Weekly Mail

TRIAL OF THE REBEL PRISONERS. SENTENCE OF DEATH PASSED. IT IS COMMUTED TO EXILE. r" TET.T-GRAM.] CAIRO, Tkc 7, 9.30 A.M.—This morning Mahmoud Pasha, Srthmy, Ali Pasha Fehmy, Abdeial Pa.sha.,and Toulba Pasha were arraigned before the court- martial on the same charges as Arabi Pasha. All pleaded guilty, whereupon the court rose. Judg- ment was postponed, as in the trial of Arabi. The Times Cairo correspondent telegraphs:— Riaz Pasha has resigned the Ministry of Interior. Mahmoud. Sahmy, Abdeial. Ali Fehmy, and Touiba Pashas were brought bef< re a court-mv, tV.l on Thursday and sentence of death will probably be passed. Commutation will follow. CAIRO, DEL'. 7.—Mahmoud Pasha. Sami, Ali Pasha Fehmy and Toulba Pasha were condemned to death by court martial to-day. The sentence was com- muted by the Khedive to exile.

CONSPIRACY TO DEPOSE THE KHEDIVE. The Standard correspondent at Cairo, tele- graphing on Thursday, states — The ap- proaching trial of two prisoners, emissaries ef Prince Halim, appears likely to throw jorae valuable light on a point hitherto much relied upon by Arabi's enemies to damage his character. It has been constantly asserted that Arabi was heavily bribed by those emissaries to overthrow the present Khedive, and place Halim on the throne in his place. It is now said that ample evidence is forthcoming that of a sum of £25.000 paid last spring by Halim f ,>r the pro- motion of his candidature in Egypt, every farthing remained in the pockets of the emissaries themselves, and was safely deposited in banks, where it is still lying.

THE CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY. L" RKCTKR'S TELEGRAM, J CAIRO, DEC. 8.—The Khedive has accepted the resignation of Riaz Pasha. It is expected the latter will be replaced in the Ministry of the In- lerior by Omar Pasha Lufti, the post of Minister at War thus vacated being filled by Ismail Pasha Eyoub.

FRANCE AND ENGLAND. [" CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] PARTS, DEC. 8.—The Reptibln/ue Francaise says England pursues an Egyptian policy detrimental to France. The latter, however, will not wage war, having other means of protecting her interests.

ARABI'S PLACE OF BANISHMENT. [EXCHANGE COMPANY'S TELEGRAM. I I CATRO, DEC. 8.—I am in a position t■_» state posi- tively that the place of banishment of Arabi Pasha is Ceylon, and that he will reside there together with six of his principal associates on parole.

GENERAL WOOD AND THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION. I Our Chatham correspondent savs :—The formal Announcement was made hero on Friday of the Appointment of Major-General Sir Evelyn Wood to the command of the army of occupation in Egypt. Sir Evelyn Wood will leave for Egypt by as early » date as possible

(GREAT FIRE. IN LONDON. I A BLOCK OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED. £3,000,000 DAMAGE. A lire broke out in the City of London early on Friday morning, which has caused more damage than any lire which has occurred in London since that in Tooley-street twenty years ago. The block of buildings in which the fire broke out, and which has been almost entirely destroyed, is bounded on the north by London Wall, on the south by Addle- street. on the east by Philip-lane, and on the west by Wood-street, and is occupied by Messrs- Peter Rylands and Co., general warehousemen Messrs. Foster, Porter, and Company, hosiery, glove, shawl, mantle, and ribbon merchants; Messrs. Silber and Fleming. manufacturers and importers of fancy goods; Messrs. Sargood, Butler, and Nichol, shippers and others. The fire appears to have been first discovered in the premises of Messrs. Foster, Porter, and Company, facing into Addle-street. A policeman vras patrolling his beat in this street when his attention was attracted by an unusual glare in one of the windows of the ware- house in question, and immediately afterwards he saw flames burst forth. He raised an alarm, and in a few minutes a detachment of the fire brigade from Whitecross-street Station arrived with a steam fire-engine Brief as had been the interval, however, between the discovery of the fire and the arrival of the engine the flames had had sufficient time to gain a firm hold, and it was from the first apparent that all that could be done by the fire- men was to try to prevent the flames from spread- ing to the adjacent property. Assistance was telegraphed for to all parts of the Metropolis, and within 40 minutes of the first alarm, which was given at 2.50, no fewer than 30 steamers, besides a number of manuals, were pouring water into the burning buildings. About half-past three o'clock the roof of Messrs. Foster. Porter, and Co.'s warehouse fell in, and simultaneously a huge sheet of dame shot upwards, illuminating the streets for miles p.round, and showers of sparks carried on the southerly wind appeared to threaten the property on the other side of Addle-street. At this time, despite the well-sustained attempts of the firemen to isolate the burning warehouse, and notwithstanding the favourable direction of the wind, which carried the sparks away from the part of the bloL-k occu- pied by Messrs. Rylands and Silber and Fleming, it was discovered that the premises of the Man- chester wareiiousemen had caught fire. The warehouse of Messrs. Silber and Fleming took fire soon afterwards, and at this time there seemed to be little doubt that the whole block must be burned down. In an incredibly short space of time the two last-named warehouses were in full bln3. notwithstanding the tons of water poured into them. On each side of the block the fire had made considerable progress, and from the centre rose a towering volume of flame and smoke, which could be seen far away in the suburbs. For a long time the strong party wall between the warehouses kept the fire within bounds but as the flames rose above the roof on the southern side they were communicated to the top story of Messrs. Rylands' warehouse, which was soon ablaze. After the struggle had lasted for about three hours the limits of destruction became better defined; and though by that time the ware- house of Messrs. Forster, Porter and Co. was burned out, the premises occupied by Messrs. Silber and Fleming and Messrs. Sargood, in Wood-street and Piiilip-Iane respectively, were in a fair way to be overtaken by the same fate, and the warehouse of Messrs. Rylands, in Wood-street, London-wall, and Philip-lane, was evidently doomed, it was now certain that no extension of the fire beyond this block need be feared, and it was evident, moreover, that a small portion (.f the block, including two public-houses. would escaD9 the general wreck. The Curriers'-hall, which is dovetailed into Messrs. Rylands' warehouse, facing London-wall, abo remained intact, its strong stone walls and Tire-proof roof having preserved it. About half-past seven the entire wall of the destroyed buildings in Wood-street fell outwards with a terrific crash, damaging the warehouses opposite, but doing no further injury, the fall hiving been foreseen by Captain Shaw, who cleared the street. By ten o'clock the tire had been fully got under, and all danger to the sur- rounding property was at an end. The damage caused by tlw fire is estimated to be about £3,000,000. Another account, says :It was with great rik that the firemen remained at their posts, for now and again partition walls, floors, and even the outer walls gave way, falling with a great crash, and raising clouds of dust and smoke, which obscured every thing, and mere than once occa- sioned a scare. The collapse of the outer walls was generally very sudden, and many lengths of hose have been buried beneath the debris. Two steamers stationed in Philip-lane had to be removed so hurriedly to escape from a falling wall that the hose had to be cut, and the men only retired in time to save their lives. In Wood-street a fireman had his nozzle struck out of his hands and ren- dered shapeless, and many other narrow escapes were experienced. The buildings destroyed are insured, and nearly all the insurance offices are affected. Alout 600 persons in the employ of Messrs. Ryl ands and Messrs. Foster will be thrown out of work by the disaster.

THE DESTRUCTION" OF THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE. NARROW ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN SHAW. DEATH OF A FIREMAN. The fire at the Alhambra Theatre was not extin- guished until after six o'clock yesterday morning. The building is gutted, only the front wall standing. The Turkish Baths adjoining were also burnt out, as well as the eight houses at the rear. Two firemen were seriously injured by the falling ruins, and two others were less severely burnt. Captain Shaw had a narrow escape by the flagstaff hlling close to him. The estimated damage is £200,000, The theatre was insured. The ruins of the Alhambra Theatre continued to smoulder nearly the whole of Thursday, and firemen were constantly occupied in pouring volumes of water at different points where the flames again threatened to burst forth. Henry Herg and Thomas George Ashford. the two firemen who were removed to Charing Cross Hospital, are both seriously injured. Berg is suffering from a PevenFfracture of the skull, and Ashford sustained injuries to the spine and rupture of the bladder, his ease being critical. We regret to learn that the fireman Ashford, who was severely injured at the burning o.f the Alhambra Theatre on Thursday morning, died at half-past seven on Friday morning at the Charing- cross Hospital. Mr. W. Holland, manager of this theatre, writes —In reference to the sad calamity of the destruc- tion by fire of the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester- square, the directors of the company desire to be permitted to state through your columns that the building and contents were fully insured, and the directors met on Thursday morning and instructed their architect to prepare plans for the immediate rebuilding of the theatre in such a manner as, while preserving the old beautiful lines, will embrace all thasa improvements for the comfort and safety of liio public which experience has suggested.

BOILER EXPLOSION" AT NEW ORLEANS. SEVENTEEN PERSONS KILLED. ["RENTER'S" TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, DEC. 7.—A dispatch from NEW Orleans reports a boiler explosion on board the steamer Morning Star, causing the death of seven- teen persons.

ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. An alarming railway accident occurred at Limerick Junction on Thursday through the alleged mistake of the pointsman. A train ran off the metals against the telegraph office, dam iging the structuro and causing considerable confusion among the operators. One passenger was seriously injured, two carriages were smashed, and the line was blocked for several hours.

SAD SNOWBALLING INCIDENT. At a pit village named East Castle Colliery, near Consett, on Thursday, work being stopped by the weather, some youths were engaged in snow- balling, when some of the snowballs struck a miner named George Hanson, who seized an iron instrument and fractured the skull of a youth named Barron, death being instantaneous. Hanson was apprehended.

WHOLESALE BODY SNATCHING. A Philadelphia correspondent telegraphs:— Philadelphia 13 just now excited over the capture of a band ot grave robbers, who were caught with six bodies, intended for the Medical College, in their possession. An investigation shows that these ghouls had almost cleared one of our ceme- teries of its occupants. The recovered corpses have been identified. This capture was planned by some newspaper reporters attached to the Phila- delphia press, who carried it out successfully as amateur detectives. The men captured are now in gaol awaiting their trial.

