The Cardiff Times

TOTAL WRECK OF A STEAMSHIP. The mail packet Waverley, from Southampton; yes- terday morning struck on a rock five miles from Guernsey, and is a total wreck. The passengers, mails, crew, and part of the luggage were saved.

ARREST OF A BANK CLERK. At Plymouth the Truro police have arrested a man who has been identified by the Middlesborough police as Charles Powell, who was a bank clerk at Middles- borough, but had absconded with a large sum in his possession. He was passing under the name of George Percy, and in his drunkenness he boasted of the wealth at his command. The police took him into custody for disorderly conduct, and during his detention he was identified.

OPENING OF THE BOLTON NEW TOWN HALL BY THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Princess, epened the new Town Hall at Bolton, erected at a cost of JE150,000, yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses were met at the Boundary of the Borough by all the local authorities, and the line of procession was three miles long, which was strongly barricaded and tastefully de- corated. After the opening ceremony a banquet was given, presided over by the Mayor. The reception was most enthusiastic.

LOCAL LAW CASE. IN THE MATTER OF THE BRECKNOCK JUSTICES. In the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday (Thursday) Mr. Digby moved, on the part of the Conway Union, for a rule calling upon the justices of Brecknockshire to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not issue to them to bring up an order of removal made by them, in order that it might be quashed, on the ground that they were interested in the removal. Two of the county justices had made an order removing a pauper and his family of five children from the parish of St. David to Conway Union. The Conway guardians appealed to the Quarter Sessions against the order, but the decision of the two justices was affirmed. The motion now was to bring up the order of the Quarter Sessions and the ground on which it was base 1 was that two of the jus- tices sitting at the Quarter Sessions-viz., Robert Smith and the Rev. Rees Price, were ex-officio guardians for St. David's parish, from which parish the pauper and his family had been removed. The Rev. Rees Price was the vicar of St. David's parish and chaplain of the Union and Mr .'Smith was heavily rated to the relief of the poor of St. David's therefore they were so much interested in the removal of paupers to another parish as to make their order invalid. The Court granted a rule to show cause.

^Imperial f adiamtnt. > HOUSE OF COMMOSS.—THURSDAY. J1 The House, after the interregnum, of the Whitsuntide I Holidays, re-assembled to-day, the Speaker taking the H chair at a few minutes before four o'clock. H NEW MEMBER. Mr. Dl-XDAS took the oath and his seat for lac < mond (Yorkshire; ia the room of Mr. Dundas, now 4,Q of Zetland. ;¡v In reply to Sir J. -Hevgate, The Marquis of HARTINGTON stated fir would be no objection to the production of p rttuni ;jr moved for, showing the number of applicatif d Irish Church Act to enable owners of i? T I J charged with payment of tithe rent ch* pa.r0Knse tne same by ^instalments extending ov 'yearsVand the number of similar applications uc J. f „S7., enabling the average poor rates f j be purchase money. THE IIlISTxf CENSUS. In answer to the same tleman> lhe Marquis ot xi A ^xiNGTON' stated thetalthough a portion of the. wur (.f t[lt; Census, Commissioners had already been through, the reports ae to seven counties havinj.' oeeu printed, while those relating to two other counts weru passing through the press, the order in which t) reports would be published would be first Leinster anf^ then Munster, Ulster, and Connaught. COMPENSATION TO INJURED WORKMEN, ITa reply to Mr. Hinde-Palmer, Mr. FORTESCUE stated that although he had not promised a Bill for amending the law respecting coinpen- sation to workmen for injuries sustained in the course of their employment, he nevertheless recognised the im- portance of the subject, and the difficulties attending it. He certainly could not promise a Billldealing with this matter during the present Session, but had included in the references to the Royal Commission on the seawor- thiness of ships all that portion of the question as to the liabilities of masters for injuries suffered by their ser- vauts which related to sailors. DECK LOADS. In answer to Mr. Lusk, who put a question in the absence of Mr. Gourley, Mr. FORTESCUE said the question of deckloads generally would be dealt with by the Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill, but the special question of timber deck- loads had been referred to the Royal Commission, of which he had jusi spoken. THE JURIES' BILL. • The House then went into Committee on the Juries' Bill. On Clause 4. Mr. Hardy moved to include in the persons exempted from serving on Juries, Masters of Public Schools, Professors, and College tutors resident ou their Universities. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the amend- ment. After some discussion the Committee divided. For the amendment 70, against 55 majority 15. Mr. HINDE-PALMER then moved the exemption of officials of both Houses of Parliament during1 the Session. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL regretted the decision which the Committee bad just arrived at, and protested against extending exemptions by which the efficiency of Juries would be materially impaired. Looking at the opposition of the last division, which could not be con- sidered a party one, he should not oppose the amendment, which was a reasonable one. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. WEST, on behalf of Mr. Birley, moved to extend the exemption to members of Municipal Councils, Jus- tices of Peace in Boroughs, Town Clerks and Treasurers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL pointed out that these persons were not exempted under the present law. The object of the Bill was to increase the efficiency of Juries, and it had been agreed upon all sides that one of the best methods of so doing was to abolish many of the present exemptions. If the amendment was agreed to, it would exempt a most intelligent and valuable class, and seriously interfere with the chief object of the Bill. After some discussion, in which Mr. Muntz, Mr. Leeman, and others supported the amendment, the Com- mittee divided-For, 42 against, 136. The amendment was therefore negatived. On the motion of Col. BARTTELOT, the exemption was also extended to Veterinary Surgeons in actual prac- tice. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who at first opposed, gave way to the appeals of many County members. Mr. CRAWFORD moved to exempt the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed, 'and after a brief discussion, the amendment was carried by 80 to 57. Mr. DILLWYN moved to exempt the General Mana- gers of Railways, but the Attorney-General opposed, and the amendment was ultimately withdrawn. Mr. RATHBONE moved to exempt the members of the Mersey Dock and Harbour Boards. The ATTORNEY GENERAL opposed, and the amendment was negatived. Mr. OWEN STANLEY, referring to the circumstances of Wales, moved to exempt persons who were not able to read, write, or understand the English language. Mr. WATKIN WILLIAMS objected to the amend- ment on the ground that it would act injuriously in Wales. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL undertook to intro- duce words in the interpretation clause to meet the case. The amendment was accordingly not pressed. Mr. R. FOWLER moved to insert sixty instead of seventy as age at which exemption should be claimed by aged persons from serving on juries. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the amend- ment, pointing out that it may be claimed at sixty-five and was absolute at seventy years. The Committee divided- For the Amendment. 12 Against 54 Clause o, as amended, was tnen agreed to. The following clauses, from 6 to 44, which relate to matters of precedence, notices, preparations of lists, &c., were agreed to with verbal amendments. On clause 45, Mr. MAGNIAC moved to omit certain words which imposed the costs of the overseers on the local rates. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed. Mr. SCLATER-BOOTH said that if the Government had acted on the resolution of the House last year this difficulty would not have arisen. Mr. GLADSTONE warmly protested against the question of the charges upon local and imperial taxation being raised in an indirect manner by an amendment of which no notice had been given. It would have been more courageous and straightforward to have raised the issue directly when the' Government had stated to the House the manner in which it proposed to deal with the whole question. Until that was settled there was no other mode of meeting the legal expenses, except that laid down by the Bill. Mr. SCLATER-BOOTH said the proposal in the Bill violated the resolution last year, and it was the duty of the Government to devise some way of complying with it. After some discussion, Mr. MAGNIAC offeied to withdraw the amendment, which was objected to. Mr. CRAWFORD said that unless they now resisted the imposition of new local charges they would be pre- eluded from doing so in future. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pro- j tested against a division being being taken by surprise. The clause merely added the charges of the overseers to similar charges already paid out of the poor rate. ivlr. HARDY suggested that, as the Government evidently did not understand the point at issue, progress should be reported. Mr. CROSS moved to report progress, as there was no desire to take the Government by surprise. Mr. GLADSTONE again indignantly protested against the course taken in raising this question in such a manner. Mr. PELL and Mr. NEWDEGATE warned the Government that the House was determined to resist the increase of local charges. Progress was then reported. The Registration (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. After some opposition from Mr. GRIEVE and Mr. GORDON, The House went into Committee on the Law Amend- ments (Scotland) Bill, of which the first five clauses were agreed to, when progress was reported. The report of the Conveyances (Scotland) Bill was agreed to. The Juries (Ireland) Bill passed through Committee. The House adjourned at two o'clock.

