The Cambrian

THE SOUTH WALES CONCILIATION BOARD.—A Cardiff RaPer states that two members of the South Wales Conciliation Board, one representing the masters and other the men, sat at Cardiff on Friday, to settle exact amount of reduction to be made in the dead- ^?*k rates" of a number of collieries, and after taking ,yidence, came to an agreement which, in each case, away with the necessity of reference to aa umpire. -Death OF AN ex-MP.—The death is announced of ???• Edward John Hutchins, of Britonferry, Glamorgan- e> and Portland-place, London, as having happened days ago at Hastings, after a lingering illness, {^represented the united boroughs of Penryn and i «mouth in the Liberal interest for the last year and a J^f of her Majesty's first Parliament, having succeeded the seat previously held by Sir Robert M. Rolfe, but Seated on his elevatioh to the judicial bench. Ha was, ^Unsuccessfulcandidate for Southampton in 1841, and Dsequently represented Lymington for seven years— ft^ely, from 1850 down to 1857. Mr. HutchiDS became convert to the Roman Catholic Church many years o go, and Was returned by the Roman Catholic vote as « of the members for Maiylebone and Hamstead in first School Board for London. He was also a Rector of the South-Western Railway and largely tj.Rested in other commercial undertakings, A son of 6 ^-r- Edward Hutchins, of Britonferry, and a jj^Phew of the late Sir Josiah John Guest, M.P., he was ye3iT and was educated at the Charter- and at St. John's College, Cambridge; he was a ^jSutrate and deputy-lieutenant for Glamorganshire, tUn magistrate fof Brecon and Monmouthshire; he in 1838 Isabel Clara, daughter of the Chevalier Juan de Bernaben, of Alicante, in Spain, who "ves him. OR WINTER COUGH OF MANY TEARS' STANDING BJ UR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS.—From Mr. R. Bridgefoot, Warrington A person ft0I. ~ad suffered for some years, especially in. the winter, ^8"'e8sing congh, has been cured by their use; and others speak of them with the greatest praise," J^thma, Consumption, Bronchitis, Coughs, Golds, thev -^tiam, and all Hysterical and Nervous Complaints, pot' kl^aiastaotielief. Sold byall Druggiats*t Is. ljd. f 4 ■a..i

WEST GLAMORGAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. An adjourned general meeting of this society was held at the Cameron Arms Hotel; High-street, on Saturday afternoon, there being present— Vlr. H. Lhyd, president; and Messrs. Iltid Thomas, E. J. Player, John Carr, J. M.Harding, J. I. Evans, J. T. Jenkin, G. Bv Haynes, D. Booth, H. Jenkins, M. Bevan, A. James, R. Leysbon, S. Wilson, S. Thomas, R. Pike, W. Hutchison, W. G. Davies, H. W. Williams, J. W. Clare, &c., &c. The minutes of the last meetings were read and adopted. The Presidemt said as those present were aware the business they had met together to transact was to de- cide on the alteration of the time of holding the show, or rather whether there should be a summer show as well as a winter show. The matter had been carefully con- sidered in committee, and eight of the members of the committee were in favour of there being a summer and a winter show, and the other eight members were against it. Therefore it was now for the general meat- ing to decide what should be done. At present he thought the matter stood thus: if they held the show in a field instead of in the market, the shedding &o., necessary would cost about £150. If the weather turned out fine there was a reasonable prospect of the show being a sudcese, but if the weather turned out adverse there was a reasonable prospect of the show being a failure. The question was whether the meet- ing was prepared to run the rifk of success or failure. Mr. J. M. Harding bad intended to suggest that the canvas &c., for the shedding should be purchased by the society. It would not cost more than £ 150, and they would have it had, and it might perhaps be lent to other societies. He bad at first thought of taking all the risk of the enterprise himself, as he had done when the dog show was started, but he was not prepared to do so now. After some desultory conversation, Mr. Iltid Thomas moved that the next show under the aupices of thia Association, be held in the month of August next in the Swansea Cricket Club Fieid, providing a fund be established sufficient guarantee the Society against loss. Mr. G. B. Haynes seconded the proposition, and promised to do his best to raise the guarantee fund. Exception was taken to the raising of a guarantee fund. Mr. E. J. Player said that the most successful flower or other show that had been held in Swansea in the summer months had resulted in a loss of something like £50, a'1d he thought they ought not to risk their present very successful winter show for the sake of making an experiment which might prove a failure. He there- fore moved "That the exhibition take place in Decem- ber, as usual, and that at that show the operations of the society should be extended as far as might be thought desirable. Mr. J. M. Harding said his original proposition did not affect the holding the winter show the summer show should be held in addition. Mr. J. T. Jenkin thought the two shows should be held. Mr. Player withdrew his amendment, and the unani- mous resolution of the meeting was to the effect" That the annuti show of the Association be held in Decem- ber as usual, the exact date to be fixed by the Committee and that in addition to the annual show, a show shall be held in the month of August in some suitable field, and that prizes be then offered for lean stock, dogs, horses, flowers, vegetables, sheep, pigs, poultry and pigeons. The discussion was a warm one, some of the members being apprehensive that the winter show was to be abolished, but when it was clearly understood that the summer show is to be an additional one, the resolution was unanimously carried.

