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Trade Intelligence. WOLVERHAMPTON IRON TRADE.—WEDNESDAY. The inc irket to-day resisted the efforts of the Cleveland pig makers to advance pigs is. 13 ton. Derbyshire and sor.ai Yorkshire and common Staffordshire pigs were abundantly offered on easy terms. All-mine sorts were less strong, and sold at from £ 3 17s. 0d. to £ 4. Hematites were fairly strona, at from £ 3 10s. to £ 3 12s. Od. ton. Finished iron could bo ^9', in only small lots. Medium sheets, strips and angles, with some excellent plates and bars, changcd hands at firm rates for best sorts. Coal for forge consumption was in slightly quieter demand. THE CROPS AND THE CORN TRADE. The Mark-Lana Express says :-The rain in the more back- ward districts has prevented farmers from finishing wheat- sowing, but generally it has been brought to a close under circumstances which augur well for the rapid development of the plant. In Scotland, farming operations have been delayed by the weatlier. and but slow progress has been made either with wheat-sowing or potato-lifting. The cereal yield is turning out very de-icient throughout the country, and this fact, coupled with the unsatisfactory growth of roots, has gone far to render the year unvenumerative to the farmer. Supplies of home- grown wheat have again been nioderate, and English wheat has again been generally in deteriorated condition. The smallness of supplies may perhaps be accounted for to some extent hv the fact that the present price of wheat offers no inducement to farmers to thrash, whereas barley has been steadily improving. There has been a fair consumptive demand during tli* week for most classes of wheat oft stands, and values remain for tho present stationary. Higher rates have been demanded for maize, which still o<*crp->s a firm position, w';i'<> r, 1 to 1. more money has been i'aid for grinding barley. The oat trade has ■ruled slow.

BYE-GONES. ¡ NOVEMBER 23, 1877. I NOTES. THOMAS SALTER, 1517.-Thc following is an ab- stract of his will, dated 1517:—" Thomas Salter Gentilman usher of the Kynges Chambre to the High awter of saint pulcours (London) ij to my Cosyn Maister Roger Irlancl Vicar of Welsch pole a gowne of blak wt a hood Item to sir Richard G-rono xijJ to Edward Kyffyn a new hatt being wtin my Coffer to John my servaunt akowe which is with John Wrzan ap John Tolpyn.to Richard Salter my sonne my gowne of marbill colour furred wt blak bogee and Lambe wt a parletor of blak Satyn Item a skewed Mare wt hir Colt and an heyfur of ij yeres olde full, wt an House of myn aftre the discrecions of myn executours and overseers Item I will that there be ij precstes to synge and to pray for my soule and all xpen soules for the space of one yere one proest at Oswestre at our lady awter there and the other at saint pulcours there as my body doth lye Item I woll that Thomas ajj Richard Muxiston be restored agayn of his close that doth lye in morgago or in pledge wt me and that frank and free Also I will that Gogayns wyfe do have hir house wtin Streydyellan for iijs iiijdRent as she had it in tymeg past Item I will that my suster Anne do have all Doleyecrew which is nowe in John Tanadhandes Item I do geve and bequeth the ij houses that I toke possession in last at Oswestre to the fraternite of our blissed lady at Oswestre, and that wtout any Rent but clere to the same forever And the wardeyns of the same to kepe an obite 011s a yere wt masse of Requiem on the morne at the said awter of our Lady for my soule and all xpen souls.Also I will that the newe place that nowe is in byldyng.doremayn to my wyfe to Margaret my wyfe and to my childe that she goeth wtall John Salter my sonne.my will made before that I went over see wt the Kynges grace into Fraunce my Cosyn David Irland mercer of Shrovesbury John Flecher that cmne wt me nowe late to London.my Cosyn Maister William Irlande parson of Llanyemenez." J.C.C.S. CHARMS FOR THE TOOTH-ACI-TE.-Tlie fol- lowing somewhat blasphemous charms for curing tooth- ache will be found in Mcddygon Myddfai, pp. 278-277, [translations, pp. 453-454.] I give them in the English translation:— Saint Mary sat on a stone, the stone being near her hermitage, when the Holy Ghost came to her, she being sad. Why art thou sad, mother of my Lord, and what pain tormenteth thee ? My teeth are painful, a worm called megrim has pene- trated them, and I have mastÏeate,1 and swallowed it. I ad- iure thee datirin o negrbina, by the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Uhost, the Virgin Mary, and Uod the Munificent Physician, that dost not permit any disease, dolour, or moles- tation to affect this servant of God here present, either in tooth, eye, head, or in the whole of her teeth together. So be it. Amen. 0804.) Get an iron nail, and engrave the following words thereon, agla Sabaoth athanatos 1-, and insert the nail under the affected tooth. Then drive it into an oak tree, and whilst it remain there the toothache will not return. But you should carve on the tree with the nail the name of the man affected with toothache, repeating the following: By the power of the Father and these consecrated words, as thou enterest into this wood, so let the pain and disease depart from the tooth of the sufferer. Even so be it. Amen. (SO(j), Dyvxw. [See Reprint of Byc-goncs, pages 300,305, and 314.] QUERIES. SHROPSHIRE I50TANY.—Can anyone tell me where in Shropshire AIgopodium Podograria. is known as "Ashweed"? Also Ononis Arvensis (Common Rest Harrow) as Cammock" ? I should be very glad of the information and grateful for it. GEORGINA F. ""JACKSON. 13, White Friars, Chester. REPLIES. FLYING GOLUGO (Oct. 17, 1877).—The "Fly- ing Colugo" (not Golng-o) is the name of an animal found in the Indian Archipelago (called also the Flying Lemur); r, a description of which (with figure) may be found in J. G. Wood's Natural History, Mammalia, p. 111. A. GWALLTER MECHAIN (Nov. 21, 1877).