The Observer announces that Lord Rosebery has been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Linlithgow. The Duke of Cambridge will hold a levee at the Horse Guards on Wednesday next. The daily press eight oared boat race was rowed on Saturday, on the Thames. Four crews competed, representing respectively the Times, the Daily News, the Standard, and the Daily Telegraph. The Standard crew went ahead from the start, and eventually won by three lengths, the Daily Telegraph being one and a half lengths in front of the Daily News, and the Times last. Five thousand South Staffordshire Miners held their annual demonstration at Walsall on Tuesday. Mr. Welsh, president of Walsall Trades' Council, was chairman. Resolutions were passed to petition the employers ef the district to establish an Arbitration and Conciliation Board, and to use all lawful means for the repeal of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, and in favour of Mr. Plimsoll's Bill. The Yorkshire Association of the Baptist Churches commenced their annual meeting at Sheffield on Tuesday, The President (Rev. Mr. Best) in his inaugural address said the time had come when judicial legislation had so changed the Protestant character of the Churches as to necessitate disestablishment. The Government, he said, was not to be trusted in dealing with Romanism. The Lancashire Memorial Statue to the late Lord Derby was on Tuesday unveiled in Miller Park, Preston, bv Colonel Patten. There was a vast assembly of all ranks. Colonel Patten delivered a lengthy eulogy on the deceased Earl, and Earl Derby made a brief address, saying his father was above all acquired and inherited honours. The Mayor and Corporation of Wigan, with Earl Crawford and Lord Lindsay, met the Prince and Princess of Wales at the railway station on their arrival at five o'clock on Tuesday evening. The Prince and Princess proceeded direct to Haigh Hall. The streets were crowded, but the rain fell heavily as they passed through the town. Dr. Tyler Smith, a well-known medical author, and formerly physician to Westminster Hospital, was walk- ing by the riverside at Richmond, on Monday night,! when he was seized with apoplexy. He was speedily conveyed to the Infirmary, and in spite of every atten- tion, he died in a few hours. A Portsmouth correspondent says that the Dutch steamer Java, Captain Van Ingen, from Amsterdam, bound to Batavia, when off the Owers," was dis- covered to be on fire. All hands set to work, and with I great difficulty got the fire under. The steamer had troops en board. The fire originated in the bulkheads of the engine-room.

¿, REJSJSKIT OF 'FREDERICK The Times c- HESSE. me 2, says • -rftfeSjwndent at Darmstadt, ■writing on Hesse -"The funeral of Prince Frederick illiara e vrr celebrated yesterday evening at six o'clock, r SH&erred in the Family Mortuary Chapel, in the ^•hohe, and the coffin, was conveyed to the cemetery [ >v Princess Alice herself, in her own carriage, ihe. 'gneral -cortege consisted only of his Royal Hialm«s.-i ,he Grand Duke, Prince and Princess Charles )f Hesse (grandparents of the deceased), Count md Countess Erban-Sch^nberg, Mr. R M. Baillie the British Charge d'Affaires), and Lady Frances Baillie, Mr. Hubert Jerningham (Secretary of Legation), Count Osten-Saeken (Russian Minister), Herrvon Wentzel (Prussian Minister), Herr von Klich- ,er (Aide-de-camp to the Grand Duke), and Miss Bower, formerly a g-Ollffness in the Royal Family. Numerous ,vreaths of flowers were, according to the German cus- tom, laid upon the coffin, many of which had been brought by friends to the lying-in-state on Friday and Saturday. The service was partly performed at the Palace and partly at the Rosen-hohe, which is situated about two miles from Darmstadt. The officiating minister was the Hof-Pfarrer, Dr. Simon. The Princess oore her trying part in the ceremony with calm resigna- tion, whlch excited the admiration of all who were present. Mr. E. M. Baillie, her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires for Hesse and Baden, has sent in his resignation to the Foreign Office.

DON CARLOS. Search will be made in vain in the pages of Vapereau ajid other contemporary biographers for an account of the young Pretender whose armed bands are giving so much trouble to the Republic of Spain. This is a circumstance hardly to be wondered at, considering that the Prince is inly 25 years of age, and that until the month of April, 1872, when he planted in Navarre the standard of Dioa Patria y Rey," his name was not associated with any exploit which entitled him to a place among the public men of the day. In order to enlighten the public with regard io Don Carlos and his claims, General Kirkpatrick, of the London Carlist Committee, has compiled a little volume, entitled "Spain and Charles the Seventh," which is to be published in the course of a few days. I have just had an opportunity of perusing the proof sheets of this work. It is of course written in a partisan spirit, for its author bore arms in Spain during the earlier stages of the insurrection, and has since been one of the most active promoters of "la causa" among the Legitimists of France and England but, apart from this natural bias, the book gives a lucid narrative of the career of Don Carles and the events which drove his ancestors from the throne of Spain. General Kirkpatrick draws the following pen-and-ink !ketch of his hero :—" The King Carlos VII. is tall, hand- some, and manly has a calm and agreeable countenance, on which the expression of thoughtfulness is visibly im- pressed. His frank but dignified manner is exceedingly pleasing to the Spaniards, and their devotion to la causa is Ghe best evidence of tne King's worthi-.1ess; for the strongest element in the Spanish character is to love jr hate upon sure grounds. The King is the object of the deepest respect on the part of the clergy, the grandees, the proprietors of great estates, the landowners and peasantry of the country. He mani- fests a great interest in" the political questions of the day, while in private life he cultivates every virtue." His wife, Marguerite de Bourbon, Princess of Parma, laughter of the late Duke Ferdinand Charles the Third, is thus described by the enthusiastic general:—" She is tall and has a noble and majestic bearing..She has golden hair and deep blue eyes, and the expiession of her countenance is indicative of the courage she displayed in the beginning of the Carlist rising of 18G9, when she de- clared to her husband that if it was his duty to place himself at the head of his forces in Spain, it was hers to be at his side."—Manchester Guardian.

THE CHURCH OF ROME IN ENGLAND. A recent issue of the Daily Telegraph contained an irticle on the position and prospects of the Church of Rome in England, published with the formal sanction of his Grace the Archbishop of Westminster." From this article, it' appears that there are in England—(1) the hierarchy, consisting of an archbishop and 12 bishops; (2) 13 cathedral chapters, consisting each of a. provost and 10 canons; (3) 13 dioceses, with 1,621 clergy (4) public churches and chapels. 1,016; (5) greater colleges, 6; (6) lesser colleges, 10; (7) schools for the middle class and poor-in London 200, in the rest of England about 800 (8) of the convents about 10 are of the contemplative life, and ill others of every kind of active charity, chiefly for education in every grade, but above all of the poor, for aursing the sick, for penitentiaries, for reformatories, for orphanages, for asylums, and homes of every sort; (9) the number of Catholics in England and Wales, by every cest at the writer's command—of baptisms, &c.—may be put at a million and a half. The number of Catholics in Scotland, so far as it can be ascertained, may be put it between 400,000 or 500,000. The number of priests is over 200, and there is an equal number of churches. Of the colleges, schools and educational establishments, it is not easy to give a detailed statement. The sta- tistics for the Catholic Church in Ireland are as follow: (1) The hierarchy consists of four archbishops, of whom two are primates, and 24 bishops. (2) Twenty eight dioceses, with 1,080 parishes, and 3,440 priests. (3) The publjc churches and chapels are 2,340. (4) One university, 25 colleges, 116 superior schools, and about 7,000 primary schools. (5) The number of Catholics in Ireland, according to the Census of 1871, was 4,141,933.

When a clergyman remarked that there would be » nave in the new church the society was building, an old lady whispered that she 'knew the party to whom he referred.' The Garden says :—We are indebted to Mr. Pynaert for the discovery that Lilium auratum, besides being a beautiful plant, is a grand specific against house- flies, and that a single specimen of it in an apartment will keep it clear of these troublesome insects. THE SHAH'S WIVES.—A Moscow correspondent has furnished some particulars respecting the Shah's wives. It appears that great difficulty attended their reception. The Shah at first sent them to lodge in the environs of the town, but the ladies did not like the dulness, and, in consequence, complained to the Shah, who had them brought to the palace. More troubles arose, however, for, having heard of the gaieties in which the Shah took part, they requested to be taken to the theatres. The Shah became so indignant with them that he resolved to send them back, and shortly before starting for St. Petersburg he carried out his threat. THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES OF BIGAMY AND PERJURY. —Messrs. Wontner and 'Sons, Solicitors, write to the Times with reference to a. paragraph inserted in that paper on Tuesday, in which the Editor of the Matri- monial News, speaking of the case of "the Rev. Allunder Berson," said that Mr. Boulton "completely and frankly exonerated him from all blame." Messrs. Wontner are instructed by Mr. Boulton to say that he in no way con- siders the editor of that paper blameless, as, whether by Berson'* advertisement or not, it was through the editor's introduction that the acquaintance was made which termi- nated in Miss Boulton's marriage." THE VISIT OF THE PREMIER to CHATRWORTH.— Mr. Gladstone, accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone, arrived at Chatsworth on Thursday last to spend Whitsuntide with the Duke of Devonshire. On Sunday Mr. Gladstone and Mrs. Gladstone, accompanied by the Duke of Devon- shire, Lord George Cavendish, M.P., and Lord Richard Cavendish, drove to Edensor Church. After the service the Premier spent some time in examining the inte- rior and exterior of this pretty church, and after- wards walked through Edensor village, called the "model village," erected by the late Duke of Devon- shire, in which village there are not two houses con- structed in the same style. On Monday the distinguished party visited several places of interest in the neighbour- hood. On Tuesday Mr. Gladsone and Mrs. Gladstone, accompanied by the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Richard Cavendish, drove in an open breakthrough Ches- terfield to Hardwick Hall, the quaint baronial residence erected by the Countess of Shrewsbury. The party changed horses at the Angel Hotel, Chesterfield, both in going and returning, and a large crowd collected who loudly cheered Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone acknow- ledged the same by repeatedly bowing.-Post. THE GLOUCESTER PETITION.—The petition lodged against the return of Mr. Waite, the Conservative sitting member for Gloucester, will be the first heard since the passing of the Ballot Act, and one of the alleged offences. —that of personation—comes under the new law. The other allegations are as to bribery, treating, and undue influence. The petition will be tried at Gloucester before one of the election petition judges of the present year— Mr. Justice Blackburn, Mr. Justice Keating, or Baron Cleasby. The seat is not claimed by the petition, which is presented under the Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868 (31 and 32 Vict., c. 125), which was continued for three years, and last year, in the Statute of Expiring Laws, it was further continued to the end of the present session. The next proceeding will be to deposit JE1,000, or find security for costs, and afterwards the sit- ting member can apply for" particulars" as to the alleged offences. According to the Ballot Act (35 and 36 Vie., c. 33). a person is to be deemed guilty of the offence of personation who at an election applies for a ballot- paper in the name of some other person, whether that name be that of a person living or dead, or of a fictitious person, or who, having voted once at any such election, applies at the same election for a ballot-paper in his own name. The offence of personation, or aiding or procuring the commission of the offence, to be deemed a felony, and on conviction to subject the offender to two years' impri- sonment, with hard labour. FATHER HYACINTHE'S VIEWS.—A Paris paper has published an interesting account of an interview between its Swiss correspondent and Father Hyacinthe. In the course of conversation the following remarks were interchanged:—" Are you satisfied with the success of your conferences at Geneva?"—Yes, and no. I am deeply touched by the sympathetic reception of the Pro- testant public of Geneva. Unhappily I cannot say the same of the Catholic public. I do not know them. Perish our reform rather than a single dogma truly Catholic. I say truly, because it is necessary to separate the dogniaa taught by Christ and formulated by the Church of the first centuries from the human superfluities which have been added later, such as the Pontifical Monarchy, of which no trace exists in the sacred writings or in primitive tradi- tion. We should not be Catholics if we doubted the divinity of Christ, and our reform would not be possible if we did not reject Papal infallibility and omnipotence. Your end will be very difficult to attain, for hitherto the Catholic episcopacy has not made a single defection; and you require bishops to consecrate your priests, and to render possible the beginning of your reform.' 'Well,' said he, we will appoint a bishop.' Have you a Cate- chism or a. Prayer-book?' 'Not yet.' 'Some have been published in German.' 'I am unfortunately unacquainted with that language, and hence I am prevented from hold- ing communication with Dr. Dollinger and Dr. Fried- rich. Mr. Howel Gwyn, who contested Barnstap 1 1 has been freely mentioned among the electors as a pro- bable Conservative candidate in Captain Williams's place, and by a majority of the party it was believed that he would come forward. Having seen this in the papers he has written to say that it is impossible for him to contest the borough at the next election. A requisition being got up to secure Mr. Gwyn's candi- natare will not new be proceeded with.