DISCOVERY OF A NEW RIVER. [From the New South Wales Independent.] The letter of the Rev. S. Macfarlane, published and widely circulated, gives a very interesting account of the discovery of a new river on New Guinea, to be called the Baxter." With a view to circulate as far as possible all information on this subject, and to present the facts of the discovery from different pens, we give a copy of Capt. Runcie's letter (who was in command of the Ellengowan), to Mr. Sunderland. Somerset, Sept. 20th, 1875. My dear Mr. Sunderland,—AVe -arrived here on Sunday. the 12th instant, after a most interesting voyage of which Mr. Macfarlane will give you a full account. We had two passengers with us-Mr. J. Orkney, from Melbourne, and Mr. Stone, from London. We sailed from Somerset on August 25th, to visit some of our stations, and to see the new river about which the teachers had spoken. We hoped J to find some natives and to be able to locate teachers, amongst the inland tribes, but we were disappointed. After visiting our stations at the westward, we pro- ceeded towards the river, which lies about 28 miles N. W. of Tauan, or, as it is better known, Cornwallis. We found the passage to the river very difficult, ou account of the reefs and sand-banks. We got aground once with the vessel, but the water being quite smooth we got off without damage. We had with us four teachers, and their boat in tow. We put the boa.t ahead with a lead-line, sounding until we were past all the dangers, and we entered the river at 2.30 p.m. on Sept. 1st; I believe ours was the first vessel to float in its waters. It was a most beautiful sight. The breadth at the mouth is about one and a-half miles, and from nine to twelve fathoms deep. We steamed slowly up, winding after winding opening to our view. It was most en- chanting, and although the land was in general low and swampy, the trees were very pretty, and some parts of the banks were from ten to fifteen.feet high at the mouth. After entering the river there is nothing in the way to prevent a vessel of 600 tons going up thirty miles, for we kept the lead going all the way up, and found the sound- ings very regular. At sun-down we came to anchor in the middle of the river, in 7 fathoms water. The breadth of the river at this point is about half a mile, being 14 miles up. We saw plenty of smoke in the bush, and yet the natives did not show themselves. We were in an unknown country, so we kept a good look-out all night. On going on shore in the morning we saw footprints on the banks of the river, so they must have been taking a sly peep at us in the night. Sept. 2, 7 a.m. We sent part of-the crew on shore to cut wood, so as to save our coals. Part of our company went exploring on the banks of the river. We saw a good many tracks of the wild boar. The bush was thick with undergrowth, so we did not go far. After cutting sufficient wood for the day we proceeded up the river at 11 a,1D., hoping to come to some villages and an open country before night. The sailing was most pleasant, for the river was rather sluggish and very serpentine. We passed a hut or two, but we only saw one man in a small canoe, and he disappeared in the bush, leaving his canoe untied. The banks were getting a little higher, and the trees were tall with large groves of bamboo. Nothing particular happened this day, except our boat had a little accident. The painter got round the fan, which took the boat under water and broke part of her bows. There are many small streams leading out of the river, but we kept to the one we supposed to be the largest, or main stream. We passed an arm which seem to run to the sea about Deliverance Island if so, it will make a large island of that part, having a coast line of about 30 miles. After a most pleasant day's steaming we came to anchor at sun-down in seven fathoms. The river at this point was a quarter of a mile broad. The land was low and swampy, and the traces of natives wherever we landed; but as night came on everything was still and dreary-looking. We kept a good look-out as before. September 3rd, 7.32 a.m. We sent part of the crew and teachers on shore to cut wood enough for the day, whilst others were having a look through the bush. The country is more open with high trees and long coarse grass, and some deserted huts. The: bank of the river is thirty feet high in some places, but we could see no villages. We collected some Botanical specimens, and some of the soil from the banks and bed of the river, and we started again at 11 a.m. The bank of the river at this part is composed of pipe clay. We steamed up the river until we came to a place where it branched off in two arms, and not knowing which was the main one, we came to anchor in the middle in three and a half fathoms of water, having come about 60 miles up the river. We did not care to take the vessel further, but all had a strong desire to see what was beyond, so the 4th September, we started in the small life boat, and about twelve miles above the ship we came to a plantation with a fine strong fence, enclosing about six acres of land, where yams, surar-canciniUobacc0 had been planted. A good deal of the bush had been cleared away. We saw two huts but no natives. The water was quite fresh and plenty of of fresh water In the bush. The land rises higher. There are no mangroves, but very large palms re- sembling cocoa-nut trees all along the river side, which adds to the beauty of the scene. The river here gets narrower, being about 100. feet broad, and about three fathoms deep. After rowing and sailing about sixteen miles we returned to the vessel tired out, to have a quiet rest on Sunday, with the intention of resuming our re- searches on Monday morning. We enjoyed a very quiet Sunday in our wood.bounded harbour, with the strange feeling that we were where no white man ever set foot. Our boat started again with four of our party at 3 a.m. on Monday morning They got ninety miles up the river, the highest point reached There were birds of paradise in abundance. They shot three and a boa constrictor was shot, and a large male kangaroo was found in his stomach. A large bird was seen, measuring about 16 feet across the wings, and the footprints of a large animal supposed to be a buffalo. On Monday those who stayed by the ship went on shore and painted the ship's name on a large tree, and inserted the Queen s photogragh in the bark and hung a tomahawk, a looking-glass, and a knife beside it, then fired a Royal salute. On Tuesday morning we started down the river, and on Sunday following we reached Somerset in safety. I remain, yours very truly, F :"i.' {Si^ED) JAMES RUKCIE.

In the Clifton ecclessiasjical appeal, Mr Jenkins has, through his solicitor, replied to the memorial sent him and has stated that although he regretted Mr Cook's in ability to obey the Jaw. he intended as heretofore to at- tend the Holy Communion at Christ Church as often as might be convenient. Mr. Cook has therefore forwarded to the proper quarter his resignation of the living. Its vatneisJESOOayear.

