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AGRICULTURAL NOTES. !
AGRICULTURAL NOTES. AMERICAN COMPETITION BREAD STUFFS AND MEATS. NoHI. TLacd In America baa been one c?iaf source of ter wealth and prog-fees. Under wide diversity of favouring cireuiastancea and geni!lt e. the cheap land has growl abundantly such M wheat, ''orr, eottoB, tobacco, :ico, timber, and !l wonderful plenitude of vegetables and fruita. It baa further farmahed toed for rais'n? and feeding increasin numbers of cattle, aheep, and swine. Owned ia tha larga majcrity ci instancca by tho 1', Im heen made Ha ban, in which he invests hia espital acd hia Oa the bare lacd, hou3es tnd bnilèwgs gradually tiee, implementa and machinery are purch&ged, trees and ahruba are planted, gaidena and orchards are cultivated, good crcpa ara reaped, and cattle and other live wtock multiply. Such beloEgin?9 con itute, somewhat a9 in patriarchal times, the chief wealth of the Amencan farmer. The rapid appreciation within a few years of l&nd jucicicuely puichaeed haa in moat parts of the UBited Sta'pa secured handsome prouM. In Sonth Western Micnescta laat autumn I examined several propertKs, which ia three Mid four years had èoubled their value, and, if now sold, would beeides yield a return ot the capital expended iu buildings and other iTptovements. Such retuma en land investment Mid farming ara naturally MtractiBR capital. The depreaaion of the laat few yeara in manufacturing industries haa seat both men acd morey from the eastern manufacturing to the 'Weatern agricultural and paatoraJ atatea. The production of wheat and meat haa thus oeen teadily ircreajsiag. Production haa advanced considerably beyend the wanta of the popal&tion. Aa ehowQ in fcrmer commnnicationa, and teetifyiEg to the keenneaa and permanence of the American comretiHoD, it insy be reoeated thai: ttbcnt one-third of the wheat, or about twaai-y rniHion quartera, can annually M apared, at 60 percent of the bacoN pork, and lard ia now exported, with probably a aimilar proportion o! the cheese and bettor, for which it ia estlm,¡ted that the freight alone paid last year amauntad to a. quarter of a miUion pouada aterling. The gcod prcSta rewKitly got from Asisrisan JM''fy the opmion that the baaineea wiU be ¡;e:r.9t.e:rd in. Versatile aa Aaoncans &Te, I ar'c uf t?aD<ferr'Bg their enefgKsa from oae TCtatica to aso:her, they are unlikely to turn f.cm a pf-yiDg purat.it which haa beaidea the Mditic Bai Rttracticua of being pleaattnt and health. fnL trade and more general bui!les¡¡¡ tn the t;J IDS will, doubtleaB, withdraw aomo per. tons frcm the ranka of agri<mlcure, but their place will be anpplied from the augmented wave cf immigration, which, owing to the diatreaaed and diaturbed atate of Europe, ia aetting in towarda America. To escape conscription and the capricaa and tyranniee of the Govemmenta of Eastern Europe, thouaanda of Memnonitea and othera, mcetly agricultnnata, from Rnasia, and Germany, are crossing the Atlantic. Thia year emigration mto the United States promiaea to exceed the 40C,CCO which poured in during 1372, and again in K:73. Bnch acceeaioca of hardy, etoady workera, many of them with a little money, ready eithar to bteak np freah la.:1d or improve what haa been already cultivated, must further develop agri- enitcral prcdnctMa. Alike amongat new comera Mtd older aettlera, a largo proportion of the proSta << eaeh year are amployed in improved or expended «ttHv<!tioc. Notwithatanding the enormoaa food production of America, it ia urged that European cooaumora <te not likely to continue to obtain auch cheap ttnd abundant auppliea. The transport faeilitiea by railrcad, lake, and canal, aa weU aa by atsam Md .ailÙlg TMaeIa acroes the ocean, M laac week tinted out, are excellent. Hitherto the existing eMTyiag trade haa, at moderate coat, collected, 8O'ledJ and delivered the aurplaa auppliea. trade and keen competition have kept jown charges. But now that general trada haa improved there ia an incteaaed demand for tMighta, which ainoe September haveoonaiderably adTanced, and it ia a<ud are likely to advance still higher, and thua materially add to the price of American agricultural produce. A few extra pt nco per buahel imposed on the preaent railway and ocean rates of carriage for wheat, or a few centa per Ib. en bscon and beef, would obvionaly lDaxe aecTieepondiig addition to tha coat oftheae Mttoiea to ti-e Btitieh conaumer, and alao, in iika <!eyee, appreciate the of aimilar artiales produced by the BrÜiah farmer. Various facts scd arguments presaat thasi. aelvea. which s?e, I bel?ve, inconsistent with tha opinicn at pr'-eest frequently advanced; that American ramcada aBdccean ahippiLg companies are likely to raÎ.t;e their chargea conaidarably. PlhapS cDe cf the boat possible reMona ia that it is not their interest to do so. Ifnieaa whno gtoaaly jobbed in their making or management, the railway and other trlfic ccm. panies have generally realised a living pront, oven at the moderate ratee of recent years. AgJ,in, few railroads are working up to their full capabilities* and extrt work ia generally overtaken at rela- tively lower ccet. Any large increase of rates oieecursgea tr&Sio and provokes competition. Trucks leaded East with grain return with the autumn atcro goods. It ia aenaibly said that it is b€t:er to keep them rolling, even at asudi prccte. .ban waiting iJly for bigger. Over long chetu.celL!, managers of Weatern companies assure me that they can, without loea, carry minerala, grain, sour, asd boxed prjvieiona, in large qU!1oL::t8. at the rate of ose cent per ton per Competition between rival companies, and between them and the lake and canal C(¡!L }.an:es, in former tunes, haa very eSectaally prevented any eerious accession of traSo ch&rgea, or acy cabal to maintain unreasonable rates, and such competition will, doubtless, exert the like wholeecme enocta in the future. Certain other imnaences are in operation, cheapening the wcikingtxpecaea of the carrying conoema.and hence, without extra rates adding to dividonds. Mechanical appliances and improvementa are constantly beirg adopted, which hasten and cheapen both land and ocean transport. Elevators throughout the States, in every considerable place where grain is loaded, unloaded, stored, or shipped, greatly cheapens ita handling. The anb. stituticn at moderate ocat of steel for iron rails haa enabled most of the busy hnaa to double the weight of goods placed in each truck without irjury to the permanent way; twenty t<.M tMttad of tea are sow carried in the big truckiJ. Coal is being found and worked much mere ceDer&Uy throughout the country—a betiedt to tha railway a aa well as to the community at large. When a revision and reduction occur in the present high import duties of the United States, W8j\es and ether wording expenses will be atill further abated. Meanwhile caraful systematic supervision, given to the general ,ol&ing ci moat lines, ia augmenting gross eam- niga and diminiahtsg the necessity of any oon- 81Gtnble addition to traiEc charges. Such con. sidera'ions induce me to believe that the vaiied surplus produce of America wi!I continue to come to us in as large smount as ever, and at equa-Iiy moderate coat. Britiun agrioulturiata muat hence maet wha*. seema an inevitable and permanent compati. tion by enceayouring to make the beat of their home All impedimenta to good farm- iBg mca: be removed the technical aa well as the Educ, ticn of the agricultural mnat Ùt;vdopd; on the one han\l the cost ot must, if poasible, be cheapened, whilst on the other tLe amount of production mnet be increased more diversity must be iutro- duced into our systems of farming; whUa it Mitablo situations the cul;ivùon of thoab pTcdncta which CIlnot well be tcrwttrcod hota abroad maa.: be adopted or extended.
TEE RUSSIAN DEFEAT AT GEOK.TEPE.
TEE RUSSIAN DEFEAT AT GEOK.TEPE. 'The StanJC1.d correapcndent at Vienna 'iV,,Ûng on Tuesday iilnt,. 8&Y8 The Teport of delate RuBBum cuniim with the Turcomaaa Mfm-M?ad by Y?ir?cor ? Mir?,????-S ?e?Bian border pTovtnce.eatimat a the Ta)..??.? ior? at 2?000, but this ia ?oady??? -Ibey arp, however estimated by moretr?worS ??:hont!esa: ?.uJ'), coMiati?lmoatsxoluaiY? o* excellent cavnify. and oommasded by the?i' ??itzki, whowaa formerly m the Turkish a?ca &a M an,ife B'y. Immediately after tae Rua. iM de eat at the ru-oosasma VolG! frted, )çined IJY from 3,COOto frcm the botder ditrictB.a.nd at leaaii as niMly .1ü.; vans. The excitement against Ruaa- an Usur;,>. 'Uc.D ia sew epreadicg moat rapidly imd axtonaivdy ttn cBg all the Agtatic tribes W,ùIcn hAve beea <,uersd during the last decide, wUl pro- l)1 soou be {crowed by open nOeltiliti6ü."
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L 800 jed Ard rpnewd T: ghtly on the Canadian system, ia eccagh to sear, !and WM, on Wed. l) f<ithlaf'ies amd children. I'ha o! tl'b thia and Wiúl f" *&' witJ, g!)c1 <tkatingoaa bo obtained W. T. 0 dgb.:3) 110¡¡:,
OUR LONDON LETTER.
OUR LONDON LETTER. (",? CT:'K .VN ) I 'r. r,ed before ma mdi. C:\ticD3 t'ha feeling of t"e diL i,Jol &?d othe? classes in India. ccncerr)in? the Afghan War, and ,he,,e all convey to !L:e the iispreaaion that theMia t net & a?ado'v cf dc?bt a?cn; :h? neoecaity of ail W3 are dcirg, cr thf. T7? c. nte?npl?? doinj, ii AfgiiaEista-B. Indiiui of all p"rt'.es '\ore BttQBgiy in favour of sevuncing even lu.her than the tiom!3 <Tuv ré\2 sm is ;c,;W/,f :o t"J.. and it appears to be co.i::erea out :h-?ra thal. :'J.e src?xa:ioc cf Mgha;iztan is only a ma.df of time. DcriBg tha past day or two I hc.VQ .Ä a 'i'¡ piee of tmdi. uci:si testimcEy in t?'our o thiji YM?. A \I!;rc'?s. paLHj n:a.n, &cce.:i: E?t'ic?leEcu?'Jj has (c;e hcin:) vih the '.report to hia t!a.t the:£' is o b.urtd to the popularity ot t".e Goen:n:et in b.ia. on !;4¿La qaGtótioZl. At no time wes Lc-,rd pciieiu- iR- Is W3.3 illw!Js P.t :t qr.sti!)n )'ll;4. f ';elf tnr- WMd. e'ves tho-urh every eSort had been made by that ?ary diatingtuahed z, L= w keep it-bacn. Ihe .í::q¡¡,¡¡i ,a.3 i-,r:tiQ tze Cc r ;et.; ard ac? pt to retc-u uo. ,:J.' P'I,\cy angtrateawould be ieg<H-ded out tille?7,3aa liksly to lead to very grave consequences indeed. As to the statement frequently :Jl¿ 3, t1:u.;¡ Lytton ia besiEning to hava misgiTmga aa to the aucceBa cf hia pousy, I have the strongest reaaon to belief that thia is not tha caae. Ed ia aa aa ever he waa that the present frecr.ie.' policy ia the only OTLO which wa can safely adopt, &i.d thia in Epi'e cf a!I difE'j'jltipa a.nd Cisc.jur?gotnenta. Hn oniy apprehension, imdeed, is thu'j the"d mj,y be some politic&l cha.fgeatjb.Lma which -vonid compel aese modi6ca:cn of if, asd ho 11009 not disguise in hia h?E:c to gome ot hia )Ii pohtical asscciates—who, it sbcn,d ba remfmbered, are Bet C4.,nEervaTiice-his fear cf tha diao.ater which might follow aEy :e!ceat Irom our prMeat poaitioD. -:w There M no man in the Government more cal- culated to excite the auecept.ibilitiea of the Liberal party than Lord Gecrge Hamilton, and there is Doce who apparently &akea & ksener delight: in deaJmg with Mr. Uladatoca and hia statements. Perhapa ti.a's s one reason why he has been chosen to go to Scotland <md give Lord Dalkeith some help in hia canvaae Ac all events, however that m&y be, the Vice-Preøid>t cf the Jouncd ae uaua. aucoeeded in rcNtj the temper of hid opvc-nentf: a.r.d cf eaci,i--g on the piít of &!r* Gla.d..t().e'a foHowera a ieeliag whion they endeavour to Pera"ca themseivea is oue of bus which, m;;f)=.ø.eê,¡jJ. i:uoa n. efood dt.alc.i aLOther qu&iity t.n it, He .ia a speaker, and he haa a. 