The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

BUSINESS ADDRESS. "r_r,J'_ ABERYSTWYTH. E. P. TAYLOR, New Market Hall, Terrace Road, DEALER IN GAME, FRUITERER, AND GENERAL PRO VISION MERCHANT. M. JONES, COACHBUILDER, Moor Street, Aberystwyth. CARRIAGES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDER Repairs executed by First-class Workmen. COALS. RICHARD JONES, Lewis Terrace Coal Yard and Weighbridge, SUPPLIES all kind of Coals as follows:- per ton. NEWPORT 18s- BEST CANNOCK SMALL 13s. Best Ruabon Coal AT 16s. per ton in QUANTITIES of not Jess than 5 tons. Delivered to any part of the town for Is. per ton extra. Fresh burnt Lime always on hand at the Bridge End Kilns. TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. "\TOW discharging a PRIME Cargo of PITCH PINE the logs are fresn, clean, and sc.imd. SELECTED CURLY LOGS FOR PANELS, &c., APRIL, 1876. Our Brig" Martha" has arrived with a very good 11 Martl Cargo of Red Pine Deals, Battens, Red and White Floor 1. LVds. MAY, 1876. The above cargoes, added to our former stock of PITCH PINE, RED PINE, YELLOW PINE, 0.4 K, ELM, BIRCH, MAHOGANY, RED AND WHITE FLOOR BOARDS, will be found an excellent Lot from which to .make selection. Windoics, Doors, all sorts of Mouldings, Angle Beads, .&c., manufactured on the Premises. JONES AND GRIFFITHS, ABERDOYEY, YNYSLAS, AND MACHYNLLETH. JGGR Orders to be sent to Aberdovey. Saw Mills at Ynyslas. We are now yarding a cargo of RED and WHITE Prepared FLOOR BOARDS. July, 1876. JOHN BAKER, Rhydypenau Farm, Bow Street. BY the request of numerous friends has been in- duced to take a VALUER'S LICENCE, and he will be happy to attend to the commands of gentlemen leaving their farms or requiring a Valuer's services con- mected with land or stock. E. & J. JONES, ..c.t. .;¡; J- u,- SUMMER CURTAINS in Ecru and White Lace. Early'English.: Designs. '1 CARPETS, FRENCH CHINTZES, CRETONNES, DIMITIES, &c., in | Early English Design. CABINET FURNITURE. One of the Largest Stocks in -the pro- vinees to select from. SPECIAL DESIGNS prepared on the premises, aad Estimates given for Artistic FURNISHING. MMIIHUI A* 1 CABINET IANUFACTURERS, I OSWESTRY. I 0' 'K EDUICATION. COLLEGE, LAMPETER. (INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER.) MICHAELMAS TERM will commence on MON- DAY, OCTOBER 1ST, and^examination for Scholarships and Exhibitions on I 11 1 LSDA Y, HJIII'- TEMBER 27. The following are vacant 1 230, 1 £ 25, 2 k24 (Phillip's), 1 Eldon Welsh, 1!2:i. 1 Martha More (Theological) £ 20. The Phillips' Scholarships are restricted to natives of the Principality. The rest are open. For the. Eldon Welsh and Martha More Scholarships an examination in the Evidences of Christianity is essen- tial. Exhibitions of £10 each for Hebrew, Classics, and Physical Science are also vacant. For particulars, apply to the VICE-PRINCIPAL .on or before September 22. INSURANCE. g UN F I E E O F F I C E, LOX DON. ESTABLISHED 1710. ■HENRY F. SHAW LFFEYRE, Esq., Chairman and Treaswec. FKANTIS B. RELTON, Esq., Secretary. Total Sum insured in 1B76, £ 248,980,367. Claims paid during the last ten years upwards of Two MILLIONS STERLING. .s&Il information respecting Fire Insurances may be ob- tained from any of the undermentioned Agents of the SOCIETY. Agents:- _^3BE.YSTWYTH Messrs Hugh Hughes and SON. ABEBUVERON Mr Barrett P. Jordan. Mr Richard Davies. BARMOUTH Mr Francis C. Rawlings. BUY^IIHION, BALA Mr Jorwerth Jones- CAOJDIC^N Mr R. R. Stovey. D<W.G £ H-'EY Mr Thomas P. Jones-Parry. LLASMTSEW Mr John D. Thomas. iNIr John Owen Davies. TALSSIW, Mr. Jenkin Jenkins. TT X 1.0 N BANK OF AUSTRALIA. U ESTABLISMBB >1837. jPaid-^«Vital, Reserve Fii;d, £ 425 000 REA D 1, BANG^-BL'LLDLNGS, LOTHBUKY, LONDON. LETTERS OJ' CREDIT AND BILLS ON DEMAND, or at tVsirty days' sight AIRE granted on !he Bank's Branches, AS fellows, In VICTORIA. — Melbourne, SANDHURST Bendigo), Rochester, TMylesford, lantagulla, Alexandra, Gee- long, BaHaraefc. Smythes<L&:Uunes, StaweJl, (Plea- sant Creek), Maryborough, S ■ortlaiKi. In NEW SOUTH' WALES.0^ Demliqvuu, Hay, N N NSLF^D. -Brisbane, B^fctuunptoi,. >IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—ADELAIDE Port Adelaide. TASMANIA {Van Dicmcn's L&^d),. llobart lown, Oatlandri, ljaTus £ ce3uQn, Xjatrobe- IN>NEW ZEALAND.—Auckland, G»^^TOWN(THSAIES 'Gold Fields), Wellington, R)3VI'HN *(Hawke's Bay); Gistorne (POVERTY BS*H Nelson, tew- .SStelmry): Dune<Ji„, BnSf t>NTHe'SSSES are «1 for collection.. j £ n i DEPOSITS ARE RECEIVED, at notice ana for fixed periods, <*» terms which may be ascertained on appiica ion. W. R. MEWBURN. Manager. OVELTY, AS RULE, IS A })ELFSJOX.fhe truth of «ieabwe ntl.ce was never more clearly proved, than in ase of Puhb.c Meditane, during ifre 38 yearn Jones' IVemaaoc Pills kv e u«e» before and benefitting the Public. Hundreds of novelticfa in that tiijvj apoeared, fc'id most of them disappeared. lilt- medicine still remains ijJ name and quality and&o fortl1 to bene- fit sufferkiv Immanitv, sv if anyone is troubled with TJOS, snd long traia .of diseases, use JONKS IREMADOC PILLS. TO h* had of all or per post from the pro- prietor, Cumbrian Pill Deput, Tremadoc, North Wales, 14 stti iip-, tor the Is. lid. box, 33 for ;?s, t)0 for 4s, 6d. lb? will ept per ret i; ni of post. THE LATEST STYLES IN MILLINERY, PLUMES, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, &e., at MRS. HAWKIN8 8, 23, Pier Street, ABERYSTWYTH. MRS. HAWKINS Wishes to inform the Ladies of the town and neighbour- hood that she has returned from London with a well selected stock of FRENCH AND ENGLISH MILLINERY GOODS, Mrs. Hawkins wishes to call especial attention to her 10s. Gd. Bonnets. FOR SALE, 800,000 BRICKS, Ready for delivery at any station on the Cambrian o Manchester and Milford Ralways. Also GLAZED AND COMMON DRAIN PIPES, RIDGE AND FLOORING TILES, COAL AND LI M E, & c. & c. APPLY TO WM. THOMAS, Wholesale Merchant and Commission Agent, STATION YARD, ABERYSTWYTH. Sole Agent to the Powell Dyffryn Coal Company, whose Coal will be forwarded to any Station on the above Railways. A Cargo of WHITE'S CEMENT will arrive shortly.

