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FROM LONDON LETTERS. I have just heard the details of the escape of Mr. Villiers, the clever young artist who is at the seat of war for the Graphic. He and Mr Forbes were at the battle of Plcvna on July 30, close together, the one sketching, the other writing, and at a little distance from the Russian staff Suddenly one of them called the attention of the other to the evident agitation among the generals. The two felt convinced that there must be some- tiling wrong, and very little later the retreat sounded, and there was a general stampede. In the confusion that followed, Forbes and Villiers got separated. Forbes, by dint of hard riding, got awty without much difficulty. \illiers at first attached himself to an ambulance corps, but subsequently left it and joined an infantry regiment. It was well he did so. That same night, every man connected with the ambulance corps, save one, was massacred by the Turks, who paid no at- tention whatever to the Red Cross. The murderers were near enough to Villiers for him to hear the shrieks of the poor victims as the bayonets were thrust through lungs and bowels, and it was with a face full of ghastly horror that he afterwards told the story of that terrible night to the gentleman who has lately arrived in England from Bulgaria, and through whom I have these particulars. When the news of this massacre reached Forbes and the newspaper correspondents they gave their companion up for lost, and so great was the regard they had for him lb at thare were heartfelt and surely most manly tears shed for him. His re-appearance among his comrades was one of the few pleasing incidents of this terrible war.— Liverpool Mercury.. Private letters just received from India describe the famine as being far more terrible than has yet been stated. The Madras Government has telegraphed home that all civil ser- vants on furlough who are in good health must return imme- diately. Whole villages are utterly depopulated, and at some once prosperous places nothing is now to be seen but whitened human skeletons, which the jackals and vultures have picked -clean. While the known deaths reach half a million, the real number is probably far greater, as thousands are never registered Many persons have gone to the jungle to appease their hunger bv berries and roots, and have never returned. Those who linger on have constitutions so damaged that they wfccumb to the first illness. In some districts the mortality his assumed the frightful rate of 700 per 1,000 per annum. In one place an inspector having visited 4,000 persons, said the truest mercy would be to shoot them, for every one of them must die a lingering Oeath.-biverpool Mercury. Lord Blantyre has found his peer in a commoner only. While his lordship is so intensely Turcophile that he has contributed Z2000 towards the Stafford House fund, Mr. Charles Meynell, of Seymour-street, Portman-square, is so fond of the Russians, and go entirely that they are fighting "a righteous war that he sends a similar amount to Mr. Lewis Farley's funci for the relief of sick and wounded Ru»sians. In behalf of that fund Canon Liddon write* an eloquent letter in the Timet, and Mr. Malcolm MacColl writes one in the Daily News. That fund is but a small »ne at pre«emt. Curious t» relate, although the Roman Catholic pro« is so bitterly hostile to the Russians, th. Mamuis of Bute in the largest contributor but two *• it, having sent 100 guinea*, while Mr. Meynell has sent £ 2,000, and the Marquia ef Bath £ 200. The committee ii a remarkable one, for it includes, besides the Roman Catholic and Anglo-Catholic mmrauises iust named, the Boman Catholic Mr. Ambrose de lisle, the High Church Bishop of Ely, Dean of St. Paul's Cwion Bright, and Sir Robert Phillimore; also the Broad Church Mr. Stopford Brooke, Mr. R. H. Hutton (editor of the Spectator) and Professor Rolleston, and also the dissenting Dr. illen But should the honorary secretaries absent themselves Irom London at a time like this, as Mr. Stopford Brooke, and Mr Lawrence Cave have done !-Liverpool Mercury. When Mr. Thorold left hi« Oanonry in York and kis Rectery at St. Pancras, in order to undertake the charge of Rochester diocese, he must have known that he had no bed of roses to lie on, seeing that Hatcham was within the limits of his see. Yet even he could not havi foreseen that he was to be exposed to a correspondence of some columns in length, inflicted upon him by a layman, all because he (the bishop) chanced to speak of the English Church as Protestant." The correspondence is published in to-day's Church Times. It was originated by a Mr. William Grant, of Peckliam; and of the three columns which it fills in that journal, all but a very small portion is occupied bv him The bishop's portion of it is very modest. He says that he'is sorry to have pained Mr. Grant by using the word Protestant, but, though it be not mentioned in the Bible, that is no argument against its use, for the word "Trinity" also is not mentioned, and he refers Mr. Grant to the articles whereupon that gentleman undertakes to enlighten" A. Roffen" on the origin and meaning of the articles and having done so at por- tentous length, subscribes himself as the bishop's "obedient and humble servant in Christ." The bishop failed to see the humble- ness of his correspondent, and, without attempting to read through his yards of theology, quietly put him down and told him that he "A. Roffen" had no time to discuss the matter further. -Lii),rpool Mercury. Speaking of bishops, I may mention that the elevation of Canon Rowley Hill to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man is attributed to the Marquis of Abergavenny, whose chaplain Bishop Hill was, and who is a very fervent Protestant, and also, as the Church Times calls him, "animportant shareholder in the Persecution Company.Liverpool Mercury.

DEATH OF B HIGH AM YOUNG. Telegrams from New York announce that Brigliam Young died on Tuesday, August the 28th, of inflam- mation, after a few days' illness. He was in his seventy- seventh year. He joined the Mormons in 1831 or 1832, and be- came their leader after the murder of Joseph Smith, in 1844. A misogynist would say that the wonderful thing is that a man with a hundred wives should have lived to enter his 77th year. Ilt He was the son of a farmer, and born in Vermont, June 1,1801. He was fairlv well educated, and became at first a Baptist preacher. But about forty-five years ago lie joined the Mormons, then under the leadership of Joe Smith He became so popular with them that they made him an apostle, and sent him forth to make converts among the Gentiles. He fought the battles of the Mormons during their struggles, and when Joseph and his brother IIvram were shot by the mob, in June, l;w44, Young was chosen "seer." It was a post of danger and difficulty, and at last (in 1845) Young persuaded bis followers to leave then- city and temple at Nauvoo on the Mississippi, and to journey to the west. They chose the great Salt Lake Valley as their" everlasting abode," and claimed to be admitted as a member of the confeder- ation of United States. This request was not granted, but the territory of Utah was formed, and Young was made its first governor. He was a very arbitrary governor, and would not ailow the United States judge to exercise his functions, where- upon the Government at Washington sent an army to Utah. But a compromise was effected, and a new governor appointed in 1858. Since then there have been numerous internal troubles in the Mormon settlement, chiefly on the question of polygamy For this he was twice tried, but the proceedings were annulled by the Supreme Court. So lately as the end of1S< a, however, he was adjudged to support one of his wives while she sued for a divorce, and was imprisoned in his own house for non-compli- ance. More recently the trial of the Mormon bishops for mui (ler has been a damaging incident in Mormon annals. It is doubtful if the sect of Latter Day Saints which Smith founded will long survive Smith's successor.

