ot the Siamese twins, has been married to Mr. Haynes, a deaf mute. The bride is also deaf and dumb, and the ceremony was interpre- ted by means of the manual alphabet. The Messib. de Rothschild have jus* made to the (Paris) Administration of the Fim, Arts a valuable present, consisting of columns, statues, and bas-reliefs coming from the ruins of a temple dedica- ted to Apollo Didymus, discovered in the neigh- bourhood of Alileto (Anatolia), in the course of ex- cavations made for some years past at the cost of these gentlemen. These relics of antiquity will be placed in the Alusee des Antiques at the Louvre.— Galignani. EDUCATIONAL PROSPECTS AT CAMBRIDGE.— At a meeting of the governors of the Old (National) Schools of Cambridge, a communication has been read from the Kducation Department relative to a statement forwarded by these governors and the managers of other schools in the town as to why there should be a reduction in the school accommodation said to be required the in notice recently issued. The effect of the letter was that the Department, after careful consideration, must adhere to their re- quirements. A long discussion ensued thereupon as to the possibility of providing the increased educa- tional accommodation required, and of avoiding a school board, and at length it was decided to_ call a public meeting, with the view of ascertaining the BQnt;ments of tha inhabitants as to a school board »nd bogrdwhoqipt — -—;

THE INCOME TAX. The Tall Jlalt. Gazette, in giving clue weight to Mr. Fawcett's remarks as to the abolition of Schedule D, observes :—It is evident that Air. Gladstone will be unable to spare the tax altogether next year but the income of the country is increasing so rapidly, and the unpopularity of the impost is so great, that, possibly, it may be completely dis- pensed with before many years are over. If we are not unduly precipitate in obtain- ing this solution of the difficulty, we need not feel much dissatisfaction at the probability of this result. But it would, on the other hand, be a serious mis- fortune if the unpopularity of the income tax were to induce Parliament to attach undue import- ance to its repeal, and postpone, in con- sequence, the accomplishment of other fiscal reforms, which all calm observers would probably admit to be of at least equal urgency. In the meanwhile, it may not be superfluous to point out that the unpopularity of the tax may be materially lessened by two slight modifications. In the first place, the persons on whom the income tax presses most heavily are the holders of small incomes, 1 heyinmany cases are in receipt of less money than ordinary working men. But, from the accident that they are engaged at annual in lieu of weekly rates of pay, they are compelled to contribute to the },%x fr°m which the manual labour class is exempt. I here would be no grent difficulty in exempting at once all incomes of less than £ 200 or even £ 300 a year from the tax and in making proportionate deductions from the amount due from persons in enjoy- ment of say less than £ 500 a year. The unpopu- larity of the tax would probably be still more percep- tibly decreased if Air. Lowe's indefensible system of collecting the whole amount at one time were aban- doned. No advantage results from the practice on the contrary, it has made our balance at one period of the year inconveniently large, at another danger- ously small. No income would be lost from its abandonment, and hundreds of persons would re- gard the tax with more equanimity if they were allowed to distribute their payment over four different periods.

MR. BRIGHT AND THE MEMBERS FOR BRIGHTON. Mr. White 'and Mr. Fawcett, the members .01' Brighton, addressed their constituents at Brighton on Alonday evening, and received a vote of confidence. Mr. White said that, despite the Ashantee War, he believed Mr. Gladstone would have to deal with a surplus of between three and four millions. Mr. Fawcett said he was in favour of the repeal of the 25th clause of the Education Act, and he desired to see attendance at school made generally compulsory. As to the income tax, he thought the limit of income to be taxed under Schedule D ought to be raised. He was averse to the English Church being disestab- lished on the plan adopted in the case of the Irish Church, as that would have the effect of handing over a vast amount of national property to & sect which might be represented by the present Houses of Convocation, and surrendering to English landlords the reversion of much valuable estate. Mr. Whitj, speaking of Mr. Bright and his re- entry into the Cabinet, said:—"Air. Bright tells his constituents that the Government measures are not decided upon in the Cabinet till November, and that it was impossible that he could tell them anything authoritatively —however much he might wish to do so—because he was addressing them on the 22nd of October. That was quite true, and in the best taste as respects his Cabinet colleagues but the merest tyro in politics must know that a statesman of the calibre of Mr. Bright would never have consented to make the great sacrifice of ease and comfort, mayhap of health, by again accepting office, mlcflS he felt certain that the future policy of the Government would be in accordance with his own honest and earnest convictions. Hence it is that, in the language of the Birmingham resolution, I regard Air. Bright's entrance to the Alinistry as the pledge of a distinctly Liberal policy in the future, and will be, I trust, the means of reviving the enthusiasm of the Liberal party, and especially that section which has been alienated by recent errors, shortcomings, and backslidings of the Alinistry. One important question, or rather group of questions, which I think must engage the attention of Parliament next ses- sion Mr. Bright did uot allude to in his Birmingham speech—I mean local taxation, and, in connection therewith, local government. I confess that I do not think the Government