SAD DEATH OF AN OLD MAN. The lamentable condition of Penparke, a suburb of Aberystwyth, distant about a mile on the South Road has formed the subject of many a discussion at the Town Council. The mud hovels have been condemned by the medical officer, who in his reports has also pointed out that attention should be given to drainage and water supply. The place was surveyed two or three years ago, and it than seemed as if the authorities were determined to remove the evils so long complained of, but they were left after all, and Penparke to-day is a disgrace to the Council and a scandal to a civilized community. There are perhaps a score of dens-dark and dirty—let at from ninepence to eighteen pence a week each. The walls are built of mud, the windows do not open, the drains are charged with rottirg matter, and in one case the drain runs under the house within two inches of the surface. The stench from pigsties, heaps of manure, stagnant water, and opt n gutters is unbearable to those not well accustomed to it. Until Wednes- day morning last an old man named John Jenkins about eighty years of age lived alone in one of these mud hovels at Penparke. About halfpast six that morning whilst the old man was in bed the end of the cottage fell in upon him and killed him as he lay. There was in the house only one miserable smoke-blackened room in which the deceased lived night and day. The next house, equally wretched, is occupied by a woman who may be buried alive any night. Fifteen shillings would be a high price to pay for the house and the furniture it contains. The house and possessions of Jenkins were equally worthless. The death of this old pauper may give rise to coarse jokes, but it is nevertheless pitiful that men who can weep over atrocities thousands of miles away are too blind to see the rotting tenements of the poor until they fall upon them and kill them. The responsibility for this old man's death rests somewhere, and cannot be evaded or explained away. The point we urge and have urged scores of times is that the house in which John Jenkins was killed is not an excep- tional one. There are hundreds of them in the district, and several in Penparke. The petty sessions are held at Llanbadarn in a house which has been reported by the sanitary authority, but is still occupied and used as a court of justice What hope is there of amendment as long as magistrates and the self-elected teachers of the people countenance a state of things that nothing but familiarity makes bearable. The other day a house built in Trefechan was condemned by the Surveyor, the owner was duly warned not to allow it to be used for habitation, but in defiance of the Council the erection is inhabited, and nothing is done to compel the owner to demolish the building. As long as the Council flagrantly abdicate their position as guardians of public rights what hope is there that vested interests in rickety dens of old standing, will be severely handled. We have not, by any means, yet reached that point in moral intelligence, when the lives of the poor are valued as highly as those of men of wealth. A pauper's life is crushed out of him by the falling of the den in which he crouched, and the event is hardly sufficient to kindle public interest. Had the wall of a mansion fallen with fatal effect upon its possessor while he slept, all the country would have been impressed with the awfulness of the solemn event. A little tinkering, a good deal of talk, some useless resolutions, and everything will be allowed to go on as usual at Penparke, because it would be so hard to put the owners of those hovels to expense or loss! The Board of Guardians, again, cannot altogether escape blame in this case. There can be no question that the old man who was killed on Wednesday ought to have been in the Workhouse, instead of being in receipt of out relief. It is only fair to Mr. JONES, of Piersfield, one of the town guardians, to say that some time ago he men- tioned the case of this man, whose objection to the Workhouse was allowed to prevail against a change in which he obviously would have been the gainer. Untilthese mud huts are got rid of, azd- the people are taught to live cleaner lives, pauperism, like a canker, will eat into the life of the people, and destroy their self reliance and deprive them of moral sense. The landowners of the district ought to build cottages for their labourers, and no .evasion can rid them of the responsibility under which they lie in this matter. The poor are cursed in their home life, and to talk to them of religion, or to expect moral restraint from them is the refinement of mockery. The isu-bject we admit, is unpleasant and unpopu- lar, this old man's death is an inconvenient fact tlmt will call attention to an unsavoury subject, which at is felt would be better kept in the back- ground, instead of being forced to the front. The owners of mud huts which let at ninepence or a shilling a week, are not, we presume, open to any appeal that could be made here or elsewhere. Noilirngwill work or will have effect upon them, but a steady pressure on the part of the authorities who, alas, do not themselves realize how terrible is the evil they perpetuate, and how manifold are ftke bad effects that spring from it.