The Bishop of Peterborough, replying to a series of resolutions passed at a ruridiaconal chapter, at Brixworth, Northampton- shire, condemning the practice of systematic confession, the existence of secret societies in the Church, and the disobedience to the diocesan in disputed matters of external order, says —" I shall be much obliged if you will assure those of the clergy who agreed to them of my ent>re concurrence in the views which they have expressed, and of my great satisfaction in knowing rthat sentiments so thoroughly loyal to the Reformed Church of England are entertained by them." ENGLAND VERSUS .PRANCE, -hor generations chocolate has been imported in large quantities into this country from France. Wo are glad to find the tables turned at last, and that Cadburys, the makers of the well-known Cocoa Essence have opened elegant premises at 90, Faubourg, St. Jioncre, Paris.—Their Cocoa Lsseiice being perfectly genuine is a beverage far better suitec o warm climates than the thick heavy compounds ot Oocoa with sugar and starc&i generally sold. T THE.ADMINISTRATION OF OUT-DOOR the recommendations of a deputation to the Local Government Board of PoorTlaw Guardians, under the auspices of the Hocml Science Association, Mr. Sclater-Booth has conceded the following points That grandsons should be liable to he p p?!"t -their pauper grandparents that some better ariang or -the recovery of the cost of medical advice should S > 41»t justices of the peace should be empowered onjlecening a cd-tificate Irom the medical officer, to older the remo •workhouse crl persons without proper lodging and acco lion; that n« relief should be given for a longer pe™ thirteen weeks without a reconsideration of the case, that immediate out-door relief to widows with children inaj be modified by taking some of the children into the workhouse that it is expedient to allosv out-door relief to the wives and children of persons who are in gaol; and that non-resident relief should, as a rule, be abolished.—Pall Mall Gazette. HOLLOWAY'S OiNTMENT AND PILLS.—Limb and Jjlie.— Not many years a go some ulcerations and diseases of the joints placed in peril the affected limb whose loss was recommended to spare the risk of liie-now the discovery of these noble remedies has made the cure of the worst maladies no longer a matter of doubt. Holloway's treat- ment preserves the condemned limb, and in its course of cure improves the general health and vigour of the frame. Holloivay's Ointment and Pills heals all sores and ulcera- tions, and extirpate scrofula sores. Ulcers, bad legs, scrofulous discharges, swollen or gathered glands, con- tracted sinews, enlarged joints, rheumatic and gouty con- cretions are readily remediable by the proper and perse- vering application of these cooling, healing, and purifying preparations which are as powerful as they are harmless. I

FROM THE PAPERS. A Scotch correspondent telegraphs the completion of the Tay bridge, which is upwards of two miles long, and has been nearly seven years in building. A New York telegram reports that a train on the Rock Island Railway h&s run into a creek, causing the death of sixteen per- sons and injury to many others. On Friday, Aug 31, upwards of 10,000 cotton operatives ceased work at Belton rather than submit to a reduction of 5 per cent, in their wajes.. „ Thr«e persons have been killed by an explosion of firedamp in a colliery at Hednesford, near Rugeley, and a fatal termination is feared in two other cases. A great fire has taken place in New York at a piano manu- factory, the damage being estimated at upwards of a million of dollars. There has, it is reported, been considerable loss of life. Near Dalton-in-Furness, two men who were working at the construction of a reservoir have been killed by the unexpected explosion of a blasting charge. A hawker, named Tugby, has been Kicked to death at Coal- ville, Leicestershire. The crime arose out of a quarrel in public-house. J a A Times Therapia telegram says the English Ambassador and Mrs. Layard dined with the Sultan on Thursday night, August 30. It is said to be the first time that a Sultan has sat down to dinner at his own table with a European lady. The lockout of colliers in Fife and Clackmannan has been ter- minated by the men, who had exhausted their resources, ac- cepting (the masters'terms. The dispute has .lasted fourteen weeks. Notico of a reduction of 10s. per ton in the price of their finished iron has been given by the Earl of Dudley and Messrs. W. Barrows and Sons, the leading iron manufacturing firms in the South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire districts. At the half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Railway Company, the directors'report, recommending a dividend on the ordinary stock at the rate of P,3 10s. per cent. per annum, was adopted. Intelligence has been received in New York from Utah that the Government of the Mormon Church has passed into the hand of twelve elders, styled, apostles, two of whom are at pre- sent in England. No President will probably be appointed for some time to come The German Imperial Gazette of the Empire announces that the Spanish Government has also given in its adhesion to the German representatives at Constantinople respecting the in- human treatment of prisoners and wounded soldiers by the Turks. In January, 1840, Mr. Mechi placed a visitors' book on the bailiff's table at Tiptree, and this work in two volumes, com- pleted and compiled by thousands of contributors, has now been "presented, on public grounds, to the British Museum by J. J. Mechi." Â gricuUural Gazette. A young lady, while bathing at Weymouth on Thursday, Aug. 30, swimming some distance on the ebb tide, was seized with faintness, and was on the point of sinking. Her sister swam to her rescue, dived, and at great personal risk, brought her to shal- low water. In dealing with a case of parental neglect and juvenile crime —of a type sadly too common in Liverpool—Mr. Raffles broke out with a fervent wish that the Irish people would learn home rule, and then rule their own homes; adding that he was quite weary of hearing the same story in that court day after dav, The Philadelphia correspondent of the Times telegraphs on The Philadelphia correspondent of the Times telegraphs on Thursday that twenty-five joiners for Manchester, have sailed from New York by the steamer Wisconsin. Their fares are advanced, and three years employment guaranteed them, at a rate equivalent to one and a half dollars per day in New York. The homeless families and evicted miners at Bearpark Col- liery, Durham, suffered extremely last week from the severity of the storm, against which their temporary canvas shelters offered but slight protection. The exposed furniture was seriously damaged,as the ram fell heavily. Large numbers have left the colliery in the hope of obtaining employment elsewhere, as it is questionable now whether the masters would allow them to resume work, if they chose to do so. — Joseph Greaves, age 18, a jockey in the employ of Mr. Toon, trainer, of Hednesford, has been drowned in Hednesford Pool. He had ridden a horse named Britannic into the pool for the purpose of washing its legs, when the animal taking fright dashed into deep water and threw the rider. Greaves held on to the bridle while the horse swam about for a considerable time, but became exhausted, released his hold, and sank. The horse sub- sequently swam to the bank. We (Times) understand on good authority that one of the Middlesex magistrates the other day was offered, but refused to accept, £ 900 for his collection of foreign postage stamps and also that an extensive collection of 17,000 varieties, including many unique specimens, changed hands through Messrs. Palmer, of Adelphi House, for "00--it is believed that this is the high- est price which such a collection has ever fetched in Eng- land. In France, however, the mania has reached a higher pitch, for we are told that one of the most complete collec- tions ever brought together was sold privately for no less than £ 3,000! Archdeacon Denison s harvest home is one of the striking an- nual events of Somersetshire. The venerable archdeacon pre- sided over the twenty-first anniversary on Thursday, August 30. After Divine service at the parish church a procession was formed, headed by two bands, and marched to the vicarage, where a monster tent had been erected, and tables laid out and food provided for 500 persons. The bill of fare included 500 lbs. of beef and mutton, 100 quarterns of bread, four hogsheads of beer and cider, and 50 puddings of at least ten pounds weight each. The first course over some fifty ladies entered the tent, each hearing a plum pudding. Subsequently a loaf, weighing ninety-four pounds, and a cheese, weighing ninety pounds, were brought in, each borne on the shoulders of four men. This com- pleted the menu. The Archdeacon, who presided, told his guests that he had entirely abandoned the planting of potatoes, as they only rotted in the ground. He recommended his hearer* to sow beans, peas, and beet root in their place, and then made some remarks upon the liquors most suitable for a temperate person's consumption. After the dinner there was a tea, of which about 800 women and children partook. The freedom of the city of Edinburgh was presented on Fri- day, Aug. 31, to General Grant. ex-President of the United States of America, in the Free Church Assembly Hall, in the presence of a large concourse of the citizens, nearly 1,200 tickets having been issued for tho ceremony. An enthusiastic reception was accorded to General Grant. The burgess ticket was written on parchment and enclosed in a silver casket. On the ticket was an inscription stating that the honour was con- ferred in testimony of tne respect entertained for General Grant both as a great soldier and as a statesman, and in appreciation of the lino of policy pursued by him to establish and maintain friendly relations between the United States of America and Great Britain. The Lord Provost presided, and made the pre- sentation. General Grant briefly acknowledged the honour con- ferred on him, which, he said, he regarded also ai an honour done to his country. The American mation was proud of Scot- land, and of the citizens it sent to them. At the close of the proceedings cheers were given for General and Mrs. Grant. Over the chair were hung the national flag* of Britain and the United States.