- Whilst at Oxford GWALLTER MECIIAIN corresponded regu- larly with his patrons. Some of these letters still exist. The following, by the kindness of R. S. Perrot, Esq., J.P., I am enabled to place before the readers of Byc-goncs. Hereford, Aug. 8, 1794. Dear Sir,—Two conveniences occur then what hinders my writing to you ? Nothing. They are, time; for dinner will not be ready this half hour and co/i tv.j/anct', a gentleman from hence going tliro' Welshpool, promises to leave my letter in the Post office. I am now on my return to Oxford from Wales. To find out the date of your last letter to me is beyond com- putation. I am not certain whether I received one from vou in the year of our Lord, 1703, or not If I had not wrote last I would have blamed my own neglect. But I do not blame you for not writing, perchance you may have occasion to be silent. You may be from home, engaged with the world; or in Scripture language, you may have bought land, and must go and see it, or have married a wife, and could not spare a minute's writing. Out of night out of mind, is a proverb that may be applied to friendship as well as love. Whatever is the matter, let me hear from you, and all will be well. The mote complete your happiness and that of your friends, the more agreeable will the news of it be to me. I expectod you might have asketlllle before this, what I have been Jenrning- all this time in this seat and nursery of art and science? Take the following for an answer :— Because I hate labourious fag, I'll gallop my Hudibrastic nag, To tell you how I've spent my time, In fair Oxonia's genial clime; To me more dear, more sterling gain, Than Peru's golden mines to Spain. With anxious thought I sought to've found, How the world turns round and round; Why in tho centre rests the sun, How all the stars their orbits run Their distance, magnitude and motion By Copernic Observation. We learn to make an air balloon, We intend a voyage to the moon, In which with telescopic eye, We discover mountains nine miles high, We go to India all by land, We extract gold from Ganges' sand. We've all mechanic arts in view, The balance, lever, pulley, screw The distiller's gin, the dyer's tint, We procure glass from sturdy flint. We seek the cause by nature's guide, Of the full sea and ebbing tide; The northern lights, the moon of Itil The summer's heat, the winter's hail. How metal sends its effluvia forth, Why does the magnet point the north; How rays of light are shewn by prisms, And arguments proved by syllogisms." By the electric spark we know. How lightening blazes to and fro; But you would think tInt art's too proud, If we dared to draw it from a cloud. We say when thunder drums the air The noise is only in your car. To make the paradox seem higher, We'll plead no heat exists in fire The fire we say, has in't 'tis true, The power of raising heat in you, But no more heat's in fire that burns you, Than there is pain in sword that stabs you." We know before it's wet, or fair By the pressure of the fluill air. Without the heat of natural fire, If liquids boil, you would admire; We in July can water freeze, And hundred things more strange than these. But you will say, they are all big lies; Come here and see, believe your eyes. The waiter calls that dinner's ready I'll stall my Hudibrastic hobby. P-S.—I asked you before, and I repeat it now, where is Ir. -Tone-s removed from Llanrliaiadr 1 I've had no tidings at all of 111m since his migration. Pray letme hear from you in a short time, and a sheet full of news. When you write, you do it upon such scraps of paper, that if I had convenience I would send you a ll1}lre-, Ink f believe you make voure. I want mv Lhuyd x Archceologw Britannia and Genuine History or the Britons asserted, you know. Yon will tind Mr. Parry, of Holywell's name in the latter could well fold them up and by some means of you brother send the parcel to Mr. Edwd. Payne, Pentre. Tre Osb'on he would bring it to Oxford when he comes the beginning of October. Mr. Howell, of Llanymynech it to Mr. Payne if he had it thyre, I shall 110 at Oxford to- morrow night, and remain there till the latter end of this month, 1 shall then go to London for a fortnight, from thence to Beech- wood, in Hertfordshire, and so return to College. I shall expect to hear from you before I go. Tell them that God has preserved my health; tho envy closes my eyes in the darkness of death. Tell them heaven grants me my senses, tho calumny whis- pered me to be ma(l,- I am, dear sir, your most humble servant, WALTER DA VIMS. Addressed to Mr. Edwd. Evans, junr., Glan Brogan, Llan Vyllin, Montgomeryshire. A few notes added having a local bearing may not be without interest :—" The Moon of Lll" is the harvest moon, known to the inhabitants of Llanfechain and the Montgomeryshire people as "Llellad Gwyr lal." It is said by common report to have been especially created for the benefit of the farmers of lal, for the better ingather- ing of their very late harvest. The "Mr..Jones of Llanrliaiadr" our poet enquired after, was a Mr. Thomas Jones, excise officer, of Llan- rhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, one of the chief promoters of the Gwyneddigion Eisteddfod held at Llangollen, on the (ith of January, 1789. Mr. Parry, of Holywell, was at this time curatc of that place. GWALLTKR MECHAIN" continued his correspondence with him for many years, and the acquaintance was continued with the son, John Humphreys Parry, editor of the Cambro Briton and the Transactions of the Cymmrodorion. Mr. John H. Parry married Miss Thomas, the daughter of John Thomas, Esq., of Llan- fyilin, and their son is that well-known Barrister at Law, ^ergeant Parry. Mr. Payne, of Pentre," is still repre- TT e<l by the resident proprietor of that place. Mr. °PT?f' of Llanymynech," was well known in this district mvr, JX yews ago, not only as being the rector of Llany- matf-<W Vr also for tlie interest he took in agricultural kind of' <r n small drill for sowing anv Lr h ,1"or see^ two rmvs a tinie> adapted either distant row« frValH upou the Tn,1'l:m system, or for eqni- scuffle and h™ wy !)reacltl1- It; is also contrived so as to SvS/ £ Nortifzr11 the rows-" Agricultural £ h W,'h's- Pase 177.) "Mr. Edward Jva lfJroF^n/'towhom the letter was written, was also an ^rieultiirist of some repute. He invented a kind 1, 1 ou?b for the purpose of ploughing hills whose sides were too steep to plough but one plit in a ronnd, but with Mr Evans's invention the farmer was enabled to plough the land to and fro, thus performing twice the work in the same space of time. CYKFTX.

Canon Scott Robertson's annual sum British contributions to sixty-nine societies wWh °f Britain anil Ireland, collect funds for promoWn- Christ 111 "mis sionary work in foreign lands, shows that in the financial vear 18rflw such British contributions amounted to £ i 048 The general summary is as follows :-Church of England societies r.GiS j "Omnibus or joint societies received .Jil26,!)4 j, jNoiiconionnist societies m England and Wales re- ceived £ 300,771 Scotch and Irish Presbyterian societies received £1018,3-18; and Roman Catholic societies received £ Ci,479 -—total £ 1,048,472.