would be wise to dissolve the present Parliament, without attempting to redeem its previous pledges by recommending the appropriation of such an amount of the Imperial revenue as shall be equal to the product of the inhabited house duty, in payment of what are alleged to be strictly Imperial charges, now paid out of local taxation." Professor Fawcett, who spoke with much fire and animation, said, in tue course of his lengthy and eloquent speech :—I should like to make some reference to a political programme which assumes additional importance because it seems to be in- tended to constitute a basis of Union between the Nonconformists and the working classes. There is probably not a more active and energetic politician in the country than Air. Chamberlain. Ho sis the moving spirit of the Birmingham League, and he has virtually said to the working classes: "If you will help us in our educational agitation, we, in return, will help you in secur- ing free education, free land, free labour, and a free Church." This programme is so tempting that it has already been embodied in n1<tny an election ad- dress; but seductive as this promise of getting every- thing free may seem, it still is incumbent on us to inquire very carefully what it really means. The prospect of getting everything free is, no doubt, very pleasant, but then comes the question, do you get it really free ? Some one, after all, must pay for it; and if the Government pays for it it generally lmy. an extravagant price, and the money is taken out of your pockets in the form of a vexatious taxation and onerous rates. But the first essential in a political pro- gramme is that there shall be no ambiguity about it, and I think it may be fairly objected that the word "free" is made to serve a very ambiguous end. A free Church means a disestablished Church, free edu- cation means gratuitous education is it to be con- cluded that free land and free labour mean gra- tuitous land and gratuitous labour ? If so, why not gratuitous capital and gratuitous everything else? If itj^is meant that labour is to be freed from all restrictions which prevent it obtaining its full reward—if it is meant that land is to be freed from all impediments which prevent its ready sale then I need scarcely say that, although the phraseo- logy is not the best that may be selected, I am in fa- vour of free labour and free land. But I am afraid that the expression" free land" will convey a very different meaning to many minds. It will mean the nationalisation of the land, or in other words the ac- quisition of the land by the State. Such a policy would, I believe, lead to infinite jobbery and incal- culable waste, which would add indefinitely to the taxation of the country. After what I have already said, I need make no further reference to a "Free Church," but on the subject of free education I should certainly like to say a few words. Although I ob- ject to free education on principle, no one will more earnestly endeavour than myself to bring the best intellectual training possible within the reach of the poorest and humblest in the land. After what I have said in a previous part of tlJÎs speech, I need scarcely repeat that, in my opinion, Parliament has no more important work to do than to make the vast 4iclucational and other endowments possessed by the country serve the great end of bringing the highest education within the reach of tllOUfmntls who now, through poverty, are debarred from enjoying it. It is because I feel so strongly on this point that I have been induced to protest against 80 much time and energy being frittered away on the 25th Clause. But I object to the principle of free education, because I think that the parent is as much bound to pro- vide education for his children as he is to give them food and clothing; and if the responsibility of provid- ing education is shifted from the parent to the State there is no logical reason why the duty of pro- viding maintenance should not also be transferred from the parent to the State. It must, moreover, be remembered that education's, after all, to a great extent, free the greater part of the cost of schools is borne by the public, for the fees which are paid by the parents do not probably defray more than one-third of the. entire cost of a school. I cannot conclude without referring for a moment to one vote which I gave and one speech which I made during the pa8t session. I not only spoke strongly, but I voted against the Irish University Bill of the Government. \V hen tlw defeat of that measure led to the resig- nation of the Ministry, some of you—I do not know how many—met in the rooms of the Liberal Regis- tration Society, and I believe those who thus met contemplated calling a public meeting to censure me for the vote I had given. The meeting was abandoned because the Government resumed office. Now you must allow me, in the first place, to say, that if I had done wrong it was just as much your duty to cen- sure me whether the Government did or did not resume office. At the time I tried my best to discover on what grounds the intenderl censure was going to he based. So far as I could gather, it was not pretended to say that the bill was a good bill. Neither was it maintained that my objections to it wero ill-founded. But it was apparently thought thr; I it was all very well to oppose a bill so long as ojv' siiion to it did not involve the fate of the Government, but that di- rectly I found that my vote was likely to contribute to tho resignation of the Ministry I ought to have made up my mind either not to have voted at all or to have given a vote against my own con victiollS. Let me, however, at once tell you in words that cannot be mistaken, that nothing in the world would induce me to hold a seat in the House of Commons on these terms. I will never, in order to keep the pre- sent or any other Government in office, refrain from voting against a Bill which I believe would prove mischievous to the country.

