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| ———— ^EKIOUS CHARGjS AGAINST A KEATH TRADESMAN. At tre b?ronghp<'lu!* ooutt: Nna.h, en Moo day, N'atfciU.i< 1 Miles, tm wco manuf.iotcre?. it a iarpe v sv of businesB iI; Wind airik t, w^i oha-zed With b; ing in nniaw.nil -ou or 611)3. of iead, tLe property of «r.xo peceons uahno-va. )Th? i>ei:ch first cr-p- vt ths yu-irge agaiaas •Kf-nb«u llelpb, \t e t fer .» -vho scld -faeiead to the «eftndant. ti» war- -cr.ir«e''] on his owa recog- 3 ^sai;C £ 6 in £ ,i0 to coma a«< again if wanted. Mr. I iiomaa defeno^d Vie p'is>ner..fhe case *guast the detenea- t i ilea turned cn tna ovi- tiesoo of Police coo«ta*>ie Barnes, wLo saw Dalph :a*e -he. lead to Ahffrs'psbop, andri^ei^e payiuens ^or ;t. Delph wa<* no>* vouie a witness against Miles, arid he dt-p-rard ihat he told the l:*»fi to for 4s and some o('d p?uo3, tho iuaip weigh- 2r g on Galea's r.Cr>ks 5-.>ias. The l^ad, ha all^^bd, ^aa ti.e tav ngfl of two y ears' pickingd by his boys oi epfeLt. buliets at ta* r>d range. Vi>\ VVoid varl, i ^w*»sea. abiy defended the accused, and argaed i; Yf* that tfce prosecution had failed to p/ove I 6fi <-■{] a r.eul", as d.iiried by the Act Vic. I -r'i. c. 110, etc. 4, a:d that as the odier de- i Jendajit. had been dieohMge J, there being no proof tbat he had stolen too -ral, t.ne sbcond charge of Pavirp, unlawful possession of old metal which L!\à been iflonic-uoiy ftoleo, also failed espeoially j ae th(,re had been no Attempt at coacealmsat on the pa>' of 3,(ilc8. 1 ne i;ench, however, coa- wdsred the chargeprovt-d. and fined the defendant and oosts, and orCftrf d biui to ba ri.-gijt-'rcd as a dler. After ra}Ü he lliOl,t:>yc Saperintend^nt Ps arrested him on a charge of stealing .^nothfcr quantity of sheet lead, the prpperty or 1 ,eEf7s- i'iayer, cf the Melyucrjthaa Chemical i orb. Defendant seemed perfectly stajjecod at Prd hfter co tug with hia eoliditor, a remand was granted, dofondant being liberated f rec°g^i^J.njf.a in £ 50 to appaar on t the *aino court, 'liho cise esoited ff t+ial^!L from tile portion of. tho defendant i jD io town. ( ta t i mmy' at the boroneh police court, X^TLw0, waa b"«^« «P O« reoiwd chargeu feipa,o0,iy ^.alin/a quantity of lead, i-fce pr P _ty of ttif, aicijn-xythio Chemical ^orkj. Comp> if. **«oner defended by Mr. WcoowKid, d-.&nsea. l^o nrst witness called was Alfred Sclw00 £ ?a8fitter, who deposed that he bought some -ead of tha defendant, and rmoERfeti the the old pipe produced formed a part. ^a ld, Jamea, the foreman the woiks, deposfd t!±at the lead was r, the woiks, deposfd t!±at the lead was part of an old draught pipe, which iad been taken down at tiie works in Octobsr. I The Fnlphur Btaire outs'de and the deposit inside ttiab.-cd hiiri to swear tù tbo proper v.y, Paillip Koes, I ra^.tcr, recognised tb9 piPd by the seam, which Was his work, not i older d, ba j closed by the gas bumicg machine, done v him Beven years ago. tor the defence Mr. Woodward called John ttichards. who deposed that when tsi, assistant to i 'J • Andrews, iroumotig^^i CiJ i a lot of old metal, load pipf <rv0.| snu sold to the defendant. Among them wap a pipe uke that produced. Lat not haviag tno ame seam cr the eame EilIlel!, w.t)a.t r, sold haying been a soil a A 0> f°r*nerly ctorekaepsr t"i .i Andrews,, deposed to guthering up the old scrap IhAt,aid Vik ^to-or the defendant, paia Eicbatda for it Thnmw fo^arec. l Sis? Mr. WfiOdwlV ald^eeffibf the point that, the ohurge of atfaJin h-j* ° «JS.out, Pmj.ion «. ,i» »eiSV"?.riSia fete Bosci decia<-« tu coaim.t the defeu-S %2al, but accep'-fc-d bad, t*o sarotiea ia £ 2r, II |^e in JK50. At tha oj: the oas9 Mr, V?o6d- tftrd Mrvod nov.Cf* <>L against tho dooiijoa aCHIIlt fete Bosci decia<-« tu coaim.t the defeu-S %2al, but accep'-fc-d bad, t*o sarotiea ia £ 2r, II |^e in JK50. At tha oj: the oas9 Mr, V?o6d- tftrd Mrvod nov.Cf* <>L against tho dooiijoa (Jt the Bench in tbe t: heard agaiust Miles, ft Which he was tlneO >» nd costs for being in PoBsesbion of metal aih'trod to have beeu stolon g from time pen-ccs u'jj»i>o'^n. The court w»3 T Jtowded at the Loari:. ?. defendant b?int- one of I »he moat thriving tiiiutBuion iu the town. ,I,

I shoplifting AT heolfach. On Wednesday, at the Fontypri'Ti police-court fcerore Mr. Gwijym Williams), Cathsrme Green, a Sf?hfrrS?* livin«at "eolfach, wa3 charged r" -tiii; parse containing one sovoreign, I,t?R &thn/8ixPeilce. the property of a Mrs. fcifa/h I? a^ter of M«- Bhop, • *eat he? little d«uSlSt,|;li0 prosecutrix had i fn, cnm« i oonoy in a puree f Shop. The'chU^plaStS^9'1 at | hjeney on the counter for P^a„ l}° P"30 a?d v Went to purchase a stamp to put on ? lfY 0 ?i>« went back the parse had^^niv^! ^°n the prisoner. Polioe oonstab^ wa 80 OLded her, and obarged Bet with the thef t. The f^Boner fainted, and was in that condition for I time. When Bhe recovered she said, W _ly and shaking her head, I am innocent' I S ?Cncenfc!" The Bench, however, came to'the ^clneion that the gorier was Ruiit '^tenccd her to It days with hard labour.

[ THE RUSSIAN EMIGRANTS j A.T fcOUTH .^MFTOK. • » CcRtr&l NeilT^ tel^raa ^73 :-Th^ i for the removal of "tho oibtrea-ei I fco*iaaentrants at Soncha^ptcn to K'ibsiaare I the. Qpr-in 0'»vornm<Ht nwirig n 'pr-.diibitun to the p:c;y pacing t^n-itory. T'i y ar-j t lt>-a.va b;* train nn Satu: <<ay .r"* i" ''5" 5'"5 will f-mbark on board 'h«i Hi*fT K;-T>iti,.r: C.K.Mll*V th--t «•> O.^ th- t%le Ot %S* ^cvSwiii frc*tkr- ™ *x*s™ai

— 1 — rVT' a -jr\-r-i J.i iW' •■•• c~~ C. r. ,;I;I)t \J.l I'HJt FUli.^S Vit-* Ctih'L! kSWS," <M Hilt SjLKC'iiS.J — THE SLIDING SCALE QUESTION 1!jgQ. MA&S IiJEETtNG OF THE OCiiAlS COLLIERS. EESOLYE OF THE MEN. Ou WeclneEday afternoon the 4,000 men em. ployed in the five collieries belonging to the Oooaa Colliery Company, Rhondda Valley, held a mass meeting near the chief office of the works, at the entrance into the Park Valley. A platform had been erected for the convenienoe of the speakers. "J Mr. John Jones, Ton, was elected to preside and, Breaking in Welsh, ho explained that the purpose they had in view in meeting together waa to consider the noble offer of their employers to release thtm from the agreement they had entered into with them, and to enable them, if the% preferred it, to adopt tho Cardiff Sliding Scale. A long discu2sion then took ilsce on questions cf detail relating to various extras allowed for cutÚfl work done at the collieries. The Secketary of the men (Mr. W. F- W iJjiarr-?/ then spoke to the following eifaut- Ihty had met on a very important occa- sion :ce the purpose of ooaaidariiig the offer which had been made by their • r« vlc ji rs, which ofier had been explained by their ctairmsn. he also added that they woro veil aware of the ironical remarks that h^d been n,s do in that røg ot a newspaper called the Tarian y Hv-eithiwr, published at Aberdare. (Hear, near ) ltey had compared the lisi of pricei tliic are in operation at the Ocean with the remarks mace upon thcia by the and thiy hAd ct.me to the conciufion that the re^sa-ka leferrei to v.ere lies" (c-'Lv.ydd), Tha b vae pricea were f"t"d at the Ooeaxf LOW as wm paid ia íb7b, with the exception of th3 16 per ot lit. ret uction agreed upon everywhere. The Tartan had alleged that their standard rata ot "iagt8 WiHI x.othu g but a sham. Tiien, it the b:if Ration was corrtct, the fitelnjaz I ot 1875 vrai a sham alto, which they ail kaew was not tha ca ro At this point a cdHer snatched the copy of the Tarian the epeukt had in his haal, aud Siid, Xi row tie a—~ thing away it ia Lot worthy of liOiiee," That was done accordingly, Thare appeared to he a fierce feeling agaiiit* he Tarian, reui y cry ivg, It 71)1 never come into our houses se sin The Pkcrt tart Faid We have be-tn compared by i!me t--j nlac,l- slaves of Africi. We oaoo ccmpsre ecme to the white slaves of Siberia, (i his wns followed by gieatlaugbter-) r!i¡ CHAIRMAN: VVnich sliding sotle aro you po ng to aa. pt r (Loud cries, Ths ('oe-wi oJole 1. J he (Iemu bcsie!") The speaker reti rrod to tha ■r> per cent, advance they were about to reoai/e, and that another 5 aer cent. would bo given them when coel reached :Ia 3d in pjiao. Aoc jrdiug to the other scale coal would have to rea(.h Da 6d per tl n before another advance would bo accorded thom. The following resolutions were passed unani- mousiy and with u uoh euthusissm:- Jet, Proposed by William Thomas (Ton), and seconded by John Jones (Eastern), That we trefont cur thanks to our employers foe their kindness in giving us the option of taking the Association Slidini- Scale, as settled ill Carditf, in place of the slitting scale agreed to between U03 and our emplojere. It is nnanitnouoly ag:JI) by us that we do not avail ourselves of tho option. We, in preference, after careful consideration, decide that Re ab le by the scale whioh we fcave agreed to as between ourselves and our em- ployers." 2nd. Proposed by a Collier, and seconded by another Collier: "That we thauk our employers fer their promise of a 5 per cent. advance in our wages as from Jb bruary next, and express our tfc.: itfaction that is advaiace is likely to e-jutinve pHjabie to us on examination, into the price d eoal according to onr fcale, as agreed to between us stnei our empirytra." 7 he Chairman then created immenea laughter by delivering tho following engiyn, which Joan fcstia was— irEStTTi WTTH A SAITH." Mss Cwmni mawr Ocean Yy hatdou-parch a bri, Am. ditfnu seal mor addaa, Yn ol em me idwl ni. Hir oes a llf.yadiani iadjnt, À ililm-Wr giowyr OU, I wcitli.o L, inj eyson, Er jci»vjn cael bWfd i r ty.

THE RE-STARTLING OF TBE PLYMOUTH AJSD A.BERNANT WORKd. Onr Merthyr reporter writes on Wednesday We are enabled to add some farther fset-i roapeet. ii g the ie-et»rtiEg of tbj works at PJyraouth and Auf-rj.ai.t, which is not so ttlor retnovtd ae some p» >?«; from the reports eet Ltg)at, would have f e ..t: bi c to believe. There IS uot the 811.. JÇf of (t dotiLt, Et>t«i.cfhbUaCH!g thM ttio reports we lay. irt yn timt to time been cuatlo^ to pibhsa have teen cortradicted by a e mceapMary That the c' y is rot f»rcit:fai.t when Mr. J:'dtel'gill wili once moie be Lack iL tne a teccl(, the works will be set going, aid ootil Bidet, of Ld Ateiclaro mountain bo participating ia the iiKprovfcd irt.de. The correctneea of trie repens that have appeared in oer columns i(- £ .ptctir(» the possession by Mr. FotU'ir- gIll cr the works at Plymouth and Abar. i.a.t are Lot only believed iu by some of the itI'.oing mtr. of the district, but ibf ar-i said to have* just been informed in a remarkitiiy strong n&iu.er. A h-tter has been received fro tl France, and from h-ichard Pothergill himself, inform- irg a gtntieman of the district that he wilt be at hit) place m the isonee of Commons upon the op nitg of rarliament en the 5th of Fabruary • tbut a meeting of the Plymouth and Ao«ruaut CoinpatV ""I t>e held in London the ea no dav, and that very shortly afterwards Mr. Foshortrill will come down to the district once more at the head of the company for carrying on ttlese works- The reports which we have published rt-,speoting tho restarting of these works are confirmed by mf-,DY gentleme of .the dletrot, wo are COO ITer. Pant with what is going on, although naturally it is difficult to ootain precise inform,Otioa. Waat we have stated above ia given on undoubted authority, and will, doubtiesa, have the effect of getirg rid of false rumours adverse to the diatriot which have been Eet afloat.

