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glbout the Iflflrlfl. The Standard is so delighted with the "young barbarians" of Oxford for hissing Blackwood and shewing certain conservative predilections, that it devotes a leading article to their defence. Our intensely respectable, and very amusing, contemporary would not lose any feature of the Encomia—not even the vociferous requests to the man in the green tie" or the velvet coat," or with the straw hat" to "go home," or "hide his distinguished head," or "be ashamed pi himself." Our contemporary, indeed, is quite gushing in its admiration of the under- graduates' horse play, which is harmless and comical enough, but hardly calls for such an encomium as the follo,ving.- There is one time-honoured possession of our country at least -which we trust ever to retain, in spite of Sir John Coleridge and his allies, and that is the free, impartial, and manly voice of the youth of Oxford. Whatever changes threaten the University, it would be a serious loss to the public life of this country if any- thing happened by which the annual ceremony of the Com- memoration was robbed of any of its characteristic featwres. On the late occasion, at least, it could not be said that the under- graduates exceeded the bounds of rational and wholesome licence, or that their conduct was unbecoming that of gentlemen having to maintain the spirit of our chiefest seat of intellectual and manly culture. Fancy "maintaining the spirit of our chiefest seat of jntpllectual culture" by groaning at "the man in the white coat," and cheering "the ladies in blue!" But, we forgot, .the custom is ancient. The ship Silvercraig, which arrived at Liverpool last -week, had on board six of the crew of the Mercurius, of that port. The Mercurius had been wrecked on the IRoccas reef in the South Atlantic, and the officers and seamen to the number of sixteen were lost. Only one boat managed to reach shore and was in a very damaged state. The rocks at high water are completely covered, and the only dry spot is a raised sandbank. The six survivors on reaching terra firin a at once surveyed theirjposition, and found the reef abounding with wreckage, amongst which they discovered four •water tanks belonging to the London and Australian clipper Duncan Dunbar, which was lest with 80 passengers on the same reef about two years ago. In one of the tanks they found some fresh water which with a copious fall of rain at intervals answered all their requirements. Nothing in the shape of pro- visions was saved from the wreck, and for 51 days these six castaways supported themselves on turtle, what fish they could catch by th" aid of a bent nail and apiece of cord, birds' eggs and youag birds. For shelter against the inclemency of the weather on their exposed position they erected a hut from the 'Wreck of the Duncan Dunba;r-a portion of which was still visible —and other vessels whose names will probably be for ever un- known. To this .wooden structure they fastened a pole, and attached to it an old shirt as a signal of distress to any vessels that might happen to pass within sight of the Roccas reef. They remained on this desolate spot for 51 days, when the Silvercraig happened to pass within sight of the reef, and observed the signal. The vessel was at once hove to, and the six poor feUaws— though not badly off so far as their bodily condition was concerned, were shockingly minus of wearing apparel-put off to the Silvercraig in two small boats which they had managed te put together frem the wreckage found on the reef. Although they were for 51 days on the rocks, no vessel was sighted hat the one which picked them off on the 15th of May. In a second edition, Blackwosd defends himself against the criticism on his criticism of Lothair— One grand -caarft ef the indictment against us is, TChat, in allKdrng to things Jewish, we have rendered our article personal and offensive to Mr Disraeli. Now we should have said just what we have said if Mr JJisraeli traced his pedigree to Harold or William the Con- queror for it is not the man of Jewish descent, but the champion of Hebrew pre-eminence, perfection, and other non- sensical pretensions, who has been the object of our allusions. The most conspicuous feature in some of his later novels has been the asserted superiority of the Jews to all other people. To talk of this in discussing his merits as an author is no more personal than to mention hero-worship in connection with Carlyle, or certain fantastic theories of art in reviewing Mr Husk in. We have spoken of Mr Disraeli in the character in which it is Ms pleasure to disport himself, and in which he is universally recognisable by all who ever heard of him. For a quarter of a century his satirists have depicted him with pen and pencil undertevish nicknames and with Jewish peculiarities of costume. The whole meaning of the mock novel of Codlingsby' vanishes if the Jewish element is ignored. In that parody, a vendor of old clothes, cheap penknives, and similar wares, inhabits a palace filled with fabulous delights, and plays a tune on 'the little harp peculiar to his nation." This is the Jew that Titmarsh drew. And now the critics, who have been so long chuckling over and repeating ridicule of this sort, suddenly discover that we, from whose article nobody can derive the remotest hint of anything concerning Mr Disraeli's private life, are guilty of gross personality. Do they think that, because they are thus tardily virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and a3e? Yes, by St. Anne and ginger shall still be hot in the mouth, though they may prefer to offer their readers saw- dust. A corrrespondent at Coblentz writes- A painful impression has been created here by the following incident:—Three soldiers of the line were undergoing a long period of imprisonment in the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein for desertion. They had originally desertedat Saarlouis and crossed the frontier into France, but on the persuasion of their families, had surrendered themselves to their regiment. Their term of punishment was seven years, of which only six months had ex- pired. Finding their life, as is asserted, insupportable, they determined to drown themselves on the first favourable oppor- tunity as a preferable fate. A few days ago they were em- ployed on the Carthause, the fine plateau which separates the Khine from the Moselle, and it seemed a fitting moment to attempt their rash enterprise. One sentry alone was in charge of them, and he witnessed their flight. He immediately fired and brought one victim down dead, the bullet having passed through his head. With extraordinary sang-froid and deter- mination he loaded a second time, and again fired with fatal pwxiuilon ttia <W/irt.ar fall dwul. Diree,1 through the heart Once more loading he fired at the third fugitive, and the bullet passed completely through his body, inflicting frightful injury to his intestines. The unfortunate man was taken to the military lazaretto in Coblentz, where he lies in a hopeless con- oitloa. In military circles this melancholy catastrophe is .n- garded as a fittinar retribution for a grav" L..aCil oi discipline^ a view of the case not altogether shared in by the civil portion of the community. One thing is certain-the needle-gun in the hands of a good marksman is a sure and terrible weapon. The result of the division upon Mr Beaumont's motion for excluding future bishops from the House -of Lords is not at all discouraging to the se who consider that spiritual peers are worse than useless. There are many church- men no agree with a great church leader who declared the other day that the bishops neither helped forward great reforms nor hindered the passing of bad laws 4 and the reflection that alterations in the law which have been loudly called for have been often prevented by the episcopal element in the House makes the movement which Mr Beaumont has initiated one of considerable im- portance. The Daily News says- Mr Gladstone's speech was not, indeed, of a kind that should deter Mr S. Beaumont, or any one else, from bringing the motion forward again. Ingenious and versatile as the Premier was on this occasion, his speech was, at most, an apology for acqui- escence in a system which no statesman would think of recom- mending if it wore noit already in force; and when the inevitable day shall arrive for doinc? justice to the profounder -Convictions of the public, the Opposition leader of those titaes will look in vain througkthat speech for materials on which to charge Mr Gladstone with inconsistency. The accumulation of secondary arguments, %ased on small considerations of expediency, with