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BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY. BRECON, MEKTHYK, DOWLAIS, ItIlYMNEY, AND NEWPORT. UP.—WEEK Days ii,2A ;— FROM a. 111. a.m a.m. p.m.ip. m. Newport (Dock-st.) dep. 8 5 10 85 a oj C 15 { Bassaleg Junction ii 17 111 472 12627 Ithiwderin 8 22 1- 52 8 17 6 '62 Church Road 8 27|le 57; 2 22 6 S7 Machen 8 34-11 4; 2 28: 0 42 Bedwas 8 44|11 14 2 33 0 61 Maesycwmmer 8 C7 11 *7 ?. 40 7 4 Pengam 'J 5 il 5-V J 50 7 14 Pengam dep. 9 15(11 40 2 51 7 lfl White K»se 8 25jll 50: i 17 26' lihymney arr. 9 35(12 0 3 8 7 36 Bargoed dep. S 10 11 40 7 21 Darren 8 lOjll f.6 7 27 Fochriw 9 30 12 0: 7 41 Dowlais Top 9 40 12 10 7 61 Dowlais 9 3." 12 18 7 58 Merthyr (Y.N. Statnj 7 45 9 30 12 0 5 20 7 35 Cefn 9 40 12 10 5 «0! 7 45; Poiitsticill June. arr. 9 52 12 22 5 42 8 0; Pontstieill June.dep. 9 57 12 27 83 Dolygaer 10 2 12 32 S8 Talybont 10 30 1 0 S S8 Talyllyn ] 0 40 1 10 8 48 Brecon arr. 10 55 1 30 op 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. p.m. p. m. Brecon dep. 7 20 I 1 405 4 40 Talyllyn 7 30 1 5 6 0,, Talybont 7 40 2 11 6 10 Dolygaer 8 101 2 40 5 43 Pontstieill June. arr. 8 15 2 45 5 48- Pontstieill June dep. 8 23 2 55 5 53 7 25 Cefu 8 30 3 7 6 5 7 37 Merthyr (VNSt.) arr. 8 40 3 17 6 15 7 47 Cefu 8 30 3 7 6 5 7 37 Merthyr (VNSt.) arr. 8 40 3 17 6 15 7 47 Dowlais Is 5 2 40 5 42 Dowlais Top S 28 3 £ 6 3 Fochriw 8 38 3 15 6 16 Darren 8 50 3 27 6 32 Bargoed b 5G 3 32 6 41 I)arren 8 50 3 27 6 32 Bargoed | b 5G 3 32 6 41 lihymney dep. 8 40 6 3 Whiterose 8 48 6 11 Pengam U 0 6 23 Pengam dep.: 9 5 3 37 6 54 Maesycwmmer 9 13 3 45 7 4! Bedwas 9 26 3 58 7 18! Maclien 1 9 35 48 7 27 Church Koad 9 40 413 7 321 Ithiwderin 9 45 .418737! Bassaleg Junction 9 50 4 23 7 42 Newport ;Dock-st.) arr. 10 2 4 35 7 54

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—MILFORB HAVEN, CARMARTHEN, SWANSEA, CARDIFF, NEWPORT. CHEPSTOW, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTER, AND LONDON. SIRKOWY RAILWAY—NANTYBWCH, TREDEQAB, AND NEWPORT. ■ UP,-Week Day8. 1 SUNDAYS. __DOWN.-WEEK D.ns. SUNDAYS. D,)WN.-WEEK DAY! ~| SUNDAYS *————— i a.m. a. m. a. in. 1,2,3.1 1,2. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1, 2,3 1,2. Mail. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2. 1,2,3.1,2,3, 1,2,3. 1,2,3. [1,2,3. <1,2,3., Exp. i 1,2. | Exp. 1,2. Exp.[ 1,2. Exp. 1,2. 1,2,3. 1,2. 1,2. < ""raoS m ■«. m L m « ™ ™ in 'r 1 FROM j 1,2. 1,2,3.1,2,3. a.m. a.m. a.m. am. p.:a p.m ip.