'nen, 9t¡ Ie abcm him which forma a very gQd 6e:-cS' Co Mr. G.aa. stcne'a paesicn&io deciamattoa. EM only f<lot.lt iB that ho irl & Y0;¡¡ n;aa, .)nt, as he iiimeed Ij:¡::e pet it, ti'M M a whicn will not be mada againet h:m for evE?, and he haa the modify generaUy to !ea?e Lia fxieDda to quota Pitt -) famcna answer :o a. charge. Tae face ia that Lo.rd G:Jcrge ha u making & gr,3,t iBp:cs6ior. en the c-icc'3 0*' the voters of Midlj. thian, ard Mr. GiadatGBe'a worahippera have Mtxen ii, icr pr&nsed t-at a.U thM he saiG there t6r, tiie .nLi i:,g ef Decemaerwcul. rema.Laao imiri, ii;d ü:; the 3cc'tnah nm:d that there '?aa no cka'.ce o' its 'tejz:g removed, eertairycot by-a.a tC!y are pleaded to term -It, -Rt;oh a fbdliDg Minii -,or tta Lcrd George Hamiltoi:. Lord Geurg'e ia, how ever, esse-,tia ly a "eo:r.lr. g m and whut he ia now ccu.g m h;a mcrened hi cLtici a the title. ';j: J: Sir Sta6'o?d K'nrthcc:e, the otha? day at Strond. espre6?€dal:opetha.thehad done with the con troYcray whicb haa baen raised oy Lrr. Gladstone. I do not, however, :.hi!lk thit it i3 at ail likely that "-is win prova to be the caae, and that we anH have icnch to I:Ea.r before the last word haa been uttered. In three weeka' time Parnament will have aasembled, and yet with both parciea there is a manifest i:nèip':>:ition to let sleeping doga lie. We are likely to have a good deal more speech making before the parfy leaders exchange ahota ao:08a the flocr of the Ejisa of Commons. Mr. StaDhape, it ia expected, will preside at a closing to be held to-morrow sight in that atroogly .Radical const:tse:Bcy of 3:a.ck:ey, where BOtne. thing may ba expected frets him concerning uo aCaira of th.t department d which he ia Under. Secretary. Pe, agadn, is SEother of "Lo-d BeaccnsDeld's Toung men," but he ha3 lesa the iacnity of irriHti:'1( his cpposecta thau Lord George HaciltcrJ, acd so, perhaps, it ia that his speeches do sot attract :o much notioa. S:i!l a ConMt'vativo meeting in Hackney is, in it2,-It, a aumcientlyr&re circu-: ¡;LC3 to ws.rra.ma go.)-, deAl of att?nticu. Sir Michael wiii attdud a pclitical gatheriDg at Tewkeabnry on Wojaaa. day, while t 'cre are already cr two deBoonatraticna fJr, thor!?h whether any of the Libetal le&dare will attend is not yet clear. ? There ie, I believe, no pro'pect of the County Government But being actively proceeded with in the ensuing session, but Mr. Sclator Booth will erdeavocr once agMn to pass hiB Valuatton Bill, and will also have charge of the C?-n:1Ua BiU, which it will be necessary to paaa this aeadou, in order that the cenaua may be taken at the uaual pexiod next year. There will, doubt- leps, be BO:Be Sghtir? over thia measure, ainca it ia understood that it will propose to record the religious dencmicadoBg to which people bcloc?. The NonccniormiBta are ehowing their old je%!(,aLiy even at the bare auggaation of the religious ceBasp, and are decia,-ing that th;y will nght to the last if the GovernraeBt proposes anything of the kicd. The Government, cf course, otn CMry their prcpoaiticn if cnly they .remain nrm, as it is muofs to be booed that they wiU do ao, for the CoBsarvalive p..r;y was Dot for-,unate ecoi-h to be inpowarwaea Parliament authorised the last census, &ad it ma? net be ao when the time cornea ron?d for the cax?. A Liberal Acministratica ia act Hks!y asrai'i to prCfo!;e a reUgioua cenBU.?, and it will, tllereLlre, aBc:d all the mere rca,JD why, zom the Cjn. aervatiyes ,¿ors :n power, tLsy ahoald i:3¡¡ on car'yiBg their pomt. ;t He Jtf<:?'K.j P'jst has rsceivad what looks lika an cmcial ;nti-matic-n thst Her Majaety hM Riacioufly eignined her inter.ticn o!; opeulcg Pailiament in person. At all events, yjur con- temporary aasB it haa aithority for making the atateinent, snd it haa been acoepted a-i coEclueive. This du-posea of the rumouT oiroul&ted in the past few days that the present Parli&mMt would not again meet, though, aa I have taken cccaBio.R to point out m&?o than on-je, the rumjar was at no time generally believed. The Cabinet would not want to eit fcr three days in succession if it h&d been goirg to diaaalYe Parlisment !:efcre February, nor ia it posaiole to incise that all the other preparationa which have been annoucaad would have been made only to deceive people, ftnd to divert their thoughta from the poesioility of the struggle ocming -arcu them, so to ape:ù, asawarea. There is still nothing to indicate that the Government have any intention of putting au end to this Parliament before it haa got thTomg'h the necessary wotk &f the coming aeasion, although there are a good macy people whoae opiBion is entitled to some respect who adhere to the belief-which appears to have been originated by an expreBtdom of Mr. Gls.c13tcno'd to one of his frienda—that the GovarnmeM would not anbmi!: thia year's Budget to the proaeat P.t:Ii&ment. It ie curicu3 but no leaa true that it is a matter of diacuBEionwith a certain aet of Libo'al !!i5ips whetner tne tutare leadership of the Liberal party will faU into the hacds of Lord Derby or il' Wm. Harcoar; I slucerely trnet, to? their own aakca. tha.t tbey wLi not be dieitppointod but oettaisty the LiMrttI pa.rty, a.a a body, hlAa completely maco up Ha rnmd Euat Lord Derby ia OBeofita Itacera, and he seemi§ to be fully ex. pected to take h, on tha front VPP:>I!ltjon Bench at tha f-,peLiLe of P;r!i;),mcnt ? Mr. eca'er is said to ha..ve sspenccdvery Lelody £5(;ü or,-Iscaeiieefr,m the cr:rair'a;. oi: libel brought ag-ainat him by Mt. Hcdaon Stanley. and which rt:su.Md in his acquital at the Old Bailey last week. His friasda in the dramatic profession were very naturally aaxioua to ro- tmburse him thtt eXp6!:èiture, and had started a snbsc.riptien wnhthatTiew, but Mr..Ledger haa vetoed the ices, and refusae to accept any mcrfy. Thn ,rzeqaence ia the origimi project h&a beea abandoned, aud a aubacrip. tion etait<:d with the object, of preaemtin<j' the proDrietor &f the Era with a auitaole teatimoaial which it is at preaem intended should be a pi.JQ9 or a set-wice of plate. An infhenti¡Ù oomnuttee headed by Mr. Bancroft, and including thenamea o¡ Mr. H. J. Byron, Mr. Rare, Mr. Henry Irvimr, Mr. Ker.4&1, Mr. David Jamef), Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. Thorne, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Swinbourno, Mr. Ldward Terry, and Mr. Chaa. Wamer, h%a been fcrcied, aDd they hava insetted in the daily papers a DCtice to tha eSect that aubaoriptiana witi be rsceived at the London and Conaty Bnk, Covect Gardtn, cr by Mr. Chae. Haroourt, at a9, &tr;.Kd. According to this announcement t,Le object of the committee i' to praaont X- r. L"c&er wi:h a pieca cf plate. ia reoogmion of tht; earBeat and airaighi.forward manner in wi)ich, throush the pagea of tha Era, he jhaa defûnéed the beet interMM of the dratnatic pro. fesaicE. and as a per'r.am'nt record of their gyc-patby with him in lua r6ce-.Lz vexhtioua trial fcr libel." Thete in a very strong diapoii- ticn to make the taatiwvuii41, no:v that it haa thus be<?n made public, iomcthing mora than an oSeting on the part of ita drama';io profeaaion. All who are mtere&ted in the freedom of the presa, ard who dpBtre to ee abBeea exp)6e¿. are coBcerBcd in thid r.iatter; and I should not ba BUtpMaed to iiuc tha.t the teaumonialattttina very large prcporticES.
WHAT FREEMASONRY IS COMING…
WHAT FREEMASONRY IS COMING TO. "AtJae," wrHiDgin tho ¡Y-Jrli?, aaya:—"Ion. derstar-d +Iat Mr. Ællaas M'latyre, Q.C., will CC-Utes-liL'-ChOshirea-t the nextelaction in the Libera -r.teiMt. Maaoaio br6b.ren ahoald be&f 'hMiD ai.Dd.
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Ice EaceB oSoial paper annoaccea that the has Oc,afrmed ..ae Cardma.ra deciann annal. j:rsthe Fri-,CO ofihcnaoo's MuTiage..?.n;i thiit tl-a Crown pr;nce.is of Monaco and het mother have returned ficm Rcma to BtWGn. This year thf i!-Pr io aCQ ieu: crop is aaIJto have failed m Rll P&rt? of the GreCl"n Archipelago. The treea weTC covered dunEg T.he floiwuing aaMon h, voith a B0]t of while futig cid growth, which pre- vented the fruit from rini¡¡g. qraally this ,T,,read to the trnr.ks, and en ex'tmlIla.tlon with a microscope proved to be of an animal nature. The tr< duction of the LeadviHe sllvar miNea is and t3 have been very remarkable recoc".Y. iQfiEg tl.e moBth of October the yield waaSt tens tf ?ure MiTer, of tha value of ?1,38?104. Tma t was greste? th&n the prodl1cti:>n of the whole ittate of yevada. Tha T:cnest njme ia the ciatnct ia the Robert Lea, from whiuh wa?t ]at<y extracted ailTsr ore which reaped 10,300 dtlluie pM ton.
ITBE RECTOR OF j\IEKTHYR ION…
TBE RECTOR OF j\IEKTHYR ON MORE HELP FROM THE BISHOPS. The following is a third azd last contribution to t?'.e series cf articles on the above subject, which, it viu be remembered, the 'Sector ef Merthyr is. trucc<;ed in an article which appeared in these ccIcmEe on January 6 :— In preaching these sermons I c'm honeaily say mat I have had no other object in view than the promotion cf religion among tha p"cple. It is impossible to have lived amor? them as I ha.ve cc9M for 34 year, and not feel an intense desire to see this done. I feel it the mere because I know that our Church is not putting forth her utIr.ost efforts to bung this abont. This is the eL, arge I have against her. I have felt and pro- teetod against the foUy ofbuilaisg churchea, witih- out at the same tiEe building cp men to 511 them. Iitc:eac ci improving in this respect, things ara genisg yearly vfry much wcree. Ihe clorgv of 30 yeara ago would bo ashamed to take the aormon so easy as the clergy do now. There v, as no thizg aBywhero then as a wholesale trai.cfactcry for .writing and composing aermona. The worst they did was to borrow from each G,-tf)! ard that very much on the sly. IfeH 'sg1.:Jar".w (an old hare) the Weleh cler<!y nEed to ea!l an o:d sermon borrowed. Why, I never cculd learn. But, since the introduction of so n:ch chauntl-i:g &Dd Binging into onr services, the EerEion haa become degraded, and & die- graceful thing it is. The consequence ban been what I hare described it to be, the almoat total alienation of the lower grade of working people. This is a aarioue matter. From a national f)vint of view, and as affecting the National Church, it is very eericus. Hardly anything osm be more serioua; for it raiaea the quea- ticn at once, if the Churoa doea not do her duty by the people, how can ehe poaaijiy expect to be considered the Church of the p-3opla, aBd so retain her revenues f 1 have been amazad ever and over again to think how it :a that their IcTCthips the bishops can Bit quiet under this feelisg fcr it meat strike them, aa it doea every. bccy ebe, that thtise are Dot the :'aya when any iEsuin'icn, however sacred, will b3 prmítted to exiat v.i<.h an i.hcome cf over four muliona ?. year whjie the work fcr wh?eh ir?t income was gi'i'en 1:0 1üI;gr dore. The vc6ted iatei'Mta of aa ma:y mcmterN Oi: FiMlmment in the Church as tiJ;e Cy;'TIe!B a::l¡] patrODe of uvings ie. no doub, ?eiy a!;d,reRar3Ing tha Cau;oh copeciiliy as gccC. feed.Bg rçound fcr their younger aona. theEc menibera cf Parliasiant viil, without quea- t,lor,, hesitate a gcod deal before they do away "fiib 60 prontablo to thamaelvea po". Eorany. But when it semes to be felt by the Wr kin people themselves. who have the power, that thJa great inatiiution is of no bone&& to them, no Par- r iiaEeEt in the worM will keep it together lung But Eniely no of thia kird ca.s weigh with their iordah.ipa the bishopa. Tsa qtestion is a epiritual one; and that beiag so, they rsver can fc: a moment deby one year, or one mcDth, or even day, wi?hc.ut p??un? their heaca tcsethff and Kay, We must do all we can to meet this Question we must not leave a aingia ?tcne untamed, without doing something to evangelise the pclkle '.C., to train cp men eepecially for that purpose, to Meach and nothing elaf. Lut: Btracge as it may be to aay so, it is a fact which casnot be disputed that, from the Eefjrm&tion do<?n to the p.