SHIPPING CASUALTIES AND LOS -5 OF LIFE. The L-iinbtown Company's steamer FincUda'e, Capt. Mew, which anived at Sunderland on Friday from L 'ndon, rep rted that, when off the Nore, the- vessel ran (1o.m a loaded schooner lying at anchor. The steamer hove to and endeavoured to save the crew, but the vessel had gone down with all hands before the b Juts reached the wreck. There waa nothing left after the vessel Bank to make out the name or nationality. A telegram from Shoeburyness says :—A boat has been picked up bottom up, with port quarter knocked in, on Shoebury Sand. On the stern was painted u John Pegg, Caernarvon," inside Richard Pritchard." It is supposed that the boat belonged to the unfortunate vessel. The fine iron ship Turkestan, Captain Brown, 1400 tons register, from New York to Liverpool wi h a general clrgo of cotton, tallow, oil cake, &c., and crew of thirty ran ash are on the sands near Portmadoc on Friday. Twenty-two of the crew were brought ashore by the Barmouth lifeboat and Portmadoe tugs. The captain, two mates, stewards, and carpenter chose to remain on board. It was expected that she would be got off. On Friday the London trading steamer Cambria arrived at Dundea. On Wednesday night, while on her voyage, she came into collision with the General Steam Navigation Company's steamer Dragon. Both vessels were proceeding in the same direction, and struck one another at the bows. After the occurrence both steam'rs continued on their course. In a short tilDe, however, signals of distress were made from the Dragon, and the Cambria was accordingly put about to render assistance. A number of men were put on ba..rd the Dragon, but she was making so much water that it was deemed necessary to run her ashore. The Cambria proceeded on her voyage, scarcely having received a scratch. The collision was so slight that no danger was apprehended, and it is supposed that either a plate or a bolt of the Dragon must have been started. There is every possibility of her being got off. Intelligence of a sad disaster during the late gale comes from Skye. While the fishing fleet were run- ning for land a boat belonging to Uig was swamped, and her crew of five men were drowned. The crew included a father and two sons. Spectators on the shore saw the occurrence, but could render no assistance.

THE IRON TRADE OF SOUTH WALES. (From the Colliery Guardian.) It would appear that the tide is at last beginning to turn in the long-depressed iron trade of South Wales. There is little or no improvement in the demand, but wages are faDing and, as it will be practicable, in consequence, to produce iron at a cheaper rate, there is a little more hopeful feeling in the trade. A lengthened period will probably elapse before affairs regain their old animation, but still the general move- ment appears to be in the right direction. Large re- ductions in wages have been agreed to, this week, by the South Wales Conciliation Board, as regards the South Wales coal trade and this will, of course, re-act favourably upon the South Wales iron trade. Another circumstance of considerable significance has been noted this week. Thus, a deputation of eight iron- workers, representing all departments of the Cyfarthfa Works, waited, on Monday, upon Mr. Crawshay, ask- ing him—and, in fact, entreating him—to start those works again. The deputation expressed their views in a written statement to the effect that, if Mr. Crawshay would re-start the works, they would give up their connection with the ironworkers' union. The written statement further intimated to Mr. Crawshay that many of the men formerly employed at the works were reduced to a condition of semi-starvation. The reply made by Mr. Crawshay was not very encouraging to the deputation or their constituents. Mr. Crawshay did not se k in any way to triumph over Mr. Halliday's poor dupes, but, at the same time, he informed them, through their representatives, that he could not re-start the works at the present rate of wages and the present price of iron. If thus, unfortunately, remains un- certain when the hum of industry will again be heard at Cyfarthfa. The cup of trades unionism has not yet been drained to the dregs, and the ironworkers of South Wales have not yet quaffed their full draught of misery. It re Jly does not matter, at present, whether Mr. Halliday and Mr. Macdonald are willing that their ad- herents should go to work, and even that thoy should go to work at lower wages. We say this for this reason —there is just now scarcely anything for the followers of Mr, Halliday to do. The mainstay of the South Welsh iron trade in former years has been the American demand for our iron raile, and the utter collapse of this branch of the business of the Principality, may be in- ferred from the fact that in January we only sent the Americans 23 tons of our railway iron, while in January, 1875, they took from us 2,736 tons, and in January, 1874, 7,444 tons. Then the general demand for our railway iron, has been sorely crippled by the greatly increased use of steel rails, so that, upon the whole, there is very little enquiry indeed, just now, for the iron of Soutfi Waie3. The loss of the American demand for our rails, is attributable, as we believe we have explained on more than one occ,asion-first, to the exhausted state of the American railroad credit, in consequence of the prema- ture construction of a great mass of semi-useless American lines in 1870,1871, and 1872; secondly, to the considerable development of American metallurgical industry during the last four or five years; and thirdly, to the favour with which American railway companies, in common with their English compeers, regard steel rails. Mr. Halliday and the trades unionists, may bawl their loudest; but, as events have proved, they are powerless to arrest or check the influence of these cir- cumstances. This, indeed, is the weak point of trades unionism rfrom beginning to end. The trades union system sets out and ends with the theory that capital is a tyranical oppressor of labour but it ignores the fact that, even when they are tolerably harmonious, capital and labour cannot always successfully cope with external circumstances, while they are almost certain to do so when they are jarring and wrangling with each other. It remains a matter of very considerable doubt, whether the iron trade of South Wales will ever regain its old importance and prosperity, and whether it will recover the connection in the United States, which, for the time being, it has indubitably lost. At the same time it is none the less true that, in exact proportion as the ironmasters of South Wales obtain the aid of tolerably cheap labour, so will they be enabled to grapple with more success with external competition. The American demand for our iron rails may never return, but that is no reason why the power to deliver them at a moderate price should not bring orders from Russia, Australia, India, or Canada. After all, the great secret of industrial prosperity of the iron trade— is the power to produce cheaply. The old prosperity of the British iron trade was secured by cheap production; it disappeared when the disorganised condition of the coal and labour markets rendered cheap production no longer possible. As the wages of coal-miners are falling, and as the demand for industrial qualities of coal is not particularly active, it appears probable that British ironmasters will be enabled to obtain coal upon cheaper terms; and cheaper coal and cheaper labour will, ob- viously, be valuable aids to cheap production. Even in the very depression which now affects the iron trade of South Wales we discern, then, the germs of future pros- perity, or something very like it. It will clearly take a great deal of time to evoke order and activity out of the chaos to which the iron-producing industry of South Wales appears to be, for the present, reduced. We must not, however, despair of the future. The Cyfarthfa incident shows that the great bubble of trades unionism is bursting more and more, and that the ad- versity to which the ironworkers of South Wales have been, unfortunately, brought down as induced among them a good deal more docility than they have exhibited for some time past. This, in itself, is a circumstance of significance and importance.