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. FROM a. in. a. m.I a.m. ia. m. a. m. a. m. p. m. a. m. p. m.,p. m. p. m. p. m. a. m. p. m. p. m. • Nantrbwrh "i I i P* P' P' p" m* p* m- P- m-|P* m- P- m*-V* NEW MILFOKD i 2 0 | j LONDON I 6 0[ 7 20 9 15 11 151 2 0 4 50| 8 10« 156 1 Sirhowv I 7 '30; IO'o, /o, s';„ S';J /J .'S for Pembroke, Swindon 8 15 0 13| 1 3511 21 1 23 4 30 7 2l 11 H 2 wrnowy •••"••••••••• 3, •• !}* 2., 4 35 8 29 8 10, 4 10 7 2 Mlfrd Haven, &o 8 35 5 0 6 20 11 0(5 0i Stroud 9 lS'lO 12; 2 50.12 9! 2 50, 5 58 7 54j 1144 2 5 41 j TREDEGAR j "I 7 ly I 3 4 810 •• 7 2fl Haverfordwest 9 0 5 24! 6 45 11 2:), 5 lii GL(ySTEtt J wri. 9 45|10 Zi\ ..12 33:8 0; 8 0 12 15 ..74512 1 Argoed .j 753! [75 |q' <5"? S'QO A T Narbeth Road 9 "26 7 12 11 49' 5 50 tjrLO slJiU dep. 8 19 9 55jll 10 3 23'.12 3S; 3 20! G 5 8 221 12 35 20 7 :0 » BlickwoodI 8 0 ^fl 5 l f HI Carmarthen June G 10 S 35 10 21 8 50. 6 27 7 54 12 32 8 0 CHELT'NHAM. 8 30 10 15,11 301 3 3012 551 3 30 4 5| 6 13 8 3010 10 7 25 12 4510 30 6 25 3 25 7 15 s m Y'arril i 00 8 H 4 38| Ferryside 6 22 9 5 10 35 9 5; 8 7 12 5-11 8 15 Lydney 7 22 il 31' 1 151 4 42, | 9 6 i 1 31 9 0: 4 18 j -J-r0degar Junction ■< *• •• •• ,'V„ •• '• -••I •* •• •» Llanelly 6 52. 9 4010 57 9 40! 7 6 8 41 1 23; 8 48 CHEPSTOW 10 35' 7 45*11 53 1 30. 4 401 5 40| 8 5 9 21! 1 49J 9 19' 4 381 8 20 j Nine Mile End I 8 -'(V 1 It I ft? ™ SW4W4 lw •• •• 7 10 10 20.11 30 10 0 7 40 9 20 2 5; 9 27 Portskewet 10 45; 7 55)12 4 j 5 0] 5 50 8 15 j 7 40 9 35 4 4918 31 Risca 8 30 A1 n il I m' f oWA_MSJ!iA 7 30 10 0 11 10 10 20 4 30 7 20 9 25 1 45] NEWPOLtr 8 2512 35 2 10.5 37 9 54 8 13 2 21 10 10 5 2^9 5 Newport' 'Dock-street 850 1 )$2 £ « Landore 7 27 10 1511 24 10 15 4 37 9 30 2 0 7 31 CARDIFP 8 50! 1 7 2 35 6 10 10 20,8 40 2 45 10 30 5 49 9 30 aj^or^uooKmreet^ 1 40 » 9 30 so NEATH I 7 40 10 37 il 39 19 37 4 56: 9 50 2 2» Hantrissaut 9 14! 1 42 0 45) 10 44,' 11 10 6 l i UP.—WBEK DAYS. | Port Talbot 8 3 10 5011 50 10 56 5 12i 10 3 2 34i Bridgend 9 37[ 2 5^ 3 10; 7 12, 11 0; 3 20 11 31 G 43; FROM a m a n* a ra a. ni a m a m a m n tn t> 111 \a m a in a m a m n 11 n" in Bridgend 8 32 11 25,12 14 11 31 5 401 -10 32 3 3 Port Talbot 10 5| 2 35 3 32:7 43 11 26! 3 44 12 0 7 15! Newport (Dock-street* i I 9 01 <P-2 30 7 ^i lq" ^i? S'% Llantrissant 8 56 11 501 11 57 6 2 10 54 3 26 NEATH 10 261 2 53 3 451, 8 2 11 39: 3 57 12 16 7 3S1 iS "i q o I 2 50 7 9ot ?' « « i CAKDIt'F 5 45 7 30 9 30 12 27(12 47 12 31 6 33' 8 15 11 25 3 53 Landoiu !l0 4-3; 3 14' 3 59. 8 20, 4 Id 12 35 8 0 Nina Miia PolAt I "I "I 1 o «' 0 7 tnl a « re NEWPORT 6 13 7 57,10 35,1 40 1 13 12 55 7 0| 8 27 11 55 4 231 w.