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UNITED STATES CONGRESS. TilE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. WASHINGTON'. DEC. G.—The Congress -3 !of! .i.ed to-day by the President. The Message recommends the Congress to supplement the means of free education, **<d urges evil service reform, and the adoption f proir.pi; .imasurc? against pol#gaa.y in Ct-ift. "YV i-h regard to lire Fortune Bay ditfw'ulty, the {"resident r.aa rece'ved c< mrn«=>ica- t.cp.s from tlie Evil-ish Oovernmei.* adjusting- the l'i¡;:¡t to conr ligation, and assenting tu the view that interests- should be i?r««Je tae wetter of mutual arraageii-iwfiu. ls«w j'eaxie.* wth China will be submitted. I- is necessary that conuitions for c&iiying cut the Inte.-Oceanic Can*! should be ap- proved by the United States Government. In conclusion the President recomme-'ds the py.-poiuirricn't of General Gr-.nt as Ca-ptaiu- lieneral of the United States Army.

«&■ fIVE HTJinDBED PILGRIMS massacred. Tpitfuax, DEC. 6.—Several thonged Per- sia;, i pilgrims are detained at .Bagdad owing to 'tne ineeenriiv of the country west of jour- msgpafeah. The lasi three caravan's were at: ncirscl, and oveiT 500 pilgrims killed and wounded. IVar pounds is offered for the head of--every Xr.rd captnrerl.

THK r V CANAL. Xf:w Toh-jc, B'E' The prospectus an- nr.u: ejng sho opeivii'i; of subscriptions for the Paaamtt f<r~-r ^nny is fa~nnrably com- mented. .'o .rican *-eaerally. 'lie promised ry large, and no doubi is entertained oi' tne success ot the is.w.p In the United States.

-<> GBATCIIOCS GKFaIAM CENSUS, £ 100.000 SA1TD. DEC. 3.The census of the whole population of, tbo German Empire, which was tai.Lii on December 2, m the third census, tie ilr. t having bnen taken in !j 1 ,-the second in The whole work fcas been done gratui- tously, every head of a family idling up a card ior each member cf the household, and the collection of these cards likewise per- formed gratuitously by certain citizens in i-aoh district, so it is supposed, saving the G overnth <M' £ 100,000.

't THE MIITHQUAKFB AT AGRAM, Viexxa, Dec. 3.—A telegram received from Agrani co-day state?; that a fresh violent shock of earthquake, Ir.t.'n^ two seconds, occurred i i that city shortly after fnidr.ight. Subter- ARUean rumblings followed and continued vhrcif^hout trie nigtrE. Great panic prevails r amongst the inhabitants, and is increased by the prevalent impression that the piesent ;tf.smrbaiice is the fcrenuiner Of a shock which tiers- Falb, a siv^iali,?t in the theory of earthquakes, has Stated as likely to occur about the firiddte of the present iiicn'rh.

<>- THE SOCIALISi^JN GES^IAXY. P.c'iiiJN, j>i:c. 7.—The Socialists appear to be increasing <ionsiderably iii South Germany. At Darmstadt four Socialists have been arrested ou the charge of high treason. In Pforzheim sixteen have been imprisoned for cli'aalating revolutionary publications. Large parcels of Svulalisi tfacts, ccc., have been dis- covei'ed in euee.

T^E TLLVFSSVICEE0Y. ¡ 1- r i, r.. -r" Ar.NAISAJUD, i>se. 7 (EVKXIXG).—Tbe ^'•f.roy arrived here tev-day on his way to Calcutta,, suffering 'feom fever, due to over- t' c t;on in Bombay. lie is in a weak state, ar.d is likely to be detained for several days.

THE ItBBEMJON IN SOUTH AFIvIOA. J t — £ a" 9CZ&F.T*E FIGHTING, DEFEAT OF BASCTOS. ¡ L iùt: 1. t-i. (••' 3 £ inXH* 5 •TEtEGK.t.Jl). I 1..J! 'I.u). Tli« foilovfing te'egi iin from the Governor of Xf:tal to the Ern-J > £ Kh:ibc-icy tea been sent to us ;:nbiieii.tion:— "i-'ourtb. Xokstodt reports !V; 'o A ray atiaclcini, YV L'ious-hby's Volunteer Cor;sBcarclxju to support A u iteuter" telegram, dated Cap-> Town, Dec. 1 • .ntn Mafcteog^tate thiit i'>;rg force CO \yed in transuaisskm>. sayr-: I.-itast titl- < '*• a large Tv>d\- f t!ki ?n"nv, a r.ight or.. »I tlie ]:u.?.>?•• o:, (V.-lortkl trcops. V" n^'hting Sir i:.jur, and a few o.' fne t.:v10nià.is '1. wiM'.i'dod. Tlir;r* l>as been fi.ivti>er ifghting* in tbt- Leribe district, in -.eiiich 40 of the Basutas v. r>- IsiUe'I. ACeov -i to an official .-n.itement winch ho-s been nul*ftse, rcy'ort.s brcug-ht by spies declaretifet !«. i' •"doiBise Chitsf, Umhlouhlo, has tiisbsivr^edtoi4 •.rray. tclegriiin Jrom- the same sotarce, datsd Dec. 2, ?aw.3 rh-it thtj patrol clcfrn is returcing1 to Ai*tetensr, tbe^crrt: tw <r insufficient to bold thv paction •♦hi<4h it h; fatten. GCners.1 Clarke hns to the Transfcci. CAPE Tiiwx via Plymouth), Nov. 16.—Colonel Camagwwj, WHO, on the departure of General CAPE Tiiwx via Plymouth), Nov. 16.—Colonel Camagwwj, WHO, on the departure of General Ilarke. assnmed the command of the Mafeteng .'•^unm, left the camp early on the morning of the ie-th. with a vi.Tw to forcing an engagement upon the eneaiy ;n t1)(J direction of Maseru. InfonKsition vaj received HKH the enemy were jciiectliig iA force 't the (j-olah Mountain, about. I six miles f..o;.} tlie camp, and at 4.30 a.m. on th" lStli every awwla-i* man was sent out U) carry ln.8 enemy's DOsn-n. For upwards of four tni'es the column proceeded without opposit:on, i:ut" on rSEch>.g a valley surrounded by low hills, the enemy, who v.-ero concealed under ibe hill ridges, charge'd simi-ltaneously on the fror-t x.)d :eft and right flanks. Tlx. larger number, e-timat'-d. at 2,(500, cliarged the right, i'.aa! and ccmpelkd the 2nd Yenraimy to foil L.' •: up-m their sr^roi'ts. There, howevrr, thev'j rallied tluars^ve: efsarged, and drove back the tt-my with terrible slaughter. So clore. however, j-.C the routes get tbat twelve of their dead Vodits were vin-witian £ 5 j-ards cf tho main body, ill :> ^apetov/-i -"olunte^rs and a gun, under iiptain Cochrane, rendered v#ry rahiobJe assi<(- "ncc on h-s Sf-nk. The body of the enemy rbargir.g the Vut fln.nk w computed at about ÜCO. rhT-yrJ«!0 C-> e-.l th0 3r;l Y?o'.nijinry to rctiit? hpon ♦ rw;r siv, •••. n-nd, irdeod, were at one time ac'ua.y w;?h tL-m. biit Captalti >I;rto weB »',jd d.^ove the enemy back. charge upon the front was defeated'by the <i-{ rifcry 'Sr?. Tho-Colonial loss amnu^J to four kihori and two severely wounded. The so-i died joval J8afut.-?s of'he .ietnbe diTtrict h»vo at last joined ihei'r comnatrtote and gJne into open robenicu. _————————

AFGHANISTAN. DISAFFECTION AT CAPUL AND H?"! AT. Tho spociai corr&stxjrdent of tho Standard, "iTx-iting from Candibar on Saturday, says:— C.donil Sf-. John has learnt from Herat t.'iat Ayoub has recCved invitation from troops o.'id others at < 'bu?to march upon that city, his ^^respondents j:roa:L«ing to make trl0 Aia'er prisoner upon hb approach. In tho m" ntime, .Ayotui"* <i*-n position at HL-1t Is bcèoming d.ij c- r -ate. Considerable excitement has been cans .i a C-.R^ahai- bv the V»>.2i'i approaching departta-e. If is <nerally believed tIj.tt- the Caverm-writ tave fhi^ded'to hand Candaft»r ova* to «ibd*il Kahman in themoLoh »:f March, bet the arrangement is by no m jaa^ unlikeiy » bo lioset by the Ameer's fa-P. h"fore thJVt .date. It is a question v4.ether Abdu' AvocV w"l Srsi ^Biccunil) to the difficulties of ti>clr pooitiy.n. As to oi:;h«r oi' thum holding theif owrt ctrf^tal and Candalw.* for a month no one heve bciicvesif'r a men—v.t in >-s possibility.

"1! 3I«*. A"h iown, the Shropshire land agent, to hom »{.■< itioned haunch of ran** ->n was re^entiy sent, sue, just re~ob*ed »a letter bearing the Bir- intnghani pi>s £ -m..k, threatening his life. A of £ c3 is offered lor the discovery of the writer. FITS.—o^ FALLINO STCKVFSS.—SENSA- TU»", Ciini CEsj, Fjtrvrs.—A certain method (0;: cuT't ha a !•» diswwuia ftTr there di3trweing ccar^laiTiU, hY & po who is Oesirows r.lsat all smffert^i »aAr "Irc-.v tbf. t2tscovor>-y It wir. cm the nwwt i iO»»^c-:3«» '>e ..ft<¡. an other m-'ans hare been tri-fl. J"t Trill jmixt p-st, fr.re of charges i 3iv. Wiuiions, hi, Oiizct-tc-r-isx, ily ^e J