FORTHCOMING ADVANCE OF WGES AT JDOWLAI3. It is in contemplation at Dowlais, ho we haw free: Eoureos of the Dest character, to g^e nottea at tbe er a cf this month of a fof|,b^^l"fr of wages. This intelligence will be corned by all classes by iho tradesue had one of tho most trying ordaaisever exp-Brien-ed to pasB throciih, and who have 1as yet the benefit of the. revival <rf tta^^ra^and & £ « ^»»s through the past without m^aLI*Vn the less open discontent, entitles "he^ Hf very heartiest approval. The .woihs cont the very fullesi point of activity, and we b not be much out of the way in stating Wat o tons of stcc-1 ingots are turned oat w-sck.y. t tll Menelaus is now to be seen once a day. ,a ,a various departments looking almost as vigorous as ever. "Welsh Ironwoekkbs for Scotland. A. genthmanwaa down at Merthyr on v5rredne8day lor the purpose cf inducing a number of the iron- votfeers cf the diet.-ict to remove to Scotr'uu, ^fcere it is eaid their Bervices are much hsctpr.iona >y good terms appear to have cfrered to the men, but whether any or w number have consented to accept thosa ha^ 3 jet transpired. As it is, skilled haada have J > fcarcc ia Merthyr since the improvemant w t:1P ii-on trade. Swansea AND Ittvortp -The ex- ports for the past week, owing zo ths eear-'hy of irnnrge, have been very limited. Thr-yar^ -on posed ssiollow :~Coal: Algiers 815 tor.8, An RestaSi 9. CbaronteS/O, Caai 1,275, Oonatfturr :i* TOO, Care Town 5tM, cave (le, Verds275 Carentia, Ð!(ppe !)Z;O, Girjrr-sti 2/0, Guernoey '8J. I:: 8. tj.,)O, Hcnheur lb ». Kingstown 490, Lu,bon 1 • V Malta 1,950, J.an¡u 31;13, ^outaudeaisr 131.. Palermo 310, Payta £,,15, Kouen 1,400, at. Na:ir(1 940, La Eo'chelle SC^f, »rouviilo 510, and V jIu v raifo 537. Coke Autofagasta 224. Patent ^nal. Algiers 1,180 and Marseilles 1,833. Imp-nr g Santnnder 970 tons in.a ore, Charles to mi 312 cois phoppbate reek, Bilt".o tons iron ore, St Brieux 130 tons potitoos and 11 tone oaions' St Malo 1,040 cwte. barley, Seville 108 tons lead or«I* Nentes 500 bags flonr, PaimpoJ 50 tons pitw0oj' Dieppe 70 tons pig iron, B i>onno 50 tons pitK-o-j j' Kouen 2,000 cwts. potatoes, and 109 tons pitwood. TlX-FLATE Workmen's Mjeetino AT Loughor. -At a meeting of tin-^late workman, held at the Station Inn, Loughor, on Wednesday evening, Lewis A fun presides, the follow: ig reso- lution was carried vManimouBly: "That this meeting pledpes itiieF to do all in its power to fn:ther the interests the trade, and will con- tinue to petition the < Kjplojlerl for the formation of a permanent board ot conciliation." SWANSEA CDPPXH ORE TRADE.-The monthly circular iseued by Messrs. Richardson and Co. given the following particulars of the sale of copper ore at the Svraneea Wharves on Wednes. day Wholesale 21 cwt,, 1,255; produce per cent., 11J; copper contents, 139 tons 17 cwt. 1 qr. I I lb. price per 21 cwt. of ore, £7 13;! lOd; price per 21 cwt. of ore oopysr, .£69 Oe Id; prioe per tinit of produce, 138 Pjl; total gross value, £ 9,651 1113. The purchasers were: Copper hJiners'Company, 184j t<.na Nsvill, Druce and Co., 311; Vivian and Sons, 115; WiJliaais, Fos tfr and Co., 115 Charles Limbert and C.I., 258; LaudoreCopper C^oapany, 27ii. THE bT.M FORPsumE Iron Tij-Aire 0-ir Wolve-fcaB-pton correspondent tel-graphitz Oil Wednesday aeys; Th>r=3 waa le^a e. *feuici:y &' rt.t tie market fchan for » few wdo-k« o^ nufirxee hit 01, pain somewhat cf 9."t?t ».:?re3r.vic *» a* d tbt- tnaKufscturt'^ of t-h-n m«»rh<»d bar tlna- W1"" Vi.c-rai.'y ^fiy to buy, ho-, only Bt. q io?a- ) tr {?•■•*trim <thfr htm.tie »•«'« ora :iv >;uder prie .ffl' at. Qi.i;>rt'/r hjiidknaexi who had epccai^ced ia psg :'•••• '• ¡. ri l i'i "'JI.0J tL :11 'I yiic,f>s os.*rd did not tOir>y>. Kcvera. h'.•/oiija o.l Ook«* rnaoh eocght aCtor. CCTTT CVEKS AMI (Krtvo'vjrMiSKTS,'—I,<r "è' vt l 'vi 111■ i>< jjiji- whic 1 wo niiy 3• Iy < ■ ■) 10 ov.t Ci.'iit- minuf •irer « A >tent. L-i 0, nilj-Ii&ti fcf f-jsrwr.sa of gr««- b'ii»-<3' to the h no £ f f e.»i ure. When one r.ote^ the pparir ly < ul'i^'Ktf f'. Jfihdd cf tie Hbo'idda, a-d 1-ams thtt i;o nu'U-nre up <he Lills, it cuui-ot out 'b-? r^g'etked thht the Per- raeoie are not adopted io thia di v trict for Bavirg and eoo&omuing the waste for purposes cf agriculture. Iudian Import Duties. —The board of direc- tors ol tbo Manchester Caarnber of Cooiiaerco, "ho Lava tkt n an active part in seeking the remission of the duties on cotton goo:.3 imported from this country to India, had the subi jet again unde." diECuteion at a meeting on u a -ne^Gay alterroon. Nut being faliy satisfied with the partial concestion which has ho(' 111 ide, fcusy determined that Lord Cranbroik, the Indian r ecretary, shall be solicited to receive a deputa- tion from the chamber next week, in order to confer with him on tho subject; COLLIERS' WAGES IN SOUTH Yorkshire.— AU the workmen ooipiojed aoove proaud at the Barrow Collieries Company's Wodrs, South lotkkbire, were on Thnrsday served with notions to leave, due tojthe colliers' strike. Bocth Dlrham COAL, COKE, AND IRON TI?Al)-B -Tbere qet,ms to be no rea-zoa to donbt but that the productive industries of the Soath Durham dietrct ate just now undergoing a da' veloprcent hi-It could burdty hkvo been foreseen thife months back. The re opening of Bishop Anrklard Ironworks, the extended <.partitions Wtttcn P.rk. and at the works of the W^vcd&io lon uLd Coir panv are indicative of vital change in the ri)arkt)- for manufactured iron. The rubious opinions at first entertained all to the stability of the revival are now no ionger thought e f, and con plte confidence has taken ttie yiaoa of the former rietrust. A the prianipjtl coioori^s owred by lioickow, Vaullhan, aud Co., the WtNr. fiolf IroD and Coal Company. M'-ssrs. Stobart and Co., ai d others, there is a steady demandfor coal, ai d operations are being vigorously carried oa. In ftct thete are very few oollicrieki eÜhor in Durham or not iu iTotk:r.fj 0rise, and sacs a? may still be Uiu in will t'ouotif-Kh an tJ, c.tJgl t into opeiation in a very short tinto. Tasre are alco tyu ptonia ui development iu trie o-ifee trade, d^naatds hfvinu coti.noerably iacre&sal rering the past fertnighf. The cc!¡ ov«na are btir,g iicreaeed on all handd, wbilll the price shows &n upward tendency. Nevertiitleas, ia all biai obes cf trade in this locality thave is a wiú. some. iryetid of over sp< cuiafe^on, and fe* misters rre dispceed to indicate their ttocks beyoad wrtat is absolutely Leceavitry for current Tae qneetirn of wages is still a moot po.Uti ia so aid tranches of mouetry, and, eii-ar^e to say, although there apj ears to be plmty of work, en i^ration stiil ocatiauea to be reported to by the mining population. tFOTITH Staffordbhirb IRON T.RAI)F.There was again a large attendance on the Birmingham 'Change on Thursday afternoon. Business, although not quite eo brink as a foeiaitrht ago, obowi a no want of firmnets as segards tbe prue for uh descriptions of iroB. With regard to marked bare, which could only be obtained in suiAil. quantities, the quoted price of.;Lq was freely given; evtn for second quality £ 8 11)15 was reiKsad, a .d some pood orders were booked at that price. For all kinds of pig iron, fc»t»ffordrhite, Northampton- htre, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire, there wag a fjjm cemand at last week's rates. Ghaiàieed I khtets were sold at.£11 toJEH 5s por ton, and bciier plates fetched £ .11. Coal &nu coke were ia preat request, with a disposition to iacr^aso piiots. I Newcastle-on-Tyne Report.— Our correspondent, writing on Tiiursdiy, says :-A verv neadv and improving business ia being done in the staple trades of the district, and tim only approach to undue speculation is in the iron trade, in which prices may bo, conricercd highfi than the demerd of thb prodc, otive power warrant, for a larjkC -nibet of furnaces iEt tho district are out of flatt, and the ftirnaces in blast are yet about meeting the demand. Iu the coke trade prices t -.ro rioeu rapidly, and the quotations are p rioet daily higher, and this '?iiH call I);cre oyesa into operation. The cosl trade is ftloftJy improving. Some of the largest steam collieries are well contracted for some time to ci me, and the opening of the Baltic is sure to Eliflt-n prices, shipping is quiet, especially it the American trade, but home trade is better, and part tennsce id wanted for the Spanish iron ore trade. Chemicals keep steadily improving, but 1 ot rapidly, and appear to be regm^od by supply and demand. The ironworks are wall ornployed, mgireert ate brisk, and there are few idle men row on Tynesiae. THE Barrow ORES AND Effects Of STRIKES. — Owii g to the Barrow men being one on strike, the Welsh ironmasters have been driven to eoefc elsewhere for au equivalent aiico. The result ia Y, et oniy that northern ores from other places bare been freely used, but ores from Africa, Spain, and Sanf,si,(Ier wed instead, 80 that it ia highly probable that when the Barrow naeu reaume operations it will be found that many iiamortx-at customers have been lost for pood; A mora telline p oof of the fully of strikes has not biiaa afforded the district for many years. Cc ixiras1, St HIKE is the Frvrti.—Tha stti'vQ ai t<e Bf.traw >iciuatite CoUit>r; BiiUfla ia likdy to lr protiacled. '116 i-sen refai^d o R foitnUht for tfc-a J r-'jt decision, &n i seqi: £ i.tly "Úl tay men ):a«o been dw?h*rgoi ",1.6. tLb Laiici u^ enV- of the colllcijr.

DATH AND Yv fcsfOF ENGLAND SOCIETT. At the council meeting, boli on January 27, 1880, at the Grand Hetel, BiiflM, th-re wera p<i. s'ti.t—Mr J C. Dfi-oors hrevens lia the chair), Lotd J'ioreton, and Mr Jonathan Cray, vico-preLiil^nta Messrs J. D, Alien, J. 0. Best(tt.N-). 0. Bash, K.. H. Bush, T. Dyke, C. Edwards, W. FarihtUg, F, Cill, Merthyr Guest, H. M. fiotdaworUi, ti P. Jores, J. JR. Knol-ye, K. Lanp, H. A F. LuttrTll {eL-Jorfl), E.J. ganders, ticbe.t Trood (uolaael), iL Wtpprll, and W. Smith (f ffieiil aco,)uur,%nt,), £ is Chi-iles Edwards, as chairman of the finance committee, brought up the annual aoionat, for 1819, which showed a loss of over j £ 3 »0 on the year's prcceediags. The account wiL, approved nr.:1 adopted by the council, and ordered so be printed :n the forttc^mirg volume of tho Journal." Mr. Jonathan Gray, aa chairman of tie deputation of etewarde* wbioh visited Tun- bridge Wells on the 26'h of November last, rf ported that the site offered for the Bociaty's Shew in IESI, situated rn the Frant road, has been inspeoted ana approved by tin deputition. He 1 1? "P°rted that the requirements of the society tad been accepted and signed on benalf of the local committee, and that the proposed meeting at i unbridge Wells had met with an uaprecedentedly large ameunt of enthusiastic support among the noblemen, gentleman, and agrioul nriata of' the d strict. 1 he question wheth r something mora might not be done at the society's meeting to encourage the better making of dairy proauce was laid befoie the council by Mr. J. D. Ailea •aho suggested the employment of a particular ccmpary to exhibit the various systems ot cheese aud butter making. Mr. H. P. Jones, while cordially supporting the proposal to have an ex. hlbition of butter .making and dairy appliances, considered the process of okoeas making to be unadapted for public exhibition, and read a letter from Dr. Voelcfcer, the eociety's consulting chemist, expressing the same views. He also, with ether members cf the council, objected to any irroncy-oiy, rather advocating a eoheme by which bntter makera might enter into competition. Oa the motion of Lir. KnolJya, a committee was appointed to coneidcrtbe practicability and beat tr.ethf dof holdjng an exhibition of the processes cf bntter making and C'f dairy itnpleaiecta and appliances at the Worcester meeting."

CARMARTHEN HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. tC8r. rYr some Sears pus tha want of a public ectcol for tto education o! girls of tbo middlo and upper claeste at si-o»ecentral pores wiuhia thafiv3 oc unties of Pfttbrcke, Oariu«»rthvn, Cardigan, Katiror, pnd Brecon has bp,dn etNgly felt, w o we are pleased to reccid thrt steps for meetiiig ♦1;« t-fosdi-ff need bavo been t«ken io eouneoti'ju itl- I e <.tWd'f Dtoccsan Board of K-iucation. a Vr^isioc-i oon»cil, consi-it-'ng of the Lord Bishop of St. David's, Vkcsunt Eailyo, M..P the Kt Df-vi-J tne Arccceacona of oc. £ Brecon, Lmn*rthvu. and Cardig -.n. aud pavio e, i > 8Cd Jaitv, hae oeen formed; other1 lu»',arv If, the echooi was and cn t^c-iles*, eoueialin^ of tsvo adjeS villa? in the'V,"ellfiwld road, Carta«t^n, wider tlie of expeuea/n ja t0 r.ositicn. The ct> sot of ihie taaUfc^on w tJ religious tone at the lowest poseible c^t- A-« Bibiiop cf St. David s aud Mrs. Joues U^e ^3 deepest interest in tho success of the a3hot>1 m » on the day cf cpenlng they, attended by the Arch- deacon of Carmarthe-a andti 0 vicar of o. arrived at the school by 10 !m., when tae Bishop delivered a very interesting addroaa to the teachers and pupils, which was listened ta wnn niarked attention, and his lordship declared ths enh°0; duly opened. The pupils then rang a hyrna (No. 571 in •' Church Hymne "), and a short ser- ccufisting of the 4poBtle's Creed, th9 lessor latany, the Lord's Prayer, a special prayer, and a lew ^suitable collects, was read 'oj the Archdeacon ?l ^mVtken- The bishop thee; concluded with the Benediction. Several friends of tha papila were present at the opening ceremony, and seemed to be highly gratified that the good work was began under euch favourable circumstances. There are at present 11 boarders and nine day pupilfj aDd several additional names are alreidy entered for admission next term, which will begb in May.