A voting servant girl named Turner was charged at Mu-ylebone Police Court, on Wednesday, with attempting to obtain drapery goods by means of a fictitious cheque. She had taken a cheque from her mistress's book and filled it up in her own name. She was remanded.

FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE. DISASTERS AT SEA. STRANDING OF A NEWPORT VESSEL. The ship Fiona, of Glasgow, from San Francisco to Hull, struck Sand Hale, near Grimsby, on Thurs- day morning, during a heavy gale and snow squall, and went to pieces, the wreckage washing ashore at Saitxleet. A tug and the lifeboat were sent out from Grimsby at noon, but the vessel had sunk out of sight. The crew of the Fiona, it is feared, are all lost. The schooner Dover, for Shields, stranded near Flami.orough Head on Thursday afternoon, and went to pieces. Oue man was saved, and five drowned. The schooner Maren.-of Marstal.from London, in ballast, was totally wrecked near Montrose on Wednesday night. The crew were lost. On Thursday morning the Cheval de Troie, of Guernsey, from Dover for Shields, stranded three miles north of the lighthouse. One man only was saved, five being drowned. The vessel went to pieces. The Black Diamond,steamer, from London, also stranded a mile and a half south of the light- house. The crew of sixteen were saved by the rocket apparatus. About seven a.m. the Norwegian schooner Flied, from Mistley, while entering the Tyne, drove on the South Pier. The crew of six were saved. The herring boats on the Devon Coast were caught in the gale, and about twenty were driven ashore. One was sunk and two lives lost in Bide- forclllayon Wednesday night. The schooner Matthew Wignall, of Fleetwood, and the Southampton buquentino Tonthill collided joff Land's End on Wednesday night. The crew of the former vessel were rescued and landed by the Fonthill. A Lloyd's telegram from Amble on Thursday, says that during a strong easterly wind the Focke Diche, German schooner, from the Tyne to Ham- burg. druve ashore at two a.m. The vessel is likely to Toeeome a total wreck. The captain, when landed by the rocket apparatus, was fouud to be dead. Several smacks arrived in Hull damaged, and one, tlie Sirius, is reported having lost one hand overboard during Tuesday's storm. Another smack reported that the Wilson Line steamer Cato was disabled about 30 miles from Spurn. A heavy storm prevailed over the Cornish coast during Wednesday night, and on Thursday was accompanied by hail, snow, thll;der,amllightnil1. A large fleet sheltered at Mount's Bay, Penzance. The brigantine Chaliope, of Fleetwood, from Plymouth to Cardiff, put in considerably damaged, having been in collision with an unknown vessel. Ono of her crew, named George Sargent, of Brighton, aged nineteen, is missing, but it is hoped he is on board the other vessel. The schooner Virgin, of Cardigan, has also arrived, and the smack Lavinia, of Fowey, both damaged by collision. The gaie on the English and Welsh Coasts con- tinued on Friday, and a heavy sea prevailed. A Penzance telegram reports that the schooner Star of St. Agnes, from Newport with coal for St. Agnes, drove ashore in a N.E. gale on Hayle Bar. The crew were saved by the Isis lifeboat. A bottle has been picked up on the Grimsby coast containing a letter from the captain of the ship Flora, wrecked off the Sandhale on Wednes- day, to his wife, bidding her farewell if the ship should go down. Information was received at Penzance on Friday that a steamer, name unknown, struck on Rundle- stone on Thursday night, and afterwards foun- dered. Two boats were seen leaving her, and were supposed to have been picked up by a passing vessel. The Malfilate, of Bridgwater, from Shoreham for Swansea, laden with pitch, arrived at Penzance; also the Ebenezer, of and to Runcoru, laden with china clay, were both damaged by collision. The latter had on board the missing man from the Chaliope, of Fleetwood, which put in damaged on Thursday. A Cromer telegram reports that at eleven o'clock on Friday morning the Faikvang barque, from Sundswall to Caen with timber, went ashore at Mundeslev. The master and four men were drowned, four others being saved by the rocket apparatus. The vessel was breaking up. A Sunderland telegram reports that the German steamer Prinz George arrived on Friday afternoon, having on board the mate and two seamen of the German brig Altai, from Stettin, which was abandoned by them in the North Sea, four men being left on board, as the captain of the Prinz George was unable to assist. The captain of the Alma was drowned. The German schooner Libro, which was on a voyage from Verdun to Hamburg, with a cargo of manure, went ashore at Saltburn on Friday after- noon. The crew were saved. A telegram from Hull reports that the omack Liberty arrived on Friday morning having on board fourteen Ilwn. being the captain aud crew of the Swedish barque Charlotta, from Hudikswall to London, which was abandoned water-logged. Three smacks have arrived at Hull having had hands washed overboard, The Wilson Line steamer City, with machinery damaged, was towed into Hull on Friday evening.

THE STORM ON. LAND. At several points between Chester and Shrews- bury trains are snowed up, and delayed. A train which left Festiniog with passengers at six o'clock on Wednesday night for Bala had not arrived at neon on Thursday. The railway officials who pro- ceeded from Bala on horseback found the train embedded in a snowdrift which blocked up the deep euttipg between Trawsfynydd and Avnig, n the Great Western line. about nine miles from Festiniog,the passengers, numbering about a dozen, suffered acutely from cold and exposure. A snow plough and a gang of men had to cut through several hundred yards of snow to reach them. Our Chester correspondent says :—The Great Western Railway officials found the trains em- bedded in fourteen feet of snow on the hiils between Trawsfynydd and Avnig Sta- tions. The railway officials, amid the most tremendous difficulties, cut their way through the deep snow to Avnig Station by means of a steain plough. They there ascertained that the lost train was securely embedded in the snowdrift a mile beyond, and that, in addition to the driver, stoker, and guard, there were two un- fortunate passengers who had been in the carriages without food aU I night. Communication was established with the train, and food and warm clothing were forwarded. The rescuing party late on Thursday night were pluckily engaged in cutting their way through the snow to rescue the belated travellers, and it was confidently hoped they would be dug out by the steam plough and the willing co-operation of the people of tha dis- trict. The drifting on the Caledonian Line caused a stoppage of trains. Snow lay ten feet deep in some parts. Several trains were embedded be- tween Cavstairs and Beattock. The North British Line was still blocked on Thursday between Car- lisle and Edinburgh. Between Staleybridge and Leeds one train was snowed up, and the passen- gers had to get out and walk. No trains passed Lockerbie on the Caledonian main line between three and ten o'clock on Thursday morning. A train, which was snowed up on the line from Teesdale on Wednesday, reached Darlington at two o'clock onr Thursday afternoon. Tlie "Press Association" Hochdale correspondent telegraphs that on Thursday afternoon a collision occurred between a coal train and a breakdown train, near Wurdleworth Station, Rochdale, on the lineup Branch, a single line. The breakdown gang wire bringing an engine which had been off the line, and their train had two engines in front. The coal train was being shunted. The force of the collision was very great, and the three engines were locked together, and completely disabled. Several coal trucks were smashed, and the driver of gthe breakdown train and a man named M'Cutcheon were badiy hurt. Traffic was sus- pended. In the Vale of Llangollen many of the thorough- fares are entirely snowed up, the hedgerows being buried, and vehicular traffic suspended. Several persons are missing, and one woman is reported as having perished in the snow. Around Dundee the storm broke with renewed, violence on Thursday. A tremendous sea was running at the mouth of the Tay. London, Liver- pool, and other steamers were unable to proceed. The Dundee and Arbroath Line was blocked, and a passenger and a goods train were embedded in the snow between Monigrith and Carnonstie. Most of the country roads through Forfarshire, Kincardine- shire, and East Perthshire were blocked, and all traffic suspended. Many drivers and carters caught in the storm abandoned their vehicles on the roads and made for the nearest town. At the collieries in South Yorkshire the banks- men have had to cease work, and interruption to other business was general and serious. The whole of the" Consett Ironworks are laid idle until the storm abates, and nearly 8,000 hands are affected. A Carlisle telegram says that aboutWttoon on Thursday a train which left there on the Settle and Carlisle section of the Midland Railway about six o'clock on Wednesday night returned to the city, having been stopped by snow drifts on the Yorkshire Moors. The passengers spent all night in the train. In London snow began to fall between ten and eleven a.m., and continued with but little inter- mission throughout the day. In the afternoon a fatal accident occurred near Clapham Junction, on the South-Western Railway. A party of workmen were engaged altering the telegraph wires, when an up train and a down goods train approached almost simultaneously. Owing to the snow almost simultaneously. Owing to the snow and steam two of the men in avoiding the goods train did not observe the passenger train, and were knocked down and killed. A third man was severely injured and taken to St. Thomas's Hospital. The biock on the Midland Railway between Hawes Junction and Settle has not yet been cleared away. and traffic is still being worked on the Lon- don and North-Western system. The accumula- tions of snow on the North British and Glasgow and South-W estern lines have been partially cleared. The passengers who were snowed up at Hawes Junction on Thursday were sent northwards on Friday morning. The express due at Carlisle by the Glasgow and South-Western Railway at twelve o'clock on Thursday night arrived at twenty minutes past six on Friday morning. The train due at Carlisle from Glasgow at 7.50 on Thursday night arrived on Friday afternoon; but that delay, which was believed to be due to an accumulation of snow, was caused bv a serious accident between Sanquhar and Carronbridge. The express train ran into a goods train, killing a cattle drover who was in the guard's van of the latter. Two of the passengers by the express were injured, one seriously. The state of matters at the scene of the accident was fearful. Butchers were employed all night killing the sheep and cattle which had been injured. A man named Buttis perished in the snow at Lockeden, near Wbitby. Several cottages at I Danse Castle, near Towlan, were covered by snow drifts on Thursday night. A Kirkby Stephen telegram says the railway block still continues, and there is little probability of the line being cleared before Sunday. The passengers and railway officials.interred with the lost train on the Great Western Railway embedded among the Welsh mountains between Bala and Festiniog were rescued by the relief par- ties on Friday morning, after having been snowed up from six o'clock on Wednesday evening. The two passengers, Mr. Macintosh, chief engineer of the railway, and Mr. Davies, gentleman farmer, Festiniog, have experienced acute suffering, but were last night reported as having greatly revived. Some 200 workmen with several snow ploughs were employed on Friday in effecting a passage through tho great snow drift, which in some places wassixleen feet thick,but at night had not reached the embedded train, which consists of an engine anù four coaches. A Galashiels telegram states that one farmer lost seventeen score of sheep in the snow. A Bangor telegram says:—A little snow fell on Friday in Anglesey and Carnarvonshire. There was a heavy fall brJtween Bettwsycoed and Co. wen, the turnpike road being in many places seven feet deep with snow. The body of a traveller named Dolgelly was found on Friday night in a snowdrift near Bettws. Mr. Warren, a well-known butcher of Saxmund- ham, was drowned on Thursday night in crossing a stream near Halesworth, his trap being over- turned by the current, which was swollen through the floods. There is still great delay in railway communica- tion on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, owing to the obstructions caused by snowdrifts, and the derangement of the telegraphs by which the block system is worked. The trains from Scot- land arriving at Manchester on Friday were from nine to twelve hours late. CARDIFF. The snow which fell during Wednesday night was productive on Thursday of general incon- venience to traffic of all descriptions. Some of the streets were in a very slippery condition, but no accidents of a serious character are reported. A schoolboy who had injured his collar bone became an inmate of the Infirmary, but his stay was only temporary. It was rumoured also that a horse belonging to a marine store dealer had flipped down on the Custom-house Bridge and sustained fatal injuries, but it appears that although the animal certainly fell down it died a natural death. In consequence of snowstorms telegraphic operations between Cardiff and the North were impeded, but the post-office officia\8 did everything they possibly could to lessen the inconveuience arising from the delay. TREDFGAR. .Our Tredegar correspondent, writing on Friday, says:—The storm rages with unabated fury here, arid railway communication between here and Abergavenny has been stopped, the drift at Ebbw Vale Junction, near Beaufort, being such ns to check :11 traffic. The colliers' train from Bryn- mawr passed over the line towards Ebbw Vale. and in returning the engine became embedded in the snow, and remail18 there. At Sirhowy lr. Duck wisely declined to book any passengers to stations beyond Nantybwch. On reaching there passengers had to wait just an hour for a train for Rhymncy Bridge. Arriving at the latter place, the intelligence was vouchsafed that Cardiff pas- sengers could not be sent on for at; least two hours. The Merthyr train, drawn by three engines, steamed out of Rhymney Bridge a little before one o'clock. The storm is increasing, and the blinding drift from the surrounding high land is rapidly filling up the cuttings along the line.

