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

VARIETIES-GRAYE AND GAY. A shareholder.—A ploughman. Civil rights.—Obliging answer*. A crystal gliost.—A glass shade. Poverty never yet made a tyrant. Every art is improved by emulation. Elementary pages—Sheets of water. Discretion of speech is superior to eloquence. Vanity makes men ridiculous pride, odious. The nobleat deeds are those which convey property to you. He that will be angTy for everything will be angry for nothing. He that lias no silver in his purse should have silver on hiatongue. If we uae no ceremony towaids others, we shall be treated without any. Which bishop wears the largest hat?—The one with the largest head. If you would know a bad husband, look at his wife's countenance. The man who undertook to walk against Time has given np. But Time is still going ahead. Shure which is the entrauce out ?" asked an Irish- man at a railway-station the other day. What is mind ? No matter. What is matter ? Never aund. But what is mind ? Oh it's immaterial. What is the diffeience between a jeweller and a gaoler?—one sells watches and the other watcheseells. Peculating ulually begins with speculation. It is the second stage of the same complaint, and usually proves fatal. What is that has two buildings, two trees, two animals, and two fish?—The Human Body, vtz., two templea, two calves, and two soles. WhatM the earliest mention of a banking trans- action .—When Pharaoh received a check (cheque) on the Bank of the Red Sea, which was crowed by Moses and Aaron. The funniest incident that has lately transpired is the case of a doating mother, who, being satisfied that her child merited a flogging, insisted on his previously bting put under the influence of chloroform. What makes the milk so warm ?" asked a lady, the other morning, of the boy who delivered it. "I don't know, mum, I'm sure," answered the simple fellow, "unless they put hot water in it, instead of cold." A young man suffering from "hereditary gout" said he didn't mind the pain of it so much but,"said lie, the thought that some old ancestor had all the Can of acquiring this precious heirloom is what takes hold Acquaintance Table. 2 glances make 1 bow; 2 bows „ 1 how d'ye do. 6 how d'ye do'» ,,1 conversation. 4 conversations 1 acquaintance. When may a ship be said to be foolishly in love !— When she is attached to a buoy. When madly in love ?—When she is 'ankering after a herAvy swell. When ambitiously in luve ?—When she is making fora pier. "I don't miss my church so much as you suppose," laid a lady to her minister, who had called upon her during her illness; "for I make Betsy ait at the win- dow as soon as the bells begin to chime, and tell me who are going t. church and whether they have got anything new on." At a late public meeting the following dry" toast was given (the author of which got '"buttered" when he reached home):—" The press, the pulpit, and petti- eoats—the three ruling powers of the day the first spreads knowledge, the second spreads morals, and the last spread very considerably and indisputably." I haven't eaten a mouthful for two days," said a tramp, "andmy wife and three children are starving at home;" to which the philanthropist replied, "I would give you something, but I've nothing smaller than a five pound note."—"I will change it for you," laid the tramp, pulling out a well,tilled portetnonnaie. A fellow coming from the Alleghauies to New York, last winter, was atked whether it waa as cold there as in the city. He had probably been at some march of intellect school, for he glanced at the thermometer. Horribly cold," said he for they have no thermo- meters there, and, of course, it gets jud as cold as it pleases." A student was reprimanded by the professor for his lateness at morning prayerø,and excused himself on the plea that the prayers took place too late.—" How," eaid the professor, "il six o'clock too late!"—" Yes, sir," replied the student. "If you had them about four I could attend, but no man could be expected to atay up till six." A man went into a furniture room the other day, and sat down on a wooden-bottomed chair. He im- mediately arose, and danced and howled 1i1,e the wildest kind of dervish. The proprietor anxiously in- quired if he had an -ttack of any kind. "A tack!"yel!ed the man "I should say so and the confounded tbiug stood oU its Ilead tOf) A sick man was taken to a New York hospital but on looking round, he insisted on being allowed to leave at once. Why do you whh to leave?" asked one of the attendants.—" lJeeause," said he, "every man here has lost one leg, and some have lost two, and you ain't going to play that on me, not if I know myself, and I think I do." A friend was remonstrating with a vain young man on the absurdity of following foppish fashions; "they are really contemptible," said lie, and I am sure all who see you must think you ridiculous."—"I don't Talue the opiuion of the world," answered the irri- tated ^uppy, "I laugh at those who think me ridi- culous. Then you must be the merriest man alive," was the reply. "Doctor." said a waggish parishioner to a sound, yet somewhat dull pnacher, "I think I must have a pew nearer the pulpit than where I now have it." Why." Mid his minister, can't you hear well where you are?" Oh! yrl," was the reply; "but that ain't it. The fact ii, there are so many between me and the pulpit that by the time what you say gels back to where I am it is as flat as dishwater." How much better it would have been to have shaken hands and allowed that it was all a mistake ■aid a Detroit, judge. "Then the lioi. and the lamb would have lain down together, and white-robed pefOs would have fanned you with Iler wing. IInd ekvxted you with her smiles of approbation. Dut no you went to clawing and biting, and rolling in the mud—and here you are. It's five dollars a piece." A St, Louis lover gave up a m^tch with a 50,000 dollars heiress because she objected to smoking. So states an exchange. Another adds :— The nnid, ne hy the papers doth iippe ir, Whom lifty thousand dollars made so dear, To test Lothario's passion simply Kaid, "Forego the weed before we go to wed For smoke take flune I'll be that fhime's bright fan- ner To have your Anna give up your Havanna." But he, when thus sho brought him to the scratch, Lit his cig:«r and threw away the match. A young man at a social party Will urged to sing a BOiig, # He lepiiedI that he would first tell a story, and then if they peisisted in their demand, he would execute a song. "When a boy," he said, "lie took lessons in singing, ard on Sunday morning he went into his father's attic to practise by himself. When in full play lie was suddenly sent for by the old gent e man. 'This is pretty conduct,' said the father; 'pretty employment for the son of pious parents, to be sawing boards on Sunday morning, loud enough to behead by thetteighboura. Sit down and take your book." The yonnj man was excused from singing the proposed song. "GOOD wrvm." "Good wives to snails should be akin, Always their houses keep within ;— But not to carry (Faahion's hacks) All they are worth upon their backs. Good wivel, like City clocks, should be Exact, with regularity But not like City clocks, so louJ, Be heard by all the vulgar crowd. Good wivell like echo, tdiould be true, And speak but when they're spoken to ;— But not like echo, so absurd, To have for ever the last word Come here, my little man," said a reverend cate- fhist, and let me tee if you can repeat He fifth com- mandmeut." The scholar hung his head, but managed to repeat the answer very correctly. t. Now what is meant by hououring your father and moth r, my boy ?" Silence was the only reply on the part ot the scholar. "Doyoualwaysdowbat your parents bid you?" Still no reply. Come now do you always do what your father bids you?' Yea." was the rt .>dy answer. And do you do all as your mother bids y u?" Nae, na fear o' me And why not ?" Go\ ie if I was tae dae a' that she bids me she wid keep ine carryin' water a* day." Says the Brooklyn Argus'—They lid i JIOII an in- verted wash-tub (directly under a winder) dreaming wild dreams of love. With her great stmryeyes up- turned to him, she softly whispered, Wil you always, always love me, Warren?" and WMfh 11 murmured Mck- Till the sun grows cold, And the itars are old. And-" JThen he sprang tohisfeetin a wild pani and made frenzied efforts to get his face through a coating of something that seemed to have fallen from the clouds. Cleaning his eyes he shot one quick glance of hatred np to the window, made a bolt for the bat. k gate, and disappeared from the startled girl's side. Old gentle- man upstairs, murmuring to his wife, remarks, There, Malindy, I bet 500 dollars I've 1. stocked that blamed bowl of hot starch out of the winder, and upset the whole on't." The desolate maiden has n. lover now, but goes around with an unquiet glare in her downcast eye.. The modern Rochefoucauld says the average gorilla of Central Africa now points to Stanley mid his band of explorers, and pathetically reminds its grandchil- dren that it is what they may one day expect to come Man," says Victor Hugo, was the conundrum of the eighteenth century woman is the conundrum cf the nineteenth century."An American editor adds, "We can't guess her,but will never give her up. No, never. Two or three months agj a Detroitor started to build a house,and,as he had always heard his wife jaw- ing around" about the lack of cupboards in houses, he determined to give her an agreeable surprise. She went up with him a day or two ago, and he pointed out eleven different cupboards to her, and asked, •• Now what do yet -7 tIt Well," she replied, after etnoiher leoh around, if there was another cvyboard Dff the hall, I'd So willing to live and die here.