.'L. <II' iTHE CRISIS IN ffiELAND THREATENING THE REGISTEAR- GENlEAL. ROBBERY OF AEMS. A EEADY-iL'iDE GRAVE. ATTACK ON A POLICE BARRACKS. MOBBING A ;<*iDY. THFlIATKNING LETTERS TO ?.ER. FA^ELL. A BAILIFF MURDERED. SHOOTING A YOUNG LADY. 4, THE WFEX'S OUTRAGES. Printed notices hay. been po«trd ;ii. A.:nunhard Bridge, CorbSlly, Limcrick, warning the public against cro^ng tb: bridge, 011 pain of being thrown ovc>thc parapet,the object, being to injure the Board of "^Vorks, who collect the tolls. Colonel CufCllaliina, u. large enipi .yer (-f labour, rect fitly reduced the workmen's wages for the wir.ter, "nd on Friday nijrht the houses of the men j who accepted the reduction were visited, the windows broken, and the Sum threatened wiuh death. At the meeting of the Limerick Land Lsagus on Saturday a letter was read which .Vlajor-trenoral Lord Claris* had written to one of his tenants, stating he x-uld :dop-. the severest measures that the la- would allow against, his tenantry ii they did not pay the full runts, as lie was determined not to submit to he letion or unprincipled agita- tion. The Le<yue resolved to Boycott his lordship if he persist ac the course threatened. The Regi^rar-Gsrural for Ireland lias received a lettfcr from some misc'rc-ant fhreatening his life, unless he dismisses one*f>f his man servants and employs someccdr in tire neiglVbourhoocl of his l esidenee. Dr. Grimshaw has recently given up his house in Dublin and gone to reside near Car- riokimnos. On his new abodo he lias expended £ 300^oi- £ 400. There are a few acres of land at- tached, and the yardener whotn'he found attend- ing to the place when he took it he relained. In .1d?ition. he took into Ins service a pensioner, and ft is against this man t-het the missive is aimed. Dr. Grimshaw is now under police protection. Several gentleman in the neighbourhood of Dublin have also received threatening letters, but they are afraid to have the facts made publicly known. The housaof a farmer named IVreen, at Cloggan, near Kilni.aivon, has been visited by three men calling themselves detectives. They searched the place for drink* but did not find any. Next night some masked men entered the house, presented a revolver at the family, and demanded arms. They got two revolvers. They then left, and sub- sequently Breen discovered that the thieves had also carried off £1,000. No arrests have been made the money was mostly in gold. A large number of persons on Monday night attacked the police barracks at Castle Gregory, Trake, but ran off before the poLiee could turn out. Several tenants were afterwards visited, and made to promise to pay no more than Griffith's valuation. An extraordinary occurrence took place at Louirhrea on Monday. Some tenants of Mrs. ■Lewis, an extensive landowner at Bailinn^xr,re- cently went to her residence, and said they could not pay more than Griffith's valuation. Mrs. Lewis ordered writs to be issued against the tenants, but ,,5 no bailiffs in the loealitl would serve tfiimiMrs. Lewis's son had to do it. In consequence the family incurred considerable odium. On Monday some cattle were sent to the fair by Mrs. Lewis, and a great crowd collected around them. A tenant farmer addressed the people, urging them not to buy the feattle, and eventually the animals were removed amid wild excitetfi^nt. Some time later a farmer was attacked and his skull fractured, on account, of his having paid his rent. A corporal of Engineers uail ,od Lebrsttc. who is on furlough, was shor on Monday night, at Cork, while drinking with some civilians in a public-house. He appear to have been hit in the forehand by a revolver nuilet, which did not penetrate the skull, but took an upward direction, lodging in the scalp enthe top of the head. Neither the wounded man nor Iris companions will give any particulars of the oceuiT, but allege it to be an accident. Th. pHi"- •. investigating the affair. \\y a :¡'"ir W:1Y to Loughrea from Limerick tWL-m > n'L-ech-loaders. w*re seized by a numl>3r of peasants, and although a diligent search IPrs been made by the police, they have not been regained. A gamekeeper of Sir Croksr Barrington was charged on Mohday, at the Murroe police-court, with maliciously shooting a greyhound, the prv- perty of a farmer, and tiring a shot- at the farmer himself. Tht?former charge was withdrawn, but the second was proceeded with, and the accused was returned for triffl. Popular indignation was aroused against Mr. Conclly, solicitor, who do- fended the accused, and on leaving the court lie was hooted, hunted, and tluvatened with violence by the excited crowd. He had to tJ 1", refuge in a house, and tlie crowd endeavoured to break in the door. Ultimately he citnt cut ",nd apologised, promising never to appear again in any case ii^ainst the Land L'-a'jv.e, rr in any ejectment proceù<Jings. The crow,-1 threw mud :1t him. and wcra with difficulty prevented from assaulting him. The c;;rdwver who b- him from Limerick left the village aim: „ :nd it is stated that on bis way home he was knocked down and severely maltreated. On Monday night a. bailiff, named Colclough, in charge of a farm from which a. tenant was evicted entered Ciasby's Hotel, CraughweU, guarded by arm-d police, and wTis immediately ordered out b^ th. proprietor. On leaving he was hooted"and groaniiri hy the crowd. '=' Miss Gardiner, of Fnrtniiill House, PaliifTa, who has hecor-.e very nr. pular with her tenants, was on Tuesday n;i*blxi. in the streets, after being turned out of a large shop where she wished to n:ake purchases. bhe drew a revolver to defend herself, and was subsequently taktn uwderthe protection of the police. A bailiff named Mulholland, while attempting to execute a. decree at a place called .UJllinngilly, Tyrone, on morning, was shot dead named Daniel Ura.hJ.ill, who imnw- difiieiy made his cscape, and has not yet been arrested. » Mulholland, accompanied by some assis- tants, had gone to execute a decree at the suit of a merchant in (V, .stown, named M-Kay, against Gr-anam. Gr>ur<Tn said that if the bailiffs crossed a certiiin linu he would fire upon them, and the moment they crossed the line shots were fired. ;Onc of the assistants, a young man in Mr. M'Kay's enipiymcnt,, had a bullet tlirough his hat, but was Unhurt. Mulholland was shot dead, 1 wiving received three bullets. Th" house of Mr. Michael Sinnott. at Ardcavan, near Wexford, was visited on Wednesday, and [ shots were lired through the window?. Some of the shfits lodged in a young lady's neck. Mr. Sinnott. is a prominSit member of the local Land Le-i go?. A party of disguised men visited several houses e, tho vicinity of Castle Ishnd on Tuesday night, demanded money and arms, the demand being ;n onlt case complied" with. On Tuesday night at a mo-ting of the tenantry on Sir Richard Wallace's estate lield to demand substantial reduction of rent great disturbance took place. The meeting was attacked by an Orange mob, who tore away the door and endeavoured to smash, the barricaded windows with stones, and also H3S drive stifnes 'through'-the roof. The meet- i.ng had almost concluded when it was endeavoured by those inside to try and take their departure, i But as they left tyey were attacked, and some were injured Wriously. In the Parsonstown district, on Monday night, a valuable steam threshing machine was wilfully smashed, the belts cut, and the machi ne altogether incapacitated for work. The o<vner intends seek- ing compensation. Mr. J. B. 1L oston, D.L., Orangefield, Belfast,! has received a "•• threatening him With death if he does not ir f his ways a landlord. Mr. Houston is an >•.• "rive landlord in County Down. The police have -^e of tlie matter. Mr. Joseph Acir óI,:1 prominent, tenant farmer, of Pona^own, has recetved a letter headed with a coffin a* 1 cross bones, which purports to be signed on behalf of'the PortadcTWn Conservative Defence Association. adening him with early death bv sh^^r: does not cease attending at.. ór sp" ,ueh meetirigsas he has been doing

STAI1TLLXG RESOTXTIOXS OF THE L..L,D L HAGUE. The suggestions made. at Tuesday's meeting of the Land League, thnt Mr. Pamell and the other traversers should retire from the defence and refuse to plead before Chief Justice May on the g-. urul t-Pat he has prejudged thei» case, wih be discussed at a private meeting to-day. The idea, however, is strongly opposed by their legal adviser: and it "is thought likely that tM Chief Justice may avert unpleasant-motions and un- seemly ar iments on his conduct by retiring fr-m further participation in the trial. Mr. Parnell and tho other members of ParJianlent indicted hnvft decided to quit Dublin on January 5 and attend Parliament, where an amendment on the Address will bo brought tfor- ward, and a debate raised on the s .bject- of* the prosecutions, and especially in regard to the recent remarlts of Chief Justice May. An urgent and imperative summons is about to be isrffic-d to every B<JTrlO Rule member to a.t.tt"nd on this o<% ifiioiTp and :1. discussion extending over severu days is fully expected. Next week: the Land League*will y decide on the advisability of issuir orders t hrough- out Ird td for tcrfrmts to deduct all special police tuxes before paying even Griffith's valuation reat. READING OF TliE RIOT iCT. At Brokeboro, Co. Fermanagh, some exciting ?criL« occurred on Tuesday. A Land LCigiie meetiog had been announced, but was forbidden to be held by prr lumation. It was, however, re- j solved to hold it. notwithstanding that, police and dragoon, were massed in the town, which was! filled bv the crov-d. Mr. Htfrvey, the resident1 magistrate, rea*. the riot net, and the catUry "cleared the stree*?. The people then went, to the field outside t1eproc--i*ied district, "jut.police and cavalry follo-'ed, and the riot act was again read. Mr. O'Ke.'Jr, M.P., remonstrated, and suteequently te'egraplied to Mr. ¥orster demanding ipquiry into t.h-.» dispersion cf a peaceable meeting by violence. Mr. OHfcrlly said it was the landlords who eamo armed with the English sword rwdv to murder the people if tbey exercised their sdoubteel right, h^olutions wera passed calting -n Prot'-Jtant Orangnmen to join the agitation. Mr. O'Kelly announced that he would bring an action for assault against Mr. Earvcy. BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. At the meeting of the delegates representing the County Clare branches of the Land 1. "Ague at EMus on Taesdav, a t-rtcher, nalned Thomas Itonnan, attended to explain hi. purchase,' at I Co-fizr fair of S"*e fat sheep belonging ,:to a nwUMi ftaiy OJMsJ, wht is u Boycotted" for taking from Lord Inchi- quin a farm Surrendered by another tenant on account of the excessive rent. Brerman said it was an error on his part, and tendered the profit on the sheep for the Parnell Defence Fund. His apology was accepted. Tho land bailiff Kennedy, who took a farm from which a tenant was evicted, produced notice of surrender to the landed, paying the 1'1r.8 of £100. Hil' T.PTION OF THE TROOPS IN DUBLIN. Tho Coldstream Guards detaclim.?nt r-ached Dublin on Tuesday. Their disembarkation was witness-.? by a considerable crowd, and there was sorne ciu-. ing. The Guards passed through the sireets without exciting any hostile demonstration. TUliNING THE TABLES. "Ir. Parnell, i.I.P., received two threatening letters during his stay at Waterford. In thl-se cpi.ttles he is called a tenfold murderer, a defraudcr, and one who i;< going about destroying thi- cour.try for the benetir of hit own pocket, as Hyphens did when connected with th j Fenians some years ago. IMPOPITIjT SEIZURE OF ARMS. L ist week ihrec hrge cases, which were subse- quently discovered to contain between 70 and 80 rifles and sword baronets and consigned to a stranger, arrived by rail at Penmaenmawr amid circumstances to Which it was thought desirable to d.rrx-L the attention of the police. Major Clayton, the chief constable" of Carnarvonshire, having per- sonally investigated the matter, has communicated w 'th tee Home Office, who have directed th cases to oe detained. It is surmised that the caies were sent to Penma-mmawr with a view to their quiet shipmec; to Ireland by one of the small steamers which ply across the Channel. ASTONISHED TENANTS. A. curious circumstance recently occurred to Capt. Coclu-ane in connection with his tenantry. Some of thxm liaving heard of the great things to 1), accomplished by Mr. l'arnell and the Land Lc igue. came forward and asked Capt. Cochrane if he would do them a favour, and maka their rents Griffith's valuation. The captain,who wa« heard with silence and respect, said ho was much obliged to them for so kindly offering to itwreMo his rent, aad explained that it would require an increase to bring it up to Griffith's valuation, because those asking it were actually 50 per cent, below the valuation, and, besides, those that paid their rent got 15 per cent. otI. Llowever, as so many were reducing their rents, he could not think right to increase his, and he must refuse to give them Griffith's valuation. One other mttn came forward as spokesman fo»- another townjand to ask for Griffith's valuation, and was astonished when he was told that the rents of tho townlana were 40 per cent. below the poor-laworGriiffth'S valuation. THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE STATE TRIALS. Mr. M'Donagh, Q.C., applied on Saturday to the Queen's Bcxrch llivision, on behalf of Messrs. C. S. Parnell, M.P., T. I). Sullivan, M.P., John Dillon, M.P., J. G. Biggar, M.P., aad T. Sextoo, M.P., that the State trials might be postponed till the 25th of February, or that if commenced oil the 28th of December, as already fixed upon, on the 5th of February they should be adjourned for three weeks, to convenience members of Parliament, as important Irish issues were expected to arise in the coming session. The Chief Justice delivpced the unanimous decision of the court refusing the application. TIe said Mr. Parnell and his associates hardly appreciated the position in which they stood. For several months the country had been in a stat-è of anarchy, the law had been openly violated, and a large portion of the community* urged on by the Land League, had practised a sy-.tem of fraudulent dishonesty bv re- fusing to meet their just debts. If Mr. Parnell had to complain of anything it was himself and his associates. He had endeavoured to carry out by violent speeches and violent menaces alterations in tho law, and if he had placed himself in a position of inconvenience with regard to his Parliamentary duties, he only had himself to blame. ATTEMPT TO MOB A CROWN PROSECUTOR. Mr. Leahy, Crown prosecutor, attended at Pallas petty sessions on Wednesday' to prosecute seven men and one woman for unlawful assembly and riot in Pallas some time ago. All the cases were returned for trial. Mr. Leahy, on returning to the railway station, was attacked bv an angry and excited mob of men, women, and children. The police were compelled to guard Mr. Leahy closely until the train left for Limerick. SENTENCE OF TWENTY YEARS' PENAL SERVITUDE. At the North-west Winter Assizes, lield at Omagh on Wednesday, a leasehold farmer, named Nangle, was found guilty of firing at his landlord, Mr. Dudgeon, J.P., of Longfotd. with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and admitted of attempt to murder, judtfe Lawson sSntenccd him to twenty years' penal servitude. SENTENCED TO DIE. A correspondent, writing to the Dally Telegraph, savs:—I am one of those unfortunate Irish sub- jects of her Majesty who have been tried by an unlawful secret tribunal, found guilty of being a landlord, and sentenced to be shot. I am not allowed to meet my accused face to face, nor my executioners in fair fight, and, therefore, as the English law dues not protect life or property in Ireland, I must submit to self-banishment [rom, house and home. The Iri.-h assassin, feeling secure in the amount of undetected and unpunished crime throughout the country, knows wdl tlieit are wumlreJs of his fdlow- countrymen ready t:> conceal him, and, if found, to prove an alibi, while no jury would dare to con- vict him. bucli is Ireland of the present day. Greatl!ritain,once the pride and gloryofKnglishmen, is upcoming the most pusillanimous and contemp- tible of all Kuropean nations. Even in Turkey, law is more respected than. in Ireland. I have lived among my tenantry for nearly half a centurv, and expended on improvements over .£25,000 within the last 2S years. I haveziven ab -nent amount- ing to from 20 to 25 per cent, of according to circumstances, to irry tenants during the last three half-years, and in some cases as qiuch as lialf-a- vear's rent. 1 have endeavbured to make thein comfortable and happy by mean* in my power, and I have never capriciously evicted a tenant. J Could any landlord do more ? And yet I am one of these selected to be shot. MAGISTERIAL INSTRUCTIONS. A memorandum regarding the powers and duties of the magistracy is in circulation among the .magistrates of IreRind, limng Mr. Forster's name appended to it. The document recites the duties of magistrates, together with the powers vested in them. The chief artietes state that persons appearing in any disguise, or wearing any unusual badge, or armed with tii-earms to the terror of her Majesty's subjects are gffilty of a high misde- meanour, subjecting them to imprisonment and, other penalties. Those writing or publish- ing any tfiVeatening letter are guilty of the same offenca. It is mentioned also that every magistrate has authority to summon any person within his jurisdiction whom he thtnks capable of giving^naterial evidence as to any of ths offences specified, and to examine him upon oath* and bind such persons in tecog- 'nisance to appear and give evidence, and on re- fusal to ahswer or to enter into recognisance, to commit such person to gaol. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Parnell, M.P., hunted on Tuesday with the Marquess of Waterford's foxhounds. Lord Water- ford was present. The secretary to the Tenants' League on the 1 Glasdill estate,"King's County, belonging to Lord I)igby, received intimation frorfi his agent that he will not accede to their memorial asking to pty at Griffith's valuation. The tenants met on Tuesday evening, and decided to pay no rent at present. The accumulation of arms in. the country and the ut'sire to possess them by hook or by Crook is looked upon with much apprehension. One hrJuse in Dublin supplies about 2'lb receivers every week to different parts of the"country:

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HU GADAEX, FISCAL, BELI, APOLLO, &C. No. VIII.—APOLLO (Cancluded). TO THE BDITOH. SIP,—In Ireland, as well as Scotland, where, as we tove already seen, the sun, in ancient times, was fervently worshipped, it was called, not only ileal, Mac Haul (or, as the battle-god, Fin Mac Haul), but also G'ria/ G-rea.'inach, and ApMo (irearmach. Grian, in both the Hibernian and Gaelic tongues, is, to this day, a common name for the sun:— '5 Griun lathu ag souolta P..3. bein." In the day of the £ ««,"&c. (Ossiau, Jfalvina's Ureatii) Greanaach means tony-haired. It is well known that the sun i? always represented with its rays darting out in every direction. Apollo, therefore, r.s a helio-deity, was usually represented with a circle of rays about his head; such as we see now-a-days about the heads of more modern gods. Owing to this, the Celts called their Apollo Grtamiach, or long-haired. It will be re- collected how often we have found, in the Ossianic poems, the Jong hair Of Fin Mac Hadl (the war title of the same deity) ilowing behind him as he moved. On this account Apollo is characterised by the Greek and iioman poets as Criitilms infiyyris (glorious for his hair), Criiutvs (hairy), Int07i»is (Uaclipped, or llntonsured), &c. There is no doubt that the word Grian, for the sun, was anciently in common use among the Ci/ntry; for, to this day, there have been retained its cognates and deriva^ tivt-s-GTcialt (the sun. that which diffuses heat), yreidiad (scorching of the sun), together with yreiad, yreiaiv, yricavl, greitlicnc, yreidiad, rtrcidiawl, yreide-n, grÚáit" areiedd, .£Ireianh, &1" ell im- porting the idea of the sun's heat.—(Sec Welsh- English Diet.) As to the longhair of Apollo, i.«.,the rays of the sun, the Greeks, owing to this, desig- nated him Akeirekomas and Akcrsekoi/iea (unton- sured) as well as, apparently, Kranaia (Callimach. hymn in Apol., ver. 71). In the time of King' James VI. of Scotland, or rather some years before, a stone was dug up near Edinburgh with the in- scription Apollini Q. Lusius mis Prac. ^i«y.V.S.S.L.V.M. As the above abbreviations and initials have been made to mean Procurator Auyusti votum miscepts.m ydvit Jfe/ito, the whole, in English, wo>,dd be to the following effect:—Quintus Lusius Sabinianus, Procurator of Augustus, is willing to discharge an under- taken vow to Apollo Grannuj, by Service. TMs Roman devotee of the father of light, accord- ing to the custom of his native country, only added the Celtic name of the god to that by which ho was known in Italy, when he called him Apollo Grannus. And if he were a Sabine. as his patronymic would indicate, the worship of Apollo, as we have seen, was in a flourishing state in his native land, particularly about Mount Soraete. That long hair was meant by Grannus is proved from the fact that Isidore calls the long hair of the Goths by this very word. (See Camden under Scotland and Gruter's Inscriptions, p. 37.) The Hibernians appear to have be- lieved that Apollo had given them their alphabet, or Oyr.am (a kind of Caalbrtn y Beirdd), called also Oyham-bcith (Peithyntn; and, there- fore, styled it Ugma Griann (O'Flaherty, Oqygia part 3, c. 30 Forchern, lib. 8. The Book of Haiti- more, in Dublin Catalogue, fol. D. 18, where, with Ware's History of Ireland." the curious may set that Caelbren y Beird is not a forgery of Iolo Morgan wg). Amongst the Cyviry, Apollo was worshipped uv various titles, although his appropriate or :t name was JItt (pronounced as H"), oi iluitn, the general Welsh name for the iun; yet he had many otber titles and epithets applied to him in hid worship, and par- ticularly by the bards in hymns of praise to him and the great number of these show how general his adoration was in Britain. We have already seen that he was called liÛi, Tydain, and Cunvelih; but he was also deno- minated Grannawr, a name remarkably like the Hibernian title. Greannach, and doubtless of the same origin and import. The ancient Welsh bards sometimes call him Grannaior Gtcyn, and Granicyti, evidently a modification of the same word, the root of which is yrian or greiml (the sun). In a poem called Mic Itiabych, attributed to Taliesin, and replete with mystical err Druidical allusions, we have— Ac eryr uwcli wybr a llwybr Graxicyn, lihag Odd flelaig, nag eagar gycliwyn. ( 1K«SA ArcKteology, p. 67.) Which may thus be rendered into English verse— High in the air an fca&le, and Granwyn's p;ith are seen, Swei-e the Sovereign Lord whose course tbe same has ever been. The bard in this poam describes a Druidieal temple in the open air on an island: and, amongst the iXnimals and objects that were sacred t. the helio-deity and employed in. his worship, lie mentions the e.jg'e and, in a previous line, also the ox or bull Vu:. I'iiyn—tliine ox). It would uppear th it, over this temple thercJ was a representation of the eagle, a symbol of the sun. by some means suspended high in mid-air, and also a delineation of the ecliptic or apparent path t;.f the sun (Linyir Grantiytt) and that all this grand exhibition was in the presence üf tIlt: heJio-Jeity-rl,ay itdd if(,laiy. or ?III wvneb haul a Uyyad yvlear.i. (Ill the face of the sun and the eye of light.) One would think that in the Druidieal worship, carried on at Pofitypridd, it would bo a great improvement to have at the MUCH Utwhf an eagle, a. bulI-a large brazen bull with fire inside—a iion, a serpent, a representation of tlie ecliptic, and even of the sun itself, as well as other objects and emblems anciently employed in the Druidieal worship, instead of dependmg, as at present, on a couple of Druidieal eggs and a sword, which attract very little attention. How- ever it may be as to this point of mere taste, it should be added here that ATieurin, in his Gododin (song 25), styles the sun- god (rra/auncr, saying tlutt his priest, ltEidiol, felt the heat, of the resplendent Grannuwr," leaving no doubt tbat the sun is meant by the title. Another name by which this deity is addressed, in the prayer which Talie.-tin, iu Jfir J/inbych, ju?t cited, offers to liim, is. the rrfulyent ylider A'm Arglwydd hywydd, IIetcr eirian," (" My eoii>pi- cuous Lord, the refulyent yltdtrr "), which is a very graphic description of the sun, as it appears to this vulgar eye. Further, the sun, or the British Apollo, in a re- markable poem called L'adair Tn/rn On (The C'liair of the Monarch On—H\hh ArcLseoloyy p. 65), is at oi: styled-i l-aduy, Te-yru OPo, It<>ilyn,and Fasyadur, thus:— Areit awdl egl-jr, /wen tnl mecsuv, AiJI ;{wr deu awdttT, 0 < eiieii Ahulur,* /Io'i ffoasai, a.ï iTwr. A t rêvl.1 rtelidur, j\'i riiivyiiadur, A'i rif ysgry Lhwr, Xi .¡;¡" gurhltSswr, ..1 ï '-rgyr (.Lr03 fur, J-ï gadair gymniesswr, Ymiihth gosgordd luwr. He us dug o guwrmwr Meireh gwelw gostruJwr. (JiI, liemvr, ileilyn,T J-'u.)a4<Cr,r iTcdtVfd defu deethwr, I fendigaw Arthur. Welsh. Archeology, p. 65. G od the fccrrd. t Wine pouivr. 1 Feeder. Although, for the Welsh bards, who can coin such words, as doethtciw ytciiriU/aetk, g1cittfad. vtad- wih?, and so on, faster tlian they are wanted,a trans- lation of the foregoing extract is needless, yet the following off-hand English versification of the lines may assist the English reader to understand the meaning of a Welsh bard of the sixth ctuitury whose language tQ an ordinary C!llIIrQ is less intel- ligible than that of Chaucer to an Englishman :— The ei-. ar expression of the muse, 1a rhythmic strains of extra force. About on ûf At-adrir's rjee, "-¡10ft" lite i3 from a don Mr source With b1s '.Michant-ing wand and iu:, With his equipped and snorting steed: With his t.f!algcntrc.>yal c:> r, With his occult muat-nc reed" With his rt'spiendeni robe of ;-ed, Witii his aim for OllT holy yrrove. And with his cliair of ample spread, 1;1c'. followeù by a nUmerOtl3 traia. Behold there are now being Jcd. From yonder stronghold in the sky. Down through mid-air WitJllightsome tread. The pale ;.>1'lity horses ol King Qn. Thelgii-er oj "UT 1('vi<! and mead. The great purveyor of our food; He comes with ardour and mth .pee<r; Tire thï1d in order of the sage, To by his hands oil .Arthurs crown, And shower blessings on hia sword, To make him gain still more renown. There can be no room for doubt that the object extolled in the text of these lines is tho sun, which by its heat makes the earth productive. The bard commences with the imagery of his helio-dt.ity bedecked in aU the royal trappings of the time, particularly with a chariot and horses, which were always attributed to the sun. He, therefore, ima- gined his sun-god in a chariot, drawn with horses, coming down the sky to a Druidieal temple to perform the ar.ystie rite of blessing Arthur, the British lA-rri, who must have been con- temporary with Taliesin. Besides, it 'is well known that it was the practice of the Druidicn.l priest, like others, to make various representations of the celestial bodies by some contrivances in their temples, at their festivals, when they cele- brated their mysteries. As to the horses men- tioned here by tlie names rkeon and meirch, the horses and chariot of tho sun art a prominent feature in Indian, Greek and Latin mythology, wnd are very frequently referred to in that of Oyrmy. With regard to the title Kitty On, this is very wr-ll known to be an appellation of the sun, particularly in Egypt, whence Taliesin, in hie poem on the Rod of Moses," tacitly confesses to bave derived the baIne, On was the name of one of the principal Egyptian sun-gods. There was a famous city called aftor him, which the Greeks named Hulio-polis (the city of the sun), in which he had a most magnificent temple, famous for its religious rites. Theophilus, after Manetho (Ad Autolycum, lib. 3.) calls it "On which is Heliopolis." The word often occurs in the Scriptures, and in the Septuagint it is interpreted Helios, and tHe city is called Helio-polis (Gen. xli. 45 et al freq.). Cy ril, on Hosea, says: On de esttniw Helios (On is the sun). In some of the neighbouring dialects On was combined with the word el, another for the sun, just as the French say sol-eil (sun-sun), putting the Roman and Celtic names together. On, with this combination, became El-on. Hesychius thinks that the Cretans, Canaanites" and Syrians, went further, and, prefixing ab, formed Abelion (father—yod—sun), from which he thinks Apollo comes, In dismissing Kiiuj On," it may be remarked tnSit it ia wonderful how fmquently, in ancient times, religious terms were conveyed from one part of tho world to another, at exceed- ingly reniote distances, and in an age when travelling and transmission of every kind were difficult. As the God of Battle, the Britons styled the sun Budd, B-uddtufre, and Jivjldtr n. It must be under- stood that the Cyviry, like other ancient nations, wr i their victories by the supernatural and super- divine power of their god over and above that of the gods of their enemies. Hu, the express name of the sun, is very frequently, in the early Welsh bards, represented as the God of Battle, just sa Fin lilac Haul, the Hibernian San God, is repre- sented in the Ossianic poems. Although the primary meaning of the term budd, as understood anciently and even up to the present <* y, is mtvaa*ae. szal. kc., yet,it.is unquestionably used by the bards of the sixth century tn denote a victory; because a victory, in those times, implied advantage, or gain in territory, cattle, slaves, and the various spoils of war. Hence the god that gave the victory, gave the budd. In Taliesin's Marwnad Aeddon o I on (Archeol. Wales, vol. 1, p. 70), we have Tiehrys Ynys Gwawd Hu, Ynys Gwrys Y rhag Blu.J¡J-nu: Cymry ddina3. Terrible is the island of the praise of IIu. It is an island of sanguine battles. Be- fore Buddwas, the nation of the Cymry should live in peace." Obviously tho sam<s personage is meant bore by Badd/tas as by I In, tho British Apollo. For in the first verse of the poem the same terrible island of the praise of .7f:t, namely, Man (Anglesea), with its Cupsof good wine that excite courage, and wj.th its entrance froiM the Menai, id called the island of ike Reicarder of Battle: Behrys ynys Gwawd I hi, Yuys gwrys Gobrettor Mfln mad gogcu Gwrhyd erfd, mcnei ei dor. Merddin, in his Cyvoesi (69), calls the same deity Budd Ncr (the Lord of Victory). Byddin Budd Net" (the Army of the God of Victory); and Aneurin, in his Gododin (song 22), terms him the God of Victory, the king who rises in light and ascends the sky," thus placing the meaning beyond doubt. Another appellation, as applicable to the sun when rising, was Bhicyv Trydar (the King of Accla- mation). From a poem of Taliesin on the steeds of the sun (Myfyrian Arch., p. 43), in which it is so called, as well as in Aneurin, it would appear that,in the helio-worship, the devout of the Cymry, just as we have seen the practice of the Hiber- nians and apparently the Druids of all countries, watched all night for the rising of the orb of day, nnd welcomed its appearance with shouts of joy, music, and song:— Torrid anuynudawl, Tuthiawl (Ùi71 totawl, Ef iulen, o dduch 1'1wr! "Tttn Tsm hustin G-WftWS Ueh awel ucliel, Leli no pob nyfel M».ivr ti anvfel! # » CV.d^r Tryuar, dwfn ei gas. Av iiln-yn oi- j a farn Gwrys; CV.d^r i Tryuar, dwfn ("i gäs. He broke out suddenly—tlie moving ardent fire thai Fire Fire! Above tho highest ait; above every cloud! Hugo are his steeds Him will 1 praise; him who judges the violent; him, the Miyltiy of the Acclamation deep is his wratli." Another title of the British sun-god, frequently used by the bards, is Uton (the distributor, giver) or Deon Bad (Father Deon), which was a. very ap- propriate epithet of the sun, the cause of aD the earth's productions for the food of man and bfeast. In the Marwnad of Uikyr PtndNrgon (Welsh Arch., p- 72) he is styled Dewn Dad (tfte Father Deon), in conjunction with Hu icith the expanded -tcings; Hit, the ruler df the seasons, the gliding monarch, the victorious Beli, lord and pro- lector of the British Isle. The same title occurs repeatedly in Meib Llyr. (Welsh Arch., p. 60.) Aneurin, in his Gododin, song 24, which is a prayer to the sun, calls the same divinity Anyor Deon Daen" (Ang&r, the spreading producer, and in the course of the poem terms him Hu, the leader, director, and supporter of the cawlC of battle. In a poem of Taliesin called A agar Cyrundatrd (Webi Arch., vol. 2, pp. 67, 71) he is styled Anyar (tht origin of heat) and identified with the name Tydain, or Titan, the Hyperborean Apollo. Another very appropriate title of the British; Apollo, which should not be forgotten, is Plenydd (liiidiancy). Apollo, being the god of poetry, he is under this title in the British Triads (Welsh Arch., p. 57, Triad 11) mentioned as the first of the three primordial bards of the Isle of Britain— "Plenydd, A law a, and Gieron." That plenydd means the sun is clear from the manner in which the bards use the term—" Eithinen ncud yudd Blenydd" (a furze-bush cannot liide Plenydd—the sun). Blin blaen bfon lJlenydd." (Tiresome at first is the radiance of Blenydd.—Taliesin.) Tes ys Plenydd (the rays of pleni/dd). A great many words are derived from plenydd, such as plened (a planet), ysplenydd, ysplen, &c., all meaning light, from a title of the source of light, just as pul, JXÙad, paladr, peleidriad, pelydr, ptlydru, and a host of other such words are derived from another title of the same luminary Baal, Bel, Beli, Bely JJuvs Cadr. He is called in the ancient Welsh bards by a great number of other names, such asywleditj (supreme), petidejic (sovereign), Cadwaladr (the disposer of battle) and so on. This shows how prevalent sun- worship must have been in Britain so late as during the sixth century of the Christian era, 'before these numerous names and epithets used by the bards could be generally understood by the populace, amongst, whom the poems were destined to be recited and sung. To infer that they were so understood is only in accordance with the natun of things. The bards would not have used these name had they not been already used in their religion worship. They used terms that were in harmony, i with the theological notions of the age in which I they lived, as present bards do in singing on religious subjects. It should, however, be remem- bered that we have had clear proofs that sun worship in Walts had not. b"en entirely subverted tt so late a period as the 15th century. (See the 1st number of thiii series, Sept. jjn, 1880). But some pyrrhonean may object that if the term Apollo is composed of the Celtic words ab and haul, meaning the offspring of the :-111;, the name Apollo docs not mean the S'lm itself, but its offspring, and may mean simply its effect or influence. Such an objection, however, Would have no foundation in truth. Ab-haul was intended by the Cymry to designate the sun itself, jusf a. Mac-haul (literally the sun's son) among the Hibernians was intended for the sun itself, under which title, we have had ample proof, they in- voked the orb of day as their god of battle. So, also, the Brachmins called the most ancient of th ir sUI16god", Satyavrata, by the narus child <f > ilu «■«, or aivdswata. (Sir 'W. Jones on tlie ('< of Greece, &c., vol. i., p. 237, first edit.) The reason of such nameft will appear clean r: the ease of Apollo, from .the following eonsid • ous. There c;ui be little doubt that the sun v. t., use f.rst object of adoration invoked by the inhabitants of Europe and of much of Asia, under the names lent, lo, Hu. In, love, Ji, or Icu, according to the various dialects of different people. From one of these particles tho Uoinans formed the name lo-paier, or J'lpiter (god the father). For it roust be borne in mind that in some remote ages the sun was worshipped by the name Jupiter. Abundant proof could be adduced that in early times the god that was afterwards called Jupiter, or Jove, W:.8 the sun/ al1,j that Juno, his wife, was the moon. As ages rolfcd on, men formed new names, new ideas, and new doctrines, by which they spoke of their gods. The progenitors of the Greeks formed the names Zeus, Deus, Dis, Di, Dus, ■ Theos, Stc., all of which are only modifications of the more simple sound 1(1, or Yt'1r, and all meaning the sun. Difringthe many ages of licliolatry there arose, doubtless, m3.ny "sects" of religionists, all having the same object for their deity, under different names. Accordingly, some worshipped the suii ullder the name of Jupiter, or Jo-paier, moan- ing, lo the father, and others under the name Apollo, or Ab-hauL, meaning the son of lv, or of the sun. Hence all the Greek and Latin poets regard Apollo as tbe son of Jupiter, and, therefore, we find Jupiter generally represented as an old man, with a long, Sowing beard; but, on tho other hand, Apollo (the son, A b) is represented as entirely lieardless—a tall, handsome, well-formed young man, with long flowing hair, emblematic of the perpetual youth of the sun, the rays of which are often pourtrayed about his head. Cicero (de Nat. Door., lib. 1 and 3) says that Jupiter i* always bearded, and his son Apollo always beardless. The representations must have liad specific ideas attached to them. In the time of the later Gr^ek poets Jupittfr became less of a. sun-god and t. be represented as the creator and governor of all—the father of all gods and men, the god of thunder and lightning, the god of heaven and ruler of the regions of space (Cic. de. Nat. Deorum, lib. 2); while the worship of the sun under the name Apollo duringIhose agCs be- came general. The grand notion which underlies all ancient accounts of the heathen gods is, that the universe and all therein had ,been pro-created by a male and female deity. Hence, We find wives and children attributed to almost all the gods; ami her.ee,. the pholiic worship that was once almost universally prevalent. Apollo, accordingly, had a father, mother, wife, and children; so had Jupiter, one of his wives being the moon, Juno, called also Luna, Luna [tegina, Jij, ICna, &c. The same ma-v be said of other deities. For mortals to be descended from one of these divinities, even in the thousandth generation, was considered the highest honour. When Julius Coesar, after he had landed in Gaul, inquired of our Celtic ancestors as to their desccnt, they told him that they descended ffom D» (De Hell-Gall, lib. 6, c. 14), meaning, not Pluto, but Jupiter, who was known by this name, be well as Pi, -&6M, and Zeus. In like manner the Amonr-ins at Iihodes called themselves the Solar race (Heliadai: Diodor, Sic. lib. 5), Calasiris, in Heliodorus, prays to the sun as his progenitor, and Cliariclea invokes the father of light in a similar atrair, sayiog,0, thou sun! the grand origin of mr ancestor! (Helie genarcha progondn Mmh (lleliodor., -32thiop., lib. 4 and 10). E. P. MEREDITH, (louan Gryg). Monmouth, Dec. 1.