ABERYSTWYTH WATER SUPPLY. THE infeaihitauts of Aberystwyth will see on turning to the report of the Aberystwyth Town Council proceedings on Tuesday last, that the advocates of the Flats pumping scheme have abandoned their disguises, and openly avowed their intention to defeat, if possible, the gravitation Llene for supplying the town with water. if tlw, ratepayers are wil- ling to see tin town injured in this way they alone will fmifcr. an-d must be allowed to please themselves. Time after time the advan- tages of gravitation and ti,,e disadvantages -of pumping have been stated in these columns, and if. after all, the ratepayers are indifferent, nothing can be doii £ but wait until bitter experience enforces the /Lesson reason and argument have failed to teach. The question is one of vital import to Aberystwyth, or there would be no excuse for repeatedly urging it upon public atten- tion. Nothing can prevent water from being brought to the town ultimately by gravita- tion, but there may be years of delay and incalculable loss in health, comfort, and convenience before the work is done. The inhabitants of the town, and the members of the Council have declared in favour of gravitation, not only once, but several times, and the fact that water of doubtful purity has already been resorted to vindicates the wisdom of their decision, and speaks loudly in favour of abandoning the Flats as quickly as possible. The water that flows down the dingle into the reservoir has been condemned times without number, but under a pumping scheme it will be used to save labour. The resolution to cut this water off for a month shows how very difficult it will be to get rid of impure sources of water supply, as long as fevcrv gallon of water has to be pumped at a cost that will be felt in the rates, and that might be got rid of simply by drink- ing dirty water. It cannot be pretended that the o water it has been found necessary to pump into the reservoir is above suspicion, and the Town Council have only themselves to blame for a dis- cussion that would have been unnecessary if they had acted with the same promptitude in public business as they act in their own private affairs. As long as the Flats and Penglaise Dingle are resorted to for water, the question of purity will have to be discussed, to the great injury of the place. The water will be analysed in a short time, and for a month or two the matter may be set at rest; but it is im- possible to think there will ever be a final settle- ment of the Aberystwyth water question until the town is supplied by gravitation from an un- doubted source as to purity and quantity. It is not unlikely the agitation may be carried on for years, to the injury of everybody in the town, unless the inhabitants in some emphatic way make it known they will no longer be trifled with. Aberystwyth is not so successful that prosperity may be trifled with and risked at the caprice of this man or that. The whole question has been again raised by the course pursued at the Council on Tuesday, and it will, perhaps, after all, be advantageous that it should once more be fully discussed. The results of discussions may vary, but public opinion, based on experience, is in favour of gravitation and against pumping, and in this instance there are special reasons for avoiding pumping.

THE DOLGELLEY MURDER. A murder without parallel, we imagine, in the annals of crime in the Principality, has been brought to light at Dolgelley.—The victim, SARAH HUGHES, a single 11 woman, living at a place about four miles from Dolgelley, had been missing since the 4th of June last, and repeated search had been made for her, but without success. On Monday morning, however, a little girl, while crossing a bridge over the river Arran near Dolgelley, saw a human arm floating down the stream, and this led to the horrible dis- covery of a number of mutilated fragments of the body of the missing woman, in differcnt parts of the river. Part of her clothing was also discovered. On Wednesday, CADWALADER JONES, a farmer's son, living at Park, near Dolgelley, was apprehended on a charge of being concerned in the murder. Some of the internal organs of the murdered woman were found buried in a field near the house. The deceased who had had two illegitimate children, was far advanced in pregnancy, and it was suspected by the neighbours that JONES was on terms of improper intimacy with her. The prisoner was taken before the Dolgelley magistrates and formally remanded on the charge of murder to the 26th ot July. The Coroner's inquest, which was opened on Tuesday night, was adjourned till the 1st of August, in order that in the meantime a medical examination may be made of the remains. It is surmised that the woman was stunned and shot, the body afterwards hewn to pieces with a hatchet, and the fragments thrown into the river in tne hope that they would be carried pieces with a hatchet, and the fragments thrown into the river in tRe hope that they would be carried out to sea. It is no wonder that the discovexy of the murder has produced an unusual feeling of horror and indignation in the locality in which it was committed. The murder itself may not have been more cruel or atrocious than other murders the circumstances of which have not appealed so forcibly to the imagina- tion. The fact of the murderer, after destroying the life of his victim, coolly pi'oceeding to dismember and hew her body to pieces, increases ten-fold the horror of the crime.

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES. A new workhouse has been built at great expense for the Lampeter Union. Last week some of the ratepayers held a meeting and it was decided to ask the Board to kindly relieve the paupers of that parish out of doors. The ignorance of the people respecting poor relief is well illustrated by the meeting of the ratepayers of Pencarreg. The poor rates are looked upon as a charitable fund, out of which poor people are to be "kindly relieved." The intention of the poor laws is to prevent destitution, and not to bolster up notions of respectability. As a rule the recipients of parish relief are composed of that section of the people least deserving of help or sympathy, for the simple reason that they have made no effort to help them- selves by joining friendly societies, &c. We have no doubt the Chairman of the Board, Mr. WILLIAM JONES, will administer the Poor Laws with firmness, and that attempts by the parishes to keep up the system of out relief will be dealt with by.him in a right spirit. On Saturday last the foundation stone of a new prome- nade pier was laid by Mr. W. W. E. WYNNE at Towyn. The ceremony was witnessed by a large gathering of visi- tors and inhabitants. The pier is being erected by a com- pany with a capital of £ 12,000 divided into 2,400 shares of 415 each. Mr. C. ELLIOTT, the chairman of the company, has taken upon himself the bulk of the work. The pier buildings are made of concrete, and the pier itself will be made partly of concrete and partly of iron pillars. A grateful tribute of respect was paid to the memory of the late Rev. JOHN ROBERTS, better known under his bardic title of Ieuan Gwyllt, when between two and three thousand of his fellow countrymen at the Harlech Choral Festival rose from their seats. and uncovered during the singing of one of his congregational hymns. On the pro- position of the Rev. W. W HELDON the assembly expressed its deep feeling of regret at the loss Wales had sustained in the death of IEUAN GWYLLT, who had laboured for many years to raise the tone of the sacred music of his country, auo who with others had formed a new epoch in the music of the Principality. The meeting also approved of the proposal to establish a memorial scholarship at the University College of Wales, and hoped that all inter- ested in music and the rev. gentleman's work will co. operate in making the movement a success. The Rev. Mr. ROBERTS was a native of Penllwyn, near Aberystwyth. When County Court Judges go out of their jurisdiction and express their opinions on articles of lady's dress, they are liable to say something amusing. We remember having heard Judge VARC.HAM WILLIAMS express his sur- prise, some years ago, that a young woman's bonnet had actually cost fifteen shillings and at the Aberystwyth County Court on Wednesday, Serjeant TINDAL ATKINSON evinced similar astonishment that it should take fifteen yards of material to make a dress Really is his HONOUK married ? However wide of the mark the learned SERJEANT maybe on matters relating to dress, lie is worthy of attention when counselling witnesses and others who may at some future time become witnesses in a law suit how to give effective evidence. "The most dangerous witness to an advocate on the opposite side," he says, "is the man who merely answers yes' and no.' If a witness makes little speeches the advocate takes advantage of them, and the Court gets into a sea of enquiry at once." As a rule there is no doubt his HONOUR'S remarks apply, but occasionally "yea, yea," and "nay, nay," without modification, wo-ildnotflilly express the evidence the witness has to give. At the weekly sitting of the Aberystwyth magistrates, on Wednesday, July 18, Major BASSETT LEWIS, the Chief Constable, wished to know whether the Bench would support him in an attempt to clear the footpaths of the town of obstructions. If so, he suggested that the justices should issue notices to the public and, that hav- ing been done, he would take care that only the most flagrant offenders were summoned. The MAYOR said he certainly had noticed that recently the streets and pave- ments had been obstructed to a very great extent. The other magistrates on the Bench concurring, the TOWN CLERK was directed to issue notices in accordance with the application. If towns like Machynlleth are content to allow the footpaths to be turned into drapers' shops and masons' yards, there is no reason why Aberystwyth should go and do likewise. It is to be hoped the CHIEF CONSTABLE numbers among his flagrant cases the group of loafers who infest the corner of Pier-street, opposite the Town Clock. Major LEWIS also drew attention to fact that it is now dog days—pardonable, if forgotten, in this A,, ca,tlier-aild that there were too many dogs "having their ,<teys" about the streets of the town. He, therefore, hope4 .ee Mayor would bring the matter before the Local Authority in order that the necessary precautions might be tgken. The MAYOR received the application favourably, swad promised to lay it before the members of the Board as soon as possible. -:f The tenth celebration of the Ardudwy Temperance Choral Festival, on Thursday last, was successful in every respect. An unfortunate delay on the Festiniog railway prevented sonje of the choirs from being present at the morning performance. The weather was favourable, and the proceedings throughout were of a nature to make this annual gathering more popular than ever. -;t An influential deputation of friends and supporters of the University College of Wales waited upon the Duke of RICHMOND and GORDON on Wednesday, to urge the claims of that institution for a grant. The noble duke had been evidently well posted up in the claims of St. David's, and even used the very words used by the enemies of the College when detracting from its position and influence. We are not surprised at the reception accorded to the deputation, which most likely did not expect that their prayer would be granted. Little good can be done unless a practicable scheme can be devised under which the colleges of the principality can work together. The deputation was a more influential one than the promoters of the institution six years ago conld have hoped to see. We are glad to learn that a rich discovery of silver lead has been found at the Tanyrallt Mine, which is situate near Talybont. We understand that the capital of the Coinpanv is a very small one, held only by a few people. mainly residing in the district. This is also the case, we understand, with another property in that neighbourhood, viz., Blaen Caelan Mine, which, with local management, and a capital raised entirely in Aberystwyth, is returning good profits. This shows that mines, if properly managed, and not overloaded with vendors' shares, can be made to pay. It would be advantageous if more mines worked in this fray, as there is nothing encourages the public to invest their money so much as to see local capi- talists taking an interest in a concern, Not long ago a mine in the neighbourhood was sold for t2,500 to some London promoters. Shortly afterwards a company was formed, with a capital of eIOO,000, to purchase, for £ 70,000, the property that had been sold for a little over two thousand No wonder Cardiganshire lead mining does not pay. The trial of JOSEPHINE MORRIS, formerly of Aberyst- wyth, at the Manchester Assizes for perjury, has resulted in her acquittal.