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AFFAIRS IN ASHANTEE. I Private advices from Cape Oaast Castle, under date 11th Drcen.ber, says the Liverpool Post, represent that matters there are looking very black. It is now thoroughly believed that the King of .Ashantei: h :s aeized Gouldsbury and his escort, and that he intrude holding them until the British Government deliver to him the King of Duabin and all the other chiefs who have taken refuge within the British Protectorate. Another war with Coomassie is, therefore, rented as imminent. It is also stated that Governor Strahnn has furnished the King of Duabin with ammunition. The supply was forwarded to him in Akim three weeks ago. under an escort of Houssas, commanded by Captain Ashe, and every one firmly believes that Gouldsbury and Addo are prisoners. There is said to be a strong probability that as soon as the King of Ashantec knows that the English Government is giving the King of Duabin ammunition he will put Dr. Gouldsbury and all who are with him into the Mod<s, as he has already done another white man—a Mr. Campbell.

DR. KENEALY, M.P., IN CHANCERY. A motion has come before Vice-Chancellor Hall on behalf of the trustees, treasurers and benchers of Gray's Inn, for the purpose of consolidating two preceding Chancery suits against Dr. Kenealy. Dr. Kenealy, formerly a Queen's counsel, occupies a set of rooms in No. 2, Gray's inn- square, which he holds in trust as the property of the Gray's-inn Society. When Dr. Kenealy was disbenched the Society of Gray's Inn re- quired the learned doctor to give up possession of the set of rooms, and to execute a conveyance of the trust pro- perty to new trustees. This he refused to do, and as the result two suits were commenced against him—one to eject him, and one to compel him to execute the necessary conveyance to new trustees. The passing of the new Judicature Act enables the plaintiffs to proceed under one action, under order 17, section 2.— Mr. Wallingham now moved the Vice Chancellor to sanction the consolidation of the suits.—There was Bo opposition, and the necessary order was made, the Vice-Chancellor remarking that the motion was a very proper one.

MR. BRIGHT AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. At the annual meeting of the Birmingham borough members with their constituents, whioh is to be held on Saturday, the 22nd insfc., the Manchester Guardian aays, an amendment to the motion of confidence will be proposed. For some time past there has been a growing feeling in Birmingham that the Liberal Asso- ciation partakes too much of the character of a middle class society, and there has been a serious N- cessionof working men, who have formed a Labour Association," with ward committees, somewhat after the model of the Four Hundred"—the committee whioh decides the policy of the Liberal Association. At the late extraordinary School Board election, a labour candidate was run, and secured a very fair share of suuport. Since then committees have been formed iu every ward and although it is not expected that a rote of no confidence in Mr. Bright will be carried, a demonstration of some strength will, it is expected, be made against him. The Labour Association find fault with the middle-class tendencies of the Liberal Asso- ciation, and, while having no complaint to make against Messrs. Dixon and Muntz, they are displeased at some remarks made by Mr. Bright at the banquet to M. Chevalier, and at his laudation of the organisation of the Liberal Association on the occasion of his last visit to Birmingham.

MR. HOLMS ON THE ARMY. Speaking at Manchester. Mr. John Holms, M.P., criticised very bitterly the mobilisation soheme of the Government. He admitted that the principle under- lying the scheme was good. It recognised that the go- vernment of the army should be carried out in army corps. But the method of realising the idea was a muddle "and a mess," the last drop in the cup of de- gradation which military incapacity would force upon the nation. As regards mere numbers, then, this scheme will involve an increase of one-fifth of our regular army, and it will more than double our militia. Now, what prospect have we of obtaining this large addi- tional number of men? Take the militia, for example —in 1872 the House of Commons authorised the enrol- ment of 139 thousand militia men, but from that day to this we have never been able to muster more than 100,000 in round numbers. Upon what, then, do our military authorities base their hope of obtaining greatly more than double this number ? But let us grant that the men can be got. I will shew that this scheme of mobilisation is no more than a delusion and a sham. Three fourths of these army corps are to be composed of militia-which are thrown about in the mostgrotesque manner, as if to make annual trainings in army corps Impossible, and to insure the wildest confusion in case of invasion. Our military authorities are at the present moment committing the same grand blunder which proved to be the weakness of the French in 1870; they are trusting to numbers rather than to discipline and efficiency. And now, as to organisation, you will re- member that I referred to the startling disclosures made respecting: the deficiencies of the French upon this point. When the war broke out many of their men had to travel 400 miles to reach their depots, and the disorganisation and confusion created was most lamentable. But our military authorities have far outvied trie French in increasing the difficulties of concentration. Their scheme of mobilisation is so un- sound, and full of palpable blunders, that I confess my difficulty is to know which to select as the most telling examples. But let me take the third divi- sion of their second army corps with head quarters at Dorking, in Surrey a portion of it is the Perth Mili- tia, who will have to travel 473 miles to reach their depot; the Ayr and Renfrew Militia, which also form part of this division, will have to travel almost at far whilst from the other end of the kingdom the Cork Militia is to End its way a distance of 566 miles to meet them, and the Galway Militia will have to travel nearly as far. Here a point arises which we must con- wider are we to understaud that the War Depart- ment seriously intend that all these regiments of militia from the extreme corners of Scotland and Ireland are to travel to Dorkintr and back, travelling about 1,000 miles each every year, for their annual training ? If so, what a scandalous waste ef time and of money this must involve? Yet without this how is the army corps to be trained and disciplined? Bow is its commanding officer to become acquainted with the qualities and capacity of his troops? Could you imagine a school boy concocting a scheme of mobilisation more Iilly or more absurd ? But this is not tho whole ease. When the Perth and Cork Militia reached DOl king thnt is but the rendezvous of their division, Which division may have to march upon another point, to be indicated by the commander-in-chief. Now just suppose fora moment that a foreign enemy threatened a descent upon Lancashire, and that all our strength was to be concentrated there without delay, you would have the extraordinary spectacle of a regiment of militia travelling from Perth to Dorking, from Doiking back again to Lancashire, half-way home. Could you conceive of a scheme more likely to invite delay and provoke disaster ? Another point. You must all remember the interest and excitement created during the Franco-Prussian war by the actions of I the German uhlans. Our military authorities have evidently a strong desire to emulate them, and in order to make John Bull believe that this im- portant feature in an army corps system has not been elected, they have determined upon giving us our whlain in the shape of the yeomanry cavalry. Now, I am not inclined to be hard upon our yeomanry. How far their qualifications are to be compared with those possessed by the carefully trained Ger- man uhlans I will leave you to judge. They might have been of some value certainly as guides and tcouts in their own counties, for the majority of them do possess a fair knowledge of their own neighbourhood, but our military autho rities, with that perverseness which characterises their whole scheme, seek to deprive them even of this small value which they might possess. The yeomanry of Buckingham, for example, are to muster and to serve in Exsex, the yeomanry of Oxford are to go to Surrey to serve as guides to the Perth and Cork Militia in that beautiful county; and so on. I have asserted that our authorities were perplexed as to the manner in which the superfluous officers which we have were to be disposed of. They have. I admit, shewn a marvellous ingenuity in doing this. While the number of men available for their scheme, including every militiaman in the country, is barely sufficient to furnish material for four German army corpl, they have at once created eight. They fin up the vacancies among the men by creating a fictitious army of mili- tiamen, of men in buckram, who have no real existence. Then again,in place of having two divisions in an army corps as -they have in Germany, our authorities have created three. The object of this manipulation is very clear, they could not otherwise find employment for the unnecessary staff of officers we maintain. Mr. Holms concluded with an explanation of hia own tcheme of localised army corps.

The joint committee of graduates of the Roman Catholic University and the Queen's College, Dublin, who -have been meeting with a view to devise a settlement of the university question, have decided to eommit to Mr. Butt the Parliamentary charge of the bill which they havejdrawn up. The bill propose? to establish one great national university for J 1 eland, to which three colleges are to be attached, viz., Trinity College as a Protestant institution, a Roman Catholic college, and a mixed or secular college, the latter being one of the existing Queen's Colleges, probably Belfast A sentence of dismissal from her Majesty's service has been passed by a naval court-martial on Mr. Ambrose Francis Organ, a warrant officer, eerving on board the Pembroke guardship of the Steam Reserve at Chatham, for excessive drinking. The Provisional Committee of the Metropolitan ■,nd Brighton Railway after closing the subscription lint have decided that the amount applied for by the general public was not sufficient to induce them to pro- seed further with the prosecution of the undertaking, and ordered the deposits to be returned. following the example of their brethren in the southern counties, the Chamber of Agriculture for South Durham and North Yorkshire have passed a resorption declaring" that Mr. Clare SeweU Read had adopted a "manly and straightforward" course in withdrawing from the Government, and that he de- aened the support of all tenant-farmers.