ALLEGED FRAUDS BY SPIRITUALISTS. At Bow-street police-court, London, on Friday, Susan Wills Fletcher, of Gordon-street, Gortlon- square, London, was charged with being concerned with John William Fletcher, her husband, in un- lawfully obtaining in September, 1879, three strings of pearls and other jewellerv by false pre- tences from Juliet Ann Theodore Henriettc Hart Davies. Tho prisoner was brought ih custody from Greenock on Thursday night. Mr. Abrahams opened the case for tbe prosecution, and said the charge was of a most extraordinary nature. Pro- secutrix became acquainted with prisoner at Cppcr Norwttod. Her husband consulted- a magnetic doctor, through whom he was introduced to prisoner's husband, and no doubt related to the latter the whole of his family affairs. The pros- cutrix was not now living With her hus- b1.nd. At the first interview Fletcher had with her he went into a. trance, and made a communi- cation to hec, pretending it, was a message from her mother, a lady of fortune at Hampton Court. At subsequent interviews prisoner and her hus- band induced prosecutrix t« sign a will in pri- soner's favour, and to remove to Bloomsbury. Several seances followed, the jewellery was banded over, and a deed of gift signed under the influence of a certain Colonel Morton, who acted as Fletcher's private secretary. Eventually, on October 30, Mrs. Davis was induced to sign a codicil, by which the accused secured an her property. The prose- cutrix was callcd, and briefly confirmed the state- ment of her counsel. The prisoner was remanded fov<4 week, bnil being refused.

