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ST. Cleans aukicultuiul SOCIETY. f,J»h)f«ahn"alrTef?f °f, "ie Agricultural Society U ? J «, « 'u111-?' U*r'»arthen*hire was held at the b .an Hotel. St Clears, on Friday afternoon, Mr R. 11 Carver, Wenalt, presiding, lhe (Kin. secretary (Mr J. H. Thomas, of Derry), stated that the balance in hand was jt:72 odd, the j co. ne last year, the first of the year's existence, haviug been £ 177 otid, aud the expenditure £ 104 16s. Mr R. R, Carver was elected president of *.he society for the current .year, and Mr J.Beyuoa,Tre- wern, vice-president. MrTllHmas was reappointed hon. secretaiy, aud Mr J. Davies, of the London And Provincial B ink, treasurer. AIr H. Lewis, of Gilfach, was added to the committee. The an- nual show was fixed for Friday. September 26tb next. Ou revising tlie rules, a new one was made providing that members hose subscriptions are unp dd at tne time "f exhibition shall not be entitled to any prtuniume,—AJr Davies thought the society could afford £2.) more in prizes this year than last. He thought they ndght offer £ 90 instead of £ 73. With the view of encouraging local farmers, a chujs for cows, restricted to the neighbourhood, will be placed in the prize list in addition to an open cl ss. Actasswasadded to tho black cattle department for cows, whose owners have never won a prize at any show, Tuird prizes were added to all the black classes, aud most of the other breeds. Exhibitors of agricultural horses will be encouraged by the chanoe of a third prize. Rams and ewes must not be aboye three years of age. Third prizes were added to most of the sheep classes. Tne pig classes were unaltered; while the olassfar donkeys ua* struck out.

Four miners have been sentenced to two months' imprisonment at Dewsbury for brutally assaulting a blackleg. Au outbreak of typhus fever among pigs has occurred at Sii«ffi«lJ, Several have been slaugh- tered. Air Gladstone and the Bishop of Peterborough are announced to site ik on behalf of home missions at the anniversary meeting of the Additional (Jurats Society. "KEATING'S PowoRR" destroys Bona, F&KAB, MOTHS. BBSTLKB, and a 11«.ther mssots, w hilst quite harm less lodomestic animals. In exterminating Beetles thasuccess of this powder is extraordinary, It is p '.rfect.y e ean in appliett wn. See 1.1.. article you purchus is KKA*- IXO'S M imitations arc noxious und ineffectual. Sold in Tins, is anil 2s 61 euh, hyall Chemists. Advt. THIS CERTAIN < CRe FOR WORMS IS CHILDBSIT is c, KBATINO's Worm TABIBTS." very pleasant to the t iste, m mihl hi action that the youn<;«st infant may tofts them. £ rice Is Aid at all Cbemists. Ad

EMIGRATION TO AMEIUCA. A SERIES OF LETTERS TO INTEND- ING EMIGRANTS. [BY THE REY. JOHMT DAVIES, rASTOR OF THE CENTRAL BAPTIST OHUBCH, NORWICH, CONN., UNITED STATES.} LETTER NO. $. MISTAKES OF EMIGRANTS. It ought not to surprise anybody that people who live in Europe, and who perhaps have tra- velled only a little, should make some mistakes when they emigrate; the work is new to them, and the absence of accurate information about America, together with the foolish things that are reported of us abroad, all help to mislead. I cau call to mind many things that were told me by pome very wise people before I started for these shores, which gave me impressions of American life and people that I soon discovered were en- tirely false. And I suppose that among you to- day men report certain things of this couutry that raise expectations in those who start here that are only doomed to disappointment. Sometimes the mistakes of emigrants are very amusing, and if they were all so perhaps there Would be no need to say much about them. But as some of them are serious, and involve much suffering, and even the failure of long-cherished hopes, I shall make a distinct point of considering them in this letter, I think I would have given a gotM? deal for such a letter as that which I now prepare to write. Not that I had much to suffer for my mistakes; but because accurate informa- tionof life in a new country must always help those who possess it. Let me speak first of some of the less import- ant mistakes which emigrants make. How strange it is that many tiers-ons who come here do not realize the great distances which lie between different American cities, and that it must be ex- pensive, therefore, to get from one to another. Tney know that this is a great country, and yet they seem to suppose when you are iu New York you are near every place in the land, au>i that all English mile here is not so long as it is in England. I was a victim to this impression. When I came here I expected to settle at Detroit, Michigan. But I thought when I get to New York I shall be very near Detroit, and was ap- palled to realise, on landing, that I must take a very long and expensive joumej »i 'about oOO miles before I should be there. To show that I was not alone iu thisvlet me say after I settle 1 iu Connecticut I had a letter from a very intelligent friend of mine in England, who wrote to say that a mutual acquaintance of ours was then living in Canada. In Canada; now my frieed knew per- fectly well that I was living in Connecticut, 500 miles away from that part of Canada, and yet in closing his letter he said, *'our tiiend is now living in Canada; I suppose you often tee him, With similar ideas men every week of the year come to New York. They want to go to Michigan, or Illinois, or Nebraska, but they suppose they shall be very near those places when they set to New York, and they are startled to find a thousnnd or fifteen hundred miles between them and their destination, and HLtt it will cost as much as their trip across the ocean to get there. I can pardon the vanity which leadq an emi- grant to bring with him from his native land certain articles for persona.! U89 or for home comfort. He has a feeling that such thing can- not be obtained here. He has heard about "the wilds of America," or has been told that articles manufactured in this country are very dear and very unsatisfactory, and so he thinks he will sup- ply himself before he leaves England with many things that he may want in his new home. And so he buys English goods, pays to have them brought here, and it may be carried about from place to place after he gets here. But after all this is very absurd. I knew a Birmingham gentleman who came here, intending to settle in Chicairo. Before he started—under the impres- sion he could not get it here—he bought a very fine stove to bring with him. The idea of brirfr. ing a stove to America! It was really laughable to see him fussing with that stove! Considering the trouble it gave and the expense it involved for transportation, I know that stove made him feel hot before he kindled a spark of fire in it. It is always a mistake to come here burdened with baggage, unless what you have may be some family relic, or you have plenty of money to spend on transporting what you bring. It is better to turn all you have into money, and fit out anain when you get here. III this country, in almost any part of it, you can find all you need for comfort. A real Yankee store, such as you will fi d in any village, will supply you with foud, clothing, agricultural implements, tobacco or jevi^Hery, while in our cities you will find a great choice of all things. In some of the towns west you will meet acres of agricul- tural implements of the most improved type, In Chicago you can buy wooden houses all ready to put together, so that this mornintr you may settle down on your laud, and by to-morrow night you can be housekeeping in a new home. These people know what emigrants need, and they make every- thing for your comfort and use. But let me come now to speak of some more serious mistakes. The many exaggerated things which have been said about the wealth of this country have led many people in England to en- tertain the most sanguine expectations of what they could do if they were only here. I have sometimes thought there are thousands of nersons in Europe who look npou America as the Jews of old did upon Canaan. Thpy think it is a land overflowing with milk and honey—a land in which the simple condition of hard work is noc neces- sary to the acquisition of a fortune. While gold is one of the hardest things to obtain in most lands, many think it can be obtained most easily here, and they seem to think if they can only gpt to this El Dorad i, all will be well. Because of these ideas it is that some serious mistakes are often made by emigrants. I have space only to deal with two of them. The first is that which men make in supposing that when thev get to New York very likely somebody will be waiting to employ you,and if that is nnt so. the Government will take care of you till you get employ- ment. I can e tsilv see how it is eo many come here with these expectations. A few years ago the Government of this country did purchase a plot of land in New York harbour, and put a building upon it, with a view of rendering some assistance to emigrants on their arrival. This place is called Castle Gordon, and all steerage p issengers are linded here. At this place you will find Government officials who will ch'ince your English into American money, who will store your baggage for you. tell you aliout the trains, and see that you get into a respectable boarding-house. But this is all th t ill be done for you, except it may be that someone who is looking for a servant, will go down to Castle Gorden on the arrival of the steamer, and hire one. But this is not done now nearly so much as it used to be. And this is all that must be ex- pected on your arrivaL The Government of this country tries to render you what