DEATH OF M. THIERS. Paris, Tuesday. M. Thiers died of an attack of apoplexy yesterday. In the morning he was in good healtn and took his usual walk. Symptoms of illness showed themselves after luncheon. He died apparently without great suffering. Paris, Tuesday Evening. ID The following are some authentic details respecting the last hours of M. Thiers :—M. Thiers had passed Sunday evening with some friends, and was in very good spirits. Yesterday morning he rose early, and went for a walk. He employed himself in writing until noon, when he par- took of luncheon. He ate with appetite, but towards the end of the repast he stammered out a few words. His mouth contracted, his eyes become covered with a film, and it was evident that the end was at hand. M. Thiers was carried to his bed, ard medical aid was at once procured. M. Thiers did not appear to be entirely aware of his dangerous state. At the end of twenty minutes his prostration was completed. Dr. Bartle, on arriving at 4.30, declared the condition of the patient to be hopeless. The news of his illness circulated vaguely at ten o'clock at night on the Boulevards, but it was looked upon merely as a canard, and was not confirmed until late at night. It is stated that if the family of deceased do not offer any opposition, the remains of M. Thiers will be inter- red at the Invalides at the cost of the State. The Temps says Marshal MacMahon was in- formed of the sad event this morning while at Mont- brisonaud. He immediately telegraphed to Paris to sum- mon a Cabinet Council for the purpose of concerting measures for causing the funeral to be solemnized with the greatest pomp. The Journal adds that the Marshal is of opinion a great national demonstration should be called forth, and that all parties should for a time disappear in order to pay homage to one who has rendered such great services to France. The Moniteur says the Official Journal will publish a decree notifying that the expenses of the funeral will be borne by the State. The Marshall's visit to the south west will probably be postponed some days

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BYE-GONES. NOTES, QUERIES, and REPLIES, on tubjtcU interetting to Wales and the Border*, must lie addressed to "BT&GONES, Croeswylan, Oswestry." litil nentes and addrattet must be giten, in confidence, and MSS must lie written legibly, on one titie of the paper only.

SEPTEMBER 5, 1877. MACAULAY AT LLANRWST (Aug. 15, 1877).-The Rev. Edw. Titley of Peckforton, Tarporley, informs us that the Rev. John Titley (his uncle) who headed tke memorial to the reau- inr party spent all his life at Llanrwst, and was rector of Trs- friw and Llanrychwyn, distant three miles from that place. The name "Tiltey" is doubtless a misprint in the Life ef Macaulay. Mr. Titley fears there are none living now who signed the memorial in 1821.

NOTES. JOHN WESLEY'S PREACHERS,(Aug. 15, 1877). Of course in a life of Sir Richard Hill we should i expect to see the character of THOMAS OLIVERS drawn 1 from Whitfield's point of view, and from the narrative' Olivers seems to have been a somewhat controversial Welsh- man; he was converted under Mr. Whitfield's preaching, and used to follow him in the streets with such veneration, that he could scarce restrain from kissing the very prints of his feet. For some reason, however, he met with a rebuff when he wished to join the society; but he was at length admitted into that of the Wesleyans at Bradford. I gather from the book before me that in his confession before his Methodist brethren, when admitted, he pro- fessed to have seen at the bottom of the hill coming into the town, a ray of light like the shining of a star, which broke through an opening in the heavens and gleamed upon him. Then all his burdens fell off, and he felt so light that he could almost literally have fled up to the skies." Mr. Sidney adds, There were some good points about Olivers," and then he remarks on the "violence" of 'Olivers, the cobbler,' on some occasions. In one of these he made Toplady so "justly indignant that he had recourse to the most doggrel verse, and made Wesley thus speak of Olivers — I've Thoma.s Olivers, the cobler, No stall in England holds a nobler, A wight of talents universal, Whereof I'll give a brief rehearsal: He weilds beyond most other men, His awl, his razor, and his pen. My beard he shaves, repairs my shoe, And writes my panegyric too, He, with one brandish of his quill, Can knock down Toplady and Hill; With equal ease, whene'ver there's need, Can darn my stockings and my creed; Can drive a nail, or ply the needle, Hem handkerchief, and scrape the fiddle; Chop logic s an ass chews thistle, More skilfully than you can whistle And then when he philosophises, No son of Crispin half so wise is, Of all my ragged regiment, This cobler gives me most content; i My forgeries' and faith's-defender, My barber, champion, and shoe-mender. In the autobiography Olivers does not tell us what his trade was, but according to the foregoing he must have been a shoemaker, or a barber, or both. Mr. Williams, in his Eminent Welshmen, says that lie was a prolific writer of controversial tracts, in one of which he answered Sir Richard Hill's Farragos.' Also that he wrote several hymns, but he does not enumerate any. That com- mencing "Guide me, 0 thou Great Jehovah" is usually attributed to him, although according to Miller s Songs of the Church (see Bye-gones, Jan. 24, 1872) it is, really, a translation from the Welsh of William Williams. The one beginning "The God of Abraham praise," was writ- ten by him, and adapted to an old Jewish air, known in our t'ine books as Leoni." PURITAN. QUERIES. WELSH AND BORDER PRESS, No. 4, Dolgelley (July 18 1877). William Hughes was a bookseller here from 1746 to 1766, but there seems to have been no printer before Thomas Williams who was in business in 1799 and died at the ripe old age of 84, on Aug. 16, 1841, as recorded in Rowlands' Llyfryddiacth y Cymry p. 719. Has any earlier specimen of Dolgelley printing been dis- covered since the publication of that book ? and is it known at what date Thomas Williams settled at Dolgelley as a bookseller, and purchased types and a press for himself?" W. H. A-LLNUTT. Oxford. [Thomas Williams was a son of William Jones and Elen Thomas, of Benardd Wynion Fawr, in the parish of Llan- fachraith (near Dolgelley) in Merionethshire, and afterwards of the Cae Glas, in the same parish. He used, in his youth, to go to England, as a cattle drover, and there he became fond of books, and to some extent acquainted with the art of printing. He established himself at Dolgelley as a bookseller, and pro- cured types and a press of his own, and practised himself as well as he could, without ever having been learning the art. Hit married Barbara, daughter of Pierce, of Pengwern, Ffestiniog, and became very wealthy. He was zealously at- tached to the Established Church; and it was he, with another, in his leisure hours, who planted all the ivy plants which grow around the walls of the church and church- yard of Dolgelley. He was remarkably genereus and kind- hearted to those who happened to be in need, provided he knew them to be deserving. He was noted for his readiness to lend money to his friends, and there are reasons for concluding that he was a loser thereby. He left, in his will, the intereat of O, to be distributed every six months, amongst the poor of the parish of Llanfachraith, members of the Church ef England. He died, August HI, 1841, aged 84; and there is an engraved .tone on his grave, together with his wife and his parents, and a tablet recording his charities in the Church, in Llanfachraith. Note, in Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry, p. ng, ED. Bye-pones.] TOPOGRAPHICAL NAMES.—What is the deri- vation and meaning of the following Meole Brace, Wem, Weprt, Corris, Ceryst, Cyfeiliog, Malpas, Arwystli, Emral, Sweeney and Brymbo! QUIBIST. SIMON DE MONTFORT.—With all his faults, and ther were not a few, Simon de Montfort, '"ho i* called tne sixth Earl of Leicester, was a man to whom England owed much. He married Eleanor, the second daughter of King John, widow of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and was thus allied to the royal family; but he was leader of the barons, who in 1265 eucceeded in getting a new Parliament called, when two knights for eaeh shire, and two deputies from each borough, formed what is esteemed to be the original House of Commons of England upon the lines so defined. He fought stoutly like a giant for the liberties of England," is the testimony paid to his character by one writer, but according to old tradition, he strove with might and main, they say, to gain for himself lands and possessions in the border counties of Wales. Can any of your readers say if he had any "settlements" in Shropshire, how he acquired them, and whom they are vested in now? SANDFORD. REPLIES. OLD FOLKS (Aug. 1, 1877.)