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SAD CASE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. At the Thames Police-court, Francis Short, described as & retired pr.blican,has been charged with attempt- ing to commit suicide.—Thomas Kcnwright said that on the previous afternoon he was on duty, when he was called to the Bow Cemetery by a gravedigger. On proceeding there he found the prisoner lying on a grave with his throat cut about two inches, and the gravedigger gave liini the razor pro luced, which he had taken out of the defendant's hand. On questioning the accused, lie said his name was Francis Short, that he bad lost his wife, ha.d no home, and had come there to die. Witness took him in a cab to the station, where he was examined by a sur- geon, who said that the wound was serious, but all the main arteries had not been touched. The prboner had made two previous attempts upon his life, hut appears to have abandoned himself to drink since the death of his wife.—He was remanded foraw-tk.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE. At the Central Criminal Court, the case has been heard agaiustJoseph Callman, George Chevan, Alexan- dre Vandenowsld,nn.!Loui» Fnmcais, who were charged with inciting certa.in persons to obta:n possession ot a book belonging to one Arthur Ellis, and also with inducing thelll to steal some samples of Prussian blue, the property of the same prosecutor. The pro secutor had fur some years past been making experi- ments for the production of colours and other chemical products, and lie entered the results of his lesuarches in a book, partly in English, partly in French, and partly in cypher. The prisoners wished to get hold of the book to see its contents. The charge against them was for stealing the book, but the counsel for the defence suggested that all the prisoners intended to do was to see the book, and that to steal the con- tents was not a criminal offence, as stealing a chattel would be.—The learned judge summed-up in favour of the defence, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

WHAT THE "WORLD" SAYS. (Notes by Atlas.")' There is not the slightest foundation for the report that there is any coolness between the Prince and the Viceroy of India, or that the resignation of the latter has in any way been suggested. Lord Northbrook's re- tirement from India is a purely voluntary act on his part, and is wholly prompted by private motives. The report that Mr. Pellegrini has seceded from Vanity Fair is unfortunately true. Tii" clever carica- turist has been a little out of health lately, and is advised that change of air and scene and a litde rest from his labours would do him good. He is at present at Folkestone, whence he shortly staits for Naples. On his return he will devote himself to portrait painting. The weekly cartoon of our contemporary will hence- forth be supplied by M. Tissot or Mr. Leslie Ward, alternately. Mr. J. M. Jopling goes out to the Philadelphia Ex- hibition in charge of the British pictures, as assis- tant to Colonel Sand ford. Mr. Jopling is not merely well known as an industrious and talented artist, but at one time ranked high among volunteers, having gained tht Queen's Prize in the second year of the Wim- bledon gathering. Some dozen of the Royal Acaden.icans have arrived, it seems, at seventy years, without, however, deeming themselves exempt from active service. Sir Francis Grant is 73, Mr. Boxnll is 75, Mr. T. S. Cooper is 73, Mr. S. A. Hart is 70, Mr. J. P. Knight is 7- Mr. C. Lnndseer is 77, Mr. J.F. Lewis is 70, Mr. Redgrave is 72, Mr. George Richmond is 75, Mr. Sydney Smirke is 78, Mr. Samuel Cousins is 75, and Mr. Webster is 76. In addition to these venerable gentlemen, the Academy boasts many sexagenarian members. Mr.Cope is 65, Mr. Cooke is 66, Mr. Frost is 65, Mr. Elmore is 60, Mr. Anxdell is 61, Mr. Herbert is 65. Mr. Poole is 65, Mr. W. C. Marshall is 63, Mr. Lumb Stocks is 64, and Mr. E. M. Ward is 60. Longfellow's theory that Art is long and Time is fleetiug" is not appli- cable to Royal Academicians. Their art is little, but their time is long. All Saints' Church, Margaret-street, London, already the most ornate ecclesiastical edifice in the Metro- polis, has just been enriched by the addition of a series of exceedingly beautiful mural paintings. These wall-pictures cover the whole of the north aisle, and are a fitting and exquisite memorial of the late vicar, the Rev. Upton Richards, who toiled arduously and long in the service of the church. With regard to that unfortunate little accident which I mentioned with the deepest regret last week as being likely, among others, to engage Sir James Han- nen's attention before long, I find that not only is the naughty man not far off his ninetieth year, but that the naughty lady who "loves the military" not wisely, but too well, has turned the corner of the ninth lustrum. Those persons who have seen the Lord Mayor of Lon- don not merely in his most festive garb, but in semi- state, will not have failed to notice that the chief magistrate wears at such times a large oval ornament, hung round his neck by a piece of Garter-blue ribbon. This ornament is composed of large diamonds it is of great value, and has a history extending over something like 800 years, the age of the Corporation. Shortly after the present Lmd Mayor eame into office, one of the enormous brilliants in the jewel "—for that is its proper appellation—was missed. It had either fallen out or been stoler, and search was made for it high and low. The Mansion House was, presum- ably, closely looked over, Lut unsuccessfully, and a West-end jeweller was called in to provide a substitute for the lo,t diamond, the actual worth of which was very great, while its historical value might hardly be appraised. One day, however, as the Lord Mayor was reading in one of the drawing-rooms at the Man- sion House, a gleam of sunshine fell upon something lying near acouch; and when Mr. Cotton went to look, he found that that something was the missing diamond, which now gleams as brightly as ever it did in the "jewel." Chaotic as is the present condition of the new Aqua- rium and Winter Garden at Westminster, the place will, I am officially assured, be ready for opening on the 22nd of this month. Much of the handsome statuary- includinga large portrait of Mr. Carlyle—is already in position in the centre of the gieat haH and Mr. Wills has transported several tons of plants and shrubs from his grounds to the Westminster garden. The aquarium is on an unprecedentedly laixe scale. There are tanks all over the building, and a'>ove each one is mural painting, appropriate -in character and very pretty to look upon. In the main part of the building there are the usual bazaar-stalls; a capital reading room is being fitted up and the theatre, with its daily performances, will be one of the most attrac- tive in London. So many pictures were sent in that the judges were compelled to reject several hundreds. The Duke of Edinburgh has consented to open the building, which will strike everybody upon first seeing it as the most beautiful place of its kind not only in London, but in the woild. The decorations are delight- fully novel in conception, and everything in the build- ing, from the floor to the coloured windows, is of the best type. If the late Earl Stanhope's intentions are fulfilled, Mr. Murray witlsoon announce a work for publication which will prove more generally attractive than any other product of the pen of the deceased peer. For many years Lord Stanhope was in constant and falmhar liller- course with the great Duke of Wellington. The Duke's opinions and remarks on all topics of interest lie care- fully committed to writing, in the hope of doing for him what Boswelldid for Dr. Johnson. He prepared this work for the press, and left it ready for publica- tion after his death. As so little is known of the Duke personally, such a work, executed with the care for which Lord Stanhope was noted, will be an im- portant addition to his biography. On the news of the death of Sir Anthony Roths- child reaching the Prince of Wales, he immediately telegraphed to the family to express his sympathy. These kindly attentions towards his friends are the firm basis on which the Prince's popularity rests. Lady C- was in town a few days ago, and went into a noted Scotch-plaid warehouse ill Regmt-street to pay a bill of £2 9s. On tendering the money the clerk, who mistook her for her own lady's maid, re- turned her 5s. If tradesmen charge their customers rates for goods calculated to cover a return of more than 10 per cent. to the servants paying thebills, it is not surprising that many should take refuge from this system of extortion in co-operative stores. It is understood that Parliament will be ashd next session to grant a considerable sum of money for the purchase of property in Parliament-street and Whitehall, on which public offices nie to be built. Mr. Hunt is the official surveyor of the Public Works Department, and in this capacity receives a fixed salary. He is also a pai tner in a firm of surveyors, and in this latter capacity charges a commission on all the sales and purchases which he recommends. The commissions on the property which he proposes to sell or pmchase in Whitehall would amount to about £20,000. I think that it would be cheaper to get rid of Mr. Hunt, and to appoint a gentle- man in his place who does not supplement his salary by commissions. A Government surveyor should be connected with no private firm, and should be satisfied with his salary. Brother Jonathan says that yon cannot legislate peopleinto the kingdom of heaven neither,apparently, can you legislate them out of a passion for horseflesh. That portion of the Fourth Estate which devotes itself to turf matters still flourishes, notwithstanding the Betting Act. I hear on good authority that the Sport- ing Times will shortly be issued daily, and will be ex- clusively consecrated to racing and kindred topics.

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THE JEFFERSON BORDEN. Since the Jefferson Borden was towed into the Aber- deen harbour disabled, a few days ago, the members of the crew have segued a statement complaining of tho bad state in which the ship was found, and of the harsh treatment received at the ham's of Captain I'.tteison. They Fay, We have asked Caplain Pate son to pay us the money due for our services, and lie refuses to do so. He very well knows that no one on hoard would make a second passage with him in this ilIfatl,d ship, and perhaps he expects that we would run away and leave what slaves never worked harder for. From this statement as to the management of the Jefferson Borden people cannot fail to recall the fact that there was a mutiny on board the vessel the previous voyage, when the captain's bro- ther and cousin were killed. They were the first, and second mates, and were obstacles in the way of getting at her commander. Next week two of the mutineers are to be hung at Boston. In our opinion they were no worse men when they came on board of this schooner at New Orleans than are our own or any other crew of sallors. that sails the seas, and we doubt not they were driven to commit murder, as thousands of others would have done."