assistance it can in landing and getting to your destination, and protecting you from sharpers. But more than this it cannot do. And nobooy outside the Govern- ment will be watching for you. The coming of emigrant ships is so common an occurrence that few will notice your arrival. The shipowners will dump you down on the dock like so much freight, and shoot away from you, and the g.eat city into which vou have come WIll rush and roar around you, utterly unconscious of your presence. If. therefore, the emigrant has been ex- pecting to be hired as soon as he lands, or to be taken care of till he can get employment, he will be utterlv disappointed. Everything and every face will be strange to you, and nohody will manifest any interest in you, except some rascal who thinks you are green, and that he can cheat and rob you. Fucli men are always around the steamboat dorks, and they will be So glad ymi have come to America." They know, too, "the b»>#t plaee in the city where you can stay for a nigh t." Ueware But perhaps the mostsfrious mistake that many make is that of coming here without motiev, start- ing with only passage money in their pocket. This is very commonly done, and it often involves a great deal of suffering. The exaggerated .state- ments made of us in Europe lead men to suppose they shall need no money except to bring them to New York. Once there they will be able to get plenty. So men intending to emigrate sell all they have, buy themselves a number of articles they do not require, treat their companions and friends it mav he, and then step on to the ship with a few shilling* more than their fare. How strange it is they should do this. If these same llIen were going from CarrHff to London they won1cl not think of spending all they had before they started. And yet it is a fact that numbers who intend to come to a new conntc-y and beijin life again here will be willing to land in New York or Boston with only a few p.,nce in their pockets, because they think they shall not want money her?. If it were needfnl, I could eive you numberless instances showing the follv and suffering of such a course. I will only mention one or two. I read in a New York paper only last week of a young Frenchman who was found in that city in a very wretched condition, and who was t, ken to the Home of the Friendless, just in time to save him fr'1m death. Hi" story was a very touching one. He said that he had been emploved in Paris, and h ,d a very good situation. But he was the son of a widow, and a desire to do something great for his mother led him to come to America. He supposed that if he eould oniy reach New York he should at once be on t e highway to wealth. During the voyage all went well. But the moment the steam- ship company landed bim at Castle Gorden he found out his mistake. But he set out into the city to seek for food and work, and could find neither, and when he was almost dead with want he was discovered and taken to a public institu- tion of charity. Casus like this are very numerous, A popular merchant, whom I know in New York, told me some time ago that he had just (riven em- ployment to a poor, wretched, half-starved and clothed Englifl mrfh who came into his office to beg for a few penoe toward paying his passage home, and I say such cases are of daily occurrence. Do let me, therefore, bee of you not to come here makiag such a mist-ike as this. Bring all the money you can with you. Deny yourself before your leave home deny yourself on the ship: and the more money you can bdrupritb you the better your prospect of snocess and comfort. You have not one chance in five hundred of getting a situa- tion on landing. That is. therefore, a. poor chance. I should say, and I may say of it what an old fellow in Worcestershire, England,used to sav to a friend of mine when things were very doubtful, You mont get it. and then again you IIIOUte/Jt." 80 of that one chance in five hundred I may say to you, You mout get it and then again you aMMtent." 661'- "5 money iu thy lluøe.

•> ECHOES OF THE WEEK. (BY PETER PIAYFAIR. J FOBTUNE TELLING, THE STABS, AND MOTHER 8HIPTOM. That one wretched woman has been sent to pri- son in Cardiff for professing to tell fortunes is no evidence that the humbug has ctased, I hear of more tlvau one iuttune-teder ill the town, .un.t also hear that the number of dupes passes ordinary belief. These are chiefly women—married as well as single—and numbers are known to come long distances by tram to co isnlt one or other of the wise pen; >le, who thrive because many believe more thoroughly iu humbug than in the efficiency of their prayers. The stars" are Rtrwin coming in fashion. I not ce that the Budtiht-t priests in Burmah are advising the Burmese King Thee- baw to make war upon us, b.-cause the a ara are fighting ou his side Tnenv.eare told that, for the first time in the history of the-world, so far as it is known, the stars will all be at an equal dis- tance from the sun in years hence. when some tremendous convulsion is expected. The scientific men have played at bogie so long that I no longer credit their pre- dictions until they are realised. Besides, I have just been rea ling in a scientific book that, accord- ing to the latest calculations, our earth will last f <r seventeen millions of years more—tot a minute longer. In that time much will happen, from 13 irmah to the foi tune-tellers of Roath. As to Mother Shipto,her savings have been so added to that it is difficult to know winch is ce uiine. but it is credited to her tuat in the year 1485 she declared— Alld the world to an end shall come In e.g"hteell hUlldred and tizhty-one." No sane person believes this, although given to the world 3:16 years ago, for the prophecies as to the second coming have not been realised, 394 years ago. The astronomical coincidence as to the stars being all equal to the sun in 1S82, and M'ther Khipton's psopliecy respecting 1881, is to say the least curious. A RED BULL" PLEADS FOR HUMANITY ON THE PART OF THE CAUDU'I"' BUTCHERS. A Red Bull" d sires to communicate through me its satisfaction at seeing it reporte i that the secretary to ¡ he Cardiff Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals is doing his duty, in so far as protecting old horses aud donkeys. The Red Ball" thiilk:4 it deserves merciful protection as much, if not more, than the creatures mentioned. It has been hinted to me (says the "Red Bull") that I am shortly to he taken to the Cardiff Slaughter-house, aud there to be butchered for the nRe of man. I am quite willing to lay down my life for liim, but I think it should be tnken from me with as little pain as it is possible, and I therefore, through this medium, ask the secretary to attend occasionally and see for himself that we (although brutes) are not brutally treated. I understand the mode of slaiighttring is to knock us in the forehead, aud when down somA brutal lad w iil take a stick and stir our brains, which practice I hope will soon be put a stop to. I hope tiie "Red Bull's" apoeal for mercy will find an echo in the rie-ht corner. ALLEGED RITUALISTIC PRACTICES AT THE IRON CHURCH, B LATH. A Churchman asks n e to call tile attention of the curate of St James' Iron Church whet er it is in- tended to continue the Ritualistic practices now going on at the ahove church, which are so offen- sive to a very large majority of t.he congregation attending there. Is he aware of the fact tuat its continuance is severely criticised out of doors? I would ask how can he, as a minister, expect con- tributions from his hearers Sunday after Sunday for the support of the church and the curates who have no sympathy with the religious feelings of their flock? Let us—says Churchman "—under- stand aach other more clearly. Is this intolerant state of things to continnf ? Is the reverend gen- tleman to enforce such absurd and childish prac- tices viithout any regard to our feelings? Let him remember that he is preaching to a full church, which will not be influenced bv the Ritualism of the minister. Let us look at St Mary's Church in the time of Canon Morgan. Look at it now, and ponder over the result. Let the curate give np Ritualism, and he will at once win the sympathy of the people, and be a popular tavourite. THE WEATHER AXD THE COUNTIES. While travelling into Warwickshire a week ago, lacked myself for the fiftieth time u hat is coming over the seasons 1 In Shakespeare's time, Warwickshire in May was little less than a p (ndiiie. The great poet has written much of the time When birds do sing; Hev ding-a-ding-ding; Sweet lovers love the'spring. But the sweet lovers of Warwickshire a week ago were shivering inside their top coats and rappers, while the trees which were wont to be clothed with delicate greenery through which the sun shone, were under bare poles. As for the birds, they sang intermittently and dolefully. I noticed that Herefordshire and Monmouthshire were much greener, and the season. more forward thin in Warwickshire. TYPHOID IN PIGS. It used to be a current joke that the pig had got the measles, but there is no longer room for joking about pigs having, and comniuiii ating, typhoid fever. A typhoid epidemic am jug pigs is raging iu Leeds and other northern towns, and I notice that last week nc less than 83 pigs in one piggery were found to be affected, and were con- sequenily slaughtered In one day 28 pigs, located in various parts of Leeds, were found to be stricken with typhoid, and slaughtered. I notice from the American journals that typhoid has shown itself largely among Uncle Sam's hogs. Bacon eaters had, therefore, bettpr be careful, and the authorities in t >e towns of the Principality should keep their we ather-eye open. CAKDIFF