-ln the Annual Register for 1784 is recorded the death of a veteran Welsh- man, as follows Died, at LI an V1.ir v Medd in Anglesea, Hitgh Rowland Hughes, gent., aged 111 11 months, and 27 days. He was born Mar. 1, 1670, married in the year 1700, and had nine children; he was married the second time in 1734, and had five children; he was married the third time and had two children viz., Hugh Evan Hughes, the Welch poet, and a daughter; and in the year 1748 he married his fourth wife, whom he left a widow, with seven children, all men and women now alive: eighty-four of his offspring were at his burying in Amlwch Church on St. David's Day last. The very precise way in which the exact age of this patriarch is given is amusing, and no doubt there were plenty of people living at the time who believed it. Is there any monument to Hughes at Amlwch? G.G. MEDIOLANUM (Aug. 8,1877).—"N.W.S." refers to the discoveries near Llanymynech when the Potteries line was making, and the same correspondent, on June 13, gives an extract from the Cambro Briton of 1820, in which the writer says that no discoveries had then been made of Roman remains at Clawdd Coch. The writer must have been in error here for, in a note to a paper on" The Site of the Last Battle of Caractacus," read by Mr. Wynne Ffoulkes at the Dolgelley meeting of the 6amb: Arch: Association in 1850, and in which he placed the site on the Breidden, there is the following Assuming then that the Breidden was the scene of this action, Ostorius probably lay at Clawdd Coch, an ancient camp of pen- tagonal form, in sight of the Breidden, about five miles in direct in line to the north-west, on the northern banks of the V lrmew, near Llanvmvnech-Brynllawr, a camp-crowned hill inter- vening. Clawdd Coch belongs to Mr. Asterley, who lives near to it, and farms the land there himself. He told me that in his grandfather's time a piece of silver with a device upon it, round like a five-shilling piece, and as large as the palm of my hand, and some pieces of metal like the tops of spoons, but very small, were found there by a workman. His mother confirmed this statement, and said she remembered seeing them. The piece of silver was by them given to a clergyman, the then curate at Llanymvnech, for the purpose of being submitted to the Rev. Walter Davies for his opinion upon it, and the reverend gentle- man, the curate, never had the grace, as Mr. Asterley assured me, to return it. Mr. Wynne Ffoulkes adds that Mr. Asterley believed these finds to be Roman reliques, and Mr. Ff. surmised that the spoon-like pieces of metal might have been por- tions of liriulce. Did the publication of this note ever lead to the tracing of the lost piece of silver? ANON. The Roman remains discovered near Llanymynech, alluded to by READER, consists of bronze objects, and beds of calcine. The former are two articles about six inches in length, with a small round piece of bronze at each end, and slightly flattened. They are the only two objects of the kind at present known, and it is doubtful for what purpose they were used. The articles are now in the Powys-land Museum. The calcine beds were opened in the same vicinity, and in an old mine a short distance from the place were found several Roman mining implements, and coins, among which was one of Antoninius Faustina. The exact site of Mediolanum is probably that upon which Clawdd Coch farm is built, and no doubt many relics would be discovered were excavations to be made. There are many reasons for fixing this place as the site; the word itself signifies a city where the waters meet, and here the Tanat enters the Vyrnwy. Several of the fosses still remain, which guarded it upon the land side. Again, Antoninus in his iter says Mediolanum was situated at the point of the crossing of the road from Rutunium (Rowton) to Mons Eriri (near Tanybwlch) with that from Nidum (Neath) to Deva (Chester). The distance of these places from Clawdd Coch correspond as nearly as possible. The former road still retains the name Street (strata) at Llandysilio, and a lane leading from Clawdd Coch is termed the Causeway Lane, the pavement of which still remains. It is very probable the Bwleh Mawr (the vale of the Tanat) was the pass chosen for the transport of the Roman troops to Carnarvon, it being one of the finest passes into Wales. Another evidence of the site is the presence of Roman copper mines on Llany- mynech hill, with enormous ramparts along the only ac- cessible side for the purpose of defence. It is certain that a company of soldiers would be retained to assist in the defence, and where would be a more eligible spot than at the foot of the hill where the main roads crossed. J LLEBTWEF.

TIPYN 0 BOB PETH. The Earlontrib;to the Indian Famine Relief Fund. The Mayor of Shrewsbury has appealed to the town for sub- scriptions to the Indian Famme. Captain Webb has challenged Mr. Cavill to meet him in the English ndiannel. Mr. W. H. Box, of Chirk, has received a Government grant of Z17 5s. ior successful vaccination in his district. This is the second award obtained by him. At the late show in Clonmel Lord Lismore sold his first prize -of five Shropshire hogget wethers, only fourteen months old, at the handsome figure of four guineas each. The Town Counoii of Brecon are of opinion that the Gas Com- pany's charges for lighting the town are too high, and are in .commul1.ication with a firm to learn the cost of using paraffin. It is possible that an autumn assize will be held at Chester, in which case the man charged with the Dolgelley murder will probably be among the prisoners. A hen belonging to Mr. Samuel Coleclough, Gun-street, Ro«- sett, recently laid an egg 4i inches long, 6i inches in circum- ference, and weighing four ounces. Lord Sudeley has presented the Rev. H. J. Ward, head-master of Bridgnorth Grammar School to the vicarage of Morville-with- Astour-Eyre. Mr. Gladstone has promised to distribute the prizes and cer- tificates at Hawarden Grammar School about the middle of the month. A beautiful altar tomb. with a fine recumbent figure of the late Sir Stephen Glynne, brother of Mrs. Gladstone, has recently been erected in the WhrtJey ckancelof Hawarden Church. At-the Antwerp Exhibition, held from the 18th Aug. to the 26th, the first prize gold medal for chaff-cutters and root cutters. respectively was awarded to Messrs. John Williams and Son, of the Phtenix Ironworks, Rhuddlan. At Denbigh last week the County Court was turned out of the County Hall, in consequence of the giving of a ball by the Crioket Club. Considerable inconvenience was experienced in consequence. Twc hens belonging,to Mr. Alfred Richardson, of Horton Hall, near Tattenhall, Cheshire, have hatched thirty-nine chickens between them, one brood numbering twenty-one and the other eighteen. All the chicks are said to be as lively as coulfl be wished. At Mold Brewster Sessions the chairman, Mr. J. Scott Bankes, remarked that only two complaints had been made against licensed victuallers during the past year. That was, he said, creditable to the class, but at the same time there had been a great deal of drunkenness, and the people must get drunk somewhere. The publicans could do great service to the community if they had the moral courage to refuse serving any person who had the appearance of drink upon him, and he begged them to do as he suggested. The seventh annual show of the Vale of Conway Agricultural Society was held on Thursday, August 30th, at Llanrwst, under very favourable circumstances. The weather was fine, the entries were large, and the attendance was fully up to the average. The annual dinner was held at the schools. Mr. Chas. Mainwtring presiding in the absence of Sir W. W. Wynn, the president for the year, who was unable to attend owing to an engagement with the British Archaeological Society. The ar- rangements of Mr. Pierce, the local secretary, were very highly spoken of. TheoIliers rescued from the mine at Pontypridd commenced in Bristol on Friday night, August 31, a series of public meet- ings, and all were present with the exception of the boy Hughes, who was too ill to attend. Mr. Mark Whitwell, J.P., presided over a large gathering, and said the health of the men was so- impaired that they would not be able to work for a long time. Ir. Thomas Powell-one of theentombed ininers-read a paper giving a narrative of the sufferings which they underwent while in the mine, and the paper was illustrated with a number of painted views. Six or seven years ago many of the collieries in North Staf- fordshire were flooded, and, so great was the difficulty in the way of removing the water, that they have remained unworked ever