CHURCH AND DISSENT. The following correspondence with the Bishop of Winchester has been published in the Southampton Times:— 14, Park-road, Bellevue, Southampton, Dec. 27. —My Lord Bishop,—It is with the deepest regret that the friends of the Established Church perused Tour recent epistle re the status of the Church of Eng- land; and in the true interests of the same I lmve thought it desirable to publish a letter (copy of which I enclose) written some years ago by the late much- respected prelate, Bishop Sumner, in the hope that the ill effects of your epistle' may to some extent be counleracted. If I am correct in assuming that the stability of the Established Church (under God) depends upon the relations it holds with all orthodox Christians, and not upon its claiming to be the only true Church in the realm, then I am sure that the importance of the subject is a sufficient apology for my intruding upon your lordship's attention, and that of the public. Initiated by baptism into the Church of England, I hope to live and die in her communion but I cannot ignore the fact that the true Church of Christ is composed of an elect number scattered throughout this and every land, consequently not confined to the narrow bounds of any outward and visible Church in particular.—With great respect, I have the honour to be your lordship's most obedient ser- vant, Jos. HOKSEY." Farnliam Castle, Surrey, Dec. 28, 1875.—Dear sir, —I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter. Looking, as you do, from a different point of view from myself, you not unnaturally .misunderstand, and so misrepresent, the letter which was published without my consent, but which I have no desire to retract, and which I cannot regret. I did not say anything about the Church of England being the only true Church, nor about the tide of reverend as applied to Dissen- ting ministers. I do not see that Bishop Sumner's let- ter is at all opposed to my own. I believe that lie would have said, as all sound and intelligent English Churchmen would say, that the English Church is the Church brought here from the earliest days of Chris- tianity that though in the middle ages it became soiled with Romish corruption, as was every Church in Christendom, yet at the Reformation it was purged of all such corruptions but was then no more a differ- ent or a new Church than Naaman was a different or a new man when he was cleansed of his leprosy. No one would have acknowledged thatGehazi was Naaman because he had Naaman's leprosy, whilst Naaman was made whole. And the only claim which the Roman Church has to be the ancient Church of England is that she has the leprosy, whilst the English Church is clean and whole—the true old Church purified and restored to vigour and health. The illustration is an old and a true one. If it can be proved to me that it is false, and that the English Church is only 3GO years old, I promise you that I will be the first to move for her disestablishment; and in that case she can have no claim to be the National Church. Every sound Church- man, such as Hooker to whom you refer, has always held the English Church to be the ancient National Church. The Romanists made a schism about 300 years ago, and to our-great sorrow the Nonconformists left the body of the English Church about 200 years ago. It does not follow h, cause I believe this, which is a simple historical fact that I therefore treat Dissenters with disrespect. No one more deeply regrets onr separation from them or more freely acknowledges that there were faults on both sides causing that separation. I have never hesitated to express my earnest longing for a reunion on sound and lasting principles but to acknowledge that any other body of Christians is the ancient National Church of this land would be to acknowledge what all history contradicts. The question between Episcopacy and Presbyterianism is not in the least the question at issue. It may be so in Scotland, where there are two bodhs, the Presby- terians and the Episcopalians, both claiming to be the ancient Catholic Church of Scotland, preserved and purified; but in England nothing of the kind exists. I can understand that a person may be in- different to the fact that one body of Christians is the IIlJeIent Church or the nation, anù that another is only 200 years old but I cannot understand why it should be uncharitable to say that it is so. As I believe that the only possible hope of Christians ever uniting is in the existence of a great ancient, Apostolic, but reformed Church, I should be most uncharitable if I combined with others to disregard the existence of such a Church, and to pull down all its landmarks and distinctive characteristics. I believe in its existt nee. I could not be an honest Churchman if I did not. I give Nonconformists all possible credit for honesty in their own convictions. I ask them to give me credit for honesty in my convictions. And I am sure they could not think me honest if I ventured to minister and govern ill a Church in whose principles I did not believe. Moreover I candidly and fully acknowledge, as I have done already that if these principles are not true the Church of'England has no possible right to her position, to her revenues, or to her connec- tion with the State, She is either the ancient Church of the land, or she is a usuxper and an impostor, and ought to be treated as such. It is quite useless to disguise all this, It is no new theory. Every sound English Churchman has held it; many of the older Nonconformists admitted it. The opposite theory is quite modern.—I am dear sir, your faithful servant in Christ, E. H. WINTON.—Jos. Horsey, Esq. Southampton, January 3,1876.—My Lord Bishop, —I duly received y^ur courteous favour of the 28th ult., since which I have carefully perused your lordship's pastoral letter, and, upon giving both my serious consideration, I am still of the firm con- viction that the true interests of our venerable Church will be best promoted by her holding out the right hand of fellowship to all orthodox Nonconformist Christians, who love the Lord Jesus Olirist in sinoe- rityand truth, and who hold the same evangelical doc- trines as expressed in the Thirty-nine Articles. There can only be true union and fellowship where there is identity of belief in essentials; hence the Evangelical section of the Church of England and orthodox Dissenters are really at heart united in the bonds of Christian love, whereas those who hold sacra- mental views and Romish doctrines are preaching and teaching another "ospel and alienating themselves from their brethren in the* ministry. As your lordship's aforesaid letter is a defence of your original correspon- dence with Mr. Thompson, of Richmond, I will, if you think it desirable publish the same. I beg to subscribe myself your lordship's most obedient servant, Jos. HORSEY." "Farnham Castle, Surrey, Jan. 4, 1876.-Dear eir.-You are perfectly at liberty to publish my letter to you if Jon think right. My Richmond letter was published without my leave, a proceeding which I do not care to characterise. I entirely agree wjth you in desire to hold out the right band of fellowship to Dissenters. There are some Dis- senters for whom I have a great personal regard and esteem. But the obstacle is not on our part, but on theirs. They have left the Church because they disapprove of its principles and practices. We offer them every freedom to hold any opinions they like, not fundamentally opposed to the Chri«tian faith, if they will only return to the communion of the ancient Church of this land. We heartily desire the closest Christian union with them but we cannot understand union between divided bodies; and we hold that a hollow truce between dissident communities does not tend to ultimate union but probably to greater aliena- tion. It is because I so earnestly desire true union that I object to all shams. I' *s Jl? fundamental differences of faith that separate Churchmen and Disseuters. It is because Dissenters differ from Church- men on the suecial subject of the Church. Church- men have always held that the Church ought to be but one body, and Dissenters hold that tnere can be any number of different Churches, and that every small variety of opinion justifies Christ^113.11} establishing a new sect. We repudiate all our principles, all the prin- ciples which Christians held from the time of the Apostles to the seventeenth century (for the Reformers held them as much as the ancients), If we adopt the principle of modern Dissent, viz., tl'at t',e Church is nota community,but a bundle of unconnected sects or bodies of Christians, some in alliance, others in war, one with another I am afraid that I cannot agree with you in thinking that there can be true unity because in men think alike unless they are also willing to join in one body and act alike.—I am. dear sir your faithful servant, E. H. WINTON.—Jos. Horsey, Esq."