On Tuesday the Lord Mayor forwarded, as a first instalment, JE600 to the Minister-President of Hungary, for distribution amongst the sufferers by the recent earthquakes at Agram. "The DooM differs from the ordinary kinds of Black Lead from the fact of its adhering at once to the stove or grates, thereby avoiding injury to the furniture from dust. Silver, and Gold International Medals awarded low eseellenee of quality and cleanliness. itinM." Ektfclby Qrooea ia 6d~ and 13. boxaa-

THE SPIRIT OF THE WELSH PRESS. (BY AWSTIN.) Some of the vernacular papers this week attempt to foreshadow the programme of—or, rather, a programme for-the Liberal Government during its coming session. Y Ge.iedl (The Nation) says:— There Is every prospect of troubled times, and we may bs sure that the Government will not be found wanting- in diligence. It will work its way, like a grand steamship, notwithstanding all the power of the wild, foaming waves of Toryism the cross winds of the hinderers will not cause her to lower her sails or alter her course. Taking into consideration the nature of the measures intended to be brought forward, the next session may, doubtless, be looked upon as tho most important to the country generally since 1845. It is the inten- tion of the Government to bring about several very important and somewhat revolutionary measures. By revolutionary, we mean that the reforms will be wide, deep, and thorough, and there is no true reform which is not somewhat revolutionary in its nature. Th,1 principal of these, no doubt will be the Irish land measure in its shadow may follow a measure to reform much of the land laws of England also. A measure will be framed to bring the drink traffic under local management, the Ballot Act will be re-framed and re-enacted, and it is not impossible that the extension of the franchise may be among the measures. There is strong reason to believe that the new Burials Act will be amended. It is known that the Govern- ment has for some time been busily gathering statistics and facts with regard to the working of the Act. and the different matters which place it in the power of some clergymen to create a dis- turbince in various neighbourhoods when Noncon- formists try to avail thetnselves of the Act. It is certain the rights' of the clergy will be curtailed, and that they 'will be obliged to serve without any kind of fees. Mr. Osborne Morgan stated, a short time ago, that the tithes comprised the payment for burying as well as for baptising and preaching, and that no clergyman can in a court of law recover payment from one of his parishioners for reading the burial service. One of the most important of all the measures for Wales will be that which is to re-arrange the education of our country. The Commissioners have nearly completed their work; they have collected a large amount of valuable information, and there is no doubt in our Ainds'that it will be more than enough to convince the Government and Parliament oft the necessity for a thorough reform of the mearre and nature of the education given in Wales. If time permits, it is certain several private membsrs will succeed in bringing their measures through triumphantly. We trust that Mr. John Roberts will be successful in carry- ing his measure to close public-houses on Sundays, and Mr. Moigan LJoyd with the Prevention of Bribery at.Elections." Then Y Goleuad tunes its harp to a tune entitled "The Self-possession of the Government," and hums, Every possible thing was doneN to cause the Government to lose the balance of its mind in connection with the Irish Question. The conduct of many of the Irish, and notably the leaders of the Land League, has beyond doubt, caused great anxiety. And, of course, the Conserva- tives "take advantage of the circumstances to charge the Government with weakness and vacilla- tion, and many other contemptuous things." Then it breaks oùt, But amid the agitation our wise and able statesmen, for whom we cannot be too thank- ful to the great King of all the earth, retain their self-possession well, are strengtliened by the coi fidencs reposed in them by the great majority the people of the kingdom, are careless about the foolish charges of their enemies, and are deter- mined to find out the real evil, trace it to its deepest roots, and then devise measures to remove thfc-evil and its cause at the same time. The Irish Land measure, which the Government is now pre- paring, is looked forward to with considerable anxiety. According to the hints thrown out it is intended to make it easier for those tenants who liavefthe means to purchase their farms, so as to increase the land owners residing on their own land. It is intended also to give greater security to the tenants, that they shall not be suddenly and without cause removed ,froIh thgir holdings, and it is very proba-Ue tljat some nwan^-wilT he. pro-r vided to re-value the rents, so as to render them sis fair and equitable as possible to landlord and tenant." Speaking of this measure, Y Genedl be- lt-ves that the Liberal party will not be united on his matter—that their support of the Govern- ment measure will not be by any means nanimous—and that on that ground the Lords will throw it out. But, with regard to other measures, the journal named appears to be more hopeful, for it says: The whole Kingdom is up to the present a.t the back of the Government, and if all the rfcpresentafives sent by the country to sup- port th" Gladstone Government do their duty, We have- not a grain of fear as to the consequences. The Government, owing to its laborious work, will gain the renewed approval of the Kingdom, and will be kept in power a sufficient time to remove for ever ill the social and territorial oppression which is complained of age after age." Talk about the Welsh not being of a very sanguine tempera- ment after that! The Irish Question is dealt with by the 'J'yst n'r Dydd, which goes into statistics to show the crowded state of the holdings in Ireland, and quotes Mr,, Barr^,i&mphlc £ <an,tli&. political history of the question to prove that all the legislation of the last half century lias not altered the position of things one iota. The Tyst hopes all parties will now unite to pass a measure which shall rtmove the cause of Irish discontent for ever. For ever is a long time," I once hoard an old man say, and though the Government may do something for Ireland, to hope that thnt country will ever afterwards be content is rather a stretch of the imagination. Hope tells a flattering fale, Delusive, vain, alio hollow Ah, let not hope prevail, Lest clisappoiiifrmetit follow. • The Welsh papers naturally take their side in their criticisms of Lord Iteaconsiield's Endymion," but the remarks of the Genedl are urrique, and worth qu ;ng. After dealing with the various personaget opposed to be represented in the novel, it conies to the statement made tltht Lord Bcaconsfield himself is the heru, and proceeds:- 4 Vivian Grey' was a prophecy Endymion is the fulfilment of the prophecy. Mankind is my game wus the suggestive Grey;' but' Endynlibn conclude* with the follow ing comforting sentence :—' All I have desired, all I have dreamed, have come to pass.' What a happy man? He desired to cut, a iigip-e in t,hopoliiica.l world—he did so; he dreamed of being the Prime Minister of Great, Britain—he gained liis object. • What the youth endeavoured tlie man acquired,' says Dryden. So Disraeli—the hopes of his youth ,have been fully realised. May the author of Endymion' spend a quiet eve in the enjoyment of Peace with honour. So the Congregationalists of Cardiganshire are not propei^y represented on the magisterial bench of their county. At least this is the complaint made by the Tyst, and the Tyst is a Congrega- tionalist paper. Brutus says Csesar was ambi- tious, and Brutus is an honourable man." But, remarks the oracle in question, speaking of the recent appointment of magistrates, This makes the number of Methodists on the Bench in Car- diganshire six-not more than they have a peTfect right to; but what we complain of is, tliat not tnUJ OF oon DENOMINATION has' received the honour." Then it gctes on to mention the fact that there are many who deserve the honour, and blames the hon. member for the county for pass- ing over his friends, adding, The Independents have always been faithful to the Liberal cause, and every denomination cannot boast of that. We know to whom Mr T. E. Lloyd attributed his success, and he thanked them for their help. Our brethren the Baptists have the same reason to complain as ourselves, and they are able enough to take their, own part. We know that many of them feel deeply the disrespect and the insult given them." The italics and small capitals, be it understood, are hot mine. No doubt what the Tyst says is right, enough, and both the Lord-Lieutenant and the members for the county of Cardigan feel that after their arduous labours in the cause of Liberalism the Independents should now be exempted from the duties of public life, freo from the danger of long magisterial sittings, and bo allowed to enjoy Peace with honour" in the calm atmosphere of their beautiful Agricultural county. Now they may contemplate on the scenes of political strife they so nobly took their part in, and ruminate *upon Shakespeare's words— Sweet are the uteS of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugty and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in its. head And this oar life, exempt frorfi public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.

