The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

POLITICAL _J-r- Mr Bright is now at John o'Groats. Mr Ja.nes L. Stanton, of the local brewery firm of Halli- well aa t Co., has been announced as the Conservative candid. for Stroud. He is a brother to the present Libera: member. Exch-quer receipts from April 1st to July 18th. 1874, £ 20,728.9S0; corresponding period last year, £ 20,609,743. Expenditure thi3 year, £ 16.270,30-5 last year, £ 28,202,761. Balanc this year, £ 1,819,074; last year, £ 1,473,523. Both tr Charles Mark Palmer and Sir George Elliot, who w-.r,- lately returned for North Durham in the Liberal and Ccj-;eivative interest, have been petitioned against. Bribery, treating, personation, and undue influence, are amongs. the allegations on either side. Mr G -1 istone has just replied to a memorial requesting him to ^ui.port the Women's Suffrage Bill. He says he must is. recede from the statement he made in Parliament during former years on this important-question. Confining himselt ^o this general statement, he reserves any more par- ticular sr,;i. ement for what he may deem a suitable occa- sion in rarliament. The Kidderminster election petition has resulted in the unseatii J: of Mr Albert Grant, who is condemned in costs. The pc fcal history of this constituency shows that from 1832 to 1837 it returned a Liberal representative to Parlia- ment. fllèn for fifteen years it sent a Conservative. In July, 1852. Mr Lowe was elected, and he retained the seat until 15U. when he was succeeded .by Mr A. R. Bristow. In April. 1862, Mr Bristow was appointed Solicitor to the Admiralty,and the seat was filled by the Hon. Luke White, now Lo d Annally. Mr Grant defeated Colonel White in 1865, bur, in 1868 Mr Thomas Lea, a Liberal, was elected. At the 'ast general election Mr Grant succeeded in re- gaining the seat, which he has now lost.

HERE AND THERE. The other day a clergyman t,,i;k some b ironi a railway bookstall, and was cmght by the cleric in charge. On writing a let er to the panics wronged, aud promising that he would let what had happened be a warning to him, the rev. gentleui n was allowed tu slip through the hands of justice. A day or two afterwards a young man who was known to De "11 the point of starvation took one or more watches from a, cncfeet ground. The temptation in this case tu steal was admitted to be treat, and the watches were recove-ed, but the clerk was committed for trial. There is not, perhaps, one law fur the rich and another for the poor, but far too often there is one administration of the law for tne rich and another and more strict administration for the poor. It is very annoying to those who have been trained to consider the masses of the people as mere wealth producing machines to find the r ideas upset by a demand stubbornly persisted in, on the part of the people for the rights con- ferred upon them by the law. As long as agricultural labourers were willing to live in hovels and work for starvation wages they were petted now and then by their masters, and at agricultural shows they were offered prizes which could only be won by those whv had proved by their life that advancement was a thing of which they had never possessed the remotest conception Of course it was an almost impossible task for labourers to bring up large families without resorting to the parish for assistance in the times which are now passing away, and it is only by having roused the whole country oa the question at issue between agricultural labourers and farmers that the latter are in any degree able to hold their owu. Wealthy quarry- owners have also vainly tried to prevent working men from exercising a right which was only reluctantly con- ferred upon them. It seems that as long aa the people are satisfied to remain contentedly in the position of life in which it has pleased God to call them, pretty sentimental nothings shall be said respecting them, but if they insist on improving their social position, however egttiroately, there are not wanting those who will bitterly resent what no doubt appears to them ridiculous arrogance. Last week Mr Henry Richard was reported in the Daily Aews to have said, when speaking on the Public Worship Bill;—I am by no means an enemy of the Church, and desire to see it supported, because I believe that it furnishes 5. contribution to the interests of Christian truth, free Join, aud charity, which far more than counter- balance the evils which result from the patronage of the State." This quotation read from the Daily News two or thjree years hence could doubtless be used against Mr Richard with considerable effect, as it would be forgotten perhaps that the hon. gentleman on the first opportunity correcied the report by a letter written to the paper in which he says" What I did say was this I am no enemy to the Church but I desire to see its separation from the State, because I believe that such a consummation would conduce to the interests of truth and freedom, of charity and peace, and would ultimately confer inestimable advantages en the Church itself, which would far more than compensate any loss it might sustain from the with- drawal of the invidious and injurious patronage of the state., 11 It is well to accept with caution even accurate quotations from the reported speeches of public men until reporters reach perfection. Mr John Bright writing to a gentleman in Bradford on the temperance question says that in his opinion, appeals should be made to all members of Christian Churches, in the hopaof creating a public opinion among the thoughtful and religious classes in favour of temperance, and of offer- ing, through them, to the view of the Ration a grand ex. Hiaple of the use of articles which are se seldom useful and so often pernicious. At present a few persons clamour for legislation which the country is R'8t prepared for and will not bear, the consequence of tbb is a failure, there being much contention and no result. In a great reform of this kind parliament cam do little, but the portion of our people, which cares for religion can do much, and without their zeal acfi co-operation reform is an impossibility." It is obvious to anyone who has thought much about the question of temperance tfcat until either by reduced national expenditure or a willityjness on the part of the sober popu- lation to: bear increased taxation, the present immense revenue f-rem drink cae be dispensed with, no great restric- tion will be placed «-r. the drink traffic. Somebody must pay taxation and the poor drunkard never complains There are, as most of us knov, many peculiar people in the world, but as a rsle their peculiarities are not of a fatal character, however annoying they may be, and it is sound wisdom to bear the annoyances entailed by one's peculiar friends.and acquaintances as patiently as po-sible, Joseph Hinds, a boy two years of age, had the misfortune to be the son of an elder of the Peculiar People, and when he was attacked with illness, his father, according to the cus- tom of the sect, reiused to call in medical aid, but annointed the child with oil and prayed over him The illness proved to be fatal, and the father has been committed for trial on tfee charge of manslaughter. This is a free country, and it is right that men should be allowed to hedd opinions, even if they are absurd, but when the lives of children are sacri- ficed, it is surety \i;ime to restrict the so-called religious opinions. The good peœpk of Molton are prayiag for rain, ahd a London correspondent of one of the daily papers thinks it -would have been wiser and more to the purpose if the pious people of Maltoc had stored the superfluous rainfall of two years «go. This 'London correspondent ie of course a har- dened wretch who-thould be ofclled a utilitarian, a beathen, or any other name which is supposed to cerry a measure of -disgrace, and heceght to be fcvight that otorage for water costs money wkile prayers cac not only be had for nothing but minister to laziness and absence of iorethoug-ht, and are consequently core popular than plans for spending money and increasing the rates. There a-re thousands of people who wosld not pay a pny a year towards purifying fever haunts who are quite wiliiug to pray for the removal of disease. Prayer is a very economical way of assisting the afflicted

COLLAPSE OF THE LLANBERIS LOCK- OUT. The absence of unanimity on the part of the North Wales slate quarry proprietors has at last convinced Mr Assheton-Smith that his efforts to sttemp out the North Wales Qntarymen's Union were utterly futile and, after a lock out of nearly five weeks, the men belonging to the extensive Llanberis or Dinorwic slate quarries have been permitted to return to work virtually upon their own terms. The consultation between Mr Robinson, the managing director of the Talysarn Slate Company, to whom Mr Assheton-Smith entrusted the delicate task of conciliation, and the council ef the union, extended until a late hour on Thursday eight. Mr Robinson was assisted by Mr Heywartl; and Mr W. J. Parry, the general sec- retary of the union, was pre £ -?nt to watch over the interests of the men. There was no dispute as to the right of combination, and the interview which took place at the Royal Hotel, Carnarvon, was chiefly devoted to a consider- ation of the rules which govern the organisation. Several amendments of a trifling character were suggested by Mr Robinson, who discharged his duties with great tac:, ability, and consideration, and these were at once conceded by the men. The revised rules provide that the president and other members of the council, the secretary excepted, shall be quarry men, or in some way identified with slate quarries that the men are to receive fair wages, and to be paid according to merit; that non-unionists are not to be molested; and that no fresh rules, or amendments of the existing ones, are to be adopted until due notice has been given to the proprietors, and that, in case the latter should object, reference to an umnire is to follow. A cordial vote of thanks was pasaed to Mr Robinson and Mr Heyward for their kind services as mediators. t-h^L ww* 1 cl°ck °,n Friday morning a mass meeting of the locked out men who have remained in the neighbour- hood was held at;Penllyn, near Llanberis. The result of the negotiations which had taken place on the previous day was explained by Mr Robert Parry, the vice-president of the union. The action of the council was confirmed, the men agreeing to resume work at the quarries on Monday next. Hearty cheers were given for Mr Robinson, and, I after Pxpre^s their thanks to the members of the council, the men quietly separated. ISSUlt' !laa eiven creat satisfaction, as the lock-out was seriously telling upon the I trade of Carnarvon and the outlying district. It is a note. l worthy fact that, notwithstanding the long compulsorv holiday the men have spent, not a single case of drunken- ness or disorderly conduct has come uuder the notice of the police. There is li ttle doubt that the quairies will be crippled for some time to come, some hundreds of the best men having accepted bargains, to which they are bound by agreements, in the Merionethshire and Nantlle quarries.