THE EXTRAORDINARY ACTION AGAINST MR. WHALLEY, M.P. I In the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, on Monday, Nov. 2(3, Vice-Chancellor Malins had before him the case "Sadler v. Whalley, M.P." Mr. Glasse, Q.C., said he was for the plaintiff in this case, and reminded the court that on several occasions when application had been made for the postponement of the hearing, counsel for Mr. Whalley had observed that it was a question of character. He agreed most heartily in that description, because if he should make out that there was a deliberate attempt on the part of Mr. Whaiiey to suppress a document signed by himself, as would be proved by documents under his own hand, and that that attempt was supported by statement after statement in the defence, and afterwards to a certain extent sworn to in the defendant's answer, every one of which state- ments he should prove to be absolutely and entirely in- correct, there could be 110 doubt that the question was one of character. If lie was wrong it would recoil upon the plaintiff; if he was right he was sorry that a gen- tleman in Mr. Whalley's position should expose him- self to such charges as it would be now his duty to lay before the court. The plaintiff, John Sadler, claimed under Jackson and Hall; and until Hall, who was a witness to the transactions, was dead, neither Whalley nor his agents ventured to set up the allegation with which they now met the plaintiff's claim, or to escape from the obligation of a document to which he had appended his name, by obtaining possession of the document and failing to return it, though he had given a written undertaking so to do. Instead of returning the right document, which was an agreement for a lease of the Cambrian Fireclay Works, either Mr. Whalley or his agent wrapped up some other document in a piece of brown paper and sent it to the plaintiff's solicitors. The object of the suit was to compel Mr. Whalley specifically to perform a certain agreement of October 12, 1874, whereby he agreed to grant to Messrs. Jackson and Hall a lease of the Cambrian Fireclay Works, in the county of Den- bigh and there was not a statement of importance throughout Mr. Whalley's defence which would not be utterly disproved by independent testimony. There was a lease of May, 1865, which had been made by Whalley to Cowan, of these mines, for thirty-one years, which would expire in 18'JG, and in 1874 that lease became vested in Hall and Jackson. Prior to August, 1374, Jackson and Hall had spent considerable sums of money noon the works, aud in that or the following month Mr. Stephens, a f solicitor, was applied to by them for an advance ofSl,OOO upon the security of the lease, machinery, and plant. Mr. Stephens perused the lease, and declined to advance the money unless Mr. Whalley would consent to grant a new lease on more favourable terms. Hall accordingly entered into negotia- tions with Whalley for a new lease, and Whalley having agreed to give more favourable terms, an advance was made up on the faith of his agreement. In accordance with Mr. Whalley's request that a copy of Cowan's lease might be sent to Mr. Simpson, his solicitor, Hall and Jackson instructed Stephens to make a clean copy of the lease already held by them and the draft of the proposed new lease was also prepared, and approved of by Mr. Whalley, subject to certain alterations. The proposed changes in the terms were indicated by red ink, and the defendant signified his approval or disapproval by marginal notes and interlineations, with his initials affixed. On the 12th of October the terms were finally settled of a lease for I thirty-one years from 1S7-1, which would carry on the .1 tenure till 1005, and Mr. Whalley wrote on the back of the document, "Snbiect to due surrender of lease by lessees, herein I agree to grant lease to John Jackson and William Hall, on the terms within specified.—Signed, O.J1. W." Mr. Stephens finding that the interest of the defendant, George Hammond Whalley was under mort- gage, required that the mortgagee should concur in the lease, but at the request of Mr. Whalley it was agreed that this confirmation should be by a separate deed. Mr. Stephens communicated with Mr. Simpson, of Man- chester, who was solicitor to the mortgagees as well as Mr. Whalley, and obtained his approval of the draft on behalf of the mortgagees, of whom he Mr. Simpson was one. Upon the faith of the agreement by Mr. Whalley to grant the new lease—and Mr. Whalley knew that it was on the faith of that agreement—and in full reliance that it would be carried out, the plaintiff advanced, through Mr. Stephens, to Hall and Jackson, £ 1,000. Hall signed a memorandum acknowledging the receipt, and undertaking that the necessary mortgage deed should be at once ex- ecuted, and Jackson afterwards subscribed to the coven- ant, charging his estate as Hall had done with the repay- ment of the principal and interest. Some other deeds re- lating to property not in question in this suit, were in- cluded in the security. Mr. Stephens, at the request of Hall and Jackson, consented to defer the preparation of the formal mortgage till the lease should have been granted. On the 11th of November, 1S74, Jackson and Hall applied for a further advauce of 1;600 with the object of paying off some arrears of rent and of laying out more money upon the works. The Vice-Chancellor-Who has now got possession of the works ? Mr. Glasse replied that Mr Whalley, after these tran- sactions, trumped up a sale to a Mr. Hughes, and whether Mr. Whalley or Mr. Hughes was now in pos- session he knew not. Certainly the works were not in possession of the mortgagee. The further sum of £ 500 was advanced upon a memorandum similar to the one before signed by Hall and Jackson, and out of the money the arrears of rent due to Mr. Whalley were paid. Mr. Whalley was fully aware that these advances of j31,000 and £i>OO were going to be made by the plaintiff upon the security and for the purposes for which they were made. The statement of claim alleged a similar knowledge with respect to a sum of £ 182 paid by Jackson. Mr. Whalley more than once pledged his oath that he was not aware that the advances were going to be made upon the se- curity of the lease, but it would be proved on the evidence of two witnesses that lie did know it-that it was stated to him at Jackson's house on an occasion when he stood smoking by the fire with his coat tails turned up; and that he was told that the money was going to be ad- vanced for the particular purposes named, on the faith of his promise. Considerable delay took placein granting-the new lease and the plaintiff, finding that Hall and Jackson were being sued by various creditors, brought an action and obtained judgment against them on the 20th of May for the amount of the advances. Execution was issued, and on the 9th of June following, for the purpose of protecting the rights of the plaintiff as mortgagee, a man was placed in possession of the works, with the knowledge and approval of Mr. Whalley. Mr. Whalley pledged his oath that he neitner approved nor knew of that course being pursued, but that statement was contradicted by the plaintiff's evidence. In January and Februaiy, 187(5, the intended lease not having heen granted, and the plaintiff being put to considerable trouble and expense in pro- tecting the property against other creditors who had ob- tained executions against Jackson and Hall, Stephens told Hall that unless the lease was granted and a mortgage executed without further delay, he should advise the plaintiff to sell the works and effects under his execution. 