DISTURBANCE AT RHILOH OLD CHAPEL, ITiMTHE, (BY MORIEN.) It is recorded that on one occasion, in a country locality in Wales, a notorious old sinner felt so strongly at a religious meeting that he renounced the diifol and all his works, and enrolled Bimself a member of the seiaii. Soon after the wear and tear of the world proved too much for the sinner's reso- lution. One day the members of the chapel were scandalised by the tidings that the new found member ha.d been heard to utter a terrible oath. The matter came before the sriati, and grave men were inclined to excommunicate the offender. But-it happened that, sitting in the big pew when tbe matter was under discussion, was an aged minister, and he was invited to express his views on the case. Well," remarked tho hero of many a cyfnanfa, "our brother who is charged with having used improper language was quite recently in the clay-pits of Egypt. Since then he has com- menced the journey towards Canaan. In my opinion you are expecting too much when you expect him all at once to forget the language of the Egyptian clay- frits of the land of bondage." Tliis saved the brother—he was forgiven. Now, on Sunday night an affair occufrecV at Shiloh Old Chapel, Pentre, confirming the old Welsh minister's views. The Salvation army continue to hold meetings at the said chapel, and on Sunday night it was crowded, and the excitentent was intense. The Evil One was threatened by loud voiced people of both sexes, and, as if to show their defianct* of AVP gddu and Annbras his wife, the members of the arm" in- dulged in singing tunes associated with low music salpons, but wedded to sacred words. Such tunes as OM Dan Tucker," Kentucky shores," "Johnny comes marching home again," Bob-tail horse," and so forth were sung alternately with such tunes as All for Jesus. This waatco much for some who had lately ocme from the claypits of Egypt," and they roared out from the gaDerv words which they had always associated with tLe first list of tunes, while others fit their pipes and mnøkedas if they had never left Egypt." This produced great uproar, and Sergeant Noot and other constables were called m to scatter the unruly Egyptians. On Monday applications were made to the stipen- diaz7 for summonses agaitlst the offenders.

I HUNTING NOTES. BRILLIANT RUN WITH THE GLAMORGAN- SHIRE HOUNDS. It was my good luck to see part of fI, capital run with these hounds on Friday last, which I proceed to describe. The hunt was at Wenvoe. The first cover drawn was one belonging to that good sportsman and preserver of foxes, Captain Jenner, of Wenvoe Castle. Here one of the right sort was soon found, who, after being three times headed, broke away in a westerly direction across Wenvoe Park. The hounds wett* quickly got on bis line, and raced after him without a moment's delay to a wood to the north of Porthkerry. Hero—most, welcome to all-a check of about five minutes occurred, when the-fox was viewed crossing the Port Road in the direction of the sea, but changing his mind re-crossed the road, and headed towards Penmark, the hounds still roaring after him. Thinking the fox would eventually make for the Ceffi I ,did so to, and by so doing lost a lot of ground. Trying to regain the line an accident occurred to my attire by reason of defective tailoring, which obliged me to return home Py the least frequented roads. For the first two or three miles of the run I was able to observe who were "in it," and may mention that about twenty horse's lengths from the tail hounds rode Mr. O. Jones, of Fonmon Castle, which position he main- tained as long as I could see. Close to him was Colonel Lindsay. Many others were well up, all hustling along like smoke. Every yard of the run, to where the first check occurred (about six miles), was across country. Being an indifferent speller of English, and worse at Welsh, I must refer readers to the Ordnance Map for the names of places through which we passed. The line, as I said before, not being a mile-stone road, I guess at the distance up to the time they left me—about twenty minutes. The rest of thid splendid run is to me a matter of history. The stout fox, I am told, after failing to fttid shelter at Brookwood, near Duffryn, made for a covert near Bonvilstone, called Rutland, out of which he was forced to the Grindon, where the hounds were whipped off. I believe the style of farming in the neighbourhood of Porthkerry is very swagger, the crops look splendid, and the fences apparently all that a" hunting man could desire, but, as you approach, you find them laced with wire. I sincerely hope that something, or somebody, will convert these high-class farmers into high-class sportsmen, and move their hearts ,to banish these man-traps.—X. The Glamorganshire hounds met at New Tnn Bridge on Monday last, and had a capital find in the covers below Candlestan. After a sharp ring in cover the fox broke away across the sands, but was headed by foot people and doubled back. The hounds were close on, and rattling him through, forced him to face the open again at a rare pace over the sands to Wickfach Newton, where ho went to ground, and was subsequently un- earthed. The sport for that day was un- happily put an end to, Cross, the huntsman, being too unwell to hunt the hounds any more that day, as he is suffering painfully from an attack of rheumatism, which it is hoped will soon pass off, and that he will carry his horn again without another break in what promises to be a good season. Possibly the meet on Friday at Courty- ralla will be put off in consequence. RUN WITH THE LLANWONNO HOUNDS. The meet of the Llanwonno hounds took place on Tuesday morning, at iYstrad Mynach, in the Rhymney Valley. There was a good attendance of sportsmen, several being mounted. Among the company who joined in the sport were Mrs. Stanley Hibbert, who is at present staying at Mrs. George Thomas's, Ystrad Mynach; Miss Williams, of The Glog Mr. Williams, of The Glog Dr. J. Leigh, of Llanfabon Mr. J. Thomas, of Abernant, &c. The Tynygmig Woods, about two miles lower down, were drawn, and a fino fOÃ soon broke cover, anù another fine fellow- was shortly afterwards started, so that the pack had two foxes in H: field. Others wero started, and showed some go," and the pack rattled away over the Graddfa lands on to Llanbradach Woods, and doubled back, when the varmints" were run to earth, and got away. The hounds were kept at it between three and four hours, but failed to kill, as there were a great many foxes about, and the scent was bad on that ac- count. The day was beautiful and fine, with a crisp south-westerly wind blowing steadily at times, and the large number of pedestrians and those on horseback thoroughly enjoyed the sport. MR. BIRT ST. ALBYN JENNER'S BEAGLES. Among the various packs of hounds that hunt this county, or indeed South Wales, few, if any are, inowr deserving of notice than this gallant pack. For several seasons they have afforded excellent sport, which has improved each successive year. Through the careful breeding and judgment of Mr. Jenner, the pack is this season as perfect as any sportsman to follow. It consists of some eighteen couples, about 16in., eve:' -sized and selected, hounds bred from some of best strains, obtained from several excellent k iels in different parts of the country, tracing their pedigrees from the celebrated Honevwood, Sir Martin Loyd, Mr. T..i5, and Devonshire extraction. The meets are not, advertised, bút the appointments 11re made known by post-card to several friends, fee., in the neighbourhood, and generally notified at the Wyndliam Arms Hotel, Bridgend. Mr. Jenner is very pleased to see a good field, and endeavours to show a real day's sport (though it is doubtful whether he would like to see such a crowd that the Cockermouth Beagles seem to have, according to the Field of last week, when some 100 followers were out at one of their meets; rather too good for I, cables, and what would the far- mers say?) To anyone fond of real huut- Suiijg, "gtRJd scenting day" 'wittT "tM& merry pack would not be ill-sperft, and would well repay a journey to join them. Their .appearance, hunting qualities, limbic and condition reflect gi-eat credit to their owner and his management, who, it is needless to say, is extremely popular with all classes, and well welcomed wherever he takes his hounds. With sneh delightful open weather, that almost deludes tbe birds of the real season of the year, so much so that they are even whistling and warbling as if it were April time, we see and hear of capital days' sport, and rare scent in all districts. This pack has had quite its share of good tilings, one of the latest best days being over the Ogmore Down country, last week, where they killed three hares in such form that could not fail to satisfy the keenest of sportsmen the hunting and music beiug simply perfection, ring- ing from one side the downs to the other, sinking the valley, rising the hill, skirting the village of St. Bride's, and the enclosures with beautiful style and pace entirely themselves, unaided or holloaed. They arc a really fast, keen killing pack, perhaps jriither above the average in hunting capabilities, K'^yy iltyciv' Õri the turns and in recovery, yet still, under perfect'command. WITH THE SOUTH PEMBROKESHIRE HOUNDS. A correspondent, writes:—The meet of the South Pembrokeshire hounds on Friday last, at Ivy- Tower, about four miles from Tenby, the residence of Mr. R. L. I. Thomas, the well-known patron of ksport in South Pembrokeshire, was one of the most successful of the many excellent meets that-has occurred with this popular pack this season. There was a very large attendance of ladies and gentle- men from Tenby (the distance from the latter town being easy). Many were mounted, while a consider- able number in carriages, to witness the hounds bcingthrown off. The pedestrians mustered, too, in full-force. Ivy Tower covers were tried, and it was not long before a fox was found, but was lost almost immediately. Another was quickly started, which, after a very short run, went to earth. Two or three others were staffed, and at last one fairly got away. It was soon seen that Reynard had some go in him, for he led the horsemen along the bottom at a rattling pace, breasted the hill for the Ridgway, and back again. For two hours anù a quarter he kept them at. it, and eventually he was killed at Tarr, after five o'clock, and nfearly dark. A F^x CAPTURED AJ.IVE.-—The Cascade pack had a "meet" at Gelligaer on Friday week when a great many lovers of sport. were present, among the company being the veteran huntsman of the once famous Cefn Cub pack. It was agreed to draw tho Gclliargwellt and Penallta Woods, but failing to obtain any scent they crossed over to the Monmouthshire side of the Rhymncy Valley. The Ochorddu Wood, just below Ystrad Mynach, was then tried, and shortly afterwards two fine foxes broke cover and ran up the side of, the hill, making for Brynscawen Farm, on the Si'-howy side. Tally-ho!" Was given, and the pack -iowedjn fine form, giving tongue until the valley reverbe- rated with their music. On reaching tho brow of the hill, one fox ran off in the direction of GelligToes, and got. away, and the other took a southerly direction, and v.as close ly followed down to Nine-mile Point, from whence he ran in a Guarra Mawr, and got in between two large pieces of rock and was subsequently captured alive, and taken to Cascade, the residence of Dr. S. Leigh. On Saturday the pack was out again and started a fox, which was soon run to earth and got Aft.