-eeeat dsy, the bishops preh Tery htdr theciaelvea, ar.<?, i;cmthz)w or another, do not CM'e n:.t.c1: absTH asybosy elae preaching. Aa a wn.er in the Wé>t1;nL Mail, commenting en E.y flnJ", EecE.CK, sa.id, Our biahopa ignore It ia quite t;ua. Wtthoneortwo bt.Hia.nu <;xcep:ioT: we hs.va hs.d no pre30hi3 bif-heps in oar cay. One is still alive, and I b€'ie?o, every Sunday domowhere or aBotLcr. A le&f from hia day.bMk was published the (¡Ü:.r d-y to ahow how often he pre&chee and in the ten years he haa been bishop, so hMdhae he worked that he has corn. pletely chaEged the character of his diocese. He ic., in evety sense of the word, a real working man's biehop. H; is to the people he preachaa cftersst, ara dccB so in the homelieet way—not in your nee-span pcipit English, which is, ia my opinion, the wr.:et kind of English that was ever put together; nor dcea he oonnne himself to his own diocese. The iMi: tima I pre2.ched in Liverpool he was proa.ohing there also, and, in a few Sundays after ha was preachy in the same pulpit I had been Dieachin? in myself. And yet hia dioooM is act Lrrerpccl. St.ch a biahop we hs.ve nevsr had aluce the C:3.;¡ S of Li1at:mer, o0u ?eMsago! And why, you eay, Co ncs other biahcpa do as he doaa? T.h'.ir ?r?wer is, thq Lave so time. Wh3.t with the Hcni:e of Lorda &nd the London seASon they c&BEO!: do it. But how is the bLhop 1 ral'er t:1 aba to do it; for he, too, is a peer of Y, hs ncTcr gees to failiamont or the London fceascn. I bchcve tLat ho h.tj ecareely ever beea cEce th,e tsicce tha day he took his I3CS.. He thought it so ur-prontable to Bit thare in lawn oleevc-a .and trencher cap, and listen to the tw&ddie that eo ctTea goea on there. He folt that he ha.d 6cm;thii:g real and true to do at home,&nd s.t h'-mo he 16. her ever eincp, or he never could have dene tha n,crk he h&a done, aud is dQing. If every Mrhop were to do iho and preach ally in our lareo to -7na, what an effect it wcnid have! A biahop need Dot be elcqu;nh to draw a conRregaUor-. Hia pcBition in ihe Church; the antique character of his d:ess the lawn sleevee, the rochet, tha silken ap:OD, and the satin bodioe wonid nupply the place of The people would come to see if not to listen. Ard it would be a great thing to get then: a.¡y}:ow there at all. Large towns now seldom or never see a Church of England biahop. except to connrni, or consecrate a church; the Srat occasion can only happen once in three yeara, in come places the !aat may never happen at all. The Times made a great fuaa thirty years ag'o. and tried to get up a cry about gig biahopa," that a biehopa to act and go about, as their name implies they ehould, as in-spectoTs," rouaicg up dead Churches and sleepy parsons. But like everything elae spiritual in the atagnant Church of England, :t fell to the ground. Nothing Souriahea or is lively in her but bricka and mortar." The Mchtteota, and buildera, and deooratora make a good thing of Chnrch money. But the people'a aou'a are twanderin$g away from God further and further every day. The great work of apirttaa- lieiBg them is left to poor helpieM youa? women. God knowa they do their beor,, and I pray God to bless them. Their intention is good, aud it ought to overwhelm ua with ahame and oonfnaion of face, the -,Test spiritual army of the great ChurcL ot Eagiand, who receive all the Bpiritual pay, i.e., the Arcabiahopa, the Biahopa, the Deana, the Archdeacous, Tbe Canons, the Eectcra, tbo Vicn, the lJura.t-2U,(IOJ bt.ro.:¡g, ccunting heads' Yet a tew yoarg w.);uen fciLg about sinaing a'.?* ¡;,hOIl.\<Ín¡;¡,. w to have a greater hold upon ttto maEEeaof'the people than we have. Tn"yoajo, acyhow, dr&w them from their deas. and tUth? ccurta, snd stinkicg aU«ye. We du not try It is an historic fact that with the coming in of the Reformation preaching went oat of the Church of j'relald, CBpt.cjaJIy among the bishope. Pfo.M:a. int? to tha p"-C,¡:18 ceased with tha pnil:ng'dowll of "Paara Crcie." Bishopa feicotn or nev,)r pteaoted &ftpr this to the people, EVim tha Fol!3en mouthetl" Jeremy Tayljr hM not Id'c ua a sirgle eennoc tha! waa ever pre<*ch3d to tha people, or could be ncderatooc. by t'ie people either then cr now. H:a eermona are magnificent, giand, and beyond description, but they were meant icr, and preached to, the learced, the courtly, and the genteel. They have nothing about them of the auoplioity o! tha Gospel. or what Paul calla the fooliahnoaa of preaching." Compare one of his with one of Latimer'a, the people's bishop—the man who brought about the Information, and aee what a diSerenoe' In the one there ia sot a sentence or a wofd the common people could not understand, and hsard gladly. In the other, though 'beautiful, poetical, and 6ubume, how maDY are there, ordinary, learned people have never yet understood I have aaid that preaching, eepeoially among the bia!io?a. went cut when the Reformation came in to the Charah of EnjflaDd. You have only to read Latimer's Ee"moE? to prove this. Ho is wonderfully aevere on hia brethren," the unpreaohing prelatea." He has in cno of his aerm<na a viaion of the other World—that region of it where you would least of all expect to Scd a shadow of a ghost of a auocsaaor of the A¡;ostlØé Yet Latimer—himself a bishop- speake of many thus (I give it you as it is, in hia own quaint uldEcHlish): Oh th¡.tthed8vill,' he says, would allow a mac to looke into heU, to tee the state of it, as ha showed all the worlde wren he tecpted Chriate in the Wildernesse. Bat I aay. if oae were admitted to view hell thna, and beheld it thcrowelie, the devill woald say, On yonder aydoare I'uni2hed ut'.J)!ea.ching prelg,tee: I thbke a. man should ae &a far a kMining, aad ke Bcti:h:g but capreachmg prelates!" Ttleo 8g101L1., he a&yH that tha beet bishop he knowa is the ceviH" he is always in hiadiooeee. He never ?? to ?9 HcaM of Lord<f; anyhow a3 a b?hcp. Re /'ia 6uigent at hie plough. He ip no lor?y .citeret trcm hia carp, bat a bnsy piOF?hn)&=. so !?at: among aH the pralates, aad alBCLC?lthepacke of thpmth?t h&vo eara, the ceT?l ?hah so for my money. For ho etiU 'ii3 1)B!Gí':I: ThaTetnre, ye unprea-ch. iBC I' a.ra cf the doviU to be diligent in èri¡ g (if ?Of'-ciSc?. Learne of tha devUl; th&t. if yQu will yet !ea,rBe of God nor good men, for L,1!.rr.e o? tie devilU" So, if you come è.:n to Ktr?? Charlsa 1.'a time yoiwiU&nda 6tory TcJd of Archbiphop Land tendinf? in the aame diKc'Jcn, One da.y the kmg'a ch&pl&io waa not at i;if- p'ace to ;3 t;race. The kicg oaHed tp(in the ccurt jepier. Archee, to take hia cS;cf, ard he- Ód it ia'these words: "AH ,elcry be to C Oč, and little Laud to ?Lo cevil!" The arohbiahop waa a agnail Bo&n, go t,ie pl1 upon his Ba.me. The king d'C-I.&¡e;f'd to te!' tho at'cuol,¡!JOP. and he s.i?d Archf-e whn'; ? °hc.?d co thpu ? ''I will ?' .< H Arnheo. ?t'a he will B'-var?ad nte— t<, h: uF. pnJpit,; fe!- h", or aover gcen i11f';e. -xjaen tbn Wta eu >vitb n-u<i tc tlio bigh'??, tla ttero w&a no pT&stchlBg amcng the people. When the bishop la6 the pncat laga. Wo Sad from s.uawora to 'Archbishop llc,, to the Ok-rgy"—. in MSS. in tue Bdi9h:M.!l(,!6um-that there were oEly nine c!ergy licensed to preach in all Wales I speak from mtinory. I think S' Da-vid'a diocese h&dth:ee, and the ether thre3 diooeaea two each. ItiscustoEsarytoabuab for EaaeiBa' An Act. to pit;c-h tha GaepsI in Watpa," and to h,ap en hist aU M?ta of jmputio':10:lS. B-i-, any one who wiil take the tronbio to iLto the religious state of Wales at that time will find that such au Act was absolutely needed, acd that Vavasour PoweU, W-7-o wag ch;6ny con. corned in carrying out the Act, wa-i cot the man he is eomctimes described to be. For the fact is that tha W dsh common people really were never converted at the Reformation and 1-jsg after. wards. Up to the very day GrUBtba Jocea begin his eatechlEiDiZ', s,:t.}d Rowlands of Llangeitho hie preaohiBg, the Welsh lo-ver orderg were either Cathclica or nothicg. They had no ide of Pro. teatantism. Yet Rowtau'ja of LiaTgeitho was unfrocked. He bad his 11077n taken rom his back by the biehcp o! that day simply becanae he preached the (ifepel in a p.ain, and 6implt) m&nnor to poor, ignorant people. So WM Charlea of Bala, for the very Bame lesson, a graduate cf Oxford so was the John Keblo of Wales. Williams oi Pdiitycelyn, eowae Joan "'yaDp., of Lhvynffortune, and mary other?, all for the "mf rel\t:'D. The bjahopa could =ot tolerate them because tbey 611e<l churches, anu o..C:'l1Só th&y gathered crowds of the faithtnl on hi!l aidea, t ay thcuaanda BBd thousands. It Bometimea took three days to give the Commumon only, because the people .d cot receive it but from tho ciergrYt and because there were cot a sufficient ncEiber oi episcopal'y ordained elergy to admi. Bister it to the pecpla. SometiEaea the people traveHed hncdreda of miles to receive the Com. muEkm. yrom the very farthest corner of North Wales men and women weald walk to Llangeitho merely to receive the Communion, and then walk home again By their nnhoiy policy—or*lat na be charitable and call ih ioBane policy—in this matter, the Welsh bishops, or rathe? the bishops in Wale&, thtnat out of the Chnrch in one day, in 1311, nve hnndrcd thousand Methodists, who Bever !conaideM.i themaelvea anything else than Church members. It ia the most cruel, wicked story that was ever told of a Church, and will be an everlasting btot on the way in which bishops asd clergy used to be appointed in Wales. But ia it practically much better now ? No bishop, it is true, would -dare now to put a man ignorant of Wol&h in a parish where Welah is wanted. Ha goes through a form called a "ccnsKiM6ion,"CGBeistingof English and Welsh members, and tihe thinR ia done. The &at goea forth. But all krow what a farce it is. Granting, hewever, that tho man inducted did know Welsh, whatia the use of puttin a "dry stick" there who has Eo idet of preaching either in English or in AWds.itmtmic7(;a a sermon dearly. I': i'' an i?e?ctnai da weU as a theological treat to Mil:. He wiU wcJk hfteen milea aEy d&y to hear a g'cod sefsun. Bat he will not enter a church or chapel door placed at hia garden gate if ne doos. not get a gccd one. Tho Diesenlcra know this; and provida him with 6?st.rate preachers. They jbnow it ia -heir businesa to tjteach, and they are brought up to it aceercisgly. Oh, when will the biEbops open their t-yea, give us Echoola of the and teach our clergy to do the same thiLg rAre they M7nrH-they are often told of it —that eisht-tonths of the people are Dissenters f How eaji they, then, be eo apathetic about it, and thirk in tbair consciences that the whole wo?k is docc when they have bnilt a church, and D&tHcg r.orc: f Can ths? not see wh&t is going on in ?'otiaiia? The Eatabiiahod Church of ScotlaBd counts as many members M the Free Church. Yet they propose, and very probably will carry in the next Parliament, the disestablish. ment of the Church of Scotland. Can Walee, then, Ea.ve her Church when her members are only as two to 10 of the Nonconformist body ? The thing ia prfpcateroua. Her being fastened to the Church in l!.Bgiand will ceunt for nothing once the Scotch Church is disestablished, fhe Liberal party of Ergland, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Nonoon. tormist body of Wales will out the cable withoat a. moment's hesitation. But I put it to the bishopa oa hixher grounda than these fears—on the grounds of our common Christianity, and the im. ,err pen-tive duty incumbent upon them, especially to pen-tive du'y incumbent upon them, especially to pr&Tide the people with spiritual food, and cease to tb::nk tha!: their duty is done when they have merely given & atone to those who are aekingfor bread.
THE SPIRIT OF THE WELSH P-IIEsis.