The Channel Squadron arrived in Belfast Loch on Tues- Y'S PILLS. -Liver Complaints and Disorders of the Bowels.—It is impossible to exaggerate the extraor- dinary virtue of this medicine in the treatment of all affec- tions of the liver or irregularities of the bowels. In cases of depraved or superabundant bile, these pill3, taken freely, have never been known to fail. In bowel complaints they are equally efficacious, though they should th6n be taken rather more sparingly, for every medicine in the form of an aperient requires caution when the bowels are disordered, although, at the sanne time, a gentler or more genial aperient than these pills, in moderate doses, has never yet been discovered. If taken according to the printed instruc- tions, they not only cure the complaint, but improve the whole system.

July 22,1874. NO FE,. CARDIGANSHIRE TO WIT.—The rate of wages fixed by the Merionethshire Quarter Sessions (see June 24, 1874) in 1601, was s?ia!l iu our latter-diy eyes, but during the nexr two centuries they did not rise in anything like the proportion they Lave done during the present cen- tury. Here ia a bit about Cardiganshire, taken from a Hi-<torv of Llanba-.iamfawr, in tie Gentleman's Magazine of 1791- The number of villages in this parish are three. 1. Aberystwyth, a fishing village on the sea-coast, and a member—borough of Cardigan. 2. Llanbadarn, a village about a mile inland. 3. Ystpytty Cenwyn, a vil- lage of a few houses, where there is a chapel-of-ease of that name. It appears by the name that this was the re- sidence of some Knights-Hospitallers instituted by one Cenwyn. The waste land or common in this parish may be about eight or ten thousand .cres. Beef 2d. a pound, mutton l^d.. veal and pork about 2d., sometimes less, a goose 8d. or 121. a duck 61., chicken 2d, or 3d a barn- door fowl 4d. or 51, butter 3.1. a pound, cheese l|d., eggs 10 a penny. Libourers for ditching &c., 6d. a day on their own victuals. 3J. an l victuals carpenters 61. or 81. and victuals, or 12d. their own victuals; masons 121. and victuals, some 18.1.; taylors 6..1. and victuals. Coal and turf commonly used for R ing near the sea-c )ast wood, heath, furza aild peat in tha inland parts. Peat sold on the hills 3d. or 41 the Mr bad (or drag drawn by one l horse), about 150ib. weight. Coal at the sea-side about 14s. a. ton, brought from Flintshire or Glamorganshire by sea. I —— P.H.T. QUERIED. MONTGOMERYSHIRE HARPISTcN-On Friday July 9tb, 1819, at the Carmarthen F;(Steddfod, an able contest on the harp took place be*,vceen Mr Thos. Blaeney, and Mr Henry Humphreys, Doth of Montgomeryshire, when after a variety oi national airs skilfully executed by each competitor, t former was declared to be the success- ful candidate," A silver ham and a donation of 30 guineas wa presented to him, while the merit of his rival was ac- knowledged by a gratuity of half that sum. Cambro Briton i. 36. "Blayney of Newtown got the silver harp together with a donation of 30 guineas Jones, the Prince's bard, invested him in the i nailni.. Memoir of the Revd. Eliezer Williams, p. exxxvii. Is anything more known of the two harpists alluded to abave ? Would it not be de- sirable to preserve in the columns of Bye-gones what can be sirable to preserve in the columns of Bye-gones what can be gleaned regarding the Harpists of Powys ? TELYN. j REPLIES. 1 WALIA AND WILLOW (June 3, 1874).- H. W. L." is correct in pointing out Rhos y Gvoajiau as an instance of the g" being retained. We say for sky Gwybren," but the sky i* y wybren-gwyneb, y wyneb gwasgod, y wasgod," &c. The y in Rhoa y Gwaliau, w- however, is not the article the," but stands for of the," as in top of the hill—pen y mynvdd-end of the bridge- pen y hont-Ryd y Croesau—Ford of the Crosses. To Drove H. W. L. Is" view being a correct one, I may naiae one or two instances clearly showing the g" dropping in the singular out again resumed in the plural. They are- -y wern and y Gwernydd, y Waun y Gwaunydd, v wylan, y Gwylanod, y wraig y gwragedd, &c. J.C.H. ATCHAM CHURCH (Jan. 21, Feb. 11, 1874).— The four carvings which are said to be the work of Albert ftiirer formerly belonged to the Rev. W. G. Rowland. Minister of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, and were intended by him to adorn the pulpit of that church. After his death tfeey were sold with the effects of Lady Pntfston, of Albrighton Hall, and then passed into the possession of the late vicar of Atcham, by whom they were placed in their present position. On a small brazen tablet in Atchwa Church is the following quaint inscription Here Thomas Lvster's Body Lies At Rest until the great Assise, Where all men shall be truly try'd How well or ill thay liv'd or dy'd. Then sinners shall In vengeance fall Amongst the Cursed Crew, But Saints shall stand On Christ's Right hand » > Y In joy—and so # ft Adieu. Thos. Lister dved March the 23rd, J Anno. Dom. 1723. aged 88. v Martha his WifA dyed ffebury ye 3d, Anno Dom 1723, aged 86" WREKIN. MONTGOMERYSHIRE ARCHAIC 'WORDS. (Continued from July 15.) I now now come to the original point in dispute, viz the cause of the similarity of archaic and dialectical words in Lancashire and Montgomeryshire. I. believing that Lancashire- and Montgomeryshire were subject to similar influences, sought in that direction a solu- tion for CHATTF;RTrlN'S difficulty, and I laid down the follow- ing proposition That in the fusion of two races speaking different lan- guages, and both, at the time the amalgamation takes place in a low state of civilization, the language of the more numerous will supplant the language of the less numerous race; or at least predominate over it to Siich a degree, that the speech of the mixed race, while maintaining evident traces of the superseded language will be made up chiefly of the words of the language of the tribe superior to the other in numbers." Of this proposition CHATTERTON writes-" I submit that the proposition which the Rev. Mr Owen has laid down is fallacious." CHATTEETON tries the truth of the proposi- tion by apparently testing it with a particular case, and he thinks that the proposition breaks down under the test. But in fact CHATTKRTON has not fairly applied the test. He arrives at his conclusion by substituting words of his own for the words that I use, acd by so doing has led himself astray. He writes as follows:—"Supposing we admit the proposition; is the Rev. Mr Owen in a posi- tion to prove that the invading Saxons were a more numerous race than that of the Britons of Strathclyde.— "All the recmt writers that I have been able to consult state tvi« question exactly the reverse way—that the Saxons were not the most numerous race." Evidently, CHATTERTON confounds the time the amalga- mation takes place" with the time that the invading Saxons visited the country, or with him, amalgamation and invasion are synchronical, and hence the blunder which he has committed. I need hardly say that my proposition has nothine to do with the invasion as such, but it has everything to do with the fusion, the amalgamation, fee of the Celt and Saxon in particular, but CHATTEKTON hav- ing misunderstood the proposition, has in consequence left it as he found it. CHATTERTON seems to think that if a language is once spoken in a country it should always be spoken there. His words are:—"I sav, if the archaic and dialectical words, which are used in Montgomeryshire, are also to be found in Lancashire, and if this resemblance comes from the fact that at one time bath peoples spoke one common language—Welsh—then tbe words or roots of the words ought to be Celtic and not Saxon." This probably would be the case. if no external influences. were brought to bear upon the" common language," but when the language at a numerically superior race is grafted upon this common language, I am inclined to