It is stated that the French authorities are closing the cafe's in the provinces, and that in some places even cattle shows are interdicted, and agricultural societies dissolved. A Paris paper, the Defense, urges that the judicial com- mittees of the Left should be suppressed.^ The important news has been received that Savfet Pacha, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has tendered his resignation, and has been succeeded by Aarifi Pacha, who has already held the post, and who was formerly Turkish Ambassador at Vienna. Savfet Pacha has been appointed Minister of Public Works.

THE CASE OF .)OrtEiJHL\ K MORRIS. At the Manchester Assizes, on Monday, July lfi, Josephine Morris, a girl of eighteen, was charged with havin" at Manchester, on the 1st of January last, com- mitted'wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Russell, Q.C., Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Addison ap- peared for the prosecution; Mr.j Temple, Q.C., defended the prisoner. Q"J AJi;>lsf=- The alleged perjury arose out of a charge which she made against the Rev. Joseph Jackson, a Jesuit priest, and Mr. Shippev, a solicitor practising in Manchester, of administering to her a noxious fluid with intent to murder her. The case has created considerable interest owing to the extraordinary nature of the story she told, the posi- tion of the parties accused, and the treatment they re- ceived at the hands of the police. The trial, which occupied the whole of Monday, was resumed on Tuesday morning. The indictment contained three allegations of perjury, which will appear from the evidence. They substantially were that her deposition, made before thejmagistrates on the 1st of January, 1877, as to circumstances which she deposed to as having occurred at or near to Mr. Shippey s office on the 29th December, was false and perjured, and, lastly, that she denied when asked before the magis- trates that she had been a prostitute. The story of the case, as opened by the counsel for the prosecution, and afterwards supported by evidence, was of great length and some complication. The prisoner, Josephine Morris, was the daughter of a scrap dealer at Aberystwyth, who died some years ago, having the prisoner, another daughter, and a son. On the death of their mother the small family property was placed in Chancery, and the children were made wards of that Court. The prisoner's elder sister married a soldier, but eventually parted from him, and became an inmate of the" Home of the Good Shepherd." at Manchester. While there she mentioned her Chancery affairs to the Lady Prioress, who spoke to Mr. Shippey, solicitor, about pushing matters on. Mr. Shippey communicated with the prisoner and her brother at Aberystwyth, and they authorized him to act on their behalf. This was Mr. Shippey's first in- troduction to the prisoner. She came from Aberystwyth, and called at Mr. Shippey's office on the 20th of September, 1876, with a Mrs. Collins, a lady in charge of a Servants' Home. She then mad" a statement to the effect that she had come to Manchester on the previous Saturdav: that she had innocently gone to lodge in an improper house that she had successfully resisted the overtures made to her there, and that on the Sunday she had gone out innocently with one of the girls from the lodging-house that she had lost her companion, and on stopping to ask her way of a gentleman she was taken into custody for soliciting for improper purposes. This charge she said was dismissed by the magistrate, who recommended her to go to Mrs. Collins's Servants' Home. Mr. Shippey advised her to remain with Mrs. Collins and to call on the Lady Prioress of the Home of the Good Shepherd" and get money to go back to Aberystwyth. Evidence was called to show that this account she gave to Mr. Shippey was untrue; that from lR74 she had led an immoral life at Aberystwyth that in 1875 she came to Manchester and consulted a doctor, who found she was six or seven months advanced in pregnancy. After that she returned to Aberystwyth and continued the same course of life there. September, 1876,'found her again in Manchester. After her visit to Mr. Shippey on the 20th of September she got various situations, but did not hold them long on account, it was alleged, of her irregular con- duct. Finally, in the beginning of December, she was taken in out of charity by a Mrs. Appleton, of the City Arms public-house, near Mr. Shippey's office. She came several times to Mr. Shippey to ask about her Chancery proceedings, and on one occasion (November 6) she saw the Rev. Joseph Jackson there. At that time Mr. Ship- pey had discovered that Josephine Morris was not quite what she represented herself to be. and he asked the Rev. Mr. Jackson to use his influence to induce her to go into the Home of the Good Shepherd." On that occasion he (Mr. Jackson) had a few words with her, and this was the only time, the rev. gentleman alleged, he had ever spoken to her. On the 28th of De- cember Mr. Shippey wrote to the prisoner with regard to business, and asked her to call next day. On the 29th she came about five o'clock. Mr. Shippey's clerk, Mr. Lintox, was present during the whole of the interview except about two minutes. The prisoner was called for at Mr. Shippey's about 5.30 by her landlady's son, who accom- panied her home, and saw nothing unusual in her appear- ance, nor did she make any complaint to him. After tea she put on another dress and went out, and nothing more was seen of her till about eight o'clock, when she was found standing by a chop house not far from her lodgings, very dirty and wet. She appeared weak and prostrate, either from drink or some other cause. She was taken home and put to bed, where she was seen by a doctor and on the 30th, when she was supposed to be in a dying state, she made a declaration, in consequence of which warrants were immediately issued for the apprehention of the Rev. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Shippey. Mr. Jackson was taken into custody at his residence about midnight, and was con- fronted with the prisoner at her bedside, She identified him as the man she had accused, and repeated the state- ments she had previously made, whereupon he was re- moved to prison. Mr. Shippey, who was suffering from a bronchial affection, had left his office that afternoon about 5 30 or 5 45. He went to his father-in-law's house in Whalley Range, and was in bed when the police called with the warrant: and on their being told that he was too ill to go with them he was allowed to remain in bed, two constables being left in charge of him. He was not suffi- ciently recovered to attend before the magistrates on Mon- day, the 1st of January, 1877. When the prisoner ap- peared in court on that day she seemed still suffering from prostration, but she was able to give evidence, and did so, substantially repeating the facts and charges she had spoken to on the two previous occasions. On cross-exami- nation she displayed much acuteness, and in every way showed that she was completely aware of what she was saying. Her statement was the following, and was set out in the indictment as forming the perjury on which she was now placed on her trial That on the 29th of December she went to Mr. Shippey's office; that he gave her something to drink, and told her to come again. It was a sort of dark mixture and deprived her of the power of speech. The priest, lr. Jackson, was at the door of the office that he took her down the street to a small house; that he gave her a small round cake and put her down that he then gave her some drink like ginger; that she saw Mr. Jackson first be- tween the stairs of Shippey's office and the street; that Mr. Jackson dragged her from the door across the street; that when she got into the house she was insensible, and that she was so from the time she got the stuff in Mr. Shippey's office that she ate the cake and had a drink at the house to which she was taken; that she swore, in cross-examination, on being asked whether she was a prostitute, that she was not, nor ever had been one. Mr. Shippey being too ill to attend before the magistrate on that occasion, the charge against the Rev. Mr. Jackson only was gone into. It was proved that at the time when the prisoner alleged he had treated her as she stated, he was actually officiating at the church of the Holy Name of which he was the priest, and that the charge was an entire "e, invention, and it was suggested that she was labouring under hysterical delusions. The magistrate dismissed the charge. On the 5th of January Mr. Shippey appeared at the Police-court. He called witnesses to prove the untruth of the prisoner's statement regarding himself, and there- upon the solicitor who represented the prisoner declined to go on with the case, and the charge was withdrawn. The Rev. Mr. Jackson declined to institute a prosecution for perjury, on the gronnds that his character had been already sufficiently vindicated, and that being a man of peace he wished the matter to drop. Mr. Shippey desired to proceed, but the magistrate, ruling that as the charge against him had not been gone into he could not entertain it, refused to commit her. On this Mr. Shippey presented an indictment before the grand jury at the last assizes, and a true bill was found, on which she now came up for trial. Mr. Temple called doctors to prove that at the time the prisoner made her "dying declaration" she was suffering under an attack of hysteria; and that persons so affected are often under the influence of delusions, which remain for some time after the attack has passed away. In addressing the jury on behalf of the prisoner, Mr. Temple commented on the weakness of the evidence re- garding her being a prostitute, the denial of which was part of the perjury with which she was charged, as well as on the harshness of prosecuting her for denying i such a thing. He pointed out the absence of all apparent motive for making the charge the prisoner had made against Father Jackson and Mr. Shippey. and contended that it could only have been made while she was suffering from hysteria, and that she had not been able to get rid of the delusions which took possession of her while under the attack before she repeated them in the police-court two days later. His Lordship having summed up, the jurv. after an hour's deliberation, acquitted the prisoner. On Wednesday Mr. Temple, Q.C., made an application for the costs of the defence in the case. Mr. Justice Denman reserved his decision.

BIRTHS. MARRIAGES. & DEATHS. BIRTHS. DOUGALL—July 11th, the wife of Mr. Thos. Doucall, contractor, Bolyddelen" of a son. Wn.LiAMs-.Tuh- 16th. the wife of Mr. John Williams, Bangor House, Dolgelley, of a son. MARRIAGES. MARROW—JONES—July 11th, at St. Paul's Church, Pkliirizton, by the Rev. V. H. Cowell, vicar, Mr. W. H. Marrow, C.E., to Ellen, daughter of Ellis Jones, Esq., Ynvsfechan, Dolgeliev —No Card. TF.MI'LE—MOXON—July 18th, at St. Peter s Episcopal Church Edinburgh, by the Rev. J. A. Sellar, M.B., Francis/Temple' late of the Oriental Bank, Corporation, Foochow, to \nnr>' younger daughter of John Moxon, KiIg-raston-road, Grange. DEATHS. CALISE-July 13th. Mr. Horatio Calise, local secretarv to the Welsh Woollen Manufacturing Company, Xewtnwn DAMES-July 14th aged 44. at his residence, Cemmaes, Mont- gomeryshire. Richard Davies. Esq (Mvnvddo") EVANS-July 10th, WARY, wife of Mr. Evan Evans (Ap Ieuairt Towvn. JENKINS-JIIIY [ISth. aged about So, John Jenkins, Penrarke Aberystwyth. MILNES—July 11th, aeert 45. at the School-house, Kerry. Sarah Millies, of Gas-street, Xewtown. RICHARD-Jllly 18th, Mrs. Ellen Richards, wife of Mr. Richards the Three Tuns, Trefechan. Aberystwyth. RUSCOE—July 10th, aged 83. at Catcham's Inn. near Welshpool .1 ane Ruscoe, widow of Thos. Ruscoe, late of the Brandv"sho« Inn. SRTCLTFKF.—July 13th. Mr. R. H. Sutcliffe, manager of the Welsh Woollen Mills, Llanidloes. WILLIAMS—July 13th, aged C2, Mr. Wm. Williams, White Lion Hotel, Criccieth. WILLI AMS—July 14th. aged G. at 6. Dane-road, St. LeonaidVor- Seft. Wilhelmine Mary, third child of William and Adah Wil- liams. WILLIAMS—July 12th, Elizabeth, widow of John Williams, Ese., late of Hendidley Hall, Montgomeryshire.