ABSTRACT JOURNAL OF THE VOYAGE OF THE MISSION BARQUE "JOHN WILLIAMS." FROM THE 13TH MARCH, 1S75, TO TUft IsTDECEMBEK. 1875. [Flom the New South Wales Independent.] Left the wharf on the 13th March, bound for Tahiti, with mission stores on board for the whole of the L. M. S. stations in the South Seas; had pleasant but tedious weather. Wind easterly, and after continuous head winds, anchored at Tahiti on 26th April. Landt-d mission goods, watered, and painted ship, and sailed again for Huahine on 1st May, having on board Rev. J. S. Green, Rev. Vinot, French Protestant Missionary, and some natives connected with the work. At 6 a.m., on 3rd May, landed Mr. Green at Huahine, and at 7.30 returned to the ship, and made sail for Riatea, where we anchored at 2 p.m. the same day. Landed mission goods, and 0:1 the 6-h May, sailed for Hua- hine, having taken Mr. Pearse on board. Anchored at Huahine on the 9th, where the foundation of a new Chapel was laid, and the annual meetings held. Sailed again for Tahiti on the 14th May, and had violent weather with excessive rain, and waterspouts playing round the ship until the 18th May, when we anchored at Tahiti, and was detained by calms till the 23rd May, when sail was again made for the Hervey Group. Arrived at Mangaia on June 1st, and landed mission goods. Took on board Rev. G. Harris, and native teachers and families; and at 4 p.m. same day, sailed again for Rarotonga. where we arrived on June 2nd, and landed passengers and mission goods. Here a de- tention of four days occurred through unsettled weather. Myself with one boat being on shore while the ship with alternate calms and squalls was lying off and on. On the 7th June, having taken on board Rev. James Chalmers and native teachers, sailed for Aitutaki, arriving there on the 8th, where the annual district meeting was held. Ship lying off and on, landing and tak'ng on board mission goods. On the 10th, Mr. Royle and the other passenger" came on board. Made sail for Mangaia, where Mr. Harris was landed at 4 p.m. on the 16th. and a course then steered for Mauki, which was reached on the 17th. Landed the mission- aries, who returned the same day, and sail was again made for Mittiero, where the missionaries landed on the 18th and on the evening of the same day, landed all passengers, numbering about twenty, on Atia, in- tending to stay over the Sabbath. Ship lying off and on. On the 20tb, took on board all passengers, and on account of Mr. Royle's health bad to return to Aitutaki, where he was landed on the 2lst. After an hours delay, sailed for Penrhygns Island. Mr. Chalmers as deputation to the Out stations. Arrived there, and landed Mr. Chalmers on the 25th. Sailed for Manihiki on the 26th, and arrived on 28th com- pleted all work, and sailed for Raakaanga on 30th arriving same day. On the 1st July, bore away for Danger Island, reaching it on the 4:h; and on the 5th, sailed for Rarotornga; on the 6th, landed at Nassau Island, and obtained a quantity of fine cocoanuts, the fruit of trees planted by the John Williams, in 1862. Planted nuts and sailed again. (Nassau is uninhabited, but has more than once been a resting place for shipwrecked persons). There were no cocoanuts on it prior to 1862 or 3. There are now many fruit-bearing trees, and the number will increase yearly. On 16th July, arrived at Rarotonga, and landed all the mission party for that island, number:ng 15 souls. Sailed same day for Aitutaki, and arrived OR the 18th and was de- tained by violent weather off the island until the 23rd. When completing the work of the Hervey Group, the ship's course was directed to Savage Island, reaching there on the 29th July. Landed mission goods, and proceeded on the 30th for Tutuilla, Samoan Group, reaching there on Sunday, 1st August, and while lying off and on here, passed a vessel bottom up, which was duly reported in the Sydney papers some time since. On 2nd August, having taken on board Mr. Pratt and family, with all their furniture, &c., proceeded for Apia; anchoring there on the 3rd. Here all the goods for the missionaries on TJpolu were landed, the ship restowed, painted, ai.d watered, and took on board a large supply of stores. Native teachers and others connected with the mission proceeded for Outstation work ontha 16th, Rev. Dr. Nisbett as deputation. On the 17h, landed Mr. Pratt and family, with all their goods on Savaii; and on the 19th, proceeded for the Union Group, calling for a couple of hours at Quiros Island. On the 22nd, landed mission party on Takaofa and on the 23rd, proceeded for Atafo; landed there on the 24th, and sailed again on the 25th for NukuUelas, where Dr. Nisbett was landed on the 29th August. Sailed on 30tb, and anchored at Funafuti on the the 31st August. Sailed from Funafuti on the 3rd September, and arrived at Vaitupu on the same day. Sailed again on the 5th. Anchored at Nukufetau on the 6th, and sailed on the 9th for Spieden or Nuitao, arriving on 10th, &nd sailing again on the 11th at Arorae on 14th, and at Tamana on 15th. Anchored at Peru on the 17th, and sailed from there on 20th, for Byron Island where two native teachers and families were welcomed back by the natives, and their goods landed on the 22nd. Steered a course then for Onoatoa, and anchored there next day, landed supplies, and started on the 24th for Nanomea, reaching there on 27th. and leaving on the 28th. Hauled our wind for Nanomanga, having on board a number of influen- tial men from Nanomea, who though two years since bitterly hostile to mission were now desirous of introducing the Gospel to a neighbouring *—j. mu„ object of their trip with us was fully accomplished. A fine young man and his wife, Samoan teachers, being readily accepted by the Nanomangans. Sailed from there on 29th, and after landing about seventy natives at Nanomea, finally left there on 40th Septem- ber for Nui or Netherland Island, reaching there on the 2nd October, and sailing again on the 4th for Samoa, having completed the Samoan Outstation work, landed several new teachers, removed others, and took on board children of the teachers, and students for the insti- tution at Malua, the number of souls on board being seldom less than forty, and frequently over fifty. The ship was now put to the wind for a dead beat of 