THE SPIRIT OF THE WELSH P-IIEsis. (BY MOEIEN) The Tnr/aK hss oc?n.pEced publiehing a Welsh tr'M.aiati?n of Brcnwen," the t?hlUcp h?t?-ioal romtince now appearing in the Mail, iauEtrtil)g the career of irregular Giaa'-iower." and the L.f.t attempt IDldebythe Welsh to recover their iDdependene< acd which attempt waa ao near proving euocessful. Na.y, it waa succeBt-iul for tho momeDt for G!endow<w was crowned PritC3 of Wales at Mach. yi:!)Mith, v.'hcre hu held a Parliament in a bmlcit;g wtk-h is atill standicg, and which was ussd a shorn time afoaa a. hsy &torc, and which ia probably sliil devoted to the same useful purpcse. It mnst be admitted that, until "Morion" re&ected, he felt ancoyed when he found tha.t a building, the w&!Ia oi which had echoed the voice cf eno cf the noblest and bravest of the Welah pTUices at the head of the chivalry of Wales, was devoted to Euen a plebeian puxpoae. But when be remembered that there were some Pa.rtia.meut houses whose principal work Becma to be to discover, net as to how to&liora anything, but rather how to scatter a:Ld wssto the wa&ithof rations, he felt somewhat comforted when thinking of the hay in the Welsh Parl.ament Eou"o at Machyn. lið. Th<< gmiua of Welah hiatory seems tc ba partial to hay, for wh<:n I visited Avebary what cid I ELd in tho hciy of hOliAs-the great crom. kch c'f tLf Dmidi.; temp -but a email riok of hay, and I C"4--bc d ic (ho top and &ang a eong ia pure t.) mracg is memory of clys of old. Hci, to hark b2-ek to tiie.,ar ''an. The pub!iaher9, vhile EKt?ti?i.iLg thac the bictorioal romaaco won a prze cf .S25 and a gold med?l at the Cardiff EiateCQ'cd.ha.ve omitted to mention who set a good f-x&tEpie by giving E.nch a prize for the puipoae o! encoui'&gin? Welsh youtha to atndy hietory end to r/i&ld their pena to illustrate the history of their couatry. There is no danger tht Wckhnien will r?adHy forget that it waa the pro- prietcra of the Week'yMaiL who did this; but, as a Welsh n.a.n, I e-m jealona of the credit cf nay ccuctrymcn, when I see the pcbhsLera cf a Welsh journal, and, taerefore, VYeifhmen, tecs borrows? wholeaalo ffom the Wee7.ly Mail, without a word of acknowledgment. The 6f)"ie jocrBal oontainja an article by J. Price," on The Bepreaentation of Merthyr and Aberdare in Parliament." The article ia in reply to one which haa appeared from the pen of "John Prosser," who, it eeems, took an unfa. vonrablQ view of the manner Mr. Fothergill repreeenta the borongh. But the two appear to have discussed the question until it ia perfectly threadbare and, when there was nothing more to discnea in Mr. Fothergill's conduct, to have fallen fcul ot each other, a?d? nn?Uy, to call each oshar Eamee, vpitii Mr. Davtd Morgan standing at a diatance, rubbinp hia hands with t[lee, and oalliag out, .Pfai'T Peggi Vach." As for a readily room for Aberdare, Proeser cIa.ims credit to himself for having opposed it. Dcpa he believe that ignorance is the mother of RodIiEcea ? WctJd it have been too much for a Liberal like him to have BMriSced a few pence anmnal!y towards means to enlighten his fellow- workicen? We forget to mention that had the proviiiions cf} the Free Library Act baon adopted, there would hav) been bracchea eatabliehed thronghont the distriat, and that each branch (Julà have received the same privileg9S as Ahetdare. Who so deserving of being compelled to contribute towards a free library than the great coc:paMS6 who reap the frnita of the wciking classes. The writer then goea on to state that crime had diminished 50 per cent. in the country Einoe the p&seicg of the Compulsory Education Act, end he expresses an opinion that similar reav!ta would h;ite followed in tha Valley cf Abfyd&rs I:a.d the previsions of the Free, j :trary Act, which were opposed by Pfosaar aaj t-is party, been adopted tbrc, He than charge foOr: ecpe whoM he è&si¡p:¡\te3 the general" with J:a\'r.g brought into ths town ta:)d''<'?3ofth<3 PCT,ubtion to anBoy Mr. Fothor,,iii during his JnEt visit to Abordare. As a contraa': to thi9 he r-feis tc the 100,000 mpal.' -iven by Mr. FOLhar. .nU to t]-a pcpr dlrirg 1873. A wri'er in the Dtltcysogactli has discovered that the izr.,rortalMiit,)n waa a wretch if: every. thiyog but in Jbis pcetry, and applies to hi'a an old W<;it.h proverb, Ar.gel perlf¡arold a diazet pen per-tan," which tneD that he was &a angr.1 ia public, but a devil at his buohruh&ishis ilitcleraMe, aBd a cogence to the t)-,iper publishing it. Let see L--i iau p-nimoaiticB select hambier ngarea to blacken than that of the blind poet of England —a man cf whomall rsteeifecl prond aa h&vmg by the prcdcotioi.s of his Reniua shed an undying lustre on humanity—sn EBgliahman to whose grand ngnro the gsuiua of history painta as illua- trting the cla<'e of Eton who ator.d up for tha liberties of Bntsin when thpy were threatened with deetructio!). I would also add that the fact that Cromwfit selected Milton to be bis Latin Kcrctary is in itself eufBoient proof that stern OhTer Cromwell was, in addition to being an able commander in the nold, a man who enjoyed the presence cf the hipheat intellects. A great wroBg ia dcco to the Wel3h readers when euoh false repreeectations aa to the oharMter of illua. triona Englishmen are circulated <Mnong thoni. As a rule, the Dyu-ysogaeth is distinguished for good taate, but a deaij-e to have a fling at tha Puritans betrayed it on this oocaeion to commit a aacrilpgo in the Parthenon of English li+aratura. The JJyuysoqaeth, I mBy &dd, ie now pabUahing a Welsh t'-anslauon of Goldsmith's "VicM of Wakefeld. 91 "Thalamue," who, under tlio title of Aetroa," "weighed" the Wekh bards in the Sei-en and who ema&hbd the weigliny, mMChi&c, becauae Ctfsi" betrayed the s(;CMt that A.-iiMd '("U "ThalamiiB." Iras been btMosedoi by smotho? weigher of b:hfds in the earnR i.:urual, acd ho carries cc the bueu:GBa under the tcrribia nama of Jonins." Tha bard in the blance this week is Mr. Thomas Tudco Jones, editor of Llais y Wiad. The nrat <hii;g aaid of him ia that he has all the woTca in Dr. Owen Pogh'B dictionary at his nogera' ends. then that he composes in the fcttcra of Welsh laws of vetsiticatio!l, aa well as in the free onea. It aaems that those Seren weighers, who are Baptists, ha73 a grnGge againat Hwfa MoB," who is an Ii:de?eD<3ent anr'. a schola' Ao. cordjng toj "Astrea" and "Cefni," tho poam for which he was "chaired" at BirkeEhaad Eistaddfod was a poor production and that, therefore, the grand demonstration in honoar of the I:oi of the day waa all a. mistake. G walchm -,i and Clwydfardd," the former's whole bosom ablaze with eisteddfod topics, conducting bptweea them "Hwfa Mon" to the chair; the choira of Arfon andEyri, ranged on the raised benches, rendarirtg wtth thrilling effect, See, the Conqnering Hero ??'? ? ?"?; ?or it was aomebody else -probably a Baptist-, that ought to have been thereoipMntofthehonoura bestowed that day on ? ?' ?' ?°?a"nowteUeuathat"Hwfa Men waa abo unfairly chaired, according to Peer Mos?n," for the poem to Owf?n Gtynd?r &'i the CaTm&rthen J??ted()fod in 1367. foe tha p<H! y tr;.) (ititor of IJ Wla,d wae re%lly tl o bes'. N.- -,v, I fee' "Imo-t certain, jadging by these !:etaa?E3, that this editor of Lkis g Wlaù is a Baptist., whiuh sterna to I.P & locg w?.y \Vit:l the ;?e)'MT." weigher- in the ''weight" .f each batd placed in the ba'ance. We are promised next we<k"Liaw Llwyfo" in the bsHance &ad a' he is neither "nch, fowl, Ee?go';d red he! ims, wo st. all wait for hia appeayaace with d')me oarioaity.
ST. DAVIDS COLLEGE AND '1HE…
ST. DAVIDS COLLEGE AND '1HE PARRY < F LLYWELL MEMORIAL. TO TEN EDITOR. StR.—WMl you kindly atlow sie to eay a few wo:ds in th3 Western Mail tip;,n tqo subjsots coKsccted with St. David's College ? 1, I hav3 the pleasure of aNEocBcing that tho ccUege beard has lately received from the Rava. GMncna Wiliio.ms and Lewia Price, honorary pecretariea of the Parry of LlyweH Memorial Fund, the "m of X3t)f), to be cmp'oyed in the foundation of a Pafy of L'ywell Memorial Scholarship. I am requeued to mention that the &°cretarisg wiU be glad to receive those ecb- tcr:pticna wh?ch have been prcmtaej but not yet paid. 2. The <ers.tioBs of our coHoso chapel are moviBg very rapidly towards completion and these who have seen Mr. J:1okeon's placa, or, better still, hia picture of the chapel as it will be (the picture was in last year's exhibition of the Royal AcMiemy). are agreed in tbAnbmg that the reecit will win general and hearty approval. The promised BubaoriptioEa at preaent fall short by about JE700 of the aum required, and the com- mittee are amxioca to make up this denoit withoat Ctlby. The names cf those willing to assist ue by doEaticBB, by o6'ertorMB, cr by undertaking the vork of selecting subscriptiona, will be gratefully received by the hoaoMFy aeorotariea, the Revs. the Vioe.Frinoip&l and Professor Edmondea, or by yours, &o., FEANK J. JAYNE. P.S—Further iEformation about the natare of the alterations and the amount of progress made will be gladly givan to any who may wih for it. St. David's CoMepa, Lampeter, Jan. 16, 1880.
A TOUCHING NARRATIVE OF IRISH…
A TOUCHING NARRATIVE OF IRISH FILIAL AFFECTION. Morion writea :—Some two years ago, while actimr, in addition to my aanal dutiea, on behalf cf the Agent-Gencml for Queensland, a young Irish girl of about 17 yoara of age, poorly clad, asd blessed with a touchingly modest mien, applied to me for a passage under Government to Q'e2De!aBd. She had not a penny of money, she jEai(', and, in a moat wiBEiitp way, begged I would cbtsin a free passage for her. Her father, she said, as dead, and har mother, who lived at DinaB, was old and vevy poor. She, in due ccurse, received her paaeage ticket, and I advanced to her .61 en behalf of the Queensland Government to enable her to pay her izain fare to the ship lying at the East India Docks, London. 0.1 the mornmg of her departure she came to the Ponty- pridd Badwsy Station with her mother, an active, little old woman. Here they were met by several others bound for the same distant land. The poor old mother, with tears rolling over her taoa, seemed as if unab!e to withdraw her gaze from the face of her little girl, who was in ts!M9 too. It wt\S a meat touching eceno, and to me, who knew the low condition cf the poor girl's pocbat while thus severing herself trom her mother, and the few poor frienda she bad in the wide world, to face alone an unknown future in a strange distant country. The scene was more affecting than I care to dfMribe. The train relied into the station; shaa followed commotion, aa the emigranta hurried with their luggage into the train. I observed that all tha luggage the little Irish girl had waa iu a tmall bundle, which waa so small that it was unneccesaly to have it conveyed to the lugg&ge van, and she carried it in her hand into the train. The excitement of the dear old mother was so great that I feared she would be taken seriously UL She wept and olaaped and opened her hands inoee. eantly; then, lifting both hands, and closing her eyee, moved her lipa evidently in silent prayer to Him whom the Bea and wimd obey to watch over her poor uttie girl I stepped to the carriage window at which the little girl steed T;ith swimming eyee, and asked her how much money will you have after pay. iBgycur train tare f"Only a shilling, sir," was the reply, I haw had to buy some few things out cf the pound." The train then movad silently away, and many friends on the platform signalled farewell to departing friends, who acknowledged it through their teara. But some. how the aged mother and daughter had my chief attention. On a Wednesday, Sfteen months afterwards, while leaving the Ponty. pridd police court, I waa accosted by an old woman whoao brogue indicated she wan a daughter of Erin, and whose face seemed fa.milhu to me, and she thrust a letter into my hand. "What iathiar" I asked. "Shura, your honour," was the reply it's a letter from my Mary, &nd 1),.did you will love to read it!" I read the misaiva and as I did so, the doHghted mother frequently interrupted with much fervency, with expToaaions in ErBO. When I came to th&t paxt of it in whish the daughter told her mothor that she enclosed a poEt-cmoe order for --e3, the nrat money she h;xd saved, a present for her, the poor old dame wept copiously. A few dnva &o:o. 'ittle Mary sent a,ain .E5 to her mother and .S3 to another relative to Meist them to come out to tlia.t baanti.f¡¡l cocntry." abe iB in a gcod situation, and <ili she wanta to make her happy is to have "j-O:l, mother, to tee pom(:t¡m8."
LITERA'l'URE.