CORRESPONDENCE. THE DOG DESTROYE £ SiR,-Sincti I made known, through the medium of your columns, that foxes had been poisoned bv strychnine in the vicinity of Aberystwyth, I find that a Mr. Richardes has made enquiries of Mr. Hutchings, the bird stuffer, as to whether he had had any foxes sent him for the purpose of being stuffed, and whether I had sent him a fox b which had been poisoned with strychnine. Mr. Hutchings could not answer the scientific enquiries on the latter point, but informed him that I had sent a fox to be stuffed, which bore no traces of having been shot or of having met with his death through violence. Now, for the information of the gentleman who made the enquiries especially, and also other sportsmen, I beg to state that two foxes were sent me, which had been poisoned with strychnine, one of which, a very fine animal, is now to be seen at Mr. Hutchings's. The other one is buried in my garden, lie remains of which Mr. Richardes is quite welcome to. which I hope his knowledge of comparative anatomy would enable him to recognize as the skeleton of a fox.* I am very pleased to find "that anyone is interesting himself in the matter and I trust. if he only exerts himsell a little, that he will not find much difficulty in finding out who the miserable wretch is, that has nothing better to do than to poison foxes and dogs.—I ini, &c.i R. HARRIES.

SUNDAY CLOSING. Petitions for stepping the "ale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday were presented in the House of C ommons, on ednesdav, .TulvlSth, bv Mr R Davies, from Llansadwrn bv Mr. J. E. Severne. from Ruyton and St. Joill)-, by Mr. T. E. Lloyd, from Lian- fihangei Geneu r Glya by Mr. S. Holland, from Llan- fair-juxta-Harlech bv Mr. 0. Morgan. from Brvmbo Llanfairfechan, and Minera and by Sir. Dilhvvu from Heath.

A letter on the Summer Season," and news from Car- digan, Bala, Pontrhydygroes, and other places are j unavoidable held over.