1r. Whalley had put in a distress in the meanwhile for the rent which became due on the 25tli of December, 1875, and the distress was paid out on the 12th of February, IS7íj. Hall had been told that the plaintiff would proceed to sell, and of course if he had proceeded to sell before the 25th of March, Mr. Whalley would have been in some difficulty about his rent for that quarter. On the 21st of February, 187G, Hall brought Whalley to Stephens'office at Liverpool, to arrange about a new lease being executed at once. Mr. Whalley's statement was that he called upon Mr. Stephens on that occasion at Hall's request, in order to ascertain what prospect there was of getting his rent, which was then in arrear; but as a matter of fact there -was not at the time a single shilling of rent due, and the words "which was then in alTear" were left out in the sworn answer. Mr. Whalley had made other mis- takes with respect to the interview, which would be shown by the evidence of persons who were present. Being anxious to prevent a sale of the property, Mr. Whalley called at the office ot Mr. Stephens, and urged him not to enforce the sale. Subsequently, on the same day, Mr. Whalley and Mr. Hall returned together to the office of Mr. Stephens, and an interview took place extending over two or three hours, in which Mr. Stephens expressed his determination to sell immediately. Mr. Whalley offered to do anything in his power to serve Hall and to prevent the property from being sacrificed. Mr. Stephens there- upon called his attention to the fapt that he had not granted a new lease according to his agreement, and inti mated that the lease ought to have been handed to the mortgagee long before. Mr. Hall then said, in the presence of Mr. Whalley, that the intention was to grant the new lease direct to some person who was about to buy his and Jackson's interest, aud to payoff the plaintiff's mortgage. Stephens told them nothing of the sort must be done behind the plaintiffs back, and insisted that the new lease should be at once granted, declining any propo- sition for delay on any other conditions. Mr. Whalley and Mr. Hall thereupon agreed that the lease should be at once granted to Hall and Jackson, and assigned by them to the plaintiff; and Mr. Whalley said he would go to Manchester to his solicitor, Sir. Simpson, and hurry on the lease. Mr. Stephens informed Hall and Whaiiey that he should require them to sign a memorandum of the arrangement, and wrote within the fold of the copy of the draft lease words to this effect: —" In consideration of vour aé'TPRim:r to delav calling in the amount due and interest, I will obtain and hand to you forthwith the lease to form part of your security." This was signed by Hall, and there was another memorandum signed by Whalley in these words :—" In consideration of signed by Whalley in these words In consideration of your extending further time to Hall to enable him to sell, I undertake to have the newfeasegranted at once, andnothing shall be done or permitted by me to the prejudice of you as Hall's mortgagee of the works at Ruabon." Upon these terms Stephens expressed willingness to give a short time longer to carry out the sale. Mr. Whalley had no recol- lection of signing such a memorandum, or of dictating a letter on the subject of the agreement, to he shown to his solicitor, but witnesses would be produced who saw him sign the memorandum, and a man would be called who took a press copy of the letter, winch was as follows In pursuance of your arrangement herein with Hall and Jackson of the 12th October, 1874, I now ask you to be good enough to grant a new lease to them on tho terms arranged. 1 make this request on behalf of Hall and in the interest of the mortgagee, to whom the new lease must be handed in execution. On this being done, I shall be glad to give anv reasonable facility to Messrs. Hall and Jackson to with the property, but unless some arrangement is speedily made, I shall advise the mortgagee to exercise his power ill dealing with the property or in taking possession and work- ing it. These last words were the suggestion of Mr. Whalley himself. Afterwards, on the sain* 21st February, IBïij, Air. Whalley came back alone to the office of Mr. Stephens, and said he should like to have a copy of the draft lease as settled, with the two memoranda upon it. Mr. Stephens offered to supply him with a copy, but he represented that he was in a hurry to catch the train to Manchester, and would like to look through the draft that evening. The document was lent to him on his promise to return it on the following day, he giving a written undertaking in these words I accept the copy draft lease of Cambrian Works, with the understanding that I return it to you forthwith." Now this lease would not have been wanted for the pur- p ;e of showing it to Mr. Simpson, for Mr. Simpson had a copy of the lease already. After being repeatedly written to, Air. Whalley did return a document, but it wa; not the same one. Mr. Whalley has pledged his oath that he had no other document but a letter of the 12th December, 1875, from his agent Mr. Iteece men- tioned that he had asked Hall to call upon Stephens to get a copy of the new leasj for him. The draft with the memoranda upon it had never been returned to Mr. Stephens, and. all through Hall's lifetime there was no trace of the document. Since the commencement of the action the defendant alleged for the first time that he had returned the draft. On the 25th February Stephens writes to Whalley—" I shall be glad to hear that you are prepared to grant lease as requested. I have not heard or seen Hall since you were here." No answer was sent to that. On the 6th March, Stephens wrote requesting a reply to his former communication, and Mr. Whalley said that he had replied to that in the following terms :—"I shall be glad to be informed who are the parties to whom you desire I should grant a lease of the Cambrian Works, and what assurance would be given that the same would be carried on effectively." No such letter ever reached Mr. Stephens, and it was a mock- ery to put forward such a document after the terms had been settled between the parties. Both Hall and Reece declared that they did not know there was a man in declared that they did not know there was a man in possession, but there were letters proving the contrary, and showing that Whalley was endeavouring behind the back of Stephens to obtain a surrender of Hall and Jack- son's interest, and to fet rid of the claims of the mortgagee. Mr. Lewis, of Wrexham, another solicitor of Mr. Whalley's, wrote on the loth June to know who was the man then in eT possession, and by what authority he was there, Mr. Jackson having vacated and the property reverting to the landlord. Why, both Mr. Whalley and Mr. Reece had been continually at the works, and had seen this man Butler, and upon a letter from Reece to Hall, of the 17th April, there was endorsed a copy of Butler's authority. Stephen wrote to Lewis that the man was in possession for the mortgagee, who had advanced tl,500 tothe tenants on the faith of an agreement with Mr. Whalley to grant a new lease of the premises, and he requested that that lease might be executed forthwith. Mr. Lewis wrote that this letter disclosed to him facts of which he had never heard before, but that he had sent a copy to Mr. Whalfe- and would reply as soon as he had heard from him. No reply, however, came to hand. On the 8th July Mr. Stephens again wrote requesting that the new lease might be ex- ecuted, and threatening that if it were not done within seven days to commence proceedings in chancery. On the 10th, Mr. Ireland, a clerk to Mr. Lewis, answered that Mr. Lewis was from home, would not return for some wee.