which the Premier defended his present policy of inaction, will be useless for such a party purpose. Further en our contemporary urges with great force an argument which will tell upon the minds ef earnest churchmen- Title and rank suddenly .conferred upon persons, many of whom, as JKr Gladstone observed on Tuesday, have risen from bumble statiees, do not always sit easy on their possessors, and they oftenfffect a most injurious separation between the Bishops and the clergy. They create, and it is hardly conceivable that they were not meant to creat a sentiment which the piety of modern days regards as most opposite to that whicltught to distinguish men devoted to religion. And not only do the spiritual peerages tend to impair the usefulness of existing Bishops, but they are made the reason why sees are not mul- tiplied. If ;the constitution of the Church of England in to be maintained and restored, more Bishops are needed. The Daily Newe eoncludes- The true interests of the Church of England are being found to coincide on this subject with the -claims which are preferred in the name of Religious Equality, and they will prevail. Mr Gladstone will hear more of this motion and although, Cadg- ing from experience of semi-ecclesiastical questions, it will reappear each time iB a more stringent form, it is satisfactory that the Premier shetfld have sai £ nothing on this occasion which need preclude Mm from a full and free consideration of its scope. Pius IX. entered upon the 2546h year of his pontifi- cate on the 17th June. His Holiness was congratulated on the occasion by the Sacred College and the Bishops, and his reply to their felicitations has new been published in the Paris Univers. In the course of his remarks he refers to the errors prevailing in the present day, and declares that they arise in great part from ignorance. "But upon whom do€3 the task derisive of dispelling this ignorance ?" he asks. Upon whom if not upon u« and you ? It is for us to remove the errors which exist evenin the minds which are upright, but which da not know the significance of certain principles and the peril of certain doctrines?" The Pope speaks in strocg terms against the Liberal Catholics, and eertaan bishops, "sentineik established by God to watch over the salvation of the people, who so far forget the grandeur of their duty as to leave the devices with which the Church honours them in order to adopt those of the -world and live as it lives." The Pope relates a couple of anecdotes, and prefaces them with the remark that he will be brief in order to avoid imitating "certain orators," allusion being here made, it is assumed, to cer- tain members of the Council who have spoken against the dogma of infallibility. c An exceedingly interesting- event took place in Arling- ton's treet, Piccadilly, on Thursday week. The Prince of Wales and a large and distinguished company, Includ- ing M. de Lesseps, assembled to celebrate the opening of the telegraph to India. Shortly afterliisarrival his Royal Highness i;imfied his wiah to send a message to Lord Mayo, apd the following words were flashed under the ocean to India: — I congratulate your Excellency oa England and India being Jio-w connected by a submarine cable. I feel assured this ereal achievement will be of immense benefit to the welfareof the Empire, and its success is thus of Imperial interest. Before the news that this message had been sent circu- lated the crowded rooms, its, receipt had been acknow- ledged by the operator* in India. Lady Mayo had pre- viously to this sent a message to the Viceroy in India; and when the word went round that his lordship was in bed, but that he would be roused with all speed to receive her ladyship's and the Prince of Walea's congratulations, commiseration was expressed, and the ladies said "Poor man 1" The Prince then expressed his desire to commu- nicate with the King of Portugal and the Khedive of Egypt. This message was then forwarded I offer you my congratulations on the completion of direct telegraphic communication between England and the East bv way of Portugal. I thank you for the aid your Majesty'sGo- vernmont has rendered to this great enterprise, and trust that by bringing our two countries nearer together in point of' time we may cement more closely the old bonds which unite England to Portugal. His Royal Highness's message to Ismail Pacha ran thus Allow me to congratulate your Highness on the completion of a new telegraphic route from England to Egypt. By your assist- ance you have not only promoted commercial relations between Britain and Egypt, but you have carried out the traditional policy of your Highness's rule by facilitating the communication of England with her Eastern Empire. Mr Pender then sent messages to Colonel Staunton, her [Majesty's Consul-General in Egypt, to the Governors of Malta and of Gibraltar; and to the Governors ¡ of the Presidencies of Bogibay and Madras. The Prince of Wales now sent a congratulatory message to the President of the United States, and answers were received at short intervals from the King of Portugal, the Khedive, and the President. When Lord Mayo's message came soon after midnight it was dated Simla, 5.4 a.m., and there was considerable laughter. His Excellency had been roused from his bed in the middle of the night-" or to-morrow morning isn't it ?" as one inquirer remarked confusedly—to pass compliments with his Royal Highness and the gay crowd in Arlington-street. This was the coup of the evening, and the Prince of Wales, his Royal High- ness the Duke of Cambridge, M. de Lesseps, and the rest of the distinguished company assembled in the pri- vate tent facing the Green-park, were loud in their ap- proval. The actual time occupied by the message from India was four minutes two seconds.
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toeraL Professor Syme, an eminent Edinburgh surgeon, is dead. M. de Lesseps, of Suez Canal fame, is on a visit to Liverpool. Keshub Chunder Sen, the Hindoo reformer, preached in the Myrtle-street Baptist Chapel, Liverpool, on Sunday. Mr Hugh Mason presented his workpeople at Ashton with a park, five acres in extent, on Saturday. Fines to the amount of jE26 have been inflicted on the Anti- Surplice rioters at Ashton-in-Makerfield. King Pepple, the African monarch, has been visiting Liver- pool, where he had an interview with the Mayor. A salmon, measuring 4ft. Sin. in length, and weighing 701bs., has been caught in the Tay. A Parliamentary return states that the total cost of the Thames Embankment is £ 1,660,000. One of the paupers of the Dudley Union has 197 descendants living. There are two liberals trying to get in for Norwich-Tillett and Garner; so we shall doubtless soon hear of a conservative fox ready to bear away the prize. The English Churchman wants to know whether the lack of rain may not be considered a judgment upon us for despoiling the Irish Church. We are inclined to think not. It is officially announced that no other writer will be allowed to complete The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Three more num- bers were left by Charles Dickens to be published. The installation of the Marquis of Salisbury, who succeeded the late Earl of Derby as Chancellor of the University of Oxford, took place at Oxford. The Emperor of Japan has abolished Buddhism, and the colossus of Buddha is to be sold for old brass So, at least, says a San Francisco paper. It is suggested that Mr Ayrton should buy Buddha and put it up in Hyde Park. In a recent speech, Mr Ward Beecher said Dickens was en- titled to the highest and noblest honour, and to be reckoned amongst the best of men. The American papers are full of eulogmms. Mr Inman has now intimated that he has lost all hope of the City of Boston, which he believes to have been lost amidst the floating ice. He has presented zC300 to be divided amongst relatives of the crew. A man named Jermyn, a porter in the Great Seal Patent Office, Chancery Lane, made a murderous attack on a clerk named Tomlinson, on Saturday, and afterwards attempted to cut his own throat with a penknife. The flooding of the mines in North Staffordshire, foretold by Mr Wynne, engineer, has commenced, and many men have already been thrown out of work. This could all have been prevented, but the owners could not agree in assessing the cost. A church at the cost of 425,000 has been erected at West Derby, Liverpool, by a Mrs Reade, which sails so near to the wind of illegality that the bishop has 'refused to consecrate it unless the altar is removed or toned-down. "Lothair" has been successful in America. It is said that 25,000 copies have been sold, of which a single firm-the Ameri- can News