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TURKEY AND HER CHRISTIAN SUBJECTS. The TtMM* correspondent gives a lengthy account of the treatment by Turkey of her Christian subjects, in the course of which the writer says At Sulmuchli, a village of Bulgaria, the Turks li.t ve b ioken into the housesof the Bulgarians, where they violated half a score of young girls and three y urg married women. They killed 12 Bulgarians and v.'T.itidc l eigM then, as they withdrew, they took mvay with them the corn, the lighter furniture, and all the portable property of the Christian inhabitants. In the village < f Casanka, three hours and a-half distant from Eski Zaghra, the rural guard, with twozaptiehs, or policemen, and other Turks arrested 15 Bulgarians, shut them up in a hut, and putting their knives to their throats, extorted 46 Turkish lire (the lira is equal to 18s. 2d). In the iistrictof Kezanlick, Koustchi Osman Agha, at the head of a band of Mussulmans, travelled from village to village, demanding money from the inhabitants and threatening them with arrest in case of refusal. He thus succeeded in securing a plunder of 560 lire. AtUurutche, while the villagers were away conveying goods to the station, the Mussulmans robbed their houses and ill-treated their defenceless women and children. At Koshidja.the Turks broke at night into the house of Hadji Todoro, a Bulgarian, tortured him with red hot irons, and, after plundering him of 20,000 piastres, stabbed him with their knives. His son-in law was cudgelled severely by them as they were leaving thehouse with theplunder. Robberies and murders are matters of frequent occurrence in the village of Terfikli. vne of the inhabitants has been robbed of more than 100 lire by the Kozaks. Two young peasants have been slain by Mussulman assassins. A priest has been robbed on the road between Souhlari and JL- i' w'^e has been violated in his presence, and hmiself stripped to the skin, his very beard being cut off from his face. The priests of the village of Kara-Tueikli were tied to a country cart and dragged about all night, beaten and wounded, and were only released upon payment of 12 £ lire each. The Bulgarian Bishop of Sliven was attacked in the town of Yamboli by 30 or 40 Mussulmans, and though he was himself rescued by the police, his servants were subjected to the most severe ill-treatment. A boy of Kadi-Keui, 15 years old, on his way to Silven was stopped by some Turkish soldiers, who hewed him down with their knives he was brought to the Governor t house, bleeding from the throat, and by bim sent back to his village in a dying state without further inquiry. At Elkovo five peasants going home from market were attacked by the Turks, who de- manded their money. One of them tried to escape, but was shot dead on the spot. The others saved their lives by delivering their purses. The tortu-es by which money is extorted mainly consist in burning the victims with red hot irons, piercing their tongues with sharp daggers, compelling them to tread bare- footed on heaps of thorns, &c. "Sadick Bey, with some others, went from village to village violating Bulgarian girls. More than 100 have been ravished." And in a private letter from Erzeroom which Is now before me I read :—" The horrors, the cruelties, the roguery of officials one sees in the provinces are sickening, even at this moment, when one would suppose the Mussulman would be on his good behaviour to save the empire. One would say the Tuiks are acting on the sauve qui pent pressure of despair. Instead of 12^ per cent, tithe they are taking on some articles 20 to 50 per cent. In two cases I had to expostulate with the Vali. In one the demand of the collectors was at the rate of some 60 or more per cent. They demanded 12.J per cent. on hay, fixing the value at 168 piastres a mea- sure, when the value in the town where it was sold was only 50. Thus the tax was over 42 per cent. The c ise was ^so glaring that the Pasha was obliged to step in. But in rural districts away from here the Vali's in erfer- ence could not avail. There the tithe collectors have been levying 32i per cent. on hay. In the district j110'? ^'ie Christians are at this moment being robbed of everything they have by the Government, by bands of armed deserters, and by organised banels of brigand traders. The Government takes taxes in excess, the deserters levy black-mail, and the armed tradeis force, their goods on the villagers at three, four, and five times their value." Here I put an end to my quo- tations. It is as yet by no means certain whether the promised half-coupon will be paid in full or not but if it is, if the bondholders come by part of what they most justly claim as their own, let them enjoy their money in happy ignorance and be thankful. ^le Times correspondent at Herzegovina states that more than 300 soldiers are reported to have been frozen to death about Douga, and a greater number are frost-bitten in hospitals.

THE BRITISH WORKMAN. The dishonest idleness of the ordinary workman who Is paid by the day becomes increasingly a matter of com- plaint. An architectural contemporary has lately opened its columns to a correspondence on the subject, in which both sides of the question are discussed. We have all suffered more or less at some time or other from the dilatoriness of the people whoundertake to do "johs." The London householder quails at the idea of a gasfit- teror plumberenteringhis house almost as much as he would at the idea of going to bed and leaving his hall door open. The workman is not a burglar by profes- sion, and may not carry anything out of the house but his tools and the housemaid's affections, yet he pro- bably manages to rob his employer as effectually as if he had stolen a purse off the study table. He does not do his own work so that it will last, and he makes needless work for others !il<e himself. Working men will, no doubt, be indignant at any one who accuses them of being thieves and robbers; nevertheless—if we may assume that their proceedings are correctly described by various correspondents of the Building News-they, by their systematic deter- mination to do as little work as possible, take money out of the pockets of their employers very much as the pickpockets do. Most people who live in a large town oan scarcely fail to have witnessed scenes similar to that described by Mr. Martin in the Building News of December 10, 1875, as daily visible from a wim/ow in Mr. beddons "observatory" at Queen Anne's gate, winch. overlooks the tops of a great many houses in the neighbourhood. Mr. Martin has, it seems, amused himself with watching the workmen, who, though ostensibly engaged in repairing the roofs and the chimneys, sit calmly conversing together orst clched at lull length, for greater ease, in the leaden gutters, smoking a pipe. They apparently take no int 11 st in anything beyond the movements of the labourer who combines outpost duty with that of "commissariat," and brings them the two ever-needful B's, bacca and beer, especially necessary to their complete enjoyaaen t f. view before them. Iu oue of his observa- tions J\Ir. Mar tin saw a man asleep, "dreaming the J»appy hours away" on a narrow scaffolding oOfr. Irom the ground. Forgetting the habits of the race, he rusnedm his simplicity to rescue the man from this dangerous position. At the bottom of the scaffolding was the bricklayer's mate, who calmed his anxiety at once by coolly informing him, "Lor'bless you, he's sare enough he's accustomed to it." To this anecdote Mr. Martin adds an amusing account of the way things go on ill country parts, where the foreman can always find some excuse for an excursion to the railway station to inquire for something wanting only in his imagination. He does not leave without having tested the quality of the refreshment roomtapin no imaginary manner. A foreman naturally always requires a abourer with him, even to make inquiries. When I? 18 ,c°11stant wilful waste of time we add the fact that a bricklayer can, by working with only one hand (no uncommon practice),make a yard-cube of biickwork cost 321., it will not seem so surprising that those who build houses can seldom afford to live in them. A friend of Mr. Martin's one day during working hours tound all the men, whom he supposed to be hard at work with hammer nnd trowel, exertii.g them- selves with much more than their usual energy in the capacity of negro melodists. The unsophisticated country lolk looked on, delighted with the blackened faces, the mad capers, and shouts of their Cockney cousins. The *Jad quite forgotten the very unimportant fact that they were paid by the hour to build a house, not to improvise an enteitainment for their employers' tenants on the village green. Mr. Martin's experience leads him to affirm that the working man at day- W°i l a liberate idler when he has the chance," and that the percentage of men anxious to give a fair j y 8 W0Ik for a fair day's wages is so small as to be l^i i W01"l.Rk*nK into account, except to acknow- ledge the few instances as those exceptions which prove a rule. Mr. Seddon complains that he cannot now, except at an enormous increase in cost, have the de- signs executed which he made use of some years ago. Contractors tell him that they have now to leave so large a margin to provide for the dishonesty of their workmen that they are obliged to give apparently extravagant estimates. They are forced to pay higher wages, and also to accept much less work in return. It is the public who suffer in the long run. A t Sheffield the other day two bricklayers, assisted by two labourers, were timed when at work, and in twenty minutes the lour men succeeded in accomplishing the wonderful teat of laying just five bricks. These, of course, were onion men. On the other hand, on a railway work in wates, where the men were out of sight of union officials, a gang of bricklayers agreed to do as mudl 4i> 47 cou, • RU<1discard the rule of never allowing ,,ie •:r0W1eu1 1° • leftve tLe rig'14 'land. Two men kept x bVcks with both ha"ds, and the third used the trowel. In this way they earned 12s. 6d. a day each, and sometimes 15s.— Saturday Review.

It appears that Sir H. J. Selwin-Ibbetson, M.P., has broken the ligaments of one of his knees and Mr. Frescott Hewett has ordered him to lie on his back and not to be moved for a fortnight at least. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh gave a ball on the Russian Christmas Day to the servants of their household at Easlwell Park. Her Royal and Imperial Highness opened the ball with her page, and the Duke of Edinburgh danced with the wife of his land steward. A petition for liquidation bas been filed at the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court, by Messrs. Charles Boundy and Co., carrying '6n business as metal v'eun-f. Birmingham and other places. The *1,out £ 167,000, and It was but a few days since we reported, says the Globe, the murder of a boat's crew of a trading vessel •1VeS Aurora Island, and now we have received intelligence of an outrage committed on some white men by natives of the Gilbert group. One of her Maieaty s ships on the station will visit the island to make inquiries into the affair.