„„. f a. 7 35 10 50 3 5| 4 10' 8 30! 12 0 430 12 40 8 10 m V arri 1 'l | 9 asi 2 S Portskewet 8 25 11 3; 2 10 2 10 7 30 8 40.12 21 4 50 &WANS1SA d. 10 33 3 25! 3 45! 8 10| 4 5 9 15 7 551 Tredegar Junction J | I Si ,*io n' « 2? CHEPSTOW 6 40 8 3s 11 171 2 25 1 41 2 35 8 5 9 51 1.2 33 5 6 9 51 Llanelly 8 14 11 18 3 53; 4 29, 8 55- 4 46 9 51 8 3-ii Blackwood i 1 q &->' ",3 is 7 ,o I7 2 a Ljdaaj 6 55 8 5811 37) 2 45 1 57 2 55 12 51 5 24 10 9 Ferryside 8 48 11 54 4 311 5 2 9 28 10 11 8 52 Vr?oe 1 ) 9 3 27 7 59 If) fii « u CHELT'NHAM 8 30 10 15 12 55: 5 5 2 5 5 5| 5 3011 40 12 15 1 L.J 10 0 6 45 12 10 Carmarthen Junca 9 5 12 11,5 21; 5 2l| 5 25 9 90 • arrivai i 1 a 0 PI ) arri. 7 33 ill 512 25 2 25 7 10 5 45 ;12 30 I 35 10 15. 6 20 12 25] Narberth Road 9 47, 1 0; 6 10 6 10. 10 7i TREDEGAR |dgnarture 9 0: 1 10 17 I I 3 47 8 91 8 01l'l4i 4**0 7*14 ULOSlEli |d 7 3S ..11 20.12 50 2 35 7 18! 12 43 1 40 6 25 13 40 Haverfordwest ..10 13 1 25 6 34 6 31, (10 34 sirhowy W q 4'. i 10 2V, U 51 8 25 q J 5 Stroud I 11 50! 1 29 3 0 7 461 IL 5 2 7 6 52; 1 AJ NEW MIL FORD J ..I JL. 1 "1 8 W 8 I 3 °|U 18'■ U Swindon 1 0 ] 7 1 181 2 48! 3 50 9 10' | 2 20 7 35 8 20 2 201 for Pembroke, | ..I ..I j ——: ■ LONDON 11 15 2 45! 5 5, 5 45 10 15 1 4 35 3 35 Ill 10 4 35) Mlfrd Haven, &o 10 40 1 551 7 0' 7 0 6 50 11 5, All Trains on till Railwayare 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class. Runs on Tuesdays only.

j VALE OF NEATil RAILWAY. SWANSEA, NIATH HIUWAIN ABEP.DAHE AND JfEliTHYR DOWN. —WEEK DAYS. stuyDAY 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3/] -5 3' 19 3 Quakers.' Yard "iw n! Mountain Ash ..j 8 0,10 21 3 0 6 52 9 Aberdare 8 1110 31 3 18 ,7 4j9 15 72! 7 50|10 fi 1 25J 2 55 (5 40 o 0 7 m Abernant g 3il0 16, 1 37 3 6, 6 5ii 9 10 7 90 Llwydcoed 8 7ll0 21 1 4! 3 11 C 5$9 15 7 1% Hirwam arr 8 15 10 27 1 50 3 17; 7 3 a 23 7 Hirwam dep 8 26 10 46 1 62 3 33 7 21) o fiO 7 A Glyn-Neath S 4S-H 5 2 10 3 51 7 40^ 9 50 I o Eesolyen g 53 U 13 2 18 3 5^ 7 43 Q 5» s s b<^Mais J 9 3.11 23 2 28 4 9 7 sdw 1 j| 88i»»|g KS »«5 f j ■■ »;!«S I a — » 4& 12 0 3 Sj 4 45 8 i<5|10 45 8 55 UP.-W"K DAYS. ( SCJKDAIS 12, 1,2, Tncm W.j p,Sf bOTSTOTlXs Swansea ,a;m" pm P- m- P- m a.m. I p. m. Landore lit •' lo 1 55 T 45 8 2(1 6 35 Llansamle't 7 61 J 8 7 51 8 23 6 41 Neath "den a" 11 Z • « 8 7 20 *9 AberdrlaiV" 5 8 17 • 22 8 7 8 42^ 0 57 Kesolven 8 29 ■•"»»»«(• 39 « «3 8 7 12 Glyn Neath S 11 J! ,2 3 f* 9 49 8 35 0 3 7 22 tbS" ::SS!sfisnsass SS 11 Jg?SS»iS Jsi! MoeSs,'i,h' 25f 2SJ8 •• drikf Yard ..] W 14 Jg |