GOSSIP. I hear that the Cardiff Young Men's Christian Association is now in negotiat on with the Bute Trustees for the occasional use of the Cardiff Arms Park for the purpose of cricket. The association is looking up in more ways than one, and I hope general expectations will not prove fallacious in this in8hnce. I receive complaints every week about the Cardiff beggars. They are more persistent, and almost as numerous, as those of the city of the Seven Hills. Under various pretences many of these people obtain money, and from my own experience I am able to state they employ it in a very bad way. In Cardiff, if anywhere, indis- criminate charity is a mistake. Notwithstanding the depression in the bni1,iing trade in Cardiff I observe that a block of buildings j" ahout to he erected in Cat hays. just beyond the railway bridge. The^situatiou is healthy, aud in every way attractive. A ROW MUSICO-ECCLESIASTICO IN NEWPORT. The choirs of churches and ch (pels are prover- bial for wrangelsome tendencies. If I mistake not it was an axiom of a celebrated Wesleyan Divine that if the devil could not get into a church in any other way he could always enter through tlie choir," It is not for long that ehoirs remain intact, and sing harmoniously together. High musical training fosters extreme sensitive- ness, and this pec diarity of temperament engen- ders petty jealousies, which are destructive of social concord and harmonv. In Newport there is an iron church dubbed S. John the Ball- tist." Presumedly "S" stands for Sai It, but, from some unexplained cause, Saint is not now prefixed to any of the evangelists or patrons of the saintly order by episconalians of High Church proclivities. It would no doubt be interesting to learn the reason why. But thi* is aside the question. "S." John the Baptist Iron Church is "High" Church—not high in structure, but high in point of the services conducted therein— so high, indeed, that outside its lortals is of en in- scribed, Change here for Romt! My readers know well what this means without further ex- planations. The services of "S." John are ex- tremely ritualistic, which is interpreted by a very pronounced and devout Churchman-" A bll8tard imitation of Rome," A High Church is nothing without a choir, and "S." John the Baptist Church had a very nice choir. It was an admiration to those who therein did con- gregite to hear the choir sing. But I am told that the choir is "mined" or "tiffed." # The Church of S. John had a tea-partv last Thurs- da", and a oonvivial afterwards. The attendance was select, but the choir was not invited to si g on the auspicious occasion. Outsiders were the vocalists, and some of the vocalists sang comic songs, The "High Church" party wereeuter- tained with sueh effusions as "When pigs begin to fly," and this ribald nonsense "118 vociferously encored, and this singer of the flying pigs" sang asrain, to the intense delectation of the refined com- pany, amongst whom were some of the elite, and several clean-shaved clergy. I was not one of the party, and have to accept what I am informed as correct in connection with the gay affair. It was fully anticpated that the choir would have sung at the tea party, but the members were ignored This slight is viewed as an insult, and has terribly ruffled the feelings of some choristers. One good turn deserves another. My advice to the wounded choir singers would be to yield up their seats on Sunday to their comic rivals, who did so much towards entertaining the attendants at the Thursday tea party. It would then perhaps be discovert*! that Ritualism, with an introduction of comic singing, is an admirable admixture, CRICKET IN THE SWANSEA PARKS, The long and angry controversy wage lover the disposal of the St. Helen's field has had the effect of drawing more than usual public attention to everything which affects the out-door recreation of the people, and accordingly the refusal of the Corporation to allow CJ icket to be played in the parks has come in for a goo I deal of "dve se com- ment. The fact is that Swansea is singularly destitute of flat spaces suitable for such purposes. The number of fields in the neighbourhood adapt- able for cricket and football can easily be counted on one's fingers, and its each in its turn falls into the hands of the builder, it is no render that the patrons of out-door amusements for the yotintr should keep on foot an agitation in the hope of securing something before it is too late. The greater part of the parks in question are 1 dd out in walks and flower beds, admirable, no doubt, though rather expensive to maintain, and now what is asked is, that the open space in the centre shall be given up to games. My cricketing davs are well nigh over, and I should be the last to express any dissatis- faction with the way in which the parks are laid out, the whole being, in my opinion, very well done but at the same time I do not see that any one would be one bit the worse if some of the groups 1 see each evening practising in every available corner of the rapidly-disappearing sand- field were allowed in turn to play matches in either of the parks in question. ( SWANSEA CORPORATION RENTAL. Whenever any question involving expenditure is brought forward in Swansea it is customary to refer with pride to the extent and value of the Corporation property, and the wonder has often been expressed that hundreds of acres ot land and valuable buildings, both in possession and re- version of the burgesses of the town should yet be so heavily in debt, and always en leavou ing to add to the burden. Mr H. H. Vivian, and other gentlemen, writing on the recreation ground question, let us partly into the secret by pointing out large tracts of valuable land let at merely nominal rentals in years gone by, and now Mr Alderman Brown has still further lifted the curtain at the last meeting of the Cor- poration, when he is reported to have said hilt it was a matter of common notoriety that houses belonging to the Corporation had been left for 13 months, and no rents collected, while other finwoi'ties fell out of repair, and became untenant- able for want of lookinsr after. Mr Brown, in common with many other members of the property committee, is himself a large owner of projierty. I wonder whether this remark would hold good of his own? I fancy not for long with- out a remedy being sought for, ei'her, as he him- self suggests, by appointing some one for the pur- pose. or, asmmy of the ratepavers s-)em to desire, by stirring up those whose duty the matter pre- sumably is. SWAJ-SSA SCHOOL BOARD APrOtNTMENTS. The Swansea School Board co ues in for a share of grumbling this week, especially from members of the scholastic profession, all I believe our schoolmas ersand mistresses delight to be styled. Their compi iuts respecting the l,st appointments made bv the board are both loud and deep, but as there are t vo sides to every auestion, I forbear to judge which is in the right, having only hitherto heard the one. It was certain! v a pity, ho-vever. that the apjvoiutments in question were not duly advertised before they were filled up by tliree of the younge-t and least exixsrienced servants of tue l>o:ird. There is a certain amount of form about public appointments ot this kind, which it is just as well to observe ev'-n though you way have made up your mind long before.

NOT ES^oFAGiaon/rU RE. [BY A PRACTICAL FARMER, j CO UN. LONDON, Saturday, May 17.—There is nothing of iui, ortauce to be said regarding any sectaJll (If the corn trade. Wheat has received a little more attention, aud there is, therefore, a slightly in- creased firmness iu the tone of the trade, while in a few instances iu inlying provincial markets there has been a rise of Is to Is 6d per quarter. All the other products that appear at corn 11111.1 kett! are tti I cheap, and. atthoug t more firmness in regard to tnem is shown, as yet they are not ma- terially altered in value, LIVE STOCK AND MEAT. Stores are 1u 'king UD a little more in vRhlp. as the grass lias grown a little during the week, but the trade is still very dull. I h ve not beard how* the dealer has got on who took his 30 shorthorns to three of the principal maketsinthe Eastern Counties the week before last, and did not tret a bioi for thein. I shall, however, see him next week. The only animals that, sell well are uiHking cows but in consequence of the great demand for milk, down-calves are still makine from 26 to 30 gttinem each, according to size and walking' apl.ea.ranC6S. The fat stock market* have been only mode- rately supplied, bnt depreMsed commerce and trade, and miners* and otoer strikes, have contracted the demand, so that the supply was ample to prevent auv riøe in price. Of the London carcase market the same may be said. American arrivals have also fallen off during the week.for owing to some cause no supply came to hand for three days. Yet there has been no animation in the tra,la. prices having been no higher than the recent decline. THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE AND SIR THOMAS ACLAND. It appears from an editorial notice of wha, I and on this subject last week, that I am not ex- plicit enough to make sure of my meaning not being open to wron? interpretation. What I said was not intended to he in any way personal or dero- gatory to Sir Thomas. I am well acquainted with Sir Thomas Acl ind's hig-h character as a land- owner and neighbour, and also that the interest he takes in agriculture may be described as enthusi istH. But I will rej>eat what I said on this point, as this will serve to show in part what I really did mean :—" Sir Thomas Acland, I an informed, is one of the promoters of this alliance. If so, here is