ABERYSTWYTH: THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—We are obliged to postpone publishing the results of the examination of this School till next week. ABERYSTWYTH MARKET..—Wheat sold at 7s. 9d. to Ss. Od. p bushel; barley, 5s. Od. to 5s. 6d.; oats, 4s. Od. to 4s. 6ti.; eggs, 00 to 16 for a shilling; salt butter, Os. Od. to Os. Od. ijJ 1b.; fresh butter, to Is. 2d. Is. 4d. I-) lb.; fowls, 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. 1' couple; ducks, 4s. Od. to 5s. Od. 33 couple geese, Os. Od. to Os. Od. each turkeys, Os. Od. to 00s. Od. each potatoes, Os. Od. to 4s. Od. 19 measure; new potatoes, Od. to 2d. ;¡i! tb A STORM.—Visitors who have been staying at Aber- ystwyth for some time had an opportunity last Sunday I and the two following days, of seeing Cardigan Bay in one of its angry moods. About three o'clock in the morning a sharp gale from the N.N.W. lashed the waters into enormous waves, and threw immense breakers on the shore with deafening noise. At the time the Phoenix, a boat belonging to Mr. Wemyss, made to do duty as a yacht and a fishing smack, a boat of about 25 tons burden, was seen to be dragging her anchors and approaching the shore, while the Morning Star, owned by Mr. Thomas Williams, the coxswain of the lifeboat. the Ocean Child, owned by Mr. Evan Hughes, and the Lady Isabell, owned by Mr. John Hughes, and pleasure boats, were in considerable danger of being swamped. Mr. Williams succeeded in putting Mr. Wemyss on board his yacht and Mr. Hughes into his craft, and afterwards went to the rescue of the Morning Star. When alongside of his boat the Ocean Child went to pieces and sank, but Mr. Williams succeeded in saving some of the spars and sails, and also in beaching his own boat: as did also Mr. John Hughes and Mr. Wemyss, though a portion of the bulwarks of the Phoenix had to be broken away in order to allow an outlet for the water, which was washing over and filling her. One or two of the deck planks were also forced out by the water inside, but no further damage of any consequence was sustained. She now lies on the beach, and will be floated during the first calm high tide. PETTY SESSIONS, WEDNESDAY, JuLY 18TH.-Before John Watkins, Esq., Mayor, John Rees, Esq., and Issac Morgan, Esq. School Board Prosecutions.—The following persons were charged with having neglected to send their children to school :—James Morgan, Penparkau, finea Is., and ordered to send child to school; John Morris, Penparkau, child ordered to attend school; Richard Evans, Portland-lane, who did not appear, fined 5s. John Humphreys, High- street, discharged and Edward Felix, withdrawn. Permitting Drunkennes.—P.S. Evans charged John Cain, of the Unicorn Inn, with having permitted drunkenness on the 11th July.—Henry Mead, a militia sergeant, said about eight o'clock on the night of the 11th he went to the Unicorn Inn, where he saw his wife standing near the counter talking with the landlord and Sergeant Henderson. He asked his wife why she had not come home earlier in the day, and she replied that she thought it was early enough yet. Sergeant Henderson asked witness to take something to drink, and they went to the back parlour, to which place his wife followed. He could see that she had been drinking. Between nine and ten o'clock he asked her to go home with him, but she refused, his wife being of rather a stubborn nature. He went home about ten o'clock, leaving his wife at the Unicorn, where she re- mained all night. He found her there next morning. She was under the influence of drink when he left her there.—P.S. Evans said about twelve o'clock on the 12th July he was asked by the last witness to go with him to the Unicorn. He went to the kitchen where he saw the last witness, who was undoubtedly drunk. She had no shoes on, and she was of a general untidy appearance.— The defendant was fiAed 20s., and costs. Drunk on Licenced Pi-criis(-s.-P.S. Evans charged Elizabeth Mead with having been drunk at the Unicorn Inn on July 12, as stated in the last case.—Defendant was fined 5s., and costs. Action of Ejectment.—Wm. Evans, Little Darkgate- street, applied for an order of ejectment against Charles D. Timmins, Corporation-street.—The case was dis- missed, in order that fresh notices might be served on the defendant. Drunkenness.—P.O. D. Owen charged John Thomas, Corporation-street, with having been drunk on Saturday night, July 14,—Witness said he saw defendant helplessly drunk opposite the Unicorn Inn.—Finded 2s. 6d., and costs. Alleged Breach of the Peace.—Edward Taylor, Terrace- road Market, charged Thomas Smith, of the same place, with having used threatening language towards him on .July 9.—Complainant said lie was in Mr. Jomes's Vaults with defendant on July 9. The defendant laid a sovereign on the counter and wanted to bet about trenching land. He afterwards swore at complainant and said, I will dig you." He was turning his fist about. He also accused complainant of having robbed from tills and likewise of other things. He was afraid of defendant.—In cross-ex: amination complainant said he did not believe he had called defendant a 8camp.John Roberts said he was present at the time. The defendant said he could trench with any man. Witness was standing between the parties. Hasty words passed between them, and the complainant called defendant a "d scamp." He did not see any blow struck. The one was as bad as the other.