I TAFF VALE RAILWAY. DOWN.—~WCEK DAYS. I SUNDAY W •• 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. IT 11,2,3.7^3 TH- rEOM a-m- • • »■m- P- m- P- m. a. m. p. m Merthyr 7 53 .10 55 3 30 6 40 9 5 15 Troedyrhrw 8 3 11 » 3 38 6 48 9 13 4 22 Quaker s Yard.T. for G-. W. Railway 8 14 (il 14, 3 49 7 0 0 24 4 Si Aberdare T 55 10 55l 8 29 6 39 9 4 4 14 Ireaman 7 591 10 59' 3 33 8 43 » 8 4 IS Mountain Ash. 8 7 11 f, S 41 8 51 9 is 4 26 Aberdare June* 8 17 11 U S 51 7 3 » t6 4 30 Aberdare June, d £ 28 11 22 3 5T 7 9 38 4 48 Treherbert 7 41 19 41 15 6 24 8 45 3 55 ^-re°r^ 7 46 10 49 S 20 (J 29 8 50 4 0 Ystrad. 7 52 10 53 t 20 6 85 8 56 4 0 Llwynpia 7 59 10 59 8 33 6 42 # 31 4 13 Pan(ly 8 5 ..11 5 3 SO! 6 IS 9 9 4 19 £ °rfth. 8 11 11 11 i 45; 8 54 115 25 Hafod 8 16 1,2,3. 11 1< 8 511 7 0 1,2,3. 9 II 4 U Pontypridd J. a 8 23 a.m. 11 24 S 59' 7 8 p.m 9 28 4 38 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 35 9 49i 4 59 Llantwit 8 4 7 49 Cross Inn 9 11 7 55 Llantrissant Cowbridgs 9 19 a"5 Walnut Tre# J. for Khymney By. 8 50 11 50 4 25 7 39 10 1 5 11 £ lal;daff 8 59 U 59 4 34 7 47 10 0 5 19 Cardlff 0 T 12 7 55| [jo 17 5 27 UP,—WEEK DAYS I SCKLAYS 1,2,3. 1,2,3..172,3. l.e.&il.M. 1,2,1 1,2,3. 1,2,3. TROM a.m. a.m. a.m. p. m.| p.m. p.m. a.m. p m Cardiff 8 20(11 0 i 25 35 9 5 4 15 Llandaff 8 29ill 9 3 54 46 9 15 4 25 Walnut Tree J. for Khymney Ey 8 bS;ll 18 4 55 9 25 4 35 Cowbridge .dep •• Llantrissant 8 • 6 80 Cross Inn 8 ^9 ( 40 LlantwU 8 Iq 6 47 | Treforest 8 30 8 49 11 29 4 14, 6 53 7 T 9 3& 4*ie Pontypridd J. arri 8 34 8 56 11 36 4 21' 7 7 7 14 9 43 4 53 Pontypridd J. d 8 50; 11 41 4 21 7 29 9 50 5 # Hafod 9 3:11 49 4 29 7 37 9 57 5 7 Forth 9 7111 54 4 35 7 -131# 3 5 13 Pandy 9 12ill 0 4 41 7 4910 9 5 19 Llwynpia 9 1.- 12 6 4 47 7 55 10 15)5 25 Ystrad 9 25,12 1« 4 541 8 a 10 22 S 32 1 reorki 9 31,12 19 i oj 8 810 28 5 S8 Irelierbert 9 35 12 23 5 4 8 1210 32 5 42 Aberdare June, ar 9 kill 48; 4 33j 7 »3 9 55 5 5 Aberdare Jnc. d. t §!ll 48 4 33 7 26 HI 5 5 Mountain Ash 9 19,1159 4 44 7 38 10 0 5 16 Treaman 9 27112 7 4 52 7 47 10 14 5 21 Aberdare 9 31 12 11 4 56 7 51 10 18 5 28 Quaker's Y ard J. for G. W. Itailway. 9 14 11 541 4 39 7 82 10 1 5 11 Quaker'sYard.J.for G. W. Itailway. 9 14 11 541 4 39 7 82 10 1 5 11 Troedyrhiw 9 24 1« 4| 4 4» 7 4^10 11 5 21 Merthyr 9 31!12 llj 4 56| 7 49|10 1« 5 28 Trains leave Pontypridd Junction every Sunday at 9 53a.m. and 4 49 p.m. for Cowbridge, calling at all intermediate stations and trams 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