one element of landlordism imported at the beginning which will. no doubt,lead to the same over-riding of tenant farmers in con- nection with thio new venture ax has occurred in con- nection with Chambers of Agriculture." By using the words "lead to" I did not mean to imply in any way that Sir Thomas would take part in the "over-riding" mentioned. But this is what I omitted to say If Sir Thomas, as a landowner, he admitted as a member of the Alliance, there will be no rule or reason for preventing Sir Massey Lopes or any other Tory landowner from being elected members, and then we shall probably see the same farces enacted which have heen per- formed under the auspices of the secretary and council of the Central Chamber, the more con- spicuous one of which was diverting the funds of the chambers in the interest of local taxation, on the ground that it was of special importance to tenant farmers Tenant farmers—at least that Hart of them who have read n,y Notes "—are now, I hnpe, all convinced that local taxatiou is in reality only another term for rent, while I may a„raiu repeat wh it the Premier h id the audacity to 81Y in justification of himself and the hon. baronet and his followers, viz., "This 100 majority proved it was no party question," or words to that effect. "Indeed," continued the Premier, the townsmen got the lion's share." This is the sort of thing I am anxious to see avoided in future in connection with the Farmer? Alliance. Chambers were professedly farmers' associations and platforms, but I saw from the beginning— that ie, 1'0 soon as I saw who the leading "ro- moters" wp.re-that they would soon become what they have long been, viz,, political landlords' over-ridinar schools. Before I go further I may now take a little credit to myself, for my readers, who know I have often criticised the Chambers, will excuse me for saying it is a feather in my cap, for Mr James H martl to justify himself in the eye of some of his friends by telling them that he has joined this new Alliance because chambers of agriculture are of no use to tenant farmers. That is just what I have been saying, at my readers will allow, aa along. Mr James Howard, and Mr C. S, Read, M.P., have been" bosom friends," in Parliament and out of it, lip till the forlllation of this Alliance. Whether they re u in so ftiil I cannot say. But Mr Read was olle of the first promoters of the chambers, also A promoter of, if not a shareholder in, the Chamber Journal. He has coutinued till tl16 presellt time to show 1\ partizariship in favour of the latter. As recently as the late election for South Norfolk, when Mr Read actively supported the Tory candidate, and no doubt got him re- turned. he addressed a special note to this pet Journal of his. Yet after all this his bosom friend, Mr James Howard, who did more than any one else to swell the Tenant F rmer M.P.'s testimonial, is taking a leading part, as will be seen below, in this Alliance, because the cham!>ers are of no use to tenant farmers. What more I have to say will aonear under the next heading. THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Some eisrht years ajjo—the year the Bath an 1 West of England Show was at Plymouth—as I there met sottie West-country farmers—I had something to do with attempting to form a tenant farmers' association, as I had been convinced for some years that the chambers would utterly break down at some not very remote period. But meat had been at high prices, and the seasons had not been bad for several years in succession, and consequently there w >.s not any great outcry about agricultural depression. So our effort was not crowned with success. But one of the first rule; we pas--el in London, in committee assem- bleri. wa-—"No olle but bona fide tenaut farmers would be eligible for membership." I have nothing to do with this alliance, except as a looker-on and a well-wisher to it. But of this I am certain—unless a rule of similar import he passed aud adhei e l to, this Alliance ill ultima- tely fail as the chambers have done. All 1 can further do to-day is to give a fair report of the second preliminary meeting, which I obtained o i Monday, although rettorters were excluded. The objects are :—1. To secure the better repre- sentation of tenant farmers in Parliament. 2, To stimulate and encourage the improved cultivation of the land, by giving security to the capital of tenants invested in the improvement of their hold- ings. 3. To obtain the abolition of class privileges involved in the laws of distress and hypothec. 4. To promote the reform of the game laws. 5. To obtain the alteration of all legal presutn tions which operate unfairly against tenant farmers. 6. To .cure to ratepayers their legitimate share in county government. It was further agreed that the title of the association should be "The Farmers' Allianceand that a guarantee fuud should be formed for the payment of preliminary expenses in organising the association. A pro- vi-ional committee as chosen, with Afr James Howard, of Bedford, as chairman, and Mr W. E. Bear, of 2S55, Strand, as honorary secretary, to whom subscriptions and donations to the truarantee fund m:iy be lellt. AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION AND SOWING LAND TO PERMANENT GRASS. After cramming nearly a column with facts and close reasoning on this subject, a writer in Tl.e Field of to-day makes Ule following practical ami, as they appe .rto me, valuable suggestions:— Now the conclusion I have long come to ¡-I, that the success of British agriculture mtst lie in the production ot more milk, meat, and better qualities of cheese and butter. Ce'eals (excepting biule ,), 11.1111 pulse IIInst be secindary considera- tions. Putting laud down to permanent grass will not meet the case; but courses of cropping must bd extended, as Mr Cranfield has made his arrangements; and on he vy land Mr Cranfiel.i's use of the sieam cultivator must be imitated. It will be far better to grow mangold after mangold, or to change swedes, kohl rabi, an,1 mangold year after year, than to risk fifteen to twenty veara of grass that looks starved itself, and will certainly starve anything but gaols and poor stock sheep. One crop of man- gold, or 1"10:1 kohl rabi as Air CrttufieU grows, will make twice as much meat as t o years' grass will do. Land FO oropped will not cost much te culti- vate and keep clean. Then an occasional crop of wheat or oats may be taken to he followed by 3 crop or two of barley that would delight the eve of Mr Bass and Mr Allsopp. Then a full plmt and heavy crop of red clover will be sure to foilo .v, after which the Laud may be dealt with as the season and the prices of productions may vary and suggest. Practical men cau fill ill the details of this outline. In this, I am confident, lies the means fop alleviating and ultimately remedying the present agriculc ra! depression. At any rate, as we all know, there is no use ill sitting down Hod crying over spilled milk. Farmers, I make bold to say.must have more liberty both in cropping and the sale of crops. If st ■>; be worth more to sell than it is for manure, they must be allowed to sell it. Last year lc .vt. lqr, of straw would buy lewt. of maize or Egyptian beans. The propor- tions are about the same now, The com¡l81'a.tåve value of these products for making both meat and manure for producing crops is. of course, by far on the side of the extraneous products. So it is with roots. Of course a landlord is perfectly justified in seeing that everything is not aold off and noth- ing brought back in exchange. But restrictive covenants and customs must be modified hy new agreements, to suit the intelligence and skill of a large majerity of modern farmers. This will do more to avoid agricultural depression in the future than putting any amount of land down to grass.

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A TRANS ATLANTIC BOOK ON srilUTUALISM- [By A PROTESTANT EMQUIREK.] Spiritualism originated in America with the sisters Fox. and it seems year by year to be making great strides on the other side the Atlantic, A book has jl1"- beau issued from the American Press, which some of the leading journals of A i lerioaaregivingspecial attention to. The writer, Mr K.ddlo, Superintendent of the Public Schools, gives a record of coin manic >*ioas mioùe to him by t'le spirits of the dead, from Moses to James, Fisk, jun. The conversations, it is declared, were conducted by the aid of the author's son and daughter, and he vouches for their correctness. He declares that he has written the book from a sense of duty, and that the proceeds of its "ale will be devoted to the cause of Spiritualism. Tho communications are of great variety, some of the iii<«tpeculi'>r coming from Slo.kespeare, Byrou, William Cullen Bryant, and Washington. Iu^Mr Kiddle's "narrative of facts he relates he) iu May, ayeaj ago, his elit st. daughter, Mrs L. F. Weismann, "suddenly became all interm0!