WRECK OF A SWANSEA VESSEL. THE CREW LANDED AT LIVERPOOL. FIFTY HOURS IN AN OPEN BOAT. The captain and six of the crew of the Swansea vessel Nellie have been landed at Liverpool, their vessel having been wrecked on the Brazilian coast. Through the disaster the crew had a narrow escape with their lives, and were only succoured after being about 50 hours in an open boat without food or water. From the statement of the men, who were re- ceived on arrival at Liverpool by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, it seems that at the time of the disaster the vessel had on board a cargo of coal, and was going to Maranliam from Swansea. The Nellie was 45 days out from the latter port, and was only 102 miles from her destination when she went ashore near Santa Anna on the 16th of October at eight o'clock at night. The crew lowered the large lifeboat, but the sea and wind prevailing at the time were terrific, and the boat was stove in as soon as it was launched, sinking immediately afterwards. The crew had then to trust, to the small boat, which was successfully lowered. The small boat was kept with its head to the sea, and by this means remained afloat- The crew saved nothing but what they stood in, and for two days and nights remained tossing about in their frail craft. During this time the poor fellows had nothing to eat or drink, and in addition weio exposed to the hot climate. On the second day the men were fortunate enough to fall in with some native 'fishermen, who gave them some food and water, and also piloted them to a place of safety. There was no loss of life, but one of the men was so ill from the exposure that he had to be left behind in the hospital at Para. The men were sent to their homes from Liverpool by the local branch of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. The Nellie hailed from Swansea, where she was owned by Mr. Evan Phillips. She was built at Prince Edward Island in 1375, and was 279 tons register.

SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION. A collision occurred on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Railway on Friday, at Great Coates, near Grimsby, between the 12.45 mid-day train from Grimsby and a ballast train, which was being shunted near Great Coates Station. Several persons were badly injured, and some carriages and wagons smashed. Those injured are Mrs. Gregory llkestone, serious injury to spine and shock to system Captain Thorlander, Hull, injury to spine and shock; Mr. Huvnberstone, Grimsby, several teeth loosened and tongue cut. It is alleged that signals were against the driver of the passenger train. The three passengers named were brought back to Grimsby, and the remainder sent on by special train to Lincoln.

jLHE ILLNESS OF MR. EAWCETT. IMPROVED CONDITION OF THE PATIENT. A bulletin issued on Friday morning says :—Mr. Fawcett has had some sleep, and his condition is, on the whole, encouraging. Drs. Clarke, Wright, and Anderson visited Mr. Fawcett on Friday afternoon, and at five o'clock issued the following bulletin:—"Mr. Fawcett has passed a comfortable day; the graver symptoms are subsiding, and he is at present making favour- able progress."

THREAT TO MURDER MDME. PATTI. About a fortnight ago Mdme. Patti received at her hotel in New York a note, written in French, stating:—" If you sing" this evening you are a lost woman. Take good heed of this warning.—A FRIEND." Mdme, Patti at once sent to inform the police and Mr. Mapleson of the receipt of this missive, and measures were at once taken to protect her from any attack. Detec- tives conducted her from the hotel to the theatre, and mounted guard over the entrance to her dressing-room. A number of detectives were also distributed all over the theatre, ready to seize any person who made the slightest suspicious movement. Mdme. Patti, who was playin the part of Marguerite in "Faust," was naturally in a very nervous state all the evening; but she managed to master her emotion, and nothing occurred to excite any alarm. The general opinion is that the letter was sent as a practical joke.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN CARDIFF. PROPOSAL TO LIGHT THE BOROUGH. At a recent meeting of the Lighting Committee of the Cardiff Corporation, the borough engineer re- ported that he had sent a list of inquiries to each of the parties who had applied for consent to supply electricity within the borough, and that from the replies it appeared that the Great Western Electric Light and Power Company and the Edison Electric Light Company each proposed to apply their system to the whole of the borough, whereas the other parties did not intend to proceed at present. After some discussion it was resolved, That a communication be sent to the Great Western Electric Company and the Edison Electric Company, stating that the com- mittee recognise the importance and advantages of electric lighting for many purposes, that they wish to encourage legitimate enterprise, and pro- vided the promoters agree to certain conditions, and give satisfactory assurance affecting the interests of the public, and the property vested in the corporation, the committee would recommend the council to sanction their application." Since this meeting the Great Western Electric Company have issued a notice in the London Gazette of their intention to apply to the Board of Trade for a pro- visional order to authorise them to supply electricity in the borough of Cardiff, under the Electric Lighting Act, 1882.

THE MAGNETAIRE. — Although Mr. Lonsdale's visit has far exceeded the time fixed for his de- parture, we learn that the demand upon him for the "Magnetaire" Appliances is still great. Amongst the numerous testimonials appearing in our advertisement columns are several letters from persons in Cardiff testifying to cures of rheumatism and sciatica, complaints which are so very prevalent during the winter months. The genuineness and authenticity of these testimonials can easily be proved, and the very frequent addi- tions made to1 them leave one with the conviction that the Magnetaire must really be what it pro- fesses to be. Mr. Lonsdale will be in daily-atten- dance at 5|8, Crockherbtown, Cardiff, and may be consulted free until Saturday the 16th inst.

I THE STATE OF IRELAND. • THE MURDER OF LORD ARDILAUN'S BAILIFF. TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED. At Green-street Commission Court, Dublin, on Thursday (before Mr. Justice O'Brien), the trial of Patrick Higgins (Long), Thomas Higgins (Tom) and Michael Flynn for the murder of Lord Ardilaun's bailiff, Joseph Huddy, and his grand- son, J.Huddy, on the 3rd of January last, was commenced. The Solicitor-General, with Mr. Murphy, Q.C., and Mr. O'Brien, Q.C., prosecuted for the Crown, and Mr. C. H. Teeling and Mr. Richard Adams detended the prisoners. Patrick Higgins was first put upon his trial. The Solicitor-General, in opening the case for the Crown, briefly alluded to the circumstances under which the Huddvs disappeared, and to the discovery of their bodies at the bottom of Lough Mask. The prisoners now charged with having caused their deaths would be connected with their disappearance by the fact that on the morning of the date mentioned the deceased were last seen alive when they were pro- ceeding out of the mam road or down, a green lane in which was situated the houses of the prisoners Patrick Higgins and of Michael Kerrigan, against whom the elder Huddy had ejectment processes. The dis- appearance of these two men in broad daylight gave rise to a suspicion of foul play, but it was not until August last that any definite in- formation or knowledge was acquired as to their fate.—Evidence was then called, and Joseph Huddy, son of the elder Huddy, said his father, who lived at Creevagh, some eight or nine Irish miles from Cloughbrack, left home with his nephew on the 3rd of January, and he did not see them again alive. Another of the witnesses proved the presence of the murdered men and the prisoners in the neighbourhood on the morn- ing mentioned, and Matthias Kerrigan, be- fore named as the neighbour of Higgins, deposed that Pat Higgins, the prisoner, knocked Joe Huddy down near his house, and the other two prisoners put shots into him. Flynn then fpursued young Huddy, knocked him down, and Tom Higgins fired two more shots at him. The body of the elder Huddy was put in a basket, and carried by the prisoner Pat Higgins down the road towards the lake, and young Huddy's body was placed, head foremost, into a sack, and the son of Matthias Kerrigan was made to carry it down the road for a distance, after which a man named Pat Higgins carried it towards Lough Mask. The evidence having-'been corroborated by Kerrigan's wife and two sons, and the discovery of the bodies having been proved, the Court adjourned. 5 The trial of Patrick Higgins for the murder of Joseph Huddy at Cloughbrack on the 3rd of January last was continued at Green-street Com- mission Court, Dublin, on Friday, before Mr. Justice O'Brien. Evidence for the prosecution was closed, one of the last witnesses being the Governor of Galway Gaol, who deposed that the money supplied to Mathias Kerrigan while he was imprisoned on suspicion was sent by the Ladies' Land League. Mr. Teeling, in addressing the jury for the defence, founded his case on the theory that Kerrigan was guilty of the murder for which the prisoner was now arraigned. The learned counsel endeavoured to show he had clearer motives in destroying the only man who was able to prove service of eject- ment process on him. Kate Higgins, daughter of the prisoner, said she was at home the day of the murder, as was also her father, who did not go near the scene of the murder when he heard shots, but after looking out towards Kerrigan's house re- turned to work. Mary Collins, who was at Higgins', gave similar evidence, but it was stated both girls had made entirely different state- ments on previous occasions. Mr. Richard Adams having addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, Mr. Murphy replied for the Crown, and the court adjourned until to-day. The Freeman's Journal of Friday says Mr. Davitt intends subpoenaing Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Trevelyan to show what influence the land agita- tion had upon the Government in passing the Land Act. Extraordinary precautions are being adopted for securing the safety of Judge Barry in Cork. Travelling from Dublin he was accompanied by detectives, and at each station, where the train stopped, a police force was present. On arrival he was escorted to his lodgings by a troop of Scots Greys with drawn swords, and at the lodgings a temporary police barrack has been constructed. Similar precautions were adopted in court. The prisoner Christopher Dowling, charged with the murder of Constable Cox, was removed on Thursday from Jervis-street Hospital to Kilm1,in- ham Gaol. He will be tried before a Special Com- mission next January. =

FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR. The Queen will receive the Malagasy Envoys at Windsor on Tuesday evening next. Lord Granville has requested the Envoys to supply further details on several points.

EXPECTED REBELLION IN BURMAIf. The Rangoon correspondent of the Daily IVews telegraphs:—The eldest son of the late King of Burmah has escaped from Benares. The Foreign Department is unable to trace him. It is believed that he is on his way to Upper Burmah to mise a rebellion. There is great excitement in Rangoon.

THE BALTIC PORTS BLOCKED WITH ICE. A Copenhagen telegram of Wednesday evening says:—All the mails are miesingon accountof a heavy snowstorm. The Baltic ports are practically closed with ice. The port of Copenhagen is difticult of access to steamers. It is expected that communi- cation by sea will be stopped for a couple of days.

LOSS OF A VESSEL FROM CARDIFF. The Greek barque Sotir, of Cio, bound from Cardiff to Syra, laden with coals, foundered about six o'clock on Thursday evening off Porth Curnow, noar Land's End. The vessel had encountered heavy storms, the crew being exhausted with pumping, and the vessel being so leaky that the captain had to run for the shore. The barque, struck the rocks, but floated off. Meanwhile some fishing boats put off. After the greatest difficulty and peril the crew of ten men were rescued, and the vessel afterwards sunk.

BLOWING UP A RAILWAY TRAIN. A Callao correspondent reports a horrible outrage on the part of Peruvian guerillas as having oc- curred at Pisco. A passenger train from Yea, about 30 miles inland, was approaching the port, and, when within eight or ten miles of its destina- tion, was blown up by a charge of dynamite and gunpowder placed on the line. The passengers were subsequently fired all by the Peruvians, but the accounts received are extremely contlicting.. The Chilians, however, despatched a force 1,000 strong and inflicted summary retribution.

SEQUEL TO "THE POLICEMAN AND THE COOK." At the Southwark Police Court, London, on Tuesday, a constable darned Harrington v/as charged with stealing cooked beef from the larder of George Davis, a butcher. A brother of the prosecutor stated that in consequence of meat being missed from the larder he and a friend con- cealed themselves in a loft where they could view it. They saw the prisoner enter the yard, open the larder and then make off. Finding that a piece of cold beef was gone, they followed the prisoner and found him at a dark corner eating some meat. He said he was "eating his supper." The prisoner, who bore, a good character, was committed for trial.

BANKRUPTS, LIQUIDATIONS, &c. (From the London Gazette of Friday night.) LIQUIDATIONS. Samuel Watts, 114, Clifton-street, Roath, Gla- morganshire, boot and shoe maker. James Lewis, 2, Nantygwenith-street, and 29, Victoria-street, Merthyr Tydvil, chemist and druggist. James Jones, trading as James Jones and Co., St. Peter's-street, Carmarthen, general dealer. Benjamin Jones, late of Carriers' Arms, but now of 12, Little Water-street, Carmarthen Road, con- tractor. John Davies, Llwydcoed, Llanon, Carmarthen- shire, land and mineral surveyor, late a partner in the Caerbryn Colliery Company, carrying on business as colliery proprietors at Llandebie, in the said county. George Jevons and Thomas Travers Wood, iron and tin-plate merchants, and iron manufacturers, Liverpool, trading as Biddulph, Wood, and Jevons, and of Swansea and Briton Ferry, under the style of Townsend, Wood and Co., and lately carrying on business at same places, and under same styles, in co-partnership with John Biddulph and Charles Manby Wood, both deceased. The said George Jevons, residing at The Cloisters, St. Michael, Lamb's-lane. and temporarily residing at the Euston Hotel, London, and the said Thos. Travers Wood, residing at Dysgwylfa, Sketty, Glamorgan- shire, and temporarily. residing at the Great Western Hotel, London also separate estates of George Jevons and Thomas Travers Wood. Amaziah Griffiths, Penllan, Llanfalteg, Carmar- thenshire, minister of .the gospel, farmer, and grocer. John Davies, Middle-street, Orange Garden, Pembroke, grocer and sawyer.

The Washington Census Office has just issued a special return giving statistics of illiteracy in the United States at the late census taking. The aggregate number of persons ten years old and upwards in the States and Territories of the Union is 36,761,607. Of these, 4,923,451, or 13.4 per cent., are returned as unable to read, and 6,239,958, or 17 per cent., as unable to write. The proportion of illiterate persons is greater among the negroes than among white people. Out of 4,601,207 coloured people above ten years of age no fewer than 3,220,978 were found to be unable to write. At the Worship-street Police Court on Thursday, a little boy named Abraham Winsey was charged with having no visible means of subistence. His father said that he had no control over him. The Lord Mayor: Take him away, and do not talk such nonsense tome. If I send him to an industrial school you will have to pay towards his support. You will not get out of your responsibility of sup- potting your child. The boy was discharged. t

I LIVERPOOL ELECTION. I RETURN OF THE LIBERAL CANDI- DATE. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NIGHT. The contest for the seat rendered vacant by the succession of Lord Sandon to the peerage con- cluded to-day. The result was declared about seven p.m.as follows:— seven p.m. as follows:- Smith (L.) 18,198 Forwood (C.). 17,889 Miijority for Si-nith 309 Owing to the absence of Mr. Arthur B. Forwood, the accepted Conservative candidate, in America at the time the vacancy arose, the fight was unusually short and sharp, having really opened on Monday last. The Liberals selected as their champion Mr. Samuel Smith, the well-known local merchant, and member of the City Council. Mr. Forwood is also a merchant and shipowner. He is a City alderman, and is generally recognised as the local Conservative leader. Judging by the results of the last three or four elections in Liver- pool, and Mr. Forwood's great personal influence, his position was secure enough, but at the same time it was freely admitted that Mr. Smith was by no means a weak candidate, and that he might carry with him large numbers of those who in all large constituencies are easily turned cne way or the other. Considering that the old register, on which the present election has taken place, numbers some 62,000 voters, and that the Conservative majority of late has been about 2,000, the margin was not large enough to begot over with confidence. There have also been largenumbersof deaths and removals since this register came into force. The total poll, it was expected, would be proportionately smaller. To add to the perplexities and uncertainties, the Irish contingent, which in Liverpool numbers some 6,000 or 7,000 votes, and which ha* generally been tolerably faithful to the Radical cause, was on this occasion an unknown quantity, the Home Rule or Land League Executive having issued a notice inviting Irish voters on this occasion to take no part in the contest. The city is divided into sixteen wards, which are sub-divided into 44 polling districts. The great wards of Everton, West Derby, and North Toxteth, which occupy, the out-uistricts, comprise more than half the total polling strength, and have hitherto been consistently time to the Conservative cause, whilst Scotland Ward, the next largest, is the stronghold of the Irishmen. Polling opened with tolerable briskness, but it was apparent from the first that the total poll would fall short of that at the two last contests. The weather was especially disagreeable, there being a keen east wind, melting snow under foot, and a lowering sky overhead. Both sides appeared well provided with vehicles, and there was the usual display of election literature, in which the Conservatives distinctly bore off the palm for variety and effect. The Cloture came in for de- served sarcasm, and ''Forwood and Freedom of Speech" and" No Gladstone Gag" proved most telling appeals. Mr. Forwood was also asked to be supported as a shipowner and as a financier, the latter being an allusion to his conspicuous services in the city council. The Liberals, on the other hand, contented them- selves with the somewhat premature Smith, and Victory," and "Smith, the Friend of the Poor." They were also very uneasy as to I'the attitude of the Irish party, and issued a poster declaring that John Yates, an able and trusted Catholic leader, said Vote for Smith." Another placard, however, called on Irishmen to adhere to the decision of their leaders. The impression prevailed during the day, however, that the Irish electors were foiling pretty freely. During tho day Mr. Forwood, accompanied by Mr. Whitley, M.P., Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., and Mr. Laurence (chairman of the Conservative Committee), drove through the city to the various polling places, and was enthusiastically cheered by his supporters. Mr. Smith and his friends, on the like duty, were also well received. Many of the large employers of labour, in response to appeals from both sides, granted half an hour or an hour's extra time at the dinner hour, and, in consequence, there was for a time considerable animation at many of the polling places. PAST ELECTIONS. The following is the result of the polling at the elections which have taken place since the passing of the Reform Bill:— 1832-Dee. I 1357—March. Ewart, William.L-4931 Horsfatl, T. Beiry C-7566 Sail don, Viscount,(J—4260 Ewart, Joseph C. L-7121 Tliori:ley, Thos L—4036 Turner,Charles .LC6316 Douglas, Sii-HowardC—3249 1859-Aprii. 1835—Jail. Horsfall, T. Berry.C Sandon, Viscount.C—4407 Ewart, Joseph C.1 Ewart, William L—4075 1865—July. Douglas,SirHowardC—3899 Horsfall,T. Berry.C—7866 Morris, James L-3627 Graves, Samuel K.C—7500 1837—Aug. Jiwart, Joseph C L—7160 Sandon, Viscount.C—4786 Cresswell, C C—;)652 3 Members. Ewart, William L—4381 1868—Nov. Elphinstone, II L—4206 Graves, Samuel R.C 16766 1841—Julv. Sandon, Viscount.C 16222 Sandon, Viscount"C—5979 Kathlione.W L 15337 Crcsswell, C C—579^ Alassey, W.lf L 15017 Waluisley,Sir Josh.L—4647 On dec. of Mr. Graves. Pftlmei-ston, Visc.L—4431 1873—Feb, Mr. Cress well nppd. Judge. Torr, J .C 18702 1842—Feb. Caine, Z i 16790 Douglas, Sir H., Hart C 1874—Feb. 1847—Aug. Sandon. Viscount.C 20206 Cardwell,Edward.LC55S1 Ton-, J C 19763 Birch, Sir Thos L—4S82 liathbone, W L 16706 Mackworth, Sir D.C—4089 Caine, W., 8 L 15801 Manners, Lord JohnC—2413 Simpson, W LC2435 1852-July. I Vise. Sandon appd, Sec. to Turner, Charles C—6693 tho Board of Trade. Mackenzie, W. F.C—6367 ¡ 1874—March. Cardwell, Edward.LC 5247 Sandon,Rt. Hon.Vise.C Ewart, J. C L-4910 On dec. of Mr. Torr. On pet ition Mr. Turnerand 1880—Feb. Mr. Mackenzie unseated. Whitley, Edward.C 26106 1853-June. Ramsay, Lord L 23885 Horsfall, Thos. B.C—6034 880-April. Liddell, Hon. II. T. LC 5543 Sandon,Et.Hon.Vise.C Perry,SirJ. ErsliineL—4673 Whitley, Edward C Moore, J. Bramley C—1274 Ramsay, Lord L Mr. Liddell succeeding Lord Ramsay succeeding to Peerage. to Peerage, 1855—March. 1880—Aug. Ewart, Joseph O.L—5718 Hamilton, Lord C. C 21019 13onli*mSir3.G.,Bt.C—4262 Pliinsoll, S L 19118 1855—March. 1880-Atig. Ewart, Joseph C.L-5718 Hamilton, Lord C. C 21019 Bonham8irS.C+.,Bt.C.-4262 I Pliinsoll, 8.L 19118