since. Several attempts at combined action among the coal owners in remedying the mischief failed and great loss was the consequence, both to the owners of the mines and the local manufacturers. Recently, however, Mr. J. Ashworth, of the Hill Top Colliery, Burslem, has succeeded in clearing his pit below the Rewhurst seam, and has begun to work at a depth of nearly 250 yards. It is supposed that Mr. Ashworth's success will lead to another attempt at combined action, and it is said that a company is being formed to pump the Burslem mines. A case at Chester police court disproves the common notion that belief in physical punishment for heresy is extinct. Wm. Llfyd was summoned for assaulting Frederick Matthews. LloJd is achapelman, and Matthews a churchman, and after attending service one Sunday evening they visited a common friend. There theological disputes arose, waxed warm, and culminated in a black-eye for Mr. Matthews, inflicted by Mr. Lloyd. At the court Llovd refused to make any defence. Complainant, he said, richly deserved all he got, and even worse, at his hands. If he had spoken in a friendly way, instead of vilifying the Word of God as he did- Here the Court interposed, and Lloyd merely added that "all he wanted to know was what he had to pay." It was 40s. and costs, which Mr. Lloyd was pro- bably quite willing to give for the privilege of defending true religion. The following story is told first-hand." A few Sundays ago a couple of reporters from England, who had been attending the Eisteddfod, walked over from Bangor to Llandegai Church, and were about to take their places, when the beadle interposed with the remark that they must not proceed beyond the en- trance gallery. "Why T" "You see, we expect Lord Penrhyn this afternoon, and if he saw footmarks on the aisle he would very likely complain, as he's so particular." "Then we can't go in until after Lord Penrhyn has come 1" "Yes, you see, he wouldn't like to see any footmarks up the aisle." What Lord PeRrhyn will think of the beadle when he sees the story, let the reader try to imagine. At the Mold Petty Sessions, last week, a man named William Harris was brought up in custody on a charge of having received money and not accounted for it. Mr. 1.1. Adams, who appeared for the prisoner, claimed that he should be discharged from cus- tody. The offence was alleged to have been committed at Mold, whence a warrant was issued; but the man was appre- hended at Rutin, and the warrant not having been backed in Denbighshire, he was not legally in custody. Mr. Adams also said that Harris had been kept for fifteen hours without food, and then handcuffed and marched off to gaol. The magistrates dis- charged the prisoner, and on his appearing to answer the charge of embezzlement, which was then taken, that also was dis- missed. On Thursday night, August 30, inquests were held before Mr. Tatlock, city coroner, upon the following-The body of Alfred Hallmark, twenty-two years of age, a shunter, employed at the Chester General Railway Statiom. On Wednesday, about noon, the deceased ordered the driver of a train from Lime-street to back into a siding. After uncoupling the tender from the car- riages as the train was still in motion (which was against orders), he attempted to get into the six-foot. He slipped upon a turntable, and the wheel of the tender went over him, crash- ing his left thigh above the knee and his right foot. He died from the injuries five hours afterwards. Verdict," Accidental death.The body of William Henry Pritchard, six years of age, the son of a bricklayer living in Oulton-place. The de- ceased was trying to get on the shafts of a cart which was attached to another cart drawn by a horse. He slipped down, and the wheel went over his back, killing him. Verdict, Accidental death." At Hawarden, on Saturday, September 1st, Mr. Gladstone re- ceived the Liberal clubs of Leigh and Tyldesley, and in respond- ing to a vote of thanks for permitting the use of the grounds, the right hon. gentleman said that, though a very large propor- tion of the evidence upon the subject of the atrocities committed by the Russians in Turkey consisted of accounts sent home by the Turkish Government, whose assertions were not entitled to one moment's belief unless corroborated from other sources, it could not be denied that outrages had been committed upon Mussulmen and women and children. The bulk of those outrages had been committed by Bulgari ns; and this conduct of the Bulgarians, and of any Russians that had joined in it, was in itself even more abominable and more detestable than if the same conduct had been perpetrated by Mohammedans. He trusted the perpetrators would be dealt with in a different way from that in which the authors of the Turkish atrocities had been treated. He hoped the issue of the war would be the deliverance of the oppressed provinces. If the Russian Govern- ment should effect this, keeping the aims of humanity and .jus- tice separate from the aims of ambition and aggrandisement, they would earn immortal glory. If, on the other hand, they condescended to pollute such a work by turning it simply to selfish ends, then the record of their acts upon the page of his- tory would be very different. A serious disturbance took place on Thursday afternoon, August 30, at the Bettisfield Colliery, Bagillt. Two colliers, named William and David Jones, natives of Mold, feeling aggrieved with respect to deductions made in their wages, went to the colliery grounds, and meeting Mr. Arnold Lupton. the manager, a row ensued, which ended in one of the men striking him on the head with a brick. Mr. Lupton was severelv cut on the side of the head, and blood flowed freely from the wounds, which were promptly dressed by Dr. (,. B. Portus, and Mr. Lupton was conveyed home in his carriage. Meanwhile P.C. Knight went in search of the two brothers who had committed the assault. Having secured David Jones, he was left in the colliery office in charge of Acting-sergeant Jones (who had arrived on the scene from Holywell), and Knight went in pur- suit of the other prisoner, whom he found in a public-house at Walwen. The man, however, took to his heels, and an exciting chase followed over fields and through woods until the fugitive was secured about an hour and a half later, being found hidden in a rabbit burrow in the Magazine Wood. He was taken to the police-station at Holywell, and during this time a crowd of about 400 men and women surrounded the colliery office, where Acting- sergeant Jones and the other prisoner remained. The crowd was very excited, heoting and yelling, vowing that the prisoner should not be taken by the police, and beating the office door with stones. On reaching Boot Gate with the prisoner the crowd pelted the officers with stones. The prisoners will be re- manded for some days, until Mr. Lupton has sufficiently re- covered to appe-ir in court.

THE CROPS AND THE CORN TRADE. The Mark-Lane Express says:—Most of the English who: crop has now been cut, but the carrying of the grain has been greatly delayed by the persistent rainfall. Fortunately the temperature has not been high, so that the damage from sprout ing has not been great. Most disastrous reports have reached from Scotland, where the rainfall and storms have wrought irreparable damage, both in cereals and hay, and render it very problematical when the crops will be secured. The weather has been unfavourable to the welfare of potatoes, and the disease has been spreading in an alarming manner. The yield of cereals, taken altogether, is decidedly bad throughout the kingdom, and the condition in which a great deal of the wheat has been gathered and stacked renders it improbable that the offerings at the principal markets will be on anything but a limited scale for some weeks. The quality of the new grain is decidedly inferior to last year's. Barley-cutting has only just begun, but, if the weather proves favourable for harvesting, a much better yield is anticipated than once seemed likely. In the wheat trade a fair amount of business has been done, at is. V qr. more money.

WOLVERHAMPTON IRON TRADE.—WEDNESDAY. Best finished iron this afternoon was quoted down 10s. '9 ton all round, which makes marked bars £8 10s. iP ton. In second and third class qualities the market shows no change. Singles were strong at from £1; to P,8 5s. Neither in the best nor in the inferior pigs of the Wolverhampton district is there any altera- tion, £4 being still quoted for all-mine hot-blast, and £3 to £3 2s. 6d. for part-mine qualities. Coal is down 2s.$ton for the leading products of the thick seams, leaving the quotation 9s. for furnace coal; but thin coal remains without alteration. Following the drop in thick coal and marked iron, there is a reduction of 10s. lb ton in cut nails.