- diary for the writing of communications from departed spirits." S e visited a person jwotessiiig to he a cl iivoyant medium, who said: "I gee that you will be an inspirational teacher of a hidl oioer. She felt at ouce a peculiar sensation iu her ritfht arm. and her hand, in which a pencil had been placed, betran to be moved bv an ex- ternal force. Du ing the next few days she wrote out messages from dece ised rela.tiveK, ,111.1"e E i- monds and the two William Beldens, father and son, the latter having been for many years asso- ciated with Mr Kiddie :is a teacher in the public schools of the city. This communication, pur. porting to come from William Bel len, junr., is in character similar to the greater part of them Mr DEAR FRIENDS Believe me, you are doing God's most gracious work of love to all mankind. Goodness will Ie id yon to all happi-tea". Goodness will be God's reward to alt) is children of mercy and loving kindiuess. JIIY to you both. Your hearts Hre with Him who gave them birm you are doing the work of God's high love, for your soul's happiness in Heaven." Wicked and uiockingspirits, he says, sometimes communicated, writing plausible and deceptive messages, "but their true character was eoon dis- copered; and it was also soon ascertained that fervent prayer to the Almighty was a necessary preliminary to all intercourse with the spirits, so as to protect ourselves." WORDS FROM SHAKESPEARE. The third ch ipt«r gives specimen communica- tion. from various spirits, and the fourth clmpter CommulJicationJJ from the IHWltri"UBof Earth." Shakespeare has a good deal to say, aud iu this passage elightly misquotes himself :— I was a diligent man on eArth bat how mnoh I might have done if my powers of talent hiid been directed by the beacon light of mv soul's immortality. Remember not th t I said, Go t", it is better to endure the ills we have than to fly to others which we kao v r.ot of.' I love to see eotneof those godlike passages, given through in- spiration but, alas they are too few to compen- sate for the false oues I invented." In a running conversation he says that "Hamlet," in his opinion, is too sentimental, and ought to have had a purer motive. Maclieth was better in its moral teachings and subsequently, through Mr Kiddle's son, thirteen years obi, Shakespeare said he consid- ered Pericles" the purest ot his plays. Being adced to write a brief poem de-criptive of his heavenly joy, Shakespeare complied aa follows; My joy in heaven Is from the seven Of tbe truths of Soil's creating: First comes the queen Of love then she Who blesses the pure in heart,—yoor Everlasting friend, Benevole:1ce, B7*3 OF MOIjESTT FROM WASHINGTON. Bacon tollowed Snakespea ewitu a brief mewage, and on October 13 the company asked, with the permission of God (prayer bOld previously been offeied), that a communication might be written by Washington. Among other things the Father of his Countrv Bays: "Geonre Washington is but a fly-speck to humanity's progress and I must foi-get that I was ever more than a worm of the dust, sent by my Maker for some goo-1 puriose. I did not wholly go astray but, 0 God I was very nearly lost to heaven's door by so much vanity. Christopher Columbus says < :all11pon me C. C. when you have auy longings for heavenly light.' Mozart signed himself The IfmortaL* November 24 came this message Abraham Lin- coln is here, too and that is all. Amen Amen r He afterward, in a long communication, call- himself the same unsophisticated Abraham Linc"lu.' Qneen Eiizd»eth humbles heiselt in speech, and Sir Isaac Newton disc (Urses of heaven and the angels." SCRAPS OF MORAUTY FROY BíIWN. Artiotig the most garrulous of the spirits is Byron, who is still in the poetical vein. This is a selection from one or two poems he has com- m-Hiic ted :— The f jelings of trust, my friends, earnest and true, Wi h which I now pen these few lines to you, Are man", with 11.11 the emntiuns strong That unto a spirit's beim? belong. Though smsn the p ensure, for vour soul's delight, They will gwe you a foretaste of the realms of light. Dissever the ties which bmo you here, And you will ever rejoice in your Father's care. Engiirth rea lers wdl be aDt to killk that the ex- tracts from Bacon, and Byron have little of the genuine ring about them, but are simply the product of Mr Ki'die's mind. The book, however, has created qui-e a sensation in tl e United States, and to tho--e who are in favour of Spirituali-m, as well ns to those who are oppose 1 to it, the extracts I have given from S iritual Communications will he interesting. I should add that if I tire course of 1\ iiersonal interview 1'.lr Kiddle made the following statement: "I may have som thintf more to say hereafter when the book has been criticised and passed upon. The book, I think, can work nothing but good to mankind. See how Spiritnali-m has sprung up in ail countries during the last twenty-five years. It certainly has a purpose to fuifil. Tb6 Christian churches are absolutely withdut life. My book teaches love to Got and love to man, and that is all t! ere is ot religion. It offer" a common basis of belief for per-ons of ail creeds. Its precepts mi^ht be taught in all schools w ithout offence. Tnev solve the question of education and religion. Men shut their eyes against tins thfg and sav there is no sun in the heavens. You know how hard it is for persons to see things that are opj^sed to their prejudicex. No one has ever done anything th t conflicted with the general sentiment of society without suffering for it. Men will call me visionary, but I think it was the practical part of my nature that prompted me to publish this book with the purpose of aiding to cure the evils of society. I know that the book would have little importance without the authority of my name. Persons will rightly ask, 'Who indorses these things?* I have far more proof of the genuineness of these communications Jthan I have given in my book. and it will lie given to the world at the proper time. I am as finnly convinced of the truth of the statements in the book as I am that I am talking to \ou at this moment. I maybe i>erse- cute 1 for being a Christian and for teaching primi- tive Christianity, when at ei*ts and materialists are respected. Those connected with ecclesiastical organisations, and those II ho are set in dogmas for- mulated long after the Saviour left the world, will take ground against me. Mr Beecher teaches the doctrines of Spiritualism every Sunday in his pul- pit. The sjieeches of George Willi nn Curtis and others at the reception of Mr Frothingham pre- sent the sentimental basis of Spiritualism. The snpernatiiralism of my book will be objected tn, but spirit writing is as old as human nature. The Chinese have had it for t ousands of years. My Oook will be attacked, but I am prepared to defend it by pen and speech. I suppose this is the beginning of a very great discussion."

IMPORTAXT TO HAlLWAY mVELLEUS. In the Hicrh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, on Satur lay, (before the Lord Chief Justice and Mr .J ustice Manisty) in the case of Laugdon v. HoweUs, Mr Bowen said it was one state for the opinion of the court by the jus- tices of the borough of Neath, oh the application of the appellant, the prosecutor for who n he ap- peared. The complaint was one which the ap- pellant preferred against the respondent, ho was unrepresented, foruulawfully travelling in a third clans carria re with a ticket which he h id not pur- chased t¡ímseJ fro:n the company. The auestion before the magistrates w.is whether the respondent ought to be convicted of travelling in a third chi's railway carriage on the Great Western Railway with a portion of a tourist ticket whiell he had obt tine 1 bv a payment of 38 from some, body else, and which was marked not. transferalile- The magistrates declined to convict, hem-e the present case. He (Mr Bowen) contended that the respondent was travelling without having ore- viously paid his fare, and wI, h the intent of avoid- ing payment thereof. T is brought the act COli- mitted within the meaning of the sec'ion, and were II, ht, therefore, to h ive been a conviction. The L >rd Chief Justice, in delivering judgment, said that the case came within the Statute, and everybo ly was perfeetly aware that tlie ticket WM issued at a cheaper rats beca me the person taking it was about to make his return journey by the same radwaycomnxt.. The ticket was issued at the cheaper rate, cfearly on the understanding that the return journey would be made by the person to wlwm the t:ckpt was issued. If the return half was handed ovsr to anyone else, the contract was at an end. In this case the evidence was abuudaut to sho v that the resjiondent had not paid his fare for what was a single journey, and with the intent tø avoid pay- ment thereof. Mr Justice Manisty concurring, the case will be remitte I to the magistrates. At the Bri Igend police-court, on Saturday, Mr Peck, solicitor, and Mr Do tdington, both of London, appeared to answer a charije of obstruct- ing the railway officials^ at Bridgend, in Mare.i last. Mr (Justard, of Newnort, apjieaied for the company, and Mr Peck conducted the defence for himself and co-defendant. It api-eara that in March they took return tickets from Bristol to Neath, and ou. the return journey got out at Bridgend to do business in the colhery district,, and travelled over te Hyavi and O-'rnore Rail- way. But prior to this, aud on alighting at Bridgend, they were asked to give up their tickets, but declined, as the journev had not been oem- 1,leted. Mr Gustaru contended that although the defendants had not offered any violence they had committed an offence of obstructing within the meaning of tbe Act. T1le rules and regulations of the company did not allow passengers to break their journey in the way which the defendants had done, unless the ticket was forfeited. Evidence having been given in support of the charge, Mr Peck addressed the court, arguing that they had a right to do as they bad done. The bench was of opinion that the bye-daws of the railway company were not supported in this instance by tbe Act of Parliament, and therefore dismissed the sum- monses. They ordered the company to pay £5 each to Messrs Doddington and Peck, for costs incurved by them ill appearing to the summonses.

The Teap. states that Mr Hiarginson, liD I Englishman, has arrived in New Caledonia foe L tJAe piu-poee of workiojf the niokel mius* l-bew.