LITERA'l'URE. NE&SRS.WABD, LOCE-, AND Co'6 PUBLICATIONS. —Pt.ttS of Cruden's "ConooMa.noe c.nd Bible Companion," Beeton'a Eucyclopij(lia of Universal InfoTmatiou," and "C?afiea O'M?'o?" are issued thia month. They Mo all printed in excellent type, and tha fn?ru,vin?e are hi?h c?aaa and eSective. it ia eviacm that when complete they will form a haL.:some addition to aay library. MESSRS. CASBELL, PETTBR, GALPIN. AND UO. pcbIiaB this month the Bucceedmg numbers of "Fictureeque Europe," "The Countries cf the Wcr!d," Practical Dictionary of Mech?cic.a," and The Icdnstries cf Great Britain." '.these are all worka of a most useful and inBtrnoHvo kind, and the manBer in which they are taraed out reneots great credit upon the publishers. The MgraviBga in "Fietaresque Europe" are of a superior order, aid this lEocth tha fronttefs of Frp.nce. and Calabd?, a::d Sicily are most b?iiti. fnlly illnatrated. MESSRS. HODDBRAND STOTIGHTON.—Thepria. cipal serial publications of this firm are the Con. gregatior,alist aad the Expositor. The (;ongrega. ttOKaMst uontaina a ca&inet portrait of Mr. Samuel Merley, M.P., and senior tnember for Btiatc!, and articlea by well known wntera on "The New Year," "Di6eent<'ra and CleTgymen," "Two M.iddla Ulasa A!i3:s," Bailf Honra with Christian Auth're," "A Christian Woman'6 Work Among Workingmen," "WiIIi&mEwart Glad-- lon3, L'o. The whole ot these are mtoieaticgandinatcucuiva, atd may be road with advantage. The Exp.)âtor is a publication of starling value, and the liet ot oon. tribntora oontaina the namea of many cf the moat eminent theoIogiMia and scholars of tho day. Ita oonti3nts this month are :—1. The Value of the Pat!iBtio Writinga for the Criticism and Exegesis of the Bible;" 2 Bocauae of the Angela;" 3. The Bcok of Job;" Stndiea in the Life of Christ," "Jeremiah'a ProphMy of the Now Covenant," a.nd.Biblical Notes. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS.—Part 1C of Haydn'a Dictionary of Dates for Universal Beference" is ieBned this month by Messrs. Mcxon, Son, and Co. The Leisure Hour, whioh is published by the Religions Tract Soaioty, oon- t&ina a pretty colonfed engraving, entitled A Waif from the Wreck," the opening chapter of a new atory by the Rev. T. S. MiUington, a.ad a variety of instructive articles on topioa of iBtefeat. The SuKd(M/ MayaztM and the Christian Y'riasu,-Y are fnii of vatnablo reading, and the uetv seri .a of the Dai/ of Rest promMea to bo n higb-clttss oub. he&t:or.. The nrat pi.r!: of Golden Hoitl's, v,-Licli te èf*C"?l aa a mag9zina foi' iany tÍl¡e 5trM al) timce. i3 ifBued by M-. W. Pode, ot 12, .P!IotE'r;¡¡os-Ql' row. Itb contenH com- pr:Re nctic.n, poetry, and general by oo'n. t:c.t<'nt. writer. It seems to contain all tho eJcmeBta of succeBa, and we have no doubt ita readers will be numerous. 2-he Citurchii:ait s lJJagatine continues to maintain the high clafa ohMaoter which is haa gained, and the Argosqj is still laden with "golden grain" from Bomf of the best writ<TB cf ncticn. Ttwe is a noBthlymiBccJhny of iatoreatdng and atau-iing litcr&ture, and the editor (Mr. Edmund Ya.te?) E:aybocon'plimectedontho succMa with wbh hiB laboGra have bet'n rewarded. Tha l:t.?ary matter is superior, t'-ad the il;u2treionlJ by Mr. Alfred Thompson cia.y claim to be at laaat orTgiBal. GARDNNiN&.—We h&ve maah pleaesra in directing the attention of onrrfadera who t'lkean interest in horticulture to the ntaatra.tod Liat of Seeda" {pr the eMuing eeaeon, iaaned by MeaBra. Garaway and Co., of the Durban. Down Nurseries. The cultural directions and tha year's cal&ndar of gardening operation" cs.nnot failtobeoi'aBaiatance to amateurs. The Ulaa- trattcna are very creditable specimena of the wood 8ngravÜ;g &rt, and in addition to oid astabHjhed favoutitea, represent eeveral very bea?ti'ul and dsEirabIe noveltiea. The eeed list8 ia-?ued by MeBere. J. C. Wheeler and Sons, of (' Iouoeater., aBd Meesra. DaBitIa Broa., Norwich, aM also tucerior prodncHona. Whe.:¡IAr's hat ia divided into four parts—arardon eeeda, flower,39,9-ig, hl'a1 teeds, and eeed potatoes; and, in addtt:oa to a vancty of excellent illuat-atioas, it oont.tir9 a calen('ar of Rarden operationa. Tho hat published by MelllSre. Daniola Broe. tzkes tha form of an illugtrated goide for a.ma.tenr gardpBerc. The onltnral direoticma are well wntten. and will bo very useful to all who are eng&eed !n gardeniDg oparationa. The prinoip3.1 itiasiranona are in colours, &,id it is evidpnt that coE6]derabto ccot h&g been incurred in the prs- ?ratMn of the work. The G?don Ofaois and Fior.cultur? Year Bcok." by Mr Shir!ey il.bbcrd, editor cf.the Garde??' ?'?a?:?, ccut?a al?nao. di?tiona for g?de? M?, hat cf now pl?t,, ??? ° ?her UEeful iDfcrmation. It ia n?t? iUu.?ratad, and the trcntispMce la a coloured M?vinff re?. ????????? ???. ??ont L??. It: !a pubhehcd by ?opt-M. W H ?..d I. Ccn?gri?e. 128 ?.d 12?, A???te ?o?; Lci?aon h.C. "Th« Rurrd A!??n..? ?d S?ta. man a ?luetra?d C?nd..r," pjbb.-hed ?, ? F<f!?pSep. 3<-6, Sttand, .L.?udos, W C., prici 1? on?M to obtain a. largo a?. tn addition t( a'a almanac, it cont.a.ica iBfots?tiM no .%<! au?i.m of ictprf&t to tho votaries cf ,:h,) fjt,1d, ep<;c!al artiQ.'aa oa C!kat, tho y&t.ht raciri;?, Iiant-Ira. &?. Th? f,,L, :i1.1:1. irt,t,icllr lJ1'e very o!-fd;t&I:; to tLo r:Ktie. t4nd ,'¡oill Bt.i.die4 with iDtfrT* > 8JIIII'Ia.
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TBE SEW GLIDING SCAJ,,t
TBE SEW GLIDING SCAJ,,t O}1'FICL-IA COPY '1'H AG:b'EEMi<:NT. We h&ve the pleasure of pnblialnag ff. oScial copy of tha agrcpmcnt eaterad into bi tha JciBt S.idi-g Scale Committee Mspecufoly on beh&lf of the members of tha MontaoMthithire and South Wales Collieries Association on the one part, and the workmen employed at the a&id ccliieriea en the othnr. It inna as follows :— MEMORANDUM OF A' AG mi-le this ]7t.hdaycf January. ]8:0, between the u'ldersiffned V. m. Tbcmas3 lewis. John KixOBj WiJIitm !-<. Carb- wright, Frark A. Yeo, and John F. Rowbotham, duly anihcriBfd to set on behal' cf the MoBmouthshire a.nd South Wa'ea C< Ilieriea As.c;ccia.tion of the one part, and the undersigned Wiliism Abi'hh<m, David Mcrgm. t amnel Davioil. PhiUp Jones, John Broker, John Jen- kiBa, ISMcEvaDa, and Thomas Phmjps, duly authorised to act en beha.lt cf tha worhmon employed at the cslIierieB of membera ef the a&id A6Bocia.tion, of the other Mrt. 1. The said parties hereto are hormBafter styled the Jcint Committee, and the said coiamitti c shajiba kept on foot ty the employers and wcrkmea. 2. The. joint committee shaU have two aeorota.riea. one appointed by the members of the committee repre- senting the employers &nd the other by the members thereof the workmen. 3. The said joint ccncmittteagreea upon the follow. ing conditions to regulate the rtttea of wagOB to ba paid at the 6E.id collieries at and from the First day of Februaty now ensuing. 4. The wages <=hajl be regulated by a elidinK soale, based upon the average at selling pliooe of coal. as a&ctrtained and ficm tune to time oettiRed by the 5. The cohieries shall be civi ed into two groupa, caUed respac+ively "the No. I Group" and "the No, 2 Group," consisting respechva'y of the foUowiag ccUMries; GROUP No. I< PoweU Dttffryn Company's Steam CooJ C)Eie-jew. Bnedry?galItCoalCompaBy'a ? DowiMB Iron Company's ? D, and Company's NIXon. Taylor. and Cory's n PentaM, Church and Per,Ivejt „ Glamorgan Coal CompMj'tt Bute Merthyr „ HwDfa Coal Compacy'a „ Ehoidda Merthyc Company's „ Aherjare Coal Compe..u.4 „ Mc.rcecni Jor'ea' Ns.ntmt;Ij n ? Trcedy.rh:w Coal Compatt.T'e Yny,f,&"D j Aberdprc Hbonddt Coal CompaNy a Samnel Tliomts' Squbc'rwen New TIH¡gDr J:( n aad Coal Co'mca.Dy'g Ebbw Vide ::teel and Iron Coa.1 (Jo.'a V;}.t nd nnd Compary'a ? t'atfnt Nut and Boic Company's Iron 8 hntridge II lrou Company's Morgan aid Thomson's Oawcor OiotHi We&tem Colliery CompaBy'B GRorp No. 2. EI1ergJ;vn Cos] Compa.y's Co'Ueries W.h. t. mitwri,,ht's Bryr gw),u and TophiB CoIIiorio. Partddgc. J('DeS, a.BQCo.,Piasycoed If J. d II Latch Dd Cope's Cliipp :LJ,a Compt.ny'a Hhos L?Mwit Ocal Company's PIuhp rr:ee'8 CarBgetMn Coal Ccrnfany's E. D. WiLia.mH's II Wingfie;d Coal Company's Bev&n en<1 Fryce'a W. and E Beddoe'a Pcwelt DuHryn Company's White Roso .E"rt,c,ed Coal CompMy's BhymBey Iron Company'a Tir PMI, DuT tn, a* Cefn ttrithdir CoUicrMS. Dowiais Iron Company's New Brithiir C Tfedeyar Iron and Coal Company's BckvveLity tmd Da? ran IF.Evels Collieiri'es. Glamorgau Ccal Compaay's Bituminous Cot' ena?. Forest Iron and Steel Compiny's „ DiEas Main Coal Company's CcedcaeCosI Company's „ TToedyrhiwCoaHJompaDy'aTfoedyrhiw „ ThoEiM and GriRiths' „ D. and L. I avis's Afare „ D,u:rlel 'fhoIr.as's Bl'1thwcr.y(ù. „ LlantwJt Bed Afh Compacy'a „ tdrcund Thomaa'a „ H. Husney Vi,i.n's „ Vivian at.d b oxi's „ Cofy. Ypf. &nJ Ccmpsny's GraJgcIa. and ClydacLL Col!inies. J. GIafbrcck's, Cw!rta,ch CoUierno. E.B.Byasst!!dC<-mpiijy's JoLnGIasbrc&t/tt i arCore Sifm"D¡;" CO!rpan's: Vney (¡llip!ll1Y'B CÜbl 6. With reference to the following collieries, viz :— Dyncv i DuSryu Comp11Y'O Collieries. John GJu¡:,ùrook'B Copper Pit. Yea and W. Etfrn Merthyr tJompa.cy'd i*it. \ivil\1J auó Pit. i:,Ü'cJJ. Reck '_ûmjau}'s Coliierles. H shati be rdHrt d to Meaars. W. Thomaa JLewis, F. A Ypo, W!i!mm Abraham. md Isaac Evan:) to decide which frcnp tho ?a.id co'lieriea shs.11 ho piaced in. 7. T.heco.Iiorksof I)Erecns v h, chait hereafter join tho f!liJ. f¡, seciation Ehtil be alottsd to theirrt-l.t.n.3 gyecpa l!ccucJiVK tc the quitity a¡"r) udts of the coaj proccecd therea, 8. The df.ndarJ of wng-ea upon which futar. a.l. Yances lind rtduoticns ara made sh.ul bo the 6-:ve'a.I rates poid at the rC2peotiH) collieriei-, for the month of lõi9, Euh Tisges ahalllJe the to II. E>tandard no fellicg price of of Cd In ton from collioi-ief. in Group 1. and 8a per Irem. co. l,eries in Group 2. 9 The c.verngo net eeUicg price o! coal ahtdl be tkeil as for largo coiliexy scn-eicd coil, delivered f:c.: ou board at CardiN, Kowport, aud Swansea.. 10. Fcr coal eotd into waggoi3s at the coUierias, tho cquifRlfiit ret prtces at the orciMry po:t of ship'Bsn" 6L&]1 be taten in ca'cnlatÏng the average telling price]. 11. The wsge rates tha.U be advanced, dr redn3cd, at the cna of ench period cf fcur months, by addittons. or redact.icDS of 2 per cent. upon Hie ataz:.Llord wage rj.te for every .J per ton advance or reduoUon, in tho net averse selling prices of coal, in each Grt)tip. 13. There shall be no maximum or minimum in the scale of wages under this agtMrnsnt. 13. The said foale of wages Bhall remain in foroa for two yeaM. from the let day of Febrnary, 1880, and thencefcrth until the emrloyers or the workmen sha.ll, through their respective representatives on the joint committee, give six months' notice to detoTmi: e the said settle, and euch notice ahall ha given on the Ist day of February, or the l&t day of August. It being cndersttod that either group of coili&ries, as a whole, may avail themselves of the right of giving such notice without the cmlcurrcnca cf the cthe? group, a.3 (t whole. 14 In coMiderati':n cf the workmen having con- sented on the let of January, 1878, to a reduction 01 5 per cent in their wages bel&w.the mi&imam of the sca.:e then in iotce, the emptoyota ajtree to concede for one year, as of and from the 1st day of February now next, an advance of 5 per cent. on the rate of tha stan-lard wase)*, payable in December wt, whether the netse?