think, that the fruit will partake of the nature of the grafted language; or in other words, Saxon grafted upon Celtic in two counties, or twenty counties, will produce such results th-it the new language will not be, neither ought it be, under such circumstances, Celtic, but chiefly Saxon—it will, however, contain a vein, or as I have stated in my first paper, a substratum of Welsh underneath a heavy deposit of Saxon. Traces of Welsh, I have said, are fjund in Lancashire, not only in words but in the manner of speaking; and also that the same thing is to be found in Montgomeryshire. In the first county I said that there were a good many words derived from Welsh, and that in Montgomeryshire a certain number of metamorphosed Welsh words are to be found. CHATTEBTON tftkes exception to this statement, both as it refers to Lancashire and to Montgomeryshire, for he desires a list of the Montgomeryshire words, and pronounces himself competent to dispute what I have said about Lancashire. He grounds his competency upon information obtained from one book which he consulted upon the subject. He relies implicitly upon this one book, or glossary, and I pre- sume he believes that his glossary, cent tins a complete list of Lancashire words. He states, upon the authority of this one book, that there are only sixty Celtic words found in Lancashire, and this being so, he is in a position to dispute my statement that there are a gpod many words of Welsh origin to be found in Lancashire. But I fear CHATTEKTON is greatly mistaken if he thinks any published glossary exhausts the Lancashire dialect. The Manchester Literary Club is about to publish a Lancashire glossary, and Mr Nodal in his report, speaking of printed and other Lancashire glossa- ries, says: The extant collections are fragmentary the words are imperfectly explained, and the explanations far from wholly trustworthy. The lists so formed do not, it is believed, comprise more t'aln a third, or. at the outside, one-half of the old Lancashire words still in use, or to be found in the bioks of sound writers of the dialect, or which live in the recollection of those who have made our old words a study." The report contains a list of seven printed "Insaaries :I.l five Is manuscript; but, after all, these, we ° i", J at the outside, are told, contain not more i.i„ 1 a IU»ui one-half of the old Lancashire words." Weli then ay n- pause, and be content to wait until a complete glossary of Lancashire archaic and dialectal words is published, before we pronounce ourselves "competent" to dispute this or that statement respecting the Lancashire dialect; and until a similar work has been compiled for Montgomeryshire, it is rather precipitate, in the absence of necessary information, to carp at this or that remark made by one who is engaged in collecting materials for the first glossary of old words found in Montgomeryshire. As a rider upon what I have now said, and in proof of what I have advanced about Welsh words btmg found in Lancashire, I will make one quotation from a private letter lately received bv me from an eminent scholar who has made words his Btudy, and par- ticularly Lancashire words:—"We have (in Lancashire) a good many words of an obvious Welsh origin." These worda will appear in the forthcoming Lancashire glossarv, published under the auspices of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Soci-ty. I agree with CHATTEETON and Dr Ogilvie, that words of Welsh ongm may be" found among,t the provincialisms of any district. I will not exclude even South Lancashire. I have now noticed all the points in CHATTERTON'S first letter, and wi l next notice his objections t) an inclnsive glossary. E. OWEN. (To be continued.)

J T1PYN 0 BOB PETH. I Amongst the numerous visitors now staying at Baruioutii I are the Eirl'and Countess of Sefcon. )' Mr Balkeley Hughes, )I.P., has given 25 towards the Baptist Chapel how building at Bangor. 1 A detachment of the 3rd Anglesey Artillery Volunteers, under the command of Sergeant-Major W. Thomas, will take part in the forthcoming Shoeburyness contest. Last week P.C. Matthews, of Bangor Isycoed, was pre- sented with a handsome silver watch by the inhabitants of that place on the occasion of his removal to Overton. The erection of the pavilion for the Bangor Royal Eis- teddfod .was begun last week. The materials are prepared at Carnarvon, and floated down the Menai Straits to Bangor. The congregation of the Welsh Baptist Chapel, Llan- dudno, which has for some time been without a pastor, have uuauiuiously agreed t) give a "call" to Mr David Davies, North Wales College, Llangollen.. Some time ago there was a railway accident at the Vale of Neath station by which several persons lost their live-" and another death is now reported as resulting from injuries then received. At the Carmarthenshire Summer Assizes there was an unusually heavy calendar, there being eight cases, including highway robbery with violence, a charge of housebreaking, and several civil causes. 3 At Bridgnorth, the other day, Mr James Case, a brick- layer, of Pound-street, suddenly dropped down and expired in the street. He was seventy-six years of age, and had been under medical treatment for some time. The Volunteer Rural Fete at Condever Park last week was on a very extensive scale, and appears to have been very successful. The fete was originated by the members of the h, or Condover, corps of the Shropshire Rifl, Volvuiteers, to raise funds for the benefit of the corps. On Sunday morning a fire was discovered in Bowman's Hill Coppice, near Bridgnorth, adjoining to the gipsies' encampment. From three to four acres of underwood and young trees were destroyed, the property of Mr Hubert Smith, the town clerk. By the great exertions of the per- sons present, a field of ripe barley, adjoining the coDDice, was saved. At present it is not known how the fire-origt- nated. A mad dog has been causing considerable consternation at Hordley. It visited several places in the neighbourhood biting sheep, pigs, do^, cats, and ducks, many of which were killed by it, and was killed in a hay-field by a gentle- man who struck the animal down with a hay-rake. The dog, whose own jr is unknown, was a white bull-terrier with black spots. At Bridgnorth County Petty Sessions, on Saturdav Emanuel Winwood, of Bewdley Forest, was charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of the R/sv. William Lewis Jones, rector of Billingsley, oa the uightt of the 3rd instant, and stealing therefrom several articles. After the examination of several witnesses, the pri- soner was fully committed to take his trial :"t the next Shropshire Assizes. Last week very successful meetings were held at the English Congregational Church, Mold, to commemorate the extiuction of a debt on that Church of £800. Mr Thomas Barnes, the Quinta, presided at one of the meet- ings. In the course of the proceedings a purse of sovereigns was presented to the Rev. D. B. Hook.e, the pastor, and a handsome china tea service to Mrs Hooke. The Dean and Chapter have proposed the site of the old Rh's Palace, at Chester, on which to erect the new King's School. This, however, has excited so strong a feelieg and opposition in the City (it being thought that op the view of the best portions of the Cathedral would be obstructed thereby), that further operations have been postponed until the next meeting of the. Chapter, which will be held in August. The Grind Jury at the Chester 'Quarter Sessions made a presentment against building upon tke site of the old Palace, which is being demolished. Mr H. Davies Griffiths, of Caerhun, has presented a new riife-boat to the National Life-boat Association, and it has been forwarded to Montrose, Scotland. At the desire ef the donor the boat s named "The Roman Governor of of Caerhun," a designation applied