■ SOUTH WALES COAL AND IRON EXPORTS. APRIL, 1379. The shipments of coal an. I iron from South Wales |mrt8 during Ai»ril have been unusually large, and this probably arises to some extent from the colliers'strike in the northern coalfield, here the shipments of coal have been ex reinely low. rather than fro • any increased dem n.l for coal in foreign countries, as tue tutal shipments of coal are below the average. BOOTH WALES SHIPMENTS. APP.TL. IS?!>. Coal. Iron. Coke. Pt.Fuel. Cardiff 3C>9.i67 10,004. 2,0«8. 19,3ia Swansea. 5^412 HI. 15. 9,92(5 Newport. 77 4W) 8,4;5. 25. nil Lianelly 7,032 nil. nil. nil CARDIFF. The coil shipments iro n Card IT were-to Alex- andria, 4 223 tons Almeria, 21o tons Aiaroa Tay. 1,000 tons; A icante. 2,215 tons; Aden, 2.181 tons A'd^rnev, 53 tons; Aucona, 2,658 tillS; Belle lie, 175 tons: Bari, 481 tons; Bonn, 270 tlins; Bombay, 1.832 tons; Bres", 8M7 to 8; Buenos Avres. 5,016 tons; Barhadoes, 722 tons: Brindisi,, 2,678 tons B ifavia 1,753 tons Bihi- 4,220 tons: Krehat, il3 tons; R Ihin, 1.514 tons; Batoum, 555 tons; Be mn in, 1.323 'ons; Banana, 1,048 tons; Barcelona, 12.041 tons Bordeaux,6,259 tons; Ca e Town. 3,800 tons; Cephahmia. 537 tons, Cadiz, 1.391 t.ons; Caen. 1,626 tons; Cherbourg. 819 tons; Cha.ente, 91)2 tmis Calcutta, 6.346 tons; Coueran, 135 tons; Cbristi nstiidt, 432 tons; C.-v.e de Ver IK, 8,838 tons; Carril. 250 tons! Cagli ui, 755 tons; Chantenav. 92 tons; Coquio bo. 510 tons Oama- ret, 1?0 tvti- Calle of Good HIlle, 607 tons; Carthacrena, 950 tons Constantinople, 4,407 tons Copenhagen, 550 tons I >aka.r, 1,493 tons Dron- theim, 600 tons; Diepj* 14,2".9 tons; East Lon- don, 3iG tons; Frev Bentos. 309 tons; Flensborg, 3n0 toos Falkland Islands, 397 tons Flu~hin'_r. 1.1S1 tons; Geno>. 9,918 tons; Gibraltar. 14.52S tons; Granville 1.006 tons: Gravosi, 8 >0 tons Gothenburg. 253 tons Havre, 12.346 tons Havinnah. 1,351 tons Honir Konir. 3,890 ions Tluelva. 420 140 tons; H'<n- fl"tir, 512 tons; H mhunr, 804 to s; Jamaica, 1.136 tons: Java. 1.926 tons Jersey. 504 ton*; La Rochelle. 1.740 tons; Lisbon, 1.163 tons; Leghorn, 832 tons; Malta. 2 ,598 tons; Monte Video, 15.771 tons; Maranham, 753 tons; Mar- tinique, 546 tons Madeira, 2,145 tons Mataro, 188 tons: Medina, 1.8-12 tons Morlaix. 435 tons; Mnrennes. 134 tons; Mozamb'que, 43d tons; M 'uritiu*. 2,470 tons; Mar-<e lies, 4,992 tons; N ores, 230 tons; Naples, 1.909 tons; Nagasaki, 2.117 tons: O:<ort.o, 230 tons: Or< 800 tons Odessa, 2375 tons Port Said, 23.746 to it,- Point de Galle, 1.612 tons; Para, 327 tonlll Paimpol. 45 tons Pernambnco. 1,301 tons; Palermo, 4 451 tons; Penana, 1,159 tons Paimboeuf, 140 tons; Qniberon, 125 tons; Quebec, 796 tons Rio Janeiro, 17,915 tons Ron" 7.129 tons Redon, 1,631 tons Rochforte, 3.521 tons Rochebernard, 178 tons Rio Grande. 1,522 tons Rh»a. 814 tons Roune, 326 tons St. Na/aire, 27.788 tons Shodsberc. 280 tons St. Michael. 214 tons Santos, 572 tona Smyrna, 253 tons St. Jago de Cuba, 1,265 tons Sulina, 2.246 tons; St. Thomas, 5.155 tons; Ht. Lucia. 1,063 tons Seville, 950 tons: Spezria, 777 tons; St Gilles, 93 tons: St Ser\'an, 285 tons; Svrn, 1,935 tons St B ienx, 283 tons Htettin, 1.567 tons; San Francisco. 4 563 tons Simraoore, 5,259 tons Stockholm. 2,227 tons St Croix, fiOO tins St Vincent. 2.4"t tons; Savona. 6 721 tons Sables d'Olonne, 2.680 tons St Malo. 2.609 tons Trieste, 4,231 tons Tunis, 320 tons Tarragona. 625 tons Trouville, 1.668 tons Table Bay, 4,053 tons; Valparaiso, 481 tons; Villanueva, 450 tons Valencia, 415 tons Varnn, 742 tons. The shipments of iron v ere :—Cronstadt, 1,025 t.o:is Constantinople, 200 tons Bahia 679 tons Barcelon', 1,757 tons; Gothenburg, 2^9 tons; Galatz, 397 tons; Hummelvi^en, 1.774 ton*; Hielva, 415 tons; Iquique, 70 tons Ibrail, 271 tons Lisbon. 298 tons Palermo, 12 tons Oporto. 55 tonp; Pernambnco, 106 tons; Salonica, 280 tons Smyrna, 182 tons Syra, 43 tons; Stock- holm, 799 tons; S^n Francisco, 278 tons; Udde- walla, 323 tons; Varua, 283 tons Valencia, 419 WUUt»« i CARDTTT SHIPMENTS, 1879. Coal. Coat Iron. Coke. P. fuel. Cstwise. .Tan. 292.496 4,262 3,363 9,(40 51,049 Feli. 3S7.553 4.630 746 7.885 67.679 Mar. 861.998 5 764 808 .14.607 73,366 Apr. 369,367 .10.004 2.038 .19,313 69.883 1.361,414 24,6C0 7,005 50,845 261,977 SWANSEA. The coal shipments from Swansea were to Area- chon, 270 tons Bergen, 340 tons; Barcelona, 1.480 tons; Bilbao, 580 tons Boulogne. 620 tons: Brest. 110 tons Bordeaux. 251 tons Caen, 7.132 tons; CnHiz, 6H3 tons; C^6rl>onrgf 2.-330 ton* Cape de V-rds, 542 tons; Cape lown, 1,351 tons; Cannes, 163 tons; Coneron, 178 tons: Co; >en- h.ven 400 tons Coq 'imbo, 930 tons Charente, 150 tons; Dieppe. 270 tons; "Dakar, 395 ton Dedeagh, 595 tons: Euse ia la, 450 tons Feecamn, 688 totf Granville. 892 tons Gdiraltar, 720 tons Havre, 1,853 tons Bonfleur, 343 tons; Hamburg, 975 tons; Huelva, 275 tons; Isignv, 140 tons; Lisbon, 917 tons; Le Crotoy, 125 tons; Madeira, 729 tons; Mar- seilles. 177 tons Morlaix, 600 tons Mai ga, 2G8 tons; .Varans, 1sa tons; .Messina, 250 tors Nantes. 2.079 tonR O;>orto, 325 tons Palma. 180 tms Para, 4HO tons Paimboeuf, 260 tons Port Sal. 65 tons; Pont Andemer. 4S3 tons Pan tors n, 153 tons Poruic. 60 tons Palermo, 1.615 tons; Para, 328 tonfe; Port Nat-d, 369 tons Point Anx Herbes, 105 tons Quebec. R42 tons; Roune, 200 tons; Reenevilie, 1.062 tons: Rouen, 4.8*21 tons RocMorte. 4G6 tons Ilio Grande do Sul, 548 tons R .chelle, 315 tons Santos, 500 tons Spezzia, 564 tons 't. Malo, 2 481 tons St. John, N.F., 1,091 tons St. Vaast, 100 tons St. Servan, 90 tons Sables d'Olonne. 1,389 tons Srettin, 279 tons St. Nazaire. 793 tons St. V Jerv. 196 tons Savona, 650 tons St. Brieux, 114 tons Taranto, 280 tons Tunis, 212 tons Treport, 340 tons; Trouvilie, 1,491 tons; Toeopilla, 5 >6 tons Teneriffe, 1,6^2 tons Val- paraiso. 1.159 tons Valencia,' 353 tons Villa nueva. 240 tons Zante, 231 tons. SWANSEA SHIPMENTS, 187Q. Coal. Coal. Iron. Coke. P. Fuel. C'stwise. Jan. 55,735 80 79 13.076 41.797 Feb 4* 915 2ô3 83 14,382. 40.116 Mar.62,297 169 808 12,300 51.665 Apl. 58.412 i)H 15 9.925 52.424 225,359 512 985 49,683 186,002 NEWPORT. _8 The coal shipments f om Newport last month were to :-AJexan,JrilL, 2,750 tons; Antrer, 1,200 tons Alicante, 2,303 tons; Alcudia, 2^5 tons; Audierne, 125 tons; Arcachon, 166 tons; Auray, 215 tons; Algiers, 22d tons Buenos Avres. 1.804 tons; Bordeaux, 4,500 tonR: Brest, 530 tons Rayonne, 210 tons Bilbao, 4.193 tnno, Briidi,,i. 5.350 tons; Barcelona, 1.450 tons Bermuda, 520 tOilS; Basse Indre. 130 tons: Croisic, 170 tons Cadiz, 1,090 tons Caen 400 tons; Constantinople, 1.200 tons; Calcutta. 1 850 tons Cape de Verds, 897 tons; CarJoforte 1 240 ton«; Dantzii 260 tons; Dieppe, 1.800 'tons • Gihrdtar, 3,575 tons Guad a lou i»e, 1,739 tons' Galatz, 900 tons Genoa. 1.480 tons Guernsev.' 100 tons Henneho t, 945 tons H tvre, 800 tons; Jamaica, L2C4 tons; Kustendj*, 8S0 ton# La Rochelle, 2,570 t<»ns; Lisbon, 1,729 tons; L'Orient, S".5 tons; Martinique, 350 tons Miv- t.anzas, 395 tons; Messina, 1803 tons Mortagne, 310 tons Malta, 2,800tons; Mauritius, 570 tons; Nantes, 320 tons Naples, 950 tons Oporto, 1.050 tons;PointdeGalle, 1 015 to p; Pontorsot ,100 tons; Passages, 570 tons; Pernambuco, 1,133 tons: Porto Torres. 300 tons Palermo, 830 tnns Queb -c, 600 tons Quimper. 155 tOllS; Rosario, 800 t 'nf Rio Janeiro. 