-. irg prices of coal shaU or Eh&U not yield such aa advance acder the MeJe now agreed upon, but it is distinctly unceretood that such adv&nca of 6 per ccnl,. is a bonus conceded by the employers, and that, if the selling prices shall advMca beyond the st%ndilrd. under the respective gr&apa, the bomosahfUl not be ptyaMe in a.ddi) ion to the several advances, but shall merge or forca pert of such advances as the prio&a etmll ie!d in accordance with the regulation f-cale. 15. The joint committee ehaJl rplaint a''couut.'n-ta, "ho el:6]l bKKit&lB thonet seUisg tjtie<Mt;f Glial in eMh Sioup. They ,bull fc:th",uh aC&t:<ill tiM nee t-<.li;ng pice cf (ull iú: tho m01. U;8 4)ud:ng ¡¡L.¡ of I tCtmct: Ib7f', whkh t\ballllo1'ern <he w,g, ir,Hn the Jrt f't Msjch to tho :orh ci Jmc, 1&80, except M pr, v:ecd for in clause 14. Tht, fecund period of inquiry -F-,ng for the tour rucnt-ts bO-Lh c,f Apri'.i83'. N,L-ith &CfJJ rtgujato wages in the mMM mi'n'ier for the f. ur 1st of J ly, 1&0. and 1,0 ou by E-milar pMiocs cf four monthf, duritjg tho co.. tiLv.a-,e (f this scale. Hi, The give tt certiflœte of the not avetp.ge ct such scHing priCM for a.il coa.1 in ea.ch )<.roup to the two fecretu'ies of the joint commntoe. Tho aecopntanta ehaJl keep the details of tteir inquiries strictly private, merely certifying the roatilt m two itfms. 17. Th9 acconntaB's' chsrge ehaH bf p&id in moieties by tliet'B:p!oyers and workmeN. 18. In fMldition to the wcgea payable ar-der the 9aii acnie r&ie, thera still be paid R tmther advazee of 2t per cent. uBcc the standard wages in respect of wages M ccHieriM in Group 1, when the selling price reaches 13s. M. per ten, ai.d 2P; ptr ceBt. in renptct of wages in ccLiehes in Group No. 2, when tha net selling pftce reaches 12s. 8d. per ton. and, so on, in each of the thid groups tor evfry 1<. 4d. of .dvanoo in the net Belling pTicep, there ehaU be an IidvfUJOO of 2-1 per osot;. upon the standard in the wage rate, in addition to the wagtspeyablounuer the said 6c<tlo. When nny euoh MioitioMi advaBceB i? waxe rabts beyond the c?dulM? scaJe ratesha]ltxcon:cpayabte, and there shall occur s. rMuctJon in the net selting prices of ooxl. there ¡;1nH be an 6qui'la.1!:nt reduction of 2\ per cect. upon the t.tt..t.daid -whge rates in aduiticnto the rsduotica ul,oder th<- s<;f.!e, for tvcfy f&U of 11. 4d. per ton in the J:.t 6e liDg 111 ice of co&ldownto tho aaid respeci&ve Lot t pricts cf i M. a,úc.12: 8J. WM. ABRAHAM, \'). TlICMAS I.RT.'IB, PHtHr JOXSa, W.MBN'I.ATS, D. MORGAN, .K.rx;j.t, SANtiEi. D.s.va:s, J. P. EOWL01': AX, ISAAC EVA"bó3.. W, 8 AMWHJGHT, THOMAS pHH.Ur3, A. YLO. J(),UN JOHK jBTAcii);R, "'HUNS:O H s signatures hereto, joi'N Tn<jMAS, AI.EX&.KDER DA-LZIEL. An rftei. t:vo perupalof tho above document will Bbr,W that it coritair.a clrmae3 favourable to tho mteMRtsofhe mcs which hava not hHhe.tto becu S1:IlOÖ¡: ced, and the effect of whioh is Maiet!al!y ic< aiter tbo wu.g., rae Da compared with the ve-,Ics pre,;ie)usly pub;¡Ù,d. Th'3 pro'll,on ?Lieh ?i'l TECors?eNd itself meet highly t') tto worsen is tht?t by wh?oh the ma.9. ttrq 'vi id tbQr-Pr-Vcd to p&y an imma. è:¡;>,1e acvpnce o! 5 per cent., of t.h<- pTiLca<.?<'t't'?,?La6n.? to be Ta?M'ra.medtor 'i. ]?!=it.tlXH'rtha. If the ?ncc of o.'?l ehoun: ?o uc tliO fig! a-t wbi",fl thÜ, :> p; C,'11: .'<.< 'd IE'g)1iŒdl-¡y :COL:f)(U; iaer a.conet"'(> :!(. it. ihc rate (If <¡;5{C¡'¡ wUi t,ko T' t' Otani njtenet, boyie-ver, wh'oh will bo fets iJJ th oiliciÐll?ii:iD scale will ho Fij compariaoa li, li it Lc&t'a to the other ecalea pubÜ"hed by <be Ferrniu- &')' 'f'm.paniea. As tha bc disnaissod. ILe Kc.If: .'eitainly id Eo?'. ff'.voumb'a to ll'e mec a.u Ct'ruuM !joini:a, but takiui1, i): altogether the rew le s.ipettfd '.o pOt.S8 F.Inch t;rg c.n <\dJy jnt.i5.ed the J"e,âHDta,!iwa in g it a !&ir acd ttoaeonabliJ, i not generous. Mf.tlomsntof anfX(;f(:dinciy h"¡;d that tbj£j Hc&ie s ír.tt'ndf:d tct cp<)rf,Ü, not )'cr a f<. v. MC-L,LE. 1-1' nry limited pt,i:iod, M in a-rty trailed (i¡:,trict, tmt f n MoniTiOutbahire rtnd Senth ?t.if'? fo a t?ni to cr,B?. By its n'ica.BS n.astsrs and Bjf:n .a..<.y &liko Oun. treedom fTOK tho&e i".duE'.naI wlwh cave sc often ,heprogtlèS8 a!:An-;Rrr(CthoFic!peT?yof tHs district. Any coiHps?i&cu, thetefcre, th?!i i] i?atitntsd between it aBd ary tE<ji?jicaal scale JImE;t be made in view cf the W!de j?rfUB<3 that it co-vers acd the cxtraae rsB-g cf pnces to which it ia applicable. The peedmj who thinks th&t coal is never going beyond8a ..lOa per ton, will not be BO !avoulably icp!'e:E6d'wi'.h eweHdiDgncaloaswiUthemel: wtcmLsmbeft eYSir.& '72, "i'3, '74 ;¡,nd '75,and who belisvo ttat what has L,.kpr,,r,:nt)d au recently ma.y agam feu! It is not.lor)g pince we we?e told that the iron trade of Wa'ea hud departed for ever; butlheis'cDtra.doof \\s.iesic-{:L'y ia aa active aBd as p!ofia.ble as it was in the palmiest time of itB existeBoe. And ao "authT-itiea" have icfotmed UB that ateam coal could never rise above lOs or Us again. But why should not an equal advance to that which has taken place in iron be re&IiBad in coal, and that vefy Boon ? The tnmiBg point has been reached alrsttdy pticea are advancing, and there is nothing to pr&. vent a iccnrrence of those" leaps ayd bounds" which previously cb.aracu.rii!ed this tude. la th&t case, where would the advocates of the Ocean &lid. ing Scale be found ? The men who have to work for little wages in low ti'sea are anrely entitled to aharo in the cveat cf tlt p;OHp€i.'ity which high pricee imply. Before coal leaches 126 per ton the new eliding scale will be more advantageous to the men than any of the other scales, and the diSo renoe in its favour will continue to increaae with every ativRnce of prices until at 20a pe? ton, the now scale will be nearly 20 per cent. abovo the Ocean. It mDsi be remembered that not only employea &nd EJC:Jploed h&ve a permanent interest in the aetUciseEt of thia queBtioN, but everyone con. cr-xl,cd ia tha i:d12:Jt:tid pTOgress of the Gissiios— n.ccr;;hanta, tr.àcSpBGp\e, ari.m'ma, :-2!d the pBbJio ger<TRny are c.t!;i;C(od by H. We cc-r.g;¡t\ll[.te them on the fa.ct ¡h"t there is new a prospect of PB2.<J.a- peEce ectahli(Ú::8 d upon an cquitabia ba-aia In whatever way it may oompara wibhothf?!' 90:>193, the r.ew sli,jir.,g &c?.le ie ccrtÚnJy an ?pc;n the ?Hdi:ig ec&Ie of 1875, ?hich i?eH Kit?a ceiiain hmita 66rved fo? ee?era.l yea.r3 to preserve the peace of tha Mura than tin thia the Lew scale is recognised as sn E¡jcd¡a.Hy fair s"ttleciept, tsiniBS all the el,. mc-uts of permanence which can &lcKe be tpCRrcd by an arrangaaont equitable to i-11 paitieG cuucermd. We I:!ubmi'¡i a. ccmparative tuble cf the various Dca-les, nci exac.ica.ticn of Wt.ich will eBable our readers t jadee he.-?? fc.r t73 are j'.ietiEpd in the opi .iona we havf exp'eescd of the new BHdiag ecale COMPARATIVE TABLE OF SLIDING SCALES. Net Price rem'Me Ocean 1S75 1881 of coal. Scale. Bcale. Scale. Se,de. s.d. 80 81'8 '00 85-0 80-7 82 86'0 8&0 8,1-9 83 85-0 85-0 ?9 84 85-0 8SO 82 9 86 85-0 90-0 850 88 ?0 SO'O 850 810 86'0 90'0 87-1 90 S8'2.n 900 87'i 92 68-2 SCO 8?2 93 88't! M.o 89'2 94 882 95'0 M3 96 91-4 950 914 98 91-4 95-0 a 9L'4 910 914 96-0 § ?'5 160 ?K) ICC'O -3 ?.s 102 ?? l'C-0 ? 95'o 104 9; '6 1000. 95'6 106 977 10'0 97-7 i08 7'7 1MO 97-7 10*) 7'7 IM-a ? !77 )010 77 99'9 110 H.f'-9 1C2-5 9919 112 IC() 9 1025 lojo 114 1C09 1M.6 ius-0 11 6 MM lf5'0 lOt'l !18 iMI 10.')'0 M4.-1 1110 1041 ICS'O 106-2 H!0 1C7-3 ICc.'O IC.0'0 lOd'3 122 lt7'3 ir'5'0 10C-0 103-4 123 JW3 It'7'5 10'0 108'4 J 4 107-3 IP7-5 H;00 lOS't H'6 11C-5 1075 M)0 no'o 1 ,) :JO5 H75 1MO 1:05 l;r, I) jO,' 5 3Sd II: 7 .UCU H75 im'6 ;It' 1!S'7 DO-0 1<7'5 Hd'9 I'SH I'3'O H7-5 J-.90 4 .ij!'9 1130 (17 -5 US-0 n IJ JlVH 113 0 ]075 1<:).-1 140 1:-00 H6-0 1!).1 ]21-1 H: 1200 li6 ) U5'0 2 146 J::3'2 !190 H.5-0 175 14,10 1'? HS'() ]?0 13?3 150' 1264 ?? 12.'5 H!9'G 132' 1264 1220 13-,i-5 1:;1'7 156 129't) IMO H2-5 .510 Hi96 ISo'O 1225 IKS-t 160 132'8 128-0 1800 JW3'l 162 152-8 128-0 ISO'0 1:00'7 166 .„ 138'0 1310- 1300 14.i-4 1;0 136-0 ]31'0 1!MO IH'5 )70 138-3 13-t'O 1375 14t.-5 iy2 1S9'2 ISt'O 23,"5 H':J'7 -17 6. 1434 137-0 m7-5 M09 ]710 m'4 1370 1?-5 IM'O ?80 1456 140-0 H50 1,?)0 IS 2 14,56 1400 1450 155' 186 14P-8 liS'O 145-0 1M-1 1810 1488 1430 1450 lt)!5 190 16t9 1460 l.-)25 l!5 192 .„ 151-9 146-0 1525 ltT6 196 I 149-0 1525 1C5-7 J910 15?i'l 149-0 1M5 170-0 200 1583 1520 1600 1700 This sc&la is appHo&ble to steam coal only. The standard lor the house coal ecaJo is M. lower, or 8s,
THE OCEAN COMPANY AND THEIR…
THE OCEAN COMPANY AND THEIR WORKMEN. OFFER TO ACCEPT THE GENERAL SLIDING SCALE. The notice given hereunderwaa on Monday night posted at tho collieriea of the Ocean Company. It will be seen that the Meaara. David Divies and Cc. leave it to their men to decide whether they will work under the scale previously adopted by them or sabatitcte that recently agreed to by tha joint eliding scale committee. The company fur- thermore voluntarily nndert&ke to concede an advance of 5 per cent., commencing ooacnrrently with that of the Associated Masters in February Bext:— TO THE COLLIERS AND ALL OTTIEE WORKMEN EMPLOYED AT THE OCEAN COLLIERIES We fully explained when we d.acuaseå with yoa the terms of our eliding Bcale, that wa canduuad trembeia of the Msatera' Aeaociatioa until ..fter the end of Match, when our notice to l&a,vo thein expirpa; Mid that, in the meantime, we were pro- hibited from McroMirg the ra' ,a of wagea, except through the general acuion of the sS50ciat.bD. It hsa i.ow bct-n èccided to grant anadvauca cf 5 par celJt. in wages at all tha collieries in the a.tIwcia. ticn from February, and, aa a matter of c-,aria, we do the same. Our ?eale comes into operation ia the heinning of ApriL, and our rate of waea will thenoefor .h bo Vovf-r-ned b:l tho Belling' price of ooa!. Although we cannot encourage the oxpectation that the urat examina.ticu of our booba wjll show such an ta- cr<Mt) in Hie EpIIing price as will than eutide yoa to a fcrthcr advacce, we are ab!e to aesure you, from the-pociticn of our basinfes. that the 5 p"r ¡H1¡¡. which we give m February witi not be witMitwn &a the coneequoBco of the n):st in. veptigaTioK ic April. In our scale with that adopts j by the joint committee, it will be aecn that the rolH.- tivo Edva-Eta?ca depend wholly upon the fatare ran?e cf Mlling plices. Thie mnac neoaeBarUy ba wart. r of opinion. If you think a range a.oova 12e the cere probabia, and that anticipation ba realjecd, the Asaociattcn 8fale is perhaps the m.jet deeu'i.bte foe yea to adopt. If. on tha other hand, you think that prioee wilt aeneraUy rule b?lcw 12e, then our Male giv<'a you a ma-teriaiiy higher rate of wages down to 8s t!d. while you are secured against any reduction below the rAta of wagt:B you are now reoMvinK. U,onfnUcon&ideration, you coma to C\ praMy unanimous conclusion that, on the whole, you wou:d prefer the AeBooiation Soale to you own, and will ao ropreaeat ittoce, wehave no obj<Mttos to enbatitute the one for the other; but tt maat be oJearty understood that nona of the conditions in either eoale are open to raviston; each mas!, be t&ken absolutely aa it etanda.and yout muat be prompt and final. You are C!iP!iot>le of decidiFg for youreeiyca, and we will maha no attempt to bias your judgment. DATID DAVIBS AND Co January ?. 1880. ?'
THE PLYMOUTH AND ABEP,P,V…
THE PLYMOUTH AND ABEP- P, V DARE COMPANY AND THicm WORKMEN. AN IMMEDI!TE ADVANCE GRANTED. We .?0 ?.hon?d to B?e th?. at a meeting of ??-'?f? ? ?? R?ouihaudAb.rc? ?'n-p?y, i.dd iu Lonccn on Tuesday, it w?a dce:m-d to g?G an ?d?ccoof 5 ?reeu?to th.ir \HiTll!l1fD, 1i.))1forrr.ably with the proviMoaa of be "?lo nc<=Bt!y adopted b? the A?so??dE? Hf??ra and E.if?B' ddeg&tea at C?rdiS.
'THE FB?.NDALE bMDI?G SCALS.