iAAl)llNATI0NS -.FIRST APPOINT- J ™v CAVALRY AND INFANTRY^ The C^vil Service Commissioners having been informed it is the intention of the Secretary of State for War M 'give twenty commissions in the West India Regiments, *.s well as eighty first appointments to the cavalry and infantry on the result of the recent examination, have ssued the following list in place of that which appeared m Monday last. The asterisk denotes those candidates a iio will receive commissions intheWest India Regiments: Valens Congreve Tonnochy, Charles Ernest Clough, Wil- I iamjHume Middlemass, Charles David Myers Gall, William Krskine Scott, Edward Obert Hindley Wilkinson, Charles r. Cox, John Skelton, Percy Henry Noel Lake, Hon. Patrick George Bellew, Thomas Auchmuty Montresor. Charles Molyneux Hutton, Ascanius William Nevill Thomas, Malcolm John Meade, James Archibald Camp- !>oII, William Arthur Ince Anderton, Montgomery Pen- rose Coode,' John Tinkler, James Melville Abington, nthnde Courcy Dashwood Meade, Hon. Philip Ilney. Ivhvard Owen Hamilton, Josceline FitzRoy Bagot, Gre- gory Hames, Gilbert Moorcroft Yaldwyn, James Davy,, Charles Frederick Magrath, George Murray Hicks, Richard Mayre, Harry Everard Passy, Mayow Short, John F. Legg-Prosser, Richard Stanley Hawks Moody, *Edward Stuart Masters, Philip Anderson Morshed, Charles John Morey Weale, Henry William Newton Guinness, Eustace Gambier Mansel, *Sydney Francis Foster, Hon. Alwyn Henry Fulke Greville, Arthur John Watson, *Edward r emy Lementson, Eustace Edward Melville 1 awford, Robert William Peter Lodwick, Kenneth Ross Mackenzie, Frederick George Pollock, *Edward Stanley, Charles Parker Ridley, Solomon Charles Frederick Peile, John Stormonth Taylor Farquhar, Henry Thomas Goorge Burne, *James A. Murphy, Langley Frederick Vernon Tudor, Joseph Page, G. M. Prichard, Hon. Frederick William Lambton, Francis Ed- ward Grainger, Charles Ernest Heath, John Patrick Walter Spankie, Edward Reginald Courtenay, Charles Theodore Becker, Cecil Charles Williams, Frederick Henry Westloe, Henry Richard Longcroft Holmes, Henry James Oddie, Francis William Egerton, Henry Brandram Headley, Fitzroy Somerset Lanyon Penno, William Alex ander Campbell, Edward MontgomerieNedham, *Charles Grant, Albert Washington Hay, *John Canute Doyle, ('harles Henry Morris, Stuart Brownlow Beatson, William Pochin Warner, Hubert Richard Lovett, "George Herbert Taylor Swinton, Edward Coxwell Morris, "Charles Bybie Lyster, Philip Paston Mack, Henry Clurk, Edward Elliot Carr, Martin Mackinnon Hill, Charles Henry Wyndham Tyndale, HenryDavid Williams, *Percy George Kerans, Theodore Gordon Barclay, Arthur Mackworth Monteith, W alter Hore, Edward Loftus Roche Thackwell, Charles Waring Darwin, George Henry Robinson, Louis Maclean Boddam, Herman Frederick Elliot, William James Gardiner Baird, *Emest Digby Mansel, James Montague Spence Turner, ^Herbert Lawson. and Arthur Graves Spratt. The following Indian cadets have passed a qualifying examination :—Neville Frances Fitzgerald Chamberlain, Edward Dermot Hamilton Daly, Arthur Wilbrahain Twining Badcliffe, and Harry Shuldham Lye.