THE RECENT ART EXHIBITION AT MERTHYR. On Monday evening the general committee of the recent Art. Exhibition at Mertbyr met at the offices of Messrs. Forrester and Taylor for the pur- pose Of receiving the balance-sheet and report of the executive committee, The exhibition was open to the public for 50 days, during which time it was visited bv 37,844 persons, being a da:Jy average of 756. The balance-sheet showed that the total receipts amounted to £1,54°.188. 9d., and the expenditure, fo £1,388 9s. 6d., leaving a balance in hand of

SWANSEA WATCH COMMITTEE. A meeting of ttio' Swansea Watch Committee was held in the Guildhall on Tuesday. The Mayor presided, and there were also present the ex-Mayor, Alderman Brown, and Messrs. T. Freeman, John Lewis, W. Richards. C. H. Glascodine, E. H. Bath, and Jones. The Chief-constablo recom- mended that one of James Dicks's fire engines be purch ,ed at a cost of j685. The recommendation was adopted. A memorial was read from the cab- men standing at the entrance to Yeo-street, com- plaining that the situation of the stand is incon- venient and too exposed. They asked for perm iss io n to return to the old stand in High-street. It. was decided to allow one cab to return to the old stand. A bill of :£34 odd sent in by Mr. W. R. Smith for prosecuting the landlord of the Black Cock for arson, on behalf of the police, was again presented for payment. Mr. Glascodine suggested that the bill should be paid, but that it should be under- stood that in the future no solicitor but the town- clerk should be employed by the council. In answer to Alderman Brown, the Town-clerk said the committee certainly had power to pay the bill. After pome discussion the bill was ordered to be paid. Mr. Gtescodine was elected vice-chairman, on the proposition of Mr.. Richards, seconded by Mr. Lewis.

SIAMEEREBS AND SHOTTER2ES ahcxuld iitirehase pamphlet written by a gentleman who cored himaeUf after suffering for -more than 30 yasvrs. Not only haa ho been successful in Us own case, but, ha bfts fotrote4 a system od' ours for others, Post free from thosiuthor.. B. Beasier. Green Sank House, XteU Greco, near Bir^ miaghami WthirVQsn stromas. 4809a been successful in Us own case, but, ha bfts tomded a, system oI cure for others. Post free from thosiuthor.. B. Beasier. Green Sank House, XteU Greco, near Bir^ miaghami WthirVQsn stromas. 4809a

I A DRUNKEN ORGIE. An inquest, was held in Scotland last week, on the body of an (lId woman named Hughes. Her husband went to bed a few days ago about three o'clock, drunk, leaving her, very drunk also, sitting on the floor near the fireplace. He awoke in the morning, and found his wife bolt upright, jammed in a hole in the fioor, and quits dead. It appeared by the evidence at the inquest that there was a cellar, in4 which porter was stored, under the room occupied by the unfortu- nate Hugheses. In order to get the drink, a hole bad been cut in the floor, through which a. little girl, the daughter of these people, was made to descend and Innd up the porter. The improvised trap happened to be left, open on the night in question, and the drunken wretched old woman fell partly through, and by the fright of the accident met her death. When the police pro- ceeded to remove the body to the morgue, a crowd of wildly intoxicated men and women, by menaces and violence, offered every obstruction to the officers in discharge of their duty, and actually chased the bearers of the coffin along the contigu- ous streets. Altogether, the awful death of the dissipated old woman Hughes, and the frightful orgie which seems to have made a saturnalia round her corpse, throw a lurid light on the life in oitr midst.

MARKING AT WIMBLEDON. PROPOSED IMPORTANT ALTERA- TIONS. The special committee appointed by the National Rifle Association to consider the question of target marking at. Wimbledon have drawn up a proposal for prevention of fraudulent scoring, the object being to cneck the register-keepers, markers and competitors themselves. The principal pro- posals are as follow:—Register-keepers, as well as butt sergeants, to be told off to tbeir stations by officers quite distinctly from markers, and to be changed at mid-day. Markers to be told off to butts by ofiicers, quite distinctly from butt ser- geants, and to be changed at mid-day. Officers to be posted in mantlets placed in front of the marking trucks, and connected with them by covered ways. These officers to be in telegraphic communication with the firing points, and to be prepared to watch any particular targets on in- struction, to signal hits that may have been over- looked by the markers, and to re-signal the value of any disputed hit. Competitors for the Queen's and St. George's to be squadded, so that corps and counties may be distributed over four divisions. All competitors for all' comers' prizes, as well as for tho Queen's and St. George's, to be squadded to the butts, not to the targets, and told off to the targets by the officers in charge of the firing points.

COLLISIONS IN PENARTH ROADS. A STEAMER BEACHED. On Friday week a "serious collision occurred betv, • two outward bound steamers in Penarth Roads. It. appears that the screw-steamer Emma Trechmann, of West Hartlepool (Captain Thiner), left the East Bute Dock, Cardiff, on Friday after- noon, with a cargo of coal for Bona. At the last moment the captain remained ashore to ship a "hand short," and the steamer proceedeu to Penarth Roads. About half-an-hour afterwards the screw steamer Constance, of Bristol, Captain Nicholas, left the Roath Basin with a cargo of coal for Amsterdam, and proceeding on her course, first observed the green light and masthead light of the Emma Trechmann about one point on her starboard bow, and right across the track of outward bound vessels from the Cardiff Docks. The helm of the Constance was starboarded a little, and, when the Constance came nearer, she found that the Emma Trechmann was reversing across her bows. When it was seen that a collision was'inevitable, the engines of the Constance were stopped, and then put full speed astern; but the way on the ship could not be checked sufficiently, and she cut several feet into the side of the Emma Trechmann abaft the star- board main rigging, opening up about seven of her plates. The Constance at once lowered one of her boats, and Captain Nicholas shouted to those on board the other steamer to go full speed ahead, and run her on the beach under Penarth Head. Thebbat came up with thfcsteamer before she was beached,but i the assistance was not required. The Constance, I after picking up her boat, anchored in Peharth Roads for the night, and was docked in the East Bute Dock on Saturday morning. The damage was only one plate broken on her port bow. It is ex- pected that this will be repaired, and the steamer proceed on her voyage on Tuesday morning. Between seven and eight o'clock on Friday morning, during a thick fog which then prevailed in the Bristol Channel, the screw steamer Peer of the Realm, light, from Belfast for Cardiff, was, when off Penarth Head, run into by the screw steamer George Moore, coal-laden, from Cardiff for Alicante. The Peer of the Realm was struck a tremendous blow on the port bow, doing consi- dt >- <bie damage, fortunately above the water-line. She. w as placed in the East Bute Dock shortly afterwards. The George Moore brought up in Penarth Roads, but any injury she may have sus- tained is not known. There has not been any communication with the shore since the collision occurred.

FIRE _AT_ SEA. BURNING OF A COAL SHIP. Her Majesty's ship Raleigh arrived at Plymouth late on Friday afternoon, having on board 22 of the crew cf the David Law, 1,489 tons, of Glasgow, which was burnt on the voyage to San Francisco. The David Law left Leith in Juiie with 2,300 tons of coal and 300 tons of pig iron. All went well until tho beginningof August, when within three or four hundred miles of tho Falkland Islands. It then commenced to blow strongly from the north-west, and the David Law, being very heavily rigged, began to roll. This must have had the effect of disturbing the cargo, for on Sunday, the 29th, when the ship hove to in crnwequence of u. fog, a strong gaseous smell was detected. Soon afterwards a thin wreath of smoke was discovered emanating from the fore ventilator. Tho captain immediately gave orders to close down the decks, and soon the ventilators and hatches had been plugged up. Tho escape, how- ever, continued, driving the crew from the fore- castle into the midship house. When daylight broke the' captain ordered all sail to be set, and the ship was steered for the islands. Whilst the crew were employed in mak- ing sail the fore main and quarter hatch blew up with tremendous force, but all escaped injury. The captain then directed the four boats to be got ready for lowering, and every prepara- tion was made for abandoning the vessel, the boats being stowed with a, fortnight's provisions. At noon tlw is1:\nds were sighted. MeanwhtIe the thin gaseous atmosphere had developed into vol- umes of thick black smoke, which prevented the crew remaining aft. The ship passed the Eastern Island, and the captain, seeing no signs of human habitation, jit first thought of taking her round to Port>Stanlcy. During the night she lay to, but the voyage was resumed at daybreak. Soon, however, there was an explosion, and this was succeeded by flames. It was then dec; >d to run the ship broad- side on to Elephant Keys, and ttiis was success- fully accomplished, and the crew were speedily landed. They had not been ashore half an hour when there was another tremendous explo- sion and fire broke through the middle ventilator. The foremast afterwards fell. During the night the main and mizenmasts crashed down, demolish- ing the after part of the vessel. When daylight came nothing marked the sceno of the wreck but a few floating spars. The next day two shepherds, the sole occupants of Speedwell, three miles dis- tant, signalled to them by ligliiing a fire, and the crew accordingly pulled thither.

CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The weekly meting of this board was hold On Saturday, at the Union Workhouse, when there were present :—Colonel David (in the chair), Dr. Paine (in the vice-chair), Messrs. T. W. H. Plain, T. Williams, W. Headford, W. Pegler, T. Llewellyn, E. Hcrne, J. Lee, T. Bassett, Evan Jenkins, S. Phillips, W. H. Martin, J. W. Newbery, Rev. V. Saulcz, and T. W. Jacobs. The master reported that there had been 20 admissions into the workhouse during tho week, 26 discharges, 1 birth, and three deaths. There were 412 persons in the house, a decrease of 25 as compared with t he corresponding week last, year. The Super- intendent of the Ely Industrial School reported 4 admissions, and 2 discharges. Number of inmates 223, a decrease of 28 when compared with the corresponding period of 1879. The Chairman read the monthly report of the visiting committeo, which contained several te- commendations for the consideration of'the board. It appears that there is at present a deficiency of able-bodied pauper-women in the workhouse, and tho washing is not very easily done; and fiR there are no workhouse women who can b? spared to assist in the washing at the Industrial School, other women have to be hired. The committee recommended the board to purchase two off Brad- ford's washing machines. In consequence of some mistakes made in regard to the meat contracts, the committee recommended that in future no tender for the supply of meat; be accepted, except from persons resident in the borofigh. Dr. Pawl) remarked that it ought to be understood that in future, if contractors sent in articles of an in- ferior quality no excuse would be accepted, but that they should not, be allowed to tender for any more contracts for the board. Th<5" Chairman said that where the wrong quality was sent in pure accident, itjwould be a pity to shut the people out from con- tracting again but where a wilful deception had taken place they ought to put a stop to the possi- bslitv of its repetiton. The {Clerk stated that he had received from the architects of the new union buildings a certificate in favour of the builders, I Messrs. Burton, for £1,800. The Chairman gave notice that he would move the rescinding of the resolution passed to the effect that the public business of the board commence at one o'clock. They were able to get through their work before that time, but it would be better not to fix any time, and simply say that it was to follow the pauper business. The board then rose.