by the late Premier to Mr Griffiths on account of certain property owned by him •{ resembling an encampment near Rome. It would hardly be crediced that a man so well acquainted with Worses as a horsedealer, would deliberately put a horse at a chain placed as a barrier across the street. This was <Ione nevertheless by a Crewe dealer th other day. He wai riding a very high-spirited mare, which he re- peatedly put, at the chain, and at last the animal made a desperate effort to clear it, lost its footing, caught its legs in the chain, and precipitated its rider, with great velocity over its head. Of course the man was very seriously hurt, but what became of the poor animal ? The triennial festival of the Winstanstow Lod..e of OddfeUows was held on Wednesday, July 15th. Mr R Jasper More presided at the dinner, and in proposing the the toast of the evening he said he had very great pleasure to be present at and witness the present successful gather- ing of the Poor Man's Lodge. Their members, it appeared numbered over 150, and they were worth, in the Sick and Funeral Fund, and the Widow and Orphan Fund, together 91,769. (Applause.) Their Lodge was founded in 1841, by the Rev. W. E. Lumbe, vicar of Halford, in that part of the county, who, with them, attended Divine service -at W istansfcow, and he could only say that it did that gentleman great credit,and the success which had attended him efforts must have given him very great pleasure. {Cheer?.) An affair which might have terminated in a sad calamity happened at Llandrillo-yn-Rhoa recently. Two gentlemen went out to fish in a coracle near Mr Parry Evans's weir, and unfortunately they failed to secure their craft, and the consequence was it drifted to sea. They hoisted signals of distress which happily were seen, and Mr Montague Wil- liams, of Llandrillo Vicarage, who happened to be in his boat at Glanymor, hastily got a crew together, and they pluckily put out to sea. After an hour's hard rowing the two unfortunate gentlemen, who quite despaired of assis- tance, were picked up and brought to land, the whole party being heartily cheered on their return. A newsvendor has been fined at Holywell for being rather too demonstrative. Ho wai selling a Chester paper, and too demonstrative. He wai selling a Chester paper, and on being informed at one of the houses which he visited that none were required he commenced beating in the panels of the door with a brick. A neighbour hearing the disturbance came to the spot, and the drunken propagator of news immediately threw the brick full at her head. Fortunately the missile alighted on the woman's chignon, this alone preventing her skull from being cracked- plainly showing that these appendages, though not always orna- mental, are sometimes useful. F,)r this innocent amuse- ment the man had to pay a fine of 5s., the costs, and 20;. damages. At the Holywell County Court, on Monday, July 20th, before Mr Vaughan Williams, Mr Ellis Eyton, M.P., was sued at the instance of Richard Ellis, of the King's Arms Hotel, in that town, for a debt of C46 43. 4d., contracted daring the late election forthe Flint Boroughs. Mr Marcus Louis appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Swetenliam, of Chester, for the defendant.—Mr Louis said that during the election the horses of the plaintiff were at the command of Mr Eyton. He also p-ovided refreshments for the agents and canvassers of Mr Eyton, the whole bill amounting to £ 100.—In the course of the hearing, his Honour suggested that the parties should come to some arrangement.—Mr Swetenham said that if any payment was now made- especially as the plaintiff had voted—it would render the seat void.—Mr Louis said that would make no difference to his client. If Mr Eyton contracted debts that would void his seat, It was no business of his client's.—His Honour thought the seat was*the most fragile one he ever heard of. He asked if the defendant would pay the P80 offered geme time ago?—Mr Swetenham said he could not, as some of the money was for conveyance of voters to the poll, and that-would invalidate the election if paid; besides, the re- turn had been made to the returning officer. and it wa3 ille- gal to make any payment after that had been made.—Mr Louis said that, on behalf of his client, he was prepared to accept the suggestion of his Honour.—His Honour again strongly urged Mr Swetenham to agree to a compromise He urged this in the interest of Mr Eyton himself, who had no warmer friend than himself. Some time ago Mr Eyton was a very able man and an excellent advocate, but now he feared he had become simple, and was an object of commise- ration to every man of right feeling.—Mr Swetenham ulti- mately agreed to advise Mr Eyton to accept the terms suggested by his Honour. For tlii3 purpose the case was adjourned for a week? each party to pay his own costs.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT 1- HOUSE OF LORD^TH^IiT^ 1 The motion to read a second time the Municipal Privi- leges (Ireland) Bill was rejected ,on the motion of the Earl- mi consequently being thrown out. I he I ersonation liill was read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF THURSDAY. After Mr Cowper Temple and Mr Beresfwd Hope had given notice of amendments, Mr GLADSTONE announced his withdrawal of the six resolutions which he had intended to propose in committee on the Public Worship Bill. The Sanitary L I ws Amendment Bill was read a third time and the Supreme Court of" Judicature Act Amendment Bill was taken in committee. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. In the House of Lords there was a conversation about the proposed cession of the Fiji Islands to this country. tt Ministers stated that certain conditions had been proposed from Fiji, but the Government insisted that if oeded at all the session must be unconditional. Sir Hercules Robinson was about to be sent out from New South Wales to state the case fully and fairly to the King and his advisers. The Licensing Bill, as amended, was read a third time, after an ineffectual attempt by the Bishop of London to have ten o'clock fixed for closing in London on Sunday evenings, and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FBIDAT. At the morning sitting, on the motion for going into committee on the Public Worship Regulation Bill, Mr LOWE moved that, in place of the matters defined in t* J. Bill, all questions under the law ecclesiastical should be referred to the judge to be appointed. ThIs propos tion, met with considerable support on both sides of the P Quge aud was only withdrawn on an undertaking by W /png! SELL GCRNEY that he would bring in a Bill, nex embracing the proposal.—Mr B. HOPE then w T^,IREVV a long amendment of which he had given noti' '1 House went into committee on the Bill, and ur t'the time of suspending the sitting had made consider r es9. At the evening sitting the House again • •' t ° m. mntee on the Worship Bill, and furth. Ss HOUSE OF LORDS —M JYDAY. The Duke of RICHMOND read her rt AAK. ing for the concurrence of their lord? message, a. vision being made for Prince Leor 15 fixed for taking the message i an(i Thursday wa. Rating BiU ha-Lg passed its debate arose respecting the co jdiUoa of miU't5 in the course of which Lord CARDW ELL urged that, taking every thing into consideration, the re waa every reason to be satis- fied with the present sta M of the force. The report of amendments to the Fact, .fries (Health of Women, &c.), Bill was received, and the corking Men's Dwellings Bill was read a third time and passed. t) .HOUSE 'JP COMMONS.