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. MERTHYR, QUAKER'S YARD, PONTTPOOL, ABERGAVENNY, HEREFORD, AND LIVERPOOL. HEREFORD, AND LIVERPOOL. UP.-WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS (1,2,3. 1,273. 1,2,3 1.2,3. 1,2,3.11,2,3. 1,2,3, FROM a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m Dm' Merthyr I 9 15 12 45 4 80 Troedyrhiew 9 24 12 54 4 33 Quaker's Yard ..a 9 43 1 14 4 43 Llancaiach 9 46 1 20 5 2 10*22' 8*37 Khymney Juncta 9 S4 1 29 .511 ..1032847 Tredegar Junct 10 0| 1 35 5 17 10 39! 8 5A Crumlin ilO 7| 1 42 5 25 10 49 9 a Pontypool Town 10 26j 2 4 5 4i 11 8: 9 2g Pontypool Eoad ,10 321 2 9 649 i! 11 13; 9 27 Abergavenny 11 IS 2 37 C "1 10 12) 6 3i Hereford 12 45 3 42! 7 45 n 35 x Liverpool J ,) ( DOWN.-WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS Liverpool g. T" Hereford. 7 20 9 40 12*10' 3*35' 9*40 7*50 Abergavenny 8 20 10 41 1 38i 4 44 10 40: 8 50 Pontypool Koad 9 151 2 5l 6 45 7 55 6 5 Pontypool Town 9 22; 2 12i 5 52 8 9 6 13 Crumlin 9 40; 2 281 6 !)'; 8 21 6 31 Tredegar Junct 9 48: „ 2 36 C 17; 8 29 6 39 Khymney Junct 9 54; 2 4«! 6 23; 8 35 6 45 Llancaiach. ..10 2 2 50i <5 31' 8 44/ 6 54 Quakers Yard d ;10 20 S is 6 55' 7 a Troedyrhiw 10 31 8 271 7 6^ Merthyr ilO 38^ 3 351 7 13I

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY MERTHYR, TREDEGAR, AND ABERGAVENNY BRANCH. PP.—WEMDAYS | SUNDAYS 12s 1;2>3_ ^^3.22,5. FROM a.m. p.m. p. in. a.m. p.m. Abergavenny (Brec. K4.) 8 16 10 35 J1 25 4 37 8 29 I Brynmawr for Nantyglo 8 58 1 34 4 8 5 16 9 2 Erynmawr 8 59 1 36 4 10 5 19J 9 3 Beaufort 9 4 1 41 4 15 5 24* Ebbw Yale 4 35 ..) Trevil 9'Y i"46 4, 20 5*29 Nantybwch 9 13 1 51 4 25 5 34' 9 14. Sirhowy 9 25 2 5 4 39 5 431 Tredegar 9 30 2 10 4 44 5 481 Nantybwch 9 14 11 34 2 12 5 431 9 21 Khymney Bridge 9 25 11 45 2 2a 5 55 9 3S Dowlais Top 0 33 II 53 2 33 6 i 9 43 Dowlais » 40 12 6 2 40 0 10 9 50 Merthyr (by coach; 1» 10 12 35 3 10 6 40110 20 DOWN.—Week DAYS. FROM a.m. a. m. a. m. p. m. p. m. p.m. Merthyr lby coach) 5 55i t.. 9 15 12 40: 4 35 6 20 Dowlais 6 30i .950115!510665 Dowlais Top C 37 0 57 1 22 5 17 7 2 Khymney Bridge 6 59; 7 Id! 10 20' 1 36 5 31 7 20 Nantybwch 7 4 7 1510 24 1 40 5 35' 7 24 Sirhowy 7 20 10 28 2 5 5 431 Tredegar 7 24 13 33 2 1» 6 48! Nantybwch 7 7 7 20 10 20 1 45 5 35 7 25 Trevil 7 11 7 25 1 5Qj 5 40| 7 30 Ebbw Vale 7 10 10 5 1 3« S 15 Beaufort 7 16 7 30 10 27 1 53 5 45 7 35 Brynmawr for Nantyglo 7 21! 7 35 10 32 2 1 S 49 7 40 Brynmawr 7 2« 7 40 10 33 2 2 5 50 7 41 Abergavenny (Brec. Rd) 8 0| 9 15 11 16 2 38 6$0 8 16 J Market Train (on Tuesdavs only.