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT ABERDARE. On Tuesday morning a collier named William Lewis, aged 20. iied in coiiBequence of injari«« X'f). ceived whilst at work in the Middle Doffryn Cchiery, Cwmbcob, Abercaro, tne property of Sir Ge«,>'ge rd others. I's-ceaaea ri-'H^ ot tt of si* (r t-a^, loaded with fogt"her with »not.ht'.f man. D,.m1 Dirid ]>vifs P4, k I* "D &?! the d over 1"ln', f-, .r>iig prvcre inb ri'hl i* jafi.es re ,-riU-d hi bit- deifcth iMvio* «,l"0 run o'•» oy tl et!, P, at n I.r,o {'! two !«■»< g i.>rok«>o it* to oth« •" tl j'.>■■ K •' !•» vt » Hh. t<- -i'i 'h V *ii,H Vf> ,J. :i trWjd i.U-i pulhn^' liiia <«ls» v?i« h hisa.

f (r; IH; F Fr I I I" MSitTINH- Th-' ai.ixal me^ftcg r.C the %l-<; -x-tZhW ou t6<-mb!y rooa; ol the Town Ih*. T^j.'cr iii the chair. Dr- Vachv.H r^ad he uiiuutes 1:1£,t meeting, after which the feli«.»iog j, oj-e-ene were dtD.t(1 inv-Khers th-t fc-.toiety" z., the C., W. H. Browne, lr, E K. Burcn, Dr. F. W. Evau<J, Ms. Ù. S. Leo, h. B; wcen, and A. Tot'tg. Dv*.I KAi\ G. !.IAYS then \d a clever riri irsttuotive paper ob the aictuoiology ot Bifl He Eic Ibe s-tors in tl-eir wnrsee b'-onschtu' round once xr MO to tLi t,reriod < f the jt sr wnei, ws-e aocurit >n e I to muio up our j.refit sud Loss acco int with the t)nij<-i.ts, aict see how we have fri dur u< tuo Utivi i>s ir.tlve moi/U s or. slid w»i shvW, I £ car, tha; tate profit w-ti 1!il eavo that ot Jesrui. 5; w)bf-ow fr.;ai the most adverse ex pt viincr, i<uc! t; ,;t the Jces was that, of mo ey. cop". I cut, t'tici all that goes to make 11,J the sum cf m i,r-ai j yosperi y, sudevtn the little reputation tor eliaute this country previously et j ell, Tne iuliabi- laiiiop if aLy. of tlie starry worlla nng.it h.ve se rt the c:iv>h ging round the tua in that lazy m«nner which, wi the principle of ita^c action iu li-.ture, we a;e i saurBc! she adopt-, lite an viler t-et-r- i; ii,ed to f')¡f'J t no ttioreforce tliau theoooast- n requires. But this w, uid only &i p!y to h, r ct,vr,-e in t-pace, fur h; T-i ulo La^ e been noticed that«ntier sutf«cea-i Opp >8i;e ptincip<« wilsftwoifc, Uiht s* epitni taeudea/ouc to coai- j-itts the utmost <:c.ion into th&emalie-1 spac^ o t.in j, tof.vie.dtj e nvlk > T the y<:ai*s rain on the summer <tn-i autotr.n n enths so ai voeffectually qavnch tbe neat of the lIll, and to ctod the g-rr-ati Pi xiuoibsr of storms il>t(, tbe trief Ií-(,\<. cf tne h^jveac sbjsou. i>iee ioas ontivS ii> the geirit ot the latd Mi. Samu l We.-lar hi,va bp, n. atouuuely easting their eyes acrias lie iua-utic for a seavexoat oa which to p ,nr ( iit- their Yia.:s of m.-tjo»olo.j[ical wrath We w 11 Lot iciratiently foil .w their example, nor yot pt m-, t a i .i .kea lorecasst, bu.t qv(ie-.iy examine -.he facts and we bow the lai d lies—and lue water ta t fl eu;a us his' jear. ',Üe following ij a briei s'-iatnary of the weitherof the iweiv<' ru^i ihw .fAist!Av t commeueed vp;lh H'pr.>. fl'st, in cont:7.I ,t that whÜ:h PT¡;V!tj .ø. b tho last, two in ctns 0 ile 1 revirug year. The laroinettr was abov-r- iH incbes 01 twbi.ty daj,6, with a range ot VW inch, Tue temp4. 1 a.ure wss low, v itti a n.ean cf 3»-6 deg., whi >nia ot%; JJLfe Greorwich b.verbgs of ti.y years, told Zi-E. winds predominated. i;uau'dity 8 c s?.turs«iif n being reveeentod far 1(0 Tie rainfall (meludirfr 8 iuohe-i of mow) wa 5 0J i^c'ier" eisUifcut'.d ovirr oisven days. Ozúue was aouudjut! T>.(re we- ITù, t oa 25 «>i»ys>, Fj A,, u.,r. was dull and d;aagr ea\ le, with aitcrua- '■. eof not hl i and a giv,a.t of H1;.W- rd'os*th«r I inches in depth. Th) bitroin»ter wii I >w 1 u»f-tc8'!y, snd srave a ra;:ge V2» iKt-h. i'he tu: an i'" ) e»ature wtca SS-6dec v-h c >. was ca'berabove the ave Tho pt6«ct.:ina!»uie wr.d wa> li.n. .^i.u.ui was tij The r«i>.fill aai m,l ad suow C'z->ae weU di i p Ii. There wow fros* oa 13 0 Y i. of w noa, >.b(1 frost on 14 d»>ya..>ne la^omt' cr w.va :I1U(,IUJ,!ílJ!o', ere r a^e-i through Ú<);> iuohs ^i mpcra- itir. toem "i o 0^ which w.s 1>- le,-lw alcve thi nver3g-r. B'noiid.'ty 79. tUiafuli "MS oui) I S; inch, and wf.s 1.il'¡bu;eJ ever 16 \Í."ys, Oz.>ui aln-'iOirt. 11 PI:IL wasetlcl anfi •? o<lera<(-,y n'y. Ear>>m^,(?r low wai fc is 1'J (hg. below HH, aw regc. JO wiiids prcv^ittd. iiuuii -ity 77. i- iaioli i*bl inches on Ii <ia;.s. Crone ubaadantly M at was berth acd uigerfal. Barometer wa^ hi A lanire, 0 1-0 iuch. Mesa heut 5i tieg., nearly 2 <100(. buiow the aversge, b.E. winus pred -n-n iteJ. J uaiidity 69. Rainfall ;) 70 mcaes on -0 days. <zone w.,)1 7 tia.yt*. Jesi, was cloudy u Lid. ztremely wet, withapre-poaivr a' <s«o: S.W.wint's. Uurcaitte.-ljw ra-.iee0.f>3i_h .Mean ,-w i?i t, t t jw ra, o U (,3 i t*?»;p«.-rat»r« 17 4Jeg..wticlii-»l 7d'.>sr belo v thsaverngo. lumiujty 78. Gainful *as v;v>r nw.ivy— 7'/5 iuch-a, a fed tn 22 days. Ozone auundanc, toserable i-Li vcv-t weather. Jult Wai a c dd, ronsth. wet month, with much c uttxf. !-ausuiai-. The b-ir.mf tcr *;as l.iw and nciuamg. Prevailing wiuds M.tV. Tbe r«.i"fall n eari-n d 4 96 inches, a.ud Ttfs di*tributid over -aeveloped, Tjio mtaa te uperct Jre rfas <:niy5&deg? w hiuh is aeaiiy 3 aegr, beio«r tha av0rag<>. iiuii.idity t2j ba^vist yro^peats u«piorable. Atonsr foik-wed suit ai-d was wrstcaedly cool ani w< t, .The baroti-eter was low ard uuctjalvi S W. w ines, ary-hi f. but ik" p-edjiu,- ittel "JChe n tan del/rea or humidity via- 79. it-da teli en 2) days II) n, reached the iurge total cf b'69 mch-je — the ycur. The rae,,n tompsrature was is b low tho avorago. 'Jz. iuunas gam aiiu; daiit, Farmtis iu despair over their sodden t ut, <ns( oluureif cro- s. t i PTi FifiKE 02(1 not do much to redee-n th" bad cr.' raster ot the eeas-'w, bit w-uderful to relate there wer<» five consctusite fl«e uirs in tae begiunmgof the nj( nth. 'J h-j Dnremcter was higher anU seis flac tea'ing. 1,. W. wimis preva sed, iiain fell heavily Qil to osya to the am- uLt of 0 "i- inches. Qaonopieubifnl, Ktimidity, fc-0. The mra-t temperature was 5:1 d g, and was ondf r the average. Harvest operations jto cee-ded B-owls. Ccioum: shewed muoh improvemeat, thero were n oie iii c d,ys tl an w,;t. N.L. winds prrp-iude'ated, hli-i unutr tbair dry:) g 11 fiu- nee the farmers—i -stoAU ot wi\d-.ng~wtdled<. their landagaiju, from which they ext for all practical purposes f, r SOIl emonths. The sai remna.t-s of n ru:n>d hor/est wtre c#rma frcnt 1 he ground, and with hope ieuev»e>d th« 3eil was pic sighed uown under brighter auspices. ter vap high acd elealier. The teuipua- hue war, an nv« r#ge. Hvaad.t},S7. Tha :¡Ü::fdl-'T:d 13 1 fE inch, cn 13 UZO:ie 6tiu high. There were ihre-e ficsts. J- ov> mn.B wasfino and dry with remarkably hi!-h barometer, which was above 30 inches on every uay lut, one. C, Jù £ i.jfc. wines prcvdmd. ly- C'«,6 inch (¡Il 11 dnys- < ne> diTjlii ieiied. Humidify, S. AI. all hi at, 4 deg.. wlioh h bûLw te average. Ther!' was ircsa on 13 dojs. A good agricultural b. 1. ECJoMHRR was a cold, bitter month. The barometer wis "cry high, end g:cHI the illdxmnw reaiiug (SJ 8!> lor the ,citr* L. aud H. winds }.Todomiu->te>J, rough at two "Z d- of the mouth, buivary tialm in the Il1Íd.:k J'f riod. 'i h« meau beat wis very low, on,y 34*6, v tich is below the average Tr>er0 was a'goort deal cf teg, JilDwidity. 88; raiufail, 3 21 inches on 10 d iyg. fex-o-w., 2t iuchos. Ozone much ieaa abu.uów,nt. TUaro KS3 Ir"rL cn 5 cijs. Tbe 1 rincip"ol mctecrclogieal elements are analysed eiU suit rusritetl in n taMe, as in yrovion-i yc.n-iZ. Hie fti-et two oolniRhs iu this ^ynops<s give the riiinVer of days (1. which th., wirds were westetly ami o»i■■■•>■ eriy The third and fOlJr,h columns i-ae w HiO iu which ROtl', h\l"1,)/ anducrtherly euurefcts were lO.r.]Jir""û with thi oihw ywj air-ct»cr»#. 'ih-ite fijju-es u dieeta a ptei>o>ider«MCd of wea'-ovy iu u vc.yhcrly winds, but -.ae exuess ut weat'ji'ly qu&rveis i nvueb.;«»» Hifi»ke<? tinn rsosl, o*-iug vi tue I prtvr.lewco lef "Ist V;il.d ill January. Fearuaty, April, ma i/eooottber. taiviiiuUr w«s v-ciy unstetUy ocÜlled throngh txiremely wide limits. Th.) :a,i'I,1l\ hei-h3 :c'c 1 tub reached 011 tfce night of th.» 2iud of J •ceeinbtr, End the minimum (28 S5) OIl April 7, fch w- ?.. a tot si r»ng9 for the jcar cf Ji-tf --1,6lJ.rl,y two i'lcies, Ihe iniitrument stood uelow 311 inches cu Liz ttoyp. be qo&ntity ef moisture in thea;rw:s large, and r ii al from an awrage of CO iu May to S" ml/eccm ^er. Tl,t !J)(klJ degreo of humidity was &1, eoinpldte aatora- ':i- 'n t.:j¡;g n:p:ef'" tíi'¡,- I'.y lOt!. The 5ici fa.' c f "i87& wt.s a mere trilf.'above my ave- r .go of the past 13 jears in total quantity and in the number of wsjt days, tTlt ia cct-soquence of very anequ ;1 i.j u die a-trous dintribatioa v.. has UU au ucpresswu ou r-r.f n.ia<. a end a dt licit iu oar pockets teat cctvrce us that. we have pRctjJ1.Hy had a very wft and i iclejaeofi 5*nr. iiain .üi;:<\ dirt, u oy be fe.retimes a good thup, in a wrong place, tne! a full thit Wjuid n. t bo jnaonveu'ent 111 'hu vintey, bocemes a serc-u? ca.'amitj m tiiesn-Bmer. Tae diicst meath was tioven-b^r, and tue wet.tes<» au^u-u, 'lie tota: amount measured was £ "'64, which is equ-l to 5.3ûl tons, or uptvasds of fi'.ifbO hogsheads to aa ecre. If this bolt of water were all ou the ground lcgt:tbt,r it would cover it. to a dep h ot 4r. Iji i. 'ibis would be anther treuMcsione consigameut if it camp, as the auction; erp say, in one Ivt. uxu were inccaeo down lo us wi:hout the least reserve, or ore a bicdin'g j b t, f:>tuna.< e'y, it is generally diviUtd irtc mcrecr iess maiisgeaOle lots to suit, the r jquira- lucute cf ec-nsumers. The turn ot tba masiaium falls n 24 hours is usually a little, more torn cne-flfth of the grai;d total, and thh prop%)rvil,L was accurately maiatainfed ia tha ptsu yer. 2 be f¡,il,(rdl at Tynan* is g('!1E'r:l'y absnt 10 inchcs above thut ot C.aaili esm-asured by Mi-, Adam. bus lust 3 cit r t his ( xec ss was reduced to 7 76 iudlUd A c xepurative statement cf tbe laiufadl of tne va-io-is le'cauties emb i:cecJ within the area of the s ciety' :< opeiations is given in tha folio-ing tablo co-npued f. emtbo retoins of some of oar numerous corrj;<you- dentp. 10 all cf^hrru we must, teeder t,iir heartiest il ax-k3for their hmu and vontinucd assistaoeos jFeat above 1879. sea level. I nches. -I- t' i>7cK( |,ii, T, diaw, 'j reh-rb -tt 735 75-^ \V. 1 homas Lbwi>Trehefbert. 370 T. J. 1'yke, M'-vthyr 650 57% W. T. l-ewis. hlardy, AberOars 4:J1 5^04 P. J. Kiichel;, l-la:rechfa 360 53 pj 1>. 2>. Josevh, Huttrul, 2>5 08 21 K,S, J e-.liw, bfenth Jj-10 53'4L •Vv. Kiehards, Ynisyiiro, near Kewpori ISO 49-51 I'anir 1 Owen, Aeb Hall 160 5J-6S iiemy Gooi-h, lisv^ue. 138 4-4,7;} Een-y Ococb, 1 laadounh 110 4i.-fy 1' innilen U f va; s, Tyi,a^t. 100 52 <• W. Met:ol),Tbe H:-m {»•) aa-S9 ^lliainAdttmn, Caraili' ii 4&-7.Q 11, iiry Gocett, Ely 39 I WiO ihe wttrtet spot in tho whole district is still Trela-r- 1 let, wliich steacily maintains ilb waterv pre-viniaoa e. Ti e Horn, rn the set. co-^st, is again, as heretofore, the Orest st: ticn, and it iu intisirestiBg to ntte thit between theism lWO oPl,:>sila eJl.tr"mes thu diiírence is ftino. t M7 iu< b* s. Ihe xrtato^t, number of wet days cecai/ed at >ea h {2't'J gni Ash Hall (M7). The lewest figures wtr^ct Buttrill (12 ) and The flam ,5Di. The < xcess of raijufa'l ui jjropc rtion to above tea medifted eomewhat by westerly c-r sea side yositioi', t?; cti fiac been e, n.-t jut iy observe J, is« still maintained. Tba i uii cf the precipitation occurs ou the F)eLt, mountain, raxsges and high vnil»ys chic ej'ieotly confie-nt the r;;ft>.bmrLg wiuds, which often blow over tr;e cote-t Una before the fall c muiensoa. i!( j te ¡be email eaa-s.do Bwobauieuieuta tht f, ■rtslik: rJllcc in s-jvite d cor-siiierab/e Vlernti ';1. lb-je is an iutervsting question iu this connection vhich will not hI» "lit d pUce bore. I was aeked oue n, y b" a gtv.tl.iman in the t.r.ii.