'THE FB?.NDALE bMDI?G SCALS. Wf RP'?r?t?Bd?mt theacof?n'aRia a'?b?orj be'?'f rf ?J:???. D. D&vis aEd M:?«. Ferm?Q. sad 'hfir Mf.f, tllldf'l' the f)M'B<: eral,) lû(,mtly 1.inT,tH1 at thfir oits/hnva. t.<'ttL' a' t'orrmj a<ti'tn'.t'<.n <f the })o.;I{f. ;.ho to ba f.u<'h h6 do But wzryant au ad v¿¡,i¡ce m -«IWV.. TEE -VA) L}..Y i)[:iJ N A:H) TUH Fit. IlHKG ,C á.LB. There ta a qale*! undei-current ot HcLg itrr,ilg the honse co&l man of this valley respect.. itg the S.'idii;g -Cal Coraa.iittee's work Lt la1¡ The man ccn't ccmpl&iaabcut ihegra.dnati.ona of the s'?Ia, ??? about the very low Hguro taken a.s the b?ia. The nC1\fí, huw;.ver, tb&t there n*'o bfj.x.i ad. van.cf cf 5 p'.? cc'nt. next month scemR to ha.v.; hd the eSt'et, Bnd" eoyer.jd a. illultj,;llr¡13 oi'e:ijs"fc'? bfj p:c;f;:(mt. An ,dvi>u:n uf)'m th( pH.;JSE21t r'te wages wiH La most a.eo-;p!¡;bl., to th. KtCB, 'h{ -Frl it a b&rd J::lI1.tt'!r of tea to (nlke Meet, ç::pl-p.ÍaHy when work i,3 M!.&X.
THE IMPROVEMENT IN PRICEM,…
THE IMPROVEMENT IN PRICEM, PRICEM, ¡ ¡ I (?ECN OUR SPECIAL CORBBSPONDENT.) CARDIFF DOCKB, TUESDAY. I have befn at seme pains to-day to ascertain j with exsetituee the real condition of things, and to Ssd 0. the extent of the impro'.rement which is sieged, &nd on authority of the most trust. wotthy character, to have taken piawo within the Ia<ft few dt&Sz in the ecsi trade of South Walea. I have seen documeut&ry evidence of tha following chp.rs.ot8i. Butiinesa closed for so many thousand tcnn at la 3d per ton more than the quotations of a week ago; &ote from tha Bargoed Colliery, one of the principal bitumincua collieries.lo the eSeot that furfht!:t buaiseNd must be at higher rates note ¡ h\m C.&w&bsy, Cyfarthfa, that in the preaent; Btatc cf the cotti mas'kct no future delivery ojuld be undertaken except at advanced ratea, and evidence at v(,ry mfmy onioea at the Dooka all amounting to the same effect, that a distinct advance had been tnken since Friday, was well sustained on Saturday, and was now in raday piacpBDrm, and in othera increasing. Noamonnt of quibbling and no quantity of wet blanketa will hide this patent fact, anditm&y woll bf questioned who is the frieca of the collier and the oo&iowner, whether he who claps his handa approvingly when good signa Me about us. or thu one who ct-criea, asd donbts, and eneera. One cf the meat sagacious and innuential of the agents at the Docks, speaking upon the turn im the tide, said:—"The fact is, we have alt along based oar hopes of a change in the pnca of coal on two things—a continued improvement in the iron truee asd the settlement of s. sUdmg asaie. Both have been accomphahed. There aro now several propemec," he continued, "imhj market which ate likely to ch6:'ge hando, th.b ia, inabead ff btiBg m a atiprii-nl Eta-ce, wiU ba ir. operation. Fenr t.r 6ve tboKsand men wui. be likely to be eniployed at these p!acos. And what dGea thia mean? It means th'.t ironmaaterh wUinoi.oaiy withdraw mm frotR cu&l working, bnt c-Ml also from the merkrt and, though steam cca.1 is t;ot requited to make iroa, of but litda, it ia required Tj ta.k(t the coal ci thf co-entry oversea, and if you have in. cteaepd Bales, Icwer conanxnptioa of 'utuMmou3 ccsl, emali and coke, aNQ a steadHyiporaamRg' ;.roa trade, you c'&y aa well attempt to oreveat. e%tra. plicea for c'&t aa to &tt'm baok, aa Mother FartiB?ton cEE?pd to d0j the Mda." It: ?aa 'i':s ccsfctcBt obioD of the gentl"Sti:1 ia th,it the SMRdy advanca !:et in xya6 Oa Tuesday prices continued veyy &:3t at the acvsEMd :n.te, nad i.. wA- i.'Dpo&&ibtC to gac ti,11I6 cxcbpt !'<r ibe onrrent wc<;k.
TEE COLUNi'AL SECRETASY ON…
TEE COLUNi'AL SECRETASY ON THE COMING SKSSIO;T. At an iBMgr.raJ n:ti-cjlirg of the Tewk'31JhU17 CoBEeTva.tfve A0süciation CD Wedncaiay Ove-nlyig, bi:: Mic-h&el Hicke-Bet',ch ssn. that GoveMmant would he xf.¡¡¡,dy to exp!.a.m and to i-aatify their pohcy before Parliament, and to submit tha meoBures which the? hoped to pass. Tho'r opponents h&ve expreBsed an opinion tbt the eommg MeeieR wuuld rot be fruitful of le?is:a.' UoD.bnt It as the wiah nud intention of tno Goverllra£ tbnt it should be a re&l wotkbi? eesEtOB I ''iry repr3diated the idea tl¡at Pal"h, mentj s6 at present conatitnted, waa not Mr!e"!ity ccrnpetent to d(.al. with the measures the? bad c:a.tnred. Ho could understand a da. ieated Government like that of Mr G!a.d. stoBC'B deoiiEing to mMt another suasion, but as 1C11[; as the Government retained tha coufllono-, of the Rom'3 of CommoBa n wouid ha foreign to thp Bpihi; cf the cone.titntion iLf4t they shoald appeal to tb!! ccnntry, merely becauao a certain set of Radical oratoza wished it. The general election weald come in good time, and the iaaae then to be decided would be batwfen Conao?vative and Radical prilciplee, and that isino had never yet been preeentpd to the country because Dolitioa.1 innuenee had never previously b <on eo powecfut in the direction of txtreme Radicalism. He warned the constituencies agaiaat favouring opinicES dangercua to tha constitution and fatal to the Esopira, and havmf made eome reference to the subjects of country government, household Ecfh'&cs in counties, and the reform of the Land .LWHJ wu,niy d",fnd(\(j th? fl)roi4a L))Iioy of the Govc:E!Bt-at. Ac-mi',ticgr th%t Lard Hartiugton use pcrsu.a;ly auxioua to maintain tha tinni? cf onr id!'sip n polio?, Sir Micha,3l a?d there were oembera of the Opposition w?o fvara B:crs powerful than Lord Ha.rting-ten, and 8Ug geeted that Mr. Gladstone ha,vin,i' rcsig'nac' taa leaderiihip of the Liberal party in defeat, W"-8 ncxv substitute hiatself for Lord Hartingtoa in tho hops ef BUCOBB8.
AN IRISHMAN'S GRATITUDE.
AN IRISHMAN'S GRATITUDE. Michael Malrcy, a fMm h.bom,r in the employ of Mf. CMrr, 0:r IsKe Fi*rm, Weyt Derbv, whUe paesK-g Hcjty Trinity Church, Cabbage qeli, o: &tU.lL'J :joojo. tuû-,> out lÜ3 pur,,o, (}()!I.f,mng .£83 in g&Id, REG .bi.j it on the ja?a't of the w?on whMh hi? was d'-lvia?. Senieth.r? diveftad?ia atten'don at too niOmcBt. and he torgot ail about hie: molcy-tlie cattfol savicga of thrse op four ycarR—until SUCOhY morBios', when he suddenly recolJeoted the that he hi4d fcrotten to pus the pureo in his pocket again. L,tit.-kily for the loBOT tha purae feit into honest handB. it was picked up from the road w ay by Roger StocMey. a buiohpr, in tha emptoyme !t o. MeaarB. R. Ban!<a sifd Sou, Berry atMec, aad by h:m taken to the police xHtton in t)ale atrcac. Soon afterwards he exw an reacesb. jlJg Malcss of the n.c.Bcy, aad want cut to ?e? Derby, ?tuf?i? with Muk?y to tht, pohqe ft&tMn, when the bea-scre w?a re?Md t.o the t!ghtful owBer. Mulroy g6nerou8!y rewarded ?o ? ??? ? ? ooina.-Ltw?oo&
GOSSIP IN THE ."WORLD."
GOSSIP IN THE ."WORLD." Mr. H. FenniBg hsa been unfortunate in losing h!6 recent purchase, the Irish eteepleohaaa horse Advocate, fcr whom ho gave upwards of XI,OUO, for the PurPoee of winning tha Urand Military (a. Za Boyne Watet), and, perhaps, following this Up by a Grand National -victory. The horse died last week of beart'diseaae. Thp picture exhibited laat year at Burlington Hoce& by Mr. Browning-, son of the poet, has been eclc to Mr. Braeeey for -&3M, not a. ba.d bcgiBBiEg for a younp artist. I tear that Mr. Panmnre Gordon is having a Fu!man car constructed for himaelf, to ran betwixt BrightcR and London. A 6rat.ra,to ooob ia to be attached to it, and Mr. Gordon oontem- pi'-tea having breakfaet, if not dinner, "on bo& ret" daily. For thia luxury the railway ecu pacy is to charge him .81.200 per annum; but tt-f n he is allowed to oarry a certain number of p.BBcngers, and these will, no doubt, combine with him in dividing the expense. A correspondent is responsible for the follow- )Bp :—" The comncittce of the Herefordshire Hunt lall aentan invits-ticn to the colonel and omoera of the 24th BegimeEt atationed ac the d6p6b at Breocn, with a pari:joular request that they would appe&r in UBiform. These oBicora ca.a:e in nnifoxm as Tequested. Thera was no one to receive them, and not one of thoatewa-rdaor committee took the elighteat notice of them in any way until the last hour cf the ball, when one gentleman introduced himself to tha eamor L ihcer. Had they not happened to have had fnimda in th6 rcom the same thing would havo htappejol ae c'õ to six oSioera of the same r-gUl:¡6ut. who raRie to the aame ball some five or eix ycari ago. Th< se entlemen were trsated prociao.y "h but !-ct having friends tn tne ro¡)U, stai?ipg about fcr two honra? dop?z-?g ? diBgu?t. I do net know that tho ?;a ??? Q?,? doRe RBythicg to ces&ryo each tce?t?oat, bat I can ?ouoh for tco fact. I _L_ .L I heard a gooo. '? ?° ether <!ay of a Teen aery reginieBt tD the e&stera counties. After the animal review, the inepecti,, ordered the regiment to do some outpost dv.ty, The day waacold aad wet. and eomo time had elapBod btfote the dL-poBitions were mgdo and the ir,opeuti,g.cfri()er could make his ton.-of the out- toata. jui-Liiy-,gupa hill, he and his staS croe ,pon a k3c-litL"Y vetletta ahivering in the cold. -Now, my m?," ?? ? inapaotin?.of&oar. ? ? ??' ?? ? I?" ?id the m?. ? by, 1 am a -? ? ?,? ??? ??? ? thrsa hcuTS 10 the rain, aad h&vehad enough of it." rhey te!l a RIDOD story of W-, ø. C,,k lMdlo)-d. He rMCEtJy met hia ten!1try at (.)oaohford, loudy hu:.t1l.t tl:lr from civi1ieation. They tcldhtm they ?ere Quablo to pay thp reDt; thay w<<?d a?.t<?mf:ut acd time. Di? an abatement ?a o"Mi; "bnt 1 tt-U you what-I'? ?o? yoa a iccEth's delay, and any moth?-'a aon amocgstyoa t?t dopsn't squaM up t?en wui get a b?lat tbrogh his he&d. Yc'vc been ehootitQ!! tha land. 'ord6 Ior.K eHough it/a thMftfnBow." As Mr. W- is a man of hia word, and his revolvera threw straight, tboee salea are likely to be acquitted is fnIL HmteMnt-GecM-alDimitn Ivanovitoh Skobe. ldt .Nho died at m- Petersburg on tha 8th mat., was a gallailt wM-nor of tha old &u88in typa. Miiit?Hy he ?M Gecer?knboiea I., his better. kn'?n ecB bet? Skooe? H. ? ct?rched into Rc?man'aatthaheadof a dMBion of Cosaacka lO.COO atrong, which was broken uD, maoh M the ?cu? 0!? adders ui?ust, immed?teiY afte!- the croB&!B?ot tee D?jRbe. He waa ? Roaaroaa, waxm-h??d m&B, not a, ?Q ??? to good Ii?ir? whf!ccos,uau ci?ereci, bas ttihiun ta ro?gh it ?it.h Ms CosB:tc.b!j wheH Bepd w.ts. Hta aalat.?. tior wM e?t-r t ?isN scd he wore a r?mMk?b?a dthincx'c' set in a riu? on the thumb ct his amori. hMr.d. 'H:; put ttis t'cot down "iJ\Jlu!-ely whoa ing I KC-H, vhc m t,l? t;.).? ?g.yjg of the c?-upR.'?n w.M t!H f&thf.z's 6<ti.& otdoer, wasted to a<vtoi th=j ói"1..jcn il/.inasse UCfMS the Danube but hø h;d ? ferv? ;t pr.dc tn i-?a briHiaa!- so. ??. ??s qn{':d ccBtt'&t whoB. aftur tho wmtsr oi'u?s.r?' ot th? Sbiph1 !:e, who hal bt'en that roi'ig eOG¡'1.'àudijg cincMatiha T)Edp:- hi?) ci-n'Msnct iu the ,¡.dv,lJCC ()I] 1]0 lived to Me a dnunhter mat-rte't inn InTtri,,l f9lJ\ill M.dboth before !ltl after tho R,{!f;¡,c,Tn..11:¡h ca.u¡p?,gn wt8WMU a ci' :R wnoxo ta.k graa.: dMU.-h: ,8IWUIII
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VrHTRIB'C'rION OF' PRIZES…