The Building News says a new company is about to carry out the pier at Herne Bay to a length of about 320 feet, at a cost of £2,000. It is now said that there is no truth in the won- derful story of a combat between an "actor "and the octopus at the Brighton Aquarium. Miss A. Sedgwick, whose marriage to Mr. Pem- berton was announced last week, was the widow of Dr. Parkes. It is semi-officially announced in Vienna that no decorations will be conferred in connection with the Czar's visit, either by the Russian Emperor to Austrians, vice versa by the Austrian to Russians. A recent Horse Guards order directs that, in the event of there being no regular troops quartered in the assize towns at which her Majesty's Judges hold their circuit, the local militia staff, if any, should be required to form a guard, if desired by the Judges. The Royal Literary Fund distributed £2,170 during the past year in grants, varying from £10 to £100. A large part of the annual income from subscriptions oha been invested in a permanent fund it now amounts ts £3:),000, and produces £H90 a year. Miss Joanna Julia Greswell, daughter of the Rev. Richard Greswell, of Worcester College, Oxford, has just written a Grammatical Analysis of the Hebrew Psalter, being an explanatory interpretation of every word contained in the Book of Psalms, intended chiefly for the use of beginners in the study of Hebrew. The Galloway Gazette announces that the Lord- Advocate does not intend again to contest the Wigtown burghs, preferring, it is said, to seek a seat where victory will be more sure. The Liberal candidate, it is further said, will be Sir Andrew Agnew, whose claims to the pounty (says the Gazette) were so cruelly set aside at Loch- inch this year, it being hoped that the support which the house of Stair will give him in the burghs will act as a sop to the wounded amour propre of the Baronet of Loch- naw. A mania for visiting England seems to have set in among East Indian potentates, and the Maharajah Spindia and the Maharajah Holkar have already commu- nicated to the Government their intention of visiting this country. The latter has also expressed his willingness to contribute £5,000 towards the £(jO,OOO estimated cost of a building in London to be used as a home by natives of India who may come here on business or pleasure. Intelligence has reached Ennis, co. Clare, to the effect that Mr. Joseph Hall, a magistrate residing at Clooney, about five miles from that town, had been fired at and dangerously wounded when driving in his car to attend the Petty Sessions at Quin. The outrage is an agrarian one, and the police are actively engaged in investigating the affair. At the last meeting of the Brighton Town Council, an address was presented from the inhabitants of Bombay by whom it was numerously signed, thanking the town for the services which Professor Fawcett, its junior repre- sentative, has rendered to the cause of India, and express- ing a hope that he would receive their suffrages at the next election. The first battalion of the Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers held a drill in Trentham Park on Wednesday, and during a fall of rain afterwards some Tunstall volun- teers took refuge in the tent of the Stoke Corps. They were very noisy and refused to be quiet, and one of them was expelled by the captain of the Stoke Corps, where- upon his comrades joined him in a combined attack upon that gentleman, who was knocked down and severely beaten. The Stoke men coming to his aid, a regular fight took place, ending in the expulsion of the intruders. The attack wa.s afterwards renewed, and the Stoke men were hissed and groaned at by the Tunstall Corps on leaving the field. The tenant-farmers in West Kent and Surrey nave consented to assist in the preservation of foxes, con- iitionally that the landlords will keep down the rabbits on the land. The fox brakes and coverts on the estates of Earl Stanhope, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., and Sir Percival Dyke, Bart., are this year well stocked with foxes, and several vixens have already littered down cubs. The proposal to increase the foxes by turning down cubs .s strongly objected to by farmers in these counties, and ;hey allege that foxes brought into the districts are more iestructive among the game and poultry than cubs whelped and reared in the localities. No MORE HAT BANDS.—At a recent meeting of ;he clergy of the deanery of South West Stoke, diocese of Winchester, held at Hascombe, the subject of modern funerals was brought to the notice of the clergy, and a general wish was expressed, both on the score of expense ind of Christian character, that some change should be aoade in the conduct of burials; and suggestions were offered of the desirability of providing a bier on wheels a.nd a pill for general use in every parish. Attention was ilso'dravn to the present too often unsatisfactory character of beareis.and persons employed at funerals, of hearses with plumes, of memorial cards, tombstones, &c. and modes were suggested in which such details could be improved, oy enlisting the sympathies of existing burial societies on the subject, and in other ways. It was also stated what good effect the improved condition of churchyards gene- rally had already produced. The following, resolution was agreec to as the result of the discussion :—" That the dergy of tiiis deanery will do all in their power to dis- courage the use of hatbands, cloaks, scarves, &c., at funerals; aid that they earnestly request none of the above may le offered to themselves."—Guardian. THE GRIEVANCES OF RAILWAY SERVANTS.-— Railway servants are at the present time very wisely col- lectively petit oning Parliament for an alteration in the law .'elating to compensation for injuries, in order that they Day be enabled to seek in law-courts for that justice ivhich is now resolutely denied them by their employers. We do not with it to be understood that jn thus com- menting upon some of the evils of railway management Wt hold that directors and managers ire entirely to blame. Personally we are ac- quainted with many of those gentlemen, and well know tha-, they are ever ready to redress grievances as far is it is in their power to do so but the simple fact is they would not be long allowed to retain ;heir 1 ositions r they attempted to effect sweeping :hanges in the nilway service that would add tens of ihousands of pouids to the expenses annually. The aecessary pressure must come entirely from without. Reform must be forced upon them, because the share- iiolders steadily ant determinedly set their faces against my alteration calculated to adversely affect their rate of profit.-Home Jourial. THE "WIFE'S SILK GOWK."—A correspondent )f th Philadelphia luMic Ledger writes to that journal that in a recent real tstate transaction in Berks county, Pennsylvania, the pu-chaser, after much haggling as to the price to be paid for a t-aot of ground owned in common by Ihree married men, was unable to secure a marketable title antilhehad, in addition, given five dollars to each of the :espective wives in order to obtain a release of dower. The writer expresses some st^-prise at this conduct of the wives in exchanging their" t16ds for so paltry a sum, but it is itatedthat the custom is prevalent in many parts of Penn- sylvania, and husbands <an only obtain the signatures of ;heir wives to deeds of real estate by promising them a black silk gown," or its equivalent in money, which is ilwavs paid by the purchaser. The custom is frequently illuded to in the Pennsylvania Reports, and in one case ;he reception of a silk gown by the wife was used as cor- roborative evidence of the fact that she had signed the release of dower of her owa free will and accord, without ;he compulsion of her husoand. Occasionally an owner, when dissatisfied with the price to be paid, has been mown to put his wife ip to refusing her signature to the deed, and in this way obtain an in- srease of the purchase money. Some of the ;lose-Ssted bargainers, having succeeded in this manoeuvre, retain the" silk g»wn" money, and thus cheat their wives out of their right?; but in a well-regulated rural society such men are hdld in scorn and contempt, ,d are considered as miserable misers, Messrs. Spence and Fisher, 97, Hatton Garden, trading as Mallalien and Co., have presented a petition for iquidation, liabilities £100,000, assets £25,000. The present dry weather is very severely felt through- out the South of Ireland, and already several farmers in the counties of Cork and Limerick are ploughing up the ground in which they had planted oats and late whtat (in consequence ef the ravages of the wireworm) fortarnips. I

t. 1.- SPlRl/OF THE PRESS. j MK. DUFFY'S KNIGHTHOOD. Til? Times observes that while it weuld be absurd to at. tribute the least political significance to Mr. Duffy's enrolment in an Order of English Knighthood, this recognition of his success in Colonial politics does suggest one, important reflection. Mr. Duffy, as we have seen, is not the only Irish Nationalist who has filled high offices in Australia, and it would be easy to cite others, such as the late Mr. D'Arcy M'Ghee, who have become useful public servants in Canada or India. What, then, is the reason, if there be any assignable reason, why the Irish patriot is a more rational politician everywhere else than he is in his own country ? To borrow Mr. Duffy's own language, with a little variation—" Why are Irish- men at home always calliug upon the Government to remedy their poverty and discontent, when, as soon as they get abroad, they set themselves, like other people, to better their own condition ? Of course, Mr. Duffy, though a living instance of what a self-educated Irishman can do by independent energy, finds a perfectly adequate cause of Irish backwardness and disaffection in British misrule. "Ireland," he observes, "is poor because she is habitually misgoverned; and she is discontented because all efforts made to induce the Imperil Parliament to relieve her from the laws under which she has decayed have been made in vain." It would be a much less delusive paradox to assert that Ireland is poor because she Jj; idle, and discontented because she prefers cherishing a grievance to improving herself; but it would be unjust as well as invidious to maintain such a proposition without allowing that mis- government did in former ages contribute to aggravate tlm idleness always characteristic of Ireland, and especially or the upper classes in Irish society. From time immemo rial, however, and long before the English Parliament had anything to do with Ireland, the restlessness and aversion from settled habits prevalent among. Irish gentlemen and their retainers were described as the curse of the country, and it is the worst reproach of English legislation for Ireland, not that it created, but that it confirmed this disposition. Had Mr. Duffy con- tinued to sit for New Ross, he would have been expected to vote at the dictation of priests and Home Rule Com- mittees, and would very probably have been turned out for some honest declaration of opinion. In the compara- tively free atmosphere of Victoria he was able to act and speak as he pleased, and the result is that he attained the highest position in the colony, and has merited an exceptional mark of Royal favour. THE BANK RATE. The advance of the Bank rate to 7 per cent. ought not, Bays the Daily News, to give any occasion for alarm. Since the rise to G per cent. about a fortnight since, it has been obvious that another movement upwards was fairly probable. The high rates of interest are simply a conse- quence of the bullion scarcity, and imply nothing rotten in general trade. The principal lesson to be drawn from the present movement is, we believe, the expediency of the Bank of England putting the rate up, and keep- ing it up, at an earlier period. We protested strongly four months ago against the reduction of the rate to 32 per cent., and we do not think that an ad- vance to 7 per cent. would now have been re- quired if that reduction had not taken place, and if the Bank had acted more promptly in raising the rate in April. Extreme fluctuations ought, if possible, to be avoided, and the event has shown, we think, that the course was recommended for that very reason several months ago would have been preferable to the course actually adopted. The rate, in the first place, should not be suffered to fall unduly low, and when the reserve ia getting to be at and under jei2,000,000, the BankDirectors should be prepared to move upwards very quickly. There is every reason to be satisfied with the discretion with which they are at present acting, but it would certainly have been much better if the necessity for extreme measures had been avoided by the employment of precau- tions at an earlier stage. MEMORIAL TO LORD DERBY. The ceremony which took place at Preston last Tuesday afternoon, the prelude to a still more imposing one which is shortly to take place in London, was, says the Standard, the tribute of Lancashire to a great Lancashire nobleman. But though, of course, more local in its character than the metropolitan event to which we are at present looking forward, it may be doubted if the late Lord Derby would, on that account, have prized it less. Not only, as was truly said of him by the present earl, and by Colonel Wilson Patten, in his eloquent tribute to the memory of his old friend, did he value above everything else his here- ditary connection with the county, but we are mistaken in his character unless he was likewise of opinion that a great English nobleman is in quite as splendid a position at the head of an English province as at the head even of the House of Lords. Lord Derby delighted in Parliamentary warfare. But what peculiarly distinguished Lord Derby above all other men of his age was this, that with all the wit, the frankness, and the daring of a Fox or a Bolingbroke, he combined a purity of morals that would have become Pitt, and a religious faith that would have adorned Addison. It may fairly be doubted whether in the long roll of illustrious statesmen which England has to boast the same combination can be found. But it was likewise characteristic of Lord Derby that his piety was essentially unobtrusive. A sincerly religious man, he abstained from those public genuflections in which some politicians have ostentatiously indulged, and never desired that his piety should be made a stalking-horse to popularity. A character such as this was sure to be appreciated by Englishmen. And unconsciously it was'Appreciated. POLITICAL INACTION. The Telegraph, in discussing the inaction of the time, says it would be useless to quarrel with the state of things which simply reflects the law of political existence. We cannot be always moving. We must rest sometimes. Nay, the most revolutionary men must occasionally be glad of a. calm interval. Even Robespierre did not always need the assistance of his freezingly ferocious oratory and the music of the guillotine. Even Barrbre sometimes sought the quietude of his country house and the most ardent of pa- cific Liberals need not be ashamed to confess an occasional listlessness in the presence of flagrant abuses. In order to obtain a "good cry," there must be a high state of popular passion as well as a conspicuous injustice, and we have yet to see whether the mind of the constituencies will be raised to fever-heat. A blazing principle will not suffice to kindle a political fire if the mind of the people be not in such a state as to ignite readily. We could easily name a dozen questions which for good or for evil, for attack or defence, would light up England from end to end if the fuel were ready. But nothing can be done when the sticks are damp. For how many years did Mr. Bright preach the necessity of Parliamentary reform to deaf ears? For how many sessions did the motion to disestablish the Irish Church, to institute vote by Ballot, or to repeal the Corn Laws, fall flat, even when supported by the rhetoric of Macaulay, because the constituencies did not care enough about the proposed reforms to beat down the stout resis- tance of Conservatism ? In a clever speech Mr. George Trevelyan has suggested that household suffrage should be extended to the counties in order to give the agricul- tural labourers a weapon for assailing the Game Laws and improving their own miserable condition. But we have yet to see whether the newly enfranchised classes have the slightest wish to enforce that demand, and meanwhile we must look leniently on the listlessness of a Parliament which feels that its work for the present iession is done.