*». wuy tae wrelation on fh.o eha<ty sieto of souw ot our ■Vt tl»h valleys it q-nte ru f rwa»d and well pr.)t.?Cted 0-8 shat on m re sunny exposures. In th.) lntilo t-ude iri vellers— ualilte the case of counsellors — thoreiii eonfusioii s iot ..reaieaiber who it. that piopcuudcd this q':e"y, and the terminution uf our ion.t jeun ej eusper.deu tbe answer, which I wi'l no'" try 10 give, Assnmiag the point stated to be a fac" ki d I have no couh; that Ii. is pvtly true, altUoagh perhavs not so abselurcTy as my q lestioaer p-tt it. the expla: aaonJ|;s, 1 tbiut, aui we wilitafce he lafi find thocoiiit Vslloyis by way of illustration. The-ae vai e>s rt;n, rongbly tpeakirg, ffcci «,fi. to N.V- so b t- that the rice w»«ea wouid be as aoout right aogies to tb., irioisturo-iaeen 3. V*. wiueis. Ton are uwaro that, wnen wa-ery vapour ia rree"p.tated 1i.8 raia it parts with a iaigesmiuat ot .i oat heat. so tb%c tha air p-suts over io the other side driur .ind warmer, because the lato-t heat has become sensible, Thi3 would aec.-ui t for the phenomonou, sycakitig generally, and without attemptitg to iocil.aeiit too oluseiv. The matter may bt;, nnv.a much more evident ty a (■troneor iiiustr ticn dr^wn how a distant cauutry. I ite'e I, to tbe vast, -rr-ir,es of North Ameriaa, wli.cli constitute a very distircuve feature in t", BceMrv of that great region, tverybpuy has heard of the terrible fires that ure so app-l-i -g Praino^, aod so treouent ns to make tha growth f trees impossible. Tbe fires are lot caused by any r oculiiiriry of s ji but have a btriefly meteorOlcgioal origin. The rain-btarinj "ilies of he p,:citic, cooied by theEocny Mountains, denofit their moisture ou the wet tern s iopes, ami re- m-ne'-r on the eastern side as ary,hot winds,which oarch ne ever-ftl^-ing into a state of the highest combuati- bfli-v. A chance epsrk from any source then li;b'.s up eve if the dreaded prairie fires, lhis is the Boiovmse oi the »b?cEca of trees, and taere is no doubt thai if ZLc were only to vrovide si big watering pot to mo tften tbe psrohed vegetau-on and prevent .^tion they wonld grow very well. Indeed, ,5 is" s.'iid that ou the northern side ot the prairie resLn, where the boundary line uttue dry wmd il p .aitioa iroin time to tieu'e, prsincand forest frce e.y^" be.-oinos beautuuU, inter-niagled, to form •• wk.wenin8s."8s tn. se -park-hke patches ot laud- ec. pe 'ure termed. Het wiacsfroai deseiM of buim^o sand are of adifterant character aud /'r-jta. imn-cktii-g soiW'Unt of-hot and cdi wiud^ 1 nave pleasure i»> rt f erring you t-a lecture on J't ?nip^ri. tore." in Altera M ;teorology, t>; J. K. ta>r-i«o;t( Cztiit. vine highly devei"voe, aud v><c-u>d'.ho uu'ic'ii- mtaij of 6 MS, which, 1 believe-, heip Hi ta a s-.o (J cordiuon of p" hl: be Üh, '.I <■ (f n p<-rii vr ■> cf 167:) wt'Cs rru'h the lowest III n<y 'e.ii .t. r It w<i<j S 8 ceg. h.tlow isy o»& ava-an t ur. 1 ■■ «'g it's tbad the C»r.-«iwxh mo iu «tf f'1 r «"■: r" rrf-o/irp. All the mon'hs ""3,6 b -• ■■ 13 ■ ''m f >•• f* Fcernjivy MII"oh, whkh v >•;1 I 1, v< »'i « 1'ighes'. re id. eg of ,1'" ,11,ttl. • < -J tc W -l.; .a (I- ..u.f ,fà!:f;j- 3 .u -ft. < <■. "i:ff-" 1 -1 v'fia.t"i-y ,'i, t-.1J L\:1.g u voial icngfi for tfce year ef 61 j,Jg. '¡he great^s'/ daily J t. <• v ? g "■ av v, 'h ,v s.' ▼ ratio a I <>? < :f- '• bo ui-r.k. u, rfti.^o .'toe. t i f fir- i ;).itrc W'3 j4 7 ;i £ and cf tie noem uu 40 ti deg. Tito m?au he it of ta-i,, • {:• wi.e 011/' 4- & eg. —a 1-W t.vcr.f.j to which irosi/ TMi '-Fr 1J rini.fj y.vr f-nr-'eFS oae b :th C-n- uti d. Q here *rrs lrc. onI(8e-.ys. Although Th ye. oft, e.reu lower t-i-; -r!;o-Mhofer period^ i' :i'; ti ote t f 1; b: y.Mr.tbe intenKi-y aid d;raaoa of L" c.idn-k.-p together },u. »'e-. p ..&]Ü. /1 ha.vc.-1 oi .<t* 1* w«-rgjj •-hau tea; of '• £ ]Q, &nl v.. nju.-i I ck 'o 18 ft to lf.si .e ..q is, j had T '.e l< .3' 1.1 vi-io -.f. -■ 1 St si rj t li e iia'f *"h'i 7 t i 1 h tt was 1",IL"lV.'t t r there wer, ki.) m uy « n J. hu.ribs that- thene^r. prom'Si of '■ b^ sieiilc w s I hcr; eoul ty :ho perf rm.u :e t ttk,, fia I tr ail he 11. i!j is. to :u* 1 v nu.l j oo'. t.i'.o hce i« a farther failing (13 in weight per mhel. o th«.t aitogtt:\er the crop u 1, /0' tLaiiOiC-icuMh the- etitim io.-sumpbio'-i. Most 0 l er eropt ere very miser*bl«, excepts. lay, which wng, b' w,vr..0 Oadiy barv sted th:t its vatm it. o uch induced. r'tuire hamly ripened at ail. 1: 1 in f") a,, a by au old iab^bitaus, who re- u.« mb red jSiO veiy well, that thai was a si-niUir ft 1, t et lather wori-e, lis ti c wea'he^ f r mga''h'.rtB? was- s!i:i m ..re t nfavc.nrai.'e, find the growt'i cf g-:sia w»s note wwriil. t.eusideri g t he Ctd quality o t the »-ani(lc, f-aws must be entt-rrained for the coming h:u ve>-t jsiowri irem tuch impeifeetiy-ripeueu teed, and ;t Fi tict dctirabie to obtain loreiga supp ies, say trcm l-Kypi or Ameiioa, where the yield and quality are v. ry go a. t i;; wheat is too soft to grind, aid not v^ry marxfetable ;it is c-i ly fittom-x, and much of it not, that. j.urij jr the pas'yea» our irinsatlantic c:/usi:is have continued the ttc-rm fo.euasts p/eviously cooimeneed, vi h i-ix gularly uiut qll il ruoeees In the early mJnths t e piedic i ns were iauly acc urate, part oularly those of {. alee 1 nd ? now in the lute wiuU.r av d early spring, li he publici'y g.ven to ib> m in the newspapers caused quite a f< intent- in the puoiic miad, auti comments of a humor ufc, hut sometinio? I fear ot a profane character, weie trcelj mi u g-. d iu. The least objectionable one ".18 ilau made by an old mau, who said, I We Lava hu." a deal m. ro snrma tince them 'e.'e Tbiik-es t(, k tie man- gemeni A wi,tivas of!en feSi ress'd, wi h i),(r. lovce ihtu propriety, that the a cei il l, gici J he ill might agjn t-e taken by the steady bai, d th t Ui"fd ihe g ckI JJip Wedther" before 8..t .Ald J'¡,1I pilot icok u) on himielf to steer In the lo'ier jail si the jear the w> r.dngs werr- extremely ) hl('l¡}a:e jndhd they an. ('ared t, go y co:.tr:i:'6, fUo nil, b to ti at a C" ca'm pte^aded instead of till t, In, J reaiet t'd. 'i wo Lot. Lie 11stwoes occurred in Jieefmeet', te>we.n \h» «lth and lito, aud Hg.un IF ¥.t;. tLc ifit-h Iwd i6 h, » Leu warnings were pup. i:ftiid, I'.if. n.*t« a of cyoloute an >>nti cyclone ot ui iitriiH' e^'ent, p.e-surc» aod eurht ion prevailed ove- the L,)i,, ci ti e rri'.iih Isles, j'h a peifcc-t-y st-ili stnofih.je, f 1 d UP ) IfLe 6 brouieter ot We ohoie j t hr, which s. i'od hI tw ..1) aud iiti'81 iachrsfor 2-i di jK r ever.heief t-, I do n r wish 10 tn<ril a; these shortcon mg>, but ra.hcr iu hail w,ch sr.UstiuU-a the C, «.eh evx-d, Std t.ta erpestatioa et so nuch greater resuiU in the future. v\ e must her in jaiisd the enormous ci-esUins inherent, in sierm prediotious *cseb need not now be m,li, i.oletit mos vf" tm.t fctrile our 1 oasis are f./rmed ui the lit i(ibt ous hood _ot t v. West ladies, and travel in a H li'oV 77? 'flT: "Mm Tbcj m- vswi.ha velocity 1, 0to and d ■Vi1' te er.icuhit*<i wh. a and where tiie v ul tcmc-h hufoj e'. if {te t5j clone starts from rather far RK h it will promhly aff ,ct. fcp .'ji, t'rausp, and r- It m rv no th 'h-m lrame aud ti" 1'r.t th I- es, a :d tcrther sull t-hau S-oeiaad, X^crv v, Kweeie.1, Ac. Now, th*ae storms do noteome fie me.bw York,an .i—not wii.hfftaudir.g any opinion to fcae c litre ry- t): ey w i. t, form aa orti.ie cf American ex- l'ot. (Lrfinghtt-r ) ^'b-iNrnXor/e Heraldnus?.gfensinfr.r- it.Ti .K'ti ref"p«.'Cv:iig them LciLro it car. be sNIt to itj.gja df You^iuow bow foixcs.&ts ar^ mtido a.2 b> tii*; M^eosciw^ ical Ofice and i\,a scafE of coi-res^n- dc.s, bur tc. ^et iiUoriiiiti-i twin Che Itos<1 Atl-aicie, thct' i.re no station; only ships ia co) S,hrt. nvt. n. is a more diffica:t master. Stcrizi4 vty nnular to these traverse tha North Ameiican _Ount nei.t but tliey cea hardly come or. t'> lure.jv. it Betms lues; yrchable rl1a.t the logs of ships nice r,¡ to) t¡ tie rcsuhs when dennite te.i-gini »jed. J.s:ts U.O00 wc-uld account for much au- c»iti mtj,lut there H;¡ oiber t-onrces of doubt and civcr. 130 fcteria centre may fii) up before it arrives, i. mey cheigs its velocity, ore-en becotne stationary, or it n py Dike an abi»ormal direction. Mr duchca k ist, tm 111 aeic cyclone of i his kUd that was ttrst otc.emd 0, 1 he West, of Ireland; it ttonwant to ijiverj cx J, t UTlJCÖ south through n land to Oherb <ur:{, 1, ,n. x to„ shields, *t.d oa to Copenhagen suA tha wbat, C.U*d the editor of the For* Jim lä. wtih eo.b a nomaoic gips-v-l.ke siorm as this, wi i. h >; siv-ctablc meteerclogists would be i ajb'-ed •o (:'aiimr, ::8 a rogue and a vagabond? Whyhia telegram in every snisewoul(J be 1) to aether at sea. Thira "roo heavy "'ble" ou the Urdisn c"o"t that i re of h itio man.ifae'ure, and cne of these may con c ue with an -merzCAn fore.iast, and apparently, though Hit reslly, be 11 fulfilment of it. I d) r.ot ki ow nh,tlcr tue 'Jay Bridge storm oa Doc^ 'ib-'r hh was local m La or pin, or a latiurrivalof an Aiufnc" forte s. that had been ûtct between December ¡<.lrb aad aeth7 It appears to Ùf¡, been oy cone in cbaraetor, Hied site-uced to remark upon sun spots and the &V1 icachas: peril eiion cf tha foU?- vr:) t plauers in Y,I,.tioll tt) wunber, but already ex,cettd MY lin its, 1 v»ii! only observe thai; aooording to the sun- Eput cycle t be l-cxt> »*• uiaw or two should be hot and dry, hi t it IS iupust-ible t > wiiai modifying etlect will"be preduceii. Tfce n-riheliou wjl. take plae j in Si-2. but the influence wUi probably begin befoie that da e. Durirg the address Air. Evans was frequently SPIJe-nrled. On the motion of Mr. Adams, seconded by Mr. Thcmpton. a unaaimous vote of chanks waa aecoiccd to Dr. ii vane,'and the hope wa-3 ex preteecl tbbt he would continue to prepare a similar pt;.per every year. Dr. Evans briefly acknowledged the complimenti Dr Vasbell thea read tbe annual report, in which the com-mitt-ea exprp-iej,d their regret tiiac daring tile year the Eociety had lost a large num- ber (If members, in consequence, no doubt., of the depressed condition of trade. H c l umber cf r^iabera at tbe oommeaoement of tl c: 5 ear was V-0 tne number now was 333, of which 355 were Eubecribing members, 20 life members, and 8 honorary members. Daring the Star 49 had t!g:t,rerEd, 19 hod left tha neighbour- hood, •') had disd. snd k'2 members bad j jiaed the Fcciely. Tfce j t blic meetings and lectures hid beer, well attencsc, which showed that the loss of a:' mbers was net due to a want of interest iu, or appreciation c f, the objects of the society- It was with ij'uch eatfjfaction that the cooiniitid3 were tifeio to fctate tinvt by tbe exerc ae of strict economy in evfry cepart.ment the balauoa sheet showed that, the trcomefo)-the year exoeeded the espen- cntlle by Jil 14e 3d. In conclusion, tl;e committae referred in terms of conyratnlation to the prospect of a tuittbl" hniHing for tho museum, and to the ducoveiy cf the Ponbcsrwl etayo. The Chairmin BiOTc-d the adoption tf *.he report, whioh was ercoideo ty 1; 3, uti corned nem" dis The Ci anu.ai> stivgti-c'j that uar.ag the prssent; year they t hcs.lu ba e raa than oijo field meetiug, OU. the j rcva.iir g opinion teemed to bo opposed to fticr. a ct-vrte, at d the ubjactwaEi allowed to drop. Tee l'oliowing "V re eiectol officers for the eiittiiig yearIrceitlf nt, Louis r.Flor; vioa- pif-iiueii's, V/illtaia Adanie, C.E., F«nklen <j. i vi-.rg, M.EC i, &c,, William Taylor, .M.D, Cottrcl T. Picton Tarbervil), Henry Hoy wood, C.3J &f atd Clement VYalurcn; hotj. trea-urer, Pbte-r 1'rice; boa. curators, Bey. W. E. Winks td d Tt. w Sbaikellj boa secretary, C.T.Yache-1, S'i.D. Lt r.A., «to committee, Thouiaa Evens, C b., A, Corbfilt; C. V. Harrison. C A. fl'y- wcoc, W. J. Newbery, G- E. Eobinsoa, W. BoEiiieiCt, P. B. ISocat, Elwin Seward, J. W. TboH:nf., F.C.S., T. H. Thomaa and W. J. Trouaoe. 3 he pri wdent eieet i,h.,a rook tha chair aud wuivered hss inaugnral address, in which he reviewed the course or ecientifi'j research dnrinj The past jear, maLieg special reference to the -cc, ? elation between animals and plants. The pro. ceedings soon afterwards terminated.