—The case was dismissed. SAD DEATH OF AN OLD MAN. About a mile from Aberystwyth, on the Aberaeron road, and within the boundaries of the borough is a cluster of houses known by the name of Penparkau, badly ven- tilated for the most part, badly drained, inadequately supplied with water, and reeking with the filth from the pigsties which stand in very many instances within a few feet of the doorways, and rooms where the people drag out what cannot be otherwise than a poor, and miserable existence. Time after time the sanitary condition has been brought under the notice of the authorities. Time after time Medical Officers reports and Nuisance Inspector's reports have spoken in unmistakable language about the unsanitary condition of the place. And time after time it have been resolved "to do something." But really nothing, or at the most very little, has been done up to the present time, when the death of one old man will possibly draw prominent attention to the place, and, by causing sanitary improvements to be executed, will make him the Saviour of his perhaps more fortunate sur- vivors. At the end of the village nearer the town, a row of one-storeyed houses, run almost north and south, the northern end abutting the road. Three or four of the houses at tl' commence- ment of the row are built of stone, and at cue centre is a gap made by the falling down, some two or three years ago of a mud-walled, thatched house, leaving the southern end only standing. A fewfeet further tothe south was what was apparently a companion house to the one which had fallen down some years ago. The northern wall was kept from falling outwards by three props placed against the foot of the wall of the ruined house. There was only one room to the building in which the accident occurred, with one window about two feet high by one wide, and an entrance doorway about five feet high. The interior of the house, the one room in which the old man lived. ate his meals, slept, and died, was indescribably miser- able. The story of his death is very simple. A few minutes to six o'clock on Wednesday morning, July 18, a man named Elias Pugh, who works on the turnpike-road, went to the house described to get his tools. He had been in the habit of leaving them there. The house in question was occupied by an old man, John Jenkins by '7 namej 75 years of age and he alone, but his daughter-in- law, who lived a few doors off, visited him occasionally, and gave him assistance. She had. in fact, attended to him that morning, lighting the fire for the old man, and giving him his ^breakfast. Elias Pugh found Jenkins in bed, left him there, and went to his work. About half, past six o'clock, however, a person who was passing that way noticed that the northern wall, which had been proppedjto prevent its falling outwards, had fallen inwards upon the bed where the old man slept. An alarm was given, and Mr. David Jones, tailor, with others, went to the house. They looked in, and there they saw the poor old man's head and one of his legs sticking out from under a mass of debris, They took him out of the ruins of the mud wall as soon as possible, and sent for Mr. Morris Jones, M.R.C.S., who on examination found that life had been some time extinct.

THE MISSING WOMAN FROM ABERPORTH. INQUEST. On Tuesday, July 17, an inquest was held at the Black Lion Hotel, New Quay, Cardiganshire, touching the death of Elizabeth Davies, before Mr..J. H. Evans, de- puty-coroner. The body of the deceased was in an ad- vanced state'of decomposition. The first witness called was John Jones, who deposed having found the body floating in the sea about seven miles north of the New Quay. John Thomas corroborated the evidence of the first wit- ness. The next witness called was Mary Davies, aunt of deceased, who said she saw her niece alive on the 29th of May. She was in her usual health, but confessed to her that she was in the family way. She did not tell her that her friends threatened that she should be taken to the union. She was not low spirited.—Jane Jenkins deposed: si saw the body. I recognised the clothes as those of Eliza Davies, Pennywalk, Aberporth. I last saw deceased on Wednesday, the 30th May, about ten p.m., on the door of the house where she was at service. We lived under the same roof. She told me it was a cold night, and I said. "Yes." She seemed in her usual spirits. I was under the impression she was in the family way. I saw John Lloyd passing my house towards his own house about 7 I)-m-, in the direction of Aberystwyth, towards the direction of the turnpike road leading from Aberaeron to Cardigan, accompanied by Mrs. Phillips. I believe that was not the last time I saw John Lloyd that night. The direction taken bv Llovd was not towards the sea. I saw Eliza going in the same direction a little after John Lloyd. I saw Eliza going and coming back in about ten ininutes. I spoke to her. I said "Did you see him?" She said "No. He was not there after all." I have reason to believe that members of the family were ang-rv with her. I had observed her in the afternoon. She looked as if she had been crying. We searched for a while that night, before going down to John Lloyd's. It was then about 12 p.m. He said he had not seen Eliza. He g^t up to search with us. I remember Lloyd coming down- stairs. His boots were not on. I saw him lace them in the kitchen. Neither I nor the aunt asked Tom Evans if John Lloyd had been out that night or not. Evah Evans, John Lloyd, and I continued the search. We searched all night, and separated for our respective houses. In the morning we traced deceased ultimately down a footpath leading to Traethgardeon, where there was no house near. On the top of the cliff I saw her clog mark. v- w nUVCrU no^tPn?ts; ^'here I sa*v the last footprint h'pr br. r a Pi!e'r1l>lce- This was about fourteen yards from her home. I heard deceolsed say often that the work- house was before her. At the resumption of the enquiry on Wednesday. Dr. chihf WT'|, exf"lne;L He proved that deceased was with tW it tate (.} £ decomposition on the body was such that it w as impossible to detect any bruises or gashes. tbii bl' ,AbeJPorth> said—I saw deceased two or three days before her disappearance, or it mi dit hav- been the day she was missed or the morning before. I came home when I heard tne woman was lost. I was out courting. I have since married. I was working at Aber- porth, and did not go home that night, therefore I cannot say when John Lloyd aiid Tom Evans came into the h<m«e that night. I went to search at once after breakfast. It was I that found the clog on the rock. I never had any improper intimacy with the deceased. John Lloyd, Cefn. said—I work and lodge with the last witness, at Penywalkisa. I last saw-deceased alive about a week before she was missed. I was never courting her. paT^?d ,the, house where she was about 8 p.m. I did not meet tho Davies that nigiit. I aid not promise to UPVPV Wl1.eoeased- J never made any promise to her. I never had improper mtimacv with the deceased. The jury found" That El^eth Davies was found A ■' seven miles to the north of New Ouav floating m the sea; but how, there is not suffici^evidS