THE CROWN JEWELS OF SWEDEN. Knowing that the crown of Sweden.is to a certain ex- tent connected with English history, I requested my friend Monsieur de Horn to ask the Grand Chamberlain to allow me to examine it (after its being deposited in the room, where his Majesty the King would have it placed on his head prior to proceeding to the Church of St. Nicholas), to which his excellency—who has been most conspicuous in his urbanity and politeness towards foreigners during the coronation ceremonies — most readily gave his sanction. The crown is a model of Flemish workmanship. Sweden possesses two crowns, two sceptres, and three apples. Of these two crowns, two sceptres, and two apples, were purchased by Eric XIV. The first crown, sceptre, and apple were purchased in Holland in 1761; the second crown, sceptre, and apple were made by his orders (in a letter dated 3d May, 1765), at Antwerp, by a celebrated jeweller named Hanz Glazer. The first crown, purchased by Hanz Glazer at the orders of Eric XIV., has eight bows the second one, used at the coronation of Oscar II., has four bows, and is surmounted by a cupola, on top of which is a small cross. In 1G99 an inventory was made of the royal jewels, when the first crown contained 199 dia- monds, 15 rubies, and about 41b. of gold. The second crown contained 36 diamonds, eight rubies, four emeralds, 65 pearls, and the gold weighed about 31b. In 1731 this crown was improved, and in 1751 it was altered and made smaller, and there was a new cap made in blue satin and embroidered with gold, set with 57 pearls, which in 1758 was exchanged for a cap of red velvet, also embroidered with gold and ornamented with the same number of pearls, since which there has been little or no change. One of the sceptres contained at that period seven diamonds, three rubies, four emeralds, 63 pearls, and about 31b. of gold. There are also a smaller sceptre and a Queen's sceptre. There are likewise two apples sup- posed to ha.ve been purchased for Eric XIV. 's coronation. The one contains 10 diamonds, 10 rubies, 10 pearls, and the weight of the gold is nearly 11b. the other apple con- tains'also about lib. of gold. There is a third apple with eight pearls and containing about l.Ub. of gold. The royal jewels also consist of two queen's crowns, *the one in gold, made in 1751, and worn at the coronation of Adolphus Frederick by his queen, Louisa Ubrika the other in silver gilt intended for funeral ceremonies only, and first used at the burial of this Queen. There are like- wise two other crowns, one for the Crown Prince and tho other for the Crown Princess, also three crowns for the royal princes. The Crown Princess's crown was first car- ried at the baptism of Gustavus IV, in 1778. The regalia. and crown jewels of Sweden are valued at about 18,000,000 rix thalers, or £ 1,000,000.—Stockholm correspondent Morning Post.

A CRIMINAL PARADISE.—An American paper contains the following striking paragraph We read the report of the Chief of Police of Texas with many thrills and spasms of horror. Thus does he sum up the whole matter I think I am justified, from the information before me, in stating that to-day not less than one hundred men, many of whom are charged with the highest crimes known to our law, are prowling about the State in gangs of twelve to twenty, robbing and murdering almost without restraint." Pleasing and Arcadian state of things! The Chief gives a catalogue of the murders which have been committed since the first day of January, 1873, the date of the report being April 18. It is simply frightful. It is absolutely Golgothian. It is assassination running riot. Not a county but has had two or three murders, and some have had half-a-dozen. In some counties the free and easy citizens have burned the public records, and in Montague and Madison they have improved upon this, and have burned the Court- houses. We suppose that they will next proceed to burn the Judges, At Tuesday's Conference of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows at Weymouth, Mr. Western, of the Poole district, was elected Grand Master of the Orde/. Daring siege operations at Chatham, on Monday after- noon, three men of the Royal Marines were loading a gun, when by some means the charge exploded. Two men were so seriously injured that their lives ara despaired of.

ELECTION NEWS. Mr. G. Cawston, a son of Sir Richard Cawston, and a relative of Mr. Winterbotham, M.P., has consented to become a candidate for Colchester in the Liberal interest in conjunction with Dr. Brewer, the present Liberal member. Mr. Richard Attenborough, of Whitleygrove, Reading, and Mr. W. D. Mackenzie, of Gillotts, near Reading, who at the recent Conservative Banquet in the Reading Town Hall were announced as the candidates for the rep- resentation of the borough at the next election, in oppo- sition to the present Liberal members (Sir F. H. Goldsmid and Mr. George Shaw Lefevre), have issued their ad- dresses to the electors. Mr. Attenborough mentions that he has been chosen by the Conservative party to represent the cause of order and orderly progress, in opposition to the restlessness, in- security, and extravagance of the present Government." Mr. Bruce's Licensing Bill is, he thinks, such a perfect specimen of the illiberality of Liberal measured that, with the Permissive Bill, it would meet with his strenuous opposition. Mr. Mackenzie states that he is firmly at- tached to the reformed faith, and will oppose any attempted separation of Church and State. He con- siders Mr. Bruce's bill and the Permissive Bill equally faulty. The sitting members have_ issued a joint address to the electors, and they complain that the Tories of Reading, with the restlessness natural to men engaged in a hopeless enterprise, have disturbed the peace of the borough unreasonably soon. The Glasgow Herald says :—"We have the authority of Colonel Campbell, of Blythswood, for stating that, un- less a candidate of kindred political sentiments, and more suitable in the estimation of the electors, shall contest the next election for Renfrewshire in the Constitutional in- terest, it is the Colonel's intention to offer himself to the electors." Mr. J. W. Malcolm, the senior Conservative member for Boston, has announced his intention of again contest- ing the borough at the next election, if his health permits. A large open-air meeting of the electors and non- electors in the Berinondsey districts of the borough of Southwark for the purpose of enabling Mr. George Odger formally to announce himself as a candidate for the representation of the borough at the next general election.—Mr. Odger, who was received with great cheering, spoke at some length, recapitulating and defending his political opinions. Re- ferring to the last election, he attributed his defeat to a combination at the last moment between the so-called Liberal and Tory committees. A resolution was adopted, with one dissentient, pledging those present to support Mr. Odger's candidature. The South London Press says Matters look well for a fierce struggle in t$ontiuvark at the next election. Mr. Locke will, of sfcurse, present himself for re-election, Mr. Beresfcre will do the same, and a second Conservative is 10 be run, in the hope of both seats being secured ia that interest. In addition, Sir Francis Lycett and Mr. A. Dunn will offer themselves as Liberal candidates, the latter being the choice of the advocates of the Pei missive Bill, and both he and his supporters are already working hard. Mr. Odger is also coming forward."