CHUECH OF hNGLAND TEM- p EhAr.;CE SOCIETY. LLANDAfF BEAKOH. A fooial gathering c f the members and frienda cf this ir-n.ty took place in the Schoolroom on '.Htesriuy evering. Tea was laid at 5 3D, the kdicwing ledies presiding at the bble8 :-Miss \V atfc-n, Mira Fishcourne, Miss Kempthorne, V.ice hitzger .ld, Miaa Green, Miss Daviea, Miss Tvior^an, Mise Cook, Mrs. Merry, and Mrs. Williams. At eight o'clock a pubh" meeting was hHd, the chair being taken by the Vicar of l landnht Mr. "George Calvert attended as a ceputation trom the Western TecopeianceLoagu?, d delivered a most stirring and vigorous address on total &.b?.*ineno3. The lecturer crew a most vivid picture of the effects produced by exceetive drinking, and was ioadty applauded as he made several telling points. Tne VICU, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Calvert, oh. served that he had seldom heard a more forciblo ezpoBitioD of temperanco principled. He reminded the andi-erce that their asEociation welcomed the aid cf all, abstainers and ^.on-abstainers, indriving back the ice that caueed suoh wide spread misery and destitution. Ono of the temperance eongia was then eUDg, and the assembly dispersed.

GREAT COKSEIiYATIYE DI MON&T.R ATION AT BRIGHTON. At a ccmplimertary banquet, on Wednesday night, to the members for the borough of Brigh- ton, na-, org the f peahera were Earl C'odopraa, M.. F., TJrdi r Secretary for the ColonifS, and Sir WiliiMu Hart Dyke, M.P.. iaeoretavy to the Treastiry. The roble Earl, in for the toast of berM]e6ty fI Ministers, said the pr^pent was rot a ta reurable time In which to reft-r to tho fc tare policy of tbe Goveri- ment, which had been freqier.tlv attacked of la^e and recer tiy «t Livert>ool3» where thtiir for-i -a policy bad fceen conoemncdi If there was e^e It.;rg more than anovher that the Gova™ nest wrre prepared to stand or fall by I beiero the cocsrifuency it vyas their förek-o. veh-jy. Ltrd Beaconsfieid had only lost six 70 e3 Kince he CfH10 into power, and ha had been trno to his fledges. If the Liberal ptrty rpruspfrd to power they would be guided by a ready Radicalism, which meant tbe dr.bapf cient a' Bt^tesmcMighip and the degra- dation of the country. Sir William Hart DVKO said she beuB.) of Ocmraoca had recently been veiy v-, ti c, h abnsed in Scotland by Mr. Gladstone, and tinea that time the Wool. wich 1nh>ltB eu either side of politics fcati been b,o,.mirg away at each other, and alto- gether h" ff.iitiuul atmosphere had been chargod "ih ncctMcity. The result was that people thuught ÜHe was very little danger to t) 0 State, and that toe attacks oc the Opposition meant an effort oa their part to pet mto office. He deplored the waste of time during last eeesion in coneequenoe of usole;is amendments, and said that in the dissolution now im per ding he had no fear of the result so far as the Conservative party was concerned.

A DAKGEROUS ORNAMENT. A paragraph in the Kdlnische Zeitung warns the public of the inflammability of the substance known as celluloid. It seems to be composed of gun cotton, sulphuric ether, and camphor. An nqlosion has occurred in a manufactory for its production, It is, it appears, exceedingly in- i- iu mable, and people who wear bracelets, cocaba, other articles made of it are pat on their guard set to expose them to a temperature of more than loU to 160 degrees Centigrade.— Thm*.

'\1 B ert in, as old director of !be B^rd^aux K-Uway, htJ, Itft by will i 20,000 sterling f-jr a y enjus w«bf.r.t thcie own fault, or lASo.'uing lie r.'&Bi'gev cf (he eavti bv.k at CterJtar, repT w r-'us G7 yearn of f-ad gen-'rill» c- ti. I- t rf a p la-it ch.ir**<»ter. h8 in'iB&o- pv■ .> fet ,aali. jj.loiiiJti t-t inj-o-ifiJ et. r> fr-tntv. th-pj? oiiarg>fl«r dii'43iv»s wish

61:E UilOBGE riLlor fcHorirj. ictfve&tir-e' biegrapbiwl skein's, of pe ek ;— "On ifcsday that Lord EfaciiiaStla, this jfr. Dieraeli, the late Lor.} Deiby in Parliainout t§u«re, and proBounce-1 the pithy oration cenciucing with the af^iviti.ia the wo?h of the dhy vvoild zi,)t culj, co.-aizemt,, rate, bet iinpise,' there ftc-od on the opyosiie fide of the Email enclosed Fpz-,e a short active- looking man, with feet planted wide apart end bands plunped deeply into those carious mcuth-like breeches-pockets which, as a eeedy Tcry hanger-on path&tieally remarked, are eo remarkably wdl lined.' The short gentleman, who wore hie hat at a kssowing angie, kept hie singularly bright and profiUtte&t eye full upon the speaker until the lat .er sat suddenly down amid much cheering, and the Conservative funcicn wae over. Hereupon the short gentleman became tbe centre of a group of well-known leaders of the Conservative ranks, and the few bystanders who had previously failed tc recognise him, discovered that he was no other than the newly-made baronet, Sir Georjre Ellioi, just then fighiing icr bit3 seat for liorth Durham. The Government, which had jast attained potver at the head of an over bed lust no linae ia marking its sense of the ecrvices Sir. Elliot had rendered to Conserva- tism. One of the chief treasures of the spacious house at the ocrrer o! Park street. Park lane, is tn subgraph letter of the Premier to Mr. ]!.I"iot, anncuncirg in the (¡3tfh¡,t;;¡iLtHr!ia the grounds cn which hietacio haa been specially n.ended for a ba:onctcy to the notice of th? Queen in you tc her Maiesfcy f, r ,bis hil-ib i*i< u ilr. Disraeli, have btt r, actuated, nut moio by the Cec.31 ot your vt-Inafcle netvicea to the Oor.serrative cause than by that of tne various labour* cf your useful EiId hccovrable liiia strofee o* Lord })('lIccrdíp'jd's pt-n would, it nigbt br) Ftlhi.Q fcr bicgiepb.ical jictica of Sir Geo'ge E.'liot, were it not that lis Kte, like th it ot the great Tory head oi" the h .use cf S-anley, coift&v-M much, net only to e-^utoinorats, bat io inspire.' It is the recoid of one rieen froia 'he urGjetirguished mil lion to rank, hoaoar, ani fortune by found adherence to bis raot;o, Lilor ct Veritas,' and who. in accumulating wealth a':d acqniriir-g1 dignities, rUB lo", lJû titum of the easy lonhon.ie and gentle kindliness by cvhioh be dis- tinguished bis tint important position in the world ••"that of ohief mining engineer to the late Mar. qu<=6<? of Lonconderry. At bi« a<: Aberamaa. tamous fcr its huge thoaodendso&s and hothouse pincSj there is u curvttio al>;toa by Hired Dever, full cf cl arack r, but hard-y a caricature, or Gecrge Eliicr. epfaking tue suatiuge to the clectois ol: Durham, :a fcli view of the et*tue of thi-t gails-Et' Stewart,' to whom ftli tha G&v%t of his eld chief, tho Dcke ot Wellington. Tl-ss dra ing »n animated epvsoce in the iife of the member lor North Durham, but is hardly przjd so much &8 a gigantic picture by tfas lata iir Francis for wnlcb n- "pace could be found in any of the rooms ill Park street, it ba3 accordingly been hung there in the place of honour on the staircase, and at the first glance seems to the un- thinking & queer ornaiaent to the buag. of a man who h, aci-iet cd*6vcceee idllH venturing ia-Lo the devious patu- of specula'ion, snd whose com- mercial, hke hie political, record id withaat- stain- it is neither more nor lees -than the portrait (J George liudeon, sometime the Kail way King. at wbote tt-ble peers and peeresses w.-re glad to tind s place while this second John Law bad wealth at She tip ot his pen. To do s.ciety justice, however, it must be admitted its alacrity in taking Budgon up was fully equalled by the suddenness with which it let him go again when ho gat into tiout)le. Ivot to George Elliot, wboe personal liking for the strange ola Yorkshire linen; raper waj in an indirect way the cause of his becoming the pro. prietor of the large estate at Whitby which he now owra. Hudson had been ou;ted from his seat at Sunderland, and determined to coatest Whitby, when he was arrested and lodged in York Castle at tho suit of the North. Eastern Bail way Com. tany, with whom he was engaged in litigation. In despair he celled Elliot to tha rescue; and the latter, after a day's work with Hudson in York Castle, agreed to tbke over the responsibility ot a laweuit involving the possession ot groat part of Whitby, and Hudson was set at liberty to continue hie electioneering contest. Nat long alterwarda came the crash in Hudson's affairs, and Lie benefactor saw Himself saddled with a lawsuit likeiy to last, as it did in effect, for several years. NothiLg dauated, however, he went to work in later days with other friends, and secured the fallen monarch oi the railway world an annuity which, as the poor old follow often eaid in his last years, gave him all he wanted, and made him happier than he hid ever been since he left his excellent business in York to dabble in railways The smoking-room at the Carlton was etiii open to the dethroned Railway King, and Gco?Fze Elliot always gave him a veloc-me, So keenly did hia widow—-the poor gocd narured crea-ure concerning ii the dau oi her prosperity, thore who ata her dinners invented preposterous Btories appreciate the unflagging kindness of the Dan who had eo materially helped to surround his last dvya with Ct mtort, that on his death f'h(k begged Mr. liiot to accept the picture whiiia had been engraved and hung in a h-.tn-tred boirdroonis while the ras.eof Hudson yet was a power in the land. Huceon always complained thit he lost a ivige ssd rertaiit foituro by leaving bis own busi- reke, and in his quiet simple kina cf way insisted that he was an ill-ufed man. it ie gratifying to know that years after the collates of the ita.il "vay Ji.ner long- la we ait conoeruia^ Whitby came to an end in Mr Elliot's favour, and tha deatiny of that tea port and watering place is likely to jiittify the cxirsc iOi.rary foressghtof the man who pUnr ed tLe Kiolaud Huiiway. It is hardly neoM- s&ry to Bid that 1b. fortunes of Whitby r.) being H3ch-:d by Sir George Elliot, Vt'-io, with Lis fof, VLi"'e r. suava naauc?, bsa a wondetfnl knack of carrying uat great enrerprisea. Ot old, r e Yvcivoy Har- bcur Ci-umusioti was & close co-u.jrt»*doii. OJ,) of thee? ve;ert.h!e fabrics whi-jfi r<rt>«w ihfmseives Vy electi..n without appeal t.o the public: bat a jj.'llearned la«t ecssiou ee'dfeiijiifd it ona otoa-ies aiid scunner hsrig, besides seuarmg borrowing ptwere for future improvement of tho town and bar-our. iis a watering, f.iac^, Whit'oy ha3 beca supplied with a regular itullismmnl and prome- nade; ai d tho fine eaioon which Sir George Elliot has jest built single-handed, and which will ba recult>riy orened to visitors this year, will b3 fenne to compare favourably with every etructare of its eltts* in the kingdom. V h'thy is only one cf the ms':y great enter- prises owned or controlled by Sir Course Elliot. As a partner in the firm of Gls.ee> Elliot, and Co., which was merged into the Telegraph Construe- tion and Maintenance Company, he pii-yed aa important a part as any living man in tho successful establishment of sub- marine telegraphy, and in bringing about telegraphic communication with America. At Boughten Ball, in North Durham, he receives at certain pericde the viewers from the various col. lieries he ownB in the county nf Durham, where, as mining engineer, he mado the first strile towards fcrtune, and where he is the most popular cf men with" all classes of the community. Throughout the County Palatine it would be diffi- cult to find a place in which his seme ia no.: both known and respected as that cf a Durham man of whom hid county-folk 9T justly proud, whetaer they agrpe with ti9 political vie?rs or with these cf Mr Palmer. Another of his ventures in which he has a great stake, and is the managing partner, is the Powell Duftryn Colliery Company in Gl. morg&Efchire, Ihia association works nea-rly So dczen great pits, any one of which would in other hands be considered a property, and raises about a million tons per annum cf the South Wales smokeless coai; indinoonEablo for eteam vessels. In connection vrita Sou h Wales is another enterprise in which Sir George Elliot takeE a most active interest, to wit, the Alexandra Docks at Newporr. in MCIImouihshire, the ancient mother port, which haa suff ered, with torpid in. r difference until recently, from the dcflactioa of its trade to the neighbouring docks at Cardiff, created by the enterprise of the late Marquess of Bale. The advantageous geographical position of Newport is being gradually made clear to the railway companies in connection with South Walt p, notably by the new Pontypridd, Caerphilly, and Newport line; and the Alexandra Dccks ire prov ng the snccees they deserve to be. This result has not been brought about without work and worry, although !!onc o thin is app.-vctut :athe face or manner cf Sir Geersre EOliot, who, dsring his frequent visits to Wake, is fend of establish- iDg hrufildf at his house at Belie Vue, Nawport, wlJnce he can leok upcu the dorks and test tha f.facucy of the eiectiic lights which illuminate them W-nipht, while hie ca-ce aro protected from the thiuzitsfr whis tles of the Mot.tcoa ths hire Railway bj double wirdows. In this great unJer- taking Sir George Ejiiofc ie well oca tenS to play woikmg eecord to Lord Tredegar, who ia tba real head ot the Alexandra Dcek, and to whose public fpirit much ct the eaccees of ;.ho enteyprisa is due — a quality which meets^ite practical regard in cn enorrr.ocr, accession, in Valae to the family eetatep, in a rsptdly growing revenue from Toyr.i'tui}, Mea, Trhat is prized more than eithsr, in the increiited cr d increasing prosperity of the comiBoniry of which the T recicgars are the heradi- tarv chiefs. As a partner cf Greenfield and Co., Sir Gaorge Elliot has had an important share in the great work of constructing the famous harbour work at Alxandria, Egypt, originally undertaken in conjunction with his friend, the late Mr. J. Hcticfioa M'Lean. Thia vast enterprise demands hie frequent presence in Egypt, where he is at lecet as well known as in London and tIls enter. tbintrents given at his house in Alexandria, or at Sht v fceTd'e Hotel, Chiro, are as much the delight cf European visitors aa the terror of oli-fasbioued pashas, who cannot understand why ihoy are kept eo loi g at table, and thus debarred from their customary pastime of smoking. Sir George Elliot bps other occupations boeides his coal mines, decks, and engineering work in wire rope- works, &c. but he is best known at Houghton, Aberaman, "Whitby, Alexandria, Newport, and London. It is almost needless to note that a great part of his life is receBsarily spent in travelling. Fully recognising this fact, he has reduced travelling to a science; and as ho rarely moves without a couple of private secretaries, a skilled travelling servant, and often with an engineer or two, he v!uy be said to be as independent of email frcubleB by the way an is humanly possible. Not a moment is wasted en roite. No sooner is he installed in hia reserved compartment with his mretsty aad stenographer than the despatch be sen are opened, and work gtea on as if ba were at home, It is difficult to understand how he ronhi It-vfi Jived in snte-tt-legraphio tim*s so {> 1 <1 ie ho ..t jvcvivir.g and do. patching t&W-ama "iii m e io Ha kit or cf terete place?. Yec t-hia v.l.irmh^. of bnMm_s«fr,t:i^eft?itly prolans no Ai-r.t;u in tioJh ytar, he ia liev^r t". hy.ro ,'a.yV w *k he wiil hea.tiiv 1 y p ir.?**?• hiy hrc-vlier and '■'l n.f>t' > ti, of Iris chief ns&2>a.•«*, M'l-i r>e » 'lilt. c.f tl-ci ev-ji^a;j v=iih him, t :.t,; ii' • htf^U tours, over"teeth ing eccciiXite or udivmng pit ple.ss, Lii-at y £ all y.'t r. *'f! f"r- & i- .i>py joaraty, *vti? v, i,ieh ie ccct--jif2. cay to lay a fcasdatiai et.o-e, rt vill F-pyst-.r ^h* rwd ot his dinrer ti'rU ia Pf-tt rtreet. pic av v r w^tl" the tt: -i 1.:j ftrvu-e pn etn cflioli«. by Jitte-wti'*»*•»;:» ft North D t:, r f- ni, in tu, boor i-t^rrenif,^ re- r ee; tnetr»ia an;) diouer h h V-rche.bij c.r-trived to li^tc-n vi o. e or t-vo psr I L-tr s of wi., hi ho n py t?<, little: km -w;e.?rf«. s "A 1 w.f v ¡ ¡. t. trEl llt'1! ir'e'i?- wt-t sis I f.or-n tmntf i%pele hi.ii to wt»e*e bis yre.'i »ua ivp>-u. Not a whir, tired, he then eni >ye trhe e^-e^ T.jh'. rf the day, perhaps empl jing ae a fi«'a slic? tre f-ií"r rowel prcrented to Lim by his- Masonic e'frren that very day at iioozi hundreds cf mi I, awsy."