800 miles, against the trade winds, to land the mission party at Samoa. On the 8th October passed Indepen- dence Island, and proved its position to be incorrect on the charts (uninhabited after sighting the bottom on two different occasions, and sounding in fifteen fathoms sand and coral, where no shoals are marked on the latest charts—reached Apia on the 26th October), and landed passengers and goods. The following four days were occupied in filling water-tanks, painting ship, and taking on board mission goods for Sydney. Sailed from Apia on November 1st, and landed Mr. Jones's goods at Mare on 19th, and proceeded from Urea on the same day (anchoring in Bishop's Sound on the 10th). The 11th and 13th was occupied in taking on board Mr. Ella's goods, and the whole of the printing plant, the latter for trans- mission to New Guinea. On the 13th, made sail for Lifu, and anchored at Wreck Bay, on Sunday 14th. On 15th, took Mr. Creagh's goods on board, and on the 16th, himself and Mrs. Creagh and family joined the ship, and then sailed for Mare. Took on board mission goods for Sidney from that place on the 18th, and left for Sidney at 2 p.m. Rounded the south reefs of New Caledonia on the 20th passed Howe's Island on 28th, and anchored off the wharf on the 1st De- cember, having been absent from port 263 days, and visited thirty-six separate islands, six of them twice, and one three times, landing and removing goods at all the stations. The whole work is making evident progress, and the outstations have been liberally supplied with provisions, &c. No accident has occurred to the ships or her boats. There has been no serious illness on board and save the wear and tear incidental to the voyage, the ship is none the worse for her cruise. R. TURPIE, Master, John Williams. On the chart, the cruise is included in the meridians of 1513 east longtitude, and 145" of west longitude, and from the parallel of 35° south latitude to the equator.—R.T. LCaptain Turpie is well known in Swansea, the whole of his family having resided here for the past 16 years.]

The Mining Journal advocates the appointment of additional inspectors of coal mines, contending that m consequence of the present limited number, the in- spection is little better than a delusion and a snare. A frrightful accident has happened at Llangattock, to a boy named Charles Williams. His father placed a loaded gun in a shed adjoining the house, where it was iound by the lad. While examining it with a companion about his own age, the weapon exploded, lodging the charge in Williams' face, which was completely shattered, death resulting soon afterwards. At the inquest a vercict of Acoidental death" was returned. CONSUMPTION AND WAITING DISEASES MOST SUCCESS- FULLY TREATED WITH DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL.—Dr. Hardwicke, Coroner for Central Middlesex, writes I have great pleasure in adding my testimony to the already well-recognised virtues of Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil having prescribed it many years, and being satisfied that it is a pure Oil, very palatable, and more easily digested than the Pale Oils. It possesses medicinal properties which also render it more efficacious than other kinds pf fatty Oils. In the cases of tubercular diseases, including Consumption, 80 prevalent in our great centres of population, the use of Dr. de Jongh's Light- Brown Cod Liver Oil is attended with manifold ad- vantages and I know of 110 therapeutic agent which, in connection with judicious sanitary measures, is better calculated to stay the ravages of these great consuming plagues of the British Islands. The Iodine, Bromine, and Phosphorus in Dr. de Jongh's Light- Brown Oil are undoubtedly efficacious, and being naturally combined with the most easily assimilated fatty substances, make it act both as food and medicine for many invalids who take it periodically with great benefit to health." Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil is sold only in capsuled imperial half-pinte, 2ij. 6d.; pints, 4s. 9d.; quarts, 9s.; with his stamp and signature and the signature of his sole consignees on the label under wrapper, by all respectable chemists. Sole consignees, Anear, Harford, and Co., 77, Strand, London.

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. ] HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. Lord Huntif, after referring to the recommendations of dIP Co sniiiru-e of thp House of Commons on the subject ot the FooL and Mouth Disease, and remarking that he considered it objectionable that the enforcement of regulations id respect to it should be left to the dis- cretion of each loc d authority, asked whether the Go- vernment intended to withdraw the present regulations. He also inquired whather steps would be taken to place the regulations respecting cat'le affected with Pleuro- pneumonia on the same footing in Ireland as in Eng- land. The Duke of Richmond and Gordon replied that, after inquiry by a Committee of the House of Commons, the Privy Council revoked the Order relative to the Foot and Mouth Disease previously in force; but, in consequence of representations being made that the dis- ease was on the increase, permission was given to the local authorities to re-impose the restrictions if they so thought proper, and it was not intended to make any alteration of the existing Order in Council. With re- gard to Pleuro-pneumonia in Ireland, the Government did intend to enforce compulsory slaughter in that country. ( Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—'THURSDAY. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law of Marine Insurance, which he said would be supplemental to Sir C. Adderley's, and would proceed on the same principle that what the Governmeot could do for the protection of life was littte in comparisan with the shipowner's power. A great security for the seamen was the ship- owner's interest that his vessel should make its voyage in safety, but that motive inust undoubtedly be weakened by the practice of assurance when carried to an excessive extent. To correct these excesses the Bill dealt with six points in the existing law. In future, every con- tract for the conveyance of passeogers as well as goods, and every bill of landing, will presume the existence of a condition that the ship is seaworthy, and no stipulation to the contrary will be legal. As to valued policies, the Bill provides that if at any time during the course of a trial, it shall appear to the Tribunal that the valuation is unreasonably in excess of the real value, it may direct an inquiry by a Referee, and on his report may limit the sum to be recovered, as it thinks fit to the actual los-s, as in an open policy. In an action on an insurance for loss of freight, the amount saved in expenses, wages, and provisions in consequence of the voyage being prematurely cut short is to be deducted from the sum recovered. There are also provisions against the double insurance ot "furniture," and in future titfie policies the insurer canrnt recover if the loss is caused by unseaworthiness, or could have been prevented by the greater care of the shipowner's agent at the last port of departure. In the short discussion which followed, Mr. Norwood, on behalf of the shipowners, expressed his regret that the Government had movei in such a delicate and difficult que-t on, and predicted that the Bill would be strongly opposed by shipowners and underwriters, and that it would drive the shipowners eit er to insure in foreign offices or to honour" policies. Mr. W. Williams, on the other hand, warmly applauded the courage of the Government, and the moderation and prudence of their proposals. Mr. Reed also thought that the Bill, if it erred at all, erred on the side of moderation, and regretted the tone of opposition as- sumed by Mr. Norwood. Mr. Go-chen, speak ng for the underwriters, said they did not deem they were pecuniarily interested in any change of the law. They only asked that it should not be of such a character as to lead to additional litigation. Sir J. Lubbock, as Chairman of the Marine Insurance Company, made light of the threat that insurers would betake themselves abroad. Sir A Lusk made some remarks deprecating interference with freedom of contract, and leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Sir. C, Adderley next explained the provisions of his Merchant Shipping Bill. In his preliminary remarks he bore favourable testimony to the co nplete success of the temporary Act passed at the end of last Session, disposed of the argument that consolidation ought to accompany amendment of the law, and pointed out many exaggerations on which the agitation for more stringent Government interference was based. The principle of the Bill was to throw the responsibility on the shipowner, and with this object, in the first place, the clause in the temporary Act punishing shipowners for sending ships to sea in an unseaworthy oondition will be made permanent, and, as proposed in last year's Bill, seaman are brought within Lord Camp- > bell's Act, and have a civil remedy against the owner. The system of survey established by the Act of the last Session is continued, and under this head Sir Charles related what he had done during the Recess for improving and extending the staff of sur- 1 veyors. The grain cargo clause also would be con- 1 tinued, and on the vexed question cf deck cargoes it is j proposed that, with the exception of cattle, meat, and such articles, all deck cargoes (except in coasters) shill hereafter pay Tonage Dues just the same as the or- 1 dinary cargo. The load-line clause of the temporary Act, which calls upon each shipowner to fix his own line, is made permanent and, with regard to the Board of Trade inquries, it is proposed to appoint three Wreck Commissioners of a superior class to con- Ships, Sir Charles hinted that the shipping mtertst ftau fiuj..j j liberally as he expected, but he poped that there would be a surplus in that part of the Mercantile Marine < Fund derivable from the shipping fees which would be applicable to this purpose. The Bill cDntains 311 clauses. It deals, the President said, with all the points on which public attention is fixed, and he ex- pressed great confidence that it would pass. Mr. Plimsoll intimated that should feel bound to take issue with Sir Charles on such points as the load- line, survey, deck cargoes, &c., tut he looked on the 1 Bill as a framework on which he hoped a satisfactory ] Bill might this Session be constructed. Mr. Gourley, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Shaw Lefevre also made some remarks, after which leave was given to < bring in the Bill. Mr. Cross brought in his Bill for amending the En- closure Acts, prefacing it by a long and minute his- tory of the course of legislation, and of the principles on which the Enclosure Commissioners have acted. The Bill proceeds on the principle that there is no longer that necessity which formerly existed for en- couraging enclosures for the increase oi the supply of food, and that while some Commons ought to be en- closed, others, and these the greater number, should be kept open and regulated for the recreation of the people The whole of the recommendations of the < Committee of 1869 are embodied in the Bill, and where an application to enclose Commons is made it must be considered on its own merits, and must be brought under the review of Parliament, Each scheme will be referred to a standing Cominittee of the House before it is embodied in a Bill, and in the case of sub- urban Common notice must be served 8n the Urban Sanitary Authority, which may appeal against the scheme. The Enclosure Commissioners are also em- powered to receive applications for the regulation and improvement of Commons, and to raise rates for the maintenace of improved Commons. The Bill, Mr. Cross said, while it gave additional facilities for pro- viding fresh air and recreation for the people, strictly respected private rights and vested interests. Mr. Shaw Lefevre delivered a heated invective on the treatment which the Bill of the late Government had reeeived in the House of Lords. This Bill he believed to be identical with the measnre which he himself had introduced, but opinion had marched so rapidly that he doubted whether the compromise would now be satisfactory to the country. Mr. Leeman on the other hand, held that the Bill would be received with general satisfaction, and cen- sured Mr. Shaw Lefevre for opposing what he claimed as his own proposals.