—MONDAY.. Mr BOURKE stat 4(j the steps which had been ta^en for the suppression ■ jf the slave trade on the East Coast of Africa. Reply ing to Mr Fawcett, Lord SANDON gave some information respecting the schemes for the administration of endowee, schools. Among the other business was Øo message from the Queen, asking the house to make pro- vision the support and maintenance of her fourth son, Prince Leopold George, on his coming of age. The mes- sage is to be considered next Thursday. On the motion for- going into committee on the Endowed Schools Act Amend- ment Bill, Mr FAWCETT moved an amendment declaring the inexpediency of a measure which would allow any one religious body to control schools'that were thrown open to the whole nation by the policy of the last Parliament. The amendment having been seconded by Lord CAVENDISH, Lord SANDON made a speech in defence of the Bill. The debate was continued by Mr FaRSTER, Mr NEWDEGATE, Mr DIXON, &c. m. r. iHolJSE 0F LORDS.—TUESDAY. ■ Jul?'?3 (J9'e of Man) Bil1 passed the second read- ing.-T he Luke of BKJMMB, in moving that the Intoxi- catmg Liquors (Ireland) liill be read a second time, stated that it contained many provisions similar to the English Bill, in regard to six ciay licences, occasional licences, record of convictions, and entry of premises, but made no altera- tion in the hours of opening and closing. The lord lieu- tenant would fix brewster sessions once a year and there were clauses to prevent wholesale licences being used for retail trade, fhe Bill was read a second time. The Slaughter-houses Bill, which proposes to give the Metropo- litan Board of Works power to make bye-laws for the re- gulation of s ughter-houses ani noxious trades in London, passed through committee.—Lord HAMILTON asked the Foreign Secretary to use the influence of the G-overninent to obtain the return of securities which had been sent over Poy. over,le coupons of the Spanish external bonds of 1873, but which had since been removed from the coun- try.-The Earl of DERBY said the transaction seemed to have been a moat extraordinary one, but they bad vet to hear what explanation the Spanish Government might give. It was only by friendly representations that her Majesty's Government could interfere in such masters, and whatever could be done in that way in the interest of bond- holders would continue to be done. Siuce notice was sr' Vf" of the qne«tion, a new «cheme*Wa-ran"|J:in,i,t. ^Ito tbo bondholders had, he understood, c bV the Spanish Government but the real check upon the had'faith ?oSTr^'Vhtere 01 C. was touna in the eftect of their conduct on the terms upon which the State could borrow in the market. It w? to this self-acting remedy, rather than to any violent net of one Government upon another, tiiat they must lo jk for more faith in their transactions. HOUSE OF COM MONS.-TuE8DAY. Mr McDoNALD gave notice that to-morrow he would 8Jk a question, and on an early day call attention to and move a resolution on the frequency of colliers' explosions in the neighbourhood of Wigan.—Mr DISRAELI, in reply to Mr Mundella, was not at present prepared to give the names of the three gentlemen he proposed to add to the Charity Commissioners to carry out the Endowed Schools' Ant Amendment Bill.—ID reply to Sir C. Dilke, Mr DISRAEH said he was not prepared to give a day for the discussion of the proposed cession of the Fiji Islands; but the matter could be brought on when the Appropriation Bill was be- fore the Ho age.-The adjourned debute on Mr Fawct.tt's amendment to the motion for going into committee -tin the cat"68 T WfiCh P^i*™e^dt^n^a?iablY)^ealV(\vith edH- rinr?rr^itS.G- likely to suffer an injury, the GovernmentTou'dTe to consiler any remedy for its removal. Mr l)fmo,,7 policy of- lhe G°vernmeut. The c i -n offered the previous n,gbt was not adequate Dr W „ as a Roman Catholic, must support ihe Gove I'ffn tlw. defence of denominational interest a^r Mr RICHARDS aeclured that the Bill v- secuif?S most and C^ P'nlr Hubbard. S. -Lloyd, Mr Scouv- NeviHe ^fr W a'-l'ellot'in favour of the Bill< and froia kln w'n,. W:-(U'y> Mr Bristow, Mr Stevenson, Mr Wat- C lifTipw fn<^ AckUmd against "it, Mr EN 8aid that it was clear the object of the Govern- i was to,reverse the principles of the Act of 18G9 if rn,a T^'as tne all compromise was at an end — ihe House divided— For going into Committee 262 -Mr i awcett s Amendment 19U Majority (j) N N, I?0USH OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. V? Wecin'-sday afternoon, the HOME-SECRETARY, reply ir.f; to Mr Macdonai.l, said that when the inspector of collieries for the Wi,i ii district made his detailed report respecting the recent explosion, Go^ercmeut would tlreÍl consider the iadvisabiiity of calling for a special repojj.; the subject should not be lost sigbffc of.—The Friendly Societies Bill having been withdrawn, the Souse went into committee on the Endowed Schools Act Amendment Bill.—A mi ii n by Professor FAWCETT, that the Chairn an should progress.^ was defeated, and a prolonged and rather heated debate ensued on an amendment to 1 proposed by Mr A. BBOWN, with the object of pro- viding that the powers of the Endowed School* Com- missioners should b- continued for five years afrez- t'¡e pas- sing of the Bill. Lord SANDON declined to argue the ones- tion over again. In the course of the discussion." Mr GLADSTONE moved that the Chairman should report uio- gress, but no division was taken, the debate being cm'itmed J till the lime for the adjournment of eor.te;-t>d bus: us*. Leave was given to bring in a number of Bills, an the House aijotiriieci.

WELSH JURIES AGAIN. At the Glamorgan Summer Assizes, before MR.TR.,C>A Qnain, Patrick Kil-y WA-) indicted for the wilful murd-r of his wife, Hose Ann, it b. Herbert-streft, Cardiff on the3rct of July. On the night in question, the wife of the pri- soner, who had been a few days previously bt.aten by ht-r husband, reared 10 rest at a comparatively early hour,' then .suffering from t.ie effects of a castigation she had received. Short y atoer SEVERAL of the sons arrived home, and as TII^V AU hveo.in the SAME room they at once proceeded to B«! two or ttiem iymg even upon the same mattress with t^- AHervvards they were awakened by the sounds of fig in0. -1 ne father had dragged the bed from untie- th<> woman, and placed it on a bedstead tor himself. It was supposed that during this transaction he had admini-Vr'd Wows with his feet and fists, leaving her Mr,, noon 14 noor, for iu the. morning she was dead." communicated with, and brought Riley before the boron -h police magistrates, who comrniried Li in to the as-izes. coroner's jury also had found him guiitv of murder -• ff.'r the Judge had summed up, the jury retired to cont'd"" their verdict. A few minutes elapsed, when they re" n-% d into court, and tue prisoner was brosght uo^froV-" 4e cells, when it wo3 found they could not agree uDo«" C'r* verdict. A few more words followed from "the Jud >e- vi they retired again, and the prisoner was tih?n "V<. custody of the warders again. The jury re- nrned 1-" Vl time. The prisoner was again brought up A dis^ -1, -1 then ensued between the judge and the foreman of about the verdlo*. The Judge said he did rof Wow v 'I jury could be so stupid aa to enquire whether it wa- t h-m to deliver n verdict of manslaughter, whe- tl'ev'5 been told it must be either guilty or not u¡:) rb", main charge. The -jury again were ari3,t,( -r having been locked up for over three hoars they ha'ieoni;- to no decision. After another seven hours they were a-ed in by the juige, who had jmt returned from his ments, it being close upon ten o'clock. The forem ,s they had rot agreed, and thought from the C0nver-ntior, they had had it would be useless for his lordship t,. re d over any of the evidence to them, and the Judge comuiu. ed upon the strong failure in the administration of ju-tlc n their not ha.ving found a verdict, although he sa d v- R, juryman was fally entitled to exercise his own JUDGUAR t and opinion in the matter. The prisoner wL uld have 0 stand over to the Assizes next December.