A German paper, noting the imprisonment of Mr. Dale, Sitva The Rev. P. Dale is commitusd to Hollowav Gaol for contempt of the Court of Rolls. Hollowav is a small town ne&r London, celebrated for its pills." !SThc death is announced, at the age of 68, of Herr William Shulze, part proprie-tor and chief director of the Cologne GartSie. Born at Madge- tour a- in 1814. the son of arespeetable and successful merchant, Horr Sfoutee beg.n RSe as a bookseller's assistant, gaining a thorough knowledga of the publishing trade at Leipsic and Utrecbt, wb«r?eo he was invited in 184* to Coiagne by his ft-iood JoseJjb Burnout, the proprietor of tho groat Rhenish journal above mentioned. Tsts NEW Sa&sos's FEESSRYSS NOW Ready— hartley's,and a&e ihtA yew Oaep-noy

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POSTAGE STAMPS.—Referring to the new reflation fo^ enabling deposits to be made in the Post-oiiice Saving* Banks by means of postage stamps stuck upon a formy "Grocer (Cardiff) expresses his fear that it will hard a tendency to encourage errand boys, &c., to steal si-imps from their employers. We have no doubt that his fear is well founded; and we know it is shared by many whose position entitles them to be listened to with rdspect. We have always been surprised that sa obvious a consequence did not occur to the mind of the Postmaster-Geueral before the experiment was tried. And the remedy would be so easy: only let a different, kind of stamp be issued for this special purpose, and the danger would cease, while all the advantages vhich are claimed for the new scheme would remain. HUSBAMJ AXP WIRK.—It is true, as J. Bo" (Cardigan1 says, that the House of iords has recently confirmed the decision of the courts below to the effect that a husband who supplies his wife with money to pay for her wearing apparel, and forbids her to get into debt, cannot be compelled to pay for goods whieh she may get on credit, in excess of her allowance, if the latter be reasonable according to hetf &;ation in life. The decision was founded on the priin mple,that a wife can only contract debts on her band 3 responsibility when acting as his duly auth04 rised agent. There is some force in our correspondent's remark tliat an unprineipleci couple could swindle tradesmen in this way but they would render them- selves liable to prosecution for conspiracy to defraud* though proof sufficient to satisfy a jury might in many cases be difiicult to obtain. But, unfortunately, ft is impossible by any system of laws to- guard against fried in every shape. Dishonest persojis will act according to their nature, either with the assistance of the law, or in spite of its most stringent provisions. In our opinion, many cases of liquidation by virtue ut the Bankruptcy Act are little, if at all, better than swindling. Of course, our correspondent will under-i stand that these remarks liave no personal application j they are simply like a ready-made cap, which may be worn by anyone whom it will fit. We have a rathef high ideal as to the moral obligation to pay all jusl debts and our views on that subject have been strengtliened by our observation of tlie way in which that obligation is frequently evaded with the sanction and asaistance-of the law. STATUTE 5F LfNnTATioss.—" J. P." may sna all a pro-* missory note more than six years old on account of which payments have been made wittun the lastt six years. Time runs from the date of the debt, of from the last payment on account of either principal or interest, or from any acknowledgment in writing signed by the debtor, whichever may be the mosfi recent; and when an action is commenced, time ceases to run as against the creditor. MORTGAGE AND MORTGAGEE. We cannot advise "Briton Ferry" without knowing the contents of the mortgage and notice. But if both are in proper form and consistent, the property may be sold. The deed4 should be handed to a solicitor, in order that he may peruse the title, and prepare conditions of sale.. j LAW STTFIULNT.—If ''Enquirer" (Swansea Valley) will write to the publisher of the Law Times, 10, Wellingj ton-street, Strand, London, W.C., enelosfcng Poet-office Order for nine shillings, pavable to Horace Cox, foe Halliday's Law Students' Handbook," be will find all the information requisite as to his course of study. IId will have to be articled to a solicitor. It is now mora difficult to get an order dispensing with the preliffli-* nary examination than it was a few years ago. WLLI,.—In the circumstances stated by "Will" (Cardiff) it would be best to instruct a solicitor to make the will* for which the charge would be a mere trifle. But 1j¡ this be objected to, our correspondent may send us at copy of what has been prepared, and we will tell binl whether it will answer or not. LEGACY TO MABRUED WOMEN.—Tf the amount or less, the wife can receive tlie legacy without heF husband's concurrence. She may then invest it or< Government security, or shares in a company, in own name, and the husband cannot interfere with Or she may have it settled upon herself and Children^ and the trustees of the settlement can invest it on security which she may prefer. As her husband di« not desert her, she is not entitled twa protections order; and she cannot take her children from theiP father. We do not know enough of the circumstance* to advise whether she is entitled to.a separation,ordeCj under the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1878. This onljj! applies to cases oi aggravated assault on a wife by hen husband, and not to persistent unkindriess. BBEWSR FOR SAITW.—" Constant Keader" (Burry PorfcJn is informed that the law requires the name and trad^ of the person Keeifaed to be painted over the door, ot In some other-conspicuous place on the outside.of tha premises licensed, in letters easily legible. Thai omission to do this renders the personJiable to i penalty. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS. There is an association with tlie title above mentioned, hut we do not know What are their regulations as to examination anW admission. If Anxious (Swansea) will write to tha secretary, Basinghall-street, London, E.C., he wilIJ I doubtless, obtain the desired information. Q-. K. P.. T. (Swansea.)—If there is anything contrary* to the regulations of the force in the conduct of tlw officer of whom yon complain his superiors wouW4 doubtless, take notice of it. COSTS or Wiri—if Emma (Bristol) should be su<N cessful in the proceedings for a divorce which shfij contemplates instituting, the court will order heq husband to pay tlie cost3. > SIGHT OF CO-8CKETV.—"A. B. C." (Cardiff) was one on tw^ sureties fertile repayment, of money borrowed b^j a man who has since absconded. Our correspondent has paid a considerable sum, the balance of principal inter- st, and costs:; and the other surety has paidj nothing; he can be compelled to pay half the los3- As between debtor and- creditor, either surety is liablØ to make good the whole less but as between theml selves, each is liable for half tlie amount. Goons LETT WITH IX^KBKPER.—" Licensed Victualler had a visitor who stayed g and lived well, but di<* not pay his bill. However, he left two portmanteaus, from the contents of which Bonilaee hopes to P11?] The goods mufit tie sold by 'V1'1 least one mouth "before the sale an advectisenMicit tnust be inserted in one London newspaper and'the Western! Mail, giving notice of the intended 3ale, a short de-* scription of the goods, and the name of the peraerf who left them. Does our correspondent know what i4 in the portmanteaus, which he says are heavy? If bA intends to sell them unopened we should be sorry to speenlate on their contents. He must not sell then* until he has had possession of them for six weeks; but we suppose the month's notice will ensure this. BILL OF SAXE ISB EXECUTION CREDITOR.—1" W. J- (Cardiff) should have said whether the hitl of sale wa* registered. If not, it would be useless as against any execution issued by a creditor of the borrower. But duly registered bill of sale, if regular in all other, respects, enables the holder to retain the goods not- withstanding any executions being issued against tbel borrower, or even his bankruptcy., If the creditor! should attempt to enforce his claim, the bill of salej should be produced to the slierifFs officer, and a formae notice tie served upon him, when lie will withdraw his man. If our correspondent should have any ditfi"1 culty, be may write again. LANDLORD AJUJ TUNANT.—We regret that we adrise "A. P." (Cardiff) as he desires. A tenancy without any stipulation of any kind, when the is taken by the year, is a yearly tenancy; and hah 1010, year's notice, expiring on the same quarter day as th* tenancy commenced, must, be given oa either side 1111 ortler to put an end to the te uancy. Quarterly pay* merit of rent does not affect the legal position lOr 1.11" parties; it may be merely a matter of oonvt"tlienœ. lJa order to constitute a quarterly ten/l Bey, cletermineh'0; on any quarter day by three months' previous notice* in the absence oi any agreement as to notiee, tW hiring should be by the quarter. MAST*KR A" SKHVAXT.—Tf our other correspondent wit", the same initials ("A.P. ') left, in the ordinary course* and waa not dismissed for jri'oas mlseomhict, he rnsy sue for his wages. But w§ do not understand why I'-9 has delayed this so long. He should have stated tbg plain facts. The enigmatical style is not well for obtaining a legal opinion on a case..i ENWIXEEI!.—We fear 1). I! (Swansea) haa no LE £ ~J remedv: though he lias a fair moral claim. He try wllat a civil application w'.il do. Every person who^ signs an unstamped receipt for £ 2 or upwavda, render* himself liable to a penalty 0f ,810.. PrncHASB or HOL""E. Cyt'AI-I hUn must mltruct m solicitor to peruse tho title, and prepaJ'<' convey^ since to him. It would not be safe to* aim to pay bi» money without this.

GENERAL ANSWEUS. EMIGRANT.-— If you aÚdreS3 the inquiry to the editor of the Buropean Kail (enclosing stamped envelope>• 44a, Cannon-street,, Lonuo;i, E.C., vou will obtain thIJ! int'omiittion you require. W. s -We are still waiting your XAire. The initials arW not sufficient for a postal letter. K.—See Scott 3 miscellaneous works, particularly thBl Essay on Chivalry." XEATH.—The execution took place at Salford Prison. JUNIUS.-—1There is no si.ch place mentioned in Imperial Gazetteer or any work of the kind we know. hPOKTist).—Tlie following communication from tlt81 manager of Hell's Life, answers your question:—" I'*j reply to yours of yesterday's date, we still continue t<* publish II Sunday edition, with the latest news up to midnight on Saturday, and are sorry to think thatoitp country friends of such long standing should not know this." J. K.—Mr. Gladstone's "Cabinet consists of fourteen members. Mr. AdamJ was not a member, nor is hi", successor.

DOCK ACCOMMODATION. SIR,-My ship, the Blanche Louise, arrived irl Penarth lloads on Sunday, and was stemmed f011 the East Dock in the usual manner. On Monday applied to the Dock-ofnce for permission to etitei3 the basin, but was told that there was no room* and that my ship was not in turn. To my astonish" merit I found afterwards that the basin was onW half full after tide time. This morning I was tol" by the officer in charge that there was no roon't and that, no ship would be allowed to enter the dock. Would :U)y of your correspondents the reason whv vessels are not allowed to enter Cardiff and, iii case it is a fact that the docks full, for what reason this has not been published bv the dock authorities, so that masters of vessel might take a freight for Swansea or Newport? My ship is loaded wiih iron ore, and I understand thd merchants who have to ivceive the cargo arf. already waiting, having no vessels in dock and 'H cannot be said that they are too full to recei^ my cargo.-I am, &c., L. FARINEAU, Master of the French ship Cardiff, Dec. 7. Blanche Louise.

ABERYSTWITH TOWN COUNCIL APPOINTMENT OF TOWN-CLERK. On Tuesday a special meeting of the council held at the Town-hall, for the purpose of appoint ing a town-clerk in the room ot Mr. W. H. Thozn^sj All the members, excepting Mr. Hamer, wet* present. For tlie ■- *« there were two candidal^ Mr. Arthur J. Hugiwss and Mr. Gr'S' th Jones. B0**1 gentlemen are solicitors of the toWW and as the two gentlemen in question werd diametrically opposed politically and nominationally, the result o £ the election looked forward to by the pubheas a party stragg^J At the town's meeting held on tlie evening, Mr. Green, although an advanced Libera^ had pronounced in favour of tho Conservative c?an dictate, believing him to be the best man for tbo office. But for this fortunate circumstance th) votes on Tiitsdav would have been equaMS divided, and the Liberal candidate wow" have received the mayor's casting vote. Green, however,remained true to hfewwrd, Arthur Hughes "was elected by a majority of the number of votes for each candidate being esi^v and seven respectively. The mention Hughes's name elicited some applause from » \$i, of the pubiie present, but tho marywr took patisss vj nip this demonstration in the bud, staying that expresaion of feeling ws-s necessary.

Greenock is in the vaa iæ. the frw movement. At tbe weeting- of fee ehasrtey managers in tbat town, ts» chairman said AMOUNT EXPCWLED IA POVVHIISG FRE** EDAOCOTTAIA tEua year dtaabie st llwi, been last ytjaiv then it was noift tfcaatoati tes* I, year feoter*.