IIHYMNEY RAILWAY. RHYMNET, HENGOED, CAERPHILI, AND CARDIFF. DOWN.-WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS 1,2,3. 1,2,3.11,2,3.1,2,3. 1,2,3. FROM a. m. p. m. ip. m. a m. p. m, Khymney 9 27| t 6! 6 35, 9 35 5 5 Pontlotttyn 9 31 2 9 6 391 9 39 5 9 Tir Phil 9 38j 2 15 6 46 9 46. 6 16 Bargoed 9 48 2 21 6 54 9 54' 5 24 Pengam 9 53 2 26 6 59 9 58 5 88 TT J N., A., & H, ) arr Hengoea junction Jdep 10 3 2 31 7 3 0 5 5 35 Ystrad ,10 7 2 35 7 9 10 9 5 3» Caerphilly |10 20 7 45 21 10 20 5 Walnut Tree Bridge Cardiff (Adam-street Station) gf 35 flj 7 50 10 35 6 UP.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS 1,2,S. 1,2,3. '1,2,3..1,2,3. 1,2,3 FROM a.m. p. m. p. m.j a. m. p.m Cardiff (Adam-street Station) 9 0.12 30 30 8 30 4 5 Walnut Tree Bridge Caerphilly 9 15 12 45: 4 42 8 45 4 10 Ystrad 9 27 12 57 8 57 4 25 TT ( N., A..&H i arr 4. Hengoedj Juncti0n |dep 9 36 1 3 4 55 9 4 4 35 < Pengam 9 40 1 7 9 8 4 38 Bargoed. 9 46 1 12 5 6 9 12 4 42 Tir Phil 9 55 1 20 5 12 9 19 4 49 Pontlottyn 10 b 1 28 9 2b 4 5ft Khymney 10 1' 1 35 5 2;, ^9^30

I WNEESWTPEORRTN MVBW ALVLALENY, í DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. 1/2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3 FROM a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Ebbw Vale 8 20 11 15 2 20 7 25 10 55^27 10 Victoria 8 33 11 23 2 28 7 33 11 3 7 18 Aberbeeg June 8 47 11 37 2 42 7 47 11 177 Nantyglo 8 25 11 15 2 20 7 25 10 53 7 10 Blaina 8 32 11 23 2 28 7 33 11 3 7 18 Abertillery 8 41 11 31 2 36 7 41 jll 11 7 26 AberbeegJunc. 847 11 37 242 7 47 *11 17 tUT Crumlin 9 0 11 54 2 55 8 0 111 30 7 46 Abercurne 9 10 12 4 3 5 810 111 40 55 Kisca 9 22 12 20 3 17 8 22 11 52 ~7 Bassaleg Junct 9 34 12 34 3 29 8 34 12 4 8 19 Newport 9 45 12 45 3 40 8 45 '12 15 8 30 UP.—WEEK DAYS. II | SUHDAYS 2.3. 1,2,3. 1.2.3T 1,2.3- 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3 rB0M a.m. a.m p.m. p.m. a.m. p.mt Newnort 7 0 11 15 <5 • 5 45 » 15 5 16 Bassalag June 7 H 11 26 S U 5 56 9 26; 5 261 Bassalsg June ? u 87 3 J5 6 7 9 37 5 87J Abercarne" 7 32 11 50 3 41 6 20 » 6» 5 50| i Crnmlin ••••' 7 41 12 # 3 61 6 SO 10 0 6 0 J Aberbeeg'j 7 53 & 13 4 8 6 43 10 13 6 ISJ 1 T^uSry 7 59 12 19" 4 14 6 49 ;10 19 6 W Blaina 8 8 12 27 4 22 6 57 10 27 6 27 L Nantyglo 8 15 12 35 4 3# 7 5 10 55 8 35 "1 Aberbeeg June 7 53 12 13 4 8 6 49 10 13 e 13 1 Victoria 8 7 12 27 4 22 7 4 10 27 6 27 J Ebbw Vale 8 15 85 i 30 7 12 10 B5 6 35 Jt Printed and Published by PETBR "WILLIAMS, at the TBCEGRAPH 1 Office High-street, in the Town and Franchise of Merthyr 1 Tyda in the Count of Qlamovrau JTJUAAY, OGTMW 9ista | KTh E '01