VrHTRIB'C'rION OF' PRIZES AT TE.E DDJ'dYNSCHOOLS, ABERDARE. ADDRESS BY LOED ABE,DARE. The. annual ài8ttibnUon ff p!izca to the n:Lo)tn:a t)t the lJuLryu ochoois, Ai-ouanin Ash, hu!> p'.t..up (n Friday week. A on former I ii, theepacione schooiroosi wm crowded vuh Ow Eic)idrs, ihcir parents, a.ut iriaada. L' 'c A I. V1ÙtUo aLR4].n progicatl and disrl:mted the a.ruOl'gst tlioto preeiont being Lady Abet. (fin hnd the Miaspa Bcuco, the Rev. J. H. P-c.t.btrc«. the P.bV. B. Jones, Captai). aud Mrs. (j;t-Y aihd other L.f t1.e pÜncipa.l in!lihita.ut'3. 13 1 ter the singing ot a piece, "Ca.Mh tha EUD b:Be, by the girl? L< re ABERDABz reiLa-,I-cd that thoy were met ag .m &n an occasion ct the doapeat intereat to ("uumcia Afh. 'Ue was happy toanythat he bt'lie-ied all paxtipa wo)ilu be fairly sansaed with tt e*.tRt(. meet n W&.13 tL(\:¿¡ hm duty to p,ii-ce before thtuo. Re bf,gall, a.H MEua.1, with the numbeM in the eohcele, P-L d here he aaenmed tu& durirg the I p&st yea.r, there had buh nj 1 L or-,aae u. tho Population of Moaatfun AslJ in 1878 th!;ra wt-re.on the books of the Vt.r'oue fohcoia 513 boy! !aat year thare were [1U" tu 1878 there were on tha books 4SO giria ettr there were Z41,L:1 1878 the-o were 808 laEt year there wece 8.54 on the books; ti<, takug' tha tot&l cutcbe? cf B<*hoi.%ra, there were in 1878 on the hooka 1,801 whilst:, laat yeM ttere was 1.978—&n increase of 177. (Applause.) Now, this iBciease, as he before said, was not due to an iEcrease in the population, but to the activity displayed by those who had charge of the children in Beading them to achoot, and he hoped also, to a greater aenae of responsibility on the part of the parenta. But, unloaa the children at. tended regularly, there waa no advantage in their betBgon the books. (He&r, hear.) Theyoama i:. xt to the number of children in average atten- -.< ce. Ihe aTerage atteadanoc of boya in 8 '8 wsa 342: l?f year, 425 giria in Ib78, 342; last year, 37?; and ot infanttt 543 in 1878, and 595 luat year, thna giving a total cf 1,2C6 in 1878. itgaiust 1.3U5 last yea.r, an in. ersame of 129. Now, this was very satisfactory. The third poiitt to which he would call their attention waa that which, in hig mind, waa the moat Hatiafaototyofa)!, viz., the number presented tor examination, because by this the progress oC the echcol Tvaa teawd, and upon the report of the i¡,r.¡:;)ctok"a examisatioa the character of tha t!t;in 01 dependtid. Tha tota.1 no.mbor of children pj t?M; ?ec for Mcamic&iion in 18 ?8 waa 1,142, against i,Sh5 in 1879, an increase of 143. Now, thia >AH a most imi;artant matte?. Bnt there \'it-s another question also of great im- mtuIice to the echool, viz., the Saanoo and the ,b,ra!;tt:r of the examination that had beenpaaeed ui.d6f ihe three different hoada. But befare ha ru./J ÓJut the B t.mb<'T8 that h"d aucoceded, and in crd r that they lLight have aome basis to go upon, Lc wnnid read tLem an extract from the report by tLe Pnvy CouMil cf the reault of the examina- tion in sM Esgl&nd &Bd Wales, by which they gee how f&i' tha schools had fallen short or In¡,d improved ispCB the general average. In 1878 the 1>nl'rnl aTfrago of paBsea in Enland and ,Úu wa.e: in iea.ci2g 86i. writicg 7Ui, and in urt'hjatitic 72 per ceEt., or, taking a general ..err.ge cf the whole three subjects, 79 per cent. pttMed. Now, he would ask them to bear tb,.t in Mind whilst he read the ncmbera !.f their own school. He would begin with the DoNryn Boya' School. The number cf boya brought up for examination was 36C, &li passed in reading, and, as he was present itt the examination, he was giad to see that the t crda he had uttered in the preceding year had not besn lost by either the teachera or the aoho- lan', and that there waa a very great improvement iu Ule at) Ie of readiLg. In writing they were not to gfod, the number pa66iBgbei:ig 8361, and in ttM'-hn<6tioP25perlM). The general average of pat see was 90-} per cent., agaia:3t a general average m sll KKf.laBfi and Watea of 73. (Applause.) In !i.e buttrylt Giria' School the nmibcr preaeated was ",85 &U passed in reading, in writing, and rJ5m alithrnetic, agcl>G:raJ. avera.ge of 97}peroent. At the Duftryn Infant School 47 only were pre- Mnted, as only tho&e wore examined above seven yents of age, who had been drafted, or WMb about being dL"ed into the othar schools, A hundreu per cent. of these paasod in reading, i'8 !L writing, and ¡í;l per c&nt. in 'rithmetio, ¡"iVllJg a general avenge of nearly 98 per cent. At the Miskin Mixed bohool, which was carried 1J1 under ciToumatahoea of very gi-eat diSoalty, hDd wb<Te bcja and Riria were under tho aame n.i&tM&s, the reBcIt had been that in readiag 97i paeesd. in writing S¡-i, and i.ji arithmetic 76 per cent., a general average of 8Gl, At tha Newtown jDfLt bchool 22 abot'e the age of ae?ea yaarw WEor6 examined, and &U pasaed in reading, 95! in whtiDR and arithmetic, giving a gencNl a. rerage cf 97 pM cent. At Cwrnponnttr jinfant bcaool only !1 ttbove the age of 8ven wera presentee), and he wee g!ad to say that they all pasxed with the higher marka in reading, writ:nf, and arithaaetio. PuttiEg all tha echoola together, th general average of the Mountain Aijh Sohoola WM 93 pfr''ent.,agaiEBt79 in aH those of Eogiand and L!.i\!S. His IjrdshiptLen proMededtoread tha btict rstNarka iDacio upon the varioua aohoola by tba itjppcet<r, whitih showed that each waa in a VfXJ' dL(;i;))!t eta,te. He thought thay would aU agree wi'h him tha.t this report waa a very aatia- thd?yt.j?e, ana no <v taey h&a toaoaoywnac meabs, i-Ld at what coat, these reanlta had been t.rot)uo<d. The large number of 1,978 children wore not taught, aa might be supposed, with & very EliJaU staff of teaohera. They had 7 teaohere, 11 at;¡fJl :nt tpjai;iers, 21 pupil teaoht)rj,aad 23 mi.DHt.s, maslEg a. total of 71. Then t amc tha qucettOn of their financiai position, F Mid h<;re waa the OL:y d!-E&Wb%ok.to tha s\\tisfa.a- tory Bt&tecfthe ach<Mla. They'tnew that evet Bir.co the great L,.triLe of 1875 thay had been ia (lebl, &rd as 6:1100 then timea had baen very bao, nHh01Jgh tha worhmcn in the meantime had liberally agreed to increaaa their coniifibution frcm Id to lid, ard &ithongh*tho Government graEt had gone on steadily iaoroaaing, yet they had Dot been abia to baia.noa aocoMtna, mad he was ecrry to eay toat tharo waa a bal"'l1!) a,inat tbeni, wbieh appcs?od a'reator tba.Q it 'VA9, inaa- ? much as a sum cf ?1'? frosi Meeara. Po<veU tmd ( Co. had coma in too late to be included in the aec'justs.' Now, L-ikt yoar the income from all ecutcea was XI,861 Ca Id, and they b.a.d spent 1 .t2.112,1.li3 7d; so that, includin the .64.0 he had meutioDcd, there wa,¡ a deSoieccy of about .E200. In 1878 the expenditure was ooBaidorabty more, bat lastyearthey hadbcf;nejoablod tomabeoaneideMtbIa recuotioc, and owin;f to tbeinoro3.(,f.I in the number of &choitttB, and grläter ooonomy, they would Bee that thy had been able to on the sohoo18 Boll eccDomicillJy as any in country, approaching theiNincxeeilense, cOtttd be carried on. (Applaueo) Bia Ictdahip then proceeded to ehow how the t income ot Ai,M bs la t?aa maoe np, a.nd pointed cut that last year tha Uo?erna'ent grant amounted to '£1,148 1513 6d, an irozease of .661 lla 6d upon the previous year. (Applause). He hoped that whec the prices of coc.1 increased and with it tha wording men's wages, that the reoeipta would OEabie thorn to preeoot a batter balance eh eat, and reduce the debt upon the aohoota for which he (his lordahip) had made hinigelf reBponeible. Thora were a few other pointa which he wished to mention. He saw going cd in the newspapers a oontrovoray with reep'Bot to one of the alterations made in the Education Act by tho present Goveramoat in 1876. He said it waa made by me present Government, b?t ha maat a&y that it reeeived the entire and bea.rty support of ah p&yttea. (Hear,. hear.) That was the attempt made to ouctpei the attendance of all c:nldro'l tn sohoci nntU they had attained a eufScieat oi- ;m1ll modicaal of know. leege, as it wt.s }o.. for the &Mt time hid down in the Act of 1876. iii6 io:dahip enlarged uoon the cJaueo of the Act which pioventa ch1.ldrlm being sent ont to work untU they had attained a oactain age or passed the fourth sta?rd. Ho oca.d set eit dowu wtthoat refo-ung to ? pa.:Dful matter of which they had all he&rd—the ohargo of cruelty againat one conBGoted with tko BchooL ihe porsoa against Wnc& tho charge was brought WM not a taachor o? assistant teacher, but a monitor, who, he waa informed, cid his work remarkably well. He waa not going into tho monta of the cg,o; it was under judgment in another piMe, and, therefore, it wauid be most UKfidr of htm to exproaaaB opinion aa to tho trnih or falsehood of the charge. But ho understood the working liaen h&d taken & ,;teat intereat in th3 :at:ject, and ha val'! anxious to '=?.y a few worda &bout pQniahtaani.a in those schools. Nuw, wtth regard to the Giria aod Infants' School be ?erd with groat pleasure from the inspector th&t !n a M tho sohoola the taMhiag wsa (jtrried oa with the greatsst kindnoaa and gentIeneBB, and therefore with the reaaM-e. And he thought ho rojght aay of Mr. Dowmng that a Boore kmd and ¡:ntla Bchoolmaator did not exiat withm tbo fcnr 0C82. (Applause ) He wa* aurotnatMr. Downmg wae iaoap&Me of doing 3 .U ur ornel tQ:ng, Or of aUO!!TOg t!: to be (tose by otbera. But they had )ua? neard ??? ? ?ar?o number of teachers there nere in the schools, many of whom were ycun,. They had in the boya' school eix pupil 9.()C8rS and two zaouitora, a.nd undoubtedly, from time t? time, it had b<?a brought under hia notiea ??t the tea.chera and Monitora had beoa ?ailty, llot of ornel, but of rough acd harsh treatment, EMcc as the msiiBgera c.n.d the ho-%dxa%Aer con. dera-r(id. They know thttt when a boy did eome- thig 'xroBg, be w&s too of ben reproved by a onfE or a blow. when it w:mld be bettor tf ha.ve naod wcidH. He could urcerat&sd a teacher of a moni- tor haviqf his patience aorely tried by tha pro* vchiBg condaot of children attU ho ailORfd Boi: givo way to temper, &cd tead of -lilflijting a. cuff or a blow, it w&e, in hM iordship'a opinion, of the highest i¡nàtOrø.U9 that any corpora pcnishmect shouM be mRtcted only by the oetd- maattir himBeIr. (Appi&nse.) He said chm, not only because the greater pMt of the teMhera Me far too young, to oe entrusted with eo grave a matter as the tnanotmg of corporal pnniahmant, but becauee he thought it was of the greatest poeciMe importaBne th.t punishment ahoa!d only bo iEQicted by the amater, who could not possibly have any feehng in the matter, before the whole school, whicH invested s ich pnniahsiont with a juaMiBlacJemBity. (Applause.) In making these remarkahMlordehipBaidhedidnot intend thue to express Us belief that in that school there had been a great ceRi of harsh and personal panish. ?en.. Sa heiieYed, to the contrary, that no Mbool in the country had been carried ca eo free t?cm pUBiahmpntB. but where there were a large 1l!l¡\.)er of ]; ot,Bf? persona employed in edacation it Wr.*g liecesbary that ovoTy precaution Rhould ba te.km that 1:0 such charge should be made against .¡¡y poreon. (HeRr, he&r.) In ooilcia-ion hia lorjiihip expressed the hope that the Natiaf&otory ¡¡rogres6 th.;y ha-d .0 might be maintt.iQed and and ).Jro(}oode'l to tha dutribntioa of the prizea and Tkf pTizsa racgRd fro<a w£2 downwarda. both to th'.) boya a.nd gif'-s, in acd:tt!oa to wimjh theM 15 W(.!ra a, iaTga (-it eai:tideitos of honour prB- &i'ter the distribution of the avarlda a r-o of mM'o !t"J di¡hg¡,[I, wta goc9 thrL.:U¡¡;.Í1 hy the c!ilr!,re, in nn adrntrttbie .runner. ana > vote of thaaKd WU,3 ho.u'tity 1.)'° 'f0po9i'iouuf tha H"II'. J. H. t.'jt(.Teati::g
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