jfttarkct ,3httdligence. CARDIFF CORN EXCHANGE, SATURDAY.—There was a thin attendance at our Exchange to-day, and a very small show of English wheat, which realised fully last weeks' prices. Foreign wheat was a little easier. Barley unchanged in value. Indian corn dull. Oats scarce, and fully as dear. Beans and peas firm. Flour unaltered. MONMOUTH MARKET, SATURDAY.—Poultry scarce, at the following quotations-Ducks, from 6s. up to 8s. per couple; fowls, from 5?. to 7s. eggs, Id. each, or 14 for a Is butter, Is., and some Is. 3d. lb. mixed butter, lOd. lard, 8d. apples, Is. 4d. gallon; cucumbers, from 4d. up to Is. each asparagus, Is. fid. per hundred; cabbages, from id. to 3d. each; rhubarb, id. bundle raddishes, Id. bundle, or 16 bundles for Is. Meat- Lamb, Is. lb. fore-quarters, lid. leg's of mutton, lid. prime beef, lid. pork, 9d. veal, prime, lid. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET. MONDAY.-The supplies of meat offering were short, and for most descriptions a fair inquiry prevailed, at the quotations annexed :—Per 81b by the carcase Inferior beef, 3s Sd to 4s 4d. Middling ditto, 4s 4s to 4s lOd. Prime large ditto, 5s to 5s 6d. Prime small ditto, 5s Cd to 6s Od. Veal, 5s 4d to 5s lOd. Inferior mutton, 4s 4d to 4s Sd. Middling ditto. 5s to 5s 6d. Prime ditto, 5s 8d to 6s 8d. Large pork 4s 4d to 4s 8d. Small pork, 5s to 5s 6d. Lamb 8s to 8s 8d. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.—There was a moderately extensive supply of foreign stock on sale here to-day, and some very excellent beasts from Spain and Denmark were on offer. Two Oporto beasts Rttracted much attention from their great size, and they realised, we understand, The total number of Oporto beasts on sale was 228. There were also 241 Danish and 324 Gottenburg beasts on offer. The supply of English beasts on offer was but moderate, and there was no arrival from Scotland, the season being over. Owing to the high prices at which the stock had been purchased in the country, sales pro- gressed somewhat slowly but the supply regularly consigned was disposed of at an early hour at very satisfactory prices. In fact, choice breeds commanded as much money as 6s 6d to 6s Sd per 81b. About an average supply of sheep was on sale without being at all active, a steady demand prevailed, and full prices were realised. Prime Downs and half-breds sold at Cs to 6s ..d per 81bs. Lambs were in moderate supply, and the demand for them was quiet, at 8s to 8s Od per SIbs. Very few English calves were on offer, but there was a fair shrrtv of Dutch. The best qualities made 6s 4d to 6s 6d per SIb. Prime small pigs sold at high prices, but large hogs were difficult of sale. Per SIb. to sink the offal .-—Coarse and inferior beasts, 5s 4d to 5s 8d second Quality ditto, 5s 10.4 to 6s Od prime large oxen, 6s 2d to Cs 4d prime Scots, &c., 6s 6d. to 6s 8d coarse and inferior sheep, 5s Od to 5s 6d; second quality ditto, 5s 8d to 6s Od prime coarse- woolled, 6s Od to 6s 2d lambs, 8s Od to 8s 6d prime South- downs, Cs 2d to 6s 4d large coarse calves, 58 Od to 5s Sd prime small ditto, 6s Od to 6s 6d large hogs, 4s 4d to 4s lOd small porkers, 5s Od to 5s 6d. Head of cattle on sale—English: Beasts, 2,500; sheep and lambs, 9,670; calves, 25 pigs, 140. Foreign: Beasts, 1,040; sheep and lambs, 13,9.10; calves, 255; pigs, Total supply Beasts, 3,540; sheep and.Jambs, 25,660; calves, 280; pigs, 140. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, TUESDAY.—A short supply of meat has been on sale here to-day. There was a moderate de- mand, at the following rates :—Beef, 3s 8d to 6s mutton, 4s 2d to 6s 6d; pork, 4s to 5s 4d veal, 5s 4d to 5s lOd; and lamb, 7s 4d to 8s per SIb by the carcase. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNKSDAY.—The grain trade at Mark-lane to day has been quiet. Scarcely any English wheat on offer, but there has been a moderate show of foreign. Sales have progressed slowly, at about late rates. The market has been moaerately supplied with barley. The trade has been firm, on former terms. Malt has been quiet, and unaltered. For oats the enquiry has been to a fair extent, at previous quotations. Maize has been dull and drooping. Beans and peas have been forced. Flour has been disposed of at late rates. Arrivals of grain :— Foreign Wheat, 16,480 oats. 21,730 maize, 15,350 beans, 190 peas, 1,700 quarters; flour, 1,230 sacks and 220 barrel?. LONDON CORN EXCHAISUE, WEDNESDAY.—CLOSING REPORT.— Wheat closed quietly at about late rates. Barley firm, on former terms. Oats steady. Beans and peas unaltered. Maize dull. Flour firm. NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supply of stock in to-day's market on the whole was smaller than was anti- cipated, owing mainly to the fact of the annual stock fair taking place to-morrow (Thursday). A fair amount of business was tran- sacted, but trade was by no means brisk. Fat cattle were aug- mented by a decent lot sent from the other side the Channel. Sheep were in limited supply, but sufficient for the demand, as several pens remained unsold. Lamb was exceedingly scarce; The cows and calves on offer were mostly disposed of. Very little done in store cattle. The show of pigs was hardly an average. Prices ruled as follows :—Beef, from 8id to 9id per lb. English sheep, 9d to 9,1 foreign, 9d to 9id. Pigs 10s 9d to 12s 3d per score. BRISTOL CORN MARKET, THURSDAY.—In our market to-day there was a small supply of English wheat, which sold at last week's price. The demand for foreign is very limited, and to make sales in quantity, less money would have to be taken. Pre- sent stocks are lower than for many years past. Barley rather cheapnr. Maize and oats dull at unaltered values. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, THURSDAY.—With a goed supply of meat on sale, trade was dull and prices rules as under Beef, 3s 8d to 6s. Mutton, 4s 2d to 6s 2d. Pork, 4s to 5s 4d. Veal, 5s 4d to 5s 8d, and Lamb, 7s 4d to 7s Sd per 81b by the carcase.. NEWPORT WHITSUNTIDE FAIR.—This annual fair, formany vears held in Slow Hill, was held at the New Cattle Market on Wednesday. There was only an average supply of stock, and the number of dealers was below the average, and a sluggish trade was the result. Several lots of steers were on offer, but sellers were obliged to give wav in order to do business. A decent lot of grazing beasts were brought in bi Messrs. Collett and Carter, most of which were disposed of. Cows and calves were in fair supply, and those which could be well recommended were bought up. A slack trade in sheep, most of those on offer being from Ireland. Pigs were in limited supply. Considerable interest is felt in the horse fair, and there was an average supply of tolerably good animals which realised astonishingly high prices. Some capital colts were exhibited, and several cart-horses from France. BRISTOL CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.—Short supply of beef nriees higher trade dull. Best, S3s. to 90s. middling, from 80s. to 83s. Sheep plentiful and fair enquiry; best wethers, 9d. heavy sorts, 8d. per lb. Good supply of lamb; demand brisk, lid. per lb. Pigs rather short; porkers, 12s. bacon lis. 9d. Large supply store cattle, including 2,400 for Ire- land. Trade better, but rates high. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.—Less firm- ness has been noticed in the cattle trade to-day. The supply of beasts has been moderate. Prime breeds have been tolerably steady but other descriptions have been drooping in value, owing to the unfavourable weather. A moderate supply of beasts has been on sale. Sales have progressed quietly at about late rates. Lambs have been disposed of on former terms. Calves have been dull at about late rates. Pigs have been nomi- nally unaltered. English milch cows have sold at £ 21 to £ 27, and Dutch £ 15 to per head. Per lb. to sink the offal i-Coarse and inferior beasts, 5s 4d to 5s 8d; second quality ditto, 5s lOd to 6s prime large oxen, 6s2d to 6s 4d prime Scots, &c., 6s 6d to 6s Sd coarse and inferior sheep, 5s to 5s 6d second quality ditto, 5s 8d to os; prime coarse-woolled, 6s to 6s 2d lambs, 8s to 8s 6d prune Southdowns, Cs 2d to 6s 4d large coarse calves, 5s lOd to 5s 8d prune small ditto, Gsto 6s Cd large hogs, 4s 4d to 4s lOd small porkers, 5s to 5s 6d. Head of Cattle on SaIe.—Enghsh Beasts, <40; sheep and lambs, 5,920 calves, 45; pigs, 20. Foreign: Beasts, 100; sheep and lambs, 4,080; calves, 515 pigs lotal supply Beasts, S40 sheep and lambs, 10,00'J calves, 530 pigs, 20. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, THURSDAY.—A full average business is doing in sugar, at steady prices Demerara crystallized, 29s. to 31s. Coffee has been dull and drooping. Tea quiet. Cocoa and rice in limited request. Strong demand for all kinds of rum, at late prices. New Y.C. tallow, 43s. 6d. Linseed oil, 33s. English brown rape, 37s. 3d. Iron firmer. Straits tin, 136s. to 137s. Copper unaltered. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, THURSDAY.—Sugar steady, with a fair demand. Molasses, no sales. Rum, good business, at previous rates. Rice also in fair request; Bengal, 14s. Rangoon, 8s. 4?¡d. Pepper, a lot of Singapore taken in with 6i bid. Sago flour, no sales. Logwood, small sales. St. Domingo, t5 10s. s Drysalteries—ashes unchanged. Nothing in bark or berries. Brimstone, 60 tons best thirds, P-6 10s. Cutch, 22s. 6d 23s. Gambier quiet. Block, 25s. 6(1., 26s. Caster-oil—Calcutta sold to arrive, 5d. per lb. Nitrate steady, 14s. 9d., 15s. Sumae, fair business fine Palermo, 16s. to ISs! Lard slightly easier. Petro- leum, Is. Id., Is. 2d. Spirit firm. Rosin and turpentine un- changed. India-rubber, 20 tons fine Para, September delivery, at 2s, 8d. Palm oil, small tales, at. late rates. Tallow steady little passing. Olive oil (Spanish), £40 to £ 41 per ton. No change in rape or linseed oils. Cstton seeds (American), 30s. ed. CORK BUTTER MARKET, THURSDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 117s seconds, Ills; thirds 109s fourths, 98s fifths, 77 sixths, 44s. Mild Firsts, 118s. •' seconds, 115s. thirds, 104s. In market, 1,980 firkins. CAERPHILLY CHEESE MARKET, THURSDAY.—Good supply of cheese, having a downward tendency. Prices varying from 7: METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, THUR.SDAY.- The supply of hay and sta\y on fale here to-day was moderate. Trade wos dull at the following rates Prime meadow hay, 70s to 80s. Inferior, 45s to 50s. Prime clover, 80s to OSS. Inferior, 50s to 70s, and straw, 30s to 38s per load. LONDON METAL MARKET., IHURSDAY.—Market dull. Copper (Chili), k82 10s. cash, t83 month. Wallaroo, zlgg 10s. cash. Tin (straits), £133 10s. Banca, £135.- Spelter unchanged. Lead, £ 23 10s Scotch pig-iron closed llos. cash. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, THURSDAY.—Little business, about 115s. Closing sellers, 115s. 3d. prompt, and a month open; buyers, 115s.