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FROM a.m. a.nr a.m. a.m.' p.m D m Newport (Dock-st.) dep. 7 W 10 35 3 0 6 16 Bassaleg Junction 8 2 10 47, 3 12 c °7i Rhiwderin.. 8 7 10 62 3 17 6 32 Church Road 8 13 10 67 3 22 « 37 Machen 8 18 11 4 3 23 6 42 Bed was 8 *7 11 14 3 38 a 51 Maesycwmmer 8 40 11 27 3 63 7 4 Pengam 8 49 11 35 4 1 7 14 Pengam dep. 9 15 11 40 4 3 7 16 White Rose 9 25 11 60 4 18 7 26 Rhymney arr. 9 35 12 0 4 28 7 36 Bargoed dep. 8 66 11 40 7 2li 2alTe? » 6 11 46 7 271 Fochnw 9 20 12 0 7 41 Dowlais Top 9 40 12 10 7 611 Dowlais 10 0! 12 45 8 8> Merthyr (V.N. Statn) J 45 9 30 12 1° 2 0 5 20 7 20 Cefn 7 65 9 40 12 2° 2 10 6 30 7 30* Pontsticill June. arr. 8 7 9 52 12 32 2 25 6 42 7 40! Pontsticill June.dep. 9 57 12 35 83' Dolygaer 10 212 4O 230 8 8' Talybont. 10 30 1 5 g 3l! Talyllyn ]0 45 1 20 8 40! Brecon arr. 10 65 1 30 8 40' DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. 1.2,3, 1,2,3. 1,2,371,2,3. 1,5,3. 1,2,¡- J'ROM A. M. a. m. &. m. p. m. p.01. -p. m. Brecon dep. 7 20 11 35 2 0 4 50 Talyllyn 7 30; 11 4a 2 20 6 15 Talybont 7 40; 11 53 2 30 6 22 Dolygaer 8 10 12 23 3 0! 6 55; Pontsticill June. arr. 8 151 12 30 3 6 6 0 Pontsticill June dep. 82! 10 5 3 8 6 6 8 5 Cefn. 8 25 10 17 12 45j 3 20 6 20 8 17 Merthyr (YNSt.) arr. 8 45:10 27 12 66 3 30 6 30 8 26 Dowlais 8 3<> 112 46 3 20 6 27 Dowlais Top 8 28 3 18 6 16 Fochriw 8 3g •• 3 27 6 30, Darren 8 5o 3 37 6 40, Bargoed 8 «6 3 45 6 60 Rhymney dep. 8 20 11 10 12 10 6 30 Whiterose 8 30111 18 12 18 6 40' Pengam 8 45jll 30 12 30 6 55! Pengam dep 9 5 12 33 3 50 7 2! Maesycwmmer 9 13 12 40 3 66 7 12; Bedwas 9 26 12 64 4 8 7 28 Machen 9 35 1 6 4 18 7 35 Church Road 9 40 1 10 4 23 7 40 Uhiwderin 9 45 1 15 4 28 7 45| Bassaleg Junction 9 50 1 20 4 33 7 60] Newport (Dock-st.) arr. 10 21 1 32 4 45 8 2 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—MAOFOBD HAVBN, CARMARTHEN, SWASIBA, 'IAHDIS1?1, VswpoaT. OHBP'JTO*, OHELI^HAM, GLonosaTSR, AND LONDON. UP.—WEEK DAYS. j SUNDAYS. DOWN—WKEK DAYS. j SUNDAYS. a.m. a. m. a. m. 1,2,3. 1,2. 1,2,8. 1, 2,3 1,2,3. 1,2,3. MAIL., 1,2,3. M»3. 1,2. 1,2,3,1,2,3. 1,2, i. 1,2,3.11,2,3., KIP. |i,2,3. 1,2. Exp. l,2T"E*p.. Exp. I^|L,2,3., 1,2. )1,2,3- FROM 1,2. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. a.IA. a.m. I a.m. p.M am. jp.M.rp.m. p.M. a. M. a.m. p.m. a. IN. FKOM a. m. a. m. a.RA. a. m.|a. m. a. m. p. m.|a. in. p. RA.'p. m.' S -lp in a M.p. M.p.uip. M. NEW MILFORD | LONDON 5 3», 6 0 10 15| 12 0 1 50; 5 15 3 10| g»l 10 3')! j 8 10 for Pembroke j I Swindon 7 45' 9 5 12 23 2 20 4 32, 7 20 11 2)' 1 55' 11120 Mlfrd Haven, &c 2 65 8 15 6 25 i 10 45 5 0 9 45 5 0 Stroud 8 33 10 12 1 19 3 16 5 30 8 10 12 111 S 2 .3 1.. ,12 11 j Haverfordwest. 3 15 8 40 6 5a, 11 15 5 24 10 12 5 24 NR, .T„„ ( arri. 8 55 10 43 1 33 3 33| 6 7 8 33 12 35 G>O 3 29 ..{1235 Narbeth Rood 7 10 11 30 10 39 5 13 ^S1\ dep. 7 30 9 0 11 5 1 45 4 0 7 30 8 33 12 50 §3 3 35 12 50 Carmarthen June 4 8 9 52 8 20 12 50| 2 40 6 27 11 25 6 271 CHELT'NTFAM. 6 55 8 15 10 15 115 3 0 6 10 8 5 11 55 2- .115 Ferryside 10 518 34 1 5 2 52 11 39 Lydney 8 20 9 33 U 57 4 43 8 21 1 251 FT* 4 22 i 1 2> Llanelly 4 41 10 36 9 10 1 1 50; 3 24, 7 I 12 16 7 1; CHEPSTOW 8 40 9 51 12 20 2 31, 5 9 8 42 9 21 1 4=0; a "2 4 44 ..140 «W A IAR 5 20 11 15' 3 35 2 401 4 15| 7 45! 1 J 7 45' Portskewat 8 50| 12 35 5 2)] 8 52' £ *3 4 57I AWAJMBJSA 5 0 7 5 10 5010 0 1 301 2 15 3 50; 7 20j 12 40 7 20 NEWPORT 9 23 I'J 22 1 15 3 3, 5 53; 9 23| 9 53 2 13; §3 60 5 3>] 2 13 Landore 6 11 7 1111 5J 9 60 1 35| 2 30 4 4: 7 3L! 12 54 7 34 C.VROIFF 10 010 17 1 50 3 23 6 25 9 60I 10 18 2 38' « S 6 0; 2 33 NEATH 5 SO 7 30 11 20jl0 10 15A! 2 45 4 2l! 7 51! 110 7 51J Llant.-isaant 10 35 11 7 2 25 6 53 O 6 35 Port Talbot 7 50 11 32 10 30 2 15) 3 5 4 33| 8 3, 123 8 3! Bridgsai 11 5 11 3) 2 55 4 4 7 27 10 55 3 151a 3 A 7 O' 3 15 Bridgend 6 0.. 8 2511 67 U 5 2 50| 3 40 5 S| 8 30] 155 8 30, Port C.il'oot 1135 1155 3 25 4 23 7 57, G 3 40 3 3 J3 7 28 3 40 Llantrissant 8 52' 11 35 3 17, 4 3 5 30 j 2 20 |NEA.CK 1155,12 8,3 50 4 4o! 8 17] 1132 3 55.928 7 48! 355 CARDIFF 6 36 9 30 12 3512 15 3 55 4 5.3 6 5 9 7; 2 55 9 3, Liudore 12 13 12 22 4 1014 54 8 371 11 47j 4 12 >. 3 3 .8 3 4 12 NEWPORT 7 0 10 0. 1 5 1 SO 4 25! 4 55 6 30 9 30; 3 25 9 271 W.VW. ( a. 12 20 12 30 4 20 5 10 8 50| 12 0 4 3J:| J- 8 20 4 30 Portskewet 10 23| 2 0 4 53 5 13:6 52 3 53 | I d. 12 10,4 15 4 45 8 30. 11 40 4 5! 2 § 7 55 4 5 CHEPSTOW. 7 30 10 43; 1 34 2 17 5 7, 5 35 7 5 9 5S 4 12 9 53 Llanelly 1 5 5 33 6 25 9 16, 12 16 4 44 5 9 a •• 8 47 4 44 Lydney 7 45 11 3 1 47 2 37. 5 27] 5 5o| 7 20 10 12 4 32 10 12 Ferrysi la 14« 6 17 9 61 a-5 2 9 22 CHELT'NHAM 9 20 12 25| 2 57 4 20 7 20, 7 20, 9 6 11 40 5 55] S Cirnnrthen JANON 2 0 6 32] 5 55 10 5 12 53 5 IA ? „ A 9 37 5 16 pta'stup I arri. 8 35 11 45' 2 17 3 20] 6 151 6 27] 8 0 10 47 5 22. 10 47: Narbertli Bovl 7 37 | F ftgOJ 10 24 F vri/U bXAiw j-dep g 40 12 01 2 ao 3 35i I 6 45; 11220; 5 30] 1 2 30, Haverfordwest 8 5 7 0 1 47 6 25 2 3 i# 50 6 25 Stroud 9 5.. 12 30; 2 55 4 6: 7 4 12 45 5 56) 12 45! NEW MCLFOAO | | Swindon 9 55 | 1 25; 3 45 5 25; | 8 20! 1 40 7 O| ..1 4' for PEMBROKE 3 LON'DON 12 10 13 50 5 60 9 55! 10 35: I 4 3> 10 301 4 35! MLFR\ i[ N-.M. ;o 1 8 30 7 25' .2 5 « W 1120 6 50 SIRHOWY RAILWAT—NAUITBWCH, TREDEGAR, AND NEWPORT. DOWN.-WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS. „ FROM a. m. a. m. a. m.'a. m.