FACTS AND FANCIES. ,> A stress, being insulted by a man on the tirst row, ju hi"- over the footlights, aai kicked ou; his from j teeth v ♦ A •_ i (°. go widower ia so a 'riJ of his wites ghost appea i • unto him, that he sleeps with a pistol under his pt Bego .g of a jttlge ■: charge in Iowa-- Gentlemen of thej 'u must now quit eatiag pea-nuts, and attend to the c .s" An in nana statesman is indignant at the Government for taking che tax off pianers wfcica we don't use, and keepui- i! a whisky which we do. Whv 3, hungry boy looking at the pies and cakes in a cook-shoo window like a wild horse? Because he would be all .he hotter if he had a bit in his mouth. A I>~ in paper, noticing the fact that a man fell down dead climbing big hair, says-" And yet there are people who will persist in that dangerous habit. The U rre Haute hotel girl who lately inherited 40,000 dollars slept a wink since ell account of amorous serena .^rs who warble nonsensical rhymes to her chamber W^An luwv justice of the peace refused to fine a man for kissing girl against her will, because, when the lass came into curCue was obliged to hold 00 to the arms of his chair > keep from kissing her himself. Apaper thinks "what the women of this countrv moat need is not suffrage, but symmetry; not rights, but rationality; not a place in our Legislative balls, b-it a place to fasten their stockings." A woman with a large family living near a river was asked if she did not live in constant fear that some of her children would be drowned. Oh, no," she replied we have only i"St three or four in that way." CORKING CP DAYLIGHT -It is reported that a Yankee down east has invented a machine for corking up daylight, which w !1 eventually supersede gas. He covers the in- terior of a flour barrel with shoemaker's wax, holds it open to the -in then suddenly heads up the barrel. The light stick the was, and at night it can be cut into lots to suit purchasers.—American Joe Miller. HEAvy Top-DRESSIiG. -'It's all very pretty talk," said a recently married old bachelor, who had just finished read- ing an "<sav on "The Culture of Women," just as a heavy milliner'- bill was presented to him,' it's all very pretty this cultivation of women; but such a charge as this for bonnets is rather >i heavy top-dressing—in my judgment.Ameri- can Joe Miller.. Mistier: Jane, tell cook I'll come down and see what she waats done to that stove, as the builder's coming to- morrow." Jane "0, plea-e, 'urn, I don't think we can ast you into the kitching to-day, as cook and me's got a small and early at 'ome this afternoon, mum I"—Punch.

A MODERN WELSH GHOST. The Rev. B. Wray Saville, in his Apparitions: e Nar. rative of Facts, mentions the Rev. John Jones, of Holy- well (wb> died in 1853), and a most wonderful event in his career. Mr Jones was riding from Bala to Machynlleth on missionary business, and this is wbat happened to him as related by himself When I iiad performed about, half my journey, as I was emerging from a wood situated at the commencement of a long, steep decline, I observed coming towards me a man on foot. By his appearance, judging from the sickle which he carried sheothedin straw over his shoulder, he was doubtless & reaper in search of employment. As be drew near, I recognised a mam whom I had seen to at the door of the village inn of Llenwhellyn, j where I had stopped to bait my horse. On our meeting he touched hi hat, and asked if I couid tell him the time of day. I pulled out my watch for the purpose, noticing at the same time the peculiar look which the man cast at its heavy stiver case. Nothing else, however, eccurred to ex cite any suspicion on my part, so, wishing him a good afternoon," I continued my journey. Whes I had ridden about half-way down the hill, I noticed something moving and in the same direction as myself, on the other side of a large hedge, which ran nearly parallel with the road, and ultimately terminated at a gate through which I thad to pass. At first I thought it an animal of some kind or other, but soon discovered by certain depressions an the hedge I that it was a man running in a stooping position. I con- tinued for a short time to watch his progress with some curiosity, but my cariosity seen chasged to fear wken I recogniz-il the reaper with whom I had coiwersed a few minutes before, engaged in tearing off the straw-band which sheathed his niokle. H, burried on until he reached the gate, and then concealed himself behind the hedge within a few yards of the road. I did not then doubt for a moment but that he had resolved to attaock-perkaps murder—me for the sake of my watch, and whatever money 1 might have about me. I looked around in all di- rections, but not a cingle human being was to fee seen, so reigning in my horse, I asked myself in much alarm what I could do. Should I tarn back'! No.5 my business was of the utmost importance to the Cause for which I was journeying, and as long as there existed the faintest possi- bility of getting there, I could not thiak of retarning. Should I trust to the speed of my horse, and endeavour to dash bv the man at full speed ? No; for the gate through which I had to pass was not open. Could I leave the road and make my way through the fields ? I could not; for I was hemmed in by rocky banks or high iiedgeson both sides. The idea of risking a personal eacounter eould not be enter- tained for a moment, for what chance could I—weak and unarmed have again sf; a powerful man with a dangerous weapon in his band J What course then should I pursue ? I could not tell; and at length, in despair rather than in a spirit of humble trust and confidence, I bowed my head aad offered up a silent prayer. This had a soothing effect upon my mind, ao that, refreshed and invigorated, I proceeded anew to consider the difficulties of my position. At this juncture my torse, growing impatient at the delay, started off: I clutched the reins, which I had let fall on his neck, for the purpose of checking him, when happening to turn my eyes, I saw to my utter astonishment that I was no.longer alone. There, by my side, I beheld a horseman in a dark dress, mounted on a white steed. In intense amazement I gazed upon him; where could he have come from? He appeared as suddenly as if he had sprung from the earth. He must have been riding behind and have overtaken me. And yet I had not beard the slightest sound: it was mysterious inexplicable. But the joy of being released from my peri- lous position soon overcame my feelings of wonder, and'I began at once to address my companion. I asked him if he had seen any one, and then described to him what had taken place, and how relieved I felt by his sudden appear- ance, which now removed all cause of fear. He made no reply, and on looking at his face, he seemed paving but 8light attention to my words, but continued intently gazing in the direction of the gate, now about a quarter of a mile ahead. I followed his gaze, and saw the reaper emerge from bis concealment and cut across a field to our left, re- sheathi7, his sickle as he hurried along. He had evidently seen that I W;lS no longer alone, and had relinquished his intended attempt. All cause for alarm being gone, I once more sought to enter into conversation with my deliverer, butagain without the slightest success. Not a word did J piy I continued talking, how- evef'fsVe ride on our way towards the gate, though I confesTflelin- both surprised and hurt at my companion's coniess leeim uouu F ever and only once did I KfS ™ic«'"HavSg watched the fignreolth. reaper near uis voice. xi< & neighbouring hill, I turned to disappear over the brow of J. neig » be doubted my companion and said, Can is it" «* that mv prayer was heard, and that you thought I deliverance by the Lord ?' Then it was that I thought I heard the horseman speak, and that he utt r t word,imen.' Not another word did he'give ntte though I tried to elicit from him replies to my > both in English and Welsh. We were now approaching tne gate, which I hastened to open, aud having done So with my stick, I waited at the side of the road for him to pass through but he came not; I turned my head to look-the mysterious horseman was gone! I was dumbfounded; I looked back in the direction from which we had just been riding, but though I could cowmand a view of the road for a considerable distance, he was not to be seen. He had disappeared as mysteriously as he had come."