Company-account for 5,000 copies. A travesty of the novel is to appear at Boston- The Birmingham Post says-Our readers will be very glad to learn that a decided improvement has taken place in Mr Bright's health. We hear from the best authority that the last reports are the most favourable that have been received, and that Mi- Bright is really getting on well. A young farmer, named Duncan, has met with his death in a singular manner whilst ploughing a field on his father's farm, near Falkirk. As he was turning the plough at the end of the field, a loaded gun, which he had placed on it for crow shooting, exploded, and shot him dead. The Spanish Abolitionists intend to celebrate the adoption by the Cortes of the Bill to abolish slavery in the Spanish colonies by a banquet to Senor Castelar, who has so eloquently pleaded the cause of the slave, and who vainly attempted to so amend the Bill as to make the abolition immediate. The Count de Paris, the Duke d'Aumale, the Prince de Join- ville, and the Duke de Chartres, have sent a petition to the Corps Legislatif, protesting against the law of banishment against them, and calling for its repeal, not as a favour, but as the vindication of a right which belongs to all Frenchmen. Mr Kirkman Hodgson beat Mr Sholto Hare at Bristol on Saturday, the former polling 7,816, and the Latter 7,260. The tories, always thankful for small mercies, are elated because at the general election their champion only polled 6,694, so the ex- tra 270 the defeated one gets this time shows somewhat of a conservative reaction. Lords Chelmsford, Westbury, and Colonsay sat in the House of Lords last week to hear a case respecting the ownership of five shillings' worth of land And the Lord Advocate, Sir Roundell Palmer, and Mr Mellish were amongst the counsel en- gaged. The case had already been before two courts in Scot- land. It is a curious fact that of the passengers in the train which met with the terrible accident at Newark, all, or very nearly all, who were asleep at the time escaped uninjured- natare's anaesthetic ensuring them, not only against fractures and contu- sions, but even against the bad effects of shaking and concussion. Lancet. In the case of Gilliland v. the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, heard in the Court of Common Pleas, the jury found for the plaintiff £ 3 000 damages. The case arose out of the death of the plaintiff's husband by the loss of the steamer Camatic and the jury found that there had been fatal negli- gence both in running the vessel on to the reef and in getting the passengers off. A servant girl brought an action against her mistress in the Liverpool County -Court, to recover a month's wages, under rather novel circumstances. It seems that the mistress per- sisted in housing a couple of dogs in the kitchen, and the girl, not liking such companionship, left, though without her waees. The JUCWG *» i<mu g&ye a verdict for the full amount. The following members of the House of Lords-Dunsany, Moore (Drogheda), Templetown, Manchester, Dunsandle (for first and second reasons), Digby, Redesdale, Lucan, Malmes- bury, Kilmaine, Grinstead (Enniskillen), Saltoun, Oranmore Somerhill (Clanricarde), Saltersford (Courtown), Clements (LeitHm)—have protested agamst the second reading of the Irish Land Bill. At University College on Friday, the Bishop of Exeter pre- sided at the annual distribution of prizes of the Faculty of Arts and Laws. The right rev. prelate, in congratulating the college upon the evident prosperity which had attended its work ex- pressed his warm approval of the means which it had taken to provide education for women, and he hoped that the latter would not fail to take advantage of the opportunities afforded for the cultivation of their faculties. The Steele comments in very strong terms upon the letter of the Emperor Napoleon to the Mayor of Southampton, a transla- tion of which recently appeared in a contemporary, and the text of which has been published in the Journal Officiel. It main- tains that on the eve of the assembly of a court before which persons are to be brought for trial, who should be assumed to be innocent until they have been proved to be guilty, it is no time for the head of the State to declare that his death has been plotted. A great fire occurred at Nottingham on Thursday night. The factory of Mr Bridgett, yam and lace manufacturer, Woolpack- lane, was entirely destroyed. Two hundred hands will be thrown out of work by the disaster. According to the Notting- ham papers, the fire brigade of that town is not in an efficient condition. The Mayor is said by the Nottingham Guardian to have looked after the engines, while the borough police "seemed perfectly wild with excitement." Judgment in the long-pending case of Phillips v. Eyre was given last week in the Court of Error. The plaintiff sued the late Governor of Jamica for damages for an assault committed during the outbreak of October, 1865. Mr Eyre pleaded that by the passing of an Act by the Colonial Legislature, and assented to by the Crown, he was indemnified. The Court of Queen's Bench held that this was a good defence to the action, and the judges of the Exchequer and Common Pleas have, on appeal, unani- mously affirmed the decision. A curious case of mutiny on board ship isjnst reported. AHull steamer, the Hamburg, had on board sixteen military convicts, who. under the care of a lieutenant and ten men, were being conveyed. to Wakefield prison. The convicts appeared to have enjoyed the trip so much that they became insubordinate, and were consequently imprisoned in the hold of the vessel. The sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done," says the poet; and finding several cases of wine in the said hold the convicts at once knocked off the heads of the bottles and re- galed themselves with the contents. Pot-valiant, they indulged in the hope of obtaining their liberty, but were ovepowered and safely conveyed to their destination. A man, who had been ordered by the magistrates to con- tribute £ 5 towards the support of a boy in the Ardwick Indus- trial School, attended before the stipendiary at Manchester, to resist the order. He was accompanied by a woman, who stated that her husband, who was the father of the boy, had deserted her and was still living; and, though she was now cohabiting with the other man, if lier husband demanded her she must go to him, and leave the man who had been kind to her. The stipendiary told the man he could only enforce the order, which was signed by two magistrates and so the man went to gaol for a month, for the support of another man's child. The Denham murderer, who gave the name of John Jones has been identified by his relatives as John Owen, of Byfield' near Daventry, Northamptonshire. The family of the Owens' with the exception of this son, have always been considered hardworking, well-conducted people. John Owen was thirty- eight years of age on the 8th of this month. He was bound apprentice when he was fifteen years of age, in 1847, to Thomas Mason, a blacksmith, in Byfield, and while there Mason and Owen were pulling down some iron fencing at the rectory and while Mason was using a pickaxe Owen incautiously stooped down, and Mason accidentally struck him on the right side of the head, causing a severe wound, the scar of which he carried for years, and is believed to carry now. He did not serve his ap- prenticeship out, but ran away and went to Birmingham. He married a widow named Russell, who kept a confectioner's' shop at Shipston-on-Stour. After they were married he kept a beer- house at the same place, but lost his licence fof larceny. The wife is now living with her friends. On Friday week her Majesty held the garden party which has been some time announced at Windsor Castle. Eight hun- dred guests were invited. A long range of marquees and tents had been erected upon the lawn hi front of the east terrace. These were furnished with couches, ottomans, chairs, and drug- geting. In the grand quadrangle of the castle great prepara- tions had been made to receive the visitors. A covered way with canvas awning, had been erected over the paved way on each side of the State entrance under the clock tower, and the latter entrance and that usually used by visitors were both called into requisition. Broad-guage special trains had been appointed to run between Paddington and Windsor for the accommodation of her Majesty's guests. The royal borough put on a festive appearance for the fete. Flags were displayed in abundance from the houses in the principal streets. A drizzling rain fell after ten o'clock, and rather marred the earlier pleasure of the day. It was fair after four o'clock.