\S, but would no doubt on his return give his earliest attention to the communication. No letter had been re- ceived from him since. The Vice- C h ztncqllor asked whether Mr. Whallev re- fused to accede to the prayer of the Bill. Mr. Glasse said he did. Mr. Pearson said his lordship would find by and bye that Mr. Whalley had been perfectly willing for the last three years to do everything that he had engaged to do, and had acted in the most courteous and forbearing maimer. The question now was whether he should work the property himself or leave it unworked. Mr. Glasse said that Mr. Whalley got the surrender from Jaciison in Apri!, 1870, and Stephens having heard a rumour of this in July, 1876, designated it as a fraud upon the mortgagees. Ileece wrote a letter to Hall on the 25th July, IBiD, in which he stated that he had visited Mr. Stephens, f and found him anxious to have a new lease executed in the joint names of Jackson and himself, and that on telling Mr. Stephens that the engagement of Mr. Whalley was cancelled by Jackson having delivered up possession, he (Mr. Stephens) viewed that action as a fraud. Therefore Mr. Reece knew on the 25th July that the transaction of Mr. Jackson was designatetUxs a frau- dulent attempt to interfere with the mortgagees interest. Having got Mr Jackson's surrender behind the back of Hall, Mr. Whalley then proceeded to Hall behind the back of Jackson. Mr. Hall died on the 23rd of Septem- ber, and on the 28th Fletcher, the intended purchaser, called on Stephens and explained that he could not do it without the concurrence of Mr. Whalley, and on the same day Mr. Stephens wrote to Mr. Whalley stating that he saw Mr. Warrington, solicitor for the late Mr. Hall, and Mr. Fletcher, the intending purchaser, who told him that Mr. Simpson prepared a lease to the purchaser by the late Mr. Hall's direction. Now, he should show his lordship that Mr. Whalley and his mortgagees actually executed a lease to Air. Fletcher. The letter went on to say that Mr. Fletcher was anxious to have possession, to commence operations at once, but having the notice of his (Sir. Stephens's) client's security in the agreement, which he held for a new lease, he was, of course, not prepared to proceed until arrangements satisfactory to his client were agreed to. The position of the parties at that time was this Hall was dead, Air. Whalley had got possession of the draft lease with the two memoranda upon it, Mr. Whalley had got an agreement with Jackson behind the back of Stephens, and one would have thought that Mr. Whalley in answer to that letter would have asked what Stephens meant by his client's security and by the agree- ment, but Mr. Whalley did not answer it, but put forth Air. Reece, his agent, to write, as the Cambrian Fireclay Works are out of his hands, and instructed him to say that he (Sir. Whalley) had never made any promise. Sir. Reece said in that letter, if it could be shown that Mr. Whalley had made any promise he would lease, but -Air. Whalley assured him that he did not know him in the business. The Vice- Chaiicellor-That allows an odd letter. Mr. Pearson—Yes, at present. Mr. Glasse said he now came to a telegram which was dated the 9tli of September, ten days before that letter was written, and which was in Sir. Whalley's possession, which said, Contracts sent. Deposit made. Best puts himself in communication with Stephens's to-day." To that letter Sir. Stephens replied that Mr. Whaiiey must take the consequences, and asking for the return of the confirmation which he had lent to Mr. Whalley, on his undertaking to return it, or he should be compelled to take proceedings, and that had he known Sir. Whalley re- quired it for an improper purpose, he should never have let him have it. That was a letter directly impeaching -Air. Whalley's honour and honesty, but JIr. Whalley never acted as most men, if innocent, would have done. and repudiated the impeachment. On the 28th of September Mr. Stephens wrote a letter to Mr. Farriogdon, who was Fletcher's solicitor, in which lie gave notice that tlie kite Sir. Hall executed a mortgage on the Cambrian Fire Clay Works for £ 1,500, and that prior to that devise, the lessor, Mr. Whalley, entered into an agreement to grant a lease of the works on settled conditions, and the devise was made upon the faith of such agreement, of which the lessor had due notice. Mr. Whalley then seemed to attempt to deal with Sir. Fletcher and throw overboard Stephen's and Hall's executions. Sir. Whalley was called upon to complete the transaction, but declined to do so unless a sum of £ 1,074, which he claimed, was first paid out of the purchase money. He should show his lordship that that claim was an improper one, a portion of the money being for a different colliery. The Vice-Chancellor-As matters now stand, have you lost Hall's security ? Sir. Glasse—Yes. The Vie, Cli -,tiieellor--Il'b ercas you say that on the faith of the security you agreed to advance to Jackson and Hall £ 1,500, Sir. Whalley has made arrangements to dis- pose of the property elsewhere. -Air. Glasse—That is the substance of my case, my lord. The Vice-Chancellor—It does seem very plain that Sad- ler had a contract with Hall. -Air. Glasse—I will show the money was advanced. The Vice-Chancellor—I suppose the money is in the possession of Mr. Whalley ? Mr. Glasse—He has got the money, with the laid out upon it. The result is -Air. Sadler has lost his lien. The Viee-Chancellor-It seems a strange business alto- gether. Did Mr. Whalley know that your client was about to advance money ? Sir. Glasse said he would prove that be did. Mr. Whalley, in his affidavit, said that to the best of his knowledge and belief he did not know that Sir. Stephens had acted in any other capacity than solicitor for Jackson and Hall; but that was disproved by Ir. and Sirs. Jack- son, at whose house an interview took place in September, 1874. Sir. Jackson did not positively deny that, but he put into English the words which were well known in a Teat trial, namely, Non mi ricordo"—I do not recollect it. The learned counsel had not concluded his opening ad- dress when the Court adjourned. The hearing of this case was resumed, and Mr._ Glasse, Q.C., continuing his statement of the plaintiff's case, said his lordship would remember that in 1874 there was an application for a lease to the plaintiff by the lessees; but in order to justify the plaintiff in making a lease, his solicitor required that the existing lease should be extended, and with the view of that being done application was made to the lessor, and that Sir. Whalley, on being applied to, directed a copy of the old lease to be sent to Sir. Stephens, solicitor, to be altered as lie wished it to be altered. The alterations were made, and as far as they were approved by Air. Whalley his initials were affixed. There was also upon the document a memorandum to the effect that subject to the surrender of the old lease Mr. Whalley agreed to grant to Hall and J ackon a new lease on the terms therein specified. The Vice-Chancellor asked whether Sir. Jackson appeared. Mr. Gbsse-Oh, yes he is a defendant in the suit. Sir. Warrington—I appear for Sir. Jackson, who says that the money is justly due, and therefore supports the plaintiff's case. Sir. Glasse, proceeding with the argument, said he should show that Mr. ^Whalley attended the meeting of the 21st of February, 1876, solely for the purpose of obtaining for the lessees further time for the repayment of the money, and that on that occasion the draft of the new lease was en- dorsed bya]memorandum to this effect-" In consideration of your extending further time to -Air. Hall to enable him to negotiate the sale, I agree to have the new lease granted at once and handed to you, and that nothing shall be done or permitted by me to the prejudice of Mr. Sadler, as Hall's mortgagee of the works at Ruabon." Sir. Whalley said he had no recollection of having signed such a memorandum, but whether he signed it or not was of little moment, as there were ample evidence of repeated verbal promises that the right of the mort- gagee should not be prejudiced. It would be found that Sir. Whalley suggested to Sir. and Sirs. Jackson that the gagee should not be prejudiced. It would be found that -Air. Whalley suggested to Mr. and Sirs. Jackson that the rent should be allowed to fall into arrears, in order that he might defeat the claims of the mortgagee and according to the plaintiff's case, the sale to Hughes was concocted for the purposes of the suit, and was, in fact, a sale to Flete ier, not Hughes, the deposit money being paid by Fletcher by a cheque endorsed by Sir. Whalley. There was ample proof that in August, 1874, ir. Whalley knew that the advance had been applied for by the lessees, and that it was intended to be made by the plaintiff, and yet he was found writing in 1S76, as if he was entirely ignorant of the circumstances under which a new lease was to be granted. Sir. Whallev declared that he returned in June the document which had been