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.—FIVE PERSONS DROWNED. On Saturday, July 18, a sad accident befel an excursion party from Bristol. The employes of Messrs Robinson, paper merchants, Bristol, had their annual outing at Teignmouth. During the day a party of nine men and women went on the water in a boat. It appears that shortly after the boat left the shore a leak was discovered, but it was not of a character to excite great alarm. How- ever, the women in the boat immediately became excited, and, rushing to the side, upset it. The occurrence was witnessed from the beach by a number of the friends of the party, but before any assistance could be rendered, four young women and a young man the betrothed of one of the women, were drowned. The bodies were recovered the same evening, and conveyed to a neighbouring inn, where an inquest was during the day opened, and it' having been Droved that the boat was not fit to go to sea, the boatman, Payne, WM committed for JllaDlllMjlater.

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MONTGOMERYSHIRE ASSIZES. Montgomeryshire Assizes were held on Fridav and Satur- day, July lith and 18th, before Lord Chief Justice Cock- burn. His lordship arrived by the 3.55 train on Friday afternoon, and was met at the railway station by the High Sheriff ( P. O. Lornax, Esq.), and a body of police, and es- corted to his lodgings, and from there to the Public Hall, where the Commissions of Assize were opened, and the Court adjourned until the following day. His lordship afterwards attended divine service at the National Schools, where the chaplain (the Rev. R. Williams, Rector of Llan- fyllin) preached a sermon from Romans, chapter 12, and verse 5, the Rev. J. Williams, Rector of Newtown, reading the lessons. The court sat at ten oa the following morning. The fol- lowing were sworn on th £ Srand Jury :— O. M. Crewe-Reade, Esq.. foreman, J. Robinson Jones, E-q R. D. Ptyce, Ese; Major Corbett. Major Pagh, J. B. Williams, Esq., Major Heyward, D. H. Myttnn, Esq., Major General Scott, J. Prvce Davies, Esq., E. S. R. Trevor, Esq Captain (rriffith J enkms, J. C. Bayard. E;q., Pryse Lloyd Turner, Esq., O. J. Orewe-Read, ESQ, E. Hilton, PRri M. Lloyd Jones, Esq., T. W. Haynes, E q., T. W. Hare, Eq., W. H. Adams, Eq., and Thomas Bowen, Esq. The proclamation against vice and immorality having be m read. TTf- tarrtsniu ver? briefly charged the Gr.:nd Jury. He said he must take the ,°.f congratulating those with whom the administration 0f;^t'5em|he county rest«l, upon the state or rather absence of crin«" > adverted to their total exemption from ai.„ crimes of violence which were sometimes comim.er a reference to the only case on the calendar h:s iorah-. 'P dismissed the Grand Jury to their duties. e ft There was only one e, on tha calendar, tilto! Thomas Mapp (17), who was indicted for bestiality at Newtown on April 3rd, and the Grand Jurv, after a quarter of an hour's deliberation, threw out thp bill. This was all the business.

MANUFACTURE OK I)OOOA. w« 111; UT>V<- <IVE »U .1o(j'lIU ul the process adopted by Messrs James Epps A Co.. manufactur- ers of dietetic articles, at their works in the Bustosi Hnlti. London." See article in Fln«,k"ld Giud*. f25if3 "RRRAKFAST.-Epps's COCOA.—(}R.ATKKSJU Aa COM PORTS.NO — "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap- plication of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors'bills. Svrmc, Gazette. Made simply witb Boil m: Water it 'I, lk. Sold by Grocers in packets only, lgltOllOtl-" JA ME.-I Kpr-s &0 n". Homoeooathic Chemists. 48, Threadnacdle-street, and 170, Pieea- 1 d'Uy Works Eoston-road, London"

) FROM THE PAPERS. j The Freedom of the Cily of L ndja has bet n conferred (upon Sir Barde Frere in iecogauio.i of his distinguished J Ipubtio services. ) A roan short horn cow, bel. nging to Mr W. Elliott, Harris-terrace, Douglas, Isle of Mao, gave birth the other day to three healthy calves. The Southampton Nonconformists oa Friday, July 17, celebrated the bicentenary of Dr Watts's birth, and intend to build memorial schools in connection with the celebration, at a cost 1)5,000. At the General Post-offioe, Lon Ion, on Friday mirniog, July 17th, the storeroam was burnt down. There were no personal injuries nor damage to other parts of the building. Sir Charles Mordauat has taken the necessary steps to have the petition praying for a dissolution of his marriage restored to the tile of the Divorce Court, with a view to Us being hetrd by the Judge-Ordinary in the usual way. A Madrid journal-the Imparcial-has revived the pro- posal for an Iberian Sovereignty, to be formed by a personal union of Spain with Portugal, each State to pre- serve its own autonomy. At Salisbury Assizes, on Saturday, July 18tbi a sentence ten years' penal servitude was passed on a man for trying to extort money by a letter addressed to a member of the Salis- bury Town Council. The Army and Navy Gazette says Zit was much observed that the Crown Prince of Germany made a very minute in- spection of outposts, positions, &c., at Aldershot, on Thurs- day, and put some very distressing questions to several of the senior officers. On Thursday morning, July 16th, two agricultural labourers at Hadd;scie, near Lowestoftj were fighting, when one of them fell into the river. Th,e other combatant took up a stone and struck his adversa^-y on the back of the head. The man sank ard was immediately drowned. At Woolwich, on Friday, Juiy 17th, Thomas Hinds, an elder of the sect called "Peculiar People," was committed for trial, charged with the manslaughter of his child. Hinds, in accordance with ohe belief of the sect, anointed the -child with oil and prayed over it, but neglected to call in medical assistance. 0 A prosecution ot a colliery manager under the Mines Regulation Act of 1872 has taken place at Wigan. The de- fendant, Joseph Thomson, was charged with neglecting to have the Lawley mine sufficiently ventilated while under his charge. After much conflicting evidence had been heard the charge was dismissed as not proven. The difficulty of keeping down the temperature in the House of Commons as the heat increases has necessitated the use of a greater quantity of ice, over which the air is passed before it reaches the chamber. The consumption is now one ton per night, and the extra cost thus entailed is about M per week. The Benchers of Gray's Inn assembled on Saturday, for the purpose of enouiring into certain remarks made by Dr Kenealy in the Englishman, of which he is the avowed editor, reflecting upon the judges who tried the fichbome I case, and various other persons. In consequence of Dr Kenealy's illness and itt&bility to atteod, the enquiry was adjourned until the 1st of August. VPestmeath has contributed something to the new list of agrarian outrages. Seaaetme ago the Earl of Longford had to evict a tenant for non-paytment of nest. His suc- cessor tms beea unpopular the district -near MuIVingar- and the other day aganc -of armed ruffiaus broke into his house, threatening ?? mur&er the wtiole family. They fired severat shots, and fesfore having filled a tiae heifer in the cowfcKsse. on zgaturday, Tify 18tk, a man "named Ml'Afiry, residing at (km-skirk, near 'Liverpool, att,,)mpted tt, murder his wife &nd daughter wfhllsfr, they were asleep. The wife's head, froae. which the bram!protruace, had fefsn out by a spade, and she now fcs in a dying staSe. The daughter was also i tmctecliki a srniisrriy brutal manner, fost her injuries ire not so-severe. Neither-is ablefto make any statement. Bolton is threatened-with a-vrater famine Two of the ■ 'Osrpor^tion'teservorrs -are quite emptsp, the remaining two csntain but a smtilLsopply, aod a neighboring reservoir, Jroui'W&ich'tke