BBECONSoIRE WINTER I ASSIZES. Mr. Justice Lindley arrived in Brecon on Saiurcsy, when the commission for holding the a hove assizes w.is cpeaed, and tho CJnrt adjourned until Monday morning. The learned judge took his teat at 11 a.m. cn Monday, when the follow- ing gelitleaen W-re Ei worn on the rrand i txry Sir Joseph EuBseli Baiiey, Bart., M.P., Glanusk (foreman); Air. J. P. Gwynne Holford, MP., Bucklana Major ThomaB Conway Lloyd, Dinas, Mr. William De Winton, Msabderwen; Mr. Gecrge Overton, Brecon: Major J. Morgan, Bclgced; Mr. Edward B. Evans, Brecon Captain P. Parker, Brecon; Mr. Basil Jayne, Bryltrlrwr; Colonel H Holford Stephenson, b■vied ilr Joan Williams Yauptan, jun., Viienuewyd Mr. T. B. Burgrave Watkins, Brecon; hir. Hugh Pency Poveil, Castlemadock r, Joseph Joseph, Brecon Mr. Charles Henry De Wmton. Tyny. catdn; Dr. James ^Vil iaciB, Brecon; and Mr. Morgan. Thomas, Aberuetny. THSFT BY AN OLD SOLDIER. John hugbel-, 26, tinuiaj, pleaded guilty to eteelirg tvo piecee of fiil LCI, valued at 10s, tbe pupcrty of Evan Grifitba, draper. Brecon. H't tant wse a recently discharged solciir. ,.Ild tci t-previous good chara ter, in consideration ot Vuidi his Lordship eerttl-ced him to only three months' itni.risonuelt, with haid labour. EOL'EIK G A LAXELORD AT LLANGATTOCK, 7,i;beoJO lo:d, 36, cc.Ler, was c-uig&a with steaht g & ccat, waistcoat-, a pair of trcu.crs, ani a cravat, vfclue Its 6d, the property ot' Thoum Evti'S, at Llsngaitoek, on t,) 3-c cf January Trie-oner plear.ed not guilty. Mr. H-my AlUn prosecuted- Profecutor saici ha was a ooLierani grocer, at Beaufort, and the prisoner lad aod with bim, wcikicg as t. collier. Fiiic-sr le.'t nb lcx:g- irgp- or the 3rd cf January, wt.o: witness misled the articles named, which wer those hot vro- dnoed. He had bargained to =?ell priacmer the irt users and wrist coat prcvi isly, hue refused to let him have them wiih. Jat the oiaucy, es friacter elre-idy owed ,hi/l:J. answsr to piisorcr pyc-Efcutor denied 1\2.1. hi u tbe jac'tej Pclice cc-stable Britley deposed to Erdin, th& piii-jre; at his mother's hcv.ee ia VYiitt-ire, at fust he dc: i^sd the charge, bat on wi;ness tHcatei > to tarch the house he produced tcs articles which ii2 stated he had lough:. P.-isascr was found ictity, and a f^rm. r cocTict'oa a.). tearing Eg&'na; h.ns M Newport, in 187S, he r, Ei a eeite; ced to 12 months' im .Liuej-, with hard kbciir. ALLEGED FORGEET AT TiriLTH. Jcha Ptttr, i3, pig dealer, picuo ju guihy to fciorioufc y feeing and uttering ;» oe.?taiis cieque fcr £ 2ii, wiih Litem to defraud V'. itiiaia Beading, nt Builtb, u, the 2nd cf julj,, Tb,- M,e L&\ing been } roved aguinst hie;, prisoner was seaUnced to five years'# penal setviiude. NIcI FETUS BUSINESS. mLCil or t uoiruT: cask. ZT7.2TS 1C:: v. James iliLL.—PUlutiS:. a yccig wcaan, sued the defendant, a well-known auctioneer, and fcrssezly her master, fir o^eioh of promise of ma.risge, the damages being laid at £ 200. Defendant denied having; promisnd to marry, and evr n if a promise ha.d been ni-id3. i: had teen reech ded. JtlOO damages were a vardad. ANOTEEK I1KEACH OF PROMISE C.vSB. ANOTEEK BREACH OF PROMISE C .?K. Another breach of promise case, in which e&nafes were iaid at wpb heard on Tasa- ¡ dty. The ph -nti £ is the daughter of a grorser I named Francis, of Dowlais, and the defenaant ia a widowsr. ( 1 years of age, named Da.vte-i, a f pnblican, at Çefncoecymer, and the owna of several hr.mef: there. Durirg th.) interval for I luncheon the ccnnsel on each side had a cm svltatiou, anc, on the return of his iordshi? ic.fo court, they it formed him that, with his lordshij's P<rmi;sion, t 'u-y tad agreed upon a settlement, p(rmi.-sioia, t 'u-y bad agreed upon a settlement, P-td would accept cf a verdi3t for ^200. His, Joidship consented, and the jury, by hia direction, I returned a vercict fcr that amount.

A NOViiL EXPERIMENT. A pretty iUcstiattcn of the extent to which practical demonstration is sometimes carried ia pcpular scientific lectures was given one evening lately in tLe Cooper Institute, New York, whan Profeseor Spice measured, before a large audience, the velocity of a riflo ball fired across the stage, The diet;tnce wae only 3oifc. Li;utenant Merriam co operated, ard hi% duty was to eh.:Qt aw<y, with a Crece moor rifle, two Icose wirce. each of Whil1 connected in an electric circuit tp. gloiafee of mercrry. One wire was placed jast iu front of the euppcrted mnzzie of the rifle, tLe oshai cfift. dietaat. Two levcra were arraugei with bont wire-points, ovor a pioo. of smcked glass, to which a uniform motion 1,3r,141 be irrparted, and the elcc;ric eonreo'i ns were ecch that en the first whe being broken the point cf the corresponding lever de;c<n ded on the glass; but when the bsi'let broke the ecct.nd vA'rr, il, im- mediately rose again by tfce a, ticn o a priL; The r(tetit of tVie- was ihit t'ln pdr. conaecte 3 )' with 1 be lever rcraj ed a ve~y ebcrt 1m., on the smoked glaes. The other point, b^ing kept dor^a dmii g the ew'ng of a eeoonis penduinm, ao a.od a Innaer space. A iter firing the gbia? w is witi. drawn, and a magnified :p?ge o' the ha -•= thro ra ona screen. The relative len-.fths r,f these lini.a were then aseertnired, tbe longer being Jlt'ic the fhc-ter 5ie.t r.tvkirg tba cor iti m oc ona screen. The relative len-.fths r,f these lini.a were then aseertnired, the longer being J W:r:, tte fhc-ter r.tvkirg tba cor iti m oc flight of tre bd HfJhs or 1 22 >d H. e r Hmceits rsp of itoava was 35 x :?-;quAl o 726it. in a Eeccnd.

yORTR LUNATIC AtolLUM. Ccic-tel Vincent Williame on Tu^sd&v p'esidsi I at the Slet annual meeting of tbe visitors of the I North Wt,leB Lunatic Aeyiuto, Denbigh. Too re- poit, which was of a very encouraging nature, ihowed a great reduction ia the d-ath-rv thengb the number of the inmates has iccraaseil. It was l. solved to consiót:rJ6(.Jy reouoe the cnarge for the maintenance of pauper ilwatic

REDUCTION OF RENT BY LORD TREDEGAR. Lord Tredegar'e ren- au-it tooir plies ii theynis. cedTvyn Arms *iotel,l etracgyUa a, on Tuesday, tne 27th inst., at which 20 er cent. waaremitted to tha tenants fcr the past "f.lcar, and his lordship's liberality was greatly appreciated hy tha farmers. An excellent dinner was provided by Mr. Joan Evans, fo which ample justice was cone. fiir. Wnii&.jr GiiffhhB, Dre. eg, proposed his lordship's Lcaith, which waa most corcsuliy roceivedi the whe ie company ritisg and obeeii -.g. The health el his krethip's respected ageuta, Mr. Davii ltcrnas and Mr. Pallirg, waa prop teed by iilr. II cirar- Evrns. Gljncynwal, and was also rectsived with Lt.a tol ccs of approval.

SHOCKING FATAL ACCIDENT KEAR CAEDIGAN. A shocking accident, attended with fatal results, cccunea on VVednesaay to a younir man named John Davies, residing at Pwbgrechu, Llangoed- moie, near Cardigan, He VV employed as a labourer by Mr. John Hughes, of Alvrtmawr 11 arm, in the parish of Haunt. It appears that about half-past ten on Wednesday morning he was engaged in excavating Biooes from a quarry on the farm. He was standing oa a la.dder for that purpose, andlin digging, the upper portion, consisting of heavy atones, gave wy, and in their couree to the bottom of the quarry curie into tact with ike larder, bnekiublt to nieces. Davies ,¡,s precipitated to the bottom, a two arms aad legs feeing broken in the fall. A you.iwom*a (i leoa tervant at Mwrlmawr), who was Djiesijat and witnessed tbe ead occurrence, c-ad for aseietanco, and Berjim- n Jamrs, of Ff. vdissaf, was promptly (n the 6,pot, having Mt he p .C but a mincte before Oc r»i?i.'ig the deccaned • rem strong the debris life wae for nJ to b. ex iiuat, a k, EI sve-re having penetrated into ?V?ie »'J right side. D ceased was only 21 yea: r ac,j, but leaves a wi-dew with one child. A:i kqucit trill be teld.

THE BURSCOUGH RAILWlY COLLISION. TLe adjourned iir-qucst on the bodioa o' Th-jmag Lovnty, driver; Sobert Sanderscn, sto'ser; and Ecwnrd Sutton, the guard, who were kil!etl in tha late disattrc-ua railway cc-liision at Biruoongh waa resumed at Bofecough Thcge on Wednesday. t.'e'.ie. the pointsman, wa- preaout wiih hia cenneel. Mc facts beyond taot j alreany known were el32ited. Two of the witnesses however, stated their opinion that the c auoos the train going on the wrong roa I wivhout the driver's knowledge would have bsua reduced if there bad been a grounder othsr »i->o&l cccrected with the cross-over point at B^rsiaoeh Jutction platform, although all tie wrneeaea fjonsidered that nowhere on the is him and Yorkshire Company's syBtetn did the] know of ground sifn&la being used for crc-s^-ovc- u~ In summing pp, the Dcputr-co rouer" L i that ae Mm a was in charge o! the cabin at Bur coush at the tim« accident be ^a g-lly resnonsible f or the collision whjch occurred. The jary after rearing cr-meto the same conclusion, bnt the fo'e lin in T*lTrn? vr vyt~l(it ot manBJaughter agaiult Anthony Melia it commended his case to oon- Anthony Melia it commended his case to oon- eideration on account of his previous good character, and algo advised that the change of pc.atfctnan ought toot to take place during the smvEi ano despatch of trains. Meiia was then ccii. £ uitied for trial at the next Liverpool assic&s.