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tdtsiastital. Dr Octavius Winslow, a well-known Baptist minister, and the Rev. W. S. Chapman, a clergyman of the same church, have been ordained clergymen of the Church of England. The Church Times is greatly shocked because the Bishop of Manchester has been associating with dissenters in some re- ligious work. If such indiscretions are committed by grave bishops, our contemporary wants to know what may be expected of wild young curates. Keble College, Oxford, erected to perpetuate the memory of the author of the Christian Year, was opened last week. The Rev. Edward Talbot, the first warden of the College, having been installed, addresses were delivered by the Marquis of Salisbury, the Warden, Dr Pusey, Mr Gathorne Hardy, M.P., Y' the Bishop of Winchester, Mr Shaw Stewart, Canon Liddon, Earl Beauchamp, the Bishop of Oxford, and Mr Mowbray, M.P1 At a meeting last week in London, to promote the Reunion of Christendom, it was moved by an Anglican, Lord Kilcoursie, seconded by a Romanist, Mr De Lisle, and carried, with some opposition, That the only adequate remedy for the social and religious dangers of England, and the surest guarantee for the future of England's Christianity, lies in her restoration to the visible unity primarily with the churches of the Western Patriarchate, and therewith the Eastern churches also." The following resolutions were passed at a meeting of the English Church Union last week:—"That the proposed alteration of the law in order to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's sister, demands the combined and strenuous opposition of all who are unwilling to see the lawfulness of every marriage within the prohibited degrees on the side of affinity discussed and ad- mitted." "That the Bill now before Parliament to alter the Burial Laws, and to permit within churchyards consecrated and set apart for the use of the Church of England the performance of rites other than those of that church, is an infringement of the rights of the Church of Christ, and the admission of a principle which, if carried out to its conclusion, would throw open churches, as well as churchyards, to all the parishioners, whatever their creed or religious profession." Speaking the other day on the problem, how to reach the mass of the working classes, the Bishop of Manchester pointed out that the first thing wanted was a body of visiting clergy. His lordship then proceeded to develop an idea which he said had occupied a place in his heart and thoughts for many years. He does not think a parochial organisation is the best for deal- ing with urban populations. He pointed out that under the present system it is too frequently the case that a square man is put into a round hole, or vice versa; whereas the Roman Catholic Church is able, by its wonderful organisation, to put men in the places best suited for them. His scheme is to consolidate the various church agencies in Manchester. He would have in the most thickly-populated parts of the city half-a-dozen houses, to be called mission houses," or "church houses," in each of which he would place three resident clergymen, whose dutyit should be to go out amongst the outcast population around them, and act in concert, preaching "peace on earth, and good-will towards men." Attached to each house he would have three laymen; and to support the proposed new agency he considers it would be necessary to raise £5,000 a-year.
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gtpkuttuflrt. A correspondent states that in Suffolk the wild convolvulus, being very luxuriant on heavy land, is being gathered out of the wheat furrows, for the purpose of feeding ewes during this parched season. Mr Mechi writes upon the prospects of the harvest. The, drought, which has been injurious to shallow-rooted grasses has proved favourable to wheat. Barley is good on cool-bottom land, but deficient on hot, thin soils. Potatoes are generally healthy, and promise a good crop. Oats on well-formed clays look favourable; beans are short in the straw, but well bloomed, and peas a poor crop on light soils. STRAW V. MANURE.—I am surprised, after all that has been said and written on the subject of manuring, to find re-asserted in your columns that the quantity of decomposed straw left by an outgoing tenant can be the least criterion of the value of the clung contained in it. It must be evident to anyone who will think on the subject that the manure elements left by feeding cattle are the same in value and in effect, whether contained in a heap of 50 or 100 tons of rotten straw, ashes, or sawdust, or any other trticle in fact, where the carriage to the field is ex- pensive, the larger the heap the less may be its actual value. Mr Lawes, in his valuation of the residual value of feeding stuffs, has very wisely put down the extreme value derivable from cattle properly housed and fed, and the manure carefully protected from water. Where these circumstances are not fully attended to, a very large percentage will have to be deducted from their theoretical value, but in any case the trodden straw can only be reckoned as the vehicle for preserving the manurial value, not as manure in itself. Where the artificial manure dealer has mixed 50 per cent. of London clay with his guano, or the publican mixed only half a glass of brandy with the tumbler of water, they are very properly prosecuted as cheats; so should the seller of the farmyard mixen, if it only contains a portion of the pretended valuable contents. I am induced to trouble your readers with these truisms because straw is becoming every year more valuable and scarce, while the value of the manure made throughout the country is gradually increasing. Farmers are becoming more alive to the use of their straw as food, and haveless to throw away as thatch or litter; indeed, such will be the scarcity of hay next winter, that a great portion of our straw crop will of necessity have to be chopped up and con- sumed as chaff, with roots and such other helps and condiments as may be attainable. In this probable emergency I would call the attention of my brother farmers to the necessity of pre- serving all dry and well made pea haulm and straw during the present season for winter consumption, and to the expediency of collecting ashes and sawdust, and other refuse, for bedding, to enable them to keep their stock dry through the winter. Any surplus straw will probably be saleable at 50s. or 60s. the ton, which will go some way in making up the deficiency in other receipts, without trenching on the amount of stock kept and actual manure made during the coming winter.—J. B. M. in the Gardeners' Chronicle. UTILIZATION OF SEWAGE. It is almost impossible not to mark the frequent hints given in your valuable paper, commending to the notice of your agricultural readers the subject of the utilization of sewage. Let those that know what it is to get two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, go in the lull of their work and feast their eyes on the specimens of growth that sewage presents to them, and see how under it there can be grown not only two, four, six, but even eight or nine raisings of that commodity, grass, under which, in most cases this season, the land has lain almost idle. AirrioiiH' So generally rcoKuuua it siow but sure investment, procure for it sewage power and it is bound to be the liveliest business abroad. But with farmers even sewaging will have prejudices to overcome. Under sewage land exhibits an earliness and productiveness of growth not to be equalled by our present modes of raising crops. Hitherto sewaging has been considered not of the nature of things for agricultural talent, but only fit to be dabbled in by the engineer and chemist; and in the application of such skilled labour there thus arise in great measure the high figures frequently given currency to for its adoption. The-subject as regards towns divides itself into two distinct appointments-they that be engineers to the engines, pumps, pipes, and their belongings and they that be agriculturists to the laying-out and fanning of the land. The first to deliver the sewage along the various points, the second to take charge of it there and see to its distribution over land and crops until it be parted with, the standard purity. Depend upon it, it is the man that knows the chemical and physical conditions of soil, and when to dig in dung and crop it— qualifications (acquired only by close observation and long ex- Eerience on a farm) not to be expected in an engineer—that is to e trusted for sewage farming. What man of the soil now-a-days would desire to be told how to drain his farm ? And is the practice of sewaging, which is putting water on land, more difficult to comprehend than the more costly operation of draining, which is drawing water from it ?—or, in preparing for drainage, is he, as is the fashion with sewaging, to indulge in hair-breadth engineerings and levelings all over his fields ?— or are our ordinary farmers to call in the aid of professionals to be taught how to dress down each face of their ordinary 25 to 30 feet ridges, so as to get water to pass readily and uniformly down them?—or is any common ploughman ignorant how to plough a ridge so as to raise it in the centre and finish it with a uniform slope from crown to furrow ?—or our more practised ploughmen, would they feel diffident at being tasked to lay off a feering f jr the formation of a ridge, or to finish at seed-time with a water-furrow, as it is called, with the plough and guiding poles in the direction of any parts that might be considered to lodge water-regulating its course in places either to accelerate or slacken the now, inclining it at its connection with the part to be tapped upwards so as to get a pressure for a quicker run in the more flat parts of the furrow ? As to the shape in which land should be laid out for sewage, for the farmer there can be no fQrm better than. the ridge, and to it he is most accustomed, raised slightly in the centre, and where t«o steep down the field to be drawn angle or cross-ways to the greatest fall, preserving an easy run from end to end, of the usual breadth, thiy feet or Jess, according to the strength of the particular sewage, remembering, that it is not water as a moistening agent only that is being dealt with, but the dis- solved matter in it as a fertiliser,—and the more directly it is applied to the soil the better; so that he should be careful with it as if he were dealing with so much guanoed water of his own mixing. After its manure ingredients have been deposited in the water its means ofconveyane6 should not be retained one instant longer than can be helped, but should escape down to the drains through the soil prepared as a filtering medium by deep cultiva- tion, or be let off down the furrow, but on no account allowed to stagnate. There is little land (if any, in England) in occupation for arable purposes too steep to be ridged in one direction or another. If really too steep for being conveniently ridged across the greatest incline, it may be laid out in halves of ridges (not necessarily straight) of not more than fifteen feet in breadth, the slope of the ground serving the purpose of the,indination given to each face of the whole ridge, and having its sewage supply in many respects ,the same as if it had formed one ol the faces of an entire ridge. As to the sewage or other fertilising element applied to, or incorporated in, the land, getting down through the soil into.the drains, it may be an old idea or not, still it is common sense, that this be seen to at the outfall; and if it be not fit to be passed away, it should be directed over fields situated below, to exhaust it of every pretension to being anything but water pure and simple. 0 Assuredly sewaging is to be regarded as a purely agricultural operation, and the more it is considered the business of the farmer, the more hope is there of its speedy and general adop- tion as a positive remedy by towns and other large populations beset witn pestiferous rivers, bad enough now, and daily getting worse.—Agricultural Gazette.