THIS WIOAN ELECTION. Tho polling for Wigan opened on Saturday morn- ing at eight o'clock, the candidates being Mr. Algernon Kgerton (C.) and Mr. Walter Wren (L.). The vacancy was caused by the unseating of Mr. F. S. Powell (C.) on petition, in April, 1881. Mr. Powell was elected to fill the vacancy caused by Lord Lindsay succeeding to the peerage on the death of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. In the evening the official declaration of the poll was as follows:— Egerton 2,867 Wrenf 2,243 Conservative majority 624 1 The number of voters on the register is 6,067, of whom 5,110 went to the poll on Saturday. The borough, which has two members, has always been closely contested, as will be seen from the following results of the elections which have taken place 3ince the passingthe Reform Bill.:— 1832— Dec. On dee. of Mr. Thicknesse. Thicknesse, RRIph..L- 302 1854—Oct. Potter. Kieliard L— 296 Acton, Joseph L— 339 Whittle, J L- 212 Powell, F. S LC 334 Kearsley, J. If C- 174 1857—March. 1835—Jan. Powell, F. S LO 493 lCe-arsley, J. I-[ C- 296 Woods, Henry L- 447 I'otter, Riciiard L- 191 Lindsay, Hon. J.C 303 St,tijdisli, Charles L- 166 1859-April. 1837—Aug. Lindsay, Hon. J.C— 503 Standish, Charles.Ir- 249 Woods, Henry L- 470 Potter, Hiehurd.L- 245 Powell, F. 8 LC 276 Kearsley, J. II C— 229 1865-Jtily. Greenail, Peter C- 211 Lindsay, Hon. J.C Mr. Porter accepts C. H. Woods, Henry L 1839—March. Hon. J. Lindsay accepts Ewart, William L—261 C. H. Kearsley. J. II C— 259 1866—March. 1841—July. Eckerslev, N.C- 411 Greenail, Peter C- 273 Lujcaster, J L- 349 Croase, Thos. B C— 268 1868-Nov. Standish, Cilarles L- 264 Woods. Henry L—2219 Greiifell, Chas. P L- 263 Lancaster, J L-2166 011 petition Mr. Crosse Eckersley, N C-1920 unseated; seat assigned to Pearson, J C—1875 Standish, Charles.L 1874—Feb. On dee. of i\1r. Greenail. Lindsay, Lord C—2493 1845-Srpt. Knowles, Thomas ..C—2401 Lindsay, Hon. J.C— 274 Lancaster, J.L-1883 Tliieli.yiesie, R. A L- 211 Piekard, William .L—1134 1847—Aug. Woods, Henry L—1029 Lindsay, Hon. J.LC 1880—April. Thicknesse, R. A.L Lindsay, Lord C—2946 1852—July. Knowles, Thomas.C—2913 Thicknesse, R. A.L— 366 Lancaster, J L—2880' Lindsay, Hon. J.C— 356 M'Corquodale, G-L—2655 PowelhF. S LC 324

FUNERAL OF THE LATE PRIMATE. The funeral of the late Archbishop of Canterbury took place on Friday afternoon in Addington Churchyard, in the presence of a numerous assembly of distinguished persons, including the Dukes of Connaught and Albany and Lord Sydney, representing the Queen the Marquess of Hamil- ton, representing the Prince of Wales; Colonel Gordon, representing the Prince and Princess Christian; the Bishops of London, Manchester, Durham, and other prelates. Special trains from almost all parts were run into East Croydon and Beckenham, and conveyed a large number of clergy- men and other visitors. Those who were invited to follow the remains of the late Archbishop to the churchyard assembled to the number of 200 or 300 at the residence of the late Primate at noon, and the procession started soon 'after half-past twelve from the private chapel, headed by several of thft late Primate's servants, and led by Mr. Whallev, steward. Then followed the coffin, sup- ported on a bier with two wheels, and covered with white flowers and wreaths. Immediately after the bier came his grace's chaplains, then Miss Tait and the Rov. Mr. and Mrs. Randall Davidson, followed by the Dukes of Connaught and Albany and Earl Sydney, a number of bishops, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, and the Deans of Westminster and St. Paul's. The representatives of both Houses of Parliament were next in order, and bstlyeame the representatives of Church societies. The mournful cortege crossed over the snow through Addington Park, and reached Adding- ton Church shortly before one o'clock. The funeral ceremony was commenced by the Rev. Randall Davidson reading the lesson. The cliapel was lighted by candles and decorated with flowers. The coffin was borne to the grave while the Dead March in Saul" was played. As the body was lowered.into its last resting-place tjie Archbishop of York pronounced the final blessing. At the con- clusion of the ceremony the procession re-fotmed and returned to Addington Park. At Cardiff a muffled peal was rung at St. John's Church on Friday afternoon as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased Primate. A single bell was also tolled in the morning. At Swansea most of the principal tradesmen closed their shops from half-past one to half-past Iwo at the request of the mayor.