lent to him by Air btephens; but if that were so, it was inconceivable that this letter of SIr, Stephens, of the 30th September demanding, toe immediate return, and charging Sir. Vv nalley with having retained it for an improper purpose, should have been allowed to remain unanswered. The rental of the worjcs was about £ 40 a quarter, and there could no, have be^Ti more than a quarters rent/due at the time that Jr W halley resumed possession. But Sir. haiie^ did not take possession on the Ground of alTar3 of rent due to him, but in accordance with an agreement he had induced Slessrs. Hall and Jackson to enter into behind the back of the mortgagee. Sir. Whalley had a man in possession of the works up to the 11th of February for rent due up to the previous Christmas, and on that day the sheriff sent to him a letter enclosing a cheque for the amount, so that to that time there was no arrear of rent due. The letter of the sheriff would be put in evi- dence, and there was written upon it the words "Re- ceived the within cheque, signed G. H. Whalley." The Vice-Chancellor—Sir. Whalley say.. there was a large arrear of rent due at the time lie entered into pos- session whereas it appears that there could not have been more than a quarter's rent owing. The transaction, too. appears an extraordinary one on the part of Sir. Jackson because having had Sir. Sadler's money one would have thought he would have given the mort- gagee the opportunity of protecting his property by pay- ment of the arrears. Sir. Glasse would show from the evidence of Sir. and • Jackson that Ir. Whalley suggested to them to wait till after the next rent became due. when he could take possession of the works, cancel the old lease, and grant a new lease either to Jackson or to a company to be formed. 1 J The \ice-Chancellor—I certainly cannot look with any great xavour upon the conduct of a landlord who two days after a quarter's rent of a large property falls due gives notice to the tenant, who owes no more than the quarter's rent, that unless the money is paid within twenty-one days he will distrain and take possession. Sir. J. Pearson, Q.C.—Sir. Whalley has been more for- bearing in this matter than most men under the circum- stances would have been. The Vice-Chancellor I cannot see much forbearance in distraining directly after Lady Day when all rent had been paid up to the previous Christmas. Mr. J. Peirson-Yoiir lordship has been told that amongst a good many other extraordinary stories, but it has not yet been proved. The Vice-Chancellor—There must be some great mis- take between Mr. Whalley, then in London attending to his parliamentary duties, and his agent, -Air. Reece, at Ruabon. He (the Vice-Chancellor) much regretted that he should be called upon to decide a case in which such conduct as the plaintiff's counsel had detailed was attributed to Mr. Whalley. There had certainly been a muddling mode of conducting business, and it might be that between Sir. Whallev in London, Sir. Reece at Ruabon, and Sir. Lewis at Wrexham, unfortunate mistakes had arisen. He should be glad if some arrangement could be come to. Sir. Glasse said a settlement would give him fgreat pleasure, but he was only acting according to his instruc- tions in the course he was taking. Let it be remembered that Mr. Whalley had pledged his oath that he never heard till the 21st of February,;1876, of the arrangement by which the advance was made on the faith of a new lease. The N' ice- c, ell(,r-But having heard of it in February, IS, G, the transactions of March and April could not have been right. .Mr. Glasse would prove that on the 21st of February, when he went to Stephens's with the object of procuring a postponement of the sale, Sir. Whalley promised verbally to execute the new lease forthwith, in order that it might be handed to the mortgagee. The arrangement was made at the Queen's Hotel, at Manchester, by which r. Whalley was to receive £ 1,000. and on the following day, at Sir. Simpson's office, it was agreed that the purchase money should be £ 1,500, of which SoOO was to be divided between Fletcher. Best, and vl a person named W ilson. The decree asked against Sir. Whalley was, that he should specifically perform the agreement of the 12th of October, 1874, and that he should grant to Jackson a lease of the Cambrian Fireclay W orks, inorderthatit might be made over to the plaintiff to secure the amount of his mortgage. If that could not be done the plaintiff asked for damage for breach of the agreement. The learned counsel said he should rejoice if the Court saw its way to letting down Mr. Whalley easily by finding that his conduct was due to blundering, and not to any deliberate intention to deprive the plaintiff of his just right. Sir. Freeman (with Mr. Glasse) proceeded to read the affidavit of Sir. Stephens, but when he was about to read the memoranda, which were said to have been endorsed on the draft lease, Sir. J. Pearson objected that that was no evidence, and called for the production of the original document. Sir. Freeman (laughing)—That is the very document that we charge your client with having taken away. Mr. Pearson—And.we returned it. We have your re- ceipt for it. Mr. Freeman, at the suggestion of Mr. Glasse, passed over part of the affidavit questioned, and read the remainder, which'set out the whole of the correspondence between the mortgagee and Sir. Whalley's representatives. The ice-Chancellor—All the witnesses must have been brought a distance of about 200 miles. How many are there for the plaintiff ? Mr. Freeiriaii-AVe are under notice to produce all our witnesses for cross-examination. The Vice-Clitneellor-It seems to me that Mr. Whalley had better have offered to have paid half the amount of the claim, and you had better have accepted it rather than entered upon this litigation. Sir. Thomas Inglis Stephens, sworn, and cross-examined by.Sir. Pearson, said—He was admitted a solicitor in Trinity Term, 1873, but had been for ten years before that in the practice of the law. He saw Hall and Jackson in August or September, 1874. -Air. Sadler was his client at that time, and had been from the time of his admission. He knew Hall and Jackson possibly for a month or so before August or September, 1874, but had never done business with them before. He first saw them with references to the proffered mort- gage in one of these two months, but he could not pre- cisely fix the day, because up to the 22nd of September he was in partnership with -Air. James Grace, and the part- nership books were in the hands of a receiver. The first entry in his own books with reference to Hall and Jackson were an attendance of Mr, Hall on the 1st of Oct., 1876. He believed that he saw Hall and Jackson two or three months before August with reference to the business. The first entry he had in his books with regard to the advance of i'1,000 was the 12th of October. In September or October, after having been away on the continent, he went to Ruabon, and saw -Air. Whalley at Sir. Jackson's house, and lie believed it was in Septem- ber, but he had no note of it. The first advance was made, he believed, on the 31st of October. To the best of his belief Sir. Sadler gave him a cheque for £ 1,000, and he exchanged it for a banker's draft. There was an entry of the amount in his cheque book, but not in his cash book. He first saw the security on which the £1,000 was to be advanced after the 31st of October, but he knew before that from the lips of Mr. Whalley, and a copy of a lease granted by Sir. Whalley in 1865, what the security was. He had been informed both bv Sir. Whalley and Mr. Hall that Mr. Jack son had an interest in it. Mr. Whalley told him that Jackson and Hall had purchased Cowan's interest. Hall mortgaged the property with the concurrenceof Jackson. There was a vendor's lien to be paid off with the £ 1.000. When he saw the deed, to the best of his recollection the legal estate was vested in Hall. When he first saw the lease of 1865 he objected to some of the covenants and conditions, and particularly to the amount of the rent, which was £ 150 a year. He declined to make the