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Ittfyu 'tf ntr.tth We hear that there is great-improvement in trade in the iron districts of Shropshire and Staffordshire. A drunken fellow jumped over the suspension bridge at Conway the other day, but was rescued by some boatmen. He was taken before the magistrates, on a charge of at- tempted suicide, but discharged. The correspondent of a contemporary, reporting a school treat, stated that the children, "having eaten to the full adjourned to play and that they not only enjoyed several games, but had a bun before they went, and still were able to sing! The North Wales Chronicle relates that a British school- master in North Wales, finding himself short of the requisite number of pupils on Government examination day, sent to a brother pedagogue, of the National school, to request the loan of five or six youngsters! The Na- tional schoolmaster very properly refused his request. At the last meeting of the Conway Guardians the ques- tion of relief in money or kind incidentally arose, and Mr Doyle, who was present, strongly urged the latter system, pointed out the evils of giving money, or shop tickets, and instanced well-managed unions—amongst them Llanfyllin, one of the best Welsh unions—where relief was partly given in kind. Notwithstanding the evident superiority of the system advocated by Mr Doyle-and also by the Rev. W. Venables Williams and others—the old plan was maintained by a large majority!. The Cheshire Observer relates the story of a disgraceful elopement at Bishopsfields, Chester. A major, of the mature age of sixty-three, well-known in connection with Sunday schools and other public institutions, and accord- ingly deemed worthy of the greatest confidence, is said to have left his wife, who is an invalid, and departed, it is supposed, for America with the wife of a railway official, with whose family the major was on friendly terms. The guilty wife, who is the mother of four children, has taktn her youngest child with her, and the husband, it is said, has sent a detective to recover the child. Now that the major and his reputed respectability have both disap- peared, it comes out that he had made unsuccessful advance to other ladies. Archdeacon Ffoulkes is announced as a subscriber of i Is. to the Shropshire Eye and Ear Hospital. The work of cutting the new line from Whitohurtili to Tattenhall is progressing satisfactorily. There is said to be a bad outbreak ef Scarlatina at Llanidloes. A contemporary informs us that a yJUtig man at Rhos- ymedre has died from decease of tfee Iveart." The Bishop of St. Asaph has consented to preside on the second day of the Rhyl Eisteddfod. Sir Watkin is the president for the first day. It is announced that a Retreat" is to be held at Dol- gelley, commencing August 8th and concluding on the following Friday. Mr Benson, of Cowley, Oxford, is to conduct it. A musical entertainment, presided over by Mr W. B. Hughes, M.P., was given by the Bangor Normal College Choir last week, in aid of a fund for purchasing a boat for the recreation of the students. The announcement in the Welshman of the death of "Angelica, wife of the Rev. W. Thomas, B.D., vicar of Llancynfelin/' concludes with the words-" Requiescat in pace." P.C. H. Uewland has been removed from Llanrhaiadr to Llansilin, and P.C. Vaughan of Wrexham will take his place. Miss Edith Wynne, singing at the Oxford Commemora- tion last week, was much admired. She undertook solo parts in the congratulatory ode to the new Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, written by Sir F. Doyle. A shocking accident occurred on the railway at Ash- ford, near Ludlow, the other day. A gardener named Latvager was crossing the line, when he was struck by an engine, and dragged upwards of 100 yards, his head and one of his arms being severed from his body. Some male prudes are trying to prevent bathing in the driver at Chester. Of course the authorities will be too sensible to listen to them. Proper regulations are neces- sary to prevent annoyance to passers by, and, of course, as secluded a spot as possible should be set apart for the pur- pose, but it is the duty of the authorities to encourage, and not to discourage, bathing and swimming. The death of one of the best known Shrewsbury men is announced. Mr John Gregory Brayne expired last week, at his residence, in the seventy-third year of his age. He had filled the most importantoffices in the borough with credit to himself and satisfaction to the inhabitants, and had thoroughly identified himself with the interests of the town. At Chester police court last week Mrs Bailey, the wife of an omnibus driver, charged her son, aged twelve, with stealing a pair of silver-plated spurs. The charge was brought because the young prisoner had long been addicted to pilfering, and it was deemed advisable that he should be sent to a reformatory. Thither, accordingly, he was sent. The question of County Financial Boards has been brought before the Conway Guardians by Mr T. Parry, who pointed out the hardship upon the ratepayers in- volved in the fact that 211,000 of their money was spent every year without their having any voice in the matter. A petition in favour of County Financial Boards was adopted. At the inquest on the poor fellow who died at the Cheshire Asylum, as related in our last, it was stated that the bruises were superficial, and had nothing to do with the cause of death, which arose from senile decay, and a verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence. Evidence was adduced to show that deceased had been kindly treated. It seems that notice of death was sent to the coroner. Amongst those who received invitations to the Queen's garden party last week were-The Duke- of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Earl and Countess Brownlow, Earl of Powis, Earl and Countess Vane, Lord R. Grosvernor, Lord and Lady Penrhyn and the Misses Douglas Pennant, Lady Marian Alford, Lady Mary Herbert, Lady Ha/rriet Herbert, Sir Watkin and Lady Wynn, Right Hon. Sir Percy Herbert and Lady Herbert. h The following is from a recent return of county courts -Circiut No. 27 includes the towns of Bishop's Castle, Bridgnorth, Cleobury Mortimer, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Madeley, Newport, Shrewsbury, Welshpool, Wellington (Salop), and Wem. There were 13,250 plaints for sums under V-0, and 168 for amounts over £ 20 and under C50. 7,357 causes were tried, three only of which were before juries. The amount for which plaints were entered was £36,177, and the amount for which judgment was obtained was £ 17,702. William Jones, 70 years of age, living in Lower-street, St. Asaph, left his home about seven o'clock the other evening, and went upon ground belonging to Captain Thomas, J.P., Bryn Elwy, carrying his gun, which was loaded, the barrel in one pocket and the stock in another. In crossing from one field to the other the hedge caught the nipple of the gun, which exploded, the charge shat- tering to pieces Jones's hand and wrist. He was taken to Denbigh Infirmary, where his arm was amputated below the elbow. He lay in a dangerous condition. The other day a young man appeared at Flint and offered his services to a publican as barman, with a de- posit of 95 for good behaviour. The publican accepted the offer, and disappeared from Flint. The barman, finding his money gone and food scarce, was about to take out a warrant for the publican's apprehension, when the latter re-appeared and informed the former that he was about to be handed over to the authorities as a deserter from the Fusiliers. Upon this the young man disappeared mora "nc1c1pnly tlian hi* oriQ.ployar, laaviug the former in the enjoyment of the 25. The Cheshire Observer, to show the character of our— recent-ancestors' amusements, gives the following adver- tisement, dated 1808:— Wanted, a person qualified to conduct the performances at Banbury Wake, which will be celebrated on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 20th, 21st, and 22nd instant. It is requisite he should have a complete knowledge of Pony and Donkey Rac- ing Wheelbarrow, Bag, Cock and Pis Racing Archery, Single Stick, Quoit*, Cricket, Football, Cocking, Wrestling, Bull