-0. Shipping Jnicllincnccv SHIP AND MAIL NEW& [RE(JTEli'S MAIL TELEGRAMS. J LISBON, Thursday.—The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Cordillera arrived at six this morning- Specie, 1;.5,ono.. CASUALTY. The Bride Adaid, schooner, of Jersey, from Neath to Trouville, was wrecked on the 2nd of June at Goubei" ville, near Barfieur; crew saved, vessel and cargo lost. VESSELS SPOKEX va TH. The Heligoland, Newport to Providence, May 12, lat- 35 N, long-. 70 W the Western Empire, Cardiff to Quebec (14: days), lat. 31 N, long. 41) W; the Madeline, Co- quimbo to Swansea, on the line, long. 2U W. MISSING VESSEL. The Caledon, steamer, of London, Off. No. 06,593, sailed from Cardiff for Aden on the 30th of Januaryr with patent fuel. FOREIGN ARRIVALS. SHANGHAI, May 28.—The Thornhill, the Osprey, and the Hamburg, all three from Cardiff the Economist from Llanelly. TRIESTE.—The Cinta, from Newport. FROM THE BILL OF ENTRY OFFICE. VESSELS CLEARED.—MAY 30. Rio Janeiro, New Lampedo, .13, 1537 coal, Ocean Steal** Coal Co Cadiz, Pride of the Channel, B, 304 coal, Harrison Bros Yokohama, Bremah B, 1100 coal, Insole & Son Mauritius, Charmian, B, 845 coal, Cory Bros Singapore, Lyra, 13, 619 coal, Ocean Coal Co Alexandria, Stranger, B, G20 coal, Burness & Sons Bordeaux, Mystere, F, 155 coal, Powell's Duffryn Passages, Jean Elisabeth, F, 250 coal, Cory Bros Boulogne, Bon Pere Bonne Mere, F, 240 coal, Morel & Co Brest, Melaine Heloise, F, 122 coal, S. Jenkins Andierne, Anne Marie, F, 67 coal, Glamorgan Coal Co Pernambuco, Granville, F, 504 coal, H. Worms Civita Vecchia, Retento, Ity, 34G coal, M. Almond Ancona, Filippo, Ity, 415 coal, Cory Bros Leghorn, Jasen (s), Hol, 1550 coal, A. Matthyssens Santander, Ebenezer, B, 2.30 coal, U. Todd St. Malo, Eliza, B, 120 coal, Davis & Sons Copenhagen, Roelfina Tydeus, Hoi, 140 iron rails, Aber dare Iron Co Havre. Chipchase, B, 900 coal, Cory Bros Boulogne, Marie Rose, F, 2t0 coal, S. Jenkins VESSELS CLEARED.—MAY 31. Havre, Margaret Banks (s), B, 1000 coal, Powell's Bahia, Rosalie, B, 230 coal, Nash & Co Malta, Richmond (s), B, 1260 coal, London and Soutfr Wales Coal Co Madeira, Mary Bell, P, 300 coal, Insole & Son Santander, Panther, B, 14U coal, D. Davis & Son Bilboa, Maggie, B, 220 coal, Aberdare Coal Co Gibraltar, Hesperus (s), B, 980 coal, D. Davis & Sons Malta, Adna (s), 13, 860 coal, Powell's Duffryn Bordeaux, Mary Nixon (s), B, 9i:0 coal, H. Worms Oporto, Hoopoe, B, 125 coal. Harrison Bros Marseilles, Mediterranean, F, 200 coal, Page & Co St. Gilles, Gabrielle, F, 90 coal, Gadlys Coal Go Santander, Bretonne, F, 140 coal, Clarke Bros Nantes, Felix Marie, F, 18.3 coal, Gadlys Coal Co Monte Video, Vincenzo T, Ity, 550 coal, Lucovich Genoa, Quinnale, Ity, 726 coal, Ocean Coal Co Amsterdam, St. George. B, 1/ 5 sheet, Booker & Co Riga, Ravensdown, B, 760 rail, Rhymney Iron Co Montreal, Claremont (s), B, 1060 rail, Dowlais Iron Co VESSELS CLEAEED.—JUNE 2. Gibraltar, Marquis of Lome (s), B, 1300 coal, D. DavieS Cadiz, Polly Pinkham, B, 23G coal, D. Davis & Sons Cadiz, Grace, B, 163 coal, D. Davis & Sons Havre, May Queen (s), B, 750 ceai, Tinel & Co Audienne, Alocone, F, 57 coal, Troedyrhiew Coal 00 Nantes, Jeune Henri, F, 150 coal, T. Toms Sables D'Olonne, Boa Pasteur, F, 160 coal, Palmer, Hall, & Co VESSELS CLEARED.—JUNE 3. Para, M. M. Peters, B, 650 coal, Insole & Son Para, Britannia, B, 455 coal, D. Davies & Co La Rochelle, Wenvoe (s), B, 1050 coal, Powells' Duffryn Singapore, Belle of South Esk, B, 700 coal, Glamorgan Co Port Launay, Elise, F, 150 coal, Insole & Son Nantes, Amphitrite, F, 150 coal, GadJeys Coal Co Point de Galle, Francais Cail, F, 800 p. fuel, H. Worms Santander, Jeune Eugene, F, 160 coal, D. Davies Callao, Fiducia, Ity, 767 coal, G. Bocandi Constantinople, Archangelo, Gre, 560 coal, Powells' Bilboa, Valiant, F, 100 coal 50 coke, Cory Bros St. Malo, Marie Ange, F, 480 coal, H. Worms VESSELS CLEAEED.—JUNE 4. Havre, H. P. Stephenson (s), B, 1390 coal, Tinel A Co Trefort, Mary Ann, B, 125 coal, Ogleby and Davies St. Nazaire, Britanny (s), B, 1056 coal, Powell's DuffryO Havre, Merthyr (s), B, 950 coal, Bwllfa C.C. Santander, Kitty, B, 234 coal, D. Davies & Sons St. Malo, Maggie (s), B, 175 coal, Cory Bros Cadiz, Orange Girl, B, 213 coal, R. Byrne & Co St. Nazaire, Seraphin, F, 180 coal, Powell's Duffryn Brest, Felix Arine, F, 160 coal, Clarke Bros Paimbauf, Marie Therese, F, 175 coal, W. Jones Corfu, Meeting, Italy, 750 coal, Cory Bros Callao, Annetta Gattomo, Italy, 850 coal, Nixon & Co Mobile, Penedo (s), B, 1000 rail, Guest & Co TT -t VESSELS CLEARED.—JUNE 5. Havre John Liddell (s), B, 840 coal, H. Worms Leer, Jane Jackson, B, 135 coal M Krie"er Lisbon, Hematite, B, 190 coal, Cowell & Co Villa Neuva, Mina, B, 340 coal, Page, Ohlsen & Co Point de Galle, Ottercaps, B, 900 coal, Burness & Sons Blankense, Tennessee, B. 436 coal, Cory Bros Madeira, Parkside, B, 240 coal, Ocean Steam Coal Co Bio Janeiro, John Peile, B, 580 coal, Powells' Duffryn Gibraltar, Tom John Taylor (s), B, 830 coal, Burness Naples, Chanonry (s), B, 1000 coal, A. Matthyssens Marennes, Marie Jeunse, F, 100 coal, Troedryno Co Co St. Nazaire, Zenaide (s), F, 1000 coal, C. Goddard L'Orient, Fleury, F, 104 coal, Coffin & Co Bordeaux, St. Joseph, F, 160 coal, Powells' Duffryn Singapore, Peter, Ger, 330 coal, Powells' Duffryn VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—MAY 30. Gibraltar, Marquis of Lome, B, 794, Hall, Byrne & Co Havre, Chipchase (s), B, 534, Reed, Watts & Co VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—MAY 31. Leer, Jane Jackson, B, 80, Padding, Davies & Co Gibraltar, Hesperus (s), 558, Grives, Burness & Sons Kio Janeiro, Isabella Ridley, 517, Gatts, Decandia fspezia, Paolo Revello, Ity, 543, Revello, Decandia Singapore, Timolente, Ity, 591, Causi, Decandia & Co Alexandria, Pandora, Ity, 274, Bracco, Decandia & Co Bordeaux, Jeune Honorine, F, 171, Gregun, Morel Nantes, Amphitrite, F, 78, Penanrt, Morel & Co Nantes, Felix Marie, F, 119, Cornac, Morel & Co New York, President Duel, Ny, 387, Olsen, Tellefsen New Y :rk, Septembrio, Ny, 332, Gjerulsen, Tellefsen VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—JUNE 2. Smyrna., Sylph, B, 123, Davies, J. H. Anning Cadiz, Ocean Bride, B, 132, Dalten, J. H. Anning Smyrna, Coleridge, B, 193, Elsons, J. H. Anning Havre, May Queen (s), 477, Cameron, Harrison Bros VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS,—JUNE 3. Libau, Newfield (s), R, 508, Adwick, G. S. Stowe Santander, Amphion. B, 140, Connell, G. S. Stowe Para, Britannia, B, 290, Todd, Barnes, Guthrie, & Co La Rochelle, Wenvoe (s), B, 532, Tregarthen, J.H.Wilso11 Gibraltar, Tom John Taylor, B, 602, Aikins, Harrison Cadiz, Kate, B, 121, Wratterson, Harrison Bros Havre, H. P. Stephenson (s), 624, Hoole, Harrison Bros Nantes, Magdeline, F, 78, Thomas, Morel & Co St. Jago de Cuba, Louisianne, F, 1158, Troffets, Morel Brest, Cite Celeste, F, 95, Dupin, Morel & Co Chili, Isidora, Chili, 377, Morice,Jones, Heard, & Ingra^" Angar, Hugo and Otto, Gre, 360, Rickerts, Cory Bros VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—JUNE 4. Cape de Verds, Louisa, B, 780, Rees, Rowlands, ThoJJJt River Plate, Pride of Devon, B, 3->S, WTilce, Boney & Galveston, Vick and Mebane, B, 296, Hull, Barnes & C° Lisbon, Niva, B, 127, James, F. Planel Constantinople, Vesta, B, 647, Poole, C. O. Young & Co Havre, Merthyr (s), B, 511, Williams, BwJlfa C.C. Stethin, Aquila (s), B, 654, Bland, M. Thompson Mobile, Penedo (s), B, 652, Coin, S. Norle & Co Cape de Verds, Result, B, 242, Thompson, Martin & C° Rio Janeiro, Martha Edmunds, B, 182, Rowlands W. Edwards St. Malo, Maggie (s), B, 101, Pitman, W. Y. Edwards St. Nazaire, Brittany (s), B, 539, Shyles, Hacquoil Bro$ Mauritius, Marie Louise, F, 224, Duranel, C. O. Young Tronvilla, St. Pierre Justin, F, 58, Horissice, F. TernoJl Jannes, Leonie, F, 98, Bevan, F. Ternon Libau, Suomi, Aus, 255, Rosenburg, Dahlstrum & Co VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—JUNE 5. Havre, John Liddell (R), B, 561, Watts, H. Worma Pernambuco, Preston, B, 347, Rose, Harrison Bros Gibraltar, Lady Clive, B, 513, Turnbull, Cory Bros St. Nazaire, Zenaide (s), F, 532, Leray, E. Bregeon Nantes, Jeune Albert, F, 63, Ragordeau, Morel & Co Nantes, Christophe Colombe, F, 160, Blanchet, Morel Paimboeuf, Jeune Florentine, F, 79, Lorandel, Todd Brest, Jeune Marguerite, F, 103, Ertand, R. J. Todd Malta, Argentine Emma, Ny, 939, Hoist, Cory Bros Ragusa, Amos Fraterno, Aus, 390, Brailli, Lucovich Trieste, Domenica, Aus, 389, Vecenica, A. T. Lucovich Ragusa, Michele, Aus, 422, Scaich, A. T. Lucovich Galatz, Marco Primogenito, Aus, 308, Vucassovich, T. Lucovich Cape de Verds, Ohilic, — 427, Millinovich, Lucovich Athens, Basiho, Ity, 300, Orlogg, Morteo, Penco & Co Callao, Adriatico, Ity, 600, Raffo, Morteo, Penco & Co Monte Video, Superiore, Ity, 450, Bollestrino, Morteo n Alexandria, Diritto, Ity, 500, Corvetto, Morteo & PeHc Genoa, Sefora, Ity, 313, Malfino, Morteo, Penco & Co to Buenos Ayres, Marianna Carlotta, Ity, 500, Dode Morteo, Penco & Co Constantinople, Occidente, Ity, 250, Guestavino, Mofte IMPORTS. Sefora, Porman, 410 tons iton ore, Order Celia, Bristol, S.000 bricks, Order Keepsake, Carthagena, 100 esparto, 200 iron ore, Order Fa, Oran, 200 iron ore, 106 esparto, Order Sker, Arklow, 91 iron ore, Dowlais Co Ailsa (s), Glasgow, sundries, Webb & Co A. Maria, Lydney, 70 iron ore, Gadlys Co Excelsior, Duddon, 159 iron ore, Rhymney Co Isabella, Middlesborough, 9li pig iron, Order M. Borzono, Carthagena, 648 iron ore, Order G. H. Bevan, Duiidon, 160 iron ore, Rhymney Co Non Plus Ultra, Bilboa, 50J iron ore, Dowlais Co Bransly, Whitehaven, 110 iron ore, Gadlys Co Glendulough, Arklow, 130 iron ore, Dowlais Co Maria, Whitehaven, 176 iron ore, Gadlys Co Caroline, Bridgwater, 3,473 bushels wheat, Spiller & Co R. Schneider, Barrow, 328 pig iron, Aberdare Co Lyn, Danzic. sleepers, Order St, Saviour. Dundrum, 65 potatoes, Order Madonna, Youghal, pitwood, Tellefsen & Co I V, de la Rochelle, Bilboa, 800 iron ore, Aberdare Co Arcana, Waterford, 120 sacks oats, 87 pitwood, Order E. Edwards, Youghal, 140 2->itwood, Tellefsen & Co M. Eleanor, New Ross, lie pitwood, Tellefsen & Co John Stroud, Plymouth, 85 pitwood, Shaddick Ann Falcon, Whitehaven, 312 iron ore, Gadlys Co John Boyle (s), Porman, 1,100 iron ore, Order v Printed by Steam Power, and published by the 8pW Proprietor, DAVID DUNCAN, at his General Offices, 10, St. Mary-street, in the parish of St. M&J in the borough of Cardiff, in th<s county of Glamorg^' SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1873.