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THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR. THE BATTLE OX THE LOM. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS. DETAILS BY EYE-WITNESSES. GENERAL BAKER MISSING. The Times correspondent at Shumla telegraphs oa the 31st ult. :—"By a courier who has arrived here to-day from Eski Djuma I learn that yesterday the Turks in three columns made an attack on the Upper Lom. The right column, composed of one division, marched from Easgrad in the direction of Karahassamkeui, a second column advanced on Haidarkoi, and the third on Yaslar. The Russians made a resistance, which was at first weak, but afterwards became stubborn. They were obliged, however, in spite of all their exertions, to yield along their whole line. Their losses amounted to 4,000 men, 1 cannon, 4 munition wagons, 30 wagons of provisions, amd 2,000 rifles, besides large quantities of clothing and equip- ments. To-day the Turks have probably resumed the the offensive." The special correspondent of the same journal with the Turkish Army telegraphs on the same day Early this .(Thursday) morning Nedjib Pacha advanced from Adakeuy, near Rasgrad, with three brigades, two batteries, of artillery, two squadrons of cavalry, and one brigade of infantry reserve. The Com- mander-in-Chief and Prince Hassan took up a position with their staff on a high hill immediately north of Yenikoi, and standing there saw the whole action. This hill was taken from the Russians last week, and com- mands an unintecruptted view from Rasgrad to beyond Osman Bazar. The Russians opened fire about nine o'clock on the advancing Turks from batteries in the rear of Sadina in front ef a village called Kutchees, not marked on the naap. Nedjib steadily advanced, and entered the burning village of Sadina by 11'30. The retreating Russians were hotly pressed, and retired precipitately to Karahassankeui. Here they made a vigorous stand. Sabit Pacha created a diversion by attacking HaydarkoL The Russians had a battery of three guns to their right near Haydarkoi. They made splendid practice at the advancing Turks and Egyptians, but these cleverly opened out and advanced to the right and left of the village in really workmanlike style. The engagement now became general, and it extended over some fifteen miles. The heavy and continued roll of the fire of skirmishers was heard along all the ridges from Basisler to Kutchees. By four o'clock Karahassankeui was in flames. The Russians gradually gave way, the Turks redoubled the energy of their attack. At five the enemy were scampering out of Haydarkoi, and horses were trotting up to take the guns out of the battery. The Turkish battery, making splendid practice, fired just as the guns were taken off, and one gun was struck with the last shell. The Turks cheered and dashed through the blazing village and away to the left to Popkoi, like a pack of hounds. The Russian camps were hastily cleared out, two guns covering their retreat and making excellent practice. But Turks and Egyptians still scampered over the ground in fine style. The Russians were now in full retreat in every direction, and by sundown the Turks had proved for the second time not only capable of meeting the Russian in the open, but also of driving him from strongly entrenched position. In ten days the Russians have lost the magnificent double positions of the Lom and the Kara Lom. What may happen next no one knows. It is impossible to tell what forces the Russians had engaged, nor can the losses as yet be estimated. Probably they were not heavy except around Karahassankeui, by which name this engagement will be designated by the Turks." The Daily News correspondent, with the camp of the Turkish army, opposite Popkoi, telegraphs on the evening of the 30th Aug., as follows :-I have just returned from witnessing a victorious engagement on the heights opposite Popkoi. The battle commenced in the morning by a forward movement of the divisions of Medjid Pacha, who formed the right wing, and Fuad and Sabit Pachas who formed the centre. Medjid Pacha attacked the village of Karahas- sankeui. The troops, advancing with great determina- tion, drove the Russians through it. His right also at- tacked the village of Vekirin Yinakeuy, where severe fighting took place in the woods. The Russians were driven pell-mell down the heights into the valley of the Lom beneath. The Turkish field artillery was splendidly handled. It pushed through the village to the end of the bluffs, and fired on the retiring columns. Meanwhile Sabit Pacha fiercely assaulted the village of Baschilsler with equal success from his position on a lofty hill, crowned by a three gun battery overlooking the whole country. Mehemet Ali then ordered the bugler to sound "Cease firing" along the whole line. Then three tre- mendous cheers for "Allah" ran along the whole line of the triumphant troops. A general advance was then sounded amidst renewed cheers. Turkish skirmishers then swarmed into the valley of the Lorn across the bridge, and advanced eagerly to attack the large village of Haydarkoi on the left bank of the Lom, which was occupied without severe opposition, bringing the action to a close. At five in the afternoon all the cap- tured villages burst into flames. It was a magnificent spectacle when night fell. The Russians had a heavy battery of three guns in position on the road between Haydarkoi and Popkoi, and during the battle had two batteries of heavy field guns. The Turkish three-gun battery on the hill, with the head quarter staff, made •plendid practice at the Russian battery. A plunging fire fr«m a great elevation'dismounted one of the Russian guns, the other two limbered up and retired when the vil- lage fell. The field batteries covered the retreat of the Rusiian troops, while the whole of the Turkish guns on the heights and in the valley opened a tremendous fire. During the heat of the engagement Sawisset Bey saw a flag of truce returning, fluttering up the hill. The Turk- ish artillery pushed the retreat. I still hear heavy firing. It is believed the Russians evacuated Popkoi, all the tents of the camp were struck during the action. General Baker Pacha was reported missing. He had two horses shot under him. Captain Briscoe on his staff was also re- ported missing. The Russian and Turkish losses are not yet known. Immense enthusiasm prevails in the whole army. Monday's Dmily News says—The Russian troops attacked formed part of the army designated in Russian despatches the Rustchuk column, which is under the command of the Cesarewitch. The Turkish forces were strong columns of Eyoub's Pacha's army, which had been brought up from Rasgrad and Sarinassoubler. The severest struggle of the day took place at the village of Karahassankoi. Mehemet Ali Pacha says it was of a desperate character, and that the village was taken and retaken several times—the Russian report says six times-before the Turks finally obtained possession of it. The true character of the en- gagement was not that of a battle in which forces that may be deemed tolerably equal tried their strength, but rather that of a stubborn resistance offered by a small to a vastly superior force, continued long after the hope of a successful issue of the struggle had passed away. General Leonoff had only 3,000 infantry, 500 cavalry, and 10 guns, and was attacked by 12.000 Turks, more than that number not taking part in the engagement. The Russians on Thursday were continually outflanked, and as often as they hoped they had defended a position against the enemy in front, saw battalions passing on the right hand and the left to positions in their rear. The commander of the 13th Corps did not think fit to send more than 300 troops to the support of General Leonoff; reserving his men for the defence of more important positions. Our Correspondent describes the position of Gabovo, upon which General Leonoff's troops fell back with a loss of not more than 500 men. Before it is the village, with the river Kara Lom, a small steeam, running through it in soft soil. Across the valley high summits close in upon it, and are covered with trees and thick undergrowth. The village at Gabovo lies in a little dip directly opposite Karahassankoi. To the south is a hill which forms an ex- cellent position for artillery. To the north are slopes with grain fields. To the west and in the rear the valley is broken by small hills. Up to Friday night the Turks had not followed up their advantage by any further attack on the line of the Lom, altbough they were near both Gabovo and Popkoi.