218 tons: Rocheforte, 1,853 tone St Malo, 782 tons St Se: van, 60 tons Savona, 3,600 tons; St Thomas, 1,301 tons; Salerno, 1.400 tons; Sulins. 1,750 tons Stockholm, 380 tous Trouville, 220 tons Taranto, 720 tons. The iron shipments were to Lislxin, 91 tons; Maryboro, 1,200 tons Montreal, 800 tons Porto Torres, 410 tons; Rio de Janeiro, 230 tons; Sautos, 693 tons. NEWPORT SHIPMENTS, 1879. Coal IrIOn Coke Coastwise. JM. 84,402 6.295 15 74,540 Feb. 57.163 8.783 90 87,076 Mar. 81.315 2 543 nil .86.922 April. 77,4.6 3,474 25 79,297 300,375 21.1 3 130 327,825 LLANELLY. The coal shipments from Lianelly "were to :— Brest, 110 tnna CArentan. 122 tons; Cherbo rjf, 508 tftne Dieppe, 600 tons; Duclair, 350 tons; H nSeMr. yS5 tons Isiuny. 320 tons Latideruean. 330 tons; La RorUelle, 945 tonj Planeoet, 7) tons; Port en Be-weiii, 372 tons; St. Brieux, 205 tons St. Malo, 1,310 tons St. Ktz ire, 250 tons; St. Servan, 150 tons St. Vaast, 125 tunll; Tie- port, 180 tons; T rouville. 150 tons. j tiLANKI.LT SHIPMENTS, 1879. 101 eign. Coastwise. Col. CVd. January 7.11ft 5,904 February 2,308 6,032 Mai eh 8 686 9,749 April 7.532 12 264 25,1 S3 83.949 COAL AND IRON EXPORTS FROM THE WHOLE COUNTRY. The coal shipments from the whole country last mouth show a falling off, &nd the shipments for the four months of the year, a.re less than the shipments for the four mon hs of 1<"78. The total shipments last montb were 1,272,698 tons. For April, 1878, the shipments were 1,284,08 tons. Of the Cq,tl shinped la t month Bu-sia to k 4,835 tons Sweeden, 77.707 ton- Denmark, 56.4^4 tons Germany. 189,591 tons; Holland. 28,377 tons, France, 236.015 tons Spain. 54,458 t"u, Itdv, 91.317 torlS; Turkey. 14.751 tons; Ek'ypt, 48,1'i2 tons; Brazil, 38.045 Ions; Malta, 25.534 totia British India, 51,815 tons; other countries, 309,077 tons. The shipments of steel rails amountel to 2\401 tons. Of t d^ quantity Russia took 2,363 tons Sweden. 2,804 toow Germany, 2) tons Spain, 1,100 toils; Lair, 1,858 tons; Brazil, 1.429 t, Bri ish North America, 1,338 tons; British India, 4.750 tous; Australia, 7.4S1 tons; other countries, 2,252 tons. The irou rails shipped oidv amounted to 3 750 tons, and of these Russia took 43 tons Sweden, 10 tons; Germany, 683 tons; Brazd, 746 tons; Chili, 10; British North America, 855 tons British India, 154 tons; Australia, 315 tons; other conntrifcs. 935 tons. CO At XJfOEta FfiOM TRK WHOLE COUNTRY FOR A arKJt. FOREIGN. COASTWISE. f N t > April. Auril. 1879. 1878. 1879. 1878. Newcastle 274.U02.237,314.1G4,538.172,925 North Shields 7.340. 9.993. — 1.6.)2 South Shields 20.24)5. 25 470. 5,314. 2.7i10 Blyth 11,517 14.457. 4.163 2 849 Amble 6,292. 5.900. 9.291. S.867 Sunderland 42.056.105.119. 74.119.161.796 Hartiepool 28.713. 61.752. 39.255. 4i,672 AF 626. 1.825. 35,lu6. 2S.348 Middleebro' 839. 8,962. 1.4S8. 5,213 Hull 84,243. 83.488. 9.869. 3.4ti9 I Grimsby 16,3 8. 21,418. 5.345. 1.108 Seaham 1,483. 4,910_ 33,563. 41,404 Liverpool 59.853. 65.607. 32.650. 20,771 Cardiff 36 >,637.325,853. 69.8S3. 61.3S1 Newport 77,495. 50,081. 79.21 *7. 60.670 gygaaea 58,412. 19,214 —— Grangemouth 10.270. 15 370.„ — — Port ulasgow 8,751. 1,855— — — — G-oole 19.616. 21.414_. 9,078.- 6,841 Lianelly 7.032. 7,639_ 12,261. 9,17* Glasgow S2.149. 25.836_ — Cti iriastowo^. 19.4 4. 15.304.. 1,485- 801 Alloa H.723.„ 8.«54.« 913. 49* Sc. David's. 8, i43. 3,152_ 52 — Borrowstoness 3,811. 4.8S0. 2,816. 1.728 Irviae 732. 848. 8 694. 5.354, Troon 10,096.. 8.524. 23,027. 20,40l Dundee. 9,588. 11.982. 45. 22f Greenock 16 759. 24,"00. — — Granton 13.443. 3,874. 2,346. 3 579 Arirossan 8,492. 6,926. 19,147. 12.19S Wiiiuehaven — — 18,381. 8,077

UXITED COUNTIES HUNTERS' SOUl KfY. The annual meeting of the committee of thV society, which is "pel to the counties of Carmaiv then, Pembroke, Cardigan, aud Glamorgan, waa held at the Ivy Jiusb Hotel, Carmarthen, on Saturday. Lieuteuant-Colonel Le i^ » icun e l the chair, and there were present Sir Marteine Lloyd, Bron wydd; Major Leach, Coraton Ca;* tain Howell, Novadd-Trefawr; Caotaiu 1..1. LL Lloyd. Giunewiil- Mr W. F. D. Saunders, Clanrhy lw Mr W. R. H. Powell, Maesj;wynne j Mr h. Waters, Sarnau; 1\.1 r J. E. Grav H, St. CleflrR; Mr R. R. Carver, YYenallt Air W. o. Brigstocke, Bone i-th Ct tain Grismond Phiiiti iq. Cvvm<j»viliy and .Mr T, Morrill, Coomb; Mr VV, O. Brigst-ocke, Mr L >rt Pnilipi>», and Mr J. B. Graves were added to th", committee. The hon. secretary )Mr W. E. B. Glljn) brought forward the accounts, whichshowed the amount of sub- scri tions from the conn ies of Carmarthen, C,r- digun, and Pembroke, to be £158; and from Gl»» morgauehire, i:22 0,1<1. Money received from otber sources ma le n,» the income last year to £ 362 ISs 4d. The total disbursements were £ 238, balance to the good of J674. Tlds is the largest b;ila"ce of any year since the formation of t.h« society, except last year, when it was JB81 od i. As to No 5 rule, Mr VV. D. Brigstocke fainted out that it preven ed owners riding their o a h -rses. Thig was an unheard of restriction, and a r. flePLon upou t'.e integrity of the judges. Mr Powell concurred m these remarks. Mr Gw". s .id the rule had been adopted because 80; years ago a prize had been given to an owner ami not to his horse. Mr Powell here said h. oid not wi,h to reflect upon anyone, but the fact of the judges consulting the secretary during the judging had been made the subject of out* side remark. The reil arks so far as they affecte4 the wtegrity of the 8ecret.hry or the judges were ntteily groundless still be thought their cause ought to be avoi ied. Mr Gwyn said the judges required information from him, and they could not get on with their work without consulting him. Mr Powell Raid they ought not to require iafnrmation; "lid Capbin Powell pointed out thai their sole duty was to select the best horse. They had a catalogue and tbe rules, and they ought not to require anything else. Rule 5 wal tiien altered. and read thns, No one shall enter the ring when the horses are before the judges (unless in chargre 01 a iiorse) under jiendty of JitoCtu&¡ific&tioe of a winner. Mr Brigstoke also objected to JPuIe 7. which provides for objections to unsound 1!.rse, —Major Leach proposed that iustead of Rule T. s .<»uld be s ibstituted the folio ing:—"That* properly qualified veterinarv surgeon shall he one of the judges, and the judges'decision shall he final, This was agreed to.—A new rule v a* msde providing that the society v ill not be liable for damans in resect of any injnries animals may receive in?the sho'.vyar 1.—Mr Gwvn read a letter from Mr W. Lliewelyn, of Court Col man, Bridgend, in which regret was expressed that Glamorganshire had not subscribed last year s» liberally as the year before. Mr Llewellyn said tiiat althongh he could not undertake collect snbscrmtions personallv, he would continue hie 0 > n. slid ask his friends. lIe a.1,0 intended t. bring the matter before the members of his hunt. and suggested that Mr Gwvn should write t't the secretary of the Glamorganshire Hunt, asking him to do the same.—Mr Waters said that 10c14 hunters' shows Mere held in Glamorganshire now, and that might account for some of the falling off. —Mr Gwyn said be calculated they could spend. £225 in prizes this year.—It was resolved te trike out the yearling class, and also the third prize ia every other class.