and Badger-Baiting; Dog-Fighting, Goose-Riding, Bumble-Puppy, &c. In addition to the above qualifications, he must be also competent to decide in Dipping, Mumbling, Jawing, Grin- ning, Whistling, Jumping, Jingling, Skinning, Smoaking, Scaling, Knitting, Bobbing, Bowling, Throwing, Dancing, Snuff- Taking, Singing, Pudding-Eating, &c. For further particu- lars, apply to Mr Farrall, of Bunbury; Mr Vickers, of Spurstow; or Mr Solomon Mintcake, of Nantwich. June, 1808." A very remarkable tale of a dog at Portmadoc is told by a correspondent of the North Wales Chronicle. "The other day," says the writer, "I offered him a penny as a treat, and I told him to fetch some biscuits with the money. In a short time he came back from the market hall with only two in his mouth, and we told him he had been cheated, and told him to go back and fetch the re- mainder, leaving two behind him in our custody. In two or three minutes he returned with the other two in his mouth, and handed' them over to his master, who, of course broke them up and gave them to him. How he was first induced to patronize the market hall stall-keeper of confectionery I do not know, but at present they appear to do a good trade together. On a subsequent occasion a gentleman gave him a penny, also for biscuits; but the stall-keeper only gave him two, and returned him the half- penny which he put in his mouth with the biscuits. As he was crossing the street from the hall to the Commercial Hotel the half-penny slipped on the street. Thus puzzled what to do (for he could not get the coin unless he dropped the biscuits) he covered the half-penny with dust by means of his foot in order to hide it until his return. Some boys, who were looking on, made an attempt on the half-penny, on which Toby became exceedingly furious, and jumped about in a very threatening manner, so that the boys bad to scamper off. All this was seen from the hotel, and of course the coin and the biscuits were safely secured."
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LIABILITY OF SOLICITORS IN EQUITY. (From the Law Times). A case has recently been taken from the Court of Vice- Chancellor Stuart to the Court of the Lord Chancellor and Lord Justice Giffard, which involved the question of the liability of solicitors, and the mode in which the Vice- Chancellor dealt with the bill which raised the question before him is more remarkable than the subject-matter of the bill itself. The bill, however, was filed under most extraordinary circumstances. These are set out in the report which we published (see p. 127, ante) last week, and present a case of unparalleled devotion to poor clients, by an emment firm of solicitors, and we think we may fairly add the proverbial ingratitude of such clients. It would appear that a considerable time since-about sixteen years we believe—Mr Howell, of the firm of Howell, Jones, and Howell, solicitors, of Welshpool, interested himself in a poor family, who were in absolute destitution, but who had a claim to ajreversionary interest in a share cf a pro- perty which yielded to them no income, and the title to which was involved in some doubt. Now Mr Howell was not a young practitioner, eagerfor business, and willing to embark in any? speculative suit, having been admitted in 1841, and in 1842 become the junior member of his firm, one of the oldest and most respected in the Principality. The property was secured for this poor family, Mr Howell's firm became their trustees, and made weekly payments for their support. In 18G7 it was discovered by the cashier of the firm that an annuity to which the plaintiff was entitled out of the property had been overpaid, and they thereupon, in the interest of orphan children of his late wife by a former husband, who were interested in the pro- perty subject to the annuity, gave notice to him that they could not go on making payments until they bad looked into matters and saw exactly how things stood. Shortly after this Mr Howell became deeply engaged in parlia- mentary matters relating to the Cambrian Railways, and was unable to reply to some letters addressed to his firm in the country requiring an account. Mr Nash, the annuitant, thereupon filed a bill against Mr Howell's firm. This bill prayed in the usual way that the fund might be ad- ministered and for the taking of the accounts; it also alleged that the annuity was in arrear, and prayed that the arrears should be ordered to be paid. No default whatever was charged against the defendants, and Mr Howell in his answer stated the transactions and gave the accounts m the schedule. To these accounts the plain- tiff's attorney could take no exception, but in an affidavit which he made he distinctly admitted that they were in every respect fair and showed a correct balance. We now come to the course which was pursued by the Vice-Chancellor. His Honour directed hostile accounts with charges of wilful default; he dis- covered that a deed made on the marriage of the plaintiff with his late wife was wholly for the benefit of the defendants, whareas in truth it was wholly for the benefit of the plaintiff's late wife and himself and her children. And, in short, he invented facts upon which he founded charges against the defendants in no way suggested by the bill, and which, indeed, took the plaintiff and his counsel, as well as the defendants and their counsel, by surprise. When the matter came before the Lord Chancellor ha said that he was not aware that a decree such as the Vice-Chancellor had made could be made upon a bill simply asking frr ad- ministration and accounts. There can be no doubt of this, and had the practice been otherwise, flagrant injus- tice might have been perpetrated daily under the guise of equity. Without even referring to the case in Seton, which was decided by Vice-Chatlcellor Stuart himself, and mentioned in the argument, it is abundantly clear that no judge can be allowed to go into matters not ap- pearing on the face of the pleadings, and of which, therefore, the defendant has had no notice, and does not reply to in his answer. Our readers will see that this is what the Vice-Chancellor did. The defendant, Mr Howell, fully answered the bill, and to his answer annexed a schedule of accounts, which were accepted as perfectly satisfactory by the other side. This was all he could do under the circumstances, and therefore, when the Vice-Chancellor took the devious course and went out of his way to attack him, Mr Howell was undefended, and, had there not been an appeal, he would have been condemned, literally unheard, on a charge not preferred against him, and which the plaintiff and his advisers well knew they could not have advanced successfully, and did not desire to bring forward at all. But for the result of the appeal, Mr Howell's professional honour and reputa- tion would have been blasted, and were Vice-Chancellor Stuart's procedure to be adopted generally, there is not one of our readers who could consider himself safe. To provide against a recurrence of so undesirable an incident, we have at this length drawn attention to the matter, notwithstanding the Court of Appeal has taken the sting out of the Vice-Chancellor's decree, and the plaintiff's counsel has himself confessed that there was no ground whatever for that decree. Mr Karslake, who was plain- tiff's leading counsel before the Vice-Chancellor, admitted before the Court of Appeal that he knew his Honour was going far beyond the necessities of the case, but did not interfere, as the decree was in favour of his clients, and that an ineffectual application was made to the officer of the court under his advice to alter the decree as soon as it was pronounced. Surely it is a grievous thing that an honourable man was not, under such circumstances, spared the pain inflicted by a decree, which for six months remained uncontradicted, reflecting upon his professional character, and spared also the trouble, expense, and annoy- ance of going to the Court of Appeal to reverse it. It is impossible, we think, to dwell upon this case, and some others, without having a painful and a growing conviction that a change is needed in regard to the administration of justice in an important branch of our judicature.