A MISSING MAiL STEAMED The JFrFfY correspoldent of t-I P.g Ay cciatlon," telegraphing at 8 40 p ta ou Taurs- (; JOt ssj-t no iDtciiiscsnoe hai y^t re$civ r ] of p:"cÀ-1; Csjssrer., and crowds of }iI corgn gated in the vicinity o? t »t c;iac • tiixicmly t.«ai'ii-g any it tcl.i-e^ o 'lae tickaent js v-iy

-o'<'t.%T" T 7t Per zari pr sufih'eiitly rcI !li.v ( i>k h ti ii'li-V.l»-'r", ;C n .(i r. i.ic i, J ? u'' Arches on Wedneacfty morning.

i 1 £ iil.l: r'F T.f; r l'i _a. ( r!' "LE' } Very ra^cfsHy, af::1- tbe dee'-c~"fc» oisisnr'rts r- j c t; t tfir.s» t \f\ f .oh (,(: r ">5 hni- it tie i,w adgjLTtf:r, t,c ie>«d-ui ,H',e)!! th»v jc iiT-t-al ibi^ -.et, fri'ten *>y »-ae vrho £ •. •; tit weid bell:tm inrcnord on hi- fi 15, i n-, ? e hrrnhu ,.e-g cf Wit (Ech'yjionrjz. D,,i seems tc have ha. enough of at a to have trTC" e cp the vpcnje. Herceforth 1We ;s rea-on to bslitve he n,ll t? a t» ikwer tf Mr. Hersry Kichsr3. sad tha; he f-hstitute wsrd P<e" oa lis _tp,T.2er for the old T)^if if £ r- ei ffr.ee When the annit-nt c*i^3E, "A ofs >;idvrhf" iCl aoked at the «^ns-ea i, Iccofco, it is now prooanie that Dewj wyn 0 EerjLt end Biyifab, Gnrc s. and Brjt.hinfryn wih n pl,- from the front h:,e of bsrdi-* in etaa- toiian tones, Oee Tbe last t^o, however have not Ebeath. d their bet are at it iv eurzea*. Garnop. who wor the chair pr;?? at tne Cardiff Eisteddfod, and who pi^Fided at the feorsedd with unusual dignify and solemnity, dccl&red, in the oharacter of Chief Druid, etari- ciing the while on the top of the ark, or Let an stone, in the centre of tae circle -of Bn Gadarn, that the Eiole if net a code of laws, bat a code cf principles." Ibis ethical apothegm has given cffencs to Brytbcnfrjo, wao saserts in tbe Gv:iadga-wr that 'he Bible is a code of laws. The tiVO gladiat.irs sre occe.sicnaliy burling at each other huge frag meats from the worke cf )p Butler, Paley, end others. This week Brythonfryn has shot ;\t tbe chaired bard several smooth stones from the fcst or the Shepherd King, the most c £ actUil of v.hi-h eeems to be tue f lowing: "But his ( (light is in the lav: of the Lcrd, and in hi" lir coth hs meoitste cay and n'gnt. Perhao? Gurnoa wiii reply that the King wnen he panne l those 1 nes leferrod to the ceremonial law, and that it ie Lv- now in force. But there. I do Dot like tc- witii the tacred oracles, but leave to be dszt 1y these ofdaired ministers; for one if a m! wuh the Eaptii ts ana the ctn.r with the ind a- pincette. It i«, tow ever, 9 11 one io ik- ing troai a eecular point ol view, to wi• £ >a t,aes-? teachers tf the Welsh people ia tae initxeecf the Jewish cerea>osia^. e leader in the ,.arlar- 11 Gi*?-C'>'irr is on 'Sir Willie at Flarocurts.va tbe larv Madc!n." retcr2 to the cha!'e f!.a(:f! "i"t I:r Yviilitm tbat he (-I- ir-ea to be a a.d esterts that all ho cid was to ;>ciiit out eff-cta of given cunt es. Tee wrst*r tutu p-.ier<e.j.- i" & rani'. ling mfiner to ocint out tne froits oi i-,eek planted by tre Torts?, trav-eiilnL-; from ore end cf tie eerit to the otcer. The fame itcrrai contains an attack by Cttdi.cr npon d. Lewyp Alan," lie lea<3»r of the --s. "it it eac," hew-ru^s, "to ficd one who ie always tbv.roerirg over ofbera wa.li f snc kicki? g when 'nbif-c'ed nira wlt so a i t1- ¡ ticcsl. No cie wis ever more ?e. ,iy tb&n Lt-wys Aii n to draw h:p icraper ovee- ot>.«r», tad jc-t o one is ae itao trfi'-iue'i as be when r.i.l je-cted tc a similar proceed. All I wa? tc c« mptire 1 iia eo th? present Pncie Miuiarer io worsit f cut hia own cuaraoter ii a«Eo?ibit>» vhe ler tee cf hfe levels. Vivian Grvsy' i« iJe-ioots. | field, and in the novel Lew-, s Afa.r i.ii.snas tu pt: lltth in .'t; giii-b, under tne tiile ot 'ice j 'i inwc.rkE-Bo; he toSd ca t>e huae?if would j he tie principal hero in iii, Is taat libellous, 1 wonr-e»?' | Lewyp" eeems to be energetic in promoting fie p'opoetd hoard of arbitration lot tee tm-picte i v..rkeis and their mactere, and be b,¡ o,n I l.ctnrirc. acccrcing to the sain3 i nttrn»i, on tre fnbject at Llamriaast, Treforelst, Lyobrc.k, Circesfrrd, Parh^end, Lydney htid Pon^ardave. The »s<re>i'schief leaoerison theU<iiteC Boronebs I cf Lianeby ard Carnarthen, and a uoriu'r of n is as *'c»iows t—" The interference of Mr..tenbins, cr, if you like it better, bis attempt to wrest- tae or, if you like it better, his attempt to wrest- tile seat from the present mem,rel, if. az-, etc f ti'rin the history of tne borough of LJanelJy, We hop^e such a thing wiil r ot c ecur Pgaiii in itc. tito y fc;r the hake of its honour. At the first election in the history of ths I borotgh aftar the passing o £ the K^tortn Bill of I 1S32, there were here two candidates, viz.. j it cjvertcn and Jones, but Jones wis a Tory ana I \eivcrtcs a Liberal. In the tallowing t-ioctioi in j lbS5. the Liberals were opposed by Mr. D. J a Tcry. lbs same thine followed a Tcry. 1b3 same thine followed in 1-537, when the late Lir. D<i. Morris rreoveied tbe eeut for the Liberal?. Ni content J ilace it: the borcn^h s!tcr tha' uncil lSóS, whin there were two candidates in the tieii, but I cno was. a Tcry, and he suctained an unmerciful defeat. In 1S74 there was another c jateat, but I cne of the-m vab a moderate Conserva'-ive. Tne above :s the i<:nory of all the contests r.t Lkaeily tmce it wa?_ "inr d to Carmarth?.n, ai?d there is not fonnc a single inttanofv in its h -jtjry until recently cf two J ioerala 00posisg rli&cb ocher. t ct ci-ly is the present Eight of It r. i-e divided f £ gaistt ltrtif at LøLrlty a wretched c ae, but it is si; gu.E.r ia tho I of n boroughs of Wfeles. InMutbyr, in 18^8 .» f ,d the nearest' ap; roe ch to it; bu; there tbe, views cf t.he cid L ember were not eo I t he nt. sv c&ncidatc, aid ha fcas 0to give way btfere h.L opponent. Were Liar- Jy to elect M.r. if i&suad of Mr. -it wd gain far ittc-lt the hcccur of bcir.g tin? 11-' ia t history cf ail the boroughs of Wales. rho article goes cr loEti'e that the proceedings ct the supper.ers ('. ,jr; &ze o1 vctional-h •— thut c--a t'e Liberal AMtociatici. and the Nod- c: jfcimitt miniiters cf the place." The wiiter, h- weMtr. ados that "tLe c Llaaeiiy stand high in the es .a*ion of r.r;? I\C'te-oLiormiitB of the Piinoipalivy Vr-e u,«Jwri'.y d tl-U16 ale eleitcrt, and tiny h.e,'therefore a perfect right to t- he part in LilC ja. a -A -e h c T,, r it ho workmen aei-ii11 Have they suj ported t. e ma^fere in on« ;t f cv d tho men n!ac, Hfve 'ihe; Vtiil i_ieirir3aer.ee I'r 11010 Do the5 make uze cf tha rifottoa for ^ny selfish rrrpoefB? -i th^y have let ^hem fce expc ted before aii W^a Jnuring by the coruet in tne W els-h lane it aoo.-ars that toe ebovecues wrs eonvey ibe imrree:.rtn the.t tbe nt<r -mpl ej tl-at ten ething 0/ tee s.r' is t'n ccr.e cy others It would a.r-xar, theref yre t. at toe wnt: wh. e charging .tie oopoaentf w;tb 1 biackcu ig" t fct?-jpy.»fc?s c-f the nreaeat- n enbtti retaiii te,,t by throwing muc: in return by the t-rt 0' ir r vMsCo. A vttt r in tifi OoJ^iic octi!plains that 'be tt ffi"¡.i¡\, bus •ct; c(n:ed cu T?eirlw aid the a}\aju-i. Lo: a wteh j.s without- ona having a fa; nr c_ anolhcr iu?-cxioa.ting ciLki io be n E;< d f."t in Sf no earner cr -,he lou.hi cd. Ii i« t4etnd, however, th it- it in a 1 ublio-touEe they ar: held. Iti-s to benoped th.-it LO one profepting tLI" religicn of tlle Otl ot Geo ciceocnis to riia a For goodnc^ -^9 rei;zu cf eii <»<-oo- tniia'onfc come ott 1.he one mau to put down this evil that is reining tuo young of our eiftricis. It is stated that Eome Calvinieta in Ca- cilff are arm-git g foe adopting the prayers a?d litany cf Chujoh_ of England B.r'; ia their ptblic strv:e»-s. A writer m tLe "k", fer more infcim?ticn about the rrcvem-,tit. There isnoecnht that a tendency in this direei'ir: has beep obseryarle in the rans., of sotaa of ths -at. viniets cf South Wa' es fcr some time. More than (re collection c-f prayers, .^c havebsHti t; p l'y tainisterfi of the Connexion. TrAs dr-ni). d ination, as i:- well known, was the J&st to leave the Ertabiishod C-huroh, but it is hare to e»y w nether the tendency to re-ado?-u its ardent rittal is cue to a lh' uartag c t "I ior the Slothw Church, or to the action cf a few ministers who feel that its adoptic-n would materially ieEE,r the a scans oi iiibc ur they have to porlorra in conduacing put-he w-ordiip. The most arduous duty a Welsh Nc tconlormict has to perforin is preaohing. lLat many of them find it a severe Curaiu. upon them in the face of the gtowi-rg- m-te?l:gerce and spread of education in W&hs is undoubtedly true. Most of the VTe'.eh ILrophetB ara dt-atl, ai d an old farmer BaYB that troso who ha-e enoccc r ed them are c'it'.n^uiehed ciiiy for what he describes as "sc.is6 u*hL' (sense put into them), contrasting unfaronrabiy wuh the nsti&i-.&i gifts of the oid preach or 0. It ie, thfi-efoie, hut natural that some cf the weaker brethren should desire an auxiliary. Ai, any I rate, that is what those who eneer at the movement soy. Others reg- rd the movement as the d&wn of day when Churchmen and No-noon- formate will agree to differ on minor poists, and when the Cathedral of Ll&ndaff trill again resou :d j with tho voices of a united people asain worship- pirg tcgethpr at tbe shrine of 8t. Teilo. Such a i''ght wouid be alinost enough to bring the sa*wc Weigh Princes r-na bch-pr,ti, ;«e jy.ng th«re oa; 51 their graven, ana ,-oii. r.fce <.ervioe in Cyraraew *Lo *1 r!°l Gn-un-rio v:.itlor burn 1 r i xw? XCCiCr Or Vvlil ft.fi,S' \? |

ZIJi- BLOWER S BENEFIT A 7' T"E Til&A IRE L: To right (Fri 0 T'r, a tl; Kanet e cf thoTr^a re Roy a!, O.^aiS,' wL 'i.¡ bie benefit Those *rc>o hav^ al-ea.ty p^e-u AU Ba e ana the >orfy Tbievse l; can obn.r t^stiac-pv to the admirable manner ia which th? -nto;ain? has bsen statei. end h() c, mpltte the a,coo»at.r e- SVfrS ^hr grc-iv care and jod £ iL,r;t M-hich Mr. xiulwer ha,,i eser^icei ^t*'v-Mp Hr\ u rfcai-y fi?at r*te n;iv9- Jtba' 2lV Bulwc- has sr.3- .H 5°! u 2 iifm'" T borne out bv th'? c-pitkl rnn vb,eb the has had from the om commencement, anc it is 'herefnrc only fair lj:m .hat tl0 Crirdiff publi; eh j-ild raUy rouui urn to-n ijnt, when tae performance ia specU.:y for -iiOi. t/e pb.ct to Isarn that so gr«a- h been the deum«a for tiokefca taero every f rcspect of a bamv-cr'' b jc.- « j £ t. Lulwcr has mate speci.il arrangeaer. s *or providing a treat to those who go, ard in addition to the sttraetiens of tho paut jciur 5 proper, with its Pallets, topical eongs, cotuicailat-j in,, ihc-e are to be several Very Fpecial features ictrodnsed express--? for ttlit, benefit Mr. Bulwsr will himself, Wtfi- "'ùJ.r9 cf the erenirg and by epcc:a] requc-c. i: oC,-6o. rate two papular actors weh kn^vr- players. Mr H. M. }'iti V"U1 fee to re appeararoe, after two y-^rs> abGenoe. in the fiucce&tful farca whirling" The harle- quinade will bo in the hands oi the blacks," aad a local amateur has und-.rtaiien the part of clown. New eones, new dar ccs, and new incidentals will comi lcte a prcgrt-iiaie of great merit apart from the Bj^cial even: ecnijfcutsd wish' Its introdur jn. i Bulwcr ^68&rvcs &&d will obtuxit tuo 6q* oenragernent oi ail p'avcroers it his efforts to llace satifaff^ctorily theatrical represents^o2 before oenragernent oi ail p'avcroers it his efforts to llace satifaff^ctorily theatrical represents^o2 before theIn orde r to give special famiities to those intenciT-g -:o h j present, the Taff Vala are poinr> to j.un jate train to Peaarth, start:„'t» at 11 p.m,

Tbe earthquake, which was not'c-el onf bet., was aDo M- at Durkheim, in the I a b'rs. Frith, the wife of the Vr-i,: kc: af^ie' Kr. Frithr died £ ucdsnly on \v*T.tr \1?:L Kr. Frithr died £ ucdsnly on "y af'erne>cn. L Tro'c trsce hir Fchy ibiBt-*rt Vitouc-c• y i•jf ,i r, t*rii' lis t j f-a-- n ,3 .r. .1'* F-l«-'il:>:eSfhG Co^cIiC IVI< ''o, f;* ill >• c/t ens Ii; cm: A; •V,° v o. c- f ( ill >• c/t ens Ii; cm: A; :ö 1 1 v o. c- f ( *■ '*■ V 1; ir ° i'l'l -a t.,e;;o, i>cVy.u/ 0l. i'l'l -a t.,e;;o, P.¡"C\' h 0l. 1"<

--=-- OU ii L^.G .Lt n. C; j 1. f7, e&.&n* ç-"U'{': :u on ty* I ml-j tits ft orci- crii-' f1.7 ezpe t.-v-c-A •fc/.nji.- :)P..tt£);f4". CoTfe^t v-Ul'\r ":ir "t'l/i(i O' ad Gt oreri-j-«.(.sUjQ, olferve rui—. 1. ? hf fads m'u, he statei ficnv and s?«ry or-A. <j"«»*■ v ,wft V'fiÆ, tn#u-*± w'tutri*. btrti. U Ht.¡;"t't!ijJ. 2. A full copy foe, serf of any d-ocvr»*-it em v-hi,ch atfvi-ee vn'sheri for, 3. The rea; r.T.r-.< end address cf tbf wriior must accoj>_ -rn the questions, be1 will n<>i bp, pttb* if a "pseudonym or inaimc ,e aiso crd for referpr.ee* con.:nunicai4or>s must he c*c tressed to thr i'-chicr, Legal Dt).rtm-t;¡-.t. Muu Office. CariJ."