THE MAY MEETIKGS. CHURCH OF ENGLAND HOME MISSIONS. The 43rd anniversary of the Societv for Proa moting the L nolovmeut of Additional Curates was heldatWdlis's-room*. King-street, St James's, on Mo day afternoon. His Grace t Ie Archbishop of Canterbury, the president of the society, was in the chair. Amongst those present were the Bishop of Petei liorough, Mr VV .J £ Gladstone, M. P., Mr Hubbard. M.P., etc. The report atitted hat to send the Gospel mes- sage with the meau" of (x race into the remote hamlets and scattered cottages of our wide agri- culturd parishes, to m ke provision for the 264,00) 8011111 wbich were annua Iv added to the country, the society v,as at present enabled te supiort in whole or parts the large number of 664 clergy, th ■ s_ raising tie clerical staff ef aided i wishes from 880 to 1,5'4. Toe income needed to sustain those grants is £78.000 a-vear. Ti e aggregate population of the aided (aritthea amounts to 4,353,446. The numhec nl un/.i ied applications remaining on the society*« register was no less than 305. £18,640 additional income was required to meet the nee is of the p rishes represented by these applications. £ 16,92.^ which would gladly be contri. buted by t iwe parishes themselves to meet grante from the society and complete the sfinends of t « curates, was lost to the service of the Church, owir.g- to the inability of the society to vote the grants asked for. During be past year the society IHHl received bv subscriptions, collections, &c., £36,989; legacies. &c„ m.737; sums locally raised and II id to meet grants £35,602, making. tosal of £ 74.329. Mr GLADSTONE congratulated tbe societv upon the nat'1re and character of the meeting. He trus ed that the large number gathered together iididit be a good omen of the result- of the appeals that the societv iiad ma^e for assistance. He kueiv very well that (ID many occasions it WM IIOe; [■ossible to gather together so lwr-e. intellisre t, and zealous an audience for the best of purpo-es, but he was certain that no meeting could be larger or more intelligent and zealous to answer the de. mands in ;d I of the objects of the society than the meeting which his grace had before him. It II" often been his t'a e to state balances of laree some of money—(laughter)—before other assemblies, requiring a great deal of ill dealing w ith them, but the bal ince of this society was one of the simplest balances that ever se pre*ente I. Mr Hubbard had stated that the society hnd an income of over £70,000 a yelr. which he called very justly a magnificent income, in comparison whh its small beginning a few vearg ago. Hut they must not take to themselves credit for raising the sum bv what might be called oon- tributions at the centie. That sum must be halved, for it a peared that, whereas the mUD ex. JtfOtl/led WHS £74.3\0, the total sum r.dsed wat £37,000. It might be said with great truth that tnat wag a very respectable amount; but was it a flrtUlt amount when compared with the means possessed by the Cr urch of Lngland (Hear, hear.) The aggregate income oi tliis country had heen put down at a thousnnd million pound*, and one and a-balf of that sum might he set down roughly as ex ores- sin,' the income of the upper and middle classes; and taking those classes altogether, there could not be adnnbt that a very la ee i>roix>itioti that total 'sum was received by those who were within the commission of the C) arch of Knedand, He would ask them whether the sum of £37.008 aniienred a s^sible or appreciative propor ion of the great aggregate of uroliably not less than three or four hundred lIIillions of pounds which consti- tuted the income of the wealthier ixwtioa of the members of the Church of England? After eloquently urging the claims of the eyenilll{. Mr Gladstone thus concluded:—"All of us, I think, believe that the difficulties of the Church of Kngland ace great. S >e has had disputes to encounter, and "he mav have more, Sim has hid cnlltmveMlies wi hill and without, and we cannot hn:1f' that the voice of controversy u ill an at once be lulled. It is not difficult to find matter for criticism, but wishing, above all things, to know the truth, and not wishing to conceal frota ourselves any of our defects, I believe th t we here assembled, and tlioosmi'ls, and tens of thousands, and millious, outside these \I alJ", are united in the firm belief that the Church of Rnglan i hss still a i:reat work to 1}8. form tor J.e.1f, for tbe and the killgliotrl ati irge, and we are therefore jus ifieil in earnestly desiring those who became acquainted wit,h what t ikes place amongst us to-da" to ft. the r hest to enable her to discharge one of the foremost, and one of the holiest portions of tbe work. Tne right hon, gentleman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. 11\ H. BIRLET. M.P., seconded the resolution, wl,i<'11 was carried bv acclamation. The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Bishop of Peterborough, the Bishop of Carlisle the v-a of Lichfield, t'tc.

A SIX DAY^S"\VTM~MIXG MATCIL On Mondav morning, at the Lambeth Baths, will C(I111 Ineuc:e lit novel form of those feat- ,.1 endurance which itave of late become so strangely p.iioular. At nine o'clock the men will dive into the water ttt o;t"rt on tne extraordinary t;»*k of seeing whicil wilt a' iln the greatest dl.3tallce ill six d.-sys, the hours of swimming iieiug li oite 1 t ¡ 14 each dav. A uong t Ie starters is the renowned C;\ptitÍt; Webb, the Cuannel swimmer, a!llllUl h« alone of all the competitors dia* s.io n lasting )Kiwerot e\l<'UII6.,lee in tne water, he will probably start first favour,te in tlJÎs eccentric tRee. The o her cmnpetitOrflare :1. M. Taylor, ot Ko h- 1 !a e and Newcastle G. Team, all amateur; W. Beck with, of London; aud D. Rowbot>.oui, uf Mu.uchester.

EICm.NlilsCENE IN A SFRENCB COURT. An unprecedented scene has occurred in tlie ASILe COllI., Pans, ou the trial of three mout dangerous scoundrels, Collin, L^vfecjue, a id a i- tiiier, who stole cabs, in many instances drove fares to remote places, an t then ill-used aud robbe them. They were all powerful men, and the police, rightly as it turuedout, tuougiit them likely to uuike & violent attempt to escape fr",a the dock. In consequence the usmu military guard was doubled, aüd sentinels were placed at every i.-«ue from the court. The law do s not ail'.v iiriHouers to be chained or haudcuded during their trial, but, ss a precaution, officers were ready to clap ou handcuffs the moment sentence was opoitouuced. The court oondeluned the tine8 to .eiial servitude for lite, and in au i ist mt. twe of th in were seized and pinioned, but they kicked tne policemen w ho hel i toern. The third, V u« tbier, foi it; lit for a long time with half a dozen guarils, and vcy nearly drew the sword from the sc dihard of one of tUeiu, swearing aud curs.t.g all the tiLue,

On Tuesday an enormous avalanche descen "tnt from the JmigfriiU swept through the t'it:ky.c £ ><,u[@usteiu, aud carried a wuole