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Inkjet tpori. CORN, &c. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—TUESDAY. Market opened dull and depressed, but on the appear- ance of speculation the tone improved, consumers buying more freely, and with some Continental offers a fair busi- ness was done, the REDUCTION on the week being THREEPENCE to FOURPENCE on White, and FOURPENCE to FIVEPENCE PER CENTAL on Red Wheat. Market closing firmer. Flour 6d. to Is. cheaper. Beans a shade easier on the week. Indian Corn slow, at prices a little over last Tuesday's. Oats and Oatmeal dull Peas steady. LONDON, MONDAY.—Excepting large arrivals of foreign Oats, last week's supplies were short. Exports: 5,120 qrs. Wheat, 1,400 qrs. Barley, 13,790 qrs. Oats. English Wheat 2,934 qrs., foreign 4,117 qrs. The show of samples on the Essex and Kentish stands this morning was very scanty, yet sales could only be made at a REDUCTION of ONE SHILLING to TWO SHILLINGS PER QR. The demand for foreign was quite retail at a similar de- cline, American sorts being most depressed. Country Flour 16,522 sacks, foreign 2,674 sacks 10,193 barrels. There was very little inquiry for Norfolks or other country qualities, and to have sold freely some reduction would have been necessary. It was the same with foreign sacks. Barrels were decidedly 6d. lower. Town qualities were unaltered. British Barley 26 qrs., foreign 7,919 qrs. This grain has lost some of its buoyancy, but prices have little altered since last Monday. The Malt trade, with little passing, remained very firm. Maize 15,358 qrs. There was less briskness in the demand; but prices were much as previously. English Oats 288 qrs., foreign 61,959 qrs. With more rain fallen since Friday, this grain was 6d. to 9d. per qr. cheaper than on Monday, though the French were still buyers. Native Beans 447 qrs., foreign 246 qrs. This pulse was firm, from scarcity, though the demand was slack. English Peas 128 qrs., foreign 1,990 qrs. Prices were maintained; but without ready sales. CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN MARK LANE. ShiUinss ir qr. >Vheat, Essex and Kent (white), 48 to 55 Wheat, Essox and Kent (red) 47 51 Wheat, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire (red) 47 51 Barley 28 42 Beans 41 52 0:its,F.nglish feed .24 27 Flour, per sack Of UID, Town, Jtlousenolds, 43s. to 47s. WARWICK, SATURDAY.—There was a middling attendance at this market, with only a f-hort supply of wheat on offer. Busi- ness was steady, at fully 6d. per bag under former rates. Farmers generally complnin of the scantiness of the hay harvest, the jield being little more than one-fourth the average. WORCESTER, SATCBDAY.—At this day's market there was a less supply of wheat, which sold slowly at a decline of Is. to 2s. per qr. Barley firm, but no dearer. Oats held for a further ad- vance. Beans and peas both Is. per qr. higher. OXFORD, SATURDAY.—There was only a short supply of Eng- lish wheat at this market to-day, and a limited attendance. On the few transactions which took place a decline of 2s. per qr. was conceded by sellers. All spring corn very firm, but business limited. NOTTINGHAM, SATUBDAY.—Our corn exchange was pretty well supp'ied with samples of wheat, which met a steady sale, at prices the turn in favour of the purchaser. Barley was scarce, And fully as dear. In oats there was not much doing, and recent prices were fully sustained. Beans fetched recent prices. LEICESTER, SATURDAY.—Here to-day the show of wheat was middling, and the attendance of farmers and factors moderate. The trade ruled active, and prices were about Is. per qr. lower. Fine parcels of barley Fcarce, and quite as dear. Oats and beans a meagre supply, and about the same in value. PETERBOROUGH, SATURDAY.—There was a middling supply of wheat on offer at our market, which sold at a decline of Is. per qr. Fine barley was fully as dear. Oats were a meagre supply, and the turn in favour of purchaser. Beans little dearer. CATTLE. PETERBOROUGH, SATURDAY.—The show of beef at our mar- ket was fair, and the demand proved stealy, at prices varying from 6td. to 7d. per lb. Dull trade for mutton, at recent prices. Pork fetched from 6d. to 7d., while veal made 7d. to 8d. NOTTINGHAM, SATURDAY.—There was a fair show of beef at our market to-day, and the attendance of farmers and factors was fair. Business, however, was rather quiet, and prices ruled the turn in fnvour of the purchaser. Mutton was a small show, and realised last week's currency. Perk sold at 6d. to 7d. per Ib while veal made fully recent prices. METROPOLITAN, MONDAY.—The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 8,876 head. The ten- dency of the cattle trade to-day has been indicative of a return of steadiness. The supplies of stock have been less extensive, and the quality, for the most part, has been indifferent. The Lincolnshire season is commencing badly, the severe drought having greatly enhanced the value of food, and rendered the rearing nvi i rattening ef stock an expensive process. The con- dition of the lew animals which have come to hand has not been prime. The total supply of Bea-its on sale to-day has been about equal to Monday last, but the quality has been generally poor. The trade has been firmer, and enhanced rates have been obtained. For the best Scots and crosses 5s. to 5s. 2d and occasionally 5s. 4d. per 81b, has been paid. :From Norfolk, Suf- folk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 950 Scots and crosses; from other parts of England, including Lincoln- shire, 600 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 3 Scots and crosses. The market has been only moderately supplied with Sheep. The demand has been firm, at improving currencies. The best Dowus and half-breds have sold at 5s. 4d. to 5s. 6d. per 8ib. Lambs have been steadier, at from 6s. 6d. to 7s. per 81b. Calves have been in moderate request, but Pigs have been quiet. MISCELLANEO US. LONDON PROVISION, MONDAY.—The arrivals last week from Ireland were 2,586 firkins Butter and 2,774 hales Bacon, and from foreign ports 25,144 packages Butter and 2,711 bales Bacon The change in the weather last week caused the Butter market to rule dull, and prices of Irish declined about 2s. per cwt., whilst a reduction of 4s. to 6s. was submitted to on foreign, best Dutch 104s. to lOGs. The Bacon market also ruled flat, and prices of best Irish declined 2s., and Hamburg 4s. per cwt. LONDON HOP, MONDAY.—Our market continues heavy foi all descriptions, buyers contenting themselves with the supply 01 immediate wants only. Accounts from our principal districts speak favourably of the progress of the plant; which, however, appears to be much in want of rain, and is gradually attaining a yellow appearance in some grounds. Imports for the week eudiua 2'.th June 98 bales, against 50 bales the previous week. Mid and East Kent £ 1 0 £ 9 5 £ 12 12 Wealds 6 0 70. 80 Sussex 5 12 66. 6 18 Bavarians 6 6. 77. 90 French 5 0. 6 15. 61C Americans 4 5. 5 5 60 Yearlings 1 10 210. 315 LONDON SEED, MONDAY.—All sorts of Cloveiseed wert held with firmness, and there was more inquiry for better de- scriptions of foreign. Prices for all sorts were fully as high. Trefoils, whether English or foreign, supported last week's quo- tations. Pioe qualities of English Rapeseed brought very hiah rates. The copious rains of last Friday have caused a better sale for sowing, green food provender being much wanted. Canary seed was scarce, and fine qualities brought rather more money Foreign Tares continue in good demand, and rather more monej was established generally. LONDON WOOL, MONDAY.