1 --—-— Tyl.,FIT, -if A. Z." (Kor th) can swear that he is in CQ,3 i ■. ar. he t-buttla appy io i.1^ ja;ticee to have the- thitaten< 1 toiud oi Lr t • keep tae ps .ce. £ fa?o>- r. -C--2T P011,nr. As"G. F. W." (Criusea) di4* not asliver up h.s eeabrn ticket at the prj.nrt.ime, h> o» 3ii.ot ci apt! the rai.way company tc leturn tae- a.< pc she which he paid. BAKKEri-cT InvFrEF-Thetrn^-c who has bees o-tkiupt -wiii be iemoved by tbe wun tat as oar correMn uaeET is uuctr 21 ye-rs of age hen ast apply r> his next friena. F-NT. be supposed inves,.ion o* An /.pprsuti■» (orcocii) Lbs been/orettibed, anc", theref jrs, he Csia- i>01i0t h" try I..A.:iDLC-¡;'D AU' I F N,T- B. W. G E e rc f -,rd I havinjr tLe ho.iiC i vr yer certain, emil ive it ap at t Lit tin-e. Ii tf ere ai y notice 0- tne landlord previoaely. ^rrai vie J ,ident I Kswportj IQ iDformed th-.t tide plea will sv, i! a atiwmn who it p..t- unoa Id- tr4i, I a ,-ee, rd tiwe tor tu c&ti r cf wl ph b.. !Aw tveu aec;Uit:«c by a,ury titer & ir ai ou the merits, rl¡TNDl,1 toctiiT'S',— v. «= h^ve peru ■» d the ^ap rs seat Ly i-Bil* at Btuc aa-1 "1.(\ a:œ tc seuiurj inrue i, wfe lire t-atirte 1 t at la. h-e o av 1* e. Hec m iiied i. r~(. al ¡le" ii, .i"r. in h i- li.et-ietit-r If Le will eeuu this to <-ar ^ifcoe- wk w ill ret uru the papers. .liOa>" to E. T." (Pontjrwidtii money f ebtre of U-eprch t., bu dij n-ti e. <-r 1 u. pan-ier- with tJ)(; borrewt-r, wtac- is now bawir ij>IC 1 ,r.i',g more cae 'ten none, our ci nv-p<»- <.eu i-. ot liz o crecii'ors ct baur.rap- fcii« ol the ctbw l^.Hid, be emuot tuaiir ro ot p:«io 11.) nl-,io^ci ultiî fch ;.be Oli-r c eeitore iisvt oceu pliia full. i (VrdiLri Wt not be ir- t" lPH.' Ty -c>i:j 11*11 ih,- .If ree nisi b-" bem a e abtK.iute, ,t!b cat.; ot be P I ilL 8:i m ail ha f1 b, 1. At L- i,, e bb, 1.0 b. ^ar^nie k:ht h--T i, b'l'O( to pay her c-o.-ni If be to t",ilt: pri.e-eon jrfe. e-i-f «-b«.uid ••-6n»ct a o,o.j,tor ot t!Cf. L zi.- h a -• ) ye pre; d,ci«l such 8e j>rr '»rs -o btve I) fcooi c n h«r c-wr r jnorct haa l> en il niek^fc. j renA hod cr trade*- £ fi, :1.110 .he te a; cy bsv iig 1 or j rt f e e ci u> v notic r.idy otj the leiisjj-o, "a Ltinai .id (Brida^ndi eu rF. either cv »».. cf u me c) uty prc-<*«d-Pg ue'o- i.hi lai-^ii- V" t v 'lllJer vase, b» e- mid s.ie f ,-r the rejfc ■y evn*i fco-1CE i tbe latter wouid W the .lUHkr* 1 iot*ss J'UST or-^irr.«-Print or" (Taj-difit) to W e sr- a. reeme v %b fhe c ..L-i^i y u, to tee oh<r » to o: at o. t.t. to him if p- 7 ment t .r w-.rt 1 be d .B« iy bim; a^iC su-h ;t r -tl 11. t e -1 i-bovd iJt! tiia wi a th.- I f t w'r.J t I'iit ci-ooti O .he"wiaa, ii. c.is,i or h., con t dug wci-ud up he WUè be )ihb'tf as a onrrio^tcy iu re-Bpect of t'nr a jare,&. v bichw-. uid net be rcci-vtir-:ed a« paid ap, but wcuid b: ue*,iea as a holy unp ii qlA ,r-- A tivr-crsEir IsnnMrr.—E. P" is inf^tned teat it ib u.j 10 b r tiie t "tOt of j reim" )-^ tbe í:o-- t. re to be ciivii t'i eouaiiv W-twe^u toe rrastor a-ad ,L- I oj ot the ai>pr..i.riee. lb- am. ter ie »irtit>ec to t'uid tie 1 nufciture Lt.,U, tue «xp't-i>a (i the t tz., 1 ut l?'Oi fn-crn-jufiy be e I citor > a > j-rep res t*, b) e:,If, it or, t">a¡ of 1 otti p r i bis if r*re'er«tt;e for At rwB*<a< A'. the e1 c t-f the appn nut e^Mji tut iiuuiu e, r,.I-h tbe m>.s'. r e ctrtificale ct eas stnioe endwrsua, fch vIu i-t ■ given to ihe tj p. ent c :■ ct J." asks Wj-tt is ^h*- II.nam, of thet e wo'ds b<-ia« atta end to th' rane ot r. ccnipacy. If 0 iiiu.t id 1 aoiii; ro«. Ptny lofcis e coni-iceraoie part rj ib ell, i-- 1.it h •> .-a J tc »rpl.v tc the to ea-tcMi'u a eehsms for ice reoucii-n c-f toe etipit-J. and jevri- t- 01 s r ttioa i g ten J" is always upon etuidkhn ci the comnvuy aecajr the woi-cs" snd redu jea" to re ottiani dsttsnatior for a limbed tixa/». The acvaut.^eof reru n the cap; .a. is tba ft-,t -ii.e t 1 i lea-jit iu-e echuir-t on the- reduced »uo-vat, su i thus th" •>* cercf profit •ppew^ to be Ivto'tSsn r reahvia, 1<hitl tm capital so written f-N is gone for evnr. LAViiono, TrNAyT, Ul. LODSEK — tf "A ljoda-er" (e- faoH. nit- rent rccrularjT, )-- IJÕ not sf.id ct iLe oo-qu- nces tbe Oistiess i-jr reat cue tros* tbeTeiant ol tae houce to the ficenoidti. Ii bote rv sb i-ld hapten, be must make a deol»r i< oa ifem II f<}, i: e "t. 1') of aiL- g od-, bllQ 64" what r nt he owes, and strve th.. same or th.. person 'ns- ttvir-ivt, at tbe- eai « -.ime paj ing. or ulfem.p t.: any rent wimble (car c■'•■rienp;-u(lenf) aiay-o-«e. roe gooct- whl thin be bai'- an 1 the receipts of tJu stp<r or in d'oi-d, or ot the lerson wiil bee y n- rrisefcarge f r tne rent so pud. a~ il oor "I'M'" ^pendent L.si paia it to bis ia.meji.tD laud. lord.

AXSWELS TO CORRESPONDENTS. w. o. w. fCros inn, father w&s Mr. ELis i letc^ier, ot fciail ano. Oinioii, Ijanes^mre. B. letter mvi cs a rciiyiona c iutre- verty, vhich, wet.are c.-rviiuieo betcreha..d, xjald eri 11 1.10 FÁJÙ xc-.uit eathcr to eitaut» or Cattc^cs. ■W. H T (^ettli) i t, rec«ived the j G,. t College Ok1«hu>" ior iti-ft', t om wh.ch | ai pc-Te uuet- B^ote; r&' Uugretg iu i/ivo.ity are I grai.t:c; at tht» c.'l e- and Ui .t ths clerir/ui 01 tie e 1 j-• rt £ -r (,)t,i.u-. ttltl uia iocDi-.ii ii. q11;t.-(-u bey.i i^t*■ uti n in Jui.e ljxt lw is i*i^u.r.c, hI tAJ 1 was orcaxc-ci" H.D.

| T-iilS -G-UhLLt.j't'V (aJ^'OJjJCT AT I t-A.J D, i s. j Or ICor csy cY^t-xi f: tie s-n-t'-ai concert in uld j rf the bare '.etd et the 3-«1 •JUm.Tj-au Art.iierf Vcln>< er Co p.< wae given m tie Dni.' h*li, j (. ar c; and w e in ever? seoeo a g.u at s-icveps. tp itrge ccrn'oi-tiMy f- t z- etite i ci t'c ceigh?>onre-co--i we-o wf-H r«prcc-e.3»tfd. I l ent-Cc-.on.? H-t: thr- C)f the ( ,-a t t,pe rc;c in lIrd" rm, a'.d t I k the e*j.pe.-t*?te«- I flC vl vbe ;ene-!»i nt anf?em-n a. i'be .:t<> ir-a I' was ft'c!e'f n Ttl, of tne r.»)o>, and was ha-ig with erbpi,,iy and ocoora'ea plauU. &o. the aruaes were from lLt *15 Jpjra,' I L^nccn, positions 0.' e;u in tae Rueieal/*o:i<h 'Icor .-i*^ v»r-» *-aSsmi %l*ris Iie7.e, A'cile. l'arishi Si^nor 1'ec,•.», Hi^n^riiiiai, I fi n lr O.-nevon; ecto h»rpi- hio\U-. jj»?4-mi| I ana ccncautcr, Pioreubor iiul. M ^Le. I tua Di it uirha, tne iviicwiieo ea^r^'io eiog^fr, wis ataa biiDGUf-ec tc-pear bu* itgr»ai b, re^iivad ir.t.-c-titg t jut. hte- -ig from I tieD, tkr,- ecut; net undertake to frihi her engige- n en-t. Trie T-ap a dzsappe.int-i.cnv 1.) all, bat nt I t f. rt v >• spared to make- ctnonds for b-r ^h .ax-, boditioiui scuffs bO"1;; introdaced. Tne i- ..osr" c-,on:-menced w nh a t--lection hy t b.cd tas 3rd_tilac;-wga:v A-tuhry Vciante^w, ctfoer tae itadcrsbip c-f Mr. G. E. Davis, ri. M S, pu ufo-1. &>:gt.or busmi t olio wed in the an i, Nor. Ptc: Aidrtu, f rf,.L zz di Ftgtkc-i," ¡ Wiiicii Le leni'cT-fcc with his c-snii eocgy and li'°oa t&e te. Ihe £ if ncr ie posse-sea of a voice ci power, anu eppeair-s to ad- ¡ g t, in ri t- z,a a m wirlch the 1 eric-comfc elen.ent pr Mdlle S.. I Ccni came next in thr- s;,¡b harp, La Soaiea," a beautiful coiripoiiuo*? by Biameata&i. Tais £ rt't-tt cer„ain!y txo-rfis in me mioq..)iai;ioti of hsr f> vru:s iBff:umm!, the ci«ver -ino eic^ras- renceritg which she gave cf '• hi S .me^ At J cnce won fcr hez tne tj m^Athies oi theaudiesc), I e\ir.c;i tn.eif d^iig. j oy long cjnii^dtid a^pianee. The oivw-YJoa. 0 mio £ ^rn^a-io," ha iV.vcrita," was ssng by Milla I Dnriilh up. graoef'tl ard p'ev-ing style, >ter mellow, Jkxible unnt-ralto voice l*^e IJat none ol its | pc-wei, and in this t.tieclien iit tr.!1} cifp.f jod. She was we-rir.h* applauded, tost declined tbe call for an encore, it is almost neecif.es tc Ftate_ thst the next artitte, ill?, Carleim. -cqnittsd him.^e f tothcdeli^nt ot evei-y one in tie air, "XcieA:'or." as a oarirone he Etancs h r.h in the ce'i,ration of ths musical pn blic, and his aoec-iq.iiched render:ut,' of ioreacor" did jnst;ct to the reputation ae bears. In thie piece a bnll-fgbt is deeoribed, and Mr. Caric-ics with wi the energy and epint r ec: seary to euch a composition. After bin came bacame Marts Riize in tne grand ar.'a. Egbert' 101 quej'aime,"from'' Hobertle Dlt,hie/' wi;» ofcbl:gat. by Mdllo. Saocu:L SitdaV^ te'rr v (V ~a-ud pv.hstio ee.tiOii in atnanner whica esemcd to ch«m her bhG the ri:i .*ning Lid V^f-w- it, ej withaij^keaattautioa, 4 the tr-crd cf the las»- riots* had died away, 0.0 oui c-mg iieoandsd 'vl'h th^ir ectha- Ifce artirte vi-:wMy ts-pOi-Otc the is-Tti-rcn* cs" fcr an and s,i:tjbe tweet 'i./ciy, tiu-ou** the i • xprc-b-%t,,t to tL k in,our I tne ptitiit et the words. t-ignor 'iec:-h;. thea tpvea-'iu «:ibei'ir.t?n2A, "Ah no-. Ored?ii,'r which rho-cio srtp: r^-e to tre capabiiitw of his 1e tenor v=i v Hie Ftecciuf th.» pi^- was e-JCK. t.vqu*di;c-d eati^ac- 1'.0; WL reZl$QT& £ V* ?■ as w;s alsoth-3 c v.f-r, it i ta :r, fx-2. '• i.Eii?or d'Am^re, by Sigr.or leconi. r-no Mr Cirle«cn. a v.vf.oa e.ntitieu Lck Ciochaa de Corae- > .i es cc—"p-w>c the ait-t p&ri oi the 1-tet'rE.cia.T*. 2.d c mac-c: U -vita tae cuet o, inqt>e»tvo Sno. from Ear irit ia wtioh £ £ d)it. Darialti ar-i Mr. C»rieton sang tcgetrcr to i'.j, tl^Df of she aadienc?. Mime. Icatu^ K:ze the,* rc-appeared in the b«,i-ad The Lena ijc tiao litver, acc was a^rain cuti-peiied to c: fe &n encore. She selected t-e sor^ *• As I'd noehing erne toco," by Mz.J. L. Hitioa, her «noetic8 of wh-cb vras also bswttiy apbhadad. Sacoon:tho^-qa-e the sOiO-hirp Dinge ce3 Sjlphea," was a superior performance ana ii.r Carleton followec. in tue beautiful haliari by 'hloiley, Base hiaiiewh;eh b» targ in nis very b«3t s.vi, the hailed "Bcptv httie JiLvlcc-o" 6-jaienoe were more -uliao pifcaec^ by her ra.carul -c L i'pspcn £ in the (iii ic-fcc of summer. j>stead -f •< £ ?> K/a6 heart, Signer Teoe' i 6u,,r,i. u~ bye' sweet •' Let me 1-ike a sc-ciei -iav0Kr:,ts song, r.ect was hvvb* ttie eatertain. Eurycice" by SflcILe L^ic 3: ^a<# £ ar0 seni* b? feigner Sueini and C^'lwhi certf,ir}v o-^e cf th« r,o-- T 03no^ r-TM the hand JIIW*™ Cardiff, Vciunte--rs v i' ^aaiorgan Artillery -^e.rh v^oenoni confeiacrabiy by ;he taaalI

'~r School Board eleotioa i-i'i e-Af °*t tTccr8Ga? night- There were *~r pvi„ \es: £ ~»t-s, ana those elected wsr« tl. i" -uien, tcrcc t ns.otarian, two ladepeu- tL.7Z «V-1 Catholic*, e-0 Wealeyan, v*11 ^-{'^oGlst'i snd one at ths lead of tbe pc-il 1.)1: the fcurth timt thie century, and the 21tfc 1 sincte Iho".?, th<v rf Zurich ia entirely "i; 7 ;T o\cr. Oa Sanoay it tea? h scene of great 1 nimntioa tboutanoi- ot feiaiwru ha-ssned from «• 1 *•■*>'he oouiitcy to t»ee advantage of tplfctv i.ti c i J■"r' t1 xty. ilK,1: ihe po^tuba-tiui-' Cu th3 ciy rcif >: Lstihe e«f tar leke w.d oa t.e ioe, v i h w»t» g ij- T.ith *i; •> br«l«»«; tly r i t. ■- « iu r,*l O vi- uti FT V 1 j, y-*0 r "> c*3 r "> c*3 r "> c*3 V h- # GfcLi-ia,- it covered wua tco- iCt.