-+- HOUSE OF LORDS,—TVBSDAT. The Lord Chancellor laid on the Table a Bill on the subject of Letters Patent for Inventions, which, he explained, differed from the Bill of last Session, inas- much as it provided that there should be but one class of Patents, and that those Patents should last for 14 years. Another difference was that the present Bill did not propose to appoint Referees. The Bill was read a first time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. Mr. Whitbread moved his two Resolutions on the Fugitive Slave Circulars, which declare that a slave once admitted to the protection of the British Flag should be treated as free while on board Her Majesty's ships, and that an Address be presented to the Crown praying for the revocation of all Circulars and Instruc- tions contravening this Rule. He disclaimed at the outset any desire to make a Party question of it, or to exculpate one Government at the expense of another. He maintained as the reason for his motion that the conjoint effect of all the Circulars and Instructions made it imperative for Parliament to intervene and lay down a clear line of policy. As to slaves taken on board on the High Seas the law had never been doubted except by the First Circular, and he confined himself, therefore, mainly to the reception and treatment of slaves on board Her Majesty's ships in foreign waters. Under the first head he maintained that the Circular surrendered the exterritoriality of our public 6hips, and he entered into a minute verbal criticism of the Second Circular to show that at any possible point it leaned against the side of freedom. Admitting that domestic slavery must be attacked as an institution and not by regulations merely affecting individuals, he asked for a return to the old system, by which the discretion of commanders of our ships should be un- fettered. Who, he asked, had called for the Circular —to which Mr. Hardy replied Lord Northbrook but Mr. Whitbread preferred to believe it was the lawyers, who' wanted a Circular to save themselves trouble. A Royal Commission, he believed, was quite unnecessary; and if the Government found themselves hampered by their lawyers he appealed to the inde- i. g -m pendent members to assert our traditionary anti-slavery policy. Mr. Hanbury moved, as an Amendment, that it is desirable to await further informatiou from the Report of a Royal Commission as to past Instructions to Naval Officers, the international obligations of the country, and the attitude of other countries in regard to the treatment of domestic slaves received onboard national ships. After bearing testimony to the moderation with 1 which Mr. Whitbread had dealt with the question, he f argued that we should not act solely on generous im- pulses fanned by Party animosity. He gave up the n Firdt Circular altogether, but with regard to the second M he maintained that it was further in favour of the slave than the Instructions of preceding Governments. i ^^radmitted that Lord Clarendon's Letter, which he much regretted, made it impossible for the late Government to treat this motion as a Party attack, and for that reason there could be nothing humiliating in the present Government accepting Mr. Whitbread's Resolution. It laid down a principle to which nobody could object, and the Commission was quite unntces- sary, for all the information it was to obtain was already well known. As to the attitude of foreign nations, he could see no reason why it should affect our nations. Moreover, the Commission would be dangerous, because it would prevent the Circular being withdrawn, and its Report would fetter the Government in their ultimate action. The Attorney-General explained that when the Law • Officers were first consulted on the subject, Sir J. Kars- lake and Sir R. Baggallay were in office, and in forming their opinion they had the assistance of Dr. Deane, the » Standing Counsel of the Foreign Office. Subsequently :.a he was consulted, and gave his adhesion to the legal doctrine laid down in their letter. Sir John, therefore, defended the First Circular and the legal doctrines on which it was founded, ard controverted the popular notion about the deck of a British ship being British ground, on which the motion was based. If it was good for fugitive slaves it was good for escaped felons, and there was so much difficulty and so many inconveniences about the policy recommended in the motion that it ought not to be adopted without inquiry. The Second Circular, no doubt, was more favouiable to the slave, but he ridiculed the suggestion that either was intended to serve the interest of the slave trader. 1 Sir John Hay, speaking as an officer who had served under these instructions, said that Naval Officers werfr generally of opinion that if a slave came on board a British ship he was free, and the commander was liable to consequences if he was removed—the officer who per- mitted strangers to come on board without his permission would deserve to be court-martialled. He approved the Royal Commission, but recommended the suspension of the Cireuhr in the meantime. Mr. Ashley maintained that to reject the notion would be to abet slaveholding. Mr. Morgan argued in favour of toe exterritoriality of British men-of-war in foreign ports. Mr. A. Mills dwelt on the Act of 1873, passe:1 by the late Government, which had put, Fugitive Slaves in J a worse position than before. Mr. W. Holms spoke in favour of the motion, and Mr. Ritchie supported the amendment. Sir H. James, defending the late Government from the ceunter attacks of Mr. Hanbury and Mr. H. Mills, admitted that Lord Clarendon's letter was not consonant with the resolution, but that, he maintained, was an argument why the Ministerialis's should join in the resolution. Af er a few words from Mr. Hardy on the motion of Mr. Herschell, the Debate was adjourned until Thursday night. The House adjourned at a quarter past 12 o'clock. j

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE PRINCE OF WALES. MUXDlAGRAT, SUNDAY.—The Prince OF ^Vu-s has rec-ived a visit from the Nepaulese l\lice Jung Bahadoor, who expressed gri at friendship for England, and promised his assistance should m'e-easily ever arise. THE OARLlST WAR—FLIGHT OF DON CARLOS- SUCCESS OF THE ROYAL TKOCT'S MADRID, SATURDAY.—Official despatches i'om the North announce that at the capture by the R yal troops of the Fort of Montejurra, y-r-rerday, -he Car- list leader Calderon and several i hi- ..fficirs T made prisoners. The Carlist losses -cere cvn-vidcraM' those of the Royalists are stated at 3)0 D t'L The Royal troops captured two guns and a quant ty of am- munition and provisions. King Alfonso h .'3 a-, rived it Arlaban. It is officially announced that General Pnno de T Rivera took Estella at eight o'clock this morning. Senor Canovas de Castillo read a despatch to-day in die Cortes announcing, that EsteFa had ?urrendered unconditionally to the Royal troops, and stating that the Car lists had been routed at Pena-Plat? and Vera, ind were retreating into France. King Alfonso has arrived at Vergara. ST JEAN DE LCZ, SATURDAY.