FUNERAL OF MYNYDDOG. r 5 Ttlegrajjh. Mynyddo- was buried on Thursday afternoon at Yr Hen Gapel Llanbrynmair. The funeral cortege left Ms residence at Cemmes, at ten o'clock, where the Rev. Herber Evans read, and gave an address, and the Rev. Ir. Morgan, fcammah prayed. Special train arrange- ments had been made b- the Railway Company to enable those desirous of attending the funeral to join the mourn- ers at Llanbrynmair Station. Notwithstanding a steady downpour of ram, a large concourse of people "includinrr many of the deceased's literary friends, wSre pSt' The chapel was crowded in every part, there being up- wards of seven hundred persons in it. The Rev. Owen Evans commenced the service by reading a portion of Scripture. The Rev. Professor Rowlands, M.A., Brecon College, and the Rev. Mr. Jones, Machynlleth (in English) also took part. At the side of the grave there were addresses and prayers by the Rev. R. O. Evans Cemmes, the Rev. Mr. Williams, Dinas Mawddwv, and the Rev. Evan Jones, Carnarvon. The coffin was of oak, and was ornamented with massive brass furniture, and on a brass plate was engraved-" Richard Mynyddog Davies, born January, 1833, died July 14th, 1877." On the coffin were three splendid wreaths and bouquets of flowers-placed by Mrs. Ceinog Hughes, Miss Marsh, of Carno. Miss Ben- nett, Newtown, and Mrs. Brown. It may be interesting to know that the deceased was invested as a bard, and took the name Mynyddog. at Dinas Mawddwv Eisteddfod, on the 3rd of August, 1855. Among those present were Professor Rowlands. Brecon, the Rev. Herber Evans. Carnarvon, the Rev. Evan Jones, Carnarvon. Alltud Eifion, Tafolog, Derwenog, Ceiriog. Idris Fychan, Pro- fessor Parry, Gwilym o Fon, Edwin Jones, Towvn. loan Arfon, Cynhaiara. Cymro Gwyllt, Llew Llwyf. Nicola Caeronwy, Silas Evans, Eos Morlais. Mr. C. R Jones' ii T;T°ne r -Y«chynlletb, Mr. A. Gillart, Mach- ynlleth the Rev. J. W. Kirkham, rector of Llanbryn- man-, Mr. Hughes Glanystwyth, Mr. R. Williams, New- town, Mr. J W. Jones, editor of the Druch, New York Iolo Trefaldwyn Cyffin, Dr. Pratt, Newtown. Dewi Haran, Captain Crewe-Read, J. Jones. Tv'nybrrdch Mr J. H. Jones. Aberdovey. Mr. Phillips, Xewtown, and Mr. Davies, Dolcaradog.

By Press Association Telegram. BIRMINGKAATCORN MARKET.—THURSDAY. There was a. fair attendance at our market to-day, and both English and foreign wheats were 2s per quarter dearer than at our market this day week. Indian corn was Is. 6d. a quarter higher, and other feeding stuffs were firmer, with a tolerably good trade doing, "though there was nominally no change in the quotations — leather fine. •■ICHV^D"

GENERAL. The charge against Detectives Meikle John Drusco- vitch and Palmer and Mr. Froggart. solicitor, of compli- city in the great turf frauds, was resumed on Thursday. The Wimbledon Kalapore cup has been won by the home, team with 601 points against 586 scored by the Canadians. The Court of Queen's Bench Division, on Thursday gTanted certiorary to remove to that court the Coroner's inquisition, and any indictment that may be found at Wells Assizes in the Wedcombc Bridge case. 1-20 Thursday afternoon. At the close of the shooting at the first range ei"ht hundred yards, for the Elcho shield, the scores stood as follows :-Irelan cl, 543; Scotland, 430 and Endand, 413. The Lords and Commons match won by the Lords THE GENERAL ELECTION IN FRANCE. Paris, Thursday. The Figaro of Thursday announces that the date of the general election is fixed for October 14.

THE WAR. Paris, Thursday. A Constantinople telegram states that Abdul Iverira Pacha, a Turkish Commander in Chief, has been dis- missed, and replaced by Osman Pacha. Rediff Pacha Minister of War, is also stated to have been dismissed. Constantinople, Wednesday. Abdul Kerim Pacha has telegraphed assurances to Porte that he will cut off the retreat of the Russians, who have crossed the Balkans. n, rp Zante, Wednesday. 10 a.m. ihe iurkish ,ieet is just passing this jilace with troops on board. mi. j Erz-eroam, Wednesday afternoon. corps from tin lias joined tiie Turkish rip^ht wintr which is encamped near Bayazid. General Terqukassaff is on the frontier awaiting reinforcements. Ahmed Moukhtar Pasha is near Ve-inkeig. four hours march east of Kars. General Louis Melikoff has not retreated be- yond Kurukdara and Yenikej, and expects large rein- forcements. Alexandropol. On July 14th twelve regiments of Russian Cavalry, with one field reconnoitred Moukhtar Pachas camp, but fell back after an exchange of cannon shots.