^a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. mjp. m. p. on. p. taw Nantybwch [ i r 1 Sirhowy 7 30 12 25 4 35 8*29 8*io1 4*10! 7*5 TREDEGAR-! jmva, •• 7 33 •• 30 4 43 8 34 8 151 7 M (departure 7 35 12 33 ? 41a-— Ar8°,ed 7 53 112 49 5 2 8 32 4 32 Blackwood ..8 0. |12 56 6 8 8 40 4 38 J Tredegar Junction j JJ •• i • •• •• I •• •• «2 V L-, c ^d9p- •• I 8 8 •• ..10. 5 X3! 8 45 4 431 J Nme Stile End 8 20 I 1 10 5 25 9 0 4 56 Risca 8 30 1 20 5 3;i| 9 10 5 6 Newport. Dock-street 1 8 50 1 40 6 55| 9 30 5 30] UP.-WEEK DAYS. I la. m. a. m. a na. a. m. a. m a. m.i m. p. m. p. m.\a. m.;a. m. a. m. a. in.,p.m. Newport (Dock-street) ..I | M. 9 0, .12 30;' 7 0 9 45 Rtsca | 9 20; .I 2 50 7 20 1 5> Nine Mile Point 9 30j 3 0 7 30 b\ Tredegar Junctional ;• ;• •• J fj » •• L-J ,1} Jo| Blackwood 9 52', 3 13 7 62 10 471 Argoed I 9 631 3 27 7 69 10 64 TREDEOAR jfrival •• •• •• 1 I •• I "A /departure 9 0, I 10 17| [3 47 8 21 8 Oil 141 4 0 Sirhowy 9 4 10 V 3 51 8 25 8 i ll 18] 6 .V antybweh ] —, 1 1 | I a I 1- IV' GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SWANSEA, NEATH, HIBWAIN, ABE3DARE]AXD MERTHl R DO)r(l'I,VEEK DAYS. SUNDAY 172,3:1,2,3.T,2,3. 1,2,3 j 1,2,3 1,2,3.(1,273 r\ T ft.M.j a.M.! p.m. p.m.! ,D.DI. lam (r/rn Quakers Yard 9 46 2 61 c 28f 8 W v Mountain Ash (965 3 0 6 3§' 9 S 7 13 Aberdare 8 W10 4. 3 9 6 «1 0 lffl 7 25 7 50; 9 45 1 20; 2 45J 6 35 9 0 7 lft 3 l! 9 66 1 31! 2 5ffl 6 M 9 IX 7 21 Llwydcoed 8 610 1 1 36! 3 1 « SI 9 16 7 2B Hirwaman 8 12 10 7) 1 42 3 7! 6 57 < u) 7 It Hirwain dep 8 26 10 19, 1 4? 3 23' 7 8 9 30 7 40 Olyn Neath S 45^0 37 2 5| 3 41i 7 27 9 50 8 0 AberdvU, 8 6810 45 2 13 3 49; 7 35 9 58 8 8 Aberdvlais # 8jl0 d 2 23 8 50| 7 45 10 8 8 U Neath 9 2o;n J 2 37' 4 loi 8 0 10 20 s a.i LaX" 9$11 H I i B 8 8 10 § 39 SSSSSilvia UP—WEEK DAYS. SUVDA, „ FROM Ki i1' 1.2,3.11,2,3.11,2,3.1,2,3. 1,^3 from ja. m. a.m p.m p. mjp. m am Dm 7 40! Ill 10 2 55 6 0 Y20 P«So |?ndore, 7 60! U IS! 3 ll 6 3 8 « < i? NeaTh ""A"' I 67' •• 'u *-4i 3 8| 6 l| 8 14 8 3i « 1} Aberrtirf dep" 8 61 •• !U S2! 3 17 6 22 g 22 sdl 57 Resolven 8 •• U 48, 3 36! 6 83 8 38 S 57 7 H Glvn 8 29, ill 58; J 46 6 4a (48 9 7 7 22 ai 8 38 •" I12 8i 3 6C 6 IS 8 58 9 7 flirwain d"D 5 12 28 4 17 7 la 9 IS 9 41 7 50 Llwydcoed 2 !12 38! 4 39 7 ITU 23 9 4G 8 1 Abernant 9 10 12 43: 4 35 7 22J, 9 33 9 51 8 6 Merthyr « 12 49 4 42 7 29 9 40 9 68 8 l! r 9 2S 1 0| 4 53 7 40: 9 5210 10 8 25 Motmfahi Ash 9 st! 4 36' •• # 32 9 51 8 6 Quaker's Yard 9 1 o' 4 4"; 10 3 8 Is •• 9 36j ••• 1 8j 4 69j 10 14 8 2) TAFF VALE RAILWAY. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAY (1,2,3. ,1,2,3. 1,2,3. rn,2,3. 1,2,3 FROM a.m. a. m. p.m.! p.m. a.m. p. m Merthyr 7 55] ;10 55 3 30! 6 9 3 4 15 Troedyrhiw 8 3 ,1] 3 3 381 6 48 9 13 4 2.' Quaker'sYard J.for G. W. Railway 8 14; ll 14 3 49j 7 • 9 24; 4 34 Aberdare 7 6§j 10 55 3 29| 6 39^ 9 J 4 11 Treaman 7 59i 10 59 3 33j 6 43 9 9 4 18 Mountain Ash. 8 7) (1J 7 3 41! 6 62 a 16, 4 20 Aberdare June a 8 17; ;H 17 3 51, 7 3 9 26 4 3fi Aberdare June, d 8 22| 'n 22 3 57 7 9j 9 S2 4 42 Treherbert 7 41| iio 41, 3 15 6 24; S 45 3 55 Treorky 7 46; jlO 46i 3 20 6 29i 8 50 4 0 Ystrad 7 53 |10 52 3 20 6 35 8 56l 4 6 Llwynpia 7 69, jlO 69> 3 33 6 421 d 31 4 13 Pandy 8 5! Ill 5 3 39 6 48' 9$4 19 Porth 8 li; |ll 11 3 45' 6 54i 9 15 4 25 Hafod 8 18; 1,2,3. ill 17 3 51 7 0:1,2,3. 9 21 4 31 Pontypridd J. a 8 23; a.m. [ll 24 3 59, 7 M p.m. 9 2S 4 38 Pontypridd Juned 8 34! 8 4t;ll 34 4 91 7 22; 7 28 9 44J 4 54 Treforest 8 3d! 8 4Sjll 38 4 134 7 27 7 33 9 49* 4 59 Llantwit 9 0! 7 49 Cross Inn 9 7 7 56 Llantrissant Cowbridge 9 15! 8 5 Walnut Tree J. for 11 Rhymney Ry 8 50; ill 50 4 25 7 39 10 1 5 11 Llandaff S VJj ill 5» 4 34 7 47 10 9 5 19 19 7! .12 7| 4 42; 7 551 |lQ 17\ 5 27 UP —WEEK DAYS I SOHUAJG. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. (1,2,3. 1,2,3.1,2,3. 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 10 11 10: 3 45 6 35 9 f 4 15 Llandaff 8 19 11 19; 3 54i 6 46 9 15 4 26 Walnut Tree J.for Rhymney Ry 8 28 11 28 4 3; 6 55 9 25) 4 35 Cowbridge .dep Llantrissant 8 0 ..I 6 20! Cross Inn 8 8; 6 30', LlantwU 8 15| 6 37! Treforest 8 28 8 :j!)'ll 39 4 14! 6 63 7 7 9 36! 4 io Pontypridd J. arri 8 32 8 4R 11 46 4 211 6 67: 7 14 9 43| 4 53 Pontypridd J. d 8 46 11 46; 4 2:; 7 29 9 60| S 0 Hafod 8 53 II 64 4 29! 7 37 9 57 6 7 Porth S 5711 &<] 4 35j 7 43,10 S 5 13 Pandy 9 2 12 5; 4 4l' 7 4910 5 19 Llwynpia 9 812 11: 4 47j 7 £ 5 10 la 5 25 Ystrad 9 15 12 It;! 4 54! 8 2 10 22] S 32 Treorld 9 21 12 241 5 o! 8 8l0 2.s1&38 Treherbert 9 25 12 28: 5 4| 8 1210 3a 6 42 Aberdare June, ar 8 53 11 531 4 32 7 26 9 55 5 5 Aberdare Jnc. d. 8 68 11 58 4 33; 7 26 9 65 5 5 Mountain Ash 9 9'12 9! 4 44 7 38*10 6 5 16 Treaman 9 17|l2 17 4 52 7 47 10 14 5 24 Aberdare 9 21 12 21 4 56 7 61 10 18 5 28 Quaker'sYard J.for G. W. RaUway. 9 4 12 4j 4 39| 7 32 10 H 6 11 Troedyrhiw 9 11 12 14 4 49| 7 42 10 Uj 5 21 Merthyr 9 2112 2l! 4 56: 7 4910 i8l 5 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 8 a.m. and 4.8 p.m GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. MERTHYR, QUAKER'S YARD, PONTYPOOL, ABERGAVENNY, HEREFORD, AND LIVERPOOL. UP.—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS 172,0,273; 1,2,3 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3 FROM a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m p.m Merthyr 9 5 12 40 .425 Troedyrhiew 9 13 12 48 433 Quaker's Yard.,a 9 33 12 8 456 Llancaiach 9 4t 1 15 5 6 10 22-8 37 Rhymney Junctn 9 52 1 24 5 15 10 32 8 47 Tredegar Junct 9 68 1 30 6 21 10 39 8 51 Crumlin 10 6 1 37 6 29 10 49 9 4 Pontypooll'own. 10 26 2 0 551 11 81 9 22 Pontypool Road 10 30 2 6 6 56 11 13' 9 27 Abergavenny 11 18 2 38 6 31 Hereford 12 25 3 30, 7 35 [j Liverpool jj DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAY Liverpool 77^ 7. 