GLASGOW AND THE SHAH OF PERSIA. The Glasgow Town Council has resolved to invite the Shaw to visit the town.

LOCAL BILLS IX PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons last night the Nerth Pembrokeshire Railway Bill was read a third time and passed, and the Britonferry Local Board Bill was read a second time and committed.

NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT HARROGATE. This new Roman Catholic Chapel was opened at Harrogate yesterday. High Mass was performed by the Bishop of Beverley, and Archbishop Manning preaehed.

INJUNCTION AGAINST THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD. Vice-Chancellor Malins yesterday granted an injunc- tion against the London School Beard restraining them from building a school-house within four feet of a house in Westminster.

THE EXTENSION OF GRAVEYARDS. Vice-Chancellor Malins yesterday decided that the prohibition against the extension of burial grounds within a hundred yards of a dwelling-house, applies to p private ground attached to a Baptist Chapel.

CONFERENCE OF BAPTIST CHURCHES. The Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Association of ^Baptist Churches concluded the annual conference last might at Cinderford, Dean Forest. Resolutions were joassed condemning the 25th clause, and in favour of Jklr. Plimsoll's Bill and Arbitration.

THE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE: The Select Committee on the Callan Schools met "yesterday, Mr. Cardwell presiding. Mr. Keenan, resi- dent commissioner of National Education, put in various documents showing the course pursued in analogous cases, with regard to the dismissal or removal of the managers.

A MILKME N' S T R AD E UNION. A meeting of the milkmen of Richmond, Kingston, Twickenham, Mortlake, Kew, Barnes, and other places was held at Richmond, on Wednesday evening, at which it was decided to form a trade association for the pur- pose of protecting milkmen against vexatious prosecu- tions under the new Adulteration Act, and of fixing the prices at a uniform rate. The price of genuine milk was fixed at fivepence, and the price of skim milk at twopence per quart. The alteration to commence on the 16th inst. The standard of purity is to be decided by an analytical chemist.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A FRENCH GEN- TLEMAN AT THE MUMBLES. The generally quiet sea-side village of the Mumbles was yesterday morning thrown into much excitement, caused by the spreading of a report of the sudden death of a young French gentleman, who was one of the assistant-masters at the academy of Mr. Coulston, Mumbles. The name of the deceased was Elie Joli- elere, and it was only recently, we hear, that he had entered into the service of Mr. Coulston. Joliclere was twenty-five years of age, and on Wednesday night re- tired to bed in his usual state of health and good spirits, and yesterday morning, as he did not come down stairs at the usual time, Mr. Frederick Edward Mortimer entered his bedroom about half-past nine, when he found the unfortunate young man in an in- sensible state. Medical assistance was promptly pro- cured, and all that Dr. Bevan could do was done to save kis life, but it was too late, as life was extinct in a quarter of an hour afterwards. The deceased seme time before his death had written four letters-one to Mr. Coulston, one to his father, and the others to some friends, and it is surmised that from their contents the deceased committed suicide. Not the slightest reason can as yet be assigned for the rash act. A post mortem examination of the body is to held this day (Friday), and an inquest will subsequently be held.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. 1873 1872. Great Western, week ending June 1. £110,539 £ 93,487 London & North Western, week ending June 1 173,441 149,330 Taff Vale, week ending May 31 8,339 7,761 Penarth Harbour, week ending May 31 2,065 1,049 Rhymney, week ending May 31 2,174 2,098 Monmouthshire, week ending May 31 3,969 3,S58 Llynvi and Ogmore, week ending'May 31 1,321 1,257 Brecon and Merthyr, week ending June 1 1,308 1,449 Somerset & Dorset, week ending June 1 1,203 1,140 Llanelly, week ending May 31. 1,226 1,204

WM. YOUNGER AND CO.'S ALES.—Their popularity has given rise to much fraudulent imitation, but those who de- sire a good refreshing drink, should ask all respectable dealers for" W 1l1. Younger and Co.'s" Ales. See the trade labels. Established in Edinburgh, 1749. London Stores, Belvedere-road, S.E. 4127 L i