(From Tuesday's Daily News.) BATTLE BEFORE PLEVXA. REPULSE OF i THE TURKS. Our Special Correspondent, lately with General Gourko, was so fortunate as to be at Poredin last Friday morning, and to witness the battle fought before Plevna, which he 'Inscribes as one of the most hardly-fought battles of the v, ar. The extreme Russian front is about four or five i"iles from Poredin, and the battle was begun by an ad- vance of the Turks upon Pelisat and Zgalince. A mile in front of the former village was a Russion redoubt, which th.5 Turks tuokh in their advance, lost, and retook very early in the day. Zgalince was the Russian centre, having before it a redoubt and a scries of trenches. The capture of the redoubt before Pelisat enabled the Turks to drive the Russian left back upon Pelisat, in front of which trenches had been dug and lined with troops. The Turks marched down the hill to the attack in loose order, without firing, and had accomplished half the distance under a destructive artillery fire, when a tremendous rifle fire was opened on them as they were advancing to the Russian trenches on the crest of the hill half way be- tween Pelisat and Zgalince. As they attempted the as- cent they were received with a storm of balls, under which they remained for fifteen or twenty minutes, during which time a fearful loss of life occurred. Before reaching the trenches they began to wither ^away, and retreated carrying off the wounded. No sooner, however, had they withdrawn from the Russian fire than they formed and encountered it again. The battle here was terrible, but the Tuiks were again re- pulsed, and again they retreated. A third time they ad- vanced, although the Russian fire never slackened an in- stant, and the Russian line never wavered, while the Rus- sian reserves were waiting behind, ready to advance at the least sign of instability. The scene of carnage was again repeated, but it only lasted a moment. The Turks, com- pletely broken, withdrew, sullenly firing, and taking time to carry off their wounded and many of their dead. Still they held the redoubt in front of Pelisat, upon which they fell back apparently with the intention of holding it, but they were not allowed to remain long there. The attack on the redoubt in the Russian centre had been as unsuc- cessful as that on the Russian trenches on the left. The Russians pursued the enemy with a murderous fire, and then six companies attacked them with the bayonet, and swept them out of the redoubt like a whirlwind. At four o'clock the Turks were in retreat everywhere. Our Special Correspondent, who sends a review of the war from Gorny Studeni, states that the previous Russian forepost line was not recovered, and that the Turks have thus established an indentation on the semi-circle of the Russian environment. If so, the ground thus gained must be very near indeed to the Turkish entrenched posi- tion. SHIPKA PASS. Our Special Correspondent visited the Pass again last Friday, and this morning we publish another letter from him describing the present condition of affairs there. He found General Radetsky holding the Pass as firmly as our Correspondent confidently predicted he would a week be- fore, when there was much to give countenance to a con- trary opinion. All was quiet in the Pass, and Radetsky had even extended his position. There are no Turks oiL his left, and none on the wooded mountain* on his right. But what of the road which the Turkish batteries ani sharp-shooters oommanded. so that two miles in the rear of the Russian position there was no safety for man «r horse ? Our Correspondent replies that you may walk along it from the Khan in the rear of Radetsky's position, right along to the final peak of the Balkans on Mont St, Nicholas, and thence down into the shelter trenches with- out once hearing the whistle of a bullet. EVACUATION OF SOUKHAM KALE. Batoum, Sunday. The Turks have evacuated Soukhoum Kale. The Russians have succeeded in preventing the emigration of 300 Circassian families, all the others having left on board the Turkish transports. THE CAPTURE OF LOFTCHA. TWELVE HOURS' FIGHTING. RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS. Gorny Studen. Sept. 4. General Prince Meretinsky reports that on the 3rd inst. Loftcha was taken after twelve hours' fighting, notwith- standing the natural strength of the position, which was still further fortified by artificial means, and in spite of the stubborn resistance of the Turks. The hero of the day was General Skobeleff. The loss has not yet been exactly ascertained. General Rasgildiajefi was amongst the wounded. RUSSIAN REPULSE NEAR RUSTCHUK. Constantinople, Sept. 5. A despatch received here this morning announces that Ahmed Pasha yesterday repulsed a Russian attack at Kadikoi, Eear RustchiiK. The Russians are stated to have lost 1,000 men in this affair.

MARKET REPORTS. "J"'> CORN AVERAGES, For the week ending September 1. The following are the quantities sold and the prices this year and last yeac ;— QUANTITIES SOLD. PRICES. This year. last vear. This year. Last year. Wheat 19,334 42.587 62s. Od. 45s. lid. Barley 276 583 34s. 6d. i\11. 8d. Oats 1,373 2,539 27s. 5d. 27s. 7d. Corn, &c. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—The market to-day opened strong and buoyant for wheat, but the tone grew quieter however, a fair demand was experienced throughout, and at the close prices were Id. to 2d.$cental dearer on the week for red. and 2u. to 3d. for white descriptions; average Californian, 12s. 7d. t. 12s. 9d. Flour 6d. sack and barrel dearer on the week Indian conI taken to a fair extent at 27s. 9d. 111 quarter, an advance af about 9d. on the week. PRICES (this aay). s. d. n. d. American Wheat, V, cental of 100 lbs 10 0 to 12 2 English Flour,$2S0 if.s a o 49 0 Foreign Barley, 60 lbs 3 2 3 10 English Oats, V 45 lbq. 4 4 9 Egyptian Beans, V, 480 lbs 30 6 31 3 Indian com, American new white 0 0 0 0 mixed American. 27 9 2S 0 LONDON, WEDNESDAY.—English wheat was ouiet at late rates; a fair busness done in foreign without alteration in prices. Flour unaltered. Barley and maize very firm. Oats rather weaker. Beans and peas steady. Clover seeds tirmlv held. Winter tares also firm.-Arrivals: British wheat. quarters. Foreign wheat, 45,060 quarters oats, 84,200 quarters maize 5,740 quarters; flour, 700 sacks and 1,040 barrels. No arrivals barley, CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN AT MARK LANE fehilhnes$qr. Wheat, new Essex and Kent (white) 61 to 65 Ditto ditto (red) 00 flg Wheat, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire (red) .S 62 Barley (Chevalier) 47 55 Oats, English feed 05 30 Beans (Mazagan) p(ri 34 Peas, white boilers (English) 40 44 (foreign) 39 40 Maize 20 32 Flour. best Town Households, ;¡;1 sack of 2S0 lbs., 50s. to 5Cs. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The market opened quietly, at dearer prices, but the demand and attendance improving, a very fair trade was done in wheat, at fully the rates of Tuesday for red, and at Id to 2d. & cental advance for white descriptions. Flour in good demand, and firm. Beans and peas strong. Indian corn rather in sellers' favour. SHREWSBURY, SATURDAY.—The supply of old wheat a* this market was very small, but that of new is on the increase. For the most part the latter is well growii, but som? bas sprouted. There is no barley on offer. Old oats met with a ready sale.