advance till he had seen the works, and he went to Ruabon for that purpose. ) That was the occasion on which he saw fr. Whalley, at Sir. Jackson's works. He had agreed for a fixed payment by Hall and Jackson of £ 15 to cover the costs of his journey and his fee on the advances and under those cir- cumstances, it was wholly unnecessary that any entry of his visit to the works should appear in his charge book. He looked upon Hall and Jackson as his clients on the 12th of October, and having obtained Sir. Whalley's con- sent to grant a new lease, he applied for and got the pro- mise of the concurrence of -Air. Whalley's mortgagee. Sir. Stephens was questioned at considerable length in reference to the correspondence upon the subject of the preparation of the new lease, and he stated that the draft lease having been prepared by Sir. Simpson, Sir. Whal- ley's solicitor, and sent to him, he did not return the draft, as requested, for completion, because -Air. Hall asked him not to do so, giving as the reason that a dispute had arisen between himself and -Air. Whalley with regard to the rent. Jackson and Hall proposed in December to repay the money, in view of a proposal to unite two adjoining works and to carry them on by means of a company, but the proposal was not carried out. The Vice-Chancellor—I suppose at that time you would have been very glad to get your money back. Witness—I had had the property valued, and having Sir. Whallev's promise of a new lease I was very well satisfied with the security. The cross-examination of Ir. Stephens had not con- cluded when the Court rose. On Wednesday the cross-examination of Mr. Stephens, the plaintiff's solicitor, was proceeded with. He said that Sir. Whalley distrained, on the 11th of February, 1876, and the rent was paid by Sir. Hall on the 12th through the sheriff. The amount claimed by Sir. Whal- ley, he believed, was £ 180, but Sir. Jackson insisted that there were overcharges, and the claim, as he understood, was reduced to S124. On the 21st August Sir. Whalley called upon him with reference to the position of affairs in relation to the Cambrian Fireclay Works, and, hearing that the mortgagee was determined to sell before the next quarter's rent became due, expressed his desire to serve Mr. Hall, who had invested all his money in the works, and promised, if time was given, to hasten the completion of the new lease, and to do nothing in the meantime to the rights of the mortgagee. A memorandum expressing this undertaking was written upon the draft of the proposed lease, and signed by Sir. Hall and Sir. Whalley and, later on the same day. Sir. Whalley called at witness's office and borrowed the draft, upon a written untertaking that it should be returned forthwith. He wrote to -Air. Whalley on the 25th of February, and again on the Gth of Slarch, for the return of the document, and six months afterwards a paper was brought to his office by Sir. Hall, but it was not the one that Sir. Whalley had borrowed. In June, 1876, he wrote urging Mr. Whallev to complete the base, not knowing that Sir. Whalley had on the 22:id of February re-entered for non-payment of rent and breach of cove- nant nor was he so informed in reply to his communica- tion with reference to the execution of the lease. He knew nothing of the transactions between Mr. Whalley, Ir. Hall, and Sir. Jackson, till after the. writ had been; issued in this action in February. 1877. The document returned to him by Sir. Hall, as from Sir. Whalley, was in brown paper, with two seals upon it, and endorsed; J 3 :¡¿. j and, assuming it to be the document lent bv him to Mr~ Jha^ey'rie Prt/t awa7 in hh safe and ?ave a receipt fo^ it. ^e did no. keep the wrapper, hut, to the b-st of his lecoJection, tne endorsement was "V/hallev, to Hall and Jackson and his impression was that it was in t'"> hind- writing of Mr. Reece, Sir. Whallev's aeent. The docu- ment returned was the old lease of 1805,' which would be incorrectly described by the endorsement. Sir. J. Pearson—Let there be no mistake. The docu merit borrowed was the draft lease sent by Sir. Simpson to Sir. Stephens, and Sir. Whallev's statement is that"he gave it to Mr. Reece to return the day after that on wmch he took it away. Sir. Reece went to the office of Mr. Stephens for the purpose of returning it. but not see- ing Mr. Stephens he left it with ir. Hall. Sir. Stephens said he did not open the parcel for several days afterwards, on the occasion of a call from Sir. Hall, and he then found that the wrong paper had been left. The Vice-Chancellor was reluctant, to come to any other conclusion than that a mistake had occurred, and as this litigation must be a great misfortune to the parties he would suggest that the property should be sold, and £ 1,500 OIi\r 6 purcllas9 money paid to the plaintiff. OIi\r 6 purcllas9 money pah! to the plaintiff. r- Pearson said if no charge had been made against tne character of Sir. Whalley lie should have been ready to argue the question purely as one of law, and the whole tllJlJ mIght have been disposed of in a couple of hours. -Air. Prancis Thornhill Sladdock was next called, and examined in chief by Mr. Slanseil Jones. He stated that he was a member of the firm of Whitley and Sladdock, solicitors practising at Liverpool, who acted as solicitors to the late M/. Had froni..January, 1875, to August, 1876. Mr. Hall consulted his firm in January, 1875. with refer- ence to the sale of tne Cambrian and Plas-yn-Wern Works to accompany, but they would have nothing to do with the getting up of the company for the purpose. A comnanv was started, to which Sir. Slorris, of Liverpool acted as solicitor. Sir. Hall had been in negotiation with Sir. Savin, the well-known contractor, for the sale of the Cam- brian Works, but one of the difficulties was getting the deeds, which were in the possession of -Air. Stephen;" and upon which it was desired to raise money. Sir. Whalley was certainly aware in December, 1875, of the mortgace charge of Sir. Stephen's clients upon the Cambrian W<Trks. The witness was questioned with reference to the forma- tion of a company to carry on the works, and his ex- amination was interrupted by the aJiourument of the court.

SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE WELSH COAST. About four o'clock on Saturday raominrr, November 24, rockets and other sigjials of distress were noticed on Carnarvon bar by the coastguard stationed at that port and ths Ll-.mddwyn piiots. It was blowing a heavy gale at the time from the north- west, and the sea. was running very high. Several hours elapsed beiore the lifeboat crew could he communicated with, and it was about seven o clock by the time any attempt was made to render assistanco. Day having dawned, a three-masted briijan- oine seen on the north-west bank, where the heavv breakers completely swept over her. The illfated vessel was the Fred. Eugenie, of Portland, U.S.A., bound from Troon, Scotland, to France, with a full caryo of coals. Several of the crew were picked up m an exhausted condition, and conveyed ashore j after which they were brought to Carnarvon, a distance of four miles, hy the pilots stationed at Llanddwyn. The unfortunate men were destitute of clothing, and presented a sad appearance, From a narrative by one of the survivors it appears that the ship became unmanageable during the heavv gale, and that as soon as she struck the waves swept over her. The deck was completely stove in, and the crew were obliged to resort; to the for four hours, the nmht watch being nearlv without clothing. The steward, William Campbell, of Portland, was washed overboard and drowned, as was also an able seaman, whose name is not yet known. Mr. Jackson, secietary to the Carnarvon branch of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, ren- dered every possible kindness to the surviving crew, the majority of whom are foreigners. The captain was severely injured, and a youth of fourteen years was picked up in an exhausted condi- tion. The lritness, of Sunderland, went ashore at Ciynog at the same time, and a vessel is reported to hove wrc-ek,d at Aoersoch, a few miles south.