t,(Yvn has powetB to borrow water, is almost m aaad a f sate. Briefly put, there <is only a forty days' ) supply from all -sourcee, and âf rain does not come very spee(iiy-tile water supply for trade ;pcrpos«s will be stop- ped. TheHtffecUaf this would be tothtow from 15,000 to 20,006 people out cf wotfc. AmeliaiKaber, governess, highly -connected in Switzer- land, and helding a situation -worth £ 150 per annum, lias been charged at j&lirylabone -Poliee Court with pilfering from several shops in Westbeume <Srove. Three pairs of 'I stockings, two pieces of embroidery, a brush, and other articles, which she&ad t&en without payment, were found upon ier. At the third adjourned hearing of the charge two dQCtol'C.deposel:to iter excitability of temperament. On the understanding that her friends were to take her home to Switzerland she WAS discharged. At the sham tight zt Aldershot on Thursday, July 16th, a trooper caEnoned with great impetuosity against the Frinceof Wales's horse, hurling it with its rider to the ground. His -royal highness was no sooner down than he was up aga&n, tappily none the worse for the fall, save the loss of a spur. Before more than a few in his imme- diate neighbourhood knew anything of the accident he mi cantering byltkeCrown Prineex side as if nothing had hap- pened. At the Hertford assiz-s Thomas Batchelor, a farmer, was tried oc a charge f having unlawfully attempted to poison thirteeE foxes. The prosecution was instituted bv the Hertford-shire Huai. and it created a good deal of interest in that county. Xi><s foxes were confined in a den on Ho Gooch's estate, and an attempt was made to poison them by pieces of liver containing strychnine ;being placed in the den. The jury did not consider the evidence against the defendant conclusive, and returned a verdic; of not guilty, Thomas Bamber, liviug in Red Reck-strcet, Liverpool, has been committed for trial by the magistrates at j Ormskirk, charged with recently stealing two watches from the tent of the Melliag Cricket Club, and one from the tent ot the Fairfield Club. The two former were traced to the prisoner's possession, ft was stated that the owners of the watches did not wish to press the case, the prisoner, who was playing in matches at the time of the offence, having beea thrown out of employment by the failure of the New Civil Service, kd, Supply Association, but the magistrates decided to send he case for trial, and refused bail. A betting man, who fancied he had won X15 over the Derby from a publican at Chelsea, adopted a singular and and decidedly unpleasant method to enforce payment. At intervals hehasgnieto the publican's house, taking with him four or five rough fighting men, and he has so bn'.lied and badgered the unfortunate boniface that life was almost a misery. The last visit of this kind was on Monday, July 13tb. when the betting man to)k with him no fewer than five "chickens." Several customers were assaulted, and the threats of personal violence made against the landlord were IouJ and deep. The l.»ettii:jr man has been bound over to keep th" peace, Apropos "f the trial of the Pyx at the Mmt on Wed- nesday, July 15th, some readers may be inttMVscea to know that the Pyx is a box in which a certain speci- fied number of gold and silver coins of every denomina- tion, as completed for circulation, must be depositei each day that minting operations are performed—that B, in the case of every 15tb. troy weight of gold, and every 601b. troy weight of silver coined at the Mint, the Deputy-Master is bound to put one coin of each into the Pyx. On this oc- casion the Pyx contained 21,615 6". 3 1., consisting of 740 sovereigns, 1,103 half-sovereigns, 525 half-crowns, 1,795 florins, 1,239 shillings, 524 sixpetices, and of Maunday moneys two fourpenny, 285 threepenny, two twopenny and six onepenny pieces. The verdict of the jurv of frold- smiths is a quietus or acquittance to the Mint an-Wri^-V for the faithful c-xectitioil of the onerous and responsible functions committed to them hv th* Cm,™ The annua, return of paupers in England and Wales re- ceiving relief from the rates on New Year's Day aho»-s that on the 1st of Januarv, 1874, the number was 832,370, being one in 27, or 3*7 per cent. of the population accord- e ing to the cengii-3 of 1871. and being also 53.002, or 6'5 per cent. fewer than on New Year's Day, 1873. The in- door paupers sho ved onlv a small decrease—from 15-1,171 in 1873 to 152,279 in 1874 but the out-door paupers de- creased from 736,201 to 083,091. The aduit able-bodied paupers were 127,097 at the beginning of 1S73. bur. only 114.324 at the beginning of 1874 decrease of 13 373 ,,r 10'5 percent. The paupers at the commencement of 1874 are thus classified—Men. 157.266 women, 844 89-5; child- ren (under sixteen), 275,09L; vagrants, 3 OS'1 ■" 'iu=me 'tt,on 52,421. This classification shows a total a litt le that first above given, owing to Rf-ine both in-door and out-door 0:1 thd day of counting. About twenty years ago an assessment was made of the value of the propert in the University and cit of Oxford at a cost of something like £ 3 000, and it was presume I that a book of this import tnce would have been kept in safe custody. At 4hat time. Mr Jacobs was clerk to th¡ guardians, and on hi", death there was an -nterre-'num <;nti¡, four or five years ago, Mr \V. Thompson, the pv^ent (Li was appointed; but it does not seem that the assessment book pav,d ii.t,) ilig hands, nor has it been for som- years, during winch period the rates have lv-n Wi-d PS usual, and signed by the magistrates on the faith of the representation conveyed on the rate that it was.a conecc transcript of the original. At the last meeting of the Board, on i hurray afternoon, July IGUi, one of ?he new y- elected guardians forthe city elicited the astounding fact that the book could not anywhere be found, and unless thereisaro-vatuation I"gal difficulties are likely to arhe, inasmuch as when a fresh rate is applied for the magistrates may decline to sign it. It has bsen determined to appoint an aswj-sment committee, but the eity and University guardisns are a!, variance as to the number each body should send. The matter stands over until after the long vacation. The report of the Slect Committee aopoinied by the House of Lords to enqaire into the laws relating to patron- age, simony, and exchange of benefices in the Char.']! of England, has been issued. The committee are of opinion that all legislation affecting church patronage shoul.i pro- ceed upon the principle that such patronage part'.kes ofrhe nature of a trust to be exercised for the spiritual benefit of the parishioners, and that whatever rights of prop-r'v on- j ginally attache-1, or in p-ocess of time have attached to patronage, mus always be regarded with reference to the implication of this principle. All exercise of the rights of patronage without regard to th^ interests of vhe parish- ionersshould, oS itir as pysfcibie, be rat-(.rained by law and the law shou!d also aim at imposing such checks on the exercise of his choice by the patron as should prevent as 6 t far as possible the appointment i f unfit persons to th" care of souls. In furtherance of these objects it sievnst? tlio committee desirable that publicity shou'd Le secured for all transactions rvlat'ng to church patronage, inasmuch as abundant evidence has been given that stcresy in such t '-aris actions tends to foster those evils and abuses whleh It shoald be the purpose of legislation to prevent. SQ1] ;ct to these conditio, s, which apply alike to all k nds of cha-.e.h patronage, the committee are of opinion that k is n t desir- able in any way to diminish by legwlati >n tne variety of the a mrces of patron ige in cLe Cuiireh ui lul. "V