-Current quotations s. d. s. d. White Wheat, f) 75 lbs » 4 (410 G Red ditto, „ 9 0 10 0 Barley (malting), 33 quarts 0 0 0 0 Oats, ¥■ 225 lbs is 6 24 0 Beans,$225 lbs 20 0 22 0 Peas, 38 225 lbs is 0 19 0 Malt, imperial bushel. 8 9 90 WELSHPOOL, MONDAY.—Wheat, 10s. 9d. to 11s. Od. sp 80 tbs.: barley, 7s. Od. to 7s. 3d 40 quarts; oats, 24s. Od te 25s. 6d & bag; eggs, 00 to 12 for a shilling butter, Is. 4d. to is. 5d. a.; fowls, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. V couple; ducks, 4s. (id. to 5s. (kl. W couple; geese, 0s. Od toOOs. Od. each.; turkeys, 00s. Od. to 00s. Od. each. NEWTOWN, TUESDAY (Sept. 4).-Wheat, Os. Od. to Os. Od. bushel; barley, Os. Od. to Os. Od.; oats, 00 s to 00s ¥ bag eggps, 00 to 13 for a shilling; butter, Os. Od. to Is. 5d.$ft, fowls, 3s. to 4s. 6d. couple duckf fos. 6d. to 5s. 6d. V couple; geese, Os. Od. to Os. Od. each; turkeys, Os. Od. to OS. Od. each: potatoes, 6 lbs. for sixpence; beef, Od. to Is. W lb.; mutton, \4d. to lid.; veal, Od. to Od.; pork, Od. to Od. OSWESTRY, WEDNESDAY (Sept. 5).-The following were the quotations Wheat 9s. Od. to 10s. Od. V bushel; barley (matt- ing), Os. Od. to Os. Od.; oats, 4s. 9d. to 5s 3d.; butter, Is. 5d. to Is. Gd. IR Z.; eggs, 0 to 12 for a shilling; fowls, 3s. Gel. to 4s. td. couple; ducks, 5s. Od. to 6s. Od. V couple; geese, 0s. Od. to Os. Od. each; turkeys, 00s. Od. to 00s. Od. each; potatoes, 16 lbs.te 18 lbs for a shilling Cattle. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—There was a large increase fin tfce supply of stock, the numbers being—Cattle, 2,890; sheep and lambs. 11,624. There was a large number of foreign cattle Oft offer, ineluded in which were about 350 Spanish and Americaa of good quality. The attendance of buyers was Jjõ]merous, but the demand for both beasts and sheep was slow on account of the unfavourable weather. Best beasts, Sid. to 8id. P lb. second ditto, 6d. to 8d.; sheep, Sid. to 9Jd.; lambs. 8id. to lOd. 4 METROPOLITAN, MONDAY.- The beef trade ruled dull, m the face of an increased supply and prejudicial reports from the dead meat market. Best kinds declined 2d. stone, and othee qualities, whether British or foreign, barely maintained their value. The arriva's comprised 1,780 from the >1 ,dl¿;,nJ anti Home counties, 300 Irish, 25 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, and 15 Scotch. Sheep and calves met a dull trade, but prices were un- changed. Pork quiet and unaltered.-The following were the prices; Beef, 4s. (iù. to 6s. 0d.; mutton, 5s. (id. to 7s. 2d. j veal, 5s. Od. to 6s. 2d.; pork, 3s. 9d. to 5s. 4d. The stock on offer consisted of 2,830 beasts, 7,840 sheep, 90 calves, and 20 pigs; included in which were 710 foreign beasts and 1,170 foreign sheep. SHREWSBURY, TuF-SDAY.-Thei o was a tolerably good show of sheep, but only a very moderate quantity of cattle, either store or fat. There was very little change in prices from last week. -Beef ma,(Ie 9(1. IR lb.; mutton, best quality, I second ditto, 8jd. to 9d.; lamb, 10d.; veal, SAd. to 9d. Pigs were the same as last week. BIRMINGHAM, TU]FSDAY. -There was a good supply 8f beasts on offer to-day, the general condition good trade fair. Sheep and lambs a small supply trade dull. Fat pigs a fair supply, but no animation in the trade.—The current prices are: Beef, 7^d. to 8Jd 11> mutton, o5d. io lod., lami>, to lO^d.f bacon pigs, 8s. Od. to 10s. Od ilJ score; porket ditto, 10s. 6d. to lis. 3d. P score. SALFORD, TUESDAY".—The show of beasts at market to-day was larger than on last Tuesday, and the quality generally was seasonably good. A moderate demand prevailed for first- class animals at prices favouring buyers, hut middling and inferior sorts met with a dull sale at fully ld. ¥i Th. reduction. About 200 foreign beasts were shown, including some Canadians iu splendid condition, the average price being about 8d. 38 lb- The supply of sheep was small, and best lots met with attention at late rates. A brisk trade was done in calves at last week's prices. Beef raid. to 8Jd. lb.; mutton, ski. to lod; lamb, 8d. to 10ird.; veal, 6d. to 9d. Miscellaneous. LONDON PROVISION, MONDAY.—The arrivals last week from Ireland were 329 firkins of butter and 4,454 bales bacon, and from foreign ports 17.115 packages of butter and 2.24;, bales bacon. The finest qualities of foreign butter were more enquired for, and advanced prices obtiiiied; Normandies ramrins; from about 74s. to 132s.. according to quality, inferiors meeting a very slow sale. Best Dutch, 132s. to 136s. There was more enquiry for Irish butter first Corks 126s second 114s. cw:. In the bacon market there is little change to notice. LONDON HOP, MONDAY.—A few parcels of the new growth continue to arrive, but do not meet with ready sale. The quality at present is very uneven, and the few sales effected show a, range in value from 70s. to 120s.$cwt. Fine yearlings are in slow demand, with values nominally unchanged. Foreign ad- vices continue satisfactory. LONDON WOOL, MONDAY.—The wool market has become hardly so active. At public sales, although competition is still brisk, it is hardly so strong as it was a few ago. The re- lapse, however, is chiefly confined to inferior descriptions, which just now tend in favour of buyers. The best qualities are still firm and quite as dear. CURRENT PRICES. This year. Last year. (Per lb.) s. d. s. d. s. d- s. d. FLEECES.—Southdown hoggets 1 3 to 1 4..1 3 to 1 4 Hali-bred ditto 1 2t to 1 31 3 to 1 4 Kent fleeces 1 to 1 3j..l 4 tol 6 S. Down ewes and wethers 1 3 to 1 4&.1 3 to 1 41 Leicester ditto 1 2 to 1 1 to 1 4 SORTS.—Clothing, picklock 1 5 tol 6 ..1 6" to 1 61 Prime 1 4 to 1 5 ..1 51 to 1 51 Choice 1 3 tol 4 .1 4 to 1 4t Super 1 2i to 1 3 ..1 3 to 1 3l Combing wether mat 1 6 to 1 7 1 7* to 1 8 Picklock. 1 4 tolf 5 ..3 5" tol *> £ Common. 1 2 to 1 4 1 3 to 1 Hog matching 1 5i to 1 6j..l 7" to 1 Picklock matching 1 4" to 1 5 ..1 5 to 1 5 £ WOLVERHAMPTON HIDE, SKIN. AND FAT, SATUR- DAY.—Hides, 95 lb. and upwards, 6d. P lb.; 85 to 94, 75 to 84, 4d.; 65 to 74, 3td.; 56 to 64. 3.U1.; 55 and un,ler, ;)-d.; Cows, 3d. to 3Jd.; bulls, 2'Jd.; flawed and irregular, 2|d.; kips. Od. to 3d. Horse hides, Os. Od. to 12s. 6d. each. Calf, 17 lb. and upwards, lid.; 12 to 16, ;¡d.; 9 to 11, 5id-; light, 4il; flawed and irregular, 3d. Wools, A-l, OOs. Od.; A, Os. 1 D. Os. od. each. Pelts, A, 4s. Id.; B, 2s. 7d. each. Lambs, A. 4s. 5d.; B, 2s. lOd. each. Fat, 2id. to 3d ? lb.—JNO. S. D'ARCY, Broker, Cleveland-street. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE, WEDNESDAY.— Sugar firm, and in sellers' favour, but not active. Coiiee rather tending against buyers. Rice continues firm. Nitrate of soda quiet, at 143. 9d. to 15s.$cwt. Linseed^ oil 31s. to 31s. 6d. cwt. in export casks. Rape oil, refined, "9s. Cottonseed oil, 33s. Cd cwt. for Liverpool refined. Palm oil firm. Lard 44s. to 44s. 3d. 3? cwt. Tallow 3Ss. 6d _to 41s. Cd. T? cwt. for North Ameiican. Spirits of turpentine 27s. to 27s (;■ I. cwt. Rosin, comiaon, 5s. f«d. 9 cwt. Ashes, pots, small sales at 22s. 3d. ?? cwt. Petroleum lljd. to 12 £ d. ¥ gallon. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.—LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY cwt. Ashes, pots. small sales at 22s. 3d. ZP cwt. Petroleum lljd. to 12td. ¥ gallon. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. -Li VER POC)L, WEDNESDA-i. Hay, ¥ 20 tbs. s. d. s. d. I$ton Old 1 0 @1 3J s. <i. s. d New 0 11 1 4 Carrots 0 0 0 0 Straw— Turnips (5 0 0 0 Wheat 1 0 1 -8i Mangel Wurzel.. 0 0 0 0 Oat 0 10| 1 2 Manure 4 6 7 0 Barley 0 0 0 0 Grass, 20 lis. 0 2 0 3 £