7 77^ 7^ Hereford 710 12 36 3 35 9 40 7 60 Abergavenny ..a. 8 8 1 25 4 4010 40 8 50 Pontypool Road 855 2 0 530 7 55 6 6 Pontypod Town i 9 2, 2 7: 5 38 a 3! 6 13 Crumlin II 17: 2 22 5 6G 8 21 i 6 31 Tredeg&i Junct 9 24 2 29 6 6 8 29 6 39 Rhymney Junct 9 30; 2 35 6 12 8 35 6 45 Llancaiach 9 3S! 2 43 6 19 8 44 6 54 Quaker's Yard d 9 46 2 61: 6 28. Troedyrhiw 10 16| 3 27; 6 Mi Merthyr 110 23' ) 3 35' g 581 LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY MERTEYR, TREDEGAR, AND ABERGAVENNY BRANCH. UP.—WEEK DAYS SLNDAYB ,1,2,3. 1,273 1,2,3, 1,2,3. 1,2,3.7 FROM a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Abergavenny (E;ec. Rd.) 8 15 10 40 1 6 6 8 8 16| Brynmawr for Nantyglo 8 48 II 17 1 31 5 37 8 44j Brynmawr 8 50 11 19 1 32 5 39 8 46 Beaufort. b 55 11 24 8 51 Ebbw Vale Trevil 9 0 11 29 563 Nantybwch. 9 611 33 141 8 15 867 Sirhowy 9 15 12 2 1 M 6 20 Tredegar. 9 20 12 15 1 53 6 10 Nantybwch 9 6 11 34 i 42 6 3 8 58 Rhymney Bridge 9 10 11 39 1 46 6 8 9 3 JJowlais Top 9 22 11 60 1 57 6 li 9 18« Dowlais 9 30.11 57 2 7 6 20 9 30 Merthyr (by coach) 10 0 12 30\ 2 40 7 0 10 0 DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. FROM a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m-j Merthyr (by coach) J.. 8 55 12 0, 4 55 6 50' Dowlais 7 15 9 55 12 45 5 35 7 36| Dowlais Top 7 22, 10 5 12 51 5 42 7 42' Rhymney Bridge 7 36, 7 7 10 15 1 13 5 5*1 8 0 Nantybwch Sirhowy 9 151 jlO 22; 1 63 6 15 8*36 Tredegar 9 20 |10 37; 1 68 6 20: S 40 Nantybwch 7 421 7 13 10 20 1 23 6 4 8 5 Trevil 7 46 7 18l .6 8 8 9 Ebbw Vale ..I Beaufort 7 50! 7 23jl0 28 6 121 8 13 Brynmawr for Nantyglo 7 56j 7 28' 10 33 1 32 6 17 8 20 Brynmawr 7 57 7 30|l0 35| 1 31 6 181 8 21 Abergavenny (Brec. Rd) 8 28] 8 10|U 5 6 48j 8 61 t Market Train (on Tuesdavs only. RHYMNEY RAILWAY. RHYMNEY, HENGOED, CAERPUILI, AND CARDIFF. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS — — ^2,37T,27371,2,3. 1,2,3. 172,3. ritom a. m. p. m. p. m. a m. p. m. Rhymney 9 27 2 6 li 35 9 36 5 Pontlotttyn 9 31 2 9; 0 39 9 39 5 Tir Phil 9 38 2 151 0 46 9 46 5 16 Bargoed 9 48 221; o 641 9 54 6 24 Pengam 9 63 2 261 0 69 9 58, 6 28 Rengoed N., A., H. I arr. Hengoea | Junction ) dep 10 3 2 31 ? 3 05 63 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) ,10 35 0 7 60 10 35| 6 UP.—WEEK DAYS. | SUNDAYS 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,i. FROM a. m. p. m. p. m. a. m. p. m Cardiff (Adam-street Station) 901230 30 8 30 4 5 Walnut Tree Bridge i. Caerphilly 9 15'12 45 4 42 8 45 4 10 Ystrad 9 27,12 67 8 57 4 25 H«in7n«di N-> A 11 larr •• 4 Hengoed j Junc'tion j-dep 9 36 1 3 44 .4 4 35 Pengam 9 40 1 7: 8 4 33 Bargoed 9 46 1 12 9 12 4 42 Tir Phil 9 65 120 ^2 9 19 4 49 Pontlottyn 10 3 I „s 9 26 4 56 Rhymney !10 Ul 2i> 9 30 5 0 WESTERN VALLEYS A.LWAY. NEWPORT, EBBW VALE, AND NA-FT rYOLO. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS. 1,2,3 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 172,3 FROM a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Ebbw Vale 8 *6 11 16 2 20 7 25 10 55 7 10 Victoria 8 33 11 23 2 28 7 33 11 3 7 A8 Aberbeeg June 8 47 11 37 2 42 7 47 U 17 ',32 Nantyglo 8261116 2 20 7 26 10 iS 7 10 Blaina 8 32 11 23 2 28 7 33 11 3 7 18 AbertUlery 8 41 11 31 2 36 7 41 M 11 7 26 Aberbeeg June 8 47 11 37 2 42 7 47 11 17 732 Crumlin 9 0 11 54 2 55 8 0 11 30 7 46 Abercarne 9 10 12 4 3 5 8 10 11 40 66 Risca 9 22 12 20 3 17 8 22 11 62 Z 7 Bassaleg Junct 9 34 1234 329 8.34 ;12 4 819 Newport 9 45 12 46 3 40 8 46 12 16 8 30 UP.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS 1,2,3. 1,2,3. I 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,371,273 FROM *.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m< Newport 7 0 11 16 3 0 6 45 9 15 5 15 Bassaleg J uno 711 1j26 311 5 66 9 26 5 26 Risca 7 20 11 37 3 25 6 7 9 37 6 37 Abercarne 7 32 II 50 3 41 6 20 9 60 5 60 Crumlin 7 41 12 0 3 61 6 30 10 0 6 0 Aberbeeg June 7 53 12 13 4 8 6 43 10 13 6 13 Abertillery 7 69 12 18 I 14 6 49 10 19 6 19 Blaina 8 8 12 27 4 22 6 57 10 27 6 27 Nantyglo 8 15 12 35 430 7 6 jlO 35 635 Aberbeeg June 7 12 13 4 8 6 49 -10 13 C Victoria 8 12 27 4 22 7 4 10 27 6 Ebbw Vale 8 15 [12 35 4 30 7 12 llO 36 6 Printed and Published by PETER WILLIAMS, at the TELEGRAPH Office High-street, ill the Town and Franchise of Merthy Tydtli, in tlio County ot Glamorgan, Fan AT. JANUARY 1.4th, im. 1

The Times has reason to believe that her Majesty the Queen proposes to open the approaching session of Parliament in person, and that her Majesty will be ac- companied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Sir A. H. Gordon, Governor of Fiji, has reported to the Colonial Office that a vessel of which the name and nationality are unknown has kidnapped some of the natives of an island lying near the Fiji group. At Salford Police-court.a railway signalman, named John Chapman, has been summoned for being drunk on duty. Defendant was stationed at Hope Station signal-box, one of the most important on the Lanca- shire and Yorkshire Railway. The district inspector found him in a beerhouse, having left the signals with a boy. The defendant returned quite drunk. The magistrate severely censured him and fined him JElO and costs.