THE PROPOSED LIVERPOOL WATER SUPPLY FROM THE YYRXIEW. The Brttuh Architect says :—A walk of ten miles in a straight course south-east from the centre of B:Ja Lake, would take the traveller to the village of Llanwddyn and to the centre of the valley bearing that nlome, The valley for four an:, t-)iaif miles forms an alluvial flat, with a peaty subsoil, about half a-mile in width, bei-ig bounded 0:1 both sides by steep mountains. About a dozen streams of considerable size flow into it and converging here form the uppermost reach of the river Yvrniew, which is one of the principal tributaries of the river' Severn. These streams with their tributaries drain a mountainous area of about twenty-four square miles in extent on the eastern slopes and spurs of the Berwvn mountains. The river Yyrniew flows out of the south-east end of the valley, near Cynon, which is there contracted by the Bala limestone and the hard porphvritic rocks by which that limestone is underlain. It is proposed to dam the river up at this point sufficiently hiah enough to form a lake reaching from Khiwargor to Cynon, four and a-half miles long by about one mile wide, and 400 feet to 500 feet deep. To do this will necessitate the removal of the church and village of Llanwddyn and of the dwellings situated below the contemplated high water level. lieyond a few scattered mountain farms there are not many habitations above this line. The roads connecting the village with Bala, Llanfvllin, and Cann Office would also have to be elevated. The height of the lake above the towu of Liverpool would be from SOO feet to 900 feet. The quality of the water supplied by this mountainous region is, barring the occasional brackishness common to all mountain streams, all that could be desired. It will be sufficiently free from lime and other mineral matter to be "soft" enough for steam, washihg. and manufacturing uses, while there will be just enough of these ingredients to render it palatable for drinking purposes. The strata of the upper part of the valley belong to what is known among geologists as the" "-enlock g-roup," which here consists of slates and shales almost entirely free from lime, but dotted occasionally with little nests of iron and sulphur. The lower half of the valley is made up of strata belonging to the "Bala group," in the upper portion of which we have the thin band of limestone already referred to as partially closing up the lower extremity of the valley. In the ten miles between Bala Lake and Llanwddyn the strata form a synclinal trough: i:i other words, for half the distance from Bala Lake they dip down towards the south-east, in the other half they rise up in the same direction. The site of the proposed lake lies on this rising edge of the strata, a fact of some importance in connection with the safe storage of the water which will thus be prevented from leaking between the beds to lower reaches of the valley. The quantity of water that may be collected at Llanwddyn is for all the practical purposes of the scheme inexaaustibie, and the interception of large quantities of water in rainv seasons will to some extent prove beneficial to the low-lying land of Melverley and the lower parts of the town of Shrews- bury, which are often seriously flooderl after heavy or continued rains. The mention of this fact suggests the possibility of alleviat- ing the enects of such flouds by the construction of similar reservoirs up some of the many remoter vnllevs that nestle among the mountains where the rivers Severn" and Vyrniew take their rise. Thus, instead of being instruments of des- truction and loss, these storm waters mav be husbanded for the healthful supply of our large town's. The Llanwddvn valley is not much known or frequented, and the objections fairly made acaiiist the utilisation of a place of public resort like Thirl mere do not apply to this scheme. Of the means to be employed in the conveyance of the water to Liverpool, the route i-t is to travel and other engineering details, we. as yet, know nothins, but when these are before us we hope to discuss the merits of the scheme more fully. At present we can only say that for quantity and quality of water, the scheme, if it can be carried out, seems far preferable to that of extracting mineralised water from the depths of the new red sandstone. The fact just mentioned, that manv similar remote vallevs amidst the mountains of Xorth Wales may be utilised in'a like manner as sources of water supply, to the great advantage of the dwellers in the villages and towns that line the lower margins of the rivers that there have their rise, shows how unnecessary it is, in order to obtain an ample supply of water, for the authorities of Manchester to resort, against the almost unanimously expressed will of the nation, to the lake district of Cumberland.

THE FRENCH CRISIS. The Correctional Tribunal of Montpellier has sentenced M. Messonier, the Mayor of Gigean—imposed upon that commune after May Hi-to three months' imprisonment for grossly illegal interference with the elections. A great manv keepers %f taverns and caf<5s deposed almost in identical terms that the Mayor sent for theai. told them he had received stringent orders from the Prefect that everybody must vote for the Marshal's candidate, put into their hands bulletins for that candidate, and j if they used any others he should find them out, and then their establishments would be closed. He added, to be more impressive, that he as Mayor should examine the ballot boxes, and know if they did n vt use his bulletins. A ministerial declaratioa was read in the French Chambers on Saturday, ov. 24. to the effect that the President had con- fidell the Ministry to men whos ■ programme it is to remain out- side the pale of the political struggle, and who would faithfully observe the laws and the repubK ;an constitution, while afford- ing the Marshal the support for which he asked them. France needs quiet and repose after so long a period of agitation and the document went on to pledge the Ministry to use every effort for bringing about a good administration of the affairs" of the country. In the Senate the Right applauded this declaration, the Left received it in absolute silence. In the Chamber of Deputies, Ministers met with the reception which might have been ex- pected, and which, no doubt, was expected when they were nominated. In a discussion raised by "\1. de Marcere, it was maintained that concord between the powers of the State could be restored only by "returning to Parliamentary law"—that is, by taking Ministers from the majority returned by the country. The present Ministers, it was justly pointed out. represent only personal power. To this M. Welciie, the Minister of the In- terior, and the real head of the Government, replied that the President was acting within his constitutional right—which is no doubt strictly true, though the spirit of the constitution re- quires submission to the will of the majority, while the new Ministry is hostile to it—and that he personally was resolved to fulfil his task of re-establishing peace in the country." There- upon the Chamber, by 323 votes against 203, resolved that, as the new Ministry is a denial of the rights of the nation and of Parliamentary law," the Chamber cannot enter into relations with it." The Minister of the Interior proposed in the French Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, that the clauses relating to direct taxes should be deta.ched from the budget and discussed at once, in order to meet the exigencies of the public service. The pro- position was referred to the budget committee without any dis- cussion. Two motions submitted by a member of the Left, with the object of modifying /the press laws and the law as to the state of siege, were voted urgent by large majorities. The Senate also voted urgent a proposal to appoint a committee to inquire into the causes of the bad state of French commerce and m- dustry. THE NEW MINISTRY. The Daily 3civs Paris correspondent thui" describes the new French Ministry :— General tie iBochebouet, tho Minister of War and President of the Council, is sixty-five years old, and is on the eve of sinking into the retired list. He now commands the Bordeaux district. The best thing to be said of him is that when Napoleon III. re- solved on the war with Germany he was sent to inspect the Eastern forts, and reported to Marshal Lehieuf that tliey were in n lamentably inefficient state. For this unpalatable honesty he fell into disgrace. His next best testimonial was h iving re- fused several times the position he at last has the weakness to accept. M. de Bannevi'de, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, is a routine diplomatist. He was under the Empire successively ambassador at Rome and Yienna. M. Welche. the Minister of the Interior, is the only man sufficiently known to be positively objectionable. As Prefect of the Nord, he unscrupulously sup- ported the official candidates on October 14. and was hi-ii'self a defeated official candidate at Nancy. He is a manifest inheritor of the Broghe-Fourtou policy. M. Lepelicier, Minister of Jus- tice. is an obscure puisne judge of the Court of Cassation. M. D itilleul, the Finance Minister, was once an upper clerk in the Treasury, a deputy of liSiC, but rejepted on the 14th of October. M. (henne. tilè Minister of Commerce, is an old red tape 1:1an, said to be well versed in commercial treaties. M. Graeff, the Minister of Public V orks, 3;n inspector of roads and bridges, is utterly unknown. M. Faye, the Minister of Public Instruction, a pupil of Arago, is illustrious as an astronomer. He also is one of the rejected of universal suffrage. Admiral Ronssm, Minister of Marine, was Cnder-Secretary to the late Minister, and his appointment is politically insignificant. There is no Senator or Deputy in the above list. It is an extra-Parliament aw Ministry. dubbed a Ministry of Affairs." I