—The attendance of home buyers at the public sales of Colonial wool has continued good; bu foreign houses have been poorly represented. Biddings havt been animated, and prices have been well maintained. EnglisL woi-1 has been steady, at previous quotations. The import into London last week comprised 9,928 bales from New Zealand 643 Cape, and 801 bales from Melbourne. CURRENT PRICES OF ENGLISH WOOL. S. d. to B. d. FLEECES—Southdown hoggets .per lb. 10 1 lfalf-bred ditto 12 13 Kent fleeces tt 1 2 13 Southd'a ewes and wethers.. „ 10 10 Leicester ditto „ 1 1^ 1 24 SORTS—Clothing, picklock „ 1 4 1 4.J Prime 1 2J 1 8 Choice i, 11 Super » 1 0 1 0i Combing, wether met >» } 5, 1 ?» Picklock 1 J4 J Common » 0 11 0 114 Hog matching •• i J *5 Picklock matching »» f }, Super ditto « HALIFAX WOOL & WORSTED, SATURDAY.—Prices for wool continue weak. Those for Irish wools have during the last twenty-one days fallen jd. per lb. The sales of all kinds are limited. In yams there is no increase of business to report. Prices cannot be kept up in either yarns or pieces. Ia the latter department fancy goods are the best to sell. LONDON POTATO, MONDAY.—These markets have been scantily supplied with Potatoes. The trade has been steady at our quotations. English Regents. 180s. to 140s. per ton. Scotch. 120s. to 140s. „ French 130s. to 135s. „ Mid French lis. to 13s. per owt. BIRMINGHAM HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATOUDAY.- Hidcs: 951b. and upwards, 4Jd. to Od. per lb; 851b. to 941b., 4d to Od. per lb. 751b. to 841b.. 4!d, to Od. per lb.; 651b. to 741b., 41. to 01. per lb; 5,61b to 641b, 41. to OJ. per lb 551ba and under, 4d. toOd. per lb.; cows, SJd. to 0d. per lb.; bulls, Iid. per lb., flawed and irregular, 3Jd. to 0.1. per lb.; horse, 6s. 9J. to 14. Od. each. Calf; 171b. and upwards, 5d. per lb.; 121b. to 161b., 7ld. por lb; iilb. to lllb., 7f'1. per Th.; light, 6.,1,1. per lb.; flawed and irregu- lar, 5d. per lb. Pelts, Is. 6i. Lamb?, Is. 01. to 2-. 7d.
THE WELSH IRON, TIN-PLATE,…
The English schooner yacht Cambria, Mr James Ash- bury, sailed from Cowes on Friday week for Queens- town, and on the morning of the 4th of July will start with the American schooner yacht Dauntless fro n off the Head of Kinsale for Sandy Hook, in their match across the Atlantic. THE WELSH IRON, TIN-PLATE, AND COAL TRADES. The make of railway iron in this district can scarcely be said to be quite so large at present as it was a few weeks ago, and the quantities exported from the local ports have to some extent diminished during the past week or two, This, however, does not arise from any falling off in the demand, as makers still have on hand a number of con- tracts which will afford ample employment at their works for some time to come but stocks are used up, and the demand keeps pace with the make. As compared with the shipments of last year and the year before, there is a vepr large increase shown, and there is every reason to believe that the improvement will be sustained through this and the next year. Owing to the pressure of United States and Continental requirements, clearances latterly to the Russian markets have not been numerous or large. This cessation will probably extend to the middle or end of July next, when makers' and merchants' attention will again be directed to the requirements of the Muscovite empire. The end of the quarter is not likely to affect the position of the trade to any extent, but some additional transactions are expected to be entered into for next year Pigs are in better request, and prices still evince a tendency to advance. Iron and steel rails are in demand for home purposes. The continued drought and the present high, temperature interfere materially with operations at the- ironworks. In the Tin-plate trade business is a little more buoyant,. and prospects are somewhat more encouraging. At most of the works the hands are working full time. Some improvement is this week again evinced in the; steam ooal trade. The foreign demand is steady, and there is much less delay in shipments, vessels arriving and departing from the local ports with more regularity. The house coal trade continues quiet, and no improvement is expected until the end of the summer, J ——-———————————-———-— ——————————————— J
REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN…
REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. 1 I (From the Mark Lane Express.) Although the commencement of the past week was- characterized by tropical heat and the absence of rain, towards the close the temperature became coel and re- freshing showers fell, more or less generally over the country. The previous fall had been very serviceable to the corn and fruit, though too late for the hay crop, and should these welcome rains continue, the meadows will soon recover their verdure. The want experienced was causmg the forced sale of stock at ruinous rates and'the slaughter of lean stock could not fail to have a'most dis- astrous effect upon the future price of meat, already above the reach of many of the poor. But a better fate now seems intended for the nation, though a severe pressure has already been locally felt. France, as we surmised, has been excited beyond bounds, especially in the matter of wheat; but with the crop already mature in the South, she begins to find out her mistake, and Paris has already noted a decline in wheat of 3s. to 4s. per qr. while in some parts of the country it has been more. Her influence has left many of the continental markets at a high and unnatural range, which we expect will shortly be set right, for whatever of justification there may have been for the smart and very unusual rise in spring corn, there appears to have been very little reason in the fears for the wheat harvest. The forcing weather itself brings the gather- "f! han they were ever expected to be, and one fortnight after the first sickle has been at work is generally sufficient to inform us what we may expect.
THE NEWARK RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
THE NEWARK RAILWAY ACCIDENT. The jury, in the Newark collision case, after two hourie- consultation, returned a verdict that deceased were acci- dentally killed through the breaking of an axle of a wag- gon belonging to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Railway, on the Great Northern Railway. The jury believe tfce goods train was driven too swiftly from Ret- ford to the scene of the accident. They are also of opinion that a fracture in the axle had been in existence some length of time, and that it was not fit for use. They think there should be some limit to the maximum of time of use, and some measure devised for the periodical test of the axle, being of opinion that the present system is defective, The jury requested the coroner to communi- cate that view to the Board of Trade.
CRICKET.
CRICKET. T OSYJS.TRY y- I^ANFYLLIN.—This match was played at Llanfyllin on Saturday, the 25th ult. Score as follows:— OSWESTRY. T. Lewis, b Davies be Morris, b Davies. 8 E. Powell, not out. 83 b Davies 2 J.OHara,b Davies 1 b Jones. 55 TJeS 2 b Wheatley 9 T ^ard bDugdale 2 1 b w, b Wheatley 4 T. IS. Toller, c Wilson, b Diigdnle.. 7 b Jones 9- R. Broughall, c Pugh, b Davies. 8 c H. B. Maurice, b T T „ Wheatley 18 J. Jones, st Moms 0 b H. B. Maurice. 9 J. Beetlestone, rnn out 2 c Wilson, b Jones 1 J. Whitridge, b Davies 0 not out 1 G. Pugh o b Jones 1 Extras. 4 Extras. 17 59 103 LI-ANFTLLIN. L. Davies, b Toller 12 J. T. Jones, b Toller o R. Wilson, b Toller .18 Guitlemard, b L. Kenrick 7 A. B. Maurice, c Beet'estone, bi 4 M. Dug 1 ale, c O'Hara, b Toller 1 H. B. Maurico, c Ward, b Toller. VS. 4 J. T. Pugh, c Pugh, b Toller 5 J. Morris, not out 12 T. A. Jones, c Powell, b Toller. 0 Wheatley, b Toller 2 Extras 17 72
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