—Yesterday's engage- ment between theRojrJ troops -uat. e Carlists re- sulted in great loss of Hfe-on lioth ifo.s. One hun- dred and fifty Carlists who were j':ite:ed at Sare are expected here. Nothing is o £ i--jaalj known of Gen. Loma having entered Tolosa. Dou Carlos has dis- missed his Ministers, and co>'nflded the direction of iffairs to military authority. Many people are emi- tTfa + 'mir f/■*M'ot*A fVoiJli* HENDAYE, SATURD., G_THE CARLI8T JUNTA )f Castile has been interned b, Ger. _ral Qlhet who „ irnved from Yera with numerous s cfrlcer8 and soldiers. Large bodies of Carlists are being (0ncenfrated in the neighbourhood of Lesaca in °rc4er to obstruct the movements of General Martinez campCS w1.,(I it i, said entered Vera this morning. p_* occupation of Pana-Plata and Echalarby theR..tic ps is con- Srmed. Fighting continued this e l.ing in n .;gh bourhood of Vera and Echalar. hIm £ undre(i Car- lists have been interned at Sare, a Frt '!lc,h yiij^go near Bayonne' BAYOXNE, SATURDAY.—'The Royal troi>,ipg have oc. 3upied Pena-Palta, after a severely.contest ?d f-nsaee- ment. e PARIS, SATURDAY.—A Carlist despatch, Hen- iaye, February 19th, has been received hoi •—< that Lizarrage has obtained a great victory r-r.-j tN', Royal troops the latter (the despatch says) having made an attack yesterday, with a force of more than 2000 men, upon Emilia. Santa Carbara and Manem were repulsed with considerable losses along their whole line. The Carlist artillery vigorously co-oper- —— ated in the engagement. According to the same tele- gram a body of Royal cavalryjwas routed at Yilatuerta, ind the Royal troops were driven from Arellono with many dead and wounded. One thousand Royalists are stated to have been taken prisoners. The Carlists further announce that they have re-occupied Zarauz ind the coast. Don Carlos is at Beasain. Another Carlist telegram, dated Hendaye, Saturday, says that the fifth Navarrese battalion has taken the village of Arrogor, near Elizondo, and that the losses of the Royal troops were very severe. The above intelligence has, up to the present, re- ceived no confirmation from other sources. MADRID, Feb. 22.—King Alfonso entered Tolosa, at one o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Royal Army had I previously carried all the heights near the town. His I Majesty took up his quarters in the residence ordinarily occupied by Don Carlos. It is reported here this morn- ing that Don Carlos Bed into France last night. The resistance of the Carlists at Tolosa is expected to be short, on account of the discouragement now prevalent among them. King Alfonso has ,gone_tQ Azcoitia. and — will sleep to-night at Azpeitia. There havelteen. illu- minations and general rejoiefnge throughout Spain in celebration of the complete success of the Royal troops. Telegrams received here from the North announce that the Royal troops oontinue their successful progress General Primo de Rivera has occupied all the Carli6t*s forts in Navarre. The greater part of the Carlist artillery at Estella fell into the hande of the Royalists. The Carlists had thrown a portion down the precipioes before the arrival of the Royal troops. An official despatch received here announces that at the taking of Estella the Royal troops captured twenty-three guns, which had been abandoned; the remainder had been buried by the Carlists in an inaccessable spot. The Count de Caserta, at the bead of seven battalions, with eleven field pieces, has been routed in the neighbourhood of Vera by three battalions of the Royal army. At Santagueda a body of thirty-five Carlists have shot their laader because he refused to surrender. The band com- manded by the Cure Iriarte has been dispersed near the — Cantabrian Coast. The Official Gazette states that the Cartists, before leaving Bstella, sacked the town and pillaged the inhabitants. The Commandant ol Ripoll in Catalonia reports having found two rifled gans and a quantity of arms and ammunition concealed in the mountains. The Liberal newspapers are unanimous in calling upon the Government to take suitable measures for preventing fanatical Ultramontanes from bringing about a renewal of the civil war by preaching wild doctrines, J

Nodess than 198 persons are now suffering from typhoid fever in Bolton and at the neighbouring village of Eagley through drinking bad milk. The cows irom which the milk was obtained were accustomed to drink from a brook poisoned by sewage, BEWARX OF PIRATICAL IXITATIOXB OF ALLOOCI'S POROUS PLASTERS.—Owing to the wonderful sale theee celebrated plasters have obtained by their curative pro- perties in lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, pains in side H: and back, and, in short, all pains and local affections, some unprincipled parties have been manufacturing asd TJ offering for sale spvious plasters, put up ia such a manner so as to deceive the unwary, and, &8 sole ageat for Great Britain aad Ireland, I ean guarantee none ?;enuin« save they bear on the Revenue stamp, in white etters, the weras—" Thos. All cock 4 Co,, Porous Plasters," and the public, by never purchasing unlaw this is on, will secure to themselves the genuine Porous Plaater. Henry D. Brandreth, Liverpool, sole agent for Europe and the Colonies. Dealers ia apuneuf Plasters will be prosecuted.

A WELSH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—Mr. Thomas. M. K. Hughes writes thus from Trinity College, Cambridge "A few days ago in company with some other friends of higher education in Wales, I visited the Grammar School of Ystradmeurig, which is situated in the heart of the mountains of Cardiganshire, not far from the old Monastry of Ystrad Fflur or Strata Florida. This school founded early in the last century by a poet and scholax of whom we think a goed deal in Wales, has done good work in its day; and has many inspiring associations hanging around it. What is its present state? It stands in a churchyard beside a ruined church. The services are held iu the school, all the windows on one side oi which are boarded up, having no glass in them, The old library, the neucleus of which was formed in the 17t& century, is stowed away in cupboards, many ot tne books being arranged herring-boae fashion. The cnairs of the two celebrated pedagogues and the tombstone oi the founder are, thanks to. the present master, shelter in the room in which the books are kept. ina only classs room is in ruins. It is not that the need ot such an institution is not felt, for there are 60 boys ax the school, and the cry of the country is for more ana better schools. The promoters of the scheme for pro- viding a higher education for Wales in the University College at Aberyatwith are continually met by ,0 objection, 'Why do you not try to get more schools, instead of bringing collegiate teaching down to the doors of the people?' The teaching staff at that college all complain of the want of previous schoel trainuig in tne students. Is there among your readers a friend oi education, who, having perhaps the will. but not the means to do great things for education, has the leisure and opportunity to look into this case and inquire why one of our old endowed grammar schools is in sucn a deplorable state as regards everything that catches the eye of the chance visitor?" PI RS.JRI'I R.R'JT1 "PITS on FALLING SICKNESS, A certain method of cure has been discovered for this distressing complaint by a physician, who is desirous that all sufferers may benefit from this providential discovery it is never known to fail, and will cure the most hopeless case after all other means have been tried. ull particu- lars will be sent by post to any person free of eharge.— Address:—Mr. WILLIAMS, 10, ^Oxford Terrace, Hyde Suk juoftde,