I EXTRAORDINARY FRAUDS AND FORGERY BY A WELSH1 ADVENTURESS. At Llangollen, on Monday, a well-dressed young woman, named Jane Ellen Price, aged 23, a native of Llandegla, Denbighshire, North Wales, was charged on remand with obtaining money by means of false pretences, under circumstances showing a considerable amount of ingenuity and effrontery, as well as an extensive ncqunintance with places and names, and a due appreciation of the failings and credulity of mankind. Her manner of proceeding has generally been to present a forged letter, purporting to come from someone well-known to the person she intended to victimise, asking for a loan of money to meet an account, for which a traveller was always waiting, but her re- presentations as to her own personality have been almost numberless. In some cases she professed to be a farmer's daughter (giving various names at various times); at other. she represented herself as an agent to the Singer's Sewing Machine Com- pany as head dressmaker at a large Liverpool establishment, well-known throughout North Wales; as the wife of an hotel keeper; as an invalid travelling for the benefit of her health, &c. and in addition to forging letters, she is also known to have altered a cheque drawn on the North and South Wales Bank, and is further wanted for swindling hotel keepers in various narts of the country. Tier swindling career, not- withstanding her youth, has extended over several years, and she has already been in prison for offences similar to that for which she now stands charged, whilst at present warrants are in existence against her at Liverpool (in which city she obtained dresses and costumes by means of false pretences), at Chester, Wrexham, and other places. Her career on the present occasion was cut short at Flint, where she was apprehended on Thursday last. Since she has been in custody she has stated that recently she has been only a tool in the hands of an ex-member of the Liverpool police force, with whom she became acquainted while in Liverpool, and that she gave this man 4,5 at Mold a few days since. She further states that he has now left for America, and it was arranged between them that she should follow him as soon as she could obtain the necessary funds. The cases gone into on Monday wore those of obtaining £ 5 from Mr. Robert Thomas, provision dealer, Brook-street, Wrexham, and zClO from Mr. David Salisbury, farmer, Brynteghvys, near Llangollen, by means of false representations and forged letters. She was also charged with fraudulently altering a cheque. Robert Thomas stated that on the lith of October, 1881, in the evening, the prisoner came to his shop and.asked him to cash a cheque for X5 on the North and South Wales Bank, and purporting to be drawn by Mr. Price, brewer, Wrexham, with whom he (the prosecutor) had had dealings for many years. The cheque was drawn in favour of a Mr. E. Price, landlord of the Blue Bell Inn, Llan- degla, whose wife the prisoner represented herself to be. He (the prosecutor) then let her have the money, but when presented at the bank the cheque was dishonoured. Theprisoner endorsed the cheque M. Price." William Price, brewer, Wrexham, said on Oct 15,1881, the prisoner came to his house and pre- sented a letter signed Edward Price, Blue Bell Inn, Llandegla," asking for the loan of X5, as he had several accounts to meet, and was hard up. The writer represented the bearer as his "sister's daughter," and added, "She is honest." He accordingly drew a cheque for X5 on the North and South Wales Bank in favour of Mr. E. Price, Blue Bell, Llandegla, and handed it to the prisoner, who said Mr. E. Price and a leather traveller were waiting for her at an hotel at Coedpoeth, and that the money was wanted to pay an account for leather. Witness afterwards learned that the letter was a forgery, and that the cheque before being presented had been altered from Mr." to Mrs. and in consequence of this alteration the bank refused to cash it. Edward Price, landlord of the Blue Bell, Llan- degla, who was unable to speak English, and gave his evidence through an interpreter, said lie had known the prisoner from a child. The letter pro- duced by Mr. William Price was not written by him, nor was the prisoner authorised to borrow £ f5 from Mr. Price, the brewer, either in October, 1381, or at any other time. David Salisbury, farmer, Brynteglwys, who also gave his evidence through an interpreter, stated that on the 8th nit. the prisoner came to him and represented herself as the daughter of Mr. Roberts, farmer, Berse, near Wrexham, but staying at a neighbouring farm, Tynycelyn. occupied by Mr. Maurice Jones and his sister. She then presented a letter, which she said had been written by Miss Jane Jones, the sister of Maurice, asking for the loan of X10 to pay an account, her brother being absent from home. The prisoner said Miss Jones- had intended coming for the money herself, as she was sure "Uncle Salisbury" (by which name he was known to her) would lend the money, but she (prisoner) offered to fetch the money for her. She further gave witness to understand that she would soon be a neighbour of his, as she was going to be married shortly to Mr. Maurice Jones, a statement which was confirmed in the letter, and which was afterwards proved to have been written by the prisoner in a cottage near the farm. He gave her £ 10 in gold, and she also stayed to tea. Miss Jane Jones, Tynycelyn Farm, said she never saw the prisoner until that day. and did not write the letter produced, which prisoner handed to the previous witness. She knew nothing whatever about the prisoner. Sergeant Edward Jones stated that he went in search of the prisoner on hearing of her successful attempt to swindle Mrs. Salisbury, and tracked her to Mold, where he lost all sitfhfc of. her. Subse- quently, however, she was apprehended at Flint. He charged her with obtaining £10 from Mr. Salisbury by means of false pretences, and she told him she had been made a tool of by a man, to whom she gave £ 5 of the money as soon as she got to Mold. That m 'n had since gone to America, she said. He (witness) could not ascertain that she had been seen with any man recently. Alfred Thomas, cashier, North and South Wales Bank, Wrexham, said in October, 1881, Mr. Robert Thomas paid in, among other moneys, a cheque, drawn Per pro David Price, Wm. Price," in favour of "Mrs. E. Price, Blue Bell." Noticing that the 11 Mr." had been altered to "Mrs." he declined to honour it. The cheque now produced was the same cheque. The prisoner was then committed to the assizes for trial for forgery and also for obtaining money by false pretences.

NOVEL PROSECUTION UNDER THE SHIPPING ACT. On Thursday, at the Swansea Borough Police Court (before the Stipendiary and Mr. Parminter), Isabella Evans and Madeline Silence, two women of ill-fame, were charged with persuading se nnen belonging to the British barque Ocean Beauty to neglect or refuse to join their ship.—Mr. Smith, who appeared for the prosecution, said this was an unusual case. It was brought under the Mer- chant Shipping Act as a test action.—David Williams, an officer of the Board of Trade, said the whole of the crew of the Ocean Beauty had signed articles for a voyage to Valparaiso and had actually boarded the ship, but just as she was about to sail, at half-past nine in the morning, some of them stepped ashore to say good-bye to their friends, who were standing on the quay. The two de- fendants were there, and when witness told the men to go on board, as the ship was ready, they (the defendants) said, Oh, there's time enough; don't listen to him." He told them not to persuade the men to go away, as the vessel was ready for sea, but they said to the men Come on, come on," and pulled some of them by the arms. Five of the men followed the defendants, who went towards Wind-street. Witness went after them, but he saw that other, sailors were leaving the ship, and he turned back to keep them on board. The ship sailed with five men short out of six- teen or seventeen hands all told. Five riggers were engaged to assist in taking the vessel out into the Mumbles Roads, where she remained for some hours dodging about. Witness afterwards found four of the men in Cross-street, and took them down to the South Dock entrance. He then went to Somerset-place, and met the fifth man with the two defendants. This was at half-past eleven. He told the defen- dants they would probably be summoned, and Evans said he could do what he liked, she did not care. The five men were sent out about twelve o'clock in the tug-boat Perseverance to join the ship. The owners, Messrs. Richardson Bros., had to pay 15s. for each man taken out, and 7s. 6d. each for the fivd riggers. Williams's evidence was corroborated. The defendants said they did not know they had done anything wrong. The Stipendiary said they had no right to entice the men away from their duty merely to get a few shillings from them, and the Bench inflicted a penalty of 20s. and costs, or fourteen days' impri- sonment in default.

CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS. The Guardian announces the following list of local preferments and appointments:—Tho,Rev; William Holt Beever, M.A., Rector of Llandyssil, Montgomery, vicar of Marstow-with-Pencoyd, Hereford. The Rev. E. A. Fishbourne, succentor in Llandaff Cathedral, Rector of Llandyssil, Mont- gomery, patron—the Bishop of Llandaff. The Rev. Edward Jones, Rector of Caerwys, Flintshire. The Rev. Ernest Skrimshire, B.A., of Magdalene College, Cambridge, extra minor canon and master of the choristers in Carlisle Cathedral, minor canon and succeutor in Llandaff Cathedral.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LOCAL EXAMINATIONS. The twenty-fifth examination conducted by the Cambridge University Syndicate commences on Monday next at the various centres throughout this country and the colonies, and,, as has been invariably, if not always, the case since their esta- blishment, the numbers show an increase. The total number entered for this year is 7,640, which is an increase of 656 upon last year. Of this total 4,574 are boys and 3,066 are girls. In the senior boys' section, Cardiff section reports a decrease of eight, and in the junior boys' section a decrease of the same number. In the junior girls' section the Cardiff centre reports a decrease of seven. Cardiff centre offers the following numbers for examina- tion :—Senior boys' section. 1; junior boys, 34; senior girls, 4; junior girls, 8.

Mr. and Mrs. Sennett, actors, who sued Mr Clark, in the Queen's Bench, for compensation for wrongful dismissal from the Royal Grecian Theatre, City-road, London, were awarded £ 250 damages. Mrs. Allen, a fashionable dressmaker, of Valley Bridge Parade, Scarborough, lias been fined by the local magistrates for employing four young girls after four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Nov, 4-. A Parliamentary return published on Thursday A Parliamentary return published on Thursday gives the names, residences, and qualifications of the 59 gentlemen who have been appointed inves- tigators to hold local inquiries pursuant to Section 5 of the Irish Arrears Act. Of the total number, fifteen have been appoint ed for three months, 39 for one month, and five have now resigned.

THE HEALTH OF CARDIFF. I INCREASE IN THE DEATH-RATE. At a meeting of the Cardiff Town Council on Monday Mr. W. J. Trounce intends to propose a resolution to the effect that the medical-officer shall state in his next report to what he attributes the increase in the death-rate of Cardiff during the last two months, and whether such increase is not to a certain extent due to the unsanitary condition of some of the streets within the borough. In his report for the five weeks ending November 25, the medical officer of health (Dr. Paine) states that the death-rate was 22'6 per 1,000, as against 21'5 per 1,000. the average death-rate during the same period of 28 typical large towns enumerated by the Registrar-General. The deaths from the seven chief zymotic diseases were six, being at the rate of 4-1 per 1,000. Of these deaths six were regis- tered for measles in Cardiff, four in Roath, and three in Canton four from scarlet fever in Roath, and six in Canton one from diphtheria in Cardiff, and one in Roath three from whooping cough in Roath, and two in Canton one from typhoid fever in Roath; four from diarrhoea in Cardiff, and one in Roath. The whole of these deaths, with the ex- ception of that registered from typhoid fever, were infantile. Measles and whooping cough alone pro- duced a mortality of eighteen. These two infantile epidemics are influenced by temperature causes, and the prevalence of the north-east and easterly winds during the last live weeks has contributed to this mortality. The deaths from scarlet fever have been, so far, confined to the Roatli and Can- ton sub-districts and in Canton four were regis- tered within a very limited area. The spread of infection in this area is attributable to children from infected houses attending school before the circumstance came to the knowledge of the medical officer of health. It is, therefore, highly important that all cases of sickness from scarlatina should be reported to him by the medical attendant with as little delay ns possible, in order that he may take the steps necessary to prevent children trom infected houses attending school. The two deaths from diphtheria were registered—one in Cairns-street, Cardiff, and one in Ordell-street, Roath, The roadways in both those streets are in a sad and unfinished state, containing large pools of stagnant water, mixed with decaying vegetable matter favourable to the development of the germs of this disease, whenever these have been intro- duced into a, district. The case of typhoid fever was that of a child, aged five years, in Cumrae- street, Roath, and was probably in a sporadic form. This report confirms Mr. Trounce's suspicions that the high mortality is, to a certain degree, due to the unsanitary condition of some of the streets within the borough and it is a matter of common notoriety that Cairns-street and Ordell-streot are not the only streets in the town that would answer to the description given by Dr. Paine.

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS FOR NOVEMBER, 1882. The Board of Trade returns for November show that the total exports for the month amount to £ 20,292,948, which is a decrease as compared with November, 1881, of £ 420,216, and an increase of £ 1,428,248 as compared with November, 1880. The total for the eleven months is stated at £ 223,305.605, being an increase of L9,531,643 and £ 18,809,868 re- spectively on the corresponding periods. The imports for the month amounted to 134,901,910, being an increase of £ 632,126 on November, 1881, and t3,527,472 on November. 1880. For the eleven months the imports were S376,431,902, an increase oi 14,153,812 on the corresponding period of 1881, and a decrease of X311,302 on 1880. The total of gold and silver exported in the month amounted to £ 962,359, and imported £ 1,135,392. The aggregate figures for the months of Novem- ber, 1882.1881, and 1880, and for the eleven months ending November 30 of those years compare as under:— IMPORTS. Nov. Eleven Months. 1382 £ 34.901,910 £ 376.431.902 1831 34,269,734 362,278,090 188 0 38,429,382 376,773,204 EXPORTS. N o". Eleven Months. 1882 £ 20.232,948 £ 223,305,605 188 1 20.713,104 213,773,857 1830. 18,864,700 204,595,737 EXPORTS OF LOCAL MANUFACTURES. The following figures relate more especially to the trade and industries interesting to South Wales and Monmouthshire. They show the ex- ports for the month of November, 1882, as com- pared with the corresponding period of 1881 and 1880. I 1880. 1831. 1882. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Brass Manufactures 5,807 8,291 10,779 Goal, Coke, Cinders, and Tons. T'S. Tons. Patent, Fuel 1,475,734 1,733,973 1,582,388 Do. for use of Steamers. 438,545 438,194 481,935 Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Copper-Un wrought 33.131 28,709 21,080 „ Wrought. 25,286 35,046 21,548 Mixed 33,662 38,058 30,716 Iron and Steel -.— Tons. Tons. Tons. Pig 101,687 123,170 129,713 Rar, Bolt, &c. 21,315 28,247 29,685 Railroad b3,632 48,959 65,?33 Wire of Iron and Steel 5,141 6,947 7,960 li-oops, Slieets, &c 27,017 28,833 31,943 Tinplates and Sheets. 19,270 20,746 21,467 Cast and Wrought 25,562 24,431 23,453 Old 4,421 10,529 9,897 Steel, unwrought 4,255 16,004 7,746 Manufactures of Iron and, Steel. 1,164 1,570. 1,878 Lend 3,359 3,262 3,233 Tin,unwrought. 6,788 12,350 11,093 Cwts. C',yes. Cwts. Zinc 15.069 14,588 14,015 IRON AND STEEL RAILS. The exports under this head are specially enu- merated as follow:— Month ended November 30. 1880. I 1881. j 1182. IKO.\ RAILS— Tons Tons Tons To Russia 10 „ Sweden and Norway 225 50 7 Germany „ Spain 333 69 2 Italy 103 5 United States 4,884 4,393 Brazil 737 44 708 Chili 21 20 BritishNorthAmerica 4 1.045 British India 813 450 185 Aiistratia 3,052 253 380 Other Countries 240 330 722 Total 10,427 6,659 2,014 STEEL RAILS- To Russia 123 Sweden and Norway. 174 496 72 Germany 52 „ Spain 1,405 932 1,576 Italy 1.481 222 9,406 United Stites 10,702 10,951 4,636 „ Brazil 344 2,267 4,660 „ Chili 65 155 British North America 3,641 473 2,492 Bi-itisli India 3,937 4,901 2.727 „ Australia 5,609 6,791 5,390 Other Countries 7,355 7,964 21,281 Total 34,837 35,152 52,292 rotal of iron & steel rails 45,264 41,811 54,306 For the eleven months of the present year ended 1- Nov. 30, the totals exported of iron and steel rails in tons were:— 1 -1 1880. 1881. 1882. « Iron rails 128,995 115,265 44,722 Steel raits. 443,117 547,522 687,416 The value of these exports for the eleven months was 1880. 1881. 1882. Iron rails £ 832,175 £ 681.146 iC288,917 Steel rails £ 3,164,281 £ 3,647,564 £ 4,526,076 9

LOCAL PATENTS. This List of Patents is specially compiled for the Western Aiail by Messrs. Des Vceux and Colton, Patent Solicitors and Engineefs, 32, Southampton-buildings, London, W.C., and 17, Fern-terrace, Swansea, of whom all information, including pamphlets of instructions, may be obtained. APPLICATIONS. David Morgan, of Cardiff, engineer: Improvements in tube stoppers. George Taylor, of Penarth Improvements in and connected with apparatus for transferring, raising, lowering, and tilting railway wagons or trucks for the purpose of loading and discharging vessels. GRANTS OF SIX MONTHS' PROVISIONAL PROTECTION'. Richard Pawley, of Cardiff, master mariner Improve- ments in ships' hatches. Lewis Williams, iron merchant, and'David Edwirds, mechanid, both of Cardiff Improved methods of pre- venting the displacement of keys or wedges used in securing railway rails in their chairs, and of improved ,steel or wrought-iron keys or wedges, and means of fitting them to chairs. NOTICES TO PROCEED. William flackney, of Brvn-road, Swansea, and John William Wailes, of Wednesbury, manager of a Joint Stock Company: Improvements in regenerative gas furnaces.

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES TO VOLUNTEERS AT PENAHTH. ,(The annual distribution of prizes to the Penarth de- taclunwit of tlie 2nd Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers took place a.t,.Andrews' new hall, Penarth, on Monday even- ing. There was a full muster of prize-winners, and the officers in command were Lieutenants Coleman and Vaughan. There was a good attendance of the general public, and prior to the commencement of the pro- ceedings the newly formed band played a number of seleci ions. The prizes were distributed by Mr. James Ware and amongst those presezitwere-Maior Guthrie, Captain BLitl, r, Quartermaster Simpson, Quartermaster Thoinley (Gloucester Volunteer Engineers), Mr. Nichol- son, Mr. James Edwards, Mr. Burton, Mr. John Jones, and others. The detachment was put through manual and bayonet exercise, and then Lieutenant Coleman re- quested Mr. Ware to distribute the prizes. In doing so, Lieutenant Coleman expressed the thanks of the detach- ment to the donors of the prizes, which, he said, were worth C27 in money and half that amount in kind. He then observed that in taking over the command of the detachment from Major Guthrie he felt the weight of the responsibility which devolved upon him, but he hoped he would have the loval co- operation of his fellow officers, the nOIl-c()mmissioned officers, and the men.—Mr. James Ware, on rising to distribute the prizes, made an appropriate and encouraging speech. He referred to the success of the campaign in Egypt,and said that as the men before him were made of the same stuff he had no doubt that when their services were called r" they would do their duty and distinguish themselves. Mr. Ware afterwards inti- matedt-hat next year he would give a silver cup, either for shooting or attendance, as Lieut. Coleman might desire. The prizes distributed were for shooting and regular attendance. The winners of those for shooting have already appeared in our columns. The following are the names of the winners for attendance at drill in the order of merit, viz Private John Hanhy, Private R. Randel, Corporal William Collins, CorpLM-al J. Norman, Private C. Percy, Private J. Parish, Sergeant Vinnicombe, Private H» Ward, Corporal J. Tonkin, Private P. Driscoll, Private William Halls, Private C. Boucher, Private J. Jenkins, Private S. Garwood, Private William Webber, Private J. Davies, and Private J. Tonkin Guthrie moved a voteof thanks to Mr. Ware, which was carried with ipplause.-Lieutenaiit Vaughan proposed a vote of thanks to the visitors, which was adopted, and responded to by Captain Butler and Quartermaster Thornley. The hand then played the National Anthem, and the proceedings closed.

"William Smith, a gardener, was committed for trial on Tuesday, at the Potteries Police Court, Burslem, on a charge of tittering a counterfeit coin. The prisoner washed pence over with mercury and spirits ofgalts, and passed them for florins..

TIIE IVEEK"S AIAPtKETS. CORN. GLOUCESTER, Saturday.—A plentiful supply of Engha|L wheat at to-day's market, aad best samples securj 'K last week's prices foreign kinds met a very slow 5al and prices were nominally unaltered. Grinding barley 3d per qr. lower. Oats a triiie cit(aper. CHESTER, Saturday.—The market was well attended to-day, with a fair supply?f English wheat, which "let a good demand at rather higher rates, best samples 0 red realising 6s 2d, and white, 6s 3d per 751bs. MaltJllg barley, 5s per 601bs. Oats iirm, 3s 31 per 46ibs. BCRIIOI 6s 3d per SOlos. Egyptian beans, 43s per 4801bs. IndiaJ1 corn quiet at 8s 3d per lOOibs. LUDLOW, Monday.—There was a good attendance to. day, and good samples of grain olferinsr, but !)rle8 generally had a.downward tendency. Prices :—ii^li5'1 wheat, per bushel of 751bs., white, 6s Od to 6s 6d; red, 5s 9d to 63 3d. Barley. 30s to 32s per qr. Beans, 3Ss to 40s per qr. Oats, 20s to 30s per qr. Hour, per s*clc of five bushels, or 280109., best, 38s seconds, 35s. NEWPORT, Wednesday.—The Exchange opened with a fair attendance, but business was rather slow. declined L, other articles about the same as last week. I-TEREFORD, Wednesday. — Willi a fair suppiv t.!I.e trade for home-grown wh. at was quiet at last week 3 prices; foreign slow. Floui- unaltered. Grinding barley, 6d per qr. lower; malting slew, except for tine' which was quite as dear. Beans very firm. Maize lower. Peas and oats steady. BRISTOL, Thursday.—(I'Voin Messrs. Wait and James Circular.)—Ou our market to-day there was a good :;11\>- ply of English wheat, and dry were dear foreign in slow request, and values unalfJed. Malting barley offered freely, with prices tending down- wards; of grinding sorts the arrivals are still very heavy and likely to continue, but we 110 not lower our quota- tions. Oats very firm, and the tendency of prices II rather upwards. A good consumptive demand for bjaii* and peas at about last week's rates. CATTLE. lusx Monday.—The monthly market was held tO- day. The show of stock was meagre, with the exception ot pigs. Jiuyen; wsre numerous, and a brisk trade was done. Prices ruled as follow :— Beef, 8u to 8jd per lb. Mutton, 9d to lOd per ib. Pork, 10s 6d to lis per score;1 bat-oners, 10s to 10s 6d per score. BIŒCVS, Tuesday.—The usual monthly stock market was held to-day. Business was brisk, but the supply of stock did not meet the demand. Prices ruled ai foliow Yearling stcers,.tsto XII; twc-ycar-old heifer^ £13 to .£15 barren"rs were scarce, and sold at from £10 to £18. Store pigs, C2 15s to £ 3 10s. Beef, nd to tJ..i per lb. superior Welsh mutton, 9h\ to 10d per ib. Bacon pigs, 10s to 10s 6d per score poi kers, it's 6d to 113 per score. There was an absence of two-year-old steerJ in the market. NEWPOUT, Wednesday.—The prices asked to-day were about the same as last week. The stock on oiler "13 hardly what might have been anticipated considering the approach of Christmas. 1111'. Thos. Parry, by Lord' Tredegar's instructions, sold a number of Highland cattle at good prices. HEREFORD, Wednesday.—A moderate supply of fat cattle for ripe beasts the demand was good, but halt- meated beasts were a dull trade. A small supply of calves were sold briskly. Sheep, in small supply, made about last week's prices. A large supply of porkers. The following are the ruling prices Beef, 7d to per lb. veill, Vd to lOd; mutton, lOd to Hid and port., 6d per lb. BRISTOL, Thursday. There was but a moderate supply of beef 011 Lo-ttity s market, and trade was quiet except for best sorts, which realised rather better prices than last week, finest qualities were quoted at from 80s to :i2s per cwt., and middling sorts ranging frupl 70s to 74s per cwt. Mutton was again in short supply. and light wethers sold at from lG^d" to lid per lb., and heavy ewes at from 9d to Sid. There were betwed. 1,500 and 1,600 store cattle from Ireland, and tlie season being nearly over, and prices ruling still very high, all were not sold. There was a moderate number of milch cows on offer, but they met with a slow sale. About 1,500 pigs offered. Baconers realised from 103 6u ic 10s 9d per score, and porkers from lis to lis 3d fRO VISIONS. MONMOUTH, Saturday.—liio market to-day was s small one. The following arc the pi ices :—1- iv-st butter, from Is 5d to Is 6,1 per lb. retail, and Is wholesale to hucksters. Eggs, ] d to 2d each. Dressed- poultry Geese, 5s 6d to 8s each, or from 9éd to 10o per lb.; giblets, Is III to Is 2i per set; fowls varieii trom 4s to 6s 6d per or about per lb. dueM from 5s to 7s 6d per couple, or about 10a per lb. Pigeoi.s, Is 3d to Is 6d per couple, liabbits, Is to Is Id each- Home-made lard, 8d per Ih. Pigmeat from 8d to oiil per lb. Live fowls varied from 3s to 5s per couph:; ducks, 4s to 5s. Fruit and vegetables Cooking apples, lOd to Is per gplloil turnips, 4d per allon; savoys, 9d to Is per dozen potatoes, Ðd per gallon onions,"bd too 10d per qr. Butcher's meat Mutton, wether legs, lid per lb.; ewe ditto, lOd veal, 9d to lOd and pork, 7d to 8id. LLANUILO, Saturday.-The market to-day was brisk, with a plentiful supply of poultry. Prices were its follow Prime fresh butter, Is 4d pet- 11). I,, tubs, Is Oád to Is 2M per lb. Welsh cheese, ? £ d to 34.1 per lo. Eggs, 8 for Is. Live poultry: Turkeys. os 9d to 13; per couple geese, 8s 6d to Ius 60 per couple; chickens, 2s 9d per coupie fowls, 3s fid to 5s par couple. Tius-sed poultry Turkeys, 9s 6d to lis per couple geese, 10s to lis 3d per couple ducks, 5s 3d to 5s 9d per coi iple; thickens, 2s lOd per couple. Apples, 2s 6d to 5s 6d p-'r 100. Butcher's meat (prime joints only) Beef, Bid to lid per lb. mutton, lOd per lb.; and pork, 7-^d to 8d. BRISTOL, Wednesday. (From Mr..Francis Bar- nard's Circular.)—1'acon Since last Wednesday a firmer tone has prevailed, with decreased* supplies ot hogs at the principal American packing centres. illy cables this morning quote rather advanced rates, and prices appear to have passed their lowest point for soint time to come. Cheese jSmeriean and Canadian quota- tions continue higher than the rates prevailing in onr markets, consequently the C.F. and 1. trade is merely of a nominal character. Butter There is a good demand for fine qualities at improving prices, and, with colder weather, a further improvement may be looked for. Lard: Stocks of refinad are in comparatively small CI)JI1. pass. Floui- American values are well maintained. A current trade in good qualities at rather firmer prices. BUTTER. CARMARTHEN, Saturday. The market to-dRy wn £ well attended, with a fair supply of butter on offer, which sold at from Is Id tola 2d per-lb., according to quality. Cheese, 23s to 26s per ewt. HOPS. WORCESTER, Saturday in Messrs. Pierey, Long- bnttom, and Faram's Report.)—The business doing on this market is limited, owing to the want of hops, t,iify two pockets having been weighed this week, maKii the total 1,201 pockets of new. Tlie total growth of tl," district cannot thus be put at over 2,500 eWLs.

No MORI: DOCTORS' BIUS.-1!.r using Trimrers Vegtable Cold or Catarrh Powder for violent attacks of Colds, Inflammation, Pains In the Stomach, Loosened of the Bowels, Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout. Pains i" the Limbs, Sciatica, and Paralytic Affections, Spasms and Cramp. It removes all obstructions caused by cold. Is. Ij-d. and 2s. 9d. per packet; bv post Is. 3d. and 2. lid. For ev«ry lcind <*U<1 llcrvol„,1M,, from any cause whatever, use Ner- vine Powuer, Is. l jd. an.l 2s. 9d. per pac^it f by r,osC Is. 3d. and 2s. lid. TINMXEL'S PUKE TIfoIW BEES.—A Delicious Bine Ribbon and Good Templar's Suiiiiner aiid Winter Drink; 6d. per packet, by post eight stamps. If your Chemist has not the above in stock, ask 111m to get them. These valuable medicines can be taken 1 rj perfect safety by the most delicate constitutions, 11 without the slightest hindrance to the patient's ordinary avocations. — Prepared by W. Trimuel, Me«Ji'l1 Botanist, 9, Moira-terrace, Cardiff. 11. =--

35TRTL)3, JFUUNAGES, IDtab. BIRTHS. HARRISON.—On the 3"th ult., at, Cambria Villa, Ponty- pridd, the wife of T. Harrison, mining engineer, of a son. HUNTER.—On the 3rd inst., at the Poplars, Pontypridd. the wife of Robert C. Hunter, surgeon, of a son. MCMILLAN.—On the 6th inst., the wife of B. S* McMillan, White Swan Hotel, Roath, Cardiff, of son. PRATT.-On the 5th iust., at 15, Park-place, Cardiff, the wife of Bickerton Pratt, of a son. MARRIAGES. CAMPBELL—GRIFFITHS.—On the 7th inst., at the Ptiri-Ill Church of Meole Brace, by the Rev. W. Bather, William Campbell, M.D., Roath, Cardiff, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Thos. Griffiths, Pulley, Shrop- shire. DEATHS. BALL.—On the 3rd inst., at The Mill, Peterston, James ilaIl, aged 70 years. PEGG.—On the 7fch inst., at Vernon House, Britoil Ferry, Glamorganshire, Charles George, eldest son of Charles Pegg, Esq., in his 20tli year.

att SNJBNTTSEMENTSU BLACK ROCK HOTEL, PORTSKEWETT. SALE OF CHRISTMAS FAT STOCK. Messrs. davis and edwauds ivill hold their ANNUAL SALE, as above, on TUES- DAY NEXT, December 12, 1882. Particulars :— 100 Prime FAT BULLOCKS, COWS, and HEIFERS J 1 FAT CALF, 1 HE-FFE P, and CALF; 255 Prime FAT SHEEP, 12 Choice Dorset FAT LAMBS, The Property of C. E. Lewis, Esq. N.B.—The greater number of the Cattle have been stall fed expressly for this Sale, and will include a lot of splendid four-year-cld Oxen and Maiden Heifers Amongst the Sheep will be found some grand two-year old Down and Scotch Wethers. Luncheon will be provided as usual. Welsh-street, Chepstow. 49S63 PARRY AND OC K ET -t- SWANSEA. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED P A R U Y AND jT^OCKli'S JL CELEBRATED WELSH STOCKING YARN. IF NOT. \V H Y NOT? IT IS THE BEST, AND THIS IS ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST. EACH HANK HAS OUR REGISTERED TRADS MARK LABEL ATTACHED, THE 11 PIUNCE OF WALES PLUME." NONE IS GENUINE WTTIIOUT T1114 45147 —,| | 14 PUNERALS. First-class polished or Covered Coffin, metal plate engraved, Flannel Dress, Hearse and Pair, Coach and Pair j t Second-class o o 0 Third-class Fourth-class 2 10 u Children's Carriage Funerals from IS3-"d. Hearses, Sliellibeers, and Mourning Coaches. ANDREWS AND MARSH, 80, ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. FIVE G0LB M-EDALS. ,lp, BitEAD. FOR WHOLESOME PKKAD- BORWICK'S BAKING POwI>K|J' FOR PUDDING AND PIKS. I BORWICK'S BAKING K)\VDK#> > FOR PLUM CAK1P- E~ OR WICK'S BAKING POWDti1*' FOR TEA CAKES AND SCONES. J BERWICK'S BAKING POWD £ 1v' FOR NORFOLK DUMPLINGS. „naa INVALUABLE BOARD SHIP. 3793^ '-R! Printed and Published for the Proprietors, by 1fF:i if. MACKENZIE THOMAS, of 57, Elm-street, 41: t t in the County